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All kind of divisive politics indulge into the slanging match Social Welfare minis- candidate Naresh SC Vats after “This is very auspicious has been rejected by the peo- with the saffron party despite ter Rajendra Pal Balyan retained the trailing him in message for the country as the ple of Delhi.” being provoked on several Gautam who was Uttam Nagar seat the initial politics of work can only take Party leader Gopal Rai also occasions. fielded from after defeating trends. our country to the 21st centu- asked volunteers to get ready, However, the BJP could Seemapuri won Rajesh ry,” said Kejriwal, flanked by his saying “what happens in Delhi add another five seats to its tally by defeating Gupta of the wife, daughter and senior party can expand to the whole coun- of 3 in 2015 and increase its BJP ally Lok AAP emerged leaders, from the stage erected try”. Rai, a Minister in the vote share by over 6 per cent to Patparganj Jan victorious from at the party’s headquarters. Kejriwal Government, retained 38.49 per cent, but that was too seat. He had the Wazirpur seat The AAP chief was Babarpur constituency by little to stop the AAP jugger- many anxious while BJP’s Dr accompanied by his family defeating BJP’s Naresh Gaur. naut. The Congress which had moments Mahender Nagpal and senior party leaders Gopal “The whole country needs ruled Delhi for 15 uninter- before emerging stood second. Rai and Sanjay Singh. change. I urge my volunteers to rupted years till AAP came to victorious in the Surendra Kumar of Addressing the gathering, prepare themselves. Get ready. the scene was vanquished as its 15th round. AAP’s the AAP defeated Ranjeet AAP’s Rajya Sabha member What happened in Delhi can 63 out of 66 candidates lost Okhla candidate Singh of the BJP to win the Sushil Gupta said, “People of expand to the whole country,” their deposits in the AAP Amanatullah Khan, who Gokalpur seat. Delhi have showed the way to Rai said. tsunami. 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The aggressive campaign country to contribute to the  Seelampur, which also wit- fron party will win 45-48 seats. where tongues were used as “war cry” against Kejriwal. nessed violence during an anti- In a wedding reception on weapons may have helped the However, it is unlikely that ..  6%  " CAA protest, saw AAP’s Abdul Monday here, Shah repeated BJP raise its vote share to 39 anyone from the Central lead-  :&%   Rehman emerging victorious his claim to reporters in an per cent, but it failed miserably ership will pay the price for the   against Kaushal Kumar Mishra informal chat. Tiwari did the in making any dent in debacle. It is equally unlikely :&     of the BJP. Rehman same during the last two days. 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Earlier this power accused of raping a widow. Among people who have systems. was bestowed with tressing the need for making people Police claimed to have received been accused but not convict- The UP Cabinet which met Commissioner, Rural Water Saware about women empowerment a complaint and were probing ed as yet are Swami in Lucknow on Tuesday, Commission. and safety at local level, Chief Minister its veracity before initiating Chinmayanand, Bhojpal Singh, approved Uttar Pradesh The Cabinet also approved Yogi Adityanath said that the State any action. Venkatesh Maurya and Nihal Groundwater Protection Bill, direct appointment of Commission for Women (SCW) should Earlier, BJP MLA from Chand. Others like Kuldeep which will be tabled in the Vyavastrha Adhikari form a committee at the grassroots level Bangarmau (Unnao) Kuldeep Singh Sengar, Vijay Jolly, BJP upcoming Budget Session. UP (Management Officer) in Estate and formulate a strong action plan. Sengar and former Union min- corporator Bhosale, Hamid Jal Shakti Minister Mahendra Department which. Earlier, 50 Yogi said SCW should also make peo- ister Swami Chinmiyanand Sardar and Pramod Gupta Singh said that under the new per cent officers were taken ple aware of women-related schemes run were accused of rape and sex- were accused and convicted of legislation, people having sub- from direct cadre and 50 per by the government so that women ual assault. Police officer Ram rape. mersible pumps in houses need cent through promotion. But empowerment campaign could be taken Badan Singh said: “The Sources said that the recent to register on the government now appointments would be to a new height. woman, whose husband died in rape charge against the BJP portal. made through State Public The Chief Minister was addressing a 2007, met Ravindranath MLA came just ahead of the “This facility is free of cost Service Commission. women’s awareness programme organised Tripathi’s nephew in 2014. Budget Session of UP Assembly for domestic and farm sectors The government also by UP State Commission for Women at She alleged in her complaint and the opposition would but charges for industrial sec- approved action against retired Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow on that she was physically exploit- use it as a weapon to corner tor will be formulated by a Tehsildar of Ferozabad, Tuesday. ed by him for the next several the ruling party on law and committee headed by the Chief Shivdayal who illegally trans- Yogi said that the Commission had years on the promise of mar- order. Secretary. People need to reg- ferred 0.619 hectare land. In several tasks to perform in the context of riage.” Opposition parties have ister within a year failing which 2009, an enquiry was ordered Uttar Pradesh. “If the Commission can “The complainant further already decided to take on the penalty will be imposed,” he and five years later the probe connect with the awareness programmes, said that the MLA’s nephew Yogi government over undue said. team submitted its report in our strength can increase manifold and lodged her at a Bhadohi hotel harassment of public in the “Besides, every house built 2014. A penalty of Rs 1.5 crore questions on female safety can be put to for about a month during name of protests against CAA on 300 square metres and more was imposed on him. rest,” he said. the 2017 UP Assembly polls, and NRC. Over hundred per- will have to set up a rainwater Government spokesman The Chief Minister said that each fam- where she was raped by the sons have been arrested for harvesting system. It has been Sidhathnath Singh said that ily should have toilets under ‘Swachh MLA and his aides,” Singh demonstrations across the state made mandatory for govern- since he retired from service, Bharat Mission’ as it was important for added. so far. ment buildings and education- the government decided to health as well as for women’s dignity. al institutions. This will be charge 2 per cent annually “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was success- implemented from panchayat from his pension benefits. fully implemented across the country by to the highest level and the In another decision, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Also, our process will be monitored by Cabinet approved creation of government has integrated 1090 helpline different government agen- Obra as Tehsil with headquar- numbers with ‘Dial 112’ and if a woman cies,” Singh said. ters in Markundi in calls the number, she can get immediate The minister further said Sonebhadra district. This will help anywhere,” the Chief Minister said. that the new act would also be the fourth tehsil of the dis- Yogi said that there should be no dis- check ground water pollution trict. crimination between boys and girls in the and defaulters would be Also, Sugar Corporation state and awareness should be created over penalised as per clauses of the has been asked to return 5.60 this. He said that UP government was in Act. hectare of land acquired in the process of forming 218 Fast Track “For first time defaulter, Hardoi to set up a sugar mill in Courts to curb crime against women in one would either be jailed for 2015. The price of the land was the state.   '      "   (   #   6-12 months or fined between Rs 123.16 crore. The Cabinet A total of 74 such fast-track courts are Rs 2 to 6 lakh. Second time cancelled the agreement and related to POCSO Act (for crime against directed to meet with district judges and Deputy CM Dinesh Sharma, UP defaulters would be jailed for 2 allowed transfer of the land to women and children),” the CM said. identify women-related crimes. This will ministers Mahendra Singh & Suresh to 6 years and would be fined UPSIDC. Yogi said that the government has help in punishing the culprits in a time- Khanna, Lucknow mayor Sanyukta Rs 5 to 10 lakh while third time The Cabinet also approved been successful in punishing criminals bound manner by taking them to fast- Bhatia, chairperson of UP State defaulters would be fined Rs 10 Governor Anandiben Patel’s involved in crimes against women during track courts,” he said. Commission for Women Vimla Batham, to Rs 20 lakh or could be address during the joint session the last six months. Yogi said that these were some of the and chairperson of women’s commissions jailed between 5 and seven of the House and allowed “Besides, district magistrates and steps taken by the state government to of various states were present at the func- years,” the minister informed. tabling of CAG reports. superintendents of police have been instill fear in the minds of criminals. tion. !  R $  '( )  F$ $   %  

  6*8'0?7 wife at their home late on Monday night and      ' when his daughter Alka intervened, he shot three-year-old girl was raped and mur- at his wife and daughter with a pistol.   6*8'0?7 anti-CAA protests. Adered in Sitapur leading to a fierce Chetram later tried to shoot his son Earlier, Priyanka had visited demonstration by locals and Sitapur-Delhi Adarsh (13) when Alka snatched the pistol he proposed visit of Congress families of the victims of anti- highway blockade for several hours on from him and shot at him. Tgeneral secretary Priyanka CAA protesters who died in Tuesday. A student of Allahabad University, Alka Gandhi Vadra to Azamgarh on police firing in Meerut, Bijnore Senior police officers rushed to the spot had come home for two days. She was hav- Wednesday has caused discom- and Ferozabad while Akhilesh and assured the protesters stern action ing an affair to which her mother did not fort to the Samajwadi Party as had sent a party delegation to against the accused. It was only after that the object, but her father was against it, which Azamgarh is the Lok Sabha con- those families with a cheque of blockade was lifted. As per reports, the vic- triggered the dispute. stituency of party chief Akhilesh Rs 5 lakh as compensation. tim was playing outside her house in Mohali “While Chetram died on the spot, his wife Yadav. “It’s a futile exercise by police circle late on Monday evening when Rajkumari (38) and daughter Alka (19) On February 5, the Priyanka and she will draw a she was lured by a youth, identified as Raju, were battling for their lives at a hospital,” Azamgarh police had booked blank as people are aware of the who offered her biscuits. Mathura SSP Shalabh Mathur said. 135 people for sedition naming designs of the Congress and Raju took the girl to his house where he Alka and Rajkumari are undergoing 30 of them in FIRs for protest- BJP. If she is so concerned about raped her and later strangled her to death. He treatment at a private hospital and ing against the CAA. Besides, 20 people’s welfare, she should visit later put her body into a sack and covered it Chetram’s body has been sent for autopsy. A people were arrested, including the Congress-ruled Rajasthan with a bucket. The victim’s parents were not case was registered and investigations were an Ulema Council leader. where close to 100 children died at home when the incident took place. on. Meanwhile, in Lakhimpur Kheri, a man The SP chief has been on the in a government hospital in When the parents returned and found killed his wife and daughter at Barhkherwa receiving end of local people’s ire Kota,’’ SP spokeswoman their daughter missing, they started search- hamlet of Phardhan police circle late on over his protracted absence from Rajendra Chaudhary said. ing for her. When the victim’s uncle enquired Monday night. Saroj Mishra was having an the constituency and posters As per a Congress party from Raju about the child, he became ner- extra-marital affair which often resulted in have been pasted on walls across release, Priyanka will reach vous and rushed into his house. The child’s tiffs with his wife Aarti Mishra (37). the city questioning Akhilesh’s Azamgarh on February 12 and parents followed him in and found her slip- Fed up with his husband’s affair, Aarti left absence in the wake of the recent meet people who were booked pers lying in the courtyard. for her parent’s house a month back. On police crackdown on anti-CAA and manhandled by the police The police were called and after a search, Monday morning, she returned with her protesters. for participating in protests the body was found in a sack hidden seven-year-old daughter Purnima. The SP contested the 2017 pocket burrough Azamgarh to against CAA in Bilariaganj area under a bucket. Raju was arrested and On his return on Monday night, Aarti Assembly polls in alliance with meet people who suffered due to of Azamgarh last week. booked under relevant sections of IPC and again had a tiff with Saroj over the same issue Congress and Priyanka had the police brutality during the Her visit is being seen as an POCSO Act. which turned ugly. Saroj whipped out a coun- negotiated seat-sharing with recent anti-CAA protests on attempt to strengthen the party Meanwhile, in Mathura, a retired Army trymade pistol and shot his wife and daugh- Akhilesh. Ignoring the objections Wednesday. base in the SP stronghold after personnel was shot dead by his daughter after ter before fleeing the house. by his father Mulayam Singh Protesters, including women, posters claiming Akhilesh as he opened fire at her brother and mother, The neighbours shifted the injured to a Yadav, the SP chief had left over in Bilariyaganj area of Azamgarh ‘missing’ were put up by work- injuring them seriously at their home here in hospital but doctors pronounced them dead 107 seats for the Congress. were injured after police cane- ers belonging to the minority cell Mithauli village on Monday night. upon arrival. A case was registered and efforts Priyanka will be visiting SP’s charged them to disperse the of Congress last week. Chetram (45) had an argument with his were on to nab the assailant. &  8      
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Acapital, with each day bringing the the strollers for a lazy saunter on the the English gentlemen and ladies in the billowing tempos, the oldies opt for cabs The hot-pot of the mindboggling mix of famed ‘Shaam-e-Awadh’, a sudden reali- streets of Hazratganj in the bygone days Victorian period is back in vogue and the to avoid traffic snarls and maintenance of spices, ‘nihari’, no longer simmers sation descends that the scene on the can- brings hordes of crowd that, in a few min- pedal fever rages on trying to bring the cars. Green lungs of the city — Lohia Park, overnight as chefs have learnt to capture vas has changed drastically. utes, melt into small cubicles of Metro sta- ailing city back to its healthy state. And, Janeshwar Mishra Park and Lucknow zoo its flavours in pressure cookers. Similar This ‘Shaam-e-Awadh’ is not about tion, disappearing into underground sta- it is the need of the hour too, with the state — have a stream of visitors with a mis- is the case of ‘dum biryani’ that is a ready yellow specks of light lining the shimmer- tion. These passengers revel in a ride capital getting notoriety by getting the sion to oxygenate themselves. in a whistle, with all its nutrients intact, ing waters of Gomti, nor is it about a walk within the bowels of the earth preferring highest levels of suspended particulate res- It is not surprising that the footfalls instead of being left for hours on the flame through the bright lights in the heart of to zip below the famous Ganj rather than piratory mat- have fallen in the like ‘Birbal ki khichdi’. the city, Hazratganj. It is about the bun- through it, avoiding the fumes of traffic ter post famed market The PNG lines are showing increas- dles of LED bulbs that have taken over the that has mosaiced through the entire city. Diwali last areas of Lucknow ing presence as they zig-zag through new city like soldiers standing in attention in It is no wonder that the skyline of year, crossing such as areas and the modern working wives use houses, roads, offices and under the fly- the city has changed. It is not about the the 400-mark. Aminabad as e- every bit of new technology and gadgets overs, dangling over fruit and vegetable Mughlai-French architecture peaking The cold shopping has to maintain the work and office balance. carts. Stringed on long electric wires, these into the clouds and is, instead, about a red weather con- gained firm roots. Hotels and restaurants, joining the bulbs have virtually bathed the city in streak that speeds on a track in the air, the ditions gave it The citizens who momentum, have keyed into a new area white hues akin to the beams of moon Lucknow Metro a complex infrastructure a toxic hue, have become of waste management and buffets take a ushering in a new era of conservation of which saves, reuses and pumps back its so much so netizens opt for back seat to save food wastage and water energy. When the evening ‘azaan’ fills the own energy into the system serving as a that Lucknow delivery at home served cut to half. air, no longer do the ekka-tongas hover model for others for energy conservation remained from small to big The conservation revolution has just around the domed green mosque. Instead, with its use of solar energy and braking hooded in a utility items. begun and is picking up pace even as the delicately-framed e-rickshaws glide with system. black veil post Delivery boys can implementation faces the inevitable hic- ease in the crowded areas picking up The colourful kites are missing from November. Heavy smog tarnished the be seen through the stringiest of the cups with government departments try- smiling burqa-clad women and men. the skyline as terraces have now been face of the beautiful city sending down streets turning the consumers virtually ing their best to sensitise the general pub- Accompanying them on the roads are ele- taken over by the gigantic structures signals of concern amongst the people to into kings who do their own bit in sav- lic who have to carry the torch forward. gant electric buses which manoeuvre their which have the power to harness in the wake up to the dual needs of heeding to ing fuel as they order items online. With every ounce of effort going into way from the congested Charbagh to posh sun which can help counter rising elec- the call of the climate change and saving Interestingly, the ‘dastarkhwan’ of maintaining the power grid, the buzz areas of Gomti Nagar soundlessly wrap- tricity bills. Solar energy is the buzz word the limited natural resources. Lucknow has taken the e-route as well word is not ‘Pehle aap’, it is ‘Pehle ener- ping up the noises within the folds of their on the power grid for the residents. Young cyclists bustle around these with foodies ordering online. Realising the gy ki bachat’ because alone then one can technologically superior bodies and Looking from the Metro above on to tracks that criss-cross in front of the growing demand in e-business, the old say, “Muskuraiye ki aap Lucknow mein purring on the roads like stealthily mov- the roads of the city, the most eye-catch- imposing La Martiniere Boys’ building. eateries known for their ‘galawati kebabs’ hain.” "(-) #
