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the China-India border, and location of the disengagement had long been in deadlock, and son some of the recent negoti- & jointly maintain peace and had been a focus and a core as India attempted to force ations failed to make significant tranquility. issue of the months-long bor- China to make compromise, it progress is the differences at Incidentally, the Indian der faceoff. made provocations on the this location which has been a Army in an action in August The situation in the north- southern bank in August 2020, core issue. last year established posts at all ern bank of the Pangong Tso Qian said, noting that the rea- Continued on Page 2 '( & the strategic hill tops on the southern and northern banks ) * of the lake. It put the Chinese troops at a great disadvantage O P as the Indians were able to monitor their every move- ment. & 203 Also, the first face-off in P May last year started from the he nearly 10-month-old Pangong Lake when the &% 4 3536 UNSC, Chinese Foreign concerns of all parties,” he Tstand-off at the Line of Chinese and Indian troops Ministry spokesman Wang said. Actual Control (LAC) in exchanged blows leaving sev- hina, which has been told a media briefing here China is part of the per- Ladakh saw some positive eral injured. The incident Cblocking India’s efforts to that during Tuesday’s virtual manent five (P5) of the UNSC development on Wednesday occurred when the Chinese become a permanent member meeting, the two sides held with veto power has been with the Chinese and Indian stopped the Indian patrol of the UN Security Council, on consultations on Security stonewalling India’s efforts to frontline troops pulling back claiming it was in the Chinese Wednesday reiterated its stand Council issues. become member of UN’s pow- from the flashpoints at the territory. Meanwhile, the on New Delhi’s bid, and called The two sides exchanged erful body for years pointing to Pangong Tso (lake). Chinese reports as mentioned for evolving a “package solu- views on upholding multilat- lack of consensus even though Making this announce- in The Global Times quoted tion” that is acceptable to all to eralism, peacekeeping opera- the other four, US, UK, France ment in Beijing, Chinese Qian Feng, director of the reform the top organ of the tions and counter-terrorism, and Russia have expressed defence spokesperson Colonel ed here that the process of dis- armoured elements or tanks After the ninth round of research department at the global body. he said. backing for New Delhi’s mem- Wu Qian said the troops from engagement had begun. They from one of the multiple fric- talks, a joint statement issued National Strategy Institute at Chinese Foreign Ministry “As for India’s bid for per- bership. Beijing’s all-weather both the sides started syn- said some tanks were with- tion points in the East Ladakh by both the armies said it was Tsinghua University that after Spokesman Wang Wenbin’s manent membership to the ally Pakistan is also opposed to chronised and organised dis- drawn and thinning out of sector comes nearly a fort- agreed to push for an early dis- a prolonged nine rounds of comments in response to a UNSC, I can reiterate China’s India becoming a permanent engagement at the south and troops had taken place. They night after military comman- engagement of the frontline record-breaking talks between question came a day after principled position on this member of the UNSC. north banks of the lake. He also also said it was the first step in ders of the two armies agreed troops. They also agreed to fol- the two militaries, particular- India and China discussed a issue. China supports UNSC India and China on said the disengagement com- a long process to restore peace on January 24 to push for an low the important consensus of ly the three most recent rounds wide range of issues relating to reforms in a manner that Tuesday held discussions on a menced “simultaneously and at the LAC. early disengagement of their their State leaders, maintain the of meetings in which both top UN body. increases the authority and wide range of issues relating to systematically.” The Chinese spokesper- frontline troops. good momentum of dialogue sides struck more and more China is a permanent efficacy of the UNSC, increas- the UNSC, the Ministry of However, there was no son said the disengagement This move by both the and negotiation, and hold the consensus and the atmosphere member of the UNSC while es the representation and voice External Affairs said in New official comment from the began as part of the consensus sides was the first such step to 10th round of the Corps became more constructive, dis- India began its two-year tenure of developing countries so that Delhi. Indian side, so far, on the reached in the ninth round of defuse tension at the LAC in Commander-level meeting at engagement became a natural as a non-permanent member small and medium-sized coun- The MEA said the Chinese statement made by the Chinese Corps Commander-level talks Eastern Ladakh which also an early date to jointly advance step. on January 1. In August, India tries have a greater opportunity delegation was briefed about defence ministry spokesperson between India and China on witnessed a bloody brawl on de-escalation. “This event will ease the is scheduled to serve as the to participate in the decision India’s priorities during its and carried by China’s official January 24. June 15 killing 20 Indian sol- The two sides agreed to border tensions and play president of the UNSC. making of the UNSC,” he said. UNSC tenure in the meeting media. The Government was Sources said the partial diers, including the com- continue their effective efforts important role in resuming Asked about the outcome “It should be done through that took place in the virtual likely to make a statement in pullback was a confidence- manding officer. The Chinese in ensuring the restraint of the peace and stability to the region of the meeting and whether the widest possible democra- format. It said both sides this regard in Parliament on building measure to break the side also suffered casualties frontline troops, stabilise and as soon as possible,” Qian said. there was any discussion on tic consultation and seek a agreed to continue their Thursday, it was learnt. persisting logjam. and unconfirmed reports control the situation along the Calling the move a break- India’s candidature for perma- package solution that takes engagement on key issues on Sources, however, indicat- The withdrawal of the pegged the number at 35. LAC in the Western Sector of through, analysts noted that the nent membership of the into account the interests and the UNSC agenda. Q R ! ! + available in the old system...?” & 203 of its users and that it is “active- He then himself answered say- O P !" ly exploring options under Q R ing “ye kanun kisi ke liye band- mid its stand-off with the Indian law — both for Twitter han nahin hai..this is optional ACentre, Twitter on and for the accounts that have . where you have /R February 18,” the SKM said. Wednesday partly acceded to a been impacted”. benefits...Virodh ka karan nahin Earlier this month, the Government order to curb the The development comes ! * banta”. The PM speech was dis- $0 protesting farmers had spread of alleged misinforma- against the backdrop of the rupted by slogan-shouting observed a three-hour road tion and inflammatory content Government on February 4 Congress leader Adhir Ranjan % 123 4! blockade to press their demand around farmers’ protests. The ordering Twitter to take down & 203 Chouwdhury and his party of repealing the three laws. microblogging site said it has 1,178 accounts with links to MPs who later stages a walkout &% 203 SKM leader Darshan Pal suspended over 500 accounts Pakistan and Khalistan sup- rime Minister Narendra from the House. said candle marches, “Mashaal and blocked access to several porters that were spreading PModi on Wednesday once The motion of thanks was rotesting farmers on Juloos” (torch marches) and others within India. misinformation and provoca- again defended the three con- passed by the House after the PWednesday announced a other programmes will be held Twitter, in a blog post, said tive content related to farmers’ troversial farm laws and Prime Minister concluded his four-hour nationwide rail across the country on February it has not blocked accounts replied to Twitter through a protest. In all, Twitter has taken accused the Opposition of The Prime Minister invit- address. blockade on February 18 as 14 in respect of the sacrifices of consisting of “news media enti- newly-developed homegrown action against over 1,000 “misleading” the farmers while ed agitating farmers to “sit The Sanyukta Kisan they renewed their strategy to the 40 CRPF personnel who ties, journalists, activists and social networking platform, accounts — 500 as sought by calling their protest as a across and resolve the issue” as Morcha (SKM) reacted angri- intensify their agitation, which were killed in a terrorist attack politicians” as doing so “would Koo, which has been joined by the Government and an equal “planned strategy” and reiter- he asserted that the laws offer ly to the PM’s remarks and said: also included a candlelight in Jammu & Kashmir’s violate their fundamental right several Ministers, Ministries number that were found by the ating his “andolan jivi” jibe “one more option” to the agri- “We condemn the charge made march on February 14 in the Pulwama on February 14, 2019. to free expression” guaranteed and prominent rightwingers. company engaging in platform against the agitators. Upset culturalists to sell their produce by the PM and we would like memory of those killed in the He said the farmers also under the country’s law. “Upon the request of manipulation and spam. with the PM’s remarks, the and are not compulsory for to remind him that it was 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack. will hold events in a show of Twitter’s decision to Twitter seeking a meeting with The Government had late Congress and the TMC staged everyone to follow. andolan jivi who helped India In a statement, the solidarity on the birth anniver- counter the Ministry of the Government, the Secretary last month sought to block 257 walkout from the Lok Sabha. Against the backdrop of break free from colonial rulers Samyukta Kisan Morcha, sary of Sir Chhotu Ram — who Electronics and IT’s order by IT was to engage with senior tweets and handles in connec- “Kisan Andolan” is sacred, the ongoing farmers’ stir on the and so we are proud of being (SKM) also said toll collection was one of the most prominent not cancelling many other management of Twitter. In this tion with the agitation by farm- but when “andolan jivi” hijack borders of Delhi and deadlock andolan jivi. It is the BJP and will not be allowed in Rajasthan pre-partition farmer leaders accounts and offering a public light, a blog post published ers over the new pro-market it and show pictures of those in the talks with the its forefathers who have never from February 12 as part of — on February 16. explanation through a blog prior to this engagement is agricultural laws. jailed for terrorism, what pur- Government, Modi stressed participated in an agitation their week-long protest plan. The announcement comes has not amused the Ministry. unusual,” the IT Ministry said Twitter complied, only to pose does it serve, the Prime the need to move ahead with against the British. They were The SKM said in the state- on a day Prime Minister The Ministry termed as in its response on Koo. The restore the accounts hours later. Minister said in the Lok Sabha the farm reforms by breaking always afraid of people’s move- ment that in a meeting on Narendra Modi said the “unusual” Twitter’s move to Government will share its This led to the Government while speaking on the vote of the long-held status quo in ments and that is why they are Wednesday farmer unions Government and Parliament publish the blogpost before a response soon, the post on Koo issuing a non-compliance thanks on President’s address. farming which he said has afraid of people’s movements decided to escalate their agita- have great respect for farmers slated talks with the IT said. notice and a warning of strin- PM Modi had used the turned “non-remunerative”. even now,” the SKM said in a tion. “There will be a ‘rail who are voicing their views on Secretary on the issue, as In the blog post, Twitter gent penalties and potential jail term “andolan jivi” first during Modi first asked, “Whether statement. roko’ programme across the the three farm laws. sought by the US company. said it will continue to advocate terms. his speech in the Rajya Sabha. new laws taken away the rights Continued on Page 2 country from 12 pm to 4 pm on Continued on Page 2 Interestingly, the Ministry for the right of free expression Continued on Page 2 ! "# ' % 203 goddess of food, shot in fame Annapurna statue may have after Prime Minister Narendra been acquired “under suspi- $ ndia has expedited the Modi mentioned about its cious circumstances and did Iprocess of bringing back arrival from Canada to its orig- not conform to current princi- 18th century Maa Annapurna inal home in Varanasi. The PM ples of ethical acquisition”. % L" ## idol from Canada and sought was addressing the public on Bisaria said, “The move to # &% 203 quotations from private firms Dev Deepawali Mahotsav on voluntary repatriate such cul- % & % 203 # handling artefacts to ferry the November 30, 2020. tural treasures shows the level % &' " # he Supreme Court on antiquity here. “Every Indian would feel of maturity and understanding man, arrested from Punjab % (M TWednesday ordered status An official from the Union proud to know that an ancient in India-Canada relations.” Ain connection with the * + , - quo on dismantling India’s Culture Ministry said around idol of Maa Annapurna is That it may have been ille- Red Fort violence on Republic decommissioned aircraft car- four firms have submitted the being brought back from gally brought to Canada was Day during farmers’ tractor rier “Viraat” which was in ser- quotations so far showing inter- Canada to India. This idol was first raised by artist Divya parade against the Centre’s vice with the Indian Navy for est in bringing back the idol stolen from a temple of Mehra as she was going three new agri laws was sent to nearly three decades but issued which was said to have been Varanasi (Modi’s Lok Sabha through the collection while 7-day police custody by a Delhi !"# $" # notice to the Centre and the stolen from a temple in constituency) and smuggled preparing for her exhibition, court on Wednesday. . firm dismantling the aircraft Varanasi and transported to out of the country around 100 which began in August this Iqbal Singh, carrying a / -. . carrier. Canada over a century back. years ago somewhere around year. Later, Dr Siddhartha V reward of 50,000 on his arrest, # # # A private firm has moved “We are in the process of 1913,” Modi said. Shah, curator of Indian and was nabbed from Hoshiarpur % the apex court in a last ditch closing the quotation,” said the “Mata Annapurna has a South Asian Art at the Peabody by the Delhi Police’s Special effort to save “Viraat” which official while refusing to share very special bond with Kashi Essex Museum, identified the Cell and brought to the nation- % % has been dismantled about 30 further details in the matter. Thomas Chase, to India’s High sons, it could not happen, the (Varanasi). And the return of statue as the Hindu goddess al Capital on Wednesday. % per cent by another company Until recently, the antique Commissioner Ajay Bisaria, in official said. the idol is very pleasant for all from her “female physical char- He was produced before ",# / that had bought it through an idol was part of the University a virtual event that was also He added that the of us. Like the statue of Mata acteristics. “She holds a bowl of Metropolitan Magistrate auction. of Regina, Thomas Chase uni- attended by officials from Archaeological Survey of India Annapurna, much of our her- kheer (rice pudding) in one Poorva Mehra, who sent him 0 / The petitioner-firm has versity’s collection in its Global Affairs Canada and (ASI) is the nodal agency to itage has been a victim of hand and a spoon in the other. for custodial interrogation after # offered to pay 100 crore for MacKenzie Art Gallery in Canada Border Service Agency. execute the task, being the international gangs,” he added. These are items associated with the police said his interrogation # . the ship so that it can be con- Canada. However, it was hand- Initially, it was proposed to official custodian of all such The Indian High Annapoorna, who is the god- was required to confront him verted into a museum instead ed over by the interim presi- be repatriated to India by mid- repatriated idols. Commission in Canada in a dess of food and the queen of with several videos and iden- . of being dismantled. dent and vice-chancellor of December last year, but because The Annapurna, also spelt statement said the university the city of Varanasi,” he has tify other accused persons for Continued on Page 2 the University of Regina, of various unavoidable rea- Annapoorna, known as the recently discovered that the been quoted as saying. the violence. !!"#$#!
