/  1 A"#  & B       & B   B "$%&"'( ) RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 7- %   ! 89""# ::   7,    3 ,  ,%-. )%*+ &%'(    6'12'13 /1"  6236 3'1%6 >?/1"32412 <,==3  31 3   = 6% 1%.3    =6  ,-36=/#%- 6  0#3 03 ",>"3-3,3    !" 

 * +  *,-,-.   / 8&@)

$ %'( $)

          4,#,2", 0#,            R           0/,1 reduce its holding below 26 per the SBI said. Earlier, addressing cent before completion of three the media in the afternoon, SBI s part of its effort for a years from the date of infusion chairman Rajnish Kumar         Aspeedy resolution of the of the capital, the country’s clearly outlined what the pub- Yes Bank crisis and protect the largest lender said in a state- lic sector giant formally decid-       interest of depositors, the ment. It further said the new ed later in the evening. Kumar     Government has decided to board of Yes Bank will said the SBI has set a maximum      rely on the State Bank of India have CEO and MD, investment limit of 10,000      (SBI) to pilot the distressed non-executive chair- crore, which could be provid-  ! private sector lender through man and non-execu- ed as a long term soft loan to     the turbulent times. tive directors. the Yes bank. !!"# $    The SBI will acquire 49 per “All the employ- He said involvement of the  %     & cent stake in the Yes Bank for ees of the recon- SBI in resolving the crisis at the    !  which it will be issued structed bank shall private lender will allay fears of   ' #  245-crore shares continue in its investors and depositors.      at a price of 10 service with “Today if the resolution has to !    each for the same happen, you need a credible    # 2,450 crore. remunera- name with the investors, cred-        & To pro- tion and on itors and depositors of the        vide a sense the same bank. With the SBI standing    '  of security terms and behind it, there will be stabili-       and conti- condi- ty in the financial market,” he '    nuity to any tions... At said and assured depositors that 0 (.       & &.   *-  */    prospective least for a their money is safe. The draft    investor , the period of scheme of reconstruction of Yes of 10,000 crore,” Kumar told      SBI will not one year,” Bank came a day after the reporters here.               & Reserve Bank of India (RBI) The cap of 10,000 crore is &)     imposed a moratorium on the based on the assumption of          # $ Q %   bank, restricting withdrawals to higher capital requirement by  !  50,000 per depositor till April the bank, he added. Yes Bank   ! ' !+  *    3. The RBI also superseded the has been struggling to raise cap-   234"3-51 the agency’s office in the  board of the bank, which is ital. It sought to raise $2 billion Ballard Estate area in &       now being headed by former initially during this fiscal, which he Enforcement on Saturday afternoon.  +  Q deputy managing director and was then pruned to $1.2 billion TDirectorate questioned Yes The agency had searched '!    L   CFO of SBI Prashant Kumar. as it could not rope in any Bank founder Rana Kapoor for Rana’s residence in the upscale !-  ! '   Kumar said if the SBI investor. the second day on Saturday in “Samudra Mahal” complex in      becomes the sole investor in the Kumar said the SBI has connection with a money laun- the Worli area of Mumbai on " + !'  bank and picks up 49 per cent received the draft scheme of dering probe against him and Friday night and had grilled him .  L/    stake, then the immediate reconstruction and its invest- others and raided some more there too. #-    investment requirement would ment and legal teams are doing locations in and The case against Kapoor is $       be 2,450 crore. “I have already their due diligence of the Mumbai, officials said. linked to a big loan advanced to   ! & set the (investment) boundary scheme. Kapoor was brought to the scam-hit DHFL.                 #              234"3-51  !  !               ormer Finance Minister P "##    !    &-   FChidambaram on Saturday ! '  slammed the Narendra Modi       "#      ! Government for blaming the ! Congress for Yes Bank’s fiasco      $        and pointed out that though     bank’s loan ballooned up after      !#  2014 it was not noticed by any   234"3-51 across the country. An addi- $  regulatory authority due to tional 57 labs have been pro-         “mismanagement” of finan- hile three more positive vided with Viral Transport         cial institutions under the BJP- 1 2 1     * Wcases of coronavirus Media and swabs for sample   0   led Centre.  &  .   * (Covid-19) was reported on collection, the Ministry said. &  &     He demanded that the      0 (.  Saturday taking the total num- In order to spread aware-   Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 3 #  -  */ ber of confirmed cases to 34, ness among the masses, special          conduct a probe and fix hope for over 100 stranded COVID-19 mobile phone caller   accountability in the matter. RBI and the Government Indians in Iran was raised as tune was launched by all tele-      &  Chidambaram pointed out supervision at a rate of 35 per their swab samples were com operators with basic infec- !  ! that the Yes Bank’s loan book cent per year and the spike received on Saturday morning. tion prevention messages played '      swelled from 55,633 crore in happened in 2016-17 and These samples arrived on a when a caller dials a number.    ! 2014 to 2,41,499 crore in 2017-18 — the two years Mahan Air flight from Tehran Over 117.2 crore sub- !  2019. “The loan book was immediately following and the flight returned with scribers of BSNL, MTNL        allowed to grow despite the demonetisation,” he added. many Iranian nationals. The                .   Reliance Jio, Airtel and     ! swab samples are being tested     # & -  */ Vodafone-Idea are being pro-   &   !   at the laboratory in AIIMS, the gressively reached out through

  Health Ministry said. of expert opinion, people (IDSP), the Ministry said. SMS and call backs, the 1  ! Six scientists from the should be advised to avoid Swab samples of 108 Ministry said.       Indian Council of Medical mass gatherings as much as Indians in Iran were received At the review meeting   /& & Research (ICMR) have been possible and made aware of the on Saturday morning. These attended by Union Health   /  stationed in Iran. Equipment do’s and don’ts. samples arrived on a Mahan Minister Harsh Vardhan, his !   &$  and reagents, worth approxi- Of the three new positive Air flight from Tehran and the deputy Ashwini Kumar  '!#  mately 10 crore have been dis- cases, two are from Ladakh flight returned with many Choubey, External Affairs 2  ) !34L  patched to enable them to set with travel history to Iran, Iranian nationals. Minister S Jaishankar, Cabinet 0 L. '  up a laboratory there, the while one is a person from The swab samples are Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Niti #   5# Ministry said. Tamil Nadu who had recently being tested at the laboratory in Aayog member Vinod Paul, &)/     Prime Minister Narendra visited Oman, said the Health AIIMS, the Health Chief of Defence Staff General " +$  Modi, on his part, directed offi- Ministry, adding all the patients Ministry said. Bipin Rawat, and secretaries of   !   cials to identify locations for are stable. As many as 7,26,122 pas- health, pharma, civil aviation,      sufficient quarantine facilities Over 150 persons, who sengers from 7,108 flights have MEA, health research, home, !     and make provisions for criti- had come in contact with two been screened at airports. shipping, NDMA and others,  -   &  cal care as he reviewed the American nationals who test- Between Friday morning and Modi said, “All departments 50$        coronavirus situation on ed positive for coronavirus in Saturday, 73,766 passengers should work in convergence  $   Saturday. Bhutan and had toured various from 573 flights have been and action should be initiated   At the meeting with all places in India, have been put screened, it said. Fifty-two lab- for creating awareness in com- 6&         ()*            + Ministries and Departments under Integrated Disease oratories for testing novel coro- munity about the disease and         &   &, *  & (-  *   concerned, Modi said in view Surveillance Programme navirus are now operational the precautions to be taken.” # + &    # &&         & 50"#   !  *4 5           # #         # 7      !  *6 O6         #    " #$%      . &#    /56#,- %   !             389:     /56#,- to BJP and he knows that          !    4;:5<=&  the party doesn't do revenge    icking up a row, the class Xth       !  50     erming the BJP MLA politics.      KSocial Science question up. "#     !&  TSanjay Pathak’s claims that Sharma was speaking on      paper used the word Azaad “CM Kamal Nath has       !/# there is threat to his life by the statement made by the BJP       Kashmir instead of Pak expressed deep resentment over  O          &!   Congress Government, a pub- leader after his resort in     Occupied Kashmir (PoK), rais- the contentious query and has %  & !  & licity gimmick, Madhya Bandhavgarh was demolished ing many eyebrows in Madhya ordered action in the incident.         Pradesh Law Minister PC by the administration.      Pradesh on Saturday. The Accordingly, the paper setter has       !    Sharma on Saturday said that Pathak, who is a three-time       National Child Commission been suspended with immedi-     #>  6& nobody wants to kill Pathak. MLA from Vijayraghavgarh    has issued a notice to the State ate effect,” Congress media cell       . +   "Nobody wants to kill him. constituency, reportedly alleged Government. in charge Narendra Saluja said.  '  "          This is just drama. But if the that the Kamal Nath-led Minister Shivraj Singh In the matching pairs query, This is not the first instance !()    # & &   court or Economic Offences Government in the state is Chouhan's Cabinet. the question paper offered when the question papers have       !    ?:39   Wing (EOW) finds any sort of resorting to vendetta politics by Recently, Congress leader options and one of the read— courted controversy.     !    .      corruption, it will be killed," involving him in the MLA Digvijaya Singh had alleged Azaad Kashmir. In a recent MPPSC exam, a      ! &!!      Sharma said responding to poaching row. that BJP leaders Chouhan and As the matter intensified query had identified the tribals     &"  %     # $  Pathak's claims that his life was Pathak was a Congress Narottam Mishra were offering and the screen shot of the said as criminal minded and drunk- #*" +, ,   2! Q  in danger. MLA from 2008 to 2014. He bribes of 25-35 crore to question paper went viral in ards. This had caused a contro- - .  !     !   He said that Pathak was joined BJP in 2014 and was Congress MLAs in order to social media, the State versy nationally and the state / ' !          part of Congress Party for a appointed as minister of state bring down the Congress Government swung into action government had to act follow-       &    Q!  long time ago he jumped ship in 2016 in the then Chief Government in the State. ordering a probe into the goof ing huge outcry.     + ,- ././    !" 2%)', Q'(  R 6    5, 51, ,0 !     5C % '!   5,-121 ,. 32,  E  5 3 ,  !  N  

 From being a model to an actor. web coming in, it opened a lot of How did the transition happen? % P     opportunities and Sacred Games and My stint as a model was for a Mirzapur happened. Whatever choice short time only; I did only two-three   ' () * you make can be right or wrong but advertisements. My professional    %  as long as long as you like what you career started as an actor. When  +, %  are doing it’s fine. I don’t want to take people come to Mumbai, they all want up projects because I want to make is a break in Bollywood. This is    %  ) money. because there is something #       What is you role in Happily Ever fascinating about the industry. + +   % After? Everybody is waiting for that first call My role is that of a civil engineer from a particular production house. *  #-  from a Punjabi family. She has been I was no different. To begin with I      with this person and now they want didn’t want to do Sadda Haq. But  ) %  to get married — a big fat Indian now when I look back, I am so happy wedding. But the couple want to plan that I did it. There was no choice that   +  it on their own. So a budget comes in. I would do TV and then move on But there are so many expenditures to films. You can’t decide these and that is when the problems things; it happen organically. All it my profession. They insisted that I happen. It is an interesting love story. that you can do is to decide complete my education. They were There is a parallel story as well which whether the project that has come very clear that they would not let me shows how they met and fell in love. your way interests you or not. come to Mumbai on my own at age  What was the attraction?  How did your parents react 18. If I had my way I would have been I had not done this kind of role. when you said you wanted to be in the city at that age. But things fell I have done roles where my character an actor? in place. I was in college, then Sadda is from a small town. I have not done When I told my parents that Haq happened. I was luckily that I had a role where the character is suave. I wanted to go into acting, the work when I came to Mumbai. My The genre was different as well. I also idea was not met with a lot of struggle in the industry happened said yes because my friends during resistance form my parents. after that show ended. this period were getting married and They are doctors and supported  You have done TV, web series and the subject was relatable. Also I me in my decision. They were films. Has it been a conscious wanted to do something that was easy only worried since they didn’t decision to have a diverse and fun after Mirzapur. 324 brother to go to Syria to set in body — six abs and biceps — know anybody in the industry. portfolio?  Do you personally believe in 51' 6 6 6 motion extradition of one of the that would rival those of Salman They had never come to There was only one conscious happily ever after? 7 !   6 66 hardened criminals? Khan. The action here is lethal Mumbai. My mother was an decision when I picked up projects First, there is no ever after,  *6  8  6 Third, why would, Ronny — figuratively and literally. The actor, she did theatre for nine — to do finite shows. When I did nothing ever ends. Even in a three   1.9"# once Vikram disappear in Syria, shot where he holds off three years. I was into a lot of TV, it was almost infinite since hour film, there is no full stop. Being as is expected, take his girlfriend goons with his foot while he dramatics in school and it ran for almost two-and-a-half- happy is a process. Problems will et’s talk about things that (Sharaddha Kapoor) to this war- beats their leader is at least learnt Kathak since I was in years. I loved that show and it always be there, you sort it and move doesn’t make any sense in torn country? Four, who in their worth two whistles if not more . Class III, so the inclination would stay with me forever on. When two people want to be part Lthe third edition of Baaghi, right mind give money to a But then junior Shroff has towards art was always there. and be that special one. of each other’s life, they should sort the first that hit the screens back pickpocketer just because he proved time and again that he is I wanted to be part of Miss After that I didn’t do any it out to be happily ever after. in 2016. First, why would said that he steals for his good when it comes to some World but they don’t take more TV because none of So happily ever after is a fun series? anybody suggest that a boy who brother? Five, the pickpocket great action what with him people who are 5’4”. them were finite. I wanted Yes. It has lot of fun and is very would get beaten up and grows after taking the pair to a learning martial arts and has a  You studied engineering to be part of stories that relatable. It is going to be an easy up to be timid should join the secluded area with the intention black belt in Taekwondo. Then and come from a family of interested me and had a watch. police force? Second, a brother to rob, does a about-turn? There there is dancing. His knowledge doctors. How did acting finite end. When the  Was it tough to do comedy? (Tiger Shroff who pays Ronny) is of course a six and and seven of breakdancing, popping and happen? show ended in 2016, I have never done comedy. This who swore to his dying father and an eight. locking comes in handy. My parents knew I was the OTT platforms is a genre that I had never done before. that he would always take care of Despite the weak storyline, Watch this one if you love more interested in pursuing were not so popular. Even with Happily Every After, it is the his elder brother (Riteish director Ahmed Khan has action and are a fan of Tiger this line. They were a I was looking for situations that are comic mostly by co- Deshmukh who plays Vikram), managed to cash in on the fact Shroff. bit on the backfoot films. Then a South actors. I am not doing comedy here. why would he allow the said that Tiger Shroff has a great L-  -.  when I said I wanted to make Indian film happened. With But it is a light show for me.