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The online registra- (CISH) plans to empower youths mango, guava, banana and disruptions in certain product on the ground is bad, as the major impact as of now is than 350 infections reported in tion of applications will through start-up ecosystem. strawberry production, com- categories due to the coron- supply lines for smartphones there for our future product almost 30 places with two begin from February 12 and CISH director Shailendra Rajan mercial tissue culture and sec- avirus outbreak, market watch- predominantly come from plans," it added. The company deaths, one in the Philippines close on March 6. The last said that in 2014, only 3,100 star- ondary hardening of tissue-cul- ers said on Tuesday. China. At the same time, they said it is closely monitoring the and the other in Hong Kong. date for submitting applica- tups operated in India and by the tured plants, production of high- The industry is keeping a said the market itself is slow impact on the smartphone The coronavirus outbreak and tion with late fees is March start of this year, a whopping value vegetable crops, nursery close watch to see if shuttered and demand sluggish. industry. E-mail queries sent to its perceived risk has cast a 11. The tentative date for 11,500 startups have been regis- raising of vegetables, ready-to- factories in China reopen in the When contacted, realme in Xiaomi, Oppo, vivo and POCO shadow on the upcoming holding the examination is tered. “Agriculture is changing at fruit mushroom bag production, coming days and supplies an e-mailed response said its on the impact on supplies went Mobile World Congress April 8 and that for the a fast pace in the country and low-cost protected cultivation of resume sometime this week. supply chain has not been unanswered. (MWC), the largest mobile announcement of results is youths are looking forward to horticultural crops, on-farm "Yes, the industry is already affected for the time being Meanwhile, reports sug- event and the May 11. Online counselling starting entrepreneurship in agri- input & organic production, feeling the impact and some and that "there has been no sig- gest that one of the large con- industry's flagship annual con- is likely to begin on June 1 culture. Start-Up is an entity reg- orchard-based poultry farming, products and models have been nificant effect in stocks/pro- tract manufacturers and com- gregation. So far, heavyweights and academic session from istered in India not prior to five mango & guava pulp processing, impacted. It is still early to draw duction for realme in India" ponent suppliers has resumed like Ericsson, Amazon, Sony July 1. The last day for veri- years with an annual turnover honey production & processing, any conclusion as select facto- during the said period. operations in one of its plants and others have said they are fication procedures will be not exceeding Rs 25 crore. It and hydroponics. The CISh ries are slated to resume pro- "All realme smartphones in China, but is operating with withdrawing from the event July 11. BEd entrance exam- should be working towards inno- director pointed out that they duction in a phased manner," sold in India are manufac- only a small fraction of its that is scheduled to take place ination regional director vation, development or commer- will provide technological men- India Cellular and Electronics tured in India, with more than workforce. The death toll in in Barcelona from February Amita Bajpai said if the dates cialisation of new products, toring, capacity building, busi- Association (ICEA) 7500 local workforce and more China's novel coronavirus out- 24-27. need to be altered under process or services driven by ness development and support, any circumstances, the technology or intellectual prop- intellectual property manage- authority would only be with erty,” he said. ment, funding facilitation and the organisers. He said that the incubation services.     7 For candidates of Government of India has start- “Horticultural technologies can General and Other ed a Start-Up India programme support start-up ecosystem in a Backward Classes of Uttar which facilitates self-certification big way,” Rajan said. 1.   333 come showed that Indians were Delhi have showed that “fascist the total votes polled in their Pradesh, the fee will be Rs compliance, single point of con- CISH has already estab- AAP’s Raghuvinder both “socially liberal and polit- ideology” will never win their respective constituencies. Delhi 1,500 and Rs 2,000 (includ- tact, simplified process, legal lished several entrepreneurs in Shokeen won the Nangloi Jat ically intelligent”. hearts. “Congratulations to AAP Congress chief Shubhash ing late fee). For candidates support, fast tracking, relaxed the area of fruit nursery, mush- seat against BJP’s Suman Lata “Most Indians are still and voters of Delhi for testify- Chopra’s daughter Shivani of Scheduled Castes and norms for public procurement, room production, tissue cul- while AAP’s Ajay Dutt won the socially liberal and politically ing that successful politics with Chopra, who was the party can- Scheduled Tribes, the fee easier and faster exit, credit ture, value addition & processing, Ambedkar Nagar seat after intelligent and are against those development as criteria (to win didate from Kalkaji, also could will be Rs 750 and Rs 1,000 guarantee funding, 3-4 year tax low-cost hydroponics and organ- defeating BJP’s Khushiram that drag religion, which is such polls), amidst money and mus- not save her deposit. (including late fee). For can- exemption etc. ic farming. “However, with the Chunar. BJP’s Ajay Mahawar a personal issue into politics, for cle power,” Kumaraswamy Former Delhi Assembly didates from other states, In order to boost agri-pre- establishment of ABI at CISH, won the Ghonda seat by a political gains. It is also an aus- tweeted. Speaker Yoganand Shastri’s the fee will be Rs 1,500 and neurship, Indian Council of the landscape of agri-business margin of 27,000 votes, defeat- picious sign and healthy message daughter Priyanka Singh also Rs 2,000 (with late fee),” Agricultural Research has sanc- will be much shinier in days to ing AAP’s Shridutt Sharma. for the peace and development  O )P333 forfeited her deposit. The Bajpai said. tioned Agri Business Incubation come,” he added. BJP’s Abhay Verma man- of the country,” Yadav tweeted. AICC Delhi in-charge PC party’s campaign committee aged to wrest Laxmi Nagar CPI(M) veteran and Kerala Chacko said the message of the chairman Kirti Azad’s wife, seat from AAP’ sitting MLA Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Delhi polls is that the “most Poonam Azad, lost badly and  4/ Nitin Tyagi by 800 votes while hailed Kejriwal’s win as a victo- toxic campaign” unleashed by stood fourth, polling only 2,604 OP Sharma won from Vishwas ry for inclusive politics. Modi and Shah has been defeat- (2.23) votes. “We are again  ) Nagar seat by 16,457 votes. “Congratulations to ed by the people of the nation- decimated in Delhi. Enough of On the second day of the Anil Kumar Vajpayee, who had @ArvindKejriwal and al Capital. “We lost very badly. introspection, time for action 108th foundation day cele- won on AAP ticket from @AamAadmiParty on a We accept our defeat with now. Inordinate delay in deci- brations of KGMU’s Surgery Gandhi Nagar seat by 6047 resounding victory in Delhi humility. The Congress will sion making at the top, lack of department, Prof Samir votes defeating Naveen elections. Let this victory be a work hard and come back,” he strategy and unity at State level, Gupta delivered a lecture on Chaudhary of AAP. Mohan harbinger for pro-people and said. Delhi Congress chief demotivated workers, no grass- management of gall bladder Singh Bight of BJP defeated inclusive politics in our country,” Subhash Chopra said, “Attempts roots connect -- all are factors. cancer. Head of the depart- AAP’s Durgesh Pathak by 8223 Vijayan said in a tweet. CPI(M) to polarise were made by both Being part of the system, I too ment Prof AA Sonkar and votes. Jitender Mahajn won general secretary Sitaram parties (BJP and AAP) and they take my share of responsibility,” Dr Parijat Suryavanshi spoke from Rohtas Nagar seat by Yechury said Delhi has given a were successful to an extent.” Delhi Mahila Congress chief on oral cancer. Dr Shivrajan defeating AAP’s Sarita Singh by befitting reply to the BJP’s “pol- However, he added, the results and party spokesperson from KGMU spoke about 13241 votes. Leader of itics of hate and violence.” also showed that the people of Sharmishtha Mukherjee said in carcinoma esophagus while Opposition Vijender Gupta “Congratulations Delhi were not with the com- a tweet. Her colleague Jaiveer Dr LavKackar, former pro- won from Rohini seat by defeat- @ArvindKejriwal munal forces. Former All India Shergill suggested the Congress fessor of GI Surgery ing Rajesh Nama Bansiwala by @AamAadmiParty and the peo- Congress Committee (AICC) should avoid things like justi- (KGMU), spoke on the case 12648 votes. BJP’s Ajay ple of Delhi who have given a president Rahul Gandhi con- fying defeat, finding happiness of approach to obstructive Mahawar won the Gonda seat befitting reply to BJP’s politics of gratulated Kejriwal. He tweet- in the BJP’s defeat and telling jaundice. “Initially, jaundice by a margin of 27,000 votes, hate and violence. Union min- ed “My best wishes & congrat- itself that wins and losses are occurs and abdominal lump defeating AAP’s Shridutt isters called for ‘gaalis’ and ‘golis’. ulations to Mr Kejriwal and the cyclic in elections. appears thereafter,” he said. Sharma. The elections to the People have given their answer,” AAP on winning the Delhi Congress MP Pratap Singh Dr Ashish Singh (SGPGI) Delhi Legislative Assembly were reads Yechury’s tweet. Assembly elections.” In the Bajwa said those against the taught laparascopic and held on February 8. With results CPI general secretary D 2015 Delhi Assembly elections, BJP’s divisive politics had the open CBD exploration. Dr being declared on Tuesday, the Raja congratulated Kejriwal on the Congress had a vote share option of either the AAP or the Bijju Pottakhat (JIPMER) Lieutenant Governor Anil phone. DMK chief MK Stalin of 9.7 per cent against the BJP’s Congress, and they chose the taught acute management of Baijal dissolved the assembly said the victory is an indication 32.7 per cent and the AAP’s former. “One thing is for sure bile duct injuries. He also and new assembly will be con- that “development trumps com- 54.34 per cent. Party president all parties that are winning spoke about how to operate stituted once the Election munal politics. “Federal rights Sonia Gandhi tweeted State elections; it is because of a safe surgery. “One or two Commssion notified the elec- and regional aspirations must be “Congratulations a leader. If people have faith in hours after swallowing food, tion results. “The new govern- strengthened in the interest of @ArvindKejriwal and the leader, that party wins. The vomiting and loss of weight ment will be sworn in on our country,” Stalin said. RJD @AamAadmiParty for an BJP never had a face in Delhi. and anaemia are the prima- February 14 ( St Valentine’s leader Tejashwi Yadav said the emphatic win in Delhi elections. The Congress has to bring in an ry symptoms of this disease,” Day)”, said Gopal Rai, a minis- victory marks the defeat of pol- Best wishes for a better Delhi educated, young face (in Delhi) he added. ter in the outgoing Delhi gov- itics of polarisation. ahead.” for the future and keep work- ernment and also the convenor “Congratulations “People’s mandate is against ing hard,” he said. The Congress    of AAP Delhi. It would be per- @ArvindKejriwal ji & Delhi! us, we accept it. We have was in power in Delhi for three UP Metro Rail tinent to mention here that You have defeated negative & resolved to revive and rebuild straight terms. The AAP’s rise Corporation Ltd organised an Kejriwal had taken oath as blatant hate politics decisively. the party,” Congress’ chief has been a major factor in the interactive session for its Chief Minister of Delhi on Your verdict marks the defeat of spokesperson Randeep Congress’ decline, from being a employees and senior officials February 14, 2015 at Ramlila politics of polarisation and divi- Surjewala said at a Press confer- dominant force in the nation- on Tuesday. Managing direc- Maidan after his party had sion. I sincerely hope BJP takes ence. Congress’s performance al Capital to being a marginal tor Kumar Keshav welcomed won a landslide victory against a cue from this result and shuns touched a record low in the player. The AAP’s capture of the the guests and in his inaugur- BJP. communalism & bigotry once Delhi Assembly election as the anti-BJP vote has been complete al address, he congratulated for all,” Yadav said. Calling party bagged less than 5 per in this election with the all the employees and officers ) 333 Kejriwal as a leader who herald- cent of the total votes polled. Kejriwal-led party taking a of UPMRC for their hard “Development agenda has ed development, former The party, which ruled Delhi large chunk of the Congress work and integrity. Anuj won, I congratulate Arvind Karnataka Chief Minister and for 15 years on the trot under vote share. Senior party leaders Pratap and Archana Pratap Kejriwal. The Delhi polls have JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy former Chief Minister Sheila were conspicuous by their conducted the session and become bipolar, there was noth- said people have taught a lesson Dikshit, failed to open its absence as the trends showed stressed on the importance of ing for the Congress in these for labelling him a “terrorist” and account for the second consec- party humiliating defeat. Some a balanced diet and also polls,” Congress leader Adhir also upheld the necessity of a utive Assembly election in Congress workers who gathered briefed the audience about Ranjan Chowdhury said. regional party. “Heartfelt con- Delhi. outside the party office blamed various nutrients one should Samajwadi Party(SP) leader gratulations to @ArvindKejriwal Most of Congress candi- senior party leaders for the intake for a healthy lifestyle. Akhilesh Yadav said the poll out- @AamAadmiParty. People of dates got less than 5 per cent of crushing defeat.     !"#"$"$  3 ( (  
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And this is Insurance Corporation of the budget has set up an ambi- who gave “faulty remedies”, not just budgetary allocation competent doctors holding the efore Finance Minister India (LIC). tious disinvestment target and under whom FDI literally ran but also the slippage in fiscal economy together." BNirmala Sitharama came Expressing concern over would be difficult to achieve. away and “cronies” fled the deficit target for the third year On Chidambaram's charge out with a strong counter, the the state of economy, Binoy He said the dual tax system country after defaulting on a row. of the Modi Government has a debate on the budget for 2020- Viswam(CPI) said it was proposed in the Budget would bank loans. Hours later, she came to the predisposed mindset about for- 21 on the second day in the already on "ventilator" and benefit chartered accountants. In her usual combative Rajya Sabha with a shorter and eign trade agreements, she said Rajya Sabha on Tuesday saw not in the "ICU" as mentioned The TRS member also raised style, she defended her han- crisper reply, much of which -   &    the pacts signed during UPA the Opposition hitting out at by Chidambaram on Monday. the issue of "step motherly" dling of the economy citing targeted Chidambaram who are being reviewed as they are the Government for not taking He also termed the budget for treatment being given to States “seven specific green shoots” in had on Monday stated that the don't want that burden on the bring back a number of cronies "harming" the country. adequate steps to revive econ- 2020-21 as failed budget. in devolution of taxes. rising foreign direct invest- "economy was perilously close economy for today or for the ran away from the country after Chidambaram's speech had omy and the ruling party MPs PL Punia (Congress) said Veer Singh(BSP) said the ment (FDI), net foreign port- to collapse and was being future," she said adding the taking money from banks, she more sarcasm than content, she stressing that the fundamentals the Government is not ready Centre has "ruined" the Indian folio inflows, kicking off of  attended by incompetent doc- UPA during 2004 and 2014 was said: "So that twin balance said. of the economy were strong. to accept the crisis in the economy and unemployment 103 lakh crore infrastructure tors" and that the Government "very fortunate" to inherit a sheet problem is not something On the economy, she said Opposition members said economy and urged the is at a 45 year-high. pipeline, jump in foreign had predispositions. cushion in the good work of which I would not want to the size of the Indian economy the Budget has not lived up to Finance Minister to consult He alleged the Centre is exchange reserves, GST col- "A lot of assumptions were Atal Bihari Vajpayee learn from those very compe- has grown from USD 2 trillion expectations and fails to experts to address the prob- ending reservations for SC/STs lection topping 1 lakh crore in being put on us. One thing I Government of the previous tent doctors." to USD 2.9 trillion in five address challenge faced by the lem. and OBCs. Kumari six months in current fiscal, concede and that is it is cer- five years. Again, the NPAs running years that saw an average Indian economy. They also He also charged the gov- Selja(Congress) focused on rebound in industrial produc- tainly predisposed about not The Finance Minister into lakhs of crores of rupees growth rate of 7.45 per cent in attacked the Union ernment of doing nothing for Haryana in her speech and tion and surge in stock markets. repeating faulty remedies that said she would take comments was a fallout of "another rem- inflation of around 4.5 per Government for the "step- the welfare of scheduled castes said the state has not got its Defending her Budget for the UPA Government gave in and suggestions made by edy offered during the 2008-09 cent. motherly" treatment to States and tribals, saying sub-plans be due in terms of allocation of 2020-21, she reeled out 2008-09. None of that will be everyone but not "when you are crisis". Listing initiatives taken by and privatisation of public restored for SCs and Tribals. funds. announcements of last year repeated by us," she said. constantly throwing barbs at "We certainly do not want the government, she said, including reduction in tax rate "What was the remedy us". to inherit or copy those reme- increasing Foreign Direct crore GST collection in six the economy. Referring to vis- forex reserve is at an all-time on income generated by com- offered in 2008-09 and what Stating that the dies of competent doctors," Investment (FDI), rise in fac- months of current fiscal were ible indicators of green shoots, high and the stock market is panies, compared steps taken did it result in. We certainly Government was trying to she said and went on to cite tory output and over Rs 1 lakh indications of green shoots in the Finance Minister said the upbeat. *=76 (( )  89    +
