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However, this mode of resource) in 2016 during the ‘othering’, is yet to be seen, but tral and some parts of north- form of Congressism? politics infused a great deal of Assam Assembly elections, certainly it indicates a process ern India, the BJP as a compen- Hirakud Express and the Puri- The enumeration exercise bitterness in the societal realm privileging ethnic identity, and wherein the Congress does satory move is shifting its pol- 1 . 8 " Ajmer-Puri Express at Naraj by the colonial ethnographic by treating the ideals of ‘frater- in the controversy over the sep- not seem to be the only itics of othering eastward to Marthapur railway station on state since the late 19th centu- nity’ as subservient to ‘equali- arate flag during the Karnataka claimant of the discourse of West Bengal and Northeastern $@    this occasion. ry brought to the fore the pol- ty and freedom’. election in 2018. Congressism. Rather, more and States. In essence, this is an The Ministry of Railways itics of ‘numbers’, thereby This threefold manifesta- Besides, going against the more parties which rose on the attempt to shift the core space  ) @ had sanctioned approximately reshaping the society into the tion was seen in the political ideals of fraternity, the fact that plank of anti-Congressism are for communal othering to east 10 crore for undertaking the binary of ‘minority-majority’ culture across India since the any politics of ‘othering’ adopting the discourse of ‘non- and northeast as seen, for facilities, which included devel- along caste, religion and ethnic 1990s in an entrenched man- becomes a politics of exclusion othering’. instance, with the politics over   #14#$)&/0$+ opment of circulating area, lines. By the 1920s, the politi- ner. The popularity of slogans by default underlines the need However, there is a radical the Citizenship (Amendment) parking spaces, wider approach cal discourse, barring that of in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, for a politics with ‘othering’ contrast to this emerging trend. Bill. This explains why a party nion Petroleum and roads, development of green the Indian National Congress, emanating from Ambedkarite becomes a politics of exclusion While Lohiaite, Ambedkarite that championed the ethnic UNatural Gas and Skill spaces, six-metre-wide new inhaled the politics of ‘num- and Lohiaite discourses, while by default underlines the need and Dravidian politics are sentiment of “Jati-Mati-Veti” in Development and FOB across all platforms, pro- ')  bers’. This took various forms championing an egalitarian for a politics without ‘othering’. embracing the framework of Assam was desperate to pass Entrepreneurship Minister vision of escalators/lifts, upgra- under parties like the All-India quest took recourse to caste- Therefore, the question is: Can “non-othering”, the Hindutva the Citizenship Bill that privi- Dharmendra Pradhan and dation of waiting rooms, retir- oth the BJP and the Muslim League, the Akhil based ‘othering’ that competed India witness a ‘politics of discourse led by the BJP is still leges a religious identity. Union Agriculture and ing rooms, food plazas, water BCongress have tried to Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, the with the religions ‘othering’ of numbers’ (pragmatic electoral caught in the old mode of ‘oth- A liberal democracy Farmers’ Welfare Minister booths,and platforms. In order reach out to other parties, Justice Party, etc. Hindutva. This entrenchment compulsions) that doesn’t nec- ering’ even though its electoral requires competing and con- Radhamohan Singh dedicated to improve security, addition- which are dominantly region- By the 1950s, against the of ‘othering’ could be seen essarily metamorphose into a slogan appears to be all-inclu- testing politics amongst varied the improved front facade and al CCTV cameras and integrat- al in character. There is an backdrop of the domineering most clearly in post-2000 Uttar ‘politics of othering? sive. In fact, it is the BJP that socioeconomic interests. circulating area of Cuttack rail- ed security system have been implicit acceptance of the discourse of Congressism, Pradesh when the acidic polit- Something may be changing. has taken the politics of ‘other- However, the situation is not way station at a function held installed. theory of coalition politics. which was a politics without ical rivalry between the The frequency of ‘othering’ in ing’ from the old episodic level permitted to give way or pre- at the CRRI in Cuttack on Besides, façade improve- 2019 is going to be an election ‘othering’, India witnessed the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) the political discourses of to the incessant level. By dint eminence to the “politics of Tuesday. ment with monumental light- of numbers, not of ideologies. emergence of four dominant and the Samajwadi Party (SP) Lohiaite, Ambedkarite and of a disproportionate invest- othering”. The attempt at the They also dedicated the ing, illuminated fountains and The only ideological trend fea- political threads: Lohiaite, manifested itself in their gov- Dravidian politics is declining ment in an army of dedicated spread out effect is to influence six-metre-wide foot over- chandeliers in concourse were sible so far is the attempted pre- Ambedkarite, Hindutva and ernments’ policies as they pit- and is now at the most episod- team pollsters indulging in other smaller fragments of bridges, more passenger facil- done. Thematic painting on election alliance of BSP and SP. Dravidian, championing the ted two social justice icons, RM ic. In fact, the tone and tenor hair-splitting profiling of the public opinion. This results in ities, including an escalator, and approach road and walls along This is having its ramifica- fault-lines of caste, religion Lohia and BR Ambedkar, of the Mahagathbandhan in electorate contingent to pre- two things. One is an apparent announced an additional stop- the railway line, development tions in the gathbandhans that and ethnicity, thereby practic- against each other. For UP, particularly regarding the existing prejudice, anxiety and lack of concern on the part of page of the Visakhapatnam- of green spaces with large scale are developing. It has now ing the politics of ‘numbers and instance, the BSP Government SP (Lohiaite) and the BSP aspirations, the party has seam- the larger national party. Amritsar-Visakhapatnam tree plantation were done. taken the BJP’s tolerance level othering’. by 2012 had brought almost (Ambedkarite), signify the lessly employed multiple Second is the identity crisis of to swallow the “chowkidar” The constitution of the 19,000 most backward villages beginning of a phase of ‘poli- modes of ‘othering’ simultane- the respective parties in assert- ,   )  &    expression for Narendra Modi ‘other’ happened at three levels: under an Ambedkar Village tics without othering’ at the ously to trounce its political ing their respective interests.   . )   /  & coming from the mouth of Shiv First, at the symbolic level, Scheme for special develop- normative level. In their Press rivals. The BJP has single- The forthcoming general elec- )  0& &      & &  Sena leaders. Regional bal- wherein the founding fathers mental funds. conferences announcing the handedly taken the politics of tions will put many things to 
  )      ances have been worked out were pitted against each other; However, when an SP grant alliance, both Mayawati “othering” from the episodic to test and most of them concern with the numbers in mind. The Second, at the societal level, Government came to power in and Akhilesh Yadav referred incessant level wherein the us. But in any case, it is appar- BJP seems in a hurry to con- wherein the socioeconomic 2012, it selected another set of overwhelmingly to class and everyday life of the people is ent that the trends of 2019 are clude its alliances. interest of one section was villages under a new scheme, occupational identities, and systematically fused with the going to be different from The Congress is more cau- shown as being unaligned with Ram Manohar Lohia Samagra only a passing reference was constitution of the ‘other’ and what history has hitherto tious after the experience in UP. that of sections signifying the Gram Vikas Yojana, and offi- made to OBC and Dalit iden- its perpetuation. This has taken served us. As we head towards general ‘other’; and Third, at the polit- cially labelled them as ‘Lohia tities. In a marked contrast to the form of communalisation elections, there are some mar- ical level, wherein idiom, villages’. The replacing of their position during the of everyday lives, as reflected in (The writer, a Senior ginal changes in the readjust- metaphor, popular slogan and Ambedkar by Lohia had anoth- Mandal phase of the early the instances of cow-vigilan- Advocate, is a former All India ments. The likeminded-party- appeal were deliberately sectar- er dimension. While the 1990s, they welcomed the 10%- tism and mob-lynching. At a Service officer, a former diplo- theory has assumed a wider net ian, exhibiting a ‘friend-enemy’ Ambedkar villages were inhab- reservation announced for eco- time when the emerging cen- mat, a former editor, a former and more pliable meaning. smile. ited by significantly large num- nomically weaker sections. trality of agrarian issues has led President of Orissa High Court It is interesting to scan the It was argued that popular bers of Dalits, the Lohia villages Whether these shifts indicate to the shrinking cultural space Bar Association and a former changing political landscape politics was about speaking had a majority of non-Dalits, the return of Congressism, a for privileging religious iden- Advocate General of Odisha. before the campaign for the for different shades of subal- particularly the OBCs. This mode of politics without any tity in southern, western, cen- [email protected])

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  to oil terminal, which is a 7-km security staffs can’t be ruled out, Gujarat Nausad Solanki and Minister Kishore Patel, Rabi pipeline. said many. submitted their bio-data. Panda , Govind Agrawalla and Sources said the three fam- Senior Congress leader Arya Rajesh Mohapatra have ily members, whose identities Kumar Gyanendra and party appeared for the selection. were yet to be known, had been secretary Akash Bhuyan assist- Solanki said he would sub- missing since February 23. ed him. mit his report to the AICC pres- Though the exact reason According to party sources, ident Rahul Gandhi for final behind the deaths was yet to be 90 aspirants have applied for selection and announcement. ascertained, it was suspected three Lok Sabha and 21 Winning prospect and loyalty that the miscreants killed the Assembly segments of the three to the party will be main crite- three and later set the bodies Parliament seats. ria for the selection, he said. afire to eliminate evidence. Prominent among them Tension prevailed in front Meanwhile, a police team are both the daughters of former of the DCC office as support- headed by Rayagada SDPO Chief Minister Hemananda ers of two ticket seekers shout- Rajkishore Dash along with a Biswal. Among others, MLA Dr ed slogans against each other scientific team reached the Prafulla Majhi has applied for questioning their loyalty to the spot and began an investigation his old Talsara constituency in party. into the incident. %&'!( *    1 %       % )&
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 Government programme. and concerned companies. Moscow. She defeated her Facilitation Cell headed by the respectively, informed an offi- The BMC would also Interestingly, no tender has Among others, State Russian counterpart in the BMC Commissioner to facili- cial release. extent the support of its project been invited for distribution spokesperson Dillip Mohanty, final to snatch the yellow metal tate primary support for all The cell would act as a management unit (PMU) to    of mobile phones. It has been Yuva Morcha State president in 42-kg category. investment-related queries, facilitation support centre for the cell to enable it to carry out planned to purchase 20 lakh Tankadhar Tripathy, Yuva Manju was the only player handholding and liaison ser- handholding and supporting its functions efficiently and   #14#$)&/0$+ mobile phones at Rs 750 crore. Morcha national vice president from Odisha in the 28-member including 12 gold medals. vices to investors in the city. the budding entrepreneurs and effectively. Recently, the BMC It is not understood why a Thakur Ranjit Dash, executive Indian squad accompanied by Congratulating Manju, Additional Commissioner the startups in city. It would has further streamlined proce- he BJP on Tuesday alleged huge number of mobiles are members Pratap Mishra, dis- Pankaj Mahanta and three oth- JSPL Foundation co-chairper- Suratha Chandra Mallick also work closely with IPI- dures for granting building Tthat the State Government being purchased and distrib- trict president Harekrushna ers as coaches. Currently pur- son Shallu Jindal said, “Barbil would act as the Nodal Officer COL and BSCL and other State plan approval by implementing has asked corrupt mining and uted without a Government Khuntia, Rajesh Patnaik, suing her Intermediate at the region is fast emerging as a for investment promotion, agencies, departments and city the Online Building Plan chit fund companies and programme,” the party Arabinda Das and Hitesh Joda Women’s College, Manju breeding ground for martial art Deputy Commissioners agencies to improve the invest- Approval System. paddy millers to distribute alleged. Mohapatra were present. has 20 medals in her kitty so far talents.” P
