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P-5 P-8 P-11 BRIEFS SCINDIA, AMIT SHAH MEET PM MODI AT HIS RESIDENCE New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) According to sources, According to sources, all the Scindia will be declared BJP MLAs are ready and will be Amid political crisis in Mad- all the formalities formalities for Scindia joining candidate for the Rajya Sabha handed over to the Speaker. hya Pradesh, rebel Congress the BJP have been completed. polls from Madhya Pradesh, Meanwhile, Chief Minister leader Jyotiraditya Scindia for Scindia joining Sources said, Scindia will sources said. Kamal Nath is in huddle with met Prime Minister Narendra the BJP have been formally join the BJP in pres- Scindia may also be made Digvijaya Singh and other se- Modi at his residence 7 Lok completed. ence of party president J.P. union minister in the Naren- nior Congress leaders in Bho- Kalyan Marg here on Tuesday. Nadda and Home Minister dra Modi government while pal to ward off the crisis. Union Home Minister Amit Amit Shah at the party head- his loyalist MLAs will be made The BJP will bring a no Shah also accompanied Scin- some of his MLAs fl ew to BJP- qaurters on Tuesday evening. cabinet ministers in Mad- confi dence motion in such a dia to the prime minister’s ruled Karnataka triggering a After the formal joining, a hya Pradesh, sources added. situation and the Kamal Nath residence.Sources say Scindia crisis in one and a half year meeting of BJP election com- Sources said that resignation government might be ousted is likely to join the BJP after old Kamal Nath government. mittee will be held in which letters of about 20 Congress from the power. Scindia betrayed trust of people: Sonia Gandhi calls urgent meet after Gehlot on MP crisis report of Scindia meeting PM Jaipur, March 10 (IANS)As people proves they can’t New Delhi, March 10 claimed that Scindia met So- Kamal Nath-led Congress gov- thrive without power. Sooner (IANS) After rebel Congress nia Gandhi on Monday, in a MENTALHOOD: ernment in Madhya Pradesh they leave the better,” Gehlot leader Jyotiraditya Scindia late night development, 20 KARISMA KAPOOR was on the edge of collapse said in another tweet. met Prime Minister Naren- cabinet ministers of the Ka- REVEALS THAT THE in the wake of 19 party MLAs Gehlot’s remarks came after dra Modi at his residence mal Nath government hand- SHOW HAS BEEN close to former Guna MP Scindia resigned from the par- here on Tuesday, Congress ed over their resignations to PREDOMINANTLY A Jyotiraditya Scindia resign- ty after meeting Prime Minis- interim president Sonia the chief minister. FEMALE BANDWAGON. ing, Rajatshan Chief Minister ter Narendra Modi and Union Gandhi has called an emer- Scindia, along with Amit Ashok Gehlot accused Scindia Home Minister Amit Shah. gency meeting at her resi- Shah met Prime Minister of betraying the trust of the Earlier, in his resignation to dence, 10 Janpath. Modi at his residence here Scindia met people and ideology. Sonia Gandhi, Scindia cited, The Congress wanted effort to save the Madhya on Tuesday and is likely to In a series of tweets, Gehlot the BJP ruining the economy, “...as you well know, this is a a headcount of Madhya Pradesh Government. The join the BJP. Sonia, claims said, “Joining hands with BJP democratic institutions, so- path that has been drawing Pradesh MLA before mak- party MLAs, mainly support- Digvijaya Singh, who was in a time of national crisis cial fabric and as well the itself out over the last year,” ing any political move, said ers of Scindia, have been entrusted with handling the Ram Niwas speaks volumes about a lead- Judiciary.”“Scindia has be- adding that he is “unable” to sources.The Congress presi- locked in Bengaluru. crisis, alleged that the BJP is Rawat ers self-indulgent political trayed the trust of the people “serve” people having been a dent has called meeting of While MPCC working trying to topple the Kamal ambitions. Especially when as well as the ideology. Such part of the Congress. senior leaders to make first president Ram niwas Rawat Nath government. MP CRISIS: 19 Cong MLAs submit resignations to Speaker Bhopal, March 10 (IANS) Scindia resigned, his loyalists tion letter of Scindia, written "While my aim and purpose ways been from the very be- Meanwhile, a meeting of the After Jyotiraditya Scindia quit also started sending their res- to party chief Sonia Gandhi. remain the same as it has al- ginning, to serve the people BJP is going on in Bhopal at the Congress, resignations ignations. So far 19 MLAs have of my state and country, I the party headquarters where from his Congress MLAs start- submitted their resignations to believe am unable to do this Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Vinay ed pouring in. the Speaker. anymore within this party," Sahasrabuddhe, state BJP chief At least 19 Congress MLAs Earlier, Scindia, along with Scindia wrote. B.D. Sharma among others are Gwalior/New Delhi, close to Scindia have sub- Union Home Minister Amit After Scindia posted the in attendance, to chalk out a March 10 (IANS) Amid crisis mited their resignations to the Shah met Prime Minister and letter on his Twitter handle, strategy to form the next gov- in Madhya Pradesh, Jyotira- Speaker N.P. Prajapati. They the meeting is said to have Congress expelled him citing ernment in Madhya Pradesh. ditya Scindia supporter and have resigned from the pri- lasted for an hour.After meet- 'anti party activities' the rea- A meeting of the BJP legislators state Congress working pres- mary membership of the Con- ing with the Prime Minister son for expulsion, a statement will also be held on Tuesday ident Ram Niwas Rawat has gress.Sources said shortly after was over, came the resigna- released by the Congress said. evening to elect a leader. claimed that Scindia has met Sonia Gandhi at an undis- closed location in New Delhi. Amid MP crisis, BJP CEC meets to Scindia announced to YSR Congress seeks Ram Niwas Rawat said, step down from the Con- “Scindiaji should get the gress, ending his 18-year probe into Naidu’s ‘links’ respect he deserves and the decide RS candidature long association with the dialogue with the party is tion scheduled on March party, soon after meeting on, Scindia ji has met Sonia 26.Prime Minister Narendra Prime Minister Modi in with Yes Bank Gandhi.” Modi arrived a little after 6 the national capital along The leader who hails from p.m. and was welcomed by with Shah.The latest de- Amaravati, March 10 (IANS) Gwalior claimed that Scindia BJP President J.P. Nadda. velopment has plunged the Andhra Pradesh’s ruling YSR will fi le nomination for Rajya Union Home Minister Amit Kamal Nath-led 15-month Congress Party on Monday Sabha on March 13. Shah had reached the BJP old Congress government demanded a probe by the Kamal Nath-led Congress office before that. in Madhya Pradesh into central investigation agencies government in Madhya Defence Minister Rajnath a deep crisis.Scindia is into the link between Yes Bank Pradesh was tottering as Singh and Road Transport tipped to join the saffron and former Chief Minister N. 10 MLAs, including some and Highways Minister Ni- party later in the evening Chandrababu Naidu. ministers, close to Scindia, New Delhi, March 10 quarters here started on tin Gadkari too are in atten- in the presence of Shah. The YSRCP alleged that Naidu were on Monday fl own to (IANS) The BJP Central Tuesday evening to decide dance.Interestingly, the BJP In the 245-member Upper seems to have used the bank for BJP-ruled Karnataka by a Election Committee (CEC) on the candidatures for the CEC meeeting is taking place House, members from 17 his ‘hawala’ transactions. Minister Naidu and the Centre chartered fl ight. meeting at the party head- upcoming Rajya Sabha elec- on a day when Jyotiraditya states are set to retire. Information and Public Re- should order thorough inquiry lations and Transport Minister into the whole affair. Perni Venkataramaiah claimed The TTD clarifi ed last week Shahrukh, who pointed gun at police, sent to judicial custody that Rs 1,300 crores of Ti- that it withdrew Rs 1,300 crore rumala Tirupati Devasthanam from Yes Bank in October New Delhi, March 10 his association with any remand twice.The Special (TTD) deposited in Yes Bank last year as the deposit had (IANS) A court here on gang.A video of Shahrukh Investigation Team (SIT) is only the tip of the iceberg reached maturity. Tuesday sent Shahrukh Khan pointing gun at Del- of Delhi Police’s Crime of Naidu’s “shady deals”. He The minister alleged Naidu Khan, who brandished gun hi Police Head Constable Nranch recovered an il- demanded a probe by the had used Yes Bank to transfer at a police head constable Deepak Dahia had gone legal country-made pistol Enforcement Directorate (ED) all the money he had accumu- during the violence in Del- viral during the communal used by him on Friday. and other agencies. lated over the past fi ve years, hi’s northeast area, to 14 riots in northeast Delhi last The hunt for the man Alleging that Yes Bank out of the country. Noting that day judicial custodys. month. who supplied him the gun founder Rana Kapoor swindled Naidu had conducted a global He was presented the He went at large after the is underway. crores of rupees of public Summit at New Delhi in col- Karkardooma court at the incident and was arrested Police has registered a money, the YSRCP leader said laboration with the Yes Bank, end of his three-day re- from Uttar Pradesh’s Ba- case against the accused TTD funds were deposited in he also alleged that lakhs of mand period amidst high reilly on March 3. Follow- under Section 186 and 383 Yes Bank against the norms at rupees were wasted to prepare security.The police has yet ing his apprehension, the of the Indian Penal Code the instance of the then Chief a Tourism Mission Document. not been able to establish court sent him to police (IPC) and the Arms Act. Indian Horizon 2 City Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Sensing an opportunity to dislodge Hopefully, MP political crisis the Kamal Nath-led Congress would be resolved: Pilot New Delhi, March 10 ernment in order to fulfil of all ministers as a last at- tional capital to Bengaluru government in Madhya Pradesh (IANS) Amid the political the promises made to the tempt to save the govern- in a Falcon 2000 aircraft. A crisis to Kamala Nath-led electrolate." ment. The Kamal Nath-led source said that the char- Congress government in His remarks came Congress government in tered flight left from Delhi New Delhi, March 10 Pradesh in charge Vinay dated as Deputy Chief is being believed that Madhya Pradesh, Rajas- amid the political crisis Madhya Pradesh was tot- at 8 a.m. and reached Ben- (IANS) Sensing an op- Sahasrabuddhe will be Minister, they said. he could make a big than Deputy Chief Min- in Madhya Pradesh as tering as 10 MLAs, includ- galuru by 10.20 a.m. Asked portunity to dislodge sent to Bhopal on Tues- The sources also said announcement on the ister Sachin Pilot said he several MLAs close to for- ing some ministers, close about who booked the the Kamal Nath-led day. Sahasrabuddhe will that all this has been occasion. He could also was hopeful that lead- mer Guna MP Jyotiraditya to Scindia, were Monday flight, the source refused Congress government also be present at the conveyed to Scindia, meet Prime Minister ers would able to resolve Scindia flew to Bengaluru flown to BJP-ruled Karna- to share any details. Apart in Madhya Pradesh with meeting of the BJP legis- and now it is upto him Narendra Modi soon. their differences to fulfil and then went incommu- taka by a chartered flight. from the two close Scin- MLAs of the Jyotiraditya lature party at 7 p.m. on to decide what he wants The Congress is in the promises made to the nicado. According to airport dia associates, the other Scindia camp in a re- Tuesday. to do. a precarious position electorate. Pilot, who is in Scindia also met Pilot in sources in Delhi, about 10 lawmakers were Rajy- bellious mood, former Sources connected to With the Congress not with over over a dozen Delhi, in a tweet said: "I the evening in the national people, including Bankim awardhan Singh, Pradhu- Chief Minister Shivraj the BJP said that the par- reportedly agreeing to of its MLAs flocking to am hopeful that the cur- capital. Silawat, the son of Con- man Singh Tomar, Giriraj, Singh Chouhan met ty is ready to send Scin- Scindia's demand for Bengaluru and keeping rent crisis in MP ends soon Following the crisis to 15 gress Minister Tulsi Si- Raksha Sinoriya, Jaswant Home Minister Amit dia to the Rajya Sabha. being made the state their mobiles switched and that leaders are able month old Congress gov- lawat, and Scindia's close Jatav, Suresh Dhakad, Ja- Shah here on Monday It could also make him a chief and a Rajya Sabha off. Even as the party is to resolve differences. The ernment in the state, Ka- aide Purushottam Para- jpal Singh and Brijendra night. Union Minister Union Minister. berth, he could soon trying to placate Scin- state needs a stable gov- mal Nath took resignation shar, flew from the na- Yadav. Narendra Singh Tomar In the event of the Ka- take a decisive measure dia, the BJP is making was also present at the mal Nath government to safeguard his political all efforts to rock the meeting, which began collapsing and the BJP future. government. Only Tues- Yummy yet fit-n-fab snacks for your Holi party at 9.30 p.m. and con- returning to power in Tuesday will also be day, when Holi will be tinued till 11 p.m. It was the state, a lawmaker the 75th birth anniver- played, will determine New Delhi, March 10 health snacks that you can list as well. Toppling down the goodness of tomatoes, decided that BJP Vice from the Scindia camp sary of his father Mad- what course the state's (IANSlife) Besides the munch on this Holi: some fun is good enough, peanuts and spices along President and Madhya could also be accommo- havrao Scindia, and it politics takes. madness of colour and Oat Idli but not on the cost of your with mouth-watering co- water splashing, the festi- Holi breakfast is await- hard-worked fitness re- riander chutney, cumin Cong insulting val of Holi is synonymous ed throughout the year. gime. Instead, keep it well powder and handful of Mating dance of Himalayan with delicious Indian And starting this day with on the fun part, just lose pomegranates scattered young guns, Sachin sweets and snacks, espe- deep-fried awesomeness out the fat and fab from it. on top. Monal mesmerise netizens too upset: cially prepared for the oc- is so good, not! Instead, Use sugar alternatives like Popcorn Shahnawaz Hussain casion. Gujias, Kachodis start the day with Oats, a palm sugar or jaggery in- Popcorn is a great par- New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) An to choose the best partner & ensure and many such tempt- high-fibre alternative to stead and going with some ty snack and is also a tad adorable video of a Himalayan Mon- healthy offspring. Once this news New Delhi, March 10 ing and mouth watering rice and lentils, that makes skimmed milk will add to healthier. It is a healthy al doing a mating dance at Uttara- came out in the open, social media (IANS) After Congress' delicacies tend to hamper for a perfectly delicious its goodness as well. whole grain snack that khand's Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctu- has been abuzz with reactions. Jyotiraditya Scindia on your fitness regime, too. and healthy breakfast for FataFat Bhel has fiber and protein. ary has went viral on social media A user wrote, "Funny how in na- Tuesday announced However, healthy alterna- such an occasion. Add One snack that can This holi party satisfies and has left netizens mesmerised. ture, male gender is the one with all his decision to step tives are replacing junk at some nuts and veggies in stimulate anyone's taste your taste buds with The intriguing video was shared the flamboyant nature and sass... down from the party Holi parties and brands the mix to twist this deli- buds just by its mere men- healthy and flavoured by an IFS officer Parveen Kaswan Cute." Another wrote, "Dude's got after 18 years of asso- are putting health first cious tweak. tion is - chaat and a best varieties from Timla with the caption, "But nobody can some serious moves." "It looks like ciation, BJP's national with their offerings. Low-Calorie Thandai fit for a Holi party. Be it a Foods. Flavours like To- match #Colours of #Nature. Here Jadugar Shankar from behind" read spokesperson Shahn- The same flavours, the No Holi celebration is fruit chaat, potato chaat or mato chilli, Yummy but- a #Himalayan #Monal during a one post. A user remarked, "Getting awaz Hussain wel- same punch and the same fun without some special corn chaat, an addition of ter, Just salted, Creamy mating dance, considered as only a girl is always hard for all animal comed Scindia's deci- intensity of pleasure, just Holi Thandai, if you know flavourful spices and tangy cheese, Tangy jalapeno footage of such courtship dance of Species...If you get the drift." The Hi- sion, saying the Kamal without the guilt of hav- what we mean. But getting lemon can give a boost to and Piri Piri masala Himalayan Monal in wild. Shot at malayan monal (Lophophorus im- Nath-led government ing anything unhealthy. high on this sugary delight all of them. It is a healthy, are the best to set your Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary by pejanus), also known as the Impey- in Madhya Pradesh is Here is the list of five such is surely not on the healthy guilt-free chaat full with mood right. staff. All this to attract a female for an monal and Impeyan pheasant, is on the brink following mating. Amazing nature." In the a pheasant native to Himalayan for- the reported resigna- shared video, the male bird per- ests and shrublands at elevations of tion of a chunk of its forms wing flaring, shoulder hunch- 2,100-4,500 m (6,900-14,800 ft). It is MLAs, posing a serious Shaheen Bagh residents light ing and intricate dancing sequences part of the family Phasianidae and is threat to the maintain- to impress the female partner. This listed as Least Concern on the IUCN ability of the Congress courtship ritual show allows species Red List. government in the 'Holika pyre' but don't play Holi central state. Taking a dig at the political New Delhi, March 10 the country." it is now surrounded in commuters. Supreme Riteish Deshmukh on opening lockdown in Madhya (IANS) Shaheen Bagh, Taseer said: "We lit the some controversy with Court has appointed Pradesh, Hussain said, where the women's sit-in 'holika' but did not cel- claims that the agitation advocates Sanjay Hegde up his life on social media "Congress is unable protest against the CAA ebrate Holi in remem- is losing its sheen and and Sadhna Ramachan- to maintain its home. has been going on since brance of the people number of people on the dran to talk to the pro- New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Actor Riteish personal life I want to share with the world The young leaders of December, on Mon- who lost their lives in spot is coming down and testers and they who had Deshmukh understands that his personal and I do that," he added. Riteish is married to the party are being in- day night lit the pyre of the riots and Shaheen sirens are being used to urged women to vacate space will be encroached as a celebrity, but he Genelia, with whom he shares two sons. He sulted in the Congress. 'Holika' as per tradition Bagh is a symbol of re- collect people. the place as a "Holi gift". draws a line as to what he wants to put out on entered Bollywood in 2003 with a love story They do not see any fu- but did not play Holi on sistance... its not about However, the protest- Indirectly urging protes- his social media. "There is always gonna be "Tujhe Meri Kasam". The actor, son of for- ture in Congress." The Tuesday in view of the religion so we celebrate ers say that this is be- tors to clear the protest some encroachment," Riteish told IANS while mer Maharashtra Chief Minister late Vilasrao BJP leader also pointed deaths during the riots every religion here." ing done on behest of site by Holi, the inter- talking about the constant media glare. "You Deshmukh, went on to explore his calibre by out the discontent in in northeast Delhi. Shaheen Bagh has be- the government as they locutor said, "We expect have to be comfortable, and you can draw getting associated with projects such as "Mas- Rajasthan Congress. Ritu Kaushik, who is come a symbol of op- could not find anything our sisters will send love the line. Some people are going to click you ti", "Malamaal Weekly", "Apna Sapna Money "In Rajasthan, Sachin associated with the Sha- position to the Citizen- negative about all wom- to India on the occasion when you are out and that is okay. You are Money", "Dhamaal" franchise, "Housefull" Pilot is being treated heen Bagh agitation, ship Amendment Act, en protest. The matter of of Holi from Shaheen going to post (on social media) because that films and "Ek Villain". There were some miss- the same way as Ka- said: "We have lit the and inspired many such Shaheen Bagh is pend- Bagh. Sisters can give a is the way you are going to connect with the es with "Naach","Cash", "Heyy Babyy", "Do mal Nath and the Con- pyre of CAA, NPR and protests elsewhere in the ing in the apex court Holi gift in advance. We world. I have lots of posts with my wife, but Knot Disturb", "Aladin", "Rann", "Jaane Ka- gress did to Jyotirad- NRC along with hatred country and evoked soli- which is hearing a peti- will celebrate Holi this few with my children. I like to share them. han Se Aayi Hai", "Bangistan", "Mastizaade" itya Scindia in Madhya as per the tradition and darity at various places tion to remove them due month. We will hug each My social media platform is how much of my and "Banjo" turning out to be duds. Pradesh," he said. hope peace prevails in abroad too. However, to their effect on daily other on Holi." The Scindias: Blood proves thicker I don't even know if I have than political water a fan club: Varun Badola New Delhi, March ent acting projects. their whims and fan- New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh in stature within the organisation, 10 (IANS) Actor Varun "At the cost of being cies, things will go out "He must have taken the deci- on a Congress ticket, it didn't take serving as minister in various Con- Badola has been audi- boastful, I don't know of hands. Then you sion keeping the face of Rajmata here long to leave the party. gress governments. At one point, ence's favourite since if I even have a fan club. won't be able to do such in mind," said Yashodhara Raje She then joined the Bharatiya he became so powerful that he his hit TV show "Kosh- The point is that I am kind of shows because Scindia, Jyotiraditya Scindia's Jan Sangh before having a very even challenged Sonia Gandhi on ish -- Ek Aashaa", which an actor. I decided to they have decided in aunt and the youngest daughter short stint in the C. Rajagopal- her foreign origin. Sadly, he met had premiered in 2000. be an actor because I their minds that 'this of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia of achari-led Swatantra Party (which an untimely death in a plane crash But he isn't sure if he love the art. I do acting person should be like Gwalior, soon after the Congress- too was formed as a revolt against in September 2001. Ever since, his has fan clubs like other for my happiness. I try this'. Once an actor man of 18 years resigned from the Jawaharlal Nehru). Since then, she son Jyotiraditya Scindia has filled actors do. He feels that and play different char- plays Ram, people are party to start "a new chapter" of former MP from Guna and a family has always been anti-Congress and his space in Madhya Pradesh poli- as an actor, if you don't acters. I can't act for my unable to see him be- respecting the "aspirations" of his reunion for the Scindias who have was even sent to jail during Emer- tics as far as royalty is concerned have the guts to get out fans' happiness. Hope yond Ram," said