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Right now, the (Kamal Deen Dayal Upadhyay Smriti Amendment Act, the country “A trust has been formed 1950, Shah said, “Despite all the duty. police which denied them per- them assurance that their appli- Nath) government has com- Sthal at trans-Ganga Parao and waited for decisions on these for the construction of a grand anger and provocation, the Shah also paid homage to mission to march. cation has been forwarded to pleted only 15 months. Talks about 50 projects worth over for years,” he told a public Ram temple in Ayodhya. This Delhi Police should remain the five Delhi Police personnel “Police said they have for- the authorities concerned for are on with the guest teachers 1,254 crores, apart from flag- meeting here during a day-long trust will work rapidly,” he calm but it should also be who lost their lives in the 2001 warded our request to meet the further action. over their demands and a for- ging off the Kashi-Mahakal visit to his Lok Sabha con- said. He said that after setting ready to deal with the miscre- terror attack at Parliament Home Minister and have “The protesters wanted to mula is being worked out. A Express here on Sunday after- stituency. up of the trust, the work on the ants with firm hands to protect building and to Inspector sought some time to arrange it,” know about the status of their solution will be found,” Singh noon, he gave a clear message “These decisions were nec- construction of ‘Ram dham’ the people.” Mohan Chand Sharma who Javed Khan, one of the pro- application. This was regarding said. that his Government is deter- essary in the interest of the will start with fast speed and “I believe, on many occa- died in the Batla House testers, said. He said the pro- permission for marching from “There is no lack of com- mined on the CAA. nation. Duniya bhar ke saarey added that his Government has sions the Delhi Police has lived encounter while fighting Indian testers will replan their march Shaheen Bagh to the residence munication between Kamal Not only this, in an earlier dababo ke bawjood, inn faislon also decided to transfer 67 up to this advice of Saradar Mujahideen (IM) terrorists. after getting confirmation from of the Home Minister, which Nathji and Scindia...There is no address at the Jangambadi Math, par hum qayam hain aur acres of land to the trust. Patel,” the Home Minister said. The event was also attend- the police. they had given to us. We told need for any mediation,” he where he released the Shree qayam rahengey (Despite pres- The Government had Shah made special mention ed by Delhi Lt Governor Anil Anticipating trouble, the them that the application was added. Siddhanth Sikhamani Granth in sure from all sides, we remain recently set up the Shri Ram of the exemplary tasks per- Baijal and his Puducherry Delhi Police top brass further given to DCP New Delhi and Amid reports that Scindia 19 languages and Shivshree firm on these decisions and will Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra formed by the Delhi Police in counterpart Kiran Bedi, Delhi beefed up the security at it will be further submitted to had left the coordination com- Vedika mobile app, Modi said, continue to remain firm,” Modi on the Supreme Court’s direc- maintaining law and order in Police Commissioner Amulya Shaheen Bagh in south-east the police headquarters which mittee meeting midway, Singh “It’s an important period in his- said. Provisions of Article 370 tive to the Union Government the city and also helping the Patnaik, and top officials from Delhi where hundreds of will take a final call on it,” said, “During the meeting (in tory when all hurdles delaying of the Constitution, which to form a trust that can look Government on important other agencies. On the occa- women protesters gathered to Deputy Commissioner of Delhi) we discussed all the the construction of grand Ram accorded special powers to the into the construction and man- occasions like celebrations of sion, the Home Minister pre- march towards the residence of Police (Southeast) Meena said. issues. Some reports showed Temple in Ayodhya were erstwhile State of Jammu & agement of the temple. Independence Day and sented medals to Delhi Police Shah for a dialogue over the Three days ago, Shah had that he (Scindia) left the meet- removed and the Government Kashmir, were abrogated by the The Prime Minister dedi- Republic Day, festivals and vis- officers for their meritorious CAA. Barricades were placed at said anyone who wants to dis- ing in a huff. But they (reports) had also handed over its Government in August last cated to the nation the Pandit its by foreign dignitaries. service. the site and the protesters were cuss issues related to are absolutely wrong. During acquired 67 acres of land to the year. Deendayal Upadhyaya The Home Minister wel- Shah said that under the stopped after a little Citizenship (Amendment) Act the meeting that Ram Janambhoomi Kshetra Citing certain key deci- Memorial Centre and unveiled comed the constructive criti- Delhi Safe City Project, the distance. with him can seek time from took place between 10 am and Trust apart from being devel- sions of his Government, Modi a 63-foot statue of the RSS ide- cism of the police but cautioned Centre has sanctioned Rs 857 Police officials including his office. “(We) will give time 2 pm, talks were held in a opment of Kashi Vishwanath referred to the trust set up for ologue - the tallest statue of the people that they should also crore for the safety and securi- DCP (Southeast) RP Meena, within three days,” the Home peaceful manner,” Singh Dham in this holy city.” the construction of the Ram leader in the country. remember that that more than ty of the capital city. Additional DCP (Southeast) Minister had said. said. 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Agree to Shishya Parampara or through tion to traditional healers in the Dhiman said the CCRAS, erating on crucial issues relat- managing kidney ailments), ers. A large part of India, espe- promotes terrorism. disagree. Let the government observation and experience. country, the Quality Council of along with other stakeholders, ed to ethnomedicine, welcomed the move to bring cially rural and tribal areas, is “We want to have good propose, let the opposition The official said in the India (QCI) has launched agreed that a combined main- ethnopharmocology, medici- the traditional healers in the mostly serviced by traditional relations with all our neigh- oppose and let the House dis- process (during documenta- national voluntary certifica- streaming of the folklore nal plants research and the reg- mainstream, noting that tradi- healers who rely on the tradi- bours. Let us take a stand... We pose. 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 Patna: The Bharatiya Janata be seen storming a library the contentious legislation as leader Devendra Fadnavis on bouring Navi Mumbai, was “if you cannot convince after the October Assembly Party on Sunday asserted that inside the Jamia Millia Islamia well as the NPR which many Sunday said his party-led Fadnavis said, “NCP chief them, then confuse polls and joined hands with the $G )  the Citizenship (Amendment) and baton charging the stu- fear would be followed by Government at the Centre was Sharad Pawar is playing a per- them”. Congress and Pawar’s NCP, Act was brought in by the dents engrossed in country- wide implementation facing a ‘perception war’ from ception war against the BJP-led “The opposition should Fadnavis said “Congress lead- Narendra Modi Government at books. of NRC despite statements to NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Union Government, deliber- either prove that CAA is going ers will continue insulting V D    the Centre out of ‘humanitar- “I am not sure about the the contrary by Prime Minister CAA and this will have to be ately creating confusion over to affect the poor and nomadic Savarkar” and asked “how long ian considerations’ and lam- authenticity of the video and Narendra Modi. countered by taking CAA. A disinformation that tribes in Maharashtra or they is the Sena leadership going to ahatma Gandhi’s great basted the opposition for hence it would not be proper “It is about granting citi- the political fight to the citizenship (of certain com- should apologise to Prime tolerate it” Mgrandson Tushar Gandhi “politicizing the issue”. for me to comment on it,” zenship to people, not snatch- streets. munities) will be taken away by Minister Narendra Modi for “If there is some courage on Sunday claimed the The partys national gener- Yadav said. ing it away from anybody,” The Narendra Modi gov- CAA is being spread.” their false claims,” Fadnavis left in the Shiv Sena, it should National Population Register al secretary in-charge for Bihar The BJP leader was here to said the BJP leader about the ernment is facing protests Pawar has called the CAA said. ban Shidori magazine pub- and National Register of and Rajya Sabha member take part in a meeting of the law that aims to provide Indian nationwide over its Citizenship ‘divisive’ and ‘diversionary’ and He said the BJP would lished by the Congress,” he Citizens were “real danger” Bhupendra Yadav also told partys office-bearers in Bihar citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Amendment Act which aims to has been vocal in his support contest polls on its own from dared the Uddhav Thackeray and would lead to the poor reporters that denial of a which was attended, among Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists give persecuted minorities to a plethora of national lead- hereon and claimed the party’s government.Shidori had bearing the brunt. scheduled meeting with Union others, by state unit chief Sanjay and Parsis who entered India from Pakistan, Afghanistan ers who have said that they first success with this decision recently published two articles Participating in an event Home Minister Amit Shah to Jaiswal and the latters prede- on or before December 31, and Bangladesh citizenship but would continue to oppose the will be upcoming Navi terming Hindutva icon organised by the People’s a delegation of Shaheen Bagh cessor and Union minister 2014 from Bangladesh, excludes Muslims. legislation till it is scrapped by Mumbai