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"!# #! $ %% & % &%' -1& '123/ act independently while con- ducting the proceedings of the he Supreme Court’s ruling House or adjudication peti- Ton Wednesday disqualify- tions. -1& '123/ on extremely polluted air. ing 17 Congress and JD(S) The constitutional respon- While talking about MLAs in Karnataka but allow- sibility endowed upon the s air pollution in Delhi extending the odd-even ing them to contest the Speaker has to be scrupulous- Aplunged to near the emer- scheme beyond November 15, December 5 bypolls has come ly followed and his political gency level on Wednesday, Kejriwal appealed to as a breather for State Chief affiliations cannot come in the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Opposition parties to shun Minister BS Yediyurappa. If way of adjudication, the apex Kejriwal said his Government their resistance to the scheme. elected back to the Assembly, court said. is mulling extension of the “Pollution has increased dras- these MLAs would bolster his If the Speaker is not able to odd-even scheme with the tically. All of Delhi is demand- Government sitting on a razor disassociate from his political Supreme Court-mandated anti- ing the odd-even and at such a thin majority. party and behaves contrary to pollution authority EPCA time the Opposition should The SC ruling may help the spirit of the neutrality and ordering closure of Delhi-NCR support the people’s wish,” he consolidate Yediyurappa’s shaky independence then such per- schools till November 15. said. The scheme, implement- hold over the Government son does not deserve to be However, the SC issued a ed from November 4, is to end with 105 plus one Independent reposed with public trust and notice to the Delhi on November 15. “If the need MLAs vis-à-vis the Opposition. tions related to them pending needful for them. confidence, it added. Government on a plea chal- ! " # arises, we will extend it (odd- The MLAs are to join the BJP in the High Court. The SC can- Hours after the court rul- The Bench also deprecated lenging the odd-even. The apex "! even scheme),” the CM said. on Thursday and are likely to celled the Speaker’s decision to ing, Deputy Chief Minister the manner in which the dis- court had earlier questioned Kejriwal blamed stubble be fielded on the 15 Assembly bar them from contesting polls. CN Ashwathnarayan said the qualified MLAs directly the Delhi Government as to October till November 14 this the bench had said. burning in neighbouring States seats from which they had In a strong indictment of disqualified MLAs will join approached it without first what it was achieving from the year and from October 1 to The overall air quality for episodes of rising air pol- won and where the bypolls are the Speaker and political par- the BJP on Thursday in moving High Court. odd-even scheme by stopping December 31, 2018. index in Delhi on Wednesday lution in Delhi. to be held on December 5. ties, the 3-member SC Bench Bengaluru. Yediyurappa wel- The court said its verdict is plying of cars that are less pol- “Let the Government of was 454 at 3.30 pm. Rohini was “I remember German If the rebels do get BJP said there is a growing trend of comed the verdict and said it based on facts and circum- luting compared to two and NCT of Delhi... file data in this the most-polluted area with an Chancellor Angela Merkel was tickets and manage to win, it Speakers acting against the was against the “conspiracy” of stance of the case and does not three-wheelers and taxis. regard in the court on the AQI of 486, followed by Nehru in Delhi a few days ago... when would give a numerical boost “constitutional duty of being Ramesh Kumar and Congress interfere in the Speaker’s power The SC directed the basis of the previous experience Nagar (484) and Jahangirpuri a public health emergency was to Yediyurappa in the neutral” in addition to political leader. Expressing confidence to disqualify members. Government and the Central and whether three-wheelers (483). Faridabad (442), declared. What kind of image Assembly. The BJP needs to parties indulging in horse trad- that the BJP will win all the 15 Some of these disqualified Pollution Control Board and taxies are plying more on Ghaziabad (464), Greater of Delhi she must have carried win at least seven seats to ing and corrupt practices due seats, he said the party would MLAs had argued in the apex (CPCB) to place before it the roads during such restrictions Noida (460), Gurugram (448) to her country?” he said. ensure it achieves the majori- to which citizens are being decide on giving tickets to the court that they have an “inde- data of pollution in Delhi from and relevant data be placed,” and Noida (468) also choked Continued on Page 4 ty (112 seats) on its own. denied Stable Governments. disqualified MLAs. feasible right” to resign as Candidates are required to file “In these circumstances, The Congress, for its part, members of the Assembly and their nomination papers the Parliament is required to called for the dismissal of the the decision by the then between November 11 and reconsider strengthening cer- Yediyurappa Government, say- Speaker to disqualify them November 18. tain aspects of the Tenth ing the court’s decision uphold- smacks of “vengeance” and A total of 17 “rebel” MLAs Schedule, so that such unde- ing the decision disqualifying “mala fide”. During arguments — 14 belonging to the mocratic practices are dis- 17 Congress and JD(S) MLAs in the matter, senior advocate Congress and three to the couraged,” the Bench said. but allowing them to contest Kapil Sibal, appearing for the JD(S) — who resigned from the The court said the Speaker the bypolls had exposed the Karnataka Congress, had con- Karnataka Assembly and were was not empowered to dis- BJP’s ‘Operation Kamal’ in the tended that the then Speaker, . +4+5/ of talks with Shiv Sena presi- “won over” by the BJP were qualify any member till the end State. Reacting to the SC ver- who was the master of the dent Uddhav Thackeray on disqualified in July this year by of the term