Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] www.indianhorizon.org RNI No: Deleng/2013/51507 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Issue No: 4 Published from Hyderabad & New Delhi Price: 3.00 No: 7 New Delhi Saturday, January 4, 2020 Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16)

Tripura’s per capita Rohit Sharma US embassy in Baghdad urges income set to cross embraces heartfulness American citizens to leave national average: CM meditation P-5 P-8 P-11 BBriefsriefs Will not budge an inch on CAA: Shah ADG Meerut to probe SSP letter ^ The Union home minister accused the Opposition of spreading misinformation. on transfer racket JODHPUR JAN 3 (IANS): Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) A Union Home Minister Amit sharp division has emerged Shah on Friday said the govern- in the IPS cadre in Uttar ment will not budge an inch on Pradesh after Senior Super- its decision to implement the intendent of Police (SSP) of Citizenship Amendment Act Gautam Buddha Nagar dis- (CAA) despite the Opposition’s trict Vaibhav Krishna stated “misinformation campaign”. that he had sent a secret re- Launching an “awareness pro- port to Chief Minister Yogi gramme”, he said Congress was Adityanath about police of- misleading Muslims over the ficials' nexus with journal- Act and challenged party lead- ists in the transfer-posting er Rahul Gandhi to a discussion racket. Krishna made this “if he has read the law”. BJP will revelation after three alleg- of five IPS officers involved BBollywoodollywood aactressctress PPoojaooja HegdeHegde wouldn’twouldn’t mindmind a cchangehange iinn hherer profession.profession. WWell,ell, notnot seriously,seriously, butbut tthehe take out 500 rallies across the edly morphed videos went in the nexus with journal- aactressctress ddoesoes wwishish sshehe wwasas a CChristmashristmas ccaroller!aroller! country, beginning Saturday to viral on social media in ists in the transfer-posting reach out to three crore people, which he can be heard hav- racket has opened up the Boy with Tricolour found he said. Union home minister Amit Shah being garlanded at a public meeting on ing sex chat with girls. proverbial Pandora's Box Shah, who is also the BJP the amended Citizenship Act, in Jodhpur, Friday. Taking cognisance of with divisions emerging in dead in Bihar president, said the party had this, the Chief Minister has the IPS cadre. A senior IPS to launch this programme be- Minister said it is “shameful” did not directly refer to it. Op- ship Amendment Act to take sought the report and also officer said that Vaibhav Bihar Jan 4: Sohail Ahmad bowed his head to cause of the misinformation that the Congress is criticis- position parties have criticised anyone’s citizenship away, but demanded to know why it Krishna should have raised hide his tears. “They would not honour even the spread by the opposition par- ing the sacrifice of great sons the amendment that allows it is a law to grant citizenship,” was not presented before the issue at the appropriate national flag. My son was running with it, yet they ties on the amended law. “Let of the country, like Veer Sa- non-Muslims an easier path he added. “We have not kept him earlier. At a press con- forum instead of speaking killed him,” he said. His son Amir Hanjla, 18, was all these parties come together. varkar, for the sake of its vote to citizenship if they came to out any religion. We are giv- ference held in Gautam about the nexus to the me- participating in a protest Bharatiya Janata Party is not bank. The remark comes amid India from three neighbour- ing citizenship to minorities Buddha Nagar, Krishna al- dia. "He could have directly against the citizenship HIS HEAD WAS going to back an inch on the a row over the distribution ing countries before 2015 after of Pakistan, Bangladesh and leged that these videos were approached the Director amendment in Phulwaris- SMASHED; CAA,” he said at the meeting of a booklet against the Hin- facing religious persecution. Afghanistan whether they are morphed to tarnish his im- General of Police or the harif on Patna’s outskirts HIS CHEST held in Rajasthan Chief Min- dutva icon at a camp held by “The law is not against the Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, age and had been manu- Chief Minister. By speaking on December 21 when AND STOMACH ister Ashok Gehlot’s Assem- Congress-affiliated Seva Dal minorities,” Shah said. “There Parsi or Christian,” he said. factured by those involved to the media, he has sullied bricks began flying be- BORE STAB bly constituency. The Home in Madhya Pradesh. But, Shah is no provision in the Citizen- Continued on Page 5.... in the nexus. The naming the image. tween the demonstrators WOUNDS and supporters of the new act. Amir, in jeans and red sweatshirt, Tricolour aloft in hand, appeared to ED grills Chidambaram for have had run for his life. His dash took him through Like pouring gasoline on smouldering the lanes of Sangat Mohalla, home to a branch of 6 hrs in Air India deal case the RSS-affiliated Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) In more erstwhile United Progressive Alli- fire: Defence experts on US strikes and a known hub of the Hindu Right. That was the troubles for the former Finance ance (UPA) government in 2009. last anyone saw of him. His body was fished out of Minister and senior Congress This is the first time the ED has New York, Jan 3 (IANS) quences", "prepped and ready gically there's "no structure or the shallows on the waterlogged compound of the leader P. Chidambaram, the En- questioned the senior Congress Americans woke up on Friday for attack" sum up the theme strategy for where we're going Phulwarisharif block headquarters 10 days later, on forcement Directorate (ED) on leader in the Air India deal case. to warnings from decorated US of reactions flowing thick and to take this thing next." "The New Year’s Eve. His head was smashed; his chest Friday questioned him for over six The questioning of Chidam- military experts and West Asia fast from West ASia specialists Pentagon today is going to be and stomach bore stab wounds. hours in its probe into the Air India baram came for the first time pros that the US airstrike near on Friday. "This is an inflection on all hands on deck" and pre- aircraft deal case, first time since since his release from the Tihar Baghdad airport that killed point. You can drop a plumb pared for the response which Govt sets ball rolling his release from Tihar jail almost jail where he spent 106 days in Irans top military commander line from that day we decided is all but certain, Stavridis said. a month ago. A senior ED official connection with the INX media General Qasem Soleimani is to invade Iraq to where we are In terms of impact, the retired for DGCA overhaul, told IANS, "We questioned Chid- money laundering case. He was the equivalent of "pouring gas- today," former NATO Supreme four-star Navy Admiral com- ambaram for over six hours today released from Tihar on December oline on a smouldering fire" Quds Force and the architect Allied Commander James pared Soleimani's killing to the sets up panel in the ongoing probe into the Air 4 last year after he was granted bail and an einflection point that of the country's most signifi- Stavridis told an early morn- current Chairman of the Joint India deal with Airbus." by the Supreme Court. tilts the world and Americans cant interventions across West ing news television. The for- Chiefs of Staff General Mark New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The government According to financial probe The former finance minister is in particular into a far more Asia, has spiralled US-Iran ten- mer NATO Commander said Milley, the highest-ranking of- has set the ball rolling for the complete over- agency officials, Air India had also being investigated by the ED dangerous place in the span of sions to a new high. "Unprec- the US is "tactically" better off ficer in the US military. haul of aviation regulator, the Directorate planned to buy over 111 aircraft in a separate money-laundering one night. The killing of Solei- edented", "inflection point", with Soleimani being "taken , being eliminated. "So, General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), to bring it from Airbus and Boeing during the cases of Aircel-Maxis deal. mani, the head of Iran's elite "unbelievably horrific conse- off the chessboard" but strate- we've got to up our defensive at par with other global regulators. The Civil Aviation Ministry has constituted a com- PM calls for Pak to release mittee headed by former Skill Development 'For how long will Sena tolerate Savarkar's 22 Andhra Secretary and also Air India ex-chief Rohit revolution in science, Nandan for this purpose. Members of the fishermen on Jan 6 panel include former DGCA chief Satender technology in India humiliation?' asks Fadnavis Amaravati, Jan 3 (IANS) Singh and a representative from global avia- Pakistan will on Monday re- tion consultancy, the Centre for Asia Pacific Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) Claim- Mumbai Jan 3 (IANS): Amid lease all 22 fishermen from Aviation (CAPA). The terms of reference (ToR) ing that science and technology the controversy over the Con- Congress Seva Dal Andhra Pradesh arrested on for the committee include studying the best would play a key role in India gress Seva Dal booklet that distributed a booklet charges of espionage, offi- practices globally and suggest measures to becoming a $5-trillion economy claimed Nathuram Godse and cials said on Friday. Pakistan's put a technically strong body in place. by 2024, Prime Minister Naren- Veer Savarkar had ‘physical rela- which claimed Ministry of Foreign Affairs dra Modi on Friday called for a revolution in both tions’, former Maharashtra chief that Savarkar had has informed the Indian High BSE 36,690.50 the fields. "We need revolution in science and minister Devendra Fadnavis on 'physical relations' Commission in Islamabad Sensex technology, as they will play a key role in mak- Friday said that the reference that the Pakistan government NSE 11,085.40 ing India a $5-trillion economy by 2024," Modi against Savarkar will not be toler- with Godse. has decided to release and said after inaugurating the 107th Indian Science ated and asked how long is Shiv repatriate the fishermen to Forex Rates Congress in this tech city. Calling for a revolution Sena going to endure it. had “physical relationship” with India via the Wagah border on in technologies assisting agricultural practices, “How long will Shiv Sena toler- Godse, Mahatma Gandhi’s assas- January 6. Andhra Pradesh's Indian Rupees Modi asked the scientific community to find ate the humiliation of a person Savarkar,” Fadnavis said. The sin. The booklet also claimed that ruling YSR Congress Party farmer-centric solutions to the problem of stalk (Savarkar) who sacrificed ev- statement comes after a book- Savarkar encouraged his follow- (YSRCP) claimed credit for US Dollar 71.10 burning. "Similarly, can our scientists and tech- erything for the nation? We will let was distributed during the ers to rape women from minori- their release and said the nologists re-design brick kilns for reducing emis- not be silent on this. We will not 10-day camp of Congress Seva ties and pelted stones at mosques sustained efforts made by its British Pound 86.38 sions and increase energy efficiency. We must tolerate the humiliation of Veer Dal, which claimed that Savarkar when he was 12 years old. leaders were successful. YSR- find ways to store energy. Technology has to be CP Parliamentary Party leader Euro 79.86 used for rural development and enable farmers Hemant Soren day called on former President Pranab President at his residence. After meet- V. Vijayasai Reddy in a letter to sell their produce directly in the market," said Mukherjee and his Delhi counterpart ing Mukherjee, Soren took to Twitter to Minister for External Affairs Qatar Riyal 19.53 the Prime Minister on the occasion. Noting that meets Pranab, Arvind Kejriwal here, and said he will and wrote: "I met the former President S. Jaishankar on August 22 science has a key role in the development and Kejriwal "adopt" the Delhi government's mod- and Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukherjee had sought steps to seek the Saudi Riyal 18.96 growth of the country, Modi said losses of farm- el in the education and health sectors. in Delhi as a courtesy call and gave release of the fishermen from UAE Dirham 19.36 ers due to bottlenecks in the supply chain should New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Jharkhand Soren, who is also the Jharkhand Muk- him the new year wishes from the 3.5 Srikakulam and Vizianagaram be fixed by using applied technology. Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Fri- ti Morcha (JMM) chief, met the former crore people of Jharkhand." districts of Andhra Pradesh. Indian Horizon 2 City Saturday, January 4, 2020 2,636 EV charging stations Kejriwal promises free sanctioned under FAME phase 2 bus rides for students New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) the market. The Depart- New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Delhi Chief buses with air conditioning and screens In a move expected to give ment of Heavy Industry Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said for playing videos so that those travelling a fillip to environmentally had invited the Expres- he will ensure free bus rides for students in cars can enjoy the same luxury in pub- clean road transport, the sions of Interest (EoI) after winning the 2020 Assembly elec- lic transport. "Those buses will be costlier Department of Heavy In- from million-plus cities, tions in the national capital, similar to the and we are in touch with private players dustries has sanctioned smart cities, state and UT way his government has made the public for the same." 2,636 charging stations capitals, and cities from transport free for women in the city. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is organ- under FAME India (Faster special category states "Bus rides will be free for students too ising Townhall meetings, where Kejri- Adoption and Manufac- for submission of propos- after we return to power," Kejriwal said wal discusses and speaks about the work turing of Electric Vehicles als for availing incentives while addressing a Townhall meeting in done by his government in the last five in India) scheme phase II. under the FAME Scheme Vasundhara Enclave here. years. He interacts with the public hold- The sanctioned charg- Phase II for deployment While responding to a request raised lack in terms of funds but intention. ing a report card, released by the party ing stations will come of EV charging infrastruc- by one of the audience members, he said On October 29, 2019, Kejriwal had last month. Delhi will have Assembly up in 62 cities across 24 ture within cities. the government has enough funds to made the travel free for women in all polls as the tenure of Kejriwal as a Chief states and union territo- In all, 106 proposals make bus rides free for students. "There DTC and cluster buses. When a woman Minister is ending next month. Kejriwal ries (UTs). The highest with 131 EV charging sta- tries Minister Prakash were recieved from pub- is a Chief Minister (of another state) who boards a bus, she can buy a ticket, if she assured that if he comes back to power, number of EV charging tions. Smaller allotments Javadekar said that in fu- lic and private entities for brought a private plane for his personal wishes to. Otherwise, the conductor gives the bus rides for women will continue to stations - 317 - have been include 72 in Delhi, 70 in ture, at least one charging the deployment of about use like we buy cars. That cost the gov- a pink ticket to her free of cost. The Chief be free. "The BJP has made its stand clear allotted in Maharashtra, Chandigarh, 50 in Hary- station will be made avail- 7,000 EV charging sta- ernment Rs 190 crore. We only spend Rs Minister said his government is con- that it will end the free electricity and followed by 266 in Andhra ana, 40 in Meghalaya, 37 able in most of the se- tions. Of these, the gov- 140 crore for free travel for women. So, stantly working to improve the public free bus rides for women. But I assure Pradesh, 256 in Tamil in Bihar, 29 in Sikkim, 25 lected cities, in a grid of 4 ernment has sanctioned I haven't brought an aeroplane for my- transport in the city and new buses are you that if my party comes back to power Nadu, 228 in Gujarat, and each in Jammu, Kashmir Km X 4Km. Javadekar also 2,636 charging stations self but ensure women in Delhi get free being added in the fleet. Kejriwal also then we will continue to provide free 205 in Rajasthan. Other and Chhattisgarh, 20 in said that more EV charg- in 62 cities submitted by rides." He said the governments do not said that the city will have some luxury electricity and bus rides," Kejriwal said. allotments include Kar- Assam, 18 in Odisha and ing stations will encour- 19 public entities for 24 nataka with 172, Madhya 10 each in Uttarakhand, age original equipment states. With this, about Pradesh with 159, West Puducherry and Himach- manufacturers to intro- 14,000 charging stations Haryana wants 'Last 5-yr innovation inroads Bengal with 141, Telan- al Pradesh. duce a larger number of will be installed across High Court gana with 138, and Kerala Union Heavy Indus- electric vehicle models in the selected cities. greater than previous 50 yrs' judgments Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) in Hindi Union Minister for Sci- Lucknow's Shias to protest ence and Technology Chandigarh, Jan 3 (IANS) The and Earth Sciences Harsh Haryana cabinet on Friday de- Vardhan on Friday said the killing of Iranian general cided to request the Governor quantum of development to take the President's consent India's innovation ecosys- Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) Shias in eventually." The IRGC said that Soleimani to authorise the use of Hindi, in tem has witnessed in the Lucknow have called for protests The protest march has been and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, addition to English, for judge- last five years, was equal and a condolence meeting on planned from the Chhota Imam- the second-in-command of the ments, decrees or orders of the to what was managed in 50 Saturday for Iranian commander, bara in the old city here. Hashd Shaabi or the Iraqi Popular Punjab and Haryana High Court years till 2014. Gen Qasem Soleimani who was Soleimani, the head of Iran's Mobilisation Forces (PMF), were pertaining to the state. Article "In terms of whatever "Now I think it is our challenge, which was also killed in pre- dawn American Islamic Revolutionary Guard killed in a US air strike that target- 348 of the Constitution provides we could develop as in- duty as scientists to highlighted by Modi. He strike in Baghdad on Friday. Corps' (IRGC) elite Quds Force, ed the vehicle they were travelling that until Parliament by law novation ecosystem in the strengthen the deep foun- said the prime minister is Prominent Shia cleric Kalbe was killed in a Friday morning in on the Baghdad International otherwise provides, all proceed- last 50 years till 2014, we dations of scientific re- a visionary who sets goals Jawwad has condemned the kill- attack ordered by US President Airport road. Khamenei said that ings in the Supreme Court and could develop the same in search and science appli- for the whole country. ing of the Iranian commander. In Donald Trump. The move that the "cruellest people on earth" as- in every High Court shall be in the last five years itself," cations to ensure that we Addressing thousands of a video message posted on social was met with harsh criticism from sassinated the "honourable com- the English. It further provides said Vardhan at the 107th have a fast, rapid, sustain- students, researchers, sci- media, he said: "This is a cow- Tehran's Supreme Leader Ayatol- mander who courageously fought that the Governor of a state may, Indian Science Congress in able and inclusive socio- entists and others at the ardly act of the American forces... lah Seyyed Ali Khamenei who has for years against the evils and ban- with the consent of the Presi- Bengaluru. economic growth in this University of Agricultural America will be defeated in its evil vowed "tough revenge" on Wash- dits of the world", reported the dent, authorise the use of Hindi, He praised Indian Prime country which is backed by Sciences (UAS) in the city, design and the oppressed will win ington in response. Tehran-based Press TV. or any other language used in Minister Narendra Modi our efforts," said Vardhan. venue for the science con- the state for any official pur- for facilitating such growth Vardhan, who also han- gress, the health minister pose, in proceedings in the High and called upon the sci- dles the portfolio of health said Jawaharlal Nehru In- 'Shikara' to revisit exodus of Court. Chief Minister Manohar entific community to chip and family welfare said stitute for Advanced Re- Lal Khattar told the media after in to realise Modi's twin there are a lot of challenges search Studies has been a cabinet meeting that the gov- dreams of a new India by and termed that improv- rated as the seventh best ernment had received a demand 2022 and a $5 trillion econ- ing fundamental research for quality fundamental re- Kashmiri Hindus in 1990 letter signed by 78 MLAs. omy by 2025. is the most important search in the world. New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Rahul, who has him- of kashmiri pandits. A big one could fathom making On a chilly January 19 self been a victim of that director.. hopefully now it a reality. Thank you, Mr. in 1990, Kashmiri Pan- exodus, had launched his Bollywood will listen and Chopra, FoxStarHindi, dits witnessed a horrific book in 2013. Chopra was talk about it... #Shikara." and the entire cast and Stone pelting, terror down after Art genocide that led to their in attendance at the event Another wrote: "#vid- crew of Shikara for putting exodus from the Kashmir back then. huvinodchopra Hats off your necks on the line and 370 revoked: Army Chief Valley. Thirty years later, The film is clearly very to you for highlighting the making this incredibly filmmaker Vidhu Vinod close to Chopra, who will cause of Kashmiri Pandit brave move." Chopra had New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) itself will show that the sit- 260 people involved in Chopra, who hails from be donning the direc- and sending the message also shared a few insights New Indian Army Chief uation has improved. The them were put behind bars. Srinagar, is set to give a tor's hat after his directo- to Crores of people of and images of his house General Manoj Mukund incidents of violence, be In 2019, around 544 inci- glimpse of what had hap- rial "Eklavya: The Royal unheard voice of #Kash- and others in Kashmir. Naravane has said that it stone-pelting, terrorist- dents of stone pelting took pened to his home state Guard" that had hit the miriPandits." Another He also used the platform since abrogation of Article related violence, all have place and 190 of them have and its people during screens in 2007. The "3 Id- netizen felt that for the to show what the houses 370 in Jammu & Kashmir seen a sharp decline. There taken place since August 5. that fateful tragedy and iots" producer has direct- first time Bollywood has now looked like -- ruined the law and order situation is no doubt about this," the General Naravane took its aftermath, through his ed, edited and produced shown "courage to show and empty. there has improved. Army Chief said. From Au- charge as Chief of Army upcoming film "Shikara: "Shikara" in association the whole world the real- "Shikara" is set to hit "After abrogation of Ar- gust till now, stone-pelting Staff on December 31, 2019 A love Letter From Kash- with Fox Star Studios. ity of Kashmiri Pundits the theatres on February ticle 370 in Jammu & Kash- incidents have reduced by succeeding General Bipin mir". "Shikara" is touted Its trailer will be out on Genocide". 