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NEARBY SC to handle Ayodhya title Khaleda Zia sentenced to dispute only as a ‘land issue’ ve years in jail for graft Her son Tarique Rahman and four others got 10­year terms Bench led by CJI refuses to entertain any third party intervention in the issue SC gives U.P. 4 weeks Haroon Habib for Taj protection plan Krishnadas Rajagopal pacted the nation. But the Dhaka NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Bench, also comprising Jus­ Nationalist Party The Supreme Court on The Supreme Court on tices Ashok Bhushan and S. leader and three­time Prime Thursday directed the Uttar Thursday exhorted parties in Abdul Nazeer, rmly told Minister Khaleda Zia was Pradesh government to place before it a vision document the 70­year­old Ramjanmab­ them that these were appeals jailed for ve years on Thurs­ on protection and hoomi­Babri Masjid title dis­ and cross­appeals led in day after being found guilty preservation of the Taj Mahal pute to treat it merely as a land suits, and parties con­ in a corruption case by a Spe­ and asked why there was a “land issue”. cerned were quite capable of cial Judge’s Court in Dhaka. “sudden urry of activity” in Indicating it would not be arguing them without any The court also awarded 10­ the Taj Trapezium Zone swayed by the history of reli­ third­party interventions. year­sentences to Tarique (TTZ). gious conict and violence When senior advocate Rahman — Ms. Zia’s son and N ATION Ī PAGE 6 associated with the Ayodhya C.U. Singh, representing the party’s exiled vice­chair­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD site, Chief Justice of Di­ some “prominent names”, man — and four others. pak Misra addressed a tense reminded the court that Amid tight security in key To appeal verdict: Bangladesh Opposition leader and former Ex-Minister charged in and crowded courtroom, these Ayodhya appeals had cities across the country, the PM Khaleda Zia arrives at a court in Dhaka on Thursday.* AP Vyapam case saying, “Please treat this as a New turn: Petitioners in the Ayodhya dispute leaving the come to the limelight be­ court convicted Ms. Zia of NEW DELHI land issue.” Supreme Court after the hearing on Thursday. * V.V. KRISHNAN cause of an intervenor, BJP embezzlement. and social status,” Judge Mo­ said Khandker Mahbub Hos­ Former Madhya Pradesh leader Subramanian Swamy, hammad Akhteruzzaman sain, the leader of Ms. Zia’s Minister Laxmikant Sharma, Three-way partition In September 2010, a peals led by parties in the Chief Justice Misra brushed it Foreign donations case said as he passed the sen­ legal team. his OSD and 85 others were The Hindu parties and sects three­judge Lucknow Bench Supreme Court. aside, saying “how do I She was charged with misap­ tence. Ms. Zia is due to run in the on Thursday charged by the involved in the dispute be­ of the Allahabad High Court On Thursday, the court know? The case was posted propriating Tk 21 million in Ms. Zia was later taken to parliamentary election in De­ CBI for alleged cheating and lieve Lord Ram was born on directed a three­way parti­ warded o third­party inter­ to this Bench by my prede­ foreign donations received the Old Central Jail on the cember, and can still do so if corruption in the recruitment this land. Kar sevaks razed tion of the disputed site in venors, who said they want­ cessor [J.S. Khehar]”. by the ‘Zia Orphanage Trust’. capital’s Nazimuddin Road. an appeal is pending. of Grade­II contractual the 15th century Babri Masjid Ayodhya. But this judgment ed in as the Ayodhya appeals “She was given a shorter “We didn’t get justice. teachers through Vyapam in on December 6, 1992. led to appeals and cross­ap­ dealt with an issue which im­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 term, considering her health We’ll go to the higher court,” B NP TO HOLD PROTESTS Ī PAGE 12 2012, agency ocials said.

N ATION Ī PAGE 7 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD India rejects Maldives oer Giriraj Singh booked in land grab case in Patna

‘As concerns not met’, New Delhi refuses to meet special envoy The Union Minister is among 33 people against whom a case has been registered Special Correspondent abused by the accused when court decides.” He said the Suhasini Haidar New Delhi had rejected the PATNA he protested their action. family was being threatened NEW DELHI #5 2 2 5 6 9 oer of an envoy because of Union Minister and BJP lead­ “Following the court or­ by those who grabbed their India rejected an oer by protocol and scheduling rea­ er Giriraj Singh has been der, an FIR has been led un­ land. Maldivian President Abdulla sons, but also because the booked in a land grab case in der the relevant sections of Mr. Singh, BJP MP from Yameen to send a special en­ government was unhappy D ELHI METRO Ī 4 PAGES Danapur, Patna district. the IPC and the SC/ST (Pre­ Nawada, had hit the hea­ voy to discuss the ongoing with Mr. Yameen’s declara­ F RIDAY REVIEW Ī 12 PAGES The case against the Union vention of Atrocities) Act dlines recently when over 2 emergency in the country, tion of emergency and the Minister of State (Indepen­ against all the 33 accused… crore, some of it in foreign calling instead on the embat­ military crackdown that fol­ dent charge) for Micro, Small Giriraj Singh investigation is on,” Sandeep currencies, was recovered tled President to rst address lowed. “We have not seen and Medium Enterprises and Kumar, in charge of the Da­ from his house in Patna. The its concerns over the suspen­ Abdulla Yameen any real action on the con­ 32 others was led at the Da­ CrPC, accusing them of con­ napur police station, told leader has often courted con­ sion of constitutional rights cerns stated by the interna­ napur police station on Fe­ spiring to grab his land, mea­ presspersons. troversy with his hard Hin­ in the Maldives. The res­ sent special envoys to what tional community and In­ bruary 2, on the orders of a suring 2 acres and six deci­ A family member of the dutva statements. He is said The Hindu. ponse indicates a growing he called “friendly coun­ dia,” sources told Special SC/ST court. The mals. petitioner told The Hindu to be close to Prime Minister strain in ties between New tries” — , Saudi Arabia complainant, Ram Narayan Mr. Prasad, a Dalit resi­ they were happy that an FIR Narendra Modi and BJP pre­ CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 Delhi and Male. and Pakistan. Ī Prasad, had led a petition dent of Asopur village of Da­ had nally been registered. sident Amit Shah. President Yameen has Sources conrmed that ALL-PARTY TALKSĪ PAGE 12 under Section 156(3) of the napur, claimed that he was “We’ll abide by whatever the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 10 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Barricade Smog blankets Mumbai Four held for LeT militant’s escape wire slits Press Trust of India hammed Naveed Jhutt’s Bhat was the mastermind biker’s throat Srinagar escape from the SMHS Hos­ behind the escape of 22­ The Jammu and Kashmir pital here, the police said. year­old Jhutt alias Abu Hun­ police have arrested four The have been identied zala on February 6. Bhat’s SAURABH TRIVEDI persons for alleged involve­ as Shakeel Bhat, Tika Khan, motorcycle had been used in NEW DELHI ment in Pakistan­born Lash­ Rahil Kachroo and Moham­ the escape of the terrorist, A 21­year­old biker was kar­e­Taiba terrorist Mo­ mad Sha, the police said. the police added. killed when a wire used for tying a police barricade to a pole allegedly slit his throat in north­west Delhi’s Netaji Subhash Place in the early hours of Thursday. “We have registered a case under IPC Section 304A against the police­ men. The SHO of Subhash Place police station has been sent to district lines and the other seven police­ men have been put under suspension,” said Aslam Khan, DCP (North­West). The victim, Abhishiek Kashyap, a resident of Sha­ kurpur JJ colony, was pre­ paring for the police re­ cruitment exam. Blurred skyline: Thick smog engulfed Mumbai on Thursday morning. The city has been experiencing deteriorating air quality DETAILS ON Ī DELHI METRO PAGE 1 and smog since December last year. * VIVEK BENDRE Married at 10, Pinki nally walks free Jodhpur family court annulled her marriage, holding that the alliance could not be forced on her

Mohammed Iqbal forced on her. saved with the help of June last year seeking annul­ JAIPUR The victory came with a neighbours. ment of her child marriage. At the tender age of 10, Pinki little help from a Jodhpur­ As the mother and daught­ Dr. Bharti appeared for the Tanwar, a resident of Thana­ based welfare trust that has er narrated their ordeal to girl in court and submitted gazi in Alwar district, was helped in the annulment of Saarthi Trust’s managing documents relating to her forced to marry Himmat 35 child marriages across the trustee Kriti Bharti, she age and forced child Singh of Dausa. She never country. When Pinki’s moth­ called Pinki to Jodhpur, pro­ marriage. left her parents’ home but er Meera Devi — who had op­ vided her protection and Family court judge Rekha lived in dread for almost a posed the match from the made her prepare for the Bhargava passed an order on decade, enduring repeated start — came to know of the pre­teacher eligibility test January 31 under the Prohibi­ visits from her so­called hus­ Pinki Tanwar with Kriti Bharti Saarthi Trust’s child mar­ (PTET). Pinki cleared the ex­ tion of Child Marriage Act, band’s family, which insisted of Saarthi Trust riage annulment campaign, amination and got admission 2006, declaring Pinki’s mar­ on ‘gauna’ (conjugal relation­ she met its oce­bearers and in a college, where she is stu­ riage null and void. “I was ship). The ordeal even in­ dom last week with a family sought their help. dying for BEd. overwhelmed. Now that my cluded an alleged abduction court annulling her mar­ Around this time, Pinki's With the help of Dr. Bhar­ so­called marriage is over, I bid by her in­laws. Now 19, riage, holding that the child­ in­laws tried to kidnap her ti, Pinki led a petition in the will study hard and become a Pinki nally won her free­https://studymaterial.oureducation.in/hood alliance could not be from her house, but she was family court in Jodhpur inhttps://www.oureducation.in/teacher,” Pinki said. https://www.oureducation.in/ CM M ND-NDE YK 522569 http://blog.oureducation.in http://thehinduzone.com/ 2 EAST EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Click to join our group Click to join our group DELHI Timings Odisha teachers protest Friday, February 09 Kunduli case: Odisha govt. RISE 07:04 SET 18:07 RISE 01:51 SET 12:56 against pledge demand Saturday, February 10 RISE 07:04 SET 18:07 asks HC to appoint judge RISE 02:43 SET 13:39 Govt. notication sought them not to approach court Sunday, February 11 RISE 07:03 SET 18:08 Staff Reporter leges and schools under the damental rights of approach­ Appointee will monitor SIT probe into the rape­suicide case RISE 03:34 SET 14:23 BHUBANESWAR grant­in­aid system and give ing the court against A large number of teachers salaries as per the Sixth Pay discrimination. The govern­ PRESS TRUST OF INDIA her statement, Mr. Pradhan took to the streets here on Commission recommenda­ ment has threatened not to Bhubaneswar told reporters. Thursday demanding with­ tions from January 1, 2018. release our salaries.” The State government has “The DGP of the State and drawal of the Odisha govern­ “Chief Minister had him­ urged the Orissa High Court senior ocers of the Crime ment’s notication seeking a ‘Interest of students’ self promised to give regular to engage a sitting judge to Branch are accused in the pledge from the teachers that “Although the government salary as per the Sixth Pay monitor the Special Investi­ case. Under such circum­ they would not approach the had not accepted all our de­ Commission. The bureaucra­ gation Team probe into the stances, how can the Odisha court in connection with mands, we had then post­ cy working under him has alleged gang rape and sui­ Police undertake an impar­ their service issues in future. poned our agitation keeping unnecessarily stuck its nose cide case of a minor girl in tial investigation?” he said. Members of the Odisha in mind the academic inter­ in and came up with the con­ Kunduli area of Koraput dis­ Chief Minister Naveen Pat­ School College Teachers’ and est of students. But the go­ dition asking us to give an af­ trict, a government ocial naik had described the case Employees United Forum vernment ditched us by com­ davit which is unacceptable said on Thursday. as “an extremely tragic inci­ (OSCTEUF) have announced ing out with a notication on to us,” said Golak Nayak, con­ The government made dent” and said that the law they would not leave the cap­ September 22, 2017, that venor of OSCTEUF. the request to the Chief Jus­ should be allowed to take its ital city unless the State go­ teachers would have to give Reacting to the teachers’ tice of Orissa High Court on course. vernment withdraws the written adavit that they demonstration, State Higher Wednesday, immediately af­ Youth Congress activists demand the Chief Minister’s controversial notication. would withdraw all cases Education Minister Anant ter Chief Minister Naveen resignation over the Kunduli case, in Bhubaneswar on ‘Without fear & favour’ After a series of demon­ from court and never ap­ Das said most of the de­ Patnaik ordered a court­ Thursday. * BISWARANJAN ROUT “Justice should be meted out strations, the Odisha govern­ proach the court in future,” mands of OSCTEUF had been monitored SIT probe into without fear and favour,” Mr. ment had on September 1, said Tapan Jena of OSCTEUF. fullled and the procedural the case, an ocial of the on October 10 last year. The leader and Union Minister Patnaik had said on Wednes­ 2017, announced that it Mr. Jena said: “It is not ac­ issues would be ironed out law department said. girl committed suicide on Ja­ Dharmendra Pradhan criti­ day while announcing the would include all private col­ ceptable to give up our fun­ through discussions. nuary 22. cised the State government SIT probe. ‘Men in uniform’ Sources in the home de­ on Thursday for setting up The State had in the past The 14­year­old girl from Mu­ partment said that the go­ an SIT to probe the case. ordered a Crime Branch in­ saguda village in Koraput vernment is in search of an The case should be hand­ vestigation into the case and district was allegedly raped ecient IPS ocer, with ed over to the CBI as the vic­ instituted another indepen­ by four “men in uniform” adequate experience in the tim had accused the DGP of dent judicial inquiry with a while she was returning CBI, to head the SIT probe. Odisha Police of oering sitting judge nominated by home from Kunduli market Meanwhile, senior BJP 90,000 to her for changing the High Court. Man held for trying to enter Mamata’s house

Press Trust of India Kolkata One person was arrested for trying to enter West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Baner­ jee’s residence here imperso­ nating as a doctor, the police said on Thursday. The 30­year­old man pro­ duced an identity card of a doctor engaged with a health­ care establishment in Pune but

it turned out to be fake. Mamata Banerjee * FILE PHOTO

Healthcare facility questioning,” the ocer said A senior Kolkata police ocer adding that he was arrested said the man wanted to meet later. the Chief Minister on Wednes­ Several documents have #5 2 2 5 6 9 day on the pretext of expand­ been seized from the man, ing the healthcare facility in identied as S. K. Aynal of Ban­ the State. kura district of West Bengal. Ms. Banerjee was away in “He failed to clarify why he north Bengal on Wednesday. needed to visit the CM’s resi­ “Our ocers posted there dence. His answers are unsatis­ had some doubts. They de­ factory. We are questioning tained him and took him to the him to get more details,” he Kalighat police station for said.

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Assembly’s budget like representatives of civil­ Jammu R oad to be named after Captain Kundu: Khattar session opened on a stormy ised society,” the Governor Jammu and Kashmir Chief GONURGA note on Thursday as slogan­ admonished them. Minister Mehbooba Mufti on The Haryana government has shouting lawmakers from Thursday said she had spo­ decided to name the road Opposition parties let loose a Stopped by marshals ken to Union Minister Jiten­ approaching the government barrage of paper balls and SP members also tried to dra Singh on increasing the school in Ransika village in balloons while Governor move towards the Governor upper age limit for the this district and the bus stand Ram Naik addressed a joint but were physically prevent­ State’s youth appearing for in nearby Khod after Captain sitting of the legislature high­ ed from doing so by the the Union Public Service Kapil Kundu, Chief Minister lighting the achievements of marshals. Commission (UPSC). Manohar Lal Khattar said on the Yogi Adityanath Mr. Naik nished reading Mr. Singh is the Minister Thursday. PTI government. the 38­page address without incharge of the Department As soon as the joint sitting any break. of Personnel and Training J&K Chief Minister of State Assembly and Legis­ Speaker Hriday Narain (DoPT). Mehbooba Mufti. * FILE PHOTO Girl suffers burns, uncle arrested lative Council began, Opposi­ Dixit condemned the beha­ “Spoken to MoS PMO Dr. tion members, in Gandhi viour of the Opposition Jitendra Singh Ji regarding Earlier in the day, Leader KAPURTHALA A minor girl suffered serious caps of dierent colours re­ members while thanking the the enhancement in upper of Opposition Omar Abdul­ burn injuries after her uncle presenting their respective Governor for completing his age limit for UPSC aspirants lah had demanded that the allegedly poured petrol on parties and armed with pla­ Protest: Opposition members protesting during the address of Governor Ram Naik on the address despite the disrup­ of J&K”, Mehbooba tweeted government seek enhance­ her while she was preparing cards, started shouting slo­ opening day of the budget session in Lucknow on Thursday. * RAJEEV BHATT tions. “The way in which this evening. ment from the Centre for re­ tea on the gas stove, police gans against the members behaved is con­ She said, “He has assured laxation in the upper age li­ said. The incident occurred on government. Muslims”. that said, “Kanoon vyasta farmers”. demnable. The paper balls me of a positive response”. mit. Thursday after a verbal spat “Governor go back,” many The Uttar Pradesh Gover­ past hai, Yogi baba mast hai” Samajwadi Party mem­ continued to y but the un­ between the victim’s mother shouted, while carrying pla­ nor continued to read out his (there is no law and order, bers also threw paper balls deterred Governor carried and her Greece-based NRI cards that said, “Stop fake address for nearly an hour­ but Yogi is unconcerned), and paper planes towards on with his address for uncle over money, said the encounters of innocents” and­a­half as Opposition “Anti­farmer BJP govern­ the podium, and chucked which we thank him,” he police. PTI and “Stop atrocities on members held up posters ment”, and “Waive loans of balloons in the air in an ap­ said. AAP MLA for Bill on conict of interest Principal, teacher “ It will be instrumental in preventing the loot of public exchequer by politicians” held on rape charge

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT of Conict of Interest Bill, ing Congress government terests in those business. Victim was a student of the school CHANDIGARH 2018’, to Speaker K.P. Rana has not taken any step in this He said that the Congress S PECIAL CORRESPONDENT Aam Aadmi Party legislator on Thursday. direction, which ideally it had promised to bring in this Kaushik, Tehsildar Jagraon CHANDIGARH Aman Arora has sought per­ “Under the proposed Bill, should have done. “This Act legislation, but even after in Ludhiana. mission from the Speaker of any elected representative, will not entail any nancial nearly one year of gover­ The Punjab Police have ar­ the Punjab Assembly to pre­ be it the Chief Minister, Mi­ expenditure and rather will nance nothing concrete has rested the Principal and a Complaint by teacher sent a private member’s Bill nisters or MLAs, shall be lia­ be instrumental in prevent­ been done in this regard. teacher of a government Mr. Singh said the police in the upcoming budget ses­ ble for disqualication if ing the loot of public exche­ The Amarinder Singh go­ school for allegedly raping a had received a complaint by sion which envisages that found in a conict­of­interest quer by politicians,” he vernment had, in its rst Ca­ minor girl – a student of the a teacher of an another go­ any elected representative — situation. This means any added. binet meeting after assuming school, where both the ac­ vernment school regarding be it the Chief Minister, Mi­ elected representative found Mr. Arora, an MLA from oce, decided to bring in a cused were posted before the alleged rape. nisters or MLAs — shall be lia­ furthering his own private Sunam constituency, said legislation on conict of in­ their transfer. “Following the complaint ble for disqualication and interests, nancial or com­ had such a law existed, ma­ terest. The draft proposal Surjit Singh, Senior Supe­ a preliminary enquiry was unseated within a period of mercial, directly or indirect­ as involved in liquor, tran­ entailed Ministers, bureau­ rintendent of Police, Lud­ conducted. The police then six months if found guilty of ly, at the cost of interest of sport, cable businesses crats and government o­ hiana (Rural) said that both arrested both the accused conict of interest. the State shall be unseated,” would not have come into cials furnishing a disclosure the accused were arrested identied ,” said Mr. Singh. Mr. Arora submitted the said Mr. Arora, who is also existence —in a snide refe­ statement on their personal following the statement of The police have regis­ proposal, ‘The Punjab Un­ co­president of the AAP in rence to politicians from the or family stakes in private the victim, which was tered a case at Hathoor pol­ seating of Members of Legis­ Punjab. Congress and the Shiromani businesses and corpora­ placed on record before the ice Station under various lative Assembly found Guilty Mr. Arora said that the rul­ Akali Dal with substantial in­ tions. (with PTI inputs) duty magistrate Manmohan sections.

Jats to block roads Amarinder welcomes#5 2 2 5 6 9 Sajjan’s denial during Shah’s rally of taking pro-Khalistan stance 50,000 tractors to jam Jind: AIJASS Punjab CM congratulates Canadian PM for tackling secessionist forces S PECIAL CORRESPONDENT SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT CHANDIGARH pathise with nor espouse the Sikh ter relations with Canada, which CHANDIGARH nationalist movement, which is shares strong roots with India in While the Bharatiya Janta Ahead of Canadian Prime Minister bent on creating a separate coun­ view of the large Sikh population Party is busy in preparation Justin Trudeau’s visit to India this try called Khalistan in India’s Pun­ settled there. for the motorcycle rally of month, Punjab Chief Minister jab region” indicated that the Ca­ its president Amit Shah, Amarinder Singh on Thursday nadian Prime Minister had clearly ‘Eager to meet Trudeau’ slated for February 15 in Ha­ welcomed the categorical denial sent out a strong signal within his Mr. Singh said he looked forward ryana’s Jind, the pro­Jat re­ by Canadian Defence Minister party and government that he to meeting the Canadian Prime servation outt ­ All India Jat Harjit Sajjan of taking a pro­Khal­ would not allow his country’s soil Minister during the latter’s visit to Aarakshan Sangharsh Sami­ istani stance. to be used for any anti­India activ­ India, including Punjab, later this ti (AIJASS) has announced Mr. Singh congratulated Mr. ities,” said the Punjab Chief Minis­ month. that Jats in large number Trudeau for creating the neces­ ter in a statement here. “Divisive forces propagating would block the roads lead­ sary environment against seces­ terrorism should not be encour­ ing to the venue of BJP BJP president Amit Shah. * sionist forces believed to be oper­ ‘Better relation’ aged at any cost by any nation,” chief’s proposed rally. ating from his country. Mr. Singh said the latest state­ said the Chief Minister, adding be in town for the motorcy­ “Mr. Sajjan’s statement, carried ments by Mr. Sajjan , who has also that such activities pose a serious ‘Not enough’ cle rally. With so many trac­ by the Canadian Press on Wednes­ made it clear that he does not threat to global peace and, there­ AIJASS chief Yashpal Malik tors and large number of day, that he and fellow Sikh Minis­ sympathise with the (Khalistani) fore, should not be allowed to The Hindu on Thursday told ‘Jats’, the roads would ter Amarjit Sohi, “neither sym­ cause, have paved the way for bet­ ourish in any part of the world. that the Haryana govern­ blocked. If Mr. Shah wants ment’s decision to give ap­ to address the rally he will proval to the withdrawal of rst have to listen to our 70 FIRs pertaining to vio­ grievance,” said Mr. Malik. lence during the Jat quota “Mr. Shah is likely to ar­ agitation in February, 2016, rive by helicopter in has not cut any ice with the Jind..We will make sure that Jat community. from the point where he “We have decided to lands till the venue of his bring at least 50,000 trac­ rally – the entire stretch is tors in Jind on the day when chocked with tractors,” he Amit Shah is scheduled to added.

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P rakash Kamat that,” Mr. Parrikar said. has been banned from Panaji He admitted, however, March 15, there was nothing Goa Chief Minister Manohar that there would denitely to stop mining companies Parrikar has said that fresh be an impact on those de­ from exporting the ore alrea­ mining leases could be is­ pending on the mining in­ dy extracted, which is sued tentatively within six dustry, and said the govern­ stacked on transportation months with due process. ment will work fast to start jetties and other plots out­ The Chief Minister was ad­ mining with proper side the lease areas. dressing a press conference procedure. “[The lease­holders] have at the State Secretariat on Mr. Parrikar said the leas­ been permitted to extract up Thursday, a day after the Su­ es were renewed for a se­ to March 15. So obviously preme Court cancelled all 88 cond time based on direc­ that ore will belong to them, ore mining leases citing ir­ tions from the Bombay High subject to the condition that regularities in the second re­ Manohar Parrikar Court at Goa. “The Supreme they pay the royalty, District newal process. Court has set aside that deci­ Mineral Fund, everything,” “Six months should be the age is temporary. There is sion, saying that the High Mr. Parrikar said. He said target, from March, subject not much of a loss to the go­ Court did not interpret their there is no ban on export. to no hurdles and problems vernment. As far as nancial judgement [of cancelling the The Supreme Court order in between. I have told you impact on the State goes [it leases] properly,” he said. has also asked about recov­ that the State is examining will be around] 300 to 400 Mr. Parrikar refused to ery of State dues from min­ all options,” Mr. Parrikar crore. We can bear it. Next conrm if the State govern­ ers. Mr. Parrikar said the said. year income from [the min­ ment would auction the leas­ State has already started the He added that the State ing sector] will be 300 to es, saying that he needs to process to recover dues from would not face any nancial 400 crore. There is material study the legal aspects. He mining companies after ex­ setback due to the apex still available in balance from also said that as per the apex haustive audit by chartered Going bananas: The Babreshwar temple at Calangute in Goa is decorated with scores of banana bunches and garlands on court’s decision. “The dam­ e­auctions. We can auction court’s order, while mining accountants. Thursday. The fruit is oered to the deity as part of the annual ‘Ghadaachi Jatra’ celebration at the temple.* ATISH POMBURFEKAR Bike ambulances to One Maoist killed in Chhattisgarh SDO directed to verify reach patients on time Three arrested in second incident; ring near NMDC depot plaint against Kejriwal Goa CM inaugurates eet of 20 bikes Special Correspondent Hadmo Podiyami were work­ Special Correspondent das Dessai to verify the con­ NAGPUR ing for the militia, and Bud­ Panaji tents of his police complaint Special Correspondent patient to hospital. Security forces gunned hram Padiyam was working A trial court in North Goa on made in January last year. Panaji down one alleged member for the Dandakaranya Kisan Thursday directed a Sub­Di­ The next hearing is sche­ Goa Chief Minister Manohar Overcoming obstacles of the Communist Party of Majdoor Sangh. All three visional Ocer (SDO), who duled on March 1. Parrikar inaugurated a eet Mr. Parrikar said the facility India (Maoist) and arrested were wanted for the murder was the returning ocer The complaint was of 20 rst responder bike will help provide immediate three others in Bastar, of a police constable. during the 2017 Assembly initially led as a non­cog­ ambulances on Thursday. and primary medical res­ Chhattisgarh, on Thursday. In a third incident, a elections, to verify his com­ nisable oence at the Mapu­ ponse as it will overcome “An encounter took place group of Maoists was spotted plaint against Delhi Chief sa police station in North First responders obstacles like trac conges­ between the police and the near a depot of the National Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Goa, shortly after Mr. Kejri­ The 108 bike ambulance is tion and narrow roads. The Maoists near Hiroli village of Mineral Development Cor­ The SDO had led the wal gave four speeches on targeted to reach injured bikes are tted with oxygen Dantewada district last poration (NMDC) plant in Ba­ complaint about Mr. Kejri­ January 8, 2017, as part of people in the State without cylinder and other health­ night. One Maoist was killed The three Maoists arrested in Bijapur on Thursday were cheli, Dantewada, on Thurs­ wal’s appeal to voters at pu­ the election campaign. In any delay. Professional care equipment required to in this encounter and one wanted for a police constable’s murder. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT day. An exchange of re took blic meetings that they December 2017, election of­ paramedics will ride these stabilise the patient. weapon was also recovered place between the Maoists should accept money from cials moved the trial court two­wheelers. Health Minister Vishwajit from the spot of the encoun­ ing out an anti­Maoist opera­ commander in the border and a CISF team. “The CISF other parties, but cast their at Mapusa to issue direc­ While the paramedic Rane said the ambulances ter. The encounter took tion in the forest near Hiro­ areas of Dantewada and Bija­ neutralised the Maoists votes only for the Aam Aad­ tions to the police to register starts the resuscitation mea­ will also help tourists in dan­ place when a joint team of li,” a police ocer from pur districts. [who] ran towards Bijapur mi Party(AAP). the oence as an FIR under sures on the patient, a full­ ger of drowning. He said the Chhattisgarh Special Task Dantewada said. The Maoist In a separate incident, the district … normal operations Judicial Magistrate First Sections 171 B (inducement) size ambulance will be sent government plans to ex­ Force and the DRG [District was identied as Hunga, police arrested three Maoists at the mining area have res­ Class Shantashri Sinai Kud­ and 171 E (bribery) of the In­ to relieve them and take the pand the eet to 100 bikes. Reserve Guard] were carry­ who was working as a militia in Bijapur. Raju Tati and umed,” a police ocer said. chadkar directed SDO Guru­ dian Penal Code.