of the Assembly. dict, former Speaker Kumar Assembly, had exercised his ess than 24 hours after the the sharing of power at a five- the Assembly Speaker. The Then Karnataka Speaker KR said, “The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to disqualify these Limposition of President’s star hotel at Bandra-Kurla com- long-drawn political drama Ramesh Kumar had said the upheld the disqualification -- to MLAs and his decision cannot Rule, efforts to form a non-BJP plex in north-west Mumbai. with “rebel” MLAs ferried out MLAs cannot contest elections that extent, it’s a sigh of relief be questioned. Government began in Ahead of Wednesday’s of the State and kept in star until the term of the current (for me). On the issue of tenure Sibal had also submitted Maharashtra on Wednesday, as meeting, senior Congress pres- hotels subsequently led to the Assembly, ending 2023. (of disqualification), the that “the matter needs to be the Congress and the NCP ini- ident Ahmed Patel - who was fall of the JD(S)-Congress The disqualified ‘rebel’ Supreme Court has not agreed referred to a Constitution tiated the process of drawing up in the city for a meeting with coalition Government headed MLAs had indirectly facilitat- to my interpretation I will Bench as it raises matters of a Common Minimum NCP president Sharad Pawar by JD(S) leader HD ed BJP launch itself in the seat speak on that after going grave constitutional impor- Programme (CMP) for a three- on issues relating to the Kumarawamy on July 23 dur- of power by reducing the effec- through the text of the judg- tance”. party Government and the Congress-NCP alliance’s pro- ing a trust vote. tive strength of Karnataka ment.” The change of Solicitor General Tushar leaders of the Sonia Gandhi-led posed tie-up with Shiv Sena - Though upholding the Assembly to 208 from 224 and Government in Karnataka had Mehta, appearing for the office party met Shiv Sena president had met Uddhav on Tuesday Speaker’s decision to disquali- winning the floor test on July prompted accusations that it of the Karnataka Assembly Uddhav Thackeray and initi- night and set the tone for the fy the MLAs, the Supreme 29. In a recent video gone was brought about by pur- Speaker, had submitted that ated preliminary talks. deliberations among the three Court opened a window for viral, the Karnataka CM was chasing MLAs with “money under the scheme of the -1& '123/ ties had been able to prove Both the NCP and parties in the coming days. them to enter the Assembly by purportedly heard saying that bags” doing rounds. Constitution, a lawmaker has a majority since the legislative Congress leaders nominated Uddhav, accompanied by permitting them to contest the the Congress and JD(S) MLAs Justices NV Ramana, right to resign and the Speaker reaking his silence for the Assembly term ended on five leaders each to formulate his junior party colleagues bypolls for 15 seats. The elec- had “sacrificed” a lot to bring Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna should accept it. The current Bfirst time over the November 9. President’s Rule a CMP for the three-party Vinayak Raut and Milind tions to the remaining two BJP in power and lamented the Murari said the Speaker, being Assembly Speaker is V Hegde Maharashtra impasse, BJP was imposed in the State on Government. “We (Congress Narvekar, met State Congress seats are withheld due to peti- BJP president was not dong a neutral person, is expected to Kageri. president and Union Home Tuesday. and NCP) will sit across and president Balasaheb Thorat, Minister Amit Shah on “Before this, in no State formulate a CMP for the pro- senior party leaders Ashok Wednesday rejected the Shiv was so much time given, 18 posed three-party front. Once Chavan and Manikrao Thakre, Sena’s claim that it was days were given. The we are ready with the CMP and at the Hotel Trident for little promised rotational chief min- Governor invited parties only through with other issues relat- over 45 minutes. istership. He said the Shiv after Assembly tenure ended. ing to power-sharing, we will Talking briefly to media- Sena had simply come up Neither the Shiv Sena nor the talk to the Sena leadership. We persons after the meeting, with post-electoral conditions Congress-NCP staked claim will take the Sena inputs and Uddhav said: “Talks have that could not be accepted. and neither we,” Shah said consent on the CMP subse- begun on a right note. I will let Seeking to puncture Shiv adding “It’s not in our party’s quently,” a senior Congress you know about the outcome of Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s tradition to disclose what tran- leader said. our talks at a proper time”. contentions, Shah wondered spires behind closed doors.” Simultaneously, NCP pres- Thorat said he and his -1& '123/ why sena didn’t object to the “If the Sena thinks that it ident Sharad Pawar held talks senior party colleagues held a BJP projecting Devendra can revolt and get the people’s with his party leaders on the “courtesy meeting” with he JNU administration’s Fadnavis as its Chief Minister sympathy, they don’t really CMP and the power-sharing Uddhav, in the context of the Tmove on Wednesday to candidate during the election know the public,” he said tak- arrangement for the proposed deliberations that senior pacify protesting students by campaigning. “Before the elec- ing a jibe at the Sena. Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress Central leaders had with NCP rolling back the hostel fee hike tions, Prime Minister The BJP and the Shiv Sena Government. The State chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday. partially for BPL students has Narendra Modi and I said together have 161 seats, 15 Congress leaders held a simi- “Ours was as courtesy meeting not gone down well with some many times in public that if seats more than the majority lar meeting among themselves. with Uddhavji. First, we would students who dubbed it as an our alliance wins then mark of 145 in the 288-MLAs “We are looking at such a like to arrive at mutual under- “eyewash”, and decided to con- Devendra Fadnavis will be strong Maharashtra Assembly. fool-proof CMP and power- standing with the NCP on tinue with the strike. the Chief Minister, no one But the State plunged into sharing arrangement among issues relating to the The decision was taken at objected back then,” Shah told political uncertainty after both the three parties that will help Government. After that, we - the varsity’s 283rd Executive news agency ANI. the allies entered into a tussle us provide a stable Government both the parties - will meet the Council (EC) meeting, HRD “Now they (Shiv Sena) for power. While the Shiv to the State for full five years. Shiv Sena leaders... At today’s Secretary R Subrahmanyam have come up with new Sena claimed that it was This is independent of our meeting, we discussed with announced while asking the demands which are not assured a 50:50 power-sharing differing ideologies. We will Uddhavji as to how move for- protesting students to resume acceptable to us,” Shah assert- deal in the State after winning work towards ensuring that our ward,” Thorat said. classes. The EC meeting was ed. the elections, the BJP denied ideologies do not come in the Before holding talks with shifted outside the campus at Uddhav had been claiming making any such promise. way of running the three-party Uddhav, the State Congress lead- the last moment fearing trou- that Shah had committed to The Shiv Sena pulled out Government in the State,” a ers — Thorat, Ashok Chavan ble by agitators. the 2.5-year-each rotational its lone Minister Arvind senior Shiv Sena leader said. and Manikrao Thakre — met chief ministership for the BJP Sawant from Prime Minister After days of uncertainty Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay and Shiv Sena. Narendra Modi’s Cabinet, sig- that had delayed the process of Raut at the Leelavati Hospital, Defending the Governor’s nalling the end of partnership three non-BJP parties coming where Raut was recuperating move to recommend between the two parties in together to form a Government after an angioplasty carried out President’s Rule in the Maharashtra. Shiv Sena has in the State, the Congress for- on him on Monday night. Raut Maharashtra on Tuesday, Shah since then opened negotia- mally shed its earlier hesitation was discharged from the hospi- said the State head had to take tions with NDA’s rival alliance of going with the Shiv Sena and tal later in the afternoon. action since none of the par- partners NCP and Congress. its leaders held first-ever round Continued on Page 4 !"# $ mation in “public interest”. “transparency, accountability authority in the case of the % %'( In a path-breaking ver- and judicial independence”, Supreme Court. ! "# dict, a 5-judge Constitution and said it was necessary that Consequently, in terms of $ Bench headed by Chief Justice “the question of judicial inde- Section 28 of the RTI Act, the Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the pendence is accounted for in CJI is empowered to frame % appeal filed by the Central the balancing exercise”. rules, which have to be noti- & )* Public Information Officer and Referring to Constitutional fied..., to carry out provisions -1& '123/ the Secretary General of the scheme on setting up of the of the RTI Act.” + , apex court against the Delhi apex court, the verdict said, “It The top court would nec- "- he office of the Chief Justice High Court’s 2010 judgment. is undebatable that the essarily include the office of % %'( ' Tof India (CJI) is a public Writing the judgment on Supreme Court of India is a CJI, it said, adding, “the office & ) authority under the Right to behalf of the CJI, Justice ‘public authority’, as defined of CJI or for that matter the * Information (RTI) Act, the Deepak Gupta and himself, vide clause (h) to Section 2 of judges is not separate from the + , Supreme Court held on Justice Sanjiv Khanna referred the RTI Act as it has been SC, and is part and parcel of the - #. /-0 + Wednesday but said “judicial to several decisions and view- established and constituted by SC as a body, authority and independence has to be kept in points to highlight the con- or under the Constitution. institution”. 1 ' mind” while disclosing infor- tentious nature of the issue of “The CJI is the competent Continued on Page 4 ! 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$ -1& '123/ Minister and their family ' ()) ) ,Q)) members were brought under he Central Reserve Police the SPG cover after the assas- TForce (CRPF) is conduct- sination of former PM Rajiv -1& '123/ He said the five-judge Tribunal, among others. ing a security review of Gandhi in 1991. bench wants this issue to be Through the rules, the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s In August, the SPG cover of he Congress on sent to a larger bench and thus government extended execu- residence and related arrange- former Prime Minister TWednesday said the will have its consequence on tive control over these institu- ments after taking over her pro- ! Manmohan Singh was also Supreme Court decision on the Aadhaar bill judgement, tions by altering the composi- tective cover from the Special lifted and accorded Z + cate- Government diluting appoint- which was also given by a five- tion of the selection commit- Protection Group (SPG). "# ! gory security protection by ments to different tribunals will judge Constitution bench tees and vastly downgrading After the security audit of CRPF commandos. have far-reaching conse- where the Supreme Court has the qualifications and experi- Gandhi’s residence, comman- The SPG security cover -1& '123/ quences on any future attempts said it is a money bill. ence required to staff these dos and other security para- entails Advance Security by the Modi dispensation to “It is a victory not for the bodies, he alleged. phernalia will be tweaked as Liaison by the commandos he Supreme Court on abuse the money bill route. It reminder to future Congress. This is a very big vic- “This was done with the per the assessments and who sanitise the venue in TWednesday struck down sought a debate on the