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he proverbial “jinn” that TRJD chief Lalu Prasad used to refer to back in 90s, virtually     (  came out of the EVMs on Monday and shattered the dreams of BJP to retain power R   in Jharkhand. The BJP's defeat was so comprehensive that Chief    Minister Raghubar Das himself lost the elections from a seat    which was his fortress. The JMM-Congress-and    RJD alliance comfortably crossed the halfway mark in the    81-members Assembly, sweep-        !       ing the tribal-dominated "  #   P   #    % &  '        Sanathal Pargana region and snatching several seats from the ing the party, Congress and that was the only party con- bki bar 65 par, the BJP set BJP in its traditional stronghold. RJD surged ahead of the BJP. testing from all 81 seats could Aoff its Jharkhand cam- The JMM-led alliance won His first stint as Chief Minister win three seats. Two paign for the 81-member 47 seats, 6 more than the num- of the tribal State had lasted for Independents and one member Assembly election with this ber required to prove majori- just about 14 months since July of the CPI (ML) won the polls. highly ambitious slogan, which ty in the House. Final tally was 15, 2013. The NCP also won one seat. even the hard core cadres still not put till the time of fil- The BJP won 25 seats, The JVM(P) chief Babulal found difficult to swallow or (   #  " &)   #    ing this report around mid- while the JMM won 30 seats. Marandi finally won an elec- digest. After all, the party was    *   )   "   ' night, but nothing stood The Congress won 16 seats, tion this time from Dhanwar led by a Chief Minister whose between Hemant Soren and while the RJD won 1 seat, constituency after losing four unpopularity weighed heavily chance and Leaders like Saryu Chief Minister's chair as though it was leading on five elections in a row and on its poll prospects. addressed more pioneer Roy had met the Raghubar had already conced- seats earlier. similar was the case of AJSU while JPCC president Saryu Roy. Roy was denied His arrogance had alienat- than 15 rallies PM twice and ed defeat. The AJSU party that had Party Chief Sudesh Mahto, Rameshwar Oraon won from ticket from the party and he ed the cadres and his land right together, reaching Analysis pleaded that in JMM leader Hemant parted ways with its long time who won his traditional seat Lohardaga seat. chose to fight against the related moves upset the tribals. out to voters in even the interest of the Soren, the son of Jharkhand ally BJP and had fielded 53 can- Silli after losing three elections On the other hand, the BJP incumbent Chief Minister as an The stage was set for a contest remote places. But they failed party, Das must go. But Das architect Shibu Soren, is set to didates could secure only two in a row. faced humiliating defeat in independent candidate. State with a foregone conclusion. miserably. remained firm in his saddle take up the reins of the State for seats. The Jharkhand Vikas JMM executive president Kolhan area where Chief BJP president Laxman Gilua But the BJP leadership For example, the PM and Roy was shown the door a second term as the Morcha (Prajatantrik) led by Hemant Soren won from both Minister Raghubar Das was was also defeated by JMM’s counted on the charisma of addressed rallies in both in a party that harped so much Opposition coalition compris- former CM Babulal Marandi Dumka and Barhait seats, defeated by rebel BJP leader Sukhram Oraon. Prime Minister Narendra Dumka and Barhait from on fighting corruption. Modi. He was the man who where Opposition Chief The BJP leaders placed could single-handedly turn a Ministerial candidate Hemant their bets firmly on Das hop- defeat into triumph, woo even Soren was in the fray. Both the ing that he could help the party the most disenchanted voters, seats fall in tribal-dominated return to power by attracting        and play up national issue in a Santhal Pargana regions with nearly 47 OBC voters. This way that people would forget sizeable section of minority didn’t happen because Das the story of their day-to-day voters, too. was so unpopular that even his survival, unemployment, The fact that Hemant won caste men were not ready to poverty, backwardness, cor- from both the places reflects vote for him.                ruption, fear of losing their the failure of the duo in hyp- On the other hand, his lands, etc. notising the masses by evoking abortive attempt to tinker with The PM and his second- the appeal of religion and land rights of the tribals invit-     in-command Amit Shah nationalism. This is one aspect ed sharp backlash. No surprise unleashed an aggressive cam- of the Jharkhand verdict that the JMM swept the tribal paign that centered on would trouble the BJP for dominated seats of the State. Citizenship Amendment Act months to come. Soren and Co. reminded the (CAA), Ram temple, scrapping The BJP leadership must BJP that just like Maharashtra of Article 370 etc., and hoped take the blame for the defeat. and Haryana the ploy to pit to bury anti-incumbency It squarely overlooked the red dominant section/caste (in under the heap of polarising flag raised by the State leaders case of Jharkhand, tribals) nationalistic sloganeering. against Raghubar Das’ style of against the rest had its own pit- The duo left nothing to functioning and corruption. falls.

            #   %  %,    %       #       &                     'P         %       bouring Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.    against the CAA and NRC. he Bengal BJP on Monday took out Launching a no-holds-barred attack Retired SC Judge Gopal Gowda, Ta massive pro-CAA and NRC rally in on the Congress, he said the party had he three southern States of Kerala, who was also present at the protest, read Kolkata from where senior BJP leader and even “defied Mahatma Gandhi who pro- TKarnataka and Tamil Nadu por- out the Preamble of the Constitution, MP JP Nadda launched a stringent attack posed providing citizenship to the per- trayed the image of a cauldron on along with several lawyers. on the Congress and subsequently secuted people in these neighbouring Monday as thousands of people Justice Gowda said Prime Minister Trinamool Congress for dividing the countries… Narendra Modi has complied marched on the streets to hold rallies Narendra Modi and Union Home country along two-nation theory but fail- with the instructions of Mahatma Gandhi and demonstrations against the Minister Amit Shah must clarify peo- ing to provide citizenship to the lakhs of after so many years and now they Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). ple’s doubts and State conclusively persecuted members of the minority (Congress) are condemning him.” Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whether the CAA and NRC would be Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, as also dalit commu- On ’s tolerant culture, he said, Jagan Mohan Reddy joined the list of implemented. nities who migrated to India from neigh- “After the Partition we made India a sec- States opposing the proposed ular country. But Pakistan and implementation of the National Bangladesh became Islamic Register of Citizens (NRC).   %   &  '  ( !  republics. Even the promises Tens of thousands of peo- made in Nehru-Liaquat pact to ple gathered at Bengaluru’s protect the minorities of each Quddus Saheb Edigah grounds     Amendment Act and National barred the State Government country was not fulfilled as a on Monday to protest against   Register for Citizens. from emitting the advertise- result of which the number of the CAA and the NRC. Former Hearing a cluster of peti- ment, said sources, adding Hindus in Pakistan dwindled bureaucrats and judges of he Calcutta High Court tions challenging Government- Advocate General Kishor Dutta from 23 per cent to 3 per cent; Supreme Court addressed the Thas restrained Mamata run advertisements discard- had assured the Court on where as in India the number of gathering. At the massive gath- Banerjee Government from ing an Act of Parliament, the behalf of the Government that minorities went up from 11per ering, protesters called for a airing advertisements reject- Division Bench of Chief Justice the said ads had been with- cent in 1951 to 14.5 per cent. Is civil disobedience movement ing the Citizenship TB Radhakrishnan on Monday drawn from air. it not a sign of a tolerant culture?” +, !   !  "!   !   Q   -.     #R  $R       # R %  & New Delhi: Top Congress lead- ities” on protestors.      ership, led by party Chief Sonia Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Gandhi, sat on a “Satyagraha Singh and Rahul Gandhi read n a tragic incident, nine peo- for Unity” at Mahatma out the Preamble to the Iple, including three children, Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat on Constitution of India as part of were killed after a massive fire Monday, demanding protec- the “Satyagraha” protest. The broke out in a three storey res- tion of the rights of people as party members also observed idential-cum-commercial enshrined in the Constitution. a one-minute silence in support building in outer Delhi’s Kirari Congress leaders, including of their cause and against the area. The incident occurred on -  &   #  former Prime Minister BJP-led Government’s policies. wee hours of Monday. ".)  Manmohan Singh, former Sonia Gandhi, however left The issue of illegal com- party chief Rahul Gandhi and after about an hour while other mercial cum residential house ordered a magisterial probe to general secretary Priyanka leaders continued. has once again raised a ques- fix the responsibility. Gandhi Vadra, participated in After reading out the tion on functioning of the According to a senior Delhi the “Satyagraha”, which was Preamble in , Priyanka civic agencies. Meanwhile, Fire Services (DFS) official, also meant to express solidar- Gandhi Vadra said in the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal call regarding the blaze was ity with the youth and students names of all those “martyred” announced a compensation of received around 12:20 am on protesting against the amend- during the anti-CAA protests, Rs 10 lakh to the next of kin of Monday following which eight ed Citizenship Act and the pro- her party resolved to protect those who died in the fire. The fire tenders and DFS teams posed countrywide NRC as the Constitution. Delhi Government has also were dispatched for the spot. well as against the police “atroc- PNS   ! "#$                "    #, *   !"                 #  & 

   $ while now and nothing is being done to resolve it. esidents of Keri Gaon are “Not just Cantonment Rraising their voices against board, we have complained to the trenching ground on the every authority possible that Premnagar-Thakurpur road. can help us but nobody is The trenching ground which doing anything about our prob- comes under the purview of lem. The staff of the canton- Cantonment board is posing ment board is too rude to do threats to public health and their duties properly and help doing plantation on this our locality because of this Whoever passes from the road making life difficult, the locals people like us. They on the ground; in fact we won’t have trenching ground that there is has to cover the nose, just complain. other hand are trying to oppress any problem if they open a quite a possibility of an epi- imagine how we people bare the Men and women of the the people by putting false alle- library, park or anything for demic.” Another resident said smell day in and night. area protested against the risks gations on us that we have built public convenience but the that kites and crows scavange It is a request to the can- posed by the trenching ground our homes illegally. All of us are garbage should be removed from this ground thus dropping tonment board, Municipal to their health and the machine open to any sort of questioning from here. They are jeopardis- meat and body parts of dead Corporation of   , development in the district Singh ‘Champion’, Adesh which is being installed to and ready to show our papers ing the health of our kids for animals on their terraces and (MCD), the mayor of the city without discrimination. He Chauhan, Deshraj Karnwal recycle the garbage in the if they think that we are living money. There is a sword hang- verandas while taking flight. and to all the authorities con- he newly-elected president said this after taking the oath and others. The oath of office ground on Monday. A local res- here illegally,” said Gupta. ing over our heads that anytime “There is an old age home cerned to take some action and Tof district of office at a function attend- and secrecy was administered ident Sachin Gupta informed Another resident Sheela something or the other can right next to the trenching shift this trenching ground Panchayat, Subhash Verma said ed by Chief Minister Trivendra to Verma by the Haridwar dis- that they have been complain- Chauhan said that the canton- happen to our kids. There were ground; the authorities are not from here,” said Sarita Rana, that his priority would be to Singh Rawat, cabinet minister trict magistrate Deependra ing about the issue from a long ment board should consider so many cases of dengue from even considering their plight. another resident. ensure the desired level of Madan Kaushil, MLAs Pranav Kumar Chaudhry. ) /"  / ---       01  &         ,  *- "4."     &            $ . 4".4        $ the MCD fund till December olleyball was played by boys    $        23 from the date of its begin- Vand girls in the category of )  ( he Municipal Corporation ning. This amount has been under-21 in the district-level Khel raffic directorate con-  (  *  he Special Task Force (STF) Tof Dehradun (MCD) col- collected from a total of 103 Mahakumbh on Thursday. The Tducted a training session Tand the Jwalapur police in lected a total of Rs 69,500 in people/institutions. Apart from final match in under-21 category regarding the new E-challan  +    Haridwar arrested wanted two days from various people this, the material and debris girls was played between Doiwala machine on Monday.    wildlife criminal Maduram and institutions under its drive placed on the construction and Raipur, where the teams of Member of National who had been absconding since to remove construction mate- sites was also seized and col- Doiwala won by 25-14 and 25-18. Informatics Centre (NIC)  )  ( , - 2016. rial and debris from the main lected in the MCD campus. The first position was secured and Pinelab were also pre- . (  He is accused of involve- roads of the city. Considering the problems by Doiwala, second position was sent during the session. ment in the crime for which a A fine of Rs 16,000 was caused due to the construction secured by Raipur and Sahaspur As per the information . (   man was arrested with five tiger imposed on seven people/ material on the roads, the secured third position in this cat- provided by traffic direc- #  * + * pelts and bones in 2016. Three institutions on Monday and a municipal commissioner Vinay egory. torate, the training session /0 others were sent to jail in this fine of Rs 53,500 was imposed Shankar Pandey once again Where Doiwala secured first was organised at the audito- case earlier. on 16 people and institutions requested the people/ institu- position in girls’ category, it rium of Reserve Police Lines. 0+ The authorities had on Saturday. tions not to place any con- secured third position in the boys’ Inspectors and Sub-      + announced a reward of Rs Apart from this, actions struction material on the main category. The final match was Inspectors of Dehradun, 10,000 on the arrest of were taken against 18 people in roads otherwise MCD will played between the teams of Haridwar, Udham Singh 1(( Maduram. Since the big which construction material continue taking actions like Raipur and Sahaspur, where Nagar and were ) 2.3 wildlife contraband seizure in and debris which was placed on these. Raipur defeated the teams of trained regarding the new E- Haridwar during 2016, the the roads were seized by the He has also requested rest Sahaspur by 25-18, 25-20, 21-25 challan machines provided lan machines. For the same Punjab native Maduram had municipal corporation. of the public to inform the and 25-16 and thus, securing first by the State Bank of India a Memorandum of been absconding. The drive to remove con- MCD if they see any such site position. (SBI). Understanding (MoU) was He was finally arrested by struction material and debris where construction material is The match for the third posi- It is pertinent to mention signed between the STF and Shyampur police from the main roads was ini- placed on the road. The MCD tion was played between the teams here that on November 25, Police Headquarters (PHQ) on Monday from Roshanabad tiated on December 3, 2019. has also issued a number on of Doiwala and Vikasnagar in Deputy Inspector General and the Dehradun branch of area of Haridwar. The deputy municipal com- which the people can call to file which Doiwala defeated (DIG) Kewal Khurana con- State Bank of India. According to official missioner Rohitash Sharma a complaint. The citizens can Vikasnagar by 25-17, 25-19. ducted a meeting in regards Soon after the meeting sources, the accused had been was appointed as the nodal offi- directly call on the number Doiwala and Raipur secured first with the security, operation, State traffic department moving in Punjab, Haryana cer for this drive. 8047097506 or through the position in under-21 categories of network and other techno- received 1200 E-challan and other regions since 2016 to A total of Rs 4, 09,500 has medium of the Swachhta appli- girls and boys respectively. logical aspect of the E-chal- machines. evade the authorities. been collected and deposited in cation MOHUA.   2    #     

   $ about 100 persons at night. An aver- age of 80 to 90 destitute arrive here ith the advent of the winters, every night. Wvarious social organisations “We provide them with mat- and public representatives had dis- tresses and blankets, soap and hot tributed warm blankets to the poor water to bathe, lockers to keep their and destitute. However, the home- belongings (if any) and morning tea less continue to face problems espe- and biscuits at a minimal fee of Rs cially during the night. 10,” said Kusum Kumar who along As the winter chill sharpens dur- with her husband Arun Kumar, ing the nights, the homeless find manages the shelter. refuge in the Rain Basera near the She further said that two doc- Clock Tower. There are currently tors also administer checkups for the four such shelters for the homeless homeless coming in the shelter. in Dehradun of which three are “We pay for their medication and the under the purview of the Municipal test expenses are partially sponsored Corporation of Dehradun while or reimbursed and the other half is the facility near the Clock Tower is paid from the donations we receive. managed by Doon Shelter Society However, we are trying to see for Homeless (DSSH). if any medical facilities provided The Rain Basera near Clock under Ayushman Bharat scheme can Tower has capacity for sheltering also be given.”       

   India. Stating this, the However, the Indian mis- recently appointed director sion will prove to be a mile- hile the mission of the institute professor stone for the protection of WAditya of the Indian Deepankar Banerjee fur- satellites from the powerful Space Research ther informed that ARIES is solar particles which affect Organisation (ISRO) will also participating in the satellites. He said that infor- play a crucial role towards construction of the world’s mation will be relayed by ensuring safety of satellites, biggest 30 metre telescope. the Aditya probe about the the 3.6 metre optical tele- Banerjee said that ISRO highly charged solar parti- scope at Aryabhatta will launch mission Aditya cles on their emission. Research Institute of within the next two years. This will not only help Observational Sciences He said that this mission can in protection of satellites (ARIES), Devsthal will be not really be compared to from such particles but also the future of astronomy in NASA’s Parker solar probe. help address the hindrances created by solar storms in operation of aircraft flights. The mission was slated to be launched in 2013 but was delayed due to factors relat- this, the results will be vis- role in astronomy in the lished at ARIES soon. The ed to high level equipment ible soon. Regarding the future. However, for this, plan for this will be finalised and development of high institute’s 3.6 metre tele- various new equipment soon. Establishment of the level technology. scope, he said that about a have to be incorporated visitor centre will enable He further informed dozen research papers based into the telescope. Work to the visitors and local young- that ARIES will be playing on work through this tele- facilitate this is being under- sters to gain knowledge the lead role in the TMT scope have been published taken at a swift pace, he related to astronomy. It will project involving five so far. added. Meanwhile, institute also help in boosting the nations. With the institute This shows that this officials said that a visitor interest of the youth the working at a brisk pace for telescope will play a major centre will also be estab- sphere of astrology.

