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The decision to Sushma to Indian diplomacy, While Union Minister ment in the rank and file of the “This (Delhi Assembly language used in the cam- name the two institutes after the cause of the Indian diaspora Anurag Thakur and party with senior leaders like result) is very disappointing. paign, tactics used in the cam- her came a day before her and the ethos of public service. MP Parvesh Verma hogged Jairam Ramesh, Jyotiradtiya New thinking, new ideology paign,” he said. 68th birth anniversary. “The announcement is the limelight for their hate & '    (       )*(%+    Scindia and Veerappa Moily and a new working mechanism Moily said the party is Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, being made on the eve of her speeches, Shah himself had        $   %  !%* calling for the need to “ruth- are the need of the hour. The concerned and worried about a cultural centre reflecting birth anniversary falling on asked voters to press EVM lessly” reinvent itself to become country has changed and in the humiliating defeat in Delhi. ’s connect with its dias- February 14 in honour of the button in favour of the BJP with voters could not write why they Shah said anyone who “relevant”. this context we should also “We are concerned. The pora, was renamed Sushma legacy and decades of public a force that Shaheen Bagh feelt didn’t vote. But maybe this wants to discuss issues related Voicing concern over the overhaul our ideology and go scenario of Delhi is that people Swaraj Bhavan in honour of the service of the former External the current. could have been a reason,” he to CAA with him can seek time Congress debacle in the just before the people,” said the (voters) didn’t take Congress late External Affairs Minister Affairs Minister,” it said. “No one has said bahu said. from his office. “(We) will give concluded polls and the crisis former Guna MP in response seriously. They thought they known for her empathy in As External Affairs betiyon ka balatkar karenge Shah, however, said the time within three days,” he it is facing in some States like to query on Delhi Assembly should not divert their votes, reaching out to distressed Minister, Sushma brought a (wives and daughters will be BJP does not fight elections just added. He blamed the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, election results. our own vote banks which Indians globally. Foreign sense of assertiveness in India’s raped). But the rest — goli for victory or defeat but Congress for the Partition on Jairam said the grand old party Jairam said if the party did normally used to come to us, Service Institute, a renowned diplomacy besides engaging maro, Indo-Pak match — those believes in expanding its ide- basis of religion. needs to reinvent itself, while not change its course of action have gone to AAP,” Moily said. institution where diplomats the diaspora, a central focus of also should not have made. The ology through polls. While Shah has now come Moily too called for a “surgical” then it is staring at becoming “Congress requires total are trained, has also been the country’s foreign policy party distanced itself immedi- Replying to a question, out against the hate speeches action to revive the party. irrelevant. The former Union rejuvenation. You can’t point renamed Sushma Swaraj priorities. Sushma was one of ately,” Shah said, speaking for Shah admitted that the BJP delivered by his party’s leaders Incidentally, former Union Minister said the arrogance (fingers at) out one or two lead- Institute of Foreign Service. the most followed Foreign the first time since the Delhi may have suffered because of throughout the poll campaign, Minister P Chidambaram on within the party has to go and ers (for electoral setbacks), The illustrious leader who Ministers on globally. election results were the statements made by some both Anurag Thakur and Tuesday tweeted his rejoice regretted that even after six accountability will have to be brought rare empathy and a She was known for helping announced on Tuesday. party leaders during the Delhi Parvesh Verma repeatedly jus- over the AAP’s massive victo- years out of power sometimes, taken by every Congressman. human approach to India’s Indians stuck abroad as she was “A l l k i n d s o f w o r k e r s a r e poll campaign. tified their polarising speech- ry over the BJP. some of the party leaders Now, this is the time to act for diplomacy as External Affairs quick to respond to their calls there who may say something The Home Minister said es, and no one from the BJP Scindia said the Congress behave like Ministers. rejuvenation of the Minister in the previous for help on Twitter. Sushma but the public knows how the his assessment of Delhi elec- asked them even to apply needs to change its working On the leadership issue in party. Narendra Modi Government even became popular in party is. But this is not the out- tions went wrong but asserted restraint. Incidentally, the BJP style and ideology. Scindia said the party, Jairam said local It has to be revamped. died on August 6 last year fol- Pakistan for her response to look of the party. May be we that the result of the polls was lost the seats where Thakur and the country has changed now, level leaders have to be encour- Surgical action will have to be lowing a massive cardiac arrest. people wanting to get visas for have also suffered because of not a mandate on the CAA and Verma made the controversial and so his party needed to aged and nurtured. “We are vir- taken so that it starts yielding The Ministry of External medical treatment in this. We don’t know exactly as the NRC. remarks for the first time. change its ideology and go tually non-existent in Bihar. We the results,” Moily added. Affairs, in a statement, said the India.  )*+,-.      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Decomposed bodies of an Shambhu to Laxmi Nagar. /  0  around 10 pm on Wednesday official websites and social Supreme Court “as being in e-rickshaw driver Shambhu When Shambhu went to Laxmi        in the Nagla Khanagar police media platforms details of the contempt of this Court’s orders/ Chaudhary (43), his wife Sunita Nagar, Nath went to his house          station area when the double- pending criminal cases against directions”, the Bench (37) and their children Shivam where Sunita was alone. He -  decker bus carrying passengers their candidates and the rea- said. (17), Sachin (14) and Komal throttled Sunita’s neck and hit from Delhi to Motihari, sons for selecting them with the report of compliance with these cal parties, including Facebook The apex court delivered (12) were found in their rent- her on the head with an iron    crashed into the stationary court observing there has been directions with the Election and Twitter, the court directed the verdict on a contempt plea ed house on Wednesday. rod. When her daughter Komal      truck. an “alarming increase” in the Commission within 72 hours it should be also published in which raised issues regarding During interrogation, Nath returned from tuition, she too  !#$#$%#&! #' ,1   There were around 50 peo- incidence of criminals in pol- of the selection of the said can- one vernacular and one nation- criminalisation of politics in confessed to his crime. He said was killed in the same manner.    !2  3 ple on the bus at the time of the itics since the 2004 didate,” said the Bench of al newspaper. India and claimed that direc- he works in a coaching institute Nath killed Shivam and          accident, Kumar said. elections. Justices RF Nariman and S The reasons for selecting tions given by the top court in at Laxmi Nagar and also used to Sachin on their return from       The cleaner of the truck, The court said this should Ravindra Bhat. candidates having pending its September 2018 verdict work as an agent of a money school by hitting them on the   O 3 who was also injured, said, “I be done within 48 hours of the The court also directed as criminal cases should be with relating to disclosure of crim- lender for collection of interest head with the iron rod. He then     was changing the deflated selection of the candidate for to why other individuals with- reference to their qualifica- inal antecedents by candidates amount. He had borrowed locked the house to meet         tyre of my truck by the side of Lok Sabha and Assembly polls out criminal antecedents could tions, achievements and merit are not being followed. 30,000 from Shambhu and Shambhu. ,-  the road when a speeding bus or at least two weeks before the not be selected as candidates. and not merely on “winnabil- The top court noted that 24 had disbursed the same in the They both had liquor.   3   coming from behind dashed first date for filing of nomina- Besides making available the ity” at the polls, it said. per cent of the MPs had crim- market for interest earning,” When they returned to the       into it. 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  7,580,/7 STATE-WIDE AUDIT WORKING OF ARMS DEALERS,     LICENSING BRANCHES n less than six months after unjab police has launched a state-wide audit of the working WHO IS BUDDHA? Ithe gangster Sukhpreet Singh Pof arm dealers and licensing branches to check stock, sale and native of Kussa village of Moga district, Budha gained noto-   7,580,/7 dition from inside the table Dhaliwal alias Buddha was purchase of the arms. Ariety as one of the biggest names in crime in Punjab, along placed in barrack number 11. arrested by the Interpol in The decision came after large-scale discrepancies and loop- with gangster Vicky Gounder. aking serious note of some SHO Naresh Chand could Armenia and deported to India, holes were noticed in the stock, sale and purchase of arms and In 2018, he had fled the country after the State Government Tcomplaints, Haryana Home not give any satisfactory answer the Punjab Police on Thursday ammunition by arms dealers and licence holders. A state-wide launched a crackdown against gangsters. As part of the campaign, Minister Anil Vij on Thursday on why the complaint was kept claimed to have arrested 23 audit of working of arms dealers and licensing branches is also Punjab Police had arrested and killed gangsters in encounters, raided Civil Line Police Station there instead of being put in the criminals and recovered 36 being carried out by the state police, said the DGP. including Gounder, and Prem Lahoriya. in Rohtak and suspended SHO, register or registering an FIR on weapons from Ferozepur and His first major crime involved the killing of a man in his vil- five other cops for negligence the received complaints. adjoining states of Haryana and other links of these accused,” he been using the weapons in gang lage on March 20, 2011. A court arrested and convicted him of of duty. Vij conducted inspec- Minister went to every Rajasthan on the basis of infor- said. wars, murders, extortions, kid- murder on August 5, 2015. tion there for about an hour room and checked all the mation revealed by him. nappings etc in Punjab since In 2016, he jumped parole after which he was declared a pro- and found several irregularities could misuse these weapons," offices, rooms and table draw- Budha, who was operating LINK TO TARGETED 2014. claimed offender. On January 17, 2017, he killed a businessman as well as negligence of police- a source said. er. He even went to the toilet as a self-styled head of the KILLINGS Investigations further in Dabwali followed by murder of another Jaito trader Ravinder men on duty. Sources said that the Home and did an inspection. Davinder Bambiha gang, was Following a disclosure by revealed that Ashish had sup- Pappu Kochhar in July the same year. Talking to The Pioneer, the Minister came to Rohtak to The SHO could not answer deported from Armenia and Budha, the Punjab Police in a plied a large number of illegal In June 2017, Buddha and another gangster killed a poul- Home Minister said, “I have attend a meeting with the offi- why the carbine and pistol arrested by the state police at the joint operation with the Anti weapons to various Punjab try farm owner Hardev Singh Gogi Jatana at Rampura Phul in inspected civil line police sta- cers of different departments. were kept in a room instead of Indira Gandhi International Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh based criminals, who used them Bathinda. They had claimed that this was a revenge killing as tion, Rohtak and suspended six After the meeting was over, his keeping it in the store room. Vij Airport, New Delhi, when he arrested Ashish of Meerut on in the Tarn Taran inter-gang Hardev had given a tip-off to the police about Bambiha’s where- policemen including SHO for convoy suddenly reached a reprimanded the SHO and landed in November 2019. He January 30. Ashish was the wars in 2015, and recently in the abouts. Budda had claimed responsibility on Facebook for killing their negligence on duty.” Women's Police Station. said, “You are running this was wanted in over 20 cases of main supplier of illegal auto- murder of Abdul Rashid alias Maninder Pal Bittu, an activist of Dera Sacha Sauda, who was Police source said the However, he did not go office as your private police sta- murder, robbery and demand- matic weapons used by the Gudhu in Malerkotla in murdered inside Nabha Jail. Home Minister found many inside the Women's Police tion. You make decisions ing ransom in Punjab, Haryana criminals to commit murders, November 2019. He was the mastermind behind the attack on Punjabi singer complaints unattended. The Station. After getting down according to your choice.” and Rajasthan. extortions, kidnappings for ran- The weapons supplied to and actor Parmish Verma in April 2018. He was also allegedly SHO apparently received the from the car there, he reached Finally after about an hour, The revelations made by som and other crimes. Sukhpreet Budha and his asso- behind threats to other famous Punjabi singers and actors, includ- complaints but had not main- the Civil Line Police Station the Home Minister ordered him during interrogation led the Gupta said that Ashish was ciates were used in attack on ing Gippy Grewal, and businessmen over WhatsApp. A well- tained it in the register book. adjacent to the Women's Police suspension of six policemen, police to solve numerous introduced to Budha by Punjabi singer Parmish Verma known Punjabi singer Karan Aujla was attacked in Canada on Large numbers of complaints Station after a woman police- including SHO Naresh Kumar, untraced heinous crimes in Dharminder Gugni, who is one in Mohali and several other his directions. received at Police Station were man had complained to him Munshi Virendra and Head Punjab besides nabbing many of the main accused in the murders, dacoities and extor- Budda was also said to be in touch with pro-Khalistan ele- unattended. about irregularities in Civil Constable Rakesh. criminals as a follow-up, said the cases of target killings of tions committed in Punjab. ments. Notably, a few pro-Khalistan activists in Europe had post- In the course of inspection, Line Police Station. These include the three state Director General of Police Brigadier Jagdish Gagneja, an Later, his two accomplices, ed about his arrest by the Interpol in Armenia on August 8 last it was also found that two On reaching the police sta- policemen who kept the car- (DGP) Dinkar Gupta on RSS office-bearer, and other Gurpreet Singh alias Laddi and year on Facebook, calling him ‘a strong voice for Khalistan in loaded carbines and a pistol tion, he went directly to SHO bine and pistol unattended. Thursday. Hindu religious leaders in Neeraj Kumar alias Dhiraj Batta, Punjab’. were found in one of the rooms and then to Munshi. The Home He also instructed the SP to The state police chief said Punjab. wanted in 20 and 13 criminal of the police Station. As per Minister first searched the files send a report to him immedi- that further investigation into Ashish was also wanted in cases, respectively, were arrest- Sukhpreet Budha also revealed Team headed by Organized rules, these weapons should be and then inspected other ately. The Home Minister also the cases related to the recent- the targeted killings cases and ed. One 0.30 bore and two 32 that one Kapil Dev, proprietor Crime Control Unit (OCCU) kept in the store room rather rooms including barrack num- seized some documents from ly arrested ‘A’ category gangster being investigated by the bore, 36 live cartridges have of Kapil Arms Company in AIG Gurmeet Singh Chauhan. than in an unattended room. ber 11 and 12. Complaints the police station concerned, Budha, the Punjab Police has National Investigation Agency been recovered from them. Jalalabad, was also supplying Notably, Amar Setia, pro- "Under such condition, anyone were found in unclaimed con- sources added. arrested 23 accused and recov- (NIA). A separate case was regis- illegal arms and ammunition to prietor of Setia Gun House, was ered of 36 weapons from them He was arrested for the tered under the UAPA in criminals in Punjab for com- earlier involved in the prepara- during raids in Ferozepur range first time for his alleged involve- Mohali against Ashish and his mitting murders, dacoities, kid- tion of fake arms licenses case and adjoining states of Haryana ment in smuggling of 120 crates accomplices. nappings etc in the State. investigated by the CBI and had *  ## %&&  and Rajasthan. of illicit liquor and then nabbed A special investigation team Disclosures made by Kapil been sentenced to three years Gupta said that a major by the Punjab Police in an (SIT), under the supervision of pointed towards a deep nexus imprisonment and his license crackdown on the illegal supply NDPS case, in which he got a AIG Harkamalpreet Khakh, is between gun house dealers who had been cancelled. #   #   of weapons by unscrupulous 10-year imprisonment in 2012. conducting the investigation are procuring illegal arms and Apart from his previous weapon dealers had led to He was sent to Nabha jail, and efforts are being made to ammunition and supplying the role in fake arms licenses, he has recovery of 30 weapons from Patiala, where he developed recover all illegal weapons by same to different criminals in been involved in illegal sale and   7,580,/7 various criminals arrested. special friendship with getting the production war- Punjab with impunity. purchase of arms and ammu- These included 14 DBBL 12 Dharminder Gugni, Sukha rants of criminals in Jails, on As many as 14 illegal nition without having license to unjab government on Thursday said it has bore, four SBBL 12 bore, five 32 Kahlwan among others who whose instructions Ashish had weapons have been recovered do so. Pdecided to connect 300 health and wellness bore pistols, one 45 bore pistol, were also lodged in same jail at supplied the weapons. on the revelations made by Similarly, Harish Kumar centres with the telemedicine hub to provide three 30 bore pistols, one 25 that time. The SIT is also taking the Kapil from different persons Rishu, proprietors of Durga comprehensive primary health services in rural bore pistol and two carbines. After his release from jail, help of UP ATS to track and and, accordingly, separate FIRs Gun House, Abohar, Rahul areas of the state. Following the recovery of he jumped bail in 2014, but arrest the persons who manu- have been lodged in Fazilka and Gun House, Fazilka and "The 300 HWCs will be connected with the There are 1,365 Health and Wellness Centres these illegal weapons, four shops remained in touch with Gugni factured and supplied weapons Ferozepur districts. Sandeep Bishnoi of Ellanabad, telemedicine hub as a pilot project by March," (HWCs) across the state which are witnessing of gun dealers were sealed, sev- and started supplying illegal to . Different gun house dealers Haryana and Surinder alias Punjab Health and Family Welfare minister an "overwhelming" response, the minister eral gun house dealers have weapons to him and most want- in Abhor, Jalalabad, Mamdot Sumi Godhara of Lalaina, Balbir Singh Sidhu said. said. been booked and thorough ed criminals like Jaggu DEEP NEXUS B/W GUN- and Fazilka have been booked Nohar, of Hanumangarh district Telemedicine hub is the site from where a The telemedicine hub will be established at investigations are underway. Bhagwanpuria, Davinder HOUSE DEALERS AND and investigations are being in Rajasthan, have been arrest- medical practitioner delivers a service through Chandigarh under the supervision of 5 doctors “Further operations are in Bambhia, Sukha Kahlwan, and CRIMINALS carried out under the supervi- ed for illegal sale and purchase a telecommunication system. and one telemedicine operator, he said. progress to identify and crack others. These criminals had Further interrogation of sion of Special Investigation of arms and ammunition. !  .      (/ *%            *   

