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VOL: 8 Issue: 355 JAMMU AND KASHMIR, FRIDAy , DECEMBER 27, 2019 DAILy PAGES 12 Rs. 2/- Inside PM catches glimpse of solar eclipse in Inside Release of J&K political leaders from house Kozhikode thanks to live streaming Drug Controllers New Delhi : Prime enthusiastic about #solare - ed a picture of Modi looking Minister Narendra Modi on clipse2019. Unfortunately, I up at the sun and said it was inspects Drug Sale arrest an ongoing process : Ram Madhav Thursday said he could not could not see the sun due to becoming a meme, Modi took New Delhi : BJP general phone and internet lines, against the Muslims under the stringent Public witness the solar eclipse due cloud cover but I did catch the remark in his stride and Establishments secretary Ram Madhav on evacuating tourists, and Whoever, opposition parties Safety Act, according to offi - to overcast skies in the glimpses of the eclipse in responded with, "Most wel - JAMMU, DECEMBER Thursday in Srinagar asserted detaining several prominent and community forces, are cials. The three-term chief national capital but managed Kozhikode and other parts on come....Enjoy :)". that the release of Jammu and minister of the erstwhile to get glimpses in Kozhikode live stream," he wrote on Though the fog blocked 26 : Drugs Control Officers Kashmir political leaders Jammu and Kashmir state "and other parts on live Twitter. the view of the solar eclipse of District Poonch today from house arrest and preven - would continue to remain at stream". The prime minister said he in Delhi on Thursday morn - conducted an inspection tive detention is an ongoing his residence which has been The prime minister also enriched his knowledge on ing, people in the southern drive to secure due diligence process, adding that several declared a sub-jail. posted his pictures trying to the subject by interacting with parts of the country were able with quality parameters and people have already been Hundreds of political lead - see the Sun. experts. to watch the rare celestial other provisions mandated released. He also added that ers in Jammu and Kashmir, "Like many Indians, I was When a Twitter user post - spectacle. under the Drugs & the administration, based on including PDP supremo Cosmetics Act, 1940 and security assessment, will take Mebooba Mufti, National Kashmiri stone-pelters behind violent anti-CAA rules. During the inspection appropriate decisions from Conference leader Omar 18 Drug Sale time to time. Abdullah, NC chief Farooq protests in UP: MoS Home Nityanand Rai Establishments of Tehsil Madhav said, "Several Abdullah have since then people have been released been detained or put under PATNA : Union Minister CAA protests across the state passed by the Parliament after Haveli and 11 Drug Sale of State for Home Nityanand of UP.'' Citing a report, the a thorough debate and later Establishments of Surankote from house arrest and preven - house arrest as the govern - tive detention. It is an ongo - ment announced the scrap - Rai on Thursday claimed that MoS Home said those doing ratified by the President,'' Rai areas were inspected by the Kashmiri stone-pelters were vote bank politics were said.The remarks from Rai concerned officers. ing process. On internet serv - ping of special status granted ices in Jammu and Kashmir, to the state under the Article involved in the recent violent behind the unrest and vio - came shortly after his senior A total of 11 drug sam - protests in Uttar Pradesh dur - lence across the state. The and Union Home Minister ples of different categories he said that broadband servic - 370 of Constitution. Farooq, es are being restored after a who has been detained at his ing which over a dozen peo - Union Minister said that the Amit Shah accused Congress were lifted from the open security assessment. house, has been charged ple were killed and hundreds locals did not participate in of supporting violence in the market. The samples will be A day before August 5, leaders. spreading unrest, refrain from under the Public Safety Act of policemen and civilians the violent protests across the city`s streets and said it is referred to Drug Testing 2019, when Union Home Speaking on the doing so. Everyone should on the grounds that he has were injured. The MoS Home state.''Deliberate effort was time to "punish the tukde- Laboratory for opinion w.r.t Minister Amit Shah Citizenship Act, he said that read this act," he added. 'tremendous potential to cre - made these remarks while made to distort the secular tukde gang". their identity, purity and announced the decision on after the law was made sever - On December 14, the ate public disorder in Srinagar attending an event in the fabric of the country. "It is time to punish the strength. 11 establishments withdrawal of Article 370 al rumours became rampant Jammu and Kashmir adminis - and other parts of the Valley'. Samastipur district of Bihar. Opposition parties including ''tukde-tukde gang'', which is were show caused for viola - from Jammu and Kashmir, in the country. "Some powers tration had extended the The administration has cited Speaking at the event, Rai Congress had been spreading responsible for the violence in tions of different provisions the government imposed mas - are trying to provoke people. detention of National several instances since 2016 said, ''Stone-pelters from rumours and misinformation the streets of the national cap - under Drugs and Cosmetics sive security measures in the This law is not against anyone Conference leader Farooq when he made statements in Kashmir were called to par - about the amended citizen - ital with the help of the Act, 1940 and rules espe - state, including blocking all at all. It doesn't discriminate Abdullah by three months conflict with the law. ticipate in the ongoing anti- ship law which has been duly Congress party. cially with regard to non- maintenance of records of J-K Bank appointed lead bank convenor Schedule H1 drugs. MVD team conducts checking, At minus 5 degrees Celsius, Srinagar During the inspection, for UT of J-K; SBI gets Ladakh officers emphasized upon recovers Rs 84000 fine records coldest night of season Mumbai, December 26 : into union territories of the need to adhere to provi - RAJOURI, DECEM - vehicles were fined and an Srinagar, December 26 : night, leading to freezing of was the coldest recorded The Reserve Bank on Jammu and Kashmir and sions of the Drugs & BER 26 : Going tough amount of Rs 84000 was Srinagar recorded the coldest water supply lines at several place in the Valley, he added. Thursday appointed the Ladakh with effect from Cosmetics Act and Rules. against violation of traffic realised as fine for overload - night of the season so far as places. The official said Jammu & Kashmir Bank as October 31, 2019. The Chemists were told to rules, Assistant Regional ing. the mercury continued its The ski resort of Gulmarg Qazigund—the gateway the lead banker for the newly "In view of the above, it obtain copies of prescription Transport Officer (ARTO) ARTO Rajouri said that downward spiral across the in north Kashmir recorded a town to the valley in south carved out Union Territory of has been decided to assign the Rajouri, Inzar Ahmed Rana traffic rules are meant for the Kashmir valley, the Met low of minus 11.2 degrees Kashmir recorded a low of C M from buyers of medicine Jammu and Kashmir. UTLBC (Union Territory C M along with staff on safety of the people and peo - office said on Thursday. Celsius last night—down minus 9.8 degrees Celsius—a Y B particularly while dispens - Wednesday conducted check - ple are supposed to follow The minimum tempera - from the previous night’s decrease of nearly two y B ing Schedule H1 drugs. The ing of vehicles on Jammu these rules. He urged upon ture across Kashmir and minus 9 degrees Celsius, he degrees from minus 9.4 challenges posed by drug Poonch Highway near Thalka the drivers to follow some degrees Celsius on abuse & antibiotic resistance and charged fine from viola - golden rules of safe driving Wednesday. can’t be countered without tors. During the inspection of which include using a seat Kokernag town, also in unconditional support of vehicles, the team found vari - belt, not to over-speed, keep - south, recorded a low of trade fraternity dealing with ous vehicles of violating ing the vehicle fit, avoid minus 6.9 degrees Celsius, Medical products, the ven - norms and rules related to using a phone while driving while Kupwara, in north, reg - dors were told. licenses, four overloaded and be sober on road. istered a minimum tempera - ture of minus 5.6 degrees Director Horticulture PHE Deptt appeals public to register Celsius, the official said. He said Leh town, in the Kashmir conducts bore wells, water connections Ladakh Union Territory, surprise inspection of JAMMU, DECEMBER domestic water connections Ladakh remained several said. recorded a low of minus 18 degrees below the freezing The night temperature at degrees Celsius. CHo office Budgam 26: Public Health and bore wells is an offence Engineering Department under the Jammu and point on Thursday owing to Pahalgam resort, which also The Met office has fore - The State Bank of India Lead Bank Convenor) BUDGAM, DECEM - today appealed the public to Kashmir Water Resources clear sky, an official of the serves as one of the base cast mainly dry weather for (SBI) will be the lead con - Convenorship of the Union BER 26 : Director, register their unregistered (Regulation and Meteorological Department camps for the annual the week ahead. venor bank for the Union Territory of Jammu and Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Bore wells, domestic and Management) Act 2010. said. Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir is currently Territory of Ladakh. Kashmir to Jammu & Ahmad Bhat, today con - commercial water connec - The general public is He said the Wednesday Kashmir, settled at a low of under the grip of ‘Chillai- The government through a Kashmir Bank Ltd and the ducted surprise inspection of tions in their premises with advised to register their night was the coldest in minus 12.7 degrees Celsius Kalan’—the 40-day harshest gazette notification on Union Territory of Ladakh to the office of Chief the PHE department. unregistered connections Srinagar as the minimum as against minus 11.4 degrees period of winter when the August 9, 2019, had reorgan - State Bank of India," the RBI Horticulture office Budgam The handout issued by within 15 days falling which temperature settled at minus Celsius on Wednesday, he chances of snowfall are most ised the erstwhile Jammu and said. There is no change in and found Chief Chief Engineer PHE states requisite action as warranted 5 degrees Celsius—0.7 said. frequent and maximum and Kashmir state under the the SLBC/ UTLBC con - Horticulture officer, District that all illegal/ unregistered under the Act shall be initiat - degrees down from minus 4.3 Pahalgam, in south the temperature drops consid - Jammu and Kashmir venorship of other states and Horticulture Officer, commercial as well as ed against them. degree Celsius the previous Kashmir’s Anantnag district, erably. Reorganisation Act, 2019, UTs, it added. Manager-Cum-Chemist and five other staff members HC asks Govt to resolve issues hampering absent from duty. Market Checking in Bandipora, Director Horticulture Sher-i-Kashmir Sports Stadium work issued show cause notice to 20 traders booked, Rs 19200 realized absentees on the spot and BANDIPORA, to ensure regular inspec - booked under different Seeks adequate Coaches, sports Infra for UT of J&K attached them with the DECEMBER 26 : A mar - tions of markets falling laws for violation of vari - Directorate of Horticulture, SRINAGAR, DECEM - certain difficulties have been Meanwhile, referring to a detailed assessment of the ket checking squad of within their respective ous legal metrology laws BER 26 : Jammu and Kashmir pointed out in completion of another status report filed by number of coaches which are Kashmir. Legal Metrology today jurisdiction and take strict and a fine of Rs 19200 was High Court has asked the the construction work of the government respondents, the needed for various sports dis - Director Horticulture realized fine of Rs 19200 action against those imposed on erring traders. Government to resolve issues Sher-i-Kashmir Sports HC observed that the report ciplines and also undertake a instructed the officers to from erring shopkeepers in indulging in overpricing. On the occasion, offi - hampering Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium. discloses that for 28 sports dis - close monitoring of the con - remain punctual in the Bandipora district. The Department of cers stressed on the traders Sports Stadium work and pro - “This status report be ciplines, there are a total of 77 struction projects which are offices and maintain a close Taking strong note of Legal Metrology lead by to follow the rules in letter vide sufficient number of placed before the Secretary, coaches. underway. A status report liaison with the growers and the complaints, the district Assistant Controller con - and spirit and also asked coaches and adequate sports Department of Home of the “By no stretch of imagina - regarding infrastructure devel - orchardists so that they get administration has ducted inspection of vari - the vendors to follow the infrastructure to cater to the Union Territory of Jammu and tion, can this be considered opment, which is underway, the timely technical launched a massive dis - ous business establish - packaged commodity rules needs of the Union Territory. Kashmir, who may hold a sufficient to meet the needs of shall be placed before us by knowhow about benefits of trict-wide inspection drive ments including vegetable, and other Metrology Acts. The directions were issued meeting with the Chief Union Territory of J&K. the next date of hearing.” the schemes. to curb over pricing and fruit sellers, poultry, mut - DC Bandipora said that by Chief Justice, Justice Gita Executive Officer, JKCA, and Furthermore, perusal of the “The respondents shall also Mittal and Justice Sindhu find out a way of resolving all status report shows that no place a projection of the ideal Instructions were also take immediate action ton sellers, Kiryana, the drive will continue on given to the officers regard - Sharma while hearing a peti - the matters so that the con - specific details regarding com - number of coaches which are ing conducting of awareness against instances of viola - Bakery, LPG distributors regular basis across all dis - tion seeking adequate sports struction work of Sher-i- pletion of projects and sports required in every sports disci - and training camps on a tions. and fuel dispensing pumps trict markets to keep a infrastructure in the Union ter - Kashmir Sports Stadium can infrastructure have been pline as well as a proper large scale for general Deputy Commissioner, at Bandipora, Arin, Sumlar, check on traders and shop - ritory of J&K. The HC be completed" the HC ordered given” the Court observed. scheme by which the training awareness of the growers. Bandipora, Shahbaz Chuntimulla and Quil areas keepers for indulging in observed that a compliance adding that a report in this With these observations, of such coaches would be Ahmad Mirza has directed of the district. During the overcharging and other report has been filed by J&K regard shall be placed before the HC ordered that effected and a timely” the HC all the concerned officers inspection, 20 traders were unethical activities. Cricket Association, wherein us by or before next date. “Respondents shall undertake ordered. FoR Computer Services Provide facilities to prisoners as per SC directions : HC asks JK Govt Laptop Services SRIANGAR, DECEM - Court in R. D. Updhayay Bench ordered. that 'Services of this BSNL Broadband BER 26 : Jammu and Vs. State of Andhra The DB further directed Organization may be uti - High Court issues directions for restoring Pan Card Kashmir, High Court, has Pradesh, 2007 (15) SCC that the Director General lized in undertaking the dis - Passport asked the Government of 337, deserve to be provided (Prisons) shall also under - ability audits of jails in the J&K, UT, to provide all to the prisoners, adding, take an exercise of ensuring Union Territories.' and preserving the world-famous Dal Lake Contact :- SRINAGAR, DECEM - tion of houseboats before the scheme be evolved with Rohit: facilities to prisoner in Jails these, inter alia, include, that disability audit of all Seeking formulation of in compliance to the direc - special facilities for preg - prisons is undertaken and Jail Manual, the DB said BER 26 : A Coram of Chief Committee of Experts for regard to those persons who Mob. 9419626826 tions of the Supreme Court nant women prisoners; steps taken to ensure that no that this matter has been Justice of J&K High Court their examination and recom - have surrendered registra - as also prepare a new Jail women prisoners and chil - difficulty is faced by any repeatedly adjourned at the Gita Mittal and Justice mendations which shall be tions. Manual for the Prisons. dren, who are lodged in prisoner on account of dis - request of B. A. Dar, Sr. Sindhu Sharma has directed placed before the Chief The Bench observed that it The HC also observed jails; education and recre - ability or age. A report in AAG to the effect that the that all authorities shall Secretary of the UT of J&K is heartening to note that the Jai Baba Kali Veer Ji that 'As in other parts of the ation for children who are this regard shall be filed by new Jail Manual was at the ensure that proper follow up for taking a final view in the Department of Tourism has country, it is essential to staying in jails with their Director General, Prisons, stage of finalization and reports with regard to all the matter. completed the GIS have a disability audit mothers and follow up of before us on the next date of only formal approval had to action points noted by the The Order directs the tagging/physical mapping of MANoJ KUMAR & Co. undertaken of the jails in the plight of the families of hearing. be recorded. Today again Committee of Experts consti - Department of Tourism to get the houseboats, as also of 273 the Union Territory of the prisoners. "So far as Central time sought to place the tuted by the J&K High Court examined a request received hotels and guest houses in the Fruit & Vegetable Jammu and Kashmir as The DB further main - Prison, Tihar, Delhi, is con - new Jail Manual on record. to restore and preserve the from the Kashmir Houseboat Dal Lake with the technical well as Union Territory of tained that several steps, in cerned, the MIPMAN The final view, which world-famous Dal Lake, are Owners Association enclos - assistance provided by the Commission Agents Ladakh'. this regard, are being under - Foundation, an organization will be taken, shall be drawn up as pointed out in ing a list of 110 houseboat Remote Sensing Hearing a PIL on the taken by the J&K State having expertise in the placed on record positively several orders placed before owners who are willing to Organization, Srinagar. The Specialist In : Potato, onion issues, a Double Bench Legal Services Authority as field, has assisted the con - within six weeks from the Committee of Experts surrender the registration cer - Bench directed Director, comprising, Chief Justice, well. The Member cerned authorities in under - today, failing which within six weeks from today. tificates of their houseboat Remote Sensing Shop No. 69, Sabji Justice Gita Mittal and Secretary, J&K Legal taking the disability audit Secretary, Department of The Bench directed the units in lieu of rehabilitation, Organization to take immedi - Justice Sindhu Sharma, Services Authority, shall and facilitating creation of Home, Union Territory of Secretary Tourism by concerned authorities ate steps and ensure that the Mandi Narwal, Jammu. observed that certain facili - place before this Court a facilities for the disabled J&K, shall remain personal - Department to place the final including the Director entire data is appropriately ties, in compliance with the compilation of the steps prisoners in the jail" the DB ly present in the Court on draft of the guidelines for reg - Tourism, LAWDA with the uploaded on the official web - Ph. 2475446, 94191-93836 directions of the Supreme underway in this regard, the maintained and suggested the next date. istration/renewal of registra - Committee of Experts and a site.

C M C M Y B Y B TRUTH PREVAIL SPECIAL 2 JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 one day Training programme on GeM inaugurated Restoration of Irrigation Canal Malshahi Bagh, Ganderbal underway by Director Agriculture Kashmir DDos to utilize the GeM service in future while making purchases PHE urges people to use water judiciously SRINAGAR, DECEM - Accounts Officer, Directorate Central and State government Bank at an earliest to avoid BER 26: Director of Agriculture Kashmir, departments, Central and any inconvenience in contin - Dial contact numbers for availing tanker services Agriculture Kashmir Syed Drawing and Disbursing State PSUs and Non PFMS uing the transaction process. SRINAGAR, DECEM - bypass channel ensuring that regard to shortage of water is CE PHE Kashmir: Altaf Aijaz Andrabi today Officers of the Department entities to conduct their day Resource persons from BER 26 : Public Health people ace minimum facili - catered by supplying water 9419176829; SE Hyd. inaugurated a training pro - and other concerned attended to day official procurement ICICI Bank presented details Engineering (PHE) ties. through tanker service. Srinagar/Ganderbal: gramme regarding the training programme. activity via GeM portal. regarding GeM Pool Department, Kashmir today Pertinently the department In order to supply water 9419010630; Executive Government e-market (GeM) While speaking on the To ensure accountability Account. urged people to use water is already in process of laying judiciously under the prevail - Engineer Water Works Div. : at Agriculture Complex, occasion, Director and efficiency the Director It is in place to mention judiciously as restoration of a separate 1200mm DIA raw ing circumstances timings 9469545842; Executive Lalmandi, which is being Agriculture said that stressed upon the DDOs of that Ministry of Finance has Sindh Extension Canal— water main under the have been fixed for supply of Engineer WS Master Plan conducted by ICICI Bank Government e-Market is an the department to utilize the issued office memorandum to feeding water to the major AMRUT programme from water till full restoration of Div. : 9419009340; Ltd. online market place launched GeM service in future while mandate the use of GeM Pool water treatment plants of Joint Director Agriculture by Ministry of Commerce, making purchase. He direct - Account (GPA) for all pro - Srinagar City was underway. Inputs Deepak Kumar Department of Expenditure ed all the concerned officers curements above rupees 10 In a statement issued here, Kuchroo, Deputy Director which recommends all the to open a GeM Pool Account lacs for non PFMS entities the PHE department informed Farmers Education Centre, government buyers including with one of the GeM enabled and agencies. that the department was aim - ing to avoid total disruption of BDO inaugurates water supply to the plants in DDC Kishtwar inspects Awareness cum Rozgar Srinagar—having a capacity mela at Ramnagar of about 50 MGD. drainage projects The major plants Rangil, UDHAMPUR, Aulstang & Pokhribal and KISHTWAR, DECEM - chowk and listened their convenience. Earlier, DDC DECEMBER 26 : District WSS Hadoor'a, Wakura got BER 26 : District grievances. He advised them convened a meeting with offi - Administration Udhampur damaged on 2m December Development Commissioner to make proper usage of dust - cers and concerned contrac - organized a one day aware - 2019 at Malshahibagh Kishtwar, Angrez Singh Rana bins, make use of biodegrad - tors to review the progress on ness cum Rozgar Mela under (Gancgrbal). today conducted an extensive able bags and refrain from various town drainage works. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya The Department took tour of Kishtwar town and throwing waste products During the meeting, the Grameen Kaushalya Yojana urgent steps for temporary inspected the pace of works directly in the drains. concerned officer informed (DDUGKY) at Town Hall restoration of water supply so on ongoing drainage projects. The shopkeepers informed that the Drainage Scheme Ramnagar here today. as to ensure minimum possi - forebay of Ganderbal Power damaged portion is achieved. Executive Engineer RWS During the Tour, DDC vis - the DDC that they are facing Kishtwar under languishing Block Development ble disruption to the water House to Rangil treatment The officials said that the Ganderbal : 9419007236; ited Hidyal Chowk, Dak bun - problem due to overflowing programme is of Estimated Officer, Chanunta Kuldeep supply. Plant at a Cost of 20.66 Crore water shall be provided into Technical Officer to CE : glow chowk, Neel Kanth of water through the drains Cost 904.83 lacs wherein Kumar Sharma was the chief “Since the main canal is which is at an advanced stage two shifts i.e. 6 AM to 9 AM 9419661472; Nodal Officer Mandir, Lower Bus Stand, during rain besides the filthy against the allotted amount of guest who formally inaugu - under the scope of the I&FC of completion. and 5 PM to 8 PM. Direction Office: Bun Astan and other places water enter in their shops and Rs. 457.35 lacs, 8 works have rated the mela. department, the permanent In view of the recent People are requested to use 9419081564; ABE NWR : along with Joint Director it gets manifold during rainy been allotted and 1work is in While addressing the restoration work is in developments, the executing water judiciously and cooper - 9419018704; Main Control Planning, Mohd. Iqbal, ACR season thereby causing lot of progress besides tendering for mela, the chief guest said that progress,” officials said. agency has been directed ate with the department. Room: 0194-2452047, 0194- Kishtwar, Dr. Amir Hussain, nuisance for the construction of deep drain the main objective of They said that the PHE expedite the work which will In case of any problem 2477207 SDM Marwah, Dr Javeed commuters/inhabitants of the from Faridia Chowk to TB Rozgar Mela is to generate Department, Kashmir has resolve the possibility of regarding supply of water to Keeping in view of the Iqbal Rather, EO Municipal area besides posing a serious Hospital for an amount of Rs. employment opportunity for made elaborate arrangements future disruptions. the general public, the above, the Chief Engineer Committee, Kishtwar, AEE health hazard and environ - 82 lacs is also in process. the un-employed Youth by by laying of HDPE pipes for Meanwhile tanker services Department shall be reached PHE Kashmir is personally PWD R&B, AEE and JE of mental problem. DDC direct - DDC showed his deep providing them multiple job bypassing the damaged por - have also been pressed into out on the following contact monitoring the progress on Housing and Urban local bod - ed concern authorities to anguish over the slow pace of options. He said that the ini - tion besides activating a service and any problem with numbers. daily basis. ies besides concerned offi - revisit the DPR and do the work and instructed all the tiatives were taken by the cers/ officials. widening of existing lane contractors to speed up the District Administration During the visit, he also drain, covering of lane drain pace of the allotted works and Udhampur to providing J&K Hoteliers Club demands reimbursement of GST interacted with the shopkeep - wherever required at an earli - complete within fixed time excellent opportunity under ers and traders at Hidyal est for public welfare and frame. one roof to the job aspirants. Later, District Information Meets Director Industries and Commerce J&K teams clinch Gold, Bronze in 57th National Centre Udhampur presented SRINAGAR, DECEM - and therefore the benefits of ambit of IDS toward upgrada - quarters. During the meeting theme based scintillating cul - BER 26: A delegation of J&K reimbursement of GST as per tion, modernization and the members of the delegation Roller Sports Championship at Vishakhapatnam ture programme which was Hoteliers Club today called MSME and DIPP guidelines. expansion of existing hospi - were also apprised about vari - on Director, Industries and They apprised the Director tality units. ous incentives applicable VISHAKHAPATNAM, skaters Puneesh Puri won 1 Jammu and Kashmir Roller highly applauded by the audi - ences on the occasion. Commerce, Mahmood that the incentives which are In response, the Director under state sector. DECEMBER 26 : J&K gold and 1 silver in cadet Skating Association G.S Ahmad Shah to discuss vari - being allowed to the Industrial said that IDS covers all of Shah further assured the Men Master and Senior category and Ranbeer Shan Khurmi congratulated all the ADC Bhaderwah ous issues regarding hospitali - sector should be also provided these activities and in this delegation that the registration Roller Hockey Teams won reviews Republic ty sector in the backdrop of to the hospitality sector under regard service sector special of the service sector shall be Gold and Bronze Medal at sanctioning incentives to vari - 1DS scheme 2017. camps would be conducted in fast-tracked and assuring that the 57th National Roller ous hotels located across The delegation also Srinagar, Gulmarg and their genuine grievances Sports Championship held Day arrangements BHADARWAH, Jammu and Kashmir. requested the Director to reg - Pahalgam. The Director while would soon be redressed. at Vishakhapatnam from The delegation informed ister the existing hotels, guest interacting with the members The delegation comprised 14th to 24th December, DECEMBER 26 : Additional Deputy Commissioner the Director that Hotel houses, and houseboats under of the delegation said that all of Chairman and President of 2019. Industry has recently been industrial sector. They also their matters would be taken Hoteliers Club J&K besides The Masters team defeat - Bhadarwah Dr Rajinder Kumar Khajuria today con - declared as service industry discussed to expansion of up with the the concerned other members. ed Chandigarh in a nail bit - vened a meeting to review the ing final match by a margin arrangements for the celebra - of one goal. The internation - tion of Republic Day-2020. DDC Rajouri discusses Back to Village works al star studded Master Team Threadbare discussions was lead by an international were held regarding security, Rs 7.00 crore allocated to BDCs under Back to Village first aid, sanitation, Fire and skater Rajesh Anand (for - RAJOURI, DECEM - Sharma, SDM Thanamandi, other concerned officers. the district. Regarding priori - mer captain Indian roller Emergency Services, seating arrangements, power & water BER 26 : District Tanveer Khan, District District Panchayat officer tization of the works reflected hockey team) and other Development Commissioner Panchayat Officer, Dr Abdul informed that GPDP is an during the Back to Village, members were Aaryaveer supply and other arrangements for ensuing celebration of Rajouri, Mohammad Nazir Khabir, Deputy Director intensive and structured exer - DDC asked the BDC chair - Singh Jamwal, Dr Rai national event. Sheikh today convened a Planning, Bilal Mir, Chief cise for planning at Gram person to convene Deh Majlis Barinder Singh, Krish It was informed that the meeting with chairpersons of Agriculture Officer Janak Raj, Sabha through convergence and submit a plan approved Gupta, Vikram Gupta, main function would be organ - Block Development councils Chief Education Officer, between Panchayati Raj by the Majority of the Gagan Singh Jamwal, ised at New Bus Stand near of the district to sensitize them District Social welfare officer, Institutions (PRIs) and con - Panchayats for further start of Ramneesh Sharma, ADC Office and the full dress on various aspects of Gram Engineers of PHE, PWD and cerned Line Departments of the work. Narinder Malhotra and rehearsal of the programme Panchayat Development Plan Ankush Kohli. will be held on January 24, 2020.Directions were issued to (GPDP) and prioritization of In another match Seniors work reflected during Back to DC Reasi reviews functioning of team defeated Punjab to the concerned departments for putting in place all necessary village programme. clinch bronze. The Senior arrangements for celebration of The meeting was attended Revenue department Team was lead by Jugraaj Republic Day.The meeting was by Chief Planning officer, REASI, DECEMBER 26: The DC stressed on and any shortage of Assured Singh and other members attended by Commanding offi - Shama-Un Ahmed, ADC Deputy Commissioner, Indu speedy disposal of pending Minimum Facilities be recti - included Arvin Deep Singh, cer 33 Bn CRPF, ASP Rajouri,Sher Singh, ADC Kanwal Chib today reviewed remand cases and daily moni - fied at the earliest. Jatin Sabharwal, Ankush Bhadarwah, Tehsildar Nowshera, Sukhdev Singh the functioning of Revenue toring of road clearance. She The meeting was attended Gupta, Arnav Mahajan, Bhadarwah, Principal GHSS Department here at a meeting also laid emphasis on adopt - by Additional Deputy Boys, EXEN BDA, Divisional Samyal, ADC Sunderbani, Rupinder Paul Singh, Vinod Kumar Behnal, ADC with concerned officers. ing a proactive approach Commissioner, Rajinder Aakash Saluja, Darpan Manager SFC, Block Medical Threadbare discussions towards disaster mitigation Sharma and Assistant Officer, Tehsil Supply Officer, Kalakote, Ram Krishan, ADC Gargotra, Piyush Mahajan, Koteranka, Surinder Mohan Rahul Dogra, Shubham AEE PMGSY, TSWO, Treasury Officer, Niab Taak and Uday Singh Tehsildar, Principals of Private Power shutdown Jamwal. won 1 bronze in junior cate - medal winning skaters for schools and other concerned Furthermore J&K speed gory. The president of the their brilliant performance. JAMMU, DECEMBER officers. 