# " " $ !% ! " " & ' (! $ % & % 60-A3-4- &% 203 amid a continuing tug of war he Bharatiya Kisan Union between developed and devel- T(BKU) leader, Rakesh rime Minister Narendra oping countries on who needs to Tikait on Wednesday said that QR " be redistributed to help the ence of private firms in these PModi on Wednesday said the do more to save the environment they will build a Kisan Kranti poor, he wondered what can be fields has helped people, with road to fighting climate change by reducing emissions. Park at Ghazipur border, which achieved by handing over the even the poor using smart is through climate justice and Noting that the sad reality is one of the protest sites of nation to “babus” (government phones, and mobile calls cost- called for giving developing is that environmental changes ongoing farmers agitating " officials). ing virtually nothing due to countries enough space to grow. and natural disasters impact the against the Centre’s new farm Just because somebody is competitiveness. Addressing the World poor the most, Modi said cli- laws. The farmers are cam- &% 203 an IAS officer, he is running If India is able to serve Sustainable Development mate justice is inspired by a paigning at Singhu, Tikri and fertiliser and chemical factories humanity during the Covid-19 Summit (WSDS), Modi said vision of trusteeship where Ghazipur borders of National In this way, the agitators will be He said that this movement rime Minister Narendra to airlines, Modi said in a ref- pandemic, it is also due to the two things will define how the growth comes with greater Capital for last 76 days, able to keep an eye on the can continue even after PModi on Wednesday erence to public sector units role of the private sector, he progress journey of humanity compassion for the poorest. demanding government to movement and also on their October, the government is stressed on the private sector’s being headed by bureaucrats, said. will unfold in the times to come “Climate justice also means repeal the farms laws. fields,” said Tikait. mistaken that we will go in the vital role in the economy and and asked what this will “To use improper words — “health of our people and giving the developing countries Addressing the people at “If the need arises, the heat. Meanwhile, Tikait also asserted that the culture of achieve. against the private sector may health of our planet, both of enough space to grow. When Ghazipur, Tikait said that they movement can be started from requested Bablu Maan to recite “abusing” it for votes is no “If our babus belong to the have got votes for a few people which are interlinked”. each and every one of us have started by planting flow- October onwards. The summer patriotic songs. People from the longer acceptable. country so do our youngsters,” in the past but those times are “The road to fighting climate understand our individual and ers and a flag will be planted in season is coming and now we local Muslim community have If the public sector is the Prime Minister said. gone. The culture of abusing change is through climate justice. collective duties, climate justice the park. have to install big generators also come out in support on the important, the role of the pri- Pitching for private enter- the private sector is not accept- At the root of climate justice is will be achieved,” he said. “The Government wants to here and if the Government Ghazipur border. Sweet rice vate sector is also vital, he said prises, Modi said there should able any longer. We cannot the principle of being large- Asserting that India’s intent prolong the movement. The does not want generators to run and biryani were also being during his reply in the Lok be faith in the abilities of India’s keep insulting our youth like hearted. Climate justice is also is supported by concrete action, farmers have also formulated here, then they can provide given at the protest site on Sabha to the discussion on the young population this,” he said. about thinking about the bigger Modi said the country, pow- the strategy in the same way. electricity connection and Wednesday. Farmers said that motion of thanks to the and everyone should get The Modi Government has and long-term picture,” he said. ered by spirited public efforts, The movement will be carried farmers will also pay electrici- people have not diminished at President’s address. opportunities. announced in the Budget its The remarks at the Summit, is on track to exceed its com- out as a strategy on the border. ty bill,” said Tikait. the site of the movement and Noting that wealth cre- Modi cited the examples of fresh push for disinvestment in which brings together a wide mitments and targets set at the The farmer who reaches the Tikait also asked the farm- most of the farmers are staying ators are a necessity for the telecom and pharma sectors to the public sector, drawing crit- range of experts to discuss ways Paris Climate Change movement site on Monday will ers to join the movement with in their tents due the rising country as only then wealth can note as to how the robust pres- icism from the Opposition. to mitigate climate change, come Conference in 2015. return home on Monday itself. a week-long strategy. mercury and temperature. )R! * $ * ) ( * $ , $ % ! 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But to the credit of India early forecasts of expect- heavy rainfall or extended dry 170 people remained missing mountainsides. said on Wednesday. and said he never imagined Prime Minister Modi our ed variations in the monsoon periods, both of which regu- after the Uttarakhand disaster A focal point of the rescue “Two infiltrators were spot- A police official identified that his request to India would request was considered on season, an advance which may larly destroy crops in India. three days ago. Two of the men work has been efforts to pen- ted crossing the Rewand Nala the “intruder” as Sarfraz Mir be answered so swiftly. merit and the equality of our help reduce crop losses. According to the earlier counted among the 174 etrate through tonnes of silt, along the Line of Control (LoC) (56), a resident of Kundibarjala He said being the leader of people was recognised,” he said The researchers, includ- researchers, the Indian monsoon missing returned home safely sludge and debris to get to the by surveillance devices in Uri. Kamalkote in Uri. a small Caribbean island with a at a ceremony after the vaccines ing those from the European brings around 80 per cent of after being stranded since the about 30 people, who were at A search operation was “Mir had crossed the LoC population of 72,000 people, he arrived from India. Centre for Medium-range India’s annual rainfall with even flash flood in Chamoli district. work inside the 1,500-metre launched and contact was in 1990 and then returned in did not fancy the chances of Last month, Skerrit had Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) small variations in the timing of Two more bodies were recov- tunnel at Tapovan when the established. Pakistani post fired 1992. He surrendered (before such a prompt positive response requested Modi to send vac- in the UK, used their long-term its arrival potentially having a ered during the day, raising the waters came rushing in. back to provide cover to one of security forces) in 1995 and to his request from Prime cines so that his country could global weather forecasting sys- huge impact on agriculture. confirmed death toll to 34. Indo-Tibetan Border the infiltrators,” an Army offi- then went back to Pakistan in Minister Narendra Modi. begin the vaccination drive. tem to predict when the sum- “Accurately predicting The multi-agency rescue Police chief S S Deswal said the cial said. 2005,” the official said. “I must confess I did not “I would like to take this mer monsoon will start, and these year-to-year variations is operation at the NTPC hydel rescue operation to locate the In an operation, one infil- Also, an identity card imagine that the prayers of my opportunity to once again how much rainfall it will bring. challenging, but could be the project site has been going on workers trapped in the tunnel trator was killed and an AK-47 issued by authorities of country would be answered so express my heartfelt thanks In the study, published in difference between prosperity uninterrupted since Sunday, will continue till it reaches its rifle, a magazine and 30 rounds Muzaffarabad area in Pakistan- swiftly. One would have and appreciation to Prime the journal Climate Dynamics, or poverty for many families,” when the Alaknanda river sys- “logical conclusion.” were seized, he said. Occupied Kashmir has been thought and understood that in Minister Modi, his govern- they noted that the model pro- said study co-author Amulya tem was hit by the flood trig- “We are very hopeful that A search operation is in recovered by the Army, the a global pandemic such as this, ment and the citizens of India,” vided accurate forecasts a Chevuturi from the University gered possibly by a glacier we will be able to rescue them. progress, the official said. police official said. a nation’s size and might would he said. month in advance for the tim- of Reading in the UK. break or an avalanche in the The workers are stated to be upper reaches of the Himalayas. located at their work station Eight of the 32 bodies ear- that is about 180 metres from % 125 crore. Tell us how much lier recovered from different the mouth of the Tapovan tun- you are going to spend? Tell us, places in the disaster-hit areas nel,” he told PTI. :#) how much you are going to pay of Chamoli district had been Deputy Inspector General for your passion of preserving identified, the State Emergency (DIG) Nilesh Anand Bharne, Q national monuments?” Control Centre in Dehradun Uttarakhand Police chief 999 Sharma told the bench that said. The missing people spokesperson, said drilling Q R ! they had approached the firm include those working at through the debris has become *R % 17 From Page 1 which bought Viraat at an auc- more difficult with the silt A Bench headed by Chief tion for 38.54 crore in July last inside the tunnel drying up and From Page 1 new farm laws where Singh wants to have its share and From Page 1 Justice SA Bobde issued notice year. getting harder. PTI Modi hit out at the advocates removal of restric- standing in “new post-coron- Earlier in the day, Bharatiya to the Centre and the firm dis- She said the company Congress for adopting two tions in the trading of farm avirus world order.” Kisan Union (BKU) leader mantling the aircraft carrier on which bought ‘Viraat’ has separate models on the vote of produce and creating a single Accusing Opposition lead- Rakesh Tikait asserted that the the plea. sought Rs 100 crore for the ship thanks debate in the Rajya farm market in the country. ers of misleading farmers and agitating farmers were not aim- “Issue notice. In the mean- from her firm and an No Sabha and the Lok Sabha, par- Taking a swipe at what he indulging in “double-talk”, the ing at any change in power at time, parties are directed to Objection Certificate (NOC) ticipating in the former and called ‘andolanjivi’, Modi said Prime Minister cited NCP the Centre but a solution to maintain status quo with regard from the Centre for selling it. boycotting the latter and the country need to be saved leader and Agriculture Minister their problems as he said many to dismantling/breaking of the The bench said it is issuing described it as a “confused from them who he said (Sharad Pawar) who he said of their leaders will tour dif- subject-ship known as INS notice and directing for status party that could do no good to attacked Toll-plaza and had advocated change in the ferent parts of the country to Viraat, as on date,” the bench quo on further dismantling of the country”. destroyed telecom wires during ‘mandi-system’ and need to spread the movement. said in its order. the ship. The Prime Minister said agitation. break their “nexus”. Addressing the protesting The centaur-class aircraft Viraat had reached the dialogue with farmers even “This section believes that Opposition parties in some farmers at Singhu border, Tikait carrier, INS Viraat, was in ser- Alang ship breaking yard from when it was restricted in talking is right thing, they only States too changed farm laws said that the agitation against vice with the Indian Navy for Mumbai in September last year Punjab was on and “we made believe in talking and hate but now opposing new farm the farm laws will stretch till the 29 years before being decom- and the dismantling process all efforts to clear doubts on the those who do right things”, the laws, he said and likened this Centre addresses their issues. missioned in March 2017. was going on. Shree Ram farm laws.” Prime Minister said and point- attitude to “Na kheloonga, na “We do not aim change in During the hearing con- Group at Alang in Bhavnagar “If some gaps or lacunae is ed that the same group “speaks khelne doonga aur khel power (at the Centre). ducted through video-confer- district of Gujarat has bought there, nothing harm in chang- of gender justice but opposes bigadunga” (neither I will do The government should encing, the top court asked Viraat at an auction in July last ing it if it is convincing, we will triple talaq, speaks for envi- good, nor let others do the do its work. We want it to Rupali Sharma, petitioner in- year for Rs 38.54 crore and it change it”, he said. ronment but supports parauli- same), he said amidst a peel of repeal the farm laws person representing firm began the dismantling process Modi said amid interrup- burners”. laughter in the Treasury and ensure a law on MSP,” he Envitech Marine Consultants in December last year. tions that in fact Minimum The Prime Minister said Benches. said. Pvt Ltd, as to how much they The Centre had in July Support Price (MSP) increased our country is very diverse and The Prime Minister spoke Tikait said that the agita- are willing to pay for the “pas- 2019 informed the Parliament after implementation of the one should not think that any of several infrastructure pro- tion will be long drawn and sion of preserving national that the decision to scrap Viraat new farm laws. He said there is new thing will have 100 per jects undertaken by his continue till the Government monument”. was taken after due consulta- no restriction on the old ‘man- cent acceptance. “We are not Government within the coun- starts talks with farmer leaders. The bench, also compris- tion with the Indian Navy. dis’ and more money allotted in feudal”, he said. try and along borders includ- The protesting farmer unions ing Justices A S Bopanna and Viraat is the second aircraft the Budget to modernise them. When TMC MP Saugata ing those on the Line of Actual have been alleging the laws will V Ramasubramanian, told carrier which is being disman- He quoted kisan leader Roy said, “Kisan does not want Control (LAC). weaken the MSP mechanism Sharma, “The firm which had tled in India. In 2014, Vikrant from Western Uttar Pradesh new laws”, the Prime Minister He said work is in progress and end the mandi system. But bought the ship has spent over was dismantled in Mumbai. (from where farm leader said, “I am saying the on 75 bridges along LAC (on the Government says the new Rakesh Tikait too hails) and same..they can adopt the old the India-China border) and legislations offer more options former Prime Minister. Charan system”. also spoke of high morale of to farmers to sell their crops, Singh from his book Bharat ki Modi, however, said status county’s Army to defend the and will help raise their Arthniti to buttress his case for quo need to be changed if India country. incomes. * "" $ (% . " $--- From Page 1 “Hopefully India can meet & China half way and strictly carry out the consensus From Page 1 over 500 accounts escalated Withheld Content policy with- reached by both sides, so that Seeking to clarify its stance, across all MeitY orders - in India only. These accounts the disengagement can take Twitter in its blog post said it including permanent suspen- continue to be available outside place smoothly, “ Wang had taken steps to reduce the sion in certain cases for viola- of India,” Twitter said. It, how- Wenbin, a spokesperson at visibility of the hashtags con- tion of its rules. ever, did not provide details of China’s ministry of foreign taining harmful content that “...Today, we have with- the handles against whom affairs, said on the side lines of included prohibiting them from held a portion of the accounts action had been taken. a routine press conference on trending on Twitter and appear- identified in the blocking Twitter argued that it has Wednesday. ing as recommended search orders under our Country not taken any action on Now both sides should terms. 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Development (WCD) have and begging, bonded labour er 3 days refresher course in nursery admissions in over stalking them on social media Based on technical inquiry jointly begun a three-day train- amongst others and therefore March. The training focuses on 1,700 schools in Delhi will and morphing their pictures. and details sought from ing programme for Child CWCs are the first line of building nuanced positions of begin from February 18. Police said that he was arrest- Instagram, the Cyber Cell team Welfare Committees (CWC), defense for these children. the law along with discussion The application process will ed from Faridabad area. The of southwest district succeed- Juvenile Justice Boards (JJB) Juvenile Justice Boards, on important Supreme/High begin from February 18 as per accused has been identified as ed in establishing the where- and District Child Protection constituted under Juvenile Court judgements, and practi- notified schedule and the last Rahim Khan and he studied abouts of the accused Rahim Officers (DCPO). Justice Act 2015, are the judi- cal skills such as record man- date to apply is March 4. The upto class 8th. Police said that Khan,” said the DCP. Addressing the event on cial institutions which con- agement, leveraging technolo- first list of selected children will he is professionally engaged in “With the help of technical Wednesday, Delhi Women and duct inquiries into matters gy, drafting concise and be displayed on March 20, fol- operating various morphing surveillance, Khan was nabbed Child Development (WCD) where children have come in detailed orders, and prepara- lowed by the second list on apps. from his house in Faridabad, Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam conflict with the law and tion of individual child care March 25 and subsequent list for “The accused Khan Haryana. During interroga- said that each stakeholder accordingly undertake refor- plans. admission, if any, on March 27. harassed more than 50 women tion, Khan confessed his should understand the purpose matory measures for their reha- Right at the outset of the The entire admission process including minors over various involvement in the crime and of the work that the JJBs and bilitation. training, Dr. Rashmi Singh, will conclude on March 31. social media platforms after further revealed that for plea- CWCs are mandated to do Delhi Commission for Director (WCD) emphasized "Congratulations to all stalking their profiles and ini- sure and personal satisfaction, which will help in ensuring jus- Protection of Child Rights the importance of convergence parents and children. We have tiated sexting with them using he had victimized more than 50 tice to every child. (DCPCR) is the statutory body across stakeholders and link- to bring the excitement back in a fake identity of a woman. He women across India including Gautam in his inaugural entrusted with the responsi- ages with different govern- schools after defeating coron- even targeted minor girls by many minors,” said the Deputy address assured of unwavering bility for monitoring of the law ment schemes and explained avirus. Our schools are waiting Minister Manish Sisodia last The Directorate of morphing their pictures,” said Commissioner of Police support of the Government in to ensure its effective imple- the detailed process through for their students," Chief month had ruled out scrapping Education has said that the pri- police. (DCP). ensuring that justice is deliv- mentation and therefore has which the new members of JJBs Minister Arvind Kejriwal nursery admissions. vate unaided recognised According to Ingit Pratap “The police have recovered ered to every child. Justice collaborated with the and CWCs are appointed. Ms. tweeted, referring to the noti- "No deviation from the schools shall develop and adopt Singh, the Deputy incriminating evidence includ- Madan. B. Lokur (Retired Department of Women & Madhu K Garg, Secretary fication of nursery admission above schedule shall be per- criteria for admission which Commissioner of Police ing photos, chat and videos Judge, Supreme Court of India) Child Development for the (WCD) laid out her vision of schedule. mitted. Each school shall dis- shall be fair, reasonable, well (DCP), Southwest district, an shared by victims from Khan's delivered the keynote address training which assumes signif- making Delhi a child friendly The DoE has also directed play the admission schedule on defined, equitable, non-dis- action was taken against Khan the mobile phone. and reinforced the principles icance in the light of the roles space and as an example for that since schools are closed in its notice board and website. criminatory, unambiguous and after a complaint was received Further investigation of the governing the Juvenile Justice of CWCs and JJBs. other cities and states to follow. view of the Covid-19 pandem- Further each school shall transparent. on Tuesday at RP Puram police case is in progress,” said the Act and encouraged the Anurag Kundu, It must be noted that sev- ic and physical class room ensure that application forms "No school shall adopt the station by one of the victim Deputy Commissioner of CWCs/JJBs to focus on sub- Chairperson, DCPCR pointed eral of the appointments to learning is not going on for for admission are made avail- criterion abolished by the who alleged that an unknown Police (DCP) adding that stantive justice. to large gaps between the Child Welfare Committees and entry level classes at present, no able to all applicants till the last department including charging person with an Instagram han- efforts are being made to con- CWCs, constituted under expectations drawn from the JJB have been recently done fee except prescribed registra- date of submission of admis- a capitation fees or donations. dle “ch_rahim_khan786” was nect other victims. Juvenile Justice Act 2015, are rights, and the reality. He and therefore the majority of tion fee, admission fee, caution sion's application form,” Udit Pre-schools or montessori fee (if school already charges) Prakash Raj, Director of DOE schools run by registered soci- and tuition fee, shall be charged told PTI. eties or trusts as branches of at the time of admission by the "Only a non-refundable recognised unaided schools schools and thereafter only amount of Rs 25 can be will have to follow single ( B&(# # 6O tuition fee shall be charged charged from the parents as admission process for their from the students till further admission registration fee. The pre-school and main school & ( while the others culprits have formed following a direction of "The prime accused Sanjay 50,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh as com- orders. purchase of prospectus of the considering them as one insti- 6;>;6>-% been identified as Sandeep the police chief which was led used to conduct recces to find mission to these people" the The DoE has also asked to school by the parents shall be tution," he added. alias Mota, Ajay Sehgal alias by Karan Goyal, ACP (DLF) lots and houses in Ansal town- ACP said. furnish required information, optional," he added. A monitoring cell will be hree people, including a Mota alias Alok Kumar and and Preet Pal Sangwan, ACP ships in Sushant Lok, Palam The accused have also dis- following which the application As per norms, all private constituted in each district Twoman, have been arrest- Rakesh Kumar alias Ram all are (crime) including crime branch Vihar and Sector-29 area whose closed the name of an accused process is rolled out in unaided recognized schools under the chairmanship of the ed by the Gurugram Police for yet to be arrested. teams of DLF phase-4 and owners did not visit often. Kunal of Punjab who used to December. However, there has admitting children in pre- Deputy Director (District) con- property fraud of Rs 523 crore. Sanjay Katuhriya has set- Sector-40. They used to prepare false prepare fake IDs and Aadhaar been no development on it in school, pre-primary and Class- cerned, who shall ensure that Officials said that the tled in Dubai along with his "The culprits were nabbed documents after taking details cards and later they used these 2020. l level shall reserve 25 per cent each private school uploads the Punjab based gang used to family, the police said. by a team of crime branch DLF of the owner from the society documents to open fake bank The Delhi government seats for EWS or DG category criteria and their points on the prepare false documents relat- The Haryana Police had phase-4 and Sushant Lok police and officials. Later they prepare accounts and another agent officials had in December said students and children with dis- online module and further ed to plots in Ansal Townships also fixed a bounty of Rs 1 lakh station from a guest house the false seal on the documents, Kamal who used to prepare that a proposal to scrap nurs- ability. ensure that the school shall not owned by NRIs and sell them each on Kavita, Rahul, Ranveer, located in Sector-39 after a tip- and transfer the property to fake passports in Chandigarh. ery admissions is being con- "The number of seats at the adopt those criteria which were to unsuspecting buyers. Sanjay and Rakesh in January off on February 5 and were on either themselves or someone "During investigation the sidered as the schools have entry levels shall not be less abolished by the department According to the police, the 2021 on their arrest. five days police remand," said they knew. They would then probe team came to know that been closed for nine months than the highest number of and upheld by the Delhi High arrested accused have been A total of 9 cases of prop- Preet Pal Sangwan, ACP sell the properties to unsus- around Rs 523 crore money due to COVID-19 and will seats in the entry level classes Court. identified as Kavita Rani alias erty fraud against the culprits (crime). pecting buyers," said the police. transactions have been found remain closed till a vaccine is during the last three years "The monitoring cell will Riya Sehgal (33), Rahul (29) were registered at Sushant Lok "During interrogation the "Rakesh used to ferry peo- in their accounts during the available. A whole year of 2018-19, 2019-20 & 2020-21. also redress the grievance of the and Ranveer Kumar (49) all and Sector-29 police stations. accused revealed that they used ple from Punjab to Gurugram past six months. In connection online learning for small chil- The details of all entry level parents, if any, against the residents of Punjab. Till now the culprits had sold to open fake bank accounts to falsely represent them as the with the matter an information dren seems unviable, they had classes along with the seats school regarding adopting the The prime accused of the more than 10 plots in fradunt based on forged documents owners of the plots and pre- will also be sent to the said. But school principals had available for admission must be unjustified criteria received in gang have been identified as way. and later transfer the huge pared fake sale deed docu- Enforcement Directorate (ED). opposed this idea. declared by all schools," the the district manually or online," Sanjay Katuhriya, who is a According to the police, to amount by selling plots in ments and sell them to buyers. Further probe is underway," However, Deputy Chief Director said. he said. proclaimed offender (PO) nab the culprits a SIT was these accounts," Sangwan said. The accused had also paid Rs Sangwan said.
