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0*2 3 4(0 52/623 Haryana, 25.01 lakh hectare are under wheat cultivation. he hailstorm and rainfall As per latest Agriculture Tthat lashed Punjab, Ministry’s data, sowing of win- Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, ter or rabi crops, an indicator Uttarakhand and Himachal of the pace of farm activities, is Pradesh on Tuesday may dam- down by nearly 5 per cent com- age the ongoing standing rabi pared to last year. A significant crops, including wheat culti- fall in sowing in Gujarat, vation. The national Capital Maharashtra, West Bengal and was also whipped by severe Rajasthan has affected wheat hailstorm and downpour since and other crops, bringing the early on Tuesday. overall area under rabi crops According to Agriculture down by nearly 5 per cent to Ministry officials, while the 588 lakh hectares. The total production of wheat and other area cultivated in the corre- rabi crops was expected to sponding week in 2017-18 was come down this year as the around 618 lakh hectare. sowing area has reduced as Rabi cultivation data compared to that of the last released by the Agriculture year, the hailstorm will further Ministry showed the area damage the rabi crops. under rice is about 21.5 per “However, it is too early to cent lower than the same peri- estimate the damage from hail- od last year due to a drop in storm. The State Government’s rice cultivation in Tamil Nadu Agriculture Department will and Andhra Pradesh. Despite assess the damage and inform favoured conditions for the the Ministry,” said officials. rabi crops, wheat cultivation, The India Meteorological on the other hand, reported a Department (IMD) has pre- Rain lashed the plains balls at one another. 2.5-per cent deficit as com- dicted widespread rainfall, hail- while higher reaches of Director of the Punjab pared to last year. As against an storm with gusty wind and Kashmir witnessed fresh snow- Agriculture Department Jasbir area of around 304 lakh hectare ! " # ! $ snowfall along with heavy rain- fall for the second day. The Singh Bains advised wheat sown in 2017-18, the area # % &%' fall over Jammu & Kashmir, snowfall and rain blocked the growers to not let rainwater under wheat cultivation is Himachal Pradesh and 300-km long Srinagar-Jammu stagnate in the field as it could around 296 lakh hectare, main- in 2017-18, the pulse has been Uttarakhand on Wednesday. national highway. The flight be harmful to the crop. ly because of drop in sowing in grown only in 95 lakh hectare ! %& The IMD said rain and operations at the airport here Naseeb Singh, a farmer drought-hit Maharashtra and so far. Coarse cereals, too, are thunderstorm will continue on were also affected. Four flights from Jind district, said rain at Gujarat, as well as West Bengal. faring badly, with an overall Wednesday in northern and were cancelled and 11 delayed this time will help in contain- There is nearly a 10 per drop in area of nearly northwest parts of the country due to poor visibility. The ing the fungal disease yellow cent drop in the sowing of 14 per cent. due to intense western distur- Himachal Pradesh capital and rust, but hailstorm will destroy gram, a major pulse crop of the The area under jowar cul- bance bearing down on North picturesque Manali and crop. Wheat is the main rabi season. This deficit has pulled tivation at 24.6 lakh hectare is West India and cyclonic circu- Dalhousie on Tuesday wit- crop in Punjab and is grown in down the overall pulses area by around 19 per cent lower than lation developed over nessed more snow that snapped over 35 lakh hectare area in the over 5.5 per cent. As compared the 30.27 lakh hectare last Afghanistan and Central road links, however tourists State, also known as the food to the 157.8-lakh hectare cov- year; maize is down by 9.5 per Pakistan. made merry by hurling snow- bowl of the country. In ered in the corresponding week cent to 14 lakh hectare. R *' +, ' 52/623 orrential rain washed away TSuspended Particulate Matter (SPMs) from Delhi air ./01 ( ) and the air quality improved to year’s best on Wednesday. This was the first time in New Year when Delhi’s map was coloured “green” with satisfactory levels 52/623 Varanasi: Prime Minister environment. of Particulate Matters (PMs) on Narendra Modi on Tuesday Taking a swipe at the the National Ambient Air ith controversy erupting referred to former premier Congress over the issue of cor- Quality Index (NAAQI). Wover allegations made by Rajiv Gandhi’s remarks on cor- ruption, Modi said it got to Good news for Delhi and a self-proclaimed cyber expert ruption in the country to attack know about the disease, National Capital Region (NCR) who alleged Electronic Voting the Congress, saying the party acknowledged the disease, but is that the levels of PM 10 and Machines (EVMs) can be that ruled for years did noth- neither thought about it, nor PM 2.5 were recorded under & " ( $# hacked and the 2014 Lok Sabha ing to stop the “loot”, while his did anything in the direction of the permissible limit with val- % &%' polls were rigged, the Election Government put an end to it curing the ailment. ues 73 and 51 against 100 and Commission on Tuesday filed and transferred about “Many people here would 60 in microgram per cubic Forecasting And Research ture was recorded at 12.5 a complaint with the Delhi 5,80,000 crore directly to the have heard what a former respectively. (SAFAR), a unit of Ministry of degrees Celsius, five notches Police, asking it to register an people under various schemes. Prime Minister had said about As Indian Meteorological Earth Sciences (MOES), has above the normal,” the official FIR against him for his false Without naming Gandhi, corruption. He had said that Department’s (IMD) prediction forecast satisfactory for said. The humidity level was claims which, it said, can “cre- he alluded to the former Prime the money that the Central proved correct, the national Thursday, for Friday, air qual- recorded at 100 per cent at 8.30 ate fear” in voters’ minds. Minister’s remarks that only 15 Government sends, only 15 per Capital breathed easy after ity will turn moderate, this fur- am. According to the Central In its complaint to the paise of 1 reaches the masses cent of that reaches the people. hazardous pollution levels for ther means that air quality Pollution Control Board Deputy Commissioner of and said Congress If one rupee is send from the past few months gave way will remain “good” till Friday. (CPCB) data, the overall air Police (New Delhi District), the Governments over the years did Delhi, only 15 paise reaches the to the rainfall. According to SAFAR in air quality index (AQI) in the city poll panel asked police to inves- nothing to stop the “leakage”. villages, 85 paise disappear,” In its weekly weather fore- quality forecast, the concen- was 133, which falls in the tigate the matter “promptly” for Addressing NRIs and & $ ) & * Modi said, alluding to Gandhi’s cast, the Regional Weather tration of PM 10 will oscillate moderate category. violation of certain sections of Indian-origin people at the # + , - % &%' remarks. Forecast Department, New between 74 and 141 microgram It affected 15 trains which the Indian Penal Code dealing inauguration of the 15th “The party that ruled the Delhi (RWFC) has forecast per cubic while levels of PM 2.5 ran late with an average delay with spreading rumour to Pravasi Bharatiya Divas con- changed the perception that others. Chief Ministers of UP, country for so many years had generally cloudy sky with driz- will remain under the permis- of two to three hours. These alarm the public and other pro- vention in his parliamentary India cannot change, he said in Haryana and Uttarakhand — given the system to the coun- zle. The minimum temperature sible limit. included Howrah-New Delhi visions of related laws. Syed constituency of Varanasi in the presence of Mauritian Yogi Adityanath, Manohar L al try, a truth that was accepted by will remain at eight degrees According to IMD official, Poorva Express, Malda-Delhi Shuja had on Monday claimed Uttar Pradesh, Modi described Prime Minister Pravind Khattar and Trivendra Singh the then Prime Minister. Celsius while the maximum the Safdarjung observatory Junction Farakka Express and at an event in London that the the diaspora as India’s brand Jugnauth, External Affairs Rawat — attended the meet. But what is regrettable is temperature will fluctuate recorded 14.8 mm rainfall, Mumbai Amritsar Express. The EVMs can be tampered with ambassadors and said they Minister Sushma Swaraj, Modi said India’s contri- that later in its rule of 10-15 between 18 and 19 degrees Palam 22.8 mm rainfall, Lodhi Puri-New Delhi Purushottam and that the 2014 Lok Sabha were the symbols of the coun- Minister of State for External bution was being recognised at years, there was no effort made Celsius. Road 15 mm and Aya Nagar Express was late by six hours, elections were rigged. try’s capabilities. Affairs VK Singh and UP the international level, espe- to end this loot and leakage,” For air quality, System of recorded 26.1 mm rainfall. according to the Northern Detailed report on P5 The Government has Governor Ram Naik among cially its role with regard to Modi said. Air Quality and Weather “The minimum tempera- Railways. ! R ! 2 + 50,0 Security sources said that Pulwama district on two con- 3./4 one of the slain terrorists was secutive days. “These were dif- !" hree Hizbul Mujahideen identified as Shamsul Haq ficult operations to conduct. # Tterrorists including Mengnoo, a resident of They (terrorists) were hiding in younger brother of a serving Draggad village in Shopian open area,” Pani said. Indian Police Service (IPS) district. Mengnoo was pursu- A large number of protest- 52/623 officer were killed in an ing bachelors course in Unani ers gathered around the ! "##!$%$ % encounter with security forces Medicine and Surgery (BUMS) encounter site in a bid to ham- oachers killed at least 102 '! in Shirmal village of south at a Government college here per the operation and help Pone-horned rhinoceros ( Kashmir’s Shopian district on before joining militancy. terrorists escape. Reports also during the last ten years with ) Tuesday. Belonging to a well-off family said that four journalists were Assam topping the list fol- $ The encounter took place of orchardists, his elder broth- hospitalised after they suffered lowed by West Bengal, accord- * !+ a day after three ultras were er Inamul Haq is a 2012 batch pellet injuries while covering ing to data obtained under the gunned down in a similar IPS officer, presently posted in the gunfight. Right to Information (RTI) $,$ operation in Hapatnar area of North-East. They received pellets on Act. Two hundred nine poach- # central district Budgam. Security sources said soon face, neck and other body ers were arrested for their Clashes erupted at the site of after the cordon was intensified parts. Police said six security involvement in such wildlife &' & the encounter resulting to in Shrimal village, terrorists personnel were also injured in crime during the same period. ( ) injuries to several persons hiding underground in an open the clashes. The RTI reply also showed Environment and Forests, period, according to data. country. !* ) $*-O including four journalists. area tried to escape while open- “Only five cases of injuries that incidents of rhino poach- showed that the maximum Noida-based lawyer “As per data available in the /$ A police spokesman said ing fire on the security forces. were reported and three of ing have shown sharp decline number of killing of 84 one- Ranjan Tomar had sought records of the bureau based on 0 that the operation was carried During the retaliatory action, them were discharged after in the recent past. While 22 rhi- horned rhinoceros was report- State-wise data on the number the information from the state $ out on the basis of “credible three ultras were killed. preliminary medical attention. nos fell to the poachers in 2013, ed from Assam. of one-horned rhinos killed by forest and police departments, inputs about the presence of Inspector General of Police Separately six security force the number came down to West Bengal and Uttar poachers in the 102 one-horned rhinos have $ # terrorists” that followed a cor- (Kashmir range) Swayam personnel injured during the two in 2017. Pradesh are the only two States last 10 years and offenders been killed and 209 poachers don and search operation joint- Prakash Pani said the security clashes have been discharged Data provided by the which have reported such arrest from the WCCB, a statu- have been arrested in the last 10 ly by police and security forces forces conducted “two good” after medical attention,” police Wildlife Crime Control Bureau killings, with 17 and one tory body formed to combat years in India,” the WCCB # in the area. operations in Budgam and said in a statement. (WCCB), under the Ministry of deaths, respectively, during the organised wildlife crime in the said in a written reply. # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./
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3056,0 3 tional and could not hold back bypoll have Congress’ heavy- Chautala, his younger brother also made an appeal to the vot- father Ajay Chautala out of jail ! " her tears. weight MLA Randeep Singh Abhay said that family of Ajay ers to support INLD’s Umed for campaigning, he added. he electoral battle of Jind With the Jind bypoll Surjewala, JJP’s Digvijay has conspired against my Singh Redhu in bypoll. Ajay Chautala’s wife, Naina 3056,0 3 The BJP leader added that Tby-poll has turned into a becoming a “matter of pride Chautala, BJP’s Krishan father and mother and we will A letter purportedly writ- Chautala however turned emo- the party is confident of its vic- bitter fight in the Chautala and survival” in the state pol- Middha, son of late INLD never forgive them for this. ten by OP Chautala also came tional during the election cam- o reach out to the voters of tory in the Jind bypoll. clan. After a furlough was itics for both INLD and its MLA Hari Chand Middha and It was due to the conspir- forth where he had repeated paigning on Tuesday. TJind assembly constituency On the ongoing battle denied to Indian National Lok splinter group JJP, the cancel- INLD’s low profile candidate acy of Dushyant-Digvijay and his allegations against While addressing a gath- ahead of bypoll, the ruling between INLD and JJP, Jain said Dal chief OP Chautala, the lation of furlough of former Umed Singh Redhu. Delhi’s AAP Government that Dushyant and Digvijay. ering to seek votes for Digvijay, Bharatiya Janta Party in that INLD is fighting its own octogenarian leader and his Chief Minister OP Chautala In the bypoll, the JJP is the furlough of OP Chautala Amid the ongoing family his mother Naina Chautala Haryana will carry out Maha family and has nothing to do wife Sneh Lata launched a vit- has triggered a bitter exchange likely to eat into the Jat vote Sahab was cancelled, he drama, another video of ailing said, “I am shocked that peo- Jansampark Abhiyan on with the interests of the people riolic attack on their grandsons of words between the leaders bank of INLD, the party claimed. Sneh Lata, wife of OP Chautala ple can say such things about January 24. of Haryana. Hisar MP Dushyant and of the two parties. founded in 1996 by former Chautala added that he was also released by the INLD their own family members. I The Jind bypoll are sched- The keenly watched Jind Digvijay. The matter has given Deputy Prime Minister will approach Union Home where she was seen condemn- am hurt after reading today’s uled to be held on January 28 bypoll is witnessing a three-cor- OP Chautala and senior INLD fresh political ammuni- Choudhary Devi Lal, father of Minister Rajnath Singh to ing her grandsons for ruining newspapers, she said. and the counting of votes will be nered electoral battle, with the leaders of the INLD while tion to attack the JJP as the OP Chautala. demand an inquiry to expose the family. As she could not hold held on January 31. Congress’ sitting MLA Randeep describing the cancellation of denial of furlough to OP While JJP’s Digvijay is seen the political conspiracy into the Hisar MP, Dushyant back her tears, Naina said she Pulling out all stops to Singh Surjewala, Jannayak Janta furlough as a conspiracy by Chautala came hours after as strong contender in Jind issue. We will also approach Chautala has however denied did not want to cry and had wrest the Jind assembly seat, the Party’s Digvijay Chautala and Dushyant and Digvijay ahead Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi bypoll, the chances of INLD Court to ensure that no injus- the allegations saying that the remained strong in the past BJP will cover all 174 booths in BJP’s Krishan Middha, son of of Jind bypoll scheduled on Party announced its support to seems bleak in the electoral tice is being done to my father, furlough was cancelled on four years. I am just support- the assembly segment during its late INLD MLA Hari Chand January 28, went onto call JJP’s Digvijay Chautala for contest. Out on furlough, OP he added. technical grounds and we have ing my sons and want you to Maha Jansampark Abhiyan on Middha, in the fray. them “traitors”. Jind bypoll. Chautala was expected to cam- After his furlough was nothing to do with the issue. vote for Digvijay, she added. January 24. For this purpose, Aware of the fact that a While Dushyant and INLD chief OP Chautala paign for the party candidate cancelled, a video of OP Responding to the com- Notably, the INLD is strug- different teams of the party favorable bypoll outcome for a Digvijay, who have launched a alongwith his elder son Ajay Umed Singh Redhu, in a bid to Chautala while talking to the ments made by his family gling to retain its Jind assem- have been constituted. political party will send out a separate outfit, Jannayak Janta Chautala is undergoing 10 save its sliding vote bank in the mediapersons also went viral members against him, bly seat, won by late MLA Hari “The party workers will bigger message ahead of 2019 Party (JJP) have maintained years imprisonment in Delhi’s state. where he alleged that a con- Dushyant said that we respect Chand Middha, by defeating conduct a door-to-door cam- general election, the BJP is leav- calm and refuted the allega- Tihar Jail after their conviction Leader of opposition and spiracy has been hatched to our elders and we will not BJP’s candidate with a small paign on January 24 under ing no stone unturned to woo tions, their mother, MLA from in JBT teachers’ scam in 2013. INLD’s senior leader, Abhay stop him to campaign for make any comment against margin of 2,257 votes in 2014 Maha Jansampark Abhiyan. All the voters of Jind. Dabwali, Naini Chautala was Notably, JJP was floated in Chautala, while talking to the INLD candidate in Jind. them. assembly polls. 174 booths in the assembly In 2014 assembly polls, moved to tears on Tuesday December by Ajay Chautala mediapersons on Tuesday Calling his grandsons Digvijay Chautala, who is According to the political segment will be covered under INLD’s Harichand Middha had during the election campaign- alongwith his two sons, announced to break personal –Dushyant and Digvijay—as making his political debut in analysts, a positive outcome or the campaign,” said Anil Jain, won with 31,631 votes and ing at Jind. Dushyant and Digvijay after ties with sister-in-law Naina traitors, OP Chautala had Jind bypolls, said the allega- even more votes to JJP than senior BJP leader and party’s defeated BJP candidate Surinder Naina, while urging voters the trio were expelled by OP Chautala and nephews alleged that AAP has hatched tions levelled against the JJP INLD in Jind bypoll will be a incharge for Haryana affairs. Barwala with a small margin to support his younger son, Chautala for “anti-party activ- Dushyant and Digvijay. this conspiracy, along with the are baseless. major setback to the INLD, Jain said that the party 2,257 votes. Digvijay, who is JJP’s candidate ities”. In a blistering attack on the JJP and the voters of Jind will If we were that powerful, which is the main opposition workers will apprize the people The bye-election to Jind in Jind bypoll, turned emo- The keenly watched Jind family members of Ajay teach a lesson to them. He had we would have brought our party in Haryana. about the achievements of BJP assembly seat was necessitated led Central and State following the demise of Hari Governments. Several welfare Chand Middha in August. .011/20 schemes have been launched by INLD’s Hari Chand Middha the BJP during its tenure, he had represented the Jind seat for added. two consecutive terms in 2009 About party’s opponents in and 2014. 