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The Regional Weather had approved the creation of Forecast Centre (RWFC) has the CDS. He will function as predicted no relief from cold the Principal Military Adviser wave on Tuesday. to the Defence Minister and Sixteen flights were divert- head the new department of ed and four cancelled at the military affairs in the Defence Delhi airport on Monday due Ministry. to heavy fog, an official said. Since Rawat is the senior Many trains were running late. most Service Chief, as the CDS Citing 24 hours tempera- he will first among equals ture trend, the IMD said the among service chiefs. The Aya Nagar observatory record- CDS, who will draw salary ed day temperature at 7.8 equivalent to the Services degrees Celsius, followed by Chiefs, will be responsible for Ridge 8.4 degrees Celsius, rationalising weapons pro- Palam 9 and Lodi Road 9.2 around 11.30 pm on Sunday. curement procedures, besides degrees Celsius. The deceased have been integrating the operation of the Forecasting weekly weath- s the fog engulfed Delhi- identified as Mahesh (35), armed forces. er for the national Capital, the ANCR on Sunday night Kishan Lal (50), Neeresh (17), However, he will not exer- RWFC has predicted rain on dropping the visibility to zero, Ram Khiladi (75), Mallu (12) cise any military command January 1, 2 and 3 while degrees Celsius January 1 mal for this day of the year. was recorded 9.4 degrees ing 9.4 degrees Celsius and six people, including two and Netrapal (40), all residents over the three chiefs of the December 31 is still tagged as onwards. “Today was the coldest day Celsius. “Delhi is likely to Palam 9.0 degrees Celsius,” minors, were killed when their of Sambhal district in Uttar Army, Navy and Air Force. “cold wave” day. There will be Low visibility in Delhi and recorded for the December,” record the coldest day today in IMD tweeted. Maruti Etriga car skidded off Pradesh. Police said there was Most of the developed coun- no respite before January 3 as National Capital Region (NCR) Kuldeep said. last 119 years for December On Monday, a thick blan- the road and fell into a canal one more car accompanying tries, including the permanent minimum temperature will delayed thirty trains. Kuldeep Around 3.30 pm, the IMD month as day temperature till ket of fog engulfed Delhi and in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater them and they all were going members of the United Nations fluctuate around 3-4 degrees Srivastava, head RWFC, said announced that Delhi is likely 14.30 IST of today has been the minimum temperature set- Noida. Five other occupants of to Delhi when the unfortunate Security Council(UNSC) have Celsius, while maximum tem- the day temperature was almost to break previous records of unusually following a coldest tled at 2.6 degrees Celsius. the car suffered injuries in the incident occurred. CDS for ensuring jointness perature will be around 16 half of what is considered nor- cold as maximum temperature trend with Safdarjung record- Continued on Page 4 accident that took place Continued on Page 4 and synergy R 2 ++ .62%! 5$ # ' $ ttar Pradesh Deputy Chief UMinister Dinesh Sharma countered Congress general $ ( ) *+,- R secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on her remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath 5$ preached kindness. The chief on Monday and accused her of minister (Yogi Adityanath) denigrating Hinduism. ongress general secretary wears saffron robe, he should ! Addressing a Press confer- CPriyanka Gandhi Vadra follow Hindu religion,” she ence barely two hours after the lashed out at the Yogi said. Congress general secretary made Sharma alleged. “Yogi ji ne Adityanath government in Priyanka demanded that a certain remarks against dharam ko dhaaran kiya hai Uttar Pradesh over police sitting or retired judge of the Adityanath, before returning to (Yogiji has imbibed a religion). “atrocities” on innocents dur- High Court should probe every New Delhi after winding up a The Hindu religion never teach- ing protests against Citizenship case of violence before the four-day visit to the State capi- es to do any harm to anyone. (Amendment) Act (CAA) and government and police moved aharashtra Chief Minister tal, Sharma said, “Priyanka Hindu religion does not speak National Register of Citizens ahead for prosecuting those MUddhav Thackeray on Gandhi stands with those who about insulting any other reli- (NRC), saying that the action arrested or confiscating their Monday sprang a surprise by indulged in (anti-CAA) vio- gion. Hindu religion is very huge was “illegal” and had no legal properties. She said that all including his son Aditya lence.” Priyanka hit out at Chief and you are saying that a person basis. legal process should be com- Thackeray in his team and Minister on Monday, saying (imbibing Hindu religion) is “I think it is happening for pleted before confiscating carried out his first full-fledged there was no place for violence doing such a thing,” he said. the first time that a chief min- property of persons accused in expansion of his Ministry by or “revenge” in the country. “You have started a clash of ister has made a statement like the violence. inducting Ajit Pawar as Deputy In a jibe at Adityanath religions for your politics. ‘badla liya jayegaa (we will “I went to meet a family in Chief Minister and 35 new days after he said those who Please do not do this. This is take revenge)’. And this is what Bijnor. Their 21-year-old son, Ministers in his Cabinet. damaged public property dur- not the question of Hindu and is happening in the state,” harassing people,” she said. Suleman, who had come home With the expansion, the ing protests against the Muslims. It is the question of Priyanka said while addressing “A saffron clad chief min- on vacation, had gone to the Cabinet size has gone up to 43, Citizenship Amendment Act India’s future and national media persons in Lucknow on ister warning of revenge is local mosque for namaz. the maximum for 288-member (CAA) and the ensuing vio- unity,” he added. Monday. very unfortunate. In Gita too, Suddenly, the news came that Maharashtra Assembly. ! lence would be made to pay, the Sharma said no one would Elaborating further, the Lord Krishna has talked about he had been hit by a police bul- Ajit Pawar, who returned as " # $ Congress general secretary said leave saffron for the fear of Congress general secretary said ‘karuna’ (sympathy), not of let,” Priyanka said. Suleman was the Deputy Chief Minister of ! % ' ( #% ) saffron denotes Hinduism, a expletives. “The more you hurl that innocent protesters were revenge. Lord Ram too is a killed during protests against the State for a record fourth religion that does not advocate abuses, the more our self-con- being targeted by the UP police symbol of ‘karuna’ and in the amended citizenship law on time, and 35 other Ministers, Mumbai. number of Ministers in the violence or “revenge”. fidence will increase,” he added. and administration. Shiva’s ‘baarat’, every commu- December 20 and his family including Aditya Thackeray Of the Ministers who were Uddhav Thackeray Cabinet Hitting back at Congress To a question, Sharma clar- “When a chief minister nity danced. Saffron is a sym- claimed that he was shot by the and former Chief Minister administered oath by the has risen to 43, including that general secretary Priyanka ified that Adityanath had used warns of taking revenge from bol of country’s tradition and police during protests. They Ashok Chavan, were sworn Governor, 25 are of the Cabinet of the Chief Minister. Gandhi, Sharma said the clash the word ‘badla’ (revenge) to the people, then what do you Hinduism promotes ‘karuna’, later filed an FIR against six into office by Maharashtra rank, while the remaining 10 Sena spokesperson Sanjay of religions should not be start- convey that vandals will have to expect from the state machin- but the chief minister, by warn- policemen on Sunday. Governor Bhagat Singh are Ministers of State. Raut’s MLA-brother Sunil Raut ed for the sake of politics. pay for the damage caused to ery. To follow the diktats of the ing of revenge, had violated all She also claimed that more Koshyari at an oath-taking cer- With the induction of 36 couldn’t find a place in the “The Congress general sec- public property during protests chief minister, the administra- traditions of the country. This than 5,000 people had been emony held on the Vidhan new Ministers, including the Cabinet expansion. retary has accused the saffron against the amended citizen- tion will violate all norms by country’s soul has no place for detained across the state and Bhavan premises in south Deputy Chief Minister, the Continued on Page 4 along with the Chief Minister,” ship law. confiscating properties and violence. Krishna and Rama many others clandestinely held. #$
are the new tools employed by ers in Sanatana Dharma. Since sages. But the police detained %& the anti-CAA demonstrators. A the law enforcing agencies got them under the charges of dis- gitations by political parties day in the life of an ordinary tough with the anti-CAA ral- turbing public order and they forms. Social media, use of Ausually bring anxious Hindu family begins in Tamil lyists, the latter devised an withdrew for the day. Facebook, is banned for all moments in the minds of ordi- Nadu with the lady of the house ingenious style of protest to MK Stalin, DMK presi- lose on the heels of an espi- naval personnel,” Navy sources nary people for fear of violence. cleaning the courtyard or the express their resentment. dent, condemned the police Conage racket busted with- said here on Monday. For mes- The opposition against the entrance and decorating the Women activists belonging action on the rallyists and in its ranks and the arrest of saging apps, instructions are Citizenship Amendment Act area with Kolams made of white to the DMK and the CPI(M) termed it as authoritarianism of seven sailors, the Indian Navy expected to be issued shortly, 2019 drawing thousands of rice powder. assembled at Besant Nagar, a the despicable AIADMK has banned the use of smart they added. people to rallies across Tamil They draw Kolams in dif- high-end residential area and Government. phones and Facebook by its The latest orders are in line Nadu is no exception as there ferent sizes, shapes and mod- started drawing Kolams with By Monday morning, the personnel within naval estab- with ensuring the security of is apprehension that the law els. “It is a way to welcome anti-CAA messages and slo- anti-CAA groups were back, lishments and on warships. information, officials said stat- and order may go haywire. gods, prosperity and happiness. gans inscribed in them. Taken with energy and vigour. They The arrested sailors were ing the recent incident involv- But the last two days saw The expertise with which the aback by the intruders who were inspired by the Kolams honey-trapped and allegedly ing the seven sailors in the anti-CAA demonstrations in Kolams are drawn is a measure drew a kind of “surrealistic” drawn in front of the residences blackmailed through social Visakhapatnam has also been Tamil Nadu taking a new turn. of the devotion and dedication Kolams in front of their hous- of Stalin’s palatial residence and media to pass on sensitive taken into consideration while There are no rallies holding up the lady has for gods as well as es, the residents opposed the art step-sister Kanimozhi’s bungalow. information. arriving at this decision. “We traffic or throwing normal life her house,” said Vijayashree * %# * ! work because the contents were Both the imposing buildings “Directive on use of smart do understand that this may out of gear. The agitation has Ramesh, advocate and social not in tune with tradition. spotted for the first time Kolams phones and social media for come at the cost of some dis- women as protagonists and activist. Following objections raised condemning the CAA. Kolams naval personnel were always comfort, however, the decision they are using an age-old Tamil However, many houses in Kolam war in Tamil Nadu. taken to make big and beauti- by the residents, the activists were a taboo in the Karunanidhi there. The new instructions on is in the larger national inter- custom to give vent to their Mylapore, Adyar and even in The season being Margazhi ful Kolams. There is no need to moved over to the public road household till Monday. smart phones are that these est, they added. resentment against the new leg- Boat Club Roads spotted pro- (the period from December 15 mention that this is a practice where they started drawing Agitations too could be cannot be used within naval The latest order comes islation. Kolams or Rangolis CAA Kolams making it a to January 15), extra care is being followed only by believ- Kolams with anti-CAA mes- entertaining! establishments and naval plat- Continued on Page 4 !"#$%&#'
# / " % ! % !, -# Lucknow (PNS): Deputy collector of Sambhal, Omvir Singh R .! , Yaduvanshi, was dismissed from service on charges of corrup- # . tion by the state government for which a notice was issued on Monday. Yaduvanshi was promoted to UP State Civil Services from 5$ the post of tehsildar. While posted as tehsildar in Kol tehsil of 5$ 5$ Aligarh, he had transferred title ownership of government land day-long special session of worth 5 crore to a private person in a fraudulent manner. hief Minister Yogi AUttar Pradesh legislature In November, the state government had sacked ADM rominent Muslim litigant in Adityanath said that dis- has been convened on Ashok Kumar Shukla posted in Hathras for putting up a post on Pthe Babri Masjid case, Iqbal Cability never hindered a Tuesday to ratify the social media against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in 2018 and Ansari, appealed to Prime person’s progress and his/her Constitution (126th) for illegally allocating government land to a resident of Hardoi Minister Narendra Modi, UP talent only needed an opportu- Amendment Bill to extend when he was posted as SDM in 2016. Action was also taken against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath nity and an able teacher to con- reservations for SCs and STs another PCS officer, Ashok Kumar Lal, who was sacked after and Defence Minister Rajnath quer the world. in Lok Sabha and state assem- charges of corruption against him were found to be true. Four Singh to expedite the con- “Every such person has blies for another 10 years more allegations against Lal are under investigation. struction of Ram temple in some special skills. But one The bill was passed by Lok Ayodhya. must find a qualified teacher Sabha on December 10 and by “When the court has given who can recognise the skill and Rajya Sabha on December 13. its verdict in favour of Ram then the individual is sure to Reservation for SCs/STs given temple, then there should not succeed. There are many such for the past 70 years in Lok be any delay in the construc- examples. Eminent scientist Sabha and state assemblies, is tion of a grand temple,” Ansari Stephen Hawking, who uncov- due to end on January 25, told media persons in ered the mystery of universe, is 2020. Ayodhya on Monday. a great example of this,” Yogi Meanwhile, reservation for Further urging people of said. Anglo-Indians in the form of all communities to support the The chief minister said ‘nomination’ to assemblies is construction of Ram temple, that the state government set to expire on January 25, as he said that facilities in would extend all possible sup- the bill does not extend the Ayodhya like wide roads, good port to Jagadguru reservation to the community. guest houses for pilgrims and Rambhadracharya Divyang The bill has to be ratified other things be enhanced so University to establish it as an by 50 per cent of assemblies that people from all over the example in the country. before it comes into force. world could come here to “Those educational insti- Official sources said on have a glimpse of the Ram tutions that do good work Monday that the special ses- temple. never face any hindrance. sion would be brief and there Ansari also demanded that They will continue to get full would be no debate on the bill the temple be constructed in support of the government for as both Houses of Parliament such a way that devotees could improvement in their work,” had passed it and UP legisla- see the Saryu river from it. he said. ! 0 1 # # % " ! ture could not amend it. “Besides, Ayodhya rail- Yogi said that Chitrakoot, The Business Advisory way station should be a repli- that gave refuge to Maryada Committee of UP Assembly ca of the Ram temple,” he sug- Purushottam Shri Ram in “We always talked about met on Monday to fix the gested. times of crisis, has been the 7 ) ) ( ( ( (6 building the temple. Now the agenda for the special session. Iqbal Ansari had refused carrier of India’s spiritual and & (($&&$4 ) court’s verdict has paved way It decided that there would be to go for a review of the cultural tradition since time for construction of Ram tem- no Question Hour. November 9 Supreme Court immemorial. (&$ 6 ( &4$( ple,” he said. judgement on Ram He said that had the edu- N (O $N ( 6 O Yogi said that the state gov- Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid cational institutes of the coun- ernment had made arrange- case and has been repeatedly try adopted the gurukul tradi- ments of ramps and equipment supporting construction of tion of Jagadguru ity and transformed ‘Nar’ into devo bhava’ were followed in in the buildings for the use of Ram temple. Rambhadracharya Divyang ‘Narayan’. This divyang univer- gurukuls. persons with disabilities. The apex court has asked University, they would not sity has done a great work of “This teaching should be “The state government has the government to set up a have become the centre of attaching importance to imparted in educational insti- made arrangements for repre- trust within three months of anarchy. neglected people of society,” tutions and colleges. Other sentation of persons with dis- the decision, that will be “Rambhadracharya the chief minister said. institutions should learn from abilities in government service responsible for the construc- engaged in several public wel- Yogi further said that the this university,” Yogi said. of the state. Besides, arrange- tion of Ram temple while fare activities and is the ideal concept of not deviating from The chief minister said ments have been made to Muslims would be given five for the country and the world. truth and religion and consid- that the Jagadguru always kept increase the pension of PwDs acres of land in Ayodhya for The Jagadguru started the ering parents as deities, the asking him about Ram (people with disabilities),” he construction of a mosque. process of building personal- concept of acharya and ‘atithi Janmabhoomi. said. 62 -++,," -+++, , ,++,"
5$ The memorandum also men- Lucknow (PNS): The Congress has decided to tioned violent incidents in Kanpur, extend legal assistance to all those arrested by the ttar Pradesh Congress has Firozabad, Bulandshahr and Aligarh police during protests against Citizenship Udemanded a judicial inquiry Muslim University, Bijnor and (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Uttar Pradesh. NOTICE into the “unlawful conduct” of UP Meerut. This was decided in a meeting of the legal cell police during violent protests against Further, it stated that since Chief of UP Congress that was chaired by party’s I Manju Srivastava has Citizenship (Amendment) Act Minister Yogi Adityanath’s shocking national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra lost/misplaced original free (CAA). “revenge against the protesters” and senior lawyer Salman Khurshid in Lucknow hold deed doc. No. 11830 A delegation of Congress leaders remark, the administration failed in on Monday. dated 22.10.08 and will deed led by UPCC chief Ajay Kumar its basic responsibility to ensure the Later, talking to media persons, Khurshid said doc no. 177 dated 30.04.05 Lallu met Governor Anandiben Patel rule of law due to which 23 deaths that the party had decided to fight for the cause and mutation letter of proper- and submitted a memorandum in took place across the state due to of youths and others who were implicated by the ty house no. 60 sector I, Aliganj this regard on Monday. police excesses and brutality against police in stringent cases. Lucknow. Pls inform Mob. The 14-page memorandum said protesters. “We have collected details and other evidences 8874612000 in case anyone that the police was for maintaining The memorandum demanded a and will soon approach the Allahabad High found. law and order and preservation of judicial probe into each and every Court to place our views on the PILs (public inter- peace but during anti-CAA and anti- incident of violence to ascertain the est litigation) already filed in the court,” he said. NRC protests, the conduct of UP culpability of the administration Claiming that the UP Police filed several FIRs NOTICE Police had been observed and report- and police and to provide justice to naming unidentified people involved in violence, ed to be “patently unlawful, destruc- the families of the deceased. Khurshid said that it could not be ruled out that even I , Seema Bano W/o Ziaur tive of the rule of law and repressive The Congress also demanded now several people would be put in jail by putting Rahman Ansari, R/o 100/5, of honest citizens”. that notices for confiscation of prop- their names in the place of unknown people. Ganne Wali Gali, Aminabad, It said that Congress leader erty, their sealing and other similar The Congress leader said that the meeting also Lucknow-226018, Informs that Sadaf Jafar was arrested by the punitive actions be suspended till an stressed that the court should ask the police to I have changed my name from police while she was making a inquiry by competent authorities probe and then charge the people of their offence Sameena to Seema Bano, So video during protests in Lucknow on was completed. rather than doing vice versa. in future I will be identified my December 19. It also said that 48 The memorandum was signed Khurshid alleged that everywhere, people correct name Seema Bano in other people were arrested in the by Congress general secretary were holding peaceful protests against the CAA but all future purpose. vicinity the same day and charged Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and UPCC it was the police which engaged criminals to van- with the same offence. chief Ajay Kumar Lallu. dalise government and private properties. NOTICE
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He said literature was the mir- guage. Usha Kiran Khan, who call. An inquiry has also been They said Prahlad had ror of the society and it gives got ‘Bharat Bharti Samman’, set up in the case. been getting threat calls from direction to the society. expressed happiness over the The SSP said both the unidentified persons and he The Chief Minister was fact that she was the second police officers were found feared for his life. “Six days speaking at the felicitation cer- woman after Mahadevi Verma guilty of not addressing a com- back, he, along with his wife, emony organised at Hindi to have received the award. plaint. “Addressing grievances had gone to the police station Sansthan on Monday on the She said there has not been of the public is of utmost to complain about the threats occasion of Sansthan’s 37th essentially any change as far as importance for Lucknow that he was getting for high- foundation day. Yogi felicitat- people writing for literature is police and no laxity will be tol- lighting the sale of drugs in ed Usha Kiran Khan with concerned. “The old people erated,” he said. He added that locality and assemblage of Bharat Bharti Samman, who have been regularly writ- five new sub-inspectors were unscrupulous elements in Manmohan Sehgal with Lohia ing are continuing with the posted at the PGI police station Awadh Vihar Colony where he Sahitya Samman, Badri Nath exercise while the new writers to improve policing in the resided. The police had shooed Kapoor with Hindi Gaurav are also pitching in and writing area. On the other hand, him away and later lodged a Samman, Shri Bhagwan Singh about the contemporary period inspector Anjani Kumar non-cognisable report after with Mahatma Gandhi Sahitya which, if it survives the test of Pandey was given the charge of Prahlad petitioned his case to Samman and Om Prakash time, will become literature,” PGI police station. Police some senior officers,” his fam- Pandey with Pandit Deendayal ! 0 ## she said. spokesman AK Dwivedi said, ily members claimed. Upadhyaya Sahitya Samman. %2 " % Coming from Bihar, Usha “Inspector Anjani Pandey was They said Prahlad was sav- Other awards given away on Kiran Khan has mostly focused posted in view of Defense ing the security guard who was the occasion included Sahitya in the people the feeling to given away on the occasion, on women issues in her novels Expo-2020 which is sched- being thrashed by the accused Bhushan Samman, Lok dedicate themselves to the played a role in popularising and apart from Hindi, she has uled to be held in February.” — Guddu, Adarsh and Satyam Bhushan Samman, Sohardra country and society. The lit- Hindi and at the international also written in Maithali. He added that the SSP posted — on Saturday night. “Guddu Samman, and Kala Bhushan terateurs who fulfilled their level while former Prime Devendra Dev Mirzapuri, the sub-inspectors attached and his aides were not pleased Samman. A total of 137 litter- responsibilities in their era are Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who was given away ‘Tulsi with RPL for a long time to with Prahlad’s proactive ateurs were felicitated on the read even today and give new gave it new heights. award’ is an advocate in police stations like PGI, approach in complaining about occasion. direction to people even in the “Prime Minister Narendra Mirzapur and has been writing Sarojini Nagar, Gomti Nagar, the assembly of anti-social ele- Addressing the large gath- current times. This margdar- Modi, while delivering his for the past ten years. He was Naka, Para, Indira Nagar, ments in the colony and they ering of litterateurs, he told shan is not for any one person speeches in Hindi internation- conferred the award for having Madiaon, Hasanganj, killed him over the issue,” they them not to refrain from but for the entire society and ally, draws the attention of the written a ‘maha kavya’ on Gudamba and Gautampalli. alleged. The police spokesman groupism as dividing them- what they write will be accept- globe towards India’s strengths,” Mangal Pandey from the first “Besides, 11 policemen said he had no information selves on the basis of caste, ed across all sections of society,” he further pointed out. War of Independence. “It took were given postings on the about the claims made by creed and religion by adopting he added. The Chief Minister said it me more than four months to occasion of New Year and Prahlad’s family. a narrow way of thinking can The Chief Minister said is a proud moment for the city write this epic which I have cause irreparable harm to the that a misguided society can- when litterateurs from all written in rhyming style,” he ! O( ( P " * * 8 9 country and society. not ever achieve its aim. across the country are being pointed out. # 8 %9 He said it was a challeng- “Leadership can also be pro- felicitated. “Your sahitya sad- Vijay Karan, who is a pro- ing period for the litterateurs vided by working with respon- hana or dedication towards fessor in Vidyant College, was need for simplification for the his debut book which talks because some people have sibility in own areas of work literature is priceless and does felicitated for his contribution common man, he said one about Sita from Ramayana and made camps amongst writers and thereby guiding the soci- not require any award and in the making of dictionaries, cannot simplify the language how she must have suffered as to misguide the youth. ety,” he added. when a cultural platform such said he was given this respon- because technically there are a woman. Incidentally, Pratap is “It is the responsibility of Pointing out the efforts as Hindi Sansthan confers an sibility because he was the several legal connotations. a civil engineer and is into real litterateurs to ensure that such being made to bring Hindi as award on you, it adds to the member of a council which Pratap Narain Singh from estate business. kind of situation is not created a subject to national level, Yogi pride of the platform and pro- deals with such expertise. Ghaziabad, who was given away “I put myself in the place of and through their writings on said Purshottam Das Tandon, vides inspiration to other such On the administrative lan- ‘Jai Shankar Prasad Samman’, Sita and tried to imagine what human values, they can instill on whose name an award was people,” he added. guage being difficult and the said he had won the award on she must have faced,” he added. , .
