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  the petitions related to Assam granting any interim relief to Asserting that the need of sentence wants to file mercy Opposition leaders like “The BSP is ready to accept and Tripura separately as the petitioner opposing the CAA the hour is to lay down guide- petition, it would be manda- Mayawati, Congress leader the challenge thrown by the problem with the CAA in these after four weeks. lines in the interest of the vic- tory for a convict of death sen- Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool Central Government, which is 
 ! two States is different from rest The petitions concerning tims rather than keeping the tence to do so only within a Congress chief Mamata troubled by the organised of the country. Tripura and Assam as well as rights of the convicts in mind, period of seven days from the Banerjee and Samajwadi Party struggle and agitation all over "#$ % Senior advocate Kapil the matters related to Uttar the Centre wants the SC to fix date of receipt of death warrant president Akhilesh Yadav to the country against the most Sibal, appearing for some peti- Pradesh, which is going ahead a deadline of seven days for the issued by the competent debate with him on the law on controversial CAA/NRC/NPR,
   

 tioners, said the issue be with the implementation of execution of death penalty of court”. a “sarvjanik manch” (public especially by the youth and referred to a Constitution the CAA without framing any condemned prisoners after The MHA submitted that platform). women, for a debate on the      judge Constitution Bench will Bench and the NPR exercise be rules, can be dealt with sepa- issuance of the death warrant. the top court should “mandate Picking up the challenge, issue on any platform and any- hear the matter. postponed by a couple of rately, the Bench said. It said the The affidavit filed by the all the competent courts, State Akhilesh said, “I’m ready for where,” Mayawati said in a he Supreme Court on A Bench headed by Chief months. He also urged the earlier cutoff date for citizen- Government also sought clar- Governments, prison author- the debate on CAA. Ask them tweet in Hindi. TWednesday issued notice to Justice SA Bobde restrained all Bench to put on hold the oper- ship in Assam was March 24, ifications with regard to cases ities in the country to issue to fix a place or a forum, with Mayawati had obviously the Centre on pleas challeng- high courts from hearing pleas ationalisation of the 1971 and noted that it has been involving multiple convicts death warrant of a convict their favorite channels and come under pressure to take an ing the constitutional validity on the CAA till it decides in the CAA. extended till December 31, who time their petitions in within seven days of the rejec- anchors, also for a debate on aggressive stance against the of the Citizenship matter. As many as 143 peti- Asserting that it will not 2014 under the CAA. such a way that the execution tion of his mercy petition and development. We Samajwadis CAA after another Dalit leader (Amendment) Act saying it will tioners have approached the SC pass any ex-parte order with- The SC said it will decide of the death warrant could be to execute death sentence are ready for it. But the BJP Chandrasekhar Azad occupied not issue any order to stay the on CAA questioning its con- out hearing the Centre on stay- in-chamber the modalities of delayed indefinitely. The within seven days thereafter should also debate on the issues centre stage in Delhi in mobil- Act without hearing the stitutional validity. ing the operation of the CAA hearing the batch of petitions Nirbhaya case is perfect exam- irrespective of the stage of like economic slowdown, ising protest against the CAA. Government’s argument. The The Bench, also compris- and exercise of the National on the CAA and may fix them ple of such delaying tactics. review petition/curative peti- unemployment, poverty and Meanwhile, asserting that court gave the Government ing Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Population Register (NPR), the for day-to-day hearing after The MHA’s plea sought a tion/mercy petition of his co- death of people due to Mahatma Gandhi and BR four weeks to respond. A five- Sanjiv Khanna, said it will hear court said it will pass order on four weeks. direction from the top court in convicts”.

    
                                
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    Welfare     spot, three others Officer    were declared dead hee inmates of an ashram at (ADWO) at the Rourkela TChakarkend in Bargarh dis- made a joint Government trict have levelled sexual enquiry in Hospital. Two other harassment allegations against this regard on    woman workers, the head of the NGO that runs Wednesday. three occupants each it. They have informed District When con- s many as five women in the car and the Child Protection Officer tacted, ADM Aengaged in road construc- SUV sustained criti- (DCPO) Manju Ekka about the Toppo said, tion work lost their lives and cal injuries in the alleged sexual harassment “We have got eight other persons sustained mishap. They have been shift- arrival while two others died on made to them and many oth- certain evi- critical injuries in a road ed to Rourkela hospital. The car the spot.” ers at different points of time. dence in the mishap at Ramabahal Chhak was on way from Rourkela “We are crossing the road They have also informed matter.” But further enquiry SP Amarendra Rana. accident at Sindhol village on on the Biju Expressway at when it hit the SUV coming after being dropped by a vehi- the matter to district ADM would be made by police as the However, the NGO owner    the Sambalpur-Sonepur road Rajgangpur of Sundargarh dis- from opposite direction. There cle at the construction site Mirdhha Toppo. case has been handed over to denied the allegation and said on Wednesday. trict on Wednesday. were seven occupants in the car when the car hit us in the mid- The NGO owner also them, Toppo added. that some inmates who are ubarnapur Superintendent Dash and the two other A speeding car jumped and the SUV, sources said. dle of the road. Subsequently, makes video shootings of the “If the allegations come out behaving unruly are bringing Sof Police (SP) Debi Prasad occupants of the car suffered the divider of the road and hit Rourkela Government it hit an SUV,” said a woman sexual scenes, the women are true, action as per the criminal such allegations. He further Dash had a narrow escape injuries when the vehicle over- the walking women workers Hospital Chief Medical Officer injured in the mishap. learnt to have alleged before the procedure will be taken against said that different police sta- after a four-wheeler by which turned near a dhaba at Sindhol. before ramming into an SUV S Kabi Satpathy said, “Three Later, police reached the district authorities. all involved in the matter tions are sending women to he was travelling with two They were soon admitted to a on the other side of the road. women brought to the hospi- spot and began an inquiry into Getting the allegation, the including the owner of the this ashram for their rehabili- other persons met with an hospital for treatment. While two women died on the tal were declared dead on the incident. ADM and the Assistant District NGO,” said district Additional tation. #$ ! "#$"%' !%"( )"!"%( *+,*-*-

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      s many as A44 special- ly-abled chil- dren, including 20 girls, enjoyed flying high in a spe- cial Alliance Air flight here on Wednesday morning. The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) car-      Kumar Majhi as Treasurer for grammes for the members and ried the chil-      gulating himself with an elec- 2020. The new office bearer will students. dren by two buses to the Biju Commendations to Airports Joint Secretary Usha Padhee tric wire of an inverter. rabhat Kumar Nayak took look after the development of Soumya Sujit Mishra and Patnaik International Airport Authority of India (AAI), Air has extended her gratitude to rtha Tatwa chit fund scam Soon after, the jail staffs Pcharge as the new the profession of Company Bimal Prasad Patnaik are other (BPIA). India, Alliance Air, Odisha the AAI for waiving all charges Aprime accused Pradeep rescued him by breaking open Chairman of the Institute of Secretary in the State. members of the Managing On Sunday, the Ministry of Government and Swabhiman for the special flight. Sethi, who is the company’s the toilet door. He was then Company Secretaries of India The Institute is providing Committee and Priyadarshi Civil Aviation had tweeted for making this happen.” Notably, the Alliance Air is CMD, attempted to commit sent to the SCB Medical (ICSI), Bhubaneswar Chapter class room teaching, reading Nayak is also the ex-offficio about the arrangement, “Wings The special flight took off a regional airline and a whol- suicide at the Jharpada jail College Hospital in Cuttack’s for the year 2020. room, library facilities to the members of the committee. to the dreams of Divyang chil- from the BPIA at 9 am returned ly-owned subsidiary of the Air here, where he has been lodged mental wing for examination of The ICSI, Bhubaneswar students pursuing company Priyadarshi Nayak, who was dren! 44 Divyang children after a 40-minute tour. India. The Swabhiman is a since long. his health. It is noteworthy that Chapter has also elected Secretaryship course. The the former Chairman of the from across Odisha will expe- This is for the first time State-level organisation work- Sources said Sethi went to this was the third time that Rajendra Kumar Kar as its Institute has been organising Chapter, also took charge as the rience the joy of flying high that the underprivileged chil- ing towards empowering per- use the toilet of the jail and Sethi attempted to commit sui- Vice-Chairman, Jyotirmoy various academic and profes- Chairman of ICSI EIRC, aboard a special flight from dren experienced plane ride. sons with tried to end his life by stran- cide following his arrest. Mishra as Secretary and Ajay sional development pro- Kolkata for the year 2020. Bhubaneswar on January 22. Ministry of Civil Aviation disabilities. % && '&%()**P",    !!#    !   #! "#

Governments. beautiful coastline as the tem- out trouble. They first master that the Naveen regime runs on Fortunately, bribe incidents ple town of Puri is on the sea. the art and craft of abusing the rule of law mode which is in India have reduced by 10 per Legendary Biju Patnaik power and intimidating the only possible if the executive is cent over the past one year with became one of the youngest ordinary citizens as if they are law-conversant and under- around 51 per cent people Indian Chief Ministers in the above law. Even today, in most stands the spirit of the having paid a bribe in the last early 1960s and shot Odisha to corrupt States, ordinary legis- Constitution. But most politi- 12 months. India’s ranking in big fame by presenting it as an lators make senior police offi- cians including Ministers can- the Corruption Perception important region. He set up the cials and administrators behave not distinguish between ‘exec- Index 2018 released by the deepest port at Paradip, a god- like slaves to them. utive and legislature' if sud-      # P .  ' , #    $      #     P  /    #  - / $   
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Hence, Odisha. stringent action against corrupt and knew the art of keeping Ministers became aware of the Odisha is the cleanest State The corruption survey was officials, no matter how big. In everyone happy for hassle-free fact and began behaving today.     conducted by the Transparency the old times, even Indians of survival. He was of course a accordingly. The bigger reason Odisha became the sports International India, and the other regions would hardly visionary but with a few terri- for their agreeing to be tamed capital of India two years ago. nder the MANTRA pro- Local-Circles, a community know Odisha. Most of them ble personal blemishes. was that Naveen is perceived as It is already a great tourist des- Uject which the MCL is social media platform to figure believed it was like an African Sycophants, crooks and a messiah by the people for his tination globally. The Puri- executing in partnership with out the level of corruption in forestland with only tribal scoundrels virtually kept stick- simple lifestyle and gentle- Konark-Bhubaneswar triangle 'Gram Vikas', the coal major is the country as perceived, felt communities chasing animals ing to him and misled him on manly reticence. Naveen began is truly a golden triangle now. making available toilets and and experienced by ordinary with bows and arrows. After countless fronts. His kicking out any Minister found The face of Puri has been lift- bathroom facility in 364 house- citizens. The survey also says Independence too, the per- Government, doing so fine in guilty of taking bribe and giv- ed so magnificently as to turn holds. that Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar ception about Odisha has not the beginning, degenerated ing undue favours to anyone. the bitterest Naveen critic his The villages for this project The project started in Q2 pus fund to support new Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, changed much. Only, a few into one of the most corrupt This beginning was so dramatic ardent fan now. Not surpris- were meticulously selected based of 2018 has seen completion of households coming up in the Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and educated people across India regimes. as to send chill down the spines ingly, the national meet of on select indicators of remote- toilets and bathrooms in future. O and M cost is met by Punjab are now known to be knew the Jagannath Temple Then, Naveen Patnaik hap- of all politicians who came to Tourism Ministers and secre- ness, institutional support, October, 2019. In the second mobilization of village com- extremely corrupt. popular from the ancient times. pened. He became CM in 2000. power politics only to make taries is being held on demography, socio-economic stage, work of piped water mittee. Two lakh respondents Guru Nanak in the 15th cen- Odisha gradually began regain- merry. January23 and 24 at the most- status, and overall backwardness. supply is under process. It may be noted that, MCL drawn from different sections tury and Raja Ranjit Singh in ing the lost glory of being a By now, critical bureau- talked about ‘Eco Retreat' on The project is being imple- The project is modeled as has signed MoU with Railways of the society including 36 per the following one had turned clean State again. Naveen knew cratic guidance is the key to the marine drive near Konark. mented in Panchgaon, participatory community for commissioning of toilet cent women had replied to devotees of the Lord believed from the beginning that the governance in Odisha. And the Best policies are expected to be Pokharasalhe gram panchayats mobilization in the form of blocks in the circulating areas queries. More than 1.20 lakh to be a living one. So, Hindus career politicians are essential- people have liked it too well made and contentious issues of Jharsuguda district and labour and building material by of all 232 railways stations of responses were analysed for the and Sikhs across the Indian ly a spoilt lot across India who though there is quite a great resolved jointly at the out-of- Kukramunda and Pumerjore households. In addition, each Odisha. This project is being study. Across the States, 70,000 subcontinent knew Odisha exploit situations to keep power deal of murmur about the State the-world facility on the sea. and Khukhandabahal gram pan- household contributes Rs 1,000 implemented by RITES and the respondents shared their views because of the unique deity; and make money by guile so as being run by bureaucrats. Evidently, Odisha is truly chayats in Sundargarh district. towards creating a village cor- MCL is financing Rs 58 crore. on corruption by others knew the State for its to win the next election with- Ordinary citizens need to know the ‘best kept secret’ in India!