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The state's between December 2018 and % $ -   proposal was "not accepted" March 31, 2019 in Andhra   0)7)61, bribe from Sana. n a major jolt to the Jagan because PM-KISAN was meant Pradesh, the centre has paid the In his complaint, Sana had   0)7)61, IReddy dispensation, the to provide income support to first installment to 36.40 lakh he CBI on Tuesday gave a alleged that he paid a bribe of Ministry of Agriculture has all land holding farmers' fam- beneficiaries, second install- Tclean chit to former CBI Rs 2 crore to Asthana to get s speculation mounted rejected Andhra Pradesh ilies in the country, subject to ment to 34.11 lakh beneficia- Special Director Rakesh relief in an ongoing investiga- Aafter the BJP and some Government's proposal to certain exclusions. ries, third installment to 33.78 Asthana and chief of Research tion linked to Qureshi. other parties issued whip in release the payment under An amount of 2,000 was lakh beneficiaries and fourth and Analysis Wing Samant The alleged bribe money the Rajya Sabha asking their Rythu Bharosa scheme for paid in three equal install- installment to 31.35 lakh ben- Kumar Goel in a bribery case was paid over a 10-month members to be present on farmers from the PM-KISAN ments to enable farmers take eficiaries, he added. registered by the agency in period beginning December, Tuesday, Rajya Sabha yojana. The Andhra Pradesh care of expenses related to To those registered 2018 following a bitter feud 2017. Sana was being probed by Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu Government has sought a agriculture and allied activities between April and July 2019 in between the then chief of the an SIT headed by Asthana. said it is for the health of the lumpsum amount from PM - as well as domestic needs so as the state, the centre has released anti-corruption body Alok arrested by the agency. In his complaint, Sana had House as attendance is nor- KISAN scheme to give benefit to protect them from falling in first installment to 7.92 lakh Verma and his deputy Asthana. The agency has submitted alleged that he had had met mally very less on the last day on Tuesday. After whips were to its Rythu Bharosa scheme the clutches of moneylenders beneficiaries, second install- Goel's name found reference in before the designated court Manoj who claimed to have of the session before the recess. issued by political parties, which proposed to give 12,500 for meeting such expenses and ment to 7.64 lakh beneficiaries the FIR but he was not a that further probe against good relations with Asthana. He also said no Bill will be there was speculation in a sec- per year to each farmer fami- ensure their continuance in and third installment to 7.35 named accused in the case. Manoj's brother Somesh and Sana also alleged that Manoj''s taken up and the House will tion of the media that the gov- ly. farming activities, he added. lakh beneficiaries. Following the clean chit to another accused Sunil Mittal is brother Somesh would also only discuss Budget in the ernment may come up with an In a written reply to the Under PM-KISAN, the To those registered Asthana, there is a strong buzz required. Officials said the help him in getting a clean chit backdrop of reports in the important legislation in the Lok Sabha, Agriculture central government provides a between August and in the bureaucratic circles that probe has not yielded any evi- in Moin Qureshi case probe media hinting that some House. Minister Narendra Singh payment of 6,000 per year in November 2019, the centre he might be appointed as the dence to corroborate from Asthana. important Bill may be initiat- Naidu said some political Tomar on Tuesday said the three equal installments of has released the first and sec- Delhi police commissioner as Hyderabad-based businessman Asthana has denied all alle- ed. parties seem to have issued Andhra Pradesh Government 2,000 to 14.5 crore farmers ond installment to only one the incumbent Amulya Patnaik Sathish Babu Sana's allegations gations against him and pinned The Budget session of whips. under its Rythu Bharosa across the country. The eligi- beneficiary but to those regis- is scheduled to retire on against Asthana, Goel and the blame on the feud with Parliament, which started on "That is for the health of scheme proposed to give bility of farmers to join PM- tered between December 2019 February 29. Kumar that they received bribe Verma, leading to the registra- January 31, will go on a break the House because today is the 12,500 per year to each farmer KISAN is determined by the and March 2020, the centre has Both Asthana and Verma to save the controversial meat tion of the case against him. from Tuesday and meet again last day (before the break) and family inclusive of a benefit of respective state governments paid the first installment to had traded charges of corrup- exporter Moin Qureshi. The chargesheet against on March 2. As the House we have seen in the past that 6,000 given under PM- on the basis of Operational 6.84 lakh beneficiaries of tion against each other follow- Asthana was booked on the the private person and clean met for the day, Naidu said no attendance normally is very KISAN. The State Government Guidelines of the Scheme. Andhra Pradesh, the minister ing which the Government in allegations of IPC section relat- chit to the government servants bill will be taken up and the less sending a very wrong scheme also aimed to cover the As per the 2015-16 agri- added. a midnight action decided to ing to criminal conspiracy comes as the Delhi High Court House will only discuss the message as if members are not tenant farmers. "State culture census, there are about Sharing all India figures, bench them out from the pre- besides corruption and crimi- had last month gave a four budget and Finance Minister interested in the Budget and Government had requested to 83.90 lakh landholdings in Tomar said a total of 9.60 crore mier agency. nal misconduct under the week deadline to complete the Nirmala Sitharaman's reply the House," he said. release the payments under Andhra Pradesh. So far, 54.45 farmer families across India The agency has also cleared Prevention of Corruption Act probe or else ensure the pres- later in the day. The Chairman further PM-KISAN scheme as a lump- lakh farmers have registered have been successfully regis- DSP Devender Kumar accused on a complaint filed by Sana. ence of CBI Director RK The BJP had on Monday said, "I will be happy" if a whip sum amount instead of pay- under PM-KISAN, the Union tered under PM-KISAN as on in the case but chargesheeted On October 15, 2018, the CBI Shukla before the court on the issued a whip asking its mem- is issued regularly throughout ments in installments. The Minister said in a separate February 6. Of this, 8.44 crore Dubai-based businessman had registered an FIR against next date of hearing on bers of Parliament to be pre- the session so that MPs remain request of Government of reply. beneficiaries have received ben- Manoj Prasad who was earlier Asthana for allegedly taking a February 12. sent in their respective Houses present. Andhra Pradesh was not To those registered efits. !#< 4!6"# 6 ! # 

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India. ‘They are fast becoming in the Indian politics,’ she the Delhi Assembly polls, JD(S) By upholding the necessi- escribing BJP’s defeat and a stateless party and if they con- maintained. leader HD Kumaraswamy on ty of a regional party, people of Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Delhi chose to take its DAam Aadmi Party’s victo- tinue to spread hatred like this On whether the Delhi elec- Tuesday said that people of the Delhi have also Nitish Kumar on Tuesday side- smaller allies in Bihar ry in Delhi Assembly elec- then they will soon they will get tions were a referendum against national Capital have shown set a model by clearly stating stepped queries on the outcome along to take on the tions as a defeat of hatred and zero seats in India,’ she said the CAA and NRC, Banerjee that ‘fascist ideology’ will never that development is their only of assembly polls in Delhi, huge challenge posed by money power and victory of accusing the BJP of playing pol- remained non-committal on win their hearts. priority,’ he said in another where the coalition comprising Arvind Kejriwal’s party, democracy and development, itics of hate and vendetta to win directly connecting the two Calling Kejriwal as a leader tweet. his JD(U), BJP and LJP has which is less than a Bengal Chief Minister Mamata elections. issues. However she asserted who heralded development, Kumaraswamy was refer- been drubbed by the incum- decade old. Banerjee on Tuesday attacked ‘Look how just eight ‘the people have made their the former Karnataka Chief ring to remarks by BJP MP bent Aam Aadmi Party, with a The tie-up in Delhi the saffron outfit saying it was months back they had tasted a minds clear that they want Minister said people have Parvesh Verma at a poll rally, terse observation will of the had been frowned upon by ally, is likely to experience a fast becoming a ‘Stateless party’ resounding victory in the gen- roti, kapra aur makaan more taught a lesson for labelling calling Kejriwal a ‘terrorist’ people is supreme. JD(U) national general secre- burst of vigour on account of with the federal States going out eral elections. But they failed to than anything else like him a ‘terrorist’ and also upheld over his alleged support to an ‘Janta malik hai,’ said tary Pavan Varma a former the results in Delhi, despite of its hands one after the retain that by taking anti-peo- NRC.’ the necessity of a regional anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Kumar with hands folded diplomat, who aired his differ- their dismal performance, other. ple steps. Today when the She hoped the BJP will take party. ‘Heartfelt congratula- Act protest in south Delhi’s above his head and the ghost of ences in the open and faced the which came barely a couple of The Chief Minister who country’s economy is in the a lesson from the defeat and tions to @ArvindKejriwal Shaheen Bagh. a smile playing on his lips as he axe. months after the BJP’s ouster in congratulated her Delhi coun- doldrums they are selling out retrace its steps and ‘reject @AamAadmiParty. Both Kumaraswamy and sauntered past a posse of jour- Similar was the fate of the adjoining terpart Arvind Kejriwal for the Government concerns, CAA, NRC and other anti-peo- People of Delhi have Kejriwal have bonded at several nalists tossing queries on the Prashant Kishor whom the Jharkhand. his hat-trick in the Capital reducing jobs … and then in a ple decisions.’ showed that ‘fascist ideology’ occasions in the past. sidelines of a function where he chief minister had made his However, the development polls said ‘politics of hatred and bid to divert attention spread- On whether she would will never win their hearts. The Delhi Chief Minister unveiled a statue of RSS ideo- party’s national vice-president is likely to be received with a politics of vendetta has lost to ing politics of hatred. But the attend Kejriwal’s swearing-in Congratulations to AAP had attended Kumaraswamy’s logue Deen Dayal Upadhyay. and whose position in the sense of relief by the JD(U) as democratic forces and politics people of India have seen ceremony she said she would and voters of Delhi for testify- swearing in as Chief Minister The JD(U), of which JD(U) had become increasing- the party will now be even for development. The Delhi through their clever politics love to do that ‘but as you know ing that successful politics with of the coalition government in Kumar is the national presi- ly untenable on account of his more hopeful that Nitish elections have once again and have started rejecting my Assembly session is on development as criteria (to May last year. Kumaraswamy, dent, had contested two assem- collaboration with Kejriwal in Kumar’s detractors in the BJP proved that the people want them. Look how one after the and so I will have to take into win polls), amidst money and along with West Bengal Chief bly segments in Delhi Burari the capacity of an election will be kept on a tight leash. food, development, employ- other they lost Maharashtra, account other engagements muscle power,’ Kumaraswamy Minister Mamata Banerjee, and Sangam VIhar — and is strategist. After the Lok Sabha polls ment, peace and not hatred…. Jharkhand and now Delhi,’ she before taking a decision on tweeted. then Andhra Pradesh Chief trailing in both by huge mar- An indignant Kishor has last year, several BJP leaders in Look how the people of India said. attending his function in Delhi,’ Welcoming the mandate of Minister Chandrababu Naidu, gins. threatened to visit Patna after the state had begun to make voted for the BJP in 2019 ‘The elections have proved adding ‘I have already con- the people, he said in a series Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Although the JD(U) has the dust settles in Delhi and statements that time had come General elections and in return that they have rejected their gratulated Kejriwal ji for his of tweets that the mature voter Vijayan had rallied behind never been a major player in unveil his future strategy, for the saffron party to stake it gave the people Citizenship leaders, their money which massive victory.’ of Delhi did not change his Kejriwal when the latter was the national Capital, the cur- besides ‘exposing’ Kumar. claim for the chief minister’s Amendment Act and National they have been splurging to win Meanwhile both the TMC stand, despite BJP’s might, with staging a dharna at the rent elections were significant The torpid opposition in post, thereby threatening to Register for Citizens.’ elections and their spiteful pol- and AAP supporters celebrat- Prime Minister Narendra Lieutenant Governor office, because it was the first time that Bihar, led by Lalu Prasad’s RJD upend the alliance with the She said if the BJP did not itics… It has proved that false ed the BJP’s loss in Delhi at var- Modi, Home Minister Amit which was seen as his power the BJP a formidable force in with the Congress as a major JD(U). PTI rectify itself then soon it will be pride, fake news and money ious places in Bengal. Shah and the entire Central struggle with the L-G. 3   $  3  4 $           * , of Delhi on AAP’s victory in the not only shown that they are as ment work”. Assembly polls. The people of patriotic as those in the ruling “In Delhi Assembly polls, aharashtra Chief Minister the Delhi have shown that the party at the Centre but they the fight was basically between  43,  MUddhav Thackeray said country would henceforth run have also removed the mis- the two parties. The people did here on Tuesday that through ‘Jan ki baat’ and not `Mann ki conception sought to be creat- not consider the thrird party Jammu: ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ blessed despite chanting ‘Jai Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam baat’ “. ed by the party in question that (Congress). More than whom recited by Delhi Chief Minister Shri Ram’, he said the party won Aadmi Party’s landslide victo- “Despite the fact that there all those opposing it were trai- to elect, the people showed that Arvind Kejriwal helped his the parliamentary elections ry in the Delhi Assembly polls, is a government of nationalis- tors,” the Sena president said. they were more interested in party win the Delhi Assembly with a thumping majority the people in the national tic ideology, the principal rul- Congratulating Kejriwal whom to defeat,” the NCP elections, Jammu & Kashmir because lakhs of party workers Capital had shown that the ing party – despite having used on behalf of Maharashtra and chief said. BJP president Ravinder Raina chanted the name of Lord Ram country would henceforth run all its might— could not with- the Shiv Sena on AAP’s elec- “I am not all surprised by said on Tuesday. repetitively. on ‘Jan Ki Baat’ and not ‘Mann stand the power of humble toral success, Uddhav wished the outcome in the Delhi ‘Kejriwal won the Delhi Meanwhile, jubilant AAP Ki Baat’, while NCP chief broom (the AAP’s poll symbol). him all the best for his devel- Assembly polls. A large num- polls because of Hanuman ji as activists hit the roads outside Sharad Pawar said that the The strong party fielded its top opment-oriented tenure as the ber of Marathi-speaking peo- he recited the Hanuman the exhibition ground here to process of the BJP’s removal leaders in its campaign, dubbed chief minister. ple live in Delhi. When I made Chalisa and was blessed by celebrate the victory of the from power at the Centre had Kejriwal as a terrorist, ignored While congratulating enquiries with them, they Lord Hanuman otherwise he party in the Delhi begun. local issues and tried to divert Kejriwal on AAP’s victory in showed their preference to would not have won,’ Raina elections. Uddhav took an indirect the attention of people using the Delhi Assembly polls, Arvind Kejriwal,” Pawar said. told reporters here. Reacting to They distributed dig at Prime Minister Narendra international issues. Despite all Pawar came out with a sharp “Despite the fact that Delhi the landslide victory of the sweets before dispersing Modi, as he congratulated this, the ruling party at the reaction. “The process of the is a State where Prime Minister AAP in Delhi, he said the vote peacefully. ‘The voters of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal and people of Centre could not defeat Arvind BJP’s removal from power at Modi lives, people talk more percentage of his party also rejected the politics of hatred Delhi on AAP’s superlative per- Kejriwal in the polls,” Uddhav the Centre has begun. The about Arvind Kejriwal than the increased manifold. and voted for the work done by formance in the Assembly polls. said. BJP has already suffered defeats former. He has resolved the ‘He (Kejriwal) remembered the party during its rule,’ one of Without taking Modi’s “The people of Delhi stood in the earlier Assembly polls. issues of people and children Hanuman for the first the activists said, alleging that name, Uddhav – who is also the solidly behind a honest person The serial of the BJP’s debacles in the national capital are being time and recited the BJP left no stone president of the Shiv Sena— who believed in development will not end here. The people inculcated with good values Hanuman Chalisa and he was unturned to divide the people said: “I would like to extend my matters of the national capital are now of the opinion that because of the good education blessed by the Pawan Putra,’ he on communal lines by raking heart-felt congratulations to and reposed their confidence in they want to elect govern- they are being imparted,” the   5 6)"  P