the people. been divided in their political alle- gency. Out of her five children and went to become, what many of your comfort zone, people understand this "Des Mein Niklla Hoga Her comments came soon after giance between the Congress and (four daughters and a son), three in Congress felt, a "shadow" of Ra- "it ain't worth it". "Keep in the right context, Chand" actor. ex-Union minister and Congress the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). made it big in public life -- Mad- hul Gandhi. challenging yourself, try because I love my work He feels that as an strongman from Madhya Pradesh The immensely influential and havrao Scindia, the father of Jyoti- All this while, Guna has been to put yourself in situa- and I do justice to the actor, if you don't have Jyotiraditya Scindia severed his from the family of the last rulers raditya Scindia, Vasundhara Raje the family's unchallenged fort. tions where you feel you characters I play," Va- the guts to get out of nearly two-decade long associa- of Gwalior under the British Raj, and Yashodhara Raje. Of them, Madhavrao Scindia won from the don't have the solution run told IANS. He is your comfort zone, "it tion with the party after meeting Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia went Madhavrao Scindia, who had en- constituency at an early age of 26. to the problem. The fun currently seen as Amber ain't worth it". "Keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi on to become a politician. She tered politics through the family Even in the face of the Modi wave is in that only," he add- Sharma, who is a stub- challenging yourself, try here along with Home Minister was not only a key part of the Jan patronised Jan Sangh, soon devi- in 2014, which ousted the Con- ed. Fans of actors tend born straight-forward to put yourself in situa- Amit Shah, sinking the Kamal Sangh, the predecessor to BJP, but ated to the Congress before trying gress-led UPA from the Centre, to like to see their idols person, in the show tions where you feel you Nath-led 15-month-old Madhya also a co-founder of the saffron his hands as an Independent. Jyotiraditya Scindia had won from playing similar type of "Mere Dad Ki Dulhan". don't have the solution Pradesh government into a mas- party that is in power at the Centre Since the 1980s, Madhavrao Guna on a Congress ticket. How- characters. But Varun "People like seeing me to the problem. The sive crisis. This was in more ways today. Though she entered politics Scindia not just became a part of ever, in 2019, the Scindia family likes to challenge him- on TV or films or wher- fun is in that only," he than one a homecoming for the in 1957 by winning from the Guna the Congress family, but also rose bastion fell to the BJP. self by taking up differ- ever. If I start acting on added. Indian Horizon Wednesday, March 11, 2020 State 3 Amid 'revolt' from Scindia, Cong Rana Kapoor's three plush Delhi properties under ED lens pays homage to Madhavrao New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) that he did not want to leave any on September 9, 1971. It is classi- Before Yes Bank founder Rana Ka- of his property in India before fied as non-government company poor could shift his base from In- shifting his base, said the source, and is registered at the Registrar of New Delhi, March 10 launched during his tenure." The Congress crisis manag- in New Delhi and briefed her dia to any foreign country, the En- adding the ED has began probing Companies, Delhi. Its authorised (IANS) Amid political crisis in The father of sulking con- ers hope that they will be able about the current political sit- forcement Directorate (ED) took his three prime properties in Delhi share capital is Rs 20,000,000 and Madhya Pradesh and Scindia gress leader Jyotiraditya, to resolve it but many in the uation in the state following him in its custody and his plan to which have a value of more than its paid up capital is Rs. 18,374,800. supporter legislators lodged Madhavrao Scindia died in party feel Scindia has gone last week's attempt to topple sell his three Delhi-based proper- Rs 1,000 crore. The Directors of Bliss Villa (delhi) in Bengaluru, the Congress air crash in 2001 in Mainpuri too far - the point of no return. the government. ties amounting over Rs 1,000 crore The source said that the prop- Private Limited are Bindu Kapoor, on Tuesday paid homage to with journalists on board But the senior Congress Apart from the two close failed. The three properties -- 40, erty at Amrita Shergill Marg was and Ajita Madhukar Potdar. The Madhav Rao Scindia on his while on the way to his con- leaders said that they are Scindia associates, the others Amrita Shergill Marg; 18 Kautilya bought from Avantha Realty, Gau- third property in Diplomatic En- 75th birth anniversary, who stituency. ready to back Scindia as in were Rajyawardhan Singh, Marg, Chanakya Puri; and in the tam Thapar's company which had clave on Sardar Patel Marg is also a was born on March 10. Now when junior Scindia politics there is always a U- Pradhuman Singh Tomar, Diplomatic Enclave on Sardar Pa- borrowed money from Yes Bank. prime property linked to Rana but The party tweeted: "We has revolted from the party Turn and Scindia has not Giriraj, Raksha Sinoriya, Jas- tel Marg -- are not directly linked According to sources, Kapoor's more information about the prop- honour Madhavrao Scindia and is incommunicado, the openly said anything. The want Jatav, Suresh Dhakad, to Kapoor but officials said that wife had bought this property in erty could not be gathered. on his birth anniversary to- party is on fire fighting mode shocker for the Madhya Jajpal Singh and Brijendra he had tasked some top property the name of her company Bliss It is learnt that the selling price day. He served as a Lok Sabha with former party president Pradesh government came on Yadav. Attempt to contact dealers here for hunting some Abode Ltd on account of a loan de- of the Chanakya Puri and Sardar MP for nine terms & served Rahul Gandhi dropping in to a day when Chief Minister Ka- the MLAs did not succeed as buyers to sell these assets to. fault by Avantha Realty. Yes Bank's Patel property was fixed Rs 350 as the Railways Minister. The talk to interim president So- mal Nath met Congress chief they switched off their mobile It is learnt that all the proper- exposure to Avantha Realty was Rs crore and Rs 250 crore, respective- first Shatabdi Express was nia Gandhi late on Monday. Sonia Gandhi at her residence phones. ties are linked to Kapoor's wife 500 crore. Bliss Abode Pvt Ltd had ly. The ED not only have started its Bindu Kapoor, who is also under bought this property by raising Rs probe into these three Delhi-based the scanner as ED probes suspi- 380 crore from a Mumbai- based properties but also another prop- Cong says Scindia cious transactions of around Rs non-banking financial company. erty in Mumbai which was bought Mukesh Ambani no 'expelled'; BJP corrects, 4,300 crore. Bindu Kapoor bought The address of Bliss Abode is also by Rana's family on tony Alta- a luxurious bunglow at 40, Amrita the same as the property bought. mount Road in Mumbai in 2018 'he resigned' Shergill Marg -- a prime location Yes Bank allegedly, instead of for Rs 128 crore. Jointly owned by longer Asia's richest, on in Lutyens' Delhi -- in the name going for a procedure under the Citibank and GlaxoSmithKline, the New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Minutes of her company Bliss Abode Ltd RBI's suggested guidelines to re- property is next to Mukesh Am- oil price fall after Jyotiraditya Scindia announced while the other two properties cover the loan, sold the property bani's 27-storey Antilla. The ED his resignation from the Congress, the belong to Bliss Villa (Delhi) Pri- for a bare minimum price of Rs as well as the CBI have registered New Delhi, March 10 behind Jack Ma who is at the crown of the com- grand old party insisted he is being ex- vate Ltd. Known for a flamboyant 380 crore to Bliss Abode Pvt Ltd. separate cases against Rana Ka- (IANS) Reliance Indus- the 18th rank. pany with the highest pelled instead. However, this statement lifestyle and penchant for public- Amrita Shergill Marg is one of the poor, his wife, their three daugh- tries Chairman Mukesh Energy markets went market capitalisation in comes after Scindia tweeting out his ity, Kapoor, sources said, wanted most prime areas of Delhi and ters -- Rakhee Kapoor Tandon, Ambani is no longer the into a free fall on Mon- India to Tata Consultan- resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi dat- to shift his base in the US, the UK sources said that the property was Roshni Kapoor and Radha Kapoor, richest man in Asia, ow- day with oil prices cy Services (TCS). At the ed March 9. BJP took a sharp dig at the or France by selling properties in priced at around Rs 450 crore. and Dewan Housing Finance Ltd ing to the recent freefall across variants plung- end of trade on Monday, 'expulsion' logic by the Congress. BJP's Delhi and Mumbai soon after he The Chanakya Puri property is (DHFL) promoter Kapil Wadhwan in oil prices. ing around 30 per cent, the market capitalisation Amit Malviya asked, "How can you ex- got tip off about ED's investiga- in the name of Bliss Villa (Delhi) for hatching a criminal conspiracy According to the the biggest fall since the of RIL stood at Rs 7.05 pel a person who has already resigned?" tion against him. It is suspected Pvt Ltd which was incorporated from April to June 2018 . Bloomberg Billionaires 1991 Gulf War. The slide lakh crore, while that Earlier, in his resignation to Sonia Gan- Index, Chinese billion- comes after Saudi Arabia of TCS was Rs 7.40 lakh dhi, Scindia cited, "...as you well know, aire Jack Ma, the founder shocked the market by crore. this is a path that has been drawing itself of e-commerce major Al- launching a price war Ambani controls al- out over the last year," adding that he is ibaba Group has toppled after no consensus was most 42 per cent of Reli- "unable" to "serve" people having been Ambani to get the top arrived between OPEC ance Industries, owner a part of the Congress. K.C. Venugopal, spot in Asia. and Russia to cut crude of the world's largest eneral Secretary of the Congress, issued The persistent con- oil production as part of oil refining complex. a short statement that read, "Congress cerns of severe impact market stabilisation ex- The Mumbai-based President has approved the expulsion of the coronavirus epi- ercise. conglomerate's other of Sh. Jyotiraditya Scindia from the In- demic coupled with the The shares of Reliance businesses include a 4G dian National Congress with immediate recent carnage in the Industries (RIL) record- wireless network across effect for anti-party activities." How- oil markets have erased ed its worst fall in around India. ever, this statement comes after Scin- $5.8 billion from the RIL 10 years on Monday as it On top of the Bloom- dia tweeting out his resignation letter to chief's net worth. fell to a low of Rs 1,094.95 berg Billionaires Index Sonia Gandhi dated March 9. BJP took Ambani's current net per share. It closed at Rs is the Amazon CEO Jeff a sharp dig at the 'expulsion' logic by worth amounts to $41.8 1,113.15, lower by Rs Bezos with a net worth the Congress. BJP's Amit Malviya asked, billion, while that of Jack 156.90 or 12.35 per cent of $112 billion, followed "How can you expel a person who has The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Ma stands at $44.5 bil- from its previous close. by Microsoft co-founder already resigned?" Earlier, in his resig- lion. Globally, Ambani is Following the fall in Bill Gates with a fortune nation to Sonia Gandhi, Scindia cited, Dr. Harsh Vardhan releasing the publication at the inauguration of the 43rd Annual Day the 19th richest man just share price, RIL also lost of $106 billion. "...as you well know. Celebration of National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, in New Delhi.

1st ODI: Chahal A look at traditional posts photo wear- Holi in India's Home-Made Holi Colours ing mask en route to Dharamshala small towns New Delhi, March 10 New Delhi, March 10 (IANSlife) As Indias top for Toddlers (IANS) As South Africa play- leaders avoid participating in Holi celebrations this ers mull avoiding the cus- year and events get cancelled, owing to the dreaded New Delhi, March 10 and Food Colours tomary handshakes during Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, heres a look at (IANSlife) Holi parties and Take rice flour, add pro- their stay in India, the home how the festival of colours has been celebrated with 'Holi Millans' have been portionate food colour and team led by Virat Kohli is much fervour across the countrys small towns. cancelled with the onset mix it with two teaspoons also leaving no stones un- Barsana of COVID-19 so its best to of water to make a thick turned to ensure all precau- The birthplace of mythical figure and Hindu de- keep things simple and paste. Leave it to dry in the tionary measures are taken ity Krishna's beloved Radha, Barsana, sees some homely. Kuhoo Gupta, Par- sun and then blend it in a in the wake of the coronavi- special celebrations during Holi. A village just 42 enting Coach and Founder grinder to use as powdered rus outbreak. kms away from Mathura, is famous fro its 'Lathmar of The K Junction shows colour. South Africa will play Holi', where women shower men not with colours, you how your kids can still Ingredients: three ODIs against In- but with strikes of wooden sticks. The next day wit- enjoy a fun filled day with- 1. rice flour - 1-2 cups dia. The first match is in nesses men drenching women in the colours of out worry. 2. food colouring Dharamshala on March Holi, as a playful revelry unfolds. Colours of Holi used to 3. water 12. Proteas head coach Mathura-Vrindavan be created from spring 4. mixer grinder Mark Boucher had said on Traditional Holi celebrations take on a big avatar blooming flowers. To get Procedure: Monday that they have a in the birth city of Krishna - Mathura, and its ad- different hues, experts 1. Take rice flour as per strong medical team who joining Vrindavan. While the latter sees a natural used to dry the petals of the quantity of colour you have advised them about and organic 'phoolon ki Holi', played with flowers, different vibrant flowers in want to make. Take sepa- the do's and dont's during Mathura sees people come down from the entire the shade and crush them rate cups for different co- their tour to India. Leg- country and occupy its narrow lanes during the fes- which resulted in a fine lours. spinner uzvendra Chaal on tival of colours. powder. The season of Holi 2. Add water to the cups Tuesday posted a picture Kumaon is also popularly known to to make a thick paste like of him wearing a mask at Kumaoni Holi is the historical and cultural cel- be a spring festival and the consistency of the rice flour the New Delhi airport on ebration of Holi in the region of Uttarakhand's Ku- flowering of Palash and 3. Add food colouring to way to Dharamshala. Cha- maon. A prominent festival for the Kumauni peo- Holi were both aligned Red ume. ter is fun for a wet holi and the cups as per your colour hal shared his photo on ple, it signifies the victory of good over evil and the with Spring. Since Holi mainly signi- 2. Red Hibiscus flowers can be mixed with pure choice Instagram. "With regards onset of a new sowing season. The uniqueness of So the petals of palash, fies red or saffron colour can be dried in shade and water for a diluted shade. 4. Mix to get a uniform to handshakes and type of the Kumaoni Holi lies in its being a musical affair, roses and many other flow- (Gulal) which represents blended in a mix to a pow- Watch your kids You can paste stuff that's a concern, so it whatever its form, be it the Baithki Holi, the Khari ers like Amaltas (Cassia fire to reflect the essence der consistency. fill their balloons or can- 5. Pour it in different will probably be fine if we Holi and the Mahila Holi all of which start from Ba- fistula), Marigold/Gaindaof beauty, ritual, tradition 3. Red Wet Holi Powder nons and fire away. plates and lay it in the sun do the same if it comes to sant Panchmi. The festivities of Holi last for almost (Tagetes erecta), Yellow and is known to be highly 4. Take a 100 stems and Green to dry. In a day or two, you that. I think it's a way to stop two months in Kumaon. Chrysanthemums, Black auspicious. either soak them in water Use various green leafy will start seeing cracks in anything from happening to Agra Babul (Acacia arabica) can 1. Dry the petals of Red overnight or boil in a cov- vegetables to get shades that, it means it has dried our guys," Boucher had told A tourism hotspot like no other, thanks to the be used to make different Rose or Palash (or any ered vessel. Strain the wa- of green colour. You can up. the media during his pre- majestic Taj Mahal, this city in Uttar Pradesh sees colours at home. Let the flower can be taken) in the ter through a net strainer make a paste and mix it or 6. Take that dried paste departure press conference much revelry during Holi. With splashes of colour kids help in making the co- sun and after they become in a different bowl; you can boil it with water following and grind it in your mixer on Monday. "We have a se- and 'bhaang', an intoxicating drink consumed by lours which creates a fun crisp dry, they can be pow- press the flowers with your the instructions above and grinder to make it in pow- curity staff and if we have many during the festival. It sees domestic and for- activity and builds excite- dered in a mixer and a little hand to get the all the water play away. der form. Your home made medical concerns, we give it eign tourists mingling with locals. ment. flour to increase the vol- out of it. This coloured wa- Dry Powders with Flour natural Holi dry colours are to them and they come. Indian Horizon 4 south Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Karnataka traces 2,678 people in contact with positive cases Family members of TN fishermen in Bengaluru, March 10 zens. gers were also checked for Iran a worried lot (IANS) The Karnataka As of Tuesday, the num- the virus at Karwar and tance to purchase food and it is Health Department has ber of persons admitted to Mangaluru seaports. difficult in the current situation. traced a trail of 2,678 peo- the institute for selected Aimed at reinforcing "Some days back, the fishermen ple who came in contact isolated observation are six, coronavirus prevention were asked to go out for fishing with the four positive coro- followed by one each at hos- measures, the state gov- by their employers. But they re- navirus (COVID-19) people pitals in Hassan, Dakshina ernment added three more fused. Now there is a ban on fish in the state, an official said Kannada and Bagalkote. Indian Council of Medical import in the place where their on Tuesday. "As of Monday, 446 sam- Research (ICMR) labora- fish catch was usually sold and "Four positive corona- ples of symptomatic per- tories to receive and test hence they are not being com- virus cases identified in sons have been sent for coronavirus samples. Chennai, March 10 (IANS) The pelled to fish," Ani said. Bengaluru have left a trail testing, of which 389 have A medical college each in family members of Tamil Nadu Over 600 Indian fishermen of 2,678 people who came returned negative," said Mysuru, Hassan and Shiva- fishermen in Iran are worried lot from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat in contact with them," the first case and a 13-year-old an and the girl. a statement issued by the mogga are also testing the and are eagerly waiting for the are in Iran and want to return department's Information, girl, also a contact of the The fourth positive case Health Department said. samples. good news about their evacua- home following the coronavi- Education and Communi- first case. is a 50-year-old male with As many as 760 people The state government tion following the coronavirus rus outbreak there, activists and cation (IEC) special officer According to sources, the travel history to USA via are going through home also sent a bulk text mes- outbreak in that country. family members said earlier. Ac- Suresh Shastri told IANS. three are a family and the London. The Health De- quarantine across the state sage to all ASHA workers "My husband (Joseph Lean cording to Ani, no medical camp The four positive cases - Health Department does partment traced 12 people while 1,048 people have en- to create awareness about Anthony) is in touch with us. Ac- was held at the place where her a family of three and anoth- not have the travel history who came in touch with rolled for observation. coronavirus among the cording to him, the situation in husband and other Indian fish- er man - have been quaran- of the woman and the girl. him but none of them have Across the state, 95,151 masses and communities. the place where they are in re- ermen are living now. "There is tined. Though the Health De- displayed coronavirus passengers have been ther- Karnataka government mains the same. They have rice no news for the fishermen from A 46-year-old male with partment has traced 2,666 symptoms yet. mal-screened for the virus also asked the IT and bio- but other ingredients to cook the Indian Embassy in Iran," she travel history to US via people who came in touch All the four positive coro- till now at the Kempegowda technology companies to their meals have dwindled," Ani added. According to her, fam- Dubai is the first positive with the family, until now navirus cases being moni- International Airport in the give a list of employees who told IANS over phone from Kan- ily members of other fishermen coronavirus case in Karna- only two of the contacts of tored at the Rajiv Gandhi city and the Mangaluru In- travelled to COVID-19 af- yakumari on Tuesday. from her district are also worried taka, followed by a 47-year- case one have displayed the Institute of Chest Diseases ternational Airport. fected countries after Feb- She said the Indian fishermen like her and praying for the safe old female, a contact of the virus symptoms, the wom- in the city are Indian citi- Another 5,368 passen- ruary 21. had to travel considerable dis- return of their loved ones. Periyar row: Chennai court nixes case COVID-19: Four positive cases in Bengaluru Bengaluru, March 10 and rural district to be (IANS) Karnataka Health suspended and holidays against Rajinikanth Minister B. Sriramulu on for those children till fur- Chennai, March 10 ogy from Rajinikanth, the Tuesday confirmed four ther orders as decided in (IANS) A local court on actor has categorically positive Coronavirus cas- the meeting chaired by Tuesday dismissed a case refused to do so. es in the state. chief secretary," tweeted filed against actor Rajini- Speaking to report- "COVID-19 has been Karnataka Primary and kanth for his comments ers outside his residence diagnosed in four persons Secondary Education made about a rally led by later, Rajinikanth showed in Karnataka so far, keep- Minister Suresh Kumar. Dravida Kazhagham (DK) some photocopies of the ing them and their fam- Scheduled examina- founder E.V. Ramaswa- media reports in support ily members isolated and tions for primary students my, popularly known as of his comments and said monitoring their health," have been cancelled with Periyar. that he will not apologise. tweeted Sriramulu. parents receiving late The actor had made the The DK followers did He urged everybody to firmed," said ICMR in a at the Rajiv Gandhi Insti- night and early morning comments at the Tamil not agree with Rajini- take precautions and co- statement, a Ministry of tute of Chest Diseases at messages from schools magazine Thuglak's 50th kanth's statement that operate in preventing the Health and Family Wel- Hombegowda Nagar in apprising the develop- anniversary function naked images of Lord spread of the infection. fare institution. The state the city. ment. here sometime back. said that "in 1971, naked The followers of the so- Rama and Sita