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   $ system at any place in India. and Haridwar as per convenience. Dehradun will be the first city in In the Dehradun-- he ropeway system will be estab- India to adopt ropeway as a public Haridwar metropolitan area, the Tlished in Dehradun as a general transport system. ropeway system will be built in public transport system. If success- A sum of between Rs 2,000 crore Dehradun, personal rapid transit sys- ful, Dehradun will become the first to Rs 2,200 crore will be spent on the tem will be built in Haridwar and city in India to use ropeway as a pub- ropeway project. The DPR of the pro- light rail transit will be built from lic transport system. ject will be prepared in five months. Rishikesh to link Dehradun- The State’s Urban Development After the tender process, the project Haridwar. and Housing minister Madan will be prepared in 18 months to two The agreement for prepration of Kaushik said this during the signing years. detailed project report on ropeway in of an agreement on ropeway devel- There will be two ropeway routes Dehradun city was signed by DMRC opment between in the city. The first will be from business development director SD Rail Corporation (UMRC) and Delhi Forest Research Institute (FRI) to Sharma and UMRC project director Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Rispana via Clock Tower while the BK Mishra. here on Monday. second route will be from the ISBT As the first installment for the Speaking on the occasion, to Kandoli via Clock Tower. DPR preparation, a cheque for Rs Kaushik said that establishment of One ropeway coach will have the 43.30 lakh was also presented to ropeway in Dehradun will provide a capacity to transport about 10 pas- DMRC on the occasion. convenient experience to tourists and sengers at a time. During a presen- The Uttarakhand metro project also help in addressing traffic con- tation made by officials, it was stat- managing director Jitendra Tyagi and gestion in the city. ed that under the metro project in other senior officials concerned were At present, ropeway is not being Uttarakhand, different systems will also among those present on the used as general public transport be developed in Dehradun, Rishikesh occasion. - & .  / #Q        !  #         movies. He opined that after receiving the award, film mak-    ing activities would receive a     spurt and would give an      14 impetuous to tourism. Jawalkar R    said that the after this award    shooting of more and more The chairman of the SHA, Arogya Mitras in the cam- films would take place in    D K Kotia said that the date of paign of preparing cards and     Uttarakhand and the state making cards has been extend- they are offered special incen- would be visited by increased ed in view of the snowfall and tives for making golden cards. number of national and inter- 5-67! rains in many parts of the Launched amid much fanfare,    $ national film makers. state and requests from various on December 25, 2018, the Atal He said that chief minister (    quarters to extend the date. Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana ttarakhand received the is the He said that golden cards provides a cover of Rs 5 lakh UMost Film- Friendly State chairman of the Uttarakhand of all the left out beneficiaries per annum to all 23 lakh fam- award as part of the 66th Film development Council and  would be made till January 10. ilies of Uttarakhand in the national film awards on under his directions, the film He said that while reviewing panelled hospitals under the Monday. In a glittering cere- policy of the state has been the progress of the scheme, it scheme. mony organised at the Vigyan made more attractive.    $ has came to his notice that the Patients can avail benefit of Bhawan on the day, the Vice Jawalkar said that the chief significance of making cards the scheme for 1350 types of President M Venkaiah Naidu minister has made it clear that n view of the prevailing for every member of the ben- diseases in these hospitals. For presented the award to the the film making should be Iweather condition in the eficiary family was not under- treatment in the private State's Information secretary promoted in the state so that investors’ summit’ in the year Crore for filmmakers under the Uttarakhand has been selected State, the State health authori- stood by the people earlier. empanelled hospitals, the Dilip Jawalkar. more and more film makers 2018. In last one year more new policy. The state has also for the national award. He said ty (SHA) has extended the “Now with the special cam- patients are needed to be The ministry of visit the state. It would also gen- than 200 movies, TV serials received national film award for that the state has defeated special campaign for making paign to make golden cards for referred from the government Information and broadcasting, erate more employment. and documentaries were shot ‘ special mention certificate for many other states during the the Golden cards under Atal the left out families, big crowds hospitals. However in the case government of India has select- Uttarakhand is also providing in the state. Under the new film friendly environment’ in process of selection for the Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana are gathering at the centres of emergency the patients can ed the state for national film subsidy for making films. policy, single window scheme the year 2017. Uttarakhand award. The additional resident (AAUY). These cards can now where these cards are being directly get admitted in the awards- 2018. Congratulating It is pertinent to mention has been introduced in the state also received award for being commissioner, Ila Giri and be made till January 10. In the made. In the campaign the panelled hospitals. A total of Uttarakhand, the Vice here that a new film policy was for shooting of films. The state film friendly state under the information deputy director state golden cards of 34.25 public representatives and the 101 government and 74 private President said that the state has introduced by the Uttarakhand has waived off fees for shoot- category of tourism awards and nodal officer of lakh beneficiaries belonging social organisations are partic- hospitals so far have been undertaken commendable government after receiving ing in the state and the gov- this year. Uttarakhand film development to 14.29 lakh families have so ipating,’’ he said. The SHA has included in the panel for the steps for creating favourable suggestions during the ernment has made provision of Jawalkar said that it is mat- council K S Chauhan were far been made. deployed ASHA workers and scheme. environment for shooting of ‘Destination Uttarakhand- providing a grant of Rs 1.5 ter of great pride that also present on the occasion. / . % &'- %     Q "- = - " . . > 6   &'  

.   said that Jharkhand victory     (         has clearly shown that the people of India is very agitat- he cause for which Swami 8)++  ed and wants a change. The TShraddhanand had sacri-  ( (   PCC president said that ficed his life should be remem- industry is in shambles and bered and the path shown by +     unemployment is at peak. him should be followed. The   9: ) The prices are skyrocketing State will send a proposal to the and the cases of sexual vio- Central Government for nam- lence against women are ris- ing the flyover being con- ing unabatedly. structed on the Haridwar high-    $ Singh said that the farm- way after Swami Shraddhanand. ers are forced to commit sui- Chief minister Trivendra celebratory atmosphere cide but the union govern- Singh Rawat said this while par- persons who have not only state. All will have to be careful Awas witnessed in the state ment is maintaining a stoic ticipating in a function held at nurtured the culture and tradi- to ensure that this peace is not headquarters of Congress silence. He claimed that the Gurukul Kangri tions of India but also con- disturbed. Remembering the party on Monday as results of BJP paid price for ignoring Vishwavidyalaya to mark the tributed towards propagating it causes for which institutions like Jharkhand assembly elections basic issues and problems of 93rd Balidan Diwas of Swami across the nation and abroad. the Gurukul were established, indicated that the Congress people. Shraddhanand on Monday. Swami Shraddhanand assaulted for which Swami Shraddhanand alliance would form the next Large number of the Rawat also inaugurated the the ills including untouchabil- sacrificed his life must be Government there. Congress leaders including 88th All India Swami ity afflicting society. remembered and the path Impromptu celebrations Surya Kant Dhasmana, R P Shraddhanand Hockey The nation is now moving shown by him should be fol- started at Rajiv Bhawan when Raturi, Garima Mahra Tournament on the occasion. towards transformation as was lowed, said Rawat. it became clear that the BJP Dasauni, Sanjay Paliwal, Lal The State government will also imagined by Swami Cabinet minister Madan would not be able to form sweets and danced to the Pradesh Congress Committee would sweep the nation. Chand Sharma, Godavari assist in facilitating astroturf in Vivekanand, Swami Dayanand Kaushik, university chancellor next Government in beats of drums. President, Pritam Singh said Conveying his wishes to the Thapli, Lakhpat Butola and the university’s ground, he Saraswati and Arvind Ghosh.” Satya Pal Singh, local MLAs and Jharkhand. The party leaders Expressing happiness on that this victory is only the leaders of the parties in others attended the celebra- said.Rawat said, “Gurukul He further said that others were also present on the and workers exchanged the Congress victory, the beginning of change which alliance with Congress, he tions. Kangri has created such great Uttarakhand is a peace loving occasion.            

   $ 849 people died while 1,334 people were seriously injured. ompared to the number of Similarly, during the corre- <  "  " ". Caccidents in the past two sponding period in 2017, total  ,  -   . years, the number of mishaps 1,311 accidents were reported has dropped in the state during in which 770 people lost their  *'4-- " the period from January to lives while 1,362 were injured. October this year. The number The maximum numbers ""-. -  "-; ) of deaths and victims with of accidents have been report-    $ grievous injury has also ed in Udham Singh Nagar dis- dropped considerably this year. trict with total 278 accidents    $ should understand their cle before stepping out. wo men died in a road Senior officials have stated reported in 2019, 285 in 2018 responsibility during every cel- Whether it is about the inspec- Taccident on Dehradun- that in most of the cases it is the and 297 in 2017. The least he Geneva based ebration. Road safety is every- tion of tyres, oil level, tyre pres- road on Monday traffic offence done by either number of accidents were TInternational Road one’s responsibility, every fatal sure, windshield wipers and morning. District police are party which leads to road acci- reported in Federation (IRF) has claimed crash or serious injury has a washer fluid, heater, defroster, conducting investigation to dents and resultant casualties. where a total of five road acci- that New Year week is one of long-lasting effect on the fam- anti-freeze or brakes, it is bet- ascertain the cause of acci- In few of the cases the lack dents have been reported so far the deadliest weeks on roads in ily and friends left behind.” ter to stay safe than sorry.” dent. of infrastructure or narrow in the year 2019, four accidents India. He suggested, “In case you Giving statistics he said, “At According to the police, bends has also been found as were reported in 2018 and The IRF president KK are travelling a long way then present India accounts for 10 prima facie there can be one the main cause behind road seven accidents were reported Kapila said that travelling dur- you should take rest at regular per cent of global road acci- of three reasons, as they were accidents. As per the informa- in the year 2017. ing holiday periods can be intervals to avoid fatigue. You dents with more than 1.47 not hit by any other vehicle it tion provided by the police, in Dehradun is the third dis- more risky because of increased should stick to the speed limit lakh fatalities annually. is probable that either there Ghadiyala, both under mountainside into a gorge. first 10 months of this year total trict on the list to have maxi- traffic volumes, winter fog, and abide by traffic rules espe- This number is highest in was some technical fault or Kempty police station. The bodies were then recov- 1,121 road accidents have been mum number of accidents congestion, tiredness, people cially when it comes to over- the world. As a signatory to the driver could not negotiate As per the information ered with the help of local reported in which 715 people reported. In the year 2019 total driving in unfamiliar environ- taking another vehicle. Brasilia Declaration, India is the bend or he dozed off provided by the police, the people. As per the sources, have died while 1,249 have 268 road accident cases have ments and a higher number of One must drive with extra committed to reducing the momentarily. The deceased victims were going from because of the dense fog in been reportedly injured. been reported while 140 road people who are driving under caution on wet roads. In addi- number of road accidents and has been identified as 31-year Dehradun to Mussoorie when the morning it was quite In the corresponding peri- accident cases were reported in the influence of alcohol. tion to that one should ensure fatalities by 50 per cent by old Naresh Singh resident of at a bend near Galogi power sometime before the acci- od during 2018, total 1,191 acci- 2018 and 241 road accidents He further said, “Everyone that maintenance of their vehi- 2020,” he added. village Khet and 36-year old house the driver lost control dent was reported to the dents were reported in which were reported in 2017. Suraj Singh Rawat resident of of the car and they fell off the police.   ! "#$     ! " #  *  #      #   &  .#     # to invite suggestions. "We lic transport and shared vehi- tonnes of PM 2.5 emissions," he 2030. There will be no road tax received comments from var- cles, and goods-carriers," said added. on registration fees on electric 5  #  ious associations such as the Kejriwal. Besides, the Government vehicles."   MVA will come thereafter. Post United Nations Environment Currently, the percentage has also made a special provi- Further, a special dedicat-    its commissioning, it will fur- ) ##    Program, International Council strength of electric two-wheel- sion to for aggregator based ed Electric Vehicle (EV) cell ther improve the power supply on Clean Transport, and indus- ers in national capital is less cabs such as Ola and Uber, will be established within the elhi Transport Minister in areas like Gopal Nagar, try bodies such as CII, and than 0.2 per cent and three- wherein they will be allowed to Transport Department for the DKailash Gahlot along with Vinobha Enclave, Adiwasi      Society of Manufacturers of wheelers is almost zero. With operate electric two-wheeler effective day-to-day imple- the Amal Sinha, CEO BRPL Colony, Mitraon Extension, Electric Vehicles and non-prof- giving approval to the policy taxis. All two-wheelers engaged mentation of the Delhi State EV and BSES Rajdhani Power Prem Nagar,Sainik Enclave, he Delhi Cabinet on it organisations such as CSE, the government is aiming in last-mile deliveries, such as Policy. Funding for the various Limited (BRPL) has laid foun- Naveen Place, Krishna Vihar TMonday approved the etc. The comments were taken inductions of about 35,000 food delivery vehicles, courier incentives under Delhi EV dation stone for the state-of-the and Surakhpur Road, said the Electric Vehicle Policy with into purview and incorporated electric vehicles by next year. services, and e-commerce Policy will be obtained from Grid sub-station at Nazafgarh officials. an aim to check vehicular pol- in the formulation of the pol- The Government is also work- logistics, will be expected to multiple sources such as area on Monday. This Grid Sub-station is lution in the national Capital. icy," said the CM. ing with the municipal corpo- transition 50% of their fleet to Pollution/Diesel Cess, Road The grid will benefit equipped with the next gener- Under this policy, subsidy As per the officials, the rations of Delhi to install and electric by March 2023, and Tax, and Environment around 1.5 lakh residents and ation distribution technolo- will be given to the vehicles for biggest source of pollution in construct 250 e-charging sta- 100% of their fleet to electric by Compensation Charge (ECC) is also expected to cater to the gies and conforms to stringent purchasing E-vehicles. It will the National are vehicles which tions across the city. March 2025. Likewise, the pur- and so on, which will be mon- needs of the three upcoming international standards. The also generate employment in amount to 40 per cent of PM "We also hope that within chase subsidy on electric autos, itored under the newly estab- Electric Vehicle (EV) bus Grid Sub-station will be the transportation sector. 2.5 air pollution levels and 80 the next five years, five lakh e-rickshaws, and e-carriers is lished 'State EV Fund'. A State depots at Villages Mundella, tion, the installed capacity of unmanned and will be remote- Under the EV Policy, the per cent of carbon monoxide in electric vehicles will be regis- up to Rs.30000 and loans on a EV Board will also be created Dichaon and Ghummanhera. West Delhi will increase to ly controlled from the Delhi Government is providing the air. tered in Delhi. Over their life- subsidy of 5% will be provid- as the apex body for the effec- “We are committed to 2,628 MVA and of South Delhi Supervisory Control and Data a subsidy of 5,000 per KW of Delhi Electric Vehicle time, these electric vehicles ed to them. tive implementation and mon- powering Delhi and empow- to around 3,406 MVA making Access (SCADA). battery capacity on the pur- Policy 2019 aims to induct are estimated to save approxi- The Chief Minister added itoring of Delhi EV Policy ering all our consumers. a total of 6,034 MVA in BRPL The present network capac- chase of two-wheelers. electric vehicles which shall mately 6,000 crores worth of that, "All leased/hired cars 2019, said the officials. Commensurate with Delhi’s Area,” said Sinha. ity in the area is 80 MVA. Post Scrapping incentive up to contribute to 25 per cent of the oil and liquid natural gas con- used for the commute of Meanwhile the Cabinet growing appetite for power, its Being constructed at a total complete commissioning of the 5,000 will be offered for the newly registered vehicles sumption. They will also avoid GNCTD officers will be tran- also approved transport electricity infrastructure must cost of around 40 crore, this grid, it will increase by 60 scrapping of a non-electric across Delhi. emissions of 4.8 million tonnes sitioned to electric vehicles allowances of 4,000 per month also keep pace. BRPL will con- 66/11 KV — 60 MVA Mitraon MVA to 140 MVA — enough to two-wheeler vehicle and "Along with reducing pol- of CO2 (carbon dioxide) emis- within a period of one year. for the regular employees of the tinue to successfully meet the Grid Sub Station — is being power the present and the switching to an electric vehicle. lution levels in the city, the pol- sions, which is equivalent to The Delhi Government also Delhi Transport Corporation ever increasing power demand constructed in two phases. The future needs of the area. Size of The first draft of the Delhi icy also aims to generate avoiding CO2 emissions from aims to transition 50% of the (DTC). Till now, the benefit and as always, be an active part- first phase of 20 MVA will be the Grid Sub-station can be EV Policy was released in employment in the transport nearly one lakh petrol cars newly purchased buses into was only availed by the ner in the future development commissioned in the record gauged from the fact that November 2018 last year and sector. The maximum empha- over their lifetime. They will electric buses by the year 2024 employees of Transport of the city. With the commis- time of three-months and the around 14 Kms of cable will be was put on the public domain sis is laid on two-wheelers, pub- also help avoid about 159 and 100 per cent by the year Department. sioning of this Grid Sub-sta- second phase of additional 40 laid during its construction.  &       !" #$ %%&  -      0 12(/ "  .. ." .- &@.     + & )4"-   '" .  " " > 6. " (..  "# . 4 "  4. - .  /4-.- 84- 4.4 # -  #-."  . -             -.4".-  . -  -O- // ". ( >. (/  " . /./ " -" - -  . 4. he national capital may /.  -   #-. ".  - -.--"  . Twitness a cold wave on  #.  4"/ -./ 4 --.  . -    $ December 28 and 29 as the       minimum temperature is like-  --'  ,-- %()()'% he activists of National ly to drop to 4 degrees Celsius,  0 12 -.4".-  -- B    ( "  . TStudents Union of India Regional Weather Centre for ( <2<2 .  4. / . .      . (NSUI) organised a protest    & %%2! Delhi said.  /4-. " - ". 4/ "  ##   against the Citizenship In unusual winter, Delhi " -" /" 4 . 4.// .  ( <2<2  -.4".- Amendment Act (CAA) here will witness extreme cold cli- # " 4- 4.4 #-..- 4"/ -/ " "  on Monday.     and Bangladesh who are seek- mate in the year end. While . -  .-. - - "  4- ..- "" . . On the day, the members ing Indian citizenship. maximum temperature will -- B -.4".- of the NSUI assembled at the he Gurukul Kangri Reiterating that this will not oscillate between 15 degree state headquarters of the TVishwavidyalaya chancellor result in any Indian citizen los- Celsius and 18 degree Celsius, Congress party and decided to Satya Pal Singh stressed that the ing citizenship, he said that the minimum temperature will  ' , hold a protest march. Citizenship Amendment Act some political parties are be recorded between eight However the permission for (CAA) is not against members spreading lies for their ulteri- degree Celsius and four degree the march was not given by of any religion, caste or com- or motives. Celsius in this entire week. was recorded at 97 per cent. AQI between 0-50 is consid- the police. The students then munity. Stating that the CAA had The Indian Metrological The weatherman has forecast ered "good", 51-100 "satisfac-   sat on a Dharna at Gandhi Some political parties are only reduced the waiting peri- Department (IMD) forecast mainly clear skies for the day tory", 101-200 "moderate", 201- Park. Speaking on the occa- working spread fear among od for such persecuted religious moderate to dense fog for with moderate fog on Tuesday 300 "poor", 301-400 "very poor" sion, the state president of the Muslims for their political minorities seeking Indian cit- December 26 and December 27 morning. Severe cold wave and 401-500 "severe". An AQI NSUI, Mohan Bhandari said aims, which will ultimately go izenship, he stressed that no while the maximum tempera- conditions are likely in some above 500 falls in the "severe  ) that the way this draconian against such politicians, he Indian citizens including ture will be 13 degree Celsius. parts of the national capital plus" category. law has been enforced in the said. Muslims need to fear any neg- MeT has predicted cold through the day and the max- On Sunday, Delhi record- country which has vitiated the Speaking to reporters on ative repercussions. wave for December 23, 24 and imum temperature may hover ed a high of 14.6 degrees atmosphere of peace in the the sideline of a function, he Alleging that the Congress December 25. "After a brief around 15 degrees Celsius, Celsius and a low of 7.4 degrees *   ' country. He claimed that like said that the CAA only reduces and Left had no real issues left, relief on December 26 and 27, according to the Celsius. Railways said 12 trains it did during the demonetisa- the waiting period for reli- he accused these parties of the local climate will again Meteorological Department. were delayed due to weather tion, the Government would giously persecuted minorities misleading and provoking peo- remain cold till December 30 The visibility was 1,000 conditions in the northern from Pakistan, Afghanistan ple for their vote-bank politics. whereas December 28 and metres at 5.30 am in Safdarjung region as they were running 29th, minimum temperature and was reduced to 600 metres late by 1:45 hours to 6:45 force the people of the coun- protests the CAA.The district will be recorded four degree by 8.30 am. hours. try to stand in long queues for president of NSUI, Saurabh Celsius," MeT forecast. At Palam, the visibility was Trains like Sachkhand proving their nationality. Mamgain said that NSUI Meanwhile on Monday, 700 metres at 5.30 am and had Express from Nanded to Bhandari said that to dis- strongly condemns violence in Delhiites woke up to a cold dropped to 500 metres by 8.30 Amritsar was running late by criminate refugees on the country. He said that Modi- Monday with the minimum am.The Air Quality Index almost seven hours while the basis of religion is against the Shah duo would never be for- temperature settling at 8.3 (AQI) in the city at 9.44 am was Dibrugarh Express from constitution of the country given by people of country for degrees Celsius, normal for recorded at 310, which falls in Dibrugarh to Delhi was run- and the NSUI strongly creating division in society. this time of the year. Humidity the "very poor" category. An ning late by three hours.