  7,580,/7 more than 1,000 buses will be   7,580,/7 added to the roadways soon. aryana Transport Minister, He said that out of 190 o effectively execute various projects under Digital India and HMool Chand Sharma on buses, 80 buses are presently Tnational e-governance programme, the Punjab Government Thursday conducted a surprise being run under the Km Scheme has created a state-level IT Cadre and invited applications for 354 inspection of Ambala Cantt Bus and the remaining buses will posts of IT officers. Stand and gave strict instructions soon be on the roads. In addi- “The initiative would go a long way in making Punjab a dig- to the RTO and Roadways offi- tion, 168 buses will be added by itally empowered, knowledge-economy instead of the conventional cials to stop the entry of private March 2020, including 150 mini- way of doing business,” said the State Additional Chief Secretary buses without a permit inside the buses and 18 Super Luxury of Governance Reforms Department Vini Mahajan on Thursday. bus stand. (Volvo) buses. Apart from this, “The IT Cadre would provide impetus to implement enter- The minister also directed process for the purchase of 867 prise architecture in all Government departments and func- the employees who were late for standard diesel engine buses tionaries in order to facilitate interoperability, besides avoiding office to be punctual in future has been started. He informed duplicity of efforts and wastage of time,” she said. and to maintain a register for the that 219 buses are being run on The cadre will, in addition, help departments in the integration same. He gave warning to the various routes for girl students of various departmental services on digital platforms like latecomers and directed them to and the number of buses can be mSewa, Digilocker, Sewa Kendras, and GeM or e-Procurement. reach the office on time. He also increased as per requirement. “The newly recruited officials will play a vital role in executing spoke to college students and process re-engineering of various State Government Departments assured them to provide proper and PSUs, besides serving as a backbone for all the digital pro- transport facilities. jects to help in laying a strong foundation for the state's digital Sharma said that buses with-       structure,” she added. out permits will not be allowed The applications are being invited from aspiring technocrats to ply in the state and strict action   to avail this golden opportunity and to be part of state IT cadre. will be taken against the officials Various posts for which the candidates can apply include Senior if buses without permit found System Manager (SSM), System Manager (SM), Assistant plying in the state. . Manager (AM) and Technical Assistant After inspecting the bus (TA). stand the Transport Minister said    

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief O   Secretary Keshni Anand Arora on Thursday said maximum smart power meters should be     !P$ %   installed to reduce the losses, directing the officers to accel- erate the work of installing   7,580,/7 competition among winning smart meters in the cities. teams of four universities (Guru Presiding over the 12th unjab Government will hold Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, meeting of the committee con- Pa week-long ‘Punjabi Panjab University, Chandigarh, stituted for UDAY scheme Language and Cultural Utsav’, Punjab University, Patiala, and monitoring held here, Arora dedicated to Punjabi language, Punjab Agricultural University, also directed the officers of the from February 14. Ludhiana) would be held at Power Department that maxi- Tourism and Cultural Punjab University. Punjab mum number of villages Affairs Minister Charanjit Singh Sangeet Natak Academy would should be covered under the Channi, during a meeting with guage. Cabinet Minister Tript also perform Punjabi play Mahara Gaon Jagmag Gaon the officials of various depart- Rajinder Singh Bajwa and ‘Loona’ on the scheme so as to provide 24 ments, said that week long cele- Channi would attend the func- occasion. hours power supply in all the brations dedicated to promotion tion. On February 15, Punjabi On February 19, folk dance villages. of Punjabi language would be Kavi Darbar and Ghazal singing and folk songs competitions She also directed that the held from February 14 to 21. function would be held at Punjab would be held at Guru Nanak consumer redressal system As per the program, inau- Arts Council, Sector-16, Bhawan, Ludhiana. Famous should be strengthened and a gural function would be held at Chandigarh, where prominent Punjabi Singer would also give special officer should be Punjabi University, Patiala, on Punjabi poets would be hon- his performance on this occasion appointed for the same so that February 14 where Punjab Arts oured. An international seminar in the evening.On the conclud- consumers can get the benefit Council chairman Dr Surjit on Punjabi language would be ing day, Punjab Arts Council of government facilities in a Patar and Dr Waryam Sandhu organized the next day at Guru would organize functions at timely and hassle-free manner. would present papers on chal- Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Chandigarh. The Chief Secretary was lenges and solutions faced by the and prominent personalities Ludhiana Punjab Sahit Academy apprised that Uttar Haryana Punjabi language. working for the development and Punjab Arts Council would Bijli Vitran Nigam and Apart from this, 11 promi- and promotion of Punjabi organize parallel functions at Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran nent personalities would be hon- Language would be Ludhiana and Chandigarh, Nigam has set a target of oured for their contribution for honoured. In the series of the respectively, to promote Punjabi installing 5 lakh smart meters the promotion of Punjabi lan- event on February 18, stage play language. by each Nigams. PNS   '   !"#"#

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  7,580,/7  !! itage items. Company, Chicago based auc- ,   !- He has also written to UT tion house-Wright, Paris-based aris based auction house- Adviser Manoj Parida, who is auction house—Artcurial, PAguttes would put under  !  / chairman of Heritage Paris-based auction house— the hammer a lot of furniture     %% Protection Cell on the issue. Marseilles and many others designed by Pierre Jeanneret, a   $$    A meeting of the Heritage have earned millions through close associate of city’s architect Protection Cell should be con- the auction of heritage items Le Corbusier. !    vened at the earliest to discuss belonging to the city. The auction scheduled to 0   the upcoming auction and to The heritage items that be held on March 5 would have chalk out a plan to stop it, Jagga have been going under the a study table, a pair of arm- Protection Cell, Chandigarh added. hammer abroad include tables, chairs, a teak desk, set of 4 arm- demanded that the UT Notably, members of teak stools, arm chairs, lounge chairs and two shutters—all Administration should stop Chandigarh Heritage Items chairs, book cases, manholes, items designed by Pierre the upcoming auction by Paris Protection Cell have several coffee tables, executive desks Jeanneret. based auction house of city’s times expressed apprehensions among others. The estimated auction heritage furniture. over the theft of city’s heritage Last year, auction house— price of study table has been Jagga said that Indian items from various places here Wright (USA) had earned  put at 40000-50000 Euros (31 embassy in France may be and easy flow of these items 1.44 cr (1,44,05,119) through - 39 lakh), pairs of armchairs at requested to step in and especially furniture to foreign the auction of 14 items of her- 12000-15000 Euros (9.30- attempt to stall the auction of markets. itage furniture, designed by 11.65 lakh), Teak desk at heritage items. The matter In the past one decade, Pierre 15000-20000 Euros (11.65 to should be probed how the her- renowned foreign auction Jeanneret. 15.54 lakh) and two shutters at itage furniture reached beyond houses have shoveled in mil- According to the invento- 1500 -2000 Euros (1.16 -1.55 the territory of India even after lions through the auction of ry prepared by the UT lakh). instructions from the Union Chandigarh’s heritage items. Administration in the year Ajay Jagga, a city based Ministry of Home Affairs for New York-based auction 2012, Chandigarh has ‘12793’ lawyer and member of Heritage the preservation of city’s her- house—Phillips de Pury and heritage items designed by city’s creator French Architect Le Corbusier or his team asso- ciated with the founding and planning of the city in 1950s #    and 60s. There are 190 differ- ent categories of the heritage items including drawings, murals, models, tapestries, chairs, tables, among !  others.

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n a relief from the cold weath- Ier conditions, temperatures on Thursday rose to settle a few notches above normal range in Punjab and Haryana. Both the night and day tem- peratures registered an increase, a meteorological department official said here. The minimum tempera- tures hovered 2 to 4 notches above normal limits. Chandigarh recorded a minimum of 10.9 degrees Celsius. In Punjab, Amritsar (9.6 deg C), Ludhiana (11.4 deg C), Patiala (11 deg C), Pathankot (9.6 deg C), Adampur (8.2 deg C), Halwara (7.7 deg C) and Bathinda (8.6 deg C) registered above normal minimum tem- peratures. In Haryana, Ambala (11.1 deg C), Hisar (10.5 deg C), Karnal (10 deg C), Narnaul (10.5 deg C), Rohtak (11.6 deg C), Bhiwani (11.3 deg C) and Sirsa (10.3 deg C) too recorded above normal lows. The maximum tempera- tures hovered in the range of 23 to 25 degrees Celsius at most places, settling in the range of 2 to 3 notches above normal range.   !"#"#   1         

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The NIA terror networks operating from Pakistan to fully implement its Pakistan to take action against major sources of Islamic radi- is probing the terror funding the country. ndia on Thursday said the anti-terror action plan by all those involved in cross-bor- ondering if the increase  / ! calisation at a plenary of the case and suspects that Kamran A Pakistani court on I“efficacy” of Pakistan’s deci- February 2020 or face severe der terror attacks including Win prices of cooking gas  !  Financial Action Task Force was working for LeT and used Wednesday sentenced Sayeed sion on Wednesday to send action. Pakistan was already the Mumbai and Pathankot was "revenge" for the saffron (FATF) to be held between to provide funds for terrorist to 11 years' prison in two cases Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) kept under the "grey list" of attacks. party's crushing defeat in the February 16 to 21 in Paris. activities in India. relating to terror financing. founder Hafiz Saeed to jail countries by the FATF for fail- It has to be seen whether Delhi polls, the Congress on Prime Minister Narendra A team of officials led by Likewise, the Popular Front Last year, the FATF asked remains to be seen as it came ing to contain terror financing. Pakistan brings perpetrators of Thursday demanded that the Modi takes great pride in the Financial Intelligence Unit- of India and NGO Rehab India Pakistan to fully implement its just days ahead of a global Indian Government cross border terrorist attacks, Government should rollback fact that crores of people gave India chief is heading to Paris Foundation linked to the out- anti-terror action plan by watchdog’s review on sources said it is part of a long- including in Mumbai and the LPG cylinder price hike. up their LPG cylinder subsidy to attend the FATF meet and fit are being probed under the February 2020 or face severe Islamabad's action against ter- pending international obliga- Pathankot to justice expedi- For its part, the Mahila for the poor and now affording lobby at the multilateral body Prevention of Money action. Pakistan was already ror networks operating from tion of Pakistan to put an end tiously, the sources said. Congress held a protest against non-subsidised cylinders has against terror financing. Laundering Act by the ED in kept under the "grey list" of the country. to support for terrorism and Hafiz Saeed has been the steep LPG price hike and become extremely difficult for The FIU-India team will connection with a case regis- countries by the FATF for fail- The reaction from offi- that efficacy of Saeed's sen- declared a global terrorist both submitted a memorandum to the citizens, Mahila Congress comprise officials from the tered in 2018. The agency has ing to contain terror financing. cials sources here came a day tencing remained to be seen. by the United Nations and the the Government demanding a chief Sushmita Dev said in a National Investigation Agency claimed receipt of funds to the "The decision (to put after a Pakistani court on "The decision has been US, which put a $10 million rollback of the increased prices. statement. (NIA), Enforcement tune of 120 crore by the PFI Sayeed behind bars) has been Wednesday sentenced Saeed, made on the eve of FATF bounty on his head. He also Congress leader Rahul "It is more shocking that Directorate, Intelligence Bureau and entities related to it are made on the eve of FATF the mastermind of 2008 Plenary meeting, which has to heads the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a Gandhi also took a dig at the within 24 hours of the Delhi and Ministries of Home and being probed from money Plenary meeting, which has to Mumbai terror attack, to 11 be noted. Hence, the efficacy of front organisation for the ter- BJP over the price hike by election results (December 11), Finance, sources said, adding laundering angle. The agency be noted. Hence, the efficacy years' prison in two cases relat- this decision remains to be ror group' tweeting an UPA-era picture of the BJP government increased they have have been tasked to also suspects that the PFI used of this decision remains to be ing to terror financing. seen," an official source said The US has hailed the sen- the saffron party's leaders prices of gas (LPG). Is this lobby against terror funding the funds for violent protests seen," an official said, reacting The sentencing of Saeed elaborating on the tence against him. The con- protesting an increase in prices revenge for their crushing and related issues like radical- against CAA in various states. to the Pak decision on the ter- came just four days ahead of a Government's assessment of viction "is an important step of cooking gas at the time. defeat?" she asked. isation. However, PFI has denied the ror mastermind's sentencing. meeting of global anti-terror the action. forward -- both toward holding "I agree with these mem- All State units of the Track trail back of funding allegations. India has been pressing watchdog Financial Action The sources said it is also LeT accountable for its crimes, bers of the BJP as they protest Mahila Congress held a protest for construction of Khulafala- Agencies also suspect that Pakistan to take action against Task Force (FATF) in Paris to to be seen whether Pakistan and for Pakistan in meeting its the astronomical 150 price against the price hike and sub- e-Rashideen mosque at village a portion of the PFI funding terror masterminds involved in review Pakistan's compliance of will take action against all international commitments to hike in LPG cylinders," Rahul mitted a memorandum Uttawar in Palwal by the NIA came from UAE and could cross-border terror attacks an action plan prescribed by it other terrorist entities and combat terrorist financing," tweeted along with the picture addressed to Prime Minister in October 2018 revealed that have been used for Islamic including the Mumbai and to contain terror groups in the individuals operating from ter- tweeted Alice Wells, the top US of the protesting BJP leaders, with a demand to rollback the it was allegedly built with the radicalization. Pathankot attacks. country. ritories under its control. diplomat for South Asia. including Smriti Irani. hike in price of LPG cylinder.  ! %!//  %  $,,! !3 !   4  5 (2+     9 Q  #        R ,(         (    (    , "L1  , 3   *!5*678 upload on their website details "Modi ji & BJP again come 15 cases of corruption against        !      of pending criminal cases to the rescue of 'Bellary Gang'! him, Shergill said.     ith the Supreme Court against candidates contesting SC says give reasons for giving "The BJP is believer of pol-      ,  Wobserving “alarming polls, noting that there has been tickets to tainted Netas or con- itics of crime and criminals and   *!5*678 sarcastic posts on social media E'G3    increase in criminalisation of an alarming increase in crim- tempt! Modiji says make taint- not clean and clear politics," he (  .2   against the Prime Minister    ; politics” and directing parties inalisation of politics. ed Netas not MLA's alone but said. 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Surjewala asked. cal parties upload on their posts" against Prime Minister According to the order, "indicating his active involve- accused in mining cases as the The apex court said polit- At a press conference, websites details of pending Narendra Modi on social besides demotion, Hasan ment or assistance or indul-   6  Forest & Environment Minister ical parties will also have to Cong spokesperson Jaiveer criminal cases against their media. Imposing the penalty would not get increments in gence in political activities,     in Karnataka and alleged that upload reasons for selecting Shergill said his party welcomes candidates would strengthen on the official, the Rajya Sabha his salary for five years or canvassing in connection with   *  ,  the directive has already been candidates with pending crim- the apex court's decision as it electoral democracy. Secretariat said he violated regain his current position on an election to the legislature -  ".   torn to shreds by Prime inal cases on their website. was an important step towards It also said the directions rules and failed to maintain the expiry of the punishment and failure to maintain polit-      Minister Narendra Modi. "Today itself, Modi ji has decriminalising politics. would enable voters to make a "political neutrality". period. ical neutrality etc. And there-        The Supreme Court has torn to shreds the orders of giv- "The judgment of the SC is choice keeping "all factors" in In an order dated The officer had also by violating the rules".     asked all political parties to ing reasons for giving tickets to a vindication of Rahul Gandhi's mind when they cast their February 12, the Rajya Sabha shared a number of posts that The Rajya Sabha Service 8 ?     upload on their website details leaders accused in cases," fight against criminalisation of vote. BJP spokesperson Nalin Secretariat said that the "indicated his active involve- Rules 1957 and Central Civil   . of pending criminal cases Surjewala tweeted with a news politics and his stand to make Kohli said the orders of the top Chairman of the House ment in political activities". Services (Conduct) Rules bar 0 "   ". against candidates contesting report on Anand Singh, politics free from crime and court have to be complied Venkaiah Naidu in pursuance The Rajya Sabha employees from indulging in    polls, noting that there has been accused in mining and forest criminals," he said. with. "It strengthens the elec- of the rules has "imposed the Secretariat concluded the dis- any activity that is considered       an alarming increase in crim- crimes, being appointed the As this historic judgment toral democratic process in penalty of reduction to the ciplinary proceedings initialed "unbecoming of a govern- inalisation of politics. new minister for forest, envi- has come, the BJP has appoint- enabling the voters to make a lower grade of security officer against Hasan on the charges ment servant" besides pro-  (   The Supreme Court has ronment and ecology in ed Anand Singh as minister in choice keeping all factors in for a period of five years on of sharing several "offensive, hibiting any involvement in      asked all political parties to Karnataka. Karnataka, despite there being mind," he said. 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Among to a truly historical figure." / $!! ! 6 as the 'strongest pillar' of his he Supreme Court col-   ,    those who responded to the "Learnt from the book that  ,!7 first Cabinet. Do consult those Tlegium has approved the  ,  3 post was eminent historian Nehru did not want Patel in the books again." proposal for appointment of        Ramachandra Guha, who Cabinet in 1947 and omitted !   Congress leader nine Additional Judges of the 9  ,  "L1 called it a “myth”. Congress him from the initial Cabinet , %%   Ramesh said in light of the Madras High Court as  , 3  leaders Jairam Ramesh and list. Clearly, a subject for much "fake news" doing the rounds Permanent Judges.     ? Shashi Tharoor also questioned debate. Noted that the author   ! that Nehru did not want Patel The judges who have been Additional Judge of the      the Minister’s claim. stood her ground on this rev- !  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Jaishankar citing a new book to prehensively demolished by some Foreign Ministers do Patel to join the first Cabinet of Patel on top of the cabinet Ramasamy, C Saravanan, B Gita Gopi, Dr Ashokkumar C claim that Nehru did not want Professor Srinath Raghavan." read books and it may be a free list. He also shared Nehru's let- Pugalendhi and Senthilkumar Joshi and Rajendra M Sareen as 6 6   Patel in his cabinet and Guha The historian also said besides good habit for some professors India, calling him the ter to Patel dated August 4, Ramamoorthy. judges of the Gujarat High     (( and Congress leaders denying promoting fake news about too. "In that case, strongly rec- "strongest pillar" of that 1947 with the cabinet list The collegium, headed by Court.    8I-J the argument while hitting out and false rivalries between the ommend the one I released yes- Cabinet. "Can someone show including the latter's name. Chief Justice of India SA Besides CJI Bobde, jus-        K at the Minister. builders of modern India is not terday," the minister said. this to Jaishankar, please," Guha Tharoor, tagging Jaishankar, Bobde, in a meeting on tices NV Ramana, Arun  3N  K The Twitter duel, with both the job of the Foreign Minister. It did not stop there. Guha asked on Twitter. Tagging shared Raghavan's piece that Wednesday also approved the Mishra, RF Nariman and R 5  K3 5 sides deploying sarcasm and "He should leave this to the then posted a letter from Nehru Jaishankar's 'foreign ministers states Nehru never excluded proposal for appointment of Banumathi are part of the new     M  historical references, began on BJP's IT Cell," Guha retorted. to Patel dated August 1, 1947. do read books' tweet, the his- Patel from cabinet list. Justice Rahul Chaturvedi, the 5-judge Collegium. M  ;"   !"#"#   9

