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17 73 ifteen Italian tourists tested Fpositive for coranavirus on Wednesday, taking the total confirmed cases in the country to 29, including 3 in Kerala who have now recuperated. An Italian tourist had tested posi- ! " tive a day earlier. His wife too has become a confirmed case. )843 With the count going up by the day, the Government ours after Congress lead- announced that all interna- Hers accused the BJP of tional passengers will hence- confining eight of its MLAs, forth be screened at airports for including allies, to a hotel in $ ) & !! & ( * the disease. Earlier, travellers Haryana as part of a conspira- + ! $% from only 12 countries were cy to topple the 14-month-old being screened at the airports. Madhya Pradesh Government, An Indian driver accom- ! ! & ! -, ! , . / ! && '1 six of them returned to Bhopal meet BSP MLA Rambai and Scindia earlier had pleaded panying the Italian tourists has &'& (, ! # ! $% ( ( # ! $% on Wednesday evening. took her with them to Bhopal. ignorance about the horse- also tested positive. So far, a Six legislators of the Those who returned to trading episode as media had total of 16 Italian tourists have for at least two days. 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 4 legislators, but they managed to their return to the State Capital. Continued on Page 4 R P . # $% & '(() " & ! +,) !

17 73 17 73 It said in light of the proposed strategic disinvestment ooming coronavirus threat ith no domestic buyers in of 100 per cent of Air India, it Lis all set to play spoilsport Wsight even after months has been decided that foreign with Holi festivities. President of aggressive hawking, the investment in the national car- Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Government has now decided rier be brought on a level play- Minister Narendra Modi and to allow Non-Resident Indians ing field with other scheduled top BJP leaders, including tweeted that he would not I will neither celebrate Holi nor (NRIs) to acquire total stake in airline operators. Home Minister Amit Shah hold Holi Milan as experts organise Holi Milan. Stay safe, the national carrier Air India. The amendment “are and party president JP Nadda, have advised to reduce mass stay healthy,” Nadda tweeted. The Union Cabinet on meant to liberalise and simpli- on Wednesday said they would gatherings to avoid the spread According to sources, Wednesday changed the rules fy the FDI policy to provide not attend any Holi Milan of coronavirus. Nadda has written to all State for the sale of Air India by per- ease of doing business in the function in view of the coron- “Experts across the world unit presidents, asking them to mitting NRIs to control up to country,” it said, adding it avirus outbreak. Holi is on have advised to reduce mass avoid holding Holi Milan pro- 100 per cent stake as against the would lead to largest FDI March 10. gatherings to avoid the spread grammes as a precautionary earlier limit of 49 per cent. The inflows and thereby contribut- Meanwhile, Delhi Chief of COVID19. Hence this year, measure. decision comes at a time when ing to growth of investment, Minister Arvind Kejriwal said I have decided not to partici- Similarly Union Home the Government has invited income and employment. on Wednesday that he would pate in any ‘Holi Milan’ pro- Minister Shah urged the peo- preliminary bids for selling Allowing 100 per cent not celebrate Holi in wake of gramme,” Modi tweeted. ple to avoid public gatherings. the “Maharaja” lock stock and investment by NRIs in the car- communal violence in North- Following Modi’s “Holi is a very important fes- barrel. rier would also not be in vio- east Delhi. announcement, Nadda, Shah tival for Indians but in the However, foreign invest- lation of Substantial Ownership In a tweet posted using the and other senior party leaders wake of coronavirus, I have ments in the national carrier, and Effective Control (SOEC) official Twitter handle of the also said they would not par- decided not to participate in including that of foreign air- norms. NRI investments would Rashtrapati Bhavan, President ticipate in any Holi Milan any Holi Milan this year. I also lines, shall not exceed 49 per ! # ! $% be treated as domestic invest- Ram Nath Kovind said, “With function due to concerns over appeal everyone to avoid pub- cent, either directly or indi- ments. Under the SOEC frame- alertness and safeguards, we all spread of coronavirus. lic gatherings and take good 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 can help contain the outbreak “The world is battling care of yourself and your fam- said. issue, Union Minister Prakash also increase investment nationals, in case of Air India airline industry globally, a car- of COVID-19. In a precau- COVID-19 novel coronavirus. ily,” he said on Twitter. 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 tionary measure, the The countries & medical fra- Health Minister Harsh substantial ownership and sion on Air India is one mile- explaining much details of pre- by Prime Minister Narendra particular country should be Rashtrapati Bhavan will not ternity are jointly making Vardhan has urged people to effective control of Air India stone decision.” The airline will sent status of the situation. Modi has approved to amend substantially owned by that hold the traditional Holi Milan. efforts to contain its spread. avoid crowded places and 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 The Prime Minister too Keeping this in mind, this year, physical contact with people. Indian nationals. it will continue to provide ser- ment up to 100 per cent by statement said. nationals. # R $ ) P ! 0 %*+ ,-./- 0 1 " 9400/ 2 !R $$ 17 73 nding the seven-month $$ 17 73 fter President Ram Nath Elong blackout of social ! AKovind rejected the last media platforms, the Jammu & xpelled BJP MLA Kuldeep remaining mercy plea of Pawan Kashmir administration final- ESingh Sengar and seven !"#$$$ Kumar Gupta, one of the four ly lifted the ban on accessing others, including policemen, death-row convicts in the 2012 social media via 2G were on Wednesday found # !&#$'( Nirbhaya gang-rape and mur- mobile/broadband internet ser- guilty by a Delhi court for the ) # der case, the Delhi vices while curbs on high speed custodial death of Unnao rape *$!+#,-. Government on Wednesday 3G and 4G internet services survivor’s father. District judge / moved a city court seeking a were further extended till Dharmesh Sharma convicted 0 . fresh date for execution of the remedies of the convicts have March 17, on Wednesday. them of culpable homicide, 1 , four convicts. been exhausted and nothing Members of the media fra- not amounting to murder. the accused hatched another According to Delhi Prison survives now. The judge then ternity, students community The court said the accused crucial part of the conspiracy ) # Rules, a 14-day period has to be directed the convicts to file and internet users heaved a sigh had no intention of killing to foist a false case upon the 2 #0 #. 3 2# given to a death-row convict their response by Thursday of relief and shared messages him, “however, they beat up the victim by planting a country- 4 ! after the dismissal of a clemen- even as the prosecution said no on social media platforms in victim in a brutal manner that made gun and four cartridges. cy plea before the prisoner notice was required. jubilation. led to his death.” The judge also The court said the accused " # # can be hanged. All the four are While issuing the notice, As per the latest order, the &! ! ! criminated the role of doctors — Ashok Singh Bhadauria, # P to be hanged together. the court said principles of nat- Government has also done '( $ who were entrusted to take of KP Singh (both policemen), 5 A Union Home Ministry ural justice are part of Article away with the list of selected the rape victim’s father, saying Kuldeep Singh Sengar, Vineet official said President Ram 21 (right to life and personal websites that could be accessed SIMs will have access to inter- available on fixed landline con- “doctors at the district hospital Mishra, Birendra Singh, Shashi Nath Kovind has rejected the liberty) of the Constitution by the internet users across the net services but those with nections”. were negligent and acted like Pratap Singh, Suman Singh # mercy petition of 25-year-old and the sacrosanct principle of region. pre-paid SIMs will be able to Internet services were sus- butchers”. and Atul (Sengar’s brother) — 4 6* Pawan Kumar Gupta. “Audi alteram partem” (listen to The fresh order issued by access internet only after pended across J&K ahead of Judge Sharma also said the are held guilty of committing 4 The Delhi Government the other side) cannot be Shaleen Kabra, Principal undergoing verification applic- the abrogation of Article 370 on facts and circumstances offence under section 120-B *$!' told Additional Sessions Judge ignored. Secretary, Home Department, able for post-paid SIMs and August 5. It was restored in a brought on the record prove (criminal conspiracy). Dharmendra Rana that all legal Continued on Page 4 stated, “People with post-paid internet connectivity will be phased manner across J&K. beyond reasonable doubt that Continued on Page 4 !"#$#$

-R) " $$ 17 73 intense. are still fearful about returning Days after the communal and say they would wait for a elhi Police Commissioner violence in North-east Delhi, week more before deciding DSN Shrivastava on the residents are slowly picking anything. Wednesday met Union Home up the pace as the The Delhi Police has reg- Minister Amit Shah and Home Government's relief and reha- istered 436 FIRs and arrested or % # Secretary Ajay Bhalla in bilitation measures have kicked detained 1,427 people in con- 5/,/5,40 Parliament. The meeting last- in amid tight vigil by security nection with the communal ed for an hour. While talking to forces. violence that claimed 42 lives he Gurugram Police has media person, the CP said, In Mustafabad, Eidgah and left over 200 injured. An Tstepped up vigilance across "Everything is under control area has been turned into a officer had said on Tuesday, the city in the wake of riots in and we are on the top of situ- relief camp, and the locals too adding 45 cases were registered neighbouring Delhi. The ation". Shrivastava was given have opened their homes for under the Arms Act. department has increased late- the additional charge of Delhi those seeking shelter. Many "The situation in the riot- night patrolling, barricaded Police commissioner after the families have sought refuge at affected areas was under con- border areas, deployed more retirement of Amulya Patnaik. the relief camps in Mustafabad trol and the police control forces at sensitive spots and Meanwhile, the police have and Shri Ram Colony, with room (PCR) have not received continuous discussion with been conducting flag marches others preferring their relative's calls regarding rioting in the prominent people belonging to city magistrates and instruc- and holding meetings with the house. past six days," the force said. various communities have tions have been given to all offi- locals in Jafrabad, Maujpur, Students are appearing for On Tuesday, Mohammed helped Gurugram Police main- cers to ensure peace. Babarpur, Chand Bagh, Shiv board exams that was post- Shahrukh, who was seen contain peace in the entire city. "Special instructions have Vihar, Bhajanpura, Yamuna poned in the riot-affected. The fronting an unarmed police In view of communal also been given to the cyber- Vihar and Mustafabad where police and paramilitary per- ! personnel during violence at clashes between two commu- crime cell and social media cell the violence, hat sparked from sonnel are maintaining a tight in the area will remain closed their burnt out homes to assess &!!( ! Maujpur last week, was arrest- nities over the Citizenship to the vigil on the suspected protests over the amended vigil outside the centres. till March 7. the damage. Many of those !! & ed from Uttar Pradesh's Shamli Amendment Act (CAA) and anti-religious post. The team Citizenship Act, was the most However, government schools Some people are visiting who fled during the violence # ! $% district, police said. National Register of Citizens have already deleted such post (NRC) in the northeastern which can harm peace and part of Delhi, the Gurugram harmony in the city," a senior Police for the past several days police official said. is on its toes with an increased Check posts have been vigil and patrolling. The police installed across the areas bor- commissioner along with con- dering Nuh and Delhi and cern area, DCPs and ACPs are also in city's suspect points to conducting patrolling during restrict and monitor the move- $$ Gogoi and Randeep Surjewala. "India is being divided, late nights. ment of people. 17 73 This delegation visited a burnt. This will not benefit Police Commissioner "We have instructed our private school in the Brijpuri Bharat Mata," he said. Mohammad Akil, who is also personnel to maintain law and ate and violence are ene- area of northeast Delhi that Gandhi along with other the additional director-gener- order. No one would be allowed Hmies of development and was vandalised and burnt dur- leaders also visited a mosque al of Haryana police (ADGP), to take the law into their hand. divisiveness being spread will ing the riots. near the school that was affect- has given instruction to all con- Adequate security arrange- not benefit 'Bharat Mata', Arun Modern Public ed in the violence. cern ACPs to conduct night ments have been made to pre- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Senior Secondary School, Sources said the Delhi patrolling and report to the vent any unwanted situations," said on Wednesday, as he led which is over 32 years old, suf- Police advised Gandhi not to DCPs of their area. the commissioner said. a delegation of party leaders to fered massive damage and the go beyond the Brijpuri Nullah. "Police presence has been Two years ago, the city the riot-hit northeast Delhi. Congress delegation went The other delegation, increased across the district had witnessed communal row Two separate delegations around the gutted classrooms comprising mostly MPs, left in while permanent deployment over offering namaz in open of Congress leaders visited and surveyed the burnt busses. a bus from the Kerala House was made at sensitive areas, areas. The police have taken different areas in northeast Speaking with reporters, here and included Hibi Eden, including religious places. Strict measures to avoid such Delhi. Gandhi said, "This (school) is Gurjeet Singh Aujla and Abdul instructions have already been unwanted situation in the city. The delegation led by India's future. Hate and vio- Khaleque. given to the force to vigil the "Gurugram shares borders Gandhi included K C lence has destroyed it. Nobody Their first stop was Chand movement of people at border with New Delhi and Nuh and Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan has benefited from this. Bagh where they met shop- areas. Monitoring the move- protests over CAA and NRC Chowdhury, K Suresh, Mukul Violence and hate are enemies keepers and asked them about ment of private and commer- are still being organised in Wasnik, Kumari Selja, Gaurav of development." the losses they suffered. cial vehicle in the entire district. both places. The situation can Leaves of personnel have been go out of control anytime, and cancelled," Akil said. that's why these measures to Apart from this, the district tackle any untoward situation, )( ! ! ( + & 4&& 4 # ! administration has appointed said a police officer. # $ >2 )$2( 33! 4 5O # ! ' $$ $$ 17 73 5/,/5,40

