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Study and in the name of facilitating him screened at Shaurya Smarak. of the soldiers who fought in ic opposition, the Pakistani research of the distinctiveness dealership of a company at The film was screened at the Kargil war. forces withdrew from the and success of contemporary Chhola Mandir area. open air auditorium here on The cause of the war was remaining Indian positions issues must be conducted. Patel The victim, Sonu Sahu, Sunday. the infiltration of Pakistani along the LOC. was addressing the 96th meet- owns a grocery shop in Karond The Kargil War, also soldiers, disguised as Kashmiri The war is one of the most ing of the University area and was lured by the known as the Kargil conflict, militants, into positions on the recent examples of high-alti- Coordination Committee here accused to facilitate dealership of was an armed conflict between Indian side of the LOC, which tude warfare in mountainous today. The vice-chancellors of Haryana based Guru Foods Pvt India and Pakistan that took serves as the de facto border terrain, which posed significant Government and private uni- Ltd and Lalji Namkeen compa- place between May and July between the two States. logistical problems for the versities of the State were pre- ny and even after collecting 1999 in the Kargil district of During the initial stages of combating sides. sent in the meeting. money, they never provided Kashmir and elsewhere along the war, Pakistan blamed the It is also one of the very few Patel said that efforts must agency. the Line of Control (LOC). fighting entirely on indepen- instances of direct, conven- be made to encourage the stu- The victim lodged a com- In India, the conflict is also dent Kashmiri insurgents, but tional warfare between nuclear diousness of children. Children plaint stating that in August referred to as Operation Vijay documents left behind by casu- states. India had conducted its should be given the time and 2017, he came in contact with which was the name of the alties and later statements by first successful test in 1974. opportunity to read books of Dhar Naka based Sachin Sharma Indian operation to clear the Pakistan's Prime Minister and Pakistan, which had been their interest. Programmes and Sajjan alias Dheeraj Sharma Kargil sector. Chief of Army Staff showed developing its nuclear capabil- such as book reviews should be who lured him of providing The contribution of involvement of Pakistani para- ity in secret since around the held. dealership of Haryana based ‘Laddakh Scouts’ was a vital military forces, led by General same time, conducted its first Teachers should take step Guru Foods Pvt Ltd and Lalji one. They are also known as Ashraf Rashid. known tests in 1998, just two in this so that the students get     .1$(- Sambalpuris. From saris, dress 80,000 at the upper end for Namkeen company and after the ‘Snow Warriors’. The snow The Indian Army, later weeks after a second series of motivated and come forward. materials, items of silk and cot- exclusive hand crafted sarees. victim got assured regarding warriors in the leadership of supported by the Indian Air tests by India. Patel explained the need for he artisans from all over ton saree, suit dress material, Dokra Tribal Jewellery and dealership they asked him to discussions on innovative and TIndia of the Odisha Art and fashion jewelry, home furnish- Channapatna toys are also provide 1.25 lakh but the two practical outcome of modern Craft Samiti have come to ing designer clothes from each catching the attention of the later asked 5.75 lakh which was research. She said that the ini- Bhopal second time to exhibit region of the country, the exhi- customers. Coimbatore silk, provided by the victim. tiative of Padhe Bhopal pro- their ethnic weaves and tradi- bition provided shoppers with Muga silk from Assam, banga- The documents were pre- gramme should be regularly tional pure silk and cotton a kaleidoscope of India’s color, lore silk, crepe and georgette pared and victim deposited the followed by the University. products in order to start the diversity and talent. Artisans saree, raw silk material from amount of 5.75 lakh in parts Referring to the excellent summer wedding season, and from 14 handloom weaving Karnataka. and all payments were made by arrangements in the Kumbh for the festival like Maha-shiv- States including Assam, The Organiser of Cotton cheques in the name of Guru event, the Governor said that ratri and Holi, with the theme, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, and Silk Fab, Manas Acharya Foods Pvt Ltd but even after tak- there was need to promote ‘Summer Wedding Collection’. Karnataka, Bihar, Odisha, said that the main social objec- ing the amount, the victim was students for study and research The Odisha Art and Craft Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu tive of the handloom exhibition not provided with dealership and in various higher education Committee, founded by a and Kashmir, West Bengal and was to promote weavers and when he demanded refund, the courses. group of artisans, designers, many designers from metros encourage and provide a mar- accused refused. The proceedings of the social activists, academics and working in collaboration with ket to the handloom industry. After initial probe, police previous meeting of the environmentalists, attempts to the weavers are displaying more have registered a case of fraud, University Coordination promote exquisite traditional than 1,50,000 variety of their     breach of trust and criminal con- Committee were confirmed in skill, cotton and creations of the work here. spiracy against the accused. the meeting. NAC evaluation,     weavers and encouraging them The exhibition cum sale is Meanwhile, Koh-e-Fiza 150th birth anniversary of to be contemporary and eco- open from February 23 to    !   police has booked a person for Father of the Nation Mahatma nomically relevant. March 4, 2019 from 11 am to "#$%$$   duping in the name of facilitat- Gandhi, appointment of More than 100 designers 9 pm at the Ravishankar %    ing vehicle loan. The victim Lokpal, solutions to students’  and weavers are part of this Community Hall, Bittan &
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Manoj Govil, Principal Secretary Technical Education Pramod Agarwal and Secretary     .1$(- to the Governor DD Agarwal were present o understand issues of Ttraffic management and parking related issues, senior /011  officials of police and admin- istration visited New Market +    and TT Nagar areas and park- ing spaces at these areas on /211   Sunday. DIG Bhopal Irshad Wali, District Collector Sudama     .1$(- Khade, BMC Commissioner VV Dutta, ASP (Traffic) PS hunabhatti police have Chouhan, DSP (Traffic) Cbooked an 18-year-old Manoj Sharma were present youth for molesting a 15-year- during the visit. old girl student at Chunabhatti The senior officials were village on Saturday. The provided with feedback by accused has been booked by traders, locals and visitors Koalr police for assault though- that the area remains crowd- %")) %8 ( 9 )   he was minor, said police. ed on Sunday as market         *"%  Police said that the accused, remains open massive crowd    identified as Shubham, used to and severely congested and molest the victim frequently thus creating problems for various drives to make com- square. whenever she would get out for people visiting the area. muters aware and spread In the checking drive, school, coaching and other The major problem of awareness regarding impor- 132 two-vehicle owners were works. traffic leads to parking issues. tance of following traffic rules penalised for not wearing The victim lodged a com- People want to park their and regulations as violating helmet. For not using seat plaint with the Chunabhatti vehicles at safe places but in them could cost life of com- belts in four wheeler, 30 were police against the accused who the lack of spaces, several muters. penalised and two were had molested her on Saturday vehicles are found parked Vehicle checking drive penalised for using tinted and when she opposed, he unevenly at different places. was conducted at Retghat glass. threatened her of life and escaped On Sunday, during vehi- square, Lalghati square, Apart from these, 60 from the spot. cle checking drive, 164 peo- Alpana Trisection, Bharat speeding vehicles were Based on the complaint, the ple were charged for violating talkies square, Board Office detected by SVD cameras of police have registered a case traffic rules and penalised square, control room trisec- ITMS and notices have been under sections 506 and 354 of under Motor Vehicle Act. tion, Rajeev Gandhi square, issued against these speeding the IPC and section 11 and 12 of Traffic police conducts Kolar Nehar, Roshanapura drivers. the POCSO Act and have start- ed search for the accused who went absconding after the com-  #  ) )%  : )   plaint was lodged. During the investigation,     .1$(- growth on pan-India basis in police found that the accused is various verticals, as well as a class XI student and has been n the occasion of CII strengthening of Group’s var- involved in mischievous acts in OBhopal Annual Day, ious initiatives in association the past. Animesh Jain, Director, with key Government of India Meanwhile, Bairagarh police Arihant Detergents Pvt Ltd priorities such as Skill India have booked an another mis- was elected as Chairman of CII Mission, Digital India Mission creant for molesting a 17-year- Bhopal Zonal Council for the and Startup India Mission. old girl on Saturday. The mis- year 2019-2020. Jain is a Fourth Later, during the address, creant had harassed the victim Generation businessman with Animesh Jain thanked the for many days. After the incident, business interests spanning State Council for bestowing the victim had discontinued to from Manufacturing to the responsibility for leading attend school. Distribution to Automobile CII in Bhopal and mentioned According to Bairagarh sales and service. the agenda –‘Create New police, the 17-year-old victim girl Animesh is a Mechanical Business Opportunity and is a resident of Rahul Nagar and Engineer and MBA by edu- 2020. Siddhartha handles the Prepare Industries for Future studies in XI standard in a pri- cation. In the current avatar, entire Strategy and Operations Business’ on which CII Bhopal vate school. She was molested by he is serving as the director of for the Group’s. will work throughout the year. a miscreant Manoj alias Mannu. RM Chemicals Pvt Ltd, RMJ AISECT Group is India’s Pravin Rajpal deliberated The accused used to harass Agencies Pvt, Arihant leading Social Enterprise on the topic ‘Creating and molest her on her way to Detergents Pvt. Ltd. Ltd. and working in areas of Higher Leadership and Breakthrough school and pass lewd comments RMJ Motors Pvt Ltd. Education, Skills Training, Ideas’ and emphasised to cre- for the past three weeks. The vic- Besides, Siddharth Financial Inclusion in rural ate new future with disruptive tim do not report the incident to Chaturvedi, Director, AISECT areas, Aadhaar based services, and game changer ideas. parents and later stopped going Group was elected Vice- online services and Pre- The programme was well to school after which parents Chairman of Bhopal Zonal schools. Siddharth has been attended by leading industri- asked her and she revealed and Council for the year 2019- instrumental in Group’s alist from Bhopal. later complaint was lodged.