% 5$ " "#$$ " #"%$ $"& he city is all set to ring in pyaza’ and ‘crusted fish’. The and will be offered milkcake crossing towards Mayfair, and Tthe New Year on Tuesday. starters will include items like from Rajasthan. The evening will be diverted towards Sapru City residents have made mul- ‘chicken burrito’, ‘vegetable will be called ‘Ek Shaam Marg tri-crossing and tifarious plans of celebrations enchiladas’, and ‘crumb-fried Prabhu Ke Naam’,” he added. Chiraiyya Jheel or forward at homes & hotels and get- mushrooms’. Salads will be of Lucknow zoo will also remain from Sankalp Vatika. together with their families. a big variety, including items open for the visitors on Vehicles from Charbagh Even though the first day of like squids, prawns and fish,” December 31. moving towards Parivartan 2020 is a working day, it has he added. Meanwhile, the traffic Chowk via Hazratganj will be not dampened the enthusiasm Yashi Mishra, media police have announced diver- diverted from Hussainganj of people to ring in the new spokesperson of another hotel, sions for the New Year cel- crossing towards Dr Souza year. The biting cold weather said they have planned an ebrations for Tuesday because road and Kaiserbagh. The also has little effect on the fes- elaborate buffet with space of the various programmes to traffic coming from Aliganj tive spirit. for dancing. “People love to be organised in malls and and Kaiserbagh will not be Hotels across the city are enjoy with their families. We restaurants. Traffic officials allowed to move beyond Hindi ready to host people who like would be having live counters said the diversions will be Sansthan towards Mayfair and to enjoy with the family with such as ‘steaming kettle sta- implemented from 5 pm on Hazratganj, and will be divert- good music and food along tions’ keeping in view the cold December 31 to 1 pm on ed either towards Chiraiyya with the right kind of ambi- weather conditions. “Oven January 1. Vehicles will not be Jheel or Kaiserbagh. ence. Chefs have planned elab- bread section will have all allowed to move from Vehicles coming from orate menus keeping the fes- kinds of breads such as pita Sikanderbagh crossing Lalbagh will not be allowed to tivity in mind. The hotels bread, puff roles, soft rolls and towards Saharaganj and turn right from Valmiki cross- have also planned kids’ buffet hard rolls along with all kinds Nadiya Kinare, and will be ing, and will be diverted right with international cuisines. of flavoured butter,” she said. diverted from Sikanderbagh towards the DM residence For those who want a spiritu- Mishra said they will also crossing towards Sapru Marg. and UP Press Club. al touch, the temples have be serving hunger stimulants From there, the vehicles will be The traffic coming from planned ‘bhajan sandhyas’. like paneer, Philadelphia diverted towards Saharaganj Naval Kishore road will not Shabahat Husain, media cheese, mushrooms, canapes, parking. be allowed to move towards spokesperson of the Taj Mahal cheese and salad counters, No vehicle will be allowed Bank of India crossing, and Hotel, said bookings were full boiled prawns, duck and to move from Saharaganj tri- will be diverted towards and they were now refusing salmon, along with interna- crossing towards Sapru Marg, Income Tax office crossing queries. He said they have an tional cheese spread. “There and will be diverted towards from where it can follow the elaborate menu in the dinner will be chaat counters grill sta- Sikanderbagh crossing from route. Vehicles will not be which will be served on the tions and barbecues as we are where it will be diverted allowed to move from Park New Year’s eve at the Sahib not leaving out anything,” she towards Sapru Marg. No traf- Road to Hazratganj and from Café and restaurants in the added. Media spokesperson of fic will be allowed to move Naval Kishore road to Bank of hotel. “The main course will the Khatu Shyam temple from Sapru Marg towards St India. The vehicles must use be diversified as cuisines Sudhish Garg said for the Francis College, and will be multi-level parkings. No heavy across the globe, including entire day, there will be a diverted towards Saharaganj vehicles will be allowed to ‘Thai green chicken curry’, bhajan programme. “The deity tri-crossing. No traffic will enter the city from 2 pm on ‘lamb bouguignon’, ‘murg do will be dressed in new clothes be allowed to move Hazratganj January 1. ' ( "$ )""*#"" #""(("%
% 5$ the police teams would also conduct breath analyser tests to ith revellers raring to go check drunken driving. He Wfor New Year celebra- advised the youth and party- tions, the Lucknow police will goers to drive safe and celebrate be keeping a hawk eye on the the New Year without creating prominent locations in the city. any nuisance. To give shape to SSP Kalanidhi Naithani said the security plan, the SSP held they had earmarked some a meeting with ASPs and COs places in the city as focal and briefed them about the points. Police teams laced with workplan for December 31. breath analysers and loud hail- On Monday night, the SSP ers would be deployed at reached the control room set Hazratganj, 1090 Crossing, up at the 1090 office to oversee Gole Market, Bhoothnath, Fun the arrangements. The cops Republic and different hos- also conducted a vehicle check- tels/pubs/restaurants in Gomti ing drive. Nagar and other localities. In Hazratganj, a team led “We have set up a control by ASP (East) Suresh Chand room at the 1090 office where Rawat and CO Abhay Mishra cops will ensure close moni- conducted a checking. The CO toring of distress calls and appealed to people to celebrate coordinate with the police team the occasion in a safe way. He engaged in security arrange- also appealed the commuters to ments,” he said. The SSP said * # 3454 drive carefully. !"#$%&#'
* ("$,* #. $ #/ (& #& $ #% 3+/42 ) ' . ( % 5$ eral places, people were seen ! sitting around bonfires to keep Lucknow (PNS): ucknowites continued to themselves warm. People who Strengthening the concept of % 5$ attraction this time and at Lreel under cold wave condi- chose to remain indoors sat in women safety, UPSRTC on least 25 rides would be car- tions as the maximum temper- front of blowers and heaters. Monday launched ‘Daamini’ a istrict Magistrate Abhishek ried out from 1090 crossing. ature plunged by 10 degrees to The forecast for Lucknow dedicated helpline for female DPrakash said here on He said the Mahotsav settle at 12. 5 degree Celsius on is shallow to moderate fog passengers. Managing director Monday that visitors to Lucknow venue would be divided on Monday. The minimum tem- likely in the morning, followed Raj Shekhar said the name was Mahotsav can also hitch a heli- the basis of zones and each perature recorded at 6.7 degree by mainly clear skies thereafter. given to the helpline looking copter ride. The District zone would be given names. Celsius was just a notch below The maximum and minimum into its specific nature and Magistrate carried out an inspec- He said that a fun zone normal. temperatures are expected to be importance. “A unique number and will be exclusively handled tion of Ramabai Ambedkar Sthal would be constructed at the In the state, Muzaffarnagar around 15 degree Celsius and (81142-77777) has been sub- by women officers at the with Divisional Commissioner ‘rain basera’ point and a remained the coldest at 1 7 degree Celsius, respectively. scribed for the helpline. This UPSRTC HQ and also at Mukesh Meshram, Municipal ramp would be made to join degree Celsius. Nearly all the The weather is most likely number will also be painted regional levels,” the managing Commissioner Indramani it with the main venue. The districts in the state recorded to be dry over the state. Shallow inside each bus and also dis- director said. After office hours, Tripathi and other officials DM said ambulances and low minimum temperature to moderate fog is likely to played at prominent places at the women passengers can accompanying him. He said that fire brigades would be sta- with Agra & Kanpur at 1.9 occur at few places over the bus stations by January 15 next lodge their complaints and the helicopter ride would be big tioned at several points to degree Celsius, Banda 2 degree state. There is a warning for year,” he said. He added that the issues or to reach out to deal with emergency Celsius, Aligarh & Fatepur 2.8 cold day to severe cold day con- helpline was an extension of the UPSRTC on general helpline situations. He also issued degree Celsius, Jhansi 2.2 dition likely at few places over ‘Nirbhaya Yojana’ proposals of (1800-180-2877). After three directions for ensuring degree Celsius and Varanasi 2.3 the state. Dense to very dense the Centre and UP govern- months, the helpline for women mobile toilets at the degree Celsius. The cold was wearing several layers of wool- sunshine made little differ- fog is likely at isolated places ment. “This Helpline will work will be operated 24X7, if need Mahotsav venue. palpable as people were seen lens while stepping out. The ence to the biting cold. At sev- over the state. from 9 am to 6 pm every day be,” he added. !!" #$!%&'' #'''()%*) + , ## -"#. -! /# 2 -* "+2- 6-,," - /.0#1'%')) %1' 0+ . " +!#2" 3# # 4'%')) %&'& 0+ $" #+,, 2,++ +!#2"5 #2". !! % 5$ # 6 -#2"5.,"7/..8! 9 : Anglo-Indian community to said. O’Brien said that the % 5$ ; // As per reports, Seema Pal bury the body in a graveyard assemblies. The letter sent by Anglo-Indian community had (35) of Vrindavan Colony in secretly,” she said. She he All-India Anglo-Indian All-India Anglo-Indian been recognised for its integri- 7 #%%% %%%< pregnant woman died PGI had married Anil Pal aka demanded an autopsy and a TAssociation (AIAIA) has Association president Barry ty and contribution to the 8 ;/888 $$/55 Adue to lack of medical Bablu of Telibagh, also in case against Anil and his par- appealed to Chief Minister Yogi O’Brien was released to the defence the nation, particular- 2 "2 $0>#)<4# treatment as her husband and PGI police station area, in ents. Deceased’s sister Pooja Adityanath to continue with the media on Monday. It said that ly as officers in Indian Air &'%)'))?? ; - #0+"0 !#@@ in-laws refused to bear the May. Her mother Suman Pal Pal said, “We had made sev- provision of nomination of a the founding fathers of the Force, Navy and Army. expenses following a discord told police that Seema was eral rounds of the police out- member of the community in Constitution under Dr BR “Our community may be over dowry in PGI police sta- pregnant for eight months. post in Telibagh. The incharge the Assembly for another Ambedkar included the provi- comparatively small in number tion area on Sunday night. “Anil and his parents were and other policemen were decade like Scheduled sion after a significant majori- but by any estimates there are To cover up their crime, playing harassing tactics with not sympathetic to us. On one Castes/Scheduled Tribes reser- ty of Anglo-Indians led by still several lakh Anglo-Indians, :A> deceased’s husband and in- Seema to force us to give Rs occasion, Anil’s parents beat vation. In a letter to the chief Frank Anthony, himself a mem- who are proud citizens of this !!B .#> laws took the body to a grave- 2 lakh and a gold chain as a us up in the presence of police minister, the AIAIA appealed to ber of the Constituent Assembly, great nation, several thousand #$! %& 3# %&& (( yard behind the Shani Temple dowry gift. They did not give but the cops did not intervene. Yogi Adityanath to convey to chose to live in independent of them living in Uttar Pradesh. 2/()%*) C0 ,#C:A in Telibagh locality under food to Seema and tortured They asked us to leave the Prime Minister Narendra Modi India and swore allegiance to What is most significant in this >+ "!+ -D5 #$!%& PGI police station area for her by many ways. After her police outpost saying fight it the need for continuance of rep- the country of their birth. context is the fact that the 3#%&&((2/()%*) burial. However, some neigh- pregnancy, Anil and his fam- out outside of the police out- resentative of Anglo-Indian “We, Anglo-Indians, have community is spread across $:" "2!"-D bours helped deceased’s par- ily refused to foot her medical post,” she alleged. community under relevant been fiercely loyal to our the length and breadth of India. .0 !- 3# # %&'%')) ents and called the police bill. We then complained to The Cantonment CO said Articles of the Constitution of beloved India and have made We have documentary evi- %<' 0+ . 3# " " control room. A police team the PGI incharge but did not the ‘Dial 100’ personnel India through favourable significant contributions to dence that Anglo-Indians live in +!2"3##%&'%'))%EF later stopped the burial and get any help. On Sunday, we reached the scene on the amendments for a further peri- nation-building in various varying numbers in as many as 0+ + G $" +!#2"5 sent the body for autopsy. In were informed that Seema information that some men od of ten years. fields, including Armed Forces, 22 of the 28 states and nine ". !! #! -#2"5 the case, laxity of incharge died at Queen Mary’s were burying the body of a The UP legislature is set to education, Indian Railways, Union Territories of India. The . ! /www.etender. Telibagh police outpost (KGMU) during treatment. woman. “It later surfaced that take up the 126th Amendment police, customs, post and tele- All-India Anglo-Indian up.nic.in $+ -D#5.,"7/ Ashutosh surfaced after the When I cross-checked the the woman was under treat- Bill passed by Parliament on graph, nursing and other strate- Association, the oldest and .8! 9 : ; //))) " Cantonment CO conducted a information, I was shocked to ment. We are initiating further Tuesday. It provides for SC/ST gic services. This has been most largest registered body of the ++ 22/ probe into the case. Later, the know that Seema died at her action and have detained two reservation for another 10 years apparent in the state of Uttar community, has 62 branches in #$!)&%<((2/(# SSP removed the accused offi- husband’s house on Sunday persons in this connection,” but has scrapped the nomina- Pradesh and states in southern these states and Union &'%)')%* ?? ; - # 0+" 0 !## cer from his post. night and they were going to the CO said in an e-byte. tion of a member from the and eastern India,” the release Territories,” O’Brien said. , /0H0 3"0H0 !2 #@@ '))*+
sion was Municipal Commissioner Indramani Tripathi, who ceremoniously inaugurated the camp by lighting the lamp of unity and peace. The young delegates from Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Thailand, USA and India came togeth- er to create a world without borders and to live up to the ideal of ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam’. CMS is hosting the month-long camp from December 28 to January 24 (2020) in which children from 13 countries, along with their adult leaders, are staying together under one roof. They are fostering strong bonds of friendship and global under- ' P City Montessori School, was standing during their stay at ' inaugurated at Kanpur Road the camp. Junior counsellors ( ( ## $# '%# * % : ; The month-long 27th auditorium on Monday are also participating in the ## % # '* ; # % / $#% %#-# $ International Children’s amidst a scintillating educa- camp to act as intermediaries % # % # -# % Camp, ‘Peace Has a 100 tional-cultural programme. between the children and -# $#; # # # $# # # / / Names Village’, hosted by The chief guest on the occa- adults. # < # % ;
' ' ! too as a Cabinet ranked Minister - The visibility recorded by raised eyebrows in the State political cir- Safdarjung and Palam observatories cles. At no stage in the recent past had stood at zero metres at 8.30 am. () the resentment brewing within the Aditya’s name been discussed as a Skymet, an independent weather fore- days after the Andhra Pradesh Police party over the exclusion of Sena Ministerial probable or even an aspi- caster, said one of the reasons for this along with the Navy intelligence unit spokesperson Sanjay Raut’s MLA- rant. Nor had the Sena functionaries is the fact that Delhi has been reeling and Central intelligence agencies arrest- brother Sunil Raut and a few other Sena any inkling that Aditya would be under both cold day and cold wave ed seven sailors, besides a hawala leaders from the State Cabinet, Uddhav inducted in the State Cabinet. condition. “The wind direction will operator. The sailors were arrested from said, “There is no resentment within the Meanwhile, the leaders of the smaller change from north-westerlies to east- Visakhapatnam, Mumbai and Karwar Sena. At least I have not received any constituents of the ruling MVA stayed erlies, which will give some relief to the naval establishments. They reported- such report. This kind of things do hap- away from the swearing-in ceremony people of Delhi. “But the speed of winds ly passed on unauthorised information pen during Cabinet expansion. Let me as they had not been invited to the is expected to increase, which in turn about movement of warships and see how we can we deal with the situ- function. “Since none of the leaders of would add up to the chill factor. Thus, other operational details through social ation”. the smaller parties supporting the complete relief is not in sight anytime media to a Pakistan handler. While Incidentally, Sena spokesperson MVA government were not invited to soon,” said the Skymet. It said the Visakhapatnam has the Eastern Naval and MP Sanjay Raut - whose younger the swearing-in ceremony. Hence, we weather models indicate chances of rain command headquarters besides the brother Sunil Raut did not find a place stayed away from the swearing-in cer- coupled with hailstorms on January 1 sensitive submarine building centre in the Uddhav Cabinet - was conspic- emony. We will raise this issue at the and 2 in the wake of a fresh western dis- where the nuclear submarines Arihant uous by his absence at the swearing-in MVA coordination meeting when it is turbance over the Himalayas. are under construction, the Western ceremony. Raut, however, denied that held,” Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana Meanwhile on Tuesday, the max- Naval command is based in Mumbai. he or his family was unhappy over the president and former MP Raju Shetti imum temperature may settle at 12 The lone aircraft carrier INS exclusion of his brother Sunil from the said. degrees Celsius and minimum temper- Vikramaditya’s base is in Karwar, Cabinet. “I have ably fulfilled my role ature will be recorded near three Karnataka. The spy racket was busted in the formation of the Sena-led degrees Celsius. While the New Year on December 19 by the Andhra Government in the State. Either my According to a police spokesper- is expected to start with drizzling, light Pradesh Intelligence Department in a family members or I are unhappy over son, eleven people were on board the rain and thunderstorm activities, the joint operation with the Navy code the exclusion of my brother from the Maruti Ertiga. “The car fell into the maximum temperature is expected to named “Dolphin’s Nose.” The police State Cabinet. I will work sincerely for Kherli canal in Dankaur area. They hover around 17 degrees Celsius and claimed the sailors, recruited in 2017, the party throughout my life. The State were taken to a Yatharth and Kailash minimum temperature will be record- passed information like locations of Cabinet has experienced and efficient hospitals, where doctors declared six of ed at four degrees Celsius on January naval ships and submarines after they Ministers. I am confident that all the them dead, while the remaining five are 1. On January 2, the maximum tem- fell into a honey-trap through social Ministers will contribute in a big way undergoing treatment. “The accident perature will remain at 17 degrees media in 2018. to give a new direction to the State.” appears to have taken place due to low Celsius and minimum temperature will While senior Congress leader visibility caused by fog,” said the police oscillate between 7 and 8 degrees '( Ashok Chavan made it to the State spokesperson. Uttar Pradesh Chief Celsius. Dr Rajender Jenamani, senior It may be recalled that on Cabinet, another former Chief Minister Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed scientist at the National Weather November 28, Uddhav had been sworn and senior party leader Prithviraj his condolence over the loss of life, a Forecasting Centre (NWFC) said, “In into office as the Chief Minister along Chavan - who was re-elected to the statement issued by the office of the 1976, there was a cold spell for six days. with six Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVS) State Assembly from Karad (south) Chief Minister said in Lucknow. Yogi But after that the phenomenon has Ministers — Eknath Shinde, Subhash constituency in western Maharashtra directed the officials to ensure that the become more common in the late 90s. Desai (both from the Shiv Sena), in the 2019 polls --did not find a berth injured persons get proper and ade- If fog or low cloud hours increase, obvi- Jayant Patil, Chhagan Bhujbal (both in the Uddhav Cabinet. It is quite like- quate treatment. He also directed ously less solar energy is received and from the NCP), Balasaheb Thorat and ly that the Congress high command District Magistrates, Senior hence days are cold,” said RK Jenamani, Nitin Raut (both from the Congress). may entrust him with a senior party Superintendents of Police and senior scientist at National Weather Talking to media persons a few hours post or use his experience elsewhere. Superintendents of Police to make nec- Forecasting Centre. Elaborating the after the swearing-in ceremony, the While Ajit’s return as the deputy Chief essary arrangements for safe trans- unusual trend, MeT Scientists Chief Minister said he would distrib- Minister was a foregone conclusion, portation in accident-prone areas in explained why Delhi is experiencing ute the portfolios among the newly Uddhav’s move to induct his first-time their respective districts, the statement extreme cold weather. inducted Ministers in a day or two. 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Modi's personal website also the video and get a "historical Union Minister Prakash BJP's outreach campaign with Amid protests, including had a message saying that the perspective on why we need Javadekar took on the critics, the hashtag from Muslims in several parts CAA is about giving citizenship CAA". who have dubbed the law as #IndiaSupportsCAA to gather of the country, the Prime Min- to persecuted refugees and not Joining the campaign, discriminatory, and tweeted, support for the Citizenship ister has asserted that the law about taking anyone's citizen- party's working president JP "Spread Facts Not Myth: In the Amendment Act (CAA), which is about giving citizenship to ship away. The message was Nadda quoted from the spiri- last 6 years, 2830 Pakistani, 912 has sparked violent protests refugees from three countries posted with the hashtag "India tual leader's remarks to say that Afghani & 172 Bangladeshi across India in recent weeks. and not about taking away Supports CAA". "in a very calibrated way some- citizens have been given Indian Modi's official website tweeted anyone's citizenship. BJP has It also asked people to body sent the message to the citizenship. Many of them are that the CAA "is about giving announced a 10-day campaign share content, graphics and minorities that your citizenship from majority community of citizenship to persecuted across the country to spread videos from the Prime Minis- is under threat which is an these countries." refugees and not about taking awareness about the CAA and ter's NaMo app to show their absolute lie". He also posted several anyone's citizenship away". taken on the Opposition for support for the law, which has Opposition and other crit- tweets, highlighting key aspects Seeking to mobilise sup- pushing "rumours and fears" triggered protests in different ics slammed the CAA, saying of the amended law and quot- port for the amended citizen- around it. parts of the country. it is against India's secular ed Modi's comments that it will ship law, other BJP leaders too "Do hear this lucid expla- CAA and more by Sadhguru historical context, brilliantly erhood. He also calls out the BJP president and Home Constitution as it makes reli- not adversely affect any Indian launched the campaign on nation of aspects relating to Jaggi Vasudev. He provides highlights our culture of broth- misinformation by vested Minister Amit Shah also posed gion as a ground for citizenship. citizen. + $ ) ' ) %) ' ' 1 7 - !() =% %#P /3> 1?* ( *4+% #+",7"" " ##,"2* "-,,+,-,", then public servants in this Corporation Jammu and "There was no breach in "During travelling, the pro- +,+#,5,< conspiracy of issuance of Ranjan is CEO of Jammu security by the official" who tectee used non-bullet resistant (=+, -,+, he CBI on Monday con- licences to non-residents of Srinagar Metro Rail he CRPF on Monday said happens to be the CO of civil vehicle without a personal 5,2+"", Tducted searches at 17 loca- J&K in violation of rules, Corporation Tthere was no breach in Hazartganj, Abhay Mishra, reads security officer. The protectee +,2, ,+,+2 ,#, tions in Jammu & Kashmir at allegedly received gratifica- The case was handed over Congress leader Priyanka the statement. took a lift on Scooty as a pillion ,,"+,+, the premises of senior IAS tion," the agency said in a to the CBI on the basis of a rec- Gandhi Vadra's security during It said the "only programme" rider," it said, adding that as this officers Yasha Mudgal and statement. ommendation from Rajasthan her recent trip to Lucknow. The of Priyanka indicated to the movement was not planned, the ) Kumar Rajeev Ranjan besides Several documents related Director General of Police O P paramilitary blamed Vadra for CRPF team for that day was CRPF team could not conduct ' 2' the then District to the cases, including bank Galhotra after the anti-terror "violations" by riding pillion on about her visit to the local an ASL which was a breach of ' 1 +, Collectors/District Magistrates statements, were recovered squad had busted a racket a scooter. Pradesh Congress Committee security protocol mandated for ,+,-,, + of Kupwara, Baramulla, during the searches that were related to the matter. Following The force, which provides (PCC) office for attending a Priyanka Gandhi. -,", " Udhampur, Kishtwar, Shopian, carried out at three places in this, the two FIRs were lodged armed commandos under the party foundation day event. "Despite the security con- +,,2, -* "+ Rajouri, Doda and Pulwama in Centre. After taking over the Kashmir, 11 places in Jammu by the agency. 