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Year:3 Issue : 29 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 Rs.5/- Pages- 24 Editor in Chief : Sanjay M. Bhaire AAM AADMI PARTY- BREATHLESS BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY- CLUELESS DELHI CONGRESS PARTY - SENSELESS ASSEMBLY RATINGS By Leeladhar Kunder Results of assembly polls to Delhi has stunned the political observers as the three prinicipal parties contesting the polls- Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal, the Bharatiya Janata Party led by J P Nadda enjoyed power in Delhi assembly for three consecutive Modi in a bid to woo the supporters of BJP while a and the Vadra Congress led by Madam Sonia Gandhi terms under the leadership of late Sheila Dixit tasted foolish Rahul Gandhi went on heaping abuses at PM have turned out drastically cynical performances in second consecutive duck in the state. Modi day in and day out to land himself in political the polls, the results of which were announced by the It is clear that Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka isolation. He has now no takers and the people are election commission on Tuesday. Gandhi and Robert Vadra have lost touch with masses already demanding his resignation as a top party leader. In a record breaking performance, the AAP has and are now desperately looking for face saving devises. The BJP has however improved its voting percentage scored over others as it not only retained power in the The fact of the matter is that the Congress lost the in a big way as the National Democratic Assembly got national capital but has repeated its show during the last votes of minority community after it teamed up with around 40 per cent of votes, but still failed to make assembly poll where it had won 67 out of 70 assembly the Hindutwa hardliner- the Shiv Sena to share power headway in winning assembly seats. seats. The BJP which had launched a no holds barred in Maharashtra ostensibly to keep the BJP which had The BJP campaign was excellently handled by J P campaign to come back to power in Delhi assembly emerged as the single largest power in the State after Nadda, the incumbent party president along with Amit after a gap of 21 years had no clue what had hit them the last assembly polls. Shah, the former President and the current Union Home as it could win only eight seats that means five more Majority of unbiased political observers feel that Minister along with Manoj Tiwari, the MP and president than the last time. the ruling of Delhi BJP unit. The Vadra Congress managed by the mother and AAP retained power in the state mainly because of its Around 200 BJP leaders and top ministers were son duo of Madam Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi last minute measures to waive off electricity and water entrusted with the task of galvanizing their cadres and once again drew a big zero and had the mortification of bills along with giving free bus ride to women folks woo the voters who had overwhelmingly voted for losing deposits in 63 out of 66 seats it had contested on which tilted the scale in its favor. the BJP in two consecutive Lok Sabha polls and the its own. It is perhaps a first time that a national party Many also felt that the maverick Kejriwal had municipal elections in Delhi. which had ruled the nation for over six decades and had smartly stopped blaming the Prime Minister Narendra [email protected]

BMC OFFICIAL NABBED IN BRIBERY CASE Maharashtra’s the commencement of the work. By Our Correspondent Patil later registered a complaint at the ACB Worli budget for FY21 to be Office on 22nd January this year, In a swift move, the Anti while the ACB swung into action Corruption Bureau arrested on 11th of this month on Tuesday presented on March 6 Prakash Harishchandra Dube, and promptly caught the corrupt aged 50 years working in the civic official red handed. labour cell department of the Meanwhile Ms Vandana BMC Malad P North Office for Narkar, the deputy commissioner accepting a bribe of Rs 10, 000 of police has appealed to the from Jagdish Dongre Patil a general public to approach the civil contractor who was doing ACB with any complaint relating the repairing work of a house at to corruption in government Malad, Malwani. departments and assured of The complainant told the prompt action. police that he was told to pay Rs The complainant Jagdish 20,000 to the civic official to go ahead with the repairing Dongre Patil is a resident of Shanti Bhuvan Bldg situated work and an amount of Rs 10,000 was demanded before near Liberty Garden, Malad, West. Read Full story on page 2 2 Mumbai, Thursday 31 October-06 November 2019 Custodial death case: Maha: Shahuwadi MLA Kore Maha CM orders strict action extends support to BJP

Mumbai Maharashtra Chief Min- ister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said he has taken serious2 cognisanceMumbai, of the Thursday 13-19 February 2020 alleged custodial death of a 26-year-old man in Mumbai and asked the po- Maharashtra’slice to take strict action in budget for FY21 to be presented on March 6 theMumbai matter. financial year 2020-21 will women’s safety in the state. by Chief Minister Uddhav Union government for its nod. The Maha Vikas Aghadi be presented in the assembly The discussion will take place Thackeray, his deputy Ajit The government will introduce governmentVijay Singh,in Maharashtra a resident will on March 6. This will be the in the wake of the gruesome Pawar, assembly speaker a total of five bills and table presentof Sion its area maiden who workedbudget ason Nana Patole, council chairman as many ordinances during the Marcha medical 6, while representative the legislature in Ramraje Naik-Nimbalkar along budget session, the officials said. willa pharmaceutical hold a discussion firm, died on with group leaders from both At the meeting, BJP leader women’safter he was safety detained during at thethe ruling and opposition parties. and former minister Sudhir sessionWadala and Truck also take Terminus up a bill On the first day of the session, Mungantiwar proposed to bring to make Marathi compulsory the Thackeray-led government a motion in the assembly in inpolice all schools station forin question-the state. will introduce a bill for making honour of Hindutva ideologue Theing inBusiness an assault Advisory case on inspector, were already sus- However, Singh's friend Marathi compulsory in all schools, V D Savarkar, they said. 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Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 3 BJP corporator held Maha govt afraid of Mumbai in extortion case filed by builder Bagh protesters: Medha Patkar Thane Mumbai A BJP corporator from Thane in Maharashtra Activist Medha Patkar on Tuesday was arrested on Monday in the 2015 case of said the Maharashtra government was extorting money from a local builder, police said. afraid of protesters at 'Mumbai Bagh' The accused, Narayan Pawar, was booked in December in Nagpada, which is why it was using 2015 along with three others when he was with the Congress. police force to quell them. In his FIR, the builder R G Pataskar had claimed Addressing the protesters, that he had purchased a plot from one of the Patkar said if the Uddhav Thackeray accused persons, Siddimian Sheikh, in 1997. government has taken a clear stand However, Sheikh and two others forged on Citizenship (Amendment) Act, documents to claim that they had purchased National Register for Citizens and the plot from the builder, a police official said. National Population Register, why «The builder claimed that he was threatened to pay Rs was the police interfering. 3 crore to Pawar to get the plot back in his possession, The activist urged people from following which a case was registered against Pawar, different parts of the city to come to Sheikh, Ramrao Gurala and Pradip Burke,» she said. the protest site, called by locals and The official said the builder had paid Rs 3 lakh to the accused. media as 'Mumbai Bagh', a take-off He said Pawar was booked after the police opened up on Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, to show rejected communal politics. Nagpada since January 26. cases against some corporators for harassing builders, their solidarity. In Delhi, the BJP had tried to The Nagpada police had on in the wake of the suicide committed by Cosmos Group Speaking about the Aam Aadmi portray Shaheen Bagh in a bad light, Saturday started issuing notices to builder Suraj Parmar in October, 2015. Party's big win in the Delhi elections, but it did not work, she added. them under provisions of Code of Patkar said people there had given Hundreds of women have been Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Mumbai: Man held a mandate for development and sitting in protest at Morland road in for killing wife over Delhi did not vote for money in Vikhroli Mumbai 'anti-nationals': Malik mocks BJP A 33-year-old man was arrested on Monday by Mumbai Vikhroli police in Mumbai for allegedly killing his wife Senior NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab for refusing to bring money from her maternal home, Malik on Tuesday mocked the BJP and said the massive an official said. mandate to the AAP in the Delhi polls was due to people Ronald Victor Montero hit his wife Emma Joseph there accepting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Fernandez after a fight last Tuesday and then got her leaders' appeals "not to vote for anti-nationals". admitted a local hospital where she died of severe With counting of votes on, the Arvind Kejriwal-led internal injuries on Thursday, he said. party has already secured a majority in the 70-member "The post-mortem report of Rajawadi Hospital Delhi Assembly and is well on its way to win over 60 revealed the injuries were due to assault. Her mother seats, leaving the BJP way behind with wins on a handful said Monetro used to beat up Emma over money. He of seats. was arrested for murder on Monday and sent to police Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Malik said, "Prime custody till February 14," he added. Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders appealed The two got married in 2017 after meeting in 2012 to the people of Delhi to not vote for anti-nationals, so while working at a BPO, police said. the people there voted for the AAP." "It seems people are tired of BJP's politics of hatred and pressure tactics. The BJP ensured there were legal cases against several AAP leaders and MLAs. Several Veteran journalist inquiries were conducted to demoralise AAP workers but nothing worked in favour of the BJP," he added. Nandu Kulkarni dies He said the NCP had tried to forge an alliance with Mumbai the AAP in Delhi and the Congress should also think on Veteran journalist Nandu R Kulkarni died of a heart similar lines to avoid division of votes in the future. attack at a suburban hospital here on Tuesday, sources said. The Mumbai bureau chief of "The Statesman" Lot of employment in India: Maha governor Aurangabad the medium of education was Chinese connection to people who have been was 70. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat which helped that country progress. using traditional stoves in rural areas. A bachelor, Kulkarni Singh Koshyari on Tuesday said "There is a lot of employment in Speaking at the event, director lived alone in the western there is a "lot of employment" in the the country. Students must aim high of National Chemical Laboratory in suburb of Borivali here, country. and fix small targets to reach their Pune, Ashwini Kumar Nangia, said sources said. Addressing the 60th convocation goals. the field of energy is witnessing a Having started his career as an intern with 'The Indian ceremony in Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Prime Minister Narendra Modi change. "The world is decreasing Express' in 1976, Nandu as he was known in journalistic Marathwada University here, the has said India will be a USD 5 trillion its dependency on fossil fuels and circles used to report on economic offences. governor said the country will economy in 2025. This is possible finding new resources. Soon our He was with "The Indian Express" for 16 years. progress if students are imparted because he has faith in people," textbooks teaching traditional energy Nandu joined "The Statesman" in 1992 and as the education in their respective mother Koshyari said. use will be rewritten," he said. tongues. The governor also spoke about In the 20th century, the world was bureau chief, he would report on a wide range of subjects He said the English language has the prime minister's initiatives of centred around Europe and America, including politics and business. been taught and spoken in China since making India an open defecation- but after 200 years, the focus is now the past three decades, but before that free country, and providing LPG on India, he added. 4 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 Yediyurappa allocates portfolios gives me I will perform my dutysincerely. Bengaluru I got the cooperation department, Four days after the cabinet expansion, which is an area I have some Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday experience,” Somashekhar said. allocated portfolios to the 10 newly inducted Byrathi Basavaraj said had had not ministers including Ramesh Jarkiholi, exerted pressure demanding any portfolio. who got the plum portfolio of major and Meanwhile, discontentment started medium irrigation which he was eyeing. brewing with BJP MLA Basanagouda The Chief Minister retained the Department Patil raising the issue of addressing of Public Administration, Bengaluru the regionalbalance in the cabinet. Development, Intelligence Department, “The sentiments of the MLAs Finance and portfolios not allocated. should be taken care of. According to a government press release, Many MLAs have spoken to me on Anand Singh got food, civil supplies and various issues highlighting the regional consumers affairs portfolio, Srimant Patil balance in the portfolio for the was given textile while K Gopalaiah has development of their region,” he said. been assigned small scale industries. Two other BJP MLAs--Umesh Katti Byrathi Basavaraj secured the Urban and Mahesh Kumathalli-- once Development Department barring again made a pitch for cabinet berth. Bengaluru-related civic affairs while Katti said he has always been an S T Somashekhar was given the eligible candidate for a ministerial post. charge of the cooperation department. Kumathalli once again reminded The BJP government assigned forest The ten BJP MLAs, all defectors from bring down the Congress-JD(S)coalition Yediyurappa of his promise to make him department to B C Patil, medical education the Congress and JDS, were inducted and come to power in July last year. a minister when the bypolls were taking to Dr K Sudhakar, municipal administration as ministers last Thursday, with the “Neither have I asked him nor as he enquired place in December last year. was given to K C Narayana Gowda and Chief Minister rewarding them with with me (regarding portfolio allocation). labour department to A Shivaram Hebbar. Cabinet berths for helping the BJP I had told himthat whatever portfolio he Organs of youth killed in Govt says new draft National accident helps 5 others Mumbai Tourism Policy formulated A 25-year-old youth declared brain dead after an accident New Delhi of tourism in a sustainable across the spectrum of vocational gave a new lease of life to five persons after his heart, kidneys The government on Monday and responsible manner. to professional skills development and liver were donated, a senior health official said. Mahesh said a new draft National Tourism “A new draft National Tourism and opportunity creation; and Vijay Yerunkar of Mangaon in Maharashtra›s Raigad district Policy has been formulated Policy has been formulated creating an enabling environment had an accident last Thursday and was rushed to hospital with with focus on employment which is currently being for investment in tourism and severe chest, stomach and brain injuries, and died on Saturday, generation and development of reviewed in the Ministry of tourism-related infrastructure. said Sanjay Surase, Medical Superintendent of JJ Hospital, tourism in a sustainable manner. Tourism prior to seeking cabinet “The India tourism offices where the organs were retrieved in a four-hour operation. Tourism Minister Prahlad Joshi in approval on the same,” he said. and overseas disseminate Dr Venkat Gite, head of Urology department, harvested a written reply to the Lok Sabha The other