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SHORT TAKES Remembering martyrs Kanhaiya’s convoy KERALA MULLS LAW AGAINST attacked in Bihar NAYEAR AZAD | DC with Kanhaiya Kumar said. SUPERSTITION PATNA, FEB. 14 The state-wide ‘Jan Gan GILVESTER ASSARY | DC Man Yatra’ which began on THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Former JNUSU President December 30 from Bhit- FEB. 14 Kanhaiya Kumar’s convoy iharwa Gandhi Ashram in was attacked while he was West Champaran is sched- Kerala government has been travelling from Buxar to uled to conclude with a rally contemplating to bring a Bill Arrah in Bihar on Friday. on the theme “nagrikta for effectively curbing super- This was the eighth attack bachao, desh bachao” (save stition, practices like sorcery in two weeks against citizenship, save the coun- and exorcism. The draft rec- Kanhaiya Kumar, who is try) in Patna on Feb. 29. ommendations are currently leading a massive state-wide “We had met the state under consideration of Law ‘Jan Gan Man Yatra’ against administration but nothing Reforms Commission. The the CAA, NPR, and NRC. was done to prevent such Kerala Exploitation by Sources said prior to attacks. Kanhaiya Kumar's Superstition (Prevention) Act reaching the venue in Arrah car was vandalised but he drafted and proposed by home a group of youth chanting somehow escaped unhurt,” department, warranted strin- pro-CAA slogans began pelt- Social activist Nivedita Jha gent punishment against those ing stones at his convoy. told this newspaper. Left responsible for spreading However, no one is said to be leaders in Patna on Friday superstition and putting peo- injured in the attack. Activi- condemned continuous att- ple's lives in danger. sts travelling with Kanhaiya acks on Kanhaiya Kumar’s The punishment ranges from said that slogans raised by anti- CAA tour. Earlier, his three years to capital punish- the mob during the attack convoy was attacked in ment. The CPI which is second indicate that they belong to Gaya, Nawada, Katihar, biggest ally in ruling LDF, a particular ideology. Supaul, Begusarai, Sita- wants the process to be expe- “We are not bothered by marhi and Bhagalpur. dited and the law passed this such attacks and Kanhaiya During his tour, Kanhaiya year itself. Karnataka and Kumar will continue with has been holding public Maharashtra had passed simi- his tour. It is clear that the meetings and criticising the lar legislation earlier. BJP is rattled by the BJP led government at the Though the Left parties had response Kanhaiya has been Centre for the “divisive” promised to bring the law after receiving from people of Citizenship Act, NPR and coming to power in 2016, four Bihar,” activists travelling the NRC. years have passed and things have not moved at the desired pace. CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran said the demand will be raised on Kejriwal invites PM February 20, which is also the martyrdom day of Gobind Pansare. The party will launch the campaign secular- to his swearing-in ism protection meet. Students pay tribute to the martyred CRPF jawans, who lost their lives in a suicide bomber attack in Pulwama last year at a school in Jammu on Friday. On February 14 last year, Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber Adeel Ahmed Dar drove an explosive-laden car into a convoy of SANJAY KAW | DC swearing-in ceremony was security forces, killing 40 personnel. — PTI NEW DELHI, FEB. 14 held at Ramlila Maidan. In SURRENDERED 2015 too, his oath-taking cer- Aam Aadmi Party supremo emony had taken place at MILITANTS Arvind Kejriwal has invited the same venue on Feb. 14. Prime Minister Narendra Though an invitation has UNDER LENS STUDENTS MADE Modi to his swearing-in cer- been sent to the Prime emony on Sunday at the Minister, it is, however, not MANOJ ANAND | DC TO STRIP IN Ramlila Grounds where the clear whether Modi would GUWAHATI, FEB. 14 SC clears way for former will take oath as attend the swearing-in cere- Delhi Chief Minister for the mony as he is travelling to In a significant move the state GUJARAT COLLEGE third time. Preparations for his parliamentary con- government in consultation the swearing-in ceremony stituency Varanasi on with ministry of home affairs New Delhi, Feb. 14: are afoot at the historic Sunday to inaugurate over has decided that surrendered The National Ramlila Maidan which 30 projects. militants indulging in any Commission for Women execution of Vinay served as the battleground Invitations for the swear- unlawful and anti-social activ- has set up an inquiry for the 51-year-old bureau- ing-in ceremony have also ities will be excluded from the committee which will Dismisses petition against rejection of mercy plea crat-turned-politician dur- been sent to BJP’s newly proposed comprehensive relief meet the students of a ing the Anna Hazare-led elected eight legislators and and rehabilitation policy of college in Gujarat who New Delhi, Feb. 14: death row convict in the India Against Corruption the party’s seven sitting the government. were reportedly forced Clearing the way for exe- case, Mukesh Kumar movement. local MP’s. Pointing out that govern- to strip to prove that cution of Vinay Sharma, Singh (32). The mercy The sprawling Ramlila In a near-repeat perform- ment has already started the they were not menstru- one of the four convicts petition by the third con- SC judge faints Maidan, where socialist ance of 2015, the Kejriwal- process of framing a compre- ating. in the Nirbhaya gang vict —Akshay Kumar leader Jayaprakash Nar- led AAP retained power hensive relief and rehabilita- According to media rape and murder case, (31) — has also been ayan had addressed a mas- with a scintillating win in tion policy for more than 1,600 reports, 68 undergradu- the Supreme Court on rejected, but he is yet to sive gathering during the the just-concluded Delhi surrendered cadres of the four ate hostellers were Friday dismissed his challenge the rejection. in courtroom “Total Revolution” move- Assembly polls, dealing a factions of the National paraded through the col- plea against the rejection The fourth convict ment in 1970s, has a capacity body blow to the main rival Democratic Front of Bodol- lege into the restroom of his mercy petition by Pawan Gupta (25) is yet DC CORRESPONDENT ernment’s plea for the of about 1.25 lakh people. In BJP and completely deci- and, security sources said that and forced to individual- the President. to exhaust his legal NEW DELHI, FEB. 14 separate hanging of the 2013 after the AAP’s first mating the Congress in a the proposed policy would be ly remove their under- The top court refused to remedies such as filing Nirbhaya convicts who poll victory, Kejriwal’s keenly-watched battle. formulated by the state home garments to prove that accept Sharma’s con- curative petition — the Supreme Court judge have exhausted all their department in consultation they were not menstru- tention that the Pres- last legal remedy avail- Justice R. Banumathi on legal remedies. with Assam police and leaders ating. ident did not apply his able to person and the Friday momentarily Justice Banumathi and of all the four factions of The Commission has mind while rejecting the mercy plea. fainted in her chair Justice Bhushan were NDFB and other stakeholders. also sought an explana- mercy plea and it was The top court on Friday while she was dictating also part of the bench Admitting that even after tion from the trustee of done in a “mala fide” dealt with various an order adjourning the then headed by Justice surrender of NDFB cadres in Sahjanand Girls’ manner. grounds raised by Sha- hearing on the Centre’s Dipak Misra (who later large number, there is appre- Institute College, Pravin “When the highest con- rma (26) through his plea seeking separate became CJI and since hension in the security circle Pindora and the princi- stitutional authority, advocate A P Singh incl- hanging of three death retired) which had heard that surrendered militants are pal Rita Raniga for this upon perusal of the note uding that all relevant row convicts in Nirbhaya and upheld the Delhi holding back illegal arms, “shameful exercise”, an and the various docu- records were not placed case who have exhausted High Court verdict con- security sources said that NCW statement said. ments placed along with before the President by all their legal remedies firming the award of police have been asked to keep The NCW has set up an mercy petition, has taken the authorities. and mercy petitions. death sentence by the a close watch on the activities inquiry team, which will a decision to reject the The bench said the While dictating the trial court. of surrendered militants. meet the girls of the mercy petition, it cannot Delhi government had order adjourning the The court adjourned Referring to past instance, institute and inquire be contended that the forwarded Sharma’s hearing till February 20, the hearing for February “We have made it clear that about the incident. highest constitutional mercy petition to MHA Justice Banumathi bec- 20 after it was informed surrendered militants indu- “NCW has also authority had not appl- on January 30 along with ame motionless and tilt- that the trial court has lging in anti-social activities appraised the Kutch ied its mind to the docu- the necessary documents ed towards her right but fixed February 17 for would not be eligible for get- University in-charge ments,” it said. which included recom- regained her composer hearing Centre and Del- ting the benefit of the compre- Vice Chancellor A bench of Justices R mendation of NCT of as court staff escorted hi government’s appli- hensive relief rehabilitation Darshna Dholakia and Banumathi, Ashok Bhu- Delhi, copies of judg- her to chamber. cation seeking issuance scheme of the government.” the DGP of Gujurat, shan and A S Bopanna ments, case records, lat- The bench headed by of fresh death warrants. Shivanand Jha (IPS) to said, “In the result, we do est medical report of the Justice Banumathu is The bench comprising look into the matter not find any ground for prisoner, present status holding repeated hearing Justice Banumathi, Jus- SHARAD MAY BE thoroughly and report to exercise of judicial of pending petition and of the Nirbhaya case on tice Ashok Bhushan and the Commission at the review of the order of others. one ground or the other. Justice A.S.Bopanna lat- FACE OF BIHAR’S earliest on their action the President of India “Before placing the After the rejection of er passed the order in taken report,” the state- rejecting the petitioner’s note file before the the curative petitions by chamber. While defer- GRAND ALLIANCE ment added. mercy petition and this President, the MHA had the convicts, the court is ring further hearing to writ petition is liable to placed the matter before now, one after the other, Feb. 20, it made it clear NAYEAR AZAD | DC ■ 68 UNDERGRADUATE be dismissed. The writ the Union home minis- is hearing challenge to that “the pendency of the PATNA, FEB. 14 hostellers were forced to petition is dismissed ter, who applied his mind the rejection of mercy petitions (before it) may individually remove their accordingly.” and by a speaking order, petitions by the not be treated as an With Bihar Assembly elec- undergarments to prove The apex court had ear- recommended for rejec- President. impediment for the trial tions slated to be held later that they were not lier dismissed a similar tion of the mercy peti- The court is also hear- court to consider the this year, the grand alliance in plea filed by another tion,” it said. ing Centre and Delhi gov- matter on its own merit.” the state faces a daunting task menstruating of resolving the leadership issue. Three political parties SNUBBING | POLICY 400-metre-long, 7-feet-high wall being built in Ahmedabad Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Vikasheel Insan Party (VIP) have created a flutter in the political circle Another wall comes up for Trump by proposing the name of vet- eran socialist leader Sharad Ahmedabad, Feb. 14: an event dubbed “Kem "Poverty and slums are Yadav as the face of the grand U.S. President Donald Chho Trump” (How are the reality of our life, but alliance for the elections. Trump will be shielded you, Trump”) at a stadi- Modi's government wants Leaders aware of the devel- from the sight of slums um in Ahmedabad along to hide the poor," said opment told this newspaper by a newly built wall the lines of the “Howdy Parvatbhai Mafabhai, a that both RJDand Congress when he visits the city of Modi” extravagansa he day worker who has lived were not invited for the meet- Ahmedabad during a hosted for Prime Min- there with his family for ing which was attended by visit to India later this ister Narendra Modi in more than three decades. Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan month. Houston last September. Meanwhile, the Con- Ram Manjhi and Mukesh Construction workers Speaking at the White gress on Friday alleged Sahani on Friday. build a wall along a slum House on Tuesday, Tru- that the Ahmedabad “In the absence of Lalu area as part of a beautifi- mp quoted Modi as say- Municipal Corporation Yadav, the grand alliance has cation drive along a route ing “millions and mil- (AMC) is constructing been facing a leadership crisis. that U.S. President and lions of people” would the wall to keep the slum It would be beneficial for all of Prime Minister Narendra attend the rally. colony, where people live us if we project veteran social- Modi will be taking dur- The event provides in poverty, out of sight of ist leader Sharad Yadav as the ing Trump’s visit later Workers construct a wall in front of a slum ahead of Trump, who was impe- the US President. face of the coalition,” RLSP this month. Donald Trump’s visit to Ahmedabad. — PTI ached in December, with Gujarat Congress leaders in Patna said. A senior government the opportunity to woo spokesperson Manish The proposal made by these official said the wall was are working round-the- from getting a glimpse of the support of hundreds Doshi said, “The BJP gov- political parties is being seen being built for security clock to finish the proj- a slum district that hous- of thousands of Indian- ernment and the AMC as a major setback for the RJD reasons, not to conceal ect,” the contractor said, es an estimated 800 fami- American voters ahead of are trying their best to which leads the grand alliance the slum district. speaking on condition of lies. the U.S. presidential elec- hide reality from Trump. in Bihar. But the contractor anonymity. Trump, who has made tion in November. Instead of alleviating Sources said that Upendra building it said the gov- The government official his pledge to build a wall But some slum dwellers poverty, the ruling dis- Kushwaha, Jitan Ram Manjhi, ernment “did not want conceded that the wall along the United States’ whose homes will be cor- pensation is hiding the and Mukesh Sahani have been the slum to be seen” was part of a “beautifica- border with Mexico a fea- doned off by the wall in poor by building a wall. miffed over Rashtriya Janata when Trump passes by tion and cleanliness” ture of his presidency, Ahmedabad — the largest Such tactics of hiding Dal’s decision to declare on the ride in from drive. will visit India on Feb. 24- city in Modi’s home state poor people were also Tejashwi Yadav as the Chief Ahmedabad’s airport. Whatever the reason, 25 to reaffirm strategic of Gujarat — said the used when Chinese Ministerial candidate without “I’ve been ordered to the 400-metre-long and ties that have been buffet- government was wasting President Xi Jinping vis- consulting grand alliance build a wall as soon as seven-feet-high wall will ed by trade disputes. tax-payer money to hide ited the city in 2014. This partners. possible, over 150 masons prevent the U.S. leader He is expected to attend the poor. is very unfortunate.” NATION DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 15 FEBRUARY 2020 pg 9

SHORT TAKES Up in arms Coronavirus: 3rd BANGLADESHI NATIONALS Indian on ship ARRESTED RABINDRA NATH tests positive CHOUDHURY | DC BHOPAL, FEB. 14 DC CORRESPONDENT Two crew members, out Three Bangladeshi nationals with agency inputs of total 138 Indians on including two women were on NEW DELHI, FEB. 14 board the cruise ship Friday arrested in Indore on Diamond Princess, were charges of forgery and staying Aviation regulator DGCA tested positive for the in India illegally. The identity has asked airports and virus earlier. was revealed following their airlines on Friday that In a circular, the detention by police in connec- passengers arriving in Directorate General of tion with abduction of one flights from Japan and Civil Aviation (DGCA) Anil Pal, a staff of a local South Korea must be was quoted by news agen- school in Indore. screened once they step cies, as stating, “Three of the four people out of aerobridges in “Universal screening of arrested by police were found order to prevent the all the passengers coming to be Bangladeshis who have spread of novel coron- in flights directly from been staying in India illegally. avirus infection. Till date, Japan, South Korea, We have reported the matter to only passengers arriving Thailand and Singapore the Centre,” deputy inspector from four countries — besides the flights from general of police, Indore China, Hong Kong, China and Hong Kong range, Ruchi Vardhan Mishra Thailand and Singapore shall be ensured immedi- told reporters. — were being screened ately once they step out of Police investigation has for possible exposure to the specific identified aer- revealed that Begum Khatoon the respiratory virus at 21 obridge.” alias Megha Verma, a identified airports in The DGCA circular was Bangladeshi national, was India. further quoted as stating, staying illegally in Indore by Meanwhile, the Indian “It is advised to place the making passport with the help Embassy in Japan said on suitable signages at of a forged school mark sheet. Friday that a third Indian strategic locations at all She had married one Kishore crew on board a cruise the airports and getting Khandale, who hailed from ship off the Japanese the self-declaration form Maharashtra, and the couple coast has tested positive filled by the passengers as was living in Indore for the for the novel coronavirus per the instructions of past several years. She made as authorities confirmed the ministry of health her new Indian passport in the that total 218 people have and family welfare.” name of Megha Verma. Jawarharlal Nehru University Students Union president Aishe Ghosh raises slogans during her visit to show solidarity to Muslim women and their been infected with the So far, India has report- Police also arrested two family members, who have been protesting against CAA, NRC and NPR for over a month, at Park Circus Maidan in Kolkata on Friday. — PTI deadly virus on the quar- ed three confirmed cases other Bangladeshis, Roni antined ship. of nCoV, all from Kerala. Sheikh and Lima. TOP BOMBAY HC JUDGE RESIGNS SC notice to J&K on

