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NEARBY Gaganyaan, Chandrayaan3 Peace on LAC can help solve in mission mode, says ISRO border issue: Army chief ‘We will build capabilities on northern, north-eastern fronts’ Four astronauts shortlisted for space trip to undergo training in Russia: Sivan New Year celebrations special correspondent throw traffic out of gear Special Correspondent NEW DELHI NEW DELHI BENGALURU Maintaining peace and tran Massive traffic snarls were Four pilots from the Indian quillity on the Line of Actual witnessed in central Delhi on Air Force (IAF) will leave for Control (LAC) with China Wednesday as thousands of Russia this month to receive can set the stage for an even people took advantage of the training as astronauts of Ga tual solution to the border is pleasant weather and flocked ganyaan, the first Indian sue, Army chief Gen. M.M. to India Gate and Connaught Place for New Year crewed flight to space. Naravane said on Wednes celebrations. Entry and exit They were shortlisted af day. gates of five Delhi Metro ter a series of fitness and en “We have the Line of Ac stations were closed around durance tests, ISRO Chair tual Control with China. The 6 p.m. to ease rush of man K. Sivan announced at a border question is yet to be passengers. Normal metro press meet on Wednesday. settled. However, we have operations resumed after an The initial tests were con made a little progress in hour. ducted in the IAF’s Institute maintaining peace and tran Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Bipin Rawat with Army chief Gen. M.M. Naravane, Navy chief Adm. Karambir Singh and Air Chief CITY Ī PAGE 3 of Aerospace Medicine, Ben quillity along the borders DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD galuru, and Russia. The four and I am sure that situation Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria in New Delhi. * PTI will leave in the third week of will prevail,” he said, adding Businessman kills wife, January to be trained at the that by maintaining peace daughter, himself Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut on the borders “we can set Armed forces do stay far MATHURA Centre in Moscow, as per an the stage for an eventual so A Delhibased businessman agreement signed between yearend along with some of moon and the experiments 2,300 acres of land in lution”. Gen. Naravane was allegedly shot dead his wife the space agencies of the two the six shortlisted micro to be conducted on the lunar Thoothukudi district for IS talking to the media after a away from politics: CDS and minor daughter before countries last year. gravity experiments, Dr. Si surface, Dr. Sivan said. RO’s second launch port. ceremonial guard of honour killing himself inside a car van said. The third mission, he Currently satellites are outside South Block a day af Special Correspondent er,” he said, talking to the that was found on the Set for 2022 ISRO has also quietly be said, was ISRO’s bid to real launched from the Srihariko ter he took over as the 28th NEW DELHI media after reviewing a tri Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Gaganyaan, announced by gun work on another soft ise for itself the difficult tech ta launch centre in Andhra Chief of Army Staff. The armed forces stay far service guard of honour out Pradesh’s Mathura district, the Prime Minister Narendra landing mission to the moon nology of softlanding on Pradesh. Stating that both the west away from politics, Gen. Bi side South Block. police said on Wednesday. Modi in August 2018, is the with most of the same fea another planetary body. The Dr. Sivan said Thoothuku ern and northern borders pin Rawat said on Wednes Stating that the task cut His minor son was found ₹10,000crore Indian human tures of Chandrayaan2 and agency is undertaking it as di offers a locational advan were equally important, day after taking charge as out for the CDS was to inte critically injured and has been space flight scheduled for almost on the back of the fai the landing module of the se tage to launch towards In Gen. Naravane said that the country’s first Chief of grate the three services and hospitalised, the police said. 2022. It is designed to have lure of the latter’s lander on cond mission crashed barely dia’s South. while we had been giving at Defence Staff (CDS) on Wed enhance their capabilities, CITY Ī PAGE 2 37 crew members spend 37 the lunar surface on Septem five minutes before it was to When ready, the new port tention in the past to the nesday morning. Gen. Rawat said the CDS DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD days in space in a 400km ber 7. have landed on the lunar will handle mainly the small western front, “the northern His remark comes in the would “remain neutral with orbit. The launch of the nearly surface. satellite launch vehicle front also now requires backdrop of his recent com in the Service [Army] and to Dr. Sivan said Gaganyaan ₹600crore Chandrayaan3 The lander and rover are (SSLV) that is under develop equal attention.” “It is in this ments condemning student all three services.” activities were on track. Ho is targeted for the end of this estimated to cost ₹250 crore ment. SSLVs are meant to context we are now going in protests which drew sharp “It is important to ensure wever it was not known yet year or early 2021. and will go to the moon on a put a payload of up to 500 kg for capability enhancement responses from political par that the 1+1+1 combine of the how many astronauts would It will be almost a repeti propulsion model. The GSLV in space. on our northern borders, ties and on social media. three services should add up finally travel to space. tion of the July 2019 Chan Mark III vehicle costs around which includes the north “Armed forces stay far to more than 3 through syn The first of the two pre drayaan2 mission in the ₹350 crore. CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 east parts of the country.” away from politics. We work ergy,” he observed. Gaganyaan flights with a hu configuration of spacecraft, The Tamil Nadu govern ‘VIKRAM WAS NOT DESIGNED TO according to the directions manoid will be launched this the landing spot on the ment has started acquiring HANDLE SPIKE IN SPEED’ Ī PAGE 9 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 of the government in pow CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12

Press Trust of India Omar Rashid the bail order reached the ed Section 144 of the CrPC New Delhi LUCKNOW Varanasi district jail late. and while they were near Sa Services not in full swing despite Centre’s assurance Jet fuel or aviation turbine Activist couple Ekta and Ravi The activists and students raigovardhan, they allegedly fuel (ATF) price was on Shekhar, who were among of Banaras Hindu University raised “antinational slo Special correspondent man Rohit Kansal told The Srinagar Wednesday hiked by 2.6% the more than 60 people ar and Mahatma Gandhi Kashi gans”. The police claimed Hindu, “We have issued or and that of nonsubsidised rested in Varanasi for prot Vidyapeeth were arrested on they tried to reason with the The J&K administration’s ders for restoration of SMS on liquefied petroleum gas esting against the Citizen December 19 while march protesters and explain that move to restore SMS facility all postpaid mobile cards. (LPG) by ₹19 per cylinder ship (Amendment) Act on ing towards the Beniabagh their march violated law and did not succeed on Wednes BSNL has made it operational on the back of a rise in in December 19, were granted The activist couple’s daughter Maidan in the city in protest caused inconvenience to the day, as telecom companies, and Airtel and Jio Reliance ternational rates. bail on Wednesday. at a prayer meet. * FILE PHOTO against the CAA and the public. “But they became except the BSNL, could not are working on it .” He said Price of ATF, used to More than 50 others, in NRC. more aggressive and broke uplink the systems. A journalist draws a blank the Internet facility had been power aeroplanes, was cluding their colleagues and led to much outrage as they The police charged them out at the police force, shov Scores of hospitals in the on his cellphone at a media restored in 28 hospitals. raised by ₹1,637.25 per kilo fellow environmental acti have a 14monthold child at with rioting, unlawful as ing and punching, and start Valley remained without In facilitation centre in “There are cases of glitches litre to ₹64,323.76 per kl in vist Saniya Anwar, were also home waiting for their sembly, disobedience and ed chasing those looking ternet connectivity for the Srinagar. * AP and nonpayment of fee too. Delhi, according to a price granted bail, lawyers said. return. assault. However, associates on,” the FIR lodged by SHO most part of the day, contrary We are in the process of res notification of stateowned Additional Sessions Judge of those booked said the Pravin Kumar said. to the government’s New that the promised service was toring others too.” fuel retailers. Child at home Sarvesh Kumar Pandey protest was peaceful and ac While the FIR alleged that Year announcement to res not available on their phones A senior official of Airtel, Oil companies also They are expected to be re granted bail to them on the cused the police of excessive the protesters created a ume it by Tuesday midnight on Wednesday. Around 40 on condition of anonymity, raised the price of nonsub leased on Thursday. submission of two bail bonds action. sense of chaos and fear, forc after the 150day shutdown. lakh postpaid subscribers said the company was alerted sidised LPG to ₹714 per The incarceration of the of ₹25,000 each. According to the FIR ing people to shut their Tens of thousands of users hoped to get connectivity on “very late about restoration 14.2kg cylinder from ₹695. couple, who run an NGO, Cli Ms. Ekta and Ms. Anwar’s lodged at the Chetganj police shops, there is no mention of of companies such as Airtel New Year’s eve. of services”. “Systems take CONG. SLAMS MOVE Ī PAGE 12 mate Agenda, in Varanasi, lawyer Himachal Singh said station, the protesters violat any violence. and Reliance Jio complained J&K government spokes time to uplink,” he added.