features of the information and undertake both the kidneys, which were transplanted in a patient said that the policy is currently policy include development of various promotional activities each in JJ Hospital and Umrao Wockhardt Hospital, being reviewed in the ministry. core infrastructure (airways, with the objective of showcasing while the heart was transplanted at Jaslok Hospital. Some of the features of the railways, roadways, waterways) the varied tourist destinations The liver was transplanted in two patients in Apollo and Jaslok new draft policy include focus as well as tourism infrastructure. and products of the country,” he Hospitals, officials said. on employment generation, It also talks about developing added. community participation quality human resources in the and stress on development tourism and hospitality sectors 18-year-old cricketer collapses during match, dies Court summons UP Cong Kendrapara An 18-year-old cricketer collapsed and died of a possible cardiac arrest during a local cricket match at a college ground chief in defamation case in Odisha›s Kendrapara district on Monday, police said. Lucknow with the Rs 2,600-crore EPF scam. The deceased has been identified as Satyajit Pradhan, a A special court to try MPs and MLAs here He had said that power employees› provident plus-two student of Derabish college near here, they said. summoned UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu in fund was invested in Dewan Housing Finance Pradhan was at the non-striker end and was running a defamation case filed by a state cabinet minister. Limited under Sharma›s tenure and had for a single when he collapsed on the pitch during the Taking cognisance of the offence under Section sought a probe into the minister›s alleged match at Kendrapara Autonomous College ground here. 500 of the IPC, the court of Judge P K Rai fixed Dubai visit in September-October 2017, He was rushed to the district headquarters hospital where March 2 as the next date of hearing on a plea saying it smacked of national security issues. the hospital authorities declared him brought dead. filed by UP Power Minister Shrikant Sharma. In his plea before the court, Sharma alleged Pradhan might have died of heart attack, In his complaint, Sharma alleged that that the Congress chief made false and police said, quoting the hospital authorities. Lallu had levelled false and defamatory highly defamatory comments against him A case of unnatural death has been registered in this connection. allegations against him in the DHFL case. in the case, which were telecast on several Post mortem of the body will be conducted on Tuesday to Lallu had accused the minister of TV channels and published by different ascertain the exact cause of the death, police added. misleading people in connection newspapers. Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 5 Nikam named special Maha: Amid anger and grief, public prosecutor in villagers bid adieu to young Hinganghat case Mumbai cases like the 1993 Mumbai Nagpur The Maharashtra serial bomb blasts and the From wails to high-pitched government on Monday film producer Gulshan slogans demanding death for the appointed renowned lawyer Kumar murder case. accused, emotions ranged from one Ujjal Nikam as special Thackeray said speedy extreme to another as the 25-year- public prosecutor (SPP) investigation will be old woman lecturer, who died on in the Hinganghat case carried out in the case. Monday morning, days after she was in Wardha district where The accused must be set ablaze by a stalker, was cremated a 25-year-old woman convicted for the crime. in the presence of thousands in lecturer was burned Investigating agencies Daroda village in Maharashtra’s to death by her stalker. will work to ensure he Wardha district in evening. Making the announcement is punished severely, the Amid outpouring of grief and anger, here, Chief chief minister said. Ankita Pisudde’s last journey began Minister Uddhav Thackeray said from the hospital in Nagpur, where she Thackeray assured government breathed her last this morning, to her that the case, which departments native village Daroda via Hinganghat- has triggered concerned -the total distance of about 100 kms. widespread public will work in While heavy security was deployed anger and outrage, coordination to in Hinganghat, some angry in afternoon, a large number of present at the crematorium will be tried in a ensure justice locals threw stones to block the crowd, mainly comprising couldn’t control their tears as fast- track court to the victim road when the ambulance carrying women and children, followed it the flames of the pyre went up. to ensure speedy justice to and her family. the body was on way to Daroda. to the residence of the deceased. Many women demanded the victim and her family. The woman was set on The local police, however, managed Villagers assembled at the spot implementation of the “Hyderabad The victim, Ankita Pisudde, fire by the accused, who to control the situation and the demanded a written assurance from the pattern” to give justice to Pisudde. a resident of Hinganghat was later arrested, while Rapid Action Force was also state government asking a government All businesses in the small village town, was set afire allegedly she was on way to her deployed in the area, an official said. job for the victim’s younger brother, remained shut throughout the day by her stalker Vikesh college on February Earlier in the day, residents of a compensation of Rs one crore and as a tribute to the departed soul. Nagrale (27) a week ago. 3, police have said. Daroda village blocked the highway the strictest punishment for Nagrale. Villagers, mostly farmers, didn’t The woman died in a Nagrale and the woman demanding capital punishment for the Wardha district collector gave a go to their fields for regular work. Nagpur hospital, where had were friends till two years arrested accused, Vikesh Nagrale (27), written assurance on the government Pisudde’s distraught father said he been undergoing treatment, ago when she severed Nagrale allegedly set Pisudde job for Pisudde’s younger brother. hoped his daughter would get speedy on Monday morning. ties with him due to his ablaze after dousing her with Pisudde’s final journey began around justice and it would not be delayed An official statement «irrational behaviour», petrol, which he took out from 4:30 pm from her residence to the like the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case. quoted Thackeray as saying the police have said. his motorcycle, on the morning of crematorium, a distance of around 1 km. “The accused man should also go that Nikam, who was the Since then, Nagrale, February 3 in Hinganghat while By that time, the crowd swelled through the pain that my daughter prosecution›s main lawyer who is married, she was on her way to her college. to more than 5,000, with many had suffered in these seven days. We in the state›s case against had been stalking Pisudde suffered inhalation injuries and people from neighbouring villagers want immediate justice and it should 26/11 terrorist Ajmal her, they have said. grade-III burns of 35-40% in the attack. too joining the funeral procession. not be delayed as in the Nirbhaya Kasab, will be the SPP A special team led According to police, Nagrale, a married Around 5:30 pm, Pisudde’s father lit case,” he told reporters in the village. in the Hinganghat matter. by Wardha Deputy man, had been stalking the lecturer the funeral pyre amid spontaneous cries Hinganghat MLA Samir Kunawar During his decades-long Superintendent of Police for many days before the attack. demanding justice for the deceased and Wardha MP Ramdas Tadas also career, Nikam (66) has Trupti Jadhav is handling After the ambulance carrying and slogans hailing the young lecturer. attended the last rites of the victim. handled several high-profile the case. Pisudde’s body entered the village Many people, especially women, Issue of SC/ST quota in promotions raised in SC New Delhi was unable to do the same in case of It had taken note of submissions of of reservation will be within their The issue of granting quota reserved category SC/ST employees. Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura jurisdiction to exclude the creamy in promotions and filling up of such Attorney General K K Venugopal, that an earlier order of the apex layer from such groups or sub- vacancies, meant for Scheduled Castes appearing for the Centre, supported the court to maintain «status quo» was groups from quota benefits by and Scheduled Tribes, was raked up on submissions and said that notices be issued coming in their way in promoting applying the principle of equality. Monday in the Supreme Court which said on them and they be heard after two weeks. SC/ST and other employees. Patwalia had said the apex court's it would accord hearing after two weeks. Venugopal also said that around The Centre has recently urged the top order to maintain with regard to Promotions have been made in unresreved one lakh such posts are vacant court to refer its last year›s verdict promotions has created a situation categories of government employees in with the Central government also. excluding the creamy layer within the where several hundred posts, to be filled Maharashtra, but promotions have not We will see that. SC/ST community from reservation through promotions, are lying vacant. been granted in reserved categories for List them after two weeks, benefits to a 7-judge bench for a review. Recently, a two-judge bench of the SC and ST employees, senior advocate said the bench, also comprising A 5-judge Constitution bench in top court has held that the states are Indira Jaising, appearing for Maharashtra Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant. 2018 held that the well-off members not bound to provide reservation in government, submitted before a bench The bench said it would not be of the SC and Scheduled Tribe ST appointments and there is no fundamental headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde. able to hear them and the matter communities cannot be granted the right to claim quota in promotions. A similar argument was advanced by would go to some other bench. benefits of reservation in college It held the state (Uttarakhand) senior advocate P S Patwalia on behalf Earlier, the top court had said that it admissions and government jobs. government was not bound to make of the Jharkhand government saying that will consider all the aspects pertaining The top court in the Jarnail Singh reservations and there is no fundamental promotions are being granted to employees to grant of quota in promotions to case had said that the Constitutional right which inheres in an individual to of general category, but the government SC/ST government employees. courts in implementing the principal claim reservation in promotions. 6 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 Economy close to collapse, fear in country: Chidambaram New Delhi budget speech did not talk of the has declined for six consecutive quarters, 3.7 per cent between 2011- 12 and 2017-18. Former finance minister P economy and its management. agriculture is growing by just 2 per cent, Drilling holes in budget numbers, he said Chidambaram on Monday tore into “You are living in echo chambers. You while consumer price inflation has risen the 2019-20 budget projected a nominal the Modi government’s handling of want to hear your own voice,” he said. from 1.9 per cent in January 2019 to GDP growth of 12 per cent but ended with the economy, saying it was close Listing out problems with the Modi 7.4 per cent in a matter of 11 months. just 8.5 per cent. Fiscal deficit was targeted to collapse and was being attended government, Chidambaram said it Also, food inflation is at 12.2 per cent. to shrink to 3.3 per cent of the GDP but by “very incompetent doctors.” refuses to admits its mistakes, lives Bank credit is growing 8 per cent with ended at 3.8 per cent and in the next Initiating the debate on the in denial and has predispositions. non-food credit rising by 7-8 per cent fiscal it is being targeted at 3.5 per cent. Union Budget for 2020-21, he said The demonetisation of old 1000 and and credit to industry by just 2.7 per cent. Revenue deficit was targeted at 2.3 rising unemployment and falling 500 rupee notes as well as hurried Credit to agriculture has declined from per cent in fiscal ending March 31, consumption was making India poorer. implementation of the Goods and 18.3 per cent to 5.3 per cent and that for 2020 but ended up at 2.4 per cent and The economy, he said, is facing in the next it will rise to 2.8 per cent, demand constraints and is investment he said, adding capital expenditure in starved. The economy is facing fall in the next fiscal will shrink to 0.7 per consumption and rising unemployment. cent from 1.4 per cent in the current. “Fear and uncertainty prevails Net tax revenue in the current fiscal was in the country,” he added. targeted at Rs 16.49 lakh crore but only He said the chief economic advisor Rs 9 lakh crore was collected in first nine to the BJP government for four years, months till December 2019 and “you Arvind Subramanian, has stated that the want us to believe this will rise to Rs economy is in the ICU. But “I would say 15 lakh crore by March 2020,” he said. the patient has been kept out of the ICU Similarly, expenditure in 2019-20 was and incompetent doctors are looking pegged at Rs 27.86 lakh crore but only at the patient,” Chidambaram said. Rs 11.78 lakh crore spent during “It is dangerous to have a patient out of ICU April- December and by March this is and being looked upon by incompetent projected to rise to Rs 27 lakh crore. doctors. What is the point of standing “You have no money to spend... around and chanting slogan ‘Sab ka saath, and these are masked by numbers,” sab ka vishwas’,” he said, adding, every he said, adding, “Numbers are not competent doctor the Modi government Services Tax (GST) are “monumental MSMEs from 6.7 per cent to 1.6 per cent. easily acceptable or believable.” could ever identify has left the country. blunders” that ruined the economy, Overall industrial index showed Chidambaram said the government He said a list of such people include he said, adding the Modi regime is just 0.6 per cent growth. is facing shortfall in all forms former RBI governor Raghurman Rajan, predisposed to protectionism and is against “Every major industry is either near zero or of taxes - Rs 1.56 lakh crore in former CEA Arvind Subramanian, former bilateral and multilateral agreements. in negative zone,” he said, adding thermal corporate tax, Rs 10,000 crore in RBI governor Urjit Patel and former NITI “It is living in denial,” he said, adding power plants are operating at just 55 per personal income tax, Rs 30,000 Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya. the economic growth has fallen for cent of the capacity as factories have crore in customs, Rs 52,000 crore in “Who are your doctors, I want to know,” hereto unseen six consecutive quarters. either closed or are on the verge of closure. excise and Rs 51,000 crore in GST. he said, adding the government considers He wondered on the narrative Finance “That gives you a good picture This despite “the extraordinary the Congress as untouchable and doesn’t Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was trying of the state of economy. powers” and “all kinds of power” given think any good about the rest of the to give after reading out a 160-minute You don’t require an MRI,” he said. “You to lower level tax officials, he said. opposition and so doesn’t consult them. budget speech with few pages left unread. are in management for six years. How He read out list of heads under which Chidambaram charged that instead of Her budget neither made any reference long can you blame previous managers.” allocation has fallen - food subsidy, putting money in the hands of people, the to the Economic Survey nor picked He charged the government with burying agriculture, PM-Kisan, rural roads, Modi government “put money in hands of up a single idea from it, he said. unfavourable reports such as the labour mid-day meal scheme, ICDS, skill 200 corporates” by way of corporate tax. Chidambaram, who is credited with survey that puts unemployment at 45 -year development, Ayushman Bharat, rural He said Finance Minister Nirmala presenting a ‘dream budget’ more than high of 6.1 per cent at the end of 2017-18. development and MGNREGA. Sitharaman in her 160- minute two decades back, said the GDP growth Also, consumer expenditure has fallen