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The decision to Sushma to Indian diplomacy, While Union Minister ment in the rank and file of the “This (Delhi Assembly language used in the cam- name the two institutes after the cause of the Indian diaspora Anurag Thakur and West Delhi party with senior leaders like result) is very disappointing. paign, tactics used in the cam- her came a day before her and the ethos of public service. MP Parvesh Verma hogged Jairam Ramesh, Jyotiradtiya New thinking, new ideology paign,” he said. 68th birth anniversary. “The announcement is the limelight for their hate             ! "#    Scindia and Veerappa Moily and a new working mechanism Moily said the party is Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, being made on the eve of her speeches, Shah himself had        $ %  "  '"! calling for the need to “ruth- are the need of the hour. The concerned and worried about a cultural centre reflecting birth anniversary falling on asked voters to press EVM lessly” reinvent itself to become country has changed and in the humiliating defeat in Delhi. India’s connect with its dias- February 14 in honour of the button in favour of the BJP with voters could not write why they Shah said anyone who “relevant”. this context we should also “We are concerned. The pora, was renamed Sushma legacy and decades of public a force that Shaheen Bagh felt didn’t vote. But maybe this wants to discuss issues related Voicing concern over the overhaul our ideology and go scenario of Delhi is that people Swaraj Bhavan in honour of the service of the former External the current. could have been a reason,” he to CAA with him can seek time Congress debacle in the just before the people,” said the (voters) didn’t take Congress late External Affairs Minister Affairs Minister,” it said. “No one has said bahu said. from his office. “(We) will give concluded polls and the crisis former Guna MP in response seriously. They thought they known for her empathy in As External Affairs betiyon ka balatkar karenge Shah, however, said the time within three days,” he it is facing in some States like to query on Delhi Assembly should not divert their votes, reaching out to distressed Minister, Sushma brought a (wives and daughters will be BJP does not fight elections just added. He blamed the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, election results. our own vote banks which Indians globally. Foreign sense of assertiveness in India’s raped). But the rest — goli for victory or defeat but Congress for the Partition on Jairam said the grand old party Jairam said if the party did normally used to come to us, Service Institute, a renowned diplomacy besides engaging maro, Indo-Pak match — those believes in expanding its ide- basis of religion. needs to reinvent itself, while not change its course of action have gone to AAP,” Moily said. institution where diplomats the diaspora, a central focus of also should not have made. The ology through polls. While Shah has now come Moily too called for a “surgical” then it is staring at becoming “Congress requires total are trained, has also been the country’s foreign policy party distanced itself immedi- Replying to a question, out against the hate speeches action to revive the party. irrelevant. The former Union rejuvenation. You can’t point renamed Sushma Swaraj priorities. Sushma was one of ately,” Shah said, speaking for Shah admitted that the BJP delivered by his party’s leaders Incidentally, former Union Minister said the arrogance (fingers at) out one or two lead- Institute of Foreign Service. the most followed Foreign the first time since the Delhi may have suffered because of throughout the poll campaign, Minister P Chidambaram on within the party has to go and ers (for electoral setbacks), The illustrious leader who Ministers on Twitter globally. election results were the statements made by some both Anurag Thakur and Tuesday tweeted his rejoice regretted that even after six accountability will have to be brought rare empathy and a She was known for helping announced on Tuesday. party leaders during the Delhi Parvesh Verma repeatedly jus- over the AAP’s massive victo- years out of power sometimes, taken by every Congressman. human approach to India’s Indians stuck abroad as she was “A l l k i n d s o f w o r k e r s a r e poll campaign. tified their polarising speech- ry over the BJP. some of the party leaders Now, this is the time to act for diplomacy as External Affairs quick to respond to their calls there who may say something The Home Minister said es, and no one from the BJP Scindia said the Congress behave like Ministers. rejuvenation of the party. It has Minister in the previous for help on Twitter. Sushma but the public knows how the his assessment of Delhi elec- asked them even to apply needs to change its working On the leadership issue in to be revamped. Surgical action Narendra Modi Government even became popular in party is. But this is not the out- tions went wrong but asserted restraint. Incidentally, the BJP style and ideology. Scindia said the party, Jairam said local will have to be taken so that it died on August 6 last year fol- Pakistan for her response to look of the party. May be we that the result of the polls was lost the seats where Thakur and the country has changed now, level leaders have to be encour- starts yielding the results,” lowing a massive cardiac arrest. people wanting to get visas for have also suffered because of not a mandate on the CAA and Verma made the controversial and so his party needed to aged and nurtured. “We are vir- Moily added. The Ministry of External medical treatment in India. this. We don’t know exactly as the NRC. remarks for the first time. change its ideology and go tually non-existent in Bihar. We Continued on Page 7 Affairs, in a statement, said the Continued on Page 7   
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Kumar Lodhi has also not government with Congress ising criminals,” he said.   *!5*678 injured when warring groups Sanjeev Kumar Lodhi of As regards the motive for suffered any injuries,” Arora leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra The Bar Council of Uttar of advocates came to a head Aliganj had a rivalry with attack, Lodhi claimed that he said. “Investigations are on and taking to Twitter. “The UP Pradesh had asked bar associ- nvironmentalist RK inside Civil Court premises in general secretary Jeetu Yadav. was the target as he had been prima facie, it appears to be a government should now clear- ations to abstain from work EPachauri, a former TERI Wazirganj police station area A few days back, some advo- complaining about some judi- case of rivalry between two ly state that it lied to the pub- and pressure the government chief under whose chairman- on Thursday. Police denied cates of Yadav’s group misbe- cial officers. Lodhi raised groups of lawyers. Security at lic for three years. Actually the to bring a legislation to protect ship the United Nation’s reports of injuries due to the haved with a court employee question marks on the securi- the Collectorate and the dis- state is dominated by crimi- lawyers. Intergovernmental Panel on bomb attack and said that the having allegiance to Lodhi's ty in Collectorate premises, trict courts will be reviewed nals. In the capital, lawyers are On January 7, a lawyer, Climate Change won the Nobel group later clashed in a meet- group. which houses district court, and strengthened,” Arora being attacked with bombs in Shekhar Tripathi (32), was Peace Prize in 2007, passed ing which was called for rap- As the news spread, Lodhi and demanded security for added. the court. From the capital to beaten to death with sticks by away on Thursday after a pro- prochement by their seniors. A and Yadav entered into a war himself. Former Bar Association remote regions, nobody is five men in Lucknow, trigger- longed cardiac ailment. case was registered against a of words on Wednesday. Soon after the incident, office-bearer JP Singh said a safe,” she tweeted ing anger among his col- In a statement, his family group leader on charges of Around 11.50 am on heavy police force rushed to meeting of the body was held Last month, lawyers had leagues who sat with the body said Pachauri, 79, underwent a hurling bombs with murder- Thursday, Lodhi was standing the scene, but the cops could soon after the incident but struck work across Uttar at the Collectorate and major heart surgery before ous intent, rioting while armed outside his chamber when not muster courage to take on rival groups clashed there as Pradesh to protest against demanded justice. On succumbing to his deteriorat- with deadly weapons and Yadav and his aides — Annu the advocates lunging at one well. Senior lawyers inter- recent attacks on them. December 17, a man was ing health on Thursday. He was under Explosives Act. Yadav and Ajay Yadav — another. Clients of different vened to bring the situation Reacting on the incident, killed and two cops were admitted to Escorts Heart confronting the world and The advocates later assem- reached there. Lodhi claimed lawyers scampered for cover under control. state Aam Aadmi Party chief injured when unidentified Institute here on Tuesday. launched a new era of interna- bled at Kaiserbagh crossing, that Yadav and his aides inside the court premises. As the news of a bomb Sabahjeet Singh expressed assailants opened fire inside Pachauri passed away at his tional deliberations and blocked traffic movement and lobbed four crude bombs at Joint Police Commissioner blast spread, lawyers raised concern over the bomb attack Bijnor CJM court. residence in the national cap- actions,” said his family. manhandled a local intelli- him. He alleged that the (Lucknow) Naveen Arora said slogans demanding better inside the court premises. In June 2019, UP Bar ital with wife, daughter and son The Energy and Resources gence unit (LIU) sub-inspec- attackers were armed with that Lodhi filed a complaint security in the court premis- “People are not safe. There Council chief Darvesh Singh by his side. “His courageous Institute (TERI) expressed grief tor, who was filming the crude bombs, country-made against Jeetu Yadav and three es. They also blocked traffic is a ‘jungle raj’ in UP. Incidents was shot dead in the court leadership allowed climate over the passing away of its protest using his mobile pistols and iron rods. others, alleging attack by crude movement outside the court, of loot, robbery, dacoity and premises in Agra, allegedly by change to be recognized world founding director. phone. 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Early Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, refer- with bombs in the court. From ment jobs for SC/ST/OBCs. As per reports, Dushyant Thursday morning, his elder ring to the “bomb attack” inside the capital to remote regions, This was evident in the plea Giri (22) got married to a girl brother Pankaj (30), who was court compound in Lucknow nobody is safe,” she tweeted in taken by Uttarakhand govern- of his choice on Monday night. married to Ranjana and had on Thursday, said that there Hindi. Last month, lawyers ment before Supreme Court in While the baraat was returning two children, was found dead. was now no doubt that the state had struck work across the two cases. The BJP govern- to his Moradabad home on Deepu said that Ranjana was run by criminals. state, protesting against recent ment of Uttarakhand argued Tuesday, Giri went missing found her husband hanging In a tweet, Priyanka post- attacks on members of their that there was no fundamen- from a wayside eatery where from the ceiling as she entered fraternity. tal right of reservation in gov- the party had stopped for her room early Thursday Meanwhile, AICC media ernment jobs for SC/STs and refreshments. After his broth- morning. wing chairman Randeep Singh it was not a constitutional er and others failed to trace the In another incident at Surjewala also attacked the duty of governments to grant groom, they informed police Amroha, a woman killed her Yogi Adityanath government reservations,” he said. and sent the bride back to her two children before ending over poor law and order in Surjewala said the parent’s house in Bareilly. her life in Serntali hamlet of Lucknow. Uttarakhand government’s Dushyant was later found Didauli. The cops suspected “The chief secretary, DGP plea was unfortunately accept- hanging from a tree, about two foulplay and did not rule out and even additional chief sec- ed by the Supreme Court and kilometres from the place. the possibility of the woman retary (home) are working on it said that it was for the state The police also found two being raped and the children ad hoc basis and two officers government to decide whether glasses and a liquor bottle being murdered. of the PMO are running the reservations were required in under the tree from which the Asif used to live with his UP government,” Surjewala the matter of appointment body was found hanging. family at Sentali hamlet while said, adding that with no per- and promotions to public Station House Officer of his younger brother Akeeb ran manent officers on important posts. Pakbada police station, a general merchant’s shop in posts, criminals were having a “Instead of the prime min- Inspector Surendra Pal Singh, the outer portion of the house. field day and striking at will. ister apologising to the coun- said: “When we were sending Asif was married to Shazia Surjewala charged that try for the conspiracy and the body for autopsy, Giri’s aka Shyama of Karula corruption was at its nadir as correcting the historical wrong family members told us that (Moradabad) five years back districts and police stations being done to SCs/STs/OBCs, they did not want any action, and had two children, daugh- were being sold. “Yogi has no the BJP is trying to shift the including the autopsy, but we ter Nazmul (3) and son Haider vision and is only interested in responsibility by levelling false did not heed.” Ali (2). Asif claimed that Shazia media and publicity. The state allegations “ he said. The autopsy report con- had a mental disorder and was has turned into an ‘apradh “Dalits-Adivasis- firmed the death as a result of being treated for the last sever- pradesh’ (crime state) and Backwards victims of exploita- hanging. Dushyant’s brother al months. On Thursday Yogi government has turned tion are being denied justice Shivyant said, “We halted at a morning, Asif went out for ‘divaliya’ (bankrupt),” he said. on account of the BJP’s tilled roadside eatery where some work while his brother NOTICE Alleging that the Modi mindset. Under Sonia Gandhi, Dushyant ordered tea, but he Akeeb was manning the shop. government was conspiring Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka disappeared suddenly. We tried Akeeb claimed that as he went Be it known to all that in my to end reservation, Surjewala Gandhi Vadra, the Congress is to search him and later inside in the afternoon, he passport No. J1063121 my name charged that the BJP and determined to fight a decisive informed the police and left for found Shazia dead without a mentioned as Mohammad Hasim Sangh Parivar have been anti- battle to protect rights of the home. Later, the police told us thread on her body. She also and my Father name as Dalit, anti-tribal and anti- downtrodden from the over phone that his body was had a saree tied around her Mohammad Jagir as per Adhar Backward Classes for decades, onslaught unleashed by Modi- found hanging from a tree.” neck and the two children card my correct name is Mohd. both in thought and in action. Yogi governments,” he said. The families of Dushyant were missing. Akeeb immedi- Hashim Ansari and my father Addressing media persons Surjewala said that and his bride, Asha, were shat- ately raised an alarm after name is late Mohd. Jabir Ansari in Lucknow on Thursday, the Congress would also launch a tered by the incident. Asha, the which the neighbours rushed (R/o-116, prakash Lok Colony, Congress leader said that ‘Samvidhan Chaupal’ in all bride, told the police that she in and Asif too rushed back Indira nagar Lucknow) my correct Congress would go to any 822 blocks of the state from suspected foul play as Dushyant home. Later, the kids too were name should be mention in my length to make reservation a February 15 to make people was happy after the wedding and found lying dead in the box of Passport. fundamental right and end the aware of the conspiracy. had no reason to end his life. a double bed.