were al- Earlier, the Indian recorded its first positive The techie had returned With the latest govern- The case filed by a images of Lord Rama cial activist, who started legedly displayed at a ral- Council of Medical Re- case on Monday. All the to Bengaluru from USA ment decision, classes member of the Dravidar and Sita were allegedly the "self-respect move- ly led by Periyar in Salem. search (ICMR) on Tues- four cases are now con- via Dubai recently. Mean- have been cancelled for Vidhuthalai Kazhagam displayed in a rally led ment" and founded DK, On the other hand, day said three positive centrated in Bengaluru. while, Karnataka govern- all students in the city (DVK) was dismissed by Periyar in Salem". He said that Rajinikanth's they agreed that the im- coronavirus cases have A techie, his daughter, ment suspended classes from kindergarten to fifth when it came up for hear- said that whatever hap- comments were an insult age of Lord Rama was been confirmed in Ben- wife and his colleague to all students up to fifth standard. The Karnataka ing. pened in that rally was to Periyar. beaten with a slipper that galuru. "Three positive are the confirmed posi- standard in Bengaluru. government is releasing a Speaking at the func- reported by the media at While some groups was allegedly thrown at cases from Bengaluru, tive cases in Bengaluru "All primary classes in media bulletin every day tion, Rajinikanth had the time. have demanded an apol- the rally. Karnataka have been con- who are being monitored BBMP, Bengaluru Urban at 6 p.m. Rebel MP Cong MLAs seek police protection in Bengaluru Goa Cong defends nomination of Bengaluru, March 10 (IANS) airport in the city's eastern sub- gress leader accused the BJP of As many as 19 Madhya Pradesh urb on Monday morning and late engineering defections in the gambling operators Congress rebel MLAs and MPs evening. "All the 19 members, party's Madhya Pradesh unit and Panaji, March 10 Matka's popular- have sought police protection including two women, have been enacting its "Operation Lotus" to (IANS) Justifying nomi- ity stems from the fact during their stay in the city, a par- shifted to a resort on the city's dethrone the 15-month old Con- nation of illegal matka that one can wager even ty source said on Tuesday. northern outskirts late on Mon- gress government in the central (gambling) operators Re 1. The illegal mat- "We are the MLAs/MPs of Mad- day with escort," the source said state. "Prime Minister Narendra as Congress nominees ka business in Goa is hya Pradesh state. We have come on condition of anonymity. Modi and Union Home Minister for the March 22 Zilla pegged at several thou- to Karnataka state voluntarily on Of the rebels, six ministers Amit Shah are directly involved in Panchayat elections, sand crores of rupees some important work, regarding -- Imrathi Devi, Tulasi Silavat, destabilising our party and top- South Goa Congress and several legislators which we require protection and Govind Singh Rajput, Mahendra pling our government in Madhya MP Francisco Sardinha and Ministers in suc- escort from local police for our Singh Sisodia, Pradyuman Singh Pradesh, as they did in Karnataka said in Margao town on cessive state govern- safe movement and safe stay in Narayan Chouhan, Raja Vardhan Tomar and Prabhuram Chow- last year," state Congress leader Monday people wanted ments have demanded and around Bangalore," said the Singh, O.R.S. Bhadori, Kamlesh dhary -- were sacked from the Prakash Rathod told IANS here. popular candidates. isters are matka book- its legalisation. lawmakers in a joint letter to Kar- Jatau, Munnalal Goyal, Jasvant ministry by their Chief Minister Accusing the BJP of doing a "People want (candi- ies. It's unfortunate," Michael Lobo, Minis- nataka DG and Inspector General Jatau, Raghuraj, Harnam Singh, Kamal Nath on Tuesday, soon "Karnataka" in overthrowing a dates) like this. Normal- Sardinha said. ter for Ports in the BJP- of Police Praveen Sood. Suresh, Govindraj, Jaipal Singh, after MP Congress strongman Jy- democratically-elected govern- ly, they choose someone Matka, an illegal lot- led coalition govern- A police officer confirmed re- Imrathi Devi, Tulasi Silavat, Go- otiraditya Scindia quit the party, ment in Bhopal, Rathod said they who is popular in the tery and gambling, is ment in Goa, said last ceiving the letter in English dated vind Singh Rajput, Pradyuman plunging the Kamal Nath-led (Modi and Shah) would next tar- village," Sardinha told quite popular in Mum- month legalisation of March 9. Some of the MLAs/MPs Singh Tomar and Prabhuram 15-month old government in get Rajasthan and Maharashtra reporters when asked to bai and the Konkan matka gambling would signed the joint letter in Hindi as Chowdhary. Madhya Pradesh into a deep cri- governments where the Congress justify the selection of region since the 1960s. reduce unemployment well as in English. The rebels flew to Bengaluru in sis. The lawmakers flown to Ben- is in power. "They (Modi and tainted people, who op- Winning numbers are as well as increase the The lawmakers who signed two batches by two chartered air- galuru are believed to be close to Shah) will do anything or go to erated gambling dens. generated three times a state's goods and ser- the letter are: Mahendra Singh craft from New Delhi and Bhopal Jyotiraditya Scindia. any extent to remove our govern- "See, in fact many a day, six days a week, like vices tax (GST) collec- Sisodia, Ranveer Jatau, Prabhu and landed at the state-run HAL Meanwhile, a Karnataka Con- ments in the states. times MLAs and Min- a lottery. tion. 8 more Covid-19 cases in Kerala, govt Please avoid coming to Family members of TN announces new measures Sabarimala temple: Temple board fishermen in Iran a worried lot Thiruvananthapuram, the health advisories that there should be no gala dy. "The three were arrested March 10 (IANS) Kerala comes out daily," said festivities that are asso- for contacting taxpayers and on Tuesday reported an- Shailaja. ciated with all religious promising to get them tax re- other eight coronavirus Earlier in the day, establishments," added bates in lieu of 4 per cent of cases, including the par- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. the total amount involved," ents of a three-year-old Vijayan said six more "There need be no Bengaluru South East Divi- who had earlier tested cases turned positive, reason for worries as all sion Deputy Commissioner positive for Covid-19, taking the total to 12. what is needed is to be of Police Joshi Srinath Ma- and the state announced "The cabinet held a cautious and everyone Bengaluru, March 10 hadev told IANS. a number of new mea- meeting and we had a should behave in a re- (IANS) Global software major The DCP said there was a sures including closure brief of what is happen- sponsible manner. At Infosys on Monday sacked contract between the Income of all schools for this ing from various district the moment 1116 people three of its techies who were Tax Department and Infosys month. health officials. We have are under observation. arrested on a bribe charge due to which company em- State Health Minister decided to close down Just as we managed this Thiruvananthapuram, March 10 without knowing, we have not de- levelled by the Income Tax ployees assigned for the IT K. K.Shailaja on Tuesday all educational institu- when three cases were (IANS) The Travancore Devasom cided if they would be stopped from Department, said a company work were privy to informa- night said that two more tions in the state for the reported before, we will Board (TDB) on Tuesday asked its going to the temple," said Vasu, who official. tion on taxpayers. new cases of coronavirus month of March. But all be able to manage this devotees in the aftermath of about added that all the religious activities "The three employees have "Whatever relevant infor- patients tested positive the examinations will be time also," he said. 12 people turning coronavirus posi- that has to take place in the temple been terminated after a thor- mation was received, these taking the total number held as normal. There The worst affected dis- tive in Kerala, to avoid coming to will take place as scheduled. ough internal investigation," Infosys employees forwarded of cases in Kerala to 14. will be no examination tricts include Pathana- the famed Sabarimala temple when However, the temple will not be said the city-based IT behe- it to the Income Tax Depart- She said that the boy, for classes 1 to 7, while mthitta, Ernakulam and it opens for its monthly schedules in distributing its appam and payesem moth in an email to IANS. ment to make tax assess- who came with his par- the others will have ex- Kottayam and a good March. Speaking to the media here, to the devotees as the counters will Admitting that the com- ments and further process- ents from Italy and was aminations as usual," he number of suspected TDB president N.Vasu said now remain closed. pany was aware of the alle- ing," Mahadev said. admitted in a hospital at told the media here. cases are waiting for re- that the Kerala government has an- TDB is the body that governs the gations against the accused The officer said the techies Kochi had tested positive "We have also decided sults, which are expected nounced of closing down all educa- Sabarimala temple and most of the who have been found violat- were into fraudulent activi- earlier, and on Tuesday, to see that all the govern- latest by Wednesday. tional institutions for the month of temples in the southern districts ing the company's policies ties for a month and made Rs the parents also tested ment functions in the Shailaja earlier in the March and wanted no gala festivi- of Kerala. According to the temple by the tax authorities, the of- 4 lakh through illegal means, positive. state for the month of day told the media that ties associated with religious estab- calendar for the month of March ficial said the company takes which has since been re- "All the three have March be cancelled. In the fresh six cases in- lishments also. the temple opens at 5 a.m on Friday any breach of its policies and covered. On the complaint already been isolated. the best interests of all, cludes the aged parents "So what we have decided is in the and will close on March 18 and then code of conduct seriously. by Income Tax Department There need be no wor- movie halls and dramas at Pathanamthitta of the present scenario, we wish to request again on March 28. "We are cooperating with officials, the accused were ries or panic as we are should not function. three members of a fam- all our devotees that they should Incidentally the temple is located the authorities," the official booked for cheating and doing our best. All what Marriages that are fixed ily who arrived from Italy best avoid coming to the Sabari- in Pathanamthitta district where added. The three accused are criminal breach of trust un- needs to be done, is ev- should be held in a low and were found Covid-19 mala temple when it opens for its seven out of the 12 cases that tested Renugunta Kalyan Kumar, der Indian Penal Code (IPC) eryone should just follow profile manner, likewise positive early this week. monthly pujas. But if anyone comes positive has been reported. Prakash and Deveshwar Red- Sections 406 and 420. Indian Horizon Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Nation 5 ̍ killed, ̋̋ SHIVRAJ MEETS SHAH ON MP, BJP TO SEND KEY LEADER TO BHOPAL injured as bus New Delhi, March 10 till 11 p.m. It was decided that accommodated as Deputy Madhavrao Scindia, and it is (IANS) Sensing an opportu- BJP Vice President and Mad- Chief Minister, they said. being believed that he could falls into nity to dislodge the Kamal hya Pradesh in charge Vinay The sources also said that make a big announcement Nath-led Congress govern- Sahasrabuddhe will be sent all this has been conveyed to on the occasion. He could Himachal gorge ment in Madhya Pradesh to Bhopal on Tuesday. Scindia, and now it is upto also meet Prime Minister Na- Shimla, March 10 (IANS) At with MLAs of the Jyotiraditya Sahasrabuddhe will also be him to decide what he wants rendra Modi soon. least fi ve people were killed Scindia camp in a rebellious present at the meeting of the to do.With the Congress not The Congress is in a precar- and 33 injured when a state mood, former Chief Minister BJP legislature party at 7 p.m. reportedly agreeing to Scin- ious position with over over roadways bus rolled into a Shivraj Singh Chouhan met on Tuesday. dia’s demand for being made a dozen of its MLAs fl ocking gorge near Chamba town in Home Minister Amit Shah Sources connected to the the state chief and a Rajya to Bengaluru and keeping Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, here on Monday night. BJP said that the party is ready Sabha berth, he could soon their mobiles switched off. police said. Union Minister Narendra to send Scindia to the Rajya take a decisive measure to Even as the party is trying The bus was going to Cham- Singh Tomar was also present Sabha. It could also make safeguard his political future. to placate Scindia, the BJP is ba town from Chandigarh at the meeting, which began him a Union Minister.In the ernment collapsing and the state, a lawmaker from the Tuesday will also be the 75th making all efforts to rock the when it skidded off the national at 9.30 p.m. and continued event of the Kamal Nath gov- BJP returning to power in the Scindia camp could also be birth anniversary of his father government. highway and fell into the gorge some 25 km before Chamba. The accident spot is some 2 terrorists killed in encounter in Kashmir Scindia all set to join BJP as 475 km from the state capital. Chamba Deputy Commis- Srinagar, March 10 (IANS) The encounter took place in cordoned off the area in the rorists were neutralised in meeting with PM ends sioner Vivek Bhatia said most Two unidentified terrorists the Khawajpora Reban vil- night.As the security forces this operation. The bodies of the injured were admitted to were killed in a shootout lage around 6.40 a.m.Acting zeroed on the house, where have been recovered and the New Delhi, March 10 the district hospital in Chamba. with the security forces on on a specific input a team the terrorists were holed up, identification of those bodies (IANS) Jyotiraditya Scindia is He said the driver was nego- Monday and ammunition of security personnel from the terrorists opened fire is yet to be done. The firing, all set to quit the Congress af- tiating a curve when the bus recovered from them in Jam- the Jammu and Kashmir Po- triggering the encounter.In however, has stopped and ter he met Prime Minister Na- rolled down the hill. mu and Kashmir’s Shop- lice, Central Reserve Police the exchange of fire two ter- search operation is continu- rendra Modi at his residence Eyewitnesses said the ad- ian district, the Army said. Force (CRPF) and the Army rorists were killed.“Two ter- ing,” the official said. here on Tuesday. ministration had a tough time Amid political crisis in extricating the victims from the Madhya Pradesh, Scindia badly-mangled bus. BJP ally Apna Dal appoints Dalit KHATTAR EXTENDS along with Union Home Min- GREETINGS ister Amit Shah met Prime as state chief in UP Minister Narendra Modi at candidate from Madhya Man held for his residence 7 Lok Kalyan Pradesh for the Rajya Sabha Lucknow, March 10 (IANS) Pasi community, the second is seen as Apna Dal’s bid ON HOLI Marg. The meeting lasted for polls, sources said. cooking In a shrewd political move, largest group after the Jatavs to consolidate its position more than an hour. Scindia may also be made the Kurmi-centric Apna Dal, among the Dalits. among the Pasis, who ac- Sources say Scindia will union minister in the Naren- human fl esh a BJP ally in Uttar Pradesh, Saroj’s appointment count for 16 per cent of the join the BJP after some of his dra Modi government while in Bijnor has played the Dalit card by comes days after BJP’s es- Dalit population in the state. MLAs fl ew to BJP-ruled Kar- his loyalist MLAs will be made appointing Jamuna Prasad tranged ally, Om Prakash Jatavs account for around nataka triggering a crisis in cabinet ministers in Madhya Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), Saroj as the party’s fi rst Dalit Rajbhar, founder of the 57 per cent of the total Dalit one and a half year old Kamal Pradesh, sources added. March 10 (IANS) An alcholic state president. Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj population. Nath government. Sources said that resigna- man has been arrested in Bi- Saroj has replaced Ra- Party (SBSP), entered into Apna Dal (S) spokesper- According to sources, all tion letters of about 20 Con- jnor for cooking human fl esh. jendra Prasad Pal, an OBC, a political alliance with son Rajesh Patel said party the formalities for Scindia gress MLAs are ready and The shocking incident which who has been elevated and Bhim Army chief Chandra chief Anupriya Patel decided joining the BJP have been will be handed over to the took place in Tikkopur village made party’s national gen- Shekhar Azad. to elevate the two leaders to completed. Speaker. on Monday came into light eral secretary.Saroj, MLA The elevation of 52-year- key higher positions after Chandigarh, March 10 (IANS) Sources said, Scindia will Meanwhile, an important after wife of the man, identifi ed from Soraon reserved seat old Saroj, a postgraduate taking their qualities into Haryana Chief Minister Manohar formally join the BJP in pres- meeting of the BJP is going on as Sanjay (32), saw him cook- in Prayagraj, belongs to the from Kanpur University, consideration. Lal Khattar on Tuesday extended ence of party president J.P. in Bhopal at the party head- ing human fl esh. greetings to the people on the oc- Nadda and Home Minister quarters where Shivraj Singh According to the initial casion of Holi. Amit Shah at the party head- Chouhan, Vinay Sahasrabud- probe, Sanjay went to the MP crisis: BJP, Cong hold separate In a message, the Chief Minister qaurters on Tuesday evening. dhe, state BJP chief B.D. cremation ground and brough said the festival refl ects mutual After the formal joining, a Sharma are in attendance, to fl esh from there. love and harmony. meeting of BJP election com- chalk out the strategy to form Sanjay’s wife was horrifi ed meetings in Bhopal “We should celebrate such fes- mittee will be held in which the next government in Mad- after seeing a human hand and Bhopal, March 10 (IANS) for the next course of ac- are likely to be made min- tivals with mutual joy, affection Scindia will be declared BJP hya Pradesh. fi ngers in the pan. She ran out After Jyotiraditya Scin- tion.Sources said several ister in Madhya Pradesh and brotherhood,a he said in a of the house, alerted the neigh- dia resigned from the pri- BJP legislators are in touch if the Kamal Nath govern- statement. bours and called the police. mary membership of the with the Congress leader- ment falls. The Chief Minister appealed to ‘Name & shame’ hoardings: She locked her husband into Congress, senior Madhya ship in the state while the Meanwhile, Cabinet the people to celebrate the festi- the house till police came. Pradesh party leaders rebel Congress legislators minister in Kamal Nath val of colours safely using organic Yogi govt may move SC The police also found that went into a huddle at the belonging to Scindia camp government Jitu Patwari and traditional colours and fl ow- the man had even attacked his residence of chief min- are all set to quit Congress on Tuesday lashed out at ers so that it doesn’t harm health. against HC order father a few days ago. ister Kamal Nath.Several and join the BJP.At least 17 Jyotiraditya Scindia and Deputy Chief Minister Dushy- ministers also arrived at Congress legislators have the royal dynasty and how ant Chautala and Home Minister the chief minister's resi- gone incommunicado and the Scindia dunasty has Anil Vij also extended greetings on Man held for dence to chalk a strategy are set to join the BJP and been stooge of the British. the occasion. raping mentally challenged "Gandhis Should've Stopped Jyotiraditya minor Moradabad (UP), March Scindia": Dissent Within Congress 10 (IANS) A man has been arrested for allegedly raping New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Maharashtra election.Late- a minor mentally challenged Madhya Pradesh Congress ly, the party hinted that his girl near Moradabad Airport in leader Jyotiraditya Scindia's wish for a safe Rajya Sabha December last year.According big revolt with at least 21 seat may not be granted – an to the police, the accused has MLAs in tow that has made issue that’s seen as a trig- Lucknow, March 10 fi rst priority is the security been identifi ed as Satyawan the collapse of the Kamal Nath ger for his move to the BJP. (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's Yogi of UP's 23 crore people... and was arrested on Monday. government all but certain has Along with him, his 21 loyal- Adityanath government whatever decision is in the Superintendent of police (SP triggered rumblings inside the ists resigned – pushing the could challenge, in the Su- public interest, that decision city) Amit Kumar Anand told party - the latest instalment Kamal Nath government on preme Court, the Allahabad will be taken," he said. reporters that since the girl of tumult in the 135-year-old the brink of collapse. High Court's Monday order Following the verdict, was mentally challenged and outfi t wracked by a leadership Some senior Congress for taking down hoardings Additional Chief Secre- could not provide any informa- crisis at the top. hands close to Rajasthan here with details of anti-CAA tary, Home, Avnish Kumar tion about the accused, the Some members in the have rushed to his residence clear that he expected to Congress leader Sachin Pilot, protesters. Awasthi met Lucknow Dis- police took the help of a child party say the optics of not and tried to meet him even be rewarded for his work who has a history of friction Though no decision has trict Magistrate Abhishek psychologist to gather more reaching out to the 49-year- though he claimed to have in the party’s victory in the with Rajasthan Chief Minister been taken on the issue, offi - Prakash, Police Com- information." The girl, after old, known to be a close swine flu," one leader said. 2018 assembly election, was Ashok Gehlot, also said that cials went into a huddle soon missioner Sujeet Pandey the incident which took place confidante of Congress lead- Jyotiraditya Scindia was passed over for the Chief the party veteran should have after the verdict. The Chief and officials of the Law on December 22, 2019, the er Rahul Gandhi for years, promptly expelled for "an- Minister’s post and the top been more magnanimous Minister was in Gorakhpur Department. girl was referred to a Meerut does not bode well for it. ti-party" activities minutes job in the party’s state unit. than attack Mr Scindia. on Monday, and a fi nal deci- The state government, hospital for treatment. The Gandhi family, which after the upset party leader He was given two jobs he Saying he betrayed the sion would only be taken which has been given one Police said that the accused governs the party, should shared his letter of resigna- was not seen to be keen on “trust of the people and the in consultation with him. week to comply with the has a crime history of simi- have made a last ditch ef- tion to Congress President – the charge of western Ut- ideology” Mr Gehlot took little Adityanath, however, com- high court order, will also lar incidents and works as a fort to stop him, sources in Sonia Gandhi on Twitter. tar Pradesh ahead of the time to dub him as a leader mented on the issue. "The consult apex court lawyers labourer. He has confessed to party said requesting not He is likely to join the BJP. Lok Sabha election and the with “self-indulgent political high court order is being about fi ling the appeal in the the crime during interrogation. to be named."They should Mr Scindia, who made it screening committee of the ambitions”. studied. The government's Supreme Court.