issue in Governments that any attempt tory especially for the Rajya furtive intention of vesting requirements, sources said The threat perception of advance to be visited by the rules in the amended Finance Parliament. at diluting our institutions will Sabha and democracy and it is greater control in the central without any further elabora- each SPG protectee is reviewed protectee and a three-layer Act 2017 on tribunals and “I wholeheartedly welcome not be allowed,” he said. a defeat of the BJP,” he said. government on the appoint- tion. every year as provided in the security ring is in place to directed the Government to the decision of the Ramesh, who is a peti- Ramesh in his petition had ments of judges to these judi- Earlier this month the SPG Act. The current review secure the VIP from outer reformulate fresh norms with Constitution Bench of the tioner in the case, said “it is challenged the Finance Act of cial and quasi-judicial bodies,” Centre had decided to with- indicates a reduced threat per- security cordon manned by the respect to appointment of tri- Supreme Court of India in my important to have a discussion 2017 (as notified on March 31, Ramesh said. “Knowing fully draw the SPG protection of ception for Gandhis and their local police to elite force’s com- bunal members. case. I am deeply grateful to the on the money bill in 2017) and the rules framed well the Finance Act (and the Gandhi, her son Rahul and security can be handled by mandos in the proximate secu- A bench headed by Chief Supreme Court for this deci- Parliament.” He also claimed thereunder (notified on June 1, Rules framed thereunder) daughter Priyanka Gandhi other forces, government offi- rity zone. Justice Ranjan Gogoi directed sion,” party leader Jairam that there has been misuse of 2017) through which the would not pass Parliamentary Vadra after a review of their cials had said after the decision. The CRPF has a VIP the Ministry of law to conduct Ramesh said. Article 110 by the Government Government had sought to muster, the Modi Government threat perception by the secu- The Special Protection Security Wing with a strength impact study and submit report “It will have far reaching in the last three years, where- dilute appointments to nine- classified it as a money bill so rity agencies. Following the Group was raised in 1985 after of about six battalions (6,000 to the apex court. consequences on any future by it has been converting key teen different tribunals, includ- as to prevent voting in the removal of SPG cover to the the assassination of the then personnel). However, the The top court directed that attempts by the Modi bills as money bills for avoid- ing crucial institutions like Rajya Sabha,” he said, adding Gandhis, the Centre had Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Central Industrial Security appointment in tribunals Government to abuse the ing a vote and passage in Rajya National Green Tribunal and that the ruling dispensation accorded Z + protective cover to secure the Prime Minister Force (CISF) is the designated should be in accordance with money bill route and is also a Sabha. Central Administrative lacks numbers there. and tasked the CRPF to take and their immediate family Central paramilitary for VIP respective statutes. over their security. members. Former Prime security. ( & )* +** -1& '123/ ducing states across country / 8 ' ditions. Traders who have by the exporting nation. -1& '123/ loan is a loan that is given at a end, the data showed. such as Karnataka, imported onions without fumi- Importers are required to pay subsidised interest rate. At present, 3-4 lakh tonne espite various measures in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, gation or having endorsement huge charges if found in non- he Centre has extended “When the soft loan of sugar gets diverted for Dplace by the State and Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar of such treatment on phy- compliance with this provision. Tthe moratorium period for scheme was launched to aug- ethanol making. With creation Central Governments, onions Pradesh, and Bihar, is one of tosanitary certificate (PSC) will As onion prices fail to cool repayments by six more ment ethanol production in the of additional capacity under the continue to be sold at 80- 100 the main reasons that have led be allowed to fumigate in India down, the Government has months as the 15,000 crore country, one year moratorium scheme, 9-10 lakh tonne of per kg in many States across to a shortfall in its supply as 50 through an accredited treat- decided to increase the avail- soft loan scheme for sugar was provided. This has now sugar is expected to be divert- India. In a bid to get rid of percent crops of onion has + ' ment provider, it said. ability through import of about mills is moving at a snail’s pace. been extended to 1.5 years in ed for ethanol production. shortage of onion in domestic been damaged. Another rea- The consignment will be 1 lakh tonnes of onion through Now, the moratorium period is the interest of sugar mills and Sugar mills have supplied 175 market, the Agriculture son for price hike is believed to + inspected thoroughly by quar- public trading company one-and-a-half years. A mora- farmers,” a highly placed source crore litres of ethanol to oil Ministry on Wednesday be the delay in the arrival of antine officials and released MMTC, which has already torium period is a time during said. A notification in this marketing companies (OMCs) extended relaxed fumigation monsoon, which in turn Ministry had liberalised fumi- only if found free from pests floated tender for about 4,000 the loan term when the bor- regard will be issued soon, the till October 22 of the 2018-19 norms for imported onions delayed sowing. This resulted gation provisions under the and diseases of concern to tonnes of imports. The rower is not required to make source added. season (October-September) up to December 31. Farmers in a cascading effect on arrival Plant Quarantine (PQ) Order, India, it said. Also, such con- Government is facilitating pri- any repayment. Of 418 applications for the and helped them achieve 5.2 and traders say the onion price in the mandis. 