DC CORRESPONDENT MUMBAI, FEB. 14 Omar’s detention The senior-most judge of the Bombay high court has resigned from his post. Justice Top court fixes Mar. 2 for next hearing on plea by Sara Satyaranjan Chandrashekhar Dharmadhikari has tendered PARMOD KUMAR | DC under Section 107 of the an order of detention.” his resignation before the NEW DELHI, FEB. 14 Code of Criminal Recounting the public RESTRICTIONS President of India on Procedure. service rendered by Thursday evening, which is The Supreme Court on Section 107 of the CrPC Omar Abdullah both in SHOULD BE yet to be approved. Justice Friday sought response provides for steps to be the J&K as Chief Dharmadhikari told media from J&K government taken by magistrate for Minister and as a Central persons that he has quit due to on a plea by Sara keeping peace. minister, the petition LIFTED: EU family and personal issues. Abdullah Pilot challeng- In response to a poser says, “It is rare that those According to him, he had ing invoking of Public from the court whether who have served the SRIDHAR been elevated as Chief Justice Safety Act for the contin- any matter relating to nation as members of KUMARASWAMI | DC of some other state where he ued detention of her Omar Abdullah’s deten- Parliaments, Chief NEW DELHI, FEB. 14 does not want to go. He wants brother and former J&K tion was pending before Ministers of state, minis- to remain in Mumbai because Chief Minister Omar the J&K High Court, ters in the union and A day after a group of 25 he has some personal respon- Abdullah. Sibal said that there was have also stood by the foreign envoys conclud- sibilities here. Omar Abdullah was none relating Omar national aspirations of ed a two-day visit to The higher authorities were detained on August 4, Abdullah. India are now perceived Jammu and Kashmir, the not ready to elevate him as 2019, shortly before the The matter on Friday as a threat to the state.” European Union (EU) Chief Justice of the Bombay abrogation of Article 370 came before the bench of It further says that “It said “the visit confirmed high court. of the Constitution and Justice Mishra and is therefore of the utmost that the Government of “I had to resign due to purely subsequent bifurcation Justice Banerjee as importance and of the India has taken positive personal and family issues... I of the J&K into Union Justice Mohan M. utmost urgency that this steps to restore normal- did not want to leave Mumbai Territories. Shantanahoudar who court protects not only cy” but added that it is and they were not ready to ele- Issuing notice to the was part of the bench the individual’s Right to important that the vate me as the Chief Justice of J&K government, a comprising Justice N.V. Life and Liberty but also remaining restrictions the Bombay high court,” bench of Justice Arun Ramana and Justice protects the essence of be lifted swiftly”. Justice Dharmadhikari told Mishra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna had earli- Article 21 which is the The EU also said that it reporters. Indira Banerjee directed er recused himself from cornerstone of Part III of “recognises the serious While hearing his scheduled the further hearing of participating in the mat- the Constitution, a viola- security concerns” of petitions on Friday, Justice the matter on March 2 ter on Wednesday. tion of which is anathe- Indian authorities, and Dharmadhikari told lawyers even as senior counsel Omar Abdullah, his ma to all that a democrat- that “the visit presented that he would not be available Kapil Sibal urged the father and former J&K ic nation stands for.” a welcome opportunity next week as Friday is his last court that it was a Chief Minister Farooq It said that at no point to see the situation on day. Advocate Mathew habeas corpus plea and Abdullah, former Chief of time in his “prolific the ground and to inter- Nedumpara had mentioned a an early date may be Minister Mehbooba political career”, he has act with local interlocu- petition seeking for the court given. Mufti and other senior resorted to or indulged tors”. to hear it next week. Not acceding to the Kashmiri leaders are in conduct unbecoming The EU’s statement is “When the judge said he has request by Sibal, Justice under detention since of a “conscientious pub- being seen as setting the resigned, I initially thought Mishra said that “you August 4-5. lic figure”. stage for Prime Minister that he said it in a lighter are coming after so long Sara Abdullah in her The grounds of deten- Narendra Modi’s expect- vein... He is a very senior after being detained.” petition has contended tion against Omar claim ed visit to the Belgian judge and his resignation It is Sara Abdullah — that there could not be that on the eve of reor- capital Brussels next comes as a shock,” the sister of Omar any material for further ganisation of the state, month for the 15th India- Nedumpara later said. Abdullah — who has detaining a person who he had allegedly made EU Summit. moved the habeas corpus is already under deten- attempts to provoke gen- About half of the 25 petition and has chal- tion for last six months. eral masses against the foreign envoys who VILLAGER lenged the invoking of She has also sought revocation of Articles formed the second batch PSA against former quashing of the 370 and 35-A. of foreign envoys visit- KILLED Chief Minister, Sibal told February 5, 2020, order Omar, who has been ing Jammu and Kashmir the court. detaining Omar junior foreign minister on Wednesday and ALONG LoC Sibal clarified that the Abdullah under the PSA. and commerce minister Thursday had signifi- petitioner Sara Abdullah Describing detention as in the Atal Bihari cantly belonged to the Jammu, Feb. 14: A villager has challenged the fur- “illegal”, Sara Abdullah Vajpayee-led Cabinet in European Union mem- was killed and four others ther detaining Omar in her petition has said, 2000, was served with a ber nations including EU were injured on Friday when Abdullah under the PSA “The grounds for the three-page dossier in powerhouses Germany Pakistani troops engaged in and prior to the invoking detention order are whol- which he was alleged to and France. heavy mortar shelling and fir- of the Public Safety Act, ly lacking any material have made statements in The envoys had visited ing on civilian areas and for- the former Chief facts or particulars the past which were Srinagar on Wednesday ward posts along the Line of Minister was detained which are imperative for “subversive” in nature. and Jammu on Thursday. Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Pakistan Army troopers Senior BJP leaders Brawl over seating launched mortar shells and fired from small arms on vil- lages and forward posts in Shahpur and Kerni areas of in K’taka upset in train leaves 1 dead the district in violation of a DC CORRESPONDENT in the general compart- ceasefire agreement, they B. ARAVINDA SHETTY | of the joint session MUMBAI, FEB. 14 ment and hence, said. Pakistan troops used 120- DC which will commence Markand requested mm mortars to target the vil- BENGALURU, FEB. 14 from Monday, to discuss A group of over 12 per- some women to adjust lages, they said. floor management and sons beat up a 26-year- so that his wife could sit In the firing and shelling, Cabinet expansion and other important issues old to death inside an with their toddler in one civilian was killed and the allocation of portfo- coming up in the session. express train headed to her arms. The women four other villagers were lios to newly appointed Senior leaders includ- Bidar from Mumbai were however enraged injured, they said. ministers has upset ing MLAs like Umesh after the two sides and hence began hurl- The injured have been taken many BJP oldtimers and Katti, S.A. Ramdas, fought over seating in ing abuses at him,” said to a hospital, they said. senior ministers in the Tippeswamy and S. the train, railway police a railway police officer. Indian troops guarding the B.S.Yediyurappa govern- Angara have openly officials said. The inci- The squabble turned border retaliated befittingly ment. The new ministers expressed their anger dent took place between wild soon after and resulting in an exchange of were all earlier in the against the chief minis- Pune and Daund when around 12 men joined it fire, which continued till Congress and JD(S) and ter for not inducting the group rained kicks and started raining reports last came in, they said. had played a pivotal role them into the Cabinet. and punches on the blows, kicking and Meanwhile, officials said on in toppling the previous Some party functionar- youth. punching Markand. His Friday that terror-related H.D. Kumaraswamy gov- ies are also upset with Railway police offi- wife tried to intervene violence in Jammu and ernment. the CM for allotting cials said that the inci- and requested to spare Kashmir has come down by To placate the sulking plum portfolios to the dent occurred early her husband, however 60 per cent in less than one and ministers and party loy- new ministers, sources Thursday after Sagar her pleas fell on deaf a half months in the alists who are MLAs, said Markand and his wife ears. beginning of 2020, in compari- Chief Minister At the legislature party Jyoti, along with their The railway police son to the same period last B.S.Yediyurappa and meeting, the upset MLAs two-year-old daughter, was informed and they year, party state president are likely to raise the boarded the train at intervened at Daund The information was con- Nalin Kumar Kateel have neglect of party loyalists Kalyan in the interven- station and rescued veyed by director general of called a legislature party while forming the gov- ing night of Wednesday him. police, Jammu and Kashmir, meeting on February 16. ernment and will insist and Thursday. The fami- Markand was rushed Dilbagh Singh who called on However the party main- on accommodating long- ly stays at Kalyan and to the civic hospital Union Minister Jitendra tains that the meeting time BJP workers in the was headed Bidar. where he was declared Singh in the national capital. has been called in view boards and corporations. “There were no seats dead on arrival. EDIT pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 15 FEBRUARY 2020 10

15 FEBRUARY 2020 Denial, obfuscation by BJP after Delhi rout Subhani

bfuscation is part of military science, as the Mahabharata story about Ashwathama informs us. Recent observations of the top tier of the ruling party appear to have extended this to the electoral bat- Otlefield and the wider ambit of politics. This is evident from obser- vations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah not so long ago in the context of the CAA-NRC, and the recently held election to the Delhi Assembly. Indeed, the two appear to have been closely linked since the BJP campaign for the Assembly election in Delhi was focused on the specific issue of CAA-NRC and punishing the peaceful pro- testers of Shaheen Bagh. Of the PM’s memorable statements made at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan in the wake of the CAA-NRC protests that have shaken up the country, one is recalled with particular emphasis by ruling party spokesmen and cadres — that the National Register of Citizens (which is so intrinsically tied to the CAA in a particular “chronology”, to quote the home minister) has not once been considered officially by his government, thus suggesting that the LETTERS protests against NRC are an artifice, a low tactic of the BJP’s opponents to rally public opinion on a false premise. Fact-checkers immediately set about the relatively easy task of showing Seismic changes haunt MISUSE OF SEC. 124 this was not the case. President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to a joint ses- For decades, the sedition sion of the two Houses of Parliament was fished out. It revealed the govern- ment’s intention to make the NRC a reality. When the NRC comes up for dis- provision under Section cussion now, BJP-RSS spokesmen have found a new technique to play their 124 of the Indian Penal hand. They say this is not “yet” on the menu. They no longer deny it out- Code (IPC) has been bla- right. BJP after Delhi shock tantly abused to suppress Just like his leader, the home minister resorted to outright denial in order to get out of an unenviable situation at a media event in the national capi- freedom of speech and tal on Thursday. In the recent poll campaign in Delhi, he asserted — in where new projects, who stand to benefit expression. The reasons response to a question — that no one had spoken of “bahu-betiyon ka bal- high consumption and from you. This group are politically motivated. atkar” or the “rape of women” (in Hindu homes by those protesting at exports drive the econo- has rapidly shrunk. Shaheen Bagh). Such an observation by one of BJP’s most significant lead- Sanjeev Ahluwalia my. The Budget for 2021 Industry and business — Misuse of the sedition law ers in a generation is apt to cause surprise as millions of Indians have seen failed to provide the lift once the rally boys of the and arbitrary slapping of on their television screens the BJP’s MP from West Delhi rant exactly on so eagerly awaited by BJP — now look a wor- charges are inconsistent those lines at a poll meeting. He was castigating Muslims by implication urban India — jobs, ried lot as Delhi with India’s international and seeking to demonise the Shaheen Bagh protesters. cheaper loans and incen- acquires undertones of It is noteworthy that after such an execrable remark he was not de-ros- tives for investment. imperious Beijing. commitments. Our leaders tered by the BJP as its lead speaker in the debate on the motion of thanks The Reserve Bank has Indian entrepreneurs must take steps to ensure on the President’s address in the Lok Sabha. It is no less remarkable that erred in not bringing the are… well Indian, in that despite their political the home minister, who conceived and led his party’s failed Delhi cam- n top of the tant, land management repo rate below the psy- their rambunctiousness. paign, did not see it fit to have the man arrested for his inflammatory rav- BJP’s rudder- and the police, which chological five per cent They dislike too beliefs everyone is entitled ings, causing enmity amongst the people. less leader- are under the lieu- level. The initiative to much restraint, unless to practice freedom of It is evident that Mr Shah was obliged to fudge about his MP’s words pre- ship to get the tenant-governor and free investment loans it is aimed at their speech — in a peaceful cisely because this MP was chosen to expound on the BJP’s ideology in Onational through him the Union for specified purposes competitors. manner. Parliament. The gold standard of leadership is met when top bracket politi- economy out of a rut, or government, have from the CRR require- The governance style cians are true to responsibilities set by their office. Seeking the softer way very possibly because of remained pools of public ment are welcome, but emerging out of Delhi is Rudra Krishna out is for lesser beings. it, comes a humiliating dissatisfaction and dis- too timid. Between the far too authoritarian to Hyderabad political defeat in the content, with none of the Statutory Liquidity assuage the average Delhi Assembly elec- spiffy governance antici- Ratio and Cash Reserve businessperson long Not by fiat alone tions with Arvind pated when Narendra Ratio (CRR), 22.25 per used to a laidback, wink- GARBAGE CHARGES Kejriwal’s broom sweep- Modi became Prime cent of a bank’s assets wink, nod-nod, non-com- Even though the taxpayers are ing the Congress com- minister in 2014. are compulsorily petitive environment. paying twice for garbage disposal, he order of the Supreme Court on Thursday directing political par- pletely out of the capi- To be sure the city of sequestered in low- This explains the over- in our locality, Simhadrinagar ties to upload the details of the criminal antecedents of their candi- tal’s politics and limit- Delhi — a cossetted return government debt, tures made recently by behind DAV Public School, Tdates on their websites should be seen as yet another attempt by the ing the BJP to single dig- child of emperors start- which earns barely two the government to raise garbage collectors don't come reg- court to help cleanse a system which refuses to change. Its impact, how- its in the 70-member ing with the Great percentage points more tariff walls for the ularly, i.e. twice a week (Greater ever, is doubtful; and the suggestion that parties give reasons for selecting