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We have also advised all our operators have been trans- 27,000 were currently under Congress, the BSP, the SP and Bhopal are: Congress’ Aidal questioned him on this in been tested positive apart from A Paytm spokesperson colleagues to work from home ferred to Safdarjung Hospital. community surveillance. independents accompanied by Singh Kansana, Kamlesh Jatav Gwalior. the driver. said, “One of our colleagues for a couple of days while we The Italian tourists and Of the confirmed cases, 16 two Ministers, soon after reach- and Ranveer Jatav, BSP’s Janjeev “Whistleblower” of the Meanwhile, Paytm has based out of Gurugram office get our offices sanitised. three Indians were admitted to are of a tourist group from Italy. ing Bhopal, reached Chief Kushwaha and Rambai, while horse-trading controversy, advised all its employees to who recently returned from However, there will not be any the ITBP centre in Chhawla on An Italian man and his wife are Minister’s residence in the SP’s Rajesh Shukla. senior Congress leaders work from home for the next Italy post a vacation has sadly impact on our daily operations Tuesday. being treated at Jaipur’s SMS evening. However, Congress Those still missing are Digvijay appeared before the couple of days after one of their been tested positive for coron- and Paytm services will con- The centre already has 112 Hospital, while 15 members of leaders claimed that four of Surendra Shera, Bisahulal media on Wednesday and said employees from Gurugram avirus. He is receiving appro- tinue as usual.” people, 76 Indians and 36 for- the group and their Indian dri- their MLAs are still missing. Singh, Hardeep Singh Dang there is no threat to the Kamal tested positive. He is supposed priate treatment and we are Meanwhile, 21 Italian eigners, since February 27 after ver have been quarantined at The Congress has alleged and Raghuraj Kansana. Nath Government. to be the same Delhi man who extending complete support tourists were shifted out from they were evacuated by an the ITBP camp in Chhawla. the BJP is making attempts to Meanwhile, Madhya He again mounted charges had returned from Italy and to his family. As a precaution- an ITBP quarantine centre and Indian Air Force (IAF) plane Among others is a 45- poach its MLAs in a bid to top- Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal on former Chief Minister tested positive on Tuesday. ary measure, we have suggest- sent to a private hospital in from China’s Wuhan, the epi- year-old man from Delhi’s ple of the Kamal Nath Nath told PTI, “Things are Shivraj Singh Chouhan saying Paytm also decided to shut its ed his team members to get Gurugram and a centre in centre of the deadly coron- Mayur Vihar and six of his rel- Government, a charge denied under control... The MLAs will Chouhan had hired two char- offices in Gurugram and Noida health tests done immediately. Delhi. Their three Indians tour avirus. The first samples of atives from Agra whom he by the Opposition party. come back”. tered planes to ferry MLAs out these 112 people had tested recently visited. They are all The MLAs were allegedly Interestingly, the Scindia of Madhya Pradesh. According negative when reports came in being treated at Safdarjung taken to a hotel in Manesar camp Ministers did not reach to Digvijay, four MLAs were last week. Hospital. According to Health (Haryana), where State CM House. However one of taken to Bengaluru. ! "# $ % Meanwhile, Health Ministry officials, the Italian Ministers Jaivardhan Singh and them, Pradyumn Singh Tomar “The BJP is apprehensive of Minister Harsh Vardhan said so tourists wanted to go back to Jitu Patwari accompanied by speaking to the media extend- anti-mafia action initiated by far 5,89,000 people have been their country after the first per- senior party leader Digvijay ed support to the Kamal Nath the Nath Government and is screened at airports, over son in their group tested pos- Singh had reached after mid- Government but did not reply engaging in such dirty tactics,” &R ' 15,000 at major and minor sea itive in Jaipur, but authorities night on Wednesday. They as why certain Ministers were Congress MP media cell in- ports, around 10 lakh at bor- advised them to stay in India. were not allowed to meet the not seen at CM House on charge Shobha Oza said. ders with Nepal and around Continued on Page 7 legislators, but they managed to their return to the State Capital. Continued on Page 7 R P # $% & '(() " & ! +,) ! It said in light of the pro- ooming coronavirus threat posed strategic disinvestment Lis all set to play spoilsport ith no domestic buyers in of 100 per cent of Air India, it with Holi festivities. President Wsight even after months has been decided that foreign Ram Nath Kovind, Prime of aggressive hawking, the investment in the national car- Minister Narendra Modi and Government has now decided rier be brought on a level play- top BJP leaders, including to allow Non-Resident Indians ing field with other scheduled Home Minister Amit Shah gatherings to avoid the spread grammes as a precautionary (NRIs) to acquire total stake in airline operators. and party president JP Nadda, of COVID19. Hence this year, measure. the national carrier Air India. The amendment “are on Wednesday said they would I have decided not to partici- Uttar Pradesh Chief The Union Cabinet on meant to liberalise and simpli- not attend any Holi Milan pate in any ‘Holi Milan’ pro- Minister Yogi Adityanath too Wednesday changed the rules fy the FDI policy to provide function in view of the coron- gramme,” Modi tweeted. said that he will not take part for the sale of Air India by per- ease of doing business in the avirus outbreak. Holi is on Following Modi’s in ‘Holi milan’ later this month mitting NRIs to control up to country,” it said, adding it March 10. announcement, Nadda, Shah in “public interest” and 100 per cent stake as against the would lead to largest FDI In a tweet posted using the and other senior party leaders appealed to all the people of the earlier limit of 49 per cent. The inflows and thereby contribut- official Twitter handle of the also said they would not par- state to refrain from attending decision comes at a time when ing to growth of investment, Rashtrapati Bhavan, President ticipate in any Holi Milan social functions. the Government has invited income and employment. Ram Nath Kovind said, “With function due to concerns over “I will also stay away preliminary bids for selling Allowing 100 per cent alertness and safeguards, we all spread of coronavirus. from holy festivities of Holi the “Maharaja” lock stock and investment by NRIs in the car- can help contain the outbreak “The world is battling milan in wider public interest. barrel. rier would also not be in vio- of COVID-19. In a precau- COVID-19 novel coronavirus. Stay safe, stay healthy,” he said However, foreign invest- lation of Substantial Ownership tionary measure, the The countries & medical fra- on Twitter. ments in the national carrier, and Effective Control (SOEC) Rashtrapati Bhavan will not ternity are jointly making In a related tweet, the chief including that of foreign air- norms. NRI investments would hold the traditional Holi Milan. efforts to contain its spread. minister said, “Coronavirus is lines, shall not exceed 49 per ! # ! $% be treated as domestic invest- The Prime Minister too Keeping this in mind, this year, infectious, therefore, protection cent, either directly or indi- ments. Under the SOEC frame- tweeted that he would not I will neither celebrate Holi nor is more important than treat- rectly, an official statement Addressing media on the vices to passengers and it would those NRIs, who are Indian work, which is followed in the hold Holi Milan as experts organise Holi Milan. Stay safe, ment. “It is my appeal to all the said. issue, Union Minister Prakash also increase investment nationals, in case of Air India airline industry globally, a car- have advised to reduce mass stay healthy,” Nadda tweeted. people of the state to refrain It said the condition that Javadekar said, “Today’s deci- opportunities, he said, without Ltd, the Union Cabinet chaired rier that flies overseas from a gatherings to avoid the spread According to sources, from attending social functions substantial ownership and sion on Air India is one mile- explaining much details of pre- by Prime Minister Narendra particular country should be of coronavirus. Nadda has written to all State and take good care of them- effective control of Air India stone decision.” The airline will sent status of the situation. Modi has approved to amend substantially owned by that “Experts across the world unit presidents, asking them to selves and their families with shall continue to be vested in come under private hands but “To permit foreign invest- the extant FDI policy,” the country’s Government or its have advised to reduce mass avoid holding Holi Milan pro- full responsibility.” Indian nationals. it will continue to provide ser- ment up to 100 per cent by statement said. nationals. # R () *'+ ) $ ! / 0 " Q) R $ ! *%, 1 !R /%0 On Tuesday afternoon, which the cops sitting in the murder had rocked the city a Sanjay lodged a report against SUV and returning to Lucknow couple of days back. Arpan and fter President Ram Nath isuse of a seized four- Akhand and Aditya, alleging were locked inside the vehicle his aides had stabbed to death AKovind rejected the last Mwheeler by a police team that they had snatched his while on the way. This created Prashant Singh, a college xpelled BJP MLA Kuldeep remaining mercy plea of Pawan for a trip to Lakhimpur cost the SUV. He, however, mentioned an embarrassing situation for dropout, outside Alaknanda ESingh Sengar and seven Kumar Gupta, one of the four Gomti Nagar SHO dearly as he the registration number of the cops and they sought the Apartment in Gomti Nagar others, including policemen, death-row convicts in the 2012 was removed from his post Akhand’s SUV in the report. help of Gomti Nagar SHO. In on February 20. were on Wednesday found Nirbhaya gang-rape and mur- with immediate effect by Around 4 pm, when the meantime, Akhand reached It further surfaced that the guilty by a Delhi court for the der case, the Delhi Commissioner of Police Sujeet Akhand was passing SRS Mall the police station and inquired Gomti Nagar SHO had given custodial death of Unnao rape Government on Wednesday Pandey. in Gomti Nagar on his SUV, he about his vehicle. He refused to his consent to the policemen to survivor’s father. District judge moved a city court seeking a The SHO had given the was stopped by a police team. oblige the cops who started use the seized SUV. Dharmesh Sharma convicted fresh date for execution of the remedies of the convicts have seized SUV to a police team to The cops took him to Gomti cajoling him to unlock the Taking a serious note of the them of culpable homicide, four convicts. been exhausted and nothing go to Lakhimpur to get the Nagar police station and later SUV. incident, Lucknow’s not amounting to murder. the accused hatched another According to Delhi Prison survives now. The judge then statement of the prime accused seized the SUV. In the meanwhile, the news Commissioner of Police Sujeet The court said the accused crucial part of the conspiracy Rules, a 14-day period has to be directed the convicts to file in a murder case lodged in the “They (police) made me sit was leaked to media persons Pandey removed the Gomti had no intention of killing to foist a false case upon the given to a death-row convict their response by Thursday jail there. at the police station till late in and it went viral on social Nagar SHO from his post with him, “however, they beat up the victim by planting a country- after the dismissal of a clemen- even as the prosecution said no As per reports, Akhand the night and also took media, forcing senior police immediate effect. victim in a brutal manner that made gun and four cartridges. cy plea before the prisoner notice was required. Pratap of Gonda (presently 20,000 as bribe. They allowed officials to seek details related The police spokesman said led to his death.” The judge also The court said the accused can be hanged. All the four are While issuing the notice, staying in Parshav Apartment me to go home but asked me to to the incident from Gomti the SHO was removed for lax- criminated the role of doctors — Ashok Singh Bhadauria, to be hanged together. the court said principles of nat- at Gosainganj) fell prey after a take the SUV on Wednesday Nagar SHO Pramendra Singh. ity in duty. who were entrusted to take of KP Singh (both policemen), A Union Home Ministry ural justice are part of Article brawl between his friend morning,” Akhand alleged. It surfaced that four police- “It is yet to be established the rape victim’s father, saying Kuldeep Singh Sengar, Vineet official said President Ram 21 (right to life and personal Aditya Srivastava and one On Wednesday, Akhand men of Gomti Nagar had used if the SHO permitted the “doctors at the district hospital Mishra, Birendra Singh, Shashi Nath Kovind has rejected the liberty) of the Constitution Sanjay Singh on Tuesday after- checked the location of his the vehicle to go to Lakhimpur policemen to use the seized were negligent and acted like Pratap Singh, Suman Singh mercy petition of 25-year-old and the sacrosanct principle of noon. SUV having GPS system and Kheri district jail to get the vehicle. However, the SHO is butchers”. and Atul (Sengar’s brother) — Pawan Kumar Gupta. “Audi alteram partem” (listen to Aditya had taken into his found it to be in Lakhimpur statement of prime accused incharge of goods seized and Judge Sharma also said the are held guilty of committing The Delhi Government the other side) cannot be possession a SUV which Sanjay Kheri. Arpan Shukla in the Prashant brought to the police station,” facts and circumstances offence under section 120-B told Additional Sessions Judge ignored. had got financed but had not He locked the SUV using Singh murder case. Shukla is he said, adding that a probe had brought on the record prove (criminal conspiracy). Dharmendra Rana that all legal Continued on Page 7 paid the instalments. the GPS system as a result of lodged in Lakhimpur jail. The been ordered. beyond reasonable doubt that Continued on Page 7 !"#$#$

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We begin government at the village level who shaped the fate of the nation. our work taking pledge for the and hold workshops, chaupals “Considering Acharya country’s unity and integrity and and meetings from March 19 . Chanakya as ideal, teachers should today slogans are raised for the This was decided at a meet- learn from him. If Chanakya had division of the nation,” Yogi ing chaired by BJP state chief confined himself to Nalanda Adityanath said after inaugurating Swatantra Dev Singh at party University, he would not have a two-day national seminar on headquarters here on Thursday. been able to set up India as a super- ‘Mission Prerna’ and CSR Conclave BJP state organising secretary power during that era. Teachers organised by Basic Shiksha Sunil Bansal also attended the will have to prepare themselves Parishad at Ram Manohar Lohia meeting. according to challenges and need Law University here on In a statement, the BJP state of society,” he added. Wednesday. chief said that in the last three Yogi said that ‘Operation The chief minister flagged off years, UP had witnessed a change Kayakalp’ was launched for infra- a LED van for propagating infor- which testified not only change structural development of more mation related to ‘Operation in work culture but also in deliv- than 1,58,000 schools associated Kayakalp’. He also laid the founda- ery mechanism. with Basic Shiksha Parishad. Under tion stone of buildings worth Rs “This is the government this, over 92,000 schools had been 788 crore for upgradation of 350 which talks about welfare of equipped with basic facilities, he Kasturba Gandhi Girls’ Schools. farmers, youth, women, Dalits added. Now, girls will be able to study and other deprived sections of The chief minister also inaugu- in these schools up to Class 12. society,” Singh said. rated ‘Samarth’ and ‘Sharda’ tech- Earlier these schools were only up The BJP leader said that the nical systems prepared by Basic to Class 8. Yogi government worked on the Education department. “Governments can provide principle of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka ‘Samarth’ is a system for track- resources, but those who impart Vikas’. ing and educational inclusion of basic and secondary education “Welfare schemes are being differently-abled children while and who lead them to that place implemented without prejudice ‘Sharda’ will work for identification, should evaluate their actions today,” of caste, creed and colour. Strides registration and enrolment of out- Yogi said. have been made in health, edu- of-school children. Stressing on equality in educa- cation, electrification and ‘Mission Prerna’ provides tion, the chief minister said that empowerment of women that learning outcome and supportive social inequality could be removed have brought many national supervision. through uniform education awards to the state. This is an Yogi feted 10 ‘Shikshagrahis’ through which children would get achievement,” Singh said. who performed excellent work. quality education under same envi- The BJP state chief further The chief minister also ronment to achieve new heights. said that in this scenario, it was released four booklets at the func- “To achieve this, the Bharatiya the responsibility of the party tion. A booklet ‘Adharshila’ was Janata Party government has workers to spread the message of released for students of Class 1 and implemented the NCERT curricu- good governance among masses. 2 for developing basic understand- lum in the state that will change the Bansal spoke about organisa- ing of language and mathematics, education system. If there is no dis- tional programmes and said that ‘Dhyanakarshan’ is for children crimination in education and chil- party workers would go to whose learning ability does not dren of the state get equal oppor- villages from March 19 to 24 match the class while ‘Shikshan’ is tunities, they will achieve new and tell people how they could for professional development of heights of success,” he said. get benefits of government teachers. Yogi said that through the schemes. Along with this, the technical seminar, the work done by the state manual for ‘Operation Kayakalp’ government for improvement in years was being presented. prepared in collaboration with basic education in the last three “When our government came UNICEF was also released.

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NOTICE A proposal for the mortgage residential Plot No.6, part of Khasra No.539 & 538/1, Ka Min., area measuring 134.441 sq.mt., sit- - . %/ uated at Mohalla-Mohan Nagar (Kashi Nagar), Ward- Khiri/Sikatiha, Tehsil Lakhimpur, District-Khiri, is pending before L.I.C. Housing Finance Ltd. The original sale-deed is registered, executed on dated 03-01-1991, vide Book No.1, Zild No. " 174, page-243 to 252 at Serial No.33, registered in the office /%0 of Sub-Registrar-Lakhimpur, Khiri, executed by Hari Narayan Bhandari S/o Mr. Ram Kishun Bhandari & Mrs. Sarla Agarwal Wlo Mr. Vishambhar Dayal Agarwal, in favour of Mr. Ajay Kumar he weather took a U-turn Malhotra Slo Mr. Vijay Kumar Malhotra R/o Mohalla- Nai Basti, Lakhimpur, Khiri, It is informed to us that the above noted orig- Ton Wednesday with the inal sale-deed was lost. If this original sale-deed is mortgage sunny sky suddenly turning with any person(s), Financial Institution(s), Bank(s) or any other cloudy. one, may inform immediately to LIC Housing Finance Ltd. Area Office, Main Branch, Metro Tower, 2nd Floor, Shahnajaf Road, Met Office Director JP Lucknow, Contact No.0522-2622524 or Anoop Kumar Singh Gupta said that the weather Advocate, LIC HFL, Mobile No.9554472272, 9455032691, otherwise the above noted proposal shall be finalize immediate- would remain cloudy in the ly after the expiry of 15 days of this publication. next two days. He said that the

change in the weather was because of the presence of a western disturbance over Rajasthan along with a cyclonic circulation. The city recorded a maximum temperature of 30.1 degree Celsius, which was 1 degree above normal, and a minimum temperature of 16.6 degree Celsius. The forecast for Lucknow was partly cloudy skies, with rain and thunder showers expected in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperature would be around 30 degree Celsius and 17 degrees Celsius, respectively. The forecast of the state said rain and thunder showers were expected at a few places over eastern Uttar Pradesh and at many places over western Uttar Pradesh. There is warning of thunderstorm and lightning accompanied with gusty winds (up to 30-40 kmph) and hail- storm at isolated places over the state. !"#$#$ #

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$"$ $!## 1 $2 /%0 such complaints and direc- ments required for online tions had been issued to dis- renewal, problem of transfer- 2 P Excise department cau- trict magistrates and divi- ring approved seller etc. Utioned licensed bar own- sional commissioners to take The excise commissioner Lucknow (PNS): Lucknow ers against organising drink- action against bar owners if heard their grievances and Divisional Commissioner ing competition in their they indulged in such illegal gave an assurance to address Mukesh Meshram said that respective bars for promoting activity. the problems promptly. the city would soon have sculp- ! sale of alcohol. During the meeting, bar To increase revenue from tures made out of scrap at var- Earlier on January 20, a licensees expressed happiness Excise department, the ious points. /%0 government order was also over the facilities extended to The divisional commis- issued holding drinking com- them in the new Excise Policy. UP government had sioner said that work in woman constable was found petition organised by licensed The meeting discussed in issued fresh bar licences in 14 this regard was going on at the Ahanging in her room in bar owners, hotels and restau- detail the new policy and districts in December last railway yard and 20-25 Gudamba on Wednesday. rants as illegal. problems of various estab- year. sculptures would be made for Police said the 2016 batch Principal Secretary lishments and bar licensees. Besides higher revenue, installation at various road constable had committed suicide (Excise) and Excise The bar licensees also put the idea behind the policy is crossings. but no suicide note was recovered Commissioner Sanjay forth their problems before the to ensure availability of qual- “These sculptures would be from the room. As per reports, Bhoosreddy convened a meet- excise commissioner, includ- ity India made foreign liquor made from metal and other constable Babita Singh (25) of ing of licensed bar owners and ing non-availability of NOC to customers and tourists vis- building material scraps Meerut was posted at Gudamba liquor vendors and warned (no objection certificate) from iting the state. and would be part of the police station and had rented a that bar owners would be Fire department for old build- The Excise department beautification work going room in the house of Rehmat Ali liable for tough action if they ings, size of liquor peg not issued eight licences in on in the city,” he said, adding in Phoolbagh Colony. organised drinking competi- being as per rules of Weight Lucknow, seven in Agra, six in that at present flyovers She was staying there for the tions. and Measures department, Gorakhpur and one each in and underpasses were last one year. The official said that absence of a process deter- Mirzapur, Moradabad, Jhansi, being painted in attractive On getting information about licences would be cancelled mining liquor stock, non- Ghaziabad, Bareilly, Bahraich designs under the Smart City the suicide, a police team reached immediately on receipt of availability of certain docu- and some other districts. . '! ( ( + & project. the house and broke open the doors and found Babita hanging from the ceiling. She was rushed 0 12 to a hospital where the doctors & #"$ # 4 ) ) pronounced her ‘brought dead’. It surfaced during investiga- 3 tion that Babita had escorted a girl /%0 to a government hospital for /%0 " 5 3 ) medical examination on ncome Tax Employees’ Wednesday. The girl had gone IFederation (ITEF) and 20-year-old youth suffered missing from her house in Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Ainjuries after he was hit by Lucknow (PNS): Lucknow sthal’ is also a dream project of acre land at an estimated cost Gudamba and was recovered from Association (ITGOA) jointly a car driven by a 54-year-old Development Authority will Chief Minister Yogi Rs 200 crores. Initially, a city Meerut on Tuesday. staged a demonstration to woman in Indira Nagar on develop a ‘Rashtriya Prerna Adityanath. The project will be forest was to be developed on Babita had promised her col- press their 10 demands relat- Wednesday night. Sthal’ at its Basant Kunj scheme funded by the state govern- the proposed site in 2013. Now league to go for shopping in ing to their career progression, The station house officer of on Hardoi road in memory of ment, which is expected to give the site of the proposed forest ‘Buddh Bazaar’ around 4 pm on during lunch hour in Indira Nagar said the woman those who laid their lives for its clearance within a fortnight has been shifted to Vrindavan Wednesday. Around 3:30 pm, her Lucknow on Wednesday . car driver was identified as the motherland during the and also release funds for it. scheme on Rae Bareli road. colleague called her to tell her to Giving details of the Meenakshi Tripathi of freedom struggle and post- The LDA secretary said The proposed ‘Rashtriya get ready as she was reaching her demands, ITGOA general sec- Jankipuram while the injured Independence, to make the that statues of prominent free- Prerna Sthal’ project is expect- room but Babita did not attend the retary JP Singh said that non- youth was identified as Golu younger generation aware of dom fighters would be installed ed to be launched next month call. When the colleague reached submission of Cadre Review Soni of Gudamba. their sacrifices. This was dis- in the memorial in phases. if no fresh problem arise. the room and found it bolted from & Restructuring Committee “Golu was walking towards closed by Lucknow “To begin with, life-size A Jaipur-based sculptor inside, she peeped through the reports to government, denial Aryavart Bank when the car hit Development Authority (LDA) statues of late Prime Minister has been selected to make the window and found Babita hang- of STS to two batches to pro- him. Meenakshi is suffering Secretary MP Singh on Atal Behari Vajpayee, Syama statues and plan the memori- ing from the ceiling by a dupatta. motee officers, notification with some disease and was on Wednesday. LDA Chief Prasad Mookerjee and Deen al. He will come to the city Babita was engaged to a con- of pending recruitment rules, medication. She lost control Engineer IS Singh will be the Dayal Upadhyay will be along with his team to inspect stable who is presently posted in regularisation of casual work- over the wheel and this result- nodal officer of the proposed installed in the memorial and the site to plan the proposed Sitapur. ers, resolution of pay anom- ed in the mishap,” the SHO project. The LDA secretary later statues of other freedom project. Prerna sthal will also alies in cadres of ITIS, ITOS, said. said the blueprint of the project fighters and defence personnel have a meditation centre. AOS & PSs and infrastructural He denied media reports had been prepared and sent to will also be installed there,” he Besides, 8 acres of the land will issues were raised. that the woman’s car hit sever- the state government for its further said. be developed to organise mega Singh claimed that they al persons during the inci- approval. The ‘Rashtriya Prerna events Lucknow Mahotsav with also raised concern over them dent. Interestingly, such a ‘prerna Sthal’ will be developed on 65- capacity to hold 2,00,000 persons. ! " #$$ %% %%% not being taken into confi- &'#(')* dence by the CBDT in mak- +,! - , . , ing a road map for success of .-/ #(%0%''#1%/) ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ scheme ,#N"#O!$" - ! ) 2! 3 and thrusting responsibilities '%0%''#4%/)"!) 2!5 on them. Singh said that to Lucknow (PNS): Lucknow Divisional Commissioner press their demands, it was Mukesh Meshram said that parkings in the city would be inte- + 2!-+ announced that a series of agi- grated in such a manner that the residents of the city would be 6 , 2!5 -*!7.--8 +9: tational programmes starting able to easily find a place to park their vehicle through a Smart ; .. + from last Monday would be income tax offices throughout a time-bound schedule for Lucknow App. The divisional commissioner said this while pre- < 7 ### ###$ launched, and the lunch hour eastern UP was staged and redressing the genuine griev- siding over a Smart City meeting which was attended by Joint 8 ;.888"".55 demonstration on Wednesday major issues pending before ances and removed discrimi- Commissioner Naveen Arora, District Magistrate Abhishek 2!2 "05> $?4 was part of it. CBDT for a long time were nation heaped upon promotee Prakash and Municipal Commissioner Indramani Tripathi. $%0%'@@ ; , /)!/ AA5 The official said that as raised. officers and staff on service He said that vending and non-vending zones would also be per decision of Central JCA, Addressing a gathering related matters, the stir would identified in the city for smooth flow of traffic. JCA Lucknow unit, lunch of IT officials, Singh said that be intensified from March 12 Arora said that at the Samta Moolak crossing, a food truck hour demonstration at all in case the CBDT did not offer onwards. would be placed and the street named ‘Happy Street’. :44 #

' % " . , % Wednesday. The chief guest for the event Sujoy Bose of The third branch of Pitter Patter Kidz was GOC-in-C Central Command Lt Gen City Montessori primary school was inaugurated at IS Ghuman and Army Wives Welfare School, Rajendra Bajrang Vihar Kursi road on Wednesday. Association (AWWA), Central Command Nagar Campus I Study Hall school principal Shalini Sinha regional president Ginny Ghuman. grabbed the first inaugurated the branch. A free dental and Principal Sharmistha Basu read the annu- prize in the health camp was also organised by the al report wherein she brought out the Science Wizard school. achievements of the children in the year Competition. 2019-20 in various fields. Army pays spe- Sujoy was award- / % cial attention to the differently abled chil- ed a laptop and ASHA School Lucknow celebrated its dren of armed forces and many ASHA certificate for his 30th anniversary at Puneet Dutt audito- schools have been set up at prominent achievement. The rium in Lucknow Cantonment on military stations across the country. competition was organised by the IMS Engineering College, wherein this brilliant CMS student secured success in the first round of city level competition showcasing his scientific mind. The national conference on ‘Drug Repurposing: Reinvent Recycle and Reuse’ organised by Amity Institute of Pharmacy concluded on Wednesday. The conference was organised to explore and to investigate the possibility of reuse and repurposing of existing drugs for the treatment of new diseases. More than 200 researchers, educationists, scientists and students of various institutes and universities from across the country participated in the conference. ( +% ) 4 1 )