#$0

         !      /  - !      &        ,   /  -! -      ' E        " !                    <        I  E                    &      !   ?L1   ()    1 !     ' 1 , ! - !4 1 !         ' E   ,   ((!()()  !2      &4 1        #            !   % %  !'  <&        1  ,     !  I1 O      "          !    .   '    &%          &1  1                                ,/O                           &           ' &                 1 O                C  &4 / *"<+          IM         &  !  K2   5      &    + 1 4 *# # +     !  -   & 1 O       / O  !    ,   !     % &1                    8)  !      2 &                        &,    2 /  !   C         /  2 "&1      &      2 !    ,     " '       !    *'   + !E      #  2         & &'  "      C  K2 F 3+            "            2                "2% ! '!" &  3      &          # # !          !    E    ?L  /       < !"J=   2     !'&/      &4          /   %    2 !          &                "J    K))  #,21     E          3       &  &  &1          E    !/     / !      O     ,  J1   !"  J !             &M ?L1    E           &                     O  1 +1 P       !            8)    4                              &      & &2  & 3           #                !        &4     1       &#                        /             &1              !1 M           & #                  /              #O           &M                    +1    !          %        !      ,  &                                          &0         O      &,     !            E# !,  .            ! / E       / & % %   '        C     0     4   &       &"    5                         / F6     !                " .0        !     '   F

                                                                                                                                               !        "                                            #            $ % &                      '                "       (          

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of its tyres got flattened during the day on Friday and it   : 6 20-year-old youth died remained parked near road Awhile one person injured for repair. after mini-truck rammed into The mini truck was speed-     /56#,- sacked. In the house Rs 3 the evening at around 6 pm a truck at Khajuri under ing and failed to spot the lakh cash and jewelry worth only to find that the locks were Khajuri Sadak police station parked truck and rammed into ouse of bank employee at Rs 4 lakh was kept which was broken and valuables area in the wee hours on the truck. Police said that the HOm Shiv Nagar was tar- found missing claimed the were found burgled. Saturday. accident took place at around geted by miscreants and victim. Meanwhile valuables According to the police 5 in the morning and possibly escaped with valuables worth In the burglary the almi- worth Rs 1 lakh were burgled two injured were rushed to the driver fell asleep which Rs 7 lakh on Friday ; Koh-e- rah which was having the from New Rahat Gas colony hospital where one of the caused the accident. Fiza police station have start- valuables was targeted and under Jehangirabad on Friday; injured was declared dead. The The body was sent for the ed investigation. the other valuables were not victim works with a deceased was identified as post mortem after the prelim- According to the police, disturbed. The lock of the Barkatullah University and Narendra of Begumganj inary investigation. The police the victim Sanjay Nathani had almirah was found broken was at work at the time of bur- Raisen. Deceased who works as have registered a case under gone to office and when he and the cash and gold jewelry glary. cleaner was in the mini truck section 174 of the CrPC and returned in the evening were found burgled. The victim Muffiuddin bearing registration number have started further investiga- he found that the lock was The police have registered had gone to work and in the MP04GA1922 and was on its tion. The mini-truck was on its broken and valuables a case under sections 454 and afternoon his son Jamal went way from Sehore to Bhopal way to Bhopal mandi carrying were burgled. 380 of the IPC and have start- for some work. Later in the mandi while the driver escaped garlic. A complaint was made by ed further evening when he returned with severe injuries and is Police found that the the victim with the Koh-e-Fiza investigation. valuables were found burgled. undergoing treatment. His con- deceased got stuck between the police and in the complaint the The victim works as Based on the complaint lodged dition is reportedly critical. two vehicles and declared dead victim had claimed that on his cashier with Maharashtra by the victim police have reg- The mini truck hit the when taken to hospital. The return he found that the locks Bank. He went to office at istered a case under sections truck bearing registration num- driver of the mini-truck was in were broken and on entering around 10.30 am in the morn- 454 and 380 of ber MP09KJ6128 which was an inebriated state or not could the house was found ran- ing and when he returned in the IPC. parked near road side after two be ascertained, said police.

+4 /56#,- worldwide. started this instagram live radio -  - '   :       Talking about the show show. omen Empowerment is with The Pioneer Sanya said, "Its She is also been a part of    /56#,- sibilities are there in Orchha for Wnot just about treating a live radio show where there is YTS and Ansh Happiness film production, Swara said &     & &  women equal to men, but it is different themes from Monday Society. Talking about her live indi films actress Swara that it seems like an ideal place about breaking the stereotype to Saturday." She further said, radio show and how it started HBhaskar believes that with for shooting a film. mentality of the society. A city "It's a fun, entertaining and Sanya said, "When I was facing the efforts that Madhya The ancient monuments     /56#,- Victim’s father died few years miscreant for molesting his girl is creating headlines on knowledge giving live radio struggle in becoming an RJ, at Pradesh government is making here should be filmed very ago while her mother is phys- minor daughter at Shivaji Instagram through the first where one can listen live request that time my phone was entire- to realize the immense poten- beautifully on the big screen. 16-year-old girl was sex- ically challenged. The police Nagar ward on Friday; victim Instagram live radio show. The song live and enjoy the show". ly broken. Its screen was not tial of tourism in Orchha, they Swara said that by improving Aually assaulted by a after preliminary investiga- along with mother lodged first ever live radio show of Twenty one year old Sanya working and then I realised will definitely give a new iden- the road connectivity here minor boy near Bhopal tion registered a case against complaint. most loved social platform has completed her graduation that phone can do many things tity to this place. In a conver- understanding the requirements Railway station in Bajaria; a the accused. Police said that the on Instagram is introduced by from the Bhopal school of like a live radio show. So when sation before the business con- of the film industry, necessary case of rape was registered A case under sections 376 Friday the victim along with Sanya Acharya from Bhopal. social sciences. Since her child- the radio show plays, a black clave session started on the sec- infrastructure can be devel- against the accused on and 506 of the IPC and sec- her mother approached The International Woman's hood she is been singing but screen is diaplayed on Insta ond day of the ‘Namaste oped. The roads coming to Saturday by Ashoka Garden tions 3 and 4 of the Protection Nishatpura police and lodged Day is all about creating niche never took any professional account. From here my journey Orchha’ Mahotsav at Orchha Orchha can be improved so that police. of Children from Sexual a complaint against her step- in different fields. Sanya is one training. Her keen interest started." Palace this morning, Swara big vehicles can move about eas- According to the police, offence Act 2012 was regis- father stating that accused used of the exemplary youngsters of always let her to do something Sanya said that she talks told that she has come here for ily for film production. Swara the matter came to fore after tered against the accused. to harass her for past several the city who took the courage new and different , she has been about various issues to her the first time. believes that organizing film fes- victim had gone for abortion The family was willing to months and on Friday he to live up her dream. an RJ and singer at BSSS callers and listners. "It’s fun to Expressing happiness over tival in places like Orchha for at a private clinic where it lodge complaint against the molested her. Sanya Ka Radio is first Rhythm online radio and also listen to many people and dif- the festival in Orchha, Swara branding, tourism and invest- was found that victim is accused but later after they Based on the complaint instagram live radio show a compeir in All India Radio ferent perceptions." She was said that Madhya Pradesh is ment of Madhya Pradesh and pregnant. Police said that were assured that the victim after the preliminary inves- which started in 2018 and in Bhopal and do the show name contented to share about the truly beautiful, Orchha is even involving college students can the victim was sexually would be safe. Police said that tigation the police have reg- 2019 it has completed 100 suc- Yuvvani. success of her show. more unique. She said that she give direct benefits. assaulted by accused identi- they used to live in the same istered a case under section cessful episodes. Since then Recently out of her cre- Sanya signed off saying, will also tell other film artists Praising the ‘Narmada fied as Rohit Singh who lives locality and would meet often 354 IPC and sections 7 and there was no turning back for ativity she has started first "Dreams are always an integral about Orchha. Swara was Orchha’ event, Swara said that in the same locality. The but it is yet to be confirmed that 8 of the Protection of Sanya. Day by day she became instagram live radio show on part of my life, following enamoured of the natural beau- the vision of Madhya Pradesh accused used to sexually the two were friends or they Children against Sexual popular on Insta Radio called instagram which is a live show dreams are the best thing one ty on the banks of the Betwa Chief Minister Kamal Nath exploit the victim. developed a relationship. Offences Act 2012 and have Sanya Ka Radio. on instagram which starts at can do, never give up and face River in Orchha. In response to can give new identity to The girl kept mum and Meanwhile, Gandhi started search for the Launched by the girl next 11pm Monday to Saturday every problem with a smile, let the question of how many pos- Madhya Pradesh. decided to go for abortion. Nagar police have booked a accused. door Sanya, the show has made with different themes. This is the world keep saying about a place in the hearts of people first time in India someone has you just do your hard work."

   + &            '   *     $     0 (.&     &.  # - 1 (-         .    (-  *    & . *       + ,- ././   !/

