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In December, several parts measures taken by his country want and this is the could not be left to anarchists. of the national Capital wit- Government to address the mandate which we are follow-      They were keeping the nessed widespread protests issues of the national Capital, ing,” he stated.    ! ! Constitution and tricolour in against the CAA. touching on national issues Referring to the Lok Sabha "#$%$" #$%!   the forefront, but the aim is to Modi also took a swipe at like the revocation of special elections, Modi said, “BJP was   &'()%*% “divert attention from the real the Congress, saying those provisions of Article 370, con- strengthened by the people of + *  conspiracy”, Modi said. who questioned the Batla struction of a Ram Temple in Delhi, who gave all seven Lok  , “As long as it (AAP) stays House encounter in the capital Ayodhya and bringing in the Sabha seats to BJP. Their vote   #LM0 in power, it will continue to cre- are now saving those who CAA for persecuted minorities helped in changing the fortunes      ate roadblocks to development. raised “tukde tukde” slogans. from Pakistan, Afghanistan of this country.” &'(1 212 You have seen a lot. Now you Blaming the AAP for and Bangladesh, saying these Modi said, “This time, your 0    are left with only one option. blocking the Prime Minister were unaddressed issues for vote will change the fortunes of  ",    That’s why the BJP needs to Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Delhi, decades as the previous Delhi, and make the city clean,     & come to power in Delhi,” said Modi said it would continue to Governments did not work safe and modern.”       the PM. block all positive moves. on the same. Modi recalled glorious his- #$% %     Referring to the protest in Modi also slammed the “Our Opposition says, tory and struggle of people who      Shaheen Bagh, he said people AAP leader and Chief Minister, Modi ji, why are you working settled in Delhi after partition.       commuting to and from Noida Arvind Kejriwal, and said he so fast, why are you taking such Continued on Page 6      & ' are facing a lot of problems. (  " The people of Delhi are quiet and they are angry watching && &   this vote bank politics, he said. ' ( & “If the strength of those plot-   ) *  ting a conspiracy increases,      then another road or lane will 3      0   be blocked. We can’t leave     2(0 Delhi to such anarchy. Only    %%" people of Delhi can stop this. Every vote given to the BJP can ) (  do this,” Modi said in his near-   & ' ly one-hour-long speech in "#$%$" %*         ! "  !! # $  %    &    %  Karkardooma in East Delhi.        (   ) )*  %  !   +     " %   “In the India of 21st cen-     1*  tury, politics of hate will not   )    & '!  #9:29),$ Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Millia coincidence but an “experi- work. Only politics of devel- 4) 5& '(  O Islamia and Seelampur for vote ment” and a political conspir- opment will,” he added.     0 aunching a scathing attack bank politics. acy to destroy the country’s Modi said the Supreme " Lon the Aam Aadmi Party He said the protests against harmony. Court and the High Court (AAP) and the Congress on the Citizenship (Amendment) Addressing his first rally have expressed their dissatis- ! *+ ( , ! Monday, Prime Minister Act in Shaheen Bagh — the here ahead of the Delhi faction over the violence dur-   )  Narendra Modi accused them epicentre of the stir in Delhi Assembly polls scheduled for ing protests and the destruction -./$    of fuelling the anti-CAA stir in and other areas — are not a February 8, at Karkardooma, of property. *         *            4785  O&    0           % #   . &     !    !   " %    "         #    Q  R & #   P   &  #9:29),$ earlier positive cases, also of students who came back from &  %))%,%%2 ith the third confirmed Wuhan, the epi-centre of the        Wcase of coronavirus being virus, were reported from he Allahabad High Court reported from Kerala within Thrissur and Alapuzha dis- Ton Monday granted bail last one week and the death toll tricts in Kerala. They have to former Union Minister      crossing 360-mark in China, been isolated and under regu- Swami Chinmayanand, '()*((+ ',-. India, which is on high alert, on lar monitoring. accused of sexually abusing a      ,  &1 Monday set up a task force with The Group of Ministers law student. Justice Rahul  2 ; representatives from various (GoM) formed to review, mon- Chaturvedi issued the bail  R     <=   Ministries like Health and itor and evaluate the pre- order on the plea filed by the  *  Home to review, monitor and paredness to contain the dead- BJP leader.  &&  &  >=0===     evaluate the preparedness from ly infection in the country also On November 16, the spreading the deadly pathogen held its first meeting. The court had reserved its order R   %      in the country. high-level GoM includes after hearing the counsels The BJP has issued a show-      0 Meanwhile, the Kerala Union Ministers Harsh from both sides. &  #9:29),$ cause notice to Hegde and , (  Government on Monday Vardhan, Hardeep Puri, S Chinmayanand, whose asked him to tender an uncon- ?    O  declared coronavirus outbreak Jaishankar, G Kishan Reddy, trust runs the Shahjahanpur s controversial BJP MP ditional apology, sources said.    as a “State disaster”.   !   !  *       #     Ashwini Kumar Choubey and law college where the woman AAnantkumar Hegde kicked The five-time BJP MP is known  O * “A task force has been set  !  &    +- Mansukh Lal Mandaviya. studied, was arrested on up a row yet again, this time for hardline Hindutva leanings L  M ," up to monitor coronavirus sit- Globally, there have been September 20 under section describing the freedom strug- and has a history of making  $& @=A0   uation. We discussed what all Child Development Ministries. advisory, which was issued on 14,569 confirmed cases and 376-C of the IPC, a charge gle led by Mahatma Gandhi as controversial remarks, only to    *  precautions need to be taken to The first meeting of the Sunday, and asked people to 305 deaths within a month, short of rape. a “staged drama” and “adjust- embarrass the party. The     prevent the spread of the virus,” task force chaired by Union refrain from travelling to much higher than that from the It is applied when some- ment” with the British, the Congress asserted it was time    , Union Minister of State for Health Minister Dr China. 2002-03 severe acute respira- one in authority takes advan- Congress on Monday demand- for Modi to prove whether his  L   M", Home G Kishan Reddy said on Harshvardhan was held on The third coronavirus case tory syndrome (SARS), caused tage of his official position to ed that the Prime Minister loyalty is towards Gandhi or his    Monday. The Minister said Monday where the preventive reported is that of a Keralite by another coronavirus. SARS ‘induce or seduce’ a woman to should come to Parliament to assassin Nathuram Godse.     Indians, who want to return, steps taken to stem the spread student who returned from resulted in 8,096 cases and have sex with him. clarify his position on the for- “They are disparaging the  0 will be evacuated from China. of the virus in India were pre- Wuhan university. He is in an 774 deaths in nine months. In a parallel case, the mer Union Minister’s “dis- national movement. If the PM (1     “Whoever wants to come sented; it included information isolation ward at Kanhangad Dr PK Mishra, principal woman was charged with try- paraging” remarks. and the BJP Government are back to India, they should get about the revised travel advi- district hospital in Kasaragod secretary to the Prime Minister, ing to extort money from The Congress also sincere about the 150th birth in touch with our Embassy,” he sories and the temporary sus- district, Kerala Health Minister on Monday reviewed the sit- Chinmayanand, whom she demanded a case of sedition anniversary celebrations of position,” Congress’s senior said. The other representatives pension of the e-visa facilities. KK Shailaja said. uation relating to the coron- had accused of rape. against Hegde, whose swipe at Mahatma Gandhi, we demand spokesperson Anand Sharma in the task force are from Civil The Union Health The condition of the stu- avirus in the country. The high court granted Mahatma Gandhi has irked the that the PM comes to said at a Press conference. Aviation and Women and Ministry updated its travel dent is “stable”, she said. Two Continued on Page 6 her bail on December 4. BJP leadership. Parliament and clarifies his Continued on Page 6   R      !"     &  #9:29),$ clothing and equipment items. Services under Master General It led to critical shortage in of Ordnance in the Army head- roops guarding Siachen, snow goggles ranging from 62 quarters is responsible for pro- Tworld’s highest battlefield, per cent to 98 per cent. The visioning, procurement, in temperatures many degrees troops were not issued ‘multi- receipt, storage and issue.    below zero were without ade- purpose boots’ from November Referring to a case study of quate essential clothing and 2015 to September 2016 and delays, the CAG said 1,16,732 &  #9:29),$ Pvt Ltd owns the KKR, and its snow goggles from 2015 to had to resort to recycling of camp mattresses outdoor were directors include actor Shah 2016 due to delay in procure- available boots. needed and the supply order ssets worth 70 crore of Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan ment in the previous four years Further, old versions of was placed on a firm in June Aprivate firms, including as well as Jay Mehta, Bollywood (extending from UPA-2). In items such as face mask, jack- 2013. However, the firm did actor Shah Rukh Khan-pro- actor Juhi Chawla’s husband. fact, the shortage of snow gog- et and sleeping bags were pro- not supply any even after five moted company that owns the “ED has provisionally gles touched 98 per cent. cured which deprived the sol- years and the order was not IPL cricket team of Kolkata attached movable and immov- The Modi dispensation diers from the benefits of using cancelled due to non-supply. Knight Riders (KKR), have able properties belonging to came to power in June 2014. improved products. Lack of As regards goggles, the been attached by the various entities/individuals Flagging these alarming research and development by CAG said no item was received Enforcement Directorate (ED) who received funds from Rose facts, the Comptroller and defence laboratory led to con- against the supply order for in connection with a money Valley Group and related enti- Auditor General (CAG) said tinued dependence on import, 9,61,605 pairs even though the laundering probe in the Rose ties having book value of 70.11 the troops also did not get high the report noted. indent was placed on Ordnance Valley scam case. crore under the provisions of calorie rations necessary to The high altitude clothing Factory, Dehradun between Besides the KKR the Prevention of Money maintain their energy require- and equipment are issued to December 2010 and May 2016. Pvt Ltd, promoted by Khan, the Laundering Act, 2002 ments. This compromised the tude areas such as Siachen and inclement weather and ail- during the period 2015-16 to soldiers deployed above 6,000 The goggles are an essential agency has attached assets of (PMLA),” the agency said. calorie intake by as high as 82 Ladakh among others need to ments caused from extreme 2017-18 said there were delays feet and include items like part of the high altitude gear as two other entities — Multiple The attached assets include per cent. be provided high altitude cloth- cold weather conditions. in procurement of high altitude boots, coats, goggles, sleeping they protect soldiers from Resorts Pvt Ltd and St Xavier’s bank accounts of these three Making these observations ing, equipment and special The Performance Audit clothing and equipment items bags, tents, mattress, snow visionary ailments including College, Kolkata. firms totaling 16.20 crore. in its report on Monday, the ration to enable the troops to findings of provisioning and up to four years leading to shoes, gaiters, spare glasses. snow blindness. The Knight Riders Sports Continued on Page 6 CAG said troops in high alti- effectively withstand the procurement of these items acute shortage of essential The DG Ordnance Continued on Page 6     !! "#$%$%   267/       Q$         R &  )7 (#3: one each from Gonda, Hapur and Jaunpur. he Uttar Pradesh Police Asked whether the police &  )7 (#3: Tlaunched a crackdown on got any inputs on the PFI’s activists of the Popular Front of financial transactions from amajwadi Party chief India (PFI), arresting 108 for Enforcement Directorate (ED), SAkhilesh Yadav flayed the their alleged involvement in the DGP said, “We are collect- Cow Protection policy of Yogi large-scale violence during the ing evidence and are in con- government, saying it lacks anti-CAA and NRC protests in stant touch with the ED and direction and is against the December last. Earlier, the UP other agencies.” interests of farmers. Akhilesh Police brass claimed to have In December 2019, the said stray cattle have wreaked sent a report to get the PFI then DGP OP Singh had havoc on farmers as their banned. sought a ban on the PFI, sus- standing crop was grazed upon Addressing mediapersons pecting the outfit’s complicity and destroyed by hordes of in Lucknow on Monday, offi- in state-wide violent protests stray cattle in rural areas. ciating DGP Hitesh Chandra against the CAA and NRC. The In a statement issued in Awasthi and Additional Chief ban was sought after PFI’s Lucknow on Monday, the SP Secretary (Home) Awanish Uttar Pradesh head Wasim chief said that large number of Kumar Awasthi said the arrests and 16 other activists were cows are dying in sheds due to were made from different parts arrested for masterminding lack of proper nourishment, of the state during a special violence during the protests in care and basic amenities like drive. The arrests are in addi- Lucknow. sanitation. He said that the gov- tion to the 25 persons netted %)    .   . #   /0 .  & .     !   The PFI was formed in ernment had announced a pol- earlier in 18 districts.   1  2   +   2006 in Kerala as a successor to icy for Cow Protection and common man and agriculture form of protests against CAA. “This is just the beginning, the National Democratic Front increasing milk production but sector. The SP chief said that the we will get to the roots of the inputs with them. UP is the first arrested in the last four days, from Ghaziabad, six from (NDF). Security agencies it resulted in huge losses to Alleging that the Modi economic agenda of the Modi outfit. A probe is also under- state to take this kind of action DGP Hitesh Chandra Awasthi Muzaffarnagar, seven from claimed that its leaders were farmers and death of cows in government failed to develop government failed to address way into their financial deal- against the PFI,” Awasthi told said that 14 PFI men were held Shamli, four from Bijnore, 20 been groomed in the ideology government-promoted cow a cohesive vision for develop- the grievances and aspirations ings. We are in touch with reporters. from Lucknow, three from from Varanasi, five from with that of another banned sheds. ment, Akhilesh said: “Rail trav- of all sections of the society. Central agencies and sharing Giving details about those Sitapur, 21 from Meerut, nine Kanpur, 16 from Bahriach, and outfit SIMI. Akhilesh also criticised the el for common passengers is a “Narendra Modi had disinvestment programme for nightmare and addressing their launched universal health offloading government stakes problems is nowhere on the insurance scheme called in LIC announced in the Union priority list of the government ‘Ayushman’ with much fanfare 1       J  budget. while they have announced to but basic infrastructure and He said that the govern- launch 150 Tejas trains to be medicines are missing in hos- &  )7 (#3: ment has decided for sale of run by private players.’’ pitals and drugs are in short NOTICE Q/  &    100 per cent stake in Air India Akhilesh further said that supply from Jan Ausadhi stores n order to usher in trans- and it wants to disengage from the common man is disillu- opened by the Union govern- parency and efficiency in Indian Railways. sioned with the BJP govern- ment. To hide its failure, the I, Qazi Mohd. Swaleh R/o A-6 I 8     R Pragati Vihar Kalyanpur Lucknow the working of government The SP chief said that the ment at the Center and its eco- BJP government is using catch want to inform that Land Chain offices, Chief Minister Yogi disinvestment and privatisation nomic policies. He claimed phrases and acronyms for nam- Registry Paper of my Khasra No 17 Adityanath has issued direc- Lucknow (PNS): to ineligible gram panchayats. policy of the Modi government that resentment among people ing welfare schemes like Kisan Reqba 350 Sqt Khurram Nagar, tives that all communications, Continuing to act against cor- A probe by Vigilance would deprive the economy of is simmering and spreading Udan and Digital Kranti,” Tehsil and Dist Lucknow was lost. AN FIR has been Registered in this including notice of meetings, ruption, Chief Minister Yogi Establishment was also done vital energy and severely hit the across the country, visible in the Akhilesh alleged. regard. Request any one who finds minutes of meetings, infor- Adityanath on Monday said in this case. As per the report, it to return the Chain Registry Paper mation related to ministers’ that cases should be filed out of 1,798 gram panchayats at the above mentioned address.Land tour programmes and even against officials involved in in 31 districts, 1,123 were Registry No. 11945 Dated 11.3.1991 leave applications in depart- fraudulent allocation of per- irregularly allocated perfor- ments, should be processed formance grant funds in mance grant funds. A probe NOTICE through e-office. Panchayati Raj department. was also being conducted The Chief Minister fixed Officials under the lens against district-level officers I Jyoti Lakhmani D/o Kisan the responsibility for compli- include former director Anil and employees in this matter. Chand Lalwani & W/o Dr. ance on additional chief secre- ing transparency in the state Kumar Damele, additional Instructions have been Deepak Lakhmani R/o HNo-C- taries and principal secretaries government policy, decision- director Rajendra Singh, chief issued to register a case under 2031, Indira Nagar Lucknow of the departments. This infor- making process, as well as finance & accounts officer relevant sections and conduct declare that both the names mation was given through a ensuring administrative effi- Keshav Singh, additional an inquiry against district Jyoti Lakhmani and Vidhi tweet by the Chief Minister’s ciency and accountability, the director (Panchayati Raj) SK panchayat raj officers Lakhmani are of same person office. e-office has been imple- CM said. Patel, deputy director Ramkaval Saroj, Chandrika & I will be known as Jyoti mented in order to ensure The e-office system has (Panchayati Raj) Girish Prasad (Barabanki), Arvind Lakhmani for all purposes in transparency and efficiency in been successfully adopted by Chandra Rajak, along with Kumar Singh (Varanasi), Lalji future. government offices, the tweet the Central government and Panchayati Raj officers of 12 Dubey (Ghazipur), Amarjeet said. some state governments. The districts, assistant develop- Singh (Saharanpur), Mihi Lal Instructions have also been Uttar Pradesh government has ment officers, officers and Yadav (Etawah), Sheetla NOTICE given to submit a report to the also decided to adopt the e- secretaries of the districts con- Prasad Singh (Deoria), Chief Minister’s office regard- office system for the function- cerned. The CM office gave Dinendra Prakash Sharma My house name was ing implementation of e-office ing of Secretariat. Initially, the this information through a (Maharajganj), Anil Kumar Tabassum Khan W/o Asif Khan in UP Secretariat, information e-office system was imple- tweet. As per information, Singh (Azamgarh), Radha R/o 542/GN/48 B Gulab Nagar of actions taken in depart- mented in the Chief Minister’s Anil Kumar Damele (now Krishna Bharti (Gorakhpur), campbell Road Lucknow. But mental meetings and IGRS and Chief Secretary’s offices retired), while being Director Rajendra Prasad (Mathura), my real name is Farhat Khan. cases fortnightly. besides 21 administrative of Panchayati Raj, overlooked Dhananjay Jaiswal (Agra), Now in future signature & Uttar Pradesh Secretariat departments from October 4, Central government’s guide- Shahnaz Ansari (Aligarh) and name changed my name to has a total of 95 departments 2017. It is in the process of lines or mandates and allocat- officials and secretaries con- Farhat Khan for all future pur- and 455 sections & cells where being implemented soon in the ed performance grants funds cerned of gram panchayats. pose. around 4,000 employees and rest of the departments. The officers are employed. The gov- objective of e-office system is and effective system of func- formity of work to be established ) .*  #     "   2   +   WANTED ernment is committed to bring- to establish a uniform, fair tioning in the state as well as uni- in all the offices of the state.

Wanted Amiruddaula Islamia         R   Inter College Lucknow &  )7 (#3: Bundelkhand region. (Government Aided Minority College) L%$$#?3+98$89,9 “Party workers will reach out to One post of Assistant Teacher month after formulating plans 3#?+9$#,9 the farmers to fill a form in which they in L.T. Grade (in Clear Vacancy). Awith UP Congress office-bearers can write about their problems. The Qualifications as prescribed in and district/city chiefs, party gener- %90,91%+E:$)) forms collected from the farmers will Appendix A of chapter || of the al secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra )%7# ,%,7?9 be handed over to the tehsildars/DMs Regulations framed under the is set to kick off her first major cam- and will be sent to the state govern- Intermediate Education Act, paign across the state to highlight %1%$?#19+%$#$#? ment,” he said. 1921. Pay Scale-PB-2 (9300- problems of farmers. 3;%+9+O$79 Congress workers will also dis- 34800/4600 G.P) Level 07 + DA Priyanka was scheduled to launch tribute pamphlets in which the situ- and other Allowances admissible a ‘Kisan Jan Jagran Abhiyan’ under %#21)%#3 3#%  ation of farmers will be compared under rules . Applications on ‘Kisan Bachao’ programme and A"F +3+9;%+9+ during the UPA and NDA regimes. Prescribed Form, obtainable from address her first rally in Basti on The party will also seek loan waiver the College Office, Should reach February 23. %#2)%9++%$9 for farmers, waiver of half their the Manager within 15 days of this “Aiming to revive the Congress in ,99$799;3+9 power bills, cowshed and watchdog advertisement. the state, the party will launch a huge allowance in every village. (Shafiq Mirza) campaign pertaining to farmers’ issues 3199# Sources said that the Congress Manager and plan to contact 1.5 crore farmers would hold programmes at village and later raise these issues before %7,3+$E3?9 level every month highlighting farm- *  >  competent authority to get them ,9+93)892M ers’ problems across the state. In the resolved,” UP Congress chief Ajay second phase, ‘nukkad sabhas’ will be Kumar Lallu said. held at block level and later, ‘padya- *  >  “The Congress will ask the gov- tras’ will be organised at tehsil and dis-  O      ernment to provide adequate mini- issues like stray cattle, payment of trict headquarters.    mum support price to farmers and dues to cane farmers, non-availabil- After kicking off the campaign   O!"#$ A O&  &   ! facilitate benefit under crop insurance ity of fertilisers, irregularities in pro- from Basti on February 23, Priyanka O''! ()  * ) ! policy to those who faced huge loss- India is a country-based on agricul- witnessed a dip from 4.7 per cent to curement of paddy, no increase in will address four more rallies to raise   '! , (* -! *.) es due to natural calamities,” Lallu ture but since the BJP came to power 1.6 per cent. minimum support price of food- farmers’ issues and she is expected to  /0 O1/1/ &L&&*& added. in Delhi in 2014, the contribution of Lallu said that his party would grains and rising cases of suicides by be accompanied by senior Congress ! &) 345)  6 & & *& !7 The Congress leader claimed that agriculture to national income has take on the Yogi government on farmers in UP, especially in the leaders at the programmes. 78!3 O''! &) *& &  9    , * : ;, ; &8*&6A&      ) ?@//0A=//=?@// & )7 (#3: of Naraini area on Sunday. As per reports, &:@&8  '! ,  Bachcha Prajapati (24) and Ramdevi (19) were &  )7 (#3: (* -!  *.) &) *& & debt-ridden farmer hanged himself from missing since Saturday, and their bodies were 9    8*&6A& loan, deceased’s nephew Arvind claimed. In a separate case in Badaun, a woman votes on the polling day for Delhi   ) ?C//A=//=?@// The body was sent for autopsy on Sunday allegedly killed her two children before end- Assembly elections on February 8. &*D&8345)  6 *E! night. ing her life after an altercation with her hus- Principal Secretary, General &   &6  !& *&!7 Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Nareni band in Allua Pastora village of Wazirganj area Administration, Jitendra Kumar     !7&*O!7& Vandita Srivastava said that the matter was on Sunday night. issued an order in this regard on *O5O&! G being probed by revenue officials to confirm Premvati (36) poisoned her sons Rohit (5) Monday. As per the order, the leave &O&. &8*B:&O  *&!7& whether the victim was a loan defaulter. and Mohit (8) and then consumed the sub- with pay will also be admissible to !*>  &"8 Meanwhile, in another incident in Banda, stance. All were rushed to a hospital but they voters working as daily-wagers in O:9' a couple committed suicide in Pangara village succumbed during treatment. these areas of Uttar Pradesh.

