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&. 1 " Minister also said it was agreed to convene the next meeting of onouring the pact to senior commanders of both !" # Hdefuse tension, India and sides within 48 hours of com- China have carried out pull pletion of the disengagement in back of their troops from the the Pangong lake areas so as to stand-off sites at the Pangong resolve all other remaining Tso (lake) in Eastern Ladakh. issues. The military commanders of He also said talks were on the two Armies will meet on at the diplomatic and military &. 1 " tries are disengaging from the has acknowledged casualties Saturday to focus on the other levels to bring down tempera- friction points in Ladakh. and details of these officers and friction points, including Hot ture. Rajnath, however, reiter- or the first time, China has As regards the casualties, soldiers’ sacrifice, four of Springs, Gogra and the ated that India did not concede Fofficially admitted that its the CMC, the overall high whom died when dealing with Depsang valley. anything during the talks and soldiers were killed in the command of the PLA headed the Indian military’s “illegal The upcoming meeting of subsequent agreement. bloody brawl with the Indian by President Xi Jinping, has trespassing” of the Galwan the Corps Commanders is part The Chinese military built troops on June 15 last year in awarded Qi Fabao, the regi- Valley Line of Actual Control of the agreement that stipulates several bunkers and other the Galwan valley in Ladakh. mental commander from the (LAC), the report said. that the two officials will meet structures in the areas between The People’s Liberation Army PLA Xinjiang Military While India has 48 hours after the complete Finger 4 and 8 and had blocked (PLA) put the number of its Command, the title of “Hero announced the casualties withdrawal of troops from the all Indian patrols beyond casualties to four. regimental commander for immediately after the inci- southern and northern banks Finger 4, triggering strong The fierce hand-to-hand defending the border,” Chen dent, China did not officially of the Pangong lake. This will reaction from the Indian Army. fight, in which the Chinese Hongjun with “Hero to defend acknowledge the casualties be the tenth round of such they said, adding local com- May last year. the region. In the nine rounds of mil- used iron rods and sticks stud- the border,” and awarded first- until Friday. meeting since the face-offs manders of the two armies ver- On February 11, Defence Similar action would take itary talks, India had specifi- ded with nails, claimed lives of class merit to Chen Xiangrong, The Russian official news between the two Armies at the ified the withdrawal. Minister Rajnath Singh told place on the south bank of the cally insisted on withdrawal of 20 Indian Army personnel, Xiao Siyuan and Wang agency TASS reported on Line of Actual Control (LAC) Also, the Chinese pullback Parliament about an agree- lake, he said. Sources on Friday Chinese troops from Finger 4 including the commanding Zhuoran, state-run Global February 10 that 45 Chinese started over ten months ago. was constantly monitored via ment between India and China confirmed that troops from to Finger 8 on the north bank officer. Times quoted the PLA Daily servicemen were killed in the The upcoming round will drones and satellite imagery by on disengagement in the north both the sides had gone back to of Pangong Lake. The moun- Acknowledging the casu- report as saying. Galwan Valley clash. start at 10 am at the Moldo bor- India round-the-clock, official and south banks of Pangong their respective positions tain spurs in the area are alties on its side, China on According to the report, According to an American der meeting point on the said. The disengagement will lake. agreed upon by India and referred to as Fingers. Friday said four officers and three PLA soldiers were killed intelligence report last year, the Chinese side in the Chushul also be reviewed by the Corps The agreement mandated China. The Chinese insisted dur- soldiers stationed in the in the combat while another number of casualties on the sector, sources said here on Commanders on Saturday. both sides to “cease” forward The Indian delegation at ing the talks that the Indian Karakoram Mountains have soldier died while crossing Chinese side was 35. Friday. As regards the agenda for deployment of troops in a Saturday’s talks will be led by troops should pull back from been recognised by the Central the river when he went to sup- “It is noticeable that the Confirming that the two the upcoming talks, officials “phased, coordinated and ver- Lt Gen PGK Menon, the some strategic hilltops on the Military Commission of China port the others. Qi Fabao, the PLA Daily report used ‘foreign sides abided by the agreement said India is likely to press for ifiable” manner. Commander of the Leh-based southern ban of the lake. (CMC) for their sacrifice in the regimental commander of the military’ to refer to the Indian to completely withdraw their faster disengagement of troops Under the agreement, he 14 Corps while the Chinese In August last year, Indian border confrontation with Chinese military, sustained a military, a move that showed troops and tanks from the from both the sides at the said, China will pull back its side is expected to be headed by troops occupied a number of India. This admission was serious head injury, it said. China’s kindness of not incit- Pangong lake, officials said the remaining stand-off sites. At troops to east of “Finger 8” Maj Gen Liu Lin, the com- strategic heights in the published in the PLA Daily, the The PLA Daily report ing sentiments of the people process, which began on present, more than one lakh areas in the northern bank of mander of the South Xinjiang Mukhpari, Rechin La and official newspaper of the claimed the Indian soldiers against the background of the February 10, was over on troops besides tanks and heavy Pangong lake while the Indian military district of the People’s Magar hill areas around the Chinese military. attacked the Chinese military current disengagement of Thursday. It is the first step in guns are deployed in forward troops will be based at their Liberation Army (PLA). southern bank after the Incidentally, the Chinese personnel with steel tubes and troops from China and India the long process to restore areas at the LAC in Ladakh permanent base at Dhan Singh In his statement in Chinese PLA attempted to admission comes at a time cudgels and threw stones. along the border areas,” the peace at the LAC in Ladakh, since the stand-offs began in Thapa Post near “Finger 3” in Parliament, the Defence intimidate them in the area. when Armies of the two coun- This is the first time China Global Times report said. !"# Altaf while SgCt Manzoor Ahmad received injuries and is $ % undergoing treatment in a local hospital. Lt-Governor Manoj Sinha &. 1 " dropped to 12.32 per cent. cases previous year as compare paid tributes to the J&K Addressing the Press con- to 1,956 in 2019. However, the ! " O policemen who attained mar- fter several years, the ference at the Delhi Police number of snatching cases has $ 2'* tyrdom in the terrorist attack. Anational Capital has regis- headquarters, the CP said, gone up by 27.11 per cent to He said such cowardly attacks tered substantial decrease in all “Around 2,66,070 Indian Penal 7,965 cases. he fortified central Kashmir are being carried out to vitiate types of crimes — including Code (IPC) cases were regis- Meanwhile, the CP also Tdistricts of Budgam and the peaceful atmosphere & crime against women. Total tered in 2020 as against said 2020 was challenging for Srinagar on Friday witnessed assured that the perpetrators 2,66,070 cases were registered 3,16,261 cases in 2019, show- the Delhi Police, but the force two back to back terror strikes will be brought to justice. in 2020, marking a drop of over ing a decline of 15.87 per cent. has risen up to the challenge. in which three Jammu & Briefing media persons 15 per cent as against 2019 The percentage of arrest He also released a book “Rising %& ' Kashmir policemen attained after attending the wreath lay- crime data, said Police increased to 15.43.” to the Challenges-2020” show- martyrdom while another ing ceremony at DPL, Srinagar Commissioner SN Srivastava A total of 38.19 per cent casing various initiatives " received injuries. for the second time during the on Friday. fewer PCR calls were received undertaken by the force to Three local terrorists day, Inspector General of Police The Delhi Police chief in 2020 as compared to the pre- maintain law and order in the belonging to Al-Badr terrorist (IGP) Kashmir range Vijay claimed effective policing and vious year. In 2020, a total of national Capital. outfit were also gunned down Kumar said that two Lashkar- measures taken by them for the 18,08,384 calls were received as The CP also praised his $ by the joint team of the secu- e-Toiba terrorists, including a reduction in the graph as the compare to 29,25,531 in 2019. men and officers for the use of rity forces soon after they res- local resident, carried out the year also witnessed complete The murder cases have technology in solving cases. “A O cued the family members from criminately upon policemen Zurhama Kupwara and Ct attack in which two policemen lockdown, due to Covid-19 gone down by 9.40 per cent as total of 755 FIRs were regis- P inside the house in which these with an automatic weapon Suhail Ahmad of Logripora were killed in Baghat area of outbreak, in the city. 472 murders including 53 of tered in connection with the !" # ()* three terrorists were hiding in concealed inside his Pheran. Aishmuqam received critical Barzulla in Srinagar on Friday The Delhi Police regis- North-East Delhi riots were North-East Delhi riots. + , Badigam area of South The attack took place steps gunshot injuries. They were and that both attackers have tered 472 cases of murder in registered in 2020 whereas 521 Investigating teams extensive- NO Kashmir’s Shopian district. away from the local police sta- shifted to hospital for treatment been identified. 2020, which is 9.40 per cent less murder cases were registered ly used technology to solve the ./ These three incidents of tion in the busy market area. where they succumbed to their The IGP said that two than in 2019. across city in 2019. Cases of cases and around 231 accused terrorist violence came close on The gory images of the terror injuries and attained martyr- Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) ter- “There were nine cases of kidnapping for ransom too were arrested on the basis of the heels of the visit of foreign attack, recorded in the CCTV dom. rorists including a foreign ter- dacoity registered in 2020 while have reduced by 26.67 per CCTV footage analysis. diplomats from 24 countries to footage, went viral immediate- Suhail Ahmad, residence of rorist and a local who has 2019 had seen 15 cases of cent, burglary by 27.33 per “Of them, 137 were iden- ! the Union Territory of Jammu ly. The unarmed policemen Logripora Aishmuqam, was been identified as Saqib, carried dacoity. The dacoity cases were cent, motor vehicle theft by tified through FRS (Facial $" & Kashmir. were targeted from behind an orphan. He left behind his out the Baghat attack. The two reduced to 40 per cent,” stated 24.23 per cent and other theft Recognition System) when ()* The most daring strike of while they were seen standing widow mother, wife and two policemen were on routine the data. by 30.52 per cent, as per data. matched with criminal records % ! the day was reported from in front of a local shop. small kids. A Special Police duty and were at a shop to buy Rape cases came down by “However, the numbers of and the remaining 94 were N O Baghat Barzulla area at the out- In this terror incident, two office (SPO) martyred in the something. They were fired 21.63 per cent, molestation robbery case have shown a through driving licence pho- / 0! %, skirts of Srinagar where a pher- policemen namely SgCT Beerwah area of Budgam has from the back. cases by 25.16 per cent and marginal hike of 0.35 per cent. tographs,” said the police chief. an-clad terrorist fired indis- Mohammad Yousuf of been identified as Mohammad Continued on Page 2 insult to modesty of women The police registered 1,963 Continued on Page 2 + $ $ Q R ' ( & I didn’t have people who I “I strongly feel the need for could speak to but not having professional help there to be a professional to speak to who very honest,” he added. could understand what I am Kohli is currently in going through completely, I Ahemdabad for ongoing home &. 1 " vaccine trial. $ $ )31)'' think is a huge factor. Test series against England. The grievances Riaz &. 1 " “I think I would like to see The two teams have won a he Madras High court on mentioned in the petition n what threatens to become it change.” game each and will compete in TFriday issued a notice to the stated that he suffered from Ia big political issue ahead of ndia captain Virat Kohli has The India captain, consid- the third Test from February Centre and five other respon- acute neuro encephalopathy Bengal elections, two BJP State Irevealed that he battled ered one of the best batsmen in 24. dents, including India’s drug days after taking the vaccine level leaders on Friday were depression during a harrowing modern cricket, believes men- Fondly remembering his regulatory body, ICMR, Serum shot and his health deteriorat- arrested on charges of drug tour of England in 2014 where tal health issues cannot be growing up days, Kohli said the institute of India, AstraZeneca ed, but the manufacturer peddling. he felt like the “loneliest guy in overlooked as they can destroy Indian team of ‘90s had really and Sri Ramachandra Higher dismissed it as a side-effect of Pamela Goswami, a BJP the world” after a string of fail- a person’s career. inspired him to take up the education and Research, the vaccine. State youth wing general sec- ures with the bat. “Someone whom you can sport. Chennai, asking their response Continued on Page 2 retary, and her party colleague In a conversation with for- go to at any stage, have a con- “The Indian team of the on a writ petition it accepted, Prabir Kumar Dutta were mer England player Mark that at some stage that you are phase when I literally couldn’t versation around and say ‘90s really opened up my imag- filed by a Covishield’s trial %#% "&')' %! arrested “red-handed” with Nicholas on his “Not Just not in control of anything at do anything to overturn ‘Listen this is what I am feeling, ination about what could be volunteer, who claimed to suf- ) !# '*+ pouches of cocaine outside a Cricket” podcast, Kohli con- all,” he recalled. things...I felt like I was the I am finding it hard to even go done with the sport because it fer from severe adverse reaction cafe near New Alipore Police ceded that went through a Kohli had a disastrous tour loneliest guy in the world,” he to sleep, I feel like I don’t want is so different from anything after receiving the vaccine. 4! Station. They tried to flee in a tough phase during the partic- of England in 2014, registering said of the England tour. to wake up in the morning. I else I had seen before. It just The court has listed it for / 0' car after handling over drug ularly difficult tour. scores of 1, 8, 25, 0, 39, 28, 0,7, Kohli remembered feeling have no confidence in myself, instilled a lot of faith and belief next hearing on March 26. , packets to some motor bike- “Yes, I did,” was his 6 and 20 in five Tests, averag- alone despite the fact that there what do I do?’ in me that magical things can The 41-year-old petition- ' borne youth, the police said. response when asked whether ing 13.50 in his 10 innings. He were supportive people in his “Lot of people suffer with be done if an individual er, Asif Riaz, has demanded an & 3 The accused were encircled he had suffered from depres- roared back to form in the tour life. He said professional help that feeling for longer periods believes or decides,” he said. interim injunction on the 6& 37 $ by a designated police team — sion at the time. of Australia after that, accu- was what he needed. of time, it carries on for “That’s where the spark administration of Covishield to which was keeping a watch on “...It’s not a great feeling to mulating 692 runs in the Test “Personally, for me that months, it carries on for a started...The dream of wanting the public and a compensation 4! the duo activities for past one wake up knowing that you series. was a revelation that you could whole cricket season, people to play for the country really of 5 crore for the damages he ,489$ month — and arrested. won’t be able to score runs and “You just don’t understand feel that lonely even though you are not able to get out of it,” started.” incurred after undergoing the Continued on Page 2 I think all batsmen have felt how to get over it. That was a a part of a big group. 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!"