Municipal Savarkar as an “apologist” and Platform Against Fascism here, protesters was “a decision taken Nityanand Rai. Pakistan and Afghanistan, hav- Speaking on the second the Centre. Corporation polls. “rapist”. PTI he also said those protesting by the administration and “I must say that the CAA ing fled religious persecution in against the Citizenship police in Delhi taking into was a decision taken out of their countries. Amendment Act and NPR and account the situation on the humanitarian considerations Yadav also disclosed that NRC had been ground”. (maanavata ke aadhar par). It BJP president Jagat Prakash painted as Muslims” and peo- He, however, declined to is deplorable that the opposi- Nadda will be here on February ple must be worried about the comment on a video purport- tion has politicized the issue to 22 to give a pep talk to work- amount of “hatred that has edly a two-month-old CCTV the hilt,” said Yadav whose ers of the party ahead of the been inculcated in the footage —viral on social media party is facing the heat of assembly polls due later this society.” wherein police personnel can country-wide protests against year. PTI He alleged CAA was the first official act of the govern- ment which was discriminato- ry and went against the spirit 1'/     of the Constitution and the NRC and the NPR were the real danger. “The rich will not be affect-       2 ed. The poor in our cities and the poor in the villages are the Chennai: The DMK on Sunday said the over two ers here in January. ones who are going to face the crore forms collected as part of an anti-CAA sig- In a statement on Sunday, the DMK said brunt of the promulgation of nature campaign by the party-led Secular over two crore signatures were received during those two procedures which Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu were sent the campaign and were sent to the President by government is so keen to to President Ram Nath Kovind. flight. implement,” he said. Members of Opposition parties including “The signatures reflected the sentiments of The rural poor and uned- DMK, Congress and MDMK conducted the the people against the CAA, NRC and NPR. ucated masses would be made week-long signature campaign from February Tamil Nadu is hopeful that the President would to run from pillar to post just 2 demanding withdrawal of the Citizenship recommend withdrawal of CAA to safeguard to satisfy the government offi- Amendment Act, National Population Register democracy and Constitution...,” the statement cial who would decide their and the proposed National Register of Citizens. said. The SPA has demanded that the CAA be Constitutional right, he DMK president M K Stalin had announced withdrawn claiming that it affected Indian cit- claimed. the campaign at a meeting of alliance party lead- izens. PTI ?             $"  (  (         5! Without naming anyone, he : “Look at how subtly they have divided us. 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Hospital on Sunday demanded campus against the slapping of the ‘tukde-tukde’ gang in the connection with SIMI,” Poonia The fresh round of agita- series of protests against CAA A report from Coimbatore that the charges slapped against the NSA against the Gorakhpur +G )0 0  wake of his recent participation said at a press conference tions against Citizenship by political parties, including said members of various Dr Kafeel Khan under the doctor after he was granted bail at a sit-in here against the here. Amendment Act (CAA), after the main opposition DMK and Muslim outfits continued their National Security Act be with- in connection with the alleged Citizenship (Amendment) “These all indicate that a lull since December, fol- Congress, while some Muslim Shaheenbagh-like demonstra- drawn. hate speech.  ! " Act. there is a network working lowed the violence that broke outfits too had hit the streets to tion in Tirupur for the third Dr Khan was arrested by RDA president Dr Hamza He said Gehlot has behind such protests. I don’t out during a protest here on register their opposition to the day, condemning the police the UP Special Task Force Malik said the move was a “bla- *   “attempted to push the state have any inhibition in saying Friday in which four police per- controversial law. action on anti-CAA agitators in from Mumbai on January 29 in tant attempt to crush dissent into anarchy” in the name of that Rajasthan Chief Minister sonnel and some protesters In a related development, Chennai. connection with a speech he and a violation of the Kolkata: The Trinamool freedom of speech and expres- is the leader of ‘tukde-tukde’ suffered injuries. several senior IPS officials have The protesters, including had delivered during an anti- Constitution of india”. He said Congress MLA who had on sion. gang,” he said, adding that Agitators at Old been assigned specified areas to a large number of women, CAA protest at Aligarh by targeting the doctor, the UP Saturday made vile remarks at “The Chief Minister’s par- Gehlot’s act was shameful as it Washermanpet area raised slo- maintain law and order. continued their sit-in on a Muslim University on government had done a great a Marxist colleague in the ticipation has encouraged such aimed at taking political gans against CAA and sought “In view of the develop- road despite being asked to dis- December 12. disservice to the entire medical House have expressed her apol- protests across the state. There mileage. PTI its withdrawal during the ments on CAA, NRC and NPR perse, police said. PTI The Resident Doctors’ community. PTI ogy saying what she said was a slip of tongue and that she did not intend to denigrate the per- sonal prestige of the other        
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Nashik: There was need for funding of terror groups centres in Salamabad in “The action has been   '/ who, in his/her wisdom, introspection and change in through cross-border trade Kashmir’s Baramulla district taken after reports that the decides the grounds for detain- British-era laws keeping in during its probe into the case and Chakan-da-bagh in cross-LoC trade routes are he police’s description of ing any person. view changes in of Deputy Superintendent of Poonch district of Jammu. being misused by Pakistan- Tformer Jammu & Kashmir Citing section 13 of the society, Maharashtra Chief Police Davinder Singh who During its probe in the based elements for funnelling Chief Minister Mehbooba PSA, the officials said that Minister Uddhav Thackeray was caught escorting militants past four years, the NIA had illegal weapons, narcotics and Mufti as ‘daddy’s girl’ is not when a person is detained in said at a law conference organ- out of Kashmir Valley, officials been unable to find the final fake currency, etc.,” the gov- among the grounds for her pursuance of a detention ised here by Maharashtra and said on Sunday. beneficiary of the money ernment had said then. detention under the stringent order, the authority concerned Goa Bar Council on The officials said NIA received from traders, the offi- The officials said that they Public Safety Act (PSA), needs to communicate the Sunday. investigators grilled self-styled cials said, adding that after did not rule out the possibili- according to official grounds for detention to the Speaking on the topic commander of the banned Naveed’s questioning the ty of arrested police officer records. person to enable ‘Marching Towards Speedy Hizbul Mujahideen terror agency had got a vital link. Singh having knowledge about The seven-page order him/her to make a representa- Modern Judiciary’ at Law group Syed Naveed Mushtaq The officials said that some the funding pattern through served on the 60-year-old PDP tion against it to the Conference 2020, Thackeray create a society and judicial sys- told the gathering that includ- Ahmed alias Naveed Babu, more people were likely to be trade as he had been associat- chief, the daughter of party Government. said all four pillars of democ- tem where there will be no ed Justice Bhushan Gavai of the who was caught with Singh, picked up for questioning in ed with Naveed Babu for long. founder and former Chief In its dossier, the police racy need to come together to need to hand over cases of Supreme Court, Bombay High about the funding of the organ- the case as the probe in the Singh was arrested last Minister Mufti Mohammed recommended Mufti’s deten- think of amendments in law to atrocities on women to fast Court Justices Makarand isation and the way they had DySP’s case has brought the month along with Naveed, Sayeed, has stated 12 grounds tion for her “dangerous and ensure people get justice speed- track courts for speedy justice. Karnik and Sandeep Shinde as been in touch with their mas- four-year-old case to focus. Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist for her detention under the insidious mechanization and ily. In case of failure in creating an well as State parliamentary ters in Pakistan. Recently LoC trade organ- Rafi Ahmed Rather and Irfan ‘Public Order’ segment of the usurping profile and nature by “Many years after ideal society, crime will affairs and Transport Minister The agency has stumbled isation president Tanveer Shafi Mir, who claims to be an PSA that was invoked against the masses as ‘ Independence, British-era laws increase and there will be a Anil Parab. upon evidence of terror financ- Ahmed Wani was arrested by advocate. He is at present in her on February 6. Daddy’s girl’ and ‘Kota Rani’” still exist. As per the need of the dearth of court buildings,” he Justice Gavai laid the foun- ing through cross-LoC trade the NIA and was being ques- judicial custody. Senior officials in the based on the profile of a society and changing situa- told the gathering. dation stone of a new court during Naveed Babu’s ques- tioned. The cross-LoC trade, The officials said that if Jammu and Kashmir adminis- medieval queen who rose to tion, there is need for intro- The importance of good building here and CM tioning, they said. The NIA had started in 2008 as a confidence need be Singh and others could tration involved in the deci- power by virtue of undertaking spection and change in these values is more than laws and Thackeray promised all help registered a case against building measure between be summoned in connection sion-making process explained intrigues ranging from poi- laws,” he said. the time to nurture these val- and funds to complete its con- unknown people in connection India and Pakistan, was with the LoC trade case as that the police dossier is sub- soning of her opponents to “It is our responsibility to ues in society has arrived, he struction quickly. PTI with the trade across the Line stopped in April last year by the well. PTI mitted to the district magistrate ponyardings. % '( ( )        7G=  1   
