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www.dailyworld.in PM Modi pitches dailypick as “best” investment north destination at Fintech Winter session Festival in Singapore Singapore Pitching India as the “best” invest- to begin Dec 11, ment destination for global tech giants, Prime Minister said on Wednesday the triple talaq atop country was experiencing a digital revolution of unprecedented speed and scale that has enabled government the financial inclusion of 1.3 billion Indians. In his agenda 05 keynote address at the prestigious Fintech Festival, the world’s largest event on financial technology, Modi said the technology has transformed gover- Taponeel Mukherjee nance and delivery of public services in India and unleashed innovation, hope and opportunities. Investment policy: “Technology is defining competitiveness and power in the new world and it is creating bound- Looking at 2019 less opportunities to transform lives,” Modi, the 06 first head of government to deliver the keynote and beyond address, said as he began his two-day visit to Singapore. “With the power of Fintech and the reach of digital connectivity, we have started a Deepika-Ranveer revolution of unprecedented speed and scale. To begin with financial inclusion has become a reality for 1.3 billion Indians. We have generated wed in fiercely more than 1.2 billion biometric identities – called Aadhaar or foundation - in just a few years,” he private ceremony said. Modi said technology has empowered the New Delhi After months of will they, won’t weak and brought into mainstream those who they, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the people during his visit to India Pavilion at the Singapore Fintech Festival, in Singapore on Wednesday. / PTI were on the margins. page 11 > finally got married in Italy’s scenic Lake Como on Wednesday but Bollywood’s A couple kept things fiercely private leaving the celebrity media breathlessly waiting for scraps of in- GSAT-29 launch formation. In the best tradition of a celebrity SC reserves order on petitions successful; ISRO wedding -- think George and Amal Clooney maybe -- the stars and their guests were en- takes a crucial step sconced in resorts tucked high above the lake towards country’s ringed by mountains while the paparazzi was seeking probe into Rafale jet deal stationed at a safe distance, managing only first manned mission grainy images and videos of the ceremony. New Delhi The Supreme Court said including lack of sovereign guaran- of a bare Rafale jet as per 2016 ex- the nature of avionics and weapons Though there was no official confirmation pricing details of Rafale jets could tee from the French government, change rate was Rs 670 crore and the fitted in it,” he said, adding, that Sriharikota (AP) India on Wednesday suc- from the couple, hazy pictures and distant only be discussed after it decides selection of Indian offset partner disclosure of price of a “fully loaded” India cannot renegade on agreement cessfully put into orbit its latest communication videos showed people lined up in a terrace on whether to make it public, and by the Dassault Aviation and need aircraft would give an “advantage to with France to disclose confidential satellite with its heaviest rocket and the new done up with white flowers. reserved its order on Wednesday on of entering into Inter-Governmental the adversaries”. “If cost of a fully information about specifics on avion- space mission is expected to serve the commu- There was also a glimpse of the couple pleas seeking court-monitored probe Agreement (IGA) with France. loaded aircraft with weaponry and ics and weaponry. nication needs of people in the remote areas of dressed in shades of white with reports sug- in the multi-billion deal amidst the The three-judge bench took note avionics will be disclosed, our adver- Countering petitioners’ argument the country. The textbook launch of the rocket gesting that day one was about Konkani wed- government’s vehement opposition of submissions and counter argu- saries would be able to know what is that Parliament has been given pric- GSLV-MkIII-D, which is dubbed by the ISRO as the ding rituals while day two would be a Sindhi to the public disclosure.The observa- ments on pricing of the fighter jets ing twice, Venugopal said, “We have ‘Bahubali’ or “fat boy” of Indian rockets, is also ceremony. While Deepika is a Konkani. Ran- tion by apex court bench, headed by with the petitioners alleging that the been saying that even Parliament has seen as crucial for the space agency as it would veer belongs to a Mumbai-based Sindhi family. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, came after government has been giving “bogus also read not been told about the complete be used for the ambitious Chandrayaan-2(lunar But that was it. There were barely any the government refused to publicly arguments” and “hiding behind the cost of the jets.” Petitioner lawyer mission) and the country’s planned manned space other details. The couple declared the dates divulge pricing details of the deal, secrecy clause”. “The decision we This is Prashant Bhushan claimed the Union mission. The 3,423 kg satellite GSAT-29 is also on social media in October after months saying it would give advantage to need to take is whether to bring the Law Ministry had red-flagged two is- the heaviest Indian satellite to be put into orbit. of speculation but the ceremony itself was India’s enemies. fact on pricing in public domain different war sues -- absence of sovereign guarantee Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) chief cloaked in secrecy. Television channels and Hearing a bunch of pleas alleging or not,” said the bench, which also by France and international arbitra- K Sivan said while the rocket’s first operational social media kept the wedding chatter going criminality in Rafale deal and seeking comprised justices S K Kaul and K M room and you tion clause in IGA as per which the mission was going to be “none other than Chan- through the day with distant shots of the vil- court-monitored probe into it, the Joseph. Vehemently defending non- go to your arbitration seat would be at Geneva drayaan” in January 2019, “this fantastic vehicle las, stray tweets and old photographs from apex court asked wide-ranging ques- disclosure of price publicly, Attorney -- but the government went ahead is going to carry humans to space in three years 05 their films together./ PTI / tions from the government on issues General K K Venugopal said the cost war rooms with the deal. / PTI / from now.” page 7 > dailyheadlines