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Nagar police on Monday reg- Lodhi. “One of them is yet to dark about the shooter. Hours pierced through his hand and the police,” the sources said. The engineering student, istered a case against former be identified,” the police said. after the incident on Sunday, caused fracture. The autopsy They said the police had also a part-time employee of a Governor Aziz Qureshi and In his complaint, the the police had issued CCTV report revealed that Ranjeet quizzed over 50 persons while company in Chinhat, Shrawan eight others for taking out a Gomti Nagar SHO said, “I was footages showing two suspects. died on the spot due to exces- the mobile numbers and loca- Kumar of Unnao is presently candle march in support of on patrol duty when I spotted Giving details of the day- sive bleeding and was declared tion of more than 100 persons living in Chinhat. He com- anti-CAA protesters in a group of men holding can- long investigation, a police brought dead at the hospital. had been examined so far. mented on a post, “Dangaiyon Ujariaon locality of the area on dles and carrying placards spokesman said two teams The police did not preserve vis- “Those who attended the party ke hausle buland rahenge jab Sunday. A police spokesman with slogans against were scanning the CCTV cera for further examination. on Saturday night at Ranjeet’s unke peeche policewale haath said Qureshi and others had CAA/NRC. We told them footages to locate the escape Ranjeet was shot dead flat at OCR building are also bandh kar khade rahenge”, taken out the candle march, about the provisions of sec- route of the attacker, three while on morning walk with under scanner and the police (rioters will call the shots as violating the prohibitory tion 144 of CrPC implement- were working on digital sur- Aditya. The brother duo were have prepared a list of the long as policemen remain mute orders, and a case was regis- ed in the city. They did not veillance while three engaged in walking towards Globe Park guests,” they disclosed. spectators). tered in this connection. Those have sought permission for ground intelligence to locate (near Clarks Avadh crossing) in They said some of the cops Sharma reacted with “Main named in the case besides the march and were obstruct- the attacker. “We have got Hazratganj around 6.30 am on + !     #          # # were in camping in districts bhi nikal raha hoon, pistol ka Qureshi were identified by ing the traffic.” Qureshi had some important input about Sunday. Initial probe had      other than Lucknow. “The intezam ho gaya hai. Mera nis- police as Jaleel, Mahfooz, also taken part in the protest the attacker and motive for revealed that Ranjeet was being murder of VHM chief was hana ghantaghar hai” (I am Salman Mansoori, Wali at Hussainabad Clock Tower Ranjeet’s murder. We hope to threatened for the past few also opened fire at Aditya and shooter which the police got on planned in a meticulous way. also leaving, I have got a pistol Mohammed, Rahnuma Khan, a couple of days back. crack the case soon,” he said. months. On Saturday night, fled the scene. “In view of the Sunday,” sources said. They The brain behind the attack and my target is Clock Tower). The police have yet to find Ranjeet had organised a party modus operandi of the attack- said the police teams believed collected each and every ADCP Vikas Tripathi said arrested three more persons, Police earlier had arrested out the route through which at his house on the occasion of er, the crime was apparently that the attacker had links with minute detail related to his rou- the police instantly took cogni- identified as Mohammed one Laeeq Ahmad from the attacker fled after executing his birthday and invited guests executed by some profession- deceased’s hometown in tine before executing the sance of Sharma’s post on Naeem of Hasanganj, Danish Thakurganj for taking part in the crime. “It is not possible to from several districts, includ- al shooter. The police teams Gorakhpur or neighbouring crime,” they said. They added Facebook and traced him at his Ali of Chowk and Mohammed the protest on January 21. The flee the city instantly after ing Gorakhpur. Aditya had contacted their network of districts. “Several hundreds of that the police teams were house in Chinhat. He was Asif of Amethi. “The trio were police had registered a case committing the crime. The told police that the attacker informers and also quizzed CCTV footages were scanned examining the mobile numbers apprehended and a case was arrested for violating the pro- against several persons, includ- police suspect that some per- came from behind and some jailed mafia in Lucknow on Monday to find out the exit which were found activated in registered against him. Sharma hibitory orders and hindering ing Laeeq. Police said those sons helped the attacker flee. In snatched his mobile phone and and Gorakhpur to get a clue way of the attacker,” they said. the base transceiver station was challaned for threatening police work. The police also arrested on Monday were the CCTV footages scanned so that of Ranjeet. The attacker about the gangs having shoot- They said the police had got (BTS) near the crime scene. It and acting with an intention to slapped 7 Criminal Law named in the case and they far, the police did not get any then put the pistol at Ranjeet’s ers of this skill. They were also some important input about was early morning and the call incite others. Amendment Act on the were staging protest despite clue about the attacker,” the nose and pulled the trigger. He shown the CCTV image of the the killer and was zeroing on traffic on BTS was very low. Tripathi said the police accused,” he added. being booked on January 25.   &+8+8

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AIPEF mw would have to be shut Recently, the AIPEF Verma was cleaning the silt in #$    chairman Shailendra Dubey down completely. urged the Modi government the Gomti river in view of the urged Chief Minister Yogi “In fact, all state-run ther- to take them into confidence preparations for Defense Expo accused the brother of her Adityanath to urgently inter- mal units in UP with installed on any prospective legislation and spotted the body. The police husband of attempting to rape vene in the matter and save capacity of roughly 4,000 mw aimed at ‘privatisation’ of said the deceased appeared to be her at her house in Thakurganj the state from an ‘unprece- will be closed if action was power supply during the be aged around 35 years and the on Monday. Police said they dented’ power crisis. taken conforming to propos- Budget session of Parliament. body was recovered from the were not aware of the Dubey said that the als of the budget,” he said. AIPEF, which represents silt. “The body was sent to incident as they did not get any       676  #  # !  !    Union budget proposed to Dubey recalled that last nearly 1.5 million public sec- morgue for autopsy and further complaint. shut down thermal units gen- year’s budget had mentioned tor power employees, wrote to investigations are underway,” the In her complaint, the erating flue gas beyond envi- a proposal to equip such ther- Union Power Minister RK police said. woman said she was all alone &   )   )7 (#3: its administration all possible Dr Rajeev Lochan presented ronmental safety norms and mal plants with retrofitted Singh apprehending that the Meanwhile, the Chinhat in her room after her husband help in terms of facilities at par the annual report. He said the to utilise their land for other technologies like fuel gas Centre was planning to police recovered a 4-5 month left for his duty on January 28. auding Balrampur with private hospitals. hospital has had a long jour- purposes. desulfurisation system amend Electricity Act, 2003 to old foetus from a vacant place “The accused tip-toed into the LHospital’s recent achieve- “The government is work- ney and boats of several Flue gas is the substance (FGDS) and selective catalyt- introduce multiple supply in Kanshiram Colony on room and pushed me down ments and modernisation with ing hard providing health and achievements. Director, exiting via a flue (a pipe to ic reducer (SCR) to curb envi- licencees or franchisees by Monday. A police spokesman with a malafide intention. expertise in medical assis- treatment to people through Family Health and Welfare, remove exhaust gases from a ronmental pollution. segregating carriage and con- said the foetus was recovered When I objected, he thrashed tance in several fields, Health PHCs and CHCs apart from Gyan Prakash said the hospi- fireplace, furnace or steam “The sudden decision to tent in the distribution sys- around 9.15 am after which me and tore apart my saree,” and Family Welfare Minister wellness and health centres set tal has enriched its old legacy generator). In general terms, shut these stations is unfortu- tem. The Federation urged some residents called the cops. she alleged. She further stated JP Singh said doctors must not up across the state. We are pro- with limited resources. flue gas refers to as the nate,” he said. Dubey warned the Union minister to give “Sub-inspector Manish Verma that she complained to her hus- lose their temper and treat viding assistance for vaccina- Principal Secretary Devesh exhaust gas produced at that the budget proposals time for holding broad dis- was sent to the place and the band but did not get any help. every patient with care. tion against different diseases Chaturvedi said Balrampur power plants. would create a severe energy cussions before declaring any foetus was buried with the “I gave the complaint to a sub- Speaking at the hospital’s by making available patholog- Hospital is offering its services The AIPEF head claimed crisis in the state following amendments or changes in help of residents,” he said. inspector but my case is yet to 151st foundation day on ical facilities,” Singh said. to a large number of that going by budgetary pro- prospective closure of the Electricity Act, 2003. Meanwhile, a woman be addressed,” she alleged. 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Trans. four female police officers, CISH director Shailendra He added that there is no many urban entrepreneurs to chikori, parsley and bunching Division-II, Jaunpur. Earnest Money: including constables, inspec- Rajan said there is always a need to apply insecticides for use the technology for grow- onion can also find a place in Rs. 2000.00 (Two Thousand) only. tors and sub-inspectors, taking scope to spare one feet with managing disease and pest in ing vegetables for home use as this type of growing system. Tender Cost: Rs.224.00 (Rs. Two on challenges in a dynamic strips along with the wall in this type of cultivation mod- well as providing safe food to Lettuce, pakchori, spinach, Hundred Twenty Four) only. Earnest O P    2     money will be submitted through society. They try solving the most of the houses, but for els. “Principal scientist SR the families. “Winters are the Swiss chart produce luxuriant RTGS/NEFT/Electronic mode in cases in their distinct ways. growing plants the soil is Singh developed several mod- season for doing this job, but growth in a small place. We favour of Superintending Engineer, Gulki Joshi, who plays the lenge for me was to keep a sub- role of Pushpa Singh, said: required which is not available els which can be accommodat- as per the location, the crop can have sufficient vegetables Electy. Transmission Circle, UPPT- role of Haseena Mallik, said: dued demeanour even though “This is my first project and a mostly on the rooftops and in ed as per the space available in can be grown in most of the for a small family by adopting CL, Azamgarh, current Account “Since I have already shot in I am a fun-loving person,” she different genre. Pushpa is the the modern houses where the balcony or along the wall. seasons. Sometimes, the veg- these innovative methods,” No.0504002100012364, IFSC Code. Lucknow previously, I was said. She added that the show eldest member of Aminabad floor is also cemented. “CISH Mostly, people use walls for etables cannot be grown in the the CISH director said. PUNB0050400, MICR No. 276024001, Punjab National Bank, very excited to revisit those will highlight these characters police station. She is an excel- Sadawarti Chowk, Athwariya, places and gorge on the in a Mahila thana of Lucknow lent counsellor and is looking ,.:(/ Azamgarh. Documents of Tender No. mouth-watering kebabs. It was Yukti Kapoor, who essays for that one big case before she 134 can be obtained upto 15.00 hrs. a great experience shooting at the role of Karishma Singh, retires. I am really happy that of 06.03.2020 and complete Tender different locations like Rumi said: “All of us were excited we had a great time in Lucknow   P   . The aim is to provide a platform   ! ) will be accepted upto 17.00 Hrs, the Darwaza, Ambedkar Park etc, about going to Lucknow and as I got to meet people and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical for researchers, engineers, academicians as In view of the Defence Expo, the anti- same day in the office of undersigned and will be opened on dated and we were very enthusiastic. we were talking about what we learnt to speak in proper Hindi University (AKTU) is organising an inter- well as industry professionals across the encroachment team of Lucknow 07.03.2020 at 12:00 hrs. SUPERIN- I feel the show has a different would eat. Although I am a accent since I am originally a national conference on contemporary com- globe to share their research outcomes. Development Authority (LDA) on Monday TENDING ENGINEER (TRANS.) concept and we are all pre- vegetarian, I’m happy for other Maharashtrian. Although I puting and applications (IC3A 2020) from removed over 100 roadside vends in and No. 149 Date 3.2.2020 SAVE ELEC- pared to take over everyone’s girls as they got to try all the have previously been to on February 5 to 7 in collaboration with &! around RML Hospital premises and 1090 TRICITY IN THE INTEREST OF hearts. My character Haseena kebab varieties here. As for me, Lucknow, I am looking forward Madan Mohan Malviya University of ‘Amiphoria’, the annual event of Amity crossing in Gomti Nagar. The anti- NATION is focused, disciplined and a I enjoyed shooting and I am to trying the famous kebabs Technology (Gorakhpur), and Dr University, will begin on February 5. The encroachment squad also removed make- non-violent police in-charge. I also planning to buy some that I missed out on last time.” Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological chief guest on the occasion will be TV shift houses in and around the hospital, but am looking forward to bring- good clothes. It was great com- Bhavika Sharma, who plays University (Maharashtra). The conference actor Sandeep Anand, who will inaugurate allowed the slum-dwellers to take away ing this character on screen for municating with people and the role of Santosh Sharma, is sponsored by TEQIP and technically co- the event. The guest of honour will be their belongings. A large number construc- the viewers. I request everyone telling them about our show said: “It’s the first time I am vis- sponsored by IEEE, UP Section. The aca- writer Sarvesh Asthana. Media spokesper- tion labourers had built temporary hous- to love and support our show.” and my character Karishma, iting Lucknow and hence there demic partners are Institute for son said it will be a three-day event full of es covered with tin-sheds. LDA secretary The actress said the show who is a fierce police officer was a lot of excitement as I Technological Development and Innovation enthusiasm and fresh talents with new MP Singh said instructions have been is different because they are and doesn’t believe in emotion- had heard that there are a lot of in Communications – IDeTIC , Brno ideas. Dozens of competitions to explore issued to in-charges of the teams to follow showcasing subtle comedy, al policing.” amazing kurtis and food on University of Technology, BRNO Czech the capabilities of young minds will be part the guidelines set by defence authorities, unlike other shows. “The chal- Sonali Naik, who plays the offer here.” Republic, and Charles Sturt University of the mega event. leaving no scope for any complaints.   # & & R  

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He during the rescue of 23 chil- was involved in the rescue Service officer said. couple from the police depart- fired at policemen during the dren taken hostage by her operation, on Monday said he “After the news of her ment to adopt her so that I can siege of the house, injuring father and hoped she becomes will take on “all responsibili- parents’ death a number of easily remain in touch with eight of them and a local res- an IPS officer like him. The ties” for the child. “I want her people from India and abroad her,” he said. No relative has so ident. Police found the girl in girl’s father Subhash Batham to become IPS officer like are contacting us for adopting far come forward to claim cus- the house after gunning down was shot dead early Friday as me. I am opening an account the girl,” he said. “However, tody of the child, apparently her father. Batham, a murder police rescued 23 children he for her and will deposit money without verification and the because the couple married accused, allegedly wanted had taken hostage at his home in it so that she does not have completion of legal formalities against the wishes of their police to withdraw cases in Farrukhabad’s Kasaria vil- any problems with her stud- we will not hand her over to families. Subhash Batham had against him. Police found two lage. Her mother Ruby ies,” he told PTI over the anyone,” he added. invited the children to his guns, ammunition and explo- Katheriya was lynched by phone from Kanpur. A pre- “Even if someone adopts home on the pretext of cele- sives stocked at the house. 3!"4 - 5 '         )!  - +         Lucknow: A couple allegedly a police officer said. The mat- committed suicide in Pangara ter is being probed, he said. &  %)$?%+, violating prohibitory orders. contacted, AMU spokesperson village in Naraini area in Meanwhile, a seven-year- Despite this, they have contin- Omar Peerzada said till Banda, police said on Monday. old girl was allegedly raped by omen and girl protesters ued with their indefinite “dhar- Monday afternoon, classes The 24-year-old man named a man at a village in Whave taken centrestage na” and are spending the nights were held in almost all the fac- Baccha Prajapati and Ramdevi Muzaffarnagar district, police in the ongoing protests against under the open sky. Despite ulties but subsequently, some (19) were missing since said on Monday. The 22-year- the Citizenship (Amendment) attempts, no senior police offi- protesters assembled at the Saturday, police said, adding old man allegedly took the Act (CAA) over the past few cial is willing to comment on Baab-e-Syed gate. that their bodies were recov- girl to sugarcane fields in days at the Aligarh Muslim the ongoing dharna. At the The process for withdraw- ered on Sunday. Dholri village in Titawi area University (AMU) as well as in AMU, girls in large numbers ing false cases was a long- They were in a relationship and raped her on Sunday, the the old city. A large number of resumed their protest on the drawn one and despite their which was not approved by police said. She was later found girls blocked all traffic within main road leading to the cam- best efforts, it was bound to their families, police said. We crying in the fields by the vil- the AMU campus on Monday, pus from the Baab-e-Syed gate take some time, he said, adding have recovered a poisonous lagers who took the girl to her forming a human chain at the on Monday. that the university was active- substance from the spot from home and informed the police, main crossing near the univer- The Students Coordination ly pursuing the matter with the where the bodies were found, they said. sity guesthouse, while at Committee said the protest district authorities. Peerzada Shahjamal under the Delhi intensified primarily because said senior professors of the Gate police station, hundreds of there was no visible action on university were constantly '--193 women from the neighbouring their demand for withdrawing making all necessary attempts localities continued with their the false cases lodged by the to persuade the protesting stu-  & examination to round-the-clock sit-in that is police in connection with the dents to ensure that their stir Adhyatm Agnihotri, a class test the mental going on for three days. anti-CAA protests. Also, they was peaceful and did not dis- VIII student of City Montessori and academic On January 30, when a had demanded the resignation turb any academic activity. He School, Gomti Nagar Campus skills of stu- large number of women held of senior university officials for added that the vice chancellor I, secured first position in the dents. 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Peaceful protesters are cannot be met with hate- &  #9:29),$ against Ministers and top BJP firings at the Jamia Nagar demonised while those insti- speech by those in high leaders for making inflamma- and Shaheen Bagh areas here gating & initiating violence go offices,” he tweeted. fter tearing into Finance tory speeches to divide people were a direct outcome of the scot-free,” tweeted CPI(M) “Law & order in the AMinister Nirmala on communal line. “They think “continued silence” of Prime general secretary Sitaram national Capital comes under Sitharaman’s Union Budget as that they can rule like dictators   ) ) !   2 *      # Minister Narendra Modi as Yechur y. the Centre. Responsibility and “hollow” and failing to address and make such speeches. It is    %    Ministers and BJP leaders When ministers provoke accountability for repeated unemployment levels in the unfortunate,” he said. incite violence. “Repeated violence or thuggery, then no provocative violent incidents country, former Congress Gogoi said that for this boy fired on the people,” the ting of Parliament. He said firings are an ominous and one is safe. Governments are falls directly and solely on the president Rahul Gandhi on Government, the students and Congress leader said adding “he that Budget has not provided direct outcome of continued responsible for every citizen’s Union Home Minister and the Monday targeted the women who are protesting must have been motivated by anything to boost investment in silence of PM as Ministers and safety. Peaceful protest is a Prime Minister,” he tweeted. Government again over the ment and your Government against the CAA are “our ene- someone. I want to know who agriculture sector. On issue of unemployment, saying has failed miserably to provide mies. But for me, they are my is pulling the trigger. It’s not the Citizenship Amendment Act, rified,” she said adding, “Today, it has “failed miserably” to them the same,” he said. The brothers and friends. They are minister or that boy,” he added. he asked the government about you put a person banned by  ( ,   generate jobs for the youth of Congress leader used the hash- telling about values of Mahatma Attacking Verma, the the compulsion under which Election Commission to speak the country. tag “JawaabDoMantriJi” to put Gandhi and Swami Congress MP also said that a they came up with this law. in parliament”.        In a tweet posted this across his point. Vivekanand”. Referring to the member banned by Election “You want to discriminate She also said that the state morning Rahul told Soon after the Budget was JNU incident on January 5, Commission for campaigning among people,” he alleged. of economy is abysmal and the New Delhi: A plea was filed Noida. Restrictions have been Sitharaman “don’t’ be afraid of presented in Parliament, Rahul Gogoi said people witnessed in Delhi was allowed to speak Opposing the motion, finance minister was fearful in in the Supreme Court on imposed on the Kalindi Kunj- questions... asking on behalf of said there is nothing concrete disturbing scenes in universi- first in the House and “that Trinamool Congress’ Mahua giving the target for the real Monday seeking a direction to Shaheen Bagh stretch and youth... replying is your respon- in the Budget as the biggest ties. shows the BJP’s attitude towards Moitra said the government is GDP. “You have rubbished the authorities to remove Okhla underpass, which were sibility”. The former Congress problem in front of the coun- Students and professors at the Election Commission and betraying the people who have all economists, but your own from Shaheen Bagh protesters closed on December 15 last chief hit out at Sitharaman try is unemployment and the JNU were bleeding due to Parliament”. Gogoi said the voted for them. “You have former CEA appointed by you” agitating against CAA since year due to ongoing protests and the Centre for failing “mis- Government has not addressed attack and police did not do government should talk about betrayed the tribal people in is raising question marks on December 15 last year, saying against the Citizenship erably” to provide jobs. that. anything, he said adding, “I am the real problems of poverty, Gujarat on whose land you built government data, she said. they are causing hardship to (Amendment) Act and “Finance Minister, don’t “This is the mindset of the not questioning Delhi Police”. unemployment, and inequality a statue,” she said. She dubbed P V Midhun Reddy (YSRCP) people by blocking arterial National Register of Citizen be scared of my questions. I am government -- all talk and Delhi Police, he said, is capable as these issues are not yet over. the National Population said that his party was opposed road connecting Delhi to (NRC). asking these questions on nothing concrete. The biggest of managing everything, but Speaking during the dis- Register (NPR), National to the NRC and the NPR and behalf of the youth of the problem our youngsters are “what I feel is that political mas- cussion, T R Baalu (DMK) Register of Citizens and the the government should not do former NDA constituent Shiv Savarkar. He also wanted to country, to answer whom is facing is unemployment and I ters are dictating them and wondered if the President had CAA as the “biggest betrayal” anything which creates a sense Sena, dared the BJP to give know how many Indians have your responsibility,” Rahul said didn`t see any strategic idea as giving directions”. gone through his speech before of people of India. “People who of insecurity among minorities. Bharat Ratna to Hindutva ide- gone to Kashmir after abroga- in a tweet in Hindi. “The youth how they will get jobs,” Rahul “In front of Delhi Police, a reading it during the joint sit- voted for you in 2014 are hor- Vinayak Raut, member of ologue Vinayak Damodar tion of Article 370. of the country want employ- told reporters in Parliament. %&'()   0   *$   # +     &       !   <  -  ,) &  #9:29),$ and continued slogan shouting meeting.   1    against comments of Thakur The choice of Verma , a #      '- ' 678 " he Opposition created an and Verma with slogans “save Delhi MP, as the first speaker     ( *    Tuproar in the Parliament India” , “ Save Democracy” and by the BJP was obvious with %  ;  K" and even staged a walkout on “ Save Constitution”. Delhi set to go to poll on       O    &  #9:29),$ irregularities in the selection Monday over the utterances by Congress leader Adhir February 8. #     process and also ordered a BJP MPs Parvesh Verma and Ranjan Chowdhury said Initiating the debate,    %%   he CBI has registered a case Central Bureau of Investigation Anurag Thakur during their Government is silencing the Verma said India is proud to    *"  Tto probe alleged irregularities (CBI) probe into the matter. campaigning in the Delhi voice of common people and have such a President who has  %  ;  K in the conduct of the Civil The court had then institut- Assembly polls. accused ruling members as rejected the mercy plea of   ( *  " Services Mains examination for ed a two-member panel to probe Opposition members being “ Nakli Hindu”. He said Nirbhaya convicts. Besides 2016 organised by the Manipur the matter, which revealed “irreg- walked out of the Lok Sabha the Government cannot silence praising Prime Minister ') !' Public Service Commission ularities and discrepancies”, when Verma rose to initiate a people’s “boli” (voice) with Narendra Modi, he also    (MPSC). including absence of examiners’ debate on the Motion of “goli” (bullet). All through this, admired the speaker for mak-   %$$  The agency has registered signatures on answer scripts, Thanks on the President’s Thakur was answering ques- ing the House paperless and , 1%3 the case against unidentified manipulation of marks and allot- address while the Congress tions related to his Ministry giving an opportunity to new   ) * officials of the Commission at ment of marks without evalua- raised slogans against Union during question hour. members to speak.      the behest of the Manipur High tion of answer scripts. minister Anurag Thakur. Rajya AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi, He accused ruling AAP of      Court. The Manipur Civil “The MPSC appears to have Sabha proceedings were also who was to ask a question,  9  %     !   2 *    not fulfilling promises it made        Services Combined Competitive taken the examination very light- washed out as the Opposition rather shouted, “We are with   #    %   +- to the people of Delhi and %   %  &  Examination (CSCCE), 2016 ly, like a child’s play, completely raised slogans against the Jamia, we are with students.” standing up with the anti- $ 4&$57   " had selected 82 officers of the forgetting that it would decide Government, demanding a At 12.10 Speaker Om Birla Thanks on the President’s cannot be raised inside the Citizenship Amendment Act 2  L  ,  03 Manipur Civil Service, Manipur and determine the career of a debate on the Citizenship adjourned the house till 130 address to protest his contro- House and that members (CAA) protestors. Verma also    ?     Police Service and allied services candidate,” it had said while Amendment Act (CAA) and hrs. When the house resumed versial remarks during a poll should not set a “wrong prece- referred to the Shaheen Bagh    0   whose selection was quashed by handing over the investigation to National Population Register its proceedings opposition rally here. dent”. sit-in, saying it is not a protest L M" the High Court. the CBI. (NPR). members, including those from Opposition benches raised Verma was barred by the against CAA, rather people The high court had, in In November last year, the As soon as Lok Sabha pro- the Congress and DMK, slogans against the BJP MP like Election Commission last week there are saying “Pakistan zind- O&    October last year, quashed the order was upheld by the SC, ceedings commenced, walked out of Lok Sabha as “Sharam Karo (Have Shame)”. for four days for his contro- abad, and Assam and Kashmir !  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States and Union the Centre, states and UT on the religious discrimination against An Act passed by Parliament in 2008 pro- Territories (UTs) to plea and asked them to file their O& women at various religious places vided for setting up of ‘Gram Nyayalayas’ respond to a plea seek- replies. In his plea, Mani has   !'P — the larger question which arose at the grass roots level for providing access ing action against urged the top court to call for the #2J    during the Sabarimala case. to justice to citizens at the doorstep and to authorities for failing to records from the Centre, states      As the lawyers representing ensure that opportunities for securing jus- prevent children from and UTs regarding steps taken by       various parties in the case have not tice are not denied to anyone by reason of falling into abandoned or them to prevent children from $0   arrived at a consensus on framing social, economic or other disabilities. open bore wells and dying falling into open or abandoned   L    M larger issues to be deliberated A Bench headed by Justice N V Ramana also took across the country. bore well pursuant to the direc-    *   0 upon by the Constitution bench, it into account the fact that several States have issued noti- A Bench of Justices Arun tions given by the apex court in 2  +  will frame them by Thursday, the ings by next week. do “substantial and complete jus- fications for establishing ‘Gram Nyayalayas’ but all of Mishra and M R Shah agreed to its August 2010 order.   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The Bench noted that S Mani who has also sought “victimised” due to failure of     A= ed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, said 14 last year, made by a five-judge women into mosques and ‘dargah’ States like Gujarat, Haryana, Telangana, West Bengal, direction to the authorities to administration to close these  $     it will inform the parties about the bench which by a majority of 3:2 and Parsi women, married to non- Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha have not yet filed take action against erring gov- open bore wells as several deaths 2% 42%5  time frame for the hearing and had said that the larger bench will Parsi men, being barred from the their affidavits on this issue despite the apex court’s ernment officials for non-com- have been reported from across   " would commence the proceed- have to evolve a judicial policy to holy fire place of an Agyari. PTI October 18 last year direction. PTI pliance of directions given by the the country due to this. PTI    $      #  *          #