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Retweeting Pakistan Videos of celebrations in As per the lethality count   )&0&-12 the gathering. Pakistanis taking on each other Defence’s post, he wrote, “This Kolkata and Gujarat showing of Mirage 2000, 30 to 100 peo- During the day at a rally in using memes, Bollywood ref- one will be filed under ‘tweets people distributing sweets and ple can be killed every 30 sec- engine jet is a single-pilot system, control system and espite his public appear- Churu in Rajasthan, the Prime erences wit and humour and we wish we hadn’t put out but bursting crackers were doing onds and a conservative esti- fighter with a range of about flight navigation system with Dances throughout the day Minister again made an indi- even some serious tongue lash- can’t delete now’. Don’t worry the rounds on social media. mate here suggests about 400 1,500 km. virtual display of the functions on Tuesday, Prime Minister rect reference to the action ing. It was the Indians, howev- we all have them just not on Pakistanis mocked India’s people could have been liqui- The Dassault-manufac- to aid the pilot. Narendra Modi only made across the border by the Indian er, who fired thicker and faster. this scale perhaps.” claim that the strikes in Balakot dated in the raids including tured jet can travel at more The Indian Air Force has indirect references to the aer- Air Force. In no time, hashtags like Some tweets also took a allegedly killed around 350 two IC 814 hijack case mas- than twice the speed of sound about three squadrons of ial surgical strikes by the Indian “Today is a day to pay #surgicalstrike2, #indias- jibe at Pakistan’s rejection of terrorists. Many tweets circu- terminds, 25 terror comman- at Mach 2.2 (2,336 kmph). It is Mirage 2000 fighter jets man- Air Force (IAF) against the JeM homage to India’s bravehearts. trikespakistan, #indiastrikes- India’s claim over destroying a lated pictures of bombing ders and trainers, some of capable of flying at an altitude ufactured by HAL under in Pakistan — first at an event Today, from the land of Churu, back were topping the trending terror camp. “When America shared by Major General Asif whom are suspected to have of 59,000 ft. A commercial jet- licence from French aerospace at Rashtrapati Bhawan, then at I want to assure the people of list. Memes, videos and one- killed Osama, they claimed Ghafoor, director general of the been former Army officers liner usually flies at 35,000 to major Dassault Aviation, the his rally in Churu and later at the country that the country is liners came thick and fast. that Osama wasn’t in Pakistan. Inter-Services Public Relations besides 325 to 350 trained 40,000 feet. manufacturer of Rafale multi- an event at ISKCON here. in safe hands,” he said. One of the most popular When India killed the ter- (ISPR), the media wing of the fidayeens being readied for Interestingly, the Rafale, role fighters being procured by Early in the day, he sought The Prime Minister began tweets from India was a rorists of 26/11 attack, they Pakistan Army, captioned, hitting Indian interests. manufactured by the same India. an apology from the audience the address by asking the peo- tweaked version of a dialogue claimed that they were not “Payload of hastily escaping The Mirage 2000 are the Dassault, is now in the midst A number of equipment at the Rashtrapati Bhawan for ple to raise slogans of ‘Bharat from the Bollywood film “Uri: Pakistanis. When India took Indian aircrafts fell in open.” strategic bombers capable of of a massive controversy even and platforms of the IAF were being late as he was “busy” with Mata ki Jai’ and said he under- The Surgical Strike”. “How’s the surgical strike, They According to these tweets, delivering an array of bombs as the Mirage 2000 is garner- also used in the deep opera- “some other work”. He had stood very well the sentiment, Jaish?/Dead Sir,” several twitter claimed/claiming that noth- what the Indian Air Force and missiles including nuclear ing lavish praise from all quar- tion, first inside Pakistan after chaired a meeting of the excitement and enthusiasm of users wrote and many others ing has happened. #surgical- bombed was not a terror camp and laser-guided ones with ters. the 1971 Indo-Pak war. Cabinet Committee on the people present here. retweeted. The oft-quoted dia- strike2,” a tweet read. but simply trees. capability to hit long-range The aircraft was preferred The Mirage 2000 was first Security at his official residence Later in the day, at Delhi’s logue from the hit film is, Famous scenes from “My name is tree and I am targets with “pin-point” accu- over other options as it is commissioned into the IAF in around 10.00 am before rush- ISKCON temple, he said, “How’s the josh? High Sir.” Bollywood films also came in not a terrorist. racy. capable of conducting long- 1985, when it was christened as ing to the Rashtrapati Bhawan, “Manavta ke dushmano se A tweet by Pakistan handy for Twitterati who used #Surgicalstrike2,” a tweet read. India inducted the Mirage range engagement of targets Vajra (thunderbolt). India ini- where President Ram Nath dharti ko bachane ke liye prab- Defence posted Tuesday mid- them as memes to express Sharing the same images, a user jets about three decades back and the assessment of success tially bought 36 single-seater Kovind conferred the Gandhi hu ki shakti humare saath night -- “Sleep tight because their pride and excitement wrote, “#SurgicalStrike2 my and the fleet is undergoing up- was estimated to be 100 per Mirage 2000 and 4 twin-seater Peace Prize for 2015-2018. hamesha rehti hai. Yahi PAF is awake. over the IAF’s achievement. foot Indian’s April Fool day.” gradation and enhancements cent, sources said. Mirage 2000 after US supplied The event at the sandesh hum poori pra- #PakistanZindabad” -- also A tweet by Aam Aadmi Another post read, “Are with a budget of Rs 20,000 The Mirage also is fitted F-16 fighters manufactured by Rashtrapati Bhawan was to maanikta ke saath dusht aat- became the butt of jokes for Party’s handle shared an icon- you sure! that ..These trees are crore. The multi-role, single with the state-of-the art radar Lockheed Martin. begin at 11.00 am, but started mayon, asuro ko dene ka India’s twitterati. ic scene from “Border” where terrorist...?????? a little late. prayaas kar rahe hain.” “PAF: Sleep tight because Sunny Deol is seen giving a #Surgicalstrike2”. ""# $!#%! $#( "%#%( )*+),-.  >

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I could one of the biggest terror bases forces at Pulwama in Kashmir Rajouri and Poonch sectors not sleep properly as jets kept in that country and killing killing 41 personnel on shortly after fighter jets flattened hovering over the Poonch skies several hundred terrorists February 14. 'terror factories' deep inside for longer duration. It was very including some of their top “One hopes Pakistan will Pakistan in punitive strikes. unusual.We are used to move- commanders, Bengal Chief retrace its steps in future before The jawans of the Indian Army, ment of helicopters in the area Minister Mamata Banerjee on India’s Amazing Fighters. aiding such terror strikes in already in a state of high alert, but haven't seen fighter jets in Tuesday came out in open “IAF means India’s India,” the leader said echoing maintained tight vigil to prevent our area in the recent times." praise for the “amazing fight- Amazing Fighters. Jai Hind,” however the Chief Minister’s any strike by the Border action Despite mounting tension ers” even as her party leaders Banerjee tweeted in the wake of earlier statement that there team of the Pakistan army in the in the area cross LoC trade went such actions were long overdue. the pre-dawn strike at Balakot was no need to drum up a war- forward areas. on smoothly via Chakan-Da- Conferring a new appella- where terrorists from JeM, chorus. “War-mongering and After the Pulwama terror )   "" "   " ,  3,  Bagh crossing point along the tion on the Indian Air Force Lashkar-e-Toiba and Hizbul reacting to a situation are two strike security of all the vital -  2 Poonch-Rawlakot trade route. pilots for their exceptional Mujahideen were being trained different things,” the leader defence installations in the According to official bravery in penetrating deep since 2000. said. region was beefed up and high International border across 1.20 a.m and 2.30 a.m in Gulpur skies. sources, "35 truck loads of food into the neighbouring country About a dozen fighter The Chief Minister had alert was sounded to prevent Jammu frontier remained and Deegwar sectors. Initially, these border resi- items including Tomato, fresh to eliminate a highly potent ter- Mirage 2000 fighter jets pound- earlier attacked the Modi any strike by heavily armed ter- peaceful even as local residents Lt-Col Anand said, dents could not make out what fruit were dispatched to ror training facility of the JeM ed terror targets deep inside Government for “playing with rorists in the region. were directed to stay alert and fresh firing sparked off tensions was going on in the forward area Pakistan and 15 truck loads funded and run by the Pakistan in the small hours of the blood of martyrs of According to ground exercise caution in the wake of in the region Tuesday evening but at day break they realised were received at the Trade facil- Pakistani armed forces, Tuesday. Pulwama” why the CRPF reports, Pakistan army violated prevailing security situation. as Pakistan army shelled Indian fighter jets were return- itation centre in Poonch". Banerjee wrote on the Twitter Reacting to the Tuesday’s jawans were not sent by air in ceasefire agreement at five dif- Defence PRO, Lt-Col mortars targeting forward ing after carrying out the suc- Deputy Commissioner, IAF was another name of “pre-emptive strike” a senior view of intelligence reports. ferent locations in the last 24 Devendra Anand, in Jammu Indian posts. cessful operation. Poonch Rahul Yadav said, " we hours in twin border districts. said, "Pakistan army initiated "At about 5.30 p.m Pakistan Waqar Younis, a resident of are monitoring the situation on Five Army soldiers were 'unprovoked' firing in Baba initiated unprovoked ceasefire Shahpur village in Poonch said, ground zero on hourly basis. He    injured and two houses dam- Khori and Sunderbani areas of violation by heavy shelling with "i woke up around 3.30 a.m after said, as of now no specific advi- ""#"  aged as Pakistani army resort- Rajouri early Tuesday morning". mortars and firing of small listening to loud sounds of sory has been issued to the bor-  ed to heavy mortar shelling on He said the firing continued arms along LoC in Akhnoor, fighter jets" . der residents to relocate to safer 55 forward areas in Jammu, for over two hours between 5 to Nowshera and Krishna Ghati "I had no idea what was places in the wake of escalating  Rajouri and Poonch districts on 7.30 a.m in the forward areas. Sectors". He said, Indian army going on in the area. I felt little tensions between India and  Tuesday, officials said, hours Indian army retaliated strong- retaliated strongly and effec- scared as we are not used to lis- Pakistan". Rahul Yadav said, "we ! &  H$334 less ones just to satisfy collective after IAF jets struck a JeM ter- ly and effectively, he added. tively. Earlier in the morning, tening to such 'bizarre' sounds". follow standard drill in the egos and misplaced sense of  "  ror camp across the LoC. In Poonch, similar inci- large number of border resi- He said, "in the morning event of escalating tensions ours after Indian fighter jets pride & patriotism", Mehbooba Situation along the dent of firing reported between dents, living in the direct line of when i came to know Indian Air during cross border firing. He Hbombarded Jaish-e- tweeted. New Delhi: Jubilant people fire in frontier Poonch district, Force jets had launched an said, "we have already identified Mohammad-run terror camps In another tweet Mehbooba came out on streets and march- woke up to 'bizarre' sounds of operation to target terror camps several places to accommodate in Balakot area of Pakistan, went on to claim that Pulwama es were held on Tuesday as the fighter jets hovering over the of Jaish-e- Mohammad terror- border residents". PDP Chief and former State attack has undoubtedly vitiated news of the IAF's strike on a JeM Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti the nation’s atmosphere. terror camp in Pakistan was went berserk while reacting to "Pulwama attacks has undoubt- welcomed across the country, the news break on her twitter edly vitiated the nation’s atmos- with political leaders as well as "'    timeline. phere.People are baying for general public lauding the "Todays IAF strikes were fol- blood & want revenge. But lets armed forces for the action lowed by mass war hysteria on not forget violence begets vio- which came in the aftermath of #"   twitter & news channels. Most lence. Having said that in which the dastardly Pulwama attack. of these people are ignorant who part of the world does advocat- The sentiment echoed in     343#$2 ful strike on the terror camps have suspended the use of com- ing peace and not wanting State Assemblies with the legis- operating from the Pakistani mon sense. But its disconcerting senseless violence make one a latures in Haryana, Maharashtra aharashtra’s political lead- soil, the Indian armed forces that educated privileged people traitor"? and Chhattisgarh passing reso- Mers, organisations and have displayed their might. are cheering on at the prospect Another mainstream lutions prasing the IAF action. Bollywood celebrities on The retaliation that was on the of a war. This is true jahaalat", Kashmiri politician Omar In Jammu & Kashmir, Tuesday joined the nation in mind of each and every Indian Mehbooba wrote inviting sharp Abdullah initially raised ques- youths came out on the streets applauding the strikes by the since the Pulwama terror attack reactions from her followers. tion marks over the IAF strikes to celebrate in Kathua, Samba, Indian Air Force against biggest has happened”. Stating that PM She maintained she will but as the day progressed he Poonch, Rajouri and training camp of Jaish-e- Modi had kept his word that the continue to bat for peace than analysed it in perspective. Udhampur. Mohammad" in Balakot across sacrifices of the jawans killed in sacrifice countless lives to satis- "If this is Balakote in KPK it’s "I feel this action will give the Line of Control (LoC) in the Pulwama attack would not fy collective egos and misplaced a major incursion & a significant peace to the martyred soldiers... Muzafarabad in retaliation for go in vain, Fadnavis congratu- sense of pride and patriotism. strike by IAF planes. However if I salute the Indian armed the Pulwama terror attack. lated the IAF for its strikes on "If my aversion to unneces- it’s Balakote in Poonch sector, forces," said Kalavathi, whose Welcoming the IAF’s terror camps in Balakot. “I am sary retaliation & subsequent along the LoC it’s a largely sym- husband H Guru from strikes on terror camps in proud of Indian armed forces. war makes gullible people ques- bolic strike because at this time Karnataka was among the 40 Pakistan, Maharashtra Chief They have proved that the sac- tion my nationalism then so be of the year forward launch pads CRPF jawans who died in the Minister Devendra Fadnavis rifices made by the jawans in it. I would rather bat for peace & militant camps are empty & February 14 terror attack in said: “By launching a success- Pulwama will not go waste”. & save lives than sacrifice count- non-functional" Omar tweeted. Jammu & Kashmir. PTI  6  ,)  # 