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Staff Reporter My heart bleeds for NEW DELHI <> the students.They I n a bid to register their have shown protest against the amend strength by taking ed Citizenship Act, National the movement Register of Citizens and Na tional Population Register, forward scores of people gathered at Shivalika Acharya Homemaker India Gate on Wednesday and took a mass pledge to not like we don’t have docu defend the Constitution. ments to prove citizenship Amid heavy sloganeer but we are still here to ex ing, students from various press solidarity with the un universities, States and reg educated, poor and disad ular visitors to the monu vantaged.” ment participated in the The pledge taken by the “reading of the Preamble” Students of Jamia university protesting against the citizenship people read: “We, the on the first day of the year. law at India Gate on Wednesday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Young India, reiterate our Shivalika Acharya, a ho resolve to fight for our sove memaker and a resident of uation in Uttar Pradesh is “There is no other place reign, secular, democratic, Lucknow, said that she had quite grave which is why I than here that you can ac socialist India. We are in no come to the national capital have come to Delhi to be tually raise your voice. The way going to discriminate in solidarity with the move part of the protests. We (in CAA, NPR and NRC will end our fellow people on the ba ment against the recently U.P.) are always in the eye of up taking away rights of sev sis of gender, race, colour, passed law. storm. This fight is nothing eral people. Maybe the go language, sex, caste or reli “My heart bleeds for the less than the fight that free vernment cannot see how gion. Equality and Justice, Carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna performing in New Delhi on Wednesday. Several activists and artistes recited poems, sang songs students. They have shown dom fighters fought,” said the poor will suffer, but it is politically, socially and cul and performed plays to express their solidarity with people protesting against the amended citizenship law. They had gathered strength by taking the Ms. Acharya. important for us to raise turally is what we want to at the Constitution Club of India under the aegis of Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT). * V.V. KRISHNAN movement forward. The sit City resident Hanna said: our voices against it. It is assure each other.” CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Agitations continue in the city on New Year’s Day; Swara Bhaskar attends protest at Jamia Actor lauds students’ efforts in continuing protests; she also visits protest site at Shaheen Bagh Press Trust of India Bollywood actor Swara <> We have woken up ing, a candlelight march was the gathering at Jamia Millia New Delhi Bhaskar and her costar from late but now we organised by the alumni asso Islamia. Amid New Year celebrations, Raanjhanaa Mohammed have woken up. ciation of the university out PinjraTod, a women’s col protests against the amended Zeeshan Ayyub attended a You [students] side gate number 7, which has lective of students and alum citizenship law continued in public meeting on the new le become a protest site after ni of colleges across Delhi, al have woken up the various parts of Delhi, includ gislation outside the universi the December 15 violence. leged that a march being ing Shaheen Bagh and Jamia ty and lauded protesters’ ef entire country. We The students of Jamia wel carried out by women in Jaf university, where agitators forts in continuing the are here to thank comed the New Year with frabad was halted by the pol sang legendary poet Faiz agitation. you cries of ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ ice and RAF personnel, who Ahamed Faiz’s ‘Hum “We have woken up late S wara Bhaskar and ‘Azaadi’. even demanded their address Dekhenge’. but now we have woken up. Actor The sitin protest by wo proof. At Jamia Millia Islamia, You [students] have woken quilab Zindabad’, Ms. Bhas men at Shaheen Bagh conti A senior police officer said which has become the epi up the entire country. We are kar recited lyricist Varun nued after a night where they the women were not halted centre of the protests in Del here to thank you,” Ms. Bhas Grover’s poem against the ci welcomed the New Year by or threatened but were told hi, scores of students and civil kar said and termed the tizenship law which has the singing the national anthem that prohibitory orders, ban society members carrying the amended Citizenship Act a punchline ‘Hum kaagaz nahi and raising the slogan ‘Azaa ning the assembly of four or Tricolour and banners squat “targeted” law. dikhayenge (We won’t show di’. more persons, were in place Actor Swara Bhaskar addressing a gathering outside gate number 7 of Jamia Millia Islamia in the ted on one carriageway of the While Mr. Ayyub raised slo documents).’ Ms. Bhaskar visited the following which they left the city on Wednesday. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR road outside the university. gans ‘Hum EK Hain’ and ‘In Following the public meet protest site after addressing area. Former employee held Ensure rights of jailbirds are not Businessman shoots wife, for robbery at pharmacy violated during surprise raids: HC daughter before killing self Staff Reporter DCP (Dwarka) Anto Al His minor son found critically injured NEW DELHI phonse said that the ac Court was hearing a PIL alleging rights violation in Tihar A 28yearold man has been cused, Gaurav, was living in Press Trust of India reason behind him taking arrested for allegedly com Sagarpur and hails from Ba Staff Reporter of a public interest litigation the supervision of Assistant Mathura the extreme step, Mr. Meena mitting robbery at knife raut. He allegedly robbed a New Delhi (PIL) initiated by it. Superintendent Jail, in the A Delhibased businessman said. point at a pharmacy in Dwar salesman of the pharmacy in The Delhi High Court has di high security ward on Octob allegedly shot dead his wife A purported note has ka where he had previously Dwarka Sector 10 of ₹75,000 rected the prison authorities Letter from inmates er 12, 2017. and minor daughter before been recovered from the Air pollution worked for a few months, and medicines worth here to ensure that the rights The PIL was initiated on the Three broken tennis rack killing himself inside a car vehicle and it is under a fo police said on Wednesday. ₹3,000. of jail inmates are not violat basis of an October 2017 let et, some loose wire, and two that was found on the Yamu rensic probe, the officer ‘severe’ on 4 of ed during surprise searches ter received from some in rusted ‘iron patti’, all prohi na Expressway in Uttar Pra said. in jail wards. mates of a highrisk ward of bited items were recovered desh’s Mathura district, pol “The car was locked from the last 5 days A Bench of Chief Justice Tihar jail alleging that the Ta from a barrack. During the ice said on Wednesday. inside with the bodies in D.N. Patel and Justice C. Hari mil Nadu Special Police, inspection, the inmates start His minor son was found side. The window glass was Staff Reporter Shankar directed the Delhi which takes care of the jail’s ed misbehaving and abused critically injured inside the broken by the police and the New Delhi government and prison auth security, was gross violating the search team and also car and has been hospital bodies retrieved,” he said. The air quality of the city orities to “strictly follow the human rights in ward num manhandled them. Follow ised, the police said. “The man was in the driv was in “severe” category Jail Prison Rules, 2018 and ber 8 and 9 of Tihar Jail. ing which alarm was raised The incident came to er’s seat with a pistol in his on Wednesday and is likely the standard operating pro Following the court inter and minimum force was used light when a patrolling vehi right hand, while his wife to slightly improve to the cedure” whenever such sur vention, the Superintendent to control the situation. The cle of the police noticed the and children in the back higherend of the “very prise searches are carried of the Jail submitted his re accused persons, who re static Mathuraregistered seat. The bodies were taken poor” category by Thurs out in the wards of jails, in port in which it was men ceived minor injuries, were vehicle at the 105th miles out when the police noticed day, according to govern cluding high security wards. tioned that a highlevel inqui provided medical treatment, tone near Vrindavan cut, Su the minor son breathing. He mentrun monitoring agen “It is the duty of the res ry was conducted by the DIG the report said. perintendent of Police Ash was immediately rushed to cy System of Air Quality pondents [government and (Prisons). It was revealed in Taking note of the report, ok Kumar Meena told a hospital for treatment. and Weather Forecasting prison authorities] that the the report that a surprise the court opined, “it appears reporters. The others were dead,” the and Research (SAFAR). rights of the jail inmates are search was conducted by the that the use of force was to Preliminary probe re officer said. The pollution has been not to be violated much less T.N. Special Police officials control the reaction of the vealed that the man was dis Suicide prevention hel- in “severe” category for their human rights,” the on the direction of the Depu jail inmates to seizure of pro turbed due to family issues pline: Sanjivini, Society for four out of the last five Bench said, while disposing ty Superintendent and under hibited articles”. and business matters. He Mental Health, 011-4076 days, including Wednes was also under monetary 9002, Monday-Saturday day, according to Central debt, which could be the (10 a.m.-7.30 p.m.) Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data. On Wednesday, the aver age level of PM2.5 — deadly TughlakabadAerocity metro respirable particles — was (421.7 ug/m3) more than se ven times the safe limit corridor contract awarded (60ug/m3) as per Indian standards, in Delhi and Work likely to be over in 3 years: DMRC NCR at 8 p.m., according to the CPCB. But the level is Staff Reporter will also come up at SaketG. more than 16 times the safe NEW DELHI After construction of this limit (25 ug/m3) set by the The Delhi Metro Rail Corpo stretch, the Mehrauli Badar WHO. ration (DMRC) on Wednes pur road will be signal free day said that the first civil from Sangam Vihar to Sa contract for the Tughlaka ket,” the DMRC said in a DELHI TODAY badAerocity metro corridor, statement. Exhibition: “Pathfinders”, an exhibi proposed under Phase IV Officials added that the tion of photographs from Leh – Ladakh network, was awarded. work is expected to be com at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat The contract involves con pleted in three years time. Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. 7 p.m. struction of metro viaduct The TughlakabadAeroci Exhibition: “Ahsaas”, a group show of paintings by Ritu Saxena, Uma from Sangam Vihar to Saket ty metro corridor will be a Gupta and Tulika Kukreti at Convention G block, including four ele 20kilometrelong stretch Centre Foyer, India Habitat Centre vated metro stations — San comprising 15 stations. “The (IHC), 11 a.m. 7 p.m. gam Vihar, KhanpurDeoli, corridor will connect the ex Exhibition: “India: A Mapful Story”, an exhibition of unseen historical maps Ambedkar Nagar and Saket isting Kashmere GateRaja and other important engravings (circa G block. Nahar Singh [Violet Line] 18th Century to 1946) by Anubhav Nath, Curatorial Director of Ojas Art “The highlight of this sec with the Airport Express Gallery at 1AQ, Qutab Minar Round tion will be a double decker Link,” said DMRC officials. about, Mehrauli Road, 11 a.m. 7 p.m. viaduct which will include DMRC spokesperson Anuj Exhibition: “Bronze – Single Edi the metro viaduct as well as Dayal said: “A total of three tion”, a solo show of paintings by Tapas Sarkar at Chawla Art Gallery, Square an elevated six lane flyover civil contracts have so far One Mall, Saket, 11 a.m. 7 p.m. from Sangam Vihar to Am been awarded for the Phase (Mail your listings for this column bedkar Nagar. An underpass IV corridors.” at [email protected])

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Making the most of it: Revellers take advantage of a sunny day to celebrate the New Year at India Gate; people enjoying themselves at Rajpath on Wednesday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Over 70,000 throng India Gate to celebrate New Year Traffic in central Delhi forced to a crawl throughout the day and well into the night; entry and exit gates of five metro stations closed briefly around 6 p.m.

