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 areas of mutual interest with a he Uttar Pradesh govern- view to helping deliver on the Tment on Tuesday came in exciting potential of their busi-  2/40=1 member, zila panchayat member tion and remodelling of the cir- for effusive praise for develop- nesses. and chairman of zila panchay- cuit house in Gorakhpur was ing a conducive environment he UP cabinet on Tuesday ats by February 12. The govern- also approved, as was the pro- for investment. The words of Tapproved the proposal for ment has to rush with issuing the posal for construction of a sports praise came from Switzerland caste-based reservation of seats order for reservation as the complex at judicial training when Dr Ralf Heckner, the for three-tier panchayat institu- process of identifying seats in the research institute in Lucknow. Ambassador of Switzerland tions. The follow-up govern- three-tier panchayat bodies will The guidelines for the imple- to India, called on Chief ment order for the reservation take at least a month’s time. The mentation of UP Atal Minister Yogi Adityanath on will be issued in the next two other proposal approved by the Groundwater Scheme under Tuesday. days and the process of reserva- cabinet is the draft UP the Namami Gange department Heckner congratulated the tion has to be completed before Educational Institutions were also given the go-ahead by UP CM on tremendous efforts March 17. (Reservation) Bill, 2021. The the cabinet. in transforming its vision to The Allahabad High Court cabinet also approved a propos- The cabinet also approved a become the most developed, has directed the state govern- al for payment of gratuity to class proposal related to the UP, investment-friendly front-run- ment to complete the panchay- IV employees of junior high Prohibition of Religious ner state in India into reality. at elections by April 30. The school on attaining the age of 60 Conversion Bill, 2021 and During the meeting, the court has also directed the gov- years. The cabinet also adopted another related to UP Damage discussions ranged from bilat- ernment to complete the process a proposal for construction of a to Public and Private Property eral issues and various aspects of reservation of seats in village guest house with 15 suits in Act, 2020. The cabinet also for development of the state panchayats, block pramukh, Kaushambi district. The propos- approved a pooled housing pro- and to strengthen the ties block development committee al for the renovation, beautifica- ject in Barabanki. between Switzerland and UP. The Swiss ambassador fur- ther complimented the chief minister for excellent Covid !    .  management, which was applauded globally by the World Health Organisation International Airport at Jewar how UP is home to some of the The CM further talked      (WHO). He also appreciated and informed the CM about holiest cities such as Varanasi, about PM Narendra Modi’s India’s gesture of sending vac- the growing interest of Swiss Ayodhya, Mathura and vision of making India self-  2/40=1 state to carry out the exercise cines abroad and extended his tourists to visit UP to discov- Prayagraj, and invited him as reliant and how it is helping the of contact tracing very effec- full cooperation to the devel- er its rich culture and heritage. his guest besides welcoming local industry. he strategy to control tively and succeeded in break- opment of Noida Greenfield Yogi told Heckner about Swiss investment in the state. Heckner and Yogi agreed TCovid-19 cases has start- ing the infection chain. ed bearing fruit in Uttar To minimise possible Pradesh, with 37 districts damage that the virus could being declared Corona-free cause in future, the CM car- >B+  even as no death was report- ried out every exercise for the ed due to the viral infection in people of the state.      the last 24 hours. Surveillance teams were set Only 70 new cases have up, Integrated COVID-19 been reported from 38 dis- Control and Command   D 4@ tricts in the last 24 hours - the Center was established in lowest in eight months of the every district to monitor Lucknow (PNS): pandemic. The number of patients in home isolation Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh new Corona cases in Uttar and ‘Mera COVID Kendra’ Yadav accused the BJP govern- Pradesh went below 100 for application was also launched. ment of insulting the farmers the first time and no fatality UP practically outdid and charged that the regime has was recorded in any district in other states as far as strategy developed a deep sense of hos- the last 24 hours. With this, to combat the viral infection tility towards the masses as it was the state’s active case count has is concerned. On March 3 last confident of retaining power by also come down to 3000. year, when the first Corona hook or crook. Chief Minister Yogi case surfaced, there was not a In a statement issued in Adityanath’s strategy in deal- single lab in the state for test- Lucknow on Tuesday, Akhilesh ing with the pandemic could ing, but in a few months, sev- said that the BJP believed that if be gauged from the fact the eral testing labs were set up a government could be formed state achieved a recovery rate across UP. These labs carried by bluffing and could be run for of 98 percent, surpassing the out more than 2.80 crore tests four years, then there was no national average. in subsequent months. need for being sensitive towards While UP became the After the vaccine was public grievances. first state in the country to launched, officials were told by “The BJP seems to have vaccinate more than 6 lakh the CM to carry out vaccina- decided that there was no need people, surveillance teams in tion across the state as per the for working for fulfilling the the state covered 18 crore Union government guidelines, aspirations of people and pursu- population, i.e. 85 percent of stressing that his government ing development and welfare UP’s population - the highest was committed to providing works. Even after completing in India and other countries. quality medical facilities to the four years in office, the Yogi gov- UP also became the only public. ernment has been unable to pro- ject a single remarkable work and achievement,” he said. =    /O,  The SP chief further alleged that the BJP had ditched the farmers after making false 
     promises of debt waiver and has started making excuses to recov- Lucknow (PNS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath direct- er the amount given under PM ed top officials to coordinate with the Uttarakhand government Kisan Samman Nidhi. “Many to ensure effective help in the search and rescue of missing per- farmers in Bundelkhand region sons in the Chamoli tragedy. have committed suicide due to Yogi stressed that the UP government was committed to the anti -farmers policies of the providing all possible help to the affected people, including UP BJP regime,” he said. citizens, in the hour of disaster. . The SP leader said that Reviewing the situation arising out of the Chamoli tragedy farmers have been agitating for at a high-level meeting on Tuesday, the CM sent three of his the repeal of three agricultural ministers - Suresh Rana, Dharamsingh Saini and Vijay laws and the demand of a new Kashyap to Uttarakhand and assured all possible help from his law guaranteeing Minimum government. Besides, two top officers were also sent to the hill Support Price at Delhi borders state to coordinate with their counterparts there. He also direct- with Haryana and UP to which ed that a control room be set up in the Relief Commissioner’s the BJP remains insensitive. Office in Lucknow to coordinate with families of those who were The former UP CM said injured or missing. that the condition of Kanpur’s After the tragedy occurred, Yogi also called up Chief Smart City was also despicable Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat and assured as there were potholes on roads all possible assistance from the UP government to tide over the and people get injured after aftermath of the emergent situation. falling into them. “I strongly The CM ordered that district-level control rooms be set up believe that the people of the in districts whose residents were missing after the disaster and state would give a befitting helpline numbers be issued in every district. The Home depart- answer to this BJP fraud in the ment was directed to contact the families of the missing per- 2022 Assembly elections,” he sons from UP and extend all possible help. said.  R   

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This creates a lot ative, wanted to teach the wife er Vikram was also against him on the fateful evening. (both of Bahraich). The police Wednesday. District immunisation offi- of problems because it causes the spread of Avinash a lesson. Kamini’s marriage with Vishal said he got Avinash’s car recovered Rs 3.376 lakh in cer MK Singh said that the guidelines had of virus since this faecal matter can go into Avinash, who was a resident Prashant. In due course of time, stopped. Vishal later took the cash, two country-made pis- been issued to also cover five slums a day food which is not an impossible thing, of PGI police station area, was Kamini’s marriage was settled driving seat even as Sunil held tols, a mobile phone, a spray- and all symptomatic patients, especially because in the street side there is so much found hanging from a tree in a with Surjeet, who is the son of Avinash at the gun-point. They bottle, a tool to lift heavy those suffering from TB. Street vendors, of dust. If the food is not heated proper- plot alongside a canal in Shamshadabad block pramukh. took Avinash near a dhaba and objects, a saw and a screwdriv- vegetable and fruit vendors in the main ly, it can cause the spread of virus,” he said. Sarojininagar on January 31. He Prashant got the information then took the left turn from er. Their mentor and gang- markets and mohallas will be covered on Giving details of further implications, was reported missing on January and he disclosed his affair with Lucknow-Kanpur highway. leader Ranjeet Maurya, also of February 11. Rickshaw-pullers, e-rickshaw he said: “Even if patients test negative, their 30 after he left for his snacks Kamini and her marriage was They strangled Avinash to death Bahraich, managed to evade and tempo drivers will be covered on faecal matter carries a virus which is pos- manufacturing factory in the cancelled. Following that, with a muffler and took the body arrest when the police team February 12 while sweet shopkeepers and itive for the next two weeks. It means that Sarojininagar industrial area. Kamini ended her life in her to a vacant plot. The killers swooped down on them near wholesale milk vendors on February 14. even if the RNA of the virus tests negative His wife Nidhi Katiyar had house in Kanpur. Upset over hanged the body from a tree and Amity College on Malhaur Old age homes, jails, nari niketans and in the throat, the patient’s stool will still lodged a case of murder at PGI that, Sumit decided to teach parked the car there before road. child protection centres will be covered on ing out research on the impact of coron- carry the virus for the next 14 days.” police station against unidenti- Nidhi a lesson by a hatching leaving the scene. Ranjeet used gas-cutters to February 15 while closed campuses such avirus on the intestines. Talking about his Dr Ghoshal said that the third impli- fied miscreants. Those arrested Avinash’s murder plot. “I had Meanwhile, a 30-year-old dismantled the ATM cash as jails on February 16, government and research, he said that earlier, it was cation is that if the sewage is not treated were identified as handler Sumit decided that if my sister could woman, identified as Sabira trays. He used to remain in private offices on February 17, urban slums thought that the coronavirus only impact- well at the treatment plant, it can result in Katiyar & Anmol Katiyar (both not get married, Nidhi will also Bano of Nabipanah village in contact with his aide on February 18, 19 & 20, grocery shops ed lungs, but it was discovered that the the spread of the virus. “We have already of Gursahaiganj in Kannauj) and not remain married,” he told the Maal, was found hanging on Mahendra over mobile phone. & saloons on February 21; clerical, recep- receptors to which the virus gets attached carried out this study with over 252 killers Vishal Verma & Sunil investigators. Tuesday. Her brother, Jabir of Mahendra used to give him tion staff, peons, school bus drivers on in the body were also found in the patients and now we are planning to carry Gupta (both of Barabanki). He contacted Anmol, who Sitapur, said her husband Wasim inputs about movement of February 22; and religious places on intestines of the human body. out a research on the long-term implica- After being assigned the probe, introduced him to Vishal and and his parents had been tortur- people on the road. Arjun February 23. “If you take 100 patients of Covid, 10- tions on the intestines. There are indica- the STF worked on the case. The Sunil Gupta. Vishal was given Rs ing Sabira for dowry ever since would spray some chemical on On Tuesday, 11 people tested positive 15 per cent will show the symptoms of the tions that in the case of 2-3 per cent of the probe revealed that Sumit was 60,000 in advance and promised she got married three years ago. the glass walls making it for coronavirus in Lucknow while 34 stomach. These symptoms include disap- patients, it can affect the intestines for a the mastermind who chalked to give Rs 2,40,000 after the mur- He alleged that Wasim and his opaque from the outside. They patients recovered. In the state, 113 peo- pearance of taste, occurrence of nausea, long time,” he said. He added that a large out the murder plot as he want- der. The police said that the family killed Sabira and hanged said the use of chemical while ple tested positive, including 12 in Kanpur, vomiting, stomach ache and diarrhoea. number of researches are being carried out ed to take revenge from his accused had come to meet the her to make it look like a case of cutting open the ATM cash four in Ghaziabad, two in Gautam Buddh However, sometimes only diarrhoea on coronavirus at SGPGI. cousin Nidhi and her family killers to give the remaining suicide. tray made their work easy. Nagar, eight in Varanasi and one in becomes the manifestation of the disease Dr Ghoshal said that as the faculty Meerut, pushing the tally to 6,01,562. and people don’t get themselves tested incharge of research, he wants to motivate Besides, 243 patients recovered, taking the thinking of it to be only a state of bad stom- more research at the institute. “We want recovery figures to 5,89,565. There are ach, which can result in the spread of the to work on those problems which are pri- 3,306 active cases in the state. disease,” he said. marily Indian. We want to take the Meanwhile, faculty research incharge He further pointed out that another research to people at the translational level,” (SGPGI) Dr UC Ghoshal said he is carry- implication is that the virus comes out in he added.         