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Protests held against ‘injustice’ to State in the Union Budget Alliance aims at coming to power on its own, Kumaraswamy to be CM candidate s pecial correspondent HC seeks govt. view N istula Hebbar electorate, felt ‘cheated’ by VIJAYAWADA in Thomas Chandy case NEW DELHI KOCHI the Congress. “In 2013, the Normal life was hit across The Kerala High Court on The Janata Dal (Secular) and only chance the Dalit com­ Andhra Pradesh on Thurs­ Thursday directed the State the Bahujan Samaj Party munity had of having a Chief day due to the bandh called government to respond to a (BSP) have announced a pre­ Minister was scuttled when by the Left parties and sup­ petition filed by a company poll alliance for the Assemb­ Pradesh Congress Commit­ ported by the YSR Congress owned by former Minister ly elections, due in Karnata­ tee chief G. Parameshwara (YSRC) and the Congress to Thomas Chandy seeking to ka in a couple of months. was defeated in the polls, mount pressure on the Cen­ quash an FIR registered by Making the announce­ some say because of internal tral government over “injus­ the Vigilance and Anti- ment in Delhi, JD(S) national sabotage. It took him a while tice to the State in the Union Corruption Bureau on the secretary general Danish Ali to get a Ministry too,” said a Budget” and demand imple­ Joining hands: Jana Sena Party activists participate in the allegation of reclamation of and BSP general secretary source in the party. mentation of the A.P. Reor­ bandh in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. * K.R.DEEPAK wetlands in Alappuzha for Satish Chandra Mishra, de­ Satish Chandra Mishra Danish Ali “The Vokkaliga communi­ ganisation Act (APRA) in let­ constructing a road leading clared that the latter would ty, whose vote is usually di­ ter and in spirit. ralysed till evening as the bus station in Vijayawada, to a resort owned by the ght on 20 seats in the 224­ a very big presence in the “This alliance is aiming at vided between the JD(S) and Activists of the YSRC, the RTC buses were conned to bringing the services to a company. member House. State, however, clocked coming to power in Karnata­ the Congress, is also looking CPI(M), the CPI, the Jana Se­ the depots and all educa­ grinding halt in the early “This is spread across 14 1.74% of the vote in the 2004 ka on its own, with H.D. at us, as it nds that the Con­ na Party (JSP) and the Con­ tional institutions and busi­ hours. YSRC president Y.S. Teenager detained for districts and includes both Assembly polls, 2.7% in 2008 Kumaraswamy as the chief gress is more of a Kuruba gress staged demonstrations ness establishments were Jagan Mohan Reddy sus­ killing two-year-old reserved and unreserved and 0.91% (its worst perfor­ ministerial candidate,” said party [Chief Minister Sidda­ from the morning. shut. pended his ‘padayatra’ in so­ BENGALURU seats,” said Mr. Ali, credited mance) in 2013. Mr. Ali. ramaiah’s community],” ad­ The Ministers and the lidarity with other parties A 14-year-old boy, who with persuading the BSP Mr. Mishra too denied any ded the source from the Ja­ MLAs of the TDP too took to Heavy security and organisations. Activists allegedly smothered a two- chief into an alliance, a de­ Division of votes ‘post­poll’ understanding nata Dal (S). the streets in solidarity with The protests passed peace­ of the JSP participated in the year-old boy to death for parture for the party that has Both leaders denied the tie­ with the BJP. In the tight contest that is their MPs who made a spirit­ fully due to the heavy de­ protests at various places, making a noise while he was never committed to a pre­ up was being done to help Sources in the Janata Dal to be the Karnataka Assemb­ ed campaign in and outside ployment of security forces. notably at Maddilapalem trying to catch his pet pigeon poll alliance before this. the BJP divide the Vokkaliga (S) said that Dalits in Karna­ ly polls, the opening gambit Parliament. The Opposition cadres bus depot in Visakhapatnam in Kempapura on Wednesday, The BSP, which never had and Dalit votes in the State. taka, who form 24% of the has been made. 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The teenager When techies code jokes in Kannada confessed to his crime before instant triple talaq bill the Child Welfare Committee and was sent to the State-run ‘Board will work to remove lacunae’ Bengaluru is warming up to a bunch of IT engineers doing stand-up comedy boys’ remand home. Staff Reporter tion of the Triple Talaq Bill. Tanu Kulkarni child of Anup Maiya, a Kannada was in its infancy Hyderabad woman HYDERABAD It will deliberate on its aws Bengaluru technical trainer. He said the when they started out. rescued from Saudi The All India Muslim Perso­ and lacunae and work on The infamous trac jams at group wanted to cater Mr. Rangaprasad said the HYDERABAD nal Law Board (AIMPLB) se­ how to remove them,” he Bengaluru’s Silk Board mainly to IT workers and audiences were too A Hyderabadi woman, who cretary Maulana Syed Kha­ said. He said the Bill surrep­ junction typicallyyield only people below 40. “We want judgmental. “They were not was sent to Saudi Arabia in leel­ur­Rahman Sajjad titiously sought to not just rising tempers and frustrated urban audiences to connect there to absorb, they were hopes of a good job by her Nomani on Thursday said ban instant triple talaq, but honking. Of late, they have with us. So we chose there to assess us. They had employer, has been rescued the panel did not entirely also other forms of divorce been a source of inspiration subjects such as politics, IT, this stereotype that stand­up by the Indian Embassy there. oppose The Muslim Women such as ‘khula’. These forms and comic material for IT cricket, and issues that comedy in Kannada may not Sameena Begum, 29, was (Protection of Rights on had been upheld by the Su­ professionals trying to would easily connect with be of good quality,” he said, allegedly made to beg for Marriage) Bill. He, however, preme Court and were in ac­ enliven their lives of code­ such an audience,” he said. adding that LOLbagh food at wedding functions in Saudi Arabia by her employer. added that it was replete cordance with prevailing heavy monotony by managed to exceed audience “An agent approached me and with lacunae which violated legislations. performing stand­up Laugh fest: At one of LOLbagh’s shows. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ‘Too judgmental’ expectations and delivered offered me a good job as a the Constitution. “No other country in the comedy. Sudarshan Rangaprasad, more. beautician in Saudi Arabia at a Maulana Nomani was in­ world has such a law. I feel Six IT professionals, tired ‘LOLbagh,’ a stand­up shows. They have performed sales strategic manager at an Jayanth Seege, a pay of 1,000 Riyal per month. teracting with mediaper­ ashamed of the Bill, not only of the trac, their desk jobs, venture in Kannada that has at corporate oces, colleges, IT rm, said the group lmmaker who has watched I left for Saudi and after sons ahead of the AIMPLB’s as a Muslim but also as an and cries “Kannad gotilla” struck a chord with and festivals, and are set to decided to venture into these shows seven times, landing there I realised there three­day plenary in the ci­ Indian citizen,” he said. If (“Do not know Kannada”), hundreds of Bengalureans. perform their 50th show at Kannada stand­up comedy said he ended up watching was no such job and the agent ty. “A very important item the Bill was passed in its cur­ have decided to incorporate In the 13 months since K.H. 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N . Rahul HYDERABAD ularity of online gaming, A Hyderabad­based entre­ there was still a lack of tran­ preneur, Prashant Surana, sparency and inability to plans to introduce his own provide sucient liquidity cryptocurrency, one of the among most of the provid­ rst in the city, for online ers, according to the team gaming enthusiasts. The vir­ behind UGC. At the same tual currency, akin to Alt­ time, the players were tied coins, will be issued in April to their local Poker site and through an Initial Coin Oer­ restricted by local curren­ ing (ICO). Called the Univer­ cies which resulted in a shor­ sal Gaming Coin (UGC), the tage of played tournaments coins can be bought with Prashant Surana and long waiting times for Ethereum and Bitcoin cryp­ players. tocurrencies. the gaming universe by Another issue faced by The gamers can use these bringing it onto an omni the players was the fact that coins to play games such as channel ecosystem. With funds were tied to the pro­ Poker, Blackjack and Rum­ Blockchain, Mr. Surana and vider’s site or, in some cases, my. “Till date, we have tied his team want to bring 100% even held by a third party up with one domestic game transparency across the eco­ and could not be directly portal and 10 international system and help regulators transferred to other Poker sites, and this is expected to keep track on real­time rooms. go up in the coming days,” basis. “All this will be a thing of Mr. Surana said. the past,” said Mr. Surana The UGC would provide Steady growth and added that the UGC Blockchain chain­powered While there was a steady wanted to utilise a single cur­ platforms to the online gam­ growth in the global market rency while giving total pow­ ing industry. It aims to unify and an ever­increasing pop­ er to the end user. Waiting for a catch: Fishermen engaged in angling at Fort Kochi beach as a cruise ship leaves Kochi Port. * THULASI KAKKAT Farmer run over by truck at Under pressure, Karnataka withdraws notice on mutts market yard in Warangal A ccusing BJP of ‘playing politics,’ Siddaramaiah says public notice seeking feedback will be withdrawn Special Correspondent ma Jois. Why were you silent seeking suggestions on the Congress and TDP leaders join protest by farmers Bengaluru then,” Mr. Siddaramaiah issue, and had accused the The Karnataka government asked, displaying copies of government of targeting Hin­ on Thursday made a U­turn the previous public notice. du religious institutions. Special Correspondent bags of cotton on the market was shifted to the MGM hos­ WARANGAL and announced that the pu­ He added, “The content Some seers of leading mutts premises. As it was raining, pital where he succumbed. blic notice inviting sugges­ of the public notice issued had also objected to the Tension prevailed at the he covered the cotton with Farmers protested at the tions on whether or not now is the same. We will notice. Enumamula agricultural tarpaulin and slept under it. market yard, demanding jus­ mutts, their temples and withdraw the notice till the market yard when a cotton Around 2.30 a.m., a truck tice for Ravi. Soon, Congress Hindu religious institutions Law Ministry is consulted ov­ Heated discussion farmer, Banoth Ravi (41), arrived at the market. The and the Telugu Desam Party should come under the con­ er the issue.” The House witnessed heated died after being run over by driver wanted to reach a go­ leaders joined the protesting trol of the Religious Endow­ exchanges between BJP and a truck early on Thursday. down but as several vehicles farmers, leading to tension. ments Act would be ‘I am also a Hindu’ Congress members over the The farmer, who be­ blocked the way, he drove Congress leaders led by Gan­ withdrawn. The Chief Minister said, “I matter. longed to Devaruppula of his vehicle over Ravi’s pro­ dra Venkataramana Reddy Intervening in an adjourn­ am also a Hindu. We have Later, unhappy with the Jangaon district in Telanga­ duce, ignorant of the farmer were arrested and shifted to ment motion moved by the Making a point: Siddaramaiah during a debate on the mutt respect for gods, mutts and answer and demanding an na, brought his produce to sleeping under the tarpau­ the Mattewada police sta­ Opposition BJP on the issue issue in the Legislative Council. * V. SREENIVASA MURTHY temples. There is no need apology from the Chief Mi­ the market on Wednesday. lin. The wheels ran over the tion. The Warangal market in the Legislative Council, for seers to fear the notice.” nister, BJP and Janata Dal However, the market o­ legs of the farmer. committee ocials gave a Chief Minister Siddaramaiah the government taking mutts ed formulating a new Act, He also accused the BJP of (Secular) members staged a cials refused to buy it as it cheque of 1 lakh to Ravi’s announced that the public and temples under its con­ following which public opi­ ‘playing politics’ over the walkout. contained more than 15% Ex gratia payment wife Mutyalu. Palakurthy notice seeking feedback trol,” he claried. nion was sought. “A similar issue. This is the second time moisture. They asked him to Other farmers who heard MLA Errabelli Dayakar Rao would be withdrawn. He said the Division public notice had been is­ On Wednesday, the BJP that the government, embar­ dry the cotton and put it on the cries of Ravi rushed him handed over to her an ex “It is not a circular but a Bench of the High Court of sued during your (BJP’s) rule had criticised the govern­ rassed over the content of sale again. to a private hospital. He suf­ gratia of 5 lakh from the Te­ public notice seeking opi­ Karnataka had quashed the by the committee headed by ment for releasing public government communiques, The farmer spread his 50https://studymaterial.oureducation.in/fered severe blood loss and langana government. nion. There is no question ofhttps://www.oureducation.in/Endowments Act and direct­ (the former chief) justice Ra­ notice on January 29, 2018,https://www.oureducation.in/has made a U­turn. 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IN BRIEF Weather Watch Supreme Court gives U.P. govt. Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday 4 weeks for Taj protection plan

Padmaavat release Q uestions Yogi Adityanath government about ‘sudden urry of activity’ in trapezium zone deferred in Indore Press Trust of India INDORE ities need to cut 234 trees yet received the minutes of New Delhi T he proposed release of and the TTZ had granted the meeting. controversial film Padmaavat The Supreme Court on permission for it. To this, the ASG said that in Indore has been deferred, Thursday directed the Uttar the minutes of the meeting office­bearers of a film Pradesh government to Mortality rate of trees have been prepared and as association said on Thursday. place before it a vision docu­ To this, the Bench asked: per the court’s direction, The film distributors and ment on protection and pre­ “Where is the land for plant­ members of civil societies theatre owners in the city servation of the Taj Mahal ing trees? What about the had also attended the had two days back agreed to and asked why there was a mortality rate of trees alrea­ discussion. screen the film on Thursday. “sudden urry of activity” in dy planted there? You answ­ Meanwhile, advocates re­ PTI the Taj Trapezium Zone er this…The mortality rate presenting the leather and (TTZ). [of trees] is 80% and there is glass industries referred to Woman killed in house The TTZ is an area of no land for planting trees.” separate applications led collapse due to landslide about 10,400 sq. km spread The court asked the State by them but the Bench said B HADARWAH/JAMMU over the districts of Agra, Fi­ The Uttar Pradesh government has sought Supreme Court’s government to inform it it would hear these matters Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) A 58­year­old woman was rozabad, Mathura, Hathras permission to cut 234 trees in Agra. * FILE PHOTO within four weeks on where after four weeks. killed and her son injured and Etah in U.P. and land to plant trees was avail­ Forecast for Friday: No weather warning city rain max min city rain max min after their house collapsed Rajasthan. tivity is there in the TTZ?” it with a futuristic perspective able in the area and also give Widening of road due to landslide in Doda Agartala...... —.... 27.3.... 20.0 Kozhikode ...... —.... 33.2.... 25.0 A Bench of justices Madan asked. that could protect and pre­ details about the number of The apex court would al­ Ahmedabad...... —.... 30.6.... 13.3 Kurnool...... —.... 35.1.... 21.5 district, a police official said B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta Mr. Mehta submitted that serve the iconic monument, trees planted there. so take up during the next Aizawl ...... —.... 27.1.... 11.0 Lucknow...... —.... 25.6...... 7.8 on Thursday. The woman was Allahabad ...... —.... 28.2...... 9.0 Madurai...... 2.4.... 34.2.... 23.6 questioned Additional Solic­ he would seek instructions its environs and the TTZ for Environmentalist M. C. hearing another application identified as Premkore (58). Bengaluru...... 0.4.... 29.7.... 19.2 Mangaluru...... —.... 34.2.... 23.3 itor General Tushar Mehta, on the issue and get back to at least a few hundred years, Mehta, who has led a plea seeking permission to cut Bhopal...... —.... 28.8.... 12.6 Mumbai...... —.... 30.9.... 18.2 The incident happened at appearing for the U.P. go­ the court. should be prepared. seeking protection of the Taj trees for widening of road Bhubaneswar ...... —.... 33.6.... 20.5 Mysuru...... —.... 30.9.... 19.8 Guraka village in Tehsil Bhalla Chandigarh ...... —.... 22.4...... 5.9 New Delhi ...... —.... 23.1...... 5.5 of Bhadarwah on Wednesday vernment, on why leather During the hearing on from the ill­eects of pollut­ near Govardhana Hill in Chennai ...... 1.... 32.4.... 24.5 Patna ...... —.... 26.7.... 11.3 Coimbatore...... —.... 32.7.... 21.8 Port Blair ...... —.... 30.3.... 22.2 night. PTI industries and hotels were ‘File vision document’ Thursday, the State govern­ ing gases and deforestation Mathura. coming up in the TTZ when The Bench also asked the ment led an application in and around the area, told The TTZ had earlier told Dehradun...... —.... 23.9...... 6.0 Puducherry...... —.... 30.3.... 21.6 Gangtok...... —.... 14.4...... 7.5 Pune ...... —.... 31.1.... 11.5 such activities were stopped State government to le seeking the court’s permis­ the Bench that he had at­ the court that a “no con­ Goa ...... —.... 33.3.... 19.5 Raipur ...... 0.2.... 31.9.... 17.8 P atwari arrested for earlier. within four week a vision sion to cut 234 trees in Agra tended a meeting of the struction zone” was de­ Guwahati ...... —.... 26.0.... 15.0 Ranchi...... —.... 28.5.... 16.5 “There is a sudden urry document on protection and for laying pipelines for water authorities concerned last clared within a­500 metre Hubballi...... —.... 30.0.... 17.0 Shillong...... —.... 20.2...... 6.5 taking bribe in Rajasthan Hyderabad ...... —.... 33.8.... 17.9 Shimla...... —.... 12.9...... 1.8 J AIPUR of activity in the TTZ. Is preservation of the 17th cen­ supply in the city. month to discuss the issue radius of the Taj and the Imphal...... —.... 23.7.... 12.2 Srinagar ...... —.... 15.5.....-1.8 A patwari was arrested by the there any particular reason tury mausoleum. The counsel told the related to protection of the State government had envis­ Jaipur...... —.... 25.0.... 10.7 Trivandrum ...... 18.... 33.0.... 24.1 for that? Leather industries The court had in Decem­ Bench that 122 km of pipe­ monument. aged a comprehensive plan Kochi...... —.... 31.8.... 24.0 Tiruchi ...... 0.2.... 32.4.... 22.6 Anti­Corruption Bureau for Kohima...... —.... 19.2...... 7.4 Vijayawada...... —.... 32.4.... 22.4 allegedly accepting a bribe of and hotels are coming up ber last year said that a de­ lines out of the 130 km had “In my view, no satisfacto­ to ensure balance between Kolkata...... —.... 28.1.... 20.3 Visakhapatnam ...... —.... 30.6.... 22.6 6,000 in the Dudu area on there. Why? It should re­ tailed and comprehensive already been laid and for the ry discussion took place,” he environment and develop­ Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday Thursday, the police said. main stopped. Why this ac­ vision document and plan remaining 8 km, the author­ said, adding that he had not ment. CITIES SO2 NO2 COPM2.5PM10CODE Deep Singh Shekhawat, Ahmedabad...... 10616131.. 139.....— ....* posted in Dudu, was caught Bengaluru ...... 6..3878...... — .102 ....* In observation made at 4.00 p.m., Chennai ...... 11..3533.... 74.....— ....* red handed while accepting a Siliguri, West Bengal recorded an Delhi ...... 2021495.. 339 .332 ....* overall air quality index (AQI) bribe from the complainant, Hyderabad ...... 43..6018.. 101 .113 ....* score of 415 indicating an Ratan Singh, for providing Darwin’s theory to stay in books, says Satyapal Foreign Kolkata...... — ...— .—...... —.....—.....— unhealthy level of pollution. * In contrast, Thiruvananthapuram land­related documents. PTI Lucknow...... 21..6339.. 402.....— .... recorded a healthy AQI score of 58 Mumbai ...... 30..3174.. 188 .199 ....* currencies Pune...... 48..2546.... 56 ...46 ....* Junior HRD Minister had questioned the theory of evolution recently * seized Vishakhapatnam..13..6120.. 103 .112 .... Teacher held for girl’s P RESS TRUST OF INDIA written question in the Ra­ ory of evolution was “scien­ Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) death in U.P. SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, New Delhi jya Sabha. tically wrong” and needed making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air BALLIA (UP) P ress trust of India There is no proposal to re­ to be changed in school and particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues A private school teacher, who move Charles Darwin’s the­ No proposal college curricula. Jaipur and monuments. 2 Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by had allegedly slapped an ory of evolution from school He added that the Ministry While scientists from The Customs Department NO : 11­year­old girl resulting in reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. or college curricula, the Ra­ is not considering any pro­ three top scientic institu­ on Thursday seized ve dif­ CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to her death, was arrested on jya Sabha was informed on posal to omit the theory tions in the country con­ ferent foreign currencies, critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause Thursday, the police said. An including the USD and the dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. FIR was registered against Thursday. Satyapal Singh from school and college demned the remarks, Union PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, , worth 1.12 crore in Rajni Upadhyay on charges of “CBSE has intimated that curricula. HRD Minister Prakash Java­ nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced Charles Darwin’s [theory of] for Class XII,” Minister of Mr. Singh landed in con­ dekar had advised Mr. Singh Indian rupees from two pe­ lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and culpable homicide and premature death in people with heart or lung disease voluntarily causing hurt, SHO evolution of species is a part State for Human Resource troversy last month when he to refrain from making such ople at the Sanganer inter­ (Individual pollutant data for various cities are averages for the previous day) Rasra Kotwali, Jagdish of the curriculum under the Development Satyapal claimed at an event in Au­ comments and leave the job national airport here, o­ PTI elective subject of Biology Singh said in response to a rangabad that Darwin’s the­ to scientists. cials said. Chandra Yadav said. #5 2 2 5 6 9

