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E-mail - [email protected] / [email protected] Facebook - www.facebook.com/opensearch.co.in Website - www.opensearch.co.in Lesson for Virat Kohli... P6 FIRST COLUMN Delhi violence: AAP councillor Ruins, resilience: Watch RBI monitoring Yes Bank since Tahir Hussain sent in police our special video custody for seven days coverage of Delhi riots 2017, noticed governance issues, weak compliance : FM Sitharaman New Delhi, Agency. A Delhi court Friday sent suspended AAP councillor Tahir New Delhi, Agency. Hussain in seven-day police custody, a day after he was arrested in connection with the communal violence in northeast Delhi, which has claimed lives of 53 people Divulging details into the crisis that has so far. Hussain has been named in the FIR registered in engulfed Yes Bank, Finance Minister connection with IB staffer Ankit Sharma’s killing during Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the the riots, while evidence was still being collected in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had been the case, the police sources said. Sharma’s body was monitoring the beleaguered bank since found in a drain in northeast Delhi on February 26, a 2017 and noticed governance issues day after he went missing. The Delhi Police before the Duty Magistrate Rakesh Kumar said Hussain’s custodial New Delhi, Agency. and weak compliance besides wrong asset classification. Addressing a press Clashes between those briefing, Sitharaman further stated that supporting and protesting the contentious the RBI advised a change within the Yes Citizenship (Amendment) Act took a violent Bank management after finding risky turn in the national capital. The clashes, credit decision. “Anil Ambani Group, which eventually sparked communal riots Essel, DHFL, ILFS, Vodafone are some of in several parts of northeast Delhi led to the very stressed corporate whom Yes the killing of as many as 53 people and Bank lent,” she said. The Finance Minister destruction of property. The Delhi Police also said that the government has asked has so far registered 654 FIRs following the central bank to look into what went the violence that ravaged Delhi’s Maujpur, wrong at Yes Bank and fix individual Jafrabad, Shiv Vihar, Mustafabad and responsibilities. The RBI, on the other Brijpuri. As many as 47 cases under the hand, stated that the State Bank of India Arms Act have been registered by the police, (SBI) has expressed willingness to invest which has arrested over 35 people for the in Yes Bank. In a draft ‘Yes Bank Ltd. to any depositor,” she said. “Both RBI in the bank, including by putting in same.Watch these video stories from ground Reconstruction Scheme, 2020’, the and govt are looking at the Yes Bank place a scheme for reconstruction or zero. Indianexpress.com visited Delhi’s RBI also said the strategic investor bank issue in detail, we have taken a course amalgamation,” the central bank had Shiv Vihar, the worst-hit in the violence will have to pick up 49 per cent stake which will be in everyone’s interest.” said. The RBI had directed Yes Bank, the that occurred on February 23. Most of the and it cannot reduce holding to below The immediate priority, Sitharaman fifth largest private bank, that it should residents of the area, which now resembles 26 per cent before three years from the said, was to ensure Yes Bank customers not grant or renew any loan or advance, date of capital infusion. Earlier, speaking a war zone, have been shifted to relief camps were able to withdraw money within Rs make any investment, incur any liability interrogation was required to unearth larger conspiracy. set up by NGOs and Delhi government and to reporters, Sitharaman had allayed 50,000 cap. or agree to disburse any payment or concerns surrounding the Yes Bank He was produced before the duty magistrate amid tight areGujarat: reluctant to return. History-sheeter She further said the RBI was otherwise enter into any compromise security late in the evening. On Wednesday, Hussain crisis and assured that every depositor’s working for the early resolution of or agreement and transfer or dispose of money was safe. She also insisted that had filed an anticipatory bail application and it was to shot dead by three men the issue and that steps had been any of its properties or assets. However, be heard Thursday at the Karkardooma court. However, she was in touch with the Reserve Bank taken keeping in mind the interest of it will be able to pay salaries to its over in Jamnagar of India (RBI) regarding the matter. “I’m Hussain offered to surrender before the Additional Chief depositors, bank and the economy. 20,000 employees, the central bank had Metropolitan Magistrate at the Rouse Avenue courts in continuous interaction with the RBI. On Thursday, the RBI had superseded said. The financial position of Yes Bank The central bank is fully seized of the complex, given the large gathering of lawyers inside the the board of directors of troubled Yes has undergone a steady decline largely court room. He was arrested around 3 pm by the Delhi matter and has assured they will give a Bank for a period of 30 days “owing to due to the bank’s inability to raise quick resolution. I want to assure every Police Crime Branch after his application to surrender serious deterioration in the financial capital to address potential loan losses was dismissed by the court. “I am a victim of the riots. depositor that their money shall be position” of the bank and capped and resultant downgrades, triggering safe. Their monies are safe,” Sitharaman I had to run to save myself and my family. Senior police deposit withdrawals at Rs 50,000 invocation of bond covenants by officers can testify to this. I should not be framed because told reporters here. “RBI governor has per depositor. “This has been done to investors and withdrawal of deposits, assured me that there will be no loss of a political conspiracy. I request that I am not targetted quickly restore depositors’ confidence the RBI had said. because I am a Muslim and my name is Tahir Hussain,” he opensearch said prior to his arrest. How algorithm fuels misinformation Ex-PDP leader Altaf Bukhari to launch Rajkot, Agency. mills around coronavirus new party JK ‘Apni’ Party on Sunday Three men opened fire New Delhi, Agency. at a history-sheeter in broad daylight in New Delhi, Agency. Dhrol town of Jamnagar district on Friday afternoon. Police said that two accused were intercepted in the neighbouring Morbi In the age of digital networks, every time district while they were trying to escape a crisis appears, it is accompanied by Months after the abrogation of provisions of Article but one is on the run. Police said that three misinformation. The novel coronavirus 370, former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader men ambushed the victim, identified as Covid-19 had just begun to assert itself Altaf Bukhari Friday announced that he was floating Divyarajsinh Jadeja, near Parekh Petrol Pump as a global epidemic when the first a new party called the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Apni in Trikon Baug area around one pm and churnings of the misinformation mill (own) Party’ (JKAP), PTI reported. The primary shot him dead. Purported CCTV footage of started. There was a range of alarmist, aim of the new party would be to “providing relief the assault showed two assailants shooting panic-inducing messages, posts, and to people who have been facing uncertainty since Jadeja on his back and neck from point-blank forwards that immediately hatched August 5 last year”, he said. Bukhari, who served range while he was about to get into his car. conspiracy theories about the origin, as the Finance Minister in erstwhile Jammu and As Jadeja fell down, the purported footage the spread, and the rate of contagion, Kashmir before the fallout of the PDP-BJP coalition, shows, a third assailant attacking the victim. introducing doubt and mistrust in the was expelled in January last year after differences Another man, who police say prima facie officials working at containing the crept in between him and party supremo Mehbooba was Jadeja’s friend and was accompanying outbreaks. This was followed by “secret not to over-react: the news of people Mufti. The former state minister was expelled on him at the time of the assault, is seen trying footage” that claimed exaggerated stock-piling food and discriminating grounds that he “inspired and led dissent in the Zaffar Manhas, Abdul Majid Paddar, Abdul Rahim to ram Jadeja’s car into the two accused but death numbers, suspicious “leaks”, and against persons of Asian descent Party at its most crucial stage”. “Yes, I am in politics Rather (PDP), Gagan Bhagat (BJP) and Manjeet the accused manage to get into their car even deniers who insisted that this was notwithstanding. It is easy, for most accidentally but my idea of politics is different I Singh and Vikram Malhotra from the Congress, and speed away. Police said that Jadeja was just a hoax with covert political agenda. of us who are used to these cycles of believe that it is a place where you can serve people Bukhari was quoted as saying by PTI. The former rushed to a hospital in Jamnagar city where This early spate of disinformation, laced alarm, to recognise them as malicious to the best of your abilities,” said businessman- state education minister also called for the release he was declared dead. Meanwhile, two of the with fear, and aimed at accelerating communiques that can be easily fact- turned-politician Bukhari. of senior political leaders. “While the parties are assailants were nabbed. “We had sounded mass-hysteria, are perhaps easy to checked and attributed to bots and Bukhari’s new party would be joined by focused on the release of their leaders, many of all districts with the vehicle number and its dismiss. Largely, because the virus has trolls who revel in creating public politicians from various other parties, including their workers are unable to get even two square description in which the accused were trying garnered so much global attention and panic. However, the more difficult the National Conference (NC), PDP, Congress and meals a day. My effort will be to contribute in to run away. In response, Morbi police had coverage that a calmer, more poised, misinformation comes in the guise of the BJP. Some of the prominent names on the list making their life better,” he had exclusively told PTI done nakabandhi (barricading) and when and rational discourse has more or miracles, discoveries, breakthroughs, to join the party are Vijay Bakaya, Rafi Mir (NC), earlier. Bukhari said with his new party he does not the vehicle of the given description arrived less dominated the conversation, and and the triumph of human ingenuity Usman Majid (former Congress MLA), Ghulam wish to show the people of Jammu and Kashmir a at one such naka (barricading), they were even the most alarmed are still learning over biological mortality. Hassan Mir (former Independent MLA), Javed “mirage” but “achievable dreams”. nabbed,” Sharad Singhal, Superintendent of TryingHussain to saffornise Beg, Dilawar Mir, Noor Mohammed, RetreatPolice (SP), eventJamnagar at district. Attari- Wagah border to be conducted without spectators DMK, PMK condemn nomination of JNU V-C to Madras University panel New Delhi, Agency. Chennai, Agency.

As the total number personnel in the state to lead the search says nominating someone who is accused of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus panel. “I appeal to the Governor to nominate of partisanship, particularly against the (COVID-19) in India climbed to 31 Tamil Nadu’s opposition party DMK and a qualified academician from Tamil Nadu to student’s community is not appropriate. Friday, the Indian Army decided to AIADMK’s ally PMK have condemned the head the vice-chancellor search panel of “The person who is nominated to the top- build quarantine facilities for 1,500 nomination of Jawaharlal Nehru University Madras University,” Stalin said. Alongside level must be above suspicion, it is the same personnel across the country as part (JNU) vice-chancellor M Jagadeesh Kumar Tamil Nadu’s opposition leader, Dr. justice principle. of the overall effort by the government as head of the Madras University vice- Ramadoss, founder of Pattali Makkal Katchi, What all he was accused of in Delhi will to curb the virus. Tentative locations chancellor search panel.Tamil Nadu condemned the nomination of Kumar by continue to remind him in Chennai. Instead so far include Jaisalmer, Suratgarh, Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who is also saying that the practice of handing over of solving the problem in one university, Secundrabad, Chennai and Kolkata. the chancellor of Madras University, has Tamil Nadu’s higher education institutions the Centre is trying to spread it to the Taking precautionary measures, the nominated Kumar as the incumbent vice- to other state personnel is dangerous. He other universities,” he said. Manivannan Lok Sabha issued an advisory directing chancellor P Duraisamy’s three-year tenure said the Governor should drop the move and further added that with the nomination members of the Parliament to follow is ending this May. urged the state government to not let this of Jagadeesh Kumar, the credentials of the respiratory hygiene. A man from New V Ramasamy, former Alagappa University happen. “It looks like Jagadeesh Kumar has selection process in the University is going Delhi with a travel history to Thailand vice-chancellor and P Maruthamuthu, been nominated as the head of the Madras to be tainted. “I don’t think the BJP is going and Malaysia tested positive, earlier in former vice-chancellor of Madurai institutes in the state. “I condemn Governor University vice-chancellor search panel to care about the public opinion or what the day. The Centre, meanwhile, said Kamaraj University, have been nominated Banwarilal Purohit’s decision to nominate with an intention of appointing someone academics think, so despite the dissent of it was fully prepared to bring back the as syndicate and senate nominees to the JNU vice-chancellor M Jagadeesh Kumar as from the other state. Anna University got various professors in the university, they Indians stranded in Tehran and Qom on Madras University’s vice-chancellor panel. the head of the vice-chancellor search panel ruined after the appointment of a vice- are going to go ahead with the appointment. special Air India flights. After China, Iran In a statement on Thursday, DMK leader MK of the most famous and legendary Madras chancellor from another state, it shouldn’t People can say that only professors who are is one of the worst affected countries Stalin said nominating Jagadeesh Kumar to University. This is a wrong precedent as the happen to Madras University. sympathisers of the opposition party are in terms of positive coronavirus cases. lead the vice-chancellor search panel is a post is seen almost as a reward to the vice- Are there no qualified academicians in opposing the nomination, but it is not true. Coronavirus, which first broke out wrong precedent and said that in the name chancellor who displayed negligence during the state to nominate the vice-chancellor?” The general mood is that no one wants a in China’s Wuhan province, has now of creating transparency in choosing the the brutal attack on the JNU students,” he he asked. Speaking to Indianexpress. person with an RSS background to take over reached 80 countries and claimed vice-chancellor of the Madras University, the said. The DMK leader urged the Governor com, Ramu Manivannan, Professor and the Madras University. It is a state university, over 3,000 lives across the globe. On Governor is acting against the political ethics to stop insulting Tamil Nadu by creating a Head, Department of Politics and Public there is a different type of culture here,” Thursday, and trying to saffronise the higher education misconception that there is no one qualified Administration, University of Madras Manivannan added. 2 | English Daily Open Search | STATE | New Delhi | Saturday, March 07, 2020 Bharatiya Janata Party Rosda Rural meeting held Attacked fiercely against Thakur Varun Kumar, Correspondent. A meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party Rosda Gramin was held at Muradpur, the residential complex of General Minister Binod Singh. The meeting was chaired by Vice-President Randhir Center State : Tejashwi Yadav Singh and by Operations Spokesperson cum Media In-Charge Amit Rai. In this meeting the names of Shaktikendra Pramukh (Panchayat President) and Co-Chief were announced and it R.K .Roy (Bihar), Samastipur . was decided to make a saptarishi at all the upcoming booths. Gone. In this meeting, former Rosda Assembly extension Minister, the state was in a profit of 3700 Rajesh Ojha was honored by giving the organ by the General crores. In 2004, a Bihari had an average Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav Secretary, Binod Singh. In this meeting Bimlesh Chaudhary, debt of 5000. Today, Bihar has a debt of Santosh Rai, Noonu Prasad Jha, Sanjeev Rai, Ravindra Jha, addressed a public meeting at Patori 1.25 lakh on a person. Is this development? Stadium under “Unemployment Hatao Anees Raj, Sundaram Suryavanshi, Binod Singh, Navnis Jha, Tejashwi said that this development is Amit Rai, Baijnath Das, Nandkishore Singh, Binay Rai, Satish Yatra”. The program was presided over by not loot, you are being looted. Tejashwi RJD District President Rajendra Sahni and Singh, Roshan Jha, Sunil Kumar Suman, Suresh Das, Manoj Yadav said about the development work Kumar Singh, Satish Pal and other activists were present. RJD Leader Saroj Rai. done by his father that when Lalu ji was Another picture of Omar Abdullah sporting Yadav Tejashwi attacked the central the railway minister, he had built a chakka unkempt beard surfaces on social media and state government fiercely on the issue factory in Bihar. Lalu served a permanent of unemployment. Tejashwi said that the job in education and police while being New Delhi, Agency. government should either give jobs to 02 the CM. Tejashwi said that when Lalu crore youth or support the ‘Unemployment Yadav was at the center, he had done the Hatao Yatra’. Tejashwi Yadav said that work of getting 1 lakh 44 thousand crores lathis are used on striking teachers today. A new picture of former Jammu and Kashmir chief to Bihar. Today, people do not come for minister Omar Abdullah surfaced on social media Friday, People of Jeevika and Anganwadi go on investigation in Bihar for floods and strike, then the government gets lathi- the second photograph of him since he was detained on drought. MLA Akhtarul Islam Shaheen August 5, 2019. Omar was taken into preventive custody charge on them. He said that when Lalu called upon the people to strengthen social Yadav was in power in Bihar, teachers were a day before the government abrogated provisions of justice and the hand of Ganga-Yamuni Article 370 that granted special status to the erstwhile given permanent jobs. Today’s government Tehzeeb and Tejashwi Yadav. Ashok kumar is throwing sticks at employed teachers. He said that soon after coming to power we said that you should know that when Nitish state. Earlier this year, he was slapped with the draconian singh ex minster , He said that the problem J&K Public Safety Act (PSA). In the fresh picture as well, Tejashwi Yadav while addressing the will implement domicile policy in the state was going to become CM in 2005, Bihar of unemployment from Bihar is to be gathering claimed that RJD government and will give employment to the youth of was not at a loss. It was due to Lalu Yadav Omar is seen with an unkempt beard. The earlier photo, eliminated by connecting people through taken in winter, showed the National Conference leader would be formed in Bihar after 8 months. the state in the state itself. Tejashwi Yadav that when Nitish Kumar became the Chief the Unemployment Hatao Yatra. Withdraw citizenshipin the snow. law issued from 56 days Civil surgeon starts campaign of feeding Satyagraha increasing crowd of Satyagrahis polio to children at Chapra Junction Chhapra Correspondent.