   $ Governor presented coffee mugs to the students on the   &     &  26* s part of the Indian Army’s occasion. Ainitiative to foster the spir- Later the team comprising it of national integration across of 20 students and two teach-      held at Raj Niwas where Neeraj and Technology Cell) regarding ther informed that CyPAD iden- the country, school children ers led by Major Stefan M, the Thakur, the Joint Commissioner the structure, mandate, existing tifies and resolves security issues from South Salmara Officer-in-charge of the tour elhi Lieutenant Governor of Police (Special Cell), A K facilities, education and aware- in digital ecosystem and partic- Mankachar, Assam visited Raj visited the IMA. Here they D(L-G), Anil Baijal in a Mahapatra, the Chief ness efforts and notable achieve- ipates in policy formulation Bhawan and Indian Military interacted with Colonel monthly review meeting with Technological Adviser of police, ments of CyPAD.“L-G was regarding cyber space,” said Academy (IMA) on Monday. General Staff, Indian Military the Delhi Police on Monday Prem Nath, the Additional apprised about the existing Anil Mittal, the Additional These students visited the Academy, Colonel Nitin directed the force to prepare a Commissioner of Police (Cyber forensic facilities such as Public Relation Officer (APRO), Forest Research Institute (FRI), Thapa. A communiqué from database and analyse in detail and Technology Cell) and Memory Forensics Lab, Delhi Police. Robber’s Cave and other the IMA said, “This visit to the various types of cyber crimes so Anyesh Roy, the Deputy Network Forensics Lab, L-G was briefed about var- important places in Dehradun. Academy provided a unique that the cases may be cate- Commissioner of Police (Cyber Advanced Mobile Forensics Lab, ious kinds of cases being dealt Interacting with the stu- opportunity to all the children gorised and effective action may Cell) were present. A detailed Malware Forensics Lab, Cloud- by CyPAD and the actions taken dents, the Governor Baby Rani hailing from one of the be undertaken to prevent the presentation was made by Prem Forensics Tool and Crypto cur- both at the level of investigation Maurya discussed the issues remotest corners of our coun- cyber crimes. The meeting was Nath, the Additional CP (Cyber rency Forensics Tool. It was fur- as well as educational efforts. related to education and other try to learn about the ways of interests. Governor asked the the Indian Army. students to continue their edu- The children were highly cation with dedication and motivated by the interaction ,  --. ) " hard work and contribute in conducted during the tour the service of nation. She said and many wanted to join the that students should accept Armed Force and serve the      every challenge in life with Country. courage and patience. This kind of an interaction enowned faces across the “They must strive hard to helps the students get a real Rcity have joined the Aam get good education and stu- picture of the development- Aadmi Party (AAP), eyeing the dents should actively con- taking place in the country and Delhi Assembly Elections 2020. tribute in the unity and integri- also the contribution of the Continuing the wave of the ty of the nation,’’ she told the Indian army officers and sol- joining, on Monday, Jamaat-e- visiting students. Wishing diers, through their selfless Siddiqui of India’s National them best for their future, the service.’’ president Mohammad Shahid Siddiqui, Vice President Mohammad Ishrat Siddiqui, General Secretary Tahir % &' Siddiqui and Deputy General Secretary Mohammad Ali along with hundreds of sup- (   porters joined the AAP in presence of Rajya Sabha MP and Delhi election in-charge Sanjay Singh. )  Mohammad Shahid Siddiqui is well known for his constant struggle for the uplift- ed to join the AAP to strength- dented work done by the vate schools are opting to join    $ of Yuvak Mangal Dal said that ment of the Siddiqui commu- en the party. “The way the Kejriwal government, we the Government schools. their team will keep working on nity and has been one of the Kejriwal Government has decided to join the party and I “The way this Government Swachchhta Abhiyan was periodic basis to spread clean- most prominent faces in Delhi worked in the last 5 years has will ensure that we will carry has worked in education, health Aorganised by the Yuvak liness and drives like these will fighting for the right of people been remarkable. The AAP forth this development work and sectors are being discussed Mangal Dal of Ambiwala, be conducted in order to keep from Siddiqui community. Government has worked for ahead in the coming days,” said worldwide. Students from the Sahaspur on the weekend. The the village clean and beautiful. He got influenced by the the poor people of Delhi, there- Mohammad Shahid Siddiqui. Government schools are per- drive was initiated by the youth He said that they will put development works done by fore, people from every reli- He also said that the before forming much better than that of the area in which the presi- their best efforts to spread Delhi Chief Minister Arvind gion, section, and caste have in Delhi people used to make of the private school. We want dent of the Yuvak Mangal Dal, awareness about cleanliness Kejriwal for the people of Delhi received equal benefits from fun of the Government schools to be a part of this revolution- Ankit Bhatt participated along among the people of the village across every religion, section this government. but now under the Kejriwal ary work of the AAP with others. through such drives in the and caste. Thereafter he decid- Looking at the unprece- Government students from pri- Government,” he said. Sandeep Saklani, secretary future too.   ! "#$  

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Emphasising on ving technological advance- which we need to move for- The seminar brought mil- Afghan election officials on are declared in a timely man- tions to these challenges and security challenges in the com- the need for a special initiative ment. He also said the Army ward in this direction, the itary, academia and industry Sunday announced that Ghani ner," he said responding to a look for ways to counter them. ing years, especially against the to tackle these challenges, he has to remain at the forefront Army chief added. He also together on a single platform to secured 50.64 per cent votes query on the election outcome. Shah was speaking at the 32nd backdrop of the nation's aim of stressed on the need to co-opt of technological embrace, he highlighted the importance of provide an in depth perspective amid allegations of fraud and India has been a key stakeholder Endowment Lecture of the becoming a $5 trillion econo- professional experts in specif- said. quantum technology, cyber on the available and emerging malpractice in the September 28 in Afghanistan and has already Intelligence Bureau. my, Shah sought to encourage ic fields, like Cyber Security. "Non-contact warfare is space and above all artificial technologies, which election. Ghani's rival Abdullah spent around USD 3 billion in The Modi Government is the personnel to identify solu- Underscoring the impor- gaining relevance in future intelligence and said these need could have an impact on war Abdullah has rejected the result reconstruction of the war-rav- committed to completely wipe tions to these challenges and tance of coordination between wars. That is not to say that the to be leveraged. fighting in the non contact and announced to challenge it. aged country. India was strong- out terrorism, left-wing extrem- look for new ways to counter different security and intelli- man on the ground...With a The seminar was orga- domain. Lauding the outcome of ly pushing for holding ism and insurgency in the North them. He asked the security gence agencies, Shah exhorted rifle in his hand will no longer nized by the Army on the Rawat also stressed the preliminary results, External presidential elections in the East in the next five years, the officials to change their the personnel for sharper intel- remain relevant. They will theme 'Technologies for Non need of dual use technologies Affairs Ministry spokesperson country. Home Minister further said. approach to be more effective. ligence analysis, along with a remain relevant all through Contact Warfare.' Besides the for the future. Towards this, Raveesh Kumar said here India "We hope that the Afghan Lauding the IB for ably He also saluted IB personnel prompt phase-wise and time- the ages," Rawat said. Army chief, Principal Scientific Indian Army has endeavoured expects that the complaints leaders and other stakeholders tackling the challenges of who work tirelessly and anony- bound strategy to address He observed that non-con- Advisor to government to be more open towards the would be addressed through will work together to further national security, the Home mously for national security and national security challenges. tact warfare will help us in Professor K Vijay Raghavan industry and has converted the prescribed legal processes. strengthen the democratic poli- Minister made special note of underscored their contribution The Home Minister also gaining advantage over the and Vice Chief of Army stringent military specifica- He said India remained ty and to fight the serious the work done by the agency in in helping the country emerge appreciated and acknowledged adversary in future. Lieutenant General MM tions for number of its equip- committed to work with the challenges of terrorism facing busting terror modules in the stronger. Calling IB as the 'brain' the hard work and expertise of Therefore, it is important to Naravane also participated in ment into commercial grade people and Government of the country," the spokesperson last five years and appreciated of the national security appara- IB personnel. understand the context in the event. specifications, he said. Afghanistan in its fight against said. %  !"#$#%&&#')& *P& Q+ 7. -- " .  - .  #/

     of detention centers . Affairs answered a question in in 2014 and follow-up letter in      Parsi and Christian foreigners, The Left party also pointed the Rajya Sabha on December 2018 to have detention centres who migrated from Pakistan, he CPI(M) on Monday out that Home Minister Amit 11 and said that instructions to house foreign nationals ille- he Home Ministry released Bangladesh and Afghanistan to Talleged that Prime Minister Shaha many times reiterated have been issued to all states for gally staying in India. Ttwo video clips on Monday India on account of persecution Narendra Modi's speech at about implementation of NRC. setting up detention centres to "In November 2019, to clarify the "misinformation faced by them due to their reli- Ramlila on CAA and NRC "Clearly rattled by the intensity detain illegal migrants or con- Minister of State for Home campaign" on the amended gion, and it is a lie that it affects were a bundle of untruths of popular protests across the victed foreigners pending Affairs replied to a question in Citizenship Act, saying it is a lie Indian Muslims, one of the aimed to mislead the people. country against the deportation. The Central the Rajya Sabha that 28 people that the law is connected with video clips said. Listing out the "lies", the party CAA/NRC/NPR and the decla- Government on 9.1.2019 sent have died in Assam's detention the NRC. First video clip clar- Last week, the ministry Polit Bureau in a statement said ration by at least ten Chief consolidated instructions for camps where suspected immi- ifies that CAAhas become a law had issued Frequently Asked that BJP's 2019 election mani- Ministers that they will not the construction of detention grants are confined. He dis- after being passed by Questions (FAQs) on the CAA, festo promised implementing implement the NRC, PM Modi centres to all state/union admin- closed that 988 "foreigners" Parliament and receiving the ument are yet to be decided. ted from the new provisions which said all Indian citizens NRC throughout the country unleashed yesterday at Delhi a istrators. Central government were lodged in six detention President's assent, there is no The other video gives the granting them citizenship. The enjoy the fundamental rights and Government has already bundle of untruths aimed at mis- told the Karnataka High Court centres in Assam," said CPI(M) announcement on the National viewpoint of the refugees from Citizenship Amendment Act guaranteed by the Constitution informed courts and leading the people," said CPI(M). on November 28, "We have rebutting Modi's claim that Register of Citizens (NRC) Pakistan, Bangladesh and (CAA) is relevant only for the and there is no change in it Parliament about the existence "Minister of State for Home written to all state governments there is no detention centers. and the modalities of the doc- Afghanistan getting benefit- Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, after the CAA. %%  &   &  2"  (  #'>      aired similar views and said Supreme Court which can ed second joint tri-service  &   there are institutions in India competently take a decision. I exercise INDRA in India. The tressing that the Citizenship where any grievances against don't think it is apt for any Army, Navy and Air Force     &  SAmendment Act(CAA) is the CAA can be addressed. country to comment on the contingents of the two long an internal matter of India, Asserting this, French domestic matter of India. We term strategic partners partic- Russia on Monday said if there Ambassador Emmanuel believe in freedom of religion ipated in the exercise.  27 are any issues, it should be Lenain had said the CAA is an and it is not for us to comment Talking to reporters, resolved through dialogue "internal matter"" of India and on the matter," he said. Kudashev also said Russia New Delhi: Vice President M "without escalation." ""we respect that."" He also said Meanwhile, Russian envoy hopes the Free Trade Venkaiah Naidu on Monday Making this observation his country believes in freedom to India Nikolay Kudashev Agreement between Eurasian said a neighbour of India delib- here, Russian Deputy Chief of of religion. said here on Monday Russia Economic Union and India erately wants to create trouble Mission Roman Babushkin Interacting with reporters, and India will further develop comes to an early conclusion. in the country, especially in said "this is a domestic policy the French envoy had said it is next year a military dialogue He said constructive dialogue Jammu & Kashmir, by "fund- of India and we are not inter- not correct to issue any public and deepen counter terrorism between India and Russia is the ing and training" terrorists. fering." He also said "howev- comment on an internal mat- cooperation bilaterally and in basis of commonly recognised Interacting with 30 girl er if there are any issues, it ter. "India is a democracy and the frameworks of BRICS, SCO principles of international students from five schools should be resolved based on when there are conflicts in and RIC-like formats. behaviour, such as "non-inter- based in and around Srinagar, dialogue without escalation." views of people then they can His remarks came in the ference in domestic affairs and he said Jammu and Kashmir is Last week France had also approach institutions like the backdrop of recently conclud- mutual respect." an integral part of India and there is no question of any compromise on that. "We are trying to resolve  ;4 +)  @%2 .-   #." the dispute on PoK (Pakistan- occupied Kashmir) issue with the neighbour," Naidu said 0  .   "C -- without mentioning Pakistan during the interaction at his residence here.  # (  6< -4  - '-. He said a "neighbour" was continuously trying to disturb      More consignments are peace and deliberately creating      underway which should trouble in India, particularly in 7   87     "., %    % " #    he first consignment of improve the domestic supplies, Jammu & Kashmir, by "abet- % 2   99 - % #   )  )  & 0:041;8<   #  race up for bone-chilling Timported onion weighing officials added. ting, aiding, funding and train- =  -  /   '#   /        #  # Bcold conditions after 790 tonnes has reached India The Government had also ing terrorists". '#   /  "    ' Christmas. The India and some quantities are being placed orders to import the But India continues to Meteorological Department distributed to Delhi, Kerala, vegetable from the believe in "Vasudhaiva (IMD) on Monday predicted Telangana, Karnataka and Netherlands, Egypt, Iran, Kutumbakam" (the world is / "-##." . 6 #C -- . that cold wave condition will Andhra Pradesh at a landing Turkey and Russia. In one family), Naidu said. develop over Punjab, Haryana, perature is less than 6.4 degrees cost of 57-60/kg. November, the government Jammu & Kashmir "is an Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, celsius and the rest of the As per the consumer affairs had decided to import 1.2 lakh integral part of India and there   '"- -.4".   .." -4" Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, parameters are also met. "While ministry, over 30,000 tones MT of onions from various is no question of any Madhya Pradesh, Uttar a "severe cold day" is declared have been arrived in the coun- parts of the world to tide over compromise" on the issue, he     the CCB had given its report on transferred to the CCB. The Pradesh, Bihar and Jammu when the minimum tempera- try so far. Besides, 12,000- the crisis. But the MMTC has said. the progress of investigation to investigation was transferred to Kashmir from December 28 ture drops to less than 10 tonne of onion shipment is managed to float tenders to On the PoK issue, the vice he father of IIT Madras stu- the court in a sealed cover," he CBI when Abdul Latheef and due to dry chilly winds coming degrees celsius and the maxi- expected to arrive by end of procure approximately 40,000 president said, "We have to Tdent Fathima Latheef, who asked. Sajitha, with a delegation of from Afghanistan and Pakistan. mum temperature is at least 6.4 December. Retail onion prices MT (including the 11,000 MT address those issues and that is committed suicide last month, The media reports, quoting Kerala MPs, met Prime As a result, the night temper- degrees celsius below normal. are ruling at an average 100 ordered last week) so far. Of what we are trying to do" on Monday said he is "highly sources, had claimed that the Minister Narendra Modi and ature is expected to decrease by During a "cold day", the min- per kg in major cities, but this, only 290 MT of onions "India does not want to disappointed" with the CBI CCB had given a clean chit to Home Minister Amit Shah in 2-4 degrees in north and north- imum temperature is less than rates are as high as 140 per kg have arrived at Indian ports. have a disturbed relationship probe into his 19-year old the three IIT professors whom Delhi on December 5 and western region of the country. 10 degrees celsius and the in some parts of the country. Officials blamed excess rains in with anybody including daughter's death and the inves- Fathima had named in her sui- sought justice for their daugh- "The severe cold day con- maximum is 4.4 degrees celsius After the arrival of imported the two key onion growing Pakistan". India does not tigators' failure to communicate cide note. ter. dition will continue till Friday. below normal. onion, the prices are likely to be states of Maharashtra and believe in war and wants to live with the family. The probe team had dis- The deceased student, hail- After that cold wave condition The IMD predicted dense between Rs 70 and 80 per kg Gujarat for its low supply. peacefully and "have a good "Though the case has been closed its report to the Tamil ing from Kollam in Kerala, was will develop from over north, to very dense fog is also expect- across the country. Onion prices have shot up relationship with Pakistan too," transferred to the CBI from the Nadu Home Department in pursuing her first year under northwest and central and east- ed over Bihar, Sub-Himalayan According to officials of the sharply due to estimated 25 per Naidu said. Chennai Crime Branch (CCB), which it notified that there was graduation in the humanities ern parts of the country. The West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam, Ministry of Food and cent fall in kharif production of He recalled Prime Minister no one has contacted us till no evidence against the pro- stream (five year integrated weather is likely to be dry as the Meghalaya, Manipur, and Consumer Affairs, the two 2019-20 crop year (July-June) Narendra Modi's efforts to now," Abdul Latheef told PTI fessors for inciting the student MA programme). She report- wind condition has been Tripura during the next two consignments comprising 290 compared to the previous year have healthy and peaceful over the phone from Kollam. to commit suicide. edly committed suicide on changed," the IMD said. Due days. In Uttar Pradesh as well, tonne and 500 tonne each has because of late monsoon and relationships with the country's "It has been more than 40 The report claimed the November 9 by hanging from to cold wave, both maximum a similar condition is expected already reached Mumbai. "We eventual excess rains in the neighbours, and referred to days since she died. Me and my CCB came to the conclusion of a ceiling fan. and minimum temperature to prevail during the next five are offering this onion at a major producing states. Onion the invitations extended to the family members, including her exonerating the professors after Her family had found will fall," said Dr Kuldeep days. Other than the dense fog, landed cost of 57-60/kg to prices have failed to cool down heads of states of neighbouring mother Sajitha, are crying daily examining more than hun- Fathima's suicide notes on her Srivastava, scientist of IMD. cold to severe cold conditions is state governments. Andhra despite several government countries when as we have not got justice so dred people including mobile phone. As per the norms, , the expected at many places over Pradesh and Delhi measures in the last few weeks. he was sworn in as PM in May far," he said. Fathima's friends and family Abdul Latheef had alleged IMD declares ' a cold wave' Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh Governments have already The government has already 2014. He denied as "101 per cent and IIT's staff and faculty in Chennai immediately after when a meteorological subdi- and Delhi during next two days placed their demands and have banned export of onion, Modi had a sudden meet- fake news" media reports stat- members. his daughter's death that he had vision (Haryana, Delhi and and at isolated to few places for started lifting imported onions', imposed stock limits on traders ing with former Pakistan prime ing that the CCB had given a "I am highly disappointed," evidence to prove that Fathima Chandigarh) witness a mini- the subsequent three-four days. officials said. The Ministry has and is also supplying buffer minister Nawaz Sharif in clean chit to three professors of the father said, adding that was being harassed by some mum temperature of less than A western disturbance has just asked Kendriya Bhandar out- stock at a cheaper rate. Traders Islamabad while returning to IIT Madras against whom there was absolutely no com- professors in the department of 4.4 degrees celsius below nor- passed bringing snowfall in the lets to sell it 60-65 a kg. and experts are of the view that India from Kabul. Fathima had made allegations munication from the probe Humanities and Social mal in at least two stations for upper reaches of Himachal "The country had last onion prices will continue to He was extended an in her suicide note of being agency. Sciences. He wanted a fair two days. The "severe cold Pradesh, Uttarakhand and imported 1,987 tonnes of onion remain firm till January when invitation by Sharif for a fam- responsible for her death. Originally the case was probe as he was concerned that wave" is declared when the Jammu and Kashmir in the past way back in 2015-16 when late kharif crop will start hitting ily event, the Vice President "How is it possible for the registered by the Kotturpuram her phone may be tampered departure for minimum tem- couple of days. price has shot up significantly. the market. said. PTI media to know the details as police of Chennai and later with.   ! "#$ &     (  