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he Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police Thas arrested husband-wife duo for allegedly cheating sev- eral people to the tune of 42 thousands crores after induc- ing them in their ponzy scheme ‘Bike Boat’. The accused have been identified as Ravinder and his wife, residents of Jalandhar in Punjab. Police said that the duo, husband-wife who was also directors in the company was already in judicial custody and they were arrested in the case after permission from the court. Police said that they till now have arrested 18 directors and officials of the accused company Garvit Innovative Promoters Limited. According to Dr O P Mishra, the Joint Commissioner of Police, EOW, several victims had filed complaints against Sanjay Bhati and others of Garvit Innovative Promoters Limited regarding cheating of approximately Rs 42 thousand Crore. “It is alleged that the accused persons have induced the victims to invest Rs. 62,000 for a bike and to receive Rs. 9500 monthly including principal and rental income on bike for one year,” said the Joint CP. “Due to lucrative offers of alleged, number of victims invested and in January 2019, the alleged company launched the Electric-Bike scheme and offered to deposit Rs. 1.24 lacs for a Bike and to receive Rs. 17000 per month till one year. Initially alleged had repaid the assured amount but after win- ning confidence of investors, they absconded,” said the Joint CP. “During investigation, the account details of the alleged company were obtained and a reply from the RBI was also received, where it was revealed that the alleged company was not registered with RBI as a NBFC and was not authorized to collect money from the public,” said the Joint CP. “Around 8000 complainants against the alleged company are Delhi based and their cheated amount is approx 250 Crore. From the investigation conducted, a number of prop- erties worth Rs several hundred crores have been found and investigation on the same is in progress. Directorate of Enforcement Lucknow Zonal office is also investigating this issue and a number of cases are registered in Noida and other states,” he added. !!"# " "! $ !"%% & ' % & % 203
n view of upcoming Swachh Sarvekshan-2021, the New IDelhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has banned road cut- ting in its areas till March 31 except for urgent repair or maintenance work. "In view of the forthcoming Swachh Sarvekshan- 2021, NDMC has imposed a ban on all type of road cutting in its area till 31st March, except for urgent repairs / maintenance works for restoration of civic services. In this connection, a direction has also been issued to all government agencies like MTNL , BSNL , DTL etc for strict compliance," the NDMC said in a statement. NDMC areas are home to the high and mighty of the country, including Union ministers and parliamentarians besides many top industrialists. Parliament House, offices of all the ministries, Supreme Court, High Court and res- idences of Supreme Court judges, senior bureaucrats and senior military officers are in NDMC areas. !!"#$#! !
5( ( $& & ' (")!* " "Q$ ++,& 6 3 $R3" & 203 to “mann ki baat” of farmers even before the Covid crisis. protesting at Delhi’s borders, Sibal also took critical stock harging the Government saying their demand was of AtmaNirbhar Bharat and & 203 Accusing the government Cwith ignoring the poor in Minimum Support asked if the Sc and St besides of ignoring the crisis instead of the Budget for the next fiscal, Price(MSP), which is a mini- minorities have become self- n the Lok Sabha, initiating recognising that there is one at the Congress leader Kapil Sibal mum thing that they are ask- reliant. The Congress leader Ithe debate on the Budget, the border with China, Tharoor on Wednesday said in the ing for unlike big corporates. further said the government Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said the Centre seems to have Rajya Sabha the NDA regime Cautioning the govern- was not focussing on job loss- slammed the Government for overturned the slogan “Jai in last six years “mismanaged ment against the farm laws to es. He said 120 million jobs ignoring the “aam admi” and Jawan, Jai Kisan” into “Na economy” and encouraged bring in reforms in the agri- were lost due to Covid-19 pan- showing insensitivity towards Jawan, Na Kisan”. The budget, “crony capitalism” by favouring culture sector, Sibal said such demic but the allocation for agitating farmers in the budget he said, did nothing to assuage “three or four big boys.” experiments in the US and MNREGA has been reduced. proposals. “The aam aadmi the concerns of the agitating Rejecting his claim, BJP Europe led to corporatisation. Terming that the Budget has been let down totally in the farmers with regard to the leader Sushil Kumar Modi Claiming that the number of 2021 was “jugglery of data”, last seven years...And the bud- minimum support price & 203 entire stake in debt-ridden air- full time and contractual termed the Budget as “bold and small farmers had reduced in Sibal said the government was get has betrayed his most fun- (MSP). line. employment which was 74,887 reformist” and said it took the US due to these measures, “perpetuating a rigged eco- damental aspirations,” said Countering the he Centre and States owe “The total amount of out- as on 31 March 2020 fell to care of all sections of the soci- he said the suicide rate was nomic system” besides doing a Tharoor, accusing the Finance Opposition, BJP MP TAir India 498.17 crore as standing dues owed by the 67,906 as on 30 September ety. He also listed out several more in rural areas of the US “loot bank politics” as more Minister of “running out of Meenakshi Lekhi said due to on December 31, 2020 for Central and State Governments 2020. welfare measures taken to reach and compared to urban centres. development works have been ideas”. the efforts of the Narendra VVIP travel, evacuation oper- to Air India for VVIP travel, In a written reply to Rajya out to the poor during the lock- Noting that subsidies given announced for poll-bound The finance minister has Modi government, the country ations, travel of foreign digni- evacuation operations, foreign Sabha to a asked by ND Gupta, down period last year. to farmers were lower in India states of West Bengal, Assam neither played defensive nor hit has come out of the “fragile taries among other services. dignitaries travel and other Union Civil Aviation Minister Listing some of the big compared to China, the US and and others. the ball, he said, adding, “She five” economies. Today, India is The Governments in states outstanding dues as on Hardeep Singh Puri said that steps, the newly elected MP to Europe, the Congress leader While every budget has has just run out of ideas. You among the top five economies and at the Centre owe the air- 31.12.2020 is 498.17 crore,” airline carriers have been severe- the Upper House said in his said “In the US, every farmer twin objectives of growth and cannot cross the sea but just in the world, she said, adding line 84.57 crore for VVIP Puri stated. ly affected due to restrictions on maiden speech, the next year gets from the Government equity, the government has keep staring at it.” Tharoor said that the finance minister is now travel, 12.61 crore for foreign In reply to another ques- domestic and international will see more than 100 crore about USD 62,000 aa year. You preferred growth and forgotten the budget has reduced expen- talking about a double-digit dignitaries’ travel, 9.67 crore tion, Puri said that amid coro- passenger movements. infused into the infrastructure are not willing to give our farm- the poor people of the country, diture on defence and health- growth rate. for evacuation operations and navirus pandemic, domestic “Domestic air cargo handled fell sector to boost the economy. ers MSP. Farmer does not ask while also promoting “crony care, and “delivered a blow to The economy is projected 391.32 crore as other out- passenger traffic fell from from 1.15 million metric tonnes Modi also said disinvestment for more, your corporates do...” capitalism”, he alleged. the economic system”. to grow at 11 per cent during standing dues, Union Civil 11,99,45,632 during March- (MMT) during March- was needed to raise money and When corporates ask for tax Sibal, without naming any- Although the nation suffered a 2021-22 after a likely contrac- Aviation minister Hardeep December 2019 to 3,77,79,592 December 2019 to 0.72 MMT make the economy vibrant. relief and exemptions, the gov- one, said one big corporate was lot because of the stringent tion of 7.7 per cent in the cur- Singh Puri told Rajya Sabha in during March-December 2020, during March- Initiating the debate on ernment gives them, he added. all over in all sectors from lockdown in the wake of the rent financial year as a result of a written reply to a question. while international passenger December 2020, while the budget presented Finance Terming the Budget as ports to airports to gas and rail- COVID-19 pandemic, the gov- the impact of the coronavirus The national carrier traffic fell from 1,96,64,179 to international air cargo handled Minister Nirmala Sitharaman “vote bank politics,” he said ways. ernment’s response to deal pandemic. After saving lives, the incurred a provisional loss of 18,55,033.Similarly, Revenues fell from 1.74 MMT to 1.19 on February 1, Sibal said the while it talks about growth it The projects were e given with the sufferings of people focus is now on promoting 7,982 crore in 2019-20 as of major Indian scheduled car- MMT.Deccan Charters Pvt. Ltd. Budget document was “jug- completely ignores the people to them overriding think-tank “showed no sensitivity”, he livelihood, which the budget has compared to the net loss of riers fell from 46,711 crore and M/s. Air Odisha Aviation glery of data.” of the country. Sibal said sev- Niti Ayog and Finance said,adding, “Bharat should tried to do, Lekhi said, adding 8,556 crore in 2018-19, Puri during April-September 2019 to Pvt. Ltd. have ceased operations He also questioned the eral indicators have shown that Ministry’s objections, he become aatmanirbhar (self- that the allocations for most of said. The Government is cur- about Rs 11,810 crore during from 24 July 2020 and 30 July Government for not listening the economy was in shambles claimed. reliant) and not Bharatvasis.” the sectors have been doubled. rently in the process to sell its April-September 2020. Their 2020 respectively”, Puri said. " # # ## 3 40 . # $% 3 .& O 5 & 203 0 &% 203 animal is man-eater it could be n a big relief to highway ' & 203 ascertained from the DNA Icommuters, the National he Supreme Court on reports, hair and nails remains Highways Authority of India & 203 “Indira Gandhi National he Defence Geoinformatics TWednesday issued notice in the intestines, which last for on Wednesday said it has Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) TResearch Establishment has on a plea seeking contempt more than six months. decided to do away with the he Ministry of Housing will be temporarily housed in issued a level-2 danger (low) in action against Maharashtra “The tigress which was requirement of maintaining a Tand Urban Affairs has the refurbished Janpath Hotel terms of avalanche outlook for principal secretary Vikas killed, her stomach was minimum amount in FASTag said that the heritage building building and will finally be Leh in Ladakh and Lahaul-Spiti Kharge and eight others for empty,” she claimed. wallet to ensure seamless of National Archives will be shifted to a new building to be and Kullu in Himachal Pradesh rewarding people who had She said that forest offi- movement at electronic toll retained while the National constructed at Jamnagar till Thursday evening. This is killed an alleged 'man-eater' cials of the state ordered killing plazas. Museum will get shifted to House plot”, he said in a writ- replete with partly unsafe con- tigress ‘Avni' in Yavatmal dis- ‘Avni' on the ground that it had It has been decided that retrofitted North and South ten reply to a starred question ditions with possible small size trict in 2018. killed thirteen persons in the the users will now be allowed Blocks. As per plan, Indira asked by MP KC Venugopal triggering along a few extreme A bench of Chief Justice area and was a man-eater. to pass through the toll plaza, Gandhi National Centre for in Central Vista slopes. Valley movements are Bobde and Justices AS “The killers of tigress were if the FASTag account/ wallet the Arts (IGNCA) will be Redevelopment Project. generally safe while movements Bopanna and V awarded by the state and there balance is non-negative. After user in addition to the secu- said adding this was resulting temporarily housed in the “Clearance of Heritage along slopes need caution. Ramasubramanian was told by was celebration, which was in crossing the toll plaza, if the rity deposit for the into unwanted hassles and refurbished Janpath Hotel Conservation Committee has Meanwhile, the India animal rights activist Sangeeta violation of the top court's account balance becomes passenger segment avoidable delay at toll plazas. building and will finally be been obtained on 11.01.2021 Meteorological Department Dogra that the tigress was order”, Dogra said. negative, the bank can recov- (Car/Jeep/Van),” NHAI said With more than 2.54 shifted to a new building to be for construction of New has predicted dry weather in not a man-eater as was evident The bench said that it er the amount from the secu- in a statement. crore users, FASTag con- constructed at Jamnagar Parliament Building and for Uttarakhand till February 14. from the post-mortem report cannot control celebration but rity deposit, which should be It said issuer banks were tributes 80 per cent of the House plot. Central Vista Avenue Projects According to the IMD, an of the animal. it can issue notice if people replenished at the time of the unilaterally mandating some total toll In a reply to Rajya Sabha, on 02.02.2021. For other pro- incoming western disturbance “Issue notice returnable were rewarded flouting the next recharge by the user. threshold amount value for collection. Daily toll collec- Union Housing and Urban jects, it will be obtained, has moved in closer in the within two weeks. In the Supreme Court order. “In order to increase the the FASTag account/wallet, in tion through FASTag has Affairs Minister Hardeep wherever necessary’, Puri said. form of a cyclonic circulation meantime, necessary docu- The top court also asked FASTag penetration to ensure addition to the security crossed Rs 89 crore mark. Singh Puri said that as per The Centre last week held to the hills of North-West ments will be filed,” the bench Dogra to file additional doc- seamless movement of traffic deposit amount. As payment on toll plazas Central Vista Development/ the bhoomi poojan for laying India as it lay this (Wednesday) said. uments to substantiate her and to reduce avoidable As a result, many FASTag through FASTag will become Redevelopment Plan evolved the foundation stone of the morning over North Pakistan During the hearing, the claim that the tigress was not delays at the toll plazas, NHAI users were not allowed to mandatory from February 15, so far, heritage building of redeveloped and restructured with an overarching trough bench asked Dogra as to how a man-eater and said, “We has decided to remove the pass through a toll plaza, in 2021, NHAI is targeting to National Archives will be Central Vista Avenue—the over Central Pakistan. It has one can identify from the want clear finding that the mandatory threshold amount spite of having sufficient bal- achieve 100 per cent cashless retained. National Museum next phase of the Central already started influencing post-mortem whether the ani- tigress was not a man-eater for the FASTag account / wal- ance in their FASTag tolling at the toll plazas across will get shifted to retrofitted Vista redevelopment plan. weather over North-West mal was a man-eater or not. and reports on nails, hairs and let, which was paid by the account/wallet, the statement the country. North and South Blocks. India. Dogra replied that if an teeth”. 1, # ;# DB< 2 . &