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We focussed on Shaheen Bagh protests and commu- Wto score another landslide victory ‘Congratulations to #Delhi’s local Kejriwal over AAP’s ‘splendid third victory’ in the saying let it be a harbinger for need to understand the reality nal issues rather than the people’s staple ‘roti, kapda in Delhi Assembly polls, Goa Chief party @AamAadmiParty and Assembly polls and said this win assures the rest of India inclusive politics in the coun- that the people are accepting and makaan’. Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said @ArvindKejriwal for this resounding yet again that ‘desperate acts of communal polarisation try. those who provide an alterna- The BJP is headed for a crushing defeat at the voters may have fallen for freebies victory. It’s heartening to see the people has limited currency’. ‘You richly deserved this win. It is Vijayan said the Delhi poll tive to the BJP’s ‘anti-people hands of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi announced by the Arvind Kejriwal emphatically supporting a party that also a remarkably good sign in Indian politics that your result could be considered as a agenda’. polls with trends showing the latter crossing the Government before the elections. championed local issues and local devel- focus on development has paid off immensely,’ Gowda ‘reaction of the people towards This is what that has hap- halfway mark in the 70-member Legislative The BJP leader said the AAP opment rejecting the national said. the continuing communal pened in Delhi. Under the able Assembly, winning 36 seats and leading in 26 oth- Government in Delhi failed to provide divisive issues #DelhiPolls2020,’ he tweet- In a letter to Kejriwal, the JD(S) patriarch said ‘Your polarisation of the BJP-led leadership of Arvind Kejriwal, ers. pollution-free air and clean drinking ed. victory assures the rest of India yet again that desperate NDA and its anti-people poli- the Aam Admi Party has reg- Speaking to a regional news channel, Chavan water, which are basic necessities. As per the latest figures given by the acts of communal polarisation has limited currency. cies. istered a resounding and an said, ‘The people of Delhi have rejected the BJP’s ‘We accept people’s verdict. May be, Election Commission, the AAP has The talk of your Government’s good work in the health ‘Congratulations to inspirational victory in Delhi,’ style of politics as the focus of its campaign people wanted a government that gives crossed the halfway mark in the 70- mem- and education sectors has reached the corners of @ArvindKejriwal and Vijayan said here. remained on issues like Shaheen Bagh and other freebies from their own taxes,’ Sawant told ber Delhi Legislative Assembly, Karnataka and the rest of India too.’ @AamAadmiParty on a The Aam Aadmi Party communal elements instead of ‘roti, kapada and reporters in Ponda town of North Goa winning 36 seats and was leading in 26 The Aam Aadmi Party is in the verge of landslide vic- resounding victory in Delhi looked set for a second term in makaan’. On the Congress failing to open its district. seats. tory in the 70-member Delhi Legislative Assembly for elections. Let this victory be a Delhi with the party leading in account in Delhi, like in 2015, the former Sawant, who campaigned in Delhi for Among those who registered victo- which the counting of votes were underway on Tuesday. harbinger for pro-people and 63 seats of the 70 as votes Maharashtra Chief Minister said his party would the Assembly polls, said the Kejriwal gov- ry are Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Among those who registered victories are Kejriwal, inclusive politics in our coun- polled in the last week’s elec- have to introspect, and it would be done in the ernment failed to provide clean air and deputy Manish Sisodia, besides Raghav his deputy Manish Sisodia, besides senior AAP leaders try,’ he tweeted. tions were counted. PTI coming day. PTI water to citizens of the national capital. Chadha, Atishi and Dilip Pandey. PTI Raghav Chadha, Atishi and Dilip Pandey. PTI 1 %      )       

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I a malafide act. number of girls, took out a can- police also entered the AMU ing the Opposition Congress to assumed charge on December “Indeed, the deletion of dle-light march inside the cam- and clashed with students doubt it as a ‘malafide act’. 24,” Sarma told PTI. data from the NRC website at a pus in protest against the police protesting against Citizenship The complete detail of He informed that the state time when the appeals process action on anti-citizenship law (Amendment) Act. exclusion and inclusion of coordination committee had is yet is start, is prima facie a protesters in Kanpur and on On Tuesday, former AMU bonafide Indian citizens in decided to do necessary for- deliberate violation of the direc- Jamia Millia Islamia students in Students Union Vice President the NRC was uploaded malities in its meeting on tive issued by the Hon’ble Delhi. Hamza Sufiyan, who is among on its official website January 30 and wrote to the Supreme Court. After the march Monday the four students whose sure- ‘www.nrcassam.nic.in’ after the Wipro during the first week of “This act also violates the night, the AMU Students ty of Rs 1 lakh has been final list was published on February. rules pertaining to the NRC, Coordination Committee sub- seized by police, said he was August 31, 2019. “Once Wipro makes the which stipulates various process-             &$ &$ )   #  #1 mitted a memorandum, being “framed” by district However, the data was not data live, it will be available for es post publication of the NRC,” addressed to President Ram authorities for the violence on available for the last couple of the public. We hope that people Saikia wrote in the letter. Nath Kovind, to authorities, December 15, despite he pro- days and it created panic in the will be able to access it in the The final NRC was pub- seeking his intervention on viding documentary evidence, public, mostly among the peo- next 2-3 days,” Sarma said. lished by excluding 19,06,657 5.       the issue. The committee also including call records, to the ple excluded from the list as the Reacting to the develop- persons. A total of 3,11,21,004 demanded the resignation of Human Rights Commission to rejection certificates were yet to ment, Leader of the Opposition names were included out of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister prove he was not in Aligarh be issued. in Assam Assembly Debabrata 3,30,27,661 applicants. Yogi Adityanath. that night. When contacted, NRC State Saikia wrote to the Registrar After the earlier NRC State "   %%' By venting fury against Sufiyan said in a state- Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma General of India and requested Coordinator Prateek Hajela was the protesters, especially ment that the police was accepted that the data have him to look into the matter released on November 11 fol- women, police was adding fuel “harassing” him even though been made offline, but refuted urgently. lowing his transfer to home Kohima:The opposition Naga state wont be affected as we ernment rejected it. to the fire in UP, the memo- the CCTV footage showed he the allegation of any ‘malafide’ “It is a mystery as to why the state Madhya Pradesh on a Peoples Front (NPF) on have been exempted from the “We have been doing our randum claimed. It said UP was not present during the intent in it. online data should vanish all of direction from the Supreme Tuesday staged peaceful purview of CAA is “totally part in protecting the rights of police, instead of allowing clash at Baab-e-Syed Gate of “The cloud service for the a sudden, especially as the Court, Sarma was appointed in statewide anti-CAA dharnas misleading”. the indigenous people and will peaceful protests, is aggravat- the university on December 15. huge set of data was provided by appeals process has not even his place on November 9. PTI demanding immediate roll- He said that Nagaland hav- never compromise on the ing the situation by indulging back of the amended ing its borders with Assam is issues concerning the future of in “wanton brutalities”. citizenship law. not far from being overshad- the Naga people,” Kikon assert- The committee demanded In Kohima NPF secretary owed by illegal immigrants. ed. that the president intervene to general Achumbemo Kikon “If we (Nagas) remain NPF general secretary prevent deterioration of law and other leaders sat on dhar- silent even we are at danger of Akho Leyri demanded that and order. na with banners and placards facing a similar situation,” said the Centre rollback that CAA Early Monday, UP police some of which read “CAA is a Kikon. as it will “divide the entire allegedly tried to remove the threat to all indigenous com- Asserting that NPF will nation on religious lines.” protesters from Kanpur’s munities of North East”, never compromise the rights He said the fight against Mohammad Ali Park. The pro- “Injustice cannot be a law”, and privileges of the Nagas, CAA will continue till the testers accused the police of “CAA murdered secularism” Kikon said the NPF legislators Centre rolls it back. resorting to lathicharge but and “CAA is draconian law”. have moved an anti-CAA res- Addressing the sit-in- senior officials denied the Addressing the gathering, olution in the ongoing budget protest in Dimapur, NPF pres- charge. Kikon said the claims of the session of the Assembly, but its ident Dr Shurhozelie Similar protests have been state government that the ruling Nationalist Liezietsu alleged that the CAA continuing in Delhi. On Nagaland is protected by Inner Democratic Progressive Party is discriminatory and divisive. December 15, Delhi police Line Permit (ILP) and that the (NDPP) and BJP alliance gov- PTI stormed into Jamia, looking for *"   4 -
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Carrying pictures of serving Army        S  '          officers on political posters by the BJP  !                     is terrible. But terming the Army and the Air Force as “Modiji’s sena” is unac-                 6    ceptable. So is the usage of Air Force        <,#S            commanders to legitimise breaches in                      "  the procurement procedure to justify the purchase of the Rafale aircraft.    <,#S    #  : /   :  7 : During the Karnataka elections,  6             < ;   ! Prime Minister Narendra Modi need-   !           <,# 7 S  : ! lessly revived seven-decade-old politi- cal events involving Gen KS Thimayya      !       7     but erroneously named Gen KS  7          <,#S   7   Cariappa, thus hurting both families. In    :               ! contrast, it was heartening to listen to the new Army Chief when he remind-                7        ed his soldiers about the Constitution. the Delhi elections. In contrast, nursing the surgical strike’s defence allocation, the CDS be corrected. Equally, more       7 S           It was, however, disappointing that he recently the Australian CDS, hangover, said nothing, though apparently put the lid on any funds must be allotted for BC@             (   /  read out the Government’s political Gen Angus John Campbell, did his remarks on defeating a comments by single Service modernisation to catch up with script on the merits of its actions in precisely this: Tap his Defence nuclear-armed Pakistan in Chiefs, telling some journalists China, whose defence Budget  ()  */ (+           (        Jammu & Kashmir, especially when the Minister Christopher Pyne seven to 10 days remained that the Budget was adequate; is three times more than India’s.            !6          legislation is under arbitration. The deep when he switched from speak- puzzling, especially as officials that the management of the Clearly, the josh of the sur-       S      "    ! selection of Service Chiefs, overriding ing about military issues to in the Ministry of Defence Budget is critical; and that it is gical strikes is no cover for lack           # ?@            the seniority norm and the appointment answering political questions have said that ammunition for more of a management issue of defence preparedness. of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) will in the presence of senior military a 10-day intense war will be than a question of adequate Winning elections and wars are                  : ! have political resonance. officers, telling him that he available only by 2022-23. funds. He also said that he not in the same league. The     P;    8Q "         ! The ruling dispensation has become would ask the military to move US Ambassador Kenneth would prioritise acquisition, Government can no longer              1     immune to criticism by the Election out — and they did. Campbell Juster said recently that the eco- raise age of retirement to 58 camouflage its declining mod- Commission, its political opponents and did not want his officers to be nomic slowdown, which the years, create funds from with- ernisation programme with " <,#    1                 the veteran community about involving seen backing his Minister over Government has not admitted in and if necessary, take addi- high symbolism and hyper-      'S               S both serving and retired personnel to pro- his party’s claimed political to as yet, will affect moderni- tional requirements to the nationalism. Its seriousness DAD>    7                ! mote its partisan agenda, much of which achievements. sation of defence capability. On Government. The Prime about defence can be judged is sub-judice. The Prime Minister’s choice For the fourth year in a row, paltry modernisation funds Minister, while speaking to the from the appointment of five   )              ! of themes, while speaking to the military defence allocation was not year on year, former Finance NCC cadets, mentioned the Defence Ministers in six years.   6         "  1    7 during the inauguration of the National mentioned during the 2020-21 Minister Arun Jaitley had said, appointment of the CDS, elab- Still, the CDS is a positive step E     <,#                    War Memorial (NWM) or the young Budget presented this month. “Defence forces do not have the orating that along with single though the way he has been cadets at the National Cadet Corps (NCC) In her marathon speech, the mechanism to spend the Service Chiefs, this represented located in the hierarchy, he is       6             during the annual parade recently, was Finance Minister quoted a money; we do not have the one plus one plus one, equalling another ‘1’ in the Prime     B@       "          (  ! political and inappropriate. Feeding Tamil sage and said: “Just as funds to give them; will have 111, implying that the CDS is Minister’s 111 arithmetic. 6     6            ! impressionable cadets with political national security was important funds only once the tax net the Alibaba of defence issues. The politics of national achievements while casually claiming a millennium ago, for her expands.” Since 2014, when The decision on One Rank, security has trumped its eco-   (                   that India could defeat Pakistan in war in Government, it is the number the BJP came into power, One Pension (OROP) taken by nomics, leading to the 15th #            P  #   seven to 10 days has left many bedazzled. one issue today.” But the funds defence Budgets have been at the Prime Minister in the heat Finance Commission fire-fight- Q        S            /  Fuelling nationalistic hype when the mil- she provided for defence mod- their lowest since 1962 at and dust of the 2014 election ing for the creation of addition- itary is starved of funds for modernisation ernisation suggested otherwise. around 1.5 to 1.6 per cent of the campaign was one he must be al defence funds. Given the                       " is intriguing. The Prime Minister, aiming According to one official in the Gross Domestic Product regretting now. The defence tight fiscal situation, the             3      (  with a Kalashnikov rifle at the highly exag- Ministry of Defence, the funds (GDP). BJP’s own stalwarts in pension Bill has reached 1.33 Government should temper                 ?@A- 3   gerated achievements of the Defence are barely sufficient to pay the Standing Committee on lakh crore, which is more than its national security ambitions Expo 2020, which is now held wherever instalments for weapons pur- Defence and Estimates 1.18 lakh crore for salaries and and goals and leave the profes-              <,#         <,# the Defence Minister’s political con- chased earlier. The Defence Committee, Gen BC Khanduri 1.11 lakh crore for capital. In sional military alone.   #            "          stituency is, will become an ironic visual. Minister issued a lofty Press and MM Joshi, had pointed out 2010, it was 41,000 crore and (The writer, a retired Major           (!           Military politicisation peaked at the release, lauding the Budget, big holes in defence prepared- last year it was 1.13 lakh General, was Commander IPKF       E  S    1    ?@?@       NCC rally. Strangely none of the Service without mentioning a word ness. Khanduri lost his job for crore. Another 6,500 crore South, Sri Lanka and founder Chiefs nor the CDS present there stopped about the impoverished plight indicating this. will be required for OROP member of the Defence Planning          S           the Prime Minister from speaking to the of her own Ministry. Similarly, Soon after the current five equaliser this year. This incon- Staff, currently the Integrated 3         7          cadets about the political events aimed at the Prime Minister, who is still per cent dismal increase in gruity in tooth to tail ratio must Defence Staff.) 3! 