"    $ %&               7$  rotests against the contentious citizenship  67 $$ ly said that we are not against the Plaw continued in Assam with agitators Muslim community. staging sit-ins across the State on Monday. epublican Party of India (A) Many programmes of his gov- However, no violence from anywhere in the Rchief and Union Minister ernment like Ujwala and Jan Dhan, state was reported. Ramdas Athawale on Monday said among others, have not differenti- Former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar the NRC was only for Assam and not ated between Hindus and Mahanta, who was the founder of the for the whole country and indicat- Muslims....Muslims are also benefi- Asom Gana Parishad which is an alliance ed that the Government was open to ciaries of several such programmes. partner of the ruling BJP in the State, joined suggestions in effecting changes in Prime Minister Narendra Modi in NDA Government fully sup- a sit-in at the Gandhi Mandap, a memori- implementing CAA if there are New Delhi sought to allay fears, ports the Muslim community.” al for Mahatma Gandhi atop the Sarania Hill problems. especially among Muslims, on the Athawale alleged that the Congress, in Guwahati with his party colleagues to “NRC is only for Assam, it is not NRC, saying his Government has Left parties, the Samajawadi Party, protest against the Citizenship all over India. Now the never discussed it since coming to Trinamool Congress were misguid- (Amendment) Act. Government of India has also said power for the first time in 2014. ing the Muslim community as they As a part of the series of programmes, that any suggestions from anywhere The issue was neither discussed are worried over Narendra Modi's announced by the All Assam Students' can be conveyed to them in this in Parliament nor came up in the re-election and were hence trying to Union (AASU) for the week, litterateurs, regard.... cabinet, the Prime Minister had said. create problems to destabilize the people from different walks of life, My party also supports the NRC Assuring the Muslim commu- Government. social activists took part in a protest pro- and CAA. But if there are any prob- nity that the law was not against Different parts of the country gramme at the Latasil field in the city. lems, definitely the Government of them, Athawale said the have been witnessing violent protests Protests were also staged in different parts India should think at amending Government wanted unity among against the Citizenship of the state where people held up the sym- some things in (implementing) this Hindus, Muslims and other com- (Amendment) Bill which was passed bol of Assamese culture — Gamosa — with law “ Athawale said. munities in the country.”Prime by Parliament and given assent by !                ?%  @%6  *   'No CAB' and 'We oppose CAB' written on His comments came a day after Minister Narendra Modi has clear- the President recently.   ' them. /   /&& )"-; . !      .0  -  01  .. #. " . -#"  > " 4 4-     2 Q   (   >4) 8 Guwahati: Assam border districts, we (Assam) Government on Monday said don't need a national one. We are Jaipur: A day after Prime confusion is being created. The the persecuted migrants from there will be no need for the sure lots of mistakes will be Kolhapur: Former Maharashtra Chief  '$'6 Minister Narendra Modi sought NRC will also be implemented Pakistan. He said, “Modi has State to be a part of the pro- found out in the re-verification Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday to allay apprehensions on the but after detailed discussions,” come as God for migrants posed nationwide NRC, if the process,” he said. The Assam said a “deliberate” attempt was being made CP chief Sharad Pawar on National Register of Citizens, a he said. On Sunday, PM Modi whose lives were not safe, who Supreme Court allows re-ver- Government had earlier submit- to spread rumours and create a divide in NMonday said he was sur- senior BJP leader on Monday had said at a rally in Delhi, lived in an environment of ification of its 20 per cent names from the ted an affidavit in the apex court praying society over the Citizenship (Amendment) prised by Prime Minister said a nationwide NRC will be “Since my Government first instability and who used to say border districts. for re-verification of 20 per cent names in Act. Narendra Modi's comment that implemented but only after came to power in 2014, I want that they will die but will not The State Government does not the draft NRC in border districts, but the Without naming any party, he said some his Government never dis- “detailed discussions”. to tell 130 crore countrymen, return to Pakistan. They have accept the existing National Register of plea was denied. “The PM yesterday said political outfits were trying to disrupt har- cussed a nationwide National At a press conference in there has never been a discus- got a new lease of life.” Citizens (NRC), the final version of there is no plan for a nation-wide NRC. mony in society, and asserted that minori- Register of Citizens (NRC). Jaipur, BJP national vice presi- sion on this NRC.” Targeting Rajasthan Chief which was published on August 31 with So we have to pursue only in the Supreme ties in the country were safe. Pawar said President Ram dent Shivraj Singh Chouhan The Prime Minister had Minister Ashok Gehlot for his over 19 lakh exclusions, Finance Minister Court. If it does not listen to us, we will “Rumours are being spread about the Nath Kovind had talked about alleged that the Congress was noted that the exercise was announcement that the Himanta Biswa Sarma told a press con- have to approach the Government of Citizenship (Amendment) Act. There is a the Government's plan to trying to create confusion done only in Assam due to a Government will not imple- ference. India. The NRC was published under the deliberate attempt to create a divide in soci- implement NRC across the among people over the Supreme Court order. ment CAA in the state, “If the Supreme Court accepts our supervision of the Supreme ety and it is condemnable,” Fadnavis country in his joint address to Citizenship (Amendment) Act Congratulating the prime Chouhan said that all states will demand of 20 per cent re-verification in Court. PTI told. PTI Parliament. and NRC. minister on the passage of CAA have to implement the Act Even Home Minister Amit “Discussions about the in Parliament, the former because it was a subject coming Shah had also spoken on this NRC are going on and sugges- Madhya Pradesh chief minister under the Union List (of the 9= / - - issue in Rajya Sabha, Pawar told tions have been sought but compared Modi to “God” for Constitution). PTI reporters here. 69  . Modi on Sunday said the nationwide NRC has not been discussed by his Government Jammu: The Jammu & and noted that it has been car- Kashmir unit of the Congress ried out only in Assam so far hit out at the BJP on Monday following the apex court's citing the widespread protests order. against the amended Pawar said he was sur- Citizenship Act and said peo- prised by Modi's comments, ple have understood the “false- made during a rally at Ramlila hood and diversionary tactics” Maidan in Delhi. of the saffron party which is “When a major policy is loosing State elections one after brought, a discussion takes the other. place at the government level. It termed the BJP's charge Such a policy will not come that the Congress was insti- before the country without gating protesters on the issue of that. Secondly, the country's CAA “totally false and politi- home minister had said in cally motivated” and said the Parliament that they will bring party always stood for respect- NRC across the country,” Pawar ing the foundational values of said. the Constitution. He recalled the President “Before questioning the too had talked about imple- Congress, the BJP should menting the NRC across the explain the reservations shown country. by their own allies about the The President's speech CA,”JKPCC spokesperson reflects the government's pol-            #    ?%  @%?%%@ 6         "   %  %?%%@   ' Ravinder Sharma told. PTI icy, Pawar said.    ' :)#!   +(! '    2  3  2(, #        )  /)  &'       #% Kolkata: Stating that democracy At the rally, held in     tors raised slogans against the Bengal.” in India is under threat from the support of CAA, Nadda Jammu: A body representing the displaced peo- Citizenship Amendment Act and Dhankhar also said that he BJP-led Government at the Centre, claimed that Banerjee ple of Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir n a grim reminder of what hap- National Register for Citizens was visiting the University not as West Bengal Chief Minister has always prioritized (POJK) on Monday held a demonstration here Ipened on September 19 when wondering whether he a Governor but as the Chancellor Mamata Banerjee on Monday politics over national in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act students of prestigious Jadavpur personally was in favour of the who would always like to listen to wrote to chief ministers and senior interests and pro people (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens University gheraoed and con- new law. the students’ issues and asserted leaders belonging to Opposition policies. (NRC). fined Union Minister Babul Dhankhar was visiting the that he believed in autonomy of parties urging to them to unite and Today, I write this Led by POJK Displaced Peoples' Front Supriyo for more than eight campus to attend a meeting of the educational institutes. chalk out a plan to save the coun- letter to you with grave chairman Capt (retd) Yudhvir Singh Chib, hun- hours the students and a section JU's court — the highest decision- He would never work in the try. worries in my mind. dreds held the demonstration at Maheshpura of the staff of the same universi- making body of the university. behest of any political party he Banerjee described the current The citizens of this chowk in Jammu city. ty on Monday black-flagged Even as he left the meeting said. situation arising out of protests in country irrespective of They alleged that some political parties are Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar midway reportedly after being Late alleging that the state the country against the Citizenship Congress president Sonia Gandhi, caste and creed, particularly the instigating people to trigger violent protests and even as he went there to attend a advised by the security officers administration was “not at all Amendment Act and the pro- NCP chief Sharad Pawar, National woman and children, farmers, create law and order situation across the meeting as its Chancellor. the students blocked his way responsive” regarding his visit to posed NRC as serious and urged Conference leader Farooq workers and members of sched- country. They raised slogans in support of the Even as the Governor was and asked him questions on his the varsity he said how “was at all the non —BJP parties to come Abdullah among others. uled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs CAA and the NRC and against those who are stuck for around 30 minutes feelings about the students of Jadavpur University for two together and rise against the dra- Her appeal to the opposition and minorities are in the grip of instigating violence and opposing it. amid the protests by CPI(M)- Jamia Milia Islamia being beaten hours” and how he “had interac- conian regime of the central gov- parties came on a day when BJP fear and panic for the Citizenship “We have come out in support of CAA and backed SFI, Arts Faculty Students up by the police. tion with agitated students on ernment. working president JP Nadda held Amendment Act and the pro- NRC. We hail the Government for such a move”, Union (AFSU), AISA and FETSU The Governor however said he various issues” adding he was Sources in the ruling TMC, of a rally in the city and accused TMC posed nationwide NRC. The situ- Chib told reporters here. He lashed out at those as also TMC-backed employees would “make no comments on “keen to connect with them fur- which Banerjee is the supremo, of misleading masses on the ation is very serious, Banerjee's let- instigating people to carry out violence against union Siksha Bandhu, the agita- incidents outside my own State of ther at Raj Bhawan.” said that the letter was sent to Citizenship Amendment Act. ter said. PTI the Act for their vested political interests. PTI

  #        #   %  %?%%@   ' 0  '         & .  9''$ mid continued protests in Aseveral Indian cities against (   the Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA), a Pakistani nation- al, living in Poonch for over Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) three decades since her mar- held its provincial-level meeting here on riage, has been finally granted Monday and passed two resolutions con- Indian citizenship. demning the passage of the Deputy Commissioner Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and demand- Poonch, Rahul Yadav, Monday ing immediate release of the detained politi- handed over a certificate of reg- cal leaders and civil society members in istration granting Indian Kashmir. Citizenship to Khatija Praveen The meeting was held at the NC head- w/o Mohammad Taj in his passionately pursuing the Citizenship Act, 1955”. quarters, Nawa-i-Subah, and the party's office chamber. her case. Khatija Praveen along with provincial body of Kashmir and the youth and Official sources said, According to the official her husband expressed great women's wing attended it, NC spokesperson Khatija Praveen is mother of spokesman, “Khatija Praveen happiness and gratitude for Imran Dar told PTI. three children and staying in who was born in Pakistan was receiving the Certificate of He said the meeting was chaired by NC Poonch for over 36 years now. granted Indian Citizenship on Registration from GOI, provincial secretary, Kashmir, Showkat She had applied for the basis of marriage to an Ministry of Home Affairs,New Ahmad. PTI citizenship in 2000 and was Indian under section 5(1)(c) of Delhi.   ! "#$  *

