ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian multinational bank News Friday | 31-01-2020 05 Jamia Firing: Shooter's Fb India's First Case Of Post On 'Ending' CAA Protest Coronavirus Reported In Kerala bore pistol and opened fire a student sustained an injury in his hand. The police, which was watching the actions of the youth from the side, in- stantly took him into custody after he opened fire. Before opening fire, the youth had shouted, "If you people have to stay in India then you will have to say Vande Mataram, and now I am going to give you your freedom." Even before firing the pistol, the youth was heard raising slo- gans of "Jai Shri Ram". While scrolling through his Facebook posts, it was found that Gopal went live a number of times from A positive case of Novel Coro- government has also appealed outside the campus of Jamia navirus has been reported in to those who have returned and made a numbers of posts in Kerala, the Health Ministry said from China after January 1 to which he mentioned that he was Thursday. The patient is a stu- report to state-run hospitals if a lone Hindu in the area and none dent of Wuhan University. they are suffering from cough of the mediapersons covering the Modi Says Ready To Discuss All The patient tested positive and mild fever. protest were Hindus. for Novel Coronavirus and is Novel coronavirus belongs NEW DELHI:- The man who In one of his posts, he also in isolation in the hospital, to the coronavirus family that opened fire on students pro- asked the people to help his Issues; Oppn Talks Of Anti-CAA the ministry said. The patient causes illnesses ranging from the testing against the Citizenship family in his absence and as a is stable and is being closely common cold to acute respira- Amendment Act (CAA) and the last wish he wrote that his body monitored, it said tory syndromes. It has emerged National Register of Citizens should be wrapped in the saf- Protests, 'Worsening' Economy The outbreak of novel Coro- from a seafood and animal mar- (NRC) in Jamia area here on fron cloth and people should navirus has taken a heavy toll in ket in Wuhan city of China and is Thursday, had put up several raise the slogan of "Jai Shri Ram" Agencies should not confine themselves ing a long discussion and asked China where atleast 170 people suspected to have spread as far posts on Facebook making his on his last journey. to mere "charcha" (debate) but rival parties to introspect their have died of the virus till Thurs- as the United States. intentions clear that he would In one post he also men- NEW DELHI: The Opposition should have rich and structured role in these protests. day, with 7,711 confirmed cases. Several people, who had ex- indulge in violence to "end" the tioned that he will avenge the on Thursday raised the issue discussion on every issue. The BJP has accused the The Indian government has hibited the symptoms of the dis- Shaheen Bagh protests. death of Chandan Gupta, who of anti-CAA protests at an all In his concluding remarks, Congress and other opposition taken several precautions to ease, have been put in isolation The man, who goes by the died in firing while taking out party meeting and accused the Modi welcomed the sugges- parties of inciting protests and contain and prevent the spread and are being closely monitored. name of Rambhakt Gopal on a bike rally in Uttar Pradesh's government of "arrogance" in tions of most members that violence against the law which, of the disease. The passengers At least 27 persons are under Facebook, has written several Kasganj two years ago. not reaching out to protestors, the session should focus on the the ruling party has asserted, coming from China are sub- observation in Maharashtra and posts that he would "end the In a January 28 post, Gopal even as Prime Minister Naren- prevailing economic situation does not affect the citizenship jected to thermal screening as as a precautionary measure 10 protest" at Shaheen Bagh by said that "everyone should take dra Modi asserted his dispen- in the country, an official state- of any Indian. a precautionary measure. The of them have been quarantined. January 31. The women and his Facebook profile seriously". sation is open to discuss all ment later said. In his remarks, Azad said Par- residents of Shaheen Bagh are Meanwhile, the student who matters in Parliament's budget "Most of the members have liament's sessions have been protesting against the contro- received a bullet injury has been session beginning from Friday. asked for discussion on the eco- shortened gradually by the versial CAA and the NRC for the identified as Shadab Farooq, a Modi also called for a "great- nomic situation concerning the government. Coronavirus Outbreak: China past one month. student of MA Mass Communi- er focus" on economic issues in country. I welcome this and we He said opposition parties As the students were set to cation. He was shifted to Holy the session and how India can need to discuss the economic are willing to back the govern- Assures India Of Cooperation In start their march from Jamia Family Hospital for treatment. gain in the prevailing global issues as suggested by you all. ment on its legislative agenda Millia Islamia to Rajghat, he The police is interrogating situation, Parliamentary Affairs We should focus on how we if it is in national and public Epidemic Prevention And Control took out a country-made .315 Gopal. Minister Pralhad Joshi told re- can turn the global scenario in interest. porters after the meeting, at- favour of India," he said. He then accused the gov- tended by 26 parties. "In this budget session and in ernment of focussing merely They raised a host of issues the beginning of the new year, on the passage of its bills and 'Govt Incites People': including