$% " " $ - . &$'( & %&" &( (' $ *('" detected in the United (NIV), National Influenza State climbed from 20,81,520 to Pune district, which con- New Delhi: The Indian Autonomous Cyber-Physical for diagnostic purpose as of Kingdom, South Africa and Centres (NICs) for the exami- 20,87,632. As 2,159 patients tinued to be the worst-affected Institute of Science (IISc), Systems (INCAPS), INTPART now as it has to get regulatory n a big relief to the people Brazil has been found in these nation of genomic sequencing were discharged from the hos- city-district in Maharashtra, Bengaluru and the Oslo Programme, Research Council approvals. We started working Iacross the State, the three districts”. in the Covid-19 virus. “We pitals across the State after full saw the total number of cases University Hospital and of Norway. on it in March 2020 and the full Maharashtra Health depart- The State health depart- expect the test reports some recovery, the total number of increase from 3,97,402 to University of Adger, Norway “Now this is the first-of-its- development took about 6 ment clarified on Friday that no ment officials are currently time next week,” a State health people discharged from the 398407, while the total number have developed a software tool kind software tool that can months, he added. The findings new foreign stain had been examining if there is any department official said. hospitals since the second week of deaths in Pune went up from that can scan the severity of natively run on mobile phone have also been published in the found in any of the diagnosed change in the genomic Meanwhile, amid the of March last year went up to 8010 to 8020. lung infections in Covid-19 in a standalone mode without journal IEEE Transactions on samples of Covid-19 cases sequencing in the Covid-19 increase in the number of 19,89,963 The recovery rate in Thane district remained patients. The software tool, utilising any cloud computing. Neural Networks and Learning reported from the districts of virus that has triggered a pan- Covid-19 fatalities and fresh the state dropperd marginally in the third spot — after Pune AnamNet, is embedded with Oslo University Hospital team Systems. Amravati, Yavatmal and Satara. demic across the State. cases, the number of Covid-19 from 95.50 per cent to 95.32 and Mumbai — after the total artificial intelligence and can provided the annotation data “AnamNet employs deep Dismissing apprehension “We had sent 12 samples deaths in Maharashtra rose to per cent. With five fresh deaths, number of infections rose from look for abnormalities and required for AI algorithm. learning and other image pro- in certain about the detection from Pune for a chemical 44, while the infections went up the Covid-19 toll in Mumbai 2,74,264 to 2,74,762 while the classify areas of the lung scan Those from University Agder cessing techniques, which have of new foreign strains in the analysis at the BJ Medical to 6,112 on Friday. A day after rose from 11,432 to 11,437, total deaths climbed from 5,772 as either infected or not and by enabled the implementation now become integral to bio- diagnosed samples in some College. But, we have not found Covid-19 claimed 38 lives and while the infected cases went to 5.774. Of the 1,55,21,198 comparing the extent of infect- on other embedded systems medical research and applica- parts of the State, the State any change in the genomic infected 5,427 others, the daily up by 823 to trigger a jump in samples sent to laboratories, ed area with healthy area. like Raspberry Pi and NVIDIA tions. The software can identi- health department said: “We sequencing in any of the test- death tally climbed to 44, while the infections from 3,16,487 to 20,81,520 have tested positive This work in part was sup- Jetson,” Phaneendra Yalavarthy, fy infected areas in a chest CT had sent four samples each ed samples. the infections dropped to 6,112. 3,17,310. (13.41 per cent) for Covid-19 ported by the WIPRO GE-CDS Associate Professor, scan with a high degree of accu- from Amravati, Yavatmal and In a related development, With fresh deaths, the total Meanwhile, the number of until Wednesday. Collaborative Laboratory on Department of Computational racy referred to as anamorphic Satara to the Pune-based BJ the State health department has pandemic deaths climbed from “active cases” total cases in the Currently, 2,16,908 peo- Artificial Intelligence in and Data Sciences, IISc said. image processing,” said Naveen Medical College for an analy- sent more samples from Akola, 51,669 to 51713 on Friday. state dropped from 40,858 to ple are in home quarantine Healthcare and Medical It is developed with clini- Paluru, first author and PhD stu- sis. As per the test report, no Amravati and Yavatmal to the Similarly, with 6112 new infect- 44,765. The fatality rate in the while 1,743 people are in insti- Imaging as well as Indo- cians from Oslo University dent in the lab of Phaneendra new strain similar to the strains National Institute of Virology ed cases, total infections in the state stood at 2.48 per cent. tutional quarantine. Norwegian Collaboration in Hospital radiologists. It is not Yalavarthy, CDS. PNS ' From Page 1 allowed to take its own course, but a conspira- **' A GMDA official said that coordination and try to make The frisking yielded 100 gram of “suspicious cy may not be ruled in the entire matter. One there are plans to install 1,200 any changes which need to be powder” from Goswami’s bag, the police said, will have to see whether the seized items were Moscow: India’s strategic ties tration that going ahead with he Gurugram district CCTV cameras at 222 locations done and complete it and sub- adding some pouches were also found from planted inside the car or not,” she said. with Russia has very deep his- the contract may invite US Tadministration has decided in Gurugram, out of which 800 mit its report till the next under the seat of the car. Former State Minister and BJP leader Rajib toric roots which provide sta- sanctions. Responding to a to install speed detector CCTV CCTV cameras are operational meeting,” the DC said. “The seized materials were subsequently Banerjee too said if it was not a conspiracy then bility and trust strong enough to question, Shringla said, India’s cameras for identifying acci- at 167 locations and installation During the meeting the confirmed to be cocaine by the officials at Lal the police should take action according to the navigate the complexities of relations with the US and Russia dent prone areas across of cameras at 55 locations are officials also revealed that the Bazar police headquarters,” a senior police offi- law without considering who belongs to which the current world, Foreign stand on their own merits and Gurugram. This decision was in progress. timing of providing first aid to cer said adding the duo had been booked under party. “But before that it will have to be seen Secretary Harsh Vardhan all the major powers recognise taken in a meeting of the He said that due to the con- the injured persons has been charges of drug peddling and would be produced whether the materials were planted in the car,” Shringla has said, as he sought fully India’s tradition of an District Road Safety struction work going on in reduced by 13 minutes from 20 before a court on Saturday. he said. Bengal Minister Chandrima to allay concerns that New independent foreign policy. Committee held under the many places in the district, this minutes and Efforts are being Apart from being State secretary of the BJP’s Bhattacharjee said earlier some BJP leaders were Delhi is under pressure from the “Our Strategic Partnership chairmanship of Deputy work is not running at the made to reduce this time fur- youth wing, Goswami is also the party’s observ- also found involved in child racket, so we can- US to abandon military-tech- with Russia has very deep his- Commissioner (DC) Dr. Yash required speed. Probably this ther. er for Hooghly district, sources said adding she not rule out similar kind of things here. Here nical cooperation with Moscow. toric roots which provide stabil- Garg on Friday. work will be completed by the Regional Transport is actively involved in politics and is seen in the they will indulge in illegal acts and there they Shringla’s remarks came ity, trust and confidence strong The deputy commissioner end of March. Authority (RTO) Secretary, front row of many movements launched by the will cry conspiracy, he said. during an interview with the enough to navigate the com- directed the officials concerned The officials in the meeting Bhawna Yadav informed that a saffron party. “This is an immoral party. The police will Russian daily Kommersant plexities of the current world. We to prepare a list of 20 places discussed Rajiv Chowk and coordination is also being State party spokesperson Samik have to find out whether there is a during which he was asked have a global strategic partner- where speed detector cameras other Chowk on the Delhi- established with private hospi- Bhattacharya, however, would not rule out “con- connection between drug trafficking and elec- whether India would bow to ship with the US,” he said. need to be installed. These Jaipur expressway (NH-48) tals to prepare the data of per- spiracy” in the whole matter. “Law should be tions.” he said. the US pressure and give up the “I do not want to comment cameras will be fixed under the which has been categorized as sons injured in road accidents S-400 air defence missile sys- on the specific defence con- Corporate Social Responsibility Black Spot (where road acci- in the district. tems deal with Russia. tracts, but let me state clearly (CSR) programme. dents are more frequent). According to police In October 2018, India had that all the contracts concluded “It is very important to “The team of concerned records, a total of 194 road acci- ( signed a USD 5 billion deal with with Russia are being imple- install speed detector cameras officials will take a serious dents had taken place on the Russia to buy five units of the S- mented according to schedule. to make the roads safe so that trial and prepare a plan to pre- Delhi-Jaipur expressway in 400 air defence missile sys- These are consistent with India’s the vehicles are operated with- vent road accidents on these 2020. Of which 116 people tems, despite a warning from defence and security needs and in the prescribed speed limit,” black spots. The officers should have died. While 105 people the previous Trump adminis- interests,” he said. PTI Garg said in the meeting. closely study all the facts in were seriously injured. From Page 1 connect my neurological set- the vaccine trial. The man, a marketing con- back to any of my earlier health Counting the economic sultant, said that he was diag- condition, that is, to connect it repercussions, Riaz claimed Q R nosed after multiple tests with to some factor other than the that he lost all the projects he ' - 2 - the acute neuro encephalopa- test vaccine that was adminis- was working on post volun- thy, which alters brain function tered on me on October 1st but teering for the trial, which 111 and causes personality change, they were unable to conclude or entails an annual earning of - memory loss, and declining prove anything. The final dis- over USD 30,000. #%+ ". ) *+, ability to reason or concentrate. charge summary given to me Meanwhile, when the case ) ! % As per his submission in on 26th October categorically came in public scrutiny, the ! & / % the petition, Riaz was given a shows that all the tests done on Drug Controller General of 8B ) --, vaccine dose on October 1 me were negative, confirming India formed an independent New Delhi: Set to enter the positive contribution to the L M after conducting an antigen and that the setback in my health committee to investigate the political fray by joining the BJP state being in such a position. $L$$$ antibody test for Covid-19, was due to the test vaccine I causal link of the petitioner’s next week, technocrat E “My main idea is to bring From Page 1 personnel were placed under whose reports came negative. was administered on 1st health. The committee report Sreedharan on Friday said his BJP to power in Kerala. If BJP $ He said the investigation suspension and 561 depart- However, on October 11, he October 2020, and not because found no connection between main aim is to help the party comes to power in Kerala, " team used video analytics and mental enquiries were initiat- woke up with a severe of any prior health condition,” the adverse reaction Riaz suf- come to power in Kerala and there will be three to four ! " FRS to analyse CCTV footage ed against 707 of its personnel headache in the morning he claimed in the petition. fered and the vaccine. that he will be open to chief major areas we want to focus. $ to identify the accused, retried of which 525 were disposed off. which later progressed to a dis- Later, Riaz sent a legal However, Riaz said that he ministership. One is infrastructure develop- L ! deleted data from electronic It further added that 1,325 oriented mental state where he notice to the Serum asking a was not given the opportunity He also said that the focus ment in a big way and anoth- device, used geo-location to policemen were punished. was not able to comprehend his compensation of Rs 5 crore to present his case before the will be on developing infra- er is to bring industry to the %" ascertain the presence of the The Delhi Police chief said surroundings or respond, cou- against the severe adverse reac- committee. structure in a big way and bring state,” he said. accused and drone mapping for in the second phase of their pled with extreme weakness. tion he suffered after taking the The petitioner also cited the state out of the debt trap if Speaking over phone from crime scene reconstruction. pilot project Intelligent Traffic Later in the day, he was admit- vaccine shot. However, in news reports about the cover- the BJP wins the assembly Ponnani in Kerala where he is %M $) “Use of DNA finger print- Management System (ITMS) ted to the emergency ward of return, SII threatened him with age of deaths which have fol- % polls that are likely to be held based now, Sreedharan said ing, e-Vahan database, facial they will be installing more red Sri Ramachandra Medical col- a Rs 100 crore defamation suit. lowed after taking the in April-May this year. that a finance commission recognition, fund flow analysis light violation detection system lege Hospital where he had The petitioner also men- Covishield vaccine which was Known as ‘Metroman’ as could also be formed for the $L$$$ and forensic teams comprising (RVDS) cameras at 24 junc- received the vaccine. He was tioned that even after three rolled out in the immunisation well as for the efficiency in purpose of improving the O physical, chemical, biological tions and the over speed vio- shifted to ICU the next day months of experiencing the drive on January 16. He assert- completing big infrastructure finances of the state, which is % O and ballistic analysis of videos lation detection system where he received treatment till severe side effect, his health is ed that the vaccine is not safe projects, Sreedharan told PTI in a “debt trap today”. % " and photographs through open (OSVDS) cameras at 50 spots October 20. He was then shift- still not stable, as he often expe- and could produce severe that he will contest the assem- “The state is in a debt trap sources were also used across the city. ed to a normal ward the next riences trembling of hands, adverse reactions among its bly elections if the party wants today, so much of borrowings. to investigate the cases,” the CP According to Taj Hassan, day where he remained till fear, anxiety ,trepidation, panic, beneficiaries. and will also be open to chief And debt burden on each added. the Special Commissioner of October 26 before the dis- mood swings, severe dent in However, the Centre has ministership if the party asks. Malayalee is 1.2 lakh today.... $L Meanwhile, police also Police, Traffic, technical spec- charge from the hospital. self-confidence, and extreme clarified so far that none of the The 88-year-old technocrat That means we are heading for " claimed that over 400 of its per- ifications for this have been “In the 16 days that I was problems in focusing on work. deaths and severe adverse reac- also made it clear that he will bankruptcy and the govern- " sonnel were placed under sus- finalised. Hassan also claimed in the hospital, almost all pos- He claimed that he had no his- tions following immunisation not be interested in governor- ment still continues to borrow. pension and another 1,325 that there is 19 per cent sible medical tests and investi- tory of neurological or rheuma- have been attributed to the vac- ship, saying that it is purely a The state finances need to be %M $L" were punished for misconduct decrease of fatal accidents in gations were done on me to tology issues till he underwent cines as yet. “constitutional position and propped up and for that, we ! in 2020. 2020 as compared to 2019 no powers at all” and that he need to find a solution,” he said. $ According to Delhi Police which were 1433 as compared won’t be able to make any PTI O 0 " %M data, of the 250 vigilance to this year’s 1163. $' enquiries, allegations in 49 Maintaining flow of traffic ( ! enquiries were proved against in Delhi requires lot of effort 115 police officials and disci- and planning and Delhi Traffic From Page 1 to darkness the operation was Arms & ammunition including $L plinary action were taken Police has been making tech- On how the terrorist man- suspended, however, the cor- 2 AK rifles, 5 AK magazines, 96 ! against them. nological changes to meet the aged to target policemen in don remained intact through- AK rounds, 1 pistol, 1 pistol ! $M It stated that 420 police challenge, Hasan said. front of a police station and also out night. magazine, 5 pistol rounds and ran away from the spot, IGP “On Friday morning with other incriminating materials said, “We will go for a securi- the first light, the joint party were recovered from the site of ty review and plug the loop- was able to evacuate the encounter,” he said. holes. Had the policemen with hostage. Repeated announce- In another incident, weapons, perhaps they would ments were again made to ter- Budgam police, 53RR and have retaliated?” rorists to surrender, but the ter- 79Bn CRPF launched a joint Sharing details of the rorists fired indiscriminately on cordon and search operation in Shopian encounter IGP security forces which was retal- village Zanigam Beerwah of Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said, iated resulting in elimination of Budgam. “late Thursday night at about all the three hiding terrorists,” During the search opera- 11.35 p.m based on specific he said. tion, the hiding terrorists fired input regarding presence of ter- According to a police indiscriminately upon the joint rorists in village Badigam area spokesman, “The terrorists search party in which two J&K of Shopian, a joint cordon and killed in the operation have police personnel namely search operation was launched been identified as Suhail Sheikh Mohammad Altaf 1444/SPO by Police, 44RR and 178Bn @Azeem son of Abdul Ghani and SgCt Manzoor Ahmad CRPF in the said area.” Sheikh resident of 761/AP 13th Bn received gun- “During the search opera- Turkwangam, Shahid Ahmad shot injuries. However, one of tion as the presence of terror- Dar @Furkan son of Bashir the injured, Mohammad Altaf, ists got ascertained, repeated Ahmad Dar resident of succumbed to his injuries and announcements were made to Samboora Awantipora and attained martyrdom. Another the hiding terrorists to lay Muddasir Ahmad Wagay son injured policeman has been down their illegal weapons of Fayaz Ahmad Wagay resi- shifted to hospital. and surrender, instead the hid- dent of Chak Sangren, affiliat- “Taking advantage of the ing terrorists fired indiscrimi- ed with proscribed terror out- darkness, the terrorists man- nately and also managed to fit Al-Badr”. aged to escape in an injured keep some of the inmates as “The bodies of all the three condition from the spot. Efforts hostage,” he said. killed terrorists were retrieved were on to track the terrorists”, He went on to add that due from the site of encounter. the police spokesman said.