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The police said the accused issue related to a girl. Heavy lation of Nepal lives in India. The police action came used to contact customers police force was sent to the place The Indo-Nepal dialogue along after locals residents suspect- though voiceover internet pro- to bring the situation under con- with cultural and spiritual her- ed foul play and petitioned the tocol method to avoid being trol. A case for murderous assault itage of both countries will also case to senior officials. Police tracked by police. and other counts was registered take trade between the two sources said the gang was “The drug ring was being and one of the accused was countries to a new height,” running a fake pharmacy call run by Sai Sunder Saroj Rao of nabbed from the scene. Yogi said while addressing the centre to address sex issues of Malwadi police station of As per reports, the groups led second Indo-Nepal bilateral innocents, thus pushing the Mumbai. He used to provide by Rishabh and Sonu Jaiswal dialogue at his 5, Kalidas Marg sale of sex stimulants among the drugs to his men (agents) came face to face in Pajawan residence in Lucknow on the gullible in Talkatora. The and the police are hunting for locality under Chitwapur police Thursday. Talkatora police said they him,” Talkatora SHO station outpost of the area in the The dialogue was held swooped down on the den and Dhananjay Singh said. He said evening. After a verbal spat, both under the aegis of India nabbed the miscreants on the drug ring was expanded to started attacking one another. Foundation, Niti Anusandhaan    5      !*$      7( 8       +   "  Thursday. Those arrested were Mumbai, Shillong, Trombay, Locals said one of the groups Pratishthan (Nepal) and Nepal- identified as Mehran, Farhan Bengaluru and other cities. opened fire on the rivals. “The Indo Chamber of Commerce rank varies from a soldier to Vishwanath and Ayodhya has group of 50 women from vil- opment model was based on Sheikh, Shahbaz Khan, Asif The police, however, failed to brawl continued for hours and the and Industry (NICCI), very senior positions. This is also been connected to lages, which had earlier been two principles — ‘neighbour Sheikh, Parvez, Sayyed Waqar tell the number of victims who police responded late to the inci- Kathmandu. the belief of India and our com- Janakpuri,” he said. suffering due to Naxalism. first’ and ‘we move forward Abbas, Mahmood Sheikh, were defrauded by the gang and dent,” they alleged. A police Addressing the gathering, mon heritage is based on these Yogi said that if Varanasi Similarly, youth are earning together’. Ikramul Husain, Yamin (all of persons who had given patron- spokesman said a case against was the chief minister said that it beliefs. Small countries of was developing into a Smart lakhs of rupees per month by “India is making rapid Mumbai), Neeraj Thapa & age to the miscreants. Sources registered against Rishabh, was a great initiative. Europe are moving ahead at a City, then why should acting as guides. Nepal has progress. We want that our Sominth (both of Meghalaya) said every second person was Raunik and other unidentified “While India and Nepal are fast pace, then why can Nepal Kathmandu lag behind. many such temples and cultur- neighbours also get benefited and Umar of Bengaluru. They in the know of shenanigans at miscreants. “The police have two bodies since ancient times, not move forward in this com- The chief minister said al heritage. It can be linked to by this progress,” he said. were running the fake call cen- the centre but the police had no detained a person, identified as our cultural heritage connects petition,” he said. that Nepal had to identify its employment,” the chief minis- Addressing the event, tre in the basement of a house clue about this. “The residents Rohit Kashyap,” the spokesman each other. The well being of The chief minister said enemies and friends. ter said. Nepal Congress general secre- in sector 6. The police recov- petitioned their complaint to said. both countries is linked to that Nepal could become a big “The Kashi Vishwanath Earlier, BJP national gener- tary Dr Shashank Koirala said ered 18 laptops, 30 earphones, senior police officials after each other,” he added. power centre and a major hub temple has been linked to the al secretary Ram Madhav said that Nepal was highly 20 laptop chargers, one hard which the accused were Yogi said that the credibil- of tourism. “But it is important employment of locals. that India and Nepal were very impressed by Chief Minister disc, two routers and several nabbed,” the sources said. ity of Nepalese people was to identify hindrance in this Perfumes and incense are being old neighbours and India Yogi Adityanath for his focus other equipment. They said several persons were strong in Indian army and and resolve it. Prime Minister made from flowers and other wanted both countries to move on spiritual tourism. Delegates The police claimed that seen visiting the house from Indian homes. “Nepalese peo- Narendra Modi has connected items offered in the temple and ahead together. from both countries were pre- the accrued used to sell stim- where the gang was being ple are in Indian army and their Pashupatinathji with Kashi this task is being done by a He said that India’s devel- sent on the occasion. ulating drugs banned for sale. operated. “The police turned     "

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The march, under the develop character-based moral- approved the hike in gratuity amount from ised on February 15 from 9 am to 5 pm under leadership of CMS founders istic qualities in them and gave Rs 10 lakh to 20 lakh for employees as per the joint aegis of Employment department Jagdish Gandhi & Bharti the message that an ideal soci- the direction of the government. “The board and Shri Sharda Group of Institutions. The Gandhi and others, commenced ety cannot be framed unless has approved the required land allotment, fair will be inaugurated by Labour and from the school’s head office character based moral values are transfer proposal of Central Workshop Employment Minister Swami Prasad Maurya and proceeded to Nagar Nigam not inculcated in younger (Kanpur) to Metro Rail project of Kanpur in at 11 am.The job fair will be held in the headquarters via Lalbagh where generation. the larger public interest on payment of req- premises of Shri Sharda Group of Institutions, uisite amount to UPSRTC. The board has Gosainganj. The details were jointly present- approved the proposal of modernisation, ed by vice-chairman of Sri Sharda Group of repair, renovation of bus stations of Aliganj Institutions Nirmesh Singh, and assistant (Etah), Naujeel (Mathura), Koraon director of Employment department Sudha (Prayagraj) with total cost of around Rs 3 Pandey at a press conference on Thursday. crores,” he said. He added that to carry for- More than 50 well-known companies will be ward the objective of safe journey and for taking part in the fair. effective prevention of accidents, the propos- al to deploy ex-army drivers as a pilot pro- 2  ject on Janrath buses has been accepted and Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research the pilot project with 20 buses in four regions (IISR) will be celebrating its foundation day (Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur and Agra) on February 16. IISR scientist AK Sah said for three months has been approved. that the institute was established in February 1952. “Since its inception, the institute has 1  been working towards the uplift of sugarcane A three-day workshop on ‘Advance cultivation in India. The institute has carried Laboratory Techniques’ under Jigyasa pro- out pioneering research work in the last 68 gramme, organised by National Botanical years and many technologies have been Research Institute (NBRI), was inaugurated added to its credit,” he said. He added that on Thursday. Students and teachers from under the leadership of director AD Pathak, Kendriya Vidyalaya (AFS, Bakshi Ka Talab a programme on ‘Reaching out to un- and Gomti Nagar) are participating in the reached’ is being implemented in campaign workshop. The objective is to develop scien- mode for wider adoption of technology with tific temperament among students by intro- motto to achieve the target of doubling the ducing them to modern laboratory tech- income of sugarcane farmers by the year 2022. niques. Nodal scientist (Jigyasa) Vivek Srivastava presented the outline of the work- 8 shop in the inaugural ceremony. Chief sci- Solar and e-vehicle exhibition, organised entist PA Shirke was the chief guest on the by IIA and supported by MNRE, UPNEDA occasion. He said all the participants should and UPSRTC will begin on Friday. DS take maximum benefit of the experiments Verma from the IIA said more than 70 solar and techniques scheduled to be taught in the and e-vehicle companies from all over the workshop. country will display their products and technology in the exhibition. He pointed out 7  that one of the obstacles for use of batter- The Tourism department will be hold- ies in solar and e-vehicles has been its qual- ing a meeting on Lucknow’s participation in ity and cost-effectiveness. “Discussions and the UNESCO city networks shortly. A senior solutions will be available to overcome this official of the Tourism department said that obstacle in the exhibition. It is estimated that the project is with the Tourism department. by the year 2024, more than 45% vehicles in “The chance to apply comes after every two India will be e-powered. In this situation, the years. In the meeting we will decide in which importance of efficient and cost-effective bat- sector can the city apply,” he said. Lucknow teries as well as generation of electricity was shortlisted by the Ministry of HRD to through other environment-friendly tech- apply for UNESCO Creative City Network niques has acquired a great role. Apart from last year but it lost out to Hyderabad in the use of storage batteries, hydrogen fuel cell and area of gastronomy. The Ministry of the aluminum fuel cell are being used in devel- HRD had shortlisted four cities out of a total oped countries for running the vehicles,” he of seven for applying for nomination in the pointed out.    . QIT  '() after attending a wedding in case, a 40- year- old man Kaushambi when the acci- identified as Sanjay Kumar, wo youths were killed dent happened. The errant resident of Bhagariya was Tand one another was truck driver managed to flee injured when his bike injured when the car carry- from the scene. A case has rammed into a road divider ing them collided with a been lodged in this connec- near Shanti Puram Colony speeding truck near tion. The deceased have been under Soraon police station Trilokpur village on Kanpur identified as Abhishek (24) late on Wednesday night. Allahabad Highway under and Arun (28), residents of The incident occurred when Saini police station of Kaurihar, Allahabad. the victim was on his way to Kaushambi district late on The injured Vikas was Gohri village. The condi- Wednesday night. admitted at a city hospital tion of the injured was stat- As per police three men where his condition was stat- ed to be precarious, last were returning to Allahabad ed to be critical. In another reports received here said.    !"#$%$%     
 
     

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Pakistan brings perpetrators of Thursday demanded that the Modi takes great pride in the Financial Intelligence Unit- of India and NGO Rehab India Pakistan to fully implement its just days ahead of a global Indian Government cross border terrorist attacks, Government should rollback fact that crores of people gave India chief is heading to Paris Foundation linked to the out- anti-terror action plan by watchdog’s review on sources said it is part of a long- including in Mumbai and the LPG cylinder price hike. up their LPG cylinder subsidy to attend the FATF meet and fit are being probed under the February 2020 or face severe Islamabad's action against ter- pending international obliga- Pathankot to justice expedi- For its part, the Mahila for the poor and now affording lobby at the multilateral body Prevention of Money action. Pakistan was already ror networks operating from tion of Pakistan to put an end tiously, the sources said. Congress held a protest against non-subsidised cylinders has against terror financing. Laundering Act by the ED in kept under the "grey list" of the country. to support for terrorism and Hafiz Saeed has been the steep LPG price hike and become extremely difficult for The FIU-India team will connection with a case regis- countries by the FATF for fail- The reaction from offi- that efficacy of Saeed's sen- declared a global terrorist both submitted a memorandum to the citizens, Mahila Congress comprise officials from the tered in 2018. The agency has ing to contain terror financing. cials sources here came a day tencing remained to be seen. by the United Nations and the the Government demanding a chief Sushmita Dev said in a National Investigation Agency claimed receipt of funds to the "The decision (to put after a Pakistani court on "The decision has been US, which put a $10 million rollback of the increased prices. statement. (NIA), Enforcement tune of 120 crore by the PFI Sayeed behind bars) has been Wednesday sentenced Saeed, made on the eve of FATF bounty on his head. He also Congress leader Rahul "It is more shocking that Directorate, Intelligence Bureau and entities related to it are made on the eve of FATF the mastermind of 2008 Plenary meeting, which has to heads the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a Gandhi also took a dig at the within 24 hours of the Delhi and Ministries of Home and being probed from money Plenary meeting, which has to Mumbai terror attack, to 11 be noted. Hence, the efficacy of front organisation for the ter- BJP over the price hike by election results (December 11), Finance, sources said, adding laundering angle. The agency be noted. Hence, the efficacy years' prison in two cases relat- this decision remains to be ror group' tweeting an UPA-era picture of the BJP government increased they have have been tasked to also suspects that the PFI used of this decision remains to be ing to terror financing. seen," an official source said The US has hailed the sen- the saffron party's leaders prices of gas (LPG). Is this lobby against terror funding the funds for violent protests seen," an official said, reacting The sentencing of Saeed elaborating on the tence against him. The con- protesting an increase in prices revenge for their crushing and related issues like radical- against CAA in various states. to the Pak decision on the ter- came just four days ahead of a Government's assessment of viction "is an important step of cooking gas at the time. defeat?" she asked. isation. However, PFI has denied the ror mastermind's sentencing. meeting of global anti-terror the action. forward -- both toward holding "I agree with these mem- All State units of the Track trail back of funding allegations. 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Thursday boycotted the inau- ed not to attend the show in the authorities.” Chief Minister but you are information that the Chief Railway services way back in school at Kattampatty in As the parents refused to gural ceremony of Kolkata protest against what the party Trinamool leader and belittling your own (central) Minister seldom attended the 1984. TK Nath the motorman Coimbatore district, was on give up, the police took seven East-West Metro corridor in leadership called a “filthy exhi- Minister Tapas Roy speaking Government. It shows the programmes hosted by the who drove the first tube railway Thursday arrested after being of them in the van, even as the Salt Lake section after the bition of indecorous the behav- on behalf of the State political culture your party Centre. This was the reason in Kolkata said “I am feeling booked under the POCSO Act headmaster talked to mother of Bengal ruling outfit com- ior” by the saffron leadership Government said “such indeco- (BJP) represents,” the fuming why she might not have been nostalgic and keen to see a fel- for allegedly misbehaving with one of the students and plained that Chief Minister and the Central Government rous treatment is the last thing Minister said. invited, he said. low motorman getting the girl students, police said. expressed regret for his misbe- Mamata Banerjee had not been which controls the Metro you can expect during “The East-West Metro cor- Besides, Mamata Baneree same experience today.” The parents of 11 students, haviour. invited in the programme. Railways. Government-to-Government ridor project was brainchild of should herself consider the The new East-West metro studying in fourth and fifth Even members of the All The project was inaugu- Both BJP sources and transactions,” adding other Mamata Banerjee during her precedent she created in the which will be opened to pub- standards, had complained India Democratic Women’s rated by Railway Minister Metro authorities however said invitees (TMC leaders) from tenure as Railway Minister past by showing indecorous lic from Friday is the first such about the 52-year-old head- Association (AIDWA) and Piyush Goyal and attended the Chief Minister had been the State Government were from 2009-2011. It was she who behavior to the then State project in the country to pass master for sexually harassing Students Federation of India among others by his ministe- invited for the programme. right in their decision to skip had sanctioned the money in Government, he maintained under water. It will run under- the girl students, the police said. (SFI) had taken up the issue. rial colleague Babul Supriyo “Twice out representatives had the programme. Railway budget. Now, when the adding “when she was the neath the River Hooghly for a The school head refused to The parents lodged a com- and some senior leaders of the visited the State secretariat “Can you imagine how the project is being inaugurated she Railway Minister she never kilometer before reaching meet the parents and got him- plaint with Child Protection BJP. Nabanna,” Metro sources said lady who conceived and green- has not been invited. This is an invited the then Chief Minister Howrah and joining the satel- self admitted to the hospital a Unit in the district, who in turn Senior TMC leader and only to be promptly contra- signaled the East-West Metro insult to the people of Bengal,” Buddadeb Bhattacharjee and lite city with Salt Lake after it few days ago, and the parents lodged a complaint with the local MP Kakoli Ghosh dicted by the TMC leadership project during her stint as the Dastidar said. now she is raising the same is completed. staged a protest demanding police. PTI         0( 1       .+     2       /  #     $'/( $/(  /  Kochi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said Guwahati: Hours after Assam’s respond all these months, we   1961,, people in Shaheen Bagh, epicentre of anti-CAA updated citizenship data dis- filed a complaint against her protests, should agitate against the National Population appeared from the website yesterday for violating the ours after being denied permission Register and National Register of Citizens if they are ‘nrcassam.nic.in’, an FIR was Official Secrets Act. Hto hold a meeting inside the worried that their citizenship is going to be taken away filed against a former NRC offi- “We must know if she has Calcutta University(CU) allegedly at from them. cial for allegedly failing to sub- tampered with the sensitive the behest of the Trinamool Congress He claimed that the ongoing protests against the mit the password to the sensi- information, after resigning,” he Government, JNU students’ union pres- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh tive document before quitting added. ident Aishi Ghosh on Thursday led a in New Delhi served the BJP’s “communal interest and her job. The NRC State coordina- massive students rally in north Kolkata also helped communal Muslim interests.” Talking to PTI on tor, however, refuted allegations protesting against the Citizenship “I don’t understand what Shaheen Bagh people are Thursday, NRC state coordi- of “malafide intent” involved in Amendment Act and National protesting about. Are they worried that their citizen- nator Hitesh Dev Sarma said the matter. Citizenship Register. ship is going to be taken away from them. the complaint against former “This (cloud service pro- Mainly partaken by the Left students That is a legitimate fear. Then they should agitate NRC project officer was filed vided by IT major Wipro) was the procession had no flags save the Tri- against NPR and NRC. Why are they only agitating under Official Secrets Act in not renewed by the earlier colour and was joined by a large num- against CAA,” he asked. Paltan Bazar police station coordinator. So, the data went ber of civil society members. Even as “Fine, I understand the emotion and sentiments. here, as she “did not provide the offline from December 15 last Ghosh and other student leaders like Initially (protest) in four days, five days...But after a password to the document, year. I assumed charge only on Mayukh Biswas led the rally senior Left while, I think it served the BJP’s interest to keep Shaheen despite written reminders”. December 24,” Sarma, who Front leaders like Surya Kanto Mishra Bagh going, it served the communal Muslim interests “She failed to surrender the had gone on leave for weeks and Biman Bose walked quietly in the to keep Shaheen Bagh going,” he said in an interview password even after tendering after being appointed the NRC             $/( ( $'/  8  "  '"! rear. to PTI. her resignation on November state coordinator, clarified. Ghosh later said that the Mamata These protests helped the BJP, but it also helped 11 last year. She was a con- He also said that the state Banerjee Government should first decide the communal outfits, Ramesh said. tractual employee and no coordination committee had whose cause it was buttressing by refus- “And frankly beyond a point of time, I did not go longer authorised to hold the discussed the issue in its meet- 0

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&  ing to grant her permission to address to Shaheen Bagh,” Ramesh said. password, after quitting her job. ing on January 30 and wrote to meetings. Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Mani Shankar An FIR has been filed against Wipro during the first week of Sambhal (UP): Sambhal dis- na and issued notices under Yamuna Prasad said a separate “We had assembled here to address Aiyar had visited Shaheeh Bagh in January to express the former NRC project officer February. trict administration in Uttar CrPC sections 107 (security for set of notices have been served a meeting of students against the divi- solidarity with those protesting against the amended cit- on Wednesday for violating the “Once Wipro makes the Pradesh has issued notices to keeping peace) and 116 by police to 75 people, includ- sive policies of RSS and BJP who have izenship act. Ramesh, however, hit out at the BJP-led Official Secrets Act,” he said. data live, it will be available to 11 people who are on a sit-in (inquiry as to truth of infor- ing nine women, sitting on the slapped the discriminatory CAA and are Central government for bringing amendments to the Sarma also stated that the the public. We hope that peo- protesting against the mation) asking them to sign a dharna under section 149 of planning to invoke NRC and NPR. We Citizenship Act, claiming it was brought to divide the NRC office had written to her ple will be able to access it in Citizenship Amendment Act personal bond of 50 lakh the CrPC, which empowers the hear that they (TMC) too has been people on the basis of religion. The Congress party’s on several occasions for sub- the next 2-3 days,” Sarma for the past 20 days in Pucca each with an undertaking that police to prevent cognisable strongly protesting against CAA and stand on the amended Act was very clear, he said. mitting the password, but did claimed. Reacting to the devel- Bagh area of Nakhasa, an offi- they would not indulge in any offences. NRC. If that be so then they had no busi- “The BJP wants to exclude certain communities not get any response. “We opment, Wipro had said: “The cial said on Thursday. disruptive activities, Sub According to police, ness denying the permission to hold a from the CAA... BJP’s policy is one of excluding knew (she had resigned) and, IT Services Contract was not The administration has Divisional Magistrate Rajesh Muslim women are staging meeting inside the university. They Muslims.We want to include everybody. Tamils from therefore, sent several letters to renewed by the authorities identified 11 people for insti- Kumar said. the protest round-the-clock in (Trinamool) should first decide as to Sri Lanka, Christians from Bhutan, Ahamedias from her for handing over the pass- upon its expiry in October, gating the protesters, including On the other hand, Nakhasa locality of the district whom they are supporting and for Pakistan... Citizenship should not be based on religion,” word. But as she did not 2019. PTI several women, sitting on dhar- Superintendent of Police since January 24. PTI whom they are standing in Bengal.” Ramesh added. PTI !        .     (   0R         7    PMK as a political party, its beach and river sand in the known for cultivation, goes         (  1 '   7*, founder Dr S Ramadoss has State causing the exchequer up. made it a point to come out losses worth 15 lakh crore Whether these proposals 