&  #9:29),$ &  #9:29),$ only 1.20 million doses, accord- ment have shown interest. batch. To do away sacrificing of ing to the IVRI. The cost of new vaccine rabbits and increase the pro- decline in sugar production n order to check the falling Although there is no health would be less, as only one ductivity, IVRI later developed Aby 24 per cent between Ipig population in India, the risk to humans, it is highly dose of new vaccine is required a cell-cultured vaccine using October and January may lead Government on Monday transmissible among swine. to be given to pigs in a year, foreign strain and commer- to increase in prices in the unveiled a new indigenously “This CSF vaccine is much unlike two doses of the exist- cialised it in 2016 and 2018. country. The total sugar pro- developed vaccine for control- cheaper and will be a game ing ones, he said. According to IVRI, the duction declined to 141.12 lakh ling classical swine fever, which changer. We need to speed up According to Ministry of newly developed vaccine using tonne this year as compared to is an highly contagious fatal pig commercialisation,” Animal Animal Husbandry, since 1964 Indian strain is safe and potent. 185.59 lakh tonne during the disease. The new vaccine, Husbandry and Dairying a lapinized CSF vaccine is It does not revert to virulence corresponding period last year developed by Uttar Pradesh- Department Secretary Atul being used in India for con- and provide protective immu- due to fall in output in the based ICAR-Indian Veterinary Chaturvedi said after the trolling the disease. The vaccine nity from day 14 of the vacci- major producing State of Research Institute (IVRI), will launch. is produced by sacrificing large nation till 24 months studied so Maharashtra. The sugar mar- be much cheaper than the The new vaccine has been numbers of rabbits for each far. keting year runs from October existing one. It would cost developed using Indian strain to September. only Rs 2 per dose compared to and lakhs of doses can be pro- According to Indian Sugar the current vaccine’s rate of Rs duced very easily using the cell Mills Association (ISMA), as on 15-20 per dose and imported culture technology and the January 31, 2020, 446 sugar period of the previous year. heavy molasses into ethanol, four months of the current Korean vaccine rate of Rs 30 country’s requirement can be mills in the country have pro- Sugar output in Uttar which will reduce about 8.5 season would be almost 7-8 per dose. As per 2019 census, easily fulfilled, said Trilochan duced 141.12 lakh tonne of Pradesh, however, increased to lakh tonne of sugar production. lakh tonne more than the year- the country’s pig population Mohapatra, Secretary to the sugar, as compared to 185.59 54.96 lakh tonne from 52.86 “260 lakh tonne of sugar ago period. declined to 9.06 million from Department of Agricultural lakh tonne produced by 520 lakh tonne. In Karnataka, pro- will be around 70 lakh tonne “In the last year, the esti- 11.13 million in 2007. Research and Education mills last season on the corre- duction fell to 27.94 lakh tonne less than the production of the mated sugar sales by the sugar Currently, India does not (DARE). The vaccine has been sponding date. from 33.76 lakh tonne. ISMA last season. We can already see mills were around 255 lakh have enough vaccine for con- tested on around 500 pigs at In Maharashtra, sugar pro- has pegged the country’s sugar that current year’s production tonne and considering the high- trolling classical swine fever multiple locations. duction in the first four months production at 260 lakh tonne is trailing by almost 44.5 lac er sales in this year, ISMA (CSF), which has led to high He further said the vaccine of the 2019-20 marketing year for 2019-20. tonne till the end of January expects the sugar sales by sugar mortality with annual loss of will be commercialised in the is estimated at 34.64 lakh tonne The estimates are based 2020 as compared to the previ- mills in the current season to be about Rs 4.29 billion. Against next six months. Various state compared with 70.99 lakh after accounting for the diver- ous season,” the statement said. around 260 lakh tonne,” it the annual requirement of 20 governments, private manu- tonne in the corresponding sion of sugarcane juice and ‘B’ The sugar sales in the first added. million doses, the availability is facturers and Nepal govern-    !! "#$%$%   +

-    39 < ;?19   '  .     $  Srinagar: The National activities in the erstwhile state Naveed, Rafi Ahmed Rather to the funding of terror activ- for funding separatist and ter- Investigation Agency (NIA) of Jammu & Kashmir. and Irfan Shafi Mir, who claims ities in Kashmir. rorist activities in the erst- Srinagar: Police arrested four will question former J&K MLA The officials said the to be an advocate, were also His name had cropped up while state and for causing overground workers of terror Sheikh Abdul Rashid for his agency would soon approach arrested on the day from the during the interrogation of disruption in the valley by outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed links with self-styled Hizbul court for seeking a production Srinagar-Jammu National businessman Zahoor Watali pelting stones on the security (JeM) from the Awantipora Mujahideen commander warrant for summoning Rashid Highway at Qazigund. arrested by the NIA for alleged- forces, burning schools, dam- area of Jammu & Kashmir’s Naveed ‘Babu’, arrested along and question him about his On January 23, Naveed’s ly supplying money to terror aging public property and wag- Pulwama district on with suspended Jammu and association with Naveed alias brother, Syed Irfan Ahmed, groups and separatists in the ing war against India, the probe Monday. Kashmir Police DSP Davinder ‘Babu’, whose full name is Syed was also arrested after he was valley. agency said in the FIR. “Awantipora police arrest- Singh, officials said here on Naveed Mushtaq Ahmad. brought from Punjab. He was The NIA had registered the Hafiz Saeed, chief of the ed four terrorist associates Monday. He is at present under the in constant touch with his case against separatist and banned Jamaat-ud- Dawa linked to proscribed terror Rashid, popularly known custody of the NIA till brother and had asked him to secessionist leaders, including (JuD), the front of the Lashkar- outfit JeM,” a police spokesper- as ‘Rashid Engineer’ and leader February 6. look for an accommodation in unknown members of the e-Taiba terror outfit, has been son said. The arrested persons of the Awami Ittehad Party Naveed was arrested along Chandigarh, where they could Hurriyat Conference, who have named in the FIR as an were identified as Mohammad (AIP), contested as an with suspended Jammu escape the harsh winter months been acting in connivance with accused. Amin, Mohammad Rafiq, Independent candidate in the & Kashmir Deputy of Kashmir. active militants of proscribed The FIR also names organ- Fayaz Lone, residents of Khrew, 2014 Assembly constituency Superintendent of Police (DSP) Last year also, Singh had terrorist organisations Hizbul isations such as the two factions and Maqbool Dar, a resident of from Langate in North Davinder Singh on January during interrogation that he cials alleged. ferried Naveed to Jammu and Mujahideen, Dukhtaran-e- of the Hurriyat, one led by Syed Awantipora, he added. Kashmir. 11. The police officer was had been in constant touch This is definitely a serious facilitated his return to Shopian Millat, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Ali Shah Geelani and the other According to police He is at present in judicial allegedly ferrying Naveed along with the legislator for estab- offence and needs to be probed after “rest and recuperation”. and other outfits and gangs in by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, records, the arrested persons custody at the Tihar Jail after he with two others out of the lishing a firm base for the ter- thoroughly, they said, while jus- Rashid was first a main- 2016. The case was registered Hizbul Mujahideen and the were involved in assisting the was arrested by the NIA on Kashmir Valley. ror group in North Kashmir tifying the need for question- stream politician who was for raising, receiving and col- Dukhtaran-e-Millat, an all- active JeM terrorists operating August 9 in connection with a As reported by PTI last and was looking for possible ing Rashid. arrested by the NIA last year in lecting funds through various women outfit of in Awantipora, the police case related to finding of terror week, Naveed had claimed hideouts in that area, the offi- Along with Singh and connection with a case related illegal means, including hawala, separatists. PTI spokesperson said. PTI !&    #$%!$$?     .   : % 1     11 am tomorrow (Tuesday),” ' '&  of firing at Saheen Bag and &  ?7:%,%$ Saikia’s advocate Santanu (3)(%% Jamia Millia University the Borthakur told PTI. TMC leader said the govern- he National Investigation The NIA has already engal Chief Minister ment has suffered a moral TAgency (NIA) on Monday arrested around half a dozen BMamata Banerjee has loss in its bid to enforce the quizzed IIT-Guwahati senior leaders, including Akhil reiterated that the movement “undemocratic CAA” and Professor Arupjyoti Saikia for Gogoi, of peasant body Krishak against the “cruel and dis- now “its leaders are trying to the second time in three days Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) criminatory” Citizenship scare away the protesters by in connection with the violence and its sister organisations for Amendment Act will con- instigating firing incidents.” in the city over the Citizenship their alleged role in massive tinue till the Central He said that the saffron Amendment Act (CAA) in violence during the anti-CAA Government rolls it back. But I will implore student party “came to power by December last protests across the state in The Chief Minister on colleagues to continue with promising acchhe din (good year. December last Monday joined the sit-in their movement against this days), jobs, price reductions The agency summoned year. demonstration of the cruel and discriminatory law and development but failed to him again for questioning on Earlier in December, Trinamool Congress Chhatra until it is taken back by the fulfill its promises in all fronts. Tuesday.Saikia, a professor of Assam Finance Minister Parishad, the Bengal ruling Central Government,” Banerjee And now in order to cloak its History at the Indian Institute Himanta Biswa Sarma had said outfit’s students’ arm, congrat- said. failures it is dividing the soci- of Technology-Guwahati, was that the State Government has ulated the students for carrying The Trinamool Congress ety and organizing violence.” summoned to the NIA office at evidence that a leading acade- on their dharna and asked also attacked the Central In Kolkata TMC leader Sonapur in the outskirts of the mician working at a central them to continue with their stir Government and the BJP for and Mayor Firhad Hakim said city on Saturday, when he was educational institute was mon- till the Central Governmentdid trying to divert the people’s the BJP was digging its own asked to appear again before itoring the “entire exercise” of not take the “black law” back. attention from the real issues by ditch for the coming days. the sleuths of the agency on violence on December 11 and “I congratulate you all for dividing the society. “They had come to power by Monday. 12 in protest against the Act. your tenacity … that you have Attacking the saffron party promising development. But An NIA official confirmed “That Assamese acade- been sitting in this demon- for intimidating the Opposition instead of developing India that Saikia was interrogated mician gave three statements stration site for the past sever- into silence TMC MP they are dividing it. They will during the day. — a revolution has started, all al weeks for a right cause … I Sukhendu Shekhar Roy said have to reap the ‘harvest’ in “Today (Monday), he you senior leaders disappear have a number of engagements that as the present Government future. They are digging their (Saikia) was questioned for and now enter through the that is keeping me busy but still had failed to address the real own ditch and will fall in it. The about four hours. NIA is ques- Janata Bhavan (Secretariat) I will keep coming back to the issues it was trying to divert the people of India are uniting and tioning him as a witness to gate,” Sarma had said at a dharna site whenever I get attention of the people. they will bring about their     ! !    *     !   !     .. "  "  &   Akhil Gogoi’s case. He has press conference on time. Referring to the incidents downfall.”  +- been asked to appear again at December 17. )   !        *  +/    

Panaji: The Goa Legislative notice seeking a discussion on not ignorant about the Act. cent. Christians who had migrated to   0    1  Assembly on Monday passed a the new citizenship law and the They are well aware about it, “Where have these people Pakistan are wiling to return to motion, congratulating Prime proposed country-wide but are purposefuly trying to gone? They have either got Goa.  !&&  Committees should be careful clad women were seen lining Minister Narendra Modi and National Register of Citizens misguide people,” he said. converted or migrated, and “I have been giving them ,9##%$ about the activities of the SDPI up along the National Highway Union Home Minister Amit (NRC). Sawant said the CAA was naturally they have come to the letters required by the activists,” Vijayan told the in Kerala as part of the Shah over the Citizenship In the House of 40, the rul- enacted to take care of the India,” he said. embassy to visit Goa for par- or the first time since the House while answering a ques- wall. Amendment Act (CAA) amid ing BJP has 27 MLAs of its own minority communities in Urging the Opposition ticipating in feasts and other Fcommencement of the agi- tion in connection with the While the Leader of a walkout by MLAs of including the speaker, who all Pakistan, Afghanisthan and benches to read the history, occasions. Those people would tation against Citizenship unrest in Kerala. Opposition Ramesh Opposition Congress and were present besides two Bangladesh. Sawant saidIndia was divided be benefitted due to enactment Amendment Act, Kerala Chief The Chief Minister said Chennithala blamed the the Goa Forward Party Independent legislators who The CAA, under which on the religious lines in 1947 by of the CAA,” he said. Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that the anti-CAA agitation in CPI(M) for seeking the help of (GFP). support the party-led govern- non-Muslim refugees from the Congress party. Deputy Speaker Isidore accepted in the Legislative Kerala is a role model to the SDPI, the chief minister retort- Majority of Catholic MLAs ment. Pakistan, Bangladesh and “Pakistan (was created) for Fernandes said the Goa Church Assembly on Monday that country itself. “It has been a ed by asking him why he was of the ruling BJP supported the NCP MLA Churchil Afghanistan will be given Muslims while India is for has adopted an anti-CAA Islamic terrorists have infil- peaceful and disciplined agita- bothered about the SDPI. motion which was moved by Alemao, who also supports Indian citizenship, came into Hindus. The attempt to give cit- stand, but it is for the elected trating into anti-CAA protest tion. So far, the Government Meanwhile BJP leader K Atanasio Monserratte and the Government, was absent. force from January 10. It was izenship (to refugees from representatives to clear the air rallies. has not taken action against Surendran blamed both the Clafacio Dias in afternoon on The Opposition MLAs includ- passed by the Parliament on Pakistan) was made by Pandit on the act. “It has come to the notice anybody participating in the Congress and the CPI(M) for the first day of the Budget ed five members of the December 11, 2019. Jawaharlal Nehru, who in the “We face humiliation many of the Government that Social anti-CAA agitation,” he said. appeasement politics. “The session. Congress, three of the Goa The amended law is facing year 1950 assured the Lok a times when we go for reli- Democratic Party of India Vijayan came down heavily CPI(M) cannot wash off the MLAs of Congress and the Forward Party (GFP), one of strident Opposition from var- Sabha that the refugees would gious gatherings, but we should (SDPI, an Islamic extremist on the Congress leadership for responsibility for ushering in GFP led by the Leader of the Maharashtrawadi ious quarters over its “dis- be given (Indian) citizenship,” face it and we should convince organisation) activists have that party’s alleged tie up with Islamic terrorist organisations Opposition Digambar Kamat Gomantak Party (MGP) and an criminatory nature”, with states the CM said. people on this Act,” he infiltrated and almost hijacked the SDPI. into the anti CAA rallies. The created ruckus and rushed to Independent. like Kerala, Rajasthan, West He said some people from said. the agitation against the CAA. There were allegations CPI(M) has been infiltrated by the Well of the House demand- Addressing the House, Bengal and Punjab passing outside Goa are trying to “poi- BJP MLA and Power The SDPI elements infiltrate against the CPI(M) for includ- Islamic extremist elements and ing that Speaker Rajesh Chief Minister Pramod Sawant resolutions opposing it. son” the minds of local Minister Nilesh Cabral said the into the agitation with the con- ing various Islamist organisa- we can pinpoint any number of Patnekar disallow the motion. said “few leaders were mis- Sawant said the number of Christians. CAA will resolve the major nivance of the local Mahul tions in its 621 km long Human them occupying important They later staged a walkout guiding people on the CAA”. Hindus in Pakistan shrank Ports Minister Michael issue of enemy properties in committees (the body in charge Wall held on January 26 against positions in that party,” said saying they had submitted a “Opposition members are from 13.5 per cent to 1.85 per Lobo of the BJP said many Goa. PTI of the Mosques). The Mahul the CAA. Thousands of burqua Surendran. ,)(- . /   

%9%% ,92$# high return/interest on their deposits Government has now given the of 72,353 passengers. Screening of “condemnable” and the party lead- troops by as high as 82 per cent.  2 # out of which an amount of Rs 10,850 option of a new slab of tax. This slab passengers is ongoing in 21 airports, ership is upset with him. “The party Quoting an example, the CAG +398%))9E % crore was refunded to the investors is also simple and there is no pres- international seaports and border has conveyed its displeasure to him said at Leh station in one instance it  &! and remaining Rs 6,670 crore is still sure to invest in certain schemes only crossings particularly with Nepal. and asked him to take remedial mea- was noticed that the special ration This apart, 24 acres of land at unpaid which constitutes the "pro- to save tax.” “There was a complaint Universal screening in all flights sure. Any insult to Mahatma Gandhi items were shown as issued to troops Ramnagar and Mahishdal, Purba ceeds of crime." from traders of the country, includ- from Singapore and Thailand besides is unacceptable,” he said. for consumption without their actu- ! !  &%7 Medinipur, West Bengal, residential The Group had diverted and ing Delhi, that they face pressure Hong Kong and China is being Hegde reportedly claimed at an al receipt. flat at Dilkap Chambers, Mumbai siphoned off the amount through from tax authorities. So we started an done, said a statement here by the event in Bangaluru that the entire Explaining the significance of 60-year-old civilian was and one acre at Jyoti Basu Nagar, cheating and had no real business Indirect Tax Settlement Scheme last Union Health Ministry. freedom movement was staged with special rations, the report said the Akilled during ‘unprovoked’ New Town, Kolkata and a hotel of that could repay this amount. Earlier year. After this, there was a demand Further, 2,815 people are the consent and support of the high altitude region has extreme con- ceasefire violation by the Rose Valley Group have also been ED had identified and attached that such a scheme be started for presently under community sur- British, and the independence move- ditions wherein temperatures fall Pakistan Army from across the attached, the agency said. properties under PMLA having ten- Direct Taxes. In this budget, we ful- veillance in 29 States and UTs. Out ment led by Gandhi was a “drama”. below minus 50 degrees during line of control in North The ED registered an FIR against tative market value of around Rs filled this.” of a total of 338 samples sent for test- He also wondered why the Father of severe winter conditions. Kashmir’s Kupwara district on the firm, its chairman Gautam 4,680 crore which includes several While BJP has concluded its ing, 335 have been found to be neg- the Nation was called ‘Mahatma’ (a This causes loss of appetite due late Monday evening. Kundu and others in 2014 under the luxurious resorts, hotels, vehicles, mass campaigning with more than ative, 3 are positive, while 70 are great soul). to various physiological changes Official sources said that the PMLA. Kundu was arrested by the flats, lands and gold, jewellery among 4000 small meeting to reach out being processed. leading to weight loss and reduction ceasefire violation took place in agency in Kolkata in March, 2015 others. every corner of the city, Modi’s back A 24x7 Control Room is opera- in performance. The normal ration the Karnah sector this evening and is still under judicial custody. With the latest attachment, the to back rallies are master stroke when tional (011-23978046), said the state- +()$#(92;$+O scale is not sufficient for the calorif- & in the heavy mortar shelling, Multiple charge sheets have been total market value of properties polling date is just few days away in ment. ic value required for the high altitude 60-year-old Saleem Ahmed was filed in the courts in Kolkata and attached so far in the Rose Valley Delhi. $% ,9#+331 area. killed at Tadd village of Bhubaneswar by the ED in this Group cases has reached around Rs 3#+389+EO 7;;9+92;+3 The basic objective of giving spe- Karnah. case. 4,750 Crores. 3+3#%8$+7 cial rations to the troops at 12,000 The Pakistan Army violat- ED initiated investigation under ,$)2,9?29%$""" 29)%E feet and above is to provide alterna- ed ceasefire in the Kupwara sec- PMLA on the basis of the ,%,99#$+ %% (,$+2 tive food items to alleviate certain tor after a long gap. Panic strick- FIRs/chargesheets received from $#2$%# Sharma said there could not be The CAG asked the Defence psychological and physiological con- en local residents could not West Bengal Police against Rose 3#1$+% E""" a greater insult to India’s national Ministry to conduct enquiry into var- ditions that the soldiers face under step out of their houses due to Valley Group of Companies and oth- Mishra also reviewed the movement and those who sacrificed ious cases of irregularities in pro- inhospitable conditions there, the shelling in the forward villages. ers. “Delhi has earned a name in the arrangements for the approximate- everything to give the country free- curement of high altitude equipment CAG said. Meanwhile, in Jammu The probe has revealed that world because of hardwork of its peo- ly 600 evacuees getting treatment at dom. “The PM and the BJP leader- and initiate action against those The report said reasons like region two pilots evicted safely Rose Valley Group of Companies ple, “But for the last two decades, the health camps in the border areas of ship as a whole has to apologise for responsible for lapses. sanctioning costly substitutes in after a Cheetah helicopter made were illegally and fraudulently col- city is being run by people who never the national Capital. these things,” he said. As regards special rations, the lieu of basic items on same cost a crash landing in Reasi district lecting deposits from public with the let the wave of 21st century touch the National Security Adviser Ajit Senior Congress leader Jairam Government watchdog said special resulted in reduced quantity of of Jammu province. Defence intention to cheat them by falsely city,” said PM?Modi, also targeting Doval, Principal Adviser to the Ramesh tweeted, saying, scales of such rations are authorized calorie intake of the troops. In PRO in Udhampur said, a chee- promising high returns on their Congress. Modi also mentioned Prime Minister PK Sinha, Cabinet “Anantkumar Hegde is perhaps to the troops to meet their daily ener- order to overcome this issue, the tah helicopter on training sorties investments. about various aspects of the Union Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Chief of reflecting the views of his masters. If gy requirements. However, substi- CAG asked the concerned agencies from Udhampur to Reasi devel- Investigation under PMLA Budget favouring youth, business- Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, he is not, his comments should tutes in lieu of scaled items were to ensure calorie content is not oped a technical snag and land- revealed that the Rose Valley Group men and traders inDelhi. and secretaries of other relevant invite the strictest possible action authorized on “cost to cost’’ basis neglected while providing cost to ed in a Khad. Defence PRO said, collected over Rs 17,520 crores from “In this Budget, it has also been ministries were also present. from his party.” which resulted in supply of reduced cost items and called for open ten- “it was a hard landing and both public throughout India by luring taken care that middle-class taxpay- Till Monday, a total of 593 flights A senior BJP leader said the quantity of substitutes. This com- der system for concluding special the pilot and co-pilot evicted depositors with false promise of ers have more money to save.” “The have been screened covering a total Karnataka leader’s comments were promised the calorie intake of the rations contracts. safely”.    !! "#$%$%   0

)  2     (        1   0 Bodinayakanur:Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Monday said hospitals and border areas were    $/ being closely monitored to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state. Visiting the town, which is his constituency, for ameeting with &  7%$ avirus infection, he said.    the public and receiving grievance petitions from them, No confirmed case of the deadly Panneerselvam told newsmen that intense monitoring of the sick n air passenger arriving from virus, which has killed 361 people in was on in the areas bordering Kerala by the health departments AChina has been isolated and kept China till now, has been detected yet Mumbai: Air passengers arriving in International Airport here for the coronavirus was first reported in of both the States to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. under observation for the new coro- in Maharashtra. Mumbai from Singapore and Thailand coronavirus infection. Hubei province of China and has since Stating that some people had arrived from China, the ground navirus in civil hospital of Miraj town The coronavirus is a large fami- are also being screened now, besides As more number of passengers spread to several countries, including zero of the coronavirus, to Kerala bordering Bodinayakanur, he in Sangli district of Maharashtra, tak- ly of viruses that causes illnesses rang- China, for the coronavirus infection, arriving from various countries now two positive cases in India, both in the said precautionery steps were being taken. ing the number of such people to six ing from the common cold to acute a Maharashtra Government official need to be screened, more staff is southern state of Kerala. The central The farmers of the border districts have been advised not in the state, said a health department respiratory syndromes, but the virus said on Monday. required for the speedy scanning, the government on Sunday issued a new to shake hands ortalk without covering their mouth and nose official on Monday. that has killed people in China is a The State Government has also official said. travel advisory asking people to refrain while sneezing or coughing. Swab sample of the passenger, novel strain and not seen decided to provide a team of 25 “The AAI also requested the state from travelling to China in view of He said thousands of farmers were travelling between the who had travelled to the coron- before. health officials to the Airports government to provide more staff for coronavirus outbreak in its Hubei border districts every day and were being monitored. People avirus-affected China, has been sent Common symptoms of the novel Authority of India (AAI) to assist its screening passengers. The government province, and said travellers on return from Tamil Nadu have also come back from China and they were to Pune-based National Institute of coronavirus strain include respirato- personnel in screening passengers has issued an order and health officials from the neighbouring country could also kept under close observationby the doctors, the Deputy Chief Virology (NIV) for analysis, he ry symptoms such as fever, cough and arriving at the Mumbai international from neighbouring Thane district be quarantined. Minister said. PTI said. shortness of breath, according to the airport from Monday. will be deployed at the Mumbai inter- In its advisory, the Health Ministry With this, six patients have been WHO. “Passengers arriving from China national airport for the screening also said anyone with travel history kept in observation wards in the state The WHO has declared the coro- and Hong Kong are being screened purpose, starting today,” she said. of China since January 15 could be :?       (in various hospitals) — of which four navirus epidemic as a global health since January 18. From Saturday, we Till Sunday, a total of 6,432 peo- quarantined. are in Pune, while one each in emergency. have also added two more locations — ple were screened at the Mumbai inter- The decision of issuing a new trav- ( *    Mumbai and Sangli district, the offi- The virus—which first emerged Singapore and Thailand — to be national airport after arrival from el advisory was taken at a high-level cial said. in Wuhan city in China’s central watched out for the coronavirus infec- China. review meeting held by the Cabinet Kolkata: The West Bengal Government has provided two ther- Since January 18, State health offi- Hubei province —has spread to 25 tion,” the official said. So far, AAI’s So far, no confirmed case of coro- Secretary on the preparedness to deal mal scanners to the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International cials have screened 8,878 passengers countries, including India (three con- health officials have been carrying out navirus infection has been found in the with the novel coronavirus which has Airport here to help the authorities conduct surveillance on pas- at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj firmed cases have been reported screening of passengers at the state, an official earlier said. now spread to 25 countries. sengers to contain attack of coronavirus, a senior official said on International Airport for the coron- from Kerala), the US and the UK. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj The outbreak of the deadly novel PTI Monday. The West Bengal Medical Service Corporation has bought the two thermal scanners at a total cost of  30 lakhs and handed it over to the city airport authorities on Sunday, he said. The Kolkata Port authorities have already started using ther- %  #    **  # &P  * !  mal scanners to identify passengers with symptoms of coron- avirus, who are arriving at the city using waterways. Eight passengers, who had travelled in the same flight as that of a coronavirus-affected Kerala resident, had landed at the city Bengaluru: A wave of dissatisfaction made it to the cabinet. Minister and requested that their government too had a meeting in MLA Mahesh Kumathalli may not get airport on January 23. PTI has hit the six-month-old BJP The possible induction of region be given adequate representa- Bengaluru, said BJP sources. a cabinet berth in the reshuffle, the Government against the backdrop of Yogeshwar and Savadi, who was made tion in the cabinet, which is lacking They were unanimous that not defected MLAs led by Gokak BJP ChiefMinister BS Yediyurappa’s Deputy Chief Minister despite losing development. only the 11 MLAs who won the elec- MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi, had a meet- announcement to induct 13 aspirants the Assembly elections, are also a “rea- Talking to reporters, Gouda said, tion be made Ministers but also AH ing to decide their future strategy, said in the second Cabinet expansion on son” for discontent in the BJP. “We had given representations to all Vishwanath and MT BNagaraj who party sources. February 6. Hectic activities began in the the MPs, MLAs and the Chief had unsuccessfully contested the Currently, there are 18 ministers, In the first Cabinet expansion, the power corridor and MLAsstarted Minister. Today also we all had a assembly bypolls from Hunasuru and including the chief minister, in the Chief Minister hadinducted 17 forming groups to impress upon the meeting and later called on the Chief Hoskote on a BJP ticket. cabinet, which has a sanctioned Ministers on August 20, 2019. Chief Minister toinclude their mem- Minister requesting him to make any Vishwanath, who was quite vocal strength of 34. Sixteen berths are Among the 13, ten will be those bers in the ministry. MLA from our region.” on Sunday for dropping hisname, was vacant. The cabinet expansion exer- defectors from Congress and the While one group was from the He said any imbalance in Cabinet mellowed down on Monday after cise will be a delicate task for JD(S) who were disqualified earlier “Kalyana Karnataka” region, the oth- expansion will causetrouble to the meeting Yediyurappa. Yediyurappa as he has to ensure ade- and won the assembly by-election in ers were the defectors who will be MLAs from Kalyana Karnataka However, his insistence for getting quate representation for various castes December last year. excluded in the cabinet expansion. region. “If you make the defeated can- a Cabinet berthremained intact. and regions. The rest will be the ‘native BJP A few MLAS from ‘Kalyana didates Ministers then include 120 “I did not make any proposal The ministry already has eight leaders’, as Deputy Chief Minister Karnataka’ region or people in the cabinet,” an aggrieved before him and will not do it in future Lingayats, including Yediyurappa; Govind Karjol put it. erstwhileHyderabad-Karnataka region Gouda taunted. because he (Yediyurappa) knows what three Vokkaligas; a Brahmin; three Speculations are rife that comprising six districts, met atthe Renukacharya too echoed the has to be done,”Vishwanath told SCs, two OBCsand one ST. Mahadevapura MLA Arvind Legislature Home and held a meeting. same sentiments. reporters after meeting the Chief Opposition parties have been Limbavali, Hukkeri MLA Umesh The meeting was led by Shorapur “If you givepreference to the Minister. critical of the BJP and Yediyurappa Katti and CP Yogeshwar, who hadlost MLA Narasimha Nayak akaRaju defeated candidates then what will When he was reminded of over the delay in the cabinet expan- to HD Kumaraswamy from Gouda and Honnalli MLA MP happen tothose who won the election? Yediyurappa’s statement that sion, alleging he is weak and his Channapatna Assembly Renukacharya. Where should the winners ofelection therewere legal complications in administration has collapsed. segment,would be inducted. The MLAs of the Kalyana go? We emphasise upon giving pref- making him a minister, Reacting to the cabinet expansion, If Yogeshwar is included in the Karnataka region were unanimous erence to thewinners.” Vishwanathsaid, “This government former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah cabinet then he will bethe second that their backward region should get On the other hand, the defectors has legal experts and the advocate gen- quipped, “A drama is taking place. Let Minister after Deputy Chief Minister representation in the cabinet. who jumped the Congress and the eral. They will speak.” it happen on Feburary 6. Afterwards Laxman Savadiwho had lost and yet Later, Gouda met the Chief JD(S) ship and helped form the BJP Amid speculations that Athani we will see what all happens.” PTI       J  (   $    