2003 till November 30 to facil- signments of onions will not be vate imports as well. The Centre had announced loan, the Food Ministry has per cent blending with petrol is expected to be lowered by On the other hand, the itate import of the key kitchen subjected to the four times Private traders have the loan package in two tranch- found 282 eligible. Of this, Cane arrear still remains December end. Income Tax Department has staple from Afghanistan, Egypt, additional inspection fees on informed the Government that es — first in June 2018 amount- 114 applications have been high at 9,000 Cr so far this Retail prices of onion in the also surveyed and examining Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Turkey account of non-compliance of they have placed order for ing to 4,440 crore and the cleared for loans amounting to year based on sugarcane price country have remained high for onion traders in Maharashtra, and Iran to boost availability conditions under the 2003 PQ import of 2,400 tonnes of onion other in March 2019 of 10,540 6,139.08 crore, as per official fixed by both Centre and States, more than a month due to 30- Delhi and Madhya Pradesh and check price rise. In its lat- Order, it added.Presently, which would reach India by crore. The objective was to help data. However, banks have as per the Ministry data. There 40 per cent decline in kharif following reports of alleged est order, the Ministry has imported onions are allowed in month-end. Another 2,600 millers in clearing cane arrears sanctioned the loan to 45 appli- is a sugar glut in India, the onion output because of heavy hoarding of the commodity extended these relaxed provi- the country after the com- tonnes will be contracted for and divert surplus sugar for cants and disbursed 900 crore world’s second largest sugar rains in growing States. The amid its skyrocketing prices. sions till December 31 for modity is fumigated with arrival in December, sources ethanol manufacturing. A soft to 33 applicants till September- producer after Brazil. excessive rain in key onion pro- On November 6, the onion imports with some con- methyl bromide and certified said. --.& . ' , ), )/ 5 6/2/ grouping which represents over 3.6 billion people, or half of the rime Minister Narendra world population and they PModi on Wednesday hoped have a combined nominal GDP that the BRICS summit will of USD 16.6 trillion. 0& ! enhance the economic and During the summit, the cultural linkages between the five major economies of the member nations as he arrived world will aim to significantly in the Brazilian capital to take strengthen their cooperation in -1& '123/ part in the two-day meeting. science, technology and inno- $ “Reached Brazil to take vation, Modi said in his depar- neumonia is taking toll on part in the BRICS Summit. Will ture statement. PIndia’s kids under the age of also meet various world lead- The BRICS countries will five years with one of them suc- ers during this visit,” Modi also look to enhance coopera- cumbing to every 4 minutes to tweeted after his arrival here. tion on digital economy and the preventive disease last year, On the sidelines of the build mechanisms for counter- according to a study by Save the =#.>>> 11th BRICS summit, Modi will ! terrorism cooperation within Children, UNICEF and Every meet Brazilian President Jair -%%&!! the BRICS framework, Modi Breath Counts. Bolsonaro to discuss ways to said. It said that India was enhance the bilateral strategic He would also attend the among the top five countries #>=@ partnership. BRICS business forum closing responsible for over half of the The Prime Minister is ceremony and the ‘closed’ and child deaths due to the disease scheduled to hold separate plenary sessions of the summit. -1& '123/ raw milk samples and is con- globally that year. Overall, “In India, 14 per cent of child bilateral meetings with Russian In the closed session, the sidered an important bio- pneumonia claimed 1,27,000 deaths were due to pneumonia President Vladimir Putin and discussions are expected to be esearchers from IIT marker in quality control of under-five children in 2018. in 2017, and it was the second Chinese President Xi Jinping focused on challenges and RGuwahati have developed a milk”. It is found in raw milk Pneumonia is an inflammato- biggest killer of children under- on Wednesday. opportunities for the exercise of paper-based technology that and is destroyed during pas- ry disease affecting the lung. It five in 2017 (after wasting). “I am sure the BRICS national sovereignty in the can assess the quality and teurisation. “ALP is also found is characterised by an accu- Pneumonia killed more than Summit will enhance cultural contemporary world. freshness of milk within 13 in higher amounts in the case mulation of fluid in the alveo- 1,27,000 children under-five in and economic linkages between Innovative Future. Kumar tweeted, “PM @naren- This will be followed by the minutes by changing its colour. of milk derived from animals lus, resulting in the obstruction 2018 - more than 14 children BRICS nations,” he said. This will be the sixth time dramodi arrives in Brasilia to BRICS Plenary Session, where No special equipment or with infection in the mamma- of normal breathing. It is usu- every hour,” the study said. BRICS is the acronym Modi is participating in the participate in the 11th #BRICS the leaders will discuss the instrument will be required. ry glands. Detection of ALP in ally caused due to air pollution It further said USD 16 was coined for an association of five BRICS summit, his first being Summit. This year’s Summit intra-BRICS cooperation for Pasteurisation is com- milk can thus point to inade- besides poor food intake. spent by the government on major emerging national at Fortaleza, also in Brazil in under the theme “BRICS: the economic development of monly used to kill the microbes quate pasteurisation and per- Dr Rajesh Khanna, Deputy health per person in 2016 in