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Uprogramme of the Union Ministry of Virendra Singh lashed out at Rakesh and hoisting different flags on Throwing light on the reality of The helpline numbers are Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Tikait for misleading farmers January 26 which he termed as the current stir, Singh said that the 0522-2615195, 2611117, ination schedule will be made done for orphans. CMS National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) against the government for vested ‘shameful and disgrace to the nation’. protest was completely based on the 2611118 and 2611119. People available on the AKTU website founder Jagdish Gandhi, senior inaugurated a certificate course on ‘Plant tis- interests. Having been associated “Had the protest been carried agenda of anti-nationals with mali- can also contact ADM Vipin by Wednesday. principal of Gomti Nagar sue culture techniques and its applications’ on with the BKU since 1987, Singh is out under the leadership of Baba cious intent against the country as Kumar Mishra at 9415005004, Campus Manjit Batra and prin- Tuesday. Principal scientist (NBRI) Dr Debasis considered as one of the most Tikait, no farmer would have dared well as the government. incharge of Disaster Cell    00) cipal of Gomti Nagar Campus Chakraborty provided an overview of the prominent and influential farmer to disrespect the nation and hurt the “Protesters disguised as farmers Shailendra Kumar at The five-day literary and II Sangeeta Banerjee were pre- course while director Prof SK Barik highlight- leaders of west UP. He was the dis- sentiments of Indians by invading are actually backed by foreign pow- 9454416527, and disaster cultural festival, ‘Euphoria- sent at the function organised ed the importance of the course and spoke about trict chief of Muzaffarnagar unit of Red Fort on Republic Day,” he stat- ers with hidden motives and these expert at 9415002525. 2021’, organised by City at the Gomti Nagar Campus II the success stories of the courses conducted pre- the BKU from 1992 to 2002. ed. Asserting that the government elements were betraying the entire Montessori School, Gomti auditorium on Tuesday. viously. He also stressed on the role of tissue cul- Singh called out Rakesh Tikait supported the farmers, Singh said country,” he charged. - 2   Nagar Campus I, came to a ture, which is seen as an important technolo- for misguiding farmers protesting that Farm laws were for the welfare Singh further added that it    close amidst scintillating edu- gy for developing countries for the production on the UP-Delhi border and pro- of the agriculture sector. He also would have been appropriate for The 59th special meeting cational-cultural presentations of disease-free and high-quality planting voking them to engage in violence, stressed that these laws would rev- Rakesh Tikait to surrender to the of the examination committee and prize distribution cere- material and rapid production of many uniform hatred and Bharat Bandh for his olutionise farming and help the gov- Delhi Police and call off the stir after of AKTU was held under the mony held online. Students plants. own gains. The farmer leader fur- ernment in achieving its aim of dou- Republic Day violence. “It is a mat- chairmanship of Vice- from Russia, Bangladesh, He also emphasised on developing employ- ther questioned Rakesh Tikait’s bling farmers’ income by banishing ter of shame to witness Tikait Chancellor Prof Vinay Kumar Nepal, Sharjah, Kuwait and ment-oriented skill programmes in the core intentions behind the protest and the monopoly of mandis. Junior blatantly misleading the Pathak on Tuesday. AKTU various states of India partici- competency areas like plant tissue culture of exposed the funding of the protest Chaudhary Virendra Singh said farmers for his selfish motives,” he spokesperson Asheesh Mishra pated in the 5-day event. NBRI. Prof Barik said that 25 participants were through a lobby of drug addicts in that during the protest movements alleged. said it was decided to conduct selected from different parts of the country by offline exams from February 16    a national-level screening and advisory commit- and to keep some gap between City Montessori School Poulomi had passed the ISC tee. The chief guest at the inaugural function $#%&& #'( 6  ! - 7 two examinations in the organised a felicitation ceremo- Board exam in 2008-09 with was CIMAP Emeritus Scientist Dr AK Mathur, upcoming schedule. Exam con- ny to honour its former student 94.25% marks. She has always who highlighted the necessity and importance   
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But as the state govern- the two policemen, including nessman Ashok Singh ques- Maurya was also gunned Ajay Kumar Lallu should be ment moves to bring back a sub-inspector. tioned the party’s intentions down along with his security removed and replaced by Ansari jailed in Punjab for trial The shocker of an incident charging that the Congress personnel by Ansari’s hench- Ansari.” in UP, the Congress govern- occurred at the Harsauli was shielding Mukhtar Ansari men. Expressing his grief, Singh ment in the Punjab, preempts police outpost of Shahpur jailed in Punjab, who was a Referring to Ansari’s mentioned that his family and the move to save the don’s skin. police station and sub-inspec- national threat. reception in Ropar jail of he had been living in constant Ansari has been as the tor Sandeep Kumar and con- In the letter, the business- Punjab, Singh attacked the fear of being eliminated for the prime accused in 14 cases of stable Prashant Kumar could man mentioned how Ansari Congress for supporting the last 10 years. murder, kidnapping and was be seen in the video stripping and his close aides snuffed out don-turned-politico, and Praising UP Chief also cherged for illagel posses- the suspect identified as his brother Manna Singh and wrote: “Victims will get justice Minister Yogi Adityanath and sion of land in Uttar Pradesh. Momin and thrashing him with a broad leather strap. The victim could be seen in the 34     video screaming uncontrol- 3     lably and seeking mercy from the tormentors.  2/40=1 of Records. Prabhjot Singh was adjudged ,5   After facing all round flak, the best all-rounder officer and awarded SSP Abhishek Yadav suspend- ceremonial parade was held in the Commandant’s Rolling Trophy while  . ed the sub-inspector and con- AOfficers Training College, Army Narender Singh was given away Maj stable. It is said that Momin Medical Corps Centre and College, on the Laishram Jyotin Singh, Ashok Chakra was brought to the outpost conclusion of Medical Officers Basic Memorial Trophy for being the best offi-    after a dispute with his sib- Course (MOBC)-233 on Monday. The 9- cer in field events. lings. Said to be two month week foundation course imparts intensive Addressing the young officers, Lt Gen Lucknow (PNS): Life Insurance old, a probe into the video was combat medical support training to young Mukherji exhorted them to uphold the tra- Corporation of India (LIC) has set a handed over to SP (Rural) armed forces medical and dental officers dition of the Army Medical Corps by main- target of achieving 79 per cent market Atul Kumar Srivastava. in order to empower them to effectively taining the highest order of professional share by the end of this financial year. perform their duties in peace and opera- competence. He also advised the officers to The Union government has tional areas. As many as 113 newly-com- continuously upgrade and build upon the announced to off-load its equity in the missioned doctors and officers of Armed knowledge imparted at the Officers LIC through IPO during the next fis- Forces Medical Services (AFMS), includ- Training College. Stressing upon the oppor- cal 2021-22. LIC managing director ing 17 lady officers, 13 air force officers, five tunities provided by the armed forces, he Mukesh Gupta said here on Tuesday naval officers and 10 dental officers, par- encouraged them to work hard to further that in the last two months (December ticipated in the ceremonial parade. their professional aspirations. Lt Gen and January), their market share has The parade was reviewed by Lt Gen Mukherji complimented all of them for gone up by 2 per cent (from 70 to 72 Sandip Mukherji, Commandant, AMC their excellent turnout and meticulous con- per cent). “We have fixed a target to Centre and College, and Officer-in-Charge duct of parade. increase it to 79 per cent by the end of this fiscal,” he said. Talking to mediapersons, Gupta said that the North- Central region has *    achieved a distinction of adding 20 million new policies in the past two months. He said LIC has also focused    on claims and of the total death claims of Rs 150 crore in the country due to Covid, a sum of Rs 140 crore  2/40=1 was paid by LIC. About the disinvestment process, mid the farmers’ stir on Delhi borders he said that the request for proposal Aand the Centre refusing to allow any (RFP) is near completion after which political meeting on the issue, Congress gen- evaluation of the property will be done. eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi is set to “The disinvestment department is attend and address a Kisan Mahapanchayat working on the process,” he said, in Saharanpur on Wednesday. adding that 45 per cent of the total Priyanka was also scheduled to offer operations of the company are being prayers at Shakumbhari Devi Temple at done digitally. “We are committed to Saharanpur before attending the pro- 100 per cent claim settlement and all gramme. On February 13, she will have par- the payment is being made online,” he leys with farmers in Bijnor and ent borders leading to the National Capital said. He added that ‘LIC Mitra’ has Muzaffarnagar. Earlier, the Congress had against the three newly enacted Farm laws become popular and till date, over one extended its full support to the three-hour - Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce crore queries by the policy-holders ‘Chakka Jam’ call from agitating farmers on (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; have been replied. Besides, he said that Saturday. The party along with other oppo- Farmers Empowerment and Protection) the revival of the old policies, where sition parties have expressed concern against Agreement on Price Assurance and farm payment has been delayed for a max- the new Farm laws. 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:.$/ #   .       A . 0 3 dding yet another chapter  A . 0 3 Ato its surgical achieve- ments in its short history, the o commemorate its cente- Department of Veterinary Tnary year, the Mahatma Surgery and Radiology, Faculty Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith of Veterinary and Animal (MGKVP) will hold several Sciences (FVAS), Rajiv Gandhi programmes from February South Campus (RGSC) of 10 to 16, including film festival, Banaras Hindu University alumni meet, sports activities (BHU) successfully repaired and cultural event. the ruptured urinary bladder The week-long centenary and made a urethral bypass for year celebrations will begin on urine, saving the life of a buf- Wednesday at 11 am on the pm. The third day (February and book fair will be held falo calf. university’s main campus here 12) will be dedicated to sports from 11 am to 12:30 pm. The FVAS, which was and former Union Minister of activities which will be inaugu- On the last day (February opened just a few years back at State for External Affairs MJ rated by former cricketer Akash 16), a Shobha Yatra will be BHU’s south campus at Akbar, who will be the chief Chopra at 10:30 am at the uni- taken out at 12:30 pm but the Barkachha in the adjoining guest, will virtually deliver the versity sports ground and a main attraction of the conclud- Mirzapur district, had drawn inaugural speech while UP’s friendly match will be played ing day will be noted Bhojpuri the attention of all when just a Minister of State for Stamp between Vice Chancellor XI film star and Member of few days ago a caesarean was (Independent charge) Ravindra and Registrar XI. The attraction Parliament Manoj Tiwari who performed to save a female Jaiswal will join the inaugural of the day will be a film festi- will interact with the universi- Labrador and successfully function virtually as guest of val from 4 pm to 6 pm which ty students, employees, teach- relieve nine pups, saving them honour, MGKVP Vice will have actor Akhilendra ers and other staff after the too. According to the head of  A . 0 3 Manish Arora, assistant profes- place and children not only slogans written on them as par- Chancellor Prof TN Singh Mishra as the chief guest. Shobha Yatra. the department, Dr NK Singh, sor in the Faculty of Visual enjoyed making new creations, ticularly noteworthy and hoped informed news persons on The fourth day (February The week-long celebra- the calf was not passing urine he students of the first shift Arts, BHU. but their imagination also that children as colourful war- Tuesday. 13) will be dedicated to paint- tions would conclude with for- for a week and had become Tin Kendriya Vidyalaya on Welcoming the guests, soars. He appreciated the riors would also be involved in The main attraction of the ing, music and literary activi- mal closing function to be very weak. The X-ray revealed Banaras Hindu University cam- Kendriya Vidyalaya Principal organisation of such work- the works of public awakening inaugural day will be puppet ties from 10 am to 2 pm and held at 4 pm, the Vice multiple stones in the bladder pus participated in the mask Dr Diwakar Singh said “as shops. and painting which would shows, he added. the main attraction of the day Chancellor said, adding that and urethra and a ruptured painting workshop ‘Colourful colours have great importance Dr Manish Arora spoke brighten their names in the The attractions of the sec- will be plays to be staged from Prime Minister Narendra bladder. Emergency surgery Warriors’ and exhibited their in the world of children so they about the BHU’s Faculty of area. ond day (February 11) will be 3:30 pm to 6 pm. Modi, Defence Minister was performed to correct the art by painting masks beautiful- paint the world with their own Visual Arts and Design The programme was handicraft and book fair at The alumni meet will be Rajnath Singh, UP Chief ruptured bladder and a tube ly. perspective and this brings Innovation Centre and urged organised by art teacher of the Bharat Mata Mandir premises held on the fifth day (February Minister Yogi Adityanath and was fixed into the bladder to The inaugural session was innovation in their creation students to join it and make school, Kaushlesh Kumar, in from 11 am to 12:15 pm, fol- 14) between 11 am and 3:30 other Union and state ministers bypass the urethra for urine attended by chief guest and thinking”. a career in the field of design- collaboration with the educa- lowed by the virtual speech of pm and it will be followed by were likely to attend the pro- removal. He said that applica- Brigadier Narendra Singh, Dr Dr Sunil Kumar ing. tional stationery manufacturer Rajasthan Governor Kalraj a cultural programme to be grammes virtually during the tion of Foley’s catheter to Sunil Kumar Vishwakarma, Vishwakarma lauded the art of Brigadier Narendra Singh Faber Castell and the DIC Mishra between 12:30 and 1:15 presented by the old students celebration as they had so far bypass urethral for urine head of Fine Arts Department the children and said that described the messages of BHU. pm. A poetic evening will be from 3:30 pm to 6.00 pm. The not confirmed their formal removal was done to save buf- at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi painting in many forms of art masks being made and dyed by Vice-Principal Vinita Singh held between 4 pm and 6:30 closing function of handicraft consent. falo calves in such situations. Vidyapith (MGKVP) and Dr had a historically important the children and the awareness proposed the vote of thanks. &%'  089 11    &      >/ A  
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8PSS@TQPI9@IU  -, .#( Virayipur under Fattanpur police station, 34 6 9   R    Pratapgarh. His accomplice was identified as aluables worth lakhs were destroyed when Shubham Singh, a resident of Gopalpur village  4 0+/. while at the national level it Va major fire suddenly broke out in a sta- under Antu police station in Pratapgarh. The stood at 45th and 29th posi- tionery shop due to a short circuit at Nabalak police seized the car which was without num- ife Insurance Corporation tions. Ka Tabela locality under City Kotwali police sta- ber plate and booked the accused under Arms Lof India Managing Director He said similarly in the sin- tion on Monday evening. On getting informa- Act and NDPS Act. The SP said more arrest will Mukesh Kumar Gupta, while gle premium it had achieved tion CO City and SHO Kotwali reached the spot be made if any name came to light during inves- addressing the divisional man- 120 per cent of its target and along with police force. A fire tender was pressed tigation. Meanwhile the Jamalpur police in com- agers' meeting at CSJM achieved Rs 246 crore single into service and it succeeded in extinguishing pliance of the court orders on Monday arrest- University Auditorium and the premium and at regional level the flames within an hour which checked its ed Siyaram, a resident of village Pasahi, Indra felicitation of the participants it stood second and at nation- spread to adjacent buildings. On getting infor- Kumar and Mahendra, residents of Jamaahi vil- of ‘Meet MD Contest’ held al level it stood on 35th posi- mation MLA Ratnakar Mishra and Nagar lage, against whom warrants had been issued. from February 1 to 6, said it tion. Palika Parishad (NPP) Chairman Manoj Jaiswal After arresting them from their houses the police was a great honour to be face Gupta further said that in visited the place. sent them to the courts concerned. In yet anoth- to face with agents and to the 'Meet MD Contest', the ARRESTED: Dehat Kotwali police on er with the help of Halia police, Gujarat police felicitate them for their out- successful agents deserved a pat Monday arrested a shooter who was wanted in on Monday arrested an accused in a cheating standing performance. on their back and he was con- a murder case. Superintendent of Police (SP) case. As per the reports, Deepak, a resident of He said the LIC's constant fident that they would in the Ajay Kumar Singh while addressing the media Rajpur village, was working as a driver of gas progress had been due to the current financial year reach tanker in Gujarat. Its owner had lodged the FIR divisional managers and their topmost heights not only at at the Jawaharnagar police station in Gujarat precious contribution along Kanpur level but at the nation- alleging the driver that leaving the tanker had with the hard work of the al level as well. fled with diesel worth 26,000 along with agents, marketing officials, Prominent among those 10,000 cash. Taking action on the FIR S-I of development officials and who took part in the meet were Jawaharnagar police station HM Patel came to direct sales representatives. -" '    ' . (   
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Uplan to ensure safe and conducted a thorough inspec- secure rail operations, Principal tion of the NER’s diesel lobby Chief Safety Officer (PCSO), situated in Varanasi Cantt = #      %    North Eastern Railway (NER) and held a dialogue with the SN Shah on Monday intensive- employees present there and ly inspected Manduadih station’s tested their knowledge about  4 0+/. Women’s Breakfast on Tuesday. Addressing the session, “career”, a choice of lifestyle to accept reality with wonder yard/station panel, accident relief safety. Along with it a safety Addressing the session, convener Dr Meet Kamal which gave more free time for and admiration, not to mention vehicle (SPART) and diesel seminar was organised for he Christ Church College’s head of the CCC Department opined that the future would be their families and also for the deep awe and joy that the lobby. Shah inspected the loco pilots, guards and sup- TAssociation of Chemistry of Chemistry, Dr Sudhir Gupta, marked by scientific progress, themselves. natural order of things brought Manduwadih railway station and port staff during which vari- Teachers (ACT) has recom- said a whole range of prejudices which could only be achieved She said such choices were to the true scientist. expressed happiness over ease of ous misconceptions of mended that information on had prevented the full partici- when women and girls were usually the result of their exclu- Associate professor in the traffic from all three directions there. Thereafter employees related to safety were also resolved. the place women occupy in sci- pation of women in science and creators, owners and leaders of sion from the most visible and Department of Chemistry, Dr he saw arrangements for passenger safety at the Along with it the employees were administered ence be updated, girls be given relegated a pool of talent to the science, technology and inno- most highly paid positions of Anindita Bhattacharya, while station and expressed satisfaction with moni- the safety pledge. On the occasion Senior more access to scientific stud- sidelines. vation. power. proposing the vote of thanks, toring with the closed circuit cameras. He also Divisional Engineer (SDE)-III Atul Tripathi, ies and greater equality in rela- He said girls and women She strongly mooted bal- Vice-President of the also highlighted women in sci- conducted a thorough inspection of the Route Senior Divisional Operations Manager (SDOM- tions between men and women faced considerable obstacles anced participation of men Association of Chemistry ence who had proved their Relay Interlocking (RRI) station panel of General) AK Saxena, Senior Divisional Electrical in society. to pursuing scientific and tech- and women in science and Teachers, Prof Shraddha Sinha, excellence and emerged suc- Manduadih station for safe and secure traffic Engineer (SDEE-Electrical Traction) Pankaj This recommendation was nological studies and careers. technology. also addressed the gathering cessful in their fields. management. He then conducted a systematic Kesharwani, Senior Divisional Mechanical made by the Department of He said what could be more She said women’s career with her motivating words for She added that webinars inspection of quality and availability of equip- Engineer (SDME) Satyaprakash Shrivastava, Chemistry at Christ Church evidence that there were rela- paths may be the result of female researchers. She said like these would provide more ment in the Accident Relief Vehicle (SPART) Senior Divisional Safety Officer (SDSO) College during a national webi- tively few women in the deci- positive choices which work that science made people awareness and motivation for parked at Manduadih yard and instructed the Virendera Yadav, Divisional Signal and nar on ‘Women and Science’ sion-making and consultative out well as it was a choice of search selflessly for truth and women to be successful in sci- officials concerned to install modern and sim- Telecommunication Engineer (DSTE) Ashish held under the aegis of Global bodies in the field of science. “occupation” rather than objectivity and it taught people ence and life. pler equipment in place of old and complex tech- Shrivastava and senior supervisors were present.     !"#$"$!        