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Platforms (DPOs) and advertisers. The TRAI, on its part, has argued that the         amendments were necessary as the NTO had failed         S   to meet its objective of giving adequate choice to con- +1?*61)4,         "        S  ! sumers through rampant “misuse” of power and flex- 8?0,0*)7,1      S         ibility granted to broadcasters. But, perhaps, the most )Q8)++,C)0            :     ! stinging reason that led to these amendments was 4,44E              ! the TRAI’s inability to keep cable bills in check, 4)3*6?4E                 prompting consumers to downsize on TV viewing. )+*4)+%,                There are compelling reasons to scrutinise the regulator’s tinkering with the Network Capacity Fee 7,66&*+11)   6               ! 4?8+             (NCF) to expand the reach of Free-To-Air (FTA) channels under the NTO 2.0. There was widespread +)8?4?0               ! belief that the TRAI would waive off or at least reduce ?1)+ )   F                the NCF under its amendments to make TV view- 1?40E&1+         "        ing more affordable. Far from it, the TRAI has 1))6)8? channels could be obtained by the con- offering a wider viewing through the 200+ may convert to FTA to remain attractive               replaced the old NCF structure with a two-slab one +)8?4! sumer by going to DD Free Dish. So some- FTAs, there is no real choice on offer. for consumers, following the introduction                    that further expands the ambit of FTA channels. N*0,6)8) thing that the Free Dish makes available “MSO head-ends are not capable of deliv- of new economic regulations on bouquets.            "     To recapitulate, the NTO issued last year man- 3?%,0, for free, the regulator, in the name of bring- ering differential packages of FTA chan- If more such pay channels become FTA,           O       dated DPOs to provide 100 FTA channels, which ?+) ing down the burden on the consumer, has nels to every household taking into broadcasters will cease to invest in high- !     '"     A@  ?@    included 76 private ones and 24 Doordarshan (DD) allowed the DPOs to charge up to 160.” account their age, language and genre pref- quality, niche content. This will negative-  @.)6)8?   !       <      ! channels to every subscriber for 130, excluding tax. Broadcasters are bemused that the erences. So where is the choice as far as ly impact content quality,” says Sharan. Under the amended NTO, the TRAI has asked DPOs &6E)4+R?E TRAI is willing to give private DPOs the FTAs are concerned?,” asks the senior exec- As more channels become FTAs and                7)4)+4,03 =             ! to provide up to 200 channels, excluding 24 DD chan- upper hand even at the cost of the utive. All of this could have perhaps been more air-time becomes available, ad rates nels for 130. The regulator also introduced anoth- *?&?6E! Government’s own DD Free Dish. “Doesn’t pardonable if the new NCF structure could will fall and advertisers will gain immense-                   er slab — for more than 200 private FTA channels 1)4?8+ TRAI favour private and commercial guarantee lower cable bills, a claim TRAI ly. This will lead to an increase in number         "             and 24 DD channels, the NCF would be 160 exclud- +)8?4,+ DPOs vis-a-vis DD Free Dish DTH, is only happy to make. Broadcasters, of advertisements on TV. “This will only                    ing tax. 1)),01) where the subscriber has to incur a one- however, are quick to burst the bubble. expedite the migration of consumers to     7         ! The TRAI may have had the best intentions in + ),4)8,?0! time cost for a Set Top Box and gets the “DPOs will charge a MRP of either 130 other digital platforms, where they not only                 introducing the two-tier NCF structure. “TRAI ?4)8100)6+ FTA channels for free for life but has to pay or 160 for the FTA channels and then enjoy high quality content but also with-        6   !!        recognises that the new regulatory framework 4)-?48)? private DPOs a monthly NCF for those consumers have to opt for à la carte chan- out the frequent interruptions of advertise-         "       ! implemented in 2019 caused distortions that led to 3?1)-7E% same channels?,” asks an executive from nels or broadcasters’ bouquet or DPO bou- ments,” says the head of another broadcast-              ! price increases in the TV market. Primary among a leading broadcaster on condition of quets to watch their choice of channels. So er. them is a reduced incentive for distributors to 6),03 anonymity. The executive argues the how will the two-slab NCF actually reduce The TRAI did not respond to an email     !       F  4?8+)4+                  improve the quality of service on account of the NCF. TRAI is not only destroying DD Free Dish’s bills?,” argues the executive. To put it anoth- seeking replies on the new amendments Consumers also pay more to watch the same con- 4)0? viewership but consumers are repeatedly er way, the NCF itself serves as the biggest that come into effect on March 1.         "         ! tent and it’s tedious for them to keep track of the num- 6*081,030)7 “fleeced” each month in the name of NCF. single-fixed component of monthly cable Experts say TRAI needs to allow the                ber of subscribed channels, as a result of the NCF. 8100)6+0 The legal head of another popular bills. broadcasting sector to flourish by scaling               Through this two-slab system, TRAI ostensibly seeks + 66)4%0,81) broadcaster laments that the TRAI has Distribution platforms have another down economic regulations and taking "               ! to address such documented challenges,” says Vivan 8100)6+4) played into the hands of DPOs, granting point of view and say the NCF’s two- stock of the performance of last-mile dis-         "           Sharan, Partner, Koan Advisory. +1*,03+1?&! them unequivocal authority to create pronged approach will ease cable bills and tributors. “The NCF has certainly increased !            Despite its stated intention, however, the revi- *6, )6E%,- base packs for consumers. “DPOs will now satisfy even conscious TV watchers. For a the cost of watching TV. This can only be       7         sion in NCF — along with the mandate to reduce create a base pack of 224 poor-quality FTA fee of 130 and taxes, an entry-level con- remedied by enhancing competition   1)4?8+            the MRP of channels from 19 to 12 to be part of channels priced at 160 and push these sumer can now avail up to 200 FTA chan- among last-mile TV distributors, not by a bouquet — has raised difficult questions, many of +)8?4 onto consumers. Meanwhile, as a content nels, giving him a wider basket. Then again, more economic regulations,” says Sharan.           6    &)4,+1)+%+?               which reflect the TRAI’s own inconsistencies. creator, my relationship with my con- even if a consumer opts for the entire uni- “Distributors must do justice to consumers For one, the NTO was introduced last year in 7,661) sumers is curtailed, I lose the authority to verse of pay channels, the TRAI has lim- by actually using revenues from NCF to              an attempt to empower consumers and give them ,+4,*,?0 decide how my channel will be carried by ited the NCF to 160 a month, which hith- improve quality of service. A transparent       6          the freedom to choose what they want to watch and &6-?4 +%O the platforms and the reach it will garner, erto increased as the number of channels ecosystem-wide audit is desperately need-                 pay only for that. The TRAI has repeatedly argued +E+0)Q&)4 and my economies of scale have been erod- increased (an additional NCF of 20 was ed. Logically, this should precede regula-                 that the introduction of à la carte pricing was nec- ed too,” says the legal executive who does charged for every slab of 25 channels). tory changes,” he concludes. 2           "   essary as broadcasters were dumping “unwanted” not wish to be named. Broadcasters argue the reduced MRP The legal executive warns that should               channels on consumers through bundling and Distributors, however, say there is no caps and new NCF structure will limit the the TRAI continue with excessive and arbi-              bouquet formations. But here’s the catch, while the inherent benefit to them as claimed by number of channels in pay bouquets, erode trary regulatory measures, it will push the  2             TRAI is attempting to restrict broadcasters from broadcasters. The CEO of a leading Multi- the value delivered to consumers and the broadcast sector on to the same thorny                bundling or forming bouquets, doesn’t allowing a dis- System Operator says on condition of loss of subscribers and revenues will force path as the telecom sector.               tribution platform to offer 200+ FTA channels tan- anonymity, “The NCF was never designed more pay channels to become FTA, which “Until a decade ago, India boasted 14 tamount to bundling? Then again there’s an issue of as a premise to offer FTAs to consumers. solely rely on advertisement revenue for telecom players; today we are staring at a               ! who really benefits from the introduction of the new Platforms charge consumers NCF to their business. duopoly. The broadcast sector is headed              NCF structure — consumers or DPOs? cover the cost of setting up the infrastruc- As more channels become FTAs, it will in the same direction. More channels are 2           Chairman of Star and Disney India Uday ture to carry channels and their operations. also force broadcasters to fight a hard bat- forced to go the FTA way, leading broad-            '    ! Shankar points out the anomaly, “If the regulator is As part of that commitment, the TRAI tle with DPOs to be included in their FTA casters are not launching new channels and                 ! so concerned about bringing down the price for the directed us to offer 100 FTAs under the base packs, giving platforms the upper smaller, niche channels are shutting shop.               ; consumer, then why in the name of an NCF, are the NTO. So FTAs are incidental, not the pri- hand to negotiate higher carriage fees. Put Ultimately, if the broadcast sector perish-     S           ! distributors being allowed to charge as much as 160? mary reason why NCF is levied.” together, this will negatively affect the qual- es, so will the distribution platforms,” he       Theoretically, they can charge anything up to 160 Then there’s the critical issue of guar- ity of programmatic content and the says. *             + for only providing FTA channels. Just to understand anteeing choice to consumers. Broadcasters viewing experience for consumers. (The writer is a journalist covering the the ludicrous contradiction of this order, the same allege that while the TRAI seems to be “Smaller broadcasters pay channels media and entertainment landscape) 3    $     # F “u’uˆxu99T q„txuBu‚xyAxyuvQy„y‰uˆ‰x ‘‚tˆuƒuƒruˆxqxuˆuqˆuƒq„•sxq‚‚u„wu‰qxuqt .6(4@5 A yvxu•“q„ ƒ ’u xu„qy „q‚‰qwu

to his madness though his critics called on Modi.” The BJP leader won the 2014 versy, anti-CAA protests and hate pol- tentious Bills on the abrogation of ther the Congress nor the BJP had any him an “anarchist.” Delhi was not the elections on the promise of develop- itics, though Muslims are part of his Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu credible leaders to match Kejriwal’s end of his ambition, as he took on ment and Kejriwal did the same in the core voters. and Kashmir in the Rajya Sabha. He stature. The BJP was betting on the Narendra Modi in the 2014 Lok Sabha Delhi polls. Second, Kejriwal is nothing if not also welcomed the Supreme Court ver- Modi magic while the Congress was +)&84)-*66E elections and the party contested on 400 To his credit, he delivered on that a quick learner. He realised his mistakes dict on Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. All invoking the work of Sheila Dikshit. ?08?4?0C,4*+ seats. Even after winning this time promise and after five years at the helm and changed his style of functioning these have resulted in a better relation- In short, his victory was due to four around, the AAP was talking of nation- the Chief Minister did not go to the after the AAP’s humiliating defeat in the ship between the Delhi Chief Minister main factors. First, Kejriwal was suc-     building. But for now, Kejriwal must be Delhi voters empty-handed. He was Delhi Municipal Corporation elec- and the Prime Minister. Modi even sent cessful in making the people believe that        satisfied with the landslide win in the armed with his welfare measures, tions in 2017. But the real change came Kejriwal birthday greetings when the he merited another chance. Second, 5 -5<( Delhi Assembly polls. This is the sec- including free water, cheap power, after the AAP got a drubbing in the latter turned 51. people saw him as a “doer” as compared 8  % ond time the “Modi magic” did not improved health services, better edu- 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Fourth, he scrupulously kept the to his earlier image of a political       hoever thought seven years work in Delhi elections, that too just six cational facilities, doorstep delivery of So Kejriwal attempted an image poll narrative to local issues while the upstart. Third, was the decline of the    !  ago that the Delhi Chief months after the BJP’s impressive 2019 services to the common man, free bus makeover and from the angry young BJP raked national and divisive issues Congress and lack of any credible leader     WMinister Arvind Kejriwal victory. The fight was between the AAP rides for women, better street lighting, man in 2012, he transformed into a with motormouths giving hate speech- in the BJP. Fourth he was successful in  %   would come this far to bag the throne and the BJP with the Congress not any- CCTVs and so on and sought votes on “vikas purush (development man).” es and trying to vitiate the atmosphere. nurturing of the “poor” as his con- of Delhi for the third term? Though the where in the reckoning. his Government’s performance. The “muffler man,” Kejriwal discarded Fifth, Kejriwal also abandoned his stituency. He got credit for the regular- 
    Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had arrived The BJP had gone all out to win Though Kejriwal’s critics alleged that he his muffler and also projected himself constant fight with Delhi’s Lieutenant- isation of illegal colonies and stayed       ! as a disruptive force in 2013 and was back the State — as it had been in the was doling out sops with the taxpayers’ as a family man. The winning tactic was Governor (L-G) after the Supreme away from polarising politics. However,        dismissed as an upstart, its chief political wilderness in the Capital for money, his projection of the AAP as a that Kejriwal preferred to fight for Delhi Court ordered the L-G to work on the the AAP and its chief should remem-    !   Kejriwal surprised critics with his abil- almost three decades now — bombard- party that works for the poor went in strictly on bread and butter issues. Also, “aid and advice of the Council of ber that there are many challenges      ity to grasp the pulse of the public and ing the city with high-profile leaders. their favour. he consciously stopped his confronta- Ministers.” The constant court battles, ahead if they want to move to the change for the better in this roller coast- So, what worked for Kejriwal this Kejriwal also wisely kept himself tionist politics and surprised many too, have stopped. national stage.  ! er political ride. There was a method time? The coup was that he did a “Modi away from the Shaheen Bagh contro- when his party supported the con- Sixth, and more importantly, nei- (The writer is a senior journalist) L    M     !"#"$"$ "  )

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  )    ,   "   0)7)61, August and November 2019,    the centre has released the first )   )     O he Centre has rejected and second installment to only TAndhra Pradesh govern- one beneficiary but to those Mumbai (PTI): Coronavirus "!