26 : In order to carry out var - ious upgradation/repair works, the power supply to Udheywala, Anand Vihar, The Truth about CAA Manorama Vihar and its adjoining areas fed from UD- JAMMU : In the last ten land. Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, given asylum. The CAA does 1, UD-2 and T-4 feeders shall days, opposition parties have The CAA draws inspira - Christians and Parsis)that face not alter this commitment to remain affected on December mounted an anti-government tion from and is a continua - persecution in these three human rights; rather, it only 27 from 10 am to 04 pm. were held on various revenue and management while main - Commissioner Revenue, campaign using the tion of this civilizational value countries. A better under - reaffirms India’s position as Similarly, the power sup - issues like preparation of taining road clearance and Vevaik Puri, SDM Mahore, Citizenship Amendment Act, system.Given that it is a well- standing of law, history, an upholder of humanitarian ply to Gharota, Ranjan, Jamabandi and identification ensuring smooth power sup - Santosh Sukhdev, SDM 2019, (CAA) as the lightening established fact that persecu - anthropology and sociology values. Navodya Vidyalaya, Amb of qualitative state land for ply. In order to remain pre - Katra, Ashok Kumar, SDM rod. They have deliberately tion of religious minorities is should clear such doubts – And last the conflation of and adjoining areas fed from various developmental activi - pared for any approaching Dharmari, Sushil Kesar, spread misinformation, rampant in these countries, first, these countries are CAA with the National 33 KV Gharota Feeder ema - ties including those for rural elections, all the Assistant Deputy District Election indulged in fear mongering, the CAA seeks to secure those Islamic republics. The ques - Register of Citizens (NRC). nating from 220/13/33 KV marketing. The ongoing Electoral Registration Officer, Sanjay Badyal, inflamed passions, mobilized individuals in India who have tion of Muslim persecution on As Prime Minister Modi Grid Station shall remain process of digitisation of rev - Officers were also directed to Tehsildar Headquarter, Kunal forces inimical to the coun - fled from Pakistan and else - religious grounds in Islamic made it abundantly clear in affected on December 27 enue records was also evalu - ensure that all designated Sharma and other concerned tries interest and incited wide - where due to the harsh condi - countries, therefore, should his speech on December 22, from 09 am to 01 pm. ated by the DC at the meeting. polling stations be rechecked officers. spread violence. Riding on a tions they lived through sim - not arise. This does not mean 2019, there has been no dis - totally false narrative they ply on account of the religion that Muslims who are other - cussion of NRC in the gov - became party to stone pelting, they choose to practice. wise persecuted in these ernment. The exercise is lim - DDC Rajouri launches Jal Jeevan destruction of public property, What the CAA does not do countries cannot apply for ited only to Assam under a arson and attacks on the is equally important. It neither Indian citizenship – in fact, in Supreme Court mandated police forces going against alters nor challenges the rights the last five years, Prime order. To search for mysteri - Mission-Har Ghar Nal se Jal the Gandhian principles of of any Indian citizen, irre - Minister Modi’s government ous link between the two, par - RAJOURI, DECEM - connection by June, 2020. He Technology intervention sarpanches and panches of peaceful protests. Some even spective of religion, caste, has granted citizenship ton - ticularly when the CAA has a BER 26 : District further highlighted that where quality is an issue. He each Block will be sensitised went to the extent of inviting creed, sect, ethnicity or race. early 600 Muslims from these cut-off date of December 31, Development Commissioner against the current water further informed that 54.36 through a mega workshop at foreign intervention. The narrative that the CAA very countries. 2014, smacks of the vote- Rajouri, Mohammad Nazir Prime Minister Modi, threatens religious minorities Theopposition's lie, therefore, bank politics the Indian Sheikh today formally speaking at Ramlila in India is ignorance at best that CAA is somehow anti- National Congress (INC), and launched Jal Jeevan Mission Maidan,effectively and treacherous at worst. Muslim or undermines India’s its various so-called ‘secular’ in the district in presence of explainedand sought to Stoking fear in the minds of secular credentialsrings hol - bedfellows have been Chairpersons of Block remove misunderstandings the citizenry on religious low. indulging in for decades. This Development Councils and among the people,especially grounds, particularly by co- Second, there has been an vote-bank politics was reject - District Officer. Among oth - the youth, about his govern - opting the young of this coun - attempt to invoke Article 14 ed first in 2014, and then even ers the Function was attended ment’s stance on CAA. try is the lowest form of poli - of India’s Constitution to dis - more resoundingly in 2019. by Additional Deputy Manypeacefulrallies across ticking and is reminiscent of credit the CAA. A careful Swami Vivekanand in his Commissioner Rajouri, Sher India since then have demon - the British Imperialist play - reading of the Article, along address at the World Singh, Additional Deputy strated the power of the true book. with the precedents set over Parliament of Religion in Commissioner Nowshera, narrative in dispelling doubts Additionally, the CAA is the last seven decades, sug - Chicago had remarked, “I am Sukhdev Singh Samyal, despite politically motivated not an “open invitation” to cit - gests that the ‘reasonable clas - proud to belong to a nation Additional Deputy opposition activism and their izens of India’s three neigh - sification’ provision was which has sheltered the perse - Commissioner Kotranka, incendiary propaganda here bouring countries, as some in made exactly for the purpose cuted and the refugees of all Surinder Mohan Sharma, and abroad. the opposition seem to think of an act such as the CAA. Put religions and all nations of the Additional Deputy Let us be clear that the and propagate. With the cut- another way, CAA should be earth.” Commissioner Kalakote, Ram CAA is an affirmation of our off date set at December 31, viewed from the lens of affir - Prime Minister Modi’s Krishan, Assistant demand of 13.27 MGD percent households are yet to the district headquarters. diverse and inclusive Indian 2014, the CAA seeks to con - mative action i.e. bestowing government has enacted a law Commissioner Revenue, (Million Gallons per day), the be covered with FHTC in the DDC asked the Block civilization – which dates fer citizenship rights only on rights upon those who have that builds on this legacy of Mohd Ashraf, District current water availability is District. He laid thrust for the Development chairpersons back nearly 7000 years. Our those refugees who are historically been discriminat - India. The CAA in fact reaf - Panchayat Officer, Dr Abdul 6.75 MGD and hence current construction of water harvest - and concerned officers to con - existence as a modern nation- already in India, and are cur - ed against. firms India’s secular creden - Khabir, Deputy Director deficit is 6.52 MGD in the ing structures so that the duct a survey, related to the state, anchored in a constitu - rently disenfranchised. It is Third, each modern nation tials by providing security to Planning Bilal Mir, Engineers district. groundwater could be number of houses covered tional republic, represents akin to conferring property has the prerogative to define individuals who already of PHE,I&FC, PWD and A threadbare discussion recharged. with Piped connection, num - only 1% of our history. The rights on families living in the criteria for according citi - reside within our other District and Sectoral was also held with regards to DDC exhorted upon the ber of houses where pipe con - inclusive character of this civ - unauthorized colonies in New zenship. Even the most devel - borders.Those who are blind - Officers. the challenge and the plans to BDC chairpersons and offi - nection is required and the ilizational heritage is reflected Delhi. oped countries do not provide ed by fake narratives are SE PHE Irrigation and overcome the challenges. cers of the concerned depart - sources to be tapped at by the fact that the Malabar There has also been a citizenship rights uncondi - attempting to destroy India’s Flood control informed that DDC said there is a need to ments that there is a need to Panchayat level or village Jews, the Syrian Christians, deliberate attempt to stoke tionally or indiscriminately. In delicate social fabric. It is 05 blocks of district Rajouri augment the existing water generate awareness among level. He also asked them to the Parsis of the erstwhile confusion on the “exclusion - the case of modern-India, incumbent upon us as respon - including Thanamandi, sources, transfer of Water- the masses about the Jal submit a DPR in this regard at Persia, or my parents fleeing ary” nature of the CAA by refugees from Tibet, Sri sible Indians to reject such Budhal New, Lamberi, Seri Multi Village scheme for Jeevan Mission. It was the earliest so that the desired the violence of partition, have suggesting that it is not just Lanka, Uganda or forces and uphold the values and Qila Darhal are to be cov - those villages where quality informed in the meeting that results could be achieved in a all found a safe home in our religious minorities (Hindus, Bangladesh, have all been of our civilizational heritage. ered with 100% tap water and quantity issues exist and during the first instance time bound manner. TRUTH PREVAIL NEWS 3 JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 Advisor Khan holds public grievances camp at Srinagar Rs 106.14 Cr expended on RD works Directs concerned for timely redressal of issues, demands in Anantnag: Director RDD SRINAGAR, DECEM - the demolition process car - facility in the area and a del - their issues and demands for BER 26 : Advisor to Lt. ried out in their area, inhabi - egation of JKUPESA of their immediate redressal. Reviews implementation of centrally sponsored Governor, Farooq Khan today tants of Malikpora demanded Youth services and sports While listening to griev - chaired a public grievances laying of water pipes in the department sought imple - ances and demands, the redressal camp here today schemes in south Kashmir district wherein he directed the offi - ANANTNAG, under CD & Pvt, 80 works eficiaries, Geo-Tagging For the renovation of cials to ensure timely redres - DECEMBER 26 : have been identified out of for 2315 and account veri - Panchayat Ghars, an sal of grievances for the bene - Director Rural which authorization has fication for 2313 benefici - amount of Rs. 18.54 lacs fit of general public and all Development Department, been made against 70 aries has been completed. have been sanctioned stakeholders alike. Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar, works and construction The first instalment for which include Rs.16.00 On the occasion, several today reviewed the imple - work started for 70 works 2313, second for instal - lacs under RGSA and delegations, associations and mentation of centrally in all the 16 blocks of the ment 2045 and third Rs.2.45 lacs under MGN - individuals apprised the sponsored schemes, works district against an outlay instalment for 1709 bene - ERGA under conver - Advisor about the issues of under 14th FC & MGN - of Rs 319.79 lacs, which ficiaries has been released. gence. public importance. A delega - REGA in a meeting here include Rs 142.73 lacs The ACD also Under the scheme, tion of Youth Forum today. The ACD, Deputy from CD & Pvt and Rs informed the meeting that Panchayat Bhawan, Ganderbal sought resump - Director Planning, DPO, 177.06 lacs from MGN - 83 per cent Aadhaar Larkipora, Chittergul have tion of work on sports stadi - BDOs, Executive REGA. Seeding has been complet - been completed, while as um, employees of Engineer, RDD Anantnag, Under 14th FC 2593 ed, while as Aadhaar renovation work is in Cooperatives and Municipal AEEs and JEs attended the total works have been Verification of 103573 progress in Batkote. Committee Anantnag sought meeting approved and would be accounts has been veri - Later, the Director release of their pending The Director RDD, taken up soon. fied, besides 86777 Job reviewed the progress of salaries, delegation of area, Welfare Committee mentation of 2nd phase of Advisor directed all the con - Kashmir stressed upon the Under PMAY against a Cards have been issued RDD Kulgam with con - Jhelum Riverside House Ganderbal sought up-grada - Rehber-e-Khel scheme. cerned officials to resolve officers of the Department revised target of 2975 ben - across the district. cerned officers. Rehabilitation Union dis - tion of Public Health Centre Likewise, other delegations their complaints in a timely to speed up the works cussed issues pertaining to to augment the medicare and individuals also flagged manner. under MGNREGA and PMAY in all the 160 , FCR reviews digitization of Land JKEDI starts 3-week where PRI’s are in place. Skin requires special attention He emphasized for cre - Records under DILRM programme entrepreneurship prog ation of sustainable assets JAMMU, DECEMBER ed and deposited, 26 digi - process of scanning further under Himayat Scheme with special focus on rural 26 : Financial Commissioner tized, while 184 are pending. for its timely completion. in winter, says experts connectivity, construction Revenue, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, The remaining Jamabandies He further said that the SRINAGAR, Jammu, Dec 26 : Though body massage as a part of the their cracking. of link roads, culverts, today reviewed the progress are under progress and would Revenue Land Records play DECEMBER 26 : Jammu winters are known to be a daily routine, and there is no The skin of the feet tends protection bunds , cross - on writing/ updation of be completed in due course, an important role in all devel - and Kashmir healthy season, the dry, rough better season than winter to to get dry and crack more in ings and conservation of Jamabandis in Jammu district the meeting was told further. opmental activities of various Entrepreneurship and cool winds of these gain its numerous benefits. A the winters. Treating it with a water resources. as part of the digitization of Speaking at the meeting, allied departments, so Development Institute months have a harsh effect on 10 - 15 minutes’ pre-bath relaxing soak of warm water The ACD Anantnag, Land Records under Digital the FCR directed the con - Jamabandies written and (JKEDI) today started our skin, making it to appear massage with oils like that of at night not only keeps the Muhammad Aslam India Land Records cerned officers and revenue updated should be error free. Entrepreneurship dry, flaky and chapped said informed the meeting Modernization Programme officers to meet the deadline He further asked the con - Development Programme Dr D M Mahajan, Senior about the progress and (DILRMP). and complete the digitization cerned officials to ensure (EDP) at its Pampore cam - Consultant – Dermatology, achievements made in the He took a detailed review process at the earliest, so that monitoring of the data to cre - pus under ‘Himayat’ Self Indraprastha Apollo district till date under of the progress made in 12, all the scanned documents ate an error free digitized Employment Scheme for Hospitals. MGNERGA, PMAY & out of 22 Tehsils of District were updated. record within the stipulated the unemployed youth of He said that winter season execution of works under Jammu. He appreciated the work of time frame. J&K. requires a dedicated daily reg - 14th FC. The progress of digitiza - the writing and updation of The meeting was attended A batch of 42 candidates imen, which should include He said that under tion of land records was jamabandies, which had been by ADC Jammu, Dr Tahir will undergo a three-week some steps to take care of the MGNREGA against an reviewed in North, Bhalwal, completed and also stressed Firdous; Regional Director training programme with a skin also. The outer layer of allocation of Rs 138 Cr, a Jammu South, Bahu, Mandal, on the tehsils, lagging behind, Jammu, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad; focus on self-development, the skin called epidermis con - disbursement of Rs106.14 Arnia, Bishnah, Jammu, to gear up the pace of work to ACR Jammu, Vijay Kumar; basic business skills, sector stantly peels off and rejuve - Cr has been made for the Jammu West, Nagrota and achieve the set target. SDM North, Satish Kumar; specific technical inputs nates. completion of 592 taken Dansal. Dr. Kotwal also directed SDM South, Shrikant; besides and will be apprised of all It is the most easy target of up, out of which 210 It was apprised that out of the officials to ensure all Tehsildars, Naib Tehsildars the formalities involved in the vagaries of the environ - works have been complet - 400 Jamabandies in these required support to the con - and officials of the concerned setting up an enterprise. ment. In order to preserve its ed. He also informed that Tehsils, 216 have been updat - cerned for expediting the department. The aim of the pro - delicacy and to prevent any gramme is to help the can - problem arising due to cold didates to be self-reliant weather, here are some impor - Kathua: Dr. Samoon inaugurates free Medical- and enhance their capacity tant tips which, if followed, building and facilitate the can help a better skin care in financial linkages. winters: mustard, coconut or olive feet looking good but also cum-Awareness camp for Drivers The EDP is being con - The winter air due to low improves the texture and facilitates a sound sleep. KATHUA, DECEM - Transporters/Drivers to Driving Training and of organising such camps is ducted under Himayat Self humidity can be very harsh tonicity of the skin, removes Applying the famous "jatyadi BER 26 : Regional Transport ensure safety of road users Research (IDTR), Jammu to ensure physical and mental Employment scheme and drying on some types of dryness and maintains the tail" on the hard and cracked Office, Kathua, in collabora - and strict adherence to Motor and ICC, Samba is expected fitness of drivers for ensuring (Ministry of Rural skin. Avoid exposing skin to youthfulness of the body. crevices of the soles makes tion with Health and ISM Vehicles Act/Rules. He also to be completed by March safe driving on roads. He Development- Government freezing temperatures and Those who are emaciated or them soft and helps a faster Departments today organised advised RTO Kathua to con - 2020, where drivers training also informed about the of India) and is being drying cold winds. While have got their skin parched healing. In extreme cold con - a free Medical-cum- duct extensive anti- traffic and automatic/mechanical recent amendments made in implemented by the JKEDI going out, one should ade - due to excessive dryness can ditions and to prevent the chill Awareness camp for Drivers violation inspection on all fitness of vehicles shall be Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for the educated unem - quately wear warm clothing. use simple desi ghee for a pre- blains it is better to cover the and Conductors of passenger routes to minimize road acci - conducted for reducing acci - effective from September 1, ployed youth of J&K in the Care should be taken to cover shower massage. hands and feet in woollen vehicles, here at New Bus dents. dents and ensuring safety of 2019. age group of 18-35 years so the hands, feet, ears and the Take special care to nour - gloves and socks. Stand. He lauded the role of road users. Pertinently, in the recent as to enable them to earn a head. ish the skin of the face, hands To provide nutritional sup - The camp was inaugurat - Motor Vehicles & Health Expressing concern over amendments, fines/penalties livelihood. It is tempting to take a hot and elbows. Apply moisturiz - port from within, Ayurvedic ed by Principal Secretary to Department for organising increasing incidents of road for different violations of The candidates have and long shower when it is ers to the skin immediately texts advise the use of a rich, Government, Transport the Medical-cum-Awareness accidents especially in hilly Motor Vehicle Act/Rules chosen a varied range of too cold. Remember, very hot after a bath or shower while wholesome and unctuous diet Department, Dr. Asgar camp and advised them to areas, Dr. Samoon stressed have been revised. activities including bee- water can strip the skin of its the skin is still wet. in winters. It should include a Hassan Samoon in presence conduct such programmes upon all stakeholders, The RTO, in his welcome keeping, sheep farming and natural moisture. Warm water A cream, ointment or reasonable amount of milk, of DDC, O P Bhagat, ASP, regularly. He stated that including drivers to follow address, stated that Motor various service related is skin-friendly, but if you lotion, if put soon after the butter and cheese and fresh Ramnish Gupta and RTO Department has introduced traffic rules for safe driving. Vehicles Department has activities. ever want to bathe in hot bath, spreads well and helps fruits and vegetables. Regular Kathua, R K Thapa. E-buses in Jammu and He cautioned drivers not to been continuously conduct - The trained candidates water use it for a shorter peri - trap water in the upper layers use of amla (Indian gooseber - A team of Doctors and Srinagar cities and will mix drinking and driving ing such Medical-cum- shall be provided financial od. Do not use any harsh of the skin and decreases dry - ry), the richest natural source Para-medical staff of Health strengthen public transport in and desist from over-speed - Awareness Camps at Kathua linkage under Term Loan soap. Instead, select a mild ness and itching. In dry chilly of Vitamin-C, promotes & ISM Departments con - hilly areas so as to reduce ing. for the benefit of drivers. He Scheme of National one which suits your skin. weather, wearing a light layer immunity, clears the toxins ducted Medical check-up of accidents and traffic conges - To inculcate safe driving also informed the partici - Minorities Development & Ayurveda has since long of natural balm like the clari - and provides good nourish - Scores of Drivers and tion, especially in cities. He habits among the youth, Dr. pants about various depart - Finance Corporation. stressed the need to adopt fied butter on the lips prevents ment to the skin. Transport operators of pas - also advised transporters to Samoon informed that Road mental initiatives for the ben - senger vehicles. They were avail benefits of Transport Safety Clubs have been con - efit of driver fraternity. checked up for eyesight, Subsidy Scheme (@ Rs. 5 stituted in colleges, high and Among others present Seven more facilitation centres with internet blood pressure, diabetes etc. lakh per vehicle) to phase out higher secondary schools to were ARTO, Neeraj Sharma; In his inaugural address, 15 year old vehicles from inculcate habit of safe driv - Nodal Officer School Health, Dr. Samoon impressed upon roads. ing among the students. Dr. Sandeep Raina, besides opened for students, businessmen in Srinagar the officers/officials of Motor He also stated that con - Earlier, DDC, O P Bhagat MVIs and representatives of SRINAGAR, DECEM - These centres include Shalimar. Bemina Degree College and Vehicles Department and struction of Institute of stated that the main purpose transport unions. BER 26 : The facilitation Amar Singh College, Research scholars and SP College centres where centres set up in Srinagar Gandhi Memorial College, contractors can also avail students can also submit earlier this month for sub - Bemina Degree College, the internet service at some scholarship forms. mission of NEET forms Women's College MA of these centres for submit - The centre at the "Congress, NC & PDP are responsible of have now been opened for Road, Sri Pratap College, ting their theses and upload - Women's College at MA submission of scholarship SP Higher Secondary ing their tenders. Road is female-only where forms and filing of GST School and Higher Uploading of tenders by only the female users can the abrogation of Art.370 & 35-A" returns. Secondary School contractors can be done at avail the said facility. JAMMU : The active J&K Panchayati Raj Act, pro - system won't help general up guns on the plea "What members of Movement for viding for indirect elections masses because the corrupt could not be achieved by bal - Peace, Equality & Justice, Mr. for Sarpanch which was later politicians will never frame lets will be achieved by bul - Constitute career counselling desks for Ram Singh Chauhan & Mr. on rescinded by Sh. N.N. laws against themselves. It is lets" and the whole nation is Kuldeep Kumar Rao in a Vohra the then Governor of only the people, like that of reaping what they sowed militancy-affected orphans : Div Com to DCs press release issued here have J&K. And now when BJP has Delhi, who should wake up about 30 years back. They said that no Hindu, Muslim, its say during President's rule, from the deep slumber & have advised such erstwhile Bodh, Sikh & Christian is safe the Governor Administration throw away the 70 years of political leaders whose shops Reviews district-wise cases of NFCH in this corrupt & caste based conducted BDC elections on Yoke of NC, Congress, PDP have now been closed, to read SRINAGAR, DECEM - was disbursed to 1211 mili - during the present financial study tour under the project political system & it is the Party basis, detaining all & also of BJP in the state, the writings on the wall and BER 26 : Divisional tancy affected orphans in year. He also asked them “Know My India” is organ - prime duty of every responsi - opposition leaders that too they cautioned the general wait as the people now Commissioner Baseer 2017-18 and in 2018-19, Rs meet the orphans once in a ised annually and this year 12 ble citizen of the state to work without making 73rd amend - public not to get misled by the frankly realize that their clam - Ahmad Khan today directed 1.61 crore was disbursed to month for redressal of griev - students of Baramulla district unitedly irrespective of caste, ment of Indian Constitution degraded politics of divide ouring is aimed at self interest Deputy Commissioners to 938 such students. ance if any. are participating in the pro - colour or creed & region or applicable in J&K, they said and rule, regionalism, com - & that they must reap what constitute Career The Divisional The DCs were directed to gram. religion to expose all the tra - and added that with a clever munalism and corrupt prac - they have sown as an era of Counselling Desk for ditional political parties who mind and conspiracy ,the BJP tices for the sake of votes by change has ushered in and orphans in the respective are responsible of unrest in did not wait for a weeks' time these corrupt political parties people with generosity have DCs offices. the state. They said that they when on 1st and beware of all these politi - welcomed the decision of The desk will provide all are not saviour of demo - November,2019,all central cal parties who are blaming scraping of Art. 370 & 35-A. financial assistance to cratic Institutions LIKE laws including 73rd amend - one another only to mislead They have expressed deep such students for pursuing Panchayati Raj Act. 1989 or ment would have been appli - the general public. They fur - concern over the loss of pre - education as per their Art.370 or 35-A, but all are cable in J&K with the forma - ther reminded the Congress cious lives of the poor people choice. the real killers of these tion of UT status to J&K state. leaders & their sympathizers of Kashmir & our own securi - The Divisional Institutions & they have sim - They further added that in fact of the days of Emergency in ty personnel in all these unfor - Commissioner passed ply exploited the sentiments all Political Parties including 1975 when the top opposition tunate incidents due to wrong these directions while of people in the garb of Art. BJP don't want true decentral - leaders were dumped in jails & appeasement polices of the chairing a meeting to 370 & 35-A to enhance their ization of power into the for no fault on their part for successive governments for review the cases of mili - political interests. The real hands of public representa - about 18 months with judicial their personal interests. The tancy-affected Orphans beneficiaries were only few tives in a real democratic trials withdrawing all funda - main reason behind this receiving financial assis - Political families, politicians manner. mental rights from them. unrest in the valley is that the tance from National & bureaucrats. Why no imple - As per 73rd amendment, They further said that it was qualified poor youth of the Foundation for Communal mentation of constitutional every voter whose name the Sheik - Indira accord of valley in particular have Harmony (NFCH) through amendment no 73 & 74 to existed in voter list of the 1975- murdering the demo - always been ignored by the the district administrations empower the Panchyati Raj block, he or she could nomi - cratic norms & values when corrupt successive state gov - in the Valley. Institutions in the interest of nate himself or herself as can - Sheik Abdullah was sworn in ernments and these govern - The meeting was the poor people of the state? didate