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01 - 3 /*2 # ( . # . / ) &. 1 " action plan to curb pollution “As we had successfully from dust particles,” he added. used a bio-decomposer tech- he Delhi Government has “From October to nique to deal with stubble Tconstituted a seven-member February, there are several burning and the entire report committee to formulate a long- activities that people think was submitted to the term action plan to control dust about pollution and also coop- Commission constituted by pollution. Delhi Environment erate in the decisions taken by the Centre. Now, the Delhi Minister Gopal Rai has asked the the Government. On 4th government will endeavor to officers of the environment March, a meeting will be held issue a guideline for its use to department to prepare action in the Delhi Secretariat with deal with the stubble burning, plans and also to work on a long- various environment-related so that the technique can be term policy to keep environ- organizations and voluntary implemented in the respective mental pollution in check. institutions, environmental states since November,” The Minister conveyed a experts, and concerned officials he said. review meeting on Friday with and the government will work “An action plan will also be the officials of the environment seriously throughout the year prepared on how to deal with &. 1 " bank started on the 2nd of July department and Delhi by preparing an action plan on pollution caused by thermal too was established at LNJP Pollution Control Committee the suggestions that come up in power plants around Delhi. elhi Health Minister Hospital. This pandemic put us (DPCC) to curb pollution lev- this meeting,” he added. We have taken several impor- DSatyendar Jain facilitated all in a fix when it came to find- els in the city. (PWD) and Municipal Rai said, “We have ordered called for setting up a seven Rai said that the smog tant steps such as anti-dust 76 frontline workers at Delhi ing a solution pertaining to its Rai said that direct action Corporations of Delhi have the MCD and PWD to increase member committee to prepare tower which is being con- campaign, red light on, pollu- Vidhan Sabha and applauded cure. However, the Delhi will now be taken against the been instructed to expedite the number of anti-smog guns an action plan to check pollu- structed at Connaught Place tion off campaign, use of bio- them for their effort and unde- Government, the doctors and officials who are negligent in water spraying to reduce the and sprinkling tankers to pre- tion from dust particles in the will be ready by June. “A com- composer, green-war room, terred spirit. staff at all Delhi Government the timely disposal of com- current pollution in Delhi. vent dust particles. The mon- air. “The members of the Delhi mittee has been constituted to Green Delhi app to deal with Jain said that LNJP hospitals worked day and night plaints of pollution in the On March 4, a round table itoring of the Green-War room Pollution Control Committee, complete and monitor the con- pollution in Delhi from Hospital has put up a brave to bring forth new solutions to green-war room. He said that conference will be held to con- needs to be strengthened and IIT and members of the DMRC struction work within the stip- November. Additionally, opin- fight against the virus. “It is the fight this virus,” he said. a close monitoring team has sult experts and various organ- if the concerned complaint is and other concerned depart- ulated time,” he added. ions will be taken from various only hospital that has treated Recalling the initial days, been set up to monitor the isations will be consulted to for- not disposed off within the ments related to construction He added that the problem experts for what we can do and over 11,000 patients. The pan- Jain said, “I remember, when smog tower project being set up mulate an action plan for how stipulated deadline, action will are a part of the committee. of stubble burning is one of the then an action plan will be pre- demic affected many lives, the pandemic broke initially, we at Connaught Place, which to implement the anti-pollution be taken against the concerned Based on the suggestions of the root causes of pollution in pared and it will be imple- however, Delhi successfully made a calculated move after will be completed by June. campaign from March to authorities.” Committee, the Government is Delhi, along with the internal mented in Delhi throughout managed to sail through the reviewing the situation and Public Works Department September. The environment minister going to prepare a long-term sources of pollution. the year,” he added. tough times,” he said. decided to introduce the Delhi Government made world’s first home isolation calculated and well-thought-of system.” 3 moves especially when it intro- “People who were asymp- '4 5& #$ 5*6# duced the home isolation sys- tomatic and showed minor tem which proved to be high- symptoms were advised home 4 $ ly effective, he said. isolation and were given regu- , . # “The Delhi Government lar check-ups including home was the first to take into con- visits from Delhi Government $ sideration BiPAP and HFNC doctors. The pulse oximeter &. 1 " machines, and not stress on was given to every patient and &. 1 " ventilators. The minister they were advised to monitor ost of the accused recalled all their efforts which their oxygen levels. It was Minvolved in rape cases elhi’s Deputy Chief ultimately led to the decline of ensured that both public and registered in the year 2020, DMinister Manish Sisodia the pandemic in Delhi,” he said. private Hospitals had an ade- were known to the victims. inaugurated the 34th Garden The Minister stressed that quate capacity of beds. LNJP Commissioner of Police (CP) Tourism Festival at Garden of immunity is the most impor- was India’s first hospital fully Delhi, SN Srivastava addressing Five Senses. The festival aims tant and the most important dedicated to covid patients the media during his annual at spreading mass awareness immunity booster is happi- and the only hospital with Press meet said that 44 per cent about the environment and ness. He urged everyone to 2,500 beds,” he said. of the rape accused were either making Delhi a clean and remain happy and at peace The Minister further from the family or a friend green city. while following all the precau- added, “I feel now that all the while strangers involved in the Inaugurating the event, tions. three waves of the coronavirus crime accounted for a mere Sisodia said “Terrible times Speaking at this occasion, have hit the city, it will die 1.17 per cent. are slowly coming to an end. he also said “LNJP Hospital put down eventually. Now it is no Talking to The Pioneer, the This is our time to enjoy the up a tough fight during the pre- more a pandemic but an Delhi Police Commissioner beauty of nature spend time vailing war against the coron- endemic. The infection will not said that, “Controlling henious with our loved ones and take avirus. The hospital success- be eradicated much like other crime, street crime, vulnerable selfies,” he said. fully treated more than 11,000 diseases but the surge is on the sections of society, crime * + + * For the last 33 years, this patients. When the Delhi wane. I hope we won’t see against women by infusing ', * traditional festival has taken Government introduced plas- 8,600 cases in a day. I feel we experts in the field of law, place in the spring season Garden of Five Senses, with the ma therapy, the first trial was are out of the danger zone but cyber crime and forensics is our neighbours while other known dropped by PCR Vans,” said the cer and women PCR van have every year. While Delhi theme #ColoursofNature. conducted at LNJP Hospital we still need to take proper pre- top priority. In this pursuit all persons were 26 per cent,” as CP. been deployed across the city to Tourism has organised this The festival will take place under the supervision of its cautions, masks and social dis- ranks of Delhi Police were per police data. “There is 24x7 women’s ensure safety of the women,” festival at different places, this from the 19th February to very proficient staff,” he said. tancing needs to be main- involved. they were kept moti- “Last year, 2,938 cases of help-desk in all police stations said the CP. year it is set to take place at 13th March. “The very first plasma tained.” vated in making Delhi Police as abduction of women were across the city. Police officials “Special Unit for Women professional and tech savvy reported while in 2019, there are monitoring all complaints and Children (SPUWAC) is force”. were 3,672 cases. A total of 434 and even Police Control Room monitoring functions of + According to the data of cases of insult on women mod- (PCR) calls every morning,” women safety committees in 2020, a total of 1,699 rape esty were reported in 2020 said the CP. police stations consisting of ( cases were reported as com- while in 2019, there were 495 “Police also have their app principles of schools and col- pared to 2,168 in 2019. cases,” as per the data. ‘Himmat-Plus’ for women leges, Resident Welfare Meanwhile, 2,186 cases of “In order to curb crime while Sashakti, a self defence Associations (RWA), women ! - molestation of women were against women, they have also training for girls students is also NGOs and other personalities,” New Delhi: Delhi recorded reported last year while in identified hotspots across the providing training. Police also said the police chief. 158 fresh Covid-19 cases and 2019, a total of 2,921 cases were city where there is continuous have anti staking helpline num- “There are social service &. 1 " Nagar, 118 in Golkulpuri, 76 in also identified through their one death on Friday, even as the reported. patrolling. We have also ber 1096 and a Citizen Portal, units in 20 police stations while Dayalpur, 153 FIRs in Khajuri clothes,” said the police chief. positivity rate stood at 0.26 per “These 1,699 rape cases installed CCTV cameras at where online complaints can be 60 social workers or coun- elhi Police Commissioner Khas, 91 in Karawal Nagar, 5 in He said the investigation cent. These new cases report- registered last year include 381 various hotspots. Police have lodged,” said the police chief. selors and four Capacity DSN Shrivastava on Friday Sonia Vihar, 137 in Bhajanpura, team used video analytics and ed came out of 60,836 tests for cases (22.42 per cent) in which also issued instructions to “Police under safe city pro- Support Officers have been said police teams used tech- 26 in Welcome and 79 FIRs in FRS to analyse CCTV footage Covid-19 conducted the pre- accused were in live-in-relation MNCs/BPOs to ensure trans- ject have also inducted Prakhar appointed under ‘Nirbhaya nology to investigate over 750 Jafrabad. to identify the accused, retrieve vious day, according to the lat- or refused to marry. 44 per cent port for women to be dropped vans at vulnerable places and Scheme’. There are periodic First Information Reports The CP said that three deleted data from electronic est health bulletin issued by the were family and family’s friend at home under escort of secu- there is special deployment of meetings with civil society (FIRs) related to the northeast Special Investigation Teams devices, used geo-location to city Government. while 14 per cent were relatives. rity guard(s). Additionally, any police teams near girls’ school groups and NGOs in the neigh- Delhi riots that led to the (SITs) were formed under the ascertain the presence of the The total number of tests Around 12 per cent were stranded women at night to be and colleges. Women beat offi- bourhood,” he added. arrest of over 200 people. Crime Branch to investigate the accused and drone mapping for conducted on Friday consists of Addressing the annual cases. “One of the cases was crime scene reconstruction. 39931 RT-PCR tests and 20,905 Press conference at Delhi Police registered to unearth the con- “Use of DNA finger print- rapid antigen tests, the bulletin headquarters, Shrivastava said spiracy behind the riots, which ing, e-Vahan database, facial added. Delhi had recorded 96 +,$ & ( ( " that 755 FIRs were registered in was investigated by the Special recognition, fund flow analysis coronavirus cases on January 27, connection with the riots and Cell of the Delhi Police while and forensic teams comprising the lowest in over nine months. his force ensured a free and fair the remaining cases were inves- physical, chemical, biological It was also the first time the daily investigation. tigated by northeast district,” and ballistic analysis of videos infection count stood below " &(" &'( “You are aware of the riots said the CP. Elaborating on the and photographs through open the 100-mark in that month. which led to 53 deaths and 581 use of technology, the Delhi sources were also used to inves- The infection tally in the ) 0 injuries. Riots reached its peak Police chief said 231 accused tigate the cases,” the CP added. city now stands at 637603, the on February 24 and 25 last year. were arrested on the basis of Overall 1818 persons have authorities said. The tally of &. 1 " %* !*%*&! !$& % A total of 755 FIRs were regis- CCTV footage. been arrested so far in 400 active cases is 1,053. Besides fall tered and we made it a point “Of them, 137 were iden- FIRs. Communal violence had in active cases, the count of n a bid to mordernise the .41,.0*#%# '& &. 1 " that no one had a grievance tified through FRS (Facial broken out in northeast Delhi home isolation cases have also Itraffic system in national # '*%+8 #!&% that their complaint was not Recognition System) when on February 24 after clashes registered a sustained fall, drop- Capital, the Delhi Police said 91,5: 45.9 he Delhi Police acknowledged,” he said. matched with criminal records between citizenship law sup- ping to below 430-mark, indi- that they will be installing TCommissioner, SN Around 24 FIRs were reg- and the remaining 94 were porters and protesters spiralled, cating improvement in the more red light violation detec- +%) & "%#71 Shrivastava, on Friday said istered in New Usmanpur through driving license pho- leaving at least 53 people dead Covid-19 situation, as per the tion system (RVDS) cameras at <8#! that the violence that broke out police station, 10 in Shastri tographs. Some of them were and around 200 injured. bulletin. SR 24 junctions and the over speed on Republic day was not due to violation detection system intelligence failure and alleged (OSVDS) cameras at 50 spots where we ensure that the traf- that the farmers protesting the across the city. fic move without any obstruc- three agri laws had betrayed According to Taj Hassan, tion. The second one is the their trust by not following pre- the Special Commissioner of accident where we ensure that decided routes during the trac- 7 Police, Traffic, these will be people should obey the traffic tor parade. installed in the pilot project rules to reduce the accidents on The CP said that there 88 phase-2 of Intelligent Traffic roads,” said the Special CP. were apprehensions which is Management System (ITMS) “The focused areas for why barricades were placed &. 1 " and technical specifications enforcement are triple riding, and the farmers were stopped. ed to violence. The police dis- for this have been finalised. unauthorised parking, danger- “Police have arrested 152 peo- charged its duties very well,” he Delhi Police, while Meanwhile, Hassan also ous driving, without helmet ple so far in connection with said the police chief. Treleasing its annual data, claimed that there is 19 per cent etc,” said the Special CP. the violence that took place in He further added that the said that they have arrested 32 decrease of fatal accidents in However, despite the strin- the national capital on Republic farmer leaders have also terrorists last year, highest since 2020 as compared to 2019 gent lockdown, during Covid- day,” he said. responded to the notices served 2016. The police have arrested which were 1433 as compared 19 outbreak, the Delhi Police Responding to a question on them by the Delhi Police. 5 terrorists in 2019, 8 in 2018, to this year’s 1163. collected over 30 per cent high- during the annual press con- Thousands of farmers 11 in 2017 and 16 in 2016, as “This is the lowest in 30 er from traffic violation chal- ference of the Delhi Police protesting the Centre’s new per data shared by police. years and this was possible lans last year as compared to in about the possibility of an agriculture laws had clashed In 2020, police busted ISIS through various strategies 2019. The amount was higher intelligence failure on January with the police during their Tamil Nadu module which applied by the police to reduce due to a hike in fines for traf- 26, Shrivastava said “there was tractor parade on January 26. brutally killed Hindu Munnani accidents which included the fic violations under the newly no intelligence failure.” Many of the protesters, driving leader KP Suresh in 2014. deployment of police person- introduced Motor Vehicle Act. “Police had been holding tractors, reached the Red Fort Police said that Pakistan is nel, road engineering solu- Police had collected talks with them (farmers). We and entered the monument. the chief exporter of Jehadi ter- tions and road safety awareness 124.16 crore last year as com- had permitted them to take out Some protesters even hoisted rorism, host of Al-Quida lead- campaigns,” said the Special pared to 94.07 in 2019 the tractor rally. As per the religious flags on its domes and ership and fake Indian curren- CP. The Special CP said that amounting over 34 lakh per agreement, certain terms and a flagstaff at the ramparts, cy notes. The Delhi Police also they have two areas — con- day. As per data shared by conditions were laid down and where the national flag is busted biggest ever narcotics gestion and accident — in the police, a total of 1,38,02,973 they were given designated unfurled on Independence haul. New drug route from traffic where they work. violations were reported last routes to take out their tractor Day. Over 500 police person- Kandahar to Iran and then “Police work on these two year as compared to parade. But they betrayed the nel were injured and one pro- using Chahbahar Port to aspects. The first is congestion 1,05,80,249 in 2019. trust of Delhi Police and resort- testor died on that day. 