Delhi Assembly. Mughals — is spoilt than the cost of bank import of a range of Hyderabad residents are paying candidates with criminal cases pending against them is more problemat- The dynamic Gujarati silly. It expects the earth term deposit rates. The goods. twice for garbage, DC, Feb. 13). ic as it is hardly justiciable. Narendra Modi-Amit from those who rule State Bank of India has Expect many more Complaints lodged on the GHMC As it stands today, the affidavits candidates file when submitting their Shah duo who rule India without cooperating in reduced its deposit rates similar actions to reach app vanish without resolved. They nominations as candidates in elections must contain details of the crimi- from Delhi must be feel- the least to give some- now to lower its cost of out to the core base of behave as if we have committed a nal cases they face. These details can now be accessed through the route ing the pinch of the thing back to the city. funds. Sadly, no thought the BJP — Hindu voters crime if we complain. I hope the provided by the Right to Information Act, and there are non-governmen- thumbs-down they got But it is an international was spared for the from the upper and mid- GHMC officials clarify how much tal organisations which regularly collect this information and publish it. from 54 per cent of 10 and a national bell- hapless lower middle dle castes in the belt is to be paid for garbage disposal. The latest order will only make this process simpler. million Delhiites (out of wether purely because class for whom a bank stretching from Pooja Dinakar It was in 2013 that the Supreme Court scrapped Section 8 (4) of the 15 million) potential vot- of its strategic location deposit is also a saving Rajasthan to Bihar Hyderabad Representation of the People Act, 1951, which protected MLAs and MPs ers who cast their votes at the political and instrument. across north and central against losing their positions even if convicted in a case and sentenced to on February 8. economic crossroads For profits, banks look India, with a focus on more than two years in jail. As a result, netas today stand stripped of Coming as it does, of domestic and global to private lending at urban and peri-urban HELMETLESS DRIVING their stature immediately on conviction. The Supreme Court has also despite desperate efforts matters. usurious rates ranging areas. Dalits, rural India The government has blood on its ordered the setting up of special courts to try cases against sitting and for- to play divisive politics If the BJP is to recover between nine (house and contested territories hands for not enforcing the mer MPs and MLAs. Despite all the efforts by the Election Commission — the signature, win- from the series of recent loan) to 15 per cent (car in the South and East amended Motor Vehicles Act and the courts, we have politicians facing serious charges, including rape ning political tune per- body blows — or commercial loan). are likely to be reduced (Little Daredevils, DC, Feb. 14). and attempt to murder, getting elected to legislatures and even becoming fected since L.K. Rajasthan, Jharkhand This is far too high to to collateral political Seldom does a day pass without ministers. Advani’s 1990 rathyatra and now Delhi — some encourage spending reserves to be accessed someone dying due to disobeying The latest was in Karnataka where an MLA who faces as many as 15 to build a Ram Mandir directional changes are unless accompanied by on a transactional basis traffic rules. What will it take the cases, some under the Forest Act, has been appointed forest minister. The — surely points to the needed over the next high inflation to deflate when beneficial. dispensation to wake up? Maybe ground reality is that the state and its arms are pretty helpless if political need for a considerable four years till 2024. the real interest rate to a This does not augur we should start celebrating the parties choose to field candidates who can win an election by hook or by rethink, especially now First, the BJP has bearable 1.5 per cent per well in the immediate death of so many young lives at crook. It’s a political issue that the polity as a whole must address; the as Ram Lalla rests easy retained around 39 per annum — which has not future for strategic fiscal their funerals to highlight the judiciary can do only so much in this regard. in Ayodhya. cent of the votes cast. been the case since 2015. reforms in inter-state indifference shown by the traffic Admittedly, Delhi is an But reliance on the Pulling the plug on fis- governance — devolu- police who ignore violations right outlier. It ties with Goa “Modi magic” to get past cal restraint was the tion, decentralisation in front of their eyes. DECCAN CHRONICLE for the highest per capi- the post without a sec- only way to go. But Arun and enhanced federal- Wg. Cdr. Satinder Singh (retd) ta income in the coun- ond line of credible and Jaitley’s legacy of “fiscal ism or for structural Hyderabad ADITYA SINHA T. 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illiam Shakespeare’s tra- the chroniclers Edward Hall and Ahmad. Mr Ahmad had applied his formed in them; if lucky, one saw it kingdom between his two obse- gedy King Lear is not to Holinshed. To each he added his own alchemy earlier on A Midsummer performed by the best. I studied King quious daughters, on the under- be watched on an empty genius, leaving pearls long after Night’s Dream. His translation was Lear for my ‘A’ levels in an English standing that he and 100 of his Wstomach. It is a gut-wren- their oysters have been forgotten. faultless, at times lyrically indepen- public school. Our class was taken to knights would be supported by each ching story of betrayal, inhuman Zia Mohyeddin’s latest production dent of Shakespeare’s original. the Old Vic, where King Lear was daughter in turn. The sisters, howev- F.S. blinding, unnatural patricide, and King Lear was performed in Lahore Khalid Ahmad not only translated played by the veteran actor Paul er, annoyed at the misbehaviour of grey-haired hubris that ends with by the National Academy of King Lear, he acted and became Rogers, his ungrateful daughters by his raucous entourage, demand a Aijazuddin broken-hearted remorse. It is an ind- Performing Arts, after an earlier run King Lear. Coral Browne and Barbara Jefford reduction in his knights from 100 to ictment of those who all too often in Karachi. Zia is the last of an Mr Mohyeddin used bare props — a (soon to become famous). The follow- 50. Regan, the younger, goes further: declare their “fast intent to shake all endangered species — a genus of throne, a table as a catafalque, and a ing morning, our English teacher Mr “I’ll receive him gladly, / But not one cares and business” of governance, Shakespearean actors who under- small mound as a hilltop. He melded Miller asked us what our reaction follower.” Angered by their uncon- and then refuse to relinquish stands the playwright, who has his performers with their disparate had been during the closing scene scionable in-hospitality, Lear curses authority. declaimed his words on the London experience into one seamless team. when Lear cradles the lifeless body of them and leaves. Adaptation of Shakespeare’s plays, stage, and who still possesses the Memorable were Fawad Khan (Kent) his youngest, faithful daughter Some might see a parable between Lear’s lessons whether in a modern setting or in a skill to present Shakespeare to an well-known as a dastangoh; Paras Cordelia. Heartbroken, he shrieks: King Lear’s predicament and that of foreign language, is no longer a audience of Pakistanis who may Masroor (Gloucester’s illegitimate “Howl! Howl! Howl! O, you are men of the governments of India and heresy. Shakespeare’s archaic lan- never visit the Globe theatre or son Edmund) and Mira Sethi stones!/ Had I your tongues and eyes, Pakistan. An Indian newspaper for our times: guage may sound unfamiliar to our Stratford-upon-Avon. Zia dared to (Goneril) who have a television back- I’d use them so/That heaven’s vault recently carried a report that read: ears, yet his plots are timeless, rele- use an Urdu translation. It was a ground; and Raheel Siddiqui as Dr should crack. She’s gone forever.” “For the first time ever, the [Indian] vant to every age, which is why they risk. For any translation to succeed, Buddhu/the wise Fool. Every play is Mr Miller asked whether any of us defence budget allocates more can withstand translation and trans- the translator must understand the as strong as its weakest actor. King had cried. Sheepishly, I alone put up money for army pensions (`1.13 lakh Should armies position. After all, didn’t Shak- original: its syntax, its subtleties, its Lear may have been let down by his my hand. “You are the only one who crore) than for army salaries (`1.1 espeare himself borrow his ideas inbuilt nuances, and then transmute daughters; Zia’s audience had no rea- had the right reaction.” E.M. lakh crore). Both the salary and pen- from others’ works? He took Romeo that into a sibling of the original but son to be disappointed by his choice Forster’s description fitted my sion bills are bigger than Pakistan’s be retired? and Juliet and also Much Ado About with its own features, its own idioms, of cast. Anglo-Saxon classmates, with their total defence budget (`1 lakh crore).” Nothing from the mind of the Italian its own personality. Who hasn’t studied Shakespeare at “well-developed bodies, fairly devel- Shakespeare’s Lear and his knights Giovanni Boccaccio, his plays about Mr Mohyeddin the producer could school? His plays were as an oped minds and underdeveloped still abound. Rome came from the pen of Plutarch, not have found a more perfect trans- inescapable as chicken pox. If one’s hearts”. and his sagas of English history from lator than the seasoned actor Khalid diction was good enough, one per- In the play, King Lear divides his By arrangement with Dawn OPED pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 15 FEBRUARY 2020 11 Just shoot ’em…? UK must tackle jihadi cells in jails reaction was inspired by the Predatory Patel has who have served half their jail force their determination to oners crammed into spaces Zoroastrian theological initiated a bill to terms. This is seen by that commit acts which will trans- designed for 60,000. There are contention that the universe same majority that supports port them to heaven and grant 10,000 assaults on prison offi- and life are the battleground of change the liberal rule deportation as eminently them 72, willing or reluctant, cers each year. Britain’s pris- Farrukh Dhondy good versus evil and that, governing the release sensible. And it may be. In the virgins. They also come in con- ons are markets for drugs, being on the side of good, he of convicted terrorists recent past, two terrorists tact with petty criminals smuggled in by bribed warders was obliged to wipe out the who have served half convicted of offences such as whom they sometimes succeed or delivered by drones. perpetrators of evil. Perhaps harbouring materials and in converting into murderous The programmes of rehabili- Cabbages & Kings his intolerance was more their jail terms. This is recoding messages of terror, terrorists. There is over- tation are laughable. Mullahs likely influenced by military seen by that same rather than having bombed a whelming evidence that points are sent in to preach Islamic morals and a view that majority that supports place or killed anyone, were to these phenomena. values to those convicted of “The heathen in his blindness Gujarati: “line the so-and-sos summary justice was better deportation as released from prison having What would behsti Pappa serious jihadi offences such as Bows down to wood and stone. up against the wall and shoot than the namby-pamby of “due eminently sensible. served half the prescribed (dad) have said? “Line them up the making of bombs or the The Colonial conceit was that them”. The so-and-so expletive process”. period. They went on to against the wall and shoot membership of cells with pub- The Brits knew God alone! would vary with the language My wonderful, if hastily mis- murder innocents in the name them.” lished plans for terrorist acts. The Heathen thinks that in which he framed this sum- taken, dad’s dictum came to Liberal opinion in the coun- of jihad. Even Predatory Patel, what- There is no considered pro- Christians mary sentence. mind this week in London try opposed this measure but, Of course, this legislation can ever her instincts, can’t follow gramme of rehabilitation and Worship a wooden cross Dad wasn’t given to the when Prime Minister Boris without any statistical evi- be seen as protective of the such advice in an avowedly no supervision of what these Which today would be an elec- niceties of socio-political argu- Johnson and his dimwit home dence, I feel that a vast majori- public, but there is the civilised and democratic soci- mullahs say and no assessment tric chair ment. In India recently, I read secretary Priti Patel put in ty of the country would have argument that spending six ety. And while she contem- of what effect their preaching Or a noose to hang humans in in several publications, vocif- train fast-track action and leg- cheered it on. The one argu- rather than three years in jail plates a solution to this brew- has on determined death- the air…” erously argued cases for and islation on three fronts. ment against such a cheer is doesn’t necessarily stop the ing of terror in the institution cultists. From The Song of Khatribai against capital punishment — Firstly, they deported 27 that very many of these indi- offender when he is released of prison, she should consider A measure of discipline, com- Ghulamfaggot by Bachchoo these in the context of the “Jamaican” criminals who had viduals, while not having from doing what he would evidence from other countries passion and supervision is the Nirbhaya rapist-murderers served their sentences for papers to prove that they were have done after serving only where dispersing terrorists, direction reform should take. y father, the appealing for mercy against manslaughter, violent acts and British, had lived from child- half that time. There may be a isolating them or giving them These would, at the least, Indian their hanging. The arguments even paedophilia back to their hood in this country and had case for the three extra years longer sentences hasn’t done enable an assessment of the Army veter- were on the one side vengeful “home country”. At least 50 been socialised and perhaps in jail being used to effectively anything to stop the movement progress towards a solution. an that he and, perhaps, karmic; on the other such criminals were list- criminalised by it. deradicalise jihadis through which is dedicated to recruit- What they won’t do is make the was, would other, a consideration that ed for deportation on the same Nevertheless, technically they rehabilitation and re- ing new members. sort of headlines this govern- read the rapists and murderers were chartered aircraft but appealed were not British and conse- education programmes, but If Prowly Patel can get the ment wants in order to appeal daily head- reared by the social circum- against it on the grounds that quently subject to expulsion there is not much evidence money off the new chancellor to their core voters. Mlines about various miscreants stances, mentalities and they were not afforded contact from the sceptred isle. that such programmes work. (after Sajju Javid’s shock resig- I wonder what dad would — hoarders of grain who morals of our society and these with any legal representation The second measure which There is an outcry now by nation from the Cabinet this have said should be done to caused shortages of food, child should be reformed. because the jail in which they Predatory Patel has initiated is prison wardens and by com- week), her first move should be Cabinet ministers who pander rapists, large-scale fraudsters My father’s pronouncements were serving sentences had wi- a bill in Parliament to change mentators that prison is itself a spending it on refurbishment to populism instead of — and would inevitably had no consideration for such fi problems. The courts upheld the liberal rule governing the radicalising hothouse. Jihadis of prisons. implementing effective exclaim, in English or subtleties. I can’t say if his the stay on deportation. release of convicted terrorists in contact with each other rein- Today, there are 82,000 pris- solutions. China’s coronavirus epidemic: For Boris’ power grab India, a challenge and wake-up call at Treasury his