"   #$%#    (      !4(4  5     1961,, Dastidar and State Minister and which wondered “how if the Railway Minister of India Reacting to the TMC issue of which she herself is local TMC MLA Sujit Bose was Chief Minister was invited would be ignored and left out leader’s decision to boycott the guilty.” fuming Trinamool however invited to the pro- twice her name did not figure in such a manner… By doing programme BJP State president Kolkata is the first city in Coimbatore: The headmaster police action against the ACongress leadership on gramme. Both of them decid- in the invitation card issued by so you are not humiliating the Dilip Ghosh said that he had India to have started Metro of a Government elementary accused. Thursday boycotted the inau- ed not to attend the show in the authorities.” Chief Minister but you are information that the Chief Railway services way back in school at Kattampatty in As the parents refused to gural ceremony of Kolkata protest against what the party Trinamool leader and belittling your own (central) Minister seldom attended the 1984. TK Nath the motorman Coimbatore district, was on give up, the police took seven East-West Metro corridor in leadership called a “filthy exhi- Minister Tapas Roy speaking Government. It shows the programmes hosted by the who drove the first tube railway Thursday arrested after being of them in the van, even as the Salt Lake section after the bition of indecorous the behav- on behalf of the State political culture your party Centre. This was the reason in Kolkata said “I am feeling booked under the POCSO Act headmaster talked to mother of Bengal ruling outfit com- ior” by the saffron leadership Government said “such indeco- (BJP) represents,” the fuming why she might not have been nostalgic and keen to see a fel- for allegedly misbehaving with one of the students and plained that Chief Minister and the Central Government rous treatment is the last thing Minister said. invited, he said. low motorman getting the girl students, police said. expressed regret for his misbe- Mamata Banerjee had not been which controls the Metro you can expect during “The East-West Metro cor- Besides, Mamata Baneree same experience today.” The parents of 11 students, haviour. invited in the programme. Railways. Government-to-Government ridor project was brainchild of should herself consider the The new East-West metro studying in fourth and fifth Even members of the All The project was inaugu- Both BJP sources and transactions,” adding other Mamata Banerjee during her precedent she created in the which will be opened to pub- standards, had complained India Democratic Women’s rated by Railway Minister Metro authorities however said invitees (TMC leaders) from tenure as Railway Minister past by showing indecorous lic from Friday is the first such about the 52-year-old head- Association (AIDWA) and Piyush Goyal and attended the Chief Minister had been the State Government were from 2009-2011. It was she who behavior to the then State project in the country to pass master for sexually harassing Students Federation of India among others by his ministe- invited for the programme. right in their decision to skip had sanctioned the money in Government, he maintained under water. It will run under- the girl students, the police said. (SFI) had taken up the issue. rial colleague Babul Supriyo “Twice out representatives had the programme. Railway budget. Now, when the adding “when she was the neath the River Hooghly for a The school head refused to The parents lodged a com- and some senior leaders of the visited the State secretariat “Can you imagine how the project is being inaugurated she Railway Minister she never kilometer before reaching meet the parents and got him- plaint with Child Protection BJP. Nabanna,” Metro sources said lady who conceived and green- has not been invited. This is an invited the then Chief Minister Howrah and joining the satel- self admitted to the hospital a Unit in the district, who in turn Senior TMC leader and only to be promptly contra- signaled the East-West Metro insult to the people of Bengal,” Buddadeb Bhattacharjee and lite city with Salt Lake after it few days ago, and the parents lodged a complaint with the local MP Kakoli Ghosh dicted by the TMC leadership project during her stint as the Dastidar said. now she is raising the same is completed. staged a protest demanding police. PTI         '" 1  ( )    /+     *       0  #     $!,5 $,5  ,  Kochi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said Guwahati: Hours after Assam’s respond all these months, we   1961,, people in Shaheen Bagh, epicentre of anti-CAA updated citizenship data dis- filed a complaint against her protests, should agitate against the National Population appeared from the website yesterday for violating the ours after being denied permission Register and National Register of Citizens if they are ‘nrcassam.nic.in’, an FIR was Official Secrets Act. Hto hold a meeting inside the worried that their citizenship is going to be taken away filed against a former NRC offi- “We must know if she has Calcutta University(CU) allegedly at from them. cial for allegedly failing to sub- tampered with the sensitive the behest of the Trinamool Congress He claimed that the ongoing protests against the mit the password to the sensi- information, after resigning,” he Government, JNU students’ union pres- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh tive document before quitting added. ident Aishi Ghosh on Thursday led a in New Delhi served the BJP’s “communal interest and her job. The NRC State coordina- massive students rally in north Kolkata also helped communal Muslim interests.” Talking to PTI on tor, however, refuted allegations protesting against the Citizenship “I don’t understand what Shaheen Bagh people are Thursday, NRC state coordi- of “malafide intent” involved in Amendment Act and National protesting about. Are they worried that their citizen- nator Hitesh Dev Sarma said the matter. Citizenship Register. ship is going to be taken away from them. the complaint against former “This (cloud service pro- Mainly partaken by the Left students That is a legitimate fear. Then they should agitate NRC project officer was filed vided by IT major Wipro) was the procession had no flags save the Tri- against NPR and NRC. Why are they only agitating under Official Secrets Act in not renewed by the earlier colour and was joined by a large num- against CAA,” he asked. Paltan Bazar police station coordinator. So, the data went ber of civil society members. Even as “Fine, I understand the emotion and sentiments. here, as she “did not provide the offline from December 15 last Ghosh and other student leaders like Initially (protest) in four days, five days...But after a password to the document, year. I assumed charge only on Mayukh Biswas led the rally senior Left while, I think it served the BJP’s interest to keep Shaheen despite written reminders”. December 24,” Sarma, who Front leaders like Surya Kanto Mishra Bagh going, it served the communal Muslim interests “She failed to surrender the had gone on leave for weeks and Biman Bose walked quietly in the to keep Shaheen Bagh going,” he said in an interview password even after tendering after being appointed the NRC (            $,5 5 $!,    %  !%* rear. to PTI. her resignation on November state coordinator, clarified. Ghosh later said that the Mamata These protests helped the BJP, but it also helped 11 last year. She was a con- He also said that the state Banerjee Government should first decide the communal outfits, Ramesh said. tractual employee and no coordination committee had whose cause it was buttressing by refus- “And frankly beyond a point of time, I did not go longer authorised to hold the discussed the issue in its meet- &   ''   % ing to grant her permission to address to Shaheen Bagh,” Ramesh said. password, after quitting her job. ing on January 30 and wrote to meetings. Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Mani Shankar An FIR has been filed against Wipro during the first week of Sambhal (UP): Sambhal dis- na and issued notices under Yamuna Prasad said a separate “We had assembled here to address Aiyar had visited Shaheeh Bagh in January to express the former NRC project officer February. trict administration in Uttar CrPC sections 107 (security for set of notices have been served a meeting of students against the divi- solidarity with those protesting against the amended cit- on Wednesday for violating the “Once Wipro makes the Pradesh has issued notices to keeping peace) and 116 by police to 75 people, includ- sive policies of RSS and BJP who have izenship act. Ramesh, however, hit out at the BJP-led Official Secrets Act,” he said. data live, it will be available to 11 people who are on a sit-in (inquiry as to truth of infor- ing nine women, sitting on the slapped the discriminatory CAA and are Central government for bringing amendments to the Sarma also stated that the the public. We hope that peo- protesting against the mation) asking them to sign a dharna under section 149 of planning to invoke NRC and NPR. We Citizenship Act, claiming it was brought to divide the NRC office had written to her ple will be able to access it in Citizenship Amendment Act personal bond of 50 lakh the CrPC, which empowers the hear that they (TMC) too has been people on the basis of religion. The Congress party’s on several occasions for sub- the next 2-3 days,” Sarma for the past 20 days in Pucca each with an undertaking that police to prevent cognisable strongly protesting against CAA and stand on the amended Act was very clear, he said. mitting the password, but did claimed. Reacting to the devel- Bagh area of Nakhasa, an offi- they would not indulge in any offences. NRC. If that be so then they had no busi- “The BJP wants to exclude certain communities not get any response. “We opment, Wipro had said: “The cial said on Thursday. disruptive activities, Sub According to police, ness denying the permission to hold a from the CAA... BJP’s policy is one of excluding knew (she had resigned) and, IT Services Contract was not The administration has Divisional Magistrate Rajesh Muslim women are staging meeting inside the university. They Muslims.We want to include everybody. Tamils from therefore, sent several letters to renewed by the authorities identified 11 people for insti- Kumar said. the protest round-the-clock in (Trinamool) should first decide as to Sri Lanka, Christians from Bhutan, Ahamedias from her for handing over the pass- upon its expiry in October, gating the protesters, including On the other hand, Nakhasa locality of the district whom they are supporting and for Pakistan... Citizenship should not be based on religion,” word. But as she did not 2019. PTI several women, sitting on dhar- Superintendent of Police since January 24. PTI whom they are standing in Bengal.” Ramesh added. PTI /     "   'R        

6    PMK as a political party, its beach and river sand in the known for cultivation, goes    7*, founder Dr S Ramadoss has State causing the exchequer up. made it a point to come out losses worth 15 lakh crore Whether these proposals    t is a Budget proposal full of with shadow Budget proposals every year, according to Daya would find place in the budget Iirresistible offers which the every year ahead of the pre- Devadoss, a mining baron to be presented by man and woman in the street sentation of the State Budget. turned evangelist in Panneerselvam is anybody’s   will find difficult to say no. Free Dr Ramadoss is a votary of Tirunelveli. guess. But Ramadoss is confi- bus rides to all women in the transparent and corruption- The PMK founder has also dent that these are all projects   98-;,9/* State, a free and sumptuous free governance. He was the proposed to create smaller dis- which could be implemented if daily breakfast with a cup of first politician in the State to tricts for speedier and trans- the Finance Minister has deter- ore than 3,500 police milk to all students in the call for auctioning the quarry- parent governance. “The max- mination and sincerity. MPersonnel will be Government run schools and ing and mining of sand and imum population in each dis- There is nothing secret deployed in and around the city climate-smart agriculture to beach sand along the East trict should not exceed 12 lakh about our budget proposals. ahead of the 22nd anniversary mitigate the effects of climate Coast of the State which are so that the bureaucrats would These are all implementable of the Coimbatore serial blasts, change on agriculture. known for its rare earth min- find them easy to administer,” ideas and missions. If the police said on Thursday. These are some of the erals like monazite, ilmenite, said the medical doctor- Government uses some of the BJP workers and Hindu mouth-watering proposals garnet and other elements. turned-politician. proposals, we will be happy outfits observe the anniversary which are incorporated in the Sand mining and quarrying in He said it was possible to because millions of people by paying homage to those shadow Budget prepared and Tamil Nadu are sectors create 50 lakh jobs in agricul- would be implemented. We killed in R S Puram in the city, presented to the people of enmeshed in corruption and tural and horticultural indus- are the one and only political where the first blast Tamil Nadu by PMK, a region- favouritism. tries in the next five years. The party in the State which has occurred. al outfit dominated by the The axis between the min- PMK’s main focus would be to been demanding the declara- BJP leader L K Advani Vanniyar community in the ing industry, politicians and see to it that the water table in tion of Cauvery Delta region as was scheduled to address an State. Since the inception of bureaucrats is plundering the the State, especially in areas Protected Agricultural Zone. election rally there.    0606     O(  8P  *

  *!5*678 ing of law and time-bound would be panel discussions on Senior Advocate, Supreme dispensation of justice are cru- laws related to women and chil- Court of India working pri- eading academics, legal cial for a diverse and develop- dren, efficacy of environmen- marily on civil litigation across Lexperts, policy makers, ing country like India where tal laws and laws on the right sectors, Judge Tom Mueller, politicians, eminent lawyers, more than a billion-strong to privacy. USA, Former Circuit Court and members of the judiciary, population is widely distributed Goa Satya Pal Malik. This Key speakers and panellists Judge and Senior Counsel, will take part in the fifth edi- in terms of geography, eco- would be followed by a special who would be presenting their Alperin Law, Dr Paul Flather, tion of Difficult Dialogues at nomic classes, religion, educa- session on ‘Democracy and viewpoints at Difficult University of Oxford, UK and the International Centre Goa, tion, gender, cultural and social the Rule of Law’. Dialogues 2020 include Dr Secretary-General of the Dona Paula, from February 14. backgrounds., etc. Over the next couple of Pinky Anand, Senior Advocate, Europaeum, Ben Tucker, This year the topic of discus- The organizers have put days there would be several Supreme Court of India and Founding Partner at Minerva sion will be the ‘State of Law’ together the panels of Difficult panel discussions, workshops, politician, Prof. C. Raj Kumar, Search UK, Ghazala Jamil, in the Dialogues keeping in mind talks and student debates that Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Assistant Professor at the country. issues and bottle-necks that are bound to spark off new Global University, Prof Linda Centre for the Study of Law and In the backdrop of the need to be addressed in order thoughts and ideas and keep Mulcahy, Director of the Governance, JNU, New Delhi ongoing countrywide debate to improve the state of law as the attending guests Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, with a focus on social devel- on Citizenship Amendment it stands in the country engaged. Oxford University, Arif opment, and Farah Naqvi, Act, the discussion could throw today, Some of the issues that Mohammad Khan, eminent Indian writer, consultant and light on the legality and con- This year the Knowledge would be covered in the panel politician and Governor of activist working on gender stitutional validity of the mea- Partners for Difficult Dialogues discussions include Kerala, Dr. Sridhar Acharyulu, rights and minority sures, which has been chal- include the Centre for Socio- ‘Discrimination Law and former Central Information rights. lenged in the Supreme Legal Studies, University of Minorities’, ‘Gender, Legal Commissioner, Geeta Luthra, An interesting highlight Court. Oxford, (CSLS, Oxford), Bar Profession and the Courts’, Senior Advocate, Supreme would be an engaging talk The objective would be to Association of India (BAI), O ‘Reforms in the Administration Court of India, Vrinda Grover, Above the Law where inves- bridge the gap between policy P Jindal Global University, of Justice’, ‘Free Speech, Advocate, High Court of Delhi, tigative documentarian from formulation and on-ground Centre for the Study of Law and Censorship and Media’, and researcher and human rights Italy, Massimilano Mazzotta, implementation. At the end of Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru ‘Accountability vs activist, Sudhir Mishra, and investigative reporter on the summit strategic recom- University (CSLG, JNU), the Independence of the Judiciary’, Advocate, Supreme Court and the ‘fourth mafia’ Maria Luisa mendations would be tabled so Goa University (GU), and the and the panels would address eminent environment lawyer, Mastrogiovanni will be speak- that actionable white papers International Centre Goa each of these areas and come Justice Sujata Manohar, Retired ing. Mazzota’s documentary can be created for the benefit (ICG). up with specific action points Judge of the Supreme Court of film on the polluting oil indus- of all. The conference would be and policy recommendations India, former member of the try, featuring a refinery in The discussion became all inaugurated on February 14 which would be documented. National Human Rights southern Sardinia, will also be the more relevant since fram- evening by the Governor of In addition to these there Commission, Shyam Divan, screened.   !"#"#   :

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Please leader Jairam Ramesh has said it must ‘ruthlessly’ Thursday said the Delhi cian on look at our party manifesto, Kolkata: After the BJP’s defeat in Another section reinvent itself or face the prospect of becoming irrel- Assembly election results clear- Thursday rued the BJP’s drub- where it was clearly stated that the Delhi Assembly elections, poll of the state BJP, con- evant. ly showed the people have kept bing in Delhi Assembly polls, amenities that people were managers of its West Bengal unit sidered close to its The note of caution for the Congress by Ramesh, away the ‘divisive politics’ of the claiming that the party was enjoying free would not are divided whether to push its president Dilip a former Union Minister known for his outspoken BJP and that his party was unable to convince people that become chargeable in the event aggressive strategy on the CAA- Ghosh, is of the views, came close on the heels of a call by fellow party introspecting on the short- it was not against freebies, but of the BJP coming to power,” he NRC or mellow it down and lace opinion that there is leader M Veerappa Moily for a ‘surgical’ action to comings that lead to its wanted to make the city ‘sak- said. it with alternative policies of gov- no need for a change revive the party. defeat. sham’ (capable). Somehow, the saffron party ernance. in the party’s strate- “Congress leaders have to reinvent themselves. “In elections victory or Addressing a press confer- could not find enough reso- The BJP that recently suffered gy in West Bengal, as Congress party has to reinvent itself if it has to be defeat is common, all efforts ence here, Gambhir deftly nance with Delhi people, the a defeat at the hands of the AAP, aggressive politics relevant,” Ramesh, 65, told PTI in an interview here that were required made light of references to the former cricketer said. which won the polls for the third has yielded positive on Wednesday. “Otherwise, we are staring at irrel- for elections was put by the BJP performing relatively bet- “In fact, we, too, had consecutive time on the plank of results for the party. evance. Our arrogance has to go, even after six years party (Congress), but we did ter in Assembly segments promised free scooters and good governance, is in two minds “If you want to out of power sometimes, some of us behave as if we not get success,” Kharge falling under his East Delhi Lok bicycles and these would have about its strategy for 2021 counter a party like are still Ministers.” In Ramesh’s view, local level lead- said. Sabha constituency, stressing been disbursed among all res- Assembly polls in West Bengal. necessary that what works for the TMC, you have to keep up the ers have to be encouraged and nurtured and be given Speaking to reporters in on ‘collective responsibility’ idents of Delhi and not just In West Bengal, the BJP had national elections will also work for tempo and your aggressive strate- freedom and autonomy. Belagavi, he said, “But, one for the party’s successes and those who had voted for the won 18 out of the 42 Lok Sabha state polls. Our campaign should gy. It has helped us. Our campaign “The substance and style of our leadership has thing is certain, those (BJP) failures. Gambhir also dis- BJP. We could not explain to seats in 2019 parliamentary polls, not only highlight implementation on the issues of the new Citizenship to change,” said the Rajya Sabha MP who is here to who were confident of victory missed as ‘hypothetical’ queries them adequately that we want- while it had swept all the seven Lok of CAA and need for NRC. It bill and the proposed NRC had participate in the ongoing Krithi International in the name of religion, despite about the perception that the ed to make Delhi saksham Sabha seats in Delhi. should also lay similar stress on yielded good results in Lok Sabha Book Fair organised by a society controlled by the campaigning from Prime BJP would have fared better and not laachaar (helpless),” he “But within a few months, we alternative and better policies of polls. Kerala Government. On the Delhi Assembly poll Minister, Home Minister, sev- against Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam added. The left-handed open- see that the results are completely governance,” a senior BJP leader “If we change our strategy, it outcome, Ramesh alleged that the BJP utilised the eral Ministers, CMs, MPs and Aadmi Party, had it declared er, whose career was marred opposite in Lok Sabha polls and said on condition of anonymity. will be considered that we are anti-CAA protests at its epicentre in Delhi in MLAs, the principles that they someone like Gambhir as its following a spate of injuries, Assembly polls in Delhi. So we can- Since last year, the demand for retreating. This would send a Shaheen Bagh to “polarise” votes. “In the short run believed in did not get the suc- chief ministerial candidate. was in the city for the launch not take it for granted that just NRC to weed out infiltrators and wrong message to our party cadres. BJP has not won but the result is a disaster for the cess. “I congratulate Kejriwal of a ‘ scholarship’ pro- because we won 18 seats in Bengal, the new citizenship law have Obviously we will have an alter- Congress party also. “It is an unmitigated disaster “The basis on which they and his party for the stupen- gramme, which - he claimed - we will also win the Assembly emerged as the latest flashpoint in native set of governance policies like coronavirus for the Congress,” he said. campaigned did not get the dous victory. They succeeded would nurture talent at the polls.” the state, with the TMC opposing but that doesn’t mean diluting our The Congress drew a blank while the BJP bagged recognition and the people in convincing the people about first-class level and eventually “So we need to change our them tooth and nail, and the BJP campaign over CAA-NRC,” the 8 seats. The AAP scored a landslide victory bagging have kept their divisive politics their vision and their agenda help the state in having a rep- strategy for state elections. It is not pressing for their implementation. BJP leader said. PTI 62 seats. PTI away.” PTI which we could not. We were resentation in the IPL. PTI *        /         + 9    5      5  9 !       3)2       $*  

