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On his maiden visit to % $&' In the evening, Minister of India as the US President, State for Home Affairs, G Trump, who was welcomed by Kishan Reddy condemned the  "      )  * +  & "       (  Modi on his arrival here, said (  % " attack by rioters. “My deepest   , his country will remain a condolences to the family of “loyal” friend of India and )"*(" the Police Head *'  123  3 chapter” in ties between the the Naval helicopter deal is welcomed your PM at a giant called Prime Minister Modi an Constable who lost his life two countries. about $2.6 billion, the Apache football stadium, and you wel- “exceptional leader” who works $  ' 02$32*1' amidst the protests in Delhi. ndia and the US are natural Both the leaders made contract is over $980 million. comed us at the world’s largest day and night for the country. Our Narendra Modi govern- Ipartners and both the coun- these points during a public Trump announced in his cricket stadium. Thank you for “India and the US are com- Delhi Police Head ment condemns all forms of tries are committed to defend event “Namaste Trump” at the speech here about the two spectacular welcome. We will mitted to fight terrorists and AConstable and three civil- violence and we assure a stern their people from radical new look Motera stadium deals. The Cabinet Committee always remember this remark- their ideology, that is why my ians were killed while several action against the culprits,” he Islamic terrorism. This was shortly after Trump arrived on Security (CCS) headed by able hospitality,” Trump Government is working with police personnel, including tweeted. the focal point of visiting US here to commence his two-day Prime Minister Modi had said. Pakistan to crack down on the Deputy Commissioner of Union Home Secretary President Donald Trump’s riv- visit to India. He was accom- cleared the two defence deals Known for his fondness to terror groups,” the US President Police (DCP) and Assistant Ajay Bhalla said the situation eting speech made before a panied by his wife Melania, last week. tweet, Trump earlier took to said. Commissioner of Police (   &!/ 3  is fully under control and suf- capacity crowd at Motera sta- daughter Ivanka, son-in-law While the chemistry Twitter and tweeted messages “Under my Administration (ACP), were injured after pro 4 +      ficient forces were deployed on dium here on Monday. The Jared Kushner and top brass of between Modi and Trump was in , including one we unleashed the full power of and anti-Citizen Amendment 3((  , the ground. “The situation in crowd erupted in a thundering his administration. fully evident as the two leaders expressing eagerness to visit the military on blood-thirsty Act (CAA) groups clashed for Delhi is fully under control. applause when the US Modi and Trump will hold shared many hugs and heaped India, to which Modi respond- killers of ISIS in Iraq and in the second consecutive day of the CrPC, which prohibits The senior police officials are President said his country talks in New Delhi on Tuesday praise on each other in front of ed by tweeting the Sanskrit Syria. Today the ISIS territor- on Monday and hurled stones assembly of four or more peo- on the ground and sufficient “loves India and its people.” wherein the two countries will 1,00,000-strong enthusiastic phrase, “Atithi Devo Bhava ial caliphate has been 100 per at each other at Gokulpuri, ple, in areas affected by vio- forces are also deployed at the Prime Minister Narendra ink a $3 billion defence deal for crowd, the traditional and (guest is god)”. cent destroyed and the monster Chanbagh and Maujpur areas. lence in northeast Delhi. spot,” said Bhalla. Modi, who spoke both before 24 Naval multi-role helicopters colourful welcome left the US Talking about India’s rich known as Al-Baghdadi, the Violence between groups There was heavy stone “Armed police personnel and after the US President, and six Apache attack heli- President impressed. culture and extraordinary founder and leader of ISIS, is supporting and opposing the pelting in Maujpur, while have been deployed at strate- hailed Trump’s visit as a “new copters for the Army. While “Five months ago, the US diversity repeatedly, Trump dead,” he said. CAA was also reported in the police baton-charged to dis- gic points. Areas with history Jafrabad and Bhajanpura areas. perse protesters in Jafrabad. of past clashes such as Jafrabad, A youth also opened eight Shops and houses were van- Seelampur, Maujpur,      rounds of fire in the air on the dalised and set on fire in Gautampuri, Bhajanpura,    streets on Monday afternoon in Maujpur and Bhajanpura. Chand Bagh, Mustafabad,         the Maujpur while the police Amit Sharma, the DCP Wazirabad and Shiv Vihar, are     tried to control him. The man, Shahdara, official vehicle was being monitored to maintain   identified as Shahrukh from also set on fire in Gokulpuri law and order situation,” said   4+ arrived here from Ahmedabad Shadara, was arrested later in while a petrol pump was put on Alok Kumar, the Joint E    where they attended the the day. fire by the protesters at Commissioner of Police,       alking hand-in-hand, US ‘Namaste Trump’ event at the Police fired tear gas shells Bhajanpura. This is the second Eastern Range.   !  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'     ple spent almost an hour at the the celebrated monument, as a    Taj Mahal, soaking in the beau- cool breeze made their experi-     ty of the monument of love, ence even more pleasant.       and were briefed about the his- Trump, dressed in a dark     % tory and traditions associated suit with a tie of light shade,    with architectural marvel. and Melania, wearing a white       $               “The Taj Mahal inspires dress accessorised with a green awe. A timeless testament to waistband, also posed for pho-       %  % the rich and diverse beauty of tographs. Ivanka, wearing a           Indian culture! Thank you white dress with red floral          E India,” Trump and Melania prints and red shoes, and            wrote on the visitor’s book. Kushner, dressed in a sharp        ( (% )* Trump, accompanied by suit, took a stroll hand-in-  "#$        ", his wife, daughter Ivanka and hand around the        son-in-law Jared Kushner, monument. +'  02$32*1'      !

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 1 03'4 +1 aking up from deep slum- finally began the process to Key Decisions young lives were lost on Saturday willbe amended to make it more The SSP, would Wber, the Chandigarh launch a crackdown on unau- in a fire tragedy at Sector 32 D stringent. share the data of any abnormal Administration on Monday thorized paying guest accom-          #4    PG accommodation here. The Deputy Commissioner number of tenants or guests with   Deputy Commissioner said that SDMs will be carrying the concerned SDMs and also Mandip Singh Brar held meet- out inspections of PGs in their take independent action against  .  0,        &  ings with all three SDMs and respective areas. Their teams them in accordance with the law.   #4 other officials concerned of UT would comprise of representative Administration on Monday and from different relevant depart- Only 25 PGs registered  #        #4 directed them to conduct inspec- ments. Accordingly, notices More than 1000 PGs are tions of PGs across the city and would be issued to violators reportedly running across the    &        submit a report in next two and the SDMs will ensure imme- city while there are only 25 reg-    days. diate action in accordance with istered PGs in official records of Chandigarh is divided into law to act against illegal paying UT Administration.   3          three sub divisions i.e. central, guest facilities, he said. During Monday’s meeting, #4 east and south sub division and The SDMs have been asked the DC asked the SDMs and the SDMs concerned constitut- to submit an action taken report other concerned officers on why  3 &           ed teams to carry out inspections in this regard in next two days. no action was taken against in their jurisdictions, which Besides, all the SDMs were unauthorized PG facilities till    +$       & began on Monday evening. asked to hold meetings with the now. He also directed the officers   #4 It was also decided during different Resident Welfare to ensure that strict action is the meeting that the existing pol- Associations (RWAs) as well as taken against unauthorized PG modations in the city. The move comes after three icy on PG accommodation Police Officers in their respective facilities in the city. jurisdiction to gather infor- Notably, three major viola- mation regarding the running tions were found in the initial of any illegal paying guest inquiry at the Sector 32 two- establishments and expedite storey house that had caught fire the pending cases of illegal pay- on Saturday leading to the death ing guest establishments and of three young girls while two ensure prompt action against others had suffered injuries. The the erring entities within the deceased were Muskan Mehta, next few days, the DC said. Riya Arora and Pakshi Grover, all Following DCs directions, aged between 19 and 21 the SDM east, SDM south and years. SDM central held meetings The PG was not registered as with RWAs on Monday. paying guest, no police verifica- tion was done and there were Changes recommended in structural flaws in the building. exiting policy The SDM (south) will be sub- Fire safety NOC and annu- mitting a detailed report into the al renewal of registration would fire incident in next two days be required to run PG accom- with the DC. modation in Chandigarh. Chandigarh police had Dwelling upon the PG arrested Nitish Bansal, who was accommodation policy, the DC running this illegal PG facility in said that currently the guide- Sector 32. Apart from this, the lines for paying guest accom- UT Estate office has issued two modation only provide for one notices to him for illegally run- time registration. He directed ning the PG. the Estate Office to send a pro- Even though registration of posal for renewal of these reg- a paying guest accommodation istrations annually after due with the UT Estate Office is inspection of the premises. mandatory, there was no mon- He also directed that the itoring done to keep a check on Estate Office to put in place a illegal PGs and building viola- facilitative mechanism for tions so far. speedy registration of all the Apart from this, the civic entities who wish to legally reg- body does not have any infor- ister themselves as PG accom- mation about the exact number modation. of PGs running in the city and The Deputy not getting tax from PG owners. Commissioner also made it Once a house is registered as PG, clear that the Estate Office will the power and water charges are immediately move a proposal levied at commercial rates. for making the fire NOC and Also, once the UT Estate periodical fire inspections Office gives permission, the mandatory in any PGs so as to applicant must maintain a rolling ensure the safety of the life and register to keep a record of the property. PGs, their permanent address, It has been decided that a photo and identity proofs etc. A call centre with Estate Office copy of the PG’s photo and I-card helpline number 1860-1802067 also needs to be provided to the would be established where local police. To avoid the regis- any citizens can call and provide tration, many owners sign a information about any illegal tenant agreement with their paying guest facility. 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#   ceedings”. The Speaker ordered House smoothly, as a result of began, SAD MLA Bikram Mohindra proposed to hold a member arrested in 1000 Singh Khaira, who made his after the Vidhan Sabha staff the marshals to march all the which the question hour, as Majithia stood up to raise the debate on the issue by fixing ceore drug haul case. Congress appearance in the House after reports to the Speaker that the  34#4 O “named” MLAs out of the well as zero hour were affect- issue holding placards, along appropriate time. MLAs come face to face with a long hiatus, too demanded opposition party MLAs had House after they allegedly ed while no discussion was held with other SAD and BJP MLAs. Bedlam prevailed as soon the Akalis MLAs, forcing that someone in the govern- turned off the speakers on    -   switched off the speakers from on the calling attention notices With him, AAP MLA and the the Congress MLAs too start- another adjournment. ment, like Parliamentary their table. which the Vidhan Sabha’s moved by three AAP MLAs — Leader of Opposition Harpal ed raising slogans against the As House proceedings Affairs Minister, should make All opposition MLAs take reporters listen to record the Saravjit Kaur Manuke on non- Singh Cheema too sought to Akalis, leading to adjourn- resumed again, Cheema a statement and “DGP must be their seats, to avoid eviction   $ $ 1 03'4 +1 House proceedings. issuance of cards under Bhai raise the same issues. ment. dubbed DGP’s statement as removed without further delay”. from the House. All AAP, Chief Minister Capt Kanahiya Health Scheme and When the Speaker asked As the House resumed, condemnable and demanded As the House proceedings SAD-BJP MLAs group togeth- unjab Vidhan Sabha pro- Amarinder Singh, who was improper implementation of them to speak after the ques- Cheema stressed that the two his dismissal. AAP MLAs continue, SAD MLA Harinder er as the Punjab Police officers Pceedings were hindered on not in attendance and heads the CM Cancer Relief Fund tion hour, AAP and SAD-BJP issues are very sensitive and against entered the well of the Pal Chandumajra and AAP’s forcibly try to lift them, raising the second day of the Budget Home Department, is expect- Scheme; Rupinder Kaur Rubi MLAs storm the well of the matter of concern. The Speaker House with the Speaker clari- Rupinder Kaur Rubi pushed slogans against the Punjab session with the opposition ed to make a statement over the on plying of unfit and unau- House, shouting slogans, hold- pointed that as the Leader of fying that he cannot act against the watch and ward staff stand- Police and the Speaker. It was parties — Shiromani Akali Dal two two issues. thorized school vans and buses; ing placards and posters while the House was not present, he the DGP in the matter. Dhillon ing in front of the Speaker’s complete chaos in the House as (SAD) – Bharatiya Janta Party Right from the beginning and Aman Arora on noise pol- standing at a distance from one would make the statement the too raised the same issue ask- chair trying to break the treasury benches too raised (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi of the House proceedings for lution due to loud speakers. another. In an apparent attempt next day. Not satisfied, the ing on whose directions the defence line. slogans against the Akali-BJP Party (AAP) — uniting against the day, the opposition legisla- However, the Speaker initiated to outsmart each other, both AAP MLAs entered the well of DGP made such statement. AAP’s all women MLAs — MLAs. the Congress on Monday over tors raised the two issues the discussion on the sides were raising louder slo- the House sloganeering. AAP MLA Kanwar Rubi, Saravjit Kaur Manuke, As the house resumed, the the state DGP Dinkar Gupta’s demanding dismissal of the Governor’s address in which gans. SAD legislative wing leader Sandhu insisted on a statement and Baljinder Kaur, push the state Technical Education remarks on Kartarpur Sahib state police chief for his “con- the Congress MLAs and AAP’s Despite the Speaker’s Sharanjit Singh Dhillon alleged on the DGP issue by a senior women guards with fellow leg- Minister Charanjit Singh corridor and allegations against demnable” remarks on the “under suspension” MLA repeated requests to take their the government of closing minister pointing that it has islators pushing them from Channi requested the Speaker the Cabinet Minister Bharat Kartarpur Sahib corridor, and Kanwar Sandhu participated. seats and assurance that the down the much awaited resulted in lot of resentment. behind to break the human to forgive the MLAs. Seconding Bhushan Ashu forcing three also expulsion of the state While uniting against the Chief Minister would make the Kartapur corridor by making Opposition MLAs again security wall. him, the Parliamentary Affairs adjournments. Food and Civil Supplies State Government, both the statement on Tuesday, the such statements on the behest started their separate protests Irate, the Speaker ordered Minister Brahm Mohindra too The pandemonium that Minister Ashu after the sus- SAD-BJP MLAs and the AAP opposition leaders continue of the Gandhi family. Tempers and sloganeering in the well of the marshals to march all SAD urged Speaker to take back his ensued saw 24 MLAs — 12 pended DSP Balwinder Singh legislators were seen competing with their protest. run high as the Congress MLAs the House, even as the Speaker and AAP MLAs out of the decision and let off the MLAs each of Akali Dal and AAP — Sekhon made accusations among themselves to be the After the Congress MLAs opposed the allegations against initiated the debate on the assembly after naming them, after a warning. Without giving being “named” by the Speaker against him. first one to raise and protest huddled together and planned the Gandhis. Governor’s address amidst a which means suspending them any assurance, the Speaker Rana KP Singh on the grounds During their protest, the against the issue. their next move, Parliamentary Holding Majithia’s picture complete mayhem. for the day, and adjourned the adjourned the house till of “disrupting the House pro- Speaker could not run the As the question hour Affairs Minister Brahm with Anwar Masih, former SSB Bholath MLA Sukhpal House. Speaker’s orders came Tuesday.              