   t is a Budget proposal full of with shadow Budget proposals every year, according to Daya would find place in the budget    -2->,8@ crucial for sustained deploy- sion. I am confident that INS Iirresistible offers which the every year ahead of the pre- Devadoss, a mining baron to be presented by ments and presence in our Shivaji would impart the skill set man and woman in the street sentation of the State Budget. turned evangelist in Panneerselvam is anybody’s   resident Ram Nath Kovind areas of interest. The future will required in the future to all will find difficult to say no. Free Dr Ramadoss is a votary of Tirunelveli. guess. But Ramadoss is confi- Psaid on Thursday that as a also see great diversity in the trainees passing out through its bus rides to all women in the transparent and corruption- The PMK founder has also dent that these are all projects   98->,9/* leading power, India played a propulsion systems ranging portals,” the President said. State, a free and sumptuous free governance. He was the proposed to create smaller dis- which could be implemented if crucial role in shaping the glob- from conventional to nuclear “I am glad to note that more daily breakfast with a cup of first politician in the State to tricts for speedier and trans- the Finance Minister has deter- ore than 3,500 police al paradigm with respect to and electric and hybrid propul- than two lakh officers and milk to all students in the call for auctioning the quarry- parent governance. “The max- mination and sincerity. MPersonnel will be international security, trade and sion”. “Concepts of maintenance sailors of the marine engineer- Government run schools and ing and mining of sand and imum population in each dis- There is nothing secret deployed in and around the city commerce. Speaking at a cere- will also undergo a paradigm ing branch of the Navy, Coast climate-smart agriculture to beach sand along the East trict should not exceed 12 lakh about our budget proposals. ahead of the 22nd anniversary mony after presenting ‘Colour’ shift with increased require- Guard and friendly foreign mitigate the effects of climate Coast of the State which are so that the bureaucrats would These are all implementable of the Coimbatore serial blasts, to the INS Shivaji at Lonavla ments on operational availabil- countries have been trained in change on agriculture. known for its rare earth min- find them easy to administer,” ideas and missions. If the police said on Thursday. near Pune, the President said: ity of platforms. INS Shivaji will this fine institution till date,” he These are some of the erals like monazite, ilmenite, said the medical doctor- Government uses some of the BJP workers and Hindu “India’s rise in the internation- need to impart the requisite said. “INS Shivaji has distin- mouth-watering proposals garnet and other elements. turned-politician. proposals, we will be happy outfits observe the anniversary al order has been fuelled by skills to all trainees to prepare guished itself with stellar service which are incorporated in the Sand mining and quarrying in He said it was possible to because millions of people by paying homage to those many factors including the them to meet future challenges,” to the nation over the years. It shadow Budget prepared and Tamil Nadu are sectors create 50 lakh jobs in agricul- would be implemented. We killed in R S Puram in the city, capabilities and valour of our the President said. has a proud record of profes- presented to the people of enmeshed in corruption and tural and horticultural indus- are the one and only political where the first blast armed forces”. “As INS Shivaji completes sional excellence, and has dis- Tamil Nadu by PMK, a region- favouritism. tries in the next five years. The party in the State which has occurred. “Today, the geopolitical sit- 75 years of excellence, let us charged its responsibilities with al outfit dominated by the The axis between the min- PMK’s main focus would be to been demanding the declara- BJP leader L K Advani uation in the world and in the introspect and reflect on the distinction,” the President said, Vanniyar community in the ing industry, politicians and see to it that the water table in tion of Cauvery Delta region as was scheduled to address an Indo-Pacific in particular journey so far and also glance he lauded the INS Shivaji’s con- State. Since the inception of bureaucrats is plundering the the State, especially in areas Protected Agricultural Zone. election rally there. demands greater vigilance. I am at the future. Technology is tribution to the Indian Navy. aware that the Navy has adopt- leapfrogging to produce “A nation’s maritime inter- ed mission-based deployments autonomous vessels. Artificial ests are usually also linked to its in the Indian Ocean region,” intelligence and machine learn- economy and the well-being of %  % <=<=     O   +P  ! Kovind said. ing are being deployed for deci- its people. I am told about 90 per Heaping praise on INS sion-making and war-fighting,” cent of our trade, by volume, is Shivaji for imparting technical Kovind said. handled by sea routes. This   *!5*678 ing of law and time-bound would be panel discussions on Senior Advocate, Supreme training of highest standard to “The training of marine enhances the role of the Indian dispensation of justice are cru- laws related to women and chil- Court of India working pri- marine engineers from the engineers will also need to be Navy not just in national secu- eading academics, legal cial for a diverse and develop- dren, efficacy of environmen- marily on civil litigation across Indian Navy, Coast Guard and tailored to train them to work rity but also in economic secu- Lexperts, policy makers, ing country like India where tal laws and laws on the right sectors, Judge Tom Mueller, friendly foreign countries, with evolving technologies, rity, and thus in the wider politicians, eminent lawyers, more than a billion-strong to privacy. USA, Former Circuit Court Kovind said: “High quality while maintaining competence process of nation building,” he and members of the judiciary, population is widely distributed Goa Satya Pal Malik. This Key speakers and panellists Judge and Senior Counsel, training of marine engineers is in the core engineering profes- said. will take part in the fifth edi- in terms of geography, eco- would be followed by a special who would be presenting their Alperin Law, Dr Paul Flather, tion of Difficult Dialogues at nomic classes, religion, educa- session on ‘Democracy and viewpoints at Difficult University of Oxford, UK and the International Centre Goa, tion, gender, cultural and social the Rule of Law’. Dialogues 2020 include Dr Secretary-General of the 0R(    %30  Dona Paula, from February 14. backgrounds., etc. Over the next couple of Pinky Anand, Senior Advocate, Europaeum, Ben Tucker, This year the topic of discus- The organizers have put days there would be several Supreme Court of India and Founding Partner at Minerva sion will be the ‘State of Law’ together the panels of Difficult panel discussions, workshops, politician, Prof. C. Raj Kumar, Search UK, Ghazala Jamil, in the Dialogues keeping in mind talks and student debates that Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Assistant Professor at the      # country. issues and bottle-necks that are bound to spark off new Global University, Prof Linda Centre for the Study of Law and In the backdrop of the need to be addressed in order thoughts and ideas and keep Mulcahy, Director of the Governance, JNU, New Delhi ongoing countrywide debate to improve the state of law as the attending guests Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, with a focus on social devel-   >*0,62/2 plied as usual defying the Auto rickshaws and cabs on Citizenship Amendment it stands in the country engaged. Oxford University, Arif opment, and Farah Naqvi, bandh call given by the ran regular services,though Act, the discussion could throw today, Some of the issues that Mohammad Khan, eminent Indian writer, consultant and he bandh call given by ‘Karnataka Sangathanegala one of the auto rickshaw dri- light on the legality and con- This year the Knowledge would be covered in the panel politician and Governor of activist working on gender Tsome Pro-Kannada organ- Okkoota’, a consortium of vers’ associations had support- stitutional validity of the mea- Partners for Difficult Dialogues discussions include Kerala, Dr. Sridhar Acharyulu, rights and minority isations demanding imple- organisations in ed the bandh. sures, which has been chal- include the Centre for Socio- ‘Discrimination Law and former Central Information rights. mentation of an over three Karnataka. RK Nagar and surround- lenged in the Supreme Legal Studies, University of Minorities’, ‘Gender, Legal Commissioner, Geeta Luthra, An interesting highlight decades old report recom- The organisers of the ing areas, the main trade area Court. Oxford, (CSLS, Oxford), Bar Profession and the Courts’, Senior Advocate, Supreme would be an engaging talk mending job reservation for bandh are demanding imple- of the city, saw normal The objective would be to Association of India (BAI), O ‘Reforms in the Administration Court of India, Vrinda Grover, Above the Law where inves- Kannadigas, had little effect on mentation of the Sarojini activity. bridge the gap between policy P Jindal Global University, of Justice’, ‘Free Speech, Advocate, High Court of Delhi, tigative documentarian from normal life in Bengaluru and Mahishi report, which recom- A few Kannada organisa- formulation and on-ground Centre for the Study of Law and Censorship and Media’, and researcher and human rights Italy, Massimilano Mazzotta, other parts of the State on mended that preference be tions took out a rally in the city implementation. At the end of Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru ‘Accountability vs activist, Sudhir Mishra, and investigative reporter on Thursday. given to Kannadigas in and their leaders later submit- the summit strategic recom- University (CSLG, JNU), the Independence of the Judiciary’, Advocate, Supreme Court and the ‘fourth mafia’ Maria Luisa Barring a stray incident of Government and the private ted a memorandum to Chief mendations would be tabled so Goa University (GU), and the and the panels would address eminent environment lawyer, Mastrogiovanni will be speak- stone pelting at a bus in sector. Minister BS Yediyurappa at that actionable white papers International Centre Goa each of these areas and come Justice Sujata Manohar, Retired ing. Mazzota’s documentary Dakshina Kannada district, In Bengaluru, city buses his residence, demanding strict can be created for the benefit (ICG). up with specific action points Judge of the Supreme Court of film on the polluting oil indus- the bandh was peaceful,police plied as usual though most of implementation of Sarojini of all. The conference would be and policy recommendations India, former member of the try, featuring a refinery in said. them ran empty as there were Mahishi report. Some of them The discussion became all inaugurated on February 14 which would be documented. National Human Rights southern Sardinia, will also be Buses and auto rickshaws very few commuters. forced traders to shut shops the more relevant since fram- evening by the Governor of In addition to these there Commission, Shyam Divan, screened.    !"#$%$%   1

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Please leader Jairam Ramesh has said it must ‘ruthlessly’ Thursday said the Delhi cian Gautam Gambhir on look at our party manifesto, Kolkata: After the BJP’s defeat in Bengal. in the state, with the TMC oppos- reinvent itself or face the prospect of becoming irrel- Assembly election results clear- Thursday rued the BJP’s drub- where it was clearly stated that the Delhi Assembly elections, In West Bengal, the BJP had ing them tooth and nail, and the evant. ly showed the people have kept bing in Delhi Assembly polls, amenities that people were poll managers of its West Bengal won 18 out of the 42 Lok Sabha BJP pressing for their imple- The note of caution for the Congress by Ramesh, away the ‘divisive politics’ of the claiming that the party was enjoying free would not unit are divided whether to push seats in 2019 parliamentary polls, mentation. a former Union Minister known for his outspoken BJP and that his party was unable to convince people that become chargeable in the event its aggressive strategy on the while it had swept all the seven Another section of the state views, came close on the heels of a call by fellow party introspecting on the short- it was not against freebies, but of the BJP coming to power,” he CAA-NRC or mellow it down Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. BJP, considered close to its pres- leader M Veerappa Moily for a ‘surgical’ action to comings that lead to its wanted to make the city ‘sak- said. and lace it with alternative poli- “But within a few months, we ident Dilip Ghosh, is of the opin- revive the party. defeat. sham’ (capable). Somehow, the saffron party cies of governance. see that the results are completely ion that there is no need for a “Congress leaders have to reinvent themselves. “In elections victory or Addressing a press confer- could not find enough reso- The BJP that recently suf- opposite in Lok Sabha polls and change in the party’s strategy in Congress party has to reinvent itself if it has to be defeat is common, all efforts ence here, Gambhir deftly nance with Delhi people, the fered a defeat at the hands of the Assembly polls in Delhi. So we West Bengal, as aggressive poli- relevant,” Ramesh, 65, told PTI in an interview here that were required made light of references to the former cricketer said. AAP, which won the polls for the cannot take it for granted that tics has yielded positive results on Wednesday. “Otherwise, we are staring at irrel- for elections was put by the BJP performing relatively bet- “In fact, we, too, had third consecutive time on the just because we won 18 seats in for the party. evance. Our arrogance has to go, even after six years party (Congress), but we did ter in Assembly segments promised free scooters and plank of good governance, is in Bengal, we will also win the “If you want to counter a out of power sometimes, some of us behave as if we not get success,” Kharge falling under his East Delhi Lok bicycles and these would have two minds about its strategy for Assembly polls.” party like the TMC, you have to are still Ministers.” In Ramesh’s view, local level lead- said. Sabha constituency, stressing been disbursed among all res- 2021 Assembly polls in West “So we need to change our keep up the tempo and your ers have to be encouraged and nurtured and be given Speaking to reporters in on ‘collective responsibility’ idents of Delhi and not just strategy for state elections. It is aggressive strategy. It has helped freedom and autonomy. Belagavi, he said, “But, one for the party’s successes and those who had voted for the not necessary that what works for us. Our campaign on the “The substance and style of our leadership has thing is certain, those (BJP) failures. Gambhir also dis- BJP. We could not explain to national elections will also work issues of the new Citizenship bill to change,” said the Rajya Sabha MP who is here to who were confident of victory missed as ‘hypothetical’ queries them adequately that we want- for state polls. Our campaign and the proposed NRC had participate in the ongoing Krithi International in the name of religion, despite about the perception that the ed to make Delhi saksham should not only highlight imple- yielded good results in Lok Sabha Book Fair organised by a society controlled by the campaigning from Prime BJP would have fared better and not laachaar (helpless),” he mentation of CAA and need for polls. Kerala Government. On the Delhi Assembly poll Minister, Home Minister, sev- against Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam added. The left-handed open- NRC. It should also lay similar “If we change our strategy, it outcome, Ramesh alleged that the BJP utilised the eral Ministers, CMs, MPs and Aadmi Party, had it declared er, whose career was marred stress on alternative and better will be considered that we are anti-CAA protests at its epicentre in Delhi in MLAs, the principles that they someone like Gambhir as its following a spate of injuries, policies of governance,” a senior retreating. This would send a Shaheen Bagh to “polarise” votes. “In the short run believed in did not get the suc- chief ministerial candidate. was in the city for the launch BJP leader said on condition of wrong message to our party BJP has not won but the result is a disaster for the cess. “I congratulate Kejriwal of a ‘cricket scholarship’ pro- anonymity. cadres. Obviously we will have an Congress party also. “It is an unmitigated disaster “The basis on which they and his party for the stupen- gramme, which - he claimed - Since last year, the demand alternative set of governance like coronavirus for the Congress,” he said. campaigned did not get the dous victory. They succeeded would nurture talent at the for NRC to weed out infiltrators policies but that doesn’t mean The Congress drew a blank while the BJP bagged recognition and the people in convincing the people about first-class level and eventually and the new citizenship law have diluting our campaign over CAA- 8 seats. The AAP scored a landslide victory bagging have kept their divisive politics their vision and their agenda help the state in having a rep- emerged as the latest flashpoint NRC,” the BJP leader said. PTI 62 seats. PTI away.” PTI which we could not. We were resentation in the IPL. PTI .         3  # 1  
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I appointed for the second time Mumbai: In a change of stand was that the Centre the eve of Valentine’s Day, by I had been away from my and personal discomfort wanted to learn to play the vio- as the chairman and managing stand, the Maharashtra should have taken the state gov- disclosing that while he was in grandmother who wasn’t keep- because of our parent’s divorce, lin, my father insisted on the director of the debt-ridden Government has said it has ernment into confidence before Los Angles in the early sixties, ing too well for almost 7 years,” which in those days wasn’t as piano. I wanted to go to college national carrier, according to a no objection to the National taking the decision. We were “I fell in love” and “almost got Tata recalled. common as it is today. But my in the US, he insisted on the Personnel Ministry order. Investigation Agency (NIA) putting up our stand in the married”. “So I came back to visit her grandmother brought us up in UK,” Tata wrote. Bansal, a 1988-batch IAS taking over probe into the court in this direction. The Baring his heart out on a and thought that the person I every way” “I wanted to be an architect, officer of Nagaland cadre, is at Elgar Parishad case, in which Chief Minister has the right to public platform, the Chairman wanted to marry would come to “Soon after when my he insisted on me becoming an present additional secretary in human rights activists have overrule my stand.” Emeritus of Tata Sons revealed India with me, but because of mother remarried, the boys at engineer. If it weren’t for my the Ministry of Petroleum and been arrested for alleged The Centre last month in a post posted on a Facebook the 1962 Indo-China war her school started saying all kinds grandmother, I wouldn’t have Natural Gas. links with transferred the probe in the page ‘Humans Of Bombay’ as to parents weren’t okay with her of things about us -- constant- ended up at Cornell University The Appointments Maoists. case from the Pune Police to how he fell in love, “almost got making the move anymore, ly and aggressively. But our in the US. It was because of her Committee of the Cabinet has Additional Chief the NIA, a move then criticised married”, how the 1962 Indo- and the relationship fell apart,” grandmother taught us to retain that even though I enrolled for approved his appointment as Secretary (Home) Sanjay by the Shiv Sena-NCP- China came in the way of tying the industrialist revealed in a dignity at all costs, a value that’s mechanical engineering, I the CMD of Air India in the Kumar told PTI on Congress Government. a nuptial knot and “the rela- post put out on stayed with me until today. It switched majors and graduated rank and pay of additional Thursday that “the state Deshmukh had then pub- tionship fell apart”. Thursday. involved walking away from with a degree in architecture,” secretary, the order stated, home department has no licly expressed disapproval of Tata was in mid-twenties Eight-two-year-old Tata, these situations, which other- the Tata Group patriarch without mentioning further objection to the case being the Centre’s move and termed when he fell in love while he who has remained a bachelor all wise we would have fought recalled. details. entrusted to the NIA”. it as against the Constitution. was working for his life after having devoted al, back against,” Tata wrote. I still “My father was quite upset He replaces Ashwani Home Minister Anil The volte-face on the issue architecture firm in Los Angles his time to build a huge busi- remember, after WW2, she and there was a fair bit of ran- Lohani, who completed his Deshmukh sought to put the appears to have brought to the in the early sixties. “After col- ness empire, does not seem to took my brother and I for cour, but I was finally my own, one-year extended tenure on ball in the court of Chief fore differences between the lege, I landed a job at an archi- have a regret that he did not summer holidays to London. It independent person in college, Thursday. Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister’s Office and the tecture firm in LA, where I marry – an impression one gets was there that the values were and it was my grandmother Bansal was in August 2017 who belongs to the Shiv home department led by worked for two years. It was a from the manner-of-the-fact really hammered in. who taught me that courage to named as Air India’s interim Sena, the lead constituent in Deshmukh over the high-pro- great time -- the weather was manner in which he has nar- She’d tell us, ‘don’t say this’ speak up can also be soft and CMD for three months. He had the ruling Maha Vikas file case. beautiful, I had my rated as how the relationship or ‘keep quiet about that’ and dignified,” Tata remembered then replaced Lohani, who was Aghadi which also consists Deshmukh said the court own car and I loved my job. It with the girl whom he fell in that’s where, ‘dignity above his grandmother’s contribution appointed chairman of the of the NCP and the in Pune will give its order (on was in LA that I fell in love and love with did not culminate in everything else’ really embed- to his evolving himself as a per- Railway Board after completion Congress. transfer of the case) on Friday. almost got married,” Tata wrote marriage. Giving a peek into his ded in our minds,” Tata stated, son as he is today. of his two-year stint. Talking to reporters “We will take the advocate here, Deshmukh, an NCP general’s opinion on setting up leader, said “The State agen- of an SIT to probe the Elgar cies were investigating the case as demanded by (NCP * 2 3 Koregaon Bhima (Elgar chief) Sharad Pawar and Parishad) case. But, the whether the state government /2->6808 90@/*8* and three times as a member of the legislative and 142 of the Constitution, said the apex court had Centre handed over the can proceed with setting up of Assembly. passed directives in the 2018 verdict “in order to rem- investigation to the the SIT,” he said. 9/2/8,6 edy this information gap”. NIA. Last week, Thackeray had */89/-*/ 78* “It shall be mandatory for political parties [at the “As Home Minister, my criticised the Centre’s deci- central and State election level] to upload on their web- sion, saying the Union gov- The knives were out with leaders blaming each /1 , 7,2/858* site detailed information regarding individuals with ernment has all rights to step other and raising questions on whether the grand old pending criminal cases (including the nature of the into the probe, but it should party has outsourced the task of defeating the BJP to "It is with immense sadness that we announce the offences, and relevant particulars such as whether have taken the state into con- others. AICC Delhi in-charge PC Chacko before passing away of R K Pachauri, the founder Director charges have been framed, the concerned Court, the fidence before handing over the resigning from his post sought to put the blame for of TERI. The entire TERI family stands with the fam- case number etc.) who have been selected as candi- investigation to the NIA. the party’s decline in the national Capital on late Chief ily of Dr Pachauri in this hour of grief," TERI Director dates, along with the reasons for such selection, as also He said the case was hand- Minister Sheila Dikshit, saying the Congress started General Ajay Mathur said in the statement. as to why other individuals without criminal ed over to the NIA at a time losing ground here in 2013. "TERI is what it is because of Dr Pachauri's untiring antecedents could not be selected as candidates,” it when Pawar was demanding With party colleague Milind Deora slamming him perseverance. He played a pivotal role in growing this said. constitution of a Special for his comments, Chacko said he had not named institution, and making it a premier global organi- In its September 2018 verdict, the top court had Investigation Team (SIT). Dikshit and his remarks were wrongly being inter- sation in the sustainability space," said Mathur, who left it to Parliament to “cure the malignancy” of crim- The NIA last week filed an preted to run a campaign against him. succeeded Pachauri at TERI in 2015. inalisation of politics by making a law to ensure that application before a sessions Delhi Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee a In 2015, Pachauri was accused of allegedly sex- persons facing serious criminal cases do not enter the court in Pune, seeking transfer day earlier expressed her annoyance over senior lead- ually harassing a woman colleague after which he had political arena as the “polluted stream of politics” needs of case papers, seized data, ers of the party including former Union Minister P to quit the post at TERI. to be cleansed. court records and proceedings Chidambaram who praised Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP But before this episode, he had a distinguished During the hearing on the contempt plea, the EC to the special NIA court in resounding victory in the Delhi polls. Sharmistha career whose highest point came in October 2007 had told the court that increase in number of MPs hav- Mumbai. pointed that Congress’s abysmal showing in elections when he collected the Nobel peace prize as the head ing pending criminal cases was “disturbing”. The poll However, the prosecution were due to no state-level strategy, no grassroots con- of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on panel had agreed with the suggestions of senior lawyer had then opposed the NIA’s nect and exalted echo chambers etc. Climate Change (IPCC), jointly with former US Vice Gopal Sankaranarayanan, representing BJP leader and application, saying the reasons “AAP won, bluff and bluster lost. The people of President Al Gore. petitioner Ashiwini Upadhyay, including that all polit- given by the central agency in Delhi, who are from all parts of India, have defeated Pachauri won the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and ical parties should mandatorily upload on their web- its plea were not legal and suf- the polarising, divisive and dangerous agenda of the the Padma Vibhushan in 2008, the third and second site details of candidates with criminal antecedents ficient to transfer the case to the BJP,” said P Chidambaram has tweeted to which highest civilian awards of the country. along with the reasons as to why those without any special NIA court. Sharmistha, chief of the Congress women’s wing in In the statement issued by TERI on Thursday, its criminal record could not be selected. “The offence is committed Delhi, replied: “With due respect, sir, just want to know Chairman Nitin Desai hailed Pachauri's contribution However, the EC said it was not agreeable to the within the jurisdiction of the -- has (the Congress) outsourced the task of defeat- to global sustainable development as "unparalleled". suggestion regarding penalising the political party or local court (Pune); chargesheet ing BJP to State parties? If not, then why are we gloat- "His leadership of the Intergovernmental Panel on its candidates under Article 324 of the Constitution has filed and draft charges ing over the AAP’s victory rather than being con- Climate Change (IPCC) laid the ground for climate for their failure to disclose criminal antecedents, as have been also filed and the cerned about our drubbing. change conversations today," Desai said. it does not have this power. matter is fixed for framing of Pachauri was born on August 20, 1940 in charges,” the prosecution had !9882*/*,-*5 Nainital, Uttarakhand, and studied at La Martiniere $&5*,5,>2/,-89 said in its response. College in Lucknow and at the Indian Railways ,*/27-,!,/," Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in ,/1*5/2 19,0/,*68  ing seat,” he said. the history of migration of the overseas Indian com- The injured cleaner of the truck said, “I was chang- munity as well as their experiences and contributions. In September 2018, a five-judge Constitution ing a deflated tyre of the truck by the roadside when Swaraj had many firsts to her credit -- the youngest bench unanimously held that all candidates will have the speeding bus rammed into the truck. My helpers Cabinet Minister in the Haryana Government, the first to declare their criminal antecedents to the Election and the driver are badly hurt.” woman Chief Minister of Delhi and the first woman Commission before contesting polls and called for a Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar also issued a spokesperson for a national political party in the coun- wider publicity, through print and electronic media statement expressing grief over the deaths on try. about antecedents of candidates. Thursday and wished for the speedy recovery of the She was Information and Broadcasting Minister Referring to the 2018 verdict, the bench said, “In injured. Kumar also announced a compensation of in the 13-day Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government in this judgment, this court was cognisant of the Rs 2 lakh each for the families of the deceased and 1996 and got the Cabinet portfolio again after he led increasing criminalisation of politics in India and the Rs 50,000 each for seriously injured passengers from the BJP to power in 1998. She was also the Leader of lack of information about such criminalisation Bihar. In January too, as many as 20 persons had died Opposition in the Lok Sabha between 2009-14. Swaraj, amongst the citizenry.” after a double-decker bus carrying 45 passengers col- a law graduate who practised in the Supreme Court, The bench, which passed the directions on lided with a truck at Dewar Marg in Kannauj and went was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament Thursday in exercise of its powers under Articles 129 up in flames.    !"#$%$% $   4 /" %'/(0  .  =   ?5        =  = +
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As per a lat- sive backdoor diplomacy to safeguard which will ultimately disrupt supply and              ! anti-American wave on Irans streets. The much- 87*/*089 est development, a Democratic-led US its national interests in the region. push up shipping costs and consequent-       '            6S  loved General’s assassination will most likely be 87*9/-9 House of Representatives committee While promising that his country ly energy prices.                used by the Iranian regime to fan anti-American 7* 7,7,>,/ had reached an agreement with was not looking for a war with the India has an exceptional advantage               sentiments that are running high in the coun- 9/,5 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to tes- mighty US, the Iranian Ambassador here, being a nation with a multi-align-                try. And this will have long-term consequences, 7**,/6C$I tify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq pushed India for a greater role in the ment approach in the Gulf region. As which the US may or may not be prepared for. policy, after threatening a subpoena efforts to de-escalate rising tensions in it shares close relations with Iran and "           " Elections have long been used by the Iranian -86689858, over previous refusals to appear. This the Persian Gulf region. Allaying fears the US alike, New Delhi can act as a                    leadership under the Supreme Leader Ayatollah !9/18087* will be in public domain soon. about the effects of the crisis on trade, mediator between the two nations.          O       Khamenei’s watch as tools to create an illusion 026!79*5 The ongoing tension between the Chegeni also assured India that Given its security and economic  " !2  " !F         6  ! of public support and democratic legitimacy. 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Europe and the whole Persian Gulf. affords it an opportunity to initiate a    between the people and the regime has gradu- However, security experts have sig- Significantly, keeping in mind the dialogue in times of strife, with greater <                ! ally widened. nalled, based on Trump’s recent state- strategic importance of developing the chances of success. With every passing day, more and more ment “calling on NATO partners to play regional maritime traffic to Afghanistan However, this recent episode of ris-                !   ! 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Until Iran’s leaders understand this fact willingness to submit to the Chabahar Port. are being keenly watched by Russia and                  !   and hold free and fair elections, the gap between International Atomic Energy Agency Also, tension in the region may China because both have strong inter-                 the people and their rulers will continue to widen, inspections and is not walking out of cause a threat to the traffic that goes est in the region. While Moscow sees             the protests will continue and the real voter the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. through the tiny Strait of Hormuz, itself as an emerging dominant power   turnout will remain low. So, the regime will use Notwithstanding these signals from which though just 21 miles across at its with West Asia being a major part of "             O  ! this attack by Trump as a means to cover its ruth- the two countries, New Delhi is under- widest point, has major strategic and its plan, China is equally concerned as lessness and shortcomings and fan anti-US sen- standably worried about how Gulf geopolitical relevance because it is sit- 50 per cent of its oil imports come from              < timents to make itself relevant as elections loom tensions will impact India. This is uated between Iran and Oman. It is a the region. However, its biggest worry I $ .       $      large. because India has strategic interests in financially crucial checkpoint because is its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative                  ! Interestingly, on the other side, in the US, the region in the form of the Chahabar it is the world’s busiest shipping lane (BRI) as Iraq has major geo-strategic                   where conspiracy theories abound accusing Port and the nearly 10 million Indians and there are limited alternatives to importance because of its location.     $  !     past Presidents of purposely creating foreign pol- working in the Gulf, who send home bypass it. There is speculation that Moscow '                 icy crises during an election year with an aim to over $40 billion as remittance. According to a report of the US is silently backing Iran as it has intel-                  divert public opinion from pressing and In January, while speaking at the Energy Information Administration ligence-sharing arrangements with it.           6     (   unsavoury domestic issues, the killing of General fifth edition of the Raisina Dialogue in (EIA), 21 million barrels of crude and This, more than anything else, should                 Soleimani is nothing new. New Delhi, Iran’s Foreign Minister refined oil pass through the strait, give the US cause for worry. :        However, this time Trump may have taken Mohammad Javad Zarif set tempera- which is about one-third of world’s sea- (The writer is a Principal things too far in search of short-term domestic tures rising as he called the US “igno- traded oil. 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them to make their scanty land yield whose members pool their expertise transport and sell their produce. information and markets. One of its food. The success of a collective tion. a decent income. A tenth of our and part of their savings, helps the Collectivising significantly reduces important roles is linking them to reli- hinges on many actors: The technical While FPOs remain the most farmers are landless. They are forced members achieve more together than transportation costs, saves farmers able and affordable sources of financ- support it receives, its institutional trusted allies for farmers, they need to to contend with a cycle of low invest- they can alone and becomes self-prop- from having to travel to the market and ing to meet their working capital, infra- base, composition, land access and be revitalised by infusing modern ment, poor productivity, low value- agating in the course of time. It con- consolidates their selling power. structure, development and other cropping patterns of members and design features without diluting their addition, weak market orientation fers greater bargaining power, better Moreover, the whole value chain needs. The collective works to reori- adaptation of the model to the local traditional ethos and philosophy. In the and depressed margins. market and price discovery, access to needs to have a business approach in ent the development and funding context. The elite farmers are signifi- light of our learning, we need to revis- The last few decades have wit- credit and insurance and sharing of order to make it viable. ecosystem to make it more responsive cantly more likely to participate than it the model and harness the basics; # 89 nessed shrinking of employment in assets and costs. The FPOs are owned Agricultural business companies, and relevant to the needs of small pro- the less privileged. Moreover, the bet- tweak designs of traditional structures rural India. Rural-to-urban migration and governed by shareholder farmers private sector financial institutions, pri- ducers. It also works towards strength- ter-off often become administrative instead of reinventing the wheel. mall farmers are the key to end- is an inevitable socio-economic real- and administered by professional mary producer organisations and ening an enabling environment by members and use services substantial- Experience tells us that continuous ing poverty and hunger and pro- ity, especially for those unable to gen- managers. They adopt all the good other stakeholders need to collaborate influencing and orienting policies in ly more to them than to rank-and-file training, capacity-building and mem- Smoting sustainable development. erate a meaningful livelihood from principles of cooperatives and the effi- to structure such functional full value this direction. members. The collectives, therefore, ber-awareness programmes can rein- But they are among the most under- rural resources. Rural areas typically cient business practices of companies chains to make greater benefits accrue The extension services include positively affect household welfare for force the design features and help served population and are highly sus- face several developmental impedi- and seek to address the inadequacies to individual members. It is a sustain- lengthening farmer capacity through elite members but impact is lower for solidify the relationship between mem- ceptible to food and nutrition insecu- ments: Small land holdings, low sav- of the cooperative structure. The best able, market-based approach to sys- agricultural best practices for enhanced rank-and-file members. It is, thus, nec- bers, field staff, professional managers, rity. They often lack basic tools and ings and capital formation, limited way for these organisations to lever- tematically and incrementally address productivity, agronomic advice, foster- essary to strengthen democratic financial institutions and directors and new technologies and don’t have net- market access, low levels of human age their collective strength is through the barriers that prevent individuals ing connections to local farm financial processes in these institutions. build a strong bond that can equip the works to access them, the financial ser- development and a young population a full value chain from the farm to the from accessing necessary services. services, training on methods of appli- Evelyn Huang, a celebrated design collectives with the will to fight adver- vices to afford them, or the markets to alienated from farming and other rural fork. The underlying principle that the Small producers need to reach the scale cation of bio-fertilisers and pesti- thinking trainer in American financial sities and exploit opportunities. profit from investments in them. occupations. They need solutions tai- value chain follows is similar to that necessary for sourcing inputs and ser- cides, modern harvesting techniques, sector, who believed in “reimagining FPCs can grow as viable, member- They are plagued by low productivi- lored to their needs and problems. of the full stack approach. This vices. Apart from the collective appropriate integrated pest manage- the way 60 million people interact with controlled, self-sustaining farmer busi- ty and lack access to quality farm One of the ways to mitigate rural approach makes the sponsor, catalyst strength that group synergy generates, ment, integrated nutrient management their money”, implicitly suggested nesses if they constantly work on inputs such as good seeds and fertilis- distress and promote a farm revolution or promoter responsible for every part the support structures help in build- and access to optimal environmental that the design of cooperative enter- reshaping the interaction of their ers, training and capital and technol- is to design a livelihood and develop- of the experience. In the context of ing the capacities of producers to deal practices and regionally-appropriate prises should be about constantly members with themselves. A self-reg- ogy and knowledge that can make ment strategy that entails collectivis- agriculture, the full stack approach with input suppliers, buyers, bankers, crops for planting. The key benefit is reimagining how thousands of poten- ulatory body designed to protect the their enterprises commercially viable. ing and strengthening primary pro- includes helping farmers identify what technical service providers, develop- the marketing support that links pro- tial members interact with their coop- interest of FPOs and farmer members Fragmentation of land holdings ducers among small farmers through to grow and how to grow it, what tech- ment promoting agencies and the ducers to mainstream markets through erative so that the process imparts can serve a useful purpose. We don’t has left growers with shrinking farms Food Producer Organisations (FPOs) nology to use and when and where to Government (for their entitlements), aggregation of subsistence-level pro- strength and vitality to the latter. It have to throw the baby out with the that are too small to be remunerative. and integrating them into an inclusive sell at what price. The farm-to-market among others. The sponsor of the duce into economic lots that can sig- found that the failure of cooperatives bathwater. They have poor access to credit and value chain to provide end-to-end sup- initiative encourages smallholder farm- value chain provides a gateway for pri- nificantly raise the share that peasants is often rooted in the inability of their (The writer is a well-known irrigation, which makes it difficult for port. 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Fiscal deficits have Upside potential on the ratings “Weaker sentiment in the aim to cut inbound shipments and a sharp rise in the number while 14 finished with gains. Brent Futures slipped about 2 ereign rating at ‘BBB-’ with sta- exceeded the government’s could also increase if India’s NBFI space may limit private of non-essential items, sources of new coronavirus cases in “Spike in new coronavirus per cent to trade at USD 55.25 ble outlook, saying the coun- plan, S&P said, adding it external accounts strengthen consumption growth over the said. Both the Ministry of China dampened investor sen- cases reported across the globe per barrel. try’s GDP growth is likely to expects limited consolidation substantially. coming quarters,” it said. Electronics and Information timent. and rise in inflation level for gradually recover towards over the next few years. Also, the downward pres- The government’s August Technology (MeitY) and the The BSE Sensex skidded January held markets flat as   2 longer-term trend rates over “S&P Global Ratings sure on the ratings could 2019 announcement that it Commerce Ministry are dis- 106.11 points or 0.26 per cent investors awaited for more       the next two to three years. affirmed its ‘BBB-’ long-term emerge if India’s GDP growth will consolidate major public cussing a proposal in this to settle at 41,459.79. Likewise, cues. “Consumer price inflation  on Thursday ‘BBB’ rating refers to ade- and ‘A-3’ short-term unsolicit- falls well below the agency’s sector banks may also constrain regard, they said. the NSE benchmark Nifty indicated a prolonged pause in settled flat at 71.33 (provision- quate capacity of the rated ed foreign and local currency forecasts, causing it to reassess credit growth over the next 12- Putting an item under dropped 26.55 points or 0.22 the interest rate from RBI as al) against the US dollar after entity to meet its financial sovereign credit ratings on view of trend growth; net gen- 24 months, it said. restricted category of imports per cent to close at 12,174.65. rise in core inflation from 3.5 weak macro-economic data commitments. India. The outlook on the long- eral government deficits rise “Nevertheless, we believe means that the importer of that Global markets wobbled per cent to 4.2 per cent came as disappointed market partici- “Despite a notable decel- term rating is stable,” it said in further from their currently India is experiencing a cyclical, commodity would have to seek after new cases from China’s a surprise which is expected to pants. eration in India’s economy in a statement. As per the elevated levels; and political rather than a structural, eco- a licence from the Commerce coronavirus outbreak soared impact rate-sensitive stocks,” Forex traders said disap- recent quarters, we believe its National Statistical Office developments materially nomic slowdown. The econo- Ministry’s directorate general of under a new diagnostic said Vinod Nair, head of pointing macro economic structural growth outperfor- (NSO), India’s GDP growth is undermine economic reform my’s long-term outperfor- foreign trade (DGFT) for the method, with over 200 more research at Geojit Financial numbers and weak domestic mance remains intact. Real estimated to slow down to 5 per momentum. mance highlights its resilience. imports. deaths and thousands of new Services. equities weighed on the local GDP growth is therefore like- cent during 2019-20. The gov- S&P further said the Indian “India’s wide range of Imports of TV stood at patients. Sectorally, BSE bank, unit, while easing crude oil ly to gradually recover toward ernment expects growth to economy had slowed measur- structural trends, including about USD one billion during On the macro front, official finance and utilities indices prices and weakening of the longer-term trend rates over rebound to over 6 per cent in ably. Real GDP growth fell to a healthy demographics and 2018-19. China (USD 535 mil- data released after market were among the major lag- American currency in the over- the next two to three years,” the next financial year. more than six-year low of 4.5 competitive unit labour costs, lion in 2018-19) is the largest hours on Wednesday showed gards, while healthcare, IT and seas market restricted the fall S&P said in a statement. Providing rationale for its per cent in the second quarter work in its favor. A more exporter of TV sets in India. It that India’s industrial output teck climbed up to 1.06 per to some extent. It expects the economic rating action, S&P said the rat- of this fiscal. This was the fifth favourable corporate tax is followed by countries like contracted by 0.3 per cent in cent. At the interbank foreign growth rate to improve to 6 per ings on India reflect the coun- consecutive quarter of decline regime, which is particularly Vietnam (UD 327 million), December while retail inflation In the broader market, exchange market, the rupee cent during 2020-21, 7 per try’s above-average real GDP in year-on-year growth rate. supportive of manufacturing Malaysia (USD 109 million), jumped to a 68-month high of both BSE smallcap and midcap opened at 71.35, then lost fur- cent in the next fiscal and 7.4 growth, sound external profile, It also noted that tighter firms, should reinforce growth, Hong Kong (USD 10.52 mil- 7.59 per cent in January on indices outperformed the ther ground to touch a low of per cent thereafter. “We expect and evolving monetary settings. lending conditions continue alongside additional fiscal and lion, Korea, Indonesia, high food prices. benchmark. 71.49. The domestic unit final- India’s economy to continue to As per the statement, the across the financial system, par- monetary easing,” it said. Thailand, and Germany. Interest-rate sensitive bank, Asian stocks closed most- ly settled at 71.33 against the outperform peers at a similar stable outlook reflects S&P’s ticularly in the public sector. The agency further said The government is also finance and auto stocks tum- ly lower amid mounting con- US dollar, unchanged from its level of income, despite a recent expectation that India’s growth This, it said, is reflected in a India’s economic growth faces likely to impose restrictions on bled as the high inflation cerns over the coronavirus epi- previous close. slowdown in real GDP growth. will be strong, the country will gradual decline in credit growth. headwinds over the near term, imports of furniture with a dimmed the prospects of a rate demic. Bourses in Europe too “Rupee continued to con- Supportive monetary, fiscal, maintain its sound net external In combination with ongo- including subdued private sec- view to boost domestic manu- cut by the RBI. were trading in the red in solidate in a narrow range but and cyclical factors should sup- position, and its fiscal deficits ing liquidity concerns in the tor investment and sentiment, facturing and reduce inbound IndusInd Bank was the opening trade. came under pressure after data port economic recovery, with will remain elevated but broad- non-bank financial institution labour market difficulties, and shipments of non-essential top loser in the Sensex pack, Meanwhile, the released on the domestic front real GDP growth averaging ly in line with its forecasts over (NBFI) sector following the soft demand conditions. items. The government had falling 3.68 per cent, followed International Energy Agency was weaker-than-expectation,” 7.1 per cent in fiscals 2020- the next two years. September 2018 default by However, it believes the coun- earlier his month imposed sim- by NTPC, Tata Steel, ICICI (IEA) said global oil demand said Gaurang Somaiyaa, forex 2024,” it said. Further, “upward pressure” Infrastructure Leasing and try’s long-term outperformance ilar restrictions on imports of Bank, Kotak Bank and HDFC. would suffer its first quarterly & bullion analyst, Motilal The agency, however on the ratings could build if the Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS) will remain intact. refined palm oil. On the other hand, Titan, drop in a decade as the novel Oswal Financial Services.

 BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 12,219.55 12,225.65 12,139.80 12,174.65 -26.55 Script Open High Low LTP BOSCHLTD 14355.55 14714.4 14248.45 14687.15 AMBER 1615.1 1620 1591.4 1610 GICHSGFIN 135 137.35 132 133.25 YESBANK 36.95 38 36 37.45 2.25 HDFCBANK 1263.8 1263.8 1233.4 1241.2 BERGEPAINT 580 584.15 576.4 581.75 SOBHA 385.2 385.2 370.1 377.35 DALBHARAT 890 892.25 871.65 871.65 DRREDDY 3,222.75 3,336.90 3,197.10 3,322.00 126.3 RELIANCE 1479.7 1479.7 1462.7 1473.95 GNFC 192.8 192.8 185.4 185.5 RESPONIND 87 90.4 87 89.4 FINEORG 2299 2299 2230.25 2247.25 ZEEL 233.1 241 231.3 238 5.95 SBIN 321.6 330.85 321.6 327.45 GUJGAS 302 307.6 296 297.4 RELCAPITAL 6.77 7.41 6.75 7.37 ADVENZYMES 168.8 168.8 164.3 165.95 SBIN 322 330.95 322 327.5 7.3 SRTRANSFIN 1230 1281.9 1218.75 1253.85 BEML 941 957.6 932.8 949.4 HAL 776.4 790 756 761.7 PRSMJOHNSN 67.95 67.95 64.8 65.4 TITAN 1,270.00 1,308.00 1,270.00 1,297.55 28.55 HINDUNILVR 2260.45 2288 2234.1 2279.25 ASTRAZEN 2708 2796.6 2690.85 2783.9 PTC 53.8 54 51.85 52.45 CRISIL 1616.1 1623.95 1590 1590.6 INFY 785 794 782.2 792.5 11.45 DMART 2481.6 2559 2444.4 2542.3 STRTECH 119 119.4 115.5 115.95 MASFIN 1195.15 1269 1195.15 1240.45 ITDCEM 62 62.65 60.2 61.95 UPL 572 582.9 562.9 580.2 6.3 IBULHSGFIN 339.8 342.25 324.05 326.8 TVSMOTOR 450.15 450.15 442 444.7 BDL 279 279 269.25 275 KAJARIACER 545.2 548.95 540.85 545.35 HINDUNILVR 2,256.00 2,288.95 2,233.05 2,284.00 23.65 YESBANK 36.95 38 36 37.2 CEATLTD 1040.95 1044.5 1014.45 1018 ISEC 479.6 480 472 476.85 PHOENIXLTD 887.55 891 876.55 889.1 SUNPHARMA 414.6 420.1 412 418.65 4.05 DLF 233.3 233.3 227.5 231.05 FRETAIL 372.95 382.55 361.6 377.1 ARVINDFASN 399.85 410.2 385.65 385.65 GHCL* 180 183.3 180 181.9 TCS 2,172.95 2,197.00 2,171.00 2,191.00 20.25 ZEEL 233 241 231.3 237.25 BBTC 1175 1185 1160 1160 VBL 816 837.6 806 822.55 GPPL 81.8 82.05 80.55 80.85 INDUSINDBK 1282.95 1282.95 1225.35 1230.2 PETRONET 264.9 267.65 263.6 264 BAJAJELEC 432 432 422 426.4 MAHLIFE 401.9 401.9 395 397.5 INFRATEL 247.5 247.7 242.05 245.45 2.1 ABBOTINDIA 14899 14969 14645 14730 PNBHOUSING 423 423.45 411 412.45 NESCO 759 766.4 750 752 VMART 2285.05 2291.95 2213 2287.8 HINDALCO 194.7 197 192.4 195.3 1.65 TATASTEEL 449.25 451.55 439.55 440.9 FORTIS 155.3 161.8 155 157.55 CREDITACC 856 856 833.75 846.05 JSLHISAR 77 78.7 76.25 77.45 TECHM 822.8 830 814.35 828 6.5 TITAN 1269.55 1307.65 1269.55 1298.7 DCBBANK 176.5 176.5 172.8 173.5 SUNDRMFAST 465.65 482.7 456.55 476 VAIBHAVGBL 1111.65 1124 1095 1095 VEDL 142.35 143.35 140.3 142.5 0.95 BAJFINANCE 4770 4800 4738 4795.8 LAKSHVILAS 21.9 21.9 19.9 19.9 KEI 538 541.55 530.1 533.95 WABCOINDIA 6741.25 6899 6741.25 6857.3 NESTLEIND 16,328.00 16,461.50 16,277.35 16,400.00 102.3 HDFC 2435.85 2441.5 2400 2403.2 SUPREMEIND 1390 1394 1373.7 1390 VOLTAS 683.8 688.95 677.25 685.7 HSCL 60.4 60.4 57.6 58.7 PERSISTENT 701.9 702 690.5 699 BAJFINANCE 4,766.00 4,800.60 4,735.00 4,795.40 26.7 TORNTPOWER 313 332.5 313 326.85 RAYMOND 627.1 627.1 595.2 599.6 TATACHEM 763 763 752.8 761 IDFC 35.15 35.4 34.8 35.1 UFLEX 223.8 228 223.25 226.95 POWERGRID 188.8 191.15 187.7 190.15 0.8 DRREDDY 3220 3336 3200 3326.3 PFIZER 4496 4619.4 4496 4590.4 SWANENERGY 140 140.1 128.95 134.55 TATACOFFEE 97.2 97.2 94.8 95.05 SHK 118 120.7 118 119.4 M&M 530.45 538 528.3 533.25 2.25 TATAMOTORS 171.05 172.25 168.2 169.45 LUPIN 705.5 708.35 699.45 702.45 MUTHOOTFIN 743.1 747.85 737.4 740.3 GODREJAGRO 559.55 569.8 551 556.15 TNPL 183.2 183.6 177.8 179.7 BHARTIARTL 539.7 542.75 531.75 540.65 1.05 TCS 2170 2197 2169.95 2191.6 RADICO 427 437 423.45 435.05 GLAXO 1311.85 1349.25 1301.9 1343.95 KEC 349 349 341.9 343.05 THERMAX 1006.3 1011.9 994 998.55 ULTRACEMCO 4,439.95 4,473.15 4,415.00 4,454.00 0.25 ICICIBANK 550 550 537.65 541 WELSPUNIND 44.15 47.8 43.75 47.4 CESC 719.45 747.2 718.5 726.2 ITI 83.2 84.1 82.15 82.7 IBULISL 112 112 108.25 108.85 RELIANCE 1,477.75 1,477.75 1,462.60 1,470.45 0.15 MARUTI 7042.6 7047.3 6926.55 7000.85 PAGEIND 23777 24037.85 23429.9 23509.8 UBL 1303.95 1303.95 1271.3 1287.7 IEX 190.5 191 187 189.15 VARROC 420.7 440 399 438 EICHERMOT 19,271.00 19,490.00 19,170.80 19,270.05 -7.8 GET&D 150.55 156.85 146.55 148.75 PNB 55.7 56.2 55 55.45 CROMPTON 286.9 287.8 275.5 278.2 TV18BRDCST 26.1 27.35 26.1 27 DCMSHRIRAM 358.9 358.9 351.85 352.9 GRASIM 755.35 764.95 745.3 754.5 -0.85 IRCON 468 537 464.05 527.4 SUNTV 505.65 506.05 493 498 IRB 107.9 107.9 104.25 105.65 TRIDENT 5.8 5.81 5.7 5.76 TATAMETALI 603.45 609.35 593.2 594.6 BRITANNIA 3,132.00 3,143.65 3,105.20 3,129.65 -7.15 ASHOKLEY 77.35 82.75 77.35 81.55 DIXON 4650 4760.05 4600.85 4705 BALRAMCHIN 173.75 173.85 168.75 170.35 HUDCO 35.4 35.95 34.65 35 VTL 1000 1020.35 988 997 HCLTECH 612 613.95 604.05 612.5 -1.6 PFC 126.85 127.2 122.2 126.05 HEXAWARE 369.6 373.45 366.3 370.45 RELINFRA 19.45 21.15 19.15 20.85 JSL 41.3 41.85 40.9 41.1 SOLARINDS 1218.65 1224.2 1170.65 1170.65 GAIL 130 132.5 129.4 130 -0.35 WOCKPHARMA 351 364.05 345.85 349.8 UNIONBANK 48.65 49.4 48 48.55 JBCHEPHARM 570 589 570 587.2 INDIACEM 74.2 74.35 73.5 73.55 EIHOTEL 142.15 142.8 139 139 IOC 114.95 115.75 114.25 114.75 -0.35 AVANTI 630.95 663 607.3 610.8 MANAPPURAM 164.6 166.65 162.5 164.15 JCHAC 2801 2945.7 2801 2862.05 BASF 892.35 915 876 876.2 CENTURYPLY 163.6 167.2 158.5 161.4 WIPRO 245.8 245.8 242.5 243.7 -0.75 ESCORTS 887 893.25 874 888.6 NATCOPHARM 670.1 677 655.1 674.55 PARAGMILK 103 108.15 100.3 105.45 RALLIS 234 234.8 229.1 230.4 BLUESTARCO 803 806.7 791 806 ITC 213.05 213.45 211.2 212.05 -1 CANBK 185 187.5 182.65 183 DCAL* 110.7 110.7 100.2 100.2 INOXLEISUR 463.4 467 453 456.05 COCHINSHIP 361.2 365.3 355 356.05 SYNDIBANK 24.9 24.9 23.7 23.7 HEROMOTOCO2,419.00 2,441.30 2,401.00 2,411.25 -11.8 AUROPHARMA 549 549 525 527 TECHM 824 830.3 814.55 829.4 AMBUJACEM 210 211.35 208.1 208.65 RATNAMANI 1307 1350 1300 1300 INTELLECT 154 154.75 151.4 152.2 MGL 1240 1240 1172.7 1192.55 AKZOINDIA 2155 2297.75 2151.65 2265.05 KRBL 292.4 297.6 287.35 296 KNRCON 282.95 283.7 279.1 282 LT 1,299.00 1,299.85 1,285.00 1,291.00 -6.3 WELCORP 213.05 214.9 205.55 207.5 POWERGRID 189 191.15 187.8 190.35 EQUITAS 112.05 112.2 109.85 111 FSL 42.5 42.6 41.25 42.3 ECLERX 619.9 648.25 619 631.55 BAJAJ-AUTO 3,149.00 3,172.20 3,120.40 3,130.15 -16.15 MCX 1237.45 1268.95 1236.2 1260.6 INFY 787 794.3 782.4 792.35 IFCI 5.85 6.81 5.81 6.81 RCF 43.95 43.95 43.2 43.5 FINCABLES 378.45 391.9 378.4 384.5 BAJAJFINSV 9,758.00 9,795.00 9,689.00 9,713.20 -58.65 UJJIVAN 390 392 383.55 391 JUSTDIAL 506 517.8 488.5 515.85 GRAPHITE 290.7 294.75 290.7 292.9 HONAUT 37001 37900 36600 36802.3 MPHASIS 914.8 914.8 884.85 891.8 FINOLEXIND 545 553.65 543.05 544.35 CIPLA 446.8 448.9 440.5 444 -2.8 JINDALSTEL 198.45 198.45 192.55 193.75 AAVAS 1852.5 1880 1839 1869.7 PNCINFRA 205.65 207 200.45 201.75 BLUEDART 2782.5 2999 2740 2922.9 GMDCLTD 59.7 60.7 59.1 59.15 MARUTI 7,050.00 7,056.00 6,925.00 6,995.00 -48.3 MOTHERSUMI 127.65 128.2 124.15 124.85 SANOFI 7101 7425 7101 7372.05 RELAXO 797 800.7 785 788.3 BAYERCROP 4401.45 4437.1 4337.95 4345.2 KANSAINER 507.05 508 500.15 502.45 JSWSTEEL 292.2 294.6 288.4 291.6 -2.1 NESTLEIND 16350 16455 16290 16385 PHILIPCARB 125.5 127.8 122.55 126.15 ORIENTBANK 46.35 46.5 45.6 46.15 AIAENG 1791.8 1860 1781 1833 JKCEMENT 1410 1422.8 1402.85 1410 TATAMOTORS 171.35 172.35 168.1 169.65 -1.3 HAVELLS 622.9 622.9 612.55 617.25 BHARATFORG 482.3 485.1 474.45 483.75 NOCIL 90 91.2 89.3 90 GSFC 77 77 73.5 74 ALBK 15.5 15.5 15 15.35 HDFCBANK 1,259.90 1,259.90 1,233.60 1,239.50 -9.5 ASIANPAINT 1894 1902.25 1868.8 1874.05 NIITTECH 1818.3 1837.3 1800.5 1818.15 MINDACORP 118 122 115.65 115.65 GSKCONS 9202 9790 9202 9768 BRIGADE 228.9 233.7 226.05 230.9 ASIANPAINT 1,889.00 1,901.95 1,868.05 1,873.95 -19.75 IGL 520.5 520.5 494 495.6 MFSL 495.35 496.65 484 490.5 ENGINERSIN 89.95 90.7 88.8 89.1 J&KBANK 19.5 20.1 19 19.1 ERIS 528 530.95 521.1 522.15 ONGC 107 108.2 104.25 105.55 -1.15 VENKYS 1395 1528.65 1387.3 1482.6 GMRINFRA 23.05 23.95 22.85 23.85 SUZLON 2.36 2.36 2.22 2.33 JAMNAAUTO 43 43.55 41.8 42.3 TIINDIA 516.55 517 497.75 502.6 AXISBANK 751.1 753.45 742.3 746.45 -8.8 KOTAKBANK 1716 1716 1683 1690 LICHSGFIN 423 427.6 420.9 424.35 3MINDIA 22732.25 22852.3 22500 22658.2 HFCL 16.9 16.95 16.8 16.9 SONATSOFTW 343.8 344.4 336.7 338.4 ADANIPORTS 374 374.7 367 369.6 -4.5 LT 1296.85 1299.5 1285.3 1292.15 SAIL 46.25 46.25 45.1 45.15 GICRE 239.2 243.15 225 228.4 LAXMIMACH 3255.1 3269 3242.6 3250.15 TEJASNET 73.25 73.25 70.1 71.45 BPCL 477.7 478.5 468 469 -5.75 BPCL 477.95 477.95 468.2 469.2 CASTROLIND 155.5 159 153.7 156.65 CADILAHC 270 271.65 267.45 269.5 PRESTIGE 372.7 372.7 362.4 364 TTKPRESTIG 5851.7 5941 5841.75 5908.2 COALINDIA 180.3 180.95 175.85 178 -2.3 CARERATING 582.35 583 526.85 542.85 GODREJCP 648 649.4 633.55 636.2 AMARAJABAT 770.1 772.5 760 763.9 JSWENERGY 64 64 62.75 63.95 CHENNPETRO 117.85 118.55 114.4 115 HDFC 2,426.00 2,444.15 2,399.00 2,404.00 -33.6 GRASIM 756.95 764.65 746 753.55 ACC 1450.85 1457.5 1437.75 1440.35 TAKE 97.5 103.7 95.6 98.85 MINDAIND 379.15 383.9 375.1 380.8 MOIL 149.95 149.95 148.3 148.95 KOTAKBANK 1,714.70 1,714.70 1,682.30 1,689.55 -25.35 RBLBANK 335.6 335.6 323 325.85 SPARC 176.3 176.4 166.7 167.95 DELTACORP 168.75 168.75 164.25 165 JMFINANCIL 115.3 116.3 113.9 114.75 JISLJALEQS 6.84 7 6.84 6.96 ICICIBANK 549 549 538 540.05 -9.25 PEL 1548 1552.35 1512.05 1531.65 INFRATEL 250 250 242.2 245 BAJAJHLDNG 3796.35 3927 3756.4 3912.05 QUESS 597 599.1 579.8 589.7 IOB 9.59 9.75 9.5 9.59 NTPC 116.8 117.1 114.7 114.8 -2 AXISBANK 753.45 753.45 742.5 746.1 BAJAJ-AUTO 3156 3172.75 3122.3 3141.55 HIMATSEIDE 99.15 107.75 98.1 106.15 ORIENTELEC 250 255.7 248.8 249.7 MOTILALOFS 780.9 791.65 769.65 770.6 TATASTEEL 448.75 451.7 439.35 440 -7.95 IPCALAB 1350 1441 1305.8 1420.4 GILLETTE 6428.85 6649 6323 6355.55 APOLLOTYRE 162 162 160.1 161.15 JINDALSAW 82.55 82.7 81.35 81.95 REDINGTON 122.15 122.6 119.25 119.25 CGCL 218.75 223 216 220.4 INDHOTEL 138 139.8 133.1 134.05 ALLCARGO 110 110.55 105.25 110 SADBHAV 109.7 109.7 101.85 104.35 INDUSINDBK 1,281.75 1,281.75 1,225.25 1,231.85 -45.55 NBCC 31.4 32.35 30.7 31.85 STAR 525 538.15 518 531.85 INDIGO 1431 1457 1431 1443.75 MRF 71666.05 71867.05 70900.75 71638.45 SFL 1687.75 1703.3 1600 1639.95 LAOPALA 191 198.3 191 196.05   JSWSTEEL 293 294.5 288.5 293.3 GESHIP 313 313 281 285 LAURUSLABS 442.9 453 438 440.3 HEIDELBERG 201.8 201.8 196.05 196.5 MRPL 42.95 42.95 42.15 42.25 TATAGLOBAL 396 397.65 389.8 392.35 ICICIPRULI 480.2 481.05 472 478.55 MARICO 306.3 306.65 302.45 302.9 WABAG 214.4 216.4 210.35 211.15 GEPIL 785 808.9 775 802.05 ONGC 107 108.3 104.3 105.35 AUBANK 1150 1157 1101.85 1149.45 RPOWER 1.73 1.82 1.71 1.79 FDC 254.2 258.35 250 251.5 HATHWAY 18.75 18.95 17.65 18.1 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ITC 213.8 213.8 211.35 211.95 JAICORPLTD 108.05 109.25 100.9 104.95 GODREJPROP 1149.4 1150.8 1124 1130.9 NLCINDIA 54.75 54.75 52.8 53.25 TEAMLEASE 2385 2425.9 2385 2410.4 NIFTY NEXT 50 28,829.50 28,844.65 28,682.75 28,807.60 -47.75 TORNTPHARM 2010 2089 1980 2081.8 BATAINDIA 1829.05 1835 1809.3 1809.75 ITDC 316 320 306.8 306.9 VGUARD 207.5 207.5 201.4 203 SIS 585 585 562.3 571.25 SRTRANSFIN 1,235.00 1,282.00 1,213.05 1,273.00 54.35 IDEA 4.5 4.54 4.41 4.48 CANFINHOME 511 514.15 503.5 507.9 IBREALEST 93.5 93.5 90.25 92 LEMONTREE 52.75 55.85 52.75 54.7 JAGRAN* 68.45 68.85 68.35 68.65 BAJAJHLDNG 3,815.00 3,926.00 3,751.00 3,905.75 99.3 NTPC 116.8 117.1 114.65 114.65 WHIRLPOOL 2258 2314 2242 2259.4 TIMKEN 1011 1030 1006.3 1023 MAHSCOOTER 4729 4785 4729 4751.25 CARBORUNIV 344.7 348.2 337.1 339.4 MCDOWELL-N 690.3 712.4 686.45 708.6 16.25 BHARTIARTL 545 545 532 539.8 RECLTD 141.85 142 139.9 140.75 TATAMTRDVR 70.6 71.4 70.2 70.55 PGHL 4240 4316.75 4151.6 4285 LINDEINDIA 749.05 749.7 734.45 737.9 DMART 2,478.00 2,560.00 2,442.80 2,539.60 57.45 SUNPHARMA 415 420 412.35 419.05 DEEPAKNI 427.8 433 421 427.95 NAVINFLUOR 1122 1150 1106.1 1145.9 VINATIORGA 998 1008.75 977.2 998.5 TVSSRICHAK 1642.05 1663.2 1630 1643.5 PGHH 11,401.00 11,677.95 11,250.00 11,590.00 222.3 RITES 304 328.5 304 317.9 INFIBEAM 58 58 56.75 56.95 CHOLAFIN 345 345 333.5 338.15 JKLAKSHMI 349.05 352.65 342.95 352.35 BALMLAWRIE 115 115.05 113.6 113.85 BOSCHLTD 14,379.50 14,723.95 14,258.80 14,636.30 256.8 TRENT 714 741.4 702 740 BALKRISIND 1140 1154.1 1135.45 1147.55 REPCOHOME 324 325.25 316.2 316.2 FLFL 394.4 405.5 389.4 391.35 UCOBANK 15 15 14.6 14.65 DIVISLAB 2,135.05 2,173.80 2,121.80 2,158.00 36.2 PCJEWELLER 22.4 22.9 19.35 20.55 ULTRACEMCO 4451 4471.95 4416.7 4452.85 ICICIGI 1335 1359.9 1331.1 1345.05 MMTC 21.75 21.75 20.75 20.85 ZYDUSWELL 1477.95 1487.45 1471.1 1474.15 UBL 1,276.00 1,293.05 1,270.10 1,291.90 8.55 HDFCLIFE 578 582 568.75 575.8 SIEMENS 1424 1449.65 1413 1420.4 SHREECEM 24621.4 24869.2 24473.35 24670 SYMPHONY 1335 1342.95 1310 1330.95 ANDHRABANK 16.1 16.1 15.35 15.65 HINDPETRO 233.7 236.2 232.3 234.85 1.3 COALINDIA 182 182 175.9 177.85 GODREJIND 430.35 444.9 419.8 435.25 LALPATHLAB 1655.45 1668 1625.25 1635 CYIENT 459.7 459.7 453.3 456.6 CORPBANK 23.15 23.45 23 23.25 PEL 1,537.95 1,553.05 1,512.20 1,532.90 4.5 BANKBARODA 91.2 91.2 87.8 88.05 BOMDYEING 88 88.3 86.15 86.8 SJVN 25.5 26 25.1 25.3 NIACL 144.6 145 141.75 141.75 KPITTECH 91.2 91.65 88.45 89 ASHOKLEY 77.9 82.9 77.9 81.5 0.15 UPL 573.5 581.3 563 579.25 BLISSGVS 142.5 144 140.3 142 TATAINVEST 959.4 968.85 940.1 951.45 DHFL 10.06 10.06 9.56 9.56 APLAPOLLO 2025.7 2060 2015 2015 DLF 230.55 232.6 227.45 231.25 0.4 PVR 2059.05 2077.3 2037.5 2076.85 ABFRL 269 281.15 265.15 275.95 GSPL 239.5 239.5 236.1 238.3 INDOSTAR 285 285.1 281.45 282.1 PETRONET 265 267.55 263.6 264.3 0.2 HEG 1037 1054.2 1028.2 1042.8 POLYCAB 1071.35 1090.45 1069.2 1086.15 DBL 384.15 386.5 378 379.95 IFBIND 550.7 556.15 530.2 533.7 OFSS 2,896.65 2,949.90 2,889.05 2,897.50 0.8 APOLLOHOSP 1694 1707.8 1656.05 1707.8 IOC 115 115.7 114.25 114.8 ATUL 4994.95 5000 4950 4981.75 UNITEDBNK 8.42 8.42 8 8 IDEA 4.5 4.55 4.4 4.5 0 SRF 4170 4170.45 4120 4149.2 SBILIFE 946.5 946.5 916.05 927.55 ESSELPRO 188.5 191.85 185.95 190.45 ORIENTCEM 80.35 80.35 79.5 80.25 PNB 55.9 56.2 55 55.5 0 CIPLA 444 448.55 440.7 443.85 HCLTECH 612.55 613.9 604 611.7 JUBILANT 536.85 544.95 529.05 530.25 INOXWIND 37.45 37.75 37 37.4 LUPIN 706.4 708.6 699.55 703 -0.2 ADANIPOWER 60.45 61.1 59.7 60.15 BIOCON 308 309.6 305.3 306.8 RAIN 106.55 108.7 106.5 107.4 MHRIL 231.05 232.9 224.9 226.85 ICICIGI 1,325.00 1,360.00 1,325.00 1,350.00 -1.25 BAJAJFINSV 9772 9796.15 9550 9704.85 RAMCOCEM 780 792.4 778.1 790.5 PIIND 1581.65 1584.55 1543.05 1544.45 VSTIND 4295.1 4345.1 4287.8 4304.6 HAVELLS 617.65 621.95 612.15 617 -0.65 NAM-INDIA 403.9 403.9 392.45 396.6 RVNL 23.4 24.15 22.85 23.15 ALKEM 2644.05 2671 2606.9 2610.05 MAHLOG 397.9 398 390 391.25 SHREECEM 24,700.00 24,893.20 24,456.30 24,657.00 -32.95 GAIL 130.5 132.5 129.35 130.3 DHANUKA 521.85 565.7 517 530 EMAMILTD 292.45 292.45 285 285.7 NETWORK18 30.1 31.25 29.75 30.45 BANKBARODA 88.25 89.1 87.75 88.1 -0.15 AJANTPHARM 1397 1483.4 1395 1450.55 DABUR 521 521 511 513 CAPPL 335 343 318 338 CENTRUM 21.75 22.25 20.55 21.1 COLPAL 1,350.05 1,357.00 1,327.55 1,346.30 -2.7 MINDTREE 922.1 939.75 916.2 935.05 COLPAL 1353.25 1356.25 1329 1347 NHPC 24.2 24.2 23.6 23.75 SKFINDIA 2029.25 2081.5 2015 2015 BERGEPAINT 581.8 584.5 576 581 -1.25 IDBI 35 37.85 34.1 35.75 ADANITRANS 338.85 346.95 330.95 339.2 CCL 250 252.05 243.35 247.05 SYNGENE 308.8 312.15 306.85 310.85 SIEMENS 1,430.00 1,450.00 1,411.85 1,420.25 -3.45 HDFCAMC 3367.9 3368.1 3320 3345.45 WIPRO 245.1 245.95 242.55 243.75 MEGH 58.15 58.8 57.15 57.25 CENTRALBK 18.25 18.25 17.45 17.55 HDFCAMC 3,360.00 3,369.95 3,318.00 3,349.50 -8.4 MIDHANI 177 184.6 172 181.65 BRITANNIA 3150 3150 3108 3127.35 ASHOKA 107 107 102.2 103 TIMETECHNO 52.35 53.8 52.1 52.65 INDIGO 1,442.00 1,457.85 1,431.25 1,438.00 -4.2 BANDHANBNK 455.8 456.4 445.7 451.8 NILKAMAL 1401.6 1468.2 1390 1451 GUJALKALI 374.75 385.05 374 378.55 ZENSARTECH 156 156 150.95 151.25 HDFCLIFE 576.5 582.25 568.5 576.15 -2.2 NCC 47 48.65 46.15 48 NATIONALUM 40.4 41.6 40.4 41.4 SUDARSCHEM 466 466.75 455.15 457.75 HERITGFOOD 345.05 346.95 338 341.3 L&TFH 127.55 129.2 125.75 126.85 -0.6 NMDC 114.65 115 109.6 110 WESTLIFE 460 487 454.35 468.35 DISHTV 11.7 12.29 11.52 12.14 SCHAEFFLER 4543.15 4630 4543.15 4607 ICICIPRULI 480 481.5 471.6 477.9 -2.45 L&TFH 128.2 129.05 125.85 126.65 CONCOR 572 572.4 564.8 565.25 CUB 228.5 228.5 219.65 222 TVTODAY 233.55 248.1 233.55 245 BIOCON 308 309.75 305.4 305.7 -1.75 HINDALCO 194.5 196.95 192.5 195.4 IIFL 198.3 211.8 194.9 208.5 CUMMINSIND 551.05 554.25 546.3 548.2 SHOPERSTOP 389 389.5 384.9 389 ACC 1,451.00 1,458.05 1,437.10 1,440.40 -8.45 HEROMOTOCO 2424 2440.8 2402 2409 HINDPETRO 232.5 236.2 232.5 235 SCI 60.05 60.1 58 58.25 MAHSEAMLES 358 358 347.75 351.2 SBILIFE 937 937 916 927.1 -5.75 M&M 532 537.75 528.55 533.25 PIDILITIND 1590 1592.5 1575.35 1578.75 FCONSUMER 21.6 22.5 20.95 22.2 SUPRAJIT 197 197 188.35 192.3 NHPC 24.05 24.1 23.6 23.8 -0.15 TATAELXSI 1065 1097.05 1058.8 1090.3 EXIDEIND 180.9 182.6 179.05 180.75 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We will be extending bringing back students. gers off a quarantined cruise that 44 people have been infect- will be moved to government With