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Ltd., 20 flats valued at later freed from compulsory Onumbers crossed the frontline workers to get inoc- sent the safety profile of phase consistent efficacy at 91.8 per attached properties worth 22.72 crore pertaining to acquisition by the State one-crore mark making India ulated with COVID-19 vac- two study and interim data of cent even among the group of 281.42 crore of various Frontier Home Developers Government as a result of the second-fastest country in "#$ cine doses as per schedule. phase three study which is 2, 144 volunteers over 60 accused and their associates in Pvt. Ltd. and 95.09 bighas of conspiracy by politicians, the world after the US to The vaccines are safe. Don’t expected to complete by years old. The vaccine devel- connection with Gurgaon land agricultural land at Behror bureaucrats and private reach the milestone, Union believe any rumour and mis- February 21. oped by the Gamaleya scam. and Neemrana (Both in builders causing huge loss to Health Minister Harsh Friday. information,” he said. “The efficacy of Sputnik V National Research Institute The attached assets include Rajasthan) valued at 13.31 the land owners and Vardhan on Friday appealed These include 62,95,903 Every state/union territo- was reported to be 91.6 per of Epidemiology and 54 per cent portion of project crore pertaining to Lalit Modi. Government exchequer. to the healthcare and frontline healthcare workers who have ry has been asked to schedule cent by the Lancet, which is an Microbiology was registered in the name of Dove The ED had initiated Further, investigation workers to get vaccinated taken the 1st dose and all healthcare workers for impressive development in by the Ministry of Health of Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. per- investigation by recording revealed that mostof the land against Covid-19. 7,56,942 healthcare workers vaccination at least once the fight against Covid-19,” Russia on August 11 last year taining to Atul Bansal/ Group ECIR on the basis of an FIR was purchased by ABWIL Vardhan further said that who have taken the 2nd dose, before February 20 and said Cochairman and and became the world’s first companies at Faridabad No. RCCHG2015A0019 dated Group controlled by Atul no severe adverse event post- along with 33,97,097 frontline immediately thereafter organ- Managing Director G V registered vaccine against amounting to 108.86 crore, 50 September 15, 2015registered Bansal and after obtaining immunisation has been workers with 1st dose. ise mop-up rounds for them. Prasad. Covid-19 based on the human per cent of the portion of by the CBI, ACB, Chandigarh licences, ABWIL had sold the recorded in the country and While the countrywide The Minister also “The initiation of the adenoviral vector platform. “Business Bay Project” in the under section IPC Section licensed/ unlicensed land and those reported are also 0.0004 vaccination drive was rolled applauded the country for emergency use authorisation More than 250 clinical name of company Seriatim relating to criminal conspira- licensesto the other private per- per cent. “No death has been out on January 16, 2021, vac- crossing the one crore mark process will be a critical step studies over two decades have Land & Housing Pvt. Ltd per- cy, cheating and forgery among sons/ developers, thus making recorded due to COVID-19 cination of the frontline work- in Covid vaccination saying: forward for us in ensuring proven the safety, efficacy and taining to Atul Bansal/ Group others besides provisions of the profit worth crores of rupees. vaccination. All state gov- ers was started from February Congratulations India on speedy access to the Sputnik lack of negative long-term companies amounting to Prevention of Corruption Act The ED investigation ernments have been asked to 2, 2021. crossing a major milestone! V vaccine in India,” he said in effects of adenoviral vaccines. 78.09 crore and flats and FDR against unknown public ser- revealed that the above prop- vaccinate every healthcare A total of 6,58,674 vacci- According to the Union a statement. Sputnik V is one of only pertaining to Anglique vants of Governmentof erties worth 281.42 crores are and frontline worker,” he said. nations were administered health ministry, India’s vacci- In September 2020, Dr three vaccines in the world International Ltd. amounting to Haryana and unknown private Proceeds of Crime under The cumulative number on 18th February 2021. This nation coverage ranks third in Reddy’s partnered with the with an efficacy of 91.6 per 3.39 crore. persons. PMLA, 2002. of Covid 19 vaccine doses constitutes the highest single the world, after the US with Russian Direct Investment cent and has most authorisa- Other attached assets are It was alleged in the FIR Two Provisional administered to healthcare day vaccinations during the 55.2 million doses and the UK Fund (RDIF) to conduct clin- tions granted with 26 coun- 25.53 crores refund from that the Government of Attachment orders amounting and frontline workers reached on-going COVID-19 vacci- with 16.12 million doses. ical trials of Sputnik V and for tries globally. The vaccine has HSIIDC sanctioned to Guru Haryana had issued notifica- to 08.76 have already been 1,04,49,942 through nation drive. Both, the US and the UK have its distribution rights in India. already been administered to Nanak Infrastructures tion under section 4 of the issued and stand confirmed by 2,20,877sessions, as per the Dr Harsh Vardhan said completed over 60 days of Sputnik V has demon- more than 20 lakh people Developers Pvt. Ltd., 13.77 Land Acquisition Act, 1894 on the Adjudicating Authority. provisional report till 6 pm on that the vaccines were safe vaccination. strated an efficacy rate of 91.6 worldwide. + ,& 12 3
&. 1 " Financial Management ments. ment into farmer’s accounts The ministry informed ment of MSP to the farmers System (PFMS) towards “This is not a replacement since 2015-16. However, both that e-mode of payment has partly through Arthiya and mid farmers’ protests, the Punjab and 24841.56 crore of the current APMC system. the state Governments have already been adopted par- partly directly to farmer’s AModi Government on in respect of Haryana. The It only strengthens trans- been routinely approaching tially by account through online mode Friday reiterated that it has no Government further said that parency and elimination of the Centre for granting Haryana and Punjab. as per option given by the intention to eliminate arthiyas it will release nearly 3 lakh leakages,” it added. exemption/seeking time for A part of payment for this farmers in e-Kharid portal,” (middlemen) in Punjab and crore more food subsidy in Stating that e-mode of implementation of direct paddy procurement was done the statement said. &. 1 " that use of UAV data in the Haryana and no directions the remaining two months of MSP payment is already in online payment initiative. through the e-mode only. The three new farm Acts scheme will add new dimen- have been issued to eliminate the current fiscal as it looks to force across India, the min- “The Government of “Direct online payment to were enacted in September he Agriculture Ministry sion to ensure timely settle- arthiyas from the mandi sys- clear all previous backlogs. istry said the Centre has been India has therefore, directed farmers predates the three last year. Thousands of farm- Thas been permitted to use ment of claims in the scheme tem and adding that both The Government said trying to ensure the same in State Government of farm laws. In Punjab, pay- ers, mainly from Punjab, drones for remote sensing data as well as for crop area esti- these States will compulsori- that electronic mode of pay- Punjab and Haryana at least Punjab and Haryana to ment of MSP was paid to the Haryana and Western Uttar collection under Pradhan mation, losses due to ly have to use electronic ment ensures that all partic- since 2015-16. ensure online payment to farmers through Pradesh, have been Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana localised calamities and to modes to pay crop price ipants including farmers, “The Central farmers through e-mode from Arthiyas and in Haryana, FCI protesting at Delhi borders (PMFBY). This will allow the resolve yield dispute between (MSP) to farmers. The min- Arthiyas and mandis receive Government is regularly pur- upcoming season and that made payment of MSP direct- from over two months now, agriculture ministry to use different stakeholders under istry of consumer affairs and their payments directly online suing with Punjab and no further relaxation on this ly to farmer’s bank accounts seeking repeal of three farm drones for remote sensing data the scheme. “The use of high food said that 1,16,653.96 in order to ensure trans- Haryana Governments for account will be accorded,” through online mode, where- laws and a legal guarantee of collection in agricultural areas spatial resolution UAV data crore reflected in Public parency and trail of pay- ensuring direct online pay- the ministry said. as State agencies made pay- the MSP. of 100 districts of the country may also be explored in other for gram panchayat level yield agriculture-related schemes estimation, under PMFBY. in India”, stated the Minister. , “The Ministry of Civil The conditional exemp- Aviation and Directorate tion will be valid for one year General of Civil Aviation have from the date of issue of the granted conditional exemp- permission letter or until the tion for Remotely Piloted operationalisation of the Aircraft System (RPAS) usage Digital Sky Platform, to the Ministry of Agriculture whichever is earlier, the % and Farmers Welfare statement by the civil aviation (MoAFW),” an official state- ministry said. This exemp- &. 1 " ment said on Friday. tion shall be valid only if all Union Agriculture conditions and limitations mid the rising fuel prices, Minister Narendra Singh are strictly adhered to, it ACongress on Friday called Tomar has earlier tweeted said. upon the Centre to reduce the excise duty on petrol and diesel to provide relief to 4& ,/" 89$E9 130 crore citizens. Lamenting how can the Modi Government pass the buck of rising fuel price to Congress F?894F? Governments which was six years ago, the Opposition &. 1 " termed the BJP led govern- ment as nothing less than he CPI(Marxist) received Indhan Tax Jivi Sarkar (Fuel &. 1 " Tover 19.69 crore from 239 Tax Goverment and is a donors as donations exceeding Bhayankar Janloot Sarkar. Calicut-bound Air India 20,000 in 2019-20. Agitating AICC chief spokesman AExpress flight with 104 farmer union leader Hannan Randeep Surjewala pointed passengers on board made a Mollah, DMK and CPI(M) that the Centre had increased precautionary landing at the leaders are among the contrib- the price of petrol and diesel Trivandrum International utors. The Desiya Murpokku per litre by 15.21 and 15.33 Airport at noon on Friday Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) respectively after assuming due to a technical snag in the party has shown ‘nil’ donations power in May 2019. hydraulic system of the above 20,000 in the year 2019- aircraft. 20. According to the Election Commission’s website, the CPI(M) received a total of Rs 19,69,36,150 as donations from entities, individuals and the DMK. Mollah donated 4 lakh in eight installments of 40,000 each. The DMK had contributed 10 crore to the Left party dur- ing the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- tions. The party’s contribution was reflected in its poll expen- diture report submitted to the EC after the elections. However, this was not reflect- ed in the last contribution report of the CPI(M). The Left party has now shown the con- tribution in its report for 2019- 20. The contribution by the DMK was made in April 2019 in multiple installments. Senior CPI(M) leader and party gen- eral secretary Sitaram Yechury contributed 2.28 lakh, Mohammad Salim Rs 1 lakh, Brinda Karat 1.38 lakh, Elaram Karim 13.2 lakh and Janasanyog /CF/5141/20 Suhasini Ali 1.44 lakh. !"#!"!$ %
) &"&&$( $(& & O , $ -$( " .$/$ ! % + / $ *('" of Covishield and 11.75 per riors and many have started the & 43 cent Covaxin have been admin- second round of dosage too; hiv Sena MP Priyanka istered to frontline workers”. however our population is large $% &( & '%& SChaturvedi on Friday won- Alluding to the shortfalls in and the fear of another wave dered that since many coun- the implementation of the first that can have tremendous - Mumbai: Sending alarm bells ringing, a delay in attending to the tries had benefited from the phase of vaccination across impact on our economy hence several Maharashtra leaders across Enforcement Directorate summons, “Vaccine Maitri” initiative by the country, Priyanka said: it becomes our responsibility to political parties have been infected by displayed Covid-19 symptoms again the Ministry of External Affairs “The CoWin App has been fac- ensure rapid voluntary vacci- $ $ )31)'' defendant to appear before him “in per- Covid-19, including two who have in December and first week of Feb, and (MEA), was it not high time for ing glitches with data. Also, nation for senior citizens, citi- son/by pleader” at 10 am on tested positive for the second time, has not tested positive. the Centre to make vaccine eas- there are loopholes that exist zens with co-morbidities and ven as the battle for Bengal’s masnad February 22. officials said here on Friday. The concerns are further com- ily available for all the Indians, for those who have access to the rest on a mass scale so that Eheated up, a Kolkata court on Friday Meanwhile, Shah on Friday attended The infected dignitaries include pounded by the upcoming especially at a time when the networks and money to get life resumes to safety sooner issued summons to Union Home Minister the “Shauryanjali” programme at the Nationalist Congress Party State Maharashtra Legislature's Budget Covid-19 vaccine supplies are vaccine shots on priority, while than later”. Amit Shah in a defamation case lodged by iconic National Library where he once President and Water Resources Session starting here on March 1 with under-utilised in the those who are from the weak- The Sena MP urged the Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamool Congress again invoked Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Minister Jayant Patil, Health Minister the Budget likely to be presented on country. er section of society suffer the Union Health Minister to rope MP and nephew of Chief Minister Mamata saying “his bravery and valour would be Rajesh Tope, Food & Drugs March 8. The Maharashtra Legislative In a letter shot off to Union consequences of such govern- in private hospitals in the Banerjee. remembered by the country for ages.” Administration Minister Dr. Rajendra Council Chairman Ramraje Naik- Health Minister Harsh ment regulation”. immunisation drive, consider Shah has been asked to appear before He said that the people of the coun- Shingne, Minister of State for Labour Nimbalkar has urged the Centre and Vardhan, Priyanka said, “India “Many countries have ben- opening up more mobile vac- the court meant of MLAs and MPs at try should once again start looking up to and Prahar Janshakti leader Bachchu State governments to ensure priority is once again seeing an increase efitted from the Vaccine Maitri cination centres and plug the Mayukh Bhawan in Salt Lake personally Netaji for inspiration saying “the com- Kadu. Maharashtra Congress vaccination drive for all legislators and in Covid-19 cases and the var- initiative by the Ministry of issues faced on CoWin App. or through a representative on February mittee formed by Prime Minister Narendra President Nana F. Patole has gone into Legislature staffers. ious strains of the virus have External Affairs, isn’t it high “I would request you to 22, lawyers of Banerjee said. Modi will ensure that the people will pay isolation after two of his staffers test- “We have 287 MLAs, more than also been detected. As per the time that Indians get the same kindly consider de-regularising The case relates to some alleged their homage to the great leader genera- ed positive and his test reports are 60 MLCs Plus, around 700-800 peo- Health Ministry data, Covid-19 benefits of having a vaccine the sale of vaccines and capping “defamatory” speeches given by the Home tion after generation.” awaited, said a party source. ple work in the Legislature complex, vaccine supplies are under- easily available for them?,” she the cost of the same to ensure Minister in August 2018 when he used the Shah who flagged off a cycle rally in Besides, Home Minister Anil besides officials from Mantralaya and utilised.…. If this is the case asked. that there is no heavy cost for term “Bhaipo” (nephew in Bengali) to three routes that will reach the homes of Deshmukh is also in isolation at his ministries set up camp offices here then shouldn’t we reconsider Making a strong case for a the citizens to bear or the fear attack Banerjee. the crores of Indian freedom struggle said Nagpur residence after testing positive during the sessions,” Naik-Nimbalkar our policy of regulating the rapid voluntary vaccination of hoarding. It would be unfair Shah had allegedly said that Bhaipo that the youth of the country should start earlier this week, and senior NCP pointed out. availability of vaccines?”. for senior citizens, citizens to the country that we do not was linked to Narada, Sharada and Rose reading about Bose a lot as “it will teach leader Eknath Khadse is also infect- In the past 11 months since the Substantiating the under- with co-morbidities and a use our own strength and Valley scams. He has also alleged that most you a lot.” ed. onset of the Covid-19 pandemic utilisation of Covid-19 vaccine mass-scale administration to leverage all our available central funds meant for public welfare were Elsewhere Bengal would soon start Both Kadu and Khadse have test- havoc, around 15 state ministers have supplies, the Sena MP said: “… rest of the population, Priyanka resources to help the society rid being siphoned off by Bhaipo’s men who receiving central forces for the coming elec- ed positive for the second time, while been infected, besides several MPs, the data of vaccine supplies said: “All states are adminis- itself of the virus,” she acted through syndicates. tions. The first 125 companies of the total the latter's daughter-in-law and BJP MLAs, MLCs, senior leaders of dif- shows that only 31.45 per cent tering it to our frontline war- stated. Banerjee had subsequently slapped a 1000 companies would reach the state MP from Raver Raksha Khadse has ferent political parties, close aides or libel suit against Shah and the case came soon. Five companies were likely to reach also been infected. security personnel of various bigwigs up for hearing on Friday when the desig- the State and start patrolling duty from as Khadse had been infected in including Chief Minister Uddhav nated special court judge directed the early as February 25, sources said. November last year which had led to Thackeray. IANS ,!