their pleas for setting up tents Tayyaba in Daliganj to express Anti-CAA protester dies in Lucknow, 2nd in a month at the site were turned down by condolence. The delegation the administration.The Wom- led by Juhie Singh, also gave a Lucknow, March 10 (IANS) she fell ill. She died on Sunday. the group of women who fi rst en staging a sit-in at the site for cheque of Rs two lakh each to An anti-CAA protester at the Another protester, 20-year-old started the protest in January. nearly two months condoled the families of the deceased. Clock Tower here has died of Tayyaba, (a BA fi nal student) "She used to stay at the Clock Farida's death.The anti-CAA The women protesters also a cardiac arrest in a city hos- had died under similar cir- Tower even during the night protest that began at the Clock offered special prayers at the pital.This is the second death cumstances on February 23. hours," said Rubina Begum, 45, Tower on January 17 continues Clock Tower to pay tribute of a protester in the past one She had succumbed to illness another protester who knew despite stiff opposition by the to Farida."She was a regular month.Farida, 55, had got after getting soaked in the rain, Farida.The protesters at the district administration.A del- volunteer here and played an drenched in rain on Friday and said the protesters.A resident Clock Tower had been staging egation of the Samajwadi Party important role in this protest," was admitted to a hospital after of Daliganj, Farida, was among a sit-in under the open sky after visited the homes of Farida and said one of the protesters. Indian Horizon 6 EDIT Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Indian Horizon THE GREATEST MOVEMENT SINCE INDEPENDENCE BUT WHAT’S SHAHEEN BAGH’S FUTURE? It would be unfair to compare the Shaheen Bagh anti CAA, NPR, NRC movement with mass mobilization efforts leading to independence. The Wednesday, March 11, 2020 movement has no Gandhi leading it. Its spontaneous expansion across the length and breadth of the country and locations across the seas is unprece- Women, Adivasis and dented. As the movement completes its third month in the next few days, a degree of restlessness is discern- Dalits will power India’s able among those who have hovered on the margins and who are asking, sometimes in whispers, “What next?” growth story The quest for the “next” on the part of a limited group, admittedly, gives a clue to their expectations. In their In our multi-party federal democracy, minds they had probably set targets a Union of States, with different political which have either been achieved or are unachievable. parties of all hues calling the shots, there is Surely the target was not to enable much to look forward to with hope. Apart AAP to win in Delhi. Yes, the move- from our own stupidity, there is no reason ment’s popularity across communi- ties may well have helped blunt the as to why we should not be on our way saffron in the air. In other words, the to being “the dominant global power”. atmosphere the movement gener- One of our more astute civil servants has ated helped the only party poised to Muslim women have defied all the at the composition but I found it BJP amplified even notional sym- defeat Hindutva. stereotypes which portrayed them as symbolically transformational. That pathy for Shaheen Bagh as an anti in his book of experiences shown that co- By steering clear of all political par- timid, homebound and subjugated. every Gurudwara in Delhi opened its national association with “the little alition regimes, more often than not, have ties, the movement has placed itself They form the core of the protests doors, including in the riot hit north Pakistan”. “Tukre-tukre” or Paki- overseen periods of high growth and re- unassailably on a pedestal. It is clear- everywhere, holding the national east, harmonized with the mood that stan may not be considerations ing untraversed terrain. It may well flag and reciting the preamble to the Shaheen Bagh has set. The core of the keeping progressive Hindus from form. History suggests that fast economic have paved the way for a secularism constitution with expert ease and protest movement, the women, have participating in the movement in growth is a period of structural transfor- of common aspirations which the speaking to the media with clarity demonstrated extraordinary reserves states like UP, but it must be admit- mation from rural to urban and agriculture British found necessary to snuff out and poise. University campuses are of stamina. But equally on show is the ted that the protests are increas- to industry. But Gandhi’s India is showing after Hindus and Muslims had, in the wholeheartedly in it. lack of commitment on the part of ingly Muslim driven, particularly words of Benjamin Disraeli, found a The breakdown of a system of un- exactly the left-of-centre groups who in UP. It would be unreasonable a different path. “common interest and a common institutionalized apartheid or sepa- had initially boosted Shaheen Bagh to expect T.N. Krishnan make en As India got into a high growth phase cause” during the 1857 uprising. In rate development of communities by enthusiastic participation. Does it core appearances repeatedly on a since the Eighties of the last century, its his address to the House of Com- has been a singular achievement of occur to these groups that their dwin- movement which will soon enter mons, Disraeli rebuked the adminis- the movement. Communities which dling presence will at some point be- its fourth month. How long, one non-food grain demands started rising tration in India. “Our Empire in India thought the worst of each other in gin to dishearten the protesters? wonders, will the BJP wait before at two-digit rates. This led to rural-urban was, indeed, founded upon the old the absence of any interaction are Left and progressive groups ad- resorting to brute police action. migration and to what are called “census principle of divide et Empira (divide now sharing the same shamiana, dressed a rally at New Delhi’s Jantar Will police action in Delhi and UP and rule)”. This “principle” had been chanting slogans for the protection Mantar last week against violence in snuff out the idea which has taken towns”. These are urban areas but not lost sight of by the British in India of the constitution. No single event North East Delhi. It went largely un- root everywhere? classified as such on account of the poli- making it possible for the “rebels” to in recent history has revved up a noticed. Supposing each one of the An unexpected menace the protest tics of remaining a panchayat. very nearly defeat the British. If Dis- secularism of common purpose on star speakers had taken time off on faces is Coronavirus which militates raeli were to be interpreted, the rebel- this scale. When I visited Shaheen separate days to address the protest- against groups huddled in one place. In fact, we were rapidly urbanising as lion by Hindus and Muslims was the Bagh earlier this week a regular lan- ers at Shaheen Bagh, they would have Protesters have to ponder that one. she/he moved to the nearby market towns secularism of common aspirations. gar, started by a group of Sikhs from given heart to the women who have In reasonable times one could have to avail of its facilities. Some years ago, I The confused vision of secularism In- Punjab, had become permanent at begun to look over their shoulders, imagined Shaheen Bagh institu- dia’s founding fathers accepted was the protest site. Goodness, generos- searching for the OB vans and the TV tionalized as a permanent speaker’s discovered their importance and wrote a profaned in electoral practice. ity, charity are infectious impulses. cameras which have left for other as- corner, focused on constitutional book about the stupidity of ignoring in- Shaheen Bagh and its affiliates, Muslim youth sweeping the site in signments elsewhere. practice, a variation on the corner frastructure in thousands of these growth over a hundred of them across the the shadow of a Guru Nanak poster is Even with a movement of such in London’s Hyde Park (and numer- centres. Sadly, even today, we are not do- country, some of these bearing the the kind of “kar sewa” which is man- benign intent, AAP maintained a ous locations across the globe) where name Shaheen Bagh, has been a datory for Sikhs at Gurudwaras. The strict neutrality throughout the even Karl Marx and George Orwell ing that — shifting focus to these centres unique evolution. For the first time, media may not be deliriously ecstatic election campaign, just in case the once spoke. through the smart cities project. The good news is that this neglect won’t last and many of the states are picking up the man- tle. It will become the norm as the need becomes pressing. There are two other Matching the funding sources of growth we will garner. The first is women power. We will recognise that they hold up half the sky. My favourite example is the demographic dividend as she goes to college, marries late, the first gaps in the next decade baby comes later and the last earlier. We will stop saying they are “Devis” and ac- As we come to the end of a de- tion, nowhere is the need for capital cept them as fellow workers, and a great cade that witnessed unprecedented more urgent than in urban infra- source of growth. Women are not the only monetary policy expansion, an eye structure. With a current urbanisa- on the trends observed and those tion rate of 34 per cent (according ones we discriminate against. Brahmani- rapidly in play, helps examine criti- to the World Bank figure) and still cal leadership in thought will be changed cal points of action, especially, for significant to take advantage of the large Adivasi and India. urbanisation yet to come in the Dalit population as another great asset for The past decade saw the S&P 500 coming decade, India must create a give an annualised return of 13.27 policy climate to boost urban infra- growth. As Kaushik Basu has written re- per cent (dividends reinvested) structure investments significantly. cently, divisive laws are hurting our global between December 2009 and De- Bridging the two “funding gaps” reach and have serious economic conse- cember 2019, a return that is both will be challenging, but it also pres- attractive and symbolic of the ex- ents an immense business oppor- quences. Ten per cent less in the labour cellent run the equity markets saw tunity. As urbanisation escalates in force means almost one percentage point globally. Additionally, while the India, opportunities will arise in all lower growth than 8 per cent annually. We stock market bull run over the last primary and ancillary industries decade was one side of the coin, related to the urban infrastructure will resist those who say Enjoy-Now-for- the rally in the bond markets with needs including, but not limited to the-Good-Times are here, for the TV czar global interest rates heading signifi- building materials, transportation is clipped, and the reality of acche din will cantly lower was the opposite trend. equipment makers, energy distribu- While those part of the bull-run in tion businesses, water management, come to mean that this generation must stocks can rejoice, two fundamen- sewage management and the like. sacrifice and build the nation with its pros- tal issues deserve careful attention Business opportunities will also arise pering market towns, girls in college and from investors, governments and on the capital management side, es- the general public alike as we head pecially the asset management busi- facilities to get over other deprivations. into the next decade, namely, the ness. The ability to channel capital Our savings rate will stop falling. It will get underfunded pension funds in the rates has further exacerbated the tal towards the emerging markets from the investors to the investment back from 29 per cent to 40 per cent as in developed economies and the sub- problem of low returns. The “fund- will probably be an essential com- opportunities will be what will dif- China — not difficult for good leadership stantial investment funding gap in ing gap” that has emerged for funds ponent of the strategy that pension ferentiate the truly successful emerg- emerging markets. also indicates the need for both the funds from the developed markets ing market asset managers from the in Gandhi’s India. Above all, we will be the Data indicates that global trends funds themselves as well as their adopt to generate returns commen- crowd in the coming decade. As we first human society which will show that a of increased longevity, rapid ur- external asset managers to generate surate with the investment return transition into a new decade, solv- large Islamic population and not-so-insig- banisation and higher demand for higher returns. targets. ing for structural issues that can food and energy are here to stay, In the coming decade, a greater While the developed economies help channel more and considerably nificant other minority groups will be an but these trends have ramifications focus on emerging markets such as contend with underfunded pen- more amounts of capital into emerg- integral part of a cultural super power, on both at societal as well as the eco- India is inevitable. While theoreti- sion funds, countries such as In- ing urban infrastructure requiring its way to become a great economic pow- nomic decision-making level. In the cally the expansion into emerging dia face the issue of a funding gap markets such as India have to be developed economies, underfund- markets such as India is a no brain- between the investment available both the focus and the business op- er. Are you not convinced? Barack Obama ed pension funds is an issue that er and significant activity has been and capital required to create the portunities. Regardless of the decade, was possible because the future was craft- merits attention, especially as the shown by large foreign pension requisite infrastructure for a rela- the one investor requirement that ed during the Kennedy era. We have inher- population ages and lives longer. funds to invest into the Indian mar- tively young country. The funding will be a constant is the requirement At a layman’s level, the assets that kets, the game-changer will be the gaps and matching investor interest for high risk-adjusted returns. De- ited a freedom movement which made the some pension funds hold is smaller capacity for medium sizes as well with projects assume great signifi- risking investment opportunities will impossible possible. How many countries than the liabilities, i.e., the money as relatively small pension funds to cance in an Indian context. While be precisely where India will have to can boast of Bapu, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sar- they must payout in the future. invest in India. In other words, un- the funding gaps in infrastructure focus through deft policy changes as dar Vallabhbhai Patel and Maulana Azad? The current regime of low-interest leashing a much larger pool of capi- in India attracts significant atten- we traverse the coming decade. We are destined to be a great power. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon Wednesday, March 11, 2020 OP-ED 7

HOPE, FEAR, ANGER: WILL THIS BE THE DECADE WE IS EVERY INDIAN FINALLY COME TO TERMS WITH OUR REALITY? MINE?: THAT’S THE In a brilliant and moving essay on Lessing, QUESTION FOR 2020 Hannah Arendt described three political emo- IN 2019, IT WAS NOT JUST PEOPLE VERSUS GOVERNMENT, BUT ONE tions in terms of what she called “awareness of reality.” Political emotion is not always DEFINITION OF PEOPLE JOSTLING AGAINST ANOTHER. TO ANSWER about passion or excitement; it is rather an ap- proach to reality. Arendt wrote, “In hope the unprecedented economic growth, the exuber- shrinking from reality was most manifest in world becomes just a theatre of combat. soul overleaps reality, as in fear it shrinks back ance of a new economy at least threw cold wa- the denial of India’s plenitude and diversity. This is the moment of anger where citizens Tender flowers of hope versus a ruth- from it.” But more surprisingly she wrote, “an- ter over communalism, and Indian democracy India’s identity needed to be simplified, made refuse to take the government at its word; less bulldozer. That is how I picture the ger reveals and exposes the world”. would retain a modicum of civility. There was to march to one pied piper. they are willing to tell the highest functionar- start of the year 2020 in India. Among What does the trinity of hope, fear and an- anger, but it was an anger born of hope and Not only did minorities need to be shown ies in the land that mere repetition of a lie, the hope-giving buds I include Prime ger look like at the end of the year in which the high expectations. India was doing decently their place, any trace of authentic spirituality backed by power, does not make something Minister Narendra Modi’s recognition, government, in all but name, instigated civil by historical standards. But the anger was that in Hinduism was emptied out into a collective a truth. And finally, this is a moment of re- in the context of protests against the war on its own citizens? Our laws have many it was not doing better. We overleapt reality in narcissism. Instead of the Self embracing the claiming a semblance of political agency. CAA and NRC, that India’s youth “dislike debatable provisions. But for the first time, expectations of what we could achieve; and plenitude of the world, the world was cut to One way in which a regime takes us from discrimination”. Modi didn’t admit that religion-based discrimination in citizenship perhaps underplayed the dire possibility that size to fit the small Ego of an insecure nation- reality is by invoking necessity. “There is no the careful exclusion of Muslims from is enshrined in law. The standing of protest- we could be doing much worse. We were so alism. Arendt was right that in fear we shrink alternative” can, in some circumstances be the list of persecuted migrants whom ing citizens is denied. All protestors are “Is- hopeful we took a leap into what we thought back from the world. But fear does not only the ultimate lie. For it is a way of saying that the CAA is designed to support is the lamists” or “urban Naxals” who deserve only was a new reality. It, in fact, turned out to be shrink back from the world, it literally tries to citizens are our prisoners, they don’t have a precise discrimination upsetting India’s one fate: To be rooted out. In Uttar Pradesh, darkness. The BJP came to power in what, to shrink it. India has shrunk in the last decade. choice. They always do. They are beginning youth. However, in today’s setting that’s the government has used the pretext of violent those who voted for it, looked like a crescendo Ten years ago our anger was, why aren’t we to exercise it again. But this anger is still a the direct meaning of “discrimination”. protest to unleash a chain of retribution, col- of hope. The old regime had crumbled in its doing much better? Now the anger is: How long way from reversing the shrinking of In- The physical and ideological descen- lective punishment, lawlessness and intimida- refusal to fight. It listened but did not act on much lower can we go? dia. What constellation of political forces will dants of Badshah Khan — the “Frontier tion, whose end point is too disturbing to even criticisms that could have saved it. It would The current moment of anger, promoted by be up to reversing a tide of communalisation, Gandhi” who opposed imperialism, the contemplate. The whole arsenal of surveil- be foolish to deny that the BJP had a demo- the CAA, is that moment of revealing that Ar- authoritarianism, economic stagnation, en- Pakistan demand and the two-nation lance, detention, shutdowns, disinformation, cratic imprimatur behind it. What makes this endt talks about. It is not a moment of anger vironmental depredation, institutional decay theory, thereby inviting imprisonment and threats is becoming the norm elsewhere. a fraught moment that has the mental feel of that is born of the illusory hopes of a decade with which we end the decade? To remind by the British before 1947 and by Paki- Public discourse is now suffused with com- a civil conflict is that the contest is not just ago, or the denials of the last five years. It is the us of the enormity of this challenge is not a stani regimes after 1947 — continue to munalism, or risks being hijacked by it at every people versus government, but one definition anger that seeks to expose the world that we counsel of despair. It is not to induce fear of face murderous attacks from Islamist turn. We are, literally and figuratively, gasping of the people jostling against another. are constructing for what it is. It is, at last, an another kind where we throw up hands in the extremists in Pakistan. If any of them for air. But the hope the BJP carried already had attempt to reclaim reality in three ways. First face of reality. It is, rather, to say this. In the wish to enter India, the CAA would deny This is a different world from a decade ago. deep portents of fear. There was a shrinking to reclaim a basic moral reality, that there is a last decade we gave in to both unfounded them succour. For only one reason — A decade ago, we were hopeful. The financial back from reality in more ways than one could baseline of values, enshrined in non-discrim- hope, and then unbounded fear. Will this be they are Muslims. It’s a discrimination crisis was just beginning to unfold, and the list. It was manifest in the will to simplifica- ination, that we refuse to surrender. Second, the decade where we finally come to terms that India’s youth are unwilling to ac- two biggest worries India seemed to have were tion this government represented: As if all of there is a reclaiming of the world itself. It is a with our reality, we find the will not to be de- cept. Another bud of hope was Venkaiah plutocracy and policy paralysis. But these India’s policy problems could be solved by mark of fearful regimes that they want to make ceived? And in that refusal of deception, will Naidu’s plea on December 29 for “en- seemed fixable problems — temporary dips deferring to a leader. The fear was manifest in our hold over reality more tenuous. They don’t we find new beginnings — a new way of relat- lightened, meaningful and constructive that the self-correcting mechanisms of democ- the refusal to come to terms with the truth that want to argue about the truth, they want to ing to each other