he Central Reserve Police he Gurugram Police on TForce (CRPF) on TWednesday claimed to Wednesday helped its former have busted a fake call centre jawan Aish Mohammed with a in Udyog Vihar. This call cheque of 11 lakh after his centre cheated foreign nation- house was damaged in com- als on the pretext of technical munal clashes in the National help and took several dollars capital recently. In a similar as a service charge. manner, the Border Security Two accused have been Force (BSF) had on Monday arrested and an FIR was filed handed over a cheque of Rs 10 against them under relevant lakh to its jawan Mohammed sections of the Indian Penal Anees whose house in north- Code, including IT Act at the east Delhi was vandalised and Cyber Crime police station. burnt by rioters. A team of the cybercrime While handing over the department raided the call cheque, AP Maheswari, centre at Plot number 272, Director General (DG) of CRPF Udyog Vihar Phase 4 after a hugged an emotional Aish and tip-off. The team recovered said "this is your family". 3 crore in three bank accounts The house of Aish, who of the accused. These served the world's largest para- accounts have been seized, military force for 22 years police said. before retiring as a head con- The police have also stable, was at Baghirathi Vihar seized one laptop and other in north-east Delhi. "His house electronic gadgets from the was damaged and plundered by accused. The arrested accused anti-social elements" during have been identified as Amit the riots on February 25," the $ # !7#8&)$2( 9 &33* Chauhan (30) of Sector-42, CRPF said. & ( ! Gurugram who is a B.tech "He (Aish) along his son # ! $ graduate and Sumit Kumar somehow managed to escape to (24) of Jind in Haryana who safety with the help of their and their families. This act is a is the country's largest Central is an accountant. neighbour". gesture to say that all serving Armed Police Force (CAPF) Nearly 50 employees were The officials of para-mili- and retired personnel of the and is the lead national inter- employed in the call centre. tary force came to know about force are our family," CRPF nal security force. According to the police, the the plight of the jawan through spokesperson DIG Moses The border guarding force employees working here told media reports and a decision Dhinakaran said. has also pledged to re-build the their respective families that was taken to stand by its retired A senior official said the house of Anees and hand it they were working in a call jawan who had served the assistance amount of Rs 11 lakh over to him as a "wedding gift" centre of the Tour and Travels country for 22 years. is drawn from the welfare fund as he is scheduled to get mar- Company. The cheque was handed of the force and it can be used ried soon. Over 45 people "A complaint was received over at a simple ceremony held to help both serving and for- have been killed and many that a fake call centre had at the CRPF headquarters here. mer staffers. injured in the communal cheated several people on the "The CRPF stands committed With about 3.25 lakh per- clashes that took place on pretext of technical help. The for the welfare of its personnel sonnel in its ranks, the CRPF February 24-25. case was assigned to the cybercrime branch of Gurugram for investigation. The culprits were employed at the call centres, which were being operated without per- mission," said Karan Goyal, Assistant Commissioner of Police (DLF). "During the questioning, the accused revealed that they used to send bulk messages, pop-ups and mail to their clients via server for technical assistance and to resolve the issue they charged fees via Paypal gateway from their clients, he said.

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17 73 thermal scanning of all pas- ed in Delhi for the same and I, Showing the report of sengers to be conducted at the as the Chief Minister of the Delhi Government aided hos- ,0 3#. - he Delhi Government on airport while the suspect will be State, as well as the Chairman pitals, Kejriwal said that his TWednesday constituted a kept under the 14 days of of the task force, am personal- Government has taken mea- State-level task force to deal ‘meticulous’ observation. ly monitoring the team." sures to contain the outbreak of with the coronavirus in the Appealing people to com- Citing Mayur Vihar resi- the virus. am Maohar Lohia and Hospital will also be made national Capital as 88 cases bat with the deadly disease, dent who is diagnosed with the Quoting the data of screen- RSafdarjung Hospital are operational by today evening, have been suspected so far in Kejriwal urged people to fight COVID, he said that ing at Delhi airport of com- Nodal centers for the Capital. and if required, a lab in LNJP India. Coronavirus like vector- we have allotted muters, he said , that the Isolation beds and isola- will also be made opera- Delhi Chief Minister borne Dengue. responsibilities to Thermal scanning of all the tion wards are being created tional. Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday The State adminis- separate depart- passengers landing from to provide adequate treat- While school children said efforts are on to check and tration is taking the help ments and offi- abroad is being conducted on ment. One lab in AIIMS has are vulnerable to the disease, screen 88 people who came in of civic agencies with an cials concerned. the airports and referring them been operational with a DoE has conducted a meet- contact with the Delhi man aim to standstill the "We have to to RML hospital in case any capacity to test 250 samples ing with the education who tested positive for coron- virus spread in the air. work in an emer- symptoms are observed. Until per day. departments to spared aware- avirus. A taskforce headed by "Several health department gency mode to now, 1,16,579 patients have A lab in Lady Hardinge ness on coronavirus. him has been formed to tackle officials, as well as airport and prevent the outbreak been screened at the airport. the situation emerging from the MCD authorities have been of the virus. We have one con- "All the three MCDs, and coronavirus infection and there directed to ensure that all mea- firmed case in Delhi till now, the NDMC, are contacting the gers coming in from abroad passengers who belonged to is no need to panic, he said. sures such as surveillance and and the patient has been admit- hotels to reach all the passen- and conduct screening on Delhi have landed, out of which While the disease is com- screening are done to prevent ted to Safdarjung Hospital,". He them. All the passengers are 4445 passengers have not municable in nature, the first the outbreak of the virus," is the resident of Mayur Vihar, # !) & ! kept under observation for any shown any signs or symptoms and foremost step is to stop it Kejriwal said. who had travelled first from $ & # ! possible symptoms of the virus until now, and we are trying to at the source level thus the He added, "A State-level Italy to Budapest and then since the virus takes 14 days to establish contacts with the Government has directed for Task Force has been constitut- from Vienna to Delhi." # $ show signs or symptoms. 5769 remaining 1324 passengers." % ! :'

$$ 17 73 exams, and building a strong career for ourselves," Sisodia eputy Chief Minister and said. DEducation Minister, In a bid to restore confi- $$ 17 73 Manish Sisodia on Wednesday dence in the school children visited schools in riot-hit areas and to encourage their families he civic bodies have of North East Delhi. He also to resume sending them to Tstepped up vigil after a interacted with the students schools, he also organised a Delhi man was tested positive appearing for the board exam- special parent teacher meeting for the coronavirus. The civic inations. at schools of violence-affected bodies has issued an advisory He interacted with the stu- areas of North East Delhi. to all the hotels and guest dents of Delhi Government "The gist is that we have to houses regarding this coron- schools such as Sarvodya get our lives back on track, and avirus and directed them to Kanya Vidyalaya (SKV) for that it is very essential that maintain detailed reports of the Jaffarabad, SKV Gokalpur we do away with the hatred tourist coming from the virus- Village and GGSSS, B2, within us and start spreading hit areas and send the report to paign in all four zones to edu- awareness generation and Yamuna Vihar. love once again. It is time to the Delhi Government on daily cate and aware the citizens screening of persons who vis- The Minister said in case move on from the nightmares basis for further measures. about the symptoms and pre- ited coronavirus-affected coun- any students has missed a of rampant violence spread on South Delhi Municipal cautionary measures. tries after January 15 belonging Central Board of Secondary the streets to focusing on our Corporation (SDMC) has also The New Delhi Municipal to NDMC area," a senior offi- Education (CBSE) board exam dreams now. The need of this decided to suspend prayer Council (NDMC) has formed cial of NDMC’s Health being conducted till March 7, PTM is to help us revive the assembly in its all schools and two rapid response teams for Department said. they will be able to appear for dreams that our children along refrain staff from marking atten- screening of residents who had Meanwhile, the Delhi their boards later. For new with their parents have seen dance in bio metric machines in visited coronavirus-affected Metro Rail Corporation dates, they can contact their # !# ) & ' & !& ! ($ 4% (+'' towards building a strong SDMC offices and schools. countries after January 15 and (DMRC) has decided to create schools after March 7. ' !! !!( &4 # ! # $ career for themselves. I am real- In a high-level meeting, has already screened 56 hous- an awareness program to sen- The Head of Schools (HoS) ly happy to see the huge chaired by SDMC Mayor es. "Two rapid response teams sitize its staff as well the com- has been directed to maintain share the list with CBSE. The forms to students residing in at the exams. Let them spread turnout of parents along with Sunita Kangra on Wednesday, consisting of doctor, paramed- muters regarding the Do’s and records of all the students who DoE also asked the HoS to pro- violence-affected areas. hatred, we will answer them their wards here at the PTM it was also decided to carry out ical staff and public health Dont’s to prevent the spread of missed their examinations and vide books/stationery and uni- "Study hard, give your best back by doing well at the today," said the Minister. an intensive awareness cam- specialist have been formed for Corona virus. !"#$#$