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The party, which had stayed participate in the eight-phase elec- selecting candidates and cam- ensure access to 1,485 white- the Centre announced abro- ing terror With regard to mobile away from the 2018 Panchayat tions starting March 5 in over paigning under the given circum- listed sites only and not to gation of Article 370 provi- activities as data service, he said ISPs polls, said the detention of its top 11,000 seats. stances is impossible, the letter any social media applica- sions and bifurcation of the well as to would ensure access only to leaders will hamper the process of A copy of the letter has been said. tions allowing peer-to-peer erstwhile State into Union upload the 1,485 whitelisted sites and candidate selection and marked to the Chief Election As per the rule, either the party communication and virtual Territories— Jammu & been received from the intel- provocative material aimed at not to any social media appli- campaign. Commissioner. president or vice president have to private network (VPN) appli- Kashmir, and ligence and law enforcement disturbing the public order. cations allowing peer-to-peer It has expressed its willingness The letter States that it is prac- sign the nomination papers of cations, he said. Ladakh. agencies inter-alia bringing “It has also been report- communication and VPN to take part in the poll process this tically impossible for the party to prospective candidates. PTI “The directions shall be “Whereas, reports have out the manner in which ed that attempts have been applications. PTI        = )33*   4   '        Thiruvananthapuram: In further relief to from Thrissur, is awaiting test results from Kerala, a student treated for the novel coro- Pune NIV after samples screened at the navirus in the State was discharged on Alappuzha centre of the institute had Mumbai: Fifty six of the 60 people, A Maharashtra government Sunday after two consecutive test results returned negative last week. who have been quarantined in release said 36,028 people have returned negative, becoming India’s second “Now, we are waiting for the test result Maharashtra so far for suspected undergone screening at the Mumbai patient to recover from the infection, health of the student admitted to Thrissur Medical exposure to the novel coronavirus, international airport since January authorities said. College Hospital. Once the negative result have tested negative, with 18. The patient from Kasaragod, one of is received, we can 50 of them being It said 216 people have returned the three positive cases of coronavirus proceed to discharge,”    discharged from to Maharashtra from Covid-19 detected in the country on their return the official said. hospitals, a State affected areas in China, of which 137 from China, would, however, remain Both the discharged students, study- Government official said on Sunday. have completed their 14-day follow under home quarantine for ten days, the ing in a university in Wuhan, the epicen- A person who had alighted up period. state health department said. tre of the deadly virus that has claimed over from a Filipino cruise vessel in Those arriving from China and “Two consecutive results of the patient 1,600 lives in China, had earlier tested pos- Mumbai and was isolated after he other areas affected by the virus are came negative and was then discharged itive for the infection and were treated in complained of cough and fever has being kept under observation for a today morning. The patient will have to isolation wards set up in medical college also tested negative for the virus, the period of 14 days, the release remain under home quarantine for ten hospitals in Alappuzha and Kasaragod. official said, adding that the ship has said. more days,” a senior health official told PTI. Of the 2,210 people under surveillance now reached Porbandar in neigh- Maharashtra, where no positive More than 2,000 people are still under in various districts, as many as 16 were in bouring Gujarat. case for the virus has been report- observation for the novel coronavirus in isolation wards in hospitals and the “Of the 60 people who were kept ed so far, has set up 39 isolation com- the state, which had accounted for all three remaining 2,194 are in home quarantine, in isolation wards, 56 have tested partments comprising 361 beds. positive cases in the country. Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja said in negative and 50 of them have been The death toll in China from the Earlier on Thursday, a student from a release on Sunday. discharged. The test results of the epidemic has climbed to 1,665 on Alappuzha was discharged after his two Of the 415 samples sent for testing at other four are yet to arrive and is Saturday after 142 more people consecutive samples sent for testing at the the NIV in Pune, a total of 396 turned out expected in the next two days. All died, mostly in the worst-hit Hubei National Institute of Virology (NIV) in to be negative and the results of the remain- samples were tested at Pune’s Province, and the confirmed cases Pune turned out to be negative. India’s ing were awaited, the release, quoting the National Institute of Virology,” he jumped to 68,500. PTI ($ $=  ,       ,  $    5>  (    5! first coronavirus case, a woman medico Minister, said. PTI said. ' "G    R    ##  9     !*       &   
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Sunday. decisions, leading to an environ- of nationalism. piece ‘Saamana’, its executive editor Raut The common factor between Prime The three students study- ment of suspicion in the country. “Their nationalism is pseudo- criticised BJP’s “religion-centric” political Minister Modi and Delhi Chief Minister ing in a private engineering col- He said the intention of those nationalism. Their only aim is to strategy while lauding the developmental Arvind Kejriwal is that “both are self- cen- lege in Hubballi were arrested at the helm at the Centre was not win elections by instigating people. works of the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi tered”, but Modi also has “huge arrogance on Saturday for raising pro- clear due to which it was not known Where would 20 per cent muslim government. and pomposity”, Raut alleged. Pakistan slogans and posting it where the country was headed to. minority population go,” he He said the BJP, which appeared He said Kejriwal also once wanted to on social media on the first Gehlot said this while address- said. invincible during the Lok Sabha polls, fell “conquer the entire country”, but after fac- anniversary of the ghastly ter- ing a dharna held in the backdrop Deputy Chief Minister Sachin like a ‘house of cards’ in Delhi. ing defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, he soon rorist attack that left scores of of an apex court ruling that States Pilot said their protest is to alert the “No country is without religion, but realised his limitations and built his party CRPF soldiers dead at Pulwama are not bound to provide reserva- BJP government at the Centre that religion does not mean patriotism...A fol- and its network in Delhi. in Kashmir. tion in appointments or promo- no ideology or power can abolish lower of Lord Hanuman, Kejriwal brought “The BJP has ridiculed Kejriwal’s The students were released tions. the fundamental rights of the citi- ‘Ram Rajya’ in Delhi though the BJP freebies, like free electricity and water. after they executed a bond The Supreme Court had given zens of the country. almost fielded Lord Ram in this election,” BJP’s definition of patriotism comprises under 169 CrPC, wherein they the judgment last week, upholding He said Babasaheb Ambedkar Raut said in sarcastic comments. waging war against Pakistan, abrogation come back whenever they are the contention of the Uttarakand had made a provision for reserva- “The picture of Delhi was of Kejriwal of Article 370, strong steps against infil- summoned, Hubballi-Dharwad BJP Government. tion so that the standard of living as devotee of Hanuman and people of trators and random sloganeering of ‘Vande police commissioner R Dilip Congress leaders also submitted could be improved by connecting Delhi became Ram...Ram strongly stood Mataram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’,” he said. told PTI. PTI a memorandum to the President the Dalits and backward with the behind Hanuman,” he said, adding that But, “the better form of patriotism” through the Rajasthan governor, mainstream. there are lessons to be learnt from this elec- (referring to Kejriwal) is offering better urging to take action according to He said the quota is not a pro- tion”. BJP leaders earlier said those who education, health services and providing the basic spirit of the Constitution gramme like ‘Garibi Hatao’ but a don’t vote for the saffron party would be electricity, water and shelter to the needy, over the question of continuous process to ensure rights traitors, so is the entire Delhi going to get the Sena leader pointed out. reservation. “The intention of peo- to the Dalits and backward classes. that stamp? Raut asked. “Will you (BJP) call it patriotism when ple ruling the country at present is He said the aim of the BJP is to “The Delhi verdict indicates that two crore people lost jobs in last two not clear. The Centre is taking mislead people by diverting atten- Modi-Shah are not invincible any longer. years?” Raut wondered. decisions arbitrarily. An environ- tion from issues like inflation and It also points out that voters are not dis- He said before the 2014 Lok Sabha ment of doubt is inevitable as it is unemployment. honest. Religious whirlwinds were stoked elections, the BJP promised that 15 lakh unclear in which direction the AICC general secretary and for political gains, but voters did not get will be deposited in every citizen’s bank country is headed to,” Gehlot said. state in-charge Avinash Pandey carried away,” he said. account, but not even 15 got deposited. He said the BJP was making said the BJP is trying to tamper with People should get over the “myth” that The BJP also pushed the Delhi poll arbitrary decision despite getting the right to reservation which is only Modi and Shah can win elections, the narrative towards issues like Ram temple, only 39 per cent votes in the Lok enshrined in the Constitution. Rajya Sabha member said. (abrogation of) Article 370, Jammu and Sabha elections. He said uncertainty prevailed Sharing an experience from a recent Kashmir, surgical strike and ‘Hindutva’, but Gehlot said the ruling party at in the whole country as people were international visit, Raut said while he was people instead chose Kejriwal, who pro- the Centre can go to any extent to confused about policies of the BJP at the Tashkent airport, two Indians liv- vided them essential services, he impose its agenda and in such a Government. PTI ing there for years told him that the “BJP said. 