" to enhance awareness of slum /%0 dwellers regarding the importance of food and nutrition, ndira Gandhi National they were offering a certificate IOpen University’s Lucknow programme in food and nutri- regional centre organised a tion free of cost to the two-day health awareness Scheduled Caste/Scheduled camp in its adopted slum at Tribe population residing in Mansarovar Yojna in Dubagga. the slum. Prof Somendra Vikram Prof Somendra Vikram Singh, Dr Deeksha Arya and Singh demonstrated the tech- Dr Anupama Pathak of niques of healthy brushing of KGMU dental faculty along teeth and performed dental with Dr Sameer Kumar Singh check of slum dwellers free of of Naina Heomeocare cost with his team. Lucknow participated in the Dr Sameer Kumar Singh camp. said that health and hygiene IGNOU Lucknow Unit) Dr Kirti Vikram Singh hygiene. were interrelated and if a per- Regional Centre’s Assistant said the camp was organised to IGNOU Lucknow son wanted to be healthy, Regional Director and make slum dwellers aware of Regional Centre’s Regional he/she should maintain prop- Programme Officer (NSS the importance of health and Director Dr Manorama Singh, er hygiene and cleanliness. !"#$#$ $

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Lok Sabha on Wednesday in a ity of food and clothing, train- use. the examples of the Houthi between India and Pakistan is The Chinese way of war, written reply ing in stress management and ', # Addressing a seminar, the rebels attack on Riyadh airport crossed it would escalate to a epitomised by thinkers such as He informed the House provision of recreational facil- % %, Army Chief said the force has and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia full-fledged war, the Army Sun Tzu, has given a new lease that the Navy reported two Force and Army respectively. ities, he said. %1!"" analysed the changing charac- and closer home, the Balakot chief noted. and life to the concept of “non- cases, Air Force 20 cases and In the last three years, it “Buddy system, leave con- !!### ter of war within the overall airstrike. He said these saw “Balakot demonstrated that contact or grey zone warfare”, Army 73 cases of suicide last means, the Army saw 233 of its cessions, approachability of #"" framework of conflict, as rele- short, intense and escalatory if you play the escalatory game where one shed the binary year. While there were a total men ending their lives, the Air seniors, facilities for move- B% %C # vant to the Indian context cycles of military activity in full with skill, military ascendancy approach to conflict, Naravane of 107 suicides in 2018 with the Force 57 personnel and the ment of troops from border """ adding, “the 'grey zone' and its media glare, “where sophisti- can be established in short said. 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Hakripora village in view that in about a week's . ing the day and the proceedings Pulwama. On time , situation in the Capital were chaired by presiding offi- ith the arrest of three Wednesday, the NIA o early resolution to par- would return to complete nor- cers. Waccused in the February conducted fresh raids Nliament logjam is in sight malcy with relief and rehabil- Amid din, the Direct Tax 2019 Pulwama terror attack at the house of father as the proceedings in the itation work already underway Vivaad Se Vishwas Bill was that took a toll of 40 CRPF and daughter who Parliament remained paral- in the North-East Delhi. / passed by the House. jawans, the NIA has secured were arrested by the ysed for the third consecutive Speaker of Lok Sabbha and ! Opposition parties continued three emails exchanged by the NIA in connection day on Wednesday with the Chairman of Rajya Sabha have to demand resignation of suicide bomber Adil Ahmad with the Pulwama Congress resolving that its also spoken that a debate on . Home Minister Amit Shah and Dar, the contents of which are attack case. It also protest will continue till a Delhi violence would be held continued to chant slogans -- expected to unravel the larger questioned a suspect debate on Delhi riots is allowed post-Holi. L 'Modi Sarkar Shame Shame', conspiracy in the case. who is a resident of in both the Houses. As the Government and 'Pradhan Mantri Jawab Do'. Following the lead, the Qasbayar area in The BJP and the Modi- opposition are trying to make * )1 Earlier, Congress mem- NIA on Wednesday arrested Pulwama in further- Government has made it clear Delhi's communal violence a bers trooped into the Well two more accused, Abdul Gani ance of the probe. that the discussion would be political blamegame, the toll shouting slogans and some of Bhat and his son Muntazir In the Pulwama possible only on March 11, a has reached 53 with more them displayed placards, Ahmed Bhat, leading to total attack last year, as day after 'Holi' in the Lok injured succumbing to their diate discussion on the Delhi demanding resignation of five arrests in the case. Both are many as 40 CRPF 8! Sabha and on March 12 in the injuries. violence. The House was first Home Minister Amit Shah. residents of Pulwama and personnel were killed Rajya sabha. Parliament could hardly adjourned soon after it met at Nearly 30 members from the accused of being involved in in an IED blast exe- Congress' leader in Lok transact any substantial busi- 11 am, then at noon and final- Congress were in the Well. funding and provision of logis- cuted through an explosives- security forces), Sameer video of Fidayeen Adil Ahmed Sabha Adhir Ranjan ness as upper house was ly for the day a little past 2 pm. Some of them were heard ask- tics for the deadly terror attack. laden car that rammed a con- Ahmed Dar, a Jaish-e- Dar, which was released by Chowdhury said his party has adjourned soon after it began The Opposition parties ing where the Speaker was The emails were exchanged voy of the CRPF. Mohammad terrorist from Jaish-e-Mohammad soon after been demanding that there its proceedings and Lok Sabha were demanding an immediate and also shouted 'we want jus- on the encrypted ProtonMail Tariq Ahmed Shah worked Pulwama and Mohmmad the Pulwama attack,” the NIA should be a discussion in also witnessed adjournment discussion on Delhi violence tice'. Despite the din, two mobile app and the last mail as a tipper driver in the South Ismail alias Ibrahim, a Pakistani has said. Parliament on the recent riots for the day after the Chair had but Parliamentary affairs questions were taken up dur- was sent by him on January 18, Kashmir, disclosed during terrorist. Shah's daughter Insha Jan, in the national capital. “The to put-off proceedings repeat- Minister Pralhad Joshi said it ing the Question Hour. 2019, sources said, adding the investigation that his house at “ Accused Tariq Ahmed 23, facilitated the terrorists at Government should accept its edly in the wake of loud and can be taken up on March 11 Supplementaries to a query mails related to planning about Hakripora, Pulwama was used Shah facilitated all the terror- their home and provided food responsibility and the perpe- continuous protests from the in the Lower House and on related to coal production the terror strike with their by Adil Ahmed Dar (Fidayeen), ists at his house for sheltering and other logistics during trators of the violence should Congress benches. March 12 in Rajya Sabha. was answered by Joshi, who is handlers based in Pakistan. Mohd. Umar Farooq, a and for planning of the heinous their stay on more than 15 be punished. We have been Proceedings in the lower Not convinced, the oppo- also the Coal Minister. Kirit The leads have come soon Pakistani terrorist and IED attack on the CRPF convoy. occasions for two-four days asking the Government repeat- house were disrupted for the sition continued the protest Solanki, who was in the chair, after the arrest of Taroq Ahmed maker, Kamran another His house was also used by the each time, in their house dur- edly to debate on the issue,” he third day on Wednesday as storming the well on several told agitating members that Shah, 50, on Tuesday and his Pakistani terrorist (both were above mentioned terrorists for ing the year 2018-2019, the said. opposition parties created occasions. Lok Sabha Speaker Question Hour should con- daughter Insha Jan of later killed in encounters with preparing and recording of NIA said. The Government is of a uproar demanding an imme- Om Birla was not present dur- tinue. $ '+ * 6 7! " #! ' . ""!#,"D )) & 1 National Dissemination and Consultation Workshop on he Centre on Wednesday ) ) $) SBM (G) Phase-II. "#"" 1 Tlaunched the second phase 77/7 78/ He said the programme of the ambitious 1.40-lakh will be implemented from % $ crore Swachchh Bharat Mission 79 ) 2020-2021 to 2024-2025 in a cular dated April 6, 2018 is set he Supreme Court asked the (Grameen) aimed at ensuring ) & mission mode with a total out- aside,” said the bench, also TDelhi High Court on chief justice of the high court to effective solid and liquid waste 2 $ 87 lay of Rs 1,40,881 crore. he Supreme Court comprising justices Aniruddha Wednesday to hear on March 6 dispose of these matters “as expe- management in every pan- “This will be a novel model TWednesday allowed banks Bose and V Ramasubramanian. a plea seeking lodging of FIRs ditiously as possible” on their own chayat. As it highlighted the N of convergence among differ- and financial institutions from “When the consistent against some BJP leaders for merits and in accordance with construction of 10 crore toilets # *. ent verticals of financing. Of providing services related to stand of RBI is that they have alleged hate speeches which law and also prepone the hear- in rural areas and over 5.9 lakh this, Rs 52,497 crore will be cryptocurrencies by setting not banned VCs (virtu- purportedly led to recent ing on other related pleas. villages in 699 districts of 35 (3 * allocated from the budget of aside the RBI’s 2018 circular al currencies) and riots here and said it The bench, also comprising states/UTs declaring them- * .& department of drinking water which had prohibited them. when the may also explore the justices BR Gavai and Surya selves open defecation free and sanitation. Cryptocurrencies are dig- Government of possibility of “peace- Kant, directed that the hearing (ODF) in the first phase of the own a toilet. Foundation and UNICEF dur- The remaining amount will ital or virtual currencies in India is unable to ful resolution” of the on other connected matters Mission, launched in 2014, the Similarly, 93 per cent ing February, covered 6,993 be dovetailed from the funds which encryption techniques take a call despite dispute”. along with all the applications Government released a survey women felt that they need not women living in Bihar, Uttar being released under the 15th are used to regulate the gener- several committees The apex for impleadment and interven- report on the impact of the have to stop eating to control Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, finance commission, MGN- ation of their units and verify coming up with sever- court, which said it tion on the issue, which have mission on convenience, safe- the urge to defecate anymore, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. REGS and revenue generation the transfer of funds, operating al proposals including “wants to see if peace is been adjourned to a later date ty and self respect of women in 81 per cent women said they SBM (G) Phase-II will models particularly for SLWM,” independently of a central two draft bills, both of which possible”, observed that by high court, may be advanced rural India. need not worry about privacy focus on sustaining the gains he said. bank. advocated exactly opposite adjournment of hearing by the and be taken up on March 6. The report claimed 93 per while changing menstrual made in the first phase of the On February 19, the cabi- A three-judge bench, head- positions, it is not possible for high court for “such a long The bench passed the order cent women feel safer from hygiene material anymore, 93 programme in the past five net approved the second phase ed by Justice RF Nariman, said us to hold that the impugned period” in April on separate while hearing a plea filed by 10 assault by not going out in the per cent women no longer fear years in terms of toilet access of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Reserve Bank of India measure is proportionate,” the petitions related to the violence riots victims seeking registra- open to defecate, 91 per cent contracting infections by not and usage, and will ensure that Prime Minister Narendra (RBI) circular is liable to be set bench said in its 180-page in northeast Delhi was not tion of FIRs against BJP lead- women save up to one hour of going out in the open to defe- no one is left behind, Union Modi's pet project focussed aside on the ground of “pro- verdict. “justified” and such matters ers Anurag Thakur, Kapil their day earlier spent on walk- cate. Jal Shakti Minister on sustainability of ODF and portionality”. The apex court delivered should not be delayed for long. Mishra, Parvesh Verma and ing to defecation sites and 88 The survey, done by the Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told management of solid and liq- “Accordingly, the writ peti- the verdict on pleas challeng- A bench headed by Chief Abhay Verma and others for per cent women are proud to Bill and Melinda Gates reporters after the launch at the uid waste. tions are allowed and the cir- ing the RBI circular. Justice SA Bobde requested the their alleged hate speeches. !"#$#$ 2

0 R ! ! / 3 / 0O#2#!!"#!, ##,," , , 0 0 Minister Amit Shah was visit- N O2 4++ Such people (BJP) have no they have victimized more ing Bengal last week. Her “late place in our country.” Hindus than Muslims. The Bengaluru: Seeking to allay Sriramulu said the apartment n a continued tirade against anti-BJP outburst” was prompt- 6 1 % Incidentally two more per- majority of the 19 lakh people fear among the citizens in the where the software engineer Ithe Centre Bengal Chief ly interpreted by the Congress sons: one from Liluah off thrown out of the NRC are wake of coronavirus scare, was staying has been Minister Mamata Banerjee on as “ploy to hoodwink the peo- Howrah and the other from Hindu Bengalis.” Karnataka Health Minister B sanitised. Wednesday said that the Modi ple.” % 1 4 1/+ Sodepur were arrested on She also said that the BJP Srirumulu on Wednesday Besides, his 25 colleagues Government is trying to spread Banerjee who was speaking Wednesday for raising Goli Government in Tripura was made an appeal to the people have been identified. coronavirus scare in India in in a meeting at Buniyadpur in 1 % + Maaro slogan from Amit Shah’s attacking the Scheduled caste not to pay heed to rumours One of them has been order to divert the attention of South Dinajpur district 4131 / rally on Sunday. With and in Assam they are tortur- spreading on social media. admitted to the hospital as a the nation from the Delhi announced that her party Wednesday’s arrest total num- ing the tribal population. “As In a series of tweets, precautionary measure and his riots. would undertake a “BJP Chi +/33 ber of such people apprehend- you (BJP) had committed great Sriramulu assured people that blood sample has been sent for “I don’t give less impor- Chi” (shame shame) campaign B%1C 1 ed went up to 7 sources said. atrocities against the tribal the Government has taken lab test. tance to the Corona threat in all the blocks of the State. In a circuitous attack on people in Jharkhand the peo- adequate measures to ensure “So far 40,207 people have which is very real but sudden- “On Friday TMC will launch a 2 / Shah who during her speech ple of that State threw you out that the disease does not been screened at the ly they (Centre) are blowing it BJP chi chi campaign to con- . 1 1 fixed a target of 200 seats from of power.” spread further. International airport. 251 blood out of proportion so that they demn the genocide in Delhi” Bengal Banerjee said “the BJP In a strong counter attack “Don’t lend your ears to tests have been done, of which do not have to explain their and the role played by the + 3 4 G 1 is saying that they will target to what Banerjee said the BJP rumours about the coron- 238 were found negative, while failure in controlling the Delhi administration to control the . /1 % 1 2 1 + 200 out of 294 seats suggesting State president Dilip Ghosh avirus in the social media. the rest of the reports are yet to riots that left more than 50 riots, she said. the rest they will leave for the wondered “who is actually Rely only on the authentic come,” Sriramulu people dead,” Banerjee said The same slogan will also .6 1 '9 O Left and the Congress with condemning violence: Mamata information,” the Health tweeted. adding how corpses are still be used in the coming days to whom they have a hidden Banerjee or Narendra Modi” Minister tweeted. The health department being fished out from drains denounce the “discriminatory” more injustice) campaign trying to import it in Kolkata. understanding … But I tell adding “the Prime Minister has The Minister’s tweet came said three people have been and claiming “at least 700 peo- Citizenship Amendment Act, which they will start soon in “What audacity! They are call- them that I will target even one already tweeted against the as Bengaluru reported the first admitted to the isolation ward ple are still missing. There is a National Population Register Bengal. ing the people gaddars (trai- seat where the BJP is contest- Delhi riots but Mamata case, after a techie from the city at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of mound of dead bodies.” and National Register for Condemning the “Goli tors). Who is a gaddar? Who ing.” Banerjee has not said a single with a travel history to Dubai Chest Diseases (RGICD). Banerjee had been under Citizens, she said. Maaro” (shot them) slogan will decide that? You (the BJP) In a statement aimed at the word against the people who and interaction with Meanwhile, a parent ceaseless attack from the Left Banerjee’s “Chi Chi” cam- often being raised from BJP are the descendents of Hindu gallery Banerjee said committed violence in Bengal Hongkong-based people there, appealed to people not to panic and the Congress for main- paign is thought to be a meetings and rallies Banerjee Gaddars,” she said adding her “the BJP always plays the by burning trains and railway was admitted to a hospital in about the Coronavirus in the taining a “dubious silence” on counter-coinage for the BJP’s said after inventing such hate party would “never allow such Hindu card by chanting station after the enactment of Hyderabad. techie's apartment, where his Delhi riots when Union Home proposed Aar Noi Anyay (no slogans in Delhi they are now people to infiltrate Bengal. Hindu… Hindu but in Assam the CAA.” As panic gripped the city, son too resides. PTI 5 ; 2 ) 9 ) *&( !! ! & &2 . & $$ !! ! Thiruvananthapuram: As Thrissur and Kasaragod dis- Mumbai: Members of the India braces itself to tackle fresh tricts. They have been dis- < =3 Brihanmumbai Municipal incidences of coronavirus, charged from hospitals and Corporation's standing com- Kerala’s successful handling of none of them are under home Jaipur: Rajasthan Health Fifty-three people in mittee on Wednesday urged the the nation’s first three positive quarantine. Minister Raghu Sharma Jhunjhunu, 14 each in Jodhpur civic administration to screen cases, backed by a rigid proto- Two of them had travelled informed the House on and Jaisalmer, 44 in Bikaner, six travellers at railway stations col, including a 28-day quar- by the same flight from Wuhan. Wednesday that at least 215 in Udaipur and 76 people in and toll plazas for COVID-19. antine to contain its spread, The Minister said the health people came in contact with the Jaipur came in contact with the Expressing concerns about offers a model to others. department is fully equipped to COVID-19 affected group of group. The Minister informed the coronavirus outbreak, With a strong chain of deal with the coronavirus Italian tourists that had visited the members of the House members asked the civic command, starting from the scare,guided by the protocol set various places in the that the 15 Italian tourists who administration to provide health department to field out by Indian Council of State. had reached Delhi, via Jaipur details of the steps taken to con- workers, the state has shown Medical Research and National Replying to an adjourn- and Agra, have been tested pos- trol the spread of the virus. the way to the rest of the Institute of Virology. / ! ' ( * (!&!+ $% ment motion in the State itive for COVID-19. The BMC informed the country on dealing with such Explaining how the state Assembly, Sharma said swab He said that though there standing committee that until an outbreak, health officials dealt with the situation, she said samples of 93 people have is no prescribed medication or now 62 people were quaran- here said. “We have almost health department officials been taken. vaccine to treat the disease, the tined at an isolation facility at contained the situation in traced those who returned to * . ). A total of 51 suspected suspected patients in the state Kasturba Hospital and 400 peo- Kerala, but that does not mean Kerala from infected areas and patients have been tested neg- are being given swine flu med- ple are being monitored as per that we are safe. Yes, we treat- isolated them even if they had & $ . ative whereas reports of 41 oth- ication as a precautionary mea- the Union Government's guide- ed and cured three patients, but minor symptoms. The rest ers are still pending, he said. sure. PTI lines. PTI that does not mean that we will were home quarantined. lower our guard,” health min- “Trained health workers Kolkata: The West Bengal Government has to reduce the risk of infection. ister KK Shailaja told PTI. were deployed to assist them. asked all state-run schools to sensitise students The department will send the pamphlets to Kerala,she said,has also We monitored everyone and about steps needed to reduce the risk of novel schools for distribution among -# "/ decided to intensify surveil- held daily review meetings,” she coronavirus infection. students. “Requested to instruct all Head of the lance, especially at airports, said. Kerala is also the only In a circular, the school education depart- institutions of Primary/Junior High railway stations and bus depots. state which strictly mandates 28 ment directed district inspectors of schools to Schools/High/Higher Secondary schools under # )"! "/!#&% The three positive cases -- days of home quarantine for instruct heads of institutes to distribute pam- his/her jurisdiction to sensitise their students all medical students from those returning from COVID- phlets to students, advising them to follow basic through awareness generation for prevention of ! ' $ there are about 7,000 temples, many of which are Wuhan, epicentre of the virus, 19 countries, while it is 14 days hygiene habits like frequently washing hands, spreading of novel coronavirus,” the circular % hundreds of years old. On the other hand, there were reported from Alapuzha, at the national level. PTI using handkerchief/tissue paper while sneezing said. PTI are some monuments under the ASI that can be he Union Government’s proposal to bring in shifted to the State list,” Patel had said. Tmore heritage sites including ancient temples Monuments and sites that are more than that are currently under the control of State 100 years old come under the purview of the #";. " !"+%O" ""! Governments to the list of Centrally protected Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites monuments has stirred a hornets’ nest in Tamil and Remains Act, 1958. There are restrictions on 6/6 asking him to face trial for “It is not a new decision. I The two complaints of Nadu. any construction activities within 100 meters of allegedly failing to furnish had said on that day also that alleged cheating and forgery While MK Stalin, Leader of the Opposition the Centrally protected monuments. Structures ormer Maharashtra chief details of two pending crimi- both the cases are of 1996 and were filed against Fadnavis in in the Assembly who is also the DMK supremo of temples like the Big Temple in Thanjavur come Fminister Devendra nal cases against him in his political ones. Those were pri- 1996 and 1998 but charges termed the move as an attempt by the BJP-led under the supervision of the ASI. Fadnavis on Wednesday 2014 poll affidavit. vate cases and hence, our were not framed. Meanwhile, Centre to impose Sanskrit culture in Tamil Nadu, Stalin in a statement alleged that the exist- sought to downplay the The order dismissing the lawyers had taken a call. Both Fadnavis observed that there devotees across the State expressed their happi- ing monuments under the control of the ASI Supreme Court order dismiss- review plea was passed on the cases are closed. We will is a “big fear” among people ness over the proposal. “We believe the temples remain neglected. “The present proposal to bring ing his plea seeking review of February 18, but it was present our case before the about the novel coronavirus , if brought under the Archaeological Survey of more such monuments from the State list under its 2019 verdict asking him to uploaded on the apex court’s court,” he addedIn its October which has claimed scores of India, would get freedom from the corrupt the ASI’s control is unjust,” said the DMK chief, face trial in the poll affidavit website on Tuesday. “The peti- 1, 2019 verdict, the apex court lives in neighbouring Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment a sworn rationalist. case, saying the cases con- tion was dismissed on set aside the Bombay High China.He said the Centre and Department,” said TR Ramesh, president, Temple Temples in Tamil Nadu, especially those cerned are “closed”. February 18. Then I appeared Court order which gave a the state government were Worshippers Society. coming under the HRCE Department are in the Fadnavis also said he will before the court on February clean chit to Fadnavis and trying to take appropriate care Prahlad Patel, Union Minister for Culture, eye of a controversy following large scale “dis- present his side before the 20...our proceeding has also held that he did not deserve to in this regard.“People also had told the Lok Sabha on February 10 that the appearance” of prime land belonging to the tem- apex court. The Supreme begun. Yesterday, only the be tried for the alleged offence need to take care. Rumours Government was in the process of reviewing the ple. The HRCE Department had told the Court dismissed his plea seek- decision was uploaded,” the state legislature building under the Representation of should not be believed,” he number of monuments under the protection of Madras High Court in January 2018 that it has ing review of its 2019 verdict Fadnavis told reporters outside complex here. Peoples Act (RPA). added. the ASI as well as the ones protected by the State no records about 50,000 acres of prime land Governments. The Minister had said that there which was owned by the temples. “Though the were 3691monuments all over India which were High Court had asked the HRCE Department protected by the ASI. to submit the details of the missing land in six ,& ' ' ( : #:% “The list of Centrally protected monu- months, the officials have not done so even after ' P ments can go up to 10,000. In Tamil Nadu alone, two months, pointed out Ramesh. &3(! 6/6 in the case. the bench said in its order. “In this The Enforcement situation, we are not inclined to he Bombay High Court on Directorate’s (ED) counsels Anil pass interim orders. The ED !456P& TWednesday refused to stay the Singh and Hiten Venegaonkar, shall file its affidavit in response auction proceedings of some rare however, opposed the plea and to the plea by March 23,” the court death sentence of the four con- 5 66/ was in touch across paintings seized by the argued that Rohin Modi, Nirav said. The bench, however, direct- victs after the expiry of 30 days since last few years. In Enforcement Directorate from the Modi and his wife were bene- ed the ED to deposit the auction he Delhi High Court from the dismissal of their ours after the ban this period he had sent residence of fugitive diamond ficiaries of the trust. They fur- proceeds in a separate bank TWednesday declined to appeals by the Supreme Court in Hon accessing social across photos and businessman Nirav Modi. ther argued that the paintings account and not use the same entertain a plea seeking direc- May 2017. networking sites was lift- videos of vital areas The auction is scheduled for were attached by ED in March until further orders. tions to the NHRC to intervene On January 7 death war- ed across the Union and installations most- Friday. A division bench of Acting 2019, and an advertisement for Apart from the 15 paintings, and enquire into the mental and rants were issued for the first Territory of Jammu & ly of Jammu ,Samba Chief Justice B P Dharmadhikari the auction was issued in several diamond watches, Hermes physical state of the four death time in the case to execute the Kashmir on Wednesday, and Kathua districts to and Justice N R Borkar was hear- January 2020. The bench, after handbags and luxury cars such as row convicts in the Nirbhaya four on January 22. However, on unidentified terrorists his Pak handlers via ing a petition filed by the busi- hearing arguments, noted that Rolls Royce Ghost and Porsche gang rape and murder case. A January 17 the trial court targeted a Special police social media platforms nessman’s son Rohin Modi, claim- the petitioner (Rohin Modi) Panamera S will be auctioned. bench of Chief Justice D N Patel changed the date of execution to officer(SPO) along with in lieu of monetary ing that the paintings were owned had approached the court at the The paintings and other items and Justice C Hari Shankar said February 1 after one of them — a civilian in Warpora gains”. by the Rohin Trust, of which he “eleventh hour”. were seized by ED from Nirav the petition was not maintain- Mukesh — moved a mercy plea area of Sopore in Police spokesman was a beneficiary and was not “The Rohin Trust has not Modi’s houses after the agency able as it should have been first before the President. Baramulla district. said, “during ques- owned by Nirav Modi. Rohin approached this court...neither registered a money laundering filed in the National Human Subsequently, on January 31 According to initial tioning he has con- Modi’s counsel Amit Desai argued have the other beneficiaries of the case against him and his uncle Rights Commission (NHRC). the trial court put on hold the police reports, “SPO identified launched a cordon and search fessed his involvement in pass- that the paintings cannot be con- trust, Nirav Modi and his wife, Mehul Choksi for allegedly Asking the petitioner to execution after two more — as Wajahat Hussain of operation in Dooniwara area, ing the crucial information of strued as proceeds of crime and approached this court. There is no defrauding Punjab National Bank move the NHRC, the bench dis- Akshay and Vinay — moved Watergam, dressed in civvies, following information about vital installations including that his client was not an accused attempt to justify late approach,” of Rs 13,600 crore. posed of his plea. mercy pleas.Thereafter, on was attacked near bus stand the presence of militants there. sensitive bridges on NHW and The petitioner, advocate A February 17 the trial court set and killed on the spot while a During the searches, the mili- in border areas to his Pak han- Rajarajan, had claimed that the March 3 as the date of execution local shopkeeper succumbed to tants hiding in a house opened dlers”. H9!# !",$;2# four convicts — Mukesh Kumar of the four. On March 2, the exe- his injuries in the nearby hos- fire that was retaliated by the Preliminary probe indi- Singh (32), Pawan Kumar Gupta cutions were put on hold for the pital”. The shopkeeper was security forces. cates some monetary transac- 2014 and there has been a 78 per of National Liberationist in (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and third time as Pawan had moved identified as Omar Subhan, “The exchange of fire was tions in the two bank accounts cent decline in casualties in Front of Tripura (Sabir Akshay Kumar Singh (31) — a mercy plea, which was reject- police said. Another civilian, going on till last reports came of the alleged accused. The here has been a 70 per cent security forces. “Compared to Debbarma) [NLFT-SD] sur- have been kept in solitary con- ed on Wednesday. Showkat Ahmad also sustained in,” the official said, adding that detained person has been Treduction in insurgency 2013, there has been 70 per cent rendered after an agreement finement under fear of death “on A 23-year-old physiothera- minor injuries in the attack, there were no casualties report- handed over to P/S Trikuta incidents and an 80 per cent reduction in insurgency inci- with the outfit in August, 2019. the whims and fancies” of the py intern, who came to be official sources said. ed so far. Meanwhile, in Jammu Nagar Jammu for further drop in civilian deaths in the dents, 80 per cent in civilian He said 644 cadres of different authorities and it can affect known as ‘Nirbhaya’ (fearless), Meanwhile, an encounter a team of Special operations action. A case under relevant Northeast in 2019 compared to deaths and 78 per cent in secu- outfits surrendered on January their mental stability.The peti- was gang-raped and savagely between the joint team of secu- Group (SOG) detained one sections of law has been regis- 2013, Rajya Sabha was informed rity forces casualties in the year 23, 2020 and 1,615 cadres of dif- tion had also referred to the alle- assaulted on the night of rity forces was currently Pankaj Sharma R/O Tarore, tered against the said accused. on Wednesday. Union Minister 2019,” he said in a written reply. ferent factions of National gations that the four were facing December 16, 2012, in a mov- underway in central Kashmir's Samba who was working as an His bank accounts are being of State for Home G Kishan As many as 1,824 insurgents Democratic Front of Bodoland physical abuse in the prison. It ing bus in south Delhi. Budgam district till the time of operative of Pakistani intelli- further analyzed for more sus- Reddy said the security situation surrendered between 2014 and [NDFB] surrendered on had also claimed that the author- She died of her injuries a filing the report. gence agencies. picious transactions. Further in the Northeastern states has 2019. January 30, 2020 after signing of ities acted contrary to law by not fortnight later in a Singapore According to official According to police investigations in the case in improved substantially since Reddy said recently 88 cadres Memorandum of Settlement. initiating process to execute hospital. sources, the security forces spokesman, “the individual going on. !"#$#$ ,