Kota: Lok Sabha Speaker Om administration to offer a stress here on Saturday. Besides a      Birla has asked students not to releasing and amusing platform large number of students, Kota get stressed during their pursuit for the coaching students. District Collector Om Kasera, of academic “We have to achieve suc- Superintendent of Police Balurghat: A woman was tied Nandanpur panchayat ‘upa- “We are probing the inci- success. Birla made the remark cess, but for that one should not Deepak Bhargava, SP (rural) up, dragged on the road and pradhan’ (deputy chief) Amal dent and also talking to eye- on Sunday during his address embrace mental stress”, Birla Rajan Dushyant and several locked inside a house by alleged Sarkar and some others witnesses,” he said. as the chief guest of the Kota told students. The two-day other officials and teachers Trinamool Congress (TMC) involved in the act, the police According to locals, the Carnival (KOCA), a youth fes- youth festival began at the were present on the occasion. supporters who wanted to said. The TMC district leader- panchayat had recently taken tival organised by the district’s Commerce College ground PTI ‘forcibly’ acquire her land for a ship on Sunday expelled Sarkar up a project to build a road that village road in West Bengal’s for his alleged involvement in would pass by the woman’s South Dinajpur district. the incident, party sources land. The incident has kicked up said. BJP state general secretary a storm, with Opposition par- The video showed that the Sayantan Basu said, “These ties accusing the TMC of ‘let- teacher fell down on the road incidents are just a reflection ting loose goondaraj’ in the when the attackers tied her of the goondaraj that has been state. The TMC leadership hands and legs, and dragged going on in the state. The TMC dubbed the allegations as her for nearly 30ft while rain- has institutionalized hooligan- “baseless” and said they would ing blows on her. ism in the state. Just because look into it. The attackers then locked the person was a lady teacher, The woman identified as her up inside a house, belong- such kind of torture was meted high school teacher and BJP ing to a TMC block level work- out to her.” supporter Smritikana Das, her er. CPI(M) leader Sujan mother and other family mem- Her sister, Soma, was also Chakraborty too echoed his bers were also assaulted by the beaten up by the attackers views. TMC secretary general group, led by panchayat mem- when she went to Smritikana’s Partha Chatterjee said that bers, at Nandanpur in rescue. action has been taken against Gangarampur block, the police The teacher, who was dis- the accused and iterated that said. charged from a local hospital the party never supports such So far nobody has been after preliminary treatment, action. arrested in connection with the lodged a complaint against Several civil society groups incident that took place on Sarkar and four TMC sup- are planning to move human Friday. A video grab of the pur- porters at Gangarampur police rights commission against the ported attack showed station, a police officer said. incident. PTI

              Chennai: Five of the 15 convicts of punishment, Judge RN term, four would remain in in the sensational case of sexu- Manjula of the court for trial of prison till death. al assault of a minor child at cases under POCSO (Protection Ravikumar (56), Suresh Ayanavaram here were sen- of Children from Sexual (32), Abhishek (23) and Palani tenced to life imprisonment by Offences) Act, also sentenced (40) have been sentenced to a special court here on the other 10 convicts to varying undergo life imprisonment until Monday. terms of imprisonment. death while Rajasekaran (40) Pronouncing the quantum Of the five awarded life has been sentenced to life with entitlement to be released pre- maturely on his application. One of the accused has been sentenced to a seven-year prison term while the other nine have been sentenced to five years Rigorous Imprisonment. The judge had on Saturday convicted 15 of the convicts and acquitted one. Another died during the course of the trial. The case relates to the sexual assault of a hearing- impaired minor girl by a group of 17 people, mostly plumbers, housekeepers, security guards and lift operators working in an apartment complex at Ayanavaram here. The girl was allegedly sex- ually assaulted several times by the accused for over seven months. PTI    !! "#$%$%   1 90-)!9'!"  *" D   C21      " D  D 9(0,'9-3 /  & 3      (.     $  (  $                1  /   %%    *       4 , 5 (      $  S   2      !               N     *   O      .         S        !      "    *                           "        !           S  !                           2   &  2%&    6                           !     +    ! s the unending Delhi-based protests against the Citizenship Amendment                       AAct (CAA) seem to be heading for                      face-saving talks, Western media busybod-   "                ies have rushed to the cause, alleging a sin- ister plot to render 200 million Muslims            P  Q   stateless. In an article, “Intolerant India”, The "     !            Economist of London alleges a plot to                   “transform India from a tolerant, multi-reli- gious place into a chauvinist Hindu state.”                    (January 25, 2020)       .            It adds, “The scheme looks like the most              (    ! ambitious step yet in a decades-long project   1  /       !        of incitement.” It clubs the demolition of a mosque in Ayodhya in 1992 with the “mas- " 9                 sacre of Muslims in the state of Gujarat in                     2002, when Mr Modi was chief minister”,  !    "          #    which was “electoral nectar” for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but “political poison” for #  S       $          India.   : +   1 #        P ! 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Taliban would be a nightmare. and thus legalised Muslim ille-     .  *             Regarding 2002, surely The Economist Mehta’s arguments cannot hide In Pakistan, intellectuals gal migrants till 1971 as All knows that the unrest began with the burn- the change, viz violence no themselves denounce the daily Assam Students’ Union (AASU),                   : #   ing alive of 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from longer privileges the once-dom- abductions of schoolgirls, their that signed the Accord, fell into *  + <    /  /;#   ) $    ! Ayodhya, near Godhra station. Much like the inant party; communal polari- &71+$3+3 forced conversion, and mar- the Congress trap. But in 2005,        "            Azad Hind Fauj, these victims are simply sation wrought by non-BJP enti- ,9$2%  riage to older men. In Sindh, the Supreme Court repealed                 ! erased from the narrative and (it is hoped) ties splits votes on communal there are two recent cases of the IMDT Act and revived the public memory. It says Modi and his party lines and advantages the BJP. +919%)0$# brides being abducted from Illegal Immigrants (Expulsion   "       !          are “likely to benefit politically by creating The Act offers fast track cit- their wedding ceremony, con- from Assam) Act 1950, thus pro-      9             divisions over religion and national identi- izenship to persecuted minori- 29 99+@==>0 verted, and married to Muslim tecting Hindu refugees and dif- ty.” Actually, this template was patented by ties (not Hindus alone) from ,9 3#?+9 men. Unsurprisingly, border ferentiating them from illegal           "  /;#       another party. Afghanistan, Bangladesh and districts are reporting the arrival immigrants. But just prior to the      1  /           Former Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka Pakistan, and does not “explic- %9#292,9 of dozens of poor Hindu fami- IMDT Act repeal, in December    "  "      +       :   University, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, reveals, “In itly vow not to take a single $$P9#,$1%  lies, with whatever belongings 2004, the Congress amended the                 " /;#  India, the use of communal instigation has downtrodden Muslim”. Indeed, they could carry. Much has Citizenship Act and inserted often been associated with the demands of in recent weeks, several Muslim %#2$#9+92 been said about persecuted “illegal migrant” into Section 2,                     electoral mobilisation – episodic violence as refugees from Pakistan were Muslims, mainly Pakistan’s so that illegal migrants (which )   .               <    a means of securing votes. 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For example, there are cantly declined in the West due to these much more tolerable than chemotherapy AI and ML can increase access to       CBE44           many advantages of being detected in the early stages prognostic tests and doctors are now able or radiation. The goal is that they will treatment in developing countries which   +  D43           of breast cancer. Patients who are diagnosed with to offer patients personalised treatment. reduce or even replace the use of more don’t have enough cancer specialists. It can           H   H   Stage I or II breast cancer are candidates for breast Increasingly, we are seeing a more per- toxic therapies. Various immunotherapies improve the sensitivity of detection, add    ,   >    ,      conserving surgery (BCS) versus full breast removal sonalised approach to cancer treatment, have been approved by the FDA and have more value in treatment decisions and                    in mastectomy. 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This can be game-changing in genetic modification of the patient’s autol- ment. been very low in Asian settings. many ways as it can lead to improved out- ogous T-cells to express a receptor specif- (The writer is a PhD in cell biology                In India, BCS rates vary from 10 per cent in comes for patients by ensuring they get the ic for a tumour antigen. This helps the from IIS and has done pathbreaking .             "      smaller cities to about 40 per cent in the metros. right treatment. It can improve the qual- patient’s cells to find and attack cancer research in the field of cancer and stem cells.              There are many reasons for this disparity. One of ity of life by helping patients avoid cells. Remarkable results have been seen She is founder and CEO of a cancer diag- @           A the important reasons for the disparity is the require- overtreatment. 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terror outfits? While the security d’être for terror outfits by justifying Amir. This exalted position was ear- but his caliphate lives on. The terri- tive cannot be country-specific. With groups. It must deploy its resources forces have been countering them, their existence on socio-political lier held by Mullah Omar and now torial control of the caliphate may the modern state resting on civilisa- judiciously to gain control over ter- there has been no let-up in the discrimination or economic depriva- by Mullah Akhundzada, the present have diminished but the influence by tional crossroads, these narratives ritory and curtail their avenues of attempts by the ultras to strike. One tion. While doing so, there has been leader of the Taliban. Any peace no stretch of imagination has van- have to be specific to a region. In fur- expansion. slip-up and there could be a major a strong tendency to undermine the negotiated with the Taliban would, ished. There are outfits across the therance of their commitment to However, the long-term solution catastrophe. This clearly indicates theological underpinnings of such therefore, render Al Qaeda’s jihad globe owing their allegiance to it. fight terrorism and create an ecosys- undoubtedly, lies in developing a that this battle against terror outfits, outfits. Right or wrong, these groups theocratically and theologically ille- Ideology-based outfits cannot be tem for shared progress and devel- comprehensive strategy to delegit- based on extreme ideologies cannot have an Islamic world view, which gitimate. It is, therefore, obvious that countered by bombs and bullets. This opment, the states must collaborate imise their cause. Alternate or be won by the security forces alone. entails creation of a global Islamic the Al Qaeda will not let the Taliban battle has to be fought in the mind. and prepare a potent alternate or counter-narrative is one of the more :  , History stands witness to Emirate. Consequently, groups like arrive at a lasting negotiated settle- Hence, the need for an alternate or counter-narrative, which can only be important factors that will make the 4& ')63% extremist ideologies breeding vio- the Al Qaeda and Islamic State ment. More significantly, if the counter-narrative, which needs to be created by those with good knowl- vulnerable people sitting on the lence. These extreme ideologies (ISIS) have shown least concern Taliban comes to power in propagated in a subtle manner. For edge of history or theology. Quotes margins, critically think against the ecently, a group of terrorists, could be Marxist, religion-based or about the Palestinian problem. Afghanistan, it will not confine its the narrative to be effective, it needs from religious texts, scriptures and arguments propounded by the travelling in a Srinagar-bound even nationalist. In the second half Consequently, to imagine peace radical ideology to the territorial to be seeped in theology. teachings, as well as incidents from extreme religious ideology- based Rtruck on the Jammu-Srinagar of the 20th century, the major threat without taking into cognisance the frontiers of Afghanistan. An ideolog- This attempt cannot stop at Islamic history must be used, so that terrorist outfits. highway, opened fire at a police team emanated from various outfits influ- theological factors is a mistake. An ical outfit would like to propagate its merely countering the theological people are not influenced by the vio- Words alone may not have the when stopped for checking near a toll enced by radical Marxist thoughts. In appropriate example is the Al Qaeda ideology all around and, therefore, warfare waged by the radicalised lent narratives of ideology-based potency to win battles but they def- plaza in the Ban area of Nagrota, contemporary times, the threat from and Taliban matrix. The Al Qaeda there is no feasibility of ushering in groups. There is an equally pressing terror groups. initely have the strength to rupture North of Jammu. In the ensuing gun- the radical Marxist ideology appears wants to wage a jihad which can only peace by negotiating with the need to popularise an alternate nar- Fighting these elements is a long the very existence of such terrorist fight, a policeman was injured and to have declined and the biggest happen under a righteous leader or Taliban, notwithstanding the recent rative with peaceful preaching, which battle, not a short war. It is not to outfits that constantly take advantage a militant was killed, while the rest threat in the 21st century emanates Amir-ul-Mumineen, as per their the- attempts by the Trump aims at holistic understanding and argue that popularising alternate or of naïve, god-fearing people. of the terrorists managed to escape from jihadi outfits that believe in ological beliefs. The Amir has never Administration to reach out to them. does not stop at just countering the counter-narratives is the only weapon (Bansal is Director and to the adjacent forests. This brings us their own radical Islamist ideology. been the leader of the Al Qaeda. On October 28, 2019, Abu Bakr al- arguments put forth by the extrem- available to the state. A state must Chaturvedi is Senior Research Fellow, back to the question whether there There have been many attempts by Neither Osama bin Laden nor Baghdadi, the self-styled caliph of the ist groups. constantly strategise to weaken the India Foundation. The views is an effective strategy to win against Western academics to find raison Ayman al Jawahir claimed to be the ISIS was killed. This caliph is dead This alternate or counter-narra- strong footholds of the terrorist expressed are personal)     !! "#$%$% $  / Q9@:1#   & %  +$ *  06     @=@=0;E@=@A   R       &  7%$ port from Realty, metal, private &  #9:29),$ companies after the acquisition, ing the reserve price will sign &  7%$ banks, FMCG and even major- Pandey said, “There will be cer- the SPA.” Asked about con- tock markets recovered from ity of auto stocks while PSU uyers of loss-making airline tain protection to employees cerns over valuation of BPCL, eeting the fiscal deficit Sthe budget blues on Monday banks and select pharma stocks BAir India and oil firm and there will be other condi- he said DIPAM has valuation Mtarget of 3.5 per cent for with the benchmark index received wrath, Paras Bothra, Bharat Petroleum Corporation tionalities and this will be list- methodologies. “There is an FY2020-21 is a challenge, and Sensex closing higher by 137 President of Equity Research, Ltd (BPCL) will not get a free ed out in the share purchase independent asset valuer and the possible inflationary impact points after a survey showed Ashika Stock Broking said, hand to shed excess workforce agreement (SPA).” then there is a transaction may also result in the RBI hik- manufacturing activity soared adding that majority of high as the government will build in He did not give details of advisor who will do the busi- ing rates in the year, analysts to an eight-year high on new dividend paying stocks were certain protection to employ- the conditionalities. An SPA ness valuation. Then, the value said on Monday. They pointed orders. The 30-share BSE among gainers after abolition of ees in the share sale agreement, will signed with the acquirer will be arrived at. But, this val- out that finance minister Sensex rose by 136.78 points or and hiring activity. Asian Paints DDT. Among sectoral indices, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta who offers the highest bid for uation or the reserve price will Nirmala Sitharaman relies a lot 0.34 per cent to settle at was the top gainer in the Sensex BSE basic materials, power, Pandey said. Public sector buying out government stake. not be revealed unless the on divestments, where the gov- come true, it will have to resort 39,872.31 as 18 of its compo- pack, rallying 6.32 per cent. telecom, bankex, consumer companies often have more The government is selling its financial bids are received.” ernment under-performed in to expenditure cuts again. It can nents ended with gains. The Nestle India rose by 5.3 per durables and FMCG indices people on rolls than their pri- entire 100 per cent stake in Air Officers’ unions of blue- FY2019-20, to achieve the 3.8 be noted that generally, a rise recovery was broad as all BSE cent, HUL by 5.06 per cent, ended with gains, while IT and vate sector counterparts and India but wants effective con- chip public sector undertak- per cent fiscal deficit target. in fiscal deficits is accompanied sectoral indices barring IT and Bajaj Auto by 4.71 per cent, teck indices settled in the red. companies wanting to take trol to stay with Indian nation- ings (PSUs) have opposed the With the objective of push- by a spike in inflation, which is Teck closed with gains. IndusInd Bank by 4.29 per BSE midcap and smallcap them over would likely right- als. The airline, which started government’s decision to pri- ing growth, the government already beyond the RBI’s com- The 50-share NSE Nifty cent, Tata Steel by 3.06 per cent, indices rose up to 1.12 per cent. size them to remove ineffi- as a Tata Airlines in 1932 and vatise India’s second-biggest oil has resorted to using a clause fort level. Goldman Sachs said gained 46.05 points or Maruti by 2.99 per cent and Vinod Nair, Head of Research ciencies. In an interview with was later acquired by the gov- firm BPCL, saying family sil- under which it can stretch its the central bank will shift the 0.39 per cent to close at PowerGrid by 2.79 per cent. On at Geojit Financial Services PTI, the Secretary of the ernment, has not made profits ver worth Rs 9 lakh crore is commitments under the Fiscal stance of the monetary policy 11,707.90. As many as 28 Nifty the other hand, ITC cracked said, “Market is finding some Department of Investment and since 2007. It has a total debt of being sold for a fraction of the Responsibility and Budget to “neutral” from “accom- stocks advanced, led by Asian 5.09 per cent on the budget pro- sanity after the setback of not Public Asset Management Rs 60,074 crore, of which bid- amount. “Our comprehensive Management Act by 0.5 per modative” at this week’s review, Paints. Markets had opened posal to increase excise duy on meeting high expectations from (DIPAM) said the government der has to takeover Rs 23,286.5 evaluation of the assets of cent, making it the third con- and there is a possibility of rates lower after suffering a major hit cigarettes by 212-388 per cent. the budget. Manufacturing PMI will follow a two-stage bidding crore. In the case of BPCL, the BPCL reveals true worth of secutive year that it has missed hikes as well in 2020. on Saturday as budget propos- IT stocks TCS, HCL Tech shows notable rebound pro- process for selling its entire government is selling its entire BPCL to be Rs 9 lakh crore. the target. Welcoming the gov- However, economists at als failed to enthuse investors. and Tech Mahindra too ended viding a breather that economy holding in Air India and BPCL. 53.29 per cent stake in the com- Today’s market cap of BPCL is ernment’s stand, analysts at Singapore-based DBS seemed Sensex dropped to a low of in the red. Indian markets trad- will stabilize as mentioned in First preliminary interest pany that will give buyers ready Rs 1.06 lakh crore,” Mukul foreign brokerage Bank of to differ. “We look for the cen- 39,563.07 while Nifty touched ed volatile in the first session of the budget.” Meanwhile, bours- from potential bidders is invit- access to 14 per cent of India’s Kumar, convenor, Federation America flagged risks to the tral bank to remain on an a low of 11,614.50 in early the week with investors assess- es in Shanghai plunged nearly ed, followed by them being oil refining capacity and about of Oil PSU Officers and target. “We see a 0.30 per cent extended pause on rates (even trade. Stocks turned positive in ing the implications from bud- 8 per cent as markets opened given access of data room on one-fifth of the fuel market Confederation of Maharatna of GDP upside risk to the fis- as supply-induced shocks dis- the afternoon session after a get and a sell-off in China, said after en extended Lunar New the companies for due dili- share in the world’s fastest- Companies, have said. cal deficit target given the sipate) but maintain an accom- monthly survey said the coun- Narendra Solanki, Head Year break. and South gence. In the second stage, growing energy market. BPCL has a market capi- extremely high divestment modative bias to ensure cost of try’s manufacturing sector Fundamental Research Korea ended in the red, while price bids are invited. While in “There is a two-stage talisation of about Rs 1 lakh assumption of Rs 2.10 lakh capital remains stable and activity climbed to a near eight- (Investment Services) - AVP Hong Kong settled with gains. the case of Air India, the process. There will be EoI and crore and the government crore in FY21, almost triple of favourable,” they said. Analysts year high in January. Equity Research, Anand Rathi Stock exchanges in Europe expression of interest (EoI) request for proposal or RFP (in stake at current prices is worth FY20’s Rs 65,000 crore,” it said. at BofA said against the back- The IHS Markit India Shares & Stock Brokers. opened on a positive note. has been invited by March 17, the first stage) and due dili- about Rs 54,000 crore. The Analysts at Goldman Sachs drop of a “limited fiscal slip- Manufacturing PMI rose from “With budget behind, Brent crude oil futures fell 0.81 an offer seeking the same for gence-cum-bidding stage (in successful bidder will also have said that the achievement of the page”, they expect a second 52.7 in December to 55.3 in traders now shifts focus back to per cent to USD 56.16 per bar- BPCL is likely to be floated in the second),” Pandey said. to make an open offer to other government’s plan hinges on dovish pause from the RBI January, driven by sharp rise in the quarterly earnings season rel. On the currency front, the the next few days. “After the bidding stage, the shareholders for acquiring privatisation initiatives, and MPC on Thursday as the head- new business orders amid a and the central bank’s interest Indian rupee depreciated 2 Asked if the bidders will get highest bidder (will be identi- another 26 per cent at the added that if the estimates on line inflation is likely to fall to rebound in demand conditions rate decision later this week,” he paise to close at 71.34 per US a free hand to right-size the fied). The highest bidder meet- same price. revenue collections do not 6.7 per cent in January. that led to rise in production added. Markets garnered sup- dollar (intra-day).