 &$  the common man to keep GOVT WORKS ON THE awareness about this scheme       ! 1 03'4 +1 liquor and beer boxes in the SPIRIT OF 'SABKA SAATH, among farmers,” he added. house after taking a fee of one SABKA VIKAS' Government is promoting sci-  1 03'4 +1 been prepared for the medical replying to a starred question he opposition Congress thousand rupees. It is extreme- The discussion on the entific farming and soli health college and work will start asked during the question Tcorned the BJP-JJP ly unfortunate. motion of thanks to the card has been given to farmers. aryana Health Minister within three months. hour. Government on the second On the issue of drug mal- Governor's address was moved One member Kisan HAnil Vij said on Monday Chautala also informed day of the Budget Session here ady, Singh said “after Punjab, by Senior BJP leader and MLA Ayog has been made to look that Detailed Project Report is NO ROLL NO TO BE HELD. the House that every month, while replying to the drug menace is fast spreading from into the issues of farmers. We being prepared for new med- SAYS EDUCATION MINIS- animal fairs are being orga- Governor’s address. in Haryana” and called upon Abhay Singh Yadav and sec- would suggest the government ical colleges in Jind, Bhiwani, TER nized at selected 30 places The Congress leaders the Government to take effec- onded by Barwala MLA Jogi to include more members of , and Gurugram dis- Haryana Education across the State, while more slammed the Government over tive steps to control it. Ram Sihag. different fields including hor- tricts. Minister Kanwar Pal said that than 300 animal fairs are held the new excise policy, saying it While raising farmers issue Yadav said the previous ticulture, marketing among Replying to a question the Haryana School Education annually. He said that the State will encourage liquor addiction in the House, Singh, who is the BJP government in the state others in the commission. asked during the question hour Board will not hold the roll Government is committed to among youths, and asked the MLA from south Haryana con- undertook equitable develop- We have limited source of in the ongoing Budget session number of any candidate apply- resolving the problem of Stray ruling dispensation to take stituency Mahendergarh said ment and now the present irrigation water. Shortage of in Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the ing for board examinations. Cattle. He urged all the MLAs effective steps to curb the the cooperative sugar mills are BJP-JJP dispensation was con- water is being faced by differ- Health Minister informed the The Education Minister shared present in the House to resolve growing drug menace instead yet to clear the outstanding /3! + tinuing that with the spirit of ent districts , House that the construction this information, while reply- the problem of stray animals in in the state. dues of cane growers. 1      !  “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”. Bhiwani, Palwal, and work of the medical college, ing to the issues raised by a their respective constituencies Speaking on the thanks- He says government talks 5 &  !/(  The BJP legislator referred Mewat region. The State gov- Jind will be completed in about MLA during the budget ses- and bring the people forward giving motion on Governor’s different and acts differently.     to the government's various ernment is working in this three years at a cost of 663.86 sion. for the same. address in the assembly, senior Singh called the Government's steps in agriculture, health, direction. crore. The Minister informed Congress leader Rao Dan Singh slogan of 'one Haryana, one the Government on borrow- education and other sectors. While participating in the that the medical college will be STRAY CATTLE MENACE CONSTRUCTION OF 27 accused the current govern- Haryanvi' wrong and said that ings.” He said that the BJP-led Governor's Address, JJP MLA constructed in two phases and TO BE CHECKED GOVT COLLEGE BUILD- ment of failing on all fronts. the Government should adopt He faced repeated inter- state government successfully Jogi Ram Sihag asked the state 524.23 crore will be spent for Haryana Deputy Chief INGS Government has failed to the slogan 'Ek Bharatiya, Ek ruptions from BJP members implemented election mani- government to take back cases the construction of Phase - I, Minister Dushyant Chautala Haryana Education address farmers’ concerns, pro- Bharat'. Mahipal Dhanda and Aseem festo of 2014 and have also been registered against youths dur- while an amount of 139.63 said that to tackle the problem Minister Kanwar Pal said at vide quality education to stu- On water issue, he said Goel who tried to launch a implementing of election man- ing the Jat quota agitation in crore will be spent on the con- of stray cattle in the State, the present the construction work dents, quality health services to during the BJP Government's counter attack, prompting ifesto of 2019. The State the state four years ago. struction of Phase - II. Government has already initi- of the buildings of 27 common people among rule, people of south Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda to tell Government has done uniform Governor Satyadeo Narain He informed that Haryana ated the process of setting up Government colleges is going others. have only got assurances that the Chair that if they do not development across the State. Arya had addressed the mem- State Roads and Bridges of Gaushalas and Cattle Pound on and the construction work Referring to some provi- water will reach the tail ends. allow his party legislator to Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima bers of the Haryana assembly Development Corporation and Cow Abhyaran across the of the 6 colleges will be start- sions of the excise policy, he Referring to the mounting speak, the Congress members Yojana is being successfully on the inaugural day of the Limited is has been declared as State. He said that the ed soon. Replying to a starred claimed “it will increase liquor debt of the state, Singh point- too will be forced to interrupt implemented in the State. “I two-week long budget session, an Executive Agency and it is Government is also taking the question, he said at present addiction among youths”. The ed towards the Treasury bench- the BJP MLAs when they speak would suggest the government which began here on February preparing a detailed notice help of NGOs to tackle this there are 157 Government State Government has allowed es and said, “You are running on Governor's Address. to lay emphasis on creating 20. inviting tender for floating problem. Colleges in the State out of tender for the construction He said financial assis- which 11 colleges have been work. He said that the bound- tance of 7100 is being given by established in Rewari district. ary wall around the site of the the Development and He also informed that the con-    +(   construction of Jind Medical Panchayat Department to those struction of Government College has already been com- Panchayats who have sent the College for boys in Rewari pleted. According to its proposal for setting up the will be started soon and for Detailed Project Report, an Gau-Grah and cattle pounds. which 5 acres of land has been       (  amount of 663.86 crore will be He further shared that to given by Haryana Shahari spent, of which an amount of accommodate stray cattle, 11 Vikas Pradhikaran to Higher 6,42,30,131 has been released. gaushalas and cattle pounds Education Department. An + The Minister while reply- have been set up in administrative approval of Rs increase in dowry death in    ing to a supplementary ques- Mahendergarh district. 12 crore has also been received 2019 in comparison to 2018. tion asked regarding the con- The Deputy Chief Minister, for the construction of this col- &8HI@>8A 248 dowry death cases were struction of the medical college who also holds the portfolio of lege building and the con- reported in 2019 while 224 in in Bhiwani district, said that a Development and Panchayat struction will be started soon, 2018 and 244 in 2017.  1 03'4 +1 pawn in the hands of his politi- Detailed Project Report has Department, shared this while he added. The cases of abduction cal masters and is giving frivo-  &$  come down according to the udhiana (East) MLA Sanjay lous statements just to please 1 03'4 +1 figures, While 4026 cases per- LTalwar and Gill MLA some “leaders” for his own per- taining to abduction were Kuldeep Singh Vaid on Monday sonal gains.      here has been a 17.27 per been a 2.54 per cent increase in reported in 2019, the figure was came out in support of Punjab He said the stand of oppo- Tcent increase in the num- murder case between 2018 and 4720 in 2018 and 4364 in 2017. Food, Civil Supplies and sition parties in support of a ber of cases pertaining to cru- 2019 while 5.06 per cent The cases of robbery also Consumer Affairs Minister tainted official such as DSP elty against women and more increase in murder case report- increased in the state. Statistics Bharat Bhushan Ashu saying the Sekhon also raises questions  (     than 13 per cent increase rape ed between 2017 and tabled in the state assembly opposition parties are trying over their own credibility, adding in Haryana in 2019 in com- 2018. indicate that 1359 cases of rob- unsuccessfully to create issues that Ashu had received several parison to year 2018, statistics The FIRs registered by the bery were reported in 2019 out of non-issues for their petty complaints against suspended  # ' * Station, the spokesperson tabled on Monday in the State police indicated a rising trend while 1299 in 2018 and 1247 in political gains. DSP Sekhon as he has been sus- added. In the crash of the two- Assembly session showed. of crime against women in the 2017. In a press statement issued pended in the past too. The microlight aircraft crashed seater aircraft, an NCC cadet The data revealed 10.71 per State. As compared to 1534 The cases of theft has not here, MLA Sanjay Talwar said MLAs said that being a ground- Ahere on Monday in the also was injured, he said. cent increase in dowry death cases of rape in 2018, 1734 such seen any major jump and is that Ashu is associated with a ed leader, Ashu has always stood Army cantonment area, killing The injured NCC cadet during the same period. Senior cases have been reported in the almost stagnant. As compared party that is known for its sac- for the people and when DSP an Indian Air Force pilot and was identified as Vipin Kumar Congress MLA from Rohtak year 2019 while 1248 in 2017. to 24532 cases of theft report- rifices for restoring peace and Sekhon was reprimanded over injuring an NCC cadet. Yadav of Mohindra College, Bharat Bhushan Batra raised As compared to 4868 cases ed in 2019, there were 25675 in communal harmony in Punjab. his corrupt acts, he started A ''Pipistrel Virus SW 80'' Patiala, the official said.An the issue of crime in the State against women registered in 2018 and 23297 in 2017. 4393 He said that Ashu is known as a spreading lies against Ashu. trainer aircraft crashed soon inquiry has been ordered by the and asked the Home minister 2019, there were 4151 such cases related to public vio- leader who is spearheading Gill MLA Kuldeep Singh after taking off from the Patiala IAF to ascertain the cause of to inform about crime rate over cases in 2018. 3326 cases were lence reported in 2019 while development of Ludhiana, which Vaid warned suspended DSP Aviation Club airport, killing the accident, the spokesperson prayed to the Almighty to give the last three years in the State. registered in 2017. 4919 in 2018 and 4526 in 2017. was earlier neglected during the Sekhon from spreading lies Group Captain G S Cheema, an said. Punjab Chief Minister courage to the bereaved fami- Home Minster Anil Vij Statistics revealed that 1079 900 cases pertaining to attempt SAD-BJP regime. against Ashu. He said every per- IAF spokesperson said. Capt Amarinder Singh, mean- ly. He also prayed for the peace said in a statement tabled in the eve- teasing cases were report- to murder have been reported Talwar said he has known son in Ludhiana knows about the Group Captain Cheema while, expressed "deep anguish" for the departed soul. House that as compared to ed in 2019 while 1194 in 2018 in 2019 while 986 in 2018 and Ashu for decades and he has credibility of Ashu, who does not was on deputation at an NCC over the death of the IAF offi- The chief minister also 1101 cases of murder in 2018, and 1018 in 2017. There has 956 in 2017. 155 cases of always been known as the devel- need any certificate from either unit here, he said. He had cer in the aircraft crash. wished speedy recovery to the 1129 such cases were reported also been a steady increase in dacoity have been reported in opment man of Ludhiana. On the suspended DSP or the oppo- been imparting training to the Capt Amarinder mourned injured NCC cadet, undergoing in the year 2019 while 1048 in dowry death. On the whole, 2019 while 194 in 2018 and 198 the other hand suspended DSP sition leaders, who themselves cadets of NCC''s 3rd Air the demise of Group Captain treatment at the Chandigarh 2017. On the whole, there has there has been a 10.71 per cent in 2017. Balwinder Sekhon is a mere have a dubious track record. Squadron at the Air Force Cheema in the crash and Command Hospital.  !"# $%&"!"# '$$' !() *+ , & (!(

#3  launching a drive against ille- the Transport Department on February 17 and 8 checked that all such school vehicles    gal school buses in the wake of said. as many as 7872 vehicles, of must adhere to the stipulated death of 4 school children in a A spokesperson said the which 2680 were challaned norms for the security and safe- &  :  tragedy earlier this month, the Department in close coordi- and 430 impounded. ty of the school children under    Department on Monday said it nation with the civil and police "This entire drive has exe- the ‘School Vahan Scheme’. checked 521 vehicles across the administration in the districts cuted by the teams comprising He said the Transport    state, out of which 152 were has launched a state-wide of Secretary RTAs, Assistant department has directed all challaned and 59 impounded. crackdown against the school Transport Commissioners, Sub the District Education Officers The drive has been vehicles posing a major threat Divisional Magistrates DEOs to make inventory of all  1 03'4 +1 launched against the school to the safety and security of the (SDMs)," the spokesperson the vehicles registered with buses illegally plying in gross school children. He said that said, adding that this cam- the schools for commuting n the backdrop of Punjab violation of the Motor Vehicle the Department during its two paign will continue in future children and share this list ITransport Department Act and School Vahan Scheme, days vigorous drive conducted against offenders to ensure with Transport Department.     !"#!$!$ ' + -

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 1 03'4 +1  1 03'4 +1 System (PFMS) Expenditure, ! '$ Advance and Transfer (EAT) n accused named Veerpal cceding to the request of Module by them as mandated Aalias Veeru committed sui- AChief Minister Capt  ! !  by the Government of India. cide at Model Jail, Burail early Amarinder Singh, the Central  ('! ! (!( The total liability on Monday morning. Government on Monday account of the Arthiyas’ com- “Veerpal aged 28 committed extended the validity of the !'$+(+  1 ! mission stood at 750 crore, of suicide in the bathroom of the Cash Credit Limit (CCL) limit which 362 crore has already jail by hanging himself. He was for procurement of paddy dur- '"  !(+ + + been paid to Arthiyas who are brought to the jail only two days ing Kharif Marketing Season 23$+ + 1 PFMS EAT module back (Saturday) in a theft case,” 2019-20 in Punjab up to compliant. said a police officer. February 29, 2020. , #& ! !  1 The Reserve Bank of India He said that Veerpal is a res- This has paved the way for (RBI) has extended the CCL of ident of Sector 56 here. His body clearing outstanding dues of ,'(((& + 4 33333.96 crore under new was sent to GMCH- Sector 32 Arthiyas who are complying 5 ' +1' 6! + 4 account no. IV for procurement mortuary and family members with the norms under PFMS, of paddy during the marketing were informed about the inci- EAT module, and the Reserve !'" + & 7'% season up to the end of dent, he said. Investigation is on Bank of India (RBI) is all set to February 2020. in the case, he added. release 200 crore on this &, !%*) Notably, CCL of  26707.50 Earlier in 2017, an auto-rick- account on Tuesday. crore was authorized for the shaw driver, who was an accused A spokesperson of the Chief month of October 2019 and in a rape case had attempted sui- Minister’s Office said that this account of their commission, 6623.46 crore for the month of cide inside the jail by stabbing extension in validity would help which could not be settled due November 2019, and subse- himself with a piece of broken the State Government to clear to non-implementation of quently its validity was extend- glass.Notably, the Burail jail the pending dues of Arthiyas on Public Financial Management ed up to December 2019. houses around 1100 inmates.  4#$&!$!""  '#6$+ 4,, "+ +

&    neering against the Gandhi Parliamentary Affairs Minister MLA Pargat Singh has also shot    family. Brahm Mohindra, Power off a letter to the Chief Minister As the Speaker Rana KP Minister Gurpreet Kangar, Capt Amarinder Singh point-    Singh adjourned the House among others, were seen hud- ing at the non fulfillment of the     after the SAD-BJP and AAP dling together to devise the fur- party’s pre poll promises, MLAs were protesting in the ther strategy. Ghanaur MLA besides an attempt to cover-up   $ $ 1 03'4 +1 well of the House over the Madan Lal Jalalpur was also several corruption cases. In DGP’s remarks and allegations heard speaking against the fact, during the Congress ttacked by rivals, the against Cabinet Minister Bharat flourishing business of the Legislative Party, on the first ACongress legislators on Bhushan Ashu, Randhawa Badal family owned PTC. day of the budget session, the Monday fought among them- lashed out at his fellow MLAs He insisted on raising the legislators minced no words to selves. for not even responding and issue in the House “only today”. show mirror to the Chief In the absence of the “just sitting” when the Akalis As the Higher Education Minister. The MLAs vented out Leader of the House and Chief shouted slogans against the Minister Tripat Rajinder Singh their frustrations against the Minister Capt Amarinder Gandhi family. Bajwa tried to mollify him by Congress Government. Singh, the Congress legislators Zira, the first time MLA, was saying that he should speak in That is not all! Rajya Sabha were seen arguing with each also seen coming down heavily the Congress party, Jalalpur MP Partap Singh Bajwa has other, blaming one another on party MLAs for not respond- said nobody listens. “Congress also pinpointed several issues for not reacting to the Akalis’ ing when the Akalis were “attack- kehda sundi hai…sab mile against his own government sloganeering — exposing total ing the Gandhi family”. hoye ne (Even the Congress including cancellation of power lack of planning and coordi- Unhappy, former Minister does not listen…all are hand- purchase agreements with the nation. and senior leader Rana Gurjit in-glove),” he said. private players. On PPAs’ issue, Cabinet Minister Singh pointed Zira to mind his Resentment among the rul- Capt Amarinder’s loyalist and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa words, after which the two ing party is prevailing and has Punjab Congress president and Congress MLA Kulbir Zira entered into an argument. been reflect by several leaders Sunil Jakhar has also demand- take on their own MLAs, when Gidderbaha MLA Amarinder in the recent past. ed action from the the House was adjourned for Singh Raja Warring pacified Congress Jalandhar Cantt Government. half an hour, for not taking on Zira. “They complain that they the SAD-BJP MLAs for sloga- are not being heard…and now, they are not speaking when they need to,” said irated Zira. “Sayaaneyaan da matlab eh nahi ke gaalliyaan khaayi jaan (Being mature does not mean that we should not react to abuses),” said Rana Gurjit. Soon, the Congress leaders, led by Randhawa, Warring,     !"#!$!$ ' +       +,  $  " &'' "   %-" 1"   2 %  "%(   "%(R   "  02$32*1'  'J      COVID19 and have gone back '   to their homes from the quar- ver 100 Indians stranded  L:>' antine facilities. In all, 23,259  02$32*1' Opposition in Rajya Sabha Oin coronavirus-hit Wuhan $      persons were brought under Ghulam Nabi Azad had decid- /  ) 0! could heave a sigh of relief as community surveillance in 34 eeved at the Modi ed to skip the President's ban- the Centre on Monday said an      States/UTs through the PGovernment's move to not quet in protest over the party's  02$32*1' affairs department, said in a Air Force flight to the crisis-hit Integrated Diseases allow its top leaders, including top leaders not being extend- series of tweets. Chinese city is being planned & @8 Surveillance Programme party chief Sonia Gandhi, to ed an invitation. s the US President He asked if any other vis- for February 26 for bringing the    8@ / L9 (IDSP) network," said the meet with the visiting US pres- Chowdhury said the Modi ADonald Trump began his iting foreign head of state has evacuees back on February 27.   /   Minister. ident Donald Trump, as has Government has done away ambitious two-day visit to ever praised a country, its Union Health Minister Dr &    A revised travel advisory been the tradition, the with the tradition of allowing India on Monday, the BJP national heroes, heritage, cul- Harsh Vardhan, who under- on travel to Singapore has been Opposition Congress has the principal opposition party described "Namaste Trump", ture, music and leader so took a review of the ongoing       issued on February 22. decided to give the official to hold discussions with the an event at Ahmedabad on profusely. coronavirus (COVID19) man-   & Regarding movement banquet hosted by President visiting US President, unlike in the line of 'Howdy Modi', a "This day will be written agement across the country  .&  @@ across Kartarpur border in Ram Nath Kovind in honour of the past when such meetings "master stroke" of public in the golden letters in the his- with senior officials of the Punjab, it was informed that the visiting dignitary a com- were arranged. "I will not diplomacy between the two tory of India, thanks to the Ministry, said he has been in discussion with the Home pletely miss. attend the banquet hosted by countries. Capital . visionary leadership of PM informed about the flight by outbreak of coronavirus there. Ministry, Health Ministry and On Monday, news came in the President on February 25. Trump has said that the On day one of the visit, Narendra Modi," he said. the Ministry of External Affairs At present, the screening of Health Secretary, Punjab, spe- about former Prime minister It is a protest on my behalf," he US and India will seal major 'Namaste Trump' was held at The US president was Ministry. passengers is being done in all cial screening has been Manmohan Singh too not said. trade pacts during his visit Motera Stadium in driven from airport to The Health Ministry quot- 21 airports, 12 major and 65 strengthened across the bor- attending the banquet hosted He said the Government which is exclusively focused Ahmedabad to welcome Sabarmati Ashram and later ed Vardhan as saying this. non-major seaports and border der and further necessary by President Ram Nath Kovind has not extended an invite to on India. Trump is to seek re- Trump who was given a rous- to the stadium as people India's national carrier Air crossings. facilitation for masks to be in honour of the US President Congress president Sonia election as President later this ing ovation by a capacity lined-up on both sides of the India has already evacuated In all 4,214 flights and worn by pilgrims is being ini- on Tuesday. Gandhi. "We do not feel good year. crowd of over one lakh. 22-km-long route to cheer around 640 Indians from 4,48,449 passengers have been tiated. Singh had earlier accepted about the change in tradition A high-powered delega- Trump and Prime both the leaders. Describing Wuhan in two separate flights. screened so far while as of now, At present, in addition to the invite but expressed his by the Modi Government, tion is accompanying the US Minister Narendra Modi also Modi as a "tremendously suc- According to estimates, over 2,707 samples have been test- screening of passengers from inability to attend the same. He when the principal opposition President with an eye on addressed the audience in the cessful leader" of the Indian 100 Indians are still living in ed of which only 3 samples had flights coming from China, has conveyed his regret to the party leaders are ignored dur- extracting a favourable trade stadium, the largest cricket republic, Trump, in his speech Wuhan. earlier tested positive (Kerala) Hong Kong, Thailand, President's office for not being ing such key visits. In the past, deal and reduction in tariff by stadium in the world . in the stadium , referred to A sizeable number of and all the three patients have Singapore, Japan and South able to attend the banquet, we ensured the principal oppo- India on American exports . "Namaste Trump is a the BJP leader's "landslide countries have evacuated their been discharged from the hos- Korea, entry screening has sources close to Singh said. sition party leaders meet the " Modi is a tough negotiator.", masterstroke of public diplo- victory like no other in the citizens from China and pitals and are now in home iso- been extended to flights com- Earlier, Congress leader in visiting dignitaries, including said the US President while macy between India and US," largest democratic election restricted movement of people lation. ing from Vietnam, Nepal, Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan US President George Bush or making his speech at the Vijay Chauthaiwale, who ever held anywhere on the and goods to and from the "All Indian evacuees from Indonesia and Malaysia with Chowdhury and Leader of Barack Obama," he said. 'Namaste India' event in the heads the BJP's overseas face of the earth". country in view of the massive Wuhan have tested negative for effect from February 23.  :    

 )!$ +!$!' !( ;&       "#    $%& '          !, !""'5P(      02$32*1' Samad, Khaja Moideen, Syed crackers and other         Ali Navas and Jaffer Ali besides Incriminating documents have  /  <  he National Investigation their associates for the con- been seized from these loca-  02$32*1'6321+ 3"0  +$$ !(&#!   /-  /3  TAgency (NIA) on Monday spiracy to further the objectives tions, the agency said in a # 4 ) )G- conducted searches at multiple of the banned terror outfit statement. he Centre on Monday !(+" ' #! 1  !   locations in Tamil Nadu and ISIS/ Daish by carrying out ter- ISIS AL Hind Module Case Tgave in-principle approval %! !!      Karnataka in connection with rorist attacks in Delhi and pertains to a criminal con- to the construction of an ele-  4    three ISIS-related cases. NCR. During searches at the spiracy with an objective of vated expressway between ! '(& ' ( /  )   In Tamil Nadu, searches houses of the arrested accused murdering Hindu leaders, cre- Dehradun and New Delhi   1     were conducted at 10 locations on Monday, the NIA seized ating communal riots and to do which will reduce the distance ! ' + '$     including one in Chennai City, four laptops, one tablet, wo anti-national activities by form- between the two cities to 180 ',+ '$ 9: )   1 one in Kanchipuram district, mobile phones and three SIM ing a terrorist gang, being kms. The Centre's Go-ahead one in Toothukudi district, cards besides certain docu- inspired by ISIS, a proscribed to the project was conveyed to 6     three in Salem district and ments including books sup- terrorist outfit. Uttarakhand Chief Minister   '  four in Cuddalore district. and committing terrorist acts in porting violent jihad. The members of the Al Trivendra Singh Rawat by the all support to the NHAI for Mohand on the outskirts of " 1  The searches were con- India by procuring illegal arms In Karnataka, NIA carried Hind module conducted meet- National Highway Authority the construction of the ele- Dehradun is proposed as part   1 <   ducted in connection with in furtherance of the terror out- out searches at 15 locations in ings at Bengaluru and other of India Chairman SS Sandhu. vated highway, Rawat said. of the project, the NHAI     Chennai Q Branch Case, ISIS fit's agenda. During searches at Bengaluru city and Kolar dis- parts of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Congratulating the people At present, the distance chairman said. Noting that      Khaja Moideen Module case the houses of the 10 accused, 16 trict in connection with inves- and propagated ISIS ideology, of the State after his meeting between Dehradun and Delhi parts of the proposed highway      '  and ISIS-Al Hind Module SIM cards and 2 internet don- tigation of ISIS AL Hind procured arms and ammuni- with Sandhu, the Chief is around 250 kms. falls under the jurisdiction of  ' B''C Case. gles besides documents and Module Case at the houses of tion and other incriminating Minister said the construction Work on the highway, forest and wildlife depart-   &  The Q branch case relates books have been seized, the arrested and absconding material for executing their of the highway will boost which will reduce travel time ment of neighbouring Uttar         to 10 Bengaluru-based accused NIA said. accused and office of AL-Hind plans The seized items will be tourism and prove to be a between the two cities to two Pardesh, Sandhu asked the    ! persons who allegedly con- The ISIS Khaja Moideen Trust. During searches, a num- submitted before the jurisdic- milestone in its economic and a half hours, will begin Chief Minister to request the spired with ISIS/ Daish mem- Module Case, originally regis- ber of digital devices including tional NIA Special Courts at development. It will reduce soon, Sandhu said at the UP Government for speedy       ber Khaja Moideen, native of tered by Special Cell of Delhi nine mobile phones, five SIM Chennai and Bengaluru and the distance between meeting with Rawat. forest and environment clear-  # # Parangipettai, Cuddalore dis- Police, was re-registered by cards, one Laptop, two Hard the digital devices subjected to Dehradun and the national Construction of an ele- ances so that work on the pro-  #'BC  trict, with the intention of car- NIA on January 30 this year Discs, four CDs/DVDs, 18 cyber forensic examination, capital to 180 kms and the vated road on the route ject could be expedited.       7   rying out unlawful activities against arrested accused Abdul Books, one auto rickshaw, fire the NIA added. State Government will extend besides a new tunnel near      &         3      B   C   2  <<#  3   &  ! 3!   +.  % $      &       ! )    $P&'    @>8A*     0P     1   '  #       02$32*1' in the absence of      " $ "$$   " - J   &  E04, card.  * + & ) + he Centre on Monday Gonsalves also claimed   02$32*1'  02$32*1' retaries and representatives of        02$32*1' preserved for a period of one Tdenied allegations of a star- that as many as three crore the selected Central Ministries       ! year - a rule of the Conduct of vation death in Jharkhand and ration cards of poor people he Supreme Court on he Comptroller and and departments. ) +    wo NGOs alleged in the Election Rules. "We do arbitrary cancellation of near- have been cancelled by author- TMonday refused to entertain TAuditor General (CAG) on The Ministries included '   @ TSupreme Court on Monday not look into it at the moment," ly three crore ration cards of ities across the country and a a plea seeking framing of guide- Monday held a brainstorming environment, forest and cli-     /J   that the Election Commission the bench, also comprising poor people across the country 13-year-old girl had died of lines to ensure an expeditious session with representatives of mate change, jal shakti, earth K)    (EC) has violated election rules justices BR Gavai and Surya in the Supreme Court, assert- starvation in Jharkhand after grant of sanction to prosecute as many as seven Ministries to sciences, new and renewable $ K    89 by destroying the VVPAT Kant, said. ing that it was ready to prove she was denied ration on the accused in serious offences seek suggestions from the exec- energy, science and technolo-    (voter verifiable paper audit Appearing for the NGOs, them wrong. account of non-matching of like the sedition case against for- utive on areas that could be gy, food processing industries,    )  ' trail) data of last year's Lok lawyer Prashant Bhushan said "Let it be put on affidavit. Aadhaar details with her ration mer JNU Students' Union pres- selected for audit. and food and consumer affairs. B )'C  &! Sabha polls before the conclu- the "shocking fact" had I will respond and show all card. ident Kanhaiya Kumar. A Bench This would help in under- The meeting was intended sion of the statutory one-year emerged in an RTI response these are wrong. It is all incor- The attorney general sub- of Chief Justice SA Bobde, jus- standing their concerns and to focus on development, tech-   '    period. and they would file an appli- rect statistics," Attorney mitted that the Centre would tices BR Gavai and Surya Kant would also supplement the nology and climate-related $     The NGOs - Association cation in this regard. General KK Venugopal told a file a comprehensive affidavit said such an order could be risk-assessment exercise being issues. '    for Democratic Reforms The bench had earlier bench comprising Chief Justice on the issue and was waiting for passed only in a specific case and undertaken by the CAG in the "We are keen on this inter-        (ADR) and Common Cause - issued notice to the poll panel SA Bobde and justices BR replies of state governments directions of generic nature course of finalising the annu- action... Activities undertaken #-&  - referred to the response on the PIL seeking a probe into Gavai and Surya Kant. which failed to file the same in could not be issued. "The law al plan of audit activities. by scientific and environmen- -         received through an RTI appli- alleged discrepancies between The attorney general had compliance of notices issued to should be followed in a partic- The meeting, chaired by tal ministries are critical to the    H!L9  cation from the EC and alleged the voter turnout figure and the to intervene when senior advo- them on December 9, 2019. ular case," the bench told lawyer Deputy Comptroller and national objective of broad-     & before a bench headed by Chief number of votes counted in 347 cate Colin Gonsalves, appear- He said the Centre would col- Shashank Deo Sudhi, who was Auditor General Anita based economic growth and !      Justice SA Bobde that the constituencies during the 2019 ing in a PIL, alleged starvation late the responses of states and appearing for former BJP MLA Pattanayak, sought more effec- balanced development across  8A!8H   VVPAT data was needed to be Lok Sabha polls. deaths following denial of food file a response. Nand Kishor Garg. tive audit exercise from the sec- all sectors. #- ! @!8H        #-' 0 / !    )

&$  02$32*1' farmers from the West Bengal, "States which have of validating the biometric paid in three equal cash trans- about 10 lakh farmers have achieved 90 percent or more identity with a beneficiary's fers of 2000 - one every four      "*+ year since its launch, the already self-registered for the saturation have been asked to bank account, have limited the months. It was launched on 24 AModi Government's ambi- scheme via the online portal of look at inter district variations number of potential payouts," February 2019, when the first  02$32*1' tious cash-for-farmers pro- PM-Kisan. Bihar's potential is while states to do 100 percent sources added. instalment was paid. gramme 'PM KISAN' 158 lakh whereas data of only verification of 25 randomly Aadhaar linking was Stating that the cash ben- efence Minister Rajnath (Pradhan Mantri Kisan 59.7 lakh has been uploaded. selected villages in compara- optional for the first tranche efit under the scheme will not DSingh on Monday handed Samman Nidhi) has reached a Bihar has adopted a beneficia- tively low saturation districts," that covered the December only help farmers but also over to the CISF the trophy for saturation level due to some ry application based approach he said. 2018-March 2019 period. boost the state economy, Tomar the ''best marching contingent'' States' reluctance to adopt the which is delaying identification The data says, only 9 farm- For the second instalment said: "Our officials have amongst the paramilitary forces Central scheme and imple- and upload. ers registered from Adaman covering the period April- approached the state govern- and other auxiliary squads for mentation hurdles like linking According to Union and Nicobar Islands; 123 from July 2019, Aadhaar authenti- ment in this regard many times. performance during the with Aadhaar persisting. Agriculture Minister Narendra Arunachal Pradesh; 121 from cation was compulsory, except I have also written twice to the Republic Day parade this year. There could be 2.13 crore Singh Tomar, barring West Chandigarh; 21 from Dadra for north-eastern States and chief minister urging to join the An event was held in the more potential beneficiaries Bengal and Bihar, all other Nagar Haveli; 633 from Delhi; the erstwhile Jammu & scheme. South Block office of the who are left out from the States and Union Territories are 30 from Goa, 4902 from Kashmir. On the first anniver- But no reply has come yet defence ministry where CISF )! 4 &   !5 &3 & ! scheme as States like West implementing the scheme Himachal Pradesh;11 from sary of launch of the from the CM." Tomar said Director General (DG) Rajesh 4) 6767 3 ,   *  5  Bengal and Bihar have not which has benefited 8.45 crore Sikkim; 43 from Puducherry; Government's ambitious PM- some states like Andhra Ranjan, contingent comman- ")  , adopted the scheme. farmers so far in the country, 733 from Meghalaya and 1010 Kisan scheme, Tomar on Pradesh, Bihar and Sikkim are der Deputy Commandant With the enrolment of 9.74 against the target of 14 crore from Tripura. Monday launched a mobile slow in authenticating their Prabh Simran Singh and other Rajpath on January 26. this is at present apart from vital crore potential beneficiaries, farmers. According to sources, app to broaden the reach of farmers' data and the central officials of the force received the sixth time that the force has infrastructure in the nuclear the new registration has On PM-Kisan portal, the Aadhaar-based enrolment and the programme that aims to government is pursuing with the trophy from Singh, an offi- won this award, the spokesper- and aerospace domain. reached a saturation level, centre has received data of cash transfers, slow internet provide annually 6,000 to them seriously. cial spokesperson said. son said. The CISF DG congratulat- sources said and pointed out total 9.74 crore farmers. The connections in many rural each eligible farmer. About 85 per cent of the The CISF contingent is With a strength of nearly ed Contingent Commander that the scheme intended to minister also launched PM- centres, and messy land records Under PM-KISAN, the farmers data registered under identified by its distinct yellow- 1.70 lakh personnel, the and other officers of CISF for cover 14 crore farmers. Kisan mobile App on comple- have slowed the programme. government provides income the scheme has been Aadhar coloured headgear and had Central Industrial Security their excellent performance As per the Agriculture tion of one year of the imple- "Problems in Aadhaar support of 6000 a year to verified, the rest will be com- 148-members when they Force (CISF) is a Central para- and bringing laurels to the Ministry's data, of the 68 lakh mentation of the scheme. authentication, or the process farmers with a valid enrolment, pleted soon, he added. marched this time at the military that secures 61 airports organization.     !"#!$!$ ' + < R      N     ! 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In just 70 years, India (DDLJ). ‘Sholay’ director Ramesh Sippy said the rule of law, and is admired vidual rights, the rule of law, and become an economic giant, the Addressing the 'Namaste Trump' he was delighted that Trump included the around the globe as people of dif- the dignity of every human being. largest democracy ever to exist and event at the Motera Stadium here, the US film as a creative piece from India in his ferent religions worship side by side “Your nation has always been one of the most amazing asians president said people ‘take great joy’ in speech. “I feel overwhelmed, humbled in harmony, US President Donald admired around the earth as the anywhere in the world,” Trump watching Bollywood films and under- that the US president felt this way. I am Trump said on Monday, lauding the place where millions upon millions said. standing Indian culture through them. delighted that 'Sholay' is included in his country's accomplishments dur- of Hindus and Muslims, Sikhs and The potential for India is “This is the country that produces speech as a creative piece from India. I am ing his maiden State visit here. Jains, Buddhists, Christians, and absolutely incredible, he said while nearly 2,000 movies a year from the hub thankful to him for having mentioned He noted that India has an Jews worship side by side in har- noting that India's rise as a pros- of genius and creativity known as 'Sholay' after 45 years of the film,” Sippy incredible potential and Prime mony,” he said while addressing a perous and independent nation is Bollywood,” he told the gathering of about told PTI. Yash Raj Films, the makers of Minister Narendra Modi is laying packed Motera stadium at the an example for every nation all over 100,000 people packed into the stadium. 