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      (   '$- .$/0 two decade. The oldest being type IV quarter so far. He has rent amount rose to 34 lakh. pied Government accommo- time amounts to conspiracy court said. 
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  !  '$- .$/0 according to officials. Delhi Police's security wing police. There is a large stretch of been underway for the last two Trees have been trimmed personnel will form part of the green ridge area opposite the weeks with NSG commandos he Delhi Police in concert according to the directions of inner cordon that will work in hotel and security personnel will and Delhi Police personnel sur- Twith the central security the security agencies as part of close coordination with the be deployed there as well. veying every floor on a daily agencies has thrown a massive the protocol. United States Secret Service. Even at the neighbouring basis. Officials from the US security blanket in and around Meetings have also been The security wing of the Taj Palace hotel, security per- embassy are also monitoring the ITC Maurya hotel where United held with US security agents on Delhi Police is a specialised unit sonnel are maintaining a tight preparations with all details States (US) President Donald the elaborate security arrange- tasked with the security of VIPs vigil. The floor where the Grand being kept under wraps. Trump will check-in on ments in place. and visiting foreign dignitaries. Presidential Suite is located at The sources added that the Monday. All roads leading to At the ITC Maurya, a three- The second layer of securi- the ITC Maurya is out of hotel will be out of bounds for the hotel at Sardar Patel Marg layer security will be in place. ty will be deployed around the bounds for most hotel staff other guests during the time have been sanitised with multi- The hotel, located in Diplomatic hotel's lobby area, parking, lawn owing to the elaborate security Trump and his entourage will be layered security apparatus in Enclave in Chanakyapuri, will area and the pool area, while the arrangements. there, and all the 438 rooms of place. Anti-sabotage teams of have police personnel in plain third one will comprise police Sources said security the five-star property have been the National Security Guards clothes patrolling every floor. personnel from the district arrangements at the hotel have booked. (NSG), Army and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have carried out intense anti- canine units, sharp shooters tion round-the-clock, the offi- arrangements have been made ) #!  sabotage checks on the routes to on high-rise buildings and cials said. by the Delhi Police, including be taken by the visiting digni- Parakram vans of Delhi Police Five years ago, when placement of double barricad- tary. have also been deployed along Trump's predecessor Barack ing on all the roads where   !  who is scheduled to arrive on from forenoon till around 4 their travel in case they have to Indian security agencies are the routes and areas in and Obama visited the national cap- Trump's convoy is likely to '$- .$/0 Monday, will be accompanied pm on Tuesday, traffic is like- get to these areas. also working in close coordi- around the hotel where Trump ital, the Delhi Police had rent- pass, officials said, adding that by a high-level delegation ly to remain heavy in the areas Commuters have also nation with the US Secret will be staying, they said on ed 605 CCTV cameras and aerial surveillance of the route ith Delhi Police putting including his family mem- of Moti Bagh, Chanakyapuri, been asked to check the Delhi Service responsible for manning Sunday. spent more than Rs one crore in will also be conducted as part of Wup the elaborate securi- bers. India Gate, areas around ITO, traffic police's website and its the security of the US President. According to senior Delhi hiring, installing and later the security measures. ty arrangements to ensure An advisory issued by the Delhi Gate and the adjoining twitter handle for updates on In view of the spiralling tensions Police officials, personnel from removing them after the presi- Jersey barriers (modular everything goes well during Delhi Police stated that owing areas of Central and New necessary traffic diversions. between Iran and the US, there six districts have been deployed dential visit was over. concrete or plastic barriers the high-profile visit of the US to security reasons, during the Delhi. Trump, accompanied by is a higher security threat this for the security arrangements A senior police officer said, placed to organise traffic into President Donald Trump, traf- evening hours on February 24 During the evening hours US First Lady Melania Trump, time and the agencies are more and nearly 40 companies of "We have also requested the lanes) will also be put up on the fic in some parts of the nation- traffic in the areas of Delhi on February 25, traffic is like- his daughter Ivanka Trump, "cautious and alert" than ever, CAPFs have been requisitioned anti-sabotage checking teams route, a senior police official al Capital, especially in and Cantonment, Delhi-Gurgaon ly to remain heavy in the areas son-in-law Jared Kushner and well placed sources said. to be part of the security para- from paramilitary and army. said. around sensitive New Delhi Road (NH 48), Dhaula Kuan, of Chanakyapuri, RML round- high-level US officials will Delhi's sky would be a 'no phernalia. They have been regularly con- Delhi Police is also working district would remain heavy. Chanakyapuri, SP Marg, RML about, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi arrive on Monday morning at fly zone' till the US President is Hundreds of high-defini- ducting anti-sabotage checks in close coordination with civic Traffic in some parts of the Roundabout, and the adjoin- Cantonment, Delhi-Gurgaon Ahmedabad. in the national Capital, officials tion CCTV cameras with night along every route to be taken by bodies. The route leading to a city on Monday would remain ing areas is likely to remain Road (NH 48) and the adjoin- He will reach the nation- said. Anti-drone detachment vision capacity have been the US President during his visit Delhi government school where affected, due to security mea- heavy. Necessary diversions ing areas. The Delhi traffic al capital on Monday evening of NSG, snipers, elite Special installed across the Sardar Patel here". US first lady Melania Trump is sures put in place for the visit as per the ground situation police have urged motorists for the main leg of his visit Weapons And Tactic (SWAT) Marg where hotel ITC Maurya Besides the multi-layer scheduled to pay a visit will also of US President Donald may also be put in place, it said. and commuters to keep these where he will stay till Tuesday commandos, kite catchers, is located to monitor the situa- security cover, elaborate be under a high security cover, Trump, officials said. Trump, According to the advisory, factors in mind while planning night before leaving for the US. 0   %##12   ) 
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It also the September 9 verdict of the court's verdict over the banned by the Election Government for construction construction of Ram Temple in ruled that an alternative five- Supreme Court last year on the Ayodhya dispute, the chief Commission from election- of a mosque. Ayodhya on the directives of acre plot must be found for a Ayodhya dispute that resolved minister said, “The Supreme eering. “We have already said the Supreme Court. No such mosque within Ayodhya. the centuries-old tangle and Court has shown its judicial “When I was banned by about honouring the Supreme instructions were issued for the Soon after the verdict, subsequent setting up of a power to the world by its ver- the Election commission, I Court verdict on the Ayodhya mosque. This offer will be dis- there were suggestions that trust by the central dict over the issue of Ram “I always told saints of abrogated Article 370 and pro- came to visit Hanumangarhi issue,” board chairman Zufar cussed in the board's meeting.” the board should not accept the Government to oversee the Mandir.” Ayodhya to have trust in Prime hibited the practice of triple Temple in Ayodhya, where Farooqui told PTI on Sunday. On Friday, the board had said land. construction of the The Chief Minister also Minister Modi as under his talaq,” he said. Mahaveer invited me to his “The meeting of the board that it did not have the option “Following the Supreme temple. hailed Prime Minister leadership, we will achieve our “He also amended the house.” will deliberate upon the docu- to reject the alternative piece of Court verdict, the Sunni Waqf The Chief Minister was Narendra Modi and his gov- goal of having a Ram Mandir Citizenship law to create a “Mahaveer showed me ments pertaining to allotment land given to it under the Board does not have the choice here to inaugurate a health fair, ernment “for delivering what in Ayodhya.” completely transparent system his four-room pucca house of land by the government. A Supreme Court's Ayodhya ver- of rejecting the five-acre alter- Mukhya Mantri Aarogya Mela, he promised” including nulli- “Under Prime Minister of giving shelter to the suffer- built under Pradhan Mantri decision will also be taken as to dict, but would decide how to native land for the construction at Suraj Kund in Darshan fication of Article 370 and Modi's leadership, India is ing humanity of the world, and Aawaas Yojna, before this he what should be built on that use it when it meets on of a mosque in Ayodhya as it Nagar area of Faizabad. revocation of Jammu & emerging as a power in the under his strong leadership, a had a Kuccha house,” he s piece of land,” Farooqui said. Monday. would amount to contempt of Addressing a gathering of Kashmir's special status. world. The prime minister way has been paved for the aid. PTI Asked about Deputy Chief In a historic verdict in court,” Farooqui had said. PTI ,'(#     (    . (    -.        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Kashmir education department limits will be 10am-3pm, while members in the politically- state. “AAP will contest the in Delhi Government. The Union Territory's strong to scuttle Pakistan's Asked whether a rehabili- said all arrangements had been in the rest of Kashmir division, crucial State and contest the panchayat elections (likely in “They will play a key role director general of police designs and ensure further tation policy for them is under put in place for the students to the timing will be 10.30am- panchayat polls later this year. October-November) in UP,” in various campaigns by the (DGP) also said a few success- improvement in the overall consideration, Singh said the attend schools after the insti- 3.30pm. AAP spokesperson Sanjay he announced. party,” he added. ful infiltration bids were made security situation in the com- government is already working tutions remained shut for The director urged the Singh said party workers would However, Deputy Chief Hitting out at the by terrorists but they were ing months, he said. on different plans for youth months since August after teachers to work with dedica- visit 1.07-lakh villages in the Minister Dinesh Sharma dis- Adtiyanath Government, Singh neutralised in the Kashmir Referring to the Nagrota engagement and their devel- scrapping of its special status tion for building capacities of state during the next three missed the claims made by the claimed that law and order had Valley during counter-insur- encounter along the Jammu- opment. and due to winter break. the students for their better months, and gather public AAP, saying the party had ceased to exist in Uttar Pradesh gency operations. Srinagar national highway near “There are skill develop- The Government had future. “It's our responsibility opinion and information on talked about expanding itself in and the youth was disappoint- “The ceasefire violations by here on January 31, the DGP ment programmes. Sport activ- made several efforts last year to to extend our support to them issues that affect people. the past as well.The renewed ed with the BJP Government. Pakistan has increased mani- said the three Jaish-e- ities are getting a big boost with reopen the schools in a phased and redouble efforts to get “The entire feedback will focus to diversify the AAP Chief Minister Yogi fold with an aim to push as Mohammad terrorists were proper infrastructure and train- manner, but it failed to bear any their syllabus completed well in be submitted to Kejriwal after across the country comes near- Adityanath had campaigned many terrorists into this side to neutralized hours after they ing,” he said. Singh lauded the fruit as the parents kept their time,” the director said. three months,” Singh told ly two weeks after the party, for the Bharatiya Janata Party sabotage the peaceful atmos- managed to sneak into the people for their timely inputs wards at home due to appre- He instructed the field reporters. founded in 2012, registered a ahead of the Delhi Assembly phere. Indian side. regarding terrorist activities hensions about their safety. officers to visit schools regu- The Rajya Sabha member decisive win in the Delhi election. “The statements made “Despite increased cease- “Our security grid is very and said they will continue Towards the end of the larly to monitor the follow up said the Arvind Kejriwal-led assembly elections for a third by Adityanath and the action fire violations, we are alert to strong and we are prepared to their support to the forces to year, few schools opened, but of academic planner for time- party planned to make 25- consecutive term. on CAA protesters are a sign the challenge and have already foil Pakistani attempts to push wipe out terrorism from students were asked to attend ly accomplishment of the set lakh members in the state and, After its win in Delhi five of an unsuccessful chief min- foiled a number of infiltration terrorists into this side,” Singh Jammu & Kashmir. PTI classes without wearing school targets. 