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%&% )/%-(2-0&-&2 diers" were killed in the strikes. assassination of Qasem -,1(0)3( Some 5,000 US soldiers are in Soleimani had begun or would Iraq as part of the internation- begin shortly, and that the s Iran fired 22 missiles at al coalition against the IS ter- strike would be limited to AIraqi bases housing US ror group. where the US military was and other coalition troops in In a direct message to the located in Iraq without speci- Iraq on Wednesday, US Iranian leaders and the people, fying the locations," said Iraq President Donald Trump Trump said the United States is PM’s office. claimed that no Americans "ready to embrace peace with The Iraq Prime Minister's were harmed in the attacks as all who seek it". office said it was simultane- he offered to embrace peace "To the people and leaders ously contacted by the US, as along with the Iranian leader- of Iran, we want you to have a the missiles slammed into the * ! ! "! % + ship, in a significant move to future and a great future, one Ain al-Asad base in western ! $ ,$ - $% de-escalate the tensions in West that you deserve," Trump said. Iraq and Harir further north. ! Asia. Trump also vowed that he Howerver the US President Western powers have con- " # ! # # $% will never allow Iran to have a vowed “as long as I'm President demned Iran's missile attack on nuclear weapon. of the United States, Iran will the US bases in Iraq. NATO Iraq housing US troops. But “We suffered no casualties. never be allowed to have a chief Jens Stoltenberg said, "I there was no immediate indi- All of our soldiers are safe and nuclear weapon." condemn the Iranian missile cation of foul play and only minimal damage was sus- Earlier, Iraq’s Prime attacks on US and coalition Ukrainian President tained at our military bases,” Minister's office said it had forces in Iraq. NATO calls on Volodymyr Zelensky warned Trump said in an address to the received "an official verbal Iran to refrain from violence." against "speculating" on the nation from the White House message" from Iran informing Meanwhile, Kuwait on % )/%-( cause of the disaster. Grand Foyer. it that a missile attack on US Wednesday denied reports that % () essential travel to Iraq until fur- take all precautions in airspace Meanwhile, Iran’s avia- His remarks came hours forces stationed on Iraqi soil the US had decided to with- (/&/ 1 ther notification." over Iran, Iraq, Gulf of Oman Ukrainian airliner crashed tion authority said it would after Iran launched missiles tar- was imminent. However, hours draw its troops from the Gulf It also said Indian nation- and waters of Persian Gulf, Ashortly after take-off from not hand over to Americans geting at least two bases where later, Iraq's President Barham state, saying the Twitter iven the simmering ten- als residing in Iraq are advised hours after a Ukrainian Tehran on Wednesday, killing the recovered black boxes of US military and coalition Saleh condemned Iran's missile account of its official news Gsion between Iran and the to be alert and may avoid trav- International airlines carrying all 176 people on board, main- the crashed aircraft. “We will forces’ are stationed in Iraq, strikes on Iraqi bases where US agency had been hacked. US, India on Wednesday took el within Iraq. "Our Embassy in 180 passengers crashed near ly Iranians and Canadians. not give the black boxes to the which Tehran said was a "slap and other foreign troops are a series of measures including Baghdad and Consulate in Tehran in Iran. Search-and-rescue teams manufacturer (Boeing) and in the face" of America. based, saying he feared "dan- issuing an advisory to its citi- Erbil will continue to function "We had held meetings were combing through the the Americans," Iran Civil "All is well!" US President gerous developments" in the zens to avoid non-essential normally to provide all services with the concerned airlines smoking wreckage of the Aviation Organisation head Trump tweeted earlier. region. travel to Iraq and rerouting the to Indians residing in Iraq," the and have sensitised them to Boeing 737 flight from Tehran Ali Abedzadeh said, quoted by "Assessment of casualties & "We denounce the Iranian flight path of national carrier Ministry said. remain vigilant and take all to Kiev but officials said there Mehr news agency. “It's not damages taking place now. So missile bombing that hit mili- Air India. This came after tension precautions," said a senior offi- was no hope of finding anyone yet clear which country the far, so good!, he added. tary installations on Iraqi ter- The Indian Navy is also on increased between Iran and US cial of the Directorate General alive. black box will go to for the According to Iranian state ritory and renew our rejection standby to evacuate Indians following the killing of top of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on The vast majority of the investigation,” he added. TV, the attacks were in revenge of the repeated violation of state New Delhi: Iran Ambassador to from the Middle-East in case of Iranian commander General Wednesday. passengers on the Ukraine The US aviation authori- for the killing of the comman- sovereignty and the transfor- India Ali Chegeni on any exigency and a warship is Qassem Soleimani and Iran The national carrier Air International Airlines flight ty said it had banned US-reg- der of Iran's powerful mation of Iraq into a battlefield Wednesday said it will welcome already deployed in the Gulf of launching missile strikes India would 'temporarily" were non-Ukrainians, includ- istered carriers from flying Revolutionary Guards, General for warring sides," his office any peace initiative by India to Oman. against two US military bases reroute its flight to avoid Iran, ing 82 Iranians and 63 over Iraq, Iran and the Gulf, Qasem Soleimani, in a US said in a statement. de-escalate tensions with the Issuing the travel advisory, in Iraq on Wednesday. the airlines spokesman Canadians, officials said. and drone strike on Friday, which "We received an official US following the killing of the Ministry of External Affairs The Directorate of Civil Dhananjay Kumar said adding The crash occurred with airlines, including Lufthansa was ordered by Trump. The verbal message from the Iranian military commander said, "In view of the prevailing Aviation (DGCA), meanwhile, the rerouting will cover Air tensions high in West Asia and Air France, suspended Iranian state television claimed Islamic Republic of Iran that Qasem Soleimani. situation in Iraq, Indian nation- asked the Indian airline com- India and Air India and shortly after Tehran flights through Iraqi and that "at least 80 terrorist US sol- the Iranian response to the Detailed report on P5 als are advised to avoid all non- panies to remain vigilant and Express. launched missiles at bases in Iranian airspace. R . " *% $ & # 4-1 % 35- Thursday day temperature is % ( lose on the heels of it los- likely to witness increase while ! " % (/&/ 1 Cing power in Maharashtra, fter temperatures reached night temperature would wit- "# $ here is no evidence of mur- the BJP on Wednesday suffered Anormal, abrupt changes ness decrease. he Delhi Police is closing on Tder of children in Bihar's a humiliating defeat in local were witnessed in the form of The night temperatures Tthe masked miscreants Muzaffarpur shelter home, the body elections in the State, as rainfall in the past two days. have been recorded at moder- involved in the Sunday violence CBI on Wednesday told the the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi Satna recorded 2 cm of rainfall ate level and lowest night tem- ! % which resulted in injury of 36 Supreme Court. (MVA) captured power in five on Wednesday. perature was recorded at 10 & '(% Jawaharlal Nehru University The probe agency told the out of six Zilla Parishads and Rainfall was witnessed in degree celsius in Ratlam. ! (JNU) students. Well placed apex court that two skeletons walked away with majority Hoshangabad, Gwalior, In the past 24 hours Multai sources said on Sunday that recovered from the premises Panchayat Samiti seats in five Jabalpur, Ujjain, Chambal and recorded 2 cm of rainfall, they have identified the face were found to be of a woman out of six districts where the Sagar divisions in the past 24 Mugawali, Ishagarh, Gohad, $") behind those masks and are on and a man in forensic exami- polls were held. hours. Gwalior, Chhindwara and the verge of cracking the case. nation. A Bench headed by It what came as personal Met official said that upper Seoni recorded 1 cm of rainfall. *$+ Meanwhile, protests con- Chief Justice SA