( "$" !!&%0 1 7 % # *& 3! )) !!&&$ / &( of the foreign diplomats from was in contact with one Ghazi, teens and allowing them to mix 2'* 24 countries IGP, Kashmir an active terrorist who had up with the family friends and &. 1 " 2%&2% $ Vijay Kumar on Friday said trained him locally a month live normally and training he sinister plot hatched by soon after the terror attack dif- before. them for a day or so. They are he CBI on Friday laid a trap and caught an offi- &. 1 " Tthe Pakistan based ferent police teams were set up He performed the recce of given tasks by their masters and Tcer of Standard Chartered Bank red handed while Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terror to investigate the attack. Dalgate Durganag area along in case they get caught a pub- ', accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from the he CBI on Friday arrested a Sub- outfit to disturb peace and the He said crucial leads were with other terrorist associates lic opinion is generated that complainant. TDivisional Officer-I working in tourist related activities in the developed after screening ten days prior to attack. they were not active militants Jaipur: Seven migrants from The agency also conducted searches in Chennai Defence Estates Office, Ahmedabad Kashmir valley has been CCTV footage and other cru- “On 17/2/2021 the trio on and joined only on the day of Pakistan, including three cou- at the premises of the accused officer of the private Cantonment (Gujarat), Hasmukh Parmar exposed by the Jammu & cial data based on human intel- the bike of Suhail Ahmed Mir the incident”. ples, who have been living in bank, Rajendran, Authorized Officer, Standard and two officials including a Manager of Kashmir Police with the arrest ligence son of Fateh Mohd Mir resident Police has also recovered Rajasthan, were on Chartered Bank, Group Special Assets Management, FCI, Ludhiana, Punjab in two separate of three terrorists involved The police teams from of Dangerpora, at around 7:15 weapon of crime (pistol) and Friday granted Indian citizen- Rajaji Salai, Chennai and recovered Rs 18 lakh in cash, cases of bribery. behind the attack on Krishna Srinagar, Pulwama and reached Krishna Dhaba and grenade along with other ship by Jaipur's District property documents and locker keys in a case relat- The first case was registered against Dhaba on February 17. Akash Anantnag were roped in and fired indiscriminately on the incriminating material includ- Collector Antar Singh Nehra in ed to bribery of Rs three lakh. Parmar on the allegations of demanding Mehra, son of an eatery owner, several raids were conducted staff, injuring critically Aakash ing bike used by terrorists' his office. A case was registered against the accused officer a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant had received gunshot injuries which led to the arrest of Mehra S/O Ramesh Kumar According to IGP Kashmir, Those who received the on the allegations of demanding undue advantage of towards releasing his three vehicles which on his chest during indiscrim- Vilayat Aziz Mir son of Abdul Mehra”. the trio during interrogation certificates included Jawahar Rs 3,00,000 from the complainant (representative of were confiscated by the accused. inate firing. Aziz Mir resident of Hanipora According to the police have confessed their involve- Ram, Sonari Mai, Gojar Mai, borrower firm) to help and support for favourable set- The CBI laid a trap and caught the According to Jammu and Wampora Pulwama. records, “Owais Manzoor was ment in the crime. A case has Gordan Das, Ganesh Chand, tlement of the case pending in Debts Recovery accused red handed while demanding and Kashmir police the attack was Similarly, Suhail Ahmad previously involved in case already been registered in this Basan Mai and Arjan Singh. Tribunal (DRT) in the matter of immovable accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the aimed at terrorising the non Mir son of Fateh Mohd Mir FIR No 46/2018 under section regard under relevant sections Gordan Das, who has been properties offered as collateral securities in complainant. locals living in the valley and and Owais Manzoor Sofi son of 148, 149, 336, 152 RPC of PS of law and further investigation living as a Pakistani migrant for the loan availed from Standard Chartered Bank, the Searches were conducted at the to disrupt the tourist activity Manzoor Ahmad Sofi, both Nowgam. is on. 9 years in Mansarovar, said that CBI said. premises of the accused which led to recov- which has seen an upsurge residents of Dangerpora were The case was challaned on IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar he came here from Punjab “It was further alleged that the complainant’s firm ery of some incriminating documents, from past two months as the arrested during the raids by the 4/12/2018 at district & sessions also complimented the province' Rahimayar Khan sit- had availed OD/Term Loan facilities from Standard including property documents and details food outlet was very famous police teams, IGP told reporters judge Budgam. Srinagar, Pulwama and uated in Pakistan. Chartered Bank, D B Branch, Coimbatore for a total of bank accounts. and popular among the tourists during the press According to a police Anantnag Police who speedily “We came to India because amount of Rs 27,70,00,000 during the period from In another case, the agency has arrest- visiting the valley. conference. spokesman,”The Pak based ter- carried out the investigation of insecurity looming large 2005 to 2016 with sufficient collateral. ed Manager (Quality Control), Prem Briefing media persons IGP Kashmir also claimed, rorist organisation have adopt- jointly under the close super- over us as we could not see the The bank accounts became NPA with the out- Kumar and a TA, Raj Karan, both of FCI about the daring terror strike during the course of investiga- ed new strategies by recruiting vision of DIG Central Kashmir future of our children there,” he standing of Rs 26,37,12,444 as on 30.04.2017. It was in a bribery case of Rs 50,000. A case was which coincided with the visit tion, it was learnt that Vilayat local youths who are in their range Amit Kumar. said. also alleged that the Standard Chartered Bank initi- registered on a complaint alleging there- After receiving the citi- ated action Under SARFAESI Act, 2002, and the in that the Manager (Quality Control) was zenship certificate, these new accused was the Authorized Officer to dispose of the demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 for check- 45# 6 Indian citizens expressed con- immovable properties of the borrowers which were ing and stacking of complainant’s rice con- +0 fidence of ensuring all the mortgaged as collateral,” it said. signment at PSWC Godown, Kailpur, rights to their children. Besides, The properties were allegedly sold by auction for Ludhiana. # 7 they will also enjoy the bene- a total amount of Rs 22,11,00, 000 in January 2021 The CBI laid a trap and caught the fits of all the employment and against market value of Rs 61.5 crore as claimed by Manager Karan Kumar while demanding government facilities and the borrower. Aggrieved by the sale, the borrower filed and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. 8 . schemes, officials said. a case before the Debts Recovery Tribunal court, During investigation, it was revealed Additional District Coimbatore during February, 2021 and got a stay order that the bribe amount was to be shared G+ Patna: Rashtriya Janatad Dald leader Tejashwi Yadav on Collector Dakshin Shankarlal against the sale. Since the matter was pending before with TA, FCI, leading to his arrest. Panaji: Maratha emperor Shivaji Born in the 17th century, Friday said the class 10 exam paper of the Bihar School Saini was also present on the the DRT, the accused demanded undue advantage of Searches were conducted at the residences and his son Sambhaji helped pre- Shivaji's regime coincided with the Examination Board was leaked and Chief Minister and occasion. Rs 3,00,000 from the complainant to help and sup- of both the accused at Ludhiana. serve Hindu culture in Goa at the colonial Portuguese rule in Goa, Education Minister of Bihar do not have any knowledge The Pakistani migrants port the borrower. The accused were produced in the time of religious conversion, Chief early part of which witnessed about it. who were granted citizenship, The accused was produced before the court of Court of Special Judge, CBI Cases, Mohali Minister Pramod Sawant said at a large-scale conversion of the native After the conclusion of day one of the budget session settled here between 7 and 15 Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai and (Punjab) and remanded to one-day police Shiv Jayanti function held here on population. in the Bihar assembly, Yadav said it is a reflection on the years ago. IANS was remanded to judicial custody till March 3. custody. Friday. Sawant in his speech said that NDA government in Bihar. “It is simply unimaginable that Sawant also said that like Prime Minister Narendra Modi's the Social Sciences question paper of class 10 leaked at sev- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's calls for an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' in eral places and the Chief Minister and the education min- call for 'Make in India' and 'Skill times of an adversity like Covid-19, ister do not know about it. What kind of government is India', the Maratha king had also as well as other missions like Nitish Kumar running in Bihar? If they were aware of it, believed in a similar philosophy, 'Make in India', 'Skill India' mir- why are they hiding it?” asked Yadav. especially when it came to locally rored similar initiatives launched “When I informed the assembly about the paper leak, manufacturing arms used to fight by Shivaji in his era. neither Chief Minister Nitish Kumar nor or Education the brutal oppressive regimes. “Prime Minister Narendra Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary clarify the matter in the “Not just in Maharashtra, Modi advocates 'Make in India', House,” Yadav further said. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj took 'Skill India', concepts which “Papers of every examination in Bihar are leaking these efforts to preserve Hindu dharma Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had days and the mentors of education are doing nothing. In and the concept of Swadharma in identified then. If you go back in fact they are playing with the lives of students,” Yadav said. Goa too. The biggest contribution history, during Shivaji's fight He further claimed that during his speech, Governor Phagu to preserving Hindu religion and against injustices and brutal Chauhan said the state government is buying paddy on MSP Swadharma (in Goa) was made by regimes of the time, the weapons but there is no buying on the ground. Farmers are selling Shivaji Maharaj and Sambhaji used by his army were locally paddy in Rs 700 to 800 in several districts. maharaj. He (Shivaji) played a made. If the Make in India concept “Over 260 farmers have died during the last three major role in preserving Hindu is in vogue now, its foundations months during the agitation. When we asked to pay respects culture at a time of conversion,” were laid by Shivaji Maharaj,” to the farmers in the house, our request was turned down. Sawant said. Sawant said. IANS It that the BJP and Nitish Kumar are anti-farmer.” IANS 6 Lucknow: The Congress suf- fered a jolt in Uttar Pradesh on Friday when it lost another batch of senior leaders -- this time to the Samajwadi Party. Two former ministers, R.K. Chaudhary (Lucknow) and Jai Narain Tiwari (Sultanpur) left the party to join the Samajwadi Party. R.K. Chaudhary was a cab- inet minister in the Bahujan Samaj Party government and had later joined the Congress. Jai Narain Tiwari was a minister in the Kalyan Singh government and member of the breakaway BSP group called Jantantrik BSP. Talking to reporters, the former ministers said that the Congress had become direc- tionless and 'delusional'. They said they were feeling 'suffo- cated' in the party. IANS * ' 5 0 3 !"#!"!$ &
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According to protest rallies in Myanmar’s 1 '+ of 2007, peacefully demon- Government funds held in the the Myanmar’s Assistance major cities is that of a cultur- strated against the Junta’s near- US, and immediate action to Association for Political Prisoners, al carnival. “Graffiti artists,” she '*+'+**)A" ly two decades of dictatorial limit exports of sensitive goods the number of people arrested adds, “have spray-painted mes- '.3 + rule and economic bungling. to the Burmese military and since the coup reached 495 on sages mocking Senior General Three questions arise here. other entities associated with February 17 and was growing. Min Aung Hlaing, the Army ' + .'. Why has the Tatmadaw not the recent coup. This is a Further, the Tatmadaw has chief who staged the coup. '113& /'A% unleashed that kind of murder- good beginning. While con- announced that it had issued war- Poets have declaimed in angry ous violence this time? Is it like- demning the coup and rants for the arrest of six celebri- verse. A cartoonists’ union '"3'1 ly to do so? How can the rest proposing resolutions critical ties, including a film director, marched holding hand-drawn 1 '* 3 of the world prevent such an of it, and supportive of democ- actors and a singer, under an anti- figures. Street dancers twirled eventuality? As to the first, it racy and Suu Kyi, the incitement law for instigating with abandon.” . 3,',A%3 clearly did not anticipate the European countries have not civil servants to join the protests. The Tatmadaw, however, 3' kind of nationwide upsurge taken comparable measures. Gatherings of five or more per- refuses to concede the civil dis- their coup has provoked. They must put their money sons have been banned. obedience movement’s 3 Second, it is worried about the where their mouth is. All this notwithstanding, the demand to undo the coup, economic consequences of (The author is Consulting civil disobedience movement release Aung San Suu Kyi and such a bid. The Generals have Editor, The Pioneer. The views continues to swell. Yangon wit- others arrested and allow her extensive involvement in eco- expressed are personal.) **) *+ **, -'*+) SOUNDBITE 4 1 9 0 + 4 4 Sir—This refers to the editorial ‘Ignominious "# $ 4 3 record’ (February 19). We must understand $ that a crime is a crime, whether commit- 4 A ted by a man or woman. Both men and $ 4 75 # women deserve the same quantum of pun- % ) ) ishment for committing similar crimes. % 4 %! Such judgments strengthen our faith 4 ! $ $ in the judiciary and constitutional institu- $ tions. Shabnam was convicted along with #+ '&# # * 4 her lover Salim of axing seven of her fam- !0 J %! K )+ , (( ily members to death in 2008. The Amroha '! % -$ # district court had sentenced them both to ! $ '! ! !I %. / death. 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It could of their films. a person will likely not commit a brutal * ) + be that this is Facebook’s way of saying that Actors like Bachchan and Kumar are !$ crime. Shabnam holds Masters degrees in if you want us to pay for your journalism, just flatterers who toe the line of the BJP, # ( two subjects and taught at the village pri- *&%# we are not going to play the game at all. which rules the Centre, for their selfish K ) ) mary school. She initially pretended that her It is a matter of concern that Facebook gains. They are not concerned with the 234 house was attacked by unidentified pages that have been blocked include State Mumbaikars at all and are only worried I $ 5 6 7S assailants. However, she later confessed that Police, health sites and even the Bureau of about their films. she had abetted Salim in the crime and 8 9 + 34 + ( Meteorology. 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Sadly, child A ) 5 % ( trafficking is a demand-driven problem. There is + ( a demand for children in the labour and commer- '",) + cial sex market, so there is a supply. In fact, there ' '1&'A+"' + are industries which primarily run on the nim- /3+""33 33 342> =? 9 3434 ble fingers of children such as bangle-making, zari- "1* , # ) % making, firecracker production and also cotton +* " 3+3 -! + ) + farming. Children are engaged in cotton farms "'"1" + because of their short height that enables faster & 3*+*'11A ) + . 