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950.00 955.65 ULTRACEMCO 4265.00 4386.85 4236.15 4372.00 106.75 ICICIBANK 504.75 518.80 502.00 515.60 OBEROIRLTY 519.30 527.00 500.15 524.65 SCI 57.10 58.45 55.50 55.75 IFBIND 576.00 586.55 573.10 582.55 ZEEL 257.80 261.15 250.80 259.00 6.05 HDFCBANK 1199.10 1199.10 1178.00 1193.00 LALPATHLAB 1765.15 1839.25 1711.70 1736.20 KEI 553.80 565.05 549.00 559.50 HSCL 61.50 62.00 58.45 60.35 HIMATSEIDE 123.50 123.50 117.65 119.20 ICICIBANK 504.00 519.15 502.00 516.50 11.90 MARUTI 6790.00 7040.00 6775.25 7009.40 CANFINHOME 471.00 494.35 462.15 488.20 HFCL 16.85 17.00 16.60 16.85 MASFIN 959.35 1022.00 953.00 986.65 SKFINDIA 2068.35 2204.65 2068.35 2159.35 BAJFINANCE 4250.20 4376.90 4250.20 4376.00 99.95 HDFC 2270.00 2298.00 2228.05 2260.80 OMAXE 160.00 160.00 149.70 153.95 RAMCOCEM 764.00 797.00 749.65 792.00 AEGISLOG 215.00 221.15 205.00 205.60 GICHSGFIN 147.00 147.00 142.30 143.25 GRASIM 759.00 783.00 750.25 777.00 17.60 TATACHEM 741.00 752.75 719.60 739.95 HEG 1050.50 1050.50 996.50 1001.90 ISEC 449.70 454.00 430.85 441.85 JKCEMENT 1315.00 1363.80 1315.00 1354.75 GMDCLTD 63.10 63.10 58.85 59.20 UPL 506.75 517.50 505.00 513.90 10.25 ACC 1444.70 1467.70 1432.05 1457.40 IDFCFIRSTB 39.45 39.85 38.80 39.20 JUBILANT 547.00 552.45 539.00 547.10 TORNTPOWER 306.70 306.70 300.00 302.40 CENTRALBK 17.70 17.85 17.35 17.50 ADANIPORTS 364.00 370.00 355.50 369.00 6.70 JINDALSTEL 165.60 175.70 161.95 174.85 PFC 108.10 114.55 108.10 114.15 CONCOR 550.00 552.55 541.30 545.20 INDHOTEL 139.45 141.45 137.70 140.85 VTL 1019.65 1034.35 995.50 1013.00 BAJAJFINSV 8955.00 9235.00 8885.00 9105.00 157.60 AXISBANK 705.00 712.95 695.95 709.10 RPOWER 1.54 1.54 1.48 1.49 RCF 49.40 49.40 46.25 46.65 RESPONIND 90.00 90.20 86.15 86.70 FINCABLES 385.50 388.70 365.00 370.90 KOTAKBANK 1645.60 1680.80 1634.00 1676.30 28.35 RBLBANK 300.00 321.65 297.95 313.50 LUPIN 711.00 723.00 699.00 708.90 PRESTIGE 348.65 367.00 332.00 352.25 SUPREMEIND 1352.00 1361.40 1325.00 1330.45 PERSISTENT 706.15 714.60 693.00 707.40 NTPC 109.45 111.65 107.20 110.45 1.15 ICICIPRULI 449.10 462.80 436.60 446.10 MARICO 305.00 311.35 304.20 306.35 BAYERCROP 4100.00 4339.00 4035.55 4246.35 DHANUKA 499.40 518.30 491.70 503.70 KAJARIACER 550.10 560.00 533.95 555.65 TITAN 1170.00 1192.30 1162.55 1184.00 10.75 BHARTIARTL 495.55 513.20 495.50 510.30 HAVELLS 597.00 604.40 586.65 594.15 DISHTV 12.59 12.90 12.37 12.47 BLUESTARCO 825.00 825.10 795.00 804.40 GHCL* 182.80 184.00 180.35 183.55 DRREDDY 3124.00 3173.00 3117.15 3142.00 18.95 ASIANPAINT 1766.00 1872.50 1766.00 1867.40 DELTACORP 171.00 177.70 169.50 171.95 BBTC 1134.70 1141.50 1090.95 1116.85 TCIEXP 856.45 924.80 856.45 914.60 MAHLIFE 393.95 407.50 391.05 404.90 AXISBANK 704.70 712.80 695.55 707.95 2.50 BAJFINANCE 4273.00 4380.05 4260.25 4362.05 BANDHANBNK 441.00 442.15 432.95 437.90 POLYCAB 969.80 993.00 951.10 986.45 OFSS 2975.00 3116.40 2949.70 3073.60 SHOPERSTOP 411.40 416.75 408.00 409.30 RELIANCE 1369.90 1399.95 1363.05 1386.00 2.65 PEL 1451.00 1488.70 1325.25 1337.90 BALKRISIND 1040.00 1085.00 1034.65 1080.35 GODFRYPHLP 1125.85 1152.90 1086.50 1125.30 CESC 699.80 703.60 682.40 694.60 MAHINDCIE 171.90 173.50 168.25 172.95 WIPRO 237.70 240.15 235.25 236.80 0.00 IDEA 5.20 5.49 5.08 5.35 WIPRO 237.90 240.10 235.30 237.45 VBL 770.00 824.70 764.75 801.00 SCHNEIDER 77.05 79.35 75.15 75.80 SHANKARA 374.35 374.40 356.60 361.90 LT 1290.00 1303.90 1272.00 1287.05 -0.35 BAJAJ-AUTO 3149.20 3315.00 3116.60 3289.50 NIITTECH 1875.30 1914.25 1869.35 1885.00 INOXLEISUR 394.75 416.75 391.00 403.65 NESCO 740.00 751.00 722.25 739.25 ECLERX 620.00 620.50 602.00 603.65 CIPLA 444.00 450.65 439.40 443.80 -0.40 DMART 2076.00 2157.85 2075.85 2131.65 RADICO 380.00 394.75 369.70 386.90 VENKYS 1635.00 1636.20 1568.35 1578.80 PFIZER 4045.00 4173.45 4045.00 4115.95 IOB 10.27 10.27 10.02 10.07 HDFC 2250.00 2298.05 2228.20 2265.00 -3.25 LICHSGFIN 401.10 412.90 382.50 392.05 CHAMBLFERT 176.00 176.95 163.40 170.00 ABBOTINDIA 12300.00 12843.20 12223.35 12722.05 DALBHARAT 847.60 869.75 844.60 854.15 ITDCEM 57.10 59.40 56.35 56.85 VEDL 134.35 136.80 132.85 134.50 -0.40 JUSTDIAL 550.00 550.00 500.50 514.20 FORCEMOT 1210.00 1242.25 1166.40 1230.80 RITES 301.60 313.10 299.70 309.95 ORIENTELEC 237.00 252.80 237.00 244.60 GREAVESCOT 133.00 134.50 129.25 130.20 EICHERMOT 19547.30 20375.60 19511.65 20000.00 -59.25 BAJAJFINSV 9020.00 9230.20 8892.35 9094.65 APOLLOTYRE 165.45 170.45 159.70 161.05 EXIDEIND 190.00 196.00 189.50 195.50 GICRE 239.95 241.90 232.50 233.90 ASTERDM 164.00 168.40 163.00 164.95 INFRATEL 250.00 250.00 224.35 230.30 GODREJCP 671.00 675.00 656.30 667.65 CENTURYPLY 168.05 172.15 159.55 169.70 APLLTD 617.00 638.10 609.60 622.25 VMART 1984.70 2032.75 1984.70 2017.75 IOC 110.05 112.40 107.55 108.50 -0.40 COALINDIA 175.90 179.40 172.40 178.65 RECLTD 138.80 140.65 136.15 137.75 RAIN 103.50 104.00 100.35 101.95 GILLETTE 6245.00 6425.40 6245.00 6374.90 INOXWIND 38.75 40.35 37.90 38.20 HDFCBANK 1197.00 1197.95 1177.70 1194.00 -4.70 SBILIFE 895.00 921.90 855.05 912.70 TRENT 575.00 598.00 570.00 595.10 QUESS 613.35 630.00 597.90 624.15 NHPC 24.00 24.15 23.60 24.00 MINDACORP 98.00 100.75 95.70 96.95 TATAMOTORS 163.50 168.30 159.55 164.40 -1.20 BEL 86.50 87.35 80.80 83.50 SPARC 178.75 183.65 174.15 177.40 ASTRAZEN 2560.60 2712.10 2550.20 2610.85 LUXIND 1457.55 1525.75 1455.95 1466.00 TIMETECHNO 52.50 53.40 52.25 52.55 ONGC 104.35 104.95 101.55 103.15 -1.20 IOC 110.00 112.50 107.55 108.05 AMBUJACEM 196.00 202.40 196.00 200.65 PCJEWELLER 22.00 22.00 20.35 20.75 AAVAS 1995.95 2009.30 1960.55 1986.65 JCHAC 2323.90 2388.05 2323.90 2362.30 HINDALCO 183.90 185.60 180.30 182.20 -2.20 BPCL 443.00 463.50 442.85 460.75 MGL 1159.70 1178.00 1153.30 1165.20 WABAG 221.80 222.55 211.40 213.80 RELCAPITAL 8.70 8.70 8.30 8.30 MAHLOG 407.20 413.00 397.85 406.30 SUNPHARMA 423.80 428.90 414.00 417.30 -5.50 ZEEL 257.00 260.65 250.95 255.70 M&MFIN 351.00 362.90 347.10 349.45 WHIRLPOOL 2400.00 2435.00 2361.80 2403.40 HEIDELBERG 195.00 198.95 192.15 195.25 LAOPALA 179.35 182.95 174.85 180.80 SBIN 303.00 306.85 295.35 298.50 -4.10 PIDILITIND 1486.00 1573.85 1486.00 1563.75 AMBER 1440.00 1585.90 1377.60 1535.25 BEML 954.90 967.90 944.20 949.00 PTC 56.80 57.10 55.40 55.55 KALPATPOWR 433.00 445.25 425.00 437.80 INFY 782.00 790.95 764.50 767.10 -12.40 BANKBARODA 89.00 89.35 85.40 85.90 HEXAWARE 342.00 365.00 342.00 364.00 DEEPAKFERT 105.90 105.90 94.00 94.65 JISLJALEQS 7.85 7.88 7.14 7.14 STARCEMENT 84.00 85.00 83.20 84.00 TECHM 808.00 818.70 790.50 793.20 -14.35 TATAGLOBAL 372.65 381.95 367.55 379.10 JAICORPLTD 102.50 103.15 97.15 97.80 GUJGAS 299.00 299.00 281.00 282.95 EMAMILTD 306.00 306.45 295.05 299.50 INDOSTAR 281.10 282.00 276.40 280.05 HCLTECH 591.40 593.65 577.50 579.85 -11.05 INFY 780.55 790.00 764.50 767.20 WELCORP 167.95 175.00 163.85 173.40 GODREJAGRO 548.55 577.60 548.55 570.45 MOIL 148.00 152.75 148.00 148.80 PHOENIXLTD 850.85 853.40 822.15 829.95 HEROMOTOCO2391.00 2469.00 2358.00 2392.00 -54.90 PIIND 1515.90 1565.55 1471.90 1549.00 TTKPRESTIG 5765.00 5935.20 5714.00 5878.75 IIFL 155.95 159.00 149.00 157.05 MRPL 44.25 44.80 42.80 43.00 DCAL* 72.00 75.10 72.00 75.10 TCS 2152.00 2194.70 2093.20 2110.00 -54.85 MFSL 444.95 486.40 444.95 476.95 ADANIGREEN 188.00 195.65 185.95 195.65 PHILIPCARB 120.00 120.00 115.60 116.50 BRIGADE 220.00 230.55 217.60 229.95 PRSMJOHNSN 66.05 66.75 64.25 65.75 GAIL 115.10 119.50 114.00 114.65 -3.05 VEDL 134.50 136.80 132.85 134.15 ADANIPOWER 59.80 60.00 58.35 58.95 ASTRAL 1150.00 1194.35 1125.00 1164.70 CREDITACC 756.00 791.70 749.90 760.45 THERMAX 1031.00 1039.90 1003.90 1029.90 ITC 215.00 216.90 205.00 208.90 -10.10 JUBLFOOD 1884.80 1973.05 1861.05 1956.00 ABCAPITAL 93.50 95.30 91.75 92.10 IRCON 445.00 453.75 437.40 439.85 TRIDENT 6.20 6.30 6.15 6.17 ADVENZYMES 165.05 165.05 160.95 161.75 YESBANK 37.95 38.40 35.70 36.15 -1.75 HDFCAMC 3000.00 3091.05 2992.00 3075.55 JINDALSAW 88.00 90.85 86.30 88.95 KRBL 265.00 267.65 261.55 262.60 MHRIL 226.00 228.45 221.00 225.00 INFRATEL 243.30 248.00 222.45 232.05 -15.10 EICHERMOT 19888.00 20349.65 19595.00 19923.40 TATACOFFEE 93.90 93.95 91.30 92.75 MPHASIS 925.60 927.20 884.40 897.10 AKZOINDIA 2039.55 2067.20 2031.50 2046.20 BIOCON 292.40 306.90 290.20 298.70 BLISSGVS 142.15 142.15 139.75 140.45 PNCINFRA 190.00 193.80 184.95 190.55 SYMPHONY 1201.05 1220.55 1190.75 1201.70   HEROMOTOCO 2417.10 2469.15 2360.00 2380.25 LAURUSLABS 420.00 431.00 415.40 430.65 SHILPAMED 297.90 311.00 293.00 306.80 HATHWAY 19.00 19.00 18.50 18.55 POWERGRID 182.00 188.95 177.50 187.70 FRETAIL 335.00 335.00 325.55 330.05 VSTIND 4156.70 4259.45 4128.00 4186.50 CYIENT 482.25 485.95 473.55 475.75 J&KBANK 27.55 27.55 25.90 26.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ASHOKLEY 78.00 79.00 74.85 78.00 MINDAIND 391.90 414.30 387.65 405.30 MAHABANK 12.74 12.74 12.20 12.29 NIFTY NEXT 50 27302.10 27672.45 27193.85 27534.70 194.20 LTTS 1658.25 1689.95 1626.80 1633.30 VIPIND 447.50 461.60 447.50 450.65 SONATSOFTW 348.00 348.00 334.00 336.15 ANDHRABANK 15.80 16.05 15.55 15.85 PIDILITIND 1485.50 1574.40 1485.50 1564.00 78.50 ONGC 105.00 105.00 101.50 103.40 IEX 157.40 157.40 152.90 154.25 LAXMIMACH 3155.00 3199.90 3133.90 3153.00 JYOTHYLAB 159.00 159.00 150.00 150.80 BIOCON 288.00 307.00 288.00 299.65 12.40 BERGEPAINT 570.50 573.00 550.00 570.05 EDELWEISS 94.90 94.90 86.90 87.65 IDFC 36.70 36.70 34.50 34.60 JBCHEPHARM 491.10 498.60 489.20 493.05 BERGEPAINT 548.50 573.50 548.50 570.70 22.20 DIXON 4540.00 4890.00 4403.40 4754.80 IBREALEST 98.00 99.60 96.60 96.60 ITDC 278.75 281.40 267.00 268.75 DBCORP 135.00 136.30 132.20 135.25 SHREECEM 22416.10 23354.00 22410.05 23300.00 883.90 L&TFH 109.80 113.45 108.25 111.05 INDIANB 100.00 100.00 96.10 97.00 ENGINERSIN 92.20 92.20 90.55 91.05 KPITTECH 97.00 100.30 96.00 98.45 COLPAL 1314.50 1362.25 1309.05 1351.00 44.65 SUNPHARMA 428.90 428.90 414.10 417.50 METROPOLIS 1657.10 1725.00 1646.95 1668.15 PARAGMILK 129.25 129.40 120.50 122.20 SIS 500.00 525.00 498.95 513.90 PFC 110.45 114.60 108.35 113.80 3.60 IGL 506.00 511.45 502.70 509.05 BOSCHLTD 13638.95 13899.35 13527.35 13615.50 CRISIL 1715.20 1715.20 1664.65 1696.40 ZENSARTECH 166.00 166.70 164.00 164.35 DMART 2084.00 2157.70 2081.00 2137.00 64.95 JSWSTEEL 243.90 253.00 243.90 251.85 BAJAJELEC 368.55 378.95 345.95 375.75 JAMNAAUTO 40.00 41.15 38.60 39.00 TEAMLEASE 2500.00 2527.60 2460.00 2479.20 PAGEIND 23600.00 24500.00 23599.80 24410.00 718.15 M&M 547.45 565.80 535.20 558.95 FINEORG 2274.00 2360.10 2247.60 2352.30 INTELLECT 164.00 167.50 161.00 163.70 GET&D 156.15 158.40 155.50 157.85 AMBUJACEM 196.05 202.45 196.05 201.15 5.80 GODREJPROP 994.60 1085.70 994.60 1071.30 APLAPOLLO 1953.05 1968.60 1900.25 1922.80 COCHINSHIP 369.75 373.70 365.20 369.40 NBVENTURES 68.70 70.55 67.00 68.10 OFSS 2953.55 3120.45 2920.00 3050.05 78.85 NCC 51.25 51.30 48.55 48.90 ITI 82.50 83.10 79.35 80.50 GODREJIND 422.00 422.00 398.20 400.50 ORIENTCEM 75.00 75.00 72.00 73.35 INDIGO 1366.55 1401.70 1349.30 1389.05 30.90 KOTAKBANK 1645.00 1680.85 1634.30 1677.45 SUZLON 2.47 2.49 2.39 2.40 ERIS 508.00 533.35 496.80 531.50 EIHOTEL 134.95 136.95 131.85 132.75 SIEMENS 1419.65 1459.60 1415.50 1441.15 31.85 TECHM 807.50 818.05 789.80 792.35 ORIENTBANK 48.85 49.10 47.35 47.75 TV18BRDCST 24.05 24.30 23.30 23.65 LAKSHVILAS 14.70 15.00 14.40 14.45 BAJAJHLDNG 3525.65 3625.40 3501.00 3602.00 76.35 ULTRACEMCO 4263.00 4383.90 4239.65 4370.95 NH 360.00 371.10 341.80 361.10 CAPPL 282.00 282.00 264.00 265.60 ESSELPRO 168.00 180.00 168.00 176.45 ACC 1434.00 1468.50 1431.15 1456.55 29.95 BOMDYEING 83.60 87.25 81.50 83.65 HINDZINC 197.95 197.95 188.10 189.35 HONAUT 28199.00 28199.00 27724.35 27785.25 JAGRAN* 67.30 68.05 65.95 67.05 DABUR 484.90 500.90 483.90 496.10 9.70 SAIL 44.00 45.25 43.30 44.80 MINDTREE 909.00 910.20 875.10 902.30 BAJAJHLDNG 3503.15 3630.00 3502.75 3598.85 JSL 38.55 39.80 37.90 38.90 BLUEDART 2700.00 2700.00 2658.00 2681.25 IDEA 5.20 5.50 5.05 5.35 0.10 GRASIM 779.85 782.85 750.10 780.10 CHOLAFIN 317.45 330.55 317.05 325.10 DBL 392.00 392.00 374.75 376.00 FCONSUMER 22.80 23.05 22.45 22.50 CARBORUNIV 345.00 345.00 329.00 330.30 SBILIFE 895.00 921.85 856.65 910.10 17.00 BHEL 40.20 40.50 38.80 39.40 INDIACEM 77.50 79.70 77.05 77.70 GSPL 249.00 252.55 242.50 250.05 LINDEINDIA 739.75 747.10 726.00 732.25 MAGMA 55.95 58.00 53.50 55.20 AUROPHARMA 465.35 479.00 465.00 475.45 7.95 PNB 59.00 59.05 57.10 57.35 FORTIS 150.80 155.00 150.00 152.80 VGUARD 221.40 222.00 211.55 217.95 SUNDRMFAST 503.00 503.00 483.55 493.05 RATNAMANI 1240.00 1250.00 1217.90 1246.50 SRTRANSFIN 990.00 1005.00 965.55 1004.05 16.40 NAUKRI 2688.90 2924.15 2674.10 2808.45 BHARATFORG 473.00 495.80 473.00 488.55 SOUTHBANK 10.32 10.32 10.01 10.03 TATAINVEST 871.40 898.00 863.55 882.70 NETWORK18 25.00 26.20 24.50 24.70 PETRONET 263.85 267.90 261.00 266.60 3.40 SOBHA 426.80 444.00 412.85 438.00 RVNL 24.80 25.25 23.85 24.00 HUDCO 39.00 40.30 38.15 39.65 PGHH 11630.00 11780.00 11545.45 11640.45 TAKE 92.60 92.60 90.30 91.20 L&TFH 109.15 113.45 108.00 111.30 1.35 CANBK 190.00 193.55 186.10 186.95 AUBANK 1038.20 1059.20 991.65 1042.85 KANSAINER 498.85 511.90 496.50 507.20 PGHL 4310.20 4399.00 4180.00 4356.05 UFLEX 210.15 210.15 203.35 205.00 ASHOKLEY 77.00 79.00 74.80 78.00 0.85 UJJIVAN 384.90 384.90 361.40 375.30 DCBBANK 175.90 176.50 170.10 173.65 TORNTPHARM 1916.00 1916.00 1888.60 1906.55 CUB 234.00 234.00 228.50 230.30 SADBHAV 120.50 121.25 114.55 115.10 CONCOR 540.10 552.95 540.10 547.90 5.15 NAM-INDIA 338.40 349.50 326.50 343.65 TATAMTRDVR 68.55 69.65 66.60 68.20 CARERATING 650.50 657.25 631.20 654.15 BAJAJCON 219.55 220.95 212.05 215.50 GDL 138.60 138.60 131.90 132.75 NHPC 23.85 24.20 23.65 24.10 0.20 UNIONBANK 49.00 49.00 47.30 47.70 STRTECH 129.95 129.95 116.65 118.45 CADILAHC 259.40 261.05 254.10 260.25 JSLHISAR 72.45 73.55 71.60 72.40 ARVINDFASN 376.00 379.05 355.90 361.35 HDFCAMC 3000.00 3091.95 2992.50 3079.00 24.10 WOCKPHARMA 335.00 345.50 331.20 338.55 MANAPPURAM 187.70 187.70 182.15 184.20 GALAXYSURF 1649.95 1649.95 1500.10 1600.70 KPRMILL 683.45 693.95 606.00 628.10 HERITGFOOD 347.70 349.00 338.00 347.05 MARICO 305.00 311.25 304.10 307.00 2.35 STAR 425.10 459.85 425.10 451.15 RELINFRA 20.75 20.75 19.85 19.85 KNRCON 285.00 286.40 273.60 280.85 REPCOHOME 314.00 331.75 312.40 327.10 ENDURANCE 1081.00 1089.00 1063.00 1066.50 HAVELLS 594.85 605.00 586.05 595.70 4.50 BATAINDIA 1819.70 1863.00 1785.00 1848.90 JKTYRE 72.00 72.05 69.55 70.30 AJANTPHARM 1123.50 1185.00 1122.65 1175.65 GESHIP 295.00 302.50 293.35 301.65 TVSSRICHAK 1660.00 1682.60 1636.30 1640.55 GODREJCP 661.50 675.35 656.00 669.00 4.45 TITAN 1173.00 1192.00 1163.10 1185.95 ICICIGI 1297.50 1339.00 1275.30 1300.55 UBL 1274.90 1280.90 1249.05 1263.80 ALLCARGO 109.40 112.90 109.15 109.85 TIINDIA 499.80 505.90 487.95 489.25 CADILAHC 258.80 263.20 254.25 262.00 1.65 BRITANNIA 3149.00 3248.00 3095.00 3231.45 GNFC 183.15 183.15 169.30 170.10 INFIBEAM 56.50 56.70 54.70 55.85 WELSPUNIND 43.00 43.05 41.50 41.70 GEPIL 657.00 689.95 657.00 684.05 HDFCLIFE 553.00 573.00 527.50 565.50 3.10 ADANIENT 218.00 224.45 215.70 220.95 TATAPOWER 55.70 56.40 54.65 54.90 JMFINANCIL 99.95 104.40 95.85 102.65 VAIBHAVGBL 1105.95 1105.95 997.60 1029.95 GULFOILLUB 801.25 802.65 795.55 796.75 DLF 230.00 233.70 217.85 229.50 0.60 NTPC 111.40 111.65 107.30 110.30 BALRAMCHIN 163.00 164.45 152.75 156.90 ADANITRANS 334.35 338.95 322.20 331.80 FINOLEXIND 551.00 572.00 543.85 546.50 TVTODAY 237.40 237.65 229.85 230.25 LUPIN 708.35 723.25 698.80 708.85 0.50 FEDERALBNK 88.00 89.90 87.05 88.50 RALLIS 228.15 239.70 225.50 232.30 EIDPARRY 223.30 226.60 220.50 223.50 BALMLAWRIE 117.40 118.25 112.00 114.95 CHALET 321.15 321.15 314.25 315.70 MCDOWELL-N 624.00 627.45 611.65 622.15 -0.70 PNBHOUSING 406.00 418.00 402.90 409.05 PAGEIND 23801.75 24507.75 23629.20 24436.90 MOTILALOFS 765.00 781.70 758.45 772.05 TATAMETALI 600.45 607.80 597.85 600.55 FDC 222.05 231.25 222.00 228.35 BOSCHLTD 13600.00 13896.95 13502.80 13613.95 -16.70 HINDPETRO 224.90 230.25 221.70 223.40 SIEMENS 1422.90 1460.00 1416.60 1436.55 ASHOKA 103.20 109.75 102.20 106.75 WABCOINDIA 6753.00 6753.00 6675.00 6687.85 TCNSBRANDS 569.55 570.00 555.25 560.05 ICICIGI 1285.00 1336.75 1275.30 1295.90 -1.60 MOTHERSUMI 129.80 130.20 124.50 125.70 NOCIL 89.50 91.45 87.20 89.35 BANKINDIA 66.40 66.40 64.40 64.95 GARFIBRES 1517.40 1517.75 1413.75 1441.15 MAXINDIA 82.65 84.05 81.80 83.25 HINDPETRO 225.00 230.50 221.60 223.65 -1.05 HINDALCO 184.00 185.55 180.35 181.80 NAVINFLUOR 1125.00 1185.25 1123.00 1167.50 3MINDIA 22228.00 23199.75 22010.45 22660.45 JSWENERGY 60.75 62.85 60.60 61.80 VRLLOG 271.10 281.70 270.15 278.80 BANDHANBNK 439.70 442.00 432.85 438.00 -2.75 MCX 1202.00 1227.00 1171.00 1183.20 GMRINFRA 21.50 21.75 21.10 21.50 SUDARSCHEM 450.00 468.45 450.00 463.40 CHENNPETRO 123.05 128.20 118.15 118.95 GPPL 84.00 85.70 83.00 83.95 UBL 1279.00 1286.10 1249.00 1271.80 -7.95 TATAELXSI 949.10 979.00 928.20 955.55 ADANIGAS 168.75 168.90 164.30 165.10 KTKBANK 72.50 72.70 69.80 70.00 IFCI 6.24 6.28 5.99 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Sweeping new restric- confirmed US cases of the dented travel bans on people passing the SARS epidemic of to the deadly coronavirus, Washington on Friday tions will also be imposed on new coronavirus, which orig- coming from China. two decades ago.  @ including imposing a ban on declared a public health American citizens, with those inated in a live seafood mar- The World Health On Sunday the first for- Chinese travellers. emergency and temporarily returning from the province ket in Wuhan, in China’s Organisation has already eign death from the virus was The US “hasn’t provided banned the entry of foreign at the disease’s epicentre Hubei province. declared the outbreak a glob- reported in the Philippines. &  3 3: lated and doctors today are giv- ing them all the necessary ussia plans to deport for- assistance,” Mishustin said. Reigners diagnosed with the One of the confirmed :,3 * ?  novel coronavirus, Prime cases, a Chinese man told local Minister Mikhail Mishustin media he was unhappy with said Monday, as the govern- hospital conditions in the east- ment postponed an invest- ern Siberian city of Chita and         ment forum over the deadly was not immediately informed infection. he tested positive. “Now it’s been added to the “The situation is under &  ?9#98% ter. the virus outbreak as a global list of especially dangerous ill- control,” Mishustin said, noting Since the outbreak began, emergency, saying the move nesses. That will allow us to measures to close land borders he World Health a number of misleading claims was prompted by increased deport foreign citizens if they and halt visa-free tourism and TOrganization is working and hoaxes about the virus human-to-human spread of are diagnosed with such an ill- work visas for Chinese people. with Google to ensure that peo- have circulated online. They the virus to numerous coun- ness,” Mishustin said at a tele- He stressed the impor- ple get facts from WHO first include false conspiracy theo- tries and the fear it could have vised government meeting. tance of facemasks and medi- when they search for informa- ries that the virus was created a significant impact on devel- He also said that an annu- cines remaining readily avail- tion about the new virus that in a lab and that vaccines have oping countries with weaker al investment forum in Sochi able without pharmacies hiking recently emerged in China. already been manufactured, health systems. that was due to take place in prices. Director-General Tedros exaggerations about the num- As of Monday morning, mid-February would be post- Deputy Prime Minister Adhanom Ghebreyesus told ber of sick and dead, and the outbreak had infected more poned. “First and foremost we Tatiana Golikova said more the opening of WHO's execu- claims about bogus cures. than 17,300 people, including have to think about the safety than 900 Russians flew back tive board meeting on Monday On Sunday, WHO lament- 17,238 cases and 361 deaths and health of our citizens (and) from China in the last two days that social media platforms ed that the outbreak and confirmed in China, Tedros forum participants,” Mishustin on charter and regular flights such as Twitter, Facebook, response have been accompa- said. Outside China, there were added. and is set to evacuate Tencent and TikTok have also nied “by a massive ‘infodemic’ 151 confirmed cases in 23 Russia has two confirmed some 130 people from Hubei taken steps to limit the spread — an overabundance of infor- countries, and one death, cases of the virus and both are province, epicentre of the epi- of misinformation and rumors mation — some accurate and reported in the Philippines on Chinese citizens being treated demic. about the virus and outbreak some not — that makes it Sunday, he said. in Siberian hospitals. The virus has infected that first emerged in the hard for people to find trust- Tedros said recent out- .    !  #    !     !  !    #    &  “The sick people who have more than 17,000 people in Chinese city of Wuhan in late worthy sources and reliable breaks including the new virus (  &   2    ! #             * been diagnosed with the dan- China and killed more than December and has now spread guidance when they need it.” and Ebola demonstrated the  !    #     ! #    # ( . gerous infection have been iso- 360. to 23 other countries. The report said WHO, the shortcomings of the “binary” “To that end, we have UN health agency, was work- emergency system, calling it worked with Google to make ing “24 hours a day to identi- “too restrictive, too simplistic, sure people searching for infor- fy the most prevalent rumors and not fit for purpose.”  Q &R  mation about coronavirus see that can potentially harm the “We have a green light, a WHO information at the top of public’s health, such as false red light, and nothing in- their search results,” he said. prevention measures or cures.” between,” he said, adding that &  9$&$#? cal masks, while frontline med- according to the ministry of as factories returned to produc- These include Guangdong Pausing on a couple of “These myths are then WHO was considering options ical personnel at the centre of the industry. 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The discuss the outbreak last week channels in China and beyond. day meeting, plans to hold a ly contagious coronavirus passed protective suits, and safety gog- Tian Yulong of the industry province of more than 50 million death toll from the coronavirus — quipped: “Don’t worry: It’s Tedros also reiterated his special technical session on that of the 2002 SARS crisis, with gles,” the foreign ministry spokes- ministry said earlier Monday people at the centre of the out- soared past 360 on Monday, not corona,” prompting laugh- decision last week to classify the coronavirus Tuesday. more than 17,000 infected. woman Hua Chunying said in a that authorities were taking steps break, several other provinces exceeding the 349 mainland Fears of the virus have press briefing. to bring in masks from Europe, and cities across China have fatalities from the 2002-03 SARS spurred people in the densely- At full capacity, China’s fac- Japan and the US, adding that made it compulsory to wear outbreak, although SARS killed populated country of 1.4 billion tories are only able to produce supply and demand in China masks in public as virus fears a higher percentage of people (  89R to stock up on single-use surgi- around 20 million masks a day, remained in “tight equilibrium” have grown. infected.     :R     1*   