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   Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid lated by @$3#@ and resolve many years is for property? We time frame after talking to the interest, this court is saying do land dispute in Ayodhya to the Uttar the issues in can only decide property rights mediator," the bench said. it (mediation) again. From our New Delhi: The Supreme lawyer Dheeraj Singh. seriously consider mediation Pradesh Government and filed the manner indicated above," but we are considering the Senior advocate C S side, we are agreeable". Court on Tuesday agreed to Besides two review peti- for a permanent solution even with the apex court registry. the bench said. possibility of healing relations," Vaidyanathan, appearing for At the outset, the apex hear in open court the petitions tions, the top court is also if there is "one per cent chance" "We are considering it "We have suggested to the it said. Ram Lalla Virajman, said they court said it can proceed with seeking review of its December seized of some applications of success. (mediation) very seriously. You parties that during the inter- "Keeping in mind that the did not agree for "another the hearing if there is consen- verdict that dismissed pleas including the one filed by Observing it was looking at all (parties) have used the word regnum a court appointed and mediation suggested by the round of mediation" as such sus among the parties with challenging the deal between Sinha, Shourie and Bhushan the possibility of "healing rela- that this matter is not adver- court monitored mediation court is in terms of the mandate attempts have failed in the regard to the veracity of the India and France for procure- seeking perjury prosecution tions" between the parties, a sarial. We would like to give a with utmost confidentiality under section 89 of the CPC past. translated documents. The ment of 36 Rafale fighter jets. of government officials for five-judge constitution bench chance to mediation even if could be initiated to bring a and in an appropriate case it "In the earlier mediation, it bench referred to a report filed A bench of Chief Justice allegedly misleading the court headed by Chief Justice Ranjan there is one per cent chance," permanent solution to the will always be open for the was accepted that Lord Rama by the secretary general of the Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K on the issue of pricing and pro- Gogoi also said it would pass an said the bench, also comprising issues raised in the cases," it court to invoke its power, we was born in Ayodhya but not at apex court on the status of doc- Kaul and K M Joseph, in its curement process. order on March 6 on whether Justices D Y Chandrachud, observed. deem it proper to observe that this (disputed) site. Mediation uments pertaining to the case chamber hearing, allowed the A day after the December to refer the dispute to a court- Ashok Bhushan and S A The bench noted in its the mediation suggested is only has been tried not once but sev- which said that "the record prayer of former Union minis- verdict, the Centre had moved appointed mediator. Nazeer. order that lawyers representing to effectively utilize the time of eral times," he said.Senior advo- consists of 38,147 pages of ters Yashwant Sinha and Arun the apex court seeking correc- The suggestion for anoth- "We would like to know the legal heirs of original liti- eight weeks that would be cate Ranjit Kumar, appearing which 12,814 pages are in Hindi, Shourie as also activist lawyer tion in the judgement where a er round of mediation, howev- your (both parties) views on it. gants M Siddiq and Mohd taken to make the cases ready for one of the parties, said 18,607 pages are in English, 501 Prashant Bhushan that the reference was made about the er, drew a mixed response We do not want any third Hashim and Nirmohi Akhara for hearing," the bench said in things have not worked during pages are in Urdu, 97 pages are review pleas be heard in open Comptroller and Auditor from the parties to the decades- party to make a comment to are "in broad agreement" with its written order. earlier round of mediation and in Gurmukhi, 21 pages are in court. General (CAG) report and old dispute. jeopardise the entire process." the suggestion of the court Senior advocate Rajeev "everybody wants that the mat- Sanskrit, 86 pages are in other "The prayer for open Court Parliament's Public Accounts The proposal was mooted "This, we have done keep- about mediation while counsel Dhavan, appearing for M ter should be decided by the language scripts, 14 pages con- hearing is allowed", said the Committee (PAC), saying "mis- by one of the judges, Justice S ing in mind that the period of appearing for Sri Ram Lalla Siddiq, said they were agreeable Supreme Court". tain images and 1,729 pages are bench which also considered interpretation" of its note has A Bobde, during the hearing eight weeks that we have Virajman, Mahant Suresh Das to the "very important sugges- "Mediation is not possible in combination of more than the review petition filed by "resulted in a controversy in the when both the Hindu and the allowed to the parties to go and Akhil Bharat Hindu tion" of mediation but said the so this court should decide the one language script". PTI AAP MP Sanjay Singh through public domain". PTI  "#   " 678    )  P  #  04- !!      7       New Delhi: The Supreme Investigation Department was Islamabad: Residents in the "& 9  said. Court on Tuesday transferred probing Kalburgi's killing and   )&0&-12 projects in 20 cities worth jects in the world. quake-prone Balakot town in In a pinpointed and swift the probe into the killing of the SIT was investigating the 1,135 crore have been com- "This is only the beginning. Pakistan’s Khyber-   0 air strike that lasted less than rationalist M M Kalburgi to the murder of Lankesh in he Ministry of Housing pleted, work orders amounting As we become a $10-trillion Pakhtunkhwa province on   +   two minutes, India pounded SIT investigating the murder September 2017 in Bengaluru. Tand Urban Affairs (HUA) to 9,382 crore have been economy by 2030, we are not Tuesday said they were woken O9  P Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest case of journalist-activist Gauri During the hearing, the has spent has spent six times issued in 49 cities and tender- going to stop at 100 cities, we by “loud explosions” and training camp in Pakistan early Lankesh after Karnataka top court said the SIT probe the money used for urban ing worth 4,239 crore is cannot. These 100 cities will thought a fresh tremor must  Tuesday, killing up to 350 ter- Government said there were into Kalburgi's killing will be rejuvenation in the 10-year under progress in 29 cities. become the template that this have hit the region when O 
P0 rorists and trainers who were common links in the two cases. monitored by the Dharwad UPA rule and asserted that it is Impactful projects in 18 cities is how you do it," Puri said. Indian Air Force jets pounded moved there for their protec- Kalburgi, a former vice- bench of the Karnataka High not going to stop at just 100 worth 232 crore have been On the Swachh Bharat a large terror training camp.   / )
9 tion after the Pulwama terror chancellor of Hampi University Court. smart cities. As many as 15 completed, work orders mission, Puri said the Balakot town in Pakistan’s     attack in Jammu & Kashmir and well-known epigraphist, A bench of justices R F smart command and control amounting to 4,610 crore Government achieved the tar- north-western Khyber that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. was shot dead at his residence Nariman and Vineet Saran centres (SCCC) worth 2,771 have been issued in 37 cities get of constructing five lakh Pakhtunkhwa province was   The pre-dawn operation, in Kalyan Nagar in Dharwad, said if killings of Kalburgi, crores in 15 smart cities have and tendering worth 3291 community and public toilets destroyed during the 2005 &   ) described as “non-military” Karnataka, on August 30, 2015. Lankesh and social activist been completed and work crore is under progress in 20 well before the October 2, Kashmir earthquake and was and “preemptive”, struck a five- Born in 1938, he was a Govind Pansare and rational- orders for setting up 31 inte- cities," the HUA Ministry said. 2019 deadline. rebuilt with assistance from star resort style camp on a hill- Sahitya Akademi award-win- ist Narendra Dabholkar are grated command and control Earlier, addressing the The Minister added that Saudi Arabia. family were woken at about top forest. ning writer of old Kannada lit- linked, it should be probed by centre have been issued. In 18 "Second National Apex the goal of constructing 67 lakh Residents in the moun- 03:00 by “a huge explosion”. Pakistan Army spokesman erature. one agency and monitored by cities, it is under tendering Conference of CEOs of Smart individual household toilets tainous area town told BBC He said they thought an Major General Asif Ghafoor, The state Crime one High Court. PTI process. Due to this, crime rate Cities", the Union HUA min- would be accomplished by next Urdu they were woken by loud earth quake must have hit the however, said the strikes caused has been decreased in these ister Hardeep Singh Puri said month. explosions. region. no casualties. He tweeted that smart cities. the amount spent on urban "We were told one crore Residents in several towns “Then we heard jets flying Pakistani jets were scrambled According to HUA, smart rejuvenation in the 10-year additional dwelling units were near Balakot reported hearing over. We went to the place in and forced the Indian fighter roads in 21 cities worth 795 UPA rule, from 2004 to 2014... needed to be built under the explosions early on Tuesday. the morning. There was a planes to make a “hasty with- crore have been completed, It's around 1.5 lakh crore. The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Mohammad Adil, a farmer huge crater and four or five drawal”, dropping their payload work orders amounting to money spent between June by 2022. As of February 2019, in Jaba village, said he and his houses were destroyed,” he in an open area. PTI 7,626 crore have been issued 2015 and February 2019 is six we have sanctioned 79 per in 54 cities and tendering times that amount. It's around cent of them," Puri said. worth 5,942 crore is under 8.6 lakh crore. He also stressed the need progress in 40 cities under Puri said that the rapid rate for people to make behaviour- smart city mission (SCM). As of progress of the mission is an al changes, saying smart cities per latest data, smart waste answer to the "cynics and need smart citizens. water projects in four cities naysayers who doubted what "Smart cities at the end of worth 326 crore have been we are doing". "Till September the day need smart people and completed, work orders 2017, projects worth 21,500 smartness in terms of people amounting to 5,342 crore crore were tendered. The value depends on behavioral have been issued in 41 cities of the projects tendered since changes," he said while express- and tendering worth 3,860 then is 1.22 lakh crore," he ing disappointment over com- crore is under progress in 23 said and claimed that India's muters not using a helmet in cities. Smart City Mission is one of smart cities like Surat and "Similarly, smart water the fastest implemented pro- Rajkot. ""# $!#%! $#( "%#%( )*+),-.    ; 7$#!"7!(  .% :   98     % :  :  *( ;  ) %
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The Indus river  Q  @S       5   P   ( system issue was, thus, raised first with a  Q         4 4       thunderous lie. Negotiations between India and Pakistan began thereafter but years    S               were wasted in wrangling as to where,       $            between officers of what qualifications and     P   Q -            rank should be involved in the talks. The river waters issue was dramati-   @   - 6 S  C 6   (    cally articulated again by former Prime                 Minister of Pakistan, Huseyn Shaheed   ,               . Suhrawardy, in 1957. In his words, quot- ed from the Dawn by Prof Shashi K           P    Q     .    Gulhati in his book, ‘The Untiring Indian’,         92 <   4   !  4  “Canal waters and Kashmir are the two 4    9   $           ( ( prongs of India’s grip on us. There is     <        #        nothing we can do. India is so powerful that everybody wants to be its friend,  4<     $          D>>>     including America. If Bharat decides to sive long-range plan for the would bring water from the that, then it would try to push flowed into it from India. It        $    4S    cut off water, Pakistan would be within most effective utilisation of western rivers to replace the India into seeking a solution was, thus, in a weaker position.      92             5 ( its rights to fight for water supply but the total water resources of the water then being supplied to its through arbitration. India, It felt necessary to arouse sym- stopping of water will be greater Indus river system for the canals by the eastern rivers and however, did not wish anyone pathy for itself from the inter-            4<         aggression than our fighting.” development of the region. India would contribute funds or a group, least of all those national community by main-       4      "      $  The distinctive feature of irrigation Pakistan wanted the discus- for the construction of these who were not familiar with the taining a public posture of a                   development in this basin, during about sions to be limited to the three link canals; and, (2) the flow of technicalities of river basin country that was at the mercy 100 years preceding the Partition, was that eastern rivers only, keeping water of the three western development, to thrust a solu- of India. From the very outset,    <           P(   ( a development of 26 million acres of inten- the three western rivers total- rivers would be largely for the tion upon it. it established a publicity front,    Q                ( sive irrigation, by far the largest irrigated ly for itself; India wanted to use and benefit of Pakistan. It soon became apparent, one that followed its leaders’     $            *       area on any one river system in the consider the flow in all the six Six years later, when the however, that bilateral dia- populist stance of making lit- world, had been based entirely on the run- rivers. The Pakistani plan com- Indus Waters Treaty was logue with Pakistan was not tle distinction between, on the                    ( of-the-river with no storage at all, rightly prised largely a statement of its signed, India could irrigate making any progress and so one hand, an Indian action        $ 4    .     <(DE  earning the compliment of being one of the irrigation requirements, which annually 70,000 acres from when the World Bank offered actually taken or planned and,        @    #      ( proudest achievements of human endeav- added up to three times the the Indus, 400,000 acres from its good offices to assist the two on the other hand, the our. The first four years after Partition had total supply of the system. the Jhelum and 231,000 acres countries to negotiate a settle- extremes to which India, as an       $            been marked by abortive bilateral discus- On February 5, 1954, from the Chenab, over and ment, it accepted that offer. upper riparian, might go. 5    -                sions between India and Pakistan, leavened General Wheeler presented above the uses as on April The key point in accepting After the Treaty had been                 ( with threats and recriminations. Then the World Bank’s proposal. 1960, and, according to the Bank’s offer was that it signed, some leaders felt that in major developments took place in 1952. But not necessarily from the Gulhati’s book, could would serve as a good officer signing it, India had appeased        8       C 6  First, the World Bank, interested in the same source as before. It divid- impound, for specified purpos- that is a facilitator and not Pakistan by yielding too many      $    ;      ( economic well-being of both countries, ed the six rivers into two parts. es, 3.0 million acre feet on the assume the role of an arbiter. concessions; that the division of    66    !     -  =>>>      offered to serve as a mediator to help solve All the water of the three east- tributaries of the western rivers The World Bank most waters was much to the advan- the dispute. ern rivers would be for the and 0.6 MAF on the Chenab admirably stuck to this role for tage of Pakistan. In a reply in                  A working party of engineers of India, exclusive use of India. And all main, apart from storage in many years and went through the Lok Sabha, Pandit               4<    Pakistan and the World Bank was consti- the water of the three western small tanks and for flood con- very difficult times. Even when Jawaharlal Nehru asked: “How               tuted. The World Bank team consisted of rivers (Indus, Jhelum and trol in the Jhelum main. This it seemed that negotiations were is this House now to judge the Lt General Raymond Albert Wheeler, for- Chenab) would be for Pakistan is the maximum quantity of on the verge of a breakdown, it quantum of supply or the mer Chief of the US Army Corps of except for some specific with- water India’s latest decision can urged the two sides to contin- quantum of money to be given? Engineers, Pakistan nominated drawals allowed to India. cause Pakistan to lose. ue the dialogue. After six years I confess I cannot judge it off- 22  1 Mohammad Abdul Hamid and repre- The World Bank proposal Pakistan never wanted that of playing such a role, in early hand. I am distressed that a senting India were Ajudhiya Nath Khosla, presented in February 1954, a solution to the Indus waters 1960, the Bank began to see the matter of this importance, an Chairman of the Central Water and Power stipulated that: (1) The entire dispute should emerge through light at the end of the tunnel. issue that concerns not only the Commission, and ND Gulhati, who assist- flow of water of the three east- negotiations. It was not There was a basic differ- present but the future should 1 $ %     " %%  / ": ed him. ern rivers would be for the inclined to view the problem as ence in the approach of be treated so lightly and casu- #  "   %"   %    $ "  ; The working party had begun its exclusive use and benefit of a technical one. It wanted to Pakistan and India vis-à-vis ally and in such a narrow work long before. Everyone agreed on its India after a brief transition take the issue to the keeping the issue in the public minded spirit.”          ultimate objective. 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An astute businessman should know when Does your business have equipment that working capital isn’t tied up unpro- need to have good cash flow to survive.   #               the business will become profitable, not because that is no longer in use or inventory that’s ductively and unprofitably. Young businesses should work with               it will affect the cash flow — because it won’t — becoming obsolete? Consider selling it to Always keep buffer money: Once reliable, quick-paying clients initially,     4           but because it gives one an early goal to strive for generate quick cash. Idle, obsolete and the break-even point is found, one must even if it means smaller clients and slim- and a ready-made target for projecting future cash non-working equipment takes up space ensure that the business has enough cash mer profits margins. Small business %               ( flow. Negative cash flow and negative profits make and ties up capital, which can be used to fund working capital needs. It’s owners should learn one principle early                 for a grim combination. Focus your efforts on man- more productively. Equipment that has advised to keep three months worth of in the life: Cash is king. Building and   (              aging cash flow with an eye towards reaching that been owned for a longer period will usu- outgoings in the bank for a rainy day. keeping an adequate stockpile of cash                 moment when you realise your first profits. ally have a book value equal to its salvage That may be a thing of the past but if provides maximum opportunity and #               Since cash flows are very important for the value or less. So, a sale might result in a that’s the case, make sure you have a flexibility to any business while enabling          3   smooth running of any business, one should always taxable gain. Excess inventory can quick- buffer of some sort, either personal funds its owners to sleep soundly at night.                      focus on improving and managing cash flow and ly become obsolete and worthless as cus- available or an overdraft or revolving Without cash, profits are meaning-                   ( develop strategies to manage problems: tomer requirements change and new credit facility. less. Many profitable businesses on                  Short-term financing: This type of business materials are introduced. Consider sell- Implement better systems to man- paper have ended up in bankruptcy 4          4     financing such as a line of credit can be used to make ing any inventory, which is unlikely to be age cash flow: Many businessmen pro- because the amount of cash coming in emergency purchases or to bridge the gap between used over the next 12 months, unless the crastinate to invoice customers. 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The proposed strict compensation norms ESOPs should be included as a com- employee and the bank in which the he benchmark BSE Sensex Tuesday ended 240 points retail market in India is expected to grow to USD 1.2 trillion by 2021 from USD for senior officials of private as well as ponent of variable pay. employee agrees to return previously Tlower as investor sentiment weakened after the India 795 billion in 2017, it said. “Further, as the internet penetration in the country foreign banks, including minimum The proposed guidelines also said paid or vested remuneration to the carried out air strikes on a terrorist camp in Pakistan. increases and more international retailers start operating in India, the share of 50 per cent variable component and minimum 50 per cent of variable pay bank under certain circumstances. Weak cues from global equities and selling pressure organised retail market is expected to increase from 12 per cent in 2017 to 22- money clawback provisions. is to be via non-cash component while In case of divergence (difference on financials and realty stocks too weighed on market 25 per cent by 2021. “This will also be driven by the growth of e-commerce mar- Floating a discussion paper, the mandating a compulsory deferral between bad assets declared by bank mood here. After cracking nearly 500 points, the 30- ket from USD 24 billion in 2017 to USD 84 billion in 2021,” the report said. The central bank has also proposed that mechanism for variable pay, regardless and assessed by RBI), no proposal for share Sensex pared some losses but ended 239.67 points, report titled 'Unravelling the Indian Consumer' said increasing online shopping, variable pay of CEO and whole-time of quantum of variable pay. increase in variable pay (for the assess- or 0.66 per cent, lower at 35,973.71. It hit a low of smartphone usage and internet penetration across semi-urban and rural segments directors, among other key personnel, “It should be ensured that there is ment year) should be entertained, it 35,714.16 and a high of 36,172.52. The gauge surged 342 would help boost the sales. “India continues to hold a strong position as far as should be “capped at 200 per cent of a proper balance between fixed pay and added. points in Monday's trade. The 50-share Nifty also fell its market potential is concerned and is on its way to becoming the third largest fixed pay”. Earlier variable pay was variable pay. The total variable pay shall Comments have been sought on 44.80 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 10,835.30 after hov- consumer market in the world, poised to grow close to USD 1.2 trillion by 2021,” capped at 70 per cent of fixed pay but be limited to a maximum of 200 per the discussion paper till March 31. ering between 10,729.30 and 10,888.75. Losses were Anil Talreja, Partner, Deloitte India said. Given the strong retail and consumer did not include Employee Stock Option cent of the fixed pay (for the relative In the discussion paper, the RBI more pronounced in banking, realty and PSU counters. outlook, India is expected to witness redefining trends in the consumer market Plan (ESOP). period). said compensation practices, especial- “Indian indices traded lower mainly due to two fac- which will shape the future of the retail industry, the report said. It added that High pay packets and excessive “Within this ceiling, at higher lev- ly of large financial institutions, were tors – first, the indications of weakness from all major consumer experience will be the key focus of the companies. “Against the back- risk-taking ways in the banking indus- els of responsibility, the proportion of one of the important factors which con- Asian markets since their opening; and second, the strike drop of the Indian and global economies that set the stage for achieving glob- try have been under the scanner ever variable pay should be higher. The dete- tributed to the global financial crisis in carried out by the Indian Air Force against terrorist alisation, innovation, M&A activity, and increased digitalisation, consumer com- since the global financial crisis of rioration in the financial performance 2008. camps located inside Pakistan,” said Joseph Thomas, panies are likely to continue to reinterpret traditional levers to stimulate growth 2008. Employees were too often of the bank should generally lead to a “These perverse incentives ampli- Head Research, Emkay Wealth Management. in a competitive business environment,” it said. rewarded for increasing short-term contraction in the total amount of vari- fied the excessive risk taking that While the former may be considered reflective of profit without adequate recognition of able compensation paid,” the discussion severely threatened the global financial the evolving broader global perspective, the latter may ' ! 67 !  )  the risks and long-term consequences paper said. Further, the paper said system. The compensation issue has, have limited or transient impact on the market direc- New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's telecom venture Reliance Jio will for their organisations. banks are required to put in place therefore, been at the centre stage of the tion, he said, adding that markets may remain quite this year become India's No.1 telco in terms of both subscriber base and rev- The latest discussion paper propos- appropriate modalities to incorporate regulatory reforms,” it said. volatile in the coming days, especially, in the light of enue, brokerages Bernstein and Credit Suisse said in separate reports on Tuesday. ing changes to compensation norms “malus/ clawback mechanism” in The Financial Stability Forum the fast approaching general elections. Jio, which stormed into the sector in 2016 by offering free voice calls and dirt comes more than seven years after the respect of variable pay, taking into (later the Financial Stability Board) in The Indian Air Force struck Jaish-e-Mohammed's cheap data on mobile phones, is reporting net profit and a positive return on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued account relevant statutory and regula- 2009 brought out a set of Principles and (JeM) biggest camp in Pakistan early Tuesday in a major invested capital was due to “non-standard depreciation metrics” and subsidies such guidelines for private and foreign tory stipulations as applicable. Implementation Standards on sound “reemptive” action, killing a large number of terrorists on selling bundled JioPhones being booked through Reliance Retail, Bernstein banks. “These (2012) guidelines are “Wherever the assessed divergence compensation practices. and trainers of the Pak-based terror group preparing said. “Our high-level attempt to normalise these factors points to a potential being reviewed, with an objective to in bank’s asset classification or provi- The guidelines have been pro- to carry out suicide attacks in India. The move came loss of  15,000 crore in FY2019. Far worse than Bharti’s or Vodafone Idea’s,” better align with FSB (Financial sioning from the RBI norms exceeds posed for private sector banks, includ- 12 days after JeM carried out the Pulwama attack in it said.Jio using non-standard depreciation and amortisation has been report- Stability Board) Principles and the prescribed threshold for public dis- ing Local Area Banks, Small Finance Kashmir. ed previously as well and the regulators have found nothing wrong with such Implementation Standards, based on closure, the bank shall not pay the Banks and Payments Banks. For the Meanwhile, the rupee which depreciated 38 paise a reporting. Bernstein said it is making this point only to highlight that Reliance experience and evolving international unvested portion of the variable com- foreign banks operating in India by way to 71.35 against the US dollar in early trade, recovered will ultimately want to make a positive return on its investment which will require best practices,” the RBI said. pensation for the assessment year of Wholly Owned Subsidiary structure, partially to quote at 71.06 in late afternoon trade at the a reduction in handset subsidies and a boost in subscriber revenue. “We expect Apart from CEOs and whole-time under ‘malus’ clause,” it added. the guidelines would be same as that forex market, and was still trading 9 paise lower over average revenue per user (ARPUs) to eventually start to rise to enable this,” it directors, the proposed changes in A malus arrangement permits a for private sector banks in the country. its previous close of 70.97. said.