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Laxman Singh is the Pradesh is a good because it /// In a video tweeted by him where he can be video by a Twitter account iden- Yet another one on the Congress MLA from Chachoda will give recognition to the state seen addressing the gathering, Mishra said, From Page 1 tified as “Sol” with the handle route says ‘Welcome to the seat in Guna district of Madhya and increase employment From Page 1 “They (protestors) want to create trouble in Hundreds and thousands of Solmemes1. “To celebrate Land of Rich Heritage of Art Pradesh. opportunities. But, it is not “This protest is against CAA, NRC and also Delhi. That’s why they have closed the roads. people are seen welcoming Trump’s visit to India I wanted and Craft’. “There has been enough appropriate to hold this func- seeking reservation for Dalits. The movement That’s why they have created a riot-like situa- Trump in the video. “Look so to make a video to show how in Trump is slated to arrive in discussions, agitations and tion in Daly College during is primarily led by the women, while the men tion here. We have not pelted any stone. forward to being with my great my warped mind it will go... Agra on Monday evening after protests in the country regard- examinations as it will affect are only supporting them,” a protester named “Till US President is in India, we are leav- friends inIA!” Trump said in a USA and India united!” the jointly attending with Modi the ing the CAA, which has now students.” Shadab said. “We have blocked the road and we ing the area peacefully. After that we won’t lis- tweet. The president, who handle Solmemes1 tweeted in mega ‘Namaste Trump’ event at become a law. It needs a major- Singh is also the chairman will not move from the site till the Centre revokes ten to you (police) if the roads are not vacated arrived at the White House fol- the original post with the the newly built Motera cricket ity in Parliament to make any of the select committee set up the draconian law,” he said. In the evening Alok by then,” he told the gathering. lowing four days of hectic polit- video.Trump appears as a great stadium in Ahmedabad earli- change in the law. But (the to discuss the “Madhya Pradesh Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (Eastern The fresh sit-in protest comes at a time when ical campaigning in the western saviour, in the short animated er in the day. opposition) doesn't have a Gowansh Vadh Pratishedh Range) said stones were also pelted at the police. efforts are being made to negotiate with the pro- parts of the country, had no pub- clip, riding on a chariot with The event has been named majority. In my view, it will be (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam “The situation has been brought under control. testers at Shaheen Bagh whose agitation has lic engagements on Saturday. First Lady Melania. A few stills ‘Namaste Trump’ on the lines fair to accept this law.” 2019”, a law to ban cow slaugh- Adequate personnel have been deployed and are resulted in traffic snarls along the Delhi-Noida Trump did not go for a later, Trump is seen riding a of the ‘Howdy, Modi’ pro- He said Parliament did not ter, presented in the Legislative conducting flag marches.” route. A small stretch of the road closed for over round of golf, which is normal- horse carrying on his soldiers his gramme organised in the US belong to any one party, adding Assembly. Taking to twitter, Mishra said, “We have two months was “opened” by a group of ly the case for him on a bright son Donald Junior and daugh- last year. that the Congress too changed “People in many countries given a three-day ultimatum to the Delhi demonstrators on Saturday, though police bar- sunny weekend day in ter Ivanka. PNS The administration is all laws “when we had a have reduced or stopped eating Police to get the road cleared. Get the Jafrabad ricades continued on one side. Washington. . geared up for the big day and Government at the Centre”. beef for environmental reasons. preparations are in full swing “How would we When people can do this inter- to present “best face of (Congress) have felt if any nationally, then we can also Agra”. state government had opposed change here,” he said. PTI   
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He n the eve of US President at the newly built Sardar Patel and first lady Melania Trump where huge billboards on mer Union Minister and election year and a sizeable in the coming days. cited landmark judgements ODonald Trump's India Stadium in the city's Motera will be accorded a ceremonial streets near the city airport and Congress leader Anand Indian expatriate population In his address at the passed by the apex court which visit, Prime Minister Narendra area, where over one lakh peo- welcome at the forecourt of the public squares in the vicinity of Sharma on Sunday maintained will vote, but "it should not be International Judicial have strengthened the legal Modi said on Sunday that ple are expected to be present. 'Rashtrapati Bhavan'. From the Taj Mahal greeting him that the high-profile interac- looked at from the narrow Conference being organised and constitutional framework India looks forward to wel- The US President will visit there, they will go to Raj Ghat have come up ahead of his visit. tion is unlikely to achieve any prism of US President's elec- by the Supreme Court on of India. coming the US President, who Sabarmati Ashram in to pay homage at the 'samad- Trump's convoy route from major breakthrough in the tion". Sunday, Kovind said that issues "Its bench and bar are is to commence his "historic Ahmedabad on Monday before hi' of Mahatma Gandhi. It will the airport to the Taj Mahal is bilateral agreements. "It needs to be looked at a like gender justice, contempo- known for their legal scholar- programme" from Gujarat. heading towards a cricket sta- be followed by restricted and about 13 km and along the way Sharma, however, went on larger perspective as to what is rary perspectives on protection ship and intellectual wisdom. The US president will be dium where he will address delegation-level talks between thousands of artistes will wel- to say that the visit was impor- happening in the region," he of constitutional values, What it has achieved is noth- on a two-day visit to India and over 1,00,000 people. Trump and Modi at Hyderabad come him with special perfor- tant in relation to the fact that told the news agency. dynamic interpretations of the ing less than a silent revolution together with Modi is to par- Sabarmati Ashram was a House. 'Namaste Trump' will mances. the US was a major power, but Krishna said China will be Constitution in a changing in diagnosing and correcting ticipate in a roadshow in key base of Mahatma Gandhi be similar to the landmark On the famous Mall Road, that is all, Sharma said. closely monitoring the visit and world, harmonisation of envi- the afflictions that adversely Ahmedabad after landing during the freedom struggle. 'Howdy, Modi!' event hosted by which falls on the route, one "So far I do not have any the nature of talks that take ronment protection vis-a-vis affected the justice delivery there. He lived there between 1917 the Indian-American commu- hoarding reads 'His Excellency positive indication of any place."It is a very important sustainable development and system," he said, as per a press "India looks forward to and 1930. The US president nity in honour of Prime Donald J Trump, President of major outcome. It will be a visit. The US and India have a protection of the right to pri- note.The President particular- welcoming @POTUS will later fly down to Agra to Minister Modi during his visit the United States of America, continuation of defence and very close and fruitful rela- vacy in the Internet age are ly mentioned the role of @realDonaldTrump. It is an visit Taj Mahal and thereafter to Houston in September 2019, Heartiest Welcome to the Land security cooperation, and a tionship especially after the issues that influence every Supreme Court in making the honour that he will be with us fly to Delhi for the official said an official. Trump, accom- of Krishna'. It is accompanied reaffirmation of our coopera- Nuclear Accord. We have member of the global commu- higher courts' judgments avail- tomorrow, starting with the his- engagements where "major panied by wife Melania, daugh- with an image of Trump stand- tion in space and nuclear sci- moved strategically close to nity. able in regional languages, toric programme in trade deals" are expected to be ter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared ing next to Prime Minister ences. It is ongoing and it will each other and it is important These five distinctly terming it "an extraordinary Ahmedabad," Modi wrote on signed by the two sides. Kushner, will arrive in Narendra Modi. Trump is to not be a new thing," Sharma for us to nourish and maintain defined topics cover the matrix achievement given the linguis- Twitter. On the morning of Ahmedabad around noon on reach Agra in the Monday told news agency PTI. the relationship further," he of challenges faced by the judi- tic diversity of India". 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No one was injured in VS Vishwanathan hit upon the Trump is slated to arrive in Agra on Monday Replicas of historic places in entry gate erected outside the the incident,” said special com- idea after seeing Trump on television evening after attending the mega 'Namaste Trump' Gujarat are also being placed at newly-built cricket stadium in missioner of police, Crime many times and in photographs and event at the newly built Motera cricket stadium in strategic locations along the Motera area here collapsed due Branch, Ajay Tomar has expressed confidence that the US Ahmedabad. roadshow route. to gusty winds on Sunday morn- said. President would accept it and appre- The city administration is all geared up for the Dance groups and singers ing, an official said. President Trump and Prime ciate his gesture, family members big day and preparations are in full swing to pre- from different parts of the coun- stages, they said. Purushottam Upadhyay and The entire incident was Minister Narendra Modi will said. sent the “best face of Agra”. try, including Gujarat, will stage The performances will pro- Sairam Dave will perform at the recorded by a bystander and participate in a roadshow here The shirt has been sent to the “We are fully prepared, and we wish to present performances on the roadshow vide a glimpse of the country's stadium, officials of the Gujarat aired on local television chan- on Monday and later address the Prime Minister’s Office in Delhi, the best of Agra to the US President and his dele- route as well as the newly-built cultural diversity, the officials Cricket Association nels. 