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Amaravati: The Andhra Centre to change the NPR frightened over it. Minister BS Yediyurappa on = 2 Pradesh Council of Ministers questionnaire and also The onus is on the Centre Wednesday termed the vio- on Wednesday decided to remove the apprehensions to remove the apprehensions lence over the Citizenship * keep the process of the among the people on the and create awareness among (Amendment) Act as unnec- National Population Register issue. people on the NPR. We are essary when Parliament had Puducherry: Chief Minister of (NPR) in abeyance in the Briefing reporters after only asking the Centre to ful- already passed it. Puducherry V Narayanasamy on State till the Centre reverts to the meeting, state fil its responsibility, the "The law passed by Wednesday urged Union Home the 2010 questionnaire. Information and Public Minister said. Asked if the Parliament has its own value in Minister Amit Shah urging him to The cabinet, which met Relations Minister Perni state has the power to over- democracy. Knowing well withdraw the new provisions in the here under the chairman- Venkataramaiah (Nani) said rule the Centres decision, about the importance of law National Population Register (NPR) ship of Chief Minister YS the Cabinet felt it was not just the minister said, We felt it is passed by parliament, I feel the 2020 as they were causing panic among Jagan Mohan Reddy, adopt- to forcibly impose the NPR just. If we don't have power. CAA (and NRC) related vio- the people. ed a resolution requesting the when crores of people were We will see." PTI lence is unnecessary," he said. In a letter to Shah, the Chief Participating in a special Minister said the population census discussion on the Indian con- should be as per the 2010 format and stitution in the Karnataka the additional provisions now includ- *1$ :! !! '4& Assembly, the Chief Minister stitution may be "changed", after 70 years of independence. ed in the NPR should be withdrawn. said there is a special place to Yediyurappa said such appre- O Yediyurappa also called The Chief Minister said the peo- Mumbai: The Maharashtra BJP has sus- Parbhani- based Selu Municipal Council's protest in democracy but the hensions are baseless and have upon public representatives to ple were panicky over the additional pended the chairperson of a party-ruled chairperson Vinod Borade and Palam law passed by parliament must no meaning to it. spend the grants for the bene- provisions in the NPR, hence he urged municipal council and deputy head of anoth- Municipal Council's deputy chairperson also be respected. "It is not possible to change fit of poor people. the Union Minister to scrap the pro- er local body which recently passed resolu- Balasaheb Rokade have been suspended by "The laws passed by par- the constitution. It cannot be The chief minister also visions. He said that already West tions against the Citizenship Amendment Act. the party. BJP state president Chandrakant liament has its own signifi- done," the Chief Minister said. 3 highlighted the plight of Bengal, Bihar and Kerala, among oth- BJP spokesperson Keshav Upadhye post- Patil has stated in the letters that both the cance," Yediyurappa said. He also expressed his con- women who are afraid of trav- ers, have expressed their protest against ed the suspension letters on his Twitter han- party workers showed indiscipline by voting Amid fears being expressed cern over poverty in society P elling at night due to increas- the NPR and taken a stand they would dle on Wednesday. against the CAA, hence they have been sus- in some quarters that the con- and plight of farmers even ing incidences of crime. PTI not implement the NPR 2020. PTI As per the letters, issued on Tuesday, the pended from the party. PTI 1 . "# ,$ $ 6/6 which efforts are being made to MLAs by offering 25-30 crore, Minister in the MVA discover antibiotic” and said former Chief Minister and Government in the State — $ 2 lamming the poaching of the JP Nadda-led party had senior Congress leader Ashok said: “The BJP regularly resorts Sruling party MLAs reportedly proved once again that it can’t Chavan said: “The BJP’s to ‘Operation Lotus’ in states indulged in by the Bharatiya live without power. Operation Lotus is like where it is not power. It tries to 3 Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh, Amid allegations by senior Coronavirus, We are trying to poach MLAs from the ruling the Congress and NCP in Congress leader Digvijay Singh discover an antibiotic to cure this party. But, I am confident that Maharashtra on Wednesday and Madhya Pradesh chief min- virus”. Talking to media persons that the BJP will not succeed in compared the BJP’s “Operation ister Kamal Nath that the BJP at the Vidhan Bhavan here, its operation in Madhya ,$ $ 6/6 directive by the Supreme Lotus” to “Coronavirus” “for was trying to lure their party’s Chavan — who is a PWD Pradesh”. Court, the work on the con- aharashtra PWD Minister struction of the mid-sea +)(93*.;- MAshok Chavan on Shivaji memorial for more Wednesday announced that than a year now,” Chavan the MVA Government will said. +%1 2. 1 there as well, so that Indians there can be year after the 23-year-old physiotherapy order an inquiry into the stric- Chavan also slammed the tested before they can be brought back,” the intern, who came to be known as tures passed by the Comptroller previous Devendra Fadnavis 2 . 1+ Union Health Minister said. ‘Nirbhaya’ (fearless), was gang-raped and and Auditor General of India government for not having Three coronavirus patients reported in One scientist from the National savagely assaulted on the night of (CAG) in the tendering process made any progress in the con- Kerala earlier have already been dis- Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune has December 16, 2012 in a moving bus in 3,700 crore mid-sea struction of the Shivaji during charged. been sent to Iran while three more from south Delhi. She died of her injuries a fort- Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial the last five years when it was The Ministry also said that two cases the Indian Council of Medical Research night later in a Singapore hospital. project unveiled by the BJP-led in power in the state. with high viral load have been detected in (ICMR) will leave at 4 pm on Wednesday Review petitions and curative petitions Government. It may be recalled that in Telangana. Their samples have been sent to check the feasibility of setting up a lab- were then filed in a staggered manner in Replying to a question in the first session of the State to the National Institute of Virology at oratory there for conducting coronavirus the Supreme Court against the Delhi High the State Legislative Council, Legislature held in Nagpur in Pune for confirmation of coronavirus, test. Court order on March 13, 2014 confirm- Chavan said: “Our Government December after the MVA gov- health authorities said on Wednesday, as Responding to a question over short- ing the death sentence. The last option of is all for setting mid-sea memo- ernment assumed office on the Government stepped up precaution- age of masks across the country, the mercy petition before the President to rial for Maratha warrior November 28 last year, the rul- ary measures. Union Health Minister said, “We have escape the gallows was exercised by the Chhatrapati Shivaji. But, we will ing NCP leader Dhananjay The virus scare hit the IT corridor at ensured that the export of N95 masks and convicts one by one. first order into the strictures Munde had demanded an Cyberabad herewitha complex, housing personal protective equipment, etcetera, passed by the CAG on the ten- inquiry into the alleged irreg- software companies, being “closed” for are banned and taken care of. The Ministry +2 1?% + dering process of the project. ularities in the mid-sea sanitisation after a person working there has taken adequate measures to ensure Later, we will take a policy deci- Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial was suspected to be suffering from the there is no scarcity of these.” % 4 % sion in the matter”. project. infection. The State reported its first “Chhatrapati Shivaji “The previous BJP COVID-19 case on Monday when a 24- ( 1>N %O6 + The court also held the convicted the Maharaj is reverential figure Government that came to year-old software personnel, who recent- accused under a section of Arms Act. in the entire country and it is power invoking Maratha war- ly returned from Dubai, had tested posi- 1/1 %0 While convicting Makhi police station in- essential that we set up a rior Chhatrapati Shivaji’s name tive for the virus. charge, Ashok Singh Bhadauria, and Sub grand memorial for him. But had the project had launched State Health Minister E Rajender said “We dare the BJP to have a floor test,” Inspector, KP Singh, the court said that the CAG has raised objec- the mid-sea Shivaji memorial in a release on Wednesday that samples of she added. She claimed that eight MLAs “being seasoned police officials, disobeyed tions to the tendering process through a Jal Puja at the hands two persons have been sent to Pune for full were taken out of the State and four have the direction of law to protect the life and followed by the previous BJP- of Prime Minister Narendra confirmation with regard to COVID-19. returned while remaining are still with the liberty of the victim when he, as well as led Government. In addition, Modi. The Devendra Fadnavis The two persons are among the 47 BJP. However, as the matter snowballed Kishore Kumar Mishra, was being beaten there are several litigations government committed irreg- whose samples were tested at the State-run into major political controversy national- up by the co-accused persons… They against the project on envi- ularities in the tendering Gandhi hospital here on Tuesday. ly, the BJP leaders switched to defensive. allowed the assailants their protective ronmental issues,” the process of the project,” Munde According to the Minister, 45 samples test- BJP State head VD Sharma was the police cover affording them a free hand to Minister said. “Following a had said. ed negative. The two persons are -- a for- first to rebut horse trading charges saying do what they did… ultimately the victim eigner who came from Italy and another the party wasn’t part of any such thing. “It’s died due to the injuries sustained in the who moved closely with the man who test- their internal conflicts and leaders like incident.” ed positive for the virus, he said. According Kamal Nath, Digvijay and Scindia should The court, however, acquitted other to a police official, of the 21 buildings in offer answers on this.” accused persons --- constable Amir the complex located in the IT corridor Khan, Shailendra Singh, Ram Sharan “only one building has been closed for sani- 1 3 1 ++O2 Singh and Sharadveer Singh --- giving tisation, that too it has not been entirely them benefit of doubt. The court said, “It closed.” 16 +G /+ is apparent that too many persons behind Meanwhile, Vardhan held a meeting the curtains were supporting, assisting or with Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain The hanging of Mukesh Kumar Singh abetting the gruesome act but then each and civic body officials on Wednesday and (32), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay one cannot be held culpable as per law on urged them to augment facilities of isola- Kumar Singh (31) besides Pawan previ- mere suspicion.” tion wards in city hospitals if more cases ously scheduled for March 3 was deferred It had on December 20 sent Sengar to of coronavirus gets recorded. for the third time in six weeks by the court jail for the “remainder of his natural bio- “We have to work as a unit to combat on Monday in yet another twist in the case logical life” for raping the woman in 2017, the COVID-19 threat to the nation. A marked by apparent delaying tactics by the when she was a minor. coordinated, collective effort in a mission condemned prisoners. The President has The CBI had examined 55 witnesses mode is required,” he said at the meeting. already rejected the mercy petitions of in support of the case and the defence As part of the country’s preparedness Mukesh, Vinay and Akshay. examined nine witnesses. The court had for containing the spread of the disease, the The court on Monday postponed the recorded the statements of the rape victim’s Union Health Minister said that all the for- hanging till further orders. uncle, mother, sister and one of her eign nationals, and not just those from 12 Nirbhaya’s father expressed the hope father’s colleague who claimed to be an countries listed earlier, will henceforth be that the convicts will be hanged this eyewitness to the incident. screened for COVID-19 at 21 designated month. “Pawan has one option left -- that According to the CBI, on April 3, 2018, airports. is to challenge the mercy plea in Supreme there was an altercation between the rape Addressing the media, he said the Court as the others have done. Let’s see victim’s father and one Shashi Pratap Singh. Government has adopted a cluster what happens next, but we are confident The chargesheet filed on July 13, 2018, said approach, as a part of which health of getting justice,” said Nirbhaya’s father the victim’s father and his co-worker authorities will check and sensitise every adding that he is hopeful that the convicts were returning to their village, Makhi, household within 3 km-radius of the house will be hanged this month and justice will when they asked Singh for a lift. Singh of the infected person, to prevent com- be finally delivered after a long wait. denied them the lift, triggering an alter- munity spread of the virus. The first date of execution--January cation among them. Singh called his Vardhan said that at present, 15 lab- 22--fixed on January 7 was postponed by associates, following which Kuldeep’s oratories in India are conducting tests for the court to February 1. But on January 31, brother Atul Singh Sengar reached the spot coronavirus. Nineteen more laboratories the court indefinitely postponed the hang- along with others and beat up the woman’s are being established, he said, adding seven ing. On February 17, the court again issued father and his co-worker. to eight labs started functioning on fresh date for execution of death warrants The woman’s father was subsequent- Tuesday and rest will be made operation for March 3 at 6 am. ly taken to the police station by them where by Wednesday. The Delhi High Court, meanwhile, an FIR was lodged against him and he was Health Ministry officials said during declined to entertain a plea seeking direc- arrested. The chargesheet said that all this contact tracing procedure, the Ministry’s tions to the National Human Rights while Kuldeep Sengar was in touch with Integrated Disease Surveillance Commission (NHRC) to intervene and the district police superintendent and Programme (IDSP) have identified 66 peo- enquire into the mental and physical Makhi police station in-charge Ashok ple who had come in contact with the state of the four death row convicts. Singh Bhadauria. Later he also spoke to the Delhi man who have been tested positive A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and doctor who examined the rape victim’s for corona virus, while 88 people who had Justice C Hari Shankar said the petition father. come in contact with the 24-year-old was not maintainable as it should have Charges were framed against Kuldeep, Hyderabad man have been identified. been first filed before the NHRC. Atul, Bhadauria, sub-inspector Kamta Vardhan further said the Government Asking the petitioner to move the Prasad, constable Amir Khan and six oth- intends to set up a laboratory in Iran so NHRC, the Bench disposed of his plea. ers in the case. The case was transferred that Indians there can be tested for a pos- Six people, including the four convicts to Delhi from a trial court in Uttar sible exposure to novel coronavirus before and a juvenile, were named as accused. Pradesh on the directions of the Supreme being brought back. An estimated 1,200 Ram Singh, the sixth accused, allegedly Court on August 1 last year. Indians, mostly students and pilgrims, are committed suicide in Tihar jail days after In July, 2019 a truck rammed into the in Iran currently. the trial began in the case. car the rape victim was travelling in with While coronavirus infection is show- The juvenile was released in 2015 after some family members and her lawyer. Two ing signs of receding in China with 38 new spending three years in a correctional of her aunts died in the incident. She was fatalities, taking total number of deaths to home. airlifted from a hospital in Lucknow and 2,981, in Iran, over 2,000 coronavirus cases The case has witnessed a series of to AIIMS in Delhi. and 77 deaths have been reported. twists and turns right after a Delhi court The victim has been provided accom- “If the Iranian Government lends its on September 13, 2013 awarded the death modation in Delhi and is under CRPF pro- support, a testing facility could be set up sentence to the four convicts, less than one tection. !"#$#$ < 0)" 0+# ! "#$ ! =% 6&8: &4# < ! < ! $) ) "# 1 $ & + ( 1 $ '6# ! #"#,#!"$"" # "#"# . (2 . %,""""$###"#$ $ ! . 7 $ 5 # . ) 89: , S 88;* ! ! 122% '*.=; ' 8 . pendent world that trade, technology and , 5 . . , - 5 travel have created, much of what goes on in other countries is our business. Not only ?< 5 '6# can a physical virus spread around the world with unprecedented speed but so can ( , a computer virus, complete misinforma- tion, an economic recession, a nuclear acci- . 5 @A "S dent or disregard for the environment. A '6# , fresh approach to foreign and security pol- " icy has to be based on much more than national sovereignty and must include the . promotion of global welfare and high stan- " , . dards. ( . # ).#* ' The second lesson is that a crisis is handled less honestly, openly and successful- . # )'.#* " . ly by corrupt or authoritarian systems. In '6# @98B Iran, rumours abound that officials are , being told not to report cases of the virus, '6# ! while the number of deaths suggests that concern for the environment. and cities be isolated. nies owe around $10 trillion — far more people are infected than has been They do not require us to Within days, an interrup- at around 50 per cent of the US’ . 7 - officially admitted. As on Tuesday, it revise the way we see the world tion of the production of parts gross domestic product (GDP), reported 77 deaths from COVID-19 and but rather to promote it more in a factory in China can lead an all-time record. That means 3 C D 5 ! 2,336 confirmed cases of infection. effectively and persuade others to the lay-off of workers. Even that if there is a sudden loss of The original suppression of news of the that we are right. giant American corporations turnover, they will go bust at a 8EB; !. = outbreak in China was a grave error, Yet, there is an emerging %1 ++3 such as Boeing and Apple are very fast pace, with interest S = > )=>* notwithstanding the subsequent use of fourth lesson as stock markets % 6 finding that production of air- rates already so low that there colossal State power to bring down the tumble and serious economic craft and iPhones is rapidly is minimal scope for reductions infection rates. All this is clear evidence that consequences loom, which is 8&+ affected by a slowdown of that will help them. ?<;<8 " in the crises yet to come in the 21st cen- much harder for us in the activity in China. Many busi- Admittedly, this is not just 4 - tury, the free flow of information, the shar- West to accept — that, since the %/13? nesses have opted for fewer, a Western problem — Chinese , 5 # , , )#,,* ing of warnings and the airing of disagree- end of the Cold War, we have .1. . larger component suppliers, companies are arguably even ment will be characteristics of the politi- conducted much of our daily with the result that the eggs more indebted and, even before 6 . ! cal systems that are best at protecting their lives and business affairs with- . 16 ? they need come from surpris- the Coronavirus crisis began, S citizens. out resilience in the forefront of + 1 2 . ingly few baskets. they were starting to default at . . The third lesson is one I outlined for our minds. Even more striking, if the a record rate. But the building The Telegraph earlier — that it is time for From the 1990s onwards, 1 2+ world sinks into recession in up of historically unprecedent- 7 - ! the abuse, consumption and trafficking of our economic growth has been 1 2 . the coming weeks, will be the ed levels of debt, along with '6# , > . ( the world’s endangered wildlife to stop. In best promoted by building very consequences of the remorse- ever more fragile supply chains, ,5 recent days, China has given some indica- complex global supply chains + 216 less build-up of debt by many have been results of our con- tion that the sickening markets in which and taking on high levels of companies. Central banks have stant search for growth and low . $ all kinds of wild animals are sold, dead and debt in households and busi- done much since the crash of prices at the same time over the > . - alive, will be banned permanently. That will nesses alike. We must acknowl- % 1 %1 + %+ 2008 to remove weaknesses in last 30 years. . be very welcome and it is to be hoped that edge that there are many ways . % the financial system, insisting Adjusting to a world in ( -S such an example will be followed by other in which a country like Britain that banks carry far more cap- which we give resilience greater nations such as Vietnam and Laos. The rise is more resilient than in the +3+6+ ital and that risks are better weight will be a huge and dif- , ( of Coronavirus is a clear indication that the past. monitored. But at the same ficult effort for everyone who -S ! , 5 . degrading of nature will come back to hit Yet in other crucial ways, 1 + time, they have presided over enjoys mass consumption and ' -S humans very hard. Britain and other developed 1 % 2 ultra-low interest rates for far easy money. Elections are not These three lessons are straightforward nations have steadily become too long, balking at opportuni- currently won by promising '6#S > enough and conveniently fit the way in more fragile when faced with 1% N+ ties to raise them for fear of less debt and a more resilient ' ! which most Westerners — with the major an unexpected global down- jeopardising growth and the society and economy. The exception of US President Donald Trump turn, particularly one in which buoyancy of stock markets. Coronavirus crisis is a major — see the world: We need outward-look- millions of people might sud- As a result, much of the warning signal that this will , ing countries, promoting the global good denly stop work, factories cease corporate world is now awash have to change. through strong cooperation, with a huge production and entire towns with debt. American compa- (Courtesy: The Telegraph) & ( = % > ?; !#"#$#$#" F###" #","," " > * ) . & ="R 1 #!""? ## #$$ #"!## #, B#"C 2 2 ? 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If the mastering the information cam- personal behavioural changes we M Ratan virus is not brought under control paign. Authorities must roll out need to undertake as a preventive Via email $ soon, our numbers will dip further. Sir — The speed at which a massive publicity campaign on measure. Shantanu Agrawal Coronavirus is spreading across the characteristics of the virus, its Gurmeet Singh + '' ; '( 3 5 Via email the globe is baffling. The best way mutation patterns, its intensity, Via email 4 : 94;<57 5 !"#$#$ A 0)" 0+# +)& (@=9% " (=%;) $ %P ' " ,& $ P , "+3 / $ , &$& " % ' / % , ,& $ , ' / $' #"O#$", "## L' ! L , % "#!#"#2##! , $! ' $' % ! %

&4 ?'** '*)BB* * 2 ) $ $) $ ) S ) 12 ) & )2 " ( ! " ! " S " ( " 4 5 ?&/*& 5 D > isuals of marauding mobs, grief and )5D >* ( A@8; absence of law enforcing agencies bring @E 8< Vback to many the painful memories of the 2 Partition. There is a constant switching of 899 . places between the perpetrator and the victim, as depicted by Urvashi Butalia in her classic The ! Other Side of Silence. There is no perfect victim ! " and the role of victims as perpetrators and per- E9 petrators as victims keeps the hate narrative D E9 going. The real question is, can any amount of !! revenge achieve ends of justice or give closure? Or, is it that vigilante justice only succeeds in cre- 2 B9 ating another agonising sense of victimhood? The vigilante mode of “punishing” soft tar- " gets or labelling them as “perpetrators” turns 8? ! them into an “object” of hate, caught in the eye of a storm. These soft targets, allegedly guilty of @98E!@9 ( @: ! past perpetration, fall victim to violent retribu- 6 )8; * )88 * )8B * tions. They are also dubbed as “undesirable” and .413 3 even “illegals.” Being a soft target, they are pro- 1 + % +? 4 filed as belonging to a different and less than +0 2. 1 ( )(* equal human group or identity. 1 . . ! The recent attack on a Bengali worker in Thiruvananthapuram on not being able to pro- 3 + ! % 6 " duce an Aadhaar card, or the alleged detention of Bengali migrant workers in Pune by vigilantes, 16 $ ( ! /1 F AE S are classic examples of painting someone as an “illegal” without bothering to verify the truth. +/14 % @9@; " ! The use of religious flags to differentiate a % 61 ?. % ( Hindu house from a Muslim home in times of . % places the burden of proof on the doubtful cases. This is a complex inter- foreigners, who legitimise racist atti- communal tension is a frightening demarcation 1+ 6 3 “accused.” Until a person proves her- play of suspicion and surveillance for tudes towards others. ! of the targetted other. The recent anti-immigrant 1 /2 self/himself to be an Indian citizen, s/he the identification of the “illegal”, using Is India fast moving towards such D public discourse across India thrives through this 3%%0? remains a person of uncertain nation- NPR data. Such proof seeking and sur- legal blinds that allow for a legal archi- ( plot of segregation and violence in the name of ality. veillance create conditions of discrim- tecture of discreet probe into citizen- punishing the perpetrator. The widely-shared It is a similar situation where ination and exclusion of the cultural ship of its own people? +212 . ( viral image of a persecutor and the victim fur- migrant labourers, minorities and gen- and religious other. Suspicion leads to illegal checks, thers the process of othering and segregation. N 1O + erally those who are considered as out- Punning on author Timothy Huge physical and mental harassment of the +/+ % + In the domain of everyday transactions, ask- siders, is concerned. A surveillance Barrett, one may say that the “reason” “other” on ethnic, racial, religious and ing for proof of identity has become the new nor- % 11 / society creates its own outsiders from of suspicion is clouded by the reason of linguistic lines. It can even pass as “rea- mal. Be it under a surveillance camera, face iden- 6 . the figure of a migrant. unreason. Suspicion never fails to find sonable suspicion.” The result is that a " ( , " = )(,"=* ! tification or simply through an identity check, . 2 The anti-immigrant rhetoric fur- a reason, whether it stands the test of non-immigrant, non-border-crosser ! an intentional segregation of the “other” as sus- 2 thers this strange imaging of the truth or not. People declared as foreign- Indian migrant citizen could be sus- > D = 5D > ( ! pect is carried out in the name of finding an “ille- 2 + migrant who travels to a new place. The ers by Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunals and pected to be an illegal Bangladeshi or gal Bangladeshi.” This lays bare the everyday + 3+ 1 migrant is couched in the image of the lodged in detention camps were later a Nepali, or a Chinese, depending on " operation of a surveillance society that would act persecutor or the perpetrator against found to be genuine Indian citizens. To how one looks. as the forerunner of a “surveillance State”, which 413 3 the native, by citing a narrative such as know why suspicion and its reasons are Legal resonance for this vestige of ! ( 1 . is not sanctioned by a constitutional Republic like the Partition. In the safe spaces marked unreasonable in going after a perceived suspicion is found contextually. The ours. +/14 % for a particular group or identity, the “illegal”, one can only look at the reli- Gauhati High Court declared that - = + % 3 " )-="* Two issues arise here: Does a surveillance migrant becomes an illegitimate intrud- gion, language or origin of the so-called voter’s ID, PAN, passport, land revenue society subjectively transform a democratic, con- / % + er. “illegal.” receipt and so on do not prove citizen- " ! stitutional apparatus into a surveillance State? . 11/1 However, this logic of othering can In most cases, it would be someone ship conclusively in a specific case. " Alternatively, does it just confine itself at the level . even make the insider a victim. Alleged who does not belong to one’s own com- More generally, Article 326 of the ! of the public? Overt determination of identity by +/14 % cases of Bengalis termed as munity. Such a preconceived idea of Constitution makes citizenship a pre- ! proof or by tracking and profiling does not keep + ? % + Bangladeshis in Bengal by security “we” and “them” never draws a line of condition for being a voter and hence ( ! the State at the back anymore. Although the State + % forces in public spaces like metro sta- distinction between vigilante legalism a voter cannot but be a citizen. cannot control the visual effect of on-camera tions and railway platforms point to this and constitutionalism. On and off- Specifically, the recommendations scenes of aggression and lynching, to which it can 3 nature of harassment of an insider. The camera violence on “them” further con- made by Supreme Court in the Lal % + / 5 ! respond only later. In the meantime, violence ban on fish-eating in various schools in structs the identity of the victim in devi- Babu Hossein versus Electoral endows perpetrators with a sense of triumph. 1 / % Kolkata run by certain community- ous ways to cloak reasons of/for vigi- Registration Officer case in 1995 make " 0 /1+ While instigators, who triggered the violence based organisations and not allowing lantism. Contrastingly, cases of many it clear that there must be sufficient appear on the scene only later, with support of fish eaters in some housing complex- victims of miscarriage of justice, as it material evidence before someone is ! their sponsors in power. This makes law enforcers es in the city point to such racially-dis- happened in Assam’s NRC exercise, suspected to be “illegal”, which in # toothless and they become mute spectators of criminatory practices on an insider. point to limits of processes of legal adju- most referred cases of suspects is " S ! orchestrated violence. A surveillance society helps The insider victim or the outsider dication of citizenship. rather shoddily observed. Hence a the henchmen spread a doctored narrative of vio- are all subjected to suspicion and dis- The new norm of surveilling, large number of Indian citizens face the lence. This is how the victim’s identity is often crimination on the basis of cultural dif- snooping and othering a stranger danger of “suspicion” turning them into ( $ S blurred or altered by terming him/her as viola- ferences that can assume a form of changes the welcoming attitude towards an “illegal” and a subject of hatred. " S ! tors or guilty. Similarly, one who is identified as racism even. the “other.” The drive to find “illegals” Surely, India can redeem itself from $ S " the perpetrator could also be swapped from one The culture of law is such that it among strangers becomes an obsession. such calculated chaos of persecution, side to the other. This new art of shifting blame goes by what is called “reasonable sus- This obsession with “illegal immi- pogrom and detention camps by mov- in the form of present or past guilt, creates an picion.” Entries pertaining to the grants” creates blind spots in our ing towards civic and constitutional image of the “other” who is tasked to prove his National Population Register (NPR) ask everyday relationships with the other. morality. ) identity. In this way, the present practice of legal for the father’s birthplace and NPR rules The “illegal immigrant” is mirrored in (The writer is philosopher and a * adjudication in Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunal allow officials concerned to segregate many ways, such as doubtful voters and political analyst based in Shillong) & $ ')2 +();.%;B; Gyu vruywyqquysx utu u yuv ywx wxxuuywx yxuFyqqquwy v GtyqRuqqtTqyqqu tys uywxqxuyusy u suxqutytutr)"usu

