Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] www.indianhorizon.org RNI No: Deleng/2013/51507 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Issue No: 40 Published from Hyderabad & New Delhi New Delhi Monday, February 10, 2020 Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16) Price: 3.00 No: 7

Priyanka’s Dalit Will cut ties with Govt will announce outreach in Ravidas Israel, US over peace deal: measures to reduce temple visit Palestinian prez food prices: Imran P-5 P-3 P-8 Briefs No fundamental right to Modi offers help to Xi in coronavirus crisis claim quota in promotions: SC

New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) collection of quantifiable In a major judgement, the data showing inadequacy Supreme Court has said of representation of Sched- that there is “no fundamen- uled Castes and Scheduled tal right which inheres in an Tribes in public service is individual to claim reserva- a “sine qua non for provid- tion in promotions”, and ing reservations in promo- also no court can order a tions.” The top court also state government to provide clarified that a state gov- for reservation to SC/STs. ernment is bound to collect New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) challenge, sources said. A bench comprising Jus- data regarding inadequacy Prime Minister Narendra The Prime Minister has tices L. Nageswara Rao and of representation of SCs/ Modi has offered assistance also expressed solidarity Hemant Gupta said, “In STs in government services to Chinese President Xi Jin- with the Chinese President view of the law laid down Citing the necessity of the state government has when it wants to provide ping in the fight against the and the people of China in by this Court, there is no relevant data collection re- the absolute discretion to reservation but otherwise. ongoing novel coronavirus this time of crisis. Sources Priyanka posts words of wisdom she doubt that the State Gov- garding representation of decide whether or not to The top court also observed epidemic that has killed said Modi also conveyed got from her late father ernment is not bound to SC/STs in public jobs, the provide for reservation in that the state cannot be is- over 800 people and infect- appreciation for the fa- make reservations. There is apex court emphasized this jobs or reservation in pro- sued directions to provide ed around 35,000 in China. cilitation provided by the no fundamental right which exercise is pre-requisite to motions. Also, the state gov- reservations for appoint- Top sources told IANS Chinese government for 9 killed in Odisha after bus inheres in an individual to begin reservation. And this ernment is not under any ment in public posts. “The that Modi in a letter to Xi, evacuation of around 650 makes contact with live wire claim reservation in promo- data collection exercise, is obligation to do so. State is not bound to make offered his condolences at Indian citizens from Wuhan tions. No mandamus can be not required when the state Citing its judgement, reservation for Scheduled the unfortunate loss of lives in Hubei province which Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) At least nine people were issued by the Court direct- government decided not to the bench said that Article Castes and Scheduled due to the outbreak of the has been placed under lock- electrocuted to death and about 25 were injured on ing the State Government to provide reservations. 16(4) and 16(4-A) are en- Tribes in matters of promo- 2019-nCoV. He has also of- down for the past several Sunday when a bus caught fire after coming in con- provide reservations.” The top court observed abling provisions and the tions”, added the court. fered assistance to face the weeks now. tact with an overhead power transmission line in Odisha’’s Ganjam district on Sunday, police said. The accident took place near Nandarajpur under the Govt has informally proposed GST rate rejig once a year: FM Golanthara police limits of Ganjam district. Express- ing his condolences over the incident, Chief Minister Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) The come to certain level or able to assess what they’ll alone we would do any rate amount of collection each Naveen Patnaik announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh Centre has informally pro- grade, periodically chang- earn through GST in the rationalisation -- reduction month has crossed Rs 1 lakh to the next of the kin of the deceased. He also an- posed to the GST council ing it leads to inversion whole year. “So, rate reduc- or increase, and everything crore. nounced free medical treatment to the injured, said that rationalisation of rates problems, refund issues, tion or increase every three else, and not every three In January, the collection a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO). be done once in a year and and so on. So, therefore, months, when the GST months,” she said. was Rs 1.11 lakh crore. The passengers were on their way to attend an en- not every three months, when one item’s rate of tax- council meets, is periodi- Sitharaman also denied She said the GST admin- gagement ceremony when the bus came in contact as the present system was ation is brought down, a lot cally bringing in a certain that the GST collections istrators have benefited with an 11 KV power transmission line. Berhampur bringing in a certain level of other ripple effect is cre- level of uncertainty. have been coming down. because of data analytics, Superintendent of Police (SP) Pinak Mishra said the of uncertainty for both the ated, and with that, either “Now we literally pro- “It has not come down. (which has helped them in) injured have been admitted to MKCG Medical Col- government and the busi- the refund gets affected, or posed to the GST Council, There was just once when “plugging the loopholes in lege and Hospital in Berhampur. Five of the injured ness, Union Finance Min- businesses rightly feel they Sitharaman told a media not formally, but as part of it dipped,” said the Union collection, understanding were shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in ister Nirmala Sitharaman cannot plan how much meet here. She said at the a small discussion, we have minster. who, where, when is gam- Cuttack. Transport Minister Padmanabh Behera said said here on Sunday. they have to keep aside for same time, the central and said can we consider a situ- She said over the past ing the system, plugging the that an inquiry would be conducted into the incident “In GST, when you have taxation in a whole year,” state governments aren’t ation where once in a year three months, the exact fraudulent practices”. and action would be taken accordingly. Seven Bangladeshis Gandhi never accepted arrested in UP’s Jhansi AAP questions EC over delay in voter tally New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The due to long queues at some 143 booths in the constitu- Jhansi, Feb 9 (IANS) Seven Bangladeshi nationals Aam Aadmi Party on Sun- booths, more time was given ency, a total of 98,012 out of India’s division on have been arrested here for not having any valid docu- day questioned the Election so that those in line can exer- 1,44,777 votes were polled. ments, police said on Sunday. Jhansi’s Senior Superin- Commission over not re- cise their rights. Responding “That works out to be 67.7 religious lines: Pranab tendent of Police (SSP) D. Pradeep said: “As many as leasing the final voting per- to a tweet from a journalist per cent votes. Whereas the seven Bangladeshi nationals were arrested during rou- centage even 24 hours after that quoted officials as say- EC website is showing 49.19 tine checking near the bus stand in Babina on Friday.” voting ended. ing “final polling percentage per cent polling only. Why Those arrested were staying at a hotel near the bus AAP leaders, including na- official from Election Com- will be made public by today after 22 hours of official poll- stand and did not have valid documents for staying in tional convener Arvind Ke- mission said. “Moreover this (Sunday) evening”, Kejriwal ing data is not released by India, the SSP said, Seven of those arrested belong to jriwal questioned the delay. huge exercise is in continu- called it “shocking”. “Ab- EC,” Jain tweeted. Deputy Dhaka. The SSP said that the arrested persons were in A day after polling in Delhi ation of sealing of strong- solutely shocking what the Chief Minister Manish Siso- the business of selling fish oil. “During routine probe, ended, the Election Com- rooms which goes on till 3 EC is doing. Why are they dia also questioned the de- no criminal cases have been found against them, but mission responded that it a.m. The conclusive data not releasing poll turnout lay, alleging that BJP leaders they have been booked under the Foreigners Act for was still compiling the voter is reported from all 13,000 figures, several hours after were providing voting sta- illegally staying in India,” he said. The arrested have turnout data at polling sta- polling stations and as I said polling?” he said. Mean- tistics. “The Election Com- been identified as Mamoon Sheikh, Milan Sheikh, tions from scratch. “This is starts from scratch and takes while, AAP Cabinet Minister mission has not been able to Aslam Sheikh, Falan Sheikh, Sijer Sheikh, Mukul being compiled at polling time,” the EC official said. and Shakur Basti candidate tell what percentage of vot- New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Ma- India’s strength and the key to Sheikh and Monu Vaid. “This case will go down station level from scratch The voting ended at 6 Satyendar Jain said after ing took place even after 24 hatma Gandhi fought for the uni- its glorious future”, Mukher- in the history as one of the rare cases where and it will take time,” an p.m. on Saturday, however, compilation of Form 17C for hours since polling ended. ty of India for every moment of jee said Gandhi believed in the accused classically. his public life and never accepted “intrinsic power of Hinduism” that the country could be divided of assimilation, evaluation and BSE 36,690.50 on religious lines, former Presi- adaptation, “as it was inclusive Sensex Mayawati slams BJP, Congress dent Pranab Mukherjee said here and offered space for the pres- NSE 11,085.40 on Sunday. “Gandhiji’s whole life ence of people from every faith”. was dedicated to Hindu-Muslim “Gandhiji had declared that no Forex Rates over Ravidas Jayanti unity... Gandhiji is not just the faith could be in danger in India father of our nation, he was also because India had always been Indian Rupees New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Ba- power, especially in UP, they do Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Ad- the maker of our nation... he was the homeland for every faith,” hujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief drama of visiting temples but ityanath, BJP national president the moral vector to guide our ac- Mukherjee said. To this end, the US Dollar 71.10 Mayawati on Sunday slammed as soon as they go out of power J.P. Nadda along with other lead- tion by the measure by which we book “strongly emphases” the the BJP and the Congress over they forget everything. Be careful ers across the nation paid tributes are judged,” Mukherjee said at fact that “Gandhiji fought for the British Pound 86.38 celebrating Ravidas Jayanti. Call- of their selfish motives.” Refer- to Ravidas on the occasion of his the launch of veteran journalist unity of India for every moment ing it a drama she criticised both ring to her party’s rule in Uttar birth anniversary. Congress gen- M.J. Akbar’s new book “Gandhi’s of his public life”, rejecting “the Euro 79.86 the parties for using the name Pradesh, she said: “Whereas the eral secretar y Priyanka Gandhi Hinduism - The Struggle Against conventional explanation that of iconic poet and saint as per BSP is the only party that during had also of fered prayers at the Jinnah’s Islam” that chronicles partition would be a solution to Qatar Riyal 19.53 their convenience. Mayawati’s its government gave full respect Sri Guru Ravidas Janamsthan the endgame that led to the par- the communal problem (cre- comment came in the wake of Taking to Twitter, the BSP supre- to him but these parties want Mandir, Seer Goverdhanpur, tition of the subcontinent in 1947 ated by the British)”, noting at a Saudi Riyal 18.96 Saturday’s exit polls that predict mo wrote: “The Congress, the BJP to discontinue it too. It is con Varanasi. She also took “Guru ka and the creation of Pakistan. prayer meeting a month before UAE Dirham setbacks for the BJP as well as the and other parties don’t respect demnable.” On Sunday, Prime Langar” on the occasion of Sant Noting that “communal unity Partition that this would lead to a 19.36 Congress in Delhi Assembly polls. Guru Ravidas. When they are in Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Ravidas Jayanti. and harmony is the bedrock of conflict between India. Indian Horizon 2 city Monday, February 10, 2020 Molested thrice in 10 mins: Gargi College girls recount horror Kejriwal asks why EC not New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) A just around 5 minutes, but in she approached the college releasing final voting number of students of Gargi those five minutes I saw that principal Promila Kumar, she College located in the south a 30-35-year-old man began responded by saying that I percentage of the city have allegedly masturbating while looking at should have not come to the been manhandled, molested me, so I ran from there too," fest if I felt so unsafe. Saturday, however, due to and sexually assaulted on the she added, narrating her or- Contacted by IANS, the long queues at some booths, third day of the college annu- deal. Another student from principal, however, said: more time was given so that al cultural fest 'Reverie'. the college said: "Around "We had a huge security ar- those in line can exercise A second year student of 3-3.30 p.m., large groups rangement, including police, their rights. political science told IANS of men started pushing the bouncers and even comman- Responding to a tweet from over the phone, on condition doors and then entered the dos along with the teaching a journalist which says that of anonymity, that "around college. There were no police and non-teaching staff, on officials are saying "final poll- 6:30 p.m. on February 6, the personnel or bouncers pres- duty. No one came to us and ing percentage will be made field was so massively crowd- I lost my friends for the next and moved out and ran to- ent at the gate from 3 p.m. to reported any such incident. New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) public by today (Sunday) ed that there was no space to 10-15 minutes, and in those wards the empty space be- 4 p.m. when 300-400 people We were taking rounds in the Aam Aadmi Party Chief Ar- evening", Kejriwal called it move. Two of my friends who minutes, I was molested hind the stalls. By that time, entered the college. crowd. However, there is no vind Kejriwal on Sunday "shocking". were accompanying me, they thrice." I had found my friends, they "The college grounds are doubt that it was very crowd- questioned why the Elec- "Absolutely shocking what had held my hands so that I "I was groped thrice, some- looked at me horrified, but small, with little place to ed. We were very vigilant but tion Commission has not the EC is doing. Why are they don't get lost in the crowd as body reached for inside my they didn't know what had move around, and that is we couldn't see anything of released the final voting not releasing poll turnout there is no cell reception on skirt and the problem was I happened to me as I didn't when some of these men this sort." "It is a serious inci- percentage even after over figures, several hours after the field. Suddenly immense couldn't move out of it," she want to talk about it. So started groping, molesting dent and I will deliberate on 22 hours since the polling polling?"The poll results will pressure came from behind said in a choked voice. they went to get water, and and harassing us." The stu- it. It is a matter of serious con- ended on Saturday. The be announced on Tuesday and my hand got jerked off so "Somehow I struggled would have been gone for dent also alleged that when cern, but unfortunately. voting ended at 6 p.m. on (February 11). 3 lakh artisans, craftspersons get State of Environment: More deaths, less extreme events in 2019 job through Hunar Haat New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) 2019 due to extreme weather saw the end of the north-east with the maximum deaths New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) the modern needs. Forty eight percent per cent events, compared to 1.396 in monsoon season with 44 per in Bihar (over 200). The con- The Hunar Haat, a market- "Each Hunar Haat gener- of the deaths in Asia due to 2018. cent deficit rain -- the third ditions were so harsh that place to empower master ar- ates crores of rupees of busi- extreme weather events hap- "In 2018 and 2019, one highest deficit in the past 10 district magistrates of five tisans and craftspersons, has ness for indigenous hand- pened in India, while one extreme weather event hap- years. districts invoked section 144 generated employment for made products. The artisans extreme weather event hap- pened almost every month "North India had one of of the Criminal Procedure nearly 3,00,000 people, said are receiving orders for their pened almost every month, in India", said the report pre- the coldest and driest winters Code to restrict public activi- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union products also from interna- and despite fewer events in pared by the Centre for Sci- ever, as the extreme condi- ties during daytime", said the Minister for Minority Affairs, tional markets," it said. 2019 compared to 2018, 18 ence and Environment and tions spilled into February. In report. in Indore on Sunday. Lalji Tandon, MP Gover- per cent more people died Won To Earth, which was March, an unseasonal heat Followed by the delay Speaking at the inaugura- nor, said the government was last year, according to the released by Rajasthan Chief wave roasted Tamil Nadu, in the onset of south-west tion of a Hunar Haat, Naqvi working towards strengthen- State of India's Environmen- Minister Ashok Gehlot in Al- Andhra Pradesh and Kera- monsoon, and weak rainfall said, "Their success can be ing the dream project of the tal Annual released on Sun- war. la. In April, thunderstorms occurred in the beginning gauged from the fact that Prime Minister by providing day. The findings claim that the with cloud-to-ground light- of July, which transformed about 3,00,000 jobs for mas- employment opportunities opportunities and markets to Extreme weather events continuity and intensity of ning strikes began affecting into torrential rains. "Twelve ter artisans, craftspersons for thousands and help in the rich heritage of arts/crafts. include conditions like extreme weather events in states in east, central and states received over 60 per and culinary experts have preserving and promoting in- At the 9-day Indore Hunar drought, wildfire, flood,India in the 2018-19 period north-east India. The month cent surplus rains in the been created in just 3 years." digenous traditional legacy, Haat, opened on February 8, landslides, extreme tempera- has taken even climate sci- ended with the formation of second week of July. The re- It had proved to be a "mega which is on the verge of ex- 125 stalls have been set up tures, fog and storm. entists and meteorologists by a rare pre-monsoon cyclone sultant floods in Bihar and mission" of economic em- tinction. and over 250 master artisans, In terms of deaths, 48 per complete surprise. (Fani)", said the report. Assam affected over 10 mil- powerment of master arti- The Centre had sanctioned including several women, are cent of the deaths in Asia due "The world witnessed 286 According to the report, lion people and claimed 168 sans and craftspersons, he 100 Hunar hubs in different participating. to extreme weather events and 228 extreme weather long spells of heatwaves oc- lives", it added. added. parts of the country, it said "These artisans are show- happened in India. And in events in 2018 and 2019, re- curred in May and June. "By The rains came in short According to a Ministry and added, master artisans, casing exquisite handmade 2019, there were more deaths spectively. Of these, India re- the first week of June, the bursts of heavy downpours statement, in the next 5 years craftspersons and traditional products. Bawarchikhana is in India even though the corded 23 in 2018 and nine in country had undergone 73 followed by drier periods, a around 100 Hunar Haats will culinary experts were being providing traditional delica- number of such events were 2019", the report said. spells of heatwave condi- pattern, which continued till be organised. It will create trained at these hubs to meet cies of several states," it said. fewer - 2.038 people died in The report claimed January tions, 11 of them extreme; September.