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. the country. It is essential to answer sheets, she added. lected on Sunday at 11 am on Nair, Insider Outsider by Preeti lection of new books is col- Nath was addressing the maintain discipline and order in The Governor further stat- collection display. Gill, Every Vote Counts by lected every Sunday at Swami Bandhavgarh Shabri Kol   * ( -     works to run and manage insti- ed that senior students should be Swami Vivekananda Navin Chawla, Democracy on Vivekananda Library. Mahakumbh in Umaria on /    tutions. She told the Vice encouraged to give books to Library Manager Yatish Bhatale the Road by Ruchir Sharma, Swami Vivekananda Sunday. Besides, the Chief Chancellors to conduct a sur- their juniors. The received set of said that in the books suggest- When It's Clicks by Amitabh Library Manager Yatish Bhatale Minister made announcement prise inspection of the colleges books should be kept properly ed by the members, too many Pandey, Belt & Road by Bruno, said that these books will be to establish Kol Development tory of development in the committed to bring Kol com- under their respective areas and so that the needy students could new titles have been compiled. Ramayana Varsus displayed on Sunday. Members Authority in the State. He also State. He stated that tribal youth munity in the mainstream of the review arrangements. obtain them according to their Collections who are a member Mahabharatha by Devadatta can reserve these books and assured that recommendation of today are ready for progress. society and especially for the The academic calendar requirement. of the library, they can suggest Patnaik, Tactile By Cancer by issue by next Saturday. will be sent to the Union The Government is making progress of youth and women. should be followed strictly. Moreover, universities Government for giving Special efforts to provide them better Mentioning about the loan waiv- Convocation ceremonies should should initiate to hold enlight- ;  the weather conditions pleasant and night temperature at 16.4 Backward Tribal status to Kol employment opportunities. er scheme for the farmers and be organised every year manda- ening competitions among the which were hot and humid for degree Celsius. tribal. We are making a well employment scheme for youth torily and let students conduct students of higher secondary the past two days. Weatherman said that the The Chief Minister men- thought plan to give employ- launched recently, he said that the ceremony. Degrees in an schools. Ensure maximum par-     The weather conditions changes are due to Moisture tioned that our manifesto is a ment to unemployed youth by we are moving ahead in the attractive form should be pre- ticipation of students in com- were cold and with cloud covers incursion from Bay of Bengal main agenda for Government laying the network of investment direction to strengthen agri- sented so that it could be dis- parison to the last year in the   %  in the morning and remained in and Arabian Sea and would functioning. Promise for the and industrialization in the culture based economy. played. Initiative should be taken International Yoga Day pro- the day. In the afternoon clear fade away within next 24 hours economic upliftment of farmers, state. Moreover, the The Chief Minister was to accommodate inspirational gramme. She mentioned that sky with bright sun light was wit- and after the clouds would clear youth, weaker section, backward Mukhyamanri Yuva Swabhiman welcomed in traditional style at messages of great personalities students in colleges should be     .1$(- nessed making the weather con- temperatures would witness class and poor besides develop- Yojana in the form of a wide Shabri Mahakumbh of Kol at one place. An exhibition on encouraged for rehabilitation ditions hot and humid. decrease. ment of the state has been made scale campaign has been Community. He was offered to achievements and works of uni- of ex-servicemen. ight drizzles was witnessed at State capital witnessed On February 27 and 28 in the manifesto. We will fulfill launched to link youth with eat Shabri’s jhoote ber in the versity during the last one year They should be told to Lisolated places in the State changes on Sunday still temper- changes in the weather pattern all the promises of the manifesto employment by giving them symbolic form and was pre- should be organised. come forward to help the chil- Capital in the evening on ature fluctuations were not sig- would be witnessed cloud cover by overcoming all the chal- training under the scheme. sented a life size portrait of Mata Make arrangement for dren of the martyr sainiks in Sunday. Dark and dense cloud nificant. Day temperature would occur and temperatures lenges and will create a new his- Kamal Nath said that we are Shabri. holding dialogues of students their higher education. poured in the evening making recorded at 29.7 degree Celsius would change. )  
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(  sion of the state in the technology at the Centre of while addressing a rally here in have ruled this country and Sinha said in his address,      Operation Greens (TOP) Excellence for Potato, situated support of AAP’s nominee have just filled their coffers. said, “Thank God that ‘Mann ki scheme for promotion of at Dhogri, Jalandhar, the whole Harmohan Dhawan from They have done nothing else,” Baat’ (Prime Minister Narendra   &.(*/!(0.   Potato production cluster. seed potato producing area in Chandigarh for ensuing Lok the AAP’s convener said. Modi’s radio speech) has ended Capt Amarinder, in his let- the state shall come under cer- Sabha polls. Urging the people of today. Now we can do ‘Dil ki unjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh   &.(*/!(0. ter to Harsimrat, expressed tified seed potato in the com- Continuing his tirade Chandigarh to elect AAP can- baat’. Change is the rule of our Pwould hand over the appointment letters to the concern at Punjab’s exclusion ing four-five years. against the city BJP MP, didate Harmohan Dhawan, a lives. Let's move ahead in a new youth selected for various jobs during the fourth state- elcoming the GST Council’s major from the selected list of States Also, due to the soil being Kejriwal asked people, “How former Union Minister of State and the right direction with level Mega Job fairs at the state-level function on Wdecision of lowering the Goods and for promoting the potato pro- free from serious pathogens often have you seen Kirron for Civil Aviation and former AAP.” February 28 at DAV University, Jalandhar. Services Tax (GST) rates on residential prop- duction cluster. and pests, particularly brown Kher in Chandigarh? She is a MP from Chandigarh, Kejriwal Notably, some of the big Informing, the state Technical Education and erties, the Shiromani Akali Dal on Sunday Pointing out that the area rot bacterial wilt and potato busy actress and lives in said the AAP will bring about names eyeing to contest from Employment Generation Minister Charanjit Singh said that this will give huge benefit to the under potato cultivation in tuber moth, Punjab had Mumbai. Can you list even a changes in Chandigarh like the the Chandigarh parliamentary Channi said that more than 60 percent of the state’s common man. Punjab was nearly one lakh already been considered a single development work done way it has done in Delhi on the seat in 2019 polls includes sit- youth, who participated during the fourth Mega Job Party MLA and real estate builder NK hectare with an annual pro- “pest free zone” for potato pro- by her?” education and health sectors. ting MP Kirron Kher, BJP Fairs, got placed in various private companies. Sharma, also the party treasurer and duction of 2.7 million MT, the duction, he stressed. “She was never accessible to The Delhi Chief Minister Chandigarh president Sanjay Channi, during the review meeting on Sunday spokesman, said that the decision will help Chief Minister said that The Chief Minister, in his the people of Chandigarh. She also listed out the develop- Tandon, former Railway regarding the arrangements for the state-level func- the common man and the poor to have their Punjab was at the seventh letter, urged the Union only does films. That is where ment work carried out in Delhi Minister and ex-city MP Pawan tion with the senior officials of the concerned depart- own houses. “Reduction of seven percent in position in area under culti- Minister to appreciate the fact she earns her money. The peo- in terms of power supply, school Kumar Bansal, ex-city MP Satya ments, said that the fourth round of Mega Job fairs was all housing projects, which were not in the vation and sixth position in that due to lack of adequate ple of Chandigarh have been education and welfare schemes. Pal Jain, former Union Minister organised from February 13 to 22 at various places affordable housing category from 12 to five production of potatoes in the processing infrastructure in cheated,” Kejriwal alleged. Interestingly, Kejriwal was Manish Tewari, Punjab across the state. percent, means a flat which now costs Rs 45 country. the state, the production sea- “She does not meet people compelled to wind up his Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s “During this phase, along with Technical lakh will be cheaper by more than Rs three Further, he noted that son often faces a glut in the here. I have been told she even Chandigarh rally address with- wife and former MLA Navjot Education Department, the ‘Punjab Ghar Ghar lakh,” he said. Punjab was the hub for seed market, resulting in low price skips the session of Lok Sabha in a few minutes of starting it Kaur Sidhu among others. Rozgar and Karobar Mission’ played an important role Sharma said that similarly, by reducing potato production, with the realization for the producers. and whenever she attends it, she due to the poor turn up at the The high-octane electoral in making this event a big success, as 50,000 youth got GST on affordable housing category from advantage of an aphid-free “The inclusion of Punjab in does not raise any issue related rally venue in Sector 25 here. battle in 2014 had seen two placed during this phase of Mega Job Fairs. eight to one percent will also make huge dif- window during October- the TOP scheme would to her constituency,” Kejriwal Despite it being a Sunday, the actors from Bollywood and He said that with such constructive initiatives, the ference for economically weaker sections of December and favourable enhance the investment in said while adding that Kher AAP had failed to gather an political greenhorns—BJP’s Punjab Government has built a bond of trust between the society. “Modi Government is a first gov- agro-climatic conditions. processing facilities, besides wanted to become an MP only adequate number of spectators. Kirron Kher and Aam Aadmi the employer and the job seekers, and thus, more and ernment in the independent history which Urging the Minister to ensuring proper price to the to earn status. Kejriwal hurriedly con- Party’s Gul Panag—and more companies are registering with the Punjab has made schemes for poor and down- reconsider the decision, the farmers through price stabi- “There is no development cluded his address with an Congress’ seasoned politician Government for providing jobs to the youth of Punjab. trodden,” he said while adding that just Chief Minister pointed out lization measures,” he added. work in Chandigarh which will apology saying that he has and four-time MP Pawan “Punjab’s youth have also got a single platform before the 2017 assembly elections, Punjab that Punjab was supplying Given this, he urged the be credited to Kirron Kher,” he another rally scheduled in Kumar Bansal in the fray. where they can upload his qualifications for seeking got Rs 74 crore to providing housing to the seed potato to other states, Minister to include Punjab added. Haryana. While Kejriwal had to In 2014 polls, AAP had fin- a job. The Government has filled the gap between the economically weaker sections of the soci- apart from meeting its own State in Operation Greens He also asked people to address the rally at 1:30 pm ished at the third slot with over job seeker and the employer by providing them a com- ety but the new Congress government failed demand. Not only that, it had (TOP), especially for potato defeat the BJP and Congress in here, the thin presence of spec- 1 lakh votes (23.97 percent mon platform,” he added. to disburse the amount to the needy. great potential to enhance clusters. the coming Lok Sabha election tators compelled him to delay vote share). % & -&.  %("&(. /01/234  6

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In this Pradesh, making the poll con- when ‘Modi-wave’ had swept February 28 to decide which outfit to join the SP-BSP alliance last Sunday (May 26) of May,” soldiers will keep “inspiring us National War Memorial will be way, Morarji Bhai ensured that test in the State a triangular the State. party to ally with for the Lok in the State for the upcoming Modi said. relentlessly to uproot the very akin to a pilgrimage to a holy the way democracy was assas- one, including the newly The announcement by the Sabha elections in UP,” Ashish, general elections is open. Opposition parties have in base of terrorism”. place. The National Soldiers’ sinated in 1975 by imposition formed SP-BSP alliance and the Dal is also seen a “familiar pres- Apna Dal president, said. “All Rajbhar claimed he is in the past demanded stopping In an apparent reference to Memorial is a symbol of the of Emergency could never be BJP-led NDA. sure tactics” by the ruling BJP our options are open and talks with TMC leader Mamata the broadcast of Mann ki Baat the killing of Jaish-e- nation’s gratitude to those men repeated again in the future,” It is reported that Anupriya before the seat allotment answers to all questions will Banerjee, Shiv Sena chief during elections, saying it vio- Mohammad terrorists, who the who made the supreme sacri- Modi said. Singh Patel and Ashish Patel, in the State which is crucial the come after the meeting.” Uddhav Thackrey, RJD leader lated the model code of con- Army said were masterminds of fice after we gained The Prime Minister also held talks with Congress general Government formation at He, however, denied Tejashwi Yadav, SP president duct as the interaction amount- the Pulwama attack, in an Independence,” he said. referred to the humble origins of secretary in charge of east UP, the Centre. queries on the reported meet- Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief ed to the misuse of the Prime encounter, he said “retributive During the address, he the latest group of Padma Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, at her Another NDA ally Shiv ing with Priyanka Gandhi. “I Mayawati, and a decision on Minister’s programme for polit- action was accomplished” with- paid tributes to tribal warrior awardees. He said many people Delhi residence on Thursday. Sena which in the past regularly am not aware of any such retaining or severing ties with ical purposes. in 100 hours of the incident. Birsa Munda, who was arrest- began enquiring about them The Apna Dal has been attacked the BJP leadership, meeting which I was not a part the saffron party would be The Prime Minister in his He also mentioned ed by the British forces on after they were given the honour threatening to quit the NDA for including Prime Minister of,” he said. Anupriya could not taken after February 24. address asked people to rally responses of families of March 3 in 1900, pioneering which shows that they worked some time, accusing the Yogi Narendra Modi, had last week be contacted despite repeated He has sought that the UP together to take on the chal- deceased CRPF men and said industrialists Jamsetji Tata, selflessly on the ground while not Adityanath headed State stitched an alliance consenting attempts. Government implement lenge of terrorism facing the the story of every family of whose birth anniversary falls making it to media headlines. Government of not addressing to contest 23 Lok Sabha seats Accusing the BJP of creat- Backward Commission report country by forgetting barriers martyrs is full of inspiration. on March 3, and former Prime Modi discussed works of its demands. The party has as against 25 for the ing confusion and not fulfilling and allocate higher percentage of casteism, communalism, Paying tributes to security Minister Morarji Desai, who several of these awardees and considerable sway over BJP from Maharashtra in the his party’s demands, Uttar of reservation to the Rajbhar regionalism and other differ- forces, Modi said he will ded- was born on February 29. noted that 12 of them were ‘Kurmis’, a dominant back- Lok Sabha polls. Sena also Pradesh Minister and SBSP community. ences so that steps against ter- icate the National War Describing Desai as one of farmers. 