'Z+' category of VIP security The CRPF said it had "con- straints, appropriate security > * ?+,2",4, , an alleged gun licensing rack- case in 2018, searches were also and one each in Gurugram The CBI's Chandigarh unit cover to her, said the Congress ducted" an ASL for this event and cover was provided by the CRPF &# , et busted by the Rajasthan earlier conducted at 11 places (Haryana), Mohali (Punjab) had registered the FIRs for leader undertook "unscheduled had intimated it to state author- during the visit," it said. - @+2,* police in 2017. including Srinagar, Udhampur and Noida (Uttar Pradesh), alleged criminal misconduct movement without intimation". ities. The force added that such -+,",4 (, The move comes two years and Jammu at the locations of officials said. and criminal conspiracy under Therefore, an advanced It alleged that the Congress security lapses are communi- # AB", after the agency registered two private gun houses which led to Besides searching the the Ranbir Penal Code and in security liaison (ASL) could not leader's "personal staff did not cated to the protectee and ,+,-,, cases on allegations issuance of recovery of incriminating doc- premises of Mudgal, a 2007- violation of Section 3/25 of the be conducted, the Central communicate" the detailed pro- "advised" for ensuring proper ,, around two lakh arms licences uments including issue, renew- batch IAS officer, and Ranjan, Arms Act, besides provisions of Reserve Police Force (CRPF) said gramme of the day to the Uttar security arrangements. to non residents of the erst- al of arms licenses, blank appli- a 2010-batch IAS officer, hous- the Prevention of Corruption in a statement issued here by Pradesh Police CO when he Priyanka, also the Congress +, '' P while State. cation forms submitted by var- es of I Hussain, Mohammed Act. Inspector General (Intelligence came calling at Priyanka's place general secretary in-charge of UP 1 The CBI said incriminating ious licencees, money transac- Saleem, Mohammed Junaid According to Rajasthan and VIP security) P K Singh. of stay in Lucknow at about 8 am. (East), was in Lucknow on ' 1 #,, documents recovered during tions of gun dealers with Khan, F C Bhagat, Farooq Police officials, the Jammu and Priyanka's office had written The force said while there December 27 and December 28 (-,, ,>( ?<, searches are being scrutinised. licencees, blank NOC pur- Ahmed Khan and Jenhagir Kashmir government was to Singh's office on December 28 was no breach in Priyanka as part of her first visit to the State , ++>?+" The agency had registered portedly issued by District Ahmed Mir were searched, informed about the racket in with a complaint that a police cir- Gandhi's security, at least three capital after violent protests ,, ,AC-+," two cases in August last year on Magistrates and other docu- officials said. 2017 and several letters cle officer (CO) in Lucknow had "security violations" took place against the amended citizenship #,+,", the consent of Jammu and ments, the agency said in a Mudgal is at present CEO- addressed to then Chief issued threats to her security per- when she chose to ride a two- law and a proposed countrywide 2#,+,, #,+ Kashmir Government and fur- statement. and-Managing Director of Secretary B B Vyas remained sonnel and warned of restricting wheeler while on her way to visit implementation of the National ",+ ther notification from the "It was also alleged that the Power Distribution unanswered. her movements on the same day. retired IPS officer S R Darapuri. 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You ister accused the Kejriwal gov- Affairs Secretary Durga 72.<ACAC<"2#, the next 8-10 days. cannot be an obstacle in the ernment of failing to prepare Shanker Mishra said the gov- '.<ACAC<, Puri said that the Central happiness of Delhiites," Puri maps of 1,731 colonies in the ernment would also rope in cially independent. According "Today, we have signed an event. "+" &<.DEF , Government will soon hand tweeted in Hindi. past five years and they moved Amazon to provide a platform to the secretary, 12 lakh people MoU with Flipkart. It aims to According to the secretary, & ,,"+ over registry to the residents. It "The Aam Aadmi Party is a court seeking two-year-time for the online sale of SHGs' have so far been trained in dif- directly sell products made by 12 lakh people have so far been "<+ -+, is estimated that 40-50 lakh misleading people but the BJP- for the same. products. ferent skills in the last five years self-help groups through e- trained in different skills in the + ,-, people living in 1731 unautho- led Centre has brought laws, he Earlier on Sunday, Chief Under the DAY -NULM, under the mission while commerce portals. We are also last five years under the mis- G + " rised colonies play a vital role said in reference to the Minister Arvind Kejriwal said self-help groups consisting 44 around 5.06 lakh people were likely to ink an MoU with sion while around 5.06 lakh 2,+ +,-, ,+< in deciding the fate of any Parliament passing a bill to give at a press conference that polit- lakh women have been work- given funds by the government Amazon on January 7 for the people were given funds by the 2"-,# ++, political party in every election ownership rights to the resi- ical parties indulge in politics, ing across the country, a move and they are currently self- same purpose," Mishra told government and they are cur- + +" in the national capital. In dents of unauthorised colonies. but if government starts fur- aimed at making women finan- employed. reporters on the sidelines of an rently self-employed. -22< ,, * 2015, people of unauthorised "...Tell, has the law been nishing wrong information, it is , "+> ?# colonies voted to Arvind enacted or not? has the process saddening. Citing (FAQ) fre- + < ++" " Kejriwal to bring changes in the of giving ownership rights to quently asked questions from +,#2, national capital. In 2020, both people begun or not? Their DDA website on unauthorised %& &'( )* &+ ++< BJP and AAP is eying on unau- (AAP's) strategy is not to ben- colonies, Kejriwal claimed that > +,-,?<&2 < %1 thorised colonies vote bank. efit people, and mislead them neither central government is , -.,,&%+ ) " > ++++ ,? "They (AAP) are weaving instead," Puri said. giving ownership rights nor 52 <,+" nets of words while registry will The minister said that the regularising them. # ! P # o prevent the repeat of this # % Tyear's onion crisis, the Centre has decided to create a buffer stock of 1 lakh tonnes of * /( /1 / the key kitchen staple between March and July in 2020. Top sources said that % The Niti Aayog vice chair- With regard to poverty Cooperative Nafed, which had man also said Modi govern- reduction, states which have maintained the buffer stock of ment will not leave any stone done well include Tamil Nadu, onion on behalf of the govern- erala and Chandigarh unturned to make sure India Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, ment, will continue to do so Kretained the top ranks achieves SDG Agenda 2030. Meghalaya, Mizoram and next year. It will source the rabi among States and Union According to the report, India's Sikkim. On 'zero hunger' para- (winter) onion crop — which Territories even as Bihar turned composite score improved from meters, Goa, Mizoram, Kerala, has higher shelf life— between out to be the worst performer 57 in 2018 to 60 in 2019 with Nagaland and Manipur were March and July directly from in Niti Aayog's SDG India major success in water and the front runners, according to farmers. Index 2019 that evaluates sanitation, industry and inno- the report. The Government had cre- progress on social, economic Bihar, Jharkhand and vation. The SDG India Index, ated a buffer stock of 56,000 and environmental parame- Arunachal Pradesh are the However, nutrition and launched last year by Niti Aayog tonnes for the current year but ters. worst performing States in this gender continue to be problem with the help of United Nations, it was not sufficient to contain According to 'SDG year's Index for Sustainable areas for India, requiring more took into account 16 out of 17 the prices which are still ruling (Sustainable Development Development Goals (SDGs). focussed approach from the goals specified by the United above Rs 100 per kg in most Karnataka by late January. government took several mea- The shipments are underway. Goals) India Index 2019', "The United Nations' SDG tar- government. The report said Nations as SDGs. The Index cities across the country. "The issue was discussed in sures to boost the domestic The first batch of 790 metric released on Monday, Uttar get of 2030 can never be met while three out of five states in this year ranked states based on The prices are expected to detail in the recent meeting of availability including ban on tonnes of onion arrived from Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim without India... We are fully the top spots perform equal to 54 targets spread over 100 indi- cool down by end of January the group of ministers (GoM), exports, stock limits on traders Turkey and Egypt and distrib- have shown maximum committed to achieving UN's or better than the country aver- cators out of 306 outlined by the next year with the domestic headed by Home Minister besides sale of onion at sub- uted to Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, improvement, but States like SDG target," Niti Aayog CEO age on 12 goals, the other two UN. supply of new produce from Amit Shah. It was decided that sidised rates from its buffer Karnataka amd Telangana. Gujarat have not shown any Amitabh Kant said at the states do the same on 11 goals. The first report, which was the rabi (winter) and late higher buffer stock of about 1 stock and imports. According to agriculture progress vis-a-vis the 2018 launch of the report. "Only three states were launched in 2018 had 13 goals kharif (summer) seasons - lakh tonne will be created for Already, the government ministry's data, 0.98 lakh rankings. Speaking at the event, Niti placed in the category of Front and 39 indicators. The year thereby also giving rise to next year," sources said. has exhausted its buffer stock hectare area is covered under "Kerala retained its rank as Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Runners (with a score in the 2020 will be the fifth anniver- the possibility of a glut. This year, onion prices fell of onion which was disposed at late kharif as against 1.22 lakh the top State with a score of 70. Kumar said southern states range 65-99, including both) in sary of the adoption of SDGs by Sources said the arrival of sharply due to 26 per cent fall a subsidised rate in the local hectare in the corresponding Chandigarh too maintained its have done well in health. 2018 - Himachal Pradesh, 193 countries at the UN imported onions will coincide in kharif and late kharif (sum- market. Now, it is selling period last year. The area top spot among the UTs with a "West Bengal (rank 14) has also Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. In General Assembly. with the supply of late kharif mer) production due to late imported ones. under rabi onion crop, mean- score of 70. Himachal Pradesh done well in Niti Aayog's SDG 2019, five more states joined The SDGs, constituted onions from Maharashtra and monsoon and later untimely MMTC, which is import- while, is 2.76 lakh hectare as took the second spot while Index 2019, but given the edu- this league - Andhra Pradesh, through an unprecedented con- Gujarat in the last week of rains in key growing states ing on behalf of the govern- against 2.31 lakh hectare in the Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu cation level(in the state), West Telangana, Karnataka, Sikkim sultative process, have 17 goals December, as well as the early especially Maharasthra and ment, has contracted about corresponding period last year and Telangana shared the third Bengal should be in top 3 per- and Goa, taking the total tally and 169 related targets to be rabi produce from Rajasthan, Karnataka. 45,000 tonnes of onion from (until the first week of spot," the report said. forming states," Kumar added. to eight," it noted. achieved by 2030. 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not contest elections as he was sentenced to two years’ jail term in a rioting case. Alpesh Thakor, JP’s clean sweep in the Lok Sabha polls in who emerged as a young leader opposing reser- BGujarat and the blaze in Surat in which 22 vation for the Patidar community in the OBC youngsters perished made news in the coastal category, quit the Congress to join the BJP in state in 2019. The stellar performance of the BJP July. But he lost the subsequent by-poll from in this year’s Lok Sabha polls in the state after Radhanpur seat in October. facing a scare from Congress in the 2017 Bypolls to six Assembly seats provided some Assembly polls surprised many in political cir- relief to the Congress, which retained three seats. cles. The opposition Congress was hopeful of Bureaucrat-turned-foreign minister S Jaishankar a robust performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in polls after it gave BJP a tough fight in the July. A fire broke out in a coaching class in the December 2017 state Assembly elections, where four- storeyed Takshshila Arcade in Surat on the the ruling party could win only a wafer-thin May 24 evening. In scenes that would never be majority. forgotten, students, mostly teenagers, jumped The Congress inducted Patidar leader from the building in an attempt to save them- Hardik Patel, and was hoping that the resent- selves. Twenty-two died, due to burns or ment in this influential community, which agi- injuries suffered in the fall. Nineteen others were tated for a quota under Patel’s leadership, severely injured. The report of the Nanavati would help it. Congress general secretary Commission, set up to probe the post-Godhra Priyanka Gandhi delivered her first speech in violence, was made public in December, 17 years Ahmedabad after officially joining politics, while after the riots and five years after it was sub- Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi also cam- mitted to the Assembly. It gave a clean chit to paigned in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s then chief minister Narendra Modi and his home state. But when the Lok Sabha poll results administration, and attributed the intensity of were announced on May 23, the BJP had swept the riots, in which over 1,000 people, mostly all 26 seats. Following the drubbing, the Muslims, were killed, to deep-rooted animos- Congress high command dissolved the entire ity between the two communities. In September, state unit in October. the Gujarat High Court rejected over 120 peti- 2 A(1P. % / The highlight of the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- tions filed by farmers against land acquisition tions in the state was the entry of BJP president for Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet train, a pet pro- Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar. ject of prime minister Modi. Farmers have now Shah replaced party veteran LK Advani who had approached the Supreme Court. For arid %# / P won from the constituency six times. Shah went Gujarat, the monsoon this year was too wet. on to become Union home minister, confirm- Crops were damaged due to excess rains and & the state assembly in ing his position as No 2 in the BJPs pecking floods hit many areas. Cyclones Vayu and Maha Dharamshala in December, order. The young leaders who had emerged from were predicted to batter Gujarat but ultimate- resounding victory for the the HP Micro, Small and the quota agitation wound it up and joined polit- ly steered clear of the state and fizzled out in the ABJP in the Lok Sabha elec- Medium Enterprises ical parties after the Union government, in Arabian Sea. The government had made elab- tions, the death of 44 people in (Facilitation of Establishment January, gave reservations to the economically orate arrangements for the landfall of Vayu, a bus tragedy and efforts to and Operation) Bill, 2019, was weaker section in the general category. evacuating three lakh people, but it spared the attract investment made head- passed amid a walkout by the Hardik Patel joined the Congress but could state. lines in the hill state of Congress. Himachal Pradesh in 2019. Aiming to attract invest- 4 ' While the BJP bagged all ment, the legislation proposed four seats in the state in the to exempt any person bringing General Election earlier in a micro, small and medium Q)R the year, MoUs worth around enterprise to the state from Rs 93,000 crore were signed taking approvals from gov- during the two-day Himachal ernment departments for three Rising Global Investors’ Meet years. Alleging efforts to dilute ( ) at Dharamshala in November. the Section 118 of the HP The state government was Tenancy and Land Reforms etel leaf used to make the popular forced to take action against Act, which restricts the trans- B‘Calcutta paan’ has got costlier in bus operators after an over- fer of land to non-agricultur- Aurangabad in Maharashtra, leaving a bitter loaded private bus fell into a minister Sukh Ram’s family. in Dharamshala in November ists, the Congress said the taste in the mouth of patrons. deep gorge in Kullu district in While his son Anil Sharma to attract investments to the state government was trying to These leaves come from Medinipur in June, claiming 44 lives. The had to resign in April as power state. “sell” Himachal Pradesh by West Bengal and rates have now touched Congress underwent a major minister from the Jai Ram Prime Minister Narendra bringing the legislation. 1,200 for a bundle of 100 against 500 till revamp when the party high Thakur-led BJP government, Modi attended the inaugural The Section 118 of the Act some days ago, paan merchant Mohammed command dissolved its entire his grandson Aashray Sharma function on November 7 and remained in focus after the Sharfuddin told PTI. state unit and frontal organi- lost his maiden Lok Sabha the state government signed abrogation of the special sta- A tour of shops here showed prices of sations. In another major election as a Congress candi- 614 memoranda of under- tus of Jammu and Kashmir. ‘Calcutta paan’ had gone up from 8 to any- political development, senior date from Mandi. standing (MoUs) of nearly Rs Akali Dal president Sukhbir thing between 12-20 depending on other state leader Jagat Prakash Anil Sharma was under 93,000 crore against the set Badal and AIMIM chief ingredients. Nadda was given a prominent pressure from the BJP after his target of attracting invest- Asaduddin Owaisi demanded “Paan prices had to be increased here role at the national level when father Sukh Ram quit the saf- ments to the tune of Rs 85,000 the abolition of Section 118, because of the betel leaves getting costlier. We he was appointed the working fron party and joined the crore. terming it discriminatory in have been told cultivation of these leaves has president of the BJP. Congress, along with Aashray While the CM claimed nature. decreased,” Sharfuddin, who has been in the Former chief minister Sharma. Anil Sharma had said that the MoUs would convert However, the Himachal business for 54 years, added. Prem Kumar Dhumal’s son that he would neither cam- into actual investment, the units of both the ruling BJP He said shops in Aurangabad sell some Anurag Thakur too bagged a paign for his son nor BJP opposition Congress termed and the opposition Congress 20,000 paan a day and the rise in prices was ministerial role at the Centre. candidate Ram Swaroop the meet the biggest scam in defended the law, saying it making people move towards leaves coming The Lok Sabha elections were Sharma. The state govern- the history of the state. could not be compared with in from Chennai. a setback for former Union ment held an investors’ meet During the winter session of the special provision for J-K. !"#$%&#' 1
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7 J&K High Court’s Registrar proper receipts duly stamped. Registrar General, J&K High ' General Sanjay Dhar on “The applicants who do Court, Jammu by or before n a first step of its kind, December 26 with the last date not belong to the UTs of J&K February 7, 2020,” the adver- Iopening the State employ- for submission of applications and Ladakh shall submit their tisement said. &( ) ( gap between the government ment in the Union Territories of being January 31, 2020. application to the Registrar It said the selection would and the people. J&K and Ladakh for candidates Following nullification of General, J&K High Court, be made as per J&K Reservation ive political leaders, who In a statement, party’s from across the country after the Article 370 on August 5, Jammu,” the advertisement read. Rules 2005. “The candidates Fhad been under preventive provincial president Davinder nullification of Article 370, the there had been demands from It said the principal district who are having age as on detention for the past 148 days, Singh Rana expressed hope Jammu & Kashmir High Court various quarters, especially in judges of Kashmir province, January 1, 2019 not below 18 were released from the MLA that other political detenues has invited applications from eli- the Jammu region and Union Bhaderwah, Kishtwar and years and not above 40 years in hostel on Monday by the Union will also be released soon. gible candidates from all over Territory of Ladakh, carved out Ladakh would make neces- case of open merit, 43 years in Territory administration of He said such moves will India to fill 33 vacancies with it. of the erstwhile state of J&K sary arrangements for the case of SC/ST/RBA/ALC/OSCs, Jammu & Kashmir, officials facilitate a conducive atmos- The 33 vacant posts of after its bifurcation into two receipt of application forms 42 years in case of physically said. The leaders belonging to phere for a genuine democra- non-gazetted officials include UTs, for a domicile certificate even during the ensuing win- challenged, 48 years in case of the National Conference and the tic political exercise. those of senior scale stenogra- or some legal restrictions on ter vacation. ex-servicemen and 40 years in PDP were released after the “It will help in reaching out pher, junior scale stenograph- the purchase of land by out- “All principal district case of candidates in authorities were satisfied that to the people at large and er, steno typist, compositor, siders as well as their appoint- judges of J&K and Ladakh Government service or con- they would not be indulging in bridge the gap between the electrician and driver. ments in Government jobs. shall submit the application tractual employees are eligible any agitation or call for any strike Government and people The advertisement to fill “The application forms cerned principal district judges within whose jurisdiction the forms along with the list of can- for participation in the selection after their release, they said. besides creating conditions for the vacancies was issued by the shall be received by the con- of the UTs of J&K and Ladakh applicant resides against the didates to the office of the process,” the notice read. Those released include winning hearts and minds,” he Ishfaq Jabbar and Ghulam Nabi said. Many political leaders Bhat (National Conference) were picked up from their res- and Bashir Mir, Zahoor Mir idences on August 5, the day ! C A # and Yasir Reshi (PDP), the offi- when the Centre announced / cials said. abrogation of provisions of Reshi is considered as a Article 370 and bifurcation of His winning the October rebel PDP leader who had the state into two union terri- 21 Assembly election with the openly revolted against then tories — Ladakh and + onday marked the fourth highest margin of 1.65 lakh chief minister and PDP patron Jammu & Kashmir. Mtime senior NCP leader votes only affirmed his iron Mehbooba Mufti. He was sub- The two Union Territories Ajit Pawar was sworn in as grip on the constituency. sequently removed as the dis- came into existence on October late father as the Shiv Sena’s Between 2010 and 2019, Maharashtra’s deputy chief Appointed as NCPs legislature trict party chief. 