Mayawati slams BJP, Congress over Ravidas Constituencies with top AAP EC's attempts fail to boost Jayanti leaders saw over 60% turnout polling in Delhi New Delhi, Feb 9 New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The (IANS) Bahujan Samaj voter turnout in the Delhi As- New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) For the state cVIGIL app was used by citi- Party (BSP) chief May- sembly seats where the top first time in electoral history of zens for uploading pictures/videos awati on Sunday AAP leaders were contesting India, the Election Commission of violation of the election model slammed the BJP and the saw a turnout surpassing the extended the facility of postal bal- code of conduct and poll expen- Congress over celebrat- city's overall percentage, with lots to employees working in gov- diture limit. Action was taken on ing Ravidas Jayanti. Call- New Delhi constituency held ernment departments providing these posts within 100 minutes. It ing it a drama she criti- by Chief Minister Arvind Kejri- essential services in this Delhi As- was a citizen-driven approach that cised both the parties for wal being an exception. was in the fray saw a turnout of sembly polls. held many to account. using the name of iconic While the overall voter turn- 65.40 per cent. The facility was provided to em- But for scattered incidents, the poet and saint as per out was 60.24 per cent, New Najafgarh, where Transport ployees of Northern Railway and election passed off peacefully. To their convenience. Delhi seat, where Kejriwal con- Minister Kailash Gahlot was Delhi Metro, and mediapersons maintain law and order, 38,874 Mayawati's comment tested, saw only 51.64 per cent contesting, saw a turnout of having accreditation from the Delhi Police personnel had been came in the wake of Sat- turnout. However, the seats 64.38 per cent, while the vot- poll panel, said the EC. In total, 19 deployed. While in Rithala the urday's exit polls that from where other senior Aam ing percentage in Water and Form 12D under this category was AAP and the BJP workers clashed, predict setbacks for the Aadmi Party leaders and Kejri- Culture Minister Rajendra received. Congress candidate Alka Lamba BJP as well as the Con- especially in UP, they do the only party that dur- wal's Ministers contested saw Pal Gautam's constituency For the first time, the postal slapped an AAP supporter in the gress in Delhi Assembly drama of visiting temples ing its government gave a turnout of over 60 per cent. Seemapuri was 68.08 per cent. ballot facility was provided to the Chandni Chowk area. polls. but as soon as they go full respect to him but Patparganj Assembly seat, AAP national spokesperson persons with disabilities and se- Though the voting was slow in Taking to Twitter, the out of power they forget these parties want to dis- from where Deputy Chief Min- Saurabh Bhardwaj was con- nior citizens aged 80 plus. "In to- initial hours, it picked up by the BSP supremo wrote: everything. Be careful of continue it too. It is con- ister Manish Sisodia contest- testing from the Greater Kai- tal, 2,429 and 488 Form 12D was end of the day and 61.46 per cent "The Congress, the BJP their selfish motives." demnable." On Sunday, ed, saw a turnout of 61.28 per lash Assembly seat where the accepted from senior citizens and of the 1,47,86,382 voters cast their and other parties don't Referring to her party's Prime Minister Naren- cent, while the Baburpur seat turnout was 65.20 per cent. PwD, respectively," read an EC votes. However, it was low com- respect Guru Ravidas. rule in Uttar Pradesh, she dra Modi, Uttar Pradesh from where Labour and Em- Counting of votes will be statement. pared with 67.14 per cent of the When they are in power, said: "Whereas the BSP is Chief Minister Yogi. ployment Minister Gopal Rai held on February 11. It was for the first time in the 2015 polls. India ranks 17th among countries at risk of A lazy Sunday for leaders after coronavirus import polling in Delhi New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Of were implemented as a mitiga- However, they are keep- the countries most at risk of im- tion strategy. ing a close watch on the porting coronavirus cases, India This network theoretic model developments happening ranks 17th, researchers have is based on the concept of effec- across the city, an insider found on the basis of a math- tive distance and is an extension said. ematical model for the expected of a model introduced in the The scene was no dif- global spread of the virus that 2013 paper "The Hidden Geom- ferent for Delhi BJP Chief originated in China's Wuhan etry of Complex, Network-Driv- Manoj Tiwari, who fol- area in December 2019. en Contagion Phenomena" pub- lowed his usual routine So far India has reported 3 lished in the journal Science. of playing cricket in his coronavirus positive cases -- all The current outbreak of the home. from Kerala. 2019-nCoV virus started in Wu- However, Leader of Op- Among the airports in India, han city, Hubei province, China. position in Delhi Assembly the Indira Gandhi International was effectively quarantined on tinations," said the study. While the first cases were re- Vijender Gupta planned to Airport in New Delhi is most January 23, 2020, and the Wu- The top 10 countries and re- ported as early as December 8, New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) his family, party leader step out with his family to at risk, followed by airports in han airport was closed. By then gions at risk of importing coro- 2019, the outbreak gained global A day after the national Manish Sisodia was also spend some quality time. Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, the virus had already spread to navirus cases are: Thailand, Ja- attention on December 31, 2019, capital went to polls, it at home with his relatives Speaking to IANS, he Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi, other Chinese provinces as well pan, South Korea, Hong Kong, when the World Health Orga- was a lazy Sunday for and their children. said he plans to watch a according to the model. as other countries," it added. Taiwan, USA, Vietnam, Malay- nization was alerted to "several most leaders across the Sisodia spent time with movie. The new model for predict- The researchers said that it is sia, Singapore and Cambodia, cases of pneumonia" by an un- political spectrum as they his nephew's son saying On the other hand, for ing global novel coronavirus possible to estimate how likely it according to the model. known virus. preferred to spend the day "what can be better than Congress it was like any cases has been developed by is that the virus spreads to other While Thailand's national The new virus was soon iden- at home away from the an innocent smile". other working day. researchers from Humboldt areas by looking at air travel pas- import risk is 2.1 per cent, it is tified as a novel coronavirus and limelight. AAP Delhi unit Chief Chopra told IANS that University and Robert Koch In- senger numbers. 0.2 per cent for India, found named 2019-nCOV. It belongs to While top Aam Aadmi Gopal Rai too remained while he went for a morn- stitute in Germany. "The spread "The busier a flight route, the research. The foundation of the family of viruses that include Party (AAP) leaders spent indoors. ing walk, although a little of the virus on an international the more probable it is that an the model is the worldwide air the common cold and viruses the time with their fami- The AAP leaders have late than usual and he will scale is dominated by air travel," infected passenger travels this transporation network (WAN) such as SARS and MERS. On Jan- lies, it was a usual work- been on their toes cam- be spending the day at the said the study. route. Using these probabilistic that connects approximately uary 20, 2020, it was confirmed ing day for Congress Delhi paigning for their party Delhi Congress office. "Wuhan, the seventh largest concepts, we calculate the rela- 4,000 airports with more than that the coronavirus can be Chief Subash Chopra. since the past one month The three parties are the city in China with 11 million tive import risk to other airports. 25,000 direct connections. transmitted between humans, AAP leaders woke up and for some even more. main contenders for the residents, was the relevant ma- When calculating the import The model accounts for both, greatly increasing the risk of a late and remained inside The city went to polls on 70-Assembly seats in the jor domestic air transportation risk, we also take into account the current distribution of con- global spread. The death toll due their houses. Saturday and the results city. hub with many connecting in- connecting flights and travel firmed cases in mainland China to the novel coronavirus out- While party chief Arvind will be announced on The results will be an- ternational flights before the city routes that involve multiple des- as well as airport closures that break in China has increased. Kejriwal spent time with Tuesday. nounced on Tuesday. Indian Horizon Monday, February 10, 2020 city 3 BJP worried over low voter turnout in Delhi Delhi's air quality in very New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) cult to motivate people mours were spread about All political parties includ- and bring them out to the the implementation of this poor category ing the BJP are worried polling booth. The booth scheme. The BJP is looking 500 is considered severe. over the low voter turn- workers were instructed to at it as a direct loss. According to the SAFAR: "Ev- out in the Delhi Assembly ensure high voter turnout A senior Delhi BJP lead- eryone should reduce heavy elections, which further and the MPs were asked to er said the AAP cadres exertion. People with heart or went down from the last keep an eye on their work. spread rumours about the lung disease, older adults, and Assembly polls. Despite all the efforts, scheme in the public as he children should avoid longer or Worried over the low the voter turnout was re- told the people that they heavy exertion." voter turnout, the BJP corded 5 per cent less as will lose the ownership of Major pollutants such as PM Delhi unit held a meeting compared to the previous their original houses. 2.5 and PM 10 in the city docked which continued till late Assembly elections. The BJP has not spo- 305 and 180, respectively. Saturday night. BJP na- The party strategists ken out openly on the low New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The SAFAR further stated that there tional president J.P. Nad- are trying to figure out if voter turnout but has cer- pollution level in the national will be a significant increase in da, Home Minister Amit the people have voted for tainly dismissed the exit capital on Sunday stood in the the respiratory problems and Shah, Delhi BJP president regularisation of the un- polls results, which indi- "very poor" category, and the everyone may experience health Manoj Tiwari, Delhi elec- authorised colonies or for cate AAP's victory. Delhi overall Air Quality Index (AQI) effects on Sunday. tion in-charge Prakash worried not only over the voter turnout is due to the free water and free power election in-charge Prakash was at '305', said the Centre- Meanwhile, cold conditions Javadekar, in-charge Nity- low turnout but also the apathy of the middle class scheme of Arvind Kejriwal. Javadekar said, "Exit polls run System of Air Quality and continue to persist in the Del- anad Rai and several other exit polls which claimed which is directly impact- Party leaders also be- are not exact polls. The Weather Forecasting And Re- hi-NCR region with the mini- leaders were present at the that the Aam Aadmi Party ing the party. In the last lieve that the scheme results on February 11 search (SAFAR). mum temperature touching meeting where voting on (AAP) will repeat the per- Assembly elections, the of 'Jahan jhuggi, wahin will show BJP coming to An AQI between 0-50 is seven degrees Celsius while the every assembly seat was formance of 2015. BJP got 33 per cent vote makaan' (Homes in place power." The party is also marked good, 51-100 is satisfac- maximum stood at 22, said the reviewed. Several party leaders share. The party leaders of slums) did not reach analysing the records of tory, 101-200 moderate, 201-300 India Meteorological Depart- The BJP leaders are feel that the decline in the believe that it was diffi- the public properly. Ru- 13,000 booths. poor, 301-400 very poor and 401- ment (IMD). Gargi College molesters waved Gandhi never accepted India's division on saffron flags: Students group New Delhi, Feb 9 religious lines: Pranab (IANS) A students' group on Sunday came New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) every moment of his pub- issued a statement that he out in support of the Mahatma Gandhi fought lic life", rejecting "the had "come to the conclu- allegations of molesta- for the unity of India for conventional explanation sion that Pakistan is harm- tion by female students every moment of his pub- that partition would be a ful not only for India as during the annual fest lic life and never accepted solution to the commu- a whole but for Muslims at Delhi University's that the country could be nal problem (created by in particular", Mukher- Gargi College earlier this divided on religious lines, the British)", noting at a jee said, quoting from the week. The Democratic former President Pranab prayer meeting a month book. Students Federation al- The federation also ty guards turned a blind Mukherjee said here on before Partition that this Stating that the book is leged that scores of ine- alleged that the intrud- eye to the proceedings Sunday. would lead to a conflict be- an "important" reference briated men groped and ers raised 'Jai Sri Ram' and the administration "Gandhiji's whole life tween India and Pakistan, point for analysing the his- harassed students on slogans and waved saf- only reinforced their was dedicated to Hindu- Mukherjee said. tory of partition, Mukher- the day-3 of the annual fron flags. apathy."Whilst the se- Muslim unity... Gandhiji "He believed Pakistan jee said: "It very clearly fest 'Reverie'. "Students were re- curity guards were sup- is not just the father of would hurt Muslims more demonstrates the inherent Expressing anguish peatedly groped by posed to check the en- our nation, he was also than they appreciated. spiritual secularism that over the alleged sexual these men as well as try pass of all the male the maker of our nation... continent in 1947 and the for the presence of people He thought (Muhammad Mahatmaji stood for and assault, the DSF said, locked inside the bath- students wanting to at- he was the moral vector creation of Pakistan. from every faith". Ali) Jinnah was suffering the divisive colour that Jin- in a statement, that on room by them. One of tend the fest, as well as to guide our action by the Noting that "communal "Gandhiji had declared from an illusion when he nah gave to religion only to February 6, "deliberate the students lost con- frisk them at the entry, measure by which we are unity and harmony is the that no faith could be in imagined that an unnatu- secure political ends." negligence on the part sciousness due to the these hooligans were judged," Mukherjee said bedrock of India's strength danger in India because ral division of India could "It chronicles how Ma- of the administration mental and physical given a free hand to do at the launch of veteran and the key to its glorious India had always been the bring either happiness or hatma Gandhi and the and the security led to a trauma brought on by as they please," it al- journalist M.J. Akbar's new future", Mukherjee said homeland for every faith," prosperity" to Pakistan, Indian National Congress situation where a score the presence of this leged.The College Prin- book "Gandhi's Hinduism Gandhi believed in the "in- Mukherjee said. Mukherjee maintained. stood as a firm rock against of inebriated men were mob of lumpen sexual cipal, however, has de- - The Struggle Against Jin- trinsic power of Hinduism" To this end, the book This was a view shared the partition of the country allowed to enter the harassers." nied the allegations of nah's Islam" that chroni- of assimilation, evaluation "strongly emphases" the by Maulana Abdul Kalam till the very end," Mukher- campus and grope and The student body molestation, levied by a cles the endgame that led and adaptation, "as it was fact that "Gandhiji fought Azad, a stalwart of the jee said, adding, it estab- harass the students." claimed that the securi- second year student. to the partition of the sub- inclusive and offered space for the unity of India for freedom movement, who lishes, "very adroitly". Delay in EC voting data Delhi turnout a 'satisfactory' New Delhi Cong candidate to spend announcement raises heat night in each booth New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) As the Aam 62.59%, announces EC New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Aadmi Party here on Sunday raised ques- "reserve" one and a meet- Romesh Sabharwal, tions over delay in release of the final vot- ing took place at 2p.m. on the Congress candidate ing percentage after 24 hours of closure of Sunday in the presence of against Aam Aadmi Party voting on Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata all representatives of all Chief Arvind Kejriwal, on Party (BJP) has criticised the AAP. political parties, follow- Sunday announced that "AAP is insulting the people of Delhi by ing which all expressed he will sleep every night questioning EVMs," BJP's Model Town satisfaction. on one booth from Febru- candidate Kapil Mishra tweeted. Explaining about the ary 15 to know the prob- Responding to a tweet from a journalist delay bring out data, an lems of the residents of which says officials are saying "final poll- election officer said: "The the New Delhi Assembly ing percentage will be made public by to- data was being compiled constituency, and also to day (Sunday) evening", Kejriwal called it at polling station level thank the voters. "shocking". from scratch and it takes Delhi went to polls on "Absolutely shocking what the EC is do- time." The comments Saturday and the results ency who gave votes to the book, Twitter, Instagram, ing. Why are they not releasing poll turn- come after Aam Aadmi will be announced on Congress. WhatsApp to mislead and out figures, several hours after polling," he New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) 45.4 per cent voters exer- Party questioned the de- Tuesday. "I am thankful to my misguide. He did nothing asked. After a row over the delay cising their right to vote, lay in bringing out final "I am starting my jour- leadership Sonia Gandhi- in New Delhi." The voting ended at 6 p.m. on Saturday. in announcing total voter while Ballimaran in old voting percentage even ney to thank all my voters ji, Manmohan Singhji, He added that on every But due to long queues at some booths, turnout for Delhi Assem- Delhi witnessed the high- hours after polling ended from booth wise starting Rahul Gandhiji, Priyanka booth of the New Delhi more time was allowed to let those in line bly elections on Saturday, est, at 71.66 per cent of in Delhi. from February 15. I will Gandhiji and family es- constituency, the BJP and exercise their franchise. Chief Election Officer voters. Okhla Assembly "Moreover this huge sleep every night on one pecially to Raihan Vadra, AAP party has broken the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Si- Ranbir Singh on Sunday constituency, which hous- exercise was in continu- booth from February 15 who is a first-time voter code of conduct. sodia also questioned the delay saying the evening blamed the delay es the anti-CAA hot spot of ation of sealing of strong to know problems of my for me," he said. "They flaunt banners on BJP leaders were giving voting statistics. on collation of data. Shaheen Bagh, saw only rooms which went on till residents also. Congress Sabharwal claimed that their tables with photos of "The Election Commission has not been Singh informed media 58.84 per cent turnout. 3 a.m. The conclusive party will leave no stone two schools of the Delhi their leaders and symbols, able to tell what percentage of voting took that the final voter turnout Allaying the apprehen- data which is reports from unturned to fight for their Government were closed flags and pamphlets wear- place even after 24 hours since polling was 62.59 per cent, which sions of the Aam Aadmi all 13,000 polling station issues," he tweeted. in the New Delhi Constit- ing caps. Action must be ended. What's happening? Will you col- he termed "satisfactory". Party over alleged trans- and as I said starts from In a series of tweets, he uency during the last six taken," he demanded. lect the final numbers from the BJP office," He said that the Delhi portation of EVMs in DTC scratch, takes time but in said he is "very thankful" years. "This is the model Kejriwal is aiming for Sisodia said. The poll results will be an- Cantt seat witnessed the buses, Singh said the case, it was not ready," to each resident and voter of Kejriwal education. He a hat-trick from the New nounced on Tuesday (February 11). lowest turnout with only EVMs in question were the official added. of the New Delhi constitu- is only using tools of Face- Delhi seat. OBR campaign to raise awareness SC verdict blow to 'essence of reservation', says Congress on violence against women New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The situation unfolds," he said. regarding the Uttarakhand gov- being against Dalits and res- Congress on Sunday said the es- The Supreme Court in a ernment's September 5, 2012 ervation. New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Declaration' and commit- of the day included a flash sence of the reservation in the judgement held that there is decision, when the Congress The Congress also cited the Over 40 Delhi-based or- ted to a statement on 'in- mob performance titled "A Constitution has received a blow no fundamental right to claim was in power in the hill state, to submission of the counsel rep- ganisations have come alienable human rights' Rapist in your Way", a play after the Supreme Court deci- reservation in promotion and fill up all posts in public services resenting the state government together under the um- and we are going by the by Asmita Theater, and a sion on the issue of reservation states are not bound to pro- in the state without providing in the top court. brella "One Billion Rising letter and spirit of that and performance by Suman- in appointments and promo- vide reservation in appoint- reservations to SCs/STs. "Ranjit Kumar, senior coun- Campaign" (OBR) to raise asserting year after year gala Damodaran, a musi- tions, and alleged the rights of ments. "We would like to know sel appearing for the appel- awareness about violence that all human beings are cian who has archived all SC/ST communities have been A bench of Justices L. Nag- from this Modi Government, lants in SLP Number 25508 of against women and girls. equal." One Billion Ris- the songs from the peo- constantly under threat during eswara Rao and Hemant Gup- whether it believes that the 2019, Mukul Rohatgi and P.S. It organised a public ing, a global campaign for ple's movements. the BJP rule. ta said: "In view of the law laid right to reservation for Sched- Narasimha, senior counsel ap- event at Connaught Place, an end to violence against Anuja Gupta, Director Congress General Secretary down by this court, there is no uled Castes and Scheduled pearing for the State of Uttara- here on Sunday, and en- women and girls, has of the RAHI Foundation, Mukul Wasnik, addressing a doubt that the state govern- Tribes in government employ- khand, contended that there is gaged the audience on spread to 207 countries said the OBR was critical press conference at the party ment is not bound to make ment is a fundamental right no fundamental right to claim various issues, like culture since its start in 2013. The as it didn't just talk about headquarters here, said the par- reservations. There is no fun- or not. We would like to know reservation in appointments of violence, LGBTQ iden- campaign celebrates the violence against women, ty will raise the issue inside and damental right which inheres from this Government of India, or promotions in public posts, tity, child rights, women's 'power of love' in ending but violence against all outside Parliament. in an individual to claim res- from this Modi Government, there is no constitutional duty agency and independence violence. marginalised groups, in- "This has come out only re- ervation in promotions." whether is the constitutional on the part of the state gov- and toxic masculinity. Stating that the OBR is cluding minorities. "By cently... the Parliament is in The top court observed the duty of the government to pro- ernments to provide reserva- Kamla Bhasin, a femi- not just about the rights using various art forms session and tomorrow (Mon- state government has the abso- vide reservation for Scheduled tions," the Congress cited. nist activist and coordi- of women, girls, boys and to build love, respect and day) when the Parliament will lute discretion to decide whether Castes and Scheduled Tribes "These are the basic thoughts nator of OBR campaign men, she said but also solidarity among people meet certainly I do believe or not to provide for reservation in government employment or of the BJP about reservation; in South Asia, said, "Since about Dalits, minorities, and different sections, that some of our members will or reservation in promotions. not," said Wasnik. whether it is a fundamental right 1948 governments across trans-persons and other the OBR is demonstrating take up the issue... and when Also, the state government is not Congress spokesperson Udit or not? Whether the state gov- the world have affirmed hidden groups. that people can not only the parliament session gets under any obligation to do so. Raj, who was also present, ac- ernments have a constitutional support to the 'Universal Some of the highlights counter violence. over, then we will see how the The verdict came on pleas cused the BJP government of duty or not?" the Congress sad. Indian Horizon Monday, February 10, 2020 SOUTH 4 Cauvery delta to be ‘protected City of Palaces, a potential hub for major agricultural zone’: TN CM healthcare services: Health Minister Chennai, Feb 9 (IANS) projects. But it was only the farmers. Farmers in the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister AIADMK government that Cauvery delta region wit- Road in a distance of less a short distance from one an- K. Palaniswami on Sun- prevented such projects. nessed several protests by than five km. other,” said District Health Of- day said the Cauvery delta He said Cauvery delta re- farmers and opposition par- They include the 350-bed ficer Venkatesh. region will be declared as gion is near the coast and ties over permission given Sri Jayadeva Institute of Car- Sources in the health sec- a ‘protected agricultural there is a risk of sea water for hydrocarbon explora- diovascular Sciences and Re- tor said facilities such as Sri zone’. incursion and hence this re- tion projects. search, the 100-bed renovated Jayadeva Institute, which pro- The announcement has gion should be protected. Palaniswami’s announce- ESI Hospital, the Government vides advanced cardiac care, been welcomed by several In order to secure Tamil ment comes in the wake Nature Cure and Yoga Medical have the potential to make the political parties. Nadu’s food security the of Central government College, the Epidemic Diseas- area a “hub for medical tour- Laying the foundation Cauvery delta region will be amending the provisions of es (ED) Hospital and the PKTB ism”. for the Advanced Institute classified as protected agri- the Environmental Impact Sanatorium (both are old in- The PKTB Sanatorium has for Integrated Research on cultural zone. Assessment Notification, stitutions), the 100-bed Trau- plenty of land under the con- Livestock and Animal Sci- The districts compris- 2006, for exploration drill- ma Care Centre, the 300-bed trol of the Medical Education ences (AIIRLIVAS) in Salem ing under the Cauvery ing in respect of on-shore District Hospital (which was Department and, therefore, district, Palaniswami said delta region are Than- and off-shore oil and gas. As Mysuru, Feb 9 (IANS) My- have become functional and opened on Thursday) and the some of the healthcare proj- the Cauvery delta region javur, Tiruvarur, Trichy, per the amendment these suru, cultural capital of Kar- a few are in the process of be- still under-construction 250- ects are located there since will be declared as protect- Ariyalur, Nagapattinam, projects do not require pub- nataka, has the potential to coming operational – when bed super speciality hospital. land is not available within the ed agricultural zone. Pudukkottai,aCuddalore lic consultation. become a hub for all major he made the announcement “It’s not common to find so city limits. He said the government and Karur. He said farmers’ The Chief Minsiter also healthcare services and also to regarding making Mysuru a many public healthcare facili- With the launch of new hos- will come out with a law af- living conditions have im- announced the state gov- develop many more facilities “healthcare hub.” ties located within a short dis- pitals, the stretch has become ter consulting legal experts proved in Tamil Nadu ow- ernmaent will not give per- for patients’ care, said state Eight major hospitals are tance of one another on a par- a major hub of activities and in this regard. Palaniswa- ing to free cattle scheme. mission for hydro-carbon Health Minister B Sriramulu. located on the stretch be- ticular stretch of road. It will therefore the roads connect- mi said it was DMK that Palaniswami said his gov- exploration projects in this Sriramulu, who was in Mys- tween Vontikoppal Temple help to make it a healthcare ing these facilities have been brought the controversial ernment will not allow any region thereby preventing uru recently, was talking about junction and Outer Ring hub as different types of medi- upgraded and ample lighting hydrocarbon exploration projects that would affect them turning to desert. the hospitals in the city – some Road (ORR) junction on KRS cal care will be available within provided. Raj Thackeray’s ‘quit India march’ Maha’s Chitale Group head targets infiltrators Kakasaheb Chitale passes away Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Bounc- Why do they need to make a show down? We have enough of our them. Responding to his call, an Pune (Maharashtra), ranked among the oldest its ultra-modern plants ing back onto the political centre- of strength? We have nothing own problems to tackle. India estimated 150,000-plus activists Feb 9 (IANS) Well-known and most reputed farm that deploy ‘cloud tech- stage, Maharashtra Navnirman against the Indian Muslims... they has not taken the responsibility from across the state, including agro-industrialist Dat- products institutions in nology’, the dairy farm Sena President Raj Thackeray on are ours. We are only against the for ‘humanitarianism’ by giving many Muslims, marched enthu- tatraya Bhaskar Chitale, the country. produces around 300,000 Sunday came out in support of illegal Muslim infiltrators from refuge to all,” said Thackeray. siastically as the Thackeray-led alias Kakasaheb, head of The company was litres of milk everyday the CAA-NCR-NPR, and warned Pakistan-Bangladesh,” he said. He pointed out that similar op- mega-procession against infil- the Chitale Dairy Farms, launched in their house which supports more that his party would strongly “Henceforth, for all morchas erations to weed out infiltrators trators left Girgaum Chowpatty passed away at Miraj, backyard in Bhilawadi than 50,000 farmers and counter all those who are oppos- against CAA-NRC-NPR, we are underway in European coun- to Azad Maidan and culminated Sangli on Saturday af- (Sangli) village in 1939 by looks after 2,00,000 cows ing these laws. Leading a massive (MNS) will counter with mor- tries, Australia and other nations, into a rally. He was accompanied ternoon, official sources his father, the late Bhas- and buffaloes. procession to demand the ouster chas, retaliate sword by sword but there are no protests there. by wife Sharmila, son and MNS said. kar Ganesh alias Babasa- The milk is sold all of illegal migrants from Pakistan and stone by stone. My message Thackeray rued that it is point- leader Amit Thackeray, a close He was 78 and is sur- heb Chitale, and after his over the state, besides and Bangladesh living in India --a through today’s procession is less knocking the doors of the relative Shalini Thackeray, top vived by his wife Sunita, demise, son Kakasaheb the entire range of dairy figure he pegged at over two crore clear to all whom it is intended Maharashtra government -- party office-bearers, leaders of af- sons Girish and Ma- took over the reins and products like butter, -- Thackeray said: “A thorough for,” Thackeray declared. headed by his cousin and Chief filiated organisations and work- karand and daughter built it into a globally- paneer, cheese, ghee, clean-up operation is a must.” He sought to know what about Minister Uddhav Thackeray ers from all over Maharashtra. Veena Sahasrabuddhe. recognised household khoya, shrikhand, lassi, Coming out in support of the the unauthorized persons who -- and he vowed to take up the Earlier, starting from his Da- Late on Friday night, brand. milk powder, bakarwa- CAA, he said it has been in ex- have entered India and played issue with the Bharatiya Janata dar Shivaji Park home, the Thac- he suffered a cardiac ar- From its ultra-modern di, etc. under the Chitale istence since 1955, and was in- havoc with the economy, taken Party-led Centre. Referring to keray family paid homage at the rest and was rushed to a plants that deploy ‘cloud brand. tended to give citizenship to per- away jobs, molested our women, speculation that the Opposition memorial of his uncle and Shiv private hospital for treat- technology’, the dairy Besides the family’s secuted “minorities” in Pakistan, indulged in criminal or terror BJP was instrumental in his pro- Sena founder the late Balasaheb ment, but could not sur- farm produces around agro-businesses, Kakasa- Bangladesh or Afghanistan, but activities, adding that wherever cession, Thackeray rejected the Thackeray, and later performed vive. 300,000 litres of milk ev- heb was deeply involved the circumstances have changed Marathi Muslims live, there are charge saying whenever the (BJP) an ‘aarti’ and took ‘darshan’ of The 81-year-old Chi- eryday which supports in a variety of social, cul- since then. “The Muslims are no riots. “Is India some kind of a did something good, he show- Lord Ganesha at the famed 220- tale Dairy which Kakasa- more than 50,000 farmers tural, educational and taking out morchas around the ‘dharamshala’ (inn) where any ered praises on them, but when year old Siddhivinayak Temple in heb Chitale spearheaded and looks after 2,00,000 public welfare activities country...I don’t see the point. outsider can walk in and settle it erred, he severely criticised Prabhadevi. for several decades, is cows and buffaloes. From around Maharashtra.