that does not diminish any discussion” over the CAA and the NRC. racy could cure. India was fated to experience the Indian economy was in dire straits. But the make the idea of truth irrelevant, so that the one of us? Happy New Year. A third was the call on December 28 by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Union min- ister for minorities, for “immediate ac- tion” against the UP police officer who had asked Muslim protestors to “go to A NO-DEAL BREXIT WILL BE A DISASTER FOR THE UK’S YOUNG PEOPLE Pakistan”. A bigger blossom of hope had In all the drama of the negotiations, I fear for the next genera- students have had direct work experience forum in the Austrian Alps and offer 700 appeared on December 22, when Modi placements. Hundreds of thousands oth- scholarships for young people to take indicated at a Delhi rally that the NRC tion — we can’t take vital cultural connections for granted ers just enjoy the opportunity to travel, part. Because of the low number of appli- was not on the anvil. The biggest posi- BY FRANZ FISCHLER whether to the beaches of the Mediterra- cations from the UK there will be fewer tive array, however, was formed by tens nean, city breaks across the continent, or than 10 British student participants. A of thousands of students of all religious he catastrophic economic conse- the Interrail experience. participation rate of 1.4 peer cent from hues who spontaneously, and in almost quences of a hard Brexit for the Unit- Unsurprisingly, young people in the UK a major European country at a major Eu- every case entirely peacefully, rallied Ted Kingdom and damage to the rest of voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU ropean event is extremely poor. It is not across India against the discrimina- the European Union (EU) understandably — around 70-75 per cent by most estimates. good enough. tory CAA and the NRC — the latter now dominate the headlines. It must be a con- What kind of Brexit is being negotiated for I want to encourage the next generation seemingly abandoned. cern for everyone, regardless of how they young people? Will their job prospects be in the UK to maintain links with the rest of But the bulldozer has not been quiet. voted in the referendum, that after a two- improved or not? Will it safeguard their ed- Europe, and not weaken them. It has been particularly menacing in Ut- year wait for a government plan the main ucational opportunities? Will it guarantee To that end, I would encourage those tar Pradesh, where Chief Minister “Yogi” customs proposals have already been ruled them the same freedom of travel? Will they with ideas, hopes and aspirations to have Adityanath has threatened “revenge” on out and warnings are growing about a dam- have the same quality of health cover? a look at what is happening at the Alpbach protestors who damage property. Bringing aging no-deal Brexit. Already some of the longer-term signs are Forum this month and apply to take part offenders to book is no doubt an adminis- Viewed from the continent, it is hard to not promising, especially with the econom- next year. tration’s task. Taking revenge on your own imagine that anyone in the UK voted for a ic shock of a no-deal Brexit. This is also true Europe is much more than the EU, but people is an offended ruler’s rage in full no-deal outcome or to get poorer. While I with education. According to the British it is the main institution to improve eco- flow. The damage that UP’s protests caused should declare an interest as a former com- Council, language provision already “looks nomic, social and cultural connections. was hardly unprecedented. Haryana in 2016, missioner of the EU, I want to stress that my possible by the free movement of people increasingly vulnerable”, and Brexit could British citizens, especially the young, will also under BJP rule, saw far greater destruc- major concern is how we ensure the best within the EU. diminish the already “limited language ca- remain connected in many ways to the rest tion but invited no stern reaction. The crime relations between the UK and EU27, in par- Meanwhile, the Office for National Sta- pability” in the UK. of Europe regardless of Brexit, and we must last month of UP’s protestors was that they ticular the social, cultural and educational tistics in UK has reported that nine out of The number of pupils taking modern foster that. had been born to Muslim parents. Also links we share. the top 10 tourist destinations for Britons in languages such as French and German However, we cannot take it for granted. damaging to the image of Indian democ- Most obviously, there are around a mil- 2016 were EU countries. This ease of travel has declined dramatically, as have the We need to work at it. I fear that this is being racy has been the elevation to the new post lion Britons who live on the European con- is backed by established systems and ar- number of foreign language assistants. lost in all the drama of Brexit negotiations. of Chief of Defence Staff of General Bipin tinent. According to the United Nations, the rangements for flights and health care. We No wonder the British Council warns There are now only two months scheduled Rawat right after his public criticism, un- UK has the fifth highest expat population in have started taking this all for granted. that more young people must learn lan- to reach an agreement. The stakes are really precedented for a military chief, of civilian the EU, after Poland, Romania, Germany Particular beneficiaries have been young guages if the UK is to remain globally high for the economy — but also for the next protests. In his nation-wide address to the and Italy. More than 2.3 million EU citizens people from the UK. More than 200,000 competitive post-Brexit.I am currently in generation of young people from across the youth (December 29), Modi asked them to work in the UK, making a big contribution British students have taken part in the charge of the Alpbach Forum, the Euro- nations and regions of the UK. Surely, we introspect. Rights, he added, came with du- to the National Health Service, hospitality Erasmus education scheme since it was es- pean festival of ideas. We bring together owe them the best future possible. ties. Presumably it was introspection that sector and agriculture. This has been made tablished in 1987. Around a third of those thousands of international experts to the COURTESY : AL-JAZEERA had led Modi a week earlier to, sort of, drop the NRC. Has he the courage now to bravely rethink the CAA? It has to be redrafted to ad- dress the situation of all persecuted persons who might seek relief, or might have sought WHY CHINA, AND NOT THE US, IS THE LEADER IN SOLAR POWER relief, by entering India. Naming specific The solar panel was invented in the US. So why is the US not its biggest proponent? religious groups as being entitled to relief, BY LARRY BEINHART and deafeningly excluding Muslims, is prob- effective one. Wind power is more techni- the remaining four, is named for where it’s ald Trump also said it. It’s a gospel song at ably unconstitutional and unquestionably Solar power is one of the fastest grow- cally demanding than solar. Hydropower headquartered but does most of its manu- right-wing think tanks. un-Indian. Some have tried to justify the ing industries in the world. According to usually requires damming rivers, which facturing in China. Chinese companies ac- They don’t mean it. discrimination by citing the circumstances the International Energy Agency (IEA), it cause other complications. It appears, at count for around 60 percent of total annual America is constantly “picking winners of the 1947 Partition. Can circumstances 72 accounts for almost two-thirds of net new least for now, that solar is the future. solar cell manufacturing capacity globally. and losers”. For example, it has special years ago justify inequality today? Moreover, power capacity globally. Invented in the US, manufactured in China Why there and not in the US? tax policies that allow the likes of Mitt those circumstances should be honestly re- In 2016, new solar capacity even overtook The basis for most modern solar power Policy. Romney to pay a much lower percentage called. The 1947 Partition was not designed the net growth in coal, previously the big- systems is the silicon photovoltaic (PV) cell. China has deliberate, conscious, indus- of their income in taxes than the average to create two nations, one Hindu and the gest new source of power generation. The It was invented in 1954 by three American trial development policies. They are mod- worker. There were special laws that al- other Muslim. The Pakistan demanded by estimated value of solar power in 2015 was scientists - Calvin Souther Fuller, Daryl elled on the policies South Korea followed lowed senators, congressmen and con- the League’s 1940 resolution, and the Paki- $86bn and is projected to hit $422bn by Chapin and Gerald Pearson - at the Bell with great success in the 1960s and 70s. gresswomen, and their aides, to engage in stan to which the Indian National Congress, 2022. There’s no reason to expect it to stop Labs in New Jersey. In 1960, South Korea was one of the poor- insider trading. the Muslim League and the Akalis agreed, there and every reason to expect it to con- Back then the PV cell had a very poor est nations in the world. Then the govern- When a law was passed to stop it, loop- was a separated state for the Subcontinent’s tinue to grow. light-to-electricity conversion efficiency ment launched a comprehensive and con- holes were added so that it wouldn’t be too Muslim-majority areas. It was not a Mus- Fossil fuels, including coal, oil and natu- (around six percent) and was very expen- crete industrial development strategy. It effective. When the crash of 2008 came, the lim homeland to which the Subcontinent’s ral gas, are still the world’s primary energy sive to fabricate. Over the next few years, nationalised all commercial banks and re- US Treasury committed hundreds of bil- Muslims would migrate. Nor was there any source. However, they have very high ex- Les Hoffman, another American scientist, organised the banking system to give itself lions of dollars to save the banks. agreement that non-Muslims in the Paki- ternal costs - climate change, air and wa- improved its efficiency to 14 percent and control over credit. The Federal Reserve put trillions of dol- stan area would migrate to India. The 1947 ter pollution - and in the case of fracking lowered the production cost. It focused on five key industries - steel, lars into the hands of the very biggest Partition did not bring about a Hindu India - earthquakes. After that, it didn’t take too long for solar petrochemical, car industry, shipbuilding, banks. There was very little left for the rest and a Muslim Pakistan. It created a secular These costs are rapidly increasing and to become one of the primary energy gen- and electronics - and provided low-nterest who then entered the Great Recession. This India containing a Hindu majority, and a people are becoming more aware of them. eration methods in space. loans to businesses in these sectors accord- is policy. It picks winners - the top 0.1 per- Muslim-majority Pakistan which M A Jinnah As a result, public demand for these costs to In 1964 NASA launched the first Nimbus ing to the needs of economic plans. It also cent - and losers - the rest. hoped would be a secular state. While Jin- be counted - both through policy and litiga- spacecraft, a satellite able to run entirely put on a drive to have the best technical The tax policies and the bailouts also rep- nah’s hopes were belied, the free India envi- tion - is also increasing. on a 470-watt solar array. Two years later, education system in Asia. resent industrial policy. Perhaps better to sioned by — to name only a few — Gandhi, Moreover, the world has long been wary it launched the world’s first Orbiting Astro- Thanks to these industrial policies, South call it, anti-industrial policy, because they Tagore, Nehru, Patel, Subhas Bose, Maulana of the wars, threats of war and power nomical Observatory, powered entirely by a Korea is now the 11th largest economy in both favour financialisation over manufac- Azad, Bhagat Singh and Ambedkar, grew plays that have come with oil dependen- one-kilowatt array. the world. Today, China is following South turing. The US government gives immense as a pluralist and democratic nation. An cy. All this was not much spoken of until To this day, US scientists are still leading Korea’s example and helping its solar in- support to defence industries. It works. A amazed world had not expected that a long- recently because there seemed to be no the way in solar innovation. The most effi- dustry to prosper as part of a long-term, great deal of the country’s technology edge colonised country with caste divisions that real alternative to oil. But as renewable cient solar cell technology yet, with a light- well-thought-out industrial development comes from there. That also supports in- seemed greater than Africa’s tribal divisions, energy sources with minimal external to-electricity conversion efficiency of 40.7 strategy. dustries, like Boeing, who have one foot in a linguistic diversity before which even Eu- costs become more practical and afford- percent, was developed by the US Depart- Picking winners and losers the war machine and the other in the civil- rope seemed unilingual, and a religious mix able, more people are moving towards ment of Energy and Spectrolab, a subsidiary In the US, however, Republicans who ian world. The United States is still a col- that appeared even more challenging than using them. There are several types of re- of Boeing, in 2007.Yet seven of the world’s love to say “Government should not pick lection of states. They all compete to bring the Middle East’s brew, would remain dem- newables - wind, hydroelectric, biomass, top 11 solar panel manufacturers are now winners and losers!” are now in power. businesses with jobs. ocratic, with — at least on paper and often geothermal - but solar is by far the most in mainland China. Canadian Solar, one of Mitt Romney said it. Paul Ryan said it. Don- COURTESY : AL-JAZEERA on the ground — equal rights for all.

The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon Wednesday, March 11, 2020 international 8 Sudanese PM survives assassination attempt Ex-Scottish leader to stand Khartoum, March 10 (IANS) the country and have shown lished a joint military-civilian, military coup and imposed a trial on sex offence charges Sudan's Prime Minister Ab- little willingness to hand over 11-member sovereign council strict interpretation of religion comprises allegations of 10 dalla Hamdok on Monday sur- power to civilians. to govern Sudan for the next on its citizens, limiting personal sexual assaults, two inde- vived an assassination attempt No one immediately claimed three years. freedoms. The country was an cent assaults, one attempt- in the capital Khartoum, state responsibility for the attack, Prominent activist Khalid international pariah for its sup- ed rape and an assault with TV said in a report. and it was unclear what type Omar, secretary general of the port of extreme Islamists. intent to rape. According to the report, of device caused the explosion, Sudanese Congress Party, said Sudan's transitional authori- It is alleged that the of- Hamdok, a longtime econo- the report said. the attempt on Hamdok's life ties announced in February fences were committed at mist, was heading to the Cabi- Footage posted online was a "new chapter in the con- that they agreed to hand over various locations across net's offices when the attack showed two white, Japanese- spiracy against the Sudanese al-Bashir to the International Scotland, including the took place, and that he was made SUVs vehicles used by revolution." Criminal Court along with Scottish Parliament and taken to a "safe place." Sudan's top officials parked on Monday's blast came less other former officials wanted the First Minister's official The attack highlighted the a street, damaged with widows than two months after an by the ICC. Edinburgh, March 10 Bute House residence in fragility of Sudan's transition broken. Another vehicle was tion of Freedom and Change armed revolt from within Su- Hamdok has confirmed the (IANS) Former Scottish Na- Edinburgh. Salmond, 65, to civilian rule, almost a year badly damaged in the blast. called on people to take to the dan's security forces shut down government will cooperate tional Party (SNP) leader was First Minister of Scot- after pro-democracy protest- Several dozen people were streets to "show our unity and the capital's airport and left with the court's efforts to pros- Alex Salmond will stand land from May 2007 until ers forced the military to re- seen in the site of the attack, cohesion ... and protect the at least two people dead. The ecute those wanted for war trial on Monday over al- November 2014, when he move autocratic President chanting: "With our blood and transitional authority." tense stand-off between the crimes and genocide in con- legations that he sexually stood down in the wake Omar al-Bashir from power soul, we redeem you, Ham- After months of negotia- armed forces and rogue intel- nection with the Darfur con- assaulted 10 women while of the country's indepen- and replace him with a joint dok." The protest movement tions, the military and the pro- ligence officers paralyzed street flict in Sudan in the 2000s. Su- serving as First Minister. dence referendum. military-civilian government, that led the uprising against democracy movement reached life in several parts of Khar- dan's transitional government The former SNP lead- He has pled not guilty to ABC news reported. al-Bashir called the blast a "ter- a power-sharing deal in Au- toum, along with another west- has also been under pressure er will face a total of 14 all of the charges. The trial However, military generals rorist attack." The statement gust, at which point Hamdok ern city. In 1989, al-Bashir came to end wars with rebel groups charges at the High Court is expected to last about remain the de facto rulers of by the Forces for the Declara- took office. The deal estab- to power in an Islamist-backed as it seeks to rehabilitate. in Edinburgh. The charges four weeks. Meghan-Harry join Queen for church service Kim Jong-un guides another Johnson to hold emergency meet When the details of the couple's after UK's 3rd COVID-19 death departure were finalised, the long-range artillery strike drill Queen issued a statement saying had been tested. Harry, Meghan and great-grand- South Korean officials The country's chief medi- son Archie "will always be much said that North Korea cal officer Professor Chris loved members of my family". Last fired at least three un- Whitty and chief scientific week, Prince Harry reportedly had identified projectiles adviser Patrick Vallance a "heart-to-heart" during a four- Monday, the second are set to attend Monday's hour lunch at Windsor Castle dur- such move within a week. meeting of the govern- ing which the Queen was said to South Korea's Defence ment's Cobra committee. have told him he would "always be Ministry said it detected London, March 10 (IANS) The committee will as- London, March 10 (IANS) The welcomed back". different types of short- UK Prime Minister Bo- sess whether the UK should UK's Prince Harry and his wife The Duke and Duchess are in the range projectiles fired ris Johnson will chair an officially move from the Meghan Markle joined the Queen UK for their final few engagements from the Sondok area on emergency meeting of se- 'contain' to the 'delay' for a church service in Windsor, as as working royals, the Metro news- the east coast of North nior Ministers on Monday phase of the government's they were wrapping up their last paper reported. Korea into the waters be- to discuss the coronavirus battle plan to deal with the engagements before stepping back They were given a standing ova- tween the Korean Penin- crisis in the country after a coronavirus. Such a step as senior royals on March 31. The tion as they arrived at the Royal Al- sula and Japan. third death was reported. would require agreement service on Sunday was the first bert Hall for the Mountbatten Fes- Pyongyang, March and ordered the start of "The artillerymen on Public Health England from Whitty and Vallance. time Markle and the Queen were tival of Music on Saturday night. 10 (IANS) North Kore- the fire, said the report, the front hit the target confirmed on Sunday eve- Also on Monday, Envi- face-to-face since the Duke and Meghan also paid a surprise visit an leader Kim Jong-un without giving details with excellent marksman- ning that a man in his 60s, ronment Secretary George Duchess of Sussex announced in to pupils at Robert Clack School in guided another firepower about what kind of weap- ship in the presence of with underlying health Eustice will hold further January that they were stepping Dagenham, east London, to mark strike drill of long-range ons were tested, Xinhua the Supreme Leader, fully problems, died at North talks with retailers on how back as royals in order to become International Women's Day and artillery sub-units of the reported. demonstrating their com- Manchester General Hospi- to support vulnerable financially independent, the Metro met one of the women who fought Korean People's Army The purpose of the bat power..." the KCNA tal after testing positive for groups who may have to newspaper said in a report. an historic equal pay battle in the (KPA) on Monday, the firepower strike drill was said.On March 2, Kim the deadly virus, the Metro self-isolate. Speaker Lind- The couple were seen smiling as nearby Ford car plant. official Korean Central to "inspect the sudden visited a firepower strike newspaper reported. say Hoyle will also chair they pulled in to The Royal Chapel The couple is set to meet Kate News Agency (KCNA) re- military counterattack drill ground of long-range It came on the day that a meeting of the House of of All Saints following the Queen's and William for the first time in ported on Tuesday. capability of the long- artillery sub-units of the confirmed cases of the virus Commons Commission to "sweet gesture" of asking them to months at the Commonwealth Ser- Kim watched the drill range artillery units on KPA and guided the drill, in the UK reached 278, after discuss Parliament's re- accompany her. vice on Monday. at an observation post the front", it said. according to the KCNA. more than 23,500 people sponse .