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They embodied the                         where the redress of people’s liveability power of a representative   *                 indices, a happiness project if one could call Parliament against his personal-                   it that, has changed traditional politics. And ity cult that was changing the in resource-depleted times, where sustain- political template of the times. *     *     "   (      ) ability will be the only measure of a nation’s With time they made the citi-                    ( progress, this approach is set to redefine and zen feel valued for all the taxes   #          P*    #Q /*,#0     reshape protectionism and nationalism as we s/he paid by evolving a gover- know it. nance model responsive to their          *S      ) *  Unmistakably, AAP has mastered needs and justifiable to their con-                   ( realpolitik in its third avatar, neutralising the cerns. This automatically built         *S    (     BJP’s campaign missiles with smart electoral ratising religion as inclusive and despite protests, sit-ins and dis- enhancing digital access. Chief accountability in systemic strategy. But if it uses its power and manages common, pitting the BJP’s neg- ruptors, there’s no political space Minister Arvind Kejriwal him- processes. And they included               *    ( to make this neo-socialist logic visceral and ative projection against a posi- for civil movements. As the BJP self astutely asked people to women in their growth story              #     granular to the concerns of everyday life, then tive one. The Trinamool herds parties into Centre-Right vote for his performance, no from the very beginning. The               %      ( it could transfer the ownership of national- Congress (TMC) chief Mamata positions, civil movements have matter what religion or political result? The nation has the high-     *   *S             ( ism to people instead of politicians. This is Banerjee is doing the same with become the cultivable space for ideology they harboured. This est employment ratio, the high- not going to be an easy battle in deeply divid- her Jai Maa Kali slogans in transformational strategies. The empowerment explains why BJP est number of citizens on pub-   #          #          ed times where nationalism has been pred- Bengal, invoking a deity which AAP, which was born of such a and Congress supporters, too, lic allowances, the highest taxes             # 3  -   icated on identity politics, the imaginary fear is revered by everybody in that movement, is then perhaps best voted for AAP, why nationalism (acceptable because it finances      #    A %      P( of the others and the hurt of denial we did- State irrespective of their faith. placed to re-induct it in a man- as an abstract idea will have to public expenditure), and the n’t know existed. Polarisation and majoritar- The Congress, too, is now ner that matters most, daily be translated into pride in the highest percentage of the econ-    Q            5   ianism, of the kind that the BJP has encod- employing soft Hindutva of its governance. And marry it to the city you live in, the street where omy ploughed into the public                      ed through its most repugnant avatars, kind. India had so far reconciled larger reclamation of dharma, your home is. accounts. And it figures among       )           need counter-strategies to begin with. And itself to a secular public life that of changing people’s lives. According to a report by the top 10 in income and edu- when the manifestation of vitriol is through where ritualism was lived as a For people give parties the elec- McKinsey, such a technique has cation.   )                the emotive force of religion, then secular- daily habit rather than an exhi- toral strength to change politics. been used successfully as a gov- Many critics argue that such ism seems like an angularity than an asset. bitionist practice. The BJP has This could yet reset our fulcrum. ernance tool. “In the UK, for an approach builds a sense of And in the India of our times, secularism is managed to overturn this para- Undoubtedly, the Delhi ver- instance, the Local Government entitlement, kills enterprise and     
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It is the nature of man to think           )       collectively comprehends the dynamic nature of )55 03 )5 education in every country must be a libraries and laboratories?” and therein he differs from animals.”  /  0     /  0   its mission, objectives and goals in profession- product of indigenous thought process Though Mahatma Gandhi had Let JNU lead other universities to al terms and consistently strives to understand 4&) )) ) and appropriate new scientific knowl- warned about all this in Hind Swaraj, a major rethink that would let them               53 - 3              ( the importance of “looking within.” National- edge. he wrote in 1909: India remained too focus purely on knowledge quest for level institutions must remain ever-alert on &') )5 Consequently, the first requirement enamoured of all that is Western; we fulfilling the aspirations of the youth    $                “growing up” professionally. Reputations are ) )5 at the policy-planning level is full famil- are too overwhelmed; just too eager to and the nation. #                    ( made only through persistence of single-mind- 5 '5 iarity with the indigenous traditions of borrow everything from “there and For those who are interested in           P      Q  ed commitment to the cause over a long peri- 5'5  knowledge quest, its creation, genera- them?” finding solutions, one would like to           (   #   od of time. When academics within an institu-  /53' 0)? tion, transfer and utilisation. This is With its overwhelming emphasis submit the following from a letter    (             tion get divided on ideological constraints, there 53 + necessary but should not be a closed on liberal education, JNU could have Albert Einstein wrote to Mahatma                   is a drastic reduction in the time available for 0)  ) exercise. It would be equally necessary researched what was the best model for Gandhi and which was quoted by APJ                  ( high quality collaborative research and genuine 53)?  to acquire a deep comprehension of school education that India must Abdul Kalam in one his books: “You    innovations. In the post-Independence period, new knowledge that could be available implement. It is certainly not too have shown through your works, that India has witnessed a sharp decline in some of ? ) '  5 from all possible sources and places. much to expect that it could have pre- it is possible to succeed without vio- *                /  0) 59  0                  its prestigious learning centres of earlier years. Mahatma Gandhi had something sented to the nation how social cohe- lence even with those who have not dis- It would have been in the fitness of things if JNU 550 to say about it and it appeared in the sion and religious amity could be carded the method of violence.”         *    ( had studied such cases and came forward with /5 ), Young India of June 1, 1921: “I do not cemented in the country and why it is Are our universities and students                ( a model of re-engineering and quality enhance- &5/''  want my house to be walled in all sides a core element of economic growth, of today not expected to strengthen this  O      O    ,        ment strategies. - 5&0) and my windows to be stuffed. I want progress and development. philosophy?                 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I refuse to live in other people’s ignored the dialogical tradition that publicised achievements, never serious- "           *        tion, the essence of which may still be relevant. houses as an interloper, a beggar or a was the hallmark of knowledge growth ly try to listen to those who do not              P   It is now globally acknowledged that edu- slave.” in the past and has become more rel- think alike. It is sad that a culture of    Q      cation in every country must be rooted in its cul- One of the outstanding features of evant and necessary in present times. intolerance pervades many famed ture and must be committed to the progress of the freedom struggle was its persistent Swami Vivekananda could put it in institutions of higher learning. #                 the country. The pre-Independence model of focus on indigenous universal educa- futuristic perspective as early as in 1896 However, they must not forget that they                    Gandhi and Zakir Husain was based upon this tion in a free India. Our founding in one of his lectures delivered in have an obligation to the nation to               premise. It is now being realised that had India fathers knew that the transplanted sys- London: “What we want is progress, encourage, nourish and nurture the   #       P  Q     given the importance education deserved, tem forced by the alien rulers on the development and realisation. No the- great dialogical tradition of India. ! 