Madurai, Feb 9 (IANS) Bharatiya are “Hindus” be allowed in, par- Stating that David Maniarasan, chy, Mr.Stalin has hired a north 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elec- BJP demands Janata Party (BJP) National Secre- ticularly into the sanctum sancto- Ahmed Kabir and Jainulabeen had Indian Brahmin named Prashant tions. It shows Mr Stalin is inca- tary H Raja on Sunday demanded rum. Several people belonging to earlier protested demanding that Kishor to prepare for the 2021 pable of handling the party by the suspension of the executive different religions, had accompa- consecration ceremony of Bra- Tamil Nadu assembly elections. himself, he added. suspension of officer of Brahadeeswarar Temple nied Naam Tamilar Katchi leader hadeeswarar temple be held in It shows Mr Stalin is incapable of He claimed that a church in in Thanjavur for allowing mem- Seeman inside the temple wear- Tamil instead of Sanskrit, Mr.Raja handling the party by himself, he Pallikaranai in Chennai was forc- bers of other religions to enter into ing foot wears. However, after the asked why they do they not insist added. Taking a dig at DMK Presi- ibly making it’s members sign the temple officer the temple. Talking to the media, temple staffs insisted, they re- that the Quran be recited in Tamil dent M K Stalin, he said “com- proposal protesting against the the BJP leader asked why people moved their foot wears and went instead of Arabic in mosques. ing from a line of politicians who Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) for allowing like David Maniarasan, Ahmed inside the temple, he alleged. Taking a dig at DMK President claim to have abolished Brahmin under a signature campaign sup- Kabir and Jainulabeen were al- The BJP will stage a protest, if ac- M K Stalin, he said “coming from patriarchy, Mr.Stalin has hired ported by the DMK. This Act is not lowed inside the temple although tion was not taken against the exec- a line of politicians who claim to a north Indian Brahmin named going to affect the Christians in non-Hindus it is specified that only those who utive officer of the temple, he said. have abolished Brahmin patriar- Prashant Kishor to prepare for the any way, he said.

“This is a direct threat Progressives urge focus on real Andhra police officer to national security as intelligence protocols are suspended for ‘acts of treason’ standard throughout the issues before India Indian Police Force.” Amaravati, Feb 9 (IANS) report submitted by Di- surveillance contract to “Based on facts uncov- Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Bollywood and a future superpower reels under and the law and order situation turn- The Andhra Pradesh gov- rector General of Police his son Chetan Sai Krish- ered via investigation, actor-activist Sushant Singh here on its worst-ever economic crisis. Ram ing bad. However, the CAA-NRC-NPR ernment has placed a se- Gautam Sawang. na, CEO, Akasam Ad- prima facie evidence is Sunday urged the members of civil so- Punyani said while the Bharatiya has diverted attention from burning nior police officer under The Government Or- vanced Systems Pvt Ltd, established on the grave ciety and educated youth to go to vil- Janata Party (BJP) felt the real problem issues such as the grim economic situ- suspension for his alleged der (GO) says the official primary bidder on behalf misconduct and irregu- lages and counter what he termed as of Muslim women was triple talaq, ation, joblessness, farmland suicides, “acts of treason towards is placed under suspen- of RT Inflatables. larities, which were wil- ‘the deep-rooted RSS agenda’ against the Muslim women-led movements education and malnutrition confront- the nation”. sion in the public inter- “This proves a direct fully committed by the the masses and put forth the real is- recently articulated that the primary ing the nation, they lamented. The officer allegedlyest, pending initiation of co-relation between the accused officer resulting sues before the people. problem was the “very threat to the Mascarenhas said India was an ex- endangered ‘national se- disciplinary proceedings. accused officer and a for- out of conscious and pre- “We need to remove communal- community”. ample of being the most plural society curity’ by disclosing in- The Indian Police Ser- eign defence manufac- meditated act of treason ism out of the Indian fabric. The goal “Other communities, cutting across in recent history, it had been the cra- telligence protocols to an vice (IPS) officer of 1989 turing Firm, thus estab- towards the state and na- should be to counter the Rashtriya religious lines and comprising those dle of human civilization and a leader Israeli defence manufac- batch has been directed lishing a direct breach of tion,” says the report. Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideology below the poverty line, the landless, in spiritual thought. “We all once turing firm. not to leave Vijayawada ethical code of conduct According to the docu- through sustained resistance against homeless and jobless millions, fear pledged to uphold a unique Consti- The state government without obtaining gov- and Rule (3)(a) of All In- ment, the actions of the divisive politics at the village level,” if the citizenship of Muslims can be tution, perhaps the most progressive late on Saturday issued ernment permission. dia Service (Conduct) accused officer could crit- Singh said. He was addressing a dis- threatened due to lack of some docu- human experiment given the diversity an order placing Director According to a confi- Rules, 1968,” says the re- ically hamper the secu- cussion on ‘Pressing issues facing In- ments, then others will not be far be- of the Indian sub-continent and the General of Police-rank of- dential report, Rao while port. rity situation of the state dia: Responsibilities of conscientious hind in the victimisation process, un- prevalent conditions during Indepen- ficer A.B. Venkateswara working as Additional It was found that Rao’s though use of sub-stan- citizens’, organised by a collective of leashed by the government,” Punyani dence,” he said. Rao under suspension Director General of Po- action led to credible se- dard equipment by police “Hum Honge Kaamyab” and “Urdu said. Speakers like academician Fr. Punyani said while the CAA-NRC- for serious misconduct in lice (Intelligence) during curity threat towards the force may put them in a Markaz” at the Haj House. Represen- Fraser Mascarenhas; Faizan Mustafa, NPR was the precipitating factor, the the process of procuring the previous government, state and the nation. He dangerous situation, ac- tatives from all religions took part in Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR Univer- BJP-led central government’s ‘divisive security equipment. colluded with Israeli de- is accused of wilfully dis- cess to state secrets and the event. sity of Law, Hyderabad; and journalist policies’, coupled with its failure to ful- Chief Secretary Nilam fence equipment manu- closing intelligence pro- potential monopoly over Several speakers rued while the Faye D’Souza spoke on how commu- fill tall promises made, spiraling infla- Sawhney issued an or- facturer RT Inflatablestocols and procedures of all future procurements “real issues facing India are pushed nal and caste fault-lines were visible, tion, growing unemployment, etc, had der placing Rao under Pvt Ltd to illegally award Police to foreign defence of AP police due to access to the back-burner”, the Asian giant crimes against women were on the rise fuelled the ongoing protests. suspension based on a critical Intelligence and manufacturing firm. to insider information. Indian Horizon 5 NATION Monday, February 10, 2020

Mysuru with over 250 shooting not have a single Dalit leader of stat- Priyanka’s Dalit outreach ure who could wield considerable influence on the community. venues most suited for project: In 2009, it was Rahul Gandhi who started a Dalit outreach campaign Rajendra Singh Babu in Ravidas temple visit in Uttar Pradesh when he started visiting the homes of Dalits, shared Mysuru, Feb 9 (IANS) Mr. Singh said Mysuru the expansion of the Ben- Ravidas never discriminated between meals with them and even spent Even as the stakeholders of has an 80-year-old history galuru-Mysuru National people on the basis of caste or religion the night in their houses. The cam- tourism industry here urged of film-making. It’s rare to Highway, Mysuru would and treated each one as equal. “He re- paign, however, was not followed the government to recon- find 250 shooting venues in a benefit, he further argued. flected the soul of India and said that up by party workers who reduced sider its move on the film radius of around 25 km. My- Confusion had surrounded Ram and Rahim are one. In present the outreach to a mere photo op- city and retain the project in suru alone has 16 palaces. A the project with plans to shift times, we need to understand and fol- portunity. After the drubbing of Mysuru, a noted Kannada Hollywood film was shot in it from Mysuru after H.D. low his principles so that hatred can the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha film personality observed Mysuru in 1946 and the direc- Kumaraswamy, former CM, be removed,” she said. The Congress, elections, Congress general sec- that there could be no other tor of the film had apparently had announced the setting apparently is trying to win back Dalits retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has place than Mysuru for es- described Mysuru as one of up of a film university in Ra- in UP and regain lost ground. Dalits, taken it upon herself to bring Dalits tablishing the same. the best locations for outdoor managaram. The reports had along with Brahmins and Muslims, back into the party fold. “If the government wants shooting, he recalled. More forced former CM Siddara- formed the core vote base of the Con- “Dalits are now completely dis- to set up the film city in than 400 Kannada films are maiah, who had announced gress till the eighties. illusioned with the BSP which has Bengaluru, it may as well being produced every year, the project, to intervene and The advent of the Mandal politics only provided lip service to the establish two such projects, he added. urge Mr. Kumaraswamy to and the Ayodhya temple movement community. Priyanka has already retaining the choice of My- Mr. Singh, who had sub- keep the project in Mysuru Varanasi, Feb 9 (IANS) Congress Dalit seer, poet-saint, social reformer in the early nineties turned the tide started making the right moves suru. With the rise in num- mitted a memorandum to since land needed for it had general secretary Priyanka Gandhi and a spiritual figure who was a part of against the Congress. While Brah- by visiting Bhim Army chief ber of Kannada films, it is Chief Minister B.S. Yediy- been handed over to compe- Vadra’s Varanasi visit on Sunday is the Bhakti movement in the 15th and mins went with the BJP, the Muslims Chandrashekhar Azad when he better to have two film cities urappa’s office in this re- tent authorities. Himmavu, not only about temple and religion, as 16th century, is held in high esteem by found refuge in the Samajwadi Party was hospitalised and then de- for the development of the gard, said many Kannada near Mysuru, that falls under the Congress would like everyone to the Dalit communities. The devotion- and Dalits opted for the BSP. All manding proper medical care Kannada film industry,” said actors had hoped Mysuru Varuna constituency, that believe. The visit has a definite Dalit al songs of Ravidas have had a lasting three parties were emerging on the for him in jail. The Bhim Army is S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu, would be the location for was represented by Mr. Sid- outreach and Priyanka’s participation impact during the Bhakti movement. political horizon of Uttar Pradesh proving to be BSP’s nemesis and director, producer and for- the project. With Mysuru daramaiah for two terms and in the Guru Ravidas birth anniversary After arriving in Varanasi, Priyanka and their growth was directly pro- if the Congress can strike a deal mer chairman of Karnataka airport becoming active now by his son Dr. Yathindra, celebration at Seer Govardhanpur is a offered prayers at the Ravidas temple portional to the decline of the Con- with it, the party will benefit,” Chalanachitra Academy. owing to UDAN flights and was identified for the project. clear indication of it. Guru Ravidas, a and met the seers. She said that Guru gress in the state. The Congress did said a senior party leader.