SAURABH TRIVEDI There were 600 traffic poli Commuters were stuck in traffic police personnel in NEW DELHI cemen just in the New Delhi traffic jams on roads leading the area. Massive traffic snarls were area to regulate traffic move to India Gate, Connaught Another ambulance was witnessed in central Delhi on ment. “We focused only on Place and ITO. stuck on Barapullah flyover Wednesday as tens of thou regulation and flow of traffic. “It took me two hours to towards Sarai Kale Khan. sands of people took advan We had already issued advi reach India Gate from Laxmi The Delhi Traffic Police al tage of the pleasant weather sories and updated live traf Nagar. By the time I reached so updated commuters and flocked to India Gate and fic situation on social media there with my family, I had about the situation. It ad Connaught Place for New to keep motorists informed,” lost the desire to celebrate as vised people coming from Year celebrations. said Mr. Hassan. it was so crowded,” said Pri Noida to take the DND or Entry and exit gates of five “Traffic should be normal tam Pal Mehra, a resident of Akshardham to reach Delhi Delhi Metro stations were from Thursday onwards... it Laxmi Nagar. as Road no. 13A, between closed around 6 p.m. to ease was because of New Year that Mathura Road and Kalindi rush of passengers. Normal so many people came out to Ambulances stuck Kunj, is closed to cars. Vehic metro operations resumed celebrate,” said Mr. Hassan. Day into night: Traffic jam at India Gate; congestion near ITO on Wednesday. * PTI, SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA One of the commuters took ular movement was also af after an hour. to Twitter to inform the Delhi fected in north Delhi due to Special Commissioner of Unauthorised parking visitors inside the lawns on ment, said a traffic police closed stations. House, Pragati Maidan and Police about an ambulance the breakdown of a truck on Police (Traffic) Taj Hassan Jams were seen on several Rajpath due to Republic Day man on duty at CHexagon “As advised by police auth Khan Market, have been stuck in a traffic jam on Ba the Prembari flyover. Traffic said around 70,000 people roads leading to and around preparations, forced visitors (India Gate). orities, entry and exit at five closed temporarily from 6.05 rakhamba Road. The police movement on Jai Singh Road had gathered at India Gate India Gate. Unauthorised to walk on the roads, which The DMRC also sent out stations: Central Secretariat, p.m. onwards till further in quickly replied that the infor from Ashok Road side was causing massive traffic jams. parking and restriction of further affected traffic move tweets to alert commuters of Udyog Bhawan, Mandi structions,” said the DMRC. mation had been shared with closed due to heavy traffic. 31% decline in drunk driving Only 36 drunk driving challans issued in Gurugram Warm start In new approach, police assist inebriated revellers in reaching home safely to 2020 challans this New Year’s Eve Staff Reporter Ashok Kumar <> People were The reduction in the drunk driving challans NEW DELHI GURUGRAM requested to call for number of drunk driving (604) were issued in March, Bright sunshine greeted Steeper fine, greater awareness behind decrease: police This New Year’s Eve, Guru a cab or let someone cases on New Year’s Eve the lowest (274) in May, be Delhiites on the first day of gram Traffic Police person who was not drunk was also partially attributed fore the new rules came in 2020, bringing respite Staff Reporter media. Also, people have nel donned the cap of “fa to increased awareness to effect. from the cold wave condi drive the vehicle. New Delhi generally become more cilitators” to help drunk among the revellers and the After the new fine rates tions that prevailed for 18 A total of 352 challans were aware that they should take revellers reach home safely The police also took hefty fine of ₹10,000 as per came into force, only 37 consecutive days — making issued for driving drunk on taxis and cabs if they are rather than issue challans. the services of the amended Motor Vehi and 23 challans were issued it the second coldest De New Year’s Eve — a 30.8% dip drunk at a party. Another fac As per the Gurugram Pol around 20 cabs for cles Act rules that came in respectively in September cember on record. compared to 2018 and nearly tor is that the fine for drunk ice, only 36 challans were this purpose... they to force on September 1. and October. However, the The maximum tempera 80% less than 2017, said the driving is now ₹10,000 and issued for drunk driving on dropped off people The rules also provide number of challans rose to ture on Wednesday was police on Wednesday. the public is aware of this,” the intervening night of De safely to their homes for the suspension of the 230 in November and a to 20.4 degrees Celsius, a In 2018, 509 challans were said a senior police officer. cember 31, 2019 and Janu Himanshu Garg driving licence of the de tal of 231 people were chal sharp contrast to Monday’s issued for drunk driving; in The Delhi Police had in ary 1, 2020. Last year, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) faulter for three months. laned in December. maximum of 9.4 degrees — 2017, 1,752 challans were is creased its presence near police had challaned 130 Mr. Garg said that in the the coldest day tempera sued. This year, violators markets, malls, restaurants, people for drunk driving. reach home safely. Stricter rules initial months after the ture ever recorded in Del were mainly youngsters and pubs and bars. PCR Vans, “The people were re As per the statistics provid amendment to the rules, hi. The minimum tempera middleaged, the police said. The police said that most Prakhar vans and Raftaar Greater awareness quested to call for a cab or ed by the Gurugram police, the focus was on awareness ture on Wednesday was 2.4 There are several reasons of the violators were bikes were stationed at vul Deputy Commissioner of let someone who was not 4,047 were challaned for generation and that the fi degrees Celsius, five de behind the decline, including youngsters. * FILE PHOTO nerable points. Two doctors Police (Traffic) Himanshu drunk to drive the vehicle. drunk driving in 2019, gures had risen in recent grees below normal. people being more aware of were also deployed for con Garg told The Hindu that The police also took the ser though the number re weeks. “Besides, the first The temperature is ex police strictness, increased police. ducting medical examination the focus this year was not vices of around 20 cabs for duced considerably after few weeks were also lost in pected to rise further on police presence, and steeper “Messages regarding strict of drivers to see whether to issue challans, but to as this purpose that dropped the amendment in the mo updating software of the e Thursday, but there is a fine under the amended Mo action against people driving they were under the in sist people and ensure that off people safely to their tor vehicle rules. challan machines as per the possibility of light rain with tor Vehicle Act, said the drunk were shared on social fluence of alcohol. those in an inebriated state homes,” said Mr. Garg. The highest number of amendment,” he added. generally cloudy sky, the meteorological depart ment said, adding: ”The I N BRIEF ‘Hiking Board maximum and minimum Javadekar blames AAP, Cong. for Cong. condemns hike temperature on Thursday will hover around 6 de exam fee grees Celsius and 19 de violent antiCAA protests in Delhi will affect six in cooking gas price grees Celsius.” Special Correspondent vices... the latest hike in We all know which party indulges in riots, reacts Sisodia lakh families’ NEW DELHI cooking gas price once Delhi Congress chief Sub again proves the incompe Special Correspondent Staff Reporter hash Chopra on Wednesday tence of the Modi govern Follow principles of New Delhi New Delhi Sardar Patel: Patnaik hit out at the Narendra Modi ment to check price rise. NEW DELHI Union Minister Prakash Java Aam Aadmi Party leader government for inflicting a The BJP government is anti On the first day of the new dekar on Wednesday ac Manish Sisodia on Wednes “heavy blow” on the people poor,” Mr. Chopra said. year, the Delhi Police held its cused the Aam Aadmi Party day said that by increasing on New Year by hiking the The Delhi Congress de first event in the swanky (AAP) and the Congress of the Board examination fee price of cooking gas cylin manded an immediate roll auditorium at its new “misleading” the people and of Class 10 and 12, the BJP der by ₹19. back of the hike and said headquarters here. Police “inciting” them for violence had put a financial burden “The BJP government has that it would be organising a Commissioner Amulya during protests against the of ₹100 crore on six lakh fa been increasing the prices protest outside Shastri Bha Patnaik motivated his staff to amended Citizenship Act. milies of Delhi. of all essential items and ser wan at 2 p.m on Thursday. follow the principles of Demanding that both AAP “On June 22, 2019, the India’s first Home Minister and Congress apologise to Delhi CM said that his go Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. the people for “spreading vernment would pay the Mr. Patnaik commended his violence”, Mr. Javadekar, full CBSE exam fee for all staff for maintaining law and who is the BJP election in Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, flanked by BJP leaders Class 10 and 12 government order and regulating traffic. charge for Delhi, said that Shyam Jaju and Vijay Goel (right), addressing a press school students. This fee “complete development” of conference in New Delhi on Wednesday. * PTI was ₹450 for general and Businessman killed in the city would be the main is ₹125 for SC/ST,” he said. road accident in Manesar sue for the party in the up wearing burqa would be such allegations. “The BJP thought that GURUGRAM coming Assembly polls. banned”. Due to this “false “AAP completely opposes this historic decision A 35yearold businessman “AAP MLA Amanatullah propaganda” violence riots [violence] and we all would affect their politics, travelling with his wife and Khan, Ishraq Khan, former spread in Delhi, he claimed. know which party indulges so Delhi BJP leaders went father was killed when a Congress MLA Asim Khan Mr. Javadekar said the BJP in it. The masters of riots are to their national leaders to speeding truck rammed into and Matin Ahmed played an would contest the Delhi elec accusing others and trying to ask the CBSE to increase its their vehicle from behind in important role in misleading tions “with the confidence of distract attention of people fees. On August 2, 2019, Manesar on Wednesday. The the minority community in emerging victorious” be from real issues... BJP is play CBSE raised the fee to incident happened around 4 Jamia, Seelampur and Jama cause of schemes such as in ing an old tape... Delhi’s elec ₹1,950 for general and a.m. as Mohammad Salim was Masjid areas,” he alleged. situ rehabilitation of slums. tions will be fought on real is ₹1,650 for SC/ST,” he said. on his way to Delhi from Jaipur with his wife Shahnaz Mr. Javadekar said the sues,” he said. Mr. Sisodia said that the and father Islamuddin, who leaders had “spread ru ‘Diverting attention’ Delhi Congress chief spo Delhi BJP should explain was driving. The car mours” that after the pas Senior AAP leader and Depu kesperson Mukesh Sharma why CBSE was “forced” to azan overturned due to the impact sage of the Act “ in mas ty Chief Minister Manish Si termed Mr. Javadekar’s increase the fee. and land on the adjoining jids would be stopped, sodia said the BJP was trying charges “baseless” and a “This issue has affected DelhiJaipur carriageway of loudspeakers from mosques to divert people’s attention “drama” in the wake of As six lakh families of Delhi,” the highway. would be removed, and from real issues by making sembly elections. the AAP leader added. 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Timings NEW DELHI 9 more deaths in Kota hospital, THURSDAY, JAN. 02 AMU winter vacation extended, RISE 07:14 SET 17:37 RISE 11:59 SET 00:00 December toll rises to 100 FRIDAY, JAN. 03 RISE 07:15 SET 17:37 no new opening date announced RISE 12:29 SET 00:04 ‘Order issued for installation of central oxygen supply line’ S ATURDAY, JAN. 04 RISE 07:15 SET 17:38 ‘Detailed schedule for opening in a phased manner shall be notified in due course’ Press trust of india The nursing incharge of two to three children were RISE 13:00 SET 00:56 Anuj Kumar administration was waiting Kota (Rajasthan) the Neonatal Intensive Care found on single beds and the Ghaziabad for the situation to defuse. At least nine more infants Unit, which specialises in hospital did not have enough The winter vacation of Ali “There are 10 thousand non have died in the last two days looking after premature and nurses. garh Muslim University has resident students, many of of December at the JK Lon sick newborns, has been re Dr. Sardana said the pae been extended. The universi whom are still carrying on Hospital here, taking the placed, Dr. Dulara said. diatric department at the ty was scheduled to open on peaceful protest. Many resi death toll to 100 for the Efforts for upgradation health facility has been re January 6. No new date has dent students didn’t leave the month, officials said on and maintenance of equip constructed, with its three been given. city and continued to stay Wednesday. ment at the hospital have units being functional in Jay On December 15, the win with their friends,” said a The death of 10 children at been put in place, following Kay Lon hospital and a non ter vacation was advanced by source requesting anonymi the governmentrun hospital directions by the Congress teaching unit working in New a week and hostels were va ty. during a 48hour period on government in the State. Medical College premises. cated after several students December 2324 had trig Medical College Principal He said proposals for new were injured in a clash with Over 60 injured gered opposition criticism Dr. Vijay Sardana said an or OPD and emergency wards the police after a protest Police personnel stand guard outside the Aligarh Muslim Over 60 people, including 40 and a visit by a team from the der has been issued for in for paediatric and gynaecolo against the Citizenship University campus. * FILE PHOTO students, AMU security staff National Commission for stallation of central oxygen gy departments have been (Amendment) Act allegedly and policemen, were injured Protection of Child Rights supply line at the hospital incorporated in the pro turned violent. Deans of Faculties, Principals ment of classes for the next in the violence. At least four (NCPCR). and the work would be com posed OPD Block under the An official statement from of Colleges and Polytechnics semester and the duration of students who received se Four children died on De pleted within 15 days. Smart City Project. the public relations office of and other functionaries of the summer vacation shall be rious injuries are still being cember 30 while five on De Earlier, the NCPCR had 0 AMU said due to overall pre the university under the notified by the university in treated. cember 31, all mainly due to BJP team visit served a show cause notice to DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to verify and make appropriate enquiries to vailing situation, winter vaca chairmanship of AMU Vice due course of time so that A number of injured stu low birth weight, hospital su The direction was issued a the State government. satisfy themselves about the veracity of an advertisement before responding to tion of Aligarh Muslim Un Chancellor Professor Tariq there is no academic loss to dents had alleged that police perintendent Dr. Suresh Dul day after a BJP parliamentary “Pigs were found roaming any published in this newspaper. THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher & iversity for students as well as Mansoor on Wednesday. the students,” said Mujib Ul and the Rapid Action Police ara said. team comprising of MPs inside the campus of the hos Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch for the authenticity of any advertisement for the teaching staff, had “A detailed schedule for lah Zuberi, Controller of indulged in excesses. Police Hospital authorities, ho Locket Chatterjee, Kanta Kar pital,” its chairperson Pri or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s products and/or services. In no event can been extended and the un opening of the university in a Examination. have booked 56 persons, in wever, said the number of dam and Jaskaur Meena visit yank Kanoongo had said. the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/ iversity would not be open phased manner, the conduct He added that students are cluding a number of stu deaths reported at the health ed the hospital and ex A Rajasthan government company be held responsible/liable in any manner whatsoever for any claims ing on January 6, 2020. of remaining examinations advised to regularly visit the dents, for holding a protest facility in 2019 has witnessed pressed concern over its committee ruled that the in and/or damages for advertisements in this newspaper. The decision was taken at which could not be held in university website. which later turned violent. decline since 2014 when 1,198 infrastructure. fants were given the right a consultative meeting of the December 2019, commence Sources said the university (With PTI inputs) children died. The panel had said that treatment.