to Five Naxals arrested Gurukul system of education in Chhattisgarh must be revived: RSS’ Joshi Dantewada as Rahul Markam (22), Baman Panaji do it without Sanskrit. That is accepted a «British-era Five Naxals, including Markam (19), Mangal Madvi Rashtriya Swayamsevak why without thinking of who educational pattern» in which a minor, have been arrested (20) and Mangu Madvi (40), Sangh general secretary Suresh will feel bad or good, Sanskrit all educational institutions had from Chhattisgarh’s while another is a minor, he said, ‹Bhaiyyaji› Joshi said ‹gurukul› should get its position,» he said. to abide by the policy set down Dantewada district, a police adding that they all were active as system of education should Stressing on revival of the by the government, but the official said on Tuesday. janmilitia members of Maoists. be revived in the country and «gurukul» system (a residential need was for the government Acting on a specific input, a joint They were allegedly involved in Sanskrit should be made part schooling method centred to provide flexibility in squad of the District Reserve an IED (improvised explosive of the curriculum, irrespective around a guru and based on its educational policies. Guard (DRG), Central Reserve device) blast on January 31 of who will feel «good or bad». Vedic principles), Joshi said, «There are a few institutes Police Force (CRPF) and near Tetam village during Speaking at Dona Paula near «We can›t think of an ashram who have tried to adopt their local police launched a search the recent panchayat polls, here on Sunday, Joshi said the like arrangement in present own policies and they have operation in the forest areas of wherein a police jawan was Centre should encourage those days, but when we talk about successfully implemented it. Chikpal, Badegadam, Telam injured, the official said. «who positively experiment the gurukul system, education I feel those who positively and Tetam villages on Monday. They were tasked with in the educational system». is the focus of the institution.» experiment in the Five suspects were rounded conducting reconnaissance on «Sanskrit should be taught in He said the need of the hour educational system should up near Tetam village security forces, blocking roads, every school. The government was to have institutions be encouraged,» Joshi added. while they were trying planting explosives and iron has to seriously think about it. which consider imparting He said the government, at to escape, the official said. spikes, and spreading Maoist We feel Sanskrit is the mother education as a mission times, must brush aside public Four of them have been identified propaganda in the area, he said. of all languages and if you have rather than a business. sentiments (on education) and to understand India, you can›t Joshi said the country had think about the country. Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 7 SC slaps fine of Rs 5 lakh on states for failing to file reply on PIL for community kitchen New Delhi She said that 69 per cent of country needs this kind of system activists Anun Dhawan, Ishann was «unclear and fairly limited». Irked over repeated failures children under the age of five to tackle the problem of hunger. Dhawan and Kunjana Singh, The statistics on starvation of the states to file their replies, who have lost their lives are It had issued notices to the had also sought a direction deaths in the country are the Supreme Court on Monday due to malnutrition and it is Centre and all states seeking to the Centre for creating a unavailable and starvation as came down heavily and imposed high time that States take steps their responses on a PIL national food grid for people the cause of death can only be cost of Rs five lakh on them for falling outside the purview of ascertained upon autopsy after not complying with its directions the public distribution scheme. death, the plea said, adding to file their affidavits on a PIL It had also sought issuance of that global agencies report that seeking setting up of community an order to the National Legal more than three lakh children kitchens across the country. Services Authority (NLSA) die every year in India because A bench of Justice N V for formulating a scheme to of hunger, whereas 38 per cent Ramana, Ajay Rastogi and mitigate hunger-related deaths. below the age of five are stunted. V Ramasubramanian, during The plea referred to the state- «Implementation of community hearing in the morning, said funded community kitchens kitchens funded by state or if the Union of India and the being run in Tamil Nadu, in association with corporate states file their affidavit in the Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, social responsibility by a public- next 24 hours then they will Odisha, Jharkhand and Delhi private partnership (PPP) may have to pay only Rs one-lakh that serve meals at subsidised be implemented to complement fine, whereas those who still rates in hygienic conditions. the existing schemes,» it said. fail to submit it by then will The plea also referred to the The petition also said that a have to pay Rs 5-lakh fine. concepts of soup kitchen, 2010 report by the World Food The top court said that five states meal centre, food kitchen or Programme on the state of food -- Punjab, Nagaland, Karnataka, community kitchen, in other insecurity in India indicates that Uttarakhand and Jharkhand -- to set up community kitchens. seeking directions to all the countries, where food is offered increasing urban inequality, and Union Territory of Andaman Additional Solicitor General states and union territories to the hungry usually for free or significant under-investment and Nicobar, who have filed their Madhavi Divan, appearing for (UTs) to formulate a scheme sometimes at below-market price. in urban health and nutrition responses on the PIL filed by Arun the Centre sought some more for community kitchens to The petition, filed through infrastructure, workforce in Dhawan, will not pay any fine. time to file response to the PIL. combat hunger and malnutrition. advocates Ashima Mandla and casual or contract employment Advocate Ashima Mandla, The bench, however, posted the The plea had claimed that many Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, had said or even less remunerative self- appearing for the petitioner matter for further hearing on children, under the age of five, that the Centre and its various employment, growth of slums said that five months have February 17 and asked the Centre die every day due to hunger and ministries have initiated and and slum population lacking in passed since the apex court and state to file their responses malnutrition and this condition implemented various schemes most basic health and hygiene had issued notice and except at the earliest with the cost. was violative of various to combat hunger, malnutrition infrastructure has resulted in a for five states and one union The apex court had on October fundamental rights, including the and the resulting starvation, permanent food and nutrition territory, no other states and 18 favoured setting up of right to food and life of citizens. although in reality, effective emergency. UTs have filed their response. community kitchens, saying the The PIL, filed by social implementation of the schemes Omar Abdullah’s sister moves SC challenging his detention under PSA New Delhi detention order are wholly «It is rare that those who are now perceived as a threat the later. This is wholly in Atal Bihari Vajpayee- Former Jammu and lacking any material facts have served the nation as to the state,» the plea said. antithetical to a democratic led Cabinet in 2000, Kashmir chief minister or particulars which are members of Parliaments, It said that on the polity and undermines was served with a three- Omar Abdullah’s sister intervening night of August the Indian constitution,» page dossier in which on Monday moved the 4/5, 2019, Abdullah was the petition said. he was alleged to have Supreme Court challenging put under house arrest. The plea has also sought made statements in his detention under the «It was later learned that quashing of the February the past which were Public Safety Act. Section 107 of Code 5 order detaining «subversive» in nature. Senior advocate Kapil of Criminal Procedure Abdullah under the PSA. The grounds also mention Sibal, appearing for 1973 was invoked The grounds of detention his comments on social petitioner Sara Abdullah justifying such arrest». against Omar, who was networking sites to Pilot, mentioned the «It is therefore of the chief minister of the instigate common people matter for urgent listing utmost importance and of state from 2009-14, against the decisions on before a bench headed the utmost urgency that state that on the eve of Articles 370 and 35-A by Justice N V Ramana. this court protects not only reorganisation of the state which had the potential Sibal told the bench that the individual›s Right to he had made attempts to of disturbing public order. they have filed a habeas Life and Liberty but also provoke general masses Restrictions have been put corpus petition challenging protects the essence of against the revocation of on communication links the detention of Abdullah Article 21 which is the Articles 370 and 35-A. since August 5 last year. under the PSA and the matter cornerstone of Part 3 of the The grounds also mention These were subsequently should be heard this week. Constitution, a violation his comments on social eased. Internet is The bench agreed to of which is anathema to all networking sites to functional at a few places urgent listing of the matter. that a democratic nation instigate common people through leased lines. In her petition, Pilot has stands for,» the plea said. against the decisions on Mobile internet facility said that there could be «Finally the order Articles 370 and 35-A has been made functional no material available to conflates governmental which had the potential but with a speed of 2G detain a person who has imperative for an order Chief Ministers of state, policy with the Indian of disturbing public order. with special instructions already been detained of detention,» the plea ministers in the union and state, suggesting that any Omar, who has been that it would not be used previously for six months. said, adding that the have also stood by the opposition to the former junior foreign minister to access social media «The grounds for the detention order is «illegal». national aspirations of India constitute a threat to and commerce minister sites. 8 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 Sabarimala case: SC holds it can refer questions of law to larger bench New Delhi The Supreme Court on A five-judge bench, by a Monday held that its five-judge majority of 3:2 on November 14 bench can refer questions of last year, had referred to a larger law to a larger bench while bench the issue of discrimination exercising its limited power against women at various under review jurisdiction religions' places of worship. in the Sabarimala case. It said the larger bench will have A bench headed by Chief to evolve a judicial policy to do Justice S A Bobde framed substantial and complete justice seven questions to be heard in matters of freedom of religion, by a nine-judge Constitutional such as restrictions on the entry bench on issues relating to of Muslim and Parsi women into freedom of religion under their respective places of worship. the Constitution and faith. A majority verdict by the then The court proposes to hear Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and on a day-to-day basis from Justices A M Khanwilkar and February 17 questions Indu Malhotra decided to keep framed on scope of religious the pleas seeking a review of freedom in various religions. its decision regarding entry The seven questions framed by of women into the shrine the bench include those on scope pending and said restrictions and ambit of religious freedom, on women at religious places and interplay between religious Hindus occurring in article them for advancing arguments. the issues which were referred were not limited to Sabarimala freedom and freedom of beliefs 25 (2)(b) of the Constitution. It said that Solicitor General by a five-judge Constitution alone and were prevalent of religious denominations. The Supreme Court will also deal Tushar Mehta, representing bench headed by then Chief in other religions also. The bench said its nine-judge with the power of a person, who the Centre, would open Justice Ranjan Gogoi (since By a 4:1 majority verdict, the bench will deal with the right does not belong to a particular the arguments followed retired) on November 14, 2019. apex court had in September to freedom of religion under religion or sect of a religion, to by senior advocate K Besides the Sabarimala case, the 2018 lifted the ban that Article 25 of the Constitution question the religious beliefs Parasaran on February 17. verdict had also referred issues prevented women and girls and its interplay with the right of of that religion by filling a PIL. The bench also comprising of entry of Muslim women between the age of 10 and 50 various religious denominations. The apex court asked the lawyers Justices R Banumathi, Ashok into mosques and dargahs and years from entering the famous It will also deal with the extent representing various parties to Bhushan, L Nageswara Rao, M of Parsi women, married to Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala of judicial review with regard give information as to who M Shantanagoudar, S A Nazeer, non-Parsi men, being barred and held that the centuries-old to religious practices and they are representing and the R Subhash Reddy, B R Gavai from the holy fire place of an Hindu religious practice was the meaning of sections of bench then would allot time to and Surya Kant would hear Agiary, to the larger bench. illegal and unconstitutional. Hardik Patel untraceable Shahi snan dates for Kumbh 2021 announced since Jan 18, claims wife Dehradun of Akhada Parishad on Sunday. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Other important baths will Ahmedabad other cases filed in Patan untraceable since he was Trivendra Singh Rawat has take place on the occasion of Gujarat Congress leader and Gandhinagar districts. arrested on January 18. announced the dates for Makar Sankranti on January and Patidar quota Though we do not know the ‘shahi snan’ during the 14, February 11 (Mauni agitation spearhead where he is, the police Amavasya), Hardik Patel is frequently comes to February untraceable since our residence to ask me 16 (Basant January 18 when about his whereabouts,” Panchami), he was arrested in a said Kinjal at an February 2015 sedition case, event organised by 27 (Magh his wife Kinjal Patidar quota leaders. Purnima), said on Monday. The meeting of Patidar April 13 (Nav Patel, who is leaders was organised Samvatsar) facing sedition here to put pressure on and April 21 cases related to the state government to (Ram Navami). the 2015 Patidar withdraw around 1,500 2021 Kumbh in Haridwar. The chief minister also quota agitation, cases lodged against The first ‘shahi snan’ (holy sought the support of the was arrested on people who took part bath) will be taken on March seers for successfully January 18 this year after Patel got bail in these in the quota agitation in 11, 2021 (Mahashivratri), the conducting the event. a court here issued a non- two cases on January 24. 2015 and before the 2017 second on April 12 (Somwati He asked officials to bailable warrant for not However, a trial court issued Gujarat Assembly polls. Amavasya), the third on April complete Kumbh fair-related being present during hearing. a non-bailable warrant on In all, Patel faces over 20 cases 14 (Baisakhi Kumbh snan) and preparations in a time-bound He was granted bail four days February 7 after he once again registered against him across the fourth on April 27 (Chaitra manner and inform the later but was again picked failed to appear for a hearing. Gujarat after he led the Patidar Purnima), he said after holding administration immediately in up in connection with two “Hardik Patel has been quota stir in 2015. discussions with saints and seers case of any problem. Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 9 Coronavirus death toll in China crosses 1,000 Beijing A total of 3,996 patients the commission said. By the end of Monday, will form a joint expert The death toll in infected with the coronavirus As many as 7,333 patients 42 confirmed cases, team to conduct in- China due to the novel have been discharged remained in severe condition including one death, have depth discussions on and coronavirus epidemic has from hospital till Monday and 21,675 people are been reported in in Hong evaluations of the novel crossed 1,000, while the after recovery, it said. suspected of being infected Kong, 10 confirmed cases coronavirus epidemic and confirmed cases have gone in Macao and 18 in Taiwan. the containment, a National over 42,000, health officials A team of international Health Commission announced on Tuesday. experts led by the World spokesperson said. As many as 108 deaths were Health Organisation They will provide reported on Monday and (WHO) arrived in China suggestions on joint 2,478 new cases of the lethal on Monday night to prevention and control of disease were confirmed, the assist the Chinese health the coronavirus outbreak National Health Commission officials in containing to China and other affected said in its daily report. the coronavirus outbreak. countries in the next step, The death toll due to nCoV The team is led by Dr Bruce Mi Feng, an official with rose to 1,016 and the confirmed Aylward, a veteran of past the NHC, told a news cases have gone up to 42,638, public health emergencies. conference in Beijing. according to the commission. Composed of international «We welcome international Among the deaths, 103 experts in various fields, the experts including those were in Hubei province, the expert group will work with from the United States to epicentre of the outbreak, On Monday, 3,536 new with the virus. Over 4.28 lakh their Chinese counterparts take part in the joint expert and one each in Beijing, suspected cases were close contacts had been traced to increase understanding team,» Mi said, adding that Tianjin, Heilongjiang, reported and 849 patients and more than 1.87 lakh of the epidemic and guide appropriate arrangements Anhui and Henan, state-run became seriously ill, while others are still under medical global responses, state-run for the team would be made Xinhua news agency quoted 716 people were discharged observation, according People›s Daily reported. after thorough consultation the commission as saying. from hospital after recovery, to the commission. China and the WHO and communication. Infosys to acquire Simplus Shafali Verma meets Tendulkar, in USD 250 million deal fulfils childhood dream New Delhi investors, founders and assets, deep ecosystem New Delhi “The reason I took up long-standing record IT major Infosys said key employees, with relationships and a The Indian women this game was because when she became the on Monday that it will Salesforce Ventures broad clientele across cricket team’s youngest of Sachin sir. My whole youngest Indian to acquire Simplus, one having a minority stake. industries including high- member Shafali family has not just slam a half-century in of the fastest growing Its revenue stood at tech, financial services, Verma has fulfilled her idolised but literally international cricket -- a Salesforce Platinum USD 67.1 million for retail, healthcare, childhood dream when worshipped him. Today belligerent 49-ball 73 Partners in the US and the fiscal year ending life sciences and she met her idol Sachin is a special day for me against the West Indies. Australia, in an up to January 31, 2020. manufacturing, it added. Tendulkar in Australia. that I got to meet my Shafali will be in action USD 250 million deal. “This acquisition, The acquisition is The 16-year-old clicked childhood hero. It was at the 2020 ICC Women’s expected to close during a picture with Tendulkar a dream come true for T20 World Cup as a the fourth quarter and uploaded it on her me,” Shafali wrote. Harmanpreet Kaur-led of the 2020 fiscal, Instagram account with Last November, Shafali team India launch their subject to customary a heart-warming post. had broken Tendulkar’s bid for a first world title. closing conditions. “This acquisition is key to staying relevant to the SC decision on reservation digital priorities of our clients and demonstrates our commitment to the ‘great setback’: Sharad Yadav Salesforce ecosystem,” Infosys Chief Operating New Delhi the BJP for the development that the RSS and the BJP Officer Pravin Rao said. The Supreme Court and said it is the party’s always “rake up this issue According to a coupled with the Simplus has offices to review reservation” regulatory filing, the acquisition of Fluido across North America, at different forums. cost of acquisition announced in September Sydney, Melbourne, The Supreme Court is “USD 200 million 2018, further elevates London, and a large decision is a great setback including contingent Infosys’ position as an delivery centre in Manila. to the policy of reservation, consideration to be end-to-end Salesforce “We have viewed he said. Yadav asked the paid for the acquisition enterprise cloud this partnership from government to move the of shares subject to solutions and services a culture-first lens apex court to seek a review closing adjustments”. provider, offering clients from the beginning, so as to protect the rights In addition, there are unparalleled capabilities and we believe that of these communities. employee incentives for cloud-first digital the alignment of our The apex court has ruled and retention payments transformation,” Infosys company values, and ruling on reservation in “mindset” to snatch the that states are not bound amounting up to USD 50 said in a statement. the preservation of our jobs for the Scheduled rights of under-privileged to provide reserved seats million on meeting certain The acquisition will bring company DNA will Castes and Scheduled classes of the society. for the Scheduled Castes, performance conditions to Infosys the globally allow us to accelerate Tribes is a “great setback”, Reservation policy is a Scheduled Tribes and over three years, it added. recognised Salesforce growth,” Ryan Westwood, opposition leader Sharad decided case and there is Other Backward Class Simplus is majority- expertise, industry CEO and co-founder of Yadav said on Monday. no need for any discussion in appointments and owned by the institutional knowledge, solution Simplus said. In a statement, he blamed on it, he said, adding promotions. 10 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 Bedlam in Parliament That the level of debate and paper the minister was reading belittling Mahatma Gandhi’s discourse in Parliament and from. role in the freedom struggle outside needs to be elevated to Rahul Gandhi, on his part, and Union minister Anurag Delhi debacle ensure decorum and dignity in has accused the BJP of trying Thakur getting banned from public life cannot be overstated. to prevent him from speaking electioneering. A PARTY that won over 300 Lok Sabha seats last year used The unruly scenes in the Lok all its might to wrest control of a 70-seat Assembly — but in Sabha, with members of the vain. The BJP’s second successive rout in the state elections BJP and the Congress nearly of Delhi is a massive rejection of its divisive campaign that coming to blows, underline the revolved around negativity and hatred. The plank of national dire need for the parties and security had worked wonders for the party in the 2019 parlia- leaders to exercise restraint. mentary elections, which took place months after the Pulwama The exchange of words began terror attack and the Balakot airstrike. The BJP unreasonably with Congress leader Rahul tried to extrapolate this template to the state polls, invoking the Gandhi saying at an election abrogation of Article 370 and the ‘anti-national’ protests at Sha- rally in Delhi that Prime heen Bagh, and even dragged Minister Narendra Modi would Pakistan into the discourse. have to face the danda from the One of their candidates, Kapil people over his government’s Mishra, equated the Assembly failure to generate jobs for the electoral battle with an ‘India youth. The PM, in his reply in vs Pakistan’ clash. the House, said he would do in the House. Meanwhile, The incident when Atal This desperation betrayed more Surya Namaskars to gain Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Bihari Vajpayee, a novice, the party’s disconnect with the strength to ward off the attack Venkaiah Naidu expunged a told Jawaharlal Nehru in people of Delhi despite having and described Rahul Gandhi’s word from the speeches made the Lok Sabha that he saw swept all Lok Sabha seats in response as a case of the by Modi and Ghulam Nabi ‘glimpses of both Churchill the Capital last year. The rul- ‘current reaching the tube light Azad. Lok Sabha Speaker and Chamberlain in him’, and ing party at the Centre neither late’. Health Minister Harsh Om Birla also expunged the patriarch Nehru not getting projected a CM face nor came Vardhan also condemned Union minister Babul offended and complimenting up with a concrete road map to Rahul Gandhi’s choice of Supriyo’s remarks against him on his speech, should address local issues. The lead- words while answering his Congress leader Adhir Ranjan serve as an example for the two ers who delivered incendiary question. There was a ruckus Chowdhury. Recklessness in parties. Parliament represents speeches didn’t even get a rap as Congress MP Manickam speech is pervasive, with BJP the people and our MPs should on the knuckles from the top Tagore tried to snatch the leader Anantkumar Hegde strive to set the standards. brass. BJP MP Parvesh Verma dubbed Arvind Kejriwal a terrorist, a throwback to the ‘AK-49’ label the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi had given to his Delhi counterpart ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Such name-calling was like water off a duck’s back for Delhi’s PSA against ex-CMs voters, who preferred the basics to theatrics. Assembly and parliamentary polls are poles apart. This elec- Expect the unexpected in toral truism was hammered home by the voters of Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir. On that Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand over the past year or count, the dossier prepared by the so, but the BJP didn’t bother to learn any lesson. The behemoth police to justify the arrest of two miserably failed to position itself as a viable alternative to the former Chief Ministers under the fledgling Aam Aadmi Party. Its attempts to provoke AAP to Public Safety Act, hours before take an unambiguous stand on the CAA-NRC came a cropper the expiry of their six-month as Kejriwal astutely stuck to the development agenda, virtually preventive detention, touches appropriating PM Modi’s mantra of ‘minimum government, a new low. The PSA allows maximum governance’. With a misplaced Plan A and no Plan detention without trial for three B, the BJP’s crushing defeat was inevitable. to six months. Omar Abdullah’s sister has challenged the move in the Supreme Court; the Bench has agreed to urgent listing. Printer-Publisher & Editor In Chief SANJAY MANGESH BHAIRE Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Allied publication Across Mumbai (Marathi & Hindi) claims the PDP chief has been slapped with the stringent Act Managing Editor Legal Advisor because of her refusal to sign an SUCHITA BHAIRE ADV. AMEET MEHTA ‘illegal bond that no statements in huge numbers even during dubious, the ‘green colour of the Editor Feature Editor against the scrapping of Article the peak of militancy and poll party flag reflects radical origin’. LEELADHAR KUNDER Biju Cherian 370’ will be made. boycotts’. In short, brickbats now The language used is Special Correspondents Chief Designer The continuous detention of for what was once considered objectionable, the case made out K V RAMAN VIKRAM JADAV several political leaders since a courageous act of defying the could pass off as farcical were Vinod RAGHAVAN August 5 last year, following militant diktat. The Mehbooba it not for the seriousness of the Cartoonist Photographers abrogation of Article 370, has file is more absurd, made to issue, only the intent is clear. SUNIL VINEKAR AJIT RAUT drawn widespread criticism, but look worse because she headed And that is to ensure that the top BHOOSHAN KOYANDE the Centre has not only refused to till not so long ago a coalition political leadership of the Valley Contributors Advertising Executive budge, there’s a marked hardening government with the BJP. ‘Hot- remains incarcerated. Questions SATISH SHETTY Savita Tiwari of its stand. The unsubstantiated headed and scheming person... about how that has helped the J D RODRIGUES Circulation Dept. accusation against Omar, of referred for her dangerous, new administrators, or ensured Dinesh Gupta trying to stoke public anger, has insidious machinations; usurping public safety, are again likely to Suchit Kumar Saytonday been linked with his ability to profile and nature,’ it reads. The go unanswered, unless the courts ‘convince his electorate to vote PDP’s creation, it goes on, is intervene. Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 11 Arvind Kejriwal

The Delhi chief minister and convener consecutive victory in the Delhi assembly. despite losing several big leaders in the and Yogendra Yadav chose to leave of Aam Aadmi Party is on cloud nine as The AAP had surprised everyone last couple of years. his party and start a parallel movement his party won record number of seats to when it won 67 out of total 70 seats in Kejriwal will now turn his attention against corruption. retain power in Delhi. Delhi assembly five years ago and has now to expanding his base outside Delhi and It is interesting to know that the The maverick leader who rose to repeated the feat this time with another he would be welcomed by the people in Bharatiya Janata Party had won all the prominence as the crusader against record breaking performance. other parts of the country. seven Lok Sabha seats from Delhi for two corruption under the tutelage of veteran It is really great as the Aam Aadmi He stuck to his ground when his close consecutive times and yet failed to come social worker Anna Hazare has won third Party has succeeded in retaining power colleagues including Prashant Bhushan good in the subsequent assembly polls. Mamata Banerjee The mercurial West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has now taken a leaf out of books of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and has announced a series of relief measures to the local people as she gets ready to face the electorate in the forthcoming Municipal and state assembly polls. Mamata Didi has now waived the electricity to the poorer sections of the people in Bengal and has promised to do much more before the advent of assembly polls scheduled to take place next year. Trinamool Congress Chief is now facing threat from a resurgent BJP which won an impressive number of seats in the last Lok Sabha poll. Mamata who is enjoying her second stint as the West Bengal chief minister has replaced both the Leftist forces and the Congress Party and is now gearing to face the challenge posed by the BJP. Mamata however cannot totally waive off the electricity charges and also concede free bus ride to the people of Bengal who outnumber Delhi in a big way. The firebrand Bengal leader is however determined to expand her base and then take on other parties including the left front and the Congress Party who are loathe to have any alliance with her. Mamata also on her part has already snapped her ties with other so- called secular parties and is determined to go it alone to retain power in her home state of West Bengal. 12 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020

The leftYashasvi hand opening batsman becameJaiswal the cynosure of all eyes with his superlative performance in the just concluded Under 19 World Cup cricket held in South Africa. Jaiswal scored an extraordinary century against arch rivals Pakistan in the semi final and then went on to score 88 runs in the final match against Bangladesh which annexed the coveted trophy. Jaiswal has also emerged as a fine all rounder as he bowled leg breaks to floor the set opponents and made a fine impression on the cricket fans. The teenager is now looking forward to play for the senior national team and the national selectors are bound to take notice of him. He has impressed lot of senior cricketers including the batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid and is sure to go great guns. Yashasvi rose from the ranks as he had to sell pani puri to make both ends meet in the streets of Mumbai and was spotted by the Indian cricket academy which has now a number of players who are sure to step into the shoes of illustrious former cricketers. We wish him all the best.