Chhapra Civil Surgeon Dr. Madhaveshwar Jha started the five- day polio campaign at Chhapra Junction by giving children polio supplements. In Holi, polio was administered to the nine-year-old coming home. He appealed to the couples coming home from outside that they should give polio medicine to their children. Everyone should give polio medicine to all children from 0 to 05 years. This medicine is essential for the life of children, which protects children from dangerous diseases like polio. All the workers involved in polio campaign should discharge their duties honestly, so that not a single Samastipur (Bihar), Correspondent. child gets rid of this campaign. CS said that it has been 9 years and 4 months since Bihar became polio free. As of now, polio infection Anwar, Naseem Abdullah Khurshid Ahmed, continues in countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan. In such a Pappu Khan, Maseer Alam Siddhaki, Shahid The Satyagraha movement, which began Raza, Shahnawaz Asghar, Maulana Tanveer, situation, there is a danger of importation of polis in the state. This on January 10, continued uninterrupted for campaignChildren willbeing run given from 5 supplements to 10 March. under special campaign Surendra Prasad Singh, Sunil Kumar, Lokesh the 56th day on Thursday, demanding the Raj, Preity Kumari, Ganga Prasad Paswan, withdrawal of the citizenship law before Janvi Rai, Manisha Kumari, Nasreen Azum, the Collectorate under the banner of the Uma Rahim, Sadiya Zainab etc. also addressed District Immunization Officer Dr. Ajay Kumar Sharma said that during Constitution, Save the Conflict Committee. A the gathering. In his presidential address, Holi, families come from outside the state in Bihar. Due to which large number of women-men reached far-flung Convenor Ajay Kumar said that CAA, NRC and there is a possibility of polio virus in the state. In such a situation, areas of the district to join the satyagraha. The NPR are unconstitutional laws. Apart from the during Holi, it has been decided to feed polis to children coming and meeting convened by Ajay Kumar, Manjoorul citizens of this country, foreign institutions going to Bihar by running a special campaign. The main objective Islam and Sanovar Praveen’s 3-member are also opposing it. Supreme Court lawyers opensearchof this campaign is to provide polio supplements to maximum presidency. Khurshid Khair and Satyanarayan are also taking to the road against it. The targeted children. He asked the common people to cooperate during Singh conducted the operation. Khalid government will have to take it back. the campaign. He told that the certificate of Polio Free India has been received from the World Health Organization. Civil surgeon Only humanity matters in this world, Dr. Madheshwar Jha, District Immunization Officer Dr. Ajay Kumar Sharma, WHO SMO Dr. Ranjitesh Kumar, UNCF SMC Aarti Tripathi Dr. say Sangram Singh and Amitabh Shah Rajeev Ranjan Singh and others were present on the occasion. D.B. Assembly level meeting at M. College Begusarai Correspondent. The three-day training camp for young workers of the Bihar State DBM under district Bachwara Assembly level meeting Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) ends today in Rajgir was held at College Mansurchak under the chairmanship of RJD leader Nasim Akhtar. In which newly appointed Nalanda / Rajgir Correspondent. President of District RJD, Mohit Yadav, District General RJD General Secretary Ram Sakha Mahato, Arva Panchayat Chief Phool Kumari, Dinesh Chaurasia, Vishun New Delhi Correspondent. Dev Sahni, Rupesh Yadav, Sunil Yadav, Janardan Poddar, The three-day training camp of young workers of Bihar State Committee of Rajesh Pandit, Shyam Das, Kailash Mahto, Yogendra Communist Party of India (Marxist) under the district has ended. In this state- Mahato, Arun Yadav, Wasi Alam, Mo. Ali, Dharmendra level training camp, the struggle of 100 years of the establishment of the party Gurgaon and aims to reach out to children in 200 more in Haryana, Sangram’s hometown, Rajak, Randhir Verma, Ittiadi addressed the people and - glorious history, economics and politics, Marxist philosophy, party programs, International wrestler & motivational speaker, kept their statements. District President Mohit Yadav party organization, and RSS. this year. “When I first met Amitabh Shah, he philanthropist, actor Sangram Singh recently shared about his vision for children and his said that by strengthening the section of social justice The challenges of communal politics and today and NRC, NPR, CAA Various visited one of the government schools under reservation in RJD, RJD supremo has given place learned national and state level leaders acted as instructors on the role of journey of transforming government schools transformed by Amitabh Shah founded in India. And it surprised me even more when to all sections in the organization. Party expansionist CPI (M.) in giving political direction to the movement against. As instructors, Indian charity Yuva Unstoppable in Mumbai. meeting on 8 March in the district and party’s camp in party Central Committee member Ashok Dhawale, former Madhya Pradesh I personally visited these schools and saw the Introduced to the NGO by Amitabh Shah’s extraordinary work done there. Rajgir on 14 and 15 March were also discussed. In the party state secretary Badal Saroj, Bihar state secretary Comrade Awadhesh wife, Rashmi Shah, he was impressed by the end, according to the instructions of the state leadership, Kumar, secretary board member Arun Kumar Mishra, Sarvodaya Sharma I learnt that his work has already changed impact created by Yuva Unstoppable and the lives of over 6 lakhs kids from socio- unanimously elected Block RJD President Dharmendra participated. One hundred activists elected from all the districts of the state organized a Press Conference to announce Rajak, Bhagwanpur Block RJD President Randhir Verma. participated. The last day of the teaching camp was presided over by Manoj economically challenged backgrounds in over the formal launch of partnership between 1500 schools. I think I am only making a small Due to lack of consensus in Bachwara block, the next Kumar Chandravanshi. Nalanda District Secretary Janardan Prasad thanked Sangram Singh Charitable Foundation and will be selected on March 7 in Bachwara. The two newly the representatives. Party leader Parameshwara Rajwanshi, Jitendra Singh contribution to his mission of transforming Yuva Unstoppable for transforming 1000 10,000 schools. Sangram Singh Charitable appointed presidents were greeted by activists wearing contributed significantly to make the program a success. schools in India through health, sanitation, flowers and garlands. Foundation aims to transform 1000 schools and education. Towards the goal, Yuva with YUVA Unstoppable”, shared Sangram Unstoppable has already transformed 3 Singh at the event. Union Minister Anurag Thakur inaugurated schools, one each in Rohtak, Chandigarh, and New Delhi Correspondent. Fifth body of family that went

Inaugurating the Delhi edition of missing from Statue of Unity found Swavalamban Sankalp - Mega Abhiyan at Dr Ambedkar International Center, New Delhi, Agency. New Delhi, Minister of State (Finance and Corporate Affairs) Anurag Thakur said that India is committed to making 1.25 lakh SC-ST entrepreneurs He said, The Vadodara fire and rescue department on the government’s commitment is to Friday retrieved the body of Trupti Parmar, the empower SC-ST youth and women and fifth member of the family that went missing it will participate with renewed vigor to cleaning activities to eliminate the loss of after a visit to the Statue of Unity on March 1. align the ecosystem of the SUI scheme human life and the role of State Bank of Trupti’s body was found five kilometers away with all stakeholders access to business India in providing financial assistance to from where the family’s car and four bodies were opportunities and credit facility And to 200 entrepreneurs from weaker socio- pulled out from the minor canal in Shankarpura maximize awareness. economic classes in New Delhi Appreciated. in Dabhoi on Thursday. Police officials said that On the occasion, Anurag Thakur, in And resolved the government’s resolution the probe into the mysterious drowning of the his presence, Ravi Tyagi, CGM - SIDBI, to make India’s manual scavenging free family is yet to conclude. “We are investigating Milind Kamble, Founder President - DICCI by 2022. Encouraging trade franchisors why the car went on to the mud path from the and Ravi Kumar, Abhay Pandey, General participating in the campaign, he advised main road. Although we are assuming that the Manager, State Bank of India and his team DICCI and banks to reach out to every part driver may have lost control of the car after for their active participation in approving of the country to make the Stand Up India it turned dark and slipped into the canal. The the SUIS loan. Narra, National Executive absence of a trace of struggle from the car on the scheme accessible to every interested a senior official said. The bodies of Kalpesh the evening of March 1 (Sunday). Police officers Chairman - DICCI Sanjeev Dangi, Chairman SC-ST. Entrepreneur. He has asked all dirt track makes us suspect that it could have of North India - DICCI and Manoj Kumar, been deliberately smoothly driven into the canal. Parmar, his mother Usha, and children Niyati on Wednesday said the family was last spotted scheduled commercial banks to take and Atharva were found inside. The family went at Krishna Kathiyawadi hotel CCTV in Dabhoi, Chairman - DICCI Delhi Chapter, while advantage of the Stand Up India scheme If the driver had lost control there would have appreciating that A great effort that the been some marks of the car swerving on this missing under mysterious circumstances after about 35 kilometers from Vadodara, after which and create 1.25 lakh SC / ST and 1.25 visiting the Statue of Unity in Kevadia Colony of their phones went untraceable. The final rites of country has a strong and effective steps lakh women entrepreneurs. Swavalamban side for a certain distance before plunging into to move the economy forward Mr. Anurag the canal. At the moment, however, we cannot Narmada district. They were captured in a CCTV the four members found on Thursday took place Sankalp mega campaign is to be organized camera outside the Children’s Nutrition park on late on Thursday night. Thakur emphasized the role played by at 30 locations across the country. conclusively say that it was a simple accident,” DICCI in the mechanization of Sikar New Delhi | Saturday, March 07, 2020 | DELHI/NCR | | English Daily Open Search | 3 Arrest all involved in riots, irrespective of religion, says special CP New Delhi Correspondent. Delhi violence: Attacked with acid, Shiv Vihar