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     carrying 52 persons sank in a On Wednesday, Chief 3 ,% ! river in Nipania village on Minister Naveen Patnaik con- -3#   hree girls from Odisha January 2, Purnima and Sabita veyed his greetings to Sabita Tamong 22 children would dived into the river and saved and Purnima for being chosen - ! - - receive the ICCW National as many as 12 persons from for the National Bravery Bravery Awards 2019 at the drowning. As many as 11 pic- Award. #  #  /P  % -' Rashtrapati Bhavan on the eve nickers had died in the inci- Patnaik also announced of Republic Day this year. dent. that a cyclone shelter would be  /72 --8
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It may be infrastructure. the party should be termed 1/7/1   :/ man is in pain but Con-man is the money, why did it take case till January 19, 2020, for an also that of the central road stated that issues related to pro- In the meeting, expressing “Muslim League Congress”. /66 /7- 5 in gain”. The party questioned them a year to request the entire year against the sus- making agency NHAI. jects of North-Eastern States, concern for fatalities on roads, Citing Chavan’s reported whether the BJP-led dispensa- MHA to issue a lookout pected offenders who remain Ministry sources said and NHIDCL have already Gadkari had advocated to remarks that the Congress tion is involved in Frost notice?” he said. untraceable till date?” progress of about 500 projects been reviewed in a separate penalise the officers joined hands with the Shiv For his part, Union International Bank Scam of Rs The grand old party also Shergill said. especially struck/delayed projects meeting early this year. for faulty engineering of road Sena in Maharashtra as Minister Giriraj Singh reacted 3,592.48 crore and in the escape will be taken up during the meet- This is the second time infrastructure. Muslims also wanted the party saying, “Wo Mughal lutere thay. of its directors. ing to be held at Manesar near to stop the BJP from coming to Aap Bharat ko darane ka kaam The Congress alleged the national Capital. Various stake- power, BJP spokesperson na karein. Jinnah ke raaste par total bank fraud during the 46 7 holders numbering about 600 Sambit Patra accused Congress na chalein, Bharatvanshi ab BJP’’s tenure amounted to over Concessionaries/Contractors/Ba -8   98 :61 71 of betraying interests of Hindus jaag chuke hain.” Rs 2.7 lakh crore. !#    nkers and concerned officials of and appeasing Muslims. Asked about Congress The party stated political Union Governments and its “The Congress leader says leader Mallikarjun Kharge’s accountability must be fixed on Departments/Organisations, 5/; 61 =9 they joined the Government for reported jibe at the RSS for its Prime Minister and Finance !    %8    ! State NH Division, State PWD Muslims. What is the sin of “non-participation” in the free- Minister for Rs 2,70,513.49 Departments will be attending      ance schemes — ‘Pradhan Hindus, Sikhs and others. The dom movement, Patra shot crore public money looted      but the Supreme Court decid- the review meeting Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Congress has insulted Hindus back, asking if parents of Sonia from banks and Rs 5,00,000 ed not to give it (CAA) any on January 23-24. rime Minister Narendra Yojana’ (PMJJBY) and ‘Pradhan and this comment has exposed Gandhi, who is of Italian ori- crore written off of willful nion Minister Prakash stay,” he said. “This meeting is an impor- PModi on Wednesday took Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana’ it,” the BJP leader claimed. gin, had fought in India’s inde- defaulters. UJavadekar on Wednesday Responding to questions tant platform for ironing out stock of progress made in nine (PMSBY). At his press conference pendence struggle. Congress spokesperson hit out at parties questioning on the NPR, he said giving date issues and exploring the way delayed projects, worth Rs The progress under the Patra referred to comments of The Indian National Jaiveer Shergill slammed the the National Population of birth or place of birth of par- forward for pending projects 24,000 crore and spread across Crime and Criminal Tracking many opposition leaders, Congress, he said referring to Government for not taking Register (NPR) saying it was ents is optional in the exercise. and helping in expediting the as many States at the first Network and Systems including those from AIMIM, the opposition party’s full timely action against the direc- welcomed in the past when the “If you don’t have it or don’t implementation,” said a meeting of ‘Pragati’ this year. (CCTNS) project, which is a to allege that they were “abus- name, should be called tors of Frost International then Congress-led remember, don’t give it ... Many MoRTH official. Minister of These projects are comprehensive and integrated ing” Hindus in the name of “Muslim League Congress”. which is alleged to have Government introduced it but questions are optional,” he said. State for Road Transport and in Odisha, Telangana, system for effective policing anti-CAA protests and sought The Congress does “Muslim defrauded banks to the tune of is being dubbed as “bad” when Referring to the origin of Highways General (Retd) VK Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, through e-governance, also apology from Congress presi- appeasement” for the commu- Rs 3,592 crore. He alleged that the NDA regime is repeating it. the NPR, he pointed out that it Singh will also attend the Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, came up for review. dent Sonia Gandhi and NCP’s nity’s votes but has never done it was the Government that He also said the provision was introduced by the marathon meeting. Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. In the last 31 ‘Pragati’ inter- Sharad Pawar. any good for it, he claimed. prevented the lodging of com- of “naturalisation” to grant Congress-led UPA Government Officials said the first day These include three from actions, Modi has reviewed a Patra also drew attention to Pointing to a report in an plaint in the scam. Indian citizenship to foreign in 2010. “Then you all wel- of the meeting projects of Railways, five from the Road total of 269 projects with the reported comments of Urdu daily, Patra said Congress “When the consortium of nationals in the principal comed it. They bring it, it is South Zone (Tamil Nadu, Transport and Highways and a total investment of Rs 12.30 AIMIM leader Akbaruddin leader Rahul Gandhi had once lending banks had authorised Citizenship Act of 1955 still good. When we bring, it is bad. Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, one from the Petroleum and lakh crore. Owaisi, whose brother described his party as a “party registration of complaint on remains and Pakistani singer This cannot be the case. This is Telengana, Pondicherry, Natural Gas ministry, the He has also reviewed the Asaduddin Owaisi heads the of Muslims” and its leaders June 15, 2019, why did it take Adnan Sami became an Indian not fair,” he said. Karnataka) and Central Zone Prime Minister’s Office said in resolution of grievance redres- party that Muslims ruled over coined terms like saffron terror. more than seven months to citizen due to that. The Minister said the (Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, a statement. sal related to 47 Government the country for eight centuries Since 1946, Patra claimed the register a complaint? “That provision (of natu- National Register of Citizens is Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat) Modi also reviewed the programmes and schemes to refer to him as Jinnah, Congress has done “Muslim Was someone in the BJP ralisation) still remains. The limited to Assam and it was will be reviewed while projects performance related to insur- across 17 diverse sectors. Pakistan’s founder vote bank politics”. Government preventing the Citizenship Amendment Act brought by then Prime (CAA) takes note of persecut- Minister Rajiv Gandhi. ed minorities in three coun- “They brought it (NRC) so tries (Pakistan, Bangladesh it is good. We did not bring, so .   9  "  $!! #! ! and Afghanistan) who came to we are bad,” he quipped. India seeking justice ... The To a question, the senior amendment is about giving cit- BJP leader said at one point of izenship and not taking it,” time, thousands of Tamil      However, the Union HCFCs are used in various sec- a senior official from the Union (HPMP), said the official. jects has removed around 7800 Javadekar said at a briefing of refugees from Sri Lanka were Environment Ministry issued a tors like refrigeration and air Environment Ministry. Around 175 foam manu- Metric Tonnes of HCFC 141-b the decisions taken by the given Indian citizenship. ith an aim to combat cli- notification last year in conditioning (RAC) and foam Nearly 50 per cent of the facturing enterprises have been from the baseline level of 2009 Union Cabinet. Responding to a question Wmate change, India has December seeking ban on manufacturing. These sectors consumption of ozone-deplet- covered under HPMP out of and 2010 of the country, he said. Kerala and West Bengal on “proposed” police action in banned import of toxic chem- import of the foam manufac- are directly related to urban ing chemicals in the country which, 163 enterprises are cov- The phase-out of HCFC- are some of the States who Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, he said ical hydrochlorofluorocarbon turing companies. With this, development, agriculture was attributable to HCFC-141 ered under stage II of HPMP. 141b from the country has have opposed the NPR exer- no action is on in the area. (HCFC)-141b used in the pro- India has completely phased through cold chain, and indus- b in the foam sector. The complete phase-out of twin environmental benefits cise. The Supreme Court on “No action is being taken duction of rigid polyurethane out the important ozone- trial development. The Ministry had adopted HCFC 141 b from the country viz. assisting the healing of the Wednesday refused to stay the in Shaheen Bagh, there is a (PU) foams by foam manufac- depleting chemical, said an Simultaneously, the use of a structured approach to engag- in the foam sector is among the stratospheric ozone layer, and amended citizenship law with- complaint... Police went to turers from January 1, 2020. official from the Ministry. HCFC-141 b by foam manu- ing with foam manufacturing first at this scale in Article 5 towards the climate out hearing the Centre. Jamia (university) there was a Since HCFC-141b, green- HCFC comprises inert facturing industry has also enterprises for providing tech- parties (developing countries) change mitigation due to tran- Responding to a question complaint, they did not go house gases that damage the compounds of carbon, hydro- been closed as on 1st January nical and financial assistance in under the Montreal Protocol. sitioning of foam manufactur- on the issue, Javadekar said, (enter) the JNU (campus), earth’s ozone layer, was not pro- gen, and fluorine, and it is used 2020 under the Ozone order to transition to non- The implementation of ing enterprises at this scale “Those who are opposed to the there is a complaint. This is not duced in the country, all the instead of chlorofluorocarbon Depleting Substances ODS and low GWP technolo- HPMP through regulatory and under HPMP to low global Citizenship Amendment Act done (Aisa toh nahin chalta domestic requirements were (CFC) as it is less destructive to (Regulation and Control) gies under the HCFC Phase- policy actions, implementation warming potential alternative made have their own views, hai),” he said. being met through imports. the ozone layer. At present, Amendment Rules, 2014, said out Management Plan of technology conversion pro- technologies. ! "#$"%' !%"( )"!"%( *+,*-*-  $3

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If it is not manda- being shut down… They are love for that country to invoke al debate on the issue, Bengal for the first five years or tory, why is it there in the selling the country… and to its name always?” Banerjee Chief Minister Mamata not.” columns?” she added. hide these all they are raising asked. Banerjee on Wednesday lashed “And if such be the condi- Referring how thousands the issues of CAA.” She said the BJP leaders out at the Union Home tions then he will have to say of Nepali speaking people had Claiming that in order to always were foul-mouthing her Minister for talking big but hes- whether the people will lose been banished from the turn the attention of the peo- for protesting against their itating to come out with the jobs because aliens cannot National Citizenship Register, ple from grim economic sce- polices. “I want to tell the BJP truth about the CAA. work in India… whether the Banerjee said, “People are nario and failed promises she that foul-mouthing me all the Banerjee who led an anti- children will lose their school scared that if CAA and NRC said, “they are setting people of time will not work. Tell us CAA rally in Darjeeling with certificates and whether the cit- are implemented they will be one religion against the other. whether you will withdraw more than a thousand people izens will lose their rights to uprooted. I want to tell the hill They are dividing the people to CAA or not. If CAA is not a referred to Shah’s speech saying property they now people not allow NRC and rule but implementing CAA, mischievous Act then why did “yesterday I heard the Home own.” CAA.” NRC and NPR,” adding those you leave out Assam and Minister making tall speeches Wondering whether most Referring to the rising who are protesting are being Tripura, the States ruled by saying that I am telling lie about of the people in the crowd had inflation and decreasing jobs termed anti-Indians. BJP? Why are these BJP-ruled CAA and National Population the date of births of their par- Banerjee said, “see what they “The students are being states out of the purview of Register… Now if we are lying ents, Banerjee asked, “Do you have made of the Indian econ- beaten up if they raise their CAA?” There would be no let him tell the truth to the peo- have date of births of your par- omy. They promised acchhee voices, the Opposition is CAA, NRC or NPR in Bengal ple. Let him tell whether ents? Is this how a responsible din (good days) but where the harassed by the Agencies (read she insisted. %       #       # -    '   )#     # #  %, ("6+  %  O   #P 6 ( %.  #    +  7      )  Q"! #$R$       to protest,” one of the women Patna: Poll strategist-turned- #CAA_NRC, why dont you go on #NRC by the Govt but protesters said. Meerut: Defence Minister “The entire world is accept- party is working to fulfil all its politician Prashant Kishor fired ahead and try implementing #CAA is now a legislation eople protesting against the Responding to the allega- Rajnath Singh on Wednesday ing India’s power. We don’t do promises. a fresh salvo at the BJP on the CAA & NRC in the made by Parliament. Respect PCitizenship (Amendment) tions, police said the protesters said religious minorities in politics on the lines of religion “Whenever a political party Wednesday, daring Union chronology that you so auda- the Constitution. Dont worry. Act were allegedly lathicharged had staged a dharna defying Pakistan, Afghanistan and for selfish reasons,” he said. contests elections, it makes Home Minister Amit Shah to ciously announced to the The Supreme Court has agreed by police in a Muslim-domi- prohibitory order imposed in Bangladesh are living a “life of The citizenship law is being various kinds of promises. I was “go ahead and try implement- nation!”, Kishor wrote on his to listen to the voice of dissent. nated area in Uttar Pradesh’s the area and pelted them with misery” and India has fulfilled viewed from a Hindu-Muslim given the responsibility to pre- ing” the Citizenship twitter handle. Just to satisfy the professional Etawah district even as demon- stones. Police said they had to its “moral duty” towards them perspective, but Prime Minister pare the BJP’s manifesto for the (Amendment) Act and the The 42-year-old, whose ego and political frustration strations continued against the use mild force to chase the pro- by enacting the CAA. Narendra Modi speaks of jus- 2019 (Lok Sabha) elections. National Register for Citizens first claim to fame was his han- why creating hue and cry”, legislation in Lucknow and testers away. Addressing a rally in sup- tice, he added. Within seven months of being which the latter had “auda- dling of Narendra Modis spec- state BJP spokesman Nikhil Aligarh. In the video, policemen can port of the Citizenship Singh said the NDA had elected, the BJP has been rapid- ciously announced to the tacularly successful election Anand said replying to Kishors A video of the Etawah be seen entering houses and Amendment Act (CAA) in prepared the citizenship legis- ly fulfilling its promises,” he nation”. campaign in 2014, made the tweet. incident, where policemen can shops. Shatabdi Nagar here, he also lation in its first tenure, but it said.”I want to assure the peo- Kishor, who is the nation- remarks in the backdrop of “You have all the right to be seen using batons and chas- The sit-in was organised in questioned those opposing the could not be enacted. ple of India that our party will al vice president of the JD(U), Shahs assertion at a pro-CAA disagree but selective propa- ing away protesters in the area solidarity with the women National Register of Citizens On the NRC, Singh said, deliver on whatever it promis- is helping Delhi Chief Minister rally in Lucknow that “CAA is ganda on religious lines to suit on late Tuesday night, has also protesting at Shaheen Bagh in (NRC) and said the govern- “The government has had no es. We do not want to cheat the Arvind Kejriwals Aam Aadmi here to stay and it will not be the Congi (sic) style politics of gone viral on social media. Delhi against the new legisla- ment has not discussed it. discussion on the NRC. And people,” he said.”By the end of Party for the upcoming taken back”, countrywide Muslim appeasement must not Violence broke out when tion. Dismissing allegations that suppose it has, then what is the 2022, every house will have a Assembly polls even though his protests by opposition parties be encouraged. The Gazette police tried to disperse the “Police are citing pro- the Centre is pursuing a “divi- problem with having a register pucca roof. Tap water will own party headed by Bihar and others notwithstanding. notification to start the process protesters who were observing hibitory orders to end our sive agenda” through the CAA, of citizens.” reach every household by the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar The Bihar BJP was, expect- of #NPR and implement #CAA a sit-in since Tuesday morning protest. What about the large Singh said the BJP doesn’t do “Shouldn’t there be a reg- end of 2024. PM Modi put Rs has tied up with the BJP to take edly, rankled by the latest out- is published. Won’t be taken in Pachraha area, defying pro- public meetings being held by politics on religious lines for ister of citizens? Shouldn’t there 6,000 each in the bank accounts on the less than a decade old bursts of Kishor, who joined the back at any cost, Anand added. hibitory orders imposed there. ministers,” another protester selfish gains. be a document for people to of farmers,” he added. party. JD(U) about two years ago, got The JD(U) did not react to “Police used force against said. In Lucknow, protesters at “In Pakistan, Afghanistan seek benefits of government The minister said the the “Being dismissive of citi- elevated to the top party post Kishor’s comment. us while we were holding a the Clock Tower (Ghantaghar) and Bangladesh, religious schemes,” he asked the crowd BJP had also taken steps for zens dissent couldnt be the sign within weeks, and has been tak- Party leaders are refraining peaceful protest. Our brothers in old city area of Lucknow minorities are living a life of at the rally. farmers’ welfare.”Farmer broth- of strength of any Govt. @amit- ing a public stand on the burn- from saying anything on the and cousins were beaten up and held a symbolic ‘havan’ with misery. India has fulfilled its Singh said the BJP wants to ers need not worry, we will pay shah Ji, if you dont care for ing issue that has embarrassed poll strategist-politician’s asser- we were abused. We were phys- Hindu women joining moral duty (by enacting the do politics by winning people’s you every single penny for those protesting against the NDA. “There is no move tions in recent times. PTI ically tortured. We have a right them. CAA),” he said. hearts and asserted that the your hardwork,” he said. PTI ! #      
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Mumbai Baljeet Shersingh Parmar The last case is related to threats indiscipline. and symbol both within the Article 6ter of the Paris functional plane, through - KVIC is fighting cases in was severely injured when motor- issued to the life of builder Shabbir Singh, a Rajya Sabha member and the head of the country and on foreign soil. Convention for the protection self-reliance and sustainability. several countries for violation cycle borne shooters of Rajan N Patel and his son in JD(U)s state unit, asserted that the decision to align with KVIC is proprietor of over 100 of Industrial property of 1883 Ever since the pre-independent of the Khadi Mark Regulations. allegedly attacked him outside a 1996.. the BJP was taken after “due deliberation”. trademarks including the sym- (1967 Stockholm Act) safe- era, Khadi has been considered The regulations issued in 2013 building at Antop Hill on June 12, In November last year, the CBI He further said although the party respected free- bol of ‘Charkha’ in India and guards armorial bearings, flags as the national symbol for by the Ministry of MSME, 1997. had taken over 10 cases, including dom of thought of every member, it was ‘anuchit’ (inap- other countries like Russia, and other State emblems as well Swadeshi. The word marks empowered KVIC to grant The agency has taken over the those of extortion and murder, in propriate) on part of the career diplomat-turned-politi- China, Germany, Australia, as official signs and hallmarks KHADI, KUTIR, “SARVO- ‘Khadi Mark’ registration and Mumbai police FIR in the case filed which Rajan was an accused. These cian to make public his letter to the Chief Minister and UK and Bhutan. of the States party to the Paris DAYA and the logo of Khadi take royalties from any pro- under IPC Section 307 (attempt to cases were registered in a 14-year national president Nitish Kumar. These trademark and sym- Convention. The signs pub- India and Charkha are the ducer using the Khadi Mark. In murder). period since 1992. “I consider his (Varmas) conduct as inappropri- bols have been misused time lished with World Intellectual harbinger of this spirit of continuation, KVIC has issued The agency has registered two These cases include killing of ate and will put forth my views forcefully whenever a and again by private players. In Property Organisation (WIPO) Swadeshi, hence, must be pro- notices against 600 entities in more cases of extortion by alleged trade union leader Datta Samant in party meeting takes place”, Singh told a news channel. an initiative to prevent such under this act are prevented tected at all cost.” India, including a renowned gang members of Rajan and one 1997 in Mumbai in which Rajan’s He also said “if there were any reservations, these ought misuse, KVIC has taken up the from being registered or used Saxena said that due to the garment chain and 3 entities in case related to issuing threats to life, role is suspected. to have been expressed in a party forum. People may matter with the Ministry of as trademarks, across the negligence of earlier the International market for according to the FIRs. Rajan was arrested at Bali air- have their individual opinions and the party respects External Affairs, Ministry of world, without Governments, some private misusing these symbols and The agency has booked Rajan port in Indonesia on October 25, that. But airing these in public is something I do not Commerce and Permanent authorisation. entities managed to register indulging in unfair trade prac- and his henchmen Guru Satam 2015, and deported to India. approve of ”. Mission of India at UN, Geneva Speaking about the initia- these symbols to fulfill their tices in the recent past. and Suresh for allegedly demanding He is an accused in around 70 He also said Varma had ‘absolutely’ committed an seeking International tive, Chairman KVIC VK personal material motives. This “Prime Minister Narendra Rs 20 lakh as extortion money cases in Maharashtra, including the act of indiscipline by sharing on the social media his Trademark protection of sym- Saxena said, “KVIC is one of initiative to prevent wrongful Modi has been endorsing from businessman Devang Bipin J Dey murder case in 2011. After two-page letter to Kumar in which the chief minister bol of ‘Charkha’ under the those unique institutions in use of the trademarks will help Khadi and due to his appeals Parikh in 1995. this, the Maharashtra government was reminded of the unease he had been allegedly article 6ter of the Paris India that links the nation’s reinstate the dignity and pride the sale of Khadi has gone up The other case pertains to had handed over all the cases relat- expressing ‘in private’ over the BJPs ideology and Convention. past, present and future on its attached with Khadi and the manifolds,” Saxena said. alleged demand of  25 lakh in 1998 ing to Rajan to CBI. agenda. 5.44
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Bengaluru: A 36-year-old be handed over to Mangaluru With the state going to polls in 2021 and man, who is suspected to have police team for further inves-  *)- president, there will be five work- Mullappallly has taken a stiff new troika has emerged in the Kerala the Congress led UDF all set to replace the planted the explosive at the tigation..,” Bengaluru (Central) 6     ing presidents in Kodikkunnil position that there will not be any ACongress scheme of things with two LDF Government led by the CPM, there are Mangaluru Intentional Airport, DCP Chetan Singh Rathore Suresh, PC Vishnunath, K joint agitation with the CPM. powerful leaders of the party, AK Antony, possibilities of Mullappaly being considered surrendered before the police told reporters earlier in he Kerala Congress which has Sudhakaran, KV Thomas and VD This was after the opposition CWC Member and close confidant of Sonia as the Chief Minister candidate as there is here on Wednesday, officials the day. Tbeen without a proper com- Satheeshan. There will be six vice leader Ramesh Chennithala had Gandhi and KC Venugopal, AICC general bound to be fight between Ramesh said. A team of police officials, mittee will be announcing the list presidents and thirty general sec- taken the initiative for a joint agi- secretary (Organisation) and close associate Chennithala and Oomen Chandy for the CM The suspect has been iden- led by an Assistant of office bearers by this week end. retaries in the list followed by tation with the CPM and other of Rahul Gandhi putting in their weight post. tified as Adithya Rao, a native Commissioner of Police (ACP) While State Congress chief and sixty secretaries. The number of left forces and Oomen Chandy behind the beleaguered KPCC president There is already a suttle whispering cam- of Manipal, police said, adding from Mangaluru arrived in the former Union Minister of State state executive members of the supporting this. Mullappally had Mullappally Ramachandran who was being paign in the corridors of State Congress that that he resembled the one cap- city later to question the sus- for Home, Mullappally party is yet to be decided. stayed out of the meeting. pushed around by the “A” group and “I” an Ezhava leader has not don the mantle of tured on CCTV footage at pect and carry out necessary Ramachandran was adamant for With the advent of Sonia Incidentally the AICC high- group. Chief minister of the Congress since R Mangaluru airport legal procedures. a “One man, One post” rule to be Gandhi back as the AICC pres- command - read Sonia Gandhi - Sources in the Congress told The Pioneer, Shankar who was Chief minister from 1962- The man turned up at the Police sources said, Rao, an implemented in the list of office ident, senior leaders of the party had stood by the position taken that it was the strength of these two leaders 64. DG and IGP office here in the engineering graduate and an bearers, the powerful “A” and “I” had a major say and it was after by the KPCC president and in the that Mullappally had took on both Chandy With the Congress led UDF winning morning, where he was MBA holder, who was taken to group managers of the party much confabulations and inter press conference held at Kerala and Chennithala on the CAA issue and raised nineteen of the twenty loksabha seats in the detained and taken for medical Ulsoor Gate police station in scuttled the move. party discussions, the list is to be house, New Delhi both Chandy the red flag for the joint agitation with the last general elections, the graph of tests and preliminary inquiry Bengaluru for questioning, was The “A” group led by former finalized. However it is learnt that and Chennithala had to bite CPM. Mullappally Ramachandran has gone high done, they said. The suspect subsequently handed over to Chief Minister Oomen Chandy KPCC president Mullappally humble pie and subscribe to the To solve the vexed issue of announcing and the seven term loksabha member who confessed to having planted the Mangaluru police, which is was somehow accommodative Ramachandran was adamant that position taken by the KPCC the list of office bearers, both these leaders has won the parliamentary elections from the bomb at the airport, police said. investigating the case. to the suggestion of the KPCC party leaders with criminal president. In the list of party office had thrown their weights behind the KPCC CPM bastion of Vatakara is keeping his fin- He is reported to have got He was presented before president, but the “I”group led by antecedents will not be accom- bearers also, the KPCC president president and at the same time carefully see- gers crossed. “These are early days to com- information on making the the Additional Chief the Opposition leader Ramesh modated as office bearer which had done his maximum to reduce ing it to that the group managers are not ment on the Chief ministership and my pri- explosive via internet, sources Metropolitan Magistrate Chennithala did not budge for the was met with stiff the number of contenders and offended. mary responsibility is to work among the said. (ACMM) court here and tran- “One man,One post” theory and resistance from the group sources in the Congress party told The support of these two powerful lead- grass root and to strengthen the party “One suspect named sit warrant secured, officials hence the party will once again be managers. The Pioneer that the list would ers who have a major say in the organisational machinery. 