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Alwar hospital staff suspended Son of Bhajan Up and away singer found after infant’s death in blaze dead, one held Inquiry has found medicos and others guilty of negligence Press trust of india Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) Special Correspondent staffers and one ward boy er supply could have been The body of the missing JAIPUR were suspended on the basis prevented if a miniature cir child of a Bhajan singer, Six staff members of the Go of a preliminary inquiry re cuit breaker (MCB) was in who was found dead along vernment Geetanand Chil port. The services of an elec stalled at the proper place. with his wife and daughter dren’s Hospital in Alwar, in trician, who was on contrac There were 15 infants ad at their home in Shamli dis cluding two doctors, were tual appointment, were mitted to the neonatal care trict Tuesday, was reco suspended on Wednesday terminated. unit when the fire broke out vered on Wednesday from a after an infant died in a fire Alwar Collector Inderjeet in an oxygen pipeline con car in Haryana’s Panipat, that broke out in the hospi Singh said the victim’s next nected to a radiant warmer even as police arrested a tal’s neonatal care unit due of kin would be given finan early on Tuesday morning. 30yearold man in connec to a short circuit. An inquiry cial assistance as per the The girl, who was in an incu tion with the case. has found the medicos and State government’s guide bator for treatment of pneu The body of the 10year others guilty of negligence. lines. The infant, born on monia, suffered burn inju old missing son of Ajay A 22dayold baby, who December 10, was admitted ries on her face, chest and Pathak (42) was recovered had sustained severe burn to the hospital on December shoulder during the fire. As with burns from the dickey injuries in the fire on Tues 24 following difficulty in res the fire broke out, other of the car, police said. day, was referred to Jaipur’s piration and was recovering newborn children were Bhajan singer Pathak, his Sir Padampat Mother & in the newborn care unit. shifted elsewhere in the wife Neha and their daught Child Hospital for treatment. hospital. er Vasudhra (12) were killed She could barely survive a ‘CCTVs not working’ Alwar Chief Medical & with sword at their home in day and died of cardiorespi The inquiry conducted by Health Officer O.P. Meena Punjabi Colony in the ratory failure on the Medical & Health De said the fire in the hood of neighbouring district Tues Wednesday. partment's Joint Director oxygen pipe connected to day evening, they said. Besides the doctors — unit found that the CCTV came the incubator was caused by Himashu Saini, who used incharge Mahesh Sharma ras in the unit were dysfunc the sparking which occurred to learn music from Pathak, and medical officer on duty tional for more than a year in the panel of radiant was arrested in connection Hot air balloons in front of the Jahaz Mahal on the last day of Mandu Festival in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. * PTI Kirpal Singh — three nursing and the shortcircuit in pow warmer due to high voltage. with the case. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Woman found Antimafia drive won’t spare any harasser: M.P. Minister Satcom technology dead in hotel Hundreds of illegal structures brought enacted to curb organised December 5. Mr. Soni’s daily deployed for learning Press trust of india mafia in the State. had published reports indict Chandigarh down; State BJP cries ‘vendetta politics’ In Bhopal district alone, ing senior government offi Focus on generating awareness A woman hailing from Pun Sidharth Yadav tions of expedient, political 53 acres of land worth ₹46 cials in the interState multi jab’s Sangrur was found Bhopal ly motivated action, have crore has been freed in 19 lo crore “honeytrap scandal”. Special Correspondent Technique would JAIPUR <> dead with her throat slit at Madhya Pradesh Minister for brought down hundreds of cations in the last week, ac Four days later, complying be used during the a local hotel here on Wed Public Works and Environ illegal structures and appre cording to the Collectorate. with a High Court order, the The Congress government first phase in nesday, police said. ment Department Sajjan hended scores of alleged “The police are already ap Bhopal administration razed in Rajasthan has started us approximately The woman identified as Singh Verma has warned kingpins enabling drug, prehending those at the bot a building housing the office ing satellite communication 2,000 institutions Sarabjit Kaur was found that no land mafia and anti land, sand and forest mafia tom, but the drive is about of a journalists’ union. technology in a big way to dead by the hotel staff, they social elements will be and extortion rackets. nabbing the kingpins. It’s not State BJP president Ra enhance the learning out coming under said. Preliminary investiga spared in the crackdown un A building owned by just an antiencroachment kesh Singh has accused the come in educational institu various depts in tion revealed that she had leashed by the Congress go ‘Clean and healthy M.P.’ businessman Jitu Soni being initiative, but also an anti Congress government of tions and generate aware the State checked in the hotel along vernment in the State. “Mr. Nath wants a swachh razed in Indore. * FILE PHOTO mafia one,” Bhopal Collector playing “vendetta politics”. ness about social welfare Mugdha Sinha with her friend Maninder “No harasser will be [clean[), swasth [healthy] Tarun Kumar Pithode said. “In the garb of the drive, schemes, while giving prior S &T Secretary Singh on December 30. Ac spared by the tempest of the and surakshit [safe] Madhya On December 12, the Chief Demolition of illegal esta those having connections ity to the five aspirational of Class VI to XII in order to cording to the CCTV foot drive,” said Mr. Verma. Pradesh. Mafia of all kinds Minister had announced a blishments of Indorebased with the BJP are being target districts selected by NITI get better results in the age, suspect Maninder was Given a “free hand” by have flourished in the last 15 law similar to the Maharash Jitu Soni, a businessman and ed, while those friendly to Aayog in the State. board examinations of Class seen leaving the hotel on Chief Minister Kamal Nath, years under the BJP govern tra Control of Organised owner of an eveninger, the government are left un The Science & Technolo X and XII. December 30 night. the authorities, amid allega ment,” claimed Mr. Verma. Crime Act that would be marked the drive’s start on touched,” he alleged. gy Department has taken an The new programme’s fa initiative to provide the fa cility will also be provided cility of receive only termi to all the 134 model schools, nals (ROT) and satellite inte Kasturba Gandhi Girls’ AMU, Jamia emerging as epicentres of national awareness ractive terminals (SIT) for Schools, Social Welfare De getting the services of sub partment’s hostels, chil ject experts in the govern dren’s homes and students Lockdown of universities is a grim acknowledgment of the fact that rulers can’t intellectually engage with students on CAA ment schools and colleges of a government college in and propagate various each district. The institu M. Salman Imtiaz contributed massively to na constitutional democracy — AMU’s culture that the stu minority community. It is mented in the 32page stu schemes in the remote areas tions with the shortage of tion building in the last 70 legislative, executive and jud dents opposed the commu possible for the regime to dents’ union report, reflects with no Internet teachers will especially be Aligarh Muslim University years. The university is iciary — are openly displaying nal and divisive CAA. From send Human Resource Deve how structural violence and connectivity. nefit from the geostationary (AMU) is a political parable in locked today and the stu antiMuslim prejudice. December 8 to 15, AMU stu lopment Ministry officials to deeprooted institutional State S&T Secretary satellite uplinking facilities. today’s lunatic times, holding dents have been forced to dents peacefully protested JNU to engage with protes hate against Muslims in India Mugdha Sinha said here on Ms. Sinha said the people protests against the Citizen leave the campus. The forci COMMENT and demanded the rollback ters, but AMU and JMI can exists under the garb of Wednesday that the tech going for Haj pilgrimage, ship (Amendment) Act. The ble eviction of students from of the Act. On December 13, only expect teargas shells, democracy. nique would be used during who were earlier required police entered the campus, an institution of national im the AMU Students’ Union led stun grenades, bullets, pel India is going through a se the first phase in approxi to come to Jaipur for train wounded students and filed portance is a wound that may When the political opposi a massive but peaceful march lets and hermeneutical vio rious constitutional crisis mately 2,000 institutions ing, would be trained at the multiple FIRs against hun heal with time, but the scars tion in India fell like a pack of against the CAA and submit lence. To add to the misery of due to the BJP’s Hindi, Hin coming under various de district level through ROT dreds of them under strin will persist. cards in Parliament, and ted a memorandum to the the students, the ugly role of du, Hindust(h)an agenda, partments, such as educa and SIT installed in the go gent laws, in connivance with Muslim leaders succumbed Chief Justice of India, asking the AMU administration, which urgently requires res tion, higher education, so vernment colleges. the university administra Taken for granted to their party lines while the him to declare the Act illegal which was aware of the ongo cue efforts. The State be cial welfare, minority The special focus of the tion. All this happened when The CAA, when seen in con Citizenship (Amendment) and unconstitutional. ing peaceful protests but lieves that excesses will instill welfare, woman and child initiative will be laid on the our Constitution, which is junction with the National Bill was enacted, it was a con chose to be partners in crime fear in the hearts and minds development and tribal area five aspirational districts se held in high regard globally, Register of Citizens (NRC), is scious decision by thousands Partners in crime with the U.P. police and per of Muslims, but that must not development. lected by NITI Aayog — Ka is in the midst of a visible preparing the grounds for of students of AMU to fight Disturbed by the protests, mitted them to invade the be allowed to happen. At rauli, Dholpur, Baran, Jaisal eminent threat for the first violence in the nation. The si back. Aware of the implica the State machinery swung campus despite their horri AMU, we have committed to Subject experts mer and Sirohi — where the time since Independence. A lence that followed the revo tions and existential threat into action and barged into ble record against minorities, fight for a humane and inclu The students studying En satelliterelated resources deliberate attempt is under cation of Article 370 in Jam this new legislation poses Jamia Millia Islamia and was no less than a criminal sive nation rooted in our free glish and science subjects in would be installed at the old way to rewrite it on commu mu and Kashmir and the and committed to the found AMU, two universities with act. The amputated hands, dom struggle that makes us the government educational age homes and children's nal lines. Babri Majid verdict was taken ing principles of the universi distinct character. The lock broken bones and injuries to equal citizens despite diversi institutions will get services homes. Ms. Sinha said eight AMU, that has earned emi for granted so much so that ty, the students rose to the down of the universities is a over 100 students will remain ty of faiths and identities. of subject experts through community radio stations nence in academic ranking, now Muslims are at the verge occasion and gathered on the grim acknowledgment of the the signposts of the students’ M. Salman Imtiaz is the ROT and SIT. Ms. Sinha said run by the S&T Department is also a political enterprise of losing citizenship. What campus for days to protest fact that rulers of the day lack resistance. The verbal vio president of Aligarh Muslim the level of English and would publicise education that once mounted resis adds to our worries is that all against this draconian Act. the spine to intellectually en lence faced by the students Students’ Union (AMUSU science subjects would be related schemes in these tance to the British rule and the important arms of our It was in the spirit of gage with the students of the from the police, as docu 2018-19) increased among students districts. Published by N. Ravi at Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860, Anna Salai, Chennai-600002 and Printed by S. Ramanujam at HT Media Ltd. Plot No. 8, Udyog Vihar, Greater Noida Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P. 201306, on behalf of THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., Chennai-600002. Editor: Suresh Nambath (Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act). Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. UPENG/2012/49940 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 10 ● No. 2

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Staff Reporter cluding the Marwari Mahila BERHAMPUR Samity, Anchalika Vikash A movement to increase the Parishad and Mahatma number of indoor plants in Gandhi Helping Hand, ex every household of the city tended support and solidari was started on Wednesday ty to the movement. by the Berhampur Sabuja Bahini, an organisation of Help city residents youth activists. The BSB activists would help Their slogan is ‘let us get city residents in procure back mother nature to our ment, planting and tech homes as family member’. It Berhampur Sabuja Bahini activists with plants to be given nique of growing different is the follow up of the suc away to area residents. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT varieties of indoor plants. cessful ‘save trees from me The organisation is already a tal intrusions’ movement by Corporation had also appre es our love towards the envi part of the Green City move the BSB, said its president ciated their effort and im ronment outside,” said San ment started by the BeMC. Sibaram Panigrahy. posed fine on persons and kar Narayan Beja, Ganjam Endocrinologist Sunil Ko BSB activists have already institutions hurting trees. district ecoclub ta and ophthalmologist saved around 2,000 trees in This effort is being replicat coordinator. B.N.R. Subudhi, who flagged Berhampur from getting se ed in other urban areas. With various indoor off the cycle rally, said in riously injured by metal in “With rising pollution, in plants that can be easily door plants will help in im trusions like nails and wires door plants can help im grown within a house, the proving mental and physical that causes their untimely prove the environment with BSB activists took out an ov health of people. The plants death. in our homes. Growing small er 15kmlong cycle rally. will oxygenate the air within Berhampur Municipal plants within home increas Several organisations, in a home, they said. Tripura to ban unauthorised e-rickshaws

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‘Tiger on the move stayed MVA govt. holds emergency meet to shore up GST revenue near Ajanta Finance Minister says State’s GST collection last year fell short of estimated target of ₹1,42,000 crore by 10% for a week’ Sharad Vyas Mumbai Press Trust of India The Maharashtra govern Govt.’s remote control Allies hold talks on portfolios Aurangabad ment held an emergency A tiger from Tipeshwar meeting on Wednesday to No differences over allocation of ministries, says Jayant Patil Wildlife Sanctuary stayed discuss ways to increase its in New Delhi: Fadnavis in the jungle near Ajanta revenue and ease the burden Press Trust of India Caves in Aurangabad dis on the State’s finances. The Zilla parishad poll campaign begins Mumbai trict for a week last month, government had announced Two days after the Cabinet a forest official said on a ₹25,000 crore farm loan Sharad Vyas expansion of the Uddhav Wednesday. waiver after taking charge. Mumbai Thackerayled Maha Vikas The tiger, known as The Centre’s nonpay Former chief minister De Aghadi government, leaders TPWLT1C1, is fitted with a ment of the Goods & Servic Jayant Patil vendra Fadnavis on Wed of alliance partners — the radio collar and has been es Tax (GST) compensation nesday alleged that the Ma Shiv Sena, the Nationalist on the move for the past 10 has also added to the worries tax hike to shore up adjusted ha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Congress Party (NCP) and months. It was found to of the Maha Vikas Agahdi go revenue on account of im government is being run the Congress — held talks on have stayed in an area two vernment. “The meeting plementation of the GST re from New Delhi and not the allocation of portfolios at km away from Ajanta was about how to increase gime in the State. Last Matoshree, Chief Minister Mantralaya on Wednesday. Caves, said deputy conser the GST revenue,” said Fi month at a prebudget con Uddhav Thackeray’s resi With the induction of 36 vator of forests Satish Wa nance Minister Jayant Patil sultation meet in New Delhi dence in Bandra. ministers on Monday, the daskar in Aurangabad. after the meeting, which was ahead of the Union Budget, Making a veiled refe Devendra Fadnavis Council of Ministers now Since it was fitted with a ra chaired by Chief Minister Mr. Patil had said the State rence to Congress presi comprises 43 members, in dio collar to keep a track of Uddhav Thackeray. government would be com dent Sonia Gandhi, Mr. is unfortunate that the Se cluding the Chief Minister. its movements, the tiger is Mr. Patil said the GST col pelled to even increase gen Fadnavis said the MVA’s re na has to compromise with The meeting to finalise port Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar addresses believed to have travelled lection for 2019 had fallen eral taxes if the Centre fails mote control is being held those who abused Hindut folios was attended by Chief the media at BhimaKoregaon on Wednesday. * PTI about 1,500 km, though short of the estimated target to the provide the GST com by the ‘Matoshree’ in New va ideologue V.D. Savarkar. Minister Uddhav Thackeray not in a linear route. of ₹1,42,000 crore by 10%. pensation at the earliest. Delhi. Mr. Fadnavis made The voters much teach and Sena’s Eknath Shinde; nistries,” a source said. the Cabinet, Deputy Chief Mr. Wadaskar said, “The He said, “Since the imple On Wednesday, Mr. Patil the statement at an elec them a lesson.” Congress leaders Ashok Cha According to sources, ru Minister and NCP leader Ajit tiger entered the region mentation of the GST re said there were technical is tion rally in Palghar on Mr. Fadnavis said the vo van, Balasaheb Thorat, Vijay ral development, coopera Pawar said, “It is not wrong surrounding Ajanta and gime, the State’s revenue has sues with regard to the merg Wednesday, adding fuel to ters were not at fault for Wadettiwar and Nitin Raut; tion and housing are with the to have expectations.” Fardapur on December 18 dipped. The Centre has not er of the scamhit Punjab the allegations that the giving a clear mandate to and NCP leaders Ajit Pawar NCP and agriculture with the Meanwhile, Cabinet mi and 19 and moved towards compensated us for it. We and Maharashtra Coopera Congress and the National the BJPSena alliance in the and Jayant Patil. Sena, and the Congress is nister Jayant Patil said there Dnyanganga Sanctuary in are making efforts to secure tive (PMC) Bank with the ist Congress Party have Assembly polls. He said, According to Congress keen on getting at least two were no differences between Buldhana district on De the compensation from the Maharashtra State Coopera greater control over the af “But it is the Sena which sources, the party is upset of these four departments. the allies over the allocation cember 26.” He said the tig Centre and looking at means tive (MSC) Bank. fairs of the MVA. backstabbed the voters that it was not given portfo The Congress has been allo of portfolios. Mr. Patil, who er was in the area at a time to increase revenue at the He said, “The PMC Bank’s Kicking off the cam and betrayed their man lios concerned with the wel cated revenue, public works heads State unit of the NCP, when the tourist season at same time.” operations are spread over paign for the zilla parishad date. A government with fare of the rural parts of the and energy, among other mi was speaking to reporters at Ajanta was at its peak. “Our The Shiv Sena has already three States. So there are dif polls in the district, Mr. this foundation cannot run State such as agriculture, co nistries. The NCP has bagged Mantralaya. teams were stationed in warned of a looming ‘con ficulties in merging it with Fadnavis asked voters to for long,” he said. The zilla operation, housing and rural the important portfolios of Mr. Patil was speaking af Ajanta and we were ob flict’ with the Centre if com the MSC Bank. We are look give a befitting reply to the parishad polls will be held development. home and finance ter attending a meeting serving its movements. pensation for revenue losses ing at the option of merging Shiv Sena for “betraying in Palghar on January 7 “We can swap portfolios Asked about the disgrun chaired by the Chief Minister The tiger hunted some wild borne by States is not paid the PMC Bank with another the public mandate”. The and the results will be de with the other two parties. tlement among some senior on how to increase the animals, but did not go on time. Mr. Patil had recent bank that fits the legal re Opposition leader said, “It clared the next day. We are not demanding an in MLAs of the Congress and Goods & Services Tax near human settlements.” ly warned of an imminent quirement.” crease in the number of mi the NCP over exclusion from revenue.