The magical spin bowler caught imagination of the nation with his historic performance in the Under 19 World Cup. Bishnoi came to the fore as he mesmerized the batsmen with his guile and accuracy and reaped maximum number of wickets in the World Cup. He almost ensured a victory in the final Ravi match against Bangladesh when he claimed four consecutive wickets from five overs. He however could not get more wickets which paved the way for Bangladesh victory in the final. Bishnoi and Yashasvi are sure to catch the attention of national selectors and are bound to be groomed by cricketing experts. Bishnoi has a peculiar bowling action and Bishnoi backs with his uncanny ability to get the better of opponents and deserves a place in the senior national team. Both he and Yashasvi have been named in the list released by the International Cricket Council. ACROSS STATE wishes this youngster all the best. Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 13 Delhi polls: Cong stares at oblivion with second consecutive duck likely New Delhi "action" rather than introspection. suggested the Congress should avoid leader, that party wins. The BJP never The Congress, which ruled Delhi for 15 "We are again decimated in Delhi. things like justifying defeat, finding had a face in Delhi. The Congress has consecutive years under Sheila Dikshit, on Enough of introspection, time for action happiness in the BJP's defeat and telling to bring in an educated, young face (in Tuesday stared at the prospect of scoring Delhi) for the future and keep working a duck for the second consecutive time in hard," he said. the assembly elections and being reduced Senior Congress leader P to a fringe player in the national capital's Chidambaram hailed AAP's performance politics. in the Delhi assembly polls and said Fears of the Congress not having a the people of the national capital have credible face, after the death of its three- defeated the "polarising, divisive and time chief minister Dikshit last July, dangerous" agenda of the BJP. and ceding its vote bank to the Aam In the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections, Aadmi Party came true with the Arvind the Congress had a vote share of 9.7 per Kejriwal-led party capturing the space cent against the BJP's 32.7 per cent and once occupied by the grand old party. the AAP's 54.34 per cent. In what ended up being a bipolar The Congress contested the polls this contest between the AAP and the BJP, the time in alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Congress was trailing at a distant third on Dal, fighting on 66 seats and leaving four almost all the city's 70 seats with many for its ally. candidates facing the ignominy of losing The Congress was in power in Delhi their deposits. for three straight terms between 1998- According to latest trends, AAP 2013 with Dikshit as the chief minister. is leading in 63 out of 70 assembly The AAP's rise has been a major seats, while the BJP is ahead in seven factor in the Congress' decline, from constituencies. being a dominant force in the national The Congress' nostalgia-steeped capital to being a marginal player. The campaign, centred around the development now. Inordinate delay in decision making itself that wins and losses are cyclic in AAP's capture of the anti-BJP vote has done by Dikshit in her 15-year tenure as at the top, lack of strategy and unity at elections. been complete in this election with the chief minister, failed to enthuse voters state level, demotivated workers, no Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa said Kejriwal-led party taking a large chunk with several asking questions of the party grassroots connect-all are factors. Being those against the BJP's divisive politics of the Congress vote share. on leadership and its future strategy for part of the system, I too take my share of had the option of either the AAP or the The Congress has accepted defeat in Delhi. responsibility," Delhi Mahila Congress Congress, and they chose the former. the Delhi Assembly polls and vowed to As the results came in, criticism of chief and party spokesperson Sharmishtha "One thing is for sure all parties that rebuild and revive itself at the grassroots the Congress' Delhi unit started gaining Mukherjee said in a tweet. are winning state elections, it is because level in the national capital. traction and many leaders called for Her colleague Jaiveer Shergill of a leader. If people have faith in the Not nervous: Manoj Tiwari 63 Congress candidates New Delhi good day for BJP. We According to EC's Stating that he was are coming to power in website, Chief Minister not nervous, Delhi Delhi today. Don't be Arvind Kejriwal was BJP chief Manoj surprised if we win 55 leading from his New lose deposits Tiwari Tuesday said seats," he said. Delhi constituency. He New Delhi forfeited if he/she fails to secure one- preparations for Congress's performance touched a sixth of the total valid votes cast in a celebration at party record low in the Delhi Assembly election constituency. offices had begun, as as the party bagged less than 5 per cent Most of Congress candidates got less initial trends trickled in of the total votes polled and 63 of its than 5 per cent of the total votes polled in for the assembly polls. candidates lost their deposits. their respective constituencies. "I am not nervous. The party, Delhi We have appeared which ruled Congress chief for a test, results will Delhi for 15 Shubhash now come in," he told years on the trot Chopra's reporters. under former daughter Shivani He said he Chief Minister Chopra, who was ready to take Sheila Dikshit, was the party responsibilities that failed to open candidate from the "victory" would its account Kalkaji, also bring and hailed the for the second could not save hardwork of the party The Aam Aadmi reached his party office consecutive her deposit. workers who, he said, Party was leading on as the counting got assembly Former worked tirelessly for 41 seats while the underway. election in Delhi. Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand the victory. BJP on 19, according Counting centres Only three of its candidates Arvinder Shastri's daughter Priyanka Singh also "Now, all talk is to early trends by the are spread across 21 Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar, forfeited her deposit. over. Now, we have to Election Commission. locations, spanning Devender Yadav from Badli and Abhishek The party's campaign committee wait for the blessings Trends were so far 70 constituencies. The Dutt from Kasturba Nagar managed to save chairman Kirti Azad's wife, Poonam Azad, of the people. I am available for 60 out of election was held on their deposits. lost badly and stood fourth, polling only confident it will be a the 70 seats in Delhi. February 8. Security deposit of a candidate is 2,604 (2.23) votes. 14 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 The Test of Intelligence “My Lord, you have been mis- “O son of Pritha, those who take the right.” It does not require a very informed. He is not very important. shelter in Me, though they be of lower nice intelligence. You keep your car Some crazy fellows are following birth – women, vaishyas [merchants], to the right, and you are all right. Incredible ISKCON Him. A few only, not many.” and shudras [workers] – can attain But if you go to the left, you are fool The Nawab replied, “No, don’t the supreme destination.” It doesn’t number one. Why? It is written there, By His Divine Grace A. C. the names of Krishna. Although His try to hide the facts. He must be a matter whether one is a woman or “Keep to the right.” Why do you go Bhaktivedanta Swami complexion is not blackish, He is great personality. Otherwise, why a mercantile-class man or a shudra. to the left? That means you are fool Prabhupada Krishna Himself. He is accompanied are so many people following Him?” It doesn’t matter. These classes are number one. Lecture given on August 3, 1968, by His associates, servants, weap- That was his remark. generally understood to be less in- This much intelligence we must in Montreal ons, and confidential companions.” Wherever Lord Chaitanya went, telligent. But Krishna is opening the have: “Here is the police direction, Is this not a process of cheating? Krishna will appear in the Kali-yuga. He was always followed by many as- path for everyone. Mam hi partha ‘Keep to the right.’ Why shall I go to Yes. But this process of cheating His symptoms are these. Just as Lord sociates –sangopangastra-parshadam. vyapashritya. If one accepts Krishna the left?” This much intelligence can is not exactly cheating; it is for the Buddha’s symptoms were described, These are the symptoms. very seriously – if one takes shelter be had by any common man. welfare of the atheistic persons. similarly Lord Chaitanya’s symptoms Good Brain Substance of Krishna specifically – then one The shastra says, yajnaih sankir- Sometimes the father cheats the are also described. Krishna-varnam: And how to worship that Supreme may be a woman or a laborer or a tana-prayair yajanti hi su-medhasah: son. The son is insisting on keeping “He belongs to the category of Personality of Godhead, Krishna, in merchant. It doesn’t matter. He or “Those who are intelligent will a one-thousand-dollar note, and Krishna Himself” or “He is always this age? Yajnaih sankirtana-prayair she can go to the highest perfection. perform worship of the Lord by this the father is asking, “My dear son, chanting ‘Krishna.’” His business yajanti hi su-medhasah: “This form And in the next verse (Gita 9.32) yajna, chanting Hare Krishna.” Yajna, please deliver it.” “No, I shall not.” is simply to chant Hare Krishna. of the Personality of Godhead is it is said, kim punar brahmanah or sacrifice, means to satisfy the So the father gives him a lozenge: Krishna is chanting Hare Krishna. worshiped by the intelligent class of punyah: “And what to speak of the Supreme Lord Vishnu. That is yajna. “My dear son, would you like to take And tvisha akrishnam: “But His men.” Su-medhasah. Su means very intelligent class?” They are certainly Now, in this age the Supreme Lord is this lozenge?” “Yes, give me.” “But complexion is not krishna, black.” good, and medhasah means brain elevated to the highest position. satisfied simply by sankirtana, or con- you have to give me that paper.” “All Lord Chaitanya appeared with a very substance. One who has got very Intelligent Worship gregational chanting: Hare Krishna, right, take it.” fair complexion, a very nice golden good brain substance will understand Here the word su-medhasah is Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare So this is not actually cheating, color. You have pictures of Lord Chai- this sankirtana movement nicely. used in the particular sense that for Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama because the father knows, “This tanya. Very beautiful. He was a very In our India, especially in Bengal, worship of God there are different Rama, Hare Hare. This is mentioned boy will destroy this one thousand beautiful figure. Tvisha means “by sometimes they say to a dull-brained methods, different religious systems, in the shastra (Brihan-naradiya dollars, so it is necessary to give him His complexion,” and akrishna means man, “Oh, you have got cow dung different churches, different mosques, Purana 3.8.126). that two-cent lozenge and take that “not black.” Therefore one of Lord within your brain. You have no brain different temples. Even among Hin- harer nama harer nama thousand-dollar paper.” Similarly, Chaitanya’s names is Gaurasundara. substance.” dus there are many different pro- harer namaiva kevalam when people become too atheistic, Sundara means beautiful, and gaura Su-medhasah means one who cesses. I think the Hindus have got so kalau nasty eva nasty eva in order to bring them back to the means fair. Another of His names is has got good brain substance. But many different processes that they can nasty eva gatir anyatha understanding of God it is sometimes Gauranga, “whose body is very fair.” one thing I must explain here. As outnumber all the different processes “In this age of quarrel and hypoc- necessary to act as Lord Buddha did. Sangopangastra-parshadam: “He far as spiritual life is concerned, of the world. risy the only means of deliverance is Now, those who follow Buddha’s is always accompanied by some asso- it does not depend on the material Su-medhasah means that for exe- chanting the holy name of the Lord. philosophy say, “There is no soul. ciates,” especially Lord Nityananda, brain substance. It is a different cuting religious life, for achieving the There is no other way. There is no There is no God.” But there are Lord Advaita, Srivasa, Haridasa, and thing. It is on the spiritual platform. highest perfection of life, one must be other way. There is no other way.” In thousands and thousands of temples others. You have seen the pictures. It has nothing to do with this bodily very intelligent. A fool cannot achieve this age of disagreement there is no

Peerless Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Con- Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Golden Avatar of Radha sciousness, ISKCON Krishna and founder of Hare Krishna Movement of Lord Buddha, and people worship He is chanting and dancing with His construction. You must remember. the highest perfection of life. Just as a possibility of executing different pro- him. Especially in countries like Ja- associates and others. When Lord We don’t make any distinction that a fool cannot be very prosperous even cesses of self-realization. No. They pan and China and Burma there are Chaitanya was present, whenever man can be more Krishna conscious in this material world, similarly a fool say that there are as many paths as thousands of temples, and the people He would go He was dancing, and than a woman. No. Women can be cannot make any progress in the spir- one can manufacture. It may be true. exactly worship in the same way as He chanted “Hare Krishna, Hare more Krishna conscious because itual world. So su-medhasah means But in this age, kalau nasty eva nasty we are worshiping Jagannatha. The Krishna, Krishna Krishna . . .” He was they are very simple. They can ac- that one should be a little intelligent. eva nasty eva gatir anyatha: “There lamp is given, the candle is burned. so beautiful and attractive that people cept any religious system. Generally What is that intelligence? Now, if I is no alternative, no alternative, no They offer very respectfully, and would follow Him. Thousands and women accept it because they are have got the easiest path to achieve alternative.” Therefore an intelligent there are brahmacharis, sannyasis. thousands of people would follow, very simple. They have no crooked the highest perfection of life, why man will take up this Krishna con- All these principles are there. But chanting Hare Krishna. mind. Therefore sometimes they are shall I take a path which is not very sciousness movement. That is the test officially there is no question of God. When Lord Chaitanya started this exploited. sure? This intelligence is required. of one’s intelligence. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the movement in Bengal, He was a boy The bodily construction of a man So the Lord appears in this age And it is very easy. Simply by Bhagavatam of twenty years old, and many, many is different from that of a woman, also. And according to shastra, au- chanting Hare Krishna you gradually Lord Chaitanya is also mentioned people were following Him. So the and the brain substance may also be thentic scripture, He has appeared develop your Krishna consciousness in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.32): Muslim governor, Nawab Hussein different, but that does not disqualify as Lord Chaitanya. If we accept to the highest platform. So one who krishna-varnam tvishakrishnam Shah, inquired of his minister, “Who any woman for spiritual advancement this principle on the authority of au- has accepted the simple method sangopangastra-parshadam is this person that He is chanting in Krishna consciousness. That is thentic scripture, we are intelligent. recommended for this age is called yajnaih sankirtana-prayair Hare Krishna and so many people are clearly defined in the Bhagavad-gita You don’t have to become a great intelligent. That is required. That yajanti hi su-medhasah following Him?” (9.33): psychologist or a great scientist or much intelligence we must have. “In the Age of Kali, intelligent The minister was a Hindu. He mam hi partha vyapashritya mathematician. No. You have to take persons perform congregational thought, “He is a Muslim king, so he e ’pi syuh papa-yonayah the orders of the authority. Thank you very much. chanting to worship the incarnation may not like this movement.” There- striyo vaishyas tatha shudras For example, when you are driv- of Godhead who constantly sings fore he wanted to hide it. te ’pi yanti param gatim ing a car, it is written there, “Keep to Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 15 Antarctic continent suffers from record temperature of 18.3°C