   6  %       Q  ) R    "2, ! *  #%   6         ?"#    /56#,- Now the state has two labora-    /56#,- are very favourable for water Policy' of renewable energy    /56#,- tion will be given Rs 1.11 selected students of the state- tories equipped with state-of- sports activities. With about will be brought in the state lakh, Rs 51,000 to Consumer level poster competition, ith strong will power the-art technology for DNA ommercial Tax minister 500 ponds here, organizing soon. n World Consumer Upliftment and Public Tarannum Sheikh of School Wand determination com- testing. Till now only Sagar CBrijendra Singh Rathore water sports events is possible. Chief Secretary Mohanty ORights Day on March 15, Welfare Committee to Rewa of Excellence Bhopal will be plete the investigation of all FSL had DNA testing facility. has said that the ‘Namaste He said that people will come said that a time-bound arrange- various programmes will be and consolation prize to All given first, Anjali Baria of pending samples of DNA with- At the new lab NGS equipment Orchha’ Mahotsav will not forward to take advantage of ment has been made to give organized at the Noronha India Consumer Upliftment Government Girls Kasturba in the next six months and for has also been installed which only increase the importance of the facilities available in Orchha approval for the establishment Academy of Administration, Organisation Aagar Malwa HS School Bhopal, second this state police headquarters is the first time in any lab in Orchha, the city of Ramaraja, with a view to film production. of industries in the state. Bhopal under the chairman- and Rs 25,000 to Smriti Kanya and NBM Dewas student will support in providing tech- India. but other tourist sites and cen- Rathore said that efforts will be Several steps have been taken ship of Minister of Food and Shiksha Samiti Vishal will be awarded the nical staff and other facilities The lab, which started with tres of faith will also emerge on made to connect Orchha by for the development of agro- Civil Supplies and Consumer Gwalior. third prize. said DGP Rajendra Kumar the latest equipment in Bhopal, the national tourism map. tourist circles from Chittorgarh based industries, setting up Protection, Pradyumn Singh The winners of the essay Consolation prize will be while addressing FSL scientists will also carry out DNA test- Rathore was addressing in Rajasthan and Chanderi in food processing units, devel- Tomar. and poster competition at the given to Yuvraj Gamod, a and technical staff at the inau- ing as well as the work of Cow the inaugural session of the Madhya Pradesh. Commercial oping new residential areas Every year organizations state level will be awarded in student of HS School of guration of newly constructed Buffalo meat testing. Business Conclave on the sec- Tax minister Rathore said that and development of pharma- / individuals doing excellent the programme. In the essay Excellence Jhabua and Puneet Hi-Tech Laboratory Complex The start of this lab will ond day of ‘Namaste Orchha’ the possibilities of an airstrip ceutical industries, textile sec- work in the field of con- competition, Yashika Kadwane, a student of (High-tech Laboratory) at the speed up the disposal of Mahotsav in Orchha on can also be realized here. tor and tourism. sumer awareness are reward- Goswami, a student of Government of School of Regional Court of Justice POCSO act and sexual offens- Saturday. Chief Secretary SR He informed that private ed in the programme. At the Government Girls Kasturba Excellence Science, at Bhadbhada Road es. Rationalization of staff He said that this festival is Mohanty said that due to the investors are being invited to state level, selected students of School, Bhopal, will be given Ujjain. were DNA testing work start- should be done to overcome a significant effort in order to geographical location of bring metro rail to Indore and essay and poster competition the first prize, Rahul Shankar Various departments will ed on Saturday. shortage of technical staff and realize the vast possibilities of Madhya Pradesh, about 50 Bhopal, development of smart will also be awarded. Along Singh Meda, student of run consumer awareness The high-tech laboratory instructed that the staff capa- tourism in places like percent of the country’s popu- cities, increasing rail facilities, with this, a seminar will be Higher Secondary School of chariots, awareness vans for complex, built at a cost of Rs ble of DNA testing should be Garhkundar, Baldevgarh fort, lation is connected to it. starting projects in the miner- held to create consumer Excellence, Jhabua second people from March 11 to 15 6 crores was inaugurated posted in these labs from the Madkhera Sun Temple etc. Madhya Pradesh is in the lead- al sector and PPP mode. The awareness. prize and Sonali Bairagi of in selected local haat-bazaar by the Chief Minister on field level. Rathore said that efforts are ing position in many areas. He Chief Secretary informed that All India Consumer Government Girls Higher and shopping mall. During February 26. He added that DNA test also being made to increase informed that a lot of work is efforts are being made to Education Society Gwalior, a Secondary School, Mandsaur, this period, consumers will be With the start of this lab- report is a proof from which various business activities in being done in the field of ensure that Orchha is includ- voluntary consumer organi- will be given the third made aware through street oratory, a new chapter has the offender can be punished Orchha. renewable energy in Madhya ed in the category of a world zation doing excellent work in prize. plays and puppet been added in the field of DNA 100 percent. Therefore DNA Minister Rathore said that Pradesh. The Chief Secretary heritage site after Sanchi, the field of consumer protec- Similarly, among the shows. testing in Madhya Pradesh. testing has to be fasten. Orchha and surrounding areas informed that a ‘New Vision Khajuraho and Bhimbetka. <         "Q         /      4#'*   12"6 3   /56#,- with this, 5 meritorious chil- dren of police employees were nder the series of Faculty etired police officers should awarded with Late Surendra UDevelopment Programme Rhelp in portraying the pos- Nath Chaturvedi Smriti and at Medi-Caps University itive image of police and par- two with Late Sunita Chandra renowned author Gurmeet ticipate in creative activities and presented cheque for the Singh Narang’s special pro- with promptness. Madhya prize money of Rs 10000. gramme on Happiness con- Pradesh Police would provide He also released the asso- clude at Medi-Caps University. all possible help to retired ciation's magazine ‘Satvik’ on Narang wrote best seller police officers said Director the occasion. The program books My Happiness, Night General of Police Rajendra was presided over by retired time mantra for happy morn- Kumar at the 20th Special senior IPS officer Narendra ing, The seed of joy, Story that Member of Madhya Pradesh Prasad. touched my life and walk with Police Pensioners Association. The Secretary of the me. Registrar Pradyumn Yadav On this occasion, he pro- Association, SK Kalkar and welcomed Narang by present- vided financial assistance of Rs Member RK Varma were also ing a plant of Tulsi. 2 lakh for welfare programs to honored. Retired Senior Police Narang has also founded =  *  / ,  3 ( 1   6 >  .&  &  &   Police Pensioners Association Officer NB Srivastava, VB the Tavleen Foundation dedi- 3 ( 1    *        /  ,P #> -   on behalf of the Welfare Branch Shukla, SK Sharma, UC cated to human happiness. He    +  (-  *   of Police Headquarters. Earlier Pandey, LL Chauhan and ML said that my daughter Tavleen the assistance of one lakh Yadav were felicitated. untimely died due to bone rupees was given by the police The children who were cancer so I was sad for several +   (* ! ,  headquarters. presented with Surendranath months. In this ceremony held at Chaturvedi Smriti Award were During this time, I came to   51-, Due to snowfall and rain, received 10 cm and 5 PTRI on Saturday, DGP Devanshi Pandey, Ashish understand the importance of temperatures decreased by sev- cm snowfall respectively in the Rajendra Kumar honored half Raghuvanshi, Shubham human happiness and I estab- ourist hotspots Shimla, eral notches at several places last 24 hours, Shimla Met a dozen retired senior police Chauhan, Mansi Rawat and lished this institution in mem- ence that human life is too Registrar Pradyuman Yadav TKufri and Dalhousie in with Kufri, Manali and Centre Director Manmohan officers born in the year 1944 Bhupendra Singh. The children ory of my daughter Tavleen to short. Do not destroy it with a welcomed and gave vote of Himachal received fresh snow- Dalhousie shivering at sub zero Singh said. by presenting shawls and who were presented with ease the grief of the feeling of sorrow, but live life thanks to Narang and Ram fall while several other places temperatures. Besides Khadrala witnessed saplings on behalf of Police Sunita Chandra Award were- people. with a feeling of happiness. Srivastava presented a memen- experienced light to moderate Kufri received 15 cm snow- 23 cm snowfall, Gondhla 4 cm Pensioners Association. Along Khushi Yeti and Shivani Tiwari. He appealed to the audi- Consider sorrow as secondary. to to Narang. rain this weekend on Saturday. fall whereas Dalhousie and and Kalpa 3.4 cm. SUN, SAND, WATERFALLS, FORESTS, FOOD...AND WHAT NOT stream and the journey was sort of a was different with a sweat and salty We headed towards the sound of dream. After Panvel, breathtaking flavour. stream flowing down the hills. We secenes awaited me on the Konkan In the evening we were enjoying the went down and put our legs into the Railway. Chugging through 92 tunnels panoramic view of hills and forests from water. It was so relaxing. A number of and on 2,000 bridges, this route gives you the balcony. The atmosphere was very small fishes touched our legs as we spent postcard-worthy moments every five peaceful and refreshing. Meanwhile, our an hour there. We had some snacks and seconds with endless stretches of water, landlady came to us and offered sweat lime water there. From there we went to +5 hills, paddy hues and villages under potato pakora with tea. It was awesome The Basilica of Bom Jesus church, one + shades of coconut trees. in taste. Goans are very warm and of the oldest church of Goa. Built in the My father-in-law was waiting to hearty. year 1594 and consecrated in 1605, the receive us at Madgaon Railway station After that we went for a walk in the building of this church coincides with he time I made a plan for a family on the newly built platform. As soon as clean and clear air. In the nights, sky had the beginning of Christianity in India. Ttrip to Goa, my friends mocked. One Elvi saw his Dadajee he ran to him and more visible stars and decipherable It is known for its exemplary baroque said it’s a couple’s thing…some said you embraced him. In a 20 minutes drive constellations. The roads were lined with architecture. should go with friends. Let me be clear, from Madgaon railway station to my coconut trees. Now it’s already 2:30 pm and we Goa is a place which hypnotises you and rented house at Savarde, Xeldem in Goan houses have a typical archi- were hungry. Sanjay took us to the makes you fall in love with it, no mat- Quepem, I explored colourful, vibrant tecture, different from other cities. Tiled restaurant. There we had Goan Prawn ter whether you are with your family, and serene Goa. Our car was cruising roofs, pillars, seats in the balcony, Curry. It is also called Ambot Tik. kids, husband, boyfriend or girlfriend, at 60 kmph. The blue, yellow, purple, red, trees.... all form part of the house. One Crunchy prawn dipped into smooth ,  &  - .-   .        /  , P alone or on a honeymoon. orange, green coloured houses made up important must-have in the compound curry. It went perfectly with steamed rice. # (-  *   There are myriads of activities and a cheerful locality. Portuguese style vil- near the entrance was a sign of religion. We ordered chicken kurma biryani and adventures where a two-year-old to 60- las and churches gave pleasure to my Christians had crosses and Hindus had few more Goan cuisines. We all had a year-old can equally enjoy. I was trav- eyes. We reached the house and its beau- a splendid Tulsi Chaura. truly satisfying and awesome meal in elling with my parents, husband and ty left me spellbound. It was in the mid- One drawback of course is the 2,700. After that my mom went on a )?6'       with my two and half-year-old son. It dle of nature and was surrounded by absence of Uber or Ola, forcing us to pay shopping spree. From there we headed was more than a trip as my son (Swastik varieties of trees— Coconut, Cashew, exorbitant amounts to the private tax- towards the Miramar beach in Panjim. aka Elvi) was going to visit his Dada, Mango, Curry Patta, Jack Fruit, Chiko, ies. Not scared of the huge waves, my son Dadi with his Nana and Nani. My in- Papaya, Banana, Drumstick and etc. For Next morning, I woke up by a honk- enjoyed a lot and soaked himself in sand, @    laws reside at Savarde, 30km far from the first time I saw cashew-laden trees. ing sound. I rushed to the balcony and playing with high tide. Madgaon in South Goa. The boundry of house was decked with saw a Poder (a traditional baker), who Meanwhile, my husband came and  <,0 Institute of Virology (NIV) in We boarded Rajdhani in February flowers like Rose, Marigold, Guldabdi, comes on a cycle everyday to sell fresh asked us to get ready for the 2-hour Pune. According to official from Hazrat Nizamuddin and reached Dalia, Gazelia, Aurhul, etc. My in-laws bread. We returned back and got ready cruise ride. It sounded so exciting. Soon, cting swiftly to contain sources, their final reports were Madgaon the next day. The 26- resides on first floor and the landlords for our road trip to North Goa. We had we all on boarded the cruise. We were Athe spread of coronavirus still awaited. hour journey was stay in the house next to them. a yummy Neer dosa in breakfast, welcomed by our captain who was sit- infection cases immediately Addressing a press confer- like rowing gently I was so amazed by the beauty of the cooked by our landlady. My mother-in- ting in the middle of the cruise and nar- after preliminary test reports of ence late evening, Kansal said down surroundings that I forgot my mother- law had already hired a cab and the dri- rating us about the famous things two suspected coronavirus that the class work up to the the in-law was eagerly waiting to see us. We ver was on time at 8 am. He was famil- around the coastal areas of Miramar patients reported 'probability of primary level has been sus- entered the house and it had a temple iar to us and promised to take us to the beach and the Arabian Sea as well. I testing positive', the pended in six districts of like feel. The place was clean, tidy and unexplored sites. Instead of heading immediately took a corner seat facing Jammu&Kashmir Government Jammu and Kashmir as a pre- spacious with a pleasant smell towards North Goa, he insisted that we sea. Snacks, food items, and beverages on Saturday ordered all pri- cautionary measure. of food and flowers. The 26- visit Mahadev temple first. We all were were also available on the cruise which mary schools across six districts “Class work up to primary hour long journey satisfied least interested but agreed. We reached we had to pay on the spot. As the cruise to shut down till March 31 with level has been suspended till my soul but it couldn’t sat- the temple soon and it was just a treat was sailing away from Miramar beach immediate effect. March 31, 2020, in Jammu, isfy my grumbling to the eyes. Tambdi Surla Temple is and heading towards the sea, we spot- The government also Samba in Jammu division and stomach. My moth- located inside the area of Bhagwan ted astounding dolphins swimming in announced an immediate sus- reported, "The test reports of Budgam, Baramulla, Srinagar er-in-law cooked Mahavir National Park. Situated amidst synchronicity. pension of all biometric atten- the two suspected coronavirus and Bandipora in Kashmir delicious vegetari- nature, it is a divine place. The place was The cruise also offered glimpses of dance in the Union territory till patients were received, which Division. This is just a precau- an lunch for us unbelievably quiet. You can only hear the the nearby villages, island, churches and March 31 while advising peo- spoke of them being high viral- tionary move and there is no and our landla- sound of the stream and the chirping of farms adding a rustic feel to this expe- ple not to panic as adequate load cases. There is a high need to panic”, Kansal told the dy also cooked birds when you are on the temple rience. Goa is not only all about sand, measures were put in place to probability of their testing pos- media persons. Soya Goan premises. The location was so pristine beeches, sea, temples, churches but it is meet the challenge. The gov- itive for the infection". He He said the government is chap for us. that one would definitely love to visit the more than that. It captivates life. ernment also appealed to the added that both the patients monitoring and reviewing the The taste temple not once but sever- After seeing this majestic place all public to fully cooperate wher- were kept in isolation at the situation closely, even as elab- al times. I thanked Sanjay, your restlessness, humdrums of life will ever quarantine was advised. Government Medical College, orate arrangements have been the driver for bringing end. It will give you real moksha, The first alarm was raised Jammu. made to handle the situation. us here. though temporary. early Saturday morning by "They are stable and all “All entrants to Jammu and Rohit Kansal, Principal protocols are being followed," Kashmir via road are also being Secretary,Planning,Developme the spokesperson said. monitored at Lakhanpur and nt and Monitoring and official Samples of these two Lower Munda respectively. spokesman of the Jammu and patients with a travel history to Help desks at Railway stations, Kashmir government. coronavirus-hit Italy and South Jammu and Katra are also Posting series of tweets he Korea were sent to the National operational,” he said.     + ,- ././    !0

    3     &   4  ,  6     1         

  234"3-51 7:30 PM on Friday over their dom," he further said. wisdom has dawned on the "They (management) <    coverage of the communal vio- "Our basic thought process government in the face of the seemed to have succeeded in mid widespread criticism lence in Delhi. The official is that the freedom of press is widespread outcry against this their attempt. Since it was 025 %     Aand "concern" expressed by orders said that the channels absolutely essential in the outrageous decision. Trust the night there was no time for