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 0-1-23 Earlier, addressing the nisation of small farms & State Plans by Government of house, former J & K Chief  0-1-23 reduce postharvest losses. Total Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, amajwadi Party leader Minister Farooq Abdullah also 101 technologies for processing Jammu & Kashmir and Tamil SAkhileshYadav Yadav on asked government to talk to he Ministry of Agriculture and on farm value addition Nadu for up-scaling. As many Tuesday attacked the farmers and carry everyone Thas said that the Indian were also developed. In fish- as 31 bankable projects suitable members have requested the Government saying the together so that country Council of Agricultural eries, ICAR developed breed- for 22 states have also been pre- 3- 0-1-23 participants to give their views Minimum Support Price remains united. Research (ICAR) has devel- ing and seed production tech- pared by ICAR for supporting on the three farm laws. (MSP) was not available even The National Conference oped a total 838 high yielding nologies of 9 food fishes and 12 through medium and short- fter meeting stakeholders “In total 18 different stake- in the districts in Uttar Pradesh president alleged that though and trait specific field crop vari- ornamental fishes, demon- term credit for scaling up Aof private mandis and State holder organisations’ such as from where President, Prime local district elections in eties, of which 578 are climate strated cage culture in reser- through schemes of States and Agriculture Marketing Boards, Amul, ITC, FCI, Sugna Foods, Minister and Defence Minister even gave 500 acre to Guru Kashmir were successful now resilient, 41 short duration and voirs and open sea, developed Central Government,” Tomar the Supreme Court-appointed Horticulture Produce come from and that it was Ram Dev for establishing a an attempt is being made to 47 bio-fortified varieties in the several cost-effective feeds for said. three-member panel on Exporters’ Association, “unrolling red carpet for the ‘Mandi’. By now, he said kisan buy elected representatives in last three year. Besides, India fish and shell fish,” he said. According to the agricul- Tuesday held its deliberations Venkateshwara Hatcheries, corporates”. ‘mandis’ are not being estab- district bodies with money has developed only 63 Interestingly, the public ture ministry, 31 bankable with 18 industry bodies includ- Confederation of Indian Participating in the dis- lished in the state. bags”. Integrated Farming System spending on agriculture projects suitable for 22 states ing Amul, ITC, Rice Miller Industry (CII), Federation of cussion on the vote of thanks He alleged that In an emotional speech, (IFS) in 18 States so far and research and educationin India have also been prepared by Associations, Tractor Indian Chambers of on President’s address, the for- Government has unrolled “red Abdullah who was in the pre- these models are suitable to 26 is only 0.62 percent of its total Indian Council of Agricultural Manufacture Association and Commerce & Industry ( FICCI mer Chief Minister wondered carpet” for corporates while ventive detention following States and Union Territories gross domestic products. The Research (ICAR) for support- exporter bodies, engaged in ), Agricultural and Processed as why Government do not neglecting farmers. the abrogation of article 370, and have the potential to Centre has proposed Rs ing through medium and agriculture and its allied sectors Food Products Export take back laws if those for Taking a swipe at Prime said “we have to take all togeth- increase the income of farmers 8513.62 crore for agriculture short-term credit for scaling up and sought their comments on Development Authority whom there are meant for Minister Narendra Modi for er... I am a Hindustani by 2 to 3 times or more vis a vis research and education in the through schemes of States and the three farm legislations. (APEDA), Seafood Exporters opposing them. describing agitators as Muslim,..Allah and Bhagwan is existing systems/practices in a budget 2021-22 as compared to Central Government. Tomar This is the sixth meeting the Association, India Rice Miller He said though the “andolanjivi”, the former UP same, Ram is for everyone, period of 3 to 4 years. The Rs 7762.38 crore revised bud- further stated that at least 18 panel has held so far. Association, All India Rice Government is insisting that Chief Minister asked the rul- Quran is for all, Bible is for Indian Council of Agricultural get allocation for the year 2020- IFS models, 14 bankable pro- The meeting was held both Exporters Association, Tractor MSP would always be there, ing party members”Are you not all..take everyone together”, he Research (ICAR) 345 varieties 21. Of the total budget, Rs jects on IFS and organic farm- virtually and in person on Manufacture Association, the farmers in the districts of Chandajivi ?”. said. of different crops were devel- 968.00 allocated for crop sci- ing packages for 22 cropping Tuesday. The committee mem- Cotton Association of India, President, Prime Minister and His apparent reference to BJP woman MP fromn oped in 2020. ences. systems were developed during bers will hold talks with state Fertiliser Association of India, Defence Minister have not collection for Ram temple was Haryana, who spoke after him In a reply to the Lok Sabha, Replying to a question last three years. governments’ representatives India Pulses and Grain received MSP price for their objected to by BJP MP and , however, said that Abdullah Union Agriculture Minister asked by Rajya Sabha MP Total foodgrain produc- on February 11. The commit- Association of India and All produce . Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti had said altogether different Narendra Singh Tomar said Sushil Kumar Gupta Tomar tion in the country is estimat- tee will also take view points India Poultry Feed Association Yadav said his who said “people not only in things when government had that ICAR has developed a total said ICAR has developed 63 ed to be a record 291.95 mil- from professionals and acade- of India participated through Government constructed sev- India but world over are donat- announced annulment of arti- 838 high yielding and trait integrated farming systems lion tonnes, according to the micians on the issue. Video Conferencing in the eral ‘Mandis’ for farmers and ing with devotion..”. cle 370 on August 6, 2019. specific field crop varieties, of with the participation of farm- second advance estimates for Sources said that industri- detailed deliberations with the which 578 are climate resilient, ers in 18 States. 2019-20. al bodies including Agro committee members over the their detailed views and valuable and food parks from 10 states holders both, online and in-per- 41 short duration and 47 bio- “Most of the IFS models In reply to another ques- Processing Industries, Food farm laws,” the ministry of suggestions on the three farm including those of Kerala. The son and this was the fifth meet- fortified varieties in the last have the demonstrated poten- tion, the minister said that Processing industries and the agriculture said. laws,” the committee said in a committee has also sought com- ing of the panel so far. The three year. “A total 77 machines tial of increasing the farmers’ ICAR has also developed 51 agencies, dairy sector, rice “Representatives of the statement. ments from all stakeholders Supreme Court had set up the and processing equipment were income by 2-3 times or more organic cropping systems suit- miller association engaged in Marine Products Export During the previous meet- through online in its website. four-member panel on January developed to promote mecha- and have been included in able for adoption in 12 States. the agriculture sector hailed the Development Authority ing held on Friday, the com- The three-member com- 11, but one of them, Bhupinder three farm laws during their (MPEDA) participated in the mittee held consultations with mittee appointed by the Singh Mann, recused himself discussions and also suggested meeting in person. All the the heads of state marketing Supreme Court has been hold- later after questions were raised about the views expressed by all of the contentious laws, against on Delhi borders for almost two some points. The committee stakeholder participants gave boards, private mandi operators ing consultations with stake- by the agitating farmer unions members in the past in support which thousands are protesting months now. % 

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678   try, leading to a situation of birth, the plea said. he Supreme Court Tuesday where majority population of The petition said the  0-1-23 What is the cause of the action? Tsought Government’s reply Sikhs in Punjab and Muslims Hindus, who are a majority We don’t have any case before us  0-1-23 Finland, France, Russia, on a plea, seeking transfer of in Jammu and Kashmir are community according to he Supreme Court Tuesday right now. We don’t have any Germany, Lebanon, the UAE cases from several high courts availing of the benefits meant national data, are a minority Tdismissed a plea which chal- case in front of us where some- n a first for the country, the and the US have already to it against the Centre’s noti- for minorities, the transfer in several north-eastern states lenged the Constitutional valid- body is rotting in jail. If some- IIndian Army is using its trained dogs for detection of fication to declare five com- petition alleged. besides Punjab and Jammu ity of colonial era provision of one is in jail then we will con- dogs for quick detection of COVID-19. munities — Muslims, The apex court was hear- and Kashmir. sedition under the Indian Penal sider. Dismissed”, the bench COVID-19 to cut down time Dogs have been previous- Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists ing a plea filed by lawyer and However, the Hindu Code, on the ground that it is told Chaudhary. delays associated with regular ly used abroad to detect malar- and Parsees — as minorities BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay community is deprived of the being used to stifle freedom of The plea filed by three advo- diagnostic techniques. ia, diabetes and Parkinson’s even in those States and UTs seeking transfer of all cases benefits that are available to speech and expression of citi- cates Aditya Ranjan, Varun The canine members of the disease, but this is the first time where they are in majority. from high courts to the apex the minority communities in zens. Thakur, V Elanchezhiyan said armed force are known for canines have been used for A bench comprising Chief court for an authoritative pro- these states, the plea said, A bench of Chief Justice that section 124-A of IPC (sedi- their pronounced olfactory medical detection in India,” he Justice S A Bobde and Justices nouncement on the issue. adding that the National Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna tion), the provision which was capability and have earlier told reporters. A S Bopanna and V Senior advocate C S Commission for Minorities and V Ramasubramanian dis- used by the British against helped in explosive and nar- To a question on where the Ramasubramanian issued Vaidyanathan appeared for (NCM) should reconsider the missed the plea saying that Mahatma Gandhi and Bal cotics detection, search and res- dogs are being deployed, Saini notices to Ministry of Home Upadhyay in the matter. definition of minority in this there was no cause of action and Gangadhar Tilak is still stifling cue operations, and other chal- said that after their training in Affairs, Ministry of Law and The petition, filed context. the petitioners are not the affect- the freedom of speech and lenging tasks. Now, they have on the premises of the 48 September, the dogs were Justice and Ministry of through advocate Ashwani The plea has sought to ed parties. expression in the country if another job. Military Veterinary Hospital at deployed at the Army’s transit Minority Affairs. Kumar Dubey, said that in declare section 2(c) of the During the brief hearing, they choose to express dissent Two dogs – two-year-old Delhi Cantonment. Their han- camp in Delhi in November. The high courts at Delhi, order to avoid multiplicity of NCM Act 1992 void and inop- senior advocate Anoop George against policies of the cocker spaniel Casper and one- dlers were wearing full PPE From December, they are being Meghalaya and Guwahati are litigations and conflicting erative for being arbitrary, Chaudhary, appearing for the Governments in power. year-old Jaya, a ‘chippiparai’, kits. deployed at the transit camp in seized of the petitions chal- views, the transfer plea has unreasonable and offending. petitioners who are advocates, “It is submitted that under which is an indigenous breed Lt Col Surinder Saini, Chandigarh from where troops lenging the Constitutional been moved before the apex The definition of minor- said that this is a public interest the continuously expanding from Tamil Nadu – have been instructor at the Dog Training move to large areas, including validity of section 2(c) of the court. ity, according to Article 29-30 matter and people are being scope of the fundamental rights, trained to detect COVID-19 by Facility of the Remount the Ladakh region, under the National Commission for Arbitrary and irrational of the Constitution, has left charged under the provision. a colonial provision like section sniffing samples of sweat and Veterinary Corps (RVC) North Command. Minorities Act, 1992, under disbursement of minority leakages in the hands of the The bench observed that a 124-A which was intended to urine, senior Army officials Centre in Meerut, said these Army dogs were success- which the notification was benefits to majority infringes State, which shall be misused law cannot be challenged with- subjugate the subjects of British said. dogs are “pioneering canines” fully trained on specific bio- issued on October 23, 1993. upon the fundamental right to and are being misused for out appropriate cause of action. crown should not be permitted A demonstration of their of not just the Army, but of markers emanating from urine The notification had the prohibition of discrimi- political benefits, the peti- “You are not facing any to continue in a democratic skills using real samples was entire India. and sweat samples of positive declared the five communities nation on the grounds of reli- tion said. prosecution under the Section. republic,” the plea said. held on Tuesday “Countries like the UK, patients.     !"#$"$! 0