To ensure a fair investigation into all riot-related cases in family prayed to die under mosque debris Northeast Delhi, Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order, Northern Zone) Satish Golcha has told officers in the Northeast New Delhi, Correspondent. district to arrest all those involved in rioting “irrespective of n A week after her family religion and caste” and “without any pressure”. The directions, issued in a meeting of Eastern range on was attacked by a violent Wednesday, come days Shiv Vihar was one of the worst affected after several videos of areas in the violence that gripped the mob in northeast Delhi’s alleged police inaction northeastern parts of Delhi. When Shiv Vihar, Mumtaz Begum, with some showing residents returned to their homes, personnel allegedly most of them found their houses to be 40, returned home to find pelting stones surfaced ransacked, looted or burned. A week her shop–her family’s only on social media. This also after her family was attacked by a violent comes after Delhi Police mob in northeast Delhi’s Shiv Vihar, source of livelihood–burnt chief S N Shrivastava asked Mumtaz Begum, 40, returned home to to the ground. the Northeast district find her shop–her family’s only source police to investigate all of livelihood–burnt to the ground. She riot cases, after the SIT formed to probe the violence wrote to started crying uncontrollably upon him requesting transfer of all murder cases to them and riot seeing the remains of the shop that cases to the district police. Sources told The Indian Express stocked groceries. On the night of fled home in the dead of the night to find that Golcha held the meeting at DCP (Northeast) Ved Prakash February 25, the mob that attacked her refuge in nearby areas like Mustafabad, Surya’s office in Seelampur. JCP (Eastern range) Alok Kumar, family had not only come armed with Chaman Park and Babu Nagar as mobs DCP Surya, all ACPs and SHOs and recently inducted inspectors, sticks and rods but also with acid that left his eyes. His 20-year-old daughter, Anam, not want to be killed by the mob. We of hundreds torched homes and shops who have a good intelligence network and have earlier worked her 52-year-old husband, Mohammad who also suffered blisters on her body in prayed that either we come out safe or in Shiv Vihar. When residents returned in the Northeast district, were in attendance. “Golcha assigned Wakeel, with severe burns on the face and the acid attack, said, “He (Wakeel) has be buried under the mosque’s debris,” to their homes, most of them found tasks to all inspectors he asked some to get CCTV footage of all body. “We were on the terrace as stones not been able to open his eyes since the she said. “We called the police but no their houses to be ransacked, looted areas, others were told to prepare lists of all registered criminals were being pelted from the streets. Our attack.” The family of six along with their one came to help. In fact, later, when or burned. Mumtaz, too, who had until in their areas,” said police sources. “Golcha asked officers to house was also set on fire. There was so two goat kids had managed to escape we saw the police standing near the now been living in Shiv Vihar for over 30 conduct raids in their areas and arrest all outsiders. He also much smoke that we could not see when to the nearby Madina Masjid when the drain, I thought it was better not to ask years, returned after a week to find her asked them to recover sharp-edged weapon, stones, petrol acid was thrown at us,” said Mumtaz. rioters had barged in their premises. them for any help.” Shiv Vihar is one of shop looted and burned. Mumtaz asks, bombs, and country-made pistols,” said sources.Preliminary Wakeel was later admitted to the Lok When the mosque also come under the worst-affected areas in the violence “They destroyed everything…How will probe suggests “petty criminals” had stocked country-made Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital attack soon after, Mumtaz said she and that gripped the northeastern parts of we live?” It is a sentiment that echoes pistols and bullets and handed them out “to unemployed youths (LNJP) where doctors have been treating her family had just one prayer. “We did Delhi. Most of the families in the region everywhere in Shiv Vihar now. andJustice labourers”. Muralidhar on transfer day: Dec 16 gangrape convicts My longest working day set to hang March 20 New Delhi Correspondent. Vijay Kumar, New Delhi

Clearing the air on being issued transfer orders by the government, hours after he A Delhi court has set a fresh date chastised the Delhi Police for of execution for the four death row delay in taking action to contain convicts in the December 2012 the riots in the national capital, gangrape-murder case on March 20 Justice S Muralidhar Thursday at 5.30 am. Additional Sessions Judge said that he “had no objection” to Dharmender Rana observed that the his transfer and had clarified his Additional Public Prosecutor and the position to the collegium. “There counsel for the convicts have conceded is some confusion as to what that it is obligatory on part of the transpired on February 26 and court to issue death warrants. All four it needs to be clarified,” he said. convicts, Mukesh (31), Pawan Gupta The judge was speaking at the (24), Vinay Sharma (25) and Akshay had deferred their execution till further death warrant as the convict has full court reference held by the Kumar Singh (33), have exhausted their orders observing that the “convict must exhausted all his legal remedies. Singh Delhi High Court in his honour to legal remedies. not meet his Creator with a grievance also told the court to direct Tihar Jail mark his transfer to the Punjab There is no statutory bar in exercise in his bosom that the courts of the authorities to apprise Akshay about and Haryana High Court. Justice of powers under 413/414 CrPC, rather country have not acted fairly in granting the fate of his second mercy petition. it is obligatory on the part of this court him an opportunity to exhaust his legal ASJ Rana noted, “Needless to say, the Muralidhar is expected to take judges. CJ Patel recalled Justice Muralidhar’s many oath as the second-most senior judge of the High to discharge the duties cast upon it remedies…” The Delhi government Jail Superintendent is duty bound to landmark judgments and said the Delhi HC would under the relevant provisions… In Wednesday had moved court seeking apprise convict Akshay about the action Court on Friday. “February 26 was perhaps the longest miss “an eminent judge who can discuss any topic of working day of my life as a judge of this high court,” view of the same, it is hereby directed fresh date for the execution, hours after initiated by jail authorities upon his law and decide any type of matter”. Justice Muralidhar that the death warrants, as issued by President Ram Nath Kovind rejected petitions/representations.” The hearing he said. In the early hours of February 26, Justice recalled the landmark 2009 verdict decriminalising Muralidhar and Justice Anup Bhambhani held a special this court vide order dated 07.01.2020 Pawan’s mercy petition. On Thursday, on the execution of death warrants homosexuality that he delivered along with then CJ with respect of the condemned convicts A P Singh, the lawyer for Pawan, Vinay had moved forward last year after the hearing at the former’s residence after receiving a A P Shah as a high point in his career. “There was a distress call from advocate Rahul Roy. “I called Justice namely Mukesh, Pawan, Akshay and and Akshay, told the court that he will victim’s mother moved an application palpable anticipationopensearch in the courtroom and when we Vinay, shall now be carried into effect be meeting Pawan today in jail and to shift the case from a vacant court, (GS) Sistani since the Chief Justice was on leave and he saw people break down before and after the verdict, said he was also on leave on February 26 and asked me by causing the said convicts to be would thereafter exercise his legal where the matter remained unheard for we knew that we had set off something irreversible,” hanged by the neck until they are remedies against the rejection of his months. The Tihar Jail administration to hear the matter,” he said, narrating the sequence of he said. “As a judge, Gandhi’s talisman of recalling the events that transpired. Chief Justice of the Delhi HC D dead on 20.03.2020 at 5.30 am,” read mercy petition. He also submitted that had also submitted a status report in weakest man and B R Ambedkar’s idea of constitutional the court order. After the new date of he wanted to meet Akshay to discuss court, stating that the four convicts had N Patel was on leave since February 24. Justice Sistani, morality have guided me.” as the second-most senior judge of the High Court, execution was fixed by the court, the the future course of action. He, however, exhausted their legal remedies except Addressing the “junior bar”, Justice Muralidhar said victim’s mother welcomed the decision. conceded that as of date, there was no for the option of filing a mercy petition. was holding charge of the CJ. After a bench of Justice they were “articulate” and “unaffiliated”. He thanked Muralidhar and Justice Talwant Singh heard the case “The morning of March 20 will be the legal impediment upon the powers of The case dates back to December 16, his 12 staff members, interns and acknowledged that morning of our lives,” she told reporters the court to proceed with execution of 2012, when a 23-year-old woman again in court on February 26, the case was heard by the Delhi HC functions efficiently because of its 1,200 a bench headed by the CJ on February 27. “I received outside Patiala House court. The death the death warrant. Ravi Qazi, lawyer was gangraped and assaulted inside employees. The judge also said that a “younger, vibrant warrants have been stayed three times for convict Mukesh, also conceded that a moving bus in South Delhi by six my transfer orders just before midnight on February and diverse” bar made the Delhi HC “the best in the 26 and the case remained on the board of the CJ,” he in the past, pending legal remedies of there was no statutory impediment persons, before being thrown out on the country”. “I am discussing the transfer in order to the four convicts. On March 2, the court to proceed with the execution of the road. She died on December 29, 2012. said. Many former judges, including former Delhi HC CJ ensure judicial credibility,” Mittal said, during the full AP Shah, and legal scholar Prof Upendra Baxi attended court reference. Apart from sitting judges of the court, the function. Delhi Bar Council Chairperson K C Mittal the HC complex was packed with hundreds of lawyers and Delhi government’s standing counsel Rahul Mehra on Thursday to attend the judge’s farewell and the full Delhi violence: Hours after seeing burnt house, HCcriticised asks the hospitals collegium’s to policytake videos on transfer of autopsies, of HC court preserve hearing. DNA samples of deceased destroyed shop, 62-year-old man dies in relief camp New Delhi Correspondent. New Delhi Correspondent.

those arrested in the case. The court today heard the pleas He owned a tea shop near after Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, heading a Supreme the house, which was also The Delhi High Court on Friday directed all government Court bench that also comprised Justices B R Gavai and A 62-year-old man died inside the Eidgah relief camp for destroyed. On February hospitals to videograph the autopsies of those killed in the Surya Kant, had on Wednesday directed it to deal with the riot victims at Northeast Delhi’s Mustafabad Wednesday 25, the family shifted communal violence in northeast Delhi which has claimed case expeditiously and to explore the possibility of peaceful night. The man, Ameen Khan, had shifted to the camp with back to Khan’s daughter’s 53 lives so far. The court also directed the hospitals to resolution of the dispute. “We think that adjournment (in his family three days ago. A resident of Shiv Vihar, Khan house in Mustafabad. preserve the DNA samples of the deceased and not to Delhi HC) of such a long period is unjustified. We also do and his family had fled after mobs began pelting stones “We remember the day dispose of any unidentified body till March 11. In a series not want to assume jurisdiction when HC is seized of the and petrol bombs in their area. According to his family, the violence broke out. of orders pertaining to the case, the court today adjourned matter. All other connected matters in the same subject Khan went to the house to see if they could move back but To save the children and all matters pertaining to the riots till March 12. which have been adjourned to a later date may be advanced returned disappointed and depressed. His son, Asif (28), our parents, we rushed through the back door and ran to A bench headed by Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice and taken up along with this matter,” CJI Bobde had said. said: “He came back and didn’t speak to us for an hour. After my sister’s house. After the camp was opened, we shifted C Hari Shankar listed the PIL seeking lodging of FIRs Replying to the CJI, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said we urged him to talk to us, he said the house had been burnt there. Abbu thought everything would go back to normal and arrests in the communal violence over the amended the situation was not conducive. “We have received 7000 down and that our jewellery and other belongings looted. but after he visited the house, he was shocked. He cried a citizenship law and alleged hate speeches by political videos. We said right now the situation is not proper. We He was shattered. After some time, he fell unconscious. We lot… he had lost hope of ever getting our house back,” said figures for March 12. Besides this, the High Court also will when the situation is conducive,” Mehta had said.“We took him to Meher Clinic, where doctors declared him dead Asif. Meanwhile, as heavy rains lashed the capital Thursday issued notices to the Delhi government as well as the police don’t think that violence can be curbed by court orders. In on arrival. Doctors said he had a stroke.” Khan is survived night, the Eidgah camp was flooded. A government official on CPM leader Brinda Karat’s PIL to publish the names of an injunction, there are specific people. by his wife, three sons, a daughter and seven grandchildren. said, “It started raining around 9.30 pm. Plant trees in riot-hit areas, will help heal society: Delhi HC to MCD Delhi violence: Ex-SC judges New Delhi Correspondent. meet displaced families New Delhi Correspondent. The Delhi High Court has ordered the MCD to plant 500 trees in riot-affected Northeast Delhi, observing that the presence of large number of trees and greenery will facilitate Three former Supreme Court judges in healing of a bruised and battered society. visited riot-hit areas in Northeast Delhi The order was passed by Justice Najmi Waziri Thursday evening to meet victims Tuesday in an industrial disputes-related of the violence. Former Justices A K case in which the MCD is a party. Justice Patnaik, Kurian Joseph and Vikramjit Waziri relied on photographs of the riot-hit Sen visited Shiv Vihar and later met areas accessible on the internet, noting that displaced families at the relief camp they show “long stretches of public roads in Mustafabad’s Eidgah. While Justice and streets without a blade of grass, let alone Joseph said that their visit was out of any tree or a bush on either side of the road “concern”, Justice Patnaik said that or on the road divider” The court is of the they were there to “collect first-hand view that visual relief and therapeutic effects information” about the riots. At Shiv of greenery around one’s place of work, Vihar, the judges began by visiting the residence or in one’s neighbourhood cannot Auliya mosque which had been torched be overemphasised. All-the-more, in a post- during the riots. “What happened to the people who lived in the building,” asked Justice riot scenario where thousands of citizens Joseph, to which he was told that most victims are either living with relatives, in relief have suffered damages in body and mind, the trees shall be of “deciduous indigenous Delhi Municipal Corporation, also undertook camps or have returned to their villages. Both the Delhi HC and the Supreme Court have the presence of large number of trees and variety and they shall have a nursery age to recce the area extensively and to start been hearing pleas seeking FIRs against four BJP leaders for hate speech. “The courts are greenery will surely facilitate in healing of a of 3.5 years and a minimum height of six plantation immediately, especially since the too far away from what is happening on the ground. It has to have first-hand information bruised and battered society,” read the order. feet”. The MCD has been directed to water earth has become more receptive because and someone needs to come with complete concrete facts,” said Justice Patnaik, on The HC has ordered the MCD to consider and nurse the trees. The HC also directed of the recent rains in the city. “He submits criticism of the courts’ handling of the current situation. Before leaving, Justice Patnaik planting 24 kinds of trees including jackfruit, that photos be filed before and after the that while he is surveying the area, the tree observed, “It does appear to be the case that there has been targeted attacks on Muslims” mango, teak, anjeer, banyan, butter tree, and plantation before the next date of hearing on plantation shall start from tomorrow itself,” adding that, “There has been a lot of property damage but it is very difficult to ascertain black plum. Justice Waziri has directed that March 17. The Director (Horticulture), East the order read. how it happened and who is responsible”. 4 | English Daily Open Search | EDITORIAL | New Delhi | Saturday, March 07, 2020 Open Search EDITORIAL Chief of Defence Staff must ensure