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Commission (NHRC) to inter- + !! " !!! vene and enquire into the men- ) ) - 6 tal and physical state of the four ( 1 From Page 1 death row convicts. The hanging of Mukesh A Bench of Chief Justice - ) 6 Kumar Singh (32), Vinay DN Patel and Justice C Hari Sharma (26) and Akshay Shankar said the petition was 0/0)4 Of the total crimes, he has been The shocking attack on 17 73 The apex court delivered Kumar Singh (31) besides not maintainable as it should booked for 33 murders. He was the security vehicles had come the verdict on pleas challenging Pawan previously scheduled have been first filed before the n a major success for the also behind a major arson inci- nearly ten hours after the he Supreme Court the RBI circular.According to for March 3 was deferred for NHRC. Isecurity agencies, a special dent that took place at Dadapur Maoists set on fire at least 36 TWednesday allowed banks the circular, the entities regu- the third time in six weeks by Asking the petitioner to investigation team of the on May 1, 2019 in which private vehicles and two site and financial institutions from lated by the RBI were prohib- New Delhi: The Supreme Court the court on Monday in yet move the NHRC, the Bench Gadchiroli police on Maoists set ablaze 36 vehicles. offices of a road engaged con- providing services related to ited from “providing any service asked the Delhi High Court on another twist in the case disposed of his plea. Wednesday arrested dreaded There is a bounty of Rs 16 lakh struction and repair work along cryptocurrencies by setting in relation to virtual currencies Wednesday to hear on March 6 marked by apparent delaying Six people, including the Maoist Dinkar Gota, who was on Gota,” the police officer the Purada-Malewada- aside the RBI’s 2018 circular including those of transfer or a plea seeking lodging of FIRs tactics by the condemned pris- four convicts and a juvenile, one of the masterminds of the said. Yerkhade stretch of along the which had prohibited them. receipt of money in accounts against some BJP leaders for oners. The President has were named as accused. Ram dastardly landmine blast in Sunanda, who began to Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh Cryptocurrencies are digi- relating to the purchase or sale alleged hate speeches which already rejected the mercy Singh, the sixth accused, which 15 C-60 commandos operate Maoist in Gadchiroli national highway number tal or virtual currencies in of virtual currencies”. purportedly led to recent riots petitions of Mukesh, Vinay allegedly committed suicide in and a private driver were killed district in 2009, has 38 serious 136. which encryption techniques The petitioner, Internet and here and said it may also explore and Akshay. Tihar jail days after the trial on May 1, 2019, and a fellow offences registered against her The C-60 commandos of are used to regulate the gener- Mobile Association of India the possibility of “peaceful The court on Monday began in the case. female Maoist. in various police stations. The the Gadchiroli police were ation of their units and verify (IMAI), had argued in the resolution” of the dis- postponed the hanging till fur- The juvenile was released Identifying the arrested state government had travelling in two vehicles for the transfer of funds, operating top court that the RBI pute”. ther orders. in 2015 after spending three female Maoist as one Sunanda announced a bounty of Rs 2 naxal combing operations, independently of a central bank. had banned cryp- The apex Nirbhaya’s father expressed years in a correctional home. Koreti, the Gadchiroli police lakh on her. when they found several fallen A three-judge bench, head- tocurrencies on court, which said it the hope that the convicts will The case has witnessed a said that Gota was at that time Gota and Sunanda, who trees blocking the road leading ed by Justice RF Nariman, said “moral grounds” as “wants to see if be hanged this month. “Pawan series of twists and turns right a Divisional Committee have been booked under sec- to an isolated stretch of the the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) no prior studies were peace is possible”, has one option left -- that is to after a Delhi court on Member (DVCM) of the north tions 435, 427, 143, 147, road in a forest area. circular is liable to be set aside conducted to analyse observed that challenge the mercy plea in September 13, 2013 awarded Gadchiroli Maoist committee, 148,148 and 120 (B) of the IPC, When the security per- on the ground of “proportion- their effect on the econ- adjournment of hear- Supreme Court as the others the death sentence to the four while Sunanda is a Maoist various sections of Unlawful sonnel alighted to clear the ality”. omy. ing by the high court for have done. Let’s see what hap- convicts, less than one year from Korachi Maoist Dalam Activities (Prevention) Act and road, landmines planted by “Accordingly, the writ peti- It had contended that the “such a long period” in April on pens next, but we are confident after the 23-year-old physio- operating in eastern other acts, were produced Maoists blew up, leaving 16 tions are allowed and the cir- RBI barred all the entities reg- separate petitions related to the of getting justice,” said therapy intern, who came to be Maharashtra. before a Gadchiroli court personnel dead. Those killed cular dated April 6, 2018 is set ulated by it from providing ser- violence in northeast Delhi was Nirbhaya’s father adding that he known as ‘Nirbhaya’ (fearless), “Acting on a tip-off which remanded them in comprised 15 commandoes aside,” said the bench, also vices to any individual or busi- not “justified” and such matters is hopeful that the convicts will was gang-raped and savagely received by Gadchiroli district police custody for 14 days. and one driver. comprising justices Aniruddha ness dealing in virtual curren- should not be delayed for long. be hanged this month and jus- assaulted on the night of police superintendent Shailesh The arrest of Gota and The incident, which took Bose and V Ramasubramanian. cies. In 2013, the RBI in an A bench headed by Chief tice will be finally delivered December 16, 2012 in a mov- Balkawde, a special investiga- Sunanda comes on the heels of place at shortly after noon at “When the consistent stand advisory cautioned users, hold- Justice SA Bobde requested the after a long wait. ing bus in south Delhi. She died tion team of police arrested the surrender of Gadchiroli Jamburkheda, six kilometres of RBI is that they have not ers, and traders of virtual cur- chief justice of the high court to The first date of execution- of her injuries a fortnight later Gota and Sunanda early this Maoist divisional committee away from Kurkheda town, banned VCs (virtual curren- rencies, including Bitcoins, dispose of these matters “as -January 22--fixed on January in a Singapore hospital. morning. There was a bounty member Vilas Kolhe along comes nearly one year after the cies) and when the about the potential financial, expeditiously as possible” on 7 was postponed by the court Review petitions and cura- of Rs 18 lakh on these Maoists,” with his AK-47 rifle, and arrest security agencies killed as many Government of India is unable operational, legal, customer their own merits and in accor- to February 1. But on January tive petitions were then filed in a senior district police of eight Maoists in connection as 40 Maoists were killed in two to take a call despite several protection, and security-relat- dance with law and also prepone 31, the court indefinitely post- a staggered manner in the said. with the Dadapur- biggest-ever naxal encounters committees coming up with ed risks that they were expos- the hearing on other related poned the hanging. On Supreme Court against the Beginning as a member of Jambulkheda incident. undertaken in the jungles of several proposals including ing themselves to.On July 3, pleas. February 17, the court again Delhi High Court order on Tipgad naxal ground way in It may be recalled that 15 Gadchiroli district in eastern two draft bills, both of which 2018 while hearing IMAI’s plea, The bench, also comprising issued fresh date for execution March 13, 2014 confirming 2005, Gota has his way upin the commandos and a driver were Maharashtra. advocated exactly opposite the top court had refused to stay justices BR Gavai and Surya of death warrants for March 3 the death sentence. naxal ranks. “Apart from his killed in a landmine blast of In the twin encounters that positions, it is not possible for the RBI circular prohibiting Kant, directed that the hearing at 6 am. The last option of mercy involvement in the May 1, two security vehicles carried took place on April 22-23, us to hold that the impugned banks and financial institu- on other connected matters The Delhi High Court, petition before the President to 2019 landmine blast, there are out by Maoists in Kurkheda 2018, the security personnel measure is proportionate,” the tions from dealing with the along with all the applications for meanwhile, declined to enter- escape the gallows was exer- 109 serious crimes registered tehsil of Gadchiroli district in had nearly eliminated all the bench said in its 180-page ver- cryptocurrencies like impleadment and intervention tain a plea seeking directions to cised by the convicts one by against Gota in various police eastern Maharashtra on May 1, Maoists operating in the dict. bitcoin. on the issue. PTI the National Human Rights one. stations in Gadchiroli district6. 2019. area. !!! !!! From Page 1 Government has adopted a cluster Q R Three coronavirus patients report- approach, as a part of which health From Page 1 when they asked Singh for a lift. Singh ed in Kerala earlier have already been authorities will check and sensitise The court also held the convicted denied them the lift, triggering an discharged. every household within 3 km-radius of the accused under a section of Arms altercation among them. Singh called The Ministry also said that two cases the house of the infected person, to pre- Act. While convicting Makhi police his associates, following which with high viral load have been detected vent community spread of the virus. station in-charge, Ashok Singh Kuldeep’s brother Atul Singh Sengar in Telangana. Their samples have been Vardhan said that at present, 15 lab- Bhadauria, and Sub Inspector, KP reached the spot along with others and 555 sent to the National Institute of Virology oratories in India are conducting tests Singh, the court said that “being sea- beat up the woman’s father and his co- at Pune for confirmation of coronavirus, for coronavirus. Nineteen more labora- soned police officials, disobeyed the worker. health authorities said on Wednesday, as tories are being established, he said, direction of law to protect the life and The woman’s father was subse- From Page 1 the Government stepped up precau- adding seven to eight labs started func- liberty of the victim when he, as well quently taken to the police station by “We dare the BJP to have a tionary measures. tioning on Tuesday and rest will be made as Kishore Kumar Mishra, was being them where an FIR was lodged against floor test,” she added. She The virus scare hit the IT corridor operation by Wednesday. beaten up by the co-accused persons… him and he was arrested. The claimed that eight MLAs were at Cyberabad herewitha complex, hous- Health Ministry officials said dur- They allowed the assailants their pro- chargesheet said that all this while taken out of the State and four ing software companies, being “closed” ing contact tracing procedure, the tective police cover affording them a Kuldeep Sengar was in touch with the have returned while remaining for sanitisation after a person working Ministry’s Integrated Disease free hand to do what they did… ulti- district police superintendent and are still with the BJP. However, there was suspected to be suffering from Surveillance Programme (IDSP) have mately the victim died due to the Makhi police station in-charge Ashok as the matter snowballed into the infection. The State reported its first identified 66 people who had come in injuries sustained in the incident.” Singh Bhadauria. Later he also spoke major political controversy COVID-19 case on Monday when a 24- contact with the Delhi man who have The court, however, acquitted to the doctor who examined the rape nationally, the BJP leaders year-old software personnel, who recent- been tested positive for corona virus, other accused persons --- constable victim’s father. switched to defensive. ly returned from Dubai, had tested pos- while 88 people who had come in con- Amir Khan, Shailendra Singh, Ram Charges were framed against BJP State head VD Sharma itive for the virus. tact with the 24-year-old Hyderabad Sharan Singh and Sharadveer Singh - Kuldeep, Atul, Bhadauria, sub-inspec- was the first to rebut horse State Health Minister E Rajender man have been identified. -- giving them benefit of doubt. The tor Kamta Prasad, constable Amir trading charges saying the party said in a release on Wednesday that sam- Vardhan further said the court said, “It is apparent that too Khan and six others in the case. The wasn’t part of any such thing. ples of two persons have been sent to Government intends to set up a labora- many persons behind the curtains case was transferred to Delhi from a “It’s their internal conflicts and Pune for full confirmation with regard tory in Iran so that Indians there can be were supporting, assisting or abetting trial court in Uttar Pradesh on the leaders like Kamal Nath, to COVID-19. tested for a possible exposure to novel the gruesome act but then each one directions of the Supreme Court on Digvijay and Scindia should The two persons are among the 47 coronavirus before being brought back. cannot be held culpable as per law on August 1 last year. offer answers on this.” whose samples were tested at the State- An estimated 1,200 Indians, mostly mere suspicion.” In July, 2019 a truck rammed into run Gandhi hospital here on Tuesday. students and pilgrims, are in Iran cur- It had on December 20 sent the car the rape victim was travelling According to the Minister, 45 samples rently. Sengar to jail for the “remainder of his in with some family members and her tested negative. The two persons are -- While coronavirus infection is show- natural biological life” for raping the lawyer. Two of her aunts died in the a foreigner who came from Italy and ing signs of receding in China with 38 woman in 2017, when she was a incident. She was airlifted from a hos- another who moved closely with the new fatalities, taking total number of minor. pital in Lucknow and to AIIMS in man who tested positive for the virus, deaths to 2,981, in Iran, over 2,000 coro- The CBI had examined 55 wit- Delhi. he said. According to a police official, of navirus cases and 77 deaths have been nesses in support of the case and the The victim has been provided the 21 buildings in the complex locat- reported. defence examined nine witnesses. accommodation in Delhi and is under ed in the IT corridor “only one building “If the Iranian Government lends its The court had recorded the statements CRPF protection. has been closed for sanitisation, that too support, a testing facility could be set up of the rape victim’s it has not been entirely closed.” there as well, so that Indians there can uncle, mother, sis- Meanwhile, Vardhan held a meeting be tested before they can be brought ter and one of her with Delhi Health Minister Satyendra back,” the Union Health Minister said. father’s colleague Jain and civic body officials on One scientist from the National who claimed to be Wednesday and urged them to augment Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune has an eyewitness to the facilities of isolation wards in city hos- been sent to Iran while three more from incident. pitals if more cases of coronavirus gets the Indian Council of Medical Research According to recorded. (ICMR) will leave at 4 pm on Wednesday the CBI, on April 3, “We have to work as a unit to com- to check the feasibility of setting up a 2018, there was an bat the COVID-19 threat to the nation. laboratory there for conducting coron- altercation between A coordinated, collective effort in a mis- avirus test. the rape victim’s sion mode is required,” he said at the Responding to a question over father and one meeting. As part of the country’s pre- shortage of masks across the country, the Shashi Pratap paredness for containing the spread of Union Health Minister said, “We have Singh. The the disease, the Union Health Minister ensured that the export of N95 masks chargesheet filed on said that all the foreign nationals, and not and personal protective equipment, July 13, 2018, said just those from 12 countries listed ear- etcetera, are banned and taken care of. the victim’s father lier, will henceforth be screened for The Ministry has taken adequate mea- and his co-worker COVID-19 at 21 designated airports. sures to ensure there is no scarcity of were returning to Addressing the media, he said the these.” their village, Makhi, !"#$#$ .