Press Trust of India (Control) Vijay Patel said. He Press Trust of India Ahmedabad said, “No untoward incident Panaji Over 400 people were ar was reported from any part Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo rested for consumption or of the city and the celebra Varadkar left for New Delhi possession of liquor during tions went off peacefully.” on Wednesday afternoon af New Year celebrations in Hundreds of revelers ter New Year celebrations in Ahmedabad, police said on thronged the Sabarmati ri Goa, an official said. Wednesday. Manufacture, verfront, Vastrapur and Mr. Varadkar, who is on a sale and consumption of li Kankaria lakes, and there private visit to India, stayed quor is banned in Gujarat. was huge rush at hotels and at a plush resort in North People came out at the restaurants as people came Goa district to welcome Sabarmati riverfront and out late Tuesday night to 2020. He had arrived in the some prominent lakes in the usher in the New Year. coastal State on Monday. city in large numbers Many residents who “His entire trip was priv around midnight to wel stayed at home organised ate and he did not even avail come 2020, a police official dance parties in their hous of any police security for it,” Leo Varadkar said, adding that no unto ing societies. Residents of a senior police official said. ward incident was reported Bopal and satellite localities The Irish Prime Minister Mr. Varadkar, who became from any area. However, celebrated the New Year flew in an AirAsia flight from the Prime Minister of Ire several people were caught with dazzling fireworks. the Dabolim airport in Goa land in June 2017. His father drinking or possessing liqu The police kept an eye on to New Delhi in the after Ashok Varadkar, a doctor, or in Sardarnagar, Bapuna celebrations in various parts noon, the official added. moved to the United King gar and Meghaninagar. of the city with the help of On Sunday, Mr. Varadkar, dom in the 1960s. “As many as 368 people 1,000 CCTV and quick res who is of Indian origin, visit The visit was a “special were arrested for consump ponse teams. Women police ed his ancestral village of Va moment” as three genera tion of liquor, while 41 oth personnel in plainclothes rad in Sindhudurg district in tions of his family gathered ers were held for possessing mingled with the crowds to Maharashtra along with his at Varad, the Irish Prime Mi liquor last night,” Deputy prevent incidents like eve Back to work: Tourists flood the interState bus stand in Panaji after New Year celebrations in Goa on Wednesday.* ATISH POMBURFEKAR family members. It was his nister said after the villagers Commissioner of Police teasing, a police official said. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC first visit to the village, said felicitated him.

DELHI THE HINDU 8 SOUTH THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Church row: Kerala to bring in Suresh Krishna calls for more ordinance to ensure burial rites Tamil songs in concerts Stresses need for striking balance between lyrics and music A.P. Deputy CM’s TikTok Both Orthodox Orthodox video goes viral Special Correspondent and Jacobite CHENNAI VIJAYAWADA faction Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief factions could Stressing the need for strik Minister P. Pushpa Sreevani’s cries foul ing a balance between lyrics TikTok video on Chief use graveyards and music, Suresh Krishna, Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Chairman, Sundaram Fas Reddy has gone viral on the Special Correspondent STAFF REPORTER teners Ltd, said “when lan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM KOTTAYAM social media platforms. In the guage is not understood, the video, she is seen praising Mr. The Kerala Cabinet has ap Terming the draft ordi audience switches off.” Reddy through a song, proved a draft ordinance to nance cleared by the Kera Presiding over the Sadas “Rayalaseema muddu bidda end the disputes between la Cabinet on Wednesday a of the Music Academy on mana Jagananna.” It comes in the Orthodox and the Jaco move to impose parallel Wednesday, Mr. Krishna the wake of the government’s bite factions of the Malanka administration in parishes made a strong case for in Proud moment: Suresh Krishna, Chairman, Sundaram plan to have three capitals. ra Church on conducting last and cemeteries under its cluding more and more Ta Fasteners Ltd, conferring the Sangita Kalanidhi award on There is a demand to make rites. control, the Malankara Or mil songs, arguing that vocalist S. Sowmya at the Music Academy in Chennai. The the Rayalaseema region the Briefing reporters, Chief No consensus: A file photo of Jacobites staying inside the thodox Syrian Church ac “when a song in other than Music Academy president N. Murali looks on. * K.V. SRINIVASAN Executive capital. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan church as members of the Orthodox faction came to pray. cused the State govern Tamil is rendered music said here on Wednesday that ment of moving dominates and not the should not make Mother Ta gam, Thiuppugazh, Papana PM on a two-day visit to in the wake of the raging dis services of the priest in Mr. Vijayan clarified that unilaterally against it and lyrics.” mil plead. We should respect sam Sivan songs, and Muth Karnataka from today putes between the two fac charge, irrespective of the the ordinance does not in vowed to challenge it “There should be a ba Tamil. If you want to captiv aiah Bhagavathar songs,” he BENGALURU tions over burials, the Cabi faction to which they belong fringe on the tenets laid by legally. lance between lyrics and ate a larger audience, I per said. Earlier, he presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi net decided to recommend to. the court order and was In a statement, Episco music. Music tends to domi sonally feel more Tamil Sangita Kala Acharya awards will be visiting Karnataka for to the Governor to promul aimed at ensuring the rule of pal Synod secretary Yuha nate when lyrics are not un songs must be sung,” he to Seetha Narayanan and two days from Thursday. He gate an ordinance and Rule of law law. The government would non Mar Diascoros said the derstood,” he said after con said. M.S. Sheela. Nagaswaram will visit Siddaganga Mutt in cleared the draft. This follows the disputes bet take action against those try latest move of the govern ferring the Sangita Kalanidhi To drive home the point, player Vyasarpadi G. Koth Tumakuru on Thursday to pay As per the ordinance, ween the two factions over ing to disrupt the rule of law, ment was aimed at giving award on vocalist S. Sow he gave a few examples from andaraman and vocalist V. respects to Shivakumara Swami, who passed away members of both factions burying bodies. (The Ortho he said. Repeated efforts of undue benefit to the Pa mya. “Music must touch,” he Ms. Sowmya’s concert. Re Rajkumar Bharathi received recently, and inaugurate a could use the graveyard in dox faction that got a Su the government to evolve a triarch faction. said and pointed out that jecting the argument that all the TTK Awards. The Musi museum in memory of the their parish after conducting preme Court order in its fa consensus among the fac The ordinance contrad “Carnatic music today res the Tamil poems were not cologist award was given to departed seer. On Friday, he the last rites by a priest of vour on managing churches tions had failed to attain frui icted the essence of the Su tricts the audience to a cer lyrical, he said there were Arati N. Rao. will inaugurate the 107th their choice outside the had come face to face with tion owing to the stance of preme Court order on the tain section and in my opi enough of them. “At least Music Academy President edition of the Indian Science church. Within the church, the Jacobite faction at va the Orthodox who stayed off administration of churches nion is not desirable.” there will be 10,000 songs. N. Murali said apart from Congress in Bengaluru. they would have to seek the rious places). the parley. and cemeteries, he said. Mr. Krishna also made it But they are not sung as fre marking the birth centenary clear that the Carnatic Trini quently as other songs. of stalwart musicians, vocal ty could not be replaced as There are 4,000 Divyapra- ist R. Vedavalli completed they were part and parcel of bandhams, 11,000 Kamba- 60 years of her concert ca the cultural identity of the ramayana songs, 24,000 reer at the Academy. “She Muslims take out rally demanding scrapping of CAA Tamils, but Tamil songs Villi Bharatham songs, has performed continuous should be given space. “We Thevaram and Thiruvasa- ly, except once,” he said. The legislation goes against the secular traditions of India, says IUML leader

Special Correspondent struggle, would reject de The new legislation is KOCHI mands for proving their aimed at denying citizenship 9 get notices for inflammatory posts Waving the national flag, citizenship. to the Muslims of the coun thousands of Muslims, under Muslims have the legacy try. Special Correspondent under Sections 114, 124 A (se Asif Khan, Aneesh Kumbra, the aegis of the coordination of Umer Khali who resorted The legislation goes MANGALURU dition) and 505 (false state Shabir Ahmed, Nissar committee of Muslim organi to nonpayment of tax as a against the secular traditions Acting against inflammatory ment) of IPC. The account Ahmed, and Altaf for alleged sations, took out a massive mode of protest much before of the country and its plural posts on social media, the holders have been directed inflammatory content that rally in Kochi demanding the the nationalist freedom istic society, he said. Mangaluru police on Tues to appear for investigation incites communal tension. scrapping of the Citizenship movement, he said. Kanthapuram A.P. Aboo day issued notices to nine on January 5. If they fail to Similar notices were issued (Amendment) Act. “The Muslims of the coun backer Musliyar, general se Twitter and Facebook ac do so, the police will take ac to Nizam P.A. and Ismail In his inaugural address, try will declare that India be cretary of the All India Sunni count holders. tion to compel their pre A.K. for content on their Fa Indian Union Muslim League longs to all Indians. Every In Jamiyyathul Ulama, said the The notices under Section sence, it said. cebook accounts. Police (IUML) Kerala president dian who was born here has campaigns against the legis 41 of the Criminal Procedure Commissioner P.S. Harsha Sayed Hyderali Shihab Than the freedom to live and die lation led by the Kerala Chief Code were issued by the cyb Communal tension said a separate team of pol gal said Muslims of India, here. Those attempting to Minister Pinarayi Vijayan er crime police after regis The notices have been is ice officials were keeping a Huge protest: Muslim organisations taking out a massive rally who had a history of valiant curtail freedom will fail mis and others would be sup tration of criminal cases by sued to Irfan Belthangady, close watch on the content against the CAA in Kochi on Wednesday. * H. VIBHU ly taking part in the freedom erably,” Mr. Thangal said. ported. the Mangaluru north police Anis Ahmed, Mohammed posted on social media. Karnataka to No more obstacles for Pharma CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC convene meet Lead kindly light on border row City project: Telangana Minister