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Tendering unconditional apol- the software installed on these cant as per the RTI provisions. Company (India) Limited is a PSU this consistently profit making compa- Election Commission, Chief Section 2(f) of the RTI Act ogy for rejection, the Election machines is an intellectual prop- “The commission also notes established in 1920 and is engaged in ny employing / engaging so many peo- Information Commissioner Sudhir defines ‘Information’ as any mate- Commission representative agreed erty of a third party, the disclosure that as per the respondent (ECI), construction and industrial infrastruc- ple in so many states of the Country as Bhargava recently said the rial in any form, including records, that it was wrong on its part but of which would harm its compet- the software installed in the EVM ture building activities. The current a whole and West Bengal in particular. machine was covered under the documents, memos, e-mails, opin- reiterated that EVMs did not itive position. is an intellectual property of a third annual turnover of the company stands We look forward to your urgent inter- definition of “information” and ions, advices, press releases, cir- come under the definition of The CIC, however, did not party, the disclosure of which at around Rs 2,000 crore and has vention to hold the fast track action of can be demanded from the ECI. culars, orders, logbooks, contracts, information, an argument reject- give any view whether it was would harm the competitive posi- always been in profit. 100 per cent Strategic Disinvestment The Election Commission had reports, papers, samples, models, ed by Bhargava. upholding or rejecting the EC’s tion of the third party concerned,” Two years ago Central Government already initiated by DIPAM for the sake rejected the application saying data material held in any electronic “The EVM which is available position on commercial confi- he said but did not uphold or reject decided to disinvest this profit making of one lakh members of the perform- the EVMs held by it do not come form and information relating to with the Election Commission in dence leaving a grey area which the argument. company under Ministry of Heavy ing CPSE company under Central under the definition of “informa- any private body which can be a material form and also as sam- can be pursued further by any Several Opposition leaders Industries and engaged YES Bank as Govt. of India. 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  *+, +-./  -    *+, +-./ nion Minister Kiren Rijiju on New Delhi: The Supreme Court has where death sentence should be execut- o find out best technology USunday accused the Congress of commuted to life term the death sen- ed and we, accordingly commute the Tto build houses in a short- instigating the people of Arunachal tence awarded to a man for killing his death sentence to that of life,” the court er time with lower cost, the Pradesh to protest against the move to wife and five children on the ground of said. However, the bench directed that life Centre will hold a two-day grant permanent resident certificates “unexplained delay” of four years by the imprisonment in the case would mean grand expo and conference to six communities living in the State. Madhya Pradesh Government in for- that convict will not be released from jail starting March 2 as part of its Rijiju also said Arunachal Pradesh warding the mercy petition of the con- till his natural death. Jagdish had killed initiative Global Housing Chief Minister Pema Khandu has clar- vict to the Union Home Ministry. his wife and five children in August 2005 Technology Challenge (GHTC). ified that the State Government was not The apex court said there was a delay and the trial court had awarded him death According to the Union bringing the Bill on PRC but only tabling of almost five years in deciding the penalty in April 2006. Housing and Urban Affairs report of the Nabam Rebia-led Joint mercy petition as the state authorities In June 2006, the Madhya Pradesh Ministry, stakeholders across Hight Powered Committee comprising  @ 0    (   $ kept sitting on it and did not forward- High Court had confirmed the death sen- the globe will showcase their best members and student organisations. &  #  $ @   ed it to the Home Ministry for four years. tence awarded to him and later in technologies to build houses “It means the State Government       !
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Except saying that indoctrinating and radicalising psyching them out with mob Meghalaya Governor Tathagata ply because we sent them adrift. )       $     # trade had been worst hit and without the impressionable youth in the fury and chasing them out of Roy’s remarks circulated among If it is happening in academia,    $S %    $     "  houseboat business of his family, things were Valley — the number of local their hostels and PGs will not towers, residents forgot that believed to be seeking enlight- becoming tough for raising his girls, he never recruits is on the rise we are told only be counter-productive to there were Kashmiri owners ened worldviews, then such )S         ) )  $       mentioned terrorism or separatism. All he — but nobody computes the put it mildly, it would insensi- among them, some of whom revisionism should not have  =      C      $ said was the trips to the city cost money and bigger numbers of tormented tively push them to the worst had sold their family house any place whatsoever there. But         $        ( he would cut down the frequency perhaps. young people who are migrating decades of alienation, consider- back in Srinagar to make good these are internecine biases that His offerings did make it to my trousseau and from the Valley to India’s many ing they took the initiative to here and knew that tenancy had are working their own trellis of     #         $S    ( he became too old to travel. So when news States for higher education, jobs break the mould. Even challeng- its own stigmas when it came to post-truths. Dangerously toxic              ;     reports emerged that a Kashmiri shawl trad- and opportunities that will ing the fear and doubts of their them. For all the self-serving to say the least. $   *  C                er had been roundly thrashed by a mob after enable them to buy a new life in seniors and family, who are cosmetic cultural assimilation of Counter-insurgency has its the Pulwama attacks in Bengal, I was an aspirant India that’s not cir- now staring them down with “I years, the residents had made own cost, the search and comb $   C        < shocked. Simply because Kashmiri business- cumscribed by hate and vio- told you sos.” For once the old their neighbours question their operations having left a deep es or people have never been ostracised there lence. Young Kashmiris, with mould is re-sealed with new choices overnight through one scar across generations in the and had become a part of the melting pot. their natural scientific tempera- hatred and distrust, there’s no brash act. Not only that, a tem- Valley. And given that Valley The only other time such targetting of com- ment and high performance coming back. Particularly when ple was erected overnight in a politicians swing like a pendu- +     munities happened was during the anti-Sikh index, can be a great demo- the political establishment legit- cosmopolitan complex post- lum between both Pakistan and riots of 1984. Kolkata lost a fleet of Sardarji graphic resource in fields of imises the chain reaction of Pulwama to remind everybody India, feeding off each other’s %   #  %   taxi drivers as everybody went under- research and technology and are “Kashmiris not for India”, that anybody opposed to majori- imperatives, the people are left ground or returned home. The few business- willing to stake their future on through an irresponsible tarianism was in essence a trai- dangling in between. The con-     '    #  es that remained were because some of them mainstream absorption. I Governor tweeting about boy- tor to the national cause. An IT nectivity of the train and tele- had not known any other home than the city. remember a couple of young cotting Kashmiri goods and its professional in Mumbai refused com, which ought to have been          It took years for them to rebuild a circle of Kashmiri artists at the Kochi people and the government to send her children to school for pushed earlier, has helped in          trust. And this for a community which is Biennale who were attempting making no comment on this, two days simply fearing that mainstreaming aspirations no ) known for its contribution to national life in a culture of engagement — too, as a national crisis but leav- barbs might fly their way as they doubt. Which is why counter-             the most engaging way. sometimes recording their ing it to the Supreme Court to had when she had just got them measures now must capitalise on         ( Yes a nation is angry with the biggest ter- protest and desolateness, some- take the lead. Extreme emotions over from the Valley, their “oth- this “exposed” constituency,        ( rorist attack in Pulwama but our raging emo- times talking about civilisation- beget extreme reactions and we erness” being taunted by stu- allowing them a say in local   *     % tions for the perpetrators or the martyred al heritage — through arts and cannot afford to let all Kashmiris dents. She remained tepid at her affairs, panchayats and students jawans are no excuse for hitting back at installations. They shun the rot simply because there are a corporate workplace, careful in colleges. Till they are not        ,--   Kashmiris simply because of their origins and boom of the guns very decided- few bad apples among them. that not a single word could be empowered to make simple    )      push them further into a ghetto of nation- ly. What news reports don’t The story is not over with interpreted as sedition given choices, there won’t be trust.         ( al suspicion. Or just because they don’t sub- highlight enough is that intelli- reportage of the latest hitbacks the polarised simplicity of judg- And till there is mainstream scribe to our idea of what Kashmir should gence, harvested from willing across 11 States. Or the now ing Kashmiris. acceptance of their human          be and challenge cardboard stereotypes of a locals themselves, have led secu- public apologies for them. It is And if educational institu- worth, there won’t be peace. For    . /   ,0      ( problem that is so complex that politicians rity forces to the biggest crack- in the insidious way that suspi- tions in peaceful academic hubs politicians will always be, as Altaf             frankly do not want to unspool it. 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well-trained and less well-armed than are under way. member nations. November in 2017-18. Total exports Security (CCS). This phenomenon is the Indian Army but is usually used India can also try to generate diplo- Being a WTO member, India to Pakistan also went up by 5.59 per not understood. to bolster local police forces around the matic pressure on Pakistan through its accorded Pakistan MFN status in cent from $1.82 billion in 2016-17 to India’s defence preparedness is country in various contingencies, friends in the international communi- 1996 but Pakistan did not reciprocate $1.92 billion in April-November in the poorest considering defence bud- including counter-insurgency duties. ty and through multi-lateral forums with the same status to India. The 2017-18. India accounts for 1.55 per get layout for 2019-2020 is 1.44 per cent The Government is now under such as the United Nations but these main items India imports from cent of Pakistan’s imports and 2.55 per of the GDP, the lowest since 1962. It is great pressure to avenge Pakistan’s das- have so far proved of little value and Pakistan are cement, petroleum prod- cent of its exports. The top five items also unclear that the Indian military has tardly act. One reason is the scale of they are unlikely to bear much fruit. ucts, fresh fruits, finished leather, India imported from Pakistan in sufficient superiority over Pakistani / ;1; the attack and the open claim of The attack also raises questions about bulk minerals and ores. Export items 2017-18 were mineral fuels and oils, forces to even consider full-scale mil- responsibility by the Jaish-e- the Modi Government’s Wuhan initia- include cotton yarn, chemicals, plas- edible fruits, nuts, salt, sulphur, plas- itary retaliation. The Indian military has he suicide bomber attack on Mohammad (JeM). Another reason is tive to smoothen ties with China. tics, man-made yarn and dyes to ting material, lime and cement, fertilis- been starved of funds in the last sev- &( .1-/& &.)0&. Central Reserve Police Force that the Modi Government claims to Expectantly, Modi’s efforts to mollify Pakistan. The decision to revoke er and ores. Whereas, the top five items eral years, with very little capital acqui- #) 1 + +0 T(CRPF) personnel in Pulwama be tough on matters related to nation- China have given some indication that MFN status will mean that India can exported by India to Pakistan in sition and significant weaknesses in crit-  &    that killed 44 soldiers besides wound- al security and its supporters expect Beijing my be stopped from providing increase custom duties on goods 2017-18 include cotton, organic mate- ical areas. The Indian Air Force, for ing others has received sharp condem- it to act forcefully. Moreover, the hyped cover to JeM chief Masood Azhar. imported from Pakistan up to the rials, plastic, dyes and pharmaceutical example, is down to about 30 squadrons       nation from the Government, the surgical strikes of 2016 has led to Union Finance Minister Arun bound level duty rates. Currently, products. Since bilateral trade between and it will be years before India is able          Opposition and the citizens alike. expectations that India will act this Jaitley announced the withdrawal of India’s customs duties on goods to India and Pakistan is low, many to field the full 42 squadrons that have  O        Powers across the world, too, have given time more forcefully. Finally, nation- the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) sta- WTO members are below the bound experts believe that MFN makes no been sanctioned for the Air Force. So   