7, 2020. Vivek Agnihotri mir there are less incidents 40 to 45 per cent in Kash- Rawat, who has been ap- as a "story of resilience in January 7, and its motion One got emotional and is another filmmaker who of violence. The figures and mir, the Central govern- pointed India's first Chief the face of insurmount- poster has already made wrote: "As a Kashmiri wants to present the unre- facts reflect that law and or- are negligible and overall ment had stated. of the Defence Staff. Gen- able odds. It's also the sto- the right noise. Pandit displaced abroad, ported history of Kashmiri der situation has improved situation has improved a Around 190 stone pelt- eral Naravane was earlier ry of a love that remains The makers of the film it is already immensely Hindus in his upcoming over there," said General lot. "If you look at the inci ing incidents were reported serving as Vice Chief of In- unextinguished through had released the official overwhelming and even film, "The Kashmir Files". Naravane. He also said that dents before August 5 and from the valley after abro- dian Army. He took charge 30 years of exile. A time- motion poster on You- triggering to see the imag- "Kashmiri Hindus were incidents of stone pelting after August 5, the numbers gation of Article 370 and as vice chief in September. less love story in the worst Tube last month, describ- ery in this teaser release. literally butchered, raped of times". ing what happened to To have my community's and made homeless. It Rahul Pandita, author of Kashmiri Pandits 30 years story be acknowledged, is one of the most tragic the book, "Our Moon Has ago. "What is it to know validated, and repre- genocides in Indian his- Blood Clots: The Exodus the agony of being a refu- sented means the world. tory but is absent from Of Kashmiri Pandits", has gee in your own country? Growing up watching Gu- our history and our con- turned Bollywood screen- The year 1990 saw the big- jaratis and Punjabis and sciousness. All I want to writer for "Shikara: A love gest forced migration in the like have a home state achieve is to present the Letter From Kashmir". In independent India where- to go back to and a lan- unreported history of his book, Rahul has writ- by more than 4,00,000 guage to pass on to their Kashmiri Hindus," Agni- ten about the hardships Kashmiri Pandits had to children has been sober- hotri had told IANS, add- faced by Kashmiri Pandits flee from the Kashmir Val- ing, knowing my people ing: "I believe artists owe who were forced to leave ley," the makers had cap- would never achieve the it to society which con- the Kashmir Valley as a tioned the 37 second-long same feeling of belong- sumes their work. It's un- result of being targeted by video.Not much is known ing. "Watching this I am believable that there are Islamist militant groups about the film including somber and angry and so many films on Kashmir in nineties. It is said the its cast, though it is be- thankful all at once for the but not even one on the film will not be entirely lieved that music maestro choice to finally tell this misery, pain and loss of adapted from the book. AR Rahman, who had also story after so many repa- the (state's) Hindu minor- The makers have taken tweeted the motion poster ration-less years. I pitched ity." "The Kashmir Files", the route of a love story to in December, will give this story to directors like based on the genocide highlight the tragedy wit- music to it. One netizen Nandita Das and Hansal of Kashmiri Hindus, is nessed by Kashmiri Pan- commented: "@VVCFilms Mehta and they all agreed scheduled to hit screens dits 30 years ago. is making film on Exodus it needed to be told but no in August 2020. Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu witnessing the making of Terracotta Kullads by a Potter at an event to unveil the 150-square-metre Wall Mural of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, which is made of Terracotta Kullads, in New Delhi. Indian Horizon Saturday, January 4, 2020 State 3 Stone laid for NDRF academy, NFSC gets new campus in Nagpur Thousands join students in anti-CAA protest march New Delhi: Amid slo- gans of halla bol and chha- tra ekta zindabad, which resonated through the air, scores of students from var- ious universities including Jawaharlal Nehru Univer- sity (JNU), Jamia Millia Is- lamia (JMI), and Delhi Uni- versity took out a protest march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar on Tues- day against the contentious New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Union Home management force across the globe and Citizenship Act. The stu- Minister Amit Shah on Thursday dedi- achieved all the benchmarks under the dents were also joined by cated to the nation a new campus of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Re- several people, including National Fire Service College (NFSC) and duction, he said. local residents and youths. laid the foundation of the National Di- "The nation came a long way in the last On Tuesday noon, sev- saster Response Force (NDRF) Academy two decades in its response to disasters eral students chanting in Nagpur. The Minister also presented and improved capabilities in minimising slogans of “halla bol” and Fire Service Gallantry Medals and awards human losses and damages," Shah said. “chhatra ekta zindabad” situation in the city and mental conservation go form to educate people and days. We have cordoned off to meritorious NFSC students, and an- To back it, he compared the 1999 Odisha commenced their march the students were stopped hand in hand. “We’re into propagate for the cause,” the road to separate police nounced Subhash Chandra Bose Award super cyclone, which claimed over 10,000 from Mandi House to there. However, the po- the third week of these pro- she said. Kiran, a resident personnel and public so in the field of disaster management. lives, with the recent cyclone Fani that Jantar Mantar. Earlier on lice allowed protesters to tests and people of all reli- of Chittaranjan Park, who that no one gets near the Shah paid tributes to the martyred fire killed 64 people. Shah said India had be- Tuesday morning, scores march forward towards gions, castes, and classes brought her three-year- police vehicles.” Another services officers and said the Narendra come the hub for training disaster man- of students from JMI took Jantar Mantar. need to come together be- old twin daughters to the lady from the same area Modi government had focused on the agement personnel in the SAARC region out a protest march from Bhavreen Kandhari, 79, a cause unless there is social march, accused the govern- said, “Food was available capacity building in the fire services and and hoped it would facilitate exchange JMI to Mandi House. renowned environmentalist justice we can’t fight any- ment of “destroying the di- which was provided to ev- disaster management, neglected for the of best practices and minimise the effects The anti-CAA and NRC from Delhi, was among the thing else. versity” of the country. eryone, including the police past 70 years, by setting up dedicated of disasters. Union Minister of State for protests have seen partici- protestors who marched “It is the need of the hour One of the protestors, personnel. Water for ablu- institutions, like NFSC and NDRF Acade- Home Nityanand Rai talked about chal- pation from people of all from Mandi House to Jan- to not only raise awareness who is a resident of Sha- tion (wuzu) and mats for my. The Minister hoped that states would lenges faced by firemen in fire emergen- age groups, especially stu- tar Mantar along with hun- about climate change but heen Bagh, said: “The praying were also available. have better coordination with the Centre cies and how the NFSC would be an im- dents, in huge numbers. dreds of other protestoes. to make policies that are ongoing protest near my However, no media house to fight fire disasters through the NFSC. portant building block in preparing able At Mandi House, the po- Marching from FICCI Au- aligned with the conserva- home is the most unique was covering this as there The government has allocated over Rs fire-fighters. Also present on the occasion lice had already imposed ditorium in front of Mandi tion and development of the one among all. People, ir- was no violence or ‘TRP.’ It 200 crore for upgrade of the NFSC. Due were Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Section 144 of the Code of House Metro station, Ms environment. These pro- respective of religion, caste, is a role model protest for to sustained efforts since 2016, the NDRF Transport and Highways, Shipping and Criminal Procedure (CrPC) Kandhari emphasised that tests provide environmen- and age groups, are attend- the whole movement and it had emerged as the leading disaster MSMEs, along with senior officers. to maintain law and order social justice and environ- talists and activists a plat- ing it 24x7 for the last four needs to be spread.” 1Lakh tyre mechanics to be BJP digs up old Cong manifesto trained by RSDC in FY20 to highlight its CAA flip-flop New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The a promise that they are lying of fooling the people. New Delhi,3 January 2020- fitters during the current year of Indian highways and play tyre fitters are being taught Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on about today." The Congress has taken a - Ministry of Skill Develop- so far who have been assessed, an important role in making to implement best practices Friday presented the Congress Elaborating further, the BJP strong position against the ment & Entrepreneurship has re-skilled, upskilled & certified road transport safer. Fitting and safety methods to be fol- party's manifesto for the 2018 parliamentarian said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act mandated Rubber Skill De- covering 119 districts across of tyre, especially commercial lowed during wheel align- Rajasthan assembly election Congress, in its manifesto had (CAA), claiming it was discrim- velopment Council (RSDC) 19 states under the ‘Saamarth’ tyre, is a skill-based job requir- ment and changing of tyre” , where it had promised citizen- promised an "all-round devel- inatory. The BJP, through these to accelerate the drive of re- project of RSDC. As many as ing formal training. stated Mr Vinod Simon, Chair- ship to displaced refugees from opment of people who have documents hopes to show the skilling tyre mechanics in the 18 mobile vans were flagged “Tyre mechanics are largely man RSDC. Automotive Tyre Pakistan. BJP spokesperson been displaced from Pakistan" flip flops of the Congress on interest of road safety and ef- off by Dr. Mahendra Nath unorganized and not formally Manufacturers Association GVL Narasimha Rao held up a "That means the refugees, the matter of the CAA. The ficient transport. The Ministry Pandey, Honorable Minister skilled. However they play (ATMA) has collaborated with copy of the manifesto to point and they promise to give them CAA benefits Hindu, Sikh, Jain, has set a target of 1 Lakh tyre of Skill Development and En- a vital role in safe and effi- RSDC in this campaign of up- at 'Item No. 27', saying: "I've in citizenship rights and rehabili- Buddhist, Christian and Parsi mechanics known as tyre fit- trepreneurship, Govt. of India, cient movement of vehicles. skilling tyre fitters. The train- my hand the manifesto of Con- tation of those families," Rao refugees from Afghanistan, ters to be re skilled and certi- recently taking the total num- RSDC has taken the initiative ing is being provided under gress for Rajasthan Assembly said at a press conference here. Pakistan and Bangladesh who fied during the current fiscal ber of vans to 40. Flagging off of training tyre mechanics as Recognition of Prior Learning Elections 2018. Item No. 27 of Calling out the Congress, sought refuge in India before itself.The mandate comes in the vans, Dr. Pandey, Hon’ble a priority area in the interest (RPL) component of Pradhan this manifesto relates to gov- he claimed that the grand old 2015. The Amendment, how- the wake of a successful pro- Minister said, “Tyre mechan- of road safety and economic Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana ernance. They claim citizen- party has been "continuously ever, leaves out Muslims from gramme involving 35K tyre ics dot the length and breadth growth. Under the program, (PMKVY) ship rights in this and there's lying", and accused the party these nations. Delhi launches ED grills Chidambaram Govt health policies to blame for 6 hrs in Air India 'She Codes' programme deal case for girl students New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) from the Tihar jail where for mishaps like Kota: IMA In more troubles for the he spent 106 days in con- New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) With in technology." former Finance Minis- nection with the INX me- New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) cidents. Speaking with IANS ners. If they can be employed an aim to empower young girls Speaking at the launch of the ter and senior Congress dia money laundering First in Gorakhpur in Uttar on Friday, he said that lesser properly, every Indian can get in the field of Computer Science, program, Sisodia said: "It is a great leader P. Chidambaram, case. He was released from Pradesh, then in Muzaffarpur budgetary allocations, im- health care." the Directorate of Education of opportunity for our girl students the Enforcement Direc- Tihar on December 4 last in Bihar and now in Kota Ra- proper implementation of re- Dr Sen criticised the gov- the Delhi government on Friday to master their coding skills and torate (ED) on Friday year after he was granted jasthan, hundreds of children cruitment policies of the gov- ernment's Ayushman Bharat launched 'She Codes' programme build a strong grasp over the sub- questioned him for over bail by the Supreme Court. have died an untimely death. ernment and wrong health scheme and said, "People of for girl students of the city gov- ject- Computer Science," he said. six hours in its probe into The former finance The statistics of child mortal- schemes are prime reasons India want assured health ernment schools. Launched in Sisodia said science is a subject the Air India aircraft deal minister is also being in- ity in the country raise serious for mishaps like these. policy and not an insured collaboration with She Codes that is only associated with boys, case, first time since his vestigated by the ED in a questions over the intentions He said "Health is a con- health policy. There are Foundation - a Not for Profit or- while arts is a subject meant for release from Tihar jail al- separate money-launder- of both Centre and state gov- stitutional and birth right many hospitals in the country ganization -- the programme girls according to the perception most a month ago. ing cases of Aircel-Maxis ernment for not prioritising of every Indian. It is a state where patients have to buy aims to provide free and flexible of Indian society. "This mindset A senior ED official told deal. An ED official said children's health. chapter. But unfortunately even small things like syring- Computer science and coding needs to change and She codes IANS, "We questioned the contract to buy 43 Reports say that JK Lon there is not much budget- es. Therefore, the government skills programmes for girls. will enable us to do that." He said Chidambaram for over aircraft from Airbus was Hospital in Kota was not well ary allocation for health. In a should bring a uniform uni- While 1,000 girl students of the that the girls have to fight societal six hours today in the on- finalised by a panel of equipped with necessary fa- country having a population versal health policy instead Delhi government schools have pressure every day to come to going probe into the Air ministers headed by Chid- cilities like incubators and of 130 crore you only have 1.1 of schemes like Ayushman been enrolled in the programme, school. "Talking about the edu- India deal with Airbus." ambaram in 2009. Accord- was stuggling with shortage per cent of the entire GDP for Bharat so that health policies the government is aiming to ac- cational reforms and the current According to financialing to the ED, when the of staff. The politicians keep health whereas it should be don't vary from state to state. commodate 10,000 girls by March trend of girls outperforming boys probe agency officials,proposal to buy 43 aircraft giving absurd comments and four to five per cent. On such "The government, instead 2021. By March 2025, the pro- in board exams, our efforts to en- Air India had planned to from Airbus was sent to shrugging off responsibility. a small budget you cannot ex- of giving money to the gov- gramme will enrol eight lakh girl courage them goes in vain when buy over 111 aircraft from the Cabinet Committee on IANS tried to find out what pect to develop infrastructure ernment hospitals, is giving students, said Deputy Chief Min- we look at the hurdles girls face Airbus and Boeing dur- Security (CCS), there was a may be the possible inter- in the entire country. Until money to third party i.e. in- ister and Education Minister of in their day to day lives. Societal ing the erstwhile United condition that the aircraft ventions that may provide and unless the infrastructure surance agencies. Why? First Delhi, Manish Sisodia. pressure and regressive attitude Progressive Alliance (UPA) manufacturer would have improved policy formation. is radically developed, these they should provide money "That is our plan. It is a great towards girls' education discour- government in 2009. This to build training facilities Here is what Indian Medical types of infant mortality and and infrastructure to their step toward bridging the gender age them to take up higher educa- is the first time the ED and MRO (Maintenance, Association has to say about child deaths will occur re- own hospitals. They say they gap in the field of technology tion or pursue a career. Many girl has questioned the senior Repair and Overhaul) cen- incidents like Kota. Dr San- peatedly." He added "More- provide insurance to 50 crore and swiping away the mindset students are being sent to school Congress leader in the Air tres at a cost of Rs 70,000 tanu Sen, President of Indian over there are so many unem- people but how do they de- that supports 'boys for science, with the mindset to obtain a de- India deal case. crore. But later, when Medical Association holds the ployed doctors in the country cide who needs this service and girls for arts' kind of attitude. gree which would act as a means The questioning of Chi- the purchase order was government policies respon- but the government projects and what about the rest of the The aim is to equip our girls to be to secure good marriage propos- dambaram came for the placed, the clause was re- sible for such unfortunate in- shortage of medical practitio- 80 crore population?" strong enough to pursue a career als for them," said Sisodia first time since his release moved. Indian Horizon Saturday, January 4, 2020 South 4 Nadda kicks off DMK in lead, Vijayan writes to 11 non-BJP pro-CAA rally AIADMK trails Chief Ministers on CAA in Goa in TN rural Thiruvananthapuram, among large sections of our Panaji, Jan 3 (IANS) ers. “Our party working Jan 3 (IANS) Kerala Chief society consequent to the BJP national working president will be ad- local polls Minister Pinarayi Vijayan CAA. president J.P. Nadda on dressing the rally in fa- on Friday wrote to the Chief “The need of the hour Friday launched Goa’s vour of CAA in Panaji. Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS) Count- Ministers of 11 non-BJP is unity among all Indians first major pro Citizen- The rally is expected to ing of votes in the rural local body ruled states in the country who wish to protect and ship (Amendment) Act be attended by around elections held has entered second seeking support against preserve our cherished (CAA) rally in the state 20,000 to 25,000 party day on Friday with DMK and its al- the passing of the Citizen- values of democracy and capital. workers. Nadda ji will lies establishing lead over the rul- ship (Amendment) Act and secularism. We are sure our Thousands of BJP put the CAA in context ing AIADMK. wanted these states to do unity in diversity, which has workers from several and expose the Con- The couting of votes began on what the Kerala Assembly stood the test of times, will constituencies, mostly gress mis-propaganda,” Thursday morning for the two- did on Tuesday by passing a ultimately emerge stron- from North Goa have ar- state Bharatiya Janata phased elections held in 27 dis- resolution against CAA. ger. Kerala has decided to rived in the state capital Party general secretary tricts. He has written to his address the apprehensions CAA will have on our na- of the 11 Chief Ministers. to participate in the ral- Sadanand Shet Tana- After the lead trends alternating counterparts which in- about NRC and that prepa- tion’s secular credentials. The resolution requested ly, which began at Patto vade said. between DMK and AIADMK alli- cludes Mamata Banerjee, ration of NPR will lead to “The resolution requested the central government to business district, to the The BJP is conducting ances for a large part of Thursday, Arvind Kejeriwal, Nitish Ku- NRC by staying all activi- the central government to repeal the CAA 2019. States, city’s central square, pro CAA rallies across later the former started gaining mar, Jagan Mohan, Hemant ties relating to NPR in the repeal the CAA 2019. States, which have the opinion that Azad maidan. the country to drum upper hand. Soren, Uddhav Thackrey state,” said Vijayan. which have the opinion that CAA should be repealed Nadda is expected to up awareness and sup- According to the Tamil Nadu , Kamal Nath, Capt Ama- “In this regard, kind at- CAA should be repealed can also consider similar address a public meet- port for the legislation, State Election Commission (TN- rinder Singh, V. Narayanas- tention is drawn to the reso- can also consider similar steps so that it will be an eye ing later on Friday, which has faced stiff op- SEC) out of the 515 Distrit Pan- wamy, Ashok Gehlot and lution passed by the Kerala steps so that it will be an eye opener to the proponents of along with Goa Chief position from rival po- chayat Union Ward Member posts Naveen Patnaik. Assembly on December 31, opener to the proponents of the CAA and the NRC,” said Minister Pramod Sawa- litical parties and civil the DMK has won 115, AIADMK 75 In his letter, he states that 2019, expressing its concern the CAA and the NRC,” said Vijayan in his letter to each nt and other BJP lead- society groups. and others 26. apprehensions have risen regarding the impact the Vijayan in his letter to each of the 11 Chief Ministers. ‘Last 5-yr innovation inroads greater ‘Hike tax on processed food with than previous 50 yrs’ high salt, sugar content’ Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) $5 trillion economy by 2025. University of Agricultural some missions which have Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS) The Union Minister for Science “Now I think it is our duty Sciences (UAS) in the city, been outlined for the future. government should consider and Technology and Earth as scientists to strengthen venue for the science con- He said Cyber Physical Sys- taxing food products which are Sciences Harsh Vardhan on the deep foundations of sci- gress, the health minister tems, deep ocean technolo- high in sugar, fat and salt so as Friday said the quantum of entific research and science said Jawaharlal Nehru Insti- gies, energy storage issues, to encourage people towards a development India’s inno- applications to ensure that tute for Advanced Research quantum systems and also healthier diet, World Health Or- vation ecosystem has wit- we have a fast, rapid, sus- Studies has been rated as the latest issues like gene ganisation (WHO) Chief Scien- nessed in the last five years, tainable and inclusive so- the seventh best for qual- editing, Artificial Intelli- tist Soumya Swaminathan said was equal to what was man- cio-economic growth in this ity fundamental research in gence and others are some here on Friday. aged in 50 years till 2014. country which is backed by the world. missions which have been Delivering the first Dr. C. Go- “In terms of whatever we our efforts,” said Vardhan. According to the Vard- outlined for the future. palan Memorial Lecture at the could develop as innova- Vardhan, who also han- han, the Department of Sci- Vardhan told the science M. S. Swaminathan Research tion ecosystem in the last dles the portfolio of health ence and Technology (DST) congress participants to Foundation (MSSRF), she said: 50 years till 2014, we could and family welfare said is at an advanced stage to go back with renewed en- “The co-existence of over- develop the same in the there are a lot of challenges develop a policy on how ergy, zeal, enthusiasm and weight and obesity along with last five years itself,” said and termed that improving to fulfil Scientific Social revisit India’s dreams. “We stunting is the new nutrition Vardhan at the 107th Indian fundamental research is the Responsibility, a concept have to ensure that all of us reality that we need to address Science Congress in Benga- most important challenge, which Modi propounded in now reach out to the widest urgently.” billion adults and children are ing the future generations, she luru. which was also highlighted the 2015 science congress. spectrum of all the stake- According to her, the new re- overweight globally, with about added. Expressing concern at He praised Indian Prime by Modi. He said Cyber Physical holders in science. A young ality is that undernutrition and 150 million stunted children. the cheap and easy availability Minister Narendra Modi for He said the prime minis- Systems, deep ocean tech- boy, whether it is a father, a deficiencies, overweight and The burden of overweight of ultra-processed foods than facilitating such growth and ter is a visionary who sets nologies, energy storage small company or anyone obesity are the problems that and obesity is growing very the healthy foods, Swamina- called upon the scientific goals for the whole country. issues, quantum systems who can contribute to sci- exist in low and high income rapidly and the rate of un- than said taxing unhealthy community to chip in to re- Addressing thousands of and also the latest issues ence for the betterment of countries. dernutrition is coming down food or making nutrition in- alise Modi’s twin dreams of students, researchers, sci- like gene editing, Artificial this country and the whole Citing data on malnutrition, which would have long-term formation labelling mandatory a new India by 2022 and a entists and others at the Intelligence and others are world,” added Vardhan. Swaminathan said about 2.3 negative consequences affect- could help.