Bobde accept- setback for former Chief air cyclonic circulation over According to the forecast ! " tinued for the third consecutive ed the status report of the Minister and senior BJP leader North West Rajasthan and rainfall and thundery activities ) $ day in JNU campus. Police after the violence broke out CBI and allowed two officers to found to be of a woman and a Devendra Fadnavis as the Amit North West Madhya Pradesh would be witnessed in few though is yet to make any inside Periyar and Sabarmati be relieved from the investiga- man and the possibility of mur- Shah-led party lost power in has induced the weather con- regions of Rewa, Shahdol and "# arrest till now but senior offi- hostelsa,” said a senior police tion team. der of minor was ruled out," the Zilla Parishad and ditions witnessed in the State Jabalpur divisions while at iso- $ % cials tasked with the probe said official. Representing the CBI, Venugopal told the apex court. Panchayat Samitis in his home for the past two days. lated places in Hoshangabad, !) , they have got several vital leads Also, police on Wednesday Attorney General KK Venugopal The Attorney General said district of Nagpur. The weather conditions Bhopal, Gwalior and Sagar # on the identities of the masked put posters appealing students told a Bench, also comprising when experts of the National The MVA, comprising the would induce rainfall and divisions and Morena, Bhind, # miscreants who wreaked havoc to share videos and photos of Justice B R Gavai and Justice Institute of Mental Health and Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress chances of hailstorm are more Khandwa and Burhanpur dis- ! on the unarmed students and the incident that were doing Surya Kant, that inmates had Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) captured power in the Zilla likely in the next 2-3 days in dif- tricts in the next 24 hours. , vandalised the campus. rounds on the social media given statements that murder of again spoke to the girls who Parishads of Nagpur, Washim, ferent regions of the State. The harsh weather condi- , Police teams are tracing the platforms. Police wants original children had taken place and had given the statement, the Akola (all three in Vidarbha During the day on Wednesday tions would prevail and which $-! mobile phones which were footages not the edited ones. bodies were buried. allegation of murder of minors region), Nandurbar (in north Jabalpur recorded 1 cm of rain- is warned by Met department , active inside the JNU campus The Special Investigation Team "When the probe agency was found to be false. Maharashtra) and Palghar (in fall while Sagar received good which claims that thunder light- . / and its adjoining areas before (SIT) has also received several went to the spot where the Venugopal said the CBI coastal Konkan region), while amount of rainfall. ening and hailstorm is likely in ( and after the violence. “Police videos and information from alleged bodies were buried, traced the 35 girls who were the BJP managed to come to The State capital recorded Rewa, Shahdol and Jabalpur , ( teams are also scanning the the students and independent two skeleton parts were recov- alleged to be murdered and power in Dhule ZP in north day temperature at 25.5 degrees divisions and Sagar, Damoh, phone numbers who were talk- sources on ered. On forensic investigation found them Maharashtra. celsius and night temperature at Hoshangabad and Guna dis- % 0 1 ing to each other before and Wednesday. of the skeleton parts it was alive. Detailed report on P7 15.4 degrees celsius. 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rime Branch, Bhopal, has Cnabbed an engineer on Wednesday who duped a 25- year-old girl to the tune of 30 lakh posing as doctor posted with AIIMS. The accused was nabbed from DB Mall in MP Nagar, who cheated the victim using fake details over face- book. The accused, identified as Ajay Kumar Gaalar, duped the victim posing a doctor with AIIMS and served at Delhi, Jaipur and Bhopal AIIMS. "! !! O$! !P !! *% In his complaint, the victim ! . 3 3 % stated that the accused came into contact after she accepted friend request of the accused over face- book in 2012. The accused used "+$ photograph of a handsome youth and posed as doctor with AIIMS. The victim developed 4 5 relationship and the accused used voice modulator, made voice of female posing his fam- % 1(&3%/ The land mafias who have devotees in the temples of all ily members and showed that the encroached big areas of gov- districts of Indore division will family members also liked her. special Lok Adalat will be ernment land should be iden- be used for making laddu and The accused in 2017-19 col- Aorganised in all the eight tified and removal of their barfi and will be distributed to lected 25 lakh as he was facing districts of Indore division on possession from the govern- the undernourished children in family issues. The accused col- February 19. The mafia should ment land should be done on all the districts of the Indore % 35- funding capital of Rs 50 crore. lected a total of 30 lakh after be identified in every district priority basis. People involved division. Janmitra shivir for , 1 , 1 ! $ Provisions have been made which he stopped all communi- and a complete removal of in duplicate medicine should regular hearing of problems of rawing on his vast experi- for providing up to Rs 50 lakh cations with the victim. The vic- mafia by using all possible be identified and they should villagers at gram panchayat Dence, Chief Minister Kamal , ?@ ' advance support for projects tim used to remain depressed means and in time limit should be behind the bars. level which is conducted in Nath is creating an ecosystem of ! ! $ under the Technology Business and later revealed the family be in all districts especially land Commissioner Akash Tripathi every village was also reviewed. sustained socio-economic devel- - !0 ! Incubation (TBI) plan approved members regarding the issue and mafia, liquor mafia, mining also reviewed the ongoing cow Mafias involved in supply opment by strengthening the # . ! $ by the central government. when the family members mafia and drug mafia. shelter homes and dairy farms of the adulterated food used by MSME sector in Madhya Additional incentives have lodged the complaint, it was Indore Commissioner as total 54 dairy farms are being common man and fertilisers Pradesh. , ! 0 ?? also been planned to promote found that her friend is a fraud- Akash Tripathi while address- constructed in Indore divi- used by the farmers should be With effective policy ,/'&5, $ startups established by women ster and nabbed the accused. ing all the collectors of Indore sion. He instructed for the checked. The restoration of changes and a vision for better- , ! & and those belonging to the Police have registered a case division told that ongoing food for cows for complete 1 rivers and ponds should carry ment of the state, Chief Minister ! - , $ SC/ST classes. under section 419,420 and 506 action of mafia free MP should year should be stored in on and the encroachment from has capped his first year in Officials say that startups of the IPC and section 66 D of not be limited to land mafia but advance in dairy farms. the river and ponds land office by establishing a robust 1 % @AA ) will be reimbursed expenses the IT Act. collectors should identify the Commissioner Tripathi should be removed as many mise-en-scene to ensure the . ! $ incurred while participating in Meanwhile, Crime Branch, big criminals in their districts told that the women self help people have encroached hun- development of the Micro Small national and international pro- Bhopal, has nabbed a 38-year-old who are involved in organised groups should be given the dreds of acres of land of ponds and Medium Enterprise 5 ) ! 0 grammes to promote their busi- miscreant from Gautam Nagar crime and they have developed responsibility for the adminis- and river sides and are involved (MSME) sector in the state. $ nesses. They affirm that ventures who was involved in refilling gas supremacy in their region and tration of this dairy farms. in farming mining and coloni- Sweeping changes for the 5 6 in the state will be provided all cylinders of commercial cylin- operating all types of crimes. Now the coconut offered by the sation. sector have been envisioned in ! 0$ assistance at every stage. ders and vehicles running on the new MSME Development Economists say the MSME LPG using domestic LPG cylin- and Startup policies- 2019. The 5 0) $ sector is crucial to socio-eco- ders and have recovered 57 new development plans, besides 1 ,/4 $ nomic progress and describe it domestic LPG cylinders on offering a raft of incentives also as an 'engine of growth'. They Wednesday. The accused was provide for the ease of doing , ! 