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Darjeeling peace M ahesh Langa AHMEDABAD Potential for software, tourism, says CM Despite heavy rainfall last Special Correspondent Court summons Lalu’s Kolkata daughter, son-in-law year, Gujarat is set to face a NEW DELHI severe water crisis because During an all­party meeting A special court on Thursday of the low water availability in Darjeeling on Thursday, summoned RJD chief Lalu in Narmada dam — the main West Bengal Chief Minister Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti source of water in the State — Mamata Banerjee said an in­ and her husband as accused due to decient rainfall in dustry meet would be held in a money laundering case. the Narmada catchment area in March. Additional sessions judge in Madhya Pradesh. Ms. Banerjee said Darjeel­ N.K. Malhotra asked them to As a result, the State go­ ing has the potential for in­ appear before the court on vernment has repeatedly an­ dustry in software, tourism March 5 in a case based on a nounced that it will not sup­ and horticulture and she Chief Minister Mamata chargesheet filed by the ply water for irrigation. The would ask industrialists to Banerjee asked all stake- Enforcement Directorate. entire stock will be reserved attend the meet. holders to come together for drinking water in Sau­ “Let us forget what hap­ for Darjeeling’s cause. One held for attack on rashtra and North Gujarat re­ pened [in the past]. The pol­ Kashmiri student gions, both water starved itical parties and their ideol­ On her rst day, Ms. Ba­ CHANDIGARH provinces and highly depen­ ogy will remain but let us nerjee inaugurated a road in A day after a student from dent on water from Narmada come together for the deve­ the name of Gorkha Nation­ Kashmir was thrashed, canals. lopment of the hills,” Ms. al Liberation Front (GNLF) allegedly by fellow students Banerjee said. founder Subhas Ghising. in Mullana town of Ambala, Appeal to farmers The Chief Minister’s visit Ghising, who spearheaded the University administration In a statement, the Sardar to Darjeeling hills, which the movement for a sepa­ suspended a student believed Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd comes after eight months rate State of Gorkhaland for to be involved in the brawl. (SSNNL) appealed to farmers and the rst since the hills decades, was sent into polit­ The victim, a radiology not to sow a summer crop braved a 104­day shutdown, ical oblivion by Gorkha Jan­ student, had suffered injuries unless they had a local water assumes a lot of political mukti Morcha president Bi­ on his nose. source which could irrigate ment, instead of making a senior ocial told The other election­related pro­ force if they continue to signicance. mal Gurung in 2007. their elds because in the proper arrangements, did Hindu. grammes in September draw water from canals,” Mr. ‘Congress against fake Narmada dam, the storage not even inform the farmers Interestingly, when the 2017”, a prominent farmers’ Rabari said, asking the State social media accounts’ level was at 45% of the 15­ and the public of the likely State government was appa­ leader, Sagar Rabari, asked authorities to give accounts BENGALURU year average. shortfall. rently aware of a sharp drop in a statement. to the people of Gujarat. ‘Quack not sole reason Congress social media head However, the govern­ in water inows in the Nar­ Mr. Rabari heads Gujarat’s However, Gujarat’s Chief and former MP Ramya on ment’s move to curtail sup­ Warning signs mada dam, it celebrated the largest farmers’ outt Guja­ Secretary J.N. Singh told the Thursday clarified that the ply has irked farmers as well "October 2017 onwards, it Narmada Festival while rat Khedut Samaj, which is media that the State govern­ for Unnao HIV spike’ Congress was against holding as the Opposition party, who became evident that the Prime Minister Narendra planning to organise a mas­ ment would ensure that fake accounts on social allege mismanagement by availability of water from the Modi attended an event to sive congregation of farmers there was no drinking water High migration may also be responsible media. On Wednesday, the the State authorities. Narmada dam would be sub­ announce the completion of during the Assembly Budget crisis during summer. BJP’s social media unit had Omar Rashid ing team, told The Hindu. approached the police against According to Gujarat go­ stantially lower than the dam over the river. session starting February 19. Earlier, Congress leader UNNAO vernment ocials, they had State’s quota of 9 million “If the SSNNL knew that and member of the Rajya Mr. Singhal said while Ms. Ramya for allegedly Rajesh Yadav alias Rajendra, they had not reached a nal tutoring her party workers the inkling that this year Nar­ acre feet (MAF) that it gets as there would be a shortfall of Poll advantage Sabha, Ahmed Patel, wrote the quack accused of infect­ conclusion as the matter to create fake social media mada water would not be per the Narmada water shar­ drinking and irrigation wa­ “The political class used wa­ to Gujarat Chief Minister Vi­ ing at least three dozen per­ needed further investiga­ accounts. available for irrigation. ing award. Now, we will get ter, why did it allow the cri­ ter as a vote­catching ploy jay Rupani expressing con­ However, due to the As­ only 4.71 MAF. That is minal wastage of Narmada during the Assembly polls cerns over the next season’s sons with HIV in Unnao dis­ tion, the probe team has T.N. pontiff goes on sembly polls in November­ enough for drinking water water for the Aji and Narma­ and is now threatening farm­ crops in the absence of water trict of Uttar Pradesh pinpointed high­migration hunger strike again December, the State govern­ but not for irrigating elds,” da dam inaugurations and ers that it will use police from Narmada. through multiple use of syr­ and transit as reasons for SRIVILLIPUTTUR inges was on Thursday sent the incidence of HIV in the Sri Sri Sri Satakopa Ramanuja to judicial custody, police Bangermau area. Mr. Sing­ Jeeyar of Manavala said. Yadav was arrested on hal said further investiga­ Mamunigal Mutt here began Protect investors from Ex-Minister PM to talk to students Wednesday. tion would be conducted. an indefinite fast demanding However, while he is be­ Besides housing a large a public apology from lyricist charged in ing charged with attempt to mandi, Bangermau also wit­ Vairamuthu for his unfair trading, says SC on beating exam stress culpable homicide, a preli­ nesses a high “in and out mi­ “derogatory” remarks against Vyapam case minary fact­nding joint gration” and has a consider­ Goddess Andal. This is the Krishnadas Rajagopal Justice Kurian observed team of the Centre and State able number of persons second time the Jeeyar is Address will be relayed live: Javadekar NEW DELHI that there is an imminent Press Trust of India has found his role in the working in places like Surat sitting on a hunger strike on New Delhi Special Correspondent transmission of HIV to be and Ludhiana, Mr. Singhal the same issue. The Supreme Court on need to prevent instances of Thursday asked the Centre “synchronised trading” as Former Madhya Pradesh NEW DELHI “inconclusive”. said. #5 2 2 5 6 9 to frame a more compre­ they are fundamentally vio­ minister Laxmikant Shar­ The Human Resource Deve­ The eight­member team, Techie held for creating ‘Other reasons’ comprising three senior fake Twitter accounts hensive legal framework to lative of transparent norms ma, his OSD and 85 others lopment Ministry has asked “That story [linking the consultants of the National MUMBAI govern the securities market of securities trading. were on Thursday charged States to arrange for stu­ quack's use of a single syr­ AIDS Control Organization A software engineer has been where ingeniuos means of “The stock market is not by the CBI for alleged dents in schools and colleg­ arrested for allegedly manipulation aect gullible a platform for any fraudu­ cheating and corruption in es to hear Prime Minister inge to the high incidence of and ve from the U.P. State creating a fake Twitter handle investors. lent or unfair trade practice. the recruitment of Grade­II Narendra Modi discuss ways HIV in Bangermau] is not ve­ AIDS Control Society, con­ of Sachin Tendulkar’s “Fairness, integrity and The eld is open to all the in­ contractual teachers to beat examination stress ry much conclusive or true. ducted a eld study in Ban­ daughter and uploading transparency are the hall­ vestors. By synchronization through Vyapam in 2012, on February 16. There are some other rea­ germau. It has submitted a malicious content against marks of the stock market in and rapid reverse trade, as agency ocials said. Mr. Modi’s address to sons,” A. K. Singhal, the ve­page report to the State NCP chief Sharad Pawar, India. The Securities and Ex­ has been carried out by the The chargesheet, led in 3,000 school and college leader of the U.P. fact­nd­ Health Ministry. police said. Police seized a change Board of India (SE­ traders in the instant case, the Bhopal Special court students in Delhi will be re­ About said 10 crore students laptop, two mobile phones BI) is the vigilant watch­ the price discovery system on Thursday, has named layed live across the country are expected to hear the and routers from his dog… As the market grows, itself is aected,” Justice the then controller of Mad­ through a variety of media, Prime Minister. residence. PTI ingeniuos means of manipu­ Kurian observed. hya Pradesh Professional HRD Minister Prakash Java­ lation are also employed. “Unfair trade practices af­ Examination Board ­ also dekar said. “We have asked Asked whether there was Seven fishermen held “In such a scenario, it is fect the integrity and e­ known as Vyapam ­ Pankaj State Education Ministers to a compulsion for students to by Lankan Navy essential that SEBI keeps up ciency of the securities mar­ Trivedi; then principal sys­ arrange for students of attend, he said the event R AMANATHAPURAM The Sri Lankan navy has with changing times and de­ ket and the condence of tem analyst Nitin Mohin­ schools and colleges to be was not mandatory. arrested seven Rameswaram velops principles for good the investors,” Justice Banu­ dra, 72 candidates, two able to hear him.” The one­hour pro­ fishermen along with their governance in the stock mathi noted in her other Vyapam ocials and Asked whether the West gramme will be held from 11 trawler on charges of market which ensure free judgment. 11 middlemen, including Bengal Education Minister am and will have a 50­55 mi­ trespassing and illegal fishing and fair trading,” a Bench of The court upheld SEBI’s Sharma, police said. was also among those who nute speech by the PM. in Sri Lankan waters early on Justices Kurian Joseph and plea to proceed against a Mohindra and Trivedi interacted with the Centre The talk will be based on Thursday. Reports said the R. Banumathi observed in group of traders, Rakhi helped inate marks of through video­conferenc­ Mr. Modi’s book Exam War­ fishermen were fishing north separate but concurring Trading and others, for un­ candidates for appoint­ ing, Mr. Javadekar said with riors, which oers 25 man­ of Talaimannar when Lankan judgments spanning 90 fair trade practice in the ment of Grade­II contrac­ a smile, “Why are you ask­ tras on how to approach ex­ Navy apprehended them. pages. market. tual teachers, police said. ing what you know?” aminations.

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Cease re been disqualied for making state­ independence. vism and points of view. Moreover, ments against Supreme Court This condence is also being having gained such dominance, I ndia and Pakistan must restore calm judges. And two ministers have manifest by a hyperactive judici­ the claim is also made that it is been issued notices for contempt ary taking up suo motu cases lar­ now the judiciary which reacts along the LoC and International Boundary of court, and asked to present gely seen to be in the public inter­ with a heavy hand to criticism he 2003 ceasere agreement between India and themselves at the Supreme Court est. Recent interventions have against its decisions, curtailing S. Akbar Zaidi to explain themselves, also for been made on a number of rape freedom of expression, suppress­ Pakistan is now alive only in the breach, with vio­ making statements against the Su­ cases, of those regarding the dis­ ing voices which have dierences Tlations intensifying in number and much damage preme Court judges. For the mo­ appeared, and even in cases of ex­ of opinion. The people’s verdict in to life and livelihood along the border. The drift can on­ awaz Sharif is not giving up. ment, selective judicial activism tra­judicial killings. While some la­ support of or against Nawaz Sharif ly be arrested through high­level political intervention The deposed former Prime has replaced military interference wyers have criticised this recent is expected later this year, and if

to save this very signicant bilateral agreement bet­ NMinister of Pakistan, who and adventurism as the dominant GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK activism by the Supreme Court on he were to win again, the Supreme ween the two nuclear­armed neighbours . In the latest has been debarred (perhaps for force against democratic voice and account of it undermining the ov­ Court’s decision is bound to come incident, four Indian soldiers, including an Army Cap­ life) from public oce by the Su­ representation on the political Pakistan. Some lawyers, who have erall legal process and procedures into conict with the democratic preme Court of Pakistan, is not map of Pakistan. analysed the role of the judiciary and its many associated institu­ choice of who the voters want as tain, were killed in the Bhimber Gali sector in cross­bor­ just ghting back, but has been With Pakistan dominated by the since 1947, have made the argu­ tions, and have made the valid ar­ their Prime Minister. der ring that went on through most of Sunday. These reinvigorated by the huge public military for many decades, all con­ ment that this support has not gument that only a few high­pro­ casualties are a natural extension of what has been un­ response that he has been receiv­ spiracy theories regarding chang­ been simply on account of military le cases are selectively chosen, The Musharraf test folding along the International Boundary as well as the ing in jalsas across the country, as es in government, or the dismissal pressure, but because the judges the rst port of call for anyone Public discourse now pivots Line of Control for the past several months. As a result, he takes his case to the people of Prime Ministers, naturally land of the superior court themselves, with a grievance of any kind is now around this new­found ambition 2017 has turned out to be the worst year since the agree­ with elections due in the next few on the military’s door. Hence, ma­ and independently, shared the the Chief Justice of Pakistan him­ of the judiciary, although it has ment brought calm to the border 15 years ago. The cea­ months. While there is still some ny retired generals and analysts same world view as the military self, who is asked to intervene di­ been often suggested that it is still sere agreement had resulted in a dramatic drop in mil­ confusion whether Mr. Sharif has stated, without oering any proof, and were happy to articulate their rectly. Such activism has made the a junior partner of the military, been barred for life or for a num­ that Mr. Sharif's dismissal by the position when called upon. judiciary immensely popular in and doing the latter’s bidding. The itary casualties, and thousands of border residents had ber of years, and the stipulated Supreme Court was on the behest the public mind. one key case on which such allega­ been able to return home from temporary shelters on time period is under review by the of the military, rather than a deci­ Inexion point? In the past, it has always been tions rest is General Musharraf’s both sides. It is important to see the 2003 agreement in Supreme Court, he continues to sion made independently by the This view changed when Pakis­ the military which determined treason trial. While Prime Minis­ the immediate context of the time. It came just four posit the superior judiciary against court. While the military may not tan’s last military general­presi­ what is permissible as public dis­ ters have been debarred and dis­ years after the Kargil war, and soon after India and Pa­ the people, particularly the voters have been unhappy with the deci­ dent, Pervez Musharraf, trampled course, always reacting to criti­ missed, and Ministers and Sena­ kistan almost went to war following the December 13, who brought him to power in sion, such speculation takes away on the toes of the judiciary, dismis­ cism against it, claiming that views tors hauled up in front of the 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament. The 2013. His main argument has been all independent agency being ex­ sing the Chief Justice of Pakistan in against the actions of the military court, an undertrial military dicta­ that his dismissal is an aront to ercised by a Supreme Court which 2007. Since then, following great and criticism of it are some form of tor is absconding with much ease agreement was historic, and a triumph of diplomacy — the will of the people, and that the has found a new life and mission popular support, the judiciary had anti­nationalism, or anti­patriotic. and living in luxury abroad. Fail­ Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali an­ Supreme Court has delegitimised over the last decade. acquired considerable respect for The fact that the military has been ing to address this key case makes nounced a unilateral ceasere on the Line of Control on their democratic voice. In the past when the military its independence and pro­demo­ publicly criticised — by scholars, one suggest that it seems that the Id; India suggested including the Siachen heights, and has rightly been seen as Pakistan’s cratic position and statements, de­ social media participants and pol­ judiciary has been more con­ the ceasere was eventually extended to the Interna­ Recent disqualications main anti­democratic institution, claring on numerous occasions iticians — in recent years gives cerned with the contempt of tional Boundary. It was the high point of Atal Bihari Vaj­ It is not only Mr. Sharif who has it had always been the Supreme that it would never again support some indication of the relative de­ court, rather than the contempt of payee’s premiership, and his successor, Manmohan been removed from the Prime Mi­ Court which provided constitu­ or condone a military takeover. nuding of power and hegemony of the Constitution. Perhaps the key nister’s Oce by the Supreme tional cover to military regimes. Whether this is simply bravado or the military in Pakistan. The rise test of how independent the judi­ Singh, heeded the legacy. Court in recent years — in 2012 so Under a notion of the ‘Doctrine of a genuine sign of independence af­ of the judiciary as an alternative, ciary really is, whether its pro­de­ Now, as the two countries are caught in a spiral of al­ was Yousuf Raza Gilani of the Pa­ Necessity’, the Supreme Court leg­ rming a born­again judiciary has perhaps parallel, institution in mocracy credentials are substan­ most daily exchanges of re along the border, there is a kistan Peoples Party (PPP), who itimised the three military takeov­ not, as yet, been put to the test, terms of dominance needs to be tive and how much respect and danger of political rhetoric acquiring its own momen­ had been elected following Bena­ ers — in 1958, 1977 and 1999. Each and we will not know unless so­ seen in this light. Yet, when it trust it truly deserves, rests on tum. Already, 2017 has been the worst year along the zir Bhutto’s assassination, when time, while the military regime dif­ mething to the eect takes place. comes to decisions which are how the Musharraf case is border since the ceasere came into force, with at least the PPP formed the government in fered as did its actions, the Court Yet, as the possibility of a military clearly seen as ‘political’, there has addressed. 860 incidents of ceasere violations recorded on the 2008. Moreover, following Mr. came to support such anti­demo­ intervention — at least in the form been criticism, notably from Na­ Sharif’s ouster in July 2017 and his cratic intervention, allowing am­ of a direct military takeover — re­ waz Sharif and members of his S. Akbar Zaidi is a political economist LoC alone. By way of comparison, in 2015 there had diatribe against the judiciary, in ple space for military rule in Pakis­ cedes, one does nd the revived party, that the judiciary, like the based in Karachi. He also teaches at been 152 incidents, and in 2016 there were 228. January the last few days, one Senator of tan. For almost all of Pakistan's institution of the judiciary exing military before it, has been parti­ Columbia University in New York and at 2018 recorded the highest number of ceasere viola­ his party, the Pakistan Muslim history, the Supreme Court has its muscles demonstrating consid­ san and selective in its treatment the Institute of Business Administration in tions in a month since 2003, according to estimates. Ac­ League­Nawaz (PMLN), has also been complicit in military rule in erable condence and much of democratic and political acti­ Karachi cording to data mentioned in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, between January 18 and 22, 14 people includ­ ing seven civilians were killed and over 70 were injured in ring from the Pakistan side along the International Big discoveries have small origins Boundary in Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts as well as along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts. Thou­

One route to help the cause of science is to provide more funds for small­scale research projects #5 2 2 5 6 9 sands of civilians have been forced to ee their border homes. Peace on the border is dicult to achieve at the tention in the din of the debate dy, Science and Engineering Re­ gy, the Indian Institutes of Science tactical level by military leaders. Restoring the ceasere based on comparative GDP ­ search Board (SERB). In Education and Research, and un­ requires real statesmanship, not brinkmanship. gures. Seminal innovations often comparison, the apex body for iversities will help address the result from the eorts of scientists medical research in the U.S., the needs of a larger pool of scientic working alone or in small groups National Institutes of Health, alone talent outside national labs and with a tight budget rather than in disbursed $25 billion as research bring in returns by way of publica­ The Zuma hurdle M.S. Santhanam well­funded mega projects. In grants in 2017, representing 36% of tions, patents and innovations that 2012, the discovery of Higgs boson the country’s non­defence science can meet immediate needs. Ending the protracted power struggle (‘God particle’ in popular media) budget. This gure can be higher if is key to the ANC’s plans for revival n a rather belated ocial admis­ at CERN, the European Organisa­ combined with the contribution of A glimmer of hope sion that scientic and techno­ tion for Nuclear Research in Gene­ other agencies such as the NSF. Remarkably, the Economic Survey ith Jacob Zuma appearing to be nally willing Ilogical innovations underpin va, hit the world’s headlines. With GETTY IMAGES/ ISTOCK The U.K.’s Engineering and Physi­ too has agged this issue and re­ to resign as President of , a pro­ economic prosperity, the Econom­ $1 billion annual expenditure, cal Sciences Research Council dis­ commends that India “gradually Wtracted power struggle could soon draw to a ic Survey, released ahead of the CERN’s work is big science by any ple sounding rockets that ultimate­ tributes nearly 10% of the research move to have a greater share of an close. Calls for the anti­apartheid veteran’s exit ac­ Budget, carries an entire chapter yardstick. Yet, Higgs boson had its ly grew into the Indian Space budget as grants. Clearly, India’s investigator­driven model for quired momentum after South African Deputy Presi­ on transforming science and tech­ humble origins in seminal theoret­ Research Organisation of today, provision for competitive research funding science research”. It also nology in India. It calls for dou­ ical works of several scientists, in­ that we can justiably be proud of. grants needs upward revision. talks of the “need to expand with dent Cyril Ramaphosa was elected leader of the African bling research and development cluding Peter Higgs, working inde­ Time and again, small science pro­ In India, as elsewhere, a signi­ more resources and creative go­ National Congress in December. Litigation in countless expenditure from its current level pendently. Even the $100 billion jects have demonstrated the po­ cant fraction of the science budget vernance structures”. Nearly ev­ cases, the overhang of a 1990s arms deal and actions of about 1 lakh crore, amounting enterprise Google began as an in­ tential to emerge as harbingers of goes to mission­oriented projects ery big science venture of today that undermined judicial investigations have marred to 0.8% of the gross domestic pro­ novative mathematical idea of Lar­ technological changes. Debates in the areas of defence, space, nu­ began as a budding small idea yes­ Mr. Zuma’s decade­long presidency. But the controver­ duct (GDP). Even if instantly dou­ ry Page and Sergey Brin, funded based on gross budget gures and clear and environmental sciences. terday. It is imperative to incentiv­ sy that has come to dene his tenure is the questionable bled through a miraculous diktat, by modest grants from the Nation­ GDP benchmarks miss the fact The mission­oriented work in ise the small ideas as some of them access an immigrant Indian business family, the Gup­ it would still lag behind China, Is­ al Science Foundation (NSF), at that over the years, funding for these areas need not be diluted to might ultimately scale up to join rael, and the U.S., each Stanford University. smaller, as opposed to large­scale favour small research grants. The the big league. One route to help tas, gained with ANC apparatchiks and state institu­ spending more than 2% of their Today, the global market for Ra­ big ticket, projects are dwindling. operational missions are impor­ the cause of science is by provi­ tions, a nexus widely dubbed as ‘state capture’. The ­ GDP on research. For long, attain­ man spectrometers is about $1.2 tant but so is the research ecosys­ sioning more funds for small­scale nancial dealings of the Guptas and their interface with ing the 2% GDP level had remained billion. In 1928, C.V. Raman spent Reading the ne print tem that provides human resourc­ research projects as well. The Eco­ the government in South Africa have tarnished the rep­ elusive for Indian science, but this about 200 on his laboratory­built Consider the ne print in this es and feeds the innovation nomic Survey oers that glimmer utation of top global accountancy and public relations is only a part of the story. spectrometer that heralded the year’s Budget. Of the 27,910 crore pipelines connected to these mis­ of hope. rms. As this succession of scandals dampened the op­ era of Raman spectroscopy as an allotted to science ministries, sions. Throttling smaller­scale re­ timism over the post­apartheid democratic transition, Diminishing funds analytical tool and also brought to 900 crore, or 3.22%, is ear­ search is akin to cutting o the in­ M.S. Santhanam is an associate professor the ANC, Africa’s oldest national liberation movement, The other critical part, diminish­ India its rst science Nobel prize. marked for basic science projects novation pipelines. Enhanced of physics at the Indian Institute of Science ing funds for exploratory small­ Through the 1960s, Vikram Sarab­ to be disbursed as competitive re­ competitive research grants for Education and Research, Pune. Views are saw its support plunge in the regional elections of 2016. scale science research, escapes at­ hai was experimenting with sim­ search grants by the statutory bo­ the Indian Institutes of Technolo­ personal The party conference in December 2017 was viewed as an opportunity for the ANC leadership to stem the rot before the next general elections, due in 2019. But the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. narrow win for Mr. Ramaphosa in the party polls over Mr. Zuma’s ex­wife and preferred candidate meant the political transition was always going to be bitter. Attacking the Congress speaking about meaningful history, but the people are than speaking about the to power, yet the Prime such practices, what is The Congress was taught a things. Does he have any not. achievements of his Minister has not come out more important is to create As his supporters took top positions in the new ANC lesson in the 2014 Lok constructive suggestions on Deepish Mani, government, Mr. Modi is of election mode. Instead of awareness. executive, Mr. Zuma brazened it out in the face of grow­ Sabha elections for its governance? The people of The Nilgiris only paving the way for the criticising the Opposition, Aparajita Singh, ing demands, within and outside the party and govern­ nonperformance and this country are no longer Congress’ resurgence he should have responded Lucknow ment, for his resignation as President. Over the past de­ corruption. So, Prime fools to be guided by empty Mr. Modi seems to be in a without any eort on its to the queries regarding the cade he has survived many parliamentary motions Minister Narendra Modi’s rhetoric from a person who hurry for the next general part. He has very little time new health scheme. He The fact that neither the against his rule, thanks largely to the ANC’s reluctance accusations at every hardly inspires condence. elections. There is no other to bring in the acche din speaks of Gandhi’s India, quack who used the syringe to rely on the opposition for such a manoeuvre. Recent­ opportunity, and on every The media also needs to explanation for him using that he had promised in but he hasn’t said a word nor the sick who thronged platform, are no longer give less attention to what precious hours in the Lok 2014. against the fringe groups to him were aware of the ly, the South African Supreme Court criticised the legis­ appealing (“Congress Mr. Gandhi says, since he Sabha to make a political V. Subramanian, who are trying to ruin this harm caused by using the lature for failing to hold Mr. Zuma to account, giving carved up nation, ruined mostly seems to be nding speech. One wonders Chennai country. same syringe again and succour to those calling for his impeachment. But rath­ democracy, says PM”, Feb. fault with the BJP rather whether the BJP has Abdul Jabbar, again tells us about the total er than pursue an extreme parliamentary procedure, 8). The government should than oering solutions. become nervous after the The nation expected the New Delhi lack of health awareness in the ANC leadership has preferred an internal mechan­ think of how to provide C.M. Umanath, Gujarat Assembly elections Prime Minister to shed remote areas of the ism to ease the President out. Mr. Ramaphosa and other employment rather than Calicut and the Rajasthan some light on his Where quacks thrive country. It looks as though ANC leaders have engaged Mr. Zuma in discussions over dwell on decisions made it byelections. By accusing government’s policies and This incident points to the these unlucky sections the past. The byelections in It is an irony that Mr. Modi the Congress of sowing the programmes and address sorry state of healthcare in survive on the strength of a speedy political transition. The postponement of the Rajasthan serve as a invoked Gandhi for wanting seeds of hatred through concerns, such as over the India: poor infrastructure, their natural immunity President’s annual state of the nation address , as also warning to the Bharatiya a “Congress­mukt Bharat” Partition, Mr. Modi is opaque Rafale deal. high out­of­pocket alone. One thing is clear: an emergency meeting of the ANC national executive Janata Party. on the one hand and questioning the credibility Instead, he chose this expenses, and lack of vaccination, antibiotics, signal that a resolution is in the making. The 2019 elec­ R. Sridharan, pointed to Sardar of several eminent leaders opportunity to pour scorn doctors, all of which lead to and modern infrastructure tions will be an acid test of the ANC’s credibility . A Chennai Vallabhbhai Patel not being like Rajendra Prasad and C. on the Congress. He is a situation where quacks are of no use unless there is change of guard could also pull the government away made Prime Minister on the Rajagopalachari, not just supposed to address the thrive and exploit the poor awareness on diseases and from the populist slide of recent years. An icon of the Mr. Modi’s remarks are a other, because it was Nehru, all of whom played House as the Prime (“10 doctor blamed for medicines. It is essential entrepreneurial spirit of South Africa’s black majority tting reply to his Gandhi himself who a signicant role at the Minister and not as a leader spurt in HIV cases had a that we focus on health detractors. Congress declared Nehru as his time. If the Congress had of the BJP. This was a big long queue of patients,” education. and Nelson Mandela’s preferred successor, Mr. Rama­ President Rahul Gandhi is successor and also asked really ruined democracy, letdown. Feb. 8). A deadly P. Vijayachandran, phosa is a pragmatist. A business tycoon who has also forever unleashing tirades Patel to withdraw his Mr. Modi would not be Manohar Alembath, combination of ignorance Thiruvananthapuram been a trade union leader, he is well­placed to balance against Mr. Modi, so he nomination in favour of holding the position of Kannur and incompetence can lead business interests and political imperatives. The days should be prepared for Nehru. Perhaps some Prime Minister now. By to a catastrophe like this more letters online: ahead may prove crucial for him and the ANC. such a backlash. It is high Indian politicians are ill­ digging up the past, which Four years have passed one. While the need of the www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ https://studymaterial.oureducation.in/time Mr. Gandhi starts informed about India’shttps://www.oureducation.in/is no longer relevant, rather since this government came https://www.oureducation.in/hour is to be vigilant of CM M ND-NDE YK 522569 © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Plutus [email protected] -01204308958 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://blog.oureducation.in EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://thehinduzone.com/ THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018 OPED 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

YES, NO, IT’S COMPLICATED Should States have their own ags? It would strengthen the federal structure and patent, or in any trade­ ags under the condition homogeneity. This has naturally tions, in national parades, and on YES mark of design, any that they should not be generated aspirations in the States Republic Day. serve as a symbol for a more specic identity name or emblem speci­ hoisted from the same for promoting their own languages ed in the Schedule”. masthead as the national and cultures. It is, therefore, natu­ A democratic right The committee constituted in Kar­ ag, and the national anthem. Under the 1971 Act, ag or placed higher than ral for them to have symbols to re­ All the 50 States in the U.S. have nataka to design a ag for the State There is no other provision regulat­ there is no prohibition it. By implication, the cognise, protect and promote their separate and distinct ags, apart is said to have nalised a design. ing hoisting of ags, either by the against any State hoist­ Code provides space for a own languages and cultures. A ag, from the national ag. In the U.K., The ag is reportedly a tricolour, States or by the public. It is clear ing its own ag. What is State ag as long as it which is both a benediction and a the political units of England, Scot­ modifying the popular yellow and that there is no prohibition under prohibited under this Act is insult­ does not oend the dignity and ho­ beckoning, serves this purpose bet­ land, Wales, and Northern Ireland red one seen in the State. Since the the Constitution to hoist any ag ing the national ag by burning it, nour of the national ag. Similarly, ter than any other symbol. have their own ags without oend­ proposal has given room for ques­ other than the national ag. mutilating it, defacing it, etc. the Code explicitly authorises (with Having a separate ag is not go­ ing or aecting the integrity of the Ravivarma Kumar tioning the legal sanctity of such an Parliament has framed legisla­ restrictions) the ying of ags of ing to be an aront to national inte­ U.K. Karnataka is justied and con­ is a former Advocate exercise by the State government, it tion regulating the hoisting of the No prohibitions in law other countries and also the ag of gration. On the contrary, a separate stitutionally empowered to adopt General of Karnataka and a senior advocate is appropriate to ask: do existing national ag. One is the Emblems Even the Flag Code of India, 2002 the United Nations. When ags of ag for each State would streng­ its own ag to uphold the pride of laws prevent this? The answer is no. and Names (Prevention of Improp­ does not impose prohibitions on a other countries are allowed to be then the federal structure and serve the State without infringing the law. Under the Constitution, a ag is er Use) Act, 1950. The other is the State ag. On the contrary, in the own along with the national ag, as a symbol for a much more specif­ Democracy and federalism are es­ not enumerated in the Seventh Prevention of Insults to National provisions regarding hoisting of the the above provisions cannot be ic identity. sential features of the Constitution Schedule. However, Article 51A or­ Honour Act, 1971. In the former, the national ag by the general public, read as imposing a prohibition on In India, even the Army, Navy, and are part of its basic structure. It dains that every citizen shall abide statutory prohibition is only against private organisations, educational having or ying a State ag. Air Force, and paramilitary forces is the democratic right of Karnataka by the Constitution and respect its “use for any trade, business, calling institutions, etc., the Code express­ In India, State boundaries are de­ have separate ags. They use these to assert its identity through a sepa­ ideals and institutions, the national or profession, or in the title of any ly authorises the ying of other marcated on the basis of linguistic regularly in all their ocial func­ rate name, emblem and ag.