& ! 4 ! % % 1 # ) 2 17 73 wars have possibly entered the ) 2A era of 'contested equality,' 7 esides strengthening its wherein technology will make Bconventional fighting capa- unequals, equal. “Perhaps that 0 bilities, India is now focusing is already happening -- the bat- on a dynamic response along tle wining factor in future ) & 4 0 its western (Pakistan) and combat may not be numerical northern (China) that is below equivalence but technological . . *$!C an all out war, Army Chief M superiority,” he said while high- M Naravane said here on lighting the growing impor- 17 73 # domestic and personal prob- > *$ Wednesday. tance of artificial intelligence # $ /$0 lems, marital discord, stress 4 Elaborating upon this and cyber. he three Services reported and financial trouble as the #) D aspect, he said the Balakot Naravane pointed out that Tlesser number of suicides ' 0# major causes of suicides by >,? - airstrikes demonstrated that if Chinese dominance in the last year than that reported in #" + # $ # / armed forces personnel. 4 one was skilful, escalation does South China Sea showed small the two years preceding 2019. # $1$ #.2 The central government 4 not always lead to war. incremental steps -- none of The Indian Navy, Air Force has taken several steps towards Moreover, he noted that the them serious enough to war- and Army reported 95 cases of #$ # " stress amelioration amongst , 2 Indian Army was looking to 2! rant any action or reaction -- suicide by their personnel in # 3.' troops like deployment of tap blockchain technologies, cumulatively achieved the aim 2019, Minister of State for 0# 00 + trained psychological counsel- lasers and directed energy prowess below the threshold of told that if and when the without firing a single shot or Defence Shripad Naik told the lors, improvement in the qual- # weapons for possible military an all-out conflict, he quoted International Border (IB) inviting retaliatory action. 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 $#0 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. 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- EF 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. He also asserted that the Navy, Air Force and Army Navy 15 of its men committing areas and establishing griev- #/ varied nuances are receiving cated information narratives cycles of conflict that do not rise of non-state actors such as reporting 8 cases, 16 cases and The Defence Institute of ance redressal mechanism at 9 . our concerted attention.” played an equally important necessarily lead to war,” he terrorists demands that victo- 83 cases respectively, the num- Psychological Research (DIPR), various levels are some of the Talking about the new phe- role.” said. ry in war is formulated in a ber of suicide cases in 2017 was after conducting a number of other steps that have been nomenon of showing military For years, Indians were Naravane said the future nuanced manner. 5, 21 and 77 in Navy, Air studies since 2006, has listed taken,” the minister added. . ) 4 9 !! > -'# &' / 3;43< 0 & # !! 17 73 increasing the bilateral defence said after announcing the three countries some years ago. ++(&* E F and security cooperation is a billion dollar deal for 24 naval India and US are in arrying forward Prime very key aspect of “one of the multi-role helicopters and six advanced stage of negotiations CMinister Narendra Modi most important partnerships” Apache attack helicopters. for some defence deals and the 17 73 and President Donald Trump's of the 21st century. He also In this backdrop the Indian two defence ministers may also assertion during the latter's announced that the two coun- and US Defence Ministers will review their progress, officials he Govt spent 446.52 visit to India on further tries decided to have compre- take stock of the defence ties said. The proposed deals Tcrore on the foreign visits E F3 strengthening defence and hensive global partnership including further enhancing include six more P-8I long- of Prime Minister Narendra E4 F)#*$*$ strategic ties, US Defence thereby giving a strong fillip to joint training amongst all the range maritime patrol aircraft Modi in the last 5 years, the 2 Secretary Mark Esper will hold strategic ties.Trump announced three Services and exchange of ($1.8 billion), the National Ministry of External Affairs 1 bilateral talks with Defence that the two countries have officers for courses in each Advanced Surface to Air Missile said on Wednesday. Minister Rajnath Singh here finalised defence deals worth other's country. System-II for the missile shield Responding to a question March 16-17. Besides review- USD 3 billion and asserted that The two leaders are also over Delhi ($1.8 billion), 30 Sea in the Lok Sabha, Minister of E F ing growing military ties, the their focus was on having a likely to review the progress Guardian armed drones (over State for External Affairs V 32. two leaders are also expected to comprehensive trade deal. made in further promoting joint $2.5 billion) and 13 big MK-45 Muraleedharan said the expen- focus on defence trade. At pre- The relations between the -'# & ' / # & '( ventures to manufacture front- naval gun systems for war- diture includes cost of char- 8 sent, India has procured two countries have never been line weapons in India besides ships ($1.02 billion). tered flights. According to data weapons worth over 18 billion as good as they are now, Trump is looking forward to providing planes, missiles, rockets, ships. access to cutting-edge defence The US may also push its given by him, a cost of 121.85 D dollars in the last few years. said, adding that the countries India with some of the best and We make the best. And we're technology of the US, sources case for selling their fighter jets cr was incurred in 2015-16 . # Esper's visit comes days have made “wonderful deal”. most feared military equipment dealing now with India. But this said here on Wednesday. These F-18, , F-15EX(upgraded ver- while an expenditure of 78.52 ) #) #4 after Modi on February 25 Talking about defence and on the planet. includes advanced air defence projects come under the ambit sion of F-16) or F-21 for the big cr was incurred in 2016-17. 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17 73 Hakripora village in Pulwama. On ith the arrest of three Wednesday, the NIA Waccused in the February conducted fresh raids 2019 Pulwama terror attack at the house of father that took a toll of 40 CRPF and daughter who jawans, the NIA has secured were arrested by the three emails exchanged by the NIA in connection suicide bomber Adil Ahmad with the Pulwama Dar, the contents of which are attack case. It also expected to unravel the larger questioned a suspect conspiracy in the case. who is a resident of Following the lead, the Qasbayar area in NIA on Wednesday arrested Pulwama in further- two more accused, Abdul Gani ance of the probe. Bhat and his son Muntazir In the Pulwama Ahmed Bhat, leading to total attack last year, as five arrests in the case. Both are many as 40 CRPF 2! residents of Pulwama and personnel were killed accused of being involved in in an IED blast exe- funding and provision of logis- cuted through an explosives- security forces), Sameer video of Fidayeen Adil Ahmed tics for the deadly terror attack. laden car that rammed a con- Ahmed Dar, a Jaish-e- Dar, which was released by The emails were exchanged voy of the CRPF. Mohammad terrorist from Jaish-e-Mohammad soon after on the encrypted ProtonMail Tariq Ahmed Shah worked Pulwama and Mohmmad the Pulwama attack,” the NIA mobile app and the last mail as a tipper driver in the South Ismail alias Ibrahim, a Pakistani has said. was sent by him on January 18, Kashmir, disclosed during terrorist. Shah's daughter Insha Jan, 2019, sources said, adding the investigation that his house at “ Accused Tariq Ahmed 23, facilitated the terrorists at mails related to planning about Hakripora, Pulwama was used Shah facilitated all the terror- their home and provided food the terror strike with their by Adil Ahmed Dar (Fidayeen), ists at his house for sheltering and other logistics during handlers based in Pakistan. Mohd. Umar Farooq, a and for planning of the heinous their stay on more than 15 The leads have come soon Pakistani terrorist and IED attack on the CRPF convoy. occasions for two-four days after the arrest of Taroq Ahmed maker, Kamran another His house was also used by the each time, in their house dur- Shah, 50, on Tuesday and his Pakistani terrorist (both were above mentioned terrorists for ing the year 2018-2019, the daughter Insha Jan of later killed in encounters with preparing and recording of NIA said. $ &' + 7 8!