0 1 . ! $ explain that besides creating identified as Zuber. The police business in the state. large scale employment oppor- have recovered 57 commercial, The new MSME policy pro- tunities and arresting regional domestic and mini-gas cylinders vides for a grant for building raised by eight percent in case of made available to power-loom disparities, the sector is vital for of various gas companies includ- construction, besides plant and women, scheduled castes and units of up to 20 horsepower. the distribution of wealth in a ing Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat machinery, and aims at boosting tribes, and 10 percent in case of Special packages have been society. and Indane, two gas changing participation from women women belonging to the sched- formulated for power-loom, Industry watchers say that pipes, a computerized weighing entrepreneurs and those belong- uled castes and tribes. readymade garments and phar- the presence of Kamal Nath at machines, a gas shifting motor ing to the Scheduled Castes Enterprises involved in maceutical industries. the helm of the state government machine and other pieces of and Tribes. export will now be provided a The Startup policy has cre- has enthused entrepreneurs who equipment from the accused. While the state provides 40 grant amounting to 52 percent, ated a revolving seed support look forward to drawing on his A case has been registered percent assistance to any new while an additional subsidy on fund of Rs 10 crore and plans are vast experience in the sphere of against the accused under rele- entrepreneur, the grant has been electricity consumption has been afoot for creation of a venture commerce and industry. vant sections of IPC. " O" ": "9

% 35- across the State. This seminar has been ) + 6 ! ! two-day State-level semi- organised with the objective of #' ! % Anar of police officers on enabling police officers to dis- Sensitiveness towards charge their responsibilities Scheduled Castes and with greater sensitiveness in Scheduled Tribes will be held crimes against people belong- O7 3 7 $ . 8 9 at Hotel Gateway Retreat, ing to scheduled castes and Madhya Pradesh Tourism, at scheduled tribes. These semi- Sanchi on January 9 and 10, nars are conducted twice a ! 47 2020. year by the AJK branch of the The seminar will be inau- state police headquarters. % 35- this ceremony. shops by eminent theatre prac- gurated on January 9 at 10.30 Experts would deliver lec- In this ceremony, which titioners and academicians, am by the Minister for tures on the first day of the he drama 'Kala Dhabba runs from January 20 to 29 exhibitions, screening of films Education Prabhuram seminar which would be on TBadal Ki Tarah Aa Raha January, 4 international, 4 etc are important components Chaudhary who would be January 9, 2020 and along with Hai' from Other Theatre, Indian and 6 Kerala dramas are of this festival. Chief Guest of the occasion. the lectures minute details of Bhopal has been selected for participating. The interactive sessions The closing ceremony of important factors at the time of the prestigious international This year is the theme of with visiting directors on their * : 9 ! 7 * " 3 the seminar will take place on registering FIR and to avoid festival ITFoK (International arts and community celebra- play making process, design % January 10 at 4.30 pm in the mistakes during investigations Theater Festival of Kerala). tions. The play has been direct- methods, and actors’ training presence of Chief Guest DGP would be shared. The play will be staged in ed by Avijit Solanki, a graduate systems provide a deeper Vijay Kumar Singh. On the second day of the Thrissur, Kerala on January 26. from the National School of insight and understanding of The state level seminar seminar in order to develop a It is to be noted that this is thr Drama, Delhi. The theatre per- their theatre. would be organized by the positive understanding only play from Madhya sonnel are rehearsing the play Curated with a view of * ! AJK branch of the state police between the police and the Pradesh has been selected this at the government-run Navin bringing different styles of per- headquarters and which will be people, participants will direct- year. This ceremony is known Kanya High School in Nehru formance makingunder one witness participation of 80 offi- ly interact with residents of for the selection of experi- Nagar. roof while addressing issues of cers ranging from the rank of Gulgaon, a scheduled caste- mental plays at the interna- ITFoK aims to provide a current relevance with a focus # ! inspectors from to Additional dominated village in Raisen tional level. Apart from India, truly interactive space between on a particular theme, ITFoK Superintendent of police level district. dramas from Brazil, Norway, the participating or visiting has carved a singular niche Iran, Poland, Australia and artists and audiences. Apart among theatre festivals in India % 35- structure and proposed England are participating in from plays, seminars and work- and abroad. schemes. She said that eight , 8; ! & inister for Revenue and reports have been presented by MTransport Govind Singh the Land Reforms Commission % 35- Being a wondrous presen- Rajput, while reviewing the " so far, that includes status of tation for the old songs and Revenue Department at " land gift, lands and land own- wo day event Smaran: ghazal lovers, the show evoked Academy of Administration ers. TKulbhushan Dalouri con- a pretty good response. The on Wednesday, said that all the Minister Govind Singh cludes with Ghazal gayaki on music lovers tapped their feet revenue record like khasra, Rajput said that title system will Tuesday at Shaheed Bhavan. along as the calm songs were naksha and other revenue officers for wide publicity of the be introduced in the revenue On the last day of the cer- beautifully performed before records will be digitised. He departmental schemes, so that department shortly. This will emony organised by the them. further mentioned that the the general public could derive help in getting land registered Directorate of Culture in mem- With the presentation of vacant posts of patwaris will be their benefits easily. besides mutation of purchased ory of Kulbhushan Dalori, a the melodious songs of the filled from the waiting list Rajput asked to prepare a land in purchaser name imme- Ghazal night was held where- musical fankars of the city, the soon. Along with the recruit- roadmap of revenue depart- diately. in the music lovers took plea- listeners enjoyed the musical ment process of patwaris, ment through Land Reforms He further added that the sure of calm and composed night with a lot of enthusiasm. action will be taken to regu- Commission. necessary step to provide lap- music. The programme ended larize process server on the Apart from this, officers tops to patwaris will be taken The renonwed Ghazal with Begum Akhtar's Dadri posts peons. Rajput said that an should conduct a wide scale soon. singer Sadhana Jejurkar gave a Hamari Atariya Pe Aao exemption in revenue will be revenue recovery campaign, The Principal Secretary sponteneous performance. Sabariyan. given to the small farmers. he added. Revenue Manish Rastogi, Sadhna beautifully performed With the presentation of Besides, Rajput mentioned In the meeting, the Commissioner Land Records Dushyant Kumar, Ghalib, the melodious ghazals by the that under the Re-densification Principal Revenue Gyaneshwar Patil and Deputy Shakeel Badauni. She also.per- ghazal fankar of the country, plan, new collector offices and Commissioner GV Rashmi Secretary Mujib-ur-Rahman formed ghazals of famous the listeners enjoyed the musi- departmental/tahsil offices will informed about the depart- were present at the review Ghazal singers Begum Akhtar cal night with a lot of enthusi- : ! ! 3 6 ! ! 6 #3 be constructed. He asked the mental activities, departmental meeting. and Madhurani. asm. % ! " # $ % S ' " (