Panaji, Jan 3 (IANS) Teams of the En- 67 shell companies registered by the ac- forcement Directorate (ED) on Friday cused. An ED official said the accused Anil Kapoor’s ‘Malang’ ED conducts carried out searches at several places in made foreign nationals as directors of the Goa in their probe into a money launder- shell companies in lieu of getting them ing case involving shell companies dup- properties in the state and to receive the tweet wows fans raids in Goa ing foreign investors. foreign funds from them and after that Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) As the first look of #AdityaRoyKapur trended on Twitter with A senior ED official said the agency was the directorship of the company was ‘Malang’ movie was unveiled, Bollywood ac- 2,245 tweets. Anil Kapoor’s post got 40 retweets carrying out searches in south and north changed. tor Anil Kapoor tweeted the movie poster on and 1.1K likes. One fan tweeted: “Cant wait. for money Goa, including residential premises of The official said the agency is also Friday. Anil Kapoor wrote: “Life is in God’s “#MalangFirstLook Beautiful handsome lag Amit Kumar, for duping foreign as well probing if there was a link in foreign di- hand, Gun in mine. #MalangFirstLook. Trailer raha hai aapko @AnilKapoor sir.” Indian investors in real estate in the state. rect investment receipts through illegal unveils on 6th Jan!” One fan gushed: “Wow. Love it AK! laundering According to ED officials, the finan- route as it has received complaints from The movie also features DishPatani, Ku- “Another commented: “Waooo. Great cial probe agency has got the tip-off on over half-a-dozen people. nalkemmu and others, and Aditya Roy Kapur. look... Can’t wait....”

cannot pretend they last Fresh fracas in Maha on Congress K’taka serious about doubling forever. With this aware- ness, technology inter- farmers’ income by 2022: Yeddy vention was contem- booklet on Veer Savarkar plated to promote rural the lives of farmers, who economy,” he said. Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) A fresh day training camp of the Congress mileage, but we never thought it constitute a big chunk of Yediyurappa said Kar- controversy erupted on here Fri- frontal organisation in Bhopal. would stoop so low.” Indian population, said nataka has always been day over booklets brought out by Among other things, one of the Demanding that all the Con- Yediyurappa. a hub for science and the Congress Seva Dal which has booklets has claimed that there gress leaders responsible should “Apart from this, pro- technology, highlighting allegedly made certain derogatory was a physical relationship be- be booked for defamation, crimi- viding basic facilities like that the state was one remarks pertaining to revolution- tween Godse and Savarkar, the nal conspiracy, and other sections electricity, connectiv- of the first to establish a ery Vinayak Damodar ‘Veer’ Sa- former Hindu Mahasabha chief. of the Indian Penal Code, and the ity, healthcare services, Science and Technology varkar and Nathuram Godse, the Purportedly picking up an ex- booklet must be banned, Ran- education to the remote Council. assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. tract from Dominique Lapierre & jit Savarkar pointed out that the areas are some of the “Karnataka proactively Veer Savarkar’s grandson Ranjit Larry Collins book, “Freedom At references made in “Freedom At challenges that could be engages itself to identify, Savarkar demanded that Maha- Midnight”, the booklet said: “Be- Midnight”, were withdrawn by the addressed by S&T to a propose and implement rashtra Chief Minister Uddhav fore Nathuram Godse adopted publishers long ago. great extent,” the Chief S&T based solutions to Thackeray’s government should Brahmacharya, there is just one The latest salvo by the Congress Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) is also focusing on this Minister said. local specific needs of lodge criminal offences against mention about his physical rela- on Veer Savarkar - the second in a Karnataka Chief Minis- mission,” Yediyurappa Yediyurappa said the the state, particularly for the Congress, its former President tionship. The only physical rela- month - has embarrassed the Shiv ter B.S. Yediyurappa on said at the inaugural ses- theme of this year’s sci- the rural population,” he Rahul Gandhi, and other lead- tionship which Godse had before Sena-Nationalist Congress Party- Friday said his govern- sion of the 107th Indian ence congress, “Science said. ers involved in publishing the adopting Brahmacharya was a Congress’ alliance Maha Vikas ment is seriously look- Science Congress in Ben- and Technology: Rural Citing an example, he objectionable references, while homosexual relationship with his Aghadi government headed by ing at doubling farmers’ galuru. Development”, reminds said geospatial technolo- the Madhya Pradesh government political guru Veer Savarkar.” Thackeray. income by 2022, a target Offering value addition everyone that “we have gies are deployed in plan- should ban the offensive book. Ranjit Savarkar, who is the Attacking the Congress, Shiv set by Prime Minister Na- services to farmers such to utilise the available ning, decision making, The Seva Dal booklets, “Veer Sa- Chairman of Swatantryaveer Sa- Sena MP Sanjay Raut said: “Veer rendra Modi. as packaging, preserving resources with extraor- governance and also ad- varkar Kitne Veer” and “RSS and varkar National Memorial, here, Savarkar was a great man and will “PM Modi has set a the crops and agricul- dinary care, keeping dressing developmental BJP Kuch Tathya aur Jankari” are fumed: “The Congress has been remain great. But a section keeps target to double farm- tural produce are some the future generations issues in the state in a among other titles which are be- targeting Veer Savarkar and his talking against him. This shows ers’ income by 2022. Our of the areas which can in mind”. “Because the more scientific and sys- ing distributed at the ongoing 10- legacy repeatedly for political the dirt in their minds.” government in the state make a big difference in resources are finite, we tematic manner. Indian Horizon 5 NATION Saturday, January 4, 2020 Lucknow’s Shias Won’t go back an inch to revoke Chargesheet filed in Unnao to protest killing of CAA, says Shah in Jodhpur rape-murder case Kanpur, Jan 3 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police Jodhpur, Jan 3 (IANS) Union Congress president Rahul Gan- Shah came down heavily on has filed a chargesheet in the court of the Chief Ju- Iranian general Home Minister Amit Shah on dhi saying that if he has not Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok dicial Magistrate(CJM) in connection with a case in Friday announced that the BJP studied the law, he should go to Gehlot in Jodhpur, which is the which a 23-year-old rape survivor from Unnao was won’t go back an inch to revoke a corner and check to find out CM’s home turf for over the last set ablaze on the morning of December 5 by those the Citizenship Amendment what this law means. 40 years, asking him to stop accused of her rape. Act (CAA) even if all the oppo- “CAA has been introduced playing politics on the CAA and The chargesheet is based on the woman’s dying dec- sition parties unite. Rather, the to give citizenship to perse- instead pay attention to infants laration and the statements of witnesses. The incident party will work hard and reach cuted minorities from three dying in Kota as the bereaved took place under the Bihar police circle on the morning out to the youth and minori- nations,” he said adding that mothers are cursing him. of December 5 when the victim was on her to Rae Bareli ties to make them understand he can translate it in the Italian He also asked Gehlot to stop for a court hearing. that the CAA has not been in- language too if Rahul Gandhi bowing his head at the Delhi The victim suffered 90 per cent burn injuries and troduced to snatch citizenship doesn’t understand this basic durbar and instead start look- was taken to Lucknow from where she was airlifted to but to give citizenship to the re- fact. ing into the state’s affairs. Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. She died on December 6. ligiously persecuted minorities Shah said the CAA is being Shah claimed that the Con- The five accused -- Shubham, Shivam Trivedi, Hari from Afghanistan, Bangladesh opposed by those who have gress government in its mani- Shankar, Umesh and Ram Kishore -- had allegedly and Pakistan. become habitual to playing festo had announced granting poured petrol on the rape survivor to prevent her from Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) Shias attack ordered by US President Shah was speaking at a pro- politics and they have started a citizenship to migrants from going to Baiswara railway station from where she was in Lucknow have called for Donald Trump. The move CAA rally called to make peo- wrong campaign over it to mis- Pakistan, however, they could supposed to board a train for Rae Bareli. protests and a condolence that was met with harsh criti- ple aware of the CAA and the lead the youth of the country not do it because they were Superintendent of Police (SP) Unnao Vikrant Vir said meeting on Saturday for Ira- cism from Tehran’s Supreme NRC at Adarsh Vidhya Mandir and hence, we decided to reach thinking of their vote bank and the police had prepared the case on the basis of elec- nian commander, Gen Qasem Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali School here in Jodhpur. out to the people and make were busy playing politics for tronic evidence and the statements of the villagers who Soleimani who was killed in Khamenei who has vowed Shah also challenged former them aware of it. the same. took the survivor to the hospital. pre- dawn American strike in “tough revenge” on Washing- Baghdad on Friday. ton in response. Prominent Shia cleric Kalbe The IRGC said that Solei- Maoists torch six vehicles Jawwad has condemned the mani and Abu Mahdi al-Mu- ‘We’re not naive’, Amarinder killing of the Iranian com- handis, the second-in-com- mander. In a video message mand of the Hashd Shaabi or in Jharkhand posted on social media, he the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Ranchi, Jan 3 (IANS) In the first the same construction company tells Union Minister on CAA said: “This is a cowardly act of Forces (PMF), were killed in a attack after the new government and thrashed the labourers and Chandigarh, Jan 3 (IANS) the necessary legal advice, Singh, by insisting that the American forces... America US air strike that targeted the took office in Jharkhand, Maoist snatched their mobiles. The con- Taking exception to the re- Amarinder Singh said the only Parliament under Ar- will be defeated in its evil de- vehicle they were travelling in guerrillas set on fire six vehicles struction company had stopped marks made by Union Law Kerala Assembly’s resolu- ticle 245 had the legislative sign and the oppressed will on the Baghdad International in Hazaribagh district on Friday. the work. and Justice Minister Ravi tion represented the will power to pass laws as re- win eventually.” Airport road. Khamenei said According to police, about 20 The work was restarted four Shankar Prasad, Punjab and wisdom of the people, gards citizenship, and not The protest march has been that the “cruellest people on to 25 Maoists attacked a private days ago and Maoists attacked Chief Minister Amarinder as spoken through their the state governments, the planned from the Chhota earth” assassinated the “hon- construction company’s camp of- the construction company base Singh on Friday came out elected representatives. Law Minister had entirely Imambara in the old city here. ourable commander who fice involved in bridge construc- camp and set on fire six vehicles in support of the resolu- “Such MLAs represent missed the point of the res- Soleimani, the head of Iran’s courageously fought for years tion over a river at Karigara river on early Friday. tion passed by the Kerala the voice of the people at olution passed by the Kera- Islamic Revolutionary Guard against the evils and bandits of situated between Keredari and The company was constructing Assembly seeking amend- large,” he said, adding that la Legislative Assembly. Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force, the world”, reported the Teh- Piparwar police stations of Haz- bridge at cost of more than RS 12 ment to the controversial it was not only a matter of “It has not passed any was killed in a Friday morning ran-based Press TV. aribagh district. Maoist set on fire crore. Citizen Amendment Act Parliamentary privilege, citizenship law. It urges six vehicles used for construction In another incident, Maoists set (CAA) and termed it as the but the constitutional duty the government of India work. on fire a tractor at Palamau dis- “voice of the people”. of those representatives to (through Parliament where Akhilesh to embark on cycle According to police sources, trict. In an open letter to the make known such views. it now has a majority) to Maoists had sought Rs 8 crore Maoists had set on fire five ve- Law Minister, the Chief Declaring that as heads amend the CAA,” he point- yatra soon levy from the construction com- hicles on December 30 last year at Minister countered the of responsible state gov- ed out. pany. The denial of levy is said Latehar and Palamau. former’s recent remarks in ernments “we are neither “Surely, you, both as Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akh- to be the reason of the attack. On More than 60 vehicles involved which he had “discounted naive nor misguided”, the Minister of Law as well as a ilesh Yadav will soon embark on a cycle yatra in Uttar Pradesh. November 22, 10 to 15 Maoists in construction work were set on the position being taken by Chief Minister said laws lawyer, know that the reso- During the yatra, he will visit buildings and projects that were had attacked the base camp of fire by the Maoists in 2019. some of the states against could not be forcibly im- lution is rightly directed, as completed while he was aChief Minister and compare and con- the CAA” and “called upon posed on citizens, and it is Parliament which must trast the development work undertaken during his tenure and such politicians to seek ap- like all powers, even the amend or repeal such law that of the incumbent BJP government in the state. propriate legal advice be- Parliamentary power was based on a proposal or Bill “The party President wants to show a comparative picture of Haryana wants High Court fore taking such a stand.” coupled with the duty to mooted by the Govern- work done during his tenure and now by the Yogi government. Asserting that the said exercise it responsibly. ment of India,” Amarinder This will serve the dual purpose as he will also meet youth and states had already taken According to Amarinder Singh said. farmers en-route and interact with them on welfare measures judgments in Hindi which were started during his tenure,” said SP spokesperson Juhie Chandigarh, Jan 3 (IANS) The had received a demand letter Singh. This is not the first time that the former Chief Minister is Haryana cabinet on Friday decid- signed by 78 MLAs, the Advocate PFI was actively involved in embarking on a cycle yatra. In 2012, Akhilesh undertook a cycle ed to request the Governor to take General and hundreds of advo- yatra crisscrossing through various parts of the state and that year, the President’s consent to autho- cates for the use of Hindi. the party came into power with a majority for the first time. rise the use of Hindi, in addition The Chief Minister said that the inciting violence: UP DGP Party sources said that preparations were underway to decide to English, for judgements, de- use of Hindi would help people Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) members. We have am- capital during anti-CAA the mode and route for the march. crees or orders of the Punjab and of the state understand the entire The Uttar Pradesh Po- ple proof against them.” protests. Through these yatras, the SP also plans to mobilize its cadres Haryana High Court pertaining to judicial process in their own lan- lice has said the Popu- The UP Police has al- The state police have for the next Assembly elections in 2022. On Wednesday, Akhilesh the state. guage, and would enable them to lar Front of India (PFI) ready sought a ban on arrested 25 members had tweeted photographs of the proposed projects and build- Article 348 of the Constitution easily put their views before the was actively involved the PFI, days after its of Popular Front of In- ings that were illuminated on New Year’s Eve. He termed them provides that until Parliament by courts. The Chief Minister said in the recent violence complicity was suspect- dia, including its state as “Samajwadi Vikas Karya” (development works carried out by law otherwise provides, all pro- that the use of Hindi would help in the state during the ed in the recent state- head Wasim, in connec- SP). Akhilesh has always targeted Yogi Adityanath for claiming the ceedings in the Supreme Court people of the state understand anti-CAA protests and wide violent protests tion with the violence in credit of work done during the Samajwadi regime. and in every High Court shall be in the entire judicial process in their said they have enough against the amended the state capital during Meanwhile, Ram Govind Chaudhary, SP MLA and the the English. own language, and would enable evidence against the 25 citizenship law. the protests against the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, said the date It further provides that the them to easily put their views be- members of the Popular DGP OP Singh had amended Citizenship of the cycle yatra would be finalized soon and all party Governor of a state may, with the fore the courts. Front of India (PFI) who said on Tuesday that he Act. leaders would also participate in it. On Tuesday, SP legis- consent of the President, autho- The Haryana cabinet also ap- have been arrested. had written to the Union In Shamli district lators came to attend the special session of the state As- rise the use of Hindi, or any other proved the proposal of bringing an Addressing a press Home Ministry, seeking alone, 28 people, includ- sembly on bicycles. language used in the state for any amendment to the Haryana Official conference here on Fri- a ban on the PFI after ing 14 members of the official purpose, in proceedings in Language Act of 1969, enabling the day, UP DGP O.P. Singh its Uttar Pradesh head, PFI, have been arrested the High Court. use Hindi for the purpose of pro- said, “PFI was actively Wasim, and 16 other ac- since December 19 for Prohibitory orders, internet Chief Minister Manohar Lal ceedings, judgment, decrees or or- involved in the recent vi- tivists were arrested for allegedly attempting to Khattar told the media after a cab- ders passed or made by the lower olence, which is why we allegedly masterminding inciting violence during suspended after clashes inet meeting that the government courts and tribunals, hge added. have arrested 25 of their the violence in the state anti-CAA protests. in Bengal Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Clashes were reported between mem- Tripura’s per capita income set to cross national average: CM bers of two groups in a few pockets of West Bengal’s 24 Parga- Agartala, Jan 3 (IANS) With creased substantially and it is ex- MGNREGA. He said, “To achieve is now known across the country nas North district after a shopkeeper was found hanging in a the series of pro-active eco- pected to cross Rs 1,50,000 at the ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas and and abroad. The pineapple grow- local club, prompting the police to issue prohibitory orders on nomic measures taken by the end of the 2019-20 financial year. Sabka Viswas’ goal of Prime Min- ers, who had been facing severe people’s movements and temporary suspension of internet. Bharatiya Janata Party led state “The main role of the state ister Narendra Modi, the BJP led losses following the apathy of The prohibitory orders were clamped in Deganga, Amdanga government, Tripura’s per capita government is to achieve self state government is committed the previous government, started and Duttapukur areas of the district, police sources said, while income will cross the national sufficiency of resources and self to provide facilities of various earning profits after the steps tak- describing the situation as “under control”. The police would average in the current fiscal reliance in vital sectors,” he said schemes to all, irrespective of en by the BJP government.” review the situation before resuming the internet services or re- (2019-20), said Chief Minister and emphasised on generating political affiliations.” Under the The Chief Minister was speak- laxing the orders enforced under section 144 of the Indian Penal Biplab Kumar Deb. According income through Self Help Groups present government those living ing at a function organised in Code, sources said to official documents, the per (SHGs), cooperatives, micro, the initiative to commercialise the even in remote and rural areas connection with the 15th “Saras Twelve people have been taken into custody after the Tuesday capita income of Tripura was Rs small and medium industries. products of SHGs of the state as it of the state have received elec- Fair”, where producers, artisans evening clashes that followed the discovery of the body of the 1,13,467 in 2018-19 against the “The state is developing various plays a vital role in the creation of tricity connections through the and weavers, handicrafts and shopkeeper. net national per capita income infrastructure paving the way for employment opportunities and Soubhagya Yojana and it is the handloom makers, craftsper- The shopkeeper, who had put up a stall at a local programme, estimated to be Rs 1,25,397. increasing employment genera- socio-economic development of actual Gram Swaraj and good sons, SHGs and NGOs of nine had reportedly quarrelled with a woman during trade. He was While addressing an official tion for the common people. Tri- the rural and tribal areas. The state governance. states -- Uttar Pradesh, Uttara- found hanging inside a local club, which triggered violence, with function here on Thursday eve- pura received 13 prizes at the na- government, Deb said, is giving Explaining the initiatives taken khand, Tamil Nadu, West Ben- the deceased’s relatives running amok and indulging in loot and ning, the Chief Minister said that tional level in just twenty months highest priority to the develop- by the present government to gal, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat arson blaming club members for his death. besides the urban areas, the rural of BJP governance for its out- ment of rural areas and the state bring economic benefits to the and Goa besides Tripura and the As the other side also retaliated police lobbed tear gas shells to areas of Tripura are also develop- standing performance in the field has already achieved noticeable farmers of the state, the Chief Union Territory of J-K have set disperse the two groups and managed to restore order. ing economically following which of rural development,” said Deb. success in terms of implement- Minister said, “Queen variety of up stalls and displayed a variety the per capita income has in- He asked the authorities to take ing various schemes including pineapple produced in Tripura of products. Indian Horizon 6 EDIT Saturday, January 4, 2020