nal Water Policy. The researchers used to be the preserve of cities have ficiency for the Himalayan towns and studied 13 towns in these countries started becoming a normal thing in villages is nothing short of daunting. and zeroed down on eight that are the mountains as well now. First and foremost, the respective facing an acute water stress. Perhaps the first hint of a water State Government must cut back on 16/+ How deep this crisis is became scarcity was the vegetation of the hills the illegal construction and concen- evident from the rising dependence in the higher reaches becoming dry. trate on water conservation. The 1+ 1 on freshwater springs in these areas, Then came the abandonment of water run-offs during monsoon which ranged from 50 per cent to 100 step farming on mountain slopes due must be conserved and guided to the "% @&O""! ?# &))*4 per cent. What is exacerbating the to water sources such as waterfalls, erstwhile water bodies. #H9,#"? crisis is the fact that encroachments rivulets and glacier-fed water chan- This will not only breathe new !!$# fter decades of mindless use in the form of small eateries, hotels nels drying up. Water resources in life into the ancient water bodies but ,##,",# and wastage of water, we are and guest houses have overrun nat- the hills have always been on the restore much-needed water indepen- ,##2#"O Abeing punished for taking ural water bodies, resulting in catch- receiving end. The construction of dence. Similarly, efforts must be ##"! ## this precious natural resource and ment areas disappearing from the numerous hydel projects during the made to ensure that rivers, channels asset for granted as nature has topography. 90s wreaked havoc on the delicate and rivulets that used to feed villages, ,#"?% responded finally and definitively. The small villages in the upper ecology of the Himalayas as river hamlets and farmlands are restored #+,#0 ? In spite of being in a water-rich Himalayas have been steadily wit- carrying capacity. The Water Policy exacerbate and double the gap after river and water bodies started to their former glory by channelis- $##"#$"" zone due to numerous glacier-fed nessing an exodus of the population report specifically names Devprayag between demand and supply of to disappear due to water being ing and allocating required amount !# rivers flowing through them, eight and bigger towns such as Devprayag as one of the severely impacted water by 2050. diverted for electricity generation. of water quantities to them. towns in the Himalayan region of in Uttarakhand have become over- towns. The increased incidence of water This led to the land mafia usurp- We need to give back to nature ", "!"" India, Nepal and Pakistan are now crowded. Unplanned urbanisation and shortages should have not gone ing these dried up riverbeds for real what we have taken away from it, and !!!# ,#!## discovering that their water resources This has resulted in the natural runaway tourism are largely to be unnoticed by the respective State estate development and the sand and that is the ecological balance in these K,"#",#, have dwindled by 70 per cent. resources in these towns being blamed for the water scarcity and the administrations in India. But it hap- rock mafia plundering them for sensitive Himalayan zones. ###% @&O This alarming data was pub- exploited to the hilt and now they report further states that left pened and the long queues at water building material. (The writer is an environmental B #C lished in the latest edition of the jour- have been exhausted beyond their unchecked this condition can further taps and near water tankers, which The road back to water self-suf- journalist) !"#$#$ -

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" ) ) $ # 8 " & " & 6/6 Sebi is “internally assess- 2 " ( !) 99 ing” the potential impact of the quity indices resumed their coronavirus epidemic on the he government will come Edownward march on 3 ) @ capital markets, its Whole- Tout with a one-time settle- stand that the NCLAT has issued construct and structure of online Wednesday as domestic Time Member SK Mohanty ment scheme for Limited an order in relation to the marketplace platforms in India, investors were spooked by a said. Liability Partnerships (LLPs) he National Company Law AIOVA appeal. We are current- “it does not appear that any one sudden spike in coronavirus New Delhi (PTI): Gold prices rupee was trading around 15 Global stocks rallied after that will provide more time to TAppellate Tribunal ly awaiting a copy of the order,” player in the market is com- cases in India. zoomed 1,155 to 44,383 paise weaker against the dol- the US central bank cut its submit their pending docu- (NCLAT) on Wednesday asked a Flipkart spokesperson said. manding any dominant position The government on per 10 gram on Wednesday in lar during the day,” HDFC benchmark interest rate by a ments as well as immunity fair trade regulator CCI to ini- In November 2018, the at this stage of evolution of mar- Wednesday said 28 Covid-19 the national capital with con- Securities Senior Analyst sizable half-percentage point in from prosecution for defaults. tiate again the probe against e- AIOVA had approached the ket”. cases have been detected in the tinuous rupee deprecation and (Commodities) Tapan Patel an effort to support the econ- The LLP settlement commerce major Flipkart for CCI alleging abuse of market The AIOVA, as mentioned country so far, up from six as strong buying in global safe- said. omy in the face of the spread- Scheme, 2020 — to be in force an alleged use of its dominant dominance by e-commerce in the CCI order, is a group of of Tuesday. This includes a haven assets, according to In the international mar- ing coronavirus. from March 16 to June 13 — position. major. The AIOVA had alleged over 2,000 sellers selling on e- group of 16 Italian tourists and HDFC Securities. ket, gold and silver were trad- Fed Chairman Jerome would permit a “one-time con- A three-member bench of abuse of market dominance commerce marketplaces such as their Indian driver. On Tuesday, the precious ing flat at USD 1,638 per Powell noted that the coron- donation of delay in filing the NCLAT headed by against Flipkart India Pvt Ltd, Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal etc. Meanwhile, Union minis- metal had closed at 43,228 ounce and USD 17.17 per avirus “poses evolving risks to statutorily required docu- Chairman Justice SJ which is into wholesale trad- Earlier in February this year, ter Prakash Javadekar said the per 10 gram. ounce, respectively. economic activity”. ments” with the Registrar of Mukhopadhaya has set aside the ing/distribution of books, in a different matter, the High government was proactively Silver prices also jumped “Gold prices rallied The rate cut, however, Companies. earlier order passed by the mobiles, computers and related Court of Karnataka had stayed engaged in dealing with coro- 1,198 to 47,729 per kg from sharply after the US Fed deliv- failed to cheer Indian investors. “LLPs, that wish to avail Competition Commission of accessories, and e-commerce the CCI investigation into alle- navirus, and the prime minis- 46,531 per kg in the previous ered surprise rate cut of 50 bps There is still a lot of uncertainty themselves of the scheme, may India (CCI) in this regard. marketplace Flipkart Internet gations of anti-competitive ter was monitoring the situa- trade. to support lingering economy on how the major economies file the pending documents/ Earlier, the CCI had Pvt Ltd. behaviour by two e-retailing tion everyday. “Spot gold for 24 karat in from the coronavirus effect. will contain the spread of the forms and make good the absolved e-commerce major It had alleged that small ven- majors Amazon and Flipkart for After gyrating over 945 Delhi shot up by 1,155 with Gold prices may get support virus, according to Ashika defaults, to gain immunity Flipkart of unfair practices using dors had become allies of the big a period of eight weeks. The CCI points during the day, the 30- continuous rupee deprecation from lower interest rates fetch- Institutional Equity Research. from prosecutions for such its dominant position. vendors and suppliers to leading had ordered a probe into share BSE Sensex settled 214.22 and strong buying in global ing safe-haven investment,” “Thus, we remain skeptical defaults,” the corporate affairs The appellate tribunal has sellers such as Cloudtail, WS Amazon Seller Services and points or 0.55 per cent lower at safe-haven assets. The spot he added. that Fed rate cut will stabilise ministry said in a release on directed the CCI to ask its Retail, etc. on the Flipkart and Flipkart Internet, units of the 38,409.48. markets sentiments due to Wednesday. LLPs are governed probe arm Director General Amazon platforms, rather than two e-commerce marketplaces, The broader NSE Nifty spurting 2.86 per cent, fol- but for the long term, the coronavirus outbreak,” it said. by the LLP Act, which is imple- (DG) to investigate into the selling directly to consumers on January 13 after receiving closed 52.30 points or 0.46 per lowed by Asian Paints, Tech impact looks limited,” said Bourses in Shanghai, Seoul mented by the ministry. allegations. “We set aside the through the online e-commerce complaints from trader body cent down at 11,251. Mahindra and M&M. Vinod Nair, head of research at and Tokyo ended on a positive According to the release, it order passed by CCI...,” the marketplace sites. Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh. Banks were the biggest “Fresh virus cases report- Geojit Financial Services. note, while Hong Kong settled has been observed that due to bench said, adding that the fair However, passing an order Meanwhile, the NCLAT on drag on the Sensex, with ed in India overshadowed BSE bankex, finance, basic with losses. Stock exchanges in applicability of additional fee trade regulator “is directed to on November 6, 2018, the CCI Wednesday dismissed the pleas IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, monetary easing by Fed. materials, realty, FMCG, oil Europe opened up to 1 per cent on late filings, which in case of initiate probe against Flipkart”. had held that the business prac- of auditors of debt-ridden IL&FS SBI and ICICI Bank dropping Despite mixed global cues, the and gas, auto and metal indices higher. Brent crude oil futures inordinate delay could actual- The NCLAT said that the tices of Flipkart and Amazon — Deloitte Haskins & Sells and up to 3.85 per cent. domestic market took a hit ended in the red, while IT, rose 0.58 per cent to USD ly become a financial burden, All India Online Vendors were not in violation of compe- KPMG arm BSR & Associates Other laggards included fuelled by weakness in metals, healthcare and teck climbed up 52.16 per barrel. a large number of LLPs have Association (AIOVA) has suc- tition norms and rejected alle- — challenging their implead- Bajaj Finance, ITC, UltraTech banks and auto stocks. to 1.13 per cent. On the currency front, the remained non-compliant. This cessfully made its case here. gations of abuse of market dom- ment in the case of alleged Cement and Tata Steel. “Short term tremors due to Broader BSE midcap and Indian rupee depreciated 14 is mainly due to their inability Flipkart said it was waiting inance made by the AIOVA. fraud at a group firm. The case On the other hand, Sun virus could be felt across the smallcap indices ended up to paise to 73.34 per US dollar to pay late fees for the cumu- for the copy of the order passed The CCI had ruled that relates to IFIN, a subsidiary of Pharma was the top gainer, globe including Indian indices 1.61 per cent lower. (intra-day). lative period of delay. by the NCLAT. “We under- looking at the present market IL&FS.

BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11351.35 11356.60 11082.15 11254.20 -49.10 Script Open High Low LTP PNB 44.75 44.90 43.10 44.45 MRF 67650.00 67650.00 66181.05 66973.75 CAPPL 293.50 311.00 286.55 298.25 GET&D 126.05 131.15 120.30 128.20 CIPLA 425.60 449.80 420.00 445.85 20.55 RELIANCE 1350.25 1353.00 1308.10 1339.15 GAIL 104.00 106.90 102.50 106.00 EXIDEIND 164.70 164.70 156.20 161.80 SONATSOFTW 342.65 342.65 335.95 337.25 BALMLAWRIE 101.55 102.30 99.20 100.20 DRREDDY 3065.00 3186.75 3036.00 3169.75 126.05 SBIN 292.40 293.00 275.05 285.30 LALPATHLAB 1700.05 1758.85 1667.20 1716.50 NLCINDIA 62.30 62.50 59.50 60.30 LTTS 1677.45 1677.45 1636.00 1645.85 SOMANYCERA 174.00 177.00 163.05 164.10 SUNPHARMA 398.00 412.90 387.35 404.50 10.95 IBULHSGFIN 296.95 297.50 270.60 283.00 TECHM 754.00 774.10 748.50 771.00 AMBUJACEM 211.35 212.90 204.75 208.20 JCHAC 2952.35 3375.00 2829.75 3081.20 PHOENIXLTD 840.40 876.70 820.00 864.35 POWERGRID 190.70 198.00 188.55 196.35 4.65 BHEL 31.20 31.20 29.85 30.65 INDIACEM 92.00 94.90 84.00 88.95 RAYMOND 505.00 513.40 495.65 499.30 GREAVESCOT 131.00 132.35 128.20 129.75 LEMONTREE 50.75 50.75 45.10 45.70 GAIL 103.95 106.90 102.40 105.70 2.50 HDFC 2195.00 2216.90 2181.50 2204.60 MCX 1320.00 1346.00 1277.65 1315.45 ABBOTINDIA 15460.00 15546.30 14500.10 14994.80 LAURUSLABS 424.45 428.00 411.85 419.30 ADANITRANS 255.65 255.65 248.30 249.95 TECHM 754.00 774.85 748.00 770.00 17.70 BPCL 422.00 428.40 410.05 417.75 TORNTPHARM 2165.00 2202.00 2136.45 2188.65 BALRAMCHIN 143.15 144.10 124.45 139.70 ITI 75.55 75.55 72.00 72.95 MINDAIND 370.00 370.00 360.75 362.45 WIPRO 224.90 229.75 222.45 228.90 5.20 TIINDIA 530.05 536.10 511.60 523.95 SUNTV 433.35 436.70 412.30 427.15 TATAPOWER 44.45 45.20 43.40 44.65 IEX 186.00 192.80 183.50 186.25 MAHSCOOTER 4255.75 4390.00 4116.00 4273.05 TCS 2056.00 2094.45 2025.00 2082.10 45.90 ICICIBANK 516.20 517.40 497.05 508.50 SIEMENS 1362.75 1362.75 1310.70 1333.30 BOMDYEING 72.10 72.85 68.50 70.00 RESPONIND 85.75 86.50 82.90 85.65 PRSMJOHNSN 61.50 61.50 56.10 57.00 ASIANPAINT 1804.05 1857.45 1804.05 1840.00 39.45 HDFCBANK 1179.00 1179.95 1133.30 1148.95 NH 321.50 322.00 304.70 320.00 NATIONALUM 34.60 35.15 33.35 35.00 VINATIORGA 1022.85 1024.75 990.00 1004.50 MINDACORP 101.85 105.50 100.45 103.40 M&M 466.05 477.00 457.50 473.40 7.15 INFY 754.70 761.30 745.60 758.60 BHARATFORG 438.50 441.50 426.15 436.80 RELCAPITAL 6.30 6.35 5.95 6.06 INOXWIND 33.50 33.50 29.25 30.20 SBILIFE 906.40 911.85 876.45 885.65 TATAMTRDVR 57.20 57.20 52.65 54.10 WABAG 185.65 189.00 178.10 182.50 JYOTHYLAB 124.00 124.80 121.00 122.95 INFY 753.90 761.50 745.55 758.00 11.00 TATAMOTORS 130.50 130.50 120.55 126.30 UBL 1232.40 1251.65 1183.45 1226.10 KEC 329.00 329.00 309.50 313.25 CARBORUNIV 329.00 329.00 310.50 317.10 BRITANNIA 3048.00 3080.00 3028.00 3063.15 36.65 TATASTEEL 389.85 389.85 365.25 377.00 ABCAPITAL 78.15 78.90 74.25 75.50 TATACOFFEE 80.20 82.40 78.50 80.50 FINEORG 2108.45 2170.00 2100.00 2144.20 HINDALCO 160.00 161.70 156.90 161.00 1.70 SUNPHARMA 398.80 412.95 387.50 405.70 COROMANDEL 620.00 623.50 610.00 617.80 NATCOPHARM 616.35 632.70 605.60 615.65 KRBL 262.40 265.25 251.50 253.55 NESTLEIND 16397.00 16632.50 16020.00 16510.00 150.60 LT 1189.90 1189.90 1158.15 1177.70 BOSCHLTD 13175.00 13707.15 12932.30 13457.85 KALPATPOWR 328.60 334.00 319.80 330.25 HUDCO 30.55 30.55 29.05 29.35 HDFC 2207.00 2216.60 2180.20 2209.10 17.70 BAJFINANCE 4464.10 4495.55 4226.40 4287.05 ISEC 466.05 468.50 427.80 439.55 GSKCONS 9453.65 9539.55 9395.95 9504.20 IBULISL 104.70 104.70 98.00 100.40 HINDUNILVR 2179.00 2185.05 2152.00 2180.90 14.25 YESBANK 31.40 31.70 28.65 29.30 JINDALSAW 82.00 84.55 80.40 83.30 RCF 38.20 38.30 37.00 37.25 MAHLOG 371.45 371.45 350.25 356.65 BAJAJ-AUTO 2720.00 2764.50 2653.50 2706.00 13.75 KOTAKBANK 1627.10 1631.35 1579.00 1607.60 CRISIL 1522.65 1536.00 1491.85 1514.20 JSLHISAR 66.35 66.85 61.75 64.85 MOIL 127.25 130.70 125.15 126.80 INFRATEL 219.35 223.00 215.80 220.45 1.10 ONGC 94.25 94.90 90.75 92.85 PNBHOUSING 349.80 349.80 321.90 328.90 COCHINSHIP 331.00 332.70 324.25 326.70 GULFOILLUB 731.20 731.20 718.00 718.80 TITAN 1251.95 1265.65 1217.30 1252.90 5.90 INDIGO 1229.00 1230.85 1155.00 1200.60 MARICO 297.70 300.85 292.35 295.20 GSFC 59.95 60.60 57.30 58.00 ALLCARGO 111.00 111.40 107.65 110.40 RELIANCE 1352.00 1353.80 1307.90 1349.00 6.15 ADANIENT 226.05 226.75 213.70 219.85 GLAXO 1315.05 1324.50 1285.20 1307.55 VMART 2191.50 2200.00 2049.80 2150.15 BLUEDART 2984.95 2984.95 2762.20 2815.35 IOC 106.80 108.75 105.75 106.85 0.20 JSWSTEEL 245.85 248.05 237.00 245.35 J&KBANK 19.10 19.10 17.60 18.50 EDELWEISS 87.80 87.80 81.25 83.20 SCHAEFFLER 4346.90 4394.25 4346.90 4360.15 HEROMOTOCO2070.00 2073.35 2000.50 2055.00 0.15 ITC 195.25 195.25 186.60 187.45 DISHTV 7.99 7.99 7.12 7.35 JISLJALEQS 4.99 4.99 4.61 4.61 MOTILALOFS 764.00 765.75 739.10 753.85 ADANIPORTS 347.80 349.80 339.90 347.00 -0.30 PEL 1479.90 1479.90 1373.45 1423.70 PERSISTENT 699.05 712.60 689.10 706.05 NILKAMAL 1378.25 1400.20 1354.65 1371.65 MMTC 17.25 17.25 16.35 16.60 MARUTI 6390.00 6424.00 6209.00 6380.00 -6.05 FDC 229.05 243.95 225.00 227.75 CROMPTON 281.40 283.70 264.50 268.80 GICRE 167.55 171.75 160.35 163.25 GARFIBRES 1501.00 1526.90 1438.40 1447.70 COALINDIA 178.25 179.80 174.10 177.95 -0.25 NCC 37.45 37.90 34.30 35.50 GODREJPROP 1025.30 1026.85 950.35 981.80 AEGISLOG 217.65 217.65 200.00 208.50 JKLAKSHMI 305.15 307.65 291.55 300.25 VEDL 119.00 120.00 115.10 119.30 -0.25 JINDALSTEL 161.00 162.50 148.40 154.10 JUBILANT 500.50 509.00 478.50 494.95 INTELLECT 113.20 113.65 105.00 108.70 GICHSGFIN 95.10 97.25 91.20 93.00 ONGC 94.20 94.90 90.70 93.10 -0.25 TCS 2045.50 2093.00 2026.00 2083.15 CHOLAFIN 307.25 307.25 289.85 295.35 SUPREMEIND 1285.00 1302.95 1212.00 1238.40 CHOLAHLDNG 509.20 510.00 489.00 503.25 JSWSTEEL 246.55 248.80 236.85 245.50 -0.95 ZEEL 246.00 254.45 244.05 251.70 SUNTECK 350.10 360.90 331.20 341.05 GMDCLTD 49.10 49.10 47.35 48.15 BAYERCROP 4384.95 4475.00 4291.10 4345.65 LT 1185.00 1187.85 1158.00 1175.90 -5.40 BHARTIARTL 523.85 532.70 507.75 516.70 AMARAJABAT 646.00 646.00 621.45 636.95 THYROCARE 602.25 604.00 577.60 587.40 MAHLIFE 347.00 349.15 337.40 339.05 HCLTECH 569.00 575.40 561.00 562.20 -2.85 INDUSINDBK 1102.00 1114.00 1051.00 1066.25 STAR 469.00 484.80 458.00 464.85 IDFC 32.30 32.35 31.85 31.95 WESTLIFE 447.55 447.55 427.80 430.70 FINCABLES 329.00 329.00 321.55 323.70 AXISBANK 688.00 695.60 668.45 682.05 GRANULES 167.00 175.95 158.10 172.70 PCJEWELLER 14.55 14.65 13.10 13.50 EMAMILTD 256.75 257.70 248.10 249.95 CENTRALBK 15.60 15.60 14.75 15.00 NTPC 108.65 111.00 107.50 108.00 -0.90 BAJAJFINSV 8994.10 9066.55 8600.00 8796.05 BERGEPAINT 553.00 553.00 531.30 540.25 RELAXO 697.00 697.00 683.00 691.65 ALBK 11.46 12.75 11.46 12.02 PNCINFRA 183.05 183.05 176.00 181.50 AXISBANK 690.00 696.00 668.30 681.00 -6.15 GODREJAGRO 468.40 468.40 451.50 462.50 DMART 2289.00 2289.00 2160.10 2199.15 VIPIND 389.00 397.80 374.00 379.05 JKTYRE 66.00 66.00 62.75 63.90 DHANUKA 452.05 472.25 430.00 450.60 ZEEL 248.05 254.45 243.90 248.65 -2.45 SRTRANSFIN 1264.00 1264.00 1132.60 1166.25 DELTACORP 132.00 133.40 122.75 125.85 CASTROLIND 147.85 148.80 139.00 141.00 HEIDELBERG 196.80 197.55 189.00 191.05 ORIENTCEM 79.40 79.40 77.00 78.05 KOTAKBANK 1632.20 1633.10 1577.60 1609.15 -17.15 IDEA 3.73 3.78 3.41 3.59 LUPIN 652.95 666.95 644.30 663.95 RALLIS 225.85 233.95 223.50 229.60 ITDC 233.05 233.05 210.15 218.50 LAKSHVILAS 15.00 15.00 14.25 14.30 ICICIBANK 517.50 517.50 497.05 508.95 -5.80 CONCOR 492.20 500.85 469.30 477.90 TVSMOTOR 424.20 426.95 400.65 410.05 JMFINANCIL 111.10 111.55 105.15 106.25 JSL 39.75 40.00 38.75 39.75 SUNDRMFAST 412.00 413.45 399.00 404.00 BHARTIARTL 525.00 532.80 507.40 513.00 -7.80 MARUTI 6301.00 6420.25 6209.15 6384.40 NAVINFLUOR 1432.00 1432.05 1303.80 1373.35 PGHL 4043.85 4043.85 3921.60 3974.95 SCHNEIDER 91.80 91.80 86.25 87.95 CHALET 325.45 331.85 305.00 313.80 GRASIM 702.50 708.80 682.00 689.00 -11.05 DRREDDY 3045.05 3184.50 3036.05 3172.95 GLENMARK 286.50 292.00 280.85 289.20 KEI 511.50 519.65 492.50 509.75 SYNGENE 294.55 302.20 287.25 298.65 CORPBANK 17.80 19.25 17.80 18.65 SBIN 291.80 293.00 275.10 284.95 -4.90 GODREJIND 417.05 428.40 409.10 422.85 TRENT 735.40 735.40 673.80 689.80 CREDITACC 860.05 887.20 797.40 842.55 SYMPHONY 1315.35 1325.00 1269.90 1311.65 MRPL 38.15 38.15 37.10 38.05 BAJAJFINSV 9000.00 9066.60 8593.25 8777.20 -186.45 ULTRACEMCO 4307.10 4324.10 4120.40 4174.80 ADANIGAS 134.40 135.05 126.30 130.40 PIIND 1575.00 1579.95 1545.10 1576.85 KAJARIACER 553.20 553.20 540.00 543.65 KNRCON 266.20 266.30 263.40 265.70 UPL 525.00 533.60 498.10 510.25 -11.30 HCLTECH 572.00 575.40 561.20 562.80 DABUR 512.00 517.00 506.60 514.70 SUZLON 2.76 2.81 2.53 2.58 BAJAJELEC 420.00 421.90 397.35 407.65 TIMETECHNO 47.00 47.00 44.45 46.10 BPCL 422.10 428.70 405.40 413.80 -11.20 PGHH 10891.40 10891.40 10252.20 10455.55 OBEROIRLTY 521.00 521.00 493.00 506.85 IRB 80.30 82.50 76.10 81.00 NIACL 109.15 112.75 104.25 105.65 IFBIND 455.65 461.45 434.00 438.50 HDFCBANK 1178.35 1180.00 1133.10 1149.15 -32.65 PVR 1784.90 1784.90 1602.90 1663.70 BLISSGVS 110.90 112.85 105.50 108.20 VENKYS 1225.00 1229.70 1100.55 1151.05 AIAENG 1830.00 1845.00 1700.00 1794.65 ADVENZYMES 153.55 154.05 149.45 150.40 ULTRACEMCO 4310.05 4325.00 4117.00 4180.00 -119.90 ADANIPOWER 48.95 48.95 46.05 47.60 PTC 47.40 47.85 46.45 47.05 INDHOTEL 132.80 132.80 121.30 123.85 KANSAINER 500.50 507.00 472.55 490.25 CYIENT 423.90 424.15 418.15 420.50 INDUSINDBK 1114.45 1114.45 1051.00 1076.20 -31.85 MIDHANI 251.25 255.90 232.75 247.95 METROPOLIS 2080.00 2080.00 1862.00 1876.00 INDIANB 70.30 74.45 66.00 70.75 TATAINVEST 896.55 896.55 852.65 868.20 TATASTEEL 388.05 389.90 365.10 375.95 -11.60 VEDL 120.80 120.80 115.20 119.25 SAIL 36.10 36.35 34.05 34.85 BBTC 1105.00 1107.90 1070.75 1094.20 BLUESTARCO 803.05 803.05 780.50 793.60 TATAMOTORS 129.60 129.60 120.55 126.40 -3.95 EICHERMOT 17994.95 18250.00 16890.00 17275.80 SANOFI 7410.00 7488.00 7300.00 7444.20 REPCOHOME 278.80 288.65 274.20 281.80 UCOBANK 12.31 12.72 12.13 12.33 ITC 194.95 195.55 186.55 187.35 -6.50 MOTHERSUMI 106.00 106.00 98.40 100.75 POLYCAB 1070.00 1070.00 998.45 1042.35 ALKEM 2642.95 2649.60 2545.35 2552.95 DCMSHRIRAM 329.95 332.00 315.60 317.25 BAJFINANCE 4466.00 4496.80 4225.00 4279.90 -174.20 HINDUNILVR 2180.05 2185.35 2152.50 2177.15 IDFCFIRSTB 38.50 38.50 36.65 37.40 JBCHEPHARM 560.90 583.20 544.80 574.10 REDINGTON 109.55 111.10 106.35 107.20 EICHERMOT 17954.00 18280.00 16870.00 17171.55 -716.90 ECLERX 549.05 608.00 549.05 565.15 MPHASIS 858.45 864.40 815.95 839.00 SCI 44.10 44.35 40.35 42.05 TVSSRICHAK 1485.00 1515.00 1475.00 1490.70 ASIANPAINT 1805.00 1857.20 1805.00 1849.85 IOC 107.05 108.75 105.65 106.65 GUJGAS 290.00 293.70 278.00 289.80 MAHABANK 11.00 11.00 10.37 10.49 YESBANK 31.50 31.70 28.70 29.30 -1.90 RBLBANK 292.90 297.55 279.50 295.80 EQUITAS 107.35 108.70 102.20 104.00 WELSPUNIND 39.50 40.70 38.25 39.10 CENTURYPLY 163.00 163.00 151.55 154.80 MFSL 582.25 611.05 582.25 591.65 RAJESHEXPO 681.00 690.40 674.35 681.65 FORTIS 155.30 156.70 152.65 153.75 IOB 8.60 8.84 8.50 8.56 ORIENTREF 227.60 228.35 224.20 226.90 ATUL 5400.00 5400.00 4922.95 5038.80 RAIN 98.90 98.90 91.85 93.45 NBVENTURES 68.00 68.20 63.50 64.20 SRF 3989.95 4004.50 3891.55 3984.10 HAVELLS 638.50 642.55 620.00 633.00 SWANENERGY 118.65 123.00 116.50 117.05 KPRMILL 588.25 588.25 574.75 579.20 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ADANIPORTS 350.00 350.00 340.10 346.25 GMRINFRA 20.30 20.50 19.30 20.05 APLAPOLLO 1925.00 1941.30 1858.70 1921.20 ARVINDFASN 346.55 353.35 335.70 339.70 NIFTY NEXT 50 27077.35 27103.30 26367.10 26715.40 -210.90 TATAELXSI 1050.00 1055.40 948.55 982.75 JUSTDIAL 497.75 497.75 472.20 487.10 KTKBANK 69.80 69.95 67.30 68.10 TATAMETALI 611.35 611.50 591.00 600.10 BOSCHLTD 13237.50 13690.00 12912.35 13555.00 399.40 BASF 1025.00 1167.65 1009.70 1147.90 NOCIL 96.95 99.45 92.55 95.80 CUMMINSIND 509.00 510.40 493.00 497.35 MAHINDCIE 128.05 130.00 123.85 127.60 PIDILITIND 1540.10 1587.00 1533.55 1581.85 43.25 AUROPHARMA 512.10 528.90 506.70 520.75 BAJAJHLDNG 3396.00 3407.45 3315.00 3323.85 RITES 292.00 297.00 285.20 288.00 VSTIND 4123.35 4164.85 4084.20 4119.30 LUPIN 653.20 667.25 643.30 663.60 14.00 PIDILITIND 1550.00 1587.40 1535.00 1583.50 UPL 528.60 532.80 498.50 511.45 RELINFRA 19.15 19.15 17.70 18.20 TCIEXP 805.00 811.60 751.15 771.35 GODREJCP 623.80 636.65 615.00 631.75 13.05 ESCORTS 850.60 854.80 807.05 831.35 BALKRISIND 1115.00 1122.50 1077.00 1109.00 ADANIGREEN 159.30 159.45 151.70 152.15 TEJASNET 57.00 57.00 49.75 51.40 AUROPHARMA 515.90 529.20 506.40 521.95 10.65 APOLLOHOSP 1731.25 1771.85 1712.25 1754.05 IRCON 489.70 489.70 438.00 456.70 HINDCOPPER 30.95 31.10 28.70 29.50 NETWORK18 25.50 26.70 25.10 25.65 DABUR 511.00 516.90 506.60 516.90 10.30 CIPLA 427.00 449.45 420.15 447.70 SHREECEM 23670.00 23835.90 22822.00 23271.50 OFSS 2679.40 2704.90 2588.00 2603.80 HERITGFOOD 342.00 342.00 322.00 331.35 NMDC 93.05 95.15 91.20 94.70 1.25 ABFRL 263.00 263.00 243.75 249.90 UNIONBANK 36.50 38.60 35.40 36.35 SUDARSCHEM 462.10 472.95 452.45 457.55 MAXINDIA 89.85 91.70 87.25 87.50 HDFCLIFE 567.40 570.00 560.15 569.50 6.00 DLF 208.90 209.40 198.50 203.90 HEG 960.00 971.00 912.85 956.75 PRESTIGE 324.45 324.70 294.05 307.00 ANDHRABANK 13.18 13.49 12.85 13.03 BANKBARODA 73.05 74.15 71.25 73.40 0.50 NIITTECH 1900.00 1949.50 1792.45 1831.90 BEL 74.20 75.15 70.60 74.85 GODFRYPHLP 1177.05 1195.00 1144.55 1164.20 TAKE 86.25 89.25 81.80 82.60 PAGEIND 22175.00 22286.70 21750.00 22215.00 124.00 RECLTD 120.90 120.90 115.10 117.45 MGL 1039.35 1046.10 985.00 1012.80 HONAUT 33200.00 33220.00 32311.00 32547.65 GESHIP 246.00 251.35 239.90 241.40 EIHOTEL 126.70 127.70 124.05 124.50 PFC 113.25 114.60 111.05 113.50 0.25 BAJAJ-AUTO 2715.40 2763.70 2655.00 2709.45 IGL 454.00 454.00 430.80 435.20 LINDEINDIA 634.80 664.50 609.15 648.40 HIMATSEIDE 99.95 99.95 89.50 91.35 INDOSTAR 281.50 281.50 279.70 280.25 ICICIGI 1235.00 1239.70 1205.30 1213.20 2.25 WOCKPHARMA 317.20 325.70 309.90 320.35 INOXLEISUR 387.65 393.00 356.00 381.15 RPOWER 1.62 1.66 1.55 1.57 TIMKEN 984.90 984.90 910.00 928.55 ENDURANCE 957.45 1004.25 950.00 998.65 UBL 1233.00 1252.95 1181.90 1235.00 1.45 DEEPAKNI 540.00 543.40 498.00 522.10 RADICO 401.70 401.70 379.95 392.70 ICICIGI 1225.45 1238.00 1206.90 1216.50 UFLEX 208.10 208.70 201.20 203.15 SIS 535.10 558.75 530.00 551.25 BERGEPAINT 543.50 552.20 531.20 541.55 -0.10 ORIENTELEC 260.45 260.75 243.55 256.60 ACC 1339.00 1345.00 1295.00 1325.45 CARERATING 473.60 478.00 456.35 469.00 GALAXYSURF 1590.00 1609.00 1582.00 1600.15 FLFL 339.90 340.00 315.00 322.80 BIOCON 305.85 307.00 297.40 303.80 -0.20 L&TFH 108.35 108.50 102.40 105.60 BANKINDIA 50.30 50.30 47.65 48.25 APLLTD 680.00 680.00 635.15 650.20 FSL 42.40 42.45 40.85 42.10 DBCORP 111.65 112.50 108.70 109.35 BANDHANBNK 401.50 409.90 396.60 400.05 -0.75 3MINDIA 20800.00 22550.00 20512.60 22341.90 M&MFIN 343.90 346.50 326.00 334.90 CESC 631.00 631.75 608.00 610.20 HAL 675.00 675.00 637.40 644.90 TNPL 156.65 157.55 155.00 156.50 COLPAL 1320.55 1327.45 1288.90 1316.00 -3.85 SPICEJET 74.35 74.35 68.25 70.90 NMDC 93.90 95.00 91.25 94.25 AKZOINDIA 2433.50 2446.00 2310.30 2414.10 SHILPAMED 447.75 452.35 432.00 452.35 LAOPALA 211.00 213.00 205.15 209.45 HINDPETRO 207.00 207.90 201.25 204.95 -0.60 JUBLFOOD 1719.95 1719.95 1619.65 1654.10 MANAPPURAM 165.00 166.15 153.70 157.70 ENGINERSIN 76.00 76.15 70.75 72.30 IIFL 167.55 167.65 153.00 157.55 VRLLOG 226.85 227.00 217.95 224.15 PNB 44.75 44.95 43.05 44.35 -0.15 CANBK 141.55 142.20 135.25 138.90 SOBHA 320.05 326.55 309.10 316.40 LAXMIMACH 3270.00 3370.00 3259.95 3301.30 MASFIN 1046.75 1074.15 1000.00 1027.05 ERIS 433.30 442.50 425.85 439.20 MARICO 298.35 301.25 292.25 295.00 -1.10 COALINDIA 177.05 179.75 174.40 178.20 NAUKRI 2790.05 2802.00 2643.00 2656.80 TCNSBRANDS 585.10 591.00 576.45 586.00 LUXIND 1353.00 1353.00 1309.45 1318.50 CENTRUM 18.80 19.00 17.20 18.50 DIVISLAB 2183.00 2210.90 2157.75 2174.25 -8.85 MUTHOOTFIN 870.00 879.00 852.00 873.65 FEDERALBNK 84.55 84.65 82.10 83.45 VBL 822.40 822.40 770.50 782.55 QUESS 524.25 524.25 491.00 503.75 THERMAX 892.40 905.05 887.30 900.40 MCDOWELL-N 673.80 677.00 646.60 663.30 -4.15 PETRONET 249.00 250.30 242.50 245.40 MINDTREE 992.00 998.45 969.30 990.80 GNFC 161.45 161.70 153.20 156.05 DHFL 16.77 16.77 16.77 16.77 KPITTECH 82.45 82.45 77.05 78.60 HAVELLS 641.00 642.75 619.25 633.50 -5.05 GODREJCP 624.00 636.25 615.00 631.90 OMAXE 165.00 165.00 154.20 158.95 AMBER 1427.35 1439.20 1345.00 1373.10 HFCL 13.26 13.50 12.50 12.78 GDL 123.55 126.50 123.55 125.10 BAJAJHLDNG 3384.90 3406.00 3317.05 3331.00 -37.30 ASHOKLEY 75.90 76.50 70.95 72.45 CANFINHOME 487.35 491.90 475.50 479.05 NESCO 675.60 677.05 625.75 648.15 TTKPRESTIG 5670.00 5700.00 5638.00 5647.50 SADBHAV 67.50 67.50 64.35 64.75 ACC 1340.35 1344.45 1294.15 1320.00 -15.25 OIL 106.00 111.30 104.40 110.40 IBREALEST 76.40 76.95 70.80 74.95 FORCEMOT 1085.50 1090.00 1018.90 1043.05 JSWENERGY 56.70 57.40 53.55 54.05 VARROC 377.50 377.50 356.05 363.50 IDEA 3.75 3.80 3.40 3.60 -0.05 M&M 467.00 476.75 457.50 474.55 TORNTPOWER 321.00 321.00 308.50 315.05 FRETAIL 306.60 309.95 295.00 305.65 TRIDENT 5.49 5.54 5.25 5.30 TEAMLEASE 2371.15 2378.05 2351.05 2368.35 HDFCAMC 3080.00 3080.00 2995.00 3018.00 -44.10 TITAN 1259.95 1265.70 1218.10 1250.55 BEML 700.00 719.00 682.30 702.65 TV18BRDCST 22.65 22.65 21.70 21.95 JKCEMENT 1341.00 1405.00 1308.00 1339.50 WABCOINDIA 6744.10 6780.00 6740.45 6765.45 PETRONET 249.00 250.90 242.50 244.60 -3.65 NTPC 109.00 110.95 107.60 108.00 HINDPETRO 206.00 207.85 201.20 205.95 SOUTHBANK 8.94 9.27 8.90 8.98 CERA 2500.00 2599.50 2368.00 2534.55 ITDCEM 51.05 51.30 49.00 49.85 DMART 2260.00 2270.00 2150.00 2200.00 -33.05 GRASIM 701.00 708.00 682.90 689.40 WIPRO 227.95 229.70 222.45 228.75 AAVAS 1933.90 1941.60 1874.95 1891.55 JAMNAAUTO 34.65 34.65 32.00 32.20 SHRIRAMCIT 1432.10 1432.10 1400.00 1425.00 SBILIFE 902.90 912.00 877.00 886.15 -13.70 SPARC 150.00 161.50 145.45 155.45 INFIBEAM 57.40 57.40 54.75 55.15 MEGH 53.00 53.05 50.95 51.45 RATNAMANI 1330.10 1352.30 1277.15 1330.55 SKFINDIA 1860.00 1902.05 1802.05 1835.20 PEL 1457.00 1475.00 1372.25 1423.50 -23.50 NAM-INDIA 406.10 408.75 389.95 394.15 BRITANNIA 3063.00 3078.90 3028.15 3062.90 RVNL 20.25 20.35 19.40 19.90 SJVN 23.50 23.50 22.90 23.25 SOLARINDS 1128.55 1140.00 1122.45 1133.55 GICRE 168.90 171.85 160.10 164.00 -2.75 HEROMOTOCO 2062.05 2072.00 2000.10 2047.05 LTI 1966.00 1970.25 1879.00 1899.65 SYNDIBANK 20.00 20.00 18.60 19.00 GUJALKALI 328.35 330.75 310.95 313.50 GEPIL 712.00 712.00 693.80 700.50 AMBUJACEM 211.35 213.00 204.70 207.65 -3.50 BANKBARODA 73.50 74.10 71.25 73.30 ORIENTBANK 35.85 42.30 35.40 40.60 CEATLTD 1003.25 1015.30 962.00 998.70 VAIBHAVGBL 1080.00 1080.00 1030.00 1044.95 UNITEDBNK 7.20 7.40 7.15 7.26 CADILAHC 262.00 263.40 252.10 255.85 -4.50 LICHSGFIN 334.00 334.00 315.05 320.80 STRTECH 92.00 94.40 88.15 93.10 CHAMBLFERT 138.60 140.30 134.40 135.10 BDL 269.80 269.80 256.55 260.80 STARCEMENT 86.30 86.95 84.40 86.00 SIEMENS 1369.00 1369.00 1310.65 1332.40 -24.05 HDFCAMC 3065.00 3078.00 2994.35 3016.05 VOLTAS 697.95 697.95 668.80 685.95 DCBBANK 158.75 159.40 152.65 155.55 ASHOKA 86.90 88.85 83.00 85.80 BRIGADE 222.85 224.55 220.40 221.60 SHREECEM 23799.00 23896.50 22801.00 23170.00 -423.15 PFC 113.50 114.60 111.10 113.40 WELCORP 175.45 175.45 157.90 167.30 DEEPAKFERT 91.10 94.55 90.95 91.85 BAJAJCON 183.60 183.60 176.00 177.20 ZYDUSWELL 1456.00 1456.00 1430.10 1451.45 L&TFH 107.95 108.70 102.40 105.35 -1.95 GRAPHITE 239.00 239.65 220.50 231.80 ICICIPRULI 458.50 461.05 441.65 445.25 PHILIPCARB 112.00 112.05 105.10 106.95 CHENNPETRO 102.20 102.20 96.15 98.15 SUPRAJIT 198.20 200.70 190.45 191.85 DLF 208.05 210.10 198.50 202.90 -3.90 BANDHANBNK 402.00 409.60 397.00 400.40 AVANTI 444.70 449.00 420.60 425.65 HSCL 49.00 49.70 46.10 47.65 BIRLACORPN 695.55 703.15 671.65 692.50 MAGMA 41.75 42.05 39.00 40.35 CONCOR 492.60 501.40 468.85 477.75 -11.80 BIOCON 297.00 308.40 297.00 303.65 AUBANK 1181.00 1187.65 1130.95 1153.75 ESSELPRO 163.85 174.90 160.85 173.50 CCL 231.25 232.55 216.60 225.15 JAGRAN 58.95 58.95 55.50 57.00 HINDZINC 172.35 172.90 167.20 168.65 -4.25 TATACONSUM 356.00 357.25 338.80 349.00 UJJIVAN 342.30 342.30 331.80 336.65 ASTRAZEN 2702.15 2731.00 2600.00 2661.25 DALBHARAT 754.00 763.00 717.70 729.30 MHRIL 215.70 221.00 211.75 217.25 INDIGO 1225.15 1233.40 1154.05 1196.40 -32.05 BATAINDIA 1632.00 1635.00 1538.50 1588.75 INFRATEL 220.00 222.75 216.00 220.95 GILLETTE 5951.95 5958.70 5649.65 5721.40 IFCI 5.40 5.44 5.22 5.28 ZENSARTECH 136.10 136.80 133.00 133.50 ICICIPRULI 458.00 460.75 441.50 443.60 -12.05 HDFCLIFE 566.00 570.00 560.00 568.55 CADILAHC 261.25 263.10 252.10 256.00 PARAGMILK 80.00 80.70 73.45 74.40 CUB 215.50 217.70 210.05 216.85 GPPL 74.25 75.05 72.85 73.30 OFSS 2660.55 2709.75 2590.00 2590.10 -70.45 AJANTPHARM 1473.20 1523.90 1449.75 1511.15 NBCC 27.45 27.60 25.70 26.00 DBL 310.00 310.05 291.95 296.80 ASTERDM 165.00 165.00 158.65 160.95 TVTODAY 216.00 225.70 213.00 222.85 IBULHSGFIN 296.00 297.85 270.45 283.35 -9.20 CGCL 215.85 219.85 212.10 215.45 COLPAL 1322.70 1325.50 1290.00 1312.20 RAMCOCEM 778.50 778.50 747.05 750.05 FINOLEXIND 550.00 554.25 549.55 551.95 SHOPERSTOP 380.00 384.40 369.95 376.85 NHPC 22.90 23.20 21.80 22.05 -0.80 HINDALCO 158.15 161.65 157.00 160.70 DIXON 4098.60 4098.60 3870.00 3904.10 HINDZINC 175.00 175.00 167.85 169.35 SHANKARA 460.00 460.00 427.85 440.35 SHK 98.25 98.80 94.90 95.25 NIACL 110.05 112.75 104.05 105.50 -4.10 IPCALAB 1525.00 1541.10 1393.20 1427.70 APOLLOTYRE 139.00 140.70 136.70 139.85 GSPL 234.95 234.95 223.75 225.95 DCAL* 75.00 76.00 71.00 73.20 GRINDWELL 582.15 585.00 575.00 579.80 ASHOKLEY 76.25 76.25 70.80 72.55 -2.90 PFIZER 4549.00 4575.00 4344.70 4410.95 IDBI 29.45 29.65 28.20 28.50 NHPC 23.00 23.00 21.85 22.05 GHCL 165.30 165.30 157.15 160.35 HATHWAY 18.60 18.80 17.90 18.45 PGHH 10852.10 10968.70 10280.00 10319.00 -533.00 NESTLEIND 16360.00 16626.90 16026.85 16538.05 PAGEIND 22063.20 22251.00 21777.40 22148.20 FCONSUMER 14.90 15.00 14.56 15.00 EIDPARRY 188.00 188.00 179.00 185.85 VTL 1039.30 1041.50 1004.10 1013.35 MOTHERSUMI 105.30 105.80 98.40 100.95 -5.25 POWERGRID 191.00 197.90 188.60 197.10 WHIRLPOOL 2209.80 2220.25 2153.45 2162.65 ASTRAL 1142.20 1146.50 1112.00 1127.95 MAHSEAMLES 328.30 328.70 309.20 315.55 SFL 1614.00 1623.20 1610.00 1616.90 SRTRANSFIN 1269.90 1269.90 1126.70 1165.10 -92.00 DIVISLAB 2188.00 2208.35 2159.60 2175.70 JAICORPLTD 90.45 90.60 84.00 86.25 HEXAWARE 366.80 370.95 353.00 359.10 VGUARD 201.35 203.40 201.10 202.20 GAYAPROJ 18.70 18.70 18.70 18.70 !"#$#$ --