2020 we have to face the local Adithya presented before police said, adding that he will be pro- having a jumbo list of office Interestingly in the agitation have been double the present fig- affairs of the Congress party has given a fresh body elections and in 2021 the assembly elec- between 8-9 am, claiming that duced before a court in beares. against the Citizenship ure had not Mullappally taken a impetus to Mullappally who is fast emerg- tions and these two are my present priori- he was responsible for Mangaluru on Thursday to In addition to the KPCC Amendment Act(CAA), strong stand. ing as a major power centre in the state ties”, Mullappally told The Pioneer. Mangaluru incident—he will obtain his custody. PTI ! "#$"%' !%"( )"!"%( *+,*-*-  $ 1 
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Going Maharashtra’s Palghar district, Acertain quarters, the child of Shiv Sena leader and coming to Mumbai, they would providing facilities who want to that logic, we will have an the police said on Maharashtra Government on current Tourism and not be in the city for more than eat out, go for shopping or employment potential of 15 44  #Q   Wednesday. Wednesday approved the Environment Minister Aditya 36 hours. To increase the movies. The MVA Government lakh people or at least 10 lakh Sunil Khandvi, resident of implementation of its much- Thackeray — will allow malls, employment and tourism in is a people’s Government. We people in this service sector. Beriste village, was the student discussed ‘Mumbai 24x7’ or multiplexes and eateries in the Mumbai, we came up with the are Government of aspirations. Keeping these establishments  R !#"  ! %8 of a government-run Ashram ‘Vibrant Mumbai Nightlife’ designated areas to function Mumbai 24x7 proposal in Unlike the BJP Government, open, state revenue will school at Hirve Pimpalpada in policy from the intervening round-the-clock. 2013. We are implementing it we want to encourage the increase through various taxes,”     Mokhada tehsil, a police offi- night of January 26 and 27. State Home Minister Anil after seven years”. youngsters,” the Tourism he said. cial said. At a weekly meeting Deshmukh, who had initial “We will implement this Minister said. Home Minister “I do not think there will be pposing the Maharashtra Government’s Mumbai 24x7 His body was found hang- presided over Chief Minister reservations about imple- policy in malls and mill com- Anil Deshmukh said that that tension for the police. Odecision, senior BJP leader and former Minister Ashish ing from the window grill of Uddhav Thackeray, the State menting the Mumbai 24x7 pounds coming under the the State Government would Currently, the police personnel Shelar said on Wednesday ‘Mumbai Nightlife’ decision taken the school toilet on Sunday. Cabinet gave a go-ahead for the because of security reasons Shops and Establishment Act. ensure that there was no stress do is to track if the establish- by the Uddhav Thackeray dispensation would prove to be a The school superintendent ‘Mumbai 24x7’ policy without and on the ground that bars The malls and mill compounds on the police force. ments are open beyond the ‘killing life’ for Mumbai. told the police that Khandvi tweaking the current excise and restaurants cannot serve are in non-residential areas. “We do not enforce any- stipulated hours rather than Reacting to the State Government’s go-ahead for the had written in the school reg- rules which permit service of liquor, came around after The people do not live inside thing here. If some units are not controlling crime. Now they do implementation of Mumbai 24x7, Shelar said: “The nightlife ister on January 19 that he was alcoholic beverages only till the Aditya — at a meeting held a these places. There are facilities able to keep their establish- not have to do that job and can decision is going to be a killing life for mumbaiks. Two years, going home and would remain existing time limits of 1.30 few days — convinced him that like parking lots, CCTV, deci- ments for all 24 hours, they can concentrate on the job they are 14 persons were killed in a massive fire that broke out in two absent for a few days. am. the policy could be imple- bel limits, solid waste manage- do so. It is not the job of the meant to do. If the establish- pubs. However, the next day he In effect, the new ‘Vibrant mented without tweaking the ment. All the establishments state government to increase ments want more security, they The decision is an effort to regularise massive FSI irreg- was found to have hanged Mumbai Nightlife’ policy will current State excise rules and there are licenced ones. We are the footfalls. We are enabling can employ private security or ularities in the Kamala Mill compound in the name of himself with a bed sheet in the not be applicable to bars, pubs imposing a lot of burden on the giving permission to all these the owners of these establish- hire police security by paying tourism”. “Mumbaikars are already stressed over a number school toilet, the police officer and restaurants serving liquor, city police force. establishments to remain open ments. Mumbai being an inter- money,” Aditya said. of restaurants, bars, ladies bars and pubs existing in the res- said.The reason for committing which will be permitted to Addressing a news confer- for all 24 hours”. national city, we are giving a Public distribution and idential areas. The nightlife decision will increase their incon- suicide was yet to be ascer- serve alcoholic beverages only ence jointly with the State In fact, the Maharashtra 24x7 facility,” Aditya said. civil supplies minister Chhagan venience further. 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Rana said, tions, the search operations the terrorists hiding in the reports, a joint module of Jaish- Tdream of donning ‘khaki’ rants start converging along cheers. “We are feeling proud, my siblings and ensuring bet- “we are following a very trans- were halted and the same were area. Meanwhile, mortal e-Mohammed and Hizbul uniform and serve the mother with their parents and family we are participating in the ter education facilities for us”. parent process. There is no resumed early Wednesday remains of both the soldiers Mujahideen militants have Nation, large number of ‘enthu- friends to attend the rally. recruitment drive despite fac- Senior police officers, scope of any human interven- morning. were dispatched to their native been tasked by their handlers siastic’ young girls from remote Since they are travelling from ing many hardships”. Several supervising the recruitment tion during the recruitment After the fresh contact was places after a formal wreath lay- in Pakistan to carry out das- areas of Jammu region are far off places they prefer reach- candidates, names not being drive told reporters in Jammu, drive and only meritorious established with the hiding ing ceremony in Srinagar. tardly attacks in the run up to queuing up outside Police ing venue at the earliest to disclosed, claimed they want- “the morale of the aspiring can- candidates are expected to terrorists,the security forces Senior police and Army officers the Republic day. headquarters for last couple of avoid any last minute hiccups. ed to serve the mother Nation didates is very high and they make it to the final list”. tightened the cordon and elim- paid their tributes to both the There are inputs that mil- days, braving adverse weather The atmosphere inside the by joining the police force. “I are all keen to serve the police Union government had inated at least one of the ter- martyrs. Interacting with the itants could launch suicide conditions, to participate in the Gulshan ground was electrify- am very optimistic, after clear- force”. earlier announced two women rorists in the ensuing media in Srinagar, DGP attacks on security installa- special recruitment drive aimed ing when group of media per- ing the first round without fac- Briefing media persons, battalions in June 2018 to encounter, official sources said. Dilbagh Singh said, the secu- tions in south Kashmir and at raising two women battal- sons reached the venue of the ing any major hurdle i am set Inspector General of Police enhance the representation of Confirming the elimina- rity has been beefed up in defence positions across the ions. special drive. to participate in the second (Armed) Danesh Rana said, women in the Police force. tion of one of the terrorists, Kashmir. south of Pir Panjal in the So far aspirants from hilly In the first leg, the candi- round”, a NCC cadet from “the current recruitment drive The final sanction was given by twitter handle of the Jammu & “All arrangements have Jammu region. districts of Doda, dates were undergoing physical Bhallessa in Doda district said. is aimed at raising two women the State Administrative Kashmir police posted a mes- been made with regard to secu- According to inputs, ter- Ramban,Kishtwar and twin endurance/standard test. After Another candidate from battalions, one each for Jammu Council (SAC) under the chair- sage which read, “Police & rity measures on ground, the rorist movement has also been border districts of Rajouri, clearing the first hurdle, jubi- Ramban claimed, “i want to and Kashmir divisions”. manship of former Governor Security forces killed one of the security in South Kashmir has traced in areas of Srinagar and Poonch have attended the first lant candidates were allowed to help my family. “We have seen He said, the candidates are Satya Pal Malik in January killers of Martyred SPO been reviewed. We visited Budgam districts. leg of the special recruitment interact with media persons for many ups and downs during being screened in a very pro- 2019. ! "#$"%' !%"( )"!"%( *+,*-*- #  $: 2$*+( 2 +) !"#$!%&'(    ,-. %$!%&'( & ..9 )18 ./     !'  !   $ 8  !     /   /# $  #  ! #  /               , %  '-, "3- - . IBI  P % .* - , "!%. !  #  28$   (                        ( --   ',   .! (3,' - % ! 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With its highly very ability, coupled with it hav- aerodynamic properties of the Administration (FAA), the civil            >        ( European Airbus, where the latter has advanced wing and comput- ing lower engines, that made it 737 but these could be solved. aviation regulator in the US, will    *    *    S       smartly and carefully not uttered a word or erised fly-by-wire technology, attractive to the airlines. Even Pilots could be trained to deal not be in the pocket of Boeing even celebrated the former’s woes, makes the Boeing had to develop new when the 737 was improved, with the changes. Then came as it was once. It is unlikely that                  2  Coke-Pepsi duel look like a violent conflict technology to keep the 737 few changes were made to this another problem. One major a company so vital to America’s                5D   #   3 ( in comparison. While the Chinese and the competitive. So when Airbus end. 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Swati   5 “We have to understand the local chal- ic base to the weaver community. It is also ideas, raise funds and run their business-       1(          obtained her post-graduate in biotechnology and did   $ lenges to improve their composite liveli- an implementation partner on providing es successfully. It is simple in design. For         3          her doctoral research in genomics at AIIMS. It was  00 hoods. You can’t solve the problems of the training in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the user, it is just another contact on ,   "             ( here that she had her moment of epiphany. Her lab- +   last mile from the headquarters,” explains 5,000 schoolchildren in New Delhi, WhatsApp they talk to about their ideas oratory was opposite the outpatients department Manav. According to him, it takes local Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Students are in three languages — Telugu, Hindi, and  F #              6  where the daily sight of struggling patients stirred 8 entrepreneurs, empowered to adapt eas- encouraged to come up with project ideas Kannada — as of now.   (  her and fired the imagination to furrow a path of ily to the nuances of local culture, to cre- on how AI can be applied for societal The chatbot asks a user about their          )       L55     + concrete action. Manav and Swati realised that their   ate and drive change sustainably on the good. Those selected are given access to ideas, how they came up with it, measures               3  7  path was never going to lead to the right level of ful- ground. The 1M1B Foundation is serving the AI Youth Lab to advance their projects the person’s personality and attains a com-                     fillment, because they were not doing something that     as a micro-accelerator for grassroots and create prototypes. plete profile. It also assesses their respons-                 exactly fitted the values they had cultivated over time. 5 6 entrepreneurs by giving them skill train- The Future Leaders programme is es to tough questions — a sort of psycho-        ,  3       Since it wasn’t possible to change their values,    ing, access to technologies, finance and dedicated to identifying and nurturing the metric test.                they knew they needed to switch their careers.   *   then helping them launch their own next generation of leaders committed to An aspiring entrepreneur needs to fol-  P ((Q            ( Manav was the first to take the plunge when he con-     * micro-enterprise. “We scan the local positive change. The target group compris- low a three-step process: First, share a busi-                   ceptualised the 1M1B (1 Million for 1 Billion) +  environment to get better assessment of es high school students and undergrad- ness idea. The chatbot will provide refer- Foundation, an initiative to inspire a million young needs of the area and prospective inter- uates who have the potential to have a ence resources that need to be complet-    3       leaders, educators and entrepreneurs to generate jobs     ventional aspects and partner with these meaningful influence on topics of rele- ed. Then, the candidate will have to design     !         " ,  3  that will create better lives for a billion people in the entities to provide our know-how and exe- vance. During the course of the pro- a financial plan such as product pricing.                      underserved communities. The idea was to empow- 8   cution pipeline to enable last mile access gramme, they are imparted high-impact Finally, if the idea works well, the chatbot      ,  )    # 9)#:      er entrepreneurs who would undertake social to maximise impact”, he adds. leadership development skills to develop will help in raising funds. A final score of                  innovations, job creation and meaningful develop- There are several interventions being the knowledge, resources and network investment readiness is then sent to the              ment in their communities so that each in turn promoted by 1M1B across segments. needed to become an inclusive and social- lending institution.        #          would create jobs and more stable economic lives The Skills Accelerator programme helps ly-minded changemaker. These skills “The idea of Business Raja emerged       -         for a thousand more. individuals develop relevant skills to include thinking critically and from mul- while our team was working with grass-  P   Q    )         ( With Swati’s expertise in healthcare and Manav’s ensure that they are in line with the mar- tiple perspectives, collaborating inclusive- roots innovators and helping them navi-   expertise in entrepreneurship education and ecosys- ket needs. Fifty per cent of the participants ly, communicating effectively and becom- gates the challenging entrepreneurial tems, a social entrepreneurship model was concep- get formal jobs and 15 per cent of them ing empathetic leaders. The coaching also landscape. The AI chatbot and the        @         tualised. They visualised that a million entrepreneurs land up starting their own business. exposes them to an array of educational resources associated with it help to do this,       3  1      (     — spanning different geographies and sectors — can 1M1B is honing the leadership skills of experiences that broaden their world at scale so we can enable more entrepre-               ( come up with the right solutions that can impact micro-entrepreneurs along with building view. neurs faster”, explains Swati.          one billion people. Everyone, according to them, is rural co-innovation labs. It helps acceler- The latest batch participated in the It doesn’t require a flash of genius or #                a natural entrepreneur and can play a vital role in ate the access of indigenous technologies fifth annual 1M1B Activate Impact invention of any radical idea to change the              (   -  promoting resilience in their communities. They to rural markets by pairing these entre- Summit at the United Nations (UN) story line. What is ultimately needed is      (           )#    believe that with relatively simple and inexpensive preneurs with mentors who help them in Headquarters in New York. The summit practical compassion. Most revolutionary  (              ( tools we can put the needle on tough problems but developing their ideas. It also connects provided them the opportunity to learn solutions have been evolved by people like (              ( interventions fail to reach the right person at the right global start-ups to rural markets. This about leadership through the lens of the Manav and Swati who looked at the famil-    )    "   PQ    S   P Q time. Sharing them equitably across the world to access and exposure allows them to test experiences of leaders of civil society, gov- iar landscape with fresh eyes. They saw maximise the impact is a big challenge. Addressing their solution on the specific populations ernment, industry, non-government bod- promise where others saw hopelessness.        these and other burning social problems requires through other village-level players. The ies, private entities, venture funds, entre- (The writer is Member, NITI Aayog’s 9     understanding and reframing them with a fresh view. programme provides training in comput- preneurs and influencers. 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cies have become used to being wooed heavily criticised by the Central things should not have come to such with sops and benefits. Whether it is Government. a pass. We need clear, tangible and regularisation of illegal colonies and Both the Centre and the Delhi more-importantly quantifiable results structures or subsidised electricity and Government have been trading charges against efforts undertaken to protect  *  so on, we just lap it up. over this key issue and blaming each the environment by all stakeholders. +  However, do we ever stop to think other for the sad state of affairs in the The city is what we will leave to the what the cost of these sops is and who Capital. future generations and it cannot be 3'. -  % is footing the bill? The answer is that As the common man continued to inhospitable due to pollution that has 3!,,  , '. , we the people or the electorate are even- suffer the impact of the pollution reached unmanagable levels and turned  -, $ ( %  - : 0&! tually going to pay for the sops, collec- shrouding the city in a pall of smog, the it into a “gas chamber”, choking and tively. The sole beneficiary in this will judiciary took it upon itself to express killing the people that reside in it. ( ' - -%*  % elhi is heading for polls on be the political party we elect, who will reservations on the efficacy of the The spectre of climate change is 
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Regulation 1/10 of bore the brunt of heavy sell- fell up to 0.32 per cent. the Indian rupee closed mar- he government on “The proposed bilateral lateral recognition certificates The bilateral MoU would International Convention on ing mainly in energy, finan- “Domestic markets after ginally up at 71.19 against the TWednesday said it has MoU will enable India and issued by the Directorate therefore, make the seafarers of Standards of Training, cial and auto stocks. opening higher failed to hold US dollar. approved a model pact with another country with which General of Shipping to Indian both the countries to be eligi- Certification and A subdued corporate on to gains amid profit-book- Global benchmark Brent foreign countries for recogni- such an MoU may be entered, seafarers by another country, ble for employment on ships of Watchkeeping (STCW) for earnings season and banks’ ing across finance, auto, crude fell 0.67 per cent to tion of seafarers’ competency to mutually recognise mar- without seeking similar either party based on the cer- Seafarers, 1978 as amended to stressed assets situation have metal and pharma stocks; USD 64.16 per barrel. certificates. itime education and training, acknowledgment by India of tificates so recognized, it added. be signed between the made investors realign their while FMCG and few IT Elsewhere in Asia, bours- The decision was taken at certificates of competency, the certificates issued by that “The Union Cabinet, Directorate General of investment strategy, analysts stocks remained in green es in Shanghai, Hong Kong, a meeting of the Union Cabinet endorsements, documentary country, it added. chaired by the Prime Minister Shipping, Government of India said adding that the upcom- zone. Uncertainty ahead of Tokyo and Seoul ended with chaired by Prime Minister evidence of training and med- Under the pact, Indian Shri Narendra Modi, has given and its counterparts in foreign ing Budget will decide the Budget has resulted in gains. Narendra Modi here. ical fitness certificates, issued to seafarers will be eligible to be its approval for the Model countries, with the approval of course of the market in the investors’ being cautious for European markets were This will pave the way for the seafarers who are citizens of placed on ships under the flag Memorandum of Minister-in-charge of Shipping near to mid-term. the time being,” Paras Bothra, also trading on a positive mutual recognition of mar- respective countries,” the of that country for employ- Understanding (MoU) for uni- and the Minister of External Further, global agencies President of Equity Research, note in their early sessions. itime education and training of Shipping Ministry said in a ment, thus leading to increased lateral/bilateral recognition of Affairs,” the statement said.   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IRB 118.00 118.00 113.10 114.15 CASTROLIND 132.15 133.60 129.70 130.50 KNRCON 296.95 300.30 282.65 288.65 BAJAJFINSV 9590.00 9600.00 9495.00 9545.00 10.70 BHARTIARTL 515.00 524.00 507.15 514.35 GNFC 196.45 204.20 194.80 202.75 GMRINFRA 23.05 23.35 22.95 23.00 FINOLEXIND 564.75 569.90 548.20 558.75 BAJFINANCE 4186.00 4186.50 4123.35 4143.00 4.40 HDFC 2476.00 2481.20 2412.00 2417.10 CADILAHC 270.90 276.60 268.05 269.20 ISEC 435.00 436.85 427.00 430.95 CREDITACC 780.00 801.70 776.30 799.15 RELIANCE 1544.00 1546.75 1531.10 1535.25 1.35 RBLBANK 343.00 345.45 332.60 339.10 NCC 57.05 58.10 56.50 56.70 VRLLOG 266.65 268.90 265.00 265.00 JAMNAAUTO 45.45 46.00 44.60 45.05 EICHERMOT 21160.00 21280.00 20944.00 21070.00 13.45 INFY 765.10 778.00 765.10 769.95 NHPC 25.90 27.20 25.20 26.35 RELINFRA 19.35 20.45 19.35 20.45 JKCEMENT 1287.05 1304.05 1284.00 1298.15 TECHM 780.00 790.45 776.20 778.55 -0.35 IOC 117.00 117.00 112.30 113.85 TATACHEM 752.00 759.35 747.00 748.95 SUNTECK 402.70 402.70 380.00 381.15 REDINGTON 118.85 119.00 114.75 115.20 ITC 239.60 239.60 237.10 238.30 -0.15 MARUTI 7334.20 7370.15 7109.65 7136.35 WIPRO 247.35 251.80 245.45 246.05 JBCHEPHARM 487.00 512.00 487.00 497.35 FSL 42.85 43.45 42.80 43.20 INFRATEL 244.85 245.00 235.50 240.35 -0.15 TCS 2175.50 2210.10 2175.50 2206.50 TITAN 1185.00 1185.35 1172.45 1177.65 RELAXO 696.20 699.60 677.20 682.30 ENGINERSIN 100.60 100.85 99.05 99.25 HEROMOTOCO2408.70 2410.00 2379.00 2397.10 -1.60 HAVELLS 595.00 617.80 588.50 599.90 STRTECH 132.50 133.80 127.25 129.25 DBL 417.35 427.55 414.65 418.70 SUPREMEIND 1320.00 1323.25 1295.40 1314.20 SUNPHARMA 448.40 453.85 445.35 447.00 -0.40 KOTAKBANK 1630.60 1636.05 1576.05 1585.90 TECHM 783.00 790.00 776.80 778.10 IIFL 174.45 175.00 162.95 165.75 MPHASIS 887.90 893.75 882.05 886.30 ULTRACEMCO 4505.00 4540.00 4463.00 4477.00 -6.55 UPL 580.05 580.05 553.50 563.10 GAYAPROJ 76.10 77.00 74.25 75.25 SIEMENS 1555.00 1596.40 1555.00 1577.75 SJVN 26.70 26.70 25.70 26.00 DRREDDY 3060.55 3105.05 3047.40 3055.55 -4.90 ASIANPAINT 1818.00 1818.00 1769.60 1778.30 GLAXO 1630.00 1634.10 1619.75 1620.15 VENKYS 1793.00 1797.80 1755.00 1758.95 GESHIP 342.35 348.30 337.85 341.65 HINDUNILVR 2063.00 2063.50 2027.20 2051.90 -3.50 JINDALSTEL 186.80 186.80 177.60 178.90 ITI 100.25 103.00 99.00 99.80 DABUR 490.00 493.90 486.30 486.65 ARVINDFASN 429.95 444.15 415.00 416.45 BRITANNIA 3125.50 3138.70 3088.90 3105.30 -5.95 RAIN 120.00 124.00 117.80 118.80 MOTILALOFS 866.10 884.20 852.00 873.55 BALRAMCHIN 184.50 186.30 183.30 184.65 TRIDENT 7.12 7.24 7.12 7.14 HDFCBANK 1248.05 1255.00 1234.40 1241.85 -2.50 SUNPHARMA 448.20 454.00 445.40 446.25 ICICIGI 1335.00 1342.75 1309.00 1313.55 FINEORG 2218.90 2287.85 2204.55 2242.05 LTTS 1627.95 1650.00 1622.30 1630.25 IOC 116.65 116.90 111.95 114.55 -0.25 ONGC 123.00 123.00 116.00 116.45 ADANIPORTS 379.00 385.00 379.00 383.85 IDBI 36.50 36.50 35.25 35.50 GODREJAGRO 560.60 563.55 544.90 546.30 VEDL 155.85 158.25 152.80 153.55 -0.35 VOLTAS 705.00 705.05 692.50 695.10 ADANIPOWER 62.65 63.35 62.30 62.45 WESTLIFE 388.00 391.00 380.00 381.50 AAVAS 1962.25 1970.10 1934.90 1944.95 WIPRO 248.60 251.95 245.40 246.40 -0.70 YESBANK 38.60 39.10 38.00 38.45 BDL 314.00 322.35 306.60 307.60 TATACOFFEE 104.20 105.10 100.90 101.95 AJANTPHARM 1188.55 1199.00 1178.50 1191.25 TATASTEEL 478.65 479.85 473.20 474.15 -2.00 COALINDIA 196.50 199.45 191.05 192.00 ORIENTELEC 211.00 225.85 197.00 212.75 METROPOLIS 1655.00 1675.00 1621.00 1642.05 KTKBANK 74.00 74.20 73.10 73.55 JSWSTEEL 268.30 269.30 264.75 265.95 -1.30 GRAPHITE 311.00 327.40 311.00 315.90 BRITANNIA 3131.60 3137.15 3088.00 3106.15 WHIRLPOOL 2529.00 2529.00 2380.90 2403.45 MMTC 21.70 22.45 21.50 21.80 CIPLA 474.50 480.30 470.25 470.80 -2.60 LT 1310.00 1310.65 1292.40 1294.25 PRESTIGE 384.95 391.15 372.60 385.80 CEATLTD 1012.50 1012.95 992.95 999.50 BASF 1024.05 1027.20 1010.00 1014.50 GAIL 127.20 127.90 125.50 126.05 -0.70 POWERGRID 200.50 202.30 193.10 199.55 MOTHERSUMI 138.50 139.30 136.60 138.65 HAL 877.00 896.35 854.10 859.35 ORIENTBANK 55.15 55.45 54.10 54.45 LT 1311.00 1312.00 1292.00 1294.90 -7.45 AUROPHARMA 498.80 510.90 490.80 497.70 GAIL 127.10 127.65 125.55 125.85 PETRONET 270.25 274.50 270.25 270.75 PFIZER 4023.00 4075.00 3981.00 3998.90 SANOFI 6687.00 6754.90 6662.00 6669.05 POLYCAB 1121.00 1128.90 986.35 993.95 RAMCOCEM 830.00 839.75 820.05 831.40 SUZLON 2.55 2.60 2.48 2.53 QUESS 575.45 578.95 567.25 571.55 SHOPERSTOP 427.50 428.00 410.80 416.