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Max/Min deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 84 No. 56 Established 1938 | 24 PAGES | `6.00 temp. 34/19ºC ASTROGUIDE Short & Sweet Sarvari; Uttarayana Nirav can be extradited Tithi: Magha Shuddha Chaturdasi till 3.44 pm Star: Ashlesha till 12.30 pm UK judge says diamantaire must answer Indian courts Varjyam: 11.52 pm to 1.23 am (Saturday) London, Feb 25: In a com- He similarly concludes a his risk of suicide does not Durmuhurtam: 9 am to 9.46 am; prehensive extradition win prima facie case to have meet the high threshold to 12.52 pm to 1.39 pm for the Indian authorities, been established on all satisfy him that his mental Rahukalam: 10.30 am to 12 noon a UK judge ruled on counts of charges brought state is such that it would HIJRI CALENDAR Thursday that fugitive dia- by the Central Bureau of be “unjust or oppressive” Rajab 13,1442 AH mantaire Nirav Modi not Investigation (CBI) and to extradite him. only has a case to answer Enforcement Directorate Under the UK PRAYERS in the Indian courts but (ED) — money laundering, Extradition Act 2003, the Fajar: 5.37 am that there is no evidence to intimidation of witnesses judge will now send his Zohar: 12.39 pm suggest he would not and disappearance of evi- findings to the Secretary of Asar: 4.43 pm receive a fair trial in India. dence. “I am not required State for Home Affairs, Maghrib: 6.27 pm Nirav Modi, wanted in to exclude all Mr Modi's Priti Patel. It is the UK Isha: 7.35 pm India on charges of fraud various alternative theo- Cabinet minister who is and money laundering in retical possibilities and authorised to order an SUNSET TODAY 6.21 PM Nirav Modi the estimated $2-billion narratives; nor exclude his extradition under the SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.36 AM Punjab National Bank Court from Wandsworth personal interpretation of India-UK Extradition MOONRISE TODAY 4.32 PM (PNB) scam case, lost his Prison in south-west the evidence, in order to Treaty and has two months MOONSET TODAY 5.03 AM legal battle against extradi- London, dressed in a for- find a prima facie case has within which to make that tion on all grounds as mal suit and sporting a been established,” the decision. The home secre- District Judge Samuel thick beard, and showed no judge noted, referring to tary’s order rarely goes COUNTER POINT Indian captain Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant and Goozee also concluded that emotion as excerpts of the the extradition case of for- against the court’s conclu- R. Ashwin celebrate the wicket of England’s Jack Leach on the second day of the there are no human rights judgment were read out in mer Kingfisher Airlines sions, as she has to consid- third cricket Test match against England at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad concerns that his medical court. “I am satisfied that boss Vijay Mallya as prece- er only some very narrow on Thursday. India registered their second Test win inside two days overhauling a needs would not be there is evidence upon dent. bars to extradition which meagre target of 49 against England to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four- addressed as per several which NDM [Nirav Deepak He accepted that while are unlikely to apply in match series on Thursday. Spin duo Axar Patel and Ashwin swung the match in Indian government assur- Modi] could be convicted Nirav’s mental health had this case, including the ances. in relation [to] the conspir- deteriorated due to the possible imposition of a India’s favour. England’s previous Test loss inside two days came way back in 1921 The 49-year-old appeared acy to defraud the PNB. A lengthy incarceration in a death penalty. ■ Reports on Page 15 against Australia. — PTI via video link at prima facie case is estab- London prison, exacerbat- Westminster Magistrates' lished,” the judge noted. ed by the Covid pandemic, ■ More reports on Page 10 MOODY’S SEES Centre tightens rules 13.7% GROWTH India, Pak militaries agree for social media, OTT IN NEXT FISCAL to observe strict ceasefire New Delhi, Feb. 25: MADHUSUDAN SAHOO DIGITAL MEDIA & Moody’s on Thursday PAWAN BALI and SRIDHAR such violations in 2019 and sectors in a “free, frank and SHORT TAKES with agency inputs upped India’s growth KUMARASWAMI | DC 2,140 in 2018. The tensions cordial atmosphere”. A NEW DELHI, FEB. 25 OTT GUIDELINES projection for the next NEW DELHI, FEB. 25 at the LoC had risen after joint statement issued by financial year from the terror attack on CRPF both armies read: “In the Green Card curbs Weeks after a spat with 5 