3056,0 3 the bypoll, Jain said that other The assembly segment has political parties could not even more than 1.7 lakh voters escribing clean water as a find a candidate for the bypoll. including over 1.07 lakh urban Duniversal need, Haryana And, the Congress had to field voters and nearly 62,500 living 3056,0 3 sugar mills today is 10.40 per- Chief Minister Manohar Lal on a sitting MLA, he said. in villages. cent, while till now, it has been Tuesday exhorted the people to unjab Government on 9.61 percent which is likely to take pledge to keep the rivers, PTuesday released Rs 65 crore increase further. Bhogpur and ponds and other water bodies to the cooperative sugar mills Morinda sugar mill had shown clean so that we could give a towards the payment of sugar- marked improvement in per- better future to our future gen- cane dues to the sugarcane formance in comparison with erations. farmers for the year 2017-18. the previous years and have Manohar Lal was address- Announcing this, the state recorded 11.40 percent recov- ing the devotees at the Cooperation Minister ery rate till date. In comparison Parmarth Niketan Shivar of Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa with the previous crushing sea- Swami Chidanand Maharaj at +' + 3056,0 3 on Tuesday said that the son, the cooperative sugar mills Arail in Prayagraj, Uttar amount would get credited into have till now produced Pradesh after going around the aha-gathbandhan (grand alliance) will soon become a real- the accounts of sugarcane farm- increased sugar worth approx- model of clean drinking water. Mity in Punjab. The splinter groups of the main political par- ers by Wednesday. imately Rs 18 crore,” he said. A statement issued here ties of the state are uniting to put up a fourth front to give them He said that the cooperative The Minister added that said that on this occasion, he a tough fight in the ensuing parliamentary elections. sugar mills were to pay dues to in the crushing season 2018- also performed ‘Jalabhikshk’ on The leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Taksali includ- the tune of Rs 151.33 crore to 19, the cooperative sugar mills the globe model set up at the ing Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, Sewa Singh Sekhwan, Ratan Singh the sugarcane farmers, and out are in the process of making shivar with a vision to have Ajnala, Punjab Ekta Party’s (PEP) Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Lok of this, Rs 65 crore have been speedy as well as sooner pay- clean water in the world. He Insaaf Party’s Simarjeet Singh Bains, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), paid while the balance Rs 86.33 ments to the sugarcane farm- also watched a documentary among others held a closed door meeting at Ludhiana on Tuesday crore would also be released ers and till January 21, the film on developing houses by to work out the modalities of the front, named as Punjab soon. Punjab Government has using agriboard of straw. The Central Government The Haryana Government was accorded warm welcome Democratic Alliance (PDA). Randhawa said that during released the payment of Rs The Chief Minister said led by Prime Minister too is working towards the by Mahant Maheshwar Das. The discussion was held on the sharing of seats, besides oth- the crushing season 2018-19, 178.84 crore out of total due that the State Government is Narendra Modi has started cleanliness of river Yamuna Maheshwar Das appreciat- ers issues, during the meeting. Another meeting will soon fol- the cooperative sugar mills had Rs 307.28 crore in respect of taking several steps towards Namami Gange project to passing through the State, he ed the Haryana Government for low, expected to be held within a week’s time, in which a deci- crushed 99.15 lakh quintal of the sugarcane purchased as ensuring clean drinking water accomplish the twin objectives added. its efforts to take the Gita Jayanti sion would be taken on the seat share and the candidates. sugarcane till January 21. per the rate of Rs 310 per supply and also has set up a of effective abatement of pol- Later, the Chief Minister at international level. The Chief Khaira has already expressed his desire to contest from “The average sugarcane quintal fixed by the State separate authority for the reju- lution, conservation as well as visited Panchayati Akhara, Minister also took blessings of Bathinda against the Badal bahu Harsimrat Kaur Badal who is recovery of the cooperative Government. venation of ponds in the state. rejuvenation of river Ganga. Bada Udasin Nivaran where he the saints present in the shivar. currently Cabinet Minister in the Centre. Bains brothers, who have stronghold in Ludhiana are expected to contest from the seat. Brahmpura, who is sitting MP from Khadoor Sahib, is expected to retain the same. Initially, the PDA was announced by AAP’s rebel leaders, & 0 1+'2 + comprising suspended MP Dr Dharamvira Gandhi, suspended MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, along with Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) 3056,0 3 FCI to not procure its earlier and the Union Food Minister 2019-20. MLAs Simarjeet Bains and Balwinder Bains, and Bahujan Samaj ' & % ! * decided share always puts addi- seeking a joint meeting. Emphasizing the need to Party (BSP) state unit president Rashpal Raju, while inviting all xpressing concern over the * 3!!& * tional burden on the state’s Underscoring the fact that make elaborate arrangements the “like-minded” parties to come along. EFood Corporation of India’s finances,” he added. despite the state being forced to for forthcoming Rabi Season, Later, SAD (Taksali) too joined hands with the PDA, which (FCI) gradual withdrawal from ' # & *& Capt Amarinder also gave take over the colossal Rs 31,000 he also directed the Food and had already announced to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha elec- procurement of foodgrains in & * % in-principle approval to with- crores Cash Credit Limit (CCL) Civil Supplies Minister Bharat tions. Punjab, Chief Minister Capt draw four state procurement gap as term loan, the structur- Bhushan Ashu to gear up their Khaira, who was unceremoniously removed as the Leader Amarinder Singh on Tuesday #! $ agencies — MARKFED, PUN- al issues between the state and entire staff for timely, smooth of Opposition in Vidhan Sabha by the AAP central leadership decided to raise the issue with SUP, PSWC and Punjab Agro the Centre remain unresolved, and hassle free procurement to in August, suspended from the party, and later he resigned from the Centre and seek increase in 0 P Industries Corporation (PAIC) said Capt Amarinder adding win over the confidence of the AAP, said that the PDA would aim to liberate Punjab from the central agency’s procurement ' # & % — from the procurement-relat- that he would request the Modi farmers. clutches of corrupt traditional parties and the corrupt feudal fam- share. ed operations in a phased man- Government to resolve all Expressing concern over ilies. Capt Amarinder, while ' # ! & ner, beginning with PAIC. pending issues for once and all, the financial loss suffered by While PEP is formed by Khaira who rebelled against AAP chairing a high-level meeting to +)67' & 8 The move is aimed at at the earliest. the state on account of spoilage, and later joined by another AAP MLA from Jaiton Master Baldev review the procurement enabling these state procure- Lauding the state Food the Chief Minister also asked Singh, SAD (Taksali) was constituted by the rebel traditional arrangements for the forth- ' ! ment agencies to solely focus Department for ensuring four the Department to undertake Akalis including sitting MP Brahmpura, former Minister coming Rabi Season, said that on their original mandate of back-to-back seamless pro- effective steps for scientific Sekhwan and Ajnala. LIP was also formed by Bains brothers — he would ask the Union Food promoting agro-based prod- curement operations since the storage of foodgrains. Simarjeet and Balwinder—who were also part of SAD but part- Minister to increase FCI’s share from procuring even the quota curement process, said Capt ucts and cooperative move- present Government took over, The state expects to pro- ed ways before 2012 state assembly elections. in the state procurement, which decided at the start of the sea- Amarinder adding that the ments. Capt Amarinder asked the cure 130 lakh metric tonnes All the break-away factions are joining hands against the tra- he pointed out had declined son. gradual decline in FCI’s share With a view to seeking Food Secretary KAP Sinha to (LMT) of wheat during the rabi ditional political parties — the Congress, SAD led by the Badals, from 30.69 percent to a mere 12 FCI, being the primary adversely impacts the financial early redressal of long pending impress upon the Centre to marketing season 2019-20, out and the BJP — to provide the electorates an alternative. percent in the last 20 years. central agency mandated to position of the whole procure- food procurement issues with hasten the process of grain- of which state procurement It has been learnt that Brahmpura had also invited Aam He also highlighted that in ensure food stocks for the ment process, thereby burden- the Centre, Capt Amarinder stock movement to create more agencies will procure 104 LMTs Aadmi Party (AAP) for the meeting. Sources informed that AAP the last 10 years, FCI had been nation, should remain active- ing the state of Punjab. said that he would be writing space for the storage of wheat wheat, said Food and Supplies state unit president Bhagwant Mann had denied to have any coali- pulling back at the last minute ly involved in the food pro- “The last-minute refusal by to the Union Finance Minister during the ensuing Rabi Season secretary Sinha. tion with Khaira led group. # $
2 6 said that the State Government MLAs or sarpanches. “They works would not be tolerated. been asked to monitor the Raj representatives to proac- with the Naamdhari Darbar had to be ensured at any cost. was ready to extend any help represent the people in a Expressing concern over peo- allotment process. tively curb drugs in their vil- ,who have already taken up the DCs have also been asked needed by the DCs to ensure democracy and we must be ple reporting that pace of work On the issue of debt waiv- lages. noble task of its cleaning in a to supervise repair of link timely completion of projects cordial with them in our deal- in the field is very slow, he er, the Chief Minister asked the Referring to the Smart time-bound manner. roads to ensure that quality of for the development of the ings,” said Capt Amarinder. directed the DCs to monitor DCs to involve local represen- Village Campaign for rural The Chief Minister direct- road repair being undertaken state and welfare of its people. Directions were also issued working of their office and tatives and ensure that no eli- areas and Urban Environment ed expeditious acquisition for by Mandi Board or PWD is Chief Minister, days after to the Secretaries to be in reg- other subordinate offices in the gible person is left out on any Improvement Programme for Kartarpur Corridor in good and not compromised at soliciting feedback from the ular touch with the DCs to district effectively. account. urban areas launched by his Gurdaspur to ensure timely any cost. Congress MLAs on the func- ensure that there are no gaps in Capt Amarinder also Underlining the need to government, the Chief Minister completion of the project. Expressing concern over 3056,0 3 tioning of his Government, the implementation of various announced allotment of one sustain the momentum of anti- asked the DCs to ensure that all The Chief Minister asked the stray dog menace, the Chief sent out a strong message to the schemes and benefits reach lakh plots of five marlas each to drug campaign, he asked the their proposals reach the Rural the DCs to complete, in time Minister asked the DCs to ith Lok Sabha elections state’s administration to pull up the people at the grassroots. the homeless SC families, with DCs to review NDPS Act cases Development secretary and and with due diligence, various start sterilisation programme as Wstaring at, Punjab Chief their socks, and ensure that the He also directed the DCs to at least 10 plots in each village where bail has been granted Local Government secretary flood control and canal desilt- the dogs were now attacking Minister Capt Amarinder pace of hard work and com- identify bad eggs in various across the state in the first due to non-filing of charge- latest by January 31. ing works, asking them to con- human beings in herds, caus- Singh on Tuesday ordered the mitment is upped over the offices, be it at tehsils, BDO phase where land is available sheets. “DCs must visit OOAT “Works must be com- verge works with NREGA to do ing grievous hurt or sometimes Deputy Commissioners of all next two months to ensure the offices, Police Stations or the with village Panchayats. clinics regularly and interact menced through the respective more with State funds. even loss of life. the districts to tighten their fulfilment of the Government’s municipality level, and ensure “In case, where land is not with all stakeholders to ensure agencies, preferably by Capt Amarinder asked the During the meeting, all belts and work harder to development agenda for the that corruption is eliminated available and is to yet to be success of treatment,” he said, February 15,” he said, asserting DCs to make all necessary the Deputy Commissioners strengthen their public inter- state. completely down to the grass- arranged, such SC beneficiaries further asking the officers to that this was top priority for his arrangements for Rabi pro- gave their inputs and sugges- face to deliver on the promis- At the same time, the Chief roots. would be considered in the sec- check misuse of Buprenorphine government and he did not curement in time as wheat tions on farm debt waiver, es on which his government Minister made it clear that Asking the DCs to ensure ond phase,” he said, announc- tablets by unscrupulous ele- want any delay in implemen- procurement will clash with drug abuse prevention pro- had come to power 22 months respect for elected representa- punctuality and discipline ing a series of measures to ments. tation. Lok Sabha elections this time. gramme, state-run employ- ago. tives needed to be ensured at all among their staff, the Chief ensure development at both, DCs were also directed to Expressing concern over Transportation and labour con- ment programmes under the Making it clear that cor- costs. He directed the DCs to Minister made it clear that the rural and urban levels. The revitalize DAPO and Buddy the pollution caused by Budha tracts must be finalized well in Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar ruption will not be tolerated at extend due courtesy and regard delay in implementation of Rural Development and programmes through involve- Nala, the Chief Minister asked time, he said, making it clear Mission, stray cattle menace any level, the Chief Minister to all elected persons, be it programmes and development Panchayats Department has ment of all elected Panchayati the Ludhiana DC to coordinate that hassle-free procurement and state run Gaushalas. # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./
29-:P 1;1;:1/ ! ! " # 3056,0 3 3056,0 3 to pursue the state’s demand !< %! %7% # “Elaborate arrangements for a regular Express Train ser- %-$ ! >- -# $# are being put in place for hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday said that the Congress- unjab Chief Minister Capt vice, named Prakash Purb #P*#@ 7*A # -! boarding and lodging of the Sled Punjab Government’s ‘Ghar Ghar Naukari’ farce had been PAmarinder Singh on Express, from New Delhi to > # %7# %#17 @#* devotees who would throng exposed with only a single person attending the job fair held at Tuesday spoke with the Union Amritsar via Sultanpur Lodhi, the city. The city is fortunate- Ludhiana a day before. “Youth has refused to attend job fair because Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to facilitate pilgrims to pay < $ - .> #1A @ ly well connected through they do not have any faith in the Congress Government. Youngsters obeisance during the 550th ##!$% @ % % road and rail network. have a very bitter experience at earlier job fairs. They have not been birth anniversary celebrations -! 7>- '*$%1 A %!% # However, regulated trans- offered jobs commensurate with their qualifications, and the of Guru Nanak Dev. >%! %@ > .#% 7# portation of commuters is Government is not offering any job in the government sector. This The Chief Minister also *- %7 $#;;4 $.% $ required as huge crowds are is why yesterday’s job fair was shunned by the youth,” said SAD pres- pressed for special train ser- expected to descend in the ident Sukhbir Badal. vices for Sultanpur Lodhi from 77%# #!#. %7A month of November 2019,” he Sukhbir said that the Congress Government had played a cruel New Delhi during the period - - 7 <# added. joke with the youth. “They were not only promised Ghar Ghar from October 1 to November Citing the importance of Naukari, but also an unemployment allowance of Rs 2,500 per month 30, 2019, to ensure proper saying that the State the event, the Chief Minister besides smart phones, and the Government has failed to implement connectivity and ease of trav- Government had already pointed out that the Punjab any of these. el to the pilgrims. launched year-long celebra- Government had formed a He also sought an upgra- tions on November 23, 2018, State Committee to map out dation of the existing Railway at Sultanpur Lodhi. and implement various pro- 00- ) Station at Sultanpur Lodhi to The city has immense his- grammes and projects to a world-class railway stations, torical and religious impor- commemorate the historic in view of the importance of tance, he noted, adding that it occasion. -B 06 the town to the historic cele- was in the holy bein, that The Central Government brations. passes through the city, that had also constituted a National Chandigarh: SAD on Tuesday vested interests. “Repeated deser- Pointing out that Guru Guru Nanak Devji attained Committee to commemorate said that Punjabis have com- tions in AAP have left the party Nanak Dev’s 550th birth enlightenment. the event, he noted, urging the pletely distanced themselves cadre completely confused about anniversary was being Sultanpur Lodhi was Minister to issue the necessary from a faction-ridden Aam with whom it should be siding observed in November 2019, expected to be the first halt for instructions to ensure that the Aadmi Party (AAP) as its “dubi- with. Not only the common peo- Capt Amarinder referred to pilgrims from across the world services and facilities sought ous” leadership was always ple of Punjab, but even the AAP the letter he had written to the to pay homage to the great by the state are provided at the switching loyalties at any oppor- workers don’t want to attend Minister earlier this month, guru, said Capt Amarinder. earliest. tune moment to secure their party meetings,” said SAD MP Prem Singh Chandumajra . He said: “A few days back, party’s Jagraon legislator and deputy leader in the legislator assembly Sarbjit Kaur Manuke preferred to skip AAP’s much- touted Barnala rally as she could not convince people of her con- stituency to attend the event.” # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./
;/1 & *: ' ##!$%) $ % - ,*. +! Minister and BJP spokesperson roboration and no question '! ( Ravi Shankar Prasad said the and such big allegations were ) Indian Journalists’ Association levelled,” he said. $ &' ( is headed by Ashis Ray who is Prasad also expressed his a “committed Congressman party’s “deep pain” at the alle- and writes for National Herald”. gation in the London event that $,$ # 52/623 being present at the Press con- Ray “campaigns” for the Union Minister Gopinath ference where Shuja claimed Congress on social media and Munde was “murdered” day after a self-proclaimed the 2014 general election was has often attacked Prime because he was aware of the '! Acyber expert claimed that “rigged” through the EVMs, Minister Narendra Modi, 2014 poll “rigging” and was set 0 EVMs could be ‘hacked’, a stated that he was there as part Prasad claimed, adding that he to disclose it. He dismissed it as / !! huge political storm erupted of invitation from the organiz- had also organised Rahul’s rubbish. Munde died in a road # across the country with the ers and claimed that all the public event in London. accident in New Delhi weeks $ % Opposition and ruling parties political parties including the Prasad also dismissed after the BJP won the 2014 elec- L trading charges against each election watchdog was invited Sibal’s claim that he was present tions. 3( other prompting the Election for the presser in London. The in his personal capacity, saying Uttar Pradesh rivals BSP’s # Commission of India (ECI) to Congress, however, distanced he was intelligent enough to Mayawati and SP’s Akhilesh lodge an FIR against the itself from the event. know implications of his being Yadav, who have joined hands ' '' claimant Syed Shuja. The BJP dubbed the alle- there. He claimed that Sibal to contest the Lok Sbaha polls, 4DE While the BJP and the gations of rigging in the 2014 went there by deliberate design. demanded that the upcoming ##!$%) 0 Government alleged that the polls a “Congress-sponsored He said the invite for the event polls be held using ballot O !: Congress had organised the conspiracy” designed to had claimed that the hacking of papers instead of EVMs. L EVM hackathon in London, “defame” Indian democracy invitations to all political par- they are going to make an were murdered, Sibal sought a EVMs will be shown but the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Congress alongwith other and its Election Commission. ties including BJP and also important revelation. So I thorough probe. “gentleman” appeared in the US N Chandrababu Naidu too B Opposition parties demanded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Election Commission... He went,” Sibal said. Ray was one The ruling party launched wearing a mask. stated leaders of 22 parties a proper probe in the matter called the claims ‘garbage’ and (Ashish Ray) sent me a per- of the organisers of the event. a stinging attack on the “I could not understand would meet the Election ( # and reiterated their demand for the next ‘big lie’ after ‘Rafale’, sonal e-mail also. I told him Reiterating Shuja’s claims Congress and said it has already this drama. He (Shuja) offered Commission soon to discuss D!:' VVPAT voting. “Indian Journalists that I will be in London for that a day after the 2014 elec- started looking for an “alibi” for no proof and nor did he present the EVMs and the voter veri- 0E0 9:!C Senior Congress leader Association London President some personal work and he tions, 11 members of his team its certain loss in the coming himself to questioning by the fiable paper audit trails Kapil Sibal, who was noticed Ashis Ray told me he has sent insisted that I should come as which was working on EVMs Lok Sabha polls. Union media. No evidence, no cor- (VVPAT) system. :21/111196<88 ''! - ' + P # *' ! & %$ "" && '$ 2 , /5P (. ##!$%) & ( 52/623 Amendment Bill 2019, being citizenship. A large section of 52/623 strongly opposed by a large sec- people and organisations in the nion Home Ministry clar- tion of people and organisa- Northeast have opposed the he Government has Uified on Tuesday that tions in the Northeast, seeks to Bill saying it will nullify the Tapproved granting of Ex- #0 Indian citizenship would not be provide Indian citizenship to provisions of the Assam Accord Servicemen Contributory * 0 ( granted to any foreigner with- persecuted minorities — of 1985, which fixed March 24, Health Scheme (ECHS) to 5 out the consent of State Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists 1971 as the cut-off date for Assam Rifles pensioners. The Governments concerned after and Christians — from deportation of all illegal immi- beneficiaries will include pen- the passage of the Citizenship Bangladesh, Pakistan and grants irrespective of religion. sioners and their dependents # (Amendment) Bill. Home Afghanistan after they have Home Minister Rajnath residing in India and Nepal Ministry spokesperson Ashok stayed in India for seven years, Singh has already said the Bill subject to certain conditions. ;4D & ' ' Prasad said every application instead of 12 years at present. will apply to all States and The Assam Rifles, one of the ) F for Indian citizenship will be This is applicable to those who Union Territories and the ben- oldest para-military forces ##!$%)0 I: enquired into by the deputy came to India before December eficiaries can reside anywhere mostly deployed in the North- commissioner or district mag- 31, 2014. in the country. “The burden of East has officers from the istrate concerned, who will The six religious minorities these persecuted migrants will Army and the home ministry B carry out due diligence and from Pakistan, Bangladesh and be shared by the whole coun- has the administrative control submit it to the state Afghanistan were earlier given try. Assam alone would not of the force. The soldiers are # Government concerned. a special dispensation for grant have to bear the entire burden recruited from all over the O$ “The State Government of long term visas. People and the government is com- nation. * 0$ also has to conduct an enquiry belonging to Hindu, Sikh, mitted to giving all help to the Giving details of the deci- * (* through its agencies. Only then, Buddhism, Jain, Parsi and state government and people of sion taken the Cabinet an individual will be granted Christian religions from Assam,” Singh had said. Committee on Security (CCS), < ( Indian nationality. Without the Pakistan, Bangladesh, Home Ministry sources officials said here on Tuesday * state government’s recommen- Afghanistan will have to prove said the ministry is considering the there are more than three D* 6 E dations, no one will be given they belonged to any of the a proposal to provide incentives lakh beneficiaries including K: 52/623 The exercise aims to simul- maritime security, including Indian citizenship,” Prasad told three countries and were per- to those people who want to dependents. As per the home # taneously activate the coastal offshore and coastal security. reporters here. secuted on religious lines settle anywhere in India, except ministry records, there are n an effort to test the opera- security mechanism across all The Indian Coast Guard was The Citizenship among other things for Indian the Northeast. about 92,000 Assam Rifles pen- & ' 1 Itional readiness of all the states and Union Territories. designated as the agency sioners including about 27,000 ' ) stakeholders to ward off any The exercise will cover a wide responsible for coastal securi- residing in Nepal. ##!