   -2-;,8A    -2-;,8A made the decision to move and personal discomfort Mumbai: In a change of stand, the Congress. back at least temporarily since because of our parent’s divorce, the Maharashtra Government Talking to reporters here, resident Ram Nath Kovind enowned industrialist I had been away from my which in those days wasn’t as has said it has no objection to Deshmukh, an NCP leader, Psaid on Thursday that as a RRatan Tata provided a rare grandmother who wasn’t keep- common as it is today. But my the National Investigation said “The State agencies were leading power, India played a insight into his personal life on ing too well for almost 7 years,” grandmother brought us up in Agency (NIA) taking over investigating the Koregaon crucial role in shaping the glob- the eve of Valentine’s Day, by Tata recalled. every way” probe into the Elgar Parishad Bhima (Elgar Parishad) case. al paradigm with respect to disclosing that while he was in “So I came back to visit her “Soon after when my case, in which human rights But, the Centre handed over international security, trade and Los Angles in the early sixties, and thought that the person I mother remarried, the boys at activists have been arrested the investigation to the commerce. “I fell in love” and “almost got wanted to marry would come school started saying all kinds for alleged links with NIA. Speaking at a ceremony married”. to India with me, but because of things about us -- constant- Maoists. “As Home Minister, my after presenting ‘Colour’ to the Baring his heart out on a of the 1962 Indo-China war her ly and aggressively. But our Additional Chief Secretary stand was that the Centre INS Shivaji at Lonavla near public platform, the Chairman parents weren’t okay with her grandmother taught us to (Home) Sanjay Kumar told should have taken the state gov- Pune, the President said: “India’s Emeritus of Tata Sons revealed making the move anymore, retain dignity at all costs, a PTI on Thursday that “the ernment into confidence before rise in the international order in a post posted on a Facebook and the relationship fell apart,” value that’s stayed with me state home department has no taking the decision. We were has been fuelled by many factors shift with increased require- “I am glad to note that more page ‘Humans Of Bombay’ as the industrialist revealed in a until today. It involved walking objection to the case being putting up our stand in the including the capabilities and ments on operational availabil- than two lakh officers and to how he fell in love, “almost post put out on away from these situations, entrusted to the NIA”. court in this direction. The valour of our armed forces”. ity of platforms. INS Shivaji will sailors of the marine engineer- got married”, how the 1962 Thursday. which otherwise we would Home Minister Anil Chief Minister has the right to “Today, the geopolitical sit- need to impart the requisite ing branch of the Navy, Coast Indo-China came in the way of Eight-two-year-old Tata, have fought back against,” Tata Deshmukh sought to put the overrule my stand.” uation in the world and in the skills to all trainees to prepare Guard and friendly foreign tying a nuptial knot and “the who has remained a bachelor wrote. I still remember, after ball in the court of Chief The Centre last month Indo-Pacific in particular them to meet future challenges,” countries have been trained in relationship fell apart”. all his life after having devot- WW2, she took my brother Minister Uddhav Thackeray, transferred the probe in the demands greater vigilance. I am the President said. this fine institution till date,” he Tata was in mid-twenties ed al, his time to build a huge and I for summer holidays to who belongs to the Shiv Sena, case from the Pune Police to aware that the Navy has adopt- “As INS Shivaji completes said. when he fell in love while he business empire, does not seem London. It was there that the the lead constituent in the rul- the NIA, a move then criticised ed mission-based deployments 75 years of excellence, let us “INS Shivaji has distin- was working for to have a regret that he did not values were really hammered ing Maha Vikas Aghadi which by the Shiv Sena-NCP- in the Indian Ocean region,” introspect and reflect on the guished itself with stellar service architecture firm in Los Angles marry – an impression one gets in. also consists of the NCP and Congress Government. PTI Kovind said. journey so far and also glance to the nation over the years. It in the early sixties. “After col- from the manner-of-the-fact Heaping praise on INS at the future. Technology is has a proud record of profes- lege, I landed a job at an archi- manner in which he has nar- Shivaji for imparting technical leapfrogging to produce sional excellence, and has dis- tecture firm in LA, where I rated as how the relationship training of highest standard to autonomous vessels. Artificial charged its responsibilities with worked for two years. It was a with the girl whom he fell in marine engineers from the intelligence and machine learn- distinction,” the President said, great time -- the weather was love with did not culminate in Indian Navy, Coast Guard and ing are being deployed for deci- he lauded the INS Shivaji’s con- beautiful, I had my marriage. friendly foreign countries, sion-making and war-fighting,” tribution to the Indian Navy. own car and I loved my job. It Giving a peek into his Kovind said: “High quality Kovind said. “A nation’s maritime inter- was in LA that I fell in love and childhood, Tata wrote on training of marine engineers is “The training of marine ests are usually also linked to its almost got married,” Tata wrote “Humans of Bombay” FB page: crucial for sustained deploy- engineers will also need to be economy and the well-being of on a Facebook’s “Humans of “I had a happy childhood, but ments and presence in our tailored to train them to work its people. I am told about 90 per Bombay” page. as my brother and I got older, areas of interest. The future will with evolving technologies, cent of our trade, by volume, is “But at the same time I had we faced a fair bit of ragging also see great diversity in the while maintaining competence handled by sea routes. This propulsion systems ranging in the core engineering profes- enhances the role of the Indian from conventional to nuclear sion. I am confident that INS Navy not just in national secu- and electric and hybrid propul- Shivaji would impart the skill set rity but also in economic secu- sion”. required in the future to all rity, and thus in the wider “Concepts of maintenance trainees passing out through its process of nation building,” he will also undergo a paradigm portals,” the President said. said. 'R"    $)'       #

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Yediyurappa had appealed to In Bengaluru, city buses the outfits to keep their agita- plied as usual though most of tion peaceful. them ran empty as there were He had also said his gov- very few commuters. ernment always stood for Auto rickshaws and cabs Kannada and Kannadigas and ran regular services,though had initiated measures to one of the auto rickshaw dri- implement the Sarojini vers’ associations had sup- Mahishi report.   !"#"# /  ;    .  <   @5        <  <  *2* *-./* /&  + ' *  !          !   4           /1/              $ #          9         ;           2338 -  /9 +  .     #     (    )    $          O                    .  # .  :.#.;  ( (          (   <      (            (                    (     #    +                 #    !"#                  ,( (S :,;  .( (6           he world is going through tumul- = ( (#  := #; #        +       tuous times. China, too, has not $S     6           ( been spared. 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Recently, netizens received a notice                      ( from Douban, a popular Chinese social net-   !    +        ,      >+ $   work, which said, “The news you posted has  #  O   $S         been removed as it contains radical, politi- cal or ideological content.” It referred to the # O                 lyrics of the Chinese national anthem,  03(       +            6    which starts: “Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves!           230@          ( With our flesh and blood, let us build a new Great Wall! From each one, the urgent call to   A   P#              action comes forth. Arise!” certainly obtain a full victory in Bureau of the CCP Central a law professor at the Tsinghua <      6Q #       $ $  Indeed, it is a revolutionary song … one the fight against the epidemic.” Propaganda Department, University in Beijing who has - 6  A         <   ( that is dangerous for the ruling party in the At Ditan Hospital in Beijing, announced that his depart- been under suspension, blamed            6        ( present context as it evokes fears of a pop- Xi talked to medical workers of ment would send 300 reporters the communist party leaders ular revolt against the way the Government three hospitals in Wuhan via to Hubei province. The for putting politics ahead of the   %                  has been handling the spread of the coron- video conference and praised the WeChat account of “Reporters people. He wrote a strongly- 5         $          avirus. Take the case of Dr Li Wenliang, one work done by them. He said, Station” said that the scribes, worded piece that was pub-      >+ +             of the first doctors who alerted the public “Wuhan is a heroic city and peo- 78,7,9! besides providing reports on lished on overseas Chinese about the outbreak. When Dr Li sounded the ple of Hubei and Wuhan are the epidemic prevention and language websites. He said, A        +    + - $      alarm in December, he was severely repri- heroic people who have never 5* 85*59 control, “will present positive “The political system has col-    #    6 < $     .#.  A manded by the local authorities. And when been crushed by any difficulty /*,1*7* stories on humanity to the lapsed under the tyranny and                  <  he passed away, the Wuhan Central Hospital and danger in history.” public to strengthen the guid- a governance system [made up] first denied his death, triggering deep anger Xi’s return seems to be a 888,8*9 ance of public opinion.” of bureaucrats, which has taken   >+   +            among the public. well-orchestrated move to regain At the same time, authori- [the party] more than 30 years          A      $ P  ( Bill Bishop, the author of the well- the initiative. The Chinese 7* tarian methods have been put in to build, has floundered.”            Q )     >+ informed Sinocism newsletter, noted: “Social President was pompously 89/-,89 place. CNN mentioned, “They Only history can reveal media is blowing up the news that Wuhan termed as the “commander of (Chinese authorities) are turn- the source of the virus —   $         # 6    whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang has died the people’s war against the epi- ;,6*8*65 ing to a sophisticated authoritar- whether it is animal-borne or      .#.   9   $       ( …but in a morbid twist, it appears that the demic.” Before disappearing, he **,82* ian playbook honed over originated from a laboratory             *  relevant authorities, probably after seeing the chaired a meeting with the decades of crackdowns on dis- working on a covert biological online uproar, may not be allowing him to Politburo Standing Committee. 7*9207* sidents and undesirables to weapons programme. The cru-     .#. 6S              die officially yet.” The regime’s hesitation to Here, he stressed that the party 98;6* enforce quarantines and lock- cial issue today is how people    $ 5   5   > :5>;  ,      announce Dr Li’s death showed the dilem- should “do a good job in propa- downs across the country”. The perceive the regime’s response     6                 ( ma the communist party is faced with. ganda education and public /**8* US channel spoke of a shift in to the disaster. This is the real During the first month after the out- opinion guidance.” -*,2/*9 the narrative “from a story of an battle in China at present.      A            break of the virus, China lost two battles. HK01, a Hong Kong-based entire country pulling together Since 1978, the current dynasty     *    $       - S First, it was unable to foresee the seriousness online news portal, said that 7*0/9259 in a time of crisis to a darker tale in China has managed to bring                      of the epidemic (on the contrary, for a such guidance must include -,,0*7* of bad actors undermining some wealth and well-being to month, it tried to hide the truth from the “promoting in-depth publicity efforts to keep people safe and the masses but in the process,  !        (     %    public). Second, it lost control over the infor- about the major decisions of the ,669297* spreading the virus through the Chinese people have lost S  $S     6D  %  ( ( mation warfare, which was then led by the Central Committee of the * 85*-8 78 their own irresponsibility.” their freedom to think freely. In                      5  citizens. China has now decided to retake the Communist Party of China, The “Li Wenliang effect” every corner of the Kingdom,      .#.              ( initiative on the information battlefield substantially reporting the effec- ,7*/819 had to be rectified by massive they are recognised by cameras, even as it uses the toughest possible preven- tiveness of the joint (epidemic) propaganda. The Globe, the which record the most intimate   A    S            tive measures on the ground to manage the prevention and control measures , 80, Canadian media group, details of their life. They have 6               PA fallout of the coronavirus. This, at the risk in different regions and differ- * 99-8 observed: “Stung by public no choice but to follow the      Q     (        #  ( of facing an economic slowdown. ent departments, vividly telling criticism as the Wuhan virus words of the party. With the On February 10, Xi Jinping, General touching stories about China’s 69!59! outbreak continues to claim novel coronavirus still spread-  # %             ( Secretary of the communist party, reap- fight against the epidemic and lives, Chinese authorities have ing wildly, the system has start-       >+  5>          ( peared (with a mask) on the stage after sev- demonstrating the Chinese peo- reinvigorated the state hero- ed showing its limits. More      A  7            eral days of absence and spoke of “resolute- ple’s spirit and the great power making machine, with official propaganda cannot undo the ly winning the people’s war against pneumo- of unity and togetherness in media promoting stories of much-needed political reforms            nia epidemic.” According to Xinhua, Xi fighting the epidemic.” sacrifice, dedication and love in in China. asserted that the situation remained very seri- As a result, Zhang Xiaoguo, arduous times.” (The writer is an expert on .$    1 ous but expressed confidence that “China will Director of the Information Meanwhile, Xu Zhangrun, India-China relations)      $     $ # $#  2   ) + $   $     3     8     7O  80                         8    ;    )  S      8 ?    8    .  .      ?   ! ! 83       (           !            ; #     ?          (    *   (        89/       6           (        $:&# :)$)':               +-$% :%)  );;:# #-+ %) % )%             K/  1  K,  K,0! 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It was thus a pleasant      3       ? people’s trust and risk losing grip.    +  (               surprise to hear that Modi men-  ,,      0         Sharadchandran S tioned Nehru as many as 23      -      -   New Delhi                     * times in just one part of his 7 -  ,  3          ) S )                ( speech in Parliament.                           (              ( Interestingly, this was not     5 8       3LI;   J     .2   ; 3    2304      #          the first time that Prime Minister Modi praised Nehru.      3       3.  ?    L  M  Sir — This refers to the editorial,                      ( Last year, too, in the Lok Sabha,  M8                   3 ! ;3 “Rise of new plebs” (February 13)  +  -     )     +      he had referred to Nehru as a L       M- 3     3     ? by Anish VR and Mohit Kumar.               $ !  -  mahapurush (great man) to seek    ;3     L ?  ?  2  3 ;"  .     ? The AAP’s resounding win in the Opposition’s help to build ML   M        ?             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He has noth- country as it is in the present, the ’s (AAP) suc- Sumit      6                ing to say about his not the way it was seven decades cess in Delhi has laid the ground Via email Government’s achievements. ago. Sir — This refers to the article, “Rise for a new political discourse in the             +  " 6     ( Instead, he shrewdly ignores Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee of new plebs” (February 13) by country. Its success must start a new (    9       7             the fact that his Government’s Faridabad Anish VR and Mohit Kumar. The trend where political parties focus %% +%)&)$ =7'#*:)'   !"#"#   !! <   +23   )  $%&'(2+$%&'(   (6        P (  5 *  P         5        .>1?  6     .> .>1? 5 5   5  6 (6      *  (    (6*  , ;   3   L 8  (( 6   L            0  ?    6 6   3     1  $ "

