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- There will be a stay on the exe- mercy petition of Mukesh. The advocate AP Singh, Pawan has issued notice to advocate AP cution of the death warrant other three condemned con- claimed before the High Court Singh after Delhi High Court since a mercy plea is there. Jail victs have not yet availed of the that as per his school certificate had last month directed it to . / authorities just have to give me constitutional remedy of filing his date of birth is October 8, take action against the lawyer this report saying we will not the mercy petitions. 1996. Pawan had earlier moved for filing “forged” documents $ hang them on January 22,” the The apex court had on a trial court with a plea claim- and not appearing for hearing. Tis Hazari court judge said on January 14 dismissed the cura- ing to be juvenile at the time of The Bar body issued notice Thursday tive petitions of Vinay and the offence and it was dis- to Singh for February 28 and The defence lawyers have Mukesh against their convic- missed on December 21, 2019. sought his reply within two many more pending pleas. tion and capital punishment. Meanwhile, the Bar weeks. The HC had imposed ! After asking the court to first In his appeal filed through Council of Delhi on Saturday 25,000 as costs on Singh. " dispose of a pending robbery # $ $ # N case against the four convicts O before taking a call on their ' hanging, now they have gone to R # #( the apex court challenging the Delhi HC order dismissing ! Pawan’s claim of being a juve- ( nile at the time of brutally rap- # ing Nirbhaya. ) * + The Supreme Court will hear on January 20 Pawan’s plea 779!: something and face insult against a Delhi High Court when she has nothing to do # order dismissing his claim of he tweet of senior advocate with the case,” he asked. ,$ -$ # ( being a juvenile. A Bench of TIndira Jaising in which she In a tweet on Friday, Jaising "# 779!: mercy plea shows the gaping Justices R Banumathi, Ashok urged Nirbhaya’s mother to said while she empathises with ) lacunae in the procedure laid Bushan and AS Bopanna will “follow the example” of the pain of Nirbhaya’s mother, $ # t is turning out to be an ago- down for the execution of a hear the plea of Pawan, who Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, she urged her “to follow the " # Inising wait for both the hang- death sentence. moved the SC on Friday chal- suggesting that she should example of Sonia who forgave $ man and justice seekers in the A Delhi court on Friday lenging the High Court’s order. pardon the four men sen- Nalini and said she didn’t not # # Nirbhaya gangrape and murder issued fresh death warrants Besides, the convict has tenced to death for raping- (did not) want the death penal- case. The executioner may have for February 1 against the four sought a direction restraining killing her daughter in 2012 ty for her”. “We are with you but #* + measured the necks of the convicts — Vinay Sharma (26), the authorities from executing has not gone down well with “We have been fighting the against death penalty,” she said. # +#! ./ condemned prisoners, may Mukesh Kumar (32), Akshay the death penalty, which has Nirbhaya’s father. case for seven years. We are Nalini Sriharan was sentenced # + have weighed them, and may Kumar Singh (31) and Pawan been scheduled for February 1. Slamming Jaising, he said common people and not politi- to death in Rajiv Gandhi’s assas- $ 0/ be ready with his noose, but the Kumar Gupta (25) — in the He has challenged the High she should be “ashamed” of cians. Such mentality is sination case. # defence lawyers are determined case. This after the court on Court’s December 19 order by suggesting pardon and added responsible for the rising num- Her death penalty was com- to exploit every legal loophole Thursday stayed the hanging of which it also deprecated the that his family isn’t as “large- ber of rapes,” he added. muted to life term after the to delay the inevitable. the four convicts over a mercy conduct of his advocate for fil- hearted” as Sonia Gandhi. Nirbhaya’s father said his intervention of Sonia, who 1 2 # The way they timed filing petition filed by one of the con- ing forged documents and not Also, he demanded an apolo- wife held similar views. He said urged for clemency on account , - of curative petitions of indi- victs. appearing in the court. gy from Jaising, who is known they had seen Jaising in court of the fact that Nalini had a 3 "4567 vidual convicts and followed “I am not reviewing my On Friday, President Ram for her stand against capital but never interacted with her. young daughter who was born the same ploy while filing of the order to pass a death warrant. Nath Kovind rejected the punishment. “Why did she have to say in jail. "8 P R '# 3 &' R '/ 779!: hours later on April 17. / ! 779!: Kirti Azad, is contesting from The POCSO court con- Sangam Vihar constituency. POCSO (Protection of victed Manoj and Pradeep 36-year-old woman was he Congress on Saturday Former AAP MLA from " AChildren from Sexual Kumar, and fixed January 30 Abeaten to death by men Treleased its first list of can- Chandni Chowk Alka Lamba 4569 Offences) court convicted two for arguments on the quantum who were accused of molesting didates for 54 Assembly seats too got the poll ticket. She will # " men on Saturday for raping a of sentence. her minor daughter and were for the upcoming Delhi contest from the same con- five-year-old girl in East Delhi In an over 100-page judge- out on bail, a senior police offi- persons have been arrested Assembly elections. The party stituency, while former AAP seven years ago, saying the ment, Additional Sessions cial said on Saturday. and raids are being conducted has fielded 10 SC and women leader Adarsh Shastri got tick- # case had shaken the collective Judge Naresh Kumar Malhotra The women and her sister, for the arrest of another elusive candidates so far. et from Dwarka. conscience of society. said, “In our society, minor girls who were witness in the 2018 accused, Chand Babu. Two Interestingly, the Congress Former Delhi Minister Q The gruesome incident at are worshipped as goddess on molestation case, were assault- other accused persons were has not decided the name of its Arvinder Singh Lovely is con- Gandhi Nagar in April 15, certain occasions, but in the ed by the men and admitted to arrested on Saturday following candidate for the New Delhi testing from Gandhi Nagar 2013, in which the convicts present case, the victim child, hospitals here. a police encounter.” seat against Arvind Kejriwal, and former Union Minister ; shoved objects in the victim’s had experienced exceptional The woman succumbed to The police had arrested all while Lakshman Rawat has Krishna Tirath from Patel " private parts and abandoned depravity and brutality.” her injuries at Lala Lajpat Rai the four accused in the been fielded against Deputy Nagar. # # her believing she was dead, “The crime against the vic- Hospital on Friday while her molestation case after register- CM Manish Sisodia from Former Minister Ashok Q # had happened four months tim was committed in a most 26-year-old sister is battling for ing a case under IPC and Patparganj. Kumar Walia will contest from # $ after the Nirbhaya gang rape- grotesque and revolting man- life at a private hospital in Protection of Children from Congress leader Subhash Krishna Nagar constituency, and-murder case in December ner and the collective con- Chakeri. Superintendent of Sexual Offences, but the Chopra’s daughter Shivani Haroon Yusuf from Ballimaran, * # 2012. science of the community was Police (Kanpur East) Raj accused had got bail from the Chopra got ticket from Kalkaji, Mateen Ahamad from ( The child was rescued 40 shaken,” the court said. Kumar Agarwal said, “Three court. while Poonam Azad, wife of Seelampur. ! * # ( Q ! " # ( O ' P P " #! " / "# # 7 A railway spokesperson # # 79!: said around 20 north-bound ! " # # '00 sions taken by the trains were delayed by two-five # $% Government for further elhiites witnessed a thick hours. % 1 ith gradual improve- enhancement in access and Dblanket of fog on Saturday Chief of IMD regional &' ( / Wment in the prevailing communication facilities in morning while the maximum forecasting centre Kuldeep ) ( security situation on ground the Union Territory of J&K, temperature settled two notch- Srivastava said Delhi may % $ # zero, the Jammu & Kashmir Rohit Kansal said the compa- es below the normal at 17.7 receive light rain on January 21 )) * / administration on Saturday nies that are engaged in degree Celsius, according to due to a fresh western distur- announced restoration of voice Software (IT/ITES) services India Meteorological bance but temperatures are / # and SMS facility on all local shall be provided with fixed Department (IMD). not expected to dip drastical- ! ) # # pre-paid SIM cards across the ( line internet connectivity by IMD officials said the min- ly in the next eight to 10 days. +,) ( Union Territory of J&K with ) * the Internet Service Providers imum temperature was record- The maximum tempera- % Q immediate effect. + , (ISPs- BSNL/Private Service ed 8.4 degree Celsius, a notch ture will fluctuate between 17 # This was stated by the Providers) with the precau- above the normal, and visibil- and 19 degrees Celsius and % ) Principal Secretary Planning, a Press conference here at tions as already directed as per ity was reduced to 50 metres in minimum temperature will './( ) * Rohit Kansal, who is also the media centre on Saturday. the order issued by the Home Palam area during the morn- oscillate between six and eight # Government spokesperson at Giving details of the deci- Department in the last week. ing hours due to a dense fog. degrees Celsius next week. 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Three Allahabad High Court will be 3" 4!3"5 ( $ ( found missing on Saturday other dacoits, including Man moved in view of “undue delay )) ) when a special court was to Singh, are absconding. in pronouncement of judge- & 0 $$ ( pronounce its verdict, prompt- The judge postponed pro- ment” in the case and “myste- 3 ( # ) ing the judge to postpone the nouncement of the verdict rious disappearance” of the % * #( matter to January 24. after finding out that the orig- original case diary. #( # # Special judge (UP dacoity- inal case diary was missing The special court for hear- !# . ? $# $ affected area) Sudhir Kumar from court record, district ing dacoity-related cases was .2 ( pulled up the court official for Government counsel Rajeev expected to deliver the verdict ) $% 2 the absence of the case diary Porwal told PTI. The court has “The court decided to fix notice to the sessions clerk in the 1981 Behmai massacre )) " at the time of delivering the now listed the case on January another date for pronouncing concerned for the case diary case on January 6, but it # # verdict and asked him to place 24, asking its staff to trace the the judgement after the case going missing, Porwal said, allowed the defence counsel to 0%$ 67 it before the court on January missing case diary and place it diary is located,” he said. adding strict instructions have submit written arguments by 0 O )* # 24. before it on the next date. The court also issued a been issued to find it. January 16, Porwal said. " +,- ././ + =)>R 1%$)2 , * +, here’s just a handful of what lengths will they go to for /!( /$ ? "O: E$ people in life that any of the love and pride of their fam- # &!&!9 >39 $ us would give a hand and ily? legT for — it could be anyone Karan Jotwani, who was last + % ) )( % )% from a dearly cherished child- seen in Zee TV’s Aap Ke Aa Jane ) hood friend to your spouse to Se, has been roped in to play the a close sibling but for most of us role of Neel. Neel is an emo- What is the one thing satisfied with my job so I in India, it is our family. Zee tional young man, particularly you like and dislike switched to other jobs but TV’s next primetime offering close to his sister. He is one of about your character? nothing sat well with me. Qurbaan Hua is an intense the most eligible bachelors and What I like in Kabir, There was something drama about two passionate someone everyone just instinc- is that he is brave. missing in every job I and young individuals, caught tively loves. However, in real life it is took. I decided to try my in a crossfire of destiny. They’re Talking about his character, not possible to face every hands in anchoring. I got on a mission of their own, dri- Jotwani revealed: “I chose the situation bravely. What I selected for ZEE TV’s ven by the love and pride of show not only because of its dislike is his inability to travel show in Dubai their family. Despite being two unique, evocative story but also question things. and reached the completely different people hail- foundation of any marriage. because my character is strong He is too strict finals. But after ing from starkly different back- While he is burning with the fire and challenging. In fact, the about his ide- that there grounds and cultures, Neel and of revenge for his sister’s death, show is based on an extremely ologies and were no Chahat are about to sacrifice the she is single-mindedly deter- basic human insight of going the doesn’t want options. The single-most important and inti- mined to clear her abbu’s name extra mile for the love and to change at journey was mate relationship of life and tie as she’s convinced he’s had no pride of one’s family and loved all. not easy. the knot with each other, with- role to play in the death of Neel’s ones. So, I am excited to be a Do you But since out a trace of love that forms the sister. The question, then, is — part of the show.” share any now I am similari- here play- ties with ing Kabir, I your char- believe all acter? the efforts were Yes, I have a worth it. lot of similarities. Did you prep to The biggest one become an actor? is belief in my I did not pre- %2)), faith. I pray pare anything for Jr. The fact that he is playing to kill the Queen of England everyday. I am a family man acting. I thought that it is the 3 0&! " the central character added to take her place. A bit of an just like my character. easiest job on the planet! You 4 5 to the flavour of the film. odd setting from the time Which co-actor you share have got a few lines and you ,) While it is good to watch when Eddie Murphy played most cordial relations? just have to narrate them. I & " him come alive on the 70 Dr Dolittle from America. Obviously Esha for now, thought that there was no need + 6 % mm screen, there are a lot of Then there is the rather since I have spent two years to join National School of )1 things that are missing here strange demand from the working with her. I have done Drama for three years, a three- &! & / that make this one a bit of a Queen who wants Dr a lot of romantic scenes with month training workshop 8 bore. Dolittle treat her, even her. Maybe I can answer this would be more than enough. Robert Downey Jr tries though he is a doctor, he is question better after I have When I stepped into the field, & 0.:;< hard to look like an eccen- famous for being a vet! spent equal amount of time I realised that I have entered a tric doctor who speaks with Not all is lost here. The with Tunisha too. dark ocean. There is no end to ack in 1998 when Dr animals. His scruffy and animals are definitely cuter. How did the shift from a learning. I had given a lot of Dolittle hit the screens, unkempt look doesn’t sit too A special mention for the management student to an auditions and failed many Bmost animal lovers well on the character that he lion cub, Chee-Chee the actor happen? times. But what has worked is loved the concept. Almost all portrays. His post Avengers anxious gorilla and Dab- Though I was pursuing that I kept trying. of us would like to know appearance doesn’t appear Dab, the crazy duck. my Bachelor in Business What kind of roles do you what and how the four- to sit on him well enough The makers on a mis- Administration, I was clear want to play? legged creatures think espe- for the audience to take a sion to make this a grand that I was not made for nine to I want to play a dark char- cially their thoughts about shine to him in this role project ended up with a film five job. I wanted to do some- acters. Though I am already humans. where he is busy removing that is not a patch on Dr thing creative. I used to create trying to give Kabir a grey Cut to 2020. Dolittle was armour suits and even a Dolittle, the funny and crazy visuals in my head try on how shade, but still I would like to a movie that most people bagpie from a dragon! doctor that we are familiar to make better ads. Having said explore more grey characters. were looking forward to It is set in Victorian with. that due to my family circum- From Arjun on Star Plus to since it has Robert Downey England where a Lord wants L stances I had to work. I was not Kabir. How has been your journey? The journey has been a long one. I have seen a lot of ups and downs. Now I feel that I am at a stable stage. I work with the same energy that I had in 2013. The more you work the more you can get better. Back then, I thought acting is tough but now I feel it is much more difficult than I thought it to be. But my approach towards acting has remained the same. I still find it beautiful and dif- ficult. The journey is a test of your character. At times you will feel so demotivated because of all the rejections that you had to go through. People tend to lose path during this phase. Some may get addicted to drugs while others will engage themselves in parties to forget the bad times. Fortunately, because of my mother, faith in God and friends, I didn’t lose my goal during any of the hard times. What does fame mean to you? I don’t take fame too seri- ously. But yes my social media account got verified recently. I felt happy. Which role was the most challenging for you? All of them were equally challenging. All the roles that I played were different from each other. But to mention one, it can be Ramesh from Khade Hai Teri Raahon Mein on Hotstar. For this role, I did a lot of rehearsals and mock shoots. I performed well in the audi- tions but was unable to justify the character during the shoot. It took me two day to get back on track. Can you share your fitness regime? I have a small gym in my room. There is one elastic band, one skipping rope, one pull up bar and two dumbells. I sleep for five-six hours and spend the rest of the time in shooting and working out. This may not be the best shape I have been in but I am fit. I never miss my work out ses- sions. What fitness tips would you like to give out to the youngsters? Don’t make excuses. If you have decided to work out, make time for it and do it whole heartedly and not because someone else wants you to do it. What are your upcoming projects? I write scripts and recent- ly sold one for a film based on Mixed Martial Arts. I believe we will win an Oscar for it. I will also be acting in it. I am trying my hand at direction as well and have writ- ten a short filmin which I will act as well.