!" #$ () *+ 9= 6  7 '( ('      -',  %   (           2 - 8" (/C "  --" . ,$  . $(C   . . #      )/ (.   .  +   (    - )/ (.  8> 7  94 <%C  ,-.%#  Puducherry: President Ram Nath Kovind on <2<2 & .  9''$ ferent wings of J&K Bank head- J&K Bank. Monday paid compliments on the academic quarters, allegations of illegal During search, documents excellence of girls for outnumbering boys in bag- %'%   (7 police in order to probe his com- xposing direct involvement of appointments were established pertaining to the illegal appoint- ging gold medals in their respective disciplines.  -  plicity in terror crimes," the police Etwo former chairmen of J&K against the bank officials which ments were seized from various Delivering his address at the 27th convocation  2 $ . Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ter- spokesperson said, adding that Bank in illegal appointments case, included 2 Ex Chairmen, Mushtaq sections of the bank i.e Human of the Pondicherry Univesity here, the President, -  . -"  ##- Arorist and three terrorist asso- Mir was operating in Sopore and Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Ahmad Sheikh and Parvez Resources Section, also the Visitor of the university under the pro-  4-" . . 4"-  ciates of the proscribed Jaish-e- Baramulla. Monday filed first chargesheet Nengroo". Recruitment Section, other relat- visions of the Act through which the varsity was 4#"./ . . Mohammed (JeM) outfit were In another operation, the against them along with 15 other Initially, ACB had received ed offices of recruitment section established in 1985, presented gold medals to a #4. /-.DEC  arrested in two separate opera- police arrested three terrorist senior bank employees before complaints that top management and office of Chairman token number of graduates. -  - .   tions in Baramulla and Shopian associates of proscribed terror Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, of the bank was behind illegal J&K Bank. He said, "I had the privilege of presenting the  # . C -4- districts of Jammu & Kashmir, outfit JeM from Shopian district Srinagar. appointments of their kiths and On conclusion of investigation gold medals to only 10 students and I noticed that  -"  ##- - #. police said on Monday. of south Kashmir on Monday, the According to a press statement kins contrary to rules and of the case, allegations were estab- nine of them were girls."  . /"  . . Acting on a credible input, police spokesperson said. released by the Anti Corruption norms. lished against the bank officials Of the total 189 students who had bagged gold ./C -4- -"  Saddam Hussain Mir, a resident He identified the arrested Bureau, "from the year 2011 Following these serious alle- which included 2 Ex Chairman medals in different disciplines, there were 137 girls '"   -  -.  of Brath Kalan and affiliated with persons as Idrees Ahmed Mir, onwards Chairmen of the time gations FIR No. 10/2019 in P/S and other employees. Accordingly while the remaining 52 were boys, he said. "This F4-4 -".-F  . 4. the banned LeT outfit, was arrest- Mudassir Ahmed Tantray, both have made around 2500 backdoor ACB Srinagar was registered and the case was sent to Government wonderful happening reflects the future of our ed in an overnight operation residents of Waripora village of appointments illegally and fraud- investigations were launched in the for accord of prosecution sanction country and it also reflects the leadership quali-  &  from a village in the Sopore Kulgam, and Shahid Nazir Wani ulently, consequently a thorough case. which was received against 12 IN ties of our daughters. I extend my best wishes to -. %%   township of north Kashmir, a of Kutpura village of Shopian. probe was ordered to unearth this During the course of investi- service employees. them," he said.  2 (/ . -. police spokesperson said. "Incriminating material have illegal appointment scam so that gation, searches were conducted in Apart from these employees, The President delivered a brief address last- . -./.  ".-C . He added that incriminating been recovered from their pos- corrective measures are taken by Corporate Headquarters of J&K case of illegal appointment has ing just 10 minutes."Whether it is a university or  '-. - ##" material, including arms and session.... As per police records, the bank to put an end to such ille- Bank on 8-6-2019 to lay hands on been proved against 5 retired any other entity, finally we all are part of society "".   - ammunition, were recovered from they were involved in providing gal practice." the various documents related to employees which include two and we all have our responsibility towards it," he "-  -.-  -* the possession of the active ter- logistic support and assistance to The statement further said, illegal and fraudulent chairmen. said stating that the concept of corporate social / -- -4>. . rorist. the JeM terrorists operating in "During the course of investigation appointments to avoid inordinate ACB has also identified at responsibility (CSR) encouraging corporate firms . ".-C - -" "All the incriminating mate- Kulgam and Shopian districts," he of voluminous records, seized by delay and tampering of records by least 6 beneficiaries during the to spend a part of their profits for society through  '"  (. rial have been taken on record by added. the sleuths of ACB from the dif- the accused officers/officials of course of investogation. CSR should be extended to the universities. PTI > 4  .." .. .  -./. - -. . - .  &1  #     * '  &'. Q  45     2  '-        ( 6"4      9   !  *" . /" -. . /#.    .     -  ' /#.  )C " - Srinagar, the first after the fied and uncalled for", a party .. . - -  Centre abrogated Article 370, spokesperson said. . /#.  " )-CF . to take stock of the the "The prolonged incarcera-  '$'6 He had pulled off a coup by ) -"   -.. .  situation in the valley and tion is deeply perturbing for joining hands with the BJP on '" arrangements being made to any democratic setup and the he much-awaited expan- November 23 this year and tak- observe the fourth death Government of India must Tsion of Maharashtra ing oath as dy CM under the   & anniversary of party's founder contemplate that such an action Cabinet is likely to be delayed leadership of Devendra , %% Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on is not helping it in any way in further to December 30, an Fadnavis, who was sworn in as January 7. restoration of normalcy in NCP leader said on Monday the CM. In another meeting held in Jammu & Kashmir," the night, adding that senior leader However, the Government Jammu, the party sought spokesman said quoting Ajit Pawar could make a come- lasted for barely 80 hours, after immediate release of all Chowdhary. back as a deputy Chief Minister Ajit resigned as deputy chief detained political leaders, Highlighting the role of the in the Uddhav Thackeray-led minister citing personal rea- including its president and for- PDP in making peace initia- Government. sons. mer Chief Minister Mehbooba tives successful in the erstwhile Amid talks of imminent Though senior Pawar had  2 . " Mufti. state, Chowdhary said the party expansion of the cabinet, Chief hinted that his nephew's polit- -.4. --.  In Jammu, the meeting has always been at the forefront Minister Uddhav Thackeray ical rehabilitation could be a . " DE - was presided over by PDP gen- in making hectic and earnest and NCP president Sharad long-drawn process, a section -/"  '$ . " eral secretary and former MLC efforts for the prevalence of Pawar held discussions for of leaders in the NCP and party  ./ " 4- Surinder Chowdhary who peace in the region. PTI        # 7    ' nearly one hour at the Sahyadri workers had rooted for Ajit #. ." DE . Guest House here in evening. Pawar to join the Thackeray .. . .  -  No leader of the ally government.   . -./  . Congress was present at the The Sena, NCP and the  . " .   !   #   #   50  meeting, NCP sources said. Congress are constituents of the  / / #. When asked about the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi  ' ' ' -  exact date of the cabinet expan- (MVA) Government that came 74-. "  -". Banihal/Jammu: The 270-km Jammu- The traffic on the highway is The residents of Jammu city woke sion, the NCP leader told PTI: to power on November 28 this (4" 4  9- - Srinagar national highway was cleared restricted to one-way during the up to a chilly morning with minimum "It is likely to happen on year. On the same day, six min-  / .-  .." on Monday after remaining closed for winter months and plies alternative- temperature settling two degrees below December 30. And Ajit Pawar isters from all the three parties, over 42 hours following a massive ly from Srinagar and Jammu to the season's average at 6.2 degrees is expected to take oath as apart from Thackeray who '-6 %  landslide in Ramban district which had avoid traffic jam due to ongoing four- Celsius, down by 2.5 notches against the deputy chief minister". took oath as the CM, were ' -/ ()() left thousands of vehicles stranded, traf- laning work. previous night's 8.7 degrees Celsius, an He said the exercise will be administered the oath of the  2  -.  . fic department officials said. Fresh snowfall in Jawahar Tunnel official of the meteorological depart- carried out after holding dis- office. H4 .-.   "  . However, no fresh vehicular traffic -- the gateway to Kashmir -- and mul- ment said. cussions with the Congress. Asked about the meeting, . #.  94 <2<2 was allowed from either Jammu or tiple landslides between Ramsoo Katra, which serves as the base Ajit Pawar, nephew of NCP Shiv Sena leader and Home  --"-  4- Srinagar for the third consecutive day and Panthiyal in Ramban district camp for the pilgrims visiting Mata chief Sharad Pawar, had served Minister Eknath Shinde told 4.- "  . /4-.- to facilitate smooth movement of thou- forced closure of the highway on Vaishno Devi Shrine in Reasi district, as deputy chief minister for two Marathi news channel 'ABP  -- . "   sands of stranded commuters, they said. clearance agencies spanning over 42 Friday evening. recorded a minimum of 5.7 degrees truncated terms when the Majha' that the Chief Minister #.  . 4. .." A massive landslide struck the hours, the road was cleared of the land- The highway was cleared on Celsius against the previous night's 6.2 Congress-NCP was in power will give official information / 74  --. highway at Digdole on Saturday slide debris and made traffic worthy this Saturday but a fresh landslide at Digdole degrees Celsius, the official said. before 2014. about the Cabinet expansion. . "  )4".  evening, blocking the only all weather morning to allow the movement of again disrupted the traffic. He said the snow-bound -. -4 .  " / road linking Kashmir with rest of the stranded vehicles, officials said. Meanwhile, severe cold conditions Bhaderwah town in Doda district was (4" - "  "- " country and leaving thousands of vehi- They said a decision to allow fresh returned to Jammu region on Monday the coldest recorded place in Jammu . .. - "   cles, mostly trucks, stranded. traffic from either Srinagar or Jammu after the night temperature plummet- region with a low of minus 1.8 degrees 44 After hectic efforts by the road will be decided later in the day. ed again. Celsius. PTI    /  .- .      4 )(   #4- .-.- . 9= ; 7  &     (    4  Jammu: The Pakistan Army is send terrorists towards this &   # making all efforts to help ter- side and they also resort to Mumbai: Persons accused of The victim's rorists infiltrate Jammu & ceasefire violations," Singh told  ,   sexual offences against minor friend, who was look- Kashmir under the cover of reporters at a function in Police victims should be "mercilessly ing for her to play ceasefire violations, Director Technical Training Institute Srinagar: The minimum tem- and inexorably punished", the with, found her in the General of Police (DGP) Dilbag (PTTI) at Vijaypur belt of perature across Kashmir and Bombay High Court said while convict's house and Singh said on Monday. Samba district. Ladakh decreased on Monday upholding the conviction of a informed a woman He said that the situation at "They bring terrorists to but in some respite to the res- 29-year-old man for raping a residing in the neigh- the Line of Control (LoC) is launch pads and resort to idents, the weather remained five-year-old girl. bourhood. completely under control and ceasefire violation, causing loss dry and clouds made way A single bench of Justice The woman security forces are effectively to civilians and troops", he for sunshine, a Prithviraj Chavan on Friday peeped through a hole thwarting the infiltration bids. said, they are being given a Meteorological Department dismissed an appeal filed by on the convict's door "The Pakistan Army is befitting reply by Indian official said. Sagar Dhuri, challenging a spe- and found the girl making a lot of attempts to troops. PTI The weather remained dry cial court order of June 2018 lying down and the in Kashmir and the night tem- convicting him for sexually mation of the appellant as he convict on top of her following perature went down across the assaulting the victim and sen- was quite a grown up male who which she called the valley and the Ladakh region, tencing him to ten years in jail. knew the consequences of his victim out and took her to her the MeT official said here, "The dicta is loud and clear act," Justice Chavan noted. mother and narrated the inci- adding the cloud cover reced- as to how such offences are According to the prosecu- dent. ed, allowing sunlight required to be dealt with. Such tion, Dhuri, who used to live in A police complaint was to reach the ground in the persons are a menace to the the same neighbourhood as the then lodged and the accused morning. He said Srinagar civilized society and, there- victim in Thane district, called was taken into custody. The recorded the minimum tem- fore, they should be merciless- the girl to his house in April high court, while upholding perature of 0.8 degree Celsius ly and inexorably punished," 2015 under the pretext of Dhuri's conviction and sen- on Sunday night – down from the court said. showing her songs on his tence, relied on the statements 1.2 degrees Celsius the previous "This is a case in which mobile phone and sexually of witnesses and also the evi- night. PTI there is no question of refor- assaulted her. dence given by the victim. PTI   ! "#$   + 4    4    !"#     -./  !"#! # #!/)0# 1 (   ,     (          (     (               8 (           ,     ,   (     O-  " . 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S             ( has issued an “advisory” for political-            -         ( ly correct coverage of the rallies. With violence exceeding one week       7   P    Q      (and likely to continue after a                     Christmas break), there is an urgent #              ( need to delink the CAA from the non-       %               existent National Register of Citizens (NRC) that is being misused to prop-      +8$           6   (6  agate a nationwide hunt to weed out   ?              +8$        one community. The Centre should,               6    ; therefore, state that it is continuing for- mer Union Home Minister P -            (3      Chidambaram’s National Population     +8$                Register (NPR), for which enrolment *               -  began alongside Aadhaar in 2010. (This writer was enrolled vide form same year. Similarly, the to protect their social and lin- are not safe, “the door has to Pakistan and Bangladesh. @  +8$       * S    number 02046115, household block no. Christian community that guistic uniqueness. The be kept open…”, a sentiment Manmohan Singh urged a                       0021, household number 128). The worked actively for Pakistan, refugees in Bengal are mainly echoed by Communist Party more liberal approach towards    #  6  O           O     rules framed then should be made pub- fared poorly in the Islamic Matua (Namashudra), who of India (CPI) MP Bhupesh refugees after Partition. In lic and amendments invited. Republic and has been includ- kept the communists in power Gupta. After the emergence of June 2012, CPI(M) general 4B            # 6         The CAA logically follows the ed in the ambit of the new Act. for nearly three decades and Bangladesh, CPI(M) leader secretary Prakash Karat wrote                      ( defanging of Article 370 of the Muslims are free to seek citi- then ensured the Trinamool Gautam Deb observed that to Singh about the plight of  ,                   Constitution and scrapping of a State zenship on individual basis Congress’ victory. Before inde- religious persecution of Bengali refugees: “Their situ- subject. Hence, the need for a law to under existing laws (given to pendence, Mahatma Gandhi Hindus continued after the ation is different from those                       provide citizenship to Hindu refugees, 2,830 from Pakistan, 912 from (Delhi prayer meeting, July assassination of Mujibur who have come to India due             - %   who came to Jammu & Kashmir in Afghanistan and 172 from 16, 1947) said if minorities were Rahman. to economic reasons.” Karat ?     -       %        % 1947, unaware that the then Prime Bangladesh in the last six unable to live in Pakistan, “the On April 20, 2010, former said lakhs of families from Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was busy years). duty of the adjoining province Assam Chief Minister Tarun Scheduled Caste communities     $                  overthrowing the benign king and cre- The Cabinet Mission Plan on this side of the border will Gogoi urged the then Prime like Namashudra, Pondra               0    *     ating a veritable hell for non-Muslims clubbed Assam with Bengal in be to accept them with both Minister Manmohan Singh to Khatriya, Majhi were affected.         6          % # in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. It Group C to create a predomi- arms and extend to them all grant citizenship to those who Finally, there is no “right made sense to cover all persecuted nantly Muslim zone in eastern legitimate opportunities.” fled religious persecution at to infiltrate.” Every nation    !   8  9!8:   ; $  C       minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh India, like the one proposed in In a letter to Sri Krishna Partition. CPI(M) MP Basudeb protects its borders, distin-                +          and Afghanistan — all of which are western India. Gopinath Das (July 21, 1947), he said, Acharia (Lok Sabha, April 25, guishes between refugees and    (    +8$   D   +  )   Islamic Republics. Bardoloi retained Assam for “The poor Hindus, who will 2012) demanded amendment intruders and makes laws to Afghanistan had a sizeable Sikh India but Constituent migrate owing to oppression, of the citizenship Act to grant confer citizenship on foreign-    8  %                 and Hindu population under the king- Assembly member Rohini will certainly be accommo- citizenship to Bengali refugees, ers. When Jews came to Kerala              *     ( dom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh; it slow- Kumar Chaudhary warned that dated in India.” On November who migrated even before the after the destruction of the           -          ly migrated to India, especially after the at least three lakh Muslims had 5, 1950, Jawaharlal Nehru Indira-Mujib agreement. He Temple of Solomon (70 AD),          #            assassination of former Presidents entered India illegally. assured the Parliament, “There was supported by PL Punia and descendants of the Prophet to Mohammed Daoud Khan (1978) and Thereafter, the interim is no doubt, of course, that Khagen Das in the Lok Sabha Sindh after Karbala (680 AD),                 $  Mohammad Najibullah (1996), and the Parliament passed the those displaced persons, who and Shyamal Chakraborty and Parsis to Sanjan (8th century),         *+6 # 6     .E     ( rise of the Pakistan-backed Taliban. Immigrants (Expulsion from have come to settle in India, are Prasanta Chatterjee in the all sought permission from      4B                Hence, Afghan minorities deserve the Assam) Act, 1950, to enable the bound to have the citizenship. Rajya Sabha. The 20th local rulers. Post-1947, same consideration as those from Central Government to remove If the law is inadequate in this Congress of the CPI(M) passed Tibetans, Baha’i and others     -   9   :    # +8$       ( Pakistan and Bangladesh. outsiders whose “stay in Assam respect, the law should be a resolution, demanding rights were given refuge. But sneak-    8))        >E    "  *+6 -   As Union Home Minister Amit is detrimental to the interests of changed.” Sardar Vallabhbhai for Bengali refugees (April ing into the country and #    -   6           #   (( Shah stated in Parliament (December the general public of India or Patel promised vigilance for the 2012). acquiring voter and ration 9 and 11), the Nehru-Liaquat Pact of of any section thereof or of any welfare of the minorities in In 2003, the Atal Bihari cards by stealth is neither       -           +8$S 1950 failed abysmally to protect Scheduled Tribe in Assam.” Pakistan. Vajpayee Government gave legal nor acceptable.         F/         minorities in Pakistan. Its first Law Hindu refugees were exempt- In March 1964, the then special powers to some border (The writer is Senior Fellow, Minister, Jogendra Nath Mandal, who ed. However, as the North-east- Union Home Minister districts of Rajasthan and Nehru Memorial Museum and helped the Muslim League wrest Sylhet ern States expressed anxieties, Gulzarilal Nanda said if the Gujarat to grant citizenship to Library. Views expressed are 2    from Assam, fled to West Bengal the special provisions were invoked honour and lives of Hindus Hindu and Sikh refugees from personal) ;     8      ( . / 0 ( ! 1# +    8 (  (    ##-. #.- 4 .. "  -  4-- " "  4. # -4" .            ./. " 4 -. # "  4-. "#  . "/4 "-.4.  -.4. 4"-." . "/- -- .-  4 " "# 4.*.- 4. .  . -  / ) *        "  . 4. "  .- -. # - #. . "  -.4.   . #   ./.C -4 . -   / . .  -  6(C -/  -4" -4##.    #                 69   "." . 4.- ( " *  .- . 7 .C  "            %1<0 0 11&10 11 950 1            K "  K- 9" K 4"- K' 8 "4     +  ) *                      2 # 1 1 # " . 1 / 11 3 # #( 1/"          ,                 a BJP worker, and five of his asso-          ciates were allegedly seen chang-           ( ing clothes near railway tracks at   S     -      #./      ( Sir — Prime Minister " . ."  4  . .-# Radhamadhabtala village in West         0       -       +  Narendra Modi and Union  " . . DE .. - . -. . 4* Bengal’s Murshidabad district. Home Minister Amit Shah .  C . /  / /-.  4.* They were then seen throwing          "              seem to be talking in different . 7 . 4"/ .-  .4/ .- /* stones at a passing train engine   #             -    voices, adding to the already " - ./ . 4. -4" 64. .C   when local people caught them              *   S  ( lingering confusion over the  . #.-.-  .4   . .  - and handed them over to the Citizenship Amendment Act  4.L - . . . -.  /.. .. - police. This showcases the danger-               P Q (CAA) and the National  ..   .L (   . /..- .. ous design to add communal                        Register of Citizens (NRC). In   -./" -- . 4.  . . -  colour and violent viciousness to                   fact, Prime Minister Modi  L  "/M " L/  -#. M   the protests and foment riots. seemed to be doing a somer- "4  ##C  #4#. .  . .- Sujit De    S $  ) - )            sault on what his trusted lieu-  . .. . "C -. . 4-   #.-. ) . C . - --. ..  ""4C  Kolkata              3         tenant Shah had said inside  /4  .C -- -4"  ."  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"  .  #"/ "/C ##  9 &11 the avowed principle of our +                   Assam on the orders of the . " -" .4/.-  // . -- .  nation, “unity in diversity”, in the Supreme Court. The Prime spontaneous agitations against                    ( Minister also asserted that the the Act. It is time the            )  ,       Government has thus far not dis- immigrants. terms with the reality, that is,   Government understood the                       cussed it either in Parliament or I remember Shah had also those already in the country sentiment and mood of the peo- Cabinet. But interestingly, his said unequivocally that the Modi illegally cannot be deported. An ple and rescinded the Act.       3            colleague Shah is on record hav- Government will definitely old saying is most relevant here Sir — It is a matter of concern that Tharcius S Fernando            ,          ing promised on several occa- implement the NRC across the that “which cannot be cured efforts are on to give the demon- Chennai 6           7        sions the introduction of the country and when that is done, must be endured.” strations against CAA and the NRC in West Bengal and across not a single illegal intruder will P Arihanth NRC a bad name. Abhishek !  ## & 2            S  the country to ferret out illegal remain. We have to come to Secunderabad Sarkar, a youth known locally as 0:10;<=9=   ! "#$   4    4  $ ".1 /20& 6      "2/6 /0 1#""2/6 & & %    , &/-%  '  $ %    '  -  %> . -% &--,-- ?%@ &  & %&'  %  ,    (.4".- 4-.  . . -.4" " H4# . --   L&&  L%%   -  . . #4-4 - 4--   /.. & , "C . -4" " . 4.-" .  #4-- (   (  

/517 4-01-& .     (   + +* ))      +     ./                     P60 S Q    (  +      (   ((    *  P,   6     3     ,Q ,                        60      96: ?    (            P S Q       +   6              0   ,            P Q +   6      ,     (                    G P- Q             (                                        ,   (     6      -         ( 8/ !3-.                 (    = (6      #       ast week, we saw several leading                   ( economists argue against the          @         reduction in personal income           "            tax while others warned about the  consequences of a likely deviation Lfrom the fiscal targets. This discussion was #                  reignited by former Chief Economic     #           ( Advisor when he presented his assessment        ) % 3     in Bengaluru and strictly opposed a per-                    ( sonal income tax cut. The Chief Economist       ,    ./    %      of the International Monetary Fund, Gita    "           Gopinath, too, echoed a similar view when she categorically advised against devi- - "              ( ( ) (                ating from the fiscal deficits. These views are important for the sim- (          -         P 9:Q ) 8, 7          ,     P( ple reason that they are coming from such distinguished academics. However, the  8 Q      +  6   $      problem is that they underscore the extent 7''( ( #                    of India’s current demand slowdown. Any  C                 ( policy prescription is given after a sound  (                     prognosis of the problem. The suggestion 7 '          " #      against a fiscal stimulus comes from an 8 $               (    ( understanding that the slowdown is like- ly to be more structural than cyclical. ' )      #              ( ((        However, the recent weakness in as envisaged in the Direct Tax Committee using an unconditional cash transfer Responsibility and Budget Management growth statistics, which continued till ('(  report. Whether this happens or not is scheme as a substitute for food, fuel and rules to limit the extent of foreign borrow- 3      "    H #       ( ($((                   November, indicates that the extent of cycli- another matter but it is definitely impor- fertiliser subsidies and MGNREGA. Such ings can resolve this problem. Not cal slowdown is far greater than what was   tant to revive private demand. A reduc- a cash transfer programme can prove to exploring sovereign bonds will only put            ?     originally anticipated. There is indeed a  ( tion in the contribution to the Employees be far more effective over the coming years us at a disadvantage. The fact remains that     %  ) 8  8       slowdown in demand, which has resulted () Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and given that it will be well targetted, thanks India is a capital deficient nation and sov-      #  P Q        in unutilised capacities, thereby curtailing ' $   6 other social security schemes can also help to the Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile trinity. ereign bonds are a good way to ensure        #         private investment. Reduced investments ' ))8 the Government achieve the goal. Over time, it may be fiscally efficient, adequate funds for fiscal needs. Moreover,     6           "  F/ have further resulted in lower growth and ( B( ( The third aspect, of course, is to boost thereby reducing the burden of these pro- this will ensure that our domestic savings                 the cycle continues. It is, therefore, impor- ' ( Government expenditure to ensure robust grammes on the exchequer. A case in can be utilised by the private sector and                (    tant to break this cycle rather than keep   (  demand. This expansion should ideally point is the food subsidy Bill, which has cost of borrowing will go down, thereby      #       ((     waiting for it to turn itself. come in the form of investments rather nearly doubled between 2013 and 2019. making them more competitive. The most effective way to break this  than simple unconditional cash transfers. This shows the extent of the Government’s India’s medium-term potential con-   #      6(          ( (       P    Q   -   6   cycle is through the revival of demand, An extensive cash transfer scheme is commitment towards these programmes. tinues to be great despite the current eco- which has already shown signs of improve- ',  C indeed needed. However, it must come as A key question when one talks about nomic slowdown. However, getting out of   I                ( ment. There are three main components of $(C  an alternative to our current poverty alle- the fiscal deficit is to do with its financ- the slump should be a priority given the           I       ( demand — for domestic goods and services $  $( ) viation programmes rather than as a sup- ing. Many talk about the limited fiscal risks it poses to our growth ambitions. It               !  by external sector (exports), private and $6  )( plement to them. space. Indeed, this is true but a major com- is evident that fiscal perma-hawks are  60  9 !6: Governmental. As is known, exports    ' India does have several opportunities ponent of the fiscal deficit at present is the against a slippage, but then, evidence from *    4J         (  depend on a variety of factors such as glob- (' ) ( for public investment — in roads, railways interest rate on previous borrowings. This the last five decade shows that fiscal expan-      P    Q  ,       , al growth, trade environment and domes- $7 and the development of urban infrastruc- is where the role of the Reserve Bank of sions are indeed effective when it comes  4/                 tic competitiveness. The Government can ture. Moreover, a lot more can be done to India (RBI) becomes important. The to revival of growth. At a time when our only affect the latter. The HLAG has 8(' augment social infrastructure by invest- Central Bank needs to urgently intervene exposure to foreign debt is low and infla-           ,        7    ( 5 ./4>  8    <  98 <: P  Q      already proposed bold reforms, some of ments in healthcare and education. These to reduce the yield on Government tion is muted, we do have a significant  ./4K    0 %   P Q       which have been implemented by the are the areas that are likely to drive future Securities (GSecs). Reducing the yield can opportunity to take necessary bold mea- Government. Private demand, on the growth. While the multiplier for invest- free up further fiscal space for the sures to move closer to our potential.