      full support to India in dealing with al elections are due to take place in the tus to Pakistan. The decision has been level rates. The current customs duties difference to both. is the case with the Navy and the Army.      Pakistan-sponsored terror. But despite next few months, which add domes- taken to isolate our neighbour eco- imposed are called applied rates and India’s military options are equal- The Modi Government is, thus, the severity of the attack and growing tic political pressure on the nomically and diplomatically. Every the level at which the duties can be ly constrained. If past crises are any likely to find it facing a series of weak        pressure for action, New Delhi’s choic- Government. member country of the World Trade increased are known as bound rates. indication, it is unlikely that any well- choices. However, it has only itself to     es are much more limited than they On the other hand, India’s options Organisation (WTO) is required to As a result, India on February 15 raised planned and prepared contingency blame for the poor planning and     appear. The Pulwama terrorist attack to respond are fairly limited. On the accord the MFN status to all other the customs duty to 200 per cent on options have been decided in consul- preparation to meet a contingency that       is one of the worst in recent years. diplomatic side, while we have seen member countries as specified under all goods imported from Pakistan. tation between the political leadership was predictable. The greatest danger The CRPF is the largest of the cen- Indian officials speak about isolating Article 1 of the General Agreement on In terms of numbers, India and the Indian military. Thus, any is that under pressure to do something      tral paramilitary forces that falls under Pakistan and some steps may be Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 1994. The imported goods worth $489 million in response will have to wait until plans in haste, New Delhi may launch a mil- ?     the Ministry of Home Affairs. It has taken in this direction, they are like- primary objective of WTO is to mon- 2017-18 from Pakistan and exported are drawn up, forces prepared and itary assault with inadequate fore-        been carrying out law and order as well ly to have little substantive impact con- itor and resolve trade-related issues goods worth $1.92 billion. Meanwhile, equipment deployed. This is likely to thought that is likely to make the sit-       as counter-insurgency operations in sidering that the level of diplomatic among the member nations. However, total imports from Pakistan increased take time, possibly several months. uation worse and awkward.  &   P Jammu & Kashmir and the North-East intercourse with Pakistan is already MFN itself is a misnomer; it actually by 7.70 per cent from $454 million in Surprisingly, Defence Chiefs are not (The writer is a retired professor in for several decades. It is generally less minimal and no major negotiations means non-discrimination among 2016-17 to $489 million from April to members of Cabinet Committee on international trade)      % & -&.  %("&(. /01/234  =

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Rajnath Singh said the super Finance Minister Piyush Goyal of Uttar Pradesh said the crisis Though the DMDK led more than three seats to the Phas emphasised the impor- cially to underprivileged citi- He also said for prevention speciality hospital was a sig- in the interim Budget of 2019- in the farm sector was getting by Vijayakanth had literally DMDK becaue it has other tance of quality and affordable zens. of encephalitis, the ‘Action Plan nificant achievement for the 20 on February 1. aggravated and the BJP was vanished from the political allies like Puthiya Tamilakam healthcare in the country, par- He said Uttar Pradesh was 2018’ had been launched with state capital. Prime Minister Narendra clueless about tackling it. landscape of Tail Nadu after the and Tamil Manila Congress to ticularly in Uttar Pradesh. making rapid strides in all the support of WHO and He said the National Modi on Sunday formally She cautioned the farmers 2016 assembly elections, hav- accommodate. 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Democratic Alliance govern- launched the Pradhan Mantri to be vigilant about the designs ing failed to win at least a sin- Stalin, who has no special the Apollomedics Super super speciality hospital would “As a result, deaths due to ment was committed to pro- Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM- of the BJP before the elections gle seat in the 105 constituen- love for Vijayakanth, is of the Speciality Hospital in the state further add to the profile of the Japanese Encephalitis dropped viding affordable quality KISAN) scheme at Gorakhpur. as the saffron party would cies it contested, the AIADMK view that the latter would come capital on Sunday. largest state of India. in 2018, as compared to 2017. healthcare services to all citi- It will benefit 12 crore to poor mislead them. and the DMK are under the round once he wears out in the The President also con- The President said that There has been 68 per cent zens of India. farmers by transferring Rs Mayawati said the sole impression that the inclusion of negotiation with the AIADMK doled the death of CRPF quality health for everybody drop in the deaths. 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This is a good which would provide insurance annual payout of Rs 6,000 to singularly failed in solving the a series of ailments and most of anniversary of former chief He pointed to the success- stakeholders were working sign. For this effort, doctors cover of up to Rs 5 Lakh to 50 the farmers translated to Rs 500 most basic issue of the agri- his trusted lieutanants had left minister J Jayalalithaa and the es in meeting the challenges of together. He expressed confi- and para-medic staff, along crore people of India. per month or Rs 17 per day, it culture sector. him to join the DMK. Though AIADMK leadership had traditional infectious and com- dence that the Apollomedics with the government, should be Singh said opening of was a “pittance” and accused While launching the PM- he was allocated 14 seats by the thought of announcing the municable diseases, and also the Super Speciality Hospital praised,” the President said. super speciality hospital in the Bharatiya Janata Party of KISAN scheme in Gorakhpur BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabhe elec- formalisation of the front on changing disease patterns in the would provide state-of-the-art “The priority of the gov- Lucknow would go a long way doing lip service to the farm- on Sunday, Modi slammed the tion, heis party failed to win at their “supreme leader's” birth country that were giving rise to medical care to the people of ernment is to bring an in establishing India as a major ers. opposition for not doing least a single constituency day. But Vijayakanth and his more cases to non-communi- the state and the region at a rea- improvement in the health of country in the field of medical Mayawati described the enough for farmers. He said despite the favourbale condi- wife Premalatha were adamant cable or lifestyle ailments. sonable cost. the people and for this, the tourism. He pointed out that Modi government’s Kisan they were all the same and were tions,” said a BJP leader who about the number of Lok Sabha In this context, the Referring to Mission health and medical infrastruc- the Centre had liberalised visa Samman Nidhi scheme as “half scared when the BJP had negotiated with the seats and this played spoiled President said the Ayushman Indradhanush, Kovind said ture is being rapidly strength- rules for foreigners visiting baked”, comparing it with Modi announced the scheme in the DMDK leader during the 2014 sport. 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Pradhan Mantri Kisan would be "exposed" if people should remain calm and not governor came after the state Gujarat is thrown out of the spent for development. “Jammu Ko Bachana Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) listen to his speeches made dur- believe in rumours "circulating administration issued many country, following the Assam “Previous dynastic gov- Hoga toh 370, 35A Hatana scheme at the fag end of his dis- ing the campaigning for the widely" to vitiate the atmos- orders including supplying model. He also urged ernments of Congress, the Hoga (To save Jammu, abro- pensation. 2014 general elections. phere. ration at the earliest, cancelling Congress President Rahul National Conference and the gation of Article 370 and 35A The chief minister also "He will be exposed if peo- He also clarified that the leave of doctors and policemen, Gandhi to spell out his party's PDP were more bothered is must),” shouted people gave a twist to Modi's poll slo- ple hear his old speeches. They induction of para-military rationing of petrol to the gen- stand on the contentious issue. about their own development attending the rally. Shah,how- gan for the Lok Sabha elec- (Union government) have not forces should only be seen in eral public, leading to a war On his arrival in Jammu but ever since the BJP took ever, avoided mention of tions-- 'Modi hai to mumkin been successful on any front. the context of conducting elec- hysteria. The widespread Shah also paid homage to over, we ensured that every Article 370 and 35-A in his hai' (everything is possible if So, they are in desperation tions and should not be attrib- arrests of Jamaat-e-Islami martyrs of Pulwama terror single penny reaches com- address. Modi is there) to 'Modi hai to >8 ) "  (  when elections are near," he uted to any other cause. cadres and separatists con- attack. mon people,” Shah said.He He said that the BJP is namumkin hai' (it's impossible,    )   said. "People should not believe in tributed to these rumours. Addressing a rally of also listed developmental pro- committed to rectify the if Modi is in-charge), stressing #   On the Pulwama attack, rumours, which are of extreme The flying of IAF jets in booth workers he reiterated jects sanctioned and complet- “blunders committed” by the that not a single promise made the veteran Congress leader nature and circulating widely in dead hours of the night in resolve of the Modi govern- ed by the Modi government in first Prime Minister Jawahar during 2014 poll campaigning the farmers ahead of the gen- said that the Bharatiya Janata some quarters. They should Kashmir Valley also added to ment to fight militancy saying the last five years in the state. Lal Nehru in dealing J&K was fulfilled by the prime min- eral elections. Party (BJP) government at the remain calm. These rumours are these fears despite the IAF “the BJP government has zero- ReferrING to the after partition. ister. "Prime minister in his yes- Centre was yet to give a befit- unnecessarily creating an atmos- maintaining it was a routine tolerance on terrorism”. February 14 Pulwama terror “Problems of Hyderabad "Farmers of the country are terday's speech in Tonk district ting reply to the perpetrators. phere of fear in the minds of exercise. Referring to the National attack, in which 40 CRPF and Junagarh were more com- wise enough. You have attempt- had said that Congress recalls An environment was cre- people, leading to stress and dis- The governor also Register of Citizens in Assam, personnel were killed, Shah plex as compared to Kashmir ed to win the election by for- loan waiver when elections are ated that Modi ji will take ruption to normal life. Rumours addressed the issue of safety the BJP president said, "his said “their sacrifice will not go but Sardar Patel had solved the mulating Rs 6,000 scheme but near. I want to ask the reason some serious steps but as days about curfews and other actions and security of Kashmiris party would carry out a sim- in vain”. “The Prime Minister same with conviction and you will not be able to succeed," for not launching the Rs 6000 have passed, people are now should not be believed," the residing outside the state. He ilar exercise from Kashmir to has authorised security forces vision,” Shah said adding that Gehlot said at his first press scheme five years before," he asking what actually is he going governor said in his appeal. said Prime Minister Narendra Kanyakumari and Assam to to take any punitive action Jawahar Lal Nehru failed to conference after becoming said. to do, Gehlot said. He said "some security- Modi has given clear directions Gujarat to ensure that every they think fit against perpe- solve issue of Kashmir which chief minister of the state. The farmers would have The chief minister high- related actions" were being to the country Saturday that illegal immigrant is thrown trators of terrorism,” he said. he was handling himself. Announcing the scheme benefitted if the Centre had lighted that instead, an atmos- taken after the February 14 there is no fight against out of the country". Launching a scathing “I am giving this message from Uttar Pradesh's increased the input subsidy phere of hatred was being cre- Pulwama attack in which 40 Kashmiris but that it is a fight Referring to Rohingyas, attack on opposition parties, from Jammu that the Gorakhpur on Sunday, the instead of launching the ated in the country which was CRPF personnel lost their lives for Kashmir. camping in Jammu for a long who are joining hands to Narendra Modi government is prime minister said the first scheme without studying the unfortunate. when a terrorist of Jaish-e- This is a clear signal that time, Shah said, some people defeat BJP's Prime Ministerial committed to rectify the mis- instalment of Rs 2000 each was ground reality, he added. Such an atmosphere is Mohammed terror group blew the people of Jammu and are treating Jammu as a big candidate Narendra Modi in takes of great grand-father of deposited in the accounts of The Rajasthan government being seen for the first time in himself next to a convoy. Kashmir are not only integral 'dharamshala' and camping the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Rahul 1.01 crore farmers. had on Saturday decided to the country after its indepen- "This attack was an part of India but it is the here for a long time without Shah said they are a bunch of Gandhi,” he added and Questioning the timing of provide Rs 1,000 monthly pen- dence and the situation wasn't unprecedented one. The responsibility of the country to completing legal formali- 'dynasts' who are still strug- attacked Congress by shifting the launch, Gehlot said the sion to small and marginalised this bad even during emer- response of security forces is take care of their safety wher- ties.He said BJP will allow gling to elect their leader. He all blames on Nehru for giv- scheme was an attempt to woo farmers above 75 years of age, gency. guided solely by the need to ever they may be, he said. only those permitted under said before electing new Prime ing “special status” to J&K.