5 plucking of cotton. + '"13 Shockingly, the crime of human trafficking '"'1"+ . Afterwards they appeared in the operation. After Shailendra was protection application with the through Section 370 of the Indian Penal Code ,3*"" +$ Jaipur court and recorded their tes- re-united with his family in Gaya, support of an NGO has been moved (IPC) was codified post the 2012 Nirbhaya gan- , % A' timonies against the alleged traffick- he revealed the shocking nature of to the competent authority in the grape-cum-murder incident, although it has +3*, 1 ++ er. They had to face severe threats the torture that he along with other district in this regard. been termed unconstitutional in the country from './3& 1 ++ and intimidation upon arrival in children had been going through at Given the grim scenario sur- the time the Constitution of India became effec- '." A' their home State. After three the hands of the factory owners. rounding child trafficking, record- tive. According to the National Crime Records 3/3 ". . months, Raushan, his mother and “If we did not do the work prop- ing of testimonies through video- Bureau (NCRB) figures released in 2018, there the mother of another child labour- erly, or accidentally broke a bangle, conferencing will have a huge were 1,830 reported cases of human trafficking in /3/ ,' er who had also testified against the we were thrashed mercilessly. After impact on the thriving racket in the the nation. However, activists say that the actual *. trafficker, were kidnapped. They long working hours when we dozed country. There are around 12 to 15 figure could be much higher as many victims do &" ++ were being taken to Jaipur by a train off late in the night chilli powder child traffickers in a few cities of not register cases with the police, largely because /3 ,"3 to turn hostile in the court case was sprinkled into our eyes as Bihar who have been active for a they do not know the law or fear the traffickers. +, % against the traffickers when they punishment for sleeping. They had long time and are still involved in & 31 L ,"+ G =? ) S 3B 3= In the same year, the Government complet- were rescued just 110 kms away a music system in the room and aiding and abetting of trafficking of ed prosecution in 545 cases, convicted 322 traf- &"11/3 from Gaya. This was done through whenever they would beat us they children. Over the last three years, 5 =2 ) fickers in 95 cases and acquitted 1,124 suspects in *"1 the swift intervention of the ADG- would play the music at full volume 922 children, all natives of Bihar, # ( 450 cases. The acquittal rate in trafficking cases CID who was approached for help to drown out our cries, so that no have been rescued from Jaipur. % 5 # touched 83 per cent in 2018. Poverty, involvement by social workers. Consequently, a one could know what was happen- After the apex court’s order, two -%5#. % of huge money and an extremely low rate of con- second FIR of kidnapping of three ing in the factory,” Shailendra told cases have been identified on a pilot # / viction contribute to child trafficking becoming persons was lodged against the his parents. basis for the recording of the testi- % 3434(32 a huge problem in the country. same trafficker and his accom- However, within a week of the monies virtually. One is to be done 3;:444 / , -/,. After victims are rescued and a criminal case plices in Gaya. In the absence of a rescue, the trafficker arrived at between the Protection of Children is lodged, often the subsequent police investiga- strong protection mechanism, re- their home asking for Shailendra to from Sexual Offences (POCSO) ?;2444 ! , -!,. C>444 tion and prosecution does not result in a convic- trafficking is another major chal- be taken back to the factory in Court-2, Jaipur, and the POCSO /, tion as a majority of cases are inter-State and there lenge in the fight against child traf- Jaipur. This was vehemently Court, Gaya in Bihar and the other ( is a weak mechanism for coordination among the ficking. This is because trafficked opposed by the parents and they which has already been put in )GJ+ (2C States to deal with such crimes. Survivors or wit- children become skilled over a insisted that their older son, motion, is between the Additional # nesses are either taken to the court by the traffick- period of time and become assets for Narendra be sent home, too. But the Sessions Court, Karkardooma, % ers to speak in their favour or the victims fail to establishments that require their ser- trafficker kept mounting pressure Delhi, and the POCSO Court, ?=44 appear in the court because they do not have time, vices. That’s why they become sub- on them to allow the child to go Sitamarhi in Bihar. money and the energy to pursue the case. ject to re-trafficking upon being res- back to Jaipur with him. He told the The traffickers often belong to 342= # Consequently, the traffickers often get away with cued or soon after reintegration with parents that if they did not comply the neighbouring or same village as the crime with impunity. On the other hand, sur- their families. with his wishes their elder child the survivors, and are well-off and vivors are often harassed, intimidated and become For instance, during the lock- would be killed. The mother spoke politically well-connected. The traf- % vulnerable to social stigma, on top of poor inves- down necessitated by the with Vijay Kewat, a social worker fickers are always in a position to # % tigations and slow trials resulting in the victim feel- Coronavirus pandemic, a 12-year- associated with a non-governmen- influence survivors or their families A ing further victimised. old boy Shailendra (not his real tal organisation fighting against who usually hail from margin- % ( Cases of intimidation of the witnesses and their name) was rescued from a bangle- child trafficking, who took her to a alised communities. Hence, they are families are very high. A perfect example of this The writer is making factory in Jaipur along nearby police station to lodge an FIR resourceless and powerless and if 5 is the Raushan case (not his real name). Raushan Executive Director, with other children. However, his against the trafficker. The FIR was they are not provided proper care along with four other children, all natives of Gaya, Centre DIRECT. 13-year-old elder brother Narendra registered and Narendra was final- under the witness protection - #. / ( The views expressed Bihar, was rescued from one of the bangle-mak- are personal. (not his real name), was hidden by ly brought back home by Gaya scheme, the whole exercise will ( ing factories of Jaipur, Rajasthan, in 2016. the traffickers during the rescue police in December 2020. A witness prove futile. # $ 9 ( POINTCOUNTERPOINT $ ( % $ 3? P 3 , ) 5 23$ $ 2 P ) $ # ( 3 , , K L$ L3 - 3 ? . Xxu@twuuvxuuuqruuuwus vuuywut q xquyuyuu ruuur uuyywruuvyxquruuquqq
n a country where the Sun 35 per cent by 2030. of the 23,600 MW renewable tunity to address these concerns power industry, the supply chain as well, which is worshiped, solar power is But these lofty ambitions power projects, won by various and put the sector firmly back Government would have done would have contributed in low- Ijustly considered the energy do not match the develop- players after quoting the lowest on track, but somehow that did well to address the challenges. ering costs. of the future. Solar power’s ments on the ground and the rates in reverse auctions con- not happen. The complexity of the subsidy Additionally, the Centre abundant availability in India slowdown in capacity addition ducted by the Solar Energy The Budget left the renew- structure and involvement of could have focused on the need not only ensures scalability but in recent years is a proof of the Corporation of India (SECI) for able energy sector feeling let too many agencies, electricity to build consumer awareness also bolsters our energy secu- same. The cause of this slug- the Inter-State Transmission down as not only have its boards and the electricity reg- about the technology, econom- rity. India can generate 748 GW 4 )')0 gishness is the presence of a System (ISTS), are staring at an requirements not been met but ulatory commission makes the ics and right usage of PV prod- of solar energy provided three variety of unaddressed hurdles uncertain future as the agency some of the existing benefits development of solar PV pro- ucts and modules. At the man- per cent of the waste land is cov- that have been allowed to grow has not yet found buyers for have been taken away, too. An jects difficult. The Budget ufacturer end, the awareness ered with solar photovoltaic by a lethargic Government pol- power from these solar/wind unwelcome change in this should have demolished all could have been driven by (PV) modules. Pursuing this icy regime. This is further evi- energy generation units. regard relates to the custom these complex structures and sharing technical information goal is the Government’s dent by the state of PV cell pro- There are systemic issues as these firms, because they are duty for machinery, instru- focused on critical issues such through conferences and work- National Solar Mission (NSM) duction which is yet to become well. For instance, on the sup- unsure of profit sustainability. ments, appliances, components as financing, which is a major shops, in collaborating with bal- which is mandated to develop truly competitive. Adding to ply side the main grouse for The lack of Government inter- or auxiliary equipment, includ- issue for PV manufacturers. ance of systems manufacturers India as a global solar energy these challenges are the trans- solar power suppliers are the vention in these conditions is ing those required for testing The Government should and in gathering and publish- leader. The NSM’s purpose is to mission losses at approximate- rock bottom tariffs which are disturbing enough but what and quality control of solar have installed a robust financ- ing accurate market data, trends install 100 GW grid-connected ly 40 per cent, which make solar among the world’s lowest. On makes it even more concerning power generation projects, ing infrastructure, models and and projections. Finally, the solar power plants by 2022 power generation highly unfea- top of this, State governments is when State Governments which was capped at five per arrangements to spur the PV Government should have and assist India to realise the sible. These conditions are fur- insist that companies sell power renege on the terms of Power cent previously. This exemption industry and consumption of linked the solar energy targets Intended Nationally ther made worse by the scarci- to discoms at cheap prices Purchase Agreements (PPA) has been taken away. PV products, besides training with ‘Make in India’, the ‘Smart Determined Contributions ty of per capita land availabili- which hurts these firms’ profit and demand tariff renegotiation Developers would now be bur- and development of human City Mission’ and ‘Digital India’. (INDCs) target of achieving 40 ty in India, especially near sub- margins and negatively affects at the time of payment. These dened by the increased costs of resources to drive industry This would have given this per cent cumulative electric The writer is stations for exclusive installation focus on quality and innova- unhealthy practices must be import and this would also lead growth and PV adoption. promising sector a fresh per- power installed capacity from an environmental of solar cells. tion. Low tariffs combined with curtailed by the Centre if the to litigation under the PPAs for This would have had a spective and ensured the devel- non-fossil fuel-based energy journalist. On the other hand project chronic delay in payments solar power sector is to flour- change in law claims. positive cascading effect and opment and transformation of The views expressed resources and to reduce the are personal. costs are increasing, debt is mean that even the banks ish. The recently-announced Instead of a lacklustre improved intra-industry coop- the entire renewable power emission intensity of its GDP by mounting while nearly a third become reluctant to lend to Budget was a fantastic oppor- attempt to support the solar eration for expanding the PV system in the country. !"#!"!$ 1
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Washington: A bicameral US caps, making it easier for STEM this done once and for all,” he 3 Washington: The Biden manent members of the nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an Citizenship Act of 2021 propos- advanced degree holders from said. administration has said it is Security Council — namely agreement on the Iranian ing a pathway to citizenship to US universities to stay, improv- The ruling Democrats have San Diego: After waiting before they enter the United willing to sit down for talks China, France, Russia, the nuclear programme reached 11 million undocumented ing access to green cards for a majority in both the House months and sometimes years in States. with Iran and world powers to United Kingdom, and the in Vienna on July 14, 2015, workers, elimination of per workers in lower-wage indus- and Senate. However, in the Mexico, people seeking asylum Friday marks a key mile- discuss a diplomatic way for- United States — plus Germany, between Iran and the P5+1 country quota for employment- tries, giving dependents of H- upper chamber, they need sup- in the United States are being stone in unraveling one of for- ward on Tehran’s atomic pro- who during the Obama admin- together with the European based green cards and work 1B holders work authorization, port of 10 Republicans to get allowed into the country start- mer President Donald Trump’s gramme, in the first major istration had entered into an Union. authorisation for dependents of and preventing children of H- the legislation through the ing Friday as they wait for cornerstone policies to deter step aimed at reviving the 2015 agreement with Iran. In a joint statement, the US H-1B foreign workers, was 1B holders from aging out of Congress before it can be signed courts to decide on their cases, people from seeking protection nuclear deal that was close to The announcement on and E3 expressed their shared introduced in the Congress. the system. into law. unwinding one of the Trump from persecution and returns falling apart after the previous Iran came after Secretary of fundamental security interest The bill, if passed by both “I am the daughter of The Democratic leader- administration’s signature immi- the US asylum system to the way Trump regime withdrew from State Antony Blinken met vir- in upholding the nuclear non- the chambers of the Congress immigrant parents from ship and the White House hope gration policies that President it worked for decades. it. tually with his counterparts proliferation regime and ensur- – House of Representatives and Mexico. I have dedicated my that they will get the necessary Joe Biden vowed to end. But there are unanswered Former president Donald from the three European co- ing that Iran can never devel- the Senate – and signed into law career to building an immigra- support in the interest of mil- The number of asylum- questions, including how Trump pulled the US out of the signers (E3) of the deal. op a nuclear weapon. by President Joe Biden would tion system that lets people live lions of non-citizens living in seekers coming in initially will Central Americans who deal in 2018. A senior administration In this context, the con- bring citizenship to millions of without fear, and a system that the country. be very limited, beginning returned home will get back to Under the deal, Iran had official told reporters that clusion of the JCPOA was a key foreign nationals, including gives immigrants – like my par- Supported by the White Friday at a border crossing in the US-Mexico border. agreed to greatly limit its President Biden is committed achievement of multilateral undocumented and those who ents – who sought a better life House, the bill creates an earned San Diego and expanding to It’s also unclear how long it nuclear programme through to resuming an American mul- diplomacy. came to the country legally. and contribute to our nation a roadmap to citizenship for all Brownsville, Texas, on Monday will take to work through more 2025. However, Trump argued tilateral diplomatic role in try- “The E3 welcomed the The legislation would also fair opportunity to thrive,” 11 million undocumented and El Paso, Texas, next Friday. than 25,000 active Remain in that this gave the Iranians a ing to resolve the issues that United States’ stated intention benefit hundreds and thou- Sanchez said. immigrants, with an expedited US officials are warning Mexico cases, with the oldest pathway to nuclear weapons. they have with Iran. to return to diplomacy with sands of Indian IT profession- “Immigrants contribute three-year path to citizenship, people not to come to the US- going first. US officials say two President Joe Biden and his The US wants “to see Iran as well as the resumption als and their families. greatly to our country and and giving all other undocu- Mexico border, saying an esti- of the border crossings can each advisors have said that they will whether we could get to a sit- of a confident and in-depth Authors of the bill – society. They own businesses, mented immigrants who pass mated 25,000 people with active handle up to 300 people a day rejoin the deal if Iran returns to uation where Iran is back in dialogue between the E3 and Senator Bob Menendez and pay taxes and teach our chil- background checks and pay cases in the “Remain in Mexico” and a smaller crossing can take compliance with the agree- compliance with the JCPOA the United States,” the joint Congresswoman Linda Sánchez dren. They are our coworkers, taxes with an eight-year path to program and several hundred fewer, but they will start well ment. and the US is back in compli- statement said. – told reporters that the US neighbors and friends,” said citizenship without fear of who are appealing decisions below those numbers. The offi- “The United States would ance with the JCPOA, and use The ministers affirmed Citizenship Act of 2021 estab- Menendez. deportation. should register on a website that cials didn’t specify the crossings. accept an invitation from the that as a platform to then nego- strong interest in continuing lishes a moral and economic “We have a historic oppor- It reforms family-based the UN High Commissioner for Biden is quickly making European Union High tiate a longer, stronger deal, and their consultations and coor- imperative and a vision of tunity to finally enact bold immigration system to keep Refugees is launching early next good on a campaign promise to Representative to attend a meet- also to deal with some of the dination, including with China immigration reform that is immigration reform that leaves families together by recapturing week. The International end the policy known officially ing of the P5+1 and Iran to dis- regional security concerns that and Russia, on this key securi- expansive and inclusive. no one behind, addresses root visas from previous years to Organisation for Migration, the as “Migrant Protection cuss a diplomatic way forward the US and its partners in the ty issue, recognising the role of It grows the economy by causes of migration, and safe- clear backlogs, including spous- UN migration agency, plans to Protocols,” which Trump said on Iran’s nuclear programme,” region have,” the official said. the High Representative