teristics, spreading through ous experimental centres. But first big mistake? Unless it is controlled fast, the coronavirus the air and physical proximity China being a highly secretive make all public gatherings state, several gullible people outbreak will not only highly avoidable. Our soldiers and impressionable tourists Abhijit Bhattacharyya lead to a prolonged manning the Sino-Indian fron- are getting hoodwinked by the Stephen Daisley slowdown in China, but tier need to be particularly glamour and glitz of the also hit global growth, alert in this regard, for if a sin- Communist superpower. gle undetected coronavirus- If China’s Wuhan-origin and disrupt mega- afflicted Chinese border guard coronavirus becomes an epi- projects across conti- comes into contact with an demic in New Delhi or its hin- nents. For the moment, Indian guard, the fallout could terland, how will the Indian as Boris Johnson question — government by he deadly, undetect- period... This devil is also international tourism is be severe. Similar is the situa- authorities tackle it? How made the first major echo. The UK hasn’t had ed and symptomless more evil... attacking the very the first casualty. tion at all international air- much resources will India error of his premier- meaningful Cabinet govern- epidemic coron- basis of the global community: ports, where Indian personnel need? What will happen to the Hship? Choosing his ment since the James avirus appears air travel and connectivity. It are pretty poorly equipped to economy, which is yet to show adviser over his chancellor of Callaghan years in the late Talmost synonymous is unlucky that China has to nationals and suspended the deal with this deadly global any signs of buoyancy? The the exchequer could be seen 1970s (the only fights with China these days. The withstand another wave of “special permit” allowing virus of Chinese origin. sluggish consumer market? as a bold gamble of the sort Margaret Thatcher’s minis- Chinese economy’s rise and intensive pathogenic assault Chinese nationals short-term India must take the latest The rising debt-ridden and that won him a sweeping elec- ters won with her was their the dependence of at least 60 in less than two decades. The access to selected tourist desti- WHO warning seriously: “The stressed banking system? The tion victory and got the UK resignation statements) but Third World countries on country is forced to pay heavy nations of the great Russian global virus spread is the tip distressed agrarian sector? out of the European Union. the chancellor was the last Chinese finance, and more sacrifices. Apart from losing land mass. Thus the world’s of the iceberg.” Around the The visibly rickety health sys- We of little faith in the com- office with something than 50 developed countries hundreds of lives, thousands fifth-largest land border globe, nations are waking up tem in semi-urban and rural mentariat have often misread approaching parity with the coveting Chinese factory prod- more are hospitalised”. stands between the contagious to the “Chinese threat”, and belts? this Prime Minister and have Prime Minister. The money is ucts — from small tools to This scenario, as reported by Chinese coronavirus and India needs to resort to an For the Indian State, the been left looking like chumps what matters and you don’t computer software, heavy the Chinese media, speaks for Moscow’s desire for “self- immediate and urgent course gravity of China’s coron- as a result. But where Boris want a Prime Minister doing engineering apparatus to itself. The reality that China defence”. In one stroke, the correction. Whatever the pulls avirus epidemic has increased has succeeded is in defying anything rash with it. telecommunications gear — faces today: If not controlled chemistry and economics of and pressures, the Indian gov- enormously. It’s a challenge the rules of politics and the Boris has swept all that appear to be in peril. With immediately, things are the Russia-China combine is ernment would do well to take as well as an opportunity. We circumstances of Sajid Javid’s away. He’s not the first Prime lightning speed, the world has bound to get worse. The in the line of virus fire. its cue from the Russians, should help China in all possi- departure have more to do Minister who thought of started (physically) distancing Chinese economy seems head- Unless it is controlled fast, arguably the closest of all for- ble ways, certainly, but not at with the rules of governance. bringing the Treasury to heel from China, fearing a conta- ed for a downhill slide — the coronavirus outbreak will eign countries to the Chinese. the cost of the health of 1.3 bil- Robert Peston says: “The PM but others ultimately decided gious and fatal epidemic. which China fears most. A not only lead to a prolonged Close the borders. Reduce lion Indians. “Health is and [Dominic] Cummings against it. Life would have At a time of China’s national report says: “It’s understand- slowdown in China, but also flights. Control Chinese goods wealth. Health is happiness”. believe the success of the gov- been so much easier for Tony distress, foreigners should able for each nation to apply hit global growth, and disrupt as far as possible. Stop issuing The so-called economic and ernment in these challenging Blair if he had just sacked also sympathise with the self-protection in line with the various mega-projects across visas to the Chinese. Help financial globalisation now times require Downing Street Gordon Brown, but he was People’s Republic and think of World Health Organisation continents. For the moment, Indians first. endangers the real health of and the Treasury to act, as far held back by more than con- solutions, but from a distance. recommendations. But pro- international tourism is the China is four times more the planet too. as possible, as one seamless cern about internal party fac- The world media is exhaus- posals of ‘shutting the border’ first casualty. Aviation, trans- powerful economically than unit.” Boris, Peston is told, tions: he understood that the tively reporting the crisis situ- to maximise one member port, hotels, restaurants, India. Yet China is struggling The writer is an alumnus “admires how Cameron and divide between political will ation in China, but the report- state’s interests may not nec- retail stores and consumer today due to its monumental of the National Defence College Osborne acted as a two-head- and economic realities was a ing in the Indian media is fair- essarily immunise itself but markets already are staring at miscalculations. It has and is the author ed single political monster”. load-bearing wall. In ly low-key. It’s important for will certainly affect public an emptiness in the high-pro- already damaged a lot of its of China in India Javid walked out of govern- Australia, where the TB-GBs everyone in India to get an health as a whole.” file destinations of the West. fertile land and air, and vari- ment after refusing to agree to played out a decade earlier accurate picture of what is This signals both a sense of How does India stand in this the sacking of his special between Bob Hawke and Paul happening in that country. fear of the Chinese, and a situation? How does India try advisers and the creation of Keating, the Labour govern- In a first-hand account, (veiled) warning by Beijing to protect its populace from the what the Financial Times ment could sometimes be crip- reported by China Daily’s all nations which are planning coronavirus, which already calls “a joint team of special pled by a political stalemate Global Weekly (February 7-13, and trying to reduce, if not appears to have entered this advisers… to run both between the Prime Minister 2020): “Unlike any other, 2019- stop, though perhaps tem- country. We have to ensure, Number 10 and the Treasury”. and the treasurer, but more nCoV (new coronavirus) is porarily, the chance of virus above all, the good health of However, he has not rejected often their clashes powered a more treacherous, hiding contamination through cross- our vast population, to take the Cameron-Osborne model dynamic, reforming adminis- under the camouflage of flu border physical contacts. The every possible step to keep the because that is not really what tration that transformed and SARS symptoms...”. The Chinese obviously have the nation disease-free, and not Boris — let’s do away with the Labour’s fortunes and that of debilitating effects of the con- Russians — their closest busi- allow Indians to be guinea pretence: what Cummings — the Australian economy. tours of the disease, as narrat- ness and diplomatic partner pigs in an experimental labo- was proposing. Cameron and Where Hawke was too shy of ed by the Chinese, stand thus: — in mind. On January 30, the ratory. Osborne worked in harmony conflict, Keating pushed him “The pathogen is more nox- Russian Prime Minister As admitted by the Chinese because they were effective into major reforms. Where iously evolved, embedded announced that 16 Moscow- themselves, the Wuhan-origin co-leaders of the Conservative Keating was too impatient, with murderous skills and Beijing border crossings will coronavirus of 2019 is far more Party and the government. Hawke moored his treasurer savage velocity to spread be closed “to protect our peo- dangerous and deadlier than Osborne could challenge his to the hard facts of public faster and infect more furtive- ple”. Russia also halted the the 2002-2003 Yunnan-origin old friend’s decisions and opinion. Hawke’s widow and ly even during its incubation issue of e-visas to Chinese SARS. It’s contagion charac- overall direction because that biographer Blanche D’Alpu- was the kind of relationship get called it “a very creative they had. Javid would not tension” that “worked have enjoyed a relationship of extremely well for the govern- 50 YEARS AGO IN equals with Boris and nor will ment and for the nation”. Rishi Sunak. Keating once wryly remarked: We must rise above likes and dislikes Sunak is five years older “Prime Ministers are very than I am and in the Cabinet useful to a treasurer.” for the first time. With the Boris may well proceed from mind not stir up a storm. Do performed for the same rea- greatest respect to him, he good intentions: we need to not give way to your likes son. In performing duties we Ordinance to will not be standing up to the make Brexit work and some- and dislikes, throw a cannot be controlled by likes re-nationalise banks Prime Minister (or Dominic times hurdles have to be tantrum, get upset or push and dislikes. So the best way Cummings) any time soon. He cleared roughly. But a Tory Swami Tejomayananda the plate away. Make the to neutralise them is to NEW DELHI, FEB. 14. wasn’t appointed to do so. should grasp the perils of good best of whatever is avail- remain steadfast in the per- All the 14 major Indian banks Number 10 intends to pursue intentions and understand able. formance of obligatory with a deposit of over `50 a political programme for the that the hurdles were put in The best way of duties, offered as crores, whose take-over was early years of Brexit Britain place, and kept there, for a overcoming likes worship of the invalidated by the Supreme that will frustrate the institu- reason. A Tory should appre- and dislikes is to Lord. When we Court on Tuesday, were re- tional fiscal prudence of ciate that an imperial PM person’s nature is Bhagavan reveals the means remain steadfast perform obligato- nationalised today by an Number 11 (and the economic might “get things done” but built on personal to bring about change. At in the performance ry duties and ded- Ordinance promulgated by dogma of the Conservative the impulse to get things done, likes and dislikes, first, we must become aware of one’s own duty icate our actions President V.V. Giri. Party). It cannot afford a chan- custom and convention be Asome of which keep of the likes and dislikes — svadharma. to God, His heart The Ordinance seeks to meet cellor who thinks fiscal policy damned, is not that of a con- changing, while others are which govern our nature. This is higher and is touched. His the two main objections voiced should be set by the Treasury. servative. Politically, the PM firmly rooted. As a result, it Since they can neither be nobler than doing grace, which by the Supreme Court against The Prime Minister’s “one has stamped his authority in becomes difficult to under- wiped out completely nor the duties of another, even descends on us, purifies the the earlier Act — “hostile dis- seamless unit” is not a merger vivid fashion and has earned stand people. Likes and dis- neutralised immediately, though one may not see mind and leaves us free of crimination against the 14 but an annexation. himself a wicked smile at the likes being unpredictable, it convert them to become great virtue or merit in the raga and dvesha. banks and defective scheme of This might make the politics latest meltdown from a com- becomes difficult to please preferences. It is better not work assigned. compensation to the expropri- of what comes next much eas- mentator class that never either oneself or others. It is to come under their sway Bhagavan tells Arjuna that Swami Tejomayananda ated shareholders.” ier for Number 10, but politics learns. But I’m not so sure he perhaps for this reason some because then we are unable his duty is to defend dhar- is from Chinmaya Mission. According to official sources, is not the same thing as gover- hasn’t done his government people prefer animals to to live the knowledge we ma. In performing duty To find out more about the Banking Companies nance and good governance some longer-term structural humans. have understood from the there is no room for person- Chinmaya Mission and (Acquisition and Transfer of thrives on give and take, ideas mischief. Chancellors are This capacity to change is scriptures. al likes and dislikes. If we Swamiji, visit Undertaking) Ordinance 1970, proposed and tested, and com- very useful to a Prime also the beauty of the human For example, if you are are lazy we will be guided by www.chinmayamission.com. has been issued in the national promises struck where neces- Minister, and very useful to being. They can also change invited for a meal and do not raga and dvesa. Prohibited © Central Chinmaya interest to remedy the situation sary. Remove that dynamic good governance. for the better. In the Gita, like what is served, let the and selfish actions are also Mission Trust. created by the Supreme Court and you’re left with a Prime By arrangement with judgment as early as possible. Minister who no one dares to the Spectator WORLD pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 15 FEBRUARY 2020 12

IN BRIEF Saudi, Israel have 11 passengers leave cruise ship no plans to meet Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said no meeting is Those who test positive will be transferred to the hospital, says Japanese health min planned between the king- dom’s crown prince and Yokohama, Feb. 14: The Israel’s prime minister, a first passengers began statement apparently meant leaving a quarantined 121 new deaths from to quash reports circulating cruise ship off Japan's in Israeli media this week of coast on Friday to finish an alleged summit between their isolation in govern- the two. “There is no meet- ment-designated lodging COVID-19 in China ing planned between Saudi after testing negative for Arabia and Israel. Saudi the new coronavirus. Beijing, Feb. 14: The ■ ALREADY 15-MMEMBER Arabia’s policy has been very Japan’s government has death toll in China’s novel advance WHO team has clear since the beginning of given passengers aged 80 coronavirus outbreak has arrived in China on this conflict,” Foreign or older in poor health or spiked to nearly 1,500 with Monday. Minister Prince Faisal bin confined to windowless 121 new fatalities reported Farhan Al Saud told the inner cabins on the mostly from the worst- ■ COMMISSION SAID it Saudi-owned Al Arabiya Diamond Princess the affected Hubei province received reports of 121 English news website in a chance to move from the while the confirmed cases deaths on Thursday with report on Thursday. ship to accommodation on of infection jumped to 5,090 new confirmed land. But only those who nearly 65,000, health offi- cases of novel coronavirus test negative for the virus cials said on Friday. 48 Rohingyas held that has so far infected The hard-hit Hubei infection in China more than 200 people on province, the epicentre of at Myanmar coast board the ship have the the outbreak, has reported firmed cases. The new Pathein (Myanmar): Nearly option to move. 116 new fatalities and deaths also include eight 50 Rohingya Muslims have The first of them depart- reported 4,823 new con- who were clinically diag- been detained at sea by ed the massive cruise ship firmed cases on Thursday, nosed. Myanmar’s navy, a local offi- on Friday afternoon, trav- the provincial health com- The latest report brought cial said on Friday, the latest elling in buses with mission said on Friday. the total confirmed cases from the persecuted minori- blacked out windows. The death toll in China’s in Hubei province to ty to be caught trying to flee At the wheel, one driver coronavirus epidemic has 51,986, state-run Xinhua camps in Bangladesh and was dressed in a head-to- gone up to 1,488, the health news agency reported. Myanmar’s restive Rakhine toe white protective suit, officials said on Friday. The World Health state. It was not immediately complete with goggles and The National Health Organisation on Thursday clear where the group start- mask. A government offi- Commission said, with said a sharp rise of 254 ed their boat journey but cial said 11 people had left, 5,090 new cases the total cases of COVID-19 (official they were likely aiming for but declined to say A bus with a driver wearing protective gear departs from the dockside next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship at number of confirmed name for coronavirus) Malaysia or Indonesia. whether more would the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on Friday. — AFP coronavirus cases soared cases in China, due to a Thousands of Rohingya have depart or offer further up to 64,894 as of change in counting meth- taken to the sea over the details. Thursday. ods, did not represent a big years in high-risk attempts The move comes a day The commission said it shift in the epidemic. to escape sprawling refugee after the number of infec- received reports of 121 Of the 254, Hubei and its camps in Bangladesh and tions diagnosed on the Love in the time of Coronavirus deaths on Thursday with provincial capital Wuhan oppressive conditions in ship rose to 218. 