17 73 ")) ' 6 National Dissemination and Consultation Workshop on he Centre on Wednesday ) ) ) SBM (G) Phase-II. Tlaunched the second phase 3383 3/8 He said the programme of the ambitious 1.40-lakh will be implemented from crore Swachchh Bharat Mission 32 ) 2020-2021 to 2024-2025 in a (Grameen) aimed at ensuring ) ' mission mode with a total out- effective solid and liquid waste lay of Rs 1,40,881 crore. management in every pan- 0 /3 “This will be a novel model chayat. As it highlighted the N of convergence among differ- construction of 10 crore toilets % :1 ent verticals of financing. Of in rural areas and over 5.9 lakh this, Rs 52,497 crore will be villages in 699 districts of 35 -; : allocated from the budget of states/UTs declaring them- : 1' department of drinking water selves open defecation free and sanitation. (ODF) in the first phase of the own a toilet. Foundation and UNICEF dur- The remaining amount will Mission, launched in 2014, the Similarly, 93 per cent ing February, covered 6,993 be dovetailed from the funds Government released a survey women felt that they need not women living in Bihar, Uttar being released under the 15th report on the impact of the have to stop eating to control Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, finance commission, MGN- mission on convenience, safe- the urge to defecate anymore, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. REGS and revenue generation ty and self respect of women in 81 per cent women said they SBM (G) Phase-II will models particularly for SLWM,” rural India. need not worry about privacy focus on sustaining the gains he said. The report claimed 93 per while changing menstrual made in the first phase of the On February 19, the cabi- cent women feel safer from hygiene material anymore, 93 programme in the past five net approved the second phase assault by not going out in the per cent women no longer fear years in terms of toilet access of the Swachh Bharat Mission, open to defecate, 91 per cent contracting infections by not and usage, and will ensure that Prime Minister Narendra 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 their day earlier spent on walk- cate. Jal Shakti Minister on sustainability of ODF and ing to defecation sites and 88 The survey, done by the Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told management of solid and liq- per cent women are proud to Bill and Melinda Gates reporters after the launch at the uid waste. !"#$#$ 4

% $R % % ? 25 ?83?44 Minister Amit Shah was visit- N81O5A737.. 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- 08,4178 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 7 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.” 8,814A,/. 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 ,74 . 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 A7,@,743)/ 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 ./713@7@ 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 E71,7F4,7 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 )38 158/ 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- 8>,88,81 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 .847@8184A787H3417, 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 >43/,7181,83315773,8.4 200 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 37>08,741&$783774O 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 + < 0 ) 2 ) +)( !! ! ' '0 1 ' !! ! Thiruvananthapuram: As Thrissur and Kasaragod dis- Mumbai: Members of the India braces itself to tackle fresh tricts. They have been dis- 4 =; 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 : 1 )1 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 ' 1 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 7114 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 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 Nadu. any construction activities within 100 meters of While MK Stalin, Leader of the Opposition the Centrally protected monuments. Structures in the Assembly who is also the DMK supremo of temples like the Big Temple in Thanjavur come termed the move as an attempt by the BJP-led under the supervision of the ASI. Centre to impose Sanskrit culture in Tamil Nadu, Stalin in a statement alleged that the exist- devotees across the State expressed their happi- ing monuments under the control of the ASI ness over the proposal. “We believe the temples remain neglected. “The present proposal to bring , if brought under the Archaeological Survey of more such monuments from the State list under India, would get freedom from the corrupt the ASI’s control is unjust,” said the DMK chief, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment a sworn rationalist. Department,” said TR Ramesh, president, Temple Temples in Tamil Nadu, especially those Worshippers Society. coming under the HRCE Department are in the Prahlad Patel, Union Minister for Culture, eye of a controversy following large scale “dis- had told the Lok Sabha on February 10 that the appearance” of prime land belonging to the tem- Government was in the process of reviewing the ple. The HRCE Department had told the number of monuments under the protection of Madras High Court in January 2018 that it has 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 ments can go up to 10,000. In Tamil Nadu alone, two months, pointed out Ramesh. / * #" #$$$

* 567P $# 9400/ was in touch across since last few years. In ours after the ban this period he had sent Hon accessing social across photos and networking sites was lift- videos of vital areas ed across the Union and installations most- Territory of Jammu & ly of Jammu ,Samba Kashmir on Wednesday, and Kathua districts to unidentified terrorists his Pak handlers via targeted a Special police social media platforms officer(SPO) along with in lieu of monetary a civilian in Warpora gains”. area of Sopore in Police spokesman Baramulla district. said, “during ques- According to initial tioning he has con- police reports, “SPO identified launched a cordon and search fessed his involvement in pass- as Wajahat Hussain of operation in Dooniwara area, ing the crucial information of Watergam, dressed in civvies, following information about vital installations including was attacked near bus stand the presence of militants there. sensitive bridges on NHW and and killed on the spot while a During the searches, the mili- in border areas to his Pak han- local shopkeeper succumbed to tants hiding in a house opened dlers”. his injuries in the nearby hos- fire that was retaliated by the Preliminary probe indi- pital”. The shopkeeper was security forces. cates some monetary transac- identified as Omar Subhan, “The exchange of fire was tions in the two bank accounts police said. Another civilian, going on till last reports came of the alleged accused. The Showkat Ahmad also sustained in,” the official said, adding that detained person has been minor injuries in the attack, there were no casualties report- handed over to P/S Trikuta official sources said. ed so far. Meanwhile, in Jammu Nagar Jammu for further Meanwhile, an encounter a team of Special operations action. A case under relevant between the joint team of secu- Group (SOG) detained one sections of law has been regis- rity forces was currently Pankaj Sharma R/O Tarore, tered against the said accused. underway in central Kashmir's Samba who was working as an His bank accounts are being Budgam district till the time of operative of Pakistani intelli- further analyzed for more sus- filing the report. gence agencies. picious transactions. Further According to official According to police investigations in the case in sources, the security forces spokesman, “the individual going on. !"#$#$ 2

4 4 >' ' : #$ ## && '( 3;!# $# " #" Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Amaravati: The Andhra Centre to change the NPR frightened over it. Minister BS Yediyurappa on !"= "0 Pradesh Council of Ministers questionnaire and also The onus is on the Centre Wednesday termed the vio- on Wednesday decided to remove the apprehensions to remove the apprehensions lence over the Citizenship : keep the process of the among the people on the and create awareness among (Amendment) Act as unnec- National Population Register issue. people on the NPR. We are essary when Parliament had Puducherry: Chief Minister of (NPR) in abeyance in the Briefing reporters after only asking the Centre to ful- already passed it. Puducherry V Narayanasamy on State till the Centre reverts to the meeting, state fil its responsibility, the "The law passed by Wednesday urged Union Home the 2010 questionnaire. Information and Public Minister said. Asked if the Parliament has its own value in Minister Amit Shah urging him to The cabinet, which met Relations Minister Perni state has the power to over- democracy. Knowing well withdraw the new provisions in the here under the chairman- Venkataramaiah (Nani) said rule the Centres decision, about the importance of law National Population Register (NPR) ship of Chief Minister YS the Cabinet felt it was not just the minister said, We felt it is passed by parliament, I feel the 2020 as they were causing panic among Jagan Mohan Reddy, adopt- to forcibly impose the NPR just. If we don't have power. CAA (and NRC) related vio- the people. ed a resolution requesting the when crores of people were We will see." PTI lence is unnecessary," he said. In a letter to Shah, the Chief Participating in a special Minister said the population census discussion on the Indian con- should be as per the 2010 format and stitution in the Karnataka the additional provisions now includ- +1$ =! !! &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 "#0 $ %! # 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. 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- $ 0# 0! 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 $%" 0 +#''$ : " $ "# 0/0)4 Coronavirus, We are trying to ongoing efforts to lure leader Sudhir Mungantiwar discover an antibiotic to cure Congress MLAS in Madhya said: "Congress is itself like lamming the poaching of this virus”. Pradesh, State NCP Minister coronavirus. Ashok Chavan is Sruling party MLAs report- Talking to media persons at Jitendra Awhad tweeted in a senior leader of Congress and edly indulged in by the the Vidhan Bhavan here, Marathi: “There is a lot of fear he should not say such things. Bharatiya Janata Party in Chavan — who is a PWD among the people about coro- But Congress starts with the Madhya Pradesh, the Congress Minister in the MVA navirus. There is also outbreak letter 'C' and so does coron- and NCP in Maharashtra on Government in the State — of Dengue. There is rift in the avirus. BJP starts with 'B', so Wednesday compared the BJP’s said: “The BJP regularly resorts society over CAA and NRC. BJP has nothing to do with “Operation Lotus” to to ‘Operation Lotus’ in states When all these are happening, coronavirus." “Coronavirus” “for which where it is not power. It tries to it is shame on the BJP which On Monday, MP’s former efforts are being made to dis- poach MLAs from the ruling cannot remain without power Chief Minister Digvijay Singh cover antibiotic” and said the JP party. But, I am confident that has stooped so low ( in Madhya had alleged that the BJP was Nadda-led party had proved that the BJP will not succeed in Pradesh”. trying to destablise the Kamal once again that it can’t live its operation in Madhya “The BJP has established Nath Government in Madhya without power. Pradesh”. that the levels of political are Pradesh by offering Congress Amid allegations by senior “There may be any politi- plunging low in the country. MLAs 25 to 35 crores each. Congress leader Digvijay Singh cal party in power in different The BJP has created an image BJP leader and former MP and Madhya Pradesh chief state, but the BJP should learn for itself that it can’t remain CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan hit minister Kamal Nath that the to function in a democratic without power. The BJP is back at Digvijay Singh accus- BJP was trying to lure their manner. Kamal Nath is an effi- keeping the Congress MLAs ing him of indulging in black- party’s MLAs by offering 25- cient Chief Minister and there locked up. How long people mail and alleged that the 30 crore, former Chief Minister is no threat to the Congress can tolerate this kind of act by Congress leader was making and senior Congress leader government in Madhya the BJP,” Awhad said in anoth- such charges against the BJP in Ashok Chavan said: “The BJP’s Pradesh,” Chavan said. er tweet. In his retaliation to Madhya Pradesh "to stay rele- Operation Lotus is like Hitting out at the BJP for its Chavan’s statement, senior BJP vant".