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224.25 PERSISTENT* 596.00 632.00 592.80 625.80 THERMAX 971.25 1029.50 971.25 984.65 REDINGTON 81.95 83.75 81.95 82.55 NAVKARCORP 38.10 41.00 38.10 40.35 CIPLA 545.10 553.65 538.05 547.95 -0.35 AXISBANK 695.00 714.50 690.50 710.10 DBL 426.20 428.30 413.35 418.35 AMBUJACEM 209.70 212.85 205.00 212.05 TIMKEN 549.10 576.00 533.15 572.70 INDOSTAR 344.55 355.00 335.65 346.00 HINDUNILVR 1763.40 1785.90 1762.00 1768.90 -1.25 SUNPHARMA 433.10 440.00 423.20 435.85 GRASIM 770.20 785.40 762.90 780.90 GLENMARK 588.00 598.00 572.10 588.40 PRESTIGE 209.60 209.60 198.80 203.80 VMART 2606.60 2613.60 2540.00 2542.40 ONGC 147.50 149.20 146.00 147.65 -0.10 KOTAKBANK 1227.95 1251.40 1221.20 1235.75 APOLLOHOSP 1168.40 1174.00 1148.05 1158.05 AVANTI 333.00 344.00 316.00 338.55 ABB 1237.40 1247.20 1230.00 1235.80 BDL 256.95 256.95 247.05 252.10 M&M 644.80 656.00 640.00 650.00 -0.70 SBIN 268.00 268.20 263.25 266.30 TORNTPOWER 237.95 246.00 236.25 244.15 RCF 52.10 52.90 51.45 52.00 SCI 36.00 36.00 35.05 35.60 IFBIND 793.65 793.65 767.10 774.50 TATASTEEL 498.00 508.60 491.70 504.00 -1.10 SWANENERGY 116.85 134.50 113.50 130.30 INFRATEL 303.00 311.00 300.55 307.40 MPHASIS 1010.75 1032.30 1003.55 1025.90 VBL 783.10 803.40 781.50 798.55 BASF 1301.95 1305.90 1270.15 1285.60 SUNPHARMA 430.50 440.00 422.85 435.00 -1.10 ICICIBANK 352.10 352.50 346.80 348.10 BATAINDIA 1300.00 1314.00 1282.00 1310.10 GUJFLUORO 883.40 914.80 883.40 898.70 KANSAINER 445.50 453.80 441.00 451.60 ALKEM 1763.00 1765.25 1755.45 1757.40 MARUTI 6885.00 6975.00 6812.60 6900.00 -24.90 JINDALSTEL 155.00 161.70 153.65 158.50 BBTC 1245.00 1270.00 1206.00 1213.85 RAMCOCEM 646.95 654.00 628.50 648.70 CENTRALBK 31.40 31.40 29.95 30.90 SHRIRAMCIT 1599.00 1656.80 1589.65 1615.20 ADANIPORTS 324.00 326.50 315.75 323.30 -1.25 VEDL 168.95 171.20 164.05 169.60 NAUKRI 1669.95 1750.00 1631.00 1719.90 CENTURYTEX 767.00 801.35 767.00 797.25 CHAMBLFERT 156.05 157.95 156.00 156.15 BAJAJCON 347.25 351.60 343.00 345.45 NBVENTURES 102.00 102.60 101.00 101.50 TITAN 1039.00 1041.90 1016.05 1038.75 -4.25 ASHOKLEY 82.15 84.00 80.55 83.20 REPCOHOME 322.90 329.70 309.10 326.10 IFCI 12.55 12.85 12.06 12.64 ENDURANCE 1223.70 1313.80 1200.00 1295.20 KIOCL 127.25 129.50 124.10 126.50 ITC 274.95 277.00 274.05 275.40 -1.30 MARUTI 6884.00 6974.90 6808.35 6896.30 PEL 2295.00 2335.00 2267.65 2317.60 CEATLTD 1072.00 1092.00 1058.00 1075.30 BAJAJELEC 460.00 460.00 447.25 454.15 DISHTV 36.40 39.65 35.80 37.40 STAR 412.05 421.50 405.70 416.45 CROMPTON 209.20 217.05 202.30 203.40 UFLEX 202.05 202.05 193.55 197.15 FINOLEXIND 453.10 466.00 453.10 461.40 KOTAKBANK 1224.00 1249.70 1220.10 1234.25 -6.70 COALINDIA 213.50 222.05 213.25 220.50 SRTRANSFIN 1090.00 1139.00 1080.00 1130.15 JSWENERGY 65.15 65.60 64.15 65.40 CORPBANK 29.15 29.60 28.80 29.20 CCL 279.10 282.00 277.45 278.75 EICHERMOT 20670.00 20874.95 20400.10 20581.90 -122.90 BAJFINANCE 2645.00 2678.00 2600.00 2652.75 MCX 668.75 674.90 650.20 666.75 CENTRUM 30.30 33.20 30.30 32.30 SOBHA 445.00 445.00 427.30 430.75 HEIDELBERG 148.50 149.90 146.00 149.05 BHARTIARTL 315.70 320.50 313.40 315.10 -2.15 TECHM 826.80 838.35 820.85 833.20 IPCALAB 791.00 811.00 784.00 803.75 MAGMA 106.95 107.00 101.65 106.55 ESSELPRO 106.10 113.95 106.10 111.00 NTPC 137.20 141.20 136.30 139.40 -0.95 JSLHISAR 85.70 93.75 84.45 89.80 OMAXE 207.25 210.20 206.30 206.50 ATUL 3318.65 3324.45 3285.00 3309.55 ASTRAZEN 1874.95 1894.95 1830.00 1858.55 POWERGRID 179.50 182.70 178.85 180.70 -1.25 PNB 72.25 72.80 70.20 71.80 ITI 90.90 93.40 90.00 91.75 SYNGENE 581.50 595.00 572.60 584.15 NESCO 426.50 431.40 426.50 429.50 HDFCBANK 2111.25 2125.00 2101.10 2109.00 -16.40 CIPLA 548.95 553.30 538.40 550.35 HUDCO 42.15 42.15 40.15 40.70 ITDCEM 103.05 106.60 101.00 106.15 SADBHAV 172.50 172.80 170.70 171.50 LT 1263.80 1275.00 1253.00 1265.10 -10.75 BAJAJFINSV 6294.00 6461.50 6238.30 6427.55 GICHSGFIN 240.00 240.50 232.25 239.10 GHCL 225.05 225.05 220.00 220.70 DBCORP 177.70 181.85 177.25 180.45 INDUSINDBK 1480.00 1488.85 1461.80 1478.00 -13.20 KEC 254.90 259.85 251.60 256.30 MUTHOOTFIN 525.00 534.80 518.60 525.30 LAXMIMACH 5474.05 5758.00 5395.00 5656.45 GSKCONS 7263.70 7335.00 7255.70 7296.60 HINDPETRO 224.90 229.05 221.40 226.00 -2.15 RPOWER 10.80 11.00 10.40 10.80 LTI 1694.00 1716.95 1681.10 1703.55 NAVINFLUOR 591.95 596.70 585.30 591.70 NILKAMAL 1235.00 1255.15 1232.00 1249.60 DRREDDY 2653.90 2659.90 2628.95 2641.00 -25.90 LT 1268.00 1274.00 1253.25 1264.15 PAGEIND 21800.00 22195.95 21420.05 22115.95 TATACOFFEE 85.35 85.35 82.35 84.00 GILLETTE 6202.50 6500.00 6202.50 6397.65 RELIANCE 1209.50 1234.80 1206.00 1220.20 -12.10 SUNTV 580.00 615.35 571.35 605.70 ICICIPRULI 316.20 316.20 305.10 312.05 HSIL 218.30 224.85 215.65 222.70 HERITGFOOD 436.30 466.65 436.30 459.15 VEDL 168.70 171.25 164.00 169.40 -1.85 BANKBARODA 102.60 102.60 99.45 101.55 NMDC 96.90 97.60 96.15 97.10 LUXIND 1077.00 1103.00 1070.00 1080.30 ORIENTCEM 70.25 74.80 68.10 69.15 JSWSTEEL 279.00 286.80 277.10 284.55 -3.25 JSWSTEEL 280.35 286.80 277.25 284.65 DABUR 428.00 433.00 424.10 428.55 TATAINVEST 830.00 831.00 821.00 824.30 JYOTHYLAB 180.00 180.05 177.00 178.30 HEROMOTOCO 2706.55 2713.00 2614.00 2676.10 -36.40 M&M 648.80 654.75 640.60 649.85 HFCL 21.25 21.40 21.15 21.25 DCAL 185.00 190.45 180.35 187.05 IOB 12.60 12.91 12.56 12.83 SBIN 266.80 268.20 263.25 266.15 -4.00 AUROPHARMA 702.90 723.20 695.60 719.75 NESTLEIND 10790.00 10852.10 10662.30 10787.75 WABCOINDIA 6050.45 6590.00 6050.45 6461.25 SCHAEFFLER 5260.15 5325.00 5235.00 5312.20 INFY 748.60 752.60 740.15 741.55 -13.35 PETRONET 215.00 223.80 215.00 221.80 NOCIL 129.00 129.00 124.20 126.40 SBILIFE 561.25 563.70 555.25 557.85 ISGEC 4843.15 4843.15 4700.00 4724.25 ICICIBANK 350.00 352.70 346.60 348.50 -7.10 HEG 2098.95 2098.95 2016.15 2053.80 CASTROLIND 151.70 152.85 148.65 151.20 AUBANK 570.00 575.95 561.95 570.15 PGHH 10229.00 10229.00 9850.00 9971.60 BIRLACORPN 465.05 469.15 458.00 461.65 HDFC 1874.00 1894.65 1850.00 1856.00 -38.50 JUSTDIAL 495.00 508.90 491.05 503.30 CADILAHC 311.80 313.65 308.55 312.10 SJVN 23.90 24.20 23.50 23.90 FDC 152.25 153.85 150.00 152.35 HCLTECH 1080.60 1095.95 1054.95 1058.40 -23.85 BEL 79.95 80.55 77.45 79.80 MERCK 2879.90 2935.30 2866.25 2904.05 MAHABANK 12.93 13.45 12.50 12.79 GRAPHITE 410.00 412.80 401.95 409.50 ADANIGREEN 32.00 33.25 30.60 32.90 BLUESTARCO 598.75 624.00 585.35 616.60 TVSSRICHAK 2250.00 2250.00 2210.00 2222.85 IBULHSGFIN 670.60 675.00 653.30 655.10 -23.70 HDFC 1878.20 1894.45 1850.00 1853.55 TRIDENT 61.05 61.05 59.55 60.50 VIJAYABANK 41.15 43.10 39.75 41.75 APARINDS 620.40 646.05 611.00 633.95   BRITANNIA 3198.50 3198.50 3010.00 3073.80 ISEC 198.00 203.05 192.90 201.30 TNPL 184.95 190.20 184.95 187.45 SKFINDIA 1985.60 1995.50 1948.15 1954.95 HINDUNILVR 1770.00 1784.25 1743.00 1767.00 BOSCHLTD 18295.00 18899.00 18087.00 18724.40 KNRCON 198.40 202.20 194.00 199.90 PHOENIXLTD 585.15 585.25 578.20 581.95 L&TFH 124.90 126.05 121.75 124.00 SREINFRA 27.40 27.85 26.40 27.10 APLLTD 560.00 560.00 528.65 536.55 GET&D 292.85 292.85 281.95 284.20 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE UNIONBANK 69.90 70.50 67.70 69.70 GREENPLY 138.50 148.75 136.00 144.20 SRF 2225.00 2230.00 2202.70 2216.85 WABAG 282.10 288.90 281.40 284.75 LEMONTREE 74.20 74.60 73.35 73.95 NIFTY NEXT 50 26006.35 26340.65 25796.35 26199.65 -13.00 PCJEWELLER 67.05 67.60 65.05 66.85 MAXINDIA 80.00 88.50 79.95 82.50 SOUTHBANK 13.10 13.45 13.05 13.28 NLCINDIA 64.85 64.95 63.60 64.30 MAHLOG 439.10 439.10 424.00 434.75 SUNTV 584.00 615.90 571.10 605.70 18.65 ITC 276.00 276.75 274.05 274.95 NBCC 52.85 53.00 51.25 52.70 SHANKARA 439.85 440.50 426.30 429.90 J&KBANK 37.50 38.30 37.50 37.70 GMDCLTD 75.00 76.55 74.60 76.20 SRTRANSFIN 1090.00 1141.55 1080.30 1129.10 29.80 SPICEJET 76.70 77.65 76.00 76.85 APOLLOTYRE 210.95 211.10 206.45 209.25 SONATSOFTW 338.05 346.00 337.00 342.95 MOIL 143.60 144.00 141.25 143.30 GRINDWELL 515.30 536.95 510.10 535.90 PIDILITIND 1104.00 1132.00 1080.00 1131.00 25.30 TAKE 130.90 137.40 125.10 130.05 ABFRL 221.40 226.05 218.25 219.65 IBULISL 253.00 286.75 244.20 273.70 ANDHRABANK 24.65 24.90 24.10 24.50 ERIS 606.80 618.95 604.00 605.90 BOSCHLTD 18240.00 18888.00 18060.10 18744.75 404.10 JUBLFOOD 1268.00 1279.00 1247.90 1274.35 INDIGO 1112.00 1136.25 1106.65 1128.05 GSFC 91.10 91.85 88.60 90.55 PIIND 919.00 929.00 903.00 913.35 JKLAKSHMI 311.75 316.00 309.00 315.30 AUROPHARMA 700.00 724.40 695.00 718.80 9.95 VIPIND 423.00 423.00 407.20 409.50 ADANITRANS 204.05 211.70 192.75 197.10 MRPL 64.20 65.30 62.25 64.75 TRENT 325.35 328.05 321.00 323.25 FORBESCO 1930.00 1930.00 1892.00 1922.45 PETRONET 216.95 223.90 215.85 221.00 2.65 BANKINDIA 81.10 82.10 79.55 81.25 TATAMTRDVR 88.90 91.50 87.50 90.75 NHPC 23.25 23.40 23.10 23.30 3MINDIA 23660.00 23660.00 22750.00 22897.20 ABBOTINDIA 7339.80 7387.75 7275.90 7384.70 AMBUJACEM 208.25 213.00 207.40 212.50 2.40 HINDPETRO 224.10 229.00 221.50 226.05 ITDC 257.00 306.00 253.35 286.75 CONCOR 472.65 475.55 465.70 467.00 INOXWIND 68.20 71.95 66.30 70.80 COROMANDEL 435.55 438.00 434.40 436.65 SHREECEM 16311.20 16926.70 16311.20 16699.95 184.10 NATIONALUM 47.95 49.10 46.85 48.50 INDIACEM 85.05 86.90 81.50 85.70 TV18BRDCST 32.65 33.75 32.10 33.55 CUB 176.20 180.90 175.85 178.30 GAYAPROJ 148.00 152.00 145.60 148.30 BHEL 63.55 65.60 62.20 65.00 0.65 INTELLECT 171.15 181.70 166.90 176.30 DIVISLAB 1580.00 1628.00 1573.00 1618.60 NETWORK18 32.70 32.80 31.65 31.90 NIACL 174.35 174.35 168.50 170.60 ASTERDM 150.50 156.00 150.50 153.40 BRITANNIA 3056.00 3092.95 3018.25 3075.00 26.80 ESCORTS 652.30 668.40 633.90 661.00 BALKRISIND 858.60 888.40 858.30 881.95 WHIRLPOOL 1340.00 1355.35 1328.30 1348.10 SUNDRMFAST 504.75 512.80 501.00 510.90 NAVNETEDUL 102.55 104.50 102.50 103.65 MRF 55140.15 56387.10 54400.00 55805.05 464.90 RBLBANK 573.00 580.00 547.00 576.35 HDFCLIFE 352.00 355.80 346.25 352.25 PRSMJOHNSN 71.50 74.90 70.80 73.60 VINATIORGA 1544.40 1548.70 1515.00 1536.25 AKZOINDIA 1679.95 1759.90 1669.80 1710.45 INDIGO 1117.40 1137.50 1106.00 1126.00 8.45 ONGC 148.00 149.20 146.00 147.70 MINDTREE 905.00 915.00 890.00 905.90 KAJARIACER 533.25 540.00 527.65 537.45 PTC 75.35 77.95 75.35 77.55 TIFHL 435.15 453.00 434.75 447.20 NIACL 171.60 172.95 169.00 172.00 0.90 WIPRO 386.05 388.80 380.00 387.20 JKTYRE 85.50 86.65 84.05 85.65 ADVENZYMES 151.10 152.05 145.40 148.50 COCHINSHIP 343.10 353.20 341.55 344.85 SOMANYCERA 313.00 329.00 311.00 325.50 HINDZINC 261.30 264.85 257.60 263.40 1.15 NIITTECH 1295.55 1328.00 1288.80 1313.85 