822    %          things would have been far more encouraging country would not work in free India. ories ever made men higher. No They must become a place of intellec-     P     Q      ( on the employment front. There would also have It was meant for a few to attain a spe- amount of books can help us to tual interactions and welcome every      #            been no exodus from rural areas. cific objective and would crash even become purer. The only power is in idea with open arms. India needs             822   # Education has suffered because of a lack of otherwise if extended on a universal realisation, and that lies in ourselves leadership institutions that would pro-                    courage to link it to the national tradition of scale. Sadly enough, India continued and comes from thinking. Let men mote social cohesion and religious       S     growth of knowledge and scholarship. Instead, with it. Can one say that we preferred think. A clod of earth never thinks but amity. /       0 we have been overdependent on inherited lega- continuity and status quo instead of it remains only a lump of earth. The (The writer works in education and cy. 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ties informing them of the shortage but Security Act (NSA). Anyone who has IPC and other penal statutes) can deal before convicting a person, a trial to no avail. The Indian Medical carefully heard Dr Khan’s speech will with the situation, recourse to a preven- must be held in which he must be given Association, several doctors of AIIMS, bear witness to the fact that nowhere tive detention law will be illegal. an opportunity of placing his defence. Delhi and over 200 health profession- did he speak against any religious com- Whenever an order under a preventive It follows that if a person is liable to be als and allied activists wrote to the Chief munity. All that he said was, “We (i.e. detention law is challenged, one of the tried, or is actually being tried, for a ' ?5 53) Minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Yogi Indian Muslims) are 25 crore people questions which the court must ask is, criminal offence, but the criminal law )N Adityanath, in Dr Khan’s support. He and we cannot be removed or scared was the ordinary law of the land suffi- (IPC) will not be able to deal with the was released on bail in April 2019 after and you cannot take anything away cient to deal with the situation? If the situation, then and only then, can the   O    spending nine months in jail. from us. (Tumhaari auqaat nahi ki tum answer is in the affirmative, the deten- preventive detention law be taken      
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Budget Management) in mind However, there was no a bilateral “mini” trade deal and President Trump with leading 48,500 crore in past dues on order on them, but the apex Level Global Conference on “There may be a cut that even as she maintained she timeframe set by the Govt to higher investment commit- Indian companies operating the surplus bandwidth capac- court on February 14 asked Road Safety”, being held on we are still hoping would be in would be remembered for pre- remove all exemptions, she said ments from American compa- in the US,” Confederation of ity it had leased to third parties, them to approach the appro- February 19-20. the 0.1-0.2 percentage space,” senting the “longest prepared after an interactive session with nies, industry groups said on Indian Industry (CII) Director its Chairman and Managing priate authority. The objective of the two- the managing director of the budget” than for “longest trade representatives and intel- Sunday. General Chandrajit Banerjee Director Sushil Chandra “As per our licence condi- day conference is to bring road International Monetary Fund, speech” on it. lectuals on the Union Budget. The two countries are said. Mishra has said. tion, any dispute has to be safety on the global agenda and Kristalina Georgieva, told the “So in a way all these (mea- “At t h e m o m e n t w e o n l y negotiating a trade “Trade negotiators from Other non-telecom firms, referred to TDSAT and so we renew the world Global Women’s Forum in sures) and more has been done started a second alternative package to iron out certain India and the US have been which have also been slapped will be approaching TDSAT community’s commitment to Dubai. She said the full impact that the FRBM, as an Act, we with some exemptions removed issues and promote two-way working hard to add value to with similar demands, too are within a weeks time,” Mishra safer roads, the statement of the spreading disease that have to keep in mind and also or some exemptions included, commerce. the bilateral economic engage- likely to move the Telecom told PTI here. said. has already killed more than comply with it. So we have not although the original intention India is demanding exemp- ment, leveraging on their Disputes Settlement and On February 14, the During the visit, Gadkari 1,600 people would depend on really breached the FRBM. We was to remove all exemptions tion from high duties imposed mutual advantages. As Prime Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). Supreme Court had pulled up will also hold bilateral dialogue how quickly it was contained. have not gone outlandish on it. and give a clear simplified by the US on certain steel and Minister Narendra Modi hosts Those likely to go to the the DoT for not enforcing its with Swedish Minister for “I advise everybody not to “We have kept fiscal disci- reduced rate of income tax,” the aluminium products, resump- Trump to a national reception, TDSAT include gas utility October 24 order that gave tel- Infrastructure Tomas Eneroth; jump to premature conclu- pline, which is a USP for both finance minister said. The tion of export benefits to cer- the two leaders would give a GAIL India Ltd, from whom cos three months time to pay Minister for Foreign Trade sions. There is still a great deal the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Budget 2020-21 has introduced tain domestic products under decisive lift to bilateral ties,” 1.83 lakh crore has been dues. Hours later, the DoT sent Anna Hallberg; Minister for of uncertainty. We operate with Government and also for the more tax slabs and offers high- the Generalised System of Assocham Secretary General sought, Power Grid Corp that notices to Airtel and Vodafone Business, Industry & scenarios, not yet with projec- Shri Narendra Modi er limits provided the taxpayer Preferences, and greater mar- Deepak Sood said. has been slapped with Idea asking them to clear dues Innovation Ibrahim Baylan tions, ask me in 10 days,” Government,” she said. is ready to forego all the exist- ket access for its products from At the invitation of Prime 21,953.65 crore liability and immediately but hadn’t so far and also with the British Georgieva said. In its January The Centre had earlier said ing exemptions and deductions sectors like agriculture, auto- Minister Modi, Trump is slat- Gujarat Narmada Valley raised such demand with non- Minister for Road Safety update to the World Economic it was committed to reducing fis- including home loan interest, mobile, auto components and ed to travel to India on Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd telecom companies, industry Baroness Vere, as per the state- Outlook, the IMF lowered glob- cal deficit — the gap between other tax savings investments. engineering. February 24 and 25. According which faces a payout of sources said. ment. al economic growth forecast in total expenditure and revenue — “We have not made up our On the other hand, the US to sources, Trump will meet the 15,019.97 crore. OIL, the nation’s second 2020 by a 0.1 percentage point to 3 per cent of Gross Domestic minds as yet (on the removal of wants greater market access for country’s top business leaders Following the Supreme biggest state-owned oil pro- to 3.3 per cent, following a 2.9 Product (GDP) by 2020-21 and all exemptions)... We are trying its farm and manufacturing here on February 25 in a bid to Court ruling of October 24, ducer, holds a National Long per cent growth the previous eliminate the primary deficit as step by step, move forward and products, dairy items and med- push for deeper trade and 2019 that non-telecom rev- Distance Service Licence year, the lowest in a decade. per the FRBM Act. no particular timeline given,” ical devices, data localisation, business ties. enues should be included for (NLD) with primary objective Georgieva said it was “too The Government has she said when asked if there is and cut on import duties on A CEO’s round-table will considering payments of the of monitoring and operation of early” to assess the full impact utilised ‘escape clause’ under any timeframe for removing all some information and com- be organised to facilitate a government dues by firms its pipeline network. but acknowledged that it had the FRBM Act, which allows income tax exemptions. munication technology (ICT) meeting between the US holding any sort of telecom The surplus bandwidth already affected sectors such as the Centre to breach its fiscal Addressing a post-budget products. The US has also President and corporate hon- license, the Department of capacity available with the tourism and transportation. deficit target by 0.5 percentage press conference on February raised concerns over high trade chos in the national capital. Telecommunications (DoT) company was leased out to the “It is too early to say points at times of severe stress 1, Sitharaman had said the deficit with India. Senior bureaucrats are also slapped 1.47 lakh crore telecom operators/other users, because we don’t yet quite in the economy, including peri- Government intended to “Expectations remain high expected to attend the meeting, demand on mobile phone on which the company regu- know what is the nature of this ods of structural change and remove all I-T exemptions in on achieving a bilateral ‘mini’ besides top executives from operators such as Bharti Airtel larly paid the applicable license virus. We don’t know how when growth falls sharply. the long run. trade deal, which hopefully American corporations. Ltd and Vodafone Idea Ltd and fee to the telecom department. quickly China will be able to contain it. We don’t know whether it will spread to the rest of the world,” she said.   02$. 