$%) / attack like the 26\11 Mumbai frontage covering for the first ty in territorial waters, includ- terror attacks in 2008 wherein time the entire coast of India, ing waters to be patrolled by the 6 ! +*' terrorists came in through the including island territories. State Marine Police. sea route, the Navy has com- The exercise will also go deep- Coastal security is complex menced the largest ever coastal er, being spread over seaward, construct since it involves activ- # defence exercise Sea Vigil along coastal, and hinterland areas. ities both at sea and at land. 8 the entire 7,000 km coast of the Evaluation of critical areas and The targets of the terrorists 3 3 country. The two-day fist of its processes, including inter- could be well inland. In the kind national level exercise agency coordination, informa- aftermath of “26/11”, a whole- 52/623 BB starting Tuesday also covers the tion sharing and technical sur- of-government approach to 7 @ G #$-AA!#1 7A# #* -7*34 New Delhi: The Pakistani mar- Exclusive Economic Zone veillance will be undertaken. maritime security was adopted he extensive transfer and AA%# 7* 1%7!-*%7 @#AA%# $ 7*!%7 itime agency fired on an Indian # (EEZ). The exercise covers the On the first of its kind drill, and a large number of mea- Tposting of officials by inter- -% ! #!%<# $#3 @, $# #A fishing boat with seven persons entire 7,516.6 km coast cover- he said so far smaller exercis- sures were taken by a host of im CBI chief M Nageswar Rao on board and sank it on 4 ing 13 coastal states and union es are conducted in coastal stakeholders. is aimed to break the caucus of %#< % * $%$ > .%7 $#3 # January 17, following which 2 territories and stake holders states on a biannual basis, At the apex level National well entrenched officers post- 7* > #*%7 $#$# *H- # A # India has lodged a strong ##!$%) also include fishing and coastal including combined exercises Committee on Strengthening ed in the agency headquarters *# *#$ 7.##7 7A# #* $ 7*% $ protest with Pakistan over the ) communities, Navy spokesper- amongst adjoining states are Maritime and Coastal Security for over three years and restore incident, official sources said son DK Sharma said here on conducted. The national level (NCSMCS) with Cabinet the professional credibility. on Tuesday. ':B Tuesday. reflects the distance that has Secretary at the helm was Nineteen out of the 20 over a decade has now been interim chief of the agency for Six Indian fishermen on ( Explaining the objectives of been covered since ‘26/11’ and established to review important transfers executed on Monday transferred to Chandigarh. the second time on January 11 board the boat ‘Sudama Puri’ 6 Exercise Sea Vigil, he said it the relative maturing of the matters pertaining to Coastal comprise cadre officials. The Likewise, SP SK Nair post- had undone the decisions taken were rescued by Indian Coast 2 0 aims to comprehensively and organisation for coastal security Security and for effective cen- lone officer Prem Gautam is an ed as SP in BSFC, Mumbai who by Verma, who was reinstated Guard while one fisherman was #0 holistically validate the effica- to take on this large-scale tre-state coordination. IPS officer who is the SP of the was probing the Mehul by the Supreme Court on missing after the incident D0 E cy of the measures taken since endeavour. Likewise committees have Economic Offences Wing and Choksi/Nirav Modi case relat- January 8. which occurred 64 nautical - ( ‘26/11’. Seaward monitoring The scale of the exercise is also been established at State has been given additional ing to PNB scam has been The first cycle of transfers miles south west off Mitha 5 ( during the exercise will entail unprecedented in terms of the and District level. At the oper- charge of Deputy Director transferred to Anti-Corruption was done on October 24, last Port in Gujarat, they said.PTI # patrolling off coast, in Offshore geographical extent, the num- ational level, it included setting (Administration/Personnel) Bureau in Mumbai. SP OF year, a day after Rao was made Development Areas and off our ber of stakeholders involved, up of Joint Operations Centres after relieving the current BSFC, P Balachandran has also acting director of the agency for islands by the Indian Navy, number of units participating (JOCs) of the Navy and Coastal incumbent Anish Prasad, who been transferred as SP Cochin. the first time. Indian Coast Guard, support- and in terms of the objectives Security Operations Centres of had allegedly put former SP Mohit Gupta who was He was appointed to the ed by the State Marine Police. to be met. All operational the Indian Coast Guard. A Special Director Rakesh entrusted by then CBI chief post after the government Closer coast, strategic assets of the Indian Navy and multi-tiered patrol and sur- Asthana’s number on surveil- Alok Verma to probe the case divested Verma and Asthana of assets, ports, Single Point Indian Coast Guard are par- veillance mechanism with lance without due procedure, against his deputy Rakesh their powers following a bitter Moorings (SPMs) will be ticipating in the SEA VIGIL. focus on technical surveillance sources said. Asthana has been brought to feud between the two top CBI patrolled by designated agen- The conduct of the exercise and augmenting Maritime More transfers are in the the BSFC, Delhi. officers. cies. Seaward monitoring will SEA VIGIL is also being facil- Domain Awareness (MDA) offing in the coming days at “The exercise was aimed to Verma was removed by also entail inputs from techni- itated by the Ministries of through the coastal radar chain various levels in the agency, the cleanse and purge the system. the the high-powered com- cal means, including intelli- Defence, Home Affairs, and other systems was adopt- sources said. The purpose was also to fill the mittee led by Prime Minister gence sources. Shore-based Shipping, Petroleum and ed. Real-time information shar- In a major reshuffle, Rao vacancies in branches which Narendra Modi and compris- monitoring will entail Natural Gas, Fisheries, ing through the National transferred around 20 officers are handling crucial cases and ing of Justice A K Sikri and enhanced vigil by the State Customs, State Governments Command Control Monday, including some offi- to restore checks and balances leader of Congress Police along the coast, moni- and other agencies of centre Communication and cers handling crucial cases like and strengthen vigilance mech- Mallikarjuna Kharge, two days toring of fish landing centres by and state. Intelligence (NC3I) Network; the 2G scam. The case of SP anism in the agency,” an official after his reinstatement. & "$ 9 */ & , state fisheries departments as Post ‘26/11’, the Indian greater intelligence and opera- Vivek Priyadarshi who was in the know of developments Government again gave . / .- 0# also monitoring of port areas Navy was designated as the tional coordination were made probing the 2G case and was said. the charge to Rao in an inter- & " *& , " * $ by respective port authorities. agency responsible for overall the focus areas. posted in the headquarter for Rao after taking over as the im capacity. # % &%' ) *+,
2 52/623 signed soon between the CISF Museum in Hyderabad, ageable crowd flow. “The deci- as one of the most spectacular uments, and artwork, dating and the Archeological Survey National Museum in Delhi sion to deploy CISF personnel forts in the country while the from the 600-1000 CE period. fter year-long confabula- of India (ASI). “Nitti gritty has and Victoria Memorial in at these four monuments was Bibi Ka Maqbara is a tomb Dedicated to the Hindu Ations, the plan to provide been almost finalized in the Kolkata. When contacted, taken early last year after com- built by Mughal emperor ‘God Surya’, what remains of Central Security Industrial matter. The pact can be inked Superintending Archeologist pletion of a technical survey by Aurangzeb’s son Azam Shah in the Sun Temple complex has Force (CISF) security cover to anytime soon,” said the sources. (Aurangabad Circle) Dr. Dilip the paramilitary force, which the memory of his mother the appearance of a 100-foot the four iconic monuments — The ASI had approached Kumar Khamari confirmed figured out the modalities of (posthumously known as (30 m) high chariot with Sun Temple in Konark in the CISF personnel in these that the three monuments will the new posting such as num- Rabia-ud-Daurani). It bears a immense wheels and horses, all Odisha, Daulatabad Fort, Bibi monuments to meet security be under CISF ambit if a pro- ber of personnel that would be striking resemblance to the carved from stone. Once over Ka Maqbara (Tomb of the challenges such as encroach- posal in this regard is given the required, the security equip- famous Taj Mahal, the mau- 200 feet (61 m) high, much of Lady) and Ellora caves, all ments and for managing green signal. But he refused to ment needed and the kind of soleum of wife of Shah Jahan. the temple is now in ruins. three in Aurangabad in crowds which increase on divulge further details of the security that needs to be pro- Aurangabad is also home There are 3686 centrally Maharashtra — is now all set weekends and festivals. proposal which was conceived vided at these tourist centres,” to Ellora-- one of the largest protected monuments/sites to see the light of the day. Presently, Taj Mahal and early last year. said the sources. rock-cut monastery-temple under the ASI, majority of Sources in the Union Red Fort are the only two ASI- However, sources said that Located on a pyramid- cave complexes in the world, which are manned by private Culture Ministry said that a protected monuments in the set up by the Union Home airports. the four top heritage sites are shaped hilltop to the north- and a UNESCO World security agency. The Taj Mahal memorandum of understand- country that are being guard- Ministry for protection of The CISF protected muse- facing security threats, west of Aurangabad, Heritage Site, featuring has 280 CISF security person- ing (MoU) in this regard will be ed by the CISF, a central force country’s industrial units and ums include Salarjung encroachments and unman- Daulatabad fort is considered Buddhist, Hindu and Jain mon- nel while the Red Fort has 290. # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./ 6 ! <' (
= 00 coming Lok Sabha elections. tions,” adding the coming gen- Government for providing asy- regime he said. “Trinamool Congress eral polls will not only deter- lum to the cross-border infil- Mocking the grand United saffron Government, if it needs to be uprooted from this mine the future of India but trators Shah said, “I can assure India rally organized last Acomes to power in the State so as to bring to an end also write the history of Bengal you that if BJP comes to power Saturday by Chief Minister State, will end cross-border its syndicate tax raj,” Shah said in a different way. it will not let any infiltrator Mamata Banerjee at the historic infiltration and “syndicate tax reminding “in order to see the “The 2019 elections will enter Bengal.” The TMC Brigade Parade Ground in raj” in Bengal, BJP president back of this Government which determine whether this TMC Government loves infiltrators, Kolkata and attended by 23 Amit Shah on Tuesday said has promoted gun and bomb Government which has mur- which is why it is allergic to national leaders Shah said “this while launching a venomous workshops in the place of tra- dered democracy in Bengal national register for citizens was a rally where there were 9 attack on the Mamata Banerjee ditional factories we will have and set up syndicate tax raj, will protesting its implementation, aspirants for the Prime Government. to first defeat them in the gen- remain in Bengal or will be Shah said promising to bring Minister’s post. This means Shah who was holding a eral elections.” uprooted,” Shah adding “in NRC to Bengal if it comes to there were nine Prime rally at Malda in North Bengal Setting a target of 23 seats Gujarat you don’t have to cough power in this State. Ministers whereas in BJP there said reminding, the first pre- Shah said “we will have to win up money to the syndicates for The BJP Government will is only one, that is Narendra condition for a State-level 23 seats from this State so that buying cement, bricks and provide citizenship to all the Modi,” adding the people will changeover is a thunderous we can throw them out of sand to construct a house. Hindu, Shikh, Buddhist and definitely choose the better victory for the saffrons in the power in the next State elec- Attacking the Trinamool Jain refugees during the NRC and later option. *:& . / $ % &%' 589P % +$ + ' +
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+ '' DMK and other Dravidian organisations had Kolkata: A woman on Tuesday the report of the medical board of being affected with Down 32550 flown black balloons against him for the delay in moved the Calcutta High before the court on January 25. Syndrome, they submitted constituting the Cauvery Management Board as Court seeking permission to The woman got married in before the court. They con- he venue from where Prime Minister per the orders of the Supreme Court. The Prime abort her 25-week old foetus 1999 and gave birth to a girl in sulted two more doctors and TNarendra Modi was to lay the foundation Minister's visit in April 2018 was to inaugurate the due to medical complications. 2004, their lawyers Kallol Basu after several more pathological stone for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Defence Expo. Hearing the plea of the and Apalak Basu submitted. tests it was found that the foe- (AIIMS) at Madurai on January 29 has been shift- "The recent speeches made by the Dravidian woman and her husband, While the woman is a tus was affected by abnormal ed to another place following security threat. leaders condemning the Prime Minister over a Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty homemaker, her husband development of cardiac organs, Though Tamil Nadu Police was tight-lipped series of issues ranging from Karnataka's plan to directed her to appear before a works in a private company. stomach, umbilical chord, apart about the reasons behind the shifting of the venue, go ahead with the preparation of detailed project medical board of state-run She conceived again in from that of the brain which persons having access to intelligence inputs told report for constructing the Mekedattu Dam and SSKM Hospital on Thursday October last year and, after four can lead to the child being The Pioneer that central agencies have taken note the 'failure' of the Centre to accept the demand for examination and to ascer- weeks during a check-up, the affected by Down Syndrome of the statements made by Vaiko, leader of the for compensation package for those affected by tain whether the pregnancy was doctor suspected some abnor- following birth. On January 13, MDMK and leaders of various Tamil chauvinist Cyclone Gaja in November 2018 were highly crit- to be terminated. mality and advised the woman when the foetus was aged 23 organisations that they would stage black flag ical and it is quite natural for central agencies to Justice Chakraborty direct- to undergo a serum test. weeks, one of the doctors said demonstrations against the Prime Minister dur- take note of the same," said a source in Chennai ed Additional Advocate General After the test, it was found it was a fit case for termination ing his visit to Madurai. Police who did not want his name to be quoted. Abhratosh Majumdar to submit that the child was at a high risk of pregnancy. PTI Security agencies do not want to risk any chances as last time the Prime Minister visited Chennai, the # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./ = ! < "
+ 3)' Ministry about the final result providing them food, water and !! of the talks and gave it the sit- other essentials. ! uation report. While the BGB claimed After receiving the min- they had come from India, the + 2& istry's nod, the BSF signed the BSF said they had not as there Agartala/New Delhi: The BSF papers and handed over the 31 was no tell-tale sign of breach on Tuesday handed over the 31 Rohingyas to the staff of the of the barbed wire fence on the Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Shia "In the rural areas of the Rohingya Muslims, who were Amtoli police station in West Indian side. Central Waqf Board Chairman country also, the primary stranded on the India- Tripura district police at 11 am, BGB commander in Waseem Rizvi has written a let- madarasas in the name of Bangladesh border for four ending the standoff with their Bangladesh's eastern ter to Prime Minister Narendra donations are harming the days, to Tripura Police, even as Bangladeshi counterparts. Brahmanbaria region Lt Modi, urging him to shut down future of our children and pro- 30 more community members The officials added that the Colonel Golam Kabir told PTI primary-level madrasas across moting fundamentalist think- were apprehended in Assam, state police will verify the in Dhaka that the "BSF want- the country in order to check ing... This is damaging both the officials said. details of the Rohingyas, and ed to push them into our ter- terror group ISIS’ influence country and the Muslim chil- The 31 Rohingyas, who " ! + % the BSF has been asked to ren- ritory but eventually, they took on Muslim children. dren," he said. had apparently come from ! 9 0 der assistance for the task. them back". Rizvi, who has supported Taking admission in Jammu & Kashmir, were stuck % &%' It is suspected that these He said BGB officials held the demand for Ram temple in madrasas after schooling will in no-man's land, beyond the people had travelled to the two round of talks with their Ayodhya and uniform civil not only help them take normal barbed wire fence along the Police was taken after the BSF "We took the matter up with border area from Jammu & Indian counterparts during code, said Muslim children, if education till the high school- Indo-Bangladesh border in and the BGB failed to reach a the BGB and requested them to Kashmir, the officials said which "we told the BSF that if they want, can take admission shut down, about half of the level along with children of dif- Tripura since January 18. decision during talks on the take the Rohingyas back to adding, that the truth can only they were Bangladeshis, bring in madrasas after completing country's population will ferent sections of society and The situation had led to a issue. Bangladesh. They denied. be established after an investi- them to justice in your coun- high school. become supporters of the ISIS religion, but also will deter blame game between the The 31 Rohingyas under- Several rounds of talks with the gation. Pranab Sengupta, offi- try in line with your law for "It can be seen that children ideology in 15 years' time," them from getting easily influ- Border Security Force (BSF) went a medical check-up and BGB had failed. So, we hand- cer-in-charge of the Amtali trespass charges". are soft targets for running any Rizvi said in the letter. enced by fundamentalist think- and its counterpart — Border were later produced before a ed them over to police." police station, told PTI that the "They (Indians officials) mission and at this point of He said the support to the ing, Rizvi said. Guards Bangladesh (BGB) — court in West Tripura district A battalion commander- 31 Rohingyas, including nine tried to convince us that the time ISIS is a dangerous terror ISIS is clearly visible in He has previously sup- with the two sides accusing which sent them to 14-day level meeting was held at the women and 16 children, were Rohingyas entered into India organisation which is gradual- Kashmir where children are ported the demand of Ram each other of pushing them judicial custody, the officials Zero Line on Sunday, the offi- sent to the Tripura Medical from Bangladesh which we ly getting hold over the Muslim being alienated from people of temple at the disputed site in into their territories. said. cials said. College for a check-up and refused to accept as these peo- population across the world. other religion in the name of Ayodhya and a mosque, The decision to hand over Deputy Inspector General Officials in New Delhi said "were found to be alright". ple were carrying Indian refugee "...If madarasas are not Islamic education. 'Masjid-e-Aman', in Lucknow. the Rohingyas to the Tripura of the BSF Brijesh Kumar said, the BSF informed the Home He said the BSF had been cards," Kabir added. PTI "0! & )5
)= Mumbai: An organisation Devendra Fadnavis later told our agitation if the Government claiming to work for Brahmin reporters that the CM was pos- fails to give reservation before Jaipur: Two more people died a three-day screening drive for rights on Tuesday held a dhar- itive on their demands except Lok Sabha code of conduct due to swine flu in Rajasthan swine flu and it has now been na here demanding four per cent that of quota. Vishwajeet comes into force," he said. on Tuesday, taking the death extended to three more days. reservation for the community Deshpande, an organisation He added that their toll to 54, an official spokesper- On Monday and Tuesday, instead of inclusion in the functionary said, "All other demands include creation of a son of the State Health more than 55 lakh people were Centre's 10 per cent quota for demands except reservation for separate financial board for the Department said. screened in nearly 20 lakh economically backward sections Brahmins were accepted by the Brahmin community to help The two deaths were houses across the state, Dr V K in the general category. Govt. However, reservation is economically weaker sections, a reported from Bikaner and Mathur, Director (public The protest, in Azad our key demand for which we separate 'atrocity act' to protect Karauli. health) of the medical and Maidan in south Mumbai, by will continue our protest." the community as well as stu- As many as 54 people have health department said. the Samasta Brahmin Samaj He added that the 10 per dent hostels in every district for died due to swine flu in the He informed that 846 peo- Maharashtra, an umbrella body cent quota announced by the the community. state from January 1 to till date. ple were found with symptoms of 24 groups, saw around 1500 Narendra Modi Government is The group also demanded The spokesperson said of swine flu and they were given people, including priests, from for 250 castes and religions. free education from kinder- 1,414 people tested positive for the medicine. Nearly 20,000 Nashik, Thane, Pune and other "We want 4 per cent quota, garten to post graduation, com- the H1N1 virus. Looking at the people were found suffering parts of the State. which is half of the population pletion of the Shivaji memorial situation, the medial and health with fever and samples were col- A delegation which met percentage of Brahmins in and Bharat Ratna for freedom department Monday launched lected, Mathur said. PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Maharashtra. We will intensify fighter Veer Savarkar. PTI .+ / 5 / 5 % &%' $ && % * $