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 3105.00 3110.00 3070.10 3074.85 -22.20 BAJFINANCE 4170.00 4183.10 4125.00 4140.60 NAUKRI 2560.00 2570.55 2505.20 2529.40 EDELWEISS 100.00 104.75 100.00 102.10 NH 358.80 362.85 352.00 355.20 MAGMA 66.25 66.35 62.20 64.20 INDUSINDBK 1346.35 1348.00 1323.00 1326.05 -10.30 INDUSINDBK 1348.00 1348.70 1323.00 1327.60 GLENMARK 355.90 356.25 346.80 350.00 ASHOKA 120.05 121.60 115.00 115.65 LUXIND 1510.00 1549.00 1471.10 1478.40 FDC 228.60 228.60 223.45 225.95 HINDALCO 205.60 207.80 203.00 203.50 -1.65 JUSTDIAL 579.00 605.50 572.25 599.55 BEML 1005.50 1012.00 990.55 997.65 GDL 134.00 137.50 126.05 132.50 CUMMINSIND 584.00 587.55 581.00 584.55 GULFOILLUB 819.15 833.00 815.80 827.90 POWERGRID 200.50 202.35 193.05 198.85 -1.75 HDFCAMC 3214.70 3261.30 3141.40 3172.05 BIOCON 294.00 297.00 291.50 292.75 BAJAJELEC 392.05 392.05 367.20 383.95 JCHAC 2100.55 2243.60 2056.55 2201.50 SHRIRAMCIT 1377.00 1399.90 1357.45 1366.60 AXISBANK 717.00 722.75 706.60 709.30 -8.30 PFC 107.00 111.90 103.90 109.00 TATAPOWER 59.60 60.05 58.95 59.15 VINATIORGA 2108.10 2140.00 2094.30 2116.55 WELSPUNIND 50.70 50.70 49.50 49.75 PGHH 11339.00 11339.00 11195.00 11219.50 BPCL 465.20 466.45 454.10 456.90 -6.95 HINDUNILVR 2061.25 2061.25 2028.00 2051.20 RALLIS 234.85 238.00 228.90 231.15 BBTC 1140.00 1148.25 1121.90 1129.70 ATUL 4350.00 4350.95 4311.00 4325.15 PNCINFRA 195.75 195.75 191.00 191.70 ICICIBANK 531.50 534.95 520.75 522.00 -9.05 DLF 259.10 261.25 255.10 258.20 SUNTV 485.70 490.30 475.40 487.30 CROMPTON 255.00 263.00 252.15 260.90 VIPIND 455.20 455.75 447.40 453.35 IOB 11.51 11.56 11.33 11.37 HDFC 2474.00 2483.35 2412.20 2418.00 -47.45 PIDILITIND 1423.00 1444.00 1420.25 1428.15 BERGEPAINT 549.95 551.00 538.25 540.10 THERMAX 1047.60 1072.10 1046.00 1056.75 BAJAJCON 233.50 238.80 231.60 232.35 CENTURYPLY 170.35 170.90 166.55 169.55 ASIANPAINT 1815.00 1818.70 1766.85 1773.20 -37.55 GILLETTE 6330.00 6353.80 6288.05 6314.30 CYIENT 462.80 504.25 461.95 484.85 VSTIND 4777.00 4856.45 4468.65 4604.75 LEMONTREE 54.45 54.50 52.10 52.35 EIHOTEL 146.65 149.40 146.65 148.15 KOTAKBANK 1633.20 1637.90 1576.00 1591.00 -34.10 PNBHOUSING 558.00 575.50 555.80 570.90 TVSMOTOR 462.35 468.35 455.60 464.55 GSPL 252.70 254.75 250.20 253.45 ASTRAZEN 2542.95 2571.30 2517.95 2531.20 VARROC 486.50 490.25 482.00 483.75 MARUTI 7340.00 7374.95 7107.95 7145.00 -157.65 HDFCLIFE 604.95 616.40 602.55 612.75 CONCOR 551.35 552.00 547.00 550.20 CUB 238.90 240.00 235.95 236.25 KALPATPOWR 448.00 469.95 446.80 449.00 UPL 582.85 582.85 553.40 560.45 -17.25 PIIND 1449.00 1454.20 1435.50 1448.35 PRSMJOHNSN 67.45 73.15 67.00 71.60 JKLAKSHMI 340.60 351.05 337.00 341.00 SHK 115.00 115.10 112.00 112.90 TATAMOTORS 191.95 192.50 184.25 185.60 -5.80 TATAGLOBAL 387.10 388.50 382.40 384.80 HEIDELBERG 195.80 199.30 194.20 197.25 IRCON 433.00 438.00 426.30 431.05 TVSSRICHAK 1769.30 1783.35 1750.70 1755.50 NTPC 114.95 115.75 111.50 112.50 -4.65 ICICIPRULI 494.00 511.80 489.00 506.55 APOLLOTYRE 174.90 175.15 173.35 174.30 GREAVESCOT 143.20 144.45 140.25 140.80 ENDURANCE 1065.00 1086.80 1055.00 1072.00 COALINDIA 199.10 199.40 190.95 191.55 -10.60 NIITTECH 1800.00 1894.30 1800.00 1871.40 UBL 1273.00 1276.65 1264.00 1268.05 ABFRL 233.00 236.80 230.65 235.10 DBCORP 146.05 148.00 141.90 142.35 ONGC 122.00 122.00 116.00 116.30 -6.45 RPOWER 2.01 2.14 2.01 2.07 NIACL 160.60 162.20 157.35 159.20 SYNGENE 308.40 318.00 307.10 309.15 GALAXYSURF 1500.00 1517.90 1475.25 1487.35 BANDHANBNK 482.90 487.00 474.00 475.45 SRF 3610.00 3637.80 3602.55 3608.15 CCL 197.80 199.85 196.00 196.75 MINDACORP 106.45 106.45 103.70 104.70   BANKBARODA 95.30 95.75 93.60 94.25 REPCOHOME 346.50 349.40 327.25 333.30 ASTERDM 164.95 165.70 162.75 164.60 ADVENZYMES 185.25 185.25 179.75 180.50 DISHTV 13.32 14.41 13.26 14.23 MAXINDIA 79.65 86.80 79.65 85.65 JAGRAN* 68.50 70.00 68.00 69.35 THYROCARE 550.00 557.55 542.75 555.40 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NTPC 114.40 115.60 111.70 112.20 SWANENERGY 120.00 120.15 116.25 117.95 CRISIL 1796.75 1836.10 1795.85 1810.80 RATNAMANI 1221.00 1225.00 1189.25 1206.75 NIFTY NEXT 50 28711.35 28742.00 28552.90 28593.00 -24.35 INFRATEL 245.00 245.50 235.40 240.95 BIRLACORPN 756.00 763.65 739.00 742.05 SOBHA 446.20 448.15 438.00 440.35 MAHSEAMLES 410.00 410.00 404.00 407.45 ICICIPRULI 492.00 512.00 488.45 506.90 17.85 VEDL 155.50 158.05 152.80 153.15 KANSAINER 523.85 526.00 499.00 511.20 PARAGMILK 152.40 152.90 146.70 148.60 GUJALKALI 435.00 435.00 422.05 423.50 NHPC 26.00 27.20 25.15 26.65 0.80 FEDERALBNK 95.05 95.60 93.40 93.75 GHCL 210.00 211.45 206.00 207.20 NILKAMAL 1462.00 1497.00 1459.30 1467.70 IFBIND 680.00 682.15 663.50 669.70 INDIGO 1440.00 1474.95 1428.75 1473.00 34.20 PEL 1624.70 1630.40 1587.90 1608.60 IEX 186.00 186.50 177.90 180.45 TNPL 192.90 197.05 192.90 194.50 ALBK 18.65 18.70 18.50 18.50 ACC 1507.95 1537.00 1502.10 1525.00 28.90 NMDC 135.20 135.20 128.80 132.30 AUBANK 892.00 899.00 883.20 886.70 ERIS 510.00 511.75 503.55 507.05 INOXWIND 43.50 44.55 42.45 42.85 HDFCLIFE 604.90 616.50 602.65 613.00 11.00 LICHSGFIN 481.00 483.00 472.50 476.55 RITES 315.85 320.55 313.55 318.70 LAURUSLABS 406.40 406.40 394.45 399.55 TAKE 107.15 107.50 105.00 105.50 PFC 106.85 111.90 103.85 108.50 1.85 ITC 239.95 239.95 237.05 237.95 RCF 52.60 54.20 52.60 53.50 GODFRYPHLP 1421.00 1445.00 1406.00 1413.90 CHENNPETRO 148.05 150.60 142.75 143.65 GEPIL 680.05 688.40 679.50 680.05 MCDOWELL-N 581.20 590.75 576.65 587.35 9.15 HEG 1110.00 1149.00 1105.95 1125.00 WELCORP 170.05 174.00 165.60 166.60 MARICO 336.75 336.75 332.35 334.85 OFSS 2947.50 2970.75 2917.00 2953.10 CENTRUM 22.55 22.75 22.15 22.45 AMBUJACEM 208.90 212.20 208.30 210.00 2.40 SAIL 50.00 50.30 49.20 49.75 PHILIPCARB 145.25 147.40 141.00 142.80 VBL 797.90 804.85 777.00 793.50 DCMSHRIRAM 413.20 413.20 400.00 402.55 ESSELPRO 173.00 174.70 170.85 171.40 PIDILITIND 1423.65 1444.95 1418.80 1429.05 14.30 GRASIM 772.15 795.80 767.25 792.25 DCAL 72.60 79.90 72.50 79.90 PERSISTENT 715.00 735.45 715.00 726.55 BAJAJHLDNG 3365.60 3385.80 3340.05 3355.00 MASFIN 908.00 909.40 894.35 898.95 AUROPHARMA 498.00 510.90 490.80 498.00 4.80 TATAELXSI 958.05 978.90 955.00 960.50 SCI 60.45 62.90 59.45 60.90 HFCL 17.70 17.70 16.90 17.05 GSKCONS 8831.50 8894.00 8800.15 8857.65 MAHSCOOTER 4350.00 4363.00 4340.00 4346.40 SBILIFE 980.00 992.60 972.00 980.00 7.25 L&TFH 119.10 120.15 116.70 117.10 JAICORPLTD 112.90 112.90 108.00 109.00 HUDCO 42.75 42.90 41.20 41.70 PHOENIXLTD 895.00 897.65 888.00 891.00 HATHWAY 21.30 21.45 20.65 20.75 DLF 258.40 261.25 255.00 258.90 1.80 INDIGO 1465.00 1475.20 1428.95 1468.65 M&MFIN 355.00 358.10 348.50 350.35 DIXON 4224.00 4224.00 4144.10 4158.05 HONAUT 27300.00 27367.00 26896.00 26987.65 ANDHRABANK 17.00 17.15 16.85 16.90 CADILAHC 268.50 276.50 267.75 269.60 1.25 SPICEJET 102.30 102.50 97.50 97.85 ADANIGAS 170.15 171.40 165.60 166.80 JKTYRE 81.05 82.75 80.20 80.90 TIMKEN 930.00 937.45 912.50 926.05 DHANUKA 456.75 464.90 446.10 449.30 PAGEIND 25320.25 25750.00 25311.25 25386.00 86.05 PNB 62.75 62.75 60.70 60.95 MGL 1159.00 1163.00 1132.40 1140.25 GODREJPROP 964.60 965.00 950.45 960.60 ITDCEM 61.55 63.95 60.60 63.05 AEGISLOG 210.85 212.75 207.50 208.90 MOTHERSUMI 138.85 139.25 136.50 138.70 0.25 DRREDDY 3060.00 3105.00 3051.35 3060.05 ABCAPITAL 107.35 109.40 106.45 106.95 KRBL 277.50 286.65 277.50 281.00 BRIGADE 226.00 231.30 224.75 227.40 STARCEMENT 90.35 90.40 88.70 89.25 OFSS 2955.00 2968.95 2917.60 2953.00 3.40 ADANIENT 225.00 228.10 221.85 225.80 NOCIL 121.70 122.70 118.95 119.70 COCHINSHIP 428.00 431.00 421.80 426.05 VGUARD 228.00 229.50 224.00 225.05 INDOSTAR 239.00 241.00 235.10 236.10 DABUR 489.20 494.00 486.25 487.00 0.00 BPCL 464.95 466.80 454.20 455.35 BOMDYEING 87.10 87.20 84.50 84.80 BANKINDIA 67.40 67.85 66.75 67.45 DHFL 16.05 16.45 15.85 16.35 UCOBANK 16.25 16.25 16.00 16.05 DMART 1930.00 1932.00 1907.60 1910.00 -2.35 CARERATING 652.90 683.50 652.90 662.05 UJJIVAN 343.00 343.00 331.35 332.95 COROMANDEL 598.45 598.55 590.00 595.35 JYOTHYLAB 155.30 158.95 153.90 157.05 TATAINVEST 832.90 834.00 822.40 830.00 NIACL 161.90 162.55 157.10 160.25 -0.25 CGCL 198.90 199.20 195.55 196.50 BAJAJ-AUTO 3102.45 3108.00 3071.05 3077.30 3MINDIA 22238.25 22353.75 22175.20 22269.50 JSL 43.85 44.10 43.00 43.30 SIS 502.10 515.00 496.60 503.05 UBL 1272.55 1276.95 1263.00 1269.50 -2.35 BEL 105.25 105.25 100.20 100.90 RADICO 365.70 367.45 356.00 364.40 CHAMBLFERT 172.00 174.50 168.50 169.55 IFCI 6.55 6.65 6.45 6.50 SOLARINDS 1188.00 1208.90 1155.00 1171.10 LUPIN 743.25 746.95 734.65 739.85 -1.30 HCLTECH 584.50 595.00 582.30 590.35 OMAXE 158.00 158.00 153.00 154.50 MIDHANI 165.20 166.30 162.00 163.80 BLISSGVS 146.25 147.00 143.25 145.05 MAHLOG 424.10 426.05 408.40 415.65 MARICO 337.70 337.90 332.30 336.00 -0.75 ASHOKLEY 86.95 87.25 85.05 85.85 APLLTD 602.00 603.85 585.70 589.75 INDIANB 105.00 106.00 103.40 103.95 GMDCLTD 69.70 69.70 66.10 66.55 SFL 1416.00 1497.00 1416.00 1487.30 SHREECEM 22960.00 23299.95 22887.00 22891.50 -62.00 HINDALCO 205.90 207.65 203.00 203.35 LUPIN 743.85 745.95 734.95 738.15 DEEPAKFERT 108.40 110.80 106.65 109.85 ASTRAL 1100.00 1100.00 1076.95 1087.35 MAHINDCIE 171.60 171.60 168.50 169.55 CONCOR 551.00 552.95 546.30 550.00 -1.55 AVANTI 713.40 718.00 691.35 696.10 SUDARSCHEM 489.90 495.40 472.20 477.60 NAVINFLUOR 1088.00 1098.75 1067.55 1073.50 SHANKARA 396.00 397.60 386.00 389.05 SYNDIBANK 27.80 27.85 27.35 27.50 BANKBARODA 95.50 95.75 93.50 94.40 -0.35 AMARAJABAT 775.00 792.60 769.45 784.05 HEROMOTOCO 2405.25 2420.10 2380.00 2397.75 RESPONIND 92.85 93.25 91.65 92.65 BALMLAWRIE 125.20 127.15 123.60 124.20 KPRMILL 666.60 674.35 662.20 667.75 SIEMENS 1588.00 1595.00 1565.50 1577.15 -5.95 TORNTPOWER 318.00 322.35 313.05 315.65 AMBUJACEM 207.60 212.15 207.60 210.30 EMAMILTD 336.55 342.75 333.85 335.80 JISLJALEQS 8.00 8.00 7.64 7.69 SUPRAJIT 201.70 205.40 201.25 204.00 PEL 1617.00 1629.20 1587.00 1604.90 -6.35 ESCORTS 707.55 713.95 701.35 703.50 INFIBEAM 59.20 59.20 57.25 58.15 SOUTHBANK 11.25 11.34 11.09 11.11 CENTRALBK 18.40 18.70 18.05 18.55 KPITTECH 100.05 100.05 95.55 97.35 BANDHANBNK 479.80 487.50 473.50 474.60 -2.15 RNAM 341.05 349.45 340.50 346.20 MUTHOOTFIN 775.55 775.55 755.70 758.40 TV18BRDCST 27.00 27.70 26.30 26.85 JSWENERGY 66.20 66.95 66.20 66.50 CERA 2668.35 2699.85 2661.30 2687.30 PGHH 11262.55 11330.00 11132.00 11200.00 -50.10 ACC 1505.00 1536.80 1505.00 1524.35 EXIDEIND 195.70 198.50 193.85 197.60 TRENT 588.15 605.15 582.05 587.45 AMBER 1324.00 1348.80 1324.00 1342.70 MHRIL 244.45 244.45 237.10 237.70 BAJAJHLDNG 3375.00 3389.95 3337.30 3354.00 -16.25 SBILIFE 966.10 992.75 966.10 982.35 IDFCFIRSTB 43.65 43.65 43.00 43.35 HEXAWARE 340.85 341.70 334.15 335.05 MRPL 47.15 47.15 44.80 44.90 VAIBHAVGBL 910.00 929.00 910.00 925.05 GODREJCP 732.55 734.00 722.20 728.00 -3.55 JSWSTEEL 268.35 268.95 264.85 265.80 JUBILANT 626.00 627.45 607.05 617.60 NBVENTURES 90.95 91.35 89.05 89.70 TCIEXP 738.70 744.45 738.70 742.90 LAKSHVILAS 15.85 15.95 15.70 15.75 HDFCAMC 3210.00 3262.00 3140.00 3162.00 -17.45 ULTRACEMCO 4500.00 4539.65 4466.35 4479.80 NATCOPHARM 650.35 671.50 643.50 647.25 WABAG 227.00 227.10 221.00 222.45 J&KBANK 29.40 29.40 28.85 28.90 WABCOINDIA 6423.00 6465.65 6399.00 6409.10 COLPAL 1487.00 1494.15 1461.20 1478.00 -9.15 DMART 1925.00 1930.00 1908.15 1914.20 IBULISL 135.15 135.15 122.35 125.95 APLAPOLLO 1983.00 2017.90 1978.75 1996.65 TEAMLEASE 2749.00 2749.00 2655.00 2698.55 SHILPAMED 269.60 270.00 263.55 264.40 ASHOKLEY 86.75 87.25 85.00 85.75 -0.55 CANBK 220.80 221.25 216.65 218.85 CIPLA 473.05 480.00 470.30 471.75 LINDEINDIA 733.65 742.95 710.35 716.55 JSLHISAR 79.90 80.35 78.10 79.45 MAHLIFE 414.15 415.00 409.55 413.05 BIOCON 295.55 297.00 290.10 292.50 -2.15 NATIONALUM 45.65 45.75 45.00 45.50 BHARATFORG 513.00 514.80 500.80 502.90 SYMPHONY 1185.70 1219.50 1179.50 1195.30 CHALET 355.00 362.00 342.35 345.25 LAOPALA 172.05 172.25 167.65 168.70 DIVISLAB 1872.10 1890.65 1843.95 1855.00 -15.80 RAJESHEXPO 728.00 728.00 713.10 716.05 GODREJCP 730.00 733.65 721.80 726.05 RVNL 24.65 25.10 24.50 24.85 BAYERCROP 4190.00 4190.05 4089.50 4112.45 TIINDIA 523.95 525.40 522.25 523.70 PNB 62.10 62.20 60.65 60.90 -0.55 EICHERMOT 21222.10 21265.45 20954.90 21090.60 GUJGAS 280.00 282.00 273.45 280.80 LALPATHLAB 1619.00 1641.90 1589.60 1595.75 UFLEX 224.60 224.70 220.15 221.75 GARFIBRES 1372.00 1411.15 1360.00 1410.10 SRTRANSFIN 1096.20 1096.20 1071.65 1077.00 -12.40 RECLTD 135.00 136.15 129.60 135.60 PAGEIND 25352.10 25725.35 25313.15 25419.15 GICHSGFIN 161.00 163.95 156.95 157.85 SCHNEIDER 83.10 83.10 79.30 79.95 TCNSBRANDS 591.00 592.00 585.95 587.30 HINDZINC 213.00 214.70 207.70 209.85 -2.55 TATAMTRDVR 80.25 80.25 76.25 77.45 MRF 68506.20 68794.50 67505.55 67769.95 LTI 1915.95 1928.45 1903.55 1924.95 TATAMETALI 644.05 646.00 630.65 635.75 AKZOINDIA 2015.00 2035.95 2005.10 2012.85 ICICIGI 1325.00 1342.90 1308.35 1313.90 -16.05 RAYMOND 688.15 703.55 662.00 673.10 COLPAL 1490.15 1493.00 1462.65 1477.90 NESCO 756.60 758.10 736.05 741.40 TTKPRESTIG 6123.10 6124.00 5985.00 5997.10 CORPBANK 24.40 24.45 24.20 24.35 PETRONET 273.55 274.65 270.40 270.45 -3.65 MFSL 536.00 536.00 514.45 519.25 MANAPPURAM 180.20 181.65 177.10 178.95 IPCALAB 1230.20 1235.00 1212.75 1229.30 HIMATSEIDE 140.50 141.00 136.40 136.95 SKFINDIA 2166.00 2200.00 2151.00 2174.00 IBULHSGFIN 305.30 305.95 295.00 296.60 -4.55 ADANIGREEN 205.00 208.65 194.40 197.55 GSFC 84.50 88.25 83.05 87.05 HINDCOPPER 45.30 45.65 44.45 44.60 ORIENTCEM 83.20 86.40 82.70 83.10 UNITEDBNK 9.00 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Rajapaksa told the UN cases sharply rising to 444 on the novel coronavirus strain of fears that millions of biggest mass migration, clog- ple in the country’s brutal civil official that as a result of the official that after the conclusion Wednesday, even as the cases include respiratory symptoms Chinese are travelling at ging road, rail and air net- war with Tamil Tiger rebels, his census carried out by the gov- of the necessary investigations, of the deadly pneumonia such as fever, cough, shortness home and abroad for the works every year. PTI office has said in a clarification ernment at the end of the con- steps would be taken to issue were reported from the US, of breath and breathing diffi- after the Sri Lankan President flict in 2009, it had emerged death certificates and after that Hong Kong, Macao and culties, according to the WHO. declared the missing persons that most of the missing per- the families would be given the Mexico. The Chinese health )! !  ! Q!  