Afghan govt formation impasse on as rivals US rejects formation of parallel government in Afghanistan Washington, March 10 by low participation amid far opposed the agreement prepare to take oath (IANS) The United States threats from the Taliban between the Taliban and Kabul, March 10 (IANS) Af- solve to uphold the rule of law. has rejected the formation and subsequent allegations Washington for the release ghan President Ashraf Ghani Our track record of self-denial of an Afghan government of massive fraud by Ghani's of 5,000 insurgents, he was set to take oath for his sec- & compromise should not led by opposition leader rivals. seemed willing to yield in ond five-year term on Monday have given cause to anyone to Abdullah Abdullah par- Despite rejecting the par- exchange for a reduction in amid wrangling with his rival take us for granted," Abdullah allel to that of President allel swearings-in, Pompeo violence. Abdullah Abdullah, who has tweeted. Ashraf Ghani. Both Ghani appreciated "Dr. Abdullah's In a speech after his threatened a parallel inaugura- Murtaza Eshraqi, one of and Abdullah held parallel statement March 9 under- ceremony, Ghani said a tion ceremony. Abdullah's aides, said they swearing-in ceremonies in scoring similar commit- mechanism for talks with "The oath-taking ceremony were also ready for a planned Kabul on Monday throwing ments to peace and inclu- the Taliban and the release of the elected president of swearing-in ceremony. "As the the country into a major po- sivity" in line with Ghani's of thousands of insurgents the Islamic Republic of Af- Presidential Palace postponed litical crisis amid the ongo- statement that "discussions from Afghan jails "as re- ghanistan will be held this their oath-taking ceremony ing peace process, Efe news and negotiations will con- quired under the deal " afternoon," Efe news quoted till around 2 pm, therefore our reported. tinue for the next two weeks had been finalized and a Ghani's spokesperson Sediq ceremony is also postponed," "We strongly oppose any to come to an agreement on presidential order in this Sediqqi as saying in a tweet. Eshraqi told Efe news, adding action to establish a paral- an inclusive government regard would be issued on Ghani's function was originally they were informed about the to prepare for talks with the Abdullah's camp even tried lel government, and any use which unifies the country Tuesday. "(The) decree... scheduled early Monday morn- delay in Ghani's ceremony by Taliban on March 10, as a fol- to install governors in some of force to resolve political and prioritizes peace." will include further details ing at the Presidential Palace in Khalilzad. low up to the Feb.29 peace provinces in northern Afghani- differences," US Secretary The US official also of this process. Fortunately, Kabul but was delayed after the Another of Abdullah's aides agreement between the US and stan, triggering fears of political of State Mike Pompeo said praised Ghani's announce- we have reached a frame- two warring sides engaged into told Efe that representatives of the insurgents over the with- instability and a repeat of 2014, in a statement. US Special ment that he will "issue a work," said Ghani, with his a last-minute dialog, mediated the two sides "are still in talks drawal of foreign forces from when his supporters had held Representative for Afghani- decree March 10 on Taliban wife, First Lady Rula Ghani, by US Special Envoy Zalmay to find a solution". "If they fail Afghanistan. violent protests over electoral stan Reconciliation Zalmay prisoner release and the for- accompanying him to the Khalilzad to end the stalemate. to find a way out, we will hold The country's election com- results. Khalilzad was present at mation of a national team ceremony. Abdullah, however, refused our oath-taking ceremony." mission announced on Febru- On September 28, 2019, only Ghani's oath-taking cer- for intra-Afghan negotia- He added that there to budge, saying "invalidation The dispute over who should ary 18 that Ghani had won the 2.7 million of the 9.6 million emony, while Abdullah's tions" with the insurgents would be a "significant re- of all fraudulent votes" in the rule the war-ravaged nation polls. But his closest political people eligible to vote turned swearing-in took place in the with whom the US has al- duction in violence" for September 28, 2019 polls was over the next five years began rival, Chief Executive Abdullah, out at polling places, a very low presence of local leaders. ready reached an agree- people to see in return for "the way out" of the impasse. after the controversial presi- who was declared the runner- turnout rate mainly due to con- This political crisis has ment on the withdrawal of the release of Taliban pris- "No one should have under- dential polls last year. up in the official results, has re- tinued threats from the Taliban been brewing since Sep- international troops from oners "linked to the peace estimated our commitment to The crisis deepened as the fused to accept his defeat and and people's mistrust of the tember, when the holding Afghanistan. and security of the Af- genuine democracy & our re- new government was expected claimed victory. electoral process. of the elections was marked Although Ghani has so ghans."

Philippines security group imposes Bolsonaro solidifies Brazil's defence ties with US Bank of Russia suspends 'no-touch' policy with Duterte Miami, March 10 (IANS) ner. This is the Brazilian then-President Bill Clinton. forex purchases amid ruble Brazilian President Jair leader's second trip to the That designation was a Manila, March 10 (IANS) Bolsonaro visited the US US since assuming office in prerequisite for the RDT&E, depreciation The Presidential Security Southern Command head- January 21. which is expected to take Moscow, March 10 (IANS) The Bank of Group (PSG) of the Philip- quarters here to discuss On Sunday, Brazilian Air effect in 2021. Negotiations Russia announced on Monday that it was pines said on Monday that regional security, where he Force Gen. Raul Botelho on the accord began under suspending foreign currency purchases it will implement a "no- witnessed the signing of an Gen. Raul Botelho and Fall- former Brazilian President on the domestic market for 30 days over touch" policy on President accord expanding military er signed a bilateral Agree- Michel Temer. the weakening ruble, after a collapse in Rodrigo Duterte to ensure cooperation between the ment on Research Devel- Prior to the signing cer- oil prices. The move aims to increase the his safety amid the CO- two countries. opment, Test & Evaluation emony, Bolsonaro and his predictability of the monetary authori- VID-19 outbreak. "It was an honour to wel- (RDT&E) Projects. delegation held talks with ties and curb the volatility of the finan- "PSG will strictly imple- any illness related to CO- personnel and the whole come President Bolsonaro After the signing, Brazil- Faller and other senior US cial markets, Efe news quoted the central ment preventive measures VID-19, including PSG Malacanang presidential and the distinguished del- ian Defence Minister Fer- officers on how the two na- bank as saying in a statement. against the virus to ensure personnel, politicians, and palace complex. egation from Brazil to our nando Azevedo e Silva told tions can work together to The bank added that it is monitoring the safety of (the 74-year- dignitaries. Durante added the PSG headquarters and to speak reporters that the new pact address "opportunities and the financial markets and is ready to take old president) and the "Large crowd gatherings imposed the policy after with him about the growing could make it easier for threats" in the region. additional measures to maintain financial first family," Xinhua news with Duterte as guest of the Philippine Depart- defence ties between our Brazil's defence industry to White House sources said stability in Russia. Earlier in the day, the agency quoted PSG Com- honour and speaker shall ment of Health (DOH) nations," Efe news quoted sell its wares to the US and that while Saturday night's Russian currency depreciated to 73 rubles mander Colonel Jesus Du- be assessed and could be raised the COVID-19 alert Navy Adm. to Washington's 28 NATO discussion between Trump per the US dollar on the international rante as saying in a state- canceled not only for his system to code red sub- Craig Faller at the South- partners. and Bolsonaro included market, the weakest since March 2016. ment. safety but also for the at- level 1 on Saturday after Com facility in Miami's Last year, Trump desig- bilateral trade and military Against the euro, it retreated to nearly Durante said people tendees," he added. more cases were detected. Doral suburb, as saying on nated Brazil as Washing- cooperation. 84 rubles per euro, the lowest since Feb- who are expected to get The PSG Commander As of Sunday evening, Sunday. ton's 18th Major non-NATO The main topic was the ruary 2016. Russia's financial markets re- near Duterte especially said all established health the total number of con- On Saturday night, US ally. The only other country situation in Venezuela, main closed on Monday for the Interna- during meetings and protocols and preventive firmed cases in the coun- President Donald Trump in Latin America to hold where Washington is seek- tional Women's Day holiday, but analysts events will be thoroughly measures are continu- try rose to 10 with one fa- hosted Bolsonaro at his that status is Argentina, ing to topple the Nicolas have already expressed fear that Tuesday screened and tested for ously in effect to all PSG tality. Mar-a-Lago resort for din- added to the list in 1998 by Maduro government. could be a "blood bath" for the Russian. Indian Horizon 9 business Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Monday Mayhem: Worst day in the history of Dalal Street US dollar weakens amid Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) oil prices. to increase its production The Indian equity market The crash of the Indian above the 10 million barrel risk-off sentiment witnessed a bloodbath on stock markets was a sell-off per day mark, according to reported. Monday with the BSE Sensex across sectors, led by finan- reports. In late New York trading, the registering its biggest single cial, metal, energy and IT As per analysts, the oil mar- euro increased to $1.1458 from day fall in its history as it stocks - weighed on the mar- ket witnessed the worst price $1.1314 in the previous session, closed 1,941 points lower. kets. fall on Monday since the 1991 and the British pound was up The decline can be at- Further, crude oil prices Gulf War. to $1.3110 from $1.3013 in the tributed to the persistent also slumped around 30 per Global stock markets previous session. The Austra- concerns of the coronavirus cent on Monday as Organiza- also witnessed the bear run lian dollar decreased to $0.6595 epidemic severely impairing tion of Petroleum Exporting as Dow Jones and S&P500 from $0.6639. the global economy, coupled Countries (OPEC) failed to plunged as they opened on The US dollar bought 102.15 with the crash in the crude oil agree on an output cut deal, Monday. The plunge was New York, March 10 (IANS) Japanese yen, lower than markets witnessed earlier in eventually causing Saudi largely on the back of the 30 The US dollar lost strength on 105.23 Japanese yen of the pre- the day. Arabia to cut its prices as it is per cent overnight slump in Monday against traditional vious session. The US dollar Investors lost around Rs 7 during the intra-day trade on the BSE during the intra- likely to increase its produc- crude oil prices, along with safe-haven currencies like Jap- fell to 0.9239 Swiss franc from lakh crore during the day due to touch the day's low of day trade. tion. Saudi Arabia's stance the persistent concerns over anese yen and Swiss franc as 0.9368 Swiss franc, and it was to the rout, analysts said 35,109.18 points. It closed at Rs 1,113.15, has already raised concerns the impact of coronavirus on investors' risk appetite dimin- up to 1.3629 Canadian dollars The Sensex closed at The Nifty50 on the Na- lower by Rs 156.90 or 12.35 of an all-out price war. the global economy. ished amid oil shock. from 1.3423 Canadian dollars. 35,634.95, lower by 1,941.67 tional Stock Exchange (NSE) per cent from its previous Brent crude futures are The Dow Jones Industrial The dollar index, which mea- Oil prices collapsed on Monday points or 5.17 per cent closed at 10,451.45, lower by close. currently trading around $36 Average fell at the opening sures the greenback against six after Saudi Arabia slashed its from the previous close of 538 points or 4.90 per cent The Indian rupee also ex- per barrel. bell on Monday, declining major peers, fell 1.09 per cent at official oil prices and signalled 37,576.62. from its previous close. tended losses on Monday On Saturday, Saudi Ara- by more than 1,800 points. 94.9143 in late trading, Xinhua a significant production boost. It had opened at the day's Among the stocks, Reliance and depreciated to trade bia announced massive dis- Minutes within its opening, high of 36,950.20. Industries (RIL) recorded its around above 74 per dollar, counts to its official selling the S&P500 plunged by 7 per The benchmark index worst fall in around 10 years amid the carnage seen on the prices for April, and the na- cent, following which trade US regulator nod for Biocon had plunged 2,467.44 points as it fell to a low of Rs 1,094.95 stock markets and the fall in tion is reportedly preparing was halted for 15 minutes. partner's licence application The proposed medicine (bev- Holi reverses lower airfare trend, but cheaper tickets acizumab) is expected to be the third type from the partnered portfolio for cancer patients in may soon make comeback the US. It is available in India New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) "Tourism during festive dropping by about 40 per and other developing markets. Holi festivities have reversed seasons witnesses a hike ev- cent ahead of Holi on certain "The US regulator's accep- the trend of lower airfares, ery year with travellers being routes. However, people are tance of the application for but the good run for the gen- presented with exciting of- visiting their hometowns to the drug, co-developed by our eral aviation sector may be fers and options to explore celebrate Holi with grandeur Biologics and Mylan, will facili- shortlived as travellers still destinations apart from vis- and enthusiasm," Chopra Bengaluru, March 10 (IANS) tate access to affordable cancer remain shy of taking flights iting their hometowns," said said. The US Food and Drug Admin- therapies for patients," said as economic slowdown and Sabina Chopra, Co-founder Another feature of air- istration (FDA) has approved Biocon Biologics chief execu- coronavirus scare have de- and COO, Corporate Travel, fare trend this time is that the biologics licence applica- tive Christiane Hamacher. railed several travel plans. and Head, Industry Rela- on some popular domestic tion of Biocon partner Mylan The new drug will provide The airfares have re- cording to Ixigo, an AI-based the same period, airfares in tions, Yatra.com. routes, there has been 20- for review, according to the bio- an affordable alternative to the mained between 10 per cent travel app. Mumbai-Bengaluru, Mum- She, however, added that 25 per cent decrease in last tech firm here on Monday. branded biologic for the ap- and 33 per cent high on ma- The airfares normally re- bai-Kolkata, Bengaluru- this year, booking enquires minute fares on account of "The application sought ap- proved indications. "Biolog- jor metro circuits, includ- main high just before Holi Chennai, New Delhi-Chen- have witnessed a decline of falling oil prices. proval of Mylan's drug for treat- ics' R&D and manufacturing ing Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi- almost every year when trav- nai and New Delhi-Kolkata 52 per cent as compared to Airlines are also refraining ment of patients with meta- capabilities have enabled us to Bengaluru, Delhi-Chennai, ellers are seen returning to routes have remained be- last year due to the prevail- from increasing prices at the static colorectal cancer with offer two biosimilars to cancer Delhi-Hyderabad and Mum- their native places to be part tween 7 per cent and 41 per ing coronavirus scare. moment as they preempt a fluorouracil-based chemother- patients in the US and bevaci- bai-Ahmedabad in the two of the festivities. But the Ixi- cent lower than the current "This has resulted in air- weakening of demand on the apy," said the city-based Biocon zumab will expand our oncol- week period before Holi, ac- go data suggests that during prices. fares to popular destinations domestic side. in a statement. ogy portfolio," Hamacher said. Yes Bank enables inward IMPS, Yes Bank moratorium may end within a week: SBI Chairman

NEFT transactions New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) viser (CEA) Krishnamurthy New Delhi, March 10 from other bank ac- vesting Rs 2,450 crore. The inconvenience and un- Subramanian said there was no (IANS) Crisis-hit Yes counts. Thank you for The new board of certainty faced by Yes Bank reason to worry as Indian banks Bank on Tuesday said your co-operation. @ directors will stand depositors may be short-lived had adequate capital. that it has enabled in- RBIA @FinMinIndia," constituted from the as State Bank of India (SBI) The RBI last week also super- ward IMPS and NEFT said tweet. appointed date. It will Chairman Rajnish Kumar has seded Yes Bank's board of di- services. The move al- Last week Yes Bank comprise a CEO and said the moratorium could be rectors and appointed former lows people to send was placed under mor- MD, non-executive lifted within a week. Assuring SBI CFO Prashant Kumar as money from other bank atorium and a with- chairman and non-ex- depositors of safety of their administrator. The new board accounts to their Yes drawal cap of Rs 50,000 ecutive directors. The hard-earned money, Kumar of directors will stand consti- Bank account through was imposed till April SBI will have nominee said once the state-run lender tuted from the appointed date. IMPS (Immediate Pay- 3. directors appointed on stepped in there shouldn't be It will comprise a CEO and MD, ment Service) and NEFT The administrator the board of the recon- any worry about money as the non-executive chairman and (National Electronic of Yes Bank, Prashant structed bank. financial system was sound, non-executive directors. The Funds Transfer) mode. Kumar and Rajnish Ku- The RBI may appoint according to media reports. It SBI will have nominee directors In a tweet, the bank mar, the Chairman of additional directors to would be business as usual for appointed on the board of the also said that Yes Bank the State Bank of India the board, who shall Yes Bank with SBI's entry, Ku- reconstructed bank. customers can pay their are hopeful that mora- continue in office for mar assured depositors. as early as Saturday. Accord- the RBI placed Yes Bank under The RBI may appoint addi- credit card dues and torium would be lifted one year, or until an al- His statement gains signifi- ing to the administrator, there moratorium and capped the tional directors to the board, loan obligations from within a week. ternate board is consti- cance as both depositors and should not be any issue on the withdrawal limit at Rs 50,000 till who shall continue in office other bank accounts. As per the Reserve tuted by Yes Bank. investors are concerned about liquidity front. April 3. The SBI Chairman also for one year, or until an alter- "Inward IMPS/NEFT Bank of India (RBI) The SBI will not re- the bank's future and capital As per the Reserve Bank of In- said he didn't receive any direc- nate board is constituted by services have now been draft reconstruction duce its holding below adequacy. Prashant Kumar, the dia (RBI) draft reconstruction tion from the government and Yes Bank. The SBI will not re- enabled. You can make scheme for the crisis- 26 per cent before com- RBI-appointed administrator, scheme for the crisis-hit private the bank was closely working duce its holding below 26 per payments towards YES hit private lender, the pletion of three years has also said efforts are on to lift lender, the SBI will take up 49 with the apex bank. cent before completion of three BANK Credit Card dues SBI will take up 49 per from the date of infu- the moratorium before the April per cent in the bank by invest- Kumar's statement comes a years from the date of infusion and loan obligations cent in the bank by in- sion of the capital. 3 deadline and it could be lifted ing Rs 2,450 crore. On Thursday, day after Chief Economic Ad- of the capital.