dozens of new cases this to 1,000. every material and moral sup- Pakistan Peoples Party leg- ship and into government-des- ed and everyone is really scared facilities to wait out a quaran- diagnosed almost daily, ques- In addition to the cases on rime Minister Imran Khan port to China just as China has islator Bahramand Khan Tangi ignated lodging, as the number and wanting to get off as soon tine that is set to last until tions have been raised about the ship, Japan has confirmed Phas directed authorities to always stood by us during all got emotional over the issue, of new coronavirus cases on the as possible,” she added. February 19. the pace of testing and whether 28 other infections — mostly take every possible step to our times of trial and tribula- the report said. vessel jumped to 218. “All we want is tests to be “If they test negative, those the quarantine is working. among evacuees from Hubei, help Pakistani students stuck in tion,” he said in another tweet. “My nephew is in China Thousands of passengers done and to be separated from who wish to disembark can go Thakkar said that while where the virus emerged. China’s Wuhan, the epicentre According the Foreign and my whole family is dis- and crew on the Diamond those who are positive. We and live in a lodging facility passengers were confined to Four flights have brought of the deadly coronavirus, after Office, more than 28,000 turbed due to outbreak of the Princess — the single largest don’t want to stay on board.” that the government will pre- quarters, the crew were eating back hundreds of people, most mounting pressure about their Pakistani students, including virus in China. My nephew has cluster of infected people out- With passengers mostly con- pare,” Kato said. together, working together and of whom are undergoing “self- fate. 500 in Wuhan, are studying in told us that three out of four side China — face several days fined to their cabins, crew The captain informed the sleeping two to a cabin with quarantine” in government- The government, however, China. gates of the university remain more of quarantine, with many members have to go door-to- passengers of the new plan via shared washing facilities. designated hotels. has said that it would not Some of them, have closed,” he said. taking to social media to voice door to deliver food and other ship broadcast. “I haven’t got the virus yet, Evacuees from the first evacuate its citizens from through social media had been Special Assistant to the their concerns. supplies, and some fear this has “The Ministry of Health but I don’t want it to be so late flight, which landed on January Wuhan in an attempt to stem persistently asking Pakistan Prime Minister (SAPM) on Those working on the ship reduced the effectiveness of the has already tested guests 80 that I catch the virus. I don’t 29, were cleared to leave the the spread of the coronavirus government to help them come Health Dr Zafar Mirza said have been reluctant to speak to quarantine. years or older who are staying want to wait to find out that I’m quarantine on Wednesday which has killed over 1,000 back. that he, along with SAPM on reporters for fear of losing Health Minister Katsunobu in a cabin without a balcony, the one that has it.” Japan ini- night after passing a final round people and infected nearly Pakistani students of a Overseas Pakistanis and their jobs, but two crew mem- Kato said Thursday there were and those 80 years or older with tially tested around 300 people of checks. 50,000 since its outbreak, The Chinese medical university Human Resources Syed bers broke their silence in a 44 new cases — including one chronic medical conditions,” he who had close contact with the As they left their hotel in Express Tribune reported. got panicked as patients infect- Zulfikar Ali Bukhari, had video broadcast by Indian crew member — from an addi- said. first infected passenger, or have Chiba, east of Tokyo, they “I have issued instructions ed with the deadly virus were talked to Pakistani students media Thursday. tional 221 tests. Kato said five people from displayed symptoms, but has thanked local residents for to our Foreign Office and shifted to a building located through video link. “The situation on board is He said also that some the ship were in serious con- gradually widened the net as their solidarity. Overseas Ministry to do every- near their university, Dawn “Though it is being said thing possible for our stu- reported. that the students have been dents who are stuck in Wuhan Islamabad has contacted suffering and are panicked but city,” Khan tweeted on the Chinese authorities with at the same time a number of )  # 75    2   Wednesday night. the request to shift those students are quite happy there Khan also expressed sup- patients somewhere else, and don’t want to return,” he port for China and promised according to the report, which said. to provide every help to com- did not name the university. Mirza said that a few days  # (  .    bat the deadly virus. 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Mike its latest monthly report. “Demand is now expected to fall by posed to be taking its 1,455 bark.   6959 Ryan, the executive director of 435,000 barrels year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020, the passengers on a dream 14-day Cambodian premier Hun the World Health first quarterly contraction in more than 10 years” when it cruise around east Asia, begin- Sen is a staunch Chinese ally lobal telecom industry Organization’s emergencies dropped during the global economic crisis, it added. ning in Hong Kong on and has been vocal in his sup- Gbody GSM Association program, will also join the February 1 and disembarking port of Beijing’s handling of the on Thursday said it has debate via video link. that have caused outbreaks in Many countries have on Saturday in Yokohama, epidemic, even going so far as decided to cancel the 2020 More people have now the past. implemented travel restrictions Japan. to visit China last week in a edition of the sector’s largest died from COVID-19 than Janez Lenarcic, the com- on recent visitors to China, But the ship was turned show of solidarity. event Mobile World Congress during the SARS outbreak, but missioner for crisis manage- which has more than 99% of away from Japan, Guam, the “The permission to dock is due to health safety concerns no death has been reported in ment, said before the meeting the world’s reported infections. Philippines, Taiwan and to stop the disease of fear that around novel coronavirus Europe so far. that the risk of COVID-19 The EU has so far organ- Thailand over fears of the novel is happening around the outbreak. Less than 50 suspected further spreading in Europe ised the repatriation of around coronavirus epidemic that has world,” he told state-affiliated The industry body has cases have been registered on remains “low, but it may 500 of its citizens who were in killed more than 1,300 people media website Fresh News on been organising the event the continent but the EU insists increase.” China. in China. Wednesday. annually since 2006 in coordinated action is required According to an EU official Ministers will also discuss Cruise operator Holland “We must help them when Barcelona, Spain, where gov- to keep these figures low. who wasn’t authorized to speak how to facilitate the joint pur- America has insisted there are they asked us for help,” he ernments, ministers, policy- COVID-19 is caused by a publicly before the meeting, chase of protective equipment no cases of the SARS-like virus added. 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With surging cases uni- deputy to President Xi Jinping ndian and Pakistani students versity dormitories and gym- hina has demoted the when was party secretary of Iin China’s Hubei province, nasiums are being converted Cdirector of the Hong Kong Zhejiang province. “I think Xi the epicentre of the coron- Yokohama (AFP): Japan on Thursday reported the first into hospitals. and Macau Affairs Office, the Jinping wanted to find some- avirus outbreak, have made death of a person infected with novel coronavirus, as the About 1,000 Pakistani stu- State Council said Thursday, one he could trust,” said desperate pleas to their gov- number of cases on a quarantined cruise ship offshore dents are currently in Hubei following months of pro- Cabestan. ernments to evacuate them soared over 200. The woman in her 80s was tested for the province. The Pakistan gov- democracy protests in the Cabestan said Xia, a former after Chinese officials decided virus after being hospitalised, and was confirmed positive ernment came under heavy semi-autonomous city. Zhejiang Communist Party to convert their university gym- after her death, Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told a news criticism for not evacuating The shuffling of officials at chief, has since been known for nasiums and dormitories into briefing. them. A number of Pakistani China’s top policy body on the a hardline approach in fighting makeshift hospitals amid a big However, it was not clear if the virus or other compli- students too have complained financial hub’s affairs comes the re-emergence of surge in infection cases. cations had caused her death, Kato warned. that the dormitories are being after months of political unrest Christianity there. The death toll from the epi- “The relationship between the new coronavirus and the converted into hospitals with — the starkest challenge to The personnel changes are demic surged to 1,367 with 254 death of the person is still unclear.” virus patients. Beijing since the former British aimed at boosting coordination deaths on Wednesday, highest Pakistani daily Dawn colony was returned to Chinese between Beijing and Hong in a day, raising concerns that perate pleas to the Indian gov- notice. reported Prime Minister Imran rule in 1997. Kong, he said, as well as giving the virus is nowhere near slow- ernment to evacuate them after The university earlier was Khan on Wednesday directing Senior Beijing official Xia more support to the pro-estab- ing down. the university announced plans not on the list but now an offi- the Foreign Office to take every Baolong, currently secretary- lishment camp in Hong Kong’s There were 52,526 con- to convert the gym into a hos- cial notification has been issued possible step to help Pakistani general at the national com- Legislative Council. firmed cases on the Chinese pital. to include it, the notice said. students stuck in novel coron- mittee of China’s top political “(Xi) wants fresh blood, mainland at the end of India has already evacuat- “Now we need to cooper- avirus (NCV)-hit Wuhan city advisory body, was promoted people he can trust, who are Wednesday. On Wednesday, ed 647 Indian nationals most- ate. For whole Wuhan, it’s a of China. Pakistani students of to director while Zhang going to bring Hong Kong Wuhan and Hubei province ly students from Wuhan and ‘war’ period. Hope everyone a Chinese medical university Xiaoming was re-appointed as closer to China,” he said. itself reported 14,840 new con- Hubei. Ten Indians could not can understand...We will try are fearful as patients infected a deputy in charge of daily The State Council added firmed cases to local health board the two special flights our best to ensure your basic with the deadly virus have operations at the office. The movement then mor- masks and resources that that Luo Huining, head of officials said. due to fever. Indian officials say needs. Special Period, special been shifted to a building locat- In Hong Kong, millions phed into demands for greater emerged in their handling of a Beijing’s liaison office in Hong This big increase in cases around 80 to 100 Indians are way. Do not go out!” it said. ed near their university. have taken to the streets since democratic freedoms and virus epidemic starting from Kong, and Fu Ziying, who has put pressure on local offi- still left in the area. “Do take precautions!” the Pakistan has contacted the June last year, originally in police accountability. the mainland. heads the Macau liaison office, cials to add more hospital beds. “Our university is going to university notification said. Chinese authorities with the opposition to a now-aban- In recent days, Hong Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a will also be given the roles of Three Indian students use the gymnasium as the shel- China has already built request to shift those patients doned proposal to allow extra- Kong’s leaders have faced crit- political science professor at deputy director while still keep- studying at Hubei University of ter to receive the confirmed two make-shift hospitals with somewhere else, the report ditions to mainland China. icism as well over shortages of Hong Kong Baptist University, ing their existing positions. Chinese Medicine made des- cases,” the university said in a 2,300 beds and converted audi- said.   !"#$%$%  # 3 8  %#  #  #  % Q   R

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But if it slips apart, don’t worry: At this is how the virus is impacting the Dewan, regional director-food At home, grilled cheese mostly meant stage, you can easily realign the bread. food and beverage industry production, The Park Hotels, Swiss cheese and rye bread or Roman Meal Next, I pop the sandwich and non-stick worldwide? Well, authorities told an Indian national daily. bread stuffed with sharp cheddar and grilled skillet into a preheated 350-degree Fahrenheit and industries are doing their bit Australian Industry Group in a pan. I loved them both. When I lived in oven for two to four minutes, depending on to prevent spreading the virus (AiGroup) GM, International Chicago and needed comfort food, I would the thickness of the cheese and bread. This into other countries. China, too, Competitiveness, Louise go to a Greek diner and order a grilled Swiss lets the cheese melt completely without the has responded in several ways by McGrath, told Food & Drink cheese on rye with bacon — enough said. bread burning. It takes three to four minutes restricting travel inside the coun- Business that impacts on differ- Recently, I have mashed up the best grilled for the cheese to melt, and then your grilled try, discouraging large gather- ent industries will be a delayed cheese sandwiches of my memory to come cheese is ready. ings, including for food service shock because of the timing of up with the ultimate grilled cheese recipe. Remove it from the heat, and slice on a and out-of-home dining, and the outbreak. “Everyone expects I used a sturdy white bread; Pepperidge plate or cutting board. You will have a super extending the national holidays. a period of quietness at this time Farm original white is my top choice. I use melty, gloriously brown and crispy grilled As per Foodnavigator- of year due to Chinese New Year. one slice of American cheese, melty cheese, cheese sandwich with a buttery but not greasy asia.com, several countries have If it had happened at any other on each side to hold everything together and crust. Whatever cheese you choose, I recom- acted to ban the import of food time of year the impact would be then add a thick slice of whatever cheese I mend at least one slice of melty cheese to hold items from China. One of these much more noticeable,” she told. have on hand. It is usually Muenster, Swiss things together. American cheese comes in was Indonesia, which started The Seafood Trade Advisory or sharp cheddar — but you can even use white and yellow, and if I am making a grilled with the ban of live animal Group (STAG) said the last pimento cheese if it doesn’t have too much cheese with a fancy cheese too, I opt for the imports from the country and is seafood airfreight cargo accept- mayo in it. white. set to release a list of other ed to China was 26 January, I used to butter the bread and try to “grill” Enjoy your version of the classic but don’t banned food items soon. Agus nation-wide announcement with no landings since from the sandwich on the stovetop in a non-stick stop there. Grilled cheese lends itself to lots Suparmanto, the Trade Minister about ban on Chinese food and Australia, New Zealand and skillet. But invariably, the cheese was still cool of flavour variations. of Indonesia, told the beverage imports, but as per PTI, the rest of the world. STAG told in the middle when the outside of the bread Foodnavigator-asia.com, “We are Manipur government has Food & Drink Business, “There was brown. Making grilled cheese in a pani- A few of my new combinations: still in the preparatory stage, lay- banned the import of packaged is widespread dysfunction with- ni maker solved these problems, but then it  Jalapeno Jack, Tomato and Avocado on ing out details so we don’t target food items from China, in China at the moment due to wasn’t a grilled cheese. It was a crisp, flattened Whole Wheat Bread wrongly. Indonesia will only Myanmar and Southeast Asian an increasing number of work- cheese bread. I wanted to recreate the per-  Ham and Gruyere on Brioche or Martin’s stop imports of products that countries which do not comply ers staying home.” The nation- fect drug-store grilled cheese, but with more Potato Bread could potentially spread the with FSSAI regulations. The al body representing the and better cheese. 