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The attack has ignited a    < %             debate whether or not it was worth the risk to    /         (    kill Soleimani, who incidentally, was the face of            O   armed resistance against the Islamic State (IS) in                    Iraq and Syria along with the US, Russia,      ( 0G3    Turkey and its European allies. 6     13            ( Previous US administrations also had the *!5*6788   6         (    . opportunity to take out Soleimani but chose not 25*/,5,;6D                   to, mostly because of concerns that it would lead !9//8*5            #  ( to a series of dangerous escalations on both sides. ,;9279!             %      ( However, it is clear from the economic sanctions 026*89 imposed against Iran that Trump has adopted a  #          O      different approach and has used his famed “max- !8668- ,                    imum pressure” strategy. 858,    O               Although, anti-Americanism in Iran has 788;* ,2* electoral gains. Security experts caution rant and arrogant” and slammed the on the US and give its allies sleepless  always remained a challenge for US foreign pol- 858,7, that this incident will have a long-term country for the assassination of the war nights by shutting the strait or obstruct- #               ( icy, Trump’s decision to take out Iran’s most pop- /,*08 impact and may endanger US’ securi- hero. He also asked India for an aggres- ing the oil tankers passing through it,  "              ( ular military leader has pitched to a new high the 8*/* ty interests in West Asia. As per a lat- sive backdoor diplomacy to safeguard which will ultimately disrupt supply and              ( anti-American wave on Irans streets. The much- 87*/*089 est development, a Democratic-led US its national interests in the region. push up shipping costs and consequent-       /            6S  loved General’s assassination will most likely be 87*9/-9 House of Representatives committee While promising that his country ly energy prices.                used by the Iranian regime to fan anti-American 7* 7,7,;,/ had reached an agreement with was not looking for a war with the India has an exceptional advantage               sentiments that are running high in the coun- 9/,5 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to tes- mighty US, the Iranian Ambassador here, being a nation with a multi-align- try. And this will have long-term consequences, tify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq pushed India for a greater role in the ment approach in the Gulf region. As                7**,/6D$G which the US may or may not be prepared for. policy, after threatening a subpoena efforts to de-escalate rising tensions in it shares close relations with Iran and #           # Elections have long been used by the Iranian -86689858, over previous refusals to appear. This the Persian Gulf region. Allaying fears the US alike, New Delhi can act as a           "         leadership under the Supreme Leader Ayatollah !9/18087* will be in public domain soon. about the effects of the crisis on trade, mediator between the two nations.          O       Khamenei’s watch as tools to create an illusion 026!79*5 The ongoing tension between the Chegeni also assured India that Given its security and economic  # (2  # (G         6  ( of public support and democratic legitimacy. And 79-*9*/ US and Iran has shaken the world as Chabahar Port was fine and operative interests in the region, New Delhi has     %           ( this time around, the regime is more desperate R&G;86689 anything that happens in the Gulf as it was a symbol of the friendship cultivated a strong friendship with              ( than ever to show its detractors at home and ,/*-8, * region will have a severe impact on the between India, Iran, Afghanistan, the most countries in West Asia like Israel,     %              ( abroad that it represents the will of the Iranian oil-based economy of the world and Commonwealth of Independent States, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Oman. This               ( people because over the last four decades, the gap more specifically Asian countries. Europe and the whole Persian Gulf. affords it an opportunity to initiate a    between the people and the regime has gradu- However, security experts have sig- Significantly, keeping in mind the dialogue in times of strife, with greater chances of success. <                ( ally widened. nalled, based on Trump’s recent state- strategic importance of developing the With every passing day, more and more ment “calling on NATO partners to play regional maritime traffic to Afghanistan However, this recent episode of ris-         "       (   ( Iranians are coming to the conclusion that the a bigger role in the Middle East region” and Central Asia, the US gave a writ- ing tensions between the US and Iran      "       $   regime does not represent them and cannot be that he is willing to de-escalate tensions. ten assurance to India that it would help is a litmus test of India’s new policy of $              reformed and Iranians want and deserve a lead- On its part Iran, too, is not keen to facilitate the funding for the purchase multi-alignment within the region.                   ( ership that respects their wishes and protects their ratchet up the issue as it has shown its of equipment worth $85 million for the The unfolding events in West Asia  I *           (    interests. Until Iran’s leaders understand this fact willingness to submit to the Chabahar Port. are being keenly watched by Russia and                  (   and hold free and fair elections, the gap between International Atomic Energy Agency Also, tension in the region may China because both have strong inter-                 the people and their rulers will continue to widen, inspections and is not walking out of cause a threat to the traffic that goes est in the region. While Moscow sees    "         the protests will continue and the real voter the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. through the tiny Strait of Hormuz, itself as an emerging dominant power   turnout will remain low. So, the regime will use Notwithstanding these signals from which though just 21 miles across at its with West Asia being a major part of #             O  ( this attack by Trump as a means to cover its ruth- the two countries, New Delhi is under- widest point, has major strategic and its plan, China is equally concerned as lessness and shortcomings and fan anti-US sen- standably worried about how Gulf geopolitical relevance because it is sit- 50 per cent of its oil imports come from              < timents to make itself relevant as elections loom tensions will impact India. This is uated between Iran and Oman. It is a the region. However, its biggest worry J % .       %      large. because India has strategic interests in financially crucial checkpoint because is its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative                  ( Interestingly, on the other side, in the US, the region in the form of the Chahabar it is the world’s busiest shipping lane (BRI) as Iraq has major geo-strategic                   where conspiracy theories abound accusing Port and the nearly 10 million Indians and there are limited alternatives to importance because of its location.     %  (     past Presidents of purposely creating foreign pol- working in the Gulf, who send home bypass it. There is speculation that Moscow /                 icy crises during an election year with an aim to over $40 billion as remittance. According to a report of the US is silently backing Iran as it has intel-                  divert public opinion from pressing and In January, while speaking at the Energy Information Administration ligence-sharing arrangements with it.           6     *   unsavoury domestic issues, the killing of General fifth edition of the Raisina Dialogue in (EIA), 21 million barrels of crude and This, more than anything else, should                 Soleimani is nothing new. New Delhi, Iran’s Foreign Minister refined oil pass through the strait, give the US cause for worry. :        However, this time Trump may have taken Mohammad Javad Zarif set tempera- which is about one-third of world’s sea- (The writer is a Principal things too far in search of short-term domestic tures rising as he called the US “igno- traded oil. Thus, Iran can take revenge Correspondent of The Pioneer)     R #$    #                                 

them to make their scanty land yield whose members pool their expertise transport and sell their produce. information and markets. One of its food. The success of a collective tion. a decent income. A tenth of our and part of their savings, helps the Collectivising significantly reduces important roles is linking them to reli- hinges on many actors: The technical While FPOs remain the most farmers are landless. They are forced members achieve more together than transportation costs, saves farmers able and affordable sources of financ- support it receives, its institutional trusted allies for farmers, they need to to contend with a cycle of low invest- they can alone and becomes self-prop- from having to travel to the market and ing to meet their working capital, infra- base, composition, land access and be revitalised by infusing modern ment, poor productivity, low value- agating in the course of time. It con- consolidates their selling power. structure, development and other cropping patterns of members and design features without diluting their addition, weak market orientation fers greater bargaining power, better Moreover, the whole value chain needs. The collective works to reori- adaptation of the model to the local traditional ethos and philosophy. In the and depressed margins. market and price discovery, access to needs to have a business approach in ent the development and funding context. The elite farmers are signifi- light of our learning, we need to revis- The last few decades have wit- credit and insurance and sharing of order to make it viable. ecosystem to make it more responsive cantly more likely to participate than it the model and harness the basics; %&' => nessed shrinking of employment in assets and costs. The FPOs are owned Agricultural business companies, and relevant to the needs of small pro- the less privileged. Moreover, the bet- tweak designs of traditional structures rural India. Rural-to-urban migration and governed by shareholder farmers private sector financial institutions, pri- ducers. It also works towards strength- ter-off often become administrative instead of reinventing the wheel. mall farmers are the key to end- is an inevitable socio-economic real- and administered by professional mary producer organisations and ening an enabling environment by members and use services substantial- Experience tells us that continuous ing poverty and hunger and pro- ity, especially for those unable to gen- managers. They adopt all the good other stakeholders need to collaborate influencing and orienting policies in ly more to them than to rank-and-file training, capacity-building and mem- Smoting sustainable development. erate a meaningful livelihood from principles of cooperatives and the effi- to structure such functional full value this direction. members. The collectives, therefore, ber-awareness programmes can rein- But they are among the most under- rural resources. Rural areas typically cient business practices of companies chains to make greater benefits accrue The extension services include positively affect household welfare for force the design features and help served population and are highly sus- face several developmental impedi- and seek to address the inadequacies to individual members. It is a sustain- lengthening farmer capacity through elite members but impact is lower for solidify the relationship between mem- ceptible to food and nutrition insecu- ments: Small land holdings, low sav- of the cooperative structure. The best able, market-based approach to sys- agricultural best practices for enhanced rank-and-file members. It is, thus, nec- bers, field staff, professional managers, rity. They often lack basic tools and ings and capital formation, limited way for these organisations to lever- tematically and incrementally address productivity, agronomic advice, foster- essary to strengthen democratic financial institutions and directors and new technologies and don’t have net- market access, low levels of human age their collective strength is through the barriers that prevent individuals ing connections to local farm financial processes in these institutions. build a strong bond that can equip the works to access them, the financial ser- development and a young population a full value chain from the farm to the from accessing necessary services. services, training on methods of appli- Evelyn Huang, a celebrated design collectives with the will to fight adver- vices to afford them, or the markets to alienated from farming and other rural fork. The underlying principle that the Small producers need to reach the scale cation of bio-fertilisers and pesti- thinking trainer in American financial sities and exploit opportunities. profit from investments in them. occupations. They need solutions tai- value chain follows is similar to that necessary for sourcing inputs and ser- cides, modern harvesting techniques, sector, who believed in “reimagining FPCs can grow as viable, member- They are plagued by low productivi- lored to their needs and problems. of the full stack approach. This vices. Apart from the collective appropriate integrated pest manage- the way 60 million people interact with controlled, self-sustaining farmer busi- ty and lack access to quality farm One of the ways to mitigate rural approach makes the sponsor, catalyst strength that group synergy generates, ment, integrated nutrient management their money”, implicitly suggested nesses if they constantly work on inputs such as good seeds and fertilis- distress and promote a farm revolution or promoter responsible for every part the support structures help in build- and access to optimal environmental that the design of cooperative enter- reshaping the interaction of their ers, training and capital and technol- is to design a livelihood and develop- of the experience. In the context of ing the capacities of producers to deal practices and regionally-appropriate prises should be about constantly members with themselves. A self-reg- ogy and knowledge that can make ment strategy that entails collectivis- agriculture, the full stack approach with input suppliers, buyers, bankers, crops for planting. The key benefit is reimagining how thousands of poten- ulatory body designed to protect the their enterprises commercially viable. ing and strengthening primary pro- includes helping farmers identify what technical service providers, develop- the marketing support that links pro- tial members interact with their coop- interest of FPOs and farmer members Fragmentation of land holdings ducers among small farmers through to grow and how to grow it, what tech- ment promoting agencies and the ducers to mainstream markets through erative so that the process imparts can serve a useful purpose. We don’t has left growers with shrinking farms Food Producer Organisations (FPOs) nology to use and when and where to Government (for their entitlements), aggregation of subsistence-level pro- strength and vitality to the latter. It have to throw the baby out with the that are too small to be remunerative. and integrating them into an inclusive sell at what price. The farm-to-market among others. The sponsor of the duce into economic lots that can sig- found that the failure of cooperatives bathwater. They have poor access to credit and value chain to provide end-to-end sup- initiative encourages smallholder farm- value chain provides a gateway for pri- nificantly raise the share that peasants is often rooted in the inability of their (The writer is a well-known irrigation, which makes it difficult for port. This mutual aid organisation, ers to use technology to collectively mary producers to access resources, get of the money people pay for their promoters to understand this interac- development expert)   !"#"# % ?