'Namaste Trump' event at the marked to the US Embassy, they gation. At the Kheria airport, upon his arrival, cricket stadium in Motera area said. said. The makeshift entry gate Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera said. expected at about 4:30 pm, hundreds of artists will of the city, officials said on Besides, folk and Bollywood Students of various was made of welded steel rods area where over one lakh people Vishwanathan had gifted such welcome him with 'mayur nritya',” Agra's Divisional Sunday. singers will also perform on a Government and private schools and covered in flex banners. are expected to be shirts to various political leaders, Commissioner Anil Kumar told PTI. Performers from 28 States stage set up at the Motera stadi- have also been roped-in to per- After sometime, a portion of present. including former Tamil Nadu Chief Security has been stepped up in the city ahead have been allotted stages erect- um for the 'Namaste Trump' form at the cultural events. They another makeshift gate structure The stadium has already Ministers, the late K Kamaraj and CN of Trump's visit, his first to India. His daughter ed along the roadshow route, event, where Trump and Modi were asked to practice for the at the stadium's main entrance received 'Building Use' permis- Annadurai and also former President Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and a galaxy of where the two leaders will be will address a gathering of over event over a week in advance, an also collapsed due to the windy sion from the Ahmedabad R Venkataraman, his family top US officials will be part of the high-level dele- greeted by people on both sides one lakh people. official said. weather, another official Municipal Corporation, an offi- said. gation accompanying him during his visit to India of the road. Bollywood singers Kailash Replicas of historic places said. cial earlier said. He once ran a tailoring shop but on February 24 and 25. There will also be a 'Garba' Kher and Parthiv Gohil, and from Gujarat are being placed at No one was injured in both It is the world's largest sta- does not do so now due to old age.] In Agra, the Trump family will spend about an performance, the traditional Gujarati folk singers like strategic locations along the the incidents and work was dium with a capacity to accom- At present, he trains budding tai- hour at the Taj Mahal before sunset. They will then Gujarati dance, on one of the Kirtidan Gadhvi, Gita Rabari, route of the roadshow. PTI underway to put the structures modate 1.10 lakh spectators. lors free of cost, they said. PTI leave for Delhi. PTI $     
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Police have arrested at least seven road divider on NH 57 and overturned successfully qualifying in an Siddhu Koda, a 40-year-old 10 lakh in Jharkhand, com- The youths were thrashed with persons in connection with the Nagaur near Kakarghati village in Darbhanga online test to visit America's CPI (Maoist) zonal comman- plained of severe pain in chest sticks and kicked by nearly a dozen peo- case which occurred on February 16. district, Deputy Superintendent of including a woman, were killed, while space agency NASA and par- der, died at a hospital where he and abdomen around 11 pm on ple for stealing donkeys. They were later The Dalit men were beaten up, Police (DSP), Darbhanga, Anoj Kumar a dozen other passengers were injured ticipate in an international was admitted late Saturday Saturday. handed over to Sangarh police. stripped and tortured by staffers of a said. when the bus carrying them collided conference. night after he complained of He was taken to Jamui “Five persons have been arrested motorcycle service agency in Karanu Of the six persons, five were of the head-on with an orange-laden truck The student V Abinaya pain in chest and abdomen, Sadar Hospital where he died. and three minors have been detained village after accusing them of com- same family, while one was a family near Auwa village on NH 2. studying in Namakkal district Deputy Inspector General of Since he died in police custody, so far. A case has been registered in the mitting theft. friend. The incident happened under the got through the exam held by Police Manu Maharaj said. the post-mortem examination matter under sections of SC/ST Act and In the video, a group of men is seen Three of them died on the spot, the jurisdiction of Shivsagar police station firms here and in America, the Koda, who hailed from was conducted in presence of further investigation in the matter is thrashing two persons with rubber official said, adding the three injured in Rohtas district, police said. Chief Minister, in a statement, Chakai block of Jamui dis- a magistrate as per rules, the on,” Station House Officer (SHO) of belts. They later dipped a piece of cloth have been admitted to the Darbhanga “The deceased have been identified said adding the opportunity to trict, was arrested Saturday DIG said. Sangarh police station Ugam Raj Soni wrapped on a screwdriver in petrol and Medical College and Hospital. as Vikram Pal (65), Reshma Khatoon visit NASA and take part in a morning from a railway station Maharaj did not divulge said. inserted it in the private parts of one of The deceased have been identified (55), Mukhtar Khan (42), Ajit Kumar global space science sympo- in Jharkhand's Dumka by an the details of the post-mortem Similar incidents had come to the victims. as Raju Jha (45), his mother Rekha Devi (38),” Satyendra Satyarthi, SHO, sium is a “victory for her tal- STF team comprising police- report. light in Nagaur and Barmer The incidents have triggered a (75) and sister Madhu Kumari (22), the Shivsagar police station said. ent.” men from Patna and He said Koda's family has A chilling video of a man being political storm in Rajasthan with the DSP said. Both the vehicles overturned after Wishing her many more Jamui. been informed of his death and beaten up brutally in Barmer alleged- BJP attacking the ruling Congress. Jha's wife, his three-year-old son the collision, he said, adding the private successes in space He was wanted in about 70 his body “may be disposed of ly for committed a theft had gone viral Union minister Arjun Ram and a family friend were injured in the bus was on its way to Sasaram from science, Palaniswami lauded serious cases including murder, in accordance with law” by the here, prompting the police to arrest a Meghwal has alleged that the Ashok incident. Bhabhua, while the truck was moving her for the “achievement and to robbery, kidnapping and extor- police if nobody comes forward man and detain another on Friday for Gehlot-led Congress government is The family was going to their in the opposite direction. encourage younger tion, Maharaj said. to claim his mortal remains. their alleged roles in the crime. unable to rein in crime in Rajasthan. native village in Saharsa from Sasaram civil surgeon Janardan generation, I have ordered 2 After being brought here, Two automatic rifles — an The video surfaced on Thursday Meghwal, who is an MP from Bikaner, Muzaffarpur to celebrate the boy's Sharma said four bodies have been lakh assistance from the Chief Koda was interrogated, the AK 47 and an INSAS — have close on the heels of brutal assault on had accused the police of manipulat- birthday, police said. brought to Sadar hospital for post- Minister's Public Relief DIG said. 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Still by setting up a sep- Rao in the Elgar Parishad case asked why Pawar wanted to build a under their watch. absence of any concrete evi- arate SIT, Pawar wants to impli- for their alleged Maoist links. mosque in the name of a invader like He asked why no “terrorist” dence. cate Hindutvawadis in the Pawar had earlier termed Babar. (assailant) involved in the attack on stu- Fadnavis made the allega- Koregaon Bhima violence inci- the arrest of activists in the “Babar (the first emperor of he knows that a Waqf has to be dents at the Jawaharlal Nehru tion while talking to reporters dent,” Fadnavis alleged. Elgar Parishad case as “wrong” Mughal dynasty in Indian sub-conti- formed for the same,” Fadnavis University (JNU) last month has been a day before the Budget session According to Pune police, and “vengeful”, and demanded nent) was an invader. Why on the said. arrested so far by the BJP-ruled Centre. of the Maharashtra legislature the Elgar Parishad conclave that a Special Investigation earth did NCP chief Sharad Pawar A five-judge bench of the Thackeray was talking to reporters commences. held in Pune on December 31, Team (SIT) be set up to probe want to erect a new mosque in the Supreme Court in November 2019 on the eve of the Budget session of the the JNU and beat the students,” he said. “During my tenure, the 2017, was supported by Maoists the action taken by the Pune name of Babar? If Muslims want a ruled unanimously in favor of Ram Maharashtra legislature. “I am going to call those assailants as state home department had and inflammatory speeches police. Replying to a query place for prayer, they should have one temple in Ayodhya. The court had Earlier in the day, the State BJP crit- terrorists. Despite so many days, not a sin- carried out a thorough probe made at the event led to caste over it, Fadnavis said, “The but why in the name of Babar?” asked said the whole disputed land spread icised his government over the recent inci- gle assailant has been arrested so far,” he into the Koregaon Bhima vio- violence at Koregaon Bhima Maharashtra police have found Fadnavis, the Leader of Opposition in over 2.7-acre will be handed over to dents of crime against women. said. lence case,” the former chief war memorial in the district the a strong evidence that urban the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. a trust formed by the government, When asked about the BJP’s allega- “Those targeting us on unjustified minister, who also held the next day. Naxal issue is not restricted to Speaking in Lucknow on which will examine the construction tions, Thackeray said, “Every crime grounds should first see what is happen- home portfolio then, said. Right wing leaders Milind Maharashtra alone. It has February 20, Pawar demanded the of Ram temple at the place. against women is condemnable and not ing under their watch and then comment “NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide are spread in other parts of the Central Government to form a trust Prime Minister Narendra Modi a single such incident should occur about us,” Thackeray added.Thirty-four first reaction on the violence accused in Koregaon Bhima country as well. Hence hand- for building a mosque in Ayodhya announced on February 5 the for- again.” people, including students and faculty, was that Hindutvawadis were case. ing over its probe to the NIA is similar to the trust to oversee the con- mation of ‘Shri Ram Janambhoomi “While targeting us, the BJP should were injured on January 5 when a masked behind it. But police did not The Pune Police have a welcome move of struction of Ram temple. Tirath Kshetra’ trust which would also see what is happening in the States mob entered the JNU campus and find any evidence to back up arrested Left-leaning activists Maharashtra Chief Minister “I also wonder why Pawar oversee the construction of Ram ruled by it. Especially in the centrally- attacked them with rods and sledgeham- his claims,” he said. Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Uddhav Thackeray.” PTI demanded a trust for a mosque when Temple. PTI ruled New Delhi, where terrorists stormed mers. PTI     "  