31 this year. The political national executive president Aditya has not only estab- minister, the previous stint on party leader before joining On November 25, two detenues had been kept at aharashtra Chief Minister way back in January 2002. He lished a following of his own the post lasting barely three hands with the BJP, he first political leaders — Dilawar Centaur hotel and shifted to the Mand Shiv Sena president has never contested an election, among the youth in various days. In an early morning cer- became a minister of state in Mir of the PDP and Ghulam MLA hostel in third week of Uddhav Thackeray never fails to even though he has established parts of the state, but he has emony on November 23, which June 1991, when Sudhakarrao Hassan Mir of the Democratic November. As many as 34 spring surprises. After permit- his firm hold over the party set- also learned the ropes of party caught many by surprise, Pawar Naik helmed the state govern- Party Nationalist — were political detainees were shifted ting his son Aditya to contest up during the past 17 years. Nor politics by working in tandem was sworn in to the post after ment. He has so far held port- released by the new Union to the hostel from the hotel, and win the State Assembly has his uncle and Maharashtra with his father and party pres- he rebelled against the NCP folios like agriculture, water Territory administration. located on the banks of the Dal polls from Worli in south- Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief ident Uddhav. and joined hands with the BJP. resources, rural soil conserva- The National Conference Lake, as Srinagar reeled under Central Mumbai, Uddhav bit the Raj Thackeray contested any Aditya has lined up sever- He resigned on November 26, tion, irrigation and power and welcomed the decision of the harsh winter conditions and the bullet and became the Chief election. al plans for Mumbai. As a Yuv leading to collapse of the planning during his three- administration and said such hotel lacked proper heating Minister of the State. Now, he As much as his chief min- Sena leader, Aditya had during Devendra Fadnavis-led gov- the suddenness with which decade-old career. moves will help in bridging the arrangement, the officials said. has chosen to induct his son ister-father Uddhav, the man to the previous BJP-Shiv Sena ernment. Ajit Pawar was sworn in along The leader, who faced alle- Aditya into his Cabinet — be watched in the State politics alliance Government, Aditya Pawar was the deputy CM with Fadnavis looked like gations in connection with the unmindful of a possible criticism in the coming days — in his new had mooted “Vibrant Nightlife” twice in the 15-year regime of something straight from a alleged irrigation scam and ) P A % 53 about the presence of father-son mantle as a Cabinet Minister — proposal for Mumbai. Congress-NCP alliance in Bollywood film. A tough was also named in a money due in the State Cabinet. either holding the Education or It may be recalled that Maharashtra during 1999- administrator and an laundering case by the If anything, 29-year-old Environment portfolio. within months after the Sena- 2014. When Ajit Pawar decid- immensely popular face in his Enforcement Directorate, * 3C Aditya Thackeray has arrived Aditya’s rise in the Shiv headed Brihanmumbai ed to quit politics two months largely rural Assembly seg- became the state’s deputy chief on the State’s political scene. Sena began nine years ago, Municipal Corporation (BMC) ago citing the Enforcement ment Baramti in Pune dis- minister for the first time in Though there was speculation when late Thackeray launched adopted a resolution seeking Directorate move against his trict, Ajit Pawar is also a mav- November 2010. Born in a /(1 ! initially that the Shiv Sena the Shiv Sena’s youth wing “Vibrant Nightlife” for Mumbai uncle and NCP chief Sharad erick leader who doesnt shy farmer family on July 22, 1959 might pitch him for the posts “Yuva Sena” and anointed his and sent off a proposal to the Pawar, some within his party from being on a different page in Ahmednagar district, Ajit is Kota: Fourteen more infants Out of the 14 infants who of either the Chief Minister or grandson Aditya Thackeray as Maharashtra government sug- said he may have been looking from his party, NCP sources married to Sunetra, sister of have died at the JK Lon hospi- died later, four succumbed to Deputy Chief Minister’s post, its head in October 2010, two gesting necessary amendments to get out of the veteran leader’s said. Fondly referred to as former Maharashtra minister tal here in the last five days, tak- severe pneumonia, one to Uddhav scotched the specula- years before he passed away on to relevant laws, Aditya had in shadow. Dada, Ajit cut his teeth in pol- Padmasinh Patil. ing the number of deaths to 91 Meningoencephalitis, four to tion a couple of months ago, by November 12, 2012. February 2015 met then chief This theory was back in itics at the grass root-level The couple has two sons this month at the facility, offi- Congenital pneumonia, three to saying that he should learn the A Bachelor of Arts in minister Devendra Fadnavis circulation last month as in a under the wings of Sharad Parth and Jay. Parth unsuc- cials said on Monday. pneumatic septicemia, and one ropes before becoming either History from Mumbai’s elite St. and submitted a formal letter move few thought possible, Pawar in the early 80s. cessfully contested the Lok “The 14 infants, including to respiratory disorder, he said. the Chief Minister or a Deputy Xavier’s College, Aditya has requesting the latter to put in the 60-year-old hitched his Ajit Pawar took the plunge Sabha election earlier this year six newborns, died in the peri- Rajasthan Medical Chief Minister. come a long way since his col- place the laws that make horse to a different wagon, in into electoral politics by con- from Maval seat in Pune dis- od between December 25 and Education Secretary Vaibhav Coming from the family of lege days. As a third-year Arts Mumbai a “live 24/7” city. the process becoming the testing a by-election in 1991 trict. Ajit Pawar’s cousin December 29 in NICU and Galariya said a three-member Thackerays — four generations student, Aditya had hit head- In a series of tweets that he deputy chief minister of from the Baramati Assembly Supriya Sule is Lok Sabha MP PICU units of the hospital,” the team comprising Dr Amarjeet of whom have been in public life lines ahead of his anointment put out after he met Fadnavis Maharashtra once more. seat and has since retained the from Baramati and nephew newly appointed superinten- Mehta, Dr Rambabu Sharma but had never contested an as the Yuv Sena chief in 2010, to push his “vibrant Nightlife”, His father worked with family bastion seven times in a Rohit is an MLA from Karjat- dent of the hospital, Suresh and Dr Sunil Bhatnagar election till Aditya did so in the when he forced the Bombay Aditya had written: “Tweeps film veteran V Shantaram and row. Jamkhed in Ahmednagar. Dulara, said. Earlier, 77 infants that is probing the infant deaths 2019 State Assembly polls, University withdraw Rohinton the GOOD News is CM has had died till December 24, will submit its report in two Uddhav — who will be con- Mistry’s novel Such A Long accepted my proposal of including 10 within 48 hours on days following which action testing a State Assembly bypoll Journey, prescribed for the sec- nightlife and assured me tht December 23-24, he said. will be taken. in the next couple of months — ond year Bachelor of Arts necessary amendments to laws N7> ?+2"-, +,+ On the cause of deaths, The BJP, which has target- and junior Thackeray will soon (English) as an optional text by March/August Session”. Amrit Lal Bairwa, Head of ed the Congress Government in be well-entrenched in electoral book, from the syllabus. Aditya “I truly believe that this is Department of Pediatrics, said Rajasthan over the child deaths, politics. had opposed Mistry’s book on well-deserved for Mumbai will , 7OAC++ #+O that they are analysing the rea- said it has formed a committee Uddhav’s great the ground that it con- not only boost the core econ- sons behind the 77 deaths till comprising four MPs to look grandfather Keshav tained foul language and omy but also the ancillary Anand said. The JD(U) is a big- 2015, in the outgoing assembly, December 25. into the matter. PTI Sitaram Thackeray — derogatory references to industries like transport...At ger party, has close to 70 MLAs the JD(U) had about 120 MLAs better known as the Shiv Sena. the same momentum, fter having rankled the BJP while the BJP has just over 50, while the RJD had only 20. But Prabodhankar Thackeray The year 2010 proved Mumbaikars will have a time Awith his continuous out- the JD(U) national vice presi- since the alliance was an entire- —was one of the key fig- to be eventful for zone at night to chill in soon! bursts against the CAA and the dent said. Moreover, the assem- ly new experiment, many things ures in the Samyukta Aditya. It was in I will ensure this happens,” a NRC, JD(U) national vice pres- bly elections are to be fought were factored in. “Moreover, Maharashtra move- that year the Yuv confidant Aditya had tweeted. ident Prashant Kishor has con- with Nitish Kumar as the NDA even if the 2015 assembly polls ment who played a Sena for the first Currently, the restaurants tended that his party, being the face, Kishor said. “If we look at are taken as benchmark this key role in the cam- time swept the and bars close down at 1.30 am. senior partner in the NDA in the 2010 assembly polls, which time, it is undeniable that paign for a linguis- Mumbai However, once Aditya’s pro- Bihar, should contest more seats the JD (U) and the BJP had last JD(U)’s tally was significantly tic State of University (MU) posal gets implemented, these than the BJP in the assembly contested together, the ratio higher than that of the BJP. So Maharashtra, Senate polls from establishments will remain election next year. The two par- was 1:1.4. Even if there is a slight my contention of a 1:1.4 ratio while most popu- the Graduates’ through the night – provided ties had contested equal number change this time, it cannot be holds ground. I am not talking lar grandfather constituency. these establishments are not in of seats in the Lok Sabha elec- that both parties fight an equal about the number of seats that Bal Thackeray — a Eight years later designated residential areas. tions this year. “In my view, the number of seats,” he said. The each party could contest. I am cartoonist-turned politi- — in March 2018, The 1.30 am closure deadline Lok Sabha election formula poll strategist-turned-politician, talking about the proportion,” he cian — founded Shiv the Yuv Sena once for bars and restaurants has cannot be repeated in the assem- who became a full-time mem- said. He also asserted that the Sena in 1966. He carved again swept the been in force since 1992-93. bly polls,” Kishor told newsper- ber of the JD(U) just about a year formula of Lok Sabha polls this a place for himself in MU senate by dec- Interestingly, acting on sons here. “The BJP believes in ago, dismissed suggestions that year wherein JD(U) and BJP had Maharashtra politics, but imating the BJP’s Aditya’s proposal, the Mumbai maintaining decorum, disci- his party chief Nitish Kumar both fought 17 seats each, leav- chose to remain a king- student outfit police have for the first time in pline and not making any pub- might be expected to cede some ing six for Ram Vilas Paswan’s maker than a king. Akhil Bharatiya recent years relaxed bar closing lic statement which has only ground to the BJP, a favour he Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), which A wildlife photographer- Vidyarthi Parishad hours on the eve of January 1, news value. “All the decisions in had extended in the 2015 assem- joined the National Democratic turned-politician — Uddhav (ABVP) and 2020. It remains to be seen as to NDA related to 2020 elections bly polls for Lalu Prasad’s Alliance (NDA) in 2014, a year himself was a reluctant Congress-backed what kind of response the new are a matter of discussion Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). after Kumar’s exit, could not beginner in public life. NSUI and winning year bar closing hours relaxation between our top leadership,” “There can be no comparison serve as the basis for the assem- Uddhav was anointed by his all the 10 seats. will elicit from Mumbaikars. state party spokesman Nikhil between the two scenarios. In bly polls. 2 &6+ #4 . 7&6+
( lation of 130 crore out of which have rejected this law and so from $ *#) the BJP Government wanted to the beginning this law is a failure,” amata Banerjee on Monday throw out 30 crore by marking Banerjee said, adding she would Mcalled upon all the parties them as foreigners. “not allow the mischievous law today it has become the and the non-BJP Chief Ministers “They will give citizenship to be implemented in Bengal. In ( % ( supreme centre of worship for to isolate the BJP and unite to only those people who fol- fact we have also stopped the the followers of the Guru. against the “mischievous” low their line and throw out work of NPR (National ice-President M.Venkaiah “It is time for us to retro- Citizenship Amendment Act those who reject it. India has a Population Register) which is as VNaidu on Monday pointed spect and take pragmatic steps. (CAA) and National Register for population of 130 crore. Out of discriminatory as the CAA and out that though India has made We must end all discrimina- Citizens (NRC) which have this they will give citizenship to NRC.” significant strides on the eco- tion, we should abolish the allegedly been designed to throw their own people and throw out She added “this is a protest nomic and technological fronts, caste system. India of the future the non-BJP people out of India. the remaining ones. Where to protect a person’s democracy there are pockets in the nation must be caste-less and class- Leading a colourful protest the remaining people will go? (democratic rights),” reminding where social evils persist. less. It cannot be made by rally at Purulia — backed by trib- Will they it kela (banana)?” she how she had descended on the “We live in times of turbu- mere Bills. We need political aldance and drum-beats — thundered at the end of a rally streets from the very beginning. lence. Increasing cases of dis- will and administrative skill for which has in the recent past at Purulia bordering Meanwhile, even as the Chief crimination based on caste, making that possible. emerged as astronghold of the Jharkhand. Minister staged her sixth protest community and gender are a “The nation we aim to build saffron outfit Banerjee said, “I call “They think that after pass- rally in the State the BJP too cause for great concern. must have a place for everyone upon every one… let us unite and ing the law they will be able to embarked on staging counter-ral- “We must not doubt in our to reach their full potential and discard CAA and NRC and iso- pursue their hidden agenda. lies backing the CAA. mind that injustice anywhere is lead fulfilling lives by providing late the BJP.” They think that India is their The party staged rallies at a threat to justice everywhere. equal opportunities to one and Alleging that the BJP leaders zamindari (fief)which in fact is Coochbehar in North Bengal The caste system in our coun- all,” added Naidu. were making confusing state- not. I must remind them that the where the large procession was try is a vicious cycle,” said “The movement to dispel ments on the CAA and the laws are made by the Centre but led by senior leader Mukul Roy Naidu while inaugurating the the caste system must come NRC she said that the party had implemented by the States. As of and Baruipur in South 24 87th Sivagiri Pilgrimage Meet within the heart and mind of a hidden agenda behind the now most State Governments are Parganas where State BJP presi- at the Sivagiri Mutt in Varkala society. It must be an intellectual enactment of the “mischievous led not by the BJP but the other dent Dilip Ghosh addressed a near here. revolution, a compassionate rev- citizenship law which is a prelude parties who are opposing the massive rally but not before Sivagiri Mutt is the abode olution, a humanitarian revolu- to invoking NRC in the country.” CAA and NRC. being black-flagged by a local of Sree Narayana Guru and tion,” the Vice President said. She said India had a popu- “Most State Governments TMC crowd. !"#$%&#' 3 4 1& (* #""1 !"# +,- !"#! 2+2( /3&'2+3) 9: : . ) ( 8. ' ' . 9:9: ?353 " / #,("" +2++-, , ,,, ) , ?355 ' B ' ",",,2# ,+ ++ , ++# * - B . 1 " ?35? . > /S ! $ " B / S ! " ! > !7 / B ' "?3 B ' ?33< C ?33< / # )/# * ! ! "?3 " / S 2 he false propaganda unleashed by / ' 'S S B ' , some political parties against the P/ /Q Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, ! has now got extended to the man- dated programme to prepare the " 9 TNational Population Register (NPR) and the / conduct of the decennial census, which are > /S $ ! scheduled for 2020 and 2021. Several oppo- nents of the current establishment in New S ?35D $ Delhi have been spreading disinformation ! > about the NPR and the decennial census, both #E . ! of which are tools essential for governance. The purpose of the CAA is to provide cit- C B ' /S ! izenship to persecuted religious minorities in . 1 9 Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who crossed the borders and came into India 7 9 S > ! before December 31, 2014. This has nothing to do with any Indian citizen, whatever be his . 9 S B ' ?353 ! or her religion. Nor does it open the flood- # gates for migrants because of the deadline C " / . fixed in the Act. The NPR and the decenni- al census are meant to get demographic infor- C / mation and also inputs on the social and eco- /S ! nomic status of the population in different " regions of the country. Neither of these exer- cises is aimed at disenfranchising anybody. " The NPR exercise was formulated and trict and taluk levels as well. It Union Government and many Articles 29 and 30 of the $ S / ! introduced by the Congress-led United was, therefore, shocking to see State Governments have formu- Constitution will make it clear 1 Progressive Alliance (UPA) in 2010, to col- someone like Arundhati Roy lated policies and welfare that the intention of the found- lect demographic and biometric information exhort citizens to provide fake schemes especially to ameliorate ing fathers was to accord the / O ! about individuals. Here, enumerators go names and addresses to the enu- the conditions of the religious same kind of protection to both / door-to-door and gather particulars about merators so as to render the && 6 and linguistic minorities. These religious and linguistic minorities 533 “usual residents” — individuals residing at a entire exercise infructuous. )$%( < schemes relate to education, and the State would be the unit given place for the preceding six months. It Media reports indicate that she employment, skilling and finan- to determine who is a minority. ?8 ' / is, therefore, strange to find that the Congress, even suggested that the people & & & cial assistance for self employ- A Kannadiga in Hindi- F " ?3?3 / /! the very initiator of this idea, is now oppos- provide “7, Race Course Road” — ))&&$ ( ment. The scope and range of majority Haryana (as this writer G ing it and is doing so with such vehemence the address of the Prime Minister these schemes depend on demo- is) gets as much protection as say, that it all looks like a theatrical act. at one time — as their residen- $4( (6 graphics and a decadal head Mohammed Iqbal, in Hindu- P9 /Q The census in India is primarily a head tial address. % )< count is an absolute must. The majority Haryana as per these + 1 count and has been rightly described as the Even more preposterous was census data is used not just by the Constitutional provisions. 1 / ! largest administrative and statistical exercise her suggestion that the Narendra $ ( Union Government but by Therefore, if pseudo-secular- in the world. Three million individuals will Modi Government, which got a %<($% ) Governments and institutions ists oppose population data col- ?3?3 " > be deployed to collect the data and for the first massive mandate from the peo- down below at the State, district lection and census, which is a . ! / time, the enumerators will be using a mobile ple in May 2019 to govern till ($*% and taluk levels. legitimate Government activity in app and other modern applications to collect 2024, not be allowed to contin- $% ( $ & Pseudo-secularists seem to all nations across the world, the and collate data from the field. ue in office. believe that the Muslims are the presumption will be that they are + ' G The decennial census is being conduct- Her attempt to paralyse the ( (&< only minority in India. Nothing afraid of the numbers that will , / $ ! ed in India since 1892 without a break and working of the Union ) can be farther from the truth. The crop up. The steep rise in the / B / this is an important exercise from a nation- Government in regard to collec- Hindus in India constitute just Muslim population in India over /'' " F ' "?3 B al point of view because it tells us about the tion of population data and to $ & )< around 80 per cent of the popu- the decades and the huge differ- demographic changes that have taken place curtail the tenure of a duly- lation, which means in actual ence between the decadal growth ' F /# at the national and local level in the preced- elected Government constitutes $< numbers, they would be about rates of Muslims vis-a-vis the F ' ! ing 10 years. Both these surveys provide pol- subversion of the Constitution. $$ one billion of the 1.33 billion Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, F " / icy-makers critical data that enables them to Tolerance of such subversive population. But the Hindus con- Jains and Parsis, will nail the lie formulate national programmes, especially activities is inimical to national % 6< ( 6< stitute a minority in six of the 28 that Muslims are persecuted in with regard to basic amenities to the less- unity and integrity and we should )( $< States in the country and in a few India. advantaged sections of society. not allow a small minority of dis- Union Territories, as do the Indian citizens, who are As stated by the Government, the census senters to disrupt governance and 4( 6< Christians (except in some States adherents of Islam, must, there- is the biggest source of primary data at the vil- democratic traditions in this ) )< in the North-east), the Sikhs fore, guard against the false nar- lage, town and ward level, providing micro- manner. (except in Punjab), the Buddhists, rative of this minuscule minor- level data on various parameters, which Further, the propaganda that ( ) $< the Jains and the Parsis. The ity of pseudo-secularists and includes housing, education, economic activ- the enumeration undertaken for & Muslim population in India has should not allow themselves to ity, literacy, migration, fertility, language, reli- the NPR must be resisted because risen from 35 million at the be persuaded to oppose the % .( ) . ) gion, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. it is against the Muslim minori- && time of Independence to around NPR or the census. India will $ ' , $ R ( Preparation of a NPR and decennial cen- ty in India, is totally baseless. It & ( & 175 million at this point in time. become ungovernable if such sus is a legitimate activity of the Union appears as if some people are Further, we have the linguis- tendencies emerge. $ ! Government and the data thrown up by these afraid of the truth. tic minorities, who are at par with (The writer is an author spe- exercises form the basis for policy-making not Data is critical for a number religious minorities as per our cialising in democracy studies. " just at the federal level but at the State, dis- of reasons. For example, the Constitution. A reading of Views expressed are personal.) '( )'* + '( )+ '* 5 , #<,+# ,",, " &++,++2#* AC./<## " O " , ,+,,, ,,O+ - #,,+ >5=?, -, -2,+, + S ! #++< -, 2, 2+, 2,<+4" , + + 2--+<-,,- + K,,", +,)2 2++"-2+ ,#"#,+ +-+,, + 2,,"2# O ! #+ 2, +, + &,,-2# ,>+?+ . 8 5 5 65 5 4 4;; 6 4 4 4 5 K&"-227--%+2" K)2#, K + 2+ K +7" " ! / ! 0 " 1 ! 23 + 4 # Q Press any matter in relation to a political question or on a service 56 5533 " S 7 subject or containing any service 82 S " 1 Sir — Air passengers have their ") ,++,+, * information.” The Army must ticket details verified by security -,< ,"" ,,,+" +, preserve its identity. personnel at the departure gates of 2#",,,#2,(-+,>(? Sujit De " 4. 49 ' 0 : ! the airport. Upon producing valid , ,, +2+," #,+,+ -+, ,+# Kolkata ! identification proof and an e-tick- " , ,> ?",,(-+, / ! et, passengers can proceed to the ,+ >(? ,- 2 , , check-in counters. Being allowed ) ,+#2+-",,+-" * to produce e-tickets on electronic - ,+# +,++2+# ,+ ,+ " / O devices such as smartphones and ++, ,,(+,# 2+, Sir — It is unfortunate that the + 7 tablets has helped save paper. ( ,,,(++,", + Uttar Pradesh police allegedly Otherwise, tonnes of paper get (+#,+ +-,-", manhandled Congress leader !' wasted when people take printouts ","# ,#,+"+,# +* Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who O + of tickets. However, owing to a lack " +#",+,##+"2+*,* ,,, 2+ 2-+,#,2-+, was on her way to pay a visit to . ' " of awareness, many passengers still 2+2 ,+,,+ " * -2+ #+2++ &" , +< , ) , retired IPS officer SR Darapuri #+ *(<,,+ #++ + 2 " , "+,++ .0* ,*" ;< 28 rely on printouts instead of just at his residence. As the police producing soft copies. L+" M ",#+, ""+( +," "+#," +#,+=", * tried to stop her vehicle from ;2 =58 To prevent unnecessary paper ,,+ #++L ,+#M< , * -#,,,* #,+,+ #,+, " moving further, Priyanka hood- . > ! usage, airline carriers should pro- ,",-, "++,+L"",+, # ,2 #,,+ L "+ " , winked the police by riding pil- 833 1 vide incentives to passengers who 2 2 +M ," + M)"+##+, ,#, lion on a two-wheeler and use soft copies of tickets instead of 4+ , 2 , ++ , ,,##, -,) ,,,+ reached her destination. While ?3 paper-based ones. Organisations 22"" ((< =2 ,, < +++"#+2",, ",+# "" the police’s act is condemnable, ! such as the Center for Asia Pacific ",2 , ,+,# 2+##* "2"#2, 2, , the traffic police issued the " # Aviation, the International Civil ,+ ,) ,+, ##,+ ' 4 owner of the two-wheeler a Aviation Organisation, the ",,+" "-,,2+," ,<,+, " challan of 6,000 because the Airports Council International two were riding without a hel- $ P Q " ! and the International Air met. This appears to be a " Transport Association should security experts as “overtly polit- sary safeguard against military revenge action by the police and extensively promote the use of ical.” Though such kind of coups. The Indian Army has is definitely in cheap taste. ! paperless tickets for domestic remarks are common in Pakistan, always followed Article 21 of the Tharcius S Fernando 0 $ travel. This will go a long way in Sir — Army chief Bipin Rawat’s it is almost unheard of in our Army Act, which says no person Chennai / protecting the environment. recent comments on anti-CAA country. subject to the Act “shall publish Varun Dambal protesters have rightly been seen The political nature of the in any form whatever or commu- # % A Bengaluru by many military veterans and armed forces is indeed a neces- nicate directly or indirectly to the 58 45@:7 67 !"#$%&#' (++ 6 1& (* #""1 7 #&("%"#% $ " ' ' ' ( ) ' ( %%"% " (( ' ' %% ' % )(= ( ' () ')(( ) =2" ", 2, , , L ' L (& --"+&,,+,2" ( '( ( ' ' ,+=,,"+,,++, '(