-  ! .     7 08 3    &*

  234"3-51 benchmark, was as low as  234"3-51 state-owned oil and gas firm. Bina (Madhya Pradesh) and $41.11 a barrel. The bidding will be a two- Numaligarh (Assam) with a nternational crude oil prices The price of Brent crude n the country’s biggest ever stage affair, with qualified bid- combined capacity of 38.3 mil- Iwent into downward spiral has now fallen around more Iprivatisation drive, the gov- ders in the first expression of lion tonnes per annum, which after major oil producers failed than 30 per cent this year. ernment on Saturday invited interest (EoI) phase being is 15 per cent of India’s total to reach an agreement to Brent had touched $71.75 per bids for sale of its entire 52.98 asked to make a financial bid refining capacity of 249.4 mil- reduce production, as con- barrel on January 8 this year per cent stake in India’s second in the second round. lion tonnes. cerns about coronavirus impact and is now trading at $45.50 biggest oil refiner Bharat PSUs “are not eligible to While the Numaligarh spread across the globe. per barrel. This plunge will Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL). participate” in the privatisation, refinery will be carved out of The benchmark Brent fell have a wide range of implica- Expressions of interest for the offer document said. BPCL and sold to a PSU, the by more than 9 per cent, to as tions, including lower earnings the strategic sale of BPCL have Any private company hav- new buyer of the company low as $45.50 a barrel, lowest for oil companies, whose finan- been invited by May 2, as per ing a networth of $10 billion is will get 35.3 million tonnes of since June 2017. West Texas cial performance is closely tied the bid document by the eligible for bidding and con- refining capacity. Intermediate crude, the US to oil prices. Department of Investment and sortium of no more than four BPCL also owns 15,177 Public Asset Management firms will be allowed to bid, it petrol pumps and 6,011 LPG (DIPAM). said. As per the bidding crite- distributor agencies in the “The Government of India ria, the lead member of the country. Besides, it has 51 LPG is proposing strategic disin- consortium must hold 40 per (liquefied petroleum gas) bot- vestment of its entire share- cent stake and others must have tling plants. holding in BPCL comprising of a minimum networth of $1 bil- The company distributes 114.91 crore equity shares, lion. 21 per cent of petroleum prod- which constitutes 52.98% of Changes in consortium are ucts consumed in the country BPCL’s equity share capital allowed within 45 days but the by volume as of March this year along with transfer of man- lead member cannot be fastest-growing energy mar- bidder will also have to make Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and has more than a fifth of the agement control to a strategic changed, it added. ket. an open offer to other share- has set from disinvestment 250 aviation fuel stations in the buyer (except BPCL’s equity BPCL will give buyers BPCL has a market capi- holders for acquiring another proceeds in the Budget for country. The government has shareholding of 61.65% in ready access to 14 per cent of talisation of about 87,388 26 per cent at the same price. 2020-21. appointed Deloitte Touche Numaligarh Refinery India’s oil refining capacity crore and the government stake Privatisation of BPCL is BPCL operates four Tohmatsu India LLP as its Limited),” it said. and about one-fourth of the at current prices is worth about essential for meeting the record refineries in Mumbai transaction advisor for the NRL stake will be sold to a fuel market share in the world’s 46,000 crore. The successful 2.1 lakh crore target Finance (Maharashtra), Kochi (Kerala), strategic disinvestment process.       33      !!   !!              3' 

  /31<12 the US — a key point of con-  234"3-51 2020 under Section 69(1) of tention in the trade dispute CGST Act, hina’s exports plummeted between the two countries — he Directorate General of 2017 for offences under provi- Cin the first two months of sharply narrowed 40 percent in TGST Intelligence (DGGI) sions of Sections 132(1)(b) and this year on the back of a coro- the first two months, from on Saturday said it has regis- 132(1)(c) of the CGST Act navirus epidemic that forced $42 billion last year to $25.4 bil- tered a case against Aastha 2017. businesses to suspend opera- lion. Apparels Pvt Ltd and others for “The said firms/compa- tions, disrupting the world’s Chinese authorities said fraudulently claiming refunds nies also did not have com- supply chains. last month that January and on export of goods of over 61 mensurate purchases back- Exports fell 17.2 per cent, February’s data would be com- crore. wards. It has been further the biggest drop since February bined. This is in line with how “DGGI booked a case on revealed that the supplier com- 2019 during the trade war with some other indicators are March 6, 2020 against Aastha panies to these exporter com- the United States, and imports released, to smooth over dis- Apparels Pvt Ltd & others. panies are controlled and man- dropped 4 per cent, according tortions from the holiday break. Aforesaid companies have aged by few persons only and to official data released In an early sign of the eco- fraudulently claimed IGST they are also engaged in claim- Saturday. A Bloomberg poll of nomic impact to come, China’s refunds on export of goods to ing of suspect IGST refunds,” economists had expected manufacturing activity fell to its the tune of more than 61 said the release. exports to drop less, by 16.2 per lowest level on record in crore,” the Finance Ministry These companies have cre- cent, but had forseen a much February, with non-manufac- said in a release. ated a complex web of circular starker drop on imports of turing activity plummeting as The intelligence directorate trading among themselves 16.1 per cent. well. said the Aastha Apparels Pvt without commensurate pay- Consumers stayed home Capital Economics’ Julian Ltd and others availed input tax ments or actual supplies of during the Lunar New Year Evans-Pritchard said in a report credit (ITC) fraudulently on the goods to pass on ineligible break at the end of January and Friday that the decision to basis of invoices received from ITC to the exporters, it added. businesses saw a much slower combine the data in January non-existent or non-function- Role of suppliers and other return to work, as the country and February means the “pub- al firms or from companies persons associated with these struggled to contain the spread lished growth rate won’t fully which have indulged in circu- Exporters is under investiga- of the deadly coronavirus, reflect the extent of the recent lar trading. tion. which has killed more than weakness.” This is because the DGGI said two directors of “Further investigations in 3,000 people in China alone. disruption was mostly con- the exporting companies have the matter are in progress,” it China’s trade surplus with centrated in February. been arrested on March 7, said. %2 1727 ) 095   11     ,  :;!   New Delhi: March 7 () More than 1.09 crore persons have sought employment on the job portal of the Modi government. Responding to the requests, the government provided information on about 67.99 lakh vacancies. However, data on the jobs taken up by the registered unemployed is not available on the portal. Minister of Labour and Employment Santosh Gangwar, in response to a question in the Lok Sabha, clarified earlier that the data of people getting jobs through the National Career Service (NCS) portal is not maintained. IANS      %$$%67#%$#8    E        1      ! #    !      1  <."   &  C        1        * 1 +        8K                &8K     &   1             8)) &'          &        1 -,,/,"     & ash-strapped Pakistan may *       Cface losses up to $61 mil-  ,.    !%  J lion due to the deadly coron-   "   !25#%  #     avirus outbreak, the ADB has   !%      ):&)K&()() said in its assessment report on  2"&"      !  the impact of the novel       E      COVID-19 outbreak. &%        The virus that first emerged     @()4 1' in China’s Wuhan city in the 5   E     Hubei province in December    & last year has spread to 97 coun- tries and has infected 102,180 *        people, including 80,651 in  ,.    ! China, according to the Johns %  J  "   ! Hopkins Coronavirus tracker. In 25#%  <   !% Pakistan, six cases of coronavirus    5 #  have been reported and all have    5   !2 a history of travel to Iran. Three "&25#%   of the cases are in Karachi and          E  three in Gilgit-Baltistan.  5 # & The Manila-based Asian Development Bank has pro-    jected that Pakistan’s economy  ,    may face $16 to $61 million     losses due to the coronavirus     11! outbreak, The Express Tribune "! 1=3" quoted a report published on   Friday.  * “In moderate case scenario,  + the projected losses to be faced 2     by Pakistan are $34.2 million.    In worst case scenario, the       projected losses to be faced by  Pakistan are $60.8 million,”      the report said. The report   & also gave estimates about glob-    al losses due to the novel virus.    The bank gave a “hypo-     & C ! 1=3" 60 2   thetical worst case scenario”  "  %    *2 "%+! 1       that shows Pakistan’s economy                   sustaining a whopping $5 bil-        2  & lion loss due to spread of the virus.     + ,- ././   !9