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Sources in the Partap Singh Bajwa and Punjab no business commenting or (HSCW) suggests that crime $ Commission, however, said chief minister Capt Amarinder interfering on matters of which against women has increased in % that State’s one-stop centre for Singh on Friday on State you have absolutely no knowl- Haryana this year in compar- women ‘Sakhi’ is facing short- Advocate General Atul Nanda. edge,” said the Chief Minister to ison to previous two years, trig- age of staff, basic infrastructure, While Bajwa sought the Bajwa, reacting sharply to the lat- gering concern. '( causing problems to victims of immediate sacking of Punjab ter’s letter filled with “baseless Opposition parties, % sexual assault, dowry and Advocate General for allegedly allegations” against the AG. including Congress and Indian # domestic violence. At many failing to defend the interests of Bajwa had posted his `open National Lok Dal have O# P Women Police Stations, the the State "effectively" in courts, letter’ on his Twitter handle on slammed the State Government + ,% number of women staff has not Capt Amarinder trashed the Friday afternoon, listing out over increasing crimes against been deployed. At some place demand as illogical and irrational seven instances in which he women in the State. Referring male police officers has been asked Partap Bajwa to “keep out alleged that the AG had failed to to NCRB reports, the opposi- made in-charge of Women of my Government’s business, of protect Punjab’s interest. It was tion leaders said that the - +/ Police Station while at few which you are totally ignorant.” noteworthy, said Capt Haryana has stood at third places, SI or inspector has been In a missive to Capt Amarinder, that Atul Nanda ranks in crime against women given additional charge. Amarinder, the Rajya Sabha MP had not even represented the across the country. %0 % Under such circumstances, said Nanda's appointment as Punjab Government in six of The NCRB data shows that they could not focus on deal- the Advocate General was due to these cases, thus exposing the year by year, crimes against % ' ing the cases related women his proximity to the chief min- extent of Bajwa’s lack of aware- women in Haryana are increas- effectively. ister. ness and clearly indicating that ing rapidly. Citing NCRB data, the year 2018, they added. Gurugram while two from and state government have set minors, including rape, The Commission "Nepotism is against the he had a personal axe to grind a Congress leader said that Understanding the gravity Ambala; two from up above centres in the State. molestation, domestic violence, Chairperson said that to know interests of the State and the against the AG. 9511 cases of crime against of the latest data and to know Kurukshetra; one from The State government has child marriage, child abuse, the actual state of these centres, appointment of Atul Nanda as Dubbing Bajwa’s recent spate women were registered. This and evaluate the actual status of Bhiwani and one from Hissar. set up around 15 Women sexual assault, kidnapping and team members led by Advocate General, Punjab is a of attacks on him (the Chief means about 26 cases of crimes the execution of centre and As many as 99 rape cases Working Centres and 15 dowry complaints. These cen- Commission member would perfect example of the same, as Minister) and his Government as were committed daily. This State Government sponsored from April 15 to December 15 Mahila Ashram to facilitate tres have own staff and infra- conduct surprise inspections his appointment had been sole- totally senseless and politically increased to 9839 in the year schemes being operated for which include 10 in Hisar, 13 the women of the State. One structure. during ten days of inspection ly guided by his proximity to motivated, Capt Amarinder said 2016 while 11,370 in 2017. the safety, security and welfare in Panipat, nine in Mewat, Stop Centres which is also The Commission drive across the State. After you," Bajwa said. the MP’s behaviour was becom- However, the recently released of the women and children, the seven in Bhiwani, six in Sirsa, known as ‘Sakhi’ is an ambi- Chairperson said that women inspection, reports will be sent He said the "incompetence ing increasingly ridiculous. figures of the year 2018 by Haryana State Commission for seven in Karnal, five each in tious project of the Union gov- affected by violence are pro- to the State Government for of Nanda to defend the interests “Unless he (Bajwa) has a good NCRB reveal that in the year Women has decided to conduct Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar and ernment under the Nirbhaya vided services like police assis- further action, she said, adding of the State effectively is reflect- explanation for such behaviour, 2018, crimes against women 10-day- long inspection drive Mahendragarh. Seven com- Fund for providing police, tance, medical aid, psycho- the team has been formed at ed in the repeated failures he which is clearly detrimental to have increased by 26 percent as from January 20 at Working plaints of gang rape have been medical and legal help to socio counseling, legal aid and Commission level and this faced in the courts" in various the interests of his own party, one compared to the year 2017. Women Centres (WWCs), One reported which include two women victims. temporary stay for five days exercise would be completed cases, including those related to might even think he is working In 2018, there were 14,326 Stop Centres (OSCs), Mahila each in Ambala and "OSCs have been opened under one roof in one stop cen- within ten days. drug menace, mining, environ- for the Opposition in Punjab,” crimes against women which is Ashram, Safe Houses, Women Kurukshetra and one each in in almost all the districts of the tres set up across the State. According to her, along ment protection and sacrilege. said the Chief Minister. an average of 39 crimes against Police Stations (WPSs) and Gurugram, Bhiwani and Hisar. State. This centre resolves any These centres not only provide with district level service Bajwa urged the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder asked women were committed each other centres set up for Women Moreover, the Commission issue related to distress and vio- legal and medical aid, but also authority member, she led a to sack Nanda immediately and Bajwa to stop giving opinions on day. “If we talk about rape across the State. had received around 150 com- lence against women. It also counsel the victim till woman team conduct inspection of appoint a "competent person" in issues that do not concern him cases, according to the NCRB As per reports received plaints of sexual harassment of provides integrated services recovers fully and fit for reha- above centres in Rohtak while his place. and, instead, to focus on nur- data, 1099 rape cases were from the Haryana State Women at work place from and facilities at a single point, bilitation. It has board, lodging Vice-Chairperson of the Taking strong exception to turing his constituency in the reported in the year 2017. Commission for Women, the various parts of the State over saving the victims from unnec- and food facility with ade- Commission Preeti Bhardwaj Bajwa’s open letter, listing out the Rajya Sabha, in his own interest. While the number of rape Commission received seven the last six months. essary harassment and delay quate security. The victim has in Gurugram. alleged failures of the AG, the Punjab ministers had on cases increased by more than complaints of gang rape from Commission chairperson caused by hassles involved", she no need to go anywhere, even The chairperson and vice Chief Minister termed it a sign January 14 sought disciplinary 17 percent in the year 2018 various parts of the State. Seven Pratibha Suman said that to said, adding this centre specif- the police station, for resolu- chairperson of the Commission of the former Punjab Congress action against Bajwa for raising compared to the year 2017. The complaints of gang rape include provide fool-proof security and ically deals with issues involv- tion.She further said that the can inspect any centres of all Chief’s desperation to grab polit- a "banner of revolt" against Capt rape cases increased to 1296 in one such report received from welfare for women, the central ing crime against women and Women Police Stations have the districts, she added. ical limelight. “I have full faith in Amarinder. /0 1, , , 2 . / 3
!:09 vulnerable families, reduce out ) 0* of pocket expense being imachal Health and incurred by families on health- HFamily Welfare Minister care, increase the utilization of Vipin Singh Parmar on public health services at pri- Saturday said 338 Community mary care level, reduce frag- Health Officers (CHO) would mentation of care and to reduce be given provisional posting in work load of secondary and Health Sub Centres of the tertiary care facilities," Parmar State. said. "These posts would be He said that the posting of filled up with the candidates CHO would help in strength- who have completed bridge ening public health activities course after BSC nursing," he related to preventive and pro- said. motive health and the mea- The Minister said that B.Sc surement of health outcomes nurses were provided with for the population served by bridge course certified by the HWC. IGNOU and the first batch is CHO would be the first ) (4 (+ being posted in Health Sub point of care or source of 4$ + + Centres of the State, which have information for health-related been upgraded to Health issues for the community by !:09 Bindal replaced Satti who Wellness Centres (HWC). virtue of proximity of HWCs to has been Himachal BJP chief The posts of CHO's are its catchment population, he ormer Himachal Pradesh for nine years. being filled through HLL com- added. FSpeaker and Minister A single nomination for pany, which is a PSU of the Parmar said that this step Rajeev Bindal was on Saturday the post was filed on Friday by government of India. has been taken by the State formally declared as the State Bindal. He resigned as state He said that 12 essential Government to achieve uni- BJP Chief. Assembly Speaker on Thursday services regarding communi- versal health coverage by pro- The announcement was after the national BJP leader- cable and non communicable viding basic health necessities made by national BJP secretary ship decided to nominate him * 2" # O " '"P + + diseases would be delivered by at the door step at minimal Sunil V. Deodhar at a function to the new post. the CHO. cost. here attended by Chief Minister Bindal is considered close "The role of the CHO He also informed that the Jai Ram Thakur. Outgoing state to BJP's national working pres- would be to improve access to comprehensive health care pack- BJP president Satpal Singh ident Jagat Prakash Nadda, 5 healthcare in rural and remote ages which were available at the Satti and other ministers were who himself hails from the areas for the marginalized and sub centres are being increased. also present. state's Bilaspur district. * 2# ) " 10*"*$
Chandigarh: Haryana Police have arrested two criminals in separate operations who were on the most-wanted list of Delhi &!: ! ternity as he was a distin- Police from district Sonipat. guished editor, besides the Police have also recovered two ormer BJP MP and senior social worker and a parlia- country-made pistols and 9 car- Fjournalist Ashwini Chopra mentarian. tridges from their passed away at a private hos- Punjab Chief Minister possession. pital in Gurgaon on Saturday Capt Amarinder Singh recalled A spokesperson of Haryana after a prolonged illness. He the services rendered by the Police said that in the first inci- was 63. senior journalist, who had dent, CIA team after getting a Suffering from ''terminal always proactively championed tip-off has nabbed Deepak alias cancer'', Chopra had been the cause of freedom of Lota, a resident of Nahra admitted to the Medanta press. (Sonipat) from near GT Road Hospital about three weeks With the demise of Kundli. During the search, a ago. Ashwini Kumar a void had country made pistol and 5 car- He passed away in the been created in the field of tridges were recovered from his afternoon. He is survived by journalism, which was difficult possession.In another incident, wife, three sons and two grand- to be filled, he added. police arrested Sunil alias Banda, sons. Describing Ashwini Minna a resident of Chirsmi hall, Nahra The media baron-turned as a gentleman politician and ! ! deg C), Patiala (8.2 deg C), C) registered below normal (Sonipat) after getting secret journalist was elected as an MP a distinguished journalist, the Adampur (8.2 deg C), Halwara minimum temperatures. information that accused was from Karnal, Haryana, in 2014. Chief Minister said the former old weather conditions (5.8 deg C), Bathinda (5.4 deg Chandigarh registered a roaming with illegal arms. He was the editor of Punjab MP had been consistently rais- Ccontinued to persist in C), Faridkot (4 deg C) and night temperature of 10.5 A country-made pistol and Kesari, Delhi. Himachal Chief Minister Jai Kesari, Delhi, Ashwini ing the issues of Punjab’s over- most parts of Punjab and Gurdaspur (7.7 deg C) also degrees Celsius, which was 4 cartridges were recovered. Popularly known as Ram Thakur, and Punjab Chief Chopra," Khattar tweeted. all development and welfare of Haryana on Saturday where a experienced a cold night, a above normal range. During preliminary interro- ''Minna'', he was a promising Minister Capt Amarinder "Your life as an able politi- all sections of the society in the thick blanket of fog reduced meteorological department The official said a thick gation, it was revealed that cricketer in his youth. Chopra Singh amongst others con- cian and a successful journal- esteemed columns of his news- visibility in the morning at a official said. blanket of fog reduced visibili- more than a dozen cases per- leaves behind his wife doled the passing away of the ist will continue to guide us all." paper, always striving to uphold few places. In Haryana, Hisar (4.1 deg ty in the morning at Hisar, taining to murder, attempt to and three former parliamentarian. In his message, Himachal the ethics of journalism. In Punjab, Amritsar was C), Ambala (6.9 deg C), Karnal Rohtak, Bhiwani, Sirsa, murder, loot, dacoity, theft and children. "Learnt about the sad Chief Minister Jai Ram termed His prayers were with the the coldest place recording a (8.6 deg C), Narnaul (6.5 deg Amritsar, Halwara, Bathinda, under relevant sections of Haryana Chief Minister demise of former BJP MP from passing away of Chopra as a family in their hour of grief, he bone-chilling minimum of 3.6 C), Rohtak (6.8 deg C), Bhiwani Faridkot and Gurdaspur across Arms Act were registered Manohar Lal Khattar, Karnal and Editor of Punjab great loss to the journalistic fra- added. degrees Celsius. Ludhiana (8.3 (6.2 deg C) and Sirsa (4.8 deg both states. against them. PNS " +,- ././ 1 1
&!: ! and receipt-collection. plan and occupation certificate During the meeting, the will also be delegated to all the aryana Chief Minister, department of Urban Local Municipal Commissioners in HManohar Lal Khattar on Bodies informed that the line with Municipal Corporation, Saturday set the target of com- Municipal Commissioners have Faridabad and Gurugram. plete financial self-reliance for all been delegated complete powers The Chief Minister dis- the ten municipal corporations of sealing the premises, appeal cussed at length various strate- in the State. and revision under the Haryana gies to recover arrears, especial- He stressed upon the sig- Fire Act, 2009. ly those of property tax and water nificance of the municipal cor- Further, powers of granting and sewerage bills. He directed porations as the units of Local Fire NOC and approval of Fire the department to come up with Self-Government and shared Fighting Scheme have also been one-time settlement schemes to his vision of transforming the delegated to the Municipal encourage the citizens to deposit ) ) 6 # ) ) Corporations into financially Commissioners as per the pro- their arrears. He also insisted on + + viable and truly professional visions of National Building timely and hassle-free delivery of bodies. Code, irrespective of any ceiling services to the citizens. quotes and invoices. It was assessment of properties. He said that the system can be The Chief Minister was pre- on land area. Speaking on the occasion, informed that in a bid to bring While, giving directions started from HSVP sectors. siding over a meeting with The Urban Local Bodies the Chief Minister said that on accounting reforms in Municipal regarding the water manage- He further directed that Mayors and Commissioners of department proposed that the occasion of the Good Corporations of the State, ment, the Chief Minister said smart water meters should be the municipal corporations held municipal corporations to be Governance, the State Double-entry accountant system that all the Municipal installed in all the districts to here. able to decide cases of transfer of Government has already should be launched for asset-lia- Corporations in the State should monitor, measure and ensuring During the meeting, ownership to tenants/lessees of announced that the year 2020 bility. adopt double lining system for the continuous water supply Municipal Commissioners and 20 years involving area upto 500 would be observed as “Susashan Apart from this GIS tech- water management under which and further to significantly Mayors presented their respec- sq. yards at their own level and Sankalp Varsh” and fair and nology will be used for proper the treated water can be reused. reduce water loss. tive plans to the Chief Minister to increase the limit of adminis- prompt delivery of services to the for increasing their income and trative and financial approval of public is only possible through 5 $ !/5* ,% curtailing the expenditure. tenders to 2.50 crore and e-governance. The Department of Urban 10.00 crore in case of He said that making the Local Bodies too made a pre- Commissioners and Municipal Water and sewage billing system % , - . sentation on the way forward Corporations respectively. It was and change of land system online towards achieving efficiency also proposed forwill not only bring transparen- &!: ! Chandigarh was made by K.K. Smart City Ltd. were discussed. through increased used of I.T. Commissioners and Municipal cy but will also help in reducing Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Mishra appreciated the and decentralization of various Corporations to have power to corruption. urga Shankar Mishra, Corporation, in a review meet- major projects of Chandigarh financial and administrative sanction Capital works upto During the meeting, the DSecretary, Ministry of ing of Flagship programmes including the projects being powers. 2.50 crore rupees and 10.00 Chief Minister was apprised for Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. including Atal Mission for taken up under Chandigarh On this occasion, the Chief crore rupees respectively, while transparency in the quotation of of India on Saturday reviewed Rejuvenation and Urban Smart City Ltd., Construction & Minister also launched two enjoying unlimited power in the works being carried out by implementation of various pro- Transformation (AMRUT), Demolition Waste Plant at indus- online services, namely, Water case of maintenance works. It the local bodies, a Quotation jects being carried out under the Smart City, Pardhanmantri Awas trial area, Additional Water and Sewer Connection and was also proposed that they will Management System would also Ministry in Chandigarh.Arun Yojna (PMAY), DAY-NULM Supply Scheme, Legacy mining Billing System and Change of also have the powers of concur- be launched in all the Municipal Kumar Gupta, Principal and Swachh Bharat Mission etc. of MSW at dumping ground, Land Use System, which would rent appointing authority with Corporations of the State. The Secretary Home, Ajoy Sinha, at UT Guest House here.During Dadumajra.After the review streamline the process of respect to a certain level of offi- Quotation Management System Finance Secretary, Chandigarh the meeting various projects meeting, Mishra visited the C&D approval of CLUs and sanction cials working under them. is an easy to use and flexible and all senior officers of MCC being carried out by the Waste plant, industrial area of water and sewerage connec- Apart from this, necessary application which allows a com- were present during the meeting. Municipal Corporation Phase-I and appreciated its suc- tions as well as bill-generation powers for approval of building pany to create, submit and track The presentation from Chandigarh and Chandigarh cessful implementation. &40 0 - 1, 1, .**