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The Shiv Sena is not he Maharashtra Hong Kong, Thailand, releasing the first list of farm scheme well. We will complete ble government. We have not rape cases within 21 days. “We death anniversary on February ready to speak on the insults TGovernment on Sunday Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, loan waiver beneficiaries, even the execution of the entire just made promises, but we are have set a five-member official 26”. being heaped by the NCP and said that 81 out of 83 people South Korea, Nepal, Indonesia as the Opposition BJP will go loan waiver process within implementing out promises. committee to study the Andhra Slamming the Uddhav Congress on the descendents of admitted in isolation wards for and Vietnam are being moni- all out to drive a wedge three months,” Uddhav said. The people in the state think Pradesh law and come out Thackeray dispensation for not Maratha warrior Chhatrapati suspected exposure to the novel tored as part of the protocol in between the ruling Shiv Sena Dismissing the criticism that it is their Government”. with a report on the proposed being able to come grips with Shivaji,” Fadnavis said. coronavirus have tested nega- place to tackle the outbreak, he and its alliance partners — of his Government by the “We are implementing a legislation that we intend out to the challenges facing his gov- On its part, the ruling tive. added. Since the outbreak of the NCP and Congress — over the Opposition BJP on various people-friendly initiate like introduce in the State ernment, Fadnavis said: “Three MVA is preparing to dig up While 80 of them have virus in China and its spread contentious issues like the counts, Uddhav said: “I do not Shiv Bhojan Yojana ( 10 a Legislature,” he said. months have passed but the alleged irregularities in sever- been discharged, three others across the globe through trav- CAA, NPR and Veer think it is necessary for me to meal scheme). Still the Informed sources in the MVA Government is still in a al schemes, including Fadnavis’ continue to be hospitalised. ellers, the Maharashtra gov- Savarkar. respond to the issues raised by Opposition is criticising us. Opposition BJP said that its state of confusion. It has not pet project “Jal Yukt Shivara”, The outbreak of the virus, ernment, acting on the guide- Addressing a news confer- the Opposition. Just because it Here is a party (BJP) that did leaders would go out all the way implemented the promises it implemented by the previous officially called Covid-19, was lines issued by the Centre, has ence after the Opposition BJP criticises the Government does not did anything good for the to corner the Shiv Sena-NCP- made in the run-up to the BJP-led saffron alliance gov- first detected in Wuhan in been placing people in isolation boycotted the customary tea not make it a good opposition. people when it was in power. Congress front Government Assembly elections. Though it ernment. During the course of China in December and has wards and screening those hosted by him on the eve of the At a time when the government We are getting good response over contentious like announced it would waive the the budget session, the state since affected thousands of arriving at the Mumbai Legislature session, Chief is doing good work, it is for the Shiv Bhojan Yojana. We Citizenship Amendment Act loans of farmers. But, it has not government is expected to people across the globe. international airport from Minister Uddhav Thackeray improper on the Opposition’s are planning to enlarge the (CAA), National Population begun implementation of farm either order inquiries or come “Out of the 83 persons, 81 places affected by the outbreak. said that as part of the first list part to say that the scope ofthis scheme in the Register (NPR) and Veer loan waiver scheme”. out with details of corruption have tested negative for the Since January 18, a total of of farm loan waiver, the State Government is not doing any- coming days,” the Chief Savarkar. “The Government has lost in the earlier Government. coronavirus infection. Of these 48,295 passengers have been Government will write off thing.” Minister said. Talking to media persons its control over the increasing Available indications are 80 have been discharged. screen at Mumbai airport. loans up to 2 lakh each taken Charging that the Among other things, after boycotting the session-eve atrocities against women. The anything to go by, both the Three persons are under Officials said a 14-day fol- by farmers across the State. Opposition BJP could not Uddhav said that the state hosted by the Chief Minister, Government is not sensitive at Houses of the State Legislature observation in Mumbai’s low-up of 207 of 291 people “Tomorrow, we will stomach the fact the ruling government was planning to leader of the Opposition in the all when it comes to women are expected to witness a lot of Kasturba Hospital,” a state who arrived in the state from announce the first list of list of MVA was providing a stable come out with a legislation Assembly and senior BJP leader issues. 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Indian Institute of dent Somen Mitra on Sunday polls. ith the municipal elections Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Reminding that the delay in Technology, Kharagpur, said the Congress will have a The grand old party has no Wknocking at the door, the has been pleased to allow a hike in release of central funds which were have made a frightening seat-sharing arrangement with problems about the timing of Bengal Government has decided to pension of retired school teachers,” due to the State was creating hardship revelation that rampant the Left Front for the West the polls, the WBPCC presi- effect a fat hike to the pension of State Education Minister Partha in implementing the schemes that deforestation and construc- Bengal civic polls but will not dent said. retired school teachers. Chatterjee said adding “no other State were essential for a welfare the letter tion have made Kolkata an form an alliance with it. However, the dates should The new pension rate will apply have shown such genuine concern for said, “you will, no doubt, appreciate extremely heated zone —the Going by the formula, the be fixed with due consideration to the teachers who have retired the retired teachers the way we have that both the central and the State “hottest island” of the coun- Congress and the Left Front about the schedule of different before January 2016 and the order done, despite the limited financial Governments are expected to fulfill try. constituents will field their board exams, he said. will apply to the family pensioners capacity.” the constitutional obligations and the The study says that rapid candidates from their respec- “We have conveyed our and teachers of Government-aided Incidentally, Chief Minister has commitments to the people, so that urbanisation and deforestation have ably the difference between day and tive strongholds, Mitra told stand to the SEC,” Mitra said. schools who have already been get- written to the Narendra Modi respective Governments run smooth- made the City of Joy the “hottest of all night temperatures has decreased reporters here. The state secondary board ting pension post December Government to clear dues worth ly … However West Bengal is being the urban heated islands.” While an implying a rise in mean temperature, Reacting to Mitra’s exam which started on 2015. 50,000 crore. deprived of the huge outstanding extended spell of winter has still kept experts said. remarks, CPI(M) legislature February 18 will end on According to sources in the State She wrote to the Centre about dues.” the Kolkatans away from the “burning This is a trend in 44 big cities of the party leader Sujan Chakraborty February 27. The higher sec- Education Department, the new how there has been a “steady reduc- Bengal BJP president Dilip reality” a sweltering and harsh summer country including Delhi, Mumbai, told PTI in Kolkata, “We have ondary examination will be order will imply about 20 percent rise tion” in the central funds apart from Ghosh on Sunday reacted to the State is awaiting the people of the city Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Guwahati always called for putting up a held between March 12 to in the pension of those who are in the inordinate delays in the release of Government’s repeated grudge which till a couple of decades ago etc the study has said. While average joint fight to defeat both the March 27. age group of 80-85 years. Those who such funds. “I write to you with deep against non-payment of its dues by would not see the summer temperature temperature of the other cities have BJP and the Trinamool Restrictions are in place on are above 85 years and less than 90 concern regarding steady reduction the Centre saying that “the Chief climb beyond 36-37 degrees. risen by about 2 degrees in the past 30 Congress in West Bengal.” the use of loudspeakers due to years will get a hike of 30 percent of central funds to the state and also Minister will only write letters and Unregulated urbanisation has let years that of Kolkata has gone up even Mentioning that the State the examinations. The state sources said. inordinate delay in release of funds not visit Delhi personally as she will Kolkata’s temperature climb more than more than that the study conducted by Election Commission (SEC) BJP had urged the state election In any case the Government has to us from the Government of India,” have to provide the accounts of the 2 degrees in the past three decades, IIT’s Centre for Oceans Reverse, should ensure that civic elec- commissioner to be given effected a minimum revised basic Banerjee wrote reminding how the amount received and spent over the experts say. A study conducted by IIT- Atmosphere and Land Science said. tions are held in a free and fair “ample time” to campaign for pension at 8,500, sources quoting Centre was yet to release a grant of years He termed Banerjee’s letter to k researchers between 2001 and 2017 The problem is going to rise and manner, Mitra said, the the municipal polls as the state notification said adding the new Rs 50,000 crore to the State. the Centre a “political ploy to befool have revealed that while day and night multiply the experts have cautioned, if Congress is in favour of using board exams will continue till order will be effective from April 1, This “extraordinary situation” is people” ahead of civic polls in the temperature of the urban centres necessary measures are not taken with electronic voting machines and the end of March. PTI this year. creating major difficulties in meeting Sstate. including Kolkata has gone up remark- immediate effect. (5 5 4  9  9# P     1      # 

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Among beckoning the polarisation that char-          #       between the US and India, may have collapsed, $/34' 34 it, which is the sixth-largest source of them, the renaming of the Indo-Pacific acterised half a century before the cur-             the political signalling of Trump’s visit is strong .$$'%$ .$/ crude oil imports for the country cur- Command to pragmatically engage rent one.         #     ( for both the countries. For India, it means a con- $%53= rently. Besides, the US continues to be India directly in all matters relating to In the continental dimensions of              # %  S   tinuation of the growth in strength of Indo-US %44$34' India’s largest trading partner, with the Indo-Pacific. Washington views the Indo-Pacific, Afghanistan is going   ((           ties with each successive President. '.  bilateral trade expected to cross $150 New Delhi as a key player in the US’ to be a critically-important factor given               The short, 36-hour stay of Trump is being %4&&4'/=A billion for the first time this year. strategy in the Indo-Pacific. the timing of domestic politics in that 6     0   9:9:(9;   ;B    utilised in the most effective way, in so far as sig- 75/$. In the absence of any mega trade The Raisina Dialogue held in country, China’s increasing role in       S 0      ;:::: nalling is concerned. The Ahmedabad “Namaste $24'/ 4.$ deals, both sides will tether the projec- January in New Delhi witnessed an Kabul and the US withdrawal lined up. Trump” event, Agra’s Taj Mahal stopover and the tion of successful US-India bilateral important development regarding the Trump is a known pusher for India’s   .   9:;F(9:       9:;G( critically-decisive talks between Prime Minister ' 30$ relations to defence deals, security Indo-US joint vision in the Indo- greater role in Afghanistan and this visit ;F/ 5                  Narendra Modi and Trump along with the visit '.4A%%  cooperation and a commonly-visu- Pacific. The US moved to correct a could see a diplomatic nudge to New        !    2 $   to the Raj Ghat, tie concrete deliverables with cul- 5%0 .$$'%$ alised regional order in the Indo- potential disconnection in the Indo-US Delhi to change its role in Afghanistan, .      11*/         tural symbolism. .$/ $ Pacific. As such, defence deals are like- common view by declaring that its own if not increase it. President Ghani’s         9:D:       <  For the US, as the domestic primaries are /$/= 34 )$ 30$ ly to be the highlight of the visit. In par- vision in the Indo-Pacific now includes return to power in Afghanistan, the US’    0  11*   0        ( heating up, running up to the presidential elec- 020/203 4 ticular, the $2.6 billion deal to buy 24 the Gulf region, which the US’ Indo- deal with Taliban to be signed on                 tions at the end of the year, the timing and the 30$ 73 ' Seahawk helicopters from American Pacific Strategy Report excluded initial- February 29 and its subsequent with-  0                 targetted constituency of the Indian-Americans 3%5/ 30$ defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin ly. This small but significant change drawal could be used as diplomatic                 as vote bank, could draw significant advantages K* L )//4' Corporation is going to capture head- builds a common platform to advance tropes for India to increase its securi-                    for the Republican Party and the Trump admin- .$/ 34 )5= *; lines. cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region ty role in Afghanistan. istration. The Cabinet Committee on for both the countries. However, even India should be wary that it does !    