'DDLJ', posted on Twitter, “DDLJ the foundations of its future. 'Namaste Trump' event here. the world and one of the out- “All over the planet people take great trumps!” This is not the first effort by Hailing India's diversity, the US “The story of the Indian nation standing achievements of the cen- joy in scenes of bhangra, music and dance, the US president to use popular culture Ahmedabad: The renovated crowd. President said its unity is an inspi- is a tale of astounding progress, a tury. It is inspiring because India romance and drama, and classic Indian to reach out to Indians. Ahead of his Motera stadium here is yet to People were pleased when ration to the world as it is known miracle of democracy, extraordi- has achieved all this as a democra- films like 'DDLJ' and 'Sholay',” Trump said, maiden visit to India, Trump shared a host its first cricket match but Trump praised Modi, remem- for its democracy, tolerance and nary diversity, and above all, strong tic, peaceful and tolerant country, referring to two of the biggest hits in video in which his face was superimposed on Monday the sprawling facil- bering his humble background peace. and noble people. he said. PTI Bollywood history. on the hit movie-character Baahubali. ity became the site of a public as a “chaiwala” (tea seller) and spectacle where US President his inspiring journey to the Donald Trump showered office of Prime Minister. encomiums on India and Though Modi and Trump's Prime Minister Narendra Modi address for 'Namaste Trump' amid a rather delirious event was scheduled to start crowd. after 1.30 pm, people from The jam-packed arena, also across Gujarat started arriving known as Sardar Patel Stadium, at the world's biggest cricket frequently broke into applause stadium since 8 am. as people displayed enthusiasm Though placards and flags for the first visit by any US were not allowed to be taken president to the home State of inside the stadium located in Modi. the Motera area, people were Trumps praise for India, seen wearing masks of Trump his denouncing of the menace and Modi. of terrorism and his try at There was a continuous Hindi during his over 25- stream of people towards the minute- long speech was well stadium since the morning as received by people and punc- parking areas for vehicles was tuated by constant clapping kept some distance away from by the nearly 1.25 lakh-strong the stadium. 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Iltija Mufti on Monday said the Trump landed at Ahmedabad about the Situation in Kashmir, Siddaramaiah, who is Sena on Monday said the 36- mosque as well as an Indo- Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri “Following the Supreme Government was busy with in Gujarat on Monday for his senior Congress leader and for- Leader of Opposition in hour-long sojourn of the US Islamic research centre, a hos- Masjid dispute, the Supreme Court verdict, the Sunni Waqf the visit of US President first visit to India to a grand mer Karnataka Chief Minister Karnataka Assembly, in anoth- president in the country won't pital and a library on the five- Court ruled in favour of con- Board does not have the choice Donald Trump to India, while welcome by Prime Minister Sidddaramaiah on Monday er tweet hit out at Prime make 'an iota of difference' in acre plot allotted to it follow- struction of a temple. It also of rejecting the five-acre alter- Delhi was ‘burning’ and 8 mil- Narendra Modi and thousands asked the BJP heading the Minister Narendra Modi on the lives of poor and middle- ing the Supreme Court's ruled that an alternative five- native land for the construction lion Kashmiris deprived of of people who lined the streets Union Government to prove the long wall built near the air- class Indians. Ayodhya verdict. acre plot must be found for a of a mosque in Ayodhya as it their fundamental rights. and packed into the Motera sta- 'normalcy' by hosting US port in Ahmedabad allegedly to While leaving for India, The decision to accept the mosque within Ayodhya. would amount to contempt of She said the legacy of dium there to say ‘Namaste President Donald Trump's event block view of a slum, ahead of Trump has said he is going to land was taken at a board In 1992, the 16th century court,” Farooqui had said ear- Mahatma Gandhi is remem- Trump’. in the valley. Trumps visit. It is time for discuss business with Prime meeting here. “It has been Babri mosque that stood on the lier. bered only during visits by for- The first stop in the Trump If @BJP4India feels @realDonaldTrump to get Minister Narendra Modi, decided at a meeting of the disputed site in Ayodhya was Besides Farooqui, there are eign dignitaries to Sabarmati visit was the Sabarmati Kashmir has returned to inspired from @narendramodi. which makes it clear that his board to take the five-acre demolished by “karsevaks”, seven other members on the Ashram. Ashram, home to Mahatma Normalcy, & If @BJP4India Inspiration to build decorative trip is aimed at boosting US land given to us by the UP claiming that originally there Sunni Waqf Board. Based on ‘Hi Tea' & Namastey Gandhi between 1917 and 1930 feels that there is no govt orches- walls to hide not so decorative trade, the Sena said. Government,” board chairman was a Ram temple at the same the SC verdict, the Centre had Trump while Delhi burns & 8 during India's freedom strug- trated violence. Now is the time life!! he tweeted. “There won't be an iota of Zufar Farooqui told reporters. spot. Soon after last year's ver- asked the Uttar Pradesh gov- million Kashmiris remain gle. From Ahmedabad, the to prove the same by hosting The Opposition Congress difference in the lives of the He said the board will set dict on the Ayodhya land dis- ernment to allot five acres of deprived of fundamental rights. Trumps will travel to Agra @realDonaldTrump's event at in Gujarat had accused the poor and middle-class people up a trust soon for the con- pute, there were suggestions land to the Sunni Waqf Gandhi ji's legacy remembered and then on to New Delhi on Kashmir, Siddaramaiah tweet- BJP—ruled civic body in in India due to Trump's visit. struction of the mosque. that the Sunni board should Board.The UP cabinet made only at perfunctory visits to Monday evening. ed. Ahmedabadof building the 500- Then where is the question of “Besides the mosque, there not accept the plot. the allotment after its meeting Sabarmati ashram by foreign Meanwhile, a Delhi Police Amid concerns raised by metre long wall to block view of people being appreciative or will be an Indo-Islamic There were also sugges- of February 5. dignitaries. His values long head constable was killed and Opposition parties, the a slum colony. enthusiastic of his tour,” an edi- research centre, a public library, tions that instead of a mosque The allotment letter is for forgotten,” Iltija tweeted. a deputy commissioner of Government has said efforts Refuting the allegations, torial in Sena mouthpiece a charitable hospital and other to replace the demolished Babri a plot at Dhannipur village in Iltija has been tweeting police injured as clashes over have been made to restore nor- AMC officials had said the Saamana said. useful facilities on the land”, he Masjid, the Muslim communi- Ayodhya's Sohawal area, on the from her mother's Twitter han- the amended citizenship law malcy in Jammu & Kashmir construction of the wall, around “If there is any eagerness said. ty should build a public facili- Ayodhya-Lucknow highway dle after the PDP president was broke out in northeast Delhi's which faced months of restric- four feet in height, was approved about Trump's visit, it may be “The size of the mosque ty like a hospital there. about 20 km from the district taken into custody on August Jaffrabad and Maujpur on tions after its special status much beforeTrump's Gujarat in Ahmedabad, where he lands will be decided keeping in The Sunni Waqf Board, headquarters. 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 '   " ' districts of the state through loans taken by the farmers. We Samman Yojana” announced ' '  -,*-  > of non-performance whereas we will be video-conferencing from will implement the loan waiv- by the BJP-led saffron alliance able to highlight the common people’s bit- s part of its first list of ben- Mumbai. er scheme in a computerised government in June 2017. earning bitter lessons from Delhi ter experience during TMC’s rule,” anoth- Aeficiaries in the much-dis- The Chief Minister and his system,” Uddhav said. Under the 34,022 crore LAssembly elections, the Bengal BJP will er party leader said adding however that cussed farm loan waiver deputy interacted with loan “We are not doing any “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj desist from making hate speeches in the the party workers will not however be scheme released by it, the Shiv waiver beneficiary-farmers favour to the farmers by imple- Krishi Samman Yojana” run up to the Statewide municipal elec- stopped from using CAA in whisper Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi from three districts on the menting the loan waiver announced by the previous tions, party insiders say. campaigns. (MVA) Government on first day of the budget session scheme. In reality, you can us Devendra Fadnavis Though the party will not jettison “Where CAA is not required we will Monday wrote off the loans of of the Legislature in the Government as benefi- Government, there were ben- polarization as its political mainstay it will not raise it but where it is required we will 15,358 farmers from 68 villages which got underway on ciaries because receiving the eficiaries was 89 lakh farmers. try to focus on good governance, sources Register for Citizens or even National definitely raise it even during campaigns,” from across the State. Monday. blessings of farmers through The Devendra Fadnavis said. Most of the schemes brought in by Population Register a senior State com- said another leader adding “there are many The 15,358 farmers, whose The names of farmers from the implementation of loan had said then that of the total the central Government during the last six mittee leader said “municipal elections are municipalities where Bangladeshi refugees names figured in the first list of 68 villages in the districts of waiver scheme. identified beneficiaries, 40 lakh years or so will be highlighted in the elec- fought on the basis of civic amenities being are in great numbers and they identify loan waiver beneficiaries, are Parbhani, Ahmednagar and The loans that are being farmers were expected to tions they said. provided or promised to be provided. themselves with the CAA-NRC cause. In among the 34,83,908 farmers Amravati districts, in the first waiver as part of the “Mahatma become totally debt-free. Of the Apart from this the party will also Though the CAA is the part of a larger such places we will definitely raise this who have been identified as the list of loan waiver beneficiaries. Jyotirao Phule Karj Mukti total beneficiaries under the bank on the good governance it provided issue the party will like to stick to devel- issue.” total number of beneficiaries in “Once the process of loan waiv- Yojana” range from 5,000 to scheme, a total 36.10 lakh in the municipalities run by it other opment as its main plank.” Again there are some other places the “Mahatma Jyotirao Phule er is completed, the farmers 2 lakh per farmers. farmers were eligible for a states. Civic elections are likely to take place That the party has not been in power where infiltration is a problem and the Karj mukti Yojana”. concerned release will be issued Like Uddhav himself said financial assistance of Rs 1.50 sometime in the month of April-May. in the State and in most of the munici- people have been suffering due to the infil- While releasing the first list debt-free certificates. The loan on Sunday, the Maharashtra lakh each to clear their piled up On whether the party will try to high- palities and corporations will work in its trators, “in such cases too we will use CAA of beneficiaries in the loan waiver has started at the district government plans to complete loans. light the efficacy of the controversial favour as “our not being in power in and NRC,” he maintained adding howev- waiver scheme, Maharashtra level,” a senior Government the entire loan waiver scheme It is not known yet if the Citizenship Amendment Act or for that municipal boards will rob the Trinamool er that in general the party will desist from Chief Minister Uddhav official said. in the next three scheme. previous BJP-led saffron matter National Congress of the stick to beat us on the issue strongly worded campaigns. Thackeray and deputy chief “We have collated the It is not clear yet as to how alliance government and if yes, minister Ajit Pawar interacted names of 34,83,908 farmer- different is the “Mahatma how many farmers had been with some of the farmer-ben- beneficiaries in a span of 35 Jyotirao Phule Karj Mukti benefitted from the Devendra eficiaries from Parbani, days. During the past 15 days, Yojana” from the “Chhatrapati Fadnavis dispensation’s loan Ahmednagar and Amravati we have audited the details of Shivaji Maharaj Krishi waiver scheme. 5'4) ++%  2  $ "       '   " ' who participated in the morcha, hand- ed over a memorandum to the n perhaps the first of its kind protest Buldhana district collector. In their 1  Istaged against Citizens Amendment memorandum, the protesting citizens Act (CAA) in the country, thousands of said that CAA posed a threat the very people on Monday took out a 20 km- tents of the Constitution and it need- $    1200 ' morcha against CAA in Buldhana dis- ed to be annulled forthwith. “In india trict in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region. where people from religions and castes leuths of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of The protesters walked a distance of live together, CAA pits people from one Sthe Kerala Police and National Investigation 20 km from the taluka town of Motala section of people against the Agency are probing how Pakistan made bullets to Buldhana, the district headquarters. other. reached the Kulathupuzha Forest region in The citizens, who participated in the Speakers at the rally said that there Kollam district. A bunch of bullets with seals of morcha were from groups based in was nothing wrong in according Indian Pakistan Ordnance Factory were found by Waghjal and Rajur in Motala, landed at citizenship to persecuted people in locals in Kulathupuzha on Saturday and they Buldhana’s Shaheen Bagh. other countries, but CAA should not quickly alerted the local police. Later on, a delegation of citizens cause any harm to the Indian citizens The initial probe by the local police con- firmed that the bullets were live and were from Pakistan. Ballistic experts who rushed to the region found that the bullets were the ones which are used in long range machine guns. “Though the bullets were manufactured in the 1980s, they are still active and could be used even now,” said one of the ballistic experts who examined the bunch of bullets. A team of officials from the Directorate of Military Intelligence have reached Kollam to join the investigation and find out the routes through which the bullets entered Kerala. Unconfirmed reports in local media said that three of the bullets found in the bunch had Chinese markings. But officials refused to con- firm the news. Monday morning saw a team of NIA offi- cials sweeping down on some of the areas in Chennai and Salem giving credence to the the- ory that persons from Tamil Nadu too were involved in the trafficking of bullets. But cops said later in the day that the searches were in con- nection with the murder of special police inspector Wilson who was killed last month at Kaliyikkavila by alleged Islamic terrorists. The officials of Kerala Police ruled out the possibilities of the bullets being the same which were missed from the armory of the state police. Kerala had been shaken by the Comptroller and Auditor General’s recent report that a number of guns and bullets were found missing from the armory of the Kerala Police in Thiruvananthaouram. A team of officials led by Tomin Thachankarri, ADGP found that the guns and bullets were accounted for. Investigating agencies are concerned about the location from where the bullets were found. “Kulathupuzha is a known haven of Islamic extremist organizations like Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front of India (PFI). They have their own hide-outs in the area. 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Was he/she   #           +         Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003, settle in India and seek Indian ship is extremely vulnerable. ever asked to swear allegiance and either of whose parents is a citizen citizenship or people of Indian -1'2*.12 Being a “naturalised” citizen, to the Constitution of India,                  ( of India at the time of his birth; (c) on or origin living abroad who want .,**,$'04 her citizenship is subject to sev- like her? So, this is the power                 after the commencement of the to return to India and live as cit- eral conditions and restric- and quality of the citizenship of  )      / S        ) Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003, izens in this country. There is T"2',0'0 tions. 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Their In the case of Sonia communicated with an enemy; democracy and for our consti- loyalty is taken for granted. They can give Gandhi, as per the law at that '03' *'-212+R or that citizen has been ordi- tutional well-being. up their Indian citizenship but no power time, she could have applied for narily resident out of India for (The writer is an author , !  can deprive them of their citizenship. Indian citizenship five years a continuous period of seven specialising in democracy Among such citizens, those who commit after marriage but she did so years”, his/her citizenship can studies. Views expressed are   +% 2  ( #)6R  "   rape and murder, can be hanged for the only after 15 years on April 7, be cancelled. personal.) ( (   "%$ 2 ( 2          )                  3  '      "'    ' B   C #   &  ! &&          & &         .        &      & 3   S                 !   !   &                     &      &       #@!>       !   O   !   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This method of lic toilets on freeways causes M&&     '  / adding on to the State’s revenue             6  78     inexplicable difficulties for people,  !1     L     is against public welfare.                    especially women and children.    M    Yugal Kishore Sharma    95:        (     253   Most often, travellers are clueless. &!3  /  R3 Faridabad There are either unmaintained      R #            297      public toilets on the way or peo- "          277      #          S ple have to visit hotels and spend    !   / &        (    - +.         money on food simply because )      & #   they have to use the toilet there.   L  !M1  & Sir — Rumours are rife that * +        ;;        The land of the Government,   &L   !M % Congress leader Rahul Gandhi )      75             public sector undertakings (PSUs)    /       %    may once again take charge of the                  ( and cooperative institutions will &                1 party. But more than once, the be utilised for this purpose. The     &&       & !'      Congress scion has demonstrat-          %          ( Government has decided to   ! &     S  *   <  S ed that he is unsuited to lead the  73      %    $  -%$.       ( instruct local self-Government                    party. Leaders, too, are toeing the                        institutions to identify land in     4   !             same line because they cannot be their areas alongside the State and 0      //  L            ! seen to be publically writing him                    national highways. &!M'  #     <         off. But Rahul does not seem to <   )                The Government has fur-     )       !   ! connect with the masses. If the      %              ther stated that those agencies   !    '(,)"! Congress cannot really look                     willing to cooperate with the       #           beyond the family. why not per- project would be made partners. suade Priyanka Gandhi to step in?                 +  , There is also an idea to start small But who will bell the cat?   1              $  ,    shops and snack parlours along maintain them properly. Other    some Haryana cities, the State Srinivas ,     %             = ) ,   with these complexes, which can, State Governments can follow Government is looking to Via email in turn, give employment as well Kerala’s template. increase its revenue from liquor ,   S  %                as boost the economy. But the M Pradyu Sir — By ordering that bars sales. While increasing liquor  !!            )    public will have to use them and Kannur would remain open till late in contracts and the number of ))9.)">"!9?8<(- "<     !"#!$!$ ' '$"+" * -, -  1   0"$0"$    ' ' &      #           '   #:                  &   -   ' -    /   /   L        L                  $ #       &   .  & 6 "   % $(