* open for public between 11 am medium of artistic expression in it not only depicts the movies motion animation studio, virtual & $ and 6 pm every Sunday and the country and globally. made on the life Mahatma makeover studio, etc. 2 ! Tuesday. The museum has on display Gandhi but also showcases the The NMIC showcases the + / The NMIC — housed in artefacts like vintage cameras, deep impact his life had on cin- creative use of technology by two buildings, the New Museum projectors, editing and record- ema. The Children’s Film Studio Indian film makers over the Shillong: The Indian Navy on ly operated vehicles. operation R Susngi said. 33'4 Building and the 19th century ing equipments, costumes, pho- in the museum gives visitors, years to produce cinemato- Tuesday resumed its operation After day-long efforts, they Efforts to retrieve the body historic palace Gulshan Mahal tographs and other materials particularly children, an oppor- graphic impact on the silver to retrieve the decomposed only managed to move the would continue on Wednesday, — which was inaugurated on by portraying the journey of Indian tunity to explore the science, screen. It also showcases the body of one of the trapped body a few metres from where he added. (4($0 Prime Minister Narendra Modi cinema since the dawn of Indian technology and art behind film- charismatic kaleidoscopic pres- miners detected inside a 370- it was left on Sunday and The Navy personnel had on Saturday —opened for the cinema in 1913 with the first making. It offers hands on expe- ence of the vibrant cinemato- feet deep illegal coal mine in brought it near the bottom of earlier managed to pull the n what will provide an oppor- first time on Sunday and it full-length feature film, “Raja rience on various facets associ- graphic culture across India. Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills the main shaft, officials said. body, seen 200 ft along the hor- Itunity to movie aficionados to remained opened for the second Harischandra” made by the leg- ated with making cinema like Gulshan Mahal is an ASI district but failed to achieve "The body has been pulled izontally dug small hole, about undertake an absorbing journey day on Tuesday. endary Dhundiraj Govind camera, light, shooting, experi- Grade-II Heritage Structure success. near the bottom of the main half way to the bottom of the of over a century of Indian cin- The NMIC provides a Phadke, known as Dadasaheb ence of acting, etc. — present- which has been restored as part Navy divers, who had sus- shaft... The process to bring the shaft. But, it could not be ema, the newly inaugurated the glimpse into Indian film histo- Phalke. ed in an interactive format. of the NMIC project. The dis- pended their operation on body to the top will take some brought out due to apprehen- National Museum of Indian ry and help film students, film- The New Museum Building The exhibits displayed plays present here showcase the Sunday on the advice of the dis- more time due to the presence sion that further moving it Cinema (NMIC) at the Film makers, fans and critics to learn has four Exhibition Halls which include chroma studio, immer- journey of over a hundred years trict administration, along with of some obstructions inside the could result in its disintegra- Divisions campus will remain and understand cinema as a encapsulate: Gandhi & Cinema: sive experience zone, stop- of Indian cinema. NDRF personnel, used remote- mine," spokesperson of the tion, Susngi said. PTI # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./ ' > !!"# $ # 8 76 - # 8 8 2 *,6< 2!!7& 6 ? 6 & " & -6 " 3 0 !CI9 ( @ ( / ( / " # ( / -11 850-9 ukumar Sen, an Indian civil servant — the first Chief Election Commissioner / " 50- Sof India no less — arguably deserved a ‘Nobel Prize for Peace’ in his official capac- . " ( ity for actually launching this country into the trajectory of democracy. Were it not for the successful completion of the first gen- eral and Assembly elections in 1952, the / exalted principles of democracy, as / enshrined in the Constitution, could have received a rude setback. Imagine for a moment in 1953, when Sir - / Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, to give / him his full breadth, got his Nobel Prize for Literature (in absentia) “for his mastery of his- torical and biographical descriptions as well / / as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted ; human values”, Sen receiving the same in the # Peace category. His citation could read, “for peacefully conducting the world’s largest ( elections in India in 1952 on the basis of uni- # versal adult suffrage notwithstanding an tions. Its support to North Korea ond led to the growth of con- cent was unfit to handle democ- abysmally low literacy rate of the electorate, encouraged the communist tact between the leadership racy. Critics, however, were thereby launching the Asian nation on the path regime to attack South Korea on and the masses. proven wrong. A 51.5 per cent / 50- of democracy believed to be a preserve of afflu- June 25, 1950, thus triggering the The demand for the intro- voters’ turnout was recorded, ( ent and industrialised nations of the West.” Korean War (1950-1953). duction of elective principles in which was by no means unsat- / In reality, the Nobel Prize for Peace, 1953, The US failed to tame 62(= 0 >$0 26 India long ante-dated the isfactory. The Election was awarded to General George C Marshall China and had to resume har- demand for independence. The Commission made elaborate Junior (1880-1959), former US Secretary of monic diplomatic relationship =545<2 0 demand for introducing elective publicity arrangements to edu- # 5 ) / ( State, for his plan (‘Marshal Plan’) aimed at in 1972 after a quarter century principles (in legislative coun- cate the voters. Sen himself economic recovery of Western Europe after of alienation. The then US 064% 05 3 2 cils) was raised by the likes of went over to radio and gave a the World War II. No Nobel Peace Prize was President, Richard Nixon, vis- Justice MG Ranade, antiquari- series of talks to enlighten the given over the next two years. The free world ited Beijing to meet Mao 0,%=%=4 an Rajendralala Mitra, voters on a range of issues. , failed to fathom the significance of indepen- Zedong and seal that negotia- =5 4=5) Surendranath Banerjea and sev- January 25, 1950, was the day / 50- dent India’s espousing democracy. India tion between the two political- (0 2 # eral other leaders in the last when the Election Commission # spearheaded the struggle for de-colonisation ly incompatibles. But China quarter of the 19th century. of India was instituted. Since in Asia and Africa. It was also a harbinger of never lost its capacity to give =25 4 2% 22056 There was not even remotely a 2011, the day is being marked / parliamentary democracy in the non- headache to its neighbours and demand for independence then. as ‘National Voters’ Day’ to / ( Western world. One fifth of the world’s pop- the free world in general with its %0 22 =5 Democracy, based on uni- motivate and facilitate the vot- ulation, enlisted to the cause of democracy, aggressive posturing on geo- 32>25< 0,2605 versal adult franchise, is a gift of ers to exercise their franchise. was no mean achievement at the onset of the political and economic matters. our Constitution-makers. To Democracy is a continuous 5 , / , Cold War. India kept out of power blocs and Our other neighbour, 04=5=(=4 ensure free and fair elections, revolution, which must be fed < ! military pacts. Pakistan, also could not develop 22 =5 they envisaged an autonomous interruptedly. , In early 1975, or 25 years after the genuine democracy. Its record of Election Commission under “Democracy is by no means Constitution of India came into force, there military dictatorship extends =(( =54562 Article 324. However, universal a Western institution, it is a were only 40 democracies in the world. They from Field Marshal Ayub Khan 0 2'9"# franchise is an upshot of our free- human institution. Wherever were predominantly in rich and industri- in the 1950/60s to General dom struggle, which was waged man has attempted to evolve alised nations of the West. It was not until Pervez Musharraf in the new 3=/2<2 in the name of every Indian, political institutions, he has hit < the 1980s, or more noticeably the 1990s, after millennium. It has become a hub 45<2 0 regardless of gender, social, eco- upon this wonderful institution the cessation of the Cold War, that signifi- of Islamic extremism and terror- nomic and educational status. called democracy,” observed cant democratisation happened worldwide. ist groups. Its greatest rebuff to % 05 3 2 05 But to implement the same Subhas Chandra Bose in his / $ 7 There are around 125 electoral democracies democracy was Islamabad’s per- at the ground level posed a huge presidential address at the in the world today. sistent refusal to accept the result 4- 3==%=4 administrative challenge. The Maharashtra Provincial " & /" The role of democracies in contributing of general elections of December % 226=( 4,,2 delimitation of constituencies, Conference in Pune on May 3, * S to regional peace is well-acknowledged. 7, 1970, which sparked off the based on the Census of 1941, 1928. Yet like a polar satellite, Democracies rarely get involved into conflicts Liberation War of Bangladesh. /3 3/0 /0,26 creating an accurate voters’ list, there was a danger of it going to S with each other or display hegemonistic The genocide of 1971, mostly of 53250(2=% building capacity and mobilis- pieces, if not properly launched. ) designs. They also tend to promote an open the Hindus in east Bengal, by the 2<2 >5605 ing Government employees on India’s first Chief Election O , society. They, thus, have a moderating effect Pakistani Army, remained an election duty were tough chal- Commissioner set an example. on global situation. excruciating chapter of history. 2,0 62 =% lenges for a newly-indepen- Today, the Election Commission Mao Zedong led China to become a India’s democracy is the dent nation affected by conducts elections five times that People’s Republic within a year of India’s inde- fruition of Constitutional agi- ,2562 = 0 Partition, mass migration and size. Little do we realise how - ) . pendence. It, thus, took a very different polit- tations of the 19th century, fol- 0562 =5=( integration of princely states. immensely they contribute to ical trajectory than India’s. Both nations lowed by mass movements led There was no dearth of world peace. shared cordial ties in the beginning before rela- by MK Gandhi between 1920 04 sceptics who predicted that (The writer is author of tionships soured. But China’s going over to and 1942. The first produced a India’s first general election recently published book, ‘The ( communism, initially as an ally of the erstwhile nucleus of men versed in the would prove to be its last. They Microphone Men: How Orators USSR, and subsequently as adversary, intro- legislative science and Western argued that a population with a created a Modern India’. Views , - ( duced definite tension in international rela- democratic principles. The sec- dismal literacy rate of 16.6 per expressed are his personal) . * , , / - 1 . # / 0 ) ) > S #( 0 - / ( F # # # # # - 1 ) ! . 23 # .-) %@#%7% # - % %- %@#%7% # %# #%*#7 K K(< 5 K5 ( K- * . 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They all had - - L ->68>-, ial, “Wealth inequality” (January a common target: The Bharatiya # >-, 22). It is true that there is a huge Janata Party (BJP) in general; - F # ) gap between the rich and poor and Prime Minister Narendra N B ) ) ": in India. And this state is the , , .<$ Modi and party chief, Amit 6 O # #6 F # same across the world. This Shah, in particular. 0 ) <% < 7 -7! mammoth gap cannot be curbed ( The election was presented 9:!K immediately but at least we # , S as a binary — the BJP alone on need to make a start to build a one side with the rest of the society where everyone can live # country on the other. In the inequality. A Gini of 0 denotes of income tax filers earned 15 decently and gleefully. The data aftermath of Trinamool perfect equality and 100 absolute per cent of total income in exhibited by Oxfam is very ) ( )$ # " Congress chief and West Bengal Sir — This refers to the editor- inequality. The Gini coefficient 2013. After three years, the top much similar to the Pareto prin- 5 = Chief Minister Mamata ial, “Wealth inequality” (January was as high as 48 percentage one per cent of income tax fil- ciple. If the gap widens between /S Banerjee’s rally, the pertinent 22). Wealth inequality is far point in 2013 but jumped to an ers were allowed to gulp 45 per the richer and poorer, a prosper- questions that need answering greater in India as the masses do alarming 63 percentage point in cent of all income in 2016. ous society can’t be formulated. O = # , now would be — what would be not have the right to social 2016. Not only is India’s inequali- Kirti Wadhawan the role of the Congress in the security that our Western coun- After coming out of bottle, ty growing but doing so now at Kanpur ( political near-future? terparts enjoy. Inequality is mea- the Gini, as it were, had grown a much faster pace. This glaring JS Acharya sured in Gini index where high- 15 percentage points in just inequality must immediately be / #S P Q Hyderabad er index value indicates greater three years. The top one per cent bridged by inclusive growth, !# # >%7## J @ %!,@ # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./ ! 7 !!"# $ 1/0 !%&'!! /1 &' &' , ' %$"( "%! &'+ 1& ' 9 ' , ''1 ' , &2 ', 0 B L L &' # ' &2 8$ " * & * *+ , 9/1 ( ! 9 $ 4 # 1 (( O ( . ( A S 4 / * 2; , / he then Prime Minister Atal Bihari A Vajpayee had conceptualised the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to acknowledge the existence of overseas Indians in the national narrative, give them a connec- / Ttive tissue to their country of origin and make A ( them stakeholders in the country’s development. Significantly, he inaugrated the first conclave on , January 9, 2003, to commemmorate the “expatri- = ate” Mahatma Gandhi’s return to India from South # Africa after 20 years. On that date in 1915, Gandhiji set foot on home soil and drew on his # experiences to rejuvenate India’s freedom strug- 4 gle. Historically, the overseas Indians funded the activities of the Indian National Congress and the 5" Indian National Army in gaining Independence. B3 They also led the Ghadar Movement against the " British Raj. Fifteen editions down the line, the ( ( Divas, currently being held in Varanasi, Uttar 5 ( Pradesh, has even solidified their role in the coun- C B3 $ $ try of their birth with the theme being the “Role (05>532 ; 8$$;9 of the Indian Diaspora in Building a New India.” -2=-2=%5605 D33 7D3333 # Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is faced = ,5D-=E with an uphill task of redefining India as well as =((45> global politics, is poised to give equal opportuni- $22<23032 ties to overseas communities. The large presence . ( (more than 25 million) of the diaspora across the ,=<2 5(25 necting diaspora communities across handling of racial attacks on Indians in “Bharat” rather than the “Pravasi.” The A ( world has compelled New Delhi to positively =0>,5= 26 generations, particularly trying to revive Australia, when New Delhi watched the Modi Government has realised this 4 ( engage its untapped asset in fulfilling its internal 325605 ties with original settlers, whom we call whole episode as a mute spectator and predicament and, therefore, has made it / as well as external dreams. Indians abroad have 60 -= 02; 2- People of Indian Origin (PIOs). This is a engaged only in lip service to pressurise a biennial instead of an annual event. S , the potential to advance the country’s profile /325 good step as NRIs, also known as the ‘new’ Canberra. Another example of the gov- Now, it is high time for the govern- / $ through their intellect, finance, expertise and = 0 =50> diaspora and being more affluent, tend to ernment’s apathy was in 2007 when the ment to revise its almost two-decade-old , , ( enterprise. They played a critical role during the 066 2 26 top the headline acts and seem to project Hindu Rights Action Force (HIN- report and chalk out a proactive diaspo- # 1990s, when our economy opened up for the first 2 05 42 0 themselves as better influencers. DRAF) internationalised the wretched ra policy. In fact, the ruling BJP should time, and in 1998, when we were faced with -2 =/5 The push for an inclusive approach condition of ethnic Indians in Malaysia. not forget its election manifesto of ( Western economic sanctions following the =5<2525 2#52/ can be traced as far back as 2000, when The government’s initial response was 2014, where it made it clear that it would Pokhran II nuclear tests. the Government set up a high-level com- tight-lipped. This came as a shocker con- work with Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) , Moreover, in the contemporary globalised 623/05 = mittee on Indian diaspora for assessing sidering it had given a stern response in and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) by world, the diaspora has emerged as a powerful fac- 25,0,232-= issues concerning Indians overseas, 2003, when nearly 300 Indians, mostly adopting a proactive diplomacy strate- A # tor in developing workable relations between $4/3=405> suggesting new policy and organisation- IT professionals in Kuala Lumpur, were gy, to develop what it referred to as nation states and been a catalyst in strengthening 0$2 #32 al frameworks and recommending a “maltreated” and “interrogated” by “Brand India.” It stated that “the NRIs, 1 "( bilateral relations between India and host nations. 20 =5 R42 country-specific agenda to intensify Malaysian authorities. It had warned that PIOs and professionals settled abroad are It is also playing a pivotal role in India’s ‘soft power’ 20 K32-= India’s diplomatic engagement. On the any repeat of such incidents would affect a vast reservoir to articulate the nation- # ( diplomacy, which is one of the major components 0- 2 256=5= recommendation of that committee, the bilateral ties. al interests and affairs globally. This , of New Delhi’s foreign policy strategy. The India- 2022 =5=( government implemented numerous Nonetheless, one can also argue resource will be harnessed for strength- US Civil Nuclear Deal would not have happened 5%425 2%= policy initiatives, including the decision that the victims of ill-treatment on ening Brand India.” - if ethnic Indians in the US had not lobbied suc- 325605 to celebrate the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas March 9, 2003 were Indian India should be obligated to cessfully. Our lobby groups, in fact, have done a and institute the Pravasi Bharatiya citizens/NRIs. On the other hand, the address the concerns of ethnic Indians S / S lot to change the perception of India on Capitol ,=<2 5(250 Samman awards. The most significant protest of November 2007 concerned anywhere in the world, without jeop- # Hill despite regime changes. And at a time when =(-0 26= initiative announced by Vajpayee at the Malaysian citizens of Indian descent ardising their relations with the host , 235 / # 4 ( the world talks about how overseas Chinese 325 inaugural edition was that PIOs in cer- and, therefore, the government countries. Only then, the condition of S S ( plough back resources into their home country, tain countries would get dual citizenship. refrained from interfering in what PIOs as well as India will improve glob- 4 it is significant that India retained its position as However, his party lost the next gener- could be interpreted as interference in ally, as PIOs constitute more than 75 per the world’s top recipient of remittances in 2018, al elections. the internal matters of Malaysia. cent of the Indian diaspora. This is, too, with $80 billion. Interestingly, the total remit- In 2004, the Manmohan Singh However, the fact of the matter is that therefore, an opportune time for New % tances are estimated to be equivalent to 2.8 per Government adopted two significant most PIOs still consider themselves as Delhi to substantially, rather than sym- S cent of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). measures: Establishing a separate Indians and, whenever they are in trou- bolically, recalibrate its diaspora poli- / According to an Indian Economic Review survey, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and ble in the host countries, look at their cy that will redefine its terms of engage- using National Sample Survey Organisation data, introducing the Overseas Citizenship of motherland in protecting their interests. ment. This recalibration can pay rich 4 these remittances helped in poverty reduction and India Scheme in August 2005 in Interestingly, New Delhi also wants to dividends to its foreign policy objectives ( changing consumption behaviour in rural areas. response to “dual citizenship.” During the engage the PIOs but without any liabil- and will also help them be a valuable ( Researchers found that receiver families progressed 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in 2012, the ities. The reason is quite clear — the human resource for developing a new . S " very well in spending on healthcare and ameni- government announced voting rights to PIOs, at present, do not create an eco- India. As the Prime Minister himself " ( ties that pushed up their ease-of-living index. NRIs and some of them exercised their nomic constituency for the Indian gov- acknowledged, while addressing the Therefore, knowing the potential of the franchise for the first time in the 2014 ernment compared to NRIs. Therefore, first PIO Parliamentarians’ Conference / , )* , , Indian diaspora, Modi deliberately interacted general election. one must engage in some form of in New Delhi, law makers from coun- * with the overseas community during his trips to However, many in the PIO commu- meaningful reciprocal links with PIOs. tries ranging from the US and the UK /S the US, Australia, Myanmar, Fiji, Saudi Arabia nity now believe that the government This apathy has led to a lesser par- to Reunion Islands in the Indian Ocean and UK among others. He even liberalised visa totally ignored the Indian diaspora, ticipation of overseas Indians in succes- could boost India’s economic growth. services for them and encouraged them to be except when it occasionally addressed sive celebrations of the Pravasi Bharatiya (The writer is Assistant Professor, partners in new projects. certain issues as per its own convenience. Divas. Nowadays, the diaspora has Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, The Government is also thinking about con- They were upset by the government’s realised that the event is more about University of Delhi) / & /2. !