the nationwide pro- if we can give a proper direc- spoke about the nation-wide tests against the Citizenship tion to the country's economy, protests against the CAA. (Amendment) Act, "worsen- it would be in the best interest "We brought the govern- Congress, AAP Blame BJP For ing" economic situation and of the country," he said, accord- ment's attention to these pro- "rising" unemployment. They ing to the statement. tests. The government has Engineering Jamia Attack also demanded the release of Referring to various other is- displayed arrogance by not detained political figures in sues raised by opposition par- reaching out to protestors to Jammu and Kashmir. ties, Modi said there should be hear their concerns... Economic Congress leader Ghulam an open discussion on all. condition is worsening, GDP Nabi Azad told reporters that He asked the leaders at the growth is down and unemploy- opposition parties sought im- meeting to see to it that they ment is at its peak," he said. mediate release of former state contribute to increasing the Joshi rejected the charge that chief minister Farooq Abdullah productivity of the session and the government has been re- so that he could attend the ses- Parliament. ducing the duration of sessions sion from Friday. "This is about the produc- and noted that opposition par- Anand Sharma of the Con- tivity of the session and the ties have often opposed the gress added that the issue of Parliament. In the last two ses- move to extend sessions. some "incendiary" statements sions, we saw the increased The government's legislation made by BJP leaders during the productivity and the great pub- agenda for the budget session Delhi poll campaign was also lic response in favour of it. As has 45 bills, including seven raised and Modi was asked to people's representatives, it is financial items and two ordi- intervene in the matter. our responsibility to increase nances, Joshi said. The Election Commission on the productivity of the House, DMK's T R Baalu shared the Thursday barred Union minis- while we discuss all issues with concerns of other opposition NEW DELHI: China on Thurs- "We are willing to continue to ter Anurag Thakur and BJP MP an open mind," he said. parties and also spoke about day said it is closely watching maintain close communication Parvesh Verma from campaign- Asked about the opposition's problems of farmers in Tamil the report about one confirmed with the Indian side, provide The Congress and Aam Aadmi at BJP and said that BJP "leaders ing for three and four days re- charge that the government is Nadu. case of the Coronavirus in India, necessary assistance and conve- Party on Thursday blamed the are continuously spoiling the spectively for their objection- being arrogant in not reach- The budget session will con- and assured cooperation to the nience to ensure the health and Bharatiya Janata Party for the atmosphere of Delhi by giving able remarks. ing out to anti-CAA protestors, clude on April 3 with a recess Indian side in jointly strength- safety of Indian citizens in Chi- attack in Jamia, accusing the provocative speeches". Joshi said the prime minis- Joshi noted that the bill was in between. The budget will be ening the epidemic prevention na, and address their legitimate saffron party of inciting the at- Singh and Gandhi were re- ter told the leaders that parties passed by Parliament follow- presented on Saturday. and control. concerns timely," he said. tacker to shoot at the students. ferring to the controversial Chinese Embassy Spokesper- "We also hope Indian side Gopal Bhagat Singh, 19, bran- speech made by BJP leader An- son Ji Rong said the mission has could continue to render under- dished a gun in Jamia when stu- urag Thakiur who had chanted maintained close communica- standing and support to China's dents of the Jamia Millia Islamia “shoot the traitors” while lead- Rahul Gandhi Lashes Out At PM, tion with the Indian govern- efforts in epidemic prevention were taking out a protest march ing a crowd at a BJP rally in New ment on the issue by briefing and control," Ji said. against Citizenship Amendment Delhi on Monday. regularly on the novel Corona- India has requested China Act and NRC from the campus to Party leader Sanjay Singh said Says Modi, Godse Share Same Ideology virus (nCoV) development and for permission to operate two Raj Ghat. the attack in Jamia was also part WAYANAD: Congress leader Ra- China's efforts in preventing and flights to bring back its nation- Reacting to the incident, Con- of BJP's plan to postpone Delhi hul Gandhi on Thursday launched controlling. als from worst-affected central gress leader Priyanka Gandhi elections for the fear of defeat. a scathing attack on Prime Minis- "The Chinese side pays close Hubei province. Vadra took to Twitter and said CPI (M) also accused the ter Narendra Modi and said the attention to the report of the The nationwide death toll in that Jamia's incident was a re- BJP of inciting the Jamia at- latter believed in the same ideol- emergence of one confirmed China from the Coronavirus has sult of provocative speeches tack, saying "hate speech, call ogy as Nathuram Godse. case of pneumonia caused by jumped to 170 with 38 more made by the BJP leaders. to violence by ministers and Addressing thousands of the novel Coronavirus in India, fatalities reported on Thursday "All this is possible when the BJP leaders, and silence of the party workers after leading the and will cooperate with the In- mainly from Hubei province, the ministers and leaders of the BJP Prime Minister has led to this "Save the Constitution" march dian side to jointly strengthen Chinese government said, while government incite people to shameful outcome". at Kalpetta, organised to protest the epidemic prevention and confirming more than 