Former Bengal power minis- Big action in KGMU as corruption probe ordered against V-C ter Sankar Sen passes away Lucknow, Feb 9 (IANS) fessor M.L.B. Bhatt. The ac- committee has been asked to the same drugs were available by the government about the The prestigious King Georges tion against the VC, according submit its report in 15 work- at the central drug store of the probe. “We will cooperate with Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) ment of chief minister Jyoti Medical University (KGMU) to the official spokesman, was ing days. The PMO has direct- KGMU at cheaper rates. The the fact-finding committee,” Former West Bengal Power Basu, at a time the govern- here is caught in the throes taken on the directives of the ed the state government to anomalies took place when he said. The KGMU VC, how- Minister and former Vice ment was finding it difficult of controversy after its Vice Prime Minister’s Office (PMO. verify the allegations levelled Prof Bhatt was head of the ra- ever, was not available for com- Chancellor of Jadavpur to grapple with the prob- Chancellor faced corruption The committee set up to by one Vishal Kumar Singh, a diotherapy department and mznts. In another case, a resi- University Sankar Sen died lem of power shortage. probe on PMO’s direction, probe the corruption charges resident of Ambedkar Nagar, continues till date, the com- dent doctor of the KGMU, was at a south Kolkata nursing Sen carried out important and a doctor was sacked for is headed by Lucknow Divi- who in his complaint lodged plainant claimed. sacked on Saturday and matter home on Saturday follow- reforms in the sector, set up referring a patient to a private sional Commissioner Mukesh in December 2019, alleged Senior officials said that the was referred to the police. He ing old age problems, fam- new power plants and mod- hospital. Meshram and includes Direc- that the KGMU’s radiotherapy committee will also look into reportedly persuaded atten- ily sources said on Sunday. ernised the distribution net- The state government set tor General Medical Educa- department purchased can- other complaints of corruption dants of critically ill patients in Sen (92), a noted electri- work during his eight-year up a three-member commit- tion (DGME) K. K. Gupta and cer drugs using Prime Minis- against the KGMU VC filed over the neuro-surgery department cal engineer who was cred- ministerial stint to convert tee to investigate allegations Directorate of Medical Educa- ter and Chief Minister relief the past few months. Registrar to shift to a private hospital ited with having largely Bengal into a power surplus of corruption against the tion (DGME) Finance Director funds through local purchase Ashutosh Dwivedi sad the uni- since equipment was not avail- resolved in the 1990s the state before quitting the KGMU Vice Chancellor, Pro- Kripa Shanker Pandey. The at higher rates even though versity has been inforzmed able at the KGMU. problem of frequent load ministry in 1999. shedding in the state, left A noted professor of behind two daughters. electrical engineering at Sen won the State As- the Sibpur BE College, Sen sezbly polls from the Dum championed the cause of Seven Bangladeshis ‘Missing’ posters of Akhilesh Dum constituency as a utilising science and tech- CPI-M candidate in 1991 nology for improving the and 1996. He was made standard of living of the arrested in UP’s Jhansi Yadav put up in Azamgarh the power minister in the marginal sections of the so- Jhansi, Feb 9 (IANS) Seven Seven of those arrested belong Azamgarh (Uttar Nadeem, of the Con- removed by police on fourth Left Font govern- ciety. Bangladeshi nationals have been to Dhaka. Pradesh), Feb 9 (IANS) gress minority cell, said, Wednesday. In Bilaria- arrested here for not having any The SSP said that the arrested Samajwadi Party presi- “The SP leader claims to ganj area of the city, sev- valid documents, police said on prsons were in the business of dent and MP from Aza- be a well-wisher of Mus- eral Muslim women had Police complaint on plot to Sunday. szelling fish oil. mgarh, Akhilesh Yadav lims but has confined started a protest at Mau- Jhansi’s Senior Superintendent “During routine probe, no is the latest politician to himself to merely tweet- lana Jauhar park against kill Pawar, oust MVA govt of Police (SSP) D. Pradeep said: criminal cases have been found face the ire of his voters ing on the police action the Citizenship (Amend- Pune, Feb 8 (IANS) “These sites are spread- “As many as seven Bangladeshi against them, but they have been for prolonged absence on the woman protest- ment) Act and a pan-In- A complaint has been ing hatred and dividing nationals were arrested during booked under the Foreigners Act from his constituency. ers.” dia National Register of lodged alleging a plot to people in the name of caste routine checking near the bus for illegally staying in India,” ‘Missing’ posters of He claimed that Yadav Citizens (NRC) but were kill Nationalist Congress and community, putting stand in Babina on Friday.” he said. The arrested have been Akhilesh Yadav have sur- has not visited Azamgarh forcibly removed by po- Party (NCP) leader Sharad up objectionable posters Those arrested were staying at identified as Mamoon Sheikh, faced in Azamgarh, ques- ever since the general lice on Wednesday. Pawar and to dislodge the and exhorting youth to a hotel near the bus stand and Milan Sheikh, Aslam Sheikh, Fa- tioning the MP’s absence election concluded last An FIR was registered Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ‘eliminate Pawar with the did not have valid documents for lan Sheikh, Sijer Sheikh, Mukul in the wake of police ac- year. against 35 named and government with the Shiv- help of bombs and bul- staying in India, the SSP said, Sheikh and Monu Vaid. tion on women protesting In Bilariaganj area of over 100 unidentified ajinagar cyber police sta- lets’, which is a matter of against the CAA and pro- the city, several Muslim people involved in the tion, here on Saturday. serious concern,” Khabiya posed NRC. women had started a protests. Of them, 20 In his complaint, an said in his complaint. The posters, which protest at Maulana Jau- people were arrested, po- NCP activist Laxmikant He has also named as UP BJP MLA offers to have been put up by the har park against the Citi- lice had said. Akhilesh has Khabiya claimed since the accused a local journalist minority cell of the Uttar zenship (Amendment) sent a party delegation to Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress and and a netizen. Khabi- Pradesh Congress, show Act and a pan-India Na- submit a report on the in- alliance took office in in ya also mentioned some settle 25 Pak Hindu Yadav with a black band tional Register of Citizens cident but has not visited November, some social website, portals and You- on his mouth. (NRC) but were forcibly the constituency himself. media website and You- Tube channels for featur- refugee families Tube channels had been ing provocative content. running inflammatory When contacted, NCP Muzaffarnagar, Feb 9 (IANS) Khatauli, who also faces an campaigns against the Ud- officials in Mumbai and BJP MLA Vikram Saini has attempt-to-murder charge UP Congress wants Yogi dhav Thackeray-led MVA Pune refused to react on offered to re-settle 25 Paki- in the 2013 riots case, said, “I government. the development. stani Hindu refugee families want to do this in the national in Kawal village in Muzaffar- interest. The 25 families in- govt to set up ‘Kisan Aayog’ nagar district to counter the clude seven who are already Lucknow, Feb 9 (IANS) The Con- animals in the last three years,” he anti-CAA propaganda. living in Muzaffarnagar. I gress in Uttar Pradesh has asked the demanded. Lallu said that this was Manoj Das receives Mystic The Kawal village was the want five bighas where these Yogi Adityanath government to set the ‘biggest problem’ that the state focal point of the 2013 Muzaf- families can be settled. If such up a ‘Kisan Aayog’ for the welfare of was facing at the moment. Kalinga Literary Award farnagar riots. land cannot be found, I will farmers whose crops are destroyed “A Farmers’ Commission should Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (IANS) Manoj Das, who was The BJP MLA has said he donate my own land . We are by stray cattle. be set up to provide relief to farm- recently bestowed with Padma Bhushan for his out- would facilitate the settlement planning to build two-bed- UPCC president Ajay Kumar Lallu ers who have been suffering due to standing contribution to English and Odia litera- of 25 Pakistani Hindu refugees room houses with a toilet for said that majority of the ‘gaushalas’ loss of crops,” he added. ture, on Saturday received Mystic Kalinga Literary in Kawal village in Muzaffar- them.” (cow shelters) existed only on paper Meanwhile, BJP spokesman Har- Awards-Indian and Global Languages. nagar and has already given With thousands displaced in and the Yogi government was doing ish Chandra Srivastava, said, “The He received the award at the fourth edition of the financial aid to five of them. the riots, including from Kaw- nothing for the betterment of farm- National Commission on Farmers two-day long Mystic Kalinga Festival (MKF) here. Five of the refugees, who had al, Muslims are concentrated ers. (NCF) was constituted on Novem- Mystic Kalinga Literary Award has been institut- come to India after allegedly in ghettos in the village. They He said, “There is large scale de- ber 18, 2004 under the chairmanship ed to recognise and celebrate prolific and inspiring facing religious persecution mostly work as farm labourers struction of crops by stray animals of Professor M.S. Swaminathan, but writers, poets and performers. in Pakistan, met the Khatauli or run small shops. and nearly a dozen farmers have the Congress never bothered to Das also presented a talk on “Divine Madness: BJP MLA Vikram Saini here on Three youths were killed committed suicide in the last one- make it functional. The BJP, under Knowledge, Ecstasy, and Transformation”, the cen- Saturday. in Kawal village after an eve- and-a-half months in the state. the leadership of Prime Minister tral theme for the fourth edition of the Mystic Ka- Saini told reporters that he teasing incident after which However, the state government has Narendra Modi has implemented linga festival. gave five of them Rs 5,000 each riots broke out in Muzaffar- been unable to provide any help to the recommendations and raised The eminent litterateur informed that he is in the as aid and also promised them nagar and adjoining areas, the farmers.” the minimum support price of cer- process of translating ‘Savitri’, the epic poem writ- that he will facilitate their re- claiming 60 lives and displac- “The government should pay com- tain crops to 1.5 times. The Con- ten by freedom fighter and spiritual guru Aurobindo settlement in Kawal village. ing over 50,000 people, mainly pensation to the farmers for the dam- gress must introspect before level- Ghosh into Odia language. Saini, the BJP MLA from Muslims. age to their crops caused by stray ling allegations against the BJP.” Indian Horizon 6 EDIT Monday, February 10, 2020

Indian Horizon How inspirational officers can help transform lives By Julio Ribeiro Suhail Sharma is one such hero under the inspiring leadership of female foeticide. In the next census, A few days ago I heard two young who I met in person. He joined other Suhail. In chest-deep water, they the sex ratio improved dramatically government officers speak. Dr mountaineers in the attempt some- held hands and went about their and he was actually commended for Prashant Narnavare, an IAS officer time in 2015. Somewhere near the work of rescuing stranded villagers. his efforts. It was Prashant’s initia- of the Maharashtra cadre, and Su- summit, there was an avalanche that The people of Amritsar and of Pun- tive and dynamism and his commit- hail Sharma, an IPS officer of the buried the climbers under snow. jab should be proud of having Suhail ment to duty that marked his lead- same cadre, were invited by the Pub- Many died, only a few survived. Sharma as a member of their com- ership in this delicate issue. It was lic Concern for Governance Trust Suhail was lucky. One incident he munity. because his juniors were convinced Monday, February 10, 2020 (PCGT) to motivate young students mentioned in his talk was when his If Suhail’s achievements and mo- about his sincerity that he succeed- of schools and colleges across the oxygen ran out at a height above tivation can inspire young people ed. city to soar higher and higher like 27,000 feet. His tent colleague, one to achieve the extraordinary, the You do not get too many such offi- Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the fic- Prabhu, shared his remaining oxy- work of Dr Prashant Narnavare of cers in the IAS and IPS today or even Unsafe transfusion tional seagull created by the writer, gen with Suhail and that helped him the IAS was equally or more inspir- yesterday who believe in service to Richard Bach. survive. These are stories that only ing. As a young District Magistrate the people though they have joined Suhail Sharma was born in Amrit- intrepid men like Suhail and Prabhu of Osmanabad in the Marathwada a career which is called a Service. Regulatory mechanism is a sar some 30 odd years ago. He stud- can tell to those of us who have not region of Maharashtra, he was faced There are many more in fact who ied in Amritsar and did his engineer- attempted such adventures. by growing incidents of farmers’ feel they have a licence to command must for blood banks ing in Himachal Pradesh. Inspired Personally, I am proud of Suhail suicides following agrarian distress. rather than lead. People forget such and encouraged by his father, Suhail because he is an IPS officer belong- He summoned all the farmers and narcissistic officials as soon as they What’s life-sustaining becomes reached the summit of Mount Ever- ing to my service and hailing from had a heart-to-heart talk with them move out of their districts. est. When I headed Punjab Police, I Amritsar, a city I visited several times following which it was agreed that Prashant provided effective lead- life-threatening when it gets con- had a young Superintendent of Po- in the call of duty. Suhail is now the cultivation of sugarcane, which con- ership in ensuring the effective lice, PM Das, who was totally com- Superintendent of Police of Sangli, a sumes disproportionate amounts of implementation of government taminated and is transfused into an mitted to the mountains. Eventually, district in Maharashtra which expe- water, would be reduced, and it was! schemes aimed at enhancing the unsuspecting patient. Safe blood this young IPS officer, who hailed rienced a disastrous flood in the re- He asked them to face the challenge livelihood prospects, and agricultur- from Assam, perished in a blizzard; cent change of weather. The district and not think of taking their own al income of rural people, especially transfusion continues to be a major he had nearly lost his life earlier in had never experienced such a ca- lives. They pledged to do so! women. This he did in the tribal ar- an encounter with Khalistani terror- lamity before. It was propitious that In Osmanabad, Prashant received eas of Palghar, where his name is challenge for the healthcare sector ists in the Mand area. our conqueror of Mount Everest was a letter from the then Union Minister known in every household and in in India. Back in 1996, the Supreme In the mountains, it is not un- the Superintendent of Police at that Maneka Gandhi about the skewed every village. Even young children common to hear of deaths. There is time. People who had not eaten for sex ratio in his district. Hundred know about him. Court had told the Union Govern- danger and only those who have the days were furious with the govern- other Collectors across India had The reason for his success is the ment to ‘consider the advisability’ qualities of courage and persever- ment. received such letters. He took it to fact that he put service before self. ance and the ability to weather the Everyone blames the government heart like a sensitive leader should His work should be publicised in the of enacting a separate legislation ravages of nature will dare to climb. at such times but our hero shouted and visited all medical centres in IAS academy at Mussoorie so that Those who fulfil their dream of con- the Maratha war cry ‘Shivaji Maha- Osmanabad, spoke to the medical every young entrant to the Service is for regulating the collection, pro- quering the mountain become real- raj ki Jai’ and that enthused starv- officers and others, pressing them motivated. cessing, storage, distribution and life heroes. ing people to face the difficult time to dissuade women from stooping to IANS transportation of blood and the op- eration of blood banks in the coun- try. Consequently, the National Hoping for gesture of reaching out By Ira Pande dedicated to the victims and survi- that night. dle anger and injured pride left in Blood Transfusion Council was es- The hysterical decibels of election vors of the Holocaust. No visit to Is- I used to wonder why pain is the wake of an oppressive and ex- tablished, followed by the framing reportage, the charges and counter rael is complete without a visit and stored by communities until it be- ploitative rule. Their experiments charges, the abysmal level of pub- no visitor has gone back unaffected comes a scar or a bleeding sore. in Truth and Reconciliation helped of the National Blood Policy. How- lic debate and, above all, the level by its heartrending display. Moshe Why look back constantly to nego- enormously in blunting the edge of of toxicity in social media messages Safdie, its Israeli architect, has used tiate the future? That visit taught retribution by individuals against ever, blood transfusion services — all these make sane thinking and light and darkness to highlight both me some valuable lessons, the first those who had tortured or exploit- are still regulated by the Drugs and balanced writing a challenge. So I suffering and hope. Buried into the being that we must never forget the ed them under White rule. Repara- will steer clear of any political opin- belly of the land, the museum is a horrors of the past, if only to avoid tion, rather than retribution, is a Cosmetics Act, 1940, and its subse- ions. series of galleries, branching off making the same mistakes. Bury- good way of healing those wounds quent amendments. Now, the apex This column is a reflection on from a central spine. Each gallery ing the collective grief and sense of that will not be appeased by any how much anger and hatred we contains a heartrending display of hurt or denying its expression is as amount of punishment. Often, a court has issued a notice to the Cen- can carry within us and what hap- the history of Jewish persecution great a crime as using it to whip up simple apology is more effective, if pens if we are unable to shed this under Nazi Germany. There are emotions and extract political mile- it is sincerely offered and graciously tre and the state governments on a burden before we die. Recently, a excerpts of written accounts, oral age from it. Our own Partition saga accepted. public interest litigation seeking to very poignant ceremony was held history videos and interviews with is a perfect example of how we built The twenty-first century should in front of the Nazi detention camp survivors, along with the pathetic up a counter-narrative to blunt the not repeat the follies of past centu- regulate blood banks and the blood at Auschwitz, the greatest and most remains of broken lives, including hatred it has displayed. Similarly, ries: we have all collectively paid a hideous reminder of what xeno- dolls and toys snatched from little denying the Kashmiri Pandits their very heavy price for neglecting hu- storage system. phobia can do. Thousands of Jews children. The last gallery is shaped right to mourn the loss of their man rights and addressing public The petitioners have red-flagged — among them women and chil- like a cone, one half soars into the homeland has led to a permanent anger. Right or wrong, each com- dren — were exterminated in the sky, studded with photographs of sense of grievance amongst them. plaint that comes with such enor- the mushrooming of stand-alone most inhuman way as they were the thousands who vanished in the Yet, while there is a huge constitu- mous human support deserves private blood banks which not only shot, gassed, starved... Taking part concentration camps. The other ency for the displaced tribals, for- to be heard and dealt with com- at this remembrance were 20 odd half is like a well that represents the est-dwellers and landless, there is passionately. Is this too much to provide products of inconsistent survivors, now well in their nine- black hole of human memory — a no one who has spoken up for those ask of our powerful state and its ties; each one remembered those homage to those whose fate was who have become refugees for no guardians? The people are asking quality but also fleece patients with they had lost there. It was difficult never known. fault of theirs. Naturally, when an- for the healing touch. Old women impunity. The gravity of the situa- to hold back one’s tears as the cam- I saw visitors sob and weep, oth- ger is denied its rightful release, and young mothers are out night eras panned over their faces with ers rush out to get some fresh air, what comes out is venomous, vin- after night in this bitter cold. What tion can be gauged from the shock- the camp in the background. The still others unable to complete the dictive rage. We have seen this dur- does it take for one small gesture of ing case in Phagwara, where a blood collective feeling by the end of the tour. The stories playing on videos ing the JP movement and are about reaching out to be made? ceremony was that we must never are more tragic than any that may to see it in the government’s stub- In this glorious season of spring, bank issued HCV-positive blood (in- allow this to ever happen again. have been made into films like So- born refusal to reason with the pro- hope is in the air. Some promis- My mind went back to a visit a phie’s Choice. None of us went testers of Shaheen Bagh. ing shoots sprout from the frozen fected with hepatitis C virus) to an few years ago to Yad Vashem, a back untouched. Perhaps many, Nelson Mandela and Desmond earth. Let us hope they bloom. 85-year-old person. Several blood beautiful museum in Jerusalem, like me, were unable to eat dinner Tutu had shown us the way to han- IANS banks in Punjab’s Doaba region have been under scrutiny in recent Why Khushwant Singh considered himself an Indian years over quality control and pric- By Rahul Singh ingredient of democracy and of have prejudice against coloured way those questions are framed. I ing issues. Ever since we got our Indepen- freedom of expression, now being people. In any case, I feel more re- am all three at the same time. If I The petition has claimed that the dence, we have always considered viewed as “anti-national”, even laxed and at home in India. I dis- was denied my Punjabiness or my ourselves proud Indians. There as “sedition”? Above all, why was like many things in my country community tradition, I would re- number of registered and licensed have been revolts and separatist the Citizenship (Amendment) Act — mostly the government. I know fuse to call myself Indian. I am In- movements, needless to say. Na- necessary, and why have Muslims the government is never the same dian, Punjabi and Sikh. And even blood banks in India is abysmally galand, Dravidistan, Khalistan, been excluded? The excuse that as the country, but it never stops so I have a patriotic kinship to one low — less than three per 10 lakh and the ongoing insurgency in the CAA is mainly directed against trying to appear in that garb. This who says I am ‘Indian, Hindu and Kashmir come to mind. Indeed, “illegal Bangladeshis” has clearly is where I belong, and this is where Haryanvi’ or ‘I am Indian, Moplah population. Ideally, every district many in the North-East and Kash- been shown to be entirely fake. I intend to live and die. Of course I Muslim and Malayali’ or ‘I am In- mir still feel alienated from the Half a century ago, my father, like going abroad. Living is easier, dian, Christian and Assamese’. I hospital should have a blood bank. Indian mainstream. And if we are Khushwant Singh, wrote a column, wine and food are better, women want to retain my religious and However, merely expanding the honest to ourselves, we have real- “Why I am an Indian”, which ad- are more forthcoming — it’s more linguistic identity without in any ly not done enough to make them dresses these very questions, in fun. However, I soon get tired of all way making them exclusive. network of such storage centres is feel “Indians”. Nevertheless, by his typical humorous, blunt way, those things and want to get back “I am convinced that in our guar- not enough to improve the state and large, India has remained one but with a deadly serious intent. I to my dung-heap and be among anteed diversity is our strength nation and our unity has never believe it is prescient for our times: my loud-mouthed, sweaty, smelly as a nation. As soon as you try to of affairs. It’s imperative that each been seriously threatened — until “I did not have any choice,” countrymen. I am like my kinsmen obliterate regional languages in a few months ago. he wrote. “I was born one. If the in Africa and England and else- favour of one ‘national’ language blood bank should have adequate I trace the change to the over- good Lord had consulted me on where. My head tells me it’s better or religion, in the name of some infrastructure and trained manpow- whelming victory of the Bharatiya the subject, I might have chosen a to live abroad, my belly tells me it one Indian credo, you will destroy Janata Party in last year’s General country more affluent, less crowd- is more fulfilling to be in ‘phoren’, the unity of the country. Twice er. The authorities ought to address Election. Radical Hindutva ele- ed, less censorious in matters of but my heart tells me ‘get back to was our Indianness challenged: the shortage of trained healthcare ments have been emboldened as food and drink, unconcerned with India’. Each time I return home in 1962 by the Chinese; in 1965 never before by that victory. There personal equations and free of re- and drive through the stench of by the Pakistanis. Then, despite professionals in the field of trans- is now open talk of what the likes ligious bigotry. “Am I proud of be- bare-bottomed defecators that line our many differences of language, of Madhav Golwalkar and Veer Sa- ing an India? I can’t really answer the road from Santa Cruz airport to religion and faith, we rose as one fusion medicine. The feasibility of varkar envisaged: a “Hindu Rash- this one. I can scarcely take credit the city, I ask myself: to defend our country. In the ulti- setting up a separate monitoring tra”, an entity where only caste for the achievements of my forefa- Breathes there a man with soul mate analysis, it is the conscious- Hindus would be considered true thers. And I have little reason to be so dead ness of the frontiers that makes a body for blood transfusion services “Indians”, the others virtually sec- proud of what we are doing today. who never to himself hath said nation. We have proved that we ond class citizens. Muslim friends On balance, I would say, ‘No, I am this is my own land, my native are one nation. under the Union Ministry of Health of mine are feeling distinctly un- not proud of being an Indian.’ land? “What then this talk about In- and Family Welfare should also be easy these days, as are a great “Why don’t you get out and set- “I can scarcely breathe, but I dianising people who are already many others. Why did the BJP give tle in some other country? Once yell, ‘Yeah, this is my native land.’ Indian? And has anyone any right explored. Strict enforcement of the a Lok Sabha ticket to somebody again, I have very little choice. All I don’t like it, but I love it! to arrogate to himself the right to licensing norms can help to stem who continues to praise the killer the countries I might like to live “Are you an Indian first and a decide who is and who is not a of Mahatma Gandhi? And why did in have restricted quotas for emi- Punjabi or Sikh second? Or is it the good Indian?” the rot. With precious lives at stake, she win? Why is dissent, a vital grants; most of them are white and other way round? I don’t like the IANS unscrupulous elements cannot be allowed to bleed people dry. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon Monday, February 10, 2020 op-ed 7