Lok Sabha election. Though the idea mein sarkar badal do’ (change the the Congress go with the Trinamool Minister. Modiji need not worry,” ing will not fetch them votes. Unless could not move forward earlier, Government at the Centre). Other Congress (TMC) or the Left? Will said Banerjee. Even the Congress they come up with a new vision, vot- when Karnataka Chief Minister Opposition leaders, too, echoed the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) agreed that the decision should be ers will not get enthused. Recently, HD Kumaraswamy took oath on similar sentiments. This was the first continue its ties with the Congress taken only in a post-poll scenario. Modi reacted in his characteristic May 23 last year. Several Opposition big effort by the Opposition after the in Andhra Pradesh, where the The Opposition, therefore, will go style: “My stand on corruption has leaders had graced that occasion BJP lost badly in the three Hindi party’s vote share is almost zero? without a challenger to Modi despite made some people angry as I pre- too. heartland States — Rajasthan, In the North-East, an alliance its galaxy of leaders. The BJP will, vented them from looting public + - ;9 But this time, it is likely to be Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with regional parties is required. Left taking advantage of this scenario, money; they have formed the maha- followed up with another rally in — last month. parties have remained outside as they opt for a presidential style of cam- gathbandhan.” Modi is simply stick- $ an the Opposition unite to Amravati, Andhra Pradesh, by Chief The Opposition combine boasts do not want to share the platform paign. ing to his corruption plank. pose a challenge to the Minister N Chandrababu Naidu a wealth of leaders but as Deve with the TMC. Meanwhile, The third challenge is for the There is no doubt that CBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and another one in Delhi, organised Gowda pointed out, it would be very Telangana Chief Minister, K regional satraps to show an extra- Opposition unity is very difficult to in the coming months? There are so by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief difficult for different party leaders Chandrashekhar Rao, who was busy ordinary determination to sweep the achieve but there is no harm in try- #0 many ifs and buts although West Arvind Kejriwal. An impressive list to forget their differences and come mobilising a federal front, was absent polls in their respective States. They ing. After all, the BJP came to power Bengal Chief Minister Mamata of leaders from 20-plus parties — together. There are so many at the rally because he did not want did well in 2014 by winning an with just 31 per cent vote share in Banerjee organised a mammoth including former Prime Minister Opposition parties of various hues to share the dais with Naidu and impressive number of seats. A the 2014 Lok Sabha poll. rally in Kolkata’s Brigade grounds Deve Gowda, former Union and ideologies that are pulling in Congress leaders. repeat performance would go a As one of the Opposition lead- last week. Ministers Sharad Pawar, Arun different directions, the possibility These are the challenges that long way in challenging Modi and ers said, “Manzil bahut door hai, ! The who’s who of the Shourie and Shatrughan Sinha, of which is not a national coalition will come in the way of Opposition his Government. Raasta bahut kathin hai; Dil mile na ,'"#CC Opposition gathered to prepare a Chief Ministers Chandrababu but state-specific alliances. unity. Once this issue is resolved, The fourth challenge is a ‘one- mile, Haath mila ke chalo” (our des- 4 # roadmap for a coalition against the Naidu, Arvind Kejriwal and HD Most importantly, ego of region- then comes the question of who on-one fight’ against the BJP. This tination is far and the path is diffi- ruling BJP. Addressing the ‘United Kumaraswamy, former Chief al chieftains comes in the way of would be the prime ministerial would avoid a division of cult; despite our differences, we have India’ rally, Banerjee predicted that Ministers Akhilesh Yadav, Farooq unity. In fact, the Congress is work- candidate? This topic has been Opposition votes but it appears to tread the path holding hand the BJP’s days were numbered and Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and ing on this strategy and so are other pushed aside for now. Leaders have difficult. The Prime Minster is together). The coming days and that the “expiry date” of the Modi- Gegong Apang among others — parties. For instance, in Uttar claimed that it will be a collective counting on a divided Opposition weeks will show whether the oppo- led Government had come. The were a part of Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) leadership and the candidate can be to win the 2019 battle. sition means what it says. rally was, perhaps, the beginning of the Kolkata rally. and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) decided in a post-poll scenario. The fifth and the most impor- (The writer is a senior political Opposition efforts to oust the BJP From the podium, Banerjee have come together, keeping the “Throw the BJP out. We will fig- tant point is that the Opposition has commentator and syndicated # Government ahead of the 2019 appealed to the country, ‘Delhi Congress out. In West Bengal, will ure out who can become the Prime no new narrative — just Modi-bash- columnist) # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./ & 8
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52/623 accounts but are unable to ser- (4($0 vice their debt obligations. he Government will soon The Government is likely omestic rating agency Icra Tapproach the RBI seeking a to cite the current situation, Dhas placed the ratings of special dispensation for defer- including availability of funds six mutual fund schemes under ment of provisioning require- in escrow accounts of certain watch with negative implica- ments for bank loans extend- IL&FS companies, for seeking tions due to their exposure to ed to some IL&FS group firms the special dispensation, they the crippled infra lender IL&FS amid ongoing efforts to mon- added. group entities. > ( !"0 / /+ ?' + @ etise assets of the crisis-hit On Tuesday, the Ministry The schemes being put /6 !1 + + # A / !%0/ group, official sources said reviewed the progress made in under watch include a short $ !B.!# + ! Tuesday. dealing with the problems at term debt funds and banking 9 - +'/1!/ / 5 ?//5@+ !5 A$ Some companies of the the group. and PSU debt funds from diversified IL&FS group, which Following the series of HDFC, banking and PSU debt has debt burden of over defaults by some group com- fund, bond fund, dynamic 91,000 crore, have failed to panies, the Government super- bond funds from UTI , Aditya repay loans. Following the cri- seded the board and appoint- Birla Sun Life short term sis at IL&FS late last year that ed seasoned banker and Kotak opportunities fund, Icra said in raised concerns over liquidity Mahindra Bank MD Uday statement on Tuesday. in the system, the corporate Kotak as chairman in October The rating action is due to affairs ministry had super- 2018. the “deterioration in the cred- seded its board. The IL&FS group compa- it quality” of the underlying The sources said efforts to nies are estimated to have out- investments of these schemes monetise certain assets of standing loans of about 60,000 driven by their exposure to spe- IL&FS are progressing and the crore to banks and financial cial purpose vehicles (SPVs) of group is expected to come out institutions, while the total IL&FS Group, the agency said. . . ' > 5
52/623 said. tance of not showing any dis- of the woods in the next four debt is over 91,000 crore. These schemes have expo- . # 5 0 - 0" !+ !5 A budget of around 6 advantage to the sector, he to five months. State-owned LIC is the sin- sure to Hazaribagh Ranchi 5 0 / & !> + . !5 ' ndia is expected to edge past lakh crore was allocated for added that the government Against this backdrop, the gle largest shareholder in Expressway, Jharkhand Road : ,!, - 5 0 / ,5 !5 0 A Ithe US with regard to steel infrastructure development in was also reviewing the sources said the ministry would IL&FS group with 25.34 per Projects Implementation # . : - ..'!5 consumption this year, Steel the current financial year, he DMI&SP policy and trying to soon approach the RBI seeking cent while Japan’s Orix Company, and Jorabat Shillong 5 0 $ ' + # ' % Minister Chaudhary Birender noted. find convergence between dispensation for deferment of Corporation owns 23.50 per Expressway, the agency said. ?$'+#'%@A% > . . ' Singh said on Tuesday. “So, based on these DMI&SP policy and Public provisioning of loans with cent shareholding. “The default risks by vari- # . A% 0 . ,A Addressing the fourth edi- enabling factors and with huge Procurement Order 2017 of respect to some IL&FS group Among others, Abu Dhabi ous SPVs of IL&FS have tion of India Steel 2019, the potential yet to be tapped, the DIPP. firms. Investment Authority has 12.5 increased after the recent man- minister said, “Growth trend in per capita consumption can “Under the ambit of the The Reserve Bank of India per cent stake, IL&FS agement communication to steel consumption in India will easily be increased from the policy, 16 more steel products (RBI) has strict norms in place Employees Welfare Trust (12 the trustees expressing to stop continue, due to strong manu- current levels,” he added. were brought under Quality regarding non-performing per cent), HDFC Ltd (9.02 per future repayments citing their facturing sector, diversified Steel Secretary Binoy Control Order, which now cov- assets for banks and a relax- cent), Central Bank of India interpretation of an order given demand demographics, accel- Kumar said that the National ers a total of 53 products. The ation is expected to help the (7.67 per cent) and State Bank by National Company Law erated expenditure on infra- Steel Policy 2017 along with the endeavour is to bring more Government in getting more of India (6.42 per cent), at the Appellate Tribunal on October structure, anticipated increase Policy for Preference to products under the Quality time to resolve problems at end of March 2018. 15, 2018,” the agency explained. in GDP and strong focus on Domestically Manufactured Control Order in an effort IL&FS. In August 2018, the debt Two SPVs of IL&FS ‘Make in India’. Iron & Steel Products have towards prohibiting produc- The sources said the crisis at the IL&FS group came demanded a refund of the debt “We are likely to leave resulted in savings of more than tion, import and distribution of Government has identified a to the fore when one of its com- payment executed by them behind US in terms of steel 8,000 crore till date. substandard products,” he few IL&FS subsidiaries having panies defaulted on repayment after October 15, 2018 from consumption this year,” Singh Underlining the impor- added. ample funds in their escrow of 1,000 crore debt to Sidbi. their trustees, it added. $%&+ % . C*& ?1 @ D &/>. 5 $! ! ! A% . $ / !+/ ! : & / * $%&+ 0% ! & &# !- . / . : !,$# & + * . ) !I
52/623 “Hence, it is best to initiate unconditional cash transfer scheme as it will be more equitable he Government should opt for the uncondi- (on a per farmer basis) with a meaningful impact 52/623 Anuj Jain had in October start- Ttional cash transfer to farmers to alleviate and once the problems are ironed out in terms ed a fresh initiative to revive agrarian distress rather than Universal Basic of proper tenancy laws, then make it condition- (4($0 enders and home buyers of Jaypee Infratech on NCLT’s Income (UBI) scheme, the SBI said in a report on al,” it said. LJaypee Infratech may extend direction after lenders rejected Tuesday. The study said that there have been reports he domestic equity market by around 15 days the January over 7,000 crore bid of At present, it may not be feasible to initiate saying that Government is planning to provide Ttook a breather on Tuesday 27 deadline to submit propos- Suraksha group. Rythu Bandhu Scheme on national level as land direct cash support to the farmers in lieu of var- after a five-day rising spree as als to revive the debt-ridden He had invited expressions data in several states, including Jharkhand, Bihar, ious farm level subsidies/support. investors booked profits in firm as shortlisted bidders have of interest from companies to * 0: !+#!$(&+!' P 9 Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu are yet to be digitised, “In Budget 2019-20, Government had esti- metal, financials and auto sought more time, sources said. submit a resolution plan to PD . + ( ' P : the SBI said in its ’Ecowrap’ report. mated Agriculture subsidy (plus support) at counters, amid weak cues from State-owned NBCC, Kotak revive Jaypee Infratech, which , B !$# A% & B 98,100 crore (Crop Insurance: 13,000 crore, international markets after Investment, Singapore-based has many stuck housing pro- ! Interest Subsidy: 15,000 crore and Fertilizer IMF lowered its global growth Cube Highways and Suraksha jects in Noida and Greater ( & / Subsidy: 70,100 crore),” the report said. projections for 2019 and 2020. group have been shortlisted as Noida. Such move comes on the back of suggestions The 30-share BSE Sensex bidders for Jaypee Infratech, In 2017, the NCLT had in public domain by noted agri-economists as dropped 134.32 points to end which is undergoing insolvency admitted the application by an well as Niti Aayog that perhaps Rythu Bandhu at 36,444.64, while the broad- proceedings in the National IDBI Bank-led consortium Scheme that is fiscally prohibitive to launch on er NSE Nifty finished 39.10 Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). seeking resolution for Jaypee a pan India level should be netted against fer- points lower at 10,922.75. The Committee of Infratech under the Insolvency tiliser subsidies, interest plus and insurance sup- Participants were seen taking Creditors (CoC) is considering and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). port, it said, adding that instead of this the farm- money off the table after the a proposal to extend the bid- The tribunal had appoint- ers should be provided the benefit as direct cash recent rally, even as the wider sen- ding deadline by around 15 ed Jain as IRP to mange the in their account. timent remained positive, under- days and a decision would be company’s business and invite “We however believe this argument has flaws, pinned by better-than-expected taken soon, sources said. bids from investors. though a cash transfer scheme is always a better Q3 earnings by several bluechips. The CoC had last month Consequently, Lakshdeep, option than an Universal Basic The BSE Sensex, after approved the evaluation crite- part of Suraksha group, had Income (UBI) scheme. Many resuming higher at 36,649.92, ria to be adopted to select a bid- emerged as a front-runner to countries have found that UBI advanced to 36,650.47 on buy- der for taking over the realty acquire the firm. However, in does not address the structural ing by domestic institutional firm. May last year, lenders rejected /' > ?/'>@!& $#+B problems and is at best a solution investors (DIIs) as well as retail Jaypee Infratech’s interim the 7,350 crore bid by in interregnum,” the report noted. participants. resolution professional (IRP) Lakshdeep as they found the A% %E# amount to be inadequate. F A. ! )G The realty firm has an out- standing debt of nearly 9,800 crore, of which 4,334 crore pertains to IDBI. Other lenders '2' &' are IIFCL, LIC, SBI, ' '& +'' Corporation Bank, Syndicate Bank, Bank Of Maharashtra, 52/623 ICICI Bank, Union Bank, IFCI, J&K Bank, Axis Bank and Srei n 2014, Piramal Sarvajal won a first-of-its-kind tender by the Equipment Finance. IDelhi Jal Board, to set up decentralized-drinking-water-solu- Jaypee Infratech, a sub- tions across various settlement colonies. Over the last four years sidiary of Jaypee Group’s flag- the residents of Narela and Holambi Kalan have benefited from ship firm Jaiprakash Associates, the affordable, access to safe drinking water. The available bore is developing about 32,000 well water had Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) as high as flats, of which it has delivered 1300ppm, making it unfit for consumption. The situation at 9,500 units. another settlement colony Holambi Kalan was similar with the water being delivered in tankers sourced from the stream ’Holambi Kalan Bawana Neher’ with Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) of over 800 ppm. # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./ & 88
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52/623 can also be given on state nies. According to Federation of levies,” the official added. The official said there are Indian Export Organisations 52/623 ' + + 5,;;'+ xporters are likely to get The last FTP was released several product-specific clus- (FIEO), the new scheme should New Delhi: Eincentives based on para- in 2015 for five years. It pro- ters in sectors such as auto- include refund of indirect taxes oody’s Investors Service Tuesday said Japanese automaker meters like research and devel- vided guidelines for enhancing mobile, textiles and leather like on oil and power; state MIndia's insurance and reinsurance sectors Nissan Tuesday opment, product-specific clus- exports with an overall objec- and providing direct incentives levies such as mandi tax. will grow strongly driven by strong economic launched its new SUV ters and production pattern tive of pushing economic to them would help boost “The new scheme should growth and evolving regulatory regime. model Kicks in India, under a five-year foreign trade growth and job creation. manufacturing and exports. help boost the country's It said robust GDP expansion, coupled with priced between 9.55 policy (FTP) to be released later Under an FTP, the gov- Currently, maximum exports,” FIEO President current low insurance penetration, should sup- lakh and 14.65 lakh this year, an official said. ernment announces incentives incentives are cornered by big Ganesh Gupta said. port double digit growth for the non-life sec- (ex-showroom). The The commerce ministry is for exporters. Currently, duty automobile and pharmaceuti- Since 2011-12, India's tor over the next 3-4 years. During fiscal 2018, new model, designed working on recasting the exist- benefits are provided under cal companies under MEIS. In exports have been hovering at total gross premiums for the non-life and life specifically for the ing export incentive schemes in merchandise export from India this scheme, the government around USD 300 billion. insurance sectors grew 11.5 per cent to Rs 6.1 Indian market, will be line with the global trade scheme (MEIS) and services provides duty benefits depend- During 2017-18, the shipments lakh crore (USD 94 billion), bringing the 5-year available in petrol and norms of the World Trade export from India scheme ing on product and country. grew about 10 per cent to compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to 11 diesel fuel options Organisation (WTO). (SEIS). “Ideally, the scheme should USD 303 billion. Promoting per cent. “India's strong economy and evolving powered by 1.5 litre “We are recasting our Recasting of the existing target MSMEs,” the official exports helps a country create regulatory regime continue to support growth engines. Kicks will compete with the likes of Hyundai Creta and S-Cross from export incentive schemes. In support measures assumes sig- added. For the new FTP, the jobs, boost manufacturing and for its insurance and reinsurance sectors,” Maruti Suzuki, which are priced in the range of 8.85 lakh and 15.1 lakh. the new FTP, they would be in nificance as the US has chal- commerce ministry is engaged earn more foreign exchange. Moody’s said in a report titled Insurance — Commenting on the new model launch, Nissan Motor Co Senior Vice compliance with the global lenged these schemes under with all commodity boards During April-December India: Continued regulatory evolution is cred- President and Chairman of management committee for Africa, Middle East and trade rules. The new incentives the dispute settlement mecha- and ministries concerned for 2018-19, the country's total it positive for India's insurance sector. India Peyman Kargar said the vehicle reflects company’s commitment to bring could focus on R&D activities, nism of the WTO. America has identifying the support mea- merchandise exports grew Moody’s said it expects India's real GDP to the best of Nissan global products and technology to India. “Our research and production parameters, prod- alleged that these incentives are sures compliant with global 10.18 per cent to USD 245.44 expand by 7.4 per cent and 7.3 per cent in fis- development (R&D) and design teams in India developed the SUV in collabo- uct-specific clusters. Rebate harming American compa- trade rules. billion. cal 2019 and 2020, making the Indian econo- ration with our teams in Japan, America and Brazil,” he added. Nissan India my one of the world's fastest-growing. Operations President Thomas Kuehl said, with its progressive design, the Kicks “The Insurance Regulatory and will stand out in the competitive SUV segment in India. As per the company, Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is the model would deliver a fuel efficiency of 14.23 km per litre for petrol vari- : P 1'/ proactively introducing regulations that will ants and 20.45 km per litre for diesel trims. The petrol versions are priced at 9.55 support insurers' balance sheets and improve lakh and 10.95 lakh, while the diesel variants are priced at 10.85 lakh, 12.49 their access to capital, a credit positive," Moody's lakh, 13.65 lakh and 14.65 lakh.
(4($0 over the phone. Anushree has a and will branch out into lend- data on growth achieved by the Assistant VP and Analyst Mohammed Londe background in accounting and ing up to 3 lakh to micro- industry in the last few years. said. Liberalisation of the reinsurance sector — &+ &' SW Group chairman Sajjan finance and the idea of starting enterprises soon, she said. After achieving the initial with the admission of foreign reinsurers since New Delhi: The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Tuesday JJindal's daughter-in-law a microfinance occurred while She said family money has target of 1 lakh borrowers, 2017 and IRDAI's steps to ensure that they can said it has commenced bookings for updated version of its premium hatchback Anushree on Tuesday doing a course on rethinking been put into the business as ini- Anushree said, the company will compete with incumbents — will specifically Baleno. The new Baleno can be booked with an initial payment of Rs 11,000, announced a micro-lending financial inclusion at the tial capital, which is as per the be taking a call on further cap- benefit the non-life sector. Regulatory reforms MSI said in a statement. The company expects to launch the model later this venture to help uplift the uder- Harvard Business School last regulatory norms. Reserve Bank ital infusion. will also improve the sector's capital strength, month or early next month. Giving details about the model, MSI said the updat- served segments. year. The company was incor- regulations require NBFC-MFIs Dinner table talk on finance Moody’s said. “In 2015, IRDAI raised the ceil- ed Baleno will come with new and aggressive front design. The model will offer Her husband Parth Jindal is porated last year and after get- to have 5 crore in net owned is, however, limited as there are ing on foreign ownership of Indian insurers to additional safety features like speed alert system, co-driver seat belt reminder the chairman of Svamaan ting regulatory approvals made funds. The venture will initial- so many businesses ranging 49 per cent from 26 per cent, encouraging glob- and rear parking assist sensors, it added. These features are over and above the Financial Services, the newly- its first loan disbursal on ly be focusing on Maharashtra from steel to new-age initiatives al players to buy holdings in local entities. standard dual airbags, child seat restrain system (ISOFIX), pre-tensioner and force launched entity. “This is a for- January 14, she said, adding the and Karnataka and has plans to like electric vehicles spear- Besides, the government’s launch of a new limiter seat belts and ABS with EBD. Since 2016, Baleno has featured among India's profit entity registered as an immediate goal is to reach 1 enter Odisha and Chhattisgarh headed by her husband or her program in 2018 to provide health insurance for top selling cars. With 14 per cent growth in first nine months of 2018-19 over NBFC-MFI. I always wanted to lakh borrowers by 2021. Initially, by 2020, Anushree said and mother-in-law's CSR activities 100 million families is credit positive as it will last year, Baleno holds the industry record of fastest 5 lakh sales milestone with- do something for the society, the venture will concentrate on maintains that it is good busi- that also have to be spoken help grow health premiums and provide insur- in a record time of 38 months. The company has sold over 5.2 lakh units of the hence this," Anushree told PTI livelihood loans of up to 25,000 ness to be in, pointing out to about, she said. ers with cross-selling opportunities, it noted. model cumulatively till date.
SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 10949.80 10949.80 10864.15 10922.75 -39.10 Script Open High Low LTP HEXAWARE 325.85 332.80 322.80 331.25 KANSAINER 451.75 457.40 448.20 454.00 TVTODAY 365.55 370.95 362.70 365.75 SUNPHARMA 411.00 423.50 409.40 417.40 19.10 RCOM 13.12 13.43 12.85 13.34 RCF 63.60 63.80 62.30 63.20 CUMMINSIND 834.00 835.55 826.00 829.80 FINCABLES 436.05 438.55 431.25 436.75 WIPRO 336.80 349.60 336.00 348.25 10.45 SUZLON 5.26 5.29 5.16 5.19 JSWENERGY 68.10 69.30 67.45 68.95 TATAINVEST 843.00 849.00 832.00 836.20 HEIDELBERG 151.30 152.90 148.25 151.95 TITAN 962.15 986.40 958.70 981.90 19.15 JPASSOCIAT 7.05 7.15 6.91 7.04 GODFRYPHLP 969.00 977.00 949.25 957.55 ASTRAL 1075.00 1075.00 1039.90 1049.70 INOXWIND 72.50 73.25 70.50 71.45 KOTAKBANK 1279.00 1307.95 1273.10 1291.50 23.90 PAGEIND 22501.00 22999.00 22055.00 22510.10 UBL 1486.00 1486.00 1448.15 1459.90 MRPL 69.50 69.65 68.80 69.20 EMAMILTD 427.90 427.90 420.15 424.70 DRREDDY 2599.10 2645.00 2589.95 2639.20 39.40 SUNPHARMA 408.60 422.75 408.60 418.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 2685.45 2694.95 2651.05 2683.95 GUJGAS 132.00 132.60 129.50 129.75 AEGISLOG 200.00 200.00 195.00 199.10 GAIL 328.00 336.00 325.05 332.75 4.95 RELIANCE 1234.00 1246.25 1219.40 1234.75 CADILAHC 344.35 346.60 339.75 345.25 GUJALKALI 518.00 522.35 513.75 515.90 JYOTHYLAB 195.00 195.55 192.50 193.60 HEROMOTOCO 2795.00 2835.00 2742.50 2832.00 37.75 YESBANK 191.90 193.90 187.50 192.10 MAHLIFE 399.35 419.90 399.35 412.20 PTC 86.25 86.55 84.20 84.55 GALAXYSURF 1164.00 1164.00 1131.00 1135.75 BAJFINANCE 2585.00 2635.00 2575.00 2620.50 26.30 SPARC 177.85 187.00 170.00 176.70 CYIENT 598.95 600.00 590.00 591.45 UFLEX 264.90 265.40 259.60 260.05 HSIL 236.00 237.80 233.15 233.65 YESBANK 191.50 193.80 187.40 193.55 1.60 JUSTDIAL 482.25 489.80 465.45 480.60 INFRATEL 278.20 281.50 274.65 277.75 PERSISTENT 554.85 554.85 539.50 546.20 NLCINDIA 67.75 68.15 67.60 67.95 BAJAJFINSV 6377.00 6447.05 6350.00 6429.85 45.30 TVSMOTOR 535.00 559.90 520.60 553.85 TORNTPHARM 1846.00 1928.80 1846.00 1913.65 AARTIIND 1566.00 1566.00 1529.00 1554.50 IOB 14.45 14.45 13.93 14.07 JETAIRWAYS 274.80 278.90 268.60 273.10 ABB 1284.00 1313.70 1280.90 1305.35 HINDCOPPER 48.40 48.40 47.50 47.95 SANOFI 6400.00 6465.60 6384.10 6419.20 HINDPETRO 238.90 243.45 238.35 240.15 1.50 ASHOKLEY 89.65 89.65 86.55 88.00 BATAINDIA 1157.65 1157.65 1140.00 1146.60 TAKE 160.00 161.00 158.00 158.45 SCHNEIDER 95.00 95.00 92.70 93.45 ULTRACEMCO 3850.00 3887.00 3800.90 3862.00 12.45 TATASTEEL 471.00 471.00 455.90 456.80 TATAELXSI 965.00 971.50 960.55 967.05 MAHABANK 14.60 14.60 14.15 14.23 SIS 767.05 792.00 767.05 784.40 INFY 741.25 749.00 734.00 747.00 2.00 ASIANPAINT 1425.00 1431.50 1378.00 1406.55 NMDC 90.50 90.70 89.30 90.40 APLAPOLLO 1135.00 1135.20 1100.00 1112.90 TVSSRICHAK 2395.05 2432.00 2360.00 2365.60 IOC 135.95 137.30 135.35 136.00 0.35 HEG 3377.00 3378.55 3202.00 3223.75 TATACHEM 686.10 693.95 678.60 688.50 SUPRAJIT 215.25 215.90 207.45 211.20 SUNDRMFAST 519.00 524.10 516.40 522.95 BPCL 351.50 357.60 351.05 352.45 0.90 L&TFH 139.80 140.90 135.25 136.90 MPHASIS 868.20 874.00 862.25 869.75 COCHINSHIP 361.15 361.20 358.00 359.20 SHILPAMED 404.00 404.00 391.10 395.35 TECHM 714.00 720.00 701.80 715.65 1.75 BANDHANBNK 426.90 426.90 405.95 408.75 BHARATFORG 475.90 487.40 473.85 485.25 CENTRALBK 32.05 32.55 31.85 32.30 PNCINFRA 146.50 150.80 146.20 149.50 HINDUNILVR 1746.00 1755.00 1741.25 1751.00 4.10 KOTAKBANK 1281.00 1307.30 1275.00 1291.60 VIPIND 500.50 500.50 492.00 493.95 IPCALAB 775.15 779.05 761.35 775.05 MONSANTO 2584.65 2584.65 2552.00 2563.90 BAJAJ-AUTO 2685.00 2695.00 2650.10 2689.55 4.95 PHILIPCARB 169.50 181.00 167.65 178.20 INDHOTEL 136.75 137.50 134.50 136.95 POWERGRID 190.50 190.55 189.00 189.60 MRF 65725.60 66148.90 65201.30 65364.90 ITC 289.85 291.00 285.15 290.30 0.40 M&M 725.50 725.75 705.00 708.05 WABAG 290.05 291.90 284.05 290.05 DCAL 222.40 225.30 216.90 218.45 ALLCARGO 109.60 111.00 109.60 110.40 INFRATEL 278.75 280.70 274.50 277.95 0.15 JINDALSTEL 144.50 144.50 135.60 137.90 KEI 353.75 367.10 353.05 361.15 PNBHOUSING 875.60 885.15 872.25 876.80 HERITGFOOD 531.55 535.00 522.55 525.90 AXISBANK 656.35 663.60 653.85 659.40 -0.90 DHFL 212.70 213.70 203.35 204.85 SUNTECK 337.95 338.65 330.75 335.75 CONCOR 666.85 672.00 658.10 670.50 SWANENERGY 99.70 99.70 97.60 98.50 NETWORK18 37.75 37.75 37.05 37.15 ONGC 145.50 146.00 144.05 144.30 -0.40 MARUTI 7199.00 7199.00 7051.00 7068.25 CIPLA 510.40 511.65 503.15 506.95 CEATLTD 1222.15 1226.90 1205.75 1219.00 INOXLEISUR 243.05 250.95 243.00 249.60 SJVN 25.90 25.90 25.70 25.75 EICHERMOT 20001.00 20350.00 19900.00 19968.00 -60.00 LT 1315.25 1321.00 1296.20 1300.80 APLLTD 588.35 612.50 576.15 587.80 EQUITAS 118.20 121.90 118.20 121.00 CARERATING 985.20 1007.25 981.00 987.20 JKCEMENT 735.30 735.40 715.50 717.40 TATAMOTORS 181.50 181.50 175.95 180.75 -0.75 ICICIBANK 369.10 372.50 366.15 369.00 DLF 176.00 180.30 174.80 179.45 TATAGLOBAL 208.55 212.65 208.55 211.60 CHENNPETRO 263.00 265.00 259.50 261.20 DBCORP 175.70 180.00 175.65 179.15 RELIANCE 1232.85 1246.95 1219.60 1232.00 -5.70 HAVELLS 677.10 720.30 670.60 711.40 WELSPUNIND 60.15 60.50 57.40 58.65 IDFC 42.00 42.75 41.40 42.45 NAVINFLUOR 660.00 667.95 655.00 659.00 CAPPL 385.70 392.30 385.10 388.60 CIPLA 510.00 511.40 502.45 506.85 -2.40 GRAPHITE 687.00 696.85 675.00 679.15 KRBL 366.00 378.55 361.10 364.75 ADANIGREEN 37.60 38.95 36.50 37.85 MOIL 162.10 164.05 162.05 162.40 IFBIND 846.50 846.65 825.00 830.45 SBIN 293.00 293.00 288.20 290.85 -1.60 TATAMOTORS 181.40 182.65 176.05 180.45 FEDERALBNK 88.70 89.90 86.95 89.40 SHANKARA 489.80 502.35 486.00 490.70 MERCK 3273.05 3356.95 3273.05 3321.00 HONAUT 21983.70 22045.00 21691.05 22018.80 INDUSINDBK 1502.00 1506.20 1475.00 1499.00 -8.60 IBULHSGFIN 806.90 817.25 788.65 798.35 HCLTECH 962.60 963.40 938.00 941.60 MCX 745.00 745.00 730.60 740.20 EVEREADY 219.00 223.10 218.00 219.80 KNRCON 210.50 213.55 210.00 213.15 PFC 105.00 105.00 100.75 101.10 TCS 1907.10 1918.25 1890.00 1896.70 -12.00 INFY 740.65 747.20 733.85 744.35 GRANULES 88.60 88.60 86.30 86.65 IBULISL 330.40 347.30 330.40 330.40 3MINDIA 20729.00 20799.00 20374.00 20681.95 ABFRL 201.90 216.00 195.10 203.15 NTPC 143.90 143.90 142.00 142.50 -0.90 STAR 512.95 550.40 508.65 547.75 LALPATHLAB 1007.00 1043.55 993.90 1030.25 RALLIS 168.30 169.25 166.20 167.40 GREENPLY 138.30 138.30 135.30 136.20 RELINFRA 288.65 293.85 276.30 279.45 BPCL 351.65 357.50 351.00 352.80 FORTIS 136.00 137.00 135.20 136.05 PRESTIGE 207.10 223.00 207.10 216.20 MAXINDIA 84.80 85.60 84.45 85.00 HDFCBANK 2146.00 2146.80 2129.05 2132.25 -15.90 VEDL 199.40 199.40 191.00 191.45 NHPC 25.30 25.65 25.30 25.40 IGL 286.30 286.50 279.65 282.50 FLFL 412.65 421.00 411.00 419.85 SCHAEFFLER 5561.55 5561.55 5422.00 5447.10 ICICIBANK 370.55 372.50 366.10 368.95 -2.75 WIPRO 337.00 349.80 336.40 346.45 NAUKRI 1573.35 1650.00 1516.85 1626.60 CASTROLIND 165.25 166.85 163.60 166.00 TATACOMM 513.05 518.30 509.00 515.80 LEMONTREE 68.10 68.95 67.55 68.65 UPL 766.20 772.05 753.45 763.10 -6.05 LINDEINDIA 659.95 679.00 649.25 670.45 HDFCLIFE 389.00 389.55 382.05 384.80 SBILIFE 619.00 628.00 611.75 618.75 WHIRLPOOL 1479.45 1480.05 1456.20 1465.70 ORIENTCEM 75.60 75.65 72.70 74.35 COALINDIA 228.45 230.35 225.80 227.15 -1.85 RELCAPITAL 206.15 210.55 202.30 206.65 CHOLAFIN 1171.85 1171.85 1125.85 1138.90 GHCL 263.55 263.55 251.85 255.25 GREAVESCOT 121.15 121.25 119.00 119.60 ASTERDM 164.50 164.50 159.25 160.10 IBULHSGFIN 802.00 817.70 788.00 797.60 -7.20 UNIONBANK 85.20 86.70 82.90 83.95 INFIBEAM 44.00 44.25 42.90 43.70 SUVEN 212.55 215.85 209.05 210.90 GICHSGFIN 256.95 257.35 248.70 251.15 VBL 800.30 800.30 791.00 796.50 POWERGRID 191.00 191.25 188.50 189.30 -1.95 TCS 1908.00 1918.20 1890.70 1900.35 TECHM 717.00 719.40 701.05 715.20 GMRINFRA 16.05 16.20 15.85 16.15 NILKAMAL 1336.95 1337.00 1314.50 1323.75 ITDC 297.10 299.00 293.35 295.45 LT 1316.90 1321.50 1298.10 1300.00 -14.55 SBIN 292.35 292.80 288.20 290.30 WOCKPHARMA 495.90 497.25 488.75 495.55 SONATSOFTW 314.80 321.65 310.25 316.40 SUPREMEIND 1040.10 1059.45 1040.10 1046.85 KALPATPOWR 378.40 380.65 372.50 375.70 HDFC 1999.00 2002.15 1968.50 1981.30 -23.15 JISLJALEQS 61.50 62.95 60.60 61.50 DCBBANK 182.00 183.30 179.00 180.00 TATAPOWER 75.80 77.50 74.95 76.30 VTL 1091.50 1093.70 1064.70 1073.20 SKFINDIA 1925.35 1930.65 1917.20 1921.75 ASIANPAINT 1423.90 1432.05 1375.25 1404.85 -17.25 BAJFINANCE 2587.95 2634.85 2575.85 2616.65 AUROPHARMA 777.00 790.30 777.00 788.25 BRITANNIA 3144.90 3176.95 3130.10 3150.95 SOBHA 493.10 507.00 493.10 503.95 AIAENG 1670.00 1670.00 1649.00 1656.95 GRASIM 812.00 812.70 800.20 804.00 -11.65 JUBLFOOD 1173.90 1197.90 1160.00 1165.60 NESTLEIND 11275.00 11449.65 11200.00 11215.60 THERMAX 1063.55 1150.00 1034.50 1100.45 GICRE 252.80 253.40 249.30 251.00 TTKPRESTIG 7677.25 7743.90 7615.00 7652.70 ADANIPORTS 393.40 394.70 387.10 390.50 -5.70 TITAN 964.00 985.40 959.05 982.60 ABCAPITAL 92.85 92.90 90.40 90.95 RAJESHEXPO 597.90 597.90 577.00 582.45 ITDCEM 121.50 121.50 117.25 120.30 ABBOTINDIA 8190.00 8255.00 8190.00 8223.65 HINDALCO 206.35 206.35 201.00 203.75 -3.90 MINDTREE 882.90 933.00 879.00 919.55 TIMETECHNO 106.30 107.50 105.10 105.70 SYNDIBANK 37.05 37.05 36.35 36.80 BASF 1510.00 1529.00 1500.00 1524.05 MARUTI 7180.00 7180.00 7054.50 7056.00 -152.40 ITI 109.50 111.65 104.15 104.70 DABUR 429.45 433.45 423.25 432.80 VENKYS 2298.70 2298.70 2247.50 2252.25 PIIND 851.65 863.00 850.00 861.85 BHARTIARTL 312.00 312.10 301.55 304.45 -6.90 FRETAIL 434.00 449.85 429.95 440.25 RADICO 401.25 415.70 401.25 413.25 KEC 272.90 273.80 263.40 265.20 SHK 174.90 177.00 170.00 172.50 HCLTECH 962.00 964.55 937.00 943.50 -22.25 ADANIPOWER 49.00 52.00 49.00 51.20 EXIDEIND 243.95 246.30 241.05 244.85 BAJAJCON 354.00 354.00 335.50 351.00 GLAXO 1400.00 1437.95 1388.00 1416.80 JSWSTEEL 284.00 284.60 274.55 277.50 -7.10 PCJEWELLER 77.65 77.65 74.45 76.40 BAJAJFINSV 6380.00 6439.00 6343.15 6416.30 TATACOFFEE 95.05 95.40 91.80 92.75 THOMASCOOK 225.00 227.00 219.50 220.25 ZEEL 436.00 437.35 420.00 424.50 -12.15 ITC 290.00 291.70 285.20 289.75 IBVENTURES 368.50 374.50 357.00 363.00 BBTC 1220.00 1243.95 1213.00 1220.35 PRSMJOHNSN 82.35 82.50 79.75 81.20 M&M 727.70 727.70 705.15 707.75 -22.55 AXISBANK 659.40 664.00 632.00 661.80 ISEC 224.90 224.90 210.00 211.35 AMBUJACEM 212.30 215.25 211.50 213.55 MMTC 28.05 28.30 27.70 27.80 GODREJCP 789.65 795.60 768.60 790.95 TATASTEEL 470.70 470.70 455.00 456.30 -15.40 INDIGO 1055.70 1126.40 1048.85 1117.90 ALBK 42.75 42.75 42.00 42.30 GODREJAGRO 504.20 504.45 498.80 500.60 DELTACORP 242.10 242.10 233.60 234.45 EICHERMOT 20000.00 20374.45 19908.70 20014.15 ZENSARTECH 227.00 227.15 219.05 220.90 ATUL 3555.00 3566.45 3456.65 3477.50 VEDL 197.50 197.50 191.00 191.20 -7.25 DEEPAKFERT 129.70 129.70 118.75 119.65 WELCORP 117.50 121.25 113.50 115.95 MARICO 380.00 380.00 371.05 375.60 VIJAYABANK 45.85 46.10 45.15 45.35 PNB 79.60 80.50 78.45 78.75 PIDILITIND 1163.00 1167.20 1147.00 1152.60 SRF 2019.35 2080.00 2019.35 2070.90 NATCOPHARM* 684.50 694.00 675.05 689.40 NCC 86.00 86.85 84.40 86.25 INDIACEM 83.20 84.80 82.35 84.35 CANFINHOME 262.35 267.60 262.25 264.75 TATAMETALI 590.00 592.05 580.90 587.30 IDFCFIRSTB 46.30 47.05 45.05 46.75 RECLTD 122.80 123.80 120.20 122.85 KTKBANK 119.35 120.95 118.00 118.25 UCOBANK 19.95 19.95 19.55 19.60 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE STRTECH 298.50 301.55 294.30 295.50 LUPIN 865.05 872.00 851.50 863.20 J&KBANK 38.85 38.90 38.05 38.75 DEEPAKNI 230.15 231.75 228.00 230.20 NIFTY NEXT 50 27323.20 27452.65 27150.60 27430.75 108.35 INDUSINDBK 1508.00 1508.00 1475.25 1501.45 DIVISLAB 1494.00 1521.00 1484.10 1502.40 FCONSUMER 41.50 41.90 41.10 41.20 OFSS 3724.00 3724.00 3665.55 3689.35 INDIGO 1055.80 1130.00 1046.65 1121.00 58.05 DMART 1358.75 1374.00 1351.00 1355.95 BHEL 71.45 71.45 69.95 71.00 GSFC 107.45 108.60 106.75 107.95 JSLHISAR 84.20 85.00 82.45 83.65 HAVELLS 679.70 721.00 670.60 713.90 36.20 BHARTIARTL 312.70 312.70 302.00 304.25 IDBI 56.50 57.45 56.20 57.20 TRENT 365.00 367.10 358.60 364.90 ESSELPRO 119.00 119.00 113.35 114.90 PETRONET 218.05 226.85 218.05 223.60 5.60 HDFCBANK 2173.00 2173.00 2130.00 2134.35 CGPOWER 42.00 42.50 40.30 41.90 RAIN 121.85 121.85 119.00 120.00 HSCL 130.25 130.55 128.90 129.25 PEL 2281.00 2343.95 2261.00 2339.80 58.10 SPICEJET 80.10 81.50 79.45 80.75 SREINFRA 34.90 34.90 32.35 32.95 INTELLECT 213.60 215.60 210.00 211.80 COFFEEDAY 285.20 294.95 282.95 288.15 MCDOWELL-N 589.70 605.10 580.20 600.55 13.25 ZEEL 435.00 437.00 420.10 425.20 MANPASAND 82.05 85.55 81.15 82.40 NOCIL 161.75 162.75 159.40 160.25 MOTILALOFS 656.45 676.55 656.45 672.55 IDEA 32.75 33.70 32.60 33.55 0.70 SAIL 49.45 49.45 47.40 48.30 GLENMARK 646.50 660.00 646.00 656.10 MANAPPURAM 98.50 99.60 98.15 98.75 LAKSHVILAS 72.95 74.20 69.35 70.10 SUNTV 515.30 523.20 510.05 522.00 9.90 NIITTECH 1268.00 1305.75 1264.85 1293.20 LICHSGFIN 473.85 477.60 462.90 475.30 ADANITRANS 216.95 217.50 208.50 209.80 SYMPHONY 1132.50 1168.00 1132.50 1153.65 HATSUN 729.90 729.90 706.70 709.40 ABB 1284.00 1316.80 1280.95 1305.00 23.90 TRIDENT 69.05 72.00 68.65 70.05 ORIENTBANK 93.20 94.60 92.00 93.60 IFCI 14.45 14.45 14.12 14.19 BAYERCROP 4295.20 4300.00 4250.00 4268.80 ERIS 696.50 697.10 685.05 689.85 AUROPHARMA 780.05 790.20 777.10 787.95 11.75 BOMDYEING 120.60 121.45 114.45 116.90 DRREDDY 2598.00 2644.05 2591.95 2640.00 ICICIGI 852.00 857.35 840.10 844.70 ADVENZYMES 165.80 168.30 163.35 164.15 ASTRAZEN 1603.65 1612.00 1600.50 1608.35 DLF 177.00 180.60 174.75 179.80 2.55 BANKBARODA 117.00 117.00 113.50 113.85 DBL 378.05 380.70 366.00 367.65 MINDAIND 307.70 307.70 292.00 298.20 REPCOHOME 427.05 432.00 417.50 429.30 TRITURBINE 113.55 113.95 112.55 112.95 BOSCHLTD 19095.00 19321.00 18990.10 19310.00 264.00 BEML 884.35 888.80 866.75 877.20 GNFC 357.80 357.80 351.80 354.65 SUPPETRO 180.20 187.95 179.00 185.35 DCMSHRIRAM 344.00 344.00 335.60 337.40 ENDURANCE 1155.00 1155.15 1140.00 1151.10 SHREECEM 15620.00 16199.00 15225.00 15889.95 211.25 IBREALEST 80.25 80.25 77.10 77.70 LTTS 1656.15 1691.00 1649.45 1668.75 COROMANDEL 426.60 437.85 412.80 432.40 CROMPTON 224.45 225.00 221.10 223.85 HIMATSEIDE 213.20 213.20 210.10 212.40 BIOCON 664.70 671.90 660.10 671.50 8.50 PETRONET 220.35 226.15 218.40 223.10 ACC 1430.40 1444.00 1418.40 1436.80 ASHOKA 129.05 129.20 124.50 125.00 PHOENIXLTD 585.00 604.95 585.00 603.65 FINOLEXIND 540.00 540.00 530.30 532.75 DABUR 428.20 434.35 423.20 433.30 5.15 JSWSTEEL 284.85 284.85 274.85 277.75 FSL 50.50 50.50 49.00 49.35 PVR 1613.95 1613.95 1590.05 1598.70 CENTURYPLY 171.85 173.05 170.10 170.90 EIHOTEL 181.50 182.00 179.55 180.40 GODREJCP 787.00 797.35 768.05 793.00 8.65 JSL 30.65 31.00 29.45 29.65 SHREECEM 15676.70 16200.10 15210.00 15911.80 REDINGTON 80.40 80.40 76.10 78.85 GUJFLUORO 884.65 888.00 875.50 880.05 GULFOILLUB 860.00 864.00 856.00 860.55 AMBUJACEM 212.20 215.00 211.40 214.00 1.70 RNAM 152.95 170.80 149.20 156.15 NATIONALUM 61.00 61.00 59.90 60.55 BERGEPAINT 321.45 324.00 320.00 322.80 MHRIL 213.00 214.10 208.75 210.50 LAURUSLABS 376.00 380.00 374.50 377.00 ACC 1429.00 1445.50 1418.10 1439.00 9.70 BANKINDIA 100.30 100.70 97.30 97.80 HFCL 22.25 22.55 21.50 21.85 JKTYRE 99.25 99.25 97.30 98.10 JBCHEPHARM 306.00 314.65 304.55 311.05 NAVNETEDUL 109.00 109.50 108.60 108.90 BRITANNIA 3150.00 3174.95 3130.15 3169.90 21.50 NTPC 143.35 143.55 142.05 142.80 INDIANB 243.85 250.90 242.45 248.95 NAVKARCORP 47.50 47.70 45.50 46.20 MINDACORP 150.00 150.00 142.35 143.85 DHANUKA 410.65 414.80 408.90 412.45 CONCOR 664.00 671.90 657.55 669.00 4.00 HINDALCO 207.00 207.00 200.90 203.15 QUESS 694.00 717.25 647.90 653.85 TEAMLEASE 2618.05 2655.00 2510.50 2611.90 BDL 279.00 279.90 271.00 273.95 SOLARINDS 1025.95 1039.10 1005.30 1028.95 NHPC 25.30 25.60 25.25 25.40 0.15 IOC 135.80 137.40 135.55 136.00 ULTRACEMCO 3849.00 3879.00 3814.55 3849.45 MGL 905.60 913.95 902.00 906.35 IEX 160.70 162.90 159.50 159.75 KPRMILL 531.10 533.15 530.00 531.35 NIACL 180.10 182.00 179.35 181.25 1.00 KAJARIACER 536.75 554.00 535.45 547.35 BALKRISIND 868.20 870.00 855.00 859.05 OIL 172.00 172.70 170.15 170.65 BOSCHLTD 19030.65 19245.00 19018.15 19190.70 TIFHL 456.50 476.00 455.00 474.05 LICHSGFIN 473.00 477.85 462.60 475.60 2.50 PEL 2285.00 2346.90 2265.00 2334.85 RPOWER 28.10 28.25 27.40 28.15 GRINDWELL 571.00 600.75 560.00 563.55 FORBESCO 2122.00 2223.00 2121.10 2208.75 PGHH 9960.10 10019.90 9940.10 9975.65 SBILIFE 620.00 629.80 611.70 619.95 2.30 RAYMOND 815.00 822.00 805.00 813.10 ICICIPRULI 354.00 354.00 341.50 344.00 KSCL 569.00 569.25 552.10 557.05 BIRLACORPN 543.75 547.90 530.80 534.80 VMART 2229.45 2283.95 2229.45 2274.65 CADILAHC 343.95 347.60 340.30 345.80 1.20 HDFC 2005.75 2005.75 1969.95 1982.60 IRB 147.85 150.55 143.40 149.25 GESHIP 307.95 307.95 297.50 298.60 LUXIND 1249.60 1258.40 1213.15 1224.15 SUNCLAYLTD 3120.05 3130.00 3069.05 3070.40 SIEMENS 1040.00 1059.90 1037.00 1048.35 3.55 BEL 85.95 87.30 84.40 85.10 MFSL 434.95 444.60 429.75 436.50 TIINDIA 331.00 335.00 330.00 331.40 BLUESTARCO 620.00 625.00 600.00 618.60 ELGIEQUIP 253.45 253.45 249.15 252.20 BHEL 70.95 71.55 69.95 71.10 0.15 CENTURYTEX 897.00 897.00 867.30 875.80 DISHTV 34.10 34.95 33.55 34.30 COLPAL 1314.00 1319.50 1303.80 1306.80 ANDHRABANK 28.20 28.20 27.35 27.80 GILLETTE 6531.20 6531.20 6484.90 6507.00 DMART 1353.00 1375.00 1350.00 1354.00 2.70 NBCC 56.90 58.25 56.30 57.65 UJJIVAN 284.05 291.65 282.85 290.70 JAMNAAUTO 60.40 60.40 59.50 60.10 CUB 192.95 192.95 187.40 189.70 ECLERX 1060.00 1066.00 1051.35 1065.90 GICRE 250.15 254.00 250.15 252.80 0.25 HEROMOTOCO 2795.80 2837.70 2746.00 2823.85 AJANTPHARM 1143.35 1170.05 1143.05 1162.70 WESTLIFE 391.00 399.80 381.50 383.80 BALMLAWRIE 191.70 191.90 190.15 190.50 ISGEC 5000.00 5025.00 4955.00 5001.20 HDFCLIFE 384.90 389.50 381.10 383.95 0.10 GRUH 227.00 227.00 220.50 221.40 VOLTAS 536.00 543.90 526.70 540.15 TV18BRDCST 34.15 34.60 34.10 34.15 GMDCLTD 84.50 85.00 84.30 84.60 RELAXO 744.10 745.15 737.55 739.60 NMDC 90.25 90.85 89.25 90.25 0.00 KPIT 218.00 218.90 214.00 216.10 AVANTI 365.20 380.00 363.75 367.80 GODREJPROP 736.40 747.00 730.40 735.20 HAL 774.05 777.05 765.00 765.60 MAGMA 105.80 107.00 104.50 106.45 PGHH 9989.80 10050.00 