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The and not to stop it in future also   *+, +-./ cross-border tensions between ship data during the sector’s regulator observed that BARC without explicit instruc- India and Pakistan. migration to the new tariff had submitted that disruption tion/direction from the oreign portfolio investors Tensions have escalated regime, and directed it to caused by transition to the authority or Ministry of Fsold debt securities worth following terror attack in immediately release viewer- new regime could prevent Information and over 1,900 crore in February Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir   /-(#(( Government’s decision to corresponding period of last ship data for the past weeks on consumers from accessing the Broadcasting...,” Trai direc- amid escalation of cross-border that killed 40 CRPF jawans ear- impose 200pc additional duty year, showing an increase of its website, warning of “appro- channels of their choice, thus tive said. tensions in the wake of lier this month. he volume of trade between will bring them no tangible 2.11pc. Pakistan’s imports have priate action” for non-com- not giving fair and true picture BARC India has been Pulwama terror attack. “For a long time, FPIs have TIndia and Pakistan posted results as Pakistan’ annual already entered negative pliance, a source said. of TV consumption in India. asked to “furnish compliance Latest data from the depos- been adopting a cautious stance a growth of nearly five per cent exports to the country are growth with almost all coun- According to the source But Trai said it would not to the authority by February itories showed that overseas towards India, and the recent in the first seven months of the worth few million dollars, tries except India, the report privy to the development, the be appropriate to stop rating 25, 2019 failing which appro- players pumped in 2,039 crore developments would have fur- current fiscal year from a year Dawn newspaper said. said. Telecom Regulatory Authority of channels as these changes priate action would be initi- into equities even as they ther dampened the sentiments,” ago despite border tensions, Trade statistics show a In the year 2017-18, Indian of India (Trai) has shot off a were an outcome of consumer ated against them under...The dumped debt during February Srivastava said. according to report media complete picture that New exports to Pakistan have fresh salvo at BARC, and in a choice and real reflection of TRAI Act, 1997”. till 22. In 2019, foreign invest- report on Sunday. Delhi will feel the pinch of the reached $1.84 billion as against strongly worded directive has market changes. The regulator Trai has recently unveiled In January, the net FPI ments have shown mixed Following the Pulwama current stand-off. The total $1.64 billion over the previous asked it to furnish compliance opined that the decision of the new tariff order and reg- outflow — from both equity trends. Last month, FPIs were terror, India withdrew the Most aggregate volume of bilateral year, showing an increase of by February 25, 2019, “failing BARC India to “withhold” ulatory regime for the broad- and debt — stood at 5,360 net sellers and so far in Favoured Nation (MFN) status trade between July-January 12.2 per cent, it said. which, appropriate action the data cannot be justified by cast and cable sector, which crore. February, they are net buyers. to Pakistan, which was grant- 2018-19 has reached to $1.122 On India’s move to revoke would be initiated” under var- any yardstick. paves the way for consumers A total of 1,949 crore was According to Srivastava, it ed in 1995. The grant of this billion, up by 4.96pc from Pakistan’s MFN status, ious sections of the Trai Act. It noted that BARC India to opt for channels they wish withdrawn during the February is too early to predict the flow status means that a country will $1.069 billion over the corre- Secretary Commerce Younus “...BARC India has modi- has “failed to furnish any to view, and pay only for 1-22 period. However, there of investments as they are treat all WTO member states sponding period of last year, it Dagha told Dawn that fied its Fair and Permissible cogent reason for not pub- them. It has said every chan- was higher infusion in equities, guided by short-term trends equally in matters of tariffs on said. Commerce Division has Usage Policy in February 14, lishing the rating and viewer- nel should be offered a la there is a net inflow of little over and become event specific. imports. A day later, it slapped The first seven-month data already worked out different 2019, even after being repeat- ship data” and that “such carte, with a transparent dis- 98 crore for the period under Besides cross-border ten- 200 per cent import duty on of this fiscal year shows that options. edly asked by the authority to action on part of BARC India play of rates on electronic pro- review, according to the data. sions, another major focus area Pakistani goods. Indian exports to Pakistan con- However, he did not dis- not stop publishing of rating reflects poorly on the credit- gramme guide. Himanshu Srivastava, for the FPIs would be the out- The attack by Pakistan- stitute 79.33 per cent of the close the details. data and viewership data on worthiness of the data pub- Earlier this month, the senior analyst manager come of the general elections based Jaish-e-Mohammad total bilateral trade volume. ‘No plan yet to announce it its website during the migra- lished by them”. regulator extended the time- research at Morningstar and they have been adopting a terror group on February 14 Pakistan imports from anytime soon,” he said, adding tion to new regulatory frame- Trai reminded BARC line for consumers to make Investment Adviser India, said wait-and-watch stance in antic- has left 40 CRPF personnel India between July-Jan 2018-19 “But we will give a measured work until and unless explic- India that it is governed by the their channel preferences up the recent selling by FPIs “could ipation of a concrete signs of dead. have reached to $890.05 million response whenever the itly permitted by the author- provisions of the Trai Act and to March 31, 2019. be attributed to the increase in economic growth, he added. However, the Indian from $871.71 million over the Government also decides.” 0+&       )    #    7ES    !"   '1=+   !  %   $3&        >%P )         *+, +-./ consent of the lenders from whom it has been raising funds   *+, +-./ and Reform) strategy for tate-owned REC will have to to finance rural electrification banking transformation Sobtain consent of at least 50 and other power sector pro- he Finance Ministry expects three to delivers again. 3 better- per cent of the foreign lenders grammes. At least 50 per cent Tfour more lenders to come out of weak performing PSBs (BoM, before the company could be of the lenders will have to give bank list of the Reserve Bank in the next BoI & OBC) exit PCA. acquired by PFC as part of the their consent,” the official said. six to eight months on account of improve- Banks need to be more disinvestment plans approved As the nature of the com- ment in financial health amid capital infu- responsible, adopt high by the Cabinet. pany will change after the sion and falling bad loans. underwriting & risk man- REC’s cumulative foreign acquisition by PFC, REC would The recent capital infusion of 48,239 agement standards to debt stands at around USD 1.85 be required to intimate to the crore in 12 public sector banks (PSBs) will avoid recurrence”. billion which will mature in lenders and obtain their prior help Corporation Bank and Allahabad Kumar, who has phases till 2028 and the state- consent. After the acquisition, Bank to come out of the Prompt Corrective been credited with owned company has initiated REC would become a sub- Action (PCA) framework in the next few undertaking multiple the exercise of obtaining the sidiary of PFC. weeks, sources said. reforms in the banking consent of these lenders. REC has appointed Corporation Bank is the biggest ben- sector, provided record   #)#(/ business,” an official statement In order to push disinvest- Barclays Bank, Citigroup eficiary of this round of capital infusion amount of capital infu- said. ment, the Cabinet in December Global Markets, HSBC and with 9,086 crore of funding, followed by sion in the public sector ssues like access to financing, The conclave is being approved the sale of the gov- Standard Chartered Bank as Allahabad Bank with 6,896 crore. This banks (PSBs). Iassessing risks and growth organised under National SC- ernment’s 52.63 per cent stake consent solicitation agent. infusion will help these two lenders meet Since commence- mantras enabling SC-ST ST Hub initiative of the MSME in REC Ltd to Power Finance The acquisition of REC by requisite capital thresholds of 7.375 CET- ment of clean-up in 2015- women entrepreneurs to set up ministry which is targeted Corporation (PFC). The deal, PFC has already been approved 1 ratio, 8.875 per cent Tier I ratio, 10.875 IDBI Bank, now majority owned by 16, the recapitalisation has crossed over 3 and run a sustainable business towards developing a support- which is to be completed by by market regulator Sebi and per cent of capital-to-risk weighted assets LIC, is also improving its financial health lakh crore through mix of budgetary will be discussed during a con- ive ecosystem towards SC or ST March, is expected to fetch Rs competition watchdog CCI, ratio (CRAR) and the net NPA ratio and bringing down its net non-perform- support and market raising helping banks clave here on Monday. entrepreneurs. 15,000 crore to the exchequer. while the RBI’s nod is expected threshold of below 6 per cent. ing assets (NPAs) in a bid to come out of to make adequate provisions for the bad The Ministry of Micro, “Path-breaking women However, sources said that by mid-March. The govern- The RBI may in the next few weeks the PCA supervision. loans. As a result, there has been reversal Small and Medium Enterprises entrepreneurs and inspirational before the deal could get ment proposes to complete the take a decision to remove these two If the bank continue to improve its in the deteriorating bad loan situation and will organise a conclave on women achievers will be through, REC would be deal by March 31 so that it could lenders out of PCA supervision as they had health, it is anticipated that the RBI there has been record loan recovery dur- ‘Empowering Women awarded with Enterprising required to obtain clearance add the sale proceeds to current done in the case of Bank of India (BoI), would lift the curb from IDBI Bank after ing the current fiscal. Entrepreneurs 2019, Financing Women of the Year 2018 from the lenders. fiscal’s disinvestment kitty. Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) and Oriental September numbers. Various initiatives taken by the and Enabling Women from Awards. Loan disbursal The REC, which has been Both the Department of Bank of Commerce (OBC) last month after Besides, Central Bank and UCO Bank Government have yielded results, with the Marginalised Sections’. cheques or sanction letters to raising funds from the foreign and Investment and Public Asset capital infusion in December, sources said. are trying to improve their parameters on bad loans of public sector banks declining “The first of its kind con- women entrepreneurs under domestic markets, has given an Management (DIPAM) and With the removal of three banks on mission mode. by over 23,860 crore in the first half of clave endeavours to empower Stand-Up India initiative will undertaking to the lenders that it PFC have appointed separate January 31, the list has already come down So, sources said, four more banks are the current fiscal. women entrepreneurs from also be distributed by banks,” would continue to be a PSU with agencies to work out the valu- to 8 from 11. likely see curb lifted by RBI on them in 6- At the same time, PSBs have also made marginalised sections and the statement added. at least 51 per cent government ation of REC. The Government Dena Bank, which is among eight enti- 8 months. a record recovery of 60,726 crore in the enable their growth and success Senior officials of the stake, an official told PTI. is also expecting a premium ties under PCA, will cease to exist from Last month, Financial Services first half of the current financial year, in business by offering sub- MSME Ministry along with “Before PFC could go over the market value for han- April 1, 2019. So, the list will further short- Secretary Rajiv Kumar had said: which is more than double the amount stantial knowledge on various bankers, investors and women ahead with the acquisition, dling over the management en with the bank merging with Bank of “Government’s sustained 4R’s recovered in the corresponding period last business opportunities and entrepreneurs will participate REC is obligated to obtain the control of REC to PFC. Baroda beginning next fiscal, sources said. 