Federal units cannot aspire to have distinct noted here is that India’s changing it. Therefore, to Those countries with separate sion with overarching consensus NO trajectory as a polity is demand separate ags is political identities like ags, dual ci­ was taken to depart from the Go­ symbols that compete with national symbols dierent from that of tantamount to tampering tizenship, and State constitutions vernment of India Act, 1935, which other countries, in the with the foundational va­ have followed a dierent trajectory had envisaged a loose federation. The Constituent Assembly dis­ the Marathi­speaking areas of Kar­ sense that despite being lues of the republic. from that of India. In the U.S., as the Of course, the Partition, which had cussed the federal question in great nataka were discontented, for in­ a federal republic, India The S.R. Bommai v. constituents were separate entities opened up many fault lines, also detail, including the symbolic di­ stance. So, to further complicate was conceived of as a Union of India (1994) before they decided to form a feder­ played an important role in con­ versities of federal units. The em­ this by envisaging a separate ag for union of States and not judgment, which is being ation, it is understandable that they vincing the founding fathers that In­ phasis of the founding fathers was a State would be to open a Pando­ as a federation. Therefore, these cited to make the case for a sepa­ were allowed their own political dia needed a strong Centre. on sustaining and encouraging ra’s Box. It would likely lead to a de­ federal units cannot aspire to have rate ag for States, revolved around identities. The emergence of the Against this backdrop, the de­ Ravi K. Mishra those markers of diversity that were mand for subregionalism in most distinct political symbols that com­ arbitrary actions of the Union U.S. as a republic was thus the out­ mand to have a separate ag for any is deputy director of considered to be in sync with the States. This would weaken the idea pete with national political sym­ against the States and provided a come of the collective bargaining of State is based on the logic of electo­ the Nehru Memorial concept of an organic unity, regard­ of fraternity, which is enshrined in bols; the markers of cultural diver­ much­needed safeguard to them. It all the federal units. ral incentives rather than a princi­ Museum and Library ed as the ideal for the newly found­ the Constitution and lies at the sity are already given suitable should not override the values en­ pled and well­considered argu­ ed republic. In fact, even linguistic heart of the idea of citizenship. representation. shrined in the Constitution unless For a strong Centre ment. It not only goes against the diversity, which eventually Political symbolism has a unity there is a compelling case that so­ In India’s case, the founding fathers constitutional vision but also emerged as the pivotal marker of India is not a federation of purpose which has served India mething fundamental has gone were conscious of the weaknesses against the very idea of India. delineating internal boundaries, in People argue that other countries well in the last 70 years. There is no wrong. Jammu and Kashmir is an of this model. This aspect was de­ the end was internally contested — have dierent ags. What has to be compelling argument in favour of exception; it cannot be made a rule. liberated on and a conscious deci­ As told to Anuradha Raman

IT'S The challenge is not to cut out other identities nationalism that is closely linked to every­ her for the selessness that nation­ but that support does not extend to COMPLICATED taught, but expects the day life. This view recog­ alism can demand. A ag for her the international teams that these but to help create an hierarchy of loyalties minorities to be loyal to nises that in the course of State is then a step towards building players are part of. it. The separation of na­ a person’s everyday life, nationalism, not one away from it. The challenge then is not to cut The strong and righteous indigna­ around States, will erode other ter­ tionalism from everyday she would develop asso­ out other identities but to help tion over the idea of States having ritorial identities, particularly those life also leads to Hindu ciations that go beyond No contradictions create an hierarchy of loyalties that ags of their own and the equally built around the nation. In this nationalists in the U.S. herself. It could begin This conception of nationalism as helps strengthen the Indian nation. staunch support for the idea point view, nationalism is quite apart spending time and mo­ with loyalty to her family the pinnacle of all identities, and Such an approach would require us to two very dierent conceptions of from everyday life and has to be cul­ ney in support of the staunchly In­ but that could soon extend to her not necessarily competing with to develop not just State identities how to build Indian nationalism. tivated separately. It has to be dian nationalist programmes of community, state, and nation. At other identities, is consistent with but also those at a sub­State level. Narendar Pani And the extreme positions taken af­ taught in schools and enforced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the heart of this understanding is what we see in the everyday hap­ The Karnataka ag would have to is Professor, School of ter the eorts of the Karnataka go­ the law. Such nationalism necessa­ even as they return the next day to the idea that nationalism requires penings around us. It recognises recognise not just the dominant Social Sciences, vernment to give the State its own rily sees regionalism as a threat, es­ seeking U.S. citizenship, if they do individuals to look beyond their im­ that there is absolutely no contrad­ Kannada identity but also other National Institute of ag should serve to bring this larger pecially when it goes so far as to not already have it. It is also perfect­ mediate self­interest to the interest iction between fans cheering the smaller identities within the States, Advanced Studies debate on the making of Indian na­ claim a ag of its own. ly ne for British citizens of Indian of the nation. And any eort to look Karnataka cricket team one day and such as those of the Kodavas or the tionalism to the fore. origin to cheer for the Indian crick­ beyond their self­interest is a step­ the Indian team the next. Indeed, Tulus. The ying of ags could then #5 2 2 5 6 9 Underlying the indignation is the The meaning of nationalism et team, but god forbid anyone in ping stone to thinking about the na­ during the Indian Premier League, reect this hierarchy with the na­ belief that territorial loyalties are This view of nationalism is riddled India cheering any other team. tion. Celebrating all the social loyal­ they can even develop loyalties to tional ag on top, followed by State unitary in nature and the develop­ with contradictions. It demands The other approach to building ties a person comes across in her players from other countries who ags, and then by smaller regional ment of one territorial identity, say, that the majority will determine the Indian nationalism is much more everyday life is a way of preparing belong to their city cricket teams ags.

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FIFTY YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 9, 1968 A disquieting silence C anada to give Rs. 14.70 crore loan to India In the Rohingya crisis, India has ceded Canada will give a non­project loan of Rs. 14.70 crores to India, free of interest and repayable over a 50­year period. An agree­ the diplomatic high ground to China ment to provide for this loan was signed here [New Delhi] to­ V . Sudarshan day [Feb. 8] in an atmosphere of cordiality and friendship. It was initialled on behalf of India by Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Since late last year, the crisis facing Morarji Desai himself – a rare occurrence – and by Canadian the Rohingya, Myanmar’s predomi­ Minister for Trade and Commerce Mr. Robert Winters. nantly Muslim minority group, has spiralled out of control and sent over A HUNDRED YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 9, 1918. 650,000 of the community eeing to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape A n Ingenious Hoax. Newspaper Editor Duped.

PTI violent attacks in Rakhine state on the border. The actions of soldiers An ingenious hoax played on a newspaper editor was unfold­ against the Rohingya in Myanmar bear the “hallmarks of ge­ ed at the police Court before the Fifth Presidency Magistrate nocide”, said a UN Special Envoy on Human Rights. The UN to­day [in Bombay, February 8] when Mrs. Blanche Braganza, High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hus­ an Anglo­Indian woman, stood charged with cheating in res­ sein, called it a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” pect of Rs. 500 about the middle of December last. The ac­ Yet India, which has a proud, if patchy, history of helping cused called at the oce of the ‘Bombay Chronicle’ and inter­ resolve crises in the subcontinent, has done little more than viewed Mr. B.G. Horniman, Editor. She related the harrowing send basic aid including 500 tonnes of rice, pulses, cooking tale regarding six destitute children who she said were thrown oil, tea, noodles, mosquito nets, and biscuits. Other than in­ on her. She asked Mr. Horniman to raise a fund and induced king an “agreement” with Naypyidaw that normalcy and de­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC him to insert an appeal in the ‘Chronicle’ December for funds. velopment would be promoted in the restive Rakhine state, CONCEPTUAL ACT ONE Her object, she said, was to send four girls and two boys to New Delhi’s only public position has been to announce that school. The appeal was published and a sum of Rs. 100 was it intends to send the nearly 40,000 Rohingya in India back False consensus rst sent by an Indian. Subsequently the fund increased to Rs. to Myanmar. A boost to rural entrepreneurship 750. She then went to Mr. Horniman and informed him that Roughly half of this displaced community have been ac­ eect she had arranged for the children to be taken to Taylors High cepted as refugees for the last decade and a half, and pre­ P sychology Why amendments were made to the NABARD Act School, Poona, and asked for Rs. 500 for expenses. Mr. Horni­ vious governments did not appear to nd them to be a se­ man paid her two sums of Rs. 250 each, but afterwards he dis­ curity threat. Could it be sheer coincidence that as the This refers to a cognitive Krishnadas Rajagopal cessitated amendments to The Reserve Bank of In­ covered that he was cheated. Myanmar government’s crackdown was unleashed on this bias that causes people to the 1981 Act. dia (RBI) holds 0.4% of the vulnerable group, there has been increasingly strident talk grossly overestimate the The amendments passed In the statement of ob­ paid­up capital of NA­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC in India of the Rohingya being susceptible to radicalisation? extent to which other peo­ by Parliament to the Na­ jects and reasons for the BARD. The remaining is Without proof of this alleged radicalisation being made ple share their opinions, tional Bank for Agricul­ National Bank for Agricul­ held by the Central go­ DATA POINT available publicly, we must conclude that the talk of depor­ beliefs, and feelings on is­ ture and Rural Develop­ ture and Rural Develop­ vernment. This causes tation may be little more than political posturing in tune sues. People on social me­ ment (NABARD) Act, 1981 ment (Amendment) Bill of conict in the RBI’s role as with the tenor of our times. It is in that context that the com­ dia websites who are ex­ support the government’s 2017, the government ex­ banking regulator and ment of the Minister of State for Home Aairs, Kiren Rijiju, posed to political and push to boost the rural plained that with its ex­ shareholder in NABARD, has to be viewed. He said: “As far as we are concerned, they other viewpoints that are and agricultural sector. panding activities, NA­ the statement said. are all illegal immigrants. They have no basis to live here. similar to their own, for in­ The amendments recog­ BARD needed to be The government said its Anybody who is an illegal immigrant has to be deported.” stance, may start to be­ nise the vital role of micro, provided with additional focus was on the employ­ While India argues that it is not a signatory to the 1951 Re­ lieve that most people in small and medium enter­ equity from time to time ment potential in rural fugee Convention, which forbids a country that accepts asy­ the world share their prises (MSMEs), as de­ to enable it to meet its ob­ areas, medium enterpris­ lum seekers from returning them to a country where they thoughts. This often leads ned under the MSME De­ jectives of promoting rural es, and handlooms. It pro­ face persecution and worse (the concept of non­refoule­ them to draw wrong con­ velopment Act of 2006, in development and sustain­ posed to include these en­ ment), it does not follow that sending the Rohingya back to clusions about public sup­ rural entrepreneurship able rural prosperity. It terprises in the ambit of certain death is acceptable. port for their beliefs. The and are intended to make said certain existing com­ renance activities of NA­ Myanmar has neither said nor done anything to indicate false consensus eect nancing easier for them. mitments of NABARD re­ BARD. that it is willing to recognise the now stateless Rohingya as could thus also explain the The 1981 Act was enact­ lating to the long­term irri­ The NABARD (Amend­ citizens with basic rights, the rst step to giving them a se­ surprise that follows unex­ ed to establish a develop­ gation fund and enhanced ment) Bill, 2017 provides cure future. Instead, the Army Chief, Senior General Min pected election results. ment bank to provide and renance support to coop­ for empowering the Cen­ Aung Hlaing, refers to Rohingyas as “Bengalis”, maintaining regulate credit and other erative banks required ur­ tral government to in­ that they “are not natives”. facilities in order to pro­ gent infusion of equity. crease the authorised cap­ In terms of regional geopolitics, India has ceded the di­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC mote and develop agricul­ The government rea­ ital of NABARD from plomatic high ground to China, never famous for welcoming MORE ON ture, small­scale indus­ soned that as the current 5,000 crore to 30,000 refugees. Beijing has stepped rmly into the breach, broker­ tries, cottage and village authorised capital of NA­ crore in consultation with ing the broad outlines of what it hopes could be a solution. THE WEB 3 industries, handicrafts, BARD is fully paid­up, the RBI. The amendments With China taking a lead in bringing Myanmar and Ban­ and allied economic activ­ there was a need to in­ primarily seek to transfer gladesh together in exploratory talks for the eventual return Watch: Endless road trip ities in rural areas. crease it to enable the the RBI’s balance equity of of the Rohingya, South Block must realise that both Dhaka past Mars In March 2017, the Fi­ Central government to in­ 20,000 crore in NABARD and Naypyidaw are paying more attention to Beijing than nance Ministry listed a fuse additional equity as to the Central govern­ they are to New Delhi.https://studymaterial.oureducation.in/bit.ly/SpaceXmars slew of factors which ne­https://www.oureducation.in/and when required. ment. https://www.oureducation.in/ CM M ND-NDE YK 522569 © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Plutus [email protected] -01204308958 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://blog.oureducation.in EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://thehinduzone.com/ NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 10 NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Rahul is now my boss too, says Sonia SC to handle Ayodhya ‘Will work with like-minded parties the Prime Minister’s speech cy, yet those in power look in the Lok Sabha yesterday the other way.” title dispute as ‘land issue’ to defeat BJP, restore tolerant India’ [Wednesday] morning,” she Citing Gujarat results and said. Ms. Gandhi claimed Rajasthan bypolls as winds of The court then recorded Sri Sri Ravi Special Correspondent Congress president and oth­ that in the past four years, change, she said the Opposi­ that over 500 exhibits, New Delhi er colleagues in discussions there was an “all pervasive tion needs to channel the which include the Bhaga- Shankar meets Putting an end to speculation with like­minded political atmosphere of fear and inti­ growing discontent among vad Gita, Ramayana and Muslim leaders about her future role, former parties to ensure that in the midation and an erosion of the people against the Modi documents in various lan­ Congress chief Sonia Gandhi next election, the BJP is de­ the pluralistic nature of our government. guages including Sanskrit said she would work with feated and India is restored society.” The former Con­ P ress Trust of India and Pali, have been led. Bengaluru like­minded parties to defeat to a democratic, inclusive, gress chief said certain sec­ Highlights farm suicides The depositions of 87 wit­ the BJP in the 2019 elections secular, tolerant and eco­ tions of Dalits and minorities “Tall claims are being made nesses have also been led Renewing his mediation ef­ while describing Rahul nomically progressive path,” feel unsafe because of at­ of so­called economic along with the Archaeologi­ forts on the Babri Masjid­ Gandhi as her boss. she said, terming the 2014 re­ tacks and violence. achievements, but the reality cal Survey of India’s reports. Ram Janmabhoomi dispute Addressing MPs at a meet­ sults an aberration. is quite dierent. Agriculture However, some translations in Ayodhya, Art of Living ing of the Congress Parlia­ To send a clear message Power point: Sonia Gandhi sent out a clear message that her Targeted violence continues to be in deep dis­ are yet to be completed and founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar mentary Party (CPP) a day af­ that her active political role active role would not lead to two power centres. * FILE PHOTO “In many cases this violence, tress and the desperation of copies of videos have to be on Thursday held a meeting ter Prime Minister Narendra will not lead to two power specially against minorities farmers is sadly evident in made. The court asked the here with Muslim leaders, Modi’s oensive against the centres, she said: “We have ment could repackage old complished nothing before and Dalits is not sporadic or the number of suicides. parties to do so in the next including members from party in Parliament, Ms. elected a new Congress Pre­ schemes as new ones with May 2014. The arrogance random, but orchestrated to The rural economy and two weeks. the All India Muslim Perso­ Gandhi described him as one sident and on your behalf the “ourish of a magician” and dishonesty of this tells polarise our society for nar­ small and medium enterpris­ Senior advocate Rajeev nal Law Board and Sunni that does “maximum mar­ and on my own, I wish him and referred to the Prime Mi­ us that the Modi government row political gains. We saw es are in shambles. Unem­ Dhavan, for the appellants, Waqf Board. keting and minimum all the very best. He is now nister’s speech in Parliament is out of touch with reality, this in both U.P. and Gujarat. ployment is staring at our objected to a submission by delivery.” my boss too — let there be no on Wednesday. and lives by its own propa­ We will no doubt see it again youth,” said Ms. Gandhi senior advocate C.S. Vaidya­ “As Chairperson of the doubt about that.” “If this government is to ganda and lies. We need no in Karnataka. Such polarisa­ while describing the Budget nathan that appellants lates to the Treta Yuga,” Mr. CPP, I will work with the She said the Modi govern­ be believed, India had ac­ further evidence of this than tion is criminal in a democra­ as full of jumlas (gimmick). should provide them with a Parasaran submitted. synopsis of the propositions The court indicated that they are going to make in it may prioritise the Ayod­ court. hya appeals once the nal Something Mr. Dhavan said the res­ hearings commence. Rafale deal: Jaitley counters opposition pondents should not dictate shy about what propositions he Urges dedicated time should argue on. Mr. Dhavan said the court Nation’s security at risk if details are Tharoor interrupted to state accountable to Parliament as deal: Rahul “What is relevant for me, should dedicate time to the that allegations were not be­ the UPA was. On former ­ may be irrelevant for you. I appeals rather than hear made public, Minister tells Parliament ing manufactured and that nance minister P. Chidamba­ Special Correspondent will open the case however I them in the one­hour inter­ the government was accoun­ ram’s question on whether New Delhi want. I will not be curtailed vals between Constitution Special Correspondent has remained committed to table to Parliament to dis­ the impact of ‘high’ decits Keeping up the pressure on by any propositions. Let me Bench hearings. New Delhi scal prudence, Aadhaar’s close the expenditure of pu­ would be inationary, Mr. the Rafale issue, Congress present the case as I want... The practice now in the Opposition ruckus over the privacy framework, provid­ blic money. Jaitley said Congress party president Rahul Gandhi (then turning to Mr. Vaidya­ CJI court is that a ve­judge Rafale deal interrupted Un­ ing relief to the middle class, should remember that dur­ said on Thursday that De­ nathan) You [respondents] Constitution Bench sits ion Finance Minister Arun the salaried, pensioners, se­ UPA precedent ing the UPA regime ination fence Minister Nirmala want a proposition? Here is morning and afternoon Jaitley’s Lok Sabha speech nior citizens and small rms, Mr. Jaitley responded by re­ was 11­12% and that the scal Sitharaman had gone back one. You are wrong, a 100 from Tuesdays to Thurs­ defending the Budget 2018­ besides curbing price rise ferring to the UPA govern­ decit was higher than 6%. on her earlier statement times wrong,” Mr. Dhavan days. An hour each is spent 19, even as he countered alle­ and preventing round­trip­ Arun Jaitley ment’s responses in Parlia­ On the concerns over agri­ that she would come out said. on other cases, including gations regarding the aircraft ping of money via overseas ment — including those given culture and job creation, the with the cost of the De­ “Such hyperbole should PILs, just before the Consti­ contract, saying the opposi­ tax havens. there is none... they are se­ by Pranab Mukherjee, who Minister said he would like fence deal by now citing a be avoided,” Additional Sol­ tution Bench convenes for tion was trying to manufac­ He also assured that the riously compromising India’s was the nance and defence the Congress “to introspect secrecy clause with icitor General Tushar Meh­ the day. Mr. Dhavan did not ture a scam when there was Centre would address And­ national security by asking minister in the UPA govern­ how much it has contributed France. ta, for the Uttar Pradesh go­ want that treatment to be none. hra Pradesh’s nancial con­ for such details.” ment — to say the UPA had al­ to these problems” while be­ “Which of her two state­ vernment, responded. meted out to the Ayodhya Mr. Jaitley also alleged the cerns by honouring its com­ Stating that it is in the larg­ so declined to disclose the ing in power for 55 years. ments is correct?” Mr. Senior advocate K. Paras­ case. Opposition were seriously mitments and by expediting er interest of India’s national price of various defence pro­ Referring to the GDP Gandhi asked while speak­ aran, on behalf of the deity But a visibly annoyed CJI compromising India’s na­ a solution by which funds security to keep the price de­ curement citing condential­ growth, he said, “the narra­ ing to reporters outside Ram Lalla, rose to address Misra said these “other cas­ tional security by seeking to can be provided through an tails of defence deals a se­ ity requirements. tives we inherited and the Parliament. the court at this point, sub­ es” are heard in between make public the details of alternative mechanism. cret, Mr. Jaitley added that if The Minister said, “please narrative we have now is en­ He said there was “so­ mitting that the Bench Constitution Bench hear­ the Inter­Governmental On the Rafale deal, Mr. such specics were revealed, ask your [Congress] party tirely dierent. No one then mething shy” about the should conne itself to the ings because they deal with Agreement with France. Jaitley said, “The new trend enemies would get to know president to go back to Pra­ mentioned that India is the deal and Prime Minister documents on record rather “over 700 poor litigants On the Budget and eco­ [of the opposition including about the weapons systems nab Mukherjee and take cer­ fastest growing economy. It Narendra Modi was not an­ than fan out. waiting for justice.” nomic issues, the Minister Congress] is to manufacture and their capacity. tain lessons from him,” ad­ has only happened now. Da­ swering fundamental “What kind of evidence The court posted the said the NDA government corruption charges when Congress leader Shashi ding that the NDAwas as ta speaks for itself.” questions. will be there from 30,000 Ayodhya case for hearing on years ago? The incident re­ March 14. TDP plans to step #5 2 2 5 6 9 up protests PM’s remarks: Renuka to India rejects Maldives move privilege motion N o concrete assurances on Andhra Pradesh in Finance Minister’s speech oer to send envoy Special Correspondent Vajpayee government in S obhana K. Nair all Lok Sabha MPs will re­ and YSR Congress Party MPs New Delhi 1998. “Democratic institutions Asim had travelled to Delhi New Delhi sign. We will go back to the to permit the House to func­ Congress MP Renuka and the judiciary continue and met Mr. Modi and Ms. With no concrete assurances Andhra voters and seek a re­ tion, saying the government Chowdhury on Thursday ‘Highly objectionable’ to be undermined and con­ Swaraj, inviting Mr. Modi to on Andhra Pradesh in Fi­ election, campaigning was sensitive to their con­ said she would move a privi­ On Thursday, the Rajya Sab­ cerns ignored. These issues visit Male and had armed nance Minister Arun Jaitley’s against the BJP’s backstab­ cerns and that the Finance lege motion against Union ha was adjourned over Mr. need to be properly ad­ Maldives’ policy of “India concluding speech on the bing,” a TDP MP said. Minister would address Minister Kiren Rijiju for Modi remarks against the dressed,” they added. First”. Union Budget in the Lok Sab­ them. tweeting a video of Prime Congress MP. Women MPs Sources also said Male Denying reports that Pre­ ha on Thursday, the Telugu Piecemeal package “The wound is very deep. Minister Narendra Modi of the Congress raised slo­ had not given adequate not­ sident Yameen had intend­ Desam Party plans to step up There was speculation that We should respect mem­ mocking at her laughter in gans against Mr. Modi, forc­ ice for the visit, and that ed to “bypass” India, Mal­ protests outside Parliament the Finance Minister may an­ bers, not numbers. We can­ the Rajya Sabha on Wednes­ ing an adjournment. “This both Prime Minister Naren­ dives High Commissioner to and is also toying with the nounce a piecemeal package not partly have cooperative day. Mr. Rijiju said the Prime is highly objectionable and I dra Modi and Minister for India Ahmed Mohamed, possibility of its two Minis­ for Andhra Pradesh. federal system. In this Bill, Minister didn’t get irritated am going to le a privilege External Aairs Sushma who is at present in Male, ters and 16 Lok Sabha mem­ The TDP has 19 demands there are pending issues despite “such vexatious” motion,” she said. Mr. Rijiju Swaraj were “away” this said, “India was in fact the bers resigning. Srinivas Kesineni which include special cate­ namely, special category sta­ laugh by Ms. Chowdhury. said in his tweet, “Despite week. Mr. Modi is expected rst stop planned and pro­ “We expected to get clari­ gory status, bridging of the tus, resource gap in the rst On Wednesday, Prime Mi­ such vexatious laugh by Re­ to travel to Jordan, Pales­ posed for a visit of a special ty on the government’s ni told The Hindu. Mr. resource gap, Polavaram year, Polavaram project, nister Modi, on hearing Ms. nuka Chaudharyji PM Na­ tine, UAE and Oman on a envoy of the President of the stand on our 19 demands. He Naidu, who is in Dubai, project, formation of a sepa­ among other issues ,” TDP Chowdhury laugh, had said rendra Modiji didn’t get irri­ trip beginning Friday. And Maldives.” [Mr. Jaitley] spoke briey meeting global corporate rate railway zone, increasing Minister Y.S. Chowdary said. he had last heard such tated.” In another tweet, he Ms. Swaraj returned from a A press release from the and vaguely on Andhra Pra­ rms ahead of the Invest­ of seats in Andhra Pradesh “If within 15 days, the Fi­ laughter in the serial Ra- said, “Congress says it’s a three­day visit to Saudi Ara­ Maldivian embassy said that desh, repeating the same ment Summit in Vishakha­ Legislative Assembly and ­ nance Minister can assure us mayana. During the discus­ breach of privilege! Rajya bia on Thursday night. Mr. Yameen had proposed lines. We will take a call on patnam from February 24 to nancial assistance to Amara­ that he will resolve all these sion on the Budget, Ms. Sabha Chairman remarked The strain in ties between to send Foreign Minister our next step when our Chief 26, kept tabs on proceedings vati. issues… I would like to re­ Chowdhury had laughed that such behaviour is unbe­ New Delhi and Male comes Mohamad Asim to Delhi for Minister Chandrababu Nai­ in Parliament in Delhi. Parliamentary Aairs Mi­ quest my colleagues to see out loud when the Prime Mi­ coming. I’m only referring in sharp contrast to an at­ a visit 8­9 February, but the du returns from Dubai,” Vi­ “If things come to a head, nister Ananth Kumar ap­ that this House runs.” nister said the seeds of Aad­ to how PM didn’t get tempt to boost ties just last visit was “cancelled on the jaywada MP Srinivas Kesine­ the two TDP Ministers and pealed to the protesting TDP (With PTI inputs) haar were sown during the annoyed.” month. On January 11, Fo­ request of the Government reign Minister Mohamad of India”. SC ags exclusions under Aadhaar Centre taxing the Giriraj Singh booked in Govt. obliged to ensure entitlements irrespective of authentication methods: court poor: Chidambaram