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0/0)4 rior Chhatrapati Shivaji’s name had the project had launched aharashtra PWD Minister the mid-sea Shivaji memorial MAshok Chavan on through a Jal Puja at the hands Wednesday announced that of Prime Minister Narendra the MVA Government will Modi. The Devendra Fadnavis order an inquiry into the stric- government committed irreg- tures passed by the Comptroller ularities in the tendering and Auditor General of India process of the project,” Munde (CAG) in the tendering process had said. 3,700 crore mid-sea The proposed Shivaji Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial memorial — 212 metres in project unveiled by the BJP-led height that includes a 123.2-m Government. statue standing atop an 88.8-m Replying to a question in pedestal — was a flagship pro- the State Legislative Council, ject of the previous BJP-led Chavan said: “Our Government Government. is all for setting mid-sea memo- The equestrian statue of the rial for Maratha warrior great Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji. But, we will will come up on a rocky islet first order into the strictures around 3.5 km from the Marine passed by the CAG on the ten- Drive in south Mumbai. dering process of the project. The memorial will — apart Later, we will take a policy deci- from the statue of Shivaji — sion in the matter”. house an open-air theatre, a “Chhatrapati Shivaji library and a museum show- Maharaj is reverential figure in casing the Maratha warrior's the entire country and it is life. Besides, the memorial will essential that we set up a grand have a viewing gallery akin to memorial for him. But the the one at Statue of Liberty in CAG has raised objections to New York harbour. It will have the tendering process followed a landscaped+ garden that can by the previous BJP-led accommodate 3,000 people at a Government. In addition, there time. In 2017, L&T was short- are several litigations against the listed for 3,826-crore after the project on environmental consortium of Reliance issues,” the Minister said. Infrastructure and Afcons quot- “Following a directive by the ed an estimate of 4779-crore Supreme Court, the work on for the project. the construction of the mid-sea The project was estimated Shivaji memorial for more than to cost around 3,826 crore, but a year now,” Chavan now official sources said there said. has been “a further revision in Chavan also slammed the the cost”. previous Devendra Fadnavis government for not having made any progress in the construction of the Shivaji during the last five years when it was in power in the state. It may be recalled that in the first session of the State Legislature held in Nagpur in December after the MVA government assumed office on November 28 last year, the ruling NCP leader Dhananjay Munde had demanded an inquiry into the alleged irreg- ularities in the mid-sea Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial project. “The previous BJP Government that came to power invoking Maratha war- !"#$#$ < $ $ 2; : ; ; *&*+,-*&-." ) ) ) ) $%" 6 ' ? " - 6 )8$ ( 7 / *4 0 / % ( / 9 % 7 $ / + :;< . S ::=, ( ( &'((') ) :>( ( ( 9 % t is now apparent that the rapid ? . 7 spread of COVID-19 could turn )8$ S into a serious global disaster, poten- . tially costing hundreds of thousands of elderly lives and millions of jobs )8$ . . ( Iand livelihoods. Alternatively, in a few 9 months, we might be sighing with relief / % / that some combination of spring weather and containment measures averted such a ( 70 calamity. Happy though that second sce- . )8$ ( nario might be, it is vital for us to learn % from what is happening. Three obvious lessons stand out. The # ) first is that in the extraordinarily interde- / . / pendent world that trade, technology and . 7 / / . 7 travel have created, much of what goes on in other countries is our business. Not only @> 7 )8$ 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- ! / 7 AB #S dent or disregard for the environment. A )8$ . 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- / $ +)/$, # / ly by corrupt or authoritarian systems. In )8$ A;:C Iran, rumours abound that officials are . being told not to report cases of the virus, )8$ ( 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’ 0 / 9 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 5 D E 7 ( 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 :FC= (/ ? outbreak in China was a grave error, Yet, there is an emerging 17,.7.@7 such as Boeing and Apple are very fast pace, with interest S ? +?, notwithstanding the subsequent use of fourth lesson as stock markets 8807 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 17*!. affected by a slowdown of that will help them. @>=>: # 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 6 tury, the free flow of information, the shar- West to accept — that, since the 71/,@#7 nesses have opted for fewer, a Western problem — Chinese . 7 $ . . +$.., ing of warnings and the airing of disagree- end of the Cold War, we have >,77>38 8> larger component suppliers, companies are arguably even ment will be characteristics of the politi- conducted much of our daily with the result that the eggs more indebted and, even before 8 / ( cal systems that are best at protecting their lives and business affairs with- 1>8,0481#7 they need come from surpris- the Coronavirus crisis began, S citizens. out resilience in the forefront of .4,158> ingly few baskets. they were starting to default at / / The third lesson is one I outlined for our minds. Even more striking, if the a record rate. But the building The Telegraph earlier — that it is time for From the 1990s onwards, 4,115.41 world sinks into recession in up of historically unprecedent- 9 ( the abuse, consumption and trafficking of our economic growth has been 74,158> the coming weeks, will be the ed levels of debt, along with )8$ . / * the world’s endangered wildlife to stop. In best promoted by building very consequences of the remorse- ever more fragile supply chains, .7 recent days, China has given some indica- complex global supply chains .45,77071 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- 33)7 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- 4,47,.. 2008 to remove weaknesses in last 30 years. / be very welcome and it is to be hoped that edge that there are many ways 8>78343 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 .@.70.4 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 ( . 7 / degrading of nature will come back to hit Yet in other crucial ways, 4,7)7.4 time, they have presided over enjoys mass consumption and humans very hard. Britain and other developed ,8715 ultra-low interest rates for far easy money. Elections are not ) S These three lessons are straightforward nations have steadily become too long, balking at opportuni- currently won by promising )8$S enough and conveniently fit the way in more fragile when faced with 7,O71. 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. 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",)-'- >@@ : 0 ) ) ) S ) 60 ) ' )0 # * ( # ( # S # * # *)-,!.' >) 7 E ! isuals of marauding mobs, grief and +7E!, * BA:= absence of law enforcing agencies bring AF :> Vback to many the painful memories of the 4 Partition. There is a constant switching of 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- F; petrators as victims keeps the hate narrative E F; 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- 4 C; ating another agonising sense of victimhood? The vigilante mode of “punishing” soft tar- # gets or labelling them as “perpetrators” turns :@ ( them into an “object” of hate, caught in the eye of a storm. These soft targets, allegedly guilty of A;:F(A; * A< ( past perpetration, fall victim to violent retribu- 178041 +:= , +:: , +:C , tions. They are also dubbed as “undesirable” and 8>7A7,@4@ even “illegals.” Being a soft target, they are pro- ,41.481.# 6 filed as belonging to a different and less than 4.?15>8, * +*, equal human group or identity. ,88>8> ( The recent attack on a Bengali worker in Thiruvananthapuram on not being able to pro- 71@4. ( )7807717 # duce an Aadhaar card, or the alleged detention of Bengali migrant workers in Pune by vigilantes, 18,043)7 % * ( /17,4 BF S are classic examples of painting someone as an “illegal” without bothering to verify the truth. ./,A733417 A;A= # ( The use of religious flags to differentiate a 407,4#>47 * " Hindu house from a Muslim home in times of 71>481 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 8,.03@ “accused.” Until a person proves her- play of suspicion and surveillance for tudes towards others. ( of the targetted other. The recent anti-immigrant ,8/541 self/himself to be an Indian citizen, s/he the identification of the “illegal”, using Is India fast moving towards such E public discourse across India thrives through this 71@7?# 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 411718143 It is a similar situation where ination and exclusion of the cultural ship of its own people? .75,754818> " * 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. 7N87,O4. erally those who are considered as out- Punning on author Timothy Huge physical and mental harassment of the ./.7. " 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- 4,,78/1 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- 714078> 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, >11541 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- 337543 thers this strange imaging of the truth or not. People declared as foreign- Indian migrant citizen could be sus- E ? 7E! * ( pect is carried out in the name of finding an “ille- )415347. 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 .34@.)4,7 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 77A7,@4@ the native, by citing a narrative such as know why suspicion and its reasons are Legal resonance for this vestige of ( * 87,4818>4 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. ./,A733417 for a particular group or identity, the “illegal”, one can only look at the reli- Gauhati High Court declared that ? .87@4 # + ?#, 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- 8/344. er. “illegal.” receipt and so on do not prove citizen- # ( stitutional apparatus into a surveillance State? 7>8,7,/117, 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 8>4 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 ./,A733417 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 .47# . 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 18.41817 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 )@4 nature of harassment of an insider. The camera violence on “them” further con- made by Supreme Court in the Lal 81./8143 7 ( 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. ,7/)3 Kolkata run by certain community- ous ways to cloak reasons of/for vigi- Registration Officer case in 1995 make # 3?78/,. 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) ' ()0 1@ !

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 How deep this crisis is became scarcity was the vegetation of the hills the illegal construction and concen- 7 8,30/. evident from the rising dependence in the higher reaches becoming dry. trate on water conservation. The ,7.81)77, 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 4 D!" # #+ ) 5 per cent. What is exacerbating the to water sources such as waterfalls, erstwhile water bodies. 6$ # 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- 5 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 .? # 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 4 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 L 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. 2D!" 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 E F 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) !"#$#$ 0#3

> & 1 #% $.! '5/ % 1# L0 , # 17 73 ator have sliced back services. D7 04..417334818>>35. Once the true toll of the viral 5 t is almost a year since Jet 841>,8074.4.441 impact in the United States is C+$"( IAirways shut down opera- clear, the world’s largest avia- 5 tions, and while some of that 18 7/,871,747115 tion market by a long distance, *$!"D*$ 0 airline’s Boeing 737 are still fly- things could go really pear ' #*$*$ ing about with Jet’s unmistak- 7*$*$.74.81>8,7 shaped for the industry. Of 2 ,? able dark blue tails for SpiceJet course, it may not be as bad as . #0 . and Vistara, the aviation indus- 538)434A4811/.,@ it is for tourism dependant E FE 1P, 7 FP try in India lurches towards European airlines and this viral 0 .E.2 7 F4? another crisis. It should not be attack could kill off many air- . #0#1 0 +*$*$ . - like this, Vistara just took deliv- traffic is down even more, as the Covid 2019 contagion lines and without a steady sup- 1 .#. E F5 #4 ery of their very first Boeing many of the flights operating grows to impact South Korea ply of Chinese, Indian and ? #9 . E F#0 1?9 # 787 Dreamliner and was going are cargo flights ferrying essen- and Japan as well, travel to and even American tourists to bol- E F#0 ? 0# E> F# to start long-haul operations by tial supplies to and from effect- from those nations has also twelve hours daily at the very releases their statistics for ster national and local budgets, 9 # E F 11 April. But not just India, the ed cities. been impacted. With thou- least. As it is all Indian carriers March we will not know the countries like France and Italy &*(&' 5 global aviation industry has China was for the past sands of cases also detected in have cancelled all services to true decline in both interna- could face major budgetary *$!CD!" suddenly found itself in a cri- decade the fastest growing avi- Italy and several hundred China and Hong Kong. Flights tional and domestic passenger issues. sis, and this one has nothing to ation market in the world, and across Europe, conferences and to Seoul and Tokyo might be numbers. And Indian carriers And the government is 6 A# do with dodgy software on air- now huge airport terminals events big and small are being next on the chopping block. don’t have it half as bad as any planning to sell Air India in the 1 4 E14F craft and questionable financial including Beijing’s brand new cancelled. The cancellation of Additionally, as demand of the Chinese airlines, sever- midst of all this. To be fair, 0 , E0,F practices. This is all to do with one sit almost deserted. the Geneva Motor Show being for Bangkok and Singapore al of whom will probably when they took the decision, # D D the Chinese Flu that has the Chinese skies notorious for by far and away the most sig- has fallen, services have emerge from the viral crisis still they had little idea of what was 8 91/77K *$*$ world in a panic. This viral out- their heavy congestion and nificant one so far. All this is dropped by half by airlines. on long-term life support. Even coming but maybe, just maybe 140,#5 14 break is the first truly global delays are viryaully empty and leading to thousands of can- With non-essential travel advi- airlines like Cathay Pacific of it might be a good idea to keep 91/77K *$*$ !!0*$*$!+0*$*$ viral outbreak made possible in that is evident to regular celled tickets and hotel reser- sories across the corporate sec- Hong Kong and Singapore things on hold and let the 91/ no small part thanks to the avi- observers of flight tracking vations and hundreds of tor and aviation ironically Airlines have grounded a third market recover. And the mar- ) ation and tourism industries services. And international ser- grounded planes. becoming an airborne vector of of their fleets, thanks to their ket may not recover for some and unsurprisingly both sectors vices to and from China have Aircraft are quite different sorts, demand is collapsing dependence on traffic to and time to come. While free mar- $ # are staring down the abyss. virtually ended with several from cars in the sense that they even in India. Speak to airline from China. And as demand to kets should reign and thus it is Just look at China, accord- nations including India putting get used extremely heavily, and security staff at airports Europe and even the Indian important that Air India should ing to statistics from flight restrictions on visitors from most planes fly a minimum of over the past two days and subcontinent starts showing be privatised, the situation is b tracking service Flightradar24, mainland China. But the eight-ten hours a day at the they’ve noticed demand drop signs of a precipitous fall, even coming critical and the gov- civilian air traffic in China is demand collapse isn’t just on minimum and some low-cost off by a significant number airlines like Dubai’s Emirates, ernment might need to inter- down 80 percent. Passenger sectors to and from China, as carriers use their planes for although until the industry the world’s largest A380 oper- vene for the entire industry. $.)R/0 1 ) 0 4-) 'R ) 0 7 > . & 1 " ) provisions in the Act. 1 > : New Delhi: The Appointments 3?42O (! There would be 72 changes Committee of the Cabinet 17 73 ,1? , resulting in amendments to 65 $ 38181 investor nerves subsided, deal- (ACC) on Tuesday approved the ) 1/ 0 . 17 73 sections of the Act and the aim ers said. designation of Ajay Bhushan inance Minister Nirmala #42 / is to ensure greater ease of sian and European stocks In commodities, oil rallied Pandey as the new Finance FSitharaman on Wednesday . #5#. @ # iming further improve- doing business as well as living. Amostly rose on Wednesday on indications that the OPEC Secretary. Pandey, currently the said the exercise of consolida- Ament in ease of doing busi- Sitharaman, who is also the after the Federal Reserve crude producing cartel could Revenue Secretary in the Union tion of 10 public sector banks ness, the Cabinet on finance minister, said 23 sprang its first emergency rate slash output this week in order Finance Ministry, will replace (PSBs) into four is on course Wednesday approved 72 offences would be recategorised cut since the global financial to prop up prices. incumbent Rajiv Kumar. and the merger will come into changes to the companies law out of 66 compoundable crisis to counter economic fall- “Market sentiment cer- A 1984 batch IAS officer of effect from April 1, 2020. The with focus on decriminalisation offences under the Act. Besides, out from coronavirus. tainly seems to have stabilised the Maharashtra cadre, he is Union Cabinet, she said, has of various provisions and per- seven compoundable offences In the first unscheduled after a historic US session known for his work with the given a go-ahead for the merg- $& 3 - mitting direct overseas listing would be omitted, she said. rate reduction since 2008, the which saw the role of monetary Unique Identification er proposal and the govern- of Indian corporates. She also said penalties Fed axed its key interest rate by policy undermined as traders Authority of India (UIDAI) ment has been in regular touch Reduction in penalties for would be reduced in case of a half point to a range of 1.0- sold into an extraordinary bout and has also served as with these banks. There will be &$, certain offences as well as in various compoundable 1.25, arguing it was needed of easing from the Fed,” said IG Chairman of Goods and no regulatory issues, she said. timeline for rights issues, relax- offences. Generally, com- because “coronavirus poses analyst Joshua Mahony. Services Tax Network (GSTN). “The banks’ merger is on 17 73 delay” and submit detailed ation in CSR compliance poundable offences are those evolving risks to economic “The US economy is actu- Pandey had taken charge as course and decisions have bifurcation of payments (expla- requirements and creation of which can be settled by paying activity”. ally yet to feel a significant eco- the Revenue Secretary in already been taken by the he government on nation of self-assessed separate benches at the certain amount of money. Wall Street then tanked nomic impact from this virus, November 2018, replacing respective bank boards,” she TWednesday asked Bharti amounts), which it said are National Company Law According to the corporate on fears the central bank was and thus the decision to take Hasmukh Adhia who was to told reporters here. Airtel, Vodafone Idea and other necessary for proper reconcil- Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) affairs ministry, there are 52 in panic mode over the spread- such drastic action provided retire at the end of the month. The mergers are aimed at telecom companies to pay iation of legitimate AGR dues. are among the raft of other pro- proposals that would result in ing COVID-19 disease, which markets with a warning of A graduate of electrical creating global sized banks in remaining AGR dues as per the The Government has so far posed changes in the 48 amendments for greater has so far killed 3,200 people exactly how big this threat is,” engineering from IIT, Kanpur, India. In the biggest consoli- Supreme Court order without received about 26,000 crore Companies Act, 2013. ease of doing business for law worldwide and infected more added Mahony, noting the Fed Pandey, in 1998, went on to dation exercise in the banking further delay, according to from AGR payments, including Briefing reporters, abiding corporates by way of than 90,000. still has a scheduled rate call in join the University of space, the government in sources. adhoc/ buffer amounts given by Corporate Affairs Minister “removing criminality totally in However, equities in two weeks. Minnesota where he obtained August 2019 had announced The telecom department telcos to meet any reconcilia- Nirmala Sitharaman said the respect of 35 procedural and Europe and A\sia mostly In late morning deals, his MS and PhD degrees in four major mergers of public wrote to all telcos asking them tion differences with the tele- priority is to “decriminalise” technical defaults”. advanced on Wednesday as London stocks jumped 1.3 per- computer science. IANS sector banks. to pay balance dues “without com department. PTI ! )1 ) " 6 A+