Crude oil prices jump up 11% after Rana Kapoor's three plush Delhi properties under ED lens Monday carnage New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Its authorised share capital is Rs New Delhi, March mayhem in an already Before Yes Bank founder Rana 20,000,000 and its paid up capital 10 (IANS) A day after over supplied oil mar- Kapoor could shift his base from is Rs. 18,374,800. The Directors of oil markets witnessed ket. Brent crude prices India to any foreign country, the Bliss Villa (delhi) Private Limited a bloodbath, crude oil fell to $31 per barrel on Enforcement Directorate (ED) are Bindu Kapoor, and Ajita Mad- prices rose around 11 Monday.Saudi Arabia, took him in its custody and his hukar Potdar. per cent on Tuesday as the world's largest oil plan to sell his three Delhi-based The third property in Diplo- Russia indicated that exporter, escalated ten- properties amounting over Rs matic Enclave on Sardar Patel talks with the Organisa- sions with plans to sup- 1,000 crore failed. Marg is also a prime property tion of the Petroleum ply 12.3 million barrels The three properties -- 40, Am- linked to Rana but more infor- Exporting Countries per day (bpd) in April, rita Shergill Marg; 18 Kautilya mation about the property could (OPEC) may continue. well above current pro- Marg, Chanakya Puri; and in the not be gathered. It is learnt that Russia's Energy Min- into a free fall on Mon- duction levels of 9.7 mil- Diplomatic Enclave on Sardar Pa- the selling price of the Chanakya ister Alexander Novak day with oil prices lion bpd. tel Marg -- are not directly linked Puri and Sardar Patel property said that Moscow had across variants plung- Along with the oil pric- to Kapoor but officials said that was fixed Rs 350 crore and Rs 250 not ruled out measures ing around 30 per cent, es, stock markets in the he had tasked some top property got tip off about ED's investiga- Bliss Abode Pvt Ltd had bought crore, respectively. with OPEC to stabilise the biggest fall since the energy-rich Gulf region dealers here for hunting some tion against him. this property by raising Rs 380 The ED not only have started oil markets, as per re- 1991 Gulf War. The slide also recovered on Tues- buyers to sell these assets to. It is suspected that he did not crore from a Mumbai- based its probe into these three Delhi- ports. Brent crude oil comes after Saudi Ara- day after falling to multi- It is learnt that all the proper- want to leave any of his prop- non-banking financial company. based properties but also another is currently trading bia shocked the market year lows in the last two ties are linked to Kapoor's wife erty in India before shifting his The address of Bliss Abode is also property in Mumbai which was around $38 per bar- by launching a price war days. Shares of Saudi Bindu Kapoor, who is also under base, said the source, adding the the same as the property bought. bought by Rana's family on tony rel, 11 per cent higher after no consensus was Aramco, on the Tadawul the scanner as ED probes suspi- ED has began probing his three Yes Bank allegedly, instead of Altamount Road in Mumbai in than its previous close, arrived between OPEC stock exchange in Saudi cious transactions of around Rs prime properties in Delhi which going for a procedure under the 2018 for Rs 128 crore. while West Texas Inter- and Russia to cut crude Arabia, also surged on 4,300 crore. have a value of more than Rs RBI's suggested guidelines to re- Jointly owned by Citibank and mediate (WTI) has risen oil production as part of Tuesday after trading in Bindu Kapoor bought a luxuri- 1,000 crore. cover the loan, sold the property GlaxoSmithKline, the property is about 11 per cent to $34 market stabilisation ex- the red in the past few ous bunglow at 40, Amrita Sher- The source said that the prop- for a bare minimum price of Rs next to Mukesh Ambani's 27-sto- per barrel. ercise. trading sessions. gill Marg -- a prime location in erty at Amrita Shergill Marg 380 crore to Bliss Abode Pvt Ltd. rey Antilla. The ED as well as the Along with the Rus- Late last week, talks However, the largely Lutyens' Delhi -- in the name of was bought from Avantha Re- Amrita Shergill Marg is one of CBI have registered separate cas- sian Energy Minister's between oil cartel OPEC bearish sentiments in her company Bliss Abode Ltd alty, Gautam Thapar's company the most prime areas of Delhi and es against Rana Kapoor, his wife, optimistic comments, and Russia collapsed as the oil market can turn while the other two properties which had borrowed money from sources said that the property was their three daughters -- Rakhee US President Donald the two sides failed to out to be positive for belong to Bliss Villa (Delhi) Pri- Yes Bank. priced at around Rs 450 crore. Kapoor Tandon, Roshni Kapoor Trump's statement that agree on an output cut India that imports 83 vate Ltd. According to sources, Kapoor's The Chanakya Puri property is and Radha Kapoor, and Dewan he would be taking ma- deal. This pushed Saudi per cent of its domestic Known for a flamboyant life- wife had bought this property in in the name of Bliss Villa (Delhi) Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) pro- jor steps to counter the Arabia, the world's larg- oil requirements. In- style and penchant for publicity, the name of her company Bliss Pvt Ltd which was incorporated moter Kapil Wadhwan for hatch- impact of coronavirus est oil producer, to cut dia's import bill is likely Kapoor, sources said, wanted to Abode Ltd on account of a loan on September 9, 1971. It is clas- ing a criminal conspiracy from epidemic also comfort- its crude prices and an- to significantly drop if shift his base in the US, the UK default by Avantha Realty. Yes sified as non-government com- April to June 2018 between for ed the markets. nounce increase pro- prices continue to re- or France by selling properties in Bank's exposure to Avantha Re- pany and is registered at the extending financial assistance to Energy markets went duction leading to a main lower. Delhi and Mumbai soon after he alty was Rs 500 crore. Registrar of Companies, Delhi. DHFL by Yes Bank Ltd. Indian Horizon Wednesday, March 11, 2020 business 10 Yes Bank bondholders Twitter inks pact with Elliott Management, Dorsey to remain CEO approach court over San Francisco, March 10 ed.Twitter also shared its am- taining the independence (IANS) Twitter on Monday bitions for two metrics which and impartiality of the Twit- investment write-off said it entered into a "co- are important measures of ter platform and its rules and operation agreement" with the company's progress. enforcement, Twitter said. It has also proposed to activist hedge fund Elliott The ambition in 2020 and "Twitter has undergone re- write off Rs 8,400 crore Management Corp. which beyond is to grow mon- markable change over the last worth AT1 bonds on the earlier launched a bid to re- etizable daily active users several years. We are deeply lender's balancesheet move Jack Dorsey as head of (mDAU) at 20 per cent or proud of our accomplish- while retaining equity. the social media company. more, and looking beyond ments and confident we are Sources said that As per the agreement, Twit- 2020, to accelerate revenue on the right path with Jack's peeved at this decision, ter will have to make some growth on a year-over-year leadership and the executive New Delhi, March 10 Axis and Nippon India changes in its board, but basis and gain share in the team," said Patrick Pichette, (IANS) Bondholders with Mutual Fund Trustees Dorsey will remain as the digital advertising market as lead independent director of exposure to Yes Bank's have moved the court to company's CEO. Twitter continues to invest to the Twitter Board. additional tier-1 securi- seek relief. However, no Twitter also announced drive growth. "As a Board, we regularly ties have approached confirmation has come that technology-focused in- More details on these am- review and evaluate how the Bombay High Court from the funds over the vestment firm Silver Lake will bitions will be shared at an Twitter is run, and while our against a decision to write move. make a $1 billion investment will be appointed to the Twit- one of the most respected analyst day in the fall of 2020, CEO structure is unique, so is down their investments According to an ICRA in the company. ter Board of Directors. voices in technology and fi- Twitter said. Jack and so is this Company. in the struggling bank as report, 16 Indian banks The company expects to In addition, the Twitter nance and we are fortunate As per the terms of the co- To continue to ensure strong part of a draft rescue plan, have Rs 93,669 crore use the investment, together Board will continue the pro- to have them as our new operation agreement, neither governance, we are pleased sources privy to the devel- worth AT1 bonds out- with cash on hand, to fund a cess of identifying a third new partner and as a member of Elliott nor Silver Lake will to create a temporary Board opment said. standing. But the devel- $2 billion share repurchase independent director, focus- our Board," Dorsey said in a comment on or influence, or committee that will build Under the draft reso- opment in case of Yes programme that will be ex- ing on candidates that reflect statement. attempt to influence, directly on our regular evaluation of lution plan for Yes Bank Bank has triggered a de- ecuted over time. the diversity of the Twitter "We welcome the support or indirectly any Twitter poli- Twitter's leadership struc- given by Reserve Bank of bate about the seniority of In connection with the in- service and also possess deep of Egon and Jesse, and look cies or rules, or policy or rule ture," Pichette said. India after superseding its the AT1 bondholders over vestment and the coopera- technology and AI expertise. forward to their positive con- enforcement decisions, re- Elliott Management's affili- board, the banking regu- equity investors. tion agreement, Egon Dur- "Silver Lake's investment tributions as we continue to lated to the Twitter platform. ated funds own approximate- lator has capped deposits But RBI is within its ban, co-CEO and managing in Twitter is a strong vote of build a service that delivers Elliott and Silver Lake fur- ly four per cent of Twitter's withdrawals at Rs 50,000 powers to write down partner of Silver Lake, and confidence in our work and for customers, and drives val- ther commit to, and empha- common stock and economic and appointed an admin- AT1 bonds under Basel III Jesse Cohn, partner at Elliott, our path forward. They are ue for stakeholders," he add- sise the importance of, main- equivalents. istrator. norms. Focus on domestic tourists amid Gujarati businessmen invited to invest in J&K Covid-19 crisis: Goa travel industry Srinagar, March 10 (IANS) J&K cial Commissioner Arun Kumar Panaji, March 10 (IANS) Dharwatkar said. Lt Governor G.C. Murmu has Mehta said that J&K 2.0 is open The hospitality industry Goa is regarded as invited Gujarati businessmen for industry, including the pri- in Goa should not focus one of the leading to invest in J&K, and 35 MoUs vate sector, and is expected to on foreign tourists alone beach and nightlife worth Rs 2,141 crore have been grow by approximately 10 per- amid the coronavirus tourism destinations in inked, a government statement cent for next ten years. GST col- crisis, Goa's travel in- the country. Last year, said on Monday. lection has increased by 40 per dustry stakeholders told the coastal state attract- "Gujarati businessmen are cent this year which is highest Chief Minister Pramod ed more than seven mil- successful worldwide and they percentage in country. Sawant on Monday. lion tourists, more than should also explore the vast in- Commissioner/Secretary In- In a memorandum half a million of which vestment opportunities in Jam- dustries & Commerce, Manoj submitted to Sawant, same as before," Dhar- were foreigners. mu & Kashmir," Murmu said, Kumar Dwivedi, highlighted Sainath Krishna Dhar- watkar said in his rep- However, in the last while addressing the captains of six thrust areas covering 14 fo- watkar, President of the resentation, which was couple of months, Goa the industry from Gujarat dur- cus sectors including tourism, Goa chapter of Travel submitted by the mem- has seen a dip in tour- ing the interaction jointly or- film tourism, horticulture & Agents Association of In- bers of the association ist arrivals as the recent ganised by Confederation of In- post harvest management, agro dia (TAAI), said that Goa on Monday. coronavirus outbreak dian Industry (CII) and the J&K and food processing, mulberry should bank on domes- "Let us not just focus has triggered anxiety in government in Ahmedabad. production for silk, health & tic tourists by offering on foreign tourists alone. the travel and tourism He informed the industrial- Ambuja Group and many other With six domestic roadshows, pharmaceuticals, manufactur- them value-for-money We as TAAI can bring in sector. ists that industrial barriers have prominent industrialists from which ended in Ahmedabad on ing, IT/ ITes, renewable energy, services to ride over the tourists from all over the "We are going through been removed in J&K. Top busi- Gujarat called on Murmu to dis- Monday, the delegation led by infrastructure and real Estate, current dip faced by the country. However, we difficult times and there ness houses of Gujarat including cuss their investment plans in the Lt Governor, held a meeting handloom and handicraft and tourism industry. need competitive rates. is likelihood that the Rasna, Cadila, Ambuja Group, J&K. attended by over 150 delegates, education. "Goa is one of the best Let us understand that same may continue for a Amul, Adani, Suzlon, Abellon The Union territory of Jammu held 21 B2G meetings where In the next phase of outreach tourist destinations in today's tourists look for long period. The recent Clean Energy and many others and Kashmir has drawn inter- 35 MoUs worth Rs 2,141 crore initiative for the Global Inves- the country. However, value for money and outbreak of coronavirus participated in the interaction. est of investors, corporates, and were signed with big corporates, tors Summit, JKTPO shall be there is an apprehen- we have been the main has had great impact on Piruz Khambata, CMD Rasna businessmen across India for MNCs, business groups and in- organising Mini Conclaves in sion that this tourist catalyst between the tourism globally," Dhar- Pvt Ltd, R.S. Sodhi, MD, Amul the upcoming Jammu Kashmir vestors from different sectors. Jammu and Srinagar to sensitise season may not be the tourists and the hotels," watkar said. GCCMF, Manish Gupta, MD, Global Investors Summit. On the occasion, J&K's Finan- residents. Mukesh Ambani no longer Asia's richest, on oil price fall Jet Airways' Committee of New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) on Monday as it fell to a low of Reliance Industries Chairman Rs 1,094.95 per share. Mukesh Ambani is no longer It closed at Rs 1,113.15, Creditors to meet on Thursday the richest man in Asia, ow- lower by Rs 156.90 or 12.35 per ings at the Mumbai bench of ing to the recent freefall in oil cent from its previous close. National Company Law Tri- prices. Following the fall in share bunal (NCLT), Mumbai after According to the Bloomberg price, RIL also lost the crown its lenders led by the State Billionaires Index, Chinese bil- of the company with the high- Bank of India dragged it to lionaire Jack Ma, the founder est market capitalisation in the bankruptcy court. of e-commerce major Alibaba India to Tata Consultancy In December, the NCLT Group has toppled Ambani to Services (TCS). At the end of approved the extension of get the top spot in Asia. trade on Monday, the market the corporate insolvency The persistent concerns of capitalisation of RIL stood at resolution process (CIRP) of severe impact of the coronavi- Rs 7.05 lakh crore, while that Jet Airways by 90 days, after rus epidemic coupled with the hind Jack Ma who is at the market by launching a price of TCS was Rs 7.40 lakh crore. the 180 days deadline for recent carnage in the oil mar- 18th rank. war after no consensus was ar- Ambani controls almost 42 CIRP period of the grounded kets have erased $5.8 billion Energy markets went into rived between OPEC and Rus- per cent of Reliance Indus- airline had ended on De- from the RIL chief's net worth. a free fall on Monday with oil sia to cut crude oil production tries, owner of the world's Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) mission, which closed on cember 16. Ambani's current net worth prices across variants plung- as part of market stabilisation largest oil refining complex. The Committee of Credi- Monday. Under the insolvency and amounts to $41.8 billion, while ing around 30 per cent, the exercise. The Mumbai-based conglom- tors (CoC) of the insolvent "We wish to inform that bankruptcy code (IBC), the that of Jack Ma stands at $44.5 biggest fall since the 1991 The shares of Reliance In- erate's other businesses in- Jet Airways is scheduled to the ninth meeting of Com- maximum time limit for billion. Globally, Ambani is Gulf War. The slide comes af- dustries (RIL) recorded its clude a 4G wireless network meet on Thursday to dis- mittee of Creditors (CoC) completion of CIRP has the 19th richest man just be- ter Saudi Arabia shocked the worst fall in around 10 years across India. cuss on the future course of Jet Airways (India) Lim- been set at 330 days, which of action as it has not re- ited is scheduled to be held includes the litigation peri- ceived any resolution plan on March 12, 2020 at 03.00 od, as per a recent amend- from the suitors who had P.M. IST, for which notice ment. The suitors which expressed their interest in to the members of the CoC had submitted expression Rupee already above 74/$, likely to see further volatility the grounded airline. has been sent on March 09, of interest were South New Delhi, March 10 Brent crude prices fell to It is unlikely that the Jet 2020," the company said in a America-based Synergy (IANS) The Indian rupee has $31 per barrel on Monday. Airways will fly again as none regulatory filing. Group, Russia-based Far breached the 74 per dollar Currently, Brent crude fu- of the three suitors, which The cash-strapped airline East Development Fund, mark and experts feel that tures have somewhat re- had expressed interest, sub- stopped its operations in and New Delhi-based Pru- with continued global eco- covered and are currently mitted a resolution plan by April last year and is under- dent ARC in the second nomic concerns and pos- around $36.81 per barrel. the deadline for the bid sub- going bankruptcy proceed- round of bidding. sibilities of further plunge The West Texas Intermediate in financial and oil markets, (WTI) crude is around 33.47 it may continue to witness per barrel. Yes Bank customers can use NEFT for loan payments volatility in the coming days. Along with the global stock On Monday, the rupee markets, the Indian equity New Delhi, March 10 withdrawing amounts from tweet. There are indications touched a 17-month low of market also witnessed a (IANS) Yes Bank, which is bank ATMs and branches that the moratorium will be 74.17 a dollar. bloodbath on Monday with under moratorium, pro- has put the customers in a lot lifted this week. State Bank of The slump in rupee was the BSE ensex registering vided some relief to its cus- of difficulties. India (SBI) chairman Rajnish on the back of the carnage its biggest single day fall in tomers who can now make The Reserve Bank of India Kumar said on Monday that across global financial and Slump in oil prices played exercise. its history as it closed 1,941 certain payments through (RBI) superseded Yes Bank's the moratorium on Yes Bank oil markets on persistent a major role in the currency Late last week, talks be- points lower. instant money transfer ser- board and took control of could be lifted as early as concerns of severe impair- market. Energy markets went tween oil cartel Organisa- Investors lost around Rs 7 vices - National Electronic the private sector lender last "within a week". ment of the global economy into a free fall on Monday tion of Petroleum Exporting lakh crore during the day due Funds Transfer (NEFT) and week, and also capped with- Kumar assured Yes Bank due to the coronavirus out- with oil prices across vari- Countries (OPEC) and Rus- to the rout, analysts said Immediate Payment Service drawals from its accounts. customers that since SBI is break. Further, free fall in oil ants plunging around 30 per sia collapsed as the two sides The Sensex closed at (IMPS). "Inward IMPS/NEFT ser- now in charge, there is is no prices also weighed on the cent, the biggest fall since failed to agree on an output 35,634.95, lower by 1,941.67 In a post on Twitter, Yes vices have now been en- need to worry about depos- sentiments. the 1991 Gulf War. cut deal. points or 5.17 per cent Bank said its customer can abled. You can make pay- its in the bank. The Reserve Although, the rupee has The slide comes after Sau- This pushed Saudi Arabia, from the previous close of pay "their credit card dues" ments towards YES BANK Bank of India (RBI) has un- significantly weakened in the di Arabia shocked the market the world's largest oil pro- 37,576.62. and "loans from other bank Credit Card dues and loan veiled a bailout plan for Yes past ten days, over the past by launching a price war af- ducer, to cut its crude prices The Nifty50 on the Na- accounts" using the two wire obligations from other bank Bank, under which SBI will one month, it has been de- ter no consensus was arrived and announce increase pro- tional Stock Exchange (NSE) transfer services. accounts. Thank you for your invest up to Rs 10,000 crore preciating and has weakened between OPEC and Russia to duction leading to a mayhem closed at 10,451.45, lower by The moratorium on with- co-operation.@RBI @Fin- in the scam hit private sector from around 71 per dollar to cut crude oil production as in an already over supplied 538 points or 4.90 per cent drawals and difficulty in MinIndia", Yes Bank said in a lender. over 74. part of market stabilisation oil market. from its previous close. Sports Indian Horizon 11 Wednesday, March 11, 2020