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He issued an order late killed 30 people in raids on two grave human rights abuses dur- officials who contributed sig- a war against a designated ter- Lt Gen Silva, 55, was ed on Sunday a government three areas risked causing fur- Saturday relieving all governors villages in an area of northwest ing the final phase of the coun- nificantly to liberate Sri Lanka rorist group which was the appointed as the Sri Lankan peace offer to return to a system ther problems, calling the issue of the 32 states of their posts. He Nigeria plagued by cattle rustlers try’s civil war against the LTTE, from terrorism over a decade LTTE. The US themselves Army Commander last year and of 10 states, dashing hopes of a “Pandora’s box”. has said the final matter of and kidnappers, police said on and warned that America’s ago, the minister said it is dis- named many organisations ter- previously headed the Army’s ending a six-year war that has Kiir and Machar — who states would be debated once the Sunday. move “unnecessarily compli- appointing that a foreign gov- rorist after 9/11 attacks,” 58th Division in the final battle left 380,000 dead. lives in exile — are under unity government forms. Dozens of gunmen on cates” bilateral ties. ernment should question the Gunawardena told reporters. against the Liberation Tigers of President Salva Kiir had increasing international pressure Of the three areas, the most motorcycles attacked the villages The US last week imposed prerogative of a democratically Sajith Premadasa, the main Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels of said he would compromise by to resolve their differences before contentious is thought to be oil- of Tsauwa and Dankar in travel restrictions on Lt Gen elected President to call upon opposition leader, echoed a the civil war in 2009. cutting the current 32 regional a February 22 deadline. rich Ruweng, in the north. Oil Katsina state on Friday, shoot- Silva and his immediate family persons of proven expertise to similar view. His brigade was accused of states back down to the original Machar has repeatedly said provides almost all of the gov- ing residents and burning members over alleged gross hold key positions on national “Imposition of a travel ban attacking civilians, hospitals 10 -- a key rebel demand -- to he could not return to his old job ernment’s revenue in South homes. “The bandits killed 21 violations of human rights dur- security related matters. on army commander and stopping humanitarian pave the way for a unity gov- as vice-president if country’s Sudan, one of the world’s most people in Tsauwa and another ing the final phase of the mili- Noting that the designation Shavendra Silva and his imme- supplies to trapped Tamil civil- ernment. But Kiir also included structure of states did not return oil dependent nations. nine in nearby Dankar,” Katsina tary conflict that ended in 2009 was not based on independent- diate family is regrettable and ians. on top of the 10, three “admin- to its original form. Ruweng has been one of the police spokesman Gambo Isah with the killing of LTTE supre- ly verified information, the unfortunate. He is one of the The Sri Lanka Army has istrative areas” of Pibor, Ruweng The number of states is most heavily fought over areas said. “Most of those killed were mo Velupillai Prabhakaran. minister requested the United heroic field commanders who denied the alleged rights abus- and Abyei. contentious because the borders in the civil war and is claimed by old people and children who US ambassador Alaina States to verify the authenticity spearheaded the national effort es. After the brutal civil war Rebel chief Riek Machar will determine the divisions of both the Dinka people of Kiir couldn’t escape.” Police and sol- Teplitz was summoned by Sri of the sources of information. to eradicate terrorism,” ended, Silva served in New said he opposed those three power in the country. and the Nuer of Machar. Abyei, diers deployed in the area after Lanka’s Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena asked that Premadasa tweeted. York as Sri L anka’s Deputy areas, saying it “cannot be When it gained indepen- another of the three areas, is a the attack and arrested one sus- Gunawardena on Sunday. the United States Government “All of us stand by him and Permanent Representative at referred to as reverting to 10 dence from Sudan in 2011, border zone contested with pect, Isah said. The attackers Gunawardena conveyed to review its decision. his family at this hour of need. the UN Mission. According to states” and “as such cannot be South Sudan had 10 states, as set neighbouring Sudan. Pibor lies burnt homes, livestock and food Teplitz Sri Lanka’s strong objec- Ambassador Teplitz said As a country we shall always a United Nations report, some accepted”. “We therefore call out in its constitution. Kiir in the eastern Jonglei region, an supplies before fleeing, said tions on the imposition of trav- that she would convey Sri stand with the war heroes that 45,000 Tamil civilians were upon President Kiir to recon- increased that in 2015 to 28, then area long troubled by militias Tukur Mu’azu, traditional chief el restrictions by the US on Lt Lanka’s concerns to the US. brought about an end to 30 killed in the last months of the sider this idea of creating admin- 32 -- and has now reduced and rebels fighting over local of Batsari, a district the straddles Gen Silva and his family. Earlier, Sri Lanka’s ruling years of terrorism,” he said. war alone. PTI istrative areas,” he said in a them back to 10, plus the three grievances. AFP the two attacked villages. AFP  %       *   . 
 

 &  Taipei: Taiwan reported its death outside mainland China Chen said authorities were first death from the new coro- — previous victims were in the examining the driver’s client     +33) navirus Sunday. Philippines, Hong Kong, list and their travel history, in      A 61-year-old man from Japan, and France. an attempt to trace the possi- central Taiwan with underly- “This latest case was an ble source of infection. Beijing: China on Sunday reported. January 27 to 7.2 per cent on ing health problems but no unlicensed taxi driver. His A 50-year-old male rela-    7  announced a “significant drop” The report said 9,419 February 15, Mi was quoted as recent overseas travel history main clients were people who tive of the victim was later in coronavirus cases, as the infected patients had been dis- saying by the Xinhua news died in hospital on Saturday had been to China, Hong confirmed to have contracted WHO team scrambled to assist charged from hospitals after agency. after testing positive for the Kong and Macao,” health and the virus, Chen added, Dhaka: Thousands of tons of New Year. “My stock is 70 per Beijing in containing the recovery so far. He said the change in sta- virus, officials confirmed. welfare minister Chen Shih- although he was not showing Bangladesh crabs earmarked cent damaged and if I cannot spread of the virus that has The Commission tus of the coronavirus cases has It is the fifth recorded chung told reporters. any symptoms. AFP for Chinese dining tables are move the rest in a day, those claimed 1,665 lives so far. announced that the proportion proven the current epidemic being left to rot because the (the rest) will die too,” Bidyut The death toll from China’s of severe and critical cases of prevention and control mea- coronavirus has halted exports. Ghosh, a crab farmer from the coronavirus (COVID-19) epi- the novel coronavirus disease sures were effective. 3   >  The Bangladesh crab southwestern town of demic has climbed to 1,665 on among all confirmed cases has The authorities and medics @   +") R industry — which involves Paikgacha, told AFP. Saturday after 142 more peo- decreased significantly in are carrying out differentiated   
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Riyadh: Rima settles in a chair dressed in a traditional black Despite the limitations, in heavy-handed crackdown on     at an upscale Riyadh cafe, looks abaya with gold embroidery a country where until just a few dissidents including intellec- around carefully, and seeing no matching the hijab that covered years ago religious police would tuals, clerics and female one she recognises, drags on her hair. chase and hit women for activists.   ' her electronic cigarette and Najla, 26, who like Rima infractions like wearing nail In 2018, authorities arrest- exhales a cloud of smoke. asked to use a pseudonym, said polish or allowing a strand of ed at least a dozen women “I feel that smoking in that despite the rapid social hair to escape from their hijab, activists just before the historic Munich: The Palestinian while maintaining that public is a part of exercising my changes, double standards still the changes have been head- lifting of the decades-long ban prime minister lashed out Palestinians “are open to seri- newly won freedoms. I am existed, and that it was still con- spinning. on female motorists. Sunday at US President ous negotiations.” happy that now that I can sidered a “scandal and disgrace” “Most of our women Many of the detained have Donald Trump’s proposal to Shtayyeh suggested the choose,” the 27-year-old Saudi if women smoked. clients order shisha. It’s some- accused interrogators of sexu- end the Mideast conflict, say- Palestinians would seek to who works for a private com- The only woman lighting thing that was totally unimag- al harassment and torture. ing it would be “buried very increase pressure on Israel pany in the capital told AFP. up amid several tables of male inable just three months ago,” Saudi authorities reject the soon.” through international organ- Like Western feminists of smokers, she said she intended a Lebanese waiter told AFP at accusations. Speaking at the Munich isations, citing the recent the early 20th century, in an era to “challenge society” and ignore an upscale cafe in north “There is no doubt that at Security Conference, release by the UN human of social change in Saudi the occasional dirty looks. Riyadh. the persona level there is more Mohammad Shtayyeh said the rights office of a list of more Arabia some women are “My rights will be fully Heba, a 36-year-old long- freedom,” said Walid al- US plan was “no more than a than 100 companies alleged- embracing cigarettes, shisha respected when my family time smoker who sat at a table Hathloul, whose sister Loujain memo of understanding ly complicit in violating pipes or vaping as a symbol of accepts me as a smoker,” she nearby, described growing up in is on trial over allegations of between (Israeli Prime Minister Palestinian human rights by emancipation. said, recalling that a friend was a closed country where “every- having contacts with foreign Benjamin) Netanyahu