Special Correspondent Bengaluru ‘State has got investment and manufacturing zone approval’ Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has de Special Correspondent days. The same had already hi Bus Station corridor was cided to convene a meeting HYDERABAD been conveyed to the top opened to traffic. of Ministers and senior offi Telangana Industries Minis brass of the Piramal group, cials to explore legal op ter K.T. Rama Rao on Wed global conglomerate in phar Municipal Act tions before the State go nesday said there were no ma industry, seeking its par He expressed his conviction vernment to put an end to more obstacles in the way of ticipation. to implement the new Muni the alleged border dispute the Pharma City project at cipal Act effectively this with Maharashtra. Mucherla, 40 km from here, Basic infrastructure year, holding officials res Home Minister Basava as the State government had Mr. Rao said basic infrastruc ponsible for any lapses and raj Bommai said, “The is obtained the National In ture at the Pharma City like taking the public into confi sue is already a ‘settled vestment and Manufactur setting up substations and dence. matter’. But Maharashtra ing Zone (NIMZ) approval laying roads had already The officials would be an Chief Minister Uddhav and the environmental clea commenced. The govern swerable if building permis Thackeray has been raking rance for it from the Centre. ment would have to work on sions for houses of more up the issue for political The land acquisition for establishing an effluent than 75 sq yds were not gi mileage. Former Maha 10,000 acres was also over treatment plant to make it a ven within 21 days as stipu rashtra Chief Minister Sha while 2,000 acres more was pollutionfree project. lated under the Act. The per rad Pawar too had said needed, Mr. Rao told press Listing the projects for the missions would go to the long ago that the border persons here. next decade for Telangana, applicants on the 21st day row with Karnataka was He said the government Mr. Rao said the focus would either by email or any other settled and there was no would launch Pharma City be on giving impetus to elec electronic mode of commu dispute at all.” as the world’s biggest phar tronics, manufacturing, tex nication. The Minister said the go ma cluster this year, someth tiles and food processing. The government would vernment would challenge ing which he would inform Metro rail works would be be liberal with the public by the neighbouring State’s the board meeting of the In launched in the old city of accepting onface value self Nursing students celebrating the WHO’s announcement of declaring the year 2020 as the ‘Year of nurse and midwife’ by claims on its territory in dian Pharmaceutical Asso Hyderabad after the Jubilee certification for permission lighting candles at Mananchira square in Kerala’s Kozhikode on Wednesday. * S. RAMESH KURUP the Supreme Court. ciation in Mumbai in a few Bus StationMahatma Gand to houses less than 75 sq yds. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC SIT files chargesheet in Kerala for steps to curb alien plants’ growth in NBR Koodathayi case The spread of invasive plants, especially Senna Spectabilis, poses major threat to forest areas of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Special Correspondent the chargesheet also named Kozhikode M.S. Mathew aka Shaji, 44, E.M. MANOJ corded the presence of the flowering. The thick foliage some physical and chemical The Special Investigation and Prajikumar, 44, who al KALPETTA plant on 78.91 sq km area of arrests the growth of other measures to tackle the threat Team (SIT) probing the Koo legedly helped Jolly in get The Kerala Forest and Wil the sanctuary. indigenous species of trees of the plant. Though we have dathayi serial murders sub ting the cyanide and a form dlife department is gearing and grass, and causes food been following the physical mitted the chargesheet in er Communist Party of India up to adopt comprehensive Tiger reserves shortage for the wildlife pop method to tackle the issue the murder of Roy Thomas (Marxist) functionary K. Ma steps to arrest the rampant The plant started to invade ulation, especially herbi for the past five years, it was before the Thamarassery noj, 41, who helped to forge growth of invasive alien in adjacent tiger reserves, in vores, during summer. More yet to make any desired ef Judicial First Class Magis documents. plants, especially tree spe cluding Bandipur and Nagar over wildlife would not feed fect. Hence we are planning trate CourtII in Kozhikode Jolly’s motherinlaw An cies like ‘Senna Spectabilis’, hole in Karnataka and the on the leaves of the tree as it to adopt an integrated meth district on Wednesday. namma Thomas; her father in the forest areas of the Nil Mudumalai tiger reserve in was not palatable for them, od by combining the physi The chargesheet, run inlaw Tom Thomas, a re giri Biosphere Reserve Tamil Nadu, P.A. Vinayan, Mr. Anjan Kumar said. cal as well as chemical mea ning into 1,800 pages, was tired Education Department (NBR), including the Waya president of the society, said. sures to address the issue,” the first of six sensational officer; Sily, wife of Shaju Za nad wildlife sanctuary. Earlier, it was planted as Chemical measures Mr. Anjan Kumar said. cases in which the prime ac charias, Jolly’s second hus “The spread of invasive avenue trees along roadsides “The ‘vayal’ ecosystem (mar cused, Jolly Joseph, alleged band; Sily’s twoyearold plants, especially Senna in Wayanad. Due to massive shy land) of the forest area Inter-State meets ly eliminated two branches daughter Alphine; and An Spectabilis, is posing a major flowering and drying of bam now houses this plant in As the same threat is being of the Ponnamattom ances namma’s brotherinlaw threat to the forest areas of Dangerous trend: Invasive plants such as Senna Spectabilis boo species in the Wayanad, large numbers. The allelo faced by the adjacent tiger tral family after giving them Mathew Manjadiyil were the the reserve, owing to its arrest the growth of other indigenous species of trees. lots of open spaces were chemicals produced by this reserves, managers of the re cyanidelaced food or drink other victims. quick growth and coppicing created which were occu plant adversely affect the serves agreed to follow the over a period of 14 years. The case focused on as character,” B.N. Anjan Ku area of 344.44 sq km of the This showed its high invasive pied by Senna Spectabilis. germination and growth of similar steps to tackle the The 47yearold was pects such as profile of ac mar, Chief Conservator of sanctuary around five years nature. An adult tree grows up to the native species,” said T.K. threat. named the first accused in cused, victimology, carrying Forest, (Wildlife, Palakkad), ago. But now it has invaded A recent study of the 15 to 20 metres in a short pe Hrideek, scientist, KFRI, The issue would be furth the murder of her former out murders and their links told The Hindu. more than 50 sq km of the Ferns Nature Conservation riod of time and every year who conducted an extensive er discussed with them in husband Roy on September with forgery, and behaviour The tree species had been sanctuary in a short span of Society with the support of distributes thousands of study on invasive plants. the interState meetings to be 30, 2011. Along with Jolly, of key suspect, crime scene. found in nearly 10 km sq time, Mr. Anjan Kumar said. the Forest department re seeds after the gregarious “The KFRI has developed held soon, he said.

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IN BRIEF ‘No automatic conviction Revenue Puducherry CM rules out any official held for abetment of suicide’ for graft SC annuls conviction of dowry accused rethink on SEC appointment Devesh K. Pandey Legal Correspondent New Delhi body polls. He will continue NEW DELHI The Central Bureau of In Govt. cuts import duty on Follow MHA order crude, refined palm oils and due process, with his work.” A person accused of dowry vestigation (CBI) on Wed NEW DELHI harassment cannot be auto nesday arrested an addi Acting on the ASEAN says Kiran Bedi Bedi’s response matically convicted for abet tional directorgeneral of and the IndiaMalaysia Reacting to Mr. Narayanasa ment of suicide, the Su the Directorate of Revenue Special Correspondent Comprehensive Economic my’s statement, Ms. Bedi preme Court has held in a Intelligence (DRI) and two PUDUCHERRY Cooperation Agreements, the said, “The Chief Minister ap judgment. others for allegedly de Centre on Wednesday Puducherry Chief Minister V. pears to be having repeated A Bench of Justices Navin manding a bribe of ₹3 crore slashed import duty on Narayanasamy on Wednes problems with his choice of Sinha and B.R. Gavai held and accepting ₹25 lakh as refined palmolein from 50% day ruled out any rethink on words.” She reiterated that that “even if it is established the first instalment from an to 45%, while that on crude the appointment of former the MHA had directed the that the woman concerned exporter. palm oil (CPO) from 40% to bureaucrat T.M. Balakrish Chief Secretary to appoint had committed suicide Chander Shekhar, the 37.5% with immediate effect. nan as State Election Com the SEC “after due process”. within a period of seven senior DRI official, was in Opposing the move, the missioner (SEC). Ms. Bedi said the Chief Mi years from the date of mar ishable under Section 306 charge of the agency’s Lud Solvent Extractors’ In the wake of the Union Conflict returns: The SEC appointment has become the latest nister’s contention that she riage and that her husband (abetment of suicide) of the hiana division. Association of India said the Ministry of Home Affairs flash point between Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran was running a parallel go has subjected her to cruelty, IPC by employing the pre The other two accused action will have a serious (MHA) directing the govern Bedi and Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy. * FILE PHOTO vernment had been chal the court is not bound to sumption under Section have been identified as Ra impact on the domestic palm ment to select the SEC in a lenged in the Madras High presume that suicide has 113A of the Evidence Act. jesh Dhanda, a close friend oil refining industry and “transparent” manner, Chief power to remove an SEC,” he Chief Secretary”. The MHA Court. “The judgment is re been abetted by her Unless the prosecution esta of the official, and Anup oilseeds farmers. PTI Minister V. Narayanasamy said at a press conference. had also vested the power to served and expected soon. It husband.” blishes that some act or ille Joshi, a clearing house pointed out that the MHA In response to objections finalise the terms and refe might do him good to wait The court is required to gal omission by the accused agent. Odisha’s 1st rock garden had not cancelled the ap raised by Lieutenant Gover rence of the Selection Com for the final verdict.” take into consideration all has driven the deceased to “The complainant, a re to come up in Berhampur pointment. Hence, Mr. Ba nor Kiran Bedi over the ap mittee with the Lieutenant On the issue of free rice, other circumstances of the commit the suicide, the con sident of Delhi, submitted BERHAMPUR lakrishnan would oversee pointment, the MHA last Governor. Mr. Narayanasamy said the a complaint to the CBI that Odisha’s first rock garden case, it said. viction under Section 306 being established in the upcoming local body month directed the govern Asked about the fate of government would move “We are of the view that would not be tenable,” Jus a clearing house agent and Berhampur is likely to be polls, he stated. ment to “select the State the Lieutenant Governor’s court against the MHA order merely because an accused tice Gavai said in the recent a close friend of the ADG, ready to welcome tourists by “The incumbent SEC was Election Commissioner recent order directing the directing the government to is found guilty of an offence judgment. DRILudhiana, had de October 2, 2020. The appointed after the Speaker through a transparent, com Chief Secretary to finalise transfer money to benefici punishable under Section In the present case, the manded ₹3 crore on behalf foundation stone for the gave the right to the elected petitive and fair process, the Selection Committee, aries’ accounts instead. 498A of the IPC and the apex court set aside the con of the public servant to en garden, being constructed on government to appoint the where applications are invit Mr. Narayanasamy said: The Chief Minister insist death has occurred within a viction of the husband for sure that he would not be a nineacre area, was laid poll officer. MHA has not ed through an allIndia ad “The order can be put in the ed that the rules framed by period of seven years of the abetment of suicide of his implicated by the DRI per down on Wednesday. The cancelled the appointment. vertisement and selection is dustbin. Mr. Balakrishnan the Assembly stipulate distri marriage, the accused can wife but upheld the case of taining to the seizure of his project, taken up by the Moreover, the MHA or Lieu made through a Selection has already started the pro bution of free rice instead of not be automatically held dowry harassment against documents,” said the Berhampur Development tenant Governor have no Committee headed by the cess of conducting the civic cash. guilty for the offence pun him. agency. Authority, would cost ₹8 crore.