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The apex court, which is often regarded as the                  most powerful top court in the world, took up this "       ,S      $ role of the “sentinel of human rights” in a new demo- ,  ,  7$,,8   A9  5@9B  >A  5@5@  9:9 ! cratic India and it exercised its powers to deliver sev-              ,      ! eral landmark judgments upholding the basic fun-     !          damental rights of citizens against the State’s arbi- trary, unfair and unjust actions. The court also ush-       +         ered in an era of “constitutional dynamism” which -23A-.30? 6      $,, 5@5@          helped the Constitution evolve with society and its B/3-30O  !               , changing circumstances. /@=2-2@               49   Whether it was the ruling in the Maneka Gandhi -0./-= 4@        DB      :9   ! vs Union of India case, where the apex court held -B/33 .@    BB     5D    that not just procedural due process but also sub- 03 00=>- stantive due process had to be followed by the State      4>     =0/-30 and that its actions must pass the “just, fair and rea- 3=2 3=0&- sonable test”, or the ruling in the Keshavananda B/3--23A-.@ Bharati vs State of Kerala case, wherein the top court - 033 eties and the prison system. It inter stances and stressful conditions with committee at the District Court-level restricted the power of the Parliament to amend the -+-0-0=0 alia highlights several glaring prob- minimum infrastructure. would conduct meetings with the dis- Constitution and held that the “basic structure of -A-. 2< =. lems in these institutions. It states that The Attorney-General of India trict and police administration reg- the Constitution” could not be abrogated even by 0==+-. 3=0 women make up just 29 per cent of also recently called for setting up of ularly to ensure timely enforcement a constitutional amendment. =0?-.-- sitting judges in India, whilst in High a “Court of Appeals” to reduce the of summons and warrants issued by When the 39th Constitutional Amendment  B=.=.? 0=< Courts (HCs) their strength is just 11 workload of the apex court. The India them. New Magistrates were assist- sought to place the election of the President, the per cent on the Bench. Moreover, at Justice Report also makes several sug- ed and trained by senior judges to Prime Minister, the Vice-President and the Speaker - -D- least five HCs are functioning with- gestions to interrupt the status quo. ensure fair trial and adherence to laws of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of constitu- -C-/3A- out a single woman judge. Sadly, Ensuring doorstep delivery of justice and procedures. To incentivise "             tional courts, it was the Supreme Court that struck 2-?32 /.- vacancies of judges in our HCs by making it an essential service, judges, appropriate units were award-          E        down the law, thereby upholding the basic struc- 0- stand at 33 per cent. Even though 80 enforcing a planned budgeting mech- ed to them for disposing off cases ture doctrine. In cases like Olga Tellis, Bandhua B/33 .@ 2=0? per cent of our population is entitled anism, upskilling legal aid and Nyaya before five years. Bail petitions were              13-. 30             ! Mukti Morcha, Vishaka vs State of Rajasthan, to receive legal aid, only 1.5 crore panchayats, prioritising cases based dealt with within a week and cases Common Cause vs Union of India, NALSA vs 0=0 - people have received it since 1995. on their urgency and impact and of undertrial prisoners were decid-  -   ,S        6   7 &68 Union of India, Navtej Singh Johar, Joseph Shine =. 1-22& Our prison occupancy is at 119 per measuring public satisfaction are few ed in a time-bound manner.        @D      $6#     and the Sabarimala judgment among others, the /02- 22-- cent and two-thirds of our prison of the suggestions. Justice Madan Infrastructural development was      &6      5@9D  >:  Supreme Court time and again reiterated its com- 303/3=0 inmates are undertrial prisoners and Lokur, a former Supreme Court ensured by building new court-       0  >5     ,   ::     mitment to the goal of building a “just society”, one =22 >=. -= over four crore cases are pending in judge, during the release of the rooms in major districts like Raipur '  :5      +2   C    where every individual irrespective of their caste, 3-A- several courts across the country. report said that a cost-benefit analy- and Durg. All this cumulatively led   &6     3 ,<    "      creed, sex, religion or place of birth has the right ==0?= 2 Access to institutions of justice sis and continuous social auditing is to a decline in the percentage of                 to live with dignity and freedom. The court has had -23A-.30? remains skewed for the entirety of key to ensuring institutional and pending cases, from 10 per cent in a glorious history of making positive interventions our rural population even today. The administrative efficiency. 2019 to four per cent in 2020.    B/3-1322 and initiating revolutionary changes in India’s demo- .- 30 3 0 report also shows how the judiciary However, there is a silver lining The apex court might certainly "             cratic culture. Celebrating its foundation day is .-  has not been able to efficiently utilise too. According to the report, have a past worth glorifying, but its $     B4           &6  indeed a step in the right direction. funds that were allocated to it by the Chhattisgarh has emerged as a trend- credibility isn’t going to remain for                    But right when you thought that all is good with 13th and 14th Finance Commissions. setter. It began with a notification long if it sells its history as a sooth-                7 :D the courts in India, there’s a caveat. First, deliver- The 13th Finance Commission, for released by the Chhattisgarh HC in ing balm for the damages done by it    8                 ing justice isn’t a duty solely entrusted to the judi- instance, allocated 5,000 crore to the 2017 which required the lower courts and other organisations in current 74A   8 ,        &6      ! ciary and second, it cannot be conducted in isola- judiciary, out of which only 20 per to dispose cases pending for more times. India ranks 69th in the Rule tion. The justice delivery mechanism is dependent cent was utilised. than five years on a priority basis. A of Law Index, 139th in the Global     :4         9@    on several factors and cooperation among the three These data point at uncomfort- monitoring committee headed by a Peace Index, 112 in Global Gender       S      &6     :@  major organs of the State: The executive, legislatures able trends in our justice administra- sitting judge was set up at the HC Gap Report, 51 in Democracy and            B@       9@ and the judiciary along with certain non-State actors tion and towards intersectional issues level. For district-wise monitoring, 142 in World Press Freedom Report.   "    ,     $,, 5@5@   as well. Unless all these institutions collaborate to of institutional failure and perpetra- respective District Courts were asked We are forced to ask: Has justice      !    9@    achieve a common goal, delivering justice will tion of oppression for every stake- to form their monitoring committees been delivered or is it a myth in the remain a distant dream. Tiwary is from the holder. We all remember when the and a weekly review of the progress times we live in? This question war-               National Law University, !   ,<"       ,        The India Justice Report, an initiative of Tata Visakhapatnam, and 43rd CJI, TS Thakur, cried before was mandated. All compoundable rants the attention of all citizens of Trusts and several others does a commendable job Dewangan is from the Prime Minister Modi in 2016, dur- cases where parties were willing to India. Losing hope in the judiciary E  , ,"           ! in highlighting the gaps and areas that need National Law University, ing a public conference, while high- compromise in Lok Adalats were dis- isn’t a solution, as in the words of               reform within our justice delivery system. The report Raipur. lighting several issues plaguing the posed-off. For this purpose, Lok Rabindranath Tagore: “Faith is the    "           assesses the performance of our institutions based The views expressed judiciary. 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iven the socio-econom- ing processes across all age With the evolving future of on education relative to the importance, the Budget does is commendable and can gen- ic impact of the pan- groups as pedagogy went work, human potential for life- GDP is six per cent or more in not promote digitalisation per erate opportunities for employ- Gdemic, all eyes were on online. As per the Annual long learning has assumed Australia, Chile, Israel, New se. In fact, allocation to IT and ability and financing of higher the Finance Minister (FM) and Status of Education Report greater importance. Skilling, Zealand, Norway, the UK and the telecom sector declined as education. The Government’s her handling of the twin chal- (ASER), 2020, though the per- reskilling and upskilling has the US. It lies between three- a proportion of the total expen- focus on increasing collabora- lenges of stimulating demand centage of rural children own- become mandatory for the four per cent in the Czech diture from 1.95 per cent tion with foreign institutions in and supply, amid falling rev- ing a smartphone went up existing workforce. Republic, Hungary, Ireland, (2020-21 BE) to 0.93 per cent Japan and the UAE for skill enues. Since monetary stimu- -  0- from 36.5 per cent in 2018 to Undoubtedly, investment in Italy, Japan and the Russian (2020-21 RE). However, for training partnerships is also lus has not been effective in 8. 61.8 per cent in 2020, nonethe- education is crucial for human Federation. The average for the Digital India e-learning, the praiseworthy. Additionally, set- boosting investment demand, .+ less it indicates that a large dig- capital formation. Despite Organisation for Economic funds earmarked have gone up ting up of a single higher edu- the onus of recovery is now ital divide still exists. being a merit good, necessitat- Co-operation and by over 100 per cent and stand cation regulator to streamline more on fiscal measures and Similarly, schools and col- ing Government provision and Education and Literacy (a drop Development (OECD) coun- at 645 crore. Further, under governance structures in high- supply-inducing reforms. A V- leges remain deficient in active intervention, the educa- of 8.31 per cent) and the tries is 4.9 per cent. For OECD this scheme, ‘National Mission er education is commendable. shaped economic recovery Information Technology (IT)- tion sector has been largely remaining 38,350 crore to countries, it is about11 per cent. on Education Through ICT’ as Also, the allocation of 50,000 requires promoting demand in enabled infrastructure. With neglected. For the financial higher education (a drop of For Chile, Brazil, Mexico, well as Massive Open Online crore over five years will sectors such as infrastructure hybrid teaching-learning year (FY) 2021-2022, there has 2.83 per cent in comparison to Switzerland, New Zealand, Courses envisaged an over- encourage research, develop- and the rural economy. While expected to be the new normal, been a 6.13 per cent decline in the BE of the previous year). Korea, and Denmark, it is as whelming rise of over 200 per ment and innovation. agriculture and rural develop- undoubtedly enormous expan- allocation of funds towards it as Further, the RE for expenditure high as 17 per cent. cent and 167 per cent respec- To impart holistic develop- ment have understandably sion in digital technology is compared to the Budgeted on education for 2020-21 wit- With hybrid education set tively and stand at 150 crore ment, new models of engage- been given a big push in the envisaged. Additionally, to avert Estimates (BE) of 2020-21. nessed a decline of 14.32 per to become the new normal and 200 crore each. ment such as learning consor- Union Budget, rather regret- the possibility of India’s demo- However, compared to the cent vis-à-vis the BE. even in a post-Corona world, Nonetheless, a greater thrust tiums and coalitions compris- tably education has not Kaur is Principal and graphic dividend becoming a Revised Estimate (RE) of 2020- Additionally, while the simply investing in technology would be required in the years ing of diverse stakeholders received the same priority. Sarna is Assistant devastating catastrophe, 21, there has been a 9.5 per cent NEP had strongly propagated is not sufficient. A technology ahead. In addition to alloca- need to be established for scal- This is despite the fact that Professor, Shri Ram imparting quality education increase in allocation for 2021- expenditure on the sector to be road map needs to be designed tions, both total and composi- able, sustainable and inclusive the education sector was College of Commerce, remains important. The new 22. Of the total allocation of at least six per cent of the GDP, for planned action to enable tional, what matters for produc- blended education. Hopefully, severely impacted by the pan- University of Delhi. The National Education Policy 93,224 crore to the sector, the same has been between institutions to evolve from the tivity is governance. In terms of an enabling policy environ- views expressed  demic, too. The contagion are personal. (NEP), 2020, reinforces the 54,874 crore is allocated to the three-four per cent in India. stage of “doing digital” to policy reforms, the proposal to ment shall make this a reality hampered the teaching-learn- viewpoint. Department of School For comparison, expenditure “being digital.” Despite its amend the Apprenticeship Act in the years to come.     !"#$"$!  9 ;C  1DDDD%*'    >

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 +%,             NEW DELHI: Agriculture sec- export. Further Agriculture al handholding support to each Committee (D-MC) is consti- tor plays a very important role value chain organizations FPO for a period of 5 years. tuted under the Chairmanship  0-1-23 looked into. We are also con- added.  in both economic develop- forming FPOs and facilitating CBBOs have been empanelled of District Collector/ CEO/Zila sidering certain clarifications to The buyers and sellers ment and nation building. 60% of market linkages for & engaged by IAs. CBBOs will Parishad with representatives of mid domestic traders com- ensure that the e-commerce should be given an opportuni-   C India is globally in the forefront members produce. be the platform for an end to different related departments Aplaining alleged violations sector works in the true spirit ty to trade with each other as of development of agriculture. Under this Central Sector end knowledge for all issues and experts for overall coordi- of FDI norms by foreign online of the law, of the rules that have the platform only is a service  0-1-23 The goal is to achieve doubling Scheme with funding from related to FPO promotion. nation and monitoring the players, Commerce and been laid down for e-com- provider, he said. of export by 2022. However, Government of India, forma- During 2020-21, a total of implementation of scheme in Industry Minister Piyush Goyal merce," Goyal told reporters. "Those who break that law n expert committee set up to more than 86% of farmers in tion & Promotion of FPOs are 2200 FPO produce clusters the district including the sug- on Tuesday said the govern- He added that the e-com- will certainly have to respond Adevelop the criteria for iden- the country are small and mar- to be done through the have been allocated for forma- gestion for potential produce ment is considering to come merce companies are supposed to our concerns and correct tifying significant comorbidities ginal. There is a need to facil- Implementing Agencies (IAs). tion of FPOs, which also cluster and development out with certain clarifications to provide an agnostic platform their business practices at the present in a person, which would itate our farmers with access to Presently 09 Implementing include specialized FPO pro- At National level, National to ensure that the e-commerce so that buyers and sellers can earliest," the minister added. make that person priority indi- improved technology, credit, Agencies (IAs) have been final- duce clusters such as100 FPOs Project Management Agency sector works in the "true spir- trade with each other. Recently, the ministry has vidual for Covid-19 vaccina- better input and more markets ized for formation and pro- for Organic, 100 FPOs for Oil (NPMA) as a professional it" of the law and rules. The online platform should forwarded representations by tion, will finalise its report in the