Indian Horizon India belongs to all By Shyam Saran that specific clause but because it an- not subject to his affiliation with any children in Puducherry re-enacting It is ironic that the year in which we nounces an imagining of India starkly social or religious community. It is this the demolition of Babri Masjid as a celebrate the 150th anniversary of Ma- different from what the Constitution concept of citizenship which the CAA glorious historic achievement and hatma Gandhi, the Father of the Na- envisioned. For the very first time, has violated. being applauded by the Lt Governor. tion, we are locked in a debate about there is a law which introduces a dis- The CAA is a matter of concern also The government’s obfuscation over what kind of country should India be. tinction based on religious faith with because of what has preceded it and the updating of the National Popula- Was not this issue settled when, after respect to citizenship. This is irrespec- what is intended to follow it. On Au- tion Register which has commenced, intense, but always civilised debate, tive of the claim that existing Muslim gust 5, Article 370 was suspended, J&K the creation of a National Register of Saturday, January 4, 2020 a Constitution for the Republic of In- citizens will be unaffected by it. This was bifurcated into Union Territories, Indian Citizens which is to follow and dia was adopted on January 26, 1950? is not the same as affirmative action and a virtual lockdown was imposed the construction of detention centres All the diverse communities of India, based on social or economic infirmi- in the Muslim-majority Valley which where those of doubtful citizenry may all shades of opinion and political ties accepted in the Constitution. It mostly remains in place. Internet ac- be held, seek to camouflage an intent Far from corruption-free persuasions were represented in the is possible that the arcane technicali- cess has been denied to the residents to create an India very different from Constituent Assembly. They worked ties will be found by courts to validate of the Valley but they may now take what we signed to as ‘We the People of Govt should go all out to weed under the shadow of the trauma of the it but that will be papering over the consolation from the fact that this India’ in 1950. This is what lies at the Partition and the assassination of Gan- grievous wound inflicted on the very is also occasionally the fate of fellow heart of the struggle unfolding on the out black sheep dhi. This was an India still in the mak- fabric of the Constitution. citizens in several other parts of the streets across India. It is heartening ing. Its future was uncertain. Yet, the The alternative imagining of India country, including UP. Then came that it is young students belonging to leaders of independent India were still is a country that privileges the adher- the historic SC judgment on the Babri different faiths, who are together de- The Directorate of Revenue Intelli- able to put together a charter to guide ents of the Hindu faith. It is based on Masjid case. Curiously, the acts of fying the power of a coercive state to the newborn nation, at once practical the as yet untested assumption that an placing idols in the precincts of the reclaim peacefully the vision of India gence (DRI), India’s premier anti-smug- but also visionary. The Constitution overarching Hindu identity, ranging masjid and the subsequent demoli- enshrined in the Constitution. gling agency, usually remains in the draws inspiration from what is best across sectarian, caste, regional and tion of the masjid itself were held to Good governance needs credibil- among India’s own civilisational at- linguistic differences can be construct- be criminal acts, and yet, the judg- ity, transparency and accountability. news for the seizure of a diverse vari- tributes, but also acknowledges the ed on a Hindu-Muslim binary. The ment was in favour of a Ram temple These attributes are becoming hard imperatives of a modern, egalitarian Hindu rashtra concept builds on this being constructed at the same loca- to find in the current ruling dispensa- ety of contraband — gold, drugs, an- and enlightened society. In the past assumption. The case of Assam may tion. Decisions by the ruling party to tion, whether in respect of political seven decades, India has often fallen suggest otherwise. The Constitution make Yogi Adityanath the Chief Min- or economic decision making. Above tiques, firearms, animal skins, foreign short of the benchmarks it set for it- also strives to create an overarching ister of UP despite his record of deep all, in a democratic country, the state self. But today is different because Indian identity but one which is based antipathy towards Muslims and the must not raise its fists to rain blows on currency etc. However, the arrest of an the benchmarks themselves are be- on citizenship which transcends, but nomination of Pragya Thakur, who its citizens. ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’, Additional Director General, posted in ing questioned, derided and violated. does not seek to either privilege or glorifies Gandhi’s assassin, Godse, and the additional element the PM has It is some reassurance that those who suppress these separate identities, as a candidate for election to the Lok now added, ‘Sabka Vishwas’, should Ludhiana, and two other persons in a undermine the Constitution still feel including religious identities. Citizen- Sabha, which she won handsomely, not remain a politically expedient slo- compelled to swear by it. Nehru may ship, as defined in the Constitution, is all point to an unmistakable pattern, gan. It should become the benchmark bribery case has exposed chinks in the have been discarded but Gandhi still individual based and has nothing to do an incontrovertible direction. If there for all government action, for it truly enjoys residual shelf life. with other affiliations or identities that are doubts about where we are head- imbibes the spirit of the Indian Con- DRI’s apparently incorruptible armour. The Citizenship Act Amendment an individual may have. He enjoys fun- ed one should see the video, which stitution. The CBI acted on a complaint alleging (CAA) is significant not for this or damental rights as a citizen and this is has been widely circulated, of school- IANS that the accomplices demanded Rs 3 crore on the officer’s behalf to ensure CDS and DMA, a clever masterstroke that he (complainant) would not be im- By Lt Gen PC Katoch plans, and assign inter-Services priori- not Secretary of Defence. Here, the need comments before taking any decision. So, plicated by the DRI in a case pertaining The government has approved the tisation to capital acquisition proposals for the CDS being a ‘single-point military the statement of a Union minister regard- appointment of the CDS in four-star based on an anticipated budget. adviser’ to the Union Cabinet/Cabinet ing powers of the CDS as secretary is irrel- to the recovery of an exporter’s docu- rank with twin hats: Secretary to a new Almost two decades after the Kargil Re- Committee on Security (CCS) has been evant, especially with the minister having Department of Military Affairs (DMA) view Committee and follow-up Group of killed. The roots for this were sown by the nothing to do with defence. The role of ments. The CBI nabbed both persons in the MoD and Permanent Chairman, Ministers headed by the then Deputy PM bureaucracy in the CCS note approving planning, coordination and advice and while they were accepting Rs 25 lakh Chiefs of Staff Committee (PC CoSC). The recommended the early establishment the establishment of the HQ IDS, which making projections for centralised pro- DMA, having a mix of military and civil- of the CDS, PM Narendra Modi had an- read, “As and when a CDS is appointed, he curement is already being done by the HQ from the complainant; subsequently, ians, will deal with the three Services and nounced on August 15, 2019, that India will have equal voting rights as the Service IDS, with the CISC functioning as secretary HQ-Integrated Defence Staff (IDS), Ter- would soon have a CDS, the format of Chiefs and in case of two Service Chiefs to the CoSC. Without operational powers the ‘public servant’ was arrested. ritorial Army, works relating to Services which has just been issued. The composi- disagreeing, MoD (read bureaucracy) will and command over only tri-service organ- and procurements, except capital ac- tion of the DMA has not been announced arbitrate”. With no operational powers, isations like cyber and space, the first CDS Rooting out corruption was one of quisitions. The DMA will promote inter- and will take time to fructify. However, who will listen to the CDS, with Service is to bring jointness in operations, logistics, service jointness in planning, integrated what is being trumpeted as a masterstroke Chiefs rallying round their turfs and the transport, training, support services, com- the key promises that helped the NDA requirements, restructuring of military appears to be a clever one, retaining the bureaucracy adept in ‘divide and rule’? munications, repairs and maintenance wrest power from the scam-tainted commands and indigenous equipment. clout of a little diluted bureaucracy, if at all. The PIB release does not say that the within three years of assuming office, The CDS will be the Principal Military The HQ IDS was established in 2004, DMA will replace the Department of De- which the MoD manned by bureaucrats UPA in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Adviser to the defence minister but the aimed at being ‘part’ of the MoD. The fence. Therefore, the DMA will function has done little about in the past 72 years. Service Chiefs will continue to advise the DG DIA in HQ IDS deals directly with parallel to the Department of Defence The HQ IDS, from its inception, had a PM Modi’s slogan, ‘Na khaunga, na minister on Services. The CDS will not the defence minister. Logically, the HQ (DoD) headed by the Defence Secre- slot for a joint secretary from the IFS and exercise any military command. The PC IDS should have been merged into the tary, Department of Defence Production IAS, but the latter remained vacant due khane dunga’, became the catchline CoSC will administer tri-Service agencies MoD with officers of the HQ IDS placed (DoPD), Department of Ex-Servicemen to bureaucratic ego. What civilians will with cyber and space commands under on deputation. Some could have even Welfare (DESW) and Department of De- be part of the DMA, including the con- of the anti-graft campaign. Less than him; be a member of the Defence Acqui- been absorbed on a permanent deputa- fence R&D. Here too, the CDS will be one stantly upgraded AFHQ cadre is yet to be a month after being elected for the sition Council and the Defence Planning tion. Creating the DMA and retaining the secretary among equals, with the DoD, seen. The DGQA and DG AFMS were to Committee; function as military adviser HQ IDS separately is hardly in sync with DoPD and DESW headed by bureaucrats. be under the HQ IDS but were never per- second successive term, the govern- to the Nuclear Command Authority; ush- the government’s aim of ‘minimum gov- This further downgrades the four-star mitted for ‘well-known reasons’ and will er inter-service jointness in operation, ernment, maximum governance’. The rank in protocol, though the CDS will draw likely continue under the DoD under De- ment had sacked 12 Income Tax offi- logistics, transport, training, support Service Chiefs continuing to advise the higher pay. Till now, Service Chiefs were fence Secretary. The DoPD will similarly services, communications, repairs and defence minister on respective Services ranked alongside the Cabinet Secretary, continue to oversee the governmental cers who were accused of corruption, maintenance within three years of the blows the cover of the CDS being the Prin- which was higher than the secretaries in defence-industrial complex with patchy first CDS assuming office; ensure optimi- cipal Military Adviser to the minister. The the MoD, including Defence Secretary. successes and unable to meet military re- forgery and professional misconduct, sation of infrastructure; implement the Chairman, US JCS, is a four-star general Cases sent directly to the defence minister quirements, provisioning bulk substan- besides demoting four Joint Com- five-year defence capital acquisition plan sans operational control of Services but will invariably be marked by him to the dard products at inflated prices and two-year roll-on annual acquisition is the military adviser to the President, Defence Secretary for examination and IANS missioner-rank I-T officers to the rank of Deputy Commissioner over graft charges. In another purge in June last No room for compromise on flight safety By Abhijit Bhattacharyya ed by former Canadian Supreme Court ter, owing to a chain of human errors, all the world’s aircraft, there was a year, 15 senior customs and central ex- Air disasters are of two types: avoid- Justice John C Major concluded that a both on and off the ground, resulting time when Royal Netherlands Aircraft able or unavoidable. The avoidable ‘cascading series of errors’ by the Gov- in the death of 12 aboard. Why should Factory, founded on July 21, 1919, had cise officers, including one in the rank revolve around human error, inten- ernment of Canada, the Royal Cana- a smaller-sized and lesser-weight made a glorious contribution to world of Principal Commissioner, had been tional or unintentional. The unavoid- dian Mounted Police and the Canadian Fokker100 aircraft, in comparison to aviation. It’s twin-jet 100-series civil able are those owing to nature’s fury or Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) bigger Airbus 330/340/380, or Boe- aircraft operators included the UK, the ‘compulsorily retired’ on charges such something extraordinary, like a terror had allowed the terrorist attack to take ing-777/787/747, face difficulty in be- USA, China (Eastern Airlines), Indo- attack, acted upon by people uncon- place. Right or wrong, it, therefore, can ing airborne from Almaty (Kazakhstan nesia (Garuda), Brazil, South Korea, as amassing assets disproportionate nected with professionals of the flight; be said with conviction that whereas capital) airport’s 14,500-ft runway, the Switzerland (Swiss Air), KLM (of maker and, for which the professional act of the mid-air explosion of Air India-182 longest in Central Asia? country), Germany, Ivory Coast, Ga- to known sources of income. omission or commission cannot be could have been avoidable when its Indeed, it’s distressing to note that bon, Mexico, and Swaziland. categorically attributed as dereliction ground exercise was on, once airborne, whereas the runway was in an ideal Aside, Fokker had production col- Such exemplary action should have of duty or negligence on the part of it became unavoidable as there was no condition, with good visibility and a laboration agreement with DASA of acted as a deterrent to other unscru- the airline as vicarious liability. A few way the on-duty flight crew of the car- calm air of three-knot, and the outside Germany (now extinct) and an im- examples will suffice. When Air India- rier could have had detected, or pre- atmosphere condition slightly below pressive 12,000-strong work force to pulous officers, but the DRI case in- chartered aircraft VT-DEP, Kashmir vented the mishap from happening. 0°C and foggy, the overall ambience strengthen Dutch economics and en- Princess, American-made Lockheed It was, however, the Air India 855 certainly was good for take-off. Unfor- gineering talent. There were 4,500 em- dicates that the government needs Super Constellation L-749A, crashed Boeing-747-237B, Emperor Ashoka, tunately, despite this, the jet carrying ployees at the Schiphol plant in Am- into the South China Sea, on April 11, (the first Boeing jumbo delivered Au- 100 passengers crashed within min- sterdam alone. “Fokker-100 assembly to do a lot more to clean its Augean 1955, it was ‘unavoidable’ owing to the gust 1971) which stands as a classic utes of take-off. and test flying facilities, design offices, mid-air bomb explosion. The bomb mixture of both an ‘avoidable and un- Prima facie, speculative though it spare parts stores, research and devel- stables. The CBI’s credibility, too, planted at Hong Kong airport by forces avoidable’ crash into the Arabian Sea, may appear as the post-accident in- opment department, numerically con- has come under a cloud in recent politically inimical to the then Com- 101 seconds after take-off from Mum- quiry report will take a while, yet as a trolled milling department, electronics munist China which purportedly was bai, on January 1, 1978. Thus, when world aviation watcher, I would find department and division, space inte- years, mainly due to the unsavoury friendly to India under Nehru. the critical attitude direction indica- it difficult to brand the tragedy as un- gration and test and computer facili- Again, the June 23, 1985, mid-air tor (ADI) of the airborne craft failed, it avoidable. It’s an avoidable disaster. ties.” None of which exists anymore; tussle between its top officers and (31,000-feet flight) explosion of Air In- led to cockpit crew’s loss of ‘situation All the more so if one delves into some like that of Israel and other individual dia 182, Boeing-747-237B, registration awareness’, leading to fatality of all 213 unfolding situations which might not European aircraft manufacturers of the accusations that it has become number VT-EFO, Emperor Kanishka, aboard. Instrument malfunction fell have been anticipated, but should the 20th century — failure to manufac- killing all 329 aboard, can be catego- under ‘unavoidable’ and crew failure have had been taken into consider- ture aircraft solo, faltered on compe- the handmaiden of the ruling party. rised as ‘unavoidable’ because the made it an ‘avoidable’ air disaster. ation long before the occurrence of the tition, quality and cash. They all van- The government should strengthen professional flight crew, being totally In this background, it’s difficult to tragedy. ished from the aviation industry radar. unconnected, couldn’t have been held comprehend why the December 27, My first point is about the aircraft: Yet, passenger aircraft, or for that its monitoring mechanism to ensure responsible for this unprecedented 2019, Kazakhstan accident, involving Fokker 100. Produced by Fokker (Dutch matter, combat fighters, produced air disaster. Nevertheless, in a way, as a Dutch-made Fokker100 twin-tur- name NV Koninklijke Nederlandse by those iconic manufacturing plants that black sheep in apex investigative subsequent developments revealed, it bofan short/medium-range transport Vliegtuigfabriek Fokker), the company and companies of yesteryear, still fly could be put under avoidable category aircraft, max take-off weight between closed more than 20 years ago, post around the globe. And there lie the po- agencies are identified and shown too, as the Canadian Government-ap- 43.09 and 44.45 tonnes, should not Cold War, owing to financial hardship. tential fault lines and failures. the door regularly. The law must not pointed Commission of Inquiry, head- be categorised as an avoidable disas- However, according to annual Jane’s IANS spare the tainted law-enforcers. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon 7 op-ed Saturday, January 04, 2020