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many countries, Xi said it is he coronavirus infections important to step up commu- Tshowed signs of receding in nication and exchange with the . & & China with 38 new fatalities, World Health Organisation taking the total number of and carry out scientific research deaths to 2,981, Chinese health cooperation on source tracing, 2 0 2 the 50 level that divides expan- officials have said even as drugs, vaccines, testing and sion and contraction since countries grappled to contain other fields with other coun- ong Kong’s business out- April 2018, though it had risen the fast-spreading deadly virus tries, especially those hit hard Hlook hit a record low in in December and January. that has claimed over 3,100 by the virus. February, according to data Markit surveys around 400 lives globally. Across the globe, countries released on Wednesday, as the private-sector companies in By the end of Tuesday, witnessed a surge in new infec- coronavirus outbreak added Hong Kong across manufac- 2,981 people died of the tion. to the financial hub’s troubles turing, construction, whole- COVID-19 and a total of South Korea reported 5,328 following months of political sale, retail and services to gen- 80,270 confirmed cases of the infections with 142 new cases turmoil. The Purchasing erate the index. virus were reported in China, on Wednesday. Thirty two Managers’ Index (PMI) for the The survey responses are National Health Commission people have died of the disease city’s economy plunged to its collected in the second half of (NHC) reported on Tuesday. in the country. lowest mark since the gauge each month. The death toll due to the In India, six people are began, worse than the SARS “The latest PMI flashed red deadly disease across the world confirmed to be infected by outbreak in 2003 and the glob- warning lights on the dire pri- mounted to 3,123 and con- coronavirus, including an al financial crisis in 2007-2008. vate-sector conditions across firmed cases surpassed 91,783, Italian couple in Rajasthan. Hong Kong’s economy is Hong Kong in February amid official media here reported. The coronavirus deaths reeling from the US-China the coronavirus outbreak, with NHC received reports of jumped to 79 in Italy on trade war, pro-democracy the headline index plunging to 119 new confirmed cases in Tuesday with over 2,502 con- protests last year and now the an unprecedented level since China on Tuesday from 31 firmed cases reported in the coronavirus — a triple wham- the survey started in July 1998,” provincial-level regions and country. my that has created a situation Bernard Aw, principal econo- Xinjiang, including 115 from Atleast 77 people have died Financial Secretary Paul Chan mist with IHS Markit, said in Hubei province and its capital due to the coronavirus out- described as “exceptionally aus- the report. Wuhan, the epicentre of the ( ! ! ! ! ( ! ((O! '!P* (=& ! (! break in Iran with 2,336 con- tere” as he delivered his annu- “The average PMI so far virus. ! ( ( ( > ? ' = $ firmed cases. Japan has con- al budget last week. for the first quarter of 2020 Outside Hubei, only four firmed over 1,000 COVID-19 Chan said the economy is points to a deepening recession, cases were reported on Tuesday, it said, adding that all Tuesday, of which 2,981 died, Hong Kong, nine in Macao and contain COVID-19. cases and 12 deaths. facing “enormous challenges raising the urgency for policy Tuesday, down from 890 on over the country 520 people 27,433 patients are still being 12 in Taiwan have been dis- Public health security is a The deadly virus has this year”, and predicted a support.” February 3, the NHC said, were still suspected of being treated and 49,856 patients charged from hospital after common challenge faced by claimed seven people in the range of 0.5 per cent growth to The figures come just days highlighting that the virus cases infected with the virus. discharged after recovery, it recovery, it said. humanity, and all countries United States as the infections a 1.5 per cent contraction this after China’s PMI was at 35.7 have been declining in the rest Also on Tuesday, the num- said. As the coronavirus out- should join hands to cope with rose to over 100 in the country. year. points in February, well below of the country. ber of severe cases decreased by By the end of Tuesday, 100 break has become a global it, Xi said during an inspection Positive cases rose to 39 in the The PMI index fell to 33.1, the 50-point mark that sepa- Among the deaths, 37 were 390 to 6,416, while 2,652 peo- confirmed cases including two menace causing massive dis- to research institutes here on UK. France on Tuesday dropping below the previous rates growth and contraction in Hubei and one in Inner ple were discharged from hos- deaths have been reported in ruptions in China and abroad, Monday, calling on countries to announced that 21 new cases of low in April 2003, according to every month. Mongolia Autonomous Region, pital after recovery. Hong Kong, 10 confirmed Chinese President Xi Jinping share research data and joint- COVID-19 have been identi- IHS Markit, whose report This was down from 50 the NHC said. The overall confirmed cases in the Macao SAR and 42 called for international coop- ly work out response strategies, fied, taking the total number of added the PMI averaged 39.9 points in January and the worst Meanwhile, 143 new sus- cases on the mainland had in Taiwan, including one death. eration in scientific research to official media reported. infections to 212, of which 12 so far for the first quarter. level since China began record- pected cases were reported on reached 80,270 by the end of Thirty-seven patients in develop a cure and vaccine to Noting that the COVID-19 were cured and four have died. The gauge has been below ing the figure in 2005. & > ! ! $ ) + 6 3 B 1 PC ) . ) 1 2 raq said a 70-year-old IMuslim cleric died on Wednesday from the novel 5 0 1 gical masks were also seized coronavirus, marking the first Tuesday at a Jakarta apart- death from the outbreak in a ndonesian police seized over ment. country where 31 people have Ihalf a million face masks And police said they bust- + to its staff of 8,000 at its been infected. from a Jakarta-area warehouse ed a factory at the weekend European headquarters in The preacher had been after the country’s first con- allegedly making and distrib- mazon and other big Dublin on Tuesday. quarantined in the northeast- firmed cases of coronavirus uting counterfeit masks that did Acompanies are trying to Major business gatherings, ern city of Sulaimaniyah before sparked panic buying and sent not meet health standards keep their employees healthy like the Geneva International his death, a spokesman for the prices for prevention products “Those masks are useless,” by banning business trips, Motor Show and the Mobile northern Kurdish autonomous skyrocketing. Yunus said. but they’ve dealt a gut punch World Congress in Barcelona, region’s health authority said. Authorities were question- “They won’t protect people to a travel industry already have also been cancelled. According to local sources, ing two people after the who use them.” The crackdown reeling from the virus out- On Tuesday, Facebook he had recently met with Iraqis Tuesday evening raid at a ware- was ordered by Indonesian break. confirmed it will no longer returning from neighbouring house in satellite city president Joko Widodo who The Seattle-based online attend the South by Southwest Iran, which has recorded the Tangerang, where nearly has called on citizens to avoid retail giant has told its nearly conference in Austin, Texas, deadliest outbreak outside 600,000 surgical masks were panic buying — even as store 800,000 workers to postpone which is scheduled to begin China, the epidemic’s epicen- found. The owners did not shelves are cleared and prices any non-essential travel with- March 13. tre. The virus in the Islamic have permission to distribute soar for masks and hand sani- in the United States or around And the 189-nation Republic has claimed 77 lives the masks, police said. tisers. Major cities including the globe. International Monetary Fund and infected more than 2,300 “Mask prices have sky- Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney Swiss food giant Nestle and its sister lending organisa- people. rocketed everywhere and there have also seen panic buying told its 291,000 employees tion, the World Bank, Iraq, where 31 cases of are shortages, most likely sparked by the virus. worldwide to limit domestic announced they will replace coronavirus have been report- because hoarders are trying to Indonesians, meanwhile, business travel and halt inter- their regular spring meetings in ed, is one of Iran’s largest make money at the public’s are scooping up a traditional national travel until March 15. Washington — scheduled for export markets and a popular expense,” Jakarta police herbal tonic known as jamu French cosmetics maker mid-April — with a “virtual destination for Iranian pil- closed land borders with Iran ordered shut until March 7 to dle the epidemic. spokesman Yusri Yunus told and in one city sellers dressed L’Oréal, which employs 86,000 format.” grims visiting the holy cities of and banned the entry of foreign further contain the outbreak, Many hospitals in Iraq are AFP Wednesday. as Batman and local superhero people, issued a similar ban Michael Dunne, the CEO Najaf and Karbala. nationals travelling from there but many continue to operate poorly equipped or in disrepair Those convicted of hoard- Gundala were handing out the until March 31. of ZoZo Go, an automotive Many Iraqis also cross the and other badly affected coun- normally. after successive waves of con- ing masks could face up to five drink to motorists. Other companies, like consulting company that spe- frontier for business, tourism, tries. The outbreak has fuelled flict. According to the World years in jail and hefty fines, “My sales have more than Twitter, are telling their cialises in the Chinese market, medical treatment and reli- Schools, universities, cine- public panic among Iraqis who Health Organization, there are police said. doubled since Monday,” said employees worldwide to work normally travels from gious studies. mas, cafes and other public say the war-ravaged country’s fewer than 10 doctors for every The warehouse raid came Nur Hidayati, 29, a jamu sell- from home. California to Asia every six Iraqi authorities have places in Iraq have been healthcare system cannot han- 10,000 people. after hundreds of boxes of sur- er in Bogor near Jakarta. Google gave that directive weeks. ( ./> . ,!!$ ,"# !$"### "," "#? 1 ) . 2 " # ! #," $" + 2 0 + +B21%C Turkey made good on a called the situation a direct dozens of Turkish troops and +33 “specifically tuned to detect Australia’s people, economy, threat to open its borders and threat to Greece’s national sent nearly a million Syrian resident Donald Trump’s changes in Australian plants and environment,” she said. reek authorities were fir- send migrants into Europe security and has imposed civilians toward Turkey’s sealed Pcampaign on Tuesday sued ustralian scientists are and trees such as eucalypts, It is expected to take five Ging tear gas and stun last week. Turkish President emergency measures to carry border. However, Oleg the The Washington Post, alleg- Adeveloping the country’s which are highly flammable”, years before scientists will be grenades Wednesday morn- Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s out swift deportations and Zhuravlev, head of the Russian ing defamation in two opinion first satellite designed to predict the university said in a state- able to use the satellite. ing to repulse a push by action triggered days of vio- freeze asylum applications military’s coordination center in articles published last year that where bushfires are likely to ment. It plans to partner with Over summer, bushfire- migrants to cross its land lent clashes and scenes of for one month. Migrants have Syria, said Tuesday the claims it said falsely claimed the cam- start, following months of dev- the private sector to launch the prone Australia experienced one border from Turkey, as pres- chaos at the land border, been reporting being sum- about a humanitarian crisis in paign conspired with Russia. astating fires. The Australian new satellite into low-Earth of its worst fire seasons on record. sure continued along its fron- where thousands of migrants marily pushed back across Idlib were false. The lawsuit cites a June 13 National University said orbit and, according to remote- More than 30 people died, thou- tier after Turkey said its own and refugees have gathered. the border into Turkey. Zhuravlev said Turkish opinion piece by Greg Sargent Wednesday a team is creating sensing expert Marta Yebra, the sands of homes were destroyed, border with Europe was open Hundreds more have Turkey’s announcement authorities were “herding” that said Trump “tried to con- a “shoebox-sized” satellite that data would be shared with over 10 million hectares were to whoever wanted to cross. headed to Greek islands from that it wouldn’t stop those about 130,000 refugees, who spire with” a “sweeping and sys- will measure forest ground firefighters. burned and at least a billion ani- The clashes were near the nearby Turkish coast in wishing to cross into Europe were in temporary camps near tematic” attack by Russia cover and moisture levels using “This infrared technology mals perished. Researchers say the border village of dinghies. One child died came amid a Russia-backed the Turkey-Syria border, against the 2016 US presiden- infrared detectors. and data, which is not currently global warming is lengthening Kastanies, along a border when the rubber dinghy he Syrian government offensive toward the border with Greece. tial election. It is hoped the data will available, will help to target- the country’s summers and mak- fence that covers much of the was in capsized off the coast into Syria’s northwestern Idlib “Two thirds of them aren’t It also cites a June 20 opin- help determine where bushfires controlled burns that can ing them increasingly dangerous, land border not demarcated of the Greek island of Lesbos province, where Turkish Syrians,” he said. “They are ion piece by Paul Waldman that are likely to start and where reduce the frequency and with shorter winters making it by the Evros river running earlier this week. troops are fighting. Afghans, Iraqis and people asked “who knows what sort of they may be difficult to contain. severity of bushfires, as well as more difficult to carry out bush- along the frontier. The government has The offensive has killed from African nations.” aid Russia and North Korea will The technology would be their long-term impacts on fire prevention work. give to the Trump campaign, now that he has invited them to offer their assistance?” “The 8" ! statements were and are 100 $!#$" ""### percent false and defamatory,” Jenna Ellis, a senior legal advis- er to the Trump campaign, said % 1 On Monday, a Cairo court attack. & in a statement. sentenced Ashmawy to death He was also found guilty of Kristine Coratti Kelly, vice gypt executed an ex-special along with 36 others over 54 having led the Ansar Beit al- president of communications at Eforces officer turned top crimes including killing police Maqdis Islamist militant group 0 1 the Idlib area is the last rebel past month, including 33 sol- the Post, said it was “disap- Islamist militant, Hisham officers and blowing up sever- in the turbulent Sinai region. stronghold after nine years of diers killed Thursday in a sin- pointing to see the president’s Ashmawy, on Wednesday over al security installations. Ashmawy broke with the urkey said that two more of war in Syria. gle airstrike. campaign committee resorting involvement in several high- Born in 1978 or 1979, organisation after it pledged Tits soldiers were killed The Turkish Defense Moscow has laid the blame to these types of tactics and we profile attacks, said the army. Ashwamy joined the Egyptian allegiance to the Islamic State Wednesday in a Syrian gov- Ministry’s statement said that for the escalation on Ankara, will vigorously defend this “The execution by hanging Armed Forces as a young man group in November 2014. ernment attack in northwestern the latest Syrian attack on its ahead of the summit between case.” Trump has chafed at was carried out based on a and rose to join the elite unit, Other charges against him Syria, as steady clashes between troops also wounded six sol- the two main power brokers in media scrutiny and repeatedly decision by the military court but was dismissed in 2012 included infiltrating to Libyan the two national armies con- diers. It did not provide further Syria. lashed out against the newspa- ... and after taking all the rele- over his hardening religious territories and forming an Al- tinued to rack up casualties. details. Russian officials have said per and its owner, Amazon vant judicial procedures,” said views. Qaeda aligned militant group, Turkey has sent thousands The assault came as they hold Turkey responsible founder Jeff Bezos. army spokesman Tamer al- Ashmawy was convicted al-Mourabitoun, there. of troops into the area to sup- Turkish President Recep Tayyip for the collapse of a cease-fire The lawsuit, filed US Rifai. last November by a military In October 2018, the self- port Syrian insurgents holed up Erdogan is scheduled to depart agreement reached in Sochi, District in Washington, came a Ashmawy — dubbed court over his role in 14 crimes styled Libyan National Army there, but hasn’t been able to for Moscow where he says he Russia in 2018. They say week after the campaign sued Egypt’s “most wanted man” by including the 2014 killing of 22 under strongman Khalifa stop the Russian-backed Syrian aims to broker a cease-fire in Ankara has failed to honor the The New York Times for local media — was a former soldiers in a border post attack, Haftar captured Ashmawy in government offensive to retake Syria with Russian President and Syrian forces in north- deal and rein in militants who defamation over an op-ed that officer with Egypt’s special and a 2013 assassination the eastern city of Derna. He the Idlib province. Vladimir Putin. western Syria have killed more continued attacking Syrian and claimed a quid pro quo forces who went on to fight attempt on a former interior was extradited to Egypt in Near the Turkish border, Clashes between Turkish than 50 Turkish troops in the Russian targets. between Trump and Russia. with Al-Qaeda linked groups. minister, who survived the May. !"#$#$ - 1 " 8 > 6"# $"""!" > 9

0 / place against Taliban fighters speaking to AFP on condition US have complied w/ our and Washington both “have a who were “actively attacking” of anonymity confirmed the agreements; however, Talibs very common interest” in end- he US launched an airstrike an Afghan forces checkpoint in army toll, while the provincial appear intent on squandering ing the war. Tagainst Taliban fighters to Helmand province. police spokesman Hejratullah this (opportunity) and ignoring Since Saturday’s deal sign- defend Afghan forces “This was a defensive strike Akbari confirmed the police the will of the people for ing, the Taliban have been Wednesday, an American mil- to disrupt the attack,” he tweet- fatalities. #peace.” publicly claiming “victory” over itary spokesman said, as vio- ed. The insurgents also Trump has touted the the US and on Monday they lence spirals after a string of “We call on the Taliban to attacked police in central Doha deal as a way to end the announced they would resume deadly attacks by the insur- stop needless attacks and Uruzgan province Tuesday bloody, 18-year US military attacks on Afghan national gents, throwing the country’s uphold their commitments. As night, with the governor’s presence in Afghanistan — forces. nascent peace process into we have demonstrated, we will spokesman Zergai Ebadi telling right in time for his November Ghani’s government last grave doubt. defend our partners when AFP: “Unfortunately, six police re-election bid. week sent a delegation to News of the airstrike in required.” He said insurgents were killed and seven wound- Under the terms of the Qatar to open “initial con- southern Helmand province had carried out 43 attacks on ed.” The news of the attacks deal, US and other foreign tacts” with the insurgents, but — the first in 11 days — came checkpoints in Helmand on came after Trump told forces will quit Afghanistan Taliban spokesman Suhail hours after US President Tuesday alone. reporters in Washington on within 14 months, subject to Shaheen on Tuesday said the Donald Trump told reporters The insurgents killed at Tuesday that he had a “very Taliban security guarantees militants would not meet he had had a “very good” chat least 20 Afghan soldiers and good” relationship with Taliban and a pledge by the insurgents Kabul’s representatives except with the Taliban political chief, policemen in a series of political chief Mullah Baradar, to hold talks with the national to discuss the release of their who on Saturday signed a his- overnight attacks, government with the pair speaking on the government in Kabul. captives. toric deal with Washington to officials told AFP Wednesday, phone for 35 minutes, accord- The agreement also Apparent differences withdraw foreign forces. casting a pall over peace talks ing to the insurgents. includes a commitment to between the Doha agreement Since the signing in Doha between Kabul and the Taliban, “The relationship is very exchange 5,000 Taliban pris- and a separate joint US-Afghan however, the militants have due to begin on March 10. good that I have with the mul- oners held by the Afghan gov- declaration made in ramped up violence against “Taliban fighters attacked lah. We had a good long con- ernment in return for 1,000 Afghanistan underline the Afghan forces, ending a partial at least three army outposts in versation today and you know, captives — something the mil- obstacles facing negotiators. weeklong truce that provided a Imam Sahib district of Kunduz they want to cease the violence, itants have cited as a prerequi- The US-Taliban deal com- rare reprieve to war-weary res- last night, killing at least 10 sol- they’d like to cease violence site for talks but which mitted to the release of pris- idents. diers and four police,” said also,” he said. President Ashraf Ghani has oners, while the Kabul docu- !( ' % ) 6% =7 % US Forces-Afghanistan Safiullah Amiri, a member of But on Wednesday, US refused to do before negotia- ment only required both sides ( 2@A! ( ( ! ! '! = $ spokesman Sonny Leggett the provincial council. military spokesman Leggett tions start. to determine “the feasibility of tweeted that the airstrike took A defence ministry official warned that the “#Afghans & Trump has said the Taliban releasing” captives. + 2 Twitter. per, standing in front of his Lee said late Tuesday that home, with its crumbled walls ornadoes ripped through the toll had risen to 25 during and destroyed roof. # #!"""N$#O 1< TTennessee early Tuesday, the day. Cooper wrote on Twitter leaving at least 25 people dead, Among the victims were that “Nashville is hurting, and destroying buildings and top- two people in Nashville killed our community has been dev- #!"#O"# ! pling power lines hours before after being struck by debris, astated,” as he urged people to the southern US state voted in police said. lend a helping hand. Super Tuesday primaries. Mayor John Cooper said More than 73,000 cus- immigration system, and called on the Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Voting hours were extend- around 150 people had been tomers were without power Home Office team to help deliver that After the enactment of the law, protests ed due to the devastation the transported to medical facilities amid scattered storms through- K Home Secretary Priti Patel has agenda. The email adds: “We have one he UK government has reiterat- erupted across the country over fears twisters wrought when they while nearly 50 buildings had out the day, TEMA reported. Uexpressed her “regret” over the of the most important jobs to do, ed its concern over the potential that it may marginalise the minority touched down shortly after collapsed in the city, the hub of Tennessee is one of 14 recent resignation of the top civil ser- keeping people safe and our country Timpact of the Citizenship Muslim community. midnight — rubble was strewn the US country music scene. states voting in the crucial vant in her ministry, Sir Philip Rutnam, secure and delivering on the govern- Amendment Act (CAA) and said it is The Indian government has main- across the state capital US President Donald Super Tuesday primaries, and stressed that she valued the work ment’s priorities, which were endorsed continuing to follow the events in India tained that the CAA is an internal mat- Nashville. Trump said that he would visit which will help determine the of all her aides in the UK Home Office. by the British people at the recent gen- closely. In response to an urgent ques- ter of the country and stressed that the Residents ran for their lives the stricken areas Friday. Democratic Party nominee for In her first response to the contro- eral election. tion on “Recent Violence in India” goal is to protect the oppressed minori- as their homes came down “We send our love and November’s presidential elec- versy surrounding Rutnam’s shock exit “Our work continues, and our tabled by Pakistani-origin Opposition ties of neighbouring countries. around them. Tens of thou- our prayers of the nation to tion. over the weekend amid allegations of focus must be on working, in partner- Labour Party MP Khalid Mahmood in While Mahmood, who had tabled sands lost power to their every family that was affected, Cooper told a news con- bullying, the Indian-origin minister ship with you, to deliver this agenda as the House of Commons on Tuesday, the urgent question for an FCO state- homes, officials said. and we will get there and we ference that 15 polling stations addressed the Home Office staff in an the public would expect,” she said. UK’s Minister of State in the Foreign ment, described the government “TAKE COVER NOW! will recover and we will rebuild had been affected by storm email on Tuesday to stress that she The email follows days of contro- and Commonwealth Office (FCO) response as “facile”, another Pakistani- THIS IS AN EXTREMELY and we will help them,” Trump damage, less than 10 percent of “deeply cared” about the well being of versy surrounding the minister’s con- Nigel Adams said the UK engages with origin MP Nusrat Ghani called on the DANGEROUS STORM!!!” the said. the total. civil servants and called on her team to duct, including fresh allegations of India at all levels, including on human government to relay the UK National Weather Service The series of severe storms Some polling stations come together. bullying while she was an employment rights, and also referred to the coun- Parliament’s concerns to the Indian tweeted as one tornado tore that passed through Tennessee would stay open until 10:00 pm “We both regret Sir Philip’s decision minister in 2015. try’s “proud history” of inclusive gov- authorities. British Sikh Labour MP through an area west of caused major damage to build- Central time (0400 GMT to resign. We both deeply value the work The UK Cabinet Office has ernment and religious tolerance. Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi said the vio- Nashville. Television broad- ings, roads, bridges, utilities Wednesday), a local judge that every person in this department launched an inquiry to “establish the “The UK government also have lence had brought back “painful per- cast showed cars piled up, and businesses, the Tennessee ruled, to allow those affected by does and care about the wellbeing of all facts” but the Opposition has mounted concerns about the potential impact of sonal memories” from the 1984 Sikh hangars destroyed and what Emergency Management the tornado to vote. our staff,” she said in the internal pressure on the government to widen the legislation (CAA),” said Adams, the riots while he was studying in India and appeared to be dozens of air- Agency (TEMA) said. The Democratic candi- email, jointly written with Rutnam’s suc- the scope of the inquiry and also Minister for Asia who was standing in fellow Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill also ref- craft smashed into each other “Tornado damage has been dates vying to take on Trump cessor Shona Dunn, who is the Acting demanded Patel’s resignation. for UK Foreign Secretary Dominic erenced 1984 in her intervention. at Nashville’s John C. Tune reported throughout West and in November’s election were Permanent Secretary. Rutnam had resigned with an Raab, who is on a visit to Turkey. Other MPs sought to highlight the Airport. Middle Tennessee including quick to acknowledge the dis- “It is therefore a time for us all to explosive television statement about a “It is because of our close rela- steps taken by the Indian authorities to The Nashville Police downtown Nashville,” it added. aster. come together as one team. We also “vicious” campaign against him and also tionship with the government of India restore “peace and tranquillity” in Department circulated aerial Overturned tractor trailers “We have been watching recognise the importance of candour, made references to Patel allegedly that we are able to discuss difficult Delhi. “He will be aware that it is not photographs of many buildings and other vehicles littered inter- the news coming out of confidentiality and courtesy in building “shouting, swearing and belittling peo- issues with them and make clear our just Muslims who have been killed; missing roofs and homes state highways. Tennessee with heavy hearts,” trust and confidence between ministers ple” in her department. concerns where we have them, includ- Hindus have also been killed as part of destroyed — standing next to In the city’s East Nashville former New York mayor Mike and civil servants. Both of us are fully He has declared that he plans to take ing on the rights of minorities. We will the riots,” said Conservative Party MP houses that escaped damage. neighborhood, resident David Bloomberg tweeted. committed to making sure the profes- the government to court for his unfair continue to follow events closely and Bob Blackman. “In the hours ahead, we Haskell said that he and his wife Massachusetts Senator sionalism you would expect to support dismissal. Over the course of the con- to raise our concerns when we have Scottish National Party (SNP) MP will continue deploying search bolted into their storm shelter Elizabeth Warren said she was this is upheld,” read the email, quoted troversy, Patel has received the backing with them,” said the minister. Alyn Smith sought the UK govern- and rescue teams, opening after an alarm on their phone “heartsick for the victims.” by the BBC. of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who The new citizenship law passed by ment’s intervention to share best prac- shelters across the state, and went off. Country music star Dolly Patel sought to focus on delivering described her as a “fantastic Home the Indian Parliament in December tice around countering the online dis- sending emergency personnel “Ten seconds later. the Parton led expressions of sup- the government’s priorities, including Secretary”, who is doing one of the 2019 offers citizenship to non-Muslim information campaign being used in to our communities hit hard- house just exploded,” he told port on Twitter, along with implementing a new points-based toughest jobs in the country. persecuted religious minorities from India to “inflame tensions”. est,” Governor Bill Lee wrote on the local Tennessean newspa- singer Taylor Swift. ! ! /! " . & + 2 at 305. ) & Sanders, by winning big in he race to win the the State of California – which $ TDemocratic Party’s nomi- sends 415 pledge delegates – nation to challenge President signalled that his fight to win ","! " > 1 . Donald Trump in the the Democratic nomination to November election has virtu- challenge Trump was far from !$ ally narrowed down to a two- over. 1/+++ E3G in a blog post. “Even the way contest between ex-vice Either of the candidates Washington (AFP): US more pro-European and pro-cli- president Joe Biden and need at least 1,991 of the 3,979 media tycoon Michael urope unveils a landmark mate action countries want to Senator Bernie Sanders as the pledged delegates to win the Bloomberg said on Elaw on Wednesday to achieve keep oversight over climate poli- two septuagenarians secured presidential nomination of the Wednesday he was quitting “climate neutrality” by 2050, cies.” major victories in the “Super Democratic Party. On Super the Democratic primary race under the stern gaze of teenage The ambition for climate Tuesday” primaries held in 14 Tuesday, 1,357 pledged dele- and instead endorsing fron- activist Greta Thunberg, in neutrality, which would make it states across the US. gates were at stake. trunner Joe Biden for the Brussels on a well-timed visit. bind the EU’s 27 member states In a remarkable rebound Biden dominated across White House after being The Swedish eco-warrior, to balance polluting emissions for his limping campaign, 77- the South on Tuesday and snubbed by voters on Super who is in the Belgian capital for and removals of greenhouse year-old Biden won nine of the scored a dramatic upset victo- Tuesday. a Friday protest, will attend a gases by 2050, was approved by 14 states that voted to pick a ry in Texas while surprising in “Three months ago, I meeting of European EU leaders at a rocky summit in Democratic candidate on Minnesota and Massachusetts, entered the race for president Commissioners, the top EU offi- June with coal-dependent Poland “Super Tuesday”, the most roaring into contention in a to defeat Donald Trump. cials who will greenlight the the only holdout. important day in the race for Democratic presidential pri- Today, I am leaving the race draft law. The commission, which pro- the White House. mary that increasingly looks for the same reason: to defeat Thunberg will also appear poses EU law, has hailed the draft The former US vice-pres- like a two-way race between the Donald Trump — because it before a European Parliament has the cornerstone of a ident overturned predictions to former vice president and is clear to me that staying in committee, a visit that has European Green New Deal that narrowly take the key state of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. would make achieving that angered many MEPs, as it takes also plans a major investment Texas from his main chal- The outcome of the goal more difficult,” he said in place despite a ban on visitors and drive to decarbonise the lenger, Sanders, 78. He also Tuesday’s results indicated that # ! ' . $ 1 * 6(7 ' 1!! ( ! a statement. key staff due to the coronavirus European economy. won the primaries in Virginia, it was virtually the end of the (!!% ) ( ! = $ The billionaire former outbreak. But, on Tuesday, Thurnberg North Carolina, Alabama, race for Massachusetts Senator mayor of New York spent According to a leaked draft said the widely leaked proposal Tennessee, Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren after she hundreds of millions of dol- seen by AFP, the proposed text does “absolutely nothing” for Arkansas, Minnesota and badly lost her own home State Sanders’ Campaign is hop- off by some observers after he Buttigieg got 26 delegates and lars on his presidential run, aims to enshrine into law the EU’s the climate emergency, in a joint Massachusetts. He was still to Biden. ing that their big win in finished a poor fourth in the Klobuchar received seven. but failed to win any of the 14 grand ambition of zero net car- letter with other young activists. locked in a tight race in Maine Warren, once the fron- California will help them Iowa caucuses and fifth in the President Trump took to states on offer on Super bon emissions by mid-century “Net zero emissions by 2050 that could make it 10. trunner in the race, gained just bridge the gap of pledged del- New Hampshire primary. Twitter to take a jibe at his Tuesday — the most impor- and would give the EU executive for the EU equals surrender. It However, leftist Sanders 13 delegates so far on Super egates with Biden. “You saw tonight in over- Democratic rivals. tant day in the Democratic new powers to impose emission means giving up,” the letter said. won big in California - the Tuesday, giving her a total of Addressing his supporters whelming response to Joe “The biggest loser tonight, primary season. targets on member state govern- “We don’t just need goals for biggest prize of the night - as 21. in Los Angeles, Biden said the Biden’s message. You saw peo- by far, is Mini Mike Bloomberg. ments. just 2030 or 2050. We, above all, well as in Colorado and Utah. Former New York Mayor momentum was on his side. ple saying we want results, we His “political” consultants took “One of the added values is need them for 2020 and every fol- He also won from his home Michael Bloomberg, a late “The press and the pundits don’t want revolution,” she told him for a ride,” he tweeted after beer!” Trump said in another to get out of the current situation lowing month and year to come,” state of Vermont. entrant in the race, too failed to declared us dead — but tonight CNN. Senator Sanders on the decisively winning the tweet. where climate objectives are it said. The two now lead the race make a dent as he won the has made clear that we are very other hand exuded confidence Republican primary. Brad Parscale, Trump 2020 taken unanimously by the In addition, critics say the to face President Trump, a American Samoa Caucus. much alive,” he said and urged he will win Democratic presi- “USD 700 million washed campaign manager said that European Council” which brings goal depends too deeply on Republican, in the November He reportedly spent USD his countrymen to join his dential nomination and final- down the drain, and he got the Democratic presidential together heads of state and gov- technology that does not exist 3 presidential election. 500 million in the campaign so campaign. ly the November elections. nothing for it but the nickname results only increased the like- ernment, said French liberal and creates a false hope that cli- “We are very much alive,” far. US media reports said that “It’s a good night and it “Tonight, I can tell you Mini Mike, and the complete lihood that no candidate will MEP Pascal Canfin. mate change can be fixed with- Biden told a crowd in Los Bloomberg has suspended his seems to be getting even better,” with absolute confidence we’re destruction of his reputation. have enough delegates for a But this political shift to the out fundamentally changing Angeles. “Make no mistake campaign and backed Biden. he said. going to win the Democratic Way to go Mike!” Trump said. first ballot victory at their con- commission faces almost certain the economy or human behav- about it, this campaign will Congresswoman Tulsi Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s nomination and we’re going to “Elizabeth “Pocahontas” vention, which only means opposition from the national iour. send Donald Trump packing.” Gabbard, the first Hindu to deputy campaign manager, defeat the most dangerous Warren, other than Mini Mike, more chaos! governments and the European Also angering activists, the According to NBC News enter the House of described the electoral success president in the history of this was the loser of the night. She The next primaries take Parliament, both of which will proposal steps back from the projections, Biden gained 342 Representatives, and whose as “one of the greatest political country,” Sanders said. didn’t even come close to win- place on March 10 in Michigan, have their chance to modify the commission’s original ambition to on Super Tuesday, bringing presidential ambition has failed comebacks in modern Amy Klobuchar and Pete ning her home state of Washington state, Idaho, law over the coming months. order countries to cut emissions his delegate total to 395. to take off, won her first American history.” Buttigieg, who dropped out of Massachusetts. Well, now she Mississippi, Missouri and “Member states and parlia- by 50 percent or even 55 percent Sanders, meanwhile, so far pledged delegate in American Only last month, Biden’s the race after backing Biden, can just sit back with her hus- North Dakota, with 352 dele- ment will hate it,” said Quentin from 1990 levels by the end of the won 245 delegates and is now Samoa. campaign was all but written also received delegates. band and have a nice cold gates at stake. Genard of climate think tank decade. &' - !"#$#$ Py Ar 4 1& Guqy qA uy ruxutyGtyq