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Therefore, as far as Lankan Tamils in the north and the epicentre of illness, not to Tuesday. who arrived in the city from Shenzhen on Tuesday before Resident Coordinator Hanaa they are concerned these peo- east which claimed at least leave the city. Considering its potential Wuhan via the cross-border transferring to another train Singer last week that after the ple are missing,” the statement 100,000 lives. Seventeen people have to spread to different coun- high-speed railway. that brought them to Hong necessary investigations are quoted the Sri Lankan president The Tamils alleged that died due to the virus, state- tries, the World Health Health secretary Sophia Kong. completed steps would be taken as saying. thousands were massacred dur- run China Daily reported on Organisation (WHO) is hold- Chan said the 39-year-old He was put in isolation in to issue death certificates to the “The unfortunate truth is ing the final stages of the war Wednesday. ing a rare emergency meeting man was “preliminarily posi- hospital after tests, but missing persons. that these people had died dur- that ended in 2009 when the The coronavirus is a large Geneva on Wednesday to tive”, but a final test result Wednesday when his relatives The President’s office has ing the battles. Even in the secu- Government forces killed family of viruses that causes consider declaring Wuhan would only be known on showed no symptoms after a said Gotabaya Rajapaksa had rity forces there are about 4,000 Liberation Tigers of Tamil illnesses ranging from the virus as an international pub- Thursday. night at a city hotel they were explained to the UN official that personnel listed as missing. Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai common cold to acute respi- lic health emergency, as it did “We decided to announced allowed to leave for the he will have the matter investi- But in reality these people had Prabhakaran. PTI ratory syndromes, but the with swine flu and Ebola. the case (early) due to heavy Philippines. AFP 1 !     " !  ,# ,        #     !  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Sudanese capital to try ham- Ethiopia into Sudan where it cation on whether it would US President did not say any- Trump told Khan, whom mer out a draft deal to resolve joins the White Nile near succeed after several previous thing but he probably under- he referred to as “my friend”, their dispute over a Nile dam Khartoum, to form the Nile rounds of talks failed. But at stood what he meant. that he would speak to Prime that Ethiopia is constructing, River. Eighty-five percent of the talks in Washington last “Afghanistan is yet to be Minister Narendra Modi about an Egyptian spokesman said. Nile waters originate in week, the three countries said resolved and Iran would be the ongoing Kashmir issue. The $4.6 billion Grand Ethiopia from the Blue Nile, they had reached a preliminary much bigger (if war starts),” on January 3. The Pakistan Prime Trump is expected to visit India Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which is one of the Nile’s two agreement. Khan said. “If there is conflict between Minister also said he does not in the coming weeks, marking project on the Blue Nile, which main tributaries. The US and World Bank Khan met Trump on the Iran and the Western world it understand why countries try to his first visit after assuming promises to provide much- According to Muhamed are acting as observers at the sidelines of the World will be a disaster — it will cause resolve their differences through office. needed electricity to Ethiopia’s el-Sebai, a spokesman for Khartoum talks after Egypt’s Economic Forum (WEF) sum- poverty in the world — and military conflicts. “What’s going on between 100 million people, has been a Egypt’s irrigation ministry, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi mit here on Tuesday. who knows how long it may go “The moment you start a Pakistan and India … if we can contentious point among the technical and legal teams from last year pleaded with Tensions between the US on. In my opinion it would be military conflict, you don’t help, we certainly will be will- three main Nile Basin coun- the three countries are to “pre- Washington and the interna- and Iran have escalated in the insanity,” Khan said. know where it will finish. It has ing to. We have been watching tries. pare a draft deal” on how the tional community to mediate a wake of the killing of powerful “I spoke to President Trump unintended consequences,” he it very closely and it’s an hon- The issue is critical for dam’s reservoir would be filled solution for the years-long dis- Iranian commander General yesterday and I told him it said. our to be here with my friend,” Cairo as Egypt seeks to protect and how the dam itself would pute. Egypt claims that filling Qasem Soleimani by America would be a disaster,” Khan said. After meeting Khan, Trump had said. PTI its main source of freshwater operate. the dam’s reservoir too quick- ly could significantly reduce its share of the Nile water. 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he 4th edition of have to improve more. It Kalinga Global Film should maintain their unique- TFestival (KGFF) was ness.” Professor Saxena said inaugurated at KIIT School of that students of KIIT should uring his visit to NCC Republic Day Camp Uttar Pradesh Directorate. Raksha Mantri Film and Media Sciences. The reflect what they learn from D2020, Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh con- Commendation Cards have been awarded to Sr inauguration ceremony was Odisha in their films. ferred Raksha Mantri Padak and Under Officer Shavetana Sambyal of Jammu and graced by Tusharkanti Behera, The objective of this film Commendation Cards to NCC cadets for their Kashmir Directorate, Capt (Dr) Rajeev Thomas Minister of Sports and Youth festival is to encourage and exemplary performance and devotion to duty. of Kerala and Lakshadweep Directorate, Sr GCI Service, Electronics and ignite young minds, enrich Rajnath Singh was welcomed by the Seema Rai of Uttar Pradesh Directorate and Information Technology, intellectually inclined cineast- Director General of National Cadet Corps, Lt Cadet Soumya Ghosh of West Bengal and Government of Odisha; es and promote aspiring film Gen Rajeev Chopra, AVSM. A contingent of Sikkim Directorate. Anubhav Mohanty, MP, Lok makers. “KGFF intends to smartly turned out NCC cadets drawn from the Rajnath Singh also inspected the well laid Sabha; Satyabrata Tripathy, organise a festival that would three wings — Army, Navy and Air Force — pre- out ‘Flag Area’, prepared by the cadets from all Chairman of Odisha Film connect regular movie-goers, sented an impressive Guard of Honour to the the 17 NCC Directorates depicting various social Development Corporation; budding filmmakers and dis- Defense Minister. awareness themes. He was given a briefing by Bijay Kumar Nayak, Director tinguished filmmakers so as Raksha Mantri Padak was instituted in 1989 the cadets on their respective models. He also of Culture Department, to bring greater understand- and since then it is awarded to the most deserv- visited the ‘Hall of Fame’, which has an archival Government of Odisha; ing of the art and craft of film ing cadet every year for bravery or exception- collection of alumni photographs, models and Pankaj Saxena, professor of making,” said Khatua. al service of the highest order. This year, the other achievements of the NCC. Screen Studies and Research, KGFF presented a selec- Raksha Mantri Padak was awarded to Lieutenant In his address, he complimented the NCC FTII, Pune; Dr Achyuta tion of feature films, short Raison Sam Raju of Kerala and Lakshadweep for doing exceptional work towards Swachhata Samanta, Founder of KIIT films and documentaries from Directorate and Under Officer Rahul Sharma of Abhiyan. and KISS and Himanshu all over Asia. There were three Khatua, CEO of KIIT School panel discussions on Film of Film and Media Sciences. Society Movement, Film While inaugurating, Appreciation and Critical Behera said, “Odia cinemas Analysis and Film Education. 7    A. 4.

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resident Dr Ram Nath tions, he helped 12 students PKovind awarded Parth   9 8 meet their parents. He is the Sarathi, a resident of Noida founder of Raasta founda- with Bal Shakti award along tion whose theme is — Maths with  1 lakh, a medal and a and Music. In this foundation, certificate in Rashtrapati he teaches mathematics and Bhawan on Wednesday. music to the kids so that they It will always be a memo- are stress free and happy. rable day for Parth because it During the Greater Noida is not often that you receive an carnival, he organised a mini award in Rashtrapati Bhawan concert where eight kids sang from the President. He a beautiful song. Those stu- received this opportunity dents performed the first time because of his consistent hard- on the stage and received work, optimistic behaviour immense praise and appreci- !  $ /  D( E  %0. # +7 & $ &  0   D( E$    
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hat an astonishing preach exists path. Rigved mantra also preaches that problems arise. Win Vedas — Anti santamnaja- without following the Vedic path no It is mentioned in Ramayana that hati, Anti Santamnapashyati — which one can attain happiness. earlier daily Vedic preach and agniho- means that even though the soul of a Further, Samved mantra points tra was performed in every house. As human being is closest to god yet he that when an aspirant listens to Vedas a result, there was no man or woman can’t leave or see him. Indeed, soul can from Brahma, he can actually feel the who was affected with vices like never be away from god at any time. presence of god. But nowadays, it is anger, greed, meanness and many oth- This eternal fact is also stated in sad that people misled by so-called ers. So during those days there was Yajurved mantra that god is near to saints. Hence, there occurs a problem. no question of insulting women or yogis because they follow Vedas and We must thank god that he merciful- disgracing their honour which is practise Ashtang Yog, which let them ly has enlightened all human-beings observed nowadays. Why can’t Vedic feel god’s presence. On the contrary, with knowledge of four Vedas to feel atmosphere be everywhere now? god is not close to those who are sin- his presence and to destroy all sorrows Manusmriti shlok and Bhagwad ners and against Vedas. He knows of life. It becomes our utmost duty, Geeta shlok state that all karmas or every pious and sinful deed of the soul which is entrusted on us by god him- rather duties emanate from Vedas and accordingly awards each person self that we follow the Vedic path. and they emanate from god. So why in the form of happiness or sorrows Otherwise peace cannot be main- don’t we follow the Vedas to destroy respectively. tained among public. corruption and sins from the soci- If we deeply study Bhagwad Geeta The knowledge of Vedas emanates ety? under the guidance of acharya of directly from god and like god it nei- This fact is very well clarified in Vedas, we find that Bhagwad Geeta at ther gets destroyed nor becomes old. Rigved mantra that the human-life every step inspires readers to follow It is immortal and has been preached only achieves its motto when a it Vedas. Rigved mantra preaches that by god to us to attain salvation. attains salvation along with pious soul cannot destroy his sorrows and Nowadays people don’t pay attention worldly pleasure. can never experience pleasure until he to invaluable Vedic knowledge. As a (The author, Swami Ram Swarup, realises the presence of god, which can result, they get stressed, dishonour is the chief editor of Ved Ishvareeya 0   /
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She was supposed to partner com- who beat seven-time Grand Slam China’s Zhang Shuai ousted Millman further trimmed the patriot Rohan Bopanna. champion Venus Williams in round American Caty McNally 6-2, number of high-ranked play- Mirza will, however, play in the women’s one. 6-4. ers when he ended the cam- doubles event. Gauff also beat Williams on her Former US Open champi- paign of Polish 31st seed Sania, who won the doubles title in Grand Slam debut last year at on Marin Cilic won a five-set- Hubert Hurkacz. Hobart International, will team up with Wimbledon, and in another quirk, ter against French seed Benoit But Greek sixth seed Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine for the Australia she faced Osaka in the US Open Paire, and one-time semi- Stefanos Tsitsipas was handed Open today. third round, going down meekly in /#  -     #   # #      F     % finalist Milos Raonic beat a slice of fortune when Philipp The duo will face Chinese pair of straight sets. Chile’s Christian Garin in Kohlschreiber withdrew Xinyun Han and Lin Zhu in their women’s Japan’s 22-year old Osaka, beat defending a Grand Slam title for the top of her voice during a testing sec- WIND ‘MASSIVE FACTOR’ straights. injured. doubles first round clash. China’s Zheng Saisai 6-2, 6-4 but second time. ond set against 70th-ranked Tamara Earlier, Australia’s world num- Also, Tennys Sandgren Among eight first-round “It’s unfortunate that this niggling injury briefly lost her cool mid-match, Former world number one Zidansek, before seeing off break ber one Ashleigh Barty raced took the biggest scalp when he matches held over from got aggravated in the Hobart final just as I hurling and kicking her racquet Wozniacki, playing her final tour- points to win 6-2, 6-3. through 6-1, 6-4 against Polona ousted eighth seed Matteo Tuesday, after rain wiped out was getting to the top of my game. It is a lot when she gave up a break in the sec- nament before retiring, came from “She was a really good fighter — Hercog, buoying hopes of a first Berrettini in five sets. half of Monday’s schedule, better now and I intend to give it my best ond set. behind in both sets for a 7-5, 7-5 she did not just let me win,” said home winner since 1978. Sandgren’s fellow Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro, shot in doubles. It’s disappointing to miss out “I was thinking that I really win over Dayana Yastremska of Williams, who can equal Margaret “It was very different end to American Tommy Paul also also retiring this year, upset on the chance to partner Rohan in mixed,” don’t want to play a third set this Ukraine. Court’s all-time mark of 24 Grand end, I think the wind was a massive pulled off a five-set upset Belarusian 11th seed Aryna Mirza was quoted as saying by the Times of time,” explained Osaka, who is Serena Williams shouted at the Slams if she lifts the trophy. factor particularly with the new when he beat Bulgarian 18th Sabalenka in straight sets. India. Agencies .   #       . R  "  ,     am very happy to be back as a good test of fitness. The soon as possible and have game was difficult because anchester City defend- minutes and help the team,” they are very strong, a good Mer Aymeric Laporte said Laporte. team.”  0   admits he has returned from “It was very important “It was difficult for me his serious knee injury earli- for me to try to be with the (being out), my team-mates ().)2 Top Indian shuttler Saina er than he expected. team, to be involved. It was see me suffering,” he added. Nehwal suffered a second consecu- The Frenchman was a “But now I can help the team tive opening round defeat as she went surprise inclusion in Pep out and give my best.” down to Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt to Guardiola’s starting line-up City have had problems bring curtains on the country’s cam- against Sheffield United, hav- at the back in Laporte’s paign in the Thailand Masters tour- ing not been involved with absence and his return nament here on Wednesday. the first team for almost five helped City record their first The fifth seeded Saina lost to months. clean sheet in any compe- unseeded Kjaersfeldt 13-21, 21-17, He required surgery after tition since December 15-21 in a hard fought 47-minute suffering a knee injury dur- 29. contest. World number 18 Saina had ing City’s home win against After the match, a 4-0 head-to-head record against the Brighton on August 31. Guardiola admitted number 29 Dane before Wednesday’s Laporte’s comeback in his team had missed match.     # &  0  
