Join@Daily_English_Papers downloaded from : www.visionias.net downloaded from : https://t.me/Material_For_Exam follow us: saturday, january 20, 2018 Delhi City Edition thehindu.com 24 pages ț 10.00 facebook.com/thehindu twitter.com/the_hindu Navy condent of West Bengal Governor Xi Jinping’s ‘thought’ Dhoni on the upcoming commissioning INS Keshari Nath Tripathi to to enter Chinese IPL auction and his Vikrant in two years attend RSS conference Constitution bond with CSK page 5 page 8 page 10 page 13 Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow NEARBY SC stands Anandiben Patel named Oce of prot: EC wants ‘Dierences over M.P. Governor rm on AHMEDABAD Former Gujarat Chief Minister Doklam resolved’ Padmaavat Anandiben Patel has been named Madhya Pradesh 20 AAP MLAs disqualied China repeats claims on territory Legal Correspondent Governor, replacing Om NEW DELHI Prakash Kohli, Gujarat Suhasini Haidar The Supreme Court on Fri­ Governor, who is holding Recommendation is binding on President; BJP, Congress welcome ruling Atul Aneja day refused to entertain a additional charge of the Special Correspondent NEW DELHI/BEIJING plea to cancel the Censor oce. She is the second BJP New Delhi Kejriwal must leader from the State to be A day after it denied reports Board certicate given to appointed Governor, after In a setback to the Aam Aad­ resign, say that China had changed the the movie Padmaavat. Vajubhai Vala, currently mi Party (AAP) government ‘status quo’ at Doklam, the A Bench led by Chief Jus­ Karnataka Governor. in Delhi, the Election Com­ government on Friday ap­ tice of India Dipak Misra NEWS Ī PAGE 8 mission (EC) on Friday re­ opponents peared to shift its stand dismissed submissions DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD commended to President slightly, saying it had “used made by advocate M.L. Ram Nath Kovind that 20 of Staff Reporter mechanisms” to “resolve Sharma that exhibiting the its MLAs be disqualied for New Delhi misunderstandings” with movie in certain States holding oces of prot. The Following the Election China. would be an open invita­ EC’s counsel is binding on Commission’s The comments came even tion for violence. the President. recommendation of as China repeated its old “This is a constitutional Following this, some of disqualication of 20 Aam claims on controlling all of court. Maintaining law and the aected MLAs ap­ Aadmi Party MLAs for Doklam, and accused India with Chinese authorities. order is not our job. That is proached the Delhi High holding oces of prot, the again of “illegal transgres­ However, the MEA would the job of the State. Prayer Court. BJP and the Congress pulled sions” there last year. “We not comment on which me­ is rejected,” Chief Justice The court refused to pass out all the stops against the are, of course, keeping a con­ chanisms had been “used,” Misra orally observed. any interim order, but asked Arvind Kejriwal government stant vigil on the develop­ and when. Mr. Sharma had sought the EC to clarify on January of Legislative Assembly (Re­ Commission issued notice to on Friday. They termed the ments [which have a bear­ On Thursday, Army Chief cancellation of the U/A cer­ 22 if the recommendation moval of Disqualication) the petitioner to furnish rele­ EC’s decision a moral defeat ing] on India’s security and General Rawat had said that ticate granted by the Cen­ had already been sent to the Act, exempting the post vant documents and subse­ for Mr. Kejriwal and were taking all necessary steps to any Chinese infrastructure tral Board of Film Certica­ President, as the legislators from the denition of “of­ quently, the hearing on the united in their demand that safeguard it,” said MEA spo­ in the stando area was tion (CBFC) to the lm on had sought a hearing before ce­of­prot.” President Pra­ issue started after the MLAs he step down. kesperson Raveesh Kumar. “temporary” in nature. He various grounds, including the EC if such a communica­ nab Mukherjee rejected the were also served notices ask­ The AAP, however, “The two sides do have, was responding to photo­ the provisions of the Cine­ tion had not been sent. amendment in June 2015. ing for their response. The alleged that the decision and have used established graphs published by a TV matograph Act. The controversy was trig­ Advocate Prashant Patel legislators submitted that was a “vendetta” against the mechanisms to resolve any channel and a news website “Yesterday [Thursday], gered when 21 AAP MLAs then petitioned the Presi­ they had not drawn any pe­ ruling party and accused misunderstandings,” he ad­ that had appeared to show we passed a reasoned or­ were appointed Parliamen­ dent seeking the MLAs’ dis­ cuniary benet from the the EC of being a “letter box ded, in what appeared to be heavy infrastructure includ­ der,” Chief Justice Misra ob­ tary Secretaries in March