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TPradesh Chief Minister and System’ is being implemented Ration’ scheme in the state The Minister informed senior BJP leader Shiv Raj from January 2020 for the from October 2019 to bene- that from October, 2019, Chauhan head on over the convenience of ration con- fit maximum number of con- Aadhaar enabled Public threat of the Centre imple- sumers in the state. sumers through public dis- Distribution System has been menting the Citizenship While talking to media tribution system. implemented in the state. In (Amendment) Act (CAA) at persons here, Tomar said that He said that right now the this, ration is being distrib- any cost, Punjab Chief Minister in this arrangement, con- Central Government is only uted to the eligible families on Capt Amarinder Singh on sumers of the state can obtain considering implementation the basis of biometric verifi- Wednesday said that the ration from 11 states of the of the scheme. cation. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) country including Andhra Tomar informed that in In this arrangement, would have to pay a heavy price Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, this scheme, ration consumers ration distribution has been for such stubbornness. Haryana, Jharkhand, can take ration from one city arranged on the basis of bio- “An elected government, Karnataka, Kerala, or one ward to another city or metric verification of the per- which refuses to heed the voice Maharashtra, Rajasthan, other ward at the prescribed son (named) authorised by of its people or respond to their Telangana and Tripura. rate and at the prescribed elderly/disabled persons anger, is bound to lose their At the same time, con- amount. Today, 5.50 crore keeping in view their diffi- confidence and collapse,” sumers of these 11 states will consumers of more than 117 culty in getting ration from warned the Chief Minister, also be able to get ration in lakh families of the state are the shop. adding that the BJP’s stance on Madhya Pradesh. Tomar benefiting from this scheme. The eligible beneficiaries the issue smacked of a danger- informed that that under this Giving information about are being provided with eKyC ously fascist approach that 3 ! ! , , 9 3 scheme, consumers will be the innovations and special facility through POS would lead to their eventual % able to get ration at a prede- efforts for food, civil supplies Machines. downfall. *!7!*!: ! "" # " % -(&10-% sion or ghost purchase of paddy. The Additional Chief Das said the trucks deployed Secretary further shared that Amritsar, Nawanshahr, bus services in Punjab, impacted because of strike. comprising members of trade fter bogus procurement of for transportation of paddy will show-cause notices will be issued % -(&10-% Ludhiana, Roopnagar and Haryana and UT Chandigarh. There was no report of any unions and employees of dif- Apaddy during physical ver- be GPS-fitted so that their to the rice millers having a Kapurthala in Punjab, causing Shops and commercial untoward incident from any ferent departments several ification by rice mills in Haryana, movement can be monitored. shortage in stock and they will he day-long nationwide inconvenience to passengers. establishments largely remained place in both states, officials blocked roads including the State Government on The Additional Chief be asked to explain the shortage. Tstrike call, given by central Though a faction of open in Punjab, Haryana and said. Hoshiarpur-Chandigarh Wednesday decided that from Secretary gave details about the He said that after receiving the trade unions against what they Haryana Roadways had Chandigarh. In Amritsar, a few trains road in Garhshankar, Sangrur- now onwards the transportation data complied after the latest replies, strict action will be taken called as the government's announced to join the strike, Banking services were hit in including Amritsar-bound Chandigarh road in of the paddy from Mandis to rice physical verification, adding that against the wrongdoers. "anti-people" policies, evoked public transport both states and union territory Shane Punjab, Shatabdi got Bhawanigarh, Patiala-Sirhind mills will be done by the to check the stock availability and Das said that an expenditure partial response in Punjab and services were not affected as employees of public sector delayed after protesters blocked road in Patiala, Bathinda- Haryana Food and Civil Supplies bogus paddy procurement, ver- of around Rs 90 crores spent on Haryana on Wedenesday. much, barring a few places banks observed strike. rail tracks in Amritsar while in Chandigarh and Amritsar-Delhi Department and other procure- ification of 1304 rice mills in the the paddy procurement will be Protesters resorted to including Sirsa and Hisar. Employees under the banner of Ludhiana, three trains including national highway in Phagwara. ment agencies instead of leaving State was done. recovered along with interest. blocking roads and squatting At some bus depots in PunjabMalwa Express, two passenger There were reports that it to the Millers. "The verification process, The other option like blacklist- on rails tracks at a few places Haryana, the police ensured Bank Employees Federation and goods trains were stopped some factory workers were Addressing a news confer- which was videographed, ing and registration of FIR will and also took out processions protesters do not disrupt ply- held protest rallies at several by agitators near Giaspura on stopped from going to work by ence here, Additional Chief showed a shortfall of 42,589 met- also be started on the basis of against the Central governing of buses. places at Chandigarh, Ludhiana the outskirts of the city on representatives of trade unions Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies, ric tonnes (MT) in 1207 Rice sensitivity of irregularity. ment in support of their Heavy police force was and other places, office bearer Ludhiana- Delhi track, officials in Jalandhar. and Consumer Affairs Mills," he said, adding that the Sharing the data regarding demands in Punjab. deployed at several bus depots of the Federation claimed. said. Protesting farmers also Factories and industrial Department Haryana, P.K Das physical verification was done for shortfall, the Additional Chief With the state roadways in Haryana and Punjab to However, private banks blocked rail track in Mansa. units remained open in said that this is being done to fur- checking stock of 6440180.54 Secretary said that during the employees joining the nation- ensure smooth movement of continued to carry out their Expressing anger against Ludhiana, an ther strengthen the procure- MT. However, after the verifica- verification, it was found that 205 wide strike, buses remained off buses, officials said. However, operations. Work in the offices the Central government for its industrial hub of Punjab. ment mechanism and ensuing tion, 6400400.28 MT was found mills had the shortfall of below road at several places including there was no impact on private of BSNL and LIC was also anti-people policies, agitators transparency and to avoid diver- in the Rice Mills. 5 tonnes. "#$% '"()*$+ $$(+ ,-.-. " "/

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% () groups was brought to his masked mob on the campus on istry said in a press release. lence that continued for two the JNU V-C. “Many MPs, (/&/ 1 notice. He was told that nor- Sunday evening, told the min- The VC later took to hours. That night, the HRD around 100 of them, have been malcy should be restored at the istry officials that efforts were Twitter to inform about the ministry sought an immediate contacted and they have decid- he HRD Ministry on earliest since the prestigious being made to facilitate the meeting at HRD Ministry. He report from the registrar. ed to write a letter to the TWednesday made it clear to university is being discussed semester registration process clarified that university has CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury President, who is the Visitor to the Jawaharlal Nehru across the world now as it has for “willing” students. not made any suggestions to said around 100 MPs will write the University, demanding University (JNU) Vice- international students as well, “Higher Education temporarily shut the varsity a letter to President Ram Nath sacking of the VC,” Yechury Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar the sources maintained. Secretary Amit Khare and Joint and efforts are being made to Kovind demanding sacking of said. that he should not only be “The V-C was taken aback Secretary GC Hosur had a restore normalcy. more communicative with stu- by the tough stand by the meeting with JNU VC at the On Monday, a day after the dents but also take them into HRD Ministry and took time ministry on Wednesday about violence on JNU campus, JNU confidence. to respond. In his reply he said the efforts being made to Registrar Pramod Kumar vis- ' -. Jagadesh was summoned that he did not presume that restore normalcy on campus. ited the ministry and updated to HRD Ministry where he met the clash between the two He informed the officials about the top brass about the situa- HRD Secretary Amit Khare. groups could turn out to be so efforts being made for facili- tion besides submitting a )''/0 1 Jagadesh had “missed” impor- violent that too so soon. He tating semester registration for detailed report on the sequence tant meetings at the HRD committed for a safe universi- willing students and a con- of events that led to the vio- Ministry at the backdrop of ty and a more responsive ducive environment for their lence. The V-C did not attend .