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 Gandhiji’s civil disobedience fourth-generation of the A8 a car like this is meant for the his job, then he doesn’t look at it as work and movement to heart and con- that the German carmaker has Presidents of countries and it give him joy.        tinue to do so even after eight launched in India. It is very large corporations and they Madhuri has two teenage sons named ,  .  decades of it and seem to have long, big, opulent and quite are not the driving sort. And Arin Nene and Raayan Nene. On what kind    a fleeting semblance of the law. powerful. As far as even if they could, they would of film launch she was expecting for her sons,  > .  It is better in some cities like Presidential cars go, it is not be allowed to drive by she said: “I don’t know whether they want to    the heart of Delhi but every extremely well-appointed their security detail. So, as one get launched. I don’t want to force them. I time I cross the border although unlike the compet- does, one sits in the ‘Sethji’ or feel kids should follow their passion because    towards Noida, it appears that ing Mercedes-Benz S-Class the Presidential seat, whatev- once you are passionate about something,     our roads belie the concept and BMW 7-Series and as a er you wish to call it and gets you never feel that you are going to work,  3 that we are a rule-based direct result of the diesel emis- a massage. All cars in this class every day will be a pleasure to get up and do   nation. Well, believe me when sions fiasco, Audi India has have massagers, none has a something.” I tell you that Noida is one of not put a diesel motor in this foot massager on the end of The actor was interacting with the    the more civilised places to latest iteration of the car. In the footrest until now. Nice. media at the trailer launch of Guns Of    drive in Uttar Pradesh. You fact, when I drove the Audi The Band and Olufsen audio Banaras, along with film’s cast comprising    might think that I am being Q8 in Dubai recently, I spoke system is brilliant. The interi- Karann Nathh, Nathalia Kaur, Ganesh L8 O  unduly negative but as per the with Balbir Dhillon, Audi or lighting is extremely sooth- Venkatram, and the film’s director Shekkhar  8 statistics, 400 people die on India’s new boss, and he said ing. And I particularly enjoyed Suri, producers Ashok Nath, Shaina Nath and our roads every day. While we that it will be late 2020 at the the pop-up remote controller Rakesh Nath, music director Sohail Sen and  3 do not know how truthful the earliest before Audi brings in between the rear seats which stunt director Sham Kaushal on Thursday in  O .  Chinese government is being a BS6-capable diesel. You can ment. going to cost more than a five- can operate all the functions Mumbai.     about the current contagion, argue that petrol cars are But here is another thing. year-old commuter motorcy- that you need. On her Valentine’s Day plans, she said,  3 8 but I don’t see our ministers slightly thirstier but when Driving such large and expen- cle. Honestly, I end up driving Frankly, when you com- “For us, everyday is Valentine’s Day. We don’t   38  and bureaucrats moving you are spending 1.56 crore sive cars can be quite terrify- an Audi A8 far more careful- pare the differences between wait for that one specific day. Every day, we towards getting law and order ex-showroom on a car, the fuel ing in traffic, especially if you ly than I would an Audi A3 for the three cars, you are actual- are doing things for each other. On this day, 38 < into place and on our disor- bill will be a petty change. In have the proximity sensors on. example. 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O Athletes in the age categories Psemi-finals of the French Cup on in the squad, Thomas Tuchel’s team did miss when clean through seconds before by of 19-21 years, 17-18 years, 15-16 Wednesday after thumping Dijon 6-1 in a include Kylian Mbappe and Edinson clinically slotting home a similar chance. has been with my dad, and secondly, the train- years and 13-14 years can com- match that saw the French champions ben- Cavani, who was making his first start in Thiago Silva added a third four min- ing has been different this year." pete in alpine skiing, cross coun- efit again from comical own goals. over a month after nearly moving to utes after the break with a header from a He added: "The feeling I have, both physi- try skiing, snow boarding and PSG were ahead just 47 seconds after Atletico Madrid in January. corner before Pablo Sarabia ended Dijon’s cally and mentally, is on another level compared snowshoeing. kick off thanks to Wesley Lautoa shanking The Uruguayan was left waiting his resistance by pushing home his 11th of the to last year. That is a real positive. Around 841 athletes and offi- Mitchel Bakker’s low cross into his own net 200th goal for the club in the 21st minute season on the rebound. "I know you guys are gunning for title num- cials are expected to participate in to the bemusement of his teammates. when he turned home Thomas Meunier’s Senou Coulibaly watched on in horror ber seven but we have to take it one step at a time. the Games being organised by It was the second own goal in a week cross, only for the strike to be ruled out for with five minutes left when Mbappe’s "We have no idea where we are going to stand J&K Sports Council and Winter to be scored for PSG, who also saw Lyon’s handball by the Belgian after a VAR check. cross looped off his thigh over helpless stop- compared to everybody else, so we have to be Games Association of J&K, with Fernando Marcal slam a stunning effort past “It’s not that bad because he can score per Runar Alex Runarsson, before Sarabia more efficient in our test programme this year, 15 teams from different states and his own goalkeeper at the weekend. his 200th goal on Saturday (against Amiens) tapped home his second in stoppage time particularly as we have less testing time. We still organisations. However the hosts were level in the or Tuesday (against Borussia Dortmund). from another Mbappe centre. have a lot of work to do." Speaking about the decision 13th minute thanks to a impressive low curl- I can feel he’s there,” said Tuchel. Later, Lyon coach Rudi Garcia knocked Hamilton's contract expires at the end of the to organise the Khelo India ing effort from Mounir Chouiar, which On the match, he added: “I’m happy his former side Marseille out as Houssem season and he is in negotiations with Mercedes Winter Games, Rijiju said, "There squeezed past Kaylor Navas. because we deserved the victory. It’s a huge Aouar scored an 81st minute winner. over a deal which could be worth up to £60 mil- is no better means than sport to lion ($78 million, 72 million euros) a year. channelise energy of youth in He is set to drive the new Mercedes for the right direction." '  2  6959 first time during a private team event at "We have included disciplines /% #( + &3; Northamptonshire's Silverstone track, the home like Ice Hockey, Figure Skating, ; H ewis Hamilton has said he feels on another of the British Grand Prix, on Friday. Speed Skating, that are part of Llevel ahead of the Formula One season as he Meanwhile Max Verstappen, who could be Olympics, and with time we may 2  -86, Big compliments to my lads,” attempts to equal Michael Schumacher's record one of Hamilton's closest challengers, had a run also be able to produce champi- said Gattuso, whose side are  $?   haul of seven world championships. in the Red Bull car for the upcoming season dur- ons in these disciplines in India. abian Ruiz scored the only 11th in the Serie A table. Reigning title-holder Hamilton has spent ing a filming day at Silverstone on Wednesday. "I am happy to announce the Fgoal as Napoli shocked But he warned: “There’s no  1   World Silver-medal- much of the off-season in the United States but Ferrari, who earlier this week launched their initiation of yet another Khelo Inter Milan 1-0 in their Italian reason to smile, we still haven’t list Amit Panghal (52kg) has the 35-year-old British driver was back at head- car for the 2020 campaign, have played down India Games. This will be the Cup semi-final, first leg tie in achieved anything yet.” been ranked number one by the quarters of his Mercedes team in reports they are looking to bring in Hamilton, third Khelo India Games in one the San Siro on Wednesday. Napoli, who last won the IOC’s Boxing Task Force ahead Northamptonshire, central England, on insisting they want to retain Sebastien Vettel year, and we plan to organise one The Spanish midfielder trophy in 2014, now take a of next month’s Olympic Wednesday. alongside Charles Leclerc as their drivers for for indigenous games as well" he broke through after 57 minutes slim advantage into the second Qualifiers, making him the first "It has been an incredible winter," said 2021. added. to get Gennaro Gattuso’s side leg at their Stadio San Paolo on Indian pugilist in over a decade Hamilton in an online message to his fans. "I have Six days of official winter testing are sched- back to winning ways after March 5. “The derby certain- to achieve the global top posi- spent a lot of time with family and friends. uled for Barcelona. The opening race of the sea- their 3-2 league defeat at home ly took away a lot of energy,” tion in his category. 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"Maybe some mind games, ance to merge with a historical S(MMA) circuit but former Indian amateur 22 points this season obviously means a lot to me But he insisted in Paris on I don't know what's going to team. wrestler and third sister of the famous with their campaign because it will help me in being Wednesday that his immediate happen but it's going to be With East Bengal's investors, Phogat family of wrestlers, Ritu wants to cre- now set to be judged seeded at the qualifiers. Being focus was on the yellow livery cool." Quess Corporation, all set to ate a legacy and become first-ever MMA on how they fare in world No 1 also gives you a of his current employers Asked whether he'd pick snap their ties with the club by champion from the country. Europe. renewed sense of confidence,” Renault, rather than the red of up the phone if Ferrari rang he May 31, there were talks of an “I know I still have a long way to go, but “I want to win the Panghal said. the Scuderia. smiled: "Mate, to be honest, I'm ATK-like merger of East Bengal I’m willing to continue to put the work in until Champions League. I “I hope to secure an The Australian was at the obviously answering all calls. with Odisha FC. I reach my ultimate goal. My dream is to give dream (of it) and I will Olympic spot in the first qual- French manufacturer's flag- "But you know I signed a "Not at all. Not even close (to India its first-ever mixed martial arts world enjoy preparing for the ifier itself,” added the diminu- ship showroom on the two-year deal with Renault... ink a deal) because Odisha and champion,” she said after her first open work- 2  -, 7**/ games against Madrid,” tive boxer from Rohtak. Champs-Elysees for their offi- but for me this is like year one Kolkata have always been arch- out session at National Sports Club of India Guardiola told Sky The rankings took into cial 2020 launch. in terms of making things hap- rivals. (There cannot be one team on Wednesday. anchester City Sports. account the last two world Joining F1's ever-smiling pen with this team. between the two cities). It's always The 25-year old made her debut in Mmanager Pep “If we don’t beat c’ships for both men and women equivalent to horse racing's "I think last year we did an Odisha-versus-Kolkata November 2019 against South Korea’s Nam Guardiola said he them, OK, come the and the continental c’ships and effervescent Frankie Dettori McLaren last term. bring some positives but now (Bengal) kind of a thing," Sharma Hee Kim and won the opening bout in just could be sacked if he chairman or the sport Games in 2019. The Asian was Esteban Ocon, who "I know in my heart we'll be I feel there's some stability and said from Bhubaneswar, on the three minutes. And now with her second face- fails to beat Real director and say, ‘It’s Olympic Qualifiers will be held replaces Nico Hulkenberg as his better everywhere," ventured this is the year to really stamp eve of their home match against off scheduled against China’s Wu Chiao Chen Madrid in the last 16 of not good enough, we in Amman, Jordan next month. teammate. the Perth-born driver who some authority and get what we North East United FC. at One: King Of The Jungle on February 28, the Champions want the Champions In the women’s rankings, Also present was Alain joined from Red Bull on a want. "We have no interest. There's she wants to finish the bout in the first round. League. League, I’m going to celebrated six-time world cham- Prost, the four-time world lucrative two-year deal last "So my complete focus is absolutely no truth to it. I've “My strategy is going to try and finish the Guardiola has won sack you.’ pion M C Mary Kom occupies champion, in his role as the year. with the yellow and with France absolutely zero interest in East match in the first round itself. In my debut five major trophies in “I don’t know (if the fifth spot in the 51kg cate- team's new non-executive Other F1 stars like at the moment." Bengal. We just got a team, we game I won via TKO(punches), this time I three seasons at the this would happen). It gory. Mary Kom has 225 points. director, and Pat Fry, the ex- Ricciardo whose contracts run Abiteboul also laid out his don't want to revamp anymore." want to knock out my opponent,” she said. Etihad, but a failure to has happened many Her rival Nikhat Zareen is Ferrari and Mercedes technical out at the end of this season aim for the coming campaign He said there was never any “I don’t look at my opponent’s age and progress beyond the times and could maybe ranked 22nd with 75 points. guru. include six-time world cham- which kicks off in Melbourne conversation with East Bengal on experience. Rather I believe in my training quarter-finals of the happen.” However, the best-placed The only noticeable absen- pion Lewis Hamilton and on March 15 any matter related to merger. and try to give my 100% on the ring.” Champions League has Guardiola has a Indian among women boxers is tee was the 2020 car itself. Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes and "Taking back fourth posi- "(Former chief technical offi- Speaking about the difference in training, been the big disap- contract at the Etihad Lovlina Borgohain, who holds "The car is in pieces, you'll Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari. tion in the Constructors' cer of Delhi Dynamos) Tathagatha challenges and adjustments she made during pointment of his reign. until the end of next the third position in the 69kg see it next week" at the first pre- "For a lot of drivers it's an Championship remains the Mukherjee (who is the sports her switch from wrestling to MMA, Ritu said, Guardiola’s side season. division. PTI season testing session in exciting season, because not objective over a season that will director of East Bengal) has been “There’s not much difference in training. Barcelona, explained team many of us have a contract right be more hotly-contested than the only connection between the Power, speed and endurance are required in principal Cyril Abiteboul. now," Australia's best hope of a ever. two clubs. I don't know from both. Just the skills required here are differ- Ricciardo and Renault are world champion since 1980 and He added: "2020 is also a where did the rumours crop up," ent. In wrestling, punching and striking were " %4$# %  determined to put a disap- Alan Jones pointed out. pivotal year that marks the end Sharma said. not allowed which is used in MMA.” pointing 2019 behind them "I think it's the first time in of one cycle and the preparato- There already have been “It was slightly difficult to switch from and are targeting the fourth a long time in February only a ry phase of another. This year mixed reactions to ATK-Mohun wrestling to this but since I was fit from start,   -,86, Chirag and Arjun then lasted just 31 place behind the big three of few drivers have contracts for must see us setting the best pos- Bagan merger with critics saying so it helped me and then I training with the minutes before going down 18-21, 15-21 Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull next year, maybe three or four sible course for the major reg- the identity of the century-old club best players in Singapore, my skills have also oubles specialist Satwiksairaj to world No 8 Malaysian combination of that they were beaten to by but that's it. ulation changes of 2021." will get diminished as fans are also improved.” DRankireddy’s absence proved crucial Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik as India confused about their jersey and However, she credits her wrestling back- as the Indian men’s team suffered a 1-4 lagged 0-2. logo. ground as an advantage. loss against a young Malaysian side in its Former world no 1 Srikanth then Sharma said the Sanjiv “Hailing from wrestling background is second group B match of the Badminton struggled past 23-year-old Cheam June +%9 (%$' % Goenka-owned ATK would go helping me here in Mixed Asia Team Championships here on Wei 14-21 21-16 21-19 to make it 1-2 after through tough time to strike a bal- Martial Arts. If you see the Thursday. the first three ties. 2  >86>,9 61st minute by Ander Capa, needed an inter- ance in their merger with Mohun world top 10 MMA fighters With Satwik pulling out the event due However, makeshift pair of Dhruv vention by VAR. Bagan. "You know how much then seven of them have a to an ankle sprain, India were forced to and Lakshya couldn’t get past world Mo aptain Iker Muniain scored the only goal as "To be honest, we don't have good feelings ATK going to go through for that. wrestling background, so field two scratch pairs — MR Arjun and 17 pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi, los- CAthletic Bilbao defeated Granada 1-0 in the after this game. In the dressing room, no one It's going to be a very delicate bal- yes obviously it’s an advan- Chirag Shetty and Dhruv Kapila and ing 14-21 14-21 in 27 minutes as Malaysia first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final. is happy," said Garitano. ance of merging a team with a lot tage.” Lakshya Sen, both of whom lost their took an unassailable 3-1 lead. Muniain, 27, had been red-carded in his "When you are not happy because you have of history. ATK have won the title She is a fan of respective ties. In the third singles, Prannoy was no team's 2-1 defeat to Real Sociedad in La Liga made mistakes, so be it. But we found it very twice but Mohun Bagan is one of Ultimate Fighting Kidambi Srikanth was the only shut- match for Leong Jun Hao, as he went at the weekend. difficult to create scoring chances." the historical clubs of India. It will Championship tler to register a win as world No 11 B Sai down 10-21 15-21 in 34 minutes to hand However, he was the toast of the city Athletic Bilbao won the first Copa del Rey be very hard to keep both fans (UFC) reigning Praneeth and HS Prannoy too went down Malaysia a comfortable 4-1 victory. Wednesday when he latched onto a cross from in 1930 with a 3-2 win over Real Madrid. happy. I don't want to do that with Lightweight cham- in the other singles in straight games at It will take a extraordinary effort from Inaki Williams just three minutes before the With 23 titles, they are second on the all- my team. pion Khabib the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. India now to get across Thailand in the interval to score the game's only goal. time list to Barcelona who have triumphed 30 "I'm happy being Odisha FC Nurmagomedov After this loss, India finished second quarterfinals. Athletic coach Gaizka Garitano named the times. for the people of Odisha. I don't and looks up to in the group and will now take on Thailand boosts of quality players same team which shocked Barcelona in the However, their most recent success was back want to change it by adding him, “I look up to Thailand in the quarterfinals today. such as world No 12 Kantaphon quarter-finals last week and they will consider in 1984 after a 1-0 win over Barca. The second another club. 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Whoever gets the not that easy to consistently pull and Zaheer said batsmen have become Ravichandran Ashwin’s varia- with Ashwin and Jadeja get- chance will try to make the most of hook the ball (in windy conditions careful while facing tions can trump Ravindra ting a chance to test the likes the opportunity and not let it go  2    !P    I/ 2F" during the A series).” Bumrah. Jadeja’s all-round skill-sets of Daryl Mitchell, Tom Bruce “He knows the will be the focus for India in and Seifert in action. batsmen are going their three-day warm-up A good show on a flat to be defensive so game against New Zealand XI deck can improve Ashwin’s +  R  #  he has to find that starting at Seddon Park today. chances of toppling Jadeja way of going for After the harsh reality even though the proposition wickets rather check of 0-3 drubbing in ODI looks dim at the moment. than hoping series, a red-ball warm-up For the New Zealand XI, that the bats- game will be the most wel- there is Dane Cleaver, who has Q6> #  '; 8%  man will make come distraction for Virat had scores of 196 and 53 in the a mistake. The Kohli and his men as a precur- two A Tests against India. He   *!5*678 that, they will probably do special talent but batsmen are sor to the two-match Test would like to impress the what Kapil Dev’s World Cup- asked the media to taking a very series starting next week. selectors and get into the first ndia women’s coach WV winning team did for Indian refrain from conservative India could not have team for the Test series. IRaman feels his team is cricket in 1983. And they will focussing approach, they asked for a better practice capable of emulating Kapil become superstars if they go too much are making sure game as the opposition team  Dev’s World Cup winning on to win.” on her. that Bumrah’s is full of New Zealand senior India: Virat Kohli (captain), team at the T20 World Cup, Talking about India’s bat- “... I would request the wicket taking and A team players, including Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi beginning in Australia on ting, Raman said: “They are media not to go gaga over her, column is not leg-spinner Ish Sodhi, all- Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, February 21. definitely good. They are fear- because she is barely 16, and getting filled,” rounder Jimmy Neesham and Ajinkya Rahane (vc), India will begin their cam- less strikers of the ball with too much attention is not he said. wicketkeeper Tim Seifert, in Wriddhiman Saha (wk), paign at the T20 World Cup good technical skills to boot. good for her at this stage. I “It’s a good its ranks. Hanuma Vihari, Ravindra against Australia on February They are adept at playing have given her the freedom to sign that other The inclusion of first team Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, 21. Raman said Harmanpreet both pacers and spinners all play the way she has been batsmen are giving white ball pacers Scott Mohammed Shami, Umesh Kaur and Co will be one of the round the wicket and they are playing. She has shown she him that respect, so Kuggeliejn and Blair Tickner Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, favourites to win the title. confident. That’s what I meant has the talent. She is fearless. it’s now Bumrah’s call will be the kind of test which Rishabh Pant, Navdeep Saini, The Indian women’s team has when I said each can be a She is unique,” he said. to make them play. both Prithvi Shaw and Shubman Gill. never won an ICC trophy. match-winner on her own.” “She is extremely positive. You have to tell your- Shubman Gill will relish as NZ XI: Daryl Mitchell (cap- “Definitely one of the One player to look out for She has the ability to score self ‘my job is not to they make a case for their tain), Finn Allen, Tom Bruce, favourites. They made people !             !F" during the World Cup will be runs quickly. She can hit the contain, my job is to inclusion in the playing XI for Dane Cleaver, Henry Cooper, sit up and take notice in the 16-year-old opener Shafali ball hard and she looks to get take wickets and in the first Test. Scott Kuggeleijn, James 2017 World Cup (runners-up) Raman was quoted as saying These girls have a very good Verma, who had burst into the runs. She is at a stage and an the process if I go for Shubman will be itching Neesham, Rachin Ravindra, and the 2018 T20 World Cup in ESPNcricinfo. chance in this World Cup.” scene last year after becoming age where it doesn’t make runs so be it. I am to show his skipper that he is Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Blair (semifinalists). Since then “They have been shaping Raman said if India can go the youngest Indian to score a sense to put anything into her. the lead bowler so I ready for the big debut which Tickner, Will Young. 13th there has been a lot of well over the last six months. on to win the title, it will give half-century in international She needs to be allowed to be have to dictate is eagerly anticipated among men: Jake Gibson (Friday) improvement, in terms of fit- It is more or less a better and a big fillip to women’s crick- cricket, a record earlier held by figure it out for herself. That terms’,” he added. his growing legion of fans, and Scott Johnston (Saturday ness, agility on the field and settled team than perhaps et in the country. Sachin Tendulkar. will come with experience.” despite his international career and Sunday). their approach to batting,” what it was when I took over. “If they end up doing Raman said Shafali is a 2 255E "    AI    )  #( 5   !    ,   621 9! of trouble, by notching up his fourth first- +  '      "<=   class 100. He hammered 22 fours and five   India top-order eteran Rishi Dhawan’s five-for wrecked other hits over the fence in his 256-ball 176 for nine. batswoman Jemimah VUttar Pradesh batting line-up to give knock. For Saurashtra, Unadkat (6-73) “You run in as hard as you can and Rodrigues is raring to go at Himachal Pradesha massive 119 runs grabbed another five- wicket haul and hit your length. All of a sudden their the T20 World Cup and lead in their Ranji Trophy match at Bharat emerged as the most successful bowler. team was on the back foot,” said feels that the opening match Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Meanwhile at the Wankhede, in an Ngidi who was man of the match for against Australia will be International Stadium on Thursday. inconsequential game, Mumbai posted a his 3-30. one of the most important HP has scored 182 runs for the loss of massive 427 on the board in their first essay “It was a very fast-paced game, but games of her career. three wickets, taking their overall lead to against Madhya Pradesh. it’s about how you bounce back. I did- “I think it will be one of 283 runs, with Akash Vashisht (51) and Sarfaraz, who has had a dream run this n’t panic under pressure, they seemed the most important games Ankit Kalsi (16) at the crease. season, however fell 23 runs short of a dou- to be cruising but my job was to get in my career. Playing a Rishi along with Vaibhav Arora (34/3) ble hundred. He already has a triple, dou- wickets.” World Cup... The first winded up the host’s innings in just 42.4 Ashok Menaria (38) and Rajesh Bishnoi ble and now a hundred to his name this sea- England needed just seven to win match in Australia and for overs. Only Akshdeep Nath (46) and (23) were at the crease at the draw of stumps. son. Then Mumbai bowlers reduced off the last over but Ngidi dismissed me first time playing (a Rinku Singh (23) showed some grit. Leggie Rahul Chahar (5/161) picked a Madhya Pradesh to 200/7, still adrift by 227 Tom Curran and Moeen Ali while con- World Cup) in Australia. Seven batsman failed to touch the double five-wicket haul for Rajasthan. runs. ceding only five runs. Nothing is more exciting than India in Australia, so figures. Virtually out of the quarterfinal race, In Bengaluru, Baroda are marginally Adil Rashid was run out off the last it will be a match we all will be keen to play and just BRIEF SCORES: Delhi need other results to go their way and ahead by 60 runs, but hosts Karnataka can ball, trying for an improbable second excited,” Rodrigues said in a release from the ICC. HP 1st innings: 220; HP 2nd innings: a big win over Rajasthan to remain in the sniff victory having taken five Baroda run which would have tied the scores. Matches between India and Australia have been 182/3 (R Thakur 73, A Vashisht 51; hunt for a knockout berth. wickets in their second essay and still two Both innings followed a similar keenly contested and in the last edition of the World Saurabh 48/2) In Patiala, Punjab, resuming the day at days left. pattern. Both teams scored 68 runs in Cup, India had got the better of Australia in the group UP 1st innings: 119 (Akshdeep 46, Rinku 93 for three, just about managed to take a the first six-over power play and both stage. Singh 23, Md Saif 17; R Dhawan 32/5, 13-run first innings lead against Bengal after  7  CD2 had scored 113 runs after 12 overs The two teams have some of the best batters in their Vaibhav 3/3, KD Singh 37/2). being bowled out for 151. Bengal were bun-  Goa cantered into the quarterfi- before slowing down in the closing line-ups. India’s Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet dled out for 138 on day one. nals with an innings and 211-run win over overs. Kaur have proven records against Australia, while Ellyse 7  1     /36 Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed Mizoram in their Plate Group clash at the Opening batsman Roy was brutal Perry, Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy of the hosts have *!5*678@Kshitiz Sharma, whose place wreaked havoc on day two, running through CC&FC ground. All-rounder Amit Verma in reaching his fifty off 22 balls on the enjoyed excellent form in the past year especially. in the playing eleven was questioned, Punjab batting to bring his team back into once again led by example as he followed way to scoring 70 off 38 deliveries with Australia fast bowler Megan Schutt was all praise silenced his critics with a gritty 103 that the game. up his century with a 5/39 in the second + $       ' seven fours and three sixes. for India opener Mandhana. “Smriti Mandhana is on helped Delhi post a mammoth 623 in the At stumps, Bengal were 199 for nine, innings of Mizoram who folded for 170 after Morgan seemed set to take his another level. She’s put me over the fence countless first innings of their Ranji Trophy match leading Punjab by 186 runs. following-on to suffer the defeat inside two    Fast bowler Lungi Ngidi team to victory, hitting Beuran times both on international and WBBL level unfor- against Rajasthan at Feroz Shah Kotla on days. Nineteen wickets tumbled on the took three wickets in his last two overs Hendricks for two fours and a six in tunately. She’s got the x-factor, she’s a left-hander, can Thursday.  B  extended second day with Mizoram skip- as South Africa snatched a thrilling the penultimate over before holing out hit to all the areas of the field,” Schutt said. Sharma, who played for Arunachal last  Tamil Nadu wicket-keeper batsman per KB Pawan waging a lone battle remain- one-run win in the first Twenty20I off the last ball of the over after mak- Schutt was also wary of India skipper season, stitched a 196-run stand with Narayan Jagadeesan came up with a gritty ing unbeaten on 111, even as seven of their against England at Buffalo Park on ing 52. Harmanpreet, who struck a blazing 171 not out in the Kunwar Bidhuri who too reached the three 183 to help his team post a competitive total batsmen failed to reach double digits in their Wednesday. Earlier, De Kock (31) and Temba ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 semi-final against figures scoring 115 off just 135 balls. of 424 on the second day of Elite Group B second innings. Jason Roy and captain Eoin Bavuma (43) got South Africa off to a Australia. Delhi had resumed day two at 389 for game against Saurashtra. Lakshay Garg and Amulya Pandrekar Morgan hit half-centuries for England fast start, putting on 48 for the first “(They) have someone like Harmanpreet Kaur six and ended up adding 234 runs. The hosts Then Tamil Nadu hit back to reduce claimed three wickets each, while Verma and they looked well on the way to wicket off 26 balls. come out, who can just swing it like no other real- maintained a decent run rate of 4.23 in the Saurashtra to 107 for 3, as the hosts are still was at his tidy best with figures of 2/2 from chasing down South Africa’s total of Rassie van der Dussen (31) joined ly, and kind of put you out of the stadium. And she’s innings lasting 147 overs. adrift by 317 runs. 4.2 overs as Mizoram’s first innings suc- 177 for eight. Bavuma and the pair added 63 for the obviously, kind of climbed to fame in the World Cup In response, Rajasthan were under the After Saurashtra led by their skipper cumbed to 109 inside 41 overs. But the match changed dramati- second wicket off 41 deliveries before with a huge innings there and I think since then she’s pump at 115 for four, trailing Delhi by 508 Jaydev Unadkat took honours on the open- Goa topped the table with an unassail- cally in the last three overs as England Van der Dussen fell to Ben Stokes and also proved that she can do that in other matches.” runs at close of play. They clearly have a ing day by restricting Tamil Nadu to 250 for able 50 points to secure the lone knockout lost six wickets for 24 runs to finish on the innings lost momentum. AFP PTI mountain to climb in their last league game. 7, it was Jagadeesan, who pulled the side out berth from the Plate Group.