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This is 355: 0   =  357:       P  ( evident from a piece of research, Time to Care,                 released by rights group Oxfam ahead of the 50th                  ( Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum            ( (WEF) held in Davos (Switzerland) from January                 21-24. According to the study, India’s richest one 2<20 12    =   # Q per cent hold more than four-times the wealth 4,<2+020 0     "     ( held by the 953 million people who make up the 1"..*2#,*' 7               ( bottom 70 per cent of the country’s population. 1,' 2, Further, the combined total wealth of 63 Indian "0212   0            billionaires is higher than the total Union              (       .,+ +2 '04 Budget of the country for the fiscal year 2018- ,+2), 03               #    19.                   ( At the global level, too, the report (for cal- '0 +2 2        %      culations, it draws upon latest data sources avail- '0 ,2B7                 =#  able, including the Credit Suisse Research #+,,'04 leave no stone unturned in ensuring modities. They buy products from and increasing the income earning    6             ( Institute’s Global Wealth Databook, 2019 and * ,"+ that their tax liability is kept at a bare farmers at a throwaway price — the capacity (for instance, availability of     =#             Forbes’ 2019 Billionaires List) brings out glaring '020'<2 minimum (for this, they retain the best minimum support price (MSP) notified credit at concessional rate of interest to                  inequalities in the distribution of wealth. The 2 ,+" 1 talent viz. chartered accountants and by the Government remains mostly on farmers and others engaged in petty        world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than 2U'*2 other financial wizards, paying them paper as its agencies don’t have the occupations, supply of agricultural the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 per cent ## +2* .,,3 extraordinarily high salaries). Big busi- wherewithal to procure their produce inputs such as fertilisers at subsidised 0               of the planet’s population. The 22 richest men in nesses also enjoy pricing power. For — and sell to the consumer at a high rate, free electricity to farmers and so    ?  +          ( 2+<' 2 the world have more wealth than all the women 1,#' *'7 03 instance, those operating in metals such price. Irrespective of whether there is on), much of the promised help either  "           P    in Africa. The report notes, “global inequality is as copper, zinc or in hydrocarbon viz. surplus or deficit, Indian markets are does not reach or is cornered mostly by               +Q -! shockingly entrenched even as the number of bil- ,,0C  oil and gas enjoy natural monopoly. so orchestrated that only traders emerge better-off farmers. Even those who gain ,   ? ) / <  6 . #     lionaires has doubled in the last decade”. "0*212 Leveraging this, they charge high as the real beneficiaries at the expense from these support measures are at the                %   The Governments world over are fully aware  -21,*32+ prices, making windfall gains even as of farmers at one end and consumers receiving end when it comes to inter-      )   (         of these glaring inequalities as well as their con- 1 04212'+ consumers suffer erosion in purchas- at the other. face with traders for selling their pro-   %              sequences. For instance, the WEF’s annual '032 ing power. This also applies to banks There is yet another class of rich duce.         (   Global Risks Report (GRR) — which was thor- ,$ +312 who enjoy margins of three-four per who are an offshoot of corruption in Quite clearly, despite mammoth )              ( oughly discussed during the brainstorming ses-  ),+'7$1, cent (difference between the average governance systems. This includes cor- sums spent on welfare of the poor or sions at Davos — observes, “inequality under- +20,, interest earning and the average cost of rupt bureaucrats, politicians (besides “empowering” them, income inequal-                 lies recent social unrest in almost every continent, funds) yielding mammoth profit. dubious businessmen) who amass ities increase even during periods of                   #+'<'*2423 although it may be sparked by different tipping '02T" *''2 Furthermore, there are companies in wealth disproportionate to their known rapid economic growth. Even when,                =  points such as corruption, constitutional breach- the IT (information technology) and sources of income by siphoning off growth decelerates (for instance, dur-     7: /     -  /    ( es or the rise in prices for basic goods and ser- $'** ,0'0"2 IT-enabled sector which use their intel- funds from welfare schemes and diver- ing the current year when it declined        .        vices”. It also warned, “the downward pressure on ,1 "0 03 lectual prowess to post huge profits sion of funds borrowed from public sec- to an 11-year-low of five per cent), then      /            the global economy from macroeconomic fragili- #,'023," year-after-year. tor banks to personal accounts or shell also the inequalities persist as the poor /                    ties and financial inequality continued to inten- '012 2<20 Then, there are enterprises in the companies of which they are the ulti- lose much more than the loss experi-       #        sify in 2019.” 4+,$1 chemical, petrochemicals and agro- mate beneficiaries. enced by the rich.           74555    ( They also routinely pledge to address these $'**+2 '0 chemicals sectors who have hugely ben- How does the Government address The solution doesn’t lie in more  )              inequalities and come out with lofty declarations <"*02+ *2, efitted from a protective policy environ- income inequalities? Typically, this sops, concessional credit, fiscal incen- at multilateral platforms, including those under 12322#3'<'32 ment, with high tariff on imports as well takes the form of giving relief to the tives and so on. There is need for a fun-                   the auspices of the United Nations to bridge the as licensing and registration require- poor by providing State assistance in damental change in the way our indus- E                     2$220 gap between the rich and the poor, including by 12+' 1 ments. These companies make money cash or kind. For instance, under the trialists do business and politicians and         use of what the GRR terms as “deliberate at the expense of millions of consumers, PM-KISAN, the Government gives bureaucrats conduct themselves. While, #  %            inequality-busting policies.” Yet, when it comes 0312#,,+ including farmers (for instance, they 6,000 per annum to each of the 145 the former need to shed their overzeal-                   to action on ground zero, there is acute lack of have to pay a high price for “new” crop million farmers in the country in three ousness for profits, charge less from        %B    =     political will on the part of Governments and protection solutions for which domes- installments of 2,000 each. As for help consumers, distribute more to workers =  357: #            ( other stakeholders; hence, the business as usual tic substitutes are not available). in kind, it provides Mid-Day Meals to and pay more taxes, the latter must                    scenario and ever-increasing inequities. The micro, small and medium schoolchildren or free medical services ensure that every rupee is spent for the               ( Fundamentally, inequalities are intrinsic to enterprises (MSMEs) may not be so to Economically Weaker Sections in welfare and empowerment of the poor.  (                 ( the way businesses are planned and orchestrat- well positioned vis-a-vis large enterpris- hospitals. Even as the Government shuffles ed. It all starts with the Government offering a es but ape the latter when it comes to There are umpteen instances of policy choices to attune them for cre-   +           %      policy environment in which investors are distributing the proceeds of wealth gen- such assistance — both by the Centre ating more jobs and increase income     B              ?  offered an opportunity to earn an attractive rate eration. Their owners spend the least and States — entailing a mountain of (by promoting labour-intensive sectors +                    of return on investment. What that attractive rate on payment to workers thereby boost- burden on the public exchequer. All of such as textiles, apparels, food service,                   should be is not normally defined (though in cer- ing their retained earnings. They, too, this goes only to help millions barely hospitality and so on), unless the    0              tain sectors like power, it guarantees a minimum get tax bonanza from the Government survive even as a good slice of this is stakeholders change their mindset              #     return); so any level, howsoever high, can fall in a variety of ways (for instance, spe- siphoned off (the malice continues in towards the majority who are not so     ((        ?  /  S within the scope of “attractiveness.” A vast cial package under composition scheme substantial measure despite the privileged, inequalities will continue to         P  %Q * majority of the businesses pursue the famous of Goods and Services Tax as well as Government’s efforts to prevent it, haunt and as pointed out in the GRR,    adage “profit maximisation” to the hilt. They dis- income tax). They may not find a place using the direct benefit transfer mech- even growth will remain vulnerable to -              tribute their expenses in such a manner that the in the billionaires’ club but definitely anism). However, it does nothing to the deep divide between the rich and least amount is given to the labour and the bulk earn the multi-millionaire tag. augment their productive capacity and the poor.          of it comes back to the owner (or promoter) as Then, there is the trader class, par- prepare them for getting jobs. Even (The writer is a New Delhi-based       . “retained earnings.” The owners/promoters also ticularly entities dealing in farm com- where funds are given for empowering policy analyst) 4 ( % % "%$ $  % %      @                    @          

the early 1960s but it soon re-emerged going to end malaria by 2030. all malaria burden. Several concrete Programme. funding still needed, the Central al and regional perspective because the as a major public health problem. Early Challenges ahead: In 2015, Prime steps are needed to win this fight. Creating awareness: Creating Government nearly trebled the outlay country has the highest malaria bur- setbacks in its eradication coincided Minister Narendra Modi declared the Disease mapping: We must take awareness has been one of the major for the National Vector Borne Disease den outside sub-Saharan Africa. Some with DDT shortages and in the late ’60s country’s commitment to eliminating along the private sector to ensure a col- catalysts to reduce, if not completely Control Programme (NVBDCP) over 1.26 billion Indians are at risk of malar- malaria cases in urban areas started to the disease by 2030. Soon after, in 2016, laborative surveillance method to eliminate, a disease. Advocacy, aware- the last two years. ia and the country shares its borders multiply. In the ’70s its resurgence was India introduced its National Strategic obtain malaria’s exact burden. For this ness and on-ground programmes go Ensuring adequate investment in with several nations aiming for malar- a result of technical, financial and oper- Plan for Malaria Elimination and we need to foster a healthy partnership hand in hand and the public and pri- malaria is imperative to achieving ia elimination, including Bhutan, ational problems. As a result, in 1976, took several measures to end the mal- between the private and public sector vate sector have an equal role in it. To India’s elimination goals. Bangladesh and Nepal. Sri Lanka, a whopping 6.45 million cases were ady. But the biggest challenge remains for mapping the disease in a holistic reduce the burden of malaria it is Implementing the Five Year Plan for which eliminated malaria in 2016, is *#$#. recorded which led to the discontin- as India’s true burden of malaria is manner. If such a mechanism for gath- important to empower communities malaria elimination shall require separated by only a small stretch of sea, uation of eradication efforts. In order unknown. To understand and map ering data is implemented and the true by educating them. An individual has 10,653.16 crore. While the with frequent air travel occurring alaria, is known as the “dis- to control the massive upsurge, the malaria cases and fatalities, India burden is identified, then India will be to first learn to recognise and then pre- Government has increased it’s fund- between the two neighbours. India also ease of poverty” as it often hits Modified Plan of Operation was solely relies on data from Government well-placed to end the disease. vent the disease. To further this effort, ing for the NVBDCP, the Central shares borders with Myanmar where Mthose who have the least launched in 1977 which brought the hospitals. This highlights a big gap in Effective partnerships: it is important that the individual Government-allocated funds for it get a drug-resistant malaria parasite has access to healthcare. Statistics show that situation under control for five-six the realities of its malaria burden when Collaboration between various stake- spread information on malaria in divided for disease control pro- been reported. Successful malaria 80 per cent of cases occur among 20 years. Malaria cases fell to 2.18 million approximately 70 per cent of urban and holders is the key to success. To cite an his/her area. This empowerment will grammes/interventions for six diseases, control in India will enhance elimina- per cent of the country’s population, in 1984 and climbed back to three mil- 63 per cent of rural households use the example, an NGO, Malaria No More, only come with education and self- malaria, dengue, chikungunya, kala- tion efforts across the region and the mostly communities living in remote lion in 1995, with substantial mortal- private sector to seek medical care. In launched a Malaria Action Coalition awareness. azar, lymphatic filariasis and Japanese world. areas. For India, malaria has been a ity reported. However, since 2000, some States malaria has been declared (MAC) in September 2019. The MAC Government’s commitments: encephalitis, creating a paucity of The challenges for the mammoth tricky foe with varying outcomes over India has reduced the number of cases a notifiable disease, this means that pri- acts as a multi-sectoral coordination Modi and the Health Minister have resources. This makes private sector task — private sector partnership, the decades. It has achieved great by more than half and the number of vate sector establishments have to platform, chaired by the malarial State echoed India’s seriousness to end contributions extremely critical to increased domestic funding, surveil- strides in curbing the disease every deaths by more than two-thirds. In the adhere to Government guidelines, of Odisha, with representation from malaria by 2030 on national and bolster the Government’s efforts but lance mechanism, impact on the vul- time the Government has increased WHO’s World Malaria Report 2019, use recommended anti-malarial drugs non-Government technical, research international platforms, including there is a lack of funding from it. nerable population — need to be intensification and on the ground India was lauded for strengthening its and report cases to the authorities. and implementation agencies as well during last year’s Commonwealth However, sustained focus and addressed. Till then there’s no room for implementation of eradication pro- fight against the disease. These con- However, it is yet to be declared a noti- as the private sector, donors, investors Heads of Government Meeting, when increased funding are crucial to boost complacency. grammes. The reverse is also true. certed efforts need to be sustained, fiable disease for many States, which and media partners to support the 52 leaders committed to halve malar- the fight against malaria. Its elimina- (The writer is Co-Founder, Smile Malaria was nearly eliminated in reinvented and amplified if we are amplifies the gap in mapping the over- National Vector Borne Disease Control ia by 2023. With more Government tion in India is important from a glob- Foundation)     !"#!$!$ !9

 "#$   ( "  10     " '  A   0' 2 89(     /  "           8A!>@!@>@>     8%     -,*-         " ' 2   he Government’s target of 0' !<#  ndian equity benchmark   " ' TAchieving a $5 trillion 3  ISensex on Monday plunged economy by 2024-25 sounds   about 807 points in line with he rupee on Monday fell by “too idealistic”, an Niti Aayog 3  K  G massive sell-offs in global equi- T34 paise to close at more official said on Monday. #"  ties as spike in new coronavirus than three-month low of 71.98 The target has been so set 3  B#GC 0'        ! " cases beyond China spooked against the US dollar, tracking to raise the bar of India’s eco- &#  /      0'   investors. The 30-share BSE heavy selling in domestic equi- nomic performance, she said. - 0      ! gauge settled at 40,363.23, ties and strengthening of the “For now, the ambitious $5 dropping 806.89 points or 1.96 American currency in the over- trillion economy target is a   O #  P    per cent. seas market. statement of intent, which             While, the broader NSE Forex traders said investor sounds too idealistic,” said .  +4 &2 ,    12* Nifty sank 251.45 points or 2.08 sentiment remained fragile Bindu Dalmia, chairperson of  LT .  M         per cent to 11,829.40. amid concerns over the impact the National Committee on     %      O   All Sensex components of coronavirus outbreak on Financial Inclusion — Niti  !12*&      %   ended in the red, with Tata global economy. Aayog.               Steel cracking 6.39 per cent, fol- The death toll due to coro- India is “trapped” within a         !1   O lowed by ONGC, Maruti, navirus climbed to 2,592 with range-bound GDP growth of 5-         %    &   Titan, ICICI Bank, HDFC and 150 new fatalities while the 13 when the rupee had settled 6 per cent, she said at an          &  %   Bharti Airtel. total number of confirmed at 72.09. MCCI-organised session here.   %    !-  In a worrying sign for the emergency”. The death toll reported its fourth death from cases increased to over 77,000, Financial markets Dalmia said to get to a $5     12*    %  global economy, the deadly from the deadly virus climbed the virus as the number of peo- Chinese health officials said on remained closed on Friday on trillion or $10 trillion economy  O   &        %   ! coronavirus is fast spreading to 2,592 in China on Monday. ple contracting the virus con- Monday. account of ‘Mahashivratri’. by 2030 from the current lev- beyond China. South Korea Seoul stocks ended in deep tinued to mount. However, easing crude oil Indian stock markets els of $2.9 trillion, India needs # :    ' '   went on high alert on Sunday red after South Korea reported Brent crude oil futures prices supported the local unit closed with deep losses fol- to grow at 11.5 per cent annu-  $   & following a sharp jump in 161 more coronavirus cases on dropped 3.62 per cent to USD and restricted the fall to some lowing a massive sell-offs in ally in nominal terms, or 7.5    &  coronavirus cases, and Italy and Monday, taking the overall 55.84 per barrel. extent. global equities as spike in new per cent in real terms over the    27 #  Iran took their own drastic virus cases to 763 and making On the domestic front, At the interbank foreign coronavirus cases beyond next 10 years. *  B7#*C2<  containment steps. it the world’s largest total out- investors were eyeing US exchange market, the local China spooked investors. In January, Prime Minister '# * B2<C   Further, the IMF also side China. President Donald Trump’s two- currency opened on a negative “In line with other Asian Narendra Modi had met econ-        warned that the deadly epi- Bourses in Shanghai, day visit to India for further note at 71.94. During the day, currencies, the rupee declined omists, private equity and ven-      #0 2< demic could put an already Tokyo and Hong Kong also cues on trade front. He reached the domestic currency touched amid concern over coronavirus ture capitalists, business lead-     !  