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Etihad has sought ROFR Jcurrently undergoing its second tiveness of boards of companies air fare/rail fare should be avoid- vices and environment and Asia, the Government has SBI is mulling moving National Queries sent to SBI and Jet for itself after one year and also round of corporate insolvency and they should constantly ed unless mandatory. society considerations. issued a security advisory for Company Law Tribunal as it Airways regarding the bank want the SBI to get a confir- resolution process under the assert ethical conduct while Moreover, CII said meals “Integrity, transparency, shipowners, managers and feels the airline is running out considering insolvency pro- mation from markets regulator orders from the Supreme Court focusing on risk management, must only be offered as a casu- governance and absence of others to exercise caution of funds for operations, even as ceedings against the airline Sebi that if ROFR is exercised, of India. This has affected according to a CII report. al social hospitality and lavish corruption are inter-depen- while treading on interna- shareholders of the debt-laden remained unanswered. then the mandatory open offer approximately 30000 home buy- To promote integrity and or extravagant meals should be dent and inter-connected to tional waters, including carrier have approved a debt The officials said that Gulf would not be triggered, the offi- ers who have invested their life transparency in governance, the avoided by companies when each other. Business leaders Sulu-Celebes Seas. rejig plan, officials said. carrier Etihad, the strategic cials said. savings in the projects floated by chamber has introduced a ‘Model extending courtesies. must continuously improve A total of 76 incidents, Shareholders of Jet Airways partner with 24 per cent stake Under the Sebi norms, JIL. JIL had had a successful run Code of Conduct’ for business The guidelines can be the way they approach and col- including four of piracy and have approved conversion of in Jet Airways, abstained from entities are required to make an in the past, having enormous ethics to act as a guide to indus- adopted by companies which laborate to set high standard of 72 of robbery, occurred in loan into shares and other pro- voting on various proposals open offer to shareholders in land bank at its disposal, and con- try to adopt best practices. currently do not have any spe- ethics and principled business 2018, according to the advi- posals during the during the EGM held on case their shareholding goes stant revenue source in form of “Corruption, bribery and cific guidelines on business practices,” CII said. sory, which quoted a report Extraordinary General Meeting February 21. beyond a certain threshold. Yamuna expressway. improper payments continue to courtesies. For companies with The chamber has also on ‘Piracy and Armed (EGM) on Thursday. According to them, Etihad A consortium of banks is But the question which be high compliance risks in the similar existing policies relat- released an ‘Advisory on Robbery against Ships in A consortium of banks, led is waiting for clarity on the considering an interim funding still lingers around this com- country,” CII said in a report. ed to business courtesies, these Business and Human Rights’ Asia’ by the Regional by the SBI, has extended loans overall funding that the SBI and of Rs 500 crore for Jet Airways pany is the cause of this sudden It has also prescribed norms can act as reference. suggesting general principles Cooperation Agreement on to Jet Airways, which is look- National Investment and but a final decision is yet to be bankruptcy, which remains for business courtesies which are “CII considers ethical prac- and recommended actions to Combating Piracy and ing to rejig debt and raise Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) taken, Punjab National Bank unclear. Stakeholders and mar- often extended by enterprises tices in business dealings to be be followed by companies for Armed Robbery against funds. would provide for Jet Airways Managing Director Sunil ket pundits apprehend that like gifts and entertainment, critical for the development adhering to integrity and trans- Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). Officials associated with in terms of equity. Mehta said on Friday. there has been enormous transportation and meals. and growth of the industry in parency in business transac- The Directorate General the lenders and key share- The Gulf carrier has been PNB is part of the lenders’ siphoning of funds and mis- CII suggested that gifts the country. The adoption of a tions. of Shipping in the maritime holders said the SBI is consid- pitching for the SBI and the consortium, led by State Bank management by the erstwhile should be of nominal value and simplified code by industry Its objective is to guide security advisory last week ering moving the National NIIF to own 51 per cent and of India (SBI), that has extend- management. The home buy- in nature of consumables, including SMEs is a landmark industry on respecting and pro- asked shipowners and mas- Company Law Tribunal invest Rs 2,200 crore into the ed loans to the airline. ers have been regularly instead of cash or jewellery, etc. step in inculcating a culture of moting human rights in business ters of the ships, among (NCLT) seeking insolvency airline, they added. On February 14, Jet demanding for an independent Moreover, gifts to family mem- ethics and good practices in and to share and showcase best other stakeholders, to “be proceedings against Jet Airways On February 17, sources Airways’ board approved a forensic audit of the financials bers should be avoided. corporates,” the chamber said. practices to both increase aware- extra cautious and follow since it is running out of money said Jet Airways was likely to Bank-Led Provisional of JIL, to ascertain the root Besides, casual lift, ground The CII Model Code of ness of the subject, while encour- the practices and take nec- for operations. invest Rs 3,000 crore post debt- Resolution Plan (BLPRP), cause of the sudden bankrupt- transportation to and from the Conduct covers key areas of aging companies to move in the essary precautionary mea- Lenders can initiate pro- rejig and investments by Etihad whereby lenders would become cy, and to bring the culprits to company office or facility can be business practice such as main- direction of deeper compliance sures” to avert any such inci- ceedings under the Insolvency Airways as well as NIIF. the largest shareholders in the book. provided in the ordinary course taining accurate books and over a period of time. dent. and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to Besides, the SBI is not airline. 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India women couldn't look for support from the enders, who held the nerve getting the The Indian innings was all about have asked for a better start to likes of Deepti Sharma, Mona couple required couple of runs off the Rahul's flair as he repeatedly played the series, defeating the cur- Meshram and young Harleen final delivery of the innings. the inside out lofted shot off pacers rent world champions by 66 Deol, who got a chance in But till the 15th over, Australia and the only six was a down the runs in the opener at the place of injured Harmanpreet were in a cruise control mode as Glenn ground hit off Adam Zampa. Wankhede Stadium on Friday. Kaur, Maxwell (56 off 43 balls) and Darcy Rahul however could not convert The win not only gave a Going into Monday's Short (37 off 37 balls) added 84 runs his start and got out immediately after fillip to their confidence but game, the only cause of con- for the third wicket to almost seal the reaching his fifty in an over where also enabled India grab cru- cern for India is that they frit- match, Coulter-Nile (3/26) also breached cial two points in the ICC tered away a good start pro- India's wrist spin duo of Dinesh Karthik's defence with an Women's Championship as vided by openers Jemimah Yuzvendra Chahal (1/28 in 4 overs) off-cutter. the race for securing direct and Mandhana. The duo and debutant Mayank Markande (0/31 At the start of the innings, qualification spots for the shared 69 runs for the first in 4 overs) couldn't much make an Behrendorff dismissed Rohit (5) as 2021 World Cup heats up. wicket to set the platform for impact on Maxwell, who blasted both early as in the third over with the India need to hold on to a big score. of them for towering sixes. Indian vice-captain trying the lap shot its position in top four of the But the middle-order But things changed when Chahal with Peter Handscomb and after 0 lead going into the second and final overs. but only to give Zampa a simple catch world rankings till 2020 to get fumbled and it was then left finally got Maxwell with a flighted Ashton Turner was removed by game in Bengaluru on February 27. Back in the senior team after two- at fine leg. a direct berth in the 2021 to Mithali and wicket-keep- delivery wide outside the off-stump Krunal Pandya, Australia were in a Put into bat, opener Rahul's half- month wilderness due to his trash talk But things started to go in India's World Cup and in this con- er Tania Bhatia (25) and later and the batsman failed to clear Rahul spot of bother at 102 for 5. century on comeback but an inexplic- on a TV show, Rahul showed why he favour from the next over with Rahul text, a second successive vic- Goswami (30) to do the res- at long-off. But Richardson and Cummins able batting collapse found India is rated highly during his 36-ball-50 and then Kohli scoring a flurry of tory on Monday would do a urrection work. Short was run-out after a mix-up kept their calm to give Australia a 1- restricted to a paltry 126 for 7 in 20 but some indiscreet shot selection boundaries. world of good for the hosts. 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Punjab. supported by pacers Dhawal sever ties with countries from which The 26-year-old opener Mumbai bundled out Kulkarni (2-12), Shardul terrorism emanates". completed his nine-month Madhya Pradesh for 143 in Thakur (2-20) and spinner But the former CAG wants to look suspension for cheating in late 19.3 overs and then chased the Shams Mulani as they bowled at the bigger picture rather than just one December and has since target with as many as four overs out the hosts for 143. match as there is a possibility that India played Twenty20 cricket for team collapsed around him. In an explosive interview to spare, thanks to a blazing For MP, skipper Rajat may have to play them again in semi- the Perth Scorchers in the Big It helped steer Western during the Boxing Day Test hundred by in-form batsman Patidar top-scored with a 37- final or final. Bash League. Australia to 279 all out. against India in December, Shreyas Iyer (103 not out in 55 ball 47. "We would be shooting in the foot But his outing for With the Ashes series Bancroft alleged it was balls). Meanwhile, Test specialist if we don't play Pakistan in the World Western Australia against against England looming this Warner who asked him to Iyer, who recently made Cheteshwar Pujara continued Cup. Our aim should be to ostracise New South Wales in the year, it was a timely knock alter the ball in South Africa. the highest T20 score by an his good form with the bat as he Pakistan as a cricketing nation," Rai Sheffield Shield in Sydney was with Australia struggling over Some pundits suggested Indian surpassing Rishabh Pant, and Robin Uthappa helped said. his maiden first-class match the summer to find a consis- he had thrown Warner continued his terrific form and Saurashtra crush Punjab by 8 "As I have said earlier, all cricket- since the infamous 'sandpa- tent Test opener. "under the bus" and that their hammered the Madhya Pradesh wickets. ing nations should sever ties with pergate' in Cape Town almost They tried Aaron Finch, relationship was now unten- bowlers with utmost ease. Saurashtra skipper Jaydev them," Rai said. a year ago that rocked the Marcus Harris, and Joe Burns able. The early failure of India Unadkat (3/30) led from the He cited the example of South game. to varying degrees of success But Bancroft insisted they internationals Prithvi Shaw (O) front as they bundled out Africa, which was banned for 21 years Bancroft was a measure ahead of the return of regu- spoke regularly and had been and Ajinkya Rahane (1) did not Punjab for a paltry 122. from 1970 till 1991 due to the apartheid of concentration and disci- lar opener Warner and former supporting each other. deter Iyer from playing his nat- For Punjab, veteran Yuvraj when black South Africans were racial- pline as he played the anchor Test skipper Steve Smith. "Yeah, I've spoken to ural game. Singh top-scored with a 34 run ly discriminated. role to be 73 not out overnight The pair are eligible to Dave... I think all of us, After the two were out, Yadav (39 not out of 36 balls) to cleansers as Iyers knock was knock, while Gurkeerat Mann "I believe something similar needs and completed his patient play again in late March after including Dave, have been Mumbai were reeling at 7-2 in forged an unbroken 138-run studded with 5 fours and 10 chipped in with 29. to be done with Pakistan. They should ton on Sunday, smashing their one-year bans for the really challenged through this pursuit of 144. stand and comfortably took sixes. But the other batsmen fal- be banned from all sporting activities eight fours and three sixes in same ball-tampering incident period of time," he told broad- But then one-down Iyer Mumbai home. The 24-year-old Iyer raced tered against a just like it happened with South his 358-ball innings as his expire. caster ABC on Saturday. and experienced Surya Kumar The duo took the MP attack to his individual fifty in 33 balls disciplinedSaurashtra attack. Africa," Rai said. The CoA chief also said that the matter will be officially tabled at the ICC chief executives meet during the quarterly conference in Dubai. ;0),67,)= <;,)0 The issue wasn't a part of the agen- da but now that BCCI has officially written a letter, and the matter will be   /*10+ form batsman Shreyas Iyer against Sikkim. Punjab by 8 wickets. laced with five sixes and Uttarakhand posted 141-6 up for discussion. (103 not out in 55 balls). Earlier, Mumbai pacer four boundaries. in 20 overs. "The matter will be officially tabled omestic giants Iyer, who recently Tushar Deshpande (4-28) & &  AS Rajpoor (4/17) and Uttarakhand then at the ICC chief executives meet and DMumbai continued made the highest T20 score was among the wickets and    Priyam Garg Ankit Chaudhary (3/19) restricted Puducherry to Indian board will express its concern," their winning run after by an Indian surpassing was ably supported by pac- (59) and Rinku Singh (52) shared seven wickets as 131-9 in 20 overs with he said. comprehensively thrashing Rishabh Pant, continued ers Dhawal Kulkarni (2-12), blasted unbeaten fifties to Tripura failed to stitch Sunny Rana (2/28), Sunny When asked whether a consensus Madhya Pradesh by eight his terrific form and ham- Shardul Thakur (2-20) and guide Uttar Pradesh to a together a partnership, los- Kashyap (2/28) and H Bisht can be built in order to isolate Pakistan wickets on Sunday. mered the Madhya Pradesh spinner Shams Mulani as huge 58-run win over ing wickets in regular inter- (2/21) taking two wickets in the sporting world, the veteran This is Mumbai's third bowlers with utmost ease. they bowled out the hosts Tripura in a Group E vals. each. bureaucrat said that it is done at the consecutive win in the The duo (Iyer and for 143. match. In Palam A Stadium, Paras Dogra's 42-ball political level. domestic T20 tournament, Suryakumar (39 not out of For MP, skipper Rajat Electing to bat, Uttar Uttarakhand produced an 53 went in vain as he did- "It is done at the government level after they had earlier defeat- 36 balls)) took the MP Patidar top-scored with a Pradesh rode on Garg and allround show to notch up n't get support at the other where you talk to other nations in order ed Sikkim and Punjab. attack to cleansers as Iyers 37-ball 47. Singh to post a command- a 10-run win over end. to build consensus," he said. Mumbai bundled out knock was studded with 5 Meanwhile, Test spe- ing 184-4 and then Puducherry. In another Group E Opinions have been divided on the Madhya Pradesh for 143 in fours and 10 sixes. cialist Cheteshwar Pujara returned to restrict Tripura Batting first, skipper R match, Ravi Chauhan's 45 calls for boycott with former India cap- 19.3 overs and then chased This is Iyer's second (42 not out) continued his for 126-8 in 20 overs. Bhatia (30), Vijay Sharma and S Pandey's three wick- tain Sourav Ganguly and senior off- the target with as many as hundred in the tournament good form with the bat as Garg hit six bound- (30) and Shivam Khurana et haul helped Services reg- spinner Harbhajan Singh wanting the four overs to spare, thanks after his record breaking he and Robin Uthappa(54) aries, while Singh played a (29) came up with useful ister a six-wicket win over June 16 match to be called off. to a blazing hundred by in- 147 in the opening game helped Saurashtra crush whirlwind 16-ball innings, contributions as Maharashtra.