qualication. post and therefore, they of the PMO”. the rst admission in recent ing helipads, bunkers and a served. The lm is sche­ 2015. The Delhi government The plea was then re­ were not liable to be disqual­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 times by the government base in North Doklam, not duled for national release then introduced an amend­ ferred to the EC. ied. ‘GOVERNMENT HAS LOST that it has raised the issue of far from the stando site. on January 25. ment to the Delhi Members In December 2015, the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 MORAL POWER’ Ī PAGE8 infrastructure construction CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 CONGRESS CAUTIOUS Ī PAGE 8 DELHI METRO Ī 6 PAGES CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC SC upholds At full throttle India admitted to Australia Group acquittal of Kallol Bhattacherjee to international security and ty for India’s non­prolifera­ NEW DELHI non­proliferation objec­ tion records. Farooqui India on Friday joined the tives,” MEA spokesperson “India’s entry into the Australia Group, saying the Raveesh Kumar said, prais­ Australia Group shows our membership will be mutual­ ing the role of the former export controls and safe­ Legal Correspondent #4 4 6 6 0 1 NEW DELHI ly benecial. head of the group Jane guards for biological and The Ministry of External Hardy. chemical agents, equip­ The Supreme Court on Fri­ Aairs (MEA) said India’s en­ Earlier, in a separate ments and technologies day summarily dismissed try into the group, which statement, the Australia meet the benchmarks esta­ an appeal against the ac­ aims to prevent proliferation Group said India’s member­ blished by the international quittal of the director of of biological and chemical ship would help to counter community,” said Rakesh Peepli Live, Mahmood Fa­ weapons, would ensure a the “spread of materials, Sood, a former Special En­ rooqui, in a rape case. more secure world. equipment and technologies voy of the Prime Minister for A Bench of Justices S.A. “The Australia Group de­ that could contribute to the Disarmament and Bobde and L. Nageswara cided to admit India as its development or acquisition Non­Proliferation. Rao refused to entertain 43rd participant. India of chemical/biological wea­ India joined the Missile the appeal led by the com­ would like to thank each of pons.” Technology Control Regime plainant, a U.S.­based re­ the participants. Its entry Diplomats said the entry (MTCR) in 2016 and the Was­ searcher against a Septem­ would be mutually bene­ is a show of support from senaar Arrangement (WA) ber 25, 2017, decision of the cial and further contribute the international communi­ last year. Delhi High Court to acquit Mr. Farooqui on benet of doubt. Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for the victim, argued that dismis­ sal of this appeal would have major implications in rape law. The Bench orally re­ marked that the HC order was “well­reasoned.” Cape crossing: The Navy’s rst all­woman crew of Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini hoists the tricolour on Friday after VICTIM’S RELATION Ī PAGE 9 crossing Cape Horn through the Drake Passage, one of the most dicult stretches to navigate. * PTI PHOTO/@INDIANNAVY TWITTER Soon, you can make calls while ying TRAI recommends facility Special Correspondent maintain critical business New Delhi communications. Flyers in India, as well as Even when they y, they those ying over the coun­ want broadband connectiv­ try, may soon be able to ity equal to what they’ve ex­ make voice calls and remain perienced from terrestrial connected to the Internet network and Wi­Fi hotspots even when on board an air­ on the ground, TRAI said. craft, as the Telecom Regu­ latory Authority of India In­ight connectivity (TRAI) on Friday recom­ About, 83% of passengers mended allowing in­ight would prefer to y with an connectivity in Indian airline oering in­ight con­ airspace. nectivity and over half Currently, yers are not (55%) of all in­ight connec­ allowed to use mobile tivity users have connected phones and Internet within more than one device to in­ Indian airspace because of ight Wi­Fi, according to In­ security concerns. marsat’s annual In­ight While the government Connectivity Survey 2016. has been considering the is­ The authority recom­ sue for almost two years, mended that mobile com­ with the latest TRAI recom­ munication on aircraft mendation, yers will be (MCA) systems be operated able to check emails, send with a minimum height of at and receive WhatsApp mes­ least 3000 metres above sages and post statuses and ground level to avoid caus­ photos on social network­ ing harmful interference to ing sites. People today, TRAI ground­based mobile highlighted, are increasing­ networks ly accustomed to stay con­ However, yers will be nected anywhere, 24/7.