Pennsylvania they decreased Why 2020 will be the worst year for US President Donald Trump by 17 points, in Wisconsin by 20 By Jon Wiener lose the popular vote by millions ried women said they could not. points, in Michigan by 22 points. A year ago, I wrote a piece again but squeak through in the They are unlikely to agree with In the midterm voting, those three headlined “2019 will be the worst electoral college by a few thou- Trump’s claims about his tax cut swing states all elected Demo- year of Trump’s life.” Lately, I’ve sand. benefiting everybody, and unmar- crats in 2018. Wisconsin elected been feeling a bit smug about my But I don’t think he can win ried women make up a quarter of a Democratic governor to replace prescience. A wiser man might this time. Despite being the most the potential electorate. a Republican, and reelected a retire from the prognostication powerful political figure in Amer- On many of the issues Ameri- Democratic senator; Pennsylvania game on that high note, but in- ica for the last three years, Trump cans care most about, Trump is reelected a Democratic governor stead I’m going to double down hasn’t done anything to expand consistently on the wrong side. and Democrats there took three with a new prediction: 2020 will his base. And the Democrats will An increasing majority of people, House seats away from Republi- be the worst year of Trump’s life. never again make the mistakes as Greenberg points out, believe can incumbents. Last year’s foresight wasn’t that Hillary Clinton made in Pennsyl- “immigration benefits our coun- In Michigan, which the Demo- hard, in retrospect. It seemed vania, Michigan and Wisconsin. try,” up from 50 per cent in 2016 crats lost to Trump by 11,000 likely, given what we’d already The starting point for 2020 is to 65 per cent today. An increas- votes, the Democrats had a huge seen, that Trump was going to the fact that the Democratic base ing majority now more than 60 per victory in 2018, sweeping the elec- create problems for himself on is considerably larger than the cent believe that the government tions for governor and senator a scale unmatched. No one fore- Republican base. Almost half of should play a bigger role in ad- and flipping two House seats. Vot- saw the exact nature of his mis- registered voters (48 per cent) dressing our problems, especially ers also banned gerrymandering deeds that he’d threaten to with- say they are certain they will vote in health care. Free college tuition and created automatic voter reg- hold military aid from Ukraine in having a sure-fire winner. Presi- the last election will undoubtedly against Trump, while only a third and a wealth tax have widespread istration, which together will bear order to pressure leaders there dent Trump, on the other hand, be reprised. (34 per cent) say they are certain support. fruit in 2020. All this explains why to investigate his campaign rival is a strong campaigner and more There is also the possibility that they will vote for him. Of course 2016 showed that we I’m quite certain we’ll be free at but it was pretty easy to see that determined to win than ever. If the Democrats will self-destruct Democratic strategist and poll- need to look beyond the national last from Donald Trump on Janu- the year was likely to produce he doesn’t, he spends the rest of at their convention. Maybe vote ster Stan Greenberg has a whole polls, and focus on the swing ary 20, 2021. more scandals, failures and de- his life as a loser the worst thing suppression by Republicans will book about why Trump will lose states. But there, too, the news Honesty compels me, however, feats. you can be in Trump world. Re- succeed. Maybe Tulsi Gabbard (with the title R.I.P. G.O.P.). He is encouraging. In Pennsylvania, to recall another article I wrote in The coming year presents publicans have worked tirelessly will run as a third-party candi- asked voters in a 2016 election day Michigan and Wisconsin, since the past. This one was in June of many more uncertainties. to create new restrictions on vot- date and draw enough votes in poll whether they could handle Trump took office, his net approv- 2016, and it was headlined: “Relax, There’s the election, of course, ing by Democrats, and the bots a few key states to give the elec- an unexpected expense of $500 al ratings, which started out on the Trump Can’t Win.” and the Democrats aren’t seen as and dirty tricks that helped sway tion to Trump. Maybe Trump will (Dh1,836). A majority of unmar- plus side, have fallen disastrously. Gulf News Pakistan 2020 — Imran Khan is heading to the midterm Newsmaker: The By Farhan Bokhari global protester As US president Donald Trump with the popular outcry over grow- By Mick O’Reilly prepares for the 2020 US presi- ing inflation leading the sentiment. dential elections, Washington Meeting public expectations over There’s a code I follow when I’m will rely on Islamabad to seek the next three years or so will re- on the streets, reporting on pro- a pullout of its troops from Af- main an uphill battle, mainly due tests. It doesn’t matter whether ghanistan. Heading into the new to the effects of conditions tied to it’s Belfast or Bangkok, Barcelona year, there are increasing signs an IMF loan programme. or Bahrain, there are certain steps of Washington seeking Islam- However, Imran’s failure to in- I take to keep myself safe should abad’s support to press Afghani- stall a team of ministers and advis- violence break out. Watch the pro- stan’s Taliban leaders to join a ers with the capacity to deliver a tests from the side of the street, new peace process. For Trump, top-notch performance has added preferably near a side street that showing off the success of US to the rot across Pakistan. you can use as an escape route policies in Afghanistan will mark It was only last week that Im- if things go wrong. And if they a rare foreign policy victory. ran formally halted the pursuit do, stay low, stay to the side, and of corruption charges against don’t hang around trying to see a Elsewhere too, Pakistan’s re- businessmen by the National Ac- melee unfold. lations with the Arab world no- countability Bureau or NAB-cre- Modern tear gases are most foul, tably Saudi Arabia, may well ated mainly to investigate public penetrate your eyes, nose and generate important dividends. office bearers on graft related mouth quickly, bringing the most After a deepening deadlock charges. Over time, the NAB ap- violent mucus onsets almost in- with Indian prime minister Na- pears to have departed from its stantly. Above all, resist the need rendra Modi in 2019 over events original mandate and began tar- to put water on your face. Use in Kashmir, Imran’s govern- geting members of the business milk instead. And when things go ment has entered the new year community only to provoke a south, they do so very quickly. Po- buoyed with indications of a backlash. With Pakistan’s invest- lice in visors and waving batons foreign ministers’ conference ment climate clearly weakened hit out at anyone that moves and from the Organisation of Islamic over Beijing’s future ties with Pakistan’s governments are known incomes. In 2020, following the cot- due to mounting lack of trust anyone who doesn’t. Cooperation (OIC), likely to take Pakistan. Going forward, it’s to have faced mounting pressure ton crop failure due to the locust between businessmen and gov- Trust me, having covered pro- place in Islamabad in the next likely that the US will keep up on public issues. In Imran’s case, attack and other attacks, alongside ernment leaders, the long-term tests on three continents over the few months. In view of Pakistan its pressure on Pakistan in 2020 a virtual disconnect between his income contraction for farmers in investment climate has broadly past 35 years, the “stay low, stay to playing host to that event, con- to scale down CPEC as a way to government’s view of the emerg- other sectors, Pakistan’s farmers become lacklustre. Short-term the side and move fast” survival ditions in Kashmir will likely top trim down the country’s well- ing realities and conditions on the are likely to remain hard pressed. trends such as a halt to a not too technique works. Protests too fol- the list of discussions. established ties with Beijing. ground, remains a powerful reality. Some in Imran’s government will long ago sliding value of the Paki- low an inevitable format — the Meanwhile, Pakistan’s rela- While Pakistan’s prospects on its Across Pakistan, following a pow- likely fail to recognise this as a cri- stani rupee against the US dollar chanting, the provocations, the tionship with China will remain foreign policy front are likely to re- erful locust attack in 2019 across sis given that farmers haven’t come and a larger flow of investments throwing of bricks and sticks, then consistent and strong, based on main potentially promising during southern Punjab targeting the cot- together yet as a singular force to in Pakistani stocks and local ru- police forming behind shields, the decades of mutual trust as eco- the year ahead, Imran and his team ton crop, the challenges confront- voice their anxiety. Yet, the crisis pee bonds, have been used by tear gas, the running street battle. nomic and military ties grow will primarily face pressure on the ing farmers will likely deepen in and its resultant consequences will the government to claim a ro- These are the scenes playing out sharply. domestic front. The year ahead will 2020. For the country’s overall fu- inflict a political cost on Imran and bust economic recovery. In real- today in Hong Kong, in places However, China’s promise also become significant for Imran ture, the plight of Pakistan’s farm- his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI ity though, Pakistan badly needs across India, in France, across Iraq of investing up to $62 billion and his team as they go through ers will set the trend. political party as they head to the investments that create jobs and and in Algeria. Around the world, (Dh227.5 billion) under the their midterm mark ahead of Paki- This will be central to the coun- 2023 elections. generate added value in exports there is a fury on the streets — China Pakistan Economic Cor- stan’s next parliamentary elections try’s political mood given that up to Meanwhile, conditions across to work against a future balance deep-seated anti-establishment ridor or CPEC, already appears due in summer 2023. half of Pakistan’s population relies Pakistan’s urban areas will also re- of payments crisis. anger fuelled by a variety of griev- to have aroused US suspicions Typically, by the midterm stage, either directly or indirectly on farm main challenging in the year ahead, ances and causes. The persistent Gulf News people power is undeterred. In May I found myself in Hong Kong, the former British territory How apocalypse became the world’s new normal racked by six months of bloody and violent protests sparked by By Paul Krugman science in general. Hey, aren’t scientists ef- a since-cancelled extradition law The past week’s images from Austra- fectively part of the deep state? that became a touchstone for lia have been nightmarish: walls of flame, Furthermore, this isn’t just a US problem. demonstrators. Back then, three blood-red skies, residents huddled on Even as Australia burns, its current govern- weeks before the protests began in beaches as they try to escape the inferno. ment is reaffirming its commitment to coal earnest, there were signs that this The bush fires have been so intense that and threatening to make boycotts of envi- confrontation would be long. The they have generated “fire tornadoes” power- ronmentally destructive businesses a crime. legislate there was sealed off, po- ful enough to flip over heavy trucks. The sick irony of the current situation is lice were in no mood to talk to cu- The thing is, Australia’s summer of fire that anti-environmentalism is getting more rious foreign visitors, and the po- is only the latest in a string of catastrophic extreme precisely at the moment when the lice vans had been fitted with wire weather events over the past year: unprec- prospects for decisive action should be meshing for the inevitable conflict edented flooding in the Midwest, a heat- better than ever. one side, the dangers of to come. Social media plays its wave in India that sent temperatures to climate change are no longer predictions part too in stoking the palpable 50 degrees Celsius, another heatwave that about the future: We can see the damage hatred on the streets, Twitter is brought unheard-of temperatures to much now, although it’s only a small taste of the the tool of the intolerant and the of Europe. horrors that lie ahead. indignant — allowing those intent And all of these catastrophes were related On the other side, drastic reductions in on escalating protests to gather to climate change. Notice that I said “related greenhouse gas emissions now look re- and organise at the touch of a to” rather than “caused by” climate change. markably easy to achieve, at least from an thumb. This is a distinction that has flummoxed economic point of view. In particular, there During these days of protests, many people over the years. Any individual a whole will eventually be swallowed by the read articles about heatwaves, floods and has been so much technological progress in tyres become the currency of the weather event has multiple causes, which sea, but long before that happens, rising sea droughts that seemed to go to great lengths alternative energy that the Trump adminis- malcontent. They are carefully was one reason news reports used to avoid levels will make catastrophic storm surges to avoid mentioning climate change. My tration is trying desperately to prop up coal set across streets in layers — and mentioning the possible role of climate commonplace. Much of India will eventu- sense is that reporters and editors have fi- against competition from solar and wind. the more diligent of demonstra- change in natural disasters. ally become uninhabitable, but killing heat- nally gotten over that block. So will environmental policy play a role in tors will use gas canisters with recent years, however, climate scientists waves and droughts will take a deadly toll The public also seems to be paying atten- the 2020 campaign? Most Democrats seem blow torches to quickly set these have tried to cut through this confusion by well before that point is reached. tion, with concern about climate change disinclined to make it a major issue, and I ablaze. The choking black smoke engaging in “extreme event attribution,” Put it this way: While it will take genera- growing substantially over the past few understand why: Historically, the threat provides cover and a screen for which focuses on probabilities: You can’t tions for the full consequences of climate years. The bad news is that growing climate posed by right-wing environmental policy more to organise and vent their necessarily say that climate change caused change to play out, there will be many lo- awareness is mainly taking place in the US seemed abstract, distant and hard to run on fury in a concerted fashion. What- a particular heatwave, but you can ask how calised, temporary disasters along the way. among Democrats; the Republican base is compared with, say, Republican attempts to ever the cause, environment ranks much difference global warming made to Apocalypse will become the new normal largely unmoved. And the anti-environmen- dismantle Obamacare. But the wave of cli- very low once tyre fires are set. In the probability of that heatwave happening. — and that’s happening right in front of tal extremism of conservative politicians mate-related catastrophes may be changing Baghdad, the US embassy was re- And the answer, typically, is a lot: Climate our eyes. The big question is whether the has, if anything, become even more intense the political calculus. I’m not a campaign cently besieged and attempts were change makes the kinds of extreme weather proliferation of climate-related disasters as their position has become intellectually expert, but it seems to me that campaigns made to storm it. Whatever the events we’ve been seeing much more likely. will finally be enough to break though the untenable. might get some traction with ads showing outcome, such escalation of vio- And while there’s a lot of randomness in opposition to action. There are some hope- The right used to pretend that there was recent fires and floods and pointing out lence can never be a wise move.In weather outcomes, that randomness actu- ful signs. One is that the news media has be- a serious scientific dispute about the real- that Donald Trump and his friends are do- Algeria, demonstrators have been ally makes climate change much more dam- come much more willing to talk about the ity of global warming and its sources. Now ing everything they can to create more such on the streets for most of these aging in its early stages than most people role of climate change in weather events. Republicans, and the Trump administration disasters. past 12 months. realise. On our current trajectory, Florida as Not long ago it was all too common to in particular, have simply become hostile to Gulf News Gulf News The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon Saturday, January 04, 2020 international 8 US attack kills Iranian General, Khamenei vows revenge Saudi hands over Qandeel Tehran, Jan 3 (IANS) A US vigorous revenge. necessary action to protect IRGC's elite unit which Baloch's brother to Pak attack ordered by President "... The continued fight our people and our interests handles clandestine Islamabad, Jan 3 (IANS) Saudi Arabia Donald Trump has killed and achievement of the wherever they are around operations abroad has handed over slain Pakistani model Gen Qasem Soleimani, the final victory will make life the world," it added. and reports directly to Qandeel Baloch's brother, who was an head of the Iran's Islamic bitterer for the murderers But in a tweet, Iranian Khamenei, said the BBC. absconding suspect in her murder, to Revolutionary Guard and criminals," he added. Foreign Minister In that position Gen authorities in Islamabad, the media Corps' (IRGC) elite Quds Besides offering Mohammad Javad Zarif Soleimani played a key reported. As per Arab media reports on Force, a move that was condolences to Soleimani's called the attack as role bolstering Bashar al- Thursday, the International Criminal met with harsh criticism family, Khamenei also "extremely dangerous Assad's Iranian-supported Police Organization's (Interpol) cell from Tehran's Supreme declared three days of and a foolish escalation", government in the Syrian in Saudi Arabia had arrested Muzaffar Leader Ayatollah Seyyed mourning. The news of adding that "the US bears Civil War, and in the fight Iqbal on Wednesday, reports The News Ali Khamenei who has Soleiman's death was also responsibility for all against the Islamic State International. vowed "tough revenge" on confirmed by the Pentagon consequences of its rogue (IS) group in Iraq. He first He had on record admitted to Washington in response. in a statement. adventurism". came to prominence in his drugging and killing his sister when The IRGC said that "At the direction of the Mohsen Rezaei, the country serving in the Iran- he was presented before a special Soleimani and Abu Mahdi (US) President, the US former commander of Iraq War in the 1980s. magistrate. The arrest was made on the al-Muhandis, the second- military has taken decisive the IRGC, said Iran would Thursday night's Pakistani government's 2016 request in-command of the Hashd defensive action to protect take "vigorous revenge on targeted strike took place to Saudi Arabia as Iqbal was residing Shaabi or the Iraqi Popular US personnel abroad by America". A spokesman amid increased tensions in the Kingdom at the time. Iqbal has Mobilization Forces (PMF), the development, reports the Tehran-based killing Qassem Soleimani," for the Iranian government between Washington and been accused of aiding and abetting in were killed on Thursday Khamenei said that the Press TV. "His demise will Efe news reported citing said the country's top Tehran after hundreds of Qandeel's murder. In 2016, Qandeel was night in a US airstrike that "cruelest people on not stop his mission, but the Pentagon statement as security body would protesters stormed the strangled to death by her brother Waseem targeted the vehicle they earth" assassinated the the criminals who have the saying. meeting in a few hours to US Embassy in Baghdad at her residence in Punjab province, were travelling in on the "honourable" commander blood of General Soleimani "The strike was aimed discuss the "criminal act of on Tuesday, where they following which her father, Muhammad Baghdad International who "courageously fought and other martyrs of the at deterring future Iranian attack". managed to breach the Azeem Baloch, had lodged a murder case Airport road. for year against the evils Thursday night attack on attack plans... The US Since 1998, Soleimani main gate and enter some against his son, accomplice Haq Nawaz, Responding to and bandits of the world", their hands must await a will continue to take all led Iran's Quds Force - the rooms, lighting fires. and various others. US embassy in Baghdad urges US lieutenant's mum deported Trump speaks with Turkey's American citizens to leave to Mexico after 31 years Erdogan on Libya situation US citizens should "not Washington, Jan stay in this country. approach the embassy", 3 (IANS) Federal US Rebollar, who has while the consulate general immigration authorities three grandchildren in Erbil in Kurdistan have deported the and runs a small region would be open for mother of an American