land grab case in Patna Krishnadas Rajagopal prints or irises. Special Correspondent den the poor and pat the NEW DELHI “Nobody is being exclud­ NEW DELHI rich. Mr. Chidambaram qu­ The Opposition RJD has Alliance with the the RJD The Supreme Court on ed. It is enough to furnish History would describe it as oted the Chief Economic Ad­ demanded the immediate and the Congress soon after Thursday asked the govern­ proof of Aadhaar number a spendthrift government as visor saying that two things resignation of Mr. Singh. FIRs were led against Mr. ment and UIDAI whether it wherever infrastructure is all norms of scal prudence worried him: fall in savings “We would like to ask Chief Lalu Prasad and his son in a was not their obligation to not functioning. That is what have been thrown out of the and fall in investments. But, Minister Nitish Kumar when fodder scam case. ensure that ordinary people, the government wants,” se­ window and the money corporate savings were not his call of conscience would He had then declared that especially pensioners and nior advocate Rakesh Dwive­ wasted, said former Finance falling. force him to rush to the Go­ his conscience had told him the marginalised sections, di, for UIDAI, countered by Minister P. Chidambaram in “Corporate Tax is expect­ vernor’s house with his let­ to quit. were able to access their en­ reading out provisions from the Rajya Sabha on Thurs­ ed to grow next year by only ter announcing the end of BJP spokesman Rajiv Ran­ titlements till an “adequate the Aadhaar Act. day. 10.15%. Income tax is expect­ JD(U)’s alliance with the jan said “Giriraj Singh has mechanism” for authentica­ The government insists that the law does not exclude anyone Opening the debate on ed to grow by 19.88%, but BJP,” said Leader of the Op­ been a law­abiding citizen tion of identity under the from accessing their entitlements because of authentication Lack of awareness General Budget, he attacked GST is expected to grow by a position Tejaswi Yadav. and will present his side of Aadhaar Act is put in place. failures on ngerprint and iris scanners. * FILE PHOTO “But many people are illiter­ the NDA government, stating whopping 67%. You have Mr. Kumar had walked the story before the court Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, ate and may not know about that it had failed on all key taxed income tax, individual out of the three­party Grand when the time comes.” one of the judges on the Con­ blem,” Justice Chandrachud of the country. The latter can these provisions. You [go­ economic fronts. households, but you have gi­ stitution Bench led by Chief reacted. be remedied, while the vernment] have to take care The government’s philo­ ven relief to the corporate Justice Dipak Misra hearing But the government insist­ former cannot, the judge of them,” Justice A.K. Sikri, sophy of taxation was to bur­ sector,” he said. ‘No curtailment in demand the challenge to the Aadhaar ed that the law does not ex­ pointed out to the on the Bench, reacted. law, was responding to Addi­ clude anyone from accessing government. When Mr. Sibal said the tional Solicitor General their entitlements merely The court was hearing court should pass an interim for funds under MGNREGA’ Tushar Mehta, who read out because of authentication submissions by senior advo­ order, Attorney­General K.K. a communication by the Ca­ failures by ngerprint and cate Kapil Sibal, on behalf of Venugopal intervened to say P ress Trust of India the States. binet Secretary in December iris scanners. petitioners, that Aadhaar that there was no need for New Delhi Attorney General K. K. last year, informing that pos­ Justice D.Y. Chandrachud was a scheme which “works one as the government had The Centre told the Su­ Venugopal told a Bench session of Aadhaar is enough termed exclusion of people against people like the poor, extended the deadline for preme Court on Thursday comprising justices Madan to access entitlements if on­ from their rightful entitle­ the marginalised and the old Aadhaar linkage to subsi­ that the Mahatma Gandhi B. Lokur and N. V. Ramana line authentication is not ments because of biological who already have dies, benets and services to National Rural Employ­ that there were no instanc­ feasible. reasons like old age was of a entitlements.” March 31, 2018. Chief Justice ment Guarantee Act es where the Centre has “permanent nature” unlike He submitted that the el­ Misra said there was no need (MGNREGA) was a “de­ either capped the number Nationwide problems exclusion due to infrastruc­ derly were unable to get to pass any interim orders mand­driven scheme” and of days of employment un­ “This shows that the Cabinet tural failure like lack of elec­ their pension because the and the hearing should pro­ it has not curtailed the de­ der the Act or not released Secretary, as late as this, per­ tricity, Wi­Fi or biometric scanners were unable to ceed. “We are not taking any mand for funds made by funds to the States. https://studymaterial.oureducation.in/ceived a countrywide pro­ scanners in certain regionshttps://www.oureducation.in/read or scan their nger­ note of that,” he said. https://www.oureducation.in/ CM M ND-NDE YK 522569 © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Plutus [email protected] -01204308958 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://blog.oureducation.in EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://thehinduzone.com/ THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018 NEWS 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

IN BRIEF INTERVIEW | NIKOLAY KUDASHEV ‘Russian military relations with Pakistan very minimal’

S uhasini Haidar systems S­400, Ka­226T heli­ tors like military and techni­ stand on not dealing with To corner Pakistan is not our Dinakar Peri copters, and joint manufac­ cal cooperation, energy and Pakistan in the past? policy. We believe that the Russia’s new Ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev takes ture of frigates. The issue of nuclear energy. settlement of all issues with over at a tough time for bilateral ties. In his rst interview joint development and ma­ I Our relations with Pakistan Pakistan depends on politi­ Cabinet clears PM’s since taking over, Mr. Kudashev said that the priority for New nufacture of the Sukhoi/HAL On Afghanistan, is there any in the military sphere are of a cal dialogue. I will even take Research Fellows Scheme Delhi and Moscow would be sealing several defence agree­ Fifth Generation Fighter Air­ common ground between very minimum nature, and the risk to suggest that this NEW DELHI ments this year, but the bigger priority would be reaching out craft (FGFA) is also on the India and Russia today, are strictly limited to anti­ter­ comes from the Indian idea Hailing the Cabinet’s decision to the next generation of Indians and Russians to broaden agenda, as is the supply of given Indian opposition to rorism operations, and are of a comprehensive dialogue to clear the Prime Minister’s cooperation. Mi­17 helicopters and up­ Taliban talks, and Russia­ not comparable in any way with Pakistan. But it is not Research Fellows Scheme, grade of Mig­29 ghters. So U.S. dierences on the way to the scope of our relations my intention to comment on we have very ambitious forward? with India. Most importantly, issues that are of Indian HRD Minister Prakash If you ask me what Javadekar said on Thursday W here are India­Russia ties lagging behind them. The plans. If you ask me what de­ <> our ties with Pakistan cannot sovereignty. that 1,000 students who today, given all the changes key to our new successes nes the quality of our coop­ denes the quality of I Many talk of the contradic­ be viewed as an attempt to have completed or are in the in the world, and how will may lie to the extent of our eration, it is that the Russian our cooperation, it is tions in the Afghanistan poli­ change the regional strategic Are there any talks for an final year of B. Tech or both countries address the interest of our young genera­ side is a pioneer of ‘Make in that the Russian side cy of India and Russia. To my balance. India­Russia logistics Integrated M.Tech or M.Sc. in reports of a “drift” between tion in contributing to our India.’ Almost all new pro­ is a pioneer of ‘Make mind this is articial. Both support agreement on the science and technology them? joint projects and bilateral jects envisage a very high le­ in India’ India and Russia need a If countering terrorism is lines of the Indo­US LEMOA streams from IISc, IITs, NITs, relations. vel of localisation. To be hon­ peaceful and democratic Af­ the objective, will Russia to enable the use of each IISERs and IIITs, and with I In 2017, all Ministers on the est it’s hard to tell what is it Russian company Rosatom is ghanistan free from terro­ give India its support at the other’s bases? CGPA over 8, can apply for Cabinet Committee on Se­ Is India­Russia military that we are not making in In­ the only enterprise that has rism, crime and drug track­ UN’s Financial Action Task fellowship. curity (CCS) visited Russia. cooperation keeping pace, dia and not making with been doing business in India ing. However, according to Force later this month when I I believe for us with a 60­ No proposal to ban junk Our leaders met ve times in given India’s move to India! for decades, producing ener­ the U.S. policy, Russia stands India and several other year­old history of military food ads on TV: govt. the last three years. So it is diversify its hardware gy for India. The only thing as a revisionist state and a countries are keen to corner exchanges, the issue of logis­ N EW DELHI fair to say that President Pu­ procurement? Do you worry about which is unacceptable to us threat for U.S. and its allies. I Pakistan especially on tical agreement is a long past T he government on Thursday tin and Prime Minister Modi competition from other is the language of sanctions hope that you won’t connect groups that target India idea. We have moved beyond said there is no proposal at have established a very spe­ I This is one of the pillars of foreign collaborations in the and discrimination, the lan­ Indian policy with such (Lashkar­e­Taiba and Jaish­ that a long time ago. For a ve­ present to ban cial relationship. They perso­ our strategic cooperation nuclear sector? guage which our partners views of the U.S. leadership. e­Mohammed)? ry long time we have been advertisements of junk food nally manage our bilateral both sides are deservedly (U.S.) are increasingly using training and conducting on television, while nine ties. On the drift, it is not that proud of. This year we ex­ I Speaking about U.S. and against us. This is nothing We now see regular I Eventually our decision drills. We have started tri­ major food business we are running apart from pect the nodal points of our French companies, we are but an attempt to undermine exercises and a growing will depend on how weighty service drills. We have been operators have decided not to each other. There are new defence cooperation to be not afraid of normal, fair our strategic partnership Russian military and substantiated the proof cooperating for a long time advertise products with high opportunities coming up our the signing of contractual competition. Despite all the with India including in such cooperation with Pakistan. for Pakistan’s involvement in on military infrastructure fat on children’s channels. way and sometimes we are obligations of anti­aircraft talk, the Russian side and the strategically important sec­ Why has Russia shifted its nancing terrorism will be. construction. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said this in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. PTI Punish Left for its ‘failures,’ Trinamool lodges complaint Ex-Congress Minister was part of Padma committee against Bengal Governor N EW DELHI A rif Mohammad Khan, a Modi tells voters in Tripura former Minister who quit the Rajiv Gandhi government over Accuses Keshari Nath Tripathi of overstepping his brief legislation passed in the ‘Manik Sarkar is a punished. “For the past 25 Parliament following the years, the Left government Special Correspondent Shah Bano judgment of 1985, magician who can has kept people hooked to a New Delhi Mudslinging was part of the committee hide his misdeeds’ fantasy through falsehood. Trinamool Congress on that finalised the Padma People should punish it for Thursday lodged a com­ should stop, awardees this year. Among Syed Sajjad Ali all its misdeeds, failures, and plaint with Home Minister Sonamura the names that were scams... like the Rose Valley Rajnath Singh, accusing says Tripathi suggested by the panel but Prime Minister Narendra scam which caused misery West Bengal Governor Kesh­ failed to make the final list Modi took a veiled dig at to the common people, even ari Nath Tripathi of “over­ Special Correspondent were badminton player P V Tripura Chief Minister Manik forcing some to commit sui­ stepping his authority” and Kolkata Sindhu, Telugu actor Prabhas, Sarkar on Thursday, calling cide,” he said. interfering in matters of actor Manoj Bajpai and artist West Bengal Governor him a “big magician” who He spoke of alleged the State administration. Raju Srivastava. Keshari Nath Tripathi on could hide failures and cor­ discrimination against go­ A delegation of Trinamool Keshari Nath Tripathi Thursday came down hea­ ruption by maintaining a Seeking support: Narendra Modi addresses BJP supporters at vernment employees and members, led by parliamen­ vily on the Trinamool Con­ Fire at cotton mill in fake personality. a rally in Kailashahar, Tripura on Thursday. * PTI sta in their perks and wages tary party leader Sudip Ban­ leged that the meeting was Bengal’s Howrah gress government saying Addressing an election and reiterated the party’s dyopadhyay, met the Minis­ to be conducted without the that they should “remove H OWRAH #5 2 2 5 6 9 rally here, Mr. Modi spoke from the crowd. ja Bir Bikram Manikya, the commitment to implement ter in Parliament House and knowledge of the State go­ A fire broke out at an dirt from their faces in­ operational cotton mill at about a “white kurta clad erstwhile king of Tripura, the recommendations of the alleged that Mr. Tripathi had vernment. “Since law and stead of throwing mud at Fuleshwar in Howrah district great magician in Tripura” IPFT shares the stage who facilitated the merger of Seventh Pay Commission. sought to convene a meeting order and other such issues the oce of Governor.” on Thursday, the police said. who had painted a fake pic­ Narendra Chandra Debbar­ the State with the Indian Un­ Mr. Modi appealed to the with Divisional Commission­ are exclusively within the “Enough harsh words There were no information of ture. “We have heard of one ma, president of the Indige­ ion, and said the BJP be­ people to vote for the BJP to er of Malda to discuss the de­ domain of the State govern­ have been said. They any casualty or injuries till magician of Bengal [P.C. Sor­ nous Peoples Front of Tripu­ lieved in ensuring the wel­ take advantage of the deve­ velopment schemes of the ment, it is expected that a should stop throwing mud last reports came in, they car], but the magician here is ra (IPFT) that has forged an fare of people hailing from lopment and welfare State and Central govern­ constitutional authority will at the oce of Governor. said, adding that the extent more expert in concealing electoral alliance with the diverse and dierent cultural schemes introduced by the ments, the working of the not bypass its jurisdiction in They should look at mirror of damage to property caused unfortunate events occur­ BJP, shared the stage with sects. Central government for the NGOs in rural areas and the this manner,” Mr. Bandyo­ and remove dirt from their by the fire was yet to be ring at his behest,” the Prime Mr. Modi. He said everyone involved progress of north­eastern re­ law and order situation. padhyay told reporters after faces,” he told journalists ascertained. PTI Minister said amid cheers Mr. Modi invoked Mahara­ in chit fund scams would be gion. Mr. Bandyopadhyay al­ meeting Mr. Singh. in Kolkata. CBI probes documents ‘Kailash Yatra via found at ex­FM’s house Nathu La to resume’ Seizures were done by ED last month Special Correspondent raised by the Govern­ NEW DELHI ment with the Chinese Special Correspondent nister concluded his China has conrmed res­ government, including NEW DELHI speech, in which he at­ tarting of the Kailash during the meeting of the The Central Bureau of Inves­ tacked the government, BJP Mansarovar Yatra External Aairs Minister tigation on Thursday con­ Member Bhupender Yadav through the Nathu La with the Chinese Foreign rmed that it was examining raised the issue, citing a me­ pass, the Ministry of Ex­ Minister in December some papers seized by the dia report. Later, a CBI o­ ternal Aairs informed 2017. Subsequently, the Enforcement Directorate al­ cial said: “We are examining the Lok Sabha on Wed­ Chinese government has legedly from the residence the documents to deter­ nesday. In response to a conrmed resumption of of former Finance Minister mine if they were part of any question, Minister of Yatra on this route,” said P. Chidambaram last such draft report.” State for External Aairs Mr. Singh. month. The Directorate had Gen (Retd.) V.K. Singh re­ The Hindu had report­ The agencies suspect that seized the papers from Del­ futed China’s claims with ed that the trek through the papers are allegedly part hi’s Jor Bagh residence of regard to the border in the Nathu La pass was of a draft of the report on Mr. Chidambaram on Janu­ the Sikkim sector, saying cancelled by China in the Aircel­Maxis case which ary 13, during the searches the boundary is yet to be June last year, which left was prepared by the CBI in against his son Karti and his nalised and that discus­ a large group of pilgrims 2013 for submission. associates. The Congress sions are underway bet­ stranded in Gangtok. Ho­ The disclosure came on leader had then termed the ween the Special Repre­ wever, pilgrimage the day when Mr. Chidam­ searches as “a comedy of er­ sentatives on the through the more di­ baram was to speak on the rors”, stating that the o­ boundary question. cult Lipulekh route Budget in the Rajya Sabha. cials were apologetic upon “This matter [Kailash through Uttarakhand re­ After the former Finance Mi­ realising that he lived there. Mansarovar Yatra ] was mained open. Army ocer’s father moves SC L t. Colonel Karamveer Singh seeks quashing of FIR against Aditya Kumar

Legal Correspondent counted that on January 27, compensation for the sol­ NEW DELHI a mob had isolated and at­ diers involved and direct The father of Army ocer tacked an Army convoy. the registration of an FIR Aditya Kumar, named as an They threw stones at mili­ against the “mob.” accused in an FIR led by tary vehicles and tried to the Jammu and Kashmir lynch a Junior Commis­ Terrorist activity police for opening re at sioned Ocer, after which The petition said the sol­ protestors in Shopian dis­ warning shots were red. diers were made “targets of trict and killing three of “The unlawful assembly re­ the unlawful assembly’s them, moved the Supreme fused to spare the Junior rage and lack of basic hu­ Court on Thursday seeking Commissioned Ocer and, man morality.” It described an order to quash the cri­ therefore, re was lawfully the conduct of the mob as minal proceedings. Army jawans patrolling on opened on the unlawful as­ “terrorist activity.” He also demanded gui­ the outskirts of Srinagar. sembly with the aim of dis­ The petition said the delines to protect the digni­ persing the violent mob manner in which the J&K ty of soldiers acting in the morale of soldiers operat­ and protecting government political leadership and ad­ line of duty. ing against odds in “inhos­ servants and property,” the ministrative higher­ups Lt. Colonel Karamveer pitable terrains” to petition submitted. have projected the FIR Singh, a Kargil war veteran, “uphold the dignity of the He said his son was not against the Army person­ said the FIR against serving Indian Flag.” present at the spot. nel reects the “extremely Army personnel had a The petition, led by ad­ The petitioner asked the hostile atmosphere in the “numbing eect” on thehttps://studymaterial.oureducation.in/vocate Aishwarya Bhati, re­ Supreme Court to order State.” https://www.oureducation.in/ https://www.oureducation.in/ CM M ND-NDE YK 522569 © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Plutus [email protected] -01204308958 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://blog.oureducation.in EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://thehinduzone.com/ NOIDA/DELHI THE HINDU 12 WORLD FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

ELSEWHERE BNP calls for Maldives govt. calls for all­party talks nationwide Opposition says no talks with a ‘dictator’; Yameen turns back delegation of envoys China oers mediation, protests Meera Srinivasan Chief Justice and another Su­ Haroon Habib Colombo Dhaka to apologise to preme Court judge — part of rejects UN intervention child sex abuse victims The Maldivian government the bench that ordered the The Bangladesh Nationalist SYDNEY on Thursday invited all polit­ release of nine Opposition Party (BNP) has an­ Australia will apologise to ical parties to re­convene leaders including former Atul Aneja willing to maintain close nounced a plan to hold Beijing survivors of institutional child talks, days after it shut down President Mohamed Nash­ communication with the countrywide protests on sex abuse by the end of the Parliament and declared a eed — escalated the tension. China on Thursday rejected relevant parties in Maldives Friday. Its leaders assured year, Prime Minister Malcolm state of emergency, drawing On Tuesday, three other UN intervention to resolve so as to promote (and) that the protests won’t be Turnbull said on Thursday. sharp criticism at home and judges annulled part of the the crisis in Maldives, but restore normal order in the violent. “[W]e must mark this abroad. earlier ruling, eectively re­ oered to mediate between Maldives as soon as BNP secretary­general occasion in a form that “In view of the existing sit­ voking the release order of the feuding parties in the possible.” Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alam­ reects the wishes of uation in the country, and jailed dissidents. Lawyers of archipelago. gir said the graft case survivors and aords them the importance of all­party the Chief Justice said in a Asked to comment on ‘No political strings’ against Khaleda Zia, who the dignity to which they talks for the welfare of the statement that he had re­ China’s position on a Mr. Geng did not clarify was given a ve­year sen­ were entitled as children,” he people of the Maldives, the ceived threats that he would possible UN role, Chinese whether China was also in tence on Thursday, was said. AFP government has decided to be “cut into pieces unless he Foreign Ministry touch with the Opposition “inuenced by political Abdeslam mocking rule reconvene all­party talks, Wait and watch: A Maldives soldier stands guard outside the reversed the ruling”. spokesperson Geng Shuang as well, but pointed out that vengeance”. of law, say lawyers and has issued invitations to President’s residence in Male on Friday. * AFP South Asians for Human said: “China has always Beijing was “maintaining He also accused the go­ B RUSSELS all parties to engage in dia­ Rights (SAHR), a regional closely followed the close communication with vernment of Prime Minis­ Lawyers for police ocers logue with the government,” ew to Male — on Thursday vian Foreign Secretary met network of human rights de­ development of the the relevant parties in the ter Sheikh Hasina of trying hurt in a shoot­out with Paris a statement from the Presi­ said its request to meet Presi­ the delegation. The develop­ fenders, said it was “deeply situation in the Maldives. Maldives”. He also rejected “to keep the BNP out of attacks suspect Salah dent’s oce said. dent Yameen was turned ment came a day after the concerned” by the political China thinks that the the cited remarks of former politics”. Abdeslam accused him of However, a top Opposi­ down. Yameen government invited crisis engulng the Maldives, current situation and Maldivian President “They have already de­ scorning Belgian justice after tion source told The Hindu “Sadly the Maldivian Govt interested international following President Abdulla disputes in Maldives Mohamed Nasheed that tained more than 3,000 of he refused to appear at his that all­party talks were “ab­ refuses dialogue: today with partners to visit the Yameen’s increasingly “auth­ belongs to its internal Beijing had enforced a our activists and leaders trial when it resumed on solutely out of the question” my U.K./EU colleagues we Maldives. oritarian and undemocratic aairs. It should be “land grab”. He stressed from various parts of the Thursday. ”He will mock our in a situation where dissi­ requested to meet the Presi­ actions”. properly resolved through that China has never country,” he said. rule of law, he will mock dents were arrested and “ill­ dent/Cabinet Ministers and Crisis deepens Observing that “President dialogue and consultation attached “political strings” However, the ruling everybody. He will not treated”, and the President speaker of Majlis [Parlia­ Following the government’s Yameen stands accused of by the relevant parties. The to cooperation with the Awami League leaders said recognise your court, he will had eectively “imposed ment] to discuss our con­ refusal to implement a sur­ multiple charges of corrup­ international community Maldives. the verdict represented a not recognise your laws,” said martial law”. “There can be cerns on the current situa­ prise Supreme Court ruling tion and human rights viola­ should respect Maldives’ Mr. Geng’s remarks milestone in establishing lawyer Tom Bauwens. AFP no negotiating with a dicta­ tion. Our requests were last week, its subsequent de­ tions” — allegations that he sovereignty and territorial preceded the arrival later rule of law in the country. tor like this,” the source said. unfortunately refused. That claration of a state of emer­ has denied in the past — the integrity and play a on Thursday of Maldivian Earlier, as Ms. Zia was ‘ANC was preparing to Meanwhile, a visiting dele­ is surely not the way for­ gency, and a series of high­ human rights organisation constructive role for the Minister for Economic escorted from her home to re President Zuma’ gation of Ambassadors from ward,” a tweet from the Ger­ prole arrests, the Maldives noted that the strongman dialogue between the Development Mohamed the court in a motorcade, JOHANNESBURG Colombo­based German, the man Embassy in Sri Lanka has plunged into a political President has been “politi­ relevant parties.” Saeed as President Abdulla clashes broke out between South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) had U.K. and EU missions — that said on Thursday. The Maldi­ crisis. The arrests of the cally isolated”. He also said: “China is Yameen’s special envoy. police and BNP activists at been preparing to re the Kakrail area. The police President Jacob Zuma as had to use tear gas shells to head of state this week, disperse the activists. according to leaked We won’t meet U.S. ocials during Olympics, says North Korea comments from Paul Attack in London Mashatile, a top party ocial, Meanwhile, reports said but a negotiated exit now H owever, its high­ranking delegation, which will include Kim’s sister, will meet S. Korean President Moon Jae­in on Saturday that about 100 activists looks more likely. Reuters from the party attacked the Reuters its leader Kim Jong­un, will on Thursday ahead of the North Korea told the South. Olympics and hail its suc­ Olympics. Kim Jong­un, in a Bangladesh High Commis­ Seoul U.S. imposes sanctions meet South Korean Presi­ opening ceremony in Pye­ “We have never begged cessful holding.” The U.S. black hat and matching coat, sion in London, forcefully on Pak.­based militants North Korea has no intention dent Moon Jae­in and have ongchang. Friday’s ceremo­ for dialogue with the U.S. nor had not requested talks with saluted troops while his wife entered it and vandalised WASHINGTON of meeting U.S. ocials dur­ lunch with him on Saturday. ny will be attended by North in the future, too,” the North Korea, but Mr. Pence walked beside him, televi­ property. The Trump administration on ing the Winter Olympics that Such a meeting would be Korea’s delegation, including North’s KCNA news agency left open the possibility of sion images showed. “We Ms. Zia faces a total of 37 Friday imposed sanctions start in on Fri­ the rst such event between its nominal head of state, said, citing Jo Yong­sam, a di­ some contact. have destroyed the enemy’s cases while charge sheets against three individuals, day, state media said, dam­ a South Korean head of state Kim Yong­nam. rector­general in the North’s Also, North Korea marked risk­taking provocations at have been submitted in 17 Rahman Zeb Faqir pening hopes that the Games and a member of the Kim fa­ Foreign Ministry. the founding anniversary of every move,” Mr. Kim said. of them. Muhammad, Hizb Ullah will help resolve a tense mily since a 2007 summit ‘Not begging for talks’ “Explicitly speaking, we its army with a large military Analysts said the parade After skipping hearings Astam Khan and Dilawar stand­o over the North’s nu­ meeting of Kim Jong­il and Kim Yo­jong, the sister of the have no intention to meet parade in Pyongyang on seemed smaller than those of some 143 times over the Khan Nadir Khan, allegedly clear weapons programme. former South Korean Presi­ North’s leader, and her en­ with the U.S. side during the Thursday broadcast by state previous years, but was still past six years, Ms. Zia nal­ linked to Pakistan­based However, the North’s dent Roh Moo­hyun. tourage, will travel by private stay in South Korea... Our de­ media, having last month focused on the North’s goal ly appeared before the networks, the Taliban and high­ranking delegation, in­ U.S. Vice President Mike jet to Seoul’s Incheon Inter­ legation’s visit to South Ko­ changed the date of the cele­ of strengthening its nuclear court on October 19, 2017, Lashkar­e­Taiba. PTI cluding the younger sister of Pence spoke with Mr. Moon national Airport on Friday, rea is only to take part in the bration to the eve of the missile capabilities. and obtained bail.