& 203 asymptomatic cases were found as part of post-exposure linicians should have a screening, reported Gili C“high level of suspicion” Regev-Yochay, M.D., of & 203 about possible Covid-19 symp- Harvard and Chaim Sheba toms in the two weeks follow- Medical Center, in Israel. he Central Government ing vaccination, results of a new The takeaway? “Clinicians Twill be increasing the num- study in healthcare workers has should not dismiss post-vac- ber of inoculation sites to suggested. cination symptoms as vac- 75,000 in a couple of weeks While the study that was cine-related and should from now as a part of a massive & 203 ly in high intensity violence the- published in the journal promptly test for Covid-19,” capacity building exercise atres. Consequently, CRPF is Emerging Infectious Disease Regev-Yochay and colleagues ahead of the Covid-19 vacci- he CRPF on Wednesday required to maintain a high level based its conclusion following wrote. nation roll out for the people Treleased “Warrior’s Creed- of readiness, regardless of the patients outcomes in a worker The Pfizer-BioNTech vac- above 50 years Our doctrines” at a function at terrain or the weather. Counter vaccination programme at a cine is not likely protective This was stated by Dr N.K CRPF Academy Gurugram. Insurgency Ops have, over the large Israeli hospital where against clinical disease the Arora, Head, Operations The document is a collation of years, become far more complex they were given the first doses first days after the first dose is Research Group, National CRPF’s operational philosophy and challenging, necessitating of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine given, according to results of COVID-19 Task Force at a vir- and mores aimed at providing the need for an intellectual given December last year, such clinical trials. Although pro- tual event on Wednesday. the future leaders with guiding study framework, which should cases have emerged in India too tection increases to 52% a “In the next couple of principles for administrative be coherent enough to provide where healthcare workers are week after the first dose, pos- weeks, the number of immu- and operational imperatives. guidance and flexible enough to being given Covishield and itive Covid-19 test results have nisation centres will be A brain child of Director be adapted to given scenarios,” Covaxin. been found among vaccine increased from 50,000 to General of CRPF, Dr A P the CRPF said in a statement. For instance, five doctors in recipients even early after the 75,000 and we would be able to Maheswari, the compilation of Speaking on the occasion, Chamarajanagar district in second dose. vaccinate about 5 to 7 million the doctrine was undertaken DG CRPF reiterated that the Karnataka in India tested pos- “Thus, during a large-scale people everyday,” he said. Arora jointly by the CRPF Academy Warrior’s Creed is not meant to itive for Covid-19 a week after immunisation campaign coin- added that the country has the and the Operations Directorate be sacrosanct or timeless, they they got the first shot of the ciding with rapid national capacity to inoculate 1 crore of the Force’s headquarters here. will continue to evolve with vaccine in January last this year. increase in Covid-19 cases, people everyday. “We have the The document has recorded changing times and challenges. The Israeli study had some immunised persons like- capacity to vaccinate 10 million and codified the doctrines They will not act as iron tight excluded workers who already ly will develop clinical disease,” individuals per day,” he said. which will also go a long way in procedures or diktats but as a had recovered from Covid-19. the authors of the hospital Meanwhile, on Wednesday ‘fostering initiative’ and ‘stimu- guide to help commanders to Among more than 4,000 study concluded. the total number of people who lating creativity’. think, within the parameters of vaccinated hospital staff mem- Health experts have called have received Covid-19 vacci- “It is for the first time in the our charter of duties, and exe- bers, 22 developed Covid-19 for the need to practice pre- nations in the country reached history of CRPF that such a key- cute operational tasks in the best from one to 10 days following cautions like wearing masks, 68,26,898, said Union health stone document has been pro- possible manner. immunisation (a median 3.5 social distancing norms, hand ministry joint secretary mulgated. This work has been He also stressed that days). Thirteen workers were washing and avoiding crowd- Mandeep Bhandari. As many inspired by the vision of Dr A Doctrines are always ‘unfinished tested after showing symptoms ed areas. as 2,15,113 jabs were adminis- P Maheshwari, DG CRPF. products’ being ‘Evolving in (typically including fever, Those who have received tered on Wednesday till 6 pm. CRPF, the nation’s lead Counter nature’, for ready reference as chills, cough, headache, mus- both shots of the vaccine Out of the total, the num- Insurgency force, is deployed ‘Distilled wisdom’ and a cle aches and sore throat). Two should follow all precautions ber of healthcare workers who across the country, performing ‘Referral document’ for the pol- others were tested due to until a significant percentage of have been inoculated stands at myriad duties, with 90 % icy makers, CRPF personnel exposure to confirmed or sus- the population has been vac- 56,65,172 and the number of strength deployed continuous- and the academia. pected Covid-19 cases, and cinated, as per health experts. frontline workers are 11,61,726. !!"#$#! &
' ,5 & ! 89, & 3 & : &% <=2<-"- castes, religions, Bengalis and non- + "M-'&=)9-) English and other channels) were ) Bengalis to ignite riots and garner ),-= +E- 6-9 + being framed by the Government. he BJP will get a “crow-bite” for votes,” Banerjee said reminding -++),$9)!E.,-")!)- “They are not even sparing the Saharanpur (UP): The district Tthe lies it peddles, Bengal Chief how “BJP makes fake videos --- by )-5)$-9E")!)- ) journalists who are being falsely administration in Saharanpur Minister Mamata Banerjee on imposing clippings from Hindi -),-+"" +-)$,! implicated in the farmers’ move- imposed Section 144 ahead of the Wednesday said once again staking and even Bangladeshi films --- of !# N ""!#!# !)- ment in Delhi,” she said. * Kisan panchayat that was to be her personal charisma to charm the women in Bengal being pulled by Taking a dig at the BJP leader- .$,".,B $ -M!# addressed by Congress general sec- voters ahead of the Assembly elec- their sarees to fan communal riots.” )!.$,".!# N ship for taking out Rath Yatras in Saharanpur (UP): Congress general sec- patriots,” the Congress leader said. retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the tions. She said “the BJP will come to Bengal “spending crores of ill-got- retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on The Congress leader also flayed afternoon. She asked the electorate to you with cash … take them as this ten rupees” she said the “we only Wednesday promised that his party will Prime Minister Narendra Modi while District Magistrate Saharanpur “ignore who is contesting from a is your money … but do not vote BJP. know about Rath Yatras Lord repeal the three “black” central farm laws reminding the audience that the BJP had issued an order citing various rea- given seat … only think that for them … do not allow the out- “We will not allow the BJP to Jagannath who is our revered deity and ensure MSPs for different crops as promised to clear sugar cane dues sons including upcoming festivities, Mamata Banerjee is fighting from side ideas to ruin Bengal,” adding loot the farmers of Bengal like they … but today the BJP leadership soon as it returned to power at the Centre. totalling Rs 15,000 crore within 15 days the spread of Covid-19 pandemic all the (294) seats,” prompting her Bengal will not be ruled by Gujarat have done to those of the other thinks that it is equal to Lord “When the Congress comes to power of coming to power at the Centre. and the possibility of violence by critics to wonder whether the rul- “Bengal will only be ruled by States… we will stop them at any Jagannath and so they are riding again, we will immediately repeal these “Instead, the Prime Minister bought anti-social elements in the State. The ing Trinamool Congress was in Bengal.” cost,” the Chief Minister said Raths,” reminding how even the farm laws. We will also ensure MSPs for two planes worth Rs 16,000 crore for him- restrictions have been imposed till short supply of credible faces or The BJP leaders have been adding how her Government demon king Ravan had also ridden all farmers,” she said while addressing a self and conveniently forgot about the April 5. “whether it has lost all credibility as “falsely propagating against the pulled the farmers out of the a Rath while abducting Mother Sita. 'Kisan Panchayat' in Chilkhana in famers' money,” she quipped. Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi a political unit.” Bengal Government that we have Amphan crisis and how her Meanwhile, BJP national pres- Saharanpur district. “When a farmer's son becomes a Vadra reached Dehradun on Addressing a huge rally in stalled central schemes for farmers Government was providing free ident JP Nadda hit back at the Chief Priyanka also urged the farmer not jawan, he provides security to the Prime Wednesday morning and is on her Malda, Banerjee quoted from a whereas we have given them the ration to the people of the State and Minister for perpetrating a dicta- to step back from their ongoing agitation Minister but the latter does not recognise way to Saharanpur where she will famous Rishi Kapoor-Dimple names and answered all the queries how “even the mid-day meal for torial rule in the State. across many states in support of their what lies in the hearts of farmers.” first offer prayers at the Kapadia number warning “Jhoot … now why are they not paying the students is being reached door-to- “Didi came to power riding the demands and assured that the Congress “They claim that those protesting on Shakumbhari Devi temple, before Boley Kaua Katey … (you liars will farmers (under Kisan Sanman door as the schools are closed now- slogan of Maa-Mati, Manush but would stand with them in “their fight the Delhi borders are not farmers but addressing the Kisan panchayat. get the crow-bite) … for all the lies Nidhi),” Banerjee said adding how a-days.” today she is pursuing a policy of against the black laws”. anti-social elements. Why do they have Congress Leader Priyanka the BJP is peddling.” the farmers of Uttar Pradesh, Claiming that even the media appeasement, dictatorship and “There should be no politics with to ridicule the farmers? And what do they Gandhi visits Raipur Khanqah The saffron outfit is a “factory Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and was not safe under the BJP extortion,” Nadda said from a farmers. Those who do not respect the mean by using the term 'andolanjivi'?” she Dargah in Saharanpur on 10 febru- of liars whose only job is to create Madhya Pradesh were crying and Government Banerjee said how the meeting at Kalaikunda in West sentiments of farmers cannot be called asked. IANS ary 2021. IANS division among the communities, repenting for having voted the senior journalists (of various Midnapore. # & " % % " 31
% % %;%4-3 accordance with the law. for which no permission of tions involving at the bungalow. $ $ The Judge also ruled that % MCGM was required, or sim- The BMC, which had n a fall-out of an order passed no coercive action be taken by ply matters of interior decora- served a notice on the actress Iby the Bombay High Court the BMC till it considers and tection against coercive action “ignored” its statutory provi- tion and work for which no on September 7 about the $ in a litigation between her and decides on the actress’ regu- for another six weeks to enable sions and guidelines of the planning permission is alleged “illegal” constructions the Bombay Municipal larisation application and for her to file an appeal before the Courts as well as of its own cir- required, or were authorized at the bungalow, followed it up 5-3+;> Zindabad' in protest against the Corporation (BMC) in two weeks thereafter to enable high court. culars and the said action is an having regard to the approved with demolition on September three farm laws. November last year, Bollywood her to appeal in case of an While quashing and setting abuse of power and authority. plans, the Petitioner shall be 9 after rejecting the reply pro- or the first time in inde- The CPI(M) leader con- actress Kangana Ranaut has adverse order on her regulari- aside the latest notice dated “The Petitioner therefore is within her rights to recon- vided by the actress’ lawyers Fpendent India, the Preamble tinued to create a ruckus in the decided to unconditionally sation application. September 7 2020 and the sub- fully justified in approaching struct the same,” the judges and pasting a response at the of the Constitution and the well of the House and the withdraw her suit against the He said this case which the sequent oral demolition order, this Court for redressal of her said. door of Kangana’s fundamental duties were read Governor kept reading the BMC in the Bombay High actress is planning to withdraw the HC bench had on grievances and the protection “In case they (Kangana) bungalow. in the Assembly by Governor address. Court over a 2018 demolition relates to her property in November 27, 2020 allowed of her rights,” the judges require a planning permission On the portion that has not Kalraj Mishra before the start Many Congress leaders, notice issued to her for certain Orchid Breeze building at Khar Kangana to take such steps as observed. and none exists, the Petitioner been demolished by the BMC, of his formal address to the including party whip Mahesh alleged irregularities at her in which the BMC had served were required to make the said On the issue of allowing may apply for such permissions the high court said: “As regards sixth session of the 15th Joshi and state Parliamentary bungalow at Khar in north- a demolition notice in 2018 for bungalow “habitable” so that Kangana to reconstruct the and the MCGM shall be bound the area, which is not demol- Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Minister Shanti Dhariwal, came west Mumbai. certain unauthorised con- the Petitioner can immediate- demolished portion, the HC to deal with such application in ished by the MCGM, if the on Wednesday. to pacify Left leader Poonia In a submission made structions. ly start occupying and using the bench said: “As regards allow- accordance with law,” the MCGM proposes to take any Mishra introduced this who was joined by other lead- through her lawyer advocate In 2018, the BMC had same. ing the Petitioner to recon- judges noted. action, it may issue a notice giv- new tradition before his ers who raised slogans in favour Birendra Saraf before the high served a demolition notice to The HC bench said that in struct demolished portions of It may be recalled that on ing 7 days time to the Petitioner address. While reading the of farmers saying 'Jai Kisan' court, the actress said that she Kangana for various unautho- the event of Kangana filing an the property, we record that September 9, the demolition to respond to / comply with the Preamble and duties of the con- while BJP MLAs continued would withdraw her case with- rized construction in the application for regularisation of though parties have taken con- squad of the BMC pulled down same. .... the Petitioner shall stitution in the Legislative chanting 'Jai Shri Ram.' in the next four days uncondi- premises, which involved any unauthorised but demol- trary positions about the autho- a portion of Kangana Raut’s also be at liberty to make an Assembly, the MLAs repeated Later, the Congress leaders tionally and she would apply merging three apartments on ished portion of her bungalow rized or unauthorized offend- bungalow at Bandra in north- application seeking regular- them after him. convinced Poonia to come out for regularisation of alleged ille- the 5th floor, constructing making an application to the ing portions, we have not been west Mumbai, which housed ization of the works already After administering the of the Assembly and took him gal portions in her structure more than permissible limits, BMC, the BMC would decide shown any material to justify the office of her film produc- carried out but not demolished oath to all legislators to pro- out as the Governor continued within four weeks. and availing 50 per cent on the application within four either of the contentions. We tion company, Manikarnika under section 53 (3) of the mulgate the constitution and his address. Allowing the Kangana to or area of the uninhabited weeks of the receipt of the have, accordingly no occasion Films Pvt Ltd. MRTP Act, 1966”. the fundamental duties, the After reading the speech withdraw the appeal, a HC sin- floor space. application/plan. to decide one way or the By the time Bombay High “In case any such applica- Governor read the complete for nearly 45 minutes, the gle-judge bench Judge Justice The Dindoshi civil court In its ruling on the much- other” Court stayed the demolition of tion is made no further steps in address. Governor left the Assembly. Prithviraj K Chavan said “The on December 22, 2020, dis- discussed on the Kangana “We must accordingly leave the process of Kangana’s bun- response to the notice shall be Meanwhile, as the Earlier, Congress MLA appellant (Kangana) is per- missed a notice of motion filed demolition case, the HC bench the parties to their positions in galow, the BMC employees – taken by the MCGM before Governor continued his Indira Meena came to the mitted to apply for regularisa- by Ranaut against a 2018 BMC had held the action by the Shiv law. If, and to the extent the who had come armed with big disposal of such application address, Communist Party of Assembly driving a tractor to tion before the BMC within a notice for alleged violation and Sena-ruled BMC as “ex-facie demolished portions were orig- drill machines, hammers, and a copy of the order pro- India (Marxist) MLA Balwan show her support for farmers period of four weeks”. He said irregularities at her Khar bun- illegal, arbitrary, unjustified inally created / constructed in sledgehammers and crowbars vided to the Petitioner as well Poonia created an uproar rais- protesting against the three that the BMC shall decide the galow. The civil court had, and highhanded and mala fide” accordance with law, that is to and a JCB machine – pulled as her Advocate,” the judges ing slogans like 'Andolankari farm laws. same expeditiously and in however, extended interim pro- and said that the BMC had say, either as tenantable repairs down the allegedly illegal por- had ruled. ' 6 4 F4 % % %;%4-3 procure M-4 rifles as an annu- Vishram Baug Police Station in al supply and four lakh rounds connection with the Elgar &G # ona J. Wilson, one of prime Arsenal Consulting has claimed 2018 ahead of the arrest of of ammunition. Parishad organised on Raccused in the sensitive that not only Wilson’s comput- Wilson and other accused in the Among other things, the let- December 31, 2017 by the left- & 203 charge-sheeted accused in Bangladesh) to radicalize, Bhima-Koregaon case, on er was ‘attacked and compro- case. ter states: “Modi-led Hindu fas- ist outfit Kabir Kala Manch another NIA Case related to recruit and provide training in Wednesday moved the Bombay mised’ from June 13, 2016 for On the basis of one of the cist regime is bulldozing its way (KKM) and Republican he NIA special Court, Bodh Gaya Blast in