7 9: ' , $ . )( . . '( )'* ?356 )( !2 . . ' ) ( ) " ( " ! . ' ).'* ! 26 : ?? ?3?3 / / S " F / ! B 2 5 " > ! ince the early 1990s, there has been a sense of optimism with regards to India’s econom- " Sic progress. The process of liberalisation dur- ing 1991 brought with it a sense of hope regard- . ing a dramatic turnaround in the country’s eco- ( ! nomic fortunes. While the nation’s growth did / accelerate from the 1980s onwards, however, it wasn’t comparable to other emerging economies, " including China. The first decade of the 21st century was " $ believed to be India’s time as it had a Government $ . that was looking at the next generation of eco- ( # $ nomic reforms. These transformations happened / $ and the country witnessed the first serious pri- vatisation of several public sector enterprises G DD (PSEs) along with a drastic reduction in small . 0 < ?35D savings rates. India’s macroeconomic situation . " ! was stable and gradually growth started to O O increase along with its investment rates. This $$4 . $ growth continued till 2007, after which it start- $$ $ .' ed to lose steam due to lack of economic reforms ($)(&& & : and then the 2008 crisis hit the country along AC.D / with the rest of the world. &$ $4 83 While many thought the impact of the 2008 $ + . . > )+..>* ! crisis wasn’t as much on India as elsewhere, the &$4 rates at one of the highest levels in the will further augment productivity. huge majority. This shows how electoral reasons behind this were the policy instruments world. There’s also talk of a GST overhaul preferences are maturing in India. S ?35 more to do with reckless lending during the first ments as a percentage of the Gross US to further integrate itself into glob- world that India is finally opening decade of the century as the attempt to fix it start- Domestic Product (GDP). This al trade. greater space for private players in its . ( ed only post the introduction of the Insolvency improvement will be a direct product Global economic growth is also economy, which has hit all the right " and Bankruptcy Act. of some of the painful reforms that were likely to recover in 2020, which means notes. Indeed, a lot of economic ( . C $ ! As the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) latest undertaken in the past, which will that external factors will be conducive progress was made in 2019 and some Financial Stability Report suggests, the Public unleash the nation’s productive poten- for India’s growth, provided it can of it could be because of the slowdown. ( " ! Sector Banks’ (PSBs) Non-Performing Assets tial. The recent corporate tax cut would address some of its domestic con- However, 2019 will mark a structural . (NPAs) may increase by September 2020 and this result in steady improvements in cor- straints. The year 2019 goes down in break for India as we enter into a decade ' / poses fresh concerns regarding the ability of the porate sector balance sheets, which will Indian economic history for many which will certainly belong to the PSBs to take prudent lending decisions. The result in fresh investments from 2022 reasons. For starters, it marks the first country’s entrepreneurs and its eco- recent spike in NPAs could also be because of the onwards. At the same time, implemen- time in the history of India where a nomic ambitions. ) * high cost of capital compared to the moderation tation of the Direct Tax Code (DTC) reformist Government was brought (The writer is a New Delhi-based in inflation, which has artificially kept the real will simplify taxation procedures, which back into power and that, too, with a policy researcher) 9:9: ) ) Xxuux truq$"usuysuquyvtywv xuqxrWquxuAuuqtYrqP sq@ tyu Gutuquq ! s tyqy yq uututv wuyuuqy yqwuruuuxuqxquqtqyqy qtyy uqutyyyqyu
to shift “health” into the concurrent In the last quarter, poor air qual- true that preventing such attacks stronger and effective surveillance funding for health by States, the list. ity returned to affect the health of the requires more than just a legislative system across all Indian States to Centre as well as by Urban Local A few States, namely Rajasthan, people in many districts of north approach. Improving the quality of tackle emerging disease threats. Bodies. Inter-departmental coordi- Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, India and all policymakers did was health services, preventing com- What to expect in 2020: In the nation is also needed for stronger $$ deliberated about enacting the right to question the proven evidence on mercialisation of health services last two years, India has seen a lot implementation linkage between to health legislation. During the year, the impact of air pollution on peo- and changing health-seeking behav- of focus on policy formulation, leg- health, water and sanitation and ($ ) public health experts argued that the ple. Hence, it is clear that there are iour to get early care is the need of islation and other broader health nutrition-related initiatives. Ayushman Bharat Yojana, many issues that need to be the hour. A realistic expectation issues. However, in 2020, policymak- Taxation on “demerit goods” +7+,+, announced in 2018, had put health addressed in this crucial sector. from health services needs to be ers would do well to rapidly scale- such as tobacco products should be 2#,,+< 2 ! higher on the political agenda and Legislative approach in health developed and the “market-based up and allocate more resources for further increased to global recom- +2" ,2+ nearly six States started a variant of works: The Motor Vehicle belief” that every health condition the health and wellness centres, a mendation of tax being 70 per cent ++, ACC0+ , Mohalla Clinics (neighbourhood (Amendment) Act, which has hiked is treatable, needs to be addressed. vital component of the Ayushman of the product price. ,,#, ,+ egislations or related delibera- clinics) to increase the provision of the penalties for traffic violations, In health services, the outcomes are Bharat programme. Beverages sweetened with sugar, tions were arguably the high- free primary health care services. has the potential to improve health, completely unpredictable and even States must also give additional including fruit juices, must be taxed 2#,2+ Llight for India’s health sector in There were a few negative devel- as nearly one in every 10 pre- the best of the treatment and priority to adopting community as demerit goods at higher rates. +2" " ,+"+ 2019. The Prohibition of Electronic opments as well. Violent attacks on ventable deaths occurred due to road advanced care may not save a per- clinics for urban settings. The coun- And last but not the least, healthy 2"+ # ,< Cigarettes Act, 2019; the National doctors, health care providers and accidents. After the Mental son, while another person with a try also needs to follow a focussed behaviour should be encouraged at ,<+ ##- Medical Commission (NMC) Act facilities were reported from differ- Healthcare Act of 2017, mental similar health condition may quick- approach to integrate preventive all levels, especially in schools and -,"+" and the Motor Vehicle ent parts of the country, followed by health services in India received a ly recover with basic health interven- and promotive health interventions colleges, with ban on sale of “junk (Amendment) Act were passed by protests and strikes by the medical boost at the implementation level as tions. with overall wellness initiatives and food” near schools and colleges. " "+<2, , the Parliament. The Surrogacy fraternity. the Insurance Regulatory and Kerala averted Nipah virus linkage with AYUSH. In short, for the health sector, "+"",, (Regulation) Bill is being considered In the summer of 2019, Development Authority directed outbreaks: Learning from the expe- The Government must shift 2020 should be a year of implement- "L #M2+ by the select committee of the Rajya encephalitis deaths were reported companies to include mental health rience of 2018, the Kerala focus from making isolated health ing policies, improving provision of &2 ++, 2", Sabha and a draft Bill to protect doc- from Muzaffarpur in Bihar. The care services in their insurance Government acted swiftly when a facilities functional to a group of a broad range of health services as # 2" -," tors and health care providers from experts were once again divided on package as one in every seven peo- new case of Nipah was reported in amenities in entire planning units, per the needs of the people, State assault is also under consideration. the cause of this and consequently, ple have one or other mental health 2019. With effective surveillance, i.e. blocks in rural areas and entire Governments taking the lead in 2 & , 2, The health sub-committee of the the children of the nation are still care needs. early identification, effective con- corporation planning units, func- health provision to make a healthy 2",, + Fifteenth Finance Commission waiting for scientific and long-term Though the Bill to protect doc- tainment/isolation and case manage- tional. India. +,,+, made recommendations to enact the solutions to prevent such tragedies tors and health care workers could ment, an epidemic was averted. There should be at least a 20 per (The writer is a Delhi-based > ",? right to health in India by 2022 and from recurring. not develop a consensus, it is also This highlights the need for a cent annual increase in Government senior public health specialist.) 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ding 0.99 per cent, followed by reasonable valuation of mid the GDP numbers, analysts increasing geopolitical con- 41,500 per 10 gram at MCX of 700-750 tonne. ETF SBI, TCS, HUL, Asian Paints and small caps attracted inflows commented. cerns, while many pre-existing (USD 1,640-1,650). Further, (Exchange Traded Fund) enchmark indices closed and Axis Bank. leading to outperformance in On the currency front, the lways a pricey possession, ones will be pushed back rather the level could rise to 44,500- demand in the US and Europe, Bon a flat note after a topsy- On the other hand, Nestle the broad market. We expect rupee was 4 paise higher at Agold is set to remain more than being resolved. 45,000 (USD 1,795-1,800) in and central bank buying across turvy session on Monday, with India, Hero MotoCorp, this polarised valuation not to 71.34 against the US dollar. pricey in the New Year too as “In addition, the low level case there are new develop- nations, however, continue to participants fence-sitting in Mahindra and Mahindra, sustain, there could be shift of Brent futures, the global oil continuing geopolitical of interest rates worldwide will ments on the global front that be strong,” he noted. absence of further cues ahead Bharti Airtel and Tata Steel money from the overvalued benchmark, advanced margin- tremors, economic woes and keep stock prices high and could dent risk appetite, According to him, the of year-end holidays. were among the gainers. large caps to midcaps in 2020,” ally to USD 66.94 per barrel. rupee volatility are expected to valuations at extreme levels, on Thiagarajan said. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) At the closing bell, the Sectorally, BSE IT, bankex, Vinod Nair, Head of Research Subdued domestic equity push the yellow metal even to the verge of peaking out. World Gold Council was one of the main buyers of BSE benchmark Sensex was finance, teck and oil and gas at Geojit Financial Services, markets and high crude oil 45,000 for 10 gram. Therefore, we believe there are Managing Director (India) gold in 2019, increasing its 17.14 points, or 0.04 per cent, indices closed in the red. said. prices restricted the gains in the Thanks to various govern- reasons for higher levels of safe- Somasundaram PR said local reserves by over 60 tonne. lower at 41,558. The 30-share While, BSE auto, metal, Globally, bourses in rupee, analysts said. ment policies and soaring stock haven assets like gold,” currency prices in almost all China and Russia have gauge swung between a high telecom, industrial and basic Shanghai and Hong Kong At the interbank foreign market, gold witnessed peri- Commtrendz Research markets, including rupee, been the biggest buyers of gold of 41,714.73 and low of materials were among the ended higher, while those in exchange market, the rupee odic as well as steep price fluc- Director Gnanasekar breached previous life time till now. Besides, countries like 41,453.38 in a highly volatile prominent gainers. Tokyo and Seoul settled in the opened at 71.36 against the US tuations in 2019, with bias Thiagarajan told PTI. highs, leading to muted con- India, Turkey, Poland and session. In the broader market, BSE red. dollar. During the day, the towards the higher side in the From US-China trade tur- sumer demand across mar- Kazakhstan have also joined The broader NSE Nifty, midcap and smallcap indices Stock exchanges in Europe domestic unit saw a high of second half of this year. moil to conflicts in the Middle kets. the bandwagon in purchasing however, closed 10.05 points, or outperformed benchmarks, ral- started on a negative note. 71.30 and a low of 71.39. Data from the World Gold East, geopolitical issues are “Indian demand also lost the yellow metal. 0.08 per cent, higher at lying up to 0.75 per cent. There was hardly any sig- The domestic unit finally Council shows that 14 central galore for the global markets significant momentum in Q3, In the first half of this 12,255.85. The 50-share index “Market was range-bound, nificant news flow on the settled at 71.31, higher by 4 banks, including the RBI, have which might also await cues and though Q4 saw a revival year, gold was relatively more too faced bouts of volatility premium valuation and lack of domestic front, however, in paise over the previous closing reportedly added more than from the US presidential polls with its traditional wedding attractive for consumers as during the day. fresh triggers influenced the coming days the focus will price. On Friday the rupee one tonne to their reserve. towards end of 2020. and festival season, overall the price ruled at around ICICI Bank was the top investors to take cautious remain on monthly numbers had settled at 71.35 against the “As we look to 2020, we The potential medium- demand for the full year is 31,500-32,000 for every 10 loser in the Sensex pack, shed- approach on heavyweights. But from auto companies and on American currency. believe investors will face term target lies at 41,000- expected to be at the lower end gram. / ) . . () )
duce and export more phones smartphone in India, and over a As per International Data ufacturing policy to woo global to the tune of 2,000 crore. wait, Samsung brought to India Raghu Reddy said the smart TV from India. billion devices will be sold over Corporation (IDC), while more investors to target manufacturing Salcomp - which the world’s its ‘Galaxy Fold’ featuring a fold- accounted for 18 per cent of the he economic slowdown may Experts say that phone ship- the next four-five years, he said. than 80 per cent of the market is of one billion mobile phones by largest manufacturer and a major able display and priced at 1.65 total TV market in India in the Thave clipped sales of cars and ment is expected to see high sin- A back of the envelope cal- sub-USD 200, the USD 300-500 2025. It also relaxed foreign supplier of chargers to Apple for lakh. Motorola has also intro- first quarter of 2018, which biscuits in 2019, but smart- gle-digit to double-digit growth culation shows that over 115 mil- category has witnessed multi-fold direct investment (FDI) for sin- iPhone - has inked an agreement duced its foldable ‘Moto Razr’ expanded to 43 per cent a year phones bucked the trend as in India as smartphones aiding lion units smartphones were growth with flagship devices of gle brand retail - a move that to take over the facility of Nokia though there is no clarity on its later. Another area of ultrasonic urban and rural users continued everything from shopping to shipped in India in the first players like Xiaomi, Oppo and made Apple announce willing- in a special economic zone (SEZ) India availability. growth was the wearables cate- to buy, and even upgrade to, banking to social media and, yes, three quarters of 2019 with OnePlus. ness to open its maiden retail near Chennai that was closed for Another area of action for gory. While previous years saw a expensive handsets - a trend like- perfect selfies! Xiaomi, Samsung, vivo, Oppo According to IDC India store in India. nearly 10 years. The facility will smartphone makers was the number of fitness bands and ly to pick up pace in the coming Counterpoint Research and realme making up the top Associate Research Manager Also, corporate tax rate was be made operational from March smart TV space. Players like smart watches making their way year. Associate Director Tarun Pathak five tally. (Client Devices) Upasana Joshi, reduced to 22 per cent and a 2020, and is expected to employ OnePlus, Motorola and Nokia into the Indian market, 2019 was The growth in smartphone expects India’s smartphone mar- Interestingly, there has been this segment is essentially for the lower 15 per cent rate offered to about 10,000 people. launched their smart TVs - and the year of ‘hearables’. This cate- adoption was further fuelled by ket to grow by 9 per cent this year, a significant rise in the average “upgraders” who aspire for flag- new manufacturing units. For consumers, 2019 saw priced them aggressively - to gory, according to Faisal Kawoosa the government’s push to position and in double digits (by 12-14 per selling prices (ASP) of smart- ship-like design and specifica- This massive outreach smartphones sporting more cam- compete with giants like Sony, LG (founder and Chief Analyst at the country as a global hub for cent) in 2020. phones this year - rising from tions at nominal prices. helped as Apple began making eras with powerful sensors, high- and Samsung. techARC), will make up two- manufacturing and coax Apple By 2022, over 700 million 5,000-10,000 to 10,000-15,000 The government on its part iPhone XR in India, while er memory and even a folding Xiaomi India Head of thirds of the wearables sales in and other leading brands to pro- people are expected to have a now. brought a new electronics man- Salcomp committed investments form factor. Ending months of Online Sales and Categories 2020 by volume. BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 12274.90 12286.45 12213.80 12260.60 14.80 Script Open High Low LTP UJJIVAN 350.00 351.35 344.10 350.00 SUVEN 304.95 309.15 301.00 308.45 JAMNAAUTO 46.10 46.75 45.70 46.30 BDL 299.50 303.05 296.40 298.55 TATAMOTORS 177.20 184.35 176.30 183.75 7.60 HDFCBANK 1280.00 1288.50 1274.80 1280.85 HEG 1101.10 1109.85 1083.60 1088.00 SPARC 159.70 159.70 157.25 157.75 RATNAMANI 1073.00 1100.00 1072.00 1097.15 GPPL 86.95 86.95 85.00 85.90 EICHERMOT 22270.05 22876.60 22180.45 22799.00 576.65 RELIANCE 1543.00 1547.00 1528.30 1544.20 DISHTV 13.39 13.54 13.15 13.45 JUBILANT 520.05 528.30 516.80 525.80 CORPBANK 26.30 26.30 24.85 25.45 ORIENTCEM 70.35 72.00 68.50 69.10 UPL 582.95 592.00 578.45 590.80 10.55 INFY 736.00 737.70 727.45 732.80 INOXLEISUR 380.00 398.90 378.00 384.00 DIXON 3911.00 3955.45 3836.00 3872.35 BAJAJCON 232.50 235.55 229.60 232.85 FINCABLES 362.90 368.10 357.50 366.15 NESTLEIND 14679.90 14900.00 14600.10 14882.10 217.95 IBULHSGFIN 302.95 309.00 300.30 306.75 BALRAMCHIN 185.00 187.00 182.50 183.35 AMARAJABAT 718.30 728.70 718.30 723.20 LALPATHLAB 1498.05 1521.20 1483.50 1493.40 VSTIND 4298.00 4300.00 4220.00 4242.65 VEDL 152.05 154.90 150.15 154.00 2.25 YESBANK 47.60 48.95 46.70 47.35 NESTLEIND 14652.20 14902.50 14620.00 14867.20 EXIDEIND 185.75 186.00 184.00 185.15 RELAXO 613.65 617.35 610.05 613.00 ORIENTELEC 196.60 197.00 189.00 191.40 M&M 531.35 539.85 531.35 537.95 7.80 TATAMOTORS 177.50 184.25 176.45 183.60 HAVELLS 647.25 658.90 646.60 653.30 NAVINFLUOR 1020.00 1040.00 1018.55 1026.50 BASF 1015.85 1015.85 991.00 995.50 LINDEINDIA 656.55 659.35 648.30 655.75 HEROMOTOCO2446.00 2485.00 2441.00 2476.05 33.60 SPICEJET 103.80 119.20 103.80 110.45 CIPLA 481.00 487.00 478.55 479.80 BERGEPAINT 515.00 519.70 514.00 515.30 VBL 700.00 717.35 699.65 715.35 J&KBANK 30.20 30.20 29.85 30.05 ZEEL 297.85 304.50 295.50 302.65 3.65 SBIN 337.80 337.90 332.45 334.25 ULTRACEMCO 4072.00 4090.00 4045.00 4052.35 DEEPAKNI 381.50 382.55 371.00 374.90 MINDAIND 357.50 365.00 356.30 361.30 THERMAX 1059.00 1065.15 1054.00 1059.20 HINDALCO 216.30 219.00 211.15 217.80 2.35 MARUTI 7362.20 7429.55 7345.00 7414.90 LUXIND 1280.30 1309.50 1280.30 1290.00 IDBI 37.60 37.60 37.00 37.15 INTELLECT 139.45 141.55 138.05 138.65 ASTERDM 158.95 158.95 154.00 156.20 COALINDIA 203.55 206.25 201.20 205.55 2.05 HDFC 2444.50 2449.25 2422.00 2437.50 STAR 374.40 374.40 363.00 366.15 PFC 115.25 115.35 113.05 114.20 AUBANK 804.70 811.20 797.00 802.30 CHENNPETRO 115.70 118.00 113.50 117.65 BHARTIARTL 460.00 464.70 455.10 459.60 4.50 TATASTEEL 470.90 476.00 465.05 474.70 PIDILITIND 1399.00 1409.00 1396.00 1406.75 SUNTECK 419.00 419.75 410.00 413.80 SJVN 25.10 25.10 25.00 25.10 VGUARD 212.00 213.90 211.55 212.65 ISEC 434.00 452.10 400.20 415.95 BLISSGVS 149.95 151.25 149.10 150.00 GAYAPROJ 79.50 81.35 78.00 78.00 ALLCARGO 97.55 100.10 96.60 98.15 PERSISTENT 680.00 680.00 667.20 672.00 TATASTEEL 470.10 476.30 465.10 474.10 4.60 HINDALCO 216.95 219.15 211.25 218.05 ONGC 128.40 129.20 127.20 127.95 BHARATFORG 487.75 493.00 486.75 491.30 SIS 960.10 989.95 960.10 977.60 VRLLOG 270.50 283.00 270.05 280.40 MARUTI 7378.00 7431.95 7341.60 7415.00 70.10 JINDALSTEL 161.70 168.00 160.50 167.40 HINDPETRO 266.90 267.60 263.10 267.15 IRB 69.45 71.85 69.05 71.45 KTKBANK 72.20 72.70 72.05 72.60 CYIENT 415.20 418.40 408.50 411.25 SUNPHARMA 428.95 433.50 426.70 429.50 3.50 ICICIBANK 549.40 552.40 542.80 543.95 ADANIGAS 156.25 157.00 154.10 155.75 CANFINHOME 392.40 398.00 387.75 396.15 CRISIL 1854.00 1854.00 1783.55 1819.50 TAKE 99.10 100.35 97.90 100.00 HDFCBANK 1282.00 1288.75 1274.05 1284.90 9.90 IDEA 5.79 6.33 5.77 6.15 INFRATEL 255.00 258.45 254.05 255.15 MARICO 340.00 343.10 339.75 342.55 EIDPARRY 201.35 204.75 200.05 201.40 JSL 37.80 38.10 37.50 37.75 JSWSTEEL 269.50 273.50 266.60 270.70 1.80 AXISBANK 760.00 765.60 751.20 754.20 TATAELXSI 828.00 836.20 825.45 833.60 GNFC 169.65 170.40 166.40 166.80 GICRE 229.95 230.10 224.20 225.05 IEX 142.30 142.80 141.10 142.05 ADANIPORTS 371.00 371.00 363.75 366.00 2.30 RBLBANK 338.00 346.80 334.60 345.10 PFIZER 4203.60 4275.25 4190.40 4201.90 FRETAIL 342.30 351.25 336.00 344.70 OFSS 2770.00 2787.60 2741.95 2749.30 SOLARINDS 1050.00 1065.00 1040.00 1061.30 ITC 238.00 240.90 237.50 238.30 1.40 BHARTIARTL 457.30 464.75 455.30 460.50 UNIONBANK 55.50 55.50 54.45 55.05 SWANENERGY 105.00 110.10 103.50 107.75 ASTRAZEN 2710.75 2722.00 2680.00 2700.90 CHOLAHLDNG 505.00 520.00 499.25 504.20 BAJAJ-AUTO 3240.00 3260.00 3229.05 3258.00 16.05 BAJFINANCE 4280.00 4280.00 4227.90 4237.85 ICICIPRULI 490.50 491.20 484.50 485.80 BOMDYEING 74.65 74.95 73.80 74.45 BAJAJELEC 342.45 343.65 335.00 341.25 INDUSINDBK 1524.90 1552.50 1518.05 1531.40 6.50 BPCL 491.40 494.50 481.90 492.95 BHEL 43.30 43.50 42.65 42.85 JMFINANCIL 92.20 93.20 91.45 92.30 AJANTPHARM 963.20 964.00 956.45 962.05 HCLTECH 567.00 577.50 564.25 569.80 2.25 INDUSINDBK 1529.00 1552.30 1519.75 1530.60 DRREDDY 2894.65 2928.00 2875.20 2891.00 TORNTPOWER 280.60 286.55 280.60 285.30 SONATSOFTW 305.00 308.00 303.00 303.10 POWERGRID 189.00 191.50 188.70 189.80 0.75 HDFCLIFE 633.85 638.90 629.10 636.50 IOC 127.20 127.55 126.15 126.50 M&MFIN 327.90 327.90 320.50 321.25 KALPATPOWR 403.00 403.35 397.00 401.20 BPCL 490.95 494.80 481.65 492.70 1.75 TCS 2202.00 2224.55 2176.50 2182.90 GRASIM 741.20 746.40 732.75 736.35 PETRONET 272.00 272.65 267.60 269.20 KPITTECH 93.70 95.05 93.60 94.00 WIPRO 248.45 249.55 246.60 248.45 0.90 SUNPHARMA 430.50 433.40 426.80 429.90 SUNTV 449.00 451.35 444.60 447.80 PGHL 4290.00 4339.60 4284.95 4328.85 TVSSRICHAK 1682.65 1700.00 1668.50 1679.80 LT 1301.90 1307.20 1296.50 1303.40 3.80 ZEEL 297.95 304.50 295.65 302.70 DCAL 83.90 87.00 82.10 85.50 GLENMARK 349.60 349.80 344.90 345.75 GRINDWELL 589.90 595.00 585.00 591.15 RELIANCE 1545.95 1547.65 1528.05 1546.25 3.90 UPL 580.00 592.25 579.05 589.65 GAIL 118.80 120.40 118.50 118.85 HFCL 17.70 18.35 17.55 17.70 TATAMETALI 614.95 616.20 610.05 612.35 GAIL 118.55 120.45 118.35 118.75 0.20 EICHERMOT 22240.00 22874.00 22222.95 22770.70 BIOCON 294.00 294.45 290.60 291.85 MOTILALOFS 767.00 783.00 758.50 777.05 HAL 725.00 733.00 720.00 731.10 TECHM 782.70 784.85 779.10 781.55 1.35 MFSL 531.30 544.90 530.05 540.05 MCX 1186.00 1198.65 1163.00 1182.95 ITI 92.65 93.50 91.70 92.20 SCHAEFFLER 4615.00 4750.00 4565.00 4683.55 TITAN 1195.00 1198.00 1183.10 1193.00 1.55 BANKBARODA 104.00 104.35 102.05 102.95 DELTACORP 204.85 205.85 197.10 197.70 CARERATING 525.00 547.00 522.20 542.70 PGHH 11475.00 11510.00 11438.00 11498.60 BRITANNIA 3050.00 3065.00 3035.10 3045.85 3.75 LT 1303.80 1307.00 1297.00 1302.00 IDFC 37.90 39.65 37.80 39.05 SOUTHBANK 10.45 10.45 10.06 10.09 TTKPRESTIG 5644.50 5769.00 5644.50 5720.60 INFRATEL 255.45 258.70 254.00 256.00 0.30 ADANIPORTS 370.15 370.45 364.00 365.70 SUZLON 1.95 1.95 1.80 1.87 SCI 62.20 63.20 62.05 62.20 MAHSCOOTER 4493.20 4493.20 4406.20 4433.65 KOTAKBANK 1690.00 1706.80 1685.50 1687.00 1.40 JSWSTEEL 269.00 273.40 266.65 271.25 PCJEWELLER 23.60 23.60 23.10 23.30 GODFRYPHLP 1300.00 1308.00 1281.65 1285.25 MAHABANK 13.85 13.85 12.82 13.02 ULTRACEMCO 4073.90 4090.00 4043.55 4057.00 1.40 BEML 982.70 996.95 977.00 982.20 MANAPPURAM 177.25 180.35 175.95 178.65 ENGINERSIN 100.25 100.90 97.75 98.40 MAHLOG 399.00 402.35 392.95 399.50 HDFC 2449.00 2450.00 2421.50 2440.00 -4.15 HCLTECH 566.00 576.80 564.15 570.05 SUDARSCHEM 398.00 417.75 396.35 414.05 INDIACEM 70.85 70.85 69.45 69.80 GEPIL 722.00 745.00 720.20 741.50 ITC 237.60 241.00 237.40 238.15 AUROPHARMA 467.85 467.85 462.50 465.30 MIDHANI 158.60 162.05 158.00 158.70 STARCEMENT 89.90 90.00 88.25 88.95 BAJAJFINSV 9444.00 9482.00 9402.55 9423.80 -19.35 KOTAKBANK 1724.00 1724.00 1685.00 1688.20 NBCC 34.40 34.80 34.15 34.60 RECLTD 142.85 142.85 140.05 141.00 HUDCO 35.85 36.20 35.80 35.95 TVTODAY 242.00 248.00 239.50 241.45 CIPLA 481.10 487.00 478.25 480.00 -1.10 JUSTDIAL 573.15 583.45 570.95 580.60 BANDHANBNK 509.75 510.25 502.60 504.25 