2 $   . !2$/      Trump’s tweet that, “We’re not treated very $0- Security headed by Modi recently as both countries try to find common not cede ground in dealings with the     11* well by India”, but that he happens to “like Prime 0$/%43$ cleared the purchase of the 24 heli- ground in the Indo-Pacific to work hard negotiators accompanying Trump #      !2$          Minister Modi a lot” underscores the comfort- 4& &$%' copters and the deal is going to bene- with, New Delhi should try to empha- and end up doing what doesn’t suit its    DB          9:;E   able-uncomfortability of this visit. Both leaders .$$'%$ fit India as these platforms are expect- sise certain uncompromising positions national interests — an Iran yet again.      9:;F           realise the value of each other’s partnership in &'5%35$ ed to boost the Navy’s anti-submarine of geopolitics in this vast region. India’s Even if nothing much comes out of the   ;G        #     !2$ times when China is not the same option for part- /4%0$$. warfare operations — an emerging area own relation with Iran has to be upcoming Trump visit, India should            nership for either country as they are for each &3' of maritime cooperation with the US worked up, despite pressures from prepare for uncompromising negotia-    ,          ,  other. %4434'  and a critical component of the Indo- Washington and significant cuts in oil tions. sYet, the visit has the potential to              #   Trump’s declaration that he is “saving the big 24'2 34 Pacific security resolve. At the level of imports from Tehran. catapult bilateral ties to a new level and                deal” with India for later and he “does not know” %35$ the regional order in Asia, two issues India should deftly employ strate- set new grounds for engagements in the if it will be done before the presidential election will be very critical during this visit. The gic hedging to work with both Iran and future. If Modi has initiated the culture             .* in November, signals two things: First, that the 0$./'$ Trump administration could nudge the US. While New Delhi knows that of “informal talks” with China, with the 0 /          ( ongoing negotiations on trade are a hard bargain New Delhi to play a larger and stronger for a middle power like it, balancing US it is the “grand events” that mark a               for either side and that neither party is willing regional role in the Indo-Pacific region. between two major players — the US distinct note in bilateral relations. As                 to give concessions or cede positions. Second, First, the role that New Delhi and China — is going to be much eas- such, the Ahmedabad event in the # %            both sides have desisted from earmarking a dead- would play in the Indo-Pacific region ier than balancing between a major cricket stadium further pushes the    ,              line for the finalisation of these negotiations, is of utmost importance to Washington. force and a regionally-strong yet sub- idea of a large gathering to welcome vis-        $  9:9:       which speaks of the complex nature of the con- For a long time, the US and other part- middle power like Iran. The real chal- iting Heads of State towards a concrete   -    , %       ( sultations involved. ners of the Quadrilateral security lenge of diplomacy for India lies in its diplomatic norm.              In the end, the lack of availability of an grouping view India as a “dithering” ability to navigate successfully without (The writer is Deputy Director, .                    immediate trade deal to sign for Trump may not member. The US views itself as having creating hostilities, especially in times Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies, be a pressing irritant. India’s trade surplus with taken quite a few steps in the Indo- when partisan geopolitics has threat- Bhubaneswar and Research Fellow,   / the US has significantly come down in the last Pacific that haven’t been well recipro- ened to become a diplomatic norm, ICWA, New Delhi) !         XxuVuqwq„E ’‰†u„ƒy‚‚y „‰ „†ˆy„y„wu”r ‰†ˆ †qwqy„w€yxqtq„tty‰‰uƒy„qy„wxuƒy„Tqƒqtˆq‰q‰q„t‰sx ‚‰y„xu0"‰ 5130/6

of textbooks that were first authored forces left the region, in the late 1980s, to become an ally of Germany during Tunisi. According to Samuel Krug, in militant propaganda devised by the US and printed in the US in the early and these books became part of the Afghan World War-I. The Sultan accepted a his essay for the research project to linger in the region. No wonder then, mid-1980s. They were then shipped to school system’s core curriculum. hefty payment from Germany to bol- Making War, Mapping Europe, the when the US forces invaded Kabul to Pakistan, where they were distributed Stephen and Ottaway write that the ster the ailing Ottoman economy. He booklet contextualised jihad according topple the Taliban regime in 2001, they to various schools and madrasas coun- same books were also used by the vio- also saw the alliance as an opportuni- to contemporary politics, whereas found madrasas still using textbooks trywide and to madrasas and schools lent Taliban regime that came to power ty for the empire to regain the regions Tunisi’s brochure explained it as a bind- that the US had circulated in the in the villages of Afghanistan near the in Kabul in 1996. that it had lost in the 19th century and ing theological concept. Both texts were 1980s. What’s more, according to a Pak-Afghan border. This was done dur- In 2002, just months after the US onwards. published in Berlin by the German December 2014 report in The ing the anti-Soviet insurgency in forces ousted the Taliban from power, In the April 2011 issue of the jour- Society of Islamic Studies. Washington Post, despite the fact that, 7%34= 4 30$ 2 3& Afghanistan between 1980 and 1988. an American foreign aid official stated nal War in History, historian Mustafa The fallouts of the two schemes, ever since 2002 ,Unicef in Afghanistan 2$$' )2.$ Afghan and Arab insurgents were sta- that a major “scrubbing operation” in Aksakal writes that, to anti-German one by Germany and the other by the destroyed almost half a million of these n 1992, while working as a reporter tioned in Pakistan and sustained by Pakistan and Afghanistan had been forces, the Ottoman jihad proclamation US, were completely different. Due to books, many were still being taught to 3       for an English-language weekly in financial aid and support from the US launched “to purge from the books all was understood as “a linchpin of the the fact that Germany and the children in areas under the control of   O      IKarachi, I was assigned a feature on and Saudi Arabia. references to killing.” This was briefly German scheme to revolutionise Ottomans badly lost the war, secular Taliban insurgents.  
   certain books that were part of the cur- In the March 23, 2002 issue of The covered by a 2002 issue of Daily News, Muslim populations in territories of Muslim nationalism and hybrid Leftist In 2015, Pakistani soldiers found riculum in schools operating in two Washington Post, Joe Stephens and the now defunct Pakistani English Germany’s enemies.” ideas completely sidelined the jihadist similar textbooks in seminaries and    
 low-income areas of the city. David Ottaway write that, during the newspaper. The reporter had added According to Aksakal, the German fervour roused by German propagan- schools in areas that were once domi- "   These were not Government insurgency, Ronald Reagan’s that, before “scrubbing” the books that lawyer, historian and archeologist Max da. German and Ottoman defeats nated by extremist groups. These "    
 schools. They were largely run and Government spent millions on the it had circulated, the US was the first von Oppenheim was one of the main strengthened secular nationalist narra- groups were ousted through a military $       funded by “charity organisations”, two printing of textbooks (in Pashto, Dari non-Muslim power to have propagat- architects of the “scheme.” A propagan- tives in Muslim countries and discard- operation. In other words, until 2015, of which were eventually banned by the and Urdu) “filled with violent images ed “holy war” among Muslims to da organisation, the Nachrichtenstelle ed theocratic ideas. textbooks authored and published in        Government in 2003. I managed to and militant teachings, as part of undermine a “common enemy”. This is für den Orient (The Intelligence Bureau On the other hand, as British the US in the 1980s to glorify “holy war”      acquire two Urdu textbooks that were covert attempts to spur resistance to the not correct. for the East), headquartered in Berlin, author Jonathan Steele demonstrates in in the minds of young Muslims were     3   being taught to students between the Soviet occupation.” These books were The first to do so was Germany. On produced and then circulated jihadist his 2011 book, Ghosts of Afghanistan, still being used in various seminaries        ages of eight and 12. In simple Urdu, sent to Pakistan with the billions of dol- October 14, 1914, a senior cleric in literature among the Muslims of Asian even though it was the collapsing and schools of the region.     the books had chapters on jihad, infi- lars’ worth of “aid” that Pakistan Istanbul — which at the time was the and African territories held by the Soviet economy that forced Soviet Some commentators suspect many dels, obscenity and so on. When I asked received from the US to facilitate the capital of the Ottoman Empire — British. The two most prominent texts forces to leave Afghanistan and then the of these tomes are still out there. And 
      "   an active member of one of the chari- insurgency. declared a “holy war” against Britain, in this context were a booklet by stopping of aid to the Government that they are expected to make a full come-          ty organisations about the books, he Stephens and Ottaway add that the France, Russia and Serbia. He did this Jewish scholar and founder of Modern it left behind in Kabul, the US and back if (and/or when) the Taliban man-      "  told me the tomes were not originally books “were filled with talk of holy war with the approval of the Ottoman Islamic Studies in Germany, Eugen Pakistan spun the Soviet departure to age to return to power after the immi- 
      published in Pakistan. To my astonish- and featured drawings of guns, bullets, Sultan and on the behest of Germany. Mittwoch and a 1915 brochure by the mean a “victory of faith against com- nent departure of US forces. ment, the books were actually reprints soldiers and mines.” After the Soviet The bankrupt empire had decided Muslim scholar Salih Ash-Sharif Al- munism.” It was this perception that saw (Courtesy Dawn) ?   @     !"#!$!$ 8

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Private Ltd said that although The organisation has time reduction in six months and plan to start gas production will be levied on lotteries from “This notification shall Senior Partner Rajat Mohan “We can go to Supreme the High Court has ordered a and again written to and met will reduce rates to the lowest from their ‘second-wave’ of March 1, according to a noti- come into force on the 1st day said: “Gambling in the form of Court, because that is the right stay on the investigation, the Commerce Minister Piyush in two-and-half-years. discoveries in eastern fication. The GST Council had of March, 2020,” the revenue Lottery has been allowed in a forum as the High Court has probe order of the Competition Goyal, among others, to regis- Sources said the price of offshore KG-D6 block from in December last year decided department notification said. few states, where it has pene- given its order. Most likely, it Commission of India (CCI) ter their protest against what it gas produced from difficult mid-2020. to impose a single rate of 28 per Currently, a state-run lot- trated at grass root levels, now will be Supreme Court,” “deserves to be set aside”. describes as deep discounting fields too is likely to be cut to The cut in price will lower cent on state-run and autho- tery attracts 12 per cent GST, changing the tax rate from a Khandelwal told IANS. It said that the CCI direct- and unfair means by both the $5.50 from $8.43 per the earnings of producers like rised lotteries. while a state-authorised lottery prospective date would help the On February 14, the ed an investigation without online platforms, which has mmBtu now. ONGC but will also lead to a The revenue department attracts 28 per cent tax. dealers in effectively imple- Karnataka High Court ordered the existence of a “prima facie” impacted the offline traders. Prices of natural gas, which reduction in the price of CNG, notified the GST rate on supply There were demands that menting the new tax rate”. a stay on the CCI probe into case. It further said that the CAIT has blamed both the is used to produce fertiliser and which uses natural gas as input. of lotteries and amended its ear- a uniform tax rate should be EY Tax Partner Abhishek violation of competition laws order was passed in a pre- platforms of violating the generate electricity and is also It would also lead to lower lier Central Tax (Rate) notifi- imposed on lotteries following Jain said a uniform rate on lot- by e-commerce majors. The determined manner, by treat- norms for foreign direct invest- converted into CNG for use in cost of natural gas piped to cation. Accordingly, the Central which a group of ministers tery brings a parity between order came on the writ petition ing allegations of abuse of ment (FDI).The traders body automobiles as fuel and cook- households (PNG) for cooking Tax rate for supply of lotteries were set up to suggest the GST state-run and authorized lot- filed by Amazon seeking a dominance as an anti-com- had staged protests across India ing gas for households, are set purposes as well as of feedstock has been amended to 14 per rate. Following this, the GST teries; thereby aligning an equal stay on the investigation. petitive agreement. during the visit of Amazon every six months — on April 1 cost for the manufacturing of cent and a similar percentage Council in December voted for footing for businesses in the The High Court was of the In its petition, Flipkart also CEO Jeff Bezos to India last and October 1 each year. fertilisers and petrochemicals. will be levied by the states. This a single rate of 28 per cent on same line. PTI view that the ongoing investi- questioned the “bona fides” of month.         