Mumbai: The Bombay High London: Fugitive diamond Court on Wednesday refused merchant Nirav Modi, fighting to stay the auction proceedings his extradition to India on of some rare paintings seized by charges over the nearly USD 2 the Enforcement Directorate billion Punjab National Bank from the residence of fugitive (PNB) fraud and money laun- diamond businessman Nirav dering case, has filed another Modi. The auction is scheduled plea for bail to be heard by the for Thursday. High Court in London on A division bench of Acting Thursday. Chief Justice BP The 49-year-old, who has Dharmadhikari and Justice N been lodged at Wandsworth R Borkar was hearing a petition Prison in south-west London filed by the businessman’s son since his arrest in March last Rohin Modi, claiming that the year and is scheduled for an paintings were owned by the extradition trial in May, is Rohin Trust, of which he was making his fifth attempt at get- a beneficiary, and not owned by ting bail on the basis of a Nirav Modi. PTI change in circumstances. PTI B 6

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rude oil prices on CWednesday surged 2.37 per cent to 3,539 per barrel as participants enlarged their holdings tracking a positive trend overseas. Analysts said raising of bets by participants kept crude prices higher in futures trade here. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for deliv- ery in March traded higher by 82, or 2.37 per cent, to 3,539 per barrel in 32,831 lots. !"#$#$ 0#33

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4 ) ) "5&- - " 0/0)4 Sebi is “internally assess- 17 73 6 - #) 22 ing” the potential impact of the quity indices resumed their coronavirus epidemic on the he government will come Edownward march on ; ) capital markets, its Whole- Tout with a one-time settle- 17 73 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.

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 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Washington: The race to win Texas from his main chal- projections, Biden gained 342 the Democratic Party’s nomi- lenger, Sanders, 78. He also on Super Tuesday, bringing ) # ) $ ?4)/3 however, the militants have Tuesday alone. Provincial nation to challenge President won the primaries in Virginia, his delegate total to 395. ramped up violence against police spokesman Mohammad Donald Trump in the North Carolina, Alabama, Sanders, meanwhile, so far Washington: Failing to mark staying in would make achiev- he US launched an airstrike Afghan forces, casting a pall Zaman Hamdard told AFP: November election has effec- Tennessee, Oklahoma, won 245 delegates and is now in the Super Tuesday pri- ing that goal more difficult," Tagainst Taliban fighters to over peace talks between Kabul “In the past two days we have tively narrowed down to a Arkansas, Minnesota and at 305. maries after reportedly spend- Bloomberg said in a statement defend Afghan forces on and the Taliban, due to begin on witnessed the most intense direct contest between ex-vice Massachusetts. Sanders, by winning big in ing more than half a billion "I'm a believer in using Wednesday, an American mil- March 10. Taliban attacks in Helmand.” president Joe Biden and However, Sanders won big the State of California – which dollars from his own pocket, data to inform decisions. After itary spokesman said, as vio- US Forces-Afghanistan “They have attacked sever- Senator Bernie Sanders as the in California - the biggest prize sends 415 pledge delegates – US media tycoon Michael yesterday's results, the delegate lence spirals after a string of spokesman Sonny Leggett al districts and many military two septuagenarians secured of the night - as well as in signalled that his fight to win Bloomberg on Wednesday math has become virtually deadly attacks by the insurgents, tweeted that the airstrike tar- bases,” he added. major victories in the “Super Colorado and Utah. He also the Democratic nomination to dropped out of the presiden- impossible – and a viable throwing the country’s nascent geted Taliban fighters who were Elsewhere the insurgents Tuesday” primaries held in 14 won from his home state of challenge Trump was far from tial race and endorsed former path to the nomination no peace process into grave doubt. “actively attacking” an Afghan killed at least 20 Afghan soldiers States across the US. Vermont. over. Either of the candidates Vice President Joe Biden's longer exists. But I remain News of the airstrike in forces checkpoint in Helmand. and policemen in a series of In a remarkable rebound The two now lead the race need at least 1,991 of the 3,979 candidacy. clear-eyed about my overrid- southern Helmand province “This was a defensive strike overnight attacks in other for his campaign, 77-year-old to face President Trump, a pledged delegates to win the "Today, I am leaving the ing objective: victory in — the first in 11 days — came to disrupt the attack,” he tweet- provinces, government officials Biden won nine of the 14 states Republican, in the November presidential nomination of the race for the same reason: to November. Not for me, but for hours after US President ed. “We call on the Taliban to told AFP on Wednesday. that voted to pick a Democratic 3 presidential election. Democratic Party. On Super defeat Donald Trump – our country," he said. Donald Trump told reporters stop needless attacks and “Taliban fighters attacked at candidate on “Super Tuesday”, “We are very much alive,” Tuesday, 1,357 pledged dele- because it is clear to me that PTI he had had a “very good” chat uphold their commitments. As least three army outposts in the most important day in the Biden told a crowd in Los gates were at stake. with the Taliban political chief, we have demonstrated, we will Imam Sahib district of Kunduz race for the White House. Angeles. “Make no mistake Biden dominated across Minnesota and Massachusetts, like a two-way race between the who on Saturday signed a his- defend our partners when last night, killing at least 10 sol- The former US vice-pres- about it, this campaign will the South on Tuesday and roaring into contention in a former vice president and toric deal with Washington to required.” He said insurgents diers and four police,” said ident overturned predictions to send Donald Trump packing.” scored a dramatic upset victo- Democratic presidential pri- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. withdraw foreign forces. had carried out 43 attacks on Safiullah Amiri, a member of narrowly take the key state of According to NBC News ry in Texas while surprising in mary that increasingly looks PTI Since the signing in Doha checkpoints in Helmand on the provincial council. : + 1 6 C , 0 D - L 0 O 0 , )L /? )415?8? more,” said WHO’s leader Kyun assured his country, say- Ankara: European countries with Europe to refugees and London: Britain's World War II Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. ing, “We can absolutely over- must support Turkey’s “solu- migrants. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian spy Noor Inayat Khan will outh Korea struggled to find WHO said about 3.4 per come this situation... We will tions” in Syria if they want to Turkey is home to around Police questioned ex-premier become the first Indian-origin Senough hospital beds for cent of people infected with the win the war against COVID- resolve the migration crisis, 3.6 million Syrian refugees and Mahathir Mohamad’s daughter woman to be honoured with a sick patients, Iran and Italy virus COVID-19 globally have 19.” President Recep Tayyip many other migrants from and 18 other activists on memorial Blue Plaque at her for- grappled with rising deaths, died, making it more fatal than South Korea reported 435 Erdogan said on Wednesday, countries including Wednesday over peaceful mer central London home this and Saudi Arabia banned citi- the common flu. new infections on Wednesday, accusing Europe of “trampling” Afghanistan use Turkey as a protests triggered by the elderly year. The Blue Plaque scheme, zens from performing the pil- Death rates in outbreaks far smaller than its high of 851 on refugees’ rights. transit country to Europe. leader losing power and a cor- run by the English Heritage grimage to Mecca as the coro- are likely to skew higher early a day earlier. A total of 5,621 “If European countries It fears another mass influx ruption-tainted party’s return. charity, honours notable people navirus that tormented China on as health officials focus on people in South Korea have want to resolve the issue, they if Idlib, the last rebel strong- The reformist “Pact of and organisations who were acquired firm footing else- finding severe and fatal cases, contracted the virus and 32 must support Turkey’s efforts hold, falls to Syrian forces. Hope” alliance, which took based at particular buildings where in the world. missing most milder cases. have died. for political and humanitarian Thousands of migrants power in a historic victory two across London and Khan's As the number of new WHO says the majority of Iran reported 92 deaths solutions in Syria,” Erdogan have massed at the Turkish- years ago, collapsed last week and plaque is set to go up at 4 cases drops precipitously in people with the new coron- among its 2,922 confirmed said in a televised speech. Greek border since Erdogan 94-year-old prime minister Taviton Street in Bloomsbury, China, attention has shifted to avirus experience only mild cases, the most of any country “All European countries gave them the green light to try Mahathir resigned. He then where she lived as a secret agent South Korea, Italy and Iran, symptoms and do not require except China. Among the ill are closing their borders to to enter Europe, leading to sought to return as premier but during the war. countries with major coron- any treatment. members of the government, refugees today, trying to push clashes with Greek police. unexpectedly lost out to "It will be the first Blue avirus clusters that the World In Daegu, the South and the country cancelled them back by hitting them Erdogan criticised the Muhyiddin Yassin, who is Plaque for a woman of Indian- Health Organisation says Korean city at the centre of that Friday prayers for the second and sinking their boats, in fact Greek response, saying: “The backed by the scandal-mired origin in Britain and is a real account for 80 per cent of new country’s outbreak, a shortage week in a row. even shooting at them, are Greeks — who are resorting to United Malays National honour," said Basu, who has been cases outside China. of hospital space meant about The deaths in Italy rose to trampling over the universal any means to stop refugees Organisation (UMNO), which campaigning for the plaque since “People are afraid and 2,300 patients were being cared 79. The outbreak in Italy has declaration of human rights,” coming into their country, had been ousted in 2018. 2006 as the author of 'Spy uncertain. Fear is a natural for in other facilities while been concentrated in the he said in Ankara. even drowning them or killing Protests, with crowds of no Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat human response to any threat. they awaited a hospital bed. northern region of Lombardy, Following the deaths of them with live ammunition — more than a few hundred peo- Khan' and Chair of the Noor But as we get more data, we are Attending a meeting on but fear over the virus’ spread over 30 Turkish soldiers in they shouldn’t forget they ple, took place in Kuala Lumpur Inayat Khan Memorial Trust understanding this virus and quarantine strategies in Daegu, led even the Vatican to insist Syrian regime fire last week in might need this same mercy following the weekend decision (NIKMT). PTI the disease it causes more and Prime Minister Chung Se- Pope Francis was not infected. Idlib, Turkey opened its borders one day.” AFP to appoint Muhyiddin PM. AFP 1 - 70 0 700 2 + ! # Brussels: A first EU official European Defence Agency working in the bloc’s Brussels confirmed that a male public Rome: Italy is closing all The measure was one of Tehran: Iran says the new coro- Mideast. Of those outside Iran, administration has tested pos- servant of the agency had schools and universities from several being considered by the navirus has killed 92 people most link back to the Islamic itive for the novel coronavirus, returned from Italy on Thursday until mid-March to government at a meeting on amid 2,922 confirmed cases Republic. The virus has sickened European officials said on February 23 and subsequently help curb the spread of the Wednesday to combat COVID- across the Islamic Republic. top leaders inside Iran’s civilian Wednesday. tested positive. Beijing: As the dreaded coron- novel coronavirus, Ansa and 19, which has killed 79 people Health Ministry spokesman government and Shiite theocra- “We have confirmation of Meetings at the headquar- avirus appeared to spread in other Italian news agencies in Italy and infected more than Kianoush Jahanpour announced cy. Iran stands alone in how the the case,” EU Commission ters of the Brussels-based India, top Chinese doctors treat- cited government sources as 2,500, the most in Europe. the new figures at a news con- virus has affected its government, spokeswoman Dana Spinant agency have been cancelled ing patients in Wuhan, the epi- saying. AFP ference on Wednesday in even compared to hard-hit told AFP. until March 13, Elisabeth centre of the outbreak, on Tehran. There are now over China, the epicenter of the out- A spokeswoman for the Schoeffmann said. AP Wednesday advised their Indian 3,140 cases of the virus across the break. AP counterparts to prepare plans, train medical staff and educate the public about wearing masks and washing of hands to contain the disease. Four top medical specialists, who were selected to treat coronavirus cases in Hubei province and its capital Wuhan in the last two months, interacted with the foreign and domestic media for the first time through an online press conference from the virus-hit Wuhan city on Wednesday. While the coronavirus infections showed signs of receding in China with 38 new fatalities on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths to 2,981. PTI A 3 )2 > London: One of the world’s biggest publishing trade fairs, the London Book Fair, has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, its organisers said on Wednesday. Reed Exhibitions said many international exhibitors and visitors to the fair, which was scheduled to take place from March 10 to 12, were facing travel restrictions as the effects of the virus took hold. “We have been following UK Government guidelines and working with the rolling advice from the public health authorities and other organisations, and so it is with reluc- tance that we have taken the decision not to go ahead with this year’s event,” it said. AFP 3 !"#$#$