CASTROLIND 128.00 129.80 127.95 129.35 ALKEM 2016.40 2016.40 1984.10 1989.50 ZYDUSWELL 1473.00 1486.30 1470.20 1474.35 NTPC 116.85 117.65 116.35 116.45 -0.40 TVSMOTOR 461.90 481.55 461.65 478.80 RELCAPITAL 14.05 14.05 13.40 14.05 RESPONIND 93.00 94.75 91.70 94.35 KEC 301.60 302.60 297.05 298.95 AIAENG 1693.00 1710.00 1642.40 1655.35 ONGC 128.40 129.25 127.10 127.95 -0.45 ACC 1452.50 1474.20 1450.05 1452.10 WIPRO 247.65 249.60 246.60 249.05 ITDC 309.45 318.10 306.00 307.00 JISLJALEQS 8.00 8.19 7.68 7.80 TNPL 167.40 168.45 166.90 168.20 BAJFINANCE 4274.85 4281.55 4230.00 4237.25 -15.40 M&M 532.90 538.80 531.65 536.50 RITES 289.90 293.90 288.10 289.95 SUNDRMFAST 478.35 493.95 474.00 489.40 PRSMJOHNSN 61.00 62.95 60.25 61.20 WESTLIFE 345.05 351.85 343.00 345.55 GRASIM 742.00 745.90 732.80 736.35 -3.40 BATAINDIA 1789.00 1789.00 1713.60 1761.60 BRITANNIA 3045.00 3066.00 3035.65 3047.05 ABFRL 232.90 232.90 225.40 226.75 ORIENTBANK 53.05 53.40 51.90 52.10 BIRLACORPN 589.00 598.75 581.00 593.90 DRREDDY 2882.30 2928.00 2875.00 2882.10 -15.50 VOLTAS 649.00 663.10 648.00 659.45 SIEMENS 1525.80 1544.80 1512.35 1516.35 AMBER 1093.00 1138.00 1093.00 1130.65 GSPL 217.25 219.50 214.45 218.50 GSKCONS 8384.30 8411.10 8334.85 8358.35 AXISBANK 760.90 765.75 751.05 756.00 -4.15 PEL 1621.15 1622.30 1575.00 1585.15 BALKRISIND 990.00 999.50 987.30 992.00 INDHOTEL 148.80 150.30 142.20 143.85 KAJARIACER 516.00 518.25 511.75 514.75 SYMPHONY 1164.90 1164.90 1149.00 1153.75 HINDUNILVR 1949.90 1954.25 1927.50 1939.15 -10.75 FORTIS 131.65 131.65 129.10 129.30 TECHM 785.00 785.00 779.85 782.25 GLAXO 1620.10 1638.70 1604.40 1611.85 TV18BRDCST 21.50 21.50 21.10 21.15 GODREJIND 427.00 428.00 420.85 426.25 ASIANPAINT 1810.00 1818.45 1798.70 1802.00 -10.25 INDIGO 1338.00 1352.95 1330.50 1343.35 COLPAL 1462.30 1470.60 1452.75 1466.00 TORNTPHARM 1864.65 1875.00 1849.40 1855.65 APLLTD 565.60 580.00 565.60 578.25 HONAUT 27100.00 27239.50 27100.00 27171.10 INFY 736.10 737.95 727.25 732.50 -4.45 ICICIGI 1411.25 1434.60 1381.80 1387.05 AVANTI 578.75 581.10 567.00 569.30 DALBHARAT 794.60 799.50 772.20 775.40 WABAG 169.60 172.15 167.20 168.15 JKLAKSHMI 276.90 280.50 275.00 279.75 IOC 127.30 127.60 126.15 126.50 -0.80 RAMCOCEM 754.00 763.00 746.00 756.25 WELCORP 132.95 143.90 132.50 142.45 TIMKEN 905.00 918.50 904.30 915.95 IPCALAB 1140.00 1150.00 1130.00 1136.65 TATAINVEST 815.25 816.00 805.00 806.65 TCS 2207.00 2225.00 2177.10 2183.35 -15.15 ESCORTS 623.50 636.15 623.25 631.50 NOCIL 100.00 102.60 99.55 101.35 RAYMOND 638.00 649.90 635.05 639.70 UCOBANK 17.30 17.50 16.85 16.95 GICHSGFIN 159.30 160.45 156.70 157.20 SBIN 337.75 337.85 332.50 334.45 -2.80 DLF 234.45 235.15 231.85 233.15 CUMMINSIND 560.40 568.25 548.35 550.15 ASHOKA 98.40 102.70 97.95 102.00 LTTS 1460.00 1484.00 1460.00 1477.25 NILKAMAL 1250.10 1254.20 1245.00 1250.40 ICICIBANK 549.60 552.20 542.60 544.50 -4.90 MEGH 54.95 61.20 54.90 60.05 PHILIPCARB 114.00 119.90 113.90 119.20 PTC 55.70 55.70 54.85 55.10 PRESTIGE 337.80 339.60 332.40 335.65 ADVENZYMES 162.95 164.90 162.40 163.05 YESBANK 47.90 48.95 46.65 47.45 -0.55 SAIL 42.15 43.30 41.80 43.15 GODREJAGRO 504.60 512.40 503.10 510.70 BBTC 995.00 1015.20 995.00 1008.10 JBCHEPHARM 434.00 435.00 430.00 431.35 PNCINFRA 191.95 192.15 188.40 190.00 APOLLOHOSP 1424.70 1433.20 1412.45 1418.55 IGL 426.55 434.40 420.00 426.90 NESCO 684.90 692.05 675.40 682.25 IOB 12.40 12.40 11.52 11.71 CARBORUNIV 321.35 322.10 319.65 320.00 VEDL 152.00 154.90 150.20 154.40 TATAPOWER 56.20 56.70 55.75 56.45 DBL 400.90 400.90 392.60 396.65 FDC 209.55 218.00 208.00 216.85 AKZOINDIA 1955.85 1959.95 1937.10 1946.25 PVR 1886.00 1925.30 1884.75 1902.55 IRCON 403.35 414.00 402.10 410.40 MINDACORP 103.85 104.40 99.00 99.75 CENTRUM 20.00 20.00 18.95 19.10 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE MUTHOOTFIN 759.00 767.70 756.00 765.80 FSL 40.45 41.40 40.30 41.05 GESHIP 300.00 307.00 298.65 305.65 MAGMA 52.50 54.60 52.45 53.65 NIFTY NEXT 50 28528.95 28612.95 28406.70 28472.10 -4.70 JKTYRE 74.70 76.95 73.60 76.30 METROPOLIS 1419.85 1445.35 1417.50 1436.95 REPCOHOME 317.10 320.00 314.40 317.60 BLUEDART 2202.75 2208.85 2178.60 2187.60 IDEA 5.80 6.35 5.75 6.15 0.35 HINDUNILVR 1955.50 1955.50 1928.50 1936.80 SYNGENE 310.90 325.90 310.80 324.00 GALAXYSURF 1525.00 1540.00 1482.60 1494.05 HIMATSEIDE 122.50 124.50 121.60 122.95 ASHOKLEY 79.95 82.05 79.70 81.95 2.25 ASHOKLEY 80.75 82.00 79.75 81.80 VMART 1662.25 1679.95 1635.15 1660.85 BLUESTARCO 801.60 810.00 795.95 806.15 TCNSBRANDS 599.15 680.50 581.05 657.95 IBULHSGFIN 301.95 309.30 300.00 306.35 5.35 GODREJPROP 960.50 978.00 932.40 964.00 BOSCHLTD 15569.55 15736.55 15550.00 15695.50 DCBBANK 171.60 172.00 168.70 168.85 WABCOINDIA 6444.95 6480.90 6383.20 6464.80 BOSCHLTD 15570.05 15749.00 15532.00 15740.00 228.55 RNAM 364.05 367.25 360.45 362.95 QUESS 470.25 483.35 462.60 481.40 BALMLAWRIE 128.00 128.30 124.50 125.35 CAPPL 303.00 306.15 302.00 304.95 DIVISLAB 1835.95 1858.00 1830.00 1849.95 19.80 MGL 1058.85 1059.00 1048.05 1054.75 EDELWEISS 113.95 114.75 112.55 113.10 VINATIORGA 1921.50 1945.30 1909.20 1925.30 SKFINDIA 2150.00 2169.90 2150.00 2155.20 HAVELLS 648.00 659.00 646.60 653.00 6.30 ADANIPOWER 60.40 61.95 60.20 61.10 SYNDIBANK 27.95 28.00 27.45 27.90 ASTRAL 1156.30 1171.95 1152.50 1168.55 TIMETECHNO 51.85 52.70 51.70 52.35 HDFCLIFE 632.70 638.75 629.00 636.95 5.55 TITAN 1194.00 1197.90 1183.65 1194.40 SHREECEM 20550.00 20597.65 20267.50 20510.20 TEJASNET 85.00 88.15 82.60 88.15 JSLHISAR 68.95 69.35 68.20 69.00 COLPAL 1460.00 1472.50 1450.90 1466.00 11.65 PNB 65.25 65.35 63.75 64.40 NBVENTURES 67.50 75.85 67.50 72.10 MASFIN 872.00 927.00 860.00 911.00 JAGRAN* 64.90 66.00 64.05 64.65 MOTHERSUMI 148.50 151.00 147.45 148.95 1.15 WOCKPHARMA 247.60 248.90 237.05 237.95 RAIN 98.75 99.75 97.20 97.45 ATUL 4079.90 4082.00 4050.00 4067.75 THYROCARE 540.90 556.40 540.50 541.75 NMDC 126.10 128.00 126.10 127.00 0.90 LICHSGFIN 439.05 440.90 435.30 439.05 TRIDENT 6.70 6.85 6.55 6.75 GREAVESCOT 131.15 132.75 130.05 132.30 RALLIS 168.80 170.20 168.40 168.75 DABUR 459.50 465.65 458.35 463.00 3.20 HDFCAMC 3232.00 3267.95 3222.00 3232.50 APLAPOLLO 1785.00 1844.00 1771.00 1837.65 LAXMIMACH 3379.30 3407.00 3330.75 3341.95 CCL 192.00 199.80 192.00 197.95 CONCOR 572.00 580.00 572.00 576.25 3.20 TATAMTRDVR 72.80 77.15 72.75 76.70 HEXAWARE 332.00 334.10 329.35 333.50 MAXINDIA 78.55 83.50 78.50 80.00 FINOLEXIND 545.00 547.20 541.90 543.90 AMBUJACEM 194.70 197.40 193.50 195.80 0.90 NCC 53.95 55.70 53.15 55.20 BAJAJHLDNG 3440.00 3479.55 3406.70 3433.20 JYOTHYLAB 149.00 151.00 147.75 149.15 REDINGTON 116.50 118.50 114.70 117.40 MARICO 340.80 343.15 339.25 342.25 1.45 MRF 66000.00 66906.80 65590.00 66221.95 CESC 750.00 755.00 742.30 747.45 JSWENERGY 69.50 69.70 69.10 69.45 CHALET 342.45 365.00 338.80 355.15 MCDOWELL-N 591.95 595.80 589.40 592.00 2.20 PAGEIND 23552.00 24050.00 23376.00 23697.15 EMAMILTD 311.00 311.00 305.45 307.10 SHK 110.55 114.25 109.15 111.00 3MINDIA 21695.25 21695.25 21444.40 21489.70 AUROPHARMA 463.55 467.25 462.00 464.70 1.60 IDFCFIRSTB 44.85 45.80 44.85 44.95 MPHASIS 893.00 912.00 883.45 907.70 CREDITACC 775.60 775.60 765.00 766.75 VTL 975.00 996.25 968.25 991.70 UBL 1276.15 1292.00 1274.00 1279.95 3.95 DMART 1929.00 1929.00 1877.00 1883.05 OBEROIRLTY 523.10 534.00 522.25 527.95 COROMANDEL 524.00 530.80 519.95 525.05 JKCEMENT 1160.10 1164.95 1151.05 1161.15 INDIGO 1338.00 1352.70 1330.00 1344.05 4.00 DIVISLAB 1832.00 1857.70 1831.05 1848.60 GMRINFRA 21.05 21.20 20.75 20.85 HERITGFOOD 345.00 357.10 340.00 355.80 VARROC 420.05 420.50 412.00 418.40 PIDILITIND 1402.00 1409.40 1395.05 1401.70 3.45 CHAMBLFERT 147.45 151.80 146.35 150.60 APOLLOTYRE 165.70 166.50 164.40 165.10 PNBHOUSING 431.70 432.35 428.20 428.60 GSFC 70.00 70.00 68.50 69.25 HATHWAY 19.65 19.65 19.20 19.25 L&TFH 118.90 119.95 117.20 118.65 0.15 CGCL 200.00 205.00 198.90 201.70 IBREALEST 59.70 60.45 58.90 59.30 SANOFI 6950.05 7152.85 6900.00 7089.75 ABBOTINDIA 13207.85 13207.90 13140.00 13191.50 TCIEXP 749.85 750.00 738.95 747.55 OFSS 2757.30 2787.95 2741.25 2747.00 3.60 CANBK 224.30 224.95 220.05 221.70 JAICORPLTD 90.95 91.00 88.15 88.45 LEMONTREE 65.50 65.50 63.30 63.90 FCONSUMER 23.30 23.55 22.80 22.95 GET&D 151.00 151.00 148.35 148.95 GODREJCP 690.00 702.20 683.85 689.70 0.85 TATAGLOBAL 318.90 322.70 317.25 321.35 SBILIFE 999.50 999.50 973.05 976.30 INDIANB 105.00 105.50 104.20 104.50 GMDCLTD 62.00 62.25 61.45 61.75 TEAMLEASE 2551.95 2551.95 2482.00 2491.35 PAGEIND 23565.15 24065.00 23350.00 23555.25 21.25 HEROMOTOCO 2443.10 2484.00 2441.05 2478.80 GUJGAS 226.00 230.50 220.00 229.25 JINDALSAW 72.05 72.35 70.70 71.10 SUPREMEIND 1138.00 1147.00 1130.50 1139.55 SHOPERSTOP 362.95 377.05 358.50 372.00 HINDPETRO 265.95 267.90 263.05 266.85 0.25 VIPIND 426.00 438.35 425.75 436.05 NIITTECH 1584.40 1602.30 1583.30 1586.20 ERIS 469.00 469.00 446.80 458.35 CENTRALBK 18.05 18.10 17.60 17.95 KNRCON 235.10 235.55 232.80 234.75 DLF 233.20 235.15 231.85 233.10 0.20 POLYCAB 968.00 1007.00 968.00 990.10 STRTECH 114.50 116.00 113.35 114.35 NLCINDIA 54.80 56.20 54.55 55.95 INOXWIND 34.45 35.65 34.00 34.70 SHRIRAMCIT 1382.90 1388.95 1351.40 1351.40 BERGEPAINT 514.30 520.00 513.05 514.95 0.45 ABCAPITAL 99.85 103.80 98.75 102.20 LUPIN 768.00 774.75 765.90 769.50 KANSAINER 520.00 525.00 507.90 508.55 DCMSHRIRAM 375.90 378.40 370.00 371.85 INDOSTAR 172.80 176.15 172.60 174.25 ACC 1455.60 1474.95 1450.40 1452.55 1.25 LTI 1758.70 1782.95 1721.10 1775.35 VENKYS 1780.00 1798.55 1765.00 1775.90 IFCI 6.85 6.85 6.50 6.57 MOIL 142.20 145.40 141.65 144.55 ENDURANCE 1050.00 1068.40 1038.05 1065.45 SHREECEM 20590.00 20649.00 20272.25 20516.00 9.90 MOTHERSUMI 148.50 150.90 147.50 149.10 ESSELPRO 172.80 185.45 170.85 180.75 KEI 482.70 485.00 464.00 466.85 NHPC 24.00 24.05 23.95 24.00 LAKSHVILAS 17.60 18.20 17.40 17.50 NHPC 24.05 24.10 24.00 24.00 0.00 BAJAJFINSV 9475.00 9488.40 9404.00 9433.40 NTPC 117.40 117.65 116.35 116.70 RADICO 312.00 315.40 310.00 314.05 ARVINDFASN 380.50 383.00 367.80 377.60 SUPRAJIT 182.00 188.00 181.25 184.00 HDFCAMC 3233.60 3268.00 3220.00 3230.10 -3.55 JUBLFOOD 1640.00 1640.80 1621.65 1628.50 AMBUJACEM 195.30 197.40 193.60 195.55 SOBHA 397.70 411.60 397.70 405.30 EIHOTEL 139.75 143.45 139.75 141.65 CENTURYPLY 163.70 163.70 161.10 161.95 BAJAJHLDNG 3454.60 3589.85 3401.00 3432.00 -7.10 L&TFH 118.50 120.00 117.15 118.75 BAJAJ-AUTO 3244.00 3260.00 3229.00 3253.05 HINDZINC 210.35 211.50 208.45 209.05 VAIBHAVGBL 808.00 829.00 806.00 821.60 LAOPALA 145.00 149.00 144.10 145.95 SRTRANSFIN 1169.00 1176.00 1157.25 1162.00 -2.65 HSCL 56.05 63.25 56.05 61.95 NATIONALUM 43.80 44.20 43.00 43.95 ALBK 19.50 19.60 18.85 19.10 CROMPTON 242.50 244.75 240.60 241.35 GULFOILLUB 830.00 839.00 813.00 837.95 CADILAHC 255.70 256.35 252.25 255.20 -0.60 ADANIENT 210.00 211.50 208.10 208.75 BANKINDIA 71.60 71.70 69.60 69.70 TATACOFFEE 92.35 92.45 91.25 92.00 GUJALKALI 417.30 422.00 415.65 419.50 NETWORK18 24.25 24.75 24.05 24.60 PGHH 11410.00 11518.55 11410.00 11450.00 -31.80 ADANIGREEN 153.90 158.60 152.40 158.60 SRTRANSFIN 1173.90 1176.00 1157.90 1162.05 MAHINDCIE 167.10 169.80 161.85 166.80 BAYERCROP 3666.00 3670.00 3553.55 3592.65 SADBHAV 112.00 112.65 110.45 111.15 BIOCON 292.40 294.50 290.45 291.30 -1.10 CEATLTD 1025.00 1025.00 985.00 994.05 NAUKRI 2567.50 2568.60 2527.25 2543.45 CUB 233.00 235.10 231.00 234.80 MMTC 19.05 19.10 18.65 18.75 SHILPAMED 290.00 292.90 284.80 284.90 LUPIN 770.00 774.75 766.00 767.60 -3.35 INFIBEAM 53.70 57.40 53.70 56.35 CADILAHC 256.00 256.00 252.50 255.50 GHCL 181.25 185.60 181.25 183.50 GILLETTE 6630.60 6642.05 6598.20 6621.80 LAURUSLABS 358.00 360.30 357.10 359.75 BANDHANBNK 509.00 510.75 503.00 504.65 -2.50 COALINDIA 203.95 206.30 201.25 205.80 BEL 100.10 100.80 99.65 99.90 NIACL 138.65 139.45 134.50 134.90 JCHAC 1920.00 1929.85 1890.00 1904.60 MHRIL 226.65 227.75 222.75 224.60 HINDZINC 210.40 211.70 208.20 209.10 -1.25 GRAPHITE 305.00 308.30 303.25 305.95 GODREJCP 689.25 702.00 684.00 688.80 AEGISLOG 176.50 191.75 176.50 190.05 FINEORG 1851.00 2000.00 1851.00 1944.00 IFBIND 686.70 686.70 676.10 682.85 SIEMENS 1530.55 1545.00 1513.70 1516.05 -10.70 FORCEMOT 1095.00 1135.00 1091.00 1112.90 UBL 1270.00 1291.50 1270.00 1279.50 OIL 152.00 152.50 150.75 152.00 PHOENIXLTD 844.05 854.95 818.00 838.10 CERA 2610.25 2645.10 2589.00 2637.10 ICICIPRULI 490.00 491.30 484.10 485.30 -3.50 RAJESHEXPO 688.00 688.00 676.15 677.10 AAVAS 1825.00 1936.95 1825.00 1923.35 KRBL 286.45 288.55 279.45 283.15 SCHNEIDER 68.45 71.80 67.25 69.15 MAHSEAMLES 377.20 378.65 376.75 378.00 PFC 115.30 115.60 113.00 114.05 -1.00 OMAXE 158.30 158.30 153.70 156.20 CONCOR 573.00 579.30 572.95 576.65 RVNL 23.15 23.15 22.80 22.85 UFLEX 194.95 202.80 192.75 198.85 SOMANYCERA 214.30 217.30 212.55 212.95 PEL 1618.00 1623.75 1576.20 1580.15 -13.80 SRF 3420.80 3454.80 3405.00 3413.50 DABUR 460.00 465.60 459.70 462.10 PARAGMILK 137.50 138.70 133.20 133.65 ANDHRABANK 17.30 17.50 17.10 17.15 TIINDIA 488.00 490.00 485.25 488.55 PETRONET 272.00 272.75 267.60 269.25 -2.45 EQUITAS 106.30 109.35 105.00 107.30 WHIRLPOOL 2388.00 2428.80 2373.30 2383.00 PIIND 1470.35 1472.75 1449.00 1453.25 HEIDELBERG 178.00 178.00 173.45 175.35 ZENSARTECH 174.10 176.00 172.75 173.20 PNB 65.25 65.30 63.70 64.55 -0.80 MINDTREE 782.70 807.00 782.70 799.70 RCF 46.15 47.40 45.50 47.15 ITDCEM 51.80 52.70 50.50 52.70 MRPL 44.00 44.20 41.95 43.90 MAHLIFE 390.00 397.50 388.00 393.50 BANKBARODA 104.05 104.35 102.05 102.95 -1.30 FEDERALBNK 87.90 88.90 87.15 87.60 DHFL 17.20 17.35 16.95 17.35 ECLERX 548.45 566.25 546.85 558.95 IBULISL 81.00 82.65 81.00 82.15 UNITEDBNK 8.95 9.03 8.80 8.82 SBILIFE 988.90 991.45 972.80 975.80 -12.85 GDL 113.75 125.65 111.00 122.40 RELINFRA 28.00 28.00 27.70 28.00 SHANKARA 313.95 325.00 311.10 322.80 IIFL 141.00 141.40 137.90 139.05 GARFIBRES 1196.25 1199.00 1162.15 1192.90 GICRE 229.00 229.80 224.25 225.15 -3.65 ASIANPAINT 1812.95 1816.80 1799.00 1802.40 RPOWER 3.48 3.54 3.42 3.49 DEEPAKFERT 98.00 101.55 98.00 99.00 NH 301.10 308.50 301.10 306.80 FLFL 390.00 404.00 390.00 400.60 ICICIGI 1418.20 1434.90 1381.90 1385.10 -26.05 POWERGRID 189.00 191.60 188.45 190.15 ADANITRANS 330.05 337.00 330.00 334.00 HINDCOPPER 39.10 39.55 38.75 38.90 COCHINSHIP 398.00 402.00 397.90 400.60 DBCORP 133.50 134.70 132.90 134.20 DMART 1926.00 1926.00 1876.10 1885.50 -40.05 NMDC 126.00 127.90 126.00 126.85 CHOLAFIN 304.60 309.05 304.40 305.45 GRANULES 125.50 125.50 123.80 124.85 DHANUKA 399.75 427.00 399.75 412.65 KPRMILL 658.55 674.00 656.70 658.50 NIACL 139.20 139.70 134.45 135.20 -3.85 TRENT 548.00 567.50 542.00 544.20 TATACHEM 675.00 675.00 661.00 665.45 WELSPUNIND 47.70 48.65 47.60 48.35 NATCOPHARM 576.45 585.60 573.00 584.30 SFL 1275.00 1275.00 1263.00 1263.00 !"#$%&#' %(;' & + $ > R 0: $ $ ( 7 )
5 ernor’s spokesman. southern Helmand province. strongest point in the 18-year hree researchers involved in Five other militiamen were Last Monday, an American war, America’s longest con- Tthe births of genetically he Taliban targeted a pro- wounded and two are missing, soldier was killed in combat in flict. A cease-fire had been edited babies have been con- Tgovernment militia com- according to Azer. He said northern Kunduz province. demanded by Washington victed and sentenced for prac- pound in northern Afghanistan reinforcements later managed The Taliban claimed they were before any peace agreement ticing medicine illegally, before dawn on Monday, killing to reach the area and that the behind a fatal roadside bomb- could be signed. A peace deal Chinese state media said 14 members of the Afghan compound is now firmly back ing that targeted American would allow the US to bring Monday. security forces, a local official. under government control. and Afghan forces there. home its troops from The report by Xinhua news The Taliban quickly claimed Meanwhile, the US military Also last week, a Taliban Afghanistan and end its 18- agency said lead researcher He responsibility for the attack. in its daily report of overnight attack on a checkpoint killed at year military engagement there, Jiankui was sentenced to three The attack came even as military operations with least seven Afghan army sol- America’s longest. years and fined 3 million yuan Taliban officials told The Afghan forces said that 30 diers in northern Balkh The White House said it ($430,000). Associated Press just hours Taliban fighter were killed province. Another six Afghan would have no comment on the Two other people received earlier that a temporary, across the country and sever- troops were killed in the same cease-fire reports. The Taliban lesser sentences and fines. nationwide cease-fire has been al other insurgents detained. province Thursday in an attack did not specify the duration of Zhang Renli was sentenced to agreed upon among their The Taliban have intensi- on an army base. the cease-fire, though it was two years in prison and fined council leaders. It wasn’t clear fied their attacks in northern The Taliban today control suggested the truce would last 1 million yuan. Qin Jinzhou when the cease-fire would go Afghanistan in recent days. or hold sway over half of the for 10 days. received an 18-month sen- into effect. They targeted a local mili- country and, along with IS, The US wants any peace tence, but with a two-year Of the 14 fatalities in the tiamen compound in northern stage near-daily attacks target- deal to include a promise from reprieve, and a 500,000 yuan predawn attack in Jawzjan Takhar province on Sunday, ing Afghan and U.S. the Taliban that Afghanistan fine. He, the lead researcher, province, 13 were members of killing at least 17 Afghan mili- forces and Afghan gov- would not be used as a base by shocked the scientific world a pro-government militia and tiamen. On Friday, at least 10 ernment officials. Scores of terrorist groups. The US cur- when he announced in one was a policeman, said Afghan soldiers were killed in civilians die in the cross-fire. rently has an estimated 12,000 November 2018 that he had ) /! D 1 # % % # ! 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It also said they had fab- accused him of colluding with bers of the Islamic State group called CRISPR to alter a gene The court said the the ricated ethical review docu- Zhang and Qin, who worked at 5 international forces brace for Ghani on track to secure a sec- (IS) in raids across the country, in embryos to try to help them three researchers had not ments. unnamed medical institutes in another bloody winter amid ond term. state news agency Anadolu resist infection with the AIDS obtained qualification as doc- He studied in the US before Guangdong province, where he Taliban Monday denied US-Taliban talks to end the vio- Elections authorities have reported on Monday. virus. tors to practice medicine, pur- setting up a lab at the Southern Shenzhen is located. Tagreeing to any ceasefire in lence in Afghanistan. yet to declare the results as More than 40 Iraqis, Afghanistan after rumours Deadly bouts of fighting final after receiving more around 20 Syrians and a swirled of a potential deal that have continued even as than 16,000 complaints about Moroccan were among those 2,, + would see a reduction in fight- Washington negotiates with the polls, with the ultimate detained across six provinces in & & ing after more than 18 years of the militants in a bid to reduce tally expected in the coming recent days, including Ankara, war. America’s military footprint in weeks. Bursa and Batman, Anadolu 2 # “In the past few days, some the country, in return for the The Taliban have long said. Turkey has stepped up media have been releasing insurgents ensuring an viewed Ghani as an American raids on IS militants in recent #- ; untrue reports about a cease- improved security situation. stooge and have refused to months and pushed to repatri- fire... The fact is that, the Afghanistan is also strug- negotiate with his government, ate them to their countries of ,+, ,+ Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan gling with an ongoing political leading many to fear that fight- origin. Turkey was accused of has no ceasefire plans,” the dispute after officials ing against Afghan forces will allowing foreign jihadists to $&$ $ &$ gregation acting as a security have been a massacre other- Taliban said in a statement. announced preliminary results continue even if the US secures pass easily across its border in guard returned fire with a wise,” witnesses said.Texas The statement from the in the latest presidential elec- an eventual deal with the mil- the early years of the Syrian ussian President Vladimir gunman pulled out a shot- shotgun, immediately felling Governor Greg Abbott called insurgents comes as local and tions that put President Ashraf itants to withdraw. conflict. RPutin spoke with President Agun and opened fire on the attacker. the shooting “an evil act of vio- Donald Trump on Sunday to worshippers at a church during Several other parishioners lence”. thank him for information that Sunday service in Texas, killing also produced handguns and “Places of worship are Putin said helped Russia foil ter- two persons before being shot trained them on the attacker. meant to be sacred, and I am rorist attacks over the New Year’s by an armed member of the Their actions, described grateful for the church mem- holiday, the Kremlin said. congregation, the authorities as “heroic” by the Texas bers who acted quickly to take Putin thanked Trump “for said. The shooting took place Department of Public Safety, down the shooter and help pre- information transmitted through at about 11:50 am (local time), brought a quick end to the vent further loss of life,” he said the special services that helped during the morning service on attack that remained under in a statement. prevent the completion of ter- Sunday. The service was being investigation on Sunday night. The shooting comes more rorist acts in Russia,” the Kremlin live-streamed on social media. The authorities have not than two years after a gunman said in a brief statement posted According to the authori- provided information about a opened fire at a church in on its website. Based on the US ties, the gunman pulled out a possible motive. Sutherland Springs — a com- information, the Russian securi- shotgun at the West Freeway “This team responded munity about 300 miles away ty forces detained two Russians Church of Christ in White quickly and within six seconds, from White Settlement — suspected of preparing to carry Settlement, a suburb of Fort the shooting was over. Two of killing at least 26 people. out terrorist acts in St. Petersburg Worth, and begun firing. the parishioners who were vol- In September, a new law during the upcoming holiday, The two churchgoers who unteers of the security force came into effect in Texas that state news agency Tass reported, were shot, died later in a hos- drew their weapons and took allowed licensed handgun citing the Federal Security pital, police said. out the killer immediately, sav- owners to carry weapons in Service. Video footage showed the ing untold number of lives,” places of worship. The security service said it gunman stand up and speak to said Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The state has seen a num- obtained the information from its a man nearby, who gestured at The security team at the ber of deadly shootings this “American partners.” It said it another parishioner. The gun- church is made up of volun- year. In August, 22 people died seized material from the suspects man then fired at the man he teers from the church’s mem- and 24 were wounded at a that confirms they were prepar- gestured toward. bership who are licensed to Walmart store in El Paso. The ing terrorist acts, with no further The gunman fired again, at carry firearms. same month a gunman killed details. There was no immediate the man he had spoken to, “They saved a lot of lives seven and wounded 20 at comment from the White House. before a member of the con- today because this thing would Odessa-Midland. =+ 3 9 #+, N ,-O 9 ) # / % # #$$! * %#/ ; # % 5 treaty. 