#5 2 2 5 6 9 German deal faces 100 Syrian pro­regime chorus of criticism ghters killed: U.S. Social Democrats to vote on it in March ‘Attack by govt. forces was repelled’

Reuters Agence France-Presse mascus, where the death Berlin Beirut toll soared to 170 since Angela Merkel’s conserva­ The U.S.­led coalition said Monday. tives and their Social Demo­ on Thursday that it killed at According to the U.S. crat (SPD) partners faced a least 100 pro­regime ght­ Central Command, coalition chorus of scepticism on ers to fend o an attack on advisors were present in the Thursday as allies and oppo­ its allies in eastern Syria, in area that was attacked by nents alike criticised the one its deadliest confronta­ pro­government forces in coalition deal. tions yet with forces backing Deir Ezzor province late on The agreement, reached Damascus. Wednesday. “The coalition in record time to end German Chancellor Angela The initial attack was car­ conducted strikes against at­ months of political paralysis Merkel. * REUTERS ried out by forces loyal to tacking forces to repel the after Ms. Merkel had failed President Bashar al­Assad act of aggression” against its to form a coalition with two (CDU), said the allocation of on key oil and gas installa­ own personnel and the Kur­ smaller parties, faces its rst Cabinet posts, and the Fi­ tions in parts of Deir Ezzor. dish­led Syrian Democratic test when the SPD’s mem­ nance Ministry in particular, The clash came against a Forces hosting them, it said. bership vote on March 4 on had been “a political mis­ backdrop of escalating ten­ “We estimate more than 100 whether to ratify it. take”. sions between Washington Syrian pro­regime forces Both camps have had to and Damascus over an up­ were killed while engaging Allocation of portfolios make major sacrices to se­ tick in the suspected use of SDF and coalition forces,” a But Ms. Merkel’s camp was cure a deal. chemical weapons by the re­ U.S. military ocial said. also forced to defend a deal The agreement promises gime and allied militia. The SDF and the coalition that sees the conservatives an unusual half­time review targeted the attacking forces cede the crucial Finance Mi­ after two years, when the Rebel-held enclave with air strikes and shelling nister post in exchange for a parties will reassess the coa­ Meanwhile, regime war­ after “20 to 30 artillery and fourth term in oce for her. lition — already being seen planes rained bombs for a tank rounds landed within Christian von Stetten, a as a possible opportunity fourth consecutive day on 500 metres (yards) of the lawmaker from Ms. Merkel’s for Ms. Merkel nally to step the rebel­held enclave of SDF headquarters loca­ own Christian Democrats down. Eastern Ghouta, outside Da­ tion”, the ocial said. Pelosi’s marathon speech creates history She spoke for more than 8 hours on the need to protect undocumented migrants Agence France-Presse Also, U.S. Senate leaders Washington said on Wednesday that they Top U.S. House Democrat had reached a bipartisan Nancy Pelosi made history budget deal for 2018 and on Wednesday by delivering 2019 — a move which, if ap­ the longest address to the proved by Congress, would chamber in at least 108 avert a second government years, speaking for more shutdown in just three than eight hours about pro­ weeks. The breakthrough tecting young undocument­ came on the eve of a mid­ ed migrants from deporta­ night Thursday deadline for tion. Congress to pass a stopgap The veteran California De­ spending measure — its fth mocrat took the oor at since October. 10.04 a.m. (1504 GMT) and The proposal would lift began to speak. Valiant eort: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke caps on federal spending And she kept speaking. against a budget deal announced by Senate leaders * REUTERS that were mandated under a And speaking. And 2011 law, boosting military speaking. cord for the longest continu­ nounced by Senate leaders and non­military funding by Eight hours and seven mi­ ous speech in the House that would lift spending caps some $300 billion in total, nutes later, at 6.11 p.m., she since at least 1909,” said Ms. and avert a looming govern­ aides said. The deal raises relinquished the oor — an Pelosi during her marathon, ment shutdown — but does the debt ceiling until March entire work day standing at reading aloud from a clerk’s not address immigration. 2019, postponing a potential her desk in four­inch heels message. She said she would oppose ery clash within the Repu­ and consuming nothing but the deal unless House Speak­ blican Party, and essentially water, according to an aide. Budget deal er Paul Ryan gave assurances clears the decks for Congress “I just got word that the Ms. Pelosi was speaking he would bring immigration to address other thorny is­ House historian conrms against a compromise feder­ legislation to the oor for a sues such as immigration that you have now set the re­https://studymaterial.oureducation.in/al budget deal recently an­ vote. and infrastructure.https://www.oureducation.in/ https://www.oureducation.in/ CM M ND-NDE YK 522569 © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Plutus [email protected] -01204308958 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://blog.oureducation.in EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://thehinduzone.com/ THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018 BUSINESS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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NIFTY 50 PRICE CHANGE Social network posts Q4 net of $91.1 million as revenue rises I ­T survey reveals $3.5 bn worth of transactions done over a period of 17 months Adani Ports...... 405.10...... -1.90

Ambuja Cements...... 261.90...... 13.60 Reuters S pecial Correspondent Asian Paints...... 1124.05...... 2.95 that cryptocurrencies were those who made invest­ NEW DELHI Aurobindo Pharma ...... 601.85...... -14.25 Twitter Inc. shares surged not legal tender. The govern­ ments but did not declare it Axis Bank ...... 568.45...... 9.10 22% at the market open on The Income Tax Department ment would clamp down on in their returns. It would Bajaj Auto ...... 3157.95...... 22.40 Thursday after the social Bajaj Finance ...... 1662.15...... 20.50 has issued one lakh tax not­ any such illegal transactions, have been the same if they Bharti Airtel ...... 429.80...... -0.45 network reported its rst ices to people who have in­ he had said at the time. had invested in any other as­ Bosch ...... 19592.25. .... 347.50 quarterly prot and better­ vested in cryptocurrencies set and didn’t declare it.” BPCL...... 478.20...... 1.95 than­expected revenue, such as bitcoin, Central ‘Asset not illegal’ India is a very attractive Cipla ...... 612.65...... 43.40

Coal India ...... 300.00...... 2.40 helped by ads that better tar­ Board of Direct Taxes However, industry players market for cryptocurrency Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2180.45...... 69.05 geted users and sales growth (CBDT) Chairman Sushil said the action taken by the companies, both domestic Eicher Motors...... 28198.00. .... 187.55 outside the United States. Chandra said. Income Tax Department still and international. A world­ GAIL (India)...... 461.85...... 1.55 Investors shrugged o ze­ HCL Tech...... 944.35...... 5.80 The tax department had did not mean that holding wide study of the market by

HDFC ...... 1811.80...... 26.45 ro growth in Twitter users conducted a nationwide sur­ cryptocurrencies was illegal. Malaysian rm Pundi X, HDFC Bank...... 1880.95...... 8.15 from a quarter earlier, which vey which showed $3.5 bil­ Sushil Chandra. * PTI “You see, the Finance Mi­ which is looking to enter the Hero MotoCorp ...... 3582.20...... 15.80 the company blamed in part lion worth of transactions on nister and the RBI have both Indian market, found that In­ Hindalco ...... 245.20...... -0.80 on seasonal weakness and Tweet tweaks: HPCL ...... 399.80...... 3.45 CEO Jack Dorsey has focused for the past year various cryptocurrency ex­ taxable,” Mr. Chandra said claried that cryptocurren­ dia accounted for 10% of the Hind Unilever ...... 1329.55...... 16.90 its purge of fake and spam on tweaking the product to attract more users. * AP changes across India over a while speaking at an Asso­ cies are not legal tender,” the global trade in Indiabulls HFL ...... 1314.40...... 40.30 accounts. period of 17 months. cham event. “We found out CEO of one of India’s crypto­ cryptocurrencies. ICICI Bank ...... 333.85...... 1.30 Shares hit $35 in morning 17%. Revenue from Japan ers, according to nancial “People who have made that there is no clarity on in­ currency exchanges said on Bitcoin, the most popular IndusInd Bank ...... 1670.85...... 9.10

Bharti Infratel ...... 349.20...... 10.65 trading, their highest level was a particular strength, data rm FactSet. investments [in cryptocur­ vestments made by many the condition of anonymity. cryptocurrency, saw its va­ Infosys ...... 1134.25...... 25.20 since July 2015. Twitter de­ rising 34% to $106 million. San Francisco­based Twit­ rency] and have not de­ people which means that “This means that you cannot lue soaring 1,700% over the Indian OilCorp...... 385.60...... -19.15 buted as a public company Twitter said revenue was ter said usage was hurt by clared income while ling they have not declared it use it in place of the rupee. course of 2017 to settle at ITC ...... 274.10...... -1.05 in 2013 at $26 a share. helped by better ad targeting seasonal weakness and a Kotak Bank ...... 1051.75...... 15.45 taxes and have not paid tax properly.” But he did not say anything about $20,000. It has, ho­ L&T...... 1347.40...... 13.65 that raised click­through change that Apple Inc. made on the prot earned by in­ Finance Minister Arun about investing in it as an as­ wever, fallen sharply in 2018 Lupin ...... 812.45...... 6.40 ‘Good sign’ on revenue rates, or the likelihood users to its Safari web browser that vesting, we are sending them Jaitley had, in his Budget set. This action by the tax de­ on concerns about a global M&M ...... 752.20...... 5.10 “The revenue number was click on ads, and higher vi­ reduced the tally of users by notices as we feel that it is all speech last week, stressed partment is only against regulatory clampdown. Maurti Suzuki...... 9030.70. .... 108.90

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ONGC ...... 188.70...... -1.30 rst time in several quarters, also continued a push to Twitter also told sharehol­ PowerGrid Corp ...... 193.20...... -2.30 which is a good sign,” ana­ grow its non­advertising re­ ders it had stepped up ef­ Reliance Ind ...... 904.55...... 10.15 lyst Michael Pachter of Wed­ venue. It reported $87 mil­ forts to reduce spam and au­ CCI slaps Excess GST State Bank ...... 301.40...... 8.60 Stocks snap 7­day slide, Sun Pharma ...... 584.10...... 34.60 bush Securities said, adding lion in data licensing and tomated and fake accounts. Tata Motors ...... 374.85...... -2.95 that at growth in monthly other revenue, up 10% from Monthly active users in 136 cr. ne collection: Tata Steel ...... 671.45...... 9.65 users was a warning sign. a year earlier, outpacing ad­ the U.S., where Twitter Sensex rises almost 1% TCS ...... 2974.20...... 19.15 Twitter’s previous inabili­ vertising revenue which rose makes most of its revenue, on Google HUL claries Tech Mahindra ...... 608.25...... 5.15

UltraTech Cement...... 4167.00...... 85.45 ty to turn a prot had con­ 1% to $644 million. fell to 68 million from 69 mil­ Press Trust of India E arnings, global cues boost sentiment UPL...... 718.05...... 16.80 founded investors given the Twitter reported a net lion in the third quarter. Special Correspondent New Delhi Vedanta ...... 314.45...... -1.25 company’s ubiquitous pre­ prot of $91.1 million, or 12 CEO Jack Dorsey has fo­ P RESS TRUST OF INDIA vered over 100 points, or MUMBAI Wipro ...... 289.80...... 0.45 NEW DELHI YES Bank...... 335.00...... 2.10 sence in the media and pop­ cents per share, compared cused for the past year on The Competition Commis­ 0.96%, to end at 10,576.85. Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Zee Entertainment ...... 584.80...... 3.65 ularity among celebrities, to a loss of $167.1 million, or tweaking the product he co­ sion of India on Thursday Domestic equities on Thurs­ An emergence of value­ (HUL) on Thursday clari­ athletes and politicians such 23 cents per share, a year founded to attract more us­ imposed a ne of 136 day heaved a sigh of relief af­ buying in recently battered ed that it was awaiting ad­ EXCHANGE RATES as U.S. President Donald earlier. Adjusted prot was ers. Mr. Dorsey doubled the crore on search engine ma­ ter corporate earnings and banking counters as also vice from the government Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit Trump. 19 cents per share, topping number of characters al­ jor Google for unfair busi­ Asian markets’ optimism pharmaceutical and IT on how to return an excess except yen at 4 p.m. on February 08 In October, Twitter had analysts expectations of 14 lowed in each tweet in most ness practices in the Indian broke the seven­day losing stocks revived optimism on collection of 119 crore CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL signaled it could turn a quar­ cents per share, according to languages and tried to limit market for online search. streak, with benchmark in­ the domestic bourses. made on account of Goods US Dollar...... 64.06...... 64.38 terly prot as it slashed ex­ Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. user harassment on the site. Passing the order on dices Sensex and Nifty end­ & Services Tax (GST). Euro ...... 78.38...... 78.78

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For that we need to in­ Special Correspondent trol and 28.4 km/l for diesel new “foolproof” policy for vest in technology… but at NEW DELHI engine variant. The car is the automobile sector to ad­ the same time we need to Maruti Suzuki unveiled the priced between 4.99 lakh BHEL prot rises 64%, dress issues raised by the in­ make products aordable for third generation version of and 7.29 lakh for petrol ma­ declares 40% dividend dustry, particularly related consumers. It’s a challenge its popular hatchback — nual version and 5.99 lakh N EW DELHI to tax rates, said Minister of that we will work on,” Mr. Swift — with a starting price and 8.29 lakh for diesel ma­ State­run power equipment Heavy Industries and Public Geete said. tag of 4.99 lakh. nual variant. The automatic maker BHEL posted a 64% Enterprises Anant Geete. The car, introduced on petrol version is priced at jump in its standalone net “With regards to taxation, ‘Gradual changes’ Thursday, would come with 6.34 lakh onwards while prot to 153.19 crore for the we get a lot of dierent re­ He also assured industry of auto gear shift (clutch­less) the diesel automatic starts at third quarter ended presentations… that is why government support and technology for the rst time 7.34 lakh. December 31. Standalone net we have decided that that we said, “Whatever changes that and be available in petrol prot was 93.54 crore in the same quarter last scal, will bring out a new fool­ come will happen in a gra­ and diesel engine options. * R V MOORTHY Development cost BHEL said. Besides approving proof auto policy which will dual manner. “Since its launch in 2005, The development cost for the nancial results of the for be industry and consumer Road ahead: Visitors taking a look at the electric and concept “We want to bring some Swift has been the country’s ty,” he added. Swift had fea­ this model of Swift is over the quarter and nine months friendly,” Mr. Geete said at cars of Toyota at the Auto Expo 2018. * R V MOORTHY change in the present taxa­ favourite hatchback, selling tured among the top ve 700 crore and “the hatch­ ended December 2017, the the inauguration of the 14th tion criteria and all these more than 1.8 million units,” best­selling cars in India for back comes with around board of director also Auto Expo on Thursday. He (SIAM), highlighted the lack Acknowledging that the points will be included in said Kenichi Ayukawa MD more than a decade. 98% localisation,” the com­ approved payment of interim added that suggestions from of uniform taxation. Pointing move to BS­VI emission this policy after discussions and CEO, Maruti Suzuki. While the petrol variant pany said. dividend at the rate of 40% all stakeholders would be ta­ out that automakers had norms had been rushed, the with the industry… We want “The all­new Swift is built has a 1.2­litre engine, the die­ The new version is also for 2017­18. PTI ken to formulate the policy. been given only 4 years to minister said industry must that the industry and the on Suzuki’s new and innova­ sel option is powered by a 1.3 wider and has longer wheel The minister’s comments shift to BS­VI, he said, “pre­ be ready to accept the chal­ consumer should not see tax tive fth generation HEAR­ litre engine. base with more cabin space, Dr.Reddy's recalls came after Abhay Firodia, mature, immature” intro­ lenge of change and adopt as a burden.” The policy TECT platform for more According to the compa­ headroom and luggage cholesterol drug in U.S. President, Society of Indian duction of the norms could new technologies. draft may be ready in the strength, peppier perfor­ ny, all­new Swift oered fuel space than the outgoing HYDERABAD Automobile Manufacturers signicantly add to costs. “Everyone is concerned next two months, he added. mance and advanced safe­ eciency of 22 km/l for pe­ model, said Mr. Ayukawa. Dr.Reddy's Laboratories is recalling more than 82,000 bottles of its Atorvastatin Calcium tablets (10, 20, 40 mg), a cholesterol lowering ‘West, east coasts Naspers, Meituan­Dianping UM Lohia introduces drug, from the U.S. market following quality concerns. may get auto clusters’ geared electric cruiser The reason for voluntary invest $100 mn in Swiggy recall is “failed impurities/ degradations specications; Bike to be priced at about 4.9 lakh out­of­specication results Move will help boost exports: Prabhu S tart­up to spend funds on expanding oerings, technology observed for total N. Anand NEW DELHI degradation impurities S pecial Correspondent ly by the CII, Automotive Special Correspondent cially in the areas of data­dri­ during stability,” according to New Delhi Component Manufacturers BENGALURU ven self­learning systems UM Lohia Two Wheelers the U.S. Food and Drug Commerce and Industry Mi­ Association of India and So­ Online food delivery start­up that leverage machine learn­ Pvt. Ltd., the Indian arm of Administration. nister Suresh Prabhu on ciety of Indian Automobile Swiggy announced it had ing and articial the U.S.­based UM Interna­ Thursday pitched for setting Manufacturers. raised $100 million in a Se­ intelligence. tional, unveiled its geared ACC net rises more than up automotive clusters ries F funding round led by The company would also electric cruiser. twofold to 206 crore along India’s west and east Made in India Naspers, a global Internet build on its adaptive, real­ “When everyone is talk­ NEW DELHI coasts to boost the sector’s He wanted global automo­ and entertainment group. time prediction and optimi­ ing about gearless electric Cement maker ACC Ltd. growth and exports. bile rms to consider India New investor Meituan­ sation systems. bike, we have come out with reported a more than “I will talk to the [Andhra as part of their international Dianping, China’s largest geared electric cruiser,” said variants and oers a range twofold rise in consolidated Pradesh] Chief Minister operations and identify pro­ group­buying and restau­ Improving services Rajeev Mishra, CEO, UM Lo­ of 100 km to 270 km in a sin­ prot to 205.69 crore for [during the upcoming CII ducts that can be made in rant review service, also par­ This would help it improve hia Two Wheelers Pvt. Ltd. gle charge. the quarter ended December partnership summit at Vi­ India. ticipated in this round. consumer choice and perso­ “The vehicle will be rolled “Currently, we are im­ 2017. ACC had posted sakhapatnam] to ensure In his address, Minister This is the largest nanc­ Swiggy said it would also nalisation along with speed, out by July 2018.” porting the bike in com­ consolidated prot of 90.92 ing round yet for the Benga­ leverage AI and machine volume and eciency of de­ pletely knocked down con­ crore in the year­ago period, that we create an auto clus­ for Heavy Industries and Pu­ learning. ACC said in a ling. The ter with global scale infras­ blic Sector Enterprises luru­based company. liveries. Renegade Thor dition from Italy. It will be consolidated total income of tructure in Andhra Pra­ Anant Geete said the go­ “With this funding, we “Swiggy has shown it has Named Renegade Thor, it is priced at about 4.9 lakh. the company during October­ desh... we can do the same vernment would provide will further invest in build­ er experience at the core,” the ability to rise above the equipped with a ve­speed The booking opens today December quarter increased thing on the west coast in the necessary support to the ing dierentiated oerings, said Sriharsha Majety, CEO, competition and create long­ transmission gearbox with a and the deliveries will hap­ to 3,540.24 crore over Maharashtra. This will help industry but suggested that plugging the white spaces in Swiggy, in a statement. term relationships with its hydraulic clutch and liquid pen by July. We might start 3,102.42 crore in the boost exports,” Mr. Prabhu the focus be on manufactur­ the ecosystem, and develop­ Swiggy said it would also users,” said Larry Illg, CEO, cooled motor with a con­ producing it in India as and corresponding quarter of the said. He was speaking at the ing environment and con­ ing our technology while continue innovating its core Naspers Ventures, in a troller. It also has a reverse when the volume picks up,” #5 2 2 5 6 9 previous scal. PTI ‘Auto Expo,’ organised joint­ sumer­ friendly products. keeping superlative custom­ technology platform, espe­ statement. gear. Thor comes in three Mr. Mishra said. Japan’s Nihon Trim Strand Life Sciences eyes bigger India role raises $13 million

To sell anti­oxidant water purier ‘To tap new treatment paradigms’

k.t. jagannathan S pecial Correspondent network of laboratories. Chennai Bengaluru New Delhi­based Health­ Nihon Trim Co. Ltd. of Ja­ Strand Life Sciences, a Quad, a healthcare­focused pan, which oers anti­oxi­ bioinformatics and diagnos­ venture capital fund, which dant water processing tech­ tics company, on Thursday, invests in early stage compa­ nology, is set to play a bigger announced it had raised $13 nies, also participated in the role in the India market with million from private equity round, according to a com­ the introduction of anti­oxi­ rms, including ­ pany statement. dant water processing sys­ based Quadria Capital. tem, Trim Ion­Ti 9000. “The total funds raised Next phase of growth This system converts pot­ from Quadria Capital and “The partnership with Qua­ able tap water into anti­oxi­ Yozo Kaga Heritas Venture Fund, dria and HCG will help dant water with high oxida­ which is also Singapore­ launch Strand into the next tion­reduction potential venture ( JV). Medinippon based, is $13 million,” a com­ phase of growth and into an (ORP), enhancing its health would be the sole distribu­ pany ocial said on the con­ era where data analytics benets signicantly, the tor for Trim Ion­Ti 9000 in dition of anonymity. and molecular measure­ company said. India. Strand Life Sciences ac­ ments together change diag­ These systems would be quired Triesta Sciences, a nosis and treatment para­ Hydrogen-rich water imported from Japan, said unit of Healthcare Global digms,” Dr. Ramesh Addressing the media, Yozo B. Venkatasubramanyam, Enterprises (HCG), on Janu­ Hariharan, CEO, Strand Life Kaga, director (internation­ chief operating ocer, Me­ ary four for an undisclosed Sciences, said. al divison), Nihon Trim, said dinippon. The JV would fo­ amount. The merger aimed “The demand for special­ the system, which made wa­ cus on high net worth indivi­ to create an integrated plat­ ised diagnostics has been ter hydrogen­rich, would be duals to hawk the Nihon form with end­to­end capa­ rising rapidly across the re­ sold through Chennai­based system. The minimum retail bilities in proprietary ana­ gion,” said Dr. Amit Varma, Medinippon Healthcare Pvt. price could be about 2.18 lytics, clinical research, managing partner and co­ Ltd., an Indo­Japan joint lakh, he indicated. genome technologies and a founder, Quadria Capital. Spencer’s Retail targets prot in Q1 FY’19 Firm to focus on high­margin segments of apparel and home, work and play

Special Correspondent the last lap with the nal KOLKATA hearing by the National Spencer’s Retail Ltd. (SRL), a Company Law Tribunal RP­Sanjiv Goenka Group scheduled for March 26. company expects to turn The restructuring, an­ protable in 2018­19, having nounced last year, aimed at made a pre­tax prot in the unbundling distribution, third quarter of 2017­18. generation , retail, IT and “For the rst time, Spen­ BPO businesses of the com­ cer’s has become PBDT (pro­ pany into four separate enti­ t before depreciation and ties. Shareholders approval tax)­positive in the quarter had already been obtained ending December 2017,” said for the proposal. Sanjiv Goenka, Group Chair­ man. Q3 results Its turnover stood at 570 Terra rma: SRL opened seven new stores besides foraying Announcing the third quar­ crore for the three­month into online space. ter results Mr. Sanjiv Goenka period with a per square foot said that net prot, after ad­ revenue of 1,607 and 7­ opened between April and reduction in net loss from justments, stood at 152 crore prot. December 2017, and six 142 crore to 129 crore. crore against 144 crore in While retaining its strate­ more were expected to be in­ SRL had also bought two the year­earlier period. In­ gy of being a food­rst retail­ augurated in March. companies meragrocer.com come from operations in­ er, SRL would focus more on SRL, now managed by Mr. and Omnipresent Retail In­ creased to 1,706 crore from apparel and home, work and Goenka’s son Shashwat, had dia to gain online presence. 1,620 crore. CESC’s Rajas­ play segments —two high­ seen its turnover rise to Mr. Goenka said the recast than distribution venture, margin categories. 2,021 crore in 2016­17 from of CESC, a group company, acquired sometime ago, re­ Seven new stores werehttps://studymaterial.oureducation.in/1,805 crore in 2015­16 with a now seemed to have entered ported its rst prot.https://www.oureducation.in/ https://www.oureducation.in/ CM M ND-NDE YK 522569 © 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -Plutus [email protected] -01204308958 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://blog.oureducation.in EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhttp://thehinduzone.com/ THE HINDU NOIDA/DELHI FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018 SPORT 15 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ‘Kuldeep and Chahal could be the X­factor’ Kohli is a genius, T he Indian skipper all praise for his wrist-spinners but non-committal about them donning the whites says Miandad INDIA IN SA Calls him the world’s best batsman IANS AB included in squad SPORTS BUREAU Cape Town NEW DELHI Virat Kohli has openly ex­ A gence France-Presse He will be assessed Former Pakistan captain pressed his fondness for Cape Town when the squad Javed Miandad has heaped wrist spinners on numerous A.B. de Villiers was reassembles in praise on Virat Kohli and al­ occasions, and after gaining named in the South Johannesburg on Friday. so the current crop of In­ an unbeatable 3­0 lead in the African squad for the last The squad: dian batsmen. six­match ODI series against three ODIs against India. Aiden Markram (Capt.), In an interview to Pak- South Africa, the India skip­ There was, however, Hashim Amla, Farhaan passion.net, he said: “What per feels the duo of Yuzven­ no immediate word from Behardien, A.B. de Villiers, I really admire about the In­ J.P. Duminy, Imran Tahir, dra Chahal and Kuldeep Ya­ Cricket South Africa on dian batsmen and the rea­ dav will prove to be “massive Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David whether de Villiers had Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris son why they are so success­ X­factor” in the 2019 ICC recovered suciently to Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile ful is the fact that their World Cup. play in the fourth match Phehlukwayo, Kagiso batting technique is correct. Continuing their domi­ at the Wanderers on Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, and In Kohli’s case, his batting nance in the ongoing series, Saturday. Khaya Zondo. method is what allows him the spin twins took four to score runs not just once wickets apiece on Wednes­ but almost every time he day to bundle South Africa making a very strong case for World Cup next year. comes in to bat,” said Mian­ out for 179 after Kohli’s 34th themselves, bowling in these “I don’t have words to ex­ dad. ODI century propelled India conditions and making plain this. Credit to them. “If a batsman’s technique to 303 for six in the third ODI breakthroughs like we ha­ Both have been working is poor, he can put some