to incentivize them to produce motion of FPOs viz. Small seeds etc. organisation has been engaged He said the current FDI not become part of the trading the Confederation of All India next few days, Niti Aayog better quality commodity. Farmers Agri-Business NAFED would form the for providing overall project policy for the e-commerce sec- transaction, "should neither be Traders (CAIT) of alleged vio- Member (Health) VK Paul said For this, aggregation of Consortium (SFAC), National specialised FPOs which should guidance, coordination, com- tor is robust and well-designed. funding it, should neither be lations by Amazon and Flipkart on Tuesday. Apart from Oxford- small, marginal and landless Cooperative Development necessarily be forwardly linked pilation of information relating However, there are certain having algorithms which give to the Enforcement Directorate AstraZeneca ‘s Covishield vaccine farmers into FPOs will help Corporation (NCDC), to the market, agri-value chain, to FPOs, maintenance of MIS complaints from consumers preference to one or the other, and the Reserve Bank of India and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin enhance economic strength National Bank for Agriculture etc. NAFED will provide mar- and monitoring purpose. and small retailers about cer- should neither be promoting for "necessary action". vaccine, there are other vaccines and market linkages of farmers and Rural Development ket and value chain linkages to There are well defined tain practices of the e-com- their own products." But, it CAIT has time and again that are in the pipeline, Paul stat- for enhancing their income. (NABARD), National the FPOs formed by other training structures in the merce companies, which are should provide all data that is alleged that the e-commerce ed. "The criteria (to identify peo- Keeping this in mind, Agricultural Cooperative Implementing Agencies. scheme and the institutions like under investigation, he added. required for a rational choice, players violated the Foreign ple with comorbidities) has been Government of India has Marketing Federation of India NAFED has formed and regis- Bankers Institute of Rural "We have sought several and the choice should be a free Exchange Management Act developed by a committee. We launched a new Central Sector (NAFED), North Eastern tered 5 Honey FPOs during Development (BIRD), information, they are being choice of the consumer, Goyal and FDI rules. are expecting the final report in Scheme titled ‘Formation and Regional Agricultural current year in Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow and Laxmanrao the next few days," he told PTI. Promotion of 10,000 Farmer Marketing Corporation Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Inamdar National Academy Paul, who is also the chair- Produce Organizations (FPOs)’ Limited (NERAMAC), Tamil Bihar and West Bengal. for Co-operative Research &  C    % man of the National Expert with a clear strategy and com- Nadu-Small Farmers Agri- FPOs will be provided Development (LINAC), Group On Vaccine mitted resources to form and Business Consortium (TN- financial assistance uptoRs 18 Gurugram have been chosen as  /> 3 cent lower at 51,329.08. Axis Bank and UltraTech Administration for Covid-19 promote 10,000 new FPOs in SFAC), Small Farmers Agri- lakh per FPO for a period of the lead training institutes for Similarly, the broader NSE Cement were among the gain- (NEGVAC) said this committee the country with budgetary Business Consortium Haryana three years. In addition to this, capacity development and napping their six-session Nifty slipped 6.50 points or ers, climbing up to 3.70 per has gone deeply into it and provision of Rs 6,865 crore. (SFACH), Watershed provision has been made for trainings of FPOs. Training Swinning streak, equity 0.04 per cent to 15,109.30. It cent. "The market failed to looked at which comorbidities - FPOs are to be developed Development Department matching equity grant up toRs and skill development modules benchmarks Sensex and Nifty touched a record peak of hold on to its upward rally to - the presence of two or more dis- in produce clusters, wherein (WDD) - Karnataka and 2,000 per farmer member of have been developed to further ended marginally lower on 15,257.10 during the day. close flat due to heavy selling eases or medical conditions in a agricultural and horticultural Foundation for Development FPO with a limit of Rs 15 lakh strengthen the FPOs. Tuesday following fag-end M&M was the top drag in towards the close, mirroring patient -- should be kept in produces are grown/cultivated of Rural Value Chains per FPO and a credit guaran- Atmanirbharata in Krishi is profit-booking in IT, FMCG, the Sensex pack, shedding 3.62 the weakness seen in the mind. "They are also looking at for leveraging economies of (FDRVC) - Ministry of Rural tee facility uptoRs 2 crore of the buzzword today towards finance and auto stocks. per cent, followed by Bajaj European market and outflows how to ascertain this, who will scale and improving market Development (MoRD). project loan per FPO from eli- transformation of agriculture After rallying 487 points Finance, ITC, Sun Pharma, in equity mutual funds. Most of certify it, where will the person access for members. Implementing agencies gible lending institution to into a sustainable enterprise to touch its lifetime intra-day Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finserv and the sectors ended hitting rough has go to get the priority vaccine," ‘One District-One Product’ (IAs) will engage Cluster-Based ensure institutional credit through FPO and will enable high of 51,835.86, the 30-share TCS. weather with auto, pharma he said, adding that so the pro- cluster to promote specialisa- Business Organizations accessibility to FPOs. Indian farmers to achieve glob- BSE Sensex pared all gains to On the other hand, Asian and media stocks being the cedural and process issues have tion and better processing, (CBBOs) to aggregate, regis- At the district level, a al outreach thus establishing end 19.69 points or 0.04 per Paints, ONGC, Titan, L&T, worst affected. also been discussed. marketing, branding and tered and provide profession- District Level Monitoring Atmanirbhar Bharat.   BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 15,164.15 15,257.10 15,064.30 15,109.30 -6.5 Script Open High Low LTP FRETAIL 80.5 80.5 78.15 80.5 BLUEDART 4389.65 4697 4316.8 4544.8 INDIACEM 172 172 166.55 167.7 FINCABLES 373 375.15 365 372.6 SBILIFE 869 895 863 893 33.9 CROMPTON 400.6 410.5 392.1 406.65 NAUKRI 5070 5133.95 4926 4966.9 SKFINDIA 2491.9 2514 2304.95 2336.2 POLYCAB 1325 1325 1290.6 1297.6 CRISIL 1960 1988 1934.9 1948.15 ASIANPAINT 2,432.50 2,532.45 2,423.65 2,508.00 91.15 AXISBANK 735.1 750.2 726.5 742.4 BEML 974.45 996 960.1 969.15 HAL 1041.5 1043.95 1010 1014.85 CENTRALBK 15 15.16 14.64 14.81 DCAL 134 134 126.45 127.1 HDFCLIFE 688.7 710.2 687.95 708.9 24.85 TATAMOTORS 337 338.55 322.15 325.1 BHARATFORG 646 655.85 638.8 644.45 CUB 175 175 166.25 166.65 JKPAPER 133.25 134.9 132 133.6 GDL 166.15 170 161.35 162.8 ONGC 99.8 103.35 99.8 101.15 1.5 IDEA 11.6 12.5 11.6 11.96 TATAMTRDVR 135.4 138 131.7 133.8 PETRONET 243 245.65 241.8 242.2 DCBBANK 113.9 113.9 107.8 108.35 KEC 428.1 428.55 420.9 423.9 WIPRO 440.25 451.75 435.2 441.5 6.2 RELIANCE 1967.7 1990 1952 1955.95 PIDILITIND 1726 1797.5 1726 1764.45 COLPAL 1588 1620.35 1581 1585.45 ATUL 6360 6398.9 6285.35 6297.35 GILLETTE 5698 5698 5631.5 5654.8 IOC 99.8 99.8 97 97.95 1.35 SBIN 397.4 403.45 389.1 394.7 APOLLOHOSP 2739 2834.95 2739 2788.05 NATIONALUM 50.45 50.7 48.9 49.15 PFIZER 4480 4520 4451.15 4463.65 FINEORG 2405 2408.6 2350 2358.35 TITAN 1,548.00 1,584.65 1,543.05 1,562.00 20.3 ASIANPAINT 2437 2532.55 2423.65 2507.1 TVSMOTOR 645 659.8 641 650.05 UNIONBANK 34.05 34.65 33.2 33.75 INOXLEISUR 338.2 343.7 334.85 336.7 MOTILALOFS 620.85 621 610 610.85 ULTRACEMCO 6,424.80 6,480.00 6,371.85 6,441.10 72.95 PNB 38.4 41.1 37.35 39.05 IIFL 205 222.5 204.45 222.5 JKCEMENT 2350 2350 2248.8 2260.6 IPCALAB 1940 1991.65 1940 1976.65 GPPL 96.35 98.1 95.5 96.65 BHARTIARTL 598 607.5 595 598.8 IRCON 87 95.65 85.55 92.85 IDFC 43.9 46.4 43.1 45 LT 1,557.00 1,574.50 1,545.00 1,565.00 13.2 ABB 1498.5 1541 1439 1462 GICRE 138 138.7 134.55 134.8 TATASTEEL 706.5 716.3 691.7 699.55 ADANIGREEN 1063 1114.6 1031.1 1085.35 MARICO 412 418.9 411.6 412.8 UFLEX 338 350 338 339.05 DBCORP 87.35 90.35 87 88.15 GRASIM 1,210.00 1,226.50 1,204.00 1,221.00 10.2 INFY 1308.45 1331.85 1297.35 1305 GODREJPROP 1425 1460 1414 1423.45 LTTS 2724 2724 2653.75 2666.65 JSLHISAR 135 135 128 128.85 MINDACORP 98.4 98.4 93 93.6 SHREECEM 27,360.10 28,599.10 27,360.10 28,250.50 228.3 TATACHEM 536 586.55 534.8 571.15 IDBI 29.95 31.4 29.1 30.1 CARBORUNIV 506 539.5 506 527.85 HSCL 49.1 49.1 47.15 47.35 MAHINDCIE 174 175.5 165 165.95 MARUTI 7,581.00 7,680.00 7,574.00 7,630.00 55.4 INDUSINDBK 1041 1051 1020 1026.2 LUPIN 1073 1079.45 1053.35 1058.15 ATGL 386 386 380.65 382.95 GEPIL 296 297 280.5 287 SONATSOFTW 420 420 403.65 406.05 NESTLEIND 17,211.00 17,510.00 17,150.00 17,336.20 118 ITC 234.45 239.15 228.3 229 HINDCOPPER 74.3 78.85 73.25 74.55 AARTIDRUGS 673 684.95 669.1 672 HONAUT 42674.15 43000 42371 42639.4 TTKPRESTIG 6022 6047.45 5900 5919.55 BHARTIARTL 598.9 607.75 595 601 3.7 BAJFINANCE 5530 5544.55 5380 5399.55 EXIDEIND 219 219 210 211.25 GNFC 227 231.55 224.05 226.8 MMTC 29.4 30.1 28.85 29.05 JAGRAN 46 46.3 44 44.8 AXISBANK 735.75 750 726.2 740 3.85 BALKRISIND 1885 1885 1640 1654.35 DABUR 522.5 532.1 519.05 524.95 SRF 5633.6 5690 5509.1 5530.85 GMM 3740 3780 3700 3729.1 OBEROIRLTY 568.1 576 563.15 567.85 HDFC 2,760.00 2,784.00 2,710.45 2,745.00 11.65 DRREDDY 4858 4895.95 4806.15 4845.5 COROMANDEL 774.5 784 767 770.35 GESHIP 257.95 261.45 256 257.65 POLYMED 553.15 573 551.05 553.2 WELCORP 126.1 126.45 123.65 124.1 UPL 539.5 556 535.55 540.5 2.2 ONGC 100 103.3 99.8 101 AARTIIND 1180 1245.8 1074.55 1233.15 SOUTHBANK 8.4 8.42 8.24 8.28 SPARC 188 189 181.65 182.7 NIACL 135 135.7 130.7 131.4 INFY 1,306.90 1,332.00 1,297.85 1,308.10 4.55 ICICIBANK 630.1 643.05 628.75 633.7 FORTIS 167 179.35 167 173.85 CHAMBLFERT 241.1 241.1 230.25 233.9 CENTURYTEX 475.05 476.7 456 458.55 3MINDIA 21467.05 21500 21124.7 21212.85 ICICIBANK 631.35 643.2 628.6 631.55 1.95 DLF 315 321 304.35 307 TATACONSUM 598 607.45 595 598.8 NBCC 32.5 33.75 32.1 32.8 SUNTECK 370 379.45 365 370.2 ESABINDIA 2011.75 2049.9 1980.3 1988 HDFCBANK 1,610.00 1,628.00 1,586.70 1,609.95 4.7 HCLTECH 961.5 981.5 946.75 951.8 WHIRLPOOL 2398 2398 2252.1 2333.8 UJJIVAN 248.6 253.4 237.35 240.45 NATCOPHARM 919 919 897.3 901.2 MRPL 35.1 36.1 35.05 35.2 RELIANCE 1,961.95 1,989.60 1,952.30 1,954.50 3.05 WIPRO 440 451.5 435.25 438.95 CONCOR 500 508.55 498.5 502.05 MINDAIND 598 606.25 573 579.9 REDINGTON 157.65 169.8 155.2 156.9 SUNDRMFAST 597 605.7 588.7 593.05 HEROMOTOCO 3,461.00 3,538.00 3,456.35 3,498.00 3 IRCTC 1628.95 1688.65 1592 1641.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 4254.7 4254.7 4146.5 4152.1 ICICIGI 1473 1530.7 1456 1517 DHANUKA 768 799 765.6 780.1 BRIGADE 285.1 291.1 284 288.9 ADANIPORTS 589.65 589.8 573.2 582.2 0.15 HDFCBANK 1604.3 1627.8 1586.9 1612.05 MFSL 729 750.1 719 737.9 RECLTD 148.7 150.2 145.6 146.45 HEIDELBERG 244.4 244.4 227.05 229.9 TVSSRICHAK 2175 2253.3 2151.8 2195.3 HINDALCO 278.55 285.9 275.65 278.95 0 IBULHSGFIN 218.9 225.2 214.55 218.75 SHREECEM 27600.95 28560 27600 28198.85 DEEPAKNI 1047.5 1047.5 1021.65 1040.25 NHPC 24.35 24.6 24.2 24.3 RATNAMANI 1650 1665 1615.5 1625.5 GAIL 132 133.45 130.7 131.25 -0.15 TCS 3200 3245.15 3165.05 3175.8 PHILIPCARB 206 212.4 200.4 205.6 ABBOTINDIA 14556.1 14999 14524.3 14671 GALAXYSURF 2322 2367.15 2208 2237.5 SIS 421 426.5 416 420.4 BRITANNIA 3,505.00 3,505.00 3,455.00 3,468.00 -5.7 TORNTPHARM 2722 2722 2545 2581.5 IGL 549 564.45 547.55 556.55 SYNGENE 583 589.05 573.2 584.25 BAJAJCON 265 268.95 258.6 260.25 MAHLOG 512 512 486.75 488.9 BPCL 431 438.05 416.65 419.35 -0.7 PVR 1520 1529.45 1496.3 1500.1 PNCINFRA 272 284.45 255.25 259.6 FINOLEXIND 655 681.3 641.2 660.5 PGHH 12892.75 12978 12735 12750.45 EDELWEISS 68.7 68.7 64.05 64.9 TATASTEEL 706.5 716.45 691.6 701.55 -1.4 HINDUNILVR 2247 2254 2211.2 2216.65 ASTRAZEN 3750 3885.95 3701.25 3744.35 IOLCP 735 738.5 694.5 697.2 ENDURANCE 1473.65 1476.35 1456 1469.5 TATAINVEST 1082.5 1113.75 1082.5 1095.4 HCLTECH 965 981.9 946.6 955 -2.75 APOLLOTYRE 250.55 251.1 241.2 243.5 CREDITACC 752 752 725 729.9 CASTROLIND 134.75 135.4 129.4 130.35 BALMLAWRIE 115.6 117 113.4 114.9 JINDALSAW 73.7 74.3 72.8 73.05 NTPC 100.4 101.2 99.5 100 -0.3 BPCL 430 438.75 416.5 419.35 INDHOTEL 123.75 127.6 122.95 124.45 CANFINHOME 510 510 496.8 499.7 ALLCARGO 134.3 134.5 131 131.25 KOTAKBANK 1,960.00 1,975.00 1,937.85 1,950.00 -7.15 HDFC 2755 2783.7 2711 2747.3 LTI 4160 4171.1 4050 4067.75 RALLIS 271.5 273.4 267.8 269.15 ORIENTREF 232.05 239.6 230.95 236.05 BANKBARODA 82 83.2 78.95 80.15 SWSOLAR 242 243.75 235.15 235.9 JSL 78.25 79.35 75 75.4 SANOFI 7917.85 7985.65 7883.5 7961.75 DRREDDY 4,850.00 4,895.70 4,805.00 4,838.10 -21.7 BRITANNIA 3507 3507 3455.1 3463.9 HINDZINC 297.3 301.8 294 297.25 MAHABANK 16.4 16.4 15.85 15.96 PHOENIXLTD 812.6 832.75 802.4 803.9 CIPLA 848 856.85 839 841.7 -5.55 ZEEL 225 225 214 215.65 GMDCLTD 63.95 64 60.8 61.25 SCHNEIDER 110.9 113.6 104.7 106 AJANTPHARM 1810 1824.6 1805.25 1806.9 TECHM 978.6 999.8 967.25 975.95 -6.6 LT 1551 1574 1544.25 1566.25 DISHTV 12 12.11 11.8 11.9 SEQUENT 234.95 238.95 227 235.6 NH 498 504.35 481.7 485.95 INDUSINDBK 1,044.00 1,051.60 1,020.00 1,027.60 -7.5 EICHERMOT 2984.7 3018.8 2935.95 2947.95 VAKRANGEE 53 53.15 51 51.2 RITES 258.75 259.25 254 254.8 UJJIVANSFB 36.2 36.5 35.75 35.8 EICHERMOT 2,993.30 3,018.00 2,936.05 2,948.00 -22.4 GUJGAS 440 477.4 436 461.5 THERMAX 1150 1162 1130.4 1154 VENKYS 1665.1 1686.05 1630 1636.3 VIPIND 363 363 351 351.95 SBIN 396.75 403.5 389 393.6 -3.45 MRF 91384 94545.85 90400.3 93751.25 JSWENERGY 71.95 73.15 70.1 70.45 NAVINFLUOR 2510 2548.75 2498.9 2516 JTEKTINDIA 92.35 92.4 90.2 90.65 HINDUNILVR 2,247.00 2,254.70 2,210.50 2,215.90 -20.75 M&M 930 939.15 885.95 894.6 ITI 125 133.1 124.55 126.05 RVNL 31.95 31.95 30.8 31 SHILPAMED 431.7 436.95 426.1 427.75 POWERGRID 210 217.45 210 210.5 -2.05 CADILAHC 480 480 466.15 467.8 ASTRAL 2046.5 2067.85 2024 2031.85 KAJARIACER 888 891.6 873.05 883.75 FDC 277 282.35 275.1 275.7 SUNPHARMA 631.9 639.25 621 623.05 -6.1 AUROPHARMA 960.55 974.5 952 959.45 BOMDYEING 75.8 75.8 72.75 73.1 SJVN 26.7 26.75 26.25 26.35 GUJALKALI 337.2 344.35 333.9 335.05 BAJAJFINSV 10,067.00 10,068.00 9,882.00 9,918.00 -103.05 SUNTV 529.7 548.05 513.65 527.75 JKTYRE 133.2 133.2 128.55 129.3 HAWKINCOOK 5600.05 5760 5600.05 5664.4 GHCL 210.6 214.45 210.3 212.5 TCS 3,195.00 3,245.80 3,164.00 3,176.00 -38.1 BERGEPAINT 755.1 769.5 752.75 761.3 GODREJAGRO 503 508.95 490.2 492.6 GREAVESCOT 86.9 87.95 85.15 85.7 VMART 2475.6 2490.9 2437.5 2446.55 DIVISLAB 3,783.05 3,841.25 3,705.05 3,732.50 -49.35 VEDL 179 188.25 178.85 181.6 KPITTECH 138.6 138.7 133.75 136.35 TV18BRDCST 30.8 30.8 29.7 29.85 SHOPERSTOP 202.2 204.05 199.3 200.65 COALINDIA 141.5 143.45 138.7 139.4 -2.15 HINDALCO 279 285.85 275.8 278.3 TEAMLEASE 3545 3715 3152.5 3580.9 RELAXO 872.8 882.6 872.8 878.9 SFL 2099.9 2099.9 2052.65 2072.2 BAJFINANCE 5,537.50 5,539.00 5,382.60 5,409.80 -87.9 DIXON 17350 18249.95 17350 17722.2 BDL 341.1 350.15 340 343.25 HUDCO 44.7 44.7 42.8 43.1 WESTLIFE 460.2 473 445.3 451.75 BAJAJ-AUTO 4,228.40 4,238.00 4,145.00 4,160.00 -77.45 GMRINFRA 26.6 27.05 26.25 26.45 ADVENZYMES 364 377.35 356.7 370.1 SUPRAJIT 245 252 235.3 237.65 ITC 234.6 239.2 228.2 228.8 -4.3 ULTRACEMCO 6460 6479 6371.05 6417.6 SPICEJET 89.2 89.2 86.5 86.85 JCHAC 2574.2 2630 2466.25 2488.8 JSWSTEEL 417 420 401.85 408 -9.65 SAIL 68.2 68.85 