he Lions Clubs of 210 countries will hold an 42 2 6 TInternational Convention for the first time in India in 2022. Over 25,000 delegates from 47,000 Lions Clubs all over would meet in the city from July 1 to 5 in 2022. India is likely to get it tourism revenue between $50-60 million. % $ * $ * ) 6 The club culture has been in trend for a long time. People are finding it difficult to get membership of clubs. *%5' 4,0 . 1 & The membership of clubs like the Golf Club, Gymkhana Clubs and others is beyond the reach of even high rank officers and the upper class. These clubs provides all the 1 $ ! comforts, such as swimming pool, bar and many others at reasonable prices. orking tirelessly for affordable boost its efficiency and ensuring that the and upto 69 per cent in August 2017 Lions Clubs International provides an opportunity to healthcare for the nation, medicines reach the customers in good respectively resulting in 6,047 crore serve humanity with a team spirit. The system of mem- WPrime Minister Narendra health and on time, special arrange- savings. Also NPPA has capped the can- bership of such clubs is not by application but through Modi’s focus has been on various ments were devised around a robust IT cer related medicines with a trade invites from the existing members. This is offered to a per- health related aspects for people com- enabled end-to-end supply chain man- margin of 30 per cent, which has also son who has inclination for social service and is willing ing from different walks of life. He agement system. This intelligent Supply helped Jan Aushadhi scheme to reach to devote his time and resources. believes that alongside infrastructure, Chain Management System efficiently out to maximum number of common Its activity include the eradication of illiteracy. Under there should be a major focus on the manages Central Warehouse and three citizens and providing a relief from this project, the club runs around 200 schools all over the health sector reforms. Pradhan Mantri regional warehouses. The warehouses excessive cost. country. They provide quality education to the lower mid- Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana, Fit powered by technical expertise are Reported as one of the highest dle class and needy sections. In the city, there are two Lions India Movement, Ayushman Bharat temperature controlled. They record the expenditure disease in 2014, Cancer schools and both have imparted education to around two Yojana are the results of his vision. He medicines through radio scanners at the demanded a substantial portion of the lakh students in the last 50 years. has been interacting with the nation time of arrival, specify their place and expense to be spent on drugs. To har- Another project of the club is Lions Blood Banks and time and again, urging them to embrace store them at exact spots with the help ness this alarming situation, the govern- Eye hospital (180) in various parts of the country. fitness as the way of life. However, in of automated cranes and trolleys. This ment curbed the prices of anti-cancer It was founded in 1917 in USA by Melvin Jones of case of any healthcare requirements, he warehouse in Manesar has a systemised drugs. So far, 59 anti-cancer drugs are Chicago and has a membership strength of above 1.4 mil- has provisioned for affordable solutions way of three layer scanning system, stor- already under price control as sched- lion. India joined Lions Clubs in 1956. for all to access. ing and dispatching the generic medi- uled formulations and NPPA have Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) is the In 2014, when the government of cines with utmost care and expertise. fixed ceiling price of 81 scheduled for- financial arm of the NGO providing funds for communi- Narendra Modi came in power, he took Prioritising women’s health and mulations of such medicines. The ty service projects all over the world. As per the data avail- up the cause of creating awareness about promoting importance of hygiene dur- immediate result was reduction in able since 1973 India has got LCIF grants of more that 10.5 generic medicines and demand among ing their menstrual cycles, a step MRP of drugs up to 91 per cent cover- crore dollar for utilisation in community service activities. the common people. Jan Aushadhi towards women empowerment was ing 565 brands. For instance, the pre- Its service activities in the country include charity hos- scheme focuses on price fixation of var- taken by the Government. Oxo- vious price of BIRLOTIB brand tablets pitals, schools, blood banks, dialysis centres, vision care ious drugs and medicines. With 6,209 biodegradable Suvidha Sanitary Pads (10 pack) of ERLOTINIB 150 mg centres, orphanage centres, helping disabled and the peo- Jan Aushadhi kendras, covering 700 dis- were launched at 2.5 per pad on June medicine was 9,999 and post price ple affected due to natural calamities. Our focus has been tricts out of 728, they facilitate for 900 5, 2018 and its price was slashed to 1 control, it is reduced to 892 per pack. on promoting ecological balance, relieving people from drugs and 154 surgical items. Jan per pad in August 2019. It is now avail- Similarly, PEMESTAR 500 was priced hunger, containing diabetes, childhood cancer, etc. It has Aushadhi kendra is the world’s largest able at various Jan Aushadhi kendras. at 25,400 per injection, which has been been partnering with government in vaccination/immu- chain of pharma stores covering all Soon the government targeted reduced to 2,509 per injection. This nisation programmes. major therapeutic categories such as essential medicines for the price con- resulted in the savings of 984 crore, The club is perhaps the only NGO which has setup anti-infective, anti-diabetic, anti-cardio- trol, which had an effective impact on giving a relief to the cancer affected around 70 children parks and gyms in public parks. The vascular, anti-gastrointestinal and even the National List of Essential Medicines. patients and to their family. first park was developed at Batala, a border town near anti-cancer. The sales of the kendras in Till now, the price of 957 drugs has been The overall saving done in favour Amritsar. Dr Naresh Aggarwal, the then International the FY 2019-20 have crossed 391 crore put into price fixation which resulted of the consumers accounts for 14,447 President of the LCI conceived this project in 2017-18. So leading to the total savings of approx- in approximately 5,416 crore savings. crore approximately. The success of far the club has setup 68 parks in different parts of the coun- imately 2,200 crore for the common The maximum retail price of 106 for- Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi try. citizens as these medicines were availed mulations (anti-diabetic and cardiovas- Pariyojana becomes evident when the It also actively participates in Swachh Bharat at 50 to 90 per cent cheaper rates than cular) has been capped by NPPA, the people of India now term these afford- Programme. Every year the International Convention Lions the average market price of that partic- prices of Coronary Stent and able medicines as Modicines and the Jan Clubs from all over world is held in different countries. ular dozes. Orthopaedic Knee Implants saw reduc- Aushadhi kendras as Pradhan Mantri ji Last year, it was in Milan, Italy. This year it is going to be To strengthen the supply chain, tion upto 85 per cent in February 2017 ki dukan. in Singapore. In 2021, it will be in Canada. % 88 !!! 0 #+( 2G ( :2 &8 ! # ! he city’s hotels, hospitals !% ! + 6# 7 Tand all educational insti- !!( =% # .& tutions will now have to ral health is a key indicator of platform for researchers, academi- . M% install an incinerator within Ooverall health, well-being and cians, practitioners and students ( the next 15 days to execute quality of life. It encompasses a from India and the globe to share ! !( the biomedical waste. Apart range of diseases and conditions their ideas, findings and practical # from this, the Municipal that include dental caries, peri- experiences. One can learn more ' #8 Corporation will have to odontal disease, tooth loss, oral about integrated practice and can &!# ' !!! install incinerator itself in the cancer, oro-dental trauma, birth take part in various panel discus- ' !=N% schools run by the defects such as cleft lip and palate. sions, lectures that will augment the ' ! Ghaziabad Municipal It is a vital component of preven- skills and knowledge. ( !' ! ( Corporation, the Municipal tive medicine and essential to gen- This year, Maulana Azad ( ( (' ( Commissioner Dinesh eral health. But it’s often neglect- Institute of Dental Sciences = ' ( Chandra said. ed until the suffering is affecting (MAIDS), Government of NCT of ! He added that this has routine work. Health care approach Delhi is organising the 18th = been decided recently in a towards optimum oral health National Triple O Symposium and meeting with the state gov- requires multi-speciality manage- 4th International Oral Pre-cancer % DD ernment officials in Lucknow ment including prompt diagnosis and Cancer Congress. This joint ' % to implement the latest direc- and treatment. Congress is being organised based 8 !( tives of the NGT. After this The study, Global Burden of on the theme of Integrating # !% election, biomedical vests Disease 2017, estimated that oral Multispecialities for Holistic will not be seen anywhere in diseases affect 3.5 billion people Management of Oral Diseases from the open area. Educational worldwide. India is called as the March 6 to 8. '# ! and vocational institutes will “oral cancer capital” of the world, The three day academic extrav- ! have to discharge the waste attributed to its high intake of both aganza also aims at various brain- =% from the incinerator within smoked and smokeless tobacco storming interactive sessions with 4 their premises. He said that products, strongly associated with renowned national and interna- ( the responsibility of oversee- oral neoplasms. World Health tional mentors, researchers and ( ing whether biomedical Organisation data also highlights specialists, who would help under- + waste is being disposed in the that nearly six million deaths per stand the future trends and needs. + 6% 7 '+(%) + right direction has been only pollutes the environ- talists had filed a petition in to buy 10 special plastic ener- year around the world may be Further the programme tends to !# &/#%%#& #. #%%#&=% ' entrusted to Additional ment but citizens also suffer the National Green Tribunal gy machines to destroy the directly attributed to tobacco use. highlight breakthrough techno- LO P ( Municipal Commissioner, from various infections. The in this regard requesting that city’s restricted plastic mate- National Triple O Symposium logical revolution, experiences and ' ! P =+ ( FAA ''! ! RN Pandey. NGT has taken the problem this waste be disposed of as rials. 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P medieval period, the performing arts nised music and dance. The Gupta classical music is based upon. Though the modern relationship is yet + ! remained an important source of monarch Samudra Gupta was himself to find its space between tradition and ! ' ( ( =, educating the masses. Culture plays an an accomplished musician. In some of THE SOUL OF INDIAN MUSIC modernity. :F ! ='!( ! important role in the development of his coins, he is shown playing the The soul of Hindustani sangeet is ! 22A ! ! any nation; it represents a set of shared Veena. spiritual communication to the THE GHARANA SYSTEM 3G3 !(! !1 DD ' ! attitudes, values, goals and practices. Similarly in the medieval period almighty. The dancers and musicians Without mentioning the Gharana, ! = A country as diverse as India is sym- the Sufi and Bhakti saints encouraged convey their emotions through this Guru-Shishya Parampara seems bolised by the plurality of its culture. music... Qawwalis were sung in Sufi medium. incomplete. Different Gharanas are We have the largest collection of khanqahs, shrine and devotional like different flowers and each flower songs, music, dance, theatre, folk tra- music like Kirtan and Bhajan became GURU SHISHYA PARAMPARA has its own fragrance. They are the ditions, performing arts, paintings and popular with the Bhakti Saints. Names This parampara is about disciples school of thoughts and each of them writings. EVOLUTION OF PERFORMING of Kabir, Mira bai, Surdas, Tulsidas, learning under a particular guru, have a different vision. A Gharana ARTS Vidyapati are closely associated with transmitting his musical knowledge needs a continuity of at least three gen- WHAT IS ART? Tradition of classical dance and religious music. Many scholars have and style, and belonging to the same erations. “Art is an aesthetic expression of music is ancient. In Indian tradition, invented many instruments and ragas. gharana. Indian traditional dance Unlike the West, where the dance human emotions, known as ‘Rasa’. It dance and music are based on devo- Great scholars like Amir Khusrau con- styles are more than 2,000 years old and music are written heritage, the signifies the ultimate satisfaction of tion. They form an integral part of the tributed equally to the promotion of and there arises the need to create Indian performing art also includes pleasure. Human emotions can be cat- socio-religious rituals and festivities. music. Kitabe Navras written by awareness and interest in the younger oral understanding and is a flowing - + !'/ !( +$- egorised into nine sub-headings or Great Indian poet Kalidas mentions Ibrahim Adil Shah II during the 17th generation so that they get the real tradition. Every nuance imbibed/inter- ( ( / * ‘Navras’. The intellectual mind merges in Meghaduta that the Mahakal tem- century is a collection of songs in sense of the term keeping our age-old preted by individuals is different and # =% ( with the artistic streak, giving birth to ple in Ujjain resounded with the praise of Hindu deities and Muslim tradition and culture intact. the signature of an artist is to con- ! +( !! art. Some of these are expressed sound of the ankle bells of the danc- saints. The modern guru-shishya rela- tribute to the flow of the tradition ' = +( through live performances and others ing girls. There were many famous musi- tionship is an inter-mingling of the making it relevant for the contempo- '!' (( = through visual arts. The oldest archaeological evi- cians of Mughal’s court, the patronage traditional gurukul system and the rary time. -# !"#$#$

asha se bhasha na mile to, iss ka musicians, writers, filmmakers and the matlab phoot nahin, creative thought at large. How much has A people’s perspective changed since the Ik daali par reh kar jaise, phool juda time she started the conversation around hain paat juda, Q R them? “Very much!” she says and adds, Bura nahin agar yunhi watan mein, “It’s been nine years since I started the dharm juda ho zaat juda, project. And because I was already an Apne watan mein...’ established artist even at that time, This song from the black-and-white 5. #= '>%=,A4 2 $$ when I started talking about it sudden- era film, Didi (1959), stands relevant ly, there was an unhealthy buzz. People -A even today and makes one feel proud of 2 $ ? 1 were making comments like, ‘Oh! Look .$ !$& " the vast diversity of our country, that is at her. Now she’s going to do this.’ ‘This #"$#" resolutely battling the naked ambition of $) $) )&2 . ) is what kathak is going to be reduced to the political class. Kathak dancer Manjari now.’ ‘She’s going to start doing Mujra #,!!# Chaturvedi, who is set to open at the ? "2 ''5 >> now.’ But now, I see, a lot has changed. ," Jahan-e-Khusrau Sufi Music Festival They have started to understand what I +" " ? 2020, believes the same. She says, ly understood or felt. Says she, “Rumi’s am saying.” L!# " # # “Religious differences will never cease to poetry gives us the possibility that ‘that’ She explains that her only point of exist but that doesn’t mean they can kind of love does exist. It is musical, it debate was that one cannot discriminate !# "$ define the people of a nation. They can- is magical. And I am just exploring the art on the basis of gender and explain- """$##""## not determine its culture and identity. probability of that kind of love which he ing this took almost a decade. She adds, $$# We have to find a way out towards har- had felt.” “The men performers are called ‘Ustads’, $R#F"!!$ mony. Which is why, I believe, it’s very It’s her travels to different whereas women performers are called ##R # important to talk about love and also, parts of the world that has ‘Nachne-gaane vaali.’ The judgement breathe it — not only here but all over made her explore a variety of needs to be limited on what has been #,! the world.” artforms and cultures. performed and that whether it is $## " Recent examples are evidence of how Which is why she believes right or not. How can you decide ##" political upheavals and communal dif- that festivals like the Jahan- that a ghazal is good or bad depend- $"# ferences have affected art and artistes in e-Khusrau are very impor- ing on the gender of the performer? !##M many ways. One of the biggest one being tant. “I have travelled to 35 It was the first time in 100-200 the banning of Pakistani artistes and countries in 20 years. And years, even post-indepen- L#"$ films in India and vice versa. An inci- nowhere did anyone ask dence, that there "?#"$ dent also occurred with Manjari when me about how many was a conversa- !!" a month ago, her performance was malls there are in tion about tawaifs. #?" stopped midway in Lucknow. She alleged Delhi. Instead, they Why do women " !! that they didn’t want qawwali to be asked me how do I performers only played there. Recalling the row, she says, perform kathak? have to be linked ?# “My concert was stopped for a reason but What is Krishna’s to sexuality? It is "$#" "#,@ I don’t believe that there is anything philosophy? How do very easy for $"" wrong in performing qawwali. For me, you find your patriarchy to #"# it is as spiritual as any other com- music? How do you bring a woman ## position. But it did not appeal to plan your perfor- down. And this is some people. So, I turned mances? The ques- one of my projects !"" around and told them that it tion about how through which I ?" was unfair to stop the many malls are have actively ques- !?M show. But did I stop there in your city tioned gender performing as an sometimes inequality. And artist? No. I will becomes irrelevant today, I could say O continue to if you don’t have that people are speak about the your arts and cul- understanding my message of love.” She adds that over the ture alive. Sanskriti point of view and past 25 years that she has been in the is important. agreeing too.” industry, “governments have come and Otherwise, there However, she gone. But my work has been the same. will be no differ- also feels that such a Hence, the work of art is not defined by ence left in a mall in thought came to her due to . the political ideology of that moment. Vasant Kunj and a mall a realisation — “I come It is what we call our sanskriti, and our in Dubai. The difference from a privileged back- culture is defined by its people, not is in the essence of a ground.” Being a their differences.” place’s culture,” she Brahmin and an educat- Manjari will be performing on the points out. ed person, she has had !C poetry of Rumi, “one of the most loved Manjari has been many privileges. She poets,” interpreting the core emotion. known for her says, “Initially, they “Even though I had been trying to work ularly a story. It is about the universal translation of Ishq. It is that level of love “Courtesan Project,” would laugh at me when on this since a long time, the Rumi pro- soul. It doesn’t have a face, name or shape where you forget your own identity and through which she has I began the Courtesan Project. I ject is new. It talks about how the human to it. It’s just a soul that’s being explored in which you burn. Ishq is something talked at length about realised that I was born with 5M soul is separated from the universal soul, through dance and music. It’s abstract,” that burns you and I find that the inten- how gender discrimina- these privileges and I am grate- which is the Almighty. It is aspiring to says she. sity is higher in the term as compared tion has prevailed in art. ful to it. But not everybody was ! meet it, which is like ‘Atma ka parmat- Why did she only choose Rumi as to ‘love.’ ‘I love you’ is very easy to say Through her perfor- born with them. So if I don’t do *& ma se milan.’ There are also English her muse? The reason is ‘Ishq.’ She says, but to burn in that intensity is different. mances and concerts, something for the ones who N translations of it recited by Murad (Ali) “Today, we need to talk about love as And that is what Rumi experienced.” she has recreated the don’t have the privilege, what is because people might not understand much as we can. Because what else do Social media is witness to how lives and magic of cour- the point of having it then?” Persian but they need to know what we need? We don’t require hate. We have Rumi has been quoted by so many — tesans — who have time (The festival starts from March % poetry is saying as dance is not just a per- to actually bring it to every platform. I irrespective of which generation one and again, been the 6 to 8 at 6.30 pm at the Arab Ki P! formance, it also communicates. It is believe the English term — love — is belongs to. But Manjari feels that its right muse for poets, Sarai, Humayun’s Tomb.) about a singular entity and not partic- very limiting. And there’s no right meaning has still never been complete- painters, sculptors, artists, P L*& 6"" 89&H' $ $$ ?""## * A 4 %=A #$ ,# !!"# " 0, ) . ( ! "" !!& !( "F""" #"# 4 $ "# 8 L$$ ,!? 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Simplicity was @"# '$ % " Music festival has evolved over the years? started making music in the first place. the Chanel “mot du jour” — from the L "$?$ @ Ultra has always been a great supporter set of tiered white steps to the pared- Alicia Vikander, Lea Seydoux and simple garment, a loose wool jacket in "?M "##@ of talent and the latest evolutions in dance What has been your creative process? down aesthetic of monochrome. Lupita Nyong’o, attested that this show Chanel’s emblematic pink with a soft- music. Its really exciting to see new markets Inspiration comes in all shapes and Here are some highlights on the last was instead rooted firmly in the pre- spiky collar, was a high point. ,"###" like India open up and expose the dance com- forms. Sometimes I start from a vocal day for fall-winter 2020 ready-to-wear. sent. Yet, a drawback of the tasteful L F#",$$ munity to new artists. demo, other times from scratch with writ- On the runway, multi-coloured ski showing were some of the overly flashy #$",# ers and musicians in my studio. Sometimes P" jackets followed pin-striped pants, gold chains and costume jewelry that F"$ How is it performing live in front of the the process happens by sending bits and $ & loose silk knee-length dresses in often distracted the eye from the K, #,"# Indian audience? pieces of the track back and forth on a col- Elizabethan ruffs glistened in the sparkling tiger prints, black leather show’s central aesthetic. The love is incredible. I can really tell that laboration over weeks or months until its lights alongside medieval two-point ankle boots with a geometric flash of ," ? @ there are dedicated fans in India and its excit- just right. It is important to always keep hats, pantaloons, exaggerated wigs color, and tailored plaid jackets with ' ' ##6!##" ing to learn more about the culture and feel your signature production elements in the and crinolines Tuesday at Louis strong black lapels. The collection, There has been renewed focus on $ ?M the energy. DNA of the track and never rush the Vuitton’s fall collection in Paris. albeit finely executed, was rather hard Miuccia Prada after she announced ###" process. Guests marveled, as the show to pin down. during Milan Fashion Week that she "#$!"# How have you explored different gen- began inside the Louvre’s Cour Carree, had hired Belgian designer Raf Simons res of music? Why is EDM becoming so popular in to reveal a “wall” full of 200 people $ !' & as co-creative director of the family ##,# I listen to all kinds of music. My hits are India? Do you think is it pushing other dressed in glimmering historic cos- “A very simple, very pure momen- house that she directed to icon status. " from different genres of music. I’ve been lucky genres out? Why? tumes, ranging from the 15th century tum. Romanticism, but without any The first show since then for "L,? enough to meet many talents — musicians, I think there is room for all genres of to the 1950s. flourishes,” is how Viard described her Prada’s little-sister brand, Miu Miu, did $ # writers, and vocalists all over the world. I try music. EDM is all about diversity and inclu- It was an arresting spectacle, espe- designs. not disappoint creatively. The “intel- to borrow what inspires me from their music sion. I hope the various genres of music in cially when music sounded in a beau- Evoking French film director lectual” fashion display was a pastiche $M ? and combine it with my fundamentals. This India influence the type of dance music that tiful and stirring harmony. The set, by Claude Chabrol’s 1968 film The Does, of itself. Bright colours, intentionally L "? # process never stops and through this the most is being made. Infact, they just add to each Stanley Kubrick’s costume designer a lesbian drama, female models walked contrasting checks, faux animal fur and 3,R important thing I’ve learned is to not be afraid other in a positive way. Milena Canonero, led the house to ask: the runway together and chatted like sumptuous shimmering silk gowns ,$" to come out of your comfort zone. “ What if all of the innumerable eras intimates in the first looks. The mod- merged in divergent ways for disrup- ,$M Where are the global music trends that nourish fashion could come els wore stylish retro black leather tive, quirky effects. Tell us about your new sounds for 2020? heading? together?” boots, ones with a brandy bell-shaped Old school glamour came in an 1#$# This year is about developing new Genres are blending and more interna- Yet despite the exorbitantly-priced collar at the mid-calf that became the emerald green crinkled silk column ##F"!"#? sounds in the studio and redefining some of tional acts are getting a major spotlight. set piece, and a few garments, the collection’s leitmotif. dress, modeled with 1930s-style wavy #@ my signature production techniques. We’re India and South America are the hot answer was thin. The journey through Viard’s simplest designs were the hair that looked like it had been left in ?L%"# releasing a lot more club tracks this year and spots right now. design history in this Ghesquiere most effective: A black silk bodice dress curlers a little too long. , will continue to experiment and collaborate showing was relatively limited and the with the top lobbed off and dropped As expected from Miu Miu, the in almost all the genres. I’ve been working on Do you think India is determined to runway seemed to explore different Juliette sleeves. Modeled by Cindy fun vibe was everywhere: From the ###$"@ some great new music with collaborators, this become next EDM hub of the world? themes to those evoked by the set piece. Crawford’s daughter, Kaia Gerber, it patterned runway that confused the ",# is what keeps me excited and focussed. I hope so. I would love to travel to per- Some historic-looking puff skirts had guests clicking their cameras. And eye when a model in a plaid split-leg #, form here more often. The fans here are with layers in gold gave certain looks voluminous studded jodhpurs that dress walked it to the knit Cetacean "$# Give us your overview of being a suc- some of the best in the world. a period air, as did bejeweled and opened up at the bottom cut a beauti- blue bathing suit sweater and bright # M cessful EDM artist? (The festival allows the world’s top embroidered jackets with a semi-circu- ful silhouette. This design, Viard said red furry heels worn by model Bella Always have a signature sound and sta musical artists to perform live. It is on lar lapel the historic musing was scant. in a touching detail, was an homage to Hadid. focussed in the studio. Also, it is very impor- March 8). But front row of stars, including Lagerfeld’s personal style. Another L $ !"#$#$ -$