    %          8 <  0S  other hand, depends on overall growth. ments in these areas may not be as high Government to provision for a fiscal stim- Failure to do so would be a waste of the                    * And Government demand is always an in the short run, it will yield rich dividends ulus in the coming financial year. The fis- work done over the last five years to ensure    45      P Q     important aspect during an economic over a period of time. cal stimulus is unlikely to be inflationary, such stable fundamentals.  (        3   #    ( slowdown. This thought may appear to be As far as consolidation of poverty alle- given that our growth rate is significant- While many would continue to argue  H #          ,    ( Keynesian but it is a proven and effective viation programmes is concerned, now is ly below the potential and, therefore, rate against a fiscal expansion, it appears to be           3        strategy to address a slowdown. indeed the right time to evaluate the cuts should continue while the RBI the best way to break the cycle. Therefore,               P( During the 2008 recession, the US wit- impact of associated schemes and discuss should keep on intervening to ensure that augmentation of Government demand in 0 S Q P    Q ,          nessed a substantial increase in its deficit whether a direct cash transfer module can real GSec yields reduce. Perhaps, it should the right area should be the way forward   <   -             even as the Federal Reserve System kept on be more effective. This exercise is impor- also redefine the real GSec yields by tak- rather than continuing with the fiscal con-    3        #      expanding its balance sheets aggressively. tant as India is a capital constraint econ- ing non-food CPI as the appropriate indi- solidation path. However, in the event of Both these moves were important to omy and, thus, the prudent use of public cator for inflation. deviation from the target, the Government         S    S      ( address the economic slowdown, which finances can help meet some of its urgent Another important decision was must come clear on its future fiscal con-        6        originated from the financial crisis. investment needs. announced in the previous Budget but is solidation path and commit to factor mar-          #       ( Therefore, India, too, needs to look at In an exercise undertaken under the yet to take off and this is to so with sov- ket reforms over the next couple of                    ways that can revive demand to break the guidance (and jointly with him) of Surjit ereign bonds. In principle, the idea is good months. Doing so will revive the senti-            -       cycle. The easiest way to achieve the same S Bhalla, it was found that the recent asset and helps resolves many problems on the ment and sending a signal to the interna-   "        ,     PQ  is for the Government to start clearing its transfer by the Modi Government did fiscal front. The only concern has been tional community that India means seri-  S    ,             dues on time. The Government knows this amplify India’s already good record of that low cost may induce the Government ous business and is committed to its fis-             well and the same is a work-in-progress. poverty alleviation. This suggests that we to borrow excessively from abroad, there- cal consolidation targets.      !"          # The other methodology is to rationalise can move towards an innovative approach by resulting in unsustainable build-up of (The writer is a New Delhi-based taxes as a part of a larger taxation reform, for our poverty alleviation programmes public debt. Tweaking the Fiscal policy researcher) .   +                                     