Bihar, in arms and explosives to its mem- High Court seeking formation over 22 months, but similar mal- allegedly incriminating letters into the lives of indigenous adi- Panthers Party ahead of the TKolkata on Wednesday con- January, 2018. bers in India for committing of a Special Investigation Team ware attacks were made on even seized from Wilson’s computer, vasis, in spite of big defeats like January 1, 2018 Bhima- victed the head of JMB (Jamat- The background of the case terrorist acts and waging war (SIT) to look into the “fake evi- other accused in other high-pro- the Pune police had claimed that Bihar and West Bengal. Koregaon riots. The FIR, origi- ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh) in is that on October 2, 2014 at against the democratically dences” planted into his com- file Indian cases. the CPI (Maoist) had hatched a Modi has successfully estab- nally registered u/s 153(A), 505 India, Kausar alias Boma Mizan about 12:15 hours, a powerful established Governments of puter ahead of his arrest in the The hacker, who has not “conspiracy” to “overthrow” the lished BJP govt in more than 15 (1)(b), 117 and 34 of the Indian under the Unlawful Activities bomb (IED) blast had taken India and Bangladesh. case, and dismissal of the case been identified, had used the Government and “target” the states. If this pace continues then Penal Code (IPC), was made a (Prevention) Act and IPC place at the first floor of a rent- A large number of IEDs, against him. malware to create hidden fold- country’s highest political func- it would mean immense trouble conspiracy case in March 2018 Sections in connection with the ed house in the busy explosives, hand grenades, In an application filed ers where the 10 incriminating tionary. for the party on all fronts. and now has sections of the Burdwan Blast Case Khagragarh locality of Burdwan training videos were recovered through his lawyer R. letters were sent using an The letter, written by “R” Greater suppression of dissent Unlawful Activities Prevention for 29 years and a fine of Rs district of West Bengal. during the investigation of the Sathyanarayanan, Wilson cited advanced version of MS Word (which the investigators sus- and more brutal form of Mission Act (UAPA) added to it. 35,000. The IED had accidentally case,” the NIA said in a state- a report prepared by a US- which was not available on pected might be Rona Jacob 2016 (OGH). Com. Kisan and It may be recalled that on Kausar is a resident of gone off at the time of its fab- ment. based digital forensic firm Wilson’s laptop. himself) and addressed to one few other comrades have pro- January 1, one Rahul Phatangale Shekharbhita village under rication by the members of After extensive investiga- Arsenal Consulting which has The US firm’s report further comrade Prakash, states: “We are posed concrete steps to end (28), a Dalit, was killed and Jamalpur Police Station, banned terrorist organization tion, a total of 33 accused were said that a Wilson’s laptop was said that it found no evidence thinking along the lines of Modi-raj”. another 40-odd vehicles and Jamalpur district of JMB. Two terrorists had suc- charge sheeted by NIA for hacked and 10 letters planted in suggesting that Wilson ever another Rajiv Gandhi-type inci- “Defeating Hindu fascism some other property were dam- Maymansingh division, cumbed to their injuries due to commission of various offences it ahead of his arrest. interacted with the top 10 most dent. It sounds suicidal and has been our core agenda and a aged after some miscreants Bangladesh and was convicted the bomb blast. The case was in this case. Out of 33 accused, It may be recalled that the important documents used to there is a good chance we might major concern for the party.... attacked Dalits celebrating the for offences under IPC Sections initially registered by West 31 were arrested. Earlier, 30 Pune Police and later the NIA prosecute him, and said he had fail but we feel the party must We are trying to consolidate ties January 1, 1818 victory of British relating to criminal conspiracy Bengal Police, which was sub- accused persons were convict- had used the letters allegedly in fact never opened those doc- deliberate over our proposal. with like-minded organisations, troops over Peshwa Bajirao II's and various Sections of the UA sequently taken over by NIA on ed and sentenced, to various recovered from the computer of uments. Targeting his road shows could pol. parties, representatives of army at Bhima-Koregaon in (P) Act, Sections of Arms Act October 10, 2014 for investiga- terms, by the NIA Special Human Rights activists Rona The scanned copies of letters be an effective strategy. We col- minorities across the country,” Pune district of western and provisions of the Foreigners tion. Court, Kolkata. The trial against Wilson Jacob to make out a case were among the virtual and lectively believe that survival of the letter stated. Maharashtra. Following the inci- Act. “Investigation by NIA the remaining two absconding against him other activists arrest- physical documents recovered the party is supreme to all sac- The arrests of five “Maoist- dent, Maharashtra had wit- He JMB is a proscribed revealed a conspiracy by JMB charge sheeted accused persons ed in the famous Bhima- by the investigators during their rifices”. linked” activists were made nessed large-scale Dalit protests organization. He is also a (Jamat-ul-Mujahideen continues, it added. Koregaon case. simultaneous raids conducted by The letter also talks about under the FIR registered on which turned violent at some Among other things, the investigators on April 17 the requirement of Rs 8 crore to January 8, 2018 at the Pune’s places. ;+F2 H ( ! %& &$)! )"$ ) > EF+ > / # ! ))" " %!" ""!$ Panaji: The Goa Government is aimed at making the roads safer. Parliament, Gujarat was one of ## Agra (Uttar Pradesh): The considering softening the impact “We have done homework the first states to implement it Special Protection of Children of the amended Motor Vehicles on the Motor Vehicle Act. For and notify the rules, but only Jaipur: Information and Public from Sexual Offence (POCSO) (MV) Act, which mandates any offence, the law has given a after reducing the new fine Relations Department court has convicted a man to life hefty fines and penalties for traf- zone of consideration in fines structure. Other state govern- Commissioner Mahendra Soni imprisonment for raping his fic violators. from Rs 500 to Rs 5,000. So, ments like Uttarakhand and directed the newly appointed minor daughter. In the wake of severe criti- from Rs 100 at present the fine Karnataka have also tweaked Public Relations Officers to The court also slapped a fine cism of the poor road infra- will go up to Rs 500,” Godinho and lowered the quantum of ensure proper publicity and of Rs 1.75 lakh on the accused structure as well as the Goa said. fines listed in the central law. publicity of public welfare and dismissed his plea for min- Legislative Assembly elections Other traffic offences, for According to a Goa schemes of the State imum sentence, as there was no slated for early next year, the which fines have been hiked to Minister, the steep fines in the Government. one in the family to take care of State Government has decided between Rs 1,000 and Rs 8,000, amended law were unpopular Soni, while addressing the his elderly mother. to revise the traffic rules, sources they have been limited to Rs and to impose such fines with officers on Tuesday at the head- According to reports, the said. 1,000, he added. “We have kept the state assembly elections quarters of the Information and accused, labourer by profes- After delaying the imple- the fines at the minimum, around a year away would incur Public Relations Department, sion, had raped his 12-year-old mentation of the modified cen- because we do not want to fine the electoral wrath of the pub- apprised them of the depart- daughter for 10 days in 2015, in tral act, first due to the onset of people a lot,” Godinho said. lic. mental functioning. the absence of his wife, who had the pandemic and secondly due While a formal cabinet deci- “People are not used to Soni informed the officers gone to attend to her sister who to a lack of consensus in the State sion vis-a-vis implementation of paying such fines. It would not about all the cells of the depart- was recuperating after a surgery. Cabinet, Goa's Transport the MV Act has not been taken make political sense to imple- ment. He also explained about The matter came to light Minister Mauvin Godinho has yet, Goa is not the only Indian ment such a law with elections press note writing. Discussed in when the girl's mother returned said that the State rules for the state to have taken a minimal- around the corner. Such fines detail about the language and home and found her daughter amended MV norms would be ist view as far as imposition of would come as a shock to the style of advertisements to be depressed and silent. After learn- put in place soon, but fines the steep fines, which the law people of Goa, especially when released by the department. ing about the incident, she imposed would be the mini- that was amended in 2019, Covid-19 has already caused Also instructed the officers to lodged a police complaint at the mum as prescribed under the mandates. economic hardship to the peo- understand the platforms of Jagdishpura police station in amended legislation, pushed by Soon after the amended ple,” a Minister said on condition social media and use digital tools Agra on June 10, 2015. IANS the road transport ministry and MV Act was passed in the of anonymity. IANS more and more. ' 7 6 ,# !!"#$#! '
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But one thing have to travel for business, par- travel, it could be several explore the opportunity to is certain, aviation is in a dark ticularly in an age of globalised months, even a year or two, embed its passports with place right now and it could workforces, but that is now before things come even close RFID chips that can store vac- be another year before there being done without families. to recovery. There are howev- cination information. is any hope of recovery. Will air travel recover from er a few trends that might Then, of course, there (The author is Managing this devastating hit? There are change, the first being more comes the very concept of Editor, The Pioneer. The views many ways to look at it, but one direct connectivity thanks to necessary travel. This pan- expressed are personal.) %%) %* %% +(%*) SOUNDBITE ' # ', / Sir— This refers to the editorial ‘Serious # business’(February 10). 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These figures show that people Psychiatric Society, within a week of the lockdown, 3" 6>-" , also led to feelings of deprivation, lates into self-stigma where an indi- in India are dealing with dual pan- the number of reported cases of mental illness in 3>-,">;/";>-2 resulting in increased incidents of sui- vidual's self-confidence is eroded due demics. India rose by 20 per cent. A report by the WHO ,=/3-2 cides among students. People with to constant exclusion and fear and The significance of ensuring reveals that 7.5 per cent of the Indian population 4 0-?3=;>-2- disabilities and senior citizens too are they start harming themselves. This dissemination of correct information suffers from some form of mental disorder and it feeling vulnerable to the virus and results in suicides and sometimes and dispelling myths and pseudo-sci- accounted for nearly 15 per cent of the global men- +,*/0=2=63/-2 fear gaps in healthcare, isolation and murders of others in extreme cases. entific practices cannot be empha- tal, neurological and substance abuse disorder bur- -,+ /","= dependency on their loved ones. Stigma results in reluctance to seek sised enough. At the same time, glob- +> +-> 1 + ! . den. Before the pandemic, the WHO had predict- Hence, India’s mental health burden help or treatment, lack of under- al grassroots policy experiences sug- ed that by 2020, around 20 per cent of India's pop- =>-* is set to increase. standing by the family, friends, co- gest that in a country like India, ! 1C - ( ulation would suffer from mental illnesses. 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To what extent such % # Indians need active intervention, whereas fewer than quately cover mental illness treatment treatment of mental illness — where changes can be brought about in a 30 million get it. despite the existence of the Mental it is believed that everyone with a short period is debatable, yet remains Different people were affected differently by the Healthcare Act, 2017, where offering mental disorder has to be admitted critical as the outbreak is expected to ! 277 22 % pandemic. Many were stuck at home with disori- insurance for mental health ail- to a mental asylum — is stopping linger till the end of this year. - 5 ented families or abusive relationships. This can be ments has been made mandatory by people from seeking proper treat- Social and behavioural change K( 6 juxtaposed with several others who were able to law. Outpatient treatment, thera- ment. The most worrying factor is communication (SBCC) may be H reconnect with their families and loved ones bet- pies and counselling cost thousands, that people in India are dealing with employed as a potential strategy to ! - ter during the lockdown, yet the consequences of which effectively excludes the mid- two pandemics. One is the virus, the increase awareness of the effective- (( the pandemic like loss of jobs, fear of death and so dle and lower income groups. other is the “infodemic” that has ness and the necessity of preventive 1C - # ! - on, led to anxiety. According to the Centre for Moreover, there exists inadequate dominated all social media platforms measures. SBCC employs mass Monitoring Indian Economy, there has been a sharp knowledge or awareness about the and has resulted in increased time media, community-level activities, ) rise in unemployment to 27.11 per cent with daily subject, which makes the situation spent online. 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ne point that supporters from the prestigious Oxford his youth as a socialite in known usage dates back to intellectualism was active in modernism and derided it as a of Prime Minister Imran University, he is more articulate London. Indeed, whereas the 1881 in England, when science various regions. Communist destructive force that had used OKhan really like to assert when speaking about cricket — Bhutto and Sharif offsprings and ideas such as the “separa- regimes in China, the Soviet its ideas of secularism, democ- is that, “he is a self-made man.” a sport that turned him into a were born into power which is tion of religion and the State”, Union and Cambodia system- racy, economic progress, science They insist that the country star — than about anything aiding their climb in politics, and the “supremacy of reason” atically eliminated intellectuals and reason as tools of subjuga- should be led by people like him related to what he is supposed Khan’s political ambitions were had gained momentum. This after describing them as rem- tion. “Post-colonialism” or the and not by those who were to be addressing as the country’s carefully nurtured by the mili- triggered resentment in certain nants of overthrown bourgeoisie critique of the remnants of “born into wealth and power.” ) Prime Minister. tary establishment. sections of British society who cultures. In Germany, the far- Western colonialism was very According to the American But many of his supporters Nevertheless, perhaps con- began to suspect that intellectu- Right intelligentsia differentiat- much a product of postmod- historian Richard Hofstadter, do not have a problem with this, scious of the fact that his person- als were formulating these ideas ed between “passive intellectu- ernism as well. such views are largely aired by especially in contrast to his ality is not suited to support an to undermine the importance of als” and “active intellectuals.” Imran Khan is a classic the middle-classes. To equally well-educated oppo- intellectual bent, Khan has posi- theology and long-held tradi- Apparently, passive intellectuals example of how “postmod- Hofstadter, this view also has an nents, Bilawal Bhutto and tioned himself as a self-made However, Khan does appeal to tions. According to the were abstract and thus useless ernism” and “post-colonialism” element of “anti-intellectual- Maryam Nawaz, who sound a man who appeals to the ways of that particular middle-class dis- American historian Robert whereas the active ones were have become cynical anti-intel- ism.” He says that, as the mid- lot more articulate in matters of the common man. He doesn’t. position that Hofstadter was Cross, as populism started to “men of action.” Hundreds of lectual pursuits. Khan often dle-class manages to attain polit- politics. To Khan’s supporters, For example, wearing the writing about. When he become a major theme in passive intellectuals were reminds us that social and eco- ical influence, it develops a these two are “dynastic elite” national dress and using com- attempts to sound profound, his American politics in the early harassed or killed in Nazi nomic progress should not be strong dislike for what it sees as who cannot relate to the senti- mon everyday Urdu does not views usually appear to be a 20th Century, some mainstream Germany. undertaken to please the West “political elite.” But since this ments of the common man. It’s cut it anymore. It did when ZA mishmash of theories of certain politicians politicised anti-intel- According to the US histo- because that smacks of a colo- elite has more access to better another matter that Khan is not Bhutto did the same. But years Islamic and so-called “post- lectualism as a way to portray rian of science Michael Shermer, nial mindset. So, as his regime avenues of education, the mid- the kind of self-made man that after his demise in 1979, such Colonial” scholars. The result is themselves as men of the peo- a more curious idea of anti- presides over a nosediving econ- dle-class also develops an anti- his supporters would like peo- populist antics have become a rhetoric that actually ends up ple. For example, US Presidents intellectualism began to devel- omy and severe political polar- intellectual attitude, insisting ple to believe. He came from a cliche. The difference between smacking of anti-intellectualism. Theodore Roosevelt and op within Western academia as isation, Khan was recently that, as a ruler, a self-made man well-to-do family that had roots the two is that Bhutto was a So what is anti-intellectual- Woodward Wilson insisted that “postmodernism” had begun to reported as discussing with his is better than a better educated in the country’s military- bonafide intellectual. Even his ism? It is understood to be a “character was more impor- hijack various academic disci- Ministers whether he should The views expressed are man. Khan’s core support comes personal. bureaucracy establishment. He idea to present himself as a “peo- view that is hostile to intellec- tant than intellect.” plines in the 1990s. mandate the wearing of the from Pakistan’s middle-classes. Courtesy: Dawn went to prestigious education- ple’s man” was born from a rig- tuals. According to Walter Across the 20th Century, Postmodernism emerged in the dupatta (a stole) by all women And even though he graduated al institutions and spent most of orous intellectual scheme. Houghton, the term’s first the politicised strand of anti- 20th Century as a critique of TV anchors. Go figure. !!"#$#! 0