for the office of the as Chief Minister having not a ments have bitterly failed to informed that National Commissioner stressed the identify those orphans who Additional Commissioner Why six years term for chairman of BDC through single NC member in the address their grievances and Foundation for Communal importance of project have attained 25 years of age Kashmir Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Assembly in the State con - direct voting by the public. Assembly in the state, they taking action for providing Harmony, an autonomous “Assist” which is helping and need financial assistance Executive Director trary to other states in the But the BJP in a hush-hush said and added that this them lively hood. These un- organization under the orphans of militancy to pur - to pursue further studies and Rehabilitation Council, country? Is it not the misuse manner did not wait for U.T. marked as a beginning of employed qualified youth Ministry of Home Affairs, sue better careers. were asked to submit a pro - Ishfaq Ahmad, Additional of article 370 they ques - Status to J&K state & con - strangulation of democracy in having no means of lively Government of India, pro - For quick transfer of posal in this regard to NFCH. Deputy Commissioner tioned? They further said that ducted INDIRECT election the greatest democracy of the hood prompted themselves to vides financial support to funds, DCs were asked to The DCs were also asked Srinagar Syed Hanief Balkhi, the real face of BJP in imple - through its henchmen making world, coupled with unprece - choose the alternative way for children rendered orphans open Bank Accounts with to submit Utilization Assistant Commissioner menting true Panchayati Raj a great mockery & joke with dented nepotism, corruption, earning their lively hood by and destitute by militancy. Aadhaar Numbers and con - Certificates (UCs) of funds to (central) with Div Com, Act. 1989 & implementation the democracy, democratic destroying all Constitutional indulging themselves to stone It was given out that the duct District Level Screening the NFCH office within a District Social Welfare of 73rd amendment of Indian Institution. They maintained Institutions in the State. pelting as these youth are organization is providing Rs Committee (DLSC) meeting week. Officer Srinagar, DDO Constitution in J&K after that Chairman to the Block They further said that being paid a handsome 1250 monthly financial assis - regularly to speed up the To assess the impact of NFCH and other concerned abrogation Art.370 & 35-A is Development Council select - another Accord between amount for stone pelting by tance up to 12th level, Rs identification of new cases. the program, the DCs were officers were present in the now fully exposed in view of ed are the chairman of the Rajeev Gandhi- Farooq the vested interests active in 1500 up to Graduation & Khan directed the District directed to provide a data - meeting its role played here first dur - Panches & Sarpanches and Abdullah when mass scale- the valley. All tradition polit - Post Graduation level and Rs Social Welfare officers to base of such orphans who Deputy Commissioners ing their tenure as partner not the public. We have to dis - unprecedented riggings in ical parties since independ - 1750 for Professional maintain close coordination have benefitted from the and other District Social with PDP and now when we card all these spent forces in 1987 general elections in the ence till date followed the Courses level (up to 25 years with their respective Deputy scheme and are pursuing a Welfare Officers of the have President's rule. whatever colour they come state, gave birth to the mili - same policy of divide & rule; of age) to the orphans. Commissioners for verifica - successful career. Kashmir Division participat - They said that it was dur - before the masses, they said. t a n c y w h e n p e o p l e i n general which the Britishers had The meeting was tion, reconciliation and sub - Secretary NFCH Manoj ed in the meeting through ing BJP-PDP coalition gov - They further said that fast - lost faith in the democracy adopted for the Indian to informed that Rs 1.89 crore mission of pending cases Pant informed that a national video conferencing. ernment when they amended ing / protests against corrupt and its institutions and picked befool. TRUTH PREVAIL EDITORIAL/ARTICLE 4 JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 TRyST wITH THE yoUTH Neighbourhood watch The protests across the is restore the faith that the oted ideas of statecraft. from the younger genera - If there is one major shift which is four times the size of country have demonstrated idea of an “inclusive”, Young India is reclaim - tion to challenge the big - required in 2020 in the way the 720MW Mangdechhu EDITORIAL that young people refuse to “sensitive” and “empathet - ing the objective, which otry that exists on both India deals with its neigh - Project that was completed be bogged down by the ic” country, as envisaged took birth a 100 years ago sides of the religious bours, it is to maintain a for - recently. dogma of schisms and big - by the framers of the when Mahatma Gandhi led divide. eign policy that is bereft of However, relations with otry Constitution, is alive and India’s freedom struggle But then, the barriers short-term electoral considera - Nepal remain less than satis - Turbulent politics tions factory as China aggressively Rarely has a year been so tumultuous where democ - That’s not important.” kicking. This was rein - powered by “inclusive” crumbled in more ways The year 2019 was domi - keeps baiting Kathmandu with These were the three words forced in every protest that nationalism as opposed to than one. At a protest at racy has been upended, unsettled, challenged and feu - nated by internal political con - development sops that are irre - that chilled me to the bone. was attended by me. that of an “exclusive” India Gate, two young girls siderations that impacted sistible for the ideologically- dalised as it has been in India. But perhaps we needed Spoken by my friend’s The first one, at the nation promoted by the were distributing chicken India’s relationship with aligned Communist regime the chaos and confusion rather than status quo and father, who has known me Police Headquarters at ITO likes of the Muslim League rolls “to fellow protesters” neighbouring countries, which over there. The counter-lever complacence to wake up to the idea of our roles as cit - since I was knee-high, they in Delhi, was certainly an and the Hindu Mahasabha. since people pooling in typically requires magnanimi - is openly flaunted in izens. May be even take charge now. It would be easy referred to Junaid, the boy eye-opener. The conviction While the Government their resources to buy food ty, accommodation and benef - Kathmandu and the memories from Ballabhgarh, who was of the group, consisting seems to be on a path of has become the norm as an icence for it is the dominant of the 2015 “Indian blockade” enough to attribute the rise of Narendra Modi to a killed on his way back more than 2,000 people, head-on collision with army does not march on an nation in the subcontinent and are not completely forgotten. global spiral of absolutism and protectionism across home in a train after shop - who had assembled within those ideas as well as the empty stomach. What the region, too. 2019 was also The recently-updated and the year when the 17th released map of India led to nation states but the muscle of his leadership has sim - ping for Eid. He was an hour of a WhatsApp for - ones incorporated in the heartened me was when at General Elections were held. fresh controversy in Nepal on ply grown because we have allowed it. First, it has to lynched to death because ward doing the rounds, did Constitution by BR least five of them said, “I Certain hardening of positions the inclusion of Kalapani. But be the traditional politics of votebank, castes and quo - he was wearing a skull cap. not perceive my Ambedkar, the youth have am a vegetarian.” The bina - and postures by national par - it is the long freeze in the tas, which engendered a policy paralysis of sorts in It did not matter to him that Muslimness as equivalent decided to make the safe - ry of “alleged cow killers” ties, to the detriment of senti - India-Pakistan relationship his grandchild was exactly to otherness, took time to guarding of the same their being different and separate ments across the international that seems irreconcilably compromised governments for years, that spooked of the same age. All that register. The call was to battle cry. But in their own without a meeting ground borders, was inevitable given poised with the odd Kartarpur people about entrusting their lives to the same parties. was important was that the protest against the students way, where the old idea is from the “pure vegetarians” the high electoral stakes bonhomie getting frittered The little noise about development that the ruling BJP 14-year-old did not come at the Jamia Milia Islamia reinforced in their own was effectively trashed, involved. away as there’s no forward made in its first stint was enough to cover its larger from a particular communi - being brutalised. Though Instagrammable fashion. coincidentally at a site that Earlier misadventures by movement happening. ty. In other words, he was I’ve never worn a hijab, For students have decid - has the names of Indians Pakistan in the form of Electoral politics on both non-performance, which it conveniently dismissed as Pulwama had already fore - sides along the Line of Control a legacy of wasted years by predecessors. Besides, the “expendable.” Many that day, the anger in me ed to “redeem our pledge, across the divide fighting closed any possibility of rap - (LoC) are increasingly predi - moons after these words shoulder to shoulder in a prochement in the deeply- cated on the ability of both Opposition’s facelessness of purpose made Modi, not were uttered, the enormity foreign land. The marker hyphenated realm of India- nations to sabre-rattle, insti - the BJP as much, more attractive as he went out to is yet to sink in. The insen - should not be lost on those Pakistan dynamics. Besides gate and flex muscles at each seek a second term in office. Despite the desolateness sitivity, a lack of empathy, who seek to divide us. the Pulwama-Balakot reci - other for short-term gratifica - of a top-down, handout prescription of governance, and to a large extent indif - At the same protest, I procity and din, matters per - tion. Neither side is willing to taining to neighbourhood “risk peace” as that path is lit - Modi could humanise it as emanating from the people ference, if not outright heard the idea reiterated by hatred of the minority, is an a young woman while affairs reached a low ebb in tered with perceptions of polit - themselves through some smart PR campaigns, pop - undercurrent that has been speaking to a TV reporter. the months leading up to the ical weakness. Meanwhile, the ulist schemes and chaupal conversations through on the rise beneath the calm She asserted, “Why is there elections in May. Post the Chinese are content playing polls, the surprise selection of with its “all-weather-friend”, Mann Ki Baat. The Opposition just could not answer of the “unity in diversity” no violence when the former diplomat S Jaishankar Islamabad, and is ready to the question “Modi versus who?” despite a pan-India of the social fabric since protests have mixed com - as the Minister for External fructify its strategic China- movement and public angst against economic policies the 2002 Gujarat riots and munities but the police Affairs promised the much- Pakistan-Economic-Corridor more so after the current unleashes its full scale needed statesmanship, maturi - (CPEC) imperatives that will and crony capitalism. That vacuum dispiritedly creat - ruling dispensation came to strength at places like ty and domain knowledge to further beholden Pakistan to ed by an Opposition — mainly the Congress which power in 2014. Sadly, Jamia, Daryaganj and heal the simmering and unad - China. was egoistic about its role rather than making common among the so-called edu - swelled. Heading out of the not wholly or in full meas - Seelampur? It is nothing dressed restiveness in the The year 2020 will test cause with regional leaders — was quickly filled in by cated as well or rather, house, I decided to tie my ure, but very substantially,” more than an attempt to region. While it has been bare - India’s foreign policy man - ly seven months since the new darins. The serendipitous pro- Modi as the only functioning alternative, making him more so. For someone, who stole like one for if people for a nation that is more communalise the protest, despite being religious does believed I was “different” “inclusive” of its minorities make it a Muslim issue and Government assumed office, India regime ushering in Male even taller than he intended to be. Hypernationalism, neighbourhood relations and Dhaka notwithstanding, not wear the symbols of then I wanted the differ - and backwards. So, at the portray the community as post the Pulwama terrorist attacks, in which 40 CRPF remain a matter of grave con - the Chinese will continue faith on the proverbial ence to be on their face. protests, they sang songs, violent. We aren’t buying cern. bearing down in the region jawans were killed, and communal polarisation, the sleeve, it often invites the When I reached, along with armed with nothing more it. Everyone has an equal The year 2019 was also the with an eclectic mix of charm result of BJP’s otherisation politics of lynching and comment, “But you don’t a cousin, the crush of than a daphli and the claim on the country and one when new Governments (take the example of Nepal), cow vigilantism, did the rest. Everybody wilfully look like a Muslim.” I am humanity was daunting but strength of their voices, not any particular commu - were formed in three key development aid (example, Sri signed up for the identity politics of the times because sure, those who do so have never intimidating. People which they hope would nity.” neighbouring nations. The Lanka), coercion (example it worse. made way for us. Two pierce the high walls of It is the same thought year began with the Sheikh Bhutan), intimidation (exam - overnight they were given a new enemy to think about, Until now. For, some - women were without a privilege and entitlement. from Dr Rahat Indori’s Hasina-led Awami League ple, Myanmar) and debt-traps one that was eating into their majoritarian bloodstream times, things need to reach male companion in tow in a And if anyone is mistaken poem, Agar khilaaf hai registering landslide victory in (example, Pakistan) continu - like a “virus” and bigger than any national crisis a nadir before being res - city which is not known to that it is the youth from a hone do jaan thodi hai (It Bangladesh. It is decidedly a ously wenching out neigh - more pro-India dispensation bouring countries from before it. He crafted a world of post-truths where peo - cued and then the only way be open to the idea of us particular community that doesn’t matter if people are than a possible Bangladesh improving stances with India. ple believed whatever absurdity they were told simply is up. Moreover, it is never stepping out alone at night. “can be identified by their against for it is not life), Nationalist Party (BNP)-led by The spirit of accommoda - because dissent was quashed ruthlessly as a lie and a the old guard, which will But amid this crush of clothes”, a stern reminder which was written 30 years Khaleeda Zia, which could not tion and optics of problem-res - challenge the existing prac - humanity, we felt safe. has been sent out by the ago and has gained a new even participate in the elec - olution, that have been waning by-product of the poison spread by the “virus.” The tices but rather the young, Somewhere along the likes of Indulekha Parthan, lease of life. At every tions. What was even more in recent times, have to be Hindu sense of self-esteem was never lowered to such or who the Government night, my hijab was back to a first year law student, protest there are always reassuring to further India’s given top priority. Nepal and an extent that it needed to fear a mere 14 per cent of would have us believe, the where it usually is, hanging who decided to wear a some holding up a banner strategic concerns was the fall Bangladesh in particular, naive. The spontaneous around my neck for it was hijab at a protest while saying, of the Abdulla Yameen where murmurs of India’s “others.” Nor was Hindu tolerance so derided that it Government in Maldives, political intransigence have needed to proclaim its insecurities. Never was Hindu protests that broke out in no longer important. holding aloft a banner chal - “Lagegi aag to aayenge response to the police Ordinary people, many lenging attire-based identi - ghar kai zad me which had worryingly forsak - gained credence. The recent en its traditional “India-first” hullabaloo over the politics so virulent, giving the BJP a mammoth Lok action in Jamia Millia of whom were not even ty. Yahan pe sirf humara Sabha majority in May and altering civil discourse for - stance in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Act Islamia/Aligarh Muslim born when the excesses of Another unknown man makan thodi hai,” Chinese. It was replaced with (CAA) and National Register ever. The vocabulary of public life plunged to new University and against the 1984 took place or were stripped off his shirt to dis - (A fire will engulf India’s traditional ally, of Citizens (NRC) has raised lows of barbarism but was still legitimised, even as Citizenship Amendment just children during the play his janeu, the marker everything in its vicinity Mohamed Nasheed-led concerns in Bangladesh and institutions, be it the Election Commission or the Act (CAA) National 2002 riots, flooded the of a high-caste Hindu and not just houses of one Maldives Democratic Party Sri Lanka. Concerted engage - Supreme Court, chose to flow with the “emotion” of Register of Citizens (NRC) streets in a show of solidar - despite the biting cold. person/community.) (MDP), which made a come - ment to clarify and allay fears in campuses across the ity and reassurance to those More were to join the or back with a two-thirds majori - are urgently called for. the times. The May verdict was, therefore, like a tem - country have often faced who feel threatened in the ranks. People wearing skull “Sabhi ka khoon ty. It won 65 of the 87 seats at Already, the Bangladeshi blor that challenged the fundamental tenets of our restrictions by the State, current atmosphere, which caps along with tilaks or shaamil yahan ki mitti me the hustings. Foreign Minister called off his which believes that the stu - is rife with fear mongering burkhas with bindis, asking Kisi ke baap ka However, India’s luck with trip to India in the wake of Constitution. The “born-again” Hindu purification, be the new leadership ran out in these concerns. This has it through politics or culture, is a miraculous strategy, dents are misguided and pursued by the State. It is which of the two offended Hindustan thodi hai.” Sri Lanka with the return of flagged potential red flags. simply because it absolves the ruling dispensation misled. But any mass no longer a question of the the onlooker more. This (Everyone has shed the Rajapaksa clan in the pres - If there is one major shift from accounting for its past and focusses the gaze movement has the ability to survival or citizenship of a was a unique direction that blood in pursuit of the idea idential elections. The required in 2020 in dealing take on a character of its community but rather a col - the protests have taken. It of India which doesn’t Rajapaksas, as it is known, with neighbouring countries, it from this moment on as a regenerative attempt. own and what this one does lective rejection of the big - could only be expected belong to one community.) have a pro-China legacy. Now, will be to conduct foreign pol - Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won icy that is bereft of short-term presidentship and paved the electoral considerations. way for Mahinda Rajapaksa to Recent accusations of med - take charge as the Prime dling in Madhesi issues in Mapping financial progress and prospects Minister of Sri Lanka. Riding Nepal, supposedly “influenc - Great strides have been While efforts to improve and conduct transactions, employment wage to schol - largely driven this growth. It another. Credit is an impor - on the wave of the Sinhalese ing” Government formation in made toward financial inclu - financial access and promote which can grow into a credit arships. has also enabled one of the tant rung on the financial ethnic-religious majoritarian - Sri Lanka and Maldives, sion but instead of resting on usage have brought a stag - history. Else all these With digitisation of biggest pieces of reform ever ladder that can help move ism, which got instigated dur - unsettled riparians issue with ing the horrific Easter Sunday Bangladesh — all are sympto - our laurels, we must lead the gering number of individuals accounts will remain dead - Government-to-person trans - attempted in India — direct people from poverty to the bombings, Gotabaya matic of an unhealthy “big- revolution to its logical con - into the formal financial weight. Without greater and fer (G2P), user frequency is subsidy transfers. Innovative middle class. In fact, busi - Rajapaksa, the former military brother” perception that New clusion services sector, the usage of consistent usage of bank expected to increase. They solutions that can take into nesses face great constraints strongman with a questionable Delhi is increasingly getting One of India’s most daz - these accounts and the accounts, the promises of will give people a reason to account the peculiarities of to access finance because of track, set alarm bells ringing in accused of. zling achievements during uptake of formal financial financial inclusion — equi - use those accounts. the people at the bottom of market imperfections such as New Delhi with his ascendan - India has to posture neutral the year 2019 has been in the services beyond savings table economic growth, However, wherever this has the pyramid are needed. We information asymmetries cy. Relations with our neigh - preference in the impending field of financial inclusion. accounts have been difficult. growing successful business - been done, such accounts need to use our natural pow - and transaction costs. Merely bours in the East, like Myanmar National Elections The number of Basic Millions have signed up but es and improving financial have remained merely a pay - ers of persistence, concentra - making credit available and Myanmar and Bhutan, have in 2020 as these are sensitive Savings Bank Deposit few use the accounts. security and prosperity — ment channel rather than tion, insight and sensitivity glamourising stories of poor remained robust with the con - times with a potential to dam - (BSBD) accounts increased Financial inclusion is cer - will remain elusive. bringing a fundamental to do work, think deeply and women pulling themselves tinuation of the India- age sovereign credentials. Myanmar Bilateral Army Pakistan and China should not from 73 million in 2010 to tainly at the crossroads on There is a need to shift the change in customer use of solve our problems. As with up with the help of a few Exercise (IMBAX) and be expected to be resolved but 574 million in 2019 follow - account of its myopic vision interventional focus from financial services. most trumpeted interven - doses of credit have been Naypyidaw’s support for the only managed better. The sub - ing the introduction of the of restricted role to mere simple access-oriented Going beyond mere tions, our programmes are counterproductive. Indian armed forces in fighting tle inclusion of international Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan access. If people do not use measures towards utilisation access: As access increasing - scrambling to turn rhetoric The biggest obstacle to insurgent groups based in pressure via groupings like Yojana (PMJDY). Eighty per these accounts, it can be sur - and engagement-oriented ly becomes a reality, a sec - into reality. We don’t have to credit expansion is the lack Myanmar. QUAD (US, Japan, Australia cent of the people of over 15 mised that the policies are measures. It is vital that we ond generation of challenges reinvent the wheel. Policy- of tangible data points, India’s measured response and India), UN watchdog bod - years of age now have a bank ineffective. This lack of keep in mind that financial has emerged — to capitalise makers can learn lessons which can help the credit on the sensitive Rohingya ies like FATF (it threatens to account. According to an usage underlines the impor - inclusion is a means to an on the openings made possi - from those who have bureaus put together better issue with Myanmar and the “blacklist” Pakistan on sup - assessment by the Economist tance of creating products end, not an end in itself. It is ble through access to offer achieved impressive success. underwriting models for evolving economic opportuni - porting terror) and increasing Intelligence Unit (EIU), and engagement strategies only when people use finan - products and services that The choices of these vulner - unbanked customers. The ties in treaties like the Bay of economic engagement with Bengal Initiative for Multi- the Gulf Sheikdoms to neu - India has the fifth most con - that are better designed to cial tools to make their lives truly improve lives. We have able communities are heavi - proliferation of unique credit Sectoral Technical and tralise the emotive and tradi - ducive environment among meet the needs of the people better and help their commu - to go beyond mere physical ly influenced not just by models backed by increasing Economic Cooperation (BIM - tional Pakistan bias for them emerging countries for inclu - so that they can use them in nity grow that financial accounts if we want to catal - socio-economic and demo - data availability for tradi - STEC), ASEAN and Mekong will be key in upping the ante sive finance. We should now their daily financial lives. inclusion will be relevant. yse financial inclusion into graphic status and geography tional agencies is establish - Ganga Cooperation have with Islamabad without direct - strive to consolidate these Access is one data point Arguably, the best way to broader economic and social but also by their context. ing a new paradigm for helped it maintain momentum. ly taking on the same. gains. Let us not reduce them among many. It should not increase usage of accounts is growth. People, who regu - Hence, financial institutions, lenders. Increasingly, we are India also seems to have “Management” rather than to mere flag posts and con - serve as the ultimate objec - to fully digitise payments for larly use a bank account, are which hope to alleviate their seeing large numbers of struck a fine balance with “resolution” will necessitate sign our financial revolution tive for financial inclusion. Government transfers of more likely to be financially financial problems, must unique borrowers, who have Aung San Suu Kyi’s National realpolitik that aggressively to the driftwood of history. Access to a bank account social benefits. If one is a literate than those who do have a deep understanding of been beneficiaries of the new League for Democracy taps into India’s “pivot” or Lessons from past experi - cannot by itself improve the recipient of a cash transfer not as there is a direct corre - their motivations and obsta - lending models built around (NLD), the civilian “counter” status in a fractured Government, the still-power - world that stares nervously at ences caution us against the financial health of vulnera - from the Government, he/she lation between financial cles so that they design prod - technology. A large part of ful Army in Myanmar and the permutations and combina - danger of backsliding on the ble groups. We have to will receive that cash transfer knowledge and financial ucts and services that address the incremental credit is now even the erstwhile junta, with tions that await the US presi - groundbreaking accomplish - simultaneously make people electronically, which means services. the consumers’ real needs. going to individuals rather whom cross-border operations dential elections, Brexit and ments we have achieved. aware how they should han - one needs to have a bank The Jan Dhan Yojana An equally important area than corporate houses, which are facilitated. Bhutan’s strate - other geopolitical upheavals. India’s aggressive drive dle their finances. Change in account or some kind of (JAM) is reshaping the is reliable, timely, adequate form the bulk of the out - gic convergence with Sino- These need to be put in a in financial inclusion has attitude and efficient savings transaction account. These financial landscape and has and fairly-priced credit. standing credit. We are now wariness (Doklam shadows diplomacy calculus which is increased banking access practices need to be imbibed. payments include everything enabled India to surge new Having a bank account is just seeing what is being called still lurk) and the hydropower still managed professionally, dramatically, driven as it is The customer must make this from fertiliser and cooking heights. The take-off of digi - one side of financial inclu - as the “democratisation of opportunities got a further fil - unhindered and without an eye by a strong regulatory push. account his financial diary gas subsidies to oil, rural tal financial services has sion. Access to credit is credit.” lip with the Sunkosh Project, on domestic elections. NATIoNAL/STATE TRUTH PREVAIL 5 JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 Tiger Division organises medical, veterinary and Dedicate the next decade to make India healthier – Vice President agriculture camp at Gajansoo, Jammu ( J&K ) Promote healthy lifestyle, make healthcare JAMMU : Tiger Division with their live stock availed importance of safe drinking practices, lack of awareness organized a Medical, medical and veterinary facili - water, preventive measures and access to modern market. affordable and accessible to all : VP Veterinary and Agriculture ties. Essential medical facili - against ailments and lifestyle Indian Army took up this New Delhi : The Vice such as Ayushman Bharat to Our Total Fertility Rate concern and needs to be camp at Gajansoo, Jammu on ties and vital medicines were diseases. challenge by providing latest President of India, Shri M increase citizens' access to (TFR) has reduced sharply addressed by all stakeholders 26 Dec 19. The multipurpose agricultural expertise Venkaiah Naidu today good quality, affordable from 3.4 in 1992-93 to 2.2 in in the health sector. I am camp inaugurated by and techniques to the stressed the need to dedicate healthcare with an aim to 2015-16. Contrary to expecta - happy that the Government of Brigadier KK Singh, farmers followed by free the next decade, from 2020 – achieve Universal Health tions, we were able to achieve India has launched Ayushman Commander Chenab Brigade distribution of hybrid 2030 to make India healthier Coverage by 2030, the Vice the Millennium Development Bharat to provide affordable was aimed to provide one step seeds. SBI reps by promoting healthy President called upon the Goals in respect of the health insurance to all. solution to problems faced by informed about KCC lifestyle, improving health - Private sector to supplement Maternal Mortality Ratio In view of the growing local population in Health account, its usage and care facilities, making health - government’s efforts in (MMR level of 130 against a