fragile global economy recov- closed with significant losses. Ahmedabad earlier in the day. a high of 71.76 and a low of outbreak, which is threatening ers and agri experts at NITI    &&& & ery at risk. Chinese President Stock exchanges in Europe On the currency front, the 72.01 and finally settled 34 to damage the global economy,” Aayog, and called for focused         Xi Jinping on Sunday said the sank in opening trade with Indian rupee depreciated by 21 paise lower at 71.98 against the said said VK Sharma, Head efforts to achieve the target of        coronavirus epidemic is the Milan’s FTSE MIB plunging paise to 71.87 per US dollar US currency. This is the lowest PCG and Capital Markets making India a $5 trillion   !' &  7#* 2< country’s “largest public health over 4 per cent after Italy (intra-day). closing level since November Strategy, HDFC Securities. economy.  ' 2,  4/   7#* 2,#+-  !                 !7#*2< /          3 F L>V       #0 O    .       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Airtel and Tata Teleservices to stantiating documents to sup- Monday said “nobody wants to 1.83 lakh crore in a ‘premier digital society’, bil- much faster pace than before.  8AL@  &-    submit supporting documents port their claims on AGR arith- kill the sector”. past dues it had previously lionaire Mukesh Ambani said “I can easily say that the 2  0  '       3  B   on AGR self-assessment that metic, the DoT official added. The state-owned bank is assessed from the state-owned on Monday as he saw the mobile networks in India now + 2   3  C 8AVH!   formed the basis of their statu- However, no deadline has been yet to hear from the govern- gas utility. country becoming the third are better or at par with any-   /  8AV9 / 01#   12# / tory dues calculation, accord- given to companies to submit ment on the issue, he said, The Department of world’s largest economy with- where else in the world,” he B8@>$C# &   2 !1       ing to a DoT source. the supporting documents. when asked if it has sought Telecommunications (DoT) in the next decade. said.    &            The source, who did not Once substantiating docu- views from bankers. sent a notice to GAIL soon  &    /     ! wish to be named, said the ments are filed by the compa- “Nobody wants to kill the after the February 14 hearing exercise will help the nies, the telecom department sector, let me be very clear,” in the Supreme Court on dues 3    %(    '   '  'A '  Department of Telecom (DoT) will initiate random test checks Kumar said, when asked about owned by telecom companies       %%      1 examine the AGR calculations on the AGR calculation in a the problems being faced by the such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone *  being made by the telecom time-bound manner. telecom industry. Idea, sources privy to the devel-     ( 2 $  B1*C&   It can be noted that earli- opment said.  2- ) ) (:;: '  4  er this month, Kumar had said The dues now being sought B' 4C+  that State Bank of India has a from GAIL include a penalty New Delhi: Bharti Infratel on   02$32*1' , #        :! loan outstanding of 29,000 for late payment, they said. Monday extended the deadline 4 B+,# 4C crore to the telecom sector The Supreme Court’s orig- for its merger with Indus he Competition    4      ; (,  and another 14,000 crore in inal ruling in October last year Towers by two more months to TCommission on Monday 1%  0 bank guarantees, which can get led the DoT to demand 1.47 April 24 but cautioned that ordered a detailed probe 3     02$32*1' the Preliminary Information invoked in case of a non-pay- lakh crore in unpaid dues on final call on scheme imple- against MakeMyTrip (MMT)      Memorandum (PIM) issued ment of dues by the telcos. licence fees and spectrum usage mentation will be taken by the and OYO for allegedly    he Government has on January 27. There has been a flurry of charges from board based on assessment of indulging in unfair business "   Textended the time till The last date for submis- meetings in the national capi- telecom companies such as the ongoing AGR-crisis and its practices, on a complaint filed B "C March 6 for bidders to pose sion of written queries on PIM tal between senior official of the Bharti Airtel and Vodafone impact on customers. by the operator of Treebo &      4 @>8L!1*   additional queries regarding and Share Purchase Agreement telecom firms and the govern- Idea. The delay in completion of Hotels.             & sale of its 100 per cent stake in (SPA) was originally set at ment over the past week. Its demand related to a 14- the deal would come as a blow This is the second time in    + #   +    * Air India. The Government has February 11, following which Earlier this month, the year-old dispute regarding the to Vodafone Idea which has to less than six months that the 2   !+  &      4  &  issued the first set of clarifica- the Department of Investment Supreme Court has asked the definition of adjusted gross cough up 53,000 crore in fair trade watchdog has called  ' 4  ,     tion on Air India disinvestment and Public Asset Management telecom firms to deposit an revenue (AGR), which the statutory dues to the govern- for an investigation against the     @>>9!          answering queries of interest- (DIPAM) on February 21 estimated 1.47 lakh crore in Supreme Court agreed should ment and was eyeing about two entities after finding  & 4            ed bidders on the ‘confiden- issued a set of 20 clarifications past dues for spectrum and include all kinds of income 5,500 crore from stake sale in prima-facie evidence of viola-     &      4    &  tiality undertaking’ listed out in on the queries raised. licences by March 17. generated by the telcos. 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These include more focus on concep-   tual questions rather than long descriptive ones and making Class X Boards optional for stu- eprosy is an infectious dis- ment is initiated early enough. dents. Yet, children preparing for Boards eginning in the early to mid-40s, many adults may start to ease which is also known as However, if treatment is delayed examination often end up getting overwhelmed Bhave problems seeing clearly at close distances, especially when LHansen’s Disease. It is caused or discontinued mid way, compli- ahead of the examination season. Some students reading and working on the computer. This is among the most by a bacteria called cations may manifest. Sensory loss tend to experience episodes of anxiety and common problems adults develop between ages 41 to 60. This Mycobacterium leprae and main- (usually beginning in the extrem- sleeplessness and even nervous breakdowns. normal change in the eye’s focusing ability, called presbyopia, will ly affects the skin, peripheral ities), permanent nerve damage This condition is compounded by constant continue to progress over time. nerves and the eyes. The initial (usually, again, in the extremities), scrutiny by parents, teachers and inquisitive rel- Initially, you may need to hold reading materials farther away symptoms usually are loss of sen- muscle weakness and progressive atives as well as constant comparisons with to see them clearly. Or you may need to remove your glasses to sation on the affected area of the disfigurement (for example, eye- peers. see better up close. Print in the newspaper or on a restaurant skin along with discolored patch- brows lost, disfigurement of the If you are a student preparing for Boards menu may appear blurred, especially under dim lighting. es on the body or painless ulcers toes, fingers, and nose) are some examination, here is a list of useful suggestions If you already wear prescription glasses or contact lenses to which if left untreated can lead to common complications. In addi- to help you cope with the pressure: see clearly in the distance, these changes in your near vision can permanent disability like disfig- tion, the sensory loss causes peo-  Treat Boards like any other exams. Board be corrected by switching to bifocal or multifocal lenses. urement of hands and feet, loss of ple to injure body parts without exams are just another exam based on the syl- Fortunately, people with presbyopia now have many options to sensation and blindness. the individual being aware that labus you have already studied. Train your mind improve their vision. Leprosy is still one of the most there is an injury. This can lead to to internalise the fact that these are just anoth- During these years, schedule a comprehensive eye exami- misunderstood diseases in the further problems such as infec- er exams. You have been there, done that. nation with your optometrist at least every two years to check world and hence poses many tions, poor wound healing and  Avoid comparisons with peers. for developing eye and vision problems. Don’t rely on the lim- unique challenges in controlling ulcers. A condition called erythe-  Give your mind an outlet. It is recommend- ited driver’s license vision test or other insufficient vision screen- and eliminating it. Leprosy was ma nodosum leprosum (tender ed that you must give yourself short breaks every ings to determine if you have an eye or vision problem. declared as ‘eradicated disease’ in skin nodules accompanied by now and then to indulge in activities that divert Adults over 40 who have the following health or work issues 2005, but India still accounts for other symptoms like fever, joint your mind from studies and helps it to unwind. $   may be particularly at risk for developing eye and vision prob- the maximum number of people pain, neuritis, and edema) is also Learn meditation and mind calming exer- lems: to be affected by leprosy in the encountered as a complication cises to manage stress.  Chronic, systemic conditions world; 58 per cent of the total peo- t is important to understand types — paucibacillary and needing immediate attention. Here are a few such techniques that can help such as diabetes or high blood ple globally suffering from leprosy Ithe symptoms and immedi- multibacillary, and hence the Risks of transmission invoke a relaxation response: " !'4!) ! pressure. are in India. The disease is still ately consult the skin specialist medications also differ. The Leprosy has low transmission  Breathing exercises: Taking slow, deep and  A family history of glaucoma widespread in many parts of the for diagnosis. Based on the course of the medication is rate. However, people of all age long breaths works in two ways. Firstly, it coun- !!(" ! or macular degeneration. country due to lack of awareness, level of disease progression, the usually for six to 12 months to groups and gender are susceptible ters the shallow breathing that comes with stress-  A highly visually demanding socio-economic myths and beliefs doctor will prescribe the appro- completely cure the condition. to develop leprosy. 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The major concerns of another very useful way to beat the stress  !   ! for which you take medica- among children, undetected new Treatment is quite effective averted. But, the damage under- developing and transmitting new response. Mindfulness implies focusing every tions. Many medications, even cases and problems with leprosy if started in the initial stages, gone already is not reversible cases of leprosy especially in India moment on what you are doing, rather than let- !'(+ 4# '+ antihistamines, have vision side integration. and hence timely diagnosis and with medications. include — reduced functioning of ting stray thoughts creep into your mind. So, if +$$ !$, '6! effects. In India, people with leprosy treatment is important. 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Sit on lights in your work area or next temperature/touch sensation, pins training for the affected people your table every morning, close your eyes and to your reading chair will help make reading and other close- and needles sensations, joint pain, ored skin patches, eye damage encountered problems. (economic mainstreaming), inter- just concentrate on a random point in space- up tasks easier. decreased or lost deep pressure (dryness, reduced blinking), loss The complications of leprosy ventions to counter social stigma time.  Difficulty reading and doing close work. Printed materials sensations, nerve injury, weight of eyebrows, loss of digits and dis- depend on how early it is detect- (social mainstreaming).   3$   /4 5  can become less clear, in part because the lens in your eye becomes loss, blisters and/ or rashes, large ability, and facial disfigurement ed and effectively treated. Very   55)>) & !   / $ )  less flexible over time. 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The normally clear lens locat- part and parcel of summers. level decreased to 8.47 from 8.76 during Chairman and Head of Endocrinology potentially harmful levels ed inside your eye may start to discolour. This makes it harder ROSHNI DEVI shares home October to December 2019 as compared and Diabetes at Max Healthcare Hospitals, of metals that are linked to to see and distinguish between certain colour shades. remedies that will help keep to the preceding quarter in Delhi. The over- Delhi said: “We are happy that there is a elevated oxidative DNA dam-  Reduced tear production. With age, the tear glands in your all HbA1c level decreased to 8.37 marginal dip in the Hb1Ac level age, a new study has found. eyes will produce fewer tears. This is particularly true for women your skin hydrated during the from 8.52 as compared to the pre- as compared to the last quar- For the study, published in the journal experiencing hormone changes. As a result, your eyes may feel season ceding quarter in the country. ter. However, this marginal BMJ Open Respiratory Research, researchers dry and irritated. Having an adequate amount of tears is essen- The average postprandial glu- reduction in HbA1c can be found that the biomarkers, which reflect tial for keeping your eyes healthy and for maintaining clear sight. cose level, i.e. the average further improved if we exposure, effect, and potential harm, are eeping your skin Fruits and fresh juices can ‘post-meal’ glucose level was avoid the intake of high both elevated in e-cigarette users compared   hydrated and smooth help. Make sure to have ample recorded at an alarmingly refined carbohydrate. This to the other groups and linked to metal Kduring the hot summer of citrus fruits in your diet. high 246.69 mg/dL. high carbohydrate content exposure and oxidative DNA damage. months can be very challeng- One can also drink fresh fruit Uncontrolled diabetes is leads to high post meal “Our study found e-cigarette users are ' Oranges are a type hair look shiny, bouncy and ing. The scorching heat leaves juices to avoid dehydration. known to increase the risk of sugar values. Post-meal exposed to increased concentrations of of low calorie, highly voluminous and at the same no stone unturned to make Skipping sunscreen is a big cardiovascular diseases (CVD) spikes are known to increase potentially harmful levels of metals — espe- nutritious citrus fruit. As time also imparts hair you feel dehydrated, ‘no-no’. Many of us tend by 2 to 4 times. the chances of cardiovascular cially zinc — that are correlated to elevat- they are rich in Vitamin C growth. retaining moisture to ignore sunscreen The India Diabetes Care Index, a diseases. We need to concentrate on ed oxidative DNA damage,” said the study’s they help in maintaining Oranges are full of becomes a and directly apply part of the ‘Impact India: 1000-Day addressing both fasting and post-meal glu- lead researcher Prue Talbot from University clear glowing skin. They also nutrition and therefore they tedious task. make-up. This Challenge’ programme by Novo Nordisk cose levels across all HbA1c levels. For this, of California in the US. help in maintaining the also help in alleviating Here are a is a strict no. Education Foundation studies the blood people with diabetes should follow the Zinc, a dietary nutrient, plays key roles blood pressure levels as they stress. 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I believe in NATO. cities in the province have covering up the deadliest coro- Farahani, a lawmaker from the Iranian national in the south- coronavirus, and halted flights me but I have a much bigger He also said he would be "I believe that the United been sealed. navirus outbreak outside China, holy city of Qom, south of ern shrine city of Najaf, to and from Iran with imme- base," Trump told reporters as willing to meet with the North States, everything being equal, No residents were allowed dismissing claims the toll could Tehran, alleged the government according to health officials. diate effect, authorities and he flew on Air Force One from Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un, should be working with other to leave the city since then, be as high as 50. was "lying" about the full extent Iraq, a country with a reports said. 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Islamic republic have come The ILNA news agency, often hosts pilgrims and reli- had returned from Iran were Trump's comments on the an early lead in the Democratic When the interviewer India has evacuated 647 under mounting public pressure which is close to reformists, said gious students from Iran, diagnosed with the disease American political scene came nominating process, and as a asked whether he would order Indians and seven Maldivians since it took days for them to the lawmaker spoke of "50 where 12 people have died of and were in a stable condition, a day after Sanders, 78, com- self-declared democratic social- military action if Taiwan came by operating two special admit to "accidentally" shooting deaths" in Qom alone. the novel coronavirus since an state TV reported. fortably won the crucial ist his foreign and security poli- under attack from China, flights. India is awaiting per- down a Ukrainian airliner last "The rest of the media have outbreak there was first The civil aviation author- Nevada Democratic Caucus, cies are starting to draw closer Sanders replied: "Yeah. I mean, mission to airlift over 100 month, killing 176 people. not published this figure, but we reported last week. Iraq had ity said in a tweet that it was giving a big boost to his cam- scrutiny. But he has denied I think we have got to make it more. The Government said on prefer not to censor what con- blocked travel to and from the "suspending all civilian flights paign for the 2020 White being a pacifist. clear to countries around the Barely three hours after the Monday that Iran's coronavirus cerns the coronavirus because Islamic republic days before between the sultanate and House bid. 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AFP 0     1.-  P 9   *-    +Q   ( $        00        &!    /#>(   "  ?      9  Johannesburg: A South African inquiry later learnt through various means Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian the premiership.   $$ into the forced sterilisation of dozens of were consent forms allegedly permitting Prime Minister Mahathir With the fate of the gov- Kathmandu: Nepal Prime HIV-positive pregnant women said on the hospital to sterilise them." Mohamad resigned on Monday ernment still uncertain London: Almost 600,000 mem- Minister KP Sharma Oli's birth- Monday that their rights had been Investigators found that hospital in a shock move after his polit- Monday, Mahathir submitted bers of Britain's main opposition day celebrations were marred by Colombo: Sri Lanka breached and called for government staff threatened to deny women med- ical allies sought to bring down his resignation to the king. The Labour party began voting on controversy after pictures of him will deploy troops action. ical attention if they did not sign the the government and block the monarch accepted it, but Monday for a new leader to cutting a 15-kg-cake with the to help police con- The investigation was launched in paperwork. succession of leader-in-waiting appointed him interim leader replace leftist Jeremy Corbyn in country's map drawn on it went trol worsening traf- 2015, when two women's rights organ- Some of the complainants said Anwar Ibrahim. until a new premier is found, the wake of a devastating elec- viral, according to media reports fic congestion in the isations approached South Africa's they were given the forms in moments It came after months of ris- according to an official state- tion defeat. on Monday. capital, the army said Gender Equality Commission (CGE) of "extreme pain" during which they ing tensions in the "Pact of ment. Three candidates — all Oli's wife Radhika Shakya, on Monday. with 48 documented cases of coerced could not fully grasp the content, the Hope" coalition, which Anwar -- who has famous- members of parliament — are along with a large number of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a retired sterilisation. report said. stormed to a shock victory in ly stormy relationship with on the ballot paper, with the final people, including school chil- army officer, ordered the military to assist traf- CGE obtained sworn affidavits The commission concluded that the 2018 against a corruption- Mahathir -- said the premier result due to be announced on dren, and his close aides attend- fic officers at the main entry and exit points from the complainants on the alleged women suffered several rights violations plagued government that had assured him "he played no April 4. ed the 69th birthday celebrations to Colombo, a city which nearly a million peo- procedures. and were subjected to "degrading treat- ruled Malaysia for six decades. part" in attempts to form a new Brexit spokesman Keir of the premier on Sunday at his ple enter or leave daily, a spokesman said. "All the women who had lodged the ment". But there were calls for government, and was "very Starmer is currently the fron- birthplace in east Nepal's The military police will also lend support complaint were black women who were It also accused medical staff of Mahathir, the world's oldest clear that in no way will he ever trunner, viewed as more mod- Terhathum district. "in any other area where their services are mostly HIV positive," CGE head breaching their "duty of care". leader at 94, to stay in office work with those associated erate than his main rival, Corbyn The cake, with a replica of required", spokesman Chandana Keketso Maema said in the report The report, which has been sent to from allies who insisted he had with the past regime". ally and business spokeswoman the country's map drawn on it, Wickremasinghe added. released on Monday. the health ministry, advises the gov- not backed the formation of a The proposed new coali- Rebecca Long-Bailey. was taken in a helicopter from Traffic slows to a snail's space in Colombo "Just before giving birth... They were ernment to review sterilisation paper- new government and had quit tion was reportedly set to The third candidate, Lisa Kathmandu to the venue. during the morning and evening rush hours coerced or forced to sign forms that they work. AFP in disgust at the plot. include the United Malays Nandy, is well-regarded in In the pictures circulated making it one of the slowest road systems in The political drama began National Organisation Westminster but has a low pub- online, Oli is seen cutting the South Asia. on Sunday when Anwar's rivals (UMNO) -- the party of dis- lic profile. Corbyn was elected cake and distributing it to the Recent studies have shown average speeds from the ruling coalition and graced ex-leader Najib Razak, Labour leader in 2015 in a children present at the occasion, drop below seven kilometres (4.3 miles) an opposition politicians held a which was ejected from office shock result, after a political Annapurna Post daily reported. hour in the morning and the evening. series of meetings around two years ago. career spent on the sidelines of Social media users expressed The capital does not have a mass transit Kuala Lumpur, stoking specu- Anwar and Mahathir put a party where few MPs share his anger at the use of the country's system, forcing many to use their own trans- lation a new alliance was tak- their differences aside and staunch socialist views. Now 70, map on the cake. "According to port that chokes the narrow streets. ing shape. joined forces to take on a cor- he drew an enthusiastic follow- Art 151 of Criminal Code 2017, But Sri Lanka began work on its first light That coalition would ruption-plagued government at ing among young people but was denigrating glory of the nation- rail transit system last year at an estimated cost reportedly have excluded the 2018 polls. Mahathir, who forced to step down after a sec- al anthem, flag and coat of arms of USD 1.5 billion. The Japanese-funded pro- Anwar, Mahathir's presumptive previously served as premier ond general election defeat in is restricted. "The Code prohibits ject is expected to be operational within successor and a former oppo- from 1981 to 2003, had made December. Labour suffered its the use of national emblems in about five years. PTI sition icon who was jailed for a pre-election pledge to hand worst result since 1935 while inappropriate places and situa- years on questionable sodomy power to Anwar but has repeat- Conservative Prime Minister tions. Anyone found to have charges, blocking his ascent to edly refused to fix a date.AFP Boris Johnson triumphed with been involved in such an act can his promise to get Britain out of face legal action," said one of the the European Union. AFP social media users online. PTI +'#+ 9     !"#!$!$

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I made when I had kids and I’m happy        5P about it. Now that they are grown ups so What would you say about your char- I will find more time to do things.     acter in the series? How challenging was !")B Though, it’s very difficult to maintain a bal-  & it to carve yourself into Dr Kavita?  ance.   &! I play a very strict doctor and expect     a certain level of professionalism from my > We haven’t seen you playing a comic interns and resident officers. But as the role before. How was it exploring the   EL story moves forward one will see that the B genre?       doctor is the guiding force of all the stu- ? It’s nice to explore that part of you  1,36   dents who want to do something differ- because as an actor you are not offered ent in life. )P such roles quite often. I like playing char-    N  The challenge in playing this role was  acters which have a little bit of humour in     O  !O1 to have a command over the medical jar- it. Whether it’s What the Folks (2018) or J      gon. When you watch international series BP> Starting Troubles, you are catering to the   !M like Grey’s Anatomy and others, you will  youth so it has to be catchy and funny. notice that the actors are very fluent with 1       medical terms. But here that’s not the case P How do you find web stories differ-  EL#     as we don’t have too many medical dra- ent from theatres?      / mas. Dr Chaturvedi is a practising surgeon, The biggest difference between the- so he made sure that we got the terms atres and web series is the freedom that the  &    !M right. After the rehearsals he even said that I will always cherish this role but I any such shows? latter offers. It doesn’t confine you and I sound like his mentor. That genuinely don’t see myself playing Pooja in the Yes, there is a growing market for erot- gives the freedom to express as many sto- made me happy. remake. However, I would love to see Alia ic content now but I don’t see myself doing ries and emotions you want to. There is a  +" +"+  (+' Bhatt playing Madhuri’s character. it, though I don’t mind if other actors from lot of scope too. Also, if you decide to make + ' #  If there is a remake of Hum Aapke the same show are comfortable doing it. something slightly unconventional, peo- Hain Kaun, would like to play Pooja The market for bold content on dig- It also depends on what the story demands. ple have to decide whether they want to 1      again? ital space is growing. Will we see you in I am very old-school, a lot of people are take the risk or not.     '        a book that could draw upon his “The moment Bryce Quinlan      education and background. He walked into my head, I knew she     +  considers adult books his first pas- was in her early to mid-20s — an 1  &  sion but he found that writing for age that placed her story firmly in     1     young people strengthened his sto- the adult range,” says Maas, adding rytelling, forcing him to write that the main difference between  8L! ( clearly and not “to obfuscate.” writing for younger and older peo-    ' For Riot Baby, he was able to ple is in the language. “I will admit  + expand upon that discipline. “I that I can now get away with quite 1 #/ 5 &&  could be straightforward and short a bit more swearing!”   ! and concise, and I could have a VE Schwab, who writes adult   & lyrical style that abounded in sub- and young adult novels, says she 1   junctive clauses,” he said. “I didn’t doesn’t change her style or vocab-   0     just have to be Hemingway. I did- ulary: The difference is in her  ' n’t just have to be Faulkner. I could mindset. For her Monsters of @>8V! fter gaining millions of young be both.” Verity duology, she inhabits her 17- Areaders for her Divergent fan- Maas, whose bestsellers for year-old self, a pretty angry teenag- '    tasy series, Veronica Roth decid- young people include the Throne er. For The Invisible Life of Addie   ed she and her characters were of Glass fantasy series, has her LaRue, an adult story coming in +B   ready for the next phase — a novel debut adult book out in March. October about a woman who 1  C  for adults. with the repercussions of it.” ry is mixed: Judy Blume and Neil Beasts Made of Night and Crown Her Crescent City series begins endures and is forgotten for cen- “I grew up on stories like Roth, Tochi Onyebuchi and Gaiman are among those who of Thunder before completing his with House of Earth and Blood, in turies, she is closer to the person   & Dune, Harry Potter, and Ender’s Sarah J Maas are among several have succeeded well, while others, first book for adults, Riot Baby. It which protagonist Bryce Quinlan she is now.      Game about people who shoulder writers popular with young peo- including Daniel Handler and is set in part around the 1992 Los — with the help of a fallen angel “One of the primary themes in     &  burdens when they’re too young to ple who have books out this year Stephanie Meyer, never fully Angeles riots following the acquit- — seeks to track down the killers the book is this concept of 30 as a     bear them,” says Roth, who tells the intended for older readers. Some caught on with adults. tal of policemen who beat Rodney of her closest friends. threshold for true adulthood, the      story of Sloane Andrews and her have never written for adults, Roth’s first Divergent book King. Riot Baby is a dystopian fan- Maas said that the new series feeling like you look down for a fellow fighters against the havoc of while others move freely among came out in 2011, and she reasons tasy about Kev, who has been jailed had been a secret “passion project” moment, and when you look back   O the Dark One in Chosen Ones, teens and older readers. All are that enough of her original read- in Rikers Island, and his sister Ella, for years, an idea came to her up, everyone else has raced ahead,     scheduled for April. “So the ques- navigating one of the more com- ers have reached an age that they’ll who holds the power and the hor- when she was on a plane during a and you’re still trying to get your   tion of what comes after those sto- plicated paths in publishing — be open to a mature approach. She ror of seeing the future. book tour, listening to the sound- bearings,” she said. “I wrote it     ries just kept nagging me. Chosen how to consciously appeal to dif- considers her new work a “pretty A graduate of Yale University track from Gravity. The epic scene essentially for a version of myself      Ones is about that after — about ferent audience for different books, natural” moment in her career, and Columbia Law School, among that came to her became the end- who never found writing. If I had- a group of 30-somethings who from the use or absence of profan- when you “get curious about other other schools, Onyebuchi has ing of House of Earth and Blood. n’t become an author, these are the     ! saved the world when they were ity to the choice of subject matter genres, other types of writing,” worked in private and government Bryce’s age compelled Maas to questions I’d be facing, this is how younger, and they’re still dealing and how to present it. The histo- Onyebuchi had published law and thought a long time about think about a different readership. lost I would feel.” —AP +'#+   (9-     !"#!$!$

books on Brueghel and then bought more books and researched the works at length. “I analysed how he created his characters and combined the Carnival and the sea- son of Lent in one art piece. I then looked at the Proverbs in the Bible and began painting. A lot of my learnings came from reading books and going through repro- ductions of several famous painters,” she says. Through rich and amusing narratives, Cherian reinvents Brueghel’s works in a way that it makes one reminiscent of a Shakespearean tragedy and his other plays. Through images of Biblical rele- vance — Christ’s Crucifixion and Proverbs — and rustic idylls, the images are far from beautiful but they reflect exquisite craftsmanship, which impel us to change how we experience the perspec- tives we share in art. Cherian, as an artist, connects not only with the humble human culture of the past but also recog- nises the culture of the poor and the underprivileged. There is a certain sadistic element in most of her works, says art critics. Floating twisted torsos, with their hearts torn apart, dominate the canvas. She paints ghost-like creatures floating through air as if they were floating on water. Though various expressive faces, minute work on the dresses of her myr- iad figures, designs on the floor tiles, scene-depictions of a host of peasants and cultural symbols, her works boast of her love for detailing. Even though the paint- ings are filled with drama and the peas- ant characters tumble out of the past, art $  ) connoisseurs say that it’s her patience and precision that give the artpieces the )  rhythm of the Renaissance era. She says that Salvador Dali, also 3)5)  known as the ‘Master of Surrealism’; Heironymous Bosch and the German Romantic, Caspar David Fredrich have   3"6. greatly influenced her style. Cherian also takes inspiration from nature. 2"#Q   However, she says, “On canvas, you’ll find only certain interpretations of that.” She  '  has earlier played around with softer colours and pastels, too. But here, she has     switched to earthy colours and even chrome browns and mauves to create a rich prism of shades.     Her works teem with more than 200 ntricacy in an artwork certainly grabs The collection of artworks is a suite prehensive communication course from However, before the course, she had stud- people, all nestled close to each other. The *' , a lot of eyeballs. Not only does it make of captivating images that seem to bridge the National Institute of Design (NID), ied textile history and design, about average size is around 14x12 inches, while Ione wonder about how it has been cre- many gaps through the gospel and speak Ahmedabad, to learn the basics of art and which she says, “It was my launching pad some, for instance, Tsunami, Sienna    ated, it also inspires the viewer to find a to us about the unity of man and his many aesthetics. She shied away from making into the world of art.” Earth and The Healing, spread out to 61 number of meanings layered within ways. “In an otherwise photographically a livelihood as a graphic artist after NID It was then that her sister had gifted inches. Cherian has also donated some of them. You will feel it while taking a walk real world, painting to me is an expres- but knew that graphic designing taught her a book on the works of Pieter her paintings to charity and to organisa-  , - around the solo exhibition, Living Between sion of my way of seeing things. It comes you to “simplify things” and translate Brueghel the Elder, an innovative Flemish tions like the Parkinson’s Disease the Times, by Mumbai-based artist naturally to me,” says she. ideas easily. She says, “My thinking ran Renaissance painter and printmaker, Foundation, Cancer Patients Society, $2#3 " # Milburn Cherian at the Visual Arts Cherian had no formal training in contrary to this, I realised later. I like who is known for his sweeping landscapes Khushii, SOS Villages in India and Save Gallery. painting. She had to depend on her com- doing just the opposite. I like detailing.” and peasant scenes. She studied the the Children Foundation. !""'4!1  ! !'

he permanent collection of the  7221 O"      symbolism of the yogic pose by the dis- TNational Gallery of Modern Art embodied head in the foreground of (NGMA) has been brought down to     &       the central panel. At once, you think the basement to give art lovers a of the paradoxes of life and death and glimpse of its archival importance,    !" 0 '+ the culmination of the experience. power and beauty,” says DG Adwaita Mehta transcends time in the mix of Charan Gadanayak as he walks imagery and the suggestion of the towards the magnificent triptych of beautiful goat which will be sacrificed. Tyeb Mehta, the Shantiniketan series created as far back as 1985-1986. ROOTED IN SPACE AND TIME Shantiniketan stands apart and RAMCHANDRA GANDHI’S alone. It is rooted in space and time and SVARAJ as the great Roshan Shahani said, “They One cannot forget Ramchandra resemble the ‘peasant-cultivator-labour- Gandhi’s Svaraj (2002). This grandson er’ — a prototype that has been placed of Mahatma Gandhi had used artist in deadpan stances of beaten down Tyeb Mehta’s Shantiniketan Triptych as melancholia.” Mehta draws attention the focal point of the book. towards the emblematic significance of Philosopher and teacher of compara- his characters. tive religion at Vishwa Bharati, The power of this painting is $  Q    Ramchandra examined Mehta’s poignancy and power — said and unsaid. imagery of the rickshaw-puller, the In the emotive associations and evoca- )" "%R 6)6+   "  " 2   $ falling man and the trussed bull by goat in close, protective embrace. “There was a Santhal woman whom I tions, we see the fragility of life, the uplift- linking them with the Shantiniketan There’s also the ritual sacrificer’s shad- found very captivating,” reminisced ing aura of dance and the rhythm of the hanks to modern technol- see of the original brushwork, painting has this incredible Triptych in terms of philosophy and ow looming over the scene. The third- Mehta. He added, “This lady in a drummers. In the sinuousness of the Togy and some expert detec- as well as the original colour,” glow to it now that it just did- sensibility. right panel has a group of people make-believe temple stood almost dancing figures, we also observe strug- tive work, a nearly 400-year-old said Elaine Mehalakes, vice n’t have before. You can really He showed that this work is a pulling a rope and the audience watch- naked. She poured some water near the gles, despair and despondence. We must painting that had long been president of curatorial affairs at connect with the portrait in the three-panelled portrait of distortion ing the ritual. Here also, there is a fig- tree trunk. I was so struck by her pres- look at the feet of these figures, which attributed to an unknown artist the Allentown Art Museum. way I think the artist meant you and self-awareness necessitated by ure floating at the top. ence that it still remains with me. It was are charged with a hypnotic rhythm. in Rembrandt’s workshop has Conservators used a variety to,” he added. exclusivist self-identities — individual Although there are three separate stunning. I came back and painted two Mehta captures the caprices of now been judged to have been of tools, including X-Ray, When Portrait of a Young and collective, secular and religious, panels, Mehta’s brilliance can be seen women on a rickshaw and my work, human behaviour. The dancing goat is a a work of the Dutch master infrared and electron Woman was bequeathed to the and the recovery of integrity of self- through the treatment of figures. The Shantiniketan slowly happened. It was symbol of wound as well as sacrifice. himself. microscopy, to bolster the case museum in 1961, it was consid- hood in inclusive self-realisation. He arms of women figures seem to be in her role in the drama, something Time has been stolen from the register For decades, the Allentown that it was the work of one of ered to be a Rembrandt. About created a conversation about the real- wanton abandon but also transcend the implicit in her image, which could not of its destiny. The artist brings us back Art Museum displayed an oil- the most important and revered a decade later, a group of isation that we are things yet we rep- superficial divisions of the canvas and be explained but got etched in my to the debate about how history feeds the on-oak panel painting called artists in history. experts determined that it had resent nothingness, too. reach out to each other. The throbbing memory. You see with myths one memory. Portrait of a Young Woman and The scientific analysis been painted by one of his assis- vibration of stark colours mirrors the should not be in a hurry, they should The collection at the gallery makes credited it to the Studio of “showed brushwork and a live- tants. Such changes in attribu- KALA BHAVAN SHANTINIKETAN momentum of the drummers and settle onto the memory so that you can you pay reverence to India’s greatest mod- Rembrandt. Two years ago, the liness to that brushwork, which tion are not unusual — over the Mehta painted the 170x445 cm dancers. In the tableaux, Mehta gives stop and dwell on them at length. You ern master, Tyeb Mehta, and recall the painting was sent to New York is quite consistent with other centuries, as many as 688 and painting in 1985-86, when he was an us a synergy of togetherness as if they have to reflect without losing touch words of his close friend KG University for conservation and works by Rembrandt,” said as few as 265 paintings have artist-in-residence at Kala Bhavana, share an unseen bond. The painting is either with their image or with their Subramanyan who said, “They snare you cleaning. Shan Kuang, a conservator at been credited to the artist, Vishwa Bharati University. The paint- a testament not only to the core val- intent.” into a search. Those unindividual faces There, conservators began New York University’s Institute according to Mehalakes. ing represents Charak Puja, an end-of- ues of an artist’s philosophy but shows He stood apart for his interpreta- that seem benign or sad, those heave removing layers of overpainting of Fine Arts who restored The museum has not had spring ritual observed by the Santhal how these values can be carried for- tion — the ambiguous dichotomies limbs that oscillate in mute gesture, those and dark, thick varnish that had Portrait of a Young Woman. the painting appraised — and tribe and other marginalised commu- ward by new thoughts of blending tra- between the masculine and feminine, body postures that combine both ele- been added over centuries — Outside experts who exam- has no intention of selling it — nities of West Bengal. The first left is dition and modernity. the divine and mortal, and the human gance and awkwardness — they hold you and they began to suspect ined the 1632 painting after the but authenticated works by a panel showcasing a group of drum- and the bestial — while also convey- captive of their teasing configurations. Rembrandt himself was respon- completion of its two-year Rembrandt have fetched tens of mers and dancers. There’s a floating SANTHALS AND CHARAK ing a larger theme of consummation Clear, brilliant, tantalisingly visual, almost sible for the original, delicate restoration concurred with the millions of dollars. figure on the top-right corner of the In 2005, Mehta had explained in an and destruction. like blown up cameos in the centre of brushwork underneath. NYU assessment that it’s an The painting, currently in painting. The central panel showcas- interview his epiphany that occurred You draw your eyes towards the their impact, they carry a message for the “Our painting had numer- authentic Rembrandt. the museum’s vault, will go on es a sacrificial site near the vertical at Shantiniketan with the Spring tender embrace between the mother heart.” ous layers of varnish and that “We’re very thrilled and display from June 7. charak pole with a seated woman and Festival of the Santhals at Charak. figure and the graceful goat and the really obscured what you could excited,” Mehalakes said. “The L(