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Cavani, 32, has fallen out of might rue Gabriel Jesus’s squandered first-half Wednesday. up a possible clash with record eight- kick into the top corner to grab his favour at PSG, where he is competing with penalty but their Argentine hitman Sergio lier this season in a 9-0 defeat by Leicester. The 24-year-old Spain internation- time winners Paris Saint-Germain. sixth goal in five games. Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Mauro Icardi and Aguero came to the rescue. Watford took the lead against Villa when al will bolster Bayern’s defence, which Renato Sanches dragged what Houssem Aouar appeared to have Angel di Maria for starting spots in attack. Despite the 1-0 win, second-placed City Troy Deeney headed in Gerard Deulofeu’s cross has been left short on cover with cen- proved to be the last penalty of the fired Lyon into the final with a fine A number of clubs are reportedly keen remain 13 points behind runaway leaders but the home side hit back in the second half tre-backs Niklas Suele and Lucas shootout wide to send Lyon through. long-range strike with five minutes on signing Cavani, who has scored a club- Liverpool, having played two games more, and through Douglas Luiz. Hernandez sidelined by knee injuries. This is the final season of the remaining. record 198 goals for PSG and whose contract their bid to defend their title appears hopeless. Tyrone Mings scored a dramatic late winner “We decided to comply with the League Cup after the French league There was another twist in the tale, expires in the summer. Atletico appear to be City’s French central defender Laporte has for Villa deep into stoppage time to end request of our head coach Hansi Flick voted to suspend the competition though, as despite a lengthy delay for the 32-year-old’s preferred choice but the La been out of action since suffering a knee injury Watford’s recent revival under Nigel Pearson. for reinforcements in defence and from next term to ease fixture conges- a VAR review, Lille were awarded an Liga outfit and PSG are yet to agree a fee. at the end of August and he was a surprise inclu- Moise Kean scored his first goal for Everton together we decided on Alvaro tion. injury-time penalty for what appeared “I would like him to play there, (Atletico sion at Bramall Lane. since his arrival from Juventus in the 30th minute Odriozola,” said Bayern chairman Karl- Lyon will bid to lift the trophy for to be an excellent tackle by former coach Diego) Simeone wants him now,” Sheffield United goalkeeper Dean Henderson of their match against Newcastle and Dominic Heinz Rummenigge in a statement. the second time when they take on the Manchester United full-back Rafael on Cavani’s father Luis told Spanish progamme denied Jesus from the penalty spot about 10 min- Calvert-Lewin doubled the lead in the second “We are very happy about his sign- winner of second semi-final between Jonathan Bamba. El Chiringuito. utes from half-time after a foul on Riyad half. ing and would like to thank those in Reims and PSG on April 4 at the Stade Loic Remy, on as a 78th-minute “I think there is a strong chance he will Mahrez. Everton were cruising deep into stoppage charge at Real Madrid for their very de France. substitute, stepped up with a cool go to Atletico. There is also the option to But City made amends when substitute time but threw away the three points, with friendly and cooperative discussions.” Portugal midfielder Sanches gave Panenka finish down the middle of the join the club in June. There are lots of other Sergio Aguero, on for Jesus, tapped in from Kevin Lejeune striking twice. The move helps both parties as visitors Lille a 13th-minute lead with goal to force more spot-kicks. clubs interested but when you give your De Bruyne’s cross in the 73rd minute. Bournemouth, who had lost their previous Odriozola, who was signed from Real a low left-footed strike from outside the But Ciprian Tatarusanu, playing in word to a team, you respect it. Southampton’s 2-0 victory against Crystal four matches, all against relegation rivals, beat Sociedad for 35 million euros ($39 mil- area to score his second goal for the place of usual Lyon goalkeeper “If he is allowed to leave tomorrow and Palace, thanks to goals from Nathan Redmond Brighton 3-1 thanks to goals from Harry Wilson, lion) in 2018, has struggled for game club since joining from Bayern last Anthony Lopes, saved Bamba’s open- Atletico still want him, I think he will sign. and Stuart Armstrong, continued a remarkable an own goal from Pascal Gross and a second- time in Madrid, where Dani Carvajal is August. ing penalty before Sanches’ miss sealed He is a player who needs time to play. PSG turnaround for the club, who hit rock bottom ear- half Callum Wilson effort. preferred in the right-back role. AFP But the hosts were gifted a way Lille’s fate. AFP are treating him unfairly.” AFP #3 ! "#$"%' !%"( )"!"%( *+,*-*-

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">).. at the prospect of playing ritual. But he does have it on his Cup, Smith feels it was really Wicketkeeper Sanju Samson, who February 21, and the youngster another ICC event at home mind to give his leg-spin skills nice of the India skipper. "In the replaced Dhawan in India’s T20 squad, believes her side will have to be men- ,     after the 2015 World Cup. In a thought. World Cup it was really nice of blazed away to a 21-ball 39, while tally strong against the hosts. fact, he believes that his stint "Ah, don't want to try too Virat to do what he did. He did Suryakumar Yadav hammered 35 off a “I think when it comes to ngelo Mathews struck his highest Test in the IPL with Rajasthan much different. I don't really not have to do that and yeah it mere 19 deliveries. Australia, you got to be the best or you Ascore with an unbeaten double century Royals will have a major role know, maybe a bit more bowl- was a lovely gesture and really Chasing 231 after opting to field, can’t play. That’s the kind of team they on Wednesday as Sri Lanka left Zimbabwe to play in the build-up to the ing perhaps, but then that appreciated that," he smiled. India completed the task with more than !AB2 To make up for “lack of are. My favourite team to play against battling to save the series opener going into mega event Down Under. takes time away from my bat- Kohli, in fact, won the 20 overs to spare at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval. strength”, India opener Jemimah is also Australia. It’s more of a mind the final day at Harare. Speaking to IANS, Smith ting. So yeah, it's a difficult one 'Spirit of Cricket' award for his With the ball, Mohammed Siraj was Rodrigues is working on increasing game than just skills (when you play Former skipper Mathews eclipsed his spoke about the much-debat- but we'll wait and see," he gesture in England. the most successful bowler for India A, her bat speed, which, she hopes, will them on the field),” Jemimah said. previous Test best of 160 and finished 200 ed proposal to have four-day reveals. There have been talks that picking up three wickets for 33 runs in aid in hitting big shots in the upcom- Jemimah, who will be playing her not out after a marathon knock spanning 468 Tests, India skipper Kohli's A chat with Smith can Smith is a natural leader and 6.3 overs, while there were two wickets ing Women’s T20 World Cup. first World Cup, is looking forward to balls, as Sri Lanka declared their first gesture to ask fans to support never move forward without that the national captaincy apiece for Khaleel Ahmed and Axar Patel. The lively 19-year-old is also play in the final of the tournament, innings on 515 for nine. him during the 2019 World discussing Kohli. It looks like could well return to him in the Their efforts helped India A bowl out striving to hone her backfoot skills which will mark an important mile- Zimbabwe, playing their first Test since Cup, the Indian Premier these two will go ahead and near future. But for the bats- New Zealand A for 230 with nine balls ahead of the marquee event, starting stone in her life. November 2018, ended the fourth day on 30 League and how Tim Paine has share all the records between man, Paine is the captain and to spare in the 50-over match. in Australia next month. “I can’t put it in words, how without loss and trailing by 127 runs after done a brilliant job leading them when they hang their someone who is doing a good Quite a few home team players got “I’m working more on my back important it will be for me to be a part Brian Mudzinganyama was drafted in as a Australia in Test cricket. boots. The greatness of Smith job with the boys. off the blocks easily but could not go on foot, developing my back foot more of the Indian team that plays in a concussion substitute for opener Kevin For a man who has domi- though is in his humility. The "Yeah, Tim's done a terrif- to make substantial contributions. Rachin and trying to increase my bat speed. World Cup final. It’s quite exciting. I’m Kasuza. nated batting charts in the moment the talks move ic job. He has led the troops Ravindra top-scored with 49 off 58 balls Because looking at my size, you can really looking forward to it,” she said. Debutant Kasuza, who made 63 in the last few years, Smith's numbers towards the comparison, he really well. Obviously retaining and skipper Tom Bruce made 47 off 55. first innings, suffered a delayed concussion in the shortest format of the decides to highlight how bril- the Ashes in England in twen- India A got their chase off to a brisk after he took a blow to the helmet while field- game definitely has room for liant Kohli has been both as ty-odd years was an exception- start with Shaw and his opening partner ing at short leg on Tuesday. improvement. But the former batsman and leader. al effort and yeah he has led the Mayank Agarwal (29) picking the gaps   O  #P  #  Mudzinganyama became the fourth Australia skipper wants to "Yeah, he is terrific. His bat- team exceptionally well," he at will. Zimbabwean to make his Test debut in this keep playing and improving on ting numbers just speak for said. The visitors had raced to 79 in 9.1    from it, and now we’ve He admitted he match. He was unbeaten on 14 with Prince the go rather than changing his themselves. I think he's an From the Ashes to the overs when Shaw fell to James Neesham. got to look forward to was disappointed not to Masvaure 15 not out at stumps. style of training going into the incredible player in all three ICC's proposal to have four-day The 20-year-old Shaw, who came into the ew Zealand’s veter- the Indian series,” have played in Sydney The 32-year-old Mathews brought up his World T20. formats and I think we will see Test matches on a regular basis match after a 100-ball 150 in a practice Nan seamer Tim Southee was quoted as but said he has moved 10th Test century, his first since December "No real specific training, him break many records. He's from 2023, Smith is a tradition- game, hit five fours and three sixes. Southee is “looking for- saying by stuff.Co.Nz. on. 2018, in the morning session and steadily but just playing a lot more T20 already broken plenty of them alist in the matter and wants Captain Shubman Gill (30) got out ward” to the India chal- Then, coach Gary “It’s disappointing. added to his total with considerable support cricket and just getting the and I see him breaking many the format to stay as it is. after getting his eye in and after that, lenge, leaving behind Stead had said it was You’re gutted ever y from Dhananjaya de Silva and Niroshan right tempo I guess for the more over the years. He has got "I am comfortable with Samson showed his prowess, smoking the disappointment of felt Henry would offer time you’re left out. It’s Dickwella. game is the most important the hunger for runs and does- five days. I like the challenge of two maximums and three boundaries. being dropped for the more pace than an absolute dream to De Silva and Dickwella both scored 63 thing for me. I would love to n't stop getting them. Hopefully a five-day Test match. Mumbai player Suryakumar, who final Test of Australia Southee. play for NZ and every but two quick wickets for Sikandar Raza, be a part of the World Cup, it's he can stop getting them Obviously, there has been a lot can also use the big handle to good effect, series earlier this But the 31-year-old time you do miss out it who finished with three for 62, hastened the obviously at home in Australia. against Australia, that'll be of talk of the four-day Tests, but struck three fours and two sixes to take month. is expected to lead the hurts, but you’ve got to declaration as Mathews reached 200 with a I was involved in the ODI nice. my personal opinion is I like his team close to victory. “It’s about making New Zealand attack respect the decisions sweep to the square leg boundary. World Cup here in 2015 and "As a captain he's already five days. I don't make the deci- Vijay Shankar (20) and Krunal that adjustment. What’s when the five-match and try to help out and With one day remaining, the visitors had the most amazing six- made India the number one sions obviously of how it all Pandya (13) then got the job done as gone is gone and it was Twenty20 series against give back to the team, appear the only team capable of victory weeks of my cricketing career side in the world in Test crick- works out but my opinion is India A took lead in the three-match very disappointing, the India starts at Eden even when you’re not although the pitch looks likely to have the and loved every minute of it. et. From what I have seen he five-days Tests is what it is all series. guys would have learnt Park on Friday. playing.” final say. So yeah would love to be sets really good standards for about," he signed off.