The World former record of 17.5°C, of foehn often involve high relatively warm ocean water, “There’s quite a lot of Meteorological Organization which was set back in 2015.” winds at altitude and the she explained. conversation on Twitter at (WMO) has confirmed that Experts at WMO will rapid warming of air as it Melting is especially the moment; the satellite the Antarctic likely saw now verify whether the heads down slopes or peaks, marked in west Antarctica, image showing cracks in a new temperature record temperature extreme is a driven by significant air according to WMO, and the Pine Island glacier in of more than 18°C on new record for the Antarctic pressure differences. to a lesser extent along Antarctica”, said Ms. Nullis. Thursday. continent, which is defined “It’s among the fastest- the peninsula and in east “They’ve been growing Speaking to journalists in as the main continental warming regions of the Antarctica. rapidly over the past few Geneva, spokesperson Clare landmass. It should not be planet”, Ms. Nullis said Accelerated glacier days. The European Union Nullis from the WMO, said confused with the Antarctic of the Antarctic. “We hear retreat Turning to glacier has a satellite called Sentinel that the record reading taken region, which is everywhere a lot about the Arctic, but melt, Ms. Nullis warned that’s been measuring and in the north of the continent, south of 60 degrees this particular part of the that around “87 per cent of monitoring these, and there are would be considered latitude, and where a record Antarctic peninsula is glaciers along the west coast pretty dramatic images.” unusual, even during the temperature of 19.8C was warming very quickly. Over of the Antarctic Peninsula Roughly twice the size current warmer summer recorded on Signy Island in the past 50 years it’s warmed have retreated in the last 50 of Australia, the Antarctic months. January 1982. almost 3°C.” years, with most of these is cold, windy and dry. The “The Argentine ‘Foehn’ phenomenon Amid steadily warming showing an accelerated average annual temperature research base, which is The WMO experts are temperatures, Ms. Nullis retreat in the last 12 years”. ranges from about minus 10C called Esperanza, it’s on expected to examine the also noted that the amount Concern is particularly on the Antarctic coast to minus the northern tip of the meteorological conditions of ice lost annually from high over the main glacier 60C at the highest points of Antarctic peninsula; it set surrounding the event, the Antarctic ice sheet tributaries to the West the interior. Its immense ice a new record temperature particularly whether it is “increased at least six-fold Antarctic Ice Sheet, in sheet is up to 4.8 kilometers yesterday: 18.3°C, which associated with a weather between 1979 and 2017”. particular the Pine Island thick and contains 90 per cent is not a figure you would phenomenon known as Most of this ice loss glacier, where two large rifts of the world’s fresh water, normally associate “foehn”. happens when ice shelves that were first spotted in enough to raise sea level by with Antarctica even in A common feature of life melt from below, as they early 2019 have each grown around 60 meters, were it all summertime. This beat the in Alpine regions, episodes come into contact with to some 20 kilometers long. to melt. 16 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 Centre Spread 17 ‘Joker’ earns Joaquin Phoenix his maiden Oscar Renee Zellweger takes home Los Angeles of which had earned him nominations. Hollywood star Joaquin Phoenix But as Arthur Fleck aka The Joker, Best Actress Oscar for Judy finally ended his dry run at the Phoenix finally managed to break Oscars as he picked up the best actor that jinx and became the second Los Angeles trophy for his performance in and as actor to win an Oscar for playing Renee Zellweger’s poignant portrayal “Joker” at the 92nd Academy Awards. the DC comic book villain after the of yesteryear actor-singer Judy Garland in The 45-year-old actor had earlier posthumous best supporting actor her twilight years helped the actor win the bagged a BAFTA, a Golden Globe win to Heath Ledger in 2008. best actress at the 92 Academy Awards here. and a Screen Actors Guild Award for As Joker, Phoenix took a deep dive into It was a second Academy Award for his turn as a failed, unhinged stand-up character, capturing its essence as well Zellweger who previously won a best comedian who descends into chaos. as maniacal spirit in both body and soul. supporting actress Oscar 15 years ago In a lengthy and rambling speech, Phoenix He lost 52 pounds to get into the physicality from her role in “Cold Mountain”. “Miss Garland you are certainly among touched upon racism, climate change and of Fleck and turned to a pathological the heroes who unite and define us and gender inequality. He also remembered disorder to get his distinct laughter right. this is certainly for you,” Zellweger said. his brother River Phoenix, who died of Phillips wrote the part keeping The 50-year-old actor led the award season a drug overdose at the age of 23 in 1993. Phoenix in mind though the actor right from the start and she was a frontrunner “When he was 17, my brother wrote this took some convincing to play the role. in the category despite competition from lyric. He said, ‘run to the rescue with love Phoenix started the film’s festival stars such as Charlize Theron ( Bombshell and peace will follow’,” Phoenix said. circuit tour on a positive note ) and Scarlett Johansson ( Marriage Story ). At the Academy Awards and the entire at Cannes last year that followed Cynthia Erivo of Harriet and Saoirse Hollywood award season, Phoenix had by stops at Venice and Toronto. Ronan of Little Women were the emerged as an undisputed frontrunner The film had also courted controversies, other contenders in the category. even though he was up against the owing to its theme of gun violence In Rupert Goold’s Judy , Zellweger not only captured the spirit and voice likes of Leonardo DiCaprio (“Once in the movie as well as Phoenix’s of the Garland, but also offered a Upon a Time in Hollywood”), Adam temperamental press tour that saw him captivating account of what happened Driver (“Marriage Story”), “Antonio walking out of an interview midway. in the last few months of her short life. Banderas (“Pain & Glory”) and But critics and the fans loved the Garland, who started her career as a child Jonathan Pryce (“The Two Popes”). actor’s riveting turn in the movie artiste and best known for her roles in An Oscar had eluded Phoenix for and his pointed speeches. “The Wizard of Oz” and “A Star is Born”, had catapulted Zellweger to frontrunner Jones Diary , a reinterpretation of the most part of his career, despite At the Golden Globes, he called out the was exploited by the studio executives position for the award season and she Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and his successful collaborations with industry for its insensitivity towards always lose a role to DiCaprio and BAFTAs, Phoenix acknowledged the include “Signs “, “We Own the Night”, who controlled many aspects of her life, went on to claim trophies at the Golden Prejudice , and Chicago . Both the Ridley Scott (“Gladiator”), James climate change and pulled up his peers asked Christian Bale to deliver a bad lack of diversity in the nominations, “Two Lovers”, “The Immigrant”, “Her”, including eating habits. Her personal life was Globes, the BAFTAs and the SAGs. films earned Zellweger her first two also full of upheavals with five marriages. Like Matthew McConnaughey and Ben nominations at the Academy Awards. Mangold (“Walk The Line”) and Paul for using private jets for travel, while performance for once in his career. calling himself a part of the problem. “You Were Never Really Here” and Thomas Anderson (“The Master”), all at the SAGs, he joked how he would Garland died at the age of 47 in 1969. Affleck, Zellweger broke out with Richard Zellweger was nominated once again In his acceptance speech at the Phoenix’s career most praised performances “Inherent Vice”. Zellweger channelled the Linklater’s Dazed and Confused but it for playing chatty farmer in the epic vulnerability and strength of Garland. was Cameron Crowe’s Jerry Maguire drama Cold Mountain , also starring Judy , which is based on the West End-to- that established her as a Hollywood star. Nicole Kidman and Jude Law, but this Broadway stage play End of the Rainbow , Her line from the Tom Cruise-starrer You time the actor was able to lift the trophy. had a modest start in August last year when had me at hello is still considered one of Judy was a return to form for Zellweger as South Koreans explode with joy over ‘Parasite’ Oscar wins it premiered at the Telluride Film Festival. the best dialogues in the cinema history. the actor had only returned to acting after The overwhelming response from the critics She found wider success with Bridget a gap of six years in 2016. Seoul (South Korea) hands to celebrate Bong's wins. South Koreans reacted with rare At Bong's alma mater, Seoul's collective joy Monday after director Yonsei University, students Bong Joon Ho's Parasite won the Oscar belonging to a school movie Pixar wins 10th animated feature for best picture and three other awards, club watched the Academy good news that came as their country Award ceremony together. struggles to guard against a new virus It's deeply meaningful for Korean Oscar with ‘Toy Story 4’ and counter North Korea's nuclear threat. movies and this will open the path Los Angeles The film also features Annie Potts as Bo Beep, Keegan- The movie's wins made history for further development. It's such “Toy Story 4” became the 10th Pixar Animation Studios project to Michael Key as Ducky, Christina as Gabby, Jordan in both the Hollywood and a great honor. I'm speechless, take home the best animated feature trophy at the Academy Awards. Peele as Bunny and Keanu Reeves as Duke Caboom. South Korean film industries. said Kim Nam-hoon, 21. Directed by debutant Josh Cooley, the film was up against award Toy Story 4 started its winning spree with Critics' Choice Movie The class satire is the first non- Jeong Ho-cheol, a 26-year-old season favourite Klaus , Award for best animated English-language film to win best student, praised Bong for pleasing How to Train Your Dragon: feature and also topped the picture in the 92-year history of the both movie critics and crowds. The Hidden World , Missing animated feature category Academy Awards, and is the first South His way of dealing with the Link and I Lost My Body . in the Producers Guild of to the Republic of Korea, which is A direct sequel to 2010's America Awards (PGA). Korean movie to ever win an Oscar. depressed, stagnant and thrown into underside of Korean society and Can you believe that ‹parasite' problems such as rich-poor gaps Toy Story 3 , the film The best animated feature despair due to Wuhan pneumonia, deals with themes such as category was introduced won the Academy best picture? the main opposition Liberty Korea and the way he expresses those South Korea's biggest newspaper, issues are very expressive, he said. staying relevant, finding by the Academy Awards Party said in a statement. Wuhan is the one's place in the world in 2002 and in 18 years, Chosun Ilbo, said in a headline. Park Chan-wook, a prominent Chinese city at the center of the outbreak. and learning to adapt. Pixar has won 10 Oscars It rewrote the Academy's South Korean movie director who South Korean social media In the movie, Sheriff and earned 13 nominations. 92-year-old history. were overwhelmed with is regarded as Bong's main rival at Woody (Tom Hanks), The animation studios' Bong, Parasite and other Oscar-related congratulatory messages. home, joined the congratulations. in South Korea, where 27 cases have been Opposition parties are accusing the Buzz Lightyear (Tim golden run at the news dominated search terms throughout President Moon Jae-in tweeted that It is a huge blessing to work in the same Allen) and their other toy Oscars began in 2003 reported, though no deaths have occurred. government of ineffectiveness Monday at major internet portal sites, he is proud of Bong and his staff industry as a person as talented as Bong friends find a new home with Finding Nemo . Sales at tour agencies, restaurants, in coping with the outbreak. which had been preoccupied with the and particularly grateful to them for and being able to call him a friend, said with Bonnie (Madeleine Other Pixar projects to win movie theaters and department But the concerns about the virus outbreak of a virus in China that has killed giving courage and pride to our people Park, who won the Grand Prix at the McGraw) after Andy grows up. the Academy Awards are -- The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille stores have sharply declined, raising and political warfare paused more than 900 people and sickened tens who are overcoming difficulties. 2004 Cannes Film Festival for Oldboy, When a new toy called Forky (Tony Hale) joins Woody (2007), WALL-E (2008), Up (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), worries about the impact on South Monday to celebrate Bong's wins. of thousands of others, mainly in China. Moon and his advisers began a regularly in an interview with the Munhwa Ilbo and the gang, a road trip reveals how big the world Brave (2012), Inside Out (2015), and Coco (2017). Korea's already-lagging economy. It's happy news, like welcome rain, Worries about the virus have been growing scheduled meeting by clapping their newspaper. can be for a toy and how difficult it is to stay relevant. 18 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19Lifestyle February 2020 Mumbai, Thursday 04-10 January 2018 17 Forming This New Habit Will Help Make 2018 Your Best Year Yet: A Life Coach Explains

and microcultures. But I want my free will, with all its messiness. A new habit for 2018: The mindful pause. Being in moments of quiet reflec- tion and relaxing in our inner know- ing are becoming increasingly more challenging, relevant, and needed. In fact, I am now observing on a more regular basis how essential a daily mindfulness practice is to both resisting the constant consumerism and self-righteousness and inviting our wholehearted energies of self- compassion and human kindness. In these spaces, we can release the restless "monkey mind" and reignite our unplugged, tranquil "ox mind." One easy way to integrate a mindful pause into our busy lives is by anchoring it to an existing habit. Stanford behavior scientist B.J. Fogg calls this practice "Tiny Habits." Starting with a small, achievable goal allows for gradual integration and incremental feelings of success and well-being. Using his format, "After I (existing habit), I will (new tiny behavior)," I anchor a five-minute As we head into the shorter days meditation to my already established and darker months of winter, many of morning dental hygiene routine. A us feel a pull to turn inward. Solitude cousin of SMART goal setting, and rest naturally replace some of the connecting new tiny habits to exist- big, outward-facing actions of spring, ing ones feels effortless and gratify- summer, and fall. Moving more ing. slowly and deliberately allows us Making a point to engage in time to reflect in the colder weather. mental stillness could be one of the As a health coach and life coach, I'm most important health practices of our glad for this. time. In Chade-Meng Tan’s piece Distractions have become a part "How to Settle the Mind," she com- of our lifestyles. pares our mind to a snow globe and We each spend a lot of time offers three effective methods for doing, achieving, and excelling, with resting our mind: anchoring, resting, little time left for just being. Our and being. She says, "When the mind culture more or less promotes this, so is alert and relaxed, over time, it will being out of balance has become the calm down the same way the snow- norm for most of us. The conse- flakes in the snow globe settle down, quence for this imbalance is a society isn’t as easy as it seems. Over the and the mind abides in a state where of overwhelmed, exhausted, stressed- Little by little, we’ve become past decade, the surge of lifestyle it is both calm and clear." out humans. immersed in a never-ending cycle of distractions has swelled: TVs are Human doing and human being You might be thinking, "I can fix social media and nonstop screen everywhere, nine-to-five work hours are both needed in proportion for a that easily enough. I’ll just press the time. are all but extinct, and the balanced life. Perhaps the sweet spot pause button and postpone parts of As someone who's mindful and smartphone has transformed the way lies in our awareness of their harmony my to-do list. I’ll squeeze in a short even old-fashioned at heart, I have to we interact with the world. As mobile and synthesis, as well as our openness run, meditation or a few deep breaths confess to feeling concerned about devices and the World Wide Web to varying blends as our needs shift. and check that box." all this attention hijacking. I’m sure have connected us like never before No matter our different perspectives Making a point to engage in I'm not the only one tired of being in a shared human history, the new or methods, may each of us find our mental stillness could be one of the glued to my computer, the bound- modern thought highway has also own ways to respond to winter’s most important health practices of aries between work and rest fading been quietly engaging us in tiny, invitation to settle down, one snow our time. away. Sure, we are all subcon- sequential behavior modifications. globe at a time. It turns out that human "being" sciously influenced by our societies Mumbai,Mumbai, Thursday Thursday 04-10 13-19 October February 2018 2020 1719 Lifestyle changes for a healthy heart

In a unique effort by Prime the difference: Ensure you con- and wellness consultant, Minister Narendra Modi, Septem- sume the good fats in proportion Bengaluru says, "Smoking can ber has been declared as the Na- and leave out saturated and trans damage the structure and function tional Nutrition Month for the fats from your diet. "Consuming of the arteries, increasing the risk country. 43 grams of dryroasted, lightly of atherosclerosis. Carbon mon- Focusing on nutrition and salted almonds every day reduces oxide inhaled from the cigarette health benefits, an important as- hunger and improved dietary vi- smoke contributes to reduced pect of this initiative is to con- tamin E and monounsaturated oxygen levels in the blood. Not centrate on efforts towards a ("good") fat intake without in- just this, second-hand tobacco healthy living. As an addition to creasing body weight," said nu- smoke also causes heart disease the focus on ample nourishment, tritionist Meghana Kumare. in non-smokers, which means September 29 is celebrated as Curtail Sugar and Salt: Ac- you could be harming the World Heart Day every year. cording to FSSAI's (Food Safety health of your near ones too." Here are a few lifestyle and Standards Authority of India) Try and be stress-free: Do changes (/search?query=lifestyle Eat Right Movement "Aj se yourself a big favor this World changes) which one must follow thoda kam" recommends to re- Heart Day and keep yourself to reduce the risk of heart dis- duce sugar, salt and oil in your stress-free. Try and spend as eases: diet as an effort towards healthy much time with your loved ones Get your numbers checked: living. "Reduce your intake of and indulge in activities that 60% of people fail to recognize sugar, salt and oil by half and you you enjoy. Meditation is a great the symptoms of diabetes and re- ing healthy blood sugar levels in as a part of your daily routine and reduce your incidence to heart stress reliever and so is exercis- main untreated, leading to in- people with type 2 diabetes and keep an active lifestyle. Madhuri disease by half," said ing. So, this World Heart Day, creased risk of heart disease. So help lower the blood sugar im- Ruia, Ritika Samaddar of Max Su- promise yourself to incorporate be aware and get your blood- pact of carbohydrate foods, which Founder - Integym said, per Specialty Hospital. Quit small changes like eating and sugar levels checked. Research affect fasting insulin levels. "Moderate exercise of 30 minutes Smoking: Quitting smoking is cooking healthy, to exercise shows that almonds, which are a Run to keep fit: With your in a day for five days in a week, one of the best things you can do and be more active, to ensure you source of protein and high in di- doctor/physical trainer's ap- breaking a slight sweat is good for a healthy heart. Sheela have a healthy heart for a healthy etary fibre, can help in maintain- proval, try and include exercise for a healthy heart." Figure out Krishnaswamy, diet, nutrition you!