and operating in Israeli settle- The sight of women smok- sent to an addiction clinic thing was forbidden to women”. media and diplomats. Trump.” ments in the occupied West ing in public has become much ic and social innovations to concerns about the harmful when her parents found out “I never imagined I would be “But the reforms in favour Shtayyeh criticised the fact Bank. more common in recent project a moderate, business- effects of tobacco, but is wor- about her smoking. able to smoke shisha in public of women are part of a public that the proposal would leave Referring to the upcoming months, an unthinkable friendly image. ried her family will find out. Najla started smoking next to men,” she told AFP. relations campaign to improve a future Palestinian state frag- Israeli election, Shtayyeh said prospect before the introduc- Women are now allowed to She says she is prepared for while still a school student, and “Now, everything is the kingdom’s human rights mented and with “no sover- the difference between Israeli tion of sweeping reforms in the drive, attend public sporting a showdown. like her, up to 65 percent of allowed. Women venture out record,” he told AFP. “The arrest eignty,” allowing Israel to opposition leader Benny ultra-conservative kingdom. events and concerts, and obtain “I won’t tell them that this female Saudi high schoolers without hijab, without abaya and demonisation of women annex large parts of the West Gantz and Netanyahu was The kingdom’s ambitious passports without the approval is about my personality liber- light up secretly, according to and they even smoke publicly.” activists is proof of this — it’s Bank. “not more than the difference de facto ruler, Crown Prince of a male guardian. ty, because they won’t under- a 2015 study by the medical But even as the kingdom has designed so that the reforms will He urged other countries between Coca-Cola and Pepsi Mohammed bin Salman, has Rima, who started smok- stand that women are free to faculty at King Abdulaziz introduced reforms, it has not be credited to the activists,” to reject the Trump proposal Cola.” AP rolled out an array of econom- ing two years ago, dismisses smoke like men,” said Rima, University cited by Arab News. attracted condemnation for a he told AFP. 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small, white tent made of mild steel and tensile fabric Astood in the middle of inte- rior designer Iram Sultan’s booth at the India Design Week. Titled One, the words, “create,” “happy” + ,+ "" and “love” were written in various Indian languages on its surface. Rabindranath Tagore’s poem, Let 6               7    $1  My Country Awake, occupied its centre. It invited people to question ? #*#*      7    %/A$ A%='% their existence and define them- selves in a world divided by hate. physically but in our beings? Does At a distance, was another instal- it uplift us from our everyday +0     lation, Hope Has Wings. It was a monotony? Should objects be pro- Sustainability means that there curved black board depicting dif- viding sustenance and livelihood to has been a cultural shift back to tra- ferent shades of human emotions communities that make them? dition manifesting itself in tribal through a number of corked pegs Should beautiful objects and good artforms, indigenous artworks and spread in the shape of a butterfly. design be for a privileged few or is much more. A first timer brought As one crossed the installation, one accessibility an important filter? In Mata-ni-Pachedi paintings, a form of could hear Emily Dickinsons’ poem putting objects together for this Gujarati Kalamkari. Hope Is A Thing With Feathers, on show, we have considered these What grabbed our attention were loop. It was narrated by voices of compelling questions. We paused the Gond sculptures from Madhya different age groups. If there was to ask ourselves why we respond to Pradesh and Maharashtra, which one message that went out, it was certain objects and began digging were basically faces carved out of that creativity is about unboxing deeper to uncover the stories wood in the form of some protective the mind and setting it free. Surely, behind them. We took a step back deities. Besides it, the ‘Bhuta’ masks this will inform design disciplines to think about what objects really from Kerala, made from bronze of our times. have a ‘reason to exist’ — in these metal casters, looked like a symbol of Another major design with a manic times of excessive consump- god. “It originated in Tulu district of message was What’s Your Story, a tion, transience and a depleting South Karnataka where Bhuta is cel- collection of 30 objects from planet.” ebrated every year to honour local around the country, each telling a If mindful living is the new   ( 
P     !   P  deities. We wanted to showcase all our tale. Presented by Bengaluru-based credo, then there are more ideas to works at a cultural level so that they architect and designer-duo Sandeep be inspired by at the design fair. blue, and grey, the bed had a hut- ing. ability as a more mindful way of represent the process that an Indian and Tania Khosla, the stories were like slope on its head. On its cor- Bathline had it all blue — life. Sustainability will continue to has gone through over the years,” said broadly divided into themes like —     ner, was a quirky desk right from the flooring to the define our choices in climate- the mask-maker. craftsmanship, conscious consump- A lagoon bed attached to make ceramic basins. Said owner Mehak challenged times. Jaipur Rugs, known for launch- tion, whimsy and beauty, nostalgia by Script would study space a bit Jain, “Blue has been the favourite Brands such as Emanate ing something new every year at the and memory, and functionality make one recall the more exciting. With colour of bathrooms initially too Homes and The Park Hotels exhib- fair, exhibited a carpet with over and accessibility. The objects, rang- minimalistic decor wooden panels on its other and now the trend seems to be ited transterior spaces, ones which 3,000 colours. It launched a new col- ing from layered bowls to bamboo trends that have been corner, it seemed as though back.” are open and mix the interior with lection by Italian designer Matteo, armchairs, low-lying wooden tables ruling for a while. little windows were Next in line, Nivasa show- the exterior effortlessly to utilise a Jaipur Wunderkammer. It was and penta-cluster lamps, drew Products like stor- attached to the bed’s end. cased how the colour is alluring but room in multiple ways. The French inspired by the designer’s visit to the attention because of their unique- age beds, sofa- An orange clock was hung needs proper use. “The best part doors that allow natural lighting is city. A pink wool and viscose rug, ness and neatness. However, it was cum-beds, on its side, the perfect about this colour is that it can be another judicious way to utilise showcasing ghungroos tied to a foot the asymmetrical single seater collapsible angle of placing it in the used in various patterns, furniture, energy. on its four sides, was inspired by a swing, Cocoon, by Nishita Kamdar shelves and room. Conceptualised wallpaper, accessories and much Edida India featured bamboo dance performance that the design- and Veeram Shah, that stood out. storage seaters by Habios, spokesper- more,” said the spokesperson. chairs, buckets, stools, chande- er had seen at the Hawa Mahal. Lying Made from teak wood, cane and have been in great son Abu Laskar said, liers and mats. Hung on a teal blue on the floor was another brown- brass accents, the piece stirred demand and will continue to “The minimalistic   *    wall, the products reflected this coloured carpet with orange linings nostalgia and reminded one of the be, but here, we found trend seems to        concept well. There were some car- and blue intersections. “It depicts the single-seater wooden swings in some twists. The sound- be rising. That      $= pets made from different coloured architecture of Jaipur’s various the aangan (lobby) of Indian homes absorbent bed, with is why we have Wooden plates shaped as tur- natural fibre, Sisal, and the leaves palaces through vintage doors and — just with a hint of luxury. It acoustic foam on its brought such a tles, silver-coloured crocodile the viewers. “It weighs 100 kg. It of agave plant, too. jharokas (windows). We set the reflected the idea of sitting com- sides, at the booth catered kids’ bedroom sculptures, showpieces with animal took two months for us to prepare Iqrup and Ritz’s peacock trend every year,” said representative pletely at ease or reading a book to aesthetic as well as func- this time, which prints, and many more such pieces it,” said the spokesperson. Beside indoor cane chair was a perfect Vikas Chaudhary. with a lavish armrest to lean on. tional needs. A small side table occupied less space yet that had in them an element of it, was a tree trunk, which appeared example of how durability and sus- What’s Your Story, too, had a sec- For Sandeep, his collection and a book shelf was attached to comprises more ele- wildlife, seemed to have taken the to have retained its original shape. tainability goes hand in hand. “We tion of hand-knotted Kolam carpets isn’t just a piece of “good design” it and there was extra lumbar ments. We’re glad peo- centre stage. Lotus arts de vivre, a On it lay a small silver cheetah and have attempted to span from lim- inspired from ancient South Indian but also a result of his various ques- support for a comfortable seat- ple are liking it.” home-décor, jewellery and hand- some silver-coloured artificial ited-edition and luxe to mass- ritual of creating patterns with rice tions to himself, the most impor- ing — a perfect space optimisa- bag company that deals with nat- leaves. They have tried to retain the produced and accessible — each powder. tant of them being, “Why do we tion, especially for the  + ural wood, exhibited the Spiriting original texture of the wood so that resonates with us as a piece of Well, when more than 20 archi- make whatever we make?” He said, urban loft. We all know that the Pantone Cheetah — its only installation — it appears more natural. ‘good design’.” tects and designers come together, “How does an object add value to We came across a colour for 2020 is Classic Blue. The at the centre of the booth, called Inspired by opera, an Ophelia objects have a reason to exist, are our already cluttered lives? Does it gender-neutral kids’ fair made the most of it. Almost the Safari collection. Made from  *    table lamp, by Josmo studio, gave timeless and certainly add value to connect with us emotively, to tran- bedroom. With a subtle every product had an accent — bamboo, iron and teak wood, the The fair seemed to strike a bal- a setup of eclectic colours, trans- people’s everyday lives. scend time and to sustain, not just play of pastel green and some minute, some overpower- artwork was a major attraction for ance between luxury and sustain- porting one to a theatre evening.  9 >=