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& *-6= restored to Suu Kyi’s deposed ciliation. The military, which civilian government. They’re held power directly for five rowds demonstrating also seeking freedom for her decades after a 1962 coup, Cagainst the military and other governing party used deadly force to quash a takeover in Myanmar again members since the military massive 1988 uprising and a Baton Rogue (US): Republican about the issue at hand,” Cassidy how I will vote,” he said. defied a ban on protests detained them after blocking 2007 revolt led by Buddhist Senator Bill Cassidy of said after the vote on Tuesday. Trump is the first president Wednesday, even after securi- the new session of Parliament monks. Louisiana joined Democrats Still, the senator said his to face impeachment charges ty forces ratcheted up the use on Feb. 1. In Naypyitaw and in voting against ending decision to move ahead with after leaving office. The House of force against them and raid- The military says it acted Mandalay on Tuesday, police Donald Trump’s impeachment the trial shouldn’t be taken as accused him of inciting an ed the headquarters of the because November’s election, sprayed water cannons and trial, a surprise reversal that a sign he will later vote to con- insurrection for his role in the political party of ousted leader which Suu Kyi’s National fired warning shots to try to Cassidy said was a response to vict the former president. In Jan 6. Siege on the U.S. Capitol. Aung San Suu Kyi. League for Democracy won in clear away protesters. In the former president’s lawyers recent calls with reporters, Hundreds of rioters ransacked Fresh protests were report- a landslide, were marred by Naypyitaw, they shot rubber doing “a terrible job” of argu- including one Tuesday morn- the building to try to stop the ed in Yangon and Mandalay, irregularities. The election bullets and apparently live ing their case. ing, Cassidy has refused to say certification of Democrat Joe the country’s two biggest cities, commission had refuted the rounds, wounding a woman Cassidy was among six whether he believes Trump Biden’s victory, a domestic as well as the capital Naypyitaw allegation. protester, according to wit- Republican senators who sided committed an impeachable attack on the nation’s seat of and elsewhere. The growing protests and nesses and footage on social with Democrats on the question offense. government unlike any in its The protesters are : . : the junta’s latest raid suggest media. The reports could not be of whether a former president “I have not yet decided on history. Five people died. AP demanding that power be < &3 6 ', there is little room for recon- independently confirmed. can be tried after leaving office. The Louisiana senator’s position was a switch from January, 8 ; ; 8P when he voted to end the pro- , ,3= & & ceedings on the grounds that they were unconstitutional. The vote drew swift criti- = + 9 . "+ . O,# cism from Republicans in the Washington: Prosecutors seek- The US Senate on Tuesday / senator’s deeply conservative ing to impeach Donald Trump confirmed the constitutionali- Kathmandu: Chairperson of of Parliament. will surround Singhdurbar, state. But Cassidy said Trump’s for a historic second time on ty of Trump’s impeachment the Nepal Communist Party’s “Prime Minister Oli has that houses Prime Ministers’ Dhaka: A special anti-terror- attorneys didn’t make their Tuesday invoked the trial of trial by 56-44 votes splinter faction Pushpa Kamal committed a huge crime by Office, and Baluwatar, the offi- ism tribunal in Bangladesh on case. While the Democrats’ Warren Hastings, the first following presentation from Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on killing the constitution and cial residence of the Prime Wednesday sentenced to death L E M impeachment managers were British Governor-General of both sides — House impeach- Wednesday warned that a mil- people have now understood it Minister. eight Islamic militants, includ- # “focused, they were organized,” India, by the House of Lords in ment managers and lawyers lion people would be forced to very well,” Prachanda told the He also warned Prime ing a sacked military officer, for # relying on precedent and legal the 18th century after he had representing the former presi- picket Singha Durbar and rally organised by his faction at Minister Oli against deceiving killing a publisher of books on scholars, Trump’s team “was left office, to rebut the former dent — paving the way for the Baluwatar if Prime Minister K Bhrikutimandap in the people by making false secularism and atheism at his ))9.), 2 . disorganised, random, had US president’s stand that the historic impeachment trial of P Sharma Oli failed to correct Kathmandu. statements and threatening office in 2015. # % nothing,” he said. trial by the Senate was uncon- the 45th President of the his mistakes, as thousands of Prachanda warned that in Election Commission and Islamist militants hacked / HG “They talked about many stitutional as he was no longer United States who left office on people staged a massive rally in the next protest rally he will influencing other constitutional to death publisher Faisal Arefin # things, but they didn’t talk in power. January 20. PTI the capital against dissolution mobilise a million people who bodies. PTI Dipon, the owner of Jagrity Publishers, at his office at cen- # + tral Dhaka’s Shahbagh area on % % > E # . November 31, 2015. Anti- # = $ ! 1 $ & ( $ /$! Terrorism Tribunal Judge M . Mohammad Mojibur Rahman + announced the sentence as six of ==$ H ! I6 O# $ ! $$2 ! $! #$ ) eight convicts, all belonging to # outlawed Ansar Al Islam ter- . & ;4-3 attack. Saudi officials did not $% $! ! 4 rorist group, also known as /=?3HG # immediately respond to " < Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), emen’s Houthi rebels requests for comment Paris: France’s Government but exceptions would be made were present in the court. PTI Yon Wednesday targeted Wednesday. Warsaw: Independent media new, exceptionally heavy bur- wants to set the age of sexual for teenagers having consensu- Abha International Airport Col. Turki al-Maliki, the outlets in Poland suspended den on the media,” they wrote. consent at 15 and make it easi- al sex, he said. in southwestern Saudi Arabia, spokesman for the Saudi-led news coverage on Wednesday The US threw its support er to punish long-ago child sex- The change would still need causing a civilian plane on military coalition, said coalition to protest a planned new adver- behind the media companies, ual abuse, amid growing public to be enshrined in law, but the the tarmac to catch fire, the forces intercepted and tising tax that they view as an with Chargé d’Affaires Bix Aliu pressure and a wave of online announcement is a major step kingdom’s state television destroyed two bomb-laden attempt by the right-wing gov- calling free media “a corner- testimonies about rape and other after years of efforts to toughen reported. drones launched by the ernment to undermine press stone of democracy” in a tweet sexual violence by parents and French protection for children The state-owned Al- Houthis toward the kingdom. freedoms. and saying “the United States authority figures. victims of rape and sexual vio- Ekhbariya TV said that fire- He condemned the assault as a The government says the will always defend media inde- Calling such treatment of lence. A push to set France’s first fighters have brought the blaze “systematic and deliberate tax will raise money after state pendence.” children “intolerable,” the justice age of consent 3 years ago in the under control. The initial attempt to target civilians in the finances have been badly Gazeta Wyborcza, the ministry said in a statement that wake of the global #MeToo reports offered no word on any southern region” of Saudi strained by the coronavirus country’s leading newspaper “the government is determined movement failed amid legal com- possible casualties from the Arabia. pandemic. and a liberal critic of the pop- to act quickly to implement the plications. But the effort has A letter signed by 45 media ulist government, called the changes that our society gained new momentum since companies said the tax would advertising tax “a powerful expects.” accusations emerged last month be extremely burdensome, not- blow to free media.” In place of “An act of sexual penetra- of incestuous sexual abuse involv- ing that they already pay many the usual news items on its tion by an adult on a minor ing a prominent French political taxes, and said it could push webpage was a black screen and under 15 will be considered a expert, Olivier Duhamel. That some to collapse. a warning that if the tax is rape,” Justice Minister Eric unleashed an online “We strongly oppose the passed, it could lead readers to Dupond-Moretti said Tuesday #MeTooInceste movement in use of the epidemic as an one day lose access to inde- on France-2 television. Consent France that led to hundreds of excuse to introduce another pendent news. 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Beijing: A Chinese spacecraft Viking missions. A lander and entered Mars orbit on rover are in operation today. Wednesday on a mission to land All three Mars missions a rover and collect data on launched last July to take advan- underground water and possi- tage of the planet’s close align- ble signs of ancient life, state ment with Earth that occurs media said. only every two years. “China’s probe Tianwen-1 The Chinese mission is its successfully entered the orbit most ambitious yet. If all goes around Mars on Wednesday as planned, the rover would sep- after a nearly seven-month voy- arate from the spacecraft in a age from Earth,” the Xinhua few months and attempt to News Agency said in a brief touch down. If all goes as report. planned, China would become The orbiter-rover combo only the second nation to do so became the second spacecraft in successfully. AP two days to reach the red plan- et. An orbiter from the United Arab Emirates led the way on Tuesday. Next week, the U.S. Will try to land its Perseverance rover on the Martian surface. Only the U.S. Has successfully touched down on Mars — eight times beginning with two !!"#$#! # 2
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In April- Wednesday ruled out any cut in Replying to questions on ris- # ## would pose a challenge in low- our analysis, Fitch Ratings said ending March 2022 (FY22) to September, the economy con- the excise duty, for now, to give ing fuel prices, Pradhan said ## 8 ering the debt to GDP ratio, in a statement. FY26 are about 1pp (percent- tracted 15.7 per cent but the relief to consumers. retail pump rates are governed by which is expected to rise above It now expects public age point) a year above our second half may see a surprise Making this assertion in international prices as India is 85 90 per cent in the next five debt/GDP to rise above 90 per previous estimates between, 2.8 per cent growth, if the SBI the Rajya Sabha, he said “There per cent dependent on imports & %' & 1K% 08 G3 years. cent of GDP over the next five which could make it more analysis turns out to be correct. is no such proposal at present.” for meeting its need. Both cen- 6-32 3 2 (P It said India entered the years, based on the revised challenging to put debt/GDP Soumya Kanti Ghosh, This reply came when he was tral and State Governments rely B(Q H H (Q O&*& + " pandemic with little fiscal budget targets. However, recent on a downward trajectory," group chief economic adviser asked if the Government was heavily on collections from taxes +4" &'# Q BB' headroom from a rating per- reforms and policy measures, Fitch said. at State Bank of India (SBI) said looking at cutting taxes to cool on these products for meeting O&*& "+ " +-" &'# spective. Its general govern- including those announced in India has exceeded its fis- of the 41 high frequency lead- off prices. Petrol price crossed their developmental and welfare :D O( &:' O&*& 4 # ment debt/GDP ratio stood at the budget, could also influence cal deficit target of 3.5 per cent ing indicators, 51 per cent are the 94-mark in Mumbai and priorities, he said. # # # 72 per cent in 2019, against a the rating agency's growth in the current fiscal by a wide showing acceleration which diesel soared to 84.63 per litre “They need some E O( # O&*& " median of 42 per cent for expectations and its debt tra- margin due to higher spend- should help the economy turn on Wednesday. Retail pump resources... (and) this (taxing + + # :# 6 'BBB' rated peers. jectory forecasts. ings to stimulate the economy around to the green from the rates have not seen a reduction petrol and diesel) has been a " # 6 % . (# 2+6 Fitch said the budget points Fitch estimated India to amid the pandemic. third quarter with a 0.3 per- in almost 11 months. proven and substantial route by " (# + , # to a loosening of fiscal policy clock a 11 per cent growth in The fiscal deficit — the centage point growth which is International benchmark all the Governments, whether 2 M 0 , to support the country's ongo- the fiscal beginning April and excess of government expen- likely to surprise positively rates had plunged to decade the State Governments or the ing economic recovery from then grow at 6.5 per cent a year diture over its revenues — has when the final numbers are out. lows in April. The Government Central Government,” he said. %G3 (01 & %1J the pandemic and will conse- through to 2025-26 fiscal. been pegged at 9.5 per cent of In April-June, the Indian had hiked excise duty on petrol The current rally in fuel ,$,#$ 9 >3" ,2 , F>3" ,4, FB:BBQ quently lead to a rise in public The agency had in June last the gross domestic product economy contracted by a by a record 13 per litre and on prices is because crude oil " # 3 / # debt. The debt/GDP trajectory year revised India's 'BBB-' rat- (GDP) in the current fiscal record 23.9 per cent, but dra- diesel by 16 a litre to mop up prices have touched $61 per # is core to our sovereign rating ing outlook to negative from ending March 31, as per the matically improved to -7.5 per gains arising from the fall in barrel mark for the first time in O % ( &'&' " assessment, meaning higher stable based on its assumptions revised estimate. cent in the second quarter.PTI rates but did not cut taxes when more than a year. O(*& :' QQ( O(*&' # M ## # G' 3 $ # # , # , ;# ::G O(*& Q&' O(*&' 43"- +-" BG 'B &: B' # O(*&' & 203 Post-Covid Economy: China,” the report said. It asked administrative procedures like Challenges and Opportunities the Centre to enter into more registration and land use con- P& % ( & 1 he Parliamentary Standing for India”, welcomed the poli- international trade agreements version. Further, the possibili- 23/# # . TCommittee on Commerce cy changes and incentive that are beneficial to the coun- ty of having a land bank that # # # & 203 Modi government took over. on Wednesday recommended a schemes brought in by the try in order to boost its inter- will be made readily available . . # Now we need to work towards slew of measures, including Centre to overcome the chal- national trade relations. for developmental projects may ' &'&'H ith the production of meeting requirement which is changes in GST rates of certain lenges. Stressing the need to Consensus on land reforms be discussed with concerned &'& " Wpulses gone up from 14 likely to go up to 32 million commodities, to improve the sensitise the State machin- The panel said a long-term stakeholders,” the report said. # million tons to 24 million in the tonnes by 2050. We have focused investment scenario in the ery/administration towards the solution should be worked out For boosting domestic + # 23/# # last 5-6 years, Union Agriculture heavily on cultivation of pulses. country. The panel, headed by importance of investment and in a structured manner to the demand in automobile sector, L L 3 3 Minister Narendra Singh Tomar This has reduced the import of YSRCP leader and a Rajya business, the report said coun- land issue. It suggested that the the panel suggested that the rate '# . on Wednesday said that the pulses drastically,” Tomar said. Sabha member V Vijayasai tries are competing to attract Centre constitute an of