economies — Brazil, Russia, 2014. Economic Growth for an BRICS societies. A BRICS in milk and various tests are haps contamination.” Director of Health and India. India, China and South Africa. Describing his welcome as Innovative Future” will further memorandum of understand- used to ensure the effectiveness “Despite ALP’s recognis- Nutrition, Save the Children “Every day, nearly 2,200 This year’s event is being “as vibrant as BRICS itself”, strengthen the traditional ties ing between trade and invest- of the process, according to the able detection potential in said that “Acute malnutrition is children under the age of five held under the theme BRICS: Spokesperson of the Ministry among the BRICS countries.” ment promotion agencies is researchers led by Pranjal native milk, the multi-step associated with more than half die from pneumonia, a curable Economic Growth for an of External Affairs Raveesh Brazil is the current chair of the expected to be signed. Chandra, an assistant professor nature, and requirement of of childhood pneumonia and mostly preventable disease. at IIT Guwahati. sophisticated bulky analytical deaths. Indoor air pollution Strong global commitment and Commonly used tests such instruments and trained per- contributes to 22 per cent and increased investments are crit- as the methylene blue test, are sonnel, to detect ALP, limit outdoor air pollution con- ical to the fight against this dis- % & '( time consuming, and could their use as a sensor of milk tributes to 27 per cent of these ease,” Henrietta Fore, Executive take many hours for colour quality in remote settings and deaths.” Director of UNICEF said. changes to indicate the pres- in home kitchens,” added Just five countries were Pneumonia is caused by ) ence and absence of microbes. Chandra. responsible for more than half bacteria, viruses or fungi, and Commercial phenol-based The researchers used sim- of child pneumonia deaths - leaves children fighting for 4-/81' -8/$-6 strong and abiding,” he added. operational throughout the year is impor- tests require sophisticated spec- ple filter paper, chemically Nigeria (162,000), India breath as their lungs fill with India also appealed to other traditional tant, Naidu said. trophotometers and involve modified it, and loaded it with (127,000), Pakistan (58,000), pus and fluid. ndia has pledged to contribute USD 5 donors of UNRWA to consider enhancing He added that the agency has been able multi-step procedures, which a recognition element — anti- the Democratic Republic of Globally, more children Imillion in 2020 to the UN Palestine their contributions and non-donor mem- to overcome similar funding gaps in the necessitates dedicated testing ALP — which captures the Congo (40,000) and Ethiopia under the age of five died from refugee agency, even as it voiced concern ber states to consider contributing to past through innovative global fund rais- centres and skilled personnel. ALP present in the milk. (32,000), it said. pneumonia in 2018 than from over the agency’s “dire” financial situation UNRWA in solidarity with the Palestine ing campaign and outreach and internal However, to cut-short this Upon treatment with the Globally, pneumonia is the any other disease. Around due to the funding gaps that risk its core refugees. cost-saving measures. time, the research team which colour-forming compound major cause of paediatric mor- 437,000 children under five services to the refugees in the fields of edu- Naidu, however, noted that UNRWA’s Naidu, however, cautioned that while included Kuldeep Mahato, ‘BCIP’, the captured complex of tality, especially in children died due to diarrhea and cation and health. resources come from voluntary contribu- these efforts continue, they may still not research scholar developed a ALP forms a blue-green under 5, claiming the lives of 272,000 due to malaria. India’s Deputy Permanent tions, with a limited donor base, saying that be adequate in 2019. simple visual detection tech- coloured precipitate, that oth- more than Representative to the UN Ambassador K this arrangement is already “fraught with Highlighting India’s ongoing capacity- nique to detect the quality of erwise does not gives any 800,000 Nagaraj Naidu said as a mark of solidari- uncertainties” of sudden crisis and it is crit- building assistance in Palestine, Naidu said milk, without the need for colour in the absence of ALP. kids every ty with the Palestine refugees, the Indian ical that the faith of donors in the agency 150 Palestinian professionals are trained special equipment and instru- The intensity of the colour year, more Government has increased its annual is restored. every year under the Indian Technical and ments. indicates the amount of ALP than 2,000 financial contribution fourfold to the Voicing concern over the agency’s Economic Cooperation programme and “It would be useful if the present. The researchers used every day. core budget of the UN Relief and Works “dire” financial situation, Naidu said the 100 meritorious Palestinian students are quality of milk can be tested at a smartphone to capture the In Agency(UNRWA), from USD 1.25 million funding gap of USD 89 million in 2019 has offered fully funded scholarships under the the point of collection of milk image of the colour. They used India 5 per in 2016 to USD 5 million in 2018. put to risk the agency’s core services to the General Scholarship Scheme of the Indian or even in the home kitchen,” the RGB (Red Green Blue) fil- 1,000 live “We have contributed USD 5 million Palestine refugees, notably in the fields of Council for Cultural Relations every year. said Dr Chandra, adding that ter in the phone to profile the births in 2019 and pledge to contribute USD 5 education, health, and assistance to the In addition, during the last five years, such testing requires easy-to- colour obtained, which could under five million in 2020 also,” he said while speak- most vulnerable ones. under an India-Palestine development operate and portable detection be co-related to the concen- mortality ing at the General Assembly Fourth About 3.1 million Palestine refugees partnership, 17 agreements have been kits. tration. The researchers’ work rate due to Committee meeting on the UNRWA for depend on health services provided by signed in the fields of agriculture, health He explained, “Alkaline has been published in the jour- pneumonia Palestine Refugees in the Near East. UNRWA while the agency’s schools edu- care, information technology, youth affairs, Phosphatase (ALP) is a metal- nal, Biosensors, and in 2018, the “India’s support and solidarity with the cate 526,000 students every year, of which consular affairs, women’s empowerment loprotein found naturally in Bioelectronics. study said. 5.5 million Palestine refugees remains half are female. Keeping these services and media. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | THURSDAY | NOVEMBER 14, 2019 Maoists instigated Baghel, ministers to meet Potali - Dantewada President, Union ministers today villagers’ stir: Govt STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR over opening of security camp, claimed that on Wednesday he state government has there was a drastic change in To end the deadlock on contentious paddy issue Tclaimed that it was under the attitude of villagers. n pressure from Maoists that vil- In a press communiqué STAFF REPORTER and Prime Minister Narendra would also accompany me in lagers of Potali in Dantewada RAIPUR Modi in recent days. meeting with the President state government claimed that district of Bastar region staged they will win hearts of Potali “The President of India and Union ministers,” he a demonstration on Tuesday. hief Minister Bhupesh gave an appointment on added. villagers through development CBaghel on Wednesday Thursday evening while There was a drastic change of the region and by providing Notably, earlier the Chief in their behavior when they said that his government is Prime Minister’s Office in a Minister along with thou- them security from the were pacified on Wednesday, it Maoists. going to hold talks with the letter has said that since the sands of farmers of the state claims. “Potali is strategically a Centre to end the deadlock Prime Minister would be and his cabinet colleagues, as over paddy procurement Notable, a couple of days very important location for abroad, he (Baghel) could well as Congress workers, had issue, clearly indicating a ago a security camp was Naxals as it is considered their talk to Union Minister for declared to march in own change of strategy on the con- Agriculture”, the CM established in Potali village in safe corridor, Naxals are tentious issues over which informed the media. vehicles to national capital on Aranpur region of Dantewada instigating the villagers to ruling Congress and the BJP Baghel said, “Responding November 13. district. Hundreds of villagers oppose the camp,” the are at loggerhead. to the letter, I had demanded The CM later postponed on Tuesday assembled and communiqué said. The Chief Minister that Union Minister for Food the demonstration after the demonstrated against opening “Trust-Development- hinted that while keeping the and Civil Supplies should also Supreme Court verdict on of security camp in their Security’ model of policing in option for a stir ajar, at be there in the meeting so Ayodhya anticipating adverse village. Potali would be adopted by present the state government that any amicable solution law-and-order situation in Government sources Dantewada police to deal with will try to find an amicable talks. at Congress’s state headquar- had correspondences with could be hammered out” the states through which their accepting that there was Maoist problem”, the commu- solution to the issue through Talking to media persons ters, Baghel informed that he President Ram Nath Kovind “Cabinet colleagues convoy was suppose to pass. resentment among villagers niqué added. BJP to stage sit-in tomorrow Chhattisgarh to get 5 female depending on the variety while the state promised a MSP of `2500 per quintal. There will be a month’s delay if procurement wild buffaloes from Assam starts from December 1 as STAFF REPORTER n and 7 females in the state, based on situation and planned by the state government, RAIPUR he added. conditions. They will be he added. PCCF Rakesh brought to a special enclo- Leader of Opposition overnment of India Chaturvedi when contact- sure made at Barnawapara Dharamlal Kaushik said, “BJP Ghas cleared the pro- sanctuary. After acclima- does not have any objection over ed said, the permission was posal for shifting of five granted a year ago as trans- tion, they will be shifted to Chief Minister calling on Prime female wild water buf- portation is a critical factor Udanti-Sitanadi Sanctuary. Minister, Union Agriculture and faloes from Assam’s Manas The wildlife experts Food ministers. The issue of due to sensitivity of these National Sanctuary. feel that with five female procurement should be resolved The bovines will travel bovines, special care has to to benefit the farmers and be taken. bovines from Assam, the around 1500 kilometres to impending extinction of procurement should be ensured reach Chhattisgarh. It was decided to shift Chhattisgarh states’ official from November 15.” In a statement them after the monsoon STAFF REPORTER n used to commence the RAIPUR No assessment of loss due to Principal Chief Forest and the present climatic animal can be saved. Water procurement from November 15 buffaloes are on the verge hhattisgarh BJP state lack of rains and excessive rain Conservator (Wildlife) condition is suitable for every year, he said. of extinction in the central Cpresident Vikram Usendi said during harvest season in the state Atul Shukla said this will shifting. It is for the first his party is organising a day-long Addressing the media, jointly was done despite agriculture create conducive atmos- time such transporting of Indian state. sit-in-demonstration on with Leader of Opposition minister’s claim if conducting phere for breeding and wild water buffaloes is Chhattisgarh govern- November 15 at ‘mandal’ Dharamlal Kaushik, he said the such assessment, he alleged. increase the number of being undertaken in the ment is expected to return (division) level across the state, delay is causing loss to farmers as It should have been done state’s official animal in country. the favour by sending demanding procurement of at ‘Mandi’ (Agriculture Produce before the procurement begins so future. At present, the state total will be around 15. and two are female. This He said the modes of around 40 spotted deer to paddy from that day itself. Market) the paddy is being sold that loss to farmers can be has 10 wild water buffaloes Out of the 10 wild will also help to reduce the transport, may be through Assam to help its tiger con- Previous BJP government for `1300 to `1600 per quintal ascertained, he said. and with five more the water buffaloes, 8 are male gender parity with 8 males road or train, will be opted servation efforts.