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  ./?( ?/! the use of biofuel is a must for a better per cent lower and carbon-monoxide as many opinions energy security, earn revenue, and future. and carbon dioxide are lower by 50 per and beliefs about generate employment, power vehicles which previously found its way into the clean green fuel is low on sulphur and Notably, Food Safety and Standards cent and 78 per cent respectively. This the soul as there and contribute to a clean environment? market through illegal hawker network other pollutants, thereby giving con- Authority of India (FSSAI), has recent- all leads up to 12 per cent gains in the are about God. A Unbelievable but possible. and was sold as cheap oil. This is pur- sumers a better fuel with reduced ly advised State Food Safety fuel efficiency. lot of people say Cooking oil is used in every house- chased by small vendors and reused. emissions. A few companies have now Commissioners to focus on awareness Also, liquid biodiesel is a better sub- that the soul is an hold and with so many brands available Consumption of started collecting UCO and converting and education programmes, surveil- stitute for fossil fuels that are used in the all pervading uni- in the market, each tries to get the best this oil leads to it into biodiesel which is helping to con- lance and enforcement activities for the transport sector. Opting for alternative versal conscious- one suited to its daily requirements. It diseases like trol pollution and enabling people to eat new set of regulations. FSSAI along with energy sources can help us combat var- ness and it is is used, reused and then, probably, this Parkinson’s, healthy and live better. the Indian Biodiesel Association has ious developmental issues ranging from everywhere. There exercise is repeated several times. Some Alzheimer’s and Case studies from Europe and established a nation-wide eco-system climate to economic. Not only this, but are some who say people might be unaware that used other cardiovascular America show that biofuels impact the for collecting used cooking oil and its it will also open employment avenues for that the soul is part cooking oil (UCO) is harmful for problems and thus, must be environment a lot. Even in conversion to biodiesel. The new reg- many in a developing economy like ours. of the universal human consumption as well as the envi- stopped. Asian countries like ulations have set the maximum permis- Sustainable biofuel production is consciousness, ronment. It is often sold to second and Second, this edible China, Indonesia, sible limit of TPC in edible oil at 25 per growing rapidly. Its profitability is sig- however they do third tier restaurants or road-side oil once declared unfit Malaysia and now cent. Also, FSSAI has launched RUCO nificantly linked with the policies of mul- not ascribe any shops or disposed off in the drains for consumption (i.e when India, the use of — Repurpose Used Cooking Oil, an tiple sectors such as agriculture, food and form or identity to which results in clogging. it crosses the Total Polar biofuels has increased. ecosystem that will enable the collec- environment. it and believe that Recycling of used cooking oil Compound level of 25), can be used to These are generated within the coun- tion and conversion of used cooking oil (The author is the CEO and founder the soul is a form addresses two problems. First, it helps produce a greener fuel called biodiesel try and reduce the import of crude oil to biodiesel, they have listed companies of a Biotechnology company in Bawal, of energy that is in stopping adulteration of edible oil, through various technologies. The significantly. This results in a cleaner across India to execute it. Haryana.) present every- where. Then there are those who n the interim budget of 2019- ly-educated teachers in these ers plagues almost all the states of believe that the spirit is the manifestation of God. They I20, about 94, 000 crores have schools. the country. Bihar is the worst in say that the soul and God are one and there is no dis- been allocated to the education 
 
 According to educationist terms of teacher-student ratio, tinction between the two. This belief is central to the sector, which is 10 per cent high- Shamima Shabbir, the large num- number of teachers and also in proponents of Advaita philosophy. And hence, they er than the previous financial year. ber of unemployed graduates in terms of their training across the say that souls are immune to the effect of actions. As In the interim budget, 56,386.63 the country often work for low country. According to the report, a result, they do not get corrupted by bad actions and crore has been allocated to school # #  #   salaries in private schools. 38.7 per cent teachers in prima- remain ever-pure like God and it is the body that bears education compared to On the other hand, quality ry schools of Bihar are not trained. the brunt of sinful actions. Following from the belief 37,461.01 crore for higher edu-  ; 0   6 (% %      education is declining due to Whereas the number of such that souls go through rebirths according to the actions cation. Whereas in the last finan-   % # #     lack of teachers in government teachers at the secondary level is of their previous birth, many in India say that a soul cial year 50,000 crores had been schools. Research shows that 60 35.1 per cent West Bengal comes goes through births in 84 lakh animal species of which allocated. In the National  % ! 6)  ( 722 lakh teachers’ positions have been in second where 31.4 per cent at the lucky one is where one takes the form of human Education Mission, only a provi- sanctioned by the government, the primary level and 23.9 per species. sion of 38,573 crore has been but approximately 10 lakh of cent teachers at the secondary Great souls like prophets, saints and holy men are made. These amounts include these are lying vacant in govern- level are untrained. believed to have come on earth to spread the good provisions for digitising the class ment schools across the country Surprisingly, the government word and do good actions. Many of them spent their room, improving the level of at many different levels. Of these teachers in India get higher lives in life-long penance, meditation and spiritual teaching and giving the teachers 9 lakh vacant positions are in pri- salaries than the ones in private practices after which they are said to have attained per- proper training. According to mary schools alone. At the prima- schools. According to a 2013 manent liberation or Nirvana. There are also souls who experts, there has been an ry level, more than 2.24 lakh posts analysis of Amartya Sen, Nobel are believed to have ascended to higher realms and increase of 3.69 per cent in the are vacant in UP and 2.03 lakh in Prize winner and Jean Dreze, emi- are said to be guiding their followers from there. education budget in this fiscal Bihar. In the primary and sec- nent economist, the salary of According to the true spiritual wisdom revealed by the year. ondary schools of West Bengal teachers of government schools in Supreme Soul, all human souls are his children. Each Despite spending a large and Jharkhand, one-third teach- UP is four times more than the one is unique. Thus, it must be understood that souls amount of money on school edu- ers are vacant on average. This is per capita GDP of India. Despite are not God but they have godly qualities. They are cation by the Central and State followed by Madhya Pradesh and this, according to the Programme sentient and conscient self-luminous star like entities governments in our own budget, Chhattisgarh, where the situation for the International Assessment that have the power to think, choose, feel, discern and the condition of government is somewhat better but not satis- (PISA) test, which rates teachers, act through sense organs. However, they can express schools is abysmal. As a result, the factory. Sikkim is the only state in India ranked 73rd out of 74 and experience only when they are in human bodies. parents enrol their children in pri- the country where 100 per cent countries. It must also be understood that all souls reside in the vate schools. Recently, Unified posts of teachers are filled at pri- The biggest reason for the soul world which is far beyond this physical universe. Distinct Information System for same period in Uttar Pradesh, the growing trend of parents sending publishers are prescribed in return mary and secondary levels. While poor quality of government In that dimension all souls exist in their eternal form Education (U-DICE) and sever- figure decreased from 1.62 crore their children to private schools. for fat commission. The govern- at the secondary level, the lowest schools is the apathy and careless- of light. Each soul begins its journey on earth at its al non-governmental organisa- to 1.52 crore. Overall, enrollment According to a report of the ments of these two states have number of teachers in the coun- ness of the education department time and in the beginning they don’t go through any tions have pointed out the gaps by of about 56.59 lakh children in Central Statistics Office, per capi- decided to act. The Bihar govern- try is in Jharkhand. Even Bihar officials. The Allahabad High suffering because they are pure. They go through their highlighting this trend, the con- government schools across the ta income in Bihar has increased ment has enacted Act 2018 for fix- has more than 17,000 vacancies Court verdict of 2015 in which the journey on earth passing through different stages of dition of government schools country has decreased and UP as from 8,560 in 2004-05 to ing the fee, the U P government sanctioned on secondary level, court had made it mandatory that purity. and the level of education of well as Bihar alone accounted for 16,652 in 2014-15. During the has decided to implement the UP whereas in UP, the sanctioned all the bureaucrats and govern- We are at the end of Iron Age (Kali Yuga) when teachers. 43 per cent of the total figures. same period in UP, it increased self-financed independent school posts of about 7,000 secondary ment employees should send all souls have become vicious and have forgotten their According to the report and Parents prefer private schools from 14,580 to 22,892 per per- (Regulation of Tariff) Bill, 2017. teachers are lying vacant. In their children to government true identity and because of body consciousness they data released by U-DICE, parents as they think that government son. Professor Geeta Gandhi of Jammu and Kashmir, there are schools should be implemented. have lost their power and become prone to vices. It in Bihar and UP are disappoint- ones teach English as a subject, In Bihar and UP, private the London-based Institute of vacancies of more than 21,000 Fifty-five per cent of the country’s is the most auspicious period in the journey of all souls ed with the performance of gov- that too nominally. They believe schools which do not comply with Education, in a research in 2017, teachers at the secondary level children (about 26 crore) study in that they now have a chance to get enlightened and ernment schools. According to that children from English medi- CBSE standards have seen a rapid said that students enrolling in where only 4,436 posts out of government schools. In such a liberated from all bondages and vices because the the report, in 2016-17, in Bihar, um schools can get admission in increas in enrollment of children. government schools of 20 states 25,657 sanctioned posts have case, it is not enough to allocate Supreme Almighty Himself is imparting the wisdom the number of children enrolled premier higher education institu- These charge fees arbitrarily of India between 2010-11 and been filled. a huge budget to improve the and power to help us. He is guiding us with his love has decreased by 15 lakh. In 2015- tions of the country. besides forcing parents to pur- 2015-16 decreased by 1.3 crore. In According to a research by standard of education in govern- and blessings to our original pure stage of purity and 16, where 2.35 crore children were In states like Bihar and Uttar chase stationary and uniforms the same period, 1.75 crore new the Center for Budget and ment schools, but there is a need changing this vicious world to a virtuous one. But, for enrolled in government schools in Pradesh, the improvement in from the school itself. Instead of students have been enrolled in Governance Accountability for honesty and dedication for all- that we need to become soul conscious and get rid of Bihar, the figure decreased to 2.19 their financial status is also one of prescribing NCERT books, private schools. According to (CBGA) and Child Right and You round improvement. all kinds of bondages related to our body. This is the crore in 2016-17. During the the main reasons behind the expensive books from private research, the reason is the high- (Cry), the lack of qualified teach- L)!  easiest way to self realisation and liberation.