&  9$&$#? The ruling Communist paper Yangtze Daily. It has 30         Party’s military wing, the intensive care units. he first batch of patients People’s Liberation Army, sent Doctors can talk with out- Tarrived on Monday at a 1,400 doctors, nurses and other side experts over a video sys- &  2,%(% Chinese nationals after the coronavirus &  $)%%%2 on the passengers. specialised hospital built in personnel to staff the Wuhan tem that links them to Beijing’s outbreak. “At Islamabad airport this morning just 10 days as part of China’s hospital, the official Xinhua PLA General Hospital, accord- angladesh has temporarily sus- India on Sunday temporarily sus- ome of the Pakistani nationals - received passengers from China along intensive efforts to fight a new News Agency said. The gov- ing to the Yangtze Daily. It said Bpended its visa-on-arrival services pended e-visa facility for Chinese Sstranded in coronavirus-hit China with HE Chinese Ambassador in virus. ernment said earlier some have the system was installed in less for Chinese nationals and asked the travellers and foreigners residing in started arriving home as Islamabad on Pakistan. We supervised implementa- Huoshenshan Hospital and experience fighting SARS and than 12 hours by a 20-member authorities not to recruit them for the China in view of the virulent coron- Monday allowed two Chinese flights to tion of ‘Airport SOPs’ and I interviewed a second facility with 1,500 other outbreaks. “commando team” from ongoing projects after the coronavirus avirus that has killed 361 people, land here, a day after it received special passengers,” Mirza tweeted. beds that’s due to open this Authorities have cut most Wuhan Telecom Ltd. outbreak that has killed more than 360 infected 17,205 others and spread to 25 medical kits from Beijing to detect the “Following all international proto- week were built by construction road, rail and air access to The building has spe- people and infected over 17,000 oth- countries, including India, the US deadly virus cases. cols ensuring their health & safety as crews who are working around Wuhan and surrounding cities, cialised ventilation systems and ers in China spread to 25 countries. and the UK. Pakistan suspended flights from well as that of all Pakistanis. A respon- the clock in Wuhan, the city in isolating some 50 million peo- double-sided cabinets that con- Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Singapore has stopped issuing all China on January 31 till February 2, a sible Pakistan means being emotional central China where the out- ple, in efforts to contain the nect patient rooms to hallways Abdul Momen during a media brief- types of visas to Chinese travellers, day after the World Health Organisation when needed but rational and practi- break was first detected in viral outbreak that has sickened and allow hospital staff to ing on Sunday said the government has while Vietnam has halted tourist visas. declared the outbreak of the virus as a cal in decision making as well. We sup- December. Most of the city’s 11 more than 17,000 and killed deliver supplies without enter- requested Chinese nationals in Russia, a close Beijing ally, announced global health emergency. port the Chinese Govt efforts to over- million people are barred from more than 360 people. ing the rooms. Bangladesh not to go on leave espe- Saturday it would halt visa-free tourism According to the Pakistan Civil come CNV (coronavirus),” he said. leaving the area. The Huoshenshan Hospital The hospital received a cially over the next month while the for Chinese nationals and also stop Aviation Authority (PCCA), two flights So far, no case of the virus has been The Wuhan treatment cen- was built by a 7,000-member donation of “medical robots” global health emergency is in place, the issuing them work visas. It had already of China Southern Airlines from found in Pakistan. tres mark the second time crew of carpenters, plumbers, from a Chinese company for BD News reported. stopped issuing electronic visas to Urumqi city of China landed at the While India, the US, Sri Lanka and Chinese leaders have respond- electricians and other special- use in delivering medicines “At the same time, we have request- Chinese nationals. Similar visa restric- Islamabad International Airport. many other countries evacuated their ed to a new disease by building ists, according to the Xinhua and carrying test samples, ed the authorities not to recruit any tions have been imposed by the One of the flights- CZ6007- carried nationals from Wuhan, Pakistan has specialised hospitals almost News Agency. according to the Shanghai Chinese national for the ongoing pro- Philippines, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and 69 passengers, including 57 Pakistanis declined pleas by its stranded citizens overnight. As severe acute res- Photos in state media newspaper The Paper. jects in Bangladesh,” he was quoted as the African nation of . and 12 Chinese. The flights were in the city to airlift them. piratory syndrome, or SARS, showed workers in winter In other cities, the govern- saying. A total of 316 Bangladeshi citizens allowed a day after Pakistan said it has Pakistan’s Ambassador to China spread in 2003, a facility in clothing, safety helmets and the ment has designated hospitals He, however, said that the move stranded in China’s Wuhan, the epi- received special medical kits from Naghmana Hashmi on Sunday said that Beijing for patients with that surgical-style masks worn by to handle cases of the new does not bar Chinese nationals from center of the new coronavirus out- China to detect the coronavirus cases. Pakistani students should not be evac- viral disease was constructed in millions of Chinese in an virus. In Beijing, the applying for a Bangladeshi visa. break, returned home on a special Officials said a Qatar Airlines flight uated from Wuhan as medical facilities a week. The first batch of attempt to avoid contracting Xiaotangshan Hospital built “This is a temporary measure. flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on also came from Doha, bringing at least back home do not meet the standards patients arrived at the the virus. in 2003 for SARS is being ren- Chinese nationals can still apply for a February 1. 40 Pakistani students from China who required to treat a patient diagnosed Huoshenshan Hospital at 10 About half of the two- ovated by construction work- visa but they must submit a medical Of them 10 were taken to two hos- had travelled to Qatar due to suspen- with coronavirus. The death toll in the am on Monday, according to storey, 60,000-square-metre ers. The government has yet to certificate along with the application,” pitals in Dhaka for observation. sion of direct flights to Pakistan. coronavirus epidemic soared to 361 state media. The reports gave (600,000-square-foot) build- say whether it might be used he said. The World Health Organisation Assistant to Prime Minister on with 57 deaths on Sunday alone while no details of the patients’ iden- ing is isolation wards, accord- for patients with the new dis- A number of countries have tem- (WHO) has declared the outbreak a Health Zafar Mirza was at the airport the number of confirmed cases climbed tities or conditions. ing to the government news- ease. porarily stopped issuing visas to global health emergency. to see the arrival and mandatory checks to 17,205.   &  & &  -4 :      9&       &  7#$92 #%$3# surrendered to the Afghan recruitment via the Internet. It states outside the ISIL core area &  %#(%+% nine Turkish troops were the the Britain-based Syrian The offensive ignored a authorities, including depen- also conducts propaganda and suffers by some measures wounded. Observatory for Human cease-fire deal brokered late ndian nationals were among dants of ISIL-K fighters. Most activities in madrasas and uni- the heaviest toll from terrorism urkey hit targets in north- Speaking to reporters Rights, a war monitoring last year between Russia and Ithe over 1,400 fighters of a males were Afghan nationals, versities in Afghanistan, includ- of any country in the world. Tern Syria, responding to before departing for a visit to group. It comes amid a Syrian . The deal has since blacklisted faction of the but there were also foreign ing in Kabul. “Al-Qaida and foreign ter- shelling by Syrian government , President Recep government offensive into collapsed. Islamic State terror group who nationals from Azerbaijan, “Islamic State in Iraq and rorist fighters aligned with it, forces that killed at least four Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish the country’s last rebel Syrian government forces surrendered to Afghan author- , , India, the Levant-Khorasan suffered under the protection and influ- Turkish soldiers, the Turkish artillery hit some 46 targets. stronghold, located in Idlib captured the key Idlib town of ities last year, according to a Maldives, Pakistan, Tajikistan, severe losses and was largely ence of the Taliban, pose a president said on Monday. Erdogan said Turkish war- and parts of the nearby Maaret al-Numan from the UN report. Turkey and Uzbekistan,” the expelled from its Afghan heart- long-term global threat,” the A Syrian war monitor said planes were also involved Aleppo region. Turkish rebels last Wednesday, and The UN Security Council’s January 2020 report said, with- land of Nangarhar Province in report said. six Syrian troops were also and claimed that there were troops are deployed in some have now set their sights on 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions out giving a breakup of their November 2019, but it has Al-Qaida remains resilient killed. between 30 and 35 casualties of those rebel-held areas to Saraqeb. The strategic high- Committee in May last year numbers. proved resilient in the past and and increasingly threatening The exchange, which came on the Syrian side but offered monitor an earlier cease-fire way passes through both blacklisted Islamic State in Iraq The impact on ISIL-K is still assessed to pose a seri- despite the confirmation last hours after a large Turkish no evidence. that was agreed to but that towns. and the Levant-Khorasan numbers may be significant. ous threat,” it said. September of the death at an military convoy entered the “Those who test Turkey’s has since collapsed. The province of Idlib is (ISIL-K), which is also known The group is “now assessed to The report said ISIL-K has unspecified earlier date of its northwestern province of Idlib, determination with such vile Relations between Turkey home to some 3 million peo- as ISIL’s South Asia Branch, have approximately 2,500 fight- established informal contact leadership figure Hamza the last rebel stronghold in attacks will understand their and Syria have deteriorated ple, many of them displaced ISIL Khorasan, Islamic State’s ers in Afghanistan, with about with other terrorist groups, Usama Muhammad Bin Laden, Syria, is likely to further mistake,” Erdogan said. He sharply since Syria’s civil war from other parts of Syria in Khorasan Province and South 2,100 of them concentrated in including Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, the report said. increase tensions between the suggested Turkey would not began in 2011. Syria accuses earlier bouts of violence. The Asian Chapter of ISIL. the Kunar province”, it said. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and It said Al-Qaida is “con- two neighboring countries as accept attempts by Russia to Turkey of undermining its United Nations has estimat- The 25th report of the “There is a covert ISIL-K Lashkar-eIslam. cerned” about the current focus such direct clashes have been calm the tensions, saying security by allowing thou- ed that about 390,000 Syrians Analytical Support and presence of up to 25 persons in Beyond the ISIL core con- of the Taliban leadership on rare. Moscow was told that Ankara sands of foreign fighters to have been displaced there Sanctions Monitoring Team Faryab province, led by former flict zone, threats from Al- peace talks. “Al-Qaida repre- Earlier, Turkey’s National would not stand for an “situ- come battle the Syrian army. over the past two months — concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al- Taliban member Qari Qaida and ISIL affiliates persist sentatives undertook shuttle Defense Ministry said the ation where we are prevent- Idlib province is currently 315,000 in December and Qaida and associated individ- Salahuddin,” the report said. globally, especially in diplomacy, persuading vari- Turkish forces were sent to ed”. dominated by al-Qaida- 75,000 in January. uals and entities said Afghan The ISIL-K is a branch of Afghanistan and its “immedi- ous factions of the Taliban and Idlib as reinforcement and “It is not possible for us to linked militants. Turkey already hosts 3.5 security forces and Taliban the militant Islamist group ate neighbourhood” as well as field commanders not to sup- were attacked there despite remain silent when our sol- With Russian backing, million Syrian refugees, and fighters were able to inflict Islamic State of Iraq and the in parts of Africa and South- port negotiations with the prior notification of their coor- diers are being martyred,” the Syria government has the current wave of violence “severe damage” on the ISIL-K, Levant (ISIL), active in East Asia, it said. Government of Afghanistan dinates to the local authorities. Erdogan said. been on the offensive since in Idlib has raised concerns of displacing it from large areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghanistan continues to and promising to increase It said Turkish forces respond- The exchange occurred December to capture and a new surge in displaced the Nangarhar province. According to the UN be the conflict zone of greatest financial support,” the report ed to the attack, destroying tar- near the Syrian flashpoint reopen a strategic highway civilians fleeing toward the “More than 1,400 people report, ISIL-K continues concern to the UN member said. gets. Along with four killed, town of Saraqeb, according to held by the rebels since 2012. Turkish border.    !! "#$%$%  / *R;   &   2    (*  & &   