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Committee of the Cabinet has quential shift in repayment sector, and by extension appro- ty to complete projects, and by     approved his appointment as schedule for equal or shorter priate loss provisioning against extension their solvency, the        the CMD of Air India in the duration will not be treated as them,” Moody’s said. report said.     rank and pay of additional   3 .   secretary, the order stated,       ! without mentioning further  BH H details. 2*1  $ 6 $ # $       He replaces Ashwani      Lohani, who completed his    one-year extended tenure on            3   Thursday.    $G    Bansal was in August 2017 to reduce costs and improve The appointment assumes   *!5*678 that the aircraft touched down General of Civil Aviation       named as Air India’s interim on-time performance of significance as it comes days left of the centreline and devi- (DGCA) stated. It also noted        3/13 CMD for three months. He had flights. after the government decided Aviation regulator DGCA ated further to the left and the that the period of suspension -      8      L then replaced Lohani, who was Lohani, a 1980 batch offi- to sell its stake in Air India, suspended two SpiceJet pilots delayed corrective input by the would be counted from the /* 38   %     9L-? appointed chairman of the cer of the Indian Railway which has a debt pile of over on Thursday for a period of crew led to the damage to date of the incident. The air- 8     I8 JBGBG      55 Railway Board after completion Service of Mechanical 60,000 crore. four-and-half months for dam- three runway edge lights,” the craft was coming from Dubai 2  / of his two-year stint. Engineers, was in February As part of the ambitious aging the runway edge lights of document of the Directorate when the incident occurred. During Bansal’s three- last year appointed Air India’s strategic disinvestment, the Mangaluru airport while land-  (  (    56    month tenure, Air India CMD for the second time for government had on January 27 ing a B 737 plane on October   8 launched services to a one-year tenure. He had issued the preliminary bid doc- 31 last year, according to an     Copenhagen, among others. retired as the Railway Board ument for 100 per cent stake in official document. L!  M He also initiated various steps chairman in December 2018. the debt-laden airline. “Investigation has revealed          5-/ $  +% !7 ,  3-     5' ;3; .  / 35 /   % R + /3503 8      / #   ,   &9'R   , .1    350I7S J3-, London: The pound briefly by surprise. Sterling has the   *!5*678 0 350I, J32; 380I, J3 1  380 retreated Thursday after UK biggest reaction to the news -    (  ( :*  ;    < =  5 I /J3       835 3    finance minister Sajid Javid sen- - it initially sold-off, but it since on of British health service   8      !          ,            8  sationally quit Prime Minister recovered all the lost ground Sworker, Oxford educated      .            $   %     ,   !      Boris Johnson’s government, and is now back above the pre- Rishi Sunak inherited public ,     !     BG$T dealers said. In stocks trading, announcement level.” service from his parents and London’s benchmark FTSE 100 British news agency the rose to become UK’s first index was down 1.4 per cent, Press Association quoted a Indian origin finance minister,  1  ; % mirroring sharp losses across source close to Javid as saying replacing Pakistani-origin Sajid   $ 7*   Europe, on resurfacing fears he resigned after refusing to Javid. !,:,:   over the global economic impact carry out Johnson’s demand Son-in-law of Infosys’ co- ,  ( of China’s deadly virus out- that the chancellor sack his founder Narayana Murthy,   $ # 3  5+*<4=4 break. entire team of aides. Global Sunak was a career investment and re-elected to represent this Javid’s resignation mean- stock markets meanwhile slide banker before dedicating his area in June 2017 and     > while came two weeks after on Thursday after a dramatic life to public service by enter- December 2019. I was previ-   $    Brexit and a month before he spike in the number of coron- ing politics by becoming a MP ously Parliamentary Under   6959   *!5*6783 had been due to deliver his first avirus deaths and cases in main- first time in 2015. Secretary of State at the   *!5*678 had average 4G download annual budget on behalf of land China, with traders con- Sunak, 39, replaces Ministry of Housing, he world’s biggest telecom speed of 7.9 mbps, Vodafone odafone Idea on Thursday Johnson’s Conservative admin- cerned about the economic Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid Communities and Local Tassembly MWC 2020 has eliance Jio continued its 7.6 mbps and Idea 6.5 mbps. Vreported widening of loss- istration. Johnson appointed impact. who resigned as the Chancellor Government. I was appointed been cancelled as telecom com- Rlead in average 4G down- The average speed is com- es to 6,438.8 crore in October- senior Treasury official Rishi “Stock markets have moved of the Exchequer in a shock Chief Secretary to the Treasury panies one after the other load speed rankings with 20.9 puted by Trai based on the data December 2019 against Sunak to succeed Javid as chan- into retreat... On coronavirus move in one of the biggest in July 2019,” reads Sunak’s pulled out of the annual con- megabit per second (mbps) it collects across India with the 5,004.6 crore in the year-ago cellor of the exchequer. headlines,” noted IG analyst shakeups since Johnson won a Facebook profile. ference following the outbreak speed, while Vodafone topped help of its MySpeed application period as the AGR dues-hit “Volatility has been inject- Chris Beauchamp. Chinese thumping majority in the The UK-born son of a of the deadly novel coron- the chart in terms of 4G upload on a real-time basis. telco reeled under the impact ed into the markets on the back authorities have changed the December 2019 general elec- pharmacist mother and a avirus in China. The Mobile speed in January, according to Though Vodafone and Idea of increased finance costs and of the news that Sajid Javid, the way they count infections from tion. National Health Service (NHS) World Congress (MWC) is telecom regulator Trai’s data. have merged their mobile busi- higher depreciation of assets. chancellor, has resigned,” CMC coronavirus — officially named He has been an elected rep- general practitioner father is held every year in Barcelona Reliance Jio led the chart nesses, Trai measured their Its total income fell by 5 per Markets UK analyst David COVID-19 — and the latest resentative of the UK married to Murthy’s daughter and top Indian industry lead- despite dip in peak download performance separately as the cent to 11,380.5 crore in the Madden told AFP. reports propelled the nation- Parliament for three times, Akshata Murthy, with whom ers, as well as top government speed of 27.2 mbps recorded in integration of networks of both third quarter of 2019-20 from “The news caught traders wide death toll to 1,355 and the beginning May 7, 2015. he met in California and stayed officials and ministers, have November. The company had the companies is currently on. 11,982.8 cr in the year-ago “I was first elected as MP there before moving back to been attending the event. almost three times higher Vodafone topped the chart quarter, according to a regula- for Richmond (Yorks) in 2015 London. Bharti Airtel head Sunil speed than its nearest rival for upload speed with data tory filing. Mittal, telecom minister Ravi Bharti Airtel. speed of 6 mbps. It was fol- Finance costs of the com- Shankar Prasad, and Telecom According to the data pub- lowed by Idea which recorded pany surged almost 30 per Secretary Anshu Prakash were lished by the Telecom upload speed of 5.6 mbps, cent to 3,722.2 crore, while expected to attend the global Regulatory Authority of India Reliance Jio 4.6 mbps and depreciation went up by 23 per event this year. (Trai), Bharti Airtel network Airtel 3.8 mbps. cent to 5,877.4 crore.    !"#"# % ?? *   (  2    3* / R  $ # Q(((4R% 2  3        *!5*678   -2-;,8 SBI, Infosys, Sun Pharma and coronavirus has hit the Chinese   *!5*678 pointed out that India’s fiscal government significantly cur- and subsequent relatively less Tech Mahindra rose up to 2.37 economy hard and its impact position remains precarious, tails its fiscal deficits, resulting impactful defaults, domestic he government is mulling quity benchmarks retreated per cent. ripples throughout the world. lobal ratings agency with elevated fiscal deficits in lower net indebtedness at the credit conditions have been Timposing import restric- Eon Thursday as disap- Of the 30 Sensex con- Reacting to the IEA report, GStandard and Poor’s on and net government indebted- general government level. somewhat mixed, it said. tions on television sets with an pointing macroeconomic data stituents, 16 closed in the red global crude oil benchmark Thursday affirmed India’s sov- ness. Fiscal deficits have Upside potential on the ratings “Weaker sentiment in the aim to cut inbound shipments and a sharp rise in the number while 14 finished with gains. Brent Futures slipped about 2 ereign rating at ‘BBB-’ with sta- exceeded the government’s could also increase if India’s NBFI space may limit private of non-essential items, sources of new coronavirus cases in “Spike in new coronavirus per cent to trade at USD 55.25 ble outlook, saying the coun- plan, S&P said, adding it external accounts strengthen consumption growth over the said. Both the Ministry of China dampened investor sen- cases reported across the globe per barrel. try’s GDP growth is likely to expects limited consolidation substantially. coming quarters,” it said. Electronics and Information timent. and rise in inflation level for gradually recover towards over the next few years. Also, the downward pres- The government’s August Technology (MeitY) and the The BSE Sensex skidded January held markets flat as   ( longer-term trend rates over “S&P Global Ratings sure on the ratings could 2019 announcement that it Commerce Ministry are dis- 106.11 points or 0.26 per cent investors awaited for more On the Indian currency the next two to three years. affirmed its ‘BBB-’ long-term emerge if India’s GDP growth will consolidate major public cussing a proposal in this to settle at 41,459.79. Likewise, cues. “Consumer price inflation front, the rupee on Thursday ‘BBB’ rating refers to ade- and ‘A-3’ short-term unsolicit- falls well below the agency’s sector banks may also constrain regard, they said. the NSE benchmark Nifty indicated a prolonged pause in settled flat at 71.33 (provision- quate capacity of the rated ed foreign and local currency forecasts, causing it to reassess credit growth over the next 12- Putting an item under dropped 26.55 points or 0.22 the interest rate from RBI as al) against the US dollar after entity to meet its financial sovereign credit ratings on view of trend growth; net gen- 24 months, it said. restricted category of imports per cent to close at 12,174.65. rise in core inflation from 3.5 weak macro-economic data commitments. India. The outlook on the long- eral government deficits rise “Nevertheless, we believe means that the importer of that Global markets wobbled per cent to 4.2 per cent came as disappointed market partici- “Despite a notable decel- term rating is stable,” it said in further from their currently India is experiencing a cyclical, commodity would have to seek after new cases from China’s a surprise which is expected to pants. eration in India’s economy in a statement. As per the elevated levels; and political rather than a structural, eco- a licence from the Commerce coronavirus outbreak soared impact rate-sensitive stocks,” Forex traders said disap- recent quarters, we believe its National Statistical Office developments materially nomic slowdown. The econo- Ministry’s directorate general of under a new diagnostic said Vinod Nair, head of pointing macro economic structural growth outperfor- (NSO), India’s GDP growth is undermine economic reform my’s long-term outperfor- foreign trade (DGFT) for the method, with over 200 more research at Geojit Financial numbers and weak domestic mance remains intact. Real estimated to slow down to 5 per momentum. mance highlights its resilience. imports. deaths and thousands of new Services. equities weighed on the local GDP growth is therefore like- cent during 2019-20. The gov- S&P further said the Indian “India’s wide range of Imports of TV stood at patients. Sectorally, BSE bank, unit, while easing crude oil ly to gradually recover toward ernment expects growth to economy had slowed measur- structural trends, including about USD one billion during On the macro front, official finance and utilities indices prices and weakening of the longer-term trend rates over rebound to over 6 per cent in ably. Real GDP growth fell to a healthy demographics and 2018-19. China (USD 535 mil- data released after market were among the major lag- American currency in the over- the next two to three years,” the next financial year. more than six-year low of 4.5 competitive unit labour costs, lion in 2018-19) is the largest hours on Wednesday showed gards, while healthcare, IT and seas market restricted the fall S&P said in a statement. Providing rationale for its per cent in the second quarter work in its favor. A more exporter of TV sets in India. It that India’s industrial output teck climbed up to 1.06 per to some extent. It expects the economic rating action, S&P said the rat- of this fiscal. This was the fifth favourable corporate tax is followed by countries like contracted by 0.3 per cent in cent. At the interbank foreign growth rate to improve to 6 per ings on India reflect the coun- consecutive quarter of decline regime, which is particularly Vietnam (UD 327 million), December while retail inflation In the broader market, exchange market, the rupee cent during 2020-21, 7 per try’s above-average real GDP in year-on-year growth rate. supportive of manufacturing Malaysia (USD 109 million), jumped to a 68-month high of both BSE smallcap and midcap opened at 71.35, then lost fur- cent in the next fiscal and 7.4 growth, sound external profile, It also noted that tighter firms, should reinforce growth, Hong Kong (USD 10.52 mil- 7.59 per cent in January on indices outperformed the ther ground to touch a low of per cent thereafter. “We expect and evolving monetary settings. lending conditions continue alongside additional fiscal and lion, Korea, Indonesia, high food prices. benchmark. 71.49. The domestic unit final- India’s economy to continue to As per the statement, the across the financial system, par- monetary easing,” it said. Thailand, and Germany. Interest-rate sensitive bank, Asian stocks closed most- ly settled at 71.33 against the outperform peers at a similar stable outlook reflects S&P’s ticularly in the public sector. The agency further said The government is also finance and auto stocks tum- ly lower amid mounting con- US dollar, unchanged from its level of income, despite a recent expectation that India’s growth This, it said, is reflected in a India’s economic growth faces likely to impose restrictions on bled as the high inflation cerns over the coronavirus epi- previous close. slowdown in real GDP growth. will be strong, the country will gradual decline in credit growth. headwinds over the near term, imports of furniture with a dimmed the prospects of a rate demic. Bourses in Europe too “Rupee continued to con- Supportive monetary, fiscal, maintain its sound net external In combination with ongo- including subdued private sec- view to boost domestic manu- cut by the RBI. were trading in the red in solidate in a narrow range but and cyclical factors should sup- position, and its fiscal deficits ing liquidity concerns in the tor investment and sentiment, facturing and reduce inbound IndusInd Bank was the opening trade. came under pressure after data port economic recovery, with will remain elevated but broad- non-bank financial institution labour market difficulties, and shipments of non-essential top loser in the Sensex pack, Meanwhile, the released on the domestic front real GDP growth averaging ly in line with its forecasts over (NBFI) sector following the soft demand conditions. items. The government had falling 3.68 per cent, followed International Energy Agency was weaker-than-expectation,” 7.1 per cent in fiscals 2020- the next two years. September 2018 default by However, it believes the coun- earlier his month imposed sim- by NTPC, Tata Steel, ICICI (IEA) said global oil demand said Gaurang Somaiyaa, forex 2024,” it said. Further, “upward pressure” Infrastructure Leasing and try’s long-term outperformance ilar restrictions on imports of Bank, Kotak Bank and HDFC. would suffer its first quarterly & bullion analyst, Motilal The agency, however on the ratings could build if the Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS) will remain intact. refined palm oil. On the other hand, Titan, drop in a decade as the novel Oswal Financial Services.