*"2 1-- violence in JNU. administration,” sources said. academic pursuits,” the min- the meeting. On Tuesday, he Sources said that senior The JNU V-C, who has urged students to “put the past % () HRD Ministry officials ques- been severely criticised by stu- ' ( ! @'( A , behind” and return to studies. (/&/ 1 tioned the V-C as to why he did dents and faculty members for *' 7! The Left, that controls not inform the police as soon not doing enough when they 8. " 3 ( JNUSU, and the ABVP have he Congress on as the scuffle between two were brutally attacked by a % blamed each other for the vio- TWednesday took a swipe at the BJP asking if Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone should visit the RSS head- $" % & '& % quarters in Nagpur instead of JNU. The Opposition party’s reaction came amid calls, % () (/&/ 1 that can help peace and prosperity in tries,” including from some BJP it is the world’s largest party this world,” he said. he said. The Iran Embassy here functionaries, to boycott but it has a “small heart”. ran on Wednesday said it will wel- Soleimani, the head of Iran’’s elite has been seeing a steady stream of Padukone’s upcoming movie “If there is unrest across Icome any peace initiative by India al-Quds force and architect of its envoys coming and expressing con- ‘Chhapaak’ for her visit to the universities, we expect the to de-escalate tensions with the US fol- regional security apparatus, was killed dolences on the death of Soliemani. Jawaharlal Nehru University Prime Minister to go there, we lowing the killing of Iranian military when a US drone fired missiles into Talking about the US drone strike on Tuesday to express soli- expect the Home Minister, commander Qasem Soleimani. a convoy that was leaving the Baghdad that killed Soleimani, Chegeni said, darity with the students who the senior leader of the BJP to Stating this, Iran Ambassador to International Airport early on Friday. “He was in a third country. So this is were attacked by a mob. go and listen to the youth of India Ali Chegeni also said here his The strike also killed the deputy very important for the world to not “The ruling party has this country, whichever cam- country wants peace not war and chief of Iraq’’s powerful Hashed al- allow such an inhuman, illegal act reduced (itself) to indulging in pus we are talking about,” he hoped there will be no further esca- Shaabi paramilitary force. which is against international rights.” petty social media polls, fak- said in reference to protests by lation in hostilities between his coun- Noting that India is a “good “He (Soleimani) was the one who ing videos. Should she youth and students on various try and the US. friend”, Chegeni said, “My minister removed the threat of ISIS from the (Deepika Padukone) go to campuses. Taking note of the prevailing sit- (Javad Zarif) talked to Dr Jaishankar, world. Why you should kill him. That Nagpur, the Sangh headquar- A four-member fact-find- uation in the Middle-East, External they had a very good discussion. means you are supporting terrorists. ters, to promote her movie? ing team of the Congress also Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Recently we had the joint economic If Gen Soleimani didn’t act against What do they want this coun- visited JNU to probe the attack Sunday had a conversation with his commission in Tehran...We see a ISIS, what would have happened to try to be?” Congress on students and faculty mem- Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif and very good future for the relationship. India, to Europe, and to all of the spokesperson Pawan Khera bers. The team comprising All US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al role in (maintaining) peace in the We have no problem with India.” He world because ISIS was really anti- said, when asked about a India Mahila Congress chief voicing India’s concerns over the Thani respectively, on the tense situ- world. India belongs to this region. We said Iran and India can jointly work human,” he said. strong reaction from a quarter Sushmita Dev, party MP from escalation of tensions. India has ation in the region. welcome all initiatives from all coun- for peace in the world. The world owes a debt to “anti- of the BJP on the actor’s visit Ernakulam Hibi Eden, former reached out to several stakeholders in The Iranian ambassador’s com- tries, especially India as a good friend Asked if Indian officials have terrorist hero” Soleimani, he said. to the university. NSUI president of JNU unit the region over the security situation ments about India came hours after for us, to not allow escalation (of ten- reached out to the Embassy with a “That is why my country today offi- Khera said the govern- Syed Nasser Hussain and for- prevailing in the Middle East. Iran launched over a dozen ballistic sions),” Chegeni told reporters after a condolence message, the Iranian cially retaliated based on the legitimate ment is filing FIRs against stu- mer NSUI president and ex- Jaishankar also separately spoke to missiles targeting at least two bases condolence meeting for Soleimani at envoy said the embassy had opened rights we have....We are not for war. dents and youth instead of president of Delhi University Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf Alawi, where US military and coalition the Iranian Embassy here. a condolence book for two days and We are not for escalation, but defend- hearing them out. “If someone Students’ Union Amrita UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh forces’ are stationed in Iraq. Tehran “We are not for war, we are look- he expects Indian officials to come but ing is our right,” Chegeni said. is showing concern to the Dhawan interacted with stu- Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as said it was a “slap in the face” of ing for peace and prosperity for it is “up to the Indian side”. On the Iranian attack on US tar- protesting youth, you raise dents on the issue. Statements well his Jordanian and Qatari coun- America. everybody in this region. We welcome “Usually we have good relations gets in Iraq, Chegeni said his country questions on him/her,” he said, of students were video- terparts Ayman Safadi and “India usually plays a very good any Indian initiative or any project and sympathy between the two coun- retaliated under its right to defend. alleging the ruling BJP claims graphed. 0(%1 -# '--- - :.%4 ) ; %; % ) ! ' 8 !) , 6 ? . 3Q- 1 - 0 --50 New Delhi: The Supreme & % (/&/ 1 hospital, they said. New Delhi: Noting that min- Court on Wednesday sought a Officials said a prelimi- ing results in complete elimi- response from the Centre on a # aving burnt his mouth " " nary enquiry by an Inspector nation of grass, the Supreme plea challenging the constitu- #$-! Hupon drinking hot water " General of the CRPF has been Court on Wednesday directed tional validity of some provi- . ,-! served to him by a jawan, an ordered. The enquiry report, the Government to impose the sions of the Coal Mines . %0 , enraged Deputy Inspector + along with specific recom- condition on lease holders that (Special Provisions) Act on ; & General of CRPF allegedly " "- mendations, is expected by they will have to restore the payment of compensation to 0 , threw it on the subordinate’s January 10 only after which the mined area by re-grassing it allottees post de-allocation of face. The paramilitary has since " 6 7 " exact sequence of events and after ceasing operations. blocks in 2014. , & ordered an enquiry into 5 P- culpability could be estab- A Bench headed by Chief A bench comprising Chief # the incident. lished, they said. Justice S A Bobde asked the Justice S A Bobde and Justices #$ The purported incident An association of ex-para- Centre to devise appropriate B R Gavai and Surya Kant took place on Tuesday at the military officials said the jawan methods to ensure compliance issued a notice to Ministry of ) # Central Reserve Police Force “is being pressured to give of this condition. Coal and Ministry of Law and (CRPF) Recruit Training The officer, posted at the statement that the burn injuries “We see no reason why the Justice, seeking