9908.90 9999.90 -3.25 COALINDIA 229.85 230.30 226.20 227.85 TATAMTRDVR 96.00 96.00 93.50 95.55 BHARATFIN 951.60 957.00 938.00 954.35 TIMKEN 564.05 566.00 552.80 560.60 JAGRAN 109.80 110.50 109.80 110.25 LUPIN 866.00 872.40 851.00 865.00 -1.65 HINDPETRO 238.90 243.40 238.25 242.15 EDELWEISS 164.50 164.50 160.20 163.00 GSPL 178.55 180.00 177.00 178.25 CENTRUM 34.60 34.60 33.65 33.80 STARCEMENT 95.05 95.30 93.80 94.00 OIL 171.95 172.75 170.05 171.60 -0.35 SRTRANSFIN 1111.00 1122.50 1088.80 1095.35 MAHINDCIE 227.40 233.00 224.05 227.65 GPPL 89.60 90.95 86.80 87.80 NIACL 178.05 181.75 178.00 180.85 ZYDUSWELL 1265.00 1267.80 1256.00 1261.35 PIDILITIND 1160.00 1167.50 1145.45 1152.05 -3.10 SOUTHBANK 14.20 14.30 13.70 14.15 APOLLOHOSP 1315.05 1321.00 1290.00 1295.05 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452.80 447.50 450.05 MARICO 377.80 379.95 370.55 374.45 -4.55 GAIL 328.05 335.30 326.90 331.75 MUTHOOTFIN 546.40 549.50 535.25 540.75 SOMANYCERA 348.50 373.00 348.50 367.50 ALKEM 1895.80 1907.00 1883.15 1886.70 APARINDS 625.75 625.75 615.00 615.00 MRF 65900.00 66166.85 65100.00 65100.00 -1026.10 UPL 768.00 771.30 752.75 763.30 BLISSGVS 162.00 165.85 159.55 161.05 JINDALSAW 77.60 77.85 75.65 77.00 GET&D 306.65 312.70 301.00 309.40 SHOPERSTOP 515.80 521.00 514.00 516.90 BEL 86.95 87.40 84.35 84.95 -1.55 HUDCO 45.35 45.45 44.10 44.95 AUBANK 605.45 605.45 588.00 595.20 BAJAJHLDNG 2966.45 2988.95 2934.90 2955.20 CERA 2670.00 2670.00 2506.00 2569.65 RATNAMANI 901.25 916.00 899.00 914.40 SRTRANSFIN 1111.00 1122.60 1089.10 1094.00 -20.70 IDEA 32.80 33.70 32.60 33.45 MEGH 58.95 58.95 57.35 58.55 SCI 43.90 43.90 42.20 42.40 GDL 108.40 108.90 106.20 108.35 SHRIRAMCIT 1740.80 1759.15 1740.75 1751.85 ABCAPITAL 92.55 92.70 90.05 90.85 -1.75 FORCEMOT 1554.00 1565.00 1517.00 1523.70 ENGINERSIN 115.65 118.60 114.75 117.85 GODREJIND 524.00 527.00 515.85 523.25 INDOSTAR 335.05 339.00 323.00 327.85 SFL 1275.00 1280.00 1260.00 1269.65 ICICIPRULI 353.00 353.85 343.45 344.85 -6.80 SUNTV 513.00 523.00 510.65 519.50 APOLLOTYRE 215.50 220.15 214.95 218.90 BAJAJELEC 471.00 474.10 460.30 467.15 CRISIL 1632.55 1670.00 1619.00 1665.50 JCHAC 1780.00 1781.00 1763.00 1775.00 L&TFH 138.70 140.95 135.20 137.30 -2.85 CANBK 266.95 269.00 260.40 263.40 MOTHERSUMI 162.75 162.90 159.70 162.45 EIDPARRY 201.50 204.00 200.50 202.65 BLUEDART 3240.00 3240.00 3090.00 3103.20 CARBORUNIV 361.50 361.50 356.55 358.05 BANKBARODA 116.45 116.85 113.40 113.80 -2.65 JUBILANT 705.00 736.90 702.40 731.80 SIEMENS 1045.00 1058.50 1037.30 1052.60 VGUARD 203.15 204.60 201.00 202.55 JKLAKSHMI 291.00 298.50 291.00 295.70 SHARDACROP 309.00 309.00 306.10 307.15 SAIL 49.25 49.30 47.35 48.20 -1.15 HINDZINC 270.80 270.80 257.00 260.75 TORNTPOWER 258.05 260.00 256.15 257.25 VINATIORGA 1609.30 1620.00 1589.75 1604.50 NBVENTURES 112.10 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So, it’s condition, with clear desires and # / thereafter supports school youngsters and bolster their very important that we give unsurprising outcomes, chil- preparation. Openly supported, progress into their very own much importance to inculcating dren can inculcate abilities in focus based, through early youth kinship gatherings. The prior we values and morals in school. overseeing themselves and their he eighth two-day annual Thejashwini of Kaligi improvement programmes do this, the better, as it enables There is no bet- feelings. It’s an educator’s busi- TNational Level Science Ranganathan Montford, advances the prosperity of children to conquer modesty ter place to ness to give a testing situation Contest was conducted recent- $ Matriculation Higher Secondary youthful youngsters. and increase fearlessness. In take in this where children can learn ly for school students at Vellore School, Perambur, Chennai. Most parents think that the event that we leave this for one, other through direct encounters. Institute of Technology. Founder B Aravind, Ashwin Ranga Early Childhood Education late in time, we end up than in a Confidence, concentra- and chancellor of VIT, Dr G VB and LS Yuvanesh of Shristi (ECE) is not so important for obstructing their social chaotic tion, patience & self- Viswanathan, handed over prizes Vidyashram Senior Secondary their child’s development and advancement. esteem: Children need oppor- worth 3 lakh along with the cer- School, Vellore won the first therefore send them directly to The idea of coopera- tunities to be involved in an tificates to the winners. prize and cash award of 10,000 prelim primary schools. tion: Figuring out how to abundance of social experi- Organised by VIT every in the working models contest Therefore, often they end up share, collaborate, alter- ences, where they can year, the National Level Science along with K Somasundharam ignoring the basic education nate and drive forward explore and practice the Contest gives a platform to the and D Devandhiran of which a child needs to learn inside a protected learn- social skills of school students to demonstrate Government HSS, Pennathur, from the beginning. A strong ing condition, guided by patience. A solid their talent in their area of inter- Vellore. Students of both the assemblage of proof demon- experts inculcates this feeling of pros- est. Competitions and innovative 1 -'%!# 5- ! schools received 10,000 as cash strates that young children who practice. This is particu- perity gives young- projects were displayed during $ B/ + prize. The second prize with a get fitting nourishment with larly essential for the par- sters certainty, pos- the course of the two-day con- cash award of 7,500 went to passionate and subjective incite- ents who may not be itive thinking and confi- test. Around 564 students from Vidyashram, senior secondary place and received 20,000 as Janarthana of Veera Lakshmi ment around the surroundings accustomed to offering the dence which will urge chil- 33 High Schools and Higher school, Vellore, won the first cash prize, while the second prize Vidyalaya High School, Salem are better arranged for school same to their child at home. dren investigate their abili- Secondary Schools from Tamil prize in the quiz contest and with a cash award of 15,000 and P Dinesh Kumar and G and learning. Focusing on integrated ties and aptitudes. Positive Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, received 15,000 cash prize, went to Mohan Mythresh, Dhanush Kumar of Sunbeam Early age improvement pro- development: The methodol- cooperation with other Telangana, Karnataka and Kerala while P Greeshmanth, M Manish KR and Vignesh C of Matriculation School, Vellore. grammes are intended to ogy taken to guide the solid youngsters and instruc- participated in various events. Avinashand Ch Bhavadeep of St Sunbeam CBSE school, Vellore. Among those who took part enhance their subjective learn- establishment of the youngster’s tors will advance them into Around 70 teams took tak- Mary’s Public School, Nellore, In the idea presentation in the prize distribution function ing and prepare socially enthu- social, physical and mental a positive, solid and secure ing part in working models AP, won the second place & contest, the first place was bagged included Pro Vice Chancellor Dr siastic preschool children thus advancement, sets them up for perspective of themselves event, 42 teams in idea presen- received 10,000 as cash prize. by E Aswathi of AKM Higher S Narayanan, Dr A Mary Saral, impacting preparation for learn- a lifetime of learning. Teachers that will enable them to tation, 59 teams in poster pre- In the quiz contest for stu- Secondary School Kottoor, dean, School of Advanced ing in the school setting. Proper specialised in early childhood approach circumstances sentation and 62 teams compet- dents in Class XI and XII, Kerala and received 10,000 as Sciences and Professors Dr R upbringing, education, person- education are mostly prepared and issues unhesitant for ed in the quiz contest. Anand, Krishna Rajmohan and cash prize, while the second prize Vijayaraghavan, Dr E James al development is very necessary in recognising regions where the rest of their lives. S Dhananjayan, Sanjay B Suhail of Bhavans Vidya Mandir, with a cash award of 7,500 went Jebaseelan Samuel and Dr N today. ECE is about honing and attention is required for young- % #! and Dhruv N of Shristi Kochi, Kerala, won the first to S Bavedra, P Pavithra and S Arunai Nambi Raj. moulding the child which will sters and therefore help in + & 52/623 6 7 ( ! (# $ !((! !%% ! ; & &&' he 2019 Global Talent Competitiveness TIndex (GTCI) report reveals that efforts to develop bottom up innovation and Washington DC, followed by Copenhagen, 52/623 are quite new and have a long way to Switzerland, Singapore and the US continue empower employees. Such progress is espe- Oslo, Vienna and Zurich. Washington’s steady reach global standards. There are to lead the world in talent competitiveness, cially true in the cities, where ‘Smart cities’ economy, dynamic population, outstanding ecent trend shows that Indian many renowned educational institu- while countries in Asia, Latin America and ecosystems are increasingly acting as talent infrastructure and connectivity, highly-skilled Rstudents are opting for interna- tions— Universities in Europe and Africa are seeing a progressive erosion of their magnets. workforce and world class education are all tional universities to pursue their the United States talent base. The report confirms that talent The results further show: characteristics which contribute to making the higher education in non-traditional Neeraj Saxena, CEO and MD, issues have become a mainstream concern for The highest-ranking countries and cities city such a talent hub. courses like robotics, applied science Auxilo Finserv Pvt Ltd, said: “Earlier, firms, nations and cities, with talent perfor- tend to be the most open to entrepreneurial For the first time, the 2019 GTCI provides or artificial intelligence along with educational loans were available only mance seen as a critical factor to growth and talent a longitudinal analysis of talent competitive- sports management, music technol- for certain professional courses. prosperity. Digitalisation and globalisation are increas- ness based on the results of all GTCI editions ogy, photonics and image consulting. Staying abreast with the changing This year’s report has a special focus on ing the role of entrepreneurial talent. since 2013. With the availability of education trends, many loan providers provide entrepreneurial talent — how it is being Cities rather than countries are develop- The main finding is that the gap sepa- loan for these off-beat and non-tra- students with an education loan for encouraged, nurtured and developed through- ing stronger roles as talent hubs and will be rating the talent champions from the rest of ditional courses, this has made it studying courses like robotics, sports out the world and how this affects the rela- crucial to reshaping the global talent scene. the global community has been growing. more convenient for aspirants to management or music technology. tive competitiveness of different economies. This growing importance of cities is due to Talent competitiveness is strengthening in study abroad. This has led to the rise in the num- New approaches are emerging to stimulate their greater flexibility and ability to adapt to swiftly, cities are thus more attractive for tal- groups of countries where it is already com- Although India has a few uni- ber of Indian students aspiring to entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial talent and new trends and patterns, as nimble econom- ent, especially entrepreneurial talent. paratively high and weakening in those versities and educational institutions pursue off-beat courses from inter- future proof employees, for example, the ic units where policy can be changed more The top-ranked city this year is where it is relatively low. offering some of these courses, they national educational institutions.” # &#%! $#( )# #%( *+,*-./ #8 Q ,R 3 9:!C 0$3* 0 3>0-2
he global human resources indus- try witnessed massive disruption Tin 2018. With technological inno- vation at its peak, job roles and hiring practices transformed at a remarkable *!)& pace. On the back of this deluge of innovation, the sector is projected to reach a whopping $30 billion by 2025. Across the globe, HR teams adopt- < *+ < ,* ed technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and Data Analytics in order to stream- line work and make the hiring process 6 ) more efficient. Recruiters utilized the power of AI to carry out job-candidate matching, a process that is a leg up from 6 05*0>,4-0 traditional, commoditised hiring prac- tices. Through job-candidate matching, here’s no place quite like the design careers in the world of digital design and art ation, development and evaluation. Product One career path to game design could be the skillsets demanded by a particular . 0 99 industry. It’s where creativity and by combining traditional painting and designers have an understanding of the rela- starting as a game tester and then gradual- job role are meticulously matched + C+68!0 Ttechnology meet, and where innova- drawing skills with new media digital tionship between art, science and technol- ly moving on to game designing. This can with the skills possessed by candidates, tion thrives. Design is absolutely every- applications and output strategies. Digital ogy, and have the ability to exploit each of offer a good grounding in the industry and leading to smarter hiring decisions. sionals that can take up these roles. where-from the clothes we wear to the apps designers and illustrators get to work in these things in different ways to create new enable insights into different areas, since Recruiters can therefore cast a wider net In 2019, upskilling and reskilling we use, from the cars we drive to the chairs diverse industries like advertising, multi- products. employers seek some experience for mid- while searching for candidates and rest will be one of the key focus areas for we sit on. As a designer, you have the power media, gaming, graphic design, film and A designer’s role in an organisation level positions. assured that only the best and most HR teams. HR managers will adopt a to shape the world. There are many careers video, architecture, automotive, the medical involves envisioning, imagining, conceptu- suitable ones will finally appear for face- continuous learning culture within that can be launched after taking a design industry and even in criminal investigations alising and creating products that people can to-face interviews. workspaces to motivate employees and course. Those with a passion for fashion may as forensics. use and cherish in their daily life. Product This is all about the business side of The HR managers gave higher ensure definitive career growth. become retail clothing buyers, display mer- design or industrial design being a gentle design. It encompasses the ongoing process- importance to candidate experience in Retention is also a major challenge for chandisers or fashion designers. Media mix of art and technology can help elevate es, business decisions, and strategies that the entire hiring process. This ensured recruiters who struggle with attrition jobs include magazine cover designer, pho- Professionals who work in transportation human life experience by providing effec- enable innovation and creation of effectively- that the right talent was not lost to com- month after month. A greater focus on tographer, design associate and layout edi- design are known as industrial designers. They tive solutions to the identified consumer designed products, services, communica- petitors due to poor engagement or lack candidate and employee satisfaction, tor. Then there are marketing opportunities produce designs for automobiles, aircraft, needs. A product designer works towards tions, environments, and brands. At a of timely feedback. In order to ampli- and communication with existing like graphic designer, packaging developer, watercraft, mass transit systems and two- improving the novelty, usability, function- deeper level, design management links fy the recruiting experience for candi- employees can help HR managers concept and design technician or produc- wheeled vehicles, taking into consideration ality and aesthetics of a product. Studying design, innovation, technology, management dates, HR managers began using auto- overcome this challenge. Further, com- tion manager. The retail industry careers aesthetics, ergonomics, manufacturing, mar- product design provides a broad theoreti- and customers to provide competitive mated chatbots to provide feedback pany culture and regular incentives can include showroom design consultant, store keting, safety and economics. They also spe- cal knowledge and practical skill set as one advantage for organisational success. post interviews. Through Natural also give a significant boost to employ- designer, display coordinator and visual cialise in areas like hybrid vehicle, recreational would require using production methods Earlier, design management was seen as Language Processing and machine ee retention. merchandiser. vehicle or aircraft interior design. and materials creatively. limited to the management of design pro- learning, AI allowed HR managers to Greater focus will be laid on Design is one of the most challenging, Transportation designers usually start their jects. Over time, it has evolved to other assess everything from the cultural fit employee development across all para- fast-moving, and visionary fields to work in- careers with a bachelor’s degree in industri- aspects of the organisation on a functional to the skills of candidates almost meters from technological to soft skills. and it can be financially rewarding, too. al design, and many go on to earn a master's The industry has witnessed tremendous and strategic level. Design management pro- instantaneously. With neutral assess- Further, HR teams will focus on hiring Below are five high-paid fields. degree. Learning how to take a product con- growth over the last 10 years. With the mar- fessionals