:1     #71##%2:      4, 51262 takes a majority of pledged del-     egates won in primaries and    %6%#     ormer Vice-President Joe caucuses — 1,991 — to win the   %   8 FBiden has put an exclama- nomination on the first ballot.         1  tion point on his Super Tuesday With only two viable candi-       victories by winning the most dates left in the race, the   (( ((              ! delegates on the presidential pri- prospect of a contested con-   4, 51262         mary calendar’s biggest night. vention is remote. ing criticism over its handling of     & The Associated Press has The race now enters a key the outbreak — threatened to  4, 51262 allocated more than 92 per cent stretch as voters in 10 states cast n the midst of one of the most exacerbate concerns about the +      of the 1,344 delegates that were ballots over the next two weeks. Idaunting crises of his admin- Government’s ability to protect he Trump Campaign has +    up for grabs on Tuesday, and Sanders scrapped an appear- istration, President Donald the nation from a virus that has Tfiled a defamatory law- 9 "%:<8#"=%   Biden has such a commanding ance in Mississippi to campaign Trump on Friday announced he now infected more than 100,000 suit against CNN, accusing      lead that Vermont Sen. Bernie in Michigan — the largest prize had made a major staff overhaul, people worldwide. the cable news network of        Sanders cannot catch up as the on Tuesday, when six states rep- replacing his acting chief of Mulvaney had been leading making false statements %          remaining votes from that day’s resenting 352 delegates vote. staff Mick Mulvaney with the administration’s interagency that the campaign “assessed      14 state primaries are counted. surpass Biden’s haul. Regardless of whether Sanders’ move was an Republican Rep. Mark response to the virus until the potential risks and ben-         Biden built his delegate Biden has won at least 610 Bloomberg reaches the thresh- acknowledgement that he Meadows. Trump designated Vice efits of again seeking      lead on Tuesday by racking up delegates from Tuesday’s con- old, Sanders can’t catch Biden stands little chance of blunting While much of the country President Mike Pence to lead the Russia’s help in 2020 and has     O  & huge victories in Alabama, tests, while Sanders has won at because many of the remaining Biden’s edge with black voters was focused on the spreading whole-of-government effort decided to leave that option North Carolina and Virginia, least 513, according to the AP delegates would then go to in the South and must focus on coronavirus, Trump announced more than a week ago. on the table”. O   1 P while scoring a narrow win in delegate count. There are 102 Biden. Bloomberg dropped out fighting back in the Midwest. the surprise reshuffle by Friday It was just one of a long After The New York   P Texas. In all, Biden won 10 delegates still to be allocated. of the presidential race on Four states vote on March night tweet, saying Mulvaney series of downgrades for Times and The Washington %&#, #  ,  states and Sanders won four. Most of the delegates still Wednesday. 17, including delegate-rich would become the US Special Mulvaney, whose relationship Post, this is the third         “Look, not long ago the not allocated are in California, Overall, Biden has 664 del- Illinois, Ohio and Florida, envoy for Northern Ireland. with Trump began to sour not lawsuit by the Trump     press and the pundits declared with the next biggest chunks in egates to Sanders’ 573. Sanders where Sanders could struggle “I have long known and long after he was named to the Campaign against a major       this campaign dead, but this Colorado and Utah. Despite started the week with a six-del- because of the state’s older worked with Mark, and the position in December 2018. American media. Trump,         week we saw tremendous sup- Sanders winning all three egate lead. Biden’s performance electorate and his recent praise relationship is a very good one,” Indeed, Trump had been eyeing who is seeking his re-elec-      !   port across the nation,” Biden States, he has already been was all the more remarkable of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. he wrote, thanking Mulvaney — the change for many months, tion, has often described     told supporters by phone awarded the largest share of considering his slow start in the When Sanders ran against who never shook his “acting” according to people familiar these three US media outlets ,       Friday evening. “We changed delegates in those States. first three contests. Less than a Hillary Clinton in 2016, title — “for having served the with his thinking, but wanted to as “fake media”.   8)&,    the whole narrative.” Many of the delegates are month ago, Biden didn’t win a Clinton won in Florida, Illinois Administration so well.” wait until after the impeachment The lawsuit, filed in the  O#   !  Sanders won California being withheld because it is single delegate in New and Ohio — the three states The long-rumoured move saga was over to make his move. US District Court         and three other States — unclear whether former New Hampshire. with the most delegates at comes as Trump has been Meadows, the onetime in Atlanta on Friday,      0   Colorado, Utah and his home York Mayor Mike Blo omb erg The contest could now stake in the mid-March pri- pulling together a team of loy- leader of the House Freedom seeks to hold CNN account-      state of Vermont. Although will finish above the 15 per cent become a drawn-out two-man maries. In Florida, the biggest alists and allies ahead of what is Caucus, is a longtime Trump able for intentionally pub-       Sanders won the biggest State, threshold in California, which battle for delegates to win the prize of the next two weeks, expected to be a bitter reelection confidant and sounding board, lishing false statements    , California, he didn’t rack up the would score him a significant nomination at the Democratic Clinton nearly doubled fight. But the timing — as his whose political instincts Trump against President Trump’s    !    & commanding lead required to number of statewide delegates. National Convention in July. It Sanders’ vote. administration was already fac- respects. campaign.   +   B,"5 coronavirus. Prince Ahmed    &     bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, a broth-   !     /31<12 fight against the dreaded virus audi authorities have er of King Salman, and the    & as the cases have for the first Sdetained three princes, monarch’s nephew Prince hina has reported 28 new time dropped below 100. The including King Salman’s broth- Mohammed bin Nayef were    Cfatalities from the deadly overall confirmed cases on the er and nephew on charges of accused of treason and taken     coronavirus outbreak, taking mainland have reached 80,651 plotting a coup, the US media from their homes early Friday   >&  the death toll in the country to by the end of Friday. This reported Friday, signalling a by black-clad royal guards, the %    -  3,070, Chinese health officials included 3,070 people who further consolidation of power Wall Street Journal reported cit-           said on Saturday as the rapid had died of the virus, 22,177 by the kingdom’s de facto ruler. ing unnamed sources.          spread of the epidemic hit a patients still undergoing treat- The detentions cast aside The Saudi royal court has        milestone, infecting more than ment and 55,404 others who the last vestiges of potential accused the two men, once  O   3     1,00,000 people globally. were discharged after recovery, opposition to Crown Prince potential contenders for the       (@) The virus that first the NHC said. Mohammed bin Salman and throne, of “plotting a coup to  & %    E  emerged in China in December Also on Friday, 24 import- come as the kingdom limits unseat the king and crown        last year has spread to 97 coun- ed cases (people coming to access to Islam’s holiest prince” and could face lifetime C      tries and has infected 102,180 China from abroad) of the sites in a highly sensitive move imprisonment or execution,      , (8 people, including 80,651 in novel coronavirus infection to contain the fast-spreading the newspaper said.      & China, according to the Johns were reported on the mainland, Hopkins Coronavirus tracker. including 17 in Gansu China’s National Health Province, three in Beijing, three 6&    Commission (NHC) on in Shanghai and one in decline about 19,700 more Outside China, a total of 97 the COVID-19 will disappear Saturday said it received reports Guangdong Province. By the cases were reported globally countries and regions have in summer, urging countries to of 99 new confirmed cases of end of Friday, 60 imported taking the overall total of the reported. fight the new virus decisively at   &     the novel coronavirus infection cases were reported, the NHC cases, including from China to Bhutan, Cameroon, Serbia the current stage. and 28 deaths on Friday on the said. over a lakh, state-run CGTN and South Africa have report- “We do not know yet what   . Chinese mainland. By the end of Friday, 107 reported. ed cases of the COVID-19 for the activity or behaviour of the The 28 deaths were all confirmed cases, including two The World Health the first time in the past 24 virus will be in different cli-   .,/0- reported in the virus epicentre deaths have been reported in Organisation (WHO) said on hours as of Friday morning, the matic conditions,” Ryan said, Hubei Province and its capital Hong Kong, 10 confirmed Friday that additional five WHO report said. warning against the assump- abul was reeling Saturday Wuhan, the NHC said. cases in the Macao SAR, and 45 countries — the Philippines, Meanwhile, Michael Ryan, tion that the virus would just Kafter Islamic State jihadists Meanwhile, 99 new sus- in Taiwan, including one death New Zealand, Ireland, the executive director of the WHO disappear on its own in the killed 32 people and wounded pected cases were reported it have been reported. Czech Republic and Slovenia Health Emergencies summertime like influenza,” dozens more, with injured sur- said, a significant milestone in While the cases of the — have seen local transmission Programme said there is no state-run Xinhua news agency vivors describing scenes of ter- China’s over two-month-long COVID-19 in China are on the of the COVID-19. evidence right now suggesting quoted him as saying. ror as gunmen opened fire in the deadliest attack to hit Afghanistan since a US- % 11 Taliban deal. The attack at a crowded   gathering in the capital has   ++  3  !1 !   O raised questions about '  # =             Afghanistan’s abysmal security &'((  O, #                 situation and uncertain future                   !  following the February 29   35 ,2     #  O C       & agreement to pull foreign forces         & from the country within 14 he death toll from the novel     *3  months. Tcoronavirus in Iran con-    ,     OE      Lying in a hospital bed in tinued to rise on Saturday with  ,         !         ! a run-down Kabul neighbour- 21 more people killed, includ-       !KO    E      hood, 15-year-old Basira said ing a politician who became the      1            she had attended Friday’s annu- eighth official to succumb to          &           al commemoration ceremony the disease.   ,           &   6&  -  *         & for Abdul Ali Mazari — a Health Ministry   !          politician from the Hazara eth- spokesman Kianoush   !             +    nic group — for the first time, Jahanpour announced 1,076     .N2    6 %        0  2     ! accompanied by her father and additional cases had been con-    8)  1       (8   % !  .  =  !  younger sister. firmed in the past 24 hours,  8&       0            02 “We were in the middle of bringing the overall tolls to 200                   the ceremony when the gunfire dead and 6,000 infected. ,  ? 4      %      & C   =   erupted,” she told AFP in a frail “More than 16,000 people   .                L            voice. “It was non-stop firing are currently hospitalised as               &  #           !M    for more than an hour,” she suspect cases,” Jahanpour said   O          =       02&    said, describing chaotic scenes, during a televised news con- C           K!@))   &  % ! !2 !1 !1  with terrified people running ference.    !     K    for cover from the gunmen He added 1,669   &    ! 1       %6'1"8O & who appeared to be shooting at people who were sick         , 1          them from a height. with the COVID-19 illness %6'1"8O            !     P   @A As shrapnel tore into her have recovered. % !       !    1 2,   !                right leg, she lost consciousness The Islamic republic is bat-   9!)8&                  ! 4  and was brought to a nearby tling one of the world’s dead-  &=    !@@!   6    !     hospital, along with 28 other liest outbreaks of the disease +  +    ?    #             &0246 wounded. The Sunni-extremist outside China, where it origi- ,   3 O2                !      E  8&)K&) IS had claimed an attack on the nated. The capital Tehran 8@)   !  1  !    &    ()()!      same ceremony last year, which remains the worst-hit province  C             K&)&)   &  killed 11, and have in the past in the country, with 1,539 con-  - !  8(         1+    PK)@)       targeted Hazaras who are pre- firmed cases.     &               ! & dominantly Shia Muslim. -& .    -      D            B=/# A $       Seattle: American coffee chain giant Starbucks Beijing: Around 70 people were trapped after a has shut a store in Seattle city after one of the hotel building housing quarantined coronavirus outlet’s staff members was tested positive for suspects collapsed in China’s Quanzhou city on the novel coronavirus. Saturday, according to the official media here. Rossann Williams, Executive Vice Thirty-three people were rescued after the 80- President of Starbucks, said in statement on room hotel collapsed in Fujian Province around Friday that the company first learned of the 7.30 pm local time. Around 70 people were trapped employee on Thursday and quickly took steps under the rubble, state-run Xinhua News agency to close the store for “a deep clean overnight”, reported. The hotel was being used to quarantine reports Xinhua news agency. and observe people who had come to the province The employee is now in self-quarantine during the novel coronavirus prevention and con- at home, Williams said in the statement, trol, and had come in contact with the virus adding: “Because this is our first confirmed patients, the report said. case, we felt it was best to reach out and share A total of 147 rescue workers have been sent this update with you all.” IANS to the scene. Rescue efforts were underway. PTI     + ,- ././   !; // ,  (         &       

 3-/60 23 ing attack has contributed massively to Shafali to provide another flying start how Australians play Poonam on the team's success so far in the com- and hope this time the experienced Sunday as the leggie was all over them he Indian women’s team will petition. Mandhana too fires. There can’t be a in the tournament opener. have to overcome big match However, much more is bigger stage for Harmanpreet to be back Australia, led by Meg Lanning, are pressure as it aims to exor- needed from star batters Smriti amongst the runs and lead the team backing themselves to win in front of cise the ghosts of the past in Mandhana and Harmanpreet if from the front. the home fans though a sizable number the T20 World Cup Final India are to win their maiden ICC If it was not for Shafali, India would of Indian fans too is expected at the Tagainst habitual winners Australia in trophy. have struggled to post competitive iconic MCG. front of a record crowd at the The brittle middle-order too totals with the middle and lower- Australia’s campaign has been hit by Melbourne Cricket Ground here on needs to deliver. And besides doing order doing precious little. The team injuries to pacer Tayla Vlaeminck at the today. the right things on the field, India did not cross the 150-run mark in the start and star all-rounder Elysse Perry India go into the Final unbeat- will also have to win the battle of group stage but still managed to get was ruled out of the remainder of the en after topping the group stage nerves in the all important game. over the line, thanks to a disciplined tournament before the semifinal against where they had beaten the four-time Australia, who had beaten India bowling effort. South Africa. champions Australia in the tourna- in the preceding tri-series final, find Leggie Poonam Yadav has made a Despite the twin setbacks, Australia ment-opener. themselves in familiar territory hav- sensational comeback from a finger have stormed into yet another title clash. After the semifinal against ing made their sixth successive final injury and is tournament’s leading "We're not coming just to put on a England was washed out, the in seven editions. wicket-taker with nine wickets along- good show. We're coming here to win Harmanpreet Kaur-led squad They know how to win the big side Australia pacer Megan Schutt. and that's the attitude we're going in advanced to their maiden summit moments in high-pressure games, Pacer Shikhar Pandey too has been with. It's been a long time coming and clash, having finished first in Group A. while India have been found wanting impressive, while left-arm spin duo of the build-up to the game is something The refreshing firepower of 16- on that front. Radha Yadav and Rajeshwari I've not experienced before. It will be the year-old Shafali Verma at the top and It may be a tad unfair on the Gayakwad has kept things tight. biggest moment of my career," said consistency of India's spin-heavy bowl- teenager but the team will expect It will be interesting to see Lanning. Harman excited to play in *( /  " ;  front of record crowd <;  (  3-/60 23 Meg Lanning urged her side to spinners at training. We’ll be as “Obviously Smriti Mandhana 3Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara will  3-/60 23 what they can do for the team. brace up for other threats includ- prepared as we can be and mak- is a world-class player too and play for Saurashtra in their Ranji Trophy final “We did get rest also ustralia are focussing not only ing the left-arm Indian bowlers. ing sure we adjust to what’s hap- Deepti Sharma has also played against Bengal, it was confirmed on Saturday. forced eight-day break has because when you're playing for Aon the wily Poonam Yadav but “It’s not just Poonam we need pening at the time.” well against us. We feel our bowl- The summit clash will he held at the SCA sta- Aaffected India’s prepara- a long time, you need a break. preparing to take on India’s spin- to worry about. They’ve got some India’s batting also boasts of ing line-up can adjust to different dium in Khandheri from Monday. The stadium tions going into the Women’s No-one wanted to take rest, heavy attack by practising against really good left-armers too, such young Shafali Verma and Smriti things,” she said. would be hosting the Ranji Trophy final for the T20 World Cup final on Sunday everyone was so keen, everyone “slow spinners” ahead of Women’s as Rajeshwari Gayakwad. They’ve Mandhana besides all-rounder “We are very well prepared first-time. but the team is ready to rise to was on the ground and ready to T20 World Cup final. got a really strong line-up right Deepti Sharma and Lanning said for what the game will throw at Pujara, occasion in front a record deal with the situation.” Poonam had bamboozled through their bowlers and they her bowling unit has to make the us. It’s going to be a tough, hard who has crowd at the MCG, said skip- Over 75,000 tickets have Australia in the opening game, have spinners who can change necessary adjustments when com- battle today against India but I feel played a 77 per Harmanpreet Kaur. been sold for the finals and snapping four wickets to power their pace,” Lanning said. ing across India's good batting we are as ready as we can be to tests, will An unbeaten run in the Harmanpreet said her team India to a 17-run win but skipper “We will be facing some slow unit. take it on.” turn up for group stage propelled India will look to enjoy the big stage the hosts into their maiden T20 World and play positive cricket. after a forget- Cup summit clash after their “It's a great feeling. It's the table tour of last-four clash against England first time we're going to see New Zealand was washed out on Thursday. 90,000 people in the stadium ‘Australia need to play mind games to stop Shafali’ where the India had defeated Sri and we're really looking posi- Indian bats- Lanka in their last game on tive for that,” said Harmanpreet, men were Saturday, followed by a semifi- who has played in front of a  3-/60 23 to relax and that it’s only crick- found in test- nal washout, which meant the sold-out crowd in the 2017 et. ing condi- visitors haven’t played for the Cricket World Cup Final efending champions “When you’re opening the tions. last eight days and against England at Lord’s. DAustralia need to play 538:>3,  batting in T20, it can be bru- The 17- Harmanpreet conceded her “We are used to playing mind games to stop a rampag- tal because your role is to go member team has been ‘restless’. when a lot of crowd is around ing Shafali Verma during 6-" 5,=,-1 hard and you’re always going squad, led by “We haven’t been outdoors us. Sometimes there’s no noise women’s T20 World Cup final to fail. She’s very hard on her- star pacer much and we didn't manage to going around in the stadium so against India, believes England 5, /33253 self when she does,” she added. Jaydev play the important game against we need to keep an eye on each opener Danni Wyatt. Wyatt said it was Shafali’s Unadkat, was England,” said Kaur on the eve of us. It’s a big moment. The 16-year-old Shafali , 6=53 brutal hitting against the pac- announced of the final against record four- “Rather than thinking about has been the star of the tour- 60 2,32! ers from the men’s team dur- by Saurashtra time champions Australia. what is going to trouble us, it's only nament, having amassed 161 ing a net session which con- Cricket “We were all in touch and about being there, enjoying the runs at a strike rate of 161, con- 5,'12 vinced her about the Indian’s Association doing indoor training, but it moment and giving our best.” sistently providing India solid phenomenal talent. (SCA) on doesn’t give you full confi- “One thing, we have to keep starts. ,, 3"8:8 “Even before the session, Saturday. dence because the surface is in mind Sunday is a fresh day, a “It’s obvious what her she’d go to the nets for extra After the win totally different. Everyone was fresh start. We have to start from weaknesses are and Shafali 02 ,, practice against our quickest over Gujarat in good touch and thinking ball one,” he said. knows what they are. The male bowlers,” recalled Wyatt. in the semifi- Aussies have tried to bowl to  1.3 ,36= “She’d bat for about an nals, Unadkat those areas in the past. You’ve 8:8! hour. She’d say ‘yeah, come had revealed got to play a few mind games bowl’ and go ‘bang, bang.’ that he was 5  with her and hope she spoons %62 1 32-> And I went ‘who’s that?’ in constant one up,” said Wyatt. “She had an extra 20 min- touch with Pujara, who was in New Zealand. She shared the dressing # 6'1"1212"1, utes to do some drills after. I The SCA had also wanted Ravindra Jadeja to  0/,1 room with the Indian star at couldn’t believe she was 15 feature in the final but the BCCI turned down its the 2019 Women’s T20 6-1" ,  when someone told me. She request saying “national duty” comes first. Jadeja ormer India opener Wasim Jaffer on Saturday announced Challenge. knew exactly what she want- is expected to be in the India squad for the three Fretirement from all forms of cricket after amassing a moun- “When she fails, she’s so ed to get out of that session. At ODIs against South Africa, beginning in tain of runs in a glorious first-class career that spanned almost hard on herself. I just tell her aged 15, that’s pretty smart.” Dharamsala on March 12. PTI a quarter century. Since making his first-class debut in 1996/97, the 42-year- old became the highest run-scorer in the Ranji Trophy and Irani Trophy, besides scoring close to 2000 runs with five cen- turies in Test cricket. “After all these years in cricket, it is time to move on. But just like the red ball format which is very dear to me, it’s the end of only the first innings,” Jaffer said in a statement. “I am looking forward to the sec- ond innings in any capacity, be it in coaching, com- mentary etc., as long as I stay involved with the game as this game has given me so much.” He remem- bered those who helped him shape his career, his life. “A s p e c i a l thanks to all my coaches, right from my school days to professional crick- et, for helping me polish my skills. A heartfelt thanks to the selectors who showed faith in me.” The Mumbaikar leaves the scene as the only batsman to score 12,000 runs in Ranji Trophy and he also has the high- est number of first-class hundreds to his name. Internationally, Jaffer played 31 Tests, scoring 1,944 runs at an average of 34.11. Besides five tons, he has 11 fifties in the highest format of the game, with 212 being his best. “First of all, I would like to thank The Almighty Allah, who gave me the talent to play this beautiful game. “I’d like to also thank my family - my parents and broth- ers for encouraging me to pursue the sport as a profession and my wife, who left the cosy life of England to create a love- ly home for our children and me,” Jaffer said. “I am honoured to have shared the dressing room with the likes of Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, and MS Dhoni to name a few,” he said.     