social parts of a conversation. better. We’ve been learning to A blueprint for We learned to write the way we talk As writing has been expanding write not for power, but for love. online into the informal conver- The closest to love that an ex- Dubai’s future BY Gretchen McCulloch sational domains where speech ternal list of rules can offer is a The IIt’s an internet tradition, used to be primary, the genera- feeling of besieged camaraderie, By James J. Zogby when humour or sarcasm goes tions who spent their formative a unity against a perceived com- January, the Israeli daily newspa- astray online, to apologise by say- years online started expand- mon enemy. But it’s a miserly per, Haaretz, ran an article, Secret ing something like, “You know, ing writing’s muted emotional form of affection to care for some Israeli document reveals plan to it’s just impossible to convey tone range. Sure, quotation marks people only by despising others. keep Arabs off their lands. I found in writing.” can indicate reported speech It’s a perilous form of commu- the piece unsettling for several rea- But what I’ve noticed as the and capitals can indicate proper nity, where your membership is sons. Given the headline, at first I 2010s come to an end is that this nouns, but we gain a sense of the always conditional, where you thought the story was going to be apology isn’t needed as much as writer’s personality when they’re know that your supposed friends about Israel’s policies in the West it once was — not because peo- also available for use as “scare in matching “I’m silently cor- Bank where Israel’s military admin- ple have strangely become fans of quotes” and Ironic Capitals. recting your grammar” T-shirts istration has, since the beginning misconstrued irony, but because Similarly, in contexts like tex- are liable to turn on you with- of the occupation, set aside large the circumstances aren’t arising ting or chat, where the default out constant vigilance. If rules areas of the territories as “closed” as much. Whether through big way of breaking up utterances is vigilantism is all that a love of to Palestinians, presumably for flourishes like “That’s very ~on with a new line or a new message, language can offer, we might as reasons of “security”. Other areas brand~” and “y.i.k.e.s.” or subtler the period takes on connotations well also consider “Mean Girls” were designated “green spaces” — ones like “that’s a Bold choice” of seriousness and formality, a a guide to healthy relationships. which, while appearing to be an and “Wowwwww”, we can now slight deepening of the voice at But language snobbery is not environmental designation, simply convey a full range of emotions the end of a sentence. Thus, a inevitable. It’s not that people meant that Palestinians couldn’t in writing. period can reinforce a negative who cling to lists of language build on or otherwise make use of The reason that we once found tone). This tension between the genres. But the problem with this message (“that’s rough.”) but un- rules don’t want love as well. It’s these lands. speech easier for imparting emo- “what” and the “how” forms the tradition is that it’s a jealous god dermine a positive one (“that’s that they’ve been sold a false bill Over time both the “closed” and tions isn’t an inherent property “double” part of “double mean- — rather than say, “Here is a style fine.”). The latter style reads to of goods for how to get it. In high the “green spaces” gave way to col- of sound waves and voice boxes. ing”, and from it a listener can that’s useful sometimes,” it says, many younger people as passive- school English classes and writ- onies — since that had been Israel’s Rather, it’s that we’re more used infer gloriously complex senti- “Here is the only correct way to aggressive, a sign that the writer ing manuals, we’ve been told intention in the first place. For ex- to employing a broad range of ments like humour or irony or write, and any variation from it is could have used a sincere excla- that being “clear” and “correct” ample, the massive Israeli colony styles in face-to-face communi- reluctance or passive-aggression. Bad and Wrong.” mation mark (“that’s fine!”) but in language will help people un- called Har Homa was built on a hill cation. An expansive palette of Writing, by contrast, is some- Richest social parts of a con- decided not to. derstand us. of Palestinian-owned land between possibilities lets us convey nu- thing we learn primarily from versation But subjectivity is Yes, it’s a lot of meaning to infer But understanding doesn’t Bethlehem and [occupied] Jeru- anced meta-messages like soli- an educational authority, rather sometimes exactly what we want. from a dot, but it’s socially useful come from insisting on a list of salem, called Jabal Abul Ghnaim. darity (by converging towards than a layered social context. I don’t need National Geographic to be able to convey a nuanced rules, shouting the same thing Early on, Israel zoned the jabal “a someone else’s linguistic style This authority teaches us a single to start replacing its photojour- level of reluctance, one that’s not only louder like a hapless mono- green space.” Their concern wasn’t at a given moment) and dou- way of spelling and punctuating nalism with selfies, but when my strong enough to be worth regis- lingual tourist in a foreign coun- to keep it “green;” it was to keep ble meaning (by noticing when and choosing words, a formal friends go on vacation, I want to tering as a full complaint but is try. Understanding comes from Palestinian owners from using the someone is saying doesn’t match style that aims to remove the au- see the trip filtered through their nonetheless not quite full-throat- meeting other people where they land until Israel was ready to build a with they say it). thor as much as possible from eyes — their semi-ironic selfie in ed enthusiasm. are, like being willing to use ges- Jewish-only colony on that same lo- Sometimes the “how” is pure- the text. Just as news anchors are front of the Eiffel Tower or the In other words, we’ve been tures and a handful of semi-re- cation. He thought he could erase ly derived from context (saying trained to report the news, not tiny cafe they found on a rainy af- learning to write in ways that membered words and yes, even Trump’s red line. “What a beautiful day!” when the news, young essay writers ternoon means more to me than communicate our tone of voice, to look like a fool, to bridge a lan- His departure will make Iran facing a windowful of sleet), but are told not to begin their book a generic landmark photo, how- not just our mastery of rules. guage barrier with laughter and much weaker. It will embolden the many times paralinguistic cues reports with “I really liked (or ever beautiful. What’s more, if We’ve been learning to see writ- humility.Nuances of humour or country’s regional rivals to pur- like intonation or facial expres- hated) this book.”A formal, dis- there’s only one style, there’s no ing not as a way of asserting our ambivalence are impossible to sue their strategic interests more sion also help us get there (say- embodied style does have a place opportunity for meaning-dou- intellectual superiority, but as a write. resolutely. It will also instill in the ing “Wonderful”, in a flat, clipped in the pantheon of linguistic bling or style-shifting, the richest way of listening to one another Gulf News protesters in Iran, Lebanon and, especially, Iraq, the hope that they will one day wrest control of their governments from the talons of Trump can run on the proposition that the Islamic Republic. As I began to How Donald Trump wins again it’s basically working. He has a lot of evi- read the Haaretz story, however, I dence on his side: The unemployment realised that it wasn’t about Israel’s By David Brooks rate is the lowest in decades. Wages are current practices in the territories As several people have noticed, last rising. The typical family income is high- occupied in 1967. Rather, it was week was the most politically successful er than it has ever been. about the Israeli defence establish- week of the Trump presidency. First, US Democrats’ message is broken ment’s decades-long effort to bury President Donald Trump’s job approval Americans seem to accept this po- or suppress documentation of the numbers are rising. When the impeach- sition. Confidence in the economy is very same land-grab practices that ment inquiry got rolling in October his higher now than at any moment since the Israelis had implemented dur- Gallup approval rating was 39. Now it’s the Clinton administration. According to ing the first few years of their state. 49. If he can hold this level, he’ll probably Gallup, 59 per cent of Americans say they Haaretz, to its credit, has been be re-elected. are better off than they were a year ago. running quite a few of these his- Second, impeachment never became a Three-quarters of Americans expect to be torical pieces exposing the outra- topic of conversation among rank-and- even better off a year from now. geous policies Israel used to “eth- file Democrats, let alone independents Democrats, by contrast, have congre- nically cleanse” Palestinians from and Republicans, so it was easily defeat- gated around the message that capital- their land in order to insure that ed in the Senate. ism is fundamentally broken and that the new state was “more Jewish To the extent that it was noticed, im- the economy is bad. As Matthew Yglesias and less Arab.” As I’ve read each of peachment worked for Republicans noted recently in Vox, when Democrats these articles, I must say that my and against Democrats. Approval of the were asked in the PBS NewsHour/Polit- reactions have ranged from anger Republican Party is now at 51 per cent, ico debate if the economy was good, they to indignation to vindication. its highest since 2005. More Americans all gave the same answer. I’ve felt angry and indignant be- now identify as Republicans than as Joe Biden: “I don’t think [Americans] cause 40 years ago, when I first Democrats. As Gallup dryly observed in really do like the economy. Look at the wrote about these same practices in announcing these numbers, “Gallup ob- middle-class neighbourhoods. The mid- a little book titled, Palestinians: The served similar public opinion shifts when dle class is getting killed. The middle Invisible Victims, I was denounced Bill Clinton was impeached.” class is getting crushed.” Pete Buttigieg: by major pro-Israel and Ameri- , there is no Democratic transcender. they will certainly support whomever is speech of the Trump presidency. In 2016, “This economy is not working for most of can Jewish organisations for my The Iowa results, though far from final, the Democratic nominee. This is no idle Trump ran a dark, fear-driven “American us.” Elizabeth Warren: “A rising GDP, rise anti-Israel views. Back then, these indicate that there is no obvious candi- threat. In 2016, in Pennsylvania, 117,000 carnage” campaign. His 2016 convention in corporate profits, is not being felt by mainstream groups were operating date who can be quickly embraced by all Sanders primary voters went for Trump in speech was all about crime, violence and millions of families across the country.” in much the same way as today’s factions of the party. With Mike Bloom- the general, and Trump won the state by menace. The theme of last week’s speech And so on down the line. shadowy Canary Mission or Cam- berg now doubling his campaign spend- 44,292 ballots. In Michigan, 48,000 Sand- was mostly upbeat “Morning in America.” An opposition party can retake the pus Watch. They created defama- ing, it looks like the Democratic primary ers voters went for Trump, and Trump won I don’t know if he can keep this tone, White House in a time of rising economic tory and threatening background battle is going to go on for a while. the state by 10,704. In Wisconsin, 51,300 because unlike Ronald Reagan, he’s not conditions, but it can’t do it by denounc- briefs on Arab American writers and Democrats may wind up in a position Sanders voters went for Trump, and Trump an optimistic, generous person. But if ing capitalism and it can’t do it by deny- activists. And they would use these in which they can’t nominate Bernie won the state by 22,748. In short, Sanders he can, and he can keep his ideology ing the felt reality of a majority of Ameri- briefs to pressure colleges, radio, Sanders because he’s too far left, and voters helped elect Trump. Most effective anodyne, this message can resonate even cans. It’s hard to defeat a president in and TV programmes to disinvite us. they can’t not nominate him because speech of the Trump presidency , Trump with people who don’t like him. Trump’s good times. UCLA political scientist Lynn They accused us distorting history, his followers would bolt from a Biden/ has cleverly reframed the election. I can speech reframes the election around this Vavreck, the author of The Message Mat- fabricating lies, and being motivat- Bloomberg/Buttigieg-led party. see why Nancy Pelosi ripped up his State of core question: Is capitalism basically ters and a co-author of Identity Crisis. ed by an anti-Jewish animus. Only 53 per cent of Sanders voters say the Union speech. It was the most effective working or is it basically broken? Gulf News Gulf News UK threatens ‘Australian Brexit’ if Canadian-style deal rejected By Andrew Hammond Of course, the EU has negoti- Canadian nor EU firms getting proposed by Barnier, and threat- Boris Johnson is focusing this ated a wide range of trade agree- so-called “passporting” rights ened to pursue an even looser Aus- week on domestic politics with ments, but for many Brexiteers which would allow their firms to tralian model if Brussels refuses to a significant Cabinet reshuffle it is the ‘Canadian model’ that sell their products in each other’s ‘play ball’ with his demands. At the expected on Thursday. However, stands out. Part of the reason for markets. CETA also does not moment, trade between Brussels the last week has been domi- this is that, in their eyes, it would eliminate border controls — al- and Canberra is based on a limited nated by foreign policy with the allow the United Kingdom to di- though it does incentivise use of ‘partnership agreement’ agreed prime minister ‘shadow boxing’ verge significantly from EU rules. advanced electronic checking to in 2008, covering cooperation in a with Brussels over Brexit. However, glorified as CETA expedite customs clearance. wide range of economic areas and With London now having left is by these same Brexiteers, it While some Brexiteers also agreements around principles such the Brussels-based club, John- would come with significant suggest that negotiating a Ca- as mutual recognition of product son declared that he sees a ‘Ca- (at least short-run) costs for the nadian-style deal would be rela- standards, with negotiations on a nadian-style’ trade relationship United Kingdom given the differ- tively easy to secure with Brus- fully-fledged trade agreement be- with the EU as the best way to ent starting positions of London sels, this belies the challenges ginning in 2018. realise his ambitions of a “global (a member of the Brussels-based involved, especially in the less UK critics have already hit out at Britain” into the 2020s. Yet, he club for over four decades, until than eleven months now avail- Johnson here inasmuch as his sug- threatened Brussels that he will January 31) and Ottawa, vis-a- able. For instance, EU Chief Ne- gestion of a deal with the EU like alternatively go for an ‘Austra- vis the EU. Whereas CETA rep- gotiator Michel Barnier said last Australia’s appears very close to a lia’ model, essentially akin to a resents a net level of integration week that a CETA-agreement no-deal Brexit. Indeed, the “Aus- no-deal exit, if the EU refuses a between the EU and Canadian requires “specific and effective tralian deal” language appears to Canadian approach in what is a economies, a similar deal would guarantees to ensure a level play- be the prime minister’s new pre- dramatic raising of the stakes. covering around a fifth of the “the most ambitious trade agree- represent a sharp break (or “hard ing field” so future EU-UK com- ferred term for a basic, WTO-style Johnson’s speech underlines global economy, took the best ment Europe has ever conclud- Brexit”) between the United petition “remains open and fair” relationship with the EU, yet as Lib- that the Comprehensive Eco- part of a decade to negotiate and ed”. Most tariffs were removed Kingdom and EU. in areas like competition policy, eral Democratic Acting Leader Ed nomic and Trade Agreement was signed in 2016. when the deal came provisionally Moreover, CETA, does little to subsidies, social protection, and Davey asserted Monday, this would (CETA) between the EU and Can- It saw some 98 per cent of all into force in 2017 with the key re- enable some key business sec- environmental standards. “deliberately hollow out our trade ada is increasingly seen by many tariffs on goods traded between maining step being full ratifica- tors. Take the example of finan- Yet, Johnson responded to Bar- [and] is nothing short of a scorched Brexiteers as the best template Canada and the EU-27 become tion which could potentially take cial services, a huge part of the nier that he refuses to adopt EU earth policy for our economy”. for a future EU-UK deal. CETA, duty free, and has been billed as several more years. UK economy, which sees neither rules carte blanche in the areas Gulf News