can work in various industries, ment being a key point while getting the candidates who possess relevant skills cept and design a producible item is the focus ket touching the 1,300 crore mark in 2012, including advertising and marketing, archi- perfect fit, Monjin, a video interview- and have a vigor to continue learning. ' L '' of a transportation designer. Transportation it has encouraged various international ani- tecture, graphic design or motion pictures. ing and assessment platform has estab- Additionally, HR teams will need One can choose to be animators, graph- designers can specialise in an industry, such mation companies to outsource work to Entry-level design management profes- lished a network of elite interviewers, to become technologically adept in ic designers, illustrators, game developers, as aviation or mass transit, or a specific trans- India. A game designer is someone who has sionals can work as marketing assistants, a unique on its own. Lastly, recruiters order to stay abreast with the rapidly game artists, designers, creative directors, portation type, such as hybrid or electric trans- a vision of what the game is as it goes production assistants and project manage- also took to social media, online clas- changing job landscape. While people web artists, art directors, installation design- port. A bachelor’s in industrial design pro- through iterations during its development ment assistants. More experienced design sifieds and video-based hiring plat- skills will remain at the heart of all HR ers, eBook illustrators, storyboard artists, gramme provides the training in CAD soft- cycle. Besides computer and console gam- management professionals can seek employ- forms to further optimise the entire hir- roles, managers will need to adopt skills instructors, professors, or freelance artists. ware and in product design needed by these ing, mobile games are a new part of the gam- ment as brand strategists, advertising exec- ing process. in AI, data analytics and automation to This field is slightly different from pure professionals. ing sector Established jobs for a game utives, product developers, project man- While innovative technologies dis- further augment HR practices. design. It teaches the artists the use of a wide designer include working with game devel- agers, marketing managers and business rupted industries, HR faced a unique Technologically advanced HR teams range of software, artistic and technical tech- opers or game publishing companies. These directors. challenge in 2018. Technology created will excel at technologically advanced niques to create art. Digital design and illus- This is all about creating 3-D products can range from small — to large-sized com- % - several new jobs across industries, but smart hiring, and overcoming the past tration programmes prepare students for through an efficient process of idea gener- panies producing games for other vendors. H > # there exists a lack of skilled profes- challenges will be easier.
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afael Nadal continued his relentless march towards an 18th major title on RTuesday as an emotional Petra Kvitova swept into her first Grand Slam semi-final since a terrifying knife attack almost ended her career. On day nine of the Australian Open, the fairytale runs of Stefanos Tsitsipas and Danielle Collins were also extended as they too swept into the last four. Second seed Nadal inched closer to win- 31/;/10B--/ ning an event he has only claimed once before when he trounced unseeded American Frances (2$=4 52 , ) Tiafoe 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in another ruthless display !:)+# from a man who has not dropped a set so far. - - 6 ) Tiafoe had announced himself by beating < / - fifth seed Kevin Anderson, but was no match F '9# for a player at the peak of his powers as he F , # "I) ) - attempts to become only the third man to win - F all four Slams twice and the first to do so in the G)" 0 ) , ( ( 0 )< # Open era. % * 5 "I had some trouble at this event all my # 5 ( career, so I'm very happy with the way I played # tonight," said the Spaniard, who faces another young gun Tsitsipas in the semi-finals. She proved too much for Ashleigh Barty, year's tournament but she stunned three-time "I feel lucky to be where I am." crushing the local hope 6-1, 6-4, and was in tears major champion and second seed Angelique Greek sensation Tsitsipas powered into the afterwards as she reflected on her long journey Kerber in round four. last four with a measured 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2) "I feel a bit emotional but not too much — back to the top. And the 25-year-old from Florida contin- win over Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut. I know I really worked hard to get here, play- "Really, I didn't imagine to be back on this ued her Cinderella run by bouncing back spec- The 20-year-old, who ended Swiss great ing in semis of a Grand Slam." great stadium and play with the best," the two- tacularly to down Russia's Anastasia Roger Federer's tournament, became the Czech Kvitova had not gone past the last time Wimbledon champion said. Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the quarter- youngest man to reach the semis at Melbourne eight at a major since a burglar slashed her left "I'm calling it as my second career. So it's finals. Park since Andy Roddick in 2003 and the first hand in December 2016, forcing her out of the the first semi-final of the second career. I'm real- Collins, who has spent long stretches of her player from Greece —man or woman — to get game for six months and leaving her with last- ly enjoying it." career playing small tournaments to build up so far at Grand Slam. ing nerve damage in the fingers of her racquet Kvitova will face unseeded American her ranking points, was in big trouble after los- "I'm just living the dream, living what I've hand. Collins in the semi-final on Thursday and she ing the first set to the world number 44. been working hard for," said the 14th seed, who But the eighth seed has bounced back and desperately wants to reach Saturday's decider. But she fearlessly battled back into the lives in Cyprus but trains at the academy of is on a sensational 10-match unbeaten streak "I want it bad, that's right," she said. match to again stamp her mark on the tour- Serena Williams' coach Patrick Mouratoglou in after claiming the Sydney International warm- Collins, the world number 35, had never nament. "This has all been a really incredible France. up title. won a Grand Slam match before entering this experience," she said. <, , 6 H
$ 6,2=/5 make the final 11 especially given the return to Test duty of Darren Bravo after more than ngland is solid favourites although histo- two years out of the team. (05 Ery is on the side of the underdog West Bravo's Test average of 40 and elegant left- Indies ahead of the first Test of the three- handed style would normally make him an ristiano Ronaldo missed a match series starting on Wednesday at automatic selection except that a Twitter tirade Cpenalty but Italian league lead- Kensington Oval in Bridgetown. against CWI president Dave Cameron in ers Juventus eased past bottom club Riding a wave of five consecutive victo- November of 2016 led to his alienation from Chievo 3-0 to pull nine points clear ries — eight in nine matches going back to the the team until now. on top of Serie A as AC Milan last English summer — which includes series England's build-up to the series has been returned to the Champions League wins over top-ranked India and an historic serene by comparison although in a year berths with a 2-0 win in Genoa. sweep in Sri Lanka, the tourists appear which includes their hosting of the World Cup, Portuguese superstar Ronaldo supremely confident of overturning the dis- where they are expected to be one of the had sealed Juventus' first title of the appointments of their last two Caribbean cam- favourites, followed by the Ashes series season — a record eighth Italian paigns. against arch-rivals Australia, they can ill afford Super Cup trophy against AC England have only won one Test series in to stumble so early against a team they will Milan last Wednesday in in a third six minutes from the West Indies in the past 50 years, a 3-0 tri- be expected to defeat comfortably. Saudi Arabia. time. umph in 2004, and failed to live up to expec- On a Kensington Oval pitch expected to But the 33-year-old was Brazilian winger Costa tations in 2009, when they lost 1-0, and again ity in selection and the parlous state of the offer assistance to the faster bowlers, the * off-form in the first league got Juventus off the mark in 2015 when a five-wicket triumph inside domestic game. tourists are likely to go into the opening Test game after a three-week win- with a stunning solo run from three days by the unfancied hosts at the same John Campbell looks certain to make his with one specialist spinner in Moeen Ali while ter break and on the eve of his midfield after 13 minutes. Kensington Oval venue !%( !%% . Test debut opening the batting seam bowling all-rounders Ben Stokes and return to Madrid where he will Paulo Dybala set up Can for resulted in a shared series. !3" $90:; $ alongside the established Kraigg Sam Curran should provide ample support to * appear in court for tax fraud the German international's first While the weight of Brathwaite. However the 25-year- Anderson and Broad. charges dating back to his time goal since moving from Liverpool expectation will be on the vis- !7&A<*&0&*<67, old's first-class average of 30 sug- (06 6 with Real Madrid. last summer just before the break. itors' shoulders, West Indies gests he will face a stern challenge N &&'O The five-time Ballon d'Or win- Juventus were awarded a face a daunting task to halt a run of four con- from England senior pace spearheads Jimmy West Indies— Jason Holder (captain), hanaian forward Kevin-Prince ner missed numerous chances penalty for a Mattia Bani handball secutive defeats, all within three days, on a dis- Anderson and Stuart Broad, who need just Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Darren GBoateng has vowed to make the most with Chievo goalkeeper Stefano with 39-year-old Sorrentino clear- astrous Asian tour late last year which saw two more wickets to lift their combined tally Bravo, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, of his shock arrival at Barcelona, after a Sorrentino denying Ronaldo, who ing having also earlier denied Alex them being brushed aside by both India and of Test victims to 1,000. Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich loan move for the journeyman from has scored 14 times in the league, Sandro's close-range header. Bangladesh in two-Test series. (wicketkeeper), Kemar Roach, Alzarri Italian side Sassuolo was sealed. a first goal from the spot this sea- Ronaldo missed two more England have a settled look to their team &&+ ' F ' Joseph, Shannon Gabriel. The leaders of La Liga said in a state- son. chances before Rugani headed in and took the weekend off training following Another newcomer in the West Indies England— Joe Root (captain), Keaton ment on Monday they had agreed a deal But Juventus were never wor- a Federico Bernardeschi free kick two satisfactory two-day matches against a squad of 13, 30-year-old middle-order bats- Jennings, Rory Burns, Jonny Bairstow, Ben to take Boateng on loan until the end of ried by Chievo with Douglas Costa to keep unbeaten Juventus, with 56 Cricket West Indies XI at the 3Ws Oval just man Shamarh Brooks who averages 33 but has Stokes, Jos Buttler, Ben Foakes the season, with an option to make the and Emre Can scoring in the first points from 20 games, on track for outside Bridgetown. By contrast the West endured a poor season so far in the inter-ter- (wicketkeeper), Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, move permanent in the summer. half and Daniele Rugani heading an eighth consecutive Scudetto. Indies squad reflects both a lack of continu- ritorial first-class competition, is unlikely to Stuart Broad, Jimmy Anderson. "The agreement includes an eight-mil- lion-euro ($ 9 million) purchase option," the club said. The arrival of Boateng, 31, will pro- ;%8-. ;;+ <% /+ -% vide much-needed cover for Luis Suarez up front in Ernesto Valverde's squad fol- lowing the departure of Munir El Haddadi to Sevilla. The fiery forward has been a suc- /< +/- : 8*%+/ +; cessful stopgap many times before, which Barca boss Ernesto Valverde valued in his decision to bring him in. $ $052 Langer wouldn't reveal "He doesn't seem to need much time whether the 20-year-old would be to adapt, he knows his stuff and can start oach Justin Langer on Tuesday in the starting XI, but said he playing straight away," Valverde. Csaid senior batsman Usman watched him in the nets on "He's comfortable in many positions, Khawaja must convert solid starts Tuesday and "he's a very, very as a central striker or playing off anoth- into hundreds, as Australia look to good-looking player". er striker, and even deeper too," Valverde bounce back from a crushing loss "There are always those con- told the club website. to India when they face Sri Lanka siderations (whether Pucovski is The player himself was upbeat about this week. ready for Test cricket) ... Probably OH 2 J2 H the move when journalists spoke to him Australia axed Aaron Finch, the toughest part of the job is at the airport in Italy. Peter Handscomb and the Marsh selection and you weigh it up and "Barca, I'm coming! I'm sad to leave brothers, Shaun and Mitch, after that's all that's on your mind real- +. Sassuolo but this is a great chance," the India humbling. But Khawaja ly," said Langer. Boateng said, according to a SKY Twitter survived and Langer is looking for "But he's a terrific young bloke. ) In-form wicketkeeper in Hobart last week. feed. fireworks from his number three. Regardless of if he plays or not, it's Matthew Wade has blasted "I get told one thing, then I "But don't ask me about Real Madrid. "I had a good hit with him yes- a great learning experience for him Cricket Australia after he was see the comments in the paper I only want to focus on Barcelona and I terday actually in the nets up at the moment." overlooked for a recall to the Test the next day about Kurtis piling hope to score at Bernabeu for the next here at Allan Border Field in Despite the 2-1 India series loss, side to face Sri Lanka, saying he runs on and getting picked," Classico," Boateng said. Brisbane," Langer told SEN radio selectors kept faith with their pace and other players were unclear Wade said after the BBL game, The player will be presented to press of Khawaja, who has a top score of attack of Mitchell Starc, Josh about the criteria for national cricket.Com.Au reported. and fans on Tuesday at noon on the Camp just 72 this summer across Tests Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, with selection. "I'm not sure what's going on. Nou pitch, the club revealed. and ODIs. Gabba on Thursday, with all their # ! '! 1 veteran Peter Siddle also included. Wade, who whacked an It's just a little bit frustrating that Born in Germany, the half-brother of "He admitted he's been frus- batsmen under pressure to do * $% But Hazlewood has since been unbeaten 84 from 49 balls for the on one hand you can say one Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng trated. better against the sixth-ranked *# ! * ruled out of the series with a back Twenty20 Big Bash League's thing about one player and on the moved back to Serie A last year after help- "But he seems fine. He's in the team in the world. injury, opening the door for Jhye Hobart Hurricanes on Monday other hand (say) it's why some- ing Eintracht Frankfurt win the German best physical condition of his life, In-form Joe Burns has been ' $ !! Richardson, who impressed in the night, has scored over 1,000 runs one's getting picked. Cup. He has scored five goals in 15 games he's training hard, he's playing recalled to the squad for the first 2 1 # % one-day series against India. across all formats this summer. "I don't think I'm just talking this season for Sassuolo. well, but that's often the way in time since the South Africa tour !! & # Hazlewood and Mitch Marsh The 31-year-old has also for myself, I think all players "With experience of playing in four of Test cricket. early last year and could open the ' # were co-vice captains of Australia been the leading run scorer in the around the country... If the cri- the biggest leagues in Europe, the Premier "We need him to stand up. He innings with rookie Marcus * 3 $ and with both now missing, Travis Sheffield Shield with Tasmania. teria is hundreds and scoring League, the Bundesliga, Serie A and La knows that, he's our most senior Harris, who did enough against Head and Cummins were elevated Despite his performances, runs, then pick the guys that are Liga, he is a man who has scored goals batsman. He needs and we need India to keep his place. & ! to the roles on Tuesday. selectors opted to add Kurtis doing it. If that's not the criteria, wherever he has been," FC Barcelona said. him to turn some of those great But they face competition "It is a fitting reward for their Patterson to the squad for the first then let us know." Wade said he The former Tottenham Hotspur, AC starts into hundreds for us." from Matt Renshaw, who has been Young batting prodigy Will professionalism and dedication to Test starting Thursday, with was previously told by Hohns he Milan and Schalke 04 player has previ- Australia play two Tests handed another opportunity Pucovski was the surprise pick for drive the elite standards of the national selector Trevor Hohns wasn't gaining selection because ously had a spell in Spain, with Las Palmas against Sri Lanka, starting under despite misfiring in the domestic the series and is widely tipped to Australian men's Test team," said hailing his back-to-back cen- he batted too low in Tasmania in 2016-17. lights and with a pink ball at the Sheffield Shield this season. make his debut this week. national selector Trevor Hohns. turies for a Cricket Australia XI order. AFP