R    '$- .$/0 the trend will continue in the has a trade surplus. On the of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh have continued to decline and    #$9':; coming years also as New Delhi other hand, India has a huge Mohan Joshi said that India it went down from $372 mil- he US has surpassed China and Washington are engaged in trade deficit with China. should be a bit cautious while lion in 2017-18 to $247 million Tto become India’s top trad- further deepening the eco- In 2018-19, India has a negotiating a trade pact with last year. This is only 2.5 per Riyadh: The deadly coron- disrupted economic activity in nesses are forced to close their ing partner, showing greater nomic ties. An expert said that trade surplus of $16.85 billion the US in areas, including agri- cent of our overall $9.74 billion avirus epidemic could put an China and could put the recov- doors. Georgieva told the two- economic ties between the two if the countries will finalise a with America, while it has a culture and food products, as steel export to the world,” already fragile global economy ery at risk,” she said in a statement. day Riyadh gathering that the countries. free trade agreement (FTA), deficit of $53.56 billion with the America is the world’s largest Pawan Gupta, the Founder recovery at risk, the “I reported to the G20 that outbreak would shave about 0.1 According to the data of then the bilateral trade would neighbouring country. producer and exporter of cer- and CEO of online trade plat- International Monetary Fund even in the case of rapid con- percentage points from global the commerce ministry, in reach at different levels. The data showed that tain commodities like maize form Connect2India observed. head told G20 finance minis- tainment of the virus, growth growth and constrain China’s 2018-19, the bilateral trade “FTA with US will be very China was India’s top trading and soybean. Commenting on trade with ters and central bank governors in China and the rest of the growth to 5.6 per cent this year. between the US and India beneficial for India as the US is partner since 2013-14 till 2017- “A trade deal between the China, Gupta said despite the on Sunday. world would be impacted.” The IMF chief urged G20 stood at $87.95 billion. the biggest market for domes- 18. Before China, UAE was the US and India would further fall in volume exports to the Global growth was poised Alarm has been growing over nations to cooperate to contain During the period, India’s tic goods and services,” country’s largest trading nation. increase the trade between the Asian neighbour increased 25 for a modest rebound to 3.3 per the new virus as Chinese the spread of the virus. two-way commerce with China Federation of Indian Export A top American business two countries easing tariff per cent last year to $16.7 bil- cent this year, up from 2.9 per authorities lock down millions “COVID-19 is a stark aggregated at $87.07 billion. organisations Director General advocacy group has said that a restriction and opening up of lion while imports decreased by cent last year, IMF chief of people to prevent its spread, reminder of our interconnec- Similarly, during April- Ajay Sahai said. free trade agreement between bigger market for products. around 8 per cent to $70.3 bil- Kristalina Georgieva said at the with major knock-on effects tions and the need to work December 2019-20, the bilat- He said that India’s exports India and the US is a key to India is a major exporter of lion last year. meeting in the Saudi capital. economically. The virus has together,” Georgieva said. “In eral trade between the US and as well as imports are increas- resolving their trade disputes as steel, steel products and alu- The major reduction in “The projected recovery... now claimed 2,345 lives in this regard, the G20 is an India stood at $68 billion. It ing with the US, while with it will cover biggest irritants in minium products with com- imports from India has been on Is fragile,” Georgieva said. China, cutting off transporta- important forum to help put stood at $64.96 billion with China both are declining. ties, including tariffs and bined exports of $22.7 billion electrical machinery, equip- “The COVID-19 virus -- a tion, disrupting trade and fan- the global economy on a more China in the same period. America is one of the few mobility of Indian profession- last year. ment and apparatus category, global health emergency -- has ning investor alarm as busi- sound footing.” AFP Trade experts believe that countries with which India als. Professor at Indian Institute “Steel exports to the US the CEO said.     !"#!$!$ "88

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$ "  " Beijing: A 29-year-old female expressed condolences for her     doctor died on Sunday after con- family.      Rome: The number of coro- be placed under quarantine, tracting the coronavirus while The Chinese medical staff, navirus cases in Italy has affecting about 50,000 people. treating patients at a hospital in who are on the frontline fighting jumped to over 100, the pres- Two people have already     " China's worst-hit Wuhan city, the COVID-19, are paying a Seoul: South Korea is raising ident of the Lombardy region died from the so-called taking the death toll of the med- heavy price in treating the surg- its alert on the new coron- said on Sunday, as northern COVID-19 epidemic in Italy, ical staff to 10, according to a ing number of cases. avirus to the "highest level", towns struggle to contain which was the first country to Tehran: Iran's conservatives newspaper. coronavirus disease, there was media report. China's National Health President Moon Jae-in said on rising infections. ban direct flights to and from claimed victory on Sunday in a "The people have disqual- the plane crash," Rahmani Fazli Xia Sisi, a gastroenterology Commission earlier said that a Sunday, as the country report- "More than 100 cases" China in January. general election marked by the ified the reformists," it added, said, referring to the January 3 physician got infected while total of 1,716 medical workers ed 123 new infections. have now been reported First to contract the virus lowest turnout since the 1979 alluding to Rouhani's backers, downing of a Ukrainian airlin- working at the Union Jiangbei had contracted the infection as South Korea has seen a throughout the country, were two Chinese tourists Islamic Revolution amid pub- who have been weakened by er which killed 176 people. Hospital of Wuhan in Hubei of February 11. Xia's death takes rapid surge in the number of Attilio Fontana told SkyTG24 who were placed under quar- lic anger against the govern- President Donald Trump He said that in such a sce- province, the epicentre of the the death toll among the medical coronavirus cases in recent television, with 89 of those in antine in Rome and remain ment, an economic downturn pulling the US out of a land- nario "the turnout rate seems virus. She was hospitalised on staff to 10. On February 20, Peng days after a cluster of infec- Lombardy, centred around there. Another man, who and the disqualification of half mark nuclear deal and by a slew perfectly acceptable for us." January 19 and later transferred Yinhua (29), who postponed tions emerged from a religious the small town of Codogno, was also held at the same the candidates. of economic and political crises. A low participation had to Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan his wedding to treat patients sect in the southern city of about 70 kilometres (43 hospital in Rome, has since A conservative resurgence Seventeen women were been widely forecast, as a con- University on February 7 after infected with the coronavirus, Daegu last week. miles) southeast of Milan. recovered and been released, would heap pressure on belea- elected, the website of the gov- servative-dominated electoral her condition worsened. She died. Earlier, Li Wenliang, a 34- The national toll of 556 Responding to a rising authorities said. guered President Hassan ernment newspaper Iran said - watchdog disqualified about died on Sunday, state-run year-old doctor, who was one of cases is now the highest out- number of new cases, Prime The number of those Rouhani and signal a shift from - the same number as in the half of the 16,000-odd candi- Xinhua news agency reported. the first people to sound the side China, apart from the Minister Giuseppe Conte on infected also includes people four years ago when reformists outgoing 290-seat parliament. dates, mostly moderates and The Union Jiangbei Hospital alarm about the new outbreak Diamond Princess cruise ship Saturday announced that 11 living in four other regions of and moderates won a slender Interior Minister Abdolreza reformists. The Fars news mourned the death of Xia and died on February 7. PTI in Japan. AFP towns in Italy's north would Italy. AFP majority in parliament. Rahmani Fazli announced the agency said a second round The interior ministry participation rate was 42.6 per would be held in at least 11 con- announced results of 95 per cent — the lowest in four stituencies. One woman candi- cent of the 208 constituencies in decades. date has qualified for the second ? &    1*  Friday's election, declaring the The election came two days round, Iran newspaper added. names of the winning candi- after Iran announced its first Voter apathy marked the dates but without specifying cases of the deadly new coron- polls, but Iran's supreme leader    their political affiliation. avirus that emerged in China. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei laud- -     "Victory for the anti- "We held these elections ed the people's "huge partici- American candidates, a new when there were various inci- pation" despite what he termed     slap for Trump," crowed the dents in the country: we had "negative propaganda" by for- Colombo: The Sri Lankan 52.25 per cent of votes polled ing in the statement. ultra-conservative Kayhan bad weather, there was this eign media. AFP Government on Sunday against 41.99 per cent. The team has been tasked Samy Magdy (Egypt): Egypt's statement from his office. No appointed a six-member team The 6-member task force to "collect authentic informa- chief prosecutor Saturday date has been set for their tri- to help police collect authentic has been appointed to help tion and evidence to take legal referred a physician to crimi- als. information and expedite an police's CID to "speed up the action against all those involved @ ,     nal trial for allegedly mutilat- The doctor, Ali Abdel- ongoing presidential probe into ongoing investigations" and in supporting the extremists". ing the genitals of a 12-year-old Fadeel, told investigators he the devastating Easter Sunday will submit weekly reports to Nine suicide bombers girl, leading to her death, his was performing cosmetic terror attack that killed over the defense ministry on the belonging to local Islamist office said. surgery on the girl, according 250 people. progress of investigation, extremist group National     The girl bled to death last to the prosecutor's statement. President Gotabaya according to a statement. Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked month in the southern But that claim was refuted Rajapaksa decided to hasten "The CID investigation to ISIS carried out a series of province of Assiut following a following an examination of the the probe into the April 21 into these attacks was not con- devastating blasts that tore Ankara: Nine people were killed Turkey's Baskule district. people had been injured, six of 30-minute surgery. Her death girl's body by forensic experts. attack which had proved cru- ducted in an effective way by through three churches and in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 Koca later updated the whom were hospitalised. sparked a nationwide outcry. The state-run National cial in his decisive electoral vic- the last regime," defense min- three luxury hotels on the earthquake that struck western number of fatalities to nine and According to the European Despite battling the prac- Population Council said in tory last November. Rajapaksa istry secretary Kamal Easter Sunday, killing 258 peo- Iran early on Sunday morning, wrote on Twitter that 37 people Mediterranean Seismological tice for decades, Egypt has 2019 that 82 per cent of girls used the Easter Sunday terror- Gunaratne was quoted as say- ple, including 11 Indians. PTI Turkish Health Minister were injured, including nine in Center (EMSC), the quake, one of the highest rates of under age 17 in Egypt have ist attack to portray himself as Fahrettin Koca said. a critical but not life-threatening which happened at 9:22am local female genital mutilation, also undergone the procedure. the leader who could stop ter- The quake centered west of condition. time (0552GMT), had a depth known as female circumci- The practice generally rorism. + 9$  the Iranian city of Khoy and Emergency teams have been of 5 kilometers (3 miles). sion, in the world. involves removing all or part of The voters gave him a big affected villages in the Turkish sent to the remote mountainous The region has a history of Many families fear that an the clitoris and sometimes the mandate and elected him as province of Van. region. Iran's official IRNA news powerful earthquakes. uncircumcised daughter will be labia. President in November last    > Turkish Interior Minister agency said the earthquake Last month a quake cen- unable to marry. It is performed on both year. Rajapaksa stormed to Suleyman Soylu told a news affected 43 villages in the moun- tered on the eastern Turkish city Public prosecutor Hamada Muslims and Christians and is victory, trouncing his nearest ""  *   conference that three children tainous Qotour area. of Elazig killed more than 40 el-Sawy also referred the girl's misguidedly believed to control rival Sajith Premadasa by a and four adults were killed in It later added that at least 75 people. AP parents to trial, according to a the girl's sexual desires. AP margin of over 13 lakh votes - Colombo: Sri Lankan Foreign Sri Lanka by the UN Human Minister Dinesh Gunawardena Rights High Commissioner will officially announce and is scheduled to meet the Colombo's withdrawal from High Commissioner for ! $         #? co-sponsoring a 2015 UN Human Rights Michelle Human Rights Council reso- Bachelet in Geneva. lution on accountability for Sri Lanka decided to with- Washington: The Taliban in September that he was calling war crimes during his address draw from co-sponsoring the      Afghanistan are tired of fight- the peace talks off after a US at the council's session on resolution after the US imposed ing and want to make a peace service member was killed in a Wednesday, according to his travel restrictions on Army deal with the US, President suicide attack in Afghanistan's office. chief Lt Gen Shavendra Silva Donald Trump said on Sunday capital, Kabul. Sri Lanka co-sponsored and his immediate family 2 as he left for his maiden visit to The US currently has less the resolution along with 11 members over alleged gross India during which the two than 14,000 troops in other countries, including the violations of human rights dur- countries will significantly Afghanistan, but military offi- US and Britain, calling for an ing the final phase of the island Bamako: At least three Mali sol- the armed forces." ramp up the defence and strate- cials would not confirm the investigation into alleged nation's Civil War in 2009. diers were killed and five wound- "Three of our men fell gic ties. exact number. human rights violations during The resolution 30/1 on ed Sunday in a suspected jihadist Sunday during a jihadist attack Just before his departure Trump is accompanied by the island nation's civil war, promotion on reconciliation in attack on an army camp in the in Bambara Maoude," a mili- for India, Trump told reporters First Lady Melania, daughter which ended in 2009. Sri Lanka was co-sponsored in far north of the country, the tary official told AFP from at the White House that the Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Gunawardena will make 2015 by the Lankan govern- Malian military said. Timbuktu earlier. time had to come for the US Kushner and the top brass of the announcement on ment headed by then President The outpost in Bambara A local official confirmed troops to "come home". his administration on his maid- Wednesday during his address Maithripala Sirisena. Maoude, about 100 kilometres the toll of three soldiers dead The President said he en visit to India. at the 43rd Session of the Sri Lanka's ruling and (60 miles) south of the city of and said two more were miss- would sign a peace deal with day after the US and the from Afghanistan. During his visit, the two Human Rights Council (HRC) opposition parties have strong- Timbuktu "was the object at ing. According to another local the Taliban if it worked out Afghan Taliban started a seven- In November, Trump countries are expect to signif- in Geneva. ly opposed the US move to about 0500 GMT of a terrorist official, "the terrorists left, tak- over the next week. day partial truce ahead of a announced the resumption of icantly ramp up bilateral Ahead of the Session, impose the travel ban on Lt Gen attack," the military said on ing vehicles and military equip- "I want to see how this possible peace deal to end peace talks with the Taliban, defence and strategic ties. Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Silva, saying America's decision Twitter. ment with them... Together period of a week works out. If more than 18-year-long war, but refused to give a timeline The nearly 36-hour-long Aryasinha briefed the President was based on independently "During this attack, we with the bodies of two of their it works out over the next less- raising hopes for a resolution to for the drawdown of the US visit by Trump is also set to send of the UNHRC Elisabeth unverified information. regret to report a provisional comrades." than-a-week, I would put my America's longest war. troops from Afghanistan, as he across a clear message of grow- Tichy-Fisslberger in Geneva Foreign Minister toll of three dead, five wound- The attack is the latest in a name on it," he said. The agreement struck dur- made an unannounced visit to ing congruence of interests on on Lanka's decision to with- Gunawardena earlier said that ed, together with material dam- long series of deadly incidents "Time to come home. The ing negotiations between the American soldiers stationed major geopolitical developments draw from the resolution, the Lt Gen Silva was only con- age," it said. in Mali's north, where French Taliban want to make a deal US and the Taliban, if main- in the war-torn country. in the region and beyond, par- foreign ministry said Saturday. ducting a war against a desig- "The wounded were air- forces said Friday they had too. They're tired of fighting," tained, may secure a peace After nine rounds of nego- ticularly when China has been Gunawardena will also nated terrorist group which was lifted to Sevare... The outpost killed about 50 jihadists so far he said. deal that would lead to a with- tiations with the Taliban, expanding its military might and respond to the oral update on the LTTE. PTI remains under the control of this month. AFP Trump's remarks came a drawal of American troops Trump announced in economic clout. PTI

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The Long Leaf Pine is one eties and nations design projects across the country. example. “No one thought that it that think man is “The focus on sustainability has would grow here, and it’s now thriv- merely an animal, been building slowly for a long time +      / ing here,” he says. “The challenge is hankering after among landscape architects but in that models suggest more extreme material progress recent years that commitment has !         "  weather events, not a steady change. and comforts. really taken hold,” says Jacquelyn It’s hard to plant a garden that’s They refuse to Bianchini, a spokeswoman at the impervious to a hurricane or nor’east- accept the evident, Washington, DC based American           er. Even as the climate warms, we’re that man has Society of Landscape Architects. She still going to have New York winters, higher aspirations, said those in the profession “have to that reality,” says Orff, who recently gardens and deciding what to plant in talk with about climate change, and we so you’re looking to plants that can such as for peace, deal with climate change more than became the first landscape architect their backyards. deal with issues of plant adaptability handle extremes.” calmness and almost any other design fields.” awarded a MacArthur “genius” “Even though gardening is listed in in everything we do,” he says. In 2017, the American Society of bliss. Even the Landscape architect Kate Orff Fellowship. the top five hobbies of Americans, Forrest, who used to teach a class Landscape Architects convened a most corrupt per- heads the firm Scape, known for eco- She is the lead designer of a $60 somehow we’ve not translated that into called Gardening and a Changing blue-ribbon panel on “Climate son has an inner logically driven projects around the million barrier reef and shoreline care for our environment. We need to Climate, says, “every citizen of the Change and Resilience” which result- aspiration for country. She feels a responsibility to restoration project off Staten Island, try to somehow do a better job of world should look across all their ed in a broad set of suggested strate- solace, satisfaction take on projects that emphasise sustain- New York, called Living Breakwaters. bridging the divide between personal activities and ask themselves, ‘How gies and policy guidelines. And last and peace. ability. “Our profession has been work- It incorporates oyster reefs, wetlands gardens and the larger global situation. can I live more simply or thoughtful- year, the group highlighted 20 case However, they fail ing hand in hand with the carbon-dri- and strands to reduce the effects of It’s all connected,” says Orff. ly so that I’m not contributing to the studies of projects that put the report’s to realise that ven world since the field’s inception. storm surges. In Atlanta, it is develop- Todd Forrest, vice president for eventual loss of native biodiversity recommendations into practice. That peace, content- We’ve been living in this world where ing a 100-mile trail linking communi- horticulture and living collections at around the world?’ We can design our “Smart Policies for a Changing ment and bliss are we’re creating beautiful gardens in the ties along a vast distance to encourage the New York Botanical Garden, con- gardens to provide habitat for insects. Climate’’ exhibition is on view at the not the qualities of foreground while the planet is collaps- mobility, equity and sustainability. curs. “People who are creating home But we can also over-fertilise and Center for Landscape Architecture in bodily cells; they ing in the background,” she says. While landscape architects often gardens or people like me who man- damage the environment.” Washington. “It’s everyone’s prob- are the qualities “My goal is to flip that relationship focus on large, community projects, age gardens for the public, deal with To be a good environmental citi- lem, and landscape architects are in of conscient self in its state of moral greatness. around so the focus is on ecological they say consideration of the environ- the reality of climate every day and zen, he says, you need “to learn and the best position to help deal with The scholars, with materialistic thinking and attitude, systems and we then link what we do ment also needs to take place at home, always have. A gardener is the first pay close attention, to adapt and at the this,” says Bianchini. have presented their interpretation of history to the soci- with policy ideas and infrastructure to when people are designing their own person and the last person you should same time be a part of the effort to L ety. This view of man and history has been popularised and publicised by historians, economists and social sci- entists. The result is that the modern man does not believe from commercial agriculture in the supremacy of the moral law. Man has, therefore, as possible (4 to 5 miles) is the ceased to apply human values to the problems he faces in safest,” Dill said. “Drive around day to day life. For example, take the problem of nuclear +  your area where you intend to weapons. There have been many agitations and confer- keep hives and get the lay of the ences to bring about disarmament. 