5,090 new confirmed cases reported 242 deaths, the Rakhine. Senior health ministry Tokyo, Feb. 14: “Cupid's been my regular attire for board were being offered a mashed potato and vegeta- of novel coronavirus single highest in a day so Village administrator Myint official Gaku Hashimoto avocado” for dinner, heart- the last week or so.” “Valentine’s Day” break- bles, and a “Valentine’s infection from 31 provin- far. “This does not repre- Thein told AFP by phone the boarded the ship Friday shaped messages for the Passenger Matt Smith, 57, fast, Smith said. “We were Day surprise dessert of cial-level regions. sent a significant change navy had picked up 48 morning to announce that crew, but also painful sepa- was marking Valentine's reminded what day it was the day” is promised. Among the deaths, 116 in the trajectory of the Rohingya men, women and all passengers “who are ration: for those trapped Day on board with his wife by the delivery of what the “Coq au Vin, yes please,” were in Hubei Province, outbreak,” Michael Ryan, children, as well as five “traf- considered to be high risk on board the quarantined of 21 years, Katherine crew member said was a tweeted Yardley Wong, w- two in Heilongjiang, and head of WHO's health fickers”, at sea on in general health” would Diamond Princess cruise Codekas, also 57 — and ‘special’ breakfast,” he ho has been posting her ef- one in Anhui, Henan and emergencies programme, Wednesday evening. now be tested for the virus. ship, Friday is no ordinary admitted this was not said. forts to keep her young son Chongqing respectively, told a press conference in “Those who test positive Valentine's Day. their first-choice location “Not sure why hard- entertained on the ship. “A the commission said. Geneva. will be transferred to the Wearing a red dress and for the special day. boiled eggs, sausage, and special meal for Valenti- The number of new “We're not dealing, from Man sentenced hospital. Those who test a red hair tie, the ship’s “After 21 years of mar- sauteed mushrooms are ne’s Day, a reserved bottle cases in Hubei Province what we understand, with negative will — at the entertainment manager riage, we don’t make a big special.” The dinner of red,” she added, with included 3,095 clinically a spike in cases of 14,000 in Hisahito case request of the individual Natalie posted a Valenti- deal of it, but I usually get menu, on the other hand, her usual hashtag diagnosed cases, which on one day,” he said. Tokyo: A Japanese — disembark and be trans- ne’s Day video on Twitter Katherine a card at least,” promises several special #hanginthereDiamo- have been seen as con- — PTI man who left two kitchen ferred to accommodation to try to keep spirits up. he told AFP from the ship. treats in honour of the day. ndPrincess and a picture of knives on the school desk of provided by the govern- “I just wanted to check in “I think she was a little “Cupid’s Avocado and a bottle of wine. Japan’s Prince Hisahito, who ment,” he said in a state- with everybody and say disappointed with our set- Shrimp salad” to start, fol- She also posted a drawi is second in line to the ment in English read out that we are all hanging in ting,” he added. “Facebook lowed by “Shrimp Valen- ng by her son for Valentin- throne, was given a suspend- by the ship's captain in a there, doing fine and keep- reminded me this morning tine Japanese style with e’s Day, with the caption Masks top V-day ed sentence on Friday. The public broadcast. ing together as a big fami- that three years ago we rice and vegetables.” The “Stay strong, we are with man was handed an 18- “We are aware that many ly,” she said, admitting were in Las Vegas. Way to main course is the French you Diamond Princess.” — month sentence, suspended people are worried and with a smile: “This hasn't rub it in!” Passengers on classic Coq au Vin with ‘Love never fades’ — AFP for four years, a Tokyo dis- concerned about the situa- gift in Hong Kong trict court spokesman tion. However, to improve said. Kaoru Hasegawa was the situation as much as Yoshinobu Nisaka told Hong Kong, Feb. 14: ■ BUSINESSES ARE brac- arrested in April on suspicion possible, the government reporters. Hong Kong’s flower mar- ing for a hit, knowing cou- of illegally entering the is making its best efforts,” He said officials were kets are lamenting dismal premises of the junior high the statement said. asking people in the area Valentine’s Day sales as ples are less likely to leave school that the prince There were more than “to report suspicious cases the city battles the deadly their apartments but some attends. He was also accused 3,700 people on the ship of pneumonia so that we coronavirus outbreak, are implementing meas- of violating Japan’s when it arrived off the can immediately conduct with admirers joking that ures to draw the intrepid firearms law. Japanese coast last week, tests”. The hospital has a box of face masks is a out. Multiple cinema chai- but those diagnosed with been closed to visitors and better way to say “I love ns have said they will only Balloon attacks the virus have been taken medical staff are now you” than a bouquet. sell tickets for every other off the boat, along with being tested for the virus, A man Fong, an art direc- row in a bid to widen the some people suffering Nisaka added. tor at a flower shop in the re-emerge in Gaza other health conditions re- Despite the new infec- district of Mong Kok, says distance between cus- Gaza: As the bunch of quiring medical attention. tions, government officials the usually bumper week tomers brightly-coloured balloons Ten of those hospitalised sought to play down con- leading up to Valentine's floated into Gaza’s evening are now in serious condi- cerns about the spread of Day has been horrendous with lengthy queues pop- sky, there was a piercing tion, Health minister the virus in Japan. “There for business. “It's much ping up outside any phar- crackle of gunfire. Katsunobu Kato said on is not enough epidemiolog- worse than previous years, macies that announce a Moments earlier, the bal- Friday. Excluding the ical evidence to suggest not many people are going new delivery. loons had been launched by cases on the ship, and an that the epidemic is out onto the streets A third of respondents to a group of masked young infected quarantine offi- spreading inside Japan,” because of the virus,” he a customer survey by local Palestinian men huddled cer, Japanese authorities government spokesman told AFP, estimating a 40 matchmaking service near the Al-Bureij refugee have so far diagnosed 33 Yoshihide Suga told percent drop in sales. Hong Kong Romance Dat- camp. They attached explo- people with the newly reporters. “We will keep The supply of flowers ing said surgical masks sives to the weapon before named COVID-19. collecting epidemiological has “also dropped as many and hand sanitiser were setting it adrift towards The newly diagnosed information including of our original suppliers the Valentine's Day gifts Israel. Israeli troops along cases include a woman in on the routes of infec- on the Chinese mainland... they were most hoping for. the border tried to down the her 80s whose positive test tion.” are closed because of the Social media was full of device, but the balloons result emerged after she The Diamond Princess coronavirus,” he said, add- pictures of alternative floated on. Explosives tied to died in hospital. has been quarantined off ing his company has had bouquets — of masks, rice, balloons and kites first emer- The woman was report- Japan since early to import flowers from the wet-wipes, toilet roll and ged as a weapon in Gaza, edly the mother-in-law of a February after it emerged Netherlands and Taiwan other commodities disap- ruled by the Islamist group taxi driver in Tokyo who a former passenger who instead. pearing from supermarket Hamas, during intense prot- has also been diagnosed got off the boat in Hong A manager at another shelves. ests in 2018, when the devi- with the virus. A doctor in Kong had tested positive store, who gave her name Businesses are bracing ces drifted across the border Wakayama prefecture and for the virus. as Joyce, said her shop has for a hit, knowing couples daily, causing thousands of a patient treated in the The quarantine is due to had to reduce what they are less likely to leave fires in Israeli farms and hospital where the doctor end on Feb. 19 and those on buy as customer interest their apartments but some communities. Israel blamed worked have also been the ship have been mostly wilts. “Fresh flowers could are implementing meas- Hamas for the balloon diagnosed. confined to their cabins only keep for five to seven ures to draw the intrepid attacks, which eventually Officials in the region and asked to wear masks days. We don't want to out. Multiple cinema chai- stopped after the two sides said they were still not and keep their distance order too much in case we ns have said they will only reached secret agreements sure if the doctor had from other passengers can’t sell them,” she said. sell tickets for every other to slightly ease the blockade infected the patient. “It is during brief outings on A jubilant passenger reacts as he disembarks from the Westerdam cruise ship in The hot commodity this row in a bid to widen the in exchange for calm. difficult to trace the route open deck. Sihanoukville, Cambodia on Friday. — AFP year is instead face masks, distance between cus- LANKA OKAYS of the infection”, governor — AFP an item in short supply, tomers. — AFP EXTENSION OF BLAME | GAME Beijing has not acceded to requests by US to permit American specialists to visit the country E-VISA FACILITY Colombo, Feb. 14: Sri Lanka has approved the extension of the free visa-on-arrival China refutes charges on lack of transparency on patients scheme until April 30 for the citizens of 48 countries, Beijing, Feb. 14: China to work with the WHO on US to permit American health security and all including India, a senior min- on Friday rejected US alle- this(coronavirus) and they specialists to visit the people's health,” Geng was ister said, as the country’s gations that it is not trans- won't let us”. country to take part in the quoted as saying during an tourism sector took another parent enough in sharing “I don't know what their medical operations to online media briefing here hit due to the deadly coron- the details about the coro- motives are. I do know that counter the virus. Instead, by the AFP. avirus outbreak in China. navirus outbreak, saying apparently, more and more China has permitted a He also said that China In April, Sri Lanka suspend- it was working with the people are suffering over team of the WHO special- has been active and open ed its plans to grant visa-on- international community there,” Kudlow said in ists to visit the country towards cooperation with arrival to citizens of 39 coun- in an “open and highly Washington. and assist it to contain the the US. “China has been tries after the devastating responsible manner” to The death toll in China's virus. active and open towards Easter Sunday bombings that contain the global crisis. novel coronavirus out- While a 15 member WHO cooperation with the US. killed 258 people. China’s comments came break has spiked to nearly advance team has arrived Since the epidemic began, In July, the island nation after Larry Kudlow, the 1,500 with 121 new fatali- on Monday, the rest expect- the health authorities of added more countries, includ- director of President ties reported mostly from ed to reach here soon. the two sides have been in ing India and China after it re- Donald Trump's Economic the worst-affected Hubei However, China’s foreign close communication on launched the free visa on Council, said that the US is province while the con- ministry spokesman Geng policies, timely exchang- arrival scheme, which was little disappointed over firmed cases of infection Shuang said that China ing information on the epi- implemented from August 1. not being invited in the jumped to nearly 65,000, has been working with the demic, with the heads of “With the introduction of the medical operations and health officials said on international community the departments having free visa scheme, we saw an the lack of transparency Friday. to tackle the epidemic in talks through phone calls increase of 10 to 12 per cent in coming from the Chinese State-run CGTN reported an open, transparent and and messages,” he said. tourist arrivals after the over coronavirus out- that 505 cases of the virus highly responsible man- Geng stated that the Easter attacks but with the break. were abroad, including 15 ner. China has been work- Chinese and American coronavirus onset, the sector Stressing that unan- cases of the virus in the ing with the international departments of disease is getting adversely affected swered questions were US. Ever since the coron- community to tackle the control, medical R&D and once more and hence it is mounting and there was avirus outbreak that epidemic in an open, technology as well as sci- important to extend the facili- no sign of the promised shook China and the transparent and highly entists have also been ty for three more months,” cooperation, Kudlow said: world, Beijing has not responsible manner for engaging in various forms A nurse looks at a baby as his parents speak to the media during after recovering from Ramesh Pathirana said. “We're more than willing acceded to requests by the the sake of global public of exchanges. — PTI the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Youan Hospital in Beijing on Friday. — AFP WORLD pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 15 FEBRUARY 2020 13

IN BRIEF Indian visits UAE, Turkey to help Pak against FATF action kills wife Dubai: An Indian in the UAE A minimum of three votes are required for any country to escape the FATF blacklisting has allegedly stabbed his wife to death with a sharp- Islamabad, Feb. 14: next week in France, and Action Task Force meet- plied with only one, large- made a significant edged weapon over suspect- Turkish President Tayyip support from Turkey and ings, where Pakistan is ly complied with nine, par- improvement on the ed infidelity outside her Erdogan on Friday said he longtime allies like China, subject to political pres- tially complied with 26, requirements since the office here, media reports would help Pakistan stay Malaysia and Saudi sure,” Erdogan told and totally missed four last review. said on Friday. She was off a terrorism financing Arabia could help Pakistan’s parliament a parameters, which were Islamabad says it has stabbed three times with a blacklist at a meeting of a Pakistan remain off the day after he arrived in mandatory if Islamabad seized the groups’ assets knife in the UAE’s most pop- global finance watchdog, a blacklist. Islamabad. wanted to be removed and put the militants on ulous city, Khaleej Times move he suggested would A minimum of three The FATF already has from the gray-list, a review trials, like the entire lead- reported. The 44-year-old counter “political pres- votes are required for any Pakistan on its “gray-list” by the group last year said. ership of the JuD, includ- man, who was in Dubai on a sure” from Islamabad’s country to escape the of countries with inade- The FATF says Pakistan ing its chief Hafiz Saeed, visit visa, killed his wife over critics. blacklisting. quate controls over curb- should adequately identify, the alleged mastermind of suspicion that she was The Financial Action If it joined the blacklist ing money laundering and assess and understand the 2008 Mumbai attacks cheating on him, the Court Task Force (FATF), which alongside Iran and North terrorism financing. But risks associated with mili- in India, which killed 166 of First Instance has heard. tackles money laundering, Korea, Islamabad would India, which came close to tant groups operating in people. told Islamabad late last face sanctions and eco- war with its nuclear- Pakistan such as Islamic In a move praised by year that it could face nomic setbacks at a time armed neighbour last year, State group, al-Qaeda, Washington as an impor- Turkish novelist blacklisting if it continued when its economy is strug- wants Pakistan blacklist- Jamat-ud-Dawa, Lashkar- tant step forward, Saeed to apply inadequate con- gling with a balance of ed. e-Taiba and Jaish-e- was jailed for 11 years on acquitted trols over terrorism payment crisis. Of 40 recommendations Mohammad, which contin- Wednesday on terrorism Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan receives Turkey’s Istanbul: A Turkish court on financing. “We will be supporting made by the watchdog, ue to raise funds openly. financing charges. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Parliament in Friday acquitted renowned The FATF is meeting Pakistan at the Financial Pakistan had fully com- Pakistan says it has — Reuters Islamabad on Friday. — AP novelist Asli Erdogan on charges of membership of an armed terror organisa- PROSECUTORS tion. The court in Istanbul Mammoth task also acquitted Erdogan, who Fat cat candidates is living in exile in Germany, GET FINAL of disrupting the unity of the state. Erdogan, whose books WORD AT have been translated into shake up race to various different languages, was an occasional columnist HARVEY TRIAL for pro-Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem which was New York, Feb. 14: By be US president shut down after the failed the time prosecutors at 2016 coup against Turkish Harvey Weinstein’s rape Washington, Feb. 14: firm Advertising President Recep Tayyip trial give their closing They’re flooding the air- Analytics, he spent more Erdogan. argument on Saturday, it waves with campaign ads than $300 million through will have been more targeting Donald Trump. early February. than a week since jurors And they’re paying for “It’s completely unique. Mali policeman heard one of his accus- them with their own There’s been nothing like ers recount what prose- money. this in the history of escapes jihadists cutors describe as a vile Billionaires Mike American politics,” said Bamako: A Malian police sexual encounter with Bloomberg and Tom Bill Sweeney, an expert officer captured by jihadists the disgraced Hollywood Steyer have invested hun- on politics at American escaped and trekked 80 mogul. dreds of millions of dol- University. kilometres to freedom, offi- In the days since, lars in their efforts to win Bloomberg — the ninth cials said. Al-Qaeda-linked Weinstein’s lawyers the Democratic Party’s richest person in the militants attacked a camp in have called witnesses presidential nomination. world, according to Sokolo, central Mali, on who raised doubts about And so far, it seems like Forbes with a net worth of January 26, killing 20 gen- the accusers’ testimony, that strategy is working. more than $55 billion — darmes and wounding five brought in an expert Bloomberg — who has shaken up the more. The Group to Support who spoke about memo- skipped the Iowa caucus- Democratic presidential Islam and Muslims claimed ries getting fuzzy over es and New Hampshire campaign. responsibility and said it had time and offered an epic, primary — is mounting While most other con- also captured three gen- hourslong closing argu- in nationwide polls, while tenders have been on the darmes, members of a ment painting the prose- Steyer is gaining ground trail for more than a year police force under military cution’s case as a “sinis- in South Carolina, a key meeting voters, the ad control. But one captive ter tale” and the allega- state that votes later this blitz by the one-time managed to slip away and tions as “regret month. Republican has already walked 80 km south through renamed as rape.” But some of their rivals had a serious impact. arid terrain before reaching Now, prosecutors look are crying foul, accusing Bloomberg is now run- the town of Niono, a local to focus the jury’s atten- them of corrupting the ning third in nationwide gendarme said on Friday, tion back on the accus- party’s contest for the polls behind Sanders and speaking on condition of ers who testified and Adine Roode, founder of the Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development center, tries to feed Khanysia, a right to take on Trump in former vice-president Joe anonymity. The individual their harrowing five-month-old albino elephant in Hoedspruit, South Africa. Khanysia was severely wounded by a manmade snare November. Biden, according to an was identified as a non-com- accounts alleging rapes, set by a poacher in the lower Kruger park. She was found days later severely dehydrated and brought to the “He’s part of the prob- average compiled by missioned officer but his forced oral sex, groping, Hoedspruit elephant rehab center. — AP lem,” frontrunner Bernie RealClearPolitics. name was not given. masturbation, lewd Sanders said in an inter- Of course, polls at this propositions and casting view with SiriusXM stage of the game are to Tractors snarl couch experiences. radio. be taken with a grain of Several women testi- ISRAELI ATTACK “Look: Bloomberg — salt, because the race Valencia fied that Weinstein anybody else in America really is a state-by-state ignored pleas of “no, no, UAE’s first temple not to ON DAMASCUS — has the right to run for affair. Madrid: Thousands of no” as he assaulted president, but I think in a But even on that level, Spanish farmers were out them. democracy, you do not Bloomberg is investing, protesting on Friday, their The woman Weinstein KILLS 7 FIGHTERS have the right to buy the building a vast grassroots tractors gridlocking the is charged with raping have steel, ferrous materials presidency.” staff and setting up cam- streets of Spain’s third- said he would turn vio- Beirut, Feb. 14: Israeli From when he entered paign offices. Some of his largest city as they demand- lent when he couldn’t Dubai, Feb. 14: The first ■ FLY ASH will be tal of the UAE, home to strikes on Damascus air- the White House race in rivals cannot afford to ed “fair prices” for their get his way and that, “If Hindu temple in the over three million people port killed seven fight- November until end of match such a presence. products. Since the end of he heard the word ‘no,’ it UAE’s capital Abu Dhabi used to reinforce the of Indian origin, in 2018 ers, a war monitor said 2019, the 77-year-old Bloomberg is looking January, thousands of farm- was like a trigger for will not use any steel or concrete in the founda- via video conferencing on Friday, the latest in a Bloomberg, a media ahead to Super Tuesday ers and livestock breeders him.” ferrous materials and will tion. Throughout the from the Dubai Opera string of attacks target- mogul and former New on March 3, when voters have joined a growing wave Another woman be built adopting the tra- House. ing Iran’s military pres- York mayor, spent about in 14 states will cast their of protest over low prices recalled Weinstein ditional temple architec- temple, the architec- Over 3,000 craftsmen are ence in Syria. $200 million of his own ballots. He will also for- and rising production costs sneering, “You’ll never ture in India, temple com- ture is like several working tirelessly in Syrian state media money on ads, his cam- mally skip the Nevada which unions say have erod- make it in this business, mittee officials have said. pieces of jigsaw put India, carving icons and said only that its air paign said. caucuses and the South ed profitability across the this is how this industry Two years after the together without any statues with 5,000 tonnes defences intercepted According to tracking Carolina primary. — AFP sector. During the late morn- works,” when she groundbreaking ceremo- of Italian Carrara Marble missiles over the capital ing, thousands of demon- laughed off his ny, the Swaminarayan steel or ferrous materi- and the exteriors will be overnight while Israel strators and hundreds of advances. Having the temple of the als. made of 12,250 tonnes of did not immediately INDIAN SENTENCED FOR FERRYING tractors brought the coastal last word before jurors Bochasanwasi Shri pink sandstone. comment on the strikes. city of Valencia to a halt, hear instructions and Akshar Purushottam India, no steel or iron India’s ambassador to Israel routinely fires PEOPLE WHO ILLEGALLY ENTERED U.S. with tractors also blocking start deliberating Swaminarayan Sansth reinforcements will be UAE Pavan Kapoor, and missiles at what it says many roads in the southern Tuesday, prosecutors (BAPS) witnessed a major used. Indian Consul General in are Iranian targets in New York, Feb. 14: A 30- he picked up several Andalusia region. Other ral- must also answer some construction milestone as “Fly ash will be used to Dubai Vipul were present Syria, where elite year-old Indian citizen, aliens whom he knew had lies were taking place in of the defense’s knocks first fly ash concrete pour- reinforce the concrete in along with several promi- Iranian forces and allied who worked as an Uber crossed illegally into the Asturias in the north as well on their case. Chief ing for its raft foundation the foundation. nent members of the militia play a key role. driver, has been sen- United States and trans- as in the northeastern region among them: that the took place on Thursday. Throughout the (whole Indian business commu- According to the tenced to a year in prison ported them into the inte- of Catalonia. two women Weinstein is A large number of expa- structure of the) temple, nity and members of the Syrian Observatory for for knowingly transport- rior of the country, in charged with attacking triates from the Indian the architecture is like Community Development Human Rights, the ing individuals who had exchange for payment. APPEAL OVER were opportunists who diaspora gathered at the several pieces of jigsaw Authority (CDA), Dubai strikes launched on late entered the US illegally in On May 20, 2019, the day willingly latched on to site of the temple to wit- put together without any and Abu Dhabi, the Gulf Thursday hit military exchange for money. he was arrested for this the once-powerful pro- ness the major construc- steel or ferrous materials. News reported. targets in the area of the Jaswinder Singh recently offense, Singh drove to a PELL CONVICTION ducer. — AP tion milestone. Fly ash is used as a rein- Addressing the audi- international airport. resided in Philadelphia. location in New York Describing the ceremo- forcement in concrete. In ence, Kapoor thanked the Rami Abdel Rahman, He was sentenced on State to pick up two aliens SET FOR MARCH ny as UAE’s largest single some cases, fly ash can UAE government and the director of the Friday to 12 months in – including a child – who Sydney, Feb. 14: The final pouring of fly ash con- add to the concrete's final said, it was a great privi- Britain-based Obser- prison for knowingly had illegally crossed into appeal by Cardinal George crete in 3,000 cubic strength and increase its lege and honour to visit vatory, said the dead transporting illegal the US from Canada. Pell against his child sex meters, Ashok Kotecha, chemical resistance and the temple site for the first were three Syrian sol- aliens within the United The aliens paid Singh abuse convictions will be held spokesperson of the tem- durability. Fly ash can sig- time. diers and four members States for the purpose of USD 2,200 after he picked by Australia’s High Court on ple committee, told Gulf nificantly improve the The ceremony was con- of Iran's Revolutionary financial gain, US them up. Singh, who pre- March 11-12, the court News: Usually, (building) workability of concrete. ducted by Brahmavihari Guard. Attorney Grant Jaquith viously sought and announced on Friday. foundations have a mix of Prime Minister Das, the senior most saint A Syrian army source said. Singh, who worked received asylum in the It is the final avenue for the concrete and steel. Narendra Modi laid the of the BAPS quoted by SANA said as an Uber driver, admit- United States, faces possi- 78-year-old — who is serving a However, as per tradition- foundation stone for Swaminarayan Temple the attack took place at ted that between January ble deportation as a result six-year sentence for sexually Harvey Weinstein al temple architecture in BAPS temple in the capi- group. — PTI 11:45 pm. — PTI 1, 2019 and May 20, 2019, of this offence. — PTI assaulting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s — to get out of jail. The former Vatican treasur- MEMORY | POWER The nine-minute clip has been watched more than 13 mn times in a week BABY AMONG 87 er, who once helped elect popes, was found guilty by a RESCUED OFF jury in December 2018 of five charges of abusing the choir- CANARY ISLANDS boys when he was the arch- Mom ‘reunites’ with dead daughter in VR show bishop of Melbourne. He was sentenced the follow- Seoul, Feb. 14: A tearful yeon,” she told the com- Park Sang-hyun said the the documentary insisted Madrid, Feb. 14: A ing March and lost a first reunion between a mother puter-generated six-year- documentary amounted to the broadcast was intend- baby born on a rickety appeal in August in Victoria and her dead daughter via old, her hands moving to exploitation of personal ed to “console the family” boat bound for the state’s Court of Appeal in a advanced virtual reality stroke her hair. pain. rather than promote virtu- Canary Islands was one landmark decision that saw for a South Korean televi- But in the real world, “It’s understandable a al reality in ultra-wired of 87 migrants picked up the judges split in a 2-1 verdict. sion has become an online Jang was standing in front grief-stricken mother South Korea. by rescuers overnight, That division — which saw hit, triggering fierce of a studio green screen, would wish to meet her The technology present- Spanish rescuers said on two judges back the jury’s ver- debate about voyeurism wearing a virtual reality late daughter. I would do ed a “new way to keep Friday. dict and the dissenting judge and exploitation. headset and touch-sensi- the same,” he said. loved ones in memory”, The migrants, all of side with Pell — is at the fore- The footage began with tive gloves, her daughter’s “The problem lies in that one of the producers told them from sub-Saharan front of his latest bid to over- the girl — who died of ashes in a locket around the broadcaster has taken reporters. Africa, were travelling turn the convictions. leukaemia in 2016 — her neck. advantage of a vulnerable Jang herself — who has on three boats which The case pitted the most sen- emerging from behind a At times the camera cut mother who lost a child for her daughter’s name and were picked up just ior convicted Catholic child pile of wood in a park, as if to Jang’s watching hus- sake of the viewer rat- date of birth tattooed on south of the island of molester against a former playing hide-and-seek. band and their three sur- ings.” her arm in memory — Gran Canaria, a spokes- choirboy now in his 30s, who “Mum, where have you viving children, wiping The documentary showcasing advanced virtual reality “If the mother had been hoped the programme woman for the two of the judges found to be been,” she asks. “I’ve away tears of their own. technology by engineering an encounter between a counselled before the film- could “console” others Salvamento Maritimo “very compelling” and some- missed you a lot. Have you A nine-minute clip of the mother and her dead daughter, has triggering an out- ing,” he added, “I wonder who had lost loved ones. rescue service said. one who “was clearly not a missed me?” Munhwa Broadcasting pouring of sympathy and debate over the issue. — AFP what kind of a psychia- “Even though it was a “A new-born baby was liar, was not a fantasist and Tears streaming down Corporation (MBC) docu- trist would approve this.” very brief... I was really rescued and it seems was a witness of truth”. her face, Jang Ji-sung mentary I Met You has offered Jang their sympa- two years ago and I wish I It took eight months of happy in the moment,” she that the mother gave The third judge, however, reached out towards her, been watched more than thy and support for the could meet her through filming and programming wrote on her blog — which birth in the boat just found the victim's account wracked with emotion. 13 million times in a week concept. “My mother virtual reality,” said one. to create the virtual Na- she has since turned pri- beforehand,” she said. “contained discrepancies”. “I have missed you Na- on Youtube. Many viewers unexpectedly passed away But media columnist yeon, but the makers of vate. — AFP — AFP pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD |SATURDAY | 15 FEBRUARY 2020 14 quick ■ Finance ministry to give details of Vivad se Vishwas scheme soon SC rejects plea for Ready to go beyond Budget more time to sell BITES BS-IV vehicles INDICATORS % to boost growth: Sitharaman MICHAEL GONSALVES modification of its Sensex 41,257.74 -0.49 New Delhi, Feb. 14: PUNE, FEB. 14 October 2018 order, where Nifty 50 12,113.50 -0.50 Finance minister Nirmala the apex court ordered S&P 500* 3,378.56 0.14 Sitharaman on Friday said The Supreme Court on that no BS-IV vehicles can that if required, the gov- Exports contract by 1.6% Friday rejected the be sold after March 31, Dollar (`) 71.39 0.07 ernment would take more Federation of Automobile 2020. Pound Sterling (`) 93.06 0.36 steps beyond the Budget Dealers Associations’ Automobile dealers had announcements to boost (FADA) appeal to extend previously said that they Euro (`) 77.50 -0.25 economic activities. the deadline for sales of might fail to liquidate the Gold (10gm)* (`) 41,481▼75 0.18 At an interactive session BS-IV vehicles beyond BS-IV inventory before Brent crude ($/bbl)* 57.06 1.28 on 'Budget and Beyond' March 31. this timeline. with professionals from The new and stringent With the new emission IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.369 -0.864 asset management, wealth BS-VI emission norms are norms set to be imple- US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.585 -1.979 advisory, tax consultancy mandated to be imple- mented in less than two and other related indus- mented from April 1 all months time, several * As of 9:30 pm IST tries, the minister also said over the country. automakers, including Budget 2020-21’s impact on FADA had asked for a market leader Maruti equity, bond and currency one-month extension of Suzuki, Tata Motors, markets would be positive. the deadline, which was Hyundai and Mahindra, SpiceJet posts "If more has to be done rejected by the apex court. have already transitioned beyond the Budget 2020, we The FADA appeal was a major chunk of their are willing to do that," based on the fact that the product portfolio to BS-VI `73 crore net Sitharaman said at the ses- auto industry is facing a from BS-IV. sion, where the partici- significant slowdown in Earlier on Monday, profit in Q3 pants made several sugges- both wholesale and retail. Mahindra had said that it SpiceJet reported a net profit of tions to boost economic At present, the overall was stuck with some 3,000 Rs 73.2 crore in the third quar- activities in the country. WPI inflation rises to 3.1% New Delhi, Feb. 14: The 0.75 per cent to $41.14 bil- sales for the auto industry BS IV vehicles, as a couple ter against Rs 55.1 crore a year The government annou- country's exports dropped lion, widening the trade in January was 1,739,975 of couple of electronic ago and said Boeing has offered nced a host of steps in the 1.66 per cent to $25.97 bil- deficit to a seven-month units, down 13.83 per cent, components were in an interim compensation over budget, to expand the eco- New Delhi, Feb. 14: 2019. The food articles lion in January, the sixth high of $15.17 billion. with passenger vehicles at short-supply over the the grounding of MAX planes. nomic activities at a time With a sharp rise in the saw an 11.51 per cent straight month of con- Gold imports shrunk by 262,714 units, down 6.2 per China lockdown, and SpiceJet expects to take a deci- when the country is faced prices of food articles like jump in prices in January traction, owing to a signif- about 9 per cent to $1.58 cent, commercial vehicles might move the apex sion on Boeing compensation with a demand slowdown. onion and potato, the from 2.41 per cent a icant fall in shipments of billion in January. at 75,289 units, down 14.4 court for a relaxation of before March-end, CFO Kiran During the interactive wholesale price inflation, month earlier. Vegetable petroleum, plastic, carpet, Of the 30 key sectors, 18 per cent, three-wheelers the March 31 deadline to Koteshwar said. Total income session, participants made or WPI, for January rose prices surged by 52.72 per gems and jewellery, and segments showed nega- at 60,903 units, up 12.69 sell the units. rose to Rs 3,917.34 crore from suggestions for increasing to 3.1 per cent, from 2.59 cent, mainly over onion, leather products. Imports tive growth in exports last cent and two-wheelers at FADA represents over Rs 2,530.84 crore. Standalone consumption, giving more per cent in December and which saw a 293.37 per also fell for the eighth con- month. 1,341,005 units, down 16.06 15,000 automobile dealers —FC —FC Bureau profit from air transport services money into the hands of 2.76 per cent in January cent jump in prices. secutive months, down per cent. having 25,000 dealerships (airline) was Rs 115 crore. consumers, measures The auto dealers lobby across India and employ required to boost liquidity had filed the application over 2.5 million directly and hosts of suggestions Several suggestions were Vishwas' scheme to deal the direct taxes. She said provide details of the in Supreme Court on and another 2.5 million for the capital markets. also made on the 'Vivad se with the disputes related to the finance ministry will scheme soon. —PTI December 18, seeking indirectly. Forex reserves soar to record Amazon gets stay against CCI investigation SC raps telcos over AGR