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At about the same time, Shabari ever, is that positive or negative qualities mani- Foundation was working to boost the lev- ing children due to erratic work hours, around him. Some of them started this livelihood opportunities in Nandurbar fest themselves through human behaviour or els of nutrition in the village. Ravindra lack of appropriate nourishment, were the work from their own families. Since chil- itself. They’re hoping livelihood would activity, whether it be political, economic, cultur- joined hands with their effort and this was chronic and interlinked reasons for the dren were the focus, they also took up address both economic and social reali- al or any social activity. One should, therefore, the beginning of a decade and a half long malnourishment. Over a time, he slow- other child rights-related issues with the ties which form the root cause of malnu- try to trace the fight for children’s nutritional rights in his ly started exploring ideas of nourishment help of the Gram Panchayat. They’ve had trition in the area. They want to make negativity and village. and nutrition from the Anganwadi to continually face the resistance from Toranmal a self-reliant village, leveraging work for positiv- sevikas. blind-faith and ignorant mindsets, but the experience they’ve gathered from ity rather than Ravindra’s work and the issues in To break this cycle, with the help of they persisted working for child rights working with different organisations searching for the Toranmal his peer circle, he started opposing child without losing hope or conviction. Most over the years. cause elsewhere. Ravindra procured a list of all the marriage in his area. When they went children whose families were counselled Society has malnourished children in the village together and in large numbers, most by Ravindra have been declared malnu- Ravindra’s Message made progress in with the help of Anganwadi sevikas. Most houses were willing to listen and started trition-free. Now, he’s turned his attention Ravindra is firmly convinced that various fields but of the children in his neighbourhood coming on board. Together, they started towards the neighbouring villages. Seeing each one of us needs to work hand in emotionally it is weren’t even registered in the local keeping a vigilant eye on every child born Every three months, Ravindra the students now, one can easily see hope hand to end malnutrition. Only then will much weaker Anganwadi. He visited every house which in the area. Their weight, food intake and addresses at least a hundred houses. and aspiration in the community. our future generations and our nation will than before. Man had a malnourished child. He started peer the frequency of breastfeeding were Ravindra and his group counselled fam- have able and strong-willed citizens. has not been able counseling and told every family about strictly monitored through peer counsel- ilies who migrated for work and request- Plans Ahead His efforts have significantly reduced to control his malnourishment and its grave effects. He ing and home visits. Another area of focus ed them to not to take their child along. Ravindra wants to start and organi- malnutrition in Toranmal and have impulsiveness, realised that nourishment was intrinsical- was the mother’s nutritional intake, He insisted that this was a question of the sation in collaboration with the local paved the way for creating a healthier ambitions, anger ly related to other social realities in the cleanliness and breastfeeding practices. In child’s rights. youth and get it registered. This would future. His work is inspirational as it cre- and anxiety. village as well. Early marriage and preg- this manner, every child’s growth and focus extensively on children’s rights. ates a possibility for a healthier, happier Imbalance has nancy, toiling day and night for earning progress was monitored and the commu- Impact of his work Going beyond peer counseling, they life for children in his area. been created by rapid advancement in science and a decent livelihood, delay in breastfeed- nity also felt involved in the solution. Ravindra’s work inspired the youth now want to create decent and dignified L"E  technology on the one hand and lack or absence of parallel progress in emotional maturity, self- control and ethics on the other hand. This has Snow, incidentally, was a find in resulted in many problems that we are facing its own right. Its fragrant flowers today. 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They look set for Manchester United, to deny European ban was upheld. short of their fluent best in blus- point — 76 — than Manchester wonderful football players. an immediate return to the Liverpool all three points, Mane “I don’t like the thought of seeing City not in the urgen Klopp described his tery conditions caused by Storm United accrued in winning the “The gap is so insane, I Championship despite their broke the deadlock. Champions League,” said Barton, now the manager of team’s 25-point lead at the top Dennis at Carrow Road but league in 1996/97. don’t really understand it. I’m not battling performance. The second-half substitute third-tier Fleetwood. Jof the Premier League as returned immediately to winning Klopp said the wind and smart enough. I’ve not had that Klopp brought back mid- controlled a long ball from “With that level of a manager and players...you have “insane” after Sadio Mane struck ways after their winter break. Norwich’s organisation made it a before. It’s outstanding, it’s so dif- fielder Naby Keita for his first Henderson with his right foot in to be in Europe’s major competition. to give Liverpool a 1-0 win at They have now gone 43 top- tricky game but that his players ficult. I go back into the chang- start in a Premier League match the 78th minute before lashing “For English football, you want your best teams storm-hit Norwich on Saturday. flight matches unbeaten, just six remained calm. ing room and we chat about the since December and Mane was home with his left. in that competition,” he added. AFP Dicka’s strike gives Punjab crucial win %  5  @ '       * 0' really good, we deserved to Marquinhos replacing Idrissa win,” he added. Gueye and Silva. unjab FC extended its unbeaten home run miens’ Serhou Guirassy PSG move 13 points clear of Teenager Tanguy Kouassi Pin Ludhiana on Sunday as Cameroonian for- Ascored an injury time second-place Marseille while scored his first senior goal after ward Dipanda Dicka’s solitary first half goal equaliser on Saturday to secure the home side remain in the rel- an hour from a Julian Draxler helped 2017-18 champions beat Real Kashmir a roller-coaster 4-4 draw with a egation zone and without header to become PSG’s FC 1-0 in the I-League clash. Paris Saint-Germain side with- a league win since youngest goal scorer since Dicka’s strike was the differentiator as he out Neymar and Kylian Mbappe November 2. Lionel Justier in 1976. went to the top of the goal-scoring charts with ahead of next week’s Champions Former French youth The 17-year-old hold- nine goals in the league — tied with Mohun League last 16 tie at Borussia international Guirassy ing midfielder, who Bagan’s Fran Gonzalez. Punjab FC now have 21 Dortmund. opened the scoring after remains on an academy points from 13 games whereas Real Kashmir Relegation-haunted Amiens nine minutes before ex- contract with the have 15 points from 10 games. had been on course for a shock Chelsea midfielder Gael Kakuta Parisians, equalised five minutes Punjab played the first half looking to main- win when they surged into a 3- doubled the lead 20 minutes later from an Angel Di Maria as tain possession and ended the first 45 minutes 0 lead after 40 minutes before the later. PSG pushed on. with 67% of the ball. French champions clawed their Fousseni Diabate, on-loan The visitors thought they With very less possession, RKFC were left a strong left-footed strike from the edge of the way back to lead 4-3 on the back from Leicester City, made it 3-0 had completed a huge comeback to do a lot of chasing and depended on box and it needed Phurba Lachenpa to come of Tanguy Kouassi becoming on the 40-minute mark after his as Juan Bernat found Mauro counter attacks to make something happen. up with a diving save on the near post to keep PSG’s youngest scorer in 44 low effort was deflected by PSG Icardi at the back-post and the With a lot of game being played in midfield, it the scoreline intact. years. PSG coach Thomas Tuchel broadcaster Canal+. captain Thiago Silva. on-loan forward hit his 19th goal looked like as if the half will end with parity. With less than 10 minutes to go in regular Brazil forward Neymar has said the world's most expensive “Everybody’s talking about Midfielder Ander Herrera of the season. But home team had other ideas. In the 44th time, it was second-half substitute Souvik Das been sidelined since February 1 player remained a doubt for the the match so for that we can feel cut the league strugglers’ lead But after one minute of minute, an attack which started with the who had a go at the Real Kashmir goal from dis- with a rib injury while France first leg tie. it’s in our heads and we have seconds before half-time with a injury time, Guirassy was fed by Punjab talisman Dipanda Dicka was joined in tance with an out-swinging strike which again World Cup winner Mbappe was “For Tuesday I don’t know. been a little bit distracted by it. side-footed volley. winger Quentin Cornette to by Cavin Lobo. Dicka played a beautiful one- demanded the keeper from Kashmir to come rested ahead of Tuesday’s trip to I have to wait until tomorrow’s “We showed a reaction, our Tuchel made two changes at equalise for his eighth effort of two with Lobo and with a delightful first-time up with flying one-handed save. Germany. training session,” Tuchel told quality, and our mentality was the break with Marco Veratti and the campaign. strike, he sent the ball between the legs of the In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Real Real Kashmir FC keeper to put his team in front Kashmir got their best opportunity of the match. at the brink of half-time. A ball from the right flank by Mason Robertson D    In the second half Punjab carry the found a leaping Bazie Armand's head inches -.  /0  momentum and built pressure upon the Snow away from the goal but instead of finding the Leopards. It was again Dicka who came up with back of the net, the ball went over the crossbar. 68 $    P2  
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