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Over the past 30-plus years, Department of Agriculture. “If This has undermined the moral quality of life. So if we pollinator populations have the bees do not have a water want world peace, the real effort lies in giving man a sense crashed worldwide due to a source in the apiary, they will be of moral responsibility. Let him realise that with all his lim- variety of reasons, including forced to look for water else- itations, he can, in this life, conquer attachment, lust, greed, pesticide and herbicide expo- where during the hot months,” anger and pride. And, he should think that it is his moral sure, invasive pests and diseases, Jensen said. “This can result in responsibility to eliminate these issues because these dis- loss of habitat, loss of species bees being attracted to an area turbs not only him but the peace of others as well. and genetic diversity and a that is being sprayed, even Today, we see humans killing each other in the name changing climate, scientists say. though that area may not have of religion but does any religion has ever taught its fol- Pesticide contamination of flowers blooming in it.” lowers to kill innocent people? The chronicles of mankind lawns, gardens and waterways is Even pesticides allowed for bear witness to the truth that millions of people have lost widespread, and even at sub- use in organic agriculture can their peace because of intolerance that ensued from a hurt lethal levels can impact pollina- bee, island marble butterfly, the amounts,” Dill said. defense is to avoid spraying am are highly toxic to honey- harm bees and other beneficial ego or an unfulfilled selfish motive or narrow-minded. Can tors’ foraging ability and hive Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly “Sometimes, if maybe an ounce plants that are in bloom, use bees by contact and ingestion, insects like flies, beetles, moths anyone calculate or even imagine how many people have productivity. “Honeybees are and the familiar monarch but- is called for, they’ll use two pesticides that have a short according to the Environmental and wasps, entomologists say. lost their peace and harmony and how many cities and not the most impacted of pol- terfly were among those singled ounces. They often will use a half-life when possible and use Protection Agency’s toxicity “Homeowners should avoid civilisations were ruined because of intolerance? If only linators,” said Katie Buckley, out by Buckley as greatly deplet- calendar spray schedule or just pesticides with low toxicity to classification scale for bees. using pesticides in backyards this virtue, called tolerance, had been sustained, all or many pollinator coordinator with the ed. spray because they had a prob- bees and other beneficial Thiacloprid and acetamiprid and instead use nontoxic meth- other virtues would have survived. When tolerance is lost, Washington State Department Pesticides are over-applied lem in the past.” insects,” Buckley said. “Whether are moderately toxic, the feder- ods such as soapy water to get man loses his patience, self-control and spirit of non-vio- of Agriculture. “Once-common by many backyard gardeners, But well-informed garden- as a farmer or a homeowner, it al agency says. If you keep rid of pests such as aphids,” said lence. Therefore, as they say it is never too late. If even butterfly and native bee species said James Dill, a pest manage- ers can be a big help in revers- is critical to always read and fol- bees, finding the right apiary Ramesh Sagili, an associate pro- now those, who are mercilessly killing innocent people, have become rare, with some on ment specialist with University ing the pollinator declines, espe- low the label.” location is an important way to fessor-apiculture with Oregon begin to observe this virtue, mankind can be saved from the verge of extinction.” of Maine Extension. “They don’t cially those caused by chemical Clothianidin, dinotefuran, reduce pesticide exposure.’ State University. the scourge of wars, communal riots and conflict on the The rusty patched bumble- read the labels, or they eyeball poisoning. “In general, the best imidacloprid and thiamethox- Keeping colonies as far away L basis of difference in religious beliefs. 3 "* 
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Ronaldo who scored for a record- wicket as Chakabva claimed a third India will, however, need to For Bangladesh, the key play- ing coronavirus fears in northern Strong measures are being equalling 11th consecutive Serie catch behind the stumps. improve their batting perfor- ers will be all-rounder Jahanara Italy. taken in Italy with over 132 A game in his 1,000th profes- Mominul, who hit nine fours, and mance as they scored a below par Alam and top-order batswoman Reigning champions Juve had confirmed cases in an outbreak sional match against SPAL. Mushfiqur saw off the day without fur- 132 against Australia. Fargana Hoque. edged out bottom club SPAL 2-1 on that has claimed two lives in Francesco Cassata pulled ther damage as they shared 68 runs in Since the tri-series preceding The 26-year-old seasoned Saturday, but Lazio responded to keep the country. one back for the relegation- an unbroken fourth-wicket stand. this World Cup, the Indian batting Hoque has a T20I hundred to her the pressure on at the top, extending “I think it’s right to take the threatened hosts, but Danilo Mushfiqur remained unbeaten on has been inconsistent and has not name. She had played a major role their unbeaten run in the league to necessary precautions,” said Cataldi secured Lazio all three 32. posted big totals barring a few in Bangladesh’s group stage win 20 games in the north-western port Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi. points despite Domenico Criscito's Zimbabwe earlier added 37 runs to matches. over India in 2018 T20 Asia Cup. city. “Do a lot of prevention, try to late consolation. their overnight score before Jayed and Captain Harmanpreet and Alam is another key player for Third-placed Inter Milan, who defeat and understand the problem “We’re doing something great. left-arm spinner Taijul Islam wrapped opener Smriti Mandhana, who Bangladesh and she was a part of are six points behind Juve, saw their by stopping the championship, The lads know it and I’m not hiding up their innings. both have done well in the tri- the IPL Velocity team under game scheduled for later on Sunday because we shouldn’t underestimate from saying it,” said Inzaghi. Jayed dismissed overnight batsman series before this World Cup, Mithali Raj in India’s domestic at the San Siro postponed, with +4       & 6 what is happening.” “In 21 games between the cham- Tiripano for eight when he nicked an contributed little with the bat in Women’s T20 Challenge tourna- Thursday’s Europa League match     In Genoa, Adam Marusic scored pionship and the Super Cup we edge to wicketkeeper Liton Das in the the previous match and both will ment in Jaipur last year. against Bulgarian club Ludogorets at the opener for Lazio with less than have won 17 times. In other cham- seventh over. need to fire for India to put up a Bangladesh captain Salma risk, along with next weekend’s Torino and Parma, Atalanta versus two minutes on the clock before Ciro pionships we would be first, but here The same bowler trapped Ainsley big total or chase down a target. Khatun, their most experience league clash with Juventus in Turin. Sassuolo and Hellas Verona against Immobile, the top flight’s leading you have to fight with Juve and Inter. Ndlovu leg before for a duck in his next Another key middle-order player, can also chip in with both Three other top-flight matches Cagliari. scorer this season, netted his 27th “We are there in the chase and we over. batswoman Deepti Sharma came bat and ball. were also pushed back — between Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte Serie A goal of the campaign six min- will try to fight.” Taijul had Charlton Tshuma for a duck before he dismissed the other overnight batsman Regis Chakabva for Gujarat thrash Goa by 464 runs, enter Ranji semis '    30 to end with 2-90.   /4'.4' the lead thanks to Naim, Afif back for ODIs   7/. Resuming the day virtually seal a semifinal Aubameyang.D ? ,* ( on 88 for two in reply to 8! @+>  berth with a massive 443- ierre-Emerick Aubameyang Richarlison levelled for Bangladesh have called up eft-arm spinner Siddharth Desai Karnataka’s 206, Jammu <( '(1-='(7 run lead over Odisha. Pboosted Arsenal’s hopes of Everton to cap a dramatic first uncapped batsmen Mohammad Lgrabbed a fifer as Gujarat and Kashmir let the At close on the gate-crashing the race to reach half, but Gabon striker Naim and Afif Hossain for their 15- thrashed minnows Goa by a whop- advantage slip by losing wick- penultimate day, Bengal were the Champions League as his Aubameyang had the final word man squad for the first two ODIs ping 464 runs to storm into the ets at regular intervals to be 361 for seven following half double clinched a 3-2 seconds after the break. of a three-match series against Ranji Trophy semifinals, here on bundled out in 62.4 overs. centuries from Shreevats win against Everton Arsenal climbed above Zimbabwe next month. Sunday. Pacer M Prasidh Krishna Goswami (78), Abhishek on Sunday. Everton into ninth place and sit Naim and Afif have played Set a daunting target of 629 for (4/42) impressed once again as Raman (67) and Shahbaz For much of a four points behind fifth- T20 for Bangladesh, but were not an improbable win, Goa were bun- he returned with a four-wicket Ahmed’s unbeaten 52. troubled season placed Manchester part of the ODI side to be led by dled out for 164 in their second haul, while Jagadeesha Suchith (2/46) It was almost all over for Odisha Arsenal have been United. pacer Mashrafe Mortaza. essay on day 4 of the quarterfinals and Ronit More (2/40) grabbed two as there was no sign of a declaration written off as also- With second- Mashrafe was retained as cap- at the Sardar Patel Stadium. wickets each and Krishnappa from Bengal, who already had rans in the battle to qualify for placed Manchester tain despite concerns over his Desai (5-81) ran through the Gowtham (1/30) claimed one. secured three points by virtue of a Europe’s elite club competition. City banned from future, and will lead the side for the Goa batsmen and got able support For the hosts, Abdul Samad first-innings lead to put one step But, recovering from European competi- first time since the World Cup last from pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla (4- scored a 50-ball 43. into the semifinals. the wreckage of the Unai tions for the next year. 18). In their second essay, Karnataka Emery era, their revival two years, as it Batsman Liton Das and all- Barring Suyash Prabhudessai reached 245 for four in 67 overs with SAURASHTRA ON TOP under Mikel Arteta is stands finishing rounder Mohammad Saifuddin (66), no other Goa batsman could ) 6 .     #   C2 4 opener Ravikumar Samarth (74) and !! Saurashtra batted Andhra gathering pace. fifth could secure also return to the ODI side after even put up a fight. Krishnamurthy Siddharth (75 not out of their quarterfinal by extend- Rocked by Dominic Champions League missing the previous series against Earlier, Goa’s medium-pacer J&K OUT FOR 192 out) doing the bulk of the scoring. ing their overall lead to a mammoth Calvert-Lewin’s first- action pending the Sri Lanka in July. Lakshay Garg (4/30) grabbed four   Karnataka took the crucial 658 runs. minute goal at the result of City’s The first two ODIs against quick wickets as Gujarat declared first-innings lead after bowling out BENGAL VIRTUALLY IN S/F By stumps on the fourth day, Emirates Stadium, appeal to the Court Zimbabwe will be held in Sylhet on their second innings for 199/6, Jammu and Kashmir for 192 on the   Bengal put up a strong bat- Saurashtra had made 375 for nine Arsenal equalised through of Arbitration for March 1 and 3. AFP with an overall lead of 628 runs. fourth day. ting display in their second essay to in their second innings. Eddie Nketiah and took Sport.     !"#!$!$   8%

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