BLISSGVS 179.90 182.00 172.50 177.80 IDFC 36.55 37.35 36.55 37.10 GDL 107.90 107.95 101.40 105.00 MINDACORP 132.85 132.85 120.00 125.05 ACC 1365.00 1394.00 1353.05 1381.00 4.85 NTPC 138.90 141.20 136.50 140.70 GRUH 241.95 251.30 240.00 248.60 UBL 1348.70 1352.00 1325.35 1338.85 DEEPAKNI 222.00 225.45 219.75 222.75 JKCEMENT 704.25 714.90 701.80 708.80 BIOCON 614.70 621.75 607.30 619.50 1.65 BHARATFORG 492.00 512.50 486.45 506.05 ASIANPAINT 1399.00 1406.50 1379.15 1401.25 MARICO 339.90 344.00 333.80 340.20 GREAVESCOT 116.05 119.30 116.05 118.85 ZYDUSWELL 1249.00 1257.00 1245.05 1247.65 MARICO 337.80 344.35 333.10 340.90 0.85 DLF 165.50 167.80 162.20 166.10 EDELWEISS 144.00 144.80 138.10 141.05 PVR 1479.05 1515.00 1470.00 1512.20 IEX 157.00 157.50 153.50 156.05 RELAXO 734.80 752.70 732.15 748.85 BANDHANBNK 466.20 486.90 466.20 481.00 0.90 BPCL 337.90 338.00 329.55 336.55 IDBI 42.50 42.85 41.80 42.30 TATAMETALI 586.40 606.20 583.00 591.15 KALPATPOWR 372.00 372.50 362.80 368.90 CARERATING 957.10 962.50 955.80 962.25 NMDC 96.55 97.65 96.20 97.20 0.10 BOMDYEING 111.40 112.70 108.45 110.90 PFC 110.00 112.40 108.45 112.00 SYNDIBANK 32.55 33.15 31.65 32.65 RALLIS 151.40 153.70 150.00 153.15 KPRMILL 521.30 532.05 521.05 530.10 PEL 2285.00 2332.25 2267.50 2325.00 1.80 DELTACORP 236.30 241.00 230.35 235.90 BIOCON 615.00 621.60 608.00 619.60 HAVELLS 694.20 703.00 689.50 695.10 TTKPRESTIG 7812.00 7836.60 7699.95 7801.50 JBCHEPHARM 331.90 333.95 324.15 330.85 ASHOKLEY 82.35 83.75 80.50 83.25 0.00 TITAN 1036.35 1041.25 1016.75 1037.70 CUMMINSIND 700.00 729.00 682.10 721.90 BERGEPAINT 294.90 298.50 290.20 296.75 DENABANK 11.25 11.25 10.90 11.08 GALAXYSURF 1015.10 1025.00 1006.00 1010.60 SAIL 48.00 49.05 46.70 48.55 -0.05 WESTLIFE 353.00 353.95 338.00 350.55 JAICORPLTD 90.00 91.85 87.15 89.90 NATCOPHARM* 570.00 577.00 563.15 573.10 OFSS 3460.00 3482.75 3440.00 3470.05 HATSUN 655.00 669.30 645.00 662.95 CADILAHC 311.75 313.90 308.15 313.25 -0.50 WOCKPHARMA 391.65 394.75 383.25 392.40 GODREJCP 660.00 662.35 649.60 655.30 JINDALSAW 82.00 83.45 80.20 81.90 COFFEEDAY 276.45 276.45 269.10 273.10 SANOFI 6130.00 6161.95 6038.30 6069.90 OIL 172.40 176.10 171.30 173.85 -0.35 HDFCBANK 2117.90 2124.00 2103.00 2110.25 AARTIIND 1404.90 1404.90 1350.00 1391.25 SYMPHONY 1202.55 1279.75 1196.30 1267.60 BALMLAWRIE 172.30 181.75 171.00 177.20 SHARDACROP 350.00 363.50 350.00 354.85 NHPC 23.20 23.45 23.20 23.30 -0.05 IDEA 30.25 30.40 29.30 29.80 FORCEMOT 1413.45 1413.45 1372.35 1382.55 GRANULES 93.50 94.65 90.25 93.20 ASTRAL 1091.70 1119.65 1074.40 1097.20 CERA 2289.00 2332.30 2260.00 2327.70 SIEMENS 979.10 992.00 965.40 986.55 -2.40 SAIL 48.00 49.05 46.75 48.55 EICHERMOT 20600.00 20945.00 20333.00 20507.90 GODFRYPHLP 926.80 926.80 880.00 889.10 ZENSARTECH 204.00 208.15 200.20 207.05 ECLERX 985.30 1035.75 985.00 1030.15 SBILIFE 561.00 564.00 555.00 559.35 -1.65 IGL 287.95 291.00 281.50 287.30 SUNTECK 330.35 330.35 320.00 325.65 GESHIP 275.00 278.00 267.00 273.90 GPPL 76.60 77.50 76.15 76.95 RATNAMANI 857.95 860.00 836.25 852.75 HDFCLIFE 351.00 355.75 346.35 353.50 -1.10 IDFCFIRSTB 45.70 45.75 44.15 45.30 GODREJAGRO 475.45 482.15 474.35 477.40 CAPPL 381.10 384.00 371.10 376.30 FINCABLES 379.40 385.00 378.05 381.40 MAHLIFE 369.65 374.50 369.65 372.05 LUPIN 777.00 781.00 764.10 775.00 -2.45 STRTECH 244.65 245.85 236.90 242.15 FCONSUMER 44.35 46.85 42.00 46.00 AEGISLOG 197.50 204.55 193.00 200.50 SCHNEIDER 87.05 90.05 86.30 88.95 SHOPERSTOP 482.30 489.25 475.10 482.10 MCDOWELL-N 519.80 528.50 512.25 522.35 -1.85 ALBK 44.00 45.15 43.20 43.85 DCBBANK 181.80 185.40 176.80 183.25 PFIZER 3048.80 3130.00 2978.80 3085.35 EVEREADY 197.10 201.10 195.85 198.40 SIS 761.60 770.00 746.25 764.25 DABUR 426.75 433.55 424.00 430.00 -1.90 NCC 83.00 83.05 80.35 82.40 VENKYS 2069.00 2069.95 2020.00 2047.20 HINDCOPPER 46.50 46.50 45.05 45.35 APLAPOLLO 1162.30 1169.95 1145.10 1160.15 MHRIL 193.00 196.30 191.70 195.55 GODREJCP 656.50 662.95 649.00 655.60 -4.45 INFIBEAM 35.35 35.80 33.80 35.00 OBEROIRLTY 487.00 496.80 467.95 490.35 BAJAJHLDNG 3120.85 3173.25 3103.00 3130.10 GULFOILLUB 880.00 890.00 860.55 871.70 TVTODAY 314.65 320.50 312.15 319.10 OFSS 3481.15 3489.90 3440.45 3475.05 -28.05 LUPIN 779.75 780.50 764.00 773.40 ACC 1375.75 1394.00 1353.55 1384.20 MAHINDCIE 226.10 231.80 221.10 229.00 SUDARSCHEM 319.15 321.60 312.00 316.85 NH 199.90 208.70 199.90 204.15 HAVELLS 695.00 703.90 689.35 697.00 -5.80 RAIN 115.10 115.10 105.55 108.50 JISLJALEQS 56.55 57.80 55.10 57.20 DEEPAKFERT 127.40 128.90 125.00 126.45 PNCINFRA 134.95 134.95 128.05 129.70 GEPIL 793.75 799.90 784.50 799.05 PGHH 10085.00 10150.00 9876.00 10000.00 -86.85 DMART 1480.00 1494.00 1466.15 1471.15 GAIL 327.00 335.15 322.05 333.35 AIAENG 1661.10 1743.50 1649.90 1700.35 MONSANTO 2572.00 2574.00 2522.00 2567.10 BLUEDART 3061.00 3115.00 3050.50 3107.75 DLF 165.10 167.75 162.10 166.50 -1.65 HCLTECH 1083.00 1096.10 1054.85 1058.80 M&MFIN 397.25 397.25 383.55 389.55 HINDZINC 260.00 264.45 257.65 262.55 SHILPAMED 355.90 366.50 350.00 352.90 DHANUKA 403.80 403.80 395.00 401.45 LICHSGFIN 459.75 471.90 455.10 463.20 -4.60 HEROMOTOCO 2700.00 2715.00 2616.00 2688.35 JAMNAAUTO 53.90 54.10 50.60 52.20 GODREJIND 476.30 488.95 472.00 481.05 ASHOKA 117.80 117.80 112.80 115.95 CARBORUNIV 347.00 351.45 345.50 348.25 MOTHERSUMI 157.60 162.35 152.85 157.50 -1.70 FRETAIL 422.70 427.85 406.75 417.90 MEGH 51.70 51.70 49.60 50.35 QUESS 664.25 700.00 660.00 693.65 TIMETECHNO 87.45 88.95 85.35 86.30 SOLARINDS 939.95 959.70 931.00 942.75 ABB 1249.00 1249.00 1228.05 1233.10 -13.45 BEML 811.00 827.85 795.45 823.85 IRB 131.90 131.90 126.65 129.50 GICRE 220.00 220.00 215.00 215.75 CENTURYPLY 163.90 164.65 162.10 162.50 TRITURBINE 100.60 102.55 100.25 101.10 ABCAPITAL 86.75 88.50 84.70 87.60 -1.10 ULTRACEMCO 3690.00 3810.00 3663.25 3786.55 TATACOMM 545.00 575.00 543.90 571.95 KEI 327.20 330.10 323.00 326.60 JAGRAN 96.00 96.00 92.95 95.00 STARCEMENT 95.55 97.00 94.35 96.60 BANKBARODA 102.30 102.30 99.35 101.45 -1.45 DRREDDY 2660.00 2663.00 2630.00 2648.40 COLPAL 1258.15 1261.90 1241.05 1243.20 THOMASCOOK 212.00 213.70 208.10 212.25 LAKSHVILAS 55.55 57.25 55.00 56.60 HONAUT 21360.10 21660.00 21331.00 21621.50 ICICIGI 900.00 927.80 895.05 902.00 -13.35 KRBL 316.00 347.00 313.50 339.60 AJANTPHARM 965.00 1007.25 955.00 999.65 MOTILALOFS 597.00 597.00 578.50 581.70 SUNCLAYLTD 2600.00 2749.00 2480.00 2717.75 FLFL 424.70 434.85 420.70 426.10 COLPAL 1258.00 1263.95 1241.00 1244.95 -19.10 GNFC 262.00 262.00 253.60 256.70 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Apart from gain- nuclear engineering, waste resource stereotype education ing better command in English, management, structural designs and system and limited sub- the global lingua franca, students others. ject study are long gone. also get a chance to learn native In short, civil engineering is an Today, it is important for languages of their host countries. innovative career choice. A degree in students to observe, It turns into one of the best prac- civil engineering helps the students to study and explore dif- tical exercises for students to secure well-paid jobs in this particu- ferent facets of society interact with speakers of different lar sector. and cultures for their all-round languages and learn more about Civil engineers with their great development. The inclusion of their cultures, to realise the dream technical skills, core-knowledge of foreign educational trips in edu- of a global family. the discipline and understanding of cational curriculums not only development of students are: Invokes curiosity and facilitates Increases understanding of concepts are always in-demand. nurtures humanitarian qualities in Adapting to foreign cultures idea flexibility: Curiosity can working as a team: Apart from According to research conducted students but also brings forth facilitates creativity and builds lead to a generation of revolu- skill enhancement and diverse cul- by the Royal Institute of Chartered their expertise and develops new perspective: Volunteerism during tionary ideas and change the way tural experience, one of the impor- Surveyors (RICS), India is expected to stay? engineering as the construction indus- skills. the educational trips isn’t just an of life. 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The experience of expertise. the enthralling adventures turn After procuring a degree in civil immense employment opportunities sector, facilitating extremely demand- ones, volunteerism, volunteer cultural immersion creates a new Kickstarts an interest in new into life’s most memorable expe- engineering, the individual is capable for skilled civil engineers. ing numbers for civil engineers in the tourism, or voluntourism during perspective of life in students career avenues: What can be bet- riences. Students working in of working in top multinational com- The global value of the civil engi- country. these foreign educational trips and gives wings to their creativi- ter than realising your true poten- teams, collectively stepping panies like Larsen & Toubro, neering market is $7.84 trillion for the In conclusion, civil engineering facilitate a ‘socially impactful jour- ty in a longer run. A chance to tial and exploring possible career towards one motive to benefit oth- Gammon, HCC. 