Competition policy should patient decisions on complex issues be driven by safeguarding Madanjit Singh competition, not competitors It has been suggested that the newly- The online marketplace or the platform/ created post of the Chief of Defence Staff intermediation service market is now largely (CDS) proceed slowly and think through characterised by duopolies in most segments: the issues, along with the service Amazon and Flipkart in e-commerce, Uber and Ola chiefs, before making pronouncements. in transport, Zomato and Swiggy in food service, There have been several reports in MakeMyTrip and Yatra in travel bookings. Some the media that suggest that the entire niche players do exist in these segments, but by and concept of Theatre Commands and large the market has been carved up by large players. the functioning of the Departmant of Of late, several of these companies have come under Military Affairs (DMA) have already the scrutiny of the Competition Commission of India been fully conceptualised. At this (CCI). The issues involved here have far reaching juncture, revisiting the report of the ramifications for both online and off-line market post-Kargil task force report may be places. Some of the more contentious issues are: Do useful. The report included important such market structures restrict online competition? inputs from all former chiefs of staff as Are the players engaging in predatory pricing? If so, well as government functionaries who is it driving out both online and offline competition dealt with issues of national security. and does this adversely impact consumer welfare? The major areas in which changes Is there need for policy intervention, and, if so, what were needed were higher defence should be the underlying framework? In theory, the management, jointness in operations as would be necessary in any future The restructuring of military regions in China commenced in online market structure should facilitate greater The welcome impetus competition given the lower barriers to entry. conflicts, and associated requirements the mid-1950s and was carried out over three phases. Their 12 But this may not be the case. Most other firms in for change has of national security. In addition, a separate commands were rationalised, and now number five. review of defence procurement/ the segments mentioned above have either been finally come from the From the statements made publicly, it seems we are planning to taken over or have folded up. One explanation for political leadership. It indigenous production, the DRDO, policy research and manpower were complete some of our restructuring in a matter of months. the emergence of these market structures is that places a responsibility as companies grow, with more users coming on also looked at. Change comes with board these platforms, they benefit from what CCI on the CDS and service many complexities and in this regard, calls positive feedback loop. This leads to market chiefs to chart out a “speed must be tempered by caution concentration. Given the network effects, which clear roadmap for the and logical thought”. The welcome complexities of maritime activities clearly Hence, the private sector was not given impetus for change has finally come are common in digital spaces, it becomes difficult required changes. It bring out that one theatre command for an opportunity. It may be interesting for new players to enter these spaces, and gain from the political leadership. It places the maritime responsibilities (7,612 note that the Navy was a pioneer in market share as there isn’t much space for many must be kept in mind a responsibility on the CDS and service kms and island territories) of the establishing a capable defence shipyard such networks. Another possible explanation is that as defined by chiefs to chart out a clear roadmap Navy is functionally inadequate and in Mazagaon. However, despite such that, contrary to perception, the online space is the government the for the required changes. It must be unacceptable. It is almost as laughable achievements, we have had the highly capital intensive. Deep pockets are required forces will continue kept in mind that as defined by the the suggestion that HQ WNC should dubious distinction of being the biggest to fund the discounts to get customers on board government the forces will continue be relocated to the sea border with importer of armaments. Clearly there is initially. Such market structures are more likely in to be operationally to be operationally commanded by the Pakistan. Next, let us look at manpower national capability and we need to set capital deficit countries like India. Incumbents, as in commanded by the respective chiefs, who should not face (MP) issues. Countries with sizeable our house in order. The restructuring of other sectors, may also engage in various strategies respective chiefs, who any ambiguity as regards their roles armed forces have rationalised (read military regions in China commenced to restrict entry and thus competition. Even small should not face any and functions. reduced) MP as part of restructuring. in the mid-1950s and was carried out actions by these platforms coupled with the Media reports since the creation The best and most recent example over three phases. Their 12 separate network effects can adversely impact competition. ambiguity as regards of CDS seem to suggest that the is China, which has reduced the size commands were rationalised, and This would suggest that competition is likely to their roles and complexities of the entire process of of the PLA from 4.5 million to 1.8 now number five. From the statements be restricted and new entrants in the online space functions. this change does not seem to reflect the million as a part of the creation of made publicly, it seems we are will be rare, unless facilitated by technological inputs from the service chiefs. The CDS joint military regions. The excess MP planning to complete some of our changes, regulatory intervention or through deep is only the “first amongst equals” and it has been transferred to the Peoples restructuring in a matter of months. discount pricing backed by deep pocketed firms. is essential that the views of the service Armed Police. We need to be serious Clearly, this is an unrealistic The question is: Do such online market structures chiefs are also taken into account, about our excess MP levels and the timeframe. The primary task for CDS also adversely impact offline competition and particularly if they are contrarian. Let concomitant expenditure. Static peace- is to define through consultations thus consumer welfare? Many allege that these us start with the proposed structure time infrastructure needs to be suitably with service chiefs and operational two-sided online platforms engage in predatory for the predominately maritime theatre cut down. We need to move away from commanders a suitable defence policy pricing or below cost pricing either -Vijay by funding Kumar it the Peninsula Theatre subsuming assessing our combat ratio and budget for the country. Once accepted by the themselves or by squeezing producers. the Western Naval Command (WNC), projections on the basis of boots on government, this should become the Eastern Naval Command, Eastern Naval the ground. MP rendered surplus basis for determining the defence Command, Southern Naval Command must be compulsorily absorbed budget, for which the CDS has to justify India and US must ignore blips and Southern Air Command. The with paramilitary forces, thereby to the Cabinet Committee on Security. opensearchsuggested structure reflects, once again, Thereafter, the CDS, once again in effecting savings in pensions instead of in relations, talk business sea blindness. We need to comprehend increasing retirement ages. Increasing consultation with service chiefs, is Yoginder K. Alagh the Navy’s extent of maritime the retirement age to reduce pensions to recommend which areas must responsibilities, including search and is not the answer, as the armed forces receive priority in terms of spending. rescue, and the interests of the country’s need a youthful profile. In the 1960s, Should there be any differences Exclusive Economic Zone and the tasks/ the Government of India had engaged among them, these too have to be The Trump visit is over. There were mutual gains. missions that complement national US consultants (Arthur D Little) to brought out. Finally, my suggestion Homeland Security is an American expression. For us to diplomacy requirements. These extend own it shows our concerns on cross-border sponsored conceptualise defence production. One for the CDS is to take a balanced and terrorism. The media did not discuss enough the to the Indian Ocean and, increasingly, the of the key recommendations was the consultative approach in defence GE nuclear turbines. Our nuclear VVER power plant Asia Pacific regions. The navy does not creation of partnerships between the restructuring. There are no prizes technologies are state of the art and of Russian and guard borders but manages maritime public and private sectors. This was for chasing unrealistic timeframes. French design. Good, but one more is better. We are well frontiers and attendant activities. The not allowed to happen for many years. Let us maintain an even keel. on the way to the fast breeder on the thorium route and these nuclear turbines are an essential step. We don’t ‘United we stand, divided we fall’: Congress needs have much uranium but unlimited thorium, so in the long run, apart from solar, this is the energy future. Obviously, the insurance obstacle, as to who will bear the cost of insurance against disaster damage, which the Americans to make this tired old cliché its clarion call were raising earlier, has been resolved. We have to build nuclear power to provide the initial feedstock for the Mani Shankar Aiyar thorium-based reactors. We get along very well at the personal plane with Americans and this is generally true alliance will fight and which portfolios with President Trump, who knows the Indian economy will go to which partner in the event of first hand. It is one thing for a leader to speak from briefs; Despite widespread despair in Congress a coalition government being formed. it’s another for him to be a Wharton graduate and a circles that the party is showing no signs of And notwithstanding these electoral successful businessman. There are obviously differences even trying to revive itself, liberal opinion arrangements, the constituent parties between the two nations on the trade pact. There is in the country at large is of the view that are left free between elections to draw up “progress”, diplomatese to say we were not at blows, only the Congress can take on the nation- their own political programmes and seek but otherwise we don’t know the way forward. Since the wide challenge of restoring the nation to strengthen their respective holds on the event was Ahmedabad-based, Amul is invading America to the “Idea of India” expounded during electorate. Using this lived experience as a and dairying is real politics. Incidentally, the original the freedom movement and through the template, and adjusting it to ground realities Motera was started by Sheth Jaykrishna Harivallabhdas, first 65 years of modern nation-building in different states, it might be possible to who was also chairman of Gujarat Narmada Valley but now under severe stress from an build a stable, long-term national coalition Fertilisers Company Ltd. In those days, the joint sector alternative idea that seems to have which would bring to bear its combined was a great innovation. The US concern on Kashmir and caught the imagination of a disturbingly weight on restoring the “Idea of India” on minority rights is real. I had to respectfully remind old large section of our population. I use which all but the saffron forces are agreed, friends who on channels were taking the position that the expression “liberal opinion” because while pursuing, if possible by consensus, these are internal matters that we have always raised many of the most searching questions our respective programmes and policies on issues on prejudice on colour and minorities in the US come from liberals who for years have other matters. For if we do not do so now, and the rights of the diaspora with POTUS. If the largest been disenchanted with, and distanced it may be too late in 2024 or later to forge a foreign office establishment in the world is raising issues from, the Congress as a party but are last-minute secular front against the saffron through their chief, let’s not bury our head in the sand. I now thoroughly alarmed at the lemming- juggernaut. “United we stand, divided we wouldn’t be surprised if our defence minister expressing like rush to national suicide which, they fall” is the tired old cliché that we now need sadness at former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir reluctantly concede, only the Congress to make our clarion call. Of course, such an being in detention was a gesture to the US President’s can stem. sequencing: Which should come first, its official name) had, during the freedom approach can only succeed if the Congress stand on pursuing solutions. The Americans generally This has sparked an open debate among were to have transparent inner party rally behind the President on foreign policy. We are more Congress intellectuals in full public glare the chicken or the egg? I would like to movement, provided a platform for a add a further dimension in the sense of range of diverse political opinion united elections that would throw up a collective advanced now and have kicked the bipartisan approach unprecedented in the last two decades on charismatic leadership, as Tharoor et al have to foreign affairs. When I was doing my doctorate and how to pull the party out of the morass in asking a completely different question: only in the objective of freeing the nation Should the party aim at coming to power from the clutches of foreign rule. Only been urging, as well as clarity on ideology teaching at the University of Pennsylvania, leaders like which it finds itself. Participants include and the pressing issues of the day, as Tewari Madhu Limaye, Balraj Madhok and others defended prominent Congress parliamentarians on its own in the foreseeable future or two political tendencies were excluded at comprehensively defeating the forces or had no desire to join the communists has been urging, arrived at not in closed- India abroad. Now courtesies are denied to Sonia Gandhi such as Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Shashi door meetings behind drawn curtains but in a Foreign Office-planned banquet. Seven decades of Tharoor and Manish Tewari, as also the of Hindutva by forging a united front of and the communalists. Can we restore the the Opposition? Most Congress leaders Congress to the status of a “movement”? through “open covenants, openly arrived at”, a bipartisan policy are thrown away without a word in relatively younger element in the person as Woodrow Wilson might have said. explanation. President Trump also went to the Wharton of Sandeep Dikshit, Jyotiraditya Scindia would say defeating the BJP requires the I think that might be possible if we restoration of the Congress as the “natural stooped to conquer. If in the tortuous This means linking the rejuvenation School at the University of Pennsylvania when I was and the Sanjay Jha-Salman Soz duo. I measures already aired by both the senior doing my doctorate there and later, teaching there and am, therefore, tempted to dip my paddle party of governance”. But there has to be negotiations to set up a common platform, an acceptance of the ineluctable reality the Congress were to opt for a lower and younger echelons of the party to the at Swarthmore College, a small well-known liberal arts into the creek even if it means rowing strategic objective of uniting with others to college. My teacher Lawrence Klein, later to get the against the tide. Broadly speaking, two that the country is simply not willing to than a higher profile, characterised so reverse the falling curve of Congress by a willingness to accommodate and restore in the 21st century our joint Vision Economics Nobel, was annoyed at my constant cribbing trends of thought have emerged, one that of India, even if it means disappointing on Paul Samuelson’s Economics being the required text regards organisational elections as the support as to enable it to do so on its own. compromise and sacrifice, we might be Equally, the results of both the Lok Sabha able to secure throughout India the kind aspirants at the grassroots who would on the ground that its chapters on developing countries key to recovery and the other that gives otherwise pressurise the leadership, as were poor. Samuelson was his teacher. precedence to securing ideological and elections of 2104 and 2019 have shown of stable alliance which has held in Kerala that the combined vote of the secular for decades. The United Democratic Front, they have been doing in a number of recent So Klein said: “Yoginder, you lecture to the entire programmatic clarity by holding a series of elections, to field them as candidates even class of Introductory Economics on what you think is Pachmarhi-type think-through sessions to parties exceeds by a wide margin the vote which includes the Congress, and even the garnered by the Modi-Shah machine. Is rival Left Democratic Front, that includes when defeat is a certainty. That is the appropriate.” So I did that in College Hall, lecturing to consider how to make the four ideological lesson to be learnt from petulantly fielding more than a thousand kids. Trump was required to be pillars of the party democracy, secularism, it, therefore, feasible for the Congress to the two leading Communist parties, bring on board a coalition of disparate provide the template for successfully candidates for virtually all constituencies in there. But knowing him it is also possible that he played socialism, and nonalignment relevant to UP knowing full well that not even a handful hookey and went out on a date. More seriously, shall we the demands of the 21st century and the parties to arrest the saffron wave? I confining the saffron forces to the believe this is a feasible political project margins. Both Fronts have stabilised their would prevail and the even sorrier spectacle now turn our attention to the systematic attempts to people’s changing perceptions. The two of all but three of our candidates in the Delhi hack the foundations of the Republic. approaches are, in fact, complementary principally because the Congress (which alliances by determining well in advance has never included the word “party” in which constituencies the partners in the elections failing to recover their deposits and the argument is essentially over and none winning even a single seat. New Delhi | Saturday, March 07, 2020 | INTERNATIONAL | | English Daily Open Search | 5 FIRST COLUMN With thousands trapped on board, Grand Princess cruise ship awaits coronavirus test results Vatican reports first case of coronavirus Washington, Agency. be confined to their cabins. “We are seeing inside its walls some people get kind of snappy,” Pearce A normal day on board the Grand Princess dip in one of the pools on deck. Afternoon said, predicting that tensions would rise the cruise ship might go like this: Sleep late longerstocked the up shipon a bucketwas delayed of beer and and passengers cheese,” under a “European-inspired duvet.” Take a werehe said forced from a to bar stay at inthe theirback rooms.of the ship, “I just teaand promisessteak on whitea private tablecloths balcony. andAnd fingerall evening, there are plenty of things to do, sandwiches. Dinner could be lobster tails “and then it’s into the cabin.” Mark Pace, the extraordinary,” the company says in its a passenger aboard the Grand Princess, advertising. Yet Thursday, the cruise ship, said Thursday that the passengers were from theater to gambling to dancing. “Expect generally staying calm. “But it is getting more stressful as we approach Saturday, the day we’re supposed to dock,” he said. He said on its way back to California from Hawaii updates from the cruise staff had been slow with more than 2,000 passengers on board, boarded the cruise ship. “I had expected to threat from the coronavirus and passengers and that he was dismayed that passengers was idling off the coast of San Francisco, as weren’t given a health screening when they officialspanicked amid scrambled fears that to they confront could be theamong latest have my temperature taken,” he wrote in a tweetthousands to Princess of dollars Cruises, on a thecruise ship’s are parent not Washington, Agency. The Vatican said on the sick. Officials flew test kits by helicopter coronavirus had previously traveled on the company, on Wednesday. “People that spent Friday that a patient in its health services out to the Grand Princess after authorities form. The panic over the fate of the Grand had tested positive for the coronavirus, the learned that a patient who had died from the going to answer truthfully on their health had traveled on a previous leg of the cruise, by Rome. The discovery brought the vessel and that some passengers and crew Princess began after a 71-year-old man who members on board were showing symptoms. firstepidemic in the to tiny, the walledheart of city-state the capital surrounded of Italy, Eleven passengers and 10 crew members on a round trip from San Francisco to Mexico, the ship who were showing symptoms would spreadinghovered over worldwide the ship andon Thursday has led to morning, 12 deaths where the results could be available within “a died in Placer County after leaving the ship. beunderstate” tested, Gov.the scope Gavin of Newsom infection, of he California said, thein the worst-hit north, stood European at 148 country. on Thursday. The death in the United States. Two black helicopters few hours,” Newsom said. Officials said that Itleg was of the the trip first also death tested from positive the coronavirus for the said.or “it may “That indeed number be abundance may of significantly caution.” toll in Italy, where the virus has hit mostly thepassengers results had would been likely staying not in be good announced spirits in California. Another passenger from that diagnosed on Thursday and that services inappeared the style to of be a militarya cooler operation,and other asgear officials onto untiland milling Friday. around Bill Pearce,the ship 54,until said Thursday fellow Ain VaticanVatican spokesmanclinics had beensaid thesuspended case was to in camouflage and orange suits lowered what virus and is being treated in California. The sanitize the areas. Most Vatican employees Additionally, 62 people who had traveled at Grand Princess is owned by Princess Cruises, the same time as the man who died were the ship. After testing, the kits will be flown afternoon, when the captain announced the same company that runs the Diamond expected to be tested for the virus, which is back to a laboratory in Richmond, California, over loudspeakers that all passengers would Princess, who use its health services live in Italy on the other side of the border with the Sweeping Senate vote sends Trump Michael Bloomberg to fund independent 108-acresuch an employee city-state. or Bruni among gave the no relatively details on whether the person who tested positive was group to boost Democrats this year few clergy or guards who live inside its $8.3B bill to fight coronavirus Lahore, Agency. walls.time in The his Vaticanpapacy, hasis suffering said Pope only Francis, from a who cancelled a Lent retreat for the first New Delhi, Agency. other pathologies.” cold that is “without symptoms related to Michael Bloomberg will form an independent group to help measure Thursday to help tackle elect the Democratic presidential nominee in November, Israel’s Netanyahu falls short Thethe coronavirus Senate passed outbreak an $8.3 in billionhopes fulfilling a vow to put his $60 billion personal fortune to work of reassuring a fearful public and even after abandoning his own White House bid on Wednesday. of parliamentary majority accelerating the government’s The independent expenditure organization will employ some of theunprecedented enormous staff advertising he built during blitz only his months-longto register disappointing presidential spread is threatening to upend campaign, when he spent more than $500 million on an response to the virus, whose rapid results in 14 state contests on Tuesday. The group will include everydaya multifaceted life attack in on the a virus U.S. that and across offices in six battleground states Arizona, Florida, Michigan, the globe. The money would pay for