! ! No one can try to infringe upon the powers of the other, enior BJP leader Satya Pal Jain may it be the Centre or the State, Son Saturday urged Punjab he said in a statement here. Governor V P Singh Badnore to "This resolution is in utter take appropriate legal action violation of Article 257 of the against the State Government for Constitution of India, which the "unconstitutional" resolu- imposes an obligation on the tion adopted by the Assembly state governments to ensure against the amended citizenship compliance with the laws made law. by Parliament and also gives Calling the Citizenship power to the Government of (Amendment) Act "inherently India to issue directions to any discriminatory", the Punjab state for this purpose." Assembly on Friday adopted a He said that enacting a law resolution seeking its immediate on citizenship is within the com- repeal and Chief Minister petence and prerogative of the Amarinder Singh announced Parliament of India as per Article that his government would 11 as well as entry 17 in the approach the Supreme Court ''Union List'' in Schedule 7 of the against it, the second state after Constitution. Kerala to do so. "The resolution adopted by Jain, who is a member of the the Punjab Assembly attempts to national executive committee infringe upon the right of of the BJP, said India is a Union Parliament to enact law on the of States which has adopted a issue and is also an attempt to federal structure demarcating usurp the powers which are the powers between the Centre vested not in the states but in the and the States. Union of India", he said. $ )%% FG A/
Patiala: Punjab Government is power supply to the people of the committed to provide 24 hours state, Patiala MP Preneet Kaur said here.Inaugurating a new 66 KV grid sub-station Haripur Kuran in Dera Bassi tehsil in the district, she said that new grid has been so designed that the capacity can be extended to meet with future demand of the area.Kaur said that Power State Power Corporation Limited has spent about 5 crores for the construction of this new sub sta- tion. She said that with this grid sub station the nearby villages will get benefit with uninter- rupted power supply. PNS " +,- ././ #! 2 8
! 779!: Western disturbances typical- ly originate as low-pressure 0" ntensity of Western distur- systems over the Ibance has impacted the wind Mediterranean Sea. It brings pattern and its speed in winter sudden winter rain to the New Delhi: External Affairs Sources said the discus- this year. This has led to unpre- north-western parts of the Minister S Jaishankar on sions were "very fruitful" and dictable weather and harsh Indian sub-continent is called Saturday assured members of there was "no acrimony". winter. Due to frequent west- Western Disturbance. It is a Parliament that India is safe- They said the minister ern disturbances, north and non-monsoonal precipitation guarding its interests in its explained and put in perspec- north-western India including pattern driven by the wester- neighbourhood amid rising tive how the government is Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & lies. High-altitude westerly influence of China. engaging with India's neigh- Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh winds push these systems Jaishankar was briefing bours. and Uttrakhand witnessed towards India. On the way, the members of the Consultative On the question of rising unprecedented snowfall, rains disturbances gather moisture Committee on External Affairs various probing questions were influence of China in India's in December and January. from various sources includ- including former Congress asked by Rahul Gandhi. neighbourhood, Jaishankar Cold wave conditions per- "The frequent western dis- over the past few decades as Baramulla received unprece- ing Mediterranean, Caspian, president Rahul Gandhi. "Just finished a lively meet- assured the MPs that India is sisted in most parts of north turbance in winter has impact- around six to seven western dented heavy snowfall. and sometimes even the "Animated discussion on ing of the Consultative safeguarding its interests in India on Saturday with many ed wind pattern and its speed. disturbances per month used to Temperature in North Glacier Arabian Sea. The influence of the neighbourhood and Committee on External Affairs the region, they said. places in Himachal Pradesh Easterly wind, which is com- affect the north during winters in Siachen fell down to minus western disturbances is max- beyond. Shared our thinking today chaired by S Jaishankar. Besides Jaishankar, top offi- and Uttar Pradesh receiving mon in January are less influ- before the 1960s. 57 degrees Celsius, while fresh imum over north and north- and assessment on contempo- Rahul Gandhi was in his ele- cials of the Ministry, Foreign rains, while the Kashmir Valley ential or weak as compared to The previous disturbance- snowfall recorded in Gurez west India during the winter rary issues," the Minister tweet- ment and his probing questions Secretary Vijay Keshav and Ladakh reeled under sub- the northwesterly wind. Due to the fourth one to affect India in Sector amounted to 51 cm, season from December to ed after the meeting. elicited candid responses (both Gokhale and his successor zero temperatures. weak easterly wind, severe cold January 2020-reached its peak with 117 cm in Machhil Sector, February," said Dr Kuldeep Biju Janata Dal MP Sasmit must stay off the record alas!) Harsh Vardhan Shringla were According to India wave conditions are prevailed January 13, causing heavy rain- 56 cm in Keran and Tangdhar Srivastava, senior scientist of Patra, a member of the com- Parliamentary democracy in also present in the meeting. Meteorological Department ( over north, northwest and cen- fall across Jammu & Kashmir, Sector, 122 cm in Naogaon IMD. mittee, said interactions were action," he said on Twitter. The Ministry of IMD), this year, however, tral India. The intensity of Himachal Pradesh, and a few Sector, and 61 cm in Uri and In Himachal Pradesh, very meaningful, insightful BJP MP GVL Narasimha Parliamentary Affairs consti- January has witnessed four western disturbances has other neighbouring states in Gulmarg sectors. Shimla received light snowfall and intense. Rao praised Jaishankar, saying tutes Consultative Committees western disturbances in just brought snowfall and rainfall in the process. It also caused As far as Delhi is con- while some parts of the state "Discussions focussed on as an "accomplished diplomat of members of both the Houses first 18 days of the month as hills and plains in India," offi- heavy snowfall over the north cerned, it's usually remains received light rain. Several tourist India's neighbourhood. Details and a hugely successful minis- of Parliament, which are compared to six in December cials said. Indian states, which subse- weather free during this time of hotspots, including Manali, Kufri of the deliberations in the ter", he fielded questions of all attached to various ministries. last year. "A fresh western dis- According to IMD, western quently triggered avalanches month, with only few spells of and Dalhousie, shivered at sub- Committee are confidential members with "immaculate The main purpose of these turbance is expected on disturbances are very frequent that killed at least ten people in winter rains in between. zero temperatures. The cold and therefore cannot be dis- finesse, clarity and vision". committees is to provide a January 20, which affects west- visitors to north India during Jammu and Kashmir. January 2020 is witnessing one wave conditions persisted in the closed," he tweeted. "Thank you forum for informal discus- ern Himalaya regions and the winter months from Due to third western dis- of the rainiest spell this time. Kashmir Valley and Ladakh, Congress leader and for- @DrSJaishankar for an excel- sions between the government plains of North West India. December to March, with a turbance, between January 13 "The disturbance travels with the two neighbours wit- mer Minister of State for lent interaction and replies to and members of Parliament on This will also brings snowfall normal frequency of around 3- and 14, multiple areas in North from the "western" to the east- nessing sub-zero minimum tem- External Affairs Shashi all our 'probing' questions," policies and programmes of the and rain with thunderstorm in 4 per month. Research shows Kashmir, such as the higher ern direction. Disturbance peratures that led to frost for- Tharoor described the meeting Rao, who was present in the government and the manner of western Himalaya regions," it that the frequency of western reaches of Gurez, Bandipur, means an area of "disturbed" mation on roads and caused as "lively" and underlined that meeting, added. their implementation. said. disturbances has come down Kupwara, Nowgam, and or reduced air pressure. inconvenience to motorists. "+BR ) .&# % !7"(43(-($5/(4$ ! ! ! 0 0 1 ( - , Ahmedabad: Former BJP leader 779!: 779!: Yashwant Sinha on Saturday said the 779!: period, the commerce min- Central Government was on the "brink istry said in a statement. delegation of SC and ST fac- he CBI has arrested two persons for of bankruptcy" due to the economic nion Commerce Minister The union minister will Aulty members of JNU on Tallegedly threatening and demanding slowdown. UPiyush Goyal will lead the hold bilateral meetings with Saturday accused the universi- bribe from a bank fraud case accused He also said the economy was pass- Indian delegation to the 50th ministers of Australia, South ty administration under VC M impersonating as senior officers of the ing through its "worst-ever crisis" due to World Economic Forum at Africa, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Jagadesh Kumar of discrimina- agency by spoofing the landline number of the "death of demand" in sectors. Davos from January 20 to 24 Switzerland, Korea and tion against teachers and stu- Teaching posts reserved the central agency. This is third such case Spokesperson Nitin Wakankar said in a Sinha was speaking on the sidelines and hold bilateral meetings Singapore. dents from these communities from these communities have recently where people have spoofed the land- statement. of his "Gandhi Shanti Yatra" against with various his counterparts He will also meet Director and requested Union minister been left vacant even though line number of the agency to demand bribe They allegedly used a malicious software Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of different countries. General of World Trade Ram Vilas Paswan to take up the able candidates are available, from suspects in a case probed by the agency. to spoof the landline telephone number 011- and National Register of Citizens (NRC) The minister will partici- Organization and Secretary matter with the Government. Paswan said quoting them. Y Manivardhan Reddy a resident of 24302700 of CBI Head Office, New Delhi to which has arrived in Ahmedabad. pate in the WEF along with General of Organisation for After meeting the faculty "The delegation's charges Hyderabad and Selvam Ramaraj resident of call an accused in a bank fraud case probed He reiterated the new citizenship law Union Minister of State for Economic Co-operation and members, Paswan said the alle- are serious. Attention will have Madurai (Tamil Nadu) were nabbed by the by the agency, it said. In the calls made on was a ploy of Narendra Modi Government Shipping and Chemical and Development (OECD). gations levelled by the delegation to paid to them," he said. agency in connection with a case registered the accused's mobile phone, the duo posed to divert attention of people from impor- Fertilisers, Mansukh L Apart from this, Goyal were serious and should be In its memorandum, the on Thursday alleging they were threatening themselves as senior CBI officers from New tant issues like the "failure of economy". Mandaviya; and Chief will hold bilateral meetings looked into. They told Paswan delegation said SC and ST mem- and demanding huge amounts as bribes from Delhi and demanded bribe for getting "This Government ignored prob- Ministers of Karnataka and with CEOs of companies, that the recent hike in fee and bers of teaching and non-teach- various individuals who were facing cases favours in the case against him, the lems related to the economy and tried Madhya Pradesh; Finance attend WEF sessions and reduction in seats have affected ing staff and students have been with Central Law Enforcement Agencies. spokesperson said. In recent months, the CBI to portray that everything is fine by Minister of Punjab and the IT round tables on 'Accelerating these underprivileged commu- facing discrimination from the "In this connection they have contacted had come across two such cases where manipulating figures. But the data can- Minister of Telangana. Investments in Indian nities the most and that SC and Jawaharlal Nehru University one of the accused in a CBI case pertain- accused spoofed phone number of agency to not be fudged forever. Now, they have Goyal will also participate Railways' and attracting ST teachers were not getting due (JNU) administration headed by ing to a Bank fraud, and demanded huge call people facing probe in various cases. In accepted the problem and are saying in an informal WTO Global Institutional promotions despite fulfilling Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh amount of money in the name of senior CBI one of the cases, the person posed as that they will do something about it," Ministerial gathering being Investments in India, the the criteria. Kumar. officials posted at New Delhi," CBI Director CBI to demand bribe. Sinha said. PTI held in Davos during this statement said. 6 % / " 7 $(-2-345-6 .! ( 8 9 50 ! 779!: 779!: spices being cultivated," says Rahul. he Enforcement Directorate @< ongress leader and "Wayanad is also home to Tattached properties to the CWayanad MP Rahul a large number of homestead tune of 5 crore of former Gandhi has urged the Union farms and small-holder plan- Bahujan Samaj Party Minister A5( Food Processing Industry tations. Wayanad's home gar- Rangnath Mishra in a dispro- Ministry to consider setting up dens are widely recognised for portionate assets case under headed by the then Uttar of a mega food park in his par- their suitable practices, with Prevention of Money Pradesh Chief Minister 779!: Money Laundering Act liamentary constituency to aug- immense potential for organ- Laundering Act. Mayawati. (PMLA) court. ment agricultural income. ic farming," he further writes in The ED, in a statement, said According to the ED offi- n yet another case, assets The charge sheet or the Rahul has also written to Kerala the letter. Wayanad is one of it has attached residential plot cials, investigations revealed that Iworth over 204 crore, prosecution complaint Chief Minister in this regard. 5 $ aspirational district pro- measuring 250.83 sqm by 899.25 Mishra's actual income between including houses in Delhi named 24 people and the In a letter addressed to / % gramme identified the 'increas- sqm located at plot number 58, May 13, 2007 and October 5, and London, of former company as accused, and the Food Processing Industry 5 % ing demand for Wayanadan House No. 54/171, George Town 2011, was about 1.57 crore, but Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd court had issued production Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, % # crops like coffee, ginger, Extension, Tagore Town, he had allegedly spent over 3.4 (BPSL) CMD Sanjay Singal warrant against Singal for Rahul said, "Wayanad is a turmeric, scented rice and Allahabad having market value crore. It added that the probe have been attached by the January 21. Singal is at pre- major production centre for " 0 spices as a strength." to the tune of 5 crore of Mishra against Mishra was initiated Enforcement Directorate sent in judicial custody after coffee and spices in Kerala. It % % "It also points out that the and his family members in a after studying an FIR filed (ED) under the anti-money the ED arrested him in is the largest producer of + cultivation of cash crops is a disproportionate assets case against him by the Uttar Pradesh laundering law. Over 4,229 204.31 crore was diverted November last year. turmeric and the second- % major source of foreign under the Prevention of Money vigilance department. crore worth of attachment has out of bank loan funds of The agency alleged that largest producer of pepper in % exchange earnings for the dis- Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). "Further investigation in been done by the ED in this BPSL, which was utilised for the accused had "diverted the state." trict. However, the District Probe revealed that Mishra respect of sources of the prop- case so far. acquisition of assets in India huge amount of funds" out of "I urge the Ministry of + % Action Plan highlights the need had acquired disproportionate erties acquired and purchased "The attached assets con- and abroad by Sanjay Singal," loans taken by BPSL from 33 Food Processing Industry to —Rahul Gandhi for a wider marketing net- assets when he was the Minister by Mishra and his family mem- sist of movable and immov- it said. The ED had on banks and financial institu- consider setting up a spice work and value addition facil- for secondary education and bers in the name of trust, able properties in Delhi and Friday filed a charge sheet tions during 2007-2014, park in Wayanad, given the tainable livelihoods and ities for processing the spices," home in the 2007-11 Bahujan 'samiti', and institutes is under London," the ED said in a against Singal and others which were used for creation importance of creating sus- improving price realisation of reads the letter. Samaj Party (BSP) Government progress," it said. statement. "An amount of before a special Prevention of of assets. " O2 7 ) . )