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Hong Kongers are rattled without a free-trade deal rather to deliver his speech in the months of furious pro-democ- The fourth quarter — by the feeling that an increas- than agree to follow rules set by Painted Hall at the Old Royal racy protests. which witnessed the worst vio- ingly assertive Beijing is clamp- the 27-nation bloc. Naval College in Greenwich on The data was released as lence between police and pro- ing down on their city’s free- Just 60 hours after Britain the River Thames, a spot the semi-autonomous city testers — clocked a 2.9 percent doms. left the EU, the first country steeped in Britain’s past mili- begins the lunar new year fac- contraction, the third straight The protests were first ever to do so, Johnson is dig- tary glories. ing another economic crisis — quarter of declines. sparked by a proposal to allow ging in his heels about future The vast hall, covered in the outbreak of a deadly new “The local social incidents extraditions to the mainland relations. In a speech to busi- paintings glorifying British coronavirus strain which began with violence during the quar- and its opaque, Communist ness leaders and international achievement, is where Adm. on the Chinese mainland and ter took a further heavy toll on Party-controlled legal system. diplomats in London, Johnson Horatio Nelson lay in state is compounding Hong Kong’s economic sentiment as well as But they soon morphed plans to say “we want a free after his death at the Battle of economic woes. consumption and tourism into a popular revolt against trade agreement,” but not at any Trafalgar against the navies of Last year was the worst for related activities,” the govern- Beijing’s rule. cost. France and Spain in 1805. Hong Kong’s growth since ment said in a statement. The extradition bill was “The choice is emphati- “There is no need for a free 2009, when the financial hub “Total exports of goods eventually killed off after cally not ‘deal or no-deal,’” trade agreement to involve was hit hard by the global continued to decline amid the months of unrest, but the Johnson plans to say, accord- accepting EU rules on compe- financial crash. difficult external environment, movement has achieved few of ing to extracts released by his tition policy, subsidies, social The crisis was initially though at a somewhat nar- its other demands, which office. protection, the environment, sparked by the trade war rower rate,” it added. include an inquiry into the “The question is whether           P      $! ; #   or anything similar, any more between Beijing and Clashes between protesters police, an amnesty for those we agree a trading relationship   !    <    )  /20  ( . than the EU should be oblig- Washington, hitting the export- hurling bricks and petrol arrested and fully free elec- with the EU comparable to ed to accept U.K. rules,” he will heavy economy. bombs and police wielding tions. Canada’s – or more like difficulties of the trade nego- ment, Britain and the EU sion-making. say. Australia’s.” Australian-style tiations with Britain when he agreed to strike an “ambitious, Britain says it wants a “The UK will maintain trade would mean a panoply of highlighted the small but broad, deep and flexible part- “Canada-style” free trade the highest standards in these new tariffs and other barriers emblematic fisheries industry, nership,” including a free trade agreement with the EU cover- areas — better, in many 7* J+  $  between the U.K. and the EU, which was a key issue in the deal and agreements for secu- ing both goods and services. respects, than those of its near neighbour and biggest UK’s protracted Brexit divorce rity and other areas. But it is adamant it won’t agree the EU — without the com- trading partner. deal. They gave themselves 11 to follow the EU’s entire r ule pulsion of a treaty. And it is Across the Channel, chief Barnier told France Inter months to do it. A post-Brexit book in return for unfettered vital to stress this now.” It’s a *     EU negotiator Michel Barnier radio that “there will be no “transition period,” in which trade, because it wants to be message aimed as much at a said the European Union will trade deal with the British if relations stay essentially free to diverge in order to strike domestic audience as it is at link any access to its market for there is no reciprocal access unchanged, runs until the end other new deals around the the bloc, but EU leaders are &  (E$847(+%$#95 an earlier American drone suggests the Aseman Airlines British products directly to deal for our fishermen.” of 2020. For the rest of this year world. unlikely to be impressed by strike that killed the Guard’s top aircraft, flight No. 3768, was the access that EU boats will be Barnier said the two topics will the U.K. will continue to follow The bloc insists there can what they’ll see as British leaked recording of an general, Qassem Soleimani, in close enough to Tehran to see given to UK waters. be negotiated at the same time. EU rules, although it will no be no trade deal unless Britain intransigence and wishful Aexchange between an Baghdad. the blast. Barnier underscored the In their divorce agree- longer have a say in EU deci- agrees to a “level playing field” thinking. Iranian air-traffic controller A transcript of the record- Iranian civil aviation and an Iranian pilot purports ing, published by Ukrainian authorities for days insisted it to show that authorities imme- 1+1 TV channel, contains a wasn’t a missile that brought ?    diately knew a missile had conversation in Farsi between down the plane, even after  )    downed a Ukrainian jetliner an air-traffic controller and a Canadian Prime Minister after takeoff from Tehran, pilot reportedly flying a Fokker Justin Trudeau and U.S. offi-    killing all 176 people aboard, 100 jet for Iran’s Aseman cials began saying they believed despite days of denials by the Airlines from Iran’s southern it had been shot down. 1  Islamic Republic. city of Shiraz to Tehran. Iranian officials should   $     Ukraine’s President “A series of lights like ... yes, have immediately had access to &  319#,%?9# Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowl- it is missile, is there some- the air-traffic control record- edged the recording’s authen- thing?” the pilot calls out to the ings and Zelenskiy told 1+1 &  )3#23# D’Orsi on Sunday night. as he was pursued by armed pace,” the statement said. wo lawmakers in ticity in a report aired by a controller. that “the recording, indeed, Of the 10 offences under officers as part of a proactive In a statement from Thave nominated Swedish Ukrainian television channel “No, how many miles? shows that the Iranian side man shot dead by the which Amman was jailed, counter-terrorism surveillance Downing Street after an emer- teenage climate activist Greta on Sunday night. Where?” the controller asks. knew from the start that our AScotland Yard after he went seven were of making records operation before they shot him gency meeting with UK Home Thunberg for the 2020 Nobel In Tehran on Monday, the The pilot responds that he plane was shot down by a mis- on a stab frenzy on a busy high of information likely to be dead at the scene. Secretary Priti Patel on Sunday Peace Prize. head of the Iranian investiga- saw the light near the city of sile, they were aware of this at street in south London was a useful to a person committing A man in his 40s, who suf- night, British Prime Minister Jens Holm and Hakan tion team, Hassan Rezaeifar, Payam, near where the Guard’s the moment of the shooting.” convicted Islamist terrorist, or preparing an act of terrorism fered life-threatening injuries in Boris Johnson once again Svenneling, who are both acknowledged the recording Tor M-1 anti-aircraft missile Ukraine’s president repeat- with family links to Sri Lanka, and three of dissemination of the stabbing, is said to be out pledged tougher sentencing members of Sweden’s Left was legitimate and said that it was launched from. The con- ed his demands to decode the who was recently released from terrorist publications. of danger and one woman in measures for dangerous ter- Party, said Monday that was handed over to Ukrainian troller says nothing has been plane’s flight recorders in Kyiv prison after serving half of his Police had been told of her 50s, who had non-life- rorists. Thunberg “has worked hard to officials. reported to them, but the pilot — something Iranian officials sentence period for preparation extremist material being post- threatening injuries, has since “We will announce fur- make politicians open their After the Jan 8 disaster, remains insistent. had promised last month but of acts of terrorism, police ed on the social media app been discharged from hospital. ther plans for fundamental eyes to the climate crisis” and Iran’s civilian government “It is the light of missile,” later backtracked on. On said. The Metropolitan Police Telegram by an account called Another woman in her 20s changes to the system for deal- “action for reducing our emis- maintained for days that it the pilot says. Monday, Ukrainian investiga- said Sudesh Mamoor Faraz @strangertothisworld, which who suffered minor injuries, ing with those convicted of ter- sions and complying with the didn’t know the country’s para- “Don’t you see anything tors were to travel to Tehran to Amman, a 20-year-old British turned out to be of Amman. believed to have been caused by rorism offences,” he said. Paris Agreement is therefore military Revolutionary Guard, anymore?” the controller asks. participate in the decoding national with extended family He had used documents broken glasses triggered from It is thought that Amman also an act of making peace.” answerable only to Supreme “Dear engineer, it was an effort, but Zelenskiy insisted on in Sri Lanka, had pledged alle- about making explosives, the discharge of the police may have realised he was being The 2015 landmark Paris Leader Ayatollah Ali explosion. We saw a very big bringing the so-called “black giance to the Islamic State weaponry and carrying out firearm, continues to receive watched because he stole a 10- climate deal asks both rich Khamenei, had shot down the light there, I don’t really know boxes” back to Kyiv. “It is very (ISIS). terrorist attacks. Among them treatment at hospital, the Met inch 3.99 pound kitchen knife and poor countries to take aircraft. what it was,” the pilot responds. important for us,” he said. Amman was sentenced to were manuals on bomb-mak- Police said. from a store on the Streatham action to curb the rise in glob- The downing of the jet- The controller then tries to Iranian authorities, how- three years and four months in ing, knife-fighting and close “Detectives from the Met’s High Road at the time of the al temperatures that is melting liner came just hours after the contract the Ukrainian jetlin- ever, condemned the publica- prison in December 2018 after combat. Reports at the time Counter Terrorism Command attack and, within seconds, glaciers, raising sea levels and Guard launched a ballistic mis- er, but unsuccessfully. tion of the recording as “unpro- being charged with 10 terror- also said he had told his girl- continue to carry out fast-time stabbed a woman in the back. shifting rainfall patterns. It sile attack on Iraqi bases hous- Publicly accessible flight- fessional,” saying it was part of related offences. He was aged friend she should murder her enquiries into the circum- As he ran up the busy high requires governments to pre- ing US forces in retaliation for tracking radar information a confidential report. 18 that time. “kuffar” (non-believer) par- stances of the attack in street he stabbed a man. sent national plans to reduce Amman was released ents. Police found a notepad in Streatham High Road at At least two plain-clothed emissions to limit global tem- under licence last month. He his home, where he had listed approximately 1400 hours on police officers who had been perature rise to well below 2 ;   /  was under surveillance. his “life goals”. Sunday, February 2,” the Met following Amman, dressed in degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees “The suspect had been “Top of the list, above fam- Police said in a statement on hoodies and jeans and with bal- Fahrenheit). recently released from prison ily activities, was dying a mar- Monday. aclavas covering their faces, Thunberg, 17, has encour- where he had been serving a tyr and going to ‘Jannah’ - the “Search warrants are being gave chase on foot after he aged students to skip school to     sentence for Islamist-related afterlife,” Alexis Boon, then carried out at two residential attacked his first victim. join protests demanding faster terrorism offences. We are con- head of the Metropolitan Police addresses in the south London It is thought that a third action on climate change, a fident that this is an isolated counter-terrorism command, and Bishop’s Stortford officer on a motorbike who had movement that has spread &  %?,2%2 prime minister that he ending a political stalemate. incident that has been con- said after he was jailed over a (Hertfordshire) areas respec- been part of the surveillance beyond Sweden to other endorsed. Hundreds of students tained,” said Met Police Deputy year ago. On Sunday, Amman tively. No arrests have been team may have been the first to European nations and around nti-government demon- On Sunday, Muqtada al- voiced their rejection of Allawi Assistant Commissioner Lucy was wearing a hoax bomb vest made and enquiries continue at open fire. the world. Astrators have rejected Iraq’s Sadr told his followers camped at rallies in Baghdad’s central new prime minister-designate out among protesters in the cap- plazas and in southern Iraq. following his nomination by ital and in the country’s south Protesters hung portraits of 7  rival government factions, com- to unblock roads and restore Allawi marked with an “X” on ,     pounding the challenges he’ll normalcy, angering protesters bridges and tunnels around have to surmount in order to who felt al-Sadr had betrayed Tahrir Square, the epicenter of   resolve months of civil unrest. them and the reformist aims of the four-month protest move- Meanwhile, new divisions their movement for political ment. “We don’t want Allawi   emerged among protesters and gain. because he is a party member    & supporters of a maverick and Saturday’s selection of for- chosen by the parties,” said   often inscrutable Shiite cleric, mer Communications Minister Hadi Safir, a protester in Tahrir. who initially threw his weight Mohammed Allawi, 66, to “We want an independent nom- &  :%,$#?3# ment trial of a US president, suggested Trump had been A narrow majority of behind the uprising but now is replace outgoing Prime Minister inee.” Others were more diplo- Trump is all but assured of naive in asking a foreign ally to Americans believe Trump &  %(9# re-positioning himself toward Adel Abdul-Mahdi was the matic, saying they’ll wait and see resident Donald Trump’s being acquitted Wednesday, look into Biden and his son abused his power and obstruct- the political establishment, after product of months of back- how Allawi delivers on promis- Pimpeachment trial resumes the day after his annual “State Hunter’s business dealings in ed Congress by withholding S Secretary of State Mike elites selected a candidate for room talks between rival parties, es to hold early elections. for final arguments on Monday of the Union” speech, which the Ukraine, which Republicans documents and testimony dur- UPompeo on Monday before an expected acquittal president said will carry a have claimed without evidence ing the impeachment inquiry, demanded “demonstrable later in the week that “very, very positive message”. were corrupt. according to a new NBC/WSJ evidence” from the Taliban   8  & Democrats have said will be Republicans hold 53 seats But he added: “The bottom poll. that it can and will reduce invalid because no witnesses in the Senate to 47 for the line: it’s not an excuse. He But they remain divided on violence before signing a deal testified. Democrats, but a two-thirds shouldn’t have done it.” whether he should be kicked that would lead to The president was majority, or 67 senators, is Ernst said it was “up to the from office, with 46 per cent Afghanistan peace talks and ' @&R   impeached in December for needed to remove him from American people” to decide on hoping to see him removed and a withdrawal of American abuse of power over pressure office. Trump’s behaviour, adding that 49 per cent saying he should troops from the country. &  3#+9%) There has been no official images were taken without on US ally Ukraine to Adam Schiff, the leader of she would vote Wednesday to keep his job. Speaking at a news con- announcement about the ques- Meghan’s consent, the BBC announce investigations that the House prosecutors, known acquit the president. Democrats had been eager ference in neighboring clear majority of tion of security for Prince reported, and the couple were would have helped him polit- as impeachment managers, “I think generally speaking, to hear from Trump’s former Uzbekistan, Pompeo said a ACanadians feel their coun- Harry and Meghan, or who will prepared to take legal action. ically, including into Joe Biden, told CBS on Sunday that it was going after corruption is the national security advisor John deal is close but that they have try does not have to pay for cover the bill, now that they Perhaps more worrying for a leading challenger for this “pretty remarkable” that sena- right thing to do, but he did it Bolton, acting White House been close before and failed security for Prince Harry and have officially left the royal the couple in the long run is year’s presidential ballot. tors on both sides had acknowl- in the wrong manner... I think chief of staff Mick Mulvaney because the Taliban was unable his wife Meghan Markle, who family. that only 32 per cent of those Biden is among the candi- edged that Democrats proved that he could have done it in and other key administration to demonstrate its seriousness. have settled in British Canadian authorities have surveyed were strongly in dates Monday in the Iowa cau- their case against the president. different channels,” she told figures caught up in the scan- He said more work remains to Columbia. only indicated that discussions favour of maintaining links cuses that choose the state’s “But I’m not letting the CNN. dal. be done so that peace talks can Seventy-seven per cent of were taking place. with the royal family and their Democratic nominee and mark senators off the hook. We’re still Trump is also accused of Bolton reportedly says in a get started. people surveyed by Nanos More than two-thirds of country’s status as a constitu- the official start of election sea- going to go into the Senate this obstruction of Congress for forthcoming book that Trump “We’re working on a peace Research, for CTV, believe the Canadians feel the privacy of tional monarchy. Twenty-eight son. week and make the case why ordering officials not to com- told him military aid to and reconciliation plan, putting Candian taxpayer does not the couple and their infant per cent said they were only The selection process in this president needs to be ply with subpoenas for docu- Ukraine was tied to Kiev’s the commas in the right place, have to pay for the Duke and son will be better respected in somewhat supported that largely rural Iowa, coinciding removed. It will be up to the ments and testimony as part of investigating Biden — corrob- getting the sentences right,” he Duchess of Sussex because Canada than it was in Britain. option. with final impeachment argu- senators to make that final the impeachment inquiry. orating the central claim said. they are not in Canada as rep- But Harry and Meghan — And 35 percent would be ments in Washington, will be judgment, and the senators On Friday, just two against the president. “We got close once before resentatives of the Queen. who live in Victoria, on more or less strongly in favour closely watched as a sign as to will be held accountable for it.” Republicans — Mitt Romney of After the failure to call to having an agreement: a piece Canada is a parliamentary Vancouver Island — are taking of abolishing links with the which of 11 Democratic can- Republican Senators Utah and Susan Collins of witnesses, Senate Democratic of paper that we mutually exe- monarchy and Queen Elizabeth no chances: last month they British monarchy. didates are gaining early Lamar Alexander and Joni Maine — joined Democrats in leader Chuck Schumer said cuted and the Taliban were II is the reigning head of state. issued a legal warning to media The survey was conducted momentum to challenge Ernst on Sunday said Trump’s voting to introduce witnesses, the chamber “did not live up to unable to demonstrate either Only 19 per cent of over photographs of the by telephone and online, with Trump in November’s elec- behaviour was troubling but a practice they said was fol- its responsibilities, turned away their will or capacity or both to Canadians would not object to duchess out walking her dogs a sample of 1,003 Canadians tion. not impeachable. lowed at every other impeach- from truth and instead went deliver on a reduction in vio- their country assuming a share with Archie, their son. and a margin of error of 3.1 per At only the third impeach- Alexander, of Tennessee, ment trial in US history. along with a sham trial”. lence.” of the security costs. 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Homeopathy has a big Common side effects of Cell-based therapy is creating ripples in the   connection between allergic, ing transition. There is a decline of infection caused  About 10 million peo- role to play in the manage- the management of cancer world of regenerative medicine. The aim is to autoimmune and respiratory cancers in India such as cervical, and penile cancer, ple die of cancer each ment of cancers. It can be whether through harness the innate healing mechanisms of our    diseases, some blames vacci- and an increase in lifestyle and aging associated can- year in the world. beneficial as an add-on ther- chemotherapy, surgery, radi- body, target the core pathology of conditions,    #$ nated kids are more prone to the cers such as breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers.  Around one third of apy to radiation or ation or a combination of thereby, achieve tangible results. 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It is not, it’s a Man made disease and inaccessible diag- of their illness, since there state and help in recovering Results achieved through the are maintained the fact remains before the Measles vaccine was introduced, 90  Starvation can cure cancer, no, not at all. nosis and treatment may be a high likelihood that from them. Non-healing over a long period of time, based on the over- per cent of the children were infected by measles before they  Biopsy or surgery will spread it; chemotherapy are common. chemotherapy itself could sites of cancer surgery also all health status of the patient. It is time to move reached 10 years of age. The same applied for Polio cases, so it’s kills the patients, and so on. Never, They don’t  In India, 7 lakh new shorten their lifespan. respond well to homeopath- over conventional, long-term treatments and dis- very clear vaccine-preventable disease can be nasty at times, so spread cancer. patients are diagnosed Homeopathic medicines ic treatment. cuss with us regarding this novel therapy for sus- it’s better to be protected all the time. In some communities, peo- +   %  ;!!      <  each year. act in a gentle manner caus- +   % &   tained results in dermatological conditions. ple think vaccine-preventable childhood illnesses are god’s will  ! !   !  % ing no discomfort to the # % & P  +   "   "   or fact of life. This is mostly due to unawareness about vaccines and it’s very important to educate people on the consequences   of not vaccinating children. % ! Vaccines containing harmful ingredients such as Thimerosal, inding hard to get out a mercury-containing compound and it causes a severe threat Most people will tell you that alliative care is active, holistic care and of bed? Melodic is one of the main arguments that come from the anti-vaccine Ptreatment for patients with incurable Falarms can help you. community. But Mercury is a natural element found in air, water, there is no cure for a cold but diseases and short expected time left to live. A new study shows that and soil, the amount of thimerosal dose in vaccines is much lower there are a few things that one Relieving physical pain and other bother- melodic alarms could than the amount we are exposed to in our daily life. Giving a can do to ensure one feels better some symptoms are central together with improve alertness levels, with child more than one vaccine at a time can overload the immune efforts against psychological, social, spiri- harsh alarm tones linked to increased lev- system is one common concern among parents. However, no sci- and take care of that sore tual and existential problems. els of morning grogginess or sleep inertia. entific evidence shows any negative effect on a child’s immune throat, says Dr Vishal Sehgal, Medical Director, The study, published in PLoS One system, in fact combined vaccines reduce discomfort for the child ROSHANI DEVI Portea Medical says: “People diagnosed journal, involved 50 participants, using a through less vaccine doses and save money and time. with cancer need more than just treatment specially designed online survey that enables — they need to come to terms with their palliative care, experts counsel and sup- them to remotely contribute to the study  here are many of us who Turmeric mixed in warm milk disease and requisite emotional and phys- port patients and make referrals to men- from the comfort of their own home. rely on home remedies to fights against cold and cough. ical support. This is known as palliative tal health professionals. There are also “Morning grogginess was a serious cure a simple cold. One Drinking a glass before sleep- care. When given in a timely manner, it other things that a patient’s family may problem in our 24-hour world. If you don’t ' T Garlic is used both as a food flavouring and as a of the simplests things to do is ing helps in faster recovery. can help in improving the patient’s qual- need to address including financial and wake properly, your work performance can traditional medicine. It help prevent and reduce the severity drink ginger (adrak) tea. The Drinking honey in tea ity of life and of their families. Palliative legal issues, or insurance. 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Ginger is reduced the sever- to prolong life. A diagnosis of cancer is guided to come to terms with their con- According to the researchers, the find- between daily consump- known to ity of cough accompanied with associated problems dition and are able to make better sense ing could have important implications for tion of garlic and soothe com- symptoms. such as depression, anxiety and fear. In of their thoughts and fears.” anyone who needs to perform at their peak prevention of mon cold and  Gargling soon after waking, such as shift workers and stomach and help a person with salt water emergency first responders. colorectal can- to recover helps too. It also  ( “Although more research is needed to cers. 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    3+- 3!-0 3  )'   "0 + * )'  +  A 7 <+ '0" =-" 04 !> +! '--0 ! ; *   !        "' '"  + 0        ut-wrenching World War I epic     *  1917 was the big winner at the  " GBritish Academy Film Awards, L,    winning seven prizes including best pic- ture and best director. Sam Mendes’   T drama about one of the most devastat-     ing conflicts in British history bested    hotly tipped American contenders   including Joker, The Irishman and Once $ "$ Upon a Time in Hollywood at a glitzy      event that was overshadowed by criticism of the nominees’ lack of diversity — even 8*( from some of the nominees themselves.    Director Mendes based 1917 on his   grandfather’s wartime experiences. Shot    in sinuous long takes that immerse   viewers in the action, it follows two 1  British soldiers on a perilous mission   across No Man’s Land to try to avert a sui- Union, which became official on Friday.  ": cidal offensive. The film was also named 4 6 744 Pitt also referenced recent tumult in  * best British film and won the cinematog- Britain’s royal family, saying he was *   raphy prize — Roger Deakins’ fifth win   going to name the trophy Harry, “because   0M in that category. It also took trophies for   !   he’s really excited about bringing it back &  0   production design, sound and visual    0 to the States with him.” effects.   Laura Dern was named best support-  T  0 Joaquin Phoenix was named best ing actress for playing a take-no-prison-    actor for superhero story Joker, which &  '  ers divorce lawyer in Marriage Story. She  8* charts the origins of Batman’s ginning )    noted that her mother, Dianne Ladd, had (0   nemesis. Renee Zellweger won the best '&! +  2*0 won the exact same prize in 1975, when *(  actress prize for the Judy Garland biopic  Dern was 6, for Alice Doesn’t Live Here    Judy. Joker took three awards — best Anymore. actor, casting and score — from 11 nom-   & !1 0 Bong Joon-ho’s Korean-language 1  " inations. Martin Scorsese’s mob drama '  drama Parasite was named best foreign- The Irishman had 10 nominations but '  :  language film and also took the prize for went home empty-handed. best original screenplay. Organisers set O      Victory at the British awards, known   +P 0 out to make the awards ceremony carbon   :    as BAFTAs, is often a good predictor of &&'    1 0  neutral for the first time. The red carpet success at Hollywood’s Academy Awards,       was made from recycled fibers. Instead    <:  being held this year on February 9. Like &&'   ) 2 0 of the goody bags of past years, guests will #:  9 #   the Oscars, the British awards have ! "    receive a “gifting wallet” made from recy-     struggled to become less male and white.    ! '! '' cled plastic and containing vouchers. The No women were nominated as best 1   post-awards dinner featured sustainably   =  director for the seventh year and sourced food, including a vegan option.   $ all 20 nominees in the lead and support-  ' #  $  Stars walking the red carpet were encour- ing performer categories were white.   %   aged to make sustainable fashion choic-    Phoenix slammed the lack of diversity in es by wearing an outfit they already " > 2 % ' !   his acceptance speech, saying it sent “a   % * owned or renting one for the occasion. = , very clear message to people of colour Prince William, the British that ‘You’re not welcome here.’” lem was “an industry-wide issue.” “It takes O  <   Academy’s president and his wife Kate, $: Awards organisers called it “disap- everyone to look at what they’re doing,” lent.” the Duchess of Cambridge, were the      pointing” that there were no performers she said. “Awards are right at the end of    Hours before the event and several guests of honor at the ceremony. William of colour among the acting nominees, a whole process and so we need to look miles away, three people were wounded presented a BAFTA Fellowship, the <   : # : who are chosen by 6,500 academy mem- at the types of films being made, the    and a knifeman shot dead by police in academy’s top honour, to Lucasfilm boss       bers who work in the UK and interna- opportunities that people are getting, how what police called a terrorism-related Kathleen Kennedy. The Lord of the Rings tional film industry. the films are being promoted. All of these $<    attack. The BBC canceled plans to broad- and Planet of the Apes star Andy Serkis    ?    The rising star award — the one tro- things play a part.” cast interviews from the red carpet on its — the maestro of motion-capture acting       phy decided by the public — went to Presenting the best-director award, #     news channel as a result. — was handed a prize for outstanding # $: %    $ Black British actor Micheal Ward. British Australian actress Rebel Wilson quipped Brad Pitt was named best supporting British contribution to cinema. star Cynthia Erivo, who is Oscar-nomi- that she could never achieve what the     # actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Falling two days after Britain left the       nated for her performance as abolition- nominees did: “I just don’t have the balls.”   Quentin Tarantino’s bloody fairy tale of European Union, the evening couldn’t       $ ist Harriet Tubman in Harriet but was Scarlett Johansson, a best-actress nomi- 1960s Los Angeles. He didn’t attend but avoid the subject of Brexit. “We know it’s snubbed by Britain’s Academy, declined nee for Marriage Story, said the lack of      sent a jokey acceptance speech, read out been a hard week for you guys and it’s  = %   < # an invitation to perform at the award cer- recognition for female directors was by his co-star Margot Robbie. “Hey very nice to take a little bit of your gold, #  =P L3    emony in protest. disappointing. “So many women made   #  Britain, heard you just became single. back home where it belongs,” joked The British Academy has promised great films this year,” she said. “And I Welcome to the club,” he said — one of director Taika Waititi as he % ' ! !  to review its voting procedures. BAFTA think it just goes to show you that there    P several references during the ceremony collected the best adapted screenplay chairwoman Pippa Harris said the prob- is a systemic problem that is very preva- to the UK’s exit from the European prize for Jojo Rabbit. L. ! ! !          " ?   T0 * 0R#  A $   $        * 2 Q#   0         $  $,+  + " ver wonder how paint colours get L2  Etheir names? If you’re shopping for ;  0?   pink, say, you’ll find dozens of shades ctor Vidya Balan, who has won many   "$  referencing roses, bubblegum and Aaccolades in her successful film career, shells. There are some extra-evocative contradicts the popular notion that award     ", names like Calamine and Dead ceremonies in India are rigged. At an event %  C  "&   Salmon. And what about a pink called to promote the 2020 edition of a popular  * $   Harajuku Morning? Modern Love? Bollywood awards function, she said that Names can sway a person, says New everything seems fair when an artiste wins T0M " York designer Daun Curry. “We once an award. +   had a client choose one paint colour “People often say many things about    ? over another because the name was award ceremonies but I feel when you get that  0L,%  * Peace and Happiness,” she says. More (award) in your hand then everything is fair,” often, we pick a shade because we like said Vidya, at an event for the forthcoming C"M it, says colour consultant Debra Kling 65th edition of Amazon Filmfare Awards of New York, and ‘the names’ associa- 2020. She further said, “It’s a special feeling tions serve to augment our feelings (to be an award-winner). First, the statue of 2 #:   about the hues.’’ She warns clients that Filmfare Award in itself is so beautiful. It is  $$   paints when applied can look very dif- a symbol of love and appreciation from the ferent from their names: Creams, audience and the industry, so it is very spe- %   & especially, easily veer into yellow ter- and Dead Salmon: “For many people pany’s director of colour marketing and cial for me.” *   ritory, even when there’s no hint of that of a certain age, Calamine lotion was development, Andrea Magno, says “I feel it’s every Indian actor or actress’ '    hue in their name. an intrinsic part of early life. Applied that while the colour was already part dream to win a Filmfare Award. It was my Natalie Ebel, co-founder of the to treat scraped knees, stings and the of Benjamin Moore’s 3,500-hue library, dream as well but I never prepared my accep-  " direct-to-consumer paint company general travails of a lively childhood, it “it’s always fortuitous when the trend tance speech, because the more you want to %   7:*  Backdrop — which is behind Harajuku was always of comfort. And what was concept and colour name complement win an award, the more you feel anxious after &) %+ L     Morning and Modern Love — says that more calming, the actual lotion or its one another. While descriptions like winning it. It actually happened with me four    "M choosing the right names for paint extraordinary delicate colour? It cer- ‘light pink’ are quite straightforward, years in a row. I won Best Actor (Female) colours is essential. “We encourage cus- tainly creates soothing rooms in the we also look for names that evoke pos- award for three year and one year in between         tomers to not just paint their walls but modern world,” she says. itive associations and experiences.” I won the Best Actor (Female) Critics’      create their backdrop,’’ she says. “So As for the fishy one, the name was PPG Paint’s senior colour market- award,” she added.   "*@=AK0 each name was chosen to evoke an found on a decorator’s invoice dated ing manager, Dee Schlotter, says Linen “For four consecutive years, I went on )    emotional connection; we were 1805 for a library. “Salmon is the colour, Ruffle is the top pink requested on the stage to receive an award and I asked myself,      inspired by real people, places, things and Dead actually refers to the matte company’s Paintzen platform. It’s a ‘how can this get any better’. When I got Best and moods.” paint finish,” Studholme says. Another pale, taupe-tinged white with a pink Actress for the first time, I thought that I   Farrow & Ball is known for creative rosy paint that Studholme thinks is undertone, named to evoke images of would become mad but when I went on to award. I got it and I felt really good about it. " naming; their latest Colour By Nature well-named was inspired by the soft, ruffly pillows and curtains. win it for four consecutive years, I didn’t As long as enough people felt that my work %     palette, made in collaboration with feminine shade found in traditional And what about Kenny’s Kiss or believe it,” the actress said. was worthy a Filmfare Award that year, I am     London’s Natural History Museum, was ladies’ private quarters. But “Boudoir Salsa Diane, two other pinks in the Vidya Balan has won Filmfare Awards for happy. I think this has happened many times     inspired by Werner’s Nomenclature of Pink’’ didn’t sit right, she says. “So, we PPG collection? The former was her performance in Paa (2010), Ishqiya in the history of awards where two perfor- Colours, an 1814 guide that cross-ref- spent time considering how the named after an employee’s dog; the lat- (2011), The Dirty Picture (2012) and Kahaani mances run neck-and-neck and then one per- L*  erences hues with markings and col- boudoir got its name, only to discov- ter after a colour lab stylist’s beachy (2013). son gets it.”   orations found in nature. Scotch Blue, er it comes from the French bouder, dress. HGTV Home by Sherwin- “I also feel happy when I am nominat- In 2019, Vidya garnered praise for her    for example, suggests both the throat meaning ‘to sulk.’ Thus, Sulking Room Williams’ colour of the year is ed for a Filmfare Award because they hon- performance in Mission Mangal. Asked 0 of a blue titmouse and copper ore. Pink was born,” she says. Romance, another gentle pink with a our the best of the year, so just to be there is which actresses’ performances she liked the        Time and place also provide inspi- Pink has enjoyed a favoured posi- name that stirs feelings. Ebel, of a good feeling. If you win, then it’s icing on most in the year gone by, Vidya said, ration, says Farrow & Ball’s colour con- tion in the colour pantheon since at Backdrop, says pinks have been the the cake but if you don’t win, and if you are “Unfortunately, I have seen very few perfor-   "T sultant Joa Studholme. “Occasionally, least 2014, when film director Wes most fun to name. at least nominated, then you feel good mances, but I think Alia (Bhatt) was lovely    the paint name comes almost before the Anderson clad his “Grand Budapest “I wanted to keep the colours and about it by thinking that at least you are in Gully Boy. I believe Taapsee (Pannu) and   "M colour. Plummett was mixed after an Hotel’’ in the hue. That was followed names approachable for people like me among the best in that particular year,” she Bhumi (Pednekar) are lovely in Saand Ki )  afternoon spent fishing on the river, by rose gold fever. Colour company — I wasn’t a huge pink person before said. Aankh and that’s something I want to watch. +    where the colour of the lead used to Pantone designated light pinks as sig- Backdrop,’’ she says. “Harajuku In 2012, when Vidya won for Kahaani, Again, I believe Yami (Gautam) was lovely weight the fisherman’s line was a thing nature colours in both 2016 and 2017. Morning was inspired by a trip we took Priyanka Chopra was reportedly miffed for in Bala.    of such beauty that it just begged to be Paint marketers generally like to Tokyo in 2016. The colour is bright, losing out for her performance in Barfi. The 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020   added to the Farrow & Ball palette,’’ she names that are aspirational, that stir the airy and fun, and reminded us of the Asked for her reaction on that controversy, will be held on February 15. Breaking away   @=AK" says. imagination. First Light is Benjamin playfulness of Takeshita Street, but in Vidya said, “I was glad I won it that year,” she from a 64-year-old tradition, this year the Studholme shares the backstories Moore’s 2020 Colour of the Year, a the morning before the crowds. laughed, and asserted: “I am not that kind to awards will take place in Assam. on two Farrow & Ball pinks, Calamine dreamy, soft shade of pink. The com- L. think that she (Priyanka) should have got the L-.  /    !! "#$%$% Q9 #  &    #R D &   !        # - !   ! 