incidence of non-communica - issues, Animal husbandry and sensitized on asset care affordable and accessible achieving the 2030 target. target of 139) and almost suc - ble, the private must play a in Agricultural domain. The backed agree- loans. to all. Shri Naidu urged doctors ceeded in meeting the Under- prominent role in setting up of rural population of border Brigadier KK Singh Inaugurating Delta to show empathy and compas - 5 child mortality target (U5 NCD clinics in both urban area was widely benefitted by interacted with the gath - Hospitals in Rajahmundry sion towards the patients and MR level of 43 against a tar - and rural areas this camp. ering and the locals today, he expressed concern treat their profession as a mis - get of 42). All our efforts must be Indian Army Chenab expressed their heartfelt over the rising incidence of sion to serve the people and The Government of India aimed at enhancing both the Brigade along with Doctors gratitude and apprecia - Non-Communicable Diseases not as a commercial vocation. has initiated several reforms efficiency and quality of med - from Army and Civil tion for undertaking owing to the change in Shri Naidu while referring to improve citizens' access to ical services. We need to inno - Administration, Specialists such a noble cause of lifestyle and dietary habits to the high stature given to good quality, affordable vate, learn from the best prac - from Department of Animal addressing their prob - and stressed the need for fol - professionals such as Doctors healthcare with an aim to tices world over to improve Husbandry and Agriculture lems at doorstep. lowing healthy lifestyle prac - and Teachers in Indian culture achieve Universal Health healthcare without financially rendered their services during Overall the camp played tices. asked them to keep service as Coverage by 2030. burdening people. the day long mega event. provided to locals and their The local farmers an important role in carving Quoting WHO report, he their motto. He urged them to India’s vision for a healthy Dear sisters & brothers, The Camp saw wide livestock. The medical staff in these regions have limited out niche to better health and said that around 61 percent of show empathy and compas - India requires a transforma - Achieving universal spread participation from also provided counseling in agricultural growth owing to agricultural practices to the deaths in India were attributed sion towards the patients and tion of the delivery of health healthcare has many chal - locals including farmers along hygiene and sanitation, their traditional agriculture local populace. to non-communicable dis - treat their profession as a mis - services in both urban and lenges including the urban- eases, including heart disor - sion to serve the people and rural areas, by involving both rural divide in quality health - ders, cancer, and diabetes. not as a commercial vocation. the public and the private sec - care facilities. The disparity in 50 lakh rupees grant given to upgrade Cremation He suggested launching a He stressed the need to tors. Apart from improving providing healthcare facili - national movement against innovate and adopt the best the infrastructure in the public ties, especially to those living ground, Durga Nagar, Talab Tillo the growing incidence of non- practices from world over to health institutions at the dis - in rural areas remains a major JAMMU : 50 lakh rupees lakh rupees. coming to perform the final Prime Minister Narendra communicable diseases and improve healthcare services trict level and in villages, we concern for all of us. grant was given for the Sanjay Kumar Baru, rights do not face any type of Modi, we as dedicated BJP wanted hospitals, the Indian and treatment protocols. need to overcome the short - I urge the private sector to upgaradation of Cremation while speaking during the difficulty. He disclosed that activists are dutibound to Medical Association and the Shri Bharat Ram, Member age of doctors and trained expand its footprint to the vil - ground at Durga Nagar, Talab tour, said that the people of under the present work, the ensure the public utilities to medical fraternity to take the of Parliament, Dr R.B.P.R paramedical personnel, both lages and remote rural areas Tillo opposite BSF Ploura, the adjoining areas were fac - tial work, sitting place, shed be maintained. We are here to lead in creating awareness Chowdary, Chairman & in urban and rural areas. and reach out to people with which will cater to the final ing lots of trouble, while per - work and the water supply serve our Nation and our among people, especially the Managing Director of Delta In the context of the rising affordable healthcare. It is rights of people residing in forming the final rights of tank will be taken on priority. society and we will leave no youth. Hospitals, Shri B. Sreenivas, Non-Communicable important for the private sec - Ward 40 and Ward 41 of their loved ones. He said that He disclosed that 25 lakh stone unturned for the same, Highlighting the impor - Director, Delta Hospitals Diseases, owing to the change tor to complement the efforts Talab Tillo area, falling under the people earlier also raised rupees were allotted to each she said. Pushpa Wazir, tance of creating awareness were among the dignitaries in lifestyle and dietary habits, of the government in reaching Jammu West Assembly the issue, in front of former Ward in the General House Jaideep Sambyal, Deen among children and the youth who graced the event. there is an urgent need to modern healthcare facilities Constituency. Minister & former Local Meeting of JMC of the Dayal Sharma, Dr. Inderjit of the hazards caused by Following is the full text focus on the health and well - people living in rural areas. BJP State Secretary & MLA Sat Sharma, who prom - repairs and upgradation of Bakshi, Sanjeev Gupta, unhealthy dietary habits and of the speech – being of all the people. WHO There is a need to launch a Jammu Municipal ised to get the job done on Cremation Grounds and the Ashok Wazir, Vinod Wazir, sedentary lifestyles, the Vice “Namaskar, report says that around 61 per - national movement against Committee (JMC) Councillor priority as soon as funds present work on the Rakesh Sharma, Rajesh President said that students in I am delighted to be pres - cent of deaths in India are the growing incidence of non- Ward 41 Sanjay Kumar Baru allow the same. Already the Cremation Ground will be Thakur, Adv. Ashok Kumar schools must be encouraged ent here in the beautiful city attributed to non-communica - communicable diseases and and JMC Councillor Ward 40 work on the Water supply done with the help of that Bhagat, Rahul Nargotra, Anu to take part in at least one of Rajahmundry (Raja ble diseases, including heart hospitals such as yours and Neelam Nargotra, accompa - was done in the Cremation fund from both the Wards. Behnal, Paramjit Kour, Sahil physical activity or yoga Mahendravaram) located on disorders, cancer, and dia - the Indian Medical nied by other prominent per - ground with the fund allocat - Neelam Nargotra, while Kaul, Hem Raj Gupta, every day to stay fit and the banks of Godavari River betes. Association should take lead sons and concerned officials, ed by Sat Sharma out of CDF. interacting with locals, asked Rajesh Gupta, Pardeep healthy. today. I am happy to inaugu - We need to dedicate the in creating awareness among while touring the site of Baru, said that now with them to supervise the work Singh, Bansi Lal and others Pointing out that achieving rate Delta Hospital headed by next decade-- from 2020 – the people, especially the Cremation ground for the the availability of the funds, themselves also, so as to were amongst the prominent universal healthcare has many a highly talented and experi - 2030 to make India healthier youth. ground survey of the condi - we chose to spend this ensure the proper utilization social and political activists challenges including bridging enced team of doctors. by focusing on promoting a Children and youth must tion, allotted the grant 50 amount, so that the people of the funds. On the lines of present during the tour. the urban-rural divide in pro - I am happy to know that healthy lifestyle, improving be made aware of the hazards viding quality healthcare the hospital is equipped to healthcare facilities, making caused by unhealthy dietary facilities, Shri Naidu urged provide advanced treatment healthcare affordable and habits and sedentary the private sector to expand its for cancer, cardiac and other accessible to all. lifestyles. Students in schools Special Meeting of young Panthers held at NPP Hqrs. footprint to the villages and ailments. The private sector must must be encouraged to take remote rural areas and reach Dear sisters and brothers supplement the efforts of the part in at least one physical Proposed reorganization & fresh committee out to people with affordable Our country has made sig - government in improving the activity or yoga every day to JAMMU : An annual be free to organize the fresh the Panthers Party shall be bearers who have crossed healthcare. nificant progress in improving healthcare infrastructure, par - stay fit and healthy. meeting of Young Panthers committees at every district held at its Headquarters. 35 years of age and hoped “It is important for the pri - its health outcomes over the ticularly in the rural areas and I am sure the management Executive Committee was level; 10 districts in The Panthers Party lead - that they will be properly vate sector to complement the years. We have eliminated in providing affordable treat - of Delta Hospitals, Doctors held at Jammu NPP Kashmir Valley and 10 dis - ership also expressed and duly adjusted in the efforts of the government in polio, guinea worm disease, ment to the common man. and the professionals associ - Headquarters to review the tricts in Jammu province. thanks to the Young main party so that they can reaching modern healthcare yaws, and maternal and As you all aware, the out- ated with the hospital will present working of Young The Young Panthers also Panthers leadership for contribute for the Panthers facilities to people living in neonatal tetanus. of-pocket expenses constitute keep service as their motto Panthers and urgency to decided that all those func - their contribution in Party so that Jammu and rural areas,” he added. It is to the credit of succes - a major chunk of the spending and perform to the best of reorganize fresh committee tionaries in the Young strengthening youth move - Kashmir first of all is reor - Stating that the sive governments at the by patients. As a result, many their abilities to deliver good for the next two years Panthers who have crossed ment particularly, in Jammu ganize as twin confedera - Government of India has Centre and in various States poor and needy families end healthcare to people of this according to the 35 years of age may be and Kashmir. And those tion of Jammu Province and launched several initiatives that we could achieve it. up in debts. This is an area of region. Constitution of the Panthers inducted in the main party who shall be retiring from Kashmir Ghati region. Party. as new functionaries. This, the Young Panthers to con - Prof.Bhim Singh The senior leaders the leadership admitted, tribute for strengthening the and Mr. Harsh Dev Singh Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh gives away Awards including Prof.Bhim Singh, shall help induct new blood party. called on the Young Chief Patron of NPP and into the Panthers Party so Prof.Bhim Singh con - Panthers and NPSU to take for Excellence in Defence Estates Management Mr. Harsh Dev Singh, that the new leadership may gratulated Young Panthers up the movement for the New Delhi : Raksha to the needs of the people. important land related inter - requests related to organising Chairman attended the spe - be trained to assist the President, Mr. Yashpaul restoration of Statehood for Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh Appreciating Directorate ests of the Armed Forces and traditional, social and cultural cial Young Panthers Panthers Party and get Kundal, Ex-MLA who Jammu and Kashmir which called upon Cantonment General of Defence Estates, to cater to the needs/aspira - functions on defence land. He Meeting where several ready for Assembly election served the Young Panthers was turned into Union Boards to be gentle to the Shri Rajnath Singh told the tions of the citizens of the said there is a need to examine Young Panthers leaders whenever they are held for couple of years with Territory by the Govt. of poor living within their prem - gathering, “It is said that cantonment area.” He sug - appropriate rules so that such from Poonch, Kishtwar, under the present situation. honesty and dedication. He India thus committing a ises saying they should not building organisation, com - gested that officials should requests can be considered Doda, Kathua, Jammu and The Panthers Party lead - is retiring from the Young grave blunder in the history fear officials instead feel pro - manding respect and earning brainstorm periodically to positively. Kashmir region demanded ership also appealed to the Panthers due to age factor. of Jammu and Kashmir. tected by them. He was property are difficult, howev - improve the already well- Shri Rajnath Singh espe - that the present Executive students to strengthen the Similarly, he expressed The Panthers Party declared addressing a gathering after er, more difficult it is to main - maintained properties. cially commended the role of Committee of the Young National Panthers Students thanks Sr. Secretary-Young that Jammu and Kashmir giving away Raksha Mantri’s tain these. Shri Rajnath Singh high - cantonments in Swachh Panthers needs to be dis - Union (NPSU) whose lead - Panthers Mr. Vilakshan shall be a confederation of Awards for Excellence 2019 Your department is doing lighted that the Cantonment Bharat Abhiyan and making solved immediately so that ership shall also be reorgan - Singh, Advocate who has twin states which shall in Delhi Cantonment here the important work of manag - Councils carried out various cantonment areas Open fresh committee represent - ized and reconstituted also crossed 35 years of work together as the part of today. ing defence land with an area important tasks under the Defecation Free. He recalled ing all the 22 districts of before March 23, 2020 age. He also requested all Union of India as its’ inte - Raksha Mantri also reiter - of more than 17 lakh acres, "Digital India" programme. his participation of an event in Jammu and Kashmir shall when the annual session of those Young Panthers office gral part. ated the Government’s com - catering to the land require - “Public services have been Delhi Cantt on the occasion of mitment to provide high qual - ments of the three wings of made faster, efficient and 150th birth anniversary of ity education and low-cost the Armed Forces and provid - accessible to people. An app Mahatma Gandhi on October health to the poor sections of ing civil and municipal serv - has been created through 2, 2019. society. He appreciated that ices to over 20 lakh residents which various services are The Defence Estates the residents of cantonment of 62 cantonment areas of the being made available to the awards was introduced in areas, especially civilians country.” people whose complaints will 2013 to recognise the with low income, are being Raksha Mantri appreciated reach the concerned officers achievements in the field of provided improved medical the efforts being made by the in a time-bound manner,” he health, education, cleanliness and health care. He hoped that department saying, “The goal said. as well as new innovative and these services will continue to of Defense Estate Raksha Mantri mentioned digitisation in Public Services expand and improve, catering Organisation is to secure that he receives many and Land Management. Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates 2nd Edition of “Eat Right Mela” “Right diet will help to reduce disease burden in India” New Delhi : “The right gatherings like local melas, and lack of exercise. At the Vardhan also launched kind of diet will help to reduce community programs etc., so same time, the rise of diet NetSCoFAN (Network for the disease burden in the coun - that the citizens would learn related diseases suggests that Scientific Co-operation for try”. This was stated by Dr. about health and nutrition ben - people are eating less healthy Food Safety and Applied Harsh Vardhan, Union efits of different types of food, food than they were eating a Nutrition), a network of Minister of Health & Family dietary advice by experts, decade ago. In this context, the research & academic institu - Welfare while inaugurating the engage in dialogues and con - movement of ‘Eat Right India’ tions working in the area of second edition of the ‘Eat versations with food visionar - started by FSSAI is a timely food & nutrition along with the Right Mela’ at Jawahar Lal ies and experts, relish the deli - initiative”. The Union Minister NetSCoFAN directory, cover - Nehru Stadium, here today. He cious street food, live demon - launched ‘The PURPLE Book’ ing detailed information of stressed upon the importance stration of food recipes and a handbook on diets for dis - various heads/Directors and of having a Jan Andolan, a have fun and entertainment. eases. The book provides gen - lead scientists of lead and asso - peoples’ movement, encourag - Dr. Harsh Vardhan also eral guidelines for hospitals on ciated partnering institutions. ing people to have healthier highlighted that “India, on one suitable diets for common The NetSCoFAN would com - diets which will help in reduc - side, is suffering from under- medical conditions such as dia - prise of eight groups of institu - tion of the disease burden in nourishment resulting in infir - betes, hypertension, cancer, tions working in different areas the country. mities such as wasting and gut disorders and so on in a viz. biological, chemical, nutri - Dr. Harsh Vardhan stated stunting and on the other side, simple format and has been tion & labelling, food of ani - that the Eat Right Mela of there is another critical area of developed and vetted by mal origin, food of plant ori - FSSAI is a commendable concern to be addressed i.e. experts in the field of food and gin, water & beverages, food effort and outreach activity for obesity, which is apparently nutrition. This book is avail - testing, and safer & sustainable citizens to nudge them towards the result of excessive con - able for free download on packaging. FSSAI has identi - eating right. “Let the ‘Eat sumption of junk food, wrong www.fssai.gov.in. fied eight Nodal Institutions Right Melas’ be part of public choices of food, overeating At the event Dr Harsh who would develop a ‘Ready Reckoner’ that will have inventory of all research work, experts and institutions and would carry out and facilitate research, survey and related activities. It would identify research gaps in respective areas and collect, collate and develop database on food safe - ty issues for risk assessment activities. “The need for identi - fy research gaps in respective areas and collect, collate and develop database on food safe - ty issues for risk assessment activities, will be addressed by NetSCoFAN (Network for Scientific Co-operation for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)”, Dr Harsh Vardhansaid. TRUTH PREVAIL 6 HEALTH JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 6 Type 2 diabetes: Weight regain A new drug could improve reduces cardiovascular benefits dermatitis after a single dose sure to the tone without an Researchers estimate that on the lookout for alterna - ical symptoms of dermati - accompanying electric about 16.5 million adults in tive drugs that could also tis, reducing their scores of shock, mice tend to forget the United States have efficiently improve the disease severity by at least the association. This is atopic dermatitis. symptoms of atopic der - half. because their brains update This is a chronic condi - matitis. At the end of the study themselves to the fact that tion that causes skin to A new proof-of-concept period, the participants also the threat no longer exists. become sore, dry, cracked, study — led by researchers showed a 40% reduction in and irritated. from the University of the levels of a particular However, the researchers There is currently no Oxford in the United type of immune cell in the etokimab in treating atopic with etokimab. At 4 days found that mice whose guts cure for this skin condition, Kingdom — suggests that a bloodstream. This cell is dermatitis. following each of these two were germ free from birth, but doctors can help people new drug, called called eosinophil, and it is "New antibody therapies, injections, the researchers or whose gut microbes had find a treatment plan that "etokimab," could be an linked to how sensitive a like etokimab, are exquis - performed an experiment: been vastly reduced due to helps reduce the severity of effective alternative. person is to different aller - itely specific in what they They injected a placebo antibiotic treatment, showed symptoms when they Significant symptom gens. target, and they have the substance into the skin of a marked reduction in the occur. improvements "This clinical trial is the potential to help [people] the participants' left arms, ability to learn that the threat Such treatment plans For their new study, the first time we've looked at and to help us better under - and house dust mite aller - New research in mice chronic gastrointestinal con - was no longer present. In include adjusting diet and researchers recruited 12 how blocking IL-33 can stand disease." gens into the skin of their shows how microbes in the ditions influence behavior other words, their brains lifestyle, using topical participants with atopic help [people] with atopic Prof. Graham Ogg right arms. intestines can influence the and mental health," says co- were not updating to the creams, and taking other dermatitis. Their findings dermatitis, and we have Potential for other treat - The investigators then ability to unlearn fear senior study author David new conditions. forms of medication, such appear in the journal found they experienced sig - ments took samples of cells and responses. The study yields Artis, a professor of Altered genes in as immunosuppressants. Science Translational nificant improvement in The investigators also fluid from the site of these detailed clues on the cellular immunology and director of microglia Immunosuppressants — Medicine, and the their symptoms after a sin - believe that further study - injections to analyze them. and molecular mechanisms IBD research at Weill A genetic investigation of which doctors often pre - researchers thank gle dose," says lead ing the role of IL-33 in skin They found that at 1 day that connect the gut and the Cornell Medicine in New the microglia in the animals' scribe to people with severe AnaptysBio, a clinical researcher Prof. Graham health could reveal whether after receiving the treat - brain. York City. brains shed some light on forms of this condition — stage antibody develop - Ogg. or not etokimab might also ment with etokimab, the be helpful in treating a participants experienced Researchers have exam - "Our study is the begin - the molecular mechanism include ciclosporin and ment company, for funding "These results are only methotrexate, which work the small trial. very preliminary, and we more varied array of less neutrophil activity in ined the role of gut microbes ning of a new way to under - behind this effect. by dampening the body's All participants received need to be cautious," he immune conditions. the spots the researchers in alleviating fear memories stand the whole picture," he The researchers looked at immune response to aller - a dose of etokimab. This notes, "but we're currently This notion is based on a challenged with allergens. in mice. adds. gene expression in the medi - gens that trigger symptoms drug targets a signaling testing the therapy in a larg - series of observations that Neutrophils, which are a Over the past 10–20 Learning and forgetting al prefrontal cortex (mPFC), of atopic dermatitis. molecule called interleukin er double-blind randomized the investigators made over type of immune cell, are years, scientists have For the study, Prof. Artis "an area of the brain known However, these medica - 33 (IL-33), which has a role trial in people with atopic the course of the small trial. involved in inflammation. observed how the bacteria and colleagues used mice to to be crucial for extinction tions can have side effects, in targeting immune dermatitis, and we look for - They explain that during This, they argue, sug - that live in and on the find out how gut microbe learning." including high blood pres - responses. ward to seeing the results." the study, they first deliv - gests that targeting IL-33 human body influence disruption affects brain Microglia are immune sure, liver problems, After 29 days, 83% of The ongoing trial has ered a placebo injection to could actually help treat health. cells. cells that live in the brain headaches, dizziness, and those who received the enlisted around 300 partici - the participants. different immune condi - Evidence has emerged of They drew on their and play numerous roles in nausea. treatment displayed signifi - pants, and it aims to con - A week after that, they tions that involve height - how disruption to these expertise in animal behav - its development and func - Researchers are therefore cant improvements in phys - firm the effectiveness of gave them the injection ened neutrophil activity. microbial communities links ior, gene sequencing, and tion. to disease and even to cell chemistry. One of their jobs is to help behavioral changes. The investigation focused stimulate and prune the con - How do you know if you're having These associations are on how well the animals nections between neurons, also evident in the relation - were able to learn and forget or nerve cells, to remodel ships between certain a fear trigger using an exper - brain circuits. a panic or anxiety attack? autoimmune disorders and iment that scientists call The researchers found panic disorder. smothered psychiatric conditions. "fear conditioning and that the absence of gut What are the signs and symptoms? People experiencing a panic attack People with multiple scle - extinction learning." microbes altered the gene The differences between anxiety may also: rosis or inflammatory bowel In the experiment, mice expression of microglia in and panic attacks are best highlight - feel a loss of control disease (IBD), for instance, learn to associate an electric the mice's mPFC in such a ed by comparing the symptoms of feel like they are going crazy may have disrupted gut bac - shock on the paw with the way that it disturbed how each condition: have a sudden fear that they will teria and experience mood simultaneous sounding of a neurons normally form and Panic attack symptoms die disorders, anxiety, and tone. eliminate connections dur - Panic attack vs. anxiety attack feel detached from themselves, ing learning and forgetting. Chest pain is a symptom of panic which is called depersonalization, depression. However, Stay in the know. Get our and anxiety attacks. and feel detached from their sur - although these investiga - free daily newsletter The team also found sub - Panic attacks come on suddenly, roundings tions have confirmed the You’ve got questions. stantial changes in brain without an obvious trigger. Symptoms of panic tend to peak existence of a gut-brain axis, We’ve got answers. Expert, chemicals in the mice lack - Symptoms include: after 10 minutes, then gradually sub - the mechanisms that under - evidence-based advice ing gut microbes, such as a racing or pounding heartbeat side. pin it have been unclear. delivered straight to your altered levels of molecules chest pain However, several panic attacks The new study, which fea - inbox to help you take con - that have a role in neuropsy - dizziness or lightheadedness can occur in a row, making it seem tures in a recent Nature trol of your health chiatric conditions such as The terms panic attack and anxiety intense than anxiety attacks. 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Key character - anxiety attacks are often associated numbness or tingling in the After an attack, many people feel molecular processes that to us. only works early in life istics distinguish one from the other, with a trigger. extremities stressed, worried, or otherwise connect gut microbes and Eventually, the tone by The researchers also ran though they have several symptoms Symptoms of anxiety are linked to shaking unusual for the rest of the day. brain cells. itself can elicit the same fear experiments in which they in common. numerous mental health conditions, shortness of breath Anxiety attack symptoms "No one yet has under - response as the electric restored gut bacteria in the These types of attack have differ - including obsessive-compulsive dis - stomach pain While panic attacks come on sud - stood how IBD and other shock. After repeated expo - germ free mice at various ent intensities and durations. order and trauma, while panic sweating denly, symptoms of anxiety follow a Panic attacks are generally more attacks mainly affect those with the feeling of being choked or period of excessive worry. How to stop eczema only Half of U.S. Children Get Enough How to stop anxious Sleep: why That’s a Serious Problem Our children aren’t get - itching at night ting enough sleep. lip biting from 2016 suggests that the Early school start times, supplement melatonin can screen related distractions, Many people occasionally 2014Trusted Source suggests help children with eczema get and other external pressures bite their lip when they are that even thinking about these to sleep more quickly. have contributed to 52 per - anxious. However, for some habits can trigger a person to Wear gloves to bed. 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Most research has may not notice the habit until at night, the discomfort can Moisturize well before bed. dust mites and skills. can be psychological. People able to recommend treatment instead focused on the three there is already damage to the make it difficult to get to Use an oil-based moisturizer gasoline They were also 33 per - may bite their lip as a physi - options, which may include most common habits, which lips. sleep. or a medicated cream, such as nickel and other metals cent more likely to com - cal response to an emotional dental braces or removing are: This sleep disruption is a steroid cream, before bed. A cigarette smoke plete all their homework state, such as stress, fear, or one or more teeth. hair-pulling, or trichotillo - Treatment common, affecting 33.0 to doctor can provide stronger sweat and 28 percent more likely anxiety. 