business, had to turn appointments. Soleimani, Army lieutenant to herself in to federal the commander of the Mexico after 31 years. authorities, and ICE Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Rocio Rebollar Gomez, their mother at the informed the attorney Revolution Guards Corps 50, the mother of US-Mexico border. that any postponement (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al- 30-year-old 2nd Lt. Rebollar had been of her deportation had Muhandis, the second-in- Gibran Cruz, an Army scheduled to turn to be requested in a command of Iraq's Popular intelligence officer, herself in on Thursday separate building. Washington, Jan 3 warning from some Mobilization Forces was deported from San for deportation, but Rebollar was expelled (IANS) US President opposition parties that (PMF) or Hashd Shaabi Diego to the Mexican her daughter said that from the country at the Donald Trump spoke it will endanger Turkish Baghdad, Jan 3 (IANS) region, the US Embassy (PMU), were killed in the border city of Tijuana "she had faith" that US El Chaparral pedestrian over phone with Turkish soldiers' lives and add The US Embassy in urges American citizens US airstrikes on Thursday by Immigration and officials would give her border bridge. Once President Recep Tayyip fuel to the proxy war in Baghdad on Friday called to heed the January 2020 night that targeted their Customs Enforcement an extension and "so she was in Tijuana - Erdogan on Libya and the North African nation. on all American citizens Travel Advisory and depart vehicle on the Baghdad (ICE) authorities, she had not packed her about 27 miles south of other regional issues, Libya has been to leave Iraq immediately Iraq immediately," Press International Airport road. reports Efe news. bags". where she had turned said the White House. locked in a civil war following the death of TV quoted the embassy as The deaths were Both Cruz and his Attorney Tessa herself in shortly before Trump told his Turkish that escalated in Iranian Major General saying in a statement. confirmed by both the IRGC sister Karla McKissick Cabrera told Efe that - Rebollar confirmed counterpart on Thursday 2014, splitting power Qassem Soleimani in an "US citizens should and the PMF. The Pentagon at a press conference on the office of California to her daughter by that "foreign interference between two rival American airstrike ordered depart via airline while in a statement confirmed Thursday denounced Senator Kamala Harris telephone that she was is complicating the governments: the UN- by President Donald possible, and failing that, to that the strike was carried the fact that ICE officials tried, but failed, to get in Mexico but didn't situation" in the war- backed Government of Trump. "Due to heightened other countries via land." out "at the direction of the prevented them from special permission for have any further idea torn country, according National Accord (GNA) tensions in Iraq and the The statement added that President". saying goodbye to Rebollar to extend her where she was. to a statement released based in the capital by the White House, Tripoli and another in Xinhua news agency the northeastern city of Khamenei vows 'tough revenge' on US over Soleimani's death Aus Navy rescues people reported. Tobruk which is allied Tehran, Jan 3 (IANS) extremely dangerous and The two leaders with the self-proclaimed Iran's Supreme Leader a foolish escalation. from bushfire-hit town agreed on the need for Libyan National Army Ayatollah Seyyed Ali "The US bears Sydney, Jan 3 (IANS) hours' voyage down de-escalation in Idlib, (LNA) led by Khalifa Khamenei on Friday responsibility for all The Australian Navy the coast. Syria, in order to protect Haftar. Turkey, along vowed "tough revenge" consequences of its on Friday evacuated With roads cut civilians, the statement with its ally Qatar, backs on the US after an attack rogue adventurism," he around 1,000 tourists off, the military added. Turkish the GNA led by Fayez ordered by American said in a series of tweets. and residents who evacuated around 60 Parliament on Thursday al-Sarraj, while their President Donald Trump Meanwhile, the PMF were trapped in the people by helicopter approved a motion rivals, the United Arab killed Gen Qassem has also confirmed the bushfire-ravaged on Thursday. The air authorizing a one-year Emirates, Saudi Arabia Soleimani, the head incident, adding that its town of Mallacoota on has so far been too deployment of its troops and Egypt, support the of the Iran's Islamic public relations director the coast of Victoria smoky for further in Libya, despite the LNA. Revolutionary Guard Mohammed Reza al- state. air evacuations. Corps' (IRGC) elite Quds Jaberi and four other The evacuation The evacuation Andrews declared a at railway stations. "It is Force, in Iraq. their hands must await Popular Mobilization members were also killed on Friday came after was voluntary. By state of disaster for forecast we will see dry In a statement issued a vigorous revenge. "... Forces (PMF), were killed after three Katyusha some 4,000 residents Thursday night, 963 six areas and resorts, thunderstorms coming here, Khamenei said The continued fight in the US strike that rockets struck a military and tourists fled to had signed up for the including Mallacoota. across the state and the the "cruelest people on and achievement of the targeted their vehicle on base next to the Baghdad the beach on Monday boats, with a few more "Some people will potential of lightning earth" assassinated the final victory will make the Baghdad International airport earlier on Friday. night, when racing doing so on Friday want to go, some people strikes," Andrew Crisp, "honourable" commander life bitterer for the Airport road. It described the attack as bushfires encircledmorning, Commander will be happy to stay," he emergency management who "courageously fought murderers and criminals," Iranian Foreign Minister a "cowardly US bombing". the town, reports the Scott Houlihan said. said of the evacuation. commissioner for for year against the evils he added. Besides Mohammad Javad Zarif President Trump have BBC. The larger ship, High temperatures and Victoria, warned on and bandits of the world", offering condolences called the US attack as not officially commented Throughout Friday, HMAS Choules, has a strong winds are forecast Friday. He called reports the Tehran- to Soleimani's family, "extremely dangerous and on the development, landing vessels took "few hundred beds". for the weekend, leading on people to leave based Press TV. "His Khamenei also declared a foolish escalation". "The but he posted a picture people to two ships Further trips are to what officials call as soon as possible. demise will not stop his three days of mourning. US' act of international of the American flag on - MV Sycamore and possible, depending "widespread extreme Thousands of people mission, but the criminals The IRGC said that terrorism, targeting and his Twitter handle. Since the much larger on demand. The fire danger". In other are also fleeing parts who have the blood of Soleimani and Abu Mahdi assassinating General 1998, Maj Gen Soleimani HMAS Choules. The evacuees were allowed parts of Victoria, people of neighbouring New General Soleimani and al-Muhandis, the second- Soleimani, the most led Iran's Quds Force - the evacuees will be taken to take their pets on were urged to evacuate South Wales (NSW), other martyrs of the in-command of the effective force fighting IS, IRGC's elite unit which to Western Port, the the ship. Victoria's by road in convoy. There where a week-long state Thursday night attack on Hashd Shaabi or the Iraqi Al Nusrah, Al Qaeda, is handles clandestine . Navy said - around 16 Premier Daniel were also large queues of emergency. As decision time for Trump impeachment trial Security camera shows Ghosn nears, explosive new emails surface leaving Tokyo home alone Tokyo, Jan 3 (IANS) received help from his New York, Jan 3 (IANS) ally engaged in a specific on it in the context Security camera footage wife, Carole, Efe news Opposition Democrats shooting war with Russia. of impeachment. The has showed ousted reported. have seized on newly According to witness prosecutor made the case Nissan Chairman Carlos The former Nissan released emails relating testimony, Trump wanted that Republicans could Ghosn leaving his Tokyo chairman has Lebanese, to the central allegation in Ukraine to announce an hold a trial without the home alone ahead of Brazilian and French the impeachment charges investigation into former articles. Decision time is his escape to Lebanon, citizenship and holds against US President Vice President Joe Biden's nearing for the partisan Japanese investigative Ghosn, 65, arrived in two passports for the Donald Trump, saying son in return for releasing stare-down as Washington sources said on Friday. Lebanon on Monday via latter - one of which he the latest evidence is a $391 million of taxpayer- politicos come back to The sources said that Turkey after jumping used at Beirut customs, "devastating blow" to funded and Congress- Washington D.C. after the footage captured bail in Japan. Hours later according to NHK. the Republican effort to approved military aid to the holidays. The Senate by the security camera he confirmed he was Initially, all of Ghosn's conduct a Senate trial Ukraine. After bottling is set to return on Friday installed at Ghosn's in Lebanon, saying: "I passports were with the without witnesses and at the heart of Trump's Just Security' published up impeachment, House from a two-week recess. home showed him am no longer a hostage lawyers, but in May a documents. impeachment charges, on Thursday exclusive Speaker Nancy Pelosi has As the political risks of a leaving on Sunday at of a Japanese judicial Japanese court allowed Trump was impeached from a trove of unredacted details of unredacted refused to submit articles prolonged standoff rise noon, but not returning, system where guilt the former Nissan chief by the US House of emails viewed by 'Just emails between the of impeachment to the for both sides, haggling reports Japanese public presumption prevails, to keep one of the two Representatives on Security' which is based White House Office of Senate to gain leverage is set to move into top broadcaster NHK where discrimination French passports after December 19, becoming at the Reiss Center on Law Management and Budget over the framing of the gear next week when They added that the is generalized and his bail conditions were only the third American and Security at New York and the Pentagon about trial rules. She is asking most lawmakers return camera did not capture where human rights are changed. President to be formally University School of Law. the decision to delay aid Senate Republicans what to Washington after the any other suspicious breached. He reportedly held charged under the According to the site, to Ukraine which is at the a trial might look like. winter holidays. persons entering or "I haven't escaped it in a locked case, the Constitution's remedy Michael Duffey, associate core of the impeachment A former federal The spotlight is now leaving the home justice - I have keys to which were with for high crimes and director of national charges against Trump. prosecutor told a radio firmly on about 10 around the time Ghosn freed myself from his lawyers, according misdemeanors. A Senate security at the Office of Trump's impeachment show that there is no Senators across both came out. injustice and political to sources NHK cited. trial is up next. Management and Budget. on charges of abuse of stipulation that the articles sides of the aisle who The police suspect persecution," he added. The database of the "Clear direction from told the acting Pentagon office and obstruction of of impeachment must be could possibly break Ghosn may have left He did not reveal details Immigration Services POTUS to continue to comptroller that there Congress pivots around "transmitted" to the Senate ranks and decide how the his home to meet about how he was able Agency of Japan had no hold," is an explosive was "clear direction his policy towards or at least the Constitution rules of the Senate trial with someone before to leave Japan, although record of his departure new one-liner that strikes from POTUS to hold". Ukraine, a vulnerable does not say anything ultimately look. heading to the airport. he denied having from the country. Indian Horizon 9 business Saturday, January 04, 2020 Air India to be operational till privatisation: Minister to AI unions Brent jumps 3%, New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Terming the Civil Aviation soon". The Centre is likely to Sensex down 70 pts Civil Aviation Minister Hard- Minister's earlier statement issue the expression of inter- eep Singh Puri has reassured that if Air India is not priva- est (EoI) for divestment of its Air India's employees that the tised by March 31, 2020, the stake in the national passenger passenger carrier will remain airline will be shut down as "a carrier during the first month operational till its privatisa- matter of concern", the pilots' of 2020. tion process is complete, one union had said in the letter: Union Home Minister Amit of the airline's unions said on "With this uncertainty over the Shah heads the panel looking Thursday. Puri was speaking at survival of our national carrier after the divestment process. a meeting with Air India's em- and with no 'Plan B', we re- Its other members include Fi- ployees' unions here on Thurs- quest you to ensure that we are nance Minister Nirmala Sith- Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) eral in Iraq, giving way day. not treated like bonded labour araman, Commerce and Rail- Sensex fell 70 points to fears of conflict be- The Indian Commercial Pi- cerns of the employees," the owned airline to waive off their and allow us to quit Air India way Minister Piyush Goyal and during the early trade tween two of the world's lots' Association (ICPA), one of ICPA said in a statement late notice period. without serving the notice pe- the Civil Aviation Minister. on Friday after the glob- largest oil producing the unions which was present on Thursday evening. Puri, the He said pilots and engineers riod and clear all our dues im- In the previous Modi gov- al prices surged over 3 nations. in the meeting, said that all the union said, said that Air India are required to run the airline, mediately." ernment, then Finance Min- per cent over escalating At 10.17 a.m., the unions opposed privatisation, will run till its privatisation the union added. Last week, At present, the union has 800 ister Arun Jaitley headed the tensions in the Middle Sensex was down 69.87 but the minister stated that and requested all the unions to the ICPA in a letter to Puri said: pilots as its members. As per ministerial panel called the East. points at 41,556.77. It the government does not have cooperate towards the process. "It is unfair for the Govern- the letter, currently 65 pilots Air India Specific Alternative Oil prices topped $68 opened at 41,634.51 funds to infuse into Air India. According to the ICPA, the ment of India to keep us bond- have tendered their resigna- Mechanism (AISAM). After a barrel after a US air- from its previous close "The meeting was called to minister expressed his displea- ed with the notice period while tions and are serving the six- failing to find a bidder then, strike ordered by Presi- of 41,626.64. The Nifty have constructive dialogue sure over pilots and engineers we are not being paid on time month notice period which the government is working on dent Donald Trump slipped 27.10 points and address the genuine con- demanding the government- and our dues are not cleared." is due for completion "very a war footing to sell Air India. killed a top Iranian gen- lower at 12,255.10. Inflation, CAD under US-Iran Twitter abuzz after US air strike kills Iranian General Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) Trump loves America!" said tweeted: "If there's a war I tensions ahead of Budget Reacting to the killing of Ira- another supporter. fully expect Trump's armed- New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) It ty closed 55.55 points, or 0.45 Petrol and diesel prices nian General Qasem Solei- Others were clearly not to-the-teeth supporters to is bad news for North Block per cent, down at 12,226.65. were hiked marginally for the mani, head of Iranian Revo- amused. One user wrote: sign up and teach those ahead of the Budget as the spi- Indian rupee (INR) fell second successive day on Fri- lutionary Guard Corps-Quds "Starting a war to win elec- Iranians what the good ol' ral effect of the killing of Iran's sharply at 4 per cent against day following a surge in crude Force, in a US air strike, tions? Elitists are glad it's not US of A can do." "Anybody top general by the US will be the US dollar (USD), spooked oil rates. While, price of petrol Twitterati went into an over- their children being sent to thinking this is the distrac- echoed in India's Finance Min- by a surge in global oil prices was raised by up to 10 paise drive, with users praising US fight their battles." A tweet tion Trump was planning? istry and central bank at a time to 71.77 at day's low against per litre, the price of diesel in- president Donald Trump as read: "It's only been the sec- People will die because of when the economy is strug- the US dollar. The Finance creased by up to 15 paise per well as posting funny com- ond day of the year what the this monster!" commented gling to come out of a slow- Ministry did not comment on litre, according to the website ments and memes. 86.3K retweets and 346.8K f*** is going on? Why!!!!!!!!" one Twitter user. down and to push consump- the developments. of IOC. Pentagon confirmed that likes. 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I don't feel they were too big to fail, that control to enable it to consider cal year as the trade deficit petrol and diesel prices are dad airport in Iraq. #Trump likes. so protected right now...." they were so powerful and further lowering interest rates shrank, central bank data likely to jump sharply in the trended with 2.12 million One supporter replied to @ "I mean if you're American so advanced that no one and support growth. showed earlier. The CAD had next few days over increasing tweets and #Iran with 2.02 realDonaldTrump: "We love like I am, then we're going to would turn on them... until India which imports nearly declined to 0.9 per cent of tensions in the oil-rich Middle million tweets. you, President Trump! Thank be fine, we always are. But if everyone turned on them." 90 per cent of its oil is also GDP in Q2 fiscal year end- East countries. Trump posted a picture of you for standing up for us you're from anywhere else... "Those who sow the wind slated to see its import bill bal- ing March 2020 from 2.9 per Brent crude oil price rose the US national flag on @re- and ours!!!" "Leadership Oh no," read one tweet. will reap the whirlwind," looning putting pressure on cent in the same period a year over 4 per cent on Friday af- alDonaldTrump which got when it counts! President One Trump supporter read another post. current account deficit and in ago on lower trade deficit. ter US airstrikes killed a top turn putting pressure on the CAD occurs when the value Iranian commander in Iraq, rupee also. of goods and services a coun- heightening geopolitical ten- Market benchmark Sensex try imports exceeds the value sions. Brent crude oil price RevFin, PNB MetLife tie up to offer life cover to customers tumbled 162 points on Fri- of exports. A large CAD can rose up to $69.16 per barrel New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) electric three-wheeler, can tally through RevFin's app Distribution Officer, PNB day as global investors turned cause the domestic currency marking a spike of 4.39 per RevFin, India's leading digi- take advantage of this tie-up, (iOS and Android), so there MetLife, stated, "This is an ex- risk-averse after the killing of a to depreciate. cent its highest level since tal lending start up, has part- and cover their outstand- is no additional paperwork cellent initiative by RevFin to top Iranian general by the US The most prominent fall- September against previous nered with PNB MetLife India ing loan amount during the needed. Once the insurance encourage financial inclusion fuelled fears of a geopolitical out -- petrol, diesel prices close of $66.25 per barrel. Insurance Company Lim- loan tenure. To facilitate the underwriting is done, the in- by providing life insurance conflict. Brent crude futures likely to rise sharply on Iran- Following the killing of ited (PNB MetLife) to provide hassle-free process, RevFin surance document is sent to protection to their customers. surged 4.4 per cent to USD US tensions. As per revised the Iranian commander, oil protection to the customers customers can apply for this the customer via email. Their customers hardly need 69.16 per barrel as investors prices, petrol rates stand at prices surged, showing con- through life insurance on life insurance product digi- Sameer Aggarwal, CEO of to spend more than 5 minutes turned jittery on supply con- Rs 75.35 per litre in Delhi, Rs cerns that escalating Middle their loans. tally without any additional RevFin, said, "We are very to take up the loan, to protect cerns. The 30-share BSE index 80.94 per litre in Mumbai, Rs East tensions may disrupt oil This partnership will sup- paperwork, and at an afford- excited to offer this life