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This was the first cross- 3 + & hina on Monday jailed the ration, including the inaugu- including railways and water- border petroleum pipeline con- Cleader of an unofficial ration of the first-ever cross- way projects, with the top structed in the South Asian Protestant church for nine border petroleum pipeline in Nepali leadership. region. years for “incitement to subvert South Asia, amidst China’s The two sides also This year, Nepal issued state power”. heavy investments in the land- reviewed progress of post- three commemorative coins Pastor Wang Yi, whose locked country. earthquake reconstruction of marking the 550th birth Early Rain Covenant Church Nepal enjoys a special sig- projects in housing, educa- anniversary of founder of ** (5 > 4) ? and US officials to do their due every department,” said one Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, was the target of a government nificance in India’s foreign pol- tion, health and cultural her- Sikhism Guru Nanak, who vis- diligence on any Taliban pris- prisoner, Maulvi Niaz who during the Taliban rule crackdown last year, was also icy due to its geographical, his- itage sectors. India has pledged ited Kathmandu five hundred housands of Taliban pris- oners they’re planning to Mohammed, though he said served as justice minister and found guilty of “illegal business torical, cultural and economic an assistance of USD 250 mil- years ago. The country also Toners jailed in Afghanistan release, in order to minimize the work must be “based on the “virtue and vice” minister operation” by a court in south- linkages. The people of the two lion to Nepal for the recon- paid rich tributes to Mahatma as insurgents see a peace deal the likelihood that they’ll set Islam.” He said young Afghans in charge of religious police. west China’s Chengdu, accord- countries maintain close bonds struction projects. Gandhi, marking his 150th being hammered out between free jihadists that can do desta- should not fear the Taliban, “it During that time, he was ing to an announcement on an through marriages and family India also donated Rs 1.6 birth anniversary. the United States and the bilizing things and undercut a is they who will build our widely feared. official court website. Wang ties, also known as ‘Roti-Beti ka billion to Nepal for the recon- High-level engagements Taliban as their ticket to free- fledgling peace process,” country and develop it.” Turabi was known to per- was detained in December Rishta’ (relation of food and struction of houses damaged in continued as External Affairs dom. warned Michael Kugelman, Taliban negotiators have sonally enforce the movement’s 2018 in a raid by authorities in family). The Himalayan nation, the quakes in Gorkha and Minister S Jaishanker visited They know a prisoner deputy director of the Asia taken a similar tone in the talks. dictates, snatching music tapes which dozens of members of sandwiched between India and Nuwakot districts. This was Nepal to attend the fifth meet- release is a key pillar of any Program at the US-based But there is a deep distrust on from taxi drivers disobeying a his “underground church” dis- China, witnessed political part of a total amount of Rs 450 ing of Nepal-India Joint agreement that brings an end Wilson Center. both sides of the conflict and ban on music and television, appeared. China’s officially instability for many years billion donated by India for Commission which reviewed to Afghanistan’s 18-year war, The Associated Press inter- many in the public worry what and stalking offices and busi- atheist government is wary of before the pro-China Left constructing 50,000 houses to the entire gamut of bilateral Washington’s longest military viewed more than a dozen will happen if the Taliban, who nesses to search for violators any organised movements out- alliance came to power in the Nepal following the 2015 earth- relations with special focus on engagement. Taliban prisoners inside the ruled for five years until they who trimmed their beard or side its own control, including historic polls in December, quakes, partnering with the the areas of connectivity, eco- A list of about 5,000 notorious Pul-e-Charkhi jail on were toppled in the 2001 US- missed one of the five daily calls religious ones. 2017. United Nations Development nomic partnership, trade, tran- Taliban prisoners has been the eastern edge of the capital, led invasion, regain authority. to prayer. Christians in the country Though the year began Programme. sit, power and water resources. given to the Americans and Kabul. Several of them were On Sunday, the Taliban Once in 1996, just days are split between unofficial with Nepal banning the use of Prime Minister Oli con- Nepal stood with India in their release has been written nostalgic for the Taliban’s ruling council agreed to a tem- after the Taliban took control “house” or “underground” Indian currency notes of Rs gratulated Prime Minister its fight against terrorism as it into the agreement under dis- Afghanistan, ruled by the porary cease-fire in of Kabul from warring muja- churches like the Early Rain 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 Narendra Modi for his re-elec- strongly condemned the cussion, said a Taliban official mighty hand of their previous Afghanistan, providing a win- hedeen groups, when the AP Covenant Church, and state- denominations — a move that tion in the general elections in February terrorist attack in familiar with the on-again, off- leader, the reclusive one-eyed dow in which a peace agree- was interviewing a Taliban sanctioned churches where had an impact on Indian May and visited India to attend Pulwama that killed 40 securi- again talks taking place in Mullah Mohammed Omar, ment with the US can be fighter, Turabi slapped the Communist Party songs also tourists visiting the Himalayan his swearing-in ceremony. ty personnel, saying such Qatar. He spoke on condition who died several years ago. signed, Taliban officials said. hulking, 6-foot-tall fighter in feature in the order of service. nation where Indian currency They underlined the heinous acts of terrorism can- of anonymity because he was But they also insisted that They didn’t say when it would the face for talking with a for- Catholics are similarly is widely used – the bilateral importance of regular exchange not be justified. not authorized to speak to the they accept it would not be the begin. eign woman journalist. divided between unofficial relations remained firmly on of high-level visits between India issued travel adviso- media. same now and that, though The Taliban have well- Built in the 1970s to house churches led by bishops recog- track, notwithstanding the the two countries in order to ry to Mansoravar pilgrims in The US and Afghan gov- they still wanted what they call organized communication net- 5,000 prisoners, Pul-e-Charkhi nised by the Vatican and those minor hiccups. further strengthen bilateral ties April after some people died ernment officials have said a Islamic rule, they no longer call works inside Afghan prisons now has 10,500 prisoners, who follow official prelates. The bilateral engagements and advance cooperation in all due to harsh weather condi- prisoner release is part of the for some of their strict edicts, that record the latest arrests, according to the warden, Chengdu’s official court kicked off in February with possible areas for the mutual tions, poor tour management negotiation. like the ban on education and province by province, as well as Akhtar Noorzoi. They are system website said Wang had Nepal-India Joint Secretary- benefits of the two sides. Oli and lack of precautionary mea- But some analysts say free- on girls and women working. who is sick and who has died. packed in 11 cell blocks sur- been convicted in an open level meeting in Pokhara dur- also invited Modi to visit the sures. Seventeen climbers, ing prisoners could under- “We want women to be It all gets delivered to a pris- rounded by turrets, guard tow- trial by a court in the city, ing which the top officials Himalayan country. including eight Indian nation- mine peace in Afghanistan. educated, become engineers, oners’ commission, devoted to ers and walls topped with razor where Early Rain Covenant from both the sides reviewed The two leaders also joint- als, died in the Himalayan “There’s a need for Afghan we want women to work in their release and headed by wire. Church had been based. the bilateral trade and transit ly inaugurated the 69-km long expedition this year. !"#$%&#' %(;'
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Workers’ Party meeting Sunday specific remarks by Kim about the need for a “decisive” Kim has met President Sentencing was The judge said during also “comprehensively and the United States. increase in agricultural pro- Donald Trump three times in adjourned until January 7. the trial that police had acted anatomically analyzed” prob- The North’s official duction and gave out instruc- two years of high-stakes sum- The woman, who was 19 properly at all times, with no lems arising in efforts to rebuild Rodong Sinmun newspaper tions for improving science, mitry, but the diplomacy has at the time of the incident in pressure exerted to change the North’s moribund economy published photos of Kim, wear- education and public health progressed little beyond their July, had pleaded not guilty to the woman’s mind about her and presented tasks for ing a white dress shirt and standards. Lee Sang-min, a vague aspirational goal of a the charge of “public mis- initial claim she was raped by “urgently correcting the grave horn-rimmed glasses, speaking spokesman of South Korea’s nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. chief”, which carries a sen- 12 Israelis on July 17. situation of the major industrial from a podium as hundreds of Unification Ministry, said Seoul At their last meeting in June, tence of up to one year in The Israelis, aged 15 to sectors,” the Korean Central government and military offi- is closely watching the North they agreed to resume talks. prison and a fine of around 18, were released without News Agency said. cials jotted down his com- Korean party meeting, but he A working-level meeting in 1,700 euros. charge the same month after The plenary meeting of ments. * *1 " # F P didn’t speculate on what Kim’s Sweden in October broke down “The statements you have the woman was arrested on the party’s Central Committee, “Emphasizing the need to / * ; * # / $ call for active and offensive with the North Koreans blam- given were false,” the judge suspicion of making a false which began on Saturday, is take positive and offensive # M # /H security measures would have ing their American counter- told the defendant in remarks statement. being closely watched amid measures for fully ensuring # / % $ % meant. parts for maintaining an “old translated by the court inter- Rights groups argued the concerns that Kim could sus- the sovereignty and security of F # ;) # Cheong Seong-Chang, a stance and attitude.” preter. teenager has suffered humil- pend his deadlocked nuclear the country as required by the %# % senior analyst at South Korea’s The North said ear- She appeared frustrated iation and been mistreated by negotiations with the United present situation, (Kim) indi- * ; private Sejong Institute, said it lier this month it conducted by the delay to the sentenc- the police and media. 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The militant group and fellow Americans.” Since renowned naturalist and broad- To help her get better, ordinary now because she’s Somalia on Sunday, a day after They followed a massive emerged from the Islamic 2015, there have been 13 reta Thunberg may have caster David Attenborough Thunberg spent more time special, and she’s very famous, the country’s deadliest attack in car bomb explosion in a busy Courts Union, which once attacks in Somalia with death Gbecome the new global told her she had “woken up the with Greta and her younger sis- and all these things. But to me two years. US Africa area of Mogadishu on Saturday controlled central and southern tolls above 20. Eleven of these climate icon, but the 16-year- world” to climate change and ter, Beata, at their home in she’s now an ordinary child - Command (AFRICOM) con- that left at least 79 people dead Somalia, and is variously esti- have been in Mogadishu, old Swedish teenager struggled “achieved things that many of Sweden. Greta’s mother, opera she can do all the things like ducted three airstrikes in two and scores injured. mated to number between according to a tally of AFP fig- with depression for three to us who have been working on singer and former Eurovision other people can,” he said. locations in the conflict-hit At least 16 of those killed 5,000 and 9,000 men. In 2010, ures. All of them involved car four years and received no the issue for 20 years have failed Song Contest participant “She dances around, she east African nation on Sunday were students from the capital’s the Shabaab declared their alle- bombs. support from her father for to do”. Malena Ernman, cancelled laughs a lot, we have a lot of fun targeting Al-Shabaab militants, private Banadir University, who giance to Al-Qaeda. The deadliest attack in the skipping school for activism, a Greta was nominated for contracts so the whole family - and she’s in a very good place,” it said in a statement. had been traveling on a bus The following year, its country’s history was a truck bold decision that has inspired this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, could be together. he added. “These precision airstrikes when the car bomb detonated fighters fled positions they bombing in October 2017 in millions to join her in raising after spearheading a global Over the next few years Earlier this year, Greta was targeted Al-Shabaab militants at a busy intersection southwest once held in the capital Mogadishu which left 512 peo- awareness on environmental movement demanding world they began discussing and named the TIME magazine’s responsible for terrorist acts of the Somali capital. Mogadishu, and have since ple dead and around 295 issues. leaders take action over climate researching climate change, 2019 Person of the Year. against innocent Somali citi- Scores of wounded were lost many strongholds. injured. In an interview to the BBC, change. It led to co-ordinated with Greta becoming increas- However, since her school zens and coordinating with carried on stretchers from the But they retain control of US strikes in Somalia Greta’s father Svante Thunberg school strikes across the globe. ingly passionate about tackling strike stunt went viral online, Al-Qaeda,” AFRICOM said. site, where the force of the large rural swathes of the coun- surged after President Donald said he thought it was “a bad Thunberg said his daugh- the issue. Thunberg said she has faced “The US and the federal explosion left the charred and try and continue to wage a Trump declared the south of idea” for his daughter to take to ter had struggled with depres- “I did all these things, I abuse from people who “don’t government of Somalia will twisted remains of vehicles. guerrilla war against the the country an “area of active the “front line” of the battle sion for “three or four years” knew they were the right thing want to change” their lifestyles continue to increase pressure Two Turkish nationals authorities, managing to inflict hostilities.” The rate of airstrikes against climate change. before she began her school to do... but I didn’t do it to save in order to save the environ- on the terrorist organization in were also killed, Turkey’s bloody death tolls in attacks at has risen sharply this year, and Thunberg said he was “not strike. the climate, I did it to save my ment. order to deny them the ability Foreign Minister Mevlut home and abroad. in an April statement supportive” of his daughter “She stopped talking... she child,” Thunberg told presen- Earlier this month, US to plot terrorist attacks.” Cavusoglu said. “Since Al-Shabaab’s first AFRICOM said it had killed skipping school for the climate stopped going to school,” he ter Mishal Husain in Sweden. President Donald Trump took Sunday’s strikes killed two The attack has not been external attack in 2010, the more than 800 people in 110 strike. said, adding that it was the He said Greta has a dig at Greta, saying she militants and destroyed two claimed, but Mogadishu is reg- group has ruthlessly killed strikes in Somalia since April As part of the same broad- “ultimate nightmare for a par- “changed” and become “very should “work on her Anger vehicles in Qunyo Barrow ularly hit by car bombings and hundreds,” said US Army 2017. cast, guest-edited by Greta for ent” when Greta began refus- happy” as a result of her Management problem”. 4 ,2+, 2 ) ' '( ' . 2,& + 1= .$ ' ) ? + ,, % $( &66 acres) — an area bigger than Australia is also experiencing fire ban in the Australia Capital ($ promises elections in three detention. The 27 sentenced Belgium — have been “catastrophic” fire conditions. 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Australia on Monday, as a temperatures soaring across people in the state, with “dry” Eve fireworks and use the ular tourist destination, the death for torturing and killing eral cities and towns across the Also this month, a court in heatwave rekindled devastating the country — reaching 47 thunderstorms — which pro- money to fight bushfires ring- French ambassador said a detained protester during country, with people singing, Khartoum convicted al-Bashir bush blazes across the country. degrees Celsius (116 duce thunder and lightning but ing the city has topped 270,000 Monday. the uprising against Sudan’s dancing and carrying flags. A of money laundering and cor- Authorities said “quite a Fahrenheit) in Western no rain — already sparking a signatures, but officials say the The attack on the 45-year- longtime autocrat Omar al- train packed with exuberant ruption, sentencing him to number” of the 30,000 tourists Australia, but topping 40 number of fires including an show will go on. old woman took place Sunday Bashir earlier this year. demonstrators, clapping and two years in a minimum secu- visiting the usually picturesque degrees in every region — emergency-level blaze on Sydney has spent USD 4.5 night off the island of Praslin, The death of protester chanting, arrived in the north- rity lockup. The image of the southeast tip of the continent including the usually temper- Kangaroo Island. million on this year’s fireworks the second-largest in the pic- Ahmed al-Khair, a school ern city of Atbara, the birth- former dictator in a defendant’s had heeded calls to evacuate. ate island of Tasmania. “Winds are gusting and display — funds that the turesque archipelago famed teacher, while in detention in place of the uprising, from the cage sent a strong message, on More than a dozen blazes The situation was “very unfortunately this is a dry Change.org petition argues for its pristine beaches. February was a key point — capital, Khartoum. live TV for all of Sudan. are raging in the East intense” said Rankin, warning lightning front that is going to would be better spent on sup- The victim was injured in and a symbol — in the upris- Monday’s verdict in the The deposed ruler is under Gippsland countryside, some that conditions would worsen move rapidly across South porting volunteer firefighters one arm and was transported ing that eventually led to the trial of the security forces took indictment by the International so intensely that hundreds of later in the day before temper- Australia,” he told national and farmers suffering through to a hospital. military’s ouster of al-Bashir. place in a court in Omdurman, Criminal Court on far more firefighters were pulled back atures drop markedly broadcaster ABC. a brutal drought. “She underwent an opera- Monday’s convictions and Khartoum’s twin city, where serious charges of war crimes beyond a firefront estimated to overnight. Conditions were also The crisis has focused tion last night and her life is not sentences, which can be dozens of protesters had gath- and genocide linked to his stretch 1,000 kilometres (600 Authorities had warned expected to deteriorate in attention on climate change — in danger,” Ambassador appealed, were the first con- ered outside the courtroom, brutal suppression of the insur- miles). tourists enjoying Australia’s worst-hit New South Wales, which scientists say is creating Dominique Mas told AFP. nected to the killings of pro- demanding justice for al-Khair. gency in the western province It was deemed “unsafe” for summer holidays in East where 100 fires were burn- a longer and more intense The attack comes during testers in the revolt. Al-Khair was detained on of Darfur in the early 2000s. them to remain in bushland Gippsland that the fires would ing Monday morning includ- bushfire season — and sparked the high tourist season for the Last December, the first Jan. 31 in the eastern province The military has refused to areas, Gippsland fire incident cut off the last major road still ing more than 40 uncon- street protests calling for imme- Seychelles, an archipelago of rally was held in Sudan to of Kassala and was reported extradite him to stand trial in controller Ben Rankin said. open. tained. diate action to tackle global 115 islands located off the protest the soaring cost of dead two days later. His body The Hague. Amnesty It is the latest emergency in Victoria Emergency Sydney and other major warming. coast of East Africa in the bread, marking the beginning was taken to a local hospital International and other rights Australia’s devastating sum- Management commissioner cities have been shrouded in While conservative Prime Indian Ocean. of a pro-democracy movement where his family said it was groups have called on the new mer fire season, which has Andrew Crisp said residents toxic bushfire smoke haze for Minister Scott Morrison belat- Such incidents are rare in that convulsed the large covered in bruises. At the time, government to hold security been turbocharged by a pro- and holidaymakers still in the weeks, forcing children to play edly acknowledged a link the Seychelles, though two African country. That led, in police denied any police forces accountable for killing longed drought and climate area faced being stranded as it indoors and causing profes- between the fires and climate tourists — one French and one April, to the toppling by the wrongdoing and blamed his scores of people in their efforts change. was now “too late to leave”, with sional sporting events to be change, he has continued his British — were killed in shark military of al-Bashir, and ulti- death on an “illness,” without to stifle protests against military Ten people have been his agency warning it was “not cancelled. staunch support of Australia’s attacks off Praslin in August mately to the creation of a joint providing any details. rule, especially those behind a killed, more than 1,000 homes possible” to provide aid to all The capital Canberra has lucrative coal mining industry 2011. Officials said Praslin’s rel- military-civilian Sovereign The court, however, said on deadly crackdown on a huge destroyed and more than three visitors in the area. cancelled its New Year’s Eve and ruled out further action to atively cool waters could attract Council that has committed to Monday that the teacher was sit-in outside the military head- million hectares (7.4 million Neighbouring South fireworks display due to a total reduce emissions. sharks during breeding. rebuilding the country and beaten and tortured while in quarters in Khartoum last June. ,#2+"+2,+< +,+-, -+,+ -
$( During this winter alone In the past five years, air PM2.5 - tiny particles that get monitors and activists are not problem but no one knew total of 223 days so far this year. Omar, director of interior- the 31-year-old engineer has pollution has worsened in into the bloodstream and vital from “authentic machines”. about it. Pakistanis are (now) The smog “has made our source.pk, a site offering high- or the past few months already sold some 500 units, Pakistan, as a mixture of low- organs — repeatedly exceeding “To say that Pakistan and mobilising,” Boquillod says. lives miserable,” laments a quality face masks and other FHasan Zaidi’s phone has which are priced at just 16,000 grade diesel fumes, smoke from 200 micrograms per cubic Lahore are among the top pol- With officials slow to act, pedestrian in Lahore buying a anti-smog products. been ringing nonstop with Pakistani rupees (USD 103), seasonal crop burn off, and meter of air. luted cities... this statement is ordinary Pakistanis have mask. Pressure on officials is “This year, it has been calls from desperate residents but admits to refusing hun- colder winter temperatures The World Health not based on facts,” he says, but increasingly taken measures building. crazy. We were sold out with- in Pakistan hoping to get their dreds of orders in recent weeks coalesce into stagnant clouds of Organisation’s recommended concedes the country’s air qual- into their own hands. Ahmad Rafay Alam, one of in the first two months,” she hands on his newly invented air due to lack of manpower and smog. In 2015, 135,000 safe daily maximum is a mea- ity is largely unacceptable. In 2016, Abid Omar the few environmental lawyers adds, saying they sold thou- purifier as smog blankets the resources. Pakistanis died due to poor air surement of 25. Public awareness about the launched the website in Pakistan, filed a suit against sands of masks this year com- country. “Some days, I had so In cash-strapped Pakistan quality, according to a study Pakistan is ranked one of issue is growing due to PakistanAirQuality (PAQ) ded- the Punjab provincial govern- pared to dozens last year. many calls that I couldn’t Zaidi’s “Indoor Forest” purifiers published in the scientific jour- the worst countries in the increased activism on social icated to compiling data about ment on behalf of his daughter In an attempt to improve answer,” says Zaidi during a are cheaper than imported nal The Lancet. world for air quality and media about the dangers of pol- air pollution in the country and and two other teenagers in the situation in Lahore, a group recent interview with AFP in models, which typically cost Pollution tends to be at its Lahore consistently ranked in lution and the dire challenges publishing its findings. November, saying officials hav- of environmentalists are plan- his workshop. about two to five times more. worst in the country’s eastern the top 10 most smog-hit cities, climate change is bringing to According to PAQ, Lahore ing underreported the problem. ning to unveil an eight-metre- Tired of choking on putrid “Now it is less of a luxury province of Punjab during win- according to the pollution Pakistan. only experienced “10 hours” of Outside of activism and high air purifier in attempt to air, Zaidi spent six months and more of a necessity,” ter, particularly in the 12-mil- monitoring site AirVisual. Yann Boquillod, who co- good quality air based on lawsuits, others are trying to remove harmful particles from perfecting his homemade explains Sadia Khan, whose lion strong city of Lahore near But Tanveer Waraich, founded AirVisual, said sub- WHO standards during the minimise their exposure to the air. Maryam Saeed, one of device as he looked for a low- company Autosoft Dynamics the border with India. director general of the Punjab’s scribers to the site from first eleven months of 2019. the harmful toxins in the air. the designers, says of the cost solution to battle the recently acquired a dozen of In November schools were environmental agency, dis- Pakistan have increased tenfold Conversely, air quality in “Last year, it was just device: “It will help to ease the increasingly toxic scourge over- Zaidi’s purifiers so his 180 closed for several days across misses those figures, saying this year. the city oscillated between bizarre how everybody seemed problem, but it won’t change whelming Pakistan. employees can “breathe safely”. the province with the level of pollution readings cited by “In Pakistan, there was a “bad” and “hazardous” for a not concerned,” says Ayza the whole picture.” ' !"#$%&#'