at Newlands here. ven’t seen before. hard on their game. Both are runs on the board once in a Virat Kohli. * REUTERS “It’s outstanding to see very brave in terms of how while but he will not be able Strong case two guys just totally spinning they bowl and the kind of to do that consistently,” he the same time, he also said Chahal and Kuldeep have ac­ a web around the opposi­ elds they want as well.” said. that being too harsh on the counted for 21 wickets bet­ tion. There doesn’t seem to “They might get hit for 70­ “To me, the mark of a Pakistan players would be ween them at 9.05 in the be a way out at all. It’s unbe­ odd in the next game. But great batsman, like Kohli, is unfair. three matches so far, lievable. Taking eight wick­ there is no problem in that the fact that he can vary his prompting Kohli to admit ets today. Outstanding,” the because you know that if technique by quickly under­ ‘Huge dierence’ that the duo is gradually skipper told reporters after they bowl attacking lines standing the strengths and “We need to accept that making a strong case to fea­ the 124­run win on then they will end up picking weaknesses of the bowlers. there was a huge dierence ture in the ve­day format. Wednesday. two­three wickets every Kohli is a genius and the in terms of skill between the “Those are things that are Kohli backed his wrist game. best batsman in the world.” teams. quite a bit away from now,” spinners, saying sometimes “In these conditions now Miandad also said that “But we should not be too Kohli said when asked of the the duo may get belted for and we are going to play the the gulf between the two harsh on the Pakistan boys Test chances of Kuldeep and runs, but going by the way World Cup away from home, countries was evident from as we saw how, in South Chahal, especially away from they bowl, both could turn that I think is going to be the the way the Pakistan un­ Africa, the Indian senior home. out to be massive X­factor for massive X­factor for us,” the der­19 team lost to India in team, with some big names, “Look, they are obviously the Men­In­Blue during the skipper added. the World Cup recently. At lost two of three Tests.” Like the vibe, energy in the team: MSK Kallicharran loves the shortest format S. Dinakar The selection panel chief the performance of wrist­ T20s, especially IPL, have changed the way cricket is played, says the West Indian CHENNAI said, “I like the vibe in the spin duo of Kuldeep Yadv team. I spent a lot of time and Yuzvendra Chahal in the The chief of the Indian team Vijay Lokapally IPL was started, but it is here People were selection panel M.S.K. Pra­ with it in South Africa. It’s a ODI series. “And you just New Delhi <> to stay. I rmly believe there apprehensive of its sad believes the side’s win at positive vibe, there’s a lot of consider the kind of back­ India is “home away from is room for all kind of crick­ existence when the the Wanderers will serve as a condence in this unit. It’s a lash we faced when we rst home” for Alvin Kallichar­ et,” he said in a chat with The IPL was started, but template for the campaigns mental thing, they believe picked them. Our aim was to ran, the graceful left­hander Hindu. in England and Australia. they can win Tests away increase the depth of our from Guyana, who once fa­ it is here to stay He said to The Hindu, from the sub­continent. I spin pack, creating more op­ mously decimated the de­ No threat to Tests can’t nd gaps. Simple!” here, on Thursday, “We have can see a lot of energy.” tions. And the two are such monic Dennis Lillee in a 1975 He avers “I am old­fash­ Kallicharran brought learnt a lot from the tour of On the courage shown by attacking bowlers, such a po­ World Cup match with some ioned” and insists there can some scintillating footwork South Africa. We have ana­ the Indian batsmen on a ha­ tent wicket­taking pair.” breathtaking cut, drive and be “no threat” to Test crick­ to the crease. He was a fear­ zardous pitch at the Wander­ In the same breath, Pra­ #5 2 2 5 6 9 lysed a lot of things. We got M.S.K. Prasad. * K. PICHUMANI hook shots that are part of et. “Test cricket is the nur­ less striker of the ball. “You better as the Test series pro­ ers, he said, “The batsmen sad said, “Someone like R. the folklore in the turing ground to produce have to be hungry. You must gressed. This also showed rubs o on his team.” took blows, put their body in Ashwin who batted and bow­ Caribbean. quality cricketers. You need have the attitude to face the led so well in the two Tests had we spent more time in Dwelling on Kohli’s bat­ the line of lifting deliveries. It On a short visit to India, Alvin Kallicharran. the longer version to sustain outside world, how to face took my mind back to the he played in South Africa, he preparation, we could have ting, Prasad noted, “He’s in Kallicharran has own down * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT the skills of batting and bow­ adversity. I was never won the series. There were the form of his life. He’s bat­ days of courage and charac­ would have done even better from United States, his home ling. coached. Learnt it myself,” positives. Ajinkya Rahane ting beautifully, stroking so ter shown by the great In­ had catches been not for many years now, to be strokeplay, it is hardly a sur­ “Only Test cricket teaches said Kallicharran, who took batted well in the third Test.” well even in seaming condi­ dian line­ups of the past.” dropped o his bowling, is the chief guest at the Inder­ prise that Kallicharran loves you to bat longer and bowl to spiritualism after active Talking about Indian cap­ tions. I don’t like compari­ He was all praise for the very much in the frame.” jeet Singh cricket tourna­ the latest format of the game longer. To me that is the cricket. tain Virat Kohli, Prasad said, sons but he is up there with Indian seamers and said, Prasad also dwelt on the ment in Pilibhit, Uttar Pra­ — Twenty20. most important aspect of At 69, Kallicharran is at “He has responded well to the very best.” “Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a need to nd specialist el­ desh. “It is a tournament “We all know how the coaching. If you know how peace with himself. “It is al­ the criticism and the pres­ Prasad felt the partner­ wonderful series, Mo­ ders for specic positions. conducted in memory of my T20, especially the IPL, has to bat longer and bowl long ways special to visit India, sure. Kohli has led with a lot ship between Kohli and hammed Shami bowled with “We need to develop spe­ friend’s father and I am ho­ changed the way cricket is spells you can play any for­ meet old friends, rekindle of heart, he has led from the coach Ravi Shastri was tak­ pace and swing, Ishant Shar­ cialist close­in elders. We noured to be part of this ven­ played. There is entertain­ mat of cricket. some fond memories.” front. He is learning all the ing the team in the right di­ ma took vital wickets and Jas­ will be focusing on that.” ture,” said Kallicharran, who ment and there is the com­ “Remember, any format And the charge on Lillee time and improving as a cap­ rection. “They bond well, prit Bumrah was the nd of He added that plans were played 66 Tests and 31 ODIs mercial side of it too. you play, a bad ball is a bad at The Oval? “That’s lovely tain. I like his determination trust each other and share a the series.” in place to groom specialist for the West Indies. “People were apprehen­ ball. Also, if you can’t judge nostalgia,” he signs o with a and his hunger to win. It common goal and vision.” Prasad was delighted with wicketkeepers. Known for his attacking sive of its existence when the the length of the ball, you hearty laughter. Bowlers call Shaw primed to make Harinder ATK holds Blasters No evidence the shots the senior grade and Mahesh of corruption A gence France-Presse cause a utter Defending champion twice comes back from arrears in Ashes: ICC DHAKA S . Dinakar Sri Lanka hit back with four G . Viswanath ISL CHENNAI A gence France-Presse wickets after being bowled MUMBAI A mitabha Das Sharma DUBAI out for 222 as the bowlers, The quiet determination in Top seed Saurav Ghosal KOLKATA led by Bangladesh spinner this shy, small­made lad is International cricket chiefs had it easy against qualier Abdur Razzak, dominated hard to miss. Prithvi Shaw Defending champion ATK said on Thursday they have Karim El Hammamy of day one of the second realises he has to cope with preserved its unbeaten re­ found no evidence of Egypt in the rst round of cricket Test on Thursday. all the media attention after cord against Kerala Blasters match­xing during the the $35000 Vedanta Indian Razzak and Taijul Islam leading the India under­19 FC as it held the latter to a third Ashes Test between Open squash tournament claimed four wickets each. team to World Cup triumph. 2­2 draw here at the Salt Australia and England fol­ For someone so young, at the National Sports Club Lake Stadium on Thursday. lowing an investigation in­ SCOREBOARD Shaw is gifted and he knows of India on Thursday. The host, which has not to allegations made by a it. Asked whether he felt rea­ The 31­year­old Ghosal, lost a match against KBFC British newspaper. Sri Lanka — 1st innings: Kusal dy to progress into the senior who climbed to a career­ since 2015, extended the re­ “We have carried out an Mendis b Razzak 68, Dimuth best 14th in the PSA rank­ Karunaratne st. Liton b Indian team, the Mumbai­ cord by equalising twice af­ extensive global investiga­ Razzak 3, Dhananjaya de Silva kar’s response reected his ings last week, took just 44 ter conceding the lead. Gud­ tion with anti­corruption c Sabbir b Taijul 19, Danushka condence. “I think so. I have minutes to beat Hammamy jon Baldvinsson and Dimitar colleagues from member Gunathilaka c Rahim b Razzak to keep scoring runs. Oppor­ 11­3, 11­4, 11­6. Ghosal will Berbatov found the mark for countries based on the alle­ 13, Dinesh Chandimal b tunities will come. I have to run into another Egyptian, KBFC while Ryan Taylor and gations in The Sun and the Razzak 0, Roshen Silva c Liton grab them to be in the senior Karim Ali Fathi, in the Tom Thorpe evened things material they shared with b Taijul 56, Niroshan Dick- team.” Prithvi Shaw. * K. PICHUMANI quarternals. The latter ac­ out for ATK. us,” said ICC GM for anti­ wella b Taijul 1, Dilruwan Per- Shaw was aware of compa­ counted for Eain Yow Ng. Two deections resulting corruption Alex Marshall. era c Mominul b Taijul 31, risons with a young Sachin World Cup nal, Shaw res­ India’s unseeded Harin­ in goals kept the opponents Akila Dananjaya c Mushfiqur b Tendulkar and said: “Ob­ ponded, “These things der Pal Singh Sandhu tied at the end of the rst­ Mustafizur 20, Rangana knocked out the No. 8 Herath c Mushfiqur b viously people will compare keep happening. I don’t half. Blasters found the seed, England’s Nathan Athletes Mustafizur 2, Suranga Lakmal me with Sachin sir or anyone know what they were say­ break rst in the 34th mi­ (not out) 4; Extras (lb-5): 5; else. But I know my game and ing. I don’t even remem­ Lake, in a rst­round nute when Ghanaian winger leave for Total (in 65.3 overs): 222. I better be grounded because ber. I was concentrating on match while Mahesh Man­ Courage Pekuson released Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-61, 3- he is the God of cricket. I my game. I didn’t pay at­ gaonkar shocked the sixth­ his mideld colleague K. Rising high: Kerala Blasters’ Gudjon Baldvinsson launches Jakarta 96, 4-96, 5-109, 6-110, 7-162, have not even started and it’s tention to it.” seeded Frenchman Lucas Prasanth for the latter to himself to snap a header past the ATK players. * PTI 8-205, 9-207. a long journey. On working with Rahul Serme 11­6, 12­10, 11­8. cross into the box. The ball SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Bangladesh bowling: Mehedi “Sachin sir has 15,000 plus Dravid, he said, “he The results (rst round): reached Baldvinnson on top ruatthara to nd the net, ner of the ATK goal giving KOCHI 13-0-54-0, Razzak 16-2-63-4, Test runs, played over 20 doesn’t talk much about Saurav Ghosal bt Karim El of the six­yard box and the wrong­footing the goalkeep­ Soram Poirei little chance to A 30­member Indian ath­ Taijul 25.3-2-83-4, Mustafizur Hammamy (Egy) 11-3, 11-4, years of international cricket, technique, he talks about Icelander’s resultant header er Subhasish Roy save. letics team will take part in 11-4-17-2. 11-6; Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) bt Bangladesh — 1st innings: and I have not even begun.” mental aspects. Eain Yow Ng (Mas) 11-5, 13-11, took a deection o ATK de­ Chowdhury. As Berbatov opened his the Asian Games test event Tamim Iqbal c & b Lakmal 4, The youngster would be a “He helps the team pre­ 11-9; Harinder Pal Singh fender Jordi Figueras to nd Looking to exploit the ISL account, Blasters may which begins in Jakarta on Imrul Kayes lbw b Dilruwan part of the IPL but the cash­ pare on the mental side Sandhu bt Nathan Lake (Eng) the net. gaps in ATK’s defence, the have harboured thoughts of Feb. 11. 19, Mominul Haque run out 0, rich Twenty20 competition through his positive words 11-7, 12-10, 5-11, 11-8; Greg The host levelled four mi­ visitor returned with a bet­ a third successive win. But it Javelin thrower Davin­ Mushfiqur Rahim b Lakmal 1, was not occupying my mind. and vibes. There are no ne­ Lobban (Sco) bt Addeen Idra- nutes later when Taylor in­ ter plan after the break. By was not to be as Thorpe der Singh Kang, Asian Liton Das (batting) 24, Me- “Personally, I’m not think­ gative talks before the kie (Mas) 13-11, 11-6, 11-9; Ni- tercepted a pass from the bringing in Berbatov, who went up to equalise o a ne champion distance run­ hedi Hasan (batting) 5; Extras ing about it now because I’m match or practice.” colas Mueller (Sui) bt Ammar Blasters midelder Milan returned to action after ve centre from Taylor, who had ners G. Lakshmanan, Ajay (lb-1, w-1, nb-1): 3; Total (for here to play Vijay Hazare About tting into the Altamimi (Kuw) 11-9, 7-11, Singh, who was trying to matches, Blasters regained regained the ball after his in­ Kumar Saroj, P.U. Chitra, four wkts. in 22 overs) 56 11-4, 11-7; Omar Abdel Me- tournament. I will plan for Mumbai side after the reach Berbatov midway in the lead in the 55th minute. itial corner was cleared by long jumpers Nayana Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-4, 3-12, guid (Egy) bt Rex Hedrick how to play in the IPL when highs of the junior World the home zone, and turned The nishing said enough James, V. Neena, M. 4-45. (Aus) 11-9, 13-11, 10-12, 11-7; the Blasters defence. Sri Lanka bowling: Lakmal 7- the tournament comes near. I Cup conquest, he said, “In­ Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Lucas it into a goal. The English about the Bulgarian interna­ The result: Sreeshankar and triple 3-15-2, Perera 8-3-25-1, Akila would like to be in the side the team it’s only my Serme 11-6, 12-10, 11-8; Chris midelder went up a few tional’s fantastic ability as he ATK 2 (Ryan Taylor 38, Tom jumpers K. Kamalraj and Dananjaya 3-1-4-0, Herath present.” own people. I have been Simpson (Eng) bt Mazen Ga- paces and red a rasping red a low half­volley, on re­ Thorpe 75) drew with Kerala N.V. Sheena are the other 4-0-11-0. Queried about sledging by playing Ranji and it’s a mal (Egy) 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 9- drive that took a deection ceiving a pass from Nemanja Blasters 2 (Gudjon Baldvinsson big names in the Indian Toss: Sri Lanka.https://studymaterial.oureducation.in/the Aussies in the under­19 known environment.” 11, 11-3.https://www.oureducation.in/o Blasters defender Lal­ Pesic, into the far right cor­ 34,https://www.oureducation.in/ Dimitar Berbatov 55). squad. 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TV PICKS Haryana the overall champion Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka : Delhi takes on Maharashtra 2nd Test, SS Select 2 (SD & (Har), 3. Reeta Sawaiyan (Jha). fey (UP) 11.20; 3. Ankur Sharma HD), 9 a.m. KHELO INDIA Badminton: Boys (nal): Mais­ (UP) 10.95. ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), S tage set for an engrossing battle of equals Special Correspondent nam Meiraba (Man) bt Aakash Girls: Rhythmic: Ribbon: 1. 8 p.m. Yadav (UP) 16­21, 21­14, 21­18; Bavleen Kaur (J&K) 11.05; 2. NEW DELHI Third place: Koya Sai Charan Mehakpreet Kaur (Del) 10.50; Maisnam Meiraba of Mani­ IN BRIEF HAZARE TROPHY (Tel) bt Rohan Gurbani (Mah) 3. Priyanka Prasanna Acharya pur bounced back to score a 21­13, 21­17. (Mah) 10.40. Y .B. Sarangi 16­21, 21­14, 21­18 victory over Doubles (nal): Navaneeth Bo­ Clubs: 1. Bavleen Kaur (J&K) DHARAMSHALA Aakash Yadav of Uttar Pra­ ka & Vishnuvardhan Goud (TS) 12.55; 2. Shriya Kiran Kulkarni desh in the boys’ badminton bt Aravind Suresh & Edwin Joy (Mah) 10.70; 3. Mehakpreet Delhi and Maharashtra, ar­ nal as the Khelo India (Ker) 23­21, 21­16; Third place: Kaur (Del) 10.20. guably the best two sides in School Games concluded at Kush Chugh & Varun Trikha Ball: 1. Krishna Dhiren Chheda Group B of the Vijay Hazare the Indira Gandhi Indoor (Har) bt Ajinkya & Tejas Kallo­ (Mah) 11.35; 2. Priyanka Prasan­ Trophy tournament, have gi­ Stadium here on Thursday. kar (Kar) 21­19, 21­14. na Acharya (Mah) 11.35; 3. Bav­ ven some dashing perfor­ The girls’ title was bagged Girls (nal): Malvika Bansod leen Kaur (J&K) 11.30. Indian ag raised at (Mah) bt Aakarshi Kashyap mances because of their by Malvika Bansod who Hoop: 1. Ananya Soman (Mah) Olympics Village (Chg) 21­12, 21­10; Third place: depth and balance. eased past Aakarshi Kashyap 12.10; 2. Shriya Kiran Kulkarni PYEONGCHANG (SOUTH KOREA) Unnati Bisht (UK) bt Amolika They have got the bat­ of Chhattisgarh 21­12, 21­10. (Mah) 11.35; 3. Mehakpreet A day before the beginning of smen who can put up 300­ Singh (UP) 21­16, 21­4. Kaur (Del) 9.95. In boxing, Haryana won Doubles (nal): Dhriti Yath­ the Winter Olympics, the plus totals. They have the Hockey: Boys (nal): Odisha bt Indian flag was raised at the 10 of the 26 gold medals in eesh & Trisha Hegde (Kar) bt bowlers who can make Punjab 2­1; Third place: Chan­ Games Village at a formal the boys’ and girls’ sections. Deepshikha Singh & Likhita digarh bt Uttar Pradesh 5­1. things happen even on pla­ Shrivastava (UP) 21­19, 21­17; team welcome ceremony Haryana topped the over­ Girls (nal): Haryana bt Jhark­ cid tracks. And they have the Third place: Samriddhi Singh & here. Luger Shiva Keshavan, all medals table with 38 hand 2­1; Third place: Punjab all­rounders who chip in Shruti Mishra (UP) bt Keertha­ Indian contingent’s chef­de­ gold, 26 silver and 38 bt Chandigarh 5­4. mission Harjinder Singh and with valuable contributions. bronze. Maharashtra with na Shro & Medha Shashidha­ With Delhi crossing the ran (Kar) 21­7, 15­21, 21­12. Judo: Boys: 90 kg: 1. Abhinav the mayor of the Games 111, compared to Haryana’s (Har), 2. Sudhir (Del), 3. Yash Village were present during 300­run mark twice in two Basketball: Boys (nal): Pun­ 102, had the most number of jab 78 (Rajan 26, Prince Pal 21, Ghangas (Har) & Rankesh Ku­ the brief ceremony. Cross­ wins, there is little doubt medals, but it had only 36 Binod 14, Harpreet 10) bt Delhi mar (Raj); Over 90 kg: 1. Adnan country skier Jagdish Singh is about its batsmen. gold, apart from 32 silver. 76 (Jai Prakash 16, Ankit 15, Sheikh (Mah), 2. Sudhir Salim expected to join the team on Opener Unmukt Chand Big boost: Ishant Sharma’s return will bolster Delhi in the crucial match .* REUTERS Delhi was third with 25 gold, Ashok 15); Third place: Madhya (Guj), 3. Prince (Har) & Aakash Friday. PTI has returned to the scene (Har). 29 silver and 40 bronze Pradesh 89 (Divyaraj Singh with a bang, scoring a centu­ Trophy, Pradeep Sangwan, gister two big victories, has a All­rounder Shrikant medals. Rathore 30, Mani Thakur 16) bt Girls: 70 kg: 1. Amisha Tokas ry and a half­century with a who can also play some ca­ good opening pair in Ruturaj Mundhe provides the much­ (Del), 2. Jyoti Tokas, 3. Chung­ Karnataka (16­11­17), Mani­ Haryana 84 (Kapil Mor 22, broken jaw, while his youn­ meo knocks, has not gone Gaikwad and Vijay Zol. The needed balance. ham Juli (Man) & Rukesh (Har); pur (13­13­8), Uttar Pradesh Rampal 20). ger partner Hiten Dalal has wicketless in the last 10 former looks for runs but va­ Girls (nal): Kerala 90 (R. Sree­ Over 70 kg: 1. Sanyogita Singh Pacers Anupam Sankle­ (10­24­28), Punjab (10­5­20), shown his worth up the matches (including eight T20 lues his wicket, while the lat­ kala 31, Ann Mary 21) bt Harya­ (Har), 2. Apoorva Mahesh cha, Pradeep Dadhe along Kerala (7­11­10), Tamil Nadu order. outings). ter loves to play his shots. na 47 (Ritika 17, Meena 10); (Mah), 3. P.J. Jyolsan (Ker) & with gritty o­spinner Sham­ (6­11­11), West Bengal (5­4­6) Laishram Sanat. Nitish Rana has struck Nitin Saini is rated highly Captain Rahul Tripathi, a Third place: Delhi 70 (Kritika shuzama Kazi and left­arm were the other prominent Weightlifting: Boys: Over­94 form with a ne unbeaten 94 for his pace and discipline, docile man o the eld, is a Dhingra 19, Khushi Ahlawat 19) spinner Satyajeet Bacchav medal winners. kg: 1. Bhartveer (Del) (94, 123; Anuradha tops the eld against Tripura. Hard­hitter while Kulwant Khejroliya destructive stroke player bt Karnataka 57 (N Grishma 14, give the attack a complete The results: Archery: Com­ Manasa 10). 217); 2. Ashwani Tejyan (UP) on opening day Rishabh Pant has proved his thrives on his accuracy. with the ability to control the look. pound: Boys: 1. Kevankatadri Football: Boys (nal): Mizoram (100, 116; 216); 3. Ashish Ku­ B ENGALURU class time and again. Ishant Sharma’s availabili­ innings. His unbeaten centu­ mar Gorai (Bih) (85, 106; 191); The Delhi­Maharashtra (AP), 2. Harsh Parashar (Har), 3. bt Punjab 3­2; Girls (nal): Ha­ Delhi’s Anuradha Sarda (total Dhruv Shorey and Milind ty for the xture against ry against Bengal is the proof Mayank Rawat (Har). Best lifter: Achinta Sheuli duel, showcasing dierent ryana bt Manipur 5­4. pinfall 1083) topped the Kumar can shoulder respon­ Maharashtra at the HPCA of his present form. Girls: 1. Isha Ketan Pawar Gymnastics: Boys: Horizontal (Mah). brands of cricket, should be women’s category in the sibility in crisis, while all­ Stadium here on Friday The experienced Ankeet (Mah), 2. Babita Kumari (Jha), bars: 1. Mohammed Anas (UP) Girls: Over­69 kg: 1. Arambam Uniply 28th National tenpin rounders Pawan Negi and boosts Delhi. Bawane, who scored a an engaging contest. 3. Suchitra Tourangbam (Man). 11.00; 2. Mohammed Isa Anwar Anju Devi (Man) (75, 100; 175); bowling championship at Manan Sharma can be handy Delhi’s spin department hundred against Uttar Pra­ Friday’s matches: At Dharam­ Recurve: Boys: 1. Vinayak Ver­ (Del) 10.90; 3. Shayan Sharma 2. G. Gracey Sahana (AP) (69, Amoeba here on Thursday. nishers. rests on left­arm spinners desh, and Naushad Shaikh, shala: Delhi vs Maharashtra ma (Pun), 2. Sumedh Mohod (Del) 10.85. 86; 157); 3. Snehal Bhongale She recorded scores of 176, Delhi’s attack, consisting Negi and Manan and o­spin­ who came up with timely At Amtar: Himachal Pradesh vs (Mah), 3. Akash (Har). Parallel bars: 1. Tushar Kalyan (Mah) (70, 84; 154); Best lifter: 177, 180, 188, 162 and 200 Trupti Mane (Mah). of two left­arm seamers, pos­ ner Lalit Yadav. knocks of 39 not out and 69, Kerala Girls: 1. Kirti (Har), 2. Himani (Del) 11.55; 2. Mohammed Ra­ on day one of the women’s event. She leads defending sesses the bite. Since his co­ Maharashtra, which has have shrugged o their indif­ At Bilaspur : Uttar Pradesh vs champion and second­placed meback in the Mushtaq Ali relied on its team spirit to re­ ferent form. Bengal Sumathi Nallabantu (Telangana) by 48 pins. In the men’s category, Akaash Ashok Kumar, Dhruv Sarda Gangolli contemplating Shami has to sort out and Parvez Ahmed were among the 40 bowlers who qualified for the second quitting chess his run-up: Akram round. Nandakumar Marar Press Trust of India match situation, he should MUMBAI St. Moritz (Switzerland) just sprint in and try to hur­ Pakistan pace legend Wasim Life is more about black ry the batsmen, who have a Akram is quite impressed pieces than white for Karna­ front­foot trigger move­ with Indian fast bowlers and taka’s Kishan Gangolli, the ment,” said Akram on the si­ feels they can be lethal in #5 2 2 5 6 9 National chess champion for delines of the St. Moritz Ice this year’s tour of England if the visually challenged. Cricket Tournament here. Mohammed Shami corrects Born with 75% visual Akram explained that a run­up aw and Jasprit Smriti named Power’s damage, circumstances are Shami’s erratic strides at Bumrah devotes some time brand ambassador forcing the player to make a times hindered his consis­ to county cricket. N EW DELHI dicult decision — whether tency level. Indian women’s cricket team to walk away from the sport, “Shami is a good bowler “During his run­up, Sha­ opener Smriti Mandhana was and return to studies for a but sometimes I feel he is a mi, at times, tends to take on Thursday named as the regular job, or continue with Kishan Gangolli. bit laid­back. As a fast bow­ small strides before his nal Top of the podium: Sports Minister Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore presents the overall champion new brand ambassador of the passion for knights and ler, irrespective of the load up to the crease.” trophy to Haryana. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT rewards or recognition?” Bata’s sportswear brand rooks without expecting re­ said the 25­year­old, in the Power. The 21­year­old, who cognition. city as the top seed in the has a huge fan base, is among Champions with disabili­ 13rd National championship the most sought­after female ty in other sports, like para sports personalities in the for visually challenged. It’s Siobhan vs. Silver Ikon in Sprinters Trail Stakes Olympians, get awards for country. Starting this month, exceptional achievement. “Being from a middle­ Smriti will be seen promoting class family, I cannot aord BENGALURU: Siobhan and Silver 55, 2. Desperado (7) Jagadeesh 55, 55.5 and 12. Shamsadas Girl (11) Light (12) A. Imran 59.5, 4. Mint 1. SIOBHAN, 2. SILVER IKON, 3. Winning titles for India, in­ Ikon may fight out the finish of LIGHTNING STRIKES Power’s latest range. PTI to play more events with no 3. Diamond Rays (3) Srinath 55, 4. Srinath 55.5. (11) Darshan 59, 5. Donna Rossa cluding the 2017 Asian chess the Sprinters Trail Stakes Flat Out (6) Marshall 55, 5. Identiti 1. DEIMUS, 2. PRINCESS RUMELA, (4) John 58.5, 6. Hanko (3) Chisty TALAKADU PLATE (Div. II), chess income. Taking a (1,200m), the chief event of the (8) Sai Kiran 55, 6. Vernesco (2) S. 58, 7. Chemical Romance (5) Dhananjay scores four championship (Manipal), 3. PANAMA 7 (1,400m), rated 15 to 35, 5­15: 1. break from sport will help races to be held here on Friday Shiva Kumar 55, 7. War Hero (9) Chetan G 57.5, 8. Aeisir (10) Girl With Pearl (1) A. Imran 60, 2. JAIPUR: medals at the chess Olym­ (Feb 9). Trevor 55, 8. Bergamot (1) Suraj U LLAL BEACH PLATE Srinath 57, 9. Australis (8) Suraj prepare for the UPSC exam. (1,200m), rated 00 to 20, 3­45: Striking Grey (7) Anjar 58.5, 3. Dhananjay Singh top­scored piad (individual gold in 2012 False rails (width about 8m from 53.5, 9. No Opinion (5) Harish 53.5 4 56.5, 10. Lawrence Of Arabia (9) Winx (5) Jagadeesh 58.5, 4. Brook­ I wish to try for the IAS,” said 1,600m to the winning post) will and 10. Phoenix Reached (10) 1. Shivalik’s Rule (11) Chetan G 60, Allan 55, 11. Malawi (1) Sandesh with four goals as at Chennai and bronze in 2. Bold Runner (6) Darshan 59.5, lyn Supreme (11) Qureshi 58, 5. Gangolli, leading the eld af­ be in position. Vivek 53.5. 54.5 and 12. Haedi’s Folly (7) Irvan Shades Of Desire (4) John 58, 6. Rajnigandha Achievers beat 2017 Macedonia) are getting GHATAPRABHA PLATE 1. DIAMOND RAYS, 2. BERGAMOT, 3. Delight (8) Syed 58.5, 4. Purity 53. ter eight rounds. (9) Antony 58.5, 5. Epona (10) Master Of War (2) Rayan 57.5, 7. Empress Polo 10­7 in a him nowhere towards mak­ (1,800m), rated 15 to 35, 5­y­o & 3. WAR HERO 1. AEISIR, 2. CHEMICAL ROMANCE, 1 Rayan 57.5, 6. Repsol (7) Naveen Alighting (10) Samson 57, 8. league match of the Radha Players taking the top ve over, 2­15 pm: 1. Golden Success 3. NOAHS ARK ing a living o the game. TALAKADU PLATE (Div. I), 57.5, 7. Calico Star (1) S. Imran 57, Dauphine (3) Chisty 57, 9. No Lim­ (1) Sunil 60, 2. Proudprince (5) Mohan Rajinder Mohan Gold places will represent India at (1,400m), rated 15 to 35, 3­15: 1. 8. Secret Prayer (12) Nazerul 57, 9. SPRINTERS TRAIL STAKES its (8) Manjunath 57, 10. Securing Gangolli, who started play­ Vivek 59.5, 3. Find (7) John 58.5, 3 Dynamism (2) Chisty 60, 2. Call Moonlight Love (3) Samson 56.5, (1,200m), 4­y­o & over, Smiles (6) Sai Kiran 57, 11. Ulti­ Vase polo tournament here World team championships 4. Love Is Life (8) Srinath 57.5, 5. 6 ing professionally at 19, was Me Maybe (8) A. Imran 59.5, 3. 10. Skybound (2) Akram 55.5, 11. (Terms), 4­45: 1. Baracchus (5) Al­ mate Power (9) Adarsh 55 and 12. on Thursday. Declarationoflove (4) Trevor 57, 6. sixth on debut at the World in Bulgaria. Panama (5) John 59, 4. Princess Galeno (5) Shareef 53.5 and 12. lan 59, 2. Bold Command (3) A. White Snowdrops (12) Raja Rao The results (league): Midnight Sky (2) Chetan 56.5, 7. 54. juniors 2011 (Greece). “UPSC study and chess at Rumela (6) Allan 58.5, 5. San Universal Law (4) Manish 52. Imran 59, 3. Castle Key (7) Mu­ Rajnigandha Achievers 10 Nyssa (3) Nazerul 54.5 and 8. Ex­ Bernardino (10) Darshan 57.5, 6. dassar 59, 4. Lightning Strikes (6) 1. SHADES OF DESIRE, 2. STRIKING “I am a four­time National same time is tough. The next tremelydangerous (6) Sai Kiran 1. BOLD RUNNER, 2. PURITY, 3. GREY, 3. GIRL WITH PEARL (Dhananjay Singh 4, Matthew Amazonite (12) Nazerul 56.5, 7. GALENO Srinath 59, 5. Shivalik Star (4) ‘A’ champion and the cur­ Olympiad is four years away. 53.5. Dancing Dragon (7) Trevor 56, 8. John 59, 6. Smile Stone (1) Chisty Day’s best: DIAMOND RAYS Perry 3, Sidhant Sharma 3) bt 1. FIND, 2. LOVE IS LIFE, 3. NYSSA SIOBHAN — SHADES OF rent Asian champion. What For now, a return to studies Deimus (9) Sandesh 56, 9. Bold KARNATAKA POLICE TROPHY 59, 7. Silver Ikon (2) Suraj 58, 8. Double: Empress Polo 7 (Salim Azmi FEBRUARY PLATE (1,200m), Move (4) Sahanawaz 55.5, 10. 5 (1,200m), rated 30 to 50, 4­15: Savannah Sound (9) Jagadeesh DESIRE 3, Basheer Ali 2, Raghav Rao use are these titles and me­ may get me a job, before it is 2 maiden 3­y­o only, (Terms), 2­ Good Time Indeed (3) Harish 1. Racing Fire (6) Noornabi 60, 2. 57.5 and 9. Siobhan (8) Sandesh Jkt: 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; Tr (i): 2, 3 and 2). dals if there is no scope, no too late.” 45: 1. Andra King (4) P. Ramesh 55.5, 11. Hafnium (1) S.K. Paswan Noahs Ark (2) Trevor 59.5, 3. Spot 57.5. 4; (ii): 5, 6 and 7.