New Delhi, March we have medical concerns, Asian Boxing Olympic q’fiers: Rani, 10 (IANS) Due to the SA players may avoid handshakes we give it to them and coronavirus outbreak, they come up with Vikas seal qualification South African cricketers in light of coronavirus recommendations. If they Amman (Jordan), March could avoid the think it is too dangerous, 10 (IANS) Pooja Rani (75kg) customary handshakes press conference.“I think they will pull us out.... on Sunday became the during their stay in it’s out of respect for “We had a nice brief first Indian boxer to secure India, head coach Mark players around you and last night from medical qualification to the 2020 Boucher said. not to pass on something staff about the virus Tokyo Olympics. South Africa will play that you might have,” going around.. that is a Later, Vikas Krishan three ODIs against India. the former Proteas major concern. We are (75kg) beat Japanese third The first match is in wicketkeeper said. not medical people and seed Sewonrets Okazawa Dharamshala on March Boucher said they have we don’t know medicine by unanimous decision 12.“With regards to medical staff in place who like they do. to qualify for his third handshakes and type of are keeping a close eye “So we have taken Olympics. stuff that’s a concern, so on the developments and their recommendations This was Rani and her it will probably be fine if have briefed all players and I am sure they have Thai opponent Pomnipa we do the same if it comes to stop anything from Boucher told the media and support staff.“We put stuff in places that’s Chutee’s first bout at the to that. I think it’s a way happening to our guys,” during his pre-departure have a security staff and if going to help us.” Asian Olympic qualifiers to getting and Rani was the end gave a 5-0 decision in Amman after both declared 5-0 winner.Vikas in his favour.Sachin Kumar SL’S PERERA pugilists got byes in the first chose to stay defensive (81kg) however, could not ISL: Williams thrills ATK to final round. She was dominant and draw his opponent get past China’s Daxaing throughout the bout, in for much of the bout. Chen and lost a close bout NAMED FOR taking the first two rounds The ploy worked with the 3-2.Lovlina Borgohain spot over Bengaluru ENGLAND TESTS by unanimous decisions. Commonwealth Games (69kg), Ashish Kumar (75kg) to the final against Chennaiyin Her 18-year-old opponent gold medallist as he and Satish Kumar (+91kg) FC on Saturday. DESPITE FINGER needed a knockout in the managed to land straight all take the ring later in Ashique put the visitors into third to go through which punches into the body the day for their respective the lead as early as in the fifth INJURY she never looked close consistently.The judges in qualification bouts. minute as he got on the end of a pass from Nili Perdomo. The winger skipped past the Manpreet, Rani win Hockey India challenge by Sumit Rathi and beat Arindam Bhattacharya at the near post to hand player of the year awards Bengaluru the advantage. athletes prosper and reach The winger had another their full potential.“We opportunity to double the lead have, over the years, worked Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) now face Chennaiyin FC, both in the 19th minute. tirelessly to achieve this, ATK staged a thrilling two-time Hero ISL champions Sunil Chhetri found him in and the proof of success comeback to reach the Indian in the grand finale in Goa on space and he cut inside from lies in our players and their Super League final after a 3-1 Saturday, March 14. the right to see his effort go stellar performances. win over defending champions It was Bengaluru who took over the bar. I am happy to say our Bengaluru FC in the second the lead through Ashique Bengaluru custodian national teams have had a leg of their semi-final clash at Kuruniyan (5’) early in the Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was great 2019 which saw them the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati game but Roy Krishna (30’) called into play when Roy achieve success against Krirangan here on Sunday. pulled one back in the first Krishna trapped a ball from some of the best teams Bengaluru had won the first half. David Williams then did Prabir Das and laid it for the from across the world, and leg 1-0 but ATK’s resurgence in the star turn for ATK with a onrushing Williams, whose also saw them qualify for the second leg saw them win brace in the second half (63’, first-time shot was just about New Delhi, March 10 the current and former the Tokyo Olympics 2020. the tie 3-2 on aggregate. ATK 79’) to send his team through kept out by the goalkeeper. (IANS) Manpreet Singh Indian hockey players were “I would like to and Rani Rampal won celebrated. congratulate all the players, the Dhruv Batra Player of The Hockey India Annual coaches and support staff Bahrain F1 GP to be held behind the Year Award 2019 in Awards carried a total prize present here today for their the men’s and women’s purse of Rs 1.64 crore. vision, passion, and the closed doors due to COVID-19 categories, respectively, Opening the Awards sheer hardwork they put in at the third Hockey India ceremony, Hockey every day.” as a televised event.”The BCI Annual Awards here on India President Mohd Harbinder Singh won had previously suspended Sunday. Mushtaque Ahmad said: the Hockey India Major ticket sales for the F1 race Manpreet and Rani got “Hockey India has one Dhyan Chand Lifetime in an attempt to ensure the a cash award of Rs 25 lakh clear mission, to provide Achievement Award 2019. event would not be so full, Galle, March 10 (IANS) each, besides trophies, the best infrastructure and He received a cash prize of but Sunday’s statement said Kusal Perera was on Monday as the achievements of environment to ensure our Rs 30 lakh and a trophy. “aggressive social distancing included in place of Lahiru measures” would be “near Thirimanne in Sri Lanka Test impossible to maintain” if the squad for the England home World’s oldest footballer scores Manama, March 10 (IANS) year’s Bahrain Grand Prix as a race proceeded as originally series.Perera has a finger The Bahrain Formula One participants-only event. planned. injury and is doubtful for the Grand Prix, scheduled for “Given the continued spread “We know how disappointed first game of the two-match goal in Egypt third tier March 22, will be held behind of COVID-19 globally, convening many will be by this news, series. But still then, he was Cairo, March 10 (IANS) A World Records criteria of the record. Bahader was closed doors amid concerns a major sporting event, which especially for those planning to kept in the squad which sees 74-year-old man became the playing two official full- born on November 3, 1945. over the spread of the novel is open to the public and allows travel to the event, which has Thirimanne being the only oldest footballer in the world length matches when his The attacking midfielder coronavirus. thousands of international become a cornerstone event of omission from the squad to net a goal in an official club take to the field on scored a penalty for his team In a statement, the travellers and local fans to the international F1 calendar, that won 1-0 in Zimbabwe in tie for an Egyptian third tier Match 21 in their next Group as he skippered his new club organisers, Bahrain interact in close proximity but safety has to remain our January.But his left hamstring side.On Saturday, Ezzeldin Five fixture, an ESPNFC to a 1-1 draw. International Circuit (BIC), would not be the right thing to utmost priority,” it added. injury would not allow him to Bahader scored on his debut report said on Tuesday. “I became the oldest said: “In consultation with do at the present time.“But to Over 1,00,000 confirmed take part in the series with a and is seeking recognition Israeli goalkeeper Isaak professional footballer our international partners ensure that neither the sport, cases of coronavirus have been a replacement expected to be as the world’s oldest Hayik, who represented FC scoring a goal in an official and the Kingdom’s national nor its global supporter base, reported so far across the globe picked before the first Test, a professional footballer, and Ironi Or Yehuda in April game,” the veteran told BBC health Taskforce, Bahrain has is unduly impacted, the race and more than 3,000 people Sri Lanka cricket statement he can meet the Guinness 2019 at 73, currently holds Sport following his debut. made the decision to hold this weekend itself will still go ahead have lost their lives. said.England play two Tests, the first starting in Galle on March 19. India secure eight boxing quotas so far for Tokyo Games Squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (captain), Amman (Jordan), March of the tournament. She will final of this event.Before that, had chalked out. I am glad that Oshada Fernando, Kusal 10 (IANS) Eight Indian boxers take on Shih-Yi Wu of Chinese World Championships silver gave me the win as well as the Mendis, Angelo Mathews, have sealed spot for the Tokyo Taipei for a place in the final. medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) Olympic quota.In the next Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Olympic Games slated to be London Olympic bronze had defeated Carlo Paalam of round, I play a Chinese boxer Perera, Dhananjaya De played in July-August this medallist Mary Kom (51kg) Philippines 4-1 to secure the whom I have beaten before at Silva, Niroshan Dickwella year by entering the last-four secured her second appearance sixth quota for India at the the Asian Championships. The (wk), Dilruwan Perera, stage of the ongoing Asian/ at the mega quadrennial Tokyo Olympics by entering aim is to repeat it and move Lasith Embuldeniya, Lahiru Oceania Olympic Qualifiers. Games with a flawless 5-0 the semi-finals.A”I had played into the final,” said the Asian Kumara, Vishwa Fernando, On Monday, Simranjit Kaur win over Irish Magno of my opponent twice and had Games champion after his win. Kasun Rajitha, Lakshan (60 kg) had defeated Namuun Philippines.She will now take beaten him as well. I came with He will next take on China’s Hu Sandakan, Suranga Lakmal, Monkhor of Mongolia 5-0 to on reigning Asian Games gold a lot of confidence to get the Jianguan, a bronze medallist at Wanindu Hasaranga (injured, book her Tokyo Olympic spot medallist Yuan Chang of China win this time too.I executed the Rio Olympics as well as the replacement to be named by entering the semi-finals in her quest for a spot in the whatever strategy my coaches 2019 Asian Championships. before first Test) 2 Erode women not allowed to write chess arbiter exam in TN Chennai, March 10 (IANS) On women were not allowed to write Erode district chess player told IANS. the exam form so that a candidate not accepted by the Erode District the International Women's Day the arbiter's exam that was held on Kanmane is a qualified teacher can write the exam.According to Chess Circle."For the past several when Prime Minister Narendra March 8 despite paying Rs 1,000 for mentally retarded teacher. She Kanmane, an email was sent to years we have been organising Modi handed over his social media each as exam fees. is working in a school for mentally Tamil Nadu State Chess Association chess tournaments in Erode. This accounts to seven women, the "I had been preparing for the retarded children. saying that the Secretary of its Erode time we thought of writing the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association arbiter exam for 15 days. I didn't As per the arbiter exam procedure, district affiliate did not accept and arbiter's exam and get ourselves and its affiliate Erode District expect the Secretary of Erode District an aspirant should route his/her forward the exam application, but qualified," Thirugnanasampandam Chess Circle denied a mother and Chess Circle not accepting the exam application through the district of no avail.Not only Kanmane, told IANS."I used to play in 1980s daughter to write the chess arbiter's application and forwarding that to chess association. The Secretary of even the exam applications her and also used to lend a helping hand examination.A total of five persons Tamil Nadu State Chess Association the District Chess Association has mother T.Intherane and her father to tournament organisers as an from Erode including the two (TNSCA)," T.Kanmane, a former to give his nod/recommendation in N. Thirugnanasampandam were unofficial arbiter. Entertainment IIndianndian HHorizonorizon Wednesday - March 11, 2020 12

KRITI SANON: Winning away with just three films, Disha Patani HRITHIK ROSHAN is a Comedy is unanimous favorite amongst serious business throttles her way in the major leagues! he hottest herself after the look the cricketers as well! actress of Bol- was revealed by the Tlywood, Disha makers.The camera asked in an interview Rohit patani has managed more than that loves Sharma, the Indian Crick- to be both "Nice" and her and that is com- eter revealed his favorite "Sexy" at a time. She pletely true with what actor is Hrithik Roshan. In has garnered all the we witness all across the other interview, crick- attention since her de- with her beautiful eter Sourav Ganguly and but by playing the role presence. The audi- Australian cricketer Adam of innocent girl next ence is gaga all over Gilchrist also revealed that door.Disha Patani be- her and hence it's not if there is a biopic made on ing just 3 fi lms old has tough for someone them, it should be played been touted to have a who looks like Disha by Hrithik Roshan. Not massive reach all over. does, to be alluring only this, Smriti Mand- Not only this, she has and desirable. Disha hana revealed her fangirl been elected as one of Patani is beautiful, moment since she was 10 the hottest among all graceful and versatile and Veda Krishnamurthy her contemporaries. all in one package and danced on her favorite ac- Packed with 3 movies we sure can't wait to tor's dance number is sure 'Malang', 'KTina' and watch this diva setting to leave you in awe! 'Radhe' back to back, the screen on fi re. In a recent interview Disha is all set to Within hours of the cricketer, Deepak Chahar break her on-screen trailer release of Disha also said his favorite actor ctress Kriti Sanon says image as she will be Patani and Aditya Roy is Hrithik Roshan as the doing comedy is not a seen in an incredible Kapur's upcoming actor is a proper defi nition Alaughing matter, but a se- and irresistible avatar. fi lm 'Malang', Twitte- of hero due to Hrithik's rious business.Kriti has featured By seeing her social rati had a fi eld day as versatility.Hrithik Roshan in comedies such as "Bareilly Ki media, we can clearly they expressed their always strives to become Barfi ", "Arjun Patiala" and the say that she is one of reaction to the trailer the best version of himself recent Diwali release, "House- the most sexiest ladies with some hilarious in every fi lm. The actor is full 4", which also features in B-town. She has set memes. also the favorite of every- Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, the new standards for courtesy :santabanta one from cricketers to fans Riteish Deshmukh, Kriti Khar- in general. banda, Pooja Hegde and Rana The actor shone once Daggubati in important roles. again as he not only took up "Comedy is, indeed, seri- Priyanka Chopra grooving to the challenge to get in shape ous business but thanks to after Super 30 but excelled at the amazing mentors I found Nick Jonas' tunes at the Jonas ntertainment indus- own charm.When the In- it and that too within a time in Akshay Kumar, Riteish try and Cricket are dian cricketers were asked frame of just two months. Deshmukh and Bobby Deol; Etwo religions of In- about their favorite actor or Hrithik Roshan's WAR has they made it seamless for me Brothers' concert is the perfect wife dian Pop Culture where asked about who was one turned out to be the biggest to pull off certain scenes. Peo- celebrities and cricketers actor who they want to play grosser of 2019 until now ple can now enjoy the movie Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have been giving major couple goals ever since are considered to be idols their biopic. The cricket- and has charted crores at the on the streaming platform and they started dating. Both, Priyanka and Nick have been the biggest cheerleaders by the audience. While the ers unanimously revealed box offi ce. hopefully it'll add a bit to their of each other and recently, Priyanka was seen attending Nick's concert. two industries have their Hrithik Roshan.When courtesy :santabanta holiday cheer," Kriti said. IANS riyanka Chopra Jonas is such sonal ambitions now that I haven't done in a really a darling. She is a doting I haven't really thought long time. I've only been Salman Pdaughter, sister, and wife as of. I definitely want to ex- living out of suitcases. I'd Fan tries kissing Sara Ali Khan's well. Ever since Priyanka started perience motherhood at like to have a closet," Pri- dating American musician and some point. I want to be yanka said. hand; video goes viral announces actor Nick Jonas, they have been able to buy a home, which Courtesy :bollywoodlife constantly grabbing headlines for video of a fan trying while, her bodyguard in- their cozy pics and PDA sessions. to kiss the hand of tervenes and charges at his next Both, PeeCee and Nick have ABollywood actress the fan.Bhayani captioned been dishing out, couple goals ev- Sara Ali Khan has gone the video: "#saraalikhan ery time they have stepped out to- viral.In the video shared snapped at her pilates class 'Kabhi Eid gether. Their virtual PDA has been by Mumbai-based ce- today. One of the fans tried making a lot of noise as well. lebrity photogra- to kiss her hand. Not so Kabhi Diwali' Priyanka and Nick are the big- pher Viral Bhay- easy... just because she has gest cheerleaders of each other ani on Instagram, been so sweet." and time and again they have a man can be seen On the acting front, Sara been seen heaping praises for asking for Sara's will next be seen in "Coo- their better halves on social me- hand and then trying lie No. 1" opposite Varun dia, events and such. Priyanka has to plant a kiss. Dhawan. The fi lm directed accompanied Nick to his various Sara looks by David Dhawan is a re- concerts as well. shocked look as make of the 1995 hit fi lm The way she cheers and supports she draws away of the same name, which Nick has often left us gushing. Now and greets the starred Govinda and Ka- that's what has happened again. fan with folded risma Kapoor. Priyanka Chopra Jonas wrapped hands. Mean- IANS up the filming of her upcoming web-film. She jetted off to accompany him POOJA HEGDE : We should develop to one of his concerts. And like be- fore, Priyanka was seen cheering for her hubby dearest. the habit of donation She could be seen grooving to ctress Pooja Hedge think we don't have money one of the Jonas Brothers' track. has opened up on and we will donate once we Priyanka could be seen in a dark Athe devastating wild- earn enough. But I feel even (probably black) top standing fi res in Australia saying if everyone starts donating ollywood superstar in the stands and moving to the that it makes her really sad Rs 20 or 50, then it will help Salman Khan on Fri- rhythm of the music."I have per- when she see images of the the cause to a large extent," Bday announced his next disaster. She added that ev- she said, while interacting fi lm "Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali", eryone should pitch in with with the media at a dona- which is slated for an Eid 2021 donations for those affect- tion event hosted by the pet release. Demi Lovato gets 'survivor' neck tattoo ed by the tragedy. care brand Drools. Salman took to Twitter to inger Demi Lovato has got ple scroll art.It's the latest of "I just think we need to Pooja also shared her make the announcement of the her self a new tattoo on Lovato's tattoos to remind her be a little more careful. views on stray animals be- fi lm, which will be directed by Sher neck which says "sur- about the power of self-love af- Whatever is happening in ing beaten up by people Farhad Samji. vivor" over a year following her ter having the word "me" inked Australia is devastating. on public places: "Violence "Announcing my next near-fatal overdose. onto her left ring fi nger ear- When I see the images com- in general is something I fi lm...'Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali'... The "Échame la Culpa" hit- lier this year, joining her "stay ing from there, it makes me do not support, whether it Story and produced by Sajid maker recently celebrated strong" mantra on her wrists, really sad. The animals are is towards animals or hu- Nadiadwala... Directed by Far- a year of sobriety fol- and her "now I'm a warrior" just suffering right now. mans. If someone were to had Samji... Eid 2021..." Salman lowing her near-fatal declaration on her back. Whatever can be done, do the same to the ones wrote. drug overdose in the The news emerges weeks should be done in the form who beat up animals, A tweet from the offi cial ac- summer of 2018, six after the 27-year-old sing- of donations," said Pooja, would they like it? count of Nadiadwala Grandson years after previously er, candidly refl ected on on Australia's raging bush- Why do something you read: "@BeingSalmanKhan kicking her substance the lessons learned fol- fi re crisis, which has been wouldn't like being done to & Sajid Nadiadwala come to- abuse habit, reports lowing her 2018 health one of the worst in his- habit of giving donations. yourself?"Pooja will next be gether for Eid 2021 with project aceshowbiz.com. scare at the Teen Vogue tory. The fi re has killed 24 "I believe charity starts at seen in the Telugu action- Titled: 'Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali'. Now Lovato has Summit here."I see people, and charred over home, so we need to take drama fi lm "Ala Vaikun- To be directed by @farhad_ got herself inked to someone that has over- six million hectares of land, care of the animals in our thapurramuloo" along with samji."Other details related to remember the is- come a lot," she said, reduced to ashes hundreds country. There are so many Allu Arjun and Tabu. The fi lm are still under wraps. sues she's overcome. admitting she would of homes and pushed mil- animal extinctions, and we fi lm is scheduled to release Salman was recently seen as According to the New use the word "resil- lions of animals towards should do our bit to support on January 12, coinciding Chulbul Pandey in Prabhdhe- York Post's Page Six, Lovato ience" to describe how far extinction.Pooja added that them, and help them as with Sankranthi. va's "Dabangg 3". turned to celebrity tattoo art- she has come. people need to develop the much as possible.We often IANS IANS ist Dr. Woo to create the sim- IANS

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