779!: develop industrial capacity. encourage youngsters than 779!: Ramesh Pokhriyal, Prakash IGNCA Chairman Ram Presence in mega science pro- providing them a platform to Javadekar, V Muraleedharan Bahadur Rai. he national Capital is all jects with multi-national par- experience the thrill of science ormer principal secretary to and Prahlad Singh Patel, ICCR The main objective of the Tgeared up to host the last ticipation keeps us on the same through live projects. Fthe Prime Minister, chairman Vinay Sahsrabudhhe, newly reconstituted NMML leg of Mega Science exhibition, platform as other developed "Vigyan Samagam will Nripendra Misra who in Prasar Bharti chairman A. would be to oversee the build- Vigyan Samagam — showcas- countries," said Arun Srivastava have much more than just August last year took voluntary Surya Prakash, secretaries of ing of the museum of the ing India's contribution to Secretary Atomic Energy projects as we have arranged retirement from the PMO, has Expenditure, Culture and Prime Ministers of India. global collaborations on fun- Commission (AEC), at the many lectures and talks from been appointed chairperson Housing and Urban Affairs, are Misra is a 1967-batch damental and science research curtain raiser of the Vigyan the scientists which students of the executive council of the its members. retired Indian Administrative — from Tuesday at National Samagam here recently. can participate in and gather Nehru Memorial Museum and Besides, the chairman of Service (IAS) officer. Before Science Centre at Pragati He said, "This initiative more knowledge about their Library (NMML). the UGC, representative of serving as the principal secre- Maidan. shows how India has grown at interests. We want more stu- It is understood that 74- Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial tary to the Prime Minister, The exhibition which has Facility for Antiproton and par with its global peers in dents to take science as a year-old Misra has been the reconstitution of both the fund, Raghvendra Singh, direc- Misra worked in several top garnered over 5.5 lakh visitors Ion Research (FAIR), India- terms of research and how career option in future." appointed through a January 14 NMML society as well as the tor of NMML and journalist positions including as the till date from the three previ- based Neutrino Observatory important is its contribution to Director of the National order. NMML executive council, Rajat Sharma are also the new chairperson of Telecom ous editions starting from (INO), International the scientific community." The Science Centre Delhi, D Rama In November last year, the which takes important deci- members. Regulatory Authority of India Mumbai (May 8-July 7, 2019), Thermonuclear Experimental exhibition will conclude on Sarma, through a message said government reconstituted the sions pertaining to the muse- The other members (TRAI), secretary, Telecom and Bengaluru, Kolkatta will be Reactor (ITER), Laser March 20, 2020. that the National Science NMML society removing um associated with India's first include Anirban Ganguly, pol- secretary, Fertilizers. inaugurated by Dr Jitendra Interferometer Gravitational - Dr Praveer Asthana, Head Centre Delhi will witness Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge, prime minister, is now com- icy researcher and author, Changes in NMML which Singh, Union Minister of State Wave Observatory (LIGO), of INSPIRE and Mega Science Vigyan Samagam as one of the Jairam Ramesh and Karan plete. Sachchinanda Joshi, Member had Congress nominees for a for Deaprtment of Atomic Major Atmospheric Divisions, Department of major attractions and will pro- Singh as its members and According to an order Secretary, IGNCA, academic larger period of its existence, Energy and Space here. Cherenkov Experiments Science and Technology vide an opportunity for stu- inducting television journalist issued in November last year, Kapil Kapoor, Lokesh Chandra, are reflective of ascendency of The mega Science Projects (MACE), Square Kilometre (DST), Delhi emphasised the dents and science enthusiasts Rajat Sharma and adman Prime Minister Narendra Modi Vedic and Buddhist scholar, the BJP at the Centre. The gov- in which India is participating Array (SKA) and Thirty Meter relevance of Vigyan Samagam to gather more information Prasoon Joshi among others. is the president of the NMML Makarand Pranjpe, academic, ernment had also brought are mostly related to exploring Telescope (TMT). in establishing science as an about the mega science pro- A Surya Prakash, chair- society and Defence Minister writer Kishor Makwana, acad- changes in the composition of the universe from different "All these projects work on attractive career option. He jects and deepen the awareness person of the Prasar Bharati Rajnath Singh its vice presi- emic Kamlesh Joshipura, other key bodies including perspective. For instance, the cutting edge technologies said, "The scientific commu- about the exciting world of board, will be the council's vice dent. researcher Rizwan Kadri along Jalliwala Trust in Amritsar European Organization for which our Indian institutions nity in India needs more sci- front-ranking science and chairperson, the order states. Union ministers Amit with Rajya Sabha member which was dominated by the Nuclear Research (CERN), will be exposed to and will entists and what better way to technology. With Misra's appointment, Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and Congress. 8 " +,- ././
#; ! % )?1 (@A C !08 , 1, AAB C 76C 779!: 779!: other sectors would aid the :>7 government in implementing rivate lender HDFC Bank elecom and IT Minister various programmes and pro- Pon Saturday reported a 32.8 nion Road Transport and TRavi Shankar Prasad on vide trust and immutability to per cent growth in net profit to UHighways Minister Nitin Saturday asked National the assets. The Minister asked 7,416.5 crore for the third Gadkari said on Saturday that Informatics Centre to come up the NIC to work on mecha- quarter ended December 31 the goal of making India a $5 with a blockchain technology- nism to involve start-ups also driven by interest and non- trillion economy by 2024 was based solution to improve qual- in its technology space. interest income. “difficult but not impossible”. ity of government schools. “India is home to close The bank had posted a net It can be achieved by The Minister said that he 26,000 start-ups. Out of which profit of 5,585.9 crore in the increasing domestic produc- also wants both the Centre and 9,000 are tech start up. NIC can October-December quarter of tion and reducing dependence states to open up their doors for become a big patron of start-up the last financial year. on imports, he said at the 29th start-ups working under movement. I always recommend Total income rose to International Management defined norms. even the centre and state gov- 36,039 crore during the 2019, against 0.42 per cent a against 4,921.01 crore in the Conclave of the Indore “I am very keen how we ernments must open doors for December quarter against year ago. same quarter last fiscal. Management Association here. can leverage blockchain in pri- induction of start-up moment 30,811.27 crore in the year- As a result, the bank’s pro- Total balance sheet size as Prime Minister Narendra mary education. In fact today obviously under defined norms ago period, HDFC Bank said in visions (other than tax) and of December 31, 2019 was Modi and other BJP leaders I am going to give you a task and condition to maintain trans- a statement. contingencies increased to 3,95,336 crore against have often spoken about the NIC team. Can you think of a parency,” Prasad said. “Net interest income (inter- 3,043.56 crore against 11,68,556 crore as of goal of turning India into a $5 9) . , good application of blockchain He said that blockchain est earned less interest expend- 2,211,53 crore reported in December 31, 2018. trillion economy by 2024. + , technology for improving the technology will open up new ed) for the quarter ended the corresponding period of the Total deposits rose by 25.2 “Strong political will is quality of government schools frontiers in the area of gover- December 31, 2019, grew to previous financial year. Of this, per cent to10,67,433 crore, very important to achieve any increase the domestic produc- There was no dearth of all over the country. Public nance, treasury management, 14,172.9 crore from 12,576.8 provision of NPA was 2,883.6 while total advances goal. Manifesting the same tion of these things instead of capital, resources and technol- schools are good, private excise operations etc and he crore for the quarter ended crore alone, it said. grew by 19.9 per cent 936,030 will, Prime Minister Narendra importing them,” he said. ogy in the country, “but there schools are good but my take would like to see its use in the December 31, 2018, driven by The specific loan loss pro- crore. Modi has set ourselves the Referring to the current is definitely a lack of right would be that we shall be able field of agriculture, health, pri- growth in advances of 19.9 per visions in the current quarter The lender’s total capital goal of making the country a $5 economic slowdown, Gadkari vision and leadership in dif- to leverage technology when mary education etc. cent, and a growth in deposits include one-offs of approxi- adequacy ratio (CAR) as per trillion economy,” Gadkari said. said, “We are the fastest grow- ferent fields”, he said. transformational change takes The CoE has developed of 25.2 per cent,” it said. mately 700 crore, primarily Basel III guidelines was at 18.5 “This goal is difficult but ing economy in the world. But Exports will be encouraged place,” Prasad said. Blockchain based Proof of The net interest margin for relating to certain corporate per cent as on December 31, not impossible,” he added. there is a cycle in the business. by focusing on increasing the The Minister was speaking Concepts (PoCs) for select gov- the quarter remained stable at accounts. Therefore, the Core 2019 17.3 per cent as on “Our country has plenty of Challenges crops up, at times participation of Micro, Small on the occasion of inauguration ernment use cases to understand 4.2 per cent, it added. Credit Cost ratio (i.E. December 31, 2018) against a resources and production due to the global and Medium Enterprises of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) potential benefits provided by During the quarter, gross Excluding one-offs), was 0.92 regulatory requirement of capacity. Despite that we are economy and sometimes (MSMEs) in the development, in Blockchain Technology set this emerging technology. non-performing assets (NPAs) per cent, as compared to 0.90 11.075 per cent, which includes spending crores every year on because of a gap in demand the minister said. up by NIC in Bengaluru with to According to NIC, new rose to 1.42 per cent of the total per cent in the quarter ending a capital conservation buffer of importing goods like medi- and supply. “This will help create five provide blockchain as a service. and previously unforeseen advances, compared with 1.38 September 30, 2019 and 0.88 1.875 per cent, and an addi- cines, medical devices, coal, “But I see India’s future in crore new jobs....The govern- Blockchain technology is applications of Blockchain in per cent at the end of the third per cent in the quarter tional requirement of 0.20 per copper, papers, etc,” the Union the leaders of younger genera- ment is asking every depart- upcoming and niche technol- the Government are expected quarter of 2018-19. ending December 31, 2018,” cent due to the bank being minister said. tion who can turn difficulties ment what it can contribute to ogy and adoption of the same to enhance transparency, trace- Net NPAs of the bank too it said. identified as a Domestic “If we want to become a $5 and challenges into opportu- achieve the target of $5 trillion in sectors such as health, ability and trust in e-gover- increased to 0.48 per cent of the Other incomes of the bank Systemically Important Bank trillion economy, we have to nities,” Gadkari said. economy,” Gadkari added. finance, agriculture and various nance systems. assets in October-December increased to 6,669.3 crore (D-SIB). 9: 2 B ! . * 1, , 1, 779!: Noting the need for strengthening the primary rojecting a 5.38 lakh crore healthcare system, the Ministry 779!: 779!: The Adani Defence and The Congress has asked the Prequirement over the next said public investment was the HSL joint venture matter, and government whether it is trying five years for providing primary need of hour. People end up majority of Unitech home- he Ministry of Defence it not qualifying for the con- “to favour the Adani Defence healthcare, the Ministry of spending more on secondary Abuyers reckon that the res- Tlanded in a controversy tract bib are likely to be taken JV” in the 45,000-crore sub- Health and Family Welfare has and tertiary healthcare due to olution of the housing mess after Congress alleged that during the meet. marine project “in violation of said it will help deal with 90 per lack of high-quality primary need seed money to start con- Adani Defence and state- The Congress has alleged the defence procurement pro- cent of the healthcare demands. healthcare facilities. Over 70 per struction of stalled projects, owned Hindustan Shipyard that through making changes cedures” and “by overruling” In a presentation to 15th cent of out-of-pocket expendi- and mere the Centre taking Ltd (HSL) joint venture is in the procurement rules Adani the Navy’s high-powered com- Finance Commission, the ture is on non-hospital care and over the management of the being favoured through tweak- Defence, with zero experience mittee which “found the firm Ministry said investment in nearly two-thirds of this goes embattled real estate giant ing procurement guidelines to in submarine manufacturing ineligible” for the deal. primary healthcare could towards buying medicines. would not serve as a solution. participate in a 45,000 crore along with Hindustan Shipyard In presser in Delhi, reduce the need for more cost- Dr Shakti Gupta, Medical The Centre has informed submarine project — referred Limited (HSL), is being allowed Congress’ Randeep Surjewala ly and complex care by pre- Superintendent of RP Centre at the Supreme Court it’s willing- to as project 75-I. to participate in the 45,000 said (Prime Minister Narendra venting illness and promoting AIIMS, said strengthening pri- ness to take over Unitech man- In another development, crore submarine project. Modi) Modi government and general health. mary health centres and district agement, a decision which will the Defence Acquisitions The bid is for a contract the PMO (Prime Minister There had been a lack of hospitals was key to improving have significance for nearly Council meeting chaired by under which an Indian ship- Office) overruled suggestions focus on health promotion and the system. 30,000 homebuyers. Defence Minister Rajnath yard will be chosen to manu- made by the empowered com- healthy lifestyle, causing high “If the primary healthcare In December, the Supreme Singh slated for Friday had facture six conventional sub- mittee, constituted by the incidence of non-communica- centres and district hospitals Court had asked the Centre to Government takeover. ers in a lurch and not allow this been deferred till January 21, marines in collaboration with Indian Navy, although the deal ble diseases (NCDs), it noted. are strengthened in terms of explore the possibility of taking “We will oppose this. The case to go to IBC as homebuy- sources said. foreign partners. had not been finalised yet. Four major NCDs — can- infrastructure, equipments and over the Unitech management, Dhingra committee should ers won’t get anything if the cer, cardiovascular disease, dia- trained manpower, no one will caught in a financial mess due continue. We will register our company went for insolvency. betes and respiratory diseases have to rush to medical colleges to siphoning off more than 50 grievances before the Supreme “And it will set a wrong — account for nearly 62 per and big cities for common per cent of money deposited by Court. The homebuyers need a precedent for firms to do all / cent of all mortality among health issues,” Dr Gupta told individuals and financial insti- long-lasting solution. The kinds of scams and then go for men and 52 per cent among IANS. “We spend more on tutions. In 2009, the govern- Centre can at least allocate insolvency and wash their :(66 women. Of this, 56 per cent is tertiary care and less on pri- ment had taken over scandal- 3,000 crore. It’s a fit case for hands & leave the con- premature. mary healthcare,” he said. hit Satyam. using funds meant for resi- sumers/shareholders/home- 779!: according to JLL ‘City Advocate ML Lahoti, rep- dential projects,” said Lahoti. buyers/investors in a lurch,” Momentum Index’ that com- resenting nearly 5,000 home- According to the affidavit, said Kumar. yderabad has emerged as bines socio-economic and buyers, said the Centre should the government expresses will- “The Government directly Hthe world’s most dynamic commercial property metrics to provide funds to start pending ingness to have the right to allowed this scam — collection city on better performance in identify the world’s most projects, and the seed money refer the company for insol- of money against unapproved socio-economic and commer- dynamic city economies and could come from the 25,000 vency or IBC (Insolvency and projects and siphoning off cial real estate, global real estate markets. crore fund, created to salvage Bankruptcy Code) like resolu- funds by Unitech. Same way, property consultant JLL India “Hyderabad has been stalled residential projects. tion outside the IBC frame- the banks failed to perform said. assessed as the world’s most Lahoti insisted that the work in the backdrop their duties. No bank followed Seven Indian cities feature dynamic city from amongst 130 Centre should prioritise funds, of limited resources to com- any SOP and no quarterly in the top 20 in this year’s rank- cities across the globe,” JLL said instead of change of hands, to plete the unfinished housing audit was done to see use of ing, despite economic slow- in the report. streamline the company man- projects. funds. The RBI failed to regu- down, it added. Hyderabad scores among agement. According to Vivek Kumar, late banks. The 4,374 crore Bengaluru has been ranked the highest globally across a According to the govern- a homebuyers’ representative, loans were given to Unitech (as second while Chennai is at fifth range of economic indicators ment affidavit, the Centre will Justice DY Chandrachud made per the affidavit filed by Ajay and Delhi at sixth position in such as GDP growth, retail not provide funds, and also it clear on the last date of hear- Chandra) and they also the list of 130 cities across the sales and airport passenger sought stay on the Justice SN ing while rejecting the NBCC financed individual homebuy- world. growth. Dhingra Committee under- proposal that after investing 2.5 ers”, Kumar said. Pune, Kolkata and Mumbai Last year, Bengaluru was at taking the work of selling years on our case, the top The apex court will hear stood at the 12th, 16th, and number one position and Unitech assets, after the court will not leave homebuy- the case again on January 20. 20th positions, respectively, Hyderabad ranked second. " +,- ././ 9 ! 6 )