insur- their families." ended 162.03 points, or 0.39 77.94 per litre in Kolkata, and supplies and as a result Brent port financial inclusion by able premium. ance product to our custom- "At PNB MetLife, our focus per cent, lower at 41,464.61. Rs 78.28 per litre in Chennai, crude futures jumped to their helping to secure the fami- RevFin started this product ers. The initial response has has been to tap new unin- Similarly, the broader NSE Nif- respectively. highest since September 17. lies of the borrowers against offer in September 2019 and been very good from our elec- sured customers and our tie- loan repayment burden in the since then, more than 500 tric three-wheeler customers. up with RevFin is in line with event of the unfortunate de- customers have already taken We will keep working to offer the same. With this collabora- mise of the borrower during the life insurance plan. This better products to our cus- tion, we will be able to reach SBI invites bids to sell its 1% stake in NSE, the loan term. insurance covers loans up to tomers and make them a part out to the unbanked popula- cent stake in the exchange. RevFin customers, who Rs 3 lakhs for a term of 3 years. of the formal economy." tion of India and drive greater Last month, IFCI sold its en- have taken a loan to buy an The product is offered digi- Sameer Bansal, Chief financial inclusion. tire 2.44 per cent stake in the NSE for a consideration of Rs 805.6 crore. Besides the NSE stake dilu- Satin Creditcare gets $15mn ECB funds from Austrian Bank tion, the bank is looking to New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) India." raise funds from initial public Satin Creditcare Network Ltd Sabine Gaber, Member of offers of its subsidiaries UTI (SCNL), one of the leading the Executive Board of the Mutual Fund and SBI Cards microfinance companies in Development Bank of Austria, and Payment Services Ltd. India, has received External commented, "Increasing The bank's credit card arm Commercial Borrowing financial inclusion is one of SBI Cards on Wednesday filed (ECB) funding of $15 million our main strategic goals. We New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Stock Exchange (NSE) as part a Draft Red Herring Prospec- from OeEB, the Development are therefore proud to work State-run State Bank of India of its capital raising exercise. tus (DRHP) for its initial public Bank of Austria, to accelerate with SCNL - an experienced (SBI) on Friday invited bids for Currently, SBI holds 5.19 per offer (IPO) with market regula- its microfinance lending partner in the field of selling its 1 per cent stake in cent stake in the exchange. tor Sebi in November. portfolio. microfinance. Especially the National Stock Exchange The bid should be submitted The company will offer up The investment will women often have very (NSE). for a minimum lot of 10,00,000 to 13,05,26,798 equity shares support SCNL in its planned limited access to financial "SBI is one of the sharehold- shares in the prescribed for- via the offer for sale route. This expansion, portfolio growth in SCNL was by World HP Singh, Chairman & MD, services, which is why we ers of National Stock Exchange mat and the last date for sub- will include up to 37,293,371 and its efforts in increasing Business Capital and SCNL said, "We are delighted are particularly happy that of India Ltd (NSEIL) and in- mission is January 15, 2020, it share sales by SBI and up to financial inclusion through second investment was by that OeEB, Development our funds will support tends to divest up to 1.0101 per said. 93,233,427 shares on offer by its operations in 22 states, the responsibility investment. Bank of Austria rest strong female entrepreneurs and cent (50,00,000 equity shares) In 2016, SBI sold 5 per cent Carlyle Group (CA Rover). In company said. This is OeEB's firsttrust in SCNL by making us contribute to improving of its equity shareholding in stake in the NSE to Mauritius- addition, the company will This will be the third round investment in MFI industry their first choice of funding gender equality in India." the NSEIL through a com- based Veracity Investments also issue fresh equity shares of ECB funding by a foreign in India under the new ECB in India. The funding With an outstanding petitive bidding process," the for Rs 911 crore, valuing the of Rs 500 crore. institution in SCNL whilst guidelines. OeEB works from OeEB will help us to portfolio of Rs 7,182 crore country's largest lender said in exchange at over Rs 18,200 Up to 18,64,669 shares have showcasing their continuous in developing countries strengthen our ongoing and serving over 3.6 million a public notice. crore. Post this transaction, been reserved for employ- interest in the company and and emerging markets credit lending services to a customers, SCNL has been SBI said it is looking to sell 50 SBI holding came down to 5.19 ees of the company whereas the Microfinance sector in and provides financinglarger section of existing and given again the top industry lakh shares representing 1.01 per cent while its subsidiary, 1,30,52,680 have been reserved India. for sustainable economic potential customer base and grading by CARE to MFI1 per cent stake in the National SBI Capital, holds 4.33 per for SBI shareholders. The first ECB investment development. accelerate our reach across grading. Oil prices jump 4% after US air strike More large firms to opt for coworking spaces in 2020 imports over 80 per cent New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) In supply of flexible workspaces centres across multiple cities in opening its first coworking centre of its oil requirement. 2020, more large companies was anywhere between 7-7.5 the country. at its hotel ‘Roseate House' in Iraq is the largest crude will opt for flexible coworking million sq. ft. area and it crossed These players include Cowrks, Delhi's Aero City. supplier to India. The spaces for their short-term 12 million sq. ft. by the end of WeWork India, Awfis, Regus, Even as US-based WeWork's Basra crude is regarded as expansion plans, says a study 2019. Smartworks, 91springboard and failed IPO raised doubts about one of the best in terms of that revealed that this segment is "Despite the WeWork debacle OYO's Workspaces. the company's future, WeWork quality and ideally suited no longer driven solely by start- in the US dominating headlines "This number is likely to India's expansion remained on for Indian refineries. ups, millennials and small and and raising questions about the double or even treble in the next course. According to data sourced medium-sized enterprises. future of the coworking business, two years, given the rate at which Owned by realty firm Embassy from the Directorate While tech-giant Google has the segment has emerged as a these leading players actively Group, the company has been Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Global benchmark, General of Commercial already leased office space with viable asset class for landlords leased spaces across major cities mainly funded by Embassy so far Global oil prices jumped Brent, was trading 3.20 Intelligence and Statistics, coworking operator Simpli and operators in India," said in 2019," Puri said. and pays a management fee to over 3 per cent on Friday per cent higher at $68.37 Iraq sold 46.61 million Work in Gurugram to expand Anuj Puri, Chairman, Anarock. The coworking sector has the parent company. after a US airstrike a barrel during the early tonnes of crude oil to its operations, even banks and "The coworking market has also witnessed the entry of With 37 operational coworking ordered by President hours on Friday. The India during April 2018 telecom companies are keen grown by leaps and bounds major realty players. Bengaluru- centres, the company is currently Donald Trump killed a Brent had surged as much and March 2019. on their teams to operate away and is a significant factor in based developer Brigade Group present in Bengaluru, Mumbai, top Iranian general in as 4.4 per cent earlier This was 2 per cent from headquarters and closer the strategy for occupiers," he ventured into the coworking Gurugram, Pune, Noida and Iraq. The sharp jump while the WTI also gained more than 45.74 million to entrepreneurs, showed the added. There are currently more segment with the launch of Hyderabad. followed the attack over over 4 per cent to 63.84. tonnes it had supplied in research by real estate services than 200 coworking players ‘BuzzWorks'. But 2019 also witnessed a fears of conflict between Domestic oil prices are 2017-18 fiscal, making it company Anarock Property operating across India, with the Hospitality player Roseate growing wave of consolidation in two of the worlds largest already on the rise in the top supplier for the Consultant. top seven players in this space Hotels and Resorts has also the sector, in the form of mergers oil producing nations. India. Besides, Indian second year in a row. Towards 2018-end, the total alone having more than 350 forayed into this space by and acquisitions. Indian Horizon Saturday, January 04, 2020 business 10 'Mistry cornered power, brought ill-repute in DoCoMo spat' New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Cyrus to the Tata Operating Companies He further stated that it was very to the contrary, honouring its Mistry was seen concentrating where the Company had huge unfortunate and distressing that commitments is one of Tata authority in his own hands financial exposure and the Board the judgment, without providing Sons' highest virtues it takes great alienating the (Tata Sons) board of the Company had to contend any proper evidence, passed pride in. The spat with DoCoMo, of the company even on matters with such decisions being cast adverse remarks against the which was widely covered by relating to the Tata operating upon it as fait accompli," Tata appellant (Tata) who has spent the press, brought ill-repute and companies where the company said. Tata has contested the order more than half his life in building reputational losses to Tata Sons," had huge financial exposure and that held him guilty of oppression the reputation of Tata Sons and it further added. the spat with Japanese telecom and mismanagement without other Tata operating companies. On Mistry's other decisions partner DoCoMo brought ill- giving an explanation on any Tata also accused Mistry of as Tata Sons chairman, Ratan repute and reputational losses to actual or legal ground. bringing disrepute to the brand Tata also raised questions. Tata Sons, Tata Sons chief Ratan "The (NCLAT's) judgment is of Tatas. A glaring example of "Cyrus Mistry also failed to Tata said in his petition to the also infirm because it blatantly Mistry's lack of leadership skills timely capitalise on business Supreme Court on Friday. indulges in propagating a selective with which "It was during Mistry's opportunities when they Ratan Tata approached the narrative where relevant facts tenure that Tata Sons reneged presented themselves and Tata Supreme Court to challenge the and record have been glossed on its word with DoCoMo under Sons' financial performance, NCLAT ruling a day after Tata over, submissions made by the the agreement citing purely legal under his tenure, was also deeply Sons moved the Supreme Court appellant and other respondents and technical arguments. Even unsatisfactory. All of the above, against the National Company record of the case and required in relation to the conduct of the have been ignored and if noticed after an adverse verdict was gradually lead to a complete loss Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) consideration by the Supreme affairs of Tata Sons, as also the then are not been dealt with in the delivered in the arbitration, Mistry of trust in the ability of Mr Cyrus order favouring Mistry's return. Court," Tata said in the petition. operating companies. impugned judgment," the petition showed complete obstinacy and Mistry to lead Tata Sons from IANS has reviewed the petition Launching a scathing attack on "During this time, Cyrus Mistry said. attempted to resist complying the front and for the future," he filed by Ratan Tata. Mistry, Tata said Mistry of his own was also seen concentrating "The pretense of reasoning and with the legal obligations further," said, adding this is evident from his plea, Tata said the findings free volition reached out to Ratan authority in his own hands judicial approach is betrayed by said the petition. the instances of Tata Motors' of the Appellate Tribunal were Tata and Noshir A. Soonawala and alienating the Board of the omission to consider the record "This is not what the Tata rights issues and the Welspun "wrong, erroneous, contrary to the repeatedly, seeking their guidance Company even on matters relating itself," Tata said in his plea. Sons brand stands for. Quite transaction. Bigbasket, Delhivery among 8 unicorns in Jan-Sep 2019 Delhi's power demand at all

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Eight Industries is the top acquirer by funding in the startup ecosystem deals totalling $3.46 billion in funding raised ($7.6 billion). time high on New Year's Day startups became unicorns in the M&A deal volume. in nine months of 2019 saw a the same period of 2019. Ecommerce and marketplace first nine months of the previous The top 10 VCs list contains marginal fall of 4 per cent when Sequoia, Accel and Blume are firms occupy the third spot in year, including BigBasket, several familiar names, while compared to the corresponding top three active investors, while terms of amount of funds raised. Delhivery, Ola Electric, US- Tiger Global, Lightspeed, and period of 2018. eight startups became unicorns Gurugram-based logistics based SaaS firm Druva Software, IAN made their entry in last During this period, funding in this nine-month period. startup Delhivery topped the US-headquartered Cloud-based year's period ending September. amounted to $7.67 billion across However, there is no mega chart by securing $528 million, software developer Icertis The top 10 active VC investors 603 deals. And, much like last funding round yet of over $500 closely followed by ride hailing Software, gaming startup participated in 186 deals out of year, the trio of Sequoia Capital, million. giant Ola, which secured $514 Dream11, healthcare startup the total 1,606 deals made in the Accel Partners and Blume Ola, which raised $514 million million in the first nine months CitiusTech and logistics startup first nine months of 2019. Ventures topped the chart of in the nine months of 2019, did of 2019. Rivigo. The total number of deals for the most active investors in the so through six deals for its Series Other startups that raised According to data by the corresponding period of Indian startup ecosystem. J round and other rounds, while $100 million and above were YourStory Research on Indian 2018 was 1,478 and the top 10 Bengaluru topped the list of Delhivery, which raised $528 DMI Group, Udaan, Ola New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) MW and 1,148 MW startup ecosystem and January- investors contributed 147 deals. Indian cities attracting startup million in the same period, Electric, Grofers, FirstCry, As mercury dipped across respectively. In Tata September 2019 funding, Tiger Global, Flipkart's early funding. Delhi-NCR, despite made it through two deals. BigBasket, BlackBuck, Zomato, northern India, the peak Power Delhi Distribution investors expect India's next backer, which had decided to housing the highest number of So there was no single mega Avaada Energy, Northern winter power demand Ltd (TPDDL) areas, the batch of unicorns to emerge take a step back from making startups, holds the second spot. round of $500 million and above Arc, CureFit, CarDekho, OYO in the national capital demand was 1,581 MW. from the pool of B2B startups, fresh investments for about 2-3 After losing out to Delhi- in the nine months ending Rooms, Ninjacart, Meesho, touched a new all-time Spokesperson of BSES building global solutions and years, has come back with a roar NCR in the first nine months September 2019, but a few are Cred, ShareChat, Rebel Foods high of 5,343 MW on New discoms BRPL and BYPL attracting marquee investors last year. of 2017, Bengaluru topped the expected in the fourth quarter. and Byju's. Year's Day, according to cited the key reason like Tiger Global due to The top trends during the list of Indian cities, attracting Twenty-one firms secured In terms of the value of a discom spokesperson. behind Delhi's power their scalability and market period were that despite a highest startup funding for the more than $100 million in funding, transport and logistics According to State load during the winter opportunity. slowdown in the economy, same period in 2018 and 2019. funding in the nine months. startups raised 23.3 per cent Load Dispatch Centre season has been due As per YourStory Research, startups continued to hold their While the 'Silicon Valley of It was across 41 deals and of the total funding raised by (SLDC), Delhi, on to the heating load and Oyo is the top acquirer by ground in terms of raising funds. India' secured 190 deals in nine contributed more than half startups in fist nine months of January 1, the peak this contributes towards M&A deal size, while Reliance Despite the slowdown, the months of 2018, the city saw 204 (about $4.07 billion) of the total 2019. power demand touched more than 40 per cent 5,343 MW at 11.11 a.m. of the total power in the midst of severe demand. According to Gold, silver, oil prices surge on West Asia tensions NCLAT to clarify cold which has gripped the spokesperson, the the capital for more than peak power on January Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Between Tehran and Tata-Mistry order had two weeks. The demand at 5,343 MW crossed the A major escalation in Washington," Rao added. touched its peak when previous high of 5,298 tensions between the US Rao further noted that WTI no aspersions on RoC minimum temperature MW, which was recorded and Iran - the two biggest crude oil is trading close New Delhi, Jan 3 bench headed by was 2.4 degrees Celsius, on December 30, 2019. oil producing nations - to the resistance near $64/ (IANS) The National NCLAT Chairman S.J. the lowest recorded in The spokesperson following a US airstrike bbl. If the resistance holds, Company Law Mukhopadhaya, said the last six years. said this is an increase of killing one of Iran's we expect a corrective dip Appellate Tribunal the just judgement was In the BRPL and BYPL over 19 per cent from the most powerful military in prices. On the contrary, (NCLAT) on Friday based on findings and area, the peak power peak power demand of commanders, General if the price sustains above said that it will is not against the RoC. demand for winter 4,472 MW, recorded on Qasem Soleimani, has $64/bbl the upside might clarify that its order Mukhopadhaya months, was 2,256 January 1, 2019. sent global financial extend to $65.50/bbl. terming Registrar of said that it can only markets into a tailspin. "In case of gold, the Companies' (RoC) clarifies and notfor the permission. It company. After Cyrus While the stock markets immediate resistance is decision of allowing change the judgement, had also sought details Mistry was sacked, have taken a beating, oil benchmark oil shot 10 gram while silver also near $1546/Oz. On break Tata Sons convert adding that the on the paid-up capital Tata Sons had received gold, silver and oil prices over 4 per cent to touch jumped over 1 per cent. of the resistance, the price from public to private Supreme Court, being requirement. its shareholders' nod have jumped sharply. $70 a barrel. Besides, COMEX gold rallied to might move close to the as 'illegal' did not cast the highest judicial Last month, the in September 2017 to While a rush to buy NYMEX crude rallied over hit a high of $1543.7/oz, September 2019 highs of any aspersion on the authority can change Justice Mukhopadhaya- convert itself into a safe haven assets over 4 per cent on Friday to hit the highest level since $1560/Oz," he said. RoC. the judgement if it led bench ordered private limited company the rising West Asia a high of $63.84/bbl, the September. Analysts from Anant Hearing an appeal finds it incorrect. reinstatement of from a public limited tensions acted as support highest level since May Ravindra Rao of Kotak Rathi said that: "Adding to by the RoC, under the On Thursday, The Cyrus Mistry as Tata company, where there of gold and silver prices, 2019. Securities said, "Crude oil the geo-political tensions Ministry of Corporate NCLAT had asked Sons Chairman and would be no need to take worries over an oil supply The Indian rupee lost 34 prices might further move North Korea has given Affairs, to remove the Registrar of also termed the RoC shareholders' consent in disruption boosted oil paise to the US dollar and higher amid concerns up hope on lifting of the word 'illegal' Companies (RoC) to permission to Tata Sons taking crucial decisions, prices. Besides, investors was trading at Rs 71.71 a about retaliatory moves sanctions anytime soon from its December explain the rationale for converting into a which could be passed turning risk averse led to a dollar at 3 p.m. by Iran. However, market as it looks to find a way 18 judgement, the behind allowing Tata private company as with the board's stock market decline. On the MCX, gold reaction may subside if to survive under crushing appellant tribunal Sons to convert into illegal. approval. Tata Sons Ltd India's benchmark contracts for February there is no retaliatory economic sanctions while reserved the order a private company The NCLAT had was initially a "private index, Sensex fell as much rallied nearly 2 per cent move by Iran or no major building an even stronger for Monday, January and also sought asked RoC to record the company" but after as 230 points as the global to trade at Rs 39,993 per exchange of words. nuclear powerhouse." 