If there is one thing everyone can agree their intake to one cup a day. For oth- on to maintain a healthy weight, it's cut- 10 Simple Ways To Stop ers, one cup of coffee and one to two ting down significantly on their intake of cups of green tea works well. sugar and refined carbohydrates. 8. Fully immerse yourself in your I say "refined carbs" because unrefined work and activities. carbs like beans, fruits, and whole grains Craving Carbs All The Time Boredom is one of the largest con- are carbs, per se, but unlike bread that is tributors to mindless snacking, and lack bleached and heavily processed into flour, gut, and give you phytonutrients not the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics of purpose and isolation can lead to natural carbohydrates are metabolized available elsewhere. On top of all that, in 2014 concluded that those who emotional eating. What's the solution? slowly and won't send your blood sugar they are also the most nutrient-dense chewed the most ate the least. That's be- Move! Do things you love with people on a high-speed train ride up. Spikes in foods out there. Need I say more? cause, like sitting down without distrac- you love, preferably outdoors. You'll blood sugar are a ticket to cravings, hun- 3. Fill up on high-fiber foods. tion, chewing alerts the hunger hor- feel great, and when you feel great, you ger, and lethargy. High soluble-fiber foods—like prop- mone, ghrelin, that food is coming in. don't crave comfort food. That being said, cutting out carbs erly soaked beans, legumes, vegetables, If you eat too fast or down a smoothie 9. Consider natural carb craving aids and sugar is way easier said than done. and fruit—will stretch your stomach in 90 seconds, it doesn't register as com- like L-glutamine, cinnamon, and chro- The blood sugar roller coaster is no and empty it slowly, which means you'll pletely and your brain will prompt hun- mium. joke, and the changes in our gut bacte- feel fuller and more satisfied for longer. ger. Rushing also creates an insulin I don't recommend these as every- ria that come with perpetual sugar and Fiber also slows the release of sugar into spike, which will cause you to become day things (except cinnamon; I defi- carb consumption make us crave those the blood, stabilizing blood sugar, curb- hungry again as soon as it goes away. nitely have cinnamon every day!). But very foods like nobody's business. Luck- ing hunger, and cutting down on 6. Prioritize eight to nine hours of if and when those insatiable hunger and ily, you can use these 10 great tips to cravings. Lastly, fiber is the mainstay sleep. carb cravings strike, the amino acid L- help get yourself off the carb-sugar for gut and hormone health. Good gut Sleep is a big factor in how much glutamine and the mineral chromium train: bacteria need prebiotic fiber to func- ghrelin you produce, and to put it sim- can be terrific tools, decreasing carb 1. Drink more water (or low-calorie tion well. Consuming more fiber can ply: The less sleep you get, the more cravings in as quickly as 20 minutes. drinks!). transform your health, especially your ghrelin is produced and the hungrier 10. Make room for the occasional Probably more times than you real- cravings for sugar and carbs. you are. treat. ize, you are confusing hunger with 4. Sit down and eat without distrac- Not to mention, sleep aids stress re- Feeling deprived is no good for thirst. So sipping on water, sparkling tion. lief, and stress is a fast train to emo- long-term health. If you say, "I'll never water, low-sugar kombucha, or iced I know it is tempting to eat in front tional eating. Getting eight to nine eat ice cream or crusty bread again!" herbal tea throughout the day is a great of a screen or newspaper, but taking hours of dark, uninterrupted sleep is one you will likely obsess or eventually way to make sure you're not dehy- time to eat sitting down, relaxed, and of the best things you can do for your overindulge. Find healthful alternatives drated. It's also a great way to keep your- focused on each bite aids digestion. Not waistline and overall health. If you daily (like two squares dark chocolate), self busy, so you don't turn to mindless only will you chew more, but when your need a little help winding down or suf- or have the real stuff on birthdays and snacking. brain can register each bite, you feel fer from insomnia, try using 1 milligram special nights. If you're straying from 2. Let vegetables multitask for you. fuller faster. We also know that harried of melatonin every evening. your healthy diet one meal a week, Eating veggies—especially those emotions (anxiety and depression) can 7. Use your caffeine wisely. you're doing just fine! high in cellulose like dark leafy greens bring on disordered eating. All in all, Caffeine can be an appetite suppres- These 10 tips will help free you from (especially the stems) and cruciferous it's best to eat when you are away from sant, but it also dehydrates you and can carb cravings so that you can go back vegetables—results in increased intes- stress. lead to a crash. So drink your coffee in to your life and worry about more im- tinal bulk. Their high water content also 5. Chew your calories (slowly), and the a.m. and then don't overdo it in the portant things, like your work, your increases satiety. They also promote don't drink them. afternoon. Some slow caffeine hobbies, cooking, and time spent with hormonal balance, help repopulate the A study published in the Journal of metabolizers (like me) need to limit friends. Health Mumbai, Thursday 06-12 September 2018 15 20 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 This Is The Only Diet That's Healthy For Everyone, According To An Integrative Gastroenterologist

microbiome is by eating a wide variety of healthy foods, such as leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, fermented foods (such as sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi, miso, kombucha), organic meats (if you choose to eat meat), nuts, whole grains, teas, coffee, spices, and herbs—I think you get the point. You've probably heard this before. But the key question is: Which vegetables, which herbs, and which spices will be best for your microbiome? If we knew exactly what kinds of microorganisms we had within us, we could figure out what foods to feed the good guys so that they will prosper; because if they prosper, we prosper. It's sort of like having 10 toddlers over at your house for a play date and each one of them likes a different thing. The same concept applies to the microbes living in our gut. The microbiome diet is a specific diet for your specific gut bugs, and, luckily, there are now tests that can analyze your microbiome. With the amazing What diet do you follow? Paleo? making people healthier. The common mins and nutrients for us. Human advances we have made in science Vegan? Mediterranean? Ketogenic? Or threads among all of the main popular beings are only about 10 percent and technology, we are now able to maybe somewhere in between? As an diets are quite similar. You're supposed similar in their microbiomes, so help you figure out exactly what you integrative gastroenterologist, one of to get rid of the bad stuff and focus on these organisms are what make us so should eat, not what you "probably" the most frequently asked questions I the good stuff. But then why do some unique—and a good clue as to why should eat. get in my office is "So what should I people not improve, even when they the same diet doesn't work for The technology we have access to eat?" And seeing as I'm an expert in all eat the good stuff and get rid of all the everyone. right now is revolutionizing the way things digestion and gut health, you bad stuff? The benefits and pitfalls of It doesn't end with our gut: We we practice medicine and health care would think that the answer would be all these popular diets have everything also have a skin microbiome, an oral in general. And it's only going to easy to give. Well, it is and it isn't. to do with one thing: the microbiome. microbiome, a vaginal microbiome, make the microbiome diet more and We generally know which foods And this is exactly why we must all and many more. All these organisms more effective at keeping us healthy. are healthy and which ones aren't. For follow the microbiome diet, first and live in and on us, and, for the most This has made my job as a physician example, processed foods, trans fats, foremost. part, they are there to help us out. so much more rewarding. Being able sodas, fast foods, sugar, and geneti- Why we should all be eating a However, sometimes they get out of to teach people about the microbiome cally modified foods are at the top of microbiome diet. balance and we end up getting sick and its powers, and then guiding them the list of things to avoid. Meanwhile, First, let's briefly talk about the as a result. The key to maintaining a through the steps it takes to cultivate a wide array of colorful, organic microbiome. The gut microbiome harmonious microbiome (and good their own inner garden has helped me vegetables and fruits, healthy fat refers to the trillions of bacteria that health) is doing all the things that reverse conditions like obesity, sources such as olive oil and omega- live within our gastrointestinal support the good bugs and less of autoimmune disease, eczema, depres- 3s, and immune-boosting herbs and tracts. If you were to collectively what helps the bad bugs flourish. sion, anxiety, chronic constipation, spices are generally considered bunch them all up into a ball, it The more diverse and rich your gut chronic diarrhea, fatty liver, high healthy. However, it is nearly impos- would weigh anywhere from 3 to 5 microbiome is, the more resilient cholesterol, high blood pressure, and sible to guess exactly what diet an pounds, as much as the human brain! you will be. diabetes, to name a few. Without a individual should eat. These bacteria, viruses, and fungi do How to develop a diverse doubt, there is only one diet that is There is a reason, however, why so a lot of things, including helping us microbiome for optimal health. helpful for everyone—and that is the many different diets are successful at digest our foods and making vita- The way we develop a diverse microbiome diet. Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 21 Lacked composure, didn't deserve to win: Kohli criticises bowling, fielding

Mt. Maunganui (New haven't played so badly but the Test Championship, Zealand) when you don't grab those every match has that more India captain Virat chances, you don't deserve importance. We have a Kohli on Tuesday berated to win," he added. really balanced Test team his bowlers for their "Batsmen coming back and we feel we can win the mediocre performance from tough situations was a series here, but we need to as he tried to explain the positive sign for us, but the step on to the park with team's first ODI series way we fielded and bowled, the right kind of mindset," whitewash in over three the composure wasn't he said. decades, saying that the enough to win games," he His opposite number visitors lacked composure asserted. Kane Williamson, who all through. The ineffectiveness missed the first two games The five-wicket defeat of Indian bowlers can be due to injury, was lavish here meant that India lost gauged from the fact that in his praise for the home the series 0-3 to an injury- the team's pace spearhead team's grit. plagued New Zealand that Jasprit Bumrah finished the "An outstanding had been deflated by a 0-5 series without a wicket and performance, very whitewash of its own in the attack couldn't dismiss clinical. India put us under the T20 format just last the complete rival line-up pressure, but the way the week. It was India's first even once. guys fought back with whitewash in 31 years in Kohli lauded New the ball and kept them to an ODI series in which all Zealand for bouncing back a par total. The cricket matches have been played. after the T20 hammering. in the second half was "The games were not "New Zealand played outstanding to see," he as bad as the scoreline with lot more intensity. said referring to the side's suggests. It boils down We didn't deserve to win effortless chase of a 297- to those chances that we because we did not show run target. didn't grab. I don't think it enough composure," he "We know how good was enough to win games said. they (India) are at all in international cricket," The batting mainstay formats but for us the Kohli said in the post- is looking forward to clarity about the roles match presentation. the Test series, which the guys had was the Player of the Match the series. get ahead. We got a 100- "With the ball, we begins on February 21, most important thing. Henry Nicholls, who "To come back and win run stand, but we were were not able to make to make amends for the Outstanding effort against scored 80 on Tuesday, said 3-0 after the T20Is is nice. fortunate enough to get breakthroughs, we were not disappointment. a brilliant India side," he his team benefitted from The way (Martin) Guptill good starts this series," at all good on the field. We "I think because of added. good batting starts during played today allowed us to he said. Expecting great result from shooters at Former Celtic star Tokyo Olympics: Deepak Kumar McNamara in hospital New Delhi good results, Kumar said. World Cups in 2019. So, I government's effort after collapsing: reports Glasgow Asian Games silver He sounded optimistic am expecting a great result to improve the sporting Former Celtic defender Jackie McNamara is in hospital medallist shooter Deepak about India's chances at the from the Indian shooting culture in the country. after collapsing near his home, according to reports. Kumar on Monday said contingent at the 2020 Tokyo Kumar said that with McNamara, 46, is understood to have been he is expecting a “great Olympics, said Kumar. continued efforts, India admitted to hospital for brain surgery. result” from the Indian With the government set will produce much A post on McNamara's personal Twitter account read: shooting contingent to start the Khelo India better results in the This is Jackie's daughter. Thank you all for your kind at the Tokyo Olympics. University Games, future Olympic Games. words and support. My dad is getting the best care Kumar, who secured an Kumar added that the The Indian government possible, as you all can understand this is difficult Olympic quota in the country will now get to thought why couldn't the for us as a family and request privacy at this time. 10m air rifle event at the witness shooters with Indian contingent perform John Hartson, his former Celtic team-mate, Asian Championships last much more maturity to its potential at the Rio stated that McNamara had collapsed on Saturday. year, said he is hopeful of at the university-level. Olympics. So now the Worried sick for my former teammate and great friend retaining his place in the The junior shooters government is trying to Jackie McNamara who collapsed at home Saturday squad that will be announced in India are doing inculcate a competitive with a bleed on the brain... My thoughts are with his in a few months' time. Games, four years after a extremely well in various mindset in our athletes. wife Samantha and the children, Hartson tweeted. My place in the Indian medal-less campaign in Rio competitions. If our junior The Target Olympic Scottish champions Celtic wrote on Twitter: shooting contingent isn't de Janeiro. While speaking athletes are doing so well, Podium Scheme has been a The thoughts and prayers of everyone at confirmed yet. The Olympic about India's prospects, he then we will find athletes great scheme for athletes in #CelticFC are with Jackie and his family. team will be decided in took into consideration the with even more maturity at India. With continued efforts McNamara, who claimed four league titles at a few months. I feel that country's top finishes in the the university-level through from the government, the Celtic and won 33 Scotland caps, also played for I have a 99.99 per cent ISSF World Cup last year. the Khelo India University Indian athletes will produce Wolves, Aberdeen, Falkirk and Partick Thistle. chance of making it to the India has finished number Games, said the 32-year-old. better results in the future He has managed Partick, Dundee United and York City. team since I have produced one in all of the shooting He lauded the Indian Olympic Games, he said. 22 Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020

Warner takes step to cricket redemption with top Australia Warner and Smith were both slapped with one-year bans for their roles in the ball-tampering scandal, while Cameron Bancroft was given nine months. honour They were welcomed back into the Australian fold when their suspensions expired in March last year. Sydney Smith was the undoubted star of their retention of the David Warner’s bid to redeem himself after a damaging Ashes in England last year, a series where Warner ball-tampering scandal has taken another step forward with the failed to fire, scoring just 95 runs in 10 innings. opening batsman winning Australia’s highest cricketing honour. But the opener was Australia’s best batsman The divisive 33-year-old has been awarded the Allan at the one-day World Cup, with 647 runs at an Border Medal for the third time, pipping by one vote Steve average of 71.88, and excelled in Twenty20 Smith, who was also involved in the attempt to alter the series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. ball using sandpaper during a South Africa Test in 2018. He then took apart Pakistan’s young bowling Pat Cummins, the ICC Test Player of the Year, came third in attack in the two-Test series that followed, an award voted on by fellow players, the media and umpires. including a career-high 335 not out in Adelaide. “When it is that close, you really don’t know so it’s a big surprise to be Warner joins a select club of multiple winners honest,” an emotional Warner said at the ceremony late Monday. of the Border Medal, including Ricky Ponting “I had no doubt that I had the capabilities (2004, 2006, 2007) and Michael Clarke (2005, of coming back and being here again. 2012, 2013), who also shared the gong in 2009. “It was a lot of hard work and commitment to put my Shane Watson (2010, 2011) and Smith hand back up for selection, and to go away and do (2015, 2018) have won it twice. what I know best which is to try and score as many Allrounder Ellyse Perry joined Warner as a three-times runs as I can in any competition I’m playing in,” added winner by claiming her third Belinda Clark Award as Warner, who also won the award in 2016 and 2017. the outstanding women’s player.