22 tableaux proposals accepted for Republic Day ‘Vikram was not designed to 8 new buildings likely under new Central Vista NEW DELHI Proposals for tableaux of 16 vernment staff than the ex States, Union Territories and Parliament House handle large spike in speed’ isting bhavans, most of six Ministries and departments have been will be triangular, which are set to be demol shortlisted for the Republic says official ished. While Shastri Bhavan, Day Parade 2020, the Defects corrected in Chandrayaan3 modules, says Sivan Krishi Bhavan, Nirman Bha Defence Ministry said on van and Vigyan Bhavan Damini Nath Wednesday. Of 56 proposals, Special Correspondent “We are looking at all naviga would be demolished, “a NEW DELHI 22 were shortlisted after five BENGALURU tion guidance and control political call” would have to meetings, the statement said. Indian moon lander Vikram aspects. We learnt from te Eight new government office be taken for newer buildings may have most likely lemetry data that the design buildings, a new Parliament like the External Affairs Mi ED attaches assets worth crashed on the moon be could not take the large dif House and a residential com nistry’s Jawahar Bhavan, the ₹18 crore in Tirunelveli cause the navigation control ference in velocity. We have plex near the South Block source said. NEW DELHI and guidance mechanism in learnt our lessons from the that could house the homes The new building, for The CBI has attached nine Major revamp: A residential complex near the South Block is the penultimate phase was failure.” of the Prime Minister and * V. SUDERSHAN which the process of land wind turbine generators and also under consideration. land worth over ₹18 crore of not designed to handle the ISRO’s internal failure the VicePresident are use change of a 9.5acre plot Suratbased Nakoda Limited large spike in speed that de K. Sivan analysis committee has eval among the projects under from Rashtrapati Bhavan till ment of Gujaratbased archi was started on December 21, for alleged loan defaults of veloped in the last 35 mi uated the debacle, he said, consideration for the the India Gate, construction tecture firm, HCP Design, as 2019, would be triangular or ₹2,107 crore. The properties nutes of its descent. around the end of this year. while denying that Chan Centre’s redevelopment of of a new Parliament building the consultant for the “waveshaped”, the source are located in Tirunelveli. The This problem has been ISRO Chairman K. Sivan, drayaan2 was launched the Central Vista, a Housing and a common Central Se project. said. According to the De ED had earlier attached assets corrected in the new mo facing questions directly for without doing thorough and Urban Affairs Ministry cretariat for Ministries by Fe The new development cember 21 notification, the worth ₹375.71 crore in the dules of Chandrayaan3 the first time since the fai tests, or that it had delayed source said. bruary, the source said. would be below the height of Master Plan2021 of Delhi same case. which is due to be sent lure of the mission, said: other projects due in 2019. The Central Public Works Housing and Urban Affairs the India Gate, the source would be amended to Department (CPWD) is likely Minister Hardeep Puri had in said, adding that the office change the plot opposite the to issue tenders for indivi October 2019 announced the buildings were likely to be existing Parliament House Weather Watch dual projects for the revamp government’s ambitious seven floors each and will ac from ‘recreational’ use to Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday Court allows banks’ plea of the 3kmlong Rajpath plan and named the appoint commodate many more go “Parliament House”. to utilise Mallya’s assets

Sonam Saigal lya’s properties, who has de Mumbai faulted on loans of over A special Prevention of Mo ₹9,000 crore. ney Laundering Act (PMLA) The assets comprise pro court on Tuesday allowed perties attached by ED and the application made by a shares of United Breweries consortium of 15 banks led Holdings Limited, that were by the State Bank of India to attached by the special utilize all movable assets court as soon as Mr. Mallya and shares that belong to was declared an offender. fugitive economic offender Senior counsel Rajeev Pa Vijay Mallya. til appearing for the banks However, the court also told The Hindu that, “mova stayed the same till January ble assets and shares had 18 for parties to appeal the been seized under provi same in the Bombay HC. sions of the CrPC and pro On February 5, 2019, the ceedings under the PMLA Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) Enforcement Directorate are yet to begin.” Forecast for Thursday: Cold day conditions likely in isolated (ED) had submitted an affi Amit Desai, representing pockets over Uttarakhand. Thunderstorm accompanied with hail davit through its deputy di Mr. Mallya said, “the court and lightning likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand, Punjab, rector to an application filed has lifted the attachment of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pra by the consortium of banks, assets and we are waiting for desh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Nagaland, Ma seeking to restore Mr. Mal the order copy.” nipur, Mizoram, Tripura, coastal Andhra Pradesh. city rain max min city rain max min Agartala...... —....28.0....16.0 Kozhikode...... —....35.0....25.0 Ahmedabad...... —....26.0....13.0 Kurnool ...... —....30.0....21.0 Aizawl...... —....17.0...... 7.0 Lucknow...... —....19.0...... 7.0 Saplings Allahabad...... —....18.0...... 7.0 Madurai...... —....32.0....22.0 Bengaluru ...... —....28.0....18.0 Mangaluru ...... —....35.0....22.0 planted across Bhopal ...... —....19.0....10.0 Mumbai ...... —....30.0....16.0 Bhubaneswar...... —....27.0....14.0 Mysuru ...... —....29.0....17.0 Chandigarh ...... —....19.0...... 3.0 New Delhi ...... —....21.0...... 2.0 T.N. toll plazas Chennai ...... 6.0....30.0....23.0 Patna ...... —....21.0...... 9.0 Coimbatore ...... —....31.0....22.0 Port Blair...... —....31.0....26.0 Dehradun...... —....21.0...... 4.0 Puducherry ...... 43.6....30.0....21.0 Staff Reporter Gangtok...... —....12.0...... 6.0 Pune...... —....31.0....11.0 Vellore Goa...... —....31.0....20.0 Raipur ...... —....24.0....16.0 Guwahati ...... —....25.0...... 8.0 Ranchi...... 2.8....16.0....11.0 Members of the Institute of Hubballi...... —....29.0....18.0 Shillong...... —....15.0...... 3.0 Road and Transport Tech Hyderabad ...... —....27.0....19.0 Shimla...... —....10.0...... 1.0 nology Alumni Association Imphal ...... —....21.0...... 5.0 Srinagar...... —...... 7.0.... -3.0 Jaipur ...... —....18.0...... 8.0 Thiruvananthapuram...... —....33.0....24.0 (IRTTAA) have joined Kochi ...... —....31.0....25.0 Tiruchi...... —....31.0....22.0 hands with the National Kohima ...... —....15.0...... 3.0 Vijayawada ...... —....29.0....20.0 Kolkata ...... —....25.0....14.0 Visakhapatnam ...... —....27.0....21.0 Highways Authority of In dia (NHAI) to plant saplings (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday across 46 toll plazas in Ta

CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE mil Nadu. Ahmedabad..... 45 .20 44 ..184 .132 ....* Inaugurating one such Bengaluru ...... 13 ...— 93 ..... — ...93 ....* In observation made at 4.00 programme at Pallikonda * p.m., Muzaffarpur, Bihar Chennai ...... 9 ...7 15 ....81 ...52 .... recorded an overall air Delhi ...... 44 .75 72 ..456 .....— ....* quality index (AQI) score of Toll Plaza in Vellore district Hyderabad ...... 2 .64 47 ..108 .100 ....* 465 indicating a severe level on Wednesday, L. Sridhar, Kolkata...... 16 103 44 ..318 .258 ....* of pollution. In contrast, programme coordinator, * Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh Lucknow...... 57 .34 88 ..436 .....— .... recorded a healthy AQI score Mumbai ...... 22 .91 28 ..256 .219 ....* of 35. termed the planting of 15 Pune...... 95 .37 82 ..131 .107 ....* diﬀerent species a humble Visakhapatnam 10 .39 57 ..124 .....— ....* beignning. Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) “Initially, we plan to SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, plant around 200 saplings making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues near each toll plazas across and monuments. the State,” Mr. Sridhar said. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. The current bunch of vo CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to lunteers are engaged in critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause planting saplings at toll pla dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, zas in Krishnagiri, Vani nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced yambadi, Pallikonda and lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature Chennasamudhiram in death in people with heart or lung disease Walajahpet. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The new worry of depleting diplomatic capital It would be a gross misreading by India to dismiss global reactions to its domestic events as interference in its aﬀairs where only three out of the two bodies pass resolutions on the de has emerged from the policies will dozen lawmakers at the event tentions and the I nternet ban in lead to a lower number of foreign were from the Democratic Party; Kashmir, the crackdown in Uttar visitors, and visit cancellations/ Infrastructure push the party, especially under Mr. Pradesh and protests across the postponements by leaders, recent The challenge is in making the plan Obama, had been very supportive country, does New Delhi really examples being Japan’s Prime Mi of the Modi government. While need to worry? There are, in fact, a nister Shinzō Abe, or Bangladesh’s to boost investment in infrastructure work S uhasini Haidar the ostensible reason was that number of reasons why the go Foreign and Home Ministers. or an economy that is tottering , a big bang an they did not wish to share a stage vernment must weigh its diplo