 %11 %1 %'' ( ( 2 -  3 1 ' ' $  (3 3 1 ' '  % ( 2  3%) 1  %  ( L 0% 21 <714 #' %2%6 ) #*# %+    %6B%$P""9 6'& 768"6% 89<$ 6"'E6'&$ #D$ ><86$"6 $8 D<8"6$"$""69 E >6'*9%88' 8E8 >$<%"$!1%$ # %"$9#>6%$ 6 E8"6%P"%866D"   <97#<*6E#69" #8$ #D$<8 9""

%- 0%01 23-450. 6-%01 N O               1        !  -332,.3< 14,-                  E  ,- ./  

t was in 2013, that I met Karishma at a girls disappear from the face of the earth. It also create a more compassionate view for the Though this very language of using public small tailoring shop in Sunderbans. was meant to invoke in eye of the beholder the victims of sex trafficking. One of the last key art and a global stencil campaign is very Her head was lowered as she was busy sense that something is gone. The public art things is also to create an environment among innovative the ‘Missing’ Game For A Cause sewing a colourful kurta. She looked works serve as both a symbol of what is and is young girls where they de-clutter their concept has been the most unique to our campaign. It’s up to see me, and I caught her sweet not, what we must address, a reminder, not an of femininity, which is currently overridden by a role-playing game designed to put players in Ismile and sharp features. We spoke for a illusion, a fact, not a suggestion, something the masculine gaze. the decision-making seat to make choices and while and the conversation slowly drifted to permanent rather than ephemeral. We realised that trafficking is primarily assess risks to experience what a ‘missing girl’ how she was trafficked. But at the very As my intention was public engagement, demand driven. In simple terms, demand goes through when she is trafficked into the mention of it, her whole being suddenly we soon started building an online community equals supply and an unaware public, directly cruel world of prostitution; a world into which froze — and within seconds — her eyes through social media outreach. This gave us and indirectly, contributes to this demand. If millions of girls are lost every year. The widened and were blank. an insight into what people think, how they we created awareness, we knew that we could gameplay and storyline invoke discomfort in I realised that we had reminded her of a think and what points or platforms can be a hit the pain point and work towards ending the player through the intensive and memory that haunted her. She did not want to catalyst or a game changer in shaking the demand. claustrophobic experience of being in the speak about it. It took some time but I status quo in our society with regards to The Missing primarily works in anti- victim’s shoes. ‘Missing’ Game For A Cause is managed to calm her down. When she finally trafficking for sexual exploitation. We wanted trafficking awareness. We strongly believe that a first of its kind game built on the Unity spoke, the one thing that she said struck me to build an army that would join us in our cry awareness equals prevention and use different platform to be translated in Indian vernacular hard. She said she did not know that she could to end demand for vulnerable young girls and awareness tools and methodologies in our languages. have been “trafficked”. She did not know that women. mission. This puts Missing as an innovator and young girls and women from her region were At this point, we started exploring the idea The Missing Public art works are larger changemaker in leveraging technology in a victims of sex trafficking. They had no idea of crowd funding and making the Missing than life black silhouettes of young girls placed unique way to bring about long-lasting social that a dark world like this even existed. Project for the people, by the people. The against the urban skyline. Constructed from change. The game, much like Missing’s other This memory has stayed, grown, and over crowd funding not only helped us prepare for iron sheets, forged and painted pitch black, initiatives, focuses on raising awareness and the years, made me realise the importance of the amazing opportunity to bring out our first    they seem like sharp, black holes cut out of the thus prevention of sex trafficking. The game is building awareness in the public, especially set of public installations in future but also sky. Holes, into which millions of girls easily playable for anyone with access to a among young girls and women, on this rapidly gave us a golden opportunity to create the   disappear, from the face of this earth. These smartphone. This gives us the ability to reach growing flesh trade. Missing game for a cause. This was a one of its expanded forms act as memorials to these and create awareness amongst a vast and So though I was then creating books/ kind gaming app, engaging the public by ● 8:        young girls who have disappeared, vanished varied, urban and rural audience through the putting up exhibitions and multi-layered putting them into the shoes of a trafficker.      & into thin air. It is hoped that these emblematic vernacular localisation of the game. The game installations in gallery spaces, I realised I We also thought of a means of powerful 6      silhouettes generate curiosity, recognition and has the potential reach of millions in all parts wanted to engage the public out and not public engagement at the ground level. finally a sense of deep loss, recovering them of the world, and most importantly in remote within these walls. In 2013, I took my first step Something that was very visual with a high  !@8   from the abyss of the sky. A recovery that areas where other traditional means of towards creating a strong public artwork that impact and having a high recall. That is how      inspires millions of others to act on behalf of awareness generation cannot penetrate would transcend language barriers that would the stencil project came to life through the ●      the fate of those who have disappeared and are with ease. talk to the public. Missing silhouette. alluded by justice. So far, the installations have The storyline for ‘Missing’ Game For A From this, emerged the Missing silhouette. The Missing silhouette is seen again and   1  been showcased with the India Art Fair and Cause was formed on the basis of interviews In 2014, I launched ‘Missing’ Public Art again across the country in the street stencil ●     Pune Biennale. with trafficking victims and survivors. Soon Project to engage the public on the issue of sex project. We have realised the power of the The Stencil Campaign uses the Missing after its launch, the Missing game won the trafficking. It was the culmination of years of stencil art. It has become the most visual and    8: 8(  Girl silhouette. It is a powerful means for NASSCOM Indie game of the Year award and my work on the issue. I had worked in powerful part of the Missing campaign. ●   9   engaging the public and providing ownership received 820,000 organic downloads across Kalighat, Bow Bazaar, Khidderpore. Spent a lot This got us to another milestone in the      in the campaign to end demand. Each person 70+ countries on the Google Play Store and of time with Ruchira Gupta, founder of Apne journey. We formed Missing Link Trust in who creates a stencil becomes a spokesperson App Store. The initial localisation in Bengali Aap Women Worldwide, Sraboni Sarkar of October 2015 and we continue to work ●  ,! 1    for ‘Missing’. We want the public to have organically reached the number1 spot in the South Kolkata Hamari Muskaan and Urmi tirelessly and passionately to reach out to more  !     ownership in the drive to end demand and Bangladesh Google Play Store within a week of Basu of Newlight in Kalighat, and and more stakeholder through all our make it an inclusive and open campaign. It its launch. understanding the angst which those working campaigns.        was critical to create this shift from an The Missing project has been running in these spaces faced because of the constant We want Missing to be synonymous with    exclusive to an inclusive structure. The under the aegis of the Missing Link Trust for and growing demand which led more girls to awareness against trafficking for sex. We want silhouette of a young girl symbolises a black nearly four years now and every day is an be sold. our engagement to provide knowledge as hole into which millions of girls disappear exciting day! There are Games Apps, school The Missing had a good launch at the arsenal to children, women, young girls and from the face of the earth. programmes, skill training and digital literacy India Art Fair with JSW and immediately boys so that they can avoid being victims of She is a constant reminder and a programs being rolled out. All our actions are caught the eye of many international and trafficking. Parallely, through all our remembrance of the millions of girls who have driven with the focus to stop trafficking and national media through its installations, the engagement, we want to have an undercurrent been lost. She is a girl who has lost the power ending demand and help save the next girl larger than life black silhouettes of young girls running across our programmes that mind of making choices. This stencil artwork also from getting trafficked. We hope it will make a placed against the urban skyline. Constructed shapes the young males in India into de- serves as a method of sharing the very difference. from iron sheets, forged and painted pitch objectifying the female human body and important information that the number 1098 black, they seem like sharp, black holes cut out creating more sensitive and empathic youth is the pan-India Childline helpline for children The writer is a photographer, installation into the sky. Holes, into which, millions of towards gender differences. Further, it would in distress or missing. artist and founder of the MISSING campaign     ,--6"3 2,3 1%,2 -13 ,0 3%63 = 6 623/66./>, .4,12 buuqy %,--3"50%.-3/3 >=122 K3 23 53124,> 

 E" M  .                   .   C     !   ,1 4, 66#,1>3 ) #*#

o the delightful cosmos of sto- ries woven around Lord Krishna, comes a new addi- tion. Krishna Yogeshvara by Sanjay Dixit is the second installmentT of his trilogy, preceded by Krishna Gopeswara, published in Mid 2018 by Bloomsbury. The second install- ment keeps with the great expectations that the first book set in the minds of readers. With an intriguing start, embedded with delicious detail, the Krishna Yogeshvara starts off with the elopement of Princess Rukmini of Vidarbha and Krishna. The self-sufficient, poised and curious nature of Rukmini draws the reader right into the story and then we are treated to the story of Krishna with Rukmini being the listener. Sanjay Dixit’s style of story telling needs to be dwelt upon here to sufficient- ly admire his balancing of the prevalent western story telling craft in the market along with the key aspects of Indic story- telling, which includes a seeker or listen- er possessing the adhikara according to ) %,0.7-,80 0 Shastras. Commercial aspects like pace, flow, twists are well backed by Indic ,-5%-/)9%1 aspects of philosophy, detail and research. 5,0 30 The combination makes the book &5   conducive to discerning as well as what we could call as ‘airport’ style readers. $* ;<< Even while maintaining the taut pace, the author does take care to present philo- sophical delights like Uddhava Gita, a wonderful debate between Bhakti and just a story, but if viewed with sufficient influence is a great example. We rule and love, dearly. genre to wield their imagination and cre- Each of the characters be it major Atmatattva. As a writer in the same bent of enquiry, one can see the civilisa- encounter another such victim in It is a lesson that the people of India ative liberty to present a novel perspec- ones like Uddhava, Balarama, Rukmini genre and a sworn lover of Krishna, I tional narrative that Dixit tries to weave Yogeshvara — Duryodhana. While need to learn, revise and review at every tive. That makes the ‘how’ of the plot exe- or minor streaks like Satyabhama add found this delicate intertwining of story- mirroring the crossroads where India of Krishna, nimble and wise as he is in the opportunity they get to read the scrip- cution very important to the reader’s their own touch of liveliness even as the telling techniques as a source of valuable our times is. Readers of the first install- field of Raj Niti and Raj Dharma, works tures like Mahabharata or their wonder- experience. Without giving much detail plot thickens in the background. There is learning. ment would remember the genesis of to eradicate the tyrant that is Jarasandha ful retellings like the book being dis- away, I want to say that the game of dice, also an exploration of ancient customs, of Yogeshvara spans the story of Kutil Muni, who represents an over zeal- and fills in the power vacuum with cussed. We need to learn it so that the disrobement and Krishna’s physical Shastrartha, Purva Paksha, astronomy Krishna from his arrival at Mathura ous monotheistic philosophy. Krishna Yudhishtira, the young Dharma abiding Kamsas and Duryodhanas stop rising intervention (yes, in person) do make for and other traditions that adds an enrich- through the intrigues he steers the Yogesvara has an addition to the philo- son of Pandu, who is also loved by the from amongst us in any millennium. a breathtaking story telling. I remember ing dimension to those who are new to Yadavas through, including the vengeful sophical clash in the form of this charac- people, Jatil Muni’s tentacles spread That alone would be a worthy tribute of reading this part of the story in the mid- the wonders of ancient India. wrath of Jarasandha, rise of the Pandavas ter called, Jatil Muni. One can say Jatil deeper than one could perceive, taking gratitude we can offer in return for the dle of night with no signs of sleep coming The finale and the third installment and ends before the start of the famed Muni is a sophisticated and an affable the gullible Duryodhana and immortal Bhagavad Gita that Krishna till I could read the following chapters! of the series, titled Krishna Kurukshetra war. In other words, it version of the treacherous philosophy Dhritarashtra under his influence. gave us through Arjuna. While that was about the main plot, Parameshvara, I expect would explore traces the part of Krishna’s trajectory propagated by the Kutil Muni from The twists of fate that follow the In Krishna Yogeshvara, the essence of there are also smaller joys that ancient the crux of the Bhagavad Gita and the where he stops being a reactionary hero Krishna Gopeshvara. As Krishna trajecto- meteoric rise of the Pandavas resulting in the Gita is presented as the culmination history lovers would love to encounter ensuing war, a topic of my personal against Kamsa’s tyranny to a proactive ry goes steeply upwards, keeping with the the notorious game of dice and further of the wisdom and realisation attained by across the book. The author has man- interest and passion. Something I shall leader and lord who seeks to wrest con- narrative of the Mahabharata, so does weakening of the Dharmic foundation of Krishna in his quest to protect and aged to wonderfully reconcile the myste- wait for, given the promise made by the trol away from adharmic forces and the rot in the land of Bharata, propelled the Kuru family is a well-known story champion the cause of dharma. Arjuna’s rious debate around Rukmini’s first two books. If you are a lover of establish a rule of Dharma. by tyrannical forces like Jarasandha and from the Mahabharata. What makes the despondence right at the beginning of Arunachali origins. The geography of ancient history, Mahabharata, India or My piece of advice to readers is to underhanded initiatives of Jatil Muni. narrative of Krishna Yogeshvara unique is the great war is the ending event of this ancient India and the significance of each Krishna, this is a must read book. dwell upon the insightful dialogue that In Dixit’s narratives, care has been the careful examination of how mistakes book, leaving the reader with a mindful location is enunciated with an elan that Saiswaroopa Iyer is the author of makes us pause and contemplate. taken to craft the characters who fall for or overlooking of things by even those cognizance of the ‘Yoga’ of Yogeshvara would make the reader feel like he is Draupadi: Tale of an Empress, Avishi, Because Krishna Yogeshvara (For that the fanatical monotheistic cults. The rise who are wise, valiant and dharmic costs that would follow next. truly journeying through the times of Abhaya and Mauri. She is an IITian and matter, the whole of this series) is not and fall of Kamsa owing to Kutil Muni’s not only them but even the land they One does expect the writers of this our ancestors. a former investment professional 23 /   (  77%-