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These lack of caregiver education Teeth alignment issues, that damages the skin, hair, or be an overlap in the psychol - has a psychological cause, In this article, we look at bathing to lock in hydration. prevent the immune system on the importance of ade - known as malocclusion. nails. ogy behind different kinds of many people benefit from why eczema symptoms flare Try medicated baths, which from overreacting and trigger - quate sleep, increased digi - These include overbite and BFRBs occur as a coping BFRBs, including lip biting. counseling or behavioral ther - up at night and how to prevent may include colloidal oatmeal, ing flare-ups. tal media use. underbite and can lead to mechanism in situations Research from apies. them. bleach, or vinegar. Why does eczema flare up Use wet wrap therapy. If the at night? skin tends to dry out during Eczema symptoms may the night, try wrapping a damp worsen at night. cloth around the affected area Eczema on the lips: Causes and treatment Researchers are not sure after moisturizing. Leaving what causes eczema, but vari - the wrap on overnight can help Eczema on the lips, also treatment options for may get the infection Different factors can trig - ous genetic and environmental keep the skin hydrated. called lip dermatitis or eczema on the lips. because lip licking, dentures ger lip eczema in different factors may be involved. Avoid harsh fabrics. Do not eczematous cheilitis, causes Types and symptoms of or braces, or other factors people. It may help to note Eczema symptoms may feel use sheets or pajamas made a characteristic redness, lip eczema cause saliva to build up in when the symptoms occur worse at night for a few rea - from fabrics that can irritate drying, and scaling of the Eczema on the lips can the corners of their mouth. to try to determine what is sons: the skin, such as wool or poly - lips. occur because of an allergic Angular cheilitis is common causing lip eczema. Due to the body's sleep and ester. Clothing and linens Eczema refers to a group reaction. in people with diabetes. Factors that may trigger wake cycles, a person's tem - made from 100 percent cotton of skin conditions that can There are several differ - The symptoms of lip lip eczema include: perature decreases at night, are gentler on the skin. cause itchy rashes, cracked ent types of eczema on the eczema can occur on one or certain lip products, such which can make the skin feel Avoid allergens before bed. skin, and painful blisters. lips, including the follow - both of the lips and can also as specific chemicals in lip - itchy. Many people with eczema People with eczema usually ing: Irritant contact cheilitis affect the skin inside and sticks and chapsticks If a person has moisturized also have allergies, and reac - experience periods of flare- occurs as a result of external surrounding the mouth. fragrances, soaps, house - during the day, the effects may tions can make eczema symp - ups and remission through - irritation, such as lip lick - The symptoms of eczema hold cleaners, and fabrics have worn off by night. toms worse. It can help to stay out their life. ing, cosmetics, and environ - on the lips may include: dry skin, which cold, dry People are more likely to away from common allergens, People may get eczema mental factors. a red rash on or around climates can make worse scratch in their sleep, which such as pet dander and pollen, on their lips due to genetics Allergic contact cheilitis the lips specific foods Causes and risk factors symptoms on or around can make itchiness worse. at night. or as a result of environ - is an allergic reaction to lip dryness or flakiness cigarette smoke People with sensitive skin their lips. In many cases, lip People tend to wake up a Take an antihistamine. mental factors, such as irri - products, dental materials, split or scaly skin pollens can be prone to eczema on eczema arises following few times during the night While antihistamines may not tating substances in lip toothpaste, or medication. itching respiratory infections the lips. contact with substances that without realizing it. They may reduce itching, they may make products or habitual licking Angular cheilitis devel - burning stress Image credit: James cause irritation or an aller - be scratching because they are a person drowsy, helping them of the lips. ops due to a fungal infec - pain sweating Heilman, MD, 2014. gic reaction. Eczema is not too sleepy to remember to to sleep in spite of the itching. In this article, we look at tion, usually Candida, or a inflammation changes in hormone lev - People with atopic der - generally a contagious con - hold back. This can make the Try melatonin. Research the causes, symptoms, and bacterial infection. A person Triggers els matitis may develop eczema dition. TRUTH PREVAIL 7 NATIoNAL JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 Astroturf | watch over your karma Humans and intelligence -Ajit Kumar Bishnoi the answer. material body becomes a begin your spiritual journey. -Bharat Bhushan It is pertinent to note here through sustained efforts. tions, not realising that it eally? Have you This is how the second tier material body in reality. What You won’t fail to notice the Padmadeo that thought seeds pertaining Here is the case of a person could put him through diffi - ever heard of an ani - works. First of all, we must distinguishes a material body response from God. He won’t aving followed last to the karmic carry over from who had been doing extreme - cult situations. Added to that Rmal committing sui - accept that we are souls – from a human being was the exactly talk to you in the two issues of this the past are imprinted in the ly well in so far as his busi - is Venus, ill-disposed off to cide? I was watching a pro - Hcolumn, another mind. They find reflection in ness was concerned. But at Neptune. That makes him sus - gramme about mental health regular reader came up with your thought process. When the same time, he and his fam - ceptible to get into unconven - on CNN recently. These are an interesting question: “Sir, you self-reflect, you may fig - ily members were faced with tional partnership, not accept - some of the facts they present - you have beautifully ure out different patterns in a criminal case of serious able by societal norms, thus ed. Roughly 47,000 explained how our karma sets the thought process playing dimension. Look at his astro - putting his morality in ques - Americans committed suicide the term for what we become within mind. That may help logical pointers. Towards the tion. If all that would not be in 2017. One in four due for — reward or punish - you identify and acknowledge potential side, Jupiter, the lord enough, the Sun is in opposi - Americans suffer from ment. But in our life, we do depression. And America is both good and bad karma. the most developed country in Would not the credits earned the world. Do these facts gel? for all the good done, balance No, because those who are out our bad karma and relieve so hopeless that they are tak - us from its future implica - ing the extreme step of killing tions? You have also suggest - themselves do not know the ed that the choice option reality of the cosmic design. It enjoins upon us with the is so perfect that for most it is capacity to filter off the unde - unimaginable. There is a sirable. To what extent can we solution of every conceivable modify negative implications problem, but one needs to of our karmic accruals and know the details of the cos - what are the remedial meas - mic design. There is a two- ures necessary?” tier system. The first tier is In divine scheme of things, what we generally know or at there is no provision of least are supposed to know is parts of God. In spite of all presence of the soul in the beginning but His messages reward or punishment. Your the karmaphala principle, the talk about rebirth, heaven, body. will be difficult to ignore. good karma lets you realise which means that you reap etc. we more or less live in When this fact is accepted God guides, protects, sup - your indwelling potential. what you sow. This is the ignorance; we really believe or, more importantly, realised, ports, etc. That keeps you motivated to guiding principle for all our that we are material bodies we go to the next step, that is I will share my personal for well-intended karma. Your acts except those carried out that we see. We have to go begin doing activities benefit - experience in this connection. bad karma, in the first place, in connection with the past this false assumption of ting us souls starting with My active contact with God may stand in way or your soul/God. If there is some our reality. Our scriptures activating the connection started when I started chanti - potential blooming out in full. ignorance about the have provided great details with God. This is done by car - ng. Gradually, I began bene - Also, it lets you go through karmaphala principle, evi - about the soul. A child is con - rying out spiritual activities fitting from God. He empow - similar experiences as would denced by some people trying ceived only when a soul like chanting, meditating, and ered me to write spiritual arti - have been met out to others. to be too smart by trying to comes, otherwise every copu - so on. Essentially, what is cles. Now I am able to get Purposely so as to put you cheat the system, there is lation will result in the required is an activity related answers to my questions. He through such lessons as would almost total ignorance about woman conceiving. Does it to the soul not to the material has blessed me with every - make you realise your wrong the fault lines, and then of Kendra house occupying tion to its planet of nemesis what God can do for us. The happen like this when the sex body, ie spiritual — the word thing one can hope for just as doings and evolve. It doesn’t address them. Often, your ego its own house, aspects Venus Saturn. That makes him vul - system that we see and know is unprotected? The sperm is deprived from the spirit or Sanjaya had observed, ie work like business economics may not let you dispassionate - the lord of trine house, which nerable to come under the doesn’t have all the answers; there and the egg is there. I soul. Believe that there are so there will be opulence, victo - where profit balances out the ly acknowledge indwelling occupies the 10th house iden - scanner of law enforcement we need to go to God, who am referring to the general many options that one is ry (success), wealth and loss. The driving spirit of the infirmities. Here, astrology tified with career prospects. agencies. As he entered his has. If it wasn’t so, the cosmic situation, not where there is a spoilt for choice. What will moral principles. (The Geeta laws of karma is to put you may serve as an effective The 10th lord Mercury occu - 38th year, the progressed design would be defective, medical problem. Once the you say about buying a photo 18.78) through lessons of life as diagnostic tool, which, pying the 11th house identi - lagna closed up Neptune, which is not. When we feel body is formed in the womb, of God in the form, which We, human being, are the would help you evolve. So, through a look at the energy- fied with fulfillment of which was already placed that our problem is impossi - the person stays alive till the attracts you most and hang it most intelligent species with - both good and bad karma find map of heaven at the time of desires, is posited in the adverse to Venus. Progressed ble to deal with, we need to soul is there inside the body. where you see it frequently. out any doubt, but are we act - reflection simultaneously. one’s birth, reflects upon your nakshatra owned by Venus. Sun formed unholy alliance approach God; He will have Once the soul departs, the This can be a start for you to ing that way? In so far as remedial meas - karmic accrual with a fair Association of Kendra and with natal Venus. Progressed ure is concerned, self-help amount of precision, as ener - Trine houses speaks loud of Venus as well as Moon, offers the best answer. Bear in gy knows no bias. The redres - his promising career. Further locked horns with Neptune. Take charge of Permanent Record of mind; only such process sal process is not that easy to that, mind signifying All these negative indicators would work as could get into either, as habits die hard. Moon, beautifully aligned simultaneously coming into your actions Snowden’s story the inner realms of mind for Better seek the guidance of a with Mercury makes him an play, his extra marital rela - -Bharat Bhushan Bear in mind — life runs Former US National that are capable of scaling necessary corrections from realised Guru, who is adept in intelligent person armed with tionship created a situation Padmadeo through various phases from Security Agency (NSA) con - that conflation into unprece - the root level. Pundits per - overcoming the limitations of good communicative skill, that put him through a very Someone holding a high birth to death, each one call - tractor Edward Snowden has dented global confusion,” he forming belief driven transac - mind and psyche. The extent vital to success in life. difficult situation. The writer position in an international ing for a particular mode of written a memoir, telling his says. tional pujas can’t reach out to which one could modify Towards the negative, the is an astrologer, vastu consult - organisation is off and on working. Accordingly, we life story in detail for the first The story traces your mind frame to nullify the implications of karmic Sun is locked in adverse for - ant and spiritual counsellor. confronted with upsetting sit - need to reorient our thought time and explaining why he Snowden’s evolution from your habit tendencies. Had it carryover from the past mation with mischievous Write to him atG-102, Bharat uations at works and even on process and working modali - chose to risk his freedom to childhood, from growing up been so, no resourceful person depends on your will and Neptune, which binds him to Nagar, New Friends Colony, personal score for the last ties from time to time in order become perhaps the most in the 1980s in North would ever suffer in life. resolve to change yourself his fanciful dream percep - New Delhi-110 025 three years. He came asking to keep pace with the asking famous whistleblower of all Carolina and suburban the other day: “Why is it hap - of the emerging phases of time. Washington, where his moth - pening so, particularly during life. Otherwise, our life will Snowden, who now lives er worked as a clerk at the second half of September? It become subject to unwanted in Russia to avoid prosecu - NSA and his father served in Afghan peace process at the crossroads takes almost two months to twists and turns. The human tion in the US, says his seven the Coast Guard. -Makhan saikia is replete with possibility of Another negative aspect of longest-ever war in the get over the problem. tendency is to stick to past years working for the NSA He came of age as the eace in Afghanistan, losing the US ally and helping the current peace deal is that Afghan soil could probably Otherwise, my overall per - habits and beliefs unless oth - and the Central Intelligence Internet evolved from an devastated by four the Taliban at the cost of the the US has not demanded a push some radical fighters to formance level is quite good. erwise forced by circum - Agency (CIA) led him to obscure Government com - Pdecades of war, never Kabul Government. And for ceasefire even as the price of work under the wings of ISIS Some pundits say that my stances. That makes it incum - conclude the US intelligence puter network and describes seemed so imminent. all these unwanted possibili - their own forces’ drawdown. that is raising its tentacles in community “hacked the how a youthful fascination However, the latest round of ties, many of Trump’s allies Again signals are coming out Afghanistan. It is a golden Constitution” and put every - with technology — as a peace talks between the US and close confidants, includ - of the already completed draft opportunity for the ISIS to one’s liberty at risk and that child, he took apart and and the Taliban leadership ing then National Security deal is that it has simply asked recruit some of the hardcore he had no choice but to turn reassembled a Nintendo con - indicates the negotiation Adviser John Bolton, are crit - for reduction of the Taliban members of the Taliban. to journalists to reveal it to sole and, as a teenager, process may take longer than ical of the draft accord. attack, not for bringing the Interestingly, the ISIS, who the world. hacked the Los Alamos expected. This week, when Rather than immediate attacks to a complete halt. The battles the Afghan “I realised that I was nuclear laboratory network US President Donald Trump troops drawdown, the Trump peace deal also does not hold Government and the Taliban, crazy to have imagined that — eventually led him to a announced that he was with - Administration must utilise the Taliban responsible for the is not a part of the ongoing the Supreme Court, or career as an NSA contractor, drawing an invitation to the all channels to end the war in attacks constantly launched peace process. Many will join Congress, or President where he observed high-tech Taliban delegation and the Afghanistan. It simply implies by jehadist forces such as the the ISIS despite it losing Obama, seeking to distance spy powers with increasing grounds in Iraq and Syria. his administration from revulsion. Analysts used the Simply put, for some Taliban, President George W Bush’s, Government’s collection they will be able to continue would ever hold the intelli - powers to read the emails of their jehad mission against gence contractor legally current and former lovers those whom they perceive as problems will continue till bent upon you to take charge responsible — for anything,” and stalk them online, he infidels and enemies. For sadhesati exists, which means of the self, and willingly he writes. writes. many others, who fear retribu - for the next three years. They change with time. There tion from civil society once have suggested some belief could be no better remedial they return to normal life, it driven practices to appease measure than this. Those who could be a refuge. shanideva, the possibility of do, sadhesati doesn’t pose History is witness to futili - which doesn’t exist in a for - any problem. Otherwise, you ty of military intervention in eign country. Please suggest may become victim of your internecine war in some remedial measure, own making, as has happened Afghanistan. Therefore, for which is workable in my with you. the US and its allies it’s diffi - present environment to over - Here, an insight into astro - cult to find a way out in come recurring problem.” logical pointers to your mind- Afghanistan. Typically, the Well, your problems can’t traits becomes imperative. traditional Afghan warlords be simply attributed to sadhe - The Sun, which stands for may not to follow the terms sati. I do not subscribe to the your identity, is conjunct and conditions of an imposed pundit’s view that you may Saturn, and adverse to peace process by the western have to necessarily go Neptune. This, in the first powers led by the US. through similar ordeal for the place, speaks of an inherent According to many securi - remaining period of sadhe - sense of fear and insecurity, The book, “Permanent One particular pro - ty experts, after the withdrawl sati, which ends in January which puts you in a negative Record,” is scheduled to be gramme the NSA called of US forces, the Afghanistan 2023. The remedial measure mode particularly when con - released on September 17. It XKEYSCORE allowed the Government may encounter they suggested wont help you fronted with a situation not to offers by far the most expan - Government to scour the Afghan Government for a that Washington has to work newly formed Afghan branch the same problems it wit - anyway. Sadhesati began five your liking. Second, you are sive and personal account of recent Internet history of meeting at Camp David, it closely with the Ashraf Ghani of Islamic State or Iraq and nessed during the Najibullah years back, but it didn’t both - stuck to your imaginary per - how Snowden came to reveal average Americans. He says created utter confusion Government. Ignoring or Syria (ISIS)-Khorasan regime after the withdrawal of er you during its beginning ceptions, often distanced secret details about the he learned through that pro - around the world. Does it sig - excluding the Ghani estab - Province and the Haqqani Soviet forces. What can be a phase of two and half years. from ground realities. Also, Government’s mass collec - gramme that nearly everyone nal a complete withdrawal of lishment will in no way help Network based in Pakistan. It solace for Afghanistan is that You got affected with the you may not acknowledge tion of Americans’ emails, who’s been online has at the US from the Afghan peace deserting or countering the must be understand by the US Trump has already promised onset of its second phase in truth on its first appearance, phone calls and Internet least two things in common: talks? Or is it leading to Taliban monsters. History strategists that Taliban should to leave behind “a very strong January 2017, when transit and rather pursue your line of activity in the name of They’ve all watched pornog - another Trump-style chaos records that without involving not be trusted anymore and intelligence” presence in Saturn closed up with natal thinking till pushed to the national security. raphy at one time or another, without providing any solu - the local allies, peace deal are brokering deal with them Afghanistan which he calls as Moon. That triggered your wall. His decision to turn from and they’ve all stored videos tion? unlikely to last long. For without involving the Ghani “the Harvard of Terrorists”. inherent mind-traits to come Moon occupying your obscure intelligence contrac - and pictures of their family. How America behaves example, the Paris Peace establishment might prove However, if the US strategy is out full force in their true 10th house, on one hand tor wonk to whistleblower in “This was true,” he would matter the most for Accord between the Nixon fatal anytime. to achieve immediate and colours. The fact that you promises occupying promi - 2013 set off a national debate writes, “for virtually every - bringing an enduring peace to Administration and the North Finally, when Trump is long-term security goals, it carried lot of negative traits, nent position, which you are about the extent of one of every gender, ethnici - Afghanistan. In fact, Trump’s Vietnam witnessed the fall of pushing for a final withdrawal must cautiously address this is what accounts for your already enjoying. But that it Government surveillance by ty, race, and age — from the announcement to halt the Saigon two years after its con - of troops, he must rethink. problem: many terror groups problems. occupies Sagittarius sign intelligence agencies desper - meanest terrorist to the nicest negotiation with the Taliban clusion in 1973. Maintaining a small non-com - conform to US foreign policy Remember, planets are not makes you tactless, undiplo - ate to avoid a repeat of the senior citizen, who might be may provide a much needed Some experts are of the bat force around 9,000 will in order to survive. doers that could do good or matic, and habitually suspi - September 11 attacks. the meanest terrorist’s grand - opportunity for a complete opinion that a competent third surely cost him lesser. But Afghanistan remains a bad in our life in their own cious of others. Moon also Intelligence officials who parent, or parent, or cousin.” reset of talks so that some of party must facilitate the ongo - then total departure for the US hotbed for the growth of right. Planet’s progression locks horns with Saturn and conduct annual classified He struggled to share his the critical previous mistakes ing talks between the US and from the most unpredictable jehadist outfits. And the coun - just serves as pointers to the Venus. That, in the first place, assessments of damage from concerns with his girlfriend, can be rectified without fail. the Taliban. Also the US can war theatre of the world with - try has gradually become a way your karmic cycle is further adds to your sense of Snowden’s disclosures say who joined him in Russia Trump’s Afghan envoy follow the example of what out providing a sustainable conflict zone for both regional expected to play out during a negativity. Also, it doesn’t let the documents will continue and is now his wife. Zalmay Khalilzad, himself an happened in Havana between solution might undermine as well as global hegemons. particular period. We, howev - you remain alert enough to trickling out into the public “I couldn’t tell her that Afghan émigré, was said to the Colombian Government these aspects: the US hege - In the process, non-state er, are not necessarily bound foresee challenges coming domain for years to come. my former co-workers at the have reached a tentative and the FARC rebels mony, credibility of the demo - actors like the Taliban, the by them. Should we be aware your way. Second, it makes Though the book comes NSA could target her for sur - agreement with the Taliban (Revolutionary Armed Forces cratically elected Government Haqqani Network, the ISIS, of the basic fabric of our you extremely emotionally six years after the disclo - veillance and read the love leadership. As per that agree - of Colombia) from 2012 to in Kabul, and lastly, safety net the Al-Qaeda and many other mind’s making, we could touchy and sensitive, where - sures, Snowden, who fled poems she texted me. I ment, the US troops would 2016. Further the discourag - for the Afghan civilian popu - local terror outfits would be make necessary correction by you may overreact to even first to Hong Kong and then couldn’t tell her that they have been withdrawn from ing part of the whole negotia - lation. Trump must revisit used for playing the proxies of and be well geared up to trivial issues, which may Russia, attempts in his mem - could access all the photos Afghanistan within a period tion process is that Khalilzad what happened when former the great power mongers. intelligently take on any neg - tempt you to unnecessarily oir to place his concerns in a she took — not just the pub - of sixteen months in return for is directly dealing with the President Barack Obama Certainly, what is coming ative implication. Also, we get into a combative mode. contemporary context. He lic photos, but the intimate hard-to-enforce commitments Taliban. This clearly indicates withdrew the US troops from up is slow death of democracy must optimise our inherent On top of that is your inflated sounds the alarm about what ones,” he writes. “I couldn’t from the Taliban, like a break that the Taliban does not need Iraq in 2011. The power vacu - and civil society in this belea - strengths to successfully ego, as would Mars placed he sees as Government tell her that her information from the clutches of Al- to bother about the popularly um in Iraq gave birth to the guered nation. And more pre - avail of the opportunities adverse to Jupiter mean. This efforts worldwide to delegit - was being collected, that Qaeda, denial of their territory elected Government of Ghani notorious ISIS and once again cisely, millions of ordinary expected to unfold. The para - makes you stuck to self- imise journalism, suppress everyone’s information was for global jehad, de-escalation and only America alone can necessitated the return of the Afghans who have been dox, however, is that seldom defined dos and don’ts, not human rights and support being collected, which was of violence and starting of decide the future course of US forces to Iraq. forced to live their lives under people are found to be con - open to look beyond for a authoritarian movements. tantamount to a Government negotiations with the dispen - action for this war theatre, A deal between the US constant shadow of war will scious about exploring their reality check. It also makes “What is real is being pur - threat: If you ever get out of sation at Kabul. even particularly excluding and the Taliban for the US be at the receiving end. own fault lines for necessary you judgmental of the highest posely conflated with what is line, we’ll use your private However such an approach the womenfolk of the country. forces to withdraw from their correction. order. fake, through technologies life against you.” TRUTH PRE11VAIL MILLENNIUM POST | Kolkata | Thursday, 26 December, 2019 mp world 8 INTERNATIoNAL JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 N Korea may be ‘Bloomberg’s White House planning nice 35 killed in double ‘Christmas gift’, campaign used prison labor’ says Trump Burkina Faso attack WASHINGTON: Billion- aire US presidential hope- PALM BEACH US: Presi- ‘A large group of terrorists simultaneously attacked the military base’ ful Michael Bloomberg used dent Donald Trump has said prison labor to make calls for that North Korean leader Kim OUAGADOUGOU: Jihadists his campaign, investigative Jong Un may be planning in Burkina Faso killed 35 civil- No group website e Intercept reported to give him “a nice present” ians, almost all of them women, on Tuesday. such as a “beautiful vase” for when they simultaneously immediately Bloomberg called the report Christmas rather than a mis- attacked a town in the north claimed “fundamentally accurate” and sile launch. and its military base in one of said his campaign had already e president was asked the deadliest assaults in nearly responsibility ended its relationship with the what he will do if North Korea ve years of jihadist violence in for the attack, company involved. does conduct a long-range mis- the West African country. but jihadist has e Intercept reported that sile test. e North has threat- Seven soldiers and 80 jihad- the former New York mayor’s ened to take unspeci ed action ists also died in the double been blamed on campaign contracted, through if sanctions are not eased by the attack Tuesday in Arbinda in militants linked to a third-party vendor, the Pro- end of the year, and speculation Soum province which lasted Al Qaeda & Islamic Com call center company has centered on the possibility “several hours” and was of a based in New Jersey. of a new missile test, possibly “rare intensity”, the army said. State groups ProCom runs call centers of an intercontinental ballistic Burkina Faso, bordering in New Jersey as well as Okla- missile capable of delivering a Mali and Niger, has seen regu- said 31 of the civilian victims ing for closer cooperation homa, where two of its call cen- Bloomberg said his campaign only nuclear warhead. lar jihadist attacks which have were women, adding around 20 and international support in impoverished armies have the ters operate from state prisons, e North has said that its le hundreds dead since the soldiers and six civilians were the battle against the Islamist support of French forces as well e Intercept said. learned about this situation when the “Christmas gi” to the United start of 2015 when militant vio- wounded. threat. as the UN in Mali. In at least one of those reporter on the story called them States will depend on Washing- lence began to spread across e president has declared Militant violence has spread In Burkina Faso, more than Oklahoma prisons, a mini- ton’s actions. Trump, who is in the Sahel region. 