The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon 8 International Monday, February 10, 2020 Govt will announce Storm forces cancellation of Thai mall gunman shot measures to reduce dead after killing 26 food prices: Imran hundreds of flights in UK Bangkok, Feb 9 (IANS) A soldier who killed 26 people in a Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Pakistan Prime London, Feb 9 (IANS) shooting spree at a shopping mall in Thailand's Nakhon Rat- Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that Hundreds of flights have chasima was shot dead by police on Sunday, Prime Minister "come what may", his Pakistan Tehreek-i- been cancelled, while Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha said. The gunman, Sgt. Jakrapanth Insaf (PTI) government would announce vari- roads and bridges have Thomma, 32, who also injured 57 others in the incident on ous measures to be taken by the federal cabi- been closed as the worst Saturday at the Terminal 21 shopping mall, was killed after net to reduce the prices of basic food items. storm in seven years bar- an overnight stand-off with the police, Efe news quoted Pra- In a tweet, the premier said: "I understand relled towards the UK, yuth as saying at a press conference. "An event like this has the difficulties ordinary people (including) a media report said on never occurred in Thailand, and we hope it never does again," salaried class are confronting and have decid- Sunday. Storm Ciara is he said after visiting the injured in hospital. While it was ini- ed, come what may, my govt will be announc- expected to make land- tially believed the dead included two police officers, Prayuth ing various measures that will be taken to fall on Sunday evening, said only one had been killed, adding that eight of the injured reduce prices of basic food items for the com- bringing with it 80mph were undergoing surgery and that 25 had been discharged. At mon man in cabinet on Tuesday," Dawn news winds and heavy rain, the a Sunday morning press conference, regional commander Lt. reported. In a subsequent tweet, the premier Metro newspaper said in Gen. Thanya Kiatsan said nine of the injured were in serious shared that all the relevant government agen- the report. cancellations. As well as port. Trains and ferries spread amber warning condition. He said among the injured are three police com- cies have begun an "in-depth probe" into the London's Heathrow grounding short-haul have also been cancelled since records began. The mandos, but didn't elaborate on their status. Jakrapanth had hike in flour and sugar prices. "The nation airport announced that it flights, long-haul servic- and drivers have been Met Office say there is a holed himself up at Foodland Supermarket on the ground should rest assured that all those responsible had taken a joint decision es to the US, Dubai and urged to avoid the roads risk of danger to life from floor - which only has one access point - of the sprawling will be held accountable and penalised," he with its airline partners to Canada will not operate. unless it was absolutely towering waves, flying multi-storey mall, according to Thanya. added. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics last "consolidate" Sunday's Other airlines have also necessary. debris and treacherous The shooting began on Saturday afternoon at an army base week reported that the inflation rate had risen flight schedule, in a bid to reduced services coming Forecasters have road conditions. in the province, where Jakrapanth shot his commanding of- to 14.6 per cent in January from 12.6 per cent minimise the number of in and out of Glasgow, warned the impacts of Ci- The severity of the ficer Col. Anantharot Krasae and other army personnel before in the previous month, scaling the highest journeys cancelled. Liverpool John Lennon ara "will be felt across the storm has seen major fleeing in what local media outlets said was a stolen Hum- level in 12 years. Inflation, measured by the Flag carrier British Air- and Manchester airports, whole of the UK" when events cancelled, includ- vee. The outlets said a 63-year-old woman, Col Anantharot's Consumer Price Index (CPI), edged up 1.97 ways said it was offering with thousands of pas- it reaches England and ing the London Winter mother-in-law, and another soldier were also killed there. The per cent over the previous month. Last time, flexible rebooking op- sengers expected to be Wales tomorrow, with a Run which was due to be shooter then opened fire at a temple in town before arriving at the highest inflation in the country was re- tions for all customers affected. Virgin Atlantic month's worth of rain ex- attended by 25,000 peo- the shopping centre, where he continued his rampage. Foot- corded at 17 per cent in the year 2007-08. The on domestic and Euro- have warned of similar pected to fall in one day, ple. London's eight Royal age circulated on social media shows people fleeing the scene data released showed that higher food prices, pean flights flying to and disruptions, with people the Metro newspaper Parks, which include and a raging fire, which allegedly ignited when the soldier shot particularly of wheat and flour, pulses, sugar, from Heathrow, Gatwick being urged to check reported. The aggressive Hyde Park and Regent's at a gas canister. Another video, thought to be from inside the jaggery and edible oil, were the largest driver and London City on Sun- their flight status online weather conditions have Park, will also close on shopping center, shows a tense exchange between an uniden- of overall inflation in January. day, amid widespread before heading to the air- triggered the most wide- Sunday tified man crouched behind an escalator and the shooter. Tear gas fired as HK Singapore appoints flu manager for coronavirus protesters block roads Singapore, Feb 9 (IANS) In the wake coronavirus. gapore, to help them deal with the the novel coronavirus (nCoV). It cov- mission, ensure plans are in place of the coronavirus outbreak which is According to the document, a Flu 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ers key business operational risks should employees be quarantined or Hong Kong, Feb 9 (IANS) Hong Kong riot police fired several spreading and causing disruptions, Manager should be appointed to en- outbreak in China. It is guided by like human resource management, infected and ensure alternative ar- rounds of tear gas after protesters blocked roads and chanted Singapore is putting in place a busi- sure that employees are familiar with the Singapore Standard for Business processes and business functions, rangements with suppliers and cus- the five demands of the city's anti-government movement, it ness continuity plan which includes the business continuity plans and Continuity Management System - supplier and customer management, tomers so that business operations was reported. On Saturday night, about 100 protesters gath- appointment of a Flu Manager. comply with them during this period. Requirements and relevant adviso- communications, both internal and can continue. The roles and respon- ered at a car park in Sheung Tak Estate to commemorate Enterprise Singapore supported by This document is a guide on busi- ries issued by government agencies. external. The documents seek to help sibilities of the Flu Manager are given the death of a university student who reportedly fell from the Singapore Business Federation ness continuity planning for enter- The objective of this guide is to companies to minimise health risk in Annex 1b which as as following: the parking's third floor last November and died following a has prepared a Guide on Business prises, especially for the small and help enterprises in their business to employees, minimise the risk of Develop a plan for the continuity of severe brain injury, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) Continuity Planning for 2019 novel medium sized enterprises in Sin- continuity planning in response to premises becoming a node of trans- leadership in the event. newspaper reported. They shouted slogans such as "Five demands, not one less" and "Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times". At around Vindman's lawyer says 10 p.m., some protesters started to block the roads nearby Counting underway for with bicycles and traffic cones. Minutes later masked police Trump's comments officers arrived in private cars and chased them, which fol- 'obviously false' lowed the arrival of riot police. The protesters' five demands Irish general elections include that direct universal suffrage to elect a chief executive Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) problems with judgement, and other representatives be granted, that almost 6,000 de- Dublin, Feb 9 (IANS) Counting In the last Dail, which was dis- The lawyer of Lt. Col. Alex- adhering to the chain of com- tainees be freed, that protests not to be considered unrest and was underway in the Irish general solved on January 14, Fine Gael had ander Vindman, who was mand and leaking informa- that an independent investigation be launched into alleged elections on Sunday as an exit poll the largest number of seats which fired by US President Donald tion," the BBC reported. police brutality, Efe news reported. Demonstrations in Hong put the three main political parties stood at 47, followed by Fianna Fail Trump after testifying at his In response, David Press- Kong began in June 2019 following a controversial extradition -- Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein (45) and Sinn Fein (22). Preliminary impeachment trial, has de- man, Vindman's lawyer, said bill already withdrawn by the government, but have mutated -- tied in first preference votes. Bal- counting showed that the national fended his client after Trump in a statement that Trump into a movement seeking to improve Hong Kong's democratic lot boxes from across Ireland's 39 turnout in the 2020 general elec- said he was sacked for being had "made a series of obvi- mechanisms and safeguard the region's partial autonomy constituencies were opened at 9 tion could be higher than that of the "very insubordinate", it was ously false statements con- from Beijing. Some demonstrators have opted for more radi- a.m., the BBC reported. 2016 election, which stood at 65.1 reported on Sunday. cerning Lieutenant Colonel cal tactics than peaceful civil disobedience and violent clashes The exit poll, commissioned percent, according to local media On Friday, Trump fired Vindman; they conflict with with police have been frequent. jointly by Irish national broadcast- reports. Results were expected later Vindman, who was a Ukraine the clear personnel record ers RTÉ and TG4, as well as The a new government as both leaders in the day. There were a total of 515 expert on the National Se- and the entirety of the im- Thai mall gunman shot Irish Times and University College of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail had candidates, either fielded by differ- curity Council (NSC), and peachment record of which Dublin, indicated that the ruling said that they would not form co- ent political parties or running on Gordon Sondland, the Am- the president is well aware". dead by police Fine Gael led by Prime Minister Leo alition with Sinn Fein in the future their own, competing in the general bassador to the EU, for tes- "While the most powerful Varadkar secured 22.4 per cent of government, Xinhua news agency election on Saturday. The exit poll tifying against him at his im- man in the world continues Bangkok, Feb 9 (IANS) The gunman who killed 20 people first preference votes, closely fol- reported. According to Irish laws, was issued after the voting ended at peachment trial. In a series of his campaign of intimidation, in a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Thailand's Nakhon lowed by Sinn Fein (22.3 per cent) whoever wins the most number of 10 p.m. A total of 3.4 million people tweets on Saturday, Trump while too many entrusted Ratchasima was killed by the police on Sunday, a senior po- and Fianna Fail (22.2 per cent). the 160 seats in the Dail, the lower were eligible to vote. Preliminary said of Lt Col Vindman: "He with political office continue lice official said. Sgt. Jakrapanth Thomma, who also injured 42 This is the first time in Ireland's house of the Parliament, will be counting showed that the national was very insubordinate, re- to remain silent, Lieutenant others in the shooting incident on Saturday at the Terminal history when there are three major empowered to form the new gov- turnout in the 2020 general elec- ported contents of my 'per- Colonel Vindman continues 21 shopping mall, was killed after a night-long police standoff, parties competing with each other ernment so long it can win the sup- tion could be higher than that of the fect' calls incorrectly, & was his service to our country Efe news quoted Thai Police Commissioner-General Chakthip on almost equal footing instead of port from half of the members of the 2016 election, which stood at 65.1 given a horrendous report as a decorated, active duty Chaijinda said. At a Sunday morning press conference, Lt. the two in the past elections, said Dail either through coalition with or percent, according to local media by his superior, the man he member of our military," Gen. Thanya Kiatsan Region 2 commander said Jakrapanth RTE. The results of the exit poll in- seeking support from other parties reports. Results were expected lat- reported to, who publicly he added. Lt Col Vindman's had holed himself up at Foodland Supermarket on the ground dicate that it will be difficult to form or independents. er in the day. stated that Vindman had twin brother. floor - which only has one access point. China NCoV toll now 811, surpasses SARS deaths

Beijing, Feb 9 (IANS) The tween 2002-2003, according to died on Saturday in Wuhan. from the European Centre for death toll due to the novel coro- the World Health Organization. Both victims were men in their Disease Prevention and Control navirus outbreak in China has Those infected with the coro- 60s, one was an American citi- as of Sunday. China’s finance increased to 811 on Sunday, navirus - 37,198 in mainland zen, the other Japanese. ministry said on Sunday all surpassing that of the Severe China alone - far exceed the The other countries where levels of government had Acute Respiratory Syndrome 8,437 SARS cases that were re- coronavirus cases have been re- allocated a total of 71.85 bil- (SARS) epidemic in 2003. Data corded worldwide during its ported are Japan (86), Singapore lion yuan ($10.26 billion) released by China’s National outbreak. (33),Thailand (32), Hong Kong as of Saturday afternoon to Health Commission shows that, SARS also began in China in (26), South Korea (24), Taiwan fight coronavirus. until midnight, 811 coronavi- the southern Guangzhou prov- (17), Australia (15), Malaysia The ministry will deploy rus deaths had been recorded ince, while the coronavirus ap- (15), Germany (14), the US (12 the funds to ensure that in mainland China, other than pears to have originated from a plus one in China), Vietnam (12), members of the public can those registered in the Philip- seafood market in the central- France (11), Macao (10), Cana- afford diagnosis and treat- pines last weekend and Hong eastern city of Wuhan, the capi- da (seven), UAE (seven), India ment, it said in a statement Kong earlier this week, reports tal of Hubei province. (three), Philippines (three), the on its website. The funds will Efe news. Although about 20 countries UK (three), Italy (three), Russia also be used to ensure that This brings the total number have confirmed cases, China (two), Cambodia (one), Finland efforts of every region to fight of deaths due to the outbreak has accounted for about 99 per (one), Nepal (one), Sri Lanka the virus are not hampered to 813. The SARS epidemic cent of those infected. The first (one), Spain (one), Belgium by financial constraints, it claimed 774 lives worldwide be- foreign victims of the virus both (one) and Sweden (one), figures added. Indian Horizon 9 business Monday, February 10, 2020 DoT amends licenses to defer spectrum dues payment Transition to EVs not overnight: New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) ment and all others terms & lakh crore in past statu- ACMA VP Sunjay Kapur The Department of Telecom conditions shall remain un- tory dues after considering (DoT) has amended the uni- changed. non-telecom revenues for fied access services license to The Cabinet in November their calculation. It dealt a defer payments of the spec- had approved the commit- big blow to telcos, already trum auction instalments tee of secretaries' (headed bruised with losses and by due for 2020-21 and 2021-22, by Cabinet Secretary Rajeev the intense competition un- operationalising the commit- Gauba) decision giving Bharti leashed by Reliance Jio since tee of secretaries' decision Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Re- September 2016 through its to allow a two-year morato- liance Jio an option to avail free and cheap services. rium. of a two-year moratorium Since it was not possible for "The licensee may opt to on payments they were sup- the DoT to grant any waiver defer the spectrum auction posed to make for the spec- of interest and penalties on instalment due for 2020-21 trum bought. the dues since it was a legal and 2021-22, either for one The move could give Rs issue, the government set up or both years. The deferred 42,000 crore relief to Bharti the committee of secretaries amount will be equally Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Re- to give moratoriums on spec- spread over the remain- "The licensee opting for to the licensor an FBG of the liance Jio. In effect, the ben- trum auction dues payment. ing instalments to be paid, deferred spectrum instal- revised annual instalment efit accruing to Bharti Airtel Finance Minister Nirmala without any increase in the ments will continue to se- amount payable in 2022-23, would be about Rs 11,746 Sitharaman had said after time specified for making curitise the next payable valid for the entire two-year crore, Vodafone Idea Rs the deferment, the payments New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) BLW Praezisionsschmiede the instalment payments. annual instalment by a finan- duration of the deferment," it 23,920 crore and Reliance Jio would be equally divided While automobile giants pre- GmbH. The group manufac- Interest shall be charged to cial bank guarantee (FBG) of said. The amendment, which Rs 6,670 crore, sources said. over the rest of the payment pare to go big on electric ve- tures automotive components protect the NPV of the pay- an amount equivalent to the comes into force with im- The necessity of relief term and the telcos would hicles in India, the chairman of including differential gears, able amount," DoT said in a revised annual instalment. mediate effect, shall be part emerged after the Supreme have to pay interest on it as the world's largest manufactur- transmission gears, differential communication to telecom A licensee opting for a two- and parcel of the unified ac- Court (On October 24) or- well as back them with bank er of precision forged gears for assemblies, axle stubs, BSG sys- licensees. year deferment, shall provide cess services licence agree- dered telcos to pay Rs 1.47 guarantees. differentials and also the vice tems, starter motors, alterna- president of Automotive Com- tors, BLDC motors and other ponent Manufacturers Asso- drivetrain components and ciation (ACMA), Sunjay Kapur, electrical charging systems. GST taxpayers flooded with notices, advisories believes that transition to e- Speaking over the slowdown vehicles might not be an over- in Indian automobile sector, New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) ner, Tax Connect Advisory "When we analysed the night affair and will take time. Kapur seemed optimistic about With government going all- Services LLP, said that one of case we found that the com- Kapur though added that the the coming days as he claimed out to plug GST loopholes to the major issues facing the in- pany was rendering two kinds gradual process of transition that the automobile sector will contain evasion and bolster dustry is blockage of input tax of services. While one was from fossil burning vehicles to start to recover from this year collections, taxpayers are credit without giving notice. taxable at 5 per cent while e-vehicles will bring positive re- while coming years will bring frequently receiving notices He said that ITCs are blocked the other was taxable at 18 sults for the country. rapid growth for the sector. and advisories for a range of in case of suppliers making a per cent. So, the ratio of 5 "I don't think the transition "2019 was not a very good issues including sudden spike mistake in filing the return. per cent service went up and to e-vehicles will be an over- year for automobile sector, but in input tax credit (ITC) claim, "Most of the time this data hence the difference in GST night affair like the media has I am very sure that in 2020 the lower GST payment over the analytics itself is wrong be- payment," he said. been projecting, rather it will company will recover and after previous year and mismatch cause it is not considering Rajat Mohan, Senior Part- be a gradual process. Once this 2020 the sector will see some in return forms. imports and not considering ner, AMRG & Associates said process is completed we will rapid growth," he added. A GST Commissioner said other purchases," Jalan said. that communications from see positive results in terms of Kapur's company supplies that there is no human inter- Talking about the kind the department are coming e-vehicle ecology in the coun- assemblies, motors and gears to vention in it and system picks of notices being received more in the form of advisories try," Kapur said while interact- several globally leading OEMs up the cases by comparing will have to explain," he said, said that even if explanations by companies, Jalan said in for a number of reasons. "In ing exclusively with IANS. and Tier 1 customers primarily the input tax credit reflecting adding that outliers are being are sent to the department one case the GST authorities majority of the cases, notices Kapur leads the SONA Group, in the North American, Europe- in the returns in two years. red-flagged by the system. there is no communication asked a company to explain come for claiming higher ITC. wherein he plays the roles of an and Indian markets across "If it (ITC claim) is quite Miffed over frequent mes- or certificate stating that the 17 per cent increase in turn- In case of sudden jump in chairman of the Indian entity all vehicle segments: passenger high or low this year com- sages and advisories from demand is nil and the case over while GST payment go- profits also, explanations are - Sona Comstar and the CEO cars, trucks, and off highway pared to previous year one the tax department, a trader is closed. Vivek Jalan, Part- ing up by only 5 per cent. being sought," he said. of the European business Sona vehicles. ECoR to run longest MEMU China's Great Wall may make Lithium battery for EVs in India train in Odisha New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Chi- the Auto Expo 2020. It showcased na's largest SUV manufacturer Haval: H9, F7, F7x, F5 and the from February 12. The Great Wall Motors is gung-ho on GWM EV: iQ and R1 at the expo. train will now run as its India prospects, where it will "Our plan is to invest around Kendujhargarh-Bhu- invest an estimated $1 billion in a a $1 billion in a phased manner baneswar-Kendujhar- phased manner for manufactur- to have local manufacturing ca- garh MEMU in both ing of not just cars but also lithi- pabilities," Ganguly said. As per directions. The old pas- um-ion batteries in the future. plans, the company will invest an senger train will be dis- Accordingly, the company estimated $1 billion in India in a continued and run with plans to take over General Mo- phased manner. It also plans to new numbers. tor's Talegaon plant and refur- provide an estimated 3,000 direct The train will run bish it as per requirements to employment. as 68425/68426 Ken- manufacture large vehicles such Furthermore, Ganguly said that dujhargarh-Bhu- as SUVs. The company plans this is an opportune time for the baneswar-Kendujhar- to manufacture EVs too at this company to enter India, since Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 ruary 11, making it the garh MEMU in both plant. It also plans to invest in presently," Kaushik Ganguly, Di- signed an agreement to acquire SUVs are the fastest growing seg- (IANS) The East Coast longest MEMU (Main- directions from Bhu- battery manufacturing in India, rector, Strategy and Planning at the latter's Talegaon factory. ment in passenger cars. Also, the Railway (ECoR) will run line Electric Multiple baneswar from Febru- along with further investments in the Indian Subsidiary of Great The development assumes sig- Indian consumers are now more the longest MEMU train Unit) train in Odisha ary 12 and from Kendu- Research and Development. Wall Motors told IANS. nificance since Great Wall Motors ready to accept Premium SUV in Odisha in view of the with 16 coaches. jhargarh from February Currently, the company has 14 "We are already manufacturing will only be the second Chinese offerings. Lately, the sector has rush of daily commut- The MEMU train 13.However, there will global manufacturing facilities. most of the critical and high pre- major to enter India after SAIC- been battered by declining sales ers, an official state- will replace the earlier no change in the tim- "We plan to launch our SUVs at cision components in China, in- promoted MG Motor. mainly on account of liquidity ment said on Saturday. conventional coach- ings and halts of the the earliest in 2021. We will get cluding EV batteries and e-Drive- In India, the company plans to constraints among NBFCs and The ECoR will add es of 58425/58426 train between Ken- the Talegaon plant in the second trains. This can be produced launch its Haval range of SUVs banks. Consequently, companies four more coaches to Kendujhargarh-Bhu- dujhargarh and Bhu- half of 2020. The plant would re- in India too, depending on the and Great Wall EV brands. The had to reduce production, while 68422/68421 Puri-An- baneswar-Kendujhar- baneswar, the state- quire some changes as only small market situation." Last month, company made the India debut of dealers implemented inventory gul-Puri train from Feb- garh passenger train ment said. cars are being produced there the company and General Motors its Haval and GWM EV brands at correction measures.