cord and turmoil in society. amendment made in bad faith that another interesting case in point. Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, forced the Prime Minister to allow Ahmadiyya figureheads during The “enlightened model” sup- creates discord in the polity can be Unlike the 1986 Article 295-C that maintained that the “90-year-old a debate. A special parliamentary their meeting with the committee ports robust debate and an equally problematic. Certain Constitutional introduced the death penalty in the question” (of whether the committee was formed to investigate turned the tide in the Opposition’s vigorous process of tabling a Bill amendments, which trigger discord country’s blasphemy laws, the sec- Ahmadiyya were Muslim or not) the Opposition’s demands. favour. He didn’t mention exactly before it is passed as law or an in society, become rather tough to ond amendment in the country’s was a theological one and, thus, Theological experts from all Muslim what these statements were. amendment. The idea is to achieve reverse, especially when they Constitution was not enacted in a could not be discussed in Parliament. sects in Pakistan, including those After four months of debates as wide a consensus as possible become political tools in the hands hurry or without debate. A robust According to Hussain, the Prime from the Ahmadiyya community, and commotion, the Bill to declare among all branches of the legislature, of strong lobbies. debate did take place. Mahboob Minister asked religious parties that were invited for in-camera sessions the Ahmadiyya a minority was /!' 5-"- 3- the executive and the polity. Yet, one Take, for instance, the Second Hussain’s book, The Parliament of if this issue was so important, why with the committee. allowed to be tabled. On September has often seen how fast sometimes Amendment in the US Pakistan, provides a detailed had they not discussed it when the Bhutto’s party, the Pakistan 7, 1974, it was passed. All parties — ll Constitutions authored by majorities in a Parliament have Constitution. Ratified in 1791, it account of how this amendment, Constitution was being framed (with Peoples Party (PPP), had been over- religious and secular — in the nation-states from the 18th passed Bills and made amendments gives US citizens the right to bear which ousted a community from their input) in 1973. The speaker of whelmingly supported by the Assemblies and the senate voted in Acentury onwards have their without much debate or input from arms. The amendment became the fold of Islam, managed to the National Assembly stated that no Ahmadiyya during the 1970 election. its favour. Editorials of almost all roots in what is often referred, by stakeholders. controversial in the latter half of the become part of a Constitution built debate can take place on the matter In 1972, Bhutto had even appoint- newspapers commended the political scientists, as the “enlight- Recently, a controversial Act in 20th century when there was an on the enlightened model. because the Constitution had already ed new chiefs of Air Force and Navy, Parliament for resolving the issue ened Constitution model.” It is the Indian Parliament was passed in alarming increase in cases of youth In May 1974, a clash took place defined the minorities. On June 14, both of whom were Ahmadiyya. “peacefully.” largely based on the ideas of sever- just one day. The Citizenship indiscriminately gunning down between a group of Ahmadiyya the Opposition called for a general According to Hussain, Bhutto con- Yet, even though the al 17th and 18th century European (Amendment) Act (CAA) was intro- fellow students in schools. youth and members of the student- strike. The strike turned violent in tinued efforts to neutralise the situ- Government and the Opposition philosophers, especially Thomas duced by the BJP Government on Despite massive rallies calling to wing of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) in Punjab, killing dozens. ation but since Punjab was the declared that a 90-year-old issue had Hobbes, John Locke and Jean- December 9 and passed the very repel the amendment, American the city of Rabwah. A week later, the After threatening to use the PPP’s electoral bastion, violence in been resolved through democratic Jacques Rousseau. next day. Denounced by the Governments have found it tough to Leader of the Opposition in the military against the rioters, the the province threatened his regime consensus, the fact is, this “resolu- Even though various forms of Opposition and human rights do so because the amendment is Punjab Assembly demanded that the Prime Minister finally appeared on at the centre. tion” ended up opening a Pandora’s codified Constitutions have existed groups as being “anti-Muslim” and supported by the powerful and Ahmadiyya be declared a minority. TV and promised that he would Rafi Raza, one of the authors of Box that the State and polity of before the 18th century, it is the against the “secular spirit of the financially strong “gun lobby” and by Soon, the Opposition in the National allow the issue to be discussed in the 1973 Constitution, wrote in his Pakistan are still trying to shut. This “enlightened model” that continues Indian Constitution”, the passage of segments of the polity in the more Assembly moved a motion to discuss Parliament. In his book, Hussain 1997 book, ZA Bhutto and was a box from which sprang out not to shape Constitutions to this day. this Act has triggered widespread conservative Southern States. Both the incident in Parliament. The law writes that the fact that the military Pakistan, that many members of only religious and sectarian mon- Therefore, a Constitution of any riots in India. groups have an impact on the elec- Minister refused the motion stating was already engaged in fighting an PPP’s Punjab Assembly agreed to strosities but also the question: country is understood to be inher- This is a stark example of an toral careers and fortunes of a num- that the issue was provincial. insurgency in Balochistan, and the support the Opposition on the Exactly how adjustable should a ently pluralistic, setting guidelines for amendment staining a document ber of members of the US Congress Until June 4, 1974 the manner in which certain Ahmadiyya issue after portions of the special Constitution based on the “enlight- Governments to legislate laws that that was originally constructed on and Governors. 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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on   preferred to sit on the sidelines the other hand, gains in Maruti, economy on track. Dharmendra Pradhan, Skill because of the credit squeeze But Switzerland’s number Monday purchased 10,000 and wait for fresh cues ahead Hero MotoCorp, Kotak Bank, Sources said Prime Development Minister caused by a disruption in the two bank maintained that just crore worth of long-term Hong Kong: Asian markets of holidays. Bajaj Auto and Bajaj Finance Minister Narendra Modi Mahendra Nath Pandey, non-bank financial sector. one senior leader, who has since Government securities and fluctuated on Monday with At the closing bell, the restricted the losses on the chaired the first meeting of the Labour Minister Santosh Last week, Fitch Ratings been forced out, was entirely to sold 6,825 crore of four short- activity thinning out as investors BSE gauge Sensex was down index. CCIG, which was set up in June Kumar Gangwar, Housing and cut its growth forecast for India blame for both incidents and term securities through the wind down for the Christmas 38.88 points or 0.09 per cent at Traders said the Sensex after the BJP won a second Urban Development Minister to 4.6 per cent for 2019-20 fis- that rest of the top brass had not special open market opera- break, while confidence remains 41,642.66; while the NSE reshuffle led to some price term in office. Hardeep Singh Puri and HRD cal on significant deceleration been aware of the activities. tions (OMOs). buoyed by relief at the China- barometer Nifty was lower by movements as fund managers No details of the decisions minister Ramesh Pokhriyal. in the past few quarters due to Releasing the investigation Last week, the RBI had US trade deal. Global equities 9.05 points or 0.074 per cent at adjusted their portfolios. taken at the meeting were The Cabinet committees credit squeeze and deteriora- conducted by the Homburger announced simultaneous pur- are enjoying a flourish at the end 12,262.75. Yes Bank, Vedanta, Tata immediately known. were in response to growth tion in business and consumer law firm, Credit Suisse said that chase and sale of government of the year, having been on a Index heavyweight Motors and Tata Motors DVR The panel has four other slowing down and a rise in confidence. Moody’s has put “it has been confirmed that securities under OMOs for roller-coaster ride for 12 months Reliance Industries, which have exited the index to make members -- Home Minister unemployment. The Periodic 2019-20 growth at 4.9 per cent Peter Goerke, who was a 10,000 crore each. owing to the long-running trade slipped 1.78 per cent on the way for Titan Company, Amit Shah, Highways and Labour Force Survey of the and the Asian Development Member of the Executive In the OMO purchase of row and Brexit. Sensex, was a top drag after the UltraTech Cement and Nestle MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari, National Sample Survey Office Bank (ADB) estimates it at 5.1 Board at the time, was placed 6.45 per cent GS 2029, which And observers say that government sought to block India. Finance Minister Nirmala had shown that the unem- per cent. under observation by a third- is a benchmark security, the with those two major issues the company’s plan to sell stake Sectorally, BSE energy, Sitharaman and Commerce & ployment rate in the country The meeting comes at a party firm on behalf of Credit RBI received 20,826 crore cleared up for now, 2020 could to Saudi Aramco. realty, FMCG, power and util- Railways Minister Piyush was 5.3% in rural India and time when the government is Suisse for a period of several worth of bids from the partic- see a healthy run-up in prices, In percentage terms, Nestle ities indices fell up to 1.33 per Goyal. 7.8% in urban India, resulting busy preparing the second days in February 2019”. ipants but accepted 10,000 boosted by looser central bank India was the top loser in the cent. The meeting came against in an overall unemployment budget of Modi-2.0 regime. The probe was launched crore of bids. monetary policy as well as the backdrop of GDP growth rate of 6.1% during 2017-18. Sitharaman is to present her following media reports last “The RBI offered to pur- signs of improvement in slowing to a six-year low of 4.5 In response to economic second budget on February 1. week that spying at Credit chase the 10-year benchmark economies around the world. per cent in the July-September growth decelerating since mid- The government has indi- Suisse ran deeper than one security which is liquid and Wall Street provided yet quarter as the twin engines of 2018, the government has cated that its corporate tax case. highly traded in the secondary another record-breaking lead investment and exports sput- announced fiscal measures rate cut could lower revenue by The banking giant was market. The outstanding stock after data confirmed the US tered. Adding to the woes is a including a cut in the corporate 0.7 per cent of GDP in FY2019- shaken by the discovery last of this bond is around economy enjoyed reasonable slowdown in consumption. tax rate, bank recapitalisation, 20 and hopes to finance spend- September that surveillance 67,447.851 crore. This would growth in the third quarter, This was the sixth consec- infrastructure spending plans, ing by more aggressive asset had been ordered on star have attracted the bidders to while other reports showed utive quarter when the growth support for the auto sector and divestments, including Air banker and former wealth buy it through OMO pur- personal income and rate fell. Alongside CCIG, a others. But some experts India and Bharat Petroleum management chief Iqbal Khan. chase,” said a bank treasurer at consumer confidence Cabinet Committee on believe these do not directly Corporation Ltd (BPCL). AFP a state-run bank. PTI improving. AFP $  91   % )@(   6  &       (  )(   (       New Delhi: Capital markets were transferred in its favour.      26  regulator Sebi on Monday “By virtue of the pledge New York: Boeing on Monday imposed 5 lakh fine on Karvy being invoked, Noticee share-     executive chairman. It had also Besides, it has also urged replaced its embattled chief Financial Services Ltd for mak- holding in Regalia Realty directed the RoC to reverse “to delete the aspersions made executive, Dennis Muilenburg, ing requisite disclosures after a increased from 0 per cent to n a new twist to the Tata- Tata Sons’ status from a ‘private regarding any hurried help saying a change was needed as delay of nearly seven years. 55.56 per cent and the said dis- IMistry saga, the Registrar of company’ to a ‘public compa- accorded by the RoC Mumbai it attempts to restore its repu- Sebi found that three pro- closure under Regulation 29(1) Companies under the corpo- ny’. to Tata Sons, except what was tation amid the protracted 737 moters of Regalia Realty in of SAST Regulation and rate Affairs Ministry on According to the officials statutorily required” in para MAX crisis. order to obtain a project loan Regulation 13(1) of PIT Monday moved the NCLAT from the Ministry of Corporate 181 of the order. Boeing named Chairman for the company, created Regulation was made on seeking to implead it as a party Affairs, the application filed by “The instant application is David Calhoun as its chief encumbrance on the shares December 26, 2018 to compa- in the dispute between the two RoC Mumbai has been admit- being filed for seeking implead- executive, saying the company held by them by way of a ny and stock exchange i.E. After and sought certain modifica- ted by the NCLAT and is ment of the applicant (RoC) in needed to “restore confidence” pledge in favour of Karvy a delay of 6 years and 11 tion in the order passed by the expected to be listed on January company appeal.., and for fur- and “repair relationships with Financial Services to secure months,” Sebi said. The regula- tribunal last week. 2, 2020 for hearing, the first day ther seeking amendments in regulators, customers and all repayment of the loan. tor thus imposed the monetary The Registrar of when the quasi-judicial body the judgement dated December other stakeholders.” Karvy Financial Services penalty on Karvy Financial Companies has sought deletion opens after winter vacation. 18, 2019 passed there in by this The company pledged to was required to disclose cre- Services for violating Substantial of the words “illegal” and “with In its urgent application, appellate tribunal due to factual “operate with a renewed com- ation of pledge to the compa- Acquisition of Shares and the help of the RoC” used by filed five days after the and legal errors, which are mitment to full transparency, ny as well as the BSE Takeovers (SAST) norms. the NCLAT in its last week NCLAT’s judgement, RoC apparent in the body of the including effective and proac- in accordance with the market Besides, through two sep- order, reinstating Cyrus Mistry Mumbai has asked the appel- aforementioned judgement,” tive communication with the norms. arate orders, Sebi levied a fine as the executive chairman of late tribunal “to carry out req- the petition said. FAA, other global regulators Thereafter, the pledge cre- of 2 lakh each on Divine the USD 110-billion Tata uisite amendments” in Para 186 Passing 172-page-long and its customers.” The aero- ated over the shares of the pro- Waters Pvt Ltd and Sonia group. and 187 (iv) of its judgement order on December 18, the space giant’s financial picture moters of the company was Finvest Pvt Ltd for failing to The tribunal had termed “to correctly reflect the conduct National Company Law remains clouded following the invoked by Karvy Financial make timely disclosures with the appointment of N of the RoC, Mumbai as not Appellae Tribunal (NCLAT) global grounding of the MAX Services and subsequently, shares respect to reduction in their Chandrasekaran, as ‘illegal’ fol- being illegal and being as per had directed for the reinstate- in March after two deadly of the firm amounting to 55.56 shareholding in Secure Earth lowing the October 2016 sack- the provisions of the ment of ousted Cyrus Mistry as crashes. 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It has been ndia is a land of cultural diversity which gives us the oppor- mostly used in North and East India since ancient Itunity of enjoying so many festivals throughout the year. With ike many hospitals across the Pranav Johiri who is the first times and comes with a bevy of health benefits. Christmas and New Year’s Eve are just around the corner, we can world, Vellore-based Christian Indian to have undertaken treatment already smell all the sweet delicacies being prepared everywhere. LMedical College (CMC) too is of Bacteriophages in Georgia has set   % &  After all, what much is left in a festival if it’s not mostly about grappling with infectious bacteria up Vitalis Phage Therapy in partner- Mustard oil is greatly recommended for the the variety of food each festival has to offer. It is a time, during (Supebugs) that resists anti-biotics. #0 &! ship with the Eliava Phage Therapy reason that it is rich in monounsaturated fatty which we often get carried away by the temptation of consum- The doctors at the CMC hospi- Center to help people get this ther- acids. Your body needs oil in the ratio of 3:1, three ing much more food than what we usually do. No matter what tals have decided to try Phage ther- apy when anti-biotics fail. parts of polyunsaturated fatty acids and one part age group we belong to, it is not easy to resist the urge of eating apy, wherein nature’s anti-biotics — “We are also working towards of saturated fatty acids. Monounsaturated fatty cakes, sweets, and chocolates during festivals. Is it? Bacteriophages are used to infect and )1 tying up with local diagnostic lab- acids (MUFA) come under polyunsaturated. People keep on eating without thinking much of the conse- kill pathogenic multidrug-resistant )1 oratories to conduct Phage sensitiv- Mustard oil is a potent source of MUFA which is quences. Sweets are the most favourite part of any festivity and (MDR) bacteria. The therapy is !! ity tests on bacterial cultures. This very important for your health. It is good for the to resist them is next to impossible. But no matter how tempt- already in use in various countries will reduce the time taken for test- heart, lightens skin, assists in hair growth, and pre- ing it gets, devouring on sweets and spicy food needs to be con- like Russia and Georgia but in India ing and make it easier for patients vents premature greying of hair. trolled, especially for the kids. They have very active taste buds, there is no regulatory framework. (       ( suffering from bacterial infections to and often their preferred foods are the ones that are unhealthy “Every year we are losing at least take Phage therapy,” he says and tells &   - for them. With the festivals often come health issues that appear 30-40 per cent of our patients to the !   (    you that they have facilitated both Including mustard oil in your daily diet can due to our negligence on what to eat and what not to eat. People, Superbug. Since there is no regula- ways of treatment for Indian patients prove to be beneficial to your heart health. Being especially kids, are the first ones to fall ill due to festive celebra- tion for Phage therapy here, we will ( -0EC;.  — in-clinic as well as distance. a good source of MUFA, it reduces bad choles- tions. approach regulatory bodies — Indian The cost of the treatment is terol in the body, thus keeping a check on blood Gorging on cakes, chocolates, and wine during the festival Council of Medical Research (ICMR)     +    almost equivalent to the amount fat levels and aids in circulation. season can harm our body in so many ways. But, what exactly and Drug Controller General of spent on anti-biotic treatment. are the ways in which it can harm our bodies? Let us know: India (DCGI) to conduct clinical trial  (  !   + Dr Nath opines that more doc- %   % Overeating can lead to gastritis and constipation on our patients suffering with bac- tors should come forward to accept Mustard oil contains anti-bacterial, anti-fungal Foods prepared during festivals are often too sweet or spicy terial infections to ascertain thera- terised virulent Bacteriophages that tries. The developed nations like the the phase therapy for the benefit of and anti-viral properties. It’s external and internal and are prepared with ingredients that are either unhealthy or peutic potential of Bacteriophages on can kill drug-resistant clinical isolates US and the UK ditched it in favour their patients suffering with bacte- usage is known to help in several ways to fight against over nutritious. Excess intake of such foods can lead to health bacteria like escherichia coli, klebsiel- and purify them for therapeutic of antibiotics. However, with AMR rial infections. infections, including digestive tract infections. problems like gastritis and constipation. So, it is wise to stay away la pneumonia and enterobacter cloa- standards and do clinical trials. becoming a tough nut to crack, the Shrikant Pawar, scientist from from food prepared with a high amount of sugar and maida cae,” Dr Biju George, Professor of Phage-derived enzymes (lysins) are western world too is showing inter- Pune based National Centre for - -%%. -  because these things areun- Hematology, CMC says. also being developed as promising est in this new weapon against the Microbial Resource which has been '-- healthy if not taken sensibly or “We plan to collaborate with the antimicrobials,” she says adding that bacteria. given the mandate to implement the For many cracked heels is a troublesome prob- $  ' in the appropriate quantity. Vellore Institute of Technology concerted efforts are required from Last year, Belgium and France National Mission on AMR on behalf lem during monsoon and winters. One can use waste   Sweets are generally made with (VIT), Vellore,” says Dr George. all the stakeholders to understand the also took a decision by permitting of the Science and Technology candles to say goodbye to cracked heels. Just make   these ingredients. So we should However, CMC hospital is not the challenges and to begin with, facili- the Bacteriophages as antibiotic Ministry, terms the Bacteriophages a mixture by heating the candle wax with an equal '   limit our consumption of sweets only medical institute that is trying tate this therapy for those patients treatment isn’t getting anywhere as a promising technology as it can quantity of mustard oil so that it becomes thick. Fill to avoid gastritis and constipa- to explore Phage therapy to save who don’t respond to antibiotics any- for the pharma companies not much get rid of resistance culture that your cracked heels with this mixture and sleep wear-   tion. patients afflicted with drug-resistant more. research is going on in the sector. might be residing in someone’s ing cotton socks.    Weight gain bacteria. Scientists and researchers Dr Gopal Nath from the “It is time to turn to Phage ther- body. People suffering from urinary Mustard oil can also be applied to the nails. It 9 # The most annoying after- are conducting trials at the institute Microbiology Department at the apy. But unless we have a clearer tract infections, kidney infections is, in fact, better than coconut and almond oil in terms effect of overeating is weight and university level on Phage ther- Banaras Hindu University (BHU) legal framework in India, all the and prostatitis have taken Phage of benefits. It has the ability to lubricate the nail bed    gain. Even if it is for just a cou- apy as an alternative to antibiotics. has used Bacteriophages to treat research work will remain confined therapy and have seen successful and be easily absorbed to bring about nourishment.      ple of days during the festival, In India resistant infections chronic wounds that don’t respond within the labs only,” Nachimuthu eradication of their infections. 6  people come to gain kilos due to caused by these bacteria is expected to standard treatment. “The creation says. Besides, there are some concerns - '-%% - overeating. It is because of the to kill over 2 million people by 2050. of a biofilm by the bacterium is the Talking about how the Phage about its use such as safety and effi- As per the Ayurveda, applying mustard oil for '  excessive use of oil, sugar and “Phage therapy has huge potential in problem as this does not allow the works, he explains that by making cacy issues, as well as immune body massage improves blood circulation, skin tex-  maida in preparation of festival view of escalating AMR cases,” antibiotic to penetrate the wound. To a cocktail of Phages, it would become response to the administered Phages. ture and frees muscular tension. It also activates the foods. When it is so easy to gain asserts Urmi Bajpai, Associate work around this, we used a cock- easy to treat a wide variety of bac- Growth optimisation and purifica- sweat glands and helps in throwing out toxins from weight through overeating, it is Professor, Biomedical Science at tail of customised Bacteriophages terial infections that are otherwise tion strategies of Phages are also the body. In other words, it acts as a natural cleanser. equally difficult to lose those stubborn kilos and get back into Acharya Narendra Dev College, effective on Escherichia coli, resistant to the latest generations of some issues that needs to be shape. Delhi University. Staphylococcus aureus, and antibiotics. At the same time the ver- addressed. -  &%  %- Cavity Found in the wastewater treat- Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated satility of Phages would allow us to But that will be possible only if Mustard oil has been an ageold remedy for Sweets prepared in the shops contain a lot of artificial sweet- ment plants as well as in sewages from the wounds of 20 patients use the antibodies against the bac- we start working on this important curing cough and cold. It is because of its heat- eners. Excessive consumption of such sweets can affect the gums where bacteria also harbour, Phages between the ages of 12 and 60,” he teria that have been displayed on the therapy that have enormous poten- ing property that assists in clearing congestion and teeth negatively. The sugar content and artificial sweeten- are the only therapeutic agent that explains. Phage surface. tial to give relief to the patients from the respiratory tract. Mustard oil steam treat- ers in sweets are the reason for bacterial growth in teeth which amplifies itself at the sites of infec- Ramesh Nachimuthu, Assistant Similarly a protective antigen infected with deadly bacteria, say the ment is recommended as a home remedy, and you causes cavities and gum problems. tion and is cleared when the infec- Professor at the VIT says, Phage ther- could be delivered as a DNA or scientists. can also rub about a teaspoon of it on your chest Risk of Diabetes tious bacteria have been killed. apy is not a new phenomenon. It was Phage display vaccine. So, a mixture    &  &    before going to sleep and let it work its magic. It If you are above 40 and you have a history of Diabetes in “We are excited about this ther- first explored more than a century of Phages that are modified geneti- #  '!   -    is probably the pungency that helps in clearing your family, it is safe to stay far, far away from sweets and other apy. We need to have national repos- ago and is still used in Russia, cally would be more helpful in 041;& C   D)' sinuses. foods that are made of ingredients that are known to cause dia- itories of diverse and well-charac- Georgia and other European coun- addressing all these problems. %   '         -  )   betes. Even if it is for a few days, it can harm you in a perma- nent way. Sweets are known to be a factor that affects the pro-     duction of insulin in your body that causes Diabetes later on. 1 5 Increase in cholesterol levels Overconsumption of sweets and foods are not advisable dur- Dandruff is common in winters en are twice as ing festivals because they can increase the cholesterol levels of team of researchers from Lovely tion is beneficial for the management of likely as women the body. It is dangerous for human bodies and it is also one of especially for those who have dry AProfessional University (LPU) have Diabetes and other associated problems like Mto consider the main reasons for heart diseases in people. skin. It is not something that you developed a novel method to prepare sugar- weakness, fever, cough, cold and headache. themselves to be good at Apart from the health issues mentioned above, binge eating want since it leads to an itchy free Asava formulation a well-known tra- The solution can be directly consumed by lying and getting away with can also be the reason for various problems. Doctors opine that ditional fermented biomedicine for the patients with or without water. it, researchers have found. we should stay away from packaged food as much as possible scalp. Following a few simple treating human body systems The research team took about The study, published in the journal because most of the outdoor food is prepared with unhealthy remedies at home can help get rid like nervous system, blood three years to complete this PLOS ONE, revealed that expert liars also ingredients. Parents should also educate children about healthy of it, says ROSHANI DEVI circulatory system and res- project and it has been patent- prefer to lie face-to-face, rather than via food habits and how overeating can make them dull & clumsy. piratory system. The ed under India Patent Office. text messages, and social media was the research was conducted by The team has also developed least likely place where they'd tell a lie. !"##$ andruff is a very com- Use curd. 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The show gathers two photog- raphers from Qatar, Hamad Al Shamari and Aisha Al Sadah, who went to the Himalayan region of Ladakh in India to capture its local culture and traditions, and two  Indian photographers based in Doha, who have been picturing “life in Qatar.” The photographers have worked on themes like architecture, marks of the country. He believes show a remote land tucked in the landscape, portraits and street life to that the idea behind showcasing the valleys among barren mountains discover the similarities and differ- two nations through photographs and where communities are known ences between both nations and cul- will not only help people realise the for their tolerance and their harmo- %.   tures. similarities and the differences nious living, photos from Qatar shed So what was Ajeesh’s approach? between the nations but also look at light on the bustling metropolis of India. “Ladakh is a difficult terrain, While Ajeesh finds the ocean as He says that everyday things fasci- the bonding that the two share. “The Doha, made up of century-old mar- especially for those who live in a the element of similarity, Salim nate him a lot and they were his photographers who travelled to kets, futuristic buildings and archi- coastal area. The climatic conditions says that both the countries have main inspiration. He adds, “I shoot India have captured various places tecture that line its waterfront. are so different. The altitude and huge deserts and are going through everywhere. I am a street photogra- and moments in every day lives of Ajeesh, who originally comes temperatures are very high there. So rapid urbanisation. “Qatar is becom- pher. I am always carrying a cam- the people of Ladakh. They have from Kerala, says that the sea in it was quite difficult for them to sur- ing more of a sports-oriented coun- era. So when we were told about this also captured a regional festival that Qatar reminds him of Kerala’s coast- vive there but what they have try. And even though both the exhibition, they asked us to capture even Indians outside of Ladakh do line. “Since Gulf countries have an brought out is beautiful. I just feel nations are becoming modern, their the life and traditions in Qatar. I not know about. So it’s great for immeasurable coastline, I have cap- that they should have spent more different ways of functioning is already had some photos and trav- tourism and awareness as well. tured the sea-side moments and time in India and explored its dif- what I have tried to highlight in my elled around to click more.” Also, a large part of workforce people enjoying their time there,” ferent cities as that would have high- photos.” Salim Abdulla, another Qatar- from India lives in Qatar,” says says he. He highlights the same lighted its true colours and tradi- (The show is on till January 12 based Indian photographer, is also Salim. thing while talking about the other tions since it is a hub of cultures,” at the India Habitat Centre, central a painter and travelled to key land- While the photos from Ladakh two photographers who travelled to says Ajeesh. atrium.) % ! )0!25)!9)1:  (1&!   .;/0/0F,       11%0;C0E (     )     N  *+ * *    N 9  + !                  ,!; -;1 '.' photograph is worth a thousand shares a similar sentiment. Awords and a painting compels you “Meandering my way through the to read between the lines. However, rugged landscapes of mountains offers what has been considered historical- me an innumerable number of pic- ly as two competing forms of art is turesque opportunities. The sheer @ ; R  now becoming an alliance of vision pristine and unseen magnificence of with each art form influencing the nature is a photographer’s paradise. other in myriad ways. Artist Rita How else could I show that we belong " . . 4-O- .#  7C  4- -. ." - . Jhunjhunwala and photographer to nature and not vice versa if not Shreekant Somany collaborate to pro- through the five elements? My pho- scape of the greater , majes- he fog enveloping the pic- classical music while artistes from Tansen and Baiju Bawra, were duce an evocative show titled Shunya tographs in this show reveal how tic in its sculptured troughs and val- Tturesque mausoleum of Iran enthralled the audiences from Gwalior. Tansen is also — A Journey. Celebrating the five ele- nature appears in its most mystical leys with dry river beds, reminiscent Tansen in the background, and with traditional music from their credited as the founder of Gwalior ments — earth, water, fire, air and form on a daily basis,” says he. Indeed, of the earth’s existence through time some fine Indian and internation- land. Gharana. ether — the show will include more the works reveal that we all have to while Ether depicts the mysteries of al musicians from Greece, Israel, The evening started with a Rahul Rastogi, deputy director than 60 exhibits showcasing undertake a journey of going from space. “To capture a monastery in the the US, Iran and Belgium spell- Dhrupad performance by Sankar of Ustad Allaudin Khan Sangeet Jhunjhunwala’s mixed media works on ‘being nothing to arriving at nothing- backdrop of the Milky Way in Tibet binding an audience cutting Gandharv Sangeet Kala Akademi, said that the num- paper inspired by Benaras and ness’, one that begins with shunya and symbolises the connection of humans across class lines. This was per- Mahavidyalaya, Gwalior, and later ber of youngsters in the audience Somany’s photographs shot in Ladakh, aspires to end with it too. to ether and the unknown — the shun- haps the most striking aspect of Iranian artistes Pedram Khavar has increased in the last five years. Tibet and all across the Pamir. Take, for instance, the photograph ya,” says Somany. Earth for the Tansen Samaroh which cele- Zamini and Aamir Khari per- “Gwalior has always been known “I first visited Benaras when I was titled Air. “On the way from Darchen Jhunjhunwala is about the multi- brated its 95th year this time, that formed on their traditional instru- for a very receptive audience. 19 and have been going back ever to Ali in Tibet, I saw the majestic peak hued landscape of Benaras while ended recently, — the young and ment, Tumbak. Watching an increased number of since. Even for a tourist, the city is a through the eye of a brewing storm. ether depicts the blue mist of the early the elderly sitting down on mat- The highlight of the evening young people gives us immense joy delight for the senses. And as an artist, It was a phenomenon worth stopping flames of the huge oil lamps that cir- morning sky. “Before turning vermil- tresses and listening to classical was Ajay Pohankar, who had and hope for the future,” Rastogi I have never ceased to be amazed at for and capturing,” says Somany. cle around the priests in a holy dance lion, the misty blue mornings dream- music, withstanding intense chill chosen Raag Rageshri. He per- said. how it makes me think about the cycle Jhunjhunwala, a recipient of the Soviet amid ringing of bells and chanting of ily merge with the ethereal horizon to to enjoy music even after the formed Rakho Pat Mori and Sajan Talking about the value addi- of birth and death every time. The phi- Land Nehru Award, depicts the move- mantras. become one,” she explains. shades of dusk had fallen. Bin Sooni. He also played Thumri tions made to the festival during losophy of the city appeals to me ment of air in her painting by the same The painting Water is naturally Another highlight of the show are The festival began with a in Mishr Pahadi Raag, and con- the past few years, he said, “We because it compels me to think of us title through a sky brimming with the about the Ganga. “In this work, the Somany’s portraits of an elderly man Dhrupad presentation by Tansen cluded with the ghazal, Aye have given more character to the as part of the much bigger cosmos and chatter of seagulls hovering around mighty Ganga flows placidly past the and woman shot in Kohima. These Music College in Raag Yaman, Mohabbat Tere Anjaam Pe. stage ensuring that it is not a bland how minuscule we are in comparison. crowded boats and the floating scent busy ghats, pilgrims stand still with two have been also depicted through Chautaal and Nibbidh Bandish. A photo exhibition of late one. Also, as opposed to three days, Any imagination falls short of expe- of fresh marigolds and jasmines. In folded hands, doing their rituals. The paintings by Jhunjhunwala, capturing Noteworthy was the Mridang sitar maestro Ravi Shankar under the festival now runs for six days.” riencing Benaras in reality — the city fact, both agree that the hardest ele- boats and barges glide lazily upon its intricately each crooked line and presentation by Sivaraman the section Pranti, which show- Wanting to go beyond the where the panchbhutas or five ele- ment to portray was air and it is sheer mighty expanse, matching its ebb and crevice of these faces. As Somany says, Umayalpuram, a Padma cased and celebrated the glory of hardcore performance character of ments conspire to overwhelm the imagination that brought this element flow. This element is my favourite as “Images through the lens are creative Vibhushan recipient. the musician, was also organised the festival, the department has also senses with an incredible force. That to life. there is so much serenity and calm in expressions reminiscent of a painter’s Interestingly, Carnatic music during the festival. added a Vadi Samvadi, a lecture is why painting on the five elements The photograph Fire was shot on this experience,” says Jhunjhunwala. canvas. For the painter, the brush; for was also included in the festival. The concluding part of the and discussion element, which was the most natural choice,” says a winter morning flight to Leh. “I was Somany’s photograph Water has been the photographer, the lens.” Indeed, the Shivaraman played Adi Taal in festival was held at musician aims to raise awareness about the Jhunjhunwala, 63. looking at the hues of dawn, when the captured on the shores of the artists’ tools may vary, but the kalei- different dimensions, besides Teen Tansen’s birthplace, Behat, locat- Indian musical heritage. “This Somany, an industrialist by pro- sun peeped from behind Nanda Devi, Mansarovar lake. “Water is the very doscopic landscape of life provides an Matra Roopak, Saat Maatra ed 45 km from Gwalior on the year, sitarist Shubhendu Rao and fession, whose experience of trekking and all of a sudden the sky was sprayed element of our existence and salvation endless canvas of inspiration waiting Mishra, and Paanch Maatra banks of river Jhilmil. Dhrupad singer Umakant and in the mountains and love for nature with rays of eternal fire as though and the flight of this bird caught my to be expressed.” Khand taal. Madhya Pradesh’s associa- Ramakant Anant Gundecha deliv- combined with a childhood passion cleansing the environment,” recalls frame symbolising peace and nirvana,” (The exhibition will take place on The third-day witnessed Ajay tion with music can be traced to ered the lectures,” concluded for photography have led him to make Somany. Fire, for Jhunjhunwala, is he says. January 4 till January 7 at Bikaner Pohankar and Nityanand medieval times. Two of medieval Rastogi. a formal art debut with this show, depicted through the consecrated Earth depicts the rugged land- House Art Gallery, Pandara Road.) Haldipurkar presenting Indian India’s most well-known singers, L'%!