isagain spreading Thursday, more disrupting widely every travel day, sending financial markets spiraling

and potentially threatening the U.S. economy’s decade-long expansion. Thursday’s sweeping 96-1 vote sends the bill to the White House for New Delhi, Agency. President“no” vote. The Donald House Trump’spassed the signature.bill Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., cast the sole The final results from Israel’s election have confirmed that Prime Wednesday by a 415-2 vote. The plan Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again would more than triple the $2.5 billion Thursday, signal further political deadlock. amountimmediately outlined discarded by the by members White House of fallen short of a parliamentary majority with federal, state and local governments issues that relate to unemployment his hard-line allies. The results, released late 10 days ago. The Trump proposal was the bipartisan leadershipopensearch of the House prepare for and respond to the Monday’s election was the country’s third Congress from both parties. Instead, insurance for people who are put out in less than a year. Previous elections in virus overseas. There’s also funding to April and September also ended in deadlock. andother Senate provisions Appropriations of the legislation committees in a coronavirus threat. An additional $1.3of work.“ Pelosi said as she signed the Exitreligious polls and late nationalistMonday had allies, indicated had captured that negotiatedburst of bipartisan the increased cooperation figure that’s and billion would be used to help fightbill tothe send it to Trump. “We have only Netanyahu’s60 seats, putting Likud them Party, on along the cusp with of his a common on the panel but increasingly about 27% of people in this country subsidize $7 billion in small business whoto them have and paid their sick families?” days. So said if they Rep. have “In situations like this, I believe loans. Other dollars would be directed to go home what is going to happen rareno expenseelsewhere should in Washington. be spared to toand help subsidize local treatment officials prepare by community for the 61-seat governing majority. Netanyahu health centers. Medicare rules triumphantly declared a “huge victory. Likud protect the American people, and potential worsening of the outbreak Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. DeLauro said emerged as the largest single party, with Pence responded that he would raise 36 seats, according to the final results. But the issue with the president. The bill Israel’s opposition divided, the country in crafting this package none was,”wouldsick people be could loosened to get treatment to enable seeks remote to restore $136 million that the his right-wing bloc captured only 58 seats, as heating subsidies for the poor to wellappears short to of be the heading hoped-for into furthermajority. deadlock, With saidan aggressive Appropriations plan, a vigorous Committee plan “telehealth“ consultations wherebyDepartment of Health and Human as Netanyahu prepares to go on trial for Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala. “It’s Servicesbattle the cut virus. from The other legislation accounts comes such North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and will support withoutthe center visiting of the acrisis, doctor . praised Sen. Mariathe as carping over the administration’s down-ballot Democrats as well as whoever wins the party’s fourth straight election a possibility. that has received an overwhelmingCantwell, D-Wash., whose state is response at to the outbreak is quieting presidential nomination, according to a source familiar with for public lab testing, help pay for Bloomberg’s plans who spoke on Thursday on condition of corruption charges with an unprecedented positiveuniversal reaction.”support. ItTrump is intended was sure to to sign the measure, which has almostbillisolation because and itquarantine, “will increase help accesspay had faulted a shortage of tests for anonymity. The independent group, whose name and budget Indian on student visa in builds over the impact of the virus, for sanitizing in public areas, better down.the virus Lawmakers and contrasting in both messages parties are still being determined, will be able to spend unlimited sums project confidence and calm as anxiety from Trump and his subordinates. asrichest long ascitizens, it does suspended not coordinate his presidentialdirectly with campaignany campaign. on US pleads guilty to sexual “The American people are looking The 78-year-old former New York mayor, among the country’s which has claimed 12 lives in the U.S.track the virus and thosey hotwho spots, might enticement of minor that their government is up to the andcome limit into exposure.“ contact with The it,legislation help labs In an interview with Sean Hannity Wednesday and said he would back fellow moderate Joe Biden London, Agency. fortask leadershipof protecting and their want health assurance and who are trying to identif of Fox News on Wednesday, Trump in his bid to win the Democratic nomination to challenge that aims to protect against potential downplayedOrganization’s updated the lethality estimate of of a the Republican President Donald Trump in November’s election. guilty to sexual enticementA 23-year-old of a minorIndian girl, The impact of the outbreak continues containsprice gouging a by hard-won drug manufacturers compromise virus, saying the World Health Biden, a former vice president, is in a two-way battle with withprosecutors a student have visa said. in the He USfaces has a pleadedmaximum safety,“ said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.for vaccines and other medicines liberal Senator Bernie Sanders after Senator Elizabeth Warren, penalty of life in prison. He pleaded guilty 3.4%starting death to seerate rapid in coronavirus deployment cases of a distant third in delegates after Super Tuesday nominating to mount. The British government is is “a false number.“ “Now you’re contests, dropped out on Thursday. Sanders told reporters in considering suspending Parliament developed with taxpayer funds.quite honestly,“ said Rep. Raul Ruiz, Burlington, Vermont, that Wall Street and Bloomberg were beforeThe charge Senior carries US District a minimum Judge penaltyWilliam of M for five months in hope of limiting Healthmake sureand commercialHuman Services prices Secretary are tests, which makes me feel better, opening their checkbooks to support Biden. “That is what a Skretny10 years to in sexual prison, enticement a maximum of penalty a minor. of theprovide spread federal of thepublic virus health in theagencies United Alexreasonable. Azar Azar would is havea former the drug power communications to are a little better. corrupt political system is,” added Sanders, who has said he Kingdom.money for vaccines, The legislationtests and potential would D-Calif.,As long as a doctor.the president “I think doesn’t their would not accept help from Bloomberg in the general election other steps may be needed if the contradict the experts and the if he is nominated. Biden has said he would welcome the lifealleged in prison, the student a fine ofcommunicated $250,000 or both,by text US industry lobbyist. Democrats said aid. Bloomberg’s virtually bottomless pockets could provide Attorney James P Kennedy said. Prosecutors treatments, including $300 million to a massive boost for Democrats. The Republican Party and deliver such drugs to those who need outbreak continues to worsen. “Thisscientists who know what they’reTrump’s re-election campaign have significantly outraised their and email with an 11-year-old girl for the it. More than $2 billion would go to help may be a first step because we havedoing, things will get better.“ Democratic counterparts. Tibetan language learning eroded under Elizabeth Warren ends 2020 presidential bid after Super Tuesday rout China’s ‘bilingual education’: Rights group New Delhi, Agency. Washington, Agency. Elizabethmessage Warren,of economic who electrified populism, progressives dropped learning and resources in the Tibet Roche, a senior research fellow at La Trobe with her “plan for everything” and strong University in Australia, unaffiliated with China is eroding access to Tibetan language called “bilingual education”, according to the group. Switching to Chinese-medium outher plans. of The the exit Democratic came days after presidential the onetime race on instructionnumbers, has in led western to sporadic Qinghai protests province, against Thursday, according to a person familiar with Autonomous Region while carrying out so- where ethnic Tibetans also live in large community gets education in their native front-runner couldn’t win a single Super a new report from Human Rights Watch. the government. In 2018, China sentenced China, while ensuring its minority Tibetan Tuesday state, not even her own. The person aseparatism.” Tibetan-language The advocateTibetan fromAutonomous Qinghai wasn’t authorized to speak about Warren’s to five years prison on charges of “inciting tongue,primary language has sidelined of instruction, Tibetan-language said the intentions and talked to The Associated Press classesreport released by making on Thursday. Mandarin In 2002, Chinese the the on the condition of anonymity. Warren’s exit Tibet Autonomous Region’s government Regional government and China’s Ministry extinguishedof the past year, hopes the that Massachusetts Democrats would senator’s get campaign had all the markers of issued decrees that bilingual education of Education did not immediately reply another to try at putting a woman up against President Donald Trump. For much faxedthe next generation, requests as for it provides comment. economic Still, many Tibetansand education see opportunity Chinese to as a population a valuable skillsuccess, for robust poll numbers, impressive fundraising and a sprawling political that lives in remote and underdeveloped meant Chinese and Tibetan were to be classgiven dedicated to Tibetan, the rights group infrastructure that featured staffers on the ground across the country. She was “equalhas started weight,” pushing but bilingual that education wording hasin main now medium of instruction, with only one squeezed out, though, by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who had an immovable us they are indeed keen to ensure that their basethe 14 of states voters voting she neededand placing to advance. an embarrassing Warren thirdnever in finished Massachusetts, higher thanbehind third disappeared from official messaging. China areas. “Many of the Tibetans we talk to tell said, adding that the next generations’ fluency in the first four states and was routed on Super Tuesday, failing to win any of inTibetan Tibetan communities was at risk. is really “The promotionproblematic of recent years, while remaining vague in its children speak Chinese… but not at the cost public-facing comments on what bilingual Putonghuaand has had a (Mandarinreally profound Chinese) impact on among their former Vice President Joe Biden and Sanders. Her exit from the race following identity, their language practices, and their of Tibetan-language education,” said Sophie Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s departure leaves the Democratic field with just one female education actually means, the report said. By Richardson, China director at Human Rights 2017, the entire Tibet Autonomous Regionability to practice their culture,” said Gerald candidate: Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has collected only one delegate Watch.really on “The offer.” idea of truly bilingual education toward the nomination. It was an unexpected twist for a party that had used the was carrying out “bilingual education.” In is great and desirable. But that’s not what’s practice, this policy means Chinese is the votes and energy of women to retake control of the House, primarily with female candidates, just two years ago. 6 | English Daily Open Search | SPORTS | New Delhi | Saturday, March 07, 2020 Women’s T20 WC: I believe destiny is in India’s favour, feels Veda Krishnamurthy New Delhi, Agency.