asha se bhasha na mile to, iss ka painters, sculptors, artists, musicians, matlab phoot nahin, writers, filmmakers and the creative A thought at large. How much has people’s Ik daali par reh kar jaise, phool juda perspective changed since the time she hain paat juda, started the conversation around them? Bura nahin agar yunhi watan mein, “Very much!” she says and adds, “It’s dharm juda ho zaat juda, been nine years since I started the pro- Apne watan mein...’ ‘My religion is love’ ject. And because I was already an estab- $ ! This song from the black-and-white +1 !% = ( @A=DE& 0 lished artist even at that time, when I era film, Didi (1959), stands relevant started talking about it suddenly, there %! "3? even today and makes one feel proud of 0 5 6 was an unhealthy buzz. People were >2 1 the vast diversity of our country, that is making comments like, ‘Oh! Look at her. resolutely battling the naked ambition of ) ) )'0 1 ) Now she’s going to do this.’ ‘This is what the political class. Kathak dancer Manjari kathak is going to be reduced to now.’ Chaturvedi, who is set to open at the 5 $0 ( ( + @@ ‘She’s going to start doing Mujra now.’ Jahan-e-Khusrau Sufi Music Festival But now, I see, a lot has changed. They . # 2020, believes the same. She says, meaning has still never been complete- have started to understand what I am L “Religious differences will never cease to ly understood or felt. Says she, “Rumi’s saying.” exist but that doesn’t mean they can poetry gives us the possibility that ‘that’ She explains that her only point of define the people of a nation. They can- kind of love does exist. It is musical, it debate was that one cannot discriminate 2 not determine its culture and identity. is magical. And I am just exploring the art on the basis of gender and explain- We have to find a way out towards har- probability of that kind of love ing this took almost a decade. She adds, Q K mony. Which is why, I believe, it’s very which he had felt.” “The men performers are called ‘Ustads’, Q important to talk about love and also, It’s her travels to different whereas women performers are called breathe it — not only here but all over parts of the world that has ‘Nachne-gaane vaali.’ The judgement the world.” made her explore a variety needs to be limited on what has been Recent examples are evidence of how of artforms and cultures. performed and that whether it is political upheavals and communal dif- Which is why she believes right or not. How can you decide ferences have affected art and artistes in that festivals like the Jahan- that a ghazal is good or bad depend- 2M many ways. One of the biggest one being e-Khusrau are very impor- ing on the gender of the performer? the banning of Pakistani artistes and tant. “I have travelled to 35 It was the first time in 100- L1 films in India and vice versa. An inci- countries in 20 years. 200 years, even # dent also occurred with Manjari when And nowhere did any- post-indepen- a month ago, her performance was one ask me about how dence, that there 2# stopped midway in Lucknow. She alleged many malls there are was a conversa- that they didn’t want qawwali to be in Delhi. Instead, tion about tawaifs. played there. Recalling the row, she says, they asked me how Why do women # “My concert was stopped for a reason but do I perform performers only D I don’t believe that there is anything kathak? What is have to be linked wrong in performing qawwali. For Krishna’s philoso- to sexuality? It is me, it is as spiritual as any other phy? How do you very easy for composition. But it did not find your music? patriarchy to bring appeal to some people. So, I How do you plan a woman down. 2 turned around and told them your perfor- And this is one of 2 # that it was unfair to mances? The ques- my projects #M stop the show. 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' # 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 when I began the Courtesan 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 Project. I realised that I was born # $#6 /M 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- with these privileges and I am #%# $*' which is the Almighty. It is aspiring to says she. sity is higher in the term as compared tion has prevailed in art. grateful to it. But not everybody !% 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- was born with them. So if I don’t " #N('## # 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, do something for the ones who 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 (The festival starts from March "P * "# #$ poetry is saying as dance is not just a per- to actually bring it to every platform. I irrespective of which generation one time and again, been 6 to 8 at 6.30 pm at the Arab Ki formance, it also communicates. It is believe the English term — love — is belongs to. But Manjari feels that its right the muse for poets, Sarai, Humayun’s Tomb.) + #$ +#(P L!% 0 *$!6# # 2 :" E !& "A=E 42 ? * . ( ! !!) !( K 4 $ 2 L # ouis Vuitton staged a dazzling cin- D Lematic fashion production to cap Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday, with # 2 a wall of around 200 human figures P) dressed in fashions that spanned D human history. - While Chanel staged a compara- . tively low-key affair, as the coronavirus outbreak kept many of the regular VIPs Q and fashion editors away. Some guests #M0 who made it wore CC-branded face masks, while others watched the 1?@,807,8# Parisian stalwart’s display streamed #0 online. Restraint was also evoked in Chanel designer Virginie Viard’s "F $ )740 AA4 designs: A marked departure from her showman predecessor and mentor, 4 How do you think the Road to Ultra tant to learn, evolve and remember why you the late Karl Lagerfeld. Simplicity was D # Music festival has evolved over the years? started making music in the first place. the Chanel “mot du jour” — from the L # D 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 D 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 K 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 K How is it performing live in front of the the process happens by sending bits and 1 loose silk knee-length dresses in often distracted the eye from the K2 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 # D 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 $ # # 0 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 2#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 #1 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#2 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 @2 Q 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 32 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 , 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 K # 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 D 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. 2 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 D 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 3 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 2 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 $ &' 3 !"#$#$ Lions Clubs )- ,* +&)"- International Convention to be held in India

he Lions Clubs of 210 countries will hold an ,)( 1('2'!3 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. A : : ) 7 The club culture has been in trend for a long time. People are finding it difficult to get membership of clubs. !:A+( !& DF 1 6 ' 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 6 # 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. '!- + % 22 !!! Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation to install incinerators #'( 3E ( =3 )2 ! # ! he city’s hotels, hospitals !% ! ' 7# 8 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 & #2 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 % BB 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 2 !( 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. 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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. 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.@17@ IND-ENG IN WOMEN’S T20Is .@17@ ', irm title contenders after a sensation- ( 456'- %<) +- <-+ 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 #?O Q 9. Saurashtra had lost last year’s title clash to Vidarbha. Resuming on seven for one, the visitors lost their 0/0)4 in their views,” Lal said after the interviews. 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 Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), coached UP. future with the Indian team and skip- at the chairman’s post” or they would were in 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, 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 their heroics helped Gujarat to take In an unprecedented decision, the decide accordingly,” he said. and whether they will select him for the captain, who has to run the team. tea 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 G, '( & With the two wickets, Devang Gandhi (East) and Sarandeep The 49-year-old Joshi played 15 Tests &! ! +)), 9 $% 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 34