48 hours of national mourning. across the vast Sahel region, 700 people have been killed mum-security women’s facil- Florida for the holidays, had “A large group of terror- e morning raid was car- especially in Burkina Faso and and around 560,000 internally ity, inmates were contracted sure our vendors more prop- toiled in by less well-o rivals. just nished thanking service ists simultaneously attacked ried out by dozens of jihadists Niger, having started when displaced, according to the to make calls on behalf of the erly vet their subcontractors e Intercept said it asked Ste- members from each branch of the military base and the civil- on motorbikes and lasted sev- armed Islamists revolted in United Nations. Bloomberg campaign, accord- moving forward.” Months aer phen McQuaid, a director of the military via satellite when ian population in Arbinda,” eral hours before armed forces northern Mali in 2012. Attacks have targeted ing to the report. frontrunners Joe Biden and business development at Pro- he was asked about North the army chief of sta said in backed by the air force drove e Sahel region of Africa mostly the north and east of Bloomberg said his cam- Bernie Sanders, Bloomberg Com, whether the company Korea. He opted for a wait-and- a statement. the militants back, the army lies to the south of the Sahara the country, though the capi- paign only learned about this announced in late November had done work for Bloomberg. see approach. “is barbaric attack said. Desert and stretches across tal Ouagadougou has been hit situation when the reporter on his candidacy for the Demo- “To my knowledge we are “Maybe it’s a present where resulted in the deaths of 35 No group immediately the breadth of the African three times. Prior to Tuesday’s the story called them. cratic Party nomination to not, and nor have I ever heard he sends me a beautiful vase civilian victims, most of them claimed responsibility for the continent. attack, Burkina security forces “But as soon as we dis- challenge Donald Trump in that we were making any dials as opposed to a missile test,” women,” President Roch Marc attack, but jihadist violence in ere are 4,500 French said they had killed around a covered which vendor’s sub- next year’s presidential election. for the Bloomberg campaign Trump said on Tuesday. “I may Christian Kabore added on Burkina Faso has been blamed troops deployed in the region hundred jihadists in several contractor had done this, we Bloomberg has a net worth or on behalf of them through get a nice present from him. Twitter, praising the “brav- on militants linked to both as well as a 13,000-strong UN operations since November. immediately ended our rela- of more than 54 billion, accord- someone else, nor have I heard You don’t know. You never ery and commitment” of the Al Qaeda and Islamic State peacekeeping force in Mali to An ambush on a con- tionship with the company and ing to Forbes. He is using that that we (are) currently making know. Nuclear talks between defence and security forces. groups. ght insurgents. voy transporting employees the people who hired them,” he personal fortune to spend them, but I am not in a posi- the US and North Korea have Communications minis- Leaders of the G5 Sahel e G5 group is made up of a Canadian mining com- said in a statement. heavily on online and TV ad tion to know every campaign been stalled since a February ter and government spokes- nations held summit talks in of Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, pany in November killed 37 “We do not support this campaigns, and his campaign that is going,” he was quoted as summit between Trump and man Remis Dandjinou later Niger earlier this month, call- Mauritania and Niger, whose people. AGENCIES practice and we are making is skipping crucial states long saying. AGENCIES Kim fell apart. AGENCIES Libya war leaves #PMTPOBSPHSBOUTQPMJDFPăDFST9NBTQBSEPO UIPVTBOETIPNFMFTT RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s been wrongly classi ed as acts President Jair Bolsonaro has of self-defense. e number of TRIPOLI: Layla Mohammed privacy. granted a Christmas pardon police who will bene t is likely ‘Fine’ now but lost memory barely had time to gather her She feels safe in the eight to police ocers convicted of to be small, as few are ever con- children's belongings before square metre room, which involuntary crimes, according victed of manslaughter, accord- eeing their southern Tripoli thanks to a benefactor has a to an item in the country’s o- ing to Arthur Trindade, a board after fall, says President home when shelling targeted door and a window. "Even if cial gazette published Tuesday. member of non-pro t Brazilian the Libyan capital's outskirts it's not ideal, at least it's free," e pardon applies to police Public Security Forum. SAO PAULO: Brazilian Pres- wounded in a knife attack in earlier this year. she said. who acted in self-defense or is isn’t a question of ident Jair Bolsonaro tempo- September 2018 while cam- For months she moved her Initially, Samira was deter- out of necessity, for example if doing justice for these profes- rarily lost his memory aer paigning for the presidency. family between apartments as mined to stay in her southern while doing so they acciden- sionals, said Trindade, a sociol- hitting his head in a fall at his “At that moment I lost soaring rents in the crowded Tripoli home, even as combat tally killed a bystander. ogy professor at the University ocial residence, he said in memory,” he said of the city exhausted her savings, crept closer over the months. It bene ts those who have of Brasilia. It’s an enormous an interview on Tuesday. fall. “e following day, this eventually leaving them squat- But when a rocket fell near served at least one-sixth of political message of support e 64-year-old slipped morning, I managed to get ting in an un nished build- her house the terror became their sentence, and includes for the police groups and for Monday night in a bath- back a lot of things and now ing alongside dozens of other too much and she ed, she said. police if they took action while inordinate use of force. e room at the Alvorada Pal- I am ne,” Bolsonaro said in families. e buildings sheltering o-duty to eliminate risks to presidential press oce didn’t ace, the latest health scare for a telephone interview with More than 140,000 Libyans Samira and Mohammed are themselves or others. Bolso- respond to a request for infor- the Brazilian leader who was Band television. AGENCIES like Mohammed have ed their just metres from the seat of naro, who was elected on a rather than face legal processes. month he announced his inten- mation regarding the number homes since April, when forces the Government of National law-and-order platform, has However, he also said repeat- tion to pardon cops. e deci- of convicted police ocers who who dedicate their lives to pardoned convicts who are loyal to eastern-based strong- Accord (GNA). pledged to defend cops and edly before taking oce that sion is controversial given that stand to be pardoned. safeguarding society, the press gravely ill or have some irre- man Khalifa Haar launched But authorities have done said those who shoot crimi- his administration wouldn’t extrajudicial killings by Bra- e decree innovates by oce said in its statement. versible medical conditions like an assault on Tripoli, seat of the little to help. nals should be given medals oer any pardons. Earlier this zilian police have sometimes granting a pardon to those Additionally, Bolsonaro paraplegia or blindness. AGENCIES UN-recognised government. Mayssoun al-Diab is in In central Tripoli, the grey charge of displacement issues skeletons of a highrise con- for the GNA's crisis commit- 15 people injured in helicopter struction site -- abandoned tee but admits "the government Syrian grows mushrooms to feed family since 2008 due to a property has oered them nothing, not dispute -- now host more than even moral support". emergency landing in Russia HAAREM SYRIA: In a camp forced his family to ee north warm room and leaves it for ern Ghouta when it was under 170 families. According to her, the gov- for the displaced in northern towards the Turkish border. around 20 days. a ve-year government siege. For some, the high rises in ernment was unable to nd MOSCOW: Russian ocials Syria, Nasrallah scatters mush- ey found refuge in a Once the bag has turned Around 6.5 million people Tarik al-Sekka were "a gi from shelter for all the displaced, say 15 people are injured aer The injured room spores into a bag of wet camp in the town of Haarem white, he transfers it to a in Syria are food insecure, or heaven", since the alternative leaving many at the mercy of a passenger helicopter made have received hay, hoping they will sprout in the northwestern province of slightly brighter room, opens it lack access to sucient nutri- was living in the street. avaricious lenders. a rough emergency land- and feed his family. Idlib, but jobs there are scarce. up, and mists the top regularly tious food. But "we live like animals -- Her committee requisi- ing in Siberia on Wednesday medical help and "Mushrooms have become With money tight to sup- until mushrooms sprout out. Many of them have been without running water, elec- tioned schools, public build- morning. two remain in a the main alternative to meat, port his wife and children, he "Not many people grow displaced from their homes by tricity, or even sewage," said ings and hotels to house the e Mi-8 helicopter with as it's so expensive," says the planted some mushrooms. mushrooms, though people the conict, the World Food Mohammed, a mother of displaced, but faced with an 21 passengers and three crew hospital, health 43-year-old. "We eat some and we sell a -- especially in camps -- are Programme says. seven. ever-growing inux as the bat- members got caught in a snow- care officials said Aer the civil war erupted little to provide for ourselves," increasingly turning to them," Today, Nasrallah buys a kilo Her youngest son is sick tle dragged on, more and more storm soon aer taking o in in Syria eight years ago, Nasral- he says. he says. Mushrooms are com- of spores from Turkey for the with a chronic respiratory ill- families found themselves the village of Baykit, ocials named Hip by NATO, is a lah started growing the fungi in Before planting the fungi, monly viewed as an alterna- equivalent of USD 10, hoping ness. "e dust will kill him," homeless. from the local branch of Rus- medium twin-turbine heli- his home province of Hama. Nasrallah sterilises hay by stir- tive to meat in dishes, although they will generate 20 kilos of Mohammed despaired. When term time resumed, sia's Emergency Ministry said. copter designed in the Soviet "We'd eat some, give some ring it in boiling water over a they are dierent in nutritional food. "All we want is to live in the situation got worse. Aer e helicopter toppled over Union and widely used in Rus- away to friends," explains the wood re. He then layers the value. ey contain far less pro- But he spreads out his yield, dignity," she said. living for months in one Trip- upon landing. e injured have sia as a transport aircra. father of three, who used to wet straw into a bag, sprinkling tein, but more minerals and picking no more than ve kilos Neighbour Samira crowds oli school, Khairi al-Doukali received medical help and two Rough landings and other work for the local council in ve to ten grammes of mush- vitamins. a week. her four children into a sin- said his family was "evicted remain in a hospital, health incidents involving Mi-8 heli- the town of Qalaat al-Madiq. room spores between each Syrians in other parts of the Each kilo sells for a little gle room in a nearby building, alongside dozens of other care ocials said. copters have become rather But earlier this year, coating. country have also grown them under the equivalent of USD preferring the greater warmth families" to allow classes to Police are investigating common in Russia in recent increased regime bombard- Sealing the bag with a tight during the war, most notably in 3, far less than the average USD it aords over any sense of restart. AGENCIES the accident. e Mi-8, code- months. AGENCIES ment on the Hama region knot, he lugs it into a dark, the Damascus suburb of East- 13 per kilo for meat. AGENCIES Egyptian Notre Dame rector: Fragile cathedral might not be saved publisher gets PARIS: e rector of Notre but that the full restoration will Dame Cathedral says the Paris take longer. 5 yrs jail over landmark is still so fragile that President Emmanuel No Xmas mass for there’s a “50 per cent chance” Macron has said he wants it the structure might not be rebuilt by 2024, when Paris Israeli novel entirely saved, because scaold- hosts the Olympics, but experts 1st time since 1803 ing installed before this year’s have questioned whether that CAIRO: e founder of re is threatening the vaults of time frame is realistic. PARIS: Notre-Dame Cathe- Notre-Dame, who performed an Egyptian publishing the Gothic monument. Unable to celebrate Christ- dral in Paris was unable to at the mass. Meanwhile, work- house was sentenced to ve Monsignor Patrick Chauvet mas in Notre Dame this year, its hold Christmas Eve Mass for ers continue to repair and years in prison for distrib- said restoration work isn’t congregation, clergy and choir the rst time in more than 200 rebuild the cherished cathedral. uting an Arabic version of a likely to begin until 2021 and decamped to the Saint-Ger- years -- aer a re ravaged its Notre-Dame, part of a controversial Israeli novel, his described his “heartache” at main l’Auxerrois Church across structure in April. UNESCO world heritage site brother said Tuesday. not being able to celebrate from the Louvre Museum With heavy hearts, French on the banks of the River Seine e novel entitled "e Christmas services inside instead. Catholics instead gathered at lost its gothic spire, roof and Egyptian Spy Who Saved Notre Dame this year, for the Parishioners at Christmas the nearby church of Saint- many precious artefacts in Israel", by Israeli writer Uri rst time since the French Eve Mass shared sorrow about Germain l’Auxerrois, a few the re, which was watched Bar-Joseph, portrays Ashraf Revolution. the re, but also a feeling of hundred metres away, for a ser- by huge crowds. e building Marwan, the son-in-law of for- “Today it is not out of dan- solidarity. vice celebrated by the cathe- had remained open for Christ- mer Egyptian president Gamal ger,” he told e Associated “I remember my mother dral’s rector Patrick Chauvet. mas through two centuries of Abdel Nasser, as a spy for the Press on the sidelines of Christ- told me that she was watching “It isn’t the same feeling but oen tumultuous history -- Jewish state. mas Eve midnight Mass in a TV, and that there was a re at it’s still a Christmas Mass,” said including the Nazi occupation Khaled Lot has been on nearby church. Notre Dame. I told her ‘it’s not 16-year-old Juliette, who had in World War II -- being forced trial in a military court since “It will be out of danger possible,’ and I took my bike, made the 700-kilometre trip to close only during the anti- 2018 for publishing an Arabic when we take out the remain- and when I arrived I was cry- from Aix with her family. Catholic revolutionary period version of the book, two years ing scaolding.” e 12th-century cathe- folding that crisscrossed the removed we need to assess the ing,” said Jean-Luc Bodam, a “ere will be a thought for in the late 18th and early 19th earlier. “Today we can say that dral was under renovation at back of the edi ce. “We need state of the cathedral, the quan- Parisian engineer who used to Notre-Dame tonight, that’s for centuries. President Emmanuel e publisher, accused there is maybe a 50 chance that the time of the accidental April to remove completely the scaf- tity of stones to be removed and cross town to attend services at sure.” “We have been crying Macron has set a timetable of of having "divulged military it will be saved. ere is also 50 re, which destroyed its roof folding in order to make the replaced.” the cathedral. since April 15, and today even ve years to completely repair secrets", was sentenced to ve per cent chance of scaolding and collapsed its spire. One building safe so in 2021 we will He estimated it would take “We are French, we are more,” said Danielle, a Parisian, the eight-centuries-old struc- years in prison despite appeal- falling onto the three vaults, so of the toughest parts of the probably start the restoration another three years aer that going to try to rebuild Notre who attended last year’s mass at ture, which remains shrouded ing against an initial ruling, his as you can see the building is cleanup eort is cutting down of the cathedral,” Chauvet said. to make it safe enough for peo- Dame as it was before, because the Paris landmark. However, in scaolding with a vast crane brother Mahmoud Lot told still very fragile, he said. the 50,000 tubes of old scaf- “Once the scaolding is ple to re-enter the cathedral, it is a symbol,” he said. AGENCIES she was lied by the choir of looming over it. AGENCIES the reporter. AGENCIES TRUTH PREVAIL SPORTS 9 JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 Kohli named in wisden cricketers South Africa's Simon Harmer extends of the decade list contract with Essex till 2022 London : India captain the England tour in 2014 and "It left him with a unique no one quite like him." South Africa : Former body at the Club is hungry for force for years to come," he to have him for the foresee - Virat Kohli has been named in the second Test against set of statistics - the only bats - "In many ways, there isn't. South African off-spinner more success. We’ve now set said. able future. the Cricketers of the decade Bangladesh at Kolkata in man to average at least 50 in Since the retirement of Sachin Simon Harmer has signed a the bar as to where we want to Essex head coach Anthony “Simon is an outstanding list alongside four others by Tendulkar and the gradual one-year contract extension bowler and arguably the best the Wisden Cricketers' waning of MS Dhoni, no with English county side off-spinner in the world, who Almanac. cricketer in the world has Essex that will keep him with can change a game whenever Apart from Kohli, South operated under such daily the club until the conclusion he has the ball in his hands." African duo of Dale Steyn and pressure as Kohli." of the 2022 season. "He’s a leader both on and AB de Villiers, Australia's In the past decade Kohli Reflecting on the develop - off the pitch and it’s wonder - Steve Smith and women's all- has hoarded 7,202 runs in ment, the 30-year-old said ful news for everyone rounder Ellyse Perry also Tests including 27 hundreds, that he is delighted to sign a involved with Essex that he’s found a place in the list of five while in the shorter formats contract extension and com - going to be here for the fore - cricketers of the decade. the Indian skipper has mit his future to this 'great' seeable future," McGrath Kohli, who has scored amassed 11,125 runs in ODIs club. said. 5,775 more international runs and 2,633 runs in T20s. “From the moment I Harmer has enjoyed an than anyone else in the last 10 Kohli, who averages more arrived three years ago, I was impressive 2019 season with years, has arguably been the than 50 in all formats, has made to feel part of the group Essex, having taken a total of best batsman over the last already amassed 70 interna - and at ease in Chelmsford, 83 Championship wickets as decade. The 31-year-old tional hundreds and is only and it is now a place I consid - the side clinched their second Indian was named captain of behind Ricky Ponting (71) er my home, so it was an easy title in three years. He has the Wisden Test team of the and Sachin Tendulkar (100). decision for me to make," the also bagged a flurry of awards decade, while also featuring He is third in the list of Essex County Cricket Club this year, including the PCA in the ODI XI. leading run-scorers of all time official website quoted Overall MVP, the Cricket "He is genius has been to November, Kohli averaged all three international formats. with 21,444 runs, behind Harmer as saying. Writers’ Club County rise, time and again, to the 63, with 21 hundreds and 13 Even Steve Smith was moved Ponting (27,483) and Harmer, meanwhile, also Championship Player of the challenge. Between the end of fifties," Wisden wrote. to remark recently that there is Tendulkar (34,357). heaped praises on the current Year, the PCA Specsavers Essex squad, saying that the County Championship Player players are capable of defend - be as a Club. There’s a lot of McGrath, on the other hand, of the Year as well as the Real Kashmir host Dale Steyn set to make Big Bash ing titles and can be a domi - hard work ahead of us, but said that Harmer is a terrific Essex Player of the Year, nant force for years to come. I’m confident that with the bowler and the best off-spin - Essex Players’ Player of the “We’ve just had a phe - squad we have we can defend ner in the world and, there - Year and Essex Bowler of the champions today League debut with Melbourne Stars nomenal season and every - our titles and be a dominant fore, the Essex club is pleased Year. New Delhi : Real South Africa : South wicket haul against Hobart The full squad is as fol - Kashmir FC will play their African pace great Dale Steyn Hurricanes-- in two matches lows: first home match of the 13th is all set to make his Big Bash he played as Steyn's replace - Glenn Maxwell (captain), Mitchell Swepson added to Australia Hero I-League season when League (BBL) debut after they host defending champi - being named in the squad for 3rd New Zealand Test ons Chennai City FC at the Melbourne Stars squad for the TRC Turf Ground in Srinagar upcoming clash against Australia : Australian leg- Nathan Lyon have already "Having Mitch in Sydney get to Sydney," the today. Adelaide Strikers on Friday at spinner Mitchell Swepson has been named in the Australian gives us the option to play two International Cricket Council The fixture is first major the Metricon Stadium in been called up in the national squad, Swepson's addition specialist spinners if the con - (ICC) quoted Hohns as say - sporting event in the valley Carrara, Australia. squad for the third and final ing. since its recognition as a The 36-year-old, whose Test of the three-match series The 26-year-old has union territory. Real Kashmir debut in Australia's T20 lucra - against New Zealand, begin - appeared in just one T20I for have played only two match - tive tournament was earlier ning January 3 at the Sydney Australia during a series es this season, both ending in delayed due to a side strain, Cricket Ground (SCG). against England last year. draws away from home has been called up in the Swepson seemed to have Though he was also named in against Quess East Bengal Melbourne squad in place of got the nod in the Australian the Test squads for the tours and Tiddim Road Athletic Pakistan pace sensation Haris squad after he bagged 12 of India and Bangladesh in Union (TRAU). Rauf. wickets in six games he 2017, he is yet to make his The Snow Leopards have Rauf has been axed from played for Queensland during debut in the longest format of let a one-goal advantage slip the Melbourne Stars squad Sheffield Shield. Last month, the game. in the final thirteen minutes despite wearing the BKT he also finished with brilliant Meanwhile, Hohns also of both their matches, con - Golden Cap for being the ment. Hilton Cartwright, Nathan figures of seven for 92 against confirmed that Peter Siddle-- ceding an equaliser in the tournament's leading wicket- Besides Steyn, Australian Coulter-Nile, Ben Dunk, Pete Victoria. who was left out of the 77th and 78th-minute mark taker. pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile Handscomb, Clint Hinchliffe, Reflecting on his inclu - Playing XI for Melbourne respectively. Although The Pakistan pacer, who has also returned to the Sandeep Lamichhane sion, Trevor Hohns said that Test at the expense of James TRAU went 2-1 up against joined the Melbourne squad Melbourne squad after miss - (Nepal), Nick Larkin, Nic though pacers Mitchell Starc, Pattinson--is all set to make a the Snow Leopards later, from Tasmanian Premier ing out the first two games Maddinson, Dale Steyn Pat Cummins and James would offer them another spin ditions demand. We will make return to the Big Bash League Mason Robertson scored a Cricket club Glenorchy at the with an ankle injury he sus - (South Africa), Marcus Pattinson and off-spinner option in Sydney. those assessments when we (BBL). quick equaliser to snatch a last minute, has bagged seven tained during a training ses - Stoinis, Daniel Worrall, Adam "Having Sids (Siddle) as point from Imphal. wickets--including a five- sion. Zampa. the 13th man and his experi - Assessing his team’s last ence at the MCG has been outing, David Robertson, Railways bundle out Mumbai for 114 invaluable. His insights have Head Coach, Real Kashmir ICC ranking is absolute garbage: Vaughan Mumbai : Test specialist jured just 18 for the first wick - a matter of time as Mumbai's greatly assisted the fast Ajinkya Rahane and young et before Shaw’s leading edge innings folded up at 114 in bowlers for this Test and it FC said, “In the second half, Melbourne : Former "They have won series at they are the best Test match TRAU had a go at us and we prodigy Prithvi Shaw failed was caught by Pratham Singh 28.3 overs. was great having him around England captain Michael home. They have only just teams in the world, without with the bat as Railways bun - at gully off medium pacer Raman scores 2nd ton the group," he concluded. defended well. We had a Vaughan has slammed the drawn the Ashes in English question. I think there is only great chance when Krizo was dled out Mumbai for a paltry Amit Mishra (3-41). Kolkata: Left-handed International Cricket conditions, they only just beat one team that can come here 114 on the opening day of One-down Rahane had an opener Abhishek Raman held one on one with the keeper Council's ranking system, Ireland. I think the rankings and put Australia under pres - Van Dussen ready and we could have killed the their Elite Group B game at opportunity to get runs under the Bengal innings together terming it as "absolute are a little bit confusing. sure, that was 12 months ago, Wankhede stadium on his belt, but he fell for just 5. with a gritty unbeaten 110, for SA Test debut game. In football, these garbage". things happen. I am proud of Wednesday. Rahane, too, edged to second taking the hosts to 241 for Centurion : South Africa India are currently ranked This is perhaps the first slip, giving Pradeep his first- four against Andhra on day my players and we could number one in ICC Test team skipper Faf du Plessis on have scored more.” time that the 41-time Ranji wicket. one of their Elite group A fix - Tuesday confirmed that right- rankings, followed by New trophy champions have been Immediately after that, ture. Raman survived some Mason Robertson’s Zealand, South Africa, handed batsman Rassie van impressive shift in Imphal shot out before lunch in Pradeep dismissed Bista, who anxious moments especially der Dussen will make his Test England and Australia. Mumbai or elsewhere. was caught by wicket-keeper in the 90s before pulling KV asserted the value he brings The cricketer-turned-com - debut in their opening Test of to the Kashmir squad. His However, Mumbai Nitin Bhille as the hosts were Sasikanth over square leg to the four-match series against mentator feels New Zealand bowlers, led by debutante reeling at 40-3. score his second successive two-goal-show featured a and England don't deserve to England, starting at the clinical finish that went in off Deepak Shetty (3-20) initially Mumbai’s crisis man century. SuperSport Park today. get the second and fourth spot came hard on Railways before Siddhesh Lad (14) and skip - Raman, who scored 110 in the inside of the woodwork in the ICC Test rankings as The Proteas skipper said for his first and a textbook their captain Karn Sharma (24 per Suryakumar Yadav (39) Bengal’s win over Kerala in that Van der Dussen will bat they haven't won enough Test not out) and 33-year-old tried to rebuild the innings their previous match, got header that levelled the series in the last two years. at No 5 behind Zubayr scores for his second. Arindam Ghosh (52 not out) with their 30-run stand, but good support from former Hamza at three and himself at "I will be dead honest rallied their innings with their medium-pacer Himanshu skipper Manoj Tiwary as they Chennai City FC, on the about the ICC rankings. I four. other hand, have made a slow unbroken 73-run stand for the Sangwan (1-33) broke the revived the innings in the Addressing mediapersons think they are absolute sixth wicket. partnership as he cleaned up post-lunch session after being start to their Hero I-League garbage," Vaughan was quot - on the eve of the first Test, du campaign. They have Their partnership ensured Lad. reduced to 99 for two. Plessis also hinted that all- ed as saying by the 'Sydney that Railways took the first- Mumbai batters Aditya While Raman batted notched only five points from Morning Herald'. rounder Dwaine Pretorius four games, with their only innings lead and ended the Tare (4), Akash Parkar (2), through the day, facing 255 could make his debut, batting "I have no idea how - New "I certainly don't, in my that they won here, India," he day at 116/5 as bad light Shams Mulani (1) and balls, Tiwary too was at his victory arriving against Zealand have won plenty of opinion, have New Zealand as said. "There was no Smith, no at No 7. TRAU in their season opener stopped the play at 3:54 pm. Shardul Thakur (0) made a fluent best, striking a six and While the 30-year-old Van series over the course of the the second best Test match Warner, no (Marnus) Earlier, the famed Mumbai beeline to the pavilion as six fours. They added quick at Coimbatore. last two years - but for them to nation in the world. I think, Labuschagne in the Australian der Dussen has played 18 With an away trip to batting line-up collapsed as Railways had a clear advan - 87 runs for the third wicket ODIs and nine T20Is for be second, and where it stands particularly over here in ranks in that series, I think the little-known right-arm medi - tage. before Tiwary was done in by Srinagar on the horizon, out for me that the rankings Australia, Australia are a far series later on next year, when South Africa, Pretorius has Roberto Eslava, Captain, um pacer Pradeep T (6-37) Skipper Surya top scored a short one from CV Stephen, featured in 22 ODIs and six can't be right is that England better Test match team." India arrive back here, hope - ran through their line-up on a for Mumbai and struck five the most impressive Andhra Chennai City FC said, “We in Test match cricket are third, Vaughan also picked India fully everyone will be fit. T20Is. have shown intensity, so the greenish Wankhede wicket. boundaries in his quick-fire bowler. Commenting on Van der and England for three or four as the only team that can trou - "That Indian attack has got Railways were rewarded 40-ball knock. “I’m sure he will not sleep points that we have dropped, years have struggled in Test ble Australia at home, saying the pace, it has also got the Dussen, the skipper said: “He haven’t been for the lack of for bowling a disciplined line Surya was bowled by well tonight. He could have was a mature cricketer when match cricket, particularly Virat Kohli's men have the spin, the batting unit has got and in right areas. Pradeep as he tried to play converted it into a big one,” it.” overseas," he said. pace and spin in their bowling all the experience. I only see he started for us in ODIs and “We showed great fight Mumbai openers- Shaw across the line. Bengal coach Arun Lal said of is someone who knows his The 45-year-old, who has and experience in batting to only one team at this stage (12) and Jay Bista (21)— con - After Surya fell, it was just Tiwary's dismissal. game very well.” against Punjab, though the captained England Test team challenge the hosts. that can compete with scoreline may suggest other - from 2003 to 2008, said the "I think there are two Australia here and that is wise. ICC ranking is confusing. teams, India and Australia, India." Top of the table clash Leicester : Leicester City today before they play West ing with a ‘winter break’ that doing that, though it is not Inter, Lazio bid to end Juve’s 8-year Scudetto grip face runaway Premier League Ham on Saturday. will see all teams get a week - important to us,” said Milan : Dygualdo, LuLa Inter reaching the top of the the 36-year-old Pandev, who it will be involved in the leaders Liverpool on Boxing ‘Game about money now’ end off in February. Liverpool manager Klopp. or Immobile? Serie A standings. showed great instinct to con - Europa League. Day knowing their own