Govt has informally proposed PSU banks may see higher profits, must tap market: CEA GST rate rejig once a year: FM New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The 1,000 crore from market through Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) PSU Banks may see enhanced bonds. The IDBI Bank also pro- The Centre has infor- profits with write-back of some poses to raise Rs 1,500 crore from mally proposed to the of the loans provisions in their bonds to fund growth. GST council that ratio- balance sheets on account of the Among all four anchor banks, nalisation of rates be IBC resolutions and they must the Punjab National Bank was done once in a year and now tap the market themselves given Rs 16,091 crore, Union not every three months, instead of looking for recapitali- Bank of India Rs 11,768 crore, as the present system sation, Chief Economic Advisor Canara Bank Rs 6,571 crore was bringing in a cer- Krishnamurthy Subramanian and Indian Bank Rs 2,534 crore. tain level of uncertain- has said. Merging entities, like the Alla- ty for both the govern- "The Budget's decision not to habad Bank, was provided Rs ment and the business, aren't able to as- nied that the GST col- recapitalise the PSU banks is a 2,153 crore, while the United Union Finance Minis- sess what they'll earn lections have been good move and signals that all Bank of India got 1,666 crore and ter Nirmala Sitharaman through GST in the coming down. the banks are adequately capital- Andhra Bank Rs 200 crore. said here on Sunday. whole year. "It has not come ised at this point. The Judgement Besides, the Bank of Baroda "In GST, when you "So, rate reduction down. There was just on Essar Steel provides greater got a capital infusion of Rs 7,000 have come to certain or increase every three once when it dipped," clarity on the IBC. State Bank of crore, Indian Overseas Bank Rs level or grade, periodi- months, when the GST said the Union minster. India profits were boosted by Es- State Bank of India reported few among them will be encour- 4,360 crore, UCO Bank Rs 2142 cally changing it leads council meets, is peri- She said over the past sar Steel IBC resolution. Some of a 41 per cent year-on-year (y- aged to move capital market for crore, Punjab & Sind Bank 787 to inversion problems, odically bringing in a three months, the ex- those accounts which have been o-y) rise in its net profit dur- fundraising purposes", she said crore and Central Bank of India refund issues, and so certain level of uncer- act amount of collec- fully written down by banks, ing the December quarter to Rs in her Budget Speech. "We have Rs 3,353 crore. on. So, therefore, when tainty. tion each month has when they get resolved, there 5,583 crore, which was driven by infused Rs 3.5 crore capital into State Bank of India has already one item's rate of taxa- "Now we literally crossed Rs 1 lakh crore. will be a write-back on account healthy income from retail loans PSU banks. A few among them initiated the process of diluting tion is brought down, proposed to the GST In January, the col- of the resolutions. And this will and an Rs 11,000-crore recovery will be encouraged to move capi- stake in its subsidiary SBI Cards a lot of other ripple ef- Council, not formally, lection was Rs 1.11 lakh enhance their profitability and from Essar Steel, following its tal market for fundraising pur- and Payment Services Ltd., and fect is created, and with but as part of a small crore. also have an impact on their sale to ArcelorMittal. poses", she said in her Budget UTI Asset Management Co. Ltd. that, either the refund discussion, we have She said the GST ad- growth capital. That's one aspect Finance Minister Nirmala Sith- Speech. via planned initial public offer- gets affected, or busi- said can we consider a ministrators have ben- the government clearly believes araman said in the Budget that Finance Secretary Rajeev Ku- ings. It is looking to sell 50 lakh nesses rightly feel they situation where once in efited because of data that these banks are adequately government so far has infused mar had earlier said banks have shares representing 1.01 per cannot plan how much a year alone we would analytics, (which has capitalised. Rs 3.5 crore capital into public to tap the market and govern- cent stake in the National Stock they have to keep aside do any rate rationali- helped them in) "plug- "So having all the while sup- sector banks (PSBs) to help them ment would start gradually low- Exchange. Life Insurance Corpo- for taxation in a whole sation -- reduction or ging the loopholes in ported the banks when they maintain regulatory capital re- ering its stake from the state ration of India-controlled IDBI year," Sitharaman told increase, and every- collection, understand- needed support, now govern- quirements and finance growth lenders. In some of the state run Bank too received additional a media meet here. thing else, and not ev- ing who, where, when ment wants them to stand on plans. In the last Budget, the gov- banks, government stake nearly capital of Rs 4,557 crore through She said at the same ery three months," she is gaming the system, their own, enhance the gover- ernment had infused Rs 70,000 touches 100 per cent. the first supplementary demand time, the central and said. plugging the fraudulent nance and tap into the market," crore. "We have infused Rs 3.5 Recently Punjab National Bank for grants approved by the Par- state governments Sitharaman also de- practices". Subramanian told IANS. crore capital into PSU banks. A got board approval to raise Rs liament last month. Indian Horizon Monday, February 10, 2020 business 10 Govt may clear CVC oversight before share sale in IDBI Bank CM, Adani discuss New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) by infusing Rs 20,800 crore, private and public sector investment plans in Odisha The government may clarify making it the lender's ma- banks," said former Vigi- the application of the Cen- jority shareholder. Follow- lance Commissioner T.M. tral Vigilance Commission ing this, the government Bhasin. But so far, private (CVC) oversight over the shareholding in the bank banks continue to remain IDBI bank before it initiates has fallen to 47.11 per cent. outside the CVC's purview. the process to exit the bank The RBI, however, has clas- In fact, the CVC had earlier by selling its entire stake to sified the bank as a private urged the Prime Minister's private players. sector lender for regulatory Office to bring private sector The move is expected to purposes. banks under its watch, citing prevent a tepid response to ment may seek opinion of out of its purview, but are "In my opinion, the IDBI the fact that they have been the share sale plan, as cum- the Law Ministry again on subjected to statutory audits is a government bank as involved in many instances bersome vigilance oversight whether the now privatised from the RBI. the Centre still is in com- of malfeasance. is seen as a big negative by IDBI bank should be con- IDBI, set up in 1964 un- plete control of the lender INDBI Bank has been investors who feel that the sidered a state-run financial der an Act of Parliament, is through direct equity and perpetually in losses with RBI, as a single regulator for institution or a private entity regarded as a public finan- indirect holding through the lender reporting a loss the sector, is enough to en- as classified by the Reserve cial institution. But the gov- LIC, another state-run in- of Rs 3,458 crore in the Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) The Chief Minister assured of sure smooth and transpar- Bank of India (RBI). This ernment has now ceded its stitution. As regards to CVC second quarter of current Odisha Chief Minister Naveen all support and invited the Ad- ent functioning of the banks. would also clarify whether management control in the oversight, the 2016 Supreme fiscal, its 12th successive Patnaik on Saturday discussed ani Group to 'Make in Odisha Presenting the Budget pro- CVC oversight on the bank firm, hence there is confu- Court order makes it ample quarterly loss. However, with Adani Group chairman Conclave 2020' in November- posals FY21, Finance Minis- for all matters would apply sion about the status of the clear that officers of pri- news of the government's Gautam Adani the latter's in- December this year, the Chief ter Nirmala Sitharaman has or not. bank. vate banks are also public exit from the bank has been vestment plans in the state, of- Minister's Office tweeted. said that the government will The CVC is mandated to Following a cabinet de- servants when it came to taken positively by the ficial sources said. The group already has invest- exit from IDBI bank by sell- maintain vigilance oversight cision in 2018, the LIC in the Prevention of Corrup- markets as its shares rose The Adani Group plans to ed in Dhamra Port in Bhadrak ing its entire equity to private over public sector banks and January 2019 completed tion Act (PCA), 1988. So, in 4.32 per cent to Rs 36.25 invest in logistics, industrial district and also started work players. financial institutions. Private acquisition of 51 per cent all PCA related cases, CVC a piece at close of trading park, new-age technology and on the construction of a LNG Sources said that govern- sector banks, however, are controlling stake in the bank would have a role in both hours at BSE on Friday. metal industries in Odisha. terminal and a LPG terminal. British Airways records fastest NY Govt appoints DoT's Mahmood Ahmed London flight at 1290km/hr on MTNL board as director London, Feb 9 (IANS) minutes in January 2018. New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) ture after the VRS where As the worst storm in However, flights go- The Central government 14,000 employees took seven years set its eyes ing towards the US faced has appointed Mahmood voluntary retirement. It on the UK and Europe, heavy head winds, result- Ahmed, Deputy Director has reported losses in a British Airways (BA) ing in more than two and General of the Licens- nine of the past 10 years flight utilised the strong a half hours longer flight ing Finance Assessment and BSNL too has been tail winds and reached to the US East Coast. (LFA), Department of ringing in loss since 2010. Heathrow airport from Forecasters have Telecom as its nominee The total debt on both the New York in a record four warned the impacts of director on the board of companies is Rs 40,000 hours and 56 minutes Ciara "will be felt across MTNL, a PSU under the crore, of which half of the -- at a subsonic speed of the whole of the UK" ministry. liability is on MTNL alone. over 1,290 km per hour. when it reaches England He has been appointed has its net worth already merger of BSNL and The next fiscal Budget According to the data and Wales on Monday, for a three-year period or eroded. BSNL is unlisted. MTNL will take effect with provides MTNL financial available with online with a month's worth till the period of superan- In November last year, formal notification after support of Rs 372 crore flight tracker service of rain expected to fall nuation, an official order MTNL received DoT ap- structural changes takes on account of minimum Flightradar24, a Brit- landed at Heathrow mo- The Independent. in one day, reports the said. As part of the revival proval to be a subsidiary place in MTNL to merge alternate tax, refund of ish Airways Boeing 747 ments later, only a min- Both BA and Virgin Metro newspaper. package announced by of BSNL by transferring with BSNL. CDMA spectrum, pay- that departed from the ute less than the time the broke the previous New The UK Met Office the Union Cabinet in Oc- the government's share- The government holds ment of interest on MTNL JFK Airport on Satur- BA flight took, and three York to London record said there is a risk of tober last year, MTNL will holding to it following 56.25 per cent in MTNL. Bonds and fiber-to-the- day reached Heathrow minutes quicker than held by Norwegian air- danger to life from tow- be merged with the BSNL. the Union Cabinet's in- Its share price was up af- home (FTTH) service. The shortly after 11.20 p.m. another Virgin plane lines, which reached ering waves, flying de- Pending this, MTNL will principle approval to their ter a long time, 4.55 per Central government will Another Virgin Atlan- which arrived at 5.12 London Gatwick from bris and treacherous act as a subsidiary of merger earlier. cent at Rs 8.05. MTNL infuse Rs 6,295 crore in tic Airbus A350 flight a.m. on Sunday, reports JFK Airport in 5 hours 13 road conditions. BSNL. MTNL is listed but In the next fiscal the currently has a lean struc- MTNL for 4G spectrum. Govt for continuous engagement with More relief to consumers as fuel Argentina to repay IMF industry, business: FM prices fall again debts after recession ends presence here is not in New Delhi, Feb 9 response to what is hap- (IANS) More relief to pening inside (country) consumers as fuel prices and outside," the minis- fell again on Sunday. The ter said. Price of petrol was cut by Sitharaman said the 20-23 paise a litre and government was ready that of diesel by 21-22 to set up ATMs in tea- paise a litre across all ma- growing regions. jor cities in India. "I know the number The petrol now costs Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) Lok Sabha on February of ATMs is minuscule in Rs 72.23 a litre in Delhi, The NDA government is 1 had several features the tea-growing regions. Rs 77.89 a litre in Mum- in favour of a continu- related to the tax admin- The government is ready bai, Rs 74.92 a litre in ish trend in oil futures and the rupee-US dollar Argentine Vice President country in 2018. Dealings ous engagement with istration like faceless ap- to set up such facilities Kolkata and Rs 75.04 a li- is likely to continue as exchange rate as India Cristina Fernandez de with the IMF are key as the industry and busi- peals which would be- in these areas," she said tre in Chennai. Similarly, more deaths were re- imports almost 80 per Kirchner said on Saturday Argentina hopes to avoid ness, Union Finance come a reality with the responding to a query diesel costs Rs 65.23 a ported in China due to cent of its crude require- that the government will a default amid a currency Minister Nirmala Sith- aid of new technology. from Tea Board chair- litre in Delhi, Rs 68.36 a deadly coronavirus. Both ments. Domestic petrol not pay “even half a cent” crash, steep inflation and araman said here on "The broad message man P.K. Bezbaruah, litre in Mumbai, Rs 67.59 WTI and Brent traded in and diesel prices are re- of its debt back to the a contracting economy. An Sunday. apparent (in the budget) about the problem of per litre in Kolkata and Rs negative on Friday due to viewed by oil marketing International Monetary IMF technical mission is Interacting with trade is that the government cashless wage payments 68.89 a litre in Chennai, slowing demand. companies on a daily Fund before the country expected in Buenos Aires and industry represen- wants continuous en- in such regions of Assam according to the Indian The retail prices of fuel basis. Price revisions are has exited recession. next week to discuss obli- tatives, she said the bud- gagement with industry and West Bengal due to Oil Corporation website. are dependent on the in- implemented at the fuel “The first thing we have gations owed to the fund. get presented by her in and business. And my the paucity of ATMs. Experts said the brear- ternational crude prices stations with effect. to do in order to be able to Fernandez de Kirchner pay is to exit the recession,” said Argentina should get Fernandez de Kirchner a “substantial haircut” said at a presentation of on its IMF debt. A leftist Mahindra & Mahindra Q3 profit Travel agencies in India could lose her book “Sinceramente” and militant Peronist, she (Sincerely) at Havana’s has traveled frequently slumps 73% to Rs 380 crores $500m over China virus outbreak international book fair. “If to Communist-run Cuba there is a recession no-one over the past year to visit New Delhi: Home- Indian tour operators More than 280,000 as many outgoing local will pay even half a cent her daughter Florencia grown auto major Ma- estimate they could lose Chinese tourists vis- tourists to China and and the way you exit re- Kirchner who is under- hindra & Mahindra up to $500 million be- ited India in 2018, and other countries were cession is through a lot of going medical treatment (M&M) on Saturday re- cause of cancellations were among the top 10 also cancelling bookings state investment.” there. Her book presen- ported a 73 percent de- from tourists from China spenders by nationality after the outbreak. Argentina needs to re- tation was attended by cline in consolidated net and other countries due despite being less than India annually earns structure $100 billion in Cuban President Miguel profit at Rs 380 crore for to the coronavirus out- 3% of 10.6 million for- nearly $30 billion from sovereign debt with credi- Diaz-Canel and a raft of December quarter 2019 break, a cost that could eign tourists in 2018, ac- foreign tourist arrivals, tors, including part of a other officials. The Argen- due to sluggish vehicle rise four-fold if it per- cording to government and is worried it could $57 billion credit facility tine ex-president launched sales. The company had sists through the year. estimates. harm already weakened that the IMF extended the Sincerely, a compilation. posted a Profit after Tax State carrier Air India Tour operators said growth. (PAT) of Rs 1,396 crore has cancelled flights to more than 50,000 Chi- Sanjeev Sanyal, prin- for the same quarter last same period last fiscal, a de-growth seen in the China and Hong Kong nese tourists were ex- cipal economic adviser Govt will make India leader fiscal, M&M said in a decline of 8 percent, the first half, it said. until further notice pected to visit during to the finance ministry, statement. company said. Good monsoons, the while private carrier In- January-February and told Reuters authorities in seafood exports: Minister "The results of Q3 Tractor sales also festive season demand, diGo has suspended its most of these bookings were following the situ- F2020 includes a net loss slipped 6 percent to improved liquidity con- flights until February 20. were now cancelled. In- ation closely and would Kochi, Feb 8 (IANS) The ing up from the fourth on account of exception- 81,435 units in the third ditions, new launches, “There is a panic in the dia like other countries quickly respond as it Central government will position. "The govern- al and one-off items of Rs quarter as against 87,036 especially in the Util- tourism sector as thou- has blocked the entry of evolved. help the seafood sector in ment is willing to address 554 crore as compared to units in the year-ago pe- ity Vehicle (UV) segment sands of bookings have people from China and However, India could all possible ways to make the problems faced by the a net gain on account of riod, it added. and special schemes of- been cancelled,” said Hong Kong. also benefit as the out- India the number one ex- sector in achieving pro- exceptional and one-off Exports of vehicles and fered by OEMs for the E.M. Najeeb, vice presi- “We fear immediate break could lead to low- porter, Union Minister of duction and export targets items of Rs 519 crore in tractors declined 22 per- auto industry were the dent, Indian Association loss of up to $500 million er oil prices and softer State for Commerce and without compromising Q3 F2019," it said. cent to 9,633 units dur- key reasons for this mod- of tour operators. as the coronavirus out- global interest rates, he Industry, Som Parkash, on quality and environ- Its revenue also mod- ing the latest quarter, as eration in de-growth, He said foreign as well break has hit the arrival said. said on Saturday. ment. When this happens, erated to Rs 12,120 crore compared to 12,363 units it said. The unseasonal as domestic tourists of tourists from China, Reserve Bank gov- In his address at the it would contribute to in the latest quarter, as in the same period a year rains in October 2019 did were cancelling travel Hong Kong and neigh- ernor Shaktikanta Das 22nd India International the country's overall against Rs 12,893 crore in ago. However, it said, the cause some damage to to the southern state of bouring countries,” said flagged coronavirus as Seafood Show, organised economic development the same period last fis- Indian auto and tractor the Kharif crop, but the Kerala where three cases Pronab Sarkar, national a new risk for stutter- by the Marine Exports besides improving the cal, it said. industry during the third sentiment in the Agri and of the disease have been president, Indian tour ing economic growth, Development Authority employment opportuni- Vehicle sales during quarter has shown some rural economy is fairly confirmed, prompt- operators Association. estimated to slip to an (MPEDA) here, he said: ties. At present, the sector the third quarter stood at signs of trend reversal upbeat with good sowing ing state authorities to He said losses for do- 11-year low of 5% in the "There is an urgent need provides employment to 1,23,353 units as against and has seen a modera- of rabi crops supported declare a state of emer- mestic tour operators financial year ending in to make India the prime about 14.5 million peo- 1,33,508 units in the tion in the double-digit by a very good water. gency. would be much higher, March. producer of seafood, go- ple," Prakash said. Indian Horizon 11 SPORTS Monday, February 10, 2020 Kohli urges fans to vote Shastri, team India Naseem Shah becomes youngest for Sachin in Laureus glued to TV in to take Test hat-trick as Pak cruise support of U-19 boys Rawalpindi, Feb 9 (IANS) Sporting Moment Pakistan’s 16-year-old tear- Auckland, Feb 9 (IANS) De- history. Kohli was among those Auckland, Feb 9 (IANS) Indian senior team mem- away pacer Naseem Shah be- scribing batting legend Sachin who carried Tendulkar and later bers, including head coach Ravi Shastri, were glued came the youngest to take a Tendulkar as a “friend, teammate, had famously said: “Tendulkar to the television set in New Zealand late in the night hat-trick in the Test history as mentor and icon”, India skipper has carried the burden of the na- as India U-19 side battled it out against Bangladesh in Pakistan remained in the driv- Virat Kohli on Sunday urged ev- tion for 21 years; It was time we the World Cup final in Potchefstroom, South Africa on er’s seat against Bangladesh eryone to vote for Tendulkar after carried him.” Sunday. at stumps on Day 3 of the first he was shortlisted as one among The foundation has launched In an Instagram post, Indian cricket team’s official Test here on Sunday. five contenders for the greatest the Laureus Sporting Moment handle shared a picture of team members sitting to- At the close of play, Bangla- Laureus Sporting Moment 2000- 2000-2020 for public voting, gether in their hotel and watching India play. desh still had to score 86 runs 2020 Award. “A friend, teammate, which gives fans the opportunity “Go #BoysInBlue, cheers all the way from New Zea- to avoid an innings defeat with mentor and icon. Let’s all come to choose the winner. The win- land,” the post read. four wickets in hand and were show took over as the young on 342/3 with a lead of 109 together and vote for Sachin paaji ner will be announced during Bangladesh bowled India out for a paltry 177 riding tottering at 126/6 in reply to paceman reduced Bangladesh runs. Besides Babar Azam’s for the Laureus Sporting Moment the Laureus World Sports Awards three wickets from Avishek Das and two from Shoriful Pakistan’s 445. In the first in- to 126/6 from 124/2. 143, Shan Masood scored 2000-2020,” Kohli said in a tweet. Show in Berlin on February 17. Islam who was excellent in the field, and Hasan Sakib. nings, the visitors could man- In the 41st over of innings, 100 as they put up 445 on the The moment, titled ‘Carried On The Indian team is currently in For India, Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored with an excel- age 233 batting first. Shah first trapped Shanto in board. For Bangladesh, Abu the Shoulders Of A Nation’, is a New Zealand and lost the three- lent 88. The last 30 minutes on Day front to then remove Taijul Is- Jayed and Rubel Hossain took reference to the Indian team’s match ODI series 2-0 on Saturday Defending champions India are overwhelming fa- 3 changed the complexion of lam in similar fashion. three wickets each. 2011 World Cup win. here. They take on the Kiwis for vourites to win a record fifth U-19 World Cup title.The this Test. Pakistan would’ve On a hat-trick, he had Mah- Brief scores: Bangladesh Tendulkar won the World Cup the third game, looking to pull one Indian senior team is currently in New Zealand and started to wonder if they’d madullah caught by Haris So- 233 & 126/6 (Najmul Hos- under Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s back and end on a high, on Febru- lost the three-match ODI series 2-0 on Saturday here. have to chase down a smallish hail to complete his treble. sain Shanto 38; Naseem Shah captaincy in 2011 in Mumbai and ary 11 at Mount Maunganui. They They take on the Kiwis for the third game, looking target when Najmul Hossain Yasir Shah dismissed Mo- 4/26) vs Pakistan 445 (Babar was carried on the shoulders of his have won the T20I series 5-0, and to pull one back and end on a high, on February 11 at Shanto (38) and skipper Mo- hammad Mithun to end the Azam 143, Shan Masood 100; teammates in one of the lasting next play two Tests starting from Mount Maunganui. They have won the T20I series 5-0, minul Haque 37) were going day on a high for the hosts. Abu Jayed 3/86, Rubel Hos- images of the country’s sporting February 21. and next play two Tests starting from February 21. strong. Then the Naseem Shah Pakistan began the third day sain 3/113) 12-year-old Mumbai girl youngest FIH Pro League: Belgium beat India to scale Mt. Aconcagua 3-2 in second match As a child, Kaamya had de- veloped a deep passion for der Kumar set up this cru- India had made kept them mountaineering as she lis- cial goal, tackling past two in the game and as Chief tened to her father’s stories Belgians defenders to drive Coach Graham Reid point- of Himalayan-scaling expedi- in from the left flank to as- ed out, they had to show tions. sist Prasad positioned in better ball possession in the Initially, she started with ba- front of the goal mouth. second half to find success. sic treks in Lonavala, (Pune) at Both teams upped the But Belgian attack con- the age of three, and by nine, ante in the second quar- tinued to be ruthless as they she had completed several ter, rallying with speed and crusaded into India’s circle. high-altitude Himalayan treks tactical play to make quick P.R. Sreejesh, however, with her parents including circle penetrations. Min- continued to remain the cy- Roopkund (5,020 metres) in utes into the quarter, expe- nosure of India’s defence, Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) A 12-year old Uttarakhand. rienced Arthur van Doren stepping up for the team Mumbai student, Kaamya Karthikeyan A year later, she reached the Everest set up the attack finding Si- each time Belgium made has set a record of becoming the young- Base Camp in Nepal (5,346 metres) and mon Gougnard in the circle potential attempt on goal. est in the world to summit Mt. Acon- then became the youngest mountaineer who assisted Plennevaux He made as many as four cagua, the highest peak of the Andes to conquer Mt. Stok Kangri (6,153 me- to score Belgium’s second important saves that kept Mountains in Argentina, South America, tres) in Ladakh. goal. India in the game going into an official said here on Sunday. Not looking down, Kaamya continued Hardly shaken up by Bel- the final quarter. Kaamya is a Class VII student of Navy on the upswing by scaling Mt. Kiliman- gian’s attack, 15 seconds Having messed up a PC Children School, achieved the feat atop jaro (5,895 metres) the highest peak in into conceding the second opportunity in the third the 6962 metres tall mountain on Feb- Africa, Mt; Elbrus (5,642 metres), the goal, Lalit Upadhyay dis- quarter, India made sev- ruary 1 where she unfurled the Indian highest mountain in Europe and then played excellent tackling eral attempts on goal in Tricolour. Australia’s tallest mountain Mt. Kos- skills to create India’s first the final 15 minutes. They No stranger to tall mountains, Kaamya ciuszko (2,228 metres). Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 hunt till the final hooter. PC. Though Harmanpreet recorded 28 circle entries had summited Ladakh’s 6,260 metres She learnt the basic skills under her (IANS) World No.1 Belgium After losing their first Singh’s dragflick bounced and 11 shots on goal at the Mt. Mentok Kangri II, under extreme father’s tutelage with a stringent regi- came-up with dominating match of the season, world off Belgian defender, Rohi- end of the game while Bel- cold weather conditions on August 24, men including daily distance cycling, performance to beat India champions Belgium en- das succeeded on picking gium made 19 entries with 9 2019. running, half-day treks on weekends 3-2 in a high-voltage match sured they made a fine start up the rebound to score the shots on goal. “Years of physical, mental prepara- to improve stamina and endurance here at the on-going FIH to their campaign. goal and level scores 2-2. But it was Belgium who tions, regular participation in adventure power. Hockey Pro League on Sun- It was Hendrickx who But a callous error while had better ball possession sports combined with a strong charac- By next year (2021), she aims to com- day. scored off a penalty cor- passing saw Harmanpreet with 52 percent as opposed ter helped Kaamya in overcoming many plete the exclusive ‘Explorers Grand Goals by Alexander Hen- ner in the 3rd minute to give away possession in the to India’s 48 per cent that hurdles and extreme climbing condi- Slam’ - which involves the competitors drickx (3’), and Maxime give Belgium a 1-0 lead and 26th minute that enabled eventually saw them romp tions to achieve this rare feat,” an offi- to climb the tallest mountains in all con- Plennevaux (17’ & 26’) that push India on the backfoot Plennevaux score Belgium’s home with winning points. cial told IANS. tinents besides skiing on the North Pole ensured Belgium’s victory early in the game. But sec- third goal. India will next take on Aus- While her father is an Indian Navy and South Pole - that has been achieved while goals by Vivek Sagar onds before the first hooter, Though behind by a goal tralia on February 21 and 22 Commander S. Karthikeyan, her mother by just a handful of dare-devil adventur- Prasad (15’), and Amit Ro- young gun Prasad equalised at half time, the 11 circle at the Kalinga Hockey Sta- Lavanya is an early childhood teacher. ers on Earth. hidas (17’) kept India in the after India defender Suren- entries and six shots on goal dium.