World Cup, understands the pain of inmatches a finishing in the role tournament against Bangladesh.so far, the missing out on a world title. “BeingHaving amassed just 35 runs from four Senior India batter Veda Krishnamurthy in the final is just reward for theteam. “As an individual, the role given says her team seems destined to win to me is very consistent in the last year. it keeps nerves in check against way we played in the group stages.Karnataka batter knows her role in the the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in There was an advantage to having They’ve put effort in the last year to its maiden final appearance provided won all our games with the weatherkeep me there and I’ve been supported the psychological advantage going not in our hands.” The team’s first four-time champions Australia in target of reaching the final having Melbourne on Sunday. India will have achieved,nerves and the remain 27-year-old focussed player leading said by every individual, not just one or two. the Indians now need to hold theirThe entire team, with all the support intothe tournamentthe final opener.as they “It’s allhad about stunned the destiny, and I’m a big believer in destiny. staff have shown faith in me,” she said. defending champions by 17 runs in up to the big day on Sunday. “We said “I know coming into the World Cup, I the first aim was to get to the final would play a crucial role to finish the and take it from there. We’ve crossed innings well, which I felt I was unable I feel like this is the way it was meant that it’s helping us, starting from the the first stage. We need to make to do in the last World Cup in the West to be. There is a joke going around that sure we hold our nerves and we do Indies,”player ofshe the added. squad Krishnamurthy and they all saidare this World Cup is made in such a way trying to contribute as much as they quoted as saying by the tournament’s what we need to do on the final day,” specific roles have been set for every she said. India’s recent rivalry with can to help the team achieve its goal. “I wickets to everything else,” she was Australia has taken fascinating twists basis of their unbeaten record in the and turns, with Kaur’s outfit chasing official website. The Harmanpreet down 173 in their recent tri-series was very motivated to do my role and Kaur-led India reached the final on the and getting home by 17 runs in the I’ve been working on that. It’s not just T20 World Cup opener. But all is me,all putting all 15 playersin efforts involved and executing know what our tournament after their semifinal against not hunky-dory for Krishnamurthy their role is,” she said. “I’m happy we’re England was washed out on Thursday. on the personal front. Considered a contribution of saving a couple of runs, Krishnamurthy, who was a part of the great finisher, she has recovered from role properly. Even if it’s a smallish Indian team that finished runner-up a series of single-digit scores in the to England in the 2017 Women’s ODI tri-series to score 20 from 11 balls it’s all panned out really well. FIRST COLUMN Coronavirus threat: Nepal cancels Coronavirus threat: IPL very much on, all Watch: Kamran Akmal T20 tourney featuring Chris Gayle trolled for audacious New Delhi, Agency. measures will be in place, asserts Ganguly dropped catch in PSL New Delhi, Agency. Adue Twenty20 to the novelleague coronavirus in Nepal, which threat, was theto feature organisers West ofIndies the swashbuckler Chris Gayle amongevent others, have hassaid. been According postponed to Thespreading Indian coronavirus Premier League is affecting (IPL) is roundmultiple the sports corner events now andaround the fast-the a report in ‘ESPNCricinfo’, the Everest Premier League (EPL), which was to start on March 14, globe. But Indian cricket board chief wouldthe situation be rescheduled is favourable”. for “the Sourav Ganguly has reiterated that closest possible time whenever “TheGanguly IPL asserted is very that much all measures on schedule”. the likes of Gayle, home star Paris, Agency. Talking to news agency PTI on Friday, The tournament was to feature a dropped catch to remember in the spreading novel coronavirus threat will be in place to tackle the rapidly- Kamran Akmal produced Sandeep Lamichhane and calendars globally. The glitzy T20 Mohammad Shahzad among whichevent, hasfeaturing wreaked both havoc Indian on sportingand Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Thursday. others.a suspension Nepal of gatherings has only to one minimise confirmed the risk case of a of spread. coronavirus allis overno problem,”the world. Theyhe added. are travelling Asked medical issues will be addressed by the commentators and fans confounded. The catch was such a sitter and how Akmal so far. The country’s health ministry has, however, asked for toabout Abu the Dhabi, precautionary UAE to play. measures So there to theoutbreak medical has team.severely Every impacted tournament the walked off after dropping the catch had internationalcoronavirus patient stars, count gets currently underway ensure that players and fans are not will go on,” he added. The coronavirus We are naturally all sad at today’s announcement of having onstands March at 31, 29including in Mumbai.16 Italian India’saffected, Ganguly said a medical team the disease epicentres, Italy, banning It has to be the 8th wicket. It is the 8th toplayers temporarily before everythingpostpone the else,” 2020 the EPL, competition’s but we simply managing have to tourists. Internationally, the deadly globalfans from sporting venues schedules till April. with Olympic one of wicket,” the on-air commentator said at put the health and wellbeing of all Nepalis and our overseas outbreak has so far killed more than test events have been postponed or first. Moments later, he realized that the thank the government of Nepal for their support and counsel 3,300 people and infected nearly is thrashing out the specifics. “We catch had in fact not been taken. “Dropped! director Aamir Akhtar was quoted as saying. We would like to will take all precautions. I don’t know What is he doing?” the commentator then exactlytell us whatabout are that,” the extrahe said. measures. “The cancelledconcerns about in Japan, the fate another of the Tokyo badly- said. The moment happened in Peshawar through this challenging period, and we support entirely the 100,000 in about 85 countries. “IPLIt’s only medical team which will affected country. There are growing Zalmi’s match vs Quetta Gladiators on professional advice throughout. “I would like to assure that the hospitals so that everything is Thursday. Not much was on the line is very much on. Everywhere, the as soon as we are able to go ahead with the 2020 season, we tournamentsare here. There are no going issues,” on.Ganguly England medical team is already in touch withOlympicsassertion inthat July-August the quadrennial despite the when it happened, however. With the will be working to ensure that it will be a spectacular event the say. They are the professionals. All International Olympic Committee’s Akmal ran under the ball but took his eyes are already in Sri Lanka. South Africa improbable target of 50 needed off 10 likes of which Nepal has never seen before,” he added. available. We will do what the doctors balls,off the tailender ball and Sohaildropped Khan the skied catch. one The and opensearch asserted. “County teams are travelling Watch: MS Dhonishowpiece smashes will sixes go atahead CSK as planned. catch did not prove costly for Peshawar You can call a security guard’: Former training session ahead of IPL 2020 describing the missed catch as something Zalmi, but Twitter trolled Akmal, calling Islamabad, Agency. himthat the‘needs ‘worst investigation’. keeper in the world’ and selector slams Ajinkya Rahane’s approach New Delhi, Agency. Coronavirus impact: Delhi MS Dhoni returned to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) nets in shooting World Cup postponed, style, as seen in a video posted by Star Sports on Friday. Ahead Former chief selector Sandeep Patil of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 season, the CSK skipper Olympic test event cancelled hasbatting slammed in the India recent batsman Test Ajinkya series was seen swinging his arms in style at the Chepauk Stadium. The 38-year-oldto training was in seen smashing five consecutive sixes at the nets. New Delhi, Agency. The upcoming Rahane for his approach toward Dhoni returned March 2 along in New Zealand. Rahane scored Chennai from combined shooting World Cup in 91 runs at an average of 21.50 in players ahead of stood cancelled due to the global novel the series, with India going down New Delhi was on Friday postponed, withthirteenth other season CSK while an Olympic test event in Tokyo without much fight in both the strike rate these days because of a sanctioned by the International matches. Speaking to Times of India, remained out Coronavirus outbreak. The tournament, Patil‘fear ofsaid failure’. Rahane “Th isis happens batting due at toa slow fear of failure. He has led India, he’s of theaction IPL. Hesince has India’s exit at the Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), was got a tremendous overseas record, to be held from March 15 to 25 in the been labelled only as a Test player, capital’sto be held Dr from Karni April Singh 16. Shooting “The Range. role in getting Rahane to play a more proactive role in the he, alongside butbeen allout that’sof the history.India’s limited Now thatovers he’steam, human nature is 2019 ODI World The Olympic Test event was scheduled Cup, where took India tournament in Delhi will now be held batting order. “If Rahane isn’t understanding this, what is Ravindra Jadeja, in two parts before the Olympic Games. such that one wants to establish himself as a Test specialist. Ravi Shastri and the batting coach doing? If one batsman He’s trying to prove a point,” Patil said. atil P added, “By Dates for the events will be announced goes into a shell, the others follow, and the team suffers. to within a comes after the government imposed doing that, you try to show that ‘I’ll be technically correct. shortly,” a National Rifle Association of Thoseperformance who bat at afterthe press such conference batsmen feel after that the the 2nd bowling Test fighting chance several restrictions on the entry of I’ll try to occupy the crease. If you want to just ‘occupy,’ you India (NRAI) official said. The decision is too good,” he said. Virat Kohli had defended Rahane’s of winning the semifinal against New Zealand. With several travellers from affected countries such can call a security guard! Who’ll score the runs?” READ been very solid for us in Test cricket. I don’t look at averages | Lesson for Virat Kohli: Alpha-males don’t always win wicketkeepers having staked their claim to India’s limited overs earlier this week. “Rahane is one of those players who has side since then, a lot of attention will be on Dhoni’s season Iran, in a bid to contain the coronavirus Rahane,46, but had the disappointingIndian Test team scores vice-captain, after that. wasHis strikethe highest rate for CSK this year. India coach Ravi Shastri had said Dhoni is in outbreak. In all, 22 countries had pulled scorer in India’s first innings in the 1st Test with a score of as China, Italy, South Korea, Japan and and numbers. It’s about impact performances. You know contentiontaking on Mumbai Indians. for the T20 World Cup later this year if he ‘has a out of the event, whether he is been able to make impact performances for cracking IPL’. The IPL 2020 season begins on March 29, with CSK was in the 30s in the 1st Test but dropped into the 20s in the team and the answer for me is yes,” he had said. the 2nd Test. Patil said the team management also has a Lesson for Virat Kohli: Alpha-males don’t always win Watch: Hardik Pandya smashes 55- New Delhi, Agency. ball 158 in DY Patil T20 semifinal clash conference after the series defeat, his reaction New Delhi, Agency. Of all Virat Kohli’s responses at the press

to a query on his on-field behaviour took centre Continuing his impressive run in the DY stage.revealed However, the state it was of affairshis comments of his captaincy. about his Patil T20 Cup, India all-rounder Hardik team-mates that was more significant, as it Pandya on Friday struck an unbeaten 158a comeback off 55 balls after in being the semifinalsidelined clashfor a “I truly believe that we made too much of the against BPCL. Pandya, who is making conditions from the first day onwards of the struck six fours and 20 sixes, guiding first Test: overcast, a bit of dampness on the significanthis side, Reliance period One, due impose to a back a massive injury, pitch. We never used to speak of these things before. So yeah, it can creep in every now and then, it’s about not letting it grow … we don’t 238/4 on the board. This was his second gonot intoclear conditions in your head, and then think the feetthat don’t we might move. not century of the tournament. Earlier be able to execute what we want to…If you’re on Tuesday, the all-rounder smashed or not, leave the ball or play the ball.” Those 105 off 39 balls in a league match. The You’recomments not quitestrengthen sure whether the impression to play the gained shot BPCL bowlers Sandeep Sharma (0/37), Sylvester D’Souza (1/56), India all- rounder Shivam Dube (1/40), Parikshit over time that Kohli has not just over-rated Valsangkar (0/28), Sagar Udeshi for 134 as Reliance 1 registered a hisfearless’ team-mates is the team’sbut also default deceived mental himself state. that Oneto seal without that gap the by other inspiring is counter-productive. the players to reshaping method was reflected in the story (0/45) and Rahul Tripathi (2/32) were In response, BPCL were bowled out hisIt’s that alpha-male-approach thought that has driven of ‘being his captaincy brave and Better captains know this reality, they strive ofan imperioushim walking Viv Richards,up to Aaqib to tell Javed, him, “Maarosensing the hammered by Hardik, who looks all set had the right balance. He regularly instilled young bowler was over-awed about bowling to to make a comeback to the ODI team comprehensive 104-run victory. In extend themselves. The great Imran Khanalmost three decades later, “After that I began versus South Africa. Meanwhile, India terms of bowling, Hardik took a wicket styleshaping for strategies a while and now. appreciation It’s an appreciableof reality. B******odto think like ko a lion.” ek bouncer.” In Aquib’s telling openersent packing Shikhar on Dhawan, 3 in the whosame is contest.also on and conceded just six runs in one over. quality but needs a judicious mix of attitude- fearlessness in his pack but also knew his very the road to recovery from an injury, was India speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar talented teammates all too well. His attitude- also picked up a wicket for Reliance 1. New Delhi | Saturday, March 07, 2020 | BUSINESS | | English Daily Open Search | 7 FIRST COLUMN Fast trains at slow speed: MARKETS: Indices end at 6-mth lows, Why railway privatisation should not be hasty Sensex tanks 894 pts; YES Bank down 56% New Delhi, Agency. per cent. Volatility index India VIX rose 27,781, down over 1,000 points or 3.6