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!9 ) >  "This being my first senior final, I Asian Games and fifth at the ISSF Olympic champion Wei Pang of China, felt the pressure in the morning. The World Cup in Mexico last year. who managed 215.2. event, Abhishek Verma and Ravinder The Commonwealth Games and a score of 590 while Rahi Sarnobat and competition was hard. I was aware of "I am focussing on 10m now," she Such was his dominance in the Singh, failed to qualify for the final. Youth Olympics Gold medallist Manu Chinki Yadav failed to advance. my lead but didn't let it get to my head. said. eight-men final that he finished the event Both Abhishek are Ravinder finished ended the event with a total score of 22 Earlier, Chaudhary shot 19 scores 5.7 points ahead of the Silver medallist, with a total score of 576 in the qualifi- at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. above 10. The Indian also holds the world the Gold assured even before his final cation round. In the first series, Manu scored 3 out record in 10m air pistol event in the a Gold at a Youth Asian Championship. qualification with a total score of 1170, shot. In the day's last final, Hungary's of a possible 5. junior category and that is higher than In qualification, Chaudhary finished while Sanjeev Rajput finished 25th with Chaudhary showed no signs of ner- Veronika Major created a new world She found the mark just twice in the the senior world record he made on third with a score of 587 (20x), behind 1169. vousness despite his first senior World record to clinch the Gold medal with a second series, slipping to the seventh Sunday. 588 (27x) shot by Lee Daemyung of This was India's second medal in the Cup outing and started strongly to fin- total of 40. position. Last year, Chaudhary also won Gold South Korea and 587 (23x) shot by Pang tournament, with Apurvi Chandela win- ish on top with Serbian Mikec at the end The Silver went to Jingjing Zhang of The multiple World Cup medallist at the Junior World Cup in Suhl, Wei. ning a Gold in the women's 10m air rifle of the first series. China while Haniyeh Rostamiyan of Iran was on target in the third series jump- Germany, in addition to being crowned In the men's 50m rifle 3 positions category on Saturday. In the second series, the champion settled for the third place on the podi- ing to the second spot. junior world champion and Youth event, Indian shooters failed to qualify for Chandela and Anjum Moudgil had shooter continued his good form and fin- um. However, Manu struggled to find the Olympic champion. the final as Hungary's Istvan Peni claimed secured the first two Olympic quotas in ished at the top. China and Hungary sealed the target consistently and finished fifth. He has won one Gold and one Silver the Gold medal. shooting in the ISSF World Other Indians competing in the Olympic quota in this event. She had qualified for the final with at the Junior Asian Championships, and Parul Kumar was ranked 22nd in the Championships in Korea last year. $# %   %   ;      )     #(*&.+ +0 home goal although, by the 20 minute mark, Herrera was unable to    -+/&+ +0 iverpool moved one point clear continue and replaced by Andreas Lat the top of the Premier League Pereira. eicester announced the sacking of man- after being forced to settle for a 0- Mata was next, four minutes Lager Claude Puel on Sunday following the 0 draw at injury-ravaged later, paying the price for an hero- struggling Premier League side's sixth defeat Manchester United on Sunday. ic challenge on Salah on the edge of in seven games. Jurgen Klopp's side climbed his own area and limping off to be Saturday's 4-1 loss to Crystal Palace above Manchester City into pole substituted by Lingard. And dropped the 2015/2016 champions to 12th, position, but left Old Trafford frus- Liverpool were not spared disrup- only eight points above the relegation places. trated that they failed to go three tion of their own when Firmino A statement released by the club said: points clear after struggling to twisted his right ankle while "Leicester City Football Club has today break down a United team hit by making a routine pass and (Sunday) parted company with Claude 0  '  * three key injuries. was forced off. Puel, who leaves his position as first Liverpool, chasing a first The fitness problems team manager with immediate effect." English title since 1990, had few would not end there. First team coaches Mike Stowell   #  CE5R chances to beat their bitter rivals Lingard, who had been and Adam Sadler will assume caretak- despite United losing Juan Mata, nursing an injured ham- ing responsibilities. Ander Herrera and Jesse Lingard string, would only last only "The club would like to thank   *+, +-./ before the interval. 18 minutes before coming Claude for his efforts in leading the The Reds, who had just one off three minutes before the inter- team during his 16 months in the role and rmyman Rashpal Singh and Maharashtra's Jyoti Gawte shot on target, now have 11 league val with what appeared to be a wish him well in his future career," the club ASunday bagged top honours at the fourth edition of the IDBI games remaining, the same number pions. Indeed, by the interval, there recurrence of the problem. added. Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon in the men's and as second placed City, who were in United dropped to fifth place as had been twice as many substitu- To add insult to injury, Lingard Puel's assistant manager Jacky Bonnevay women's categories. League Cup final action against a result of Arsenal's win over tions as shots on target - the game's was replaced having hurt himself in has also been let go. While Rashpal won the full marathon with a timing of Chelsea on Sunday. Southampton. The pre-match build- first such effort being a tame Marcus missing the best chance of the first The 57-year-old Puel is the fifth English 02:21:55s, Jyoti clinched the women's title by clocking 02:47:54s. It was a missed opportunity for up, and intense atmosphere certain- Rashford attempt which he chipped period following a sublime through topflight manager to be sacked this season, The event witnessed participation from over 18,000 runners Liverpool, who used up their game ly did not disappoint. up for an easy Alisson Becker catch. ball from Romelu Lukaku that split following Slavisa Jokanovic from Fulham, in four different race categories. The races were flagged off from in hand on City and lost Brazilian But, once the action started, it United midfielder Herrera was the Liverpool defence. Mark Hughes (Southampton), Jose the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium by cricket legend and IDBI Federal striker Roberto Firmino to injury. became more about the four substi- the first to go, having injured him- Lingard chased through on Mourinho (Manchester United) and David Life Insurance brand ambassador, Sachin Tendulkar. Liverpool's third draw in four tutions - three for United, one for self in the process of fouling Joel goal but, with only Alisson to beat, Wagner (Huddersfield). All the top three finishers in the men's full marathon are from games comes in a period in which Liverpool - that were forced on the Matip on the edge of the home area. was denied by a brave save from the The Foxes' miserable run includes a Army Sports Institute, Pune. Sher Singh finished second with they have dropped six points in the respective managers over the first 45 Mohamed Salah succeeded only Brazilian keeper, stumbling and defeat to League Two side Newport in the FA a timing of 02:23:16s, while Manavendra Singh was third, clock- battle with Pep Guardiola's cham- minutes. in lofting that free-kick over the re-injuring himself in the process. Cup. ing 02:28:27s. "The weather was cool and I am happy with my performance. My target was to complete the race in 2:19s but I am happy with this performance also," said winner Rashpal. ( <%/ ' C ! 
  9  In the women's full marathon, Jyoti clinched the top spot while Jigmet Dolma (03:01:30s) of Ladakh finished second ahead of Tsetan Dolkar (03:01:32s).   -1*1* scored the second goal in the    *($1-/ drive onto the post. "I am a regular runner and have participated in 15-16 14th. SPAL picked a point at Sassuolo marathons till date. Last year I was the runner-up and today I rsenal climbed into the Arsenal manager Unai Emery aulo Dybala sent Juventus 16 and moved five points ahead of completed the run in 2:47:54s. It is the happiest moment for me," APremier League's top four again left Mesut Ozil on the Ppoints clear at the top of Serie A Bologna thanks to Andrea Petagna's Jyoti said. with a 2-0 home win over bench until a late cameo, but on Sunday with a second-half winner 68th-minute equaliser from the spot. Robin Singh won the half marathon by completing the race Southampton on Sunday, leaving Arsenal's midfield dominated the in a 1-0 victory at Bologna. Rock-bottom Chievo held Genoa in 01:09:01s ahead of Dipak Suhaug, who finished second with the visitors mired in the relega- game as Mkhitaryan, Iwobi and After a spotty Juventus to a goalless draw. a timing of 01:11:07s. Deepak Singh came third clocking tion zone. Aaron Ramsey frequently com- display that saw hosts Sampdoria's veteran strik- 01:12:51s. Alexandre Lacazette and bined to provide a creative attack- Bologna on top for long er Fabio Quagliarella struck The women's half marathon was won by Jyoti Singh Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored early ing spark that has often been periods, Dybala came off the winner from the spot in the (01:22:20s). Ujala finished second (01:24:25s) ahead Prabhawati goals for Arsenal, making for a lacking from the team in recent the bench to snatch the second half against Cagliari to Rawat (01:34:26s). comfortable afternoon against games. three points. bag his 17th goal of the season. The full marathon was 42.195km long while the distance of disjointed Southampton, which Southampton did force two Defender Danilo Ninth-place Sampdoria remain half marathon was 21.095km. struggled badly to find any good saves from Bernd Leno in deflected Blaise Matuidi's in touch with the European rhythm. the first half and was nearly gift- low 67th-minute cross places.     1 $  
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