Bushfire charity cricket match of made to retire at 30 after ISL: NorthEast, Jamshedpur hunt facing a series of lofted cov- er drives and straight drives legends raises $7.7 mn that echoed his peak genius, for win in consolation game a www.cricket.com.au re- Melbourne, Feb 9 (IANS) in the over and her former lian captain Ricky Ponting, port said. Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) NorthEast Chaves hasn’t scored a goal in 1107 ensure that his players give their all Legends came together for a teammate Alex Blackwell. who are playing against a Then Ponting hit an en- United are still searching for the elusive minutes this season. “I really don’t and end their campaign on a high. noble cause as the Bushfire He said while walking up team led by former Aus- tertaining 26 from 14 balls third win of the Indian Super League know what to say because some of One of the positives for them has Cricket Bash raised more to the pitch that it was the tralian wicketkeeper Adam before retiring himself. 2019-20 season as they host Jamshed- the foreign players who left us, they been the number of minutes the than $7.7 million for the first time in five years that Gilchrist. Perry, however, During the run chase, pur FC at the Indira Gandhi Athletic really played well. It is not easy for young players, namely Narender communities devastated he was picking up a bat and threw a challenge to Ten- Shane Watson smacked Stadium, Guwahati, here on Monday. our new foreign players to adapt in Gahlot, Jitender Singh, Sandip Man- by the fires that have rav- the 46-year-old ended up dulkar on Saturday via a vid- Wasim and co with a spec- The Highlanders last won a game new conditions. You have to know di, Amarjit Singh and Aniket Jadhav, aged Australia, according to hitting a four off the first ball eo message tweeted by the tacular 30 from nine balls. on November 6, 2019 against Hyder- your teammates, you need months have earned which would only help Cricket Australia’s report. he faced. Australian women’s team. Gilchrist hit his first ball abad FC and since then they have to adapt with the club,” said Jarni. them in the following season. The likes of Sachin Ten- Tendulkar is in Mel- Tendulkar in turn accepted for a maximum before be- four draws and six defeats to show Jamshedpur FC have issues of “Obviously they are very young dulkar, Brian Lara, Court- bourne as coach of the the challenge. ing knocked over by Aussie for. Their last goal scored from open their own. They started the season players, their first experience in ney Walsh, Yuvraj Singh and team led by former Austra- Meanwhile, Lara was Rules great Luke Hodge. play was incidentally against Jam- in some style with back-to-back the ISL so it is normal that they Wasim Akram were present shedpur FC when Panagiotis Triadis wins at home, but thereafter, it has make some mistakes. Probably it among many as Ricky Pon- scored a late equaliser. gone awry. The injury to Piti and has not been the best for the team ting XI won the tie in the Coach Robert Jarni was disap- Sergio Castel didn’t help as they in a competitive way, but the de- end. pointed with his team’s passing struggled to score goals in their ab- velopment of these players is going On Sunday, Tendulkar in the final third as their players sence. Add to that their only recog- to be something great for the team donned the Australian seem to be all at sea as soon as they nized centre-back in Tiri suffered in future. Next year surely they will green and gold to play an reach the opposition’s box. Simon an injury in the business end of be very important for the team,” over during the innings Lundevall is yet to adapt to the the season didn’t help either. They said Iriondo. break of the Bushfire Cricket Indian conditions since his move come into the game on the back of The onus is on the home side Bash legends match. from Sweden, while Andy Keogh a disappointing 1-2 defeat in Mum- to pick three points and end their Tendulkar was facing has hardly had any service. Fed- bai where they took the lead only to poor run of form. However, Jam- Australia’s star all rounder erico Gallego isn’t the same player capitulate in the second half. shedpur would certainly make it and 2019 Women’s Crick- from last season, while Martin Coach Antonio Iriondo needs to difficult for them. eter of the Year Ellyse Perry Entertainment Indian Horizon Monday-February 10, 2020 12

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Prabhas has always given the Prabhas's first Hindi movie, best of entertainment and has Saaho crossed the 100 crores mark ensured that his characters stay on the box office collection, and etched in our memories. From his `Saaho` recently reached 400 crores first film to his most recent, every gross collection mark. Prabhas has film has emerged as a blockbuster. proved his acting at every stage and All his films are loved by the audi- has won fans' hearts with his comic ences and the actor leaves no part timing, action hero avatars and his What is meant to be, always to a column in Rajeev Masand's striking whenever they are spot- My only aim is to of his character untouched. Prab- drool-worthy body. The fan base finds its way and love is such. Open magazine that says that ted together. The couple will be has shook the audience in 2019 with has been growing steadily with ev- Since it's Valentines' week and the families of the couple have seen together on-screen for the learn as much as I Saaho. ery movie. love is in the air, life is all gala commenced the wedding build- first time in Ayan Mukherjee's Along with Saaho, Baahubali Prabhas has been ruling the and full of surprises, and there is up by letting the extended fami- fantasy film Brahmastra which also made a historic mark when industry with his promising per- another lovely surprise for Ran- ly to save the dates. The families produced by Karan Johar and can as an actor and the media ratings touching the sky. formances and surely the charm bir Kapoor & Alia Bhatt fans. The of the couple had been warming is slated to release on 4th De- Prabhas enjoys not only Pan-Indian does not seem to cease at all. The lovebirds who have been dating up to each other at various pub- cember. Alia is currently film- a human: Shraddha fandom but people around the actor has built up the fan base from each other for quite some time lic and private gatherings. Re- ing for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's world are crazy about the Baahu- scratch and has always ensured now have decided to finally tie a cently Alia appeared at Armaan biographical crime-drama film bali superstar. Prabhas marked his that he delivers the best on-screen. knot this year in December, af- Jain and Anissa Malhotra's Gangubai Kathiawadi, which Kapoor on growing Bollywood debut with the magnum There was no looking back or stop- ter the release of Brahmastra. wedding reception along with will be releasing on 11th Sep- opus Saaho and took the nation by a ping once the actor started. The wedding bells seem to be Ranbir and his mother Neetu tember 2020. as an actor storm with the high octane thriller. Courtesy:SantaBanta.com ringing for the couple according Singh. The couple looks awe- Courtesy:SantaBanta.com

Shraddha Kapoor is one of the most sought after actresses in the industry. The actress has been on a roll with back to back releases and After Sanjay Dutt, owned 2019 with blockbusters like Saaho and Disha Patani - the 'X' factor of Mohit Suri's 'Malang'! Chhichhore and also has two movies in 2020, Raveena Tandon one of which was the dance flick Street dancer Disha's interesting line up of her forthcoming projects includes Radhe where she will be 3D which released in January. joins Yash In an interview with a leading daily, the ac- teaming up with the mega star Salman Khan again followed by Ekta Kapoor's KTina. tress spoke about her line up for 2020 where she will be seen in Baaghi 3 opposite Tiger Shroff. Shraddha shared, "`This year is looking amaz- For those who have seen fanbase was successfully energy that Disha brings to ing. Every year, my only aim is to learn as much Mohit Suri's latest release, proved with her last mega re- the screen gives Malang an as I can as an actor and a human. Even in 2020, Malang, couldn't stop raving lease, the Salman Khan starrer all-new level and vibrancy al- I'd like to learn more about acting as I believe about the musical thriller for Bharat. Disha's sizzling dance together. that there's a lot to be explored,` The actress will its effective narrative, bril- moves in the song 'Slow Mo- Going by the humongous be seen performing action in Baaghi 3 and the liant music and superlative tion' was showcased during craze of Disha, who also re- audience is also in for a treat as Shraddha will performances... and also Di- the final leg of the film pro- cently crossed over 30 million also bring a never before seen side of her to the sha Patani's hottest avatar motion which resulted in the- followers on Instagram, sur- screen. The trailer of the movie will release on ever and her live wire act! atre-goers from distant cities passing all her contemporaries the 6th of February 2020 and fans will get their Termed as the 'hottest ac- in a complete frenzy over her (including her senior counter- first look at Shraddha in the movie. tress', 'hit sensation' and 'X performance and looks. From parts), we won't be surprised On the work front, Shraddha will be seen factor' of Malang by the crit- every front, the popularity if her 'oomph' factor gener- in Baaghi 3 alongside Tiger Shroff. The movie ics, audience and her ardent and wide reach make 'Disha ates good number of footfalls is directed by Ahmed Khan and produced by fans alike, Disha has once Patani' highly bankable and in the cinema halls, with the Sajid Nadiadwala. Baaghi 3 will release on again ensured to keep the most promising- hottest being makers of Malang laughing all the 6th of March 2020. The year 2019 was an viewers on the edge of their the X-factor in it all. the way to the bank. astounding year which had its own wins and seats and must be credited Similarly, realizing Disha's Disha's interesting line up Shraddha Kapoor really had a good one as the for keeping the thrill intact star power and her humon- of her forthcoming projects actress charted two superhit films and both through both the halves of gous craze among the audi- includes Radhe where she will did really good where both the characters The Yash starrer first film was a the film. Without any spoil- ence, especially her fans, the be teaming up with the mega were poles apart. The 'Chhichhori Stree of the blockbuster hit. The period-action ers, Malang offers the best of makers of Malang have con- star Salman Khan again fol- year', popularly hailed as for her successful drama was released in December Disha that we have ever seen sciously decided to launch the lowed by Ekta Kapoor's KTina. trajectory enjoyed back to back success this 2018 and went on to win many ac- - from her hottest of the hot popular dance number 'Hui Courtesy:SantaBanta.com year. The actress received nothing but praise colades. The audience also gave a avatars where we see her bi- Main Malang' for the on-screen performances. Looking back positive response to the film. The kini-clad, chic as well to win- in the last week at 2019, the actress shares, "Honestly, it was music was appreciated as well. ning over with her energetic of the film's re- extremely delightful and satisfying that two The second part of the film is all screen presence and perfor- lease to give it of my films got me so much love from fans. It set to release this year in July. Like mance. the required fi- was a busy year but I totally love being caught the first film, this one will also be Disha's popularity amongst nal boost. Need- up with work. I would call 2019 a content and helmed by Prashanth Neel. After the audience and her loyal less to say, the happy year - on the professional as well as announcing Sanjay Dutt being a personal front - since I could also spend some part of the film, another Bollywood quality time with my family. But this year, a celeb has joined the film. Raveena Unleashing madness with a stronghold over full-fledged family holiday is on the cards." Tandon has come aboard for a piv- Courtesy:SantaBanta.com otal role in the film. Courtesy:SantaBanta.com the collections! Here's the first day Box office collection of Malang Saif Ali Khan On Not Talking About Politics: The wait is finally over also suggest that weekend ward to a great run at the “I Am Absolutely Way Too Privileged To as Mohit Suri directo- rush to the theatres will be box office. The sizzling rial Malang has hit the much bigger and better. chemistry between Aditya Really Enter Into That” screens across the nation, With a decent opening and Disha is what is being While the nation is cur- impact and he does not you hear a lot of things, on and ever since its release, at box office collection, touted to be the biggest rently going through a politi- want to give a wrong one. one hand. And you are won- Malang has been appreci- Malang is receiving rave element of the film. More cal imbalance and there are He said, “I think, in a coun- dering how the country is ated by audiences with its reviews for the mysteri- so, the characters of Anil protests and marches being try like ours, taking either going to define itself. That’s twists and turns. The film ous hype surrounding the Kapoor and Kunal Kem- held against the recent Citi- stand sometimes can have on one hand. And honestly, marked great collections movie. The thrilling love mu are definitely a treat zenship Amendment Act, all different results than what on the other hand, and I at the box office and sure- story is surely receiving that no one can miss! eyes are on the Brown for its happens normally in an don’t mean to offend any- ly, the numbers are going all praises and is definite- The film Malang is di- reaction. Saif Ali Khan who is environment where people one when I say this, I have steep high very soon with ly setting the screens on rected by Mohit Suri and in the promotional spree for can voice views and discuss never been happier living everyone talking about fire with the chartbuster. produced by T-Series' his film Tanhaji: The Unsung stuff and life goes on. It is a in my country. The kind Malang. Malang fever has Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Warrior with Ajay Devgn, slightly more volatile envi- of medical treatment that Malang opens well on gripped the entire na- Kumar, Luv Films' Luv cleared his rather logical ronment, where the impact is available to me and my the first day with box of- tion. The many vibes and Ranjan, Ankur Garg, and stand on why he does not of what you say is louder, family, the education for my fice collection of 6.71 shades of Malang bring Northern Lights Enter- speak about politics. and some people enjoy that kids, the professional em- crores. The youth had together a story that is tainment's Jay Shewakra- In a recent interaction impact, I guess. I am not ployment and the work I am been enthralled ever since youthful and entertaining mani. Malang hit the with Bombay Times, Saif sure that I do, so I am still getting, everything about the first drop of its first ,which audiences are lov- theatres on 7th February candidly spoke about how trying to form my opinion. my life in India is better than look and the excitement ing it. The weekend seems 2020 and running suc- he feels that the things peo- It is a very interesting time it has ever been. is definitely working for to be more exciting and cessfully. ple in position speak make and a disturbing time and Courtesy:SantaBanta.Com Malang where the critics makers are looking for- Courtesy:SantaBanta.Com

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