Morgan named captain of the year by ESPNcricinfo New Delhi Jofra Archer, who was voted the Debutant Eoin Morgan was on Monday named of the Year, also starred in the World Cup, captain of the year by the ESPNcricinfo with three-wicket hauls in five of England’s Awards jury for leading England to first six games. He finished the tournament their maiden ODI World Cup triumph. as their leading wicket-taker, and took that After losing to Sri Lanka and Australia in the form into the Ashes series that followed, tournament, England needed to win four straight producing six-fours in two Tests and finishing games to lift the trophy which they did, winning with 22 wickets at an average of 20.07. the title after a tied thriller against New Zealand. Matt Henry, whose three-wicket spell in The ODI batting performance of the year the World Cup semi-final knocked India award went to Ben Stokes for his nerveless out of the tournament, won the award for performance in the World Cup final. He ODI Bowling performance of the year. made an unbeaten 84 in the regulation 50 Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry of Australia overs and a further seven in the Super Over. won the women’s batting and bowling Stokes’ epic rearguard in the Headingley Ashes performances of the year awards, respectively. Test lost out narrowly in the Test batting category Lanning was consistent with the bat through to Kusal Perera who made a landmark 153 not out the year, but it was her unbeaten 133 off against South Africa in Durban to take the title. 63 balls in the first T20I at Chelmsford, Sri Lanka were 52 for three chasing a steep at the time the highest score in women’s 304 to win when Kusal came in to bat in T20I cricket, that was her zenith. the fourth innings. With nine wickets down Perry’s 7 for 22, also against England, were and 78 runs to chase, Perera played one the best ODI bowling figures by an Australian of his greatest knocks to see them home. woman cricketer. Mumbai, Thursday 13-19 February 2020 23 In describing the Sundarbans (beautiful forests), Amitav Ghosh, an internationally acclaimed writer wrote in his novel, The Hungry Tide: “A mangrove forest is utterly unlike other woodlands or jungles. There are no towering, vine-looped trees, no ferns, no wildflowers, no The majestic Royal Bengal chattering monkeys or cockatoos. Mangrove leaves are tough and leathery, the branches gnarled and the foliage often impassively dense. Visibility is short and the air still and fetid. At no moment can human beings have any doubt Tiger in the Sundarbans of the terrain’s hostility to their presence, of its cunning and resourcefulness, of its determination to destroy or expel them. Every year, dozens of people perish in the embrace of that dense foliage, killed by tigers, snakes and crocodiles.” The brilliant paragraph above describes the enchanting Sundarbans, a truly unique ecosystem in the world which stretches along the Bay of Bengal. The huge mangrove forest is called the Sundarbans, which crosses India and Bangladesh. It is a world unto itself. Authors like Amitav Ghosh and Sy Montgomery had undertaken long and treacherous journeys on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers surrounding the Sundarbans to see and find answers to their own curiosities.The Sundarbans’ surrounding islands are known as “bhatirdesh”or the tide country. The dense and heavy green mangrove forests are inhabited by man-eating Royal Bengal Tigers. The Bengal tigers are considered solitary animals. Their home is the low-land parts of the Sundarbans, near the swamps and grasslands. They are need it for their very survival. According to a recent CNN closer look at the tigers from the protected observation carnivores and are on constant hunt for people, spotted report, a study disclosed how much of the Sundarbans deck and watch them coming out of the jungles to drink deer, wild boar, gaur and water buffalo. will remain a suitable environment for the tigers since the fresh water. To the most visitors’ dismay, that is a rare For centuries on,these ferocious and beautiful animals global greenhouse carbon emissions continue to increase occurrence as the tigers are intelligent enough to stay have been a source of great mystery and have increased at an alarming rate. The study concluded that by 2070, the out of their way. From a mile away, they can sense that human curiosity about the relationship between science, iconic Bengal tigers could extinct because of rising sea there are spectators who are waiting to marvel at their mythology and nature. According to the Bangladesh levels, harsh weather conditions, hurricanes, decimated majestic beauty. When they come into sight, the visitors Department of Forestry, on average, 45 people are killed forests because of illicit logging,coal based power plants, are always ready with high powered binoculars and fancy annually by the tigers in the Sundarbans, home to the Asian accumulative salt in the water, and the soil surrounding the cameras, snapping photos and making videos to their rainforests.In 2015, an opinion piece that a Bangladesh Sundarbans. The upstream dams in the rivers of India have hearts’ delight. The visitors sometimes leave the resort online portal had carried said, “The preliminary results greatly reduced the freshwater flow into the rivers of the disappointed, and other times after seeing the tigers. They of the recent tiger census gave us an alarming message Sundarbans. The establishments of the coal-run Rampal are often content, if they can hear the tigers roar that can – we have only 106 Bengal tigers left in the Sundarbans Power Plant on the edge of the Sundarbans will immensely be heard miles away. of Bangladesh. This number is remarkably lower than imbalance its delicate ecosystem. The difficulties are only The conservationists are happy that their sincere the previous estimate of 440 from 11 years ago. A recent increasing. Therefore, along with the tigers other species efforts to save the tigers are resulting in less killing of survey in the Indian part of the Sundarbans also yielded are slowly vanishing. the tigers for poaching. The chief executive of Wild an estimate of 74 tigers against its previous estimate of Climate change and sea level rise is bringing more Team Anwarul Islam told CNN, “The number of tiger about 270 tigers in the area from 2004.” salt water into the mangroves. “Rising sea levels and a attacks and deaths has fallen in the past five years due to On December 31, the Times of India reported that it decline in rainfall have already increased the amount of increased awareness of wildlife protection among local lost 110 tigers in 2019 due to illegal poaching. The number salt in the water, causing Sundari trees — from which the communities.”The villagers have an additional benefit to went up from 2018. The number of deaths also increased Sundarbans region gets its name — to die, and shrinking be working with the conservationists, according to Islam. from the previous year. In 2018, it was recorded that 104 the tiger’s mangrove habitat,” according to Sharif “If a stray tiger comes out of the forest, people know that tigers had died. Because of illegal poaching and habitat Mukul, the study’s co-author and assistant professor at they will not be killed because of the tiger team. They loss Sundarbans’ most treasured symbol of our heritage the Independent University of Bangladesh.As climate feel safe.”They have also set up a tiger hotline to report and pride — the Bengal Tiger now is highly endangered. change shrinks the Sundarbans, more needs to be done of a tiger sighting if they spot a tiger roaming the streets. The tigers are often gunned down by poachers for its to preserve the habitat for the tigers. The tigers will have Sometimes a little effort goes a long way and ultimately invaluable skins and bones. Both are in high demands on no other sanctuary when that happens. “It’s also leaving contributes to the positive efforts by the conservation the black market trade. They are smuggled in China where tigers without access to fresh water, Mukul told CNN.” groups who are working very closely with the authorities the bone is used for making traditional Chinese medicine. “Fresh water is crucial for Bengal tigers to survive… to save the species in the Sundarbans. According to a CNN report, last August, the authorities in If sea levels [continue] to rise, Bengal tigers might not RatulSaha of the WWF Sundarbans Landscape Bangladesh had killed six tiger poachers in Sundarbans have any way to [survive]…The study does not take into program told CNN,“To protect the Bengal tigers, India National Park. When police raided their hideout they died account the impact of disease outbreak, poaching and prey and Bangladesh should identify hotspots where mangrove during a shootout. Later 10-foot long three adult tigers’ reduction, Mukul said, meaning the actual scenario could plants and species are thriving, despite a lack of soil skin was found. “Already threatened by poaching and be better or worse than projected.” nutrients, and move these resilient mangroves to dying humans spreading into its shrinking habitats, researchers An ongoing conflict with the humans for their survival parts of the forest.””It is crucial that the necessary steps say that in just 50 years it could completely disappear from is greatly factoring in for the decline in the number of be taken to increase climate resilience in the region. For one of its last remaining strongholds,” the Sundarbans. the tigers. With lack of fresh water and food supply tigers, conservation efforts must remain focused on habitat Highly revered and hugely feared, these beautiful decreasing, the tigers are leaving their natural habitat and restoration and protection,” he concluded. creatures are at a point of extinction. In the last hundred going to the areas where there are human settlements in In the early colonial times, the Sundarbans were years, the Sundarbans have lost about 95% of the world’s search of food, water, and shelter. The numbers of the referred as “wasteland.” Since the waterways carry very tigers. Researchers have established that there are about tigers are also decreasing because of revenge killing – little freshwater and due to lack of large scale economic 4,000 tigers left in the wild and some are in captivity. farmers kill them to prevent them from preying on their opportunities, human habitation in the adjoined islands Bengal tigers are only found in some of the Asian countries cattle. Another reason for the number of the tigers being was sparse. The islands around the largest contiguous and a few hundred at present are roaming the Sundarbans. diminished is their main source of food; the spotted deer mangrove forest are now only inhabited by poor According to the last tiger census report in 2019, “there are being hunted by illegal poachers as well. A six-year woodcutters, honey gatherers and fishermen. The largest are 2,967 Royal Bengal tigers in India.” India has “more old study revealed that every year, at least three tigers die remaining coastal mangrove has an abundant source of than 75% of the total tiger population. due to human-tiger conflict. According to the same study, honey, and its waterways are source of fish, including tiger Dipankar Ghose, director of the species and landscapes on the average 20-30 people are eaten by the tigers in the prawn. Collecting wild honey in theSundarbans can be a program at the World Wildlife fund said, the number Bangladesh side of the Sundarbans. Some of the studies life threatening task for the honey collectors. The islanders of Bengal tigers in Bangladesh is “dangerously low, are based on estimation, and in reality, the numbers can claim that the world is becoming a global village where as it fell from 440 to 106 because of an increasing be much higher. Sometimes the killings are not reported people from faraway places come to relate to the tigers. poaching crisis.”Habitat degradation, fragmentation of as it is illegal to enter the tiger habitat without the right They argue, as humans, their very presence is seen as the Sundarbans, rising sea level due global warming, permit. So those deaths go unreported. illegal, or even unwelcome, in what has become a World and lack of fresh water is having a direct impact for the On the Indian side of the Sundarbans, the tourist Heritage Site. They lament,whiletheBengal tigers of the numbers to go down. bureau has taken new initiatives by making artificial lakes Sundarbans are a source of constant delight and curiosity Habitat loss and over-hunting by poachers are the two with fresh water to lure the tigers out of the wilderness. to many,they are largely ignored, as people fail to respond most important threats to the survival of the Bengal tigers. Such ingenuity has an added bonus where business is to their complaints and suffering. The forests are now besieged by human needs as they concerned. Visitors touring the Sundarbans can have a 24 Mumbai, Thursday 06-1213-19 FebruaryFebruary 20202020 BOYSBOYS IN IN BLUE BLUE LOSEKNOCK UNDER-19 OUT PAKISTAN FINAL IndiaBangladesh in the finals win its of maiden Under-19 World World Title Cup wickets from his last five The boys in blue also overs and Bangladesh dropped few catches in LEELADHARLEELADHAR went on to clinch the the final match and also KUNDERKUNDER final. missed a run out chance India delivered a For the Indians which could have turned knockThe outIndian punch under- to the19 Karthik Tyagi who the match in their power. 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League scheduled to silence their critics. their top ranking batsmen of a victory for the boys get better of them and got Among the Indian begin in March, the next down to business of scor- bowlers both Karthik and month. ing the runs at a moderate Sushant bowled lethal The Indian coach pace to the chagrin of Pa- spells to restrict their op- Mhambrey should also be Aditya Mehta wins Nationalkistani Snooker supporters and ponents Championship and it was later complimented for groom- glee of Indian counter- left to their batsmen to do ing the boys for bigger Pune margin of 50 -58, 47-48 luckily for me from two parts. the job. challenge as the boys in Ace cuiest Aditya and it looked like Advani one down, I fought well Among the Pakistani In fact it is the seventh blue are all set to repeat Mehta defeated was staging a comeback. to lead and that was the batsmen only Hyder Ali Under-19 World Cup final their good show in the fi- multiple-time world But, Mehta held his turning point, so I'm and skipper Nazir were for the boys in blue and nal match. champion Pankaj nerves and claimed all confident of my game. among the runs as rest of one hopes that they would It is not out of place to Advani 6-2 to win the following four frames And you know, when the batsmen failed to rise hold the national flag aloft mention here that the in- the National Snooker to win the title with a 6-2 two top players are to the occasion and gave after the final match. The cumbent Indian Captain Championship here. score line in the best of playing, sometimes the a dismal performance. Indians are to meet the Virat Kohli is also a prod- Mehta, who represented 11 frames. This title will margins are very small, The boys in blue did winners of Bangladesh uct of Under-19 World the Petroleum Sports be very special to me he added. emulate their seniors -the and New Zealand which Cup as he rose to fame af- Promotion Board (PSPB) since it›s coming after In the women›s snooker men in blue as they did will be played on Thurs- ter winning the Under-19 in the clash on Sunday four years. I was nursing finals, Karnataka›s not give even a semblance day. World Cup almost a de- night, started off with a an injury which kept me Vidya Pillai edged of chance to the Pakistani The boys in blue must cade back and went on bang after wining the first off the tables, Mehta out Amee Kamani of team and romped home keep their heads down and from strength to strength. frame with a break of 103 was quoted as saying Madhya Pradesh 3-2 with more than ten overs play to their potential in So let us keep our fin- while the score remained in a media statement (41-68, 57 -35, 37-61, the final to lift the cov- gers crossed and hope that party and claimed two im- it was icing on the cake to spare. 103-17.punches with impeccable issued here on Monday. 69-50, 87-05) to defend eted trophy. 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