GST should be reduced from # # # Government has saved 15,000 He said that the government has Reddy, said the main challenges foreign investors. Empowered Committee of State 28 per cent to 18 per cent for all annually reducing the depen- promoted cultivation of pulses faced by the country presently “The Committee recom- Ministers and the concerned categories of vehicles and auto ( % % % dence on imports for pulses. "In by purchasing pulses at mini- included administrative and mends that the Department Central Ministers to discuss components. It also recom- - # 4 the last five-six years, due to the mum support price (MSP). “We regulatory hurdles, inadequate (the Department for issues regarding land acquisition mended an incentive-based vehi- - tireless hard work of farmers, have increased MSP of pulses by and costly credit facility, tedious Promotion of Industry and and build a consensus on land cle scrappage scheme that should 2 6 /" ## 4 scientists and farmer-friendly 40-73% in last 6 years. The pay- land acquisition procedure, Internal Trade) should look reforms, in consultation with be introduced at the earliest. &'&H&& QD( # policies of the central govern- ment to pulses farmer has gone inadequate infrastructure facil- into the policy changes brought industry and other stakeholders. To help the pharmaceutical # E QD:G - # ment, the country has increased up by 40 times to 10,530 crore,” ities, high logistics cost and large in by countries such as “The Empowered industries during periods of # . # - its pulses production from 140 the minister said. unorganised manufacturing Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Committee should look into high demand, the panel said an , # lakh tonnes to 240 lakh tonnes. The sowing of pulses in this sector, among others. etc that made them more issues relating to land acquisi- increase in 15 per cent over the # E %>/ + H3? Now we also have to pay atten- winter season has gone up by 3% The panel, in its report attractive to the companies tion policies, digitisation of approved pollution load may be > H4 H ; > tion to future requirements,” to 16.73 million hectares. The titled “Attracting Investment in shifting their bases from land records and simplifying allowed for a particular month. H33 0-3 Tomar said while addressing on acreage in summer season was also the occasion of world pulses day. up by 5% to 14 million hectare. “We are working towards “The production is likely to cross achieving self sufficiency in 24 million tonnes this year also pulses production since the meeting the needs of the country. . <% >* Mumbai: Equity indices closed with mild loss- es for the second straight session on Wednesday, weighed by selling in banking counters, as domestic sentiment remained subdued despite a bullish trend overseas. After swinging 666.64 points intra-day, the 30- share BSE Sensex settled 19.69 points or 0.04 per cent lower at 51,309.39. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 2.80 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 15,106.50. Index heavyweight HDFC Bank was the biggest laggard in the Sensex pack, shedding 1.77 per cent, followed by Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, ONGC, Nestle India, L&T, Infosys and SBI. 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s the 93rd Academy Awards Aannounced the first short- listed candidates for the Short Film in Live Action Category, Indian Women Rising’s first project Bittu emerges among the Top 10 candidates for the Oscars. After recently bagging the honour of Best Asian American Student Filmmaker Award in East Region by the Director’s Guild of America’, Karishma Dev Dube’s Bittu is now inching closer towards the Oscars race. Competing among 174 films from across the globe, Bittu has qualified for the top 10 after the first round of voting and will now be subjected to the votes of members of the short films and animation branch to determine the shortlists and the nominees. The second round of voting begins on March 5 that would decide the top five films across vulnerable. country at this platform.” ciating the efforts, we are noth- the globe, making it to the final Karishma said, “It’s every The film has been pre- ing but proud of the film and the nominations to be announced filmmaker’s dream to be sented by Ekta Kapoor, entire team that made it possi- on the March 15. recognised by Guneet Monga and Tahira ble to achieve this feat. We are The short film is inspired by the academy, Kashyap under their all geared up for the next steps the infamous school poisoning and I’m over- Indian Women Rising that lay ahead of us in this jour- of 2013 and explores the close whelmed by the initiative. They, in a ney and look forward to contin- friendship between two school gratitude. This joint statement, shared, ued support we received so far. girls on this seemingly normal recognition, how- “Exhilarated, proud Truly humbled.” day at school. Set in the pic- ever, is not mine and overwhelmed to The film has been screened turesque locations against the alone. I made this witness the journey of at several prestigious film festi- backdrop of Himalayas, it fol- film with an incred- Bittu unfold so gracefully. vals like BFI London Film lows the story of an eight-year- ible cast and crew, all Karishma’s excellent storytelling Festival, Telluride, Palm Springs old who must take matters into of whom I’m so grateful for. I’m compelled us to come on board Shortest, Dharamshala Film her own hands when her com- just very happy that Bittu is able for the project and now as the Festival and the HollyShorts munity fails to protect its most to represent this team and my world is recognising and appre- Film Festival. 18
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The VOCAL FOR LOCAL Secretary, Ministry of Steel, and Leena a brand, thus empowering tribal arti- festival is TRIFED’s attempt to famil- Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of sans.” iarise the people with the rich and Consumer Affairs among other dig- The stall features renowned, diverse craft, culture and cuisine of " & ! )$!"% " 1Q nitaries attended the festival. exquisite items such as Rajasthan’s blue tribal communities across the coun- Other scintillating art forms on pottery, the Kota Dariya fabric, try at one place. !!$/.! ! )/"%" "$ .$ .%$ "!& !&$ display during cultural performances Madhya Pradesh’s Chanderi and A major attraction of the festival on Saturday evening included Baigi Maheshwari silk, Bagh print, Odisha’s 6 2 &''P has been the cultural programmes, " & "$ $ )!8 %! $ parondha nritya from Madhya Pattachitra, Karnataka’s Bidriware, 7 ' '## which showcase the diversity and Pradesh, Kharsawan Chhau from Banarasi silk from Uttar Pradesh, # 8 $" =)# variety of Indian tribes. This was a Jharkhand; Sambalpuri nritya from Darjeeling tea from West Bengal, ?% % > ) ' highlight especially on day six, as peo- ""$ ) ! "% //"!"$ Odisha; and Jaunsari nritya from Kala jeera from Himachal Pradesh, the )6 $% & ple enjoyed cultural programmes in Uttarakhand. extremely spicy Naga chilli, and the > )' I the evening. One striking aspect of the exquisite accessories like jewellery Deepak Khandekar, Secretary, Apart from this, a special focus is large cardamom from the North East. +> programme was a tribal fashion show from the North East and dhokra jew- Department of Personnel and on the stall dedicated to 50 tribal GI Besides these GI products, one can 6 , E6,F > that featured designs and clothes ellery and bags. Training; R.P. Gupta, Secretary, products. They occupy a prominent also find other ethnic tribal handicrafts I 7 ' E'F)# handcrafted by tribal master crafts- “The Aadi Mahotsav showcases Ministry of Environment and Forest place and all visitors have been visit- and products and organic items — , !%% men and curated by the tribal artisan traditional art and handicrafts and the and Climate Change; Ajay Tirki, ing this stall with much interest. One from the natural and immunity- E!?%%+' # 8 I!%%+''## F Ruma Devi and the renowned fashion rich, diverse cultural heritage of our Secretary Ministry of Rural notable visitor was Bhaskar Khulbe, boosting tribal produce such as organ- &I > ) designer Rina Dhaka. The resplendent tribes. Their close connection with Development; Richa Sharma, Joint Advisor to the PM. He visited the event ic haldi, dry amla, wild honey, black weaves and fabrics came to life in the nature and simplicity can be seen in Secretary, Ministry of Environment on Sunday and took a look at the Van pepper, ragi, triphala and lentil mixes crafted designs that reflect the close their weaves, clothes, fabrics and art- and Forest and Climate Change; Ms Dhan demo centre, stalls featuring such as moong dal, urad dal, white connection tribals have with nature. forms. I am happy that TRIFED is Manju Pandey, Joint Secretary, tribal handicrafts and expressed his beans, and dalia to artefacts and The show featured tribal weaves popularising tribal culture,” said Pravir Ministry of Environment and Forest appreciation for the focus that the GI paintings in various styles. from various parts of the country — Krishna, Managing Director, TRIFED. & Climate Change; Neerja Adidam, products have been given. (The festival is on at Dilli Haat till saris, kurtis, tops, shawls, stoles and Senior IAS officials such as Joint Secretary, Ministry of On the occasion, Khulbe said, “I February 15 from 11 am to 9 pm.) 1 "$ ICAR-CRIJAF celebrates 68th foundation day CAR-Central Research Institute institute is becoming much popu- &, Ifor Jute and Allied Fibres celebrat- lar among the extension workers, n February 3, 2021 Indian Railway ed its 68th foundation Day on field functionaries and other stake- )#;: ' OFinance Corporation Limited priced Tuesday. On this occasion a “Field holder for proper identification of its USD 750,000,000 bonds based on a Rule Day-cum-Demonstration-cum- pests and diseases and their timely ;:' !")# & 144A/Regulation S offering format under Exhibition for showcasing the management. JAF-Kisan App devel- &$%&%%% B&$!&%%%)' IRFC’s recently updated USD 4 billion ICAR-CRIJAF proven technologies oped during the pandemic time & global medium term note programme. to wider group of stakeholders” was helped in collection of real time ??)$ ?()$ );:' 1 The bonds were issued on February organised in the institute campus at information on jute cultivation, 2 ) 10, 2021 for a tenor of 10 years at a fixed Barrackpore. The programme was various problems faced by the farm- # )3 ?A%% rate of 2.80 per cent. The bonds carry semi- attended by delegates from Industry, ers and delivering the solution 38 &, +: annual interest payment and bullet prin- Govt. Institutions (NJB, JCI, IJIRA, through filed functionaries. Besides , 3 0 ) cipal repayment. Govt. of West Bengal etc.), ICAR he emphasised the importance and L,E' F Commenting on the issuance, Institutes, Regional Stations and special initiatives of the institute in Amitabh Banerjee, Chairman and Media persons and farmers. The facilitating formation of jute- based Managing Director, IRFC, said, “The proven technologies were show- Self Help Groups and Farmers’ amount is a part of our USD 4 billion glob- cased in different exhibition stalls Producers Organisation and train- al term note programme. We will be look- for the knowledge of all the stake- ing on manufacturing of value ing to raise the rest of the amount by the holders and farmers. added jute diversified products that end of this fiscal. Our credit ratings are Prof. Swapan Kumar Datta, is going to encourage entrepre- similar to the sovereign rating of the coun- Vice Chancellor of Biswa Bangla nologies developed by the institute ology. Hence, the institute has neurship and ensure higher income 3' try which help us in getting competitive University and former Deputy to resolve the bottlenecks and prob- developed pond-based in situ retting of farmers and other stakeholders ; # & & rates with suitable tenors.” Director General (Crop Science), lems faced by the farmers in the cul- based self-reliant eco-farming tech- engaged in jute sector. , 1 , &12 “IRFC launched its USD 750 mn ICAR, New Delhi graced the occa- tivation of jute and allied fibre nology mediated through microbial Dr. Prateek Satya, Principal 1'& 144A/Reg S USD Bonds under the 4 bil- sion as the chief guest. A. K. Jolly, crops vis a vis enhancing the pro- consortium for better fibre quality Scientist of ICAR-CRIJAF also high- )# lion GMTN programme on 3rd February, Managing Director, Jute ductivity and profitability through even if the retting is conducted in lighted overall activities of the insti- '&&0 &< 2021. The bonds received overwhelming Corporation of India, Dr. B. K. Das, yield and quality improvement and stagnant water. This technology tute during past one year. The )12 ' 2 response from diverse set of investors. The Director, ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore reduction in cost of cultivation. He ensures better quality fibre, reduced Foundation Day Awards in differ- , ?%?% ) fact that IRFC has been able to achieve a and Dr. D. B. Shakywar, Director, highlighted the role of these crops retting duration and enhanced ent categories were awarded. pricing even below the price at which its NINFET, Kolkata were the guests of beyond fibre yielders as ideal can- income for jute farmers. This type More than forty farmers attend- ' own secondary paper was trading in the honour. The guests inaugurated didate crop for ecosystem service, of model for jute retting is very ed the exhibition and farmers-sci- 1= international market, is a remarkable the exhibition stalls displaying nutraceuticals and other by prod- much climate resilient which entist interaction in which the sci- :& achievement,” he added. proven technologies developed by ucts. ensures not only clean retting entists addressed the problems 6 The bonds will be listed on the CRIJAF and other ICAR institutes, Increasing labour cost, scarcity process there by reducing pollution faced by jute farmers. The guests Singapore Exchange Securities Trading industries and SHGs. of water during the retting season but also multiplies the net income and farmers also visited the muse- $) Limited, India International Exchange In his welcome address Dr. have made the quality retting a dif- of farmers from unit area of jute cul- um and research field of the insti- (IFSC) Limited and International Gouranga Kar, Director, ICAR- ficult task for the farmers. Dr. Kar tivation. tute to get acquainted about the 822&3 Securities Market of the London Stock CRIJAF mentioned about the major told that the quality of jute fibre He further highlighted that mandated fibre crops and technolo- E12 F3 8&3E12 F)128 & Exchange. achievements, varieties and tech- largely depends on retting method- JAF-Safe App developed by the gies demonstrated in the field. 13 2 )12+&; 3E' )F > )' &0# &'3 P ( :6 Q ) ; 7 @ *8*#; < " $ R $ R $ $ " %
hy is there so much protest by produce market increases uncertain- a student of economics too. We sim- ket. The former ensures that investor Wthe farmers at the Delhi border? ty involved in predicting the market ply have to conjecture about the confidence is not wavering while the Why isn’t the government preserving structure when private players com- potential benefits to the government latter makes the risk of market uncer- its rural vote-bank? What makes pletely replace the existing system. when these farm laws are operational. tainty public. them uphold the farm laws and pro- Will the market be a private monop- Again, this is merely a thought exper- Why did these companies wait till mote their “reform agenda?” I teach oly where farmer have lesser say in iment which we all must do. 2020 to take part in private agricul- the power of incentives in undergrad- their incomes or can the farmers dic- It is entirely possible to conjecture tural markets? Agriculture in the late uate economics. I urge my students tate private companies and bargain a about the political benefits of creat- 50s and early 60s was ridden with to uncover the underlying incentives higher price for their produce? This ing newer and more lucrative markets production uncertainties — crop in economic activities by producers, is anybody’s guess. — private procurement market in this failures, rainfall dependence etc. It ., ; + & ; consumers, and the government alike Second, when private companies instance. Corporate electoral support was only after government interven- — promising them that these incen- are allowed to buy farm produce and potentially larger contribution in tion through the green revolution that =. , !