categories into which OTT April 1, to 13.7 per cent, The Indian and Pakistan convoy in Pulwama in interest of achieving mutu- Twitter and the fracas platforms must classify content: from 10.8 per cent esti- armies on Thursday February 2019, and the ally beneficial and sustain- over the series Tandav, U (universal), U/A 7+, U/A 13+, mated earlier, on the announced that they would revoking of Article 370 in able peace along the bor- lifted by Biden the government on back of normalisation strictly observe a ceasefire Jammu and Kashmir in ders, the two DGMOs Washington: US President Thursday announced the U/A 16+, and A (adult). of activity and growing along the Line of Control August 2019. There have agreed to address each Joe Biden revoked a pol- tightening of rules gov- 3-level grievance redressal PLATFORMS must confidence in the mar- (LoC) and all other sectors been nearly 600 violations other’s core issues and con- icy issued by his prede- erning social media and ket with the rollout of from February 24 midnight in first two months of 2021. cerns which have the cessor during the pan- streaming firms, requir- mechanism established implement parental Covid vaccine. in a major de-escalatory India’s director-general of propensity to disturb peace demic that blocked many ing them to take down under the rules with two locks for content For current fiscal, the move. military operations and lead to violence.” It Green Card applicants contentious content imm- levels of self regulation. classified as U/A US-based rating agency The announcement comes (DGMO), Lt. Gen. Paramjit said both sides agreed to from entering the US. ediately, appoint griev- Level 1 Publisher themselves 13+ or higher expects the economy to after 2020 had seen a 18- Singh Sangha, and his the strict observance of all Indian IT professionals in ance redressal officers Level 2 Self Regulatory Body contract 7 per cent, low- year record high of 5,133 Pakistani counterpart, Maj. agreements, understand- the US on the H-1B work and assist investigations Level 3 Oversight RELIABLE age veri- er than its previous esti- truce violations at the LoC Gen. Nauman Zakaria, held ings and cease firing along visas, sufferered the by revealing the origina- mechanism under the fication mecha- mate of 10.6 per cent and the international bor- discussions over the hot- the Line of Control and all most due to immigration tor of a message or tweet. Ministry of Information and nisms for content contraction. der with Pakistan in line, and the two sides other sectors with effect system which imposed a The new Code of Ethics Broadcasting. classified as ‘A’. Moody’s Investors Jammu and Kashmir. In reviewed the situation from midnight February seven per cent per coun- and self-regulation mech- Service associate man- contrast, there were 3,479 along the LoC and all other 24-25, 2021. try quota on allotment of anism for video stream- aging director (Sover- the coveted Green Card. ing services mean that NEWS PUBLISHERS on digital media must imple- eign Risk) Gene Fang anyone who misuses ment Norms of Journalistic Conduct of the Press said, “We expect a ■ Report on Page 13 social media and over- Council of India and the Programme Code under the rebound of 13.7 per cent the-top (OTT) platforms Cable Television Networks Regulation Act growth in the next fiscal will be under the strict on normalisation of FASTags on TS vigil of the government required to quickly take register complaints in 24 activity and base and is liable to face pun- down any contentious hours and file monthly effects.” highways too ishment. content flagged by the compliance reports. User The large rebound As part of new rules to government or legal grievances have to be incorporates the view Hyderabad: FASTags are regulate online content, order. resolved within 15 days. that recovery in activi- set to be made mandato- the government will ask They also have to Social media platforms, ty will continue, with ry on TS highways. As of the platform to reveal the appoint executives to on being asked by court the rollout of vaccines now, they are mandatory originator of a message/ coordinate with law or government, will be and growing confidence only on national high- tweet, and WhatsApp, enforcement and remove, required to disclose the in the market that activ- ways. However, FASTags Facebook, Twitter and within 24 hours, content first originator of the ities are coming back to are in force since March other social media firms depicting nudity or mor- mischievous information normal, Fang said in an 2019 on the Hyderabad as well as streaming ser- phed pictures of women.