their response ! ) 0 Centre (RTC) in Bihar’s Rajgir CRPF group centre in were due to spilling of boiled area which has been mined in four weeks. district. Mokamaghat in Bihar, is said to water from the flask”. should not be restored so that The top court was hearing ! DIG D K Tripathi, who was have burnt his mouth upon “The constable is not being grass and other vegetation a plea filed by apex mineral to the prior allottees of the coal compensation for the invest- -- staying at the officers’ mess of drinking the hot water, follow- allowed to speak to his family including trees can grow in the body Federation of Indian blocks consequent to de-allo- ments in their respective coal ! ! the RTC for an official work, ing which he summoned members and colleagues. His mining area for the benefit of Mineral Industries (FIMI) chal- cation in 2014. blocks in a time bound man- had ordered hot drinking Kharat. An altercation ensued mobile phone has been animals. lenging the constitutional valid- “Issue directions that sec- ner,” the plea said. water. Constable Amol Kharat between the two and the DIG snatched by senior officers,” the “We are of the view that ity of the provisions of the Coal tion 16 (1), 16 (2) of the Coal The plea, filed through was on duty at the facility and “threw” hot water on the confederation of ex-paramili- this can be achieved by direct- Mines (Special Provisions) Act, Mines (Special Provisions) Act advocate V Shyamohan, said de- 1 $ he served him the water in a jawan’s face. The injured jawan tary forces personnel welfare ing the Union of India to 2015, and the Coal Mines 2015 are arbitrary, discrimina- allocation of coal blocks was not thermos flask, officials said. has been admitted to a local association said. impose a condition in the min- (Special Provisions) Rules, tory, vague and unconstitu- the fault of prior allottees and )' #) ing lease and a similar condi- 2014, as they do not provide tional to the extent they affect “no criminality whatsoever” is ' ,<% % tion in the environmental fair and equitable compensa- the rights of the prior allottees alleged against the majority of ! -1 ( clearance and the mining plan tion in a time-bound manner to get just, fair and adequate the prior allottees. PTI 3/ 0" " " to the effect that the mining KN- O ?+ lease holders shall, after ceas- 1 ing mining operations, under- , $ "" , " take re-grassing the mining #! 1,6 1(,, ' area and any other area which 0 - ) "" % 45 may have been disturbed due to their mining activities and # 8, $ issued by Lok Sabha Secretariat that there is an restore the land to a condition % () (/&/ 1 urgent need to provide sufficient space and facil- which is fit for growth of fod- New Delhi: The Supreme ment of CISF, the Delhi inci- Kant, told Solicitor General ; ' ities for the Members of Parliament and the staff der, flora, fauna etc,” the bench, Court on Wednesday asked the dent would not have taken Tushar Mehta that there should # # ok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday in Parliament House to fulfil the dream of also comprising Justices B R Centre to look into the possi- place”. be a separate cadre of the !) 1 Lsaid to mark the 75th anniversary of the ‘New India’. Gavai and Surya Kant, said. bility of deploying a separate Lawyers and police per- Central Industrial Security ) ( country in 2022, the parliament session will be The Speaker also made it clear that mem- The court said this condi- cadre of CISF in certain courts sonnel had clashed at the Tis Force (CISF) which will pro- ! held in the new building. “To fulfil the dream bers and staff of parliament will be consulted tion shall be in addition to those to check unruly incidents of Hazari Court complex here in vide security in certain courts ! # of ‘New India’, Indian Parliament will hold its before undertaking the renovation and recon- imposed for achieving the same violence. November last year in which a after a decision by the Chief %?A+9 session in 2022, in new Parliament House to struction and that too, within the prescribed time purpose under the mine closure A bench headed by Chief few advocates sustained bullet Justice. ;@A?E'?F$ mark the 75th anniversary of its Independence,” limit with minimal capital and without any inter- plan. “This condition shall Justice S A Bobde, perhaps injuries and several security The Chief Justice said he ) # Birla said, speaking at the 25th Conference of ference in the parliamentary work. not be imposed in derogation referring to the recent Tis personnel were injured. has written a letter to the gov- Speakers and Presiding Officers of the “Architecture of Parliament building sym- of any conditions which are Hazari court complex violence, The bench, also compris- ernment in this regard. 1! . Commonwealth (CSPOC) in Ottawa in Canada. bolises the aspirations of the State and its peo- already in force. PTI said “had there been deploying justice B R Gavai and Surya “There can be a separate , Noting that the Parliament House Building ple; it also epitomizes the character of the State, wing of CISF for security at has completed 92 glorious years after it was made its traditions and cultural heritage,” Birla was courts. There can be a separate functional in 1927, Birla said in a statement quoted as saying in the statement. 95 - " cadre,” the CJI told Mehta and $ asked him to file his reply on " " ) " the issue. O P Senior advocate Siddharth # ) New Delhi: A madrasa manag- court that the petitioner was the Luthra, appearing as amicus in ! . ing committee of West Bengal on same organisation on whose the matter, said there may be , ! Wednesday moved the Supreme plea the judgement of January 6 problems for lawyers if the , Court challenging it’s verdict was pronounced. 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well we cooperate on the challenges and oppor- - tunities in the Indian Ocean in the decades ,/4%1)<-(& ahead.” 0%3)63%- In terms of global political significance, the Atlantic Ocean can be viewed as the ocean of our )%340 grandparents and parents; the Pacific Ocean as 4 )1 -)/%- 1, ) ( - our ocean and that of our children; and the 1,)/3( < B Indian Ocean as the ocean of our children and =1- /,3 4)13( % -- - ( grandchildren. There is an obvious sense in -0-1(,) . which the region is the future. The average age 5%3 /, % - < B of people in the region’s countries is under 30, -%1,1(01( 8 compared to 38 in the US and 46 in Japan. The )3&-<, countries bordering the Indian Ocean are home 0/3,)%-)/01 - to 2.5 billion people, which is one-third of the ,/(-%13 # world’s population. Having heard the Australian Minister and /-4,/36 % - C read a few expert comments from Australian 4(1 -)/%- 1, will be based on the values of peace, sta- been successful in terms of bringing Among other defence coopera- < scholars of international affairs, it becomes clear -(&)%-&/-%,$ bility and prosperity on a free, open, navies and coastal security forces tions, the air forces of two nations can that Indo-Pacific in general and the Indian Ocean 1(&1-,-)1=/ prosperous and inclusive Indo-Pacific together in the form of joint exercises. work together by using the respective = in particular is being viewed as the epicentre of -(&6%/M4/() with the ASEAN regional bloc central There is some scepticism about the island territories as regular refuelling ( geopolitics and India as the key player in this 6%1/(& < to the concept, which serves the long- symposium’s ability to make a broad- halts during ferries or conduct joint region. The need of economic partnership /(0-0//(), term interests of all countries in the er contribution to maritime security. exercises with navies of friendly coun- . $ among the littorals is of utmost importance while 1)13% region and of the world at large. Our Defence cooperation: The Foreign tries around. For example the Cocos ,+, B % - ( having a collaborated approach to address 34()%1/, Prime Minister’s articulation of the Minister of Australia also pointed to Keeling Island and Christmas Island C " geopolitical risks. India, being the largest coun- -%/&63%/, vision of SAGAR — ‘Security and increasing defence activities in the (Australian external territory) have try, has a logical role to play as a leader bring- Growth for All in the Region’ will con- Indian Ocean, noting that in 2014, 8,000 and 7,000 feet runways respec- ing the nations of IOR on multilateral platforms. 