$473 billion SANGEETHA G being in the realm of the Commission had ordered welcome and respect the CHENNAI, FEB. 14 ED and the adjudicating the probe against both decision of the Hon’ble dues, warns of contempt authority under the Fema, Amazon and Flipkart in a High Court of Karnataka, The Karnataka High the case of CCI vs Bharti complaint filed by the this is just a step in the Court has ordered a stay Airtel would apply to this Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh legal process. We are con- DC CORRESPONDENT on the competition watch- case as well and the ED (DVM), representing small fident about our compli- NEW DELHI, FEB. 14 dog’s investigations would have to give its businesses. The petitioner ance”. against e-commerce big- report before the CCI had alleged that the e-com- Both Delhi Vyapar The Supreme Court on SC stance jolts several stocks gies Amazon and Flipkart. could proceed with the merce companies were Mahasangh and Friday threatened con- The court felt that the matter. violating the competition Confederation of All India tempt proceedings against RAVI RANJAN PRASAD reported by the company ongoing investigation by The HC also noted that laws. Traders (Cait), which had top executives of telecom MUMBAI, FEB.14 on Thursday. the Enforcement while the CCI had asked In its plea, Amazon had impleaded as a party to giants like Bharti Airtel, Bharti Airtel shares Directorate (ED) should Amazon for its comments sought "quashing and set- the case, have decided to Vodafone Idea and others Telecom stocks and their rose 4.69 per cent to close The country's foreign exchange be first completed before in a previous case filed ting aside" of the CCI's file an appeal against the for failing to comply with lenders were impacted at a new high of `565. reserves rose by $1.701 billion the Competition by All-India Online probe order dated order of the High Court its directive to pay an esti- after Supreme Court However, shares of anoth- to a record high of $473 billion Commission of India Vendors’ Association, it January 13, claiming that soon. Meanwhile, Cait mated `1.47 lakh crores in came down heavily on er Bharti Group company, in the week to February 7 on could initiate a probe. Last should have also called the fair competition said it will ask the Union past dues. In a judgment telecom companies and Bharti Infratel, fell 4.04 account of an increase in for- year, the ED had initiated the parties in the current watchdog passed orders government to speed up which will have far-reach- government officials for per cent to `235.25. eign currency assets. In the pre- an investigation against case. against the company with- the ED investigation. ing implications for the non-compliance of its RIL, which owns Jio, vious week, the forex reserves Amazon and Flipkart for Amazon had filed a writ out applying mind and The court has asked the telecom sector, the court October 24 order to pay gained 0.86 per cent clos- had swollen by $4.607 billion to alleged violation of for- petition in the court on caused serious loss to its respondents in the matter, also expressed its dis- dues and refused any ing at `1486.65. Shares of $471.3 billion. Foreign currency eign direct investment Monday against the probe reputation. including CCI and Cait to pleasure at the “temerity” relief in payment of AGR lenders like SBI and assets, a major component of (FDI) laws. The court ordered by CCI in Commenting on the stay, file their responses within of a desk officer in the dues and directed them to IndusInd Bank, which the overall reserves, rose by opined that FDI violations January. The Competition Amazon said: “while we eight weeks. department of telecom for pay up by March 16. have big exposure to the $1.938 billion to $439.186 bil- “scuttling” its order by The telecom firms, telecom companies facing lion. Gold reserves declined by issuing a written directive Vodfone Idea, Bharti AGR dues, also fell by 2.41 $218 million to $28.779 billion. to not take any coercive Airtel and Tata per cent and 4.38 per cent, action against firms for Teleservices and Hughes, respectively. Trump set to woo Indian Urgent need not depositing dues by the had sought a modifica- Non-telecom PSUs sad- January 23, 2020 deadline. tion of the court order in dled with AGR dues also A bench of Justices the light of the financial fell as the apex court also Forms for lower for more Arun Mishra, S. Abdul distress. dismissed similar pleas executives during visit Nazeer and M.R. Shah The Supreme Court, by non-telecom PSUs, said the companies have however, made it clear asking them to challenge corporate reforms: IMF violated its order and that they will have to the government demand New Delhi, Feb. 14: US. being planned between to creating American jobs, asked them to clear the cough up `1.47 lakh crore notices in appropriate President Donald Trump Trump and Indian execu- while Bharat Forge has LALIT K JHA dues before the next date in adjusted gross revenue fora. Non-telecom PSUs taxes notified will meet executives of tives, especially those announced plans to invest WASHINGTON, FEB. 14 of hearing on March 17. (AGR) dues. losers included Gail The Income Tax Department large Indian companies focussing on job creation $56 million to set up a new “In spite of the dismissal Shares of Vodafone Idea India (-5.91 per cent), has notified forms for compa- with interests in the US as and manufacturing in the plant in North Carolina. India urgently needs of the review application fell over 27 per cent to Power Grid (-3.26 per nies to avail of the reduced cor- he looks to drum up US, the sources said. The $100-billion Tata more ambitious structur- (filed by the telcos), they touch a low of `3.25 on cent) and Oil India (-2.87 porate tax rates that were investments during his The meeting, which will Group says it is one of the al and financial sector have not deposited any the BSE and later closed per cent). The apex announced in September last visit to New Delhi this be held in New Delhi, was largest Indian-headquar- reform measures and a amount so far. It appears 23.21 per cent down at court’s strong words year. The Central Board of month. unlikely to include execu- tered multinationals in medium-term fiscal con- the way in which things `3.44. Vodafone Idea post- means end of the road on Direct Taxes has notified Forms Executives of some of tives of US companies, North America, with 13 solidation strategy due to are happening that they ed over `6,400 crore loss any further extension of 10-IC and 10-ID for existing the companies expected to they said. companies and more than the rising debt levels have scant respect for the in the third quarter, as AGR dues, analyst said. companies that want to avail of attend the meeting Creating new jobs and 35,000 employees. while ensuring a more directions issued by this lower I-T rate and new manu- include Indian oil & gas boosting manufacturing is The Confederation of accommodative fiscal court,” they said in the facturing firms, respectively. In company RIL, diversified critical for Trump in his Indian Industries and US- stance in the budget, the judgment. tiated against them for not ment pursuant to the order Sept., the Centre announced a group Tata Sons and auto re-election bid later this India trade groups have IMF has said. Separate petitions filed complying with its 2019 passed by this court and cut in base corporate tax for sector companies such as year. U.S. factory activity suggested several Indian Responding to a ques- by non-telecom firms such order to pay the govern- not to take any coercive existing companies. Bharat Forge, Mahindra rebounded in January but executives for the Trump tion on India’s budget, as gas utility GAIL and ment `92,000 crores in steps till further orders”. and Mahindra and only after it contracted for meeting and the U.S. International Monetary power transmission firm dues. Observing that this was Motherson, industry and five straight months. Embassy in New Delhi Fund (IMF) spokesper- PowerGrid, who were The court order said: “It nothing but “staying” its business sources told “President (Trump) is was reviewing that, one son Gerry Rice said the slapped with a demand of is made clear that in case October 2019 order, the Reuters. keen on acknowledging source said, adding the economic environment `2.65 lakh crores by the the order passed by this court said: “This is noth- Trump is scheduled to Indian companies which final list was yet to be in India is weaker than DoT, were withdrawn by court is not complied ing but a device to scuttle Srei Infra’s make his first visit as are focussing on manufac- finalised. what the organisation the applicants after the with, the above persons the order of this court. president to India on Feb. turing in the United Other than his meeting had forecast earlier. court said they can repre- shall remain personally This kind of order should 24-25 during which he will States,” said a with Indian business lead- "While the budget sent their case at appro- present in court on the not have been passed by consolidated net travel to Prime Minister Washington-based source ers and Modi, Trump is touches on ongoing sec- priate forms. next date of hearing.” the desk officer at all.” “In Narendra Modi’s home aware of the plans. expected to attend an toral efforts, there The court on Friday Besides this, the court the circumstances”, the falls 34% to `60 cr state of Gujarat followed US is a key market for event at a stadium in remains an urgent need issued showcause notices also took a serious view of court said, “we draw con- by talks in New Delhi. The several Indian firms. Gujarat along the lines of for more ambitious to the managing direc- the “temerity” of a DoT tempt proceedings against Srei Infrastructure Finance two countries are trying Mahindra last year said the “Howdy Modi” extrav- structural and financial tors/directors of the tele- desk officer in directing the desk officer for passing reported a 34.4 per cent fall in to sign a trade deal during it will invest another $1 aganza held in Houston sector reform meas- com service providers, the accountant-general, a the order and violating the consolidated net profit at Rs 60 his visit. billion in the United last September. ures,” Rice said. —PTI asking why contempt pro- constitutional authority, order passed by this crore for the December quarter On Feb. 25, a meeting is States and was committed — Reuters ceedings should not be ini- “not to insist for any pay- court.” from Rs 91.41 crore in the year- ago period. Total consolidated income was down at Rs 1,402.81 crore from Rs 1,722.52 crore.. Hemant Kanoria, chairman, Srei, said: "For last few years, our focus has been to grow our equipment finance portfolio, Modi trying to pull all stops for Trump’s first visit where we are witnessing a From Page 1 commerce restrictions. India has offered to allow from animals that have con- hold talks in New Delhi and silent recovery in demand.” Trump’s trip to India has imports of US chicken legs, sumed feeds that include inter- attend a reception that the Prime Minister Narendra raised hopes that he would turkey and produce such as nal organs, blood meal or tis- hosts have promised will be Modi is trying to pull all the restore some of the country’s blueberries and cherries, sues of ruminants. bigger than the one organised Printed & Published by stops for the US president’s US trade preferences, in Indian government sources New Delhi has also offered to for former president Barack T Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan Feb. 24-25 visit, aimed at exchange for tariff reductions said, and has offered to cut tar- lower its 50 per cent tariffs on Obama in 2015. 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SHORT TAKES Vihari ready to Smriti rises to 4th in T20 rankings open batting Dubai: India star Smriti Mandhana on Friday rose Shaky start if required three rungs to fourth but Jemimah Rodrigues dropped Hamilton, Feb. 14: Hanuma to seventh in the latest ICC Openers fail seam and bounce test Vihari on Friday said he women’s T20 International won’t mind taking up the rankings for batters. opener’s role if the team Harmanpreet Kaur has before Vihari, Pujara come to rescue management asks after remained static at ninth in India’s inexperienced open- the same list. Among the Hamilton, Feb. 14: ing options were technically bowlers, Poonam Yadav Hanuma Vihari’s gutsy exposed by a second-string dropped six places to fall out hundred and the seasoned New Zealand attack on the of the top 10 and take the Cheteshwar Pujara’s 92 opening day of the warm-up 12th position. Although Suzie were the bright spots in an game here. Bates, New Zealand’s No.3, otherwise dreadful batting Coming in at no.6, Vihari retained her top spot, there performance by India on scored a hundred but were other movements in the first day of their Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi the top 10, with Bates’ team- warm-up game against Shaw and Shubman Gill mate and captain Sophie New Zealand XI here. were dismissed early, undone Devine rising four spots to All the three designated by the extra bounce and no.2, the ICC said in a state- openers — Mayank seam movement during the ment. Australia opener Beth Agarwal (1), Prithvi Shaw match against New Zealand Mooney and Mandhana, who (0) and Shubman Gill (0) — XI. made two half centuries dur- failed the seam and The trio’s performance ing the tri-series, both made bounce test, falling cheap- raised doubts about its abili- upward movements, while ly. With skipper Virat ty to face the likes of Neil Meg Lanning, despite drop- Kohli opting for an intense Wagner, Trent Boult and ping three position, hung on net session over the warm- Matt Henry. “As a player, I am to the top five. Among the up game, India managed prepared to bat anywhere. As bowlers, Ellyse Perry’s gold- only 263 with none apart India openers Mayank Agarwal (left) and Prithvi Shaw Hanuma Vihari of now, I’ve not been en run with the ball gave her from Vihari (101 retired) get ready to take the field. — BCCI celebrates his informed anything. As I said a jump of four places into and Pujara able to score hundred in a before as well, if the team the top 10, to No.7. England even 20 runs on a Seddon requires me to bat wherever, warm-up game. fast bowler Anya Shrubsole Park track that had liberal I am ready to bat,” said tumbled six places to fall out grass covering. Turner puts onus — BCCI Vihari, who retired after of the top 20. Anuja Patil What would worry the scoring 101. and Delissa Kimmince lost Indian team management The Andhra player has out big as well, falling 11 was failure of all the three delivered whenever given a places to 31, and 14 places to openers. Shaw and Gill on Bumrah, Shami chance. Does he feel bad 33 respectively. — PTI were undone by the extra about not getting to play four bounce while Agarwal Hamilton, Feb. 14: successive Tests after the failed to counter to seam Former New Zealand skip- series-opener against South RCB unveil new movement. New Zealand per Glenn Turner is quite Africa at Visakhapatnam last pacer Scott Kuggeleijn surprised that his country year in October? logo ahead of IPL (3/40) got the ball to rear has its “nose ahead” in the “Sometimes you have to New Delhi: The Virat Kohli- up awkwardly from length ongoing bilateral series understand the team combi- led Indian Premier League during his first spell and against India and the rea- nation as well. You can’t get side Royal Challengers Shaw’s dismissal was the son, according to him, is disheartened by it. I under- Bangalore on Friday ugliest one. the underwhelming per- stood when you are