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The 16-year-old Verma has scored 161 India have been the best side so far and 9" 4 : 'K' runs at a stunning strike rate of 161, setting they would be seeking their maiden final (57 '&E the tone for India’s four Group A victories with appearance in the showpiece’s history with 8 !88 fearless batting despite being in her first glob- a win over England. al tournament. In the earlier seven editions, India have Ahead of today’s semifinal showdown never reached the final but this time, they LA,"# #! $#$# with England at SCG, her captain acknowl- have emerged as serious title contenders #$" A,"#,"#$##$" edged what the fresh-faced teenager has after a string of superlative performances. "# $,##!"# offered India behind the scenes. They are in red-hot form, but histo- #$##?$ “She’s very naughty, gets so much happi- ry favours England as they have won all !"# !!"# ness and positivity to the team, always wants the five matches played between the two ##M to enjoy it,” Kaur said. sides in this tournament. N : % #%==8 << 1% “And when batting with her she’s motivat- The last time, the two teams met in a ing you and releasing pressure, that kind of T20 World Cup, England won by eight player you need in your team. Whoever is wickets in the semifinals in West Indies. England have the likes of left-arm spinner playing, wants to play for the country and give Before that, India lost in 2009, 2012, Sophie Ecclestone (8 wickets) and pacer their best, she’s enjoying for the team,” she 2014 and 2016 editions — all in group Anya Shrubsole (7 wickets) who are at sec- added. stages. ond and third spot in the tournament chart. Kaur said since this Indian side has been “After losing the last semifinal, as a together for a while, it has now built a con- team we realised we have to work as a unit, A1 / ducive environment for youngsters like Verma and right now you will see that our team India: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), to prosper. is working as a unit and we are not reliant Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Smriti “Now this team has been together for a on just one or two players,” India captain Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, long time, we learn a lot from each other, learn Harmanpreet Kaur said, referring to the Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, a lot of cricket. It makes it easier for players semifinals loss in 2018. Taniya Bhatia (wk), Radha Yadav, such as Shafali because when anybody enters Seven players in this Indian team Arundhati Reddy, Harleen Deol, the team, they see everyone is working played in that semifinal and they would Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Richa Ghosh, Pooja together. be looking to turn the tables on the Vastrakar. “They also feel nice and try to do what Englishwomen this time. ! ' ! ' ' !( +) ( P ! ( ' && P %:A! & &&H% England: Heather Knight (Captain), others are doing,”she said. The Indians will also take confidence Tammy Beaumont, Katherine The skipper, herself known to be from the win against England in the tri- lowed by England’s Natalie Sciver (202) ent matches. Shikha Pandey (7 from 4 matches). Brunt, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, a power-hitter, has endured a poor series in Australia ahead of this World and Heather Knight (193). The two most experienced players in For England, who have qualified for Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia start to the tournament by failing to Cup. One-down Jemimah Rodrigues is skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and opener the semifinals after finishing second in Elwiss, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones reach double digit scores. On form, most of the Indians are in also in good touch and has made useful Smriti Mandhana have, however, not group B with three wins and one loss, bat- (wk), Natalie Sciver, Anya Kaur insisted that top form with teenage sensation Shafali contributions though she has not scored been living up to the expectations and the ting has been their strength. Shrubsole, Mady Villiers, Fran everyone in the team is Verma being the leading batter, having big so far, with 34 being her highest. semifinals could be their big comeback. Natalie has plundered 202 runs with Wilson, Lauren Winfield, Danni being handed out their scored 161 runs in four innings. The middle order has also stepped up In the bowling department, leg-spin- an average of 67.33, including three fifties, Wyatt. roles to ensure that the side With a batting average of 40.25, the 16- whenever needed with Veda ner Poonam Yadav is on top of the tour- and the Indians will have to find a way to continues to perform well. year-old is on the third spot among lead- Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey and Radha nament chart with nine wickets from four stop her in her tracks. “Right now, what we ing run-getters in the tournament, fol- Yadav making their presence felt in differ- matches. She has been ably supported by In the bowling department also, are trying to do, is give individual roles so that everyone % !($ !! ;( 4""##!$" can come +33 World Cup and that was due to the prepara- +33 Verma’s explosive batting at the top Devine and tion we had,” Knight said on the eve of the of the order saw her score 161 runs in is now perform ngland captain Heather Knight feels tack- match. eenage Indian batting sensation four innings, including knocks of 47 the sole for the team. Eling spinners, particularly the in-form “We don’t have (assistant coach) Ali TShafali Verma on Wednesday rose and 46 against Sri Lanka and New number I didn’t perform Poonam Yadav, will be crucial to her side’s Maiden anymore, who bowled brilliant leg- to the top spot in the ICC women’s Zealand. It helped her become only the one all- with the bat but the chances of upstaging an unbeaten India in the spin, but we’ve got a few coaches who have T20I rankings, riding on her stellar run second India batter after Mithali Raj to rounder team is doing well and we are semifinal clash. bowled it brilliantly and we’ve been really clear at the ongoing World Cup. top the women’s T20I batting rankings. after coming enjoying that. That is more Yadav bamboozled hosts Australia in the on how we’re going to do things against her,” The 16-year-old Verma takes over Ecclestone, who took eight wick- into the tour- important for us.” opening match of this tournament and her she added. from New Zealand’s Suzie Bates, who ets in four matches including a best of nament as a joint Verma has certainly been in wicket-taking exploits haven’t stopped there. Yadav has gone on to become India’s lead- had been the top batter since October three for seven against the West Indies, number one along form Down Under but there’s She is leading the charts with nine scalps in four ing T20I wicket-taker and her ability to 2018 after wresting the spot from West is the first England bowler to be num- with Australia all- no getting away from India’s matches. deceive on Australian pitches has forced Indies captain Stafanie Taylor. ber one since Anya Shrubsole in April rounder Ellyse Perry. disappointing women’s T20 But the leg-spinner couldn’t cast her spell Knight to take note ahead of their crunch However, Smriti Mandhana has 2016 and the first England spinner at Australia World Cup record against the last time India met England in the tour- match. slipped a couple of rungs to sixth in the the top since Danni Hazell in August remain at the top England. nament, conceding 29 from her four overs as “She’s a massive threat for them and is an latest list. 2015. of the T20I team They have never beaten Knight’s side romped to an eight-wicket vic- improved bowler since the last World Cup, so Verma and England spinner Among the Indian bowlers, rankings with 290 Heather Knight’s side in the tory to reach the final two years ago. for us to be successful, we’re going to have to Sophie Ecclestone will go into the semi- Poonam Yadav is up four places to points and England competition, a run which “We’ve practised for her a lot, I thought we play her and all their spinners well. That’s going finals of the event as the top ranked bat- eighth after a good run in World Cup. in second position includes an eight-wicket defeat played her outstandingly in the last T20 to be key in the game,” the England skipper said. ter and bowler respectively. New Zealand captain Sophie with 278. in the 2018 semifinals. %. +33 " "" &+ ! ;# he International Cricket Council T(ICC) has turned down Cricket match, a 12 over match, an 18 over since India’s semifinal exit from the ODI * $ Australia’s request to have a reserve match or whatever it happens to be World Cup last year, on Monday received day for the semifinals of the ongoing if it’s not a full 20-over contest,” a rousing reception at the the MA 48 66&<=8 &&# %% #& 88%4:; = 4# Women’s T20 World Cup. The two Roberts said. Chidambaram Stadium here during his first semifinals are scheduled to take place However, an ICC spokesperson training session with CSK ahead of the event / 4 9 ' "? / today in Sydney but the forecast of defended the decision, according to beginning March 29. ",#" B C 89&>@&O > (> >@'& rain throughout the afternoon threat- media reports, stating that adding a “...CSK has helped me improve in ens to jeopardise both fixtures. reserve day would extend the dura- everything, whether it was being a human 5 / #B+,"#C 89&O@89 O (' H@'( Cricket Australia chief Kevin tion of T20 World Cup which is sup- being or being a cricketer, handling situa- "+$BC &OHE@H' > (E H@' Roberts on Wednesday revealed that posed to be “short and sharp” tions that are tough both in and out of the 0A#+$B C &OOO@99 &8 (8 (@)H the apex body declined the request “The ICC T20 World Cups are field and how to be humble once you are under tournament rules. short sharp events where reserve doing well,” Dhoni was quoted as saying on 2"B0#C &OO>@OO && (8 (@)H “We’ve asked the question (on a days are factored in for the final. a Star Sports show. 8 !8 reserve day),” Cricket Australia chief Allowing for any other reserve days His ardent CSK fans fondly call him Kevin Roberts was quoted as saying would have extended the length of the Thala, and the 38-year-old said the love and 1 50 on the radio station SEN. event, which isn’t feasible,” he said. respect he has got from them is special. “It’s not part of the playing con- “There is a clear and fair alterna- “Thala’ basically means brother, so for aurashtra entered their second ditions and we respect that. We’re tive should there be no play in any of + #I + (&+ me it’s more the abstract of the fans, the love Ssuccessive Ranji Trophy final optimistic based on the drainage at the semi-finals with the winner of the and affection towards me is the reflection with a 92-run win over Gujarat on the SCG combined with a weather group progressing.” $ 1 Gearing up for a return to com- of that,” he said. day five of their semifinal here on forecast that is not perfect but not ter- ! ! ( & In case either or both the semifi- petitive cricket with the IPL, Chennai “Whenever I am in Chennai or down Wednesday. rible either,” he added. nal matches are washed out, India and Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh South they never call me by my name, they Saurashtra captain and lead pacer According to the rules laid out by “We’re really hopeful and plan- South Africa will qualify for Sunday’s Dhoni credited his franchise for making him address me as Thala and the moment some- Jaydev Unadkar led from the front with a seven-wick- the ICC for the tournament, there ning for different scenarios tomorrow final at the Melbourne Cricket a better player and helping him tackle some one calls me Thala they are showing their et haul as Gujarat were bowled out for 234 in the final must be at least a 20 overs match with night but the important thing is get- Ground having finished on top of difficult situations both on and off the field. love and respect but at the same time he is session on day five. both sides playing 10 overs each. ting our team ready to play a 10 over their respective groups. Dhoni, who has been on a sabbatical a CSK fan.” PTI Chasing 327, Gujarat had resumed the day at seven for one. They were down and out at 63 for five before captain Parthiv Patel (93) and Chirag Gandhi (96) shared a 158-run stand to raise hopes of an improb- * # ) )) ) able win. However, Unadkat removed both the set batsmen to fashion a memorable win for his team. Saurashtra will host Bengal in the final from March # #! , O",#,?0O""##,R 9. Saurashtra had lost last year’s title clash to Vidarbha. Resuming on seven for one, the visitors lost their 6/6 in their views,” Lal said after the interviews. $ $ $1 The Madan Lal-led “Dhoni is both a sensitive and second wicket on the same score. Specifically on Joshi, Lal said: “We Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) tricky issue and that’s why the question Unadkat struck early as he removed Samit Gohil ormer India spinner Sunil Joshi was on liked his straight-forward attitude. He is had two common questions for the needed to be asked,” the source added. (5), who was caught at second slip. FWednesday named chairman of the experienced also (having been part of the potential national selectors: “how will A few of the candidates were also Unadkat had his third scalp when took a return national selection panel by the BCCI’s Bangladesh support staff). He has also you handle Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s asked whether they are “only looking catch to send back Dhruv Raval (1). Gujarat were in Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), coached UP. future with the Indian team and skip- at the chairman’s post” or they would trouble at 18 for three. which also picked ex-pacer Harvinder “I asked him how he handled per Virat Kohli’s stature? be happy to become just a selector. When it looked like Bhargav Merai Singh in the five-member group. Bangladesh selectors. He has done the All the Five candidates were asked Lal was also asked if Virat Kohli (14) and skipper Parthiv were steady- The CAC, comprising Madan Lal, R toughest of jobs. His thoughts were the a common question on Dhoni, who has being a strong captain was considered ing Gujarat’s ship, Prerak Mankad P Singh and Sulakshana Naik, named the best.” not played since the World Cup semi- while picking the panel and he said both broke through by trapping Merai in two selectors. Joshi replaces MSK Prasad Lal said candidates’ playing experi- final loss to New Zealand in July. Joshi and Harvinder had the “best front of the wicket as Gujarat slipped to (South Zone), who had an extended run ence in all three formats was considered. However, the former skipper will answers” on this particular topic. 60 for four. Soon, it became 63 for five after completing his four-year tenure. “Their experience in Tests, ODIs lead Chennai Super Kings in the IPL “We have this factor the most in our after Rujul Bhatt (1) also fell “The committee recommended Sunil and first-class was considered. The rest beginning March 29. mind. Our captain is a high perform- cheaply. Joshi for the role of Chairman of the senior we will get to know (with their perfor- “Yes, the CAC had one common ing player. We have kept it in mind that Parthiv held one end up and men’s selection committee,” read a state- mance). After one year’s time, if we find question and that was about their call we find somebody who can communi- then found an allay in Chirag, their ment from BCCI Secretary Jay Shah. they have not done a good job, we will with regards to Mahendra Singh Dhoni cate with him, because in the end it is heroics helped Gujarat to take tea In an unprecedented decision, the decide accordingly,” he said. and whether they will select him for the captain, who has to run the team. at 206 for five, still needing 121 BCCI said the CAC will review the Joshi’s selection from South Zone T20 World Cup,” a senior BCCI official “Captain matters a lot to the team runs in the final session. panel’s performance after one year and and Harvinder getting picked from said. and so it is important on how you com- Just then, Unadkat turned “make recommendations” accordingly. Central Zone also shows that the Board It is understood that the new BCCI municate with him. What is gone is in the tables in favour of the hosts Harvinder was chosen from Central has stuck with the zonal policy. regime wants the selection committee the past, the two selectors that we by dismissing Parthiv and new Zone and replaces Gagan Khoda in the “Our zonal system is very effective to have a clear cut stand on Dhoni’s picked had the best answers on this man Axar Patel (0) in the panel. The existing members of the selec- and you need it as India is a huge coun- international future. topic.” PTI same over. tion panel are Jatin Paranjpe (West), try,” said Lal . +!1 I, +( ' With the two wickets, Devang Gandhi (East) and Sarandeep The 49-year-old Joshi played 15 Tests '! ! *&&, ? $% profile team management including take the hardest of decisions. (Be it) Unadkat also completed Singh (North). and 69 ODIs between 1996 and 2001, tak- skipper Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Ravi Shastri or Virat Kohli, we are tak- his 20th five-for. Saurashtra then “We have picked the best guys for the ing 41 and 69 wickets respectively. between 1998 and 2001, taking four and Shastri, Lal assured the chosen ones will ing about the India team. We selected wrapped up the tail, and fitting- job. We picked them (Joshi and Harvinder, who is 42, represented 24 scalps respectively. not shy away from taking tough calls. those who can take tough calls.” ly, Unadkat took the last wicket. Harvinder) because they were very clear India in three Tests and 16 ODIs On selectors dealing with the high- “We have selected those who can !"#$#$ -2

: " 1 % ' + 6 #$"+/ ) 4 6/6 urgen Klopp insisted the best of Liverpool’s season may still be to come 3 $"/ n a comeback trail, Hardik Pandya Jdespite a third defeat in four games saw Oturned in yet another all-round them crash out of the FA Cup 2-0 at the show to help Reliance 1 inch ahead to the hands of Chelsea on Tuesday. semi-final of the 16th DY Patil T20 Cup Klopp made seven changes to the side oss Barkley has praised teenage midfield- here. beaten for the first time in 45 Premier League Rer Billy Gilmour after his sparkling per- Pandya blasted a 29-ball 46 (1x4, 4x6) games at Watford on Saturday, but still named formance in Chelsea’s 2-0 FA Cup win. after being promoted to one drop posi- a far stronger XI than the youthful teams that The 18-year-old Scot belied his rookie tion against DY Patil A and later, bowled had seen off Everton and Shrewsbury status to boss Tuesday’s fifth-round victory a crucial spell of 2/39, as Reliance 1 to reach the fifth round. over the Premier League champions-elect, emerged winner by a narrow margin of However, goals from Willian and deservedly winning the man-of-the-match seven runs. Ross Barkley gave Frank Lampard's award. The star of Reliance 1’s batting was men a much-needed lift at Stamford He mopped up in defence, set up Anmolpreet Singh (93: 60b, 8x4, 3x6), Bridge. attacks and even nutmegged Brazil midfield- who shared a rapid opening stand of 101 “Losing 2-0 is not good, but it is rel- er Fabinho in a virtuoso coming-of-age per- with India white ball opener Shikhar atively easy to explain. We made two formance at Stamford Bridge. Dhawan (43: 28b, 6x4, 1x6). massive mistakes around the goals,” said Chelsea boss Frank Lampard said he had The chase for DY Patil A almost Klopp. absolute trust in Gilmour, describing him as worked out well with handy contribu- Liverpool remain well on course for “huge in talent”. tions, especially from Shubham Ranjane a first league title in 30 years with a 22-point The club’s injury crisis could pave the (43) and Rinku Singh (36), but their effort lead at the top of the Premier League, but run way for the youngster’s full Premier League ended with the score at 198-9. the risk of their competitive campaign com- debut against Everton this weekend. For Reliance 1, Digvijay Deshmukh ing to an early end once the title is sewn up Barkley has offered a ringing endorse- returned with figures of 3-25. unless they can overturn a 1-0 first leg deficit ment of the former Rangers youth star. Reliance 1 will now face BPCL in the against Atletico Madrid in the Champions “Billy was ready for his chance against semi-final on Friday. League next week. Liverpool and he took it,” he said. BPCL got through after posting an “It is not the best three weeks of the “With injuries it gives opportunities for impressive 190-4 in the first quarter-final whole season but it is a chance to make it the other lads to take and the manager is will- against RBI. best three weeks now and that is the plan,” ing to put lads in. If you deserve the chance Akhil Herwadkar (65: 41b, 8x4, fashioned by half- centuries from Mrunal added Klopp. “Nobody has to feel sorry for and play well you get in the team.” 1x6) was the key contributor alongside Devdhar (68), Asat Khan Pathan (67) and us, we will win football games and that is He said Gilmour impressed every day opener Aakarshit Gomel (36). Ahad Malik. what we want to do on Saturday.” in training. Two India white ball players Shivam Western Railway romped home with A run of five wins in 16 league games and “For a young lad he is really mature with Dube (33 no) and Shreyas Iyer (18) also five wickets to spare. a 3-0 thrashing at home by Bayern Munich again just outside the Liverpool box and this tain equaliser. Chelsea then lost Mateo his ability on the ball, he makes the right made their presence felt in BPCL innings. Indian Oil, meanwhile, chased down in the first leg of their Champions League last time Adrian could only turn his powerful Kovacic and Willian to injury either side of decision most of the time,” he said. “He is The chase for RBI was progressing Indian Navy’s 183 with two wickets to 16 tie last week meant the pressure was on drive into the bottom corner. half-time to further deplete Lampard’s mid- similar to Jorginho. He is a quality player and well till they lost wickets at regular inter- spare. Chelsea to keep their hopes of silverware this At the other end, Kepa Arrizabalaga, who field options. a good addition to the squad. vals to finish at 176-8, 14 short of the tar- Aditya Tare played a captain’s knock season alive. had been dropped for the previous five But that may provide the opportunity get. The other semi-final on Friday will as he slammed 44 -ball 56 (4x4, 2x6). Chelsea got the lift they needed from the games, showed why Chelsea spent £72 mil- Barkley needs to kickstart his flagging ward from inside his own half before smash- be played between Indian Oil and Aiding Tare was Rohan Raje, who opening goal as Liverpool’s understudy lion ($92 million) on him just over 18 months career at the Bridge. ing past Adrian from outside the area. Western Railway. made 30 off 21 balls. goalkeeper Adrian undid the good work of ago as he made three reaction saves in a mat- The England international doubled Newcastle and Sheffield United also Meanwhile, Western Railway chased Raje also made a useful contribution a brilliant save from Willian within a minute. ter of seconds to deny Mane, Divock Origi Chelsea’s lead in spectacular style midway booked their place in the quarter-finals on down a tall Income Tax total of 217-5. with the ball to finish with figures of 3- The Brazilian was gifted possession and Takumi Minamino what seemed a cer- through the second half as he galloped for- Tuesday. The chase for Western Railway was 35. 3" 3 ! <!! ! $!#" * &P " <"3!)! +% 0 ! oshua Kimmich edged Bayern Munich into +#$% + 2 sports stopped. the third-place play-off, and lost both Jthe German Cup semi-finals with the only The Asia matches. goal in a 1-0 win at Schalke 04 on Tuesday. ext month’s Championships will be They are also due to host Denmark Bayern sit top of the Bundesliga and are NBadminton Asia staged in Manila on at Wembley in a friendly on March 31. also set for a place in the Champions League he International Shooting Championships have April 21-26. However, there are currently worries that quarters having beaten Chelsea 3-0 in the first TSport Federation (ISSF) been moved out of “Badminton Asia game — and the scheduled March 27 leg of their last-16 tie. on Wednesday said the Wuhan, epicentre of (BA) together with clash with Italy — might be There was also a major upset upcoming New Delhi World the coronavirus out- Philippine Badminton postponed or played behind as fourth-tier Saarbrucken per- Cup will not carry ranking break, to the Philippine Association has been closed doors if required to formed a giant killing act on top- points, even as the organis- capital Manila, officials working closely to contain the coronavirus out- flight Fortuna Duesseldorf by ers remained hopeful of said on Wednesday. ensure visa approval break which has already winning a thrilling penalty shoot- going ahead with the tourna- Numerous sports for player and officials' caused the postponement of numerous out 7-6 following a 1-1 draw. ment despite a few with- events have been can- entry into Manila for sporting events worldwide. Saarbrucken’s hero was their drawals owing to the novel celled, postponed or all participants in this “We don’t need to speculate at the goalkeeper Daniel Batz, who saved a penalty coronavirus threat. moved in recent weeks important and presti- moment,” Southgate said. “I think we in regular time and then stopped two more in The ISSF said there will all over the world gious Championship,” have to be adaptable and have to make the shoot-out. no ranking points in the because of the deadly BA said in a statement. sure that we are prepared for every even- The minnows took the lead in the 31st tournament scheduled to be virus. The coronavirus has tuality, but as we stand we are trying not minute but were pushed into the shoot-out held from March 15 to 26 as China, where the forced the postpone- to get too worried by all the hype, make after Fortuna equalised in the 90th minute the organisers are not in a virus emerged in ment or cancellation sensible decisions on hygiene and go from through Mathias Jorgensen. position to guarantee partic- December and where of several badminton there.” England cruised through qualify- Defending Cup winners Bayern have won ipation of all athletes owing more than 2,900 people tournaments, disrupt- ing for Euro 2020, in which they will play 13 of their past 14 games under coach Hansi to the extraordinary situa- have died, has been ing the build-up to the group games at Wembley and would also Flick but played on Tuesday without injured tion. hardest hit with all Tokyo Olympics. be at home in the semi-finals and final strikers Robert Lewandowski and Kingsley “Due to local restric- should they get there. However, loss of Coman, who scored all the goals in last year’s tions relating to the COVID- form to certain squad members — not 3-0 final win over RB Leipzig. 19 virus introduced by the least the struggles of goalkeeper Jordan Kimmich’s first-time strike from the edge out for offside. In the other quarter-finals, Ministry of Health and Pickford — and injuries to Kane and of the area came in the 40th minute while Bayer Leverkusen host Union Berlin while Family Welfare of India, the 6+1 6 Rashford are problems. It was feared Schalke hit the woodwork and had a goal ruled Eintracht Frankfurt greet Werder Bremen. organisers of the ISSF World Tottenham Hotspur striker Kane would Cup in New Delhi cannot ngland can look forward to facing the not play again this season after having guarantee the participation of Eworld’s top-ranked side Belgium in hamstring surgery in January, while all the athletes who would the next UEFA Nations League later this Manchester United’s Rashford is out with . B like to enter those competi- year, but for now manager Gareth a back injury. “All I know is that both tions,” the ISSF said in a state- Southgate’s chief concerns surround the players have given themselves the best 6. followed up by dismissing Steve ment. coronavirus outbreak and the fitness of possible chance of being fit and available Smith and Marnus Labuschagne “Therefore no ranking forward duo Harry Kane and Marcus not only for us but for the end of the sea- outh African fast bowler off successive balls. points can be earned at this Rashford going into Euro 2020. son for their clubs,” said Southgate. SLungi Ngidi took six wickets Labuschagne's wicket was World Cup. Still, it will be Tuesday’s draw for the next Nations “Obviously that is their priority, as Australia were bowled out for Ngidi's 50th in one-day interna- possible to achieve the MQS League saw England — who finished they have got to get back playing club 271 in the second one-day inter- tionals in his 26th match -- the that can influence on athletes’ third last year in the inaugural version of football, then of course we are hoping national at the Mangaung Oval fastest South African to the chances to get the desired the competition — come out in a group both come through with no issues ahead on Wednesday. landmark. Olympic quota places.” with Belgium, Denmark and Iceland in of the summer for us.”He added: “We Ngidi had career-best fig- When Finch was caught Countries such as League A. have really good competition for places, ures of six for 58. He dismissed behind off Anrich Nortje, Bahrain, China, Taiwan, Those matches will be played from but clearly we want to be going to the three of Australia's top four in a Australia had lost their top four Hong Kong, Macau, North ! " September to November, with the four- Euros with our best players and there is first spell of three for 26 and for 158 runs. Korea and Turkmenistan team finals set for June 2021. no doubt that Kane and Rashford would claimed three more wickets in But Short, who gained a have already pulled out of 6G % % 3 “We enjoyed the competition last be in that category.” Belgium manager the closing overs of the innings. place on the tour when Glenn the tournament due to the time, and the quality of the fixtures again Roberto Martinez was pleased with Captain Aaron Finch and Maxwell was ruled out because virus. Due to the travel eturning four-time major winner Kim Clijsters shows how exciting this could be,” Tuesday’s draw — his team, who lead the D'Arcy Short both hit 69 for of surgery, made a maiden one- restrictions imposed by the Rlost in the first round of the WTA tournament Southgate said after Tuesday’s draw cer- world rankings, faced Iceland in the last Australia, but largely because of day international half-century to Indian government, South in Monterrey, Mexico, just her second match of emony in Amsterdam. Nations League and are already set to take Ngidi, they were unable to cap- Warner posted 50 off the first 37 enable Australia to make a com- Korea, Italy and Iran are also an ambitious comeback after her 2012 retirement. England played Belgium twice at the on Denmark at the European italise on a fast start by Finch and balls of the innings before Ngidi petitive total on a pitch which unlikely to participate in the The 36-year-old Belgian mother of three 2018 World Cup, in the group stage and Championships in Copenhagen. David Warner. Finch and had Warner caught at cover. He had some uneven bounce. event. played her first match in over seven years in Dubai last month where she was defeated by Garbine Muguruza. In the first round in Mexico, a still unranked A5 (A=A4 % >+ '+*> 4/* +4 Clijsters was drawn to face second seed Johanna Konta, the British number one, and went down 6-3, 7-5. “I felt some things were better,” Clijsters said in comments carried by wtatennis.com. “Some things still need a lot of improvement. That’s why it’s good to play matches. In Dubai, I didn’t start well because I was overwhelmed, but today I started and served much better than I did there. “Those are a few of the positive things, and the points that have to be better, I’ll work very hard to improve them for other matches.” Clijsters added: “I’ve been through different generations and played many players throughout my whole career. “I’m still at a stage where I want to focus on what I’m doing and how I’m feeling, and also start reading my opponents. “It’s a process that I have to trust and keep working hard to improve in every match I play. I’d like to take big steps but I have to focus on small step and improving day by day.” Konta acknowledged she had been star- struck. “As a young player, I never thought I’d get to play Kim Clijsters in my career,” she said. “I feel truly privileged and honored to share the court with such a champion. It’s nice to have her back.”