65.6 66.65 NAM-INDIA 333.85 333.85 325 327.45 EIHOTEL 100.25 101.05 94.3 95.65 TATAMOTORS 337 338.5 322.2 325.85 -10.1 CANBK 159.75 162.3 154.8 155.65 MEGH 83.6 84.25 80.55 81 IRB 109 112.15 109 110.65 M&M 929.5 939 885.2 899.05 -29.35 IOC 99.8 99.8 97.05 97.7 TORNTPOWER 324.8 331.25 322.45 325.8 INDOCO 321.2 333 306 314.55 ADANIENT 632.95 641.85 620.7 629.7 LAURUSLABS 364.6 365 358.15 361.05 CYIENT 649.9 668.4 635 639.75 FORCEMOT 1426 1442.65 1404.75 1431.45 QUESS 705.65 725.5 691 697.2 PEL 1591.25 1606.75 1555.9 1578.25 ALKEM 2904.35 2919 2838.2 2876.9 JMFINANCIL 89 89 86.75 88     RAMCOCEM 940 941.5 923.05 930.4 STAR 839 875 839 848.65 TRENT 690.05 694 671.35 678 NESCO 625 625 591.6 599.4 NMDC 126 126 108.9 116.05 HDFCAMC 3087.05 3107.15 2992.5 3010.5 CUMMINSIND 792 792 766.8 774.35 CHALET 178 179.8 172.15 174.5 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE GRAPHITE 429.15 442.5 409.3 413 CHOLAFIN 460.2 470.7 455.2 458.95 JUSTDIAL 643.95 643.95 624.35 627.2 SUVENPHAR 491 500 484.2 486.6 NIFTY NEXT 50 34,303.90 34,420.05 34,017.80 34,147.30 -17.95 GRASIM 1213 1226 1204.35 1218.25 AMARAJABAT 984 995.1 964.15 969.25 NOCIL 155 157.8 151 152.3 POWERINDIA 1320 1336.35 1291.5 1318.35 INDUSTOWER 242.5 263.4 242.1 252.75 12.8 ADANIPORTS 591.35 591.35 573.2 581.9 ABFRL 167.9 172 165 165.65 CENTURYPLY 283 299.5 278.65 282.85 BIRLACORPN 825 835.1 815 821.4 SBICARD 985 1,031.75 985 1,018.40 34.75 BAJAJFINSV 10032.35 10092.15 9882.7 9940.2 SUPREMEIND 1945 1945 1900 1910.7 APLAPOLLO 974.4 975 933.6 948.35 CARERATING 515 515 487.15 489.5 ICICIGI 1,485.95 1,535.00 1,455.80 1,522.35 49.35 GAIL 132.4 133.5 130.65 131 COALINDIA 141.95 143.5 138.7 139.3 ALOKTEXT 20.9 21.1 20.75 20.8 AEGISLOG 319.5 319.5 302.25 304.3 ADANIGREEN 1,068.00 1,116.00 1,031.05 1,092.05 28.6 IDFCFIRSTB 49.2 52.2 48.3 50 SUZLON 6.55 6.55 6.22 6.24 RAJESHEXPO 483.5 491 478.7 483.05 CSBBANK 221 223.2 219.25 220.2 IGL 546.6 565 545.65 558 14.15 TITAN 1557 1584 1547.8 1560.05 WOCKPHARMA 507.75 535.9 506.5 519.5 TATACOMM 1026.8 1067.6 996 1047.95 SCHAEFFLER 4999.25 5030.95 4910.4 4957.3 PNB 38.25 41.05 37.35 38.85 0.85 BAJAJELEC 1044 1089 1028.55 1049.85 HINDPETRO* 230 232.7 225.4 225.95 JBCHEPHARM 1024.95 1048.9 1005 1033.3 J&KBANK 31.05 31.5 30.25 30.85 BERGEPAINT 758.4 769.5 752.7 768 16.05 VOLTAS 1040 1089.55 1039 1080.15 LICHSGFIN 440 446 434.6 439.1 KRBL 210.5 212.45 205.1 208.45 SOBHA 459.7 462.7 444.45 451.2 ERIS 590.85 591.05 582.8 584.75 PIDILITIND 1,739.00 1,798.00 1,735.10 1,759.00 25.3 BEL 142 142 137 137.9 ASHOKA 108.4 114.25 105.9 110.6 TRIDENT 14.15 14.3 13.9 13.94 BALRAMCHIN 160.4 162 159.2 160.05 TCIEXP 967.45 985 940.8 968.8 MUTHOOTFIN 1,188.00 1,225.00 1,178.35 1,193.15 16.6 HAVELLS 1137.7 1169.55 1132 1138.95 EMAMILTD 505.1 508 486.45 490.5 CGCL 370 372.35 360 362.5 IIFLWAM 1199 1225 1175.6 1203.15 NETWORK18 37 37 36.15 36.3 HAVELLS 1,132.00 1,169.65 1,130.00 1,141.70 15.5 MGL 1115 1154.55 1104 1139.35 AAVAS 2080 2320 2073.3 2263.8 EQUITAS 89.7 89.95 86.05 86.5 LEMONTREE 43.6 43.6 42.1 42.3 KALPATPOWR 379.9 379.9 370.15 375.35 DABUR 523.05 532.05 519 525.4 7 MOTHERSUMI 165.2 165.5 160.25 161.5 PAGEIND 29602 30570 29360 30335.55 MIDHANI 196.45 196.45 187.5 187.9 BBTC 1244 1247.3 1233.2 1239 PRESTIGE 285.2 290.1 281.8 282.7 GODREJCP 732 748.4 715 743.5 8.1 MARUTI 7575.75 7677.2 7575 7626.9 BATAINDIA 1597 1602.9 1569.05 1574.35 RAIN 140 141.4 133.45 136.2 AVANTI 505.3 515.4 503 505.2 MAHSCOOTER 3949.95 3949.95 3866 3873.1 UBL 1,275.90 1,290.40 1,264.00 1,279.50 9.8 HEG 1214 1235.5 1103.05 1130.4 FSL 103 103.65 96.55 96.9 LAXMIMACH 6250 6432 6221 6259.75 GODFRYPHLP 932 935.65 912.05 917 HERITGFOOD 281 282 276.3 279.4 MARICO 413.5 419 411.75 413 1.75 BIOCON 410.3 410.3 402.8 404.65 DELTACORP 161.95 164.85 156.1 158.45 RAYMOND 346 349.9 338.4 341.25 LUXIND 1692.4 1730 1691.1 1711.7 KPRMILL 947 947 934.55 938.95 PGHH 12,800.00 12,985.40 12,735.00 12,760.00 51.2 TATAELXSI 2850 2954 2822.1 2869.6 INDIANB 129.05 130.1 124.3 125.85 CEATLTD 1634.25 1644 1578.2 1599.75 TIMKEN 1390 1400 1325 1332.05 CHOLAHLDNG 536.95 558.6 536.95 543.2 ABBOTINDIA 14,600.00 14,995.00 14,510.00 14,548.00 47.4 NTPC 100.8 101.2 99.5 100 GSPL 215.95 223.2 213.2 221.95 STLTECH 184.9 187.55 178.4 180.1 NBVENTURES 64.9 64.9 61.5 61.85 GARFIBRES 2274.65 2292.45 2245.6 2250.6 BAJAJHLDNG 3,551.00 3,561.00 3,501.35 3,530.00 11.4 BHEL 39.65 39.7 38.4 38.8 MPHASIS 1640 1674 1626.4 1649.05 GRSE 204.7 205.4 191 194.85 DEEPAKFERT 163.5 163.5 156.25 157.25 PRSMJOHNSN 103 103 99.65 100.1 TATACONSUM 597 607.5 594.55 598.75 1.65 TATAPOWER 90.05 90.35 86.4 87.15 BANKINDIA 59.65 62 57.35 59.2 KNRCON 219.85 222.05 214.65 216.35 GSFC 81.9 81.9 78.55 79.1 THYROCARE 939 945.8 921 926.9 AUROPHARMA 961.95 974.9 952 959.3 2.35 ESCORTS 1450 1468.4 1419.85 1428.15 GLENMARK 505.95 513.2 499.1 501.1 VGUARD 234.75 237.55 221.7 228.95 METROPOLIS 2163.45 2198.85 2150.75 2164.2 ORIENTCEM 94.2 94.2 90.05 90.5 ICICIPRULI 479.8 484.9 473.25 478 1.2 DIVISLAB 3795 3840.5 3707.95 3721.6 NESTLEIND 17340 17510.7 17164.05 17325.8 BSOFT 256.6 264.1 253.5 256.65 BAJAJHLDNG 3575 3575 3496.25 3530.75 BAYERCROP 5519.95 5629.8 5474.75 5534.4 OFSS 3,263.95 3,267.75 3,212.00 3,242.80 5 HEROMOTOCO 3485 3537.6 3463.35 3498.05 AUBANK 1040 1081 1039.2 1062.35 KTKBANK 66 67.25 65.45 65.8 GODREJIND 466 466 447 451.8 MOIL 142 144.5 141.5 142.25 ACC 1,771.85 1,779.00 1,753.25 1,765.90 2 MUTHOOTFIN 1194.4 1224.25 1178.9 1186 ADANITRANS 571.9 583.65 560.15 566.7 ISEC 417 417 406.95 408.3 GLAXO 1474 1488 1457 1459.75 TRITURBINE 97.75 99 93.95 96.85 PETRONET 244.4 245.45 241.8 242.25 0.2 UPL 539.9 556.15 535.65 538.8 INDIGO 1696 1709.8 1651.8 1661.55 OIL 119.25 121.3 118.6 119.85 TIMETECHNO 54.7 55.8 53.85 54.7 ZYDUSWELL 1916.3 1930.8 1888.1 1895.35 HINDZINC 298 301.75 294 297.15 -0.15 PIIND 2234 2253.45 2200.05 2225 ACC 1768 1778.6 1754.45 1761.25 FLUOROCHEM 603.8 608.5 557 565.85 CHENNPETRO 91.8 93.25 91.5 91.85 CERA 3554.15 3556 3491.25 3528.75 CONCOR 503 508.9 498.65 501.85 -0.6 NCC 100 100 89.6 90.05 GRANULES 334.65 334.65 325.95 327.05 KANSAINER 589.9 597.65 583.7 588.05 PNBHOUSING 356.3 357.4 351 352.5 RESPONIND 180 180.05 168.5 172.4 COLPAL 1,589.25 1,619.00 1,581.00 1,585.00 -4.25 CIPLA 848 856.8 839 842.5 COFORGE 2620 2642.9 2527.1 2545.25 APLLTD 943.3 956.2 933 935.9 BLUESTARCO 811.3 819 796 805.4 GULFOILLUB 720 725.5 719.35 721.3 LTI 4,121.70 4,169.85 4,046.40 4,079.95 -21.95 INDIAMART 9031 9345.95 8703.9 9103.8 SIEMENS 1885 1900 1841.8 1849.3 CESC 605 620.4 599 607.75 JAICORPLTD 90.9 92.4 89.25 89.9 TCNSBRANDS 419.85 419.85 410 412.75 BANDHANBNK 332.4 332.4 323.55 328.75 -1.9 TECHM 982.2 999.4 967.6 975.35 ALKYLAMINE 5085 5299.25 5070 5088.95 DALBHARAT 1340 1352.95 1306.9 1348.3 SYMPHONY 1036 1048 1007.55 1014.9 AKZOINDIA 2285.1 2285.1 2260 2264 MOTHERSUMI 164.4 165.5 160.25 161.65 -1.2 SRTRANSFIN 1435 1443.6 1391 1414.45 JKLAKSHMI 370.8 388 366.75 378.3 NLCINDIA 56.6 58 56.55 57.65 VBL 897.25 902.8 882.75 895.2 MAHSEAMLES 293.7 293.7 281.5 281.9 NMDC 123.55 123.55 115.55 116.7 -1.05 SUNPHARMA 635 639 621.05 623.7 TANLA 709 713.75 675 683.55 JAMNAAUTO 70.55 72.55 68.75 69 IFCI 9.2 9.39 9 9.03 VTL 1067.95 1070.65 1040 1049.55 PEL 1,590.00 1,606.95 1,555.00 1,577.05 -14.2 HDFCLIFE 690.45 710 688.1 704.45 DMART 2990 3005 2902 2923.45 VINATIORGA 1237.8 1290.95 1235.75 1253.7 VAIBHAVGBL 2693.7 2775 2660.9 2755.55 SPANDANA 781.45 787.7 755.6 760.5 BIOCON 409 409.95 402.8 405 -4 JINDALSTEL 308.9 317.2 304.9 309.85 IOB 11.8 12.25 11.13 11.36 NILKAMAL 1700 1773.05 1636.25 1727.05 EIDPARRY 345 345 329.75 331.6 ZENSARTECH 236.9 237.35 230.2 231.95 ADANITRANS 570 583.75 561 565.65 -5.9 IEX 257 282.35 257 273.3 MANAPPURAM 174.9 176.2 172.2 172.9 DBL 507.7 519 482.35 491.05 WELSPUNIND 67.05 68.15 65.7 66.35 HATHWAY 30.45 30.45 29.3 29.6 ALKEM 2,915.95 2,921.15 2,838.00 2,870.30 -31.65 KOTAKBANK 1950 1975 1938 1949.2 JUBLFOOD 2720.3 2823 2720.3 2801.85 ADANIPOWER 53.45 53.55 52.4 52.7 AIAENG 1996.5 2020 1955.2 1991.4 LAOPALA 216.8 216.8 212.75 214 AMBUJACEM 276.85 279.45 269.85 271.25 -3.1 L&TFH 90.3 90.85 88.1 88.5 FCONSUMER 8.65 8.67 8.46 8.65 RCF 55.45 55.45 53.5 53.6 IFBIND 1361 1387.45 1358.15 1363.4 SUDARSCHEM 511.55 511.55 498.55 501.3 BANKBARODA 81.4 83.15 78.95 80 -0.95 SBILIFE 865 895.4 864.7 889.1 BASF 1650 1801 1632.2 1704.25 SWANENERGY 139 143 137.1 140.3 ECLERX 989.45 997.7 962.35 968.3 MHRIL 237.15 237.15 232.4 232.65 HINDPETRO 229 232.75 225.25 226.85 -2.7 RBLBANK 251.2 251.2 243.6 246.1 IBREALEST 86.5 88.6 84.35 86 KEI 502.7 505.5 484.5 490.35 MAHLIFE 470.7 486 458.65 471 TASTYBIT 12817.45 13211.4 12817.45 13119.6 PFC 128 128.5 125.2 126.5 -1.6 BANDHANBNK 333 333 323.55 328.15 TATAMETALI 770.6 819.95 763.1 783.75 UBL 1304.95 1304.95 1264.35 1275.55 SHK 123.35 129.95 123 125.55 WABCOINDIA 5589.65 5630 5581.95 5591.7 CADILAHC 475 477.75 466.1 467.5 -5.95 POWERGRID 210.45 217.5 210.05 210.75 AFFLE 4330 4330 4010 4210.45 TIINDIA 928 954.1 894.55 908.8 PGHL 7249 7430 7184.2 7315.15 DCMSHRIRAM 464.5 464.5 452.3 454.6 SIEMENS 1,879.25 1,900.00 1,843.00 1,854.95 -24.3 FEDERALBNK 83 85.45 82.1 82.95 RADICO 522 522 515 516.7 GRINDWELL 819 873.9 813.5 848.95 SHRIRAMCIT 1497.15 1527.05 1453.2 1470.15 SOLARINDS 1240 1256.15 1221 1249.75 NAUKRI 5,050.00 5,137.95 4,924.55 4,993.00 -65.55 ICICIPRULI 480 485 473.55 476.55 PFC 128.95 128.95 125.15 126.05 VRLLOG 231.85 232 222.45 224.75 UCOBANK 13.2 13.24 13.04 13.14 KSB 675 680 667.65 668 LUPIN 1,072.60 1,080.00 1,053.00 1,058.40 -14.2 SBICARD 992 1030.7 987.55 1015.2 BLISSGVS 186.95 186.95 181.8 183.75 SUMICHEM 306.3 311.9 305.85 308.15 OFSS 3242.65 3253 3211.85 3228.05 CCL 254.95 254.95 248.1 248.55 INDIGO 1,700.00 1,708.00 1,652.70 1,664.00 -31.95 JSWSTEEL 417.95 419.95 402.25 406.65 HFCL 27.5 27.6 25.9 27.1 SCI 85.85 86.85 85 85.5 STARCEMENT 99.9 99.9 95 96.5 ASTERDM 159.75 159.9 153.75 155.1 DLF 314.5 321 304.2 307.05 -6 ASHOKLEY 136.15 137.05 133.8 134.6 BOSCHLTD 16700 16769.9 16205 16323.35 SOLARA 1528.95 1530 1497.1 1506.95 COCHINSHIP 350 350.15 340.9 343.3 INDOSTAR 334.95 334.95 321.2 322.9 MCDOWELL-N 580 580.85 566 567.75 -12.45 AMBUJACEM 276.15 279.45 269.8 270.5 MINDTREE 1750 1750 1708.15 1713.3 ENGINERSIN 79 79 76.7 77 LALPATHLAB 2424.8 2454.8 2390.05 2404.45 ITDC 315.75 315.75 303 305.7 BOSCHLTD 16,677.65 16,772.00 16,200.00 16,310.00 -369.35 M&MFIN 185.5 186.65 180.8 183.75 MCX 1564.9 1585 1541 1553.1 LINDEINDIA 1011 1050 1001 1041 CAPPL 468 468 460.05 461.9 MASFIN 910.35 914.6 879 885.1 GICRE 137.8 138.95 134.5 134.75 -3.05 GODREJCP 735.2 747.75 705.15 743.55 KSCL 565.7 566.55 540.45 542.9 TATACOFFEE 111 112.3 109.45 109.85 JYOTHYLAB 155 157.2 152.65 153.25 DMART 3,005.00 3,007.90 2,900.00 2,914.00 -70.4 VSTIND 3621 3661.2 3612 3650.9 AMBER 2770 3000 2714.4 2907 HDFCAMC 3,095.90 3,108.95 2,991.95 3,014.00 -72.7 PERSISTENT 1798 1800.65 1693.7 1707.05 PTC 63.4 64.9 62.5 63.7 VARROC 469.45 499.95 447.8 454.95 OMAXE 75.2 75.2 72.85 74.7 TORNTPHARM 2,700.00 2,700.05 2,545.00 2,584.00 -173.95 INDUSTOWER 241.15 263.4 241.15 253.75 ABCAPITAL 91.95 92.5 88.45 89.1 EPL 210 212.75 207 207.7 ORIENTELEC 291 291 276.6 283.95 TVTODAY 242.35 244.55 240.6 241.7     !"#$"$! %! 99

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Myanmar’s military takeover, leaders in Asia to call for col- “The Secretary-General Washington: Donald Trump’s the Democrats’ resolve in pur- firing warning shots and shoot- lective and bilateral action to continues to follow the historic second impeachment suing him, and the loyalty of ing water cannons to disperse create conditions for the recent situation in Myanmar closely trial is an undertaking like no Trump’s Republican allies crowds that took to the streets military coup in the country to and with grave concern. other in US history, the defeat- defending him. again on Tuesday in defiance of be reversed, the UN chief’s He and his Special Envoy ed former president charged by “In trying to make sense of rules making protests illegal. spokesperson has said. have been reaching out to the House with inciting the vio- a second Trump trial, the pub- Water cannons were used in Myanmar’s military last key international actors, includ- lent mob attack on the US lic should keep in mind that Mandalay, Myanmar’s second- week toppled the government ing regional leaders, in calling Capitol to overturn the election Donald Trump was the first biggest city, where witnesses said and seized power for one year, for collective and bilateral in what prosecutors argue is the president ever to refuse to at least two warning shots were detaining top political figures, action to create conditions “most grievous constitutional accept his defeat,” said Timothy fired to try to break up the including de facto leader Aung for the recent coup in crime”. Naftali, a clinical associate pro- crowd. Reports on social media San Suu Kyi. Myanmar to be reversed,” Trump’s lawyers insist as fessor at New York University said police arrested more than The military accused Suu Spokesman for the Secretary- the Senate trial opens Tuesday sented with graphic videos and an expert on Richard two dozen people there. They Kyi’s government of not inves- General Stephane Dujarric said that he is not guilty on the sole recorded that day. Holed up at Nixon’s impeachment saga, also used water cannons in the !               tigating allegations of voter at the daily press briefing on charge of “incitement of insur- his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, which ended with Nixon’s res- capital, Natpyitaw, for a second         '  %'      #! fraud in recent elections. Suu Monday. PTI rection,” his fiery words just a Trump has declined a request ignation rather than his day and fired shots into the air. figure of speech, even as he to testify. impeachment. Police were widely report- ties, an outcome proponents of encouraged a rally crowd to The first president to face “This trial is one way of ed to have also shot rubber bul- the country’s civil disobedience .B         “fight like hell” for his presi- charges after leaving office and having that difficult national lets at the crowd in Naypyitaw, movement have warned against. dency. the first to be twice impeached conversation about the differ- wounding several people. The protesters are demand- Wellington: New Zealand munity to “strongly condemn in New Zealand.” The Capitol siege on for high crimes and misde- ence between dissent and Photos on social media showed ing that power be restored to announced the suspension of what we’re seeing happen in Ardern said the measures January 6 stunned the world as meanours while in office, insurrection,” Naftali said. an alleged shooter — an officer the deposed civilian Govt and high-level military and political Myanmar”. “After years of work- would include travel bans on rioters stormed the building to Trump continues to challenge White House press secretary with a short-barrelled gun — are seeking freedom for the contacts with Myanmar ing hard to build a democracy senior military figures. try to stop the certification of the nation’s civic norms and Jen Psaki said Monday that and several injured people. nation’s elected leader Aung Tuesday, the first major inter- in Myanmar, I think every New Myanmar’s military last President-elect Joe Biden’s vic- traditions even in defeat. Biden will be busy with the busi- Unconfirmed rumours cir- San Suu Kyi and other ruling national move to isolate the Zealander would be devastated week detained civilian leader tory. Security remains extreme- ness of the presidency and won’t culated widely of shootings party members detained since country’s ruling junta following to see what we’ve seen in recent Aung San Suu Kyi and dozens No witnesses are expected ly tight at the Capitol. While spend much time watching the with live rounds and deaths the military took over and a coup. days led by the military,” she told of other members of her to be called, in part because the acquittal is likely, the trial will televised proceedings. “He’ll among the protesters, with the blocked the new session of Unveiling the measures, reporters. National League for Democracy senators sworn as jurors, forced test the nation’s attitude toward leave it to his former colleagues potential of sparking violent Parliament from convening on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern “Our strong message is we (NLD) party, ending a decade to flee for safety, will be pre- his brand of presidential power, in the Senate,” she said. AP retaliation against the authori- February 1. AP called for the international com- will do what we can from here of civilian rule. AFP E 9  ,     ! !   %    . ) 3 ,