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12236 (set by Afterdark) SUDOKU FAITH 11 Manage to live outside India in 2 Manager to grant time­out at another country (6) noon (5) Mano bhava of a jnani 12 Easy discipline in cricket, not 3 Part of your chin smashed by In the course of normal life, it is only natural that misunder­ fast but crafty at the end (8) brats (7) standings crop up among couples, relatives, friends, family 13 Seriously, tennis player's 5 Accountant applies members, etc. If this is the case with whom one is supposed double fault has no nip (9) justications (6) to move closely, one can imagine how much more dicult it 15 Points to facts (4) would be to understand the state of mind of a jnani whose 6 Iron reacting with titanium perception of life is itself in a totally dierent wavelength. 16 Birds seen on local trains (4) somehow sends foul smell (9) Though it is rare to come across a jnani, the truth is that it 17 Persecuted reporters for 7 Trained dogs run to nd is still rarer to be able to recognise a jnani who is worthy of leaking editorial outside (9) evidence (7) reverence and veneration, pointed out Sri Muralidhara Swa­ 21 Information held on by old migal in a discourse. One has to go beyond normal intelli­ 8 Destructive cyclone — Public investigators to receive nal gence and rational descriptions to comprehend the state of address at press lacks source evidence on mass murder (8) mind of a devotee or a jnani steeped in experience of God. of reference (13) Mooka Kavi, a devotee of Goddess Kamakshi describes 22 Odd not to have money to the bhava of the truly realised person, who is a recipient of settle outstanding (6) 14 Primarily needing money, student coached yoga nearly Her grace. That devotee is able to see things with Sama Dar­ 24 These days, Indian men are as a branch of medicine (9) sana. He knows that he is the atma and not the sarira. He heartless in a way, without knows that the world or prapancham is equal to a dream love. Nothing inside (4,6) 16 Peter losing head over and hence is not aected by fame or glory. A jnani under­ network being persistent (7) 25 Slender, small item is hollow stands the role of the mind in shaping his awareness and is Solution to puzzle 12235 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku keen to curb its anity to the senses; he coaxes it towards (4) 18 Predictable defeat in second love and devotion to the Lord. I ACROSS test (7) 26 Say, elder has no pressure Suka, a jivanmukta, is drawn towards the qualities of a 1 Adder is a snake laying egg on moving to rst slip from 19 Printing about agitation Bhagavatottama that Ambarisha symbolises. As he narrates course frequently (6) covers (6) 4 Incoherent rants included in lacking basis (7) the story to Parikshit, he shows how Ambarisha combined gloomy forecasting of weather 27 Drink owing around his kingly duties with devotion and was always engaged in 20 At six, go and have curry phenomenon (3,3) personnel department at noon willing service to God. intermittently to gain energy 9 First man named Bill with in city (6) Devaki and Vasudeva honour Narada and praise him for (6) mother's backing (4) his compassion towards jivatmas caught in samsara. They I DOWN 10 Study passage of current on 23 Problem with marketing wish to hear more about devotion so that they can get liber­ particle starting off heat 1 Country held by brigand or materials on beer, printed in ated. Narada’s only mission is to spread the idea of devotion https://studymaterial.oureducation.in/transmission (10) rationalist? (7) half (5)https://www.oureducation.in/ https://www.oureducation.in/among people. 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B This will be the golfer’s rhythm on way to a 6­3, 6­2 After having suered a Khalin Joshi is a relieved rst full season on the Kamesh Srinivasan victory. bout of nausea that saw her man, having secured his Asian Tour NEW DELHI The 25­year­old Ankita, go to the back of the court to 2019 Asian Tour card on the B Khalin says Shubhankar ranked a modest 253, conti­ vomit, Ankita played her back of a joint­fth place n­ will bring glory to Indian Ankita Raina continued to nued from where she had heart out. ish in the recent Maybank golf excel, but her brave eort in DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD left o against China with a Ankita held serve with Championship. beating the former World awless performance that ease and eventually broke “Securing my spot on the No. 27 and French Open had made two birdies and an saw her go up a break after Yulia in the tenth game, in 2019 Asian Tour means a lot, quarternalist, Yulia Putint­ eagle in the rst three winning the rst 6­3. which there was some dra­ because I no longer have to seva, 6­3, 1­6, 6­4 could not rounds, but on the last day, I ma that culminated in the worry about doing enough lift the team as Kazakhstan Bad line calls went into the rough and Kazakh breaking into tears. just to keep my card. Now I clinched the decisive dou­ then landed in water. I have However, a bunch of bad line can play to win, with a clear bles with minimum fuss in Despite the good wins in to make smarter decisions in calls and poor umpiring saw mind. It will help me per­ Khalin Joshi. the Fed Cup Asia­Oceania two singles matches against these types of situations,” her lose her grip over the China and Kazakhstan, the form better. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Group­1 tennis tournament match. For one who had not Khalin explained. here on Thursday. reality is that India has to showing in the Maybank faced a breakpoint till then, beat on Friday, to Narrow miss The 25­year­old praised There was no shame in Championship (at Selangor, Ankita dropped serve thrice stay in Group­1 for the next his friend Shubhankar Shar­ losing to a team like Kazakh­ “I remember missing my ), but believes that in the second set and was season. The last two teams ma, who captured the May­ stan which had won the zo­ 2016 Asian Tour card by just he could have done better. A looking down the barrel on will be relegated to Group­2. bank title by two strokes. nal competition last year, dropping serve in the decid­ $400. That translates to one two­under­70 nal round The results (league): The win catapulted Shub­ and had two players in the er, and trailing 1­3. bad shot — it was so disap­ saw him slip from third to Pool A: Kazakhstan bt India 2­1 hankar to 72 on the world top­100. In a contest that spanned pointing. I didn’t get my fth. (Zarina Diyas bt Karman Kaur ranking list — the highest However, it was clear that two hours and 26 minutes of card for 2017 either. This “There were some nerves Thandi 6­3, 6­2; Yulia Putintse­ among Indian men. Prarthana Thombare had intense hitting by both the current 2018 season is my going into the last round of a In good rhythm: Zarina Diyas played far too consistently to va lost to Ankita Raina 3­6, 6­1, rst full season on the Asian only few sparks of quality players, Ankita looked to 4­6; Zarina Diyas & Yulia Putint­ big tournament like this. I “Shubhankar will take his defeat Karman Kaur Thandi. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Tour,” said Khalin, on the si­ play and failed to deliver as a have found her second wind, seva bt Ankita Raina & Prartha­ had a bogey­free seven­un­ game to the next level. We doubles specialist. India In the morning, the wiry yas, playing the rst rubber as she energetically galloped na Thombare 6­0, 6­4). delines of the India Golf Ex­ der in the third round, but I want to follow in his foot­ po curtain­raiser event here managed to win a mere four 19­year­old Karman Kaur despite being the best­ to the climax. She held serve China bt Hong Kong 2­1. made three bogeys in the ­ steps. He is sure to bring glo­ on Thursday. games in doubles, after be­ Thandi played better than ranked in her team at No. 55, by saving three breakpoints Pool B: Japan bt Korea 3­0; nal round. The bogey in the ry to Indian golf,” Khalin ing blanked in the rst set. the rst day, but Zarina Di­ was far too consistent to let in the fth game and broke bt ChineseTaipei 2­1. Khalin is happy with his par­5 13th hole cost me big. I said. Don’t raise the issue of Trivedi lets Ganguly o the hook Indian teams advance ASIAN BADMINTON Sawant and Ashwini­Sikki moving HQ: Khanna told Among the women, all six matches produce 4-0 verdicts Reddy lost their matches. board. Grandmaster to be held. Air­ Press Trust of India The men’s team, too, lost G. Viswanath members’ view on the mat­ N ATL. TEAM CHESS to 2­3 in a tight After gaining a fairly good India’s Tejas Bakre, rated Alor Setar (Malaysia) Mumbai ter of shifting the BCCI HQ contest but still qualied for Rakesh Rao position against the French 2444, found the going tough The Indian women ad­ The Saurashtra Cricket As­ from Mumbai to a still­to­be­ the quarternals from Bhubaneswar Defence, Trivedi sacriced a on Board Three against local vanced to the quarternals sociation (SCA) has told the constructed NCA building in Group D. The Indians had rook for knight and a pawn talent Sanjeeban Nayak of the Asian team cham­ BCCI acting­president C.K. Bengaluru. The BCCI has Little­known Karan Trivedi beaten lower­ranked Philip­ to catch Ganguly o after 27 (1775) and drew in 38 moves pionship despite a 1­4 loss to Khanna that it would not be bought land near the Benga­ punched way above his pines and Maldives in their moves. in his team’s 3.5­0.5 victory Japan on Thursday. appropriate to open the luru airport. weight and almost knocked earlier matches. over Odisha–MCF 2. P.V. Sindhu notched up subject of shifting the BCCI Eleven years ago the BCCI out Surya Shekhar Ganguly Two moves later, Ganguly K. Srikanth was defeated Leading rst round results: the only win for India, beat­ headquarters (from Mum­ moved its oces from Crick­ but eventually settled for a had to give up his queen for a by Jonatan Christie 21­17, 21­ rook and a bishop to escape Open: Gujarat lost to Petro­ ing World No. 2 Akane Ya­ bai) since matters are pend­ et Club of India’s Stadium memorable 74­move draw as leum 0.5­3.5; AAI bt Services 17 before R. Satwiksairaj and immediate loss. At this maguchi 21­19, 21­15 in 36 mi­ ing in the Supreme Court. House room to the Mumbai Petroleum posted a 3.5­0.5 4­0; Odisha­MCF­3 lost to Rail­ Chirag Shetty levelled the nutes. The SCA has also told Cricket Association’s swan­ victory over Gujarat in the point, Trivedi was eyeing an ways­A 0­4; Air India bt Odisha tie with a 18­21, 21­18, 24­22 Khanna that it is not in the ky new premises at opening round of the Nation­ Karan Trivedi. incredible victory. MCF­2 3.5­0.5; AP lost to Rail­ By virtue of this win, win over Mohammad Ahsan purview of the CoA to opine Churchgate. al team chess championship * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Undeterred, Ganguly ways­B 0­4; LIC bt RBI 4­0; World No. 4 Sindhu now en­ and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamul­ in the matter as the man­ The SCA has also con­ here on Thursday. Grandmaster rated as high as fought back to capture Trive­ Odisha MCF­4 lost to Bengal­A joys a 5­3 head­to­head re­ jo. date from the Supreme veyed to Khanna that the As anticipated, there was 2650. di’s queen for a rook on the 0.5­3.5. cord against Yamaguchi. Sai Praneeth beat Antho­ Women: UP lost to Petroleum Court to the CoA is to imple­ BCCI should think of shifting no upset in both sections. In Considering Trivedi’s 42nd move. Sindhu, however, did not ny Sinisuka Ginting 21­18, 21­ 0­4; Air India bt Telangana 4­0; ment the Lodha Committee Thereafter, a series of ex­ the HQ only in the event of fact, among the women, all modest rating of 1880 — a Odisha MCF­5 lost to AAI 0­4; get enough support from 19 to make it 2­1, but Arjun recommendations. MCA making unreasonable six matches produced 4­0 massive 770 points below changes left only the kings Tamil Nadu bt Punjab 4­0; Hi­ her teammates as Sri Krish­ and Ramchandran Shlok Three days ago, the BCCI demands when the BCCI­ verdicts. the highest rated player in and a white pawn on the machal Pradesh lost to Odisha­ na Priya, Ashwini Ponnappa lost the doubles tie before acting­president had sent MCA agreement comes to Trivedi, a 21­year­old from the competition — none ex­ board, resulting in a draw. KIIT 0­4; LIC bt Himachal Pra­ and the doubles pairs of Sa­ Sumeeth Reddy lost to Ihsan #5 2 2 5 6 9 two email­notes seeking the an end this month. Mehsana, had never played a pected a surprise on the top Ganguly was not the only desh­A 4­0. nyogita Ghorpade­Prajakta Maulana Mustofa 21­12, 21­ 7.

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CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Norway’s team orders 15,000 eggs by mistake Power dressing Plagiarism software unveils PYEONGCHANG After taking receipt of 15,000 eggs instead of the 1,500 Shakespeare’s possible muse they wanted, Norway’s team at this month’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics may have a pretty limited menu. “It was A rare manuscript could have acted as the Bard’s source an extra zero on the order, so Michael Blanding 1,500 to 15,000,” the team’s is outwardly ugly, he will act chef Tore Ovrebo said. The For years, scholars have de­ the villain he appears to be. delegation has 121 athletes bated what inspired William Mr. McCarthy was in­ and officials this year. REUTERS Shakespeare’s writings. spired to use plagiarism soft­ Now, with the help of soft­ ware by the work of Sir Brian ware typically used by pro­ Vickers, who used similar fessors to nab cheating stu­ techniques in 2009 to identi­ dents, two writers have fy Shakespeare as a co­auth­ discovered an unpublished or of the play Edward III. manuscript they believe the While the book has been re­ Bard of Avon consulted to ceived favourably, the statis­ write King Lear, Macbeth, tical techniques used have Richard III, Henry V and se­ A Brief Discourse of Rebellion not yet been subjected to a U.K. police waylay ‘tiger’, ven other plays. and Rebels was written in the rigorous review by other realise it’s a stued toy The news has caused Sha­ 1500s. * NYT scholars in the digital hu­ LONDON kespeareans to sit up and manities eld. Police in Scotland were called take notice. “a revelation” for the sheer The book contends that by a farmer who thought a big cat had invaded his cow The ndings were made number of correlations with Shakespeare not only uses shed. They ended up in a by Dennis McCarthy and the plays, eclipsed only by the same words as North, 45­minute standoff with a June Schlueter, who de­ the chronicles of Holinshed but often uses them in large stuffed tiger. Police scribe them in a book to be and Hall and Plutarch’s scenes about similar thought they had the tiger by published next week by the Lives. themes, and even the same the tail when they were academic press D.S. Brewer Mr. McCarthy used decid­ historical characters. deployed to a farm in and the British Library. edly modern techniques to In another passage, North Peterhead. They eventually Wings of re: A nominee for carnival queen performs at the Carnival of Santa Cruz on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife on The authors are not sug­ marshal his evidence, em­ uses six terms for dogs, from #5 2 2 5 6 9 realised it was a toy. AP Wednesday. The participants’ costumes were more than ve metres high and over 80 kg in weight. * AFP gesting that Shakespeare ploying WCopynd, an the noble masti to the low­ plagiarised but rather that open­source plagiarism soft­ ly cur and “trundle­tail”, to he read and was inspired by ware, which picked out com­ argue that just as dogs exist a manuscript titled A Brief mon words and phrases in in a natural hierarchy, so do Discourse of Rebellion and the manuscript and the humans. Shakespeare uses Fatberg goes from sewer to museum Rebels, written in the late plays. essentially the same list of 1500s by George North, a mi­ dogs to make similar points nor gure in the court of Succession of words in King Lear and Macbeth. A portion of the 250-metre-long mass is now on display as a symbol of unsustainable urban living Queen Elizabeth. In the dedication to his ma­ Mr. McCarthy found a re­ “It’s a source that he nuscript, for example, North ference to the manuscript by Associated Press to parmesan crossed with “It’s disgusting and fasci­ ancient and modern history. keeps coming back to,” said urges those who might see George North in a 1927 auc­ London moon rock. Close examina­ nating,” she said of the fatb­ The word itself, a hybrid of Mr. McCarthy, a self­taught themselves as ugly to strive tion catalogue, which noted London’s newest museum tion reveals the presence of erg. “And that’s what’s been “fat” and “iceberg”, is one of Shakespeare scholar. “It af­ to be inwardly beautiful, to it would be “extremely inter­ attraction is greasy, smelly tiny ies. Three nested tran­ great to work with it has this London’s gifts to the world: fects the language, it shapes defy nature. He uses a suc­ esting” to compare certain and a glimpse at the hidden sparent boxes protect visi­ impact on people.” It was coined by the city’s the scenes and it, to a cer­ cession of words to make the passages with Shakespeare. underside of urban life. tors from potentially deadly sewer workers and entered tain extent, really even in­ argument, including “pro­ The manuscript is a dia­ The Museum of London bacteria, and from the fat­ Souvenirs available the Oxford English Diction­ uences the philosophy of portion”, “glass”, “feature”, tribe against rebels, arguing on Thursday unveiled its lat­ A chunk of the London berg’s noxious smell. The museum is so condent ary in 2015. the plays.” “fair”, “deformed”, that all rebellions against a est display, a chunk of a 130­ fatberg. * AFP Curator Vyki Sparkes says of the item’s ick­appeal that She said museum curators In reviewing the book be­ “world”, “shadow” and monarch are unjust and ton fatberg that was blasted the lump started out smell­ the exhibition titled ‘Fatb­ struggled to gure out how fore it was published, David “nature.” doomed to fail. out of a city sewer last year. Whitechapel in the city’s ing like a used diaper “that erg!’ comes with a selection to preserve their volatile Bevington, professor emeri­ In the opening soliloquy While Shakespeare had a It took sewage workers East End. maybe you’d forgotten about of merchandise including T­ sample of the mass of detri­ tus in the humanities at the of Richard III, the hunch­ more ambiguous position on with jet hoses nine weeks to The museum has lovingly and found a few weeks later.” shirts and fatberg fudge. tus mixed with cooking fat, University of Chicago and backed tyrant uses the same rebellion, Mr. McCarthy said dislodge the 250­metre­long preserved a chunk the size of The pong has now mellowed Ms. Sparkes considers the palm oil and oils found in bo­ editor of The Complete words in virtually the same he clearly mined North’s mass of oil, fat, diapers and a shoe­box, whose mottled to “damp Victorian base­ fatberg a natural for the mu­ dy lotion before they decid­ Works of William Shakes- order to come to the oppo­ treatise for themes and cha­ baby wipes from beneath consistency a curator likens ment.” seum, which charts the city’s ed to air­dry it. peare (7th edition), called it site conclusion: that since he racters. 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Cricket on the rocks Galapagos struggles with growing tourism in icy Switzerland Keeping a tight lid is the only way that Ecuador can preserve the string of 19 large islands and dozens of islets Afridi’s team beat Sehwag’s Agence France-Presse ets bulging with dollars. my, which operates with dol­ Puerto Ayora “The Galapagos are the lars as the ocial currency. With its iconic giant tortois­ crown jewel, and as such, we And these have been lean es, crested black iguanas, have to protect them,” said years for hard currency in huge ocean manta rays and a Tourism Minister Enrique oil­producing Ecuador be­ veritable menagerie of other Ponce de Leon. “We must be cause of low global crude cool creatures, the Galapa­ drastic in caring for the prices and accumulation of gos Islands are one of the environment.” lots of debt. Tourism and most beautiful places you mining have emerged as life­ will probably never visit. Ecological site savers. Last year, visitors to Why not? Who wouldn’t With a network of small ho­ this fabulously diverse coun­ want to go to a white sand tels and ferries running bet­ try boasting volcanos and beach and soak up some sun ween the islands, the Galapa­ thick Amazon jungle shot up alongside a lounging iguana, gos — about 1,000 km o the 14% compared to 2016, totall­ or surf in waters with those coast — is an eco­tourism ing 1.6 million. But that is lumbering tortoises swim­ destination that is among the small compared to other It’s a wrap: Both sides wore several layers to beat the cold at ming beside you and a rain­ most select spots in all of the countries in Latin America.

St. Moritz on Thursday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT bow of tropical sh below? Pacic. Flights from Quito or President Lenin Moreno’s But in order to protect the Guayaquil cost about $400 idea is for tourism is to prop Indo-Asian News Service A Swiss sitting on the ora, fauna and ecosystems round­trip, and a one­week up the economy, even more St. Moritz stands commented: “This of this Pacic archipelago stay ranges from $2,000­ Hot destination: Aerial view of Puerto Ayora bay in Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.* AFP than oil. For that reason, he Former India opener Viren­ game seems as relaxed as a that inspired Charles Dar­ $7,000 per person. decreed an open­skies policy der Sehwag’s half­century game of golf. Very relaxed I win’s theory of evolution, The ow of tourists has ri­ pirates and whaling ships, ports from the mainland and tion and promoting the use a few months ago to free up went in vain after his side, must say.” There was Seh­ Ecuador is in the odd posi­ sen to 2,45,000 per year and the Galapagos these days have limited sources of wa­ of renewable energy sources air trac and bring more Palace Diamonds, suered a wag hitting sixes against the tion of having to turn away authorities say that’s pretty confront illegal shing, the ter, so authorities make sure and electric cars. tourists to Quito and Guaya­ six­wicket loss to the Shahid backdrop of a breathtaking perhaps millions of would­be much the limit: the maxi­ eects of climate change and the human population does quil. And many of these tra­ Afridi­led Royals in the rst Alpine range, Shahid Afri­ tourists each year. mum the islands can with­ the arrival of intrusive spe­ not grow. These days, only Sustainable goals vellers will want to go to the match of the inaugural St. di’s customary celebrations Keeping a tight lid on tou­ stand without harming their cies such as dogs, cats and 26,000 people live on the “The challenge is to manage Galapagos. The state­owned Moritz Ice Cricket 2018 at and Shoaib Akhtar sledging rism is the way the South various ecosystems. rats brought over from the four islands that are in fact tourism in a sustainable way, airline TAM has announced the ski resort here on Sehwag in jest. American country has pre­ “The environmental, so­ mainland. The national park inhabited. one that preserves the eco­ more ights to the islands. Thursday. The ground was the fro­ served this volcanic string of cial and biological features of was created in 1959 to pro­ By law, Ecuadorans from systems and generates pro­ Will the island authorities The second match will be zen St. Moritz lake and the 19 large islands, dozens of is­ this place — which is like no tect 97% of the islands’ land the mainland are treated as ts. We must not view tou­ be able to withstand this played on Friday. matting pitch was xed on a lets and rocky outcroppings. other — forces us to set a li­ surface, and in 1978 UNESCO foreigners on the Galapagos. rists as the devil,” said Juan pressure? “We need to stress Asian expatriates and wooden plank. A pink ball Authorities wage this ght mit, to manage tourism in classied the archipelago as And to obtain permanent re­ Carlos Garcia, conservation quality, and have those who tourists along with a few be­ was used for the game. The as world tourism grows and terms of supply, rather than a World Heritage Site. sidency, such people have to director of the World Wil­ come now stay longer — have wildered locals trying to ­ players wore several layers grows — it was up 7% last demand,” said Walter Bus­ A marine reserve span­ have been married to a local dlife Fund in Ecuador. them tour the rest of the gure out what the game was of clothing to keep them­ year — and they must resist tos, director of the Galapagos ning 138,000 km 2 was also for at least a decade. But of course, limiting tou­ country, oering them pack­ about made up the selves warm. the temptation to let in National Park. established. For years, the authorities rism here is of no help to the age deals,” says the tourism audience. https://studymaterial.oureducation.in/(With inputs from PTI) hordes of visitors, their pock­ Preyed on in the past byhttps://www.oureducation.in/The islands depend on im­ have been limiting construc­ bhttps://www.oureducation.in/roader Ecuadoran econo­ minister. CM M ND-NDE YK 522569