# 7 ! ment’s proposal to release the care of expenses related to registered between December   * , outbreak in China is expected payment under PM-KISAN agriculture and allied activities 2019 and March 2020, the to have a minimal impact on   0)7)61, ment will retain 24 per cent scheme as a lumpsum amount as well as domestic needs so as centre has paid the first install- arkets snapped their two- the Indian ports it rates due to stake post sell-off but without instead of installments, to protect them from falling in ment to 6.84 lakh beneficiaries Msession slide to close with low China-related throughput he government will clarify any veto powers. The Agriculture Minister Narendra the clutches of moneylenders of Andhra Pradesh, the min- smart gains on Tuesday, mir- they handle, ratings agency Ton use of concessional rail- Department of Investment and Singh Tomar informed for meeting such expenses and ister added. roring optimism in the global Moody’s Investors Service said way land by Concor before the Public Asset Management Parliament on Tuesday. Under ensure their continuance in Sharing all India figures, markets as investors wagered on on Tuesday. The agency, how- country’s largest container (DIPAM) held roadshows for PM-KISAN, the central gov- farming activities, he added. Tomar said a total of 9.60 limited economic impact of the ever, said the outbreak is a train operator is privatised, an the strategic sale of Concor in ernment provides a payment of The eligibility of farmers to crore farmer families across coronavirus outbreak. “credit negative” for port oper- official said on Tuesday. The Canada and Singapore last Rs 6,000 per year in three join PM-KISAN is determined India have been successfully Led by gains in index heavy- ators in Asia Pacific. Container Corporation of month during which investors equal installments of Rs 2,000 by the respective state govern- registered under PM-KISAN weights RIL, ICICI Bank and Over 800 people have died India Ltd (Concor) has built had raised queries on land to 14.5 crore farmers across the ments on the basis of as on February 6. Of this, 8.44 HDFC, the 30-share BSE Sensex since the oubreak last month in terminals to house containers usage post its strategic disin- country. Operational Guidelines of the crore beneficiaries have settled 236.52 points, or 0.58 per markets. Since the full impact of China. The World Health on land leased from the Indian vestment. “Investors have In a written reply to the Lok Scheme. As per the 2015-16 received benefits. Against the cent, higher at 41,216.14. the virus issue still remains Organisation (WHO) has Railways on a per container raised queries on the land issue Sabha, Tomar said the Andhra agriculture census, there are budgetary allocation of Rs Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty unknown the extended shut- declared it as a global emer- licence fee basis. On the other and asked to make very clear Pradesh government under its about 83.90 lakh landhold- 75,000 crore for this fiscal, rose 76.40 points, or 0.64 per down is expected to dent eco- gency. The rating agency said hand, terminals run by exist- submission in what way the Rythu Bharosa scheme pro- ings in Andhra Pradesh. So far, funds amounting to Rs cent, to 12,107.90. NTPC, Maruti nomic growth this quarter. the share of China-linked con- ing private container train leased land, where the Concor posed to give Rs 12,500 per year 54.45 lakh farmers have regis- 44,516.7 crore have been trans- Suzuki, SBI, PowerGrid, Bajaj “We expect the domestic tainer cargo is less than 5 per operators are built on land pur- has established its stations, to each farmer family inclusive tered under PM-KISAN, the ferred in the bank accounts of Auto, UltraTech Cement and market to stay focused on the last cent by volume for the Indian chased from the market. would be available going for- of a benefit of Rs 6,000 given Union Minister said in a sep- beneficiaries across the coun- Axis Bank rose up to 2.95 per batch of Q3 numbers and CPI ports it rates. Additioally, man- Also, Concor currently gets ward and what will be the pric- under PM-KISAN. The state arate reply. To those regis- try, he added. Tomar said PM- cent. On the other hand, Bharti inflation for the month of ufacturers will likely seek alter- land from the Indian Railways ing,” an official told PTI. government scheme also aimed tered between December 2018 KISAN is a continuous and Airtel, Mahindra and Mahindra, January. As per the consensus, native sources of supply for at a concessional rate as com- He said the Ministry of to cover the tenant farmers. and March 31, 2019 in Andhra ongoing scheme in which the Nestle India, TCS and Sun inflation is expected to remain components to the extent that pared to other inter-modal Railways will clarify the poli- “State government had request- Pradesh, the centre has paid financial benefits are trans- Pharma shed up to 0.75 per cent. elevated confirming the recent supply chain disruptions in operators, an arrangement cy before the Expression of ed to release the payments the first installment to 36.40 ferred to the bank accounts of Global markets rose as China re- action by the central bank,” said China persist, it said. which may have to be altered Interest (EoI) inviting bid- under PM-KISAN scheme as a lakh beneficiaries, second the identified beneficiaries as opened for business after a Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Similarly, on the bulk han- once the firm is privatised. ders is issued. “This is an lumpsum amount instead of installment to 34.11 lakh ben- and when their correct and ver- forced extension to the Lunar Geojit Financial Services. BSE dling side, Moody’s said the Firms such as Adani Ports issue that is to be resolved,” the payments in installments. The eficiaries, third installment to ified data is uploaded by the New Year holiday because of the utilities, power, metal, bankex, domestic ports it rates handle may be interested in picking up official said. Shares of Concor request of Government of 33.78 lakh beneficiaries and concerned states on PM-Kisan coronavirus outbreak, which has energy, healthcare and consumer “negligible” volumes linked to stake in Concor but would closed at Rs 574.35, up 0.25 Andhra Pradesh was not fourth installment to 31.35 web-portal. The data of bene- killed over 1,000 people and dis- durables indices rose up to 1.68 China and are unlikely to be like clarity on the land use as per cent on the BSE. At the accepted...,” he said. The state’s lakh beneficiaries, he added. ficiaries so uploaded by the rupted major global supply per cent, while FMCG and tele- impacted. The outbreak is cred- well as the concessional current market price, sale of proposal was “not accepted” To those registered concerned states/union terri- chains. Bourses in Shanghai, com closed in the red. Broader it negative for Asia-Pacific’s arrangement the firm has with 30.8 per cent stake in Concor because PM-KISAN was meant between April and July 2019 in tories undergoes a multi-level Hong Kong and Seoul settled BSE midcap rose 0.35 per cent, port operators as it is disrupt- railways for transportation of would fetch the exchequer to provide income support to all the state, the centre has verification and validation by with significant gains. Japanese while smallcap index slipped 0.18 ing domestic and global supply containers. The Cabinet, in over Rs 30,000 crore. The gov- land holding farmers’ families released first installment to various agencies concerned markets remained shut for a hol- per cent. Meanwhile, Brent crude chains and lowering discre- November last year, had ernment has set a disinvest- in the country, subject to cer- 7.92 lakh beneficiaries, second before making payment to the iday. Stock exchanges in Europe oil futures rose 1.58 per cent to tionary consumer spending, approved strategic sale of 30.8 ment target of Rs 1.20 lakh tain exclusions. installment to 7.64 lakh bene- beneficiaries. Hence, merely also opened on a positive note. USD 54.11 per barrel. On the which will reduce the through- per cent stake, along with man- crore in the next fiscal from An amount of Rs 2,000 ficiaries and third installment registration on the portal does “Easing concerns over the coro- currency front, the Indian rupee put growth of Asia-Pacific’s agement control, in Concor out CPSEs, up from Rs 65,000 was paid in three equal install- to 7.35 lakh beneficiaries. To not ensure benefit transfer to navirus issue after the drop in depreciated marginally to 71.30 ports in 2020, the agency of the government equity of crore in the revised estimates ments to enable farmers take those registered between the beneficiaries, he said. fresh cases came as a breather for per US dollar (intra-day). added. 54.80 per cent. The govern- of Budget this fiscal.  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2008.80 1936.15 1995.50 KALPATPOWR 459.90 462.35 408.00 416.60 PHOENIXLTD 900.00 912.65 880.05 883.30 PTC 55.25 55.40 54.50 54.75 STAR 500.05 519.80 497.45 509.45 ABCAPITAL 93.60 97.40 93.40 94.40 IDFC 36.00 36.10 35.50 35.60 AIAENG 1945.20 1962.65 1871.00 1889.05 JSL 41.60 42.40 41.20 41.35   UPL 573.50 584.90 570.00 576.25 MANAPPURAM 171.95 171.95 165.20 165.60 ISEC 470.00 484.95 468.35 477.70 AKZOINDIA 2115.00 2178.00 2071.30 2171.60 FINOLEXIND 553.95 553.95 543.00 545.60 HONAUT 34581.00 38850.00 33821.10 37890.00 GNFC 197.00 197.95 188.00 189.70 FRETAIL 343.20 362.80 342.00 353.75 INDHOTEL 139.25 139.75 138.45 138.95 TEAMLEASE 2400.00 2405.00 2306.05 2340.15 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE BIOCON 312.95 312.95 302.80 306.00 FSL 41.75 42.55 41.60 42.10 LAXMIMACH 3273.25 3313.00 3251.00 3255.10 UFLEX 234.15 237.35 226.00 227.80 INOXWIND 37.25 39.00 37.10 37.45 NIFTY NEXT 50 29086.65 29129.15 28821.20 28854.35 -99.35 ACC 1455.00 1470.30 1436.20 1438.55 BAJAJ-AUTO 3105.05 3151.50 3101.60 3146.30 BLUEDART 2762.75 2815.00 2744.30 2770.35 MAHSCOOTER 4600.00 4650.00 4600.00 4622.25 IBULHSGFIN 328.00 361.00 326.50 342.00 19.00 MOTHERSUMI 125.35 127.00 124.10 125.00 IOC 115.95 117.35 115.70 116.05 DBL 381.00 393.00 380.00 381.90 GSKCONS 9300.00 9370.90 9224.55 9224.55 DIVISLAB 2085.00 2160.00 2085.00 2159.00 70.05 INFY 776.20 779.25 769.75 773.80 ABFRL 263.00 275.50 260.30 272.75 HEIDELBERG 207.45 210.00 202.90 204.75 INDOSTAR 286.00 287.80 280.40 285.60 L&TFH 128.00 134.00 128.00 130.70 3.10 SUNPHARMA 423.60 424.60 416.70 418.40 LAKSHVILAS 19.95 19.95 19.75 19.95 JAMNAAUTO 44.35 44.90 42.55 43.10 MAHLOG 405.95 409.55 391.75 394.10 AMBUJACEM 208.10 213.45 208.00 211.25 4.15 ESCORTS 871.00 882.40 863.15 865.60 RALLIS 230.65 246.00 230.00 239.75 NATCOPHARM 720.00 723.85 702.30 716.20 ZYDUSWELL 1466.00 1477.90 1459.70 1470.40 BAJAJHLDNG 3750.05 3869.95 3750.05 3825.00 65.00 MCX 1236.95 1244.90 1202.00 1209.50 KTKBANK 75.00 75.35 74.35 75.10 FINEORG 2469.90 2548.30 2400.00 2414.95 SKFINDIA 2100.00 2100.00 2002.45 2011.05 SIEMENS 1482.50 1522.00 1460.10 1496.45 20.50 ORIENTELEC 248.15 254.35 246.20 249.80 RAIN 112.35 113.80 110.85 113.05 FEDERALBNK 90.20 91.30 90.05 90.50 ANDHRABANK 15.55 16.30 15.55 15.85 AUROPHARMA 546.00 551.80 537.45 548.55 6.30 TATAGLOBAL 398.00 399.00 389.15 390.50 DABUR 514.50 516.70 508.00 508.65 TATAINVEST 1008.00 1025.00 973.45 982.45 IFBIND 543.90 543.90 531.00 536.85 SRTRANSFIN 1214.40 1261.80 1205.20 1220.10 13.20 MINDACORP 113.35 113.35 108.00 110.00 GALAXYSURF 1651.00 1790.00 1651.00 1702.10 EDELWEISS 90.55 90.95 87.30 89.45 JYOTHYLAB 145.60 146.35 142.55 143.30 PEL 1567.00 1614.90 1550.25 1562.55 13.55 MRF 73500.00 73500.00 71204.30 71397.25 BERGEPAINT 586.00 589.70 580.65 582.80 JAGRAN* 69.00 69.05 68.15 68.15 VRLLOG 264.70 268.00 263.00 263.05 BOSCHLTD 14180.00 14255.00 14105.00 14200.90 118.25 HINDALCO 192.35 196.90 192.30 193.55 PFC 127.00 128.00 124.65 125.20 SCI 59.25 61.45 59.25 60.15 ALLCARGO 114.20 114.20 110.80 111.00 HDFCAMC 3330.00 3418.00 3315.55 3328.00 25.50 COALINDIA 181.00 181.50 176.30 179.35 VENKYS 1471.45 1477.25 1390.00 1405.35 SHREECEM 25095.00 25237.60 24701.60 24842.60 WABCOINDIA 6780.95 6816.40 6735.35 6809.80 HINDPETRO 241.20 243.45 239.55 240.35 1.50 BALKRISIND 1100.00 1148.80 1100.00 1136.60 ADANIGREEN 215.00 217.35 208.15 211.20 MIDHANI 164.05 171.45 164.00 166.45 ZENSARTECH 156.55 158.65 155.20 155.75 BANDHANBNK 463.00 468.45 453.00 459.95 2.50 HINDUNILVR 2160.05 2179.00 2149.15 2152.80 SOBHA 402.35 403.30 386.25 387.90 GODREJAGRO 547.40 579.80 546.40 575.40 GDL 124.95 126.25 123.85 124.85 PAGEIND 24095.00 24219.95 23833.05 24054.95 129.05 ULTRACEMCO 4440.00 4519.00 4434.50 4469.45 LUPIN 701.75 709.75 699.00 704.90 ENGINERSIN 92.45 92.80 89.80 90.05 BRIGADE 239.15 239.15 229.25 231.85 PIDILITIND 1586.00 1599.00 1574.05 1583.40 7.45 KOTAKBANK 1678.15 1684.95 1668.35 1677.15 BATAINDIA 1825.00 1840.00 1794.00 1800.05 APOLLOTYRE 164.90 164.90 160.70 161.25 LINDEINDIA 749.35 749.75 731.75 734.75 CONCOR 575.95 581.90 570.90 575.00 2.55 VEDL 142.25 143.55 140.20 140.75 EXIDEIND 179.30 180.95 176.55 177.30 WELSPUNIND 44.40 45.45 43.90 45.05 SUPRAJIT 201.10 201.10 192.40 194.45 LUPIN 713.80 713.80 698.55 704.25 2.30 DRREDDY 3150.00 3203.70 3134.95 3190.80 MGL 1193.00 1204.85 1168.65 1174.40 GRANULES 166.70 167.00 162.05 162.80 SOMANYCERA 224.10 230.05 220.95 222.45 BANKBARODA 90.80 91.60 90.00 90.35 0.25 NATIONALUM 42.45 43.20 40.85 40.95 RELAXO 758.00 799.75 754.40 782.55 JINDALSAW 86.00 87.35 85.05 85.15 SUDARSCHEM 473.40 477.50 464.35 466.55 TEJASNET 80.00 80.55 75.10 75.85 MOTHERSUMI 126.00 127.10 124.05 125.00 0.25 TITAN 1261.00 1279.00 1260.35 1271.00 GLAXO 1305.80 1353.00 1280.00 1323.55 ICICIGI 1383.00 1385.35 1357.00 1368.25 PGHL 4311.00 4459.00 4292.75 4357.15 HATHWAY 18.90 19.05 18.85 18.95 NMDC 113.80 114.90 112.10 113.00 0.20 CIPLA 446.25 451.95 443.50 450.65 NESTLEIND 16298.00 16318.45 15960.00 15995.00 BLISSGVS 141.75 144.75 141.00 142.05 MASFIN 1148.00 1188.80 1146.00 1160.80 ECLERX 621.80 627.00 614.00 617.30 HINDZINC 194.40 195.90 192.50 194.00 0.25 BPCL 487.60 493.90 480.05 480.90 IDBI 36.65 37.70 36.40 37.00 VTL 1021.45 1035.00 1021.45 1028.10 ADANITRANS 339.95 339.95 331.35 337.35 SADBHAV 117.65 117.65 112.50 113.60 BERGEPAINT 586.00 590.00 580.00 582.55 0.35 GODREJPROP 1168.00 1169.90 1145.00 1149.95 PNBHOUSING 431.40 437.70 422.00 423.95 UBL 1295.50 1306.00 1270.20 1289.60 SOUTHBANK 10.00 10.12 10.00 10.04 EIHOTEL 148.10 151.25 142.85 144.35 ASHOKLEY 83.50 84.45 82.60 82.85 -0.10 ADANIENT 245.20 248.50 243.75 245.15 WIPRO 240.55 242.80 239.95 241.15 ATUL 4974.90 5055.00 4929.35 5025.80 LEMONTREE 54.55 54.80 52.55 52.90 GMDCLTD 60.45 61.20 59.50 59.70 DLF 236.00 237.80 232.60 233.10 -0.70 BAJAJFINSV 9646.00 9811.30 9646.00 9731.45 PNB 57.60 58.00 56.75 56.95 MAHLIFE 408.20 408.20 396.00 403.05 VGUARD 209.20 211.35 203.50 207.25 SOLARINDS 1277.50 1278.40 1227.00 1233.80 SHREECEM 25050.00 25240.45 24694.30 24840.00 -121.65 WELCORP 223.00 233.70 220.55 222.40 BAJAJELEC 439.45 459.60 424.60 430.25 GICHSGFIN 148.65 149.00 143.00 144.55 GARFIBRES 1569.40 1569.85 1467.50 1473.30 TTKPRESTIG 5745.80 5842.95 5730.00 5802.95 UBL 1300.35 1306.95 1270.00 1288.95 -6.65 HEG 1249.45 1254.80 1165.00 1175.10 ADANIPORTS 371.80 378.35 370.00 374.35 RAMCOCEM 791.10 799.00 777.00 780.45 APLAPOLLO 2104.50 2110.50 2028.05 2044.30 GULFOILLUB 801.70 818.15 796.95 810.35 PNB 57.75 58.00 56.75 56.95 -0.30 CHOLAHLDNG 546.05 549.95 530.00 548.70 SPARC 200.50 200.90 190.00 191.15 ASTRAZEN 2785.00 2789.15 2630.00 2649.05 CRISIL 1678.30 1678.30 1612.00 1619.70 KPITTECH 99.25 99.25 94.20 94.95 PFC 126.65 128.00 124.25 125.05 -0.70 EICHERMOT 19284.95 19350.95 18937.35 18981.05 OMAXE 165.00 165.00 154.00 155.15 NHPC 24.30 24.40 23.75 24.00 HFCL 16.40 16.95 16.40 16.90 UCOBANK 15.00 15.15 14.95 14.95 ICICIPRULI 487.00 490.50 474.00 481.10 -2.95 HINDPETRO 240.50 243.30 239.55 239.85 HAVELLS 625.95 634.50 615.50 618.25 ARVINDFASN 358.15 384.35 351.00 382.15 SHANKARA 510.00 520.10 510.00 520.10 CENTRALBK 17.75 18.00 17.65 17.70 HAVELLS 624.00 635.00 615.10 618.10 -4.30 PFIZER 4359.00 4361.95 4270.00 4300.00 LALPATHLAB 1626.90 1657.00 1600.00 1639.25 GMRINFRA 23.50 23.60 23.00 23.05 TIINDIA 534.90 534.90 503.65 518.85 CARBORUNIV 334.90 339.00 334.00 337.10 ACC 1461.00 1471.00 1436.65 1440.00 -11.35 ADANIPOWER 60.30 60.95 59.45 60.10 INFIBEAM 58.35 59.15 57.50 57.70 CONCOR 573.20 581.80 572.90 574.35 LTTS 1696.75 1701.90 1673.70 1693.25 CENTURYPLY 169.00 169.00 164.65 166.15 DABUR 514.85 517.00 507.80 508.75 -4.10 JUSTDIAL 505.10 514.15 500.70 504.95 GICRE 253.80 255.50 234.60 235.90 STRTECH 122.70 124.25 120.75 122.00 ITDCEM 65.00 65.45 60.25 61.00 VARROC 426.50 431.45 415.00 420.25 HDFCLIFE 589.75 594.50 575.80 583.35 -4.70 AUROPHARMA 543.05 551.45 537.90 548.15 ASHOKA 109.50 111.50 104.00 104.40 RELCAPITAL 7.41 7.70 7.41 7.42 GUJALKALI 361.00 361.25 352.60 359.55 SHOPERSTOP 388.60 394.55 388.00 393.60 ICICIGI 1384.90 1387.00 1355.20 1365.00 -12.25 FORCEMOT 1370.00 1372.60 1295.10 1308.40 COCHINSHIP 351.10 358.20 345.00 349.70 LAURUSLABS 440.35 448.50 424.00 429.55 DALBHARAT 904.80 906.10 884.40 895.85 TIMETECHNO 52.80 53.00 52.15 52.45 INDIGO 1411.00 1416.00 1384.05 1386.80 -14.05 NCC 50.45 50.45 47.85 48.05 ALKEM 2624.80 2655.00 2606.00 2633.20 POLYCAB 1053.80 1056.40 1035.70 1041.70 PGHH 11612.00 11727.25 11332.00 11455.55 SCHAEFFLER 4702.20 4716.00 4600.00 4638.10 NHPC 24.30 24.40 23.70 24.00 -0.25 AUBANK 1137.90 1177.95 1117.00 1161.90 HCLTECH 610.00 613.55 606.80 610.60 NAVINFLUOR 1150.00 1150.00 1125.00 1130.20 MEGH 59.65 59.90 57.40 57.70 MAGMA 56.90 58.20 56.00 56.15 MARICO 309.00 311.40 304.00 305.40 -3.25 BANDHANBNK 463.40 468.20 453.30 459.20 TORNTPOWER 306.35 310.95 302.70 306.40 EIDPARRY 220.60 224.50 215.35 216.05 NESCO 774.20 777.05 755.10 758.35 SIS 559.00 560.00 545.20 549.60 OFSS 2972.10 2980.00 2882.30 2906.95 -36.15 NTPC 114.00 117.60 114.00 116.85 JAICORPLTD 112.60 113.65 109.75 111.00 TATAPOWER 57.90 57.90 56.70 57.65 NETWORK18 29.95 30.50 28.40 30.50 ORIENTCEM 81.10 81.35 80.05 80.50 BIOCON 311.00 312.90 302.75 305.70 -4.05 3MINDIA 24858.40 25208.70 22449.15 23028.15 FORTIS 164.00 164.00 155.45 160.10 SYNDIBANK 24.35 25.75 23.90 24.25 OBEROIRLTY 526.00 530.00 515.50 519.85 UNITEDBNK 8.57 8.63 8.50 8.51 SBILIFE 960.45 960.45 935.80 939.00 -13.80 ONGC 107.45 107.55 106.30 106.65 TORNTPHARM 2015.00 2054.95 2004.55 2014.90 WESTLIFE 470.75 472.70 458.00 461.50 VAIBHAVGBL 1115.05 1132.90 1078.45 1091.75 DBCORP 130.00 130.55 128.75 129.20 CADILAHC 279.00 279.00 273.00 274.15 -4.55 SAIL 46.50 47.30 45.50 45.70 ICICIPRULI 485.00 490.45 474.10 482.05 SYMPHONY 1317.05 1324.95 1306.00 1316.20 IOB 9.68 9.83 9.67 9.77 HERITGFOOD 345.50 345.60 339.15 340.55 COLPAL 1368.15 1369.65 1343.40 1345.00 -23.45 CGCL 210.50 223.50 204.30 218.55 SBILIFE 956.20 958.00 936.70 939.45 JMFINANCIL 115.00 117.30 114.20 115.05 TRIDENT 5.96 6.01 5.86 5.90 MAHABANK 12.35 12.35 12.19 12.26 GODREJCP 633.00 636.20 614.50 616.35 -14.50 GRASIM 759.00 768.50 754.50 758.10 NIITTECH 1858.35 1880.00 1825.00 1829.50 SUPREMEIND 1397.00 1400.00 1352.45 1394.10 DHANUKA 526.20 532.40 504.70 527.50 STARCEMENT 88.00 88.60 88.00 88.00 PETRONET 272.00 272.10 260.65 264.00 -6.65 BOMDYEING 94.00 94.70 90.10 90.75 RAYMOND 651.25 651.25 623.90 631.10 CAPPL 367.10 372.95 335.00 340.45 SJVN 25.90 25.90 24.90 25.10 MAHSEAMLES 370.45 370.60 367.60 368.15 PGHH 11676.05 11800.00 11325.00 11420.00 -290.75 AMARAJABAT 776.95 780.75 758.00 762.10 ITDC 345.00 345.00 315.50 317.70 CCL 235.90 248.85 235.05 248.00 KRBL 284.95 295.05 284.65 292.00 KPRMILL 647.90 656.65 638.70 640.85 MCDOWELL-N 691.05 695.00 669.00 670.00 -17.90 UNIONBANK 51.25 51.90 49.30 49.75 AJANTPHARM 1403.95 1424.00 1351.50 1385.50 CUMMINSIND 550.00 557.05 544.50 546.05 GPPL 88.70 90.00 83.20 83.85 SHRIRAMCIT 1455.00 1469.30 1441.50 1442.50 DMART 2480.00 2480.00 2381.00 2405.00 -78.65 GRAPHITE 320.00 321.05 306.10 306.90 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According to the infection after initially testing    4': People on board the ship 2021, with an eye on China by resurgent rival nation- Underpinned by the 2018 Pentagon, China possesses negative, the health ministry on Tuesday tweeted that med- and Russia that are on a mil- states, including China and National Defense Strategy, the one of the largest militaries in said on Tuesday. Dubai (PTI): An Indian national has been diagnosed with the icines were being delivered to itary modernisation pro- Russia. The Budget reflects the budget sustains and builds the world and is becoming One of the two, a man in novel coronavirus in the UAE, bringing the total number of con- passengers, and that the ship’s gramme that poses a challenge need for a new American on efforts over the last three increasingly comfortable por- his 50s who returned from the firmed infection cases to eight, the country’s health ministry has captain had announced the to the United States. posture to match the realities years to prioritise investments traying itself as a counter to Chinese city of Wuhan on the said. The death toll in China’s coronavirus outbreak has gone up vessel would head out to sea A key aspect of his faced in this new era,” says the in modernisation, lethality, the United States. Russia has first Japanese evacuation flight to 1,016 while the confirmed cases of infection have soared to overnight to produce fresh defence budget proposals are budget proposal sent by the and innovation. also upgraded conventional on January 29, previously twice 42,638, Chinese health officials said on Tuesday. The UAE water and other operations. a massive nuclear modernisa- White House to the Congress. The budget continues the forces while investing heavily tested negative for the virus. Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) said on Monday Japan has evacuated hun- tion worth USD 28.9 billion, Unlike India, where the administration’s work to in cyber, space, electronic However, a third test 12 that the Indian national was infected after he interacted with a dreds of its citizens from missile defeat and defence Union finance minister tables rebuild the military and warfare, and hybrid warfare days later found the man — recently diagnosed person. “The Ministry of Health and Wuhan since the outbreak budget USD20.3 billion. He the budgetary proposals and improve readiness while bal- capabilities. who has been isolated in his Prevention announced today the eighth confirmed case of new began. They have been asked to has also proposed USD 18 bil- delivers a speech in the ancing the need for reform, Beijing continues to vio- hotel room since his return — coronavirus in the UAE, which is an Indian national who had self-quarantine, with most stay- lion for the space sector, USD Parliament, the US president efficiency, and accountability late the sovereignty of Indo- was infected. interacted with a recently diagnosed person,” it said in a tweet. ing in government-appointed 9.8 billion for the cyber sec- send his annual budgetary at every level, the White Pacific nations and expand its According to the World hotels for a period of 14 days. tor and USD 56.9 billion in suggestions in document for- House said. The Pentagon, in control abroad under the pre- Health Organization, the coro- The new cases bring the Tuesday were removing from Evacuees from the first the air domain. mat to the Congress, which, its budget proposal, said the tense of Belt and Road infra- navirus incubation period number of infections inside the ship the most recently flight, which landed January 29, In his budget proposals, as over the next few months, security environment contin- structure investments, it said. “could be up to 14 days”. Japan to 28, excluding dozens diagnosed 65 crew and pas- are expected to be released released by the White House debates, deliberates and votes ued to change in dangerous Meanwhile, it is pursuing The second evacuee, a diagnosed aboard a cruise ship sengers. from self-quarantine this week and by the Pentagon, the on it. ways, China and Russia con- advantages in emerging tech- Japanese man in his 40s, moored off the coast. 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Meanwhile, the operator of in the worst-affected Hubei TUnited States on Tuesday it assistance to the Philippines passengers and crew mem- “The situation is being the ship on Monday vowed to province while the confirmed intended to end a major secu- from 2016 to 2019, Locsin bers, on board a cruise ship, monitored closely,” an Indian refund all 2,666 passengers cases of infection have soared rity pact allowing American said, adding that there may be carrying 3,711 people, quar- Embassy official told PTI on due to the on board outbreak to 42,638. forces to train in the country in a “chilling effect on our eco- antined off Japan due to diag- asked if there are any arrange- of the new coronavirus. Outside China, there have the most serious threat to their nomic relations” if the nosis of some novel coron- ments made by the mission to Carnival Japan Inc., the been more than 350 infections treaty alliance under President Philippines draws down its avirus cases. deboard the Indians from the Japanese branch of Princess reported in almost 30 places Rodrigo Duterte. security alliance with Cruise ship Diamond ship. Cruise Lines Ltd., which oper- with two deaths, one in the Foreign Secretary Teodoro Washington. Princess with 3,711 people on “There are a total of 138 ates the ship, said refunds will Philippines and the other in Locsin Jr. said in a tweet American forces have pro- board arrived at the Japanese Indian nationals on the ship. be offered via travel agencies Hong Kong. Manila’s notice of termination vided intelligence, training and coast early last week and was The Indian Embassy is in touch through which the passengers The coronavirus outbreak of the Visiting Forces aid that allowed the Philippines quarantined after a passenger with them,” the official said, made their bookings. originated in central China’s Agreement was received by to deal with human trafficking, who de-boarded last month in adding that the Indians on the The company will addi- Hubei province in December the deputy chief of mission at cyberattacks, illegal narcotics Hong Kong was found to be the ship have not been tested for tionally cover all costs incurred last year. the U.S. Embassy in Manila. He and terrorism, Locsin said, cit- carrier of the novel virus on the coronavirus. by those quarantined aboard Several countries have refused to provide other details ing how U.S. military assistance ship. Those on the ship have the ship since last Tuesday, banned arrivals from China on the drastic step “as a diplo- helped Filipino forces quell a Around 60 people tested been asked to wear masks and when passengers were origi- while major airlines have matic courtesy.” Locsin signed disastrous siege by Islamic State positive of the virus on allowed limited access to the nally scheduled to disembark at suspended flights to the the notice on orders of Duterte, group-aligned militants in Monday, taking the total num- open decks as they are advised Yokohama. country. who has often criticized U.S. southern Marawi city in 2017. security policies while praising The U.S. military presence those of China and Russia has also been a deterrent to 7 ) ' )    despite the Philippine mili- aggressive actions in the dis- tary’s close historic ties with its ally, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, be more beneficial to the puted South China Sea, Locsin American counterpart. who was linked to human Philippines compared to any said. China, the Philippines, In a Senate hearing last rights violations when he first predicates were it to be termi- Vietnam and three other gov- )   4- )  week, Locsin warned that abro- enforced the president’s dead- nated,” Locsin said. ernments have rival claims to gating the security accord with ly anti-drug crackdown as the The accord, known by its the strategic waterway. Washington would undermine national police chief in 2016. acronym VFA, took effect in Duterte first threatened to   '*6 struction projects. activities.” until now left policymakers Philippine security and foster Thousands of mostly poor 1999 to legally allow the entry abrogate the VFA in late 2016 The findings come amid The report found that 2,214 with “an incomplete picture of aggression in the disputed suspects have been killed under of American forces along with after a U.S. aid agency put on ebuilding Afghanistan has renewed U.S.-led peace talks people have been killed, most of the true cost” of U.S. efforts in South China Sea. U.S. military the anti-drug campaign U.S. military ships and aircraft hold funds for anti-poverty Rcost hundreds of lives, with the Taliban aimed at open- them Afghans, in largely U.S.-led Afghanistan. It said this was the presence in the strategic water- Duterte launched when he to the Philippines for joint projects in the Philippines. according to a new report ing the way for withdrawing projects to rebuild the country. first U.S. government probe to way has been seen as a crucial took office in mid-2016, alarm- training with Filipino troops. The 74-year-old leader has released Tuesday by a U.S. gov- American troops. That deaths included 284 focus on the human toll of counterweight to China, which ing the U.S. and other Western A separate defense pact walked back on such public ernment watchdog that moni- U.S. Congress created the Americans, both civilian and reconstruction programs. claims virtually the entire sea. governments and human rights subsequently signed by the threats before but his govern- tors the billions of dollars office of SIGAR to ferret out military. Another 2,291 people The most dangerous job Locsin proposed a review watchdogs. allies in 2014, the Enhanced ment’s action on Tuesday has Washington spends in the war- waste and corruption in the bil- were wounded in projects from was road construction, accord- of the agreement to fix con- Duterte gave the U.S. a Defense Cooperation been the most serious indica- ravaged country. lions of dollars America spends road construction, to building ing to SIGAR, amid a range of tentious issues instead of abro- month to restore dela Rosa’s Agreement, allowed the tion so far of his intent to set The Special Inspector in Afghanistan. The watchdog’s schools and health clinics projects that included counter- gating it. Philippine defense visa, but U.S. officials have not extended stay of U.S. forces and back military relations with the General for Afghan reports had previously focused around Afghanistan. narcotics, governance, and dem- and military officials did not publicly reacted to the authorized them to build and U.S. Reconstruction, John F. Sopko, almost exclusively on the finan- Afghanistan’s 18-year war ining. Road construction immediately issue any reaction Philippine leader’s demand. maintain barracks and ware- Aside from threatening to says his report is the first to look cial costs of rebuilding the war- has been deadly for civilians. The accounted “for 30% of all casu- to the government move. Locsin outlined in last houses and store defense equip- take down the VFA, Duterte at the human cost of rebuilding torn country. United Nations calculates that alties,” the agency said. The termination of the week’s televised Senate hearing ment and weapons inside five has said would ban some U.S. Afghanistan following the 2001 “‘For years, SIGAR has spent between 2009, when it first The report didn’t identify 1999 agreement would take what he said were the crucial designated Philippine military senators from entering the U.S.-led invasion that toppled considerable effort to track the began documenting civilian who carried out the attacks. effect 180 days after security, trade and economic camps. Philippines. He apparently was the Taliban. The casualties it financial costs of reconstruction casualties, and October 2019, a Alongside the Taliban, other Washington received Manila’s benefits the accord provides. Terminating the VFA referring to American senators chronicled were the result of and stabilization activities in total of 34,677 Afghan civilians militants operate in Afghanistan, notice but both could decide to The U.S. is a longtime treaty would affect more than 300 who sought to ban unspecified Taliban and other militant Afghanistan,” said Sopko in a have been killed in insurgent including the Islamic State keep the pact during the wait- ally, a major trading partner joint exercises and other activ- Philippine officials from enter- attacks on reconstruction pro- preamble to the report. attacks and caught in the cross- group. SIGAR also said 1,182 ing period, Philippine officials and the largest development aid ities this year with U.S. forces ing the U.S. for their role in the jects since 2002. Such projects “However, little effort has been fire in fighting between militants people were either abducted or said. provider to the Philippines. “which the Philippine mili- continued detention of are often seen as easy targets. made up to now to track the and Afghan security forces and disappeared while on recon- Duterte threatened to ter- “While the Philippines has tary and law enforcement agen- Philippine opposition Sen. The SIGAR report did not human costs — the number of their U.S.-led coalition allies. struction jobs. The report did- minate the security agreement the prerogative to terminate the cies need to enhance their Leila de Lima, a vocal critic of include accidental or other people killed, wounded, or kid- The report pointed out that n’t say how many among the after Washington reportedly VFA anytime, the continuance capabilities in countering Duterte’s deadly campaign deaths associated with recon- napped — to accomplish these the focus on financial waste had kidnapped had been recovered. cancelled the U.S. visa of a loyal of the agreement is deemed to threats to national security,” against illegal drugs.    !"#"$"$  % ) 43  Q R :4    "" 

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Rohingya refugees sank off south- nation of the Rohingya as it is a Tsaid Tuesday the soldier and the officer’s 63-year-old theft and force. bombing at a shrine in A spokesman with Spain’s Maritime Rescue ern Bangladesh early Tuesday, offi- Muslim majority nation and has a who killed 29 people in a mother-in-law, a real estate The shooting raises serious Bangkok killing 20 people that agency said the search for the missing cials said. sizeable Rohingya diaspora. shooting rampage had not been dealer who marketed to local questions about stockpile secu- was allegedly carried out by rubber boat in the stretch of Mediterranean Sea Some 130 people were packed With few opportunities for jobs treated fairly in a land deal soldiers, at Anantarote’s home. rity, said Michael Picard, human traffickers in retaliation separating Spain from Morocco had been sus- on the fishing trawler that was try- and education in the camps, thou- involving his commander and The gunman then stole research director of for a crackdown on their net- pended for the night y and was to resume ing to get across the Bay of Bengal sands have attempted to reach such arrangements would have heavy weapons from an army GunPolicy.org who until work. Tuesday. to Malaysia, coast guard spokesman other countries in Southeast Asia. to be halted. camp and shot people at ran- recently was based in Bangkok. Some of the 58 wounded The official, who was not authorized to be Hamidul Islam told AFP. Seventy of Since last year, Bangladesh’s The gunman killed his dom from the stolen army “It is alarming if that’s all it are still in critical condition. named in media reports, said the dinghy was them had so far been rescued. law enforcement agencies have superior officer and the officer’s vehicle en route to the Terminal took — that one guy was tasked Terminal 21 Korat will believed to be in Morocco’s rescue area. Many of the 700,000-plus picked up over 500 Rohingya from mother-in-law, stole weapons 21 Korat mall in the city of with guarding/monitoring a reopen Thursday with a He said two other rubber boats had been Rohingya who fled a military crack- coastal villages and boats as they and a vehicle and headed to a Nakhon Ratchasima. He holed well-stocked armory,” Picard Buddhist ceremony, building found in the area known as the Alborán Sea with down in Myanmar in 2017 have waited to board boats. popular shopping mall in a up in the airport-themed mall wrote in an email interview. department administrator 60 and 59 migrants from Africa, and that all of tried to leave overcrowded refugee At least seven suspected traf- northeastern city where he overnight before security forces “It’s possible that the Amnuayphorn Sankong said. them would be disembarked in Spain’s south- camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar fickers were shot dead in 2019 in holed up for hours before secu- cornered and killed him. assailant used his rank and Thai media reported two eastern city of Málaga. The migrants, including district on boats headed for clashes with police. rity officers killed him. Apirat deflected criticism knowledge of the base to bypass people had been arrested for 26 women and five children, were in good Malaysia. Trafficking often increases dur- Gen. Apirat Kongsompong over how the army safeguards existent controls, but this still making threats online to carry health, the spokesman said. Islam said the boat was one of ing the November-March period said at a news conference at its weapons, describing the shows that the level of control out similar shootings. One was Refugees fleeing violence and migrants two vessels that was making the when the sea is safest for the small army headquarters in Bangkok theft of arms as the criminal act over this base’s armory was a former soldier who told fleeing poverty look for a new life in Europe by hazardous journey. fishing trawlers used in the risky that such arrangements would of an individual. woefully insufficient in terms police he had been drunk and setting off on dangerous trips by sea from “We have found one capsized trips. have to be halted. He admitted to shortcom- of manpower and access arguing with his girlfriend and African coasts. boat. All of them were mainly The latest wave of Rohingya “The perpetrator did not ings in some military proce- restriction.” the other was a 16-year-old Spain became the main entry point into from the refugee camps in Cox’s refugees from Myanmar’s Rakhine receive fair treatment from his dures, but said the gunman Prime Minister Prayuth who told police he posted a Europe for migrants in 2018 but saw the num- Bazar. We haven’t found any state joined about 300,000 who had superior and the relative,” he took advantage of his military Chan-ocha asked Cabinet threat for fun, the Bangkok ber of arrivals halved last year to 26,168. sign of the second boat yet. already fled the country to camps said. “They were involved in a rank to confuse guards and members and civil servants to Post reported. Recently it has seen an uptick in the number of We will continue our operation,” in Bangladesh. land purchase deal that had gain access to the weapons. dress in black as an expression Both face charges of vio- boats heading to the Canary Islands, which lie Islam said. An estimated 25,000 Rohingya gone wrong. We will investigate Apirat said the security for of sympathy for the shooting lating the Computer Crime in the Atlantic Ocean off Africa’s northeastern “So far we have recovered 14 left Bangladesh and Myanmar on further about who else is arms depots is up to standard victims. He said King Maha Act, which is punishable by up coast. bodies and 70 people alive,” coast boats in 2015 trying to get to involved in the issue. “ Sgt. Maj. but will be reviewed. Vajiralongkorn has offered roy- to five years in prison, and Morocco received 140 million euros (USD guard commander Naim ul Haq Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. 