1,700 shoot, give provocative speech- Gopal, who hails from Great- against the Citizenship law coin- control," Ji said. new infections. es," Gandhi wrote. er Noida's Jewar, was arrested ciding with the 72nd death anni- The Chinese statement came China's National Health Com- She further added: "The by Delhi Police after he shot versary of Mahatma Gandhi, the after a positive case of the dead- mission said on Thursday that Prime Minister should answer at a student. The incident was Congress MP also said Modi was "Today, an ignorant man is thuram Godse and Narendra ly virus, originated in China's 7,711 confirmed cases of pneu- what kind of Delhi he wants caught on camera and took making Indians to prove that trying to challenge Gandhi's Modi, they believe in the same Wuhan, was reported in Kerala. monia caused by the Corona- to build? Do they stand with place in the presence of a large they are citizens of the country. ideology. He is so full of ha- ideology. There is no difference The Chinese government attach- virus have been reported in 31 violence or non-violence? Do contigent of Delhi Police. Referring to Mahatma Gan- tred and anger that he cannot except that Modi does not have es great importance to safeguard- provincial-level regions and in they stand with development The injured student was dhi assassin Godse, he said even understand what India's the guts to say he believes in ing the safety and health of every the Xinjiang Production and or with chaos?" rushed to a nearby hospital and Modi shared the same ideology strength is," he said. the ideology of Godse," the foreign national in China, including Construction Corps by the end Aam Aadmi Party also charged is being treated upon. with him (Godse). "The ideology is same. Na- Wayanad MP added. the Indian people, Ji said. of Wednesday. Alarm Bells For Modi Govt As Quality Of Life, Inflation, Income Indicators Worsen

IANS IANS- CVoter Budget Tracker are sues is touching the rock bottom sumed charge. A large number of respondents concerns over the general eco- per cent said that high inflation that life has gotten worse over levels of 2014 when PM Modi In a stinging rebuke to the aver that income remained the nomic slowdown as well as low has had an adverse impact on NEW DELHI: Just eight months last year on all parameters and riding on promises and high as- economic policies and economic same but expenditures went up job creation seems to have dent- their quality of their life. into the second term, it is not over 2015 after the Modi govern- pirations rode to power promis- performance of the Union gov- at 43.7 per cent, up sharply from ed the Central government's im- The pre-budget survey comes good news for the Modi govern- ment took over. All the economic ing jobs, prosperity and growth. ernment, almost half the re- 25.6 per cent last year. age as prudent economic man- as crude reality and a reflection ment on the economic and infla- parameters are in bad shape and The poll sample size for the spondents at 48.4 per cent said Almost two thirds or 65.8 ager, a survey report showed. of current economic indicators tion front, with the IANS-CVoter respondents to the tracker are in tracker is 4292 and the survey the overall quality of life for the per cent says that expenditures adir of economic drift and policy on the ground, as wages have Budget Tracker findings showing a despondent mood. was conducted in third and Aam Aadmi has deteriorated have become difficult to manage paralysis. stagnated while prices of essen- that people are unhappy, income The findings come at a time fourth week of January 2020. compared to 32 per cent in 2019 compared to 44.6 per cent last Ahead of the Union Budget a tials including food items have are going down and household when the GDP is at decadal An enormous number of re- but in an uncanny way similar to year. new survey shows a growing surged in the past few months. expenditure is going up. lows, investment is flounder- spondents at 72.1 or almost the 54.4 per cent seen in 2014. Almost half or 46.4 per cent of unease among the general pub- Not to forget, unemployment On the eve of the Economic ing, investigative agencies are three fourths in 2020 said that To a question whether the the 4000 plus respondents say lic due to rising prices of every- rate released last year shows Survey and Union Budget, Prime unearthing new scams and busi- inflation has been unchecked quality of life will improve or that the performance of the cen- day use items under the leader- that it at a 45-year high level. Minister Narendra Modi and Fi- ness confidence is law which and prices have gone up after get worse in the coming, 37.4 tral government on the econom- ship of Prime Minister Narendra Interestingly, the sentiment nance Minister Nirmala Sithara- in turn is hurting consumers, Narendra Modi became Prime per cent said it will improve ic front has been worse than ex- Modi. was at the same level as in 2014, man have much to worry about households which are struggling Minister. The number wa much which is sharply down from 56.6 pected. Things were not so bad Nearly three-fourths of the re- the UPA era. About 65.9 per cent going into the flagship economic to make ends meet. To make lower at 48.3 per cent in 2019 or per cent in 2019. However, one in 2014, the nadir of drift in the spondents in the IANS-CVOTER people then had said that they event of the year 2020. matters worse, the despondency last year and only 17.1 per cent fourth or 25.8 per cent say that economy and policy paralysis. survey this year said that infla- were unable to manage their ex- The key takeaways of the in the country on economic is- in 2015, a year after PM Modi as- the situation will deteriorate. High inflation coupled with tion has gone up and nearly 40 penses.