1 33,))/ tinue to provide the basis for our mar- Australia and India had conducted 11 tively which are fit for operations by all - ( Multi-nation platforms: There are multi- 3(61&/(/ itime engagement.” defence activities together, with the fig- kind of aircraft. nation platforms existing, which have mutual 36- )/ Cooperation is key to maritime ure reaching 38 in 2018. This shows the They are located south of Indonesia growth as their aim but their effectiveness is ques- 5-%)115-(),-, security: Maritime security is a major positive approach from Australian and almost midway between India # 8S tionable when compared to other oceanic plat- / -,)/ challenge for the poorer coastal and counterparts to build a strong securi- and Australia. The distance between C forms. For example, the Bay of Bengal Initiative 1))3%- island countries of the IOR. In partic- ty-oriented partnership with India. Port Blair and these islands is 2,675 km % - ,>D@ ( for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic 34()%1/,-(& ular those that have large zones of mar- In 2018, the Indian Air Force and 2,833 km respectively. Similarly, . S - # Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was established by 1 01=/ itime jurisdiction. There are 48 inde- (IAF), for the first time, participated Andaman and Nicobar Islands can be = nations bordering the Bay of Bengal in 1997. In ,)-1 1)<)3 pendent countries in the region, includ- with fighter aircraft in Exercise Pitch used by the Australian Air Force for the . S more than two decades, it is still gaining )/-%1)1/ ing hinterland and landlocked states of Black that was conducted in Australia. same purpose. With these kinds of - = 8 - momentum but cannot be compared with the East Africa and South Asia. There are During the transit to Australia, the IAF practices of using island runways and Association of South East Asian Nations ,/4%1)< 18 in Africa, 11 in the Middle East, contingent also had constructive conducting joint exercises, the 8 (ASEAN). 36)/13%$)/ seven in South Asia, six in Southeast engagement with Indonesian and Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster B - ( Australia, along with 21 other border states, 1-6)4,-( Asia, five island states and Australia. Malaysian air forces. In recent times the Relief (HADR) operations in actual S is a member of the Indian Ocean Rim Association 5%3=/1),/ 6)3 Managing maritime security is a chal- IAF has shown its capabilities of reach- contingencies will be conducted more A ( B (IORA) which seeks to promote sustainable eco- /-(153%)-() lenging endeavour. It requires cooper- ing anywhere within the IOR at an efficiently when time is a critical fac- nomic growth, trade liberalisation and security. )33 1( ation between regional countries and unimaginable short notice and also has tor and decision-making delays cannot " Australia’s 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper seeks 64%)/%1(0)/ between those with a stake in region- undertaken exercises across the bays be afforded. The same is applicable for to support IORA in areas such as maritime secu- =1,13(36,-0-% al security. Maritime security is no around, so as to make itself familiar any other contingency which imposes - (8 ( rity and international law. It also aims at longer the sole prerogative of navies with the region. In its pan-India exer- challenge to safety and security of IOR ( strengthening its ties in the region such as with with more non-military agencies now cise Gagan Shakti-2018, special atten- countries. India and Indonesia —and also build new con- involved. tion was given to maritime air opera- Security and growth for all through nections, particularly in Africa. Maritime security is a priority for tions. The operation was the largest- multilateralism is the only viable solu- % 8 It brings out the Australian perspective which the IORA, currently the main region- ever series of air exercises conducted by tion against problems arising in today’s = is outreaching and focusses on multilateral al organisation for economic and secu- the IAF. It crucially demonstrated an air geostrategic scenario because of unilat- ( cooperation with the stakeholders. The Indian rity cooperation. It recently committed operational range with the help of air- eralism and trade wars. India’s active ; $ 9;$: % perspective becomes clear from the Foreign its members to working on increasing to-air refuelling by the IL-78 Flight and frequent friendly engagements Secretary’s words: “The challenges we all face cooperation among navies and other Refuelling Aircraft (FRA). The Su-30s, with IOR countries’ armed forces will today, and all of us know this, whether they be maritime security forces in the region. airborne from a base on the eastern boost the confidence of all the partic- = B ( the traditional security issues such as nuclear pro- The plan is to do this collaboratively coast, engaged multiple targets towards ipants as well as the littoral countries ( liferation, armed conflict and so on, or newer with the Indian Ocean Naval the western seaboard of India at dis- and will give stability to the maritime non-traditional issues such as terrorism, migra- Symposium (IONS), a voluntary initia- tances beyond 2,500 km and landed at security of the IOR. The IAF thus can -S - S ! tion and refugee flows and environmental tive by India to address shared maritime a southern base, thus covering a total prove itself to be an important tool in degradation — all of these, in our view, require security challenges and threats. distance of 4,000 km in a single mission, furthering the vision of SAGAR. < (B ( more, and not less, multilateralism. India’s However IONS’ main focus has which is less than average distance (The writer is a senior research fel- - < vision of engagement in the Indo-Pacific region been on naval cooperation and it has between India and many IOR countries. low at the India Foundation) ) < 8 ( ( *" " " " ) BB 8 ( ED E P Q - ( E = ( ! 5 *+ ( The spectre of climate change in Amazon rain forest illegally slash mankind to take care of nature and preserving the global green canopy. O the form of global warming is trans- and burn the woodland to clear land safeguard the precious natural The forests are the last remaining G = . forming the definition of natural dis- for agriculture and habitation. These resources is very unsettling. barriers between mankind and the ; 8 8 - asters as rising temperatures, droughts countries are unable to take strict India, too, has good forest wealth consequences of climate change. They # ( and strong winds become a lethal action to stop this practice and as a but, some years ago, that also came need to be treated as a national pri- combination of fanning even the result, sometimes this clearing process under threat as hundreds of acres of ority and be accorded sufficient pro- smallest of a bush fire into a country- gets out of hand and unfortunately valuable forests in Uttarakhand’s tection. The strict and non-negotiable results in mega-disaster events. Himalayan foothills became a casual- segregation of habited areas and - ' 8 wide inferno. This is evident in Australia’s case Amazon forests, considered the ty of tremendous fires. forests is probably the first step 5 - ! 0< as well because this year saw the mid- world’s largest terrestrial carbon sink, The callous selfishness of human towards forest conservation. - ! December temperatures going as high are now at peril, too, thanks to climate actions is leading to spiralling temper- In addition to this, the forest pro- = - as 42 degree Celsius in the midst of change and anthropogenic activities. atures, which in turn are making the tection laws that are currently lax and he ongoing bush and forest winds that were recording speeds of According to the United Nations flora and fauna’s survival difficult. Add implemented even more poorly need - fires in Australia are presenting 120 kmph. Convention to Combat Desertification to these woes are the afforestation to be overhauled so that woodland . 