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FLBV6LC LH   &      opener Shafali Verma (39 of 17 balls) com- Attempting a big one, Shafali skied one  & LH! ing out all guns blazing in the Group A off veteran Panna Ghosh and was dis- game. missed, caught by wicket-keeper Shamima GARIN BEATS MAGER IN RIO FINAL However, the Indian innings never got Sultana. &+& 4/  67.3C  Rio De Janerio:    4    the impetuous after the departure of the This was after fellow opener Taniya   8>        16-year-old, who hit four sixes and two Bhatia (2) was sent back by Salma /   (   FLBF6HC F9    4  fours in her entertaining knock. Later, Khathun.  #+ ,!'       Veda Krishnamurthy (20 off 11) hit few Shafali turned out to be the best scor-   #2+1 4            & lusty blows to help India post a fighting er in India’s innings.          @H    total. 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She caught by Shafali in the first ball of the 16th Pacer Shikha Pandey clean bowled (20 off 11). take the hosts out of trouble.      / ! STAR SPORTS LAUNCHES 'KHEL BOLEGA' TVC Mumbai: '#*                   $&" !(' O !'"+ P                        !'       " ".  (/  "      (# R  4   0/+   <        '! (/ 0/+                    B10/0 C    "    &' "%( '#*               1(/0/+    2   + //   / +!  < still a work in progress. and when Ajinkya Rahane and all he got was an edge.            The required target of nine L' &  !' Hanuma Vihari stepped out on the Southee, who bowls lovely classi- &  !'            &  runs was knocked off by New fourth morning, defeat was written all cal outswinger then bowled an off- '    '#*! 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Karnataka sealed their place in three and Mujtaba Yousuf the basis of the first innings the bright spot in the host Iwere laid bare as they proved to be decisive. art of saving a Test match. If the first innings was the semifinals after thrashing (1/44) dismissed one after their quarterfinal tie team’s second innings. crashed to an embarrassing Trent Boult (4/39 in 22 India had lost the mental about mixing back of length Jammu and Kashmir by 167 Karnataka batsman. against Andhra ended in a The wicketkeeper-bats- 10-wicket defeat against a ruth- overs) and Tim Southee (5/61 battle on the first day itself deliveries with fuller length runs on the final day of their Overnight batsman draw on the final day. man, who is on the fringes of less New Zealand side that in 21 overs), one of the finest when they saw the moisture on balls, the second saw the pac- Ranji Trophy quarterfinal, Krishnamurthy Siddharth (98) Resuming at the overnight national selection and has wrapped up the opening Test in but most under-rated new ball the wicket. ers coming from round the here on Monday. missed out on a well-deserved score of 375 for 9, the visitors been part of various India A just over three days here at pairs in world cricket, showed The toss became a factor wicket and targeting the rib- Resuming the day at 245 century, dismissed by Mushtaq were dismissed for 426 in 138 teams in the recent past, Basin Reserve on Monday. that when it boils down to play- and not for one session did they cage. The line was disconcert- for four, Karnataka added in the 80th over. overs in the second innings, showed why he is rated high- Starting the day on 144 for ing incisive seam and swing look comfortable. Mayank ing and it stifled them for another 71 runs before folding His wicket triggered a col- setting an improbable target of ly, playing some delightful four, India were all out for 191 bowling, this batting line-up is Agarwal was the only batsman good. It affected their mindset for 316 in their second lapse as Karnataka kept losing 710 runs for Andhra. shots during his knock. innings, setting the hosts a tar- wickets regularly. Srinivas After being bowled out for In Tangi, Bengal stormed get of 331. Sharath (34) held on to one 136 in the first innings, into the last four by virtue of Jammu and Kashmir were end and took the team across Andhra finished at 149 for 4 their first innings lead over , O   O   E -  bundled out for 163, courtesy the 300-mark before departing in 51 overs in their second Odisha after only one session off-spinner Gowtham’s (7/54) in the 105th over. essay before play was called was possible on the final day  '  Captain Virat Kohli had no It is the acceptance of defeat able to play this kind of cricket. If we would seven-wicket haul. off. which was interrupted by bad qualms in admitting that India were out- that defines the character of a side, have paid attention to the outside chatter, Earlier, Abid Mushtaq SAURASHTRA IN LAST 4 A strokeful half-century light. played by New Zealand in the opening Test the world’s premier batsman said. we would again be at No 7 or 8 in the rank- but said they “can’t help it” if a few want to “We understand that we need ings. We don’t really bother about what peo- make a “big deal” out of one loss. to play well to win, also at home. ple are saying on the outside.” +   “We know we haven’t played well, but There’s no cakewalk at interna- One defeat can’t make a team, if people want to make a big deal out of it, tional level as teams will come and which has been winning games of Test make a mountain out of it, we can’t help it beat you. You accept it and that cricket, “bad overnight”. “If we have lost   as we don’t think like that,” the India skip- defines our character as a side.” then we have no shame in accepting per said at the post-match interaction. If he had given credence to that. It means we didn’t play this game 3 .  0 “Some people might want it to be the the “outside chatter”, he said well. It doesn’t mean that we have end of the world but it’s not. For us, it’s a the team wouldn’t have been become a bad team overnight. People game of cricket we lost and we move on and where it is now. might want to change our thoughts, but   0 122+ keep our heads high,” Kohli said. “That’s why we have been it doesn’t work like that.” PTI le Gunnar Solskjaer says OBruno Fernandes has lift- ed the mood at Old Trafford, + O &   "$2 R comparing the January signing to a mix between former   = && Manchester United players Paul  % " 0-%  Scholes and Juan Sebastian Veron.  '  The perfect Fernandes arrived for an execution of plans against initial 55 million euros (£46 India has pleased New million) and, while that could Zealand skipper Kane rise to 80 million euros if a vari- Williamson but he refused ety of targets are reached,  !;4 !  &677  ,33C  to term his team’s 10- United look to have struck a wicket win as “bouncing good deal.  31 - National Stadium. back” from their 0-3 deba- The Portugal international Mushfiqur, who cle against Australia. has impressed in all three ushfiqur Rahim became the became New Zealand came United starts to date, following Mhit his third Test the highest run-scorer into the series after their up fine displays against Wolves double century as for Bangladesh in nightmare in Australia and Chelsea with a goal and an Bangladesh declared Tests, hit an unbeaten and put up a splendid per- assist against Watford. their first innings with 203, while skipper formance to outclass India Successive wins have lifted a lead of 295 on Mominul Haque made in just over three days. United into fifth place in the Monday in their one- 132, after the hosts “Bouncing back isn’t “So it’s about lesson moving forward Premier League table as they off match against resumed on 240 for a term that we use with- focussing on things that to Christchurch,” he push for Champions League Zimbabwe. three. in our group. You can get are important. The roles added. qualification. Bangladesh ended Mushfiqur and carried away thinking that give us the best But Williamson also "He's given everyone a their innings on 560 Mominul added 222 about results (especially) chance of success and if wants to guard his team boost," Solskjaer said of the 25- for six in the final ses- for the fourth wicket, when you have a number we do that, the result against complacency as he year-old Fernandes. "It means sion before spinner while wicketkeeper- of poor ones and some- manifests and I think expects India to come more than just getting a player Nayeem Hasan then batsman Liton Das times the want (urge) for that’s what we saw in this hard in the second Test, in. You can see the supporters, claimed two wickets made 53 to give the a good one can be a dis- game and that was what starting February 29 they're used to players with that in two balls in the first hosts their highest- traction towards getting was pleasing,” Williamson “The challenge is personality, mentality and qual- over. ever total against (achieving) it,” said. there in front of us ity so he's been a big plus. The visitors Zimbabwe. Williamson said. “It was a really bril- because we know come "He's come in from day reached nine for two at Mominul declared The Kiwi skipper, liant all-round game for Christchurch we will need one, the first minute, and felt stumps on the third the innings soon after who also was the top- us. Guys were really com- to be on our game again. like a presence in the group. day, still needing 286 Mushfiqur reached the scorer for his side with a mitted to their roles on a India is the number one in First training session, demand- runs to make 200-run mark after well-made 89, seemed sat- surface that offered the world for a reason and ing the ball. Bangladesh bat again Ainsley Ndlovu past isfied with the perfor- enough to create a good they have had success all "Some players take some on a wearing pitch at extra cover for a mances of each and every balance between bat and around the world,” he time in warming up but he felt the Sher-e-Bangla boundary. player of his team. ball. 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  # +' , @2 dinson Cavani scored his 200th Paris Saint-Germain goal and EMarquinhos netted twice as the 2$ Ligue 1 leaders bounced back from their Champions League defeat by Borussia Dortmund to beat   Atletico Madrid followed up Bordeaux 4-3 on Sunday, but their surprise win over Liverpool by beat- their victory was marred by ing Villarreal in La Liga on Sunday as Joao Neymar’s late sending-off. Felix marked his return from injury with After losing 2-1 in Germany a first league goal since September. in their Champions League last 16 Felix came off the bench at the Wanda first leg in midweek, PSG’s defen- Metropolitano after almost a month out sive weaknesses were again with an ankle problem and the 20-year-old exposed as South Korean internation- looked refreshed as he drove in Atletico’s *3 5  &!+ ? )&   al Hwang Ui-jo gave Bordeaux the third in an impressive 3-1 vic- lead at the Parc des Princes. tory. PSG turned it around thanks to Kieran Trippier was  O&  P goals by Cavani and Kylian Mbappe also back after recovering either side of a Marquinhos brace, but from a groin injury and he at the other end there was a bizarre was involved in Atletico’s goal credited to the Brazilian defend- second goal as Koke headed !    er Pablo and a Ruben Pardo strike had in. the home side hanging on at the fin- Angel Correa had earlier  0 #*2 ,   ish. cancelled out Paco Alcacer’s 67 89"*$ The evening concluded with strike for Villarreal. ionel Messi is the “greatest” *+3 '+4+' #(. Neymar being sent off in stoppage Atletico’s inconsistency Lfootballer of all time, ahead time for a second yellow card for grap- this season means of even Diego Maradona, Napoli everything and I don’t want to pling with Bordeaux’s Yacine Adli, 9 $  3 !   !    ;   & 5  &+&      ( they are out of the coach Gennaro Gattuso said compare them. Maradona is leaving the world’s most expensive title race, 12 points on Monday ahead of his side’s sacred.” player facing a suspension. adrift of leaders Champions League clash with But Insigne and Gattuso Along with the shortcomings at Barcelona, who Barcelona. agreed that their team have to be the back, it is another problem for thrashed Eibar 5-0 on The 32-year-old Messi careful not to focus only on try- coach Thomas Tuchel to think about, 4556 1+ !+ Saturday. scored four goals at the weekend ing to stop Messi. even if his team are now 13 points But momentum in Barcelona’s 5-0 win over “We have to be careful with clear atop Ligue 1 from Marseille, who would be timely as Eibar and has now been their whole team, because it's not lost 3-1 to Nantes on Saturday. 3 !     !& ! Atleti bid to consoli- involved in more than 1,000 just Messi,” said Gattuso. Tuchel’s men endured a bad start date their place in goals in his career, scoring 696 Napoli are enjoying a recent against mid-table Bordeaux, with front in first-half stoppage time, However, Marquinhos netted allowed before Neymar was sent off the top four and cap- and assisting another 306. upturn in form after a dreadful skipper Thiago Silva going off hurt using his shoulder to covert Di Maria’s from close range for his second of the for his second yellow at the death. italise on their 1-0 Gattuso was quick to praise start to the Serie A season just before Hwang put the away side free-kick. night in the 63rd minute to make it “They have had quite a difficult advantage against Messi, comparing the Barca star which culminated in the sack- in front on 18 minutes, heading in a Nevertheless, there was still time 3-2. Then, when Ruben Pardo lost week in terms of results and their Liverpool in the to Napoli legend Maradona. ing of Carlo Ancelotti following corner for his sixth Ligue 1 goal. for Bordeaux to equalise at 2-2 before possession, Cavani set up Mbappe to confidence has taken a knock too,” Champions League “He’s the greatest a 4-0 win over Genk that PSG were level in the 25th the interval. score PSG’s fourth, and his 16th in the said Bordeaux’s Laurent Koscielny of last 16 next month. and an example for sent them into the minute, though, as Di Maria’s cross Selected ahead of Keylor Navas in league this season. PSG. Diego Simeone’s side everyone,” said Gattuso Champions League was headed in by Cavani, allowing the goal, Sergio Rico’s clearance from a Pardo made some amends with a “When you lose points and move up to third in La Liga, ahead of the sides’ last-16 knockout stage. Uruguayan to reach a double centu- Marco Verratti back-pass struck Pablo stunning strike for Bordeaux’s third, games then your confidence can level on points with Sevilla, first leg today. Last season’s Serie A ry of PSG goals. and the Spaniard looked on in hor- and the ninth goal Paris have conced- quickly disappear but they are great who earlier struck a superb 3- “He never says any- runners-up have won six He then hit the post from close ror as the ball ricocheted back into the ed in three games altogether. players and they are capable of over- 0 win away at fellow top-four thing inappropriate. He of their last seven games. range before Marquinhos put Paris in net. Icardi then had another goal dis- coming that.” rivals Getafe. AFP does things that only exist on the “Tomorrow (Tuesday), I Playstation, unthinkable things. want a Napoli side that are not “But I saw him (Maradona) afraid,” added Gattuso.   *,03,0 Games are counted in the on VHS, or DVD. I never saw “I want to see a team that ,   3   &  final tally (of the main event). him up close, at a stadium. knows how to battle... You need ndia will host the National Rifle Association “I know the champion he to stand up to Barcelona — you ICommonwealth shooting Commonwealth Games roster. Archery is also anoth- Commonwealth Games are that includes results from the of India (NRAI) President was and I know I missed some- can’t worry. and archery championships in Federation (CGF) announced er optional sport. scheduled from July 27 to Chandigarh 2022 Raninder Singh, who mooted thing wonderful. I regret it. “I want to see a lively team January 2022 and the medals on Monday. “A C o m m o nw e a l t h August 7, 2022. Commonwealth Archery and the idea of the Today I see Messi doing things that plays with joy until the end. from the two events will be The decision was made at Archery and Shooting “The decision confirmed Shooting Championships, as a Commonwealth Shooting that Maradona was doing.” Can Napoli win the Champions counted in the final tally of the the CGF’s Executive Board Championships is set to take that Chandigarh 2022 and further and final legitimate Championships, admitted that Napoli captain Lorenzo League? Never say never.” Birmingham Games, an meeting here from February place in India in 2022 after a Birmingham 2022 will be two ranking of competing nations CGF’s decision was a “unique Insigne was not so keen to It is the first time Napoli unprecedented move 21 to 23. proposal to stage the event separately organised and and territories from the and unprecedented develop- accept that Messi has reached have reached the knockout approved by the CGF. It can be considered a big was approved by the CGF funded Commonwealth Sport respective competitions,” the ment” as well as “truly a game greater heights than 1986 World rounds since a last-16 loss to However, the medals will win for India since it had Executive Board,” the CGF events. “One week following CGF added. changing methodology”. Cup winner Maradona. Real Madrid in 2017, while be added one week after the threatened to boycott the said in a release. the Closing Ceremony of Rarely the sporting world He was also candid in “Messi is the best in the Barcelona are bidding to make conclusion of the multi-disci- Birmingham edition of the The two events will be Birmingham 2022 has seen such an arrange- calling NRAI and IOA’s pro- world today,” said Insigne. “But the quarter-finals for a 13th con- plinary sporting event in Games for dropping shooting, held in Chandigarh in January Commonwealth Games, the ment that the medals of cham- posal as “admittedly against for us Neapolitans, Maradona is secutive season. Birmingham, the an optional sport, from the 2022 while the Birmingham CGF shall issue a medal table pionships held outside major the grain”.