playing unveiled its new logo ahead Kuggeleijn, who was hit- formance of the Jasprit at home, we play five of the upcoming season ting the deck hard, got one Bumrah-led visiting pac- bowlers. It’s obvious that one starting March 29. into Shaw’s rib-cage leav- ers. However, Turner batter has to miss out. So I The club said the new logo ing the batsman in no posi- expects Bumrah and took it in my stride. I don’t design, which features a lion, tion to duck. The eyes Mohammed Shami to lift Glenn Turner want to prove anything to “embodies the bold and were not on the ball with their game in the upcom- anyone but just follow the fearless attitude” of the side. the bat face closed. The ing two-Test series, which Turner said. process,” Vihari said. Speaking on the launch of awkward hit ballooned up begins on February 21. Turner believes Bumrah Vihari was surprised by the the new visual identity, and was taken by Rachin After winning the five and Shami’s ability to extra bounce on offer on Sanjeev Churiwala, Chairman Ravindra at short leg. match T20 series 5-0, India swing the ball will work to Friday but is happy to have of Royal Challengers Agarwal, who has been lost the ODI series 0-3 fail- India’s advantage during countered the challenge in Bangalore, said, “The ele- in horrible form of late, ing to defend 347 in one the Test series. “At the the warm-up game which ments in the logo is a com- then edged an away going game and nearly 300 (296) moment, New Zealand provided him with an oppor- mitment to continuously delivery to keeper Dane in the final match. have their nose ahead but I tunity to prepare well. He entertain and engage with Cleaver behind the “I have no time at all for have been rather sur- added 195 runs with fans who are the force stumps. Another classic T20 cricket. It’s a blot on prised, that has been the Cheteshwar Pujara (93) after behind Royal Challengers Test match dismissal was the game. 50-over cricket, case. India have shown in none of the other batsmen Bangalore. Gill, who was given the you can have a game. three-match series they crossed the 20-run mark. “We believe a change in no.4 slot in absence of Technically, I felt bowling have several whats and I “Initially, I thought the identity for the club was skipper Kohli. The snorter from both sides have been am surprised that they extra bounce surprised us. necessary to effectively live from Kuggeleijn grew big way below than what I had have not performed better (In) the couple of matches I and breathe this vision and on Gill, who tried defend- expected at international than they have,” he said. played against New Zealand celebrate the passion for ing but the thick edge flew levels in both formats,” — PTI A, the pitch didn’t do as cricket and playing bold,” he to gully making it 5 for 3 in much as what it did in the added. — PTI no time. batting became easy in the sion trying to hook Gibson morning today. “Once we Ajinkya Rahane (18) was second and third session. even as Vihari got to the adjusted, me and Puji out by the end of the first Once the spinners were three-figure mark. (Pujara’s nickname), we got SA call off Pak tour hour, edging one to the in operation, Pujara — PTI our eye in, then we knew slips, before Vihari and pulled Ish Sodhi over long Brief scores: India 263 in we had to bat long and Pujara stemmed the rot leg for a six while Vihari 78.5 overs (Cheteshwar that’s exactly what we citing workload and got a 195-run stand. also hit three down the Pujara 92, Hanuma Vihari did,” Vihari said after Johannesburg: South Africa Once they saw of ground off left-arm spin- (retd out) 101, Kuggeleijn the end of day’s play. have ruled out participation Kuggeleijn’s first spell and ner Ravindra. Pujara was 3/40, Ish Sodhi 3/72) vs — PTI in a proposed T20 series in the skiddy Blair Tickner, finally out in the final ses- New Zealand XI. Pakistan following their India tour next month, citing play- ers' workload. The tour will be rescheduled at a later date suitable to U-23 | CRICKET both the Pakistan Cricket SCR keep Board (PCB) and Cricket Bengal, K’taka make it South Africa (CSA), reported SHREYAS, ESPNCricinfo. South Africa winning at play three ODIs in India from PRAGNAY HIT March 12 to 18 and the tour basketball to Ranji quarterfinals of Pakistan for three T20s in Rawalpindi was planned DC CORRESPONDENT Patiala, Feb. 14: Bengal They ended their second HALF-TONS after that. South Africa are HYDERABAD, FEB. 14 and Karnataka scripted BRIEF SCORES innings at 296 all out, set- currently playing T20s contrasting wins over In Rajkot: Tamil Nadu 424 vs ting Karnataka a 149-run DC CORRESPONDENT against England after com- South Central Railway Punjab and Baroda Saurashtra 346/6 (Arpit target, which the hosts HYDERABAD, FEB. 14 peting in four Tests and continued to be on a roll, respectively to qualify for Vasavada 126 not out, Avi reached in 44.4 overs with three ODIs. After the three registering a hard- the Ranji Trophy quarter- Barot 82; K. Vignesh 2/57). the loss of just two wick- Hyderabad rode on half- T20s against England, the fought 88-65 victory finals on Friday. ets. centuries by Shreyas Proteas will host Australia against Sanathnagar The results on day three In Hyderabad: Hyderabad 272 Karnataka skipper Vala (83) and Pragnay for three ODIs and as many Play Ground (SPG) in of the final round of Ranji & 139/7 in 49 overs (Buddhi Karun Nair took the team Reddy (83) to make 294 T20s with the last match the semifinals of the Trophy also knocked Rahul 39, Prateek Reddy 26, A. over the line with an for 8 against Vidarbha ending on March 7, leaving third Samuel Vasanth Delhi out of the tourna- Sarvate 4/68) vs Vidarbha 333 unbeaten 71 off on the first day of their less than a week in between Kumar memorial prize ment. Punjab, needing 190 in 113.4 overs (Faiz Fazal 151, 126 balls. Col C. K. Nayudu for the series-opener in India money flood-lit basket- runs for victory, fluffed Ganesh Satish 65; Ravi Kiran At the Feroz Shah Kotla, Trophy Under 23 league at Dharamsala. — PTI ball tournament at their run chase to be 3/25). Delhi made Rajasthan fol- match at the Gymkhana YMCA Secunderabad on bowled out for 141, hand- low-on after bowling them ground here on Friday. Friday evening. At half- ing Bengal a 48-run victo- In Bengaluru: Baroda 85 and out for 299 in the first One down batsman time, the winner led 52- ry. 296 (A. Pathan 90, innings in response to Shreyas hit 11 bound- BCCI ACU CHIEF 30. Spinners dominated the Abhimanyusingh 52; M. their mammoth 623. aries and a six in his 128- SPG ran the railway game with Bengal left- Prasidh Krishna 4/45) lost Rajasthan captain ball knock while No.5 men close in the opening arm spinner Shahbaz to Karnataka 233 and 150/2 Ashok Menaria scored a Pragnay, who also keeps WANTS ACCESS quarter, the latter piling Ahmed picking up four (Karun Nair 71 not out; gritty 119 but he did not wickets for the side, belt- up fouls and not on tar- wickets in the second Bhargav Bhatt 2/62). get support from the other ed 10 fours and three TO SANJEEV get with their outside innings to take his match- In Nadiad: Andhra 177 & 216/7 batsmen. sixes in his innings that New Delhi: BCCI anti-corruption shooting. The former haul to 11. Resuming day in 89 overs (Karan Shinde 64, Following-on, Rajasthan came off 126 balls. chief Ajit Singh on Friday said put up stiff resistance, three at 199 for nine, B. Sumanth 47, Axar Patel were 128 for in their sec- M. Abhirath Reddy (46) he will request Delhi Police to Hyderabad shuttlers Sree Krishna Priya Kudaravalli jealously guarding their Bengal scored only three 5/77) vs Gujarat 406 in 109.4 ond innings, trailing and Thakur Tilak allow his team to question (left) and K. Maneesha pose with the team runner-up backboard, leaving their runs to set Punjab a 190- overs (Parthiv Patel 57, Axar Delhi by 196 runs. Varma (34) played sec- Sanjeev Chawla, an alleged trophy at the All India Public Sector Badminton much taller opponents run target. It turned out to Patel 89, Chirag Gandhi 93; In Hyderabad, the hosts ond fiddle for Hyderabad bookie and key accused in one Championship at Jaipur. little space to penetrate be enough in a low-scor- Shoaib Md Khan 4/80). were in trouble at 139 for 7 even as S. R. Dube (4 for of cricket's biggest match-fixing their defence. ing game with Punjab get- in their second innings, 45) stood out for scandals that involved late As the match pro- ting bowled out in 47. 3 having conceded a first Vidarbha. South Africa captain Hansie gressed, SPG couldn’t overs. Ramandeep Singh Karnataka advanced to innings lead to Vidarbha. Brief scores (day-1): Cronje. Chawla, who was extra- regroup in defence effec- (69 not out off 104) ran out the quarterfinals with an Rahul Buddhi made 39 Hyderabad 294/8 in 90 dited from the United Kingdom Maneesha wins, tively, which Railways’ of partners in the end. eight-wicket win over and Prateek Reddy 26 as overs (Shreyas Vala 83, on Thursday, has been sent to pivot and top-scorer Bengal gained six points Baroda. It was an none of the other Pragnay Reddy 83, M. 12-day police custody by a trial Raju M. capitalised on. from the win, pushing improved batting effort Hyderabad batsmen could Abhirath Reddy 46, Tilak court, which he has challenged Backing him up in them on the top of the from Baroda in the second measure up to Aditya Varma 34, S. R. Dube 4 for in the High Court. Singh said Priya runner-up attack were Vijay, with standings. innings after being shot Sarwate, who took 4 wick- 45, P. R. Rekhade 2 for 64) talking to Chawla might help five three-pointers in his In Bengaluru, out for 85 on day one. ets for 68 runs. — PTI vs Vidarbha. the BCCI get some valuable DC CORRESPONDENT Earlier, she beat tally of 23 and Santosh information for future investiga- HYDERABAD, FEB. 14 Shriyanshi Pardeshi 22- Mani who had 20 points. tions. “We will contact the Delhi 10, 21-18; walloped Just when SPG was police as he is in its custody. We Hyderabad shuttler Sree Vaidehi 21-15, 21-14; being written off, they would like to know from Delhi Krishna Priya hemmed in Hena Das 22- came back strongly in Police what all information he Kudaravalli made an 11, 21-4 and slammed B. the third quarter thanks has shared with it. And if possi- impressive run to the Smitha 21-2, 21-2 as she to shooter Nikhil, point ble, we would like to talk to him finals before settling for turned up the heat. guards Shiva Teja Yadav also but totally depends on silver in the All India Another Hyderabad and Shoaib Khan. Delhi Police’s permission,” Public Sector Badminton shuttler, K. Maneesha, Shoaib was a pocket- Singh said. Tournament held at won the mixed doubles sized dynamo, his mush- “It is an old case and if it is time Jaipur. title. She paired up with room haircut a sight to barred in our courts, it doesn’t Representing the Anjaan Burogehaon to behold as he zipped to make a difference. We can Reserve Bank of India, defeat Ravi and Sakshi and fro. update our data in terms of Krishna Priya stormed Gahlawat 21-12, 21-13 in The results: SCR 88 (Raju anything new he reveals which through the first four the summit clash. M. 24, Vijay 23, Santosh may not have been in public rounds in straight games The Reserve Bank of Mani 20, Mallaiah 10) bt domain," said the BCCI ACU before going down 21-14, India team finished run- SPG 65 (Nikhil 22, Shiva boss. 16-21, 16-21 to Shikha ner-up in the champi- Teja Yadav 15, Shoaib Teams pose with Handball Federation of India vice president Jagan Mohan Rao (centre) at the inauguration of the — PTI Gautam in the title clash. onship. Khan 12). 1st Inter-College Handball League at Lal Bahadur Stadium on Friday. GAMES pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | SATURDAY | 15 FEBRUARY 2020 16

SHORT TAKES India pip Thailand to enter semifinals Ron’s rescue act Manila, Feb. 14: The Championships on Friday. M.R. Arjun & Dhruv Kapila Sen then beat Suppanyu Indian men’s team is B. Sai Praneeth lost 14-21, kept India in the hunt with Avihingsanon 21-19, 21-18 assured of a medal after 21-14, 12-21 to Kantaphon a 21-18, 22-20 win over before Chirag Shetty & Cristiano penalty helps Juve draw at Milan making the semifinals with Wangcharoen; Kidambi Kittinupong Kedren and Srikanth beat Maneepong a 3-2 win over Thailand at Srikanth went down 20-22, Tanupat Viriyangkura in Jongjit & Nipitphon Phuan- Milan, Feb. 14: the Badminton Asia Team 14-21 to Kunlavut Vitidsarn. the first doubles. Lakshya gphuapet 21-15, 16-21, 21-15. Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury-time penalty grabbed Juventus a 1-1 draw at AC Milan in their Italian Cup semi- final, first leg on Thursday as his incredi- ble scoring run contin- ued. The 35-year-old has Pranavi Chandra now scored 12 goals in his last eight games in Pranavi to lead all competitions after the Portuguese ultimate- ly got the better of old Hyderabad U-19 rival Zlatan Ibrahimovic Hyderabad: Pranavi Chandra will despite being largely lead the Hyderabad cricket anonymous for much of team for the Women’s Under-19 the match. one-day tournament to be held Milan paid for Theo at Gwalior from February 19. Hernandez’s 71st-minute The team: Pranavi Chandra red card as they failed to (captain), Mamtha (wicketkeep- close out a game they er), Chandra Smitha (vice-cap- had dominated for long tain), Manjula (wicketkeeper), periods and led through Merlyn John, Bhavishya, Kranthi Ante Rebic. Reddy, Suvartha P, Tehniyath Juve will now be Cristiano Ronaldo (left) of Juventus celebrates after Fatima, T. Chandana, Tanuja favourites to finish the scoring a penalty against AC Milan in their Italian Reddy, Shivani Goud, G. job in the second leg at Cup semifinal first leg match at the San Siro Lavanya, Likitha Nandani, the Allianz Stadium Stadium in Milan on Thursday. — AFP Sindhuja, K. Ishita. next month, with a final Support staff: Abdul Bari against either Inter Cuadrado saw his low back post by Rebic. Wahab (head coach), Nayyar Milan or Napoli up for strike well saved by Juventus were gifted a Fatima (assistant coach), T. grabs. Milan goalkeeper way back into the game Swapnadeep (manager), The hosts started Gianluigi Donnarumma. with 18 minutes remain- Manasa (physio), Naveen Reddy strongly, with Milan started the sec- ing as Hernandez was (trainer). Ibrahimovic heading ond half as they did the handed a second yellow over the crossbar inside first, on the front foot, card for a late challenge the first minute. but Rebic was denied an on Paulo Dybala. Liverpool look to He continued to be a opening goal by Dybala curled wide threat to his former club Gianluigi Buffon. with five minutes early on, but could only Samu Castillejo also remaining, but Juve extend EPL lead direct an ambitious called Buffon into action were awarded a spot- London: Liverpool are expected backheel flick beyond seven minutes after the kick in the final minute to take another step towards the far post, before pick- break, with the 42-year- of normal time as VAR clinching a long-awaited ing up a booking which old goalkeeper able to spotted a handball by Premier League title at bottom- will see him miss the make a comfortable save. Davide Calabria. of-the-table Norwich, while second leg through sus- Stefano Pioli’s side Ronaldo stepped up behind the runaway leaders the pension. finally made the break- and slammed the ball battle for Champions League Juventus finally pro- through in the 61st down the middle to score places takes centre stage this duced their first shot in minute, though, as his 24th goal of the sea- weekend. anger nine minutes Castillejo’s clipped cross son. The Reds can extend their mam- before half-time, as Juan was volleyed home at the — AFP moth 22-point lead over Manchester City at Carrow Road on Saturday as they aim to not only win the league for the first CAIRNS CUP CHESS time in 30 years, but smash the record books in the process. Jurgen Klopp’s men have Humpy is joint leader dropped just two points all sea- son and are on a run of 16 con- secutive league wins. St Louis (USA), Feb. Nimzo-Indian against An injury to Alisson Becker was 14: India’s Koneru the experienced the one big concern of that vic- Humpy defeated former Kosteniuk and took tory for Klopp as the Brazilian world champion advantage of a mistake was sidelined for two months. Alexandra Kosteniuk of on the 50th move to After taking some time to get to Russia in 61 moves in record her second win in his best form, Alisson has saved the sixth round of the the tournament. 26 of the last 27 shots he has Cairns Cup chess tour- Harika, playing with faced, with Liverpool racking up nament here to move black pieces, opted for an aggregate score of 23-1. into joint lead with King’s Indian and Chinese ace Wenjun Ju. equalised rather easily Dronavalli Harika, the against Wenjun Ju. Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 other Indian in the fray, American youngster Printed and Published by shared points with the Carissa Yip posted her T. Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan Koneru Humpy Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed at world champion Wenjun second straight win Deccan Chronicle Press situated at Plot Ju of China in 40 moves after six rounds and is in after four losses, beating No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Nagar Taluk, on Thursday. joint third spot with two Valentina Gunina in the Medchal Malkajgiri Dist. Telangana and With four points in her other players. only other decisive game Published at 36, S.D. Road, kitty, Humpy shares the Humpy, the reigning of the day. In the seventh Secunderabad-3. RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. lead with Wenjun Ju. world rapid champion round, Humpy will take Editor: Aditya Sinha Harika, on the other and the country’s num- on American Irina hand, is on three points ber one, played the Krush. — PTI