8 ( ( Ta daunting challenge to the Yet another aspect, which precip- (UNCCD) Global Land Outlook efforts which are progressing at snail’s protection becomes a serious matter. - authorities and are proving to be a itated this disaster in Australia was the report, 70 per cent of the global forests pace. All this means that we are com- In India, too, the forest depart- 4 P Q painful and tragic end for the wildlife fact that the country witnessed its dri- are at peril thanks to deforestation and promising those very carbon sinks ment is woefully understaffed and ill- S affected by the blaze. This country- est spring season in the last 120 years man-made disasters such as forest that can have a major role in climate trained to protect these precious # ( wide catastrophe, mainly caused by and this rendered the bushland, fires. The report states that tropical change mitigation. resources. All these aspects must drought and extreme heat, has so far forests and grasslands dry and fit for jungles are at the highest risk and to In the wake of these global forest change if India and the world want to ( ( claimed 24 lives, destroyed 18 million a blaze. illustrate the point the report presents fire episodes, the world environmen- keep whatever forests are still left. % - acres of forest and bushland and has The 2019 Amazon forest fires, too, a staggering fact that nearly 5.5 mil- tal community must introspect to find This must be done expeditiously @* also consumed 1,200 homes. were an unfortunate occurrence as lion hectares of rich forestland disap- a lasting solution to safeguard nature’s before it is too late to undo the dam- # 8 However, the brunt of the fires has they saw over 906,000 hectares of peared annually between 2010-2015. assets from these recurrent disasters. age, else man will have to pay a heavy -S $ been borne by the wildlife and approx- prime forest land — that was rich in As the going gets tough for the In this regard, it becomes clear price for this indiscriminate and - imately half a billion animal lives have ecology and wildlife — being burnt to world’s “green assets”, it is being fur- that the global community lost a great mindless pillage of natural wealth and 9 been lost. Australia is not new to bush cinder. ther predicted that the Amazon rain opportunity at the recently-conclud- future generations will pay for our : fires but this season’s blaze has been Here, too, the role of man cannot forests are now the most threatened ed UN Climate Change Conference crimes against nature. anything but predictable and bearable, be ruled out, as every year, the coun- with a projected loss of 48 million COP 25, to put in place systems and (The writer is an environmental as the scale has hit astonishing levels. tries bordering the forest areas of the hectares by 2030. The inability of checks that can play a pivotal role in journalist) "#$% '"()*$+ $$(+ ,-.-. " "> & ' ()* (# ;

# #% ;3 ;-)- long processions in parts of Minister attacked the Left for Kolkata demanding immediate sacrificing its ideology. “CPIM ormal life was release of its leaders. At Park has no ideology. Planting Nconsiderably hit in Bengal Circus Maidan (a minority bombs on railway tracks is even as sporadic violence and dominated area) hundreds of nothing but ‘gundagardi, she arson marked Wednesday’s Muslim women sat on indefi- said. In the name of movement, general strike sponsored by nite dharna demanding with- commuters are being beaten up Left and Congress trade unions drawal of the Citizenship and stones are being pelted. prompting both Chief Minister Amendment Act and National This is ‘dadagiri’, not a move- Mamata Banerjee and the BJP Register for Citizens. ment. I condemn this. I will not to interpret the bandh as a des- The strikers who had ini- allow such movements. perate attempt by a moribund tially targeted socio-economic The Marxists are trying to Left Front to catch limelight issues as subject matter of the get back their relevance but once again. bandh in the final hours smart- they will never be able to do Reports of violence poured ly included CAA and NRC to * $ : ( : ! ! P that unless they change their in from Barasat, in North 24 widen the scope of * 3 % style of functioning. I think the Parganas, Kolkata, Howrah, participation. The tactic communists of Kerala are far Hooghly, Burdwan, Malda, seemed to partially pay off consumption of power indi- Burdwan, Durgapur, Howrah better than those in Bengal. At South Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and with the strike witnessing more cating partial success of the and Kolkata even as the drivers least they have a policy and act other places police said adding than 50 percent success sources bandh. “Reports collected at 10 were seen driving their vehicles according to ideology. In 170 strikers including CPI(M) in the administration said am showed the power con- with helmets on. Bengal they are all ruffians.” ! ! ! /;,! #! ! % Legislature Party leader Sujan adding however that the sumption level at 4012 MW, Traffic were blockaded by Attacking the hoodlums Chakrabarty had been arrest- Government offices in the 250 MW less than the normal, the Left and Congress workers BJP’s Dilip Ghosh said “the ed. wake of a strong circular from driving home the fact that at Jadavpur and Rashbehari Trinamool Congress has helped Violence reached its the State secretariat witnessed strike had its impact despite crossing with their supporters the Left Front to make violence ) R! ( # crescendo at Sujapur in Malda near-99 percent attendance. contradictory claims made by throwing burning tryres on the a success because they want the district where police fought While air services the Government,” said one of roads. The impact of the strike Left to get some oxygen so as " 3 ! pitched battle with angry pro- remained normal train ser- the striking leaders adding was near complete at Raiganj to divide the anti-TMC oppo- testers opposing CAA and vices were substantially affect- “the power department stopped and Durgapur, the home town sition in Bengal. But people N NRC. About eight vehicles ed authorities said adding releasing further reports for of JNSU president Aishi Ghosh have understood and will give " including a few belonging to about 127 suburban trains obvious reasons.” where the protesters were seen Mamata Banerjee a befitting the police were torched alleged- from Sealdah and 47 from Even as the day peaked attacking bikers. reply.” Mumbai: The nationwide strike seems to have failed ly by the protesters leading the Howrah had to be cancelled. reports of violence came in All banks and post offices The Left leaders including '+" to evoke much response in Maharashtra till cops to burst tear gas shells and This, in addition to about the from various parts of the State. remained closed causing politburo member Biman Bose Wednesday afternoon with transport and banking fire rubber bullets injuring a route of a dozen express getting At Hridaypur in North 24 immense hardships to the peo- congratulated the people for Jaipur: Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister services remaining largely unaffected in many number of them. changed due to the impact of Parganas crude bombs were ple. Schools were however par- making the bandh a success Sachin Pilot said on Wednesday that the districts as well as in the country’s financial Though life reverted to the strike. recovered from underneath a tially affected as the number of “despite brutal attack by the Centre should take cognisance of the Capital. near-normal by late noon the Sources in the State elec- local train. Buses and other attendance was thin. police and the TMC goons on nationwide strike called by labour unions, No untoward incident was reported so far from Left and the Congress took out tricity boards reported lesser vehicles were vandalised in Meanwhile the Chief the bandh supporters.” saying every section of the country was any region of the state. Suburban trains, which are dissatisfied due to a communication called as the “lifeline of Mumbai” with a ridership gap. of more than 75 lakh commuters per day, public “You (Centre) will not communicate, you buses, taxis and autorickshaws are running normally 1"% # # %#" -" will not explain, you will not try to under- in the island city and suburbs. stand people, then what is the meaning of Similarly, Metro and Monorail services are run- % ;3 ;-)- scale media attention. The inci- Chief Minister how could they from the Chief Minister her democracy?” Pilot asked. “Winning an elec- ning smoothly, officials said, adding that BEST-oper- dent took place within metres torch so many vehicles. It must senior ministerial colleague tion does not mean that you have become ated bus services are also running as per schedule. 0 uch the way they did it in of a spot where pro-bandh be probed.” Partho Chatterjee said the “cul- supreme. We should keep our hearts, minds Private transport services like taxis and auto- MUttar Pradesh — and only agitators were barricading the President of the Pradesh prits will be brought to and ears open, and listen to people.” rickshaws are also plying normally in Mumbai. 8 with greater visibility — a sec- high way. Congress which also co-spon- book,” adding it would be The State Congress president said the Film and TV shoots also remained unaffected. tion of Bengal police men dur- “Such heinous plans to sored the general strike looked into details to figure out government should leave its “ego” behind and The