SEC review CAIT reaches out to MPs to push for e-commerce policy meeting today Rail services BUSINESS REPORTER n RAIPUR: To review prepa- RAIPUR rations for civic bodies polls, which will be fol- hhattisgarh unit of the disrupted, many lowed by three-tier CConfederation of All India Panchayat elections in the Traders (CAIT) on state, State Election Wednesday gave representa- Commissioner, tions to Lok Sabha and Rajya Chhattisgarh Thakur Ram trains cancelled Sabha members from the state Singh has called a meeting as part of the confederation’s on November 14 at 4.00 STAFF REPORTER n Sambalpur-Jharsuguda nationwide agitation against pm at New Circuit House RAIPUR route. e-commerce companies auditorium, Raipur. The train number 12070 ormal train services Amazon and Flipkart. Singh said divisional (Gondia-Raigarh They want the parliamen- commissioners, all district Nwere disrupted on Janshatabdi Express) and tarians to raise in parliament, collectors and superin- Howrah-Mumbai route after Raipur-Bilaspur local have what they called unethical tendents of police have a crane fell near the Road been terminated at Uslapur. business practice of the been called for receiving Under Bridge construction The cancelled trains are e-commerce companies. feedback of the progress site at Chuchuhiya para, Raipur-Gevra Road (58204), A delegation led by CAIT made in election process Bilaspur on Wednesday Bilaspur-Gevra (68736). national vice president Amar undertaken across the blocking tracks and OHE Trains which will remain Parwani handed over the delegation that he would take want a healthy business creating a future crises before product of `100 at `80 to reach state. Based on their feed- breakdown. cancelled on November 14 representation to Raipur MP up the issue with Union competition within the the 60 crore retailers existing in out to maximum customers, back, the strategy for According to South East are Gevra-Raipur, Gevra- Sunil Soni and briefed him as minister at the Winter session country and steps for the same the country and those working which hits local traders. upcoming election for both Central Railway, train num- Bilaspur, Raipur-Gevra, to how e-commerce compa- of parliament, which will are being undertaken. with them, he alleged. Parwani said all compa- civic bodies and panchayat ber 12879 (Lokmanya Tilak Bilaspur-Tatanagar, nies are allegedly deriving commence from November Parwani said for long they He pointed out these nies are eyeing the `45 lakh will be chalked out. Terminus-Bhubaneshwar Bilaspur-Devra-Bilaspur, benefits of FDI policy. 18. The session will be held till have been demanding for an multinationals also sell materi- crore business of the country. Chief Secretary R P Express) has been diverted and Bilaspur-Gevra (68746). The different delegations December 13. e-commerce policy. als cash on delivery but local “Our only demand is to bring Mandal and Director from Lakholi-Sambalpur Gevra-Itwari (18239) reached out to other Lok He said Prime Minister Multinational companies in traders have to pay tax while all these e-commerce compa- General of Police D. M. route, while 18029 (Shalimar and Korba-Trivandrum Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs. Narendra Modi and Finance country is creating wedge by under FDI, they get all benefits nies under the ambit of our Awasthi are also likely to Express) has been diverted (22647) have been delayed Sunil Soni assured the Minister Nirmala Sitharaman their mode of functioning, thus and subsidies. Thus, they sell a country’s laws,” he added. be present in the meeting. from Raipur-Lakholi- by five hours. CM Baghel orders probe in Radiant Way school mishap STAFF REPORTER n A girl student of serious injury on her face RAIPUR as no safety precaution in class-4 of the the floor was maintained. hief Minister school located in Meanwhile, parents CBhupesh Baghel of students of the school taking serious note of the the state capital on Wednesday met alleged laxity on the part got serious Chief Minister Baghel at of management of Jan-Chaupal: Bhent- Radiant-Way public injuries in a Mulaqat programme at school, which led to an his official residence and accident during adven- mishap which ture sports, ordered a happened while gave him detailed probe into the matter. information about the A girl student of she was doing mishap that took place class-4 of the school adventure sports during the adventure located in the state capital in the school game. got serious injuries in a Chief Minister took the matter seriously and mishap which happened premises 1. Chief Minister during his weekly public contact programme, Jan Choupal, on instructed Raipur 2. Children of Dimrapal Ashram of Bastar region led by social worker Padma Shri Dharampal while she was doing Wednesday gave instructions for providing financial aid under Sanjivani Kosh Saini paid visit to Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel at Jan-Chaupal : Bhent-Mulaqat, where collector to probe into the adventure sports in the She fell into the scheme to Bhilai-3 resident Khileshwari for treatment. Baghel made their wish come true by taking them on a tour to CM House. school premises. ground and received matter. ! "#$%&"' * <