Bears continued to be in the driver’s seat around 12 per cent to 25.96 levels. In the on Friday as markets witnessed another broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index bout of across-the-board sell-off due to declined 343.5 points or over 2 per cent to Coronavirus fears. Further, YES Bank crisis 14,227or around levels 2 per while cent. the S&P BSE SmallCap was another major factor that dragged the indexGlobal ended stock at 13,330,markets down tumbled 261.5 onpoints markets lower. The S&P BSE Sensex tanked Friday as disruptions to business from 894 points or 2.32 per cent to settle the day the spreading coronavirus epidemic at 37,577. During the day, the index hit a low of 37,011 levels. Bajaj Auto emerged as the biggest gainer on the index while worsened, stoking fears of a prolonged Tata Steel (down over 6.5 per cent) was economic slowdown. European shares the top loser. On NSE, the broader Nifty50 opened sharply lower, with travel stocks New Delhi, Agency. index ended at 10,989, down 279.5 points bearing the brunt. The MSCI All-Country or 2.48 per cent. On a weekly basis, Sensex World Index, which tracks shares across of principle, but practical questions to make The issues to do with dropped 1.8 per cent while Nifty lost 1.89 47 countries, was down 0.72 per cent. privatisingthe exercise railway a success. services Many are countries not matters per cent. Among individual stocks, YES board and placed it under moratorium for Earlier in Asia, MSCI’s broadest index of Bank cracked as much as 85 per cent during Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 2.1 the day after RBI suspended the bank’s per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei stock index have privatised parts or all of their railway sank 2.94 per cent. Australian shares were operations: the UK, Japan, Canada, Sweden, 30 days and capped withdrawal limit to downanother city 2.44 hard per hit by cent. the virus, Shares fell 2.12 in China fell Australia, New Zealand, and so on. Egypt Rs 50,000 for the one-month period. The 1.22 per cent, while stocks in Hong Kong, has started the process, while Argentina has stock eventually settled at Rs 16, down moved much further down the road (or rail 56 per cent. State Bank of India (SBI) other banking stocks, too, tumbled in peragree cent. to Oiloutput prices cuts also even fell thoughdue to worriesglobal track). Many of these countries had begun closed around 6.5 per cent lower at Rs “investment opportunity” in YES Bank. In taken to pick up stake in the bank. Besides, that non-OPEC oil producers might not with private railways a century or more ago, 270, after it informed that its board has a late night statement on Thursday, SBI, nationalised them when railway companies given in-principle approval to consider an however, said no decision had yet been the trade. The Nifty Bank index endedenergy at demand is weakening. rantoo began.into trouble, and are now rolling back state ownership and/or operations. India PhonePe, other digital partners A 1000-point drop! Sensex Voda Idea pegs dues at Rs 21,533 cr, CEO can hit 36,400 in the days bear the brunt of YES Bank crisis ahead, charts indicate New Delhi, Agency. meets govt for ‘new beginning’

Afterlender YES for its Bank transactions, was placed could under not operate.It moratorium, can digitalbe noted payments that the were impacted as PhonePe, which depends on the cash-strapped

bank’s own net banking facilities have not been operational since last evening. Other fintech operators whosincerely rely onregret YES Bank the tolong settle outage. their transactions are also down. We

Our partner bank (YES Bank) was placednight to under get services moratorium back up by asap RBI. Entire team’s been working all

(as soon as possible), the app’s chief New Delhi, Agency. Markets have been executive Sameer Nigam tweeted early in the morning. Dear @PhonePe customers. We sincerely New Delhi, Agency. assessment discloses the company’s AGR liabilities regret the long outage. Our partner bank (Yes Bank) was placed on a selling spree since the past few under moratorium by RBI. Entire team’s been working all night weeks as coronavirus fears tightened to get services back up asap. We hope to be live in a few hours. to aggregate Rs 21,533 crores including a principal their grip over countries. Back home, Thanks for your patience. Stay tuned for updates! He added that Beleaguered Vodafone Idea Ltd on Friday put its total amount2020.” “The of company Rs 6,854 has crores already for paid the a periodsum of fromRs FY slowing growth and developments in the app hopes to be live in a few hours. YES Bank placed under dues to the government following a Supreme Court order 2006-07 to FY 2018-19 and interest up to February the banking sector added to woes. The a moratorium Thursday evening, with the RBI capping deposit at Rs 21,533 crore less than half of what the Telecom S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 tumbled withdrawalsor advance, makeat Rs any50,000 investment, per account incur for any a monthliability and or agreesuperseding to Department has estimated, even as the Vodafone CEO 2,500 crores on February 17, 2020, and a further sum over 7 per cent each last week – the its board. YES Bank will not be able to grant or renew any loan indicated keenness to make a “new, good beginning” in of Rs 1,000 crores on February 20, 2020, towards worst in a decade. The fall continued this India. Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read met top ministers, this liability,” VIL added. On a similar self-assessment week with both these indices slipping disburse any payment. For the next month, YES Bank will led by the including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and pattern, Bharti Airtel paid Rs 13,004 crore to the another 2.2% thus far in the current RBI-appointed administrator Prashant Kumar, an ex-chief financial Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, and informed government in two installments. It had also deposited week. Here are the key levels you need officer of SBI. He added that the app - one of the most popular them that UK telecom giant’s India joint venture, andifferences, additional if Rsany, 5,000 arising crore from “as the an reconciliation ad-hoc payment on Friday and one needs to see buying interfaces for UPI transactionsopensearch - hopes to be live in a few hours. Vodafone Idea Ltd is “exploring” options to make to keep a tab on. S&P BSE SENSEX: The (subject to subsequent refund/ adjustment) to cover index needs to close above 37,700 levels additional payment towards its outstanding statutory dues. Earlier in the day, Vodafone Idea in a statement exercise with the DoT,” it had said on February 29. The emerge at lower levels. India a strife-ridden majoritarian state said it has already paid Rs 3,500 crore out of the “self- total payout by Bharti Airtel was half of Rs 35,586.01 assessed” liability of Rs 21,533 crore. The Department crore liability estimated by the DoT. Dhotre in the reply A 1000-point drop! Sensex in economic despair : Manmohan of Telecommunications (DoT), following the Supreme be considered for calculating government dues, had had stated that Bharti Airtel owed Rs 21,682 crore in can hit 36,400 in the days New Delhi Agency. Court ruling in October last year which said that all licence fee and another Rs 13,904.01 crore in spectrum kinds of income generated by telecom companies will usage charges. Similarly, Vodafone Idea owed Rs ahead, charts indicate “India faces imminent danger from the trinity of social disharmony, 28,309 crore in licence fee and another Rs 24,729.23 estimated Vodafone Idea’s liabilities at over Rs 53,000crore in spectrum charges. According to the DoT, 16 crore. Sources said during his meeting with Read,telecom companies owed the government a total of economiccolumn in Theslowdown Hindu onand Friday. a global He saidhealth that epidemic, “ wrote former PrasadIdea to survivemade andit clear remain that invested the government in India. is against a Read is learnt to have sought government assistance Rs 146,336.98 crore as a fallout of the Supreme Court Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in a monopoly in the telecom sector, and wants Vodafoneruling. Emerging from the over 30-minute meeting withcomments.” Prasad, Vodafone Read Idea refused has been to commentat the forefront on whetherof while crisis due to coronavirus (Covid-19) theseeking British a bailout telecom package giant from will the exit liability India, imposed saying, “No was an external shock for the country, the to keep Vodafone Idea afloat, the sources added. Relief riotscommunal in Delhi riots andin the worsening national capital, economy the measureshave to pay for at telecom least the firms principal are a workamount in of progress, its AGR dues at the earliest. Government is keen to ensure that were self-inflicted injuries.Writing about government sources said, adding Vodafone Idea will bydues the unless Supreme state Courtsupport ruling. is extended It had recentlyto survive told the the governmentcrisis. The company that it has would made not a strong be able plea to forpay setting the full former PM wrote that the situation reminds of “dark periods in India’s history”. He wrote companies remain in business and but much would about the failure of institutions of law and depend on the telcos showing their commitment to off Rs 8,000 crore of GST credits against part of the order, justice and media.In the column, the pay the Supreme Court-mandated dues. The apex court liability. For the remaining dues, it wants payment to be former PM wrote that social unrest will only worsen the economic is set to hear the AGR matter on March 17. Sources New Delhi, Agency. Markets have been staggered over 15 years at a simple interest rate of 6 per slowdown in the country. Calling social disharmony and economic maintained that any relief package worked out by the cent after a three-year moratorium. It also wants drastic slowdown, self-inflicted wounds, he also pointed to the threat posed government will be for the sector and not for any one cuts in licence fee and fixing of a minimum price for calls bymust Covid-19 brace itself epidemic. for the economicHe said that shock India emanating needs to from be it.prepared He listed to player and will need to be approved by the Cabinet. and data. Vodafone Idea Chairman Kumar Mangalam on a selling spree since the past few deal with Covid-19 regardless of the magnitude of the impact and On March 4, Minister of State for Communications Birlato look has for helda solution multiple to keep rounds the company’s of discussions operations at the weeks as coronavirus fears tightened & IT Sanjay Dhotre, in a written reply to a question telecom and finance ministries over the last few weeks their grip over countries. Back home, out a three-point plan for the Narendra Modi government to deal in the Lok Sabha, stated that Idea Cellular owed the have to shut shop if there is no relief on the statutory slowing growth and developments in with various sorts of crisis prevailing in the nation. He said that first government Rs 15,230.37 crore and Vodafone Group on track. In December, Birla had said Vodafone Idea may the banking sector added to woes. The and foremost the nation must prepare itself to deal with Covid-19. of Companies another Rs 37,808.23 crore. Out of the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 tumbled Second,nation. And the lastly, government the government must either needs withdraw to put together or amend a detailed the total Rs 53,038.6 crore due from Vodafone Idea, a “It does not make sense to put good money after bad... the merger of Idea and Vodafone, in a statement said dues. “If we are not getting anything, then I think it is over 7 per cent each last week – the Citizenshipand meticulous Amendment plan to boost Act and consumption end the toxic demand social climateand revive in the the sum of Rs 3,500 crore has been received, he had said. the end of the story for Vodafone Idea,” Birla had said. worst in a decade. The fall continued this On Friday, the company, which was formed following week with both these indices slipping We will shut shop.” Even Read had recently stated that another 2.2% thus far in the current economy.nation faces He today said andthat he PM can Modi take careneeds of tothe assure situation. the citizens with it has “filed its self-assessment of the AGR liabilities the situation in India is critical, following the Supreme week. Here are the key levels you need actions and not mere words, that he is aware of the dangers the with the Department of Telecommunications. The self- Court’s AGR ruling. House panel concerned over key govt Distress calls, long queues at branches vacancies, Rs 9 trn under tax disputes of Yes Bank post withdrawal limit NEW DELHI, Agency. New Delhi Agency. A parliamentary panel has asked the Centre to fill also changed its toll-free phone banking number up vacancies in the Indian Administrative Services to 18001200 from 18002000. However, it seems (IAS), judiciary, Central Bureau of Investigation Distress calls and long queues of customers were thatmove theas messages sense of crisisdating startedback to brewing March 3, among 4 (CBI), Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), witnessed at various branches of Yes Bank after the customers even before the RBI’s Thursday Central Information Commission (CIC) and the theprivate Reserve sector Bank lender of India comes put under a withdrawal moratorium limit handle, customers complaining about banking Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.The Department for one month. of Rs 50,000 on Thursday, as the cash-starved or before could be traced on the bank’s twitter Related Standing Committee on Personnel, Public personal mobile numbers there, asking the bank recommended grouping of ministriesGrievances, into clusters Law like and ‘rural Justice cluster, presented ‘social twocluster’ reports and issues with some even resorting to leaving their on demands for grants for 2020-21 to the Rajya Sabha on Friday.The committee The bank’s board has been superseded by RBI- appointed administrator Prashant Kumar, former sending out messages to customers updating ‘financial cluster’, and assign civil servants with suitable domain knowledge to specific to revert them back “ASAP”. servants to acquire skills, expertise and professional excellence in a particular domain.” deputy managing director and chief financial themBesides, about bank the bank balances. is also A customer reported of to the be clusters. “Once assigned to a particular sector, the civil servant will spend the rest of his superseded the bank’s board of directors due career within the sector concerned,” it said. The committee said this would “enable civil officer of State Bank of India. On Thursday, the up to Rs 50,000 per depositor. While customers bank said he faced no problem on Thursday night RBI in consultation with the Union government complained about net banking not working, position. “This has been done to quickly restore The committee expressed concern at the shortage of 1494 IAS officers. It has backed many resorted to microblogging site Twitter promotionservants’, based of ‘lateral on the entrants’, assessment who by are an contractual, expert committee to retain and the feedback best talent from in variousthe civil to serious deterioration in the bank’s financialto express anguish that they were not able to while transacting through his debit card at a fuel- by putting in place a scheme of reconstruction services. The committee observed that the ‘360-degree performance appraisal of civil withdraw money, posting screenshots that they refilling station. Even as Finance Minister Nirmala depositors’ confidence in the bank, including were getting “connection error”. One of the Sitharaman assured the bank’s depositors that communication on Thursday. It also appointed stakeholders and juniors, should not harm honest and deserving civil servants who customers wrote on Twitter that he wants to their money is safe and the RBI is working on enforce discipline and performance. The committee, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party’s or amalgamation,” the RBI said in a late-night closebanking. his Request savings accountyou to please but “how try after can I some do it anthe earlyissues resolution concerning of thethe issue,beleaguered RBI Governor lender. Bhupender Yadav, called for reorienting the training curriculum to make civil servants online?”. “We are facing intermittent issues in net Shaktikanta Das assured swift resolution to Kumarmoratorium as the of bank’s30 days administrator has been imposed under on Section the ‘emotionally intelligent’. It asked the Centre to fill the 1281 vacancies in the CBI. Taking noteeffectively of allocation and recommended of Rs 802 crorehigher for allocation. CBI against the projection of Rs 1386 crore, the 36ACA (2) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Atime,” Yes Bank said in response to the tweet. The“The resolution (for Yes Bank) will be done very committee said fund constraint should not impede CBI from discharging its mandate Mumbai-headquartered private sector bank has swiftly, it will be done very fast. cash-strapped Yes Bank, restricting withdrawals 8 | English Daily Open Search | ENTERTAINMENT | New Delhi | Saturday, March 07, 2020 FIRST COLUMN Irrfan Khan on his health: While some days are How coronavirus is affecting Hollywood Mumbai, Agency. great, others are bad The outbreak of coronavirus has Kumail Nanjiani is the ‘biggest affected all spheres of life, including the entertainment industry. Recently the Bollywood movie star’ in The Eternals New Delhi, Agency. Comedian-actor Kumail Nanjiani has revealed details about his character in Marvel’s The Eternals. The multi-starrer cosmic superhero makersthat they of have the decided James to Bond postpone movie No film falls under the umbrella of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is about the Time to Die took to Twitter to announce titular immortal alien beings. The Chloé Zhao directorial also features Richard Madden, Gemma Chan, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia the release of the film from April to McHugh, Don Lee, Barry Keoghan, Angelina November. A tweet from the makers of Jolie, and Kit Harington. Kumail Nanjiani has No Time to Die read, “MGM, Universal revealed that he plays the “biggest Bollywood New Delhi, Agency. Angrezi Medium actor andtoday Bond that afterproducers, careful Michael consideration G. Wilson movie star” in The Eternals. During Deadline’s and thorough Barbara evaluation Broccoli, of the announced global New Hollywood podcast, he said, “We were sent theatrical marketplace, the release of to Earth thousands of years ago to protect Earth Irrfan Khan recently opened up about his from these monsters, the Deviants. A lot of it health. Irrfan shared he is not very sure how takes place in the present day. By this point, we’ve hetold feels Hindustan and is “cleaning Times, “Honestly, the clutter I don’t away from NO TIME TO DIE will be postponed until the moolah at the Chinese box office. The release been on Earth for a long time. and my character, noise.” When asked about his health, Irrfan November 2020.” No Time to Die is now eyeing a for instance, is like ‘OK we’re supposed to keep a are great, others are bad. Most of the time, November 25 release. of Oscar-nominated movies such as 1917 and Jojorecently Rabbit released in Chinese a statement cinema halls on has the also status been of low profile, no one should know.’” He added, “So know. I really don’t know. While some days The film is also Daniel Criag’s last outing as the I become a Bollywood movie star, that’s my secret identity. We’re supposed to suave spy. Shoot of upcoming Mission Impossiblepostponed indefinitely. The festival’s organisers premature to express assumptions on an event keep quiet, and I’ve become the biggest Bollywood movie star.” Kumail Nanjiani I think I am cleaning the clutter away from film stalled. Not only the Daniel Craig starrer, but also said that the film features a Bollywood dance number. But it was not easy noise.”‘running The out 53-year-old of time’. He actor said, also“I had shared become otherHedgehog big has films been are stalled, also the facing upcoming the bruntMission of the Cannes Film Festival. “As of today, it is still and depending on the occurrences, the Festival for him to do. “I remember the first time I went to rehearsal, I walked into this howexcessively he has busy,learnt so the much actual so meaningthat I almost of disease.Impossible While movie the has reportedly Chinese release halted shoot. of Sonic The the scheduled in two months and a half. In due course gym and there were all these South Asian people. I was so moved immediately. I measures, aiming at ensuring the protection of was like, ‘Oh my God, we went from none of us to so many in one scene!’ I took deall attendees Cannes will and naturallypreserving take their all health the necessaryduring months of Bollywood dance classes to prepare for that. It’s really a workout. And missedrunning (watching) out of time my all sonsthe time. (Babil Ironically and Ayan) film was being shot in Venice, Italy. Disney’s live- you know, there’s like 52 dancers, and 51 of them are professional dancers, and become young adults from little boys. I was action version of Mulan will not open in Chinese then there’s me!” Matthew K Firpo and Ryan Firpo have penned the screenplay theaters in the foreseeable future. Set in China, of The Eternals. The Eternals releases on November 6, 2020. now, I have kind of an idea what ‘running out the movie features Chinese American actress Liu the event in Cannes, under the responsibility of of time’ actually means. So, I am just counting Yifei, along with Chinese superstars like Jet Li and public authorities, in particular the State and the myin April blessings last year and after thanking undergoing everyone treatment who has Donnie Yen. The movie was expected to rake in City of Cannes,” a spokesperson told Variety. prayed for me.” Irrfan Khan returned to India Pandit Rama Krishna finds an interesting way to We got the science right: Contagion for neuroendocrine tumour in London. Beforehis fans. the In releaseit, he had of said,Angrezi “My Medium’s body has been maker on renewed focus on film trailer, Irrfan shared a heartfelt message with make men respect the women in Vijayanagar gatecrashed by some unwanted guests with New Delhi post coronavirus outbreak whom I am negotiating with right now. Let’s Los Angeles, Agency. seeMedium, where also this starring conversation Radhika goes. Madan, Whatever happens, I’ll share with you all.” Angrezi Vijayanagar is under a grave crisis as all women start disappearing Deepak Dobriyal and Kareena Kapoor Khan, Theproducer coronavirus says they outbreak have been has brought proven Stevenright in Soderbergh’s their predictions. 2011 one by one in the kingdom. Sony will hit screens on March 13. medical thriller Contagion back into the focus and the film’s ‘Small film with a big SAB’s Tenali Rama is set to takeits transmitted by fomites as medical researchers and public health viewers on an enlightening journey The film chronicled how humanity battles the spread of a virus heart,’ writes SRK with Pandit Rama Krishna(Krishna Bharadwaj) crafting one of his wittiest plans to teach a valuable lesson to all the men ofVijaynagar. Pandit Rama Krishna after witnessingand given equal that rights, the masterminds women in Vijanagar are not being respected