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Lazio, the only team to have Monday he has extended his “With each passing race “We’ll soon talk about it,” said the 21-year- defeated Juve in Serie A this season, contract with Ferrari until 2024. this year, our wish to extend our old, who already has a World Cup winner’s were in front through Luis Alberto “Extremely happy to contract with Charles became medal. after 16 minutes. announce that I will be staying ever more self-evident and the Mbappe had already dropped an Olympic Paulo Dybala levelled just before with Scuderia Ferrari for five decision means he will now be hint when he responded to the French team’s the break after a shot from Ronaldo more years,” the 22-year-old with us for the next five seasons,” qualification in June with a ‘TOKYO 2020’ was parried into his path by Lazio’s said on Twitter. said Ferrari team principal tweet accompanied by a flashing emoticon and Albanian goalkeeper Thomas The 22-year-old, who joined Mattia Binotto. a French flag. Strakosha. Ferrari in 2016, has impressed “It demonstrates that Olympic football at Tokyo, an under-23 Despite boasting the attacking tal- in his first season alongside Charles and the Scuderia have tournament with each side allowed three over- ents of Ronaldo, Dybala and Gonzalo four-time world champion a firm future together. age players, runs from July 22 to August 8, Higuain, it was the Roman side who Sebastian Vettel. “Charles has been part of which is also the scheduled date of the start looked more likely the next to score. Leclerc had seven pole posi- our family since 2016 and we are of the French season. Mbappe is also due to Bosnian international Senad Lulic tions and two wins at the Belgian more than proud of the results play for France at the Euros which run from restored Lazio’s advantage in the and Italian Grand Prix. we are achieving with our June 12 to July 12. 73rd minute with an impressive vol- “I’m so grateful to be driving Academy. The striker said he had discussed a pos- ley. Danilo Cataldi added a third in for such a team,” said Leclerc. “We are therefore very sible appearance at the Games with France the fourth minute of stoppage time “I’ve learnt so much during pleased to be able to announce senior coach Didier Deschamps. from a free kick after Juve’s Uruguayan this first year with the team and that he will be with us for many “The coach was adamant that it would midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur had 6      & #  '!      ,! <  ! 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Leclerc came through the Prancing Horse.” it’s up to you to deal with the people it con- A two weeks ago — until Sunday that deserved victory for a strong team fans came to watch and Juve obvious- “There is anger but crying over cerns’. was the only defeat suffered by that always believed in our ideas.” ly took the occasion on board with it does not solve the problems.” Juve “If I don’t manage to go in 2020, I’ll still Maurizio Sarri in his time as coach Their Serie A meeting in Rome their famed black and white shirts are no strangers to Saudi Arabia hav- have 2024 left, in Paris,” Mbappe said. “I’d real- of the Italian champions. was a world away from Sunday’s pro- sporting Arabic designs. ing won the Super Cup in Jeddah in .        ly like to do the Olympics at least once in my “We did something magical — ceedings in the King Saud University “We are sorry we lost a trophy, January this year, beating AC Milan career.” AFP to beat Juve twice in two weeks is Stadium where women supporters but we still have many competitions 1-0.  &      "7    6$(( ( im Clijsters, who retired Kfor a second time in 2011,      India, Pushpdant, the vice-president are telecasted live on Star Sports Select confirmed on Monday that of The Capital Blues which is Chelsea which is something according to she will be making a comeback hat are the top elements which FC’s official representative group in Pushpdant has turned out to be a starting in Mexico in March. 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Also, the fan shows, pre and has been long enough.” Is it because of the presence of even when the lower teams play in post-match analysis have made it eas- Clijsters first retired in star players and the successful tacti- the competition the results of that ier to reach.” May 2007, before returning in cians that the European football match even has a big say in the final Over the years Premier League August 2009 after giving birth attracts a majority of the world’s audi- tally of the season which is different has seen the rise of many clubs from to her first child. ence or is it the club’s history and ever from the other top leagues where being the mid-table teams to become The 36-year-old originally Indian Wells (March 11-22) so supportive passionate fans that prise the top side. which league is the best in the world there is a monopoly by a couple of big the dominant force in the tourna- planned to return to competi- and Charleston (April 4-12). stand them out of the rest? However over the last decade in or so among fans but in terms of the teams,” he said. ment, the prime example of which is tion in time to play in January Clijsters has twice won the Well, some might argue on either Europe, barring Premier League, results, the intensity, the charisma “The physicality and technicali- two times defending champion at the Australian Open, a Indian Wells tournament (2003 of them being the top priority stuff where there’s has been a trend of new and the audience reception, Premier ty have also enhanced. And there you Manchester City, who hasn’t only Grand Slam she won in 2011. and 2005). but one can’t disagree that it is the champions every time, the competi- League by far has widely established can see top managers, big quality established multiple records in this But she was held up by a knee She has 41 career titles, competitiveness in the sport and the tion often looks limited and barring itself as the most followed league in players, lots of money. So everything decade but also possess the likes of injury. including three US Open medium through which it is present- some unexpected results in a couple India and the proof of which is the is coming together and forming the one of the best managers in world She said on Monday that (2005, 2009 and 2010) and one ed that put it in a different context of of games over the season, big teams n number of fan clubs in the coun- best league,” he added. football in form of Pep Guardiola and the problem “wasn’t fully Australian Open. She turned its own. After all who doesn’t want like Juventus, Bayern Munich, Paris try, majority of which belongs to the “In addition to all such there’s then to challenge him is the current healed yet” but in “a few more professional in 1997 and to watch the cliffhanger where every- Saint-Germain, Barcelona and Real Premier League sides. rivalry, history, unique fan base and league leaders Liverpool, which weeks... 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Bumrah was out with a stress played the Vijay Hazare Trophy Though India have a settled fracture but has now got the go and suddenly he aggravated his opening pair in Rohit Sharma and ahead of Indian team physio Nitin back in the second ODI in Mayank Agawal, Shaw could make Patel to play Gujarat’s next Ranji Visakhapatnam,” he said. the Test squad for the New Zealand Trophy game in Surat. Senior open- Asked who will be the swing series as a reserve opener. er Shikhar Dhawan is also back in bowler, Prasad said the selectors are After picking the India A squad both the squads, while pacer banking on Shardul Thakur, who for the tour of New Zealand, selec- Mohammed Shami got a break from can swing the ball at a decent pace. tion committee chairman MSK the T20 series. “We have created enough back Prasad made it clear that they “Jasprit Bumrah is back in both up and we have a good talent pool want Shaw to get as much “game the teams for Sri Lanka and Australia of fast bowlers. We also have Khaleel time as possible”. and we have rested Rohit Sharma (Ahmed), who is playing Ranji Hanuma Vihari will captain and Mohammed Shami for the Sri Trophy and Navdeep (Saini) will India in the first-class games in New Lanka T20s. Shikhar Dhawan also replace Shami in T20s,” he added. Zealand and Shubman Gill in the comes back and Sanju Samson will 50-over format. be the back-up opener in T20s,” SQUADS Test specialists like R Ashwin, chairman of selectors MSK Prasad T20Is against Sri Lanka: Virat Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav and told reporters after squad selection. Kohli (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, !  !  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Is injury means that Navdeep Saini Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, tour of New Zealand. All-rounder Hardik Pandya, will continue to be in the squad. Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (wk), The 20-year-old has been who has been recovering from his “Against Australia, we have all Kedar Jadhav, Shivam Dube, named in the squad for three one- back surgery, has been named in the three openers available — Shikhar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, day games as well two four-day one-day squad and is expected to Rohit and KL Rahul,” Prasad said. Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, games. make a national comeback during Rohit has appeared in 47 match- Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah. Shaw has been in sublime the tour of New Zealand. es across formats this year, three more than even skipper Virat Kohli and a break was long on the cards. While talented opener Prithvi O5    6 'P Shaw, back in the mix after serving an eight-month doping ban, will be going to New Zealand with India A,     keeping skills. We will have him Pant, though, also found sup- there is still some time before Hardik work under a specialist -keep- port from some quarters, including Pandya recovers from his back specialist will be employed to ing coach,” Prasad told reporters. the legendary Brian Lara. surgery. Ahelp embattled India cricketer While he has received unflinch- “As a 21 (22) year-old, Rishabh “(As for) Hardik, we will have a Rishabh Pant improve his wicket- ing backing from the team manage- Pant has a lot of unnecessary pres- look at him in the third week of keeping skills, chief selector MSK ment, it has come to the conclusion sure. When I was 21, I did not have January,” Prasad said, indicating Prasad said here on Monday. that Pant needs special attention. that much pressure. I was sitting that the all-rounder could only be Not long ago, Pant had worked Pant has also be criticised for his down on the bench... You know... available in the second half of New under former India keeper Kiran failure to perform consistently at the Cleaning Sir Vivian Richard’s boots Zealand tour. More, seeking to improve his glove- top level. or doing something... Getting ready The tour comprising, five T20 work. Home crowds chanted MS to play international cricket,” Lara Internationals, three ODIs and two The 22-year-old was slammed Dhoni’s name when Pant had an had said. Test matches, gets underway from by fans for spilling a few chances in ordinary outing behind the wickets “I think the burden is unneces- January 24. the third and final ODI against West in the recently-concluded series sary. He should be allowed to play Prasad, however, was tight- Indies. against Bangladesh and the West and allowed to express himself. lipped when asked if Mahendra   &     'P       #  ()' C 7 'D-   “Pant needs to improve his Indies. Don’t feel it’s a do-or-die situation.   ; <=43 # (    A7   ( (!      7! #   runs across all formats for India. ot being able to win the ODI World Cup The 38-year-old wicketkeep- Nis Rohit Sharma’s sole regret in a phe-  $6 West Indies opener er turned up for the country in nomenal 2019 during which he “understood” Shai Hope has entered 350 ODIs, 90 Tests and 98 T20 his batting better than ever. ndia skipper Virat the top 10 after showing Internationals while affecting a This was also the year when Rohit redis- IKohli and his limited fine form in the three- staggering 829 dismissals behind covered himself as a Test opener with a fab- overs deputy Rohit match series in India. the stumps. ulous series against South Africa. Sharma will end 2019 as The wicketkeeper- His career is studded with “Extremely grateful for the year I have number one and two in batsman has gained five several milestones including lead- had. A World Cup victory would have been the ICC ODI rankings places to reach ninth ing India to victory in the 2011 nice but as a team, throughout the year, for batsmen, having position after scoring World Cup where finished the whether red ball or white ball cricket, the maintained their places 222 runs in the series, match with a six to help the Men team came together really well,” said Rohit, following a fine showing including an unbeaten in Blue lift the coveted trophy. who won another Man of the Series award against the West Indies. 102 in the opening Under Dhoni India trans- for his aggregate of 258 runs in three ODIs Kohli amassed 2455 match in Chennai, formed into one of the most suc- against the West Indies. runs across formats which his side won ! )  ' C    cessful limited-overs sides in “Personally, I have enjoyed batting, but while Rohit aggregated before going down in world cricket and he is the only there’s no way I’m stopping. There’s an excit- 2442 runs. Rohit also Visakhapatnam and     Indian captain to have won all the ing year coming up,” Kohli’s deputy sound- smashed as many as five Cuttack. three major ICC trophies — the ed upbeat about 2020 when India travel to hundreds in the World Also moving up in wo time World Cup winning World Cup in 2011, the T20 play a challenging Test series against New Cup. the batting rankings are Tformer India captain MS World Cup in 2007, the " .  & 'P    ' Zealand first up. Other Indian bats- his teammates Shimron Dhoni on Monday completed 15 Champions Trophy in 2013. He With a record five centuries in the World men, Lokesh Rahul and Hetmyer (up six places years in international cricket, a also led Team India to the num- Cup and a double century on ‘Test opening Shreyas Iyer, have made to 19th) and Nicholas milestone that has come at a time ber one spot in ICC Rankings in         # debut’, Rohit is in a happy space right now. notable gains in the Pooran (up 33 places to when he is on a sabbatical from Test and ODIs. “I understand my batting really well. I rankings. Rahul’s 185 30th). Fast bowlers the game. He also led his IPL franchise want to play within my limits, knowing the runs in the series have Sheldon Cottrell (up six The dasher from Ranchi, Chennai Super Kings to three ' ()' 2 . gameplan you want to execute is very " ! &       %D-   lifted him 17 places to places to 30th) and who made his debut against titles and two Champions League important.” “Even in the red ball format, against South 71st place while Iyer’s Keemo Paul (up 35 Bangladesh under Sourav Twenty victories.   $ ,;  He acknowledged that there are chal- Africa, it was going to be challenging. Once 130-run aggregate sees places to 104th) have Ganguly’s captaincy in 2004, has However, the past few &   lenges ahead but the team is confident of win- we start travelling, we want to win games and him move from 104th to also gained in the latest been one of country’s most months have been marred by he unbeaten 39 in ning games and staying on top of the table. stay on top of the table.” 81st. rankings update. impactful cricketers with 17266 speculations of his retirement. Ta high-scoring ,- 2 BCCI presi- series-decider earned dent Sourav Ganguly him plaudits but for says Ravindra Jadeja’s  !   India all-rounder improved batting will be       2*    Ravindra Jadeja, it was very important for the more about proving a Indian team going into  9(6$7 in January 2020,” read a tweet point to himself rather the future after the all-    ) from the official handle of Cricket Broad, Archer and left- than the world that he rounder played a crucial easoned South Africa pacer South Africa. arm spinner Jack Leach is still a good enough cameo in the third ODI.     SVernon Philander will retire Philander did not have the have yet to bowl in a match player in limited-overs “Another win from international cricket follow- pace of Morkel and Steyn but situation on the tour after format. @bcci... Congratulations.. enior pacer Ishant ing the upcoming Test series troubled the batsmen by swing- falling ill and missing both Jadeja wasn’t a reg- Good performances with SSharma and veteran against England, announced ing the ball both ways. the touring team’s warm-up ular part of the white- the bat in a pressure opener Shikhar Cricket South Africa on Monday. He also took a record-break- match. ball set-up but came game.. Jadeja’s improve- Dhawan will turn up Philander was an important ing 51 wickets in his first seven Leach also bowled in into the scheme of ment with the bat so for the beleaguered part of the Proteas pace troika, Test matches which earned him the nets but may miss out things closer to the important ...” Ganguly Delhi side in their next comprising Dale Steyn and the 2012 SA Cricketer of the Year on selection if England ODI World Cup in tweeted. PTI Ranji Trophy Morne Morkel, both of whom accolade. decide to field an all-seam England. After former encounter against have retired from Tests. “One of the many things attack on a ground which India cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Hyderabad starting Philander, 34, mainly repre- that have stood out for me with has not been receptive to Manjrekar termed him a ‘bits and pieces’ player he tomorrow. sented South Africa in Vern is his character, his determi- spin in recent years. nearly pulled it off for India in the World Cup semi- Ishant was given the longest format, nation and the way that he has Broad and Archer both final against New Zealand with a brilliant 77 off 59 rest for a couple of and has played 60 always been up for a fight and bowled five overs at full pace balls. Ranji Trophy games Tests in compari- a challenge has shown the heart in an optional practice “I needed to prove to myself that I am still capa- as a part of BCCI’s workload management pro- son to 30 ODIs of the man,” said CSA attended by the three recov- ble of playing limited-overs cricket. I need not prove gramme and he will now try to get back into the and seven T20Is. Director of Cricket and ering bowlers as well as to anybody else in the world, just needed to prove groove before the New Zealand Test tour. He has taken 216 his former captain Craig Overton and Dom to myself,” the 31-year-old said after he played a cru- As far as Dhawan is concerned, he had a deep wickets at an impressive Graeme Smith.  #% &   =P    =D  Bess, who arrived in South cial knock in India’s successful 316-run chase in the gash on his knee while playing in the Syed Syed average of 22.16, including “He has really Africa on Saturday to be on third ODI. Mushtaq Ali Trophy and had to get 25 stitches. The 13 five-wicket hauls. done himself and his   6 ing at SuperSport Park on standby in case the original- “It was a very crucial innings as it came in a left-hander has now been declared fit by the “Proteas all-rounder family proud and I Thursday. ly-selected players were not series-decider. The wicket was so good to bat on, National Cricket Academy (NCA) and will get Vernon Philander has called hope he can finish his ngland fast bowlers “They’re exactly where fit. we could just played with singles. We just needed some game-time before the international games. time on an exemplary inter- final series for South EStuart Broad and Jofra we hoped they would be,” Silverwood said he did to play according to the merit of the ball. “Ishant and Shikhar will be playing for Delhi. national career with the Africa with the same Archer bowled at full pace said England coach Chris not believe it would be a “I didn’t play too much ODI cricket (this year). My colleague Sarandeep Singh will be watching that announcement of his retire- character and flair in the nets on Monday, rais- Silverwood, who said both gamble to pick Broad and I tried and gave my best be it in bowling, batting or match,” said Prasad, who is flying to Surat today ment from all forms of inter- that has become syn- ing hopes that they would bowlers would be consid- Archer, provided they came fielding whenever I got an opportunity,” Jadeja, who to watch Jasprit Bumrah’s comeback to competi- national cricket at the end of onymous with him,” both be fit for the first Test ered for selection if they through the next two days played 15 of India’s 28 ODI matches this year, said. tive cricket. the Test series against England Smith added. against South Africa, start- continued to make progress. in good health.