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1303.95 1303.95 1271.3 1287.7 IEX 190.5 191 187 189.15 VARROC 420.7 440 399 438 EICHERMOT 19,271.00 19,490.00 19,170.80 19,270.05 -7.8 GET&D 150.55 156.85 146.55 148.75 PNB 55.7 56.2 55 55.45 CROMPTON 286.9 287.8 275.5 278.2 TV18BRDCST 26.1 27.35 26.1 27 DCMSHRIRAM 358.9 358.9 351.85 352.9 GRASIM 755.35 764.95 745.3 754.5 -0.85 IRCON 468 537 464.05 527.4 SUNTV 505.65 506.05 493 498 IRB 107.9 107.9 104.25 105.65 TRIDENT 5.8 5.81 5.7 5.76 TATAMETALI 603.45 609.35 593.2 594.6 BRITANNIA 3,132.00 3,143.65 3,105.20 3,129.65 -7.15 ASHOKLEY 77.35 82.75 77.35 81.55 DIXON 4650 4760.05 4600.85 4705 BALRAMCHIN 173.75 173.85 168.75 170.35 HUDCO 35.4 35.95 34.65 35 VTL 1000 1020.35 988 997 HCLTECH 612 613.95 604.05 612.5 -1.6 PFC 126.85 127.2 122.2 126.05 HEXAWARE 369.6 373.45 366.3 370.45 RELINFRA 19.45 21.15 19.15 20.85 JSL 41.3 41.85 40.9 41.1 SOLARINDS 1218.65 1224.2 1170.65 1170.65 GAIL 130 132.5 129.4 130 -0.35 WOCKPHARMA 351 364.05 345.85 349.8 UNIONBANK 48.65 49.4 48 48.55 JBCHEPHARM 570 589 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1,285.00 1,291.00 -6.3 WELCORP 213.05 214.9 205.55 207.5 POWERGRID 189 191.15 187.8 190.35 EQUITAS 112.05 112.2 109.85 111 FSL 42.5 42.6 41.25 42.3 ECLERX 619.9 648.25 619 631.55 BAJAJ-AUTO 3,149.00 3,172.20 3,120.40 3,130.15 -16.15 MCX 1237.45 1268.95 1236.2 1260.6 INFY 787 794.3 782.4 792.35 IFCI 5.85 6.81 5.81 6.81 RCF 43.95 43.95 43.2 43.5 FINCABLES 378.45 391.9 378.4 384.5 BAJAJFINSV 9,758.00 9,795.00 9,689.00 9,713.20 -58.65 UJJIVAN 390 392 383.55 391 JUSTDIAL 506 517.8 488.5 515.85 GRAPHITE 290.7 294.75 290.7 292.9 HONAUT 37001 37900 36600 36802.3 MPHASIS 914.8 914.8 884.85 891.8 FINOLEXIND 545 553.65 543.05 544.35 CIPLA 446.8 448.9 440.5 444 -2.8 JINDALSTEL 198.45 198.45 192.55 193.75 AAVAS 1852.5 1880 1839 1869.7 PNCINFRA 205.65 207 200.45 201.75 BLUEDART 2782.5 2999 2740 2922.9 GMDCLTD 59.7 60.7 59.1 59.15 MARUTI 7,050.00 7,056.00 6,925.00 6,995.00 -48.3 MOTHERSUMI 127.65 128.2 124.15 124.85 SANOFI 7101 7425 7101 7372.05 RELAXO 797 800.7 785 788.3 BAYERCROP 4401.45 4437.1 4337.95 4345.2 KANSAINER 507.05 508 500.15 502.45 JSWSTEEL 292.2 294.6 288.4 291.6 -2.1 NESTLEIND 16350 16455 16290 16385 PHILIPCARB 125.5 127.8 122.55 126.15 ORIENTBANK 46.35 46.5 45.6 46.15 AIAENG 1791.8 1860 1781 1833 JKCEMENT 1410 1422.8 1402.85 1410 TATAMOTORS 171.35 172.35 168.1 169.65 -1.3 HAVELLS 622.9 622.9 612.55 617.25 BHARATFORG 482.3 485.1 474.45 483.75 NOCIL 90 91.2 89.3 90 GSFC 77 77 73.5 74 ALBK 15.5 15.5 15 15.35 HDFCBANK 1,259.90 1,259.90 1,233.60 1,239.50 -9.5 ASIANPAINT 1894 1902.25 1868.8 1874.05 NIITTECH 1818.3 1837.3 1800.5 1818.15 MINDACORP 118 122 115.65 115.65 GSKCONS 9202 9790 9202 9768 BRIGADE 228.9 233.7 226.05 230.9 ASIANPAINT 1,889.00 1,901.95 1,868.05 1,873.95 -19.75 IGL 520.5 520.5 494 495.6 MFSL 495.35 496.65 484 490.5 ENGINERSIN 89.95 90.7 88.8 89.1 J&KBANK 19.5 20.1 19 19.1 ERIS 528 530.95 521.1 522.15 ONGC 107 108.2 104.25 105.55 -1.15 VENKYS 1395 1528.65 1387.3 1482.6 GMRINFRA 23.05 23.95 22.85 23.85 SUZLON 2.36 2.36 2.22 2.33 JAMNAAUTO 43 43.55 41.8 42.3 TIINDIA 516.55 517 497.75 502.6 AXISBANK 751.1 753.45 742.3 746.45 -8.8 KOTAKBANK 1716 1716 1683 1690 LICHSGFIN 423 427.6 420.9 424.35 3MINDIA 22732.25 22852.3 22500 22658.2 HFCL 16.9 16.95 16.8 16.9 SONATSOFTW 343.8 344.4 336.7 338.4 ADANIPORTS 374 374.7 367 369.6 -4.5 LT 1296.85 1299.5 1285.3 1292.15 SAIL 46.25 46.25 45.1 45.15 GICRE 239.2 243.15 225 228.4 LAXMIMACH 3255.1 3269 3242.6 3250.15 TEJASNET 73.25 73.25 70.1 71.45 BPCL 477.7 478.5 468 469 -5.75 BPCL 477.95 477.95 468.2 469.2 CASTROLIND 155.5 159 153.7 156.65 CADILAHC 270 271.65 267.45 269.5 PRESTIGE 372.7 372.7 362.4 364 TTKPRESTIG 5851.7 5941 5841.75 5908.2 COALINDIA 180.3 180.95 175.85 178 -2.3 CARERATING 582.35 583 526.85 542.85 GODREJCP 648 649.4 633.55 636.2 AMARAJABAT 770.1 772.5 760 763.9 JSWENERGY 64 64 62.75 63.95 CHENNPETRO 117.85 118.55 114.4 115 HDFC 2,426.00 2,444.15 2,399.00 2,404.00 -33.6 GRASIM 756.95 764.65 746 753.55 ACC 1450.85 1457.5 1437.75 1440.35 TAKE 97.5 103.7 95.6 98.85 MINDAIND 379.15 383.9 375.1 380.8 MOIL 149.95 149.95 148.3 148.95 KOTAKBANK 1,714.70 1,714.70 1,682.30 1,689.55 -25.35 RBLBANK 335.6 335.6 323 325.85 SPARC 176.3 176.4 166.7 167.95 DELTACORP 168.75 168.75 164.25 165 JMFINANCIL 115.3 116.3 113.9 114.75 JISLJALEQS 6.84 7 6.84 6.96 ICICIBANK 549 549 538 540.05 -9.25 PEL 1548 1552.35 1512.05 1531.65 INFRATEL 250 250 242.2 245 BAJAJHLDNG 3796.35 3927 3756.4 3912.05 QUESS 597 599.1 579.8 589.7 IOB 9.59 9.75 9.5 9.59 NTPC 116.8 117.1 114.7 114.8 -2 AXISBANK 753.45 753.45 742.5 746.1 BAJAJ-AUTO 3156 3172.75 3122.3 3141.55 HIMATSEIDE 99.15 107.75 98.1 106.15 ORIENTELEC 250 255.7 248.8 249.7 MOTILALOFS 780.9 791.65 769.65 770.6 TATASTEEL 448.75 451.7 439.35 440 -7.95 IPCALAB 1350 1441 1305.8 1420.4 GILLETTE 6428.85 6649 6323 6355.55 APOLLOTYRE 162 162 160.1 161.15 JINDALSAW 82.55 82.7 81.35 81.95 REDINGTON 122.15 122.6 119.25 119.25 CGCL 218.75 223 216 220.4 INDHOTEL 138 139.8 133.1 134.05 ALLCARGO 110 110.55 105.25 110 SADBHAV 109.7 109.7 101.85 104.35 INDUSINDBK 1,281.75 1,281.75 1,225.25 1,231.85 -45.55 NBCC 31.4 32.35 30.7 31.85 STAR 525 538.15 518 531.85 INDIGO 1431 1457 1431 1443.75 MRF 71666.05 71867.05 70900.75 71638.45 SFL 1687.75 1703.3 1600 1639.95 LAOPALA 191 198.3 191 196.05   JSWSTEEL 293 294.5 288.5 293.3 GESHIP 313 313 281 285 LAURUSLABS 442.9 453 438 440.3 HEIDELBERG 201.8 201.8 196.05 196.5 MRPL 42.95 42.95 42.15 42.25 TATAGLOBAL 396 397.65 389.8 392.35 ICICIPRULI 480.2 481.05 472 478.55 MARICO 306.3 306.65 302.45 302.9 WABAG 214.4 216.4 210.35 211.15 GEPIL 785 808.9 775 802.05 ONGC 107 108.3 104.3 105.35 AUBANK 1150 1157 1101.85 1149.45 RPOWER 1.73 1.82 1.71 1.79 FDC 254.2 258.35 250 251.5 HATHWAY 18.75 18.95 17.65 18.1 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ITC 213.8 213.8 211.35 211.95 JAICORPLTD 108.05 109.25 100.9 104.95 GODREJPROP 1149.4 1150.8 1124 1130.9 NLCINDIA 54.75 54.75 52.8 53.25 TEAMLEASE 2385 2425.9 2385 2410.4 NIFTY NEXT 50 28,829.50 28,844.65 28,682.75 28,807.60 -47.75 TORNTPHARM 2010 2089 1980 2081.8 BATAINDIA 1829.05 1835 1809.3 1809.75 ITDC 316 320 306.8 306.9 VGUARD 207.5 207.5 201.4 203 SIS 585 585 562.3 571.25 SRTRANSFIN 1,235.00 1,282.00 1,213.05 1,273.00 54.35 IDEA 4.5 4.54 4.41 4.48 CANFINHOME 511 514.15 503.5 507.9 IBREALEST 93.5 93.5 90.25 92 LEMONTREE 52.75 55.85 52.75 54.7 JAGRAN* 68.45 68.85 68.35 68.65 BAJAJHLDNG 3,815.00 3,926.00 3,751.00 3,905.75 99.3 NTPC 116.8 117.1 114.65 114.65 WHIRLPOOL 2258 2314 2242 2259.4 TIMKEN 1011 1030 1006.3 1023 MAHSCOOTER 4729 4785 4729 4751.25 CARBORUNIV 344.7 348.2 337.1 339.4 MCDOWELL-N 690.3 712.4 686.45 708.6 16.25 BHARTIARTL 545 545 532 539.8 RECLTD 141.85 142 139.9 140.75 TATAMTRDVR 70.6 71.4 70.2 70.55 PGHL 4240 4316.75 4151.6 4285 LINDEINDIA 749.05 749.7 734.45 737.9 DMART 2,478.00 2,560.00 2,442.80 2,539.60 57.45 SUNPHARMA 415 420 412.35 419.05 DEEPAKNI 427.8 433 421 427.95 NAVINFLUOR 1122 1150 1106.1 1145.9 VINATIORGA 998 1008.75 977.2 998.5 TVSSRICHAK 1642.05 1663.2 1630 1643.5 PGHH 11,401.00 11,677.95 11,250.00 11,590.00 222.3 RITES 304 328.5 304 317.9 INFIBEAM 58 58 56.75 56.95 CHOLAFIN 345 345 333.5 338.15 JKLAKSHMI 349.05 352.65 342.95 352.35 BALMLAWRIE 115 115.05 113.6 113.85 BOSCHLTD 14,379.50 14,723.95 14,258.80 14,636.30 256.8 TRENT 714 741.4 702 740 BALKRISIND 1140 1154.1 1135.45 1147.55 REPCOHOME 324 325.25 316.2 316.2 FLFL 394.4 405.5 389.4 391.35 UCOBANK 15 15 14.6 14.65 DIVISLAB 2,135.05 2,173.80 2,121.80 2,158.00 36.2 PCJEWELLER 22.4 22.9 19.35 20.55 ULTRACEMCO 4451 4471.95 4416.7 4452.85 ICICIGI 1335 1359.9 1331.1 1345.05 MMTC 21.75 21.75 20.75 20.85 ZYDUSWELL 1477.95 1487.45 1471.1 1474.15 UBL 1,276.00 1,293.05 1,270.10 1,291.90 8.55 HDFCLIFE 578 582 568.75 575.8 SIEMENS 1424 1449.65 1413 1420.4 SHREECEM 24621.4 24869.2 24473.35 24670 SYMPHONY 1335 1342.95 1310 1330.95 ANDHRABANK 16.1 16.1 15.35 15.65 HINDPETRO 233.7 236.2 232.3 234.85 1.3 COALINDIA 182 182 175.9 177.85 GODREJIND 430.35 444.9 419.8 435.25 LALPATHLAB 1655.45 1668 1625.25 1635 CYIENT 459.7 459.7 453.3 456.6 CORPBANK 23.15 23.45 23 23.25 PEL 1,537.95 1,553.05 1,512.20 1,532.90 4.5 BANKBARODA 91.2 91.2 87.8 88.05 BOMDYEING 88 88.3 86.15 86.8 SJVN 25.5 26 25.1 25.3 NIACL 144.6 145 141.75 141.75 KPITTECH 91.2 91.65 88.45 89 ASHOKLEY 77.9 82.9 77.9 81.5 0.15 UPL 573.5 581.3 563 579.25 BLISSGVS 142.5 144 140.3 142 TATAINVEST 959.4 968.85 940.1 951.45 DHFL 10.06 10.06 9.56 9.56 APLAPOLLO 2025.7 2060 2015 2015 DLF 230.55 232.6 227.45 231.25 0.4 PVR 2059.05 2077.3 2037.5 2076.85 ABFRL 269 281.15 265.15 275.95 GSPL 239.5 239.5 236.1 238.3 INDOSTAR 285 285.1 281.45 282.1 PETRONET 265 267.55 263.6 264.3 0.2 HEG 1037 1054.2 1028.2 1042.8 POLYCAB 1071.35 1090.45 1069.2 1086.15 DBL 384.15 386.5 378 379.95 IFBIND 550.7 556.15 530.2 533.7 OFSS 2,896.65 2,949.90 2,889.05 2,897.50 0.8 APOLLOHOSP 1694 1707.8 1656.05 1707.8 IOC 115 115.7 114.25 114.8 ATUL 4994.95 5000 4950 4981.75 UNITEDBNK 8.42 8.42 8 8 IDEA 4.5 4.55 4.4 4.5 0 SRF 4170 4170.45 4120 4149.2 SBILIFE 946.5 946.5 916.05 927.55 ESSELPRO 188.5 191.85 185.95 190.45 ORIENTCEM 80.35 80.35 79.5 80.25 PNB 55.9 56.2 55 55.5 0 CIPLA 444 448.55 440.7 443.85 HCLTECH 612.55 613.9 604 611.7 JUBILANT 536.85 544.95 529.05 530.25 INOXWIND 37.45 37.75 37 37.4 LUPIN 706.4 708.6 699.55 703 -0.2 ADANIPOWER 60.45 61.1 59.7 60.15 BIOCON 308 309.6 305.3 306.8 RAIN 106.55 108.7 106.5 107.4 MHRIL 231.05 232.9 224.9 226.85 ICICIGI 1,325.00 1,360.00 1,325.00 1,350.00 -1.25 BAJAJFINSV 9772 9796.15 9550 9704.85 RAMCOCEM 780 792.4 778.1 790.5 PIIND 1581.65 1584.55 1543.05 1544.45 VSTIND 4295.1 4345.1 4287.8 4304.6 HAVELLS 617.65 621.95 612.15 617 -0.65 NAM-INDIA 403.9 403.9 392.45 396.6 RVNL 23.4 24.15 22.85 23.15 ALKEM 2644.05 2671 2606.9 2610.05 MAHLOG 397.9 398 390 391.25 SHREECEM 24,700.00 24,893.20 24,456.30 24,657.00 -32.95 GAIL 130.5 132.5 129.35 130.3 DHANUKA 521.85 565.7 517 530 EMAMILTD 292.45 292.45 285 285.7 NETWORK18 30.1 31.25 29.75 30.45 BANKBARODA 88.25 89.1 87.75 88.1 -0.15 AJANTPHARM 1397 1483.4 1395 1450.55 DABUR 521 521 511 513 CAPPL 335 343 318 338 CENTRUM 21.75 22.25 20.55 21.1 COLPAL 1,350.05 1,357.00 1,327.55 1,346.30 -2.7 MINDTREE 922.1 939.75 916.2 935.05 COLPAL 1353.25 1356.25 1329 1347 NHPC 24.2 24.2 23.6 23.75 SKFINDIA 2029.25 2081.5 2015 2015 BERGEPAINT 581.8 584.5 576 581 -1.25 IDBI 35 37.85 34.1 35.75 ADANITRANS 338.85 346.95 330.95 339.2 CCL 250 252.05 243.35 247.05 SYNGENE 308.8 312.15 306.85 310.85 SIEMENS 1,430.00 1,450.00 1,411.85 1,420.25 -3.45 HDFCAMC 3367.9 3368.1 3320 3345.45 WIPRO 245.1 245.95 242.55 243.75 MEGH 58.15 58.8 57.15 57.25 CENTRALBK 18.25 18.25 17.45 17.55 HDFCAMC 3,360.00 3,369.95 3,318.00 3,349.50 -8.4 MIDHANI 177 184.6 172 181.65 BRITANNIA 3150 3150 3108 3127.35 ASHOKA 107 107 102.2 103 TIMETECHNO 52.35 53.8 52.1 52.65 INDIGO 1,442.00 1,457.85 1,431.25 1,438.00 -4.2 BANDHANBNK 455.8 456.4 445.7 451.8 NILKAMAL 1401.6 1468.2 1390 1451 GUJALKALI 374.75 385.05 374 378.55 ZENSARTECH 156 156 150.95 151.25 HDFCLIFE 576.5 582.25 568.5 576.15 -2.2 NCC 47 48.65 46.15 48 NATIONALUM 40.4 41.6 40.4 41.4 SUDARSCHEM 466 466.75 455.15 457.75 HERITGFOOD 345.05 346.95 338 341.3 L&TFH 127.55 129.2 125.75 126.85 -0.6 NMDC 114.65 115 109.6 110 WESTLIFE 460 487 454.35 468.35 DISHTV 11.7 12.29 11.52 12.14 SCHAEFFLER 4543.15 4630 4543.15 4607 ICICIPRULI 480 481.5 471.6 477.9 -2.45 L&TFH 128.2 129.05 125.85 126.65 CONCOR 572 572.4 564.8 565.25 CUB 228.5 228.5 219.65 222 TVTODAY 233.55 248.1 233.55 245 BIOCON 308 309.75 305.4 305.7 -1.75 HINDALCO 194.5 196.95 192.5 195.4 IIFL 198.3 211.8 194.9 208.5 CUMMINSIND 551.05 554.25 546.3 548.2 SHOPERSTOP 389 389.5 384.9 389 ACC 1,451.00 1,458.05 1,437.10 1,440.40 -8.45 HEROMOTOCO 2424 2440.8 2402 2409 HINDPETRO 232.5 236.2 232.5 235 SCI 60.05 60.1 58 58.25 MAHSEAMLES 358 358 347.75 351.2 SBILIFE 937 937 916 927.1 -5.75 M&M 532 537.75 528.55 533.25 PIDILITIND 1590 1592.5 1575.35 1578.75 FCONSUMER 21.6 22.5 20.95 22.2 SUPRAJIT 197 197 188.35 192.3 NHPC 24.05 24.1 23.6 23.8 -0.15 TATAELXSI 1065 1097.05 1058.8 1090.3 EXIDEIND 180.9 182.6 179.05 180.75 JYOTHYLAB 140.45 141.05 133.55 135.9 GARFIBRES 1477.9 1480 1437 1454.15 HINDZINC 192.5 193.7 190.25 191 -1.25 ADANIENT 250 252.75 248.25 250.7 FEDERALBNK 90.25 90.35 89 89.05 EDELWEISS 89.55 91.95 87.45 91.55 SOMANYCERA 214.65 215.55 214 214 PFC 126.5 127.2 122.1 125.8 -0.85 SPICEJET 87.95 88.2 83.7 84.7 ADANIGAS 169.5 169.85 166.7 167.25 GALAXYSURF 1679.9 1746 1665 1683.05 VRLLOG 261.3 261.65 260.2 260.2 MARICO 306.2 307.1 302.5 303.45 -2.15 DIVISLAB 2122 2172.65 2121.75 2159.8 GLENMARK 325.5 329.3 319.25 327.8 HINDZINC 192.3 193.2 190.25 190.95 GDL 125 127.05 125 126.95 PIDILITIND 1,590.00 1,593.00 1,575.10 1,577.00 -12.25 NAUKRI 2933.1 2947 2832.6 2850 SUNTECK 396 400.3 389.8 395.5 ASTERDM 178.2 179.9 172 172.5 CHOLAHLDNG 541.05 548.7 540.55 547.85 NIACL 143 144.9 141.7 141.9 -1.15 RAJESHEXPO 723.45 725.8 711.5 715.4 ADANIPORTS 374.7 374.7 367 370.3 LUXIND 1615.75 1619.45 1562 1578 SCHNEIDER 104.9 105 99.05 99.45 TCNSBRANDS 568.65 577.6 551.85 558.55 CADILAHC 270.4 272 267 269.6 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She 7     (  motorists have taken need to know about the it is a fabulous car to drive but adds that if a person converts his passion into       Gandhiji’s civil disobedience fourth-generation of the A8 a car like this is meant for the his job, then he doesn’t look at it as work and movement to heart and con- that the German carmaker has Presidents of countries and it give him joy.        tinue to do so even after eight launched in India. It is very large corporations and they Madhuri has two teenage sons named ,  .  decades of it and seem to have long, big, opulent and quite are not the driving sort. And Arin Nene and Raayan Nene. On what kind    a fleeting semblance of the law. powerful. As far as even if they could, they would of film launch she was expecting for her sons,  ; .  It is better in some cities like Presidential cars go, it is not be allowed to drive by she said: “I don’t know whether they want to    the heart of Delhi but every extremely well-appointed their security detail. So, as one get launched. I don’t want to force them. I time I cross the border although unlike the compet- does, one sits in the ‘Sethji’ or feel kids should follow their passion because    towards Noida, it appears that ing Mercedes-Benz S-Class the Presidential seat, whatev- once you are passionate about something,     our roads belie the concept and BMW 7-Series and as a er you wish to call it and gets you never feel that you are going to work,  3 that we are a rule-based direct result of the diesel emis- a massage. All cars in this class every day will be a pleasure to get up and do   nation. Well, believe me when sions fiasco, Audi India has have massagers, none has a something.” I tell you that Noida is one of not put a diesel motor in this foot massager on the end of The actor was interacting with the    the more civilised places to latest iteration of the car. In the footrest until now. Nice. media at the trailer launch of Guns Of    drive in Uttar Pradesh. You fact, when I drove the Audi The Band and Olufsen audio Banaras, along with film’s cast comprising    might think that I am being Q8 in Dubai recently, I spoke system is brilliant. The interi- Karann Nathh, Nathalia Kaur, Ganesh L8 O  unduly negative but as per the with Balbir Dhillon, Audi or lighting is extremely sooth- Venkatram, and the film’s director Shekkhar  8 statistics, 400 people die on India’s new boss, and he said ing. And I particularly enjoyed Suri, producers Ashok Nath, Shaina Nath and our roads every day. While we that it will be late 2020 at the the pop-up remote controller Rakesh Nath, music director Sohail Sen and  3 do not know how truthful the earliest before Audi brings in between the rear seats which stunt director Sham Kaushal on Thursday in  O .  Chinese government is being a BS6-capable diesel. You can ment. going to cost more than a five- can operate all the functions Mumbai.     about the current contagion, argue that petrol cars are But here is another thing. year-old commuter motorcy- that you need. On her Valentine’s Day plans, she said,  3 8 but I don’t see our ministers slightly thirstier but when Driving such large and expen- cle. Honestly, I end up driving Frankly, when you com- “For us, everyday is Valentine’s Day. We don’t   38  and bureaucrats moving you are spending 1.56 crore sive cars can be quite terrify- an Audi A8 far more careful- pare the differences between wait for that one specific day. Every day, we towards getting law and order ex-showroom on a car, the fuel ing in traffic, especially if you ly than I would an Audi A3 for the three cars, you are actual- are doing things for each other. On this day, 38 ? into place and on our disor- bill will be a petty change. In have the proximity sensors on. example. I drove this car so ly looking at the small things people exchange cards and roses, so it’s a just  38. ? derly roads. Again, some a positive though, it is a very At every traffic light, the car’s carefully in fact, that I believe and the Audi A8L does the a day to celebrate love. It can be towards yours 38  places are better than others. nice motor with 340-horse- alarms light up as motorcy- I might even have a future small things quite nicely. It is parents too. I always tell my kids that every 38   Enough negativity, the power that can get the A8 clists try to inch forward even career as a chauffeur if I want- a very nice car to look at as day should be a Mother and a Father Day.  .3M point I’m trying to make is rocketting to 100 kilometres when there is barely an iota of ed one. well. It is also a very nice car For me, it’s the same as well, be it for my that driving in India, even for per hour in just 5.6 seconds, space. And you feel petrified But then, there was a rea- to drive but in India’s traffic mother and father or for my mother-in-law "  someone like me who has to which, when you see the size realising that the paint job on son I had requested that Audi and with that foot massager, and father-in-law.” do it as part of my job, can be of the car, is quite an achieve- a single panel of this car is send over the A8 with a dri- I’d take the ‘Sethji’ seat anyday. L*$(   !"#"# , % ?'