6. The two judge details of the process company as a public insertion of Section 43A. NCLAT verdict strips Tata Sons' corporate Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance unveils Pension4life structure: Ratan Tata to SC New Delhi, Jan Chief Executive Officer, 3 (IANS) Canara Canara HSBC Oriental New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) annual general meeting," by Tata Trusts that he HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce A day after Tata Sons the order read. could not provide robust Bank of Commerce Life Insurance moved the Supreme Court "It is very unfortunate leadership to Tata Sons in Life Insurance has Company said, "We challenging the NCLAT's and distressing that future. unveiled Pension4life understand the needs judgement reinstating Impugned Judgment "Amongst the various Plan, an annuity of an individual's Cyrus Mistry as the group's without providing any fronts where Cyrus product designed (National Pension financial security post Chairman, Ratan Tata, the proper evidence has Mistry's leadership was to provide financial Scheme) subscribers. retirement which is one Chairman Emeritus filed passed adverse remarks lacking was his reluctance independence to There are 7 annuity of the prime concerns a petition in his personal against the appellant who to timely and meaningfully retired individuals, Options under the of an individual near capacity claiming that has spent more than half disassociate himself those near retirement plan which include retirement. To fill this the appellate tribunal's of his life in building the from his family business or earlier. Immediate Life need gap we have verdict was "erroneous" name of the Tata Sons after he became the Under this plan, Annuity (Single launched this annuity and it "pulled down" the and other Tata operating Chairman of Tata Sons the customer gets a Life), Immediate Life product with 7 different governance and corporate companies to one of the and address any conflict wide range of annuity Annuity with Return of options meeting structure of the group. top global companies," in this regard, which was a options in exchange Purchase Price (Single the requirements of "The appellate tribunal, Tata said. condition precedent to his of a purchase price. Life), Immediate Life different customers by means of the impugned He said that the findings appointment as Chairman The customer will get Annuity with Return by offering various judgment, has not only by its founders," the Ratan Tata not to take any of NCLAT are wrong, of Tata Sons," the petition as many as 7 annuity of Purchase Price on benefits. We are sought to provide a cachet former Tata Sons chief told decision in advance, which erroneous and contrary to said. options to choose Critical Illness (CI) confident that this on the unsubstantiated the Supreme Court. required concurrence of the record of the case and It mentioned that due from allowing them to or Accidental Total & plan will benefit those and baseless allegations Tata's petition also majority of the board of requires consideration by to such issues, Ratan lead a hassle-free life. Permanent Disability who are close to their levelled by respondent said that the National directors. "Ratan N. Tata the Supreme Court. Tata, as Chairman of Tata Customers can also (ATPD) or Death(Single retirement." nos. 1 and 2 (Mistry and Company Law Appellate (2nd respondent) and On the replacement Trusts, Nitin Nohria, a have a joint life plan. Life), Family Income Life insurance pays others) qua the appellant Tribunal (NCLAT) passed the nominee of the 'Tata of Cyrus Mistry as the trust-nominated director The plan also offers (option available out after a person but has also pulled adverse remarks against Trusts' shall desist from Chairman of Tata Sons, he approached Mistry on flexibility to opt for only for National dies; annuities take down the governance him without providing taking any decision in said that the relationship October 24, 2016 and the reverse mortgage Pension System (NPS) payment upfront then and corporate structure proper evidence. The advance, which requires between Mistry and requested him to step option with banks subscribers. pay back with a steady of Tata Sons which was NCLAT judgement of majority decision of the Tata Trusts had become down from the position of or option of availing Anuj Mathur, income stream until a painstakingly put together December 18, asked board of directors or in the discordant and it was felt Executive Chairman. annuity for NPS Managing Director & person dies. Indian Horizon 11 sports Saturday, January 04, 2020 Rohit Sharma embraces heartfulness meditation Ibrahimovic lands in Milan for second spell Hyderabad, Jan 3 (IANS) In- is very important to be in the Rome, Jan 3 (IANS) with Spanish side dian cricketer Rohit Sharma zone." "I am delighted that he Swedish football star Barcelona, Ibrahi- took to heartfulness medita- has embraced heartfulness Zlatan Ibrahimovic movic joined AC tion as he visited the global meditation and this should has landed in Milan Milan in 2010 on headquarters of Heartfulness also inspire many more to for his second spell loan before moving in Kanha Shantivanam at turn to meditation as a way of at struggling Serie A permanently a year Chegur near here on Friday. life to bring about balance in side AC Milan. later. The leading batsman accom- their lives," said Daaji. Following a medi- In his previous panied by his wife Ritika met As a part of his day-long cal, Ibrahimovic two-year spell with Kamlesh Patel also known as trip, Rohit Sharma laid the penned a contract the Rossoneri, Ibra- Daaji, the guide of Heartful- foundation stone for the until the end of the himovic scored 56 ness, understood how Heart- cricket stadium and train- current season and goals in 85 appear- fulness meditation system ing centre to be used by the joined his team- reeling from a 0-5 AC Milan to improve ances. He helped works and undertook a medi- meditation has been amazing mates to this place, one as a students of the Heartfulness mates on Thursday defeat to Atalanta, their current situa- the club win the tation session from Daaji. and I felt so light and so posi- pristine getaway and two as a Learning Centre. The cricket for his first training which was Milan's tion." 2011 Serie A title and "As soon as I entered Kanha tive. There is so much nega- place for meditation. stadium is named after Ro- session, reports Xin- heaviest league de- Ibrahimovic has was the league's top Shantivanam I felt an envi- tivity around and we need to "I know kids and youth hit Sharma. "Rohit Sharma hua news agency. feat in 21 years. played for three dif- scorer in 2012, with ronment of positivity. It's increase positivity and medi- want to have fun but it's im- like all great achievers in the Returning to the "This is a great ferent Italian clubs 28 goals. very true when you are close tation can certainly help," ac- portant that meditation has world, is an example of what club he left in 2012, team. I feel happy over his career. He AC Milan's first to nature there is so much cording to a statement quot- to be on the top of the list that the human mind is capable the 38-year-old to be back at the San first joined Juventus match after the sea- positivity and meditation ing Rohit Sharma. is how one can be aligned of doing when it becomes striker arrives at a Siro," Ibrahimovic in 2004 and moved son's winter break is will be more impactful. My Rohit Sharma said he wants and stay in the game and can focussed. It is quite apt for a team languishing in told Milan TV. "I'll to Inter Milan in against Sampdoria experience with heartfulness to bring some of my team- make the right decision and it cricketer. 11th place and still do my best to help 2006. After a spell on January 6. SAI promises to arrange archers' boarding, lodging I-League: TRAU FC look to get house in order against Pune, Jan 3 (IANS) The Sports Authority of India Imphal, Jan 3 (IANS) but give them something far and we are in good (SAI) on Friday promised Tiddim Road Athletic to cheer and be proud of momentum now. Second it will arrange for board- Union (TRAU) FC will on Saturday." in the table is very good ing and lodging of top look to put their bad start Punjab FC, on the other considering the bad start recurve archers who are behind and start the new hand, stared down the to our campaign. We are currently here to take year afresh when they barrel of defeat away from scoring many goals and part in the selection tri- take on Punjab FC in an I- home in their last match also conceding unneces- als for the Tokyo Olym- League match at the Khu- against Aizawl FC, but sary ones. We are work- pic Qualifiers starting on man Lumpak Stadium on were awarded a penalty ing on strengthening our Saturday. statement. "No athlete Jan 4," a statement from Saturday. deep into stoppage time, team defending so that it "The government will attending a national Sports Minister Kiren Rij- TRAU have had a tough which was converted by does not cost us valuable provide support as has camp or trail will have iju's office Twitter handle awakening on their I- Sergio Barboza Jr. to save points as we are surely been done for the na- to pay for boarding and further assured. League debut, as they their blushes. title contenders.." tional campers for the lodging. The government There have been re- remain rooted to the bot- The Ludhiana outfit, He also shed some light boarding and lodging of will provide support, like ports that archers were tom of the table after four away from home at the all know that. We've set however, still remain one on the role he plans for I- the men's and women's in previous cases, to the left to arrange food and fixtures. Kalyani, but Marti Crespi out lot of plans to over- of the contenders for the League veteran Dipanda recurve archers compet- men's and women's re- stay for themselves as They registered their scored an 89th minute turn the situation but only coveted I-League crown Dicka saying, "Dicka is a ing at the trials in the curve archers compet- SAI did not make any solitary point against Real winner to spoil their party. victory can do that for and sit in second place, fantastic player and can Army Sports Institute ing at the trials in the arrangements in the ab- Kashmir FC in their previ- If those performances us. We need nothing less with goal difference sepa- score goals. I wouldn't (ASI)," the SAI said in a ASI, Pune, that starts on sence of suspended. ous match, where the Tid- are anything to go by, than three points in our rating them from the sum- call him a Super Sub. We dim Road outfit displayed TRAU FC do have some upcoming games to get mit. just had a particular style great character to come upsets in store in their ar- things back in the right di- Yan Law, head coach of play in those particular back from a goal down to senal and going by their rection. We are prepared of Punjab FC, has already games in which he came With World T20 in sight, Steyn set for score twice in a space of recent resurgence, Punjab in every way possible earned his reputation in on as a Sub, and he did four minutes, only to be FC could be in for a tricky especially mentally and the league with a sublime the job perfectly. Our international comeback denied all three points by away outing in Imphal. having our game on Sat- win against Chennai City game plan and style keeps he has featured in just a Mason Robertson equal- Captain of TRAU FC, urday at home is a great FC and using Dipanda changing to surprise our eight Tests, nine ODIs iser. Princewill Emeka spoke boost for us because we Dicka in a completely opponents, so Dicka will and two T20Is. They displayed the about the previous results have wonderful support- new role. He expressed not always come on from The 36-year-old is same resilience against and mind-set in the team ers who will always push his thoughts about the the bench. We will be gathering match prac- Quess East Bengal, where saying, "It's a difficult us to the limits. Hopefully match saying, "The boys starting him surely when tice with one eye on the they almost earned a point situation for us and we we don't disappoint them have been doing well so the plan demands. World T20, scheduled to begin in October. "That (T20 World Cup) is very much on my agenda," Working harder as I don't have many games left for India: Chhetri Melbourne, Jan 3 last conversation I've Steyn, who retired from Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) At have really done well (IANS) Veteran South had," Steyn told cricket. Test cricket last year, 35, Sunil Chhetri knows domestically. We want Africa pacer Dale Steyn com.au after Melbourne said. "I'm starting to en- he does not have "many" to continue on the trend has reiterated his desire Stars' three-wicket win joy my cricket a lot more games left for the national domestically, and most to feature in this year's over Sydney Thunder now, I think four overs is team, hence at the turn of definitely want to do well World T20, feeling his in the ongoing edition a lot easier on the body the new year, the talisman in Asia. There's an op- experience of 15 years of the Big Bash League than the Test matches Indian football team cap- portunity knocking at in international cricket (BBL). "I get a nice two- are." The right-arm pac- tain wants to work even our doors this year too, can come in handy to week break, then straight er, who has featured in harder on his game as he and we need to grab it," lead the Proteas quicks in into it again." five World T20s, feels the tries to guide the team Chhetri said of his am- Australia. "I'll be around for the experience earned over to the 2023 Asian Cup in bitions with the club. Steyn will make a long- ODIs - to be honest, I 15 years of international China. "I understand that Chhetri, who has 72 goals awaited return to in- don't know how much cricket will provide the I don't have many games to his name, admitted ternational cricket next I'll play (in the ODIs) … ideal helping hand to the left to play for my nation," that he aims to be a bet- month where he is set I'll be there for that and next generation of Pro- Chhetri said on Friday. ter person that what I was to be a part of the Pro- then definitely the T20s," teas quicks. "There's no point in in 2019. teas limited overs squad he added. "I think it's important jumping the gun. Hence, "Personally, there's no against England where Steyn has had constant to have that (experi- personally I want to take stop to be a better human the two teams will fea- run-ins with injuries enced) figure around in one game at a time," said being. Little by little, not ture in three T20Is and as over the last few years, the dressing room. KG Chhetri who is second comment. "As a team, no reason why we can't be try. It would be great if we by making big promises, many ODIs between Feb- especially after a career- (Kagiso Rabada) is very only to Cristiano Ronaldo we need to win as many in China," he added. In- can add to that number. I need to be calmer, read ruary 4 and 16. threatening shoulder in- young - to lead the at- on the list of active inter- games as possible. The dia are currently on three There's so much talent more, spend more time "I know I'll be part of jury during South Africa's tack at 24, and the next national scorers in world eventual aim is to qualify points from five matches among the young lads. It's with my loved ones, and (the T20 series against tour of Australia in No- bowlers to come in are all football. for AFC Asian Cup China in the World Cup qualifi- important we continue be more mindful about England), that was the vember 2016. Since then, younger than him. Chhetri, India's record 2023. We need to be con- ers and are slated to play doing what we are doing. nature and environment. goal-scorer, was dubbed sistently qualifying for the Asian champions Qatar -- Most importantly we can "There can never be any by India head coach Igor continental champion- whom they held to a goal- never get stagnant or com- stop to learn about dif- Mark Waugh wants to do away with Stimac as "having the ships and there can be no less draw in Guwahati -- at placent," said Chhetri who ferent cultures by travel- body of a 29-year old." compromise on that as- home on March 26 next. plies his trade for Indian ling to different places. "I need to work harder pect." "I am so proud that at Super League (ISL) cham- And, whatever comes leg-byes, especially in T20s now," he quipped when "The belief in the squad my club we have 5-6 play- pions Bengaluru FC. your way, continue the shouldn't get runs for is to hit the ball. Who- pushed about Stimac's is unmistakable. There's ers playing for the coun- "At Bengaluru FC we healthy eating habits." the ball hitting the ever made this rule up pad. was a pretty ordinary Commentating for batsman I'd say back in Fox Cricket broad- the heyday, back in the FA Cup promises upsets as key players Injury scare for Shaw ahead cast during a Big Bash early 1900s." of NZ tour with India 'A' League game between Vaughan then sug- expected to sit out ties Melbourne Stars and gested that Waugh London, Jan 3 (IANS) field teams filled with been a disappointment "He (Shaw) looks bet- Sydney Thunders, should be a part of Liverpool will host Ever- fringe players, reports Xi- for some, but it was also ter. Looking at him on Waugh made the sug- MCC's cricket commit- ton in the standout tie nhua news agency. a disappointment which the ground, it was not gestion to fellow com- tee that is instrumental of the third round of the That could lead to gave them an 11-day looking good but now mentator Michael in making changes to FA Cup in England this some upsets, with Nor- spell without a game at I think he is looking Vaughan. "You know the rules of the game. coming weekend while wich in danger in their the fourth round stage, good. Later on I will get what, I've got a rule "If you go across the Arsenal's home game visit to Championship allowing them to effec- to know from the physio change in all cricket: last few years there's against Leeds United on side, Preston, who are tively recharge their bat- on what exactly the situ- No leg-byes, especially been so many changes Monday is also one of the coached by former Nor- teries for the second half ation is (with regard to in T20s. Why do you in the game: T20 ar- most interesting ties of a wich boss, Alex Neil. As- of the campaign. him)," Mumbai skipper get runs? You missed rived, 100 balls is going weekend which may or ton Villa might not relish A Mersey derby is al- Suryakumar Yadav said the ball," he said. to start in the UK, talk may not produce drama their visit to Fulham and ways fascinating, how- Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) after the day's play. Former England skip- of five day Tests going and surprises. Jose Mourinho's Totten- ever, and the arrival Opener Prithvi Shaw on Karnataka were 79/3 per Vaughan though to four, but I think the The FA Cup may have ham will have to be wary of Carlo Ancelotti has Friday injured his left at stumps with R Sam- defended it and said most revealing is Mark lost some of its magic in when they travel to Mid- helped to spark new shoulder while fielding arth (40 batting) and that is how the game Waugh's," he said. recent seasons and the dlesbrough. life into an Everton side during Mumbai's Ranji captain Karun Nair (0 works. "It's just a part "You should be on fact the sides from the Meanwhile, new West who could view the Cup Trophy game against batting) at the crease. of the game." But the the MCC cricket com- Championship and Pre- Ham coach David Moy- as a route into Europe, Karnataka, a week be- Earlier, Mumbai's tra- Sydney, Jan 3 (IANS) younger Waugh brother mittee. You have to be mier League come into es will want to see his as well as the chance to fore leaving for New vails continued as they Former Australia bats- stuck to his stance and on there. With that kind the competition after a side focused when they claim some bragging Zealand with the India were skittled out for 194. man Mark Waugh be- said: "Why should you of thought process, he's draining Christmas and make the trip into Kent rights off Liverpool, who 'A' team. Suryakumar top-scored lieves that leg-byes get a run? I know it's a got to be on. You'll get New Year fixture calen- to play Gillingham. No are almost certain to Shaw got injured in an with 77 as the rest of the should be done away part of the game. But a couple of trips to Lon- dar which has seen them fewer than seven Pre- rest key players. Wayne attempt to stop an over- batsmen including In- with in the gentle- can we change it for the don every year. You'll play four games in under mier League clubs fell at Rooney's long-awaited throw, as he hurt his left dia's Test vice-captain man's game as he feels better? All cricket. sit in that nice room at a fortnight will probably the third round stage last debut for Championship shoulder and walked off Ajinkya Rahane (7) and that the batting team "The idea of batting the MCC at Lords. tempt many coaches to season, which may have side Derby County. the field. Shaw (29) failed. Entertainment Indian Horizon Saturday - January 4, 2020 12

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