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 .-030?2/?- From the JD(U) those who got min- Opposition for over six years since June 8, tial step in the process of understanding sending at least one person at the Delhi have been rejecting these claims, saying isterial berths include old guards such as 2014. Naidu said Azad’s retirement is par- the origins of the virus, which scientists border protest sites while other members these laws will harm their interest. 3+--.-/->3 Shrawan Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Madan ticularly painful with the House having lost have posited may have passed to humans would continue to work in their fields. Sahni, and Lessi Singh as well as new faces Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley. through a wild animal, such as a pangolin He said the protesters are prepared for  @ .==. Nearly 100 ration kits have been sup- such as Jayant Raj (MLA from Amarpur or bamboo rat. Transmission directly a long struggle to get the three laws plied to the affected villages by helicopters in Banka district); former police official -O ..-=0 to ensure they face no dearth of essentials, Sunil Kumar (Bhore MLA); Sumit Singh, in frozen food products are also possibil- Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka 32- 30?1-- officials said. who had won as an Independent from -2-0=) @ ities, Embarek said. and Odisha to garner farmers’ support for Talking to reporters, Rawat said the Chakai in Jamui district but later joined the +=23-/=@ The WHO team’s visit is politically their struggle. =0. @A3=2-0- priority is to get to those trapped inside the party; and Jama Khan, who was elected sensitive for Beijing, which is concerned He said that a farmer does not trans- tunnel and save as many lives as possible. on the BSP ticket from Chainpur in On January 26, thousands of protest- about being blamed for alleged missteps fer his agriculture land to even his son dur- “Issue notice returnable in two weeks. Additional heavy machines could be Kaimur district but later joined the JD(U). ing farmers who reached ITO from the in its early response to the outbreak. An ing his lifetime, how he can give it to the In the meantime, there shall be stay of pressed into service to expedite the process The BJP list of Ministers is as follow, Ghazipur border clashed with the police. AP investigation has found that the corporates. arrest of the petitioners,” the bench head- of clearing tonnes of debris inside the tun- Shahnawaz Hussain (BJP MLC), Pramod Many of them driving tractors reached the Chinese government put limits on research The BKU leader from Uttar Pradesh ed by Chief Justice S A Bobde noted in its nel blocking the path of rescue personnel. Kumar (BJP MLA, Motihari), Samrat Red Fort and entered the monument, into the outbreak and ordered scientists not has been camping at Ghazipur on the order after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, A portion of the Nanda Devi glacier Chaudhary (BJP MLC), Neeraj Kumar where a religious flag was also hoisted. to speak to reporters. Delhi-UP border as part of a campaign by appearing for the lawmaker from possibly burst through its banks in Singh Bablu (BJP MLA, Chhatapur), In the FIR registered in connection The team — which includes experts farmer unions against the central laws Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, expressed Chamoli district on Sunday. It appeared to Subash Singh (BJP MLA, Gopalganj), with the Red Fort violence, police said two from 10 countries who arrived on January enacted in September. the looming danger of danger arrest. have triggered an avalanche and a deluge Nitin Nabin (BJP MLA, Bankipur), Sumit magazines with 20 live cartridges were 14 — also visited the Huanan Seafood “Over the past two days, they have When the bench said it was issuing that ripped through the Alaknanda river Kumar Singh (Independent MLA, Chakai), snatched from two constables by protest- Market, the site of an early cluster of cases brought this new issue of small farmers, notice in the matter, Sibal vehemently system in the upper reaches of the eco- Narayan Prasad (BJP MLA, Nautan), ers who also damaged vehicles and robbed in late 2019. The market dealt in frozen saying this (agitation) is not fight of small pleaded that an order with an effect that logically fragile Himalayas. Alok Ranjan (BJP MLA, Saharsa), Janak anti-riot gear. seafood and also domesticated wildlife, and farmers but that of big farmers who are no coercive action be taken against them Experts, however, are still trying to Ram (BJP). “The mob later hoisted different flags Embarek said the team had identified the coming in tractors,”’ he said, attacking the in the meantime be also passed. determine the exact cause of the disaster there. They also started creating nuisance traders, suppliers and farms connected to Centre. “Nothing is going to happen. Where in Joshimath. =3?--=3=0 2 on the rampart. The unruly mob was asked the market. He appealed to the farmers to not be is the danger,” said the bench, also com- to come downstairs. They went to Meena Liang Wannian, the head of the misled by such things. He claimed farm- prising Justices A S Bopanna and V 1- 4-0-.=4  30.< .-1-22 Bazar area to enter into Red Fort. When Chinese side, said the virus appeared to ers have come under debt “due to wrong Ramasubramanian. +--<=. N  the police tried to take them out of have been spreading in other parts of the policies of the government”. He reiterated Sibal objected and said Solicitor =22 +-234-2@ /- Lahore Gate, the mob became violent and city than the market, so it remains possi- that the protesters demanding the rollback General Tuhsar Mehta is appearing for =<<2 <2==D Modi said it would be difficult for any- attacked personnel. The mob thrashed the ble that the virus originated elsewhere. of the contentious agri-marketing laws will Delhi Police and the cops of other states one to fill the shoes of Azad as he cared police personnel and threw them in the The team found no evidence that the stay on Delhi’s borders till October 2 and might “knock at my doors and arrest me 3-03 not only about his political affiliation but wells,” police had said in the FIR. disease was spreading widely any earlier there will not be any compromise on the in the meantime”. also about the country and the House. “They damaged a bus, a Government than the initial outbreak in the second half demands. “Kindly protect us in the meanwhile,” “Of the total 10,000-15,000 glaciers “I worry that after Azad whosoever gypsy and other vehicles. The mob robbed of December 2019. “Those occupying the seats of power, Sibal said, prompting the bench to ask the that are situated in India, intense and reg- will take over from him will have to fill very the anti-riots gears -- cane stick, shields, “We haven’t been able to fully do the their purpose is something else...We don’t law officer whether the police was plan- ular monitoring is done for a maximum big boots because he cared not only about body protectors, helmets etc from the research, but there is no indication there have to fall in their trap. We have to con- ning to arrest Tharoor and others. 25 glaciers across the Indian Himalayan his party but about the country as well as police personnel,” it had also said. were clusters before what we saw happen centrate on our agitation. No business over Mehta, seeking to argue the case on Region. A minuscule percentage of total the House. This is not a small thing, this in the later part of December in Wuhan,” hunger will not be allowed in this coun- Wednesday, alleged: “Horrendous tweets glaciers are studied but there is constant a big thing,” Modi said. 1=?3A-2- 03 Liang said. try,” he said. have been made,” the law officer said, effort to increase this number,” SK Rai, a He noted that Azad had called him to Another member of the WHO team, Rejecting the Centre’s assertions that adding, “I can show you what horrendous senior scientist with glaciology and hydrol- ask for an all-party meeting during Covid- =30 2 >=0 British-born zoologist Peter Daszak, told farm laws were in the interests of farm- effect these tweets have with such lakhs of ogy department with WIHG said. 19 period. “I liked that and also did it. This =.=0 2- 4 The Associated Press late last week that ers, Tikait claimed these legislations will followers”. The glaciers being monitored in kind of connection is there because he has they enjoyed a greater level of openness adversely impact not just farmers but other The bench asked Mehta, “Are you Uttarakhand by scientists from the Wadia the experience of both being in power and And it allowed the joint Chinese- than they had anticipated, and that they sections too. “The PDS system will be fin- going to arrest them?”. Institute of Himalayan Geology includes in Opposition. Twenty-eight-year experi- WHO team to rule out one theory on the were granted full access to all sites and per- ished, the poor will be impacted. Small The solicitor general said, “I am Gangotri, Chorabari, Dunagiri, Dokriyani ence in all, it is a big thing,” the Prime origins of the virus. The Wuhan Institute sonnel they requested. traders will be finished, small businesses before your lordships. Please hear it and Pindari, he said. Minister said. of Virology has collected many virus The visit by the WHO team took will be finished and farmers will be tomorrow”. The bench then asked Mehta Sain talked about the challenges of “Power comes and goes but (only a few samples, leading to allegations that it may months to negotiate. China only agreed to destroyed. Only malls and godowns will whether he was appearing for all the con- conducting the study with inaccessibility know) how to digest it...therefore like a have been the source of the original out- it amid international pressure at the survive,” he said. cerned states. “I will appear for all,” he said. to the glacial regions being the major one. friend, I respect him on the basis of the break, whether on purpose or accidental- WHO’s World Health Assembly meeting Tikait also said while salaries of MPs, Sibal, while arguing that petitioners “All mapping of glaciers has been done things he has done over these years,” Modi ly. last May, and Beijing has continued to MLAs have increased by up to 500 percent should be protected, said, “What prejudice through satellite data, but glaciers are all said while wiping his tears and saluting But experts now consider the possi- resist calls for a strictly independent over the years, rates of farmers crops have will it cause if this protection is given?” in high-altitude and inaccessible regions, Azad. bility of such a leak so improbable that it investigation. gone up by only 19-23 percent. “We will hear you after two weeks and so monitoring those areas automatically The Prime Minister said he believes will not be suggested as an avenue of future While China has weathered some Meanwhile, singer Rupinder Handa, stay the arrest in the meanwhile,” the bench becomes difficult. Even if we have large that Azad’s concern for his country will not study, said Embarek, a WHO food safety localised resurgences of infection since get- who was also present at the event, said. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, manpower it is difficult to monitor them,” let him sit and whatever responsibilities he and animal diseases expert. ting the outbreak under control last year, announced to return the ‘Lok Gayika appearing for one of the journalists, said said Sain. takes in the future would be beneficial for China had already strongly rejected life in Wuhan itself has largely returned to Puraskar’ award given to her by the no religious sentiment has been hurt and the nation. that possibility and has promoted other normal. (AP) Haryana government four years ago to it was a January 26 report on some per- >B+O9B/O* “At a personal level, I would request theories. The Chinese and foreign experts protest alleged apathetic attitude of the rul- son being allegedly shot and then it was him to not believe that he is not in the considered several theories for how the dis- >3 -=3A3- ing dispensation towards farmers’ corrected to something else. 30/-30033 House. My door is always open for all of ease first ended up in humans, leading to demands. The top court has issued notices to the  >30- you. I will always expect and value your a pandemic that has now killed more than < .-.O+.=-=0 “Internet was suspended, farmers are Centre, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya inputs,” he said. “I will not let you become 2.3 million people worldwide. .-?3=0230-D34 3 not being supported. The government Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka govern- Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam weak,” the Prime Minister told Azad as he Embarek said the initial findings sug- which did not respect farmers, I thought ments on the pleas filed by Tharoor and Morcha and the Vikassheel Insaan Party closed his comments. gest the most likely pathway the virus fol- Projecting the 40 farmers unions there is no point in keeping this award,” others. of the Mukesh Sahni has got one berth Earlier, Rajya Sabha Chairman M lowed was from a bat to another animal spearheading the agitation as fully united, Handa told reporters later. On January 30, Delhi Police had filed each. Venkaiah Naidu described Azad as a and then to humans, adding that would he said, “We have said we will neither Thousands of farmers have been a case against Tharoor, Sardesai and oth- Hussain -- the biggest name in the voice of sanity in public life over few require further research. change ‘Panch’ (leader) nor ‘Manch’ protesting against the three farm sector ers. new batch of 17 Ministers -- was given the decades when he made valuable contri- “The findings suggest that the labo- (stage).” reform laws enacted by the Centre in Earlier, Tharoor and the six journal- industry portfolio in a State that hardly has butions while serving both in Government ratory incidents hypothesis is extremely Tikait said the protesting farmers will September last year. The Centre has been ists were booked by Noida Police for any industry. Deputy Chief Minister Renu and in Opposition. unlikely to explain the introduction of the divide their time between home, fields and saying these laws will bring in new farm- alleged sedition, among other charges, over Devi was given the disaster management Azad retires from Rajya Sabha on virus to the human population,” he said. the agitation. Every farmer’s family, he said, ing technologies and free the farmers from the violence during the farmers’ tractor portfolio. February 15 after being the Leader of the The mission was intended to be an ini- is required to participate in the stir by the clutches of middlemen. The farmers rally in Delhi, officials had said.     !"#$"$! 