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dw bureau / Chandigarh tala in this regard. Arora said the Four persons Family feud INLD has called a meeting of the The ongoing feud within the state executive as well as of MLAs snatch SUV in Chautala family escalated with INLD and MPs in Chandigarh on Novem- Pathankot, escalates, O chief expel- ber 17. On the same day, Ajay Singh Ousted Prime Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, shows number one sign during a media briefing held at the Parliament House in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Tuesday. ling his son Ajay Singh from the has called a similar meeting in . security / AP P Chautala primary membership of the party The INLD state unit president tightened for alleged anti-party activities. The claimed that the meeting called by expels son decision was taken on Monday and Ajay Singh in Jind “is in violation of Pathankot Four persons, travel- Lankan Parliament passes no- announced at a press conference the party constitution because such ling in a hired SUV from Jammu, here on Wednesday called by Ajay’s a meeting cannot be convened with- snatched the vehicle from its Ajay from younger brother and Leader of Op- out approval of the party president.” driver at gunpoint near Mad- confidence vote against PM position in the Assembly, “Therefore, any meeting which is hopur area here, police said on Colombo Sri Lanka’s Parlia- cated the political crisis as japaksa supporters protested. INLD . convened without prior approval Wednesday. The incident took ment on Wednesday passed a the former strongman has He gave the ruling after the Ajay Singh, who is serving a 10- of the party’s national president, place Tuesday night when the no-confidence motion against rejected the outcome of the no-confidence motion was year jail term along with his father shall invite disciplinary action,” driver stopped the car near Mad- Prime Minister Mahinda Raj- floor test. It is not yet clear taken for a vote. The Speaker and former chief minister O P Chau- Arora said. hopur after one of the passengers apaksa who was installed by whether Rajapaksa will resign calculated the votes based on tala in a teachers’ recruitment scam Asserting that the party is su- complained of vomiting, they said. President Maithripala Sirisena or whether ousted premier the voices he heard. in the state, is currently out on a preme and no one is above it, the The suspects, who were speak- in a controversial move, a day Wickremesinghe, who has the The Tamil National Alliance two-week parole. Two weeks ago, letter by Om Prakash Chautala stat- ing in Punjabi, had booked the after the Supreme Court over- support of 122 lawmakers, will and smaller Muslim parties all the INLD chief had also expelled ed that the “anti-party activities” car from the Jammu taxi stand, turned the presidential decree return to power. supported the no-confidence from the party ’s of INLD’s Haryana unit secretary police said. They said the driver to dissolve the House and hold The passing of the no-confi- motion. Three newly sworn two sons — MP Dushyant and general Ajay Singh have “caused was identified as Raj Kumar, a snap polls on January 5. dence motion comes as a ma- Cabinet ministers and a state his brother Digvijay. hurt and have become unbearable”. resident of Jammu. Security has Amid raucous scenes, Parlia- jor blow to president Sirisena minister also crossed over to Though Ajay Singh’s wife and “Ajay Singh has convened a meet- been tightened in and around ment on Wednesday met for and a victory to Wickremesing- the Opposition benches in sup- INLD MLA Naina Chautala too has ing on November 17, which is un- Pathankot district following the the first time since October he. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya port. Prime Minister Rajapaksa been vocal against her detractors constitutional, and makes it clear incident and vehicles are being 26, when President Sirisena announced that a majority of needed the support of a mini- within the party after action against that he is trying to run a parallel checked, police said, adding that sacked Prime Minister Ranil the 225-member Parliament mum of 113 lawmakers in the her sons, but she has been spared set up to weaken the party,” the efforts are underway to trace the Wickremesinghe, installed supported the no-confidence House to prove his majority. from any disciplinary action. INLD letter stated while announcing Ajay car. “The occupants snatched Rajapaksa in his place and motion against Rajapaksa, the Supporters of Rajapaksa re- state unit president Ashok Arora Singh’s expulsion from the party. At the vehicle from the driver at suspended the House, plung- 72-year-old former strongman, fused to recognise the vote as announced the decision to expel the press conference, Abhay Singh gunpoint,” Pathankot Senior Su- ing the island nation into an who ruled the country for a legitimate, plunging the coun- Ajay in presence of Abhay Singh Chautala, for the first time, launched perintendent of Police Vivek Sheel unprecedented constitutional decade from 2005. try deeper into crisis, as fears Chautala as well as nine of the 18 an attack on his elder brother and Soni said. Police said the Punjab crisis. “According to the voice, I grow that the political dispute party MLAs and two of the three accused him of playing into the Police has sent a team to Sambha The vote of no confidence recognise that the government could spill into protracted in- MPs. He flashed before reporters a hands of the BJP and the Congress in Jammu where they had dinner against prime minister Raj- has no majority,” Jayasuriya stability in the island nation. letter signed by Om Prakash Chau- to weaken the INLD. / PTI / on Tuesday night. page 2 > apaksa has further compli- announced in the House as Ra- / PTI /