a plan where he takes women in the priests are anxious as even the confidence and starts hiding them in Goddess idols go missing from the a cave. Panic erupts shortly amongst womenand they should in everyone’s have equal life rights. and they start disappearing and they are left all the men in Vijayanagar as their successful in making all the men of deserve to be treated with respect wives, daughter, sisters and mothers temples. Will Pandit Rama emerge New Delhi, Agency. This is Pandit Rama Krishna’s with all the responsibilities which Vijayanagar realize their mistakes? own way to make the men take were taken care by the womenalong Krishna Bharadwaj, essaying the role the responsibilities of women. The Starring ones. All the men start to suffer and with the concern of not knowing of Pandit Rama Krishna said, “This is viewer’s will thoroughly enjoy the officials try to contain the disease. It has become relevant after the Sanjay Mishra and Deepak Dobriyal thebecome whereabouts miserable because of their they lovedare make men respect and appreciate complaining as they carry out the outbreak of novel coronavirus or COVID-19, which originated in in pivotal roles, Kaamyaab hits one of the wittiest tricks planned and upcoming episodes as they will executedby Pandit Rama Krishna to witness the men struggling and China and has now spread to over 60 countries, including the US, the screens today. The film is the where it has claimed the lives of 12 people. Talking to Buzzfeed story of a character actor who has now forced to fend for themselves stay tuned.” News, producer Michael Shamberg said, “It was very deliberately appeareda poignant in tale 499 that films focuses and is on looking the the work done by women. I reallyhousehold chores which women do as they prepare theiropensearch own meals, enjoyed this storyline as it vividlywith such ease and precision. So, designed to be a cautionary film. We got the science right.” The for his 500th project.Kaamyaab is wash their own clothes and even depicts how important is the role of film, which featured an ensemble cast Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate director Hardik Mehta said, “I lost dreams of Bollywood. In an Winslet, and Jennifer Ehle, is experiencing a renaissance on interview with The Indian Express, Nakaabposh comes to the rescue in many streaming services. “Is it giving (people) comfort? Well, it showsprecautions that ultimately and it’s only there meant will tobe scarea solution the infrastructure and humanity into will wanted to cast a character actor recover… If it’s scary, it’s only meant to scare people into taking and not someone like Jackie Shroff Sony SAB’s Baalveer Returns or Amitabh Bachchan. That’s why New Delhi doingthat you the can right do something,”thing,” Shamberg he added. said. “We’re not trying to scare I thought of Sanjay Mishra, who people that they’re all going to die. We’re trying to scare people wasby all so these amazing character in Ankhon actors Dekhi too. (2014). He has been fascinated Returns has kept its audiences Sonyglued SAB’sto the fantasyscreens showas it continues Baalveer Robert Pattinson’s Batmobile unveiled He would imitate most of them to raise the mystery quotient. New Delhi, Agency. If there is Batman, there also has to be during the shoot of Kaamyaab. Batmobile. Filmmaker Matt Reeves on Wednesday released three Sanjayji has made a career out of photos from upcoming DC movie The Batman on his Twitter imitating Jeevan in Rohit Shetty’s WithBaalveer(Dev Joshi) losing his handle. The photos reveal the popular superhero’s trusty old ride, movies such as All the Best, and powers, a new hero- Nakaabposh the Batmobile. A typical Batmobile looks futuristic and sleek, speaking with a nasal twang. His is here to save the world. While with embedded weapons. The Batmobile in Reeves’ directorial dialogueFilms’ founder ‘Dhondhu Manish just Mundra chill’ is told Timnasa(Pavitra Punia) tries looks like a classic Batmobile from the usedindianexpress.com, in so many memes.”Drishyam “From the point toare destroyed take advantage by the mysterious of Baalveer’s comics. It gives off the look of a muscle lossNakaabposh. of powers, This leaves all Timnasa her attempts car with a few Bat-modifications. There are red taillights, which sync well with the when it (Kaamyaab) was in the red, noir-ish reveal of Robert Pattinson’s shape of a synopsis which Hardik and the others wondering if Batman costume. This is not the highly sentinteresting me, I loved arc because how this it characteris based Nakaabposh is Baalveer himself, specialised Tumble from Christopher Sudheer will be told. It had an who is currently living in Bharat Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy. This also touches upon the general life Nagar as Debu. In order to find out is instead a simple affair and suggests outof the of peoplethe film of industry. our country But thenand it who Nakaabposh is, Timnasa holds Pattinson’s Batman is not as sorted as Christian Bale’s was and is Debuarrives leaving and Vivaan(VanshSayani)everyone in shock. still dealing with issues like his parent’s death. The pictures have the fringe. A lot of things depend captive, just when Nakaabposh also unveiled Robert Pattinson’s full look as the Caped Crusader. how most of us keep struggling on The actor is standing beside the Batmobile in what looks like Vivaan and Debu are rescued but a warehouse a typical Bat haunt. Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, upon how we are opinionated and now the real question is -who is Nakaabposh? Timnasa is determined in her efforts to know the truth about Paul Dano, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, and John Turturro play how we are perceived by society. Nakaabposhwhile she is also reminded of the invisible power on Earth that is capable of killing her. Pavitra Punia, supporting roles of Catwoman, Commissioner Gordon, Alfred, This contiguous struggle was clearly playing the role of Timnasa said,“Timnasa doubted Baalveer to be Nakaabposh but she was left disappointed. Penguin and Carmine Falcone, respectively, in The Batman. comingbe told.” out when I read the script. While she now wants to find out who actually is Nakaabposh, she is also fighting for her life as Sarvakaal has So I thought this story needs to informed her of a power on Earth that can kill her. It will be interesting for the viewers to see what will Timnasa’s next move be and will she be defeated again.” Confirmed release dates of Black Widow, The Eternals, Thor : Love and Thunder and other MCU movies New Delhi, Agency.

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