!: > equivalent of rock stardom Democrats' impeachment Biden. an even bigger firebrand, for- the highest-ranking Republican when the trial begins on investigation, calling it “parti- He was also impeached mer New York mayor Rudy on the House Intelligence en Starr, who was at the Tuesday. san and unconstitutional.” for allegedly obstructing Giuliani, stepped in to serve as Committee. Kcenter of Bill Clinton's US media reports said Another high-powered Congress. attorney and roving political The WhatsApp messages, impeachment in the 1990s, Starr, the special prosecutor in player will be Sekulow, a stal- But the White House fixer. which run from February to and America's biggest celebri- the 1998 Clinton impeach- wart in the White House push- enters the Senate trial with a Giuliani's relentless May of last year, indicate that ty lawyer Alan Dershowitz ment saga, was joining the back against a two-year probe massive advantage: Trump's attempts to prove conspiracy Nunes's office was aware of the were announced Friday to be Trump legal team. He is a by special counsel Robert Republicans have 53 of the 100 theories around Biden's fami- alleged efforts to try and force joining President Donald hero to many on the right, even Mueller into Trump's contro- seats and the party is in lock- ly activities in Ukraine are Ukraine into investigating Trump's Senate impeachment if Clinton ultimately was versial dealings with Russia. step. interwoven with the whole Biden. defense. acquitted in the Senate. A Supreme Court veteran The majority leader, impeachment case against Parnas made headlines The administration has yet Among the first to react - and a big name on the right- Senator Mitch McConnell, Trump. Although Giuliani is Thursday when, hours before to unveil the full team but con- - with expletive-laden aston- wing evangelical Christian echoes Trump's claim that the not a government employee, he Trump's impeachment trial firmed that White House coun- ishment - was Monica scene, he won't be dazzled by impeachment is a political hit has traveled to Ukraine to lead opened, he broke ranks to sel Pat Cipollone will be lead Lewinsky, whose affair with the bright lights of job. the search for dirt on Biden. charge that the president “knew lawyer, backed by Trump's per- Clinton was the subject of Washington's ultimate fight. As a man who has been And the outspoken former exactly what was going on” sonal attorney Jay Sekulow. Starr's investigation. Rounding off the roster fighting legal battles for decades federal prosecutor who was in regarding his and business “President Trump has done “This is definitely an 'are Dershowitz himself has University, says he'll be pursu- will be Robert Ray, another fig- - including rape allegations, charge of New York on 9/11, partner Igor Fruman's efforts to nothing wrong and is confident you fucking kidding me?' kinda been accused of being a witness ing loftier matters. ure from the investigations multiple real estate disputes, has pushed to be allowed in on influence Ukrainian authori- that this team will defend him, day,” she tweeted. No less con- and participant in Epstein's In a post on Twitter Friday, into Clinton that rocked and bankruptcy - Trump is no the Senate impeachment trial ties. the voters, and our democracy troversial is the choice of sex crimes -- allegations he Dershowitz said he would “pre- Washington in the 1990s, US stranger to colorful lawyers. team. A wary White House has Trump denied knowing from this baseless, illegitimate Dershowitz, whose past clients strenuously denies. sent oral arguments at the media reported. His former longtime attor- shut the door. Parnas. “I don't believe I've ever impeachment,” the White include disgraced financier Dershowitz's most famous Senate trial to address the con- Trump has been ney Michael Cohen is serving Friday evening, House spoken to him,” he told House said in a statement Jeffrey Epstein, as well as film case was the successful defense stitutional arguments against impeached by the House of a three-year sentence and has Democrats released documents reporters. Friday evening. director Roman Polanski and of former NFL star O.J. impeachment and removal.” Representatives on accusations turned on his old boss. Before showing Lev Parnas, who But Parnas told MSNBC But where Cipollone is former heavyweight boxing Simpson, whose televised 1995 Lead lawyer Cipollone is that he abused his office to try going behind bars for a variety served as Giuliani's envoy to that Trump was lying. “We're ultra-discreet, and rarely speaks champion Mike Tyson, both murder trial riveted the nation. the author of the Republican and force Ukraine into digging of crimes last year, Cohen Ukrainian officials, had been in not friends,” the Ukrainain- on the record, Dershowitz and embroiled in notorious rape In the Senate, Dershowitz, president's uncompromising up dirt on leading Democratic called Trump a “con man” and extensive contact with an aide born businessman said. “But he Starr will bring the legal world's cases. who teaches at Harvard strategy to stonewall the presidential candidate Joe a “cheat.” Where Cohen left off, to Representative Devin Nunes, knew exactly who we were.” 9# 5$ . , !: > O7 : # S authorities will begin & G%) Uscreening passengers Friday arriving on direct or % + 9>> connecting flights from a % $# Chinese city at the heart of a ;4 % he British Government has mysterious SARS-like virus 7:': ed in southern China in late Tannounced plans for special responsible for two deaths. 2002 and spread to more than events on the night of Jan. 31 Travellers from Wuhan to our more cases have been two dozen countries, killing 9>> Imperial College in when the country officially the United States will undergo Fidentified in a viral pneu- nearly 800 people. London said the number of leaves the European Union but entry screening for symptoms monia outbreak in a central The US announced he number of people those affected in the city was the country's treasury chief has associated with the new coro- Chinese city that has killed Friday it would begin screen- Tinfected by a mystery likely to be well over a thou- admitted that some UK Business navirus at three airports: San two people and prompted the ing passengers at three major SARS-like virus that has killed sand. sectors will suffer as a result. Francisco, New York's JFK and United States and others to airports arriving on flights two people in China is likely The scientists at the Sajid Javid told Financial Los Angeles. take precautionary measures. from Wuhan. hundreds more than official- Centre - which advises bodies Times in an interview Saturday China has now reported 45 The latest cases brings to At least a half-dozen ly reported, researchers have including the World Health that Britain's regulations will month transition period. It break takes place. cases linked to the virus, 45 the number of people who countries in Asia also have said. Organization - said they esti- not be aligned with the EU in will be the first nation ever to The entire Government Centres for Disease Control have contracted the illness, the started screening incoming Chinese authorities have mated a “total of 1,723 cases” future and that those changes leave the bloc. The British neighborhood of Whitehall is and Prevention (CDC) official Wuhan Municipal Health airline passengers from cen- said pneumonia linked to the in Wuhan would have been may hurt some businesses. Government plans to mark the to be illuminated for the occa- Nancy Messonnier told Commission said Saturday. tral China. The list includes virus has hit at least 41 peo- infected as of January 12. Currently the EU is Britain's occasion with a series of sion as part of a light show, reporters in a press call, most Five are in serious condition. Thailand and Japan, which ple in the country, with the The researchers took the largest trading partner. upbeat events. with Union flags flown on all linked to a seafood and live ani- The cause of the pneu- both have reported cases of outbreak centred around a number of cases reported out- “There will not be align- British Prime Minister the poles in Parliament Square. mal market in Wuhan, while monia has been traced to a the disease in people who had seafood market in the central side China so far - two in ment, we will not be a rule- Boris Johnson plans to make a The Government will also cre- two cases have been found in new type of coronavirus. come from Wuhan. city of Wuhan. Thailand and one in Japan - to taker, we will not be in the sin- speech to the nation that night ate a commemorative coin Thailand and one in Japan. The Health authorities are Travel is unusually heavy But a paper published infer how many were likely gle market and we will not be after holding a rare cabinet ses- that will enter circulation that CDC said that based on current keen to avoid a repeat of right now as people take trips Friday by scientists with the infected in the city, based on in the customs union — and we sion in the north of England to day. information, the risk to SARS, or severe acute respi- to and from China to celebrate MRC Centre for Global international flight traffic data will do this by the end of the emphasise his Government's But Johnson's Americans from the virus, ratory syndrome, which start- the Lunar New Year. Infectious Disease Analysis at from Wuhan's airport. year,” he said, referring to a plan to spread opportunity to Conservative Government is known by its technical name deadline at the end of 2020 for that economically beleaguered no longer actively pushing a 2019-nCoV, is currently tionnaire and submit to a tem- around a day, “but it's going to the common cold to more seri- humans can contract. conclusion of what are expect- region. plan to have the familiar deemed low. Nevertheless it perature check. get rapidly faster” as the diag- ous illnesses such as SARS. The outbreak has caused ed to be contentious trade talks The Govt also plans to chimes of the Big Ben clock was enhancing precautionary Those who show possible nostic tool improves. According to Arnaud alarm because of the link with with the then-27 member EU. mark Brexit by projecting a tower at Parliament sound at measures. signs will be shifted to anoth- The UN's health agency Fontanet, head of Paris' Institut SARS (Severe Acute Britain will officially leave clock onto the PM's official 11 PM Despite a private The CDC will deploy 100 er facility for additional screen- says that the outbreak of the dis- Pasteur department Respiratory Syndrome), which the EU bloc on the night of Jan. residence at 10 Downing Street fundraising push in support of additional staff to the three air- ing and a rapid diagnostic test. ease comes from a never-before- of epidemiology, the new killed 349 people in mainland 31, even though it will keep fol- in London that will count activating the chimes, which ports, with incoming passen- Messonnier said that this seen strain belonging to a broad strain is the seventh known China and another 299 in lowing EU rules for an 11- down until 11 p.M., when the are under repair. gers asked to fill out a ques- test would currently take family of viruses ranging from type of coronavirus that Hong Kong in 2002-2003. 4 + # * 7
% )0H : into life nearly a week ago, 5,000 bricks per day for local year saying it uses a “shock- sending towering dust columns building projects. ing” amount of single-use sh spewed by a Philippine into the sky and leaving near- “Instead of just piling up plastic, including nearly 60 373 Avolcano is being mixed by Binan city coated in fine the ashfall somewhere, we are billion throwaway sachets per with plastic waste to make grey powder. able to turn it into something year. ain and thunderstorms bricks in an inventive response Environment officials did useful. And it includes plastics, It is also plagued by some Rdoused long-burning bush- to the country's persistent not just clean up the mess but too,” said city environmental 20 major storms annually and fires across much of eastern /:7" problems of pollution and fre- decided to combine the ash officer Rodelio Lee. regular, powerful earthquakes Australia Saturday, but they quent natural disasters. with sand, cement and dis- The Philippines faces a which together kill hundreds of also brought a new threat of krainian President The Taal volcano burst carded plastic to form about waste crisis, with a report last people each year. flooding in some areas. UVolodymyr Zelensky has Major bushfires continued rejected a resignation offer by to rage in regions of the south Prime Minister Oleksiy and southeast of the country Honcharuk over a leaked that have so far missed out on audiotape scandal, a media the rain, including in wildlife- report said on Saturday. rich forests on Kangaroo Island “I decided to give you and off the southern coast. your Govt a 2nd chance,” Xinhua The fire service in New state was hit by severe storms those areas Sunday and news agency quoted Zelensky as South Wales (NSW) State, the overnight, causing some flash Monday, raising hopes that saying to the PM during a “clear country's most populous and flooding and road closures some of those blazes could be the air” meeting on Friday, the the hardest hit by the crisis, said though no deaths or injuries brought under control as well. same day Honcharuk had put 75 fires continued to burn were reported. Both states have The unprecedented fires, forth his offer to quit. Saturday, down from well over suffered from one of the longest fuelled by climate change and But Zelensky added that 100 a few days earlier. droughts in modern Australian a years-long drought, have this was dependant on “Rain continues to fall history and some areas saw claimed 28 lives over the past Honcharuk's ability to tackle across a number of fire more rain Friday and Saturday five months. the issue of high salaries among grounds,” the state's rural fire than had fallen in more than a They have scorched mas- Government Ministers and service said, adding that decade. sive tracts of forest and bush- other issues to keep his job, a “benign conditions” of rain Fires continued to burn out land in eastern and southern BBC report said. and cooler temperatures were of control in southern New Australia, decimated livestock At the meeting, President helping efforts to contain the South Wales and neighbouring on already barren farms and described the situation around remaining blazes. Victoria state, but forecasters destroyed more than 2,000 the leaked recording as “very To the north, Queensland expected significant rainfall in homes. unpleasant”. )
33: development in the Southeast Asian country's biggest city, yanmar and China on Yangon. MSaturday signed dozens of Suu Kyi and Xi also signed cooperation and infrastruc- a memorandum of under- ture agreements aimed at standing for the building of a strengthening their bilateral deep seaport in Rakhine, as ties during Chinese President well as bolstering cooperation Xi Jinping's historic visit to the in the security and agri-food neighbouring country. sectors. Xi met Myanmar's de facto Xi's trip comes at a time leader, State counsellor Aung when Suu Kyi's Government San Suu Kyi here for the second has been facing diplomatic iso- day of his two-day trip - the lation from the West and the first by a Chinese head of State ) # + < Islamic world due to its han- in 19 years - seeking to boost ( . ) + , dling of the Rohingya crisis his Belt and Road Initiative, over the past few years. reports Efe news. The deals include plans to with a direct link to the Indian The State Counsellor, who Xi and Suu Kyi inked 33 accelerate the China-Myanmar Ocean through railways. is set to face re-election this agreements, protocols and Economic Corridor, a project In addition, the two lead- year, has rejected accusations of memoranda of understanding which involves billions of dol- ers agreed to set up a special genocide and defended the that underlined China's back- lars in infrastructure spending economic zone on their mutu- army's actions in the western ing of the Myanmar Govt. that would provide Beijing al border and to promote urban state of Rakhine. < " +,- ././