of the making changes to the employ- guards our country’s national es and children of green card test asylum-seekers for COVID- was critical to reversing a surge State Department Spokesperson The Joint Comprehensive European Union as ment-based immigration sys- security. We have a moral and holders as immediate family 19 and will quarantine anyone of asylum-seekers that peaked in Ned Price said on Thursday. Plan of Action (JCPOA), Coordinator of the Joint tem, eliminating per-country economic imperative to get members. PTI who tests positive for 10 days 2019. AP P5+1 include the five per- known commonly as the Iran Commission, it said. PTI 9 6 3 ) 6 3 :# Washington: The United States wants back in. is back in the Paris climate “A cry for survival comes Islamabad: Pakistan has decid- accord, just 107 days after it left. from the planet itself,” Biden Beijing: As the spectre of age- to make impact on the low ed to register Himalayan pink While Friday’s return is said in his inaugural address. ing population coupled with birth rates as the number of salt as Geographical Indications heavily symbolic, world leaders “A cry that can’t be any more declining birth rates continue births dropped by two million (GI) to prevent its unauthorised say they expect America to desperate or any more clear to loom large despite relaxation in 2018. use by other countries. prove its seriousness after four now.” of the one-child policy in 2016, China as a whole saw A GI tag is a sign used on years of being pretty much Biden signed an executive a concerned China has 580,000 fewer births in 2019 products that have a specific absent. order on his first day in office approved three provinces to than in 2018, marking the geographical origin and possess They are especially antici- reversing the pullout ordered carry out full assessments and third consecutive year of origin-based qualities and rep- pating an announcement from by his predecessor, President research into possible effects of decline since the implementa- utation in the region. the US in coming months on its Donald Trump. further easing of birth policy. tion of the universal two-child The precious salt is extract- goal for cutting emissions of The Trump administration After implementing policy in the mainland, accord- ed from the Salt Range in heat-trapping gases by 2030. had announced its withdrawal decades old one-child policy, ing to official data. Punjab which extends along the The US return to the Paris from the Paris accord in 2019 China is facing demographic According to China’s sta- south of the Potohar Plateau and agreement became official but it didn’t become effective crisis with rapidly ageing pop- tistics bureau, the country had the north of the Jhelum River. Friday, almost a month after until Nov. 4, 2020, the day after ulation over 60 years, which a population of 1.34 billion in The decision was taken in President Joe Biden told the the election, because of provi- according to official figures 2010 with an annual growth a meeting with the Intellectual United Nations that America sions in the agreement. AP has increased to 420 million in rate of 0.57 per cent, down Property Organisation (IPO) 4 4 : 3 2019. from 1.07 per cent a decade Pakistan chaired by Commerce The two-child policy failed earlier. PTI Adviser Razak Dawood. PTI ) ( /) . . # # Yangon (Myanmar): A young protesters who have faced off was shot during a demonstra- woman who was shot in the against security forces since tion in the capital, Naypyitaw, Jerusalem: Israeli Prime herds who crossed into Israeli acted,” Netanyahu said, calling head by police last week during the junta took power on on February 9, two days before Minister Benajmin Netanyahu’s territory in recent weeks. the Russian leader “my friend.” a protest against the military February 1, detained the coun- her 20th birthday. office announced early Friday According to Israeli media Little is known about why coup in Myanmar died Friday, try’s elected leaders and pre- Video showed her shelter- that it had completed a reports, the 25-year-old woman the woman entered Syria. her family said. vented Parliament from con- ing from water cannons and Russian-mediated prisoner was sent by Syria to Russia, Israeli media have said she is a It was the first confirmed vening. suddenly dropping to the swap to bring home a young where an Israeli plane was dis- former resident of an ultra- death among thousands of Mya Thwet Thwet Khine ground after a bullet penetrat- Israeli woman who crossed patched to retrieve her. Orthodox West Bank settle- ed the motorcycle helmet she the border into Syria. Netanyahu thanked ment, but she has not been was wearing. In a statement, Netanyahu’s Russian President Vladimir publicly identified. Syrian She had been on life sup- office said the woman was on Putin for helping engineer the media said she accidentally port in a hospital with what her way home, hours after deal, saying he had reached out entered Syrian territory after doctors said was no chance of Israel announced it had to the leader for help. “I asked crossing from the Israeli- recovery. AP returned to Syria two shep- for his help, and he indeed annexed Golan Heights. AP 6+2 P Nairobi (Kenya): The scale of ities including gang rapes, violence in South Sudan is “a forced displacement and lot worse” than during the abductions. country’s five-year civil war, a The civil war that ended in United Nations commission 2018 killed an estimated near- announced on Friday, accusing ly 4,00,000 people, and millions senior officials of supporting of people are still struggling to armed groups that at times recover. “The violence is con- have included tens of thou- tinuing because people know sands of fighters. they can get away with it,” com- The new report by the mission chair Yasmin Sooka Commission on Human Rights told reporters in Geneva. There in South Sudan was a sharp is “no doubt that the coordi- warning that civilians are as nation is really coming from much at risk as ever for atroc- the top.” AP
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R&D, and growth of the econ- management. tronically operated lockers,” Yojana. ended 434.93 points or 0.85 per Sensex declined 654.54 points Department of Public ) # 5 R omy. A bench comprising the top court said.In the elec- The Ministry of Civil cent lower at 50,889.76, pres- or 1.26 per cent, and Nifty fell Enterprises (DPE) Secretary “The secretary also said Justices M M Shantanagoudar tronically operated lockers, Aviation and the Directorate sured by robust selling in bank- 181.55 points or 1.19 per cent. Sailesh said the remaining that with the announcements and Vineet Saran said with the though the customer may have General of Civil Aviation has ing and auto counters. “The Nifty-50 and BSE enterprises will be rationalised of the new PSU policy, the govt advent of globalization, bank- partial access to the locker granted conditional exemp- Similarly, the broader NSE Sensex declined by 1.2 per in terms of mergers, amalga- ally be privatised. wishes to have a strong and ing institutions have acquired through passwords or ATM tion for Remotely Piloted Nifty gave up the 15,000 level, cent this week as market mood mations and privatisation if fea- The DPE secretary was impactful public sector in a a very significant role in the life pin, etc., they are unlikely to Aircraft System usage to the dropping 137.20 points or 0.91 became cautious on rising sible. addressing a webinar organised strategic sector. “MSMEs of the common man as both possess the technological Ministry of Agriculture and per cent to 14,981.75. A day global and local bond yields. As part of the by PHDCCI. (micro, small and medium domestic and international know-how to control the oper- Farmers Welfare. after topping the Sensex gain- The broader markets that ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ Sailesh said, “We need to enterprises) have the potential economic transactions within ation of such lockers, the bench “The exemption shall be er’s chart, ONGC emerged as is NSE Mid Cap 100 Index and package, Finance Minister build our capabilities and in the sectors such as defence, the country have increased said.”On the other hand, there valid from the one year from the biggest laggard in Friday’s BSE Small Cap Index are both Nirmala Sitharaman had in emphasise our domestic pro- infrastructure, manufacturing, multiple folds. is the possibility that miscreants the date of issue of the per- session, tumbling 5.06 per cent. in the green this week. The US May announced that there will duction for global and domes- power, petroleum, coal, min- The top court said people may manipulate the technolo- mission letter or until the It was followed by SBI, Axis 10 Year Bond yields have risen be a maximum of four public tic outreach at a globally com- ing, ports, airports, and many are hesitant to keep their liquid gies used in these systems to operationalisation of the Bank, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Auto, from below 1 per cent to 1.29 sector companies in strategic petitive cost.” more, which will help to create assets at home as “we are gain access to the lockers with- ‘Digital Sky Platform’, whichev- Maruti and M&M, which shed per cent, building in econom- sectors, and state-owned firms The new paradigm frame- better running of government steadily moving towards a cash- out the customers’ knowledge er is earlier,” the ministry said up to 3.77 per cent. 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And the second rea- less courage. Samuel L Jackson in the 2017 Hollywood son was the director Mahesh Majrekar. thriller The Hitman’s Bodyguard, and for Shah I had worked with him earlier and I Rukh Khan in the 2011 Bollywood release Don wanted to do so again. 2. “Anek is the biggest film of my career in How was your experience of playing terms of scale, and Anubhav Sinha is leaving no an Army Officer? stone unturned to give the audience a huge big- I always love to work on films based screen experience with his vision. It is true that on the Army or any defence service for Stefan Richter has been roped in for our film. that matter. I love wearing uniforms. I am He comes in with a wealth of knowledge and has very fortunate that very early in my life been an architect for big scale action movies I have played a cop, an officer and a spe- around the world,” said Ayushmann, disclosing cial commando in a series called Testcase. the news of the collaboration along with an on- I find myself very lucky to play all these set image of Richter that he posted. characters. He added that he would be doing something new in the film courtesy Ritcher. What research went into it? Was it “With his craft, the action sequences of Anek more mental than physical? will match global standards and give the audi- See, when you play any char- ence a thrilling visual experience. Anubhav sir acter, there are always two kinds and Stefan are making me do something that is of research involved — physical extremely new for me. As an artiste, I relish and mental. The physical one is doing different things and constantly explore usually related to the profession myself. Anek is taking me on a new journey that of the character. So, since I am I’m really enjoying,” the actor added. playing an Army officer, I made sure that I look like one. I wore the uniform properly and made sure that I appear fit enough and be able to do all those physical activities, which are required to be done to play Why do you think it’s how important soldiers are for a coun- (Mahie Gill), who’s playing Major Suraj my part. And I think mental important to make shows try. I am sure a lot of youngsters will get Singh’s (Abhay Deol) wife, about what research is always important on such subjects? encouraged. happened in the battle. After hearing the for an actor. As far as that is As a creative person news, his daughter gets hysterical. It was concerned, it has to be the when you are making You’ve worked with Mahesh about how I control her emotions and character’s emotions, which something, you tend to get Manjrekar earlier in Hathyar. And calm her down. There were no dialogues can be of any kind. For inspired by stories. You recently, in an interview you also men- in this particular scene. Maheshji had a instance, in this particular might even get inspired by a tioned that, “we’re quite familiar with conversation with the three of us — story, I am in a healthy compe- crime, so that it reaches a larg- each other’s style of working.” Do you Mahi, the girl who’s playing Suraj’s tition with Abhay Deol’s char- er audience and people get think that made your ride smooth here? daughter and me. He explained to us the acter, where I feel that I am more aware that, ‘oh! It was a heinous I know how Maheshji works. Initially, crux of the scene and said, “This is what talented than him but he got the crime and we should be careful I was a little apprehensive about my role I want out of it. This is the emotion I want chance to lead the battle while I to not get into a situation like this. because I thought there’s no conflict in the audience to feel when you perform am on a standby. So I think these We should be alert in life.’ In a very my character. But then deep down I knew it.” He then told us, “I am placing the are the emotional points where you similar manner, there are so many that even if there’s no conflict, I can trust camera in this direction and now every- have to work as a character. In this stories out there which are inspira- the director with the effectiveness of my thing is up to you guys... how you do it series, the important aspect was that tional. Also, I was reading some- role. The visual journey is through the to create the perfect shot.” So he gave us I should look apart and my body lan- where that in today’s time, Indian camera. If it captures you well, only then a lot of details of what we are supposed guage should reflect my character. So Armed Forces — Indian Army, an actor’s emotion reaches the audience to deliver as actors. That scene took quite that preparation was quite important. Indian Navy and Indian Air Force perfectly. That’s why I trusted him with some time because it was a bit difficult — deliberately promotes a lot so my role, emotions and presentation. as well as emotional since there was not Any insight into the storyline... that the youngsters feel motivat- When you’ll see the series, you’ll realise a single dialogue. We just had to convey It’s a very emotional story because ed to join the services. So I think that my character has that vulnerability through our feelings and emotions. As this war happened when we were a newly these kind of stories become and softness. they say, “Silence speaks louder than independent as a country. We were not very important. I feel it encour- words.” So we had to make the audience equipped to handle a war. 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natomist Alice Roberts embarks on an auda- Acious scientific stunt — to rebuild her own body, edit- ing out errors left behind by evolution. With the help of one of the world’s best virtual sculp- tors, Scott Eaton, and top SFX model maker Sangeet Prabhaker, Alice creates a life- size model of the perfect human body. She meets leading experts to find out what the body’s biggest problems are, and how adaptations in the rest of the animal world could inspire her new, improved design. Ambitious, audacious and packed with cutting-edge sci- ence, Can Science Make Me Perfect? challenges everything you thought you knew about the perfect body. Producer Gareth Cornick talks about the show. Excerpts:
Tell us about the show and how is it different? have a thirst for understanding humans face in different envi- Well, it’s the first time in my things. So, I like to go far out on ronments. knowledge that anyone has ideas, get people excited and get 9 tried to redesign a human body them to teach science — this is Can science make one per- to make it better. And it came what really drives me crazy. fect? from the idea of the perfect The aim of the show is — 2 0 body. One day, I was thinking Which are the most striking can you make a person perfect in the office that ‘what do we discoveries revealed in the to live in the 21st century? And call the perfect body?’ Is it, Brad show? that depends on what your idea ctor Vaani Kapoor will see three films Pitt or Angelina Jolie? And Well, I think as a part of the of perfection is. If it is Brad Pitt’s Areleasing on the big screen this year. that’s kind of beauty. Then I skeleton, one thing we really body or Angelina Jolie’s body, With Shamshera, in which she has been thought, that we can actually went for were the hips and then we haven’t achieved that. paired opposite Ranbir Kapoor, Bell-Bottom design a perfect body. And knees. And in our research, we And that’s totally subjective. We opposite Akshay Kumar, and Chandigarh what are the pieces of your body realised that virtually everyone, have designed a body that won’t Kare Aashiqui with Ayushmann Khurrana, that are just not fit for purpose by the time they’re 70, or 80’s let you down in 21st century Vaani has an enviable line-up of films ready anymore? For a 21st century will have a problem with their human life, you won’t get any to release in 2021. The actor is keen to con- human? So that’s how Can hips, knees and back. So, we age, you won’t get back ache, stantly explore and present herself in new Science Make Me Perfect was decided to create alternate your hips won’t need to be avatars each time her film hits the theatres. conceptualised. designs of a human body, replaced, your ears will last Vaani says, “As an actor, I want to try my through the process of anatomy. you’ll be able to hear till the age hands at everything. I’m lucky that I have What draws you to be a part We also looked at the animal of 80, a body that’s fit for pur- mass entertainers as well as high-concept of science shows? kingdom because in terms of pose, right into old days to 80 or content films this year that will enable me I always had a keen interest evolution, there is a lot of inspi- 90 years old. And we’ve debased to present myself distinctly to audience and in science. I actually trained as ration to be taken from other that by looking at animals in the the industry. I’m someone who wants to a physics teacher to begin with, animals. An ostrich’s legs are animal kingdom, how they age explore every genre possible in my career and just got the feeling that I fantastic, they don’t break down and their systems work. It may and want to undertake as many risks as pos- wanted to make television at all. A chimpanzee never has look freaky, but we think we sible.” shows because I’d get a wider a backache, and so the lower cracked it. She adds, “I don’t want to be bracketed audience. For many people spine of our skeleton was as an actress who can do just a particular ‘Science’ is an off-putting word. inspired from a chimpanzee. What are the key takeaways for thing or look a certain way on screen. In fact, But the fact is science is every- Did you know we have a blind the audience from this show? I want to take as many plunges as possible where in everything. So, I like spot in our retina? And if you The takeaway is to look at and explore myself to constantly discover to know things, I am always were to redesign an eyeball, you your own body, lifestyle and the and rediscover. I have always wanted to pick curious. And so, through the wouldn’t want to design it like modern world arena. It will films that allow me to do something inter- programmes I make, I try to the eye we have. In that sense, inform and help inspire people to esting and leave a mark onscreen.” break down that barrier, and an octopuses eye is a better look after their health better or Vaani dubs 2021 a huge moment in her show the audience that science design and that’s what we have understand what’s happening to cinematic career. She says, “I’m really excit- is something that everyone used on the skeleton. That’s fas- their body they get older. ed about how 2021 is looking like. It’s a should be interested in. You cinating to see how many times (The show will air on National watershed moment for me and I want to don’t need to be a genius to evolution has tried to over- Science Day i.e February 28 at 11 continue on this path of choosing interest- understand it, you just need to come the same problems which am on Sony BBC Earth.) ing roles that enable me to express.” $ $ 75 $ $"/ "/ 2 " ( 4"("6;<<( 6 R ' * , '*. 'A +'A'" # > 7 4<" ;;" .''O % %