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P series shows the current lot of 1$##9+0%+93?332" Zealand for making some question- Indian players is exceptionally tal- ,%T39,$#?,9E able decisions during the T20 series ented. ,%89#T%):%E,%2 in which they lost back-to-back   * : “India are far better side now at games in a Super Over. present and they are improving all A  “Losing in such a manner can the time. Their bowling attack now become a bit of habit. Once New >   suits all conditions around the Zealand’s new-look pace attack will Zealand lost a couple (Super Overs), world because their bowlers, pacers have its task cut out. they almost started dreading the and spinners, are so good. That’s However, he feels the subse- Super Over. And once you do that, &  7%$ something they haven’t always had,” quent two-Test series will be a dif- you are not in the right frame of Hesson said. ferent proposition despite New mind. ormer India speedster Zaheer Khan “And their batsmen’s ability to Zealand’s recent 0-3 loss in “Once again, even in both those Fon Monday advised injured all- play pace bowling has also got bet- Australia. Super Overs, New Zealand were in rounder Hardik Pandya to be patient and ter the more they have toured. So “New Zealand had a poor tour situations in this series where they not rush his comeback from a back injury. this group of players is exception- of Australia and they would be hurt could have won it. They will look Pandya has been out of action since ally talented group. This series’ with that. But up to that point, their back in hindsight and wonder if September and underwent a surgery for win will help them (for the World Test cricket was exceptional in the they used the right bowling option an acute lower-back injury in October. Cup in Australia later this year).” last 2-3 seasons, probably even (Tim Southee) at that time. The 26-year-old, who plays for Mumbai Up next is a three-match ODI longer. “Changes of pace can be useful Indians in the IPL, is not expected to series, and India-New Zealand will “New Zealand know these con- in a Super Over rather than neces- make a comeback before the cash-rich play the first match in Hamilton ditions well. From a Test bowling sarily trying to bowl yorkers,” reck- T20 league, beginning March 29. tomorrow. Hesson said New !  *   !    -  #      ## +?@-    > . point of view, if there is something oned Hesson. “For MI, IPL is still a long way away, and for Hardik it’s important he should take his time to comeback 120 percent.  -  ! &A I can say it by experience, when anyone +- "! ! 60 goes through injuries, it’s not about #-- *'5 !  3  6=  coming back, it’s about how you come back,” Zaheer, who himself made multi-  67 5  ple comebacks after being injured said. &  #9:29),$ “You have to be patient through that 348849:: process and you have to listen to the team n a blow to India, limited-overs besides keeping wickets. which is around you — the support staff, Ivice-captain Rohit Sharma was on ;384<;6 3464 Pakistan’s Babar Azam main- be it your doctor, your physio, your train- Monday ruled out of the upcoming tained pole position while India ers. Those are the key people one should ODI and Test series against New  ! Mahendra Singh has seen and there is a reason vice-captain Rohit Sharma communicate with and control the con- Zealand after sustaining a calf Dhoni’s calm demeanour under behind it and that reason is him entered the top-10 of the batsmen trollables. injury during the fifth T20I. pressure has helped him emerge being calm and composed under rankings. Skipper Virat Kohli “I have always been advising every- Rohit retired hurt after scoring as India’s most successful captain pressure situation.” remained in ninth position. one in the same fashion: you have to take 60 off 41 balls after he pulled his calf and a role model for youngsters, Rohit said during his cap- Among other Indians, your time; you cannot be impatient and muscle while going for a quick sin- feels Rohit Sharma. taincy days Dhoni used to put Shreyas Iyer (up 63 places to rush your comeback. It’s about when you gle during the match that India won Rohit, who made his debut the young and inexperienced 55th) and Manish Pandey (up 12 come back, it should be in for a long haul,” on Sunday. under Dhoni during the T20WC bowlers at ease, getting the best places to 58th) are others who he said. “He is out of the tour. Right in , was effusive in out of them. have advanced in the latest rank- Pandya is undergoing rehab and now, it’s not looking good. The his praise for his former captain. “I have seen him handle a lot ings. also failed a fitness test which delayed his physio is assessing him. We will get “Whole India knows MS of younger bowlers when they The story is similar for the comeback bid. to know how bad it is but he is not Dhoni is the one who has been get under pressure, he goes India bowling attack as Jasprit Asked if he has spoken to Pandya taking any further part in the like that. It has helped him to around and puts his arm around Bumrah has gained 26 places to recently, Zaheer said: “I have (spoken to series,” a top BCCI source said. make such good decisions on the their neck and talks to them what reach 11th position, Yuzvendra him). I will say this to anyone who is a It has been learnt that Mayank field and now you see he is the he needs to do and what not,” Chahal has advanced 10 places to sportsman and is going through an Agarwal will be replacing Rohit as most successful Indian captain, Rohit said. 30th and Shardul Thakur’s eight injury phase. It’s frustrating at times when the third opener in the ODI set-up "  !    ## +?@- having all three ICC Trophies “You know when a younger wickets in the series have lifted him you’re away from the game, but it’s very along with KL Rahul and Prithvi    >   < . with him and many IPL titles as player is being treated like that by 34 places to 57th position. important to stay patient and control Shaw. well,” Rohit said in a chat show the senior member of a team, you &2 "    * # ## . Navdeep Saini (up 25 places to things in your control. It’s about listen- Agarwal was the logical choice Bangladesh), Gill was the back-up Curly Tales. obviously feel confident and want 71st) and Ravindra Jadeja (up 34 ing to your body...” in the white-ball format since he was opener to Rohit and Agarwal. His “He is the best captain India to deliver for the team.” PTI &  27%$ places to 76th) have also moved up. The former Indian pacer also rated the reserve opener in the side dur- place was sealed in the squad after New Zealand captain Kane India’s recent 5-0 T20 triumph in New ing the home ODI series against the scores of 83 and 204 not out in a L Rahul reaped rewards for Williamson’s 160 runs in the Zealand as a huge achievement. West Indies when Shikhar Dhawan drawn first A Test against New replacements but it might take cially announced. But the selectors Khis stellar all-round show in series have taken him from 23rd “New Zealand was having a tough was absent due to knee injury. Zealand in Christchurch. some time for the official announce- have already sent the names,” the India’s 5-0 win as he rose to a to 16th position while Tim time; they tried to find answers to beat In the Test squad, Shubman Gill The Test squad is yet to be offi- ment as convenor of the selection source added. career-best second position in the Seifert (73rd to 34th) and Ross this Indian team. But I feel 5-0 victory will join KL Rahul and Prithvi Shaw cially announced but it is learnt that committee, secretary Jay Shah, is on It has still not been ascertained ICC T20 Rankings released on Taylor (50th to 39th) have also is a huge achievement. They should take as the third opener in the absence it has already been selected and only his way to New Zealand along with whether Rohit has endured a calf Monday. made notable gains in the bats- a lot of pride from what they have done of Rohit. the official announcement is due. treasurer Arun Dhumal. muscle tear but he looked in severe Rahul scored 224 runs, men’s list. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi from the New Zealand. During India’s last two Test The old selection committee “Once the secretary’s approval pain even after physio Nitin Patel including two fifties and a 40 plus has advanced six places to the “It is definitely going to be a tough series at home (vs South Africa and under MSK Prasad picked the comes, the replacements will be offi- attended to him. score, in the five-match series 13th spot. (ODI) series for New Zealand for sure. For India, it is about maintaining that momentum and carrying the confidence from previous series win to the ODI and +  &      Test matches,” he said. Asked whether injury to senior pacer Ishant Sharma could affect the !  Bangladesh begin a before a Test match,” coach Sunday — the highest first- commitment from his bats- India attack in New Zealand, Zaheer to-and-fro commute to Russell Domingo told class innings ever on men — especially away from said there was no need to worry as Pakistan on Wednesday for reporters on Monday. Bangladesh soil — in a local home. bench-strength was good. Ishant, who a Test and ODI series sand- Bangladesh wanted to league game. “Some of the boys know had twisted his right ankle during a wiched between home fix- play the series in phases Skipper Mominul that they have to put in some Ranji Trophy, is unlikely to recover in tures — a quirky fixture list because they want to spend Haque and senior batsmen big performances on the time for the Test series beginning prompted by security fears. as little time in the country Mahmudullah Riyad and back of a poor Test series February 21. They play a first Test in as possible due to safety Liton Das have also scored against India,” he said. “What was the result in the previ- Rawalpindi starting Friday, concerns. recent centuries. “We have to show a bit ous series? It’s not about that; it’s about but head home immediate- Domingo said he was “The wickets that they more commitment with the putting up a team there together. That’s - ;B6C !  !  P !     9A+ ly afterwards for a series happy with the form shown are playing here don’t have bat, and find ways to man- the strength right now this Indian against Zimbabwe. by some of the Bangladesh much pace and bounce,” ufacture scores even when team has. The strength of any squad is They then return to batsmen in domestic com- Domingo said. the conditions are not good.” seen with their bench strength as well. 0 5 ! 5 Pakistan for the second Test petition this season, but “I am sure Rawalpindi Bangladesh lost all five We are in a position at the moment beginning April 5, after an acknowledged conditions might have some pace and of their Test matches in where the talent and pool of players we ODI on April 3. would be different away bounce... It is going to be a 2019, with their last two have is excellent,” said Zaheer.  @ " “It is not ideal. You from home. big challenge for the boys. defeats coming by an “The roles are shared by different peo- always want to go there at Tamim Iqbal scored an The South African said innings margin against ple. We are in a great space as a team at least seven or eight days unbeaten 334 runs on he had demanded more India. P    "  %  # ! the moment with regard to that,” he said. &  13 ,9;+33 0  5 : !"  ;7)"  our-time champions India ,9-,2? B Fwill back themselves to reach * #      B  ; !%!"$"6 (%'+  their third successive final at the U-19 World for little and the Priyam   )3#23# Cup when they face arch- Garg-led India will have &  +%&(3 ? !)+ Khan, who has hit back-to-back triple and rivals Pakistan in a last to play their best game to : !" @ ;7)"  double hundreds, would look to contin- ngland batsman Tom Banton four clash here today. knock Pakistan out of aving endured a disap- '-,,9 ue from where he left in Dharamshala. Ehas said he would love to play Both teams go into the competition. Hpointing so far, 41-time He had remained unbeaten on 226 on the Indian Premier League despite the semifinal unbeaten. Opener Yashasvi champions Mumbai face a must-win sit- the opening day of Mumbai’s game former England captain Michael While India beat Australia in the Jaiswal has been the backbone uation to keep their slim knock-out against Himachal Pradesh and before that Vaughan asking the England quarterfinals, Pakistan outplayed of India batting, scoring three chances alive when they take on an in- he had notched up a triple hundred against Cricket Board to withdraw him Afghanistan. half-centuries in four games form Saurashtra in an Elite Group B Ranji Uttar Pradesh. from the upcoming season. Pakistan captain Rohail including against Australia. Trophy game starting here Another positive sign for Mumbai is Vaughan wants the youngster Nazir played down the hype sur- The rest of the batsmen today. that ‘crisis man’ Siddesh Lad and skipper to play in the County rounding the game but an India- have not done much to write The road to the knock- Aditya Tare are back among runs. Championship and make a claim Pakistan contest is always a home about and if the lower- outs for Mumbai became However, their top-order needs to fire big for England’s Test team. high-pressure one which tests order had not rescued India in even tougher after their time. Banto was snapped up by the character of players on either the quarterfinal, the outcome of match against Himachal Mumbai bowlers led by experienced Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for side. Doing well in the game the game could have been dif- Pradesh was washed out and Tushar Deshpande would also need to the upcoming season of the IPL makes them overnight stars and ferent. Not to forget the match- both the teams shared a point each. deliver for the team. for his base price of 1 crore. the players know that. winning spell from pacer Kartik Mumbai, with 13 points, are languish- Spinners Shashank Attarde and Shams Speaking in an interview to +     * # ! Like at the highest level, the Tyagi. ing are at the 12th spot in the combined Mulani have been playing their part well Metro, Banton said: “Yes, 100 per ##  2    A+ India juniors have had the upper Facing Pakistan fast bowlers Group A and B table with one win, two and they would be more than keen to rat- cent (I will be playing in the hand over Pakistan of late, hav- Abbads Afridi, Mohammad losses and three draws. tle the opposition one more time. Indian Premier League). When I also boost his chances of making ing beaten them in the Asia Cup Amir Khan and Tahir Hussain Only five teams from combined   5 !    " +! Saurashtra, on the other hand, are sit- was growing up, the IPL was def- it to the T20I World Cup squad last September when they will be a challenge for the Group A and B can make it to the knock-    &  +- ting pretty on the third spot in combined initely something I thought I’d this year. emerged tournament winners. Indian batsmen. outs. An outright win here would take A and B table, with 25 points. love to do and play for England in “Definitely, I’d love to be part India, who are the defend- Opener Huraira made an Mumbai to 19 points and a win with return of senior batsman Suryakumar Their skipper Jaydev Unadkat is lead- Test cricket as well.” of the World Cup. The white-ball ing champions of the U-19 impressive debut in the last bonus point will take them to 20 points. Yadav, who was with on India A duty in ing from the front and his 12 wickets in Banton, who had a great sea- team seems so strong at the World Cup, had inflicted on game, scoring 64 to lead his Anything less than a victory, would New Zealand. And he would be more than the last match against Baroda helped his son in the T20 blast last year, moment but I’d love to go. We’ve Pakistan a 203-run hammering team to a comprehensive win mean that Mumbai are virtually out of the eager to contribute with the bat for his side win the game. where he scored 540 runs at a got the IPL coming up, so some in the last edition in 2018. over Afghanistan after bowlers tournament. side. But Saurashtra need make improve- strike rate of 160 in last summer, strong performances there are However, history counts nicely set up the game. The visitors would be bolstered by the Another young batsman Sarfaraz ments in their batting department. added that a good IPL season will going to help.”  /+    !! "#$%$% &. )(3%.B :55   ; )! D *     2 2 !   *         2     &  %+ 9)3#% the teenager with too much too However coach Antonio soon. Conte insisted he was pleased nsu Fati became the youngest Instead, Setien has started Fati in with Christian Eriksen’s perfor- player ever to score a brace in all five of his games in charge so far mance despite substituting the ALa Liga on Sunday by capital- and this was the first time his faith midfielder early in the second ising on two brilliant Lionel Messi has really been rewarded. half. assists to give Barcelona a 2-1 victo- “He is a boy who is emerging Following his arrival from ry over Levante. and has great potential,” Setien said. Tottenham, Eriksen came off the Fati, at 17 years and 94 days old, “Today he had a historic day for his bench in the midweek Coppa broke the previous record held by goals and for helping the team.” Italia tie against Fiorentina, Juanmi Jimenez, who scored twice Messi’s own excellent form also replacing Alexis Sanchez. for Malaga against Real Zaragoza at continues. He now has nine goals The internation- 17 years and 115 days old in 2010. and four assists in his last 10 league al was handed the chance to Messi teed up Fati’s quick-fire games. start for the first time in Serie A double with a defence-splitting pass His first set-up for Fati came on Sunday, recording 51 touch- and then a trademark weaving run from the centre circle where he es and completing 78 per cent of before Ruben Rochina scored played a reverse pass through three his attempted passes before he Levante’s goal in the 92nd minute, Levante players that sent clear his was replaced in the 58th minute. which really should have come teammate, who cut inside Jorge Conte — who saw his team sooner. Miramon and finished. end a run of three successive Barca reduce the gap at the top Less than two minutes later, league draws — called for to three points behind Real Madrid Fati was in again. Levante lost the patience with Eriksen, despite and begin to regain some rhythm ball upfield and Gerard Pique fired expressing his satisfaction with under new coach Quique Setien after straight into Messi inside the the 27-year-old’s efforts during Thursday’s 5-0 thumping of Leganes right flank, midway inside the his time on the pitch. in the Copa del Rey. opposition’s half. “I think that for someone “We could have won 8-2 or 8-3,” He drove into the penalty who arrived five days ago, and said Setien. “We lost a little control area and when he finally we should not forget we had to in the second half and conceded too stopped by a cluster of Levante &  $)%# rush him in because we were much but it was a good job from the chasers, he slid left to Fati, who missing several midfielders, team.” fired through the legs of Aitor nter returned to winning ways Eriksen still made a positive Yet Levante should have convert- Fernandez for a second. Iin Serie A as Romelu Lukaku impact,” Conte told Sky ed more of a handful of excellent Nelson Semedo crashed a shot scored twice in the second half to Italia. chances in the second half, that sug- against the crossbar and then secure a 2-0 triumph away at “Obviously, he needs to get gested Barcelona’s defensive prob- hopped over Tono only for Antoine lowly Udinese. settled into our style of football lems and fragility when in the lead Griezmann to tap wide at the front Antonio Conte’s side had and also find the right fitness are far from solved. post. drawn their three previous league levels for Serie A, but I am very Leganes and Levante, who sit But Levante were more danger- outings and, with leaders pleased with his full debut. 18th and 13th respectively, offered ous in the second half and could Juventus defeating Fiorentina 3- “He will get to learn the a relatively straight-forward route have taken a draw if they had been 0 earlier on Sunday, appeared in positioning we ask of our mid- back to winning ways too for more clinical with a handful of danger of losing further fielders, but these are early Barcelona, who were wobbling last opportunities. ground in the title race. days and I am satisfied.” weekend when they followed a last- The best of them fell to Gonzalo However, after a The result sees Inter gasp win over Segunda side Ibiza Melero, who blazed over, and by the scoreless first half, move above Lazio into with a convincing defeat by Valencia. time Rochina’s shot flew through one Lukaku’s brace moved second place in the table, Setien, who replaced Ernesto pair of legs and in off the hands of Inter back above Lazio three points behind lead- Valverde as coach last month, found .  D  *  * 2   # D   P !   2 2     2 . Marc-Andre ter Stegen, there were and into second place, ers Juventus, ahead of next his methods questioned and there only two minutes remaining. three points behind the weekend’s Milan derby at was evidence against Levante to and ambition, their dominance of the likes of Valencia and Granada beneficiaries of Setien’s arrival. There was time for one Levante reigning champions. San Siro. suggest he may have decided to possession sacrificed occasionally for enjoying more success against He exploded onto the scene at attack and Sergio Busquets’ weak January additions Christian “The match against introduce his style of play more riskier passes forward. Setien’s team by sitting deep and the start of the season but was used header gave Rochina another chance Eriksen and Victor Moses were Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia gradually. Yet Levante also pressed high bursting out on the break. increasingly rarely by Valverde, who but he could not keep his shot handed their full debuts by Conte gave us a boost,” Lukaku told Sky Barca played with more urgency and left gaps to be exploited, despite Fati has been one of the main may have been wary of burdening down. while teenager Sebastiano Sport Italia. “We knew that it Esposito filled in up front for the wouldn’t be easy here in suspended Lautaro Martinez. Udinese, but in the second half Yet the fresh faces failed to we did well. .  *    inspire, and it was Udinese who “We managed to score two were the more threatening side in goals and get all three points. It’s the first half. Seko Fofana fired an important victory on our &  #9:29),$ ty level are not working, so they need the into the side netting and Jens journey. We must now keep this funds to pursue sports. All equipment for Stryger Larsen saw an on-target up and turn our attention inson Johnson, who holds the national any sport is expensive. So more competitions strike blocked by Ashley Young. immediately to the derby against Jrecord in 800m and 1500m, expressed that are good for athletes, but they need to be Lukaku had been on the Milan.” the upcoming Khelo India University Games financially supported as well,” said the run- periphery of proceedings before will be a big boost for the young sportsper- ner. converting his first attempt of the !)   sons in the country. After successfully host- Johnson, who missed the Tokyo game, his low, left-footed effort in Inter goalkeeper Samir ing the Khelo India Youth Games, the Indian Olympics qualification mark by 24 millisec- the 64th minute going through Handanovic is set to miss the government has decided to conduct the onds at the ISTAF event last year, is the legs of Bram Nuytinck to beat Milan derby this weekend after Khelo India University Games in currently looking to book a berth at the qua- Juan Musso. fracturing a finger. Bhubaneshwar from 22 February to 1 drennial event. The Belgian’s second arrived While no time frame was March, 2020 to unearth more talent for the “I am currently looking to book my place from the penalty spot seven provided for the Slovenia inter- Olympics. at the Olympics. The qualification mark is minutes later, Musso having been national’s return to action, he “I went to the United States of America 3:35 minutes for the 1500m event and I spectacularly up-ending Alexis seems unlikely to recover in %     for training last year. The college-level recorded a timing of 3:35:24 last year, so I Sanchez as the substitute attempt- time to face Milan. tournaments are very popular there and the missed the qualification mark by 24 millisec- ed to skip beyond the advancing “Samir Handanovic has level of competition is very high. The com- onds. The competition level in athletics is goalkeeper. undergone an X-ray examina- petition level is high in European universi- very high. More than 200 countries partic- Kevin Lasagna twice dragged tion following an injury to his  DP   ty tournaments as well. Some of the univer- ipate in athletics events. I have seen a rise in efforts wide in the closing stages left hand suffered in training,” a sity-level athletes go on to represent their ed in India, but they will need financial assis- sportspersons taking up athletics in the last as Udinese drew a blank, the statement published by Inter on &  9)37+#9 country as well. So it’ll be good if the uni- tance as well. few years. Many national records have been hosts managing just one shot on Monday read. versity-level athletes receive support in “Athletes need good support to perform broken in the last few years. Neeraj Chopra target as they allowed Inter goal- “Results showed a hairline ovak Djokovic put Roger Federer on notice as he India,” said the 28-year-old. well in world events. The Sports Authority (javelin thrower) has come up really well. The keeper Daniele Padelli a comfort- fracture to his little finger. His Nwon his 17th Grand Slam title at the Australian Johnson said that the athletes will get of India is trying to garner sponsorships for sports culture in India has improved in the able outing while standing in for condition will be reassessed on Open and warned he was going all-out for the Swiss’s better with more tournaments being host- athletes. The sportspersons at the universi- last two-three years,” signed off Johnson. the injured Samir Handanovic. a daily basis.” record of 20 — and his mark for weeks as world num- ber one. Djokovic, who came through a mid-match slump #*#'+'64 to win his eighth title in Melbourne, is relentlessly tot-    800  ting up the victories that could soon end the debate over who’s the greatest in history.       &! The five-set victory over Dominic Thiem was his  (  eighth in eight finals in Melbourne, putting him along- side Federer and Nadal as the only men to win the same     Slam eight times. It makes Djokovic, 32, the first man in the Open &  #9:29),$ era, and only the second in history, to win Grand Slam titles in three different decades — and as a not-insignif- tar wrestler Vinesh Phogat, badminton queen PV icant bonus, returns him to world number one. SSindhu and boxing great MC Mary Kom will com- In an ominous sign for his rivals, the Serb has start- pete for the inaugural BBC Indian sportswoman of ed the year unbeaten with Wimbledon, the French Open, the year award after being nominated for the hon- the Tokyo Olympics and the US Open all lying in front our with two other athletes. of him as tantalising opportunities. Sprinter Dutee Chand and para-badminton He is clear-sighted about his goals: overtaking player Manasi Joshi are the other nominees for the Nadal’s 19 Major titles and Federer’s 20 to become the award, the winner of which will be announced on all-time Grand Slam king, and outdoing the Swiss mas- March 8. The winner will be decided on the basis ter’s record 310 weeks in the top ranking. of public voting, which will be open till February 18 Djokovic has so far clocked up 276 weeks as num- on six BBC vernacular websites. ber one and could pass second-placed Pete Sampras’s Vinesh had won a Bronze at the 2019 World 286 in April, and Federer’s 310 on October 5. Championship in Nur Sultan to secure a quota for “Obviously at this stage of my career, Grand Slams the Tokyo Olympics while Sindhu became the first Combined Media XI defeated Times of India by seven wickets to lift the are the ones I value the most. They are the ones I pri- Indian shuttler to become world champion last year. 10th Kabir Shah Memorial Media Cup at KD Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium on Monday. oritise,” said Djokovic, adding “there’s a lot of history  ! Manpreet Singh will Olympic selection, working out our Manasi became a world champion after winning Opted to bat, ToI piled up 121 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the on the line”. lead India in the upcoming FIH strongest combinations and contin- gold at the para world championship while Mary allotted 20 overs. Skipper Abbas Rizvi played a cracking innings of 55 runs. “Grand Slams are one of the main reasons why I Pro League matches against world uing to demonstrate that we can Kom is the only Indian boxer to win eight world Rishi Sengar and Anish Oberoi made the contribution of 17 and 18 runs am still competing and still playing full season, trying No 1 , a 24-member team compete with the best teams in the medals, including six Gold. respectively. In reply, Combined Media XI achieved the target in 18.4 overs to obviously get the historic number one (record). That’s for which was announced on world.” Dutee had won a 100m Silver at the 2018 Jakarta for the loss of three wickets. the other big goal,” he said. Monday and includes a lone new- Reid added, “Raj Kumar Pal Asian Games. Rupa Jha, the Head of BBC Indian lan- Abbas Rizvi was awarded man of the series while Rishi Sengar and Vikram comer in Raj Kumar Pal. has been rewarded for his out- guages, informed that the nominees were picked up Srivastava walked away with best batsman and best bowler trophy respec- DE Harmanpreet Singh will do standing form in the recent camps by a panel of 40 eminent sports journalists. tively. Best wicket-keeper went to Prahalad Singh while Ashu Bajpai was With five Major titles in just over two years, and duty as the vice captain in the and named in the squad. He pos- “We had asked our panel members to pick their adjudged best fielder. UP Assembly speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit gave unbeaten by Nadal and Federer at the Grand Slams since matches taking place on February sesses extra-ordinary skills and candidates. The five athletes who got the maximum away the awards. Other present were Suhas LY, Arvind Mishra, Harinder 2014, there’s no question who’s now the leading mem- 8 and 9 at the Kalinga Stadium in speed, which if given the opportu- number of votes, were eventually selected as the final Sahani, Sudha Bajpai. ber of the Big Three. Bhubaneswar. nity will excel against the World No nominees,” Rupa said while addressing a press con- BRIEF SCORES: The latest rankings tell the story at the top of men’s Raj Kumar Pal was impressive 1 Belgium.” ference. ToI: 121 (Abbas 55, Anish 18, Rishi 17; Akash 21/2) tennis: Djokovic is number one, Nadal, one year older in his stint with the India Colts TEAM: PR Sreejesh, Krishan “We will cover their journeys, the societal atti- CM XI: 122 (Amit 35, Dinesh 22, Imran 17, Vikram 14; Anish 26/1, Anil at 33, is second and 38-year-old Federer is a relatively team in the past season when it Bahadur Pathak, Harmanpreet tude towards them and their lives beyond sport. A 26/1) distant third. won a silver medal at the Sultan of Singh, Gurinder Singh, Amit research is being conducted on this, simultaneous- Seven-time Major winner Mats Wilander said Johor Cup in Malaysia. Rohidas, Surender Kumar, ly,” she added.   Djokovic’s win in Melbourne sets a marker for a year The seasoned P R Sreejesh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Rupa said that in sports women’s journey is com- Handball Federation of in which he could sweep all before him. Krishan Pathak, Gurinder Singh, Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek paratively tougher than their male counterparts, so India general secretary “At the end of the year, we could have two players Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Sagar Prasad, Chinglensana Singh, they thought of honouring their achievements. Anandeshwar Pandey was on 20 or two on 19 or even more because Novak can Jarmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Raj Kumar Pal, Dilpreet Singh, “We feel that though, of late, the media has start- awarded an honorary PhD win all four,” he said. Singh are also part of the squad. Hardik Singh, Ramandeep Singh, ed taking interest in women athletes, still they are degree in physical education by “This is a huge win for him going forwards. A loss Chief coach Graham Reid Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep not promoted as male athletes. Since 2000, of the 13 Commonwealth Vocational here would have been very difficult to get confidence said, “The objective of these match- Singh, Shamsher Singh, Gursahibjit Olympic medals, 5 are won by women but we feel University in Bangkok. Present and come back. es of the FIH Hockey Pro League Singh, Kothajit Singh Kadangbam, the recognition they should have got, is not there. with him was UP Handball “But the door is open for him to start climbing is to find the balance between giv- Birendra Lakra, Nilakanta Sharma, That was the thought behind starting this award,” Association vice president Syed through it and talk about being the greatest ever.” ing players opportunities for Gurjant Singh, SV Sunil. PTI she said. Rafat Rizvi.