7 9 coveted series-victory will be at stake when a resilient India $86#8$ *; $;*78 Aface a feisty Australia in the third = and deciding ODI here on Sunday, promising a fitting finale between the two leading teams in world cricket. # * %% % overs. Marnus Labuschagne The series was very much expect- was dismissed in the 31st over ed to go down to the wire but with the ed even in the bowling composition and Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav way the Australians hammered the with team preferring three pacers and accounted for both Alex Carrey hosts in the series opener, it seemed the two spinners. and Smith in the 38th over tourists would run away with their sec- Kuldeep Yadav, who did not have which turned out to be a game ond straight series win in India. the best of times in 2019, reaffirmed changer. However, India showed commend- his value by bowling a match-winning “I thought Marnus played able character in Rajkot to level the over in which he removed Alex Carey really well in his first outing, first series, proving that the panic buttons and Steve Smith. bat in ODI cricket. We were were pressed prematurely following the The other wrist spinner in the going at a reasonable rate at 10-wicket loss in Mumbai. squad, Yuzvendra Chahal, may final- around six an over for a while. More importantly, India got their ly get to play alongside Kuldeep with We playing good cricket shots. batting combination right for the sec- the Chinnaswamy Stadium being his I thought we timed the run ond ODI, a fair comment considering home ground in the IPL. (rate) reasonably well but just the way K L Rahul seized the oppor- Another positive for India was losing those three wickets in that tunity in his new batting position - Jasprit Bumrah producing a tidy spell, 30 to 40 overs but (was) a big number five. his most impressive since his come- dent in the run chase,” said With Rohit Sharma and Shikhar back from injury. He stifled the oppo- Smith. Dhawan opening, team’s best batsman sition as wickets came from the other According to Smith, the and skipper Virat Kohli returned to his end. '/> key to India’s victory was their usual number three spot while Shreyas Mohammad Shami, who was a partnerships in the middle. Iyer was back at number four. The same tad expensive early on in Rajkot, ustralia batsman Steve “I think it's just our normal order is likely to be followed on bowled well towards the end alongside ASmith rued the loss of three one-day game plan, with the ball Sunday. Navdeep Saini. quick wickets in the middle it's trying to take wickets and Rohit, who is due for a big score Australia too are unlikely to make overs, including his own, that stem the run rate that way, obvi- in the series, hurt his shoulder while wholesale changes in their line-up fol- proved decisive in his team’s 36- ously they had some pretty fielding on Friday but Kohli is confi- lowing the defeat. They were very run loss to India in the second good partnerships, Virat dent that the star opener will be avail- much in the run chase until Kuldeep ODI here. (Kohli), Shikhar (Dhawan) and able for the series decider at the got rid of star batsman Smith. The vis- India posted a fighting 340 KL Rahul played really well at Chinnaswamy stadium. itors had a great chance of wrapping for six on a flat track with open- the back end. They were able to Dhawan was also hit in the rib cage up the series but were unable to win er Shikhar Dhawan top-scoring form some partnerships off a Pat Cummins ball, forcing him out the crucial moments. with 90-ball 96 and then bowled through the middle,” he said. of action when Australia batted. The in-form Marnus out the visitors for 304 to level On a personal note, Smith Manish Pandey played in place of Labuschagne was impressive in his the three-match series 1-1. said it was good to be among the injured Rishabh Pant and it remains to ,P 2# first ODI innings but got out at the “The area where we lost it runs but he would have pre- be seen if the southpaw is fit for the wrong time. was losing the three wickets in ferred if he could take his team game. In fact, Kohli went to the extent of about ‘who would open alongside four to accommodate Rahul but he Mitchell Starc would be itching to between 30 and 40 overs and over the line. The biggest plus for India from saying that it was the best he saw from Rohit?’ always knew what he was doing. bounce back, having conceded 78 runs not having someone there that “It was nice to score a few Rajkot was Rahul’s power-packed Rahul at the international level. India Will it be Rahul or the fit-again “We live in the days of social in 10 overs. His new ball partner Pat could start to launch,” Smith runs, I would’ve liked to have knock at number five, creating a new are looking to add much needed fire- Shikhar Dhawan? With Dhawan scor- media and a panic button being Cummins was hard to score off once said. batted a bit longer and been set of possibilities that might help in power in the middle-order and Rahul ing big in both the games and Rahul pressed too early. It’s very important again while leggie Adam Zampa got “If we had someone that there in the happy hour but improving the team balance. could provide that. showing his versatility, both have to figure out the best team you can put the prized wicket of Kohli for the fifth had been out there for a while, unfortunately, tried to cut one Specialist opener Rahul made the In Pant’s absence, he also did well proved their immense value in the on the park and when you see how KL time in ODIs. perhaps things may have been that stopped in the wicket a lit- difference in India’s innings by batting behind the wicket, effecting Aaron playing eleven. was batting today, it’s very difficult to However, left-arm spinner Ashton different but that was probably tle bit and dragged it on. It was at a 150-plus strike rate in an unfamil- Finch’s stumping besides taking two Kohli was criticised for tinkering leave someone like that out,” Kohli Agar has not been that effective and where we lost it,” he added. a pretty bad time. We had lost iar position, having batted at three in catches. with the batting order in Mumbai, said after the 36-run win. needs to up his game in the all-impor- Australia lost three quick Kez (Alex Carey) in the same the previous game. Before the series, the talk was especially on pushing himself down to No significant change is expect- tant series decider. wickets between the 30 and 40 over.” D /# ,, $ * Q break and continued through most of the after- noon, preventing any play between lunch and tea. # E Bess bowled unchanged from the northern, Duck Pond end, and finished the morning with " five for 41 in 18.2 overs. He had taken a total of five wickets in his previous three Tests at a cost *( 6+% of 48 runs each. He was the first England spin bowler to take !/ #3 ;4 the first five wickets in an innings since Derek Underwood claimed the first seven against angladesh on Saturday '/> him. I had this compari- same state as well Australia in Adelaide in 1974/75. Bcalled up uncapped fast son for a long time when (Karnataka)”. Bess, who was not originally in England's tour bowler Hasan Mahmud for radually learning to growing up and playing He said Dravid is party, was flown out as cover for the ill Jack Leach, their three-match Twenty20 Gfit into multiple roles as well. The names - he’s open to speak to him on who has subsequently returned home. He bowled series in Pakistan which has as per team’s requirement, Rahul Dravid and I’m anything about cricket. steadily on a pitch offering significant but not been engulfed by fears over KL Rahul has drawn com- Rahul - so the compar- “I have the opportu- extravagant spin. player safety. parisons with the leg- isons always been there nity to go to him or give > # Bess struck in the fourth over of the day when Opener Tamim Iqbal endary Rahul Dravid and and he’s someone I have him a call and talk to him Dean Elgar was caught for 35 off bat and pad at returns after skipping a home the young batsman says spent a lot of time with about batting or anything > 79:? 7 ! silly point by Ollie Pope, the second of three catch- series against Afghanistan and it’s an honour. talking about cricket, about cricket. So he's been es by Pope. Zimbabwe and a tour in India. “It’s great to be com- talking about batting and more than welcome,” ff-spinner Dom Bess claimed his first Test South African captain Faf du Plessis used his Mosaddek Hossain, Arafat pared with someone like he’s coming from the Rahul signed off. Ofive-wicket haul before rain interrupted feet to off-drive fours off the third and fourth balls Sunny, Taijul Islam and Abu England's push for victory on the third day of the he faced from Bess, who switched from round the Hider have been dropped from up a 52-ball 80 to lead India to a compet- role is also a blessing, I don’t think a lot third Test against South Africa at St George's Park wicket to over the wicket and two balls later had the squad. itive 340 for six against Australia in the sec- of batsmen get that. That is how I look at on Saturday. Du Plessis caught by Pope at short leg, again off “Hasan is a quick bowler ond ODI, which the hosts won by 36 runs this and I am enjoying my batting,” he said Bess took all the wickets as South Africa bat and pad. and has a good future. So we to level the series in Rajkot on Friday. “I have always opened the batting so slumped to 113 for five in reply to England's 499 Rassie van der Dussen made 24 before chop- thought maybe this is the “I don’t think technically I have prac- that’s a position I am most comfortable for nine declared, still 386 runs in arrears. ping an attempted cut off Bess into his stumps, right time to give him a break,” ticed anything different. I just spoke a lot with and I know how to build my innings With England seeking a win which would put one over after hitting 11 runs off the spinner. said Bangladesh Cricket more to middle-order batsmen and but I get to learn so much about own self them 2-1 ahead in the four-match series, rain start- Nightwatchman Anrich Nortje remained Board’ chief selector Minhajul watched a lot of videos. I spoke a lot to and about my batting and batting as an art, ed falling 15 minutes before the scheduled lunch unbeaten on 14 off 88 balls. Abedin. Virat (Kohli) and watched a lot of videos when I get to bat at 3,4,5.” Wicketkeeper-batsman of Ab (De Villiers) and Steve Smith for that Meanwhile, Rahul is also relishing the Mushfiqur Rahim was left out matter and how they build their innings,” challenge of wicket-keeping in the last two after saying he would not go to Rahul said at post match press conference. ODIs. Rahul has kept for India U19s at the ? $ 5@AB Pakistan for security reasons. “Kane Williamson is somebody I’ve World Cup and also kept wickets for A senior BCB official said tried to go back and watch some of his Karnataka and Indian Premier League. ! Wicketkeeper Regis pension over political interfer- batting coach Neil McKenzie, 6 4 videos and see how he build his innings As regular keeper Rishabh Pant was Chakabva says that Zimbabwe ence. spin bowling coach Daniel and how they play in certain situations. concussed in the lung-opener at “have to enjoy” their first home “It’s always tough, going Vettori and fielding coach '/> The only thing I’m trying to learn is how Wankhede, Rahul kept wickets in Mumbai Test since 2017 as the African for that long between playing Rayan Cook would also not I can use my game and be better at a cer- and here. He admitted that keeping was nation return to five-day action Tests, because you always want accompany the team. e is most comfortable to bat as an tain situation.” challenging. against Sri Lanka after their to play as often and as regular- Mushfiqur, 32, remained Hopener but to deliver as a middle The 27-year-old Rahul insisted that he “It is (a challenge). Even for me some- recent suspension by the ly as possible,” Chakabva said. adamant that he would not be order batsman, KL Rahul prepared for the has got better at reading the game having times I couldn't pick Kuldeep (Yadav) and International Cricket Council. “But unfortunately we with the squad when they challenge by picking the brains of modern- played in different positions. (Ravindra) Jadeja at the pace he bowls is The two-Test tour was only haven’t had that privilege real- leave on Wednesday. day great Virat Kohli apart from watching "It is great challenge. I have been in just pretty difficult, it's not what I get in announced by the Sri Lankan ly, so we just have to accept what “I decided it a long time videos of Steve Smith and Kane decent form and very pretty confident my first-class team. I'm just enjoying what's cricket board earlier this week, Zimbabwe were readmitted is there and as tough as it is, ago and informed the board. I Williamson. about my skill, so coming up to every game thrown at me and trying to do the best I with the first match to start in as an ICC member last October when the next one comes you have submitted a letter too. My Batting at number five, Rahul conjured and having a new responsibility and a new can.” Harare on Sunday. following a three-month sus- always have to enjoy it. PTI family is concerned, and don't want me to go,” Mushfiqur told reporters late Friday. the Arun Lal-coached side has He has also kept his name become all the more challenging. off the draft for the Pakistan Bengal failed to take any advan- Super League T20 tourna- "# tage of the home conditions, settling ment. for three points in their last two out- “There’ no bigger sin for ings, against Andhra and Gujarat at me than not playing for 0 0 : be more than eager to put up a the Eden Gardens. Bangladesh. But I had refused strong show. Bengal have now gone for a an offer to play in the PSL after omestic giants Mumbai will be Mumbai also have a decent spin-friendly track at the Kalyani finding out that the tourna- Deyeing their first ‘home’ win of pace attack, which can be effective Stadium, about 70-kms from here, ment will be entirely held in the season when they take on Uttar in the morning hours. hoping to win a match. Pakistan,” he said. Pradesh in their Elite Group B Ranji On the other hand, Uttar Under-23 batsman Kazi Junaid “ agree that things have Trophy at the Wankhede Stadium Pradesh have played five games so Saifi, who was initially named in the improved in Pakistan, but I here from Sunday. far and have drawn four, while win- squad against Gujarat before being will gain confidence when I Mumbai will continue to miss ning just one versus Saurashtra at sent back for the Col. CK Nayudu see teams going there for the the services of regular skipper $ + Rajkot, where they recorded a vic- Trophy matches, has been drafted next two years. I have been to Suryakumar Yadav and young tory by an innings and 72 runs. in. With Ritwik Roy Chowdhury Pakistan before, it is a great prodigy Prithvi Shaw, who are with % The visitors would aim to give injured, he is likely to make his place to play cricket.” the India A squad in New Zealand. % a tough fight to Mumbai, who are Ranji debut. Mushfiqur's absence will Also, Shreyas Iyer, all-rounder the favourites to record season’s sec- Left-hander Saifi got the nod be a blow for Bangladesh who Shivam Dube and pacer Shardul # ond outright win. after scoring 534 runs to help are already without suspend- Thakur are also unavailable for the # 2 Bengal win the National U-23 one- ed all-rounder Shakib Al game, as they are on national duty. # # # day tournament this season. Hasan and lost their two Hence, although the task gets Kalyani (West Bengal): Desperately “You can’t control things like recent Tests in India inside tougher, Mumbai’s morale should 0 eyeing a return to winning ways, injury. The batters have prepared three days. be high, as they were able to grab 5 Bengal will rely on their spinners to well for the game and we just need “I wish good luck to our crucial three points against a full do the trick against a struggling to get couple of hundreds if we can.” team,” he said. strength Tamil Nadu team, which = - "4$ " Hyderabad in their Ranji Trophy Bengal will also look up to the Bangladesh play their had the likes of Abhinav Mukund, > ❝ fixture here from Sunday. veteran Utpal Chatterjee, who will T20s in Lahore from January Dinesh Karthik and ace off-spinner Wankhede Stadium and later were Tare to lead from the front. Bengal suffered a humiliating assist the side for the Hyderabad 24-27 before returning home. R Ashwin. convincingly beaten by arch rivals But young guns like Bhupen nine-wicket defeat to Vidarbha match, with bowling coach They will go back to This season has been a roller Karnataka at the BKC. Lalwani could see the game as an inside two days in an away fixture Ranadeb Bose being left out. Pakistan for the first Test coaster ride for Mumbai. They then took the first innings opportunity to cement their spots in the last round, slipping to eighth Hyderabad have been one of the starting February 7 and visit They began the campaign with lead against Tamil Nadu at in the side. position in the cross pool of Group weak teams of the group with the again to play a one day inter- a huge 309 run victory against Chepauk. Mumbai spin duo of Shams A and B teams. Arjun Yadav-coached team losing national in Karachi on April 3 Baroda and then were thrashed by The onus will be again on Mulani and offie Shashank Attarde With five teams set to make the four of the five matches this season and the second Test from Railways by 10 wickets at experienced batsman-keeper Aditya have been in good form and would cut for the quarterfinals, the task for to sit at the bottom of the table. 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irit bhai had a glint in his apart from many artists I’ve met before strong, resilient, creative women, and that help it realise its true colours. Like eyes as he spoke about his who are self-assured and seem to lack that this craft celebrated the Devi, a the climax of a film, the piece that works being displayed at a a vision for taking their art forward, woman who was both feminine and looked blackish is now reddish. museum in Japan. He had a and his honesty grounded him. He the embodiment of Shakti? I spent a I feel strongly that the artist brings dream, and he had his art. exuded a passion to take this little- lot of time looking at the women a little bit of themselves to every piece WithK the spirit of a true artist, it was known art form to an international artists working on this craft. I could of art they create, and the art embodies Kirit bhai’s vision that made him stand arena. He shared his thoughts and feel- not take my eyes off them. Kirit bhai’s the emotions of the artist as well. I saw out. About a 10-minute drive from the ings about his art without holding wife, with her green eyes and golden a drawing started by Kirit bhai’s sister centre of Ahmedabad, the Chitara back , and these reflected his sense of skin, had a subtle external beauty; but being completed by him. It was a family stays in a humble village that is pride and ownership. With an open I was drawn in more by her serene, seamless collaboration between two preserving the art and craft of Mata ni heart, he invited me to his house and luminous aura. As she worked, she equals, brother and sister. This piece Pachedi, also known as Kalamkari of introduced me to his family. Over a seemed to have found her flow as an that has been worked on by different Gujarat. This is an art form that first cup of chai, we spent the afternoon artist, that space we crave when we family members had a little piece of all emerged about 800 years ago when the conversing about this craft and its peo- become one with our work and the of them. As I watched the painting Vaghri hunter community, excluded ple. Soon the walls between us were sense of time dissolves. As I looked at come alive, I got a strong and palpable from the social system and prevented brought down, and it was became an the women painting, I thought to sense of community and collaboration from entering temples of the Devi, interaction between two storytellers, myself how for me it had been a year through practice of an art-form that started painting the goddesses on a two creatives. I was happy he and his of Devis, where time and again I had was visibly weaving these artists close sacred cloth that would be hung family treated me as an equal, and come across independent, authentic together as a community. behind temples and worshipped. could trust me enough to feel at home and resilient feminine voices that had One innovative piece really stood Through hand-painted drawings, they with me. express themselves boldly through art. out for me. This was a wedding scene would share narratives from Hindu Kirit bhai’s father had collaborated It felt like a celebration of womanhood, — that of Shiv and Parvati — and the mythology and Indian folklore. Kirit with institutions, brands and compa- a restoration of equilibrium in today’s use of indigo made it stand out from bhai is an artist belonging to the 9th nies before. However, the artist had world of unbalanced energies. I was the ocean of reds and blacks. generation of this family. He shares not received due credit from these col- looking forward to meeting more of For me, the human connection there are some artists from the com- laborators, and this was something these women on my journey. surrounding the art emerged larger munity in Pakistan too, as after the that bothered Kirit bhai. How impor- In Kirit bhai’s family, there are 20 than the art itself. After this Partition, a part of Gujarat had been tant is validation for an artist? He artists who draw daily to create works encounter, I felt that the stories of merged with Pakistan — specifically wanted to put himself out in the world that are commissioned by private col- artists needed to be shared parallely an area to the south of Karachi. and show up as the face of this little- lectors, galleries and some craft organ- with the story of the emergence and Meeting Kirit bhai happened as a known art-form. A lot of questions isations. Sometimes it takes weeks or practice of the art form, as that could happy accident, an unplanned mini- came up for me at this point. What even months to complete a piece, thus : be a way to preserve the tradition adventure, where I didn’t know what to was the future of crafts? What was the making it quite expensive to produce 2>0 ! 