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rilled cheese is the ultimate comfort food, ingredients, like bacon, tomato, mushrooms, Gan adult treat that harkens back to child- caramelised onions, etc, now is the time to hood. I never met a grilled cheese sandwich do it. I didn’t like. Quick tip: I keep my bread in the freez- he news came as a bomb- restaurateurs also say that they Where I grew up, there was an old-fash- er and start out with frozen bread. The rigid shell that coronavirus have started to look for alterna- ioned drug store with a lunch counter. bread helps keep the structure of the sand- T(COVID-19) from China tive resources. “Lots of ingredi- When the weather was good, my best friend wich intact before the cheese starts to melt had an outbreak. According to NO MORE CHOPSTICKS ents come from China. We buy and I would ride our bikes there and order and hold everything together. Using frozen the World Health Organisation them through distributers. But grilled cheese and made-to-order orange- bread also slows down the browning (burn- (WHO), the number of people all supplies are approved by the ades. The grilled cheese was made with fluffy ing) of the bread. killed by the virus surpassed             food regulator. Right now, we white bread and American cheese on a grid- Don’t turn the heat higher than medium. 1,000 on February 11. Wuhan, don’t foresee any issues but there dle. It had one slice of cheese between the I let the sandwich toast for one to two min- which is believed to have been            will be a crunch in supplies in bread slices and was as thin as a sandwich can utes, or until it’s crisp and lightly brown, and the origin, is in lockdown and the coming months. We may possibly be, as the bread was compressed dur- then flip it to brown the other side. Do this the majority of border crossings have to make some dishes ing grilling. Still, I have a vivid and mouth- carefully, because the cheese isn’t melted yet into Hong Kong are now closed, unavailable from the menus till watering taste memory of this grilled cheese, and the sandwich won’t hold together on its WHO said. The question arises supplies resume,” chef Sharad as if I ate it yesterday. own. But if it slips apart, don’t worry: At this is how the virus is impacting the Dewan, regional director-food At home, grilled cheese mostly meant stage, you can easily realign the bread. food and beverage industry production, The Park Hotels, Swiss cheese and rye bread or Roman Meal Next, I pop the sandwich and non-stick worldwide? Well, authorities told an Indian national daily. bread stuffed with sharp cheddar and grilled skillet into a preheated 350-degree Fahrenheit and industries are doing their bit Australian Industry Group in a pan. I loved them both. When I lived in oven for two to four minutes, depending on to prevent spreading the virus (AiGroup) GM, International Chicago and needed comfort food, I would the thickness of the cheese and bread. This into other countries. China, too, Competitiveness, Louise go to a Greek diner and order a grilled Swiss lets the cheese melt completely without the has responded in several ways by McGrath, told Food & Drink cheese on rye with bacon — enough said. bread burning. It takes three to four minutes restricting travel inside the coun- Business that impacts on differ- Recently, I have mashed up the best grilled for the cheese to melt, and then your grilled try, discouraging large gather- ent industries will be a delayed cheese sandwiches of my memory to come cheese is ready. ings, including for food service shock because of the timing of up with the ultimate grilled cheese recipe. Remove it from the heat, and slice on a and out-of-home dining, and the outbreak. “Everyone expects I used a sturdy white bread; Pepperidge plate or cutting board. You will have a super extending the national holidays. a period of quietness at this time Farm original white is my top choice. I use melty, gloriously brown and crispy grilled As per Foodnavigator- of year due to Chinese New Year. one slice of American cheese, melty cheese, cheese sandwich with a buttery but not greasy asia.com, several countries have If it had happened at any other on each side to hold everything together and crust. Whatever cheese you choose, I recom- acted to ban the import of food time of year the impact would be then add a thick slice of whatever cheese I mend at least one slice of melty cheese to hold items from China. One of these much more noticeable,” she told. have on hand. It is usually Muenster, Swiss things together. American cheese comes in was Indonesia, which started The Seafood Trade Advisory or sharp cheddar — but you can even use white and yellow, and if I am making a grilled with the ban of live animal Group (STAG) said the last pimento cheese if it doesn’t have too much cheese with a fancy cheese too, I opt for the imports from the country and is seafood airfreight cargo accept- mayo in it. white. set to release a list of other ed to China was 26 January, I used to butter the bread and try to “grill” Enjoy your version of the classic but don’t banned food items soon. Agus nation-wide announcement with no landings since from the sandwich on the stovetop in a non-stick stop there. Grilled cheese lends itself to lots Suparmanto, the Trade Minister about ban on Chinese food and Australia, New Zealand and skillet. But invariably, the cheese was still cool of flavour variations. of Indonesia, told the beverage imports, but as per PTI, the rest of the world. STAG told in the middle when the outside of the bread Foodnavigator-asia.com, “We are Manipur government has Food & Drink Business, “There was brown. Making grilled cheese in a pani- A few of my new combinations: still in the preparatory stage, lay- banned the import of packaged is widespread dysfunction with- ni maker solved these problems, but then it  Jalapeno Jack, Tomato and Avocado on ing out details so we don’t target food items from China, in China at the moment due to wasn’t a grilled cheese. It was a crisp, flattened Whole Wheat Bread wrongly. Indonesia will only Myanmar and Southeast Asian an increasing number of work- cheese bread. I wanted to recreate the per-  Ham and Gruyere on Brioche or Martin’s stop imports of products that countries which do not comply ers staying home.” The nation- fect drug-store grilled cheese, but with more Potato Bread could potentially spread the with FSSAI regulations. The al body representing the and better cheese. 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  ification. got combined vote share of 19.7 per Last year, Manpreet led India to style, beating Russia in the Olympic FIH CEO Thierry Weil con- said. 6,2,* The 27-year-old midfielder, cent while Villa polled 16.5 per cent victory in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers over two legs — 4-2 and gratulated all the winners, includ- Hockey India President Mohd thus, became the first from the in his favour. Qualifiers, securing their Tokyo 7-2. ing Manpreet on their achieve- Mushtaque Ahmad also congratu- ational country to win the accolade since Other players who were nomi- Olympics spot. Manpreet dedicated the award ments. lated Manpreet. Nmen’s team the awards were introduced in nated for the award were Victor Talking about the last season, to his teammates, saying without “On behalf of FIH, I would like “He has matured over the years captain Manpreet 1999. Wegnez of Belgium and Australian Manpreet said: “If you look at our their support it wouldn't have been to extend heartfelt congratulations as a player and has proved his Singh on Thursday He beat competition from duo of Aran Zalewski and Eddie year, we did well in every tourna- possible. from the whole hockey communi- importance in the team. He has led became the first Belgium’s Arthur van Dorren and Ockenden. ment we participated in. Be it the “I am truly honoured to win ty to all winners of the 2019 FIH India to important victories,” he Indian to win the Lucas Villa of Argentina, who came Manpreet, who had represent- FIH Series Finals in June or the test this award and I would like to ded- Stars Awards and also to all nomi- said. International Hockey second and third respectively. ed India at 2012 London and 2016 series in Belgium where we played icate this to my team. I also thank nees. Besides Manpreet, young mid- Federation’s (FIH) Manpreet polled a total of 35.2 Rio Olympics, has enjoyed a long the hosts as well as Spain and beat my well wishers and hockey fans “Thanks to their skills and fielder Vivek Sagar Prasad won the Player of the Year award, per cent of combined votes, which career in the national team since he them. from around the world for voting performances, as well as their team- FIH Male Rising Star of the Year capping a memorable includes National Associations, made his debut in 2011. He now has “Our biggest goal in 2019 was in my favour. It is truly humbling mates, they invite fans all over the award, while striker Lalremsiami 2019 season in which he media, fans and players. 260 international appearances under to book our berth at the Olympics.” to see so much support for Indian world to experience great emotions. bagged the the 2019 FIH Women’s led the side to Olympic qual- Van Dorren, on the other hand, his belt. India achieved that goal in hockey,” he said. We are very grateful to them,” he Rising Star of Year recognition. +  ##" #   ;   & *56   .    0 = >+   .A:   7,-869 waste,” the 20-year-old said ahead of the warm-up game against New   *!5*678 romising India batsman Zealand XI. Shubman Gill insists he is not Having played in New Zealand ormer India pace spearhead Zaheer Pcompeting with fellow young for the last six weeks as part of the A FKhan feels Jasprit Bumrah needs to be gun Prithvi Shaw for the opener’s slot team, Gill feels that if New Zealand’s more aggressive and take extra risks to in the first Test against New Zealand short-ball factor can be nullified, it make his presence felt in the upcoming but if he does get the opportunity, he would go a long way in helping the Test series against New Zealand after will not “let it go waste”. team. going -less in the ODI series. With a double hundred and a cen- “I think their bowling attack has Zaheer said the opposition batsmen tury against New Zealand A here, Gill been taking a lot of with the have now become more careful while has made everyone take notice despite short ball, especially Neil Wagner. If playing Bumrah and the pace spearhead Shaw being firmly back in the mix for you see the last series they played needs to put extra effort to return to form. the upcoming two-match series start- against Australia, when nothing was “When you build a reputation like ing in Wellington from February 21. happening in the wicket, they were how Jasprit Bumrah has built now over “Obviously, our careers started at really relying on the short ball. the years, you will have to fight this,” the same time but there is no fight as “As batsmen, if we could take that Zaheer was quoted as saying by such,” Gill said on Thursday when out of the picture and not give wick- cricbuzz.com. asked about his take on his competi- ets to the short ball, it will be really “...The teams are saying ‘ok even if we tion with the former India U-19 cap- helpful for us,” he observed. get 35 runs, we are happy with that as long tain. Gill also spoke about wind being as we are not giving him wickets because Both Gill and Shaw are 20 and a key factor in Wellington during the then we can attack the other bowlers’. ,  2         , (      !%*G= !   considered the stars of the future after opening Test. “That is something Bumrah has to a splendid runs in age-group cricket. “Wind (Breeze) factor is very understand, that he has to be extra aggres-   7,-869 being two-match old. “Both of us have done well in our important, especially when you are sive in terms of looking to get those wick- A flat track like the one at positions. It’s up to the team manage- batting. The bowlers do a lot of plan- ets. Bumrah needs to take extra risks,” he larity on opening combi- Seddon Park will also be a test ment, who they will play. It’s not as if ning depending on the breeze. It was added. Cnation, a call on whether for the two frontline spinners there is a fight. Whoever gets the not that easy to consistently pull and Zaheer said batsmen have become Ravichandran Ashwin’s varia- with Ashwin and Jadeja get- chance will try to make the most of hook the ball (in windy conditions careful while facing tions can trump Ravindra ting a chance to test the likes the opportunity and not let it go ( .    *P    H,(.G% during the A series).” Bumrah. Jadeja’s all-round skill-sets of Daryl Mitchell, Tom Bruce “He knows will be the focus for India in and Seifert in action. the batsmen are their three-day warm-up A good show on a flat going to be defen- game against New Zealand XI deck can improve Ashwin’s +  R  #  sive so he has to starting at Seddon Park today. chances of toppling Jadeja find that way of After the harsh reality even though the proposition going for wickets check of 0-3 drubbing in ODI looks dim at the moment. rather than series, a red-ball warm-up For the New Zealand XI, hoping that game will be the most wel- there is , who has Q?% #  6& 9$  the batsman come distraction for Virat had scores of 196 and 53 in the will make a Kohli and his men as a precur- two A Tests against India. He   *!5*678 that, they will probably do special talent but mistake. The sor to the two-match Test would like to impress the what Kapil Dev’s World Cup- asked the media to batsmen are series starting next week. selectors and get into the first ndia women’s coach WV winning team did for Indian refrain from taking a very India could not have team for the Test series. IRaman feels his team is cricket in 1983. And they will focussing conservative asked for a better practice capable of emulating Kapil become superstars if they go too much approach, they game as the opposition team SQUADS Dev’s World Cup winning on to win.” on her. are making sure is full of New Zealand senior India: Virat Kohli (captain), team at the T20 World Cup, Talking about India’s bat- “... I would that Bumrah’s and A team players, including Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi beginning in Australia on ting, Raman said: “They are request the media not to go wicket taking leg-spinner Ish Sodhi, all- Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, February 21. definitely good. They are fear- gaga over her, because she is column is not rounder Jimmy Neesham and Ajinkya Rahane (vc), India will begin their cam- less strikers of the ball with barely 16, and too much getting filled,” wicketkeeper Tim Seifert, in Wriddhiman Saha (wk), paign at the T20 World Cup good technical skills to boot. attention is not good for her he said. its ranks. Hanuma Vihari, Ravindra against Australia on February They are adept at playing at this stage. I have given her “It’s a good The inclusion of first team Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, 21. Raman said Harmanpreet both pacers and spinners all the freedom to play the way sign that other white ball pacers Scott Mohammed Shami, Umesh Kaur and Co will be one of the round the wicket and they are she has been playing. She has batsmen are giving Kuggeliejn and Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, favourites to win the title. confident. That’s what I meant shown she has the talent. She him that respect, so will be the kind of test which Rishabh Pant, Navdeep Saini, The Indian women’s team has when I said each can be a is fearless. She is unique,” he it’s now Bumrah’s call both Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill. never won an ICC trophy. match-winner on her own.” said. to make them play. Shubman Gill will relish as NZ XI: Daryl Mitchell (cap- “Definitely one of the One player to look out for “She is extremely positive. You have to tell they make a case for their tain), Finn Allen, Tom Bruce, favourites. They made people *             *G% during the World Cup will be She has the ability to score yourself ‘my job is inclusion in the playing XI for Dane Cleaver, Henry Cooper, sit up and take notice in the 16-year-old opener Shafali runs quickly. She can hit the not to contain, my the first Test. Scott Kuggeleijn, James 2017 World Cup (runners-up) Raman was quoted as saying These girls have a very good Verma, who had burst into the ball hard and she looks to get job is to take wickets Shubman will be itching Neesham, Rachin Ravindra, and the 2018 T20 World Cup in ESPNcricinfo. chance in this World Cup.” scene last year after becoming runs. She is at a stage and an and in the process if to show his skipper that he is Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Blair (semifinalists). Since then “They have been shaping Raman said if India can go the youngest Indian to score a age where it doesn’t make I go for runs so be ready for the big debut which Tickner, . 13th there has been a lot of well over the last six months. on to win the title, it will give half-century in international sense to put anything into her. it. I am the lead is eagerly anticipated among men: Jake Gibson (Friday) improvement, in terms of fit- It is more or less a better and a big fillip to women’s crick- cricket, a record earlier held by She needs to be allowed to be bowler so I have his growing legion of fans, and Scott Johnston (Saturday ness, agility on the field and settled team than perhaps et in the country. Sachin Tendulkar. figure it out for herself. That to dictate terms’,” despite his international career and Sunday). their approach to batting,” what it was when I took over. “If they end up doing Raman said Shafali is a will come with experience.” he added. **))F   @#   6&   %7  /  )  9 9 $    1   *!5*678 Then Mumbai bowlers reduced Madhya Pradesh to 8  !      %06     India top- shitiz Sharma, whose 200/7, still adrift by 227 runs. order batswoman Kplace in the playing In Bengaluru, Baroda are 176 for nine. Jemimah Rodrigues is eleven was questioned, marginally ahead by 60 runs, “You run in as hard as you can and raring to go at the T20 silenced his critics with a grit- but hosts Karnataka can sniff hit your length. All of a sudden their World Cup and feels ty 103 that helped Delhi post victory having taken five team was on the back foot,” said that the opening match a mammoth 623 in the first Baroda wickets in their sec- Ngidi who was man of the match for against Australia will be innings of their Ranji Trophy ond essay and still two days his 3-30. one of the most impor- match against Rajasthan at left. “It was a very fast-paced game, but tant games of her Feroz Shah Kotla on it’s about how you bounce back. I did- career. Thursday. GOA STORM INTO Q/F n’t panic under pressure, they seemed “I think it will be Sharma, who played for  Goa cantered into to be cruising but my job was to get one of the most impor- Arunachal last season, the quarterfinals with an wickets.” tant games in my stitched a 196-run stand with  !  3 C  *      ,  %    innings and 211-run win England needed just seven to win career. Playing a World Kunwar Bidhuri who too     ? ( !%* over Mizoram in their Plate off the last over but Ngidi dismissed Cup... The first match reached the three figures Group clash at the CC&FC Tom Curran and Moeen Ali while con- in Australia and for scoring 115 off just 135 balls. take a 13-run first innings After Saurashtra led by ground. All-rounder Amit ceding only five runs. me first time playing (a Delhi had resumed day lead against Bengal after their skipper Jaydev Unadkat Verma once again led by Adil Rashid was run out off the last World Cup) in two at 389 for six and ended being bowled out for 151. took honours on the opening example as he followed up his ball, trying for an improbable second Australia. Nothing is up adding 234 runs. The Bengal were bundled out for day by restricting Tamil Nadu century with a 5/39 in the run which would have tied the scores. more exciting than hosts maintained a decent 138 on day one. to 250 for 7, it was Jagadeesan, second innings of Mizoram Both innings followed a similar India in Australia, so it run rate of 4.23 in the innings Left-arm spinner who pulled the side out of who folded for 170 after fol- pattern. Both teams scored 68 runs in will be a match we all will be keen to play and just excited,” lasting 147 overs. Shahbaz Ahmed wreaked trouble, by notching up his lowing-on to suffer the defeat the first six-over power play and both Rodrigues said in a release from the ICC. In response, Rajasthan havoc on day two, run- fourth first-class 100. inside two days. had scored 113 runs after 12 overs Matches between India and Australia have been keenly were under the pump at 115 ning through Punjab He hammered 22 Nineteen wickets tum- before slowing down in the closing contested and in the last edition of the World Cup, India had for four, trailing Delhi by 508 batting to bring his fours and five other bled on the extended second overs. got the better of Australia in the group stage. runs at close of play. They team back into hits over the fence in day with Mizoram skipper Opening batsman Roy was brutal The two teams have some of the best batters in their line- clearly have a mountain to . his 256-ball knock. KB Pawan waging a lone bat- in reaching his fifty off 22 balls on the ups. India’s Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur have climb in their last league At stumps, For Saurashtra, tle remaining unbeaten on way to scoring 70 off 38 deliveries with proven records against Australia, while Ellyse Perry, Meg game. Bengal were 199 Unadkat (6-73) 111, even as seven of their 8 $       ! seven fours and three sixes. Lanning and Alyssa Healy of the hosts have enjoyed excellent Ashok Menaria (38) and for nine, leading grabbed another five- batsmen failed to reach dou- Morgan seemed set to take his form in the past year especially. Rajesh Bishnoi (23) were at Punjab by 186 runs. wicket haul and emerged ble digits in their second    Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi team to victory, hitting Beuran Australia fast bowler Megan Schutt was all praise for India the crease at the draw of as the most successful bowler. innings. took three wickets in his last two overs Hendricks for two fours and a six in opener Mandhana. “Smriti Mandhana is on another level. She’s stumps. TN SEIZES ADVANTAGE Meanwhile at the Lakshay Garg and as South Africa snatched a thrilling the penultimate over before holing out put me over the fence countless times both on international Leggie Rahul Chahar  Tamil Nadu wicket- Wankhede, in an inconse- Amulya Pandrekar claimed one-run win in the first Twenty20I off the last ball of the over after mak- and WBBL level unfortunately. She’s got the x-factor, she’s a (5/161) picked a five-wicket keeper batsman Narayan quential game, Mumbai post- three wickets each, while against England at Buffalo Park on ing 52. left-hander, can hit to all the areas of the field,” Schutt said. haul for Rajasthan. Jagadeesan came up with a ed a massive 427 on the Verma was at his tidy best Wednesday. Earlier, De Kock (31) and Temba Schutt was also wary of India skipper Harmanpreet, who Virtually out of the quar- gritty 183 to help his team board in their first essay with figures of 2/2 from 4.2 Jason Roy and captain Eoin Bavuma (43) got South Africa off to a struck a blazing 171 in the ICC Women’s World Cup terfinal race, Delhi need other post a competitive total of 424 against Madhya Pradesh. overs as Mizoram’s first Morgan hit half-centuries for England fast start, putting on 48 for the first 2017 semi-final against Australia. results to go their way and a on the second day of Elite Sarfaraz, who has had a innings succumbed to 109 and they looked well on the way to wicket off 26 balls. “(They) have someone like Harmanpreet Kaur come out, big win over Rajasthan to Group B game against dream run this season, how- inside 41 overs. chasing down South Africa’s total of Rassie van der Dussen (31) joined who can just swing it like no other really, and kind of put remain in the hunt for a Saurashtra. ever fell 23 runs short of a Goa topped the table 177 for eight. Bavuma and the pair added 63 for the you out of the stadium. And she’s obviously, kind of climbed knockout berth. Then Tamil Nadu hit double hundred. with an unassailable 50 But the match changed dramati- second wicket off 41 deliveries before to fame in the World Cup with a huge innings there and I In Patiala, Punjab, back to reduce Saurashtra to He already has a triple, points to secure the lone cally in the last three overs as England Van der Dussen fell to Ben Stokes and think since then she’s also proved that she can do that in resuming the day at 93 for 107 for 3, as the hosts are still double and now a hundred to knockout berth from the lost six wickets for 24 runs to finish on the innings lost momentum. AFP other matches.” PTI three, just about managed to adrift by 317 runs. his name this season. Plate Group.