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This number reflects the Venus, he/she can opt for the career touches every aspect of the per cent of the students in per cent of the students and East India whereas second most important cri- internal desire of a person and from the following options: hotel students who want to pur- South enrol for two or fewer from West India want to Finance is more popular in terion for the students across speaks about inheritance of certain industry, politics, film, music, enter- sue a post-graduation MBA entrance exams study in more than 400 North, Central and South India except North, Central genuine characteristics from the tainment industry, commerce & law, degree in management. whereas this average stands MBA colleges located at India. Only 10 per cent of and South, where skill learn- ancestors. Though often the career dance, fine arts, creativity, media, jew- The study rightly identifies at 69 per cent in North and Mumbai, Pune and the students in North India ing and student develop- which a person selects is according elry and writing work. the changing trends, factors Central India. In West and Ahmedabad. The majority prefer International Business ment become a larger con- to his liking and taste. Besides this,  If a person is having destiny and mindset of MBA aspi- East of India, as many as 85 of the students from East as their MBA specialisa- cern. Most of these concerns if he also looks into his destiny num- number 7, which is governed by rants and the parameters per cent students enrol for India are more interested in tion. are evenly spread across ber, it can help to decide the best Neptune, he/she can opt for the career that play a crucial role in only three or fewer MBA large cities such as Of all the MBA special- regions. Concerns such as option. from the following options: the college selection entrance exams. The per- Bengaluru, Delhi, Pune and isations Business Analytics discrimination, poor infra  If a person is having destiny , ($' researcher, teacher, navy, occult sci- process. centage of students, who Kolkata. Only 22 per cent of & Digital Marketing are and student diversity are of number 1, which is governed by Sun, ence, agriculture, electrical engineer, MBA Outlook 2020, a enrol for four or more the students from East want gaining swift popularity least importance across he/she can opt for the career from the in creative field, chartered accountant, photographer, scientist, research, study on and for MBA stu- entrance exams, is the high- to study in their own region. among the students. regions in India except for following options. IPS, IAS, public banker, business related to earth, such import and export business and dents conducted by Shiksha, est in Central India at 23 per Information most Top representatives of North and South. relation, politician, entrepreneurs, as Real estate, property dealer, con- strategic planning. highlights 10 different facets. cent followed by West, East wanted by aspirants while a college that students want Top value-ads that stu- diplomat, president, principal, pro- struction work or civil engineering.  If a person is having destiny These are: and North with an average researching for MBA col- to interact with for admis- dents are looking for from duction manager, program director,  If a person is having destiny number 8, which is governed by Popular MBA entrance of 14 per cent. In South leges in India: According to sion related information: a college before deciding head of organisation, leader, secretary, number 4, which is governed by Saturn, he/she can opt for the career exams across regions: India, there are only 5 per the study, authentic or ver- Aspirants prefer to interact on admission: A corporate major in army. Uranus, he/she can opt for a career from the following options: judicia- According to the report, cent such students. ified college reviews given with current students of exposure/projects and skill  If a person is having destiny in architecture, trade branch, coal ry services, banking & commerce, XAT, IIFT, CMAT, NMAT, College location pref- by students and college colleges to get more infor- development programmes number 2, which is governed by industry, engineer, commercial line, army and philanthropist. SNAP and UPSEE are pop- erence (region-wise) for rankings published by cred- mation and resolve their are prominent value-ads for Moon, he/she can opt for the media career related to science & technol-  If a person is having destiny ular entrance exams apart MBA students in India: ible sources are considered doubts and confusion, the the students from North line, travel industry, engineer, mar- ogy, farming, cooking, musical com- number 9, which is governed by from CAT and MAT in the Over 75 per cent of the stu- necessary information by report unveils. Colleges and East. Colleges can use keting, communication, theatre, position, technology expert, cre- Mars, he/she can opt for the career North. dents from South and West students while researching, should focus on the inter- them as a marketing propo- export commission merchant, pro- ative, banking, building trade, go from the following options: army, CAT and MAH-CET want to study in their followed by placement, fees action of their current stu- sition to influence students’ duction house, creativity, artistic, deep & in details. military, politics, business owner, are the most popular respective regions, the &scholarship, admission dents with prospective stu- decisions. hospitality, diplomacy, music, singer,  If a person is having destiny CEO, banking & commerce, dentist, entrance exams in West fol- report says. However, there requirements, programmes dents for better engagement Work-experience while acting, designing or 3D animation. number 5, which is governed by electrician, occultist, painter, philoso- lowed by CMAT, SNAP, are only 25 per cent such offered and alumni success and higher conversions. studying, practical classes  If a person is having destiny Mercury, he/she can opt for the pher, philosopher, diplomats, sports, NMAT and MAT. On the students in Central and East. stories. Questions and Top concerns of stu- and new & advanced equip- number 3, which is governed by career from the following options: defence, surgeons, IAS, IPS and other hand, MAT is more Students from all across answers related to colleges dents before taking admis- ment are emerging value- Jupiter,he/she can opt to become a writer, marketing, business owner, navy-captain. popular than CAT in eastern India except those from the are also considered impor- sion in a college in a par- ads for the students from teacher, philosopher, administrator, CEO, can work in top management, #       India followed by IIFT, Central and Eastern regions tant by students in some ticular region: Shiksha sur- Central India. civil service employee, artistic, can go travel industry, production house, 
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Bairstow misses the trip to who won Cricket Australia’s Allan Border medal for while Harmanpreet chipped in with Kulmatov 21-11, 21-5 in 26 minutes in the third Foakes won the first of take a break having been being the player of the year on Monday said, “I think a run-a-ball 20 to help India chase singles. his five Test caps in Galle in part of the South Africa you look at Twenty20 internationals, we’ve got back-to- down the target. World Championship Bronze medallist B Sai November 2018 where he tour. back World Cups as well,” Warner was quoted as say- The Indian bowlers have been Praneeth, who was not fielded in the singles on scored a fine hundred. Joe Denly has ing by the Australian Associated Press. doing well in this tournament with Tuesday, teamed up with Chirag Shetty in the England’s record wick- been retained despite a “That’s probably a format that could be one I drop the likes Deepti Sharma and doubles, but lost to the Kazakh pair of Niyazov et-taker James Anderson modest series in South in a few years. It’s going to be very difficult to play all Rajeshwari Gayakwad producing and Panarin 21-18, 16-21, 19-21. remains absent as he recov- Africa, where his 210 three forms — and good luck to all the guys that want consistent performances. In the However, M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila beat ers from a cracked runs at an average of to keep playing — it’s challenging,” he explained. penultimate league match against the Kazakh duo of Nikita Bragin and rib sustained dur- 30 matches his career Warner averages over 40 in both the Test and ODI England, the Indian bowlers did Khaitmurat Kulmatov 21-14, 21- ing the recent tour of average after 14 Tests. formats and has a strike rate of over 140 in T20s. The   )6?*40) well to not allow the opponents an 8 in the second doubles match. South Africa. two T20 World Cups are to be held in Australia (this easy win while defending a small The Indian team has been Despite his Test year) and India (next year). heir batting woes sorted, India total. placed in Group B alongside Twill fancy their chances of claim- Australia got a boost after an Malaysia and Kazakhstan. The ing the women’s T20 tri-series when easy win over England a day after top two team in each of the they face Australia in the summit losing to India. They have a strong four groups will make it    ))      #)" clash today. batting line-up with opener Berth to the quarterfi- After failing to fire in unison in Mooney among runs and one- nals. India play   0)7)61, Cadet World Champion first round of the rank- the Asian World the same mistakes that I their first three league matches, down Gardner in tremendous form. Malaysia Sonam Malik during the ing series event in Rome Olympics qualifiers and have made in the previ- India produced a good batting show Key players Lanning and Ellyse tomorrow. truggling Sakshi trials in the 62kg catego- but if she manages to the World Olympics ous tournaments,” she to record a seven-wicket win over Perry have also been in good touch. Unfazed SMalik is desperately ry. finish on the podium qualifiers. I want to added. Australia on Saturday, which took the The only struggling batter has been by the coron- seeking another round The Wrestling during the Asian C’ship, qualify in the two key During the trials, Harmanpreet Kaur-led side into the the opener Alyssa Healy. avirus fears, a full- of trials to remain in Federation of India beginning February 18 tournaments,” Sakshi the 18 year-old Sonam final. Gardner had top-scored against strength Indian men’s contention for a Tokyo (WFI) has already made in New Delhi, the WFI said. was trailing 6-10 but The two sides are on equal foot- India in the second league match team is taking part in Olympics berth as she it clear that it may hold perhaps won’t stop her “Preparations for the levelled the scores with ing having won a match against each between the two sides, while the championships gears up for the upcom- fresh trials if the perfor- from competing at the AWC has been good. I a four-point throw to other in the double-legged league. Mooney played a big part in the win with an eye on ing Asian Wrestling mance of the winners Asian Olympic qualifier will give my best, be it shock Sakshi. Senior opener Smriti Mandhana against England, which took the medals, which will Championships in non- are not satisfactory at the in March. any competition, and Sakshi then got the continued to be the batting bulwark home side to the final. give players crucial Olympic category. tournament in Italy and “I am hopeful for win medals. I am work- chance to compete at along with Harmanpreet, but the The tournament is a preparato- ranking points in The Rio Olympic in the upcoming Asian another round of trials. ing hard on my tech- the Asian C’ships in most heartening thing was that 16- ry event for the T20 World Cup the Olympic year. Bronze medallist was Championship. If I qualify in that I will nique. 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"( !"#$$/7## ) er — in a test series against Korea in 2017 and against Spain in 2019. “That is a very positive sign   0)7)61, championship. Pictures and footage The list bearing the names of At the Ready Steady Tokyo event, which took for any coach. Currently there of the Indians arriving in Lahore officials and players is signed by place in August 2019, Lalremsiami scored the win- is a big fight — a healthy com- he Sports Ministry is contem- have surfaced on social media PKA president Sikander Singh ning goal in the final against Japan. Over the course petition among the players for Tplating an inquiry into an platforms, kicking up a storm. Maluka. of that event, India drew with Australia, who were slots in the team. As a result, the “unauthorised” Indian team’s par- On Tuesday, International Sources said that the AKFI and ranked at number two in the world, as well as draw- team is benefiting, Indian foot- ticipation in a circle style world cup Kabaddi Federation (IKF) presi- PKA are “together” on the issue ing with Asian rivals China. ball is benefiting. in Pakistan, which has kicked up dent Janardhan Singh Gehlot said that saw a new twist when Pakistan However, the two events that really made India “The most significant part a storm. the tournament is not recognised Amateur Circle Kabaddi and Lalremsiami’s year — at either end of the emo- stays that when someone gets The players, estimated to be 45 by the apex body. Federation (PACKF) claimed that tional scale — were the competitions leading to into a better shape, it forces the in number and accompanied by a “Yeh farzi tournament hein, many Indian players were compet- qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games. others to pull up their socks too group of some 12 officials and farzi players participate kar rahe ing for teams of other participat- At the FIH Series Finals in Hiroshima, India and shape up too,” explained coaches, are in the neighbouring hein (This is an invalid tournament ing countries such as Australia, beat off opposition from eight other teams all seek- Dennerby. country without any official per- where players who are not recog- England and Canada. ing a place in the Olympic Qualifiers. India held On the exposure tour to mission or clearance, according to nised by the world body are par- “If Pakistan is now claiming their nerves and took top spot, setting up a dou- Turkey, the coach said: “It’s the the Ministry. ticipating),” Gehlot said. that this is an official World Cup ble header against USA. Tragically for Lalremsiami, perfect time to enact some A Sports Ministry source said “The countries taking part in then how come Indian players are her father died during the course of that event, but   0)7)61, international level. To do that changes. The stage is set to that “the minister (Kiren Rijiju) is this circle Word Cup in Pakistan, now playing for different countries the young athlete played on, despite her grief. will be a very significant test for develop more players, and sure- set to start an inquiry.” say Australia or Canada, are not which is evident from a list that we he later said, “I wanted to make my father ndia U-17 womens football us,” Dennerby was quoted as ly we won't just play 11 players “Any disciplinary proceeding affiliated to the international fed- have,” a source said, calling proud. I wanted to stay, play and make sure India Ihead coach Thomas saying by www.the-aiff.com. during the tour. We need to be will start only after the players are eration. Circle kabaddi is not Pakistan’s version an “eyewash”. qualified.” Dennerby wants his charges to “It’s for all to see that with more specific in coaching as back,” said another source. played in these countries so these Meanwhile, a letter of Gehlot Lalremsiami did not feature among the goals try and imbibe a quicker pass- every given day, the game is get- much as we need to be a bit There is more trouble in store farzi (unrecognised) players are granting approval to the ongoing in the two Olympic Qualifier matches against USA ing game as they get ready for ting quicker and quicker. We more sharper in coaching, as for the beleaguered national kabad- representing these countries,” he tournament in Pakistan in his but her constant running and creativity helped put the U-17 World Cup slated to are trying to implement a we know a bit more about the di federation as two individuals — said. capacity as IKF president has the opposition defence under pressure, allowing be played in the country in quicker passing game with less- players.” K P Rao and M V Prasaad Babu — On his part, the administrator emerged. The letter was sent to captain Rani Rampal to score the decisive goal that November. er touches on the ball, and more “At times I feel our girls are filed a writ petition in the Delhi of AKFI, Justice (Retd) S P Garg, Pakistan Kabaddi Federation pres- sent India to Tokyo. Lalremsiami’s achievements The team, as part of their running. We are making a sin- a bit too friendly on the pitch High Court demanding a CBI had also said that the national ident Muhammad Sarwar Rana. are all the more remarkable considering that she preparation, have travelled to cere effort to play at a higher (smiles). Romania are a techni- inquiry into “alleged scandal and body did not clear any such team. Asked about it, Gehlot said, hails from a small, agricultural community in Turkey where they play two pace. cal side who are also very functioning of AKFI at large”, the Questions are also being raised “The Pakistan federation sent a let- Mizoram. As a teenager, Lalremsiami left home friendly matches against the “The girls are much fitter physical. That will be a huge les- sources claimed. about the role of the Punjab ter asking for approval to host the to join the hockey academy at Thenzawi, 150 kilo- Romanian U-17 team. now, and are quite adept in son for our girls as to how to The Indian Olympic Kabaddi Association (PKA) as tournament and the IKF granted metres from her home. “Hockey is not very famous “We are trying to put in a playing at a higher pace. The combat teams who are willing Association (IOA) on Monday the officials and almost all the it and I gave the approval as I am in my village; very few people played the sport. new formation — the 4-2-3-1. good thing is that the gap to use their bodies, physical said it has not sanctioned any players participating in the tour- the president. There is nothing However, I was always interested in playing hock- If you look at the profile of the between the best players and presence and tough tackles. It kabaddi team’s visit to Pakistan for nament are affiliated to the state wrong in it. ey so I had to move to Thenzawl, which was very players we have, I feel it suits us the rest, both in terms of tech- will help them mature playing a tournament. body, which does not have the “If one of our members want- far from my village so I had to move into their hos- very well. We have played some nical acumen, and physical against a new style. After all A contingent from India “authority” to clear a team on its ed to host a tournament, we can tel in my early teenage years,” she was quoted as games amongst ourselves but prowess is getting closer,” he they are preparing for the U-17 reached Lahore on Saturday via the own for international competi- give it. How do we know these saying by Olympic Channel. the real test is to test it at the said. Women’s World Cup,” he said. Wagah Border to take part in the tions. kind of issues will happen?”
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