2: along with the craft. I came away with expect. It was only the night before true meaning of preserving crafts? Was and a challenge to sell for a fair price a desire to find ways to restore the that I got to know about them and it restricted to the tangible material as well. Kirit bhai explains that the 707 7 > <,, inequilibrium in their world — the decided to visit them. Kirit bhai and technique only, or was it equally demand of the market and the fast- 37 >!7 !7 existing inequilibrium that does not walked me through the lanes that led important to include the stories and moving modern world used to imme- " !:! 7 duly acknowledge, appreciate and just- to his open-air workshop. The space sentiments of a community and place? diate gratification have seduced many &>00 : 3( ly remunerate their art. I came away didn’t seem to belong to the city. In this context, the craft becomes a artists away from hand-painting and with the intention to consciously Layers of white fabric were laid on a tool that represents a community. natural dyes; they use chemical colours 7I&9 72>0 !7 encourage fair trade through educa- bed that was used as a surface to paint. Kirit bhai also wanted to work and pre-carved blocks to make similar >&:93 70 tion and through bringing down the Rays of light highlighted the painted with traditional methods and innovate drawings. But, even with competition 7"7 72>0 middlemen. One way of doing this fabrics. Further, the layers of paint had them into wearable art, a thought from these cheaper adaptations in the 7 7: 7097>2 was simply by buying from them, given distinct textures to these under- fuelled by his aspirations for apprecia- market, his family has chosen to be meeting them, encouraging them and clothes, as if the white fabric was a soul tion, recognition and remuneration. ethical and loyal to the art and contin- !7( 7 sharing about them. Also, I felt that carrying imprints of colour from all He had worked on a project to marry a ue to hand draw using natural dyes : : !7 actually talking to artists and letting the figures that covered it. It was that Japanese kimono with this technique only. >77> an artist know his worth — actually hour when warm sunlight seeps and had also received commissions to He feels that Devi herself has given vocalising it — would help immensely. through the misty cold of a January make scarves for a museum. He want- them this blessing to keep working &7&9> ! ! Kirit bhai drew me a Devi with a morning. Symbols of faith adorned the ed more spaces like this to open up with authenticity and take the true lin- > 9 7! sword and encouraged me to con- pink choona walls, and a cloth, used by and revitalise this craft that he held so eage ahead. It is the belief of his family 7!: 7097 begins to draw the picture from a tribute my bit to it. I didn’t know what the artists to clean their hands, was art dear. that the Devi came in his grandfather’s >!:7 mythical scene, for example Draupadi to do, and ended up by writing my on its own, perfectly imperfect. A few A craft also brings together a com- dreams and encouraged him to start speaking to Arjuna from the name on it. This was something pow- women from his family were working munity. I sensed active and equal par- practicing this art form as a way to Mahabharata. The artist follows their erful I was taking back, a spirit of this on a piece that depicted the Devi in a ticipation by the women in the family. worship her. instinct on the cloth and slowly the Devi who held a sword, who represent- warfield. The mustards and reds of the Kirit bhai’s wife is an artist in her own I wanted to know more about the piece comes into being. Apart from the ed strength but also was a mother — natural dye gave the space a warm right, and has a say in this art. I got the process and see a piece come alive in central tale, little motifs are drawn and the mother goddess — and feminine. ambience, and merged into the colour feeling that women were treated as front of my eyes. Kirit bhai explained such smaller elements gradually fill in This was a precious moment and a of the brick walls. equal collaborators in the practice of that red and black were colours most the empty spaces. memento I could frame, almost like a I felt drawn to capture the soul of mata ni pachedi. Was it merely coinci- typically used to paint the mata ni The Kalam (the bamboo stick pen) blessing, a reminder this place and the craft, and very dental that throughout my journey of pachedi. The artist holds a bamboo is dipped in natural ink and refilled importantly, the craftsman. His enthu- exploring crafts from the east to the stick dipped in alum and mador (nat- from time to time. 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Fire, is now held as the supreme god whose third eye assigns him with the powers of omnipresence. His pashu- pati title brings him closer to the Uttarakura aborigine deva, presents him as a caretaker of the cattle. His consort Uma-Parvati and carrier ox, both relate him with the aborigine of hilly regions in the vicinity of the Himalayas. His personae trait as an ascetic with braided hair; serpents as adornments; being in unclad form, f the past fortnight was any indication we can predict points to his connect with the hilly rather confidently that this year may well be as turbulent aborigine of similar name. All this is Ias the previous one. Looking back, in 2019, we saw in fact a parable symbol employed in economies in turmoil, polities in turmoil, and countries in the text to signify the ideology that turmoil. BBC commented that 2019 was the year in which ‘god manifests as an ascetic for seek- popular protests hit almost all continents except Antarctica. ing devotees’ love and devotion’. From Hong Kong to Paris, Beirut to Delhi, there was fury Thus, being in stark crude form, he on the streets for some reason or the other. In France it was symbolises the same stark primordial over Pension Reforms, in Iraq over their country’s future, state of the god as creator. in India over the Citizenship Act. Bolivia, Sudan, France, US, Before we proceed to traverse the everywhere people were on the boil. What about 2020? The basic concept of Asuras, who were trend continues. Is human patience wearing out or is it that none other than the opposites of the powers-that-be are taking people for granted. Whatever, Devas, let us review the ethnological but peace is gradually eluding humanity. In management jar- strata of ancient period in India.Those gon, there is a term to explain this phenomenon. It is said days, the main clans living around in that the Zone of Acceptance of people is shrinking. Zone of India constituted of Devas, Aryas, and Acceptance describes the area of human mind where com- Asuras. Each of these three clans were mands or dictates are tolerated. If a command or dictate falls also divided into subtribes and they there it is accepted. This zone is gradually shrinking and thus were constantly fighting each other the likelihood of acceptance of commands or dictates is off. The Asuras were the ancients decreasing. Whether it is actually happening or not or among these tribes, also elder whether such a zone exists at all may not be ascertained very amongst all. Next to them were the scientifically but inferences can certainly be drawn by tak- Devas who were younger to the ing cues from the events that are unfolding. Dissent and dis- Asuras, and less sophisticated, mate- trust is certainly on the rise and people are not willing to he ethological study of that is, Uttarakuru. So, the Devas of versions and enigmatic concept of rialistic and scientific. Also, the Devas take things lying down. Interestingly, another contradicto- Krishna era from the epic Krishna era signify the inhabitants of Indian gods. were overpowered by the Asuras in ry tendency is also discernible. More and more people in posi- Mahabharata reveals that Uttarakuru land those days. !7 >2 Let us take the example of ancient more than one way. Then, the last tions of power are wont to assert their views authoritative- the Aryan settlers in India Different categories of Devas are Indian vedic, Rudra or Shiva, who was were the Aryans who were least ly. It is this phenomenon that is intriguing. Whether aver- were confronted with the also referred to as Sidhhas, Saadhyas, :> only symbolic divine representation advanced as compared to the above sion to authority is on the rise because of authoritarianism Taborigines of our country whom Vidhyadharas, Yakshas, Bhutas and > !7 > of benign and terrific aspect of the cited two elder clans. or the other way round, but there is undoubtedly a grow- they called Asuras or Rakshasa imply- the Gandharvas. Amongst these, sun. They mixed up Rudra with the The Asuras had one sub division ing discontent among the masses across the globe. There is ing demons. The ancient scriptures there were different groups headed by :2277 : 7 Deva with the same name. This Deva in the form of Rakshasas. The some kind of a distrust that is engulfing the human mind. very often refer to the conflicts which different leaders. For instance, the 7 77 !7 was the aborigine of Uttarakuru. He Mahabharata gives clue to the fact A President is elected in Algeria and protestors take to streets. took place between both of them. Bhutas were headed by Mahadeva belonged to the Bhuta clan of Devas that the Devas were intelligent and A Prime Minister is not accepted in Lebanon because peo- Those days the region of Uttarakuru Shiva as their leader and had their !>77 and was also called by the same more cultured and vegetarian and ple believe he is a member of the ruling elite. The French used to be known as the home land homeland near present day Bhutan. :2& !7 title/name of Rudra-Shiva. The char- were extremely weak as compared to President propose new retirement benefit formula and peo- of the Devas implying Gods. Some It is also learnt that the Pandavas were acteristics of both were inter-mixed the Asuras. They were often under the ple take to streets. The Iraqis are wary of some kind of an identify this region as some land sit- descendants of Devas known as >: :7>2 into one personae and it yielded a attack by the Asuras or the Rakshas. Iranian interference in what they think is an attempt to decide uated in northern Asia. Some trace it Dharma, Vayu, Indra and Ashwin. completely enigmatic concept of the Here, it may be stated that in ancient their country. A law is passed in the Indian Parliament and as upper hilly region near Tibet and While, The Kauravas belonged to the / ancient god Shiva, who was earlier, times, the aborigines of Uttarakuru there is wide spread protest against that. Hong Kong seems occupants of that region as the Devas. Aryan clan. 47 :> >"7 only symbolised as supreme divine were called the Devas; and the to be on the boil continuously. What is going on? And what These inhabitants were humans, but This explains the mystery of power. denizens of farther upper regions of is going wrong? Long back Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler due to their superior qualities and Kaurava’s hatred for the Pandavas. : 7 52>0 !7 Now, Shiva is a god endowed with Uttarakuru were known as the Asuras founded the school of individual psychology and stressed special skills /acts were treated as Despite being in the know of this eth- : :23: traits of another personae who as or the Rakshas, hence narratives the importance of diffusion of power. He was of the view Devas. nological strata of Krishna era, when Mahadeva rules over all the other relating the character traits of such that power is a great motivator and people have the craving It appears that they were in real- the later bards of the Puranas had to !7:":7>7 gods; whose appearance is also com- Devas must not be mixed with the of power. With time, this need for power is getting accen- ity the ancient Indian Aryans who compile their works, they did not pay !>77 pletely different. Like an aborigine of accounts of the ancient indian Devas tuated and there is growing tendency to power equalise. were conferred with the citizenship of attention to differentiate the Devas hills, He is of fair complexion; has mentioned in the vedas. Though power always was a higher order need of humans, the upper regions of Tibet due to their who were in fact the aborigines of :">/7 braided hair; holds bow; thunderbolt Finally, it be ascertained that the the information age has acted as a strong catalyst. With access extraordinary qualities such as valour, Uttarakuru (region above Tibet) from 37:&7 !7 and shafts; is fond of music and dance Devas and Asuras during Krishna Era, to information the individual now starts questioning the stature as well as beauty and were also the Devas signifying the divine pow- and archery; makes the river Ganges signified only two classes of tribes authority more aggressively. And he wants to equalise. What conferred with the title of Devas, the ers who were invoked and prayed &:7 7:>>2 flow; confers blessings on all the seek- who had occupied certain parts of makes the other guy more superior to him, he wonders. And shining ones. since the ancient period of the Vedas. !7 ers ; cures and heals the sick with his upper regions above Tibet in the the resultant response is his disdain for the other guy. There Both Mahabharata and Consequently, they mixed the narra- choicest medicines (the trait which Himalayas. The Asuras used to live in was a time when few talked and most listened. But the times Ramayana refer to such persons liv- tives of the so called Devas in their belongs to the ancient vedic Rudra- the upper farther regions, which have changed. Everyone is talking and no one is listening. ing in India as aryavarta, who due to Puranas with the characteristics, fea- Shiva god). were known as Asur Loka. 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ome crystals emerge from the womb of he following is a true story of a Mother Earth, Gaia. Some of them have retired very senior civil servant in Sfallen into her lap from the Great Expanse Tthe west, who joined an Institute above, whenever cosmic bodies, (like mete- in Belgium to train foreign public ser- orites) have left behind sensational hints, vants. In one such training session for secrets, of the origins of our world and the Indian civil servants, she stayed around worlds beyond. after finishing her lecture. She spoke at I call crystals cosmic heirlooms, because a personal level to a couple of Indians, they have been given to us by Powers that and then became very emotional. She orchestrate the Universe, the Divine conduc- confided to them that she was very lone- tors of Sacred Geometry. Their fascinating ly. Though she was earning a lot of structure is but a reflection of this Sacred money, but she lived all by herself. She Geometry: the silent language of the Cosmos felt that she would have been better off that reveals its innate workings and unifies all in India in her old age, because of Creation, as a highly responsive, ‘energy- stronger family bonds in the country. based’ operation. It’s the Universal Law of She had visited India several times dur- Vibration that sets the stage for our attraction ing her work tenure and was aware of towards — and connection with — different Indian family traditions. crystals. All entities, even inanimate ones, are Where had the lady gone wrong? in constant motion, at their own vibrational fre- diligently, to zero in on ‘what’s missing’ and to edge, but consolidated human experience. The fault lies in the materialistic culture quencies. Absolutely everything is connected. work towards replenishing it. Comprehensive reference book are useful of the West. It gives a false sense of secu- their choices and cause damage to their human beings. Some people are naturally more ‘rooted’ in Sacred Geometry does make space for Free investments, once the decision has been made rity when things are going well materi- future as a result of it. Next comes the The human birth is meant to opti- Gaia than others, based on how they have devel- Will. Based on how well we understand and to collect and use crystals seriously, because they ally. One lulls the self into assuming that mental level. There must be satisfaction mise both, that is material sufficiency oped as a microcosm of the Universe. Others accept who we are, we can apply Free Will, bend give provide organised information on types, things will continue go on smoothly. with the way the life is progressing. and spiritual advancement. The latter is are born with wings attached to their feet, at the Law of Vibration to work in our favour, in cuts, quality and application of crystals. But, they don’t. Because the material cre- Peaceful existence is another big goal to crucial for the next life. Remember, home when with Gaia, but perhaps more in our capacity as spectacular microcosms of the It would be useful to mention Clear ation is subject to changes; nothing be pursued. And, we cannot leave out when we are born, limitations are their element, out there, in the Great Expanse. Universe; and set ourselves on a fresh course Quartz here. It’s a versatile ‘master crystal,’ that remains as it is for long. This fact the sense of security about the future, placed on everyone. The more fortunate All of us are programmed to ‘hear’ the vibra- to ensure we attract what we want. Crystals, in cleanses the aura, facilitates healthy energy shifts requires that one plans for future, which we all dream about. ones have more freedom, because they tions of the cosmic heirlooms — ‘Earth crys- this scenario, are precious guiding tools. As our and clarity of thought, releases blocked emo- because that will surely come. Having How do we achieve the last three are born in cultured families who are tals’ or ‘Expanse crystals’ — that are right for cosmic heirlooms, they’ve an unobtrusive tions and elevates motivation levels, besides a wonderful present is nice but there is goals? This is where the material con- well off too. They learn early in life that us. This is why experts who work with crys- manner of refreshing dormant memories of being a strong amplifier of crystals placed near future also to be lived. And that gets us sciousness fails us. God has to be in the the human life is meant to advance the tals will advise us to ‘take what resonates.’ where we come from. They help us identify and it. Rose Quartz is great for ‘matters of the heart.’ to the point of our discussion — what picture. Without Him, there is no self perpetually. It is never to live in the The fine lines between the ‘scientific’ and accept what makes us truly happy, so we can Since we can’t pour from an empty cup, we should we gain in the present and what chance of satisfaction, peace or securi- present at the cost of the future by doing ‘spiritual’ understanding of how crystals work, work towards building a life we don’t need to should first appreciate it as a gentle ‘self-love should we save for the future. ty. This is where the lady of our exam- sinful acts and inviting a lot of suffer- blur here. The lattice-like structure of crystals run away from. They instill a sense of peace and stone.’ Amethyst balances emotions and dis- Let me take up the present first — ple failed. With God comes God con- ing in the balance life and the next. enables them to accept and emit a harmonic acceptance, by making us feel like we are pro- solves the effects of harshness, both circumstan- the more important of the two. What are sciousness and all His instructions to live Therefore, let us gain whatever we variety of vibrational frequencies. The intricate tected by Powers that will reveal what they must tial and dispositional. Tiger’s Eye and Black we looking for in our present? Every a quality life, and ensure a great future can for our well-being and also secure arrangement of human cells allows them to do at the right time. The sense of confidence that Tourmaline are excellent for grounding and adult will agree that self-sufficiency is too. Because God teaches us to love fel- our future. One should not be at the cost the same. When the respective electromagnet- stems from this is unparalleled. protection and for dispelling negativity. on the top of their list. Without that, life low beings, serve them and not be so of the other. Some people unfortunate- ic fields of crystals and humans resonate with Crystals have been accepted as amplifiers It’s important to remember that crystals are can be quite miserable. We study and selfish that everyone abandons you in ly go to the other extreme and forget to each other, they orchestrate a larger energy field by all disciplines that have studied them, which also ‘mood mirrors.’ As we are, so are our train for years to be able to gain that your old age. Why is India envied when enjoy the present obsessed as they are that the brain processes, in turn orchestrating means the first step towards choosing the right favourite crystals. They illuminate the challeng- position, often sacrificing a lot of play family values are spoken of? Because about securing their future. Ideally, we biochemical changes in the body. These crystals is to understand their benefits and ing yet cherished path of self-introspection. time. Only to realise later that they they do believe in spirituality, a good % should gain the present and save some- changes can highlight the fact that their origins applications as thoroughly as possible. D E should have kept aside time to enjoy. do. Saving money for future is nice but thing for a bright future. This is wisdom. actually lie in our state of mind. We then find A seasoned crystal worker brings with / What is life if not enjoyed! after a point, money is just a number, ourselves studying this vibrational analysis more them not just consolidated scholastic knowl- Some people go horribly wrong in that cannot replace love from other C$ uvitiut 0 69 4545 $) R! D
he American Constitution in the US Senate. President Tclearly lays down and ekes Trump’s followers and adher- out the conditionality under ents will do well to highlight which the American President and bamboozle the Public nar- can be impeached by the House rative of this event being bereft of Representatives and the US of “any palpable crime.” Senate in tandem with the President Trump has demand- idiom of the alleged unsavory ed an immediate trial and over work by the US President as a the top of it, he has blamed the breach of trust. Still, if we Democrat party of being tardy delve inside the historicity of in not providing due process to impeachment in the United the targeted, “most powerful States of America, we shall man on the face of Planet reach an evaluation that only Earth”. the path-breaking and icono- Republicans enjoy a 53-47 clast Presidents in the history majority in the US Senate so of White House have faced the outcome of a slated and 4 $ allegations in the nation’s polit- testy trial would end in the final ical firmament. acquittal and exoneration of G'/HHB$ Article 1, Section 2 of the President Donald Trump. Can 9 US Constitution delineates the American President emerge clearly that, the US House of out unscathed, untainted and Representatives will have the vindicated in the aftermath of sole power of impeachment the humiliating defeat in the with the Senate being the final House of Representatives? He = deciding authority by a two- will be absolved and emerge thirds majority to try the blameless but shaken by the impeachment of the President. ferment in the Capitol Hill. The Nancy Pelosi in the House of country is divided over opin- + "" Representatives has emphati- ions and not policies and that cally declared that no one is fact will be amply tested and above the law and declared the made crystal clear by the elec- impeachment proceedings to torate and the American peo- be initiated against President ple in January, 2020. If Donald Trump. President Trump were to get Al Jazeera reports about impeached in the trial then it the onerous political theme of would be the task of Vice impish process of impeach- President Mike Pence to be the ment that “Pelosi, a Democrat, acting man in the White House had earlier resisted calls to till the American electorate begin impeachment proceed- decide. On the Christmas day, ings, urging restraint as House + apart from the snow avalanche committees aggressively inves- the cold chill of the House of tigated Trump, a Republican, Representatives development through subpoenas of wit- seemed to have hit the nesses and documents. But any civil officer found guilty of order of business for the full House could vote on evidence exists that President typical bluster in a series of American President. President following allegations that bribery, treason, misde- American Senate. A media impeachment, Nixon became Trump’s office colluded with Christmas tweets. One of the Trump erupted in a series of Trump pressured the leader of meanour and high crimes. Still, house further informs, “Other the only US President ever to President Zelensky of Ukraine prominent and seething tweets frenzied tweets shutting out Ukraine to investigate the fam- the pertinent poser which can than Trump, only two other US resign.” Thus, it can be which had become the liberal is of the order of the following “the glee quotient” from the ily of former Vice President Joe be counted in is the theme that Presidents have ever been suc- advanced in a surefooted man- bias and a kind of a brick bat on December 25: “Why should conservative war horses, but Biden, who is vying for the whether the Democratic outfit cessfully impeached and in ner as a pertinent factoid, that, to beat the American incum- Crazy Nancy Pelosi, just only as a transit theme before 2020 Democratic presidential with a left liberal bias is mis- neither instance was the pres- only two American Presidents bent with. But it needs not be because she has a slight major- the Senate will exonerate the nomination, pressure from using its pelf and political sta- ident removed from office. have been removed from office forgotten that criminal charges ity in the House, be allowed to flamboyant US President. Still, inside the Democratic caucus tion of being the quintessential Andrew Johnson was after the impeachment pro- cannot be brought up against impeach the President of the the Presidency is definitively for an impeachment enquiry opposition in the American impeached in 1868 in the ceedings have been initiated in the running the US President United States? Got ZERO embattled. Earlier it was per- mounted”. But, what com- House of Representatives by tumultuous aftermath of the the American temple of Vox and only once the President has Republican votes, there was no ceived that the currant dissen- )..""8,2I", moners need to comprehend is targeting the President. American Civil War; and Bill Populi. Who was more dam- been removed then only the crime, the call with Ukraine sions in the Democratic party that the America First procla- Though the House of Clinton in 1998 for issues aged then the Monica onerous criminal charges can was perfect, with ‘no pressure.’ establishment might facilitate a mation and the clarion call of Representatives might have including his relationship with Lewinsky case scenario which be brought against the She said it must be “biparti- safe exit for President Trump. the Conservatives did have its implicated President Trump, White House intern Monica President Bill Clinton had to American President, which san...”. This is what the CNBC But, his bumptiousness seemed WASP ring heard in the 2016 the May Day still lies with the Lewinsky.” undergo with its attendant will the standard and rote portals inform us in the context to have not been as fortunate elections and might as well Senatorial courtesy which is Al Jazzera further informs ignominy. Thus the matrix process in the context of of the acrid and scathing as the US House of work the way of the present numerically dominated by the the author and the audience, infested political firmament of President Trump too. responses of the American Representatives voted finally to President in 2020, if, the polit- Republicans. “The House Judiciary the impeachment process has Still, the seemingly embat- President. But, it might be impeach the White House man ical and electoral issues are The Senate Majority Committee in 1974 voted to to subsist with the Fien de siè- tled President Trump’s holiday early days if the House and facilitate the trial in the arranged in a specifically Leader, Mitch McConnell, has recommend impeachment cle of the US’ political culture break has been spoiled by Democrats intend to witness a heady portals of the US Senate. schematic matter. contended and informed the accusing another President that a true blue American House Democrat Nancy Pelosi grovelling face saving exercise The debates in the hoi polloi that the Senate is not Richard Nixon of planning to President has to be removed as the unpredictable but strong- by the White House establish- (The writer teaches at Philadelphia convention in busy anyways now and the trial obstruct an investigation in the through the judicious prism of ly stylish American President ment as part of the conse- International Relations at IIPA, 1787 categorically implicated of impeachment will be the first Watergate scandal. Before the misdemeanors. Still, no direct has fought back with his stereo- quences of the impending trial New Delhi) P : 9 /,
anuary 3 will be marked as a water- + lution. Despite all odds, Iranians have to give sustenance to its large mili- Jshed moment in the Iran-US rela- successfully taken out their country tary industrial complex. tions in the competing narratives from the jaws of catastrophe. In forty between the “justifiable extra-judi- years, the Iranians have learnt the Regional implication: What cial killings” to save American inter- craft how to overcome these hard- next? P ests around the world and the ships and the attempts to bully Iran The moot question is how Iran America’s illegal bid to undermine result into emboldening the resis- will respond to this void created by the sovereignty of an independent tance against Western hegemony. Soleimani’s departure. He was the , state. The assassination of Iran’s top The missile attacks on Ain al- main architect of Iran’s foreign and military commander Major General Assad US base in Iraq shows Iranian military policy in the wider West , Qassem Soleimani, along with determination and capabilities that Asia, particularly in the Levant and Deputy Chief of Iraq’s Hashd al- it will fight back if it is being bullied the Fertile Crescent region. He Shabi Abdul Mahdi al-Muhandes by any foreign forces. enjoyed special relationships with and others, in a missile attack fired many non-state actors who were by an American drone has escalat- Saviour of Iraq & Syria from resisting the US and Israeli hege- ed tension between Iran and the US. ISIS terror mony in the region. He was a key fig- Soleimani was a top military The West Asian region has been ure in the region and held consid- strategist of Quds Brigade of Iran’s a flashpoint since the discovery of oil erable influence in Iraq, Syria, elite Pasdaran-e Enghelab-e Eslami resources. The greed of US and other Lebanon, and Palestine. In Iraq, he or Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Western powers for exploiting oil has had been instrumental in forming /99 (IRGC), which is responsible for created mess in the region. Since the Popular Mobilistaion Forces countering threats emanating from 2003 when George W Bush invad- (PMF) which cut their teeth against beyond the Iranian territory. Also he ed Iraq surpassing the will of inter- Daesh. was one of the trusted aides of national community, Iraq has been In Syria, he pulled out President Supreme Leader Ayatollah in turmoil. In a surprise move when Bashar al-Assad from the brink of Khamenei. He was the standard ISIS attacked Iraq and Syria with the collapse. The terrorist groups such as bearer of what Iran calls “Axis of tacit understanding with the US and al-Nusra Front were funded and resistance”. Israel and Saudi Arabia and dimin- armed by regional and internation- By showing his chivalry in the cakewalk for the US after the Iraq Islamic Revolution Guards Corps sheer act of aggression against an ished the borders created after Sykes- al powers. He also had warm rapport Iran-Iraq war, what Iranians called Parliament passed a resolution to (IRGC), to divert attention from independent and sovereign country. Picot agreement, it was Soleimani with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iran’s it Jung-e Tahmili or Imposed War, he oust the US military from the coun- domestic issues. Such extra-judicial killing augments who came to the rescue of both the key ally, and Hamas and Palestinian rose from the rank of an ordinary try. Besides, Iraq’s most popular As the Congress started the the Iranians’ bitterness towards Pax countries. Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in occupied soldier to the chief of Quds. In the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has impeachment process, Trump has Americana and their slogan ‘Marg He was the main architect who Palestine. Shia imagination of jehad and sha- demanded withdrawal of US troops lost some credibility among the bar Amreeka’ (Death to America). nipped the ISIS terror in the bud and Soleimani was highly pragmat- hadat (resistance and martyrdom), from the Iraqi territory. He Americans. To distract the attention did not let it raise its tentacles. ic and knew how to deal with the sit- he held an unprecedented charisma announced the reactivation of his fixated on the impeachment, the US Iran’s resilience is unmatched Without involvement of Iran in the uation in adversities. in public sphere as he is hailed as Mahdi Army militia. has taken belligerent stance against During my recent visit to Tehran, counter-offensive, it would have He was the man who had upset “Living Martyr”. The US could not Iran giving no room for diplomacy. Isfahan and Qom, I saw Iranians been impossible to wipe out ISIS the US hegemony in the region. His F ,46,)),4? have imagined his popularity until Trump’s reckless move Moreover, Americans have a histo- have an aversion to any kind of hege- threat. absence will be felt deeply in Iran. his funeral which saw a sea of The Trump administration is ry of double standards in the region. mony. The country is flourishing Recently Iranian Foreign Soleimani’s death is an immense loss mourners. going through an uncertainty in Trump’s withdrawal from Joint despite harsh international eco- Minister Jawad Zarif rightly said at for Iran, but Iranians’ grit and deter- It appears that the killing of domestic politics in the wake of Comprehensive Plan of Action nomic sanctions. Though it was a Raisina Dialogue meet in New Delhi mination is likely to keep the anti- Soleimani is part of US move to bring impeachment proceedings. It seems (JCPOA) nuclear treaty shows anoth- heavy blow to Iran’s security estab- that there are two entities who are US spirit high in the country. Iran to its knees. And there are fears Trump, one of the most unpre- er level of betrayal. lishment, the Iranians are well- celebrating the assassination of that the US might use other tactics, dictable Presidents of the US, ordered The US has a history of invasion, versed in dealing with such crisis. Soleimani, Trump and Daesh (ISIS). (The writer is a PhD scholar at like activating sleeper cells of anti- the killing of Soleimani, a top mili- occupation and sabotage. The killing Their perseverance is unmatched He was alleging that US and Israel are Centre for West Asian Studies, regime elements in Iran, to create dis- tary strategist of Quds of Iran’s elite of Soleimani and Muhandes is a clear as their top leadership was eliminated deliberately involved in raising ISIS Jawaharlal Nehru University, New turbance. 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