%= 116 12 #' %##2 #12: N4    R            &1    6 %1%- % 1  !%71            O! <626-12332  &3 ?  1%( - 899     August 30 south and soon came to Phokar By the roadside and scat-       argil sits at the confluence village, the first Buddhist com- tered around the stupas were      O ! of the Suru and the small- munity on my trek. Families boulders, rocks and pebbles     !   ! Ker Wakha rivers. It is a were in the fields harvesting bar- each chiselled with the ubiqui-     !    town of 10,000 people and is ley and because of the altitude, tous Tibetan mantra, Om Mani  &,.    0   similar to many of its sister vil- 3,200 metres, for the first time I Padme Hum: Om — the jewel 5           lages across the border in saw yaks instead of goats grazing inside the lotus flower — Hum. 3     &5 Pakistan with mud-brick, flat- on the leftover stubble. I later I found myself repeating it in            roofed houses, concrete-block learned the animals at Phokar time with my steps. Om —   &1       ! government buildings, a noisy were in fact a cross between yaks stride, Mani — stride, Padme . O      & bus park and a coating of dust and cows called a dzo, bred for — stride, Hum — stride. I had on everything. But Kargil their higher milk production and learned the mantra years before  #7 :%7 6% seemed a particularly dirty place. more manageable demeanour. in Kathmandu and it had  Maybe there was more traffic, The pungent smell of dung become a peaceful mumble   - <:; and so more diesel exhaust stains fires lingered in the air. The vil- that, to this day, sneaks up on on the walls and pools of oil by lage looked prosperous. Every me unconsciously.      the side of the road, but there few hundred metres I passed I played with the words, 8 ! was also bright plastic garbage two-storey mud-brick mansions quickened my pace and the / &4        blowing in the wind and the with walls a metre and a half mantra sped up. I slowed and    laundry I saw flapping in the thick and flat roofs piled high %,-,-0 / the prayer lingered, working its        !, & breeze was speckled with soot. with tight sheaves of freshly cut way like a bass tone into my          Kargil is the last Muslim town barley. The whitewashed walls ,-,%3010.0 chest, sound and movement      N, O! =1           before the shift to Buddhism and were rubbed with diamond- working together.    &   !  the town closest to the disputed shaped, blood-red markings, 6 #  ) 6  /  "  *;<< I bent down and picked up     & border. It is a place on the fron- which I was to learn were protec- one of the mani stones. It was tier of religious and political tion from the evil spirits that resentative, took advantage of pied but eventually, after the flattened and water-worn, a divisions. Some residents resent many Buddhist Ladakhis believe the chaos surrounding the sepa- Namgyal king signed the changed from being reliquaries perfect river skimmer, smooth #%4 #1 $ the fact they are controlled by lurk behind every ill-considered ration of the Tibetan empire and Instrument of Accession, which to being objects of veneration on one side, rippled with chisel :116$ the Indian Army. As one man action. On the roofs of the hous- annexed Ladakh for himself. made the area an official part of themselves. Stupas came to be work on the other. I slipped it % % % % )%  with a full beard, grimy jeans es, above the front doors, coni- This initiated a period of the new Indian state, the Indian propitiated not for what they into my trousers and felt it rub- 3 6- :9; and the smell of old tobacco cal, one-metre-high terracotta Tibetanization that has contin- Army repulsed the invaders. may have contained, but for bing through the thin cotton of about him whispered to me in a incense burners billowed out ued to this day. In the fourteenth The trail up through the vil- what they represented. They my pocket against my thigh. = /  ! ,  tea shop by the bus park, ‘We are peppery, juniper wood smoke; and fifteenth centuries Ladakh lage was lined with stupas, earth- have become architectural mani- I pitched my tent that night a       ! E  occupied by a force of idol wor- locals believe the particular smell was invaded multiple times by en domes built upon square festations of the Buddha. few kilometres beyond Phokar in    &   shippers and dark men.’ attracts benevolent energies. Muslim armies. It was splintered mud-brick pedestals and topped I tried to imagine the stupa the lee of a wall constructed of    ! !   The place was not inviting, The majority of Ladakhis but never completely conceded with brick or brass spires. Some as a devoted Buddhist might: the thousands upon thousands of    &1        so after that quick cup of tea, follow a Tibetan style of its independence and in 1470 were crumbling, while others square base stepping upwards hand-carved mani stones, a work    !        during which I felt that half the Buddhism which traces its local King Lhachen Bhagan united the seemed freshly painted. The stu- like a mind logically moving of devotion generations in the         K men in the crowded chai shop history back to the eighth centu- state and founded the Namgyal pas came in all sizes, some small- through levels of realization making. As I lay in my sleeping were staring at me, I walked ry when the region was caught in dynasty that still exists. In 1834 er than an upended shoebox, towards a state of enlightenment; bag, a breeze blew through the 1      &   southeast down the Wakha the midst of the clash between the Dogra army from Jammu others more than seven metres the spherical core, both expan- stones, generating an undulating       E  Valley. I passed a few small vil- Chinese and Tibetan expansion- successfully invaded Ladakh and high. Stupas were the earliest sive and receptive, like the moan. The prayers serenaded me    ! /     lages along the way and after ism. Control of the region made it part of Kashmir. During Buddhist religious monuments. knowledge of the Buddha; and to sleep.   0     about twenty kilometres reached moved back and forth between partition in 1947 Ladakh was Initially they were built to house atop the dome a spire, a needle               & ! the confluence of the Wakha and the two powers but in 842 invaded by the Pakistani Army. what were thought to be relics of of fierce mind reaching for the &)>    &  &      ! & Phokar rivers where I turned Nyima-Gon, a Tibetan royal rep- Kargil and Zanskar were occu- the Buddha. Over time they highest state of consciousness. - .        uvitiut   0#   #

he hope of tranquillity Treturning to war-torn Afghanistan following the peace deal signed between the Taliban and the US, sans important stakeholder — the ruling Afghan Government — at the end of the last month has been dashed as the Taliban resumed attacks against Government forces after it declined to release Taliban prisoners. Following nine rounds of discussions, the negotiators      had reached the peace agree- ment that addresses four main &   22- issues: Ceasefire, withdrawal of   &   foreign forces from Afghanistan, intra-Afghan    negotiations and finally, counter-terrorism assurances ''   from the Taliban. The deal was L   signed by US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and the   22- P political chief of the Taliban Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar,  with the Secretary of State      Mike Pompeo as witness. It was concluded in Doha, the capital     city of Qatar. After the agree- ment was signed, US President /    Donald Trump said, “I really   LL  believe the Taliban want to do something to show we’re not all   wasting time. If bad things hap- pen, we’ll go back with a force     like no one’s ever seen.”    &  This precisely underlines that America is expecting a     positive outcome from the truce. And if the Taliban lead-  "BB ership falters on its commit-      ments, Washington would come with an extraordinary  &   force to ensure the stability of Afghanistan.   America invaded Afghanistan weeks after the *. P   historic terror attack on its soil in September 11, 2001. This *  &           +  .  & &  AAE   & 1   .     6&  D  "'      1     was the first ever such jihadist      &       .   @        &   .    .  &   * onslaught carried out in the US by the al-Qaeda, then based in Afghanistan. Since then the US-led NATO forces have been from Afghanistan? Clearly, known as “global war on ter- fate Najibullah met on Traditionally, India has was involved in the Parliament It seems Afghanistan there to fight out the scourge America should not leave or rorism”, the group had to liter- September 28, 1996, that shied away from engaging with attack in 2001 and in Pulwama would turn into another chaos of the Islamic fundamentalists desert Afghanistan the way it ally look for both its existence ensued in the Taliban snatch- the Taliban leadership, though attack in 2019. For Delhi, sooner or later. The main rea- mainly spearheaded by the al- is trying at the moment. and relevance. On the other ing power. many realists in the foreign pol- Taliban’s retake of the nation son behind it is that Qaeda and directly supported Looking at the current hand, the ISIS was born from However, against all odds, icy domain have demanded the would mean strengthening Washington has never ever by the Taliban regime (1996- imbroglio in the country and the very womb of the al-Qaeda, one can hope the current country’s active participation in Pakistan’s sinister Islamist ter- emphasised on involving the 2001) headed by Mullah Omar. an emerging offensive of the but it has gradually lost its roots Government will have enough the Afghan peace process. ror design against India. Ghani regime in the peace In this war to stamp out Taliban on the backyard, and set out a complete new might to fight back any such But this time with the Thus since the beginning process. The Taliban has been 6+3--/6/ Islamists, the US has lost near- Trump should not withdraw journey for redefining Islamic monstrous attempt by Baradar. Trump-Taliban agreement, of the talks led by the US, encouraged to sidestep the ly 2,400 soldiers and about from Afghanistan. radicalism. The heaviest onslaught of the Delhi has recalibrated its posi- Russia and China, the Indian popularly elected Government 12,000 are still stationed in In fact, it is now almost two However the joint opera- war would be encountered by tion with a cautious note. India Government has been stressing in the country, it has dealt with Afghanistan. But then the long decades, the US forces are tion of the US and its allies in the Afghan National Army. has always insisted on its role on the involvement of all sec- America and the rest of the offensive against the NATO fighting a bloody war against West Asia, particularly in Iraq They have to deal with the rag- in development and security tions of Afghan society and the major international players in forces was initially led by the the al-Qaeda, Taliban and final- and Syria, and the birth of the tag insurgents, apart from the assistance in Afghanistan. legitimately elected Afghanistan as the sole repre- Taliban fighters, and today, it is ly ISIS insurgencies across the united forces, brought forth by high-handed and most violent Frankly speaking, an Afghan- Government of Ghani, to sentative of the country. It a multi-cornered campaign war-torn nation. the Syrian Government, Russia Taliban. Therefore, instead of led, and an Afghan-owned respect the constitutional lega- would be prepared to run a launched by other jihadists Another question arises to and Iran-backed militia, have fulminating against the Ghani deal could be possible, but an cy and political mandate and parallel set of Government. such as ISIS, al-Qaeda and the international community: dealt a death blow to the ISIS. Government, both Abudullah Afghan-controlled one is near finally, not to offer any Now only the reconcilia- Haqqani Network. And over Is ISIS growing at the cost of So at this juncture, resettling Abdullah and Rashid Dostum impossible. The reason behind ungoverned spaces where ter- tion process between the Ghani the period of almost two the current stand-off among differences within the Taliban (currently threatening to form this is that all the truce agree- rorists and their proxies can be regime and the Taliban would decades, the two civilian the Taliban, the US and the factions and immediately their own governments) must ments or discussions were relocated in that country. start wherein many tricky Governments under Hamid Ghani Government? To a great reclaiming their lost command come along to strengthen the either led by influential players These three aspects clear- issues would arise like prison- Karzai and now Ashraf Ghani extent, yes it is. Time has come could be a top priority simply status quo. Else all of them will such as the US or may have ly indicate how India wants a er swap arrangements. have not been able to establish for the Taliban leadership to to prevent further undermin- have to face a resurgent Taliban been complicated by the pres- future Afghanistan deal look Finally, what the peace full control all over the fight out both the al-Qaeda and ing its strength. very soon. Their differences ence of Pakistan. like. In the recent past, Delhi deal has achieved is a relative country. ISIS menace, else its very iden- Obviously, since the would be fully exploited by Apart from India’s interac- has suffered and lost both man calm for the war-ravaged So far, the situation on the tity would be vanished from Taliban have not been in power Baradar. tion with the US, it has also and material in the hands of Afghanistan at the moment. ground has not worsened, but the Afghan soil. As the tradi- after 2001, the cadre hardly How India should respond been in touch with other major Af-Pak based terror groups. And the central to the deal is has not improved qualitative- tional strongholds of both these have any hope of regaining at this juncture? This time for- players in Afghanistan such as Therefore, its major concern is the drawdown of the US forces ly, both for the successive groups are fast obliterating, Kabul. However, with the sign- mally, India has become a part Russia, China, Iran and Saudi not to have space left for the from Afghan soil and guaran- regimes in Kabul and most they are either searching for ing of the much awaited peace of the Taliban talk process in Arabia for quite some time. relocation of radicals such as tees from the Taliban that the importantly for the ordinary new grounds or fighting to sur- deal with the US, and also on Qatar, represented by its However, a new Taliban the al-Qaeda, the ISIS and the country will not be used as safe Afghans. In such a situation, vive wherever they were exist- conditions favourable to their Ambassador in Doha P coming back to power would Haqqani network. Rather they haven for terrorists. However, the next move on the part of ing earlier. For the al-Qaeda, main demands, the Islamists Kumaran. Earlier in November certainly remind India of its all must be moved out of the bigger challenge would be Trump Administration in Afghanistan is considered to be and their current leadership 2018, two Indian diplomats, dark memories of the 1990s, Afghanistan. On the other negotiating an agreement Afghanistan would definitely its breeding ground as once have seen a new road to former Indian envoys to particularly of the hijacking of hand, the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, between the Taliban and the have a serious impact on the Osama bin Laden had a strong Afghanistan’s power corridor. Afghanistan and Pakistan the IC-814 and its aftermath, the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ghani Government on the sustenance of the Ghani tie-up with the Taliban regime. At the moment, the peace deal respectively Amar Sinha and leading to the release of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa kinds of future of the country. Government and normal civil- Since the killing of Osama and just meant sidelining the Ghani TCA Raghavan, participated in Masood Azhar and the estab- Pakistan-based jihadi organi- ian life across the country. its top leadership at the hands regime. But in future, who talks with the Taliban, simply lishment of his Jaish-e- sations should not be offered a (The writer is an expert of Should America withdraw of US-led global coalition knows he may meet the same as observers. Muhammed. Later this group safe haven in Afghanistan. international affairs) " !3(   #'   =