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22 other universities have eased out the tages of a generalised test score like holistic has anyways been assessing including Stanford, Cornell, try is categorised into three different >#60 "4# SAT requirements over the years, SAT/ACT for a university. Clearly, performance and potential across UPenn, MIT and Princeton. sections: In-house design; design busi- and we expect that in another not all boards or marking philoso- a range of parameters for a very Apart from Engineering, if nesses and freelancers communicate with clients and employ- three-five years it would mostly be phies are similar. IB, A levels, dif- long period of time. Giving the you look at Economics and Design Today, a large number of businesses ers via phone, email, and sometimes done away with. ferent boards corresponding to assessors one less variable applications, the relative value of have in-house design teams. These through a video call. As it is, SAT/ ACT scores are countries/States — there are so 1&)$++$2<&/ (SAT/ACT scores) would not SAT/ACT scores become increas- organisations are the ones that soak up Creativity: Designers need to be not an important criterion when it many variations that it is extreme- impact their ability to judge. A ingly clear. While it can be argued most of the talent from the talent pool creative masterminds. They have to comes to admissions in top uni- ly hard for someone to assess a stu- &&+32)&=64+ good example is the ability of the that in the case of design applica- of designers. Design businesses have communicate ideas through text and versities in US. While most uni- dent on a common yardstick. In same assessors to validate the nar- tions, there is an art portfolio that also managed to scale up, and a lot of image creatively. They have to create versities say that they do not have such a scenario, generalised test &)+=6$ ratives and applications of 'home- gives a sense of the student’s capa- designers choose to work alongside solutions for their clients with creative a recommended range of SAT scores provide a ready escape and schooled' students. In these cases, bility; that is not the case with them to help the business scale even means; for instance, they may have to scores and many good universities give universities a common way of 4)2<&+/2=$) application-assessors don't have Economics/Business applications. higher. Yet another set of designers promote an organisations mission have varied SAT/ACT scores among assessing a person’s academic capa- )6=64+/$:$* access to much of standardized data Most students do not take subject decide to work as freelancers. These within a website or design an illustra- their successful student applicants, bility. To that extent, as a common that any normal school students SATs and while many still take the freelancers could work with anybody tion that encourages the sale of a prod- going down to even extremely low platform to assess students across /*6+&/%1&/&$+& have. Despite that they have been general SAT/ACT, it seems from an in-house design team to uct. All of this requires creativity, as well scores like 1200/1600. Plus, SAT is variety of parameters, SAT/ACT able to successfully assess and roll- counter-intuitive to think that designers working with design busi- as creative problem-solving skills. one among the many parameters scores remain a meaningful mech- <$-4&$22<&$/ out offers to many of these stu- SAT/ACT scores determine entry. nesses. At the end of the day, a freelance Time management: Digital Arts that a university judges an applicant anism. dents. In fact, Stanford, Cornell and More so, when many of the top designer is essentially a single person online, UK says that most designers are upon. A case in point is MIT, However, SAT/ACT testing suf- 1&=3$=/4886+ many of the top IVYs have rolled scorers receiving as high as organisation. continually balancing various projects among the most rigorous selection fer from the same problems that any =64+/6+=#4 out record number of offers to 1580/1600 were denied admis- However, every designer working at once. Because this is such a standard process. The MIT engineering appli- test suffers from. It captures a stu- home-schooled students. Again, sion. in big in-house teams, small design part of the job, it's essential that they cants get selected from a range of dent’s performance on a given day )612) 36+& this is clearly indicative of the fact In summary, we posit that business, or as a freelancer needs to possess strong time management skills. criterion ranging from a research which may not capture his poten- that schools will judge your capa- your narrative determines your possess a certain set of skills. Let’s take Designers should be able to multitask, project, makers’ portfolio, human- tial/capacity correctly because of a 1$)1$ bility with or without SAT/ACT entry to a university and not your a look at a few that monster.com rec- juggle multiple tasks over long periods, ities and art portfolio, academics number of reasons. Poor or excep- scores. SAT/ACT scores. These scores are ommends for designers: and meet all set deadlines. over a four-year time horizon, tional test taking ability (not poten- Many of our students have value additive in so much as they Communication: designers According to a report published by SAT/ACT scores, co-curricular and tial), it being a bad/good day, the test been very adventurous with their (may) support your story but noth- express ideas with the help of text and Confederation of Indian Industry, extracurricular activities including itself are amongst the many variables SAT scores. Some of the flat-out ing more than that. image. Consequently, communication India is embracing design like never leadership positions, sports and that leave the outcome from the test refused to take the SAT tests - one Our general advice, therefore skills are crucial to the job. However, before. With the increase in design edu- athletic ability, etc. All of them (and circumspect and indicative at best! of them shared the link of the busi- is to focus on building your story communication is essential in design cation, it has brought about a radical some more) coalesce to create the Universities are cognizant of this ness that she had created (a 5 MM — something which is more in other ways too. Designers have to transformation in the industry. The unique story for each of the appli- and a blip in the form of SAT/ACT $ business at the time of her appli- durable and harder than getting connect their ideas to organisations, youth also is willing to develop their cant which gets you in. Clearly, SAT performance on a given day as cation), another posted the code of better SAT/ACT scores. That is clients and employers. It commands skills and translate them into a suc- is a very small portion of this story opposed to a different story in your a successful algorithm that he had what shall get you into a great uni- effective public speaking skills for pre- cessful career since their talent can now and as such should not be over- overall academic profile would not sold to Airbnb. In each of these versity. sentations and writing skills for pro- be backed up by prestigious educational emphasized. Chicago University’s get undue weightage. Additionally, cases (and many more), the appli- -,+ 6 
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Wembley. about playmaker Kevin De League and these two games "We live with the best players But celebrations after a high- Bruyne playing in a deeper against Real, when we can qualify 0&+&1+$/1&(" #= in the world and that makes you ly satisfactory Sunday afternoon for position. for a cup final and then gain or lose 1&*$$-$)/2) learn quickly," Lenglet said. Guardiola, with title rivals Liverpool points on them in the league. "I'm more thoughtful now only managing to pick up a point in       "We have to manage them 6*6#&+ about when to release the ball, a draw at Manchester United, were Fernandinho's all-round excel- properly. It could be pivotal for the when to clear and when to keep it, muted by the post-match news from lence even saw him selected at centre- rest of the season." Madrid hold a *$$ -!" of quality, the when to be more patient. It's about the City dressing room. half by Guardiola for the recent home slight advantage in the cup, having +'!(6@( Clasico remains managing the game." Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho win over Arsenal and the loss of taken a creditable 1-1 draw from 9) )*  ()* football's greatest It helps to have Messi too, (groin) and central defender Aymeric Laporte adds to the manager's con- the opening leg last month at the grudge match. Barcelona's captain fresh from Laporte (hamstring) both collected cerns in that department. Camp Nou. "As players, we scoring his 50th career hat-trick injuries at Wembley that Guardiola Veteran Vincent Kompany has Barca were without Lionel are in our little bubble but when we last weekend. said would sideline them for several struggled for fitness and form for Messi, whose stunning hat-trick come out, we realise it is a differ- "I remember when I first weeks. much of the season although John against Sevilla on Sunday was ent game from the others because arrived, he said hello, gave me a lit- Even allowing for the depth of a Stones is close to returning from his surely one of his best, but Madrid's of the power it has around the tle hug — I felt immediately at City squad assembled for vast sums, own injury lay-off. showing confirmed their transfor- world," Lenglet said. ease," Lenglet said. it would be hard to pick two less The fixture list before the interna- mation from the broken team that "It's a game that seems to Messi may not play both games replaceable performers for the man- tional break in mid-March looks were thrashed 5-1 by the Catalans freeze time." against Madrid, after being dis- ager to lose at such a pivotal stage of benign, with City facing in October. Lenglet is in a position to rupted recently by a thigh strain, the campaign, with his side chasing an Bournemouth, Watford and German "The dynamics are complete- appreciate it more than most. but his influence on youngsters like unprecedented quadruple. side Schalke after Wednesday's visit of ly different now," says Lenglet. Only three seasons ago, the 23- Lenglet is total. Fernandinho, in particular, has West Ham. "These are the European year-old was playing for Nancy, the "He is a technical leader," said become one of Guardiola's most Yet, with City still active in so champions. They have turned the French club where he was first Lenglet. dependable lieutenants at the Etihad, many high-stakes games at this stage tide." given his chance. "On the field he makes the dif- one of the few players whose name is of the season, Guardiola can scarcely He spent 18 months at Sevilla, ference so often, in almost every guaranteed to be in City's starting XI afford any more injury concerns. De      !  enough to persuade Barca to pay game. He's a leader through his every week. Bruyne described the relentless Madrid and Barca look under his 35.9 million-euro ($40.6 mil- experience. He watches football, Since his arrival in 2013, City have demands on the players. threat in the Champions League lion) buy-out clause last summer. knows all types of football and has won more than 70 percent of the "I feel all right, you know. It's from the likes of Manchester City, "I could never have imagined mastered it to perfection. games in which he has played, a per- tough but it's tough for everybody with Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, I'd come so far so quickly," he says. There's only one Messi and centage that drops below 60 in his the amount of games coming up," said Juventus and Atletico. Yet in terms "I went to Seville, and for me that when he gives advice, you listen." absence. the Belgian. "A