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The referee should sustain his deci- over Wolves on Sunday. sion,” said Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Liverpool have now won 18 of their Santo. first 19 league games of the season and “The VAR referee is miles away tak- lost just once in the calendar year in the ing decisions on a lot of things happen- league, on top of winning the Champions ing here. Who is inside the game? Who League, Club World Cup and UEFA feels the intensity and the flow? The ref- Super Cup. eree here.” “2019 was brilliant but it’s not impor- Nuno was booked among the Wolves tant because we count seasons, not protestations, but the Portuguese coach’s years, so the 2019/20 season is not over,” decision to start with top scorer Raul said Klopp. Jimenez and Adama Traore on the bench “We are halfway there, we still have meant he had weapons up his sleeve 19 games to play and probably 18 or 19 come the second half. of them will be like this tonight, for dif- Traore’s pace was unleashed on the ferent reasons. hour mark and Jimenez followed short- “Who cares about points in ly after, but only after Diogo Jota’s fierce December? We just created a basis which strike forced Alisson Becker into a smart we will work with from now on, that’s all.” save. The visitors had lost just once in their previous 14 league games to move into Wolves were angry even before the contention for a top-four finish and they VAR controversies as the Premier League did not go down without a fight in the Christmas scheduling meant they trav- final stages. elled to Anfield just 45 hours after a “If it would be easy to win that num- thrilling 3-2 win over Manchester City. ber of games a lot more teams would have In the match they were left fuming done it,” added Klopp. at the two calls that went against them “It is not easy and you have to fight in quick succession towards the end of with all you have. Sometimes we have the first half. more and sometimes less and the boys do Mane swept home his 14th goal of the that all the time, so I couldn’t be more season from Lallana’s knockdown with proud of what they did again. To get that his shoulder and referee Anthony Taylor’s result over the line is just impressive.” initial decision was overturned. Jimenez had the best chance to claim However, Wolves were unhappy that an equaliser, but was denied by a block another claim for handball against Virgil from Joe Gomez before Joao Moutinho, van Dijk earlier in the move was not Romain Saiss, Ruben Vinagre and Traore checked. . P /= / % # K . # % . F F # all fired off target. F 2 # ' ) -# J D# ' ) ( national champion and South Asian Games Gold-medallist Ankit Accomplished comeback-man Khatana in a unanimous verdict. Vikas Krishan (69kg) claimed a Satish, a Commonwealth and slot in the Indian men’s boxing Asian Games medallist, booked squad for next year’s Olympic qual- his berth with a split verdict tri- anchester City shrugged ifiers after winning his final trial umph over Narender. Sachin Moff a tight turnaround $$ bout along with two others here on claimed the 81kg spot with a victo- from defeat at Wolves to beat Monday. ry over Brijesh Yadav. Sheffield United 2-0 on Sunday truggling West Ham said they had appoint- The former world champi- Amit Panghal (52kg) and thanks to second-half strikes Sed David Moyes as manager for the sec- onships and Asian Games medal- Manish Kaushik (63kg) have from Sergio Aguero and Kevin ond time in a bid to safeguard their place in winner, who competed in the mid- already claimed their place in the de Bruyne. the Premier League. dleweight 75kg category for a long team after winning medals at the City boss Pep Guardiola Moyes, whose career has never recovered time, is back to the 69kg division world championships in September. had lambasted the scheduling from a deeply unsuccessful spell as after recovering from a back injury While Panghal claimed a path- that saw the English champions Manchester United boss in 2013-14, succeeds sustained during his short undefeat- breaking silver, Kaushik brought kick off less than 48 hours after Manuel Pellegrini, who was sacked after a 2- ed stint in the professional circuit. home a Bronze, fulfilling the crite- playing the majority of Friday's * ( # % 1 defeat to Leicester on Saturday that left the The 26-year-old, already a two- ria for selection set by the Boxing 3-2 defeat at Molineux with 10 @ Hammers just one point above the relegation time Olympian, out-punched Federation of India. men. zone. national medallist Duryodhan ' P -# ) -# J D# Indian squad for Asia-Oceania Fatigue seemed to get the fired home. The 56- Singh Negi in a unanimous decision Olympic Qualifiers: Amit Panghal better of City in the first half as City were furious because year-old has in the trial finals. Gaurav Solanki (57kg) and Naman On Sunday, Asian silver-medal- (52kg), Gaurav Solanki (57kg), the Blades enjoyed the better of they thought Aguero had been been with- Also making the squad for the Tanwar (91kg). list Ashish Kumar (75kg), veteran Manish Kaushik (63 kg), Vikas the chances and had a Lys fouled in the build-up but, while out a club Asia/Oceania zone qualifiers, sched- While Solanki defeated Satish kumar (+91kg) and Sachin Krishan (69kg), Ashish Kumar Mousset goal ruled out after a their complaints were brushed since leav- uled from February 3 to 14 in Mohammed Hussamuddin, Tanwar Kumar (81kg) booked their places (75kg), Sachin Kumar (81kg), VAR review for offside. aside by referee Chris Kavanagh, ing West China, were Commonwealth edged past Naveen Kumar. Both the in the squad. Naman Tanwar (91kg), Satish However, the greater indi- VAR came to their aid by ruling Ham after a Games medal-winning duo of bouts were split verdicts. Ashish defeated reigning Kumar (+91kg). vidual quality at Guardiola’s dis- Mousset was marginally off- six-month posal decided the game as De side. spell in the Bruyne teed up Aguero to smash “If the Mousset goal was not 2017-18 into the roof of the net seven offside, it would have been very season. minutes after the break. difficult for us,” added Moyes A t vr xQqqtRyxq2Vyy De Bruyne then rounded off Guardiola. “In the second half guided West another excellent display by we put more players closer to Ham to scoring the second himself with Sergio, and we passed the ball safety that he added. a fine finish eight minutes from with more quality.” season after Zareen had time to inflict United's first It was a let-off for City but Slaven Bilic ports Minister Kiren approached Rijiju with an defeat away from home for they were caught out by a long was dis- SRijiju on Monday said open letter when the nearly a year and bring City back ball again soon after as Oliver missed in not much should be made Boxing Federation of India to within 14 points of runaway Norwood picked out Mousset, early of the “ugly spat” that (BFI) flip-flopped on a Premier League leaders who was onside this time but F 2 @ November marred the trial bout stated policy and Liverpool. could only shoot into the side- # and will be between M C Mary Kom announced direct selec- “Today I understood why netting with just Claudio Bravo tasked with and Nikhat Zareen and tion of Mary Kom for the Sheffield United are in the place to beat. doing the same for a second time. the country is proud of Olympic qualifiers. they’re in the table,” said “You always know when “It’s fabulous to be back,” said Moyes in both the six-time world Rijiju had steered clear Guardiola. you comes to grounds like a club statement on Sunday. champion and her promis- of the matter at that time “In the first half we had Manchester City you have to “I’m feeling very proud that I’m back here ing challenger. citing the Olympic charter. problems, we changed some take your opportunities, and at West Ham. But I think more importantly Mary Kom defeated On Saturday, Mary things and the second half was unfortunately we didn’t,” said I'll be looking to see what I can do and what Zareen 9-1 in the trials Kom said she was upset much, much better.” Blades boss Chris Wilder. I can make improvements to. held on Saturday to make about being dragged into Despite claiming that the “The first goal is the game- “I do believe that the squad of players I've the squad for Olympic the selection controversy crowded Christmas scheduling changer. We were in the game got here is a better squad of players than when Qualifiers in China in as the call on selection was showed the Premier League and and then we had to open up to I took over before, so I am looking forward February. The bout was not hers to take. broadcasters “don’t care” about try to get back into it and a to working with them.” marred by acrimony as The Manipuri icon player welfare, Guardiola made world-class player finishes us off The West Ham hierarchy were keen to the two boxers didn't defended her refusal to just three changes to the side that in the last ten minutes.” make a swift appointment following shake hands after the con- exchange post-bout pleas- started against Wolves. The lack of a clinical finish- Pellegrini’s sacking ahead of Wednesday’s cru- test and Mary Kom antries with Zareen, saying City's sluggish start should er has been the only thing hold- cial clash with fellow strugglers Bournemouth ignored an attempted hug that the former junior have punished by the visitors ing back Wilder’s men, who sit at the London Stadium. by Zareen. world champion will get with Mousset particularly waste- eighth in the table, on their “David proved in his short time with the “Mary Kom is a legend her respect only if she ful. already impressive return to the club that he was capable of getting results and who has achieved what “herself shows respect to The Frenchman spurned a Premier League and they got a we believe that he will start moving the club no other boxer has ever others”. glorious early chance to put lesson in taking their chances in the right direction once again,” said West achieved in the World The 23-year-old United ahead when he get on the from City’s all-time record scor- Ham's co-chairman David Sullivan. Amateur Boxing. Nikhat Zareen said she expected end of a floated Callum er soon after the break. “We are delighted to welcome David back Zareen is an amazing better from the senior Robinson cross but headed wide. De Bruyne picked out - he knows the club well and he built strong boxer who has the poten- Period,” Rijiju tweeted. bear in mind is, in profes- it's the nation. The ugly boxer and felt hurt when United thought they had Aguero with a fine through ball relationships during that time which will be tial to follow the footsteps “...Passions & emo- sional sports, the players & spate (sic) shouldn't have her attempt at sharing a claimed the lead on 29 minutes and the Argentine blasted high crucial for the work that needs to be done of Mary Kom. India is tions are the souls of money matter more adverse effects on players hug was rebuffed. when Mousset raced onto a past Henderson from a narrow going forward.” proud of both of them. Sports! The only point to whereas in amateur sports while representing India,” long ball from John Fleck and angle. Moyes won nine and drew 10 of his 31 previous games in charge of the club. He made his name in 11 successful years at Everton, but was sacked after less than a year as Alex # ) ) ' .2+) Ferguson’s successor at Manchester United. Moyes also struggled in short spells at Real Sociedad and Sunderland before taking ( slipped to 13, said he was a statement. will replace him as the Murray pulled out over It will see 24 nations the West Ham job first time round on a short- disappointed not to be Nishikori’s elbow top-ranked player in the weekend with a pelvic split into six groups, with term contract. apanese star Kei representing his country needed surgery in Japan’s ATP Cup team. injury and Roger Federer eight teams emerging He was not offered a new deal despite JNishikori pulled out of in Perth at the team event October and it is unclear Yasutaka Uchiyama opted not to play. from the round-robin comfortably keeping the club up by finishing the inaugural ATP Cup starting on January 3. whether he will be fit for also withdrew from the The innovative team stage to compete in the 13th. Monday as he continues “Today, together the Australian Open event earlier this week, championship, from knockout phase. However, West Ham’s ambitious appoint- to struggle with an elbow with my team, we have when the first Grand with Toshihide Matsui January 3-12, offers $15 Sydney will host the ment of former Real Madrid and Manchester injury that has kept him made this decision as I Slam of the year begins at taking his place. million in prize money finals, along with group City boss Pellegrini did not pay off as the Chilean out since the US Open. am still not 100 percent Melbourne Park on Nishikori’s absence and a maximum of 750 games which will also be was let go on Saturday after a run of seven defeats The former world ready to compete at the January 20. is another blow for the singles and 250 doubles held in Brisbane and in nine Premier League matches. P # number four, who has highest level,” he said in Yoshihito Nishioka event after Britain’s Andy ATP rankings points. Perth. +3 %'/ !"#$%&#' > 4 /. ( 3& Shaw had hit a blazing double hundred against Baroda in the lung-opener but faltered in both the essays against Railways at ' #$ #/* )%2 3( % Wankhede Stadium. ndian captain Virat Kohli Rahane also had a horrendous will end the year at the top time with the bat against Railways. Iof the ICC Test ranking *$ # 3 %"%$$" Mumbai had won the game chart for batsmen but five-day against Baroda while lost to specialist Cheteshwar Pujara Railways by 10 wickets. slipped a place to fifth. $ ( Australians he has opted for Rahane, who has played 63 With 928 points, Kohli is Steve Smith and David Tests, will be playing consecutive way ahead of second-placed ormer Australian captain Warner along with spinner Ranji games after a long time. Australian maestro Steve Smith FRicky Ponting on Monday Nathan Lyon. Shreyas Iyer and Shivam (911) and New Zealand’s inspi- picked India skipper Virat “Everyone’s picking teams Dube, who were criticized heavi- rational skipper Kane Kohli to lead his all-star Test of the decade so I thought I’d ly for not playing the last Ranji Williamson (822), while team of the decade, which fea- join in the fun,” Ponting wrote games, have been not named in Australia’s Marnus tured four English players. on his twitter handle. the squad as they are away on Labuschagne, who has amassed Ponting’s Test team of “This would be my Test ' 2 India duty. 1,085 runs in 11 Tests this year, the 2010s doesn’t feature any team of the 2010’s: David # Pacer Shardul Thakur, who is improved a place to grab the other Indian apart from Warner, Alastair Cook, Kane also away on India duty, has not fourth spot. Kohli, who is currently Williamson, Steve Smith, named in the squad either. Pujara was placed fifth ranked No.1 in both ICC Virat Kohli (c), Kumar Meanwhile, young batsman with 791 points, while Ajinkya Test and ODI rankings for Sangakkarra (wk), Ben est specialist Ajinkya Rahane Sarfaraz Khanhas been Rahane was joint seventh with batsmen. Stokes, Dale Steyn, Nathan Tand young prodigy Prithvi includedinthesquad. 759 points. The Englishmen in his Lyon, Stuart Broad, James Shaw will turn up for Mumbai in This could possibly be the last With his enterprising 95 team include all-rounder Ben Anderson.” their Ranji Trophy game against game Shaw plays for the timebe- against England in the first Stokes, batsman Alastair Kohli was also named heavyweights Karnataka. ing as he then heads to New Test, Quinton de Kock not only Cook, and the pace duo of captain of the Test XI of the The two were named in the Zealand with the India A squad. set up his team’s win, but also Stuart Broad and James decade by Cricket Australia's 15-member squad announced by Mumbai squad: Suryakumar shot into the top of the latest Anderson. Among the official news website. the associationon its website on Yadav (Captain) Aditya Tare (Vice rankings release on Monday. Monday. Captain) Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi In bowling, India’s lead The game will be played at the Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, Shubham pacer Jasprit Bumrah, return- (772 points) and seamer Pat Cummins was at the top of Bandra Kurla Complex from Ranjane, Akash Parkar, Siddhesh ing from an injury layoff, Mohammed Shami (771) were the standings with 902 points January 3. Lad, Shams Mulani, Vinayak remained static at sixth posi- ninth and tenth respectively in ahead of Neil Wagner (859) Both Shaw and Rahane played Bhoir, Shashank Attarde, Royston tion with 794 points, while the order. and South African paceman the previous games against Baroda Dias, Tushar Deshpande, Deepak ) ' * % # spinner Ravichandran Ashwin Australian pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada (832). and Railways. Shetty andEknath Kerkar. 2 3( < 3 #: %&"#Q% %% J) ) 45 $" $3"&" &" $ ( ustralia on Monday called up explosive $$ the list of leading run-scorers Aopening all-rounder D’Arcy Short in of all time with 21,444 runs, place of injured pacer Sean Abbott in their ndia skipper Virat Kohli and was also included in Wisden’s ODI squad for the upcoming tour of India. Ipace spearhead Jasprit Test and ODI teams of the The tour begins on January 14 with the Bumrah were the only two decade, besides being named first One-day International in Mumbai. Indians who found a place in in Wisden’s list of five crick- The second and third ODIs will be held Wisden’s T20 International eters of the decade which also in Rajkot and Bengaluru on January 14 and team of the decade, which features Steve Smith, Dale January 19, respectively. didn’t feature Mahendra Singh Steyn, AB de Villiers and Ellyse Short has been included in the squad Dhoni. Perry. after a side strain during a Big Bash League Australia’s limited overs While Kohli was picked in game ruled out Abbott for four weeks. captain Aaron Finch was Wisden’s T20I team of the With fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Josh named captain of the team, decade to strengthen the bat- Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Kane which has two more Australian ting order, Bumrah found a Richardson already in Australia’s ODI in Shane Watson and Glenn place in the bowling unit due squad, selectors have called in Short, a top- Maxwell, two England crick- to his superb economy rate and order batter who also bowls wrist spin, to eters — Jos Buttler and David reputation for being a reliable replace pacer Abbott. “It is extremely unfor- Willey, two Afghanistan all- death bowler. tunate for Sean, who is very much a part of rounders — Mohammad Nabi “Bumrah’s overall econo- our white-ball squad plans leading into the and Rashid Khan, and New my rate of 6.71 is the second ICC T20 World Cup and the World Cup,” Zealand’s Colin Munro and Sri best in the world among quick selection convener Trevor Hohns was quot- Lanka’s Lasith Malinga. bowlers, behind Dale Steyn,” ed as saying by Cricket Australia. On Kohli, Wisden said: Wisden said about Bumrah, “D’Arcy offers the squad another spin- “While Kohli’s record in who has overall taken 216 ning all-rounder option along with Ashton domestic T20 cricket is patchy, wickets, including 51 in T20Is, Agar, which, along with the four world-class the same cannot be said of in his international career so fast bowlers and Adam Zampa, balances the T20Is. Kohli’s average of 53 was far. squad out nicely. His proven record and abil- the best in the decade, and “This statistic is more ity to bat anywhere in the order will also be while his consistency compro- impressive when you consid- a great asset to the squad.” mises his strike-rate slightly, he er he did the majority of his Short has played four ODIs for Australia, is still able to score at a good bowling in the death overs, hitting 83 runs at an average of 26.66. Unless rate, even if not exceptional. where his economy rate of 7.27 there's an injury, he will likely bat in the mid- “Strong against pace and was the seventh best in the dle order given Warner and Finch are going # $ # P spin, and rapid between the 1 (# # world, and comfortably the to open. David Warner and Steve Smith will wickets, Kohli is an ideal play- best by a quick bowler. also be touring India for the first time with D' Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Kane er at No.3, able to fight fires accelerate when a platform is slide down the order in this XI,” Bumrah is likely bowl three the Australian team since the ball-tamper- Aaron Finch (capt), D’Arcy Short, Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, when an early wicket is lost and set. Following a huge first- it said on its website. overs at the death for this ing scandal, both expectedly figuring in the Ashton Agar, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Ashton Turner, David Warner, Adam stabilise the innings, but also wicket partnership, Kohli will Kohli, who ranks third in side.” squad. Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Zampa. +* +; : % & (( # )& %&+, %; & O% “Did Warnie ever want a rest and give Stuart MacGill a go?” he asked, noting the lack of opportunity given to Warne’s leg-spin rival at the height of @ their careers. “I won’t be resting. I haven’t met any Australian cricketers that would like to ( $ be rested. “It’s that hard playing Test cricket, outh African cricket captain Faf du Plessis but it’s that rewarding as well so every Sbelieves cricket needs more, not fewer, elite opportunity you get to play cricket for nations. Australia it means the world to us. Speaking after South Africa’s 107-run win in “So I can’t imagine Mitch Starc, Pat the first Test against England on Sunday, Du Plessis (Cummins) or Patto (James Pattinson) was asked his opinion about plans for an annual putting his hand up to say I need a rest.” ‘Super Series’ of one-day games, involving the so- (#@) Queensland’s Swepson has been called ‘Big Three’ of India, Australia and England, added to Australia’s squad for Sydney, with one other country to be invited on a revolv- where conditions often assist slow ing basis. bowlers, and was taking tips from “The last year or so you can see what’s going / $ ' 2 Warne in Melbourne. on in terms of the big three countries,” he said. There is a chance that Australia will “There’s a lot of movement going towards that, )$ as we prepare for this final Test.” play two specialist spinners in the a lot more matches being played against the top Somerville, 35, has played three third Test, with the call to be made after three, or big three. It’s probably better if you include ew Zealand have turned to Will Tests, taking seven wickets on his Paine and selectors look at the pitch. more teams, the better to grow the game as much NSomerville for his experience of debut against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi Swepson, who has taken 12 wick- as you can.” playing in Sydney as they look to avoid last year and a total of seven in two ets from six Sheffield Shield games at Du Plessis pointed out that there was inequal- a whitewash in the third and final Test Tests away to Sri Lanka four months 26.58, was a member of Australia's Test ity of fixtures, especially in Test cricket, with new against Australia. ago. squad for tours of India and Bangladesh Test nations such as Ireland and Afghanistan strug- Off-spinner Somerville, who was Boult is returning to New Zealand in 2017 but has yet to make his debut. gling to get fixtures. raised in Australia and played Sheffield after suffering a fracture to his right Lyon said if both of them played, “There’s a lot of smaller nations not playing a Shield for New South Wales, will hand in the second Test which he would be more than happy. lot of Test cricket, they’re actually playing less,” he replace injured pace bowler Trent Australia won comfortably by 247 runs “Mitch has been bowling brilliant- said. Boult for the Test starting in Sydney on Sunday within four days in #. %# !: F ly for Queensland,” he said. “He’s a great on Friday. Melbourne. fella to start off with, but he gives it a Coach Gary Stead said the inclu- Australia won the first Test by 296 ing their comprehensive win in Perth. rip and that's what I really love to see. sion of the lanky 1.93 metre (6ft 4in) runs, again wrapping up the match $ ( Cricket great Warne has champi- “I’m a big fan of Mitch, it’s great to Somerville was a nod to the expected inside four days. oned Swepson and over the weekend see him in and around our squad so he conditions at the Sydney Cricket New Zealand already have Matt ustralia’s Nathan Lyon on Monday flagged the idea of axing Lyon if selec- gets his chance and fingers crossed we Ground. Henry and Kyle Jamieson in the squad Ashot down a suggestion from Shane tors opt for one spinner in Sydney. can have a great combination togeth- “There’s no secret the SCG pitch to provide fast bowling cover while Warne that he take a rest for the “Just giving Mitchell Swepson a er.” is one of the more spin-friendly in Somerville’s height and local knowl- Sydney Test against New Zealand this taste of it, giving him a chance, I reck- If Australia go down that road, they Australia,” Stead said. edge could see him overtake the week so leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson on it will pay dividends in the long run,” would almost certainly retain “Will offers something different to incumbent spinners Mitchell Santner can make his debut. Warne said. Cummins, Starc and Pattinson, mean- our two other spinners in the squad and Todd Astle. Tim Paine’s team have already won But Lyon, who took four wickets on ing a batsman would be axed with with his right arm off-spin and height. Somerville was one of the leading the three-match series against the Sunday to wrap up late New Zealand Matthew Wade the likely candidate “The fact he’s played a lot of bowlers in Australia’s Sheffield Shield Black Caps after crushing them by 247 second innings resistance, said there after Travis Head scored a century in cricket in Sydney during his career for in 2016-17 season with 35 wickets at runs in Melbourne on Sunday, follow- was no way he would be standing aside. Melbourne. New South Wales will also be helpful an average of 23.14.