nternational Criminal Court “Today they are one step clos- Bolton said the court — estab- tively rewarded states that much-needed signal to current cies “committed acts of torture, groups have killed more than Jamil Dakwar, director of Ijudges has authorised a far- er to that coveted outcome.” lished in 2002 to prosecute refused to cooperate with the and would-be perpetrators of cruel treatment, outrages upon 17,000 Afghan civilians since the American Civil Liberties reaching investigation into war Washington, which has atrocities throughout the world Hague-based court. atrocities that justice may one personal dignity, rape and sex- 2009, including some 7,000 Union’s Human Rights crimes and crimes against long rejected the court’s juris- — “unacceptably threatens Even though an investiga- day catch up to them.” ual violence against conflict- targeted killings, and that Program, criticised Pompeos humanity allegedly committed diction and refuses to cooper- American sovereignty and U.S. tion has now been authorised, At a hearing in December, related detainees in Afghan security forces are sus- reaction. by the Afghan Government ate with it, condemned the national security interests.” the prospect of suspects prosecutors argued that pretrial Afghanistan and other loca- pected of torturing prisoners at “No one except the world’s forces, the Taliban, American decision while human rights A five-judge appellate appearing in court in The judges at the global court over- tions, principally in the 2003- government detention centers. most brutal regimes win when troops and US foreign intelli- groups and lawyers for victims panel upheld an appeal by Hague any time soon remains stepped their powers by block- 2004 period.” At a December hearing, the the United States tries to gence operatives. applauded it. prosecutors against a pretrial dim. Like the United States, ing the investigation. The Katherine Gallagher, Afghanistan Government impugn and sabotage interna- The appellate ruling “This is a truly breathtak- chamber’s rejection in April last Afghanistan also opposed the appeals judges agreed. Senior Staff Attorney at the objected to the probe and said tional institutions established to marked the first time the courts ing action by an unaccountable year of Bensouda’s request to investigation. “The Appeals Chamber Center for Constitutional it had set up a special unit to hold human rights abusers prosecutor has been cleared to political institution mas- open a probe in Afghanistan. Rights groups, however, considers it appropriate to Rights, who represents a group investigate war crimes. The accountable,” Dakwar said. investigate US forces, and set querading as a legal body,” US While acknowledging that welcomed the decision. amend the appealed decision to of victims of US detention, said ICC is a court of last resort that The Coalition for the the global tribunal on a colli- Secretary of State Mike widespread crimes have been “The ICC Appeals the effect that the prosecutor is the decision “breathed new only takes on cases if domes- International Criminal Court, sion course with the Trump Pompeo said at a State committed in Afghanistan, Chamber’s decision to green authorised to commence an life into the mantra that ‘no one tic jurisdictions are unable or a nongovernmental advocacy Administration. Prosecutor Department briefing. “It is all pretrial judges had said an light an investigation of brutal investigation,” Presiding Judge is above the law’ and restored unwilling to prosecute. organisation, called on the tri- Fatou Bensouda pledged to the more reckless for this rul- investigation wouldn’t be in the crimes in Afghanistan despite Piotr Hofmanski said. some hope that justice can be Pompeo said the US “will bunal’'s 123 member coun- carry out an independent and ing to come just days after the interests of justice because the extreme pressure on the court’s After a preliminary probe available — and applied — to take all necessary measures to tries states to support it. impartial investigation and United States signed a historic expected lack of cooperation independence reaffirms the in Afghanistan that lasted more all.” Gallagher represented two protect out citizens from this “ICC States Parties must called for full support and peace deal on Afghanistan, meant convictions would ulti- court’s essential role for victims than a decade, Bensouda asked men still being held in US renegade, unlawful, so-called stand firm in solidarity with the cooperation from all parties. which is the best chance for mately be unlikely. when all other doors to justice judges in November 2017 to detention at Guantanamo Bay, court. This is yet another court and urge the US “The many victims of atro- peace in a generation.” That decision drew fierce are closed,” said Param-Preet authorise a far-reaching inves- Sharqawi Al-Hajj and Guled reminder of what happens Government not to attack indi- cious crimes committed in the His comments reflect long- criticism from rights organi- Singh, associate international tigation. Duran, and the wife of a third when multilateral bodies lack viduals who work to bring context of the conflict in held distrust of the ICC by the sations who said it neglected justice director at Human She said there is informa- man who has died. oversight and responsible lead- alleged war criminals to jus- Afghanistan deserve to finally US Government. In 2018, then- the desire of victims to see jus- Rights Watch. She added that tion that members of the US Bensouda alleges that the ership and become instead a tice,” Legal Officer Ricardo have justice,” Bensouda said. National Security Adviser John tice in Afghanistan and effec- the decision “also sends a military and intelligence agen- Taliban and other insurgent vehicle for political vendettas.” Izquierdo said. AP     11 5 605 ,10"3 =6 53# 3 32632 5,53 #1 10,- €axu€! "132 1626=-1=36#32 0# K3%.5, 6--3 

$17 3= '6

,"50.61>,

0 %- +% ) .<='  <9 1- " .:=3 .. 07%0 %9 ..= ) .<  E !   1     !   &>    > E &>       &>               &        &>! !     &6      !                         &            &#               &>                &1   !                &>   B &     E          &          &>         &,          !        &               &                & E   &>     &>    &>                !         &         !   &=    E           E  &1     &         &1 !           !                     &>        &  !       &  !                  &%          &     &             &

#976#>&8 8K #976#>&88O #976#>&8 KO #979  #8 2/ #979  #8 4  #979  #8  #97'%  #97'% =  #97'% 4 

09 9'  ./=+% ./ 8% 73 .:= ' .. 06 %  ) ..="%( <9 =          &        &   -    &>          &=      &,                    !        &,   !              &/         !        &=                     &         &,       &%  !   &>          !     &1            &/           &>                   &>              &     &/                          &"   E   & E!     &#    &    !         &     &>        E!    &1 ! >         &1         &1 !      !  !    !    &>   &#            &                       &      &>           &                          &      &              &

#976#>&8 89 #976#>&88 #976#>&8 ( #979  #8  #979  #8 #   #979  #8 # #97'%   #97'% =  #97'%   

7-3%%+% .<="( ./ 1% 0 ' .:=)1 .. 0>90 %9 "%( ./=  <,    !                 5 ! &>      &>              &" O       &           &,   !   &            &4                  !      &6      !   &1   !                             &>       &>           &1            &>             !                              &3            &   &    &           &>      & >   &>        &     #     &    &1      &              !    !        &    &1 !      &1 !   & /       &0                &1               &/      &>  !                &#           !                &                &      &               &

#976#>&888 #976#>&8 (O #976#>&8 8 #979  #8 6   #979  #8 / #979  #8 1  #97'%  #97'%  #97'% = 

0- "( .<=" ..  6%)1 .:= .< 6%-  <9=+% ) ./ "          K ! /        &>         &>    ! !  K     &>      &          &,     &              &>        &5 !  !  &,                  &   /#  &>        &%                  &>     !               &,  !              &=    &6      !      &>               &1    !            &=  !          &5            &>  C               &                &5                      &    !   &           &     &            &>           &            &1 !    &>    &>      &    &>                  &- <        &          &         &

#976#>&8 (8 #976#>&8 8( #976#>&8K8 #979  #8   #979  #8 / #979  #8  C #97'%    #97'%  #97'%    6          1   -  /    #   "   4 H  ""  " 4AFD@F@@@ />(    #71 /5, ,/50 5,2#,","36 es, twigs, and the leaves symbolise exis- Neptune, would mean that no matter tent diversity in the world. The whole how high moral ground he may take, fact was sitting in a party with six others comes a sense of identity crisis, which tree works as an integrated mechanism. remains that he would be stuck to his around a table. One of them raked up plays the devil in the societal framework. If, we ever any part of it, say a twig, is delusionary fanciful perceptions, dis- Ithe subject of recent mayhem in A lot of misguided people are found forcefully separated from the main tree- tanced from ground realities. He would Delhi and got into blame game. The per- emerging on the scene, who go over- body, it becomes lifeless, a dead matter. not be open to look beyond for a reality son sitting by his side came out with his board posing as self-acclaimed defenders Even if we look at the life mechanism on check. He may not acknowledge truth on counter narrative, taking the blame game of their group identity, often leading to planet earth, similar truth will come out. its first appearance and would rather exercise to other extreme. One person, communal and ethnic clashes. The result Water flowing down the stream extends passionately pursue his beliefs on hope who patiently heard their never ending is there for all to see — across the globe, life all across, with the trees and the veg- against hope, till pushed to the wall. arguments and counter arguments for with all the mindless killings happening etable world, which in turn, manages the Moon placed in Aries, favourably aligned long, burst out: “If highly educated peo- every now and then. weather cycle to sustain water resources. to Uranus, which read together with six ple like you stay stuck to your percep- It is high time society elders make Even otherwise, no individual can secure planets in fiery signs make him highly tions, and not come to terms with rea- aware the people with the truths of life, even one’s bare survival by oneself. But ambitious. He dreams big, impulsively son, how do you expect lesser educated so simply put forth in Indian philosophy. all, complementing and supplementing jumps into action without applying prop- people, who are stuck to their ardent See, how beautifully Kathopanishada, each other’s efforts, put together makes er forethought, often ending up in a beliefs, to be ever in accord with each also referred to in Bhagwad Gita, come out a self-sufficient world. If this truth of crash. All the more because, intelligence other?” Conscientious people need to out with two fundamental truths of life. life dawns upon a being, it will bring in a signifying Mercury is ill-disposed off to ponder upon this serious issue and pro- First, the living order is a unified organ- strong humane sense, which alone can both Jupiter and Moon, which accounts vide lead. ism, where no individual existence has a ensure peace and harmony in the society. for his insensible reasoning and judg- Well, perception drives a being, reality independent of the entirety. More important, however, is to do ment. When he fails in his personal which is primarily defined by thought- Second, it emphasises upon the interde- away with the preconditioning of each endeavour, he vents out his frustration in imprints in mind, carried over from the pendence of all diverse existence. human mind for a reasoned approach in loud talk on societal predicament. past. What you pick up in your own right Metaphorically, the whole world is pre- life. A case in point are astrological Consequently, he though in his early six- or those fed into the mind by majority sented as an inverse Asvata (Banyan) tree pointers of a being pointing to his mental ties, has not been able to establish him- view of the social or religious group you with the roots above and with its trunk, inconsistencies. Although armed with self. belong to, influence your thought branches, twigs, with all the leaves great potential, but his glaring fault-lines           process. It appears that the whole society turned downward. The root above limits them substantially. Mind signify-       ",,    is caught up in a sense of insecurity — implies that the whole life structure owes ing Moon conjunct Jupiter grants him ' ((3333 11   with majority group afraid of losing its its genesis to the infinite cosmos, beyond with a fertile brain, who would apparent- 3 ##    E control in the future and the minority ordinary human perception. The differ- ly follow a value system. The two, how-  4AA  !!AF!F!DEGAF F @DD@ groups fearing their existence. With that ence in the size and shape of the branch- ever, being opposite mischievous C 4&&&  H "

  S2,'233 32"1 ,,!%62 0-123"16  ★ +  S ,1 5%5,2" ,<,.56-,! 3216 3"16 *% 3,1'3+