hile growing up, we often on screen makes the film unique. Wheard tales of supernatural Horror as a genre is fairly re you planning to arrange played in the past. entities lurking around where we untapped and I am sure this film a socially-distanced lived, just waiting to nab us at the will deliver the thrills it promis- A 4 screening of a film? Do you feel right time. Though many say they’re es” like reliving the theatre expe- I absolutely loved Hardik just urban legends, some say ‘She’ Gurmeet says, “This is my first rience? Catching your favourite Mehta’s directorial debut won’t let you go!’ Are you ready to solo lead and you’ll get to see me director’s film? Or simply tak- Kamyaab starring Sanjay ! '. ")''.'% 4 % ' % be haunted by your dreams? Well, in a whole new and different ing a weekend film break? Mishra. And I really excited to %! ! + $( ' " ' get ready to watch debutant writer- avatar. The script is fresh and Well, director Taranveer Singh see what he has made next. director Sarmad Khan’s urban hor- you’ll find the film to be a perfect has curated a list of must-watch runachal Pradesh is known for its state to bustling markets amidst the beautiful mountains; deep-rooted tra- ror film, The Wife. amalgamation of spine-chilling films this year. Have a look: Alush green hills, diverse tribes, and serene hills, extreme sports to adven- ditions and tribes, the series is truly The horror stars Gurmeet horror, action, romance, drama rich vibrant culture. Now National turous camping in Ziro Valley; view- representative of the beauty of the state Choudhary and debutante Sayani and so much more.” Ayushmann Khurana is Geographic, along with actor Radhika ers will get a taste of the simplicity of and we are happy to premiere it on a Datta as a married couple who soon Director Sarmad says, “I think known for picking interesting Madan, will take the viewers through the exquisite beauty of this state special day,” said Pema Khandu, Chief after moving into their new apart- the audience will the unconven- Shakun Batra is one of the scripts and his pairing with this spectacle and help people discov- through this series. Minister of AP. ment find their idyllic life unravel- tionality of this film. Most horror most interesting filmmakers of Vaani Kapoor seems quite er some unique experiences. The two- “We harness the power of story- Talking about her experiences and ing in the most horrific ways due to stories tragically are quite pre- our generation. After doing intriguing. Add to that part documentary series titled telling, technology and visuals to association, Radhika said, “The jour- the presence of a malevolent spir- dictable, especially for those who Kapoor & Sons, I can’t wait to Abhishek Kapoor at the help of Postcards from Arunachal, documents explore and provide a deeper under- ney means so much more to me than it. When their relationship crum- love this genre and can end up see what he does next, especial- things. It looks like a quirky the spiritual and wondrous journey of standing of a place. With this docu- just travel. This is my first ever solo trip bles, they realise that they must stick mostly guessing what’s going to ly with a stellar cast like love story to look forward to. Radhika while exploring the varied mentary series, we have showcased the and that made this shoot even more together to not only save their mar- happen next. Yet, with this film, Deepika Padukone and destinations spread across the state. beauty, serenity and vibrancy that special. The hills, the beautiful har- riage but also their lives. The film you can’t know anything for sure Sidhant Chaturvedi. With showcasing picture-perfect Arunachal Pradesh has to offer to give monic culture, the thriving and diverse is produced by Zee Studios. It’s till you’ve arrived at the end of it.” Talking of quirky love mountains and tranquil lakes; Radhika our viewers an opportunity to under- wildlife made me fall in love with this poster features the lead cast and Sayani says, “I am a huge fan stories, how can I not shares her experiences of feeling the stand and appreciate the wonders of place. I have always loved travelling but looks intriguing as it unveils both, of this genre and to be able to Ram Madhvani directing mention the film I’ve made? peace and calmness at the monaster- the state,” said a National Geographic this time, I explored it through a dif- romances as well as an ominous make my debut in one is the most his next after Neerja is reason (Wink). Quite ies, exploring the diverse handicraft spokesperson. ferent lens.” undertone running through it. exciting feeling ever. The entire enough to be excited, but I am understandably Tuesdays & tradition and understanding the rich “The state is a veritable treasure (The docu-series will premiere on Shariq Patel of Zee Studios says, experience of being a part of such also eager to see how he Fridays is one of the films I culture of the harmonious tribes living house of nature, culture and has a lot Arunachal Statehood Day — February “The urban setting and matter-of- a film has been a very fulfilling one moulds Kartik Aryan into a am most excited about in in the state. From highlighting the to offer to tourists from all over the 20 at 8 pm on National Geographic fact approach in presenting super- indeed.” role unlike anything else he has 2021, for obvious reasons. exotic flora and fauna exclusive to the world. From serene monasteries to Channel India and Fox Life India.) natural events as never seen before (The film is streaming on Zee5.) !"#!"!$ # .5B55BR& &('542 4( 8 : ) # # 1/ 1/- 0/+ # / 4 5 . 1(3*
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And she had a warn- ing to become the first Nadal, but it was an energy-sapping converted on the second when the set lead. sprayed everywhere. held his nerve with a glorious passing ing for the 22nd-seeded woman’s player since Monica four-hour epic and he appeared to feel Greek sent a return long. Medvedev dominated the long Medvedev was commanding on shot giving him another break for 6-5 American Brady ahead of the Seles to win her first four the effects. Medvedev, who also reached the rallies, with Tsitsipas needing to fight serve and a glum Tsitsipas unravelled, before he calmly served out to win. final. Grand Slam finals. &#$:*5& = / ,> " & UMESH'S FITNESS TEST IN 2 DAYS 43 )(4 Ahmedabad: + * AI % ! % &(' %& &( (' !$ % 0 2 ( " ( # the Australian Open in the + 4 " doubles, and also won a round .; ' .'('. Along with Jonny Bairstow, Wood /*?? ) in the main draw of a WTA ! FM$ " " joined the England squad ahead of the singles tournament. ast bowler Mark Wood feels third Test. Elated at her performance ! ' FEngland, boasting one of the game’s While the spinners have taken the and the result, Ankita says the ' / finest seamers in James Anderson, can bulk of wickets in the first two Tests of 1(3* singles top-100 is also just $ fancy their chances in the upcoming the ongoing series, Indian pacers took around the corner. day/night Test against India if the pink all 20 wickets to win their only previ- ndia’s Ankita Raina on “It’s been a great week. ATK MOHUN BAGAN CRUSH SC EAST BENGAL ball moves around. ous day-night match on home soil, IFriday claimed her maiden Kamilla and I played together Fatorda: ) The four-match Test series is level against Bangladesh in Kolkata. WTA title by lifting the Phillip for the first time. We signed up ) ! ! at 1-1 heading into the day-night Test “We’ve been bowling with them in Island Trophy along with just 20 minutes before the ') ( at the new 110,000-capacity Sardar Patel the nets - they have swung quite a bit Russian partner Kamilla draw because there was a lot of 4 =48 +, ( Stadium here. and they’ve lasted longer which Rakhimova, a feat which will confusion with the entry list. "+1% $ " 8?? ) “As soon as the ball moves, we was interesting to see,” said Wood. catapult her into the top-100 in “Kamilla plays very aggres- !%) ! 8> know how good our seam bowlers can “With the ball, as soon as it the doubles for the first time in sive, has good strokes and I just ! ! ! be. We’ve got good depth there, moves, every one of the bowlers her career. had to ask her to be aggressive 6M8 7 0 good skills and two of the best- from the past couple of Ankita and Kamilla erased at the net, which she did,” 4 ! ! ever (James Anderson and months is dying to get it a one-set deficit to beat the Ankita said. 848$( ! Stuart Broad). in their hand. I’m not the Russian combination of Anna P ' & # ' ' “It was not that draw was 0 “Hopefully, if only one who’s trying to Blinkova and Anastasia P 9 C easy, we beat some good play- $ the ball does get hold of it. “The wick- Potapova 2-6, 6-4, 10-7 in the ers who were tough not only in move and it is ets in the nets have been summit clash here. current 115 when the WTA Mirza, who is a six-time doubles but in singles, too. INDIA'S WC QUALIFIERS NOW IN JUNE seamer-friendly a bit green and had good The 28-year-old Indian doubles chart is updated next Grand Slam champion. Kamilla has great fighting spir- Kuala Lumpur: " I F?FF "' & , ;F?F= we can be very confi- pace and carry too. I don’t shared the $8000 prize money week. The past two weeks have it. It’s great... First WTA titles ' , J % dent going into the game,” Wood know if that’s anything to with her partner and earned Ankita will become only been extremely memorable and doubles top-100, too. I am ! % ! said during a virtual interaction on go by or whether it’s a bit 280 ranking points, which the second player to crack the for the gritty Indian, who looking forward to crack sin- 2 4 Friday. of a trick.” will take her to 94 from the doubles top-100 since Sania made her Grand Slam debut at gles top-100,” she added. J $', 0 ' I F?FF&, J ! 2 $ " K * 0, 1 9 # ) R ' 6 7%( 67$ DHAMMIKA PRASAD QUITS INT’L CRICKET *('" son. They have the team to aim for a dou- < Colombo: + 1 ! . / ble. ome established names such as Shikhar The squad, however, will be missing the $ / % =O% SDhawan and Shreyas Iyer will be aiming services of yorker specialist T Natarajan after 21st goal of the season. 3 ! F?8> & " $ to make an impression before the white-ball he was released following a request from United continued to play at a pace +1 F> FM3." %! series against England when the Vijay BCCI, which wanted him to be fresh for the Sociedad could not deal with and O> =F $ Hazare 50-over competition gets underway white ball series against England. Rashford finally got his goal in the 65th F?" ' F?88$ in bio-secure bubbles across six venues on It won’t be easy for Tamil Nadu, as they minute following a blistering counter- Saturday. will face stiff competition from teams like attack started by goalkeeper Dean OLY QUALIFICATION PERIOD EXTENDED Shreyas Iyer, who missed the Syed Punjab and Karnataka, always a force to Henderson. New Delhi: 3 ! Mushtaq Ali Trophy as he was recovering reckon with in national competitions. The tie was surely put to bed in the J ! from shoulder injury, along with others like Bengal will miss the services of experi- final minute of normal time as Daniel 2 8> Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and Dhawan will be enced campaigner Manoj Tiwary and it will James raced clear and fired into the ,489 $ keenly watched during the tournament. be a challenge for stand-in-skipper Anustup bottom corner. ! 3 While Tamil Nadu, winner of the Majumdar after the team made a group exit J recent Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, has a strong in Mushtaq Ali. BALE STRIKES ! A3 L + team and others like Karnataka, Mumbai Explosive left-handed opener Vivek Wales winger Bale notched his first 3 F?F86F4O7 A3 L' 3 and Delhi will also fancy their chances. Singh is in sublime form and will look to / 14 Tottenham assist since April 2013 to F?F868O4F87$ The tournament will give the players a prove himself again after the IPL snub. # P tee up Son Heung-min for the open- chance to impress the national selectors, Abhimanyu Easwaran has been released ing goal in Budapest against Wolfsberg, UNITED TO DISCUSS CAVANI’S FUTURE before the ODI and T20 series against from the India squad and is available and ( 1" before drilling in the second before the Manchester: 3 + 0 England, which will begin in March. India he will form the back-bone of their batting. half-hour mark. * , is slated to play five T20s in Ahmedabad and The teams have been divided into six runo Fernandes scored twice as A wonderful individual strike I 3 $=M44 three ODIs against England in Pune. groups — five Elite Groups, one Plate Group. BManchester United romped to a 4- from Lucas Moura extended Spurs’ * This is the second domestic tournament The group stage will be followed by quar- 0 victory over Real Sociedad in their first-half lead, and although Michael 0 / + 4 to be conducted by the BCCI in this cur- terfinals with the summit clash scheduled Europa League last-32 first leg on Liendl pulled one back for the 3 !$, %/+I 4 4 % tailed season after the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 for March 14. Thursday, while Gareth Bale impressed Austrians with a second-half penalty, 4 * Trophy. Elite Group A: Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, for Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-1 the English club have one foot in the ! $ The focus will be firmly on Shreyas, who Hyderabad, Tripura, Baroda, Goa (Surat) thrashing of Austrian side Wolfsberg. next round after Carlos Vinicius’ FM * + 0 is back to lead Mumbai, the domestic giants, lead Uttar Pradesh, will be raring to go as Group B: Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Jharkhand, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United 88th-minute goal. 3 $ who also have a new coach in former India well and so will another white-ball special- Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Andhra are all but into the last 16, with four off-spinner Ramesh Powar. ist Shikhar Dhawan, who last played in the (Indore) away goals to take into the return game MILAN, ARSENAL HELD BCB ALLOWS ITS PLAYERS TO PLAY IN IPL He will be eager to make an impact and series against Australia. Group C: Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, in a week’s time, after the first leg was AC Milan, who have not reached Dhaka: ( , ( 6(,(7 so will the prolific Suryakumar Yadav, who He will be playing under Pradeep Odisha, Railways, Bihar (Bengaluru) played in Turin due to coronavirus the quarter-finals of any European "/1 is close to making the Indian team. Sangwan for Delhi. Group D: Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, travel restrictions. competition since the 2011-12 F? Even Prithvi Shaw, who has been Baroda, after their impressive runners- Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Pondicherry The Premier League outfit grabbed Champions League, had to settle for a $ ! named Shreyas’ deputy and has been short up show in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy, will be (Jaipur) the lead in the 27th minute when 2-2 draw at Red Star Belgrade. 3!0 , of runs, will want to bounce back stronger. bolstered by the return of skipper and all- Group E: Bengal, Services, Jammu and Fernandes pounced on a defensive Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka 63,7 4 $L&3, Mumbai had an eminently forgettable rounder Krunal Pandya, who had to leave Kashmir, Saurashtra, Haryana, Chandigarh mix-up to slot in from Marcus continued his excellent season as his 6 7 $ & outing in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy, failing to the national T20 championship, mid-way (Kolkata) Rashford’s clipped pass. sixth goal of the campaign cancelled 3, +!6' 7 ! make it past the group stage and going down following his father’s demise. Plate: Uttarakhand, Assam, Nagaland, Solskjaer’s men doubled their out Pizzi’s penalty in a 1-1 draw %M' ) % (,(I to minnows Puducherry. Tamil Nadu, led by Dinesh Karthik, will Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, advantage 12 minutes into the second against Benfica at the Stadio Olimpico $ Pacer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, who will be aiming to make it two out of two this sea- Mizoram, Sikkim (Tamil Nadu). period as Fernandes stroked home his in Rome.