%3 tives will lead them to uncover rea- directly, will they ‘jump’ at this offer? GDP for the agrarian sector. However, private production could sustain and ), ; + . sons for their actions. In this piece, I They will enter the produce market the flip side of this potential benefit generate a food surplus. The presence @ 1 P3 6 P 6 explore the theory behind this gov- only if they find it lucrative in com- is the threat to vote banks dominat- of this surplus meant that production "% ernment’s position on the farm parison with other markets to which ed by farmers. For India, it becomes issues were systematically reduced by 8 , . )# protests — potential conjectures they could potentially expand. When tricky. Since a major part of the pop- government intervention. With suc- & which dictate their stance and help us they enter, the assumption is that their ulation is still either directly or indi- cessive improvements in farming "%&%%%J& understand this deadlock. increase in profits would also bene- rectly dependent on the agrarian sec- (debatable), fluctuations in agricultur- ) The economic motivation for fit the farmers who might receive far too much uncertainty to predict tor, the threat of persisting with al production stabilised and it became introducing the laws is that the exist- higher incomes. These benevolent the implication of these laws on farm laws could be a great electoral lucrative to enter these markets. ing agricultural commodity mar- companies will share their profits. farm incomes. Then why should risk. The crucial question then is kets, controlled by the government, Then why is there so much protest? there be no protests? If we face the If the net benefit is positive and whether potential entrants into the are inefficient. This inefficiency hurts We assume that when these com- possibility of getting a salary reduc- significant, then it is prudent to take produce market could predict this farm incentives and prevents growth panies enter the market, they do not tion, we agitate and fight with human the decision in favour of thrusting agitation. Perhaps they could and per- in farm incomes. Hence the idea is distort the market in any way possi- resources. When farmers agitate, these laws within the ambit of a par- haps they believe that political moti- that these laws would remove these ble. The protest is wary of the possi- they are fighting this very uncertain- liamentary democracy. The metric is vations of this government in terms inefficiencies and promote farm bility that these markets would no ty. In fact, most developed world — simple and indicates a potential pos- of electoral certainty through finan- incomes, eventually make farmers longer remain competitive. Farmers US and EU especially have systemat- itive and sizable net benefit. One cial support could incentivise the gov- better off. Then why is there so much will be at the whims of private pro- ically kept agriculture protected with could also examine the observed ernment to stand firm. In theory, protest? curement companies, who could farm subsidies and tariff barriers to response by the government to infer while the economics underlying these This logic is based on two crucial eventually gain control of the prima- overcome this uncertainty. about their motivations. The spikes laws is as unpredictable as the weath- presumptions. First, if a market is left ry produce market. In fact, it is rare The thrust with which these laws around the farmers protest and their er, the motivations for persisting to private players, it will be more effi- to see markets remain competitive were introduced in the parliament intent to hold ground on the laws with these laws seem to favour polit- cient than one operated by the gov- over time. A company’s growth (in indicate that it is in the political inter- indicate their clear choice. ical certainty. But this is still just a the- :# ernment. Does the government admit stock prices or its acclaim) is tied to est of the government to push this Has this been done before? Yes. ory and we have to start asking ques- its own inefficiency? Is this a case of how it increasingly captures more and reform agenda. 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McLachlan, 4 # 6 # - Slam singles title. ond successive disappointing on his part, struggled to negoti- =3 6E As Major winners Stan result at the Australian Open with ate volleys and that hurt them. / 0 " # 6 Wawrinka, Bianca Andreescu Rohan Bopanna and Ben Bopanna had spent 14 days and Petra Kvitova were second- McLachlan bowing out after a in his room and came out only on IYER NAMED MUMBAI SKIPPER, SHAW DEPUTY round casualties, Djokovic close opening-round defeat to Ji January 30, jumping into the dropped his first set of the event Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song in tune-up event, only to lose his Mumbai: 3 , 3 before grinding past America’s the men’s doubles event, here on opening round with Frederik , % M- " # Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 7- Wednesday. Nielsen. E 6 (7-2), 6-3. Bopanna and his Japanese The Indian did not get # % ? E 0 “I was fortunate to get partner lost 4-6, 6-7(0) to the enough competition time to be " # 3 # + , H through the third set today, it was Korean wild card pair in one hour ready for the season’s first major. # % % # anybody’s game,” said the defend- and 17 minutes. India now have Divij Sharan 6 # % ing champion, after his win in hot Not having enough court (men’s doubles) and debutant 0 + > E + conditions on Rod Laver Arena. time due to hard quarantine Ankita Raina (women’s doubles) % # 5 # The top seed looked in con- seemed to have an effect on left in fray. PTI BANGAR APPOINTED RCB BATTING CONSULTANT trol after taking the first set, but lightning-quick Tiafoe, who Bengaluru: 3 , E 4 reached the quarter-finals two However, reigning US Open Mannarino, the 32nd seed who ## years ago, refused to go quietly. champion Dominic Thiem, run- swept past Serb Miomir 3+2 > / 4 The American bounced back ner-up to Djokovic last year, was Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. # 4 to take a close second set but all smiles as he beat Germany’s Volatile Australian Nick 3 L imploded as tensions rose in the Dominik Kopfer 6-4, 6-0, 6-2. Kyrgios, meanwhile smashed a &': &'G /# 0 E % .0 . # >/4 , fourth, receiving a code violation :2 && # ' = 3 6 ', “It was great, to be honest,” racquet, delivered underarm for an audible obscenity as the Austrian said of his perfor- serves, ranted at the umpire and < Djokovic took charge. 6.$ <= > “I stayed focused throughout ankle in the first set against Sara mance on Margaret Court Arena. saved two match points on his The Serb is targeting a the match and I tried to play Errani before hobbling through a “I really love this court and way into the third round. LYON EXTEND STREAK WITH 5-1 WIN record-extending ninth title and "$ ) / 4'/ within myself,” Osaka, who hit 23 6-1, 6-0 defeat. have pretty good stats on it, so The 25-year-old drew a rau- Paris: 2 # his 18th Grand Slam trophy over- +5? ;5 2 C &D winners, told the crowd at Rod And Andreescu, the 2019 super happy to be back.” cous, socially distanced crowd to # BH H all as he snaps at the heels of Laver Arena. US Open champion who missed Eighth seed Diego his favoured John Cain Arena and -E /# - #H Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, in just 69 minutes on Rod Laver The three-time the entire 2020 season Schwartzmann also hurried into kept them highly entertained, # Q:> who top the all-time list with 20 Arena. Grand Slam winner is with a knee injury, saw the last 32, brushing aside with the atmosphere electric in a :H( each. Williams hit 27 winners in riding a 16-match her comeback come to an Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6- gripping clash with Frenchman ? - 2 # He avoided the fate of 2014 her 101st Australian Open match unbeaten streak — abrupt end, losing 6-3, 6- 2, 6-0, 6-3 in 1hr 32min on Ugo Humbert. H &H + / winner Wawrinka, who blew while again sporting her unique, including the US Open 2 to Chinese Taipei’s Show Court 2. He eventually came through three match points in the fifth-set one-legged catsuit inspired by final — dating back 12 Hsieh Su-wei. Sixth seed Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 after TSEGAY SETS NEW WORLD INDOOR RECORD tiebreaker in his four-hour epic track legend ‘Flo-Jo’. months, and is building “You need to find a ground past Maxime Cressy but 3hr 25min against the 29th seed Lievin: 6 " # B'' with Hungary’s Marton In the evening session, momentum having not played way to get through and the crowd he made heavy weather of oust- to set up a blockbuster clash with ( Fucsovics, who won 7-5, 6-1, 4- Japanese sensation Naomi Osaka before arriving in Australia since helped me fight,” said Hsieh, ing the qualifier. third seed Thiem. B( 'G - 6, 2-6, 7-6 (11-9). thwarted Caroline Garcia with an her triumph in New York. after beating the Canadian, who The German, a semi-finalist Women’s second seed Simona 4 " # “I had some chance to finish effortless straight-sets victory, as Osaka is eyeing redemption was coming off a draining three- last year who is gunning for a Halep was rattled by big-hitting # . # the match, I didn’t finish,” said the she stormed into the third round, after her title defence last year setter against Mihaela maiden Grand Slam title, strug- Alja Tomljanovic, another # # 2 % 35-year-old Swiss, a three-time where she will face 27th seed Ons ended with a shock loss to Buzarnescu. gled to snap the American’s resis- Australian, but won five games in % / H4 % Grand Slam winner. Jabeur. American teenager Coco Gauff in Elsewhere Kvitova, the for- tance in a tight first set. a row to survive a major scare and 4 (FBG B Earlier, the 39-year-old The third seed, faced a tricky the third round. mer Wimbledon champion and He finally made a break- reach the third round. Williams continued her quest to contest against the Frenchwoman, Melbourne runner-up in 2019, through in the 11th game to seal The two-time Grand Slam MURRAY WINS OPENER AT ATP CHALLENGER equal Margaret Court’s all-time who was ranked a career-high of ‘CROWD HELPED ME FIGHT’ committed 44 unforced errors in the set and went onto win 7-5, 6- winner was pushed to the brink Biella: H - =# - % mark of 24 tennis Grand Slams fourth in late 2018 but never gave Williams’ older sister Venus, her 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 defeat by 4, 6-3 in 2hr 4min. in a see-saw clash before finally " QHD (8D QH&QH with a 6-3, 6-0 romp past 99th- her a sniff in the 6-2, 6-3 victory 40, however, was a major casual- Romania’s Sorana Cirstea as the His reward is a tricky clash prevailing 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in 2hr ( % % H ranked Serbian Nina Stojanovic in 61 minutes. ty when she painfully rolled her big names tumbled on day three. against France’s Adrian 34min. / 4 3 ' FIT AXAR ! "%% $2 %% !!"# 1 $ ) # " BACK IN NETS &% ;4-3 Championship final, has knock of 91 in the first innings reached 883 rating points. has helped him become the &% 2== have Root with Cook, &% 203 ndia skipper Virat Kohli was It is his highest position first full-time wicketkeeper Graham Gooch and Kevin Ion Wednesday pushed to since September2017 after a from his country to reach 700 ormer England captain Pietersen. ndia could go for one change the fifth spot by his English fabulous run in the sub-conti- rating points as he retained the FNasser Hussain feels “I would say he is Ito their playing XI in the sec- counterpart Joe Root, who rose nent saw him accumulate 684 13th position among batsmen. incumbent Joe Root is arguably England’s best-ever ond Test against England start- two rungs to third in the latest runs in three Tests, two of Opener Shubman Gill “arguably” the country’s best player of spin, the way he ing Saturday with Jharkhand ICC Test rankings for batsmen, which were in Sri Lanka. progressed seven places to ever player of spin and can sweeps spin away is out- left-arm spinner Shahbaz even as Jasprit Bumrah and R Ahead of Kohli for the 40th position while all- break all the Test batting standing to watch.” Nadeem making way for fit- Ashwin moved up in the first time since November rounder Washington Sundar is records accumulated by the The 52-year-old Hussain again all-rounder Axar Patel bowlers’ chart. 2017, Root is now 36 points 81st after moving up two slots. nation’s batsmen. said the massive win against after his poor show in the series- Kohli, who had had scores behind top-ranked Kane Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Root struck 218 in India in their own den was a opener in Chennai. of 11 and 72 in the open- Williamson and trails Nadeem too has gained two England’s first innings on a “perfect performance” and While Nadeem’s replace- ing Test against Steve Smith by only places to reach 85th position spin-friendly pitch to lead his will go down as one of the ment will be decided by Friday, England, has 852 eight points. With among bowlers. side to a 227-run win over great England Test wins. one can expect Patel to replace points and down Marnus English players made the India in the first Test in “People were writing him after his debut was put on but it will depend on skipper couldn’t keep up the pressure one spot in the lat- Labuschagne also way up in the bowling rank- Chennai on Tuesday. England off, saying this series hold by an injury. Virat Kohli, head coach Ravi that was created by Jasprit est chart issued on in the mix, com- ings presently led by Australia “Root sure is one of could be 4-0 to India. No one “Axar had a minor knee nig- Shastri and bowling coach Bumrah, Ishant Sharma and Wednesday. petition for the fast bowler Pat Cummins. England’s greats. He will really gave this side much of gle and has already started bat- Bharath Arun,” he added. Ravichandran Ashwin. Veteran spin- top five slots is Formerly top-ranked probably end up breaking all a chance. India had won in ting at the nets. He is expected Indian captain Virat Kohli Nadeem had four wickets in ner Ashwin and intense with all of James Anderson is up to third records, he will probably go Australia, Virat Kohli was to start bowling during the next didn’t hide his disappointment all but gave away 233 runs in 59 pacer Bumrah have them above 850 rat- from sixth and only four past Sir Alastair Cook’s 161 back and India is a very dif- couple of days,” a senior BCCI when it came to Nadeem’s per- overs across two innings with an jumped a rung each to ing points. points behind compatriot Test matches and probably ficult place to go and win in source said on Wednesday. formance during the post-match economy rate of close to 4 runs be seventh and eighth For India, Stuart Broad, a fellow-member tally of runs as well,” Hussain Test match cricket. “He was always the first presentation where he said that per over. And if that wasn’t respectively. Rishabh of the 500-wicket club. wrote in his column for Sky “So, this win for England choice to play the opening Test he and Washington Sundar enough, as a slow bowler, a total Root, who Pant’s Anderson is at his highest Sports. has to be right up there, of nine no balls at the Test match helped his team to ranking since the start of the “He is in great nick, only especially away from home. level can be considered criminal. a memorable 227-run ICC World Test 30 years old, and if you did a They put in the perfect per- Washington bowled 26 victory in Chennai Championship while spinners list of all-time England bat- formance. From ball one to overs for 98 runs in the first that kept England Jack Leach and Dominic Bess ting greats — the ones I have the final delivery, it was out- innings and got a solitary over in contention are both at career-best rating seen anyway — you’d have to standing.” in the second innings. for the World points, moving up to 37th However, Washington, who Test and 41st positions, respec- was impressive with the bat in tively. and 210 not out helped script Chittagong, has entered the the first innings, is likely to West Indies batsman Kyle an epic win in the first Test rankings in 70th position with retain his place in the playing XI. Mayers, whose scores of 40 against Bangladesh in 448 rating points. Q :, %
&% /0 -3 Rahane in four balls to trigger ahead of the second Test. to come back hard. We know Talking about Anderson's have to wait and see... He’s a class India’s collapse. Stuart Board had played we’re a very good team. We’ve match-turning spell, Silverwood act,” he said about Anderson’s ngland head coach Chris Despite the heroic show, the the first Test against Sri Lanka got the most respect for that, said: “Yes, it blew the game up performance. ESilverwood feels James 38-year-old is likely to be rest- while Anderson replaced him in within our camp. And we know and for us. It’s quite remarkable Asked whether they are Anderson is in the “best shape ed as per England’s rotation pol- the second in Galle as they that we’re going to prep well and inspirational to watch that. ready to rotate their spinners as of his life” and won’t be surprised icy of their pacers to keep them blanked the Islanders 2-0 before again, we’re gonna have the He came on and he strapped well by bringing in Moeen Ali in if the 38-year-old carries on to in shape in the long run. coming to India. final exams come the next Test straight away with that swing place of Dom Bess, he said: lead the team’s pace attack even “It is hard (to leave “Broady didn’t play in the match.” and be so accurate. "Everything's on the table. We in his 40s. Anderson out), he is a class act, last game and we’ve many “But I’m not reluctant to “And he just shows what are rotating the fast bowlers. If Anderson blew away the you’ll have to bowlers here who we could change it. I think it’s the best class act he is really. That went we feel we need to do it, then we Indian batting with his lethal dis- wait and play at any given point,” said thing to do for us over a long a long way to help us win that have the options available to play of reverse swing on the final see... But I’m Silverwood. period,” he maintained. game. For the second one, you’ll rotate the spin bowlers as well.” day to hand England a massive not reluctant Anderson may have looked 227-run win in the opening Test. to change fitter and better than ever but “He is in the best shape of the winning with the heat and humid condi- his life. And it hasn’t gone team,” tions on offer here and keeping unnoticed, he’s worked extreme- Silverwood with the crammed schedule of ly hard in his fitness. And he’s in said the four-match Test series, great shape and he’s bowling Silverwood said it’s the best beautifully,” the English coach option. said in a virtual news conference “It’s the best thing to do on Wednesday. for the players and it’s the Asked if Anderson can push best thing to do for the it to 40, he said: “That’s Jimmy’s team and the longevity of choice... As long as he’s fit, it. “I mean you run strong and healthy, and wants to the risk of oppo- play then he will feel the time for site result being it, doesn’t it?” different. But you Anderson produced one of could play the same the best spells of pace bowling, team, and the result claiming two key wickets of could still be different... Shubman Gill and Ajinkya “We know India are going