title They then complete four But that pales into “As a group we are pretty The Serie A title race could The 22-year-old Martínez trol and immediately lob into Lazio is also not to be hopes are very much in the games in 10 days with a trip to insignificance compared to good at shutting the doors all come down to which team has has impressed so much that an empty net from more than ignored, especially as it is the balance. Newcastle on New Year’s the Bundesliga’s long-estab - around us to keep out the the best strike force. Barcelona is reportedly ready 40 yards out. only team to have beaten Today’s match will see the Day, before hosting Wigan in lished winter break. noise from outside,” the Juventus has the superstar to activate the Inter forward’s WHO'LL BE CHAMPI - Juventus this season — some - second-placed Foxes, the the FA Cup on January 4. The German top-flight German added. trident of Paulo Dybala, 111 million euro ($123 mil - ON? thing it did in the league and shock 2015/16 champions, Fourth-placed Chelsea, Gonzalo Higuain and lion) release clause. Napoli has pushed the Italian Super Cup this kick off 10 points adrift of fresh from a 2-0 win away to Cristiano Ronaldo — the so- Martínez signed a contract Juventus all the way in recent month, and both by the same Liverpool, who will arrive in Tottenham Hotspur marred by called Dygualdo. Inter Milan until 2023 when he joined years but this season it is Inter 3-1 score. the East Midlands fresh from allegation of racist abuse, are has Romelu Lukaku and Inter from Racing Club last Milan which is threatening to Lazio has won the Serie A winning a maiden Club World at home to Southampton Lautaro Martínez — aka year and there is already talk wrest the title off the eight- title twice in its history, the Cup title following a 1-0 vic - while Spurs will be without LuLa. of improving that deal to keep time defending champion. last time in 2000. tory over Brazilian side the suspended Son Heung- Lazio is six points behind the Argentina forward at the Conte’s arrival as Inter Cl QUALIFICATION Flamengo in Qatar. min for the visit of Brighton the top two but with a game in club. coach in the offseason has While Juventus and Inter One of the more remark - after the South Korean’s red hand. But it is Lazio forward SURPRISE OF THE revitalized a team which has Milan look overwhelming able statistics in English foot - card against the Blues. Ciro Immobile who is leading SEASON finished fourth the previous favorites to get in the ball is that it is nearly 30 years Mikel Arteta’s reign as the goalscoring charts. Unheralded Cagliari could two campaigns. Champions League next sea - since Liverpool were last Arsenal manager starts away Immobile, who was top be on its way to becoming this Juventus and Inter headed son, the other two spots will crowned domestic champions to Bournemouth, while new scorer in 2014 and 2018, cur - season’s Atalanta in Serie A. into the winter break level on likely be fought over by in what was then the First Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti rently has 17 goals in Serie A The Sardinian club has 42 points at the top of the Lazio, Roma, Atalanta and Division. is in charge at home to — five more than nearest exceeded all expectations by table. Inter is top on goal dif - Cagliari. But Premier League sil - Burnley. Newcastle, managed challenger Lukaku. joining the conversation for a ference although head-to- Lazio enters the break on verware is now in sight fol - by former Old Trafford Last Sunday’s games were spot in Europe, entering the head is the first tiebreaker at an eight-match winning streak lowing a successful 2019 that favourite Steve Bruce, will the final ones of 2019 and break in sixth place despite the end of the season. in the league and is in third has also seen Liverpool take look to complete a league Serie A returns from its winter losing its last two matches. Whether Inter can stand place, one point ahead of the Champions League and This presents Rodgers closes down for several weeks double over Manchester break on Jan 5, with the first It’s among the team’s best the pace is an issue though, Roma. Atalanta trails the UEFA Super Cup trophies with a problem about how in December and January, United with both sides of the round of 18 matches starts since Luigi Riva led the especially as a mid-season Champions League places by back to Anfield as well as the often to field Jamie Vardy, the with Rodgers saying the presently level on 25 points PLAYER OF THE SEA - club to its only Italian league slump has become something four points in fifth while Club World Cup. league’s leading scorer so far English break was a “let’s and looking to break into the SON title in 1970. of a tradition with the Cagliari is six points out in One of the enduring pecu - this season, given the striker pretend” version. top six. Sheffield United face Martínez has burst onto GOAL OF THE SEASON Nerazzurri. Since 2013, Inter sixth. liarities of the English game is now aged 32. Liverpool will be without Watford, still bottom despite the scene this season after a Ronaldo’s towering header has only once managed to win WHO'S GOING DOWN? that has not changed, howev - “The game is about money Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain last week’s win over quiet debut campaign for might have made headlines more than one league match Brescia, Spal and Genoa er, is the packed programme now. You can’t say it’s about after the midfielder suffered Manchester United. Inter. around the world but there are in January. currently occupy the bottom of matches that take place the welfare of players,” insist - an ankle injury against “We’re halfway through Martínez scored nine goals several better contenders for Conte has complained at three places, with Genoa last during the Christmas and ed Rodgers, himself a former Flamengo as Jurgen Klopp’s this season and we knew this in all competitions for Inter goal of the season. several points this season of on 11 points from 17 games. New Year holiday period. Liverpool manager who side, unbeaten in the Premier season was going to be a sea - last season but has already The best of the bunch at his squad’s lack of strength in Breccia is 18th in the 20- The congested schedule is added that Vardy, for all he League this season, bid to go son of some ups and downs,” found the back of the net 13 this stage is perhaps Goran depth and has said that was team league — trailing again causing headaches for has scored 16 goals this term, 13 points clear and all but end said Manchester United man - times in a formidable partner - Pandev’s stunning goal partly to blame for its exit Sampdoria and Lecce by just managers, with Foxes boss had “no chance” of being the title-race before by the ager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. ship with Lukaku under coach against Lecce for Genoa on from the Champions League. one point — and will hope Brendan Rodgers saying the involved throughout the fes - halfway stage. Meanwhile reigning Antonio Conte. Dec 8. Not having to compete in striker Mario Balotelli finds fixture list is a “nonsense”. tive period. “If anyone wants to think champions Manchester City Martínez and Lukaku’s The Lecce goalkeeper’s Europe’s premier club compe - top form in the new year to Leicester kick off against This season sees the things are over before they are are away to Wolves tomor - partnership has been key to attempted clearance came to tition could aid Inter, although lead it to safety. Liverpool at 20:00 GMT Premier League experiment - over we cannot stop them row. TRUTH PREVAIL 10 ENTERTAINMENT JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 Sridevi played a huge role in my obsession with Hindi cinema : Karan Johar For Karan Johar, Sridevi's multiple times to watch it and “Mukkadar Ka Faisla”. you. She just seemed unat - her because I would have movies are a window to his then every other movie after “My father was releasing a tainable, inaccessible, just the been too much of a fan. And childhood and the beginning that. I remember dancing on film on the same day as ‘Mr way you want your stars to be, somewhere a filmmaker has of his love for Hindi cinema. to be very objective about his Growing up in South or her work. And fandom can Bombay, Karan said not many make you lose objective and I kids in his locality were inter - think I would have lost com - ested in Hindi cinema in '80s plete objectivity. So I am glad but he loved the way Sridevi I never directed her as I would connected with the audiences. have give her a failure, which Sridevi known for her she did not deserve," Karan films like “Sadma”, “Mr said. It was during the making India”, “Lamhe”, “English of her father's 1993 produc - Vinglish”, "Mom” among tion "Gumrah" when Karan others, passed away in met Sridevi and the director February last year. said he found her to be quite "For me, today and every reticent. moment of Sridevi takes me "I was dying to be her best back to my entire childhood friend, tried everything, talked and my entire being and my to her but she was always passionate love for movies quiet. She took compliments and my absolute obsession and adulation just like how with Hindi cinema. I think she she would treat silence, like it has a large part to do with it. I would not bother her." can't recall the moment when The director said Sridevi I felt madly in love with her. I was very involved with her was her biggest fan,” Karan films and would often give said at the book launch here suggestions. on Sunday evening. "When I narrated the film Karan, who launched (referring to 'Kalank') that she "Sridevi - The External was meant to do before she Screen Goodess", written by passed away, she read the Satyarth Nayak, in Mumbai a script, she made her notes and few days after its Delhi launch pot and pan just like she had. India'. He had released and I had put her up on a she told me a few brilliant by Deepika Padukone, said My love story began with her ‘Mukkadar Ka Faisla', which pedestal. She became like things, which I wish we had while Hindi cinema was a low and it just never ended.” was directed by Prakash (that) with every movie.” listened to. She had some priority for children around Reminiscing an incident Mehra and my father was very Karan said he was such a wonderfully intuitive things. him, he just sat at home and when he chose Sridevi's film hurt with me because on the die-hard fan of Sridevi that it She had always had that watched movies, including all over his father's own movie, opening day I went running to would have been disaster for sense... She was not given of Sridevi's work. Karan said, his father, late see ‘Mr India' and I did not him to direct her in a movie credit for a lot of things. There "I remember watching filmmaker Yash Johar, was see my father's film. had they worked together. was a ticking brain I don't ‘Himmatwala' with my house upset with him as he went to “Sridevi had the magical "I am not sure if I would think she got enough credit help in a cinema hall, I went see “Mr India” instead of quality of connecting with have been the best director for for," he added. Diljit Dosanjh, Manoj Bajpayee in a family comedy Sunny Leone : Don't be quiet about Don't think heroism in cinema will Wouldn't audition for workplace harassment ever die : Salman Khan anyone but Aamir Khan: Actress Sunny Leone roped in for a horror-comedy it or are passionate about the Fresh from the success of whether we want to see the someone -- it could be your Kareena Kapoor Khan understands workplace called "Coca Cola". She also same. South industry will def - "Dabangg 3", Bollywood film or not. Today, we have mother, family or wife or dog "Laal Singh Chaddha" because of Aamir Khan. He's harassment is difficult to deal forayed into the southern film initely help me grow. Being superstar Salman Khan says trailers and people make their or country -- that emotion happens to be the first film possibly the greatest cine - with, but feels one needs to there are times when the mak - for which actor Kareena matic mind India has ever step up and address it. ers go overboard with "hero - Kapoor Khan ever audi - seen. It's my honour to share "Workplace harassment is ism" but believes he is lucky tioned and she says she went frame with someone who is difficult to deal with but you to have struck the right bal - through the screening so passionate and committed, don't have to be quiet. Find ance in his films. process only for her co-star such a fierce actor from that yourself a supportive boss," "Dabangg 3" saw Salman Aamir Khan. generation," she said. Leone posted on Instagram reprise his role of Robin along with a video addressing Hood-like cop Chulbul the issue. Pandey and the film released The video highlights why on December 20, minting it is important to speak up and over Rs 90 crores in its open - not stay silent if someone is ing weekend. trying to use powerful posi - The actor, who has tion to exploit someone. cemented his image as a larg - It is in sync with the mes - er-than-life hero with films sage of her upcoming web like "Wanted", "Kick", series "Ragini MMS Returns "Bharat" and the "Dabangg" Season 2", which throws light series, said heroism is here to on the importance of consent stay. while getting intimate with a "I feel when fans go to the - horror story. She has a cameo atre they should want to be as a paranormal expert in the industry with movies like able to learn about a new cul - you and they should come out series. "Rangeela" and ture is something that I like happier. Basically that is my mind to see a movie if they works. You say star power On the Bollywood front, "Veeramadevi". "Nothing is and enjoy a lot," Sunny had funda to do movies. I don't liked it. When I would come (works), but if the film is not the 38-year-old has been tough when you enjoy doing told IANS in the past. think heroism can ever die. out of a movie theatre after good, then it doesn't hold at "It can never die. There are watching a film, I wanted to all," he said. times when you feel there is be that hero, feeling good. "The subject is important. Not easy to swim against the tide in too much of it (heroism) so "We would watch all the The scenes and music have to you try and control it, to get films of Bruce Lee and we be good. If a boring scene Bollywood : Emraan Hashmi the right balance is difficult. I would fight and kick people comes, people get busy with An official remake of Kareena said she has been am lucky on cracking it," around (like he used to). their phones," he added. Tom Hanks' 1994 feature tracking Aamir's career, right Bollywood star Emraan to be confident about the drama "Mumbai Saga". Salman, 53, said in a group Everyone was a martial artist Salman is currently busy "Forrest Gump", the film is from his 1989 film "Raakh". Hashmi says it is paramount choice one makes. The actor said he wanted interview. at that point of time in a fun shooting for "Radhe". being directed by Advait "I'm a huge fan. He's the for him to keep reinventing "If as an actor or a creative to do a commercial film and Growing up, the actor said, way," he said. "I am hearing scripts from Chandan and features Aamir only actor. When I'm with and breaking out of an estab - he watched Bruce Lee on Salman said no star has the Farhan (Akhtar) when some - in the title role. him... I just freeze and lished image even at the risk screen and used to imitate the power to hold the audience in thing comes up, we will see," "'Laal Singh Chaddha' is nobody can believe this. of failure. moves of the Hollywood mar - the theatres if the film is not he added. possibly the only film in my Because he's not Aamir, he's The 40-year-old actor, tial arts legend. good. The actor also has "Kick career I've auditioned for. I always morphing into some - who started with a series of "I am a big movie fan "... Till the time the emo - 2" and "Veteran", the Hindi would never do it for any body else. commercia movies, has myself. We would see the tion is correct... If you do remake of 2015 South Korean kind of cinema or anybody in To still have that ability shown his versatility with out- posters of a film and decide something selflessly for film. this world other than Aamir," ever after 30-35 years is of-the-box choices such as Kareena told PTI. unbelievable," she added. "Shanghai", "Tigers" and The 39-year-old actor, The actor will next be Netflix Original series "Bard who is currently filming the seen in "Good Newwz", of Blood". From Tansen’s gharana project, said reuniting with which releases Friday. "It's important to be just Aamir after "3 Idiots" has The film also stars completely dedicated and The fog enveloping the ditional instrument, Tumbak. director of Ustad Allaudin been "unbelievable". Akshay Kumar, Diljit zoned in on what you're picturesque mausoleum of The highlight of the Khan Sangeet Kala Akademi, "It is unbelievable Dosanjh and Kiara Advani. doing. I always try to have a Tansen in the background, evening was Ajay Pohankar, said that the number of novel experience with each and some fine Indian and who had chosen Raag youngsters in the audience film I do. But it hasn't been international musicians from Rageshri. He performed has increased in the last five Jessie J reveals what part easy because when you are Greece, Israel, the US, Iran Rakho Pat Mori and Sajan years. “Gwalior has always known for a particular cine - and Belgium spellbinding an Bin Sooni. He also played been known for a very recep - of her body is fake ma, and you want to venture audience cutting across class Thumri in Mishr Pahadi tive audience. Watching an out and try something new, in lines. This was perhaps Singer Jessie J says the It seemed like she was hitting our industry, it is like swim - the most striking aspect only part of her body that is back at claims she may have ming against the tide," person you're convinced and the multistarrer seemed like of the Tansen Samaroh fake are her "teeth" and had some surgical help. Emraan told PTI in an inter - you're enjoying what you're the perfect choice. which celebrated its "everything else is natural", She did not directly refer - view. doing, it's ultimately going to "I'm looking forward to 95th year this time, that including the "cellulite". ence any reason behind her "There is a risk of things pay off. There is going to be a doing a commercial film ended recently, — the The 31-year-old took to post, but did affirm that she not working out and I'm okay phase where things might not again. 'Mumbai Saga' is a young and the elderly Instagram to share a video of has had her teeth whitened with that because I know I'm work. But eventually, people 'massy' film and I've not done sitting down on mat - her curves during a photo after being compared to Bugs excelling at a point where I acknowledge that someone is such movies for the longest tresses and listening to shoot, reports Bunny as a child. am trying different subjects doing good stuff. And that time." classical music, with - dailymail.co.uk. Alongside the video she and characters. I think that's belief keeps me going." The film also features John standing intense chill to what's important," he added. Emraan will be returning Abraham, Jackie Shroff, enjoy music even after The actor believes more to the mainstream space after Suniel Shetty, Amol Gupte, the shades of dusk had than living up to the expecta - a gap of almost three years Prateik Babbar, Gulshan fallen. tions of others, it is important with Sanjay Gupta's gangster Grover and Rohit Roy. The festival began with a Dhrupad presen - tation by Tansen Music Priyanka Bose joins Amazon's 'The College in Raag Yaman, Chautaal and Nibbidh Bandish. Noteworthy wheel of Time' was the Mridang presentation Raag, and concluded with the increased number of young Actor Priyanka Bose, best wield it. According to Warder like Moiraine, she has by Sivaraman Umayalpuram, ghazal, Aye Mohabbat Tere people gives us immense joy known for her role in the Deadline, "All About April" two — Ihvon (Imani) and a Padma Vibhushan recipient. Anjaam Pe. and hope for the future,” Oscar-nominated "Lion", is actor Taylor Napier and Maksim (Napier). The trio Interestingly, Carnatic A photo exhibition of late Rastogi said. Talking about set to star in a recurring role in music was also included in sitar maestro Ravi Shankar the value additions made to the live-action fantasy series the festival. Shivaraman under the section Pranti, the festival during the past "Wheel of Time", opposite played Adi Taal in different which showcased and cele - few years, he said, “We have Rosamund Pike. dimensions, besides Teen brated the glory of the musi - given more character to the The Amazon series fol - Matra Roopak, Saat Maatra cian, was also organised dur - stage ensuring that it is not a lows Moiraine Damodred Mishra, and Paanch Maatra ing the festival. bland one. Also, as opposed to (Pike) as a member of a pow - Khand taal. The concluding part of the three days, the festival now erful, all-female organisation The third-day witnessed festival was held at musician runs for six days.” 'Aes Sedal,' who goes on a Ajay Pohankar and Nityanand Tansen’s birthplace, Behat, Wanting to go beyond the journey across the world with Haldipurkar presenting Indian located 45 km from Gwalior hardcore performance charac - five young people, one of classical music while artistes on the banks of river Jhilmil. ter of the festival, the depart - whom she believes might be from Iran enthralled the audi - Madhya Pradesh’s associ - ment has also added a Vadi The singer, who recently wrote in the caption: "The the reincarnation of a person ences with traditional music ation with music can be traced Samvadi, a lecture and dis - split from boyfriend only thing on my whole body prophesied to save or destroy Emmanuel Imani of "Black share a complicated relation - from their land. to medieval times. Two of cussion element, which aims Channing Tatum, flaunted that is fake are the two teeth humanity. Earth Rising" fame will also ship built on love, sex and The evening started with a medieval India’s most well- to raise awareness about the her figure in a sheer black next to my big teeth. They The long-in-the-works recur. respect. Dhrupad performance by known singers, Tansen and Indian musical heritage. “This dress as she wrote that used to look like baby sweet project is based on Robert Bose will play Alanna Cast also includes Sankar Gandharv Sangeet Baiju Bawra, were from year, sitarist Shubhendu Rao "everything else" on her corns. Jordan's bestselling novels, Mosvani, a member of Aes Madeleine Madden, Marcus Mahavidyalaya, Gwalior, and Gwalior. Tansen is also credit - and Dhrupad singer Umakant body is natural, adding: "The Now they light up which are set in a world Sedai. Allana is renowned for Rutherford, Barney Harris, later Iranian artistes Pedram ed as the founder of Gwalior and Ramakant Anant cellulite too." when I go bowling. where magic exists and only both her kindness and temper. Zoe Robins and Josha Khavar Zamini and Aamir Gharana. Gundecha delivered the lec - In the video, Jessie promi - Everything else is natural. certain women are allowed to Instead of having one Stradowski. Khari performed on their tra - Rahul Rastogi, deputy tures,” concluded Rastogi. nently displayed her behind. The cellulite too." TRUTH PREVAIL bUSINESS NEWS 11 JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 Govt constitutes expert panel to Niti Aayog member bats for 2 GST slabs, says resolve oil, gas disputes rates should not be revised frequently New Delhi : With over - referred to panel, the parties referring dispute for resolu - said. New Delhi : Government The Niti Aayog member, for a slash in the number of new indirect tax regime rather hang of disputes choking cannot resort to arbitration or tion, the committee shall con - It shall be open to the par - think-tank Niti Aayog mem - who looks after the agricul - tax slabs. than tinkering with rates. He investments in the oil and gas court case to resolve it. duct the conciliation or medi - ties to make any suggestions, ber Ramesh Chand on ture sector, is also strictly "It has become tendency prescribed that if at all rates sector, the government has "The committee shall ation proceedings. "The pro - proposal or alternative pro - December 25 made a case for against frequent changes in of every sector to ask for need to be changed, it should constituted an expert commit - exercise all powers and dis - ceedings shall be based on the posals for amicable settlement only two slabs under the GST rates as it leads to prob - lower GST. I feel GST issues be done annually. tee for time-bound resolution charge all functions necessary principles of fairness, justice of dispute. goods and service tax regime On demands of lower GST of exploration and production for carrying out conciliation and good conscience," it said. "Parties shall not claim as against the multiple slabs on process food, like dairy disputes without having to and mediation proceedings For procedural aspect, the any interest on claims and currently, and said rates products, Chand, an agri resort to tardy judicial for resolution of the disputes committee will be guided by counter-claims from date of should be revised annually if economist, said the 5 per cent process. notice for conciliation or required. The goods and serv - GST on such products is The 'Committee of mediation till execution of the ices tax (GST), which "very very reasonable". External Eminent settlement agreement, if so replaced almost all the indi - Chand said that while Persons/Experts' for dispute arrived at. rect taxes, came into force every sector is demanding resolution will comprise for - "In case, parties are unable from July 1, 2017, and the lower rate, they should also mer oil secretary G C to arrive at a settlement, no rates on goods and services understand governments need Chaturvedi, Oil India Ltd for - interest shall be claimed in have been revised several revenue to spend on develop - mer head Bikash C Bora and any further proceedings for times since then. ment works. Hindalco Industries Ltd the period from the date of Currently, there are four "We always ask from the Managing Director Satish Pai, notice till date of completion GST rate slabs -- 5 per cent, government and forget to give according to an official notifi - of the proceedings pending 12, per cent, 18 per cent and back. This trend is not good. cation. before the committee or date 28 per cent. Several items fall From where will the govern - The panel will have a of the receipt of the final ? in exempt category or nil ment get the money to spend tenure of three years and the recommendations from the duty. Besides, cess is also lems. The all-powerful GST are much larger than asking for development," said resolution will be attempted committee or date of execu - levied on five goods. Council, presided over by the for rates," Chand said. Chand, who is also a member to be arrived at within 3 tion of the settlement agree - Talking to PTI, Chand said Union finance minister and And, "we should not fiddle of the 15th Finance months. between the parties as per the the Arbitration and ment whichever is later," it that when a large taxation comprising state finance min - with rates or change rates fre - Commission. India's oil and gas sector provisions of the Arbitration Conciliation Act, 1996, and said. reforms like GST are brought isters, decides on rate for par - quently... We should not have He said that in the agricul - has been plagued by disputes and Conciliation Act, 1996, the venue of the conciliation The parties are required to in, there are always "teething ticular goods and services. many rates. Have only two ture sector alone, the central from cost recovery to produc - and endeavour that the parties or mediation proceedings keep conciliation or media - problems" but soon they sta - Besides frequent demand rates," he said. government is providing a tion targets, and companies as arrive at a settlement agree - shall be New Delhi. tion proceedings confidential bilise. He said most of the for reduction in the rates on Chand said the focus subsidy of Rs 1.2 lakh crore well as the government have ment within three months "The parties will represent and the same cannot be relied countries took long time for various goods and services, should be on steady increase and the states put together resorted to lengthy and costly from the date of the first meet - their case before the commit - upon them as evidence in any GST stabilisation. there has also been clamour in revenue collection from the spend about Rs 1 lakh crore. arbitration followed by judi - ing of the committee," it said. tee acting as conciliators or arbitration or court proceed - cial review -- a process that The members and the par - mediators only through their ing. takes years to resolve differ - ties may, however, extend the employees or executives. "Pendency of arbitral or Piramal Enterprises NTPC to invest Rs 50K crore to add 10 ences. time for arriving at a settle - Advocates or consultants judicial proceedings shall not The notification said the ment agreement by mutual shall not participate in the constitute any bar on com - to raise Rs 2,750 cr Gw solar energy capacity by 2022 committee will arbitrate on a agreement. conciliation proceedings, mencement of conciliation or New Delhi : State-owned assumes significance in view added. dispute between partners in a "The members of the com - unless the committee on mediation proceedings before by issuing bonds power giant NTPC is plan - of India's ambitious target of The sector regulator contract or with the govern - mittee shall at all times application filed by a party to the committee, even if the New Delhi : Piramal ning to add 10GW of solar having 175GW of clean ener - Central Electricity Regulatory ment over commercial or pro - remain impartial to the parties the proceedings finds that conciliation or mediation pro - energy generation capacity by duction issues for oil and gas. during the course of the con - some issue of legal nature or ceedings are on the same sub - Enterprises on December 25 said it will raise up to Rs 2022, which entails an invest - "Any dispute or difference ciliation or mediation pro - an issue requiring highly spe - ject matter/issue as the arbitral ment of around Rs 50,000 arising out of a contract relat - ceedings," the notification cialised knowledge is in dis - or judicial proceeding," it 2,750 crore by issuing bonds on private placement basis. crore, to be funded mainly by ing to exploration blocks/ said. pute requiring said. It added that the parties green bonds, a source has fields of India can be referred The committee acting as clarification/interpretation by shall not initiate or take any said. to the committee, if both par - conciliator or mediator will be an Advocate or Consultant step to initiate any arbitral or At present, NTPC has ties to the contract agree in allowed to take services of and takes a view that in judicial proceedings in installed renewable energy writing for conciliation or third-party or expert agency absence of such assistance or respect of a dispute, which is capacity of 920 MW, which mediation and further agree to to aid and assist it in discharge participation the party's inter - a subject matter of the concil - includes mainly solar energy. not invoke arbitration pro - of its functions as and when ests shall not be adequately iation or mediation proceed - It has formulated a long term ceedings thereafter," it said. required. represented in the conciliation ings pending before the com - plan to become a 130 GW Once a resolution has been Upon receipt of a request or mediation proceedings," it mittee. company by 2032 with 30 per cent non-fossil fuel or renew - able energy capacity. Pay dues immediately, allow us to quit without "The company will com - plete tendering of 