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!&"'! $   -6)6) down the tunnel in anger before returning. helsea goalkeeper Kepa "I wanted to take the time   3$)*1&/&+ CArrizabalaga has been fined a today to apologise fully and in per- week's wages by the club after son to the coach, to Willy, my team- lexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku must both take defying manager Maurizio Sarri mates and to the club," said Kepa, Atheir opportunity to impress as an injury crisis cuts and refusing to be substituted dur- 24, whose fine will be donated to through Manchester United's squad, Ole Gunnar ing the League Cup final on the Chelsea foundation. Solskjaer says. Sunday. "I have done this and now I Both players have struggled for form for much of "Although there was a misun- want to offer the same apology to the season, with Sanchez having started just one Premier derstanding, on reflection, I made the fans. I will learn from this League match in 2019, and Lukaku having gone 10 a big mistake with how I handled episode and will accept any punish- 1  
 matches without scoring. the situation," Kepa said in a state- ment or discipline the club decides The two forwards were heralded as major signings ment on Chelsea's website which is appropriate." when they arrived at Old Trafford, but neither would announced the fine. Sarri is under increasing pres- G now be considered an automatic starter. The club simultaneously pub- sure with Chelsea losing four of However, United's squad is stretched to the limit lished a statement from Sarri in their past seven games in a run that   as they prepare for Wednesday's Premier League trip together, so this might be a chance for those two togeth- which the manager said the pair has seen them drop to sixth in the to Crystal Palace, with 10 players either unavailable or er to find some form and give us a selection headache had spoken following the row, Premier League, crash out of the FA doubtful because of injury. for when everyone gets fit. which occurred in extra time of the Cup and lose the League Cup final.   -6)6) That list includes four frontline forwards, Anthony "Rom created our two biggest chances against match which Manchester City won There is little time for Sarri and Martial, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford and Juan Mata. Liverpool. "It's a different position for him, but on penalties. his team to regroup with third- ose Mourinho wants his next club Lingard and Mata both had to be substituted dur- Rashy's injury meant we had to leave him standing up "He has apologised to me, his placed London rivals Tottenham Jto be one where "internal empathy" ing the first half of Sunday's 0-0 draw to Liverpool, while there and running in behind. He couldn't do too much team-mates and the club," said Hotspur visiting Stamford Bridge exists and not "internal conflict" he Rashford played to the finish despite an ankle injury defending work. Sarri. on Wednesday in the Premier told the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday. caused by Jordan Henderson's challenge early on. "Rom's attitude and workrate were fantastic. "It is up to the club if they want reacted. League. The 56-year-old Portuguese — France forward Martial missed the game with a Hopefully Alexis and Rom can step up." to discipline him according to the "The team performance as a Meanwhile, Mike Dean has sacked by Manchester United on groin problem. Caretaker-manager Solskjaer, though, Solskjaer confirmed Martial would not be risked club rules, but for me this matter whole was extremely positive and been removed from fourth official December 18 after a series of bust-ups is confident Sanchez and Lukaku have the quality to against Palace, although he could return for Saturday's is now closed." it is a shame to see how this inci- duties at the Bridge to avoid further with senior players and poor results impress if given a sustained run in the team. Premier League home match against Southampton Club Sarri, who reacted furiously dent has overshadowed our efforts conflict with Tottenham manager — said the club where he had felt this Sanchez did little to impress after replacing captain Antonio Valencia, meanwhile, is several weeks when Kepa refused to be substitut- in what was a very competitive cup Mauricio Pochettino. the most was Serie A side Inter Lingard, but Lukaku did make an impact after being away from a return after aggravating a calf injury. ed after needing treatment in the final." Pochettino marched across the Milan. moved from a central position to a wide role in order United also have Matteo Darmian, Phil Jones, closing stages, said the incident had Kepa, the club's record 71 mil- pitch following Saturday's defeat at He guided them to a Champions to reduce the injured Rashford's workload. Nemanja Matic and Ander Herrera on the sidelines so been a "misunderstanding". lion ($ 93 million) signing from Burnley to confront Dean in a heat- League, two league titles and an "It's a chance for them to play to their potential. Solskjaer has called up academy graduates Angel "There was a misunderstanding Athletic Bilbao, refused to leave the ed exchange that earned him an Italian Cup in two seasons there Reputation is one thing, but potential is high," said Ole. Gomes, Tahith Chong and James Garner for the Palace yesterday but (Kepa) realises he field to be replaced by Willy improper conduct charge from the from 2008-10. "The two are good mates and they link up well trip. made a big mistake in the way he Caballero. Sarri then stormed off Football Association. Mourinho said money is not the priority admitting since he left United he had turned down a lucrative offer from an unnamed club because "I want high-level football and ambitions  #+  O- - G';  " # at the highest level". However, he says that comes sec- ond on his list of ingredients for tak-   )&0&-12 ning coach has already approached ball where he was the Sporting 12     ing a job. Delhi Soccer Association President Director of Bundesliga clubs like "I don't want an internal conflict," here is "nothing left in hock- Shaji Prabhakaran to help him in Hoffenheim and Hamburg.     said Mourinho, who has down the Tey" for him, says former India his new pursuit. Charlesworth was a former years earned a reputation for con- men's coach Harendra Singh, who "Hockey and football coaching first-class Australian cricketer and fronting senior players at clubs he has is now planning to shift loyalties are quite similar and I feel it is ideal High Performance Manager of    managed. to football as he finds 'The for both hockey and football New Zealand Cricket. He also had "I want internal empathy. And Beautiful Game' quite similar to his coaches to share their knowledge. a glorious playing career with the   )&0&-12 then your conflict is on Sunday on the "first love". I want this break to develop my men's hockey team before coach- pitch when you play against somebody The seasoned coach was last coaching skills in football. ing both the women's and men's n a bid to raise the standards of umpir- who wants to steal your three points. month removed after India's less "I want to start from the teams. He guided both the teams Iing and officiating in the country, Hockey "That's the moment of the con- than impressive performance in scratch so I have decided to obtain to World Cup and Olympic India on Tuesday announced it will con- flict." the World Cup. He was urged to the 'D' license of AIFF (All India medals. duct an online test on March 29. Mourinho, who enjoyed a good take charge of the junior squad but Football Federation) and in this In between Charlesworth plied The online Test is designed as part of first season with United landing the Harendra refused to accept that regard, I have sought help from his trade in Australian Football a program for professional development of Europa League and League Cup position. Shaji Prabhakaran," he added. League as Performance Consultant the umpires and technical officials. before things turned sour winning "Hockey will always remain Harendra cited the examples with Freemantle Football Club, It will help them enhance their skill- nothing last year, says structural my first love. Whatever I am of former hockey coach-turned while until 2002 Oltmans was the based and knowledge-based expertise. It is empathy is obligatory for him. today is because of hockey. But football manager Bernhard Peters, Technical Director of Dutch foot- also expected to illustrate the officials' "I want to work with structural now I have nothing in hockey, so the legendary Ric Charlesworth ball team NAC Breda. knowledge levels of International Hockey empathy. A club is a structure, a com- I decided to enhance my knowl- and Roelant Oltmans — all of "Who knows what happens in Federation (FIH) rules and regulations. plex structure where the manager is edge and what better than in my is quite similar to the Indian United (in the English Premier whom tried their hands at more future? You might see me explor- The online test will focus on testing the an important part of that structure but second love football," Harendra hockey team's tactics. The Spanish League). Spain is my favourite than one sport. ing options in football. In Europe, practical and theoretical knowledge of the he is not the structure. said. team won its maiden World Cup international team because their Peters had a successful career switching from hockey to football FIH Rules of hockey. "I want to work with people that The 50-year-old said he is a big title back in 2010 relying heavily on style of play with short passes is as a hockey coach in the German coaching and vice versa is quite It is mandatory for any candidate I love. "People I want to work with, that football fan and admires the 'Tiki- the 'Tiki Taka' style of play. very close to Indian hockey," he League and also went on to win the common. You have Bernhard appearing for this test to be registered with I am happy to work with, with whom Taka' short passing style of Spanish "I am big soccer fan. I closely said. World Cup with Germany in 2002 Peters, Charlesworth and Oltmans a Hockey India Permanent/ Associate I share the same ideas.” football, which according to him follow Arsenal and Manchester The junior World-Cup win- and 2006 before switching to foot- for example," Harendra said. State Member Unit.