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he 21st century digital business As per a report released by Oxford er is one who can understand the con- keting a design. frameworks for designers to learn and climate demands a constant University, the average shelf-life of a sumer, an extraordinary designer can Teamwork is key: We are cultur- implement in their projects and design- Treassessment of erstwhile skills professional skill has dropped radical- empathise with the lives, challenges, ally habituated to think of designers like ers wishing to learn them can do so O$    P and abilities. Paraphrasing the thoughts ly from thirty years to five years troubles, and expectations of a user. A solitary philosophers who come up with through many online courses includ- of the famous Austrian management between 1984 and 2014. Furthermore, sense of empathy enables designers the ideas in moments of lonely brilliance. ing the UX Jumpstarted by ImaginXP. consultant, educator, and author, Peter a survey initiated by the global staffing opportunity to zero in on untapped This however, is far from the truth. One Skilled in design tools: Although  0-1-23 Drucker, “Only those skills will be rel- firm, Robert Half International revealed pain-points. This intellectual skill is of the most important skill sets in the pen and paper will always be the evant in the 21st century that con- that employers are far more inclined to responsible for catalyzing much of the designers’ toolkit is team work and col- mightiest tools for a designer to ideate, he coronavirus pandemic already had a devastating impact tributes towards the gaining of newer hire professionals who exhibit the innovation that is witnessed in the laboration. In fact the creative process iterate and bee agile, it is also equally Ton the academic calendar. Further to that, all competitive skills and abilities pertaining to the dig- eagerness to learn and develop new industry. It allows designers to create itself is iterative and collaborative in important to be able to translate your examinations like NEET, JEE, etc were delayed which we can say ital realm”. The modern management skills through advanced training and lasting and powerful user-based expe- nature. Great ideas and successful exe- thoughts from paper to digital. There is opportunity for some and pressure for others. pioneer’s opinion is spot-on when it exposure. riences, which later translate into busi- cution comes with teamwork. In the are many design tools available today Although, the official announcement in regards to NEET PG comes to gauging the evolution of the Under such a shape-shifting ness excellence and greater returns. real world a UX designer must collab- for wireframing, visual design and 2021 dates have been made. NEET PG 2021 is to be held on April skill-based ecosystem in the modern premise, the need for UX designers to The art of storytelling: Making a orate with business folks, technology prototyping. All designers should be 18, 2021 which is delayed by three months. The registrations for economic milieu. stay at par with the contemporary tech brilliant design is merely half of the mat- folks, researchers, partners and more to proficient in at least some of these so NEET PG will begin from second week of February. Even those skill sets that were hith- trends is paramount. Here are some of ter. The designer must also be able to successfully deliver a project. as to effectively deliver UX design. The constant postponement and delay have put the candi- erto considered indispensable are now the top essential skills for ambitious UX market, evaluate and create a story Knowledge & application of Some popular design tools include dates in a tough spot. The main reason for stress of the aspirants being rendered useless in the present designers to grow and stay relevant around their designs. The art of great Design frameworks: Design is a Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma and Axure. is that NEET PG 2020 was taken late. The counseling of the NEET business vista. Constant upskilling has within the current tech scape: storytelling is central to the longevity process. Every process needs frame- That said, designing is an ongoing PG 2020 was done till last week of September. So, the students become the present-day norm with the Developing a sense of empathy: It and impact of any design. The ability works to implement it effectively. There process demanding constant learning got less time for studying and they were also burdened with the evolution of the technological land- is an unspoken rule in the UX indus- to build a narrative around the design are many design frameworks that are and up skilling. This makes it crucial pressure of the pandemic. The preparation time students have scape. Even more so, for professionals try that designs exist for the sake of the which is empathetic to the end user is used in UX design to help designers to open your horizons and be pas- got was also less. The reason behind the mental pressure is jobs, belonging to the all-permeating branch user, and not the other way round. For an essential skill for every aspiring UX better understand users and their lives, sionate about learning new skills. pandemic and delay in the examination but the positive thing of UX design that operates continuously a design to be successful and pertinent, professional as it marks the fine line design strategies and build the right Remember that the entire world is your is that the aspirants have got extra time for their preparation. at the meeting point of next-gen tech- it must be shaped as per the sensibili- between a good designer and a brilliant experiences. Some important design teacher and you need to stay abreast Commenting on this Gaurav Tyagi, Founder — Career Xpert nologies and human experience. With ties of the end-user. The central most one. Besides having an imaginative fac- frameworks that are used in the indus- with the changing pace of the industry. said: “Students should stay calm and focus on the syllabus they the advent of voice technology, AI, AR, factor integral to creating user-centric ulty and communication skills, a sound try include Personas, customer jour- If you love digital designing, then UX have command on. They should once go through the previous the learning trajectory for UX design- UX designs is a sense of deep empathy knowledge of PowerPoint and video neys, empathy maps, card sorting and designing is the destination for you. year exam papers and also the guidelines of the exams. My best ers is slated to get steeper. in the designer. 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he year 2020 was a tough Echoing the same senti- Tdeal. With countries fac- ments, Dhananjay Sinha, ing negative growth leading to        Director, Systematix Goup loss of lives and livelihoods said that reforms are wel- owing to the pandemic, there come in the agricultural sec- were a lot of expectations *<''"<4 <=(E=##= E=<);;       .(  tor to address the discord from the Budget 2021. The between the decrease in con- presentation of the Budget sumption of cereals vis-à-vis therefore was a challenging    %(/D/1     %%   its increase in cereal produc- and probably a unique exer- tion and consequent its pro- cise. face global competition, using curement by the Government Delhi School of Business technology to build skills and leading to drain of resources. organised an on-line discus- promote innovation in the He also touched at length on sion on the Union Budget country and help in achieving the progress made in the 2021 inviting academicians, growth in the medium term. financial sectors and reforms scholars and industry experts The policy shift of privatisa- that has been highlighted in from within and outside the tion as envisaged in the bud- the budget 2021. With high- country to understand and get is an appropriate measure. er retail participation and unfold the nuances of the He also hinted at the need for more transparent bonds and budget and its implications for use of new technologies to debt market, it is moving overall growth and health of support basic needs pro- towards a more vibrant finan- the economy, including wel- grammes, especially in edu- cial sector. Prof. Rattan fare of its citizens. cation, to improve its effec- Sharma discussed on the insti- In his welcome address, tiveness and skilling new gen- tutional reforms such as devel- Dr Rajiv Ranjan Thakur, eration in the remote areas. opment financial institutions, Director-Delhi School of   *$ %  @ Prof Rattan Sharma, asset reconstruction company Business said that the current >"     % delay in boosting the econo- Professor Emeritus, DSB gave will help to ease the stress on budget was seen a ray for hope $ (      my. He also elaborated that a different view of the current banking system and all stakeholders in the econo-       A much required budgetary allo- required role of Government can propel growth in the econ- my amidst the gloom of pan- :;:7   A$ cation such as transfer for wel- in an economy. Highlighting omy demic faced by the nation. He fare programmes, including long term through its public the supporting role played The allocation in the social did also mention about the growth and welfare in the employment generating sector entities was debated at the Government during finan- sector and the informal econ- varied sentiments expressed country is highlighted in the schemes addressing the woes length in the Union 2021 dis- cial crisis in 2008 and most omy was touched upon by all on the budget, ranging from annual budget is often debat- of the unorganised sector has cussion. recently during the pandem- the panellists, complimenting it being a grand and visionary ed among various stakehold- not been adequately addressed Prof. Shiv Kumar, Ex-MD ic situation. Government increase in health expenditure one to a totally disappointing ers in various forums, pro- in the budget. SBBJ during his address involvement, even in a limit- by 137 per cent for fighting exercise. He expressed the viding their own rationale Allaying the concerns of praised the initiative which ed way, should be in public COVID situation and building deliberations on the budget about its efficacy on the over- the high fiscal deficit in the will attract private investment and welfare interest. health infrastructure. Some will ease out confusion. all direction of the economy, budget 2021 which is tolera- in the country, mainly, criticisms of the stagnant or The ball was set rolling by budget balance sheet and its ble under the current eco- increasing FDI in insurance      . even lower budgetary alloca- Dr SC Vats, Chairman, impact on the multifarious nomic situation, Prof. expected with Budget 2021 to from 49 per cent to 74 per As touched upon by Dr tions for the employment gen- Vivekananda Institute of sections of the society and Priyaranjan, Professor of drive efficiency, productivity, cent, revenue generation SC Vats on the protests by the eration schemes to support the Professional Studies (VIPS) economy. 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  ified for the WTC final, to be held will now be looking to win at least at Lord’s later in the year, winning two of the remaining three matches   3 70.0 per cent of their matches (with to secure a 2-1 or 3-1 result and a no other series scheduled). place in the final. -  7 The victory at Chepauk lifted Australia will get to feature in a England to first place and 70.2 per- Trans-Tasman summit clash if the OO)  centage points on the table and they India-England series is drawn or if have improved their chances of England win 1-0, 2-1 or 2-0. PTI

 -00 3 shade and it was hitting the middle great knocks but he was facing a eteran James Anderson’s artis- of the middle stump with the bowler with supreme game awareness tic spell of reverse swing Umpires’ Call saving the vice-captain and immaculate understanding of Vtrumped Virat Kohli’s show of of what looked like a plumb leg conditions. grit as England decimated India in the before. Against a left-hander, he pre- opening Test by a comprehensive The wily Anderson realised that dictably came round the wicket and 227-run margin here on Tuesday. an out-of-form Rahane’s feet are not angled a few in with a busy Pant hit- A target of 420, with 381 left on moving. ting a boundary. a fifth day worn out Chepauk track, The next time he just went a By then, Anderson had gauged was always a tough ask going by crick- shade wide off the crease and deliv- that Pant could be hurried on the eting logic and Anderson’s mid- ered another reverse inswinger. drive. morning burst blew away the Indian Rahane knew that there was no So the master changed his tactic middle-order. In the end, the hosts comeback. Pant (11) has had three and bowled a slower one enticing could manage only 192 in 58.1 overs. Pant to go for a drive. That spell ensured that there was- Pant tried his best to check it but n’t a Sydney like heist or the magic of     .  the bowler had asked his skipper Joe Brisbane final day which many had /  -  Root to specifically stand at short hoped for despite the world record &5%&6 &9# .6 !## 4& .6F cover for that particular shot. target. B .  R) OQ 78 Q 88&7 From 92 for 2, it was 110 for five Kohli (72 off 104 balls) seemed   A   87 OQ 77 7R 8&9* and Kohli cut a lonely figure at the like a lonely general standing on a    8 OR 77 78 R*& other end. burning deck as he showed his col-    , 89 OR OO 7 R&Q) Washington Sundar (0) was then leagues how to bat on a difficult track. +   R7 O 7 77 R*&)* picked by Dom Bess with the one that He covered the swing and shuf-     turned away leaving India in complete fled towards the off-stump to counter tatters. Anderson, ran purposefully and Indian team. at the crease. The sinewy wrists scored his runs against spinners. Anderson sowed doubts among were in play as he hit seven fours and But there was that one ball that rank and file of the home line-up, a six, dealing with spinners comfort- was always going to keep low and he whether they had the technique to ably. 8% %   O9  " ! ## P got that from Ben Stokes. play the moving ball which swings the Even Cheteshwar Pujara’s (15 off other way round. Kohli can but can 38 balls) dismissal off Jack Leach’s  -00 3 think there was enough applica- off-spinners, Kuldeep more or less    his colleagues do it will be the big “peach” didn’t unfaze the young man tion shown by us as a batting becomes a similar kind of spinner Courtesy Anderson (11-4-17- question going forward. from Punjab as he along with Kohli ndia’s underwhelming batting unit,” Kohli said at the post- (bringing it into the right-han- 3), the match became a mismatch The man from Burnley, in his calmly went about their business. Iperformance in the first innings match press conference refer- ders). So, we needed variety. We within an hour and India now need 19th Test match season, showed his It was the 27th over when gave England the decisive advan- ring to India’s 337 all out first were quite clear what combination to win two out of the next three Tests artistry with a semi-new ball, on a Anderson first came into the attack tage, skipper Virat Kohli said on essay score. we wanted to play, and there are to qualify for the World Test fifth day track and sapping Chennai and the second ball was a perfect Tuesday and defended the deci- “Even if someone got a hun- no regrets whatsoever.” Championship final in June. The heat, far removed conditions from the reverse inswinger which had Gill in sion to play rookie left-arm spin- dred in either innings, still we were However he hinted that the player of the match honours went to grey skies and cool breeze that Old a daze as the off-stump went for a ner Shahbaz Nadeem instead of pretty much behind in the game. management could rework the England skipper Joe Root for his Trafford gives him. walk. a more experienced Kuldeep There’s not one way to play the combination in the coming match-defining double hundred in But then Anderson is a devotee The way the shiny part on the Yadav. game and we understand that matches. The second Test is also the first innings. and best practitioner of Test match inside tailed in was a sight to behold. After losing the first Test, quite well and our endeavour in the scheduled to be held here from It was left-arm spinner Jack ethos and doesn’t need to take refuge Rahane (0), for all the apprecia- Kohli admitted that the team future games is going to be long February 13. Leach (26-4-76-4), who after his in conditions because of his supreme tion coming his way, was in very poor was always under the scoreboard partnerships,” said Kohli. “Moving forward, we will first innings humilation at the hands control over his craft. form for the better part of the pressure after England’s mam- Kuldeep’s absence was a talk- look at combinations, that bring of Rishabh Pant, finished with the Australia series, save a hundred at moth first innings total of 578 but “I think, Test probably shift- ing point through the Test but us variety in the bowling attack best figures but the effort paled in        MCG where he was dropped thrice. also said that he has no regrets ed in their favour when we bat- Kohli gave his reasons as to why he and not (be) one-dimensional, comparison to the effect that Gill (50, 83 balls) once again The first ball he faced on Tuesday about picking Nadeem over ted in the first innings. We were wouldn’t like to revisit his decision. where the ball is only turning Anderson had on the psyche of the looked dazzling till the time he was was another one that came back a Kuldeep. looking to bat better but I don’t “...When you are playing two away from the bat.” ,)>2( 1O
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