2,300 MW serving notice period : Air India pilots of solar energy capacity by gy by 2022. Authority (CERC) has New Delhi : Flagging con - tainty over the airline's future. said.Citing the uncertainty dues without any further "A meeting of the the end of this fiscal. The source said that the already approved the real time cerns over unpaid dues, an Air The grouping represents over the airline's future, the delay. In a warning, the Administrative Committee of Thereafter it has planned to company would also set up power market, which is India pilots' union has urged nearly 800 Air India pilots grouping asked the minister to grouping said, "our patience is the Board of Directors of the add 4GW each in 2020-21 some of its solar energy proj - expected to kick in by April 1, the government to allow their who fly narrow body planes. ensure that they "are not treat - running thin and we are in no Company will be held on and 2021-22. ects under scheme where it 2020. members to quit the debt- They have written a ed like bonded labour and position to continue working Saturday, 28th December, "The company is open to gets viability gap funding to In the real time power laden carrier without serving strongly-worded letter to allow us to quit Air India with uncertainty looming 2019, to consider and any borrowing option in the keep the tariff below Rs 3 per market, there would be 48 notice period. Minister of State for Civil without serving the notice large at Air India". approve the issue of secured market, which is economical. unit level. sessions of half an hour each As the government works Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri period and clear all our dues "We do not want to face non-convertible debentures However, the company would Besides, the company will in a day. This will allow con - out the modalities for the sale regarding their dues. immediately". The notice the same fate as other on private placement basis mainly rely on green bonds also set up solar energy proj - sumers to get desired power of the national carrier, the "...your statement that if period is six months. employees of 21 private carri - amounting up to Rs 2,750 which are offered for pure ects without any long term supply within an hour of buy - Indian Commercial Pilots' Air India is not privatised by Air India has a debt burden ers that have shut down and crore," it said in a regulatory clean energy projects. The (for 25 years) power purchase ing at the energy exchanges. Association (ICPA) has also 31st March 2020 then Air of more than Rs 58,000 crore. further add to the rising unem - filing. company wants to raise agreements (PPA) as it At present, power is traded warned that they are in no India will be shut down, is a The ICPA has also asked ployment in India," the letter, Piramal Enterprises said money through domestic intends to sell the electricity for two hours in a day from 10 position to work amid uncer - matter of concern," the letter for clearing their legitimate dated December 23, said. the money can be raised in green bonds," the source said. to industrial as well as com - AM to 12 AM, where con - one or more tranches from The NTPC's plans to add mercial consumers and also at sumer can schedule delivery Hyatt plans to open 11 new hotels time to time. 10GW solar energy capacity energy exchanges, the surce in a day advance. in India by 2020-end Mutual funds add over Rs 4 lakh cr to asset base in New Delhi : Global hospi - brand in Delhi in 1982, he light model". supply," Sharma said. 2019, expects momentum to continue in new year tality firm Hyatt Hotels added. The company is also look - Hyatt India's 2020 goal is New Delhi : Mutual funds per cent in 2017, when the seventh consecutive yearly some more time going for - Corporation is looking to "The new hotels will be ing at expanding in tier II and to reduce water consumption have added a staggering over asset base expanded by over rise in the industry AUM after ward, we believe investors open 11 new hotels across under our three brands -- Rs 4 lakh crore to their asset Rs 5.4 lakh. a drop for two preceding will want to benefit from this India by the end of 2020 as Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Place and base in 2019 and the industry Industry experts said the years. The AUM of the indus - volatility and use it to create part of its expansion plans in Hyatt Regency," Sharma said. expects the growth trajectory double-digit growth is a posi - try has grown from Rs 8.22 and growth their wealth. As the country, a senior company While the hotel at to continue in the new year on tive sign given the negative lakh crore in November 2009 we expect industry inflows to official has said. The Gurugram will be under the the back of strong inflows in sentiment about equity and to Rs 27 lakh crore in rise, we believe that all cate - Chicago-headquartered firm Grand Hyatt brand, the hotels debt schemes and measures fixed income securities and November 2019, indicating gories of mutual funds includ - currently has 32 hotels across at Vadodara, Jaipur and taken by regulator Sebi for should be primarily credited an over three-fold jump in 10 ing equity funds to see a 20 destinations under its eight Bengaluru will be under the boosting investors' confi - to inflows in debt-oriented years. In 2019, equity and steady rise in flows," he brands in India. The eight Hyatt Place brand, he added. dence. schemes, steps taken by Sebi equity-linked saving schemes added. brands under the Hyatt portfo - "The hotels at Thrissur, It was because of strong that boosted confidence have seen inflows of Rs The large-scale adoption lio in India are -- Hyatt, Hyatt Kochi, Jaipur, Dehradun, inflows into debt-oriented among investors and to dis - 70,000 crore, way below Rs of SIPs, especially by retail Centric, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Trivandrum and Udaipur will schemes that saved 2019 from tributors for helping take the 1.3 lakh crore witnessed in the investors, has helped mutual Place, Park Hyatt, Grand be under the Hyatt Regency being a "dark-dull year of message of "mutual fund sahi preceding year. The inflow in funds this year. Hyatt, Alila and Andaz. brand," Sharma informed. investing" as inflows into hai" (mutual funds are right) such schemes hit a 41-month A sharp rise in SIPs shows "We plan to open 11 new When asked if the compa - equity funds has dropped this to every nook and corner of low of Rs 1,312 crore in more people moving away hotels across the country by ny is also looking at acquisi - year due to a volatile market. the country. November. from the concept of large end of 2020 as India is a very tions for future growth, he Going ahead, the industry lump-sum investments. important growth market for said the company is open to it, should witness growth in the Inflows through SIP have us," Hyatt, Vice President- if there is a merit in it. tier III cities with suitable per guest per night by 25 per range of 17-18 per cent in been consistently steady, at India operations, Sunjae On the business model, it brands, he added. cent compared to a 2006 base - 2020 and equity funds should about Rs 8,000 crore per Sharma told PTI. follows in India and about "India is a very important line, and by 30 per cent in see robust inflows as expecta - month in the year. Overall, Hyatt is one of the first plans in future, Sharma said: market for us. It is one of the water-stressed areas, the com - tions are high about improved fund houses have garnered international hotel manage - "We are mainly into manage - top three global growth mar - pany said. Founded by Jay equity markets and a revival over Rs 90,000 crore through ment brands in India, having ment contract model, but we kets for the company after the Pritzker in 1957, Hyatt is cur - in economic growth, industry SIPs -- a preferred route for entered the market over 35 are also looking at franchise US and China and there is a rently present globally across body AMFI's CEO N S retail investors to invest in years ago with the first hotel model with select partners in huge scope of growth here as 60 countries, with 18 brands Venkatesh said. mutual funds as it helps them under the Hyatt Regency India. We follow the asset the demand still exceeds the and 875 hotels. The asset under manage - reduce market timing risk. ment (AUM) of the industry With regard to debt mar - rose by 18 per cent (Rs 4.2 kets, a whopping Rs 1.2 lakh lakh crore) to an all time high crore has been infused in China clamps down on risks in rental housing market of Rs 27 lakh crore in 2019 by fixed income securities as New Delhi : China will regulators will "make clear minimize risks, the guidance Reuters reported last year November-end itself, up from debt funds are considered to curb financial risks in the requirements on the term and said. Banks should carefully that Dingjia, a Hangzhou- Rs 22.86 lakh crore at the end be less risky. Some investors rental housing market by size of the loans for the rental evaluate firms' ability to repay based rental company, went of December 2018, as per the "The growth in AUM is The pace of inflows in take comfort in being able to tightening lending to rental housing business" and the loans, strictly review the belly-up due to what its chief latest data available with the largely attributed to debt ori - such equity funds tapered off hedge their risks by parking housing companies and cap - strengthen the supervision of use of these loans and prevent executive called an aggressive Association of Mutual Funds ented schemes. In fact, towards the end of the year as their funds in instruments that ping the ratio of their rental in India (Amfi). inflows in debt oriented investors did not see the index provide better returns than income from loans taken by Some industry experts said schemes have been surpris - returns in their own funds. bank fixed deposits. tenants at 30%, the housing the final December-end figure ingly high and saved the year Besides, weakness in the mid Moreover, there has been a ministry said on December might be slightly lower than 2019 from being a 'dark-dull and small-cap space dented clear shift towards cleaner 25. the November-end level, as year of investing'. As the year the investor confidence, said credit funds, given the stress The Chinese government liquid funds could see some saw Sensex at its record high, Vidya Bala, co-founder of in the fixed income market has vigorously promoted the dip due to a quarter-end phe - investors choose to book prof - Primeinvestor.in. over the last 15 months. rental housing market since nomenon. its and drew themselves away L&T Mutual Fund chief Investors have moved money 2017 to address housing Kaustubh Belapurkar, from all the negative aura Kailash Kulkarni said equity from credit risk and medium affordability as home prices Director Manager Research at around markets," Quantum schemes have seen a little bit term funds categories with skyrocketed across the coun - Morningstar Investment Mutual Fund CEO Jimmy of a slowdown in 2019 as cleaner credit profiles such as try. But rapid growth in the Adviser India said, "While the Patel said. compared to the past few corporate bond funds and sector with little regulatory mutual fund industry saw a Kotal Mahindra AMC MD years because of extremely banking and PSU bond funds. control has created unexpect - significant growth post- and CEO Nilesh Shah attrib - volatile markets. Although the Inflows in the banking and ed financial risks. demonetisation, there has uted the growth to three fac - headline index has grown PSU bond category stood at The ministry described the been steady but not spectacu - tors -- first, Sebi, as a regula - substantially on the backdrop close to Rs 34,000 crore, sector's development as lar growth in 2019. But given tor, consistently created rules of a movement in a few while those in corporate bond "chaotic", saying it had been the backdrop of the pes - and regulations that boosted stocks, the broad market rally fund segment stood at Rs filled with false listing infor - simism due to slowing eco - investors' confidence in the has not taken off. 24,500 crore. Going ahead, mation and malicious prac - nomic growth, credit crisis industry, then to distributors The growing SIP book has the industry's aggregate asset tices such as misuse of loans, and volatile markets, this and thirdly to the mutual contributed to the positive base growth should continue illegal withholding of security growth is quite admirable." funds for managing risk- sales and SIPs will continue to be healthy in the range of deposits and forced evictions. The investor count is esti - return balance well. to be one of the most impor - 15-20 per cent, said Mohit The ministry will work mated to have grown by over He said over one lakh dis - tant parameters for the growth Bhatia, Head of sales and with five other government 62 lakh during 2019, to 8.65 tributors have taken the mes - of net sales for the industry as marketing at Canara Robeco. entities, including the banking rental companies with risky them from forming capital market expansion, marking crore this year. In 2018, sage of 'mutual fund sahi hai' a whole, he said. "We think the industry is and insurance regulator and business models, such as pay - pools. the first high-profile bank - investors' folio grew by more to every nook and corner of Ashwani Bhatia, MD and poised for a significant the state administration for ing home owners more than While rental housing com - ruptcy in the sector. than 1.3 crore. India and it is their effort that CEO at SBI Mutual Fund, growth in 2020 as sentiment market regulation, to better the eventual rental price to panies can apply for loans That left tenants at Dingjia The 18 per cent AUM has brought more than 2.1 said equity and equity-orient - improves with economic police rental companies, real gain market share. with their account receiv - stuck with their remaining growth seen by the 44-mem - crore investors to the industry. ed schemes should garner growth reviving and the cred - estate agencies and online Rental housing companies ables, which are rents, the debt after they were persuad - ber mutual fund industry in Besides, mutual funds investor interest in the new it crisis shows signs of being platforms, according to a will be guided to set up "capi - term of the loans should be ed by Dingjia into signing a 2019 is significantly higher have done a decent job of year as the market is expected resolved. SIPs have been the guidance published on its tal supervision" bank based on the leasing contracts year-long consumer loan con - than 7.5 per cent witnessed in managing risk and optimising to perform well. bedrock of equity flows and website. accounts for their income and match the leasing period, tract with a third-party loan 2018. However, the growth return, Shah said. "While volatility in the we think this will continue to To prevent financial risks, from rents and deposits to it said. platform to pay their rent. was much more higher at 32 The year 2019 marks the market may continue for the case," Belapurkar said. C M C M

Y B Y B TRUTH PREVAIL 12 NEWS JAMMU FRIDAY DECEMbER 27, 2019 BJP National General Secretary P. Murlidhar Laws enacted by Modi Government Rao to address seminar on CAA : BJP are for welfare of Indians : Sat JAMMU : Bharatiya by only giving relaxation in Secretary P. Murlidahar Rao, ed to be as Chief Guest and JAMMU : Continuing the appealed the people present to amongst all religions. has all the modern infra and it Janata Party (BJP), National the rules in terms of reducing will enlighten the audience the Chief Speaker in a semi - developmental spree in reach out to masses at grass Vikram stated that Jammu was fully developed under the General Secretary P. period of stay from 11 years to with the detailed knowledge nar to be organized on the Jammu West Assembly seg - root level and explain them West has developed a lot in tenure of Former MLA who is Murlidhar Rao will address a 5 years. This Act does not of the subject during his theme of “Citizenship ment, Former Minister and the vision of Central recent years and it can be still in public and reaches out seminar on “Citizenship give umbrella Citizenship to address at Teachers’ Bhawan Amendment Act-2019”. He Ex-MLA Jammu West Sat Amendment Act-2019 said that the event will be Sharma (CA) along with (CAA)” at Jammu on 28th organized by Dr. Syama Former MLC Vikram December 2019 at 11:00 a.m., Prasad Mookerjee Nayas Randhawa started construc - this was disclosed in a meet - (Trust) at the Teachers’ tion works of lane at Old ing addressed by MP (Lok Bhawan Auditorium, Gandhi Ustad Mohalla area of Ward Sabha) Jugal Kishore Sharma Nagar at Jammu on 28th of 9. The leaders were also and BJP State General December 2019 in the morn - accompanied by Corporator Secretary, Dr. Narinder Singh, ing starting at 11:00 a.m. Ward 9 Suneet Raina, State at party headquarter, Trikuta Dr. Singh, said that the Secretary BJP Praduman Nagar, Jammu. National General Secretary Singh, District President Meeting was also attended will enlighten the audience Munish Khajuria, Mandal by BJP State Secretary Sanjay with all the clarity about the President Raveesh Mengi, Baru, State Office Secretary Act and the need to bring it up JMC (Jammu Municipal Tilak Raj Gupta and party at the present time. He Corporation) officials, local State Press Secretary Dr. stressed that a vicious cam - residents and political Pardeep Mahotra. paign has been launched by activists of the area. Jugal Kishore Sharma, Congress, Left parties and The works will be done while addressing the meeting, everybody and nor does it so as to counter the malaise their allies against the Act, under the supervision of JMC stressfully said that the every - takes away right of spreaded by Congress, Left which is with utter malafide at an estimated cost of Rupees body should make it absolute - Citizenship from anybody, he parties and their allies, contention. He said that top 3 lakhs and the funds were ly clear in their minds that the stressed and said that even in Sharma added. BJP leaders are meeting the sanctioned from the CDF CAA Act is empowered to past few days, many Muslims Dr. Narinder singh, in his prominent members of the (Constituency Development give Citizenship only to the from Pakistan have acquired address, disclosed that Civil society to make provide Fund) scheme of Former religiously persecuted persons Indian Citizenship through Bharatiya Janata Party, factual information about the MLC Vikram Randhawa. to the people who turned up the legal means. National General Secretary P. Act and expose the nefarious Speaking on the occasion, Government for the people of judged by the quality of infra to each and every area of before 31st December 2014 Party National General Murlidahar Rao has consent - designs of these parties. Sat Sharma said that Jammu Jammu and Kashmir and stat - that is being provided to the Jammu West Assembly seg - West has progressed a lot ed that all laws which are inhabitants of all 26 wards ment. He also stated that more towards development and in being enacted by Central due to efforts of Former MLA developmental works are in Kavinder extensively toured Nai Basti nearly last five years, the Government under the leader - at their door steps. Randhawa pipeline and will be taken up infrastructural development ship of PM Narendra Modi also stated that BJP is the only in coming days. Ward pertaining to everything were are for welfare of Indians and party who has taken overall President Munish Sharma, in Gandhi Nagar Constituency kept on priority in all 26 we must aware people of cal - development as the primary Raghunandan Kumar, Deepak JAMMU : Former Dy. healthcare facilities and other taken up for the execution to other grievances of the and wards. He appreciated the lous approach of parties like task and reached out to every Kumar, Neeraj Katoch, Chief Minister & Senior BJP civic facilities to the people of within shortest possible time. assured the public all the efforts of Former MLC for Congress and their alliance household under the leader - Madan Kumar, Sanjeev, Leader, Kavinder Gupta today J&K especially the areas Gupta said that it is the legitimate demands shall be providing funds from his CDF partners who are only spread - ship of Prime Minister Joginder, Puneet Mahajan, toured Nai Basti, ward-23 where there is either shortage responsibility of the con - met out soon. Gupta said the for construction of lane in ing rumors and are trying to Narendra Modi. Manohar and several others falling in Gandhi Nagar of water supply or where the cerned officers and engineers matter shall be taken up with Jammu West. He also deteriorate the brotherhood Suneet stated that Ward 9 were also present. Constituency and took the pipes are damages stock of basic amenities in the and the new area. He also visited the sites colonies. Chairman Social Justice Standing Committee met with of ongoing developmental On the occasion works in the area. Gupta said the direc - capt. yudhvir Sing Chib President PoJK DP's Frongt Kavinder Gupta took stock tions have already JAMMU : Municipal ilies should be given agricul - camp DP's of 1965-1971. He have not got Rs 25000/ex of the basic amenities with the been passed to the Corporation Jammu Social ture land or compensation on said that non camp DP's files gratia amount which should local residents and inspected concerned for identi - Justice Committee's prevailing rates. which are lying in DC office be released immediately. the ongoing works in the area. fication of habita - Chairman Sh. Jeet He also demanded He was accompanied by BJP tions where there is Angral met with that custodian accom - District team comprising shortage of water Capt. Yudhvir Singh modation given to Vinay Gupta- BJP District and also they were President POJK DP's POJK DP's, either their President, Bharat Bhushan- asked to prepare in his office chambers rent should be remitted Mandal President, Hardev Detailed Project at Jammu Municipal or the homes should be Singh, Raj Singh, Puran Reports (DPRs) Corporation allotted to them perma - Chand, Mehra, Renu Gupta, where either the Over Head to conduct field survey and the concerned authorities on In the meeting nently and those who Naveen, Purshotem, Lokesh, Tanks or the Bore wells are project plans on priority. priority. On the statements there was a thread - does not have their own Devinder Vaid and Satish required and submit the same Referring to the developmen - issued by the former MLA of bare discussion over homes should be pro - Jandyal. Residents of the area so that the matter is taken up tal works under execution in Congress from the constituen - various issues being vided one under PMAY put forth some demands relat - with the Government for Gandhi Nagar Constituency, cy regarding BJP, Gupta said faced by POJK Scheme. ed to water shortage and accord of necessary arrange - Gupta said that the construc - it is the principle of Congress Displaced Person's in The Chairman lis - drainage problem. Speaking ment of funds. On the demand tion of various developmental leaders that they have made a the state. The presi - tened to all the demands on the occasion, Gupta said of the upgradation of drainage projects is apace and on com - habit of befooling the public. dent POJK DP's Front of Capt, Yudhvir Singh that Government is commit - system, Gupta assured the pletion of these schemes it He said since they are vision put his demands in Chib patiently and very ted to provide all basic ameni - public that the left out works will change the socio-eco - less and don’t have guts to front of the carefully and said that ties like adequate drinking shall be brought to the notice nomic conditions of the peo - appreciate the steps taken by Chairman. He said he would definitely for - C M water, power, education, of concerned agencies and ple of the area. Gupta listened Modi Government. that supplementary ward their demands to C M Y B list of 800 non camp the Govt. of Jammu and y B Mahila Morcha held meeting regarding DP's families should Kashmir. be accepted, ID card On this occasion J.P should be given to POJK He demanded that DP for securitization, so team Sharma (Gen. Secretary forthcoming programmes on CAA DP's by J&K Govt. He said families which are living in should be appointed. Some POJK DP's Front), Sh. R.P. JAMMU : BJP J&K (UT) should accommodate Hindus of all those in minorities who to aware the people of their that backward class status Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, DP's families which cannot Singh, Arti Singh, M.S Mahila Morcha held a meet - and Sikhs if they come back face religious persecution in area about the Historical dis - should be given to all POJK Himachal Pradesh and produce any proof of docu - Sakndya Devi (President ing regarding forthcoming from Pakistan at one occa - the country like Afghanistan, cussion pending since DP's with reservation on edu - Madhya Pradesh also be con - mentation, revenue authority Women Wing POJK DP's party programmes to be car - sion”. CAA is in the interest Pakistan and Bangladesh and Independent including cation, employment and sidered for compensation of should check them physical - Front), Sh. Kuldeep Singh has nothing to do with the cit - Construction of Ram Mandir, assembly seats. He said that 5.5 lacs. He said owner ship ly. He said that about 63 non Chib, Babloo were also pres - izens of India and Modi gov - Article 370, Triple Talaq and non camp landless DP's fam - rights should be given to the camp DP's families in 1971 ent. ernment has done a great the CAA, the step taken under service to these persecuted the regime of Narinder Modi people who have suffered government. SMVDU Faculty attends immense tragedies in those Priya Sethi said that the countries. She asked the state CAA has its genesis at the International office bearers and district time of Congress government presidents that in connection when former Prime Minister Conferenceat Mauritius with party’s campaign for Dr. Manmohan Singh himself (CAA) BJP unit of Jammu, supported its implementation. JAMMU : Dr. Surender we all have to organise semi - The opposition today by the Singh, Assistant Professor, nars to educate, rallies, high - Congress is purely to mislead School of Mathematics, Shri light about the positive the innocent and gullible Mata Vaishno Devi aspects of CAA and stressed Muslim Community. University (SMVDU) attend - ed 29th MTMI International ried out by UT Unit of the conference on "Emerging Mahila Morcha. Meeting was Army organises awareness lecture on Issues in Business, chaired by BJP Mahila Technology and Applied Morcha State President (UT) "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" in Poonch Sciences" at Amity Institute Rajni Sethi along with Mahila of Higher Education, JAMMU : With the aim to The event was organised areas in spite of the develop - Mauritius held during 20th- Morhca Prabhari Priya Sethi. generate awareness about var - to bring awareness among the ment and progress in our Rajni Sethi had thread bare 22ndDecember, 2019. Dr. ious welfare services meant members of society to include country. Singh presented the research discussions regarding forth - The speaker highlighted coming awareness pro - paper titled "Some Novel the inequality, lack of oppor - Correlation Coefficients with grammes on CAA tunity and ill treatment of (Citizenship Amendment Act) Applications" and chaired a women in various parts of the session on "Soft Computing from 1st January, to 15th country. The speaker also January, 2020. She while Applications" during the con - brought out the need to save ference. The conference was interacting with the state the girl child as imbalance in office bearers and district attended by eminent experts the male to female ratio is from different countries like presidents about the protests causing problems in the socie - against CAA that it is a part of the USA, India, UK, Saudi ty which needs to be Arabia, Oman, Mauritius etc. Congress and Communist addressed on priority. Parities to create mistrust The participation in this con - The awareness drive was ference was supported by between Hindus and other well received by the audience communities across the coun - Professional Development and they acknowledged that Assistance (PDA) of try. the girls also need to be pro - She added that those who SMVDU. Dr. Surender Singh vided equal education and thanked PadamSri Prof. R. K. instigated people to violence growth opportunities as given and protests against the Act Sinha, Hon'ble Vice for girl child and women, youth and school children to boys. Army is committed to Chancellor, SMVDU for has been exposed before the Indian Army organised an about importance of girl child, spread awareness in the masses and that few political allowing him to attend this awareness lecture on “Beti their education and rights. remote regions by conducting conference, and SMVDU parties went to communalize Bachao Beti Padhao” at The lecture elaborated on the lectures, workshops and sem - the issue and are supporting administration for timely pro - Government High School, condition of the women in our inars on important social cessing of all necessary the agitators by one or the Harni in Poonch District. society, especially in remote issues. other way to achieve petty requirements of the visit. Dr. political gains. Singh interacted with emi - She stressed “we cannot Army conducts veterinary camp for nent researchers working on compromise national interest applied and interdisciplinary especially when Mahatma aspects of Mathematics, and Gandhi father of nation was Gujjar and Bakkarwal in Rajouri expects some value addition of the opinion that India JAMMU : To provide number of villagers. their livestock against various and collaborations in his quality veterinary support to The team of doctors not diseases and injuries. The future research work. the poor and needy people of Army organises far flung areas, Army organ - yamaha introduces the ised a 'Veterinary Camp for new MT-15 in BS VI friendly volleyball Gujjar and Bakkarwal' at Keri in Rajouri District. The camp Chandigarh, December 26: was organised to extend much Continuing with the excitement match at Shergwari of The Call of the Blue that needed veterinary support to carved the “The Yamaha JAMMU : Volleyball has the marginalised people of Uniqueness” through product been traditionally a popular village Keri and nearby areas line ups and experiences, India game of Chenab region and where the primary source of Yamaha Motor (IYM) Pvt. Ltd. followed passionately by income comes from rearing have announced the launch of its people of all ages. It is a com - livestock. The area does not new BS VI engine enabled MT- mon sight to see the youth have veterinary facilities to 15 (155 cc) today. MT-15 is involved in playing the game address the issues related to known for its balance of torque on available grounds livestock which is the main - and agility along with enhanced throughout Kishtwar District. stay of livelihood for the local control postures and single chan - In order to provide an oppor - populace. nel ABS. The launch also wit - tunity to local youth for The veterinary camp was a only attended to the animals response was overwhelming nesses the special colour “ICE joint effort undertaken by a FLUO -VERMILLION” showcasing their talent, requiring medical attention and the local villagers launched in India that has Indian Army organized a team of veterinary doctors and distribution of medicines expressed their gratitude amassed rave reviews for its Friendly Volleyball Match at from Army and civil adminis - but also educated the locals towards Army for conduct of appearance of distinctive aggres - Shergwari. tration and attended by a large about the methods to protect such event. sion in many countries. C M C M Y B Y B