nouncement from the government can some with U.S. President Donald GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO matic posture on these issues care Getting bogged down times work to turn around sentiment. The unveil n the initial year of Prime Minis Trump, it was significant that even nectivity, opening energy routes, fully, as all of them are likely to The government must also eval F ter Narendra Modi’s first tenure among the five IndianAmerican trade and developing travel links. dominate its time in 2020. uate the toll on its diplomatic re ing by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on I(201419), his foreign policy lawmakers, only one was present. The relationship was seen as a sources that have been diverted Tuesday of a mega push to infrastructure investment moves were given priority. Putting Nor has the discomfort in Wash “winwin” in contrast to the pre Steps that could pack a punch for much of the year in firefighting adding up to ₹102 lakh crore over the next five years be the past with the United States be ington been limited to the Opposi ceding years when terror safeha First, not all statements and reso negative international opinion. longs in this category. Projects in energy, roads, rail hind him — it had cancelled his vi tion party alone. In the weeks that vens and border killings dominat lutions are empty rhetoric, and The skills of the Minister of Exter ways and urban infrastructure under the National In sa for nearly a decade and criti followed “Howdy Modi”, the State ed the IndiaBangladesh narrative. could lead to worrisome measures nal Affairs, himself a trained diplo frastructure Pipeline (NIP) have been identified by a cised his actions in Gujarat — Mr. Department and several biparti By clubbing Bangladesh with Pa against India. The U.S. Commis mat, for example, could be better task force. About 42% of such identified projects are al Modi’s government forged an ex san committees have issued state kistan and Afghanistan on treat sion for International Religious used than they have been; he has tra close bond with the Barack ments of concern over continued ment of minorities, India has in Freedom (USCIRF) has already re had to give a barrage of interviews ready under implementation, 19% are under develop Obama administration, opening a detentions in Kashmir and the troduced a note of bitterness that commended sanctions be consi to the European and U.S. media ment and 31% are at the conceptual stage. The NIP task new chapter in IndoPacific policy. CAA, held hearings in the U.S. is hard to mistake in the bilateral dered for Home Minister Amit and the “thinktank blitz” in Wash force appears to have gone projectbyproject, assessing With China, he also cast domestic Congress, and even inserted lan engagement. Some in Sheikh Hasi Shah and other officials. While this ington and New York to deal with each for viability and relevance in consultation with the sentiments aside to welcome its guage on Kashmir into the annual na’s government have pointed out may be considered an extreme questions about Kashmir and the States. Considering that the NIP will be like a window to President, Xi Jinping to India, fol Foreign Appropriations Act for that the Modi government’s desire step, even laughable, it must be re NRC. Missions everywhere, in the future, a constant review becomes paramount if lowing it up with a visit to China. 2020. A resolution urging India to to naturalise only one group of im membered that it was the USCIRF cluding in friendly countries, have this is not to degenerate into a mere collation and listing Finally, with India’s neighbours, lift restrictions in Kashmir, spon migrants from Bangladesh but cas that first recommended a visa ban been overworked, disseminating of projects. A periodic review, as promised by the Fi he signalled a new start from his sored by IndianAmerican law tigate the others as “illegal immi against Mr. Modi, as Gujarat Chief FAQs and lobbying with lawmak party, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s maker Pramila Jayapal, now has 29 grants” and “termites” cannot but Minister, in 2005. To date, he re ers on Article 370, the Ayodhya nance Ministry, is necessary. The government’s push on traditionally hardline policies on cosponsors, including two Repu be seen in a communal light. If In mains the only individual world verdict and the CAA. Many are oc infrastructure development will not only enable ease of Pakistan, Bangladesh, even Sri blicans, and a lawmaker who had dia’s motivation was compassion wide sanctioned thus under the cupied martialling their strengths living — such as metro trains in cities and towns — but al Lanka, putting bilateral ties over earlier attended “Howdy Modi”. for the religiously persecuted, U.S.’s International Religious Free to prevent resolutions with objec so create jobs and increase demand for primary com domestic concerns. The same issues found voice in they ask, then why was the Modi dom Act of 1998. In the U.S. Con tionable wording from being draft modities such as cement and steel. From this perspec The contrast between that pe the U.K. Parliament. In the Euro government so impervious to Ms. gress too, lawmakers can effective ed, and UN Security Council meet tive, this push to invest in infrastructure is welcome. riod and the first year in his se pean Parliament, last September, Hasina’s repeated requests for ly block defence sales to India, or ings from being held. Identifying the projects to be put on the pipeline is cond tenure (20192020) could not there were also discussions on help in the Rohingya refugee is pursue sanctions on the S400 Finally, the government must be more pronounced; rather than Kashmir. It also led to heated bat sue? missile system purchase from Rus consider the impact of its domes the easy part. Implementing and commissioning them dealing with bilateral ties, the Mi tles within their polities, as Kash Regardless of the reasoning, In sia, for example, regardless of sup tic actions on India’s diplomatic will be the more difficult one. There are a few hurdles nistry of External Affairs and its mir became a campaign talking dia’s diplomats, including new Fo port in the Trump administration capital. This capital is a complex that the NIP task force needs to watch out for. First, the missions abroad are now fully de point between Labour and Con reign Secretary Harsh Vardhan for India. combination of the goodwill the financing plan assumes that the Centre and the States voted to dealing with India’s dom servative candidates in the U.K. Shringla, who had earlier served On the international stage, the country has banked on over de will fund 39% each while the private sector will chip in estic concerns and their fallout. elections. The Modi government’s in Dhaka, will have their work cut United Nations and its affiliated cades as a democratic, secular, sta with 22% of the outlay. Going by the present fiscal situa Among them, the decision to invitation to farright Members of out in repairing the damage . If bodies, which often seem tooth ble power, bilateral transactions it tion, it will be no small challenge for the Centre to raise amend Article 370 of the Constitu the European Parliament (MEPs) close friend Bangladesh that de less, could provide a platform for can conduct in the present, and tion on Jammu and Kashmir, the to visit Kashmir (last October ) has fends India at the Organisation of India to be targeted. In December the potential it holds for future ₹39 lakh crore, even if it is over the next five years. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, riled European diplomats from va Islamic Cooperation feels that In 2019, a suit by a relatively remote ties, particularly in terms of its financial position of S tates is even more perilous. Se 2019, or the CAA, 2019, and the rious countries — they have been dia’s actions are religiously dis player, the Gambia, ensured that economic and geopolitical cond, the ₹22 lakh crore expected from private invest proposal for the National Register denied similar access. criminatory, it is only a matter of Myanmar’s top leadership was strengths. At a time when the ment also looks steep considering the lack of appetite of Citizens (NRC) have been called time before others in the Islamic made to appear for a public hear western world is in flux, the eco for fresh investment by the private sector in the last few into question by several countries Denting Bangladesh relations world, most notably the Arab ing at the International Court of nomy under stress and the rules years. In fact, this factor has been a major drag on eco and international organisations. In the neighbourhood, the govern countries, who have been muted Justice at The Hague in connection based order in recess, India’s di nomic growth. Given the scale of investment, debt will ment has upset both friend and so far, will become more vocal. with the Rohingya issue. New Del plomatic capital is being depleted State of U.S., European ties foe with its wording of the CAA. The OIC’s plans for a special meet hi’s break in ties with Turkey and at a rate unseen in the last few de play an important role and it remains to be seen if The impact of these policies has Pakistan is predictably angry, on Kashmir and the CAA in April Malaysia for their comments at the cades. And to paraphrase Cassius banks have gotten over their apprehensions on infras been most keenly felt in ties with while Afghanistan is more muted. 2020, possibly in Islamabad, is UN on Kashmir could also lead to in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, tructure financing as a major part of their bad loans the U.S., where bipartisan support But the real damage has been one such indicator. them vetoing India’s legitimate po the fault may not lie in our diplo originated there. Finally, cooperation from States be for India has been the norm for at done to ties with Bangladesh. In It would be easy to dismiss all of sition at the Financial Action Task matic stars, but in ourselves, and comes very important in implementing infrastructure least two decades. The whittling the past decade, and especially af the above with the simple line that Force (FATF), where it hopes to the problematic message the go projects. The experience on this count has not been ve away of Democrat support was evi ter completing the Land Boundary they constitute interference in In blacklist Pakistan for terror financ vernment is now trying to convey. ry happy till now. While these are genuine obstacles dent early on during the “Howdy Agreement, Dhaka and New Delhi dia’s internal affairs. Even if coun ing this year. Modi” event in September 2019, had worked hard on building con tries issue statements and world At the very least, the unrest that s [email protected] that the task force needs to manage, these should not detract from the need for a concerted effort to invest in infrastructure. The key will be following up and review ing the pipeline at regular intervals. The need for a single energy ministry A persisting variance A sole point of reference in the sector is necessary to ensure energy security, sustainability and accessibility ciency front, the Bureau of Energy tion among ministries but also due Shakti which was formed by merg Even better performing States have not fared Efficiency is the sole statutory to the absence of good quality con ing the Ministry of Water Resourc well in achieving gender equality authority with the mandate to reg sumption data and an inadvertent es, River Development and Ganga ulate energy efficiency on the con promotion of their own fuels over Rejuvenation and the Ministry of he NITI Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals sumption side. There is no agency other choices, which may not al Drinking Water and Sanitation. Index for 2019, released on Monday, does not re or body for the same purpose on ways be the best option. The objective of this action is to Tveal any surprising information. The South’s Ker B ansidhar Bandi the supply side. The present government has al unify water management func ala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kar This stands in stark contrast to ready taken some steps towards tions, treat the issues of water nataka are joined by Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and most other nations with their va unifying the governance structure management holistically and en Goa as the best performers while the northern/north ive different ministries along ried energy governance models. GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO of the energy sector such as ap sure better coordination of efforts. with a multitude of regula Developed and efficient countries of Energy be created by merging pointing a single minister for both This was a crucial decision at a central and northeastern States have been laggardly in Ftors govern India’s energy such as the United States, Germa the Ministries of Petroleum and MNRE and MoP. This move has time when nearly 600 million In achieving the UNmandated goals by 2030. P oor per sector. Petroleum and natural gas, ny, France and the United King Natural Gas (MoPNG), Coal (MoC), been lauded across sections of so dians faced “high to extreme wa formers such as Uttar Pradesh have shown discernible coal, renewable energy and nu dom have their vibrant, diverse New and Renewable Energy ciety as both those sectors are hea ter stress”, while 75% households advances in the indices — measured between 201819 — clear energy have separate minis and prolific energy sectors admi (MNRE) and Power (MoP). The De vily interlinked. Having the same did not have drinking water on especially in adopting cleaner energy and improving tries or departments. We also have nistered by a single ministry or de partment of Atomic Energy (DAE) person heading both of these mi their premises. sanitation. But the regional divide is stark in basic liveli a Ministry of Power, along with partment. There are also instances has been left out since it has impli nistries will help resolve long Though the actions by this go hood goals such as “eradication of poverty”, and “good Statelevel bodies that regulate where the energy ministry is in cations beyond the scope of ener standing issues faced by both con vernment are a step in the right di health and well being” or even in measures such as “in electricity distribution compa conjunction with other portfolios gy and involves national security ventional and renewable power rection, there is a long road ahead. nies, or DISCOMS. Add to this, the such as environment, climate issues. The proposed ministry generators such as power balanc Accepting and implementing the dustry, innovation and infrastructure”. This points to presence of different regulators change, mines and industry. For would have six agencies under it to ing and transmission infrastruc recommendations of the NEP on variances in both State governance and in administra for each type of fuel and energy example, the U.K. has the “Depart handle various aspects of the ener ture planning. reforming energy governance, tive structures and implementation of welfare policies. source which makes it cumber ment for Business, Energy & In gy sector — Energy Regulatory The hotly debated issue of non which is to be placed for the ap The South, led by Kerala and Tamil Nadu, has done some for businesses operating in dustrial Strategy”, France has the Agency, Energy Data Agency, payment of dues by DISCOMS to proval of the Cabinet soon, would much more in orienting administrative institutions to this sector. Further, the petroleum “Ministry of the Environment, Energy Efficiency Agency, Energy the generators might also be re need to be carefully traversed gi deliver on basic welfare, leading to actions on health and natural gas sector has two reg Energy and Marine Affairs”, Brazil Planning and Technical Agency, solved with such synergy in admi ven their hardhitting implications care, education, poverty eradication and hunger, with a ulators – Directorate General of has the “Ministry of Mines and Energy Schemes Implementation nistration. In the past too, this go on the existing bureaucratic struc Hydrocarbons for upstream activi Energy” and Australia has the ‘Mi Agency and Energy R&D Agency. vernment has had the same ture. But nothing is more impor governance structure tuned to competitively monitor ties and the Petroleum and Natu nistry of Environment and Ener minister for MNRE, MoP and MoC tant than ensuring energy securi ing actions on these fronts. The converse is true of ral Gas Regulatory Board for gy’. The predominance of unified Enabling optimisation with great results in village electri ty, sustainability and accessibility. northern States — Bihar and Uttar Pradesh — where out downstream activities. energy ministries is evident. A single unified ministry of energy fication, LED bulb distribution In this age of energy transition, comes have remained relatively poor despite there not The Kelkar Committee in its re would help India to have an inte (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs this can only happen with quick being much of a difference in the governance structure. Data constraints port “Roadmap for Reduction in grated outlook on energy that for All, or UJALA), power sector re and holistic decisionmaking as The obvious answer to the puzzle could be the presence There are also issues with data col Import Dependency in the Hydro would enable us optimise our li forms (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance well as providing a level playing of historical sociopolitical movements that have result lection. No single agency collects carbon Sector by 2030” (2013) mited resources to meet the goals Yojana, or UDAY), coal block e field for various fuels, all of which energy data in a wholesome and stated that “Multiple ministries of energy security, sustainability auctions and alleviation of coal can happen if a single ministry ed in greater circulation of elites in power and which integrated manner. Data pertain and agencies are currently in and accessibility. In the fastchang shortages. This demonstrates the handles the entire sector. Such a have addressed issues related to welfare more tho ing to consumption are barely volved in managing energyrelated ing energy landscape of our coun intention of the political leader Unified Ministry of Energy will not roughly in the South — Kerala and T.N in particular. Yet available while supply side data issues, presenting challenges of try, having a single energy minis ship to reform the energy gover only enable India to keep up with even these States need to go further in reaching the collected by agencies of respective coordination and optimal re try would be beneficial as it would nance structure. the global energy transition but al UN’s SDGs and achieving the living standards of both ministries are riddled with gaps. source utilization, hence under allow for a quicker policy res so to continue to be a leader in the first world and other developing nations. The Ministry of Statistics and Pro mining efforts to increase energy ponse. Formulating an integrated The ‘Jal Shakti’ example adopting cleaner energy sources. The western States, especially Gujarat and Maha gramme Implementation collates security”. and wholesome energy policy in They have already shown a dispo data available from various minis In the Draft National Energy the current governance structure sition towards unifying critical mi B ansidhar Bandi is a former energy rashtra, are also better off in economic growth and in tries and conducts surveys at spo Policy (NEP), the NITI Aayog has is a complex and challenging task nistries. A pertinent example is economist with the NITI Aayog. The views dustry, indicating a diversified economy, higher em radic intervals. On the energy effi advocated that a Unified Ministry not only due to lack of coordina the newly created Ministry of Jal expressed are personal ployment ratios, skilled labour and better entrepreneurial culture. A major faultline in India is in LETTERS TO THE EDITOR achieving gender equality, where barring middling per Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. formers such as Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Jammu T o read more letters & Kashmir, the rest of the country falls short. Low sex Constitution’s essence people of India but also the are religiously persecuted. trying to divide our country this baffling manoeuvre, if online, scan the QR code ratio (896 females per 1,000 males), poor labour force It is ‘everybody’s doublydistilled wisdom of The secular fabric of our on religious lines. The true, calls into question the participation and presence in managerial positions (on Constitution’; it is indeed the finest legal minds and Constitution is more in Supreme Court’s likely reach of Indian diplomacy. relations should look like the Constitution of (We) the jurispurdential experts favour of permitting such an verdict will hopefully silence There needs to be a (OpEd, “Standing up to ly 17.5% and 30%, according to the report), high level of people of India. The comprising the great eventuality than denying it. many protesters. calibrated approach in onscreen abuse”, January 1). informality of labour, a major gender pay gap (females Constitution of India is Constituent Assembly of Setting aside the Constitution V. Lakshmanan, diplomacy to counter these Films are not just for earn 78% of wages earned by males in regular salaried ‘common sense’ codified, India. It is timeless and the Supreme Court of T irupur, Tamil Nadu moves (Editorial, January 1). entertainment. They serve as employment), lack of adequate representation in gover which is superior to any (Editorial page, “It is India for a moment, such a Jit Sarkar, a backdrop for public nance (14.4% in Parliament, but 44.4% in local govern ideology, trumps fanaticism everybody’s Constitution”, gesture cannot be faulted Test for diplomacy K olkata discourse, have substance to ment) besides high crime rates against women and girls and bigotry in a jiffy, and January 1). because the whole intention The recent “declaration” by impress upon young minds are among the major national level indicators that have with which the ordinary M. Jameel Ahmed, is to ensure that there are no Pakistan of an OIC meeting On-screen abuse and can be powerfully self citizens of India are M ysuru illegal immigrants in India to discuss India’s domestic It is refreshing to find that reflective. It is time that contributed to this. States need to climb a mountain to perfectly at home with, who may be a national threat agenda indicates another someone is calling out our people associated with a achieve gender equality, but immediate steps such as thanks to the principle of ■ The CAA’s plain meaning is and to underline the fact that strategy to “bleed India ‘masala’ films for what they project take ownership of the enhancing women’s participation in governance equality enshrined in that nonMuslims of India does not become a through a thousand cuts”. are: an attempt to message they send out to through parliamentary reservations would go a long Article 14. The Constitution Afghanistan, Bangladesh and refugees’ den. It is a Despite India’s various mainstream patriarchal and society. way in addressing several of the issues faced by them. not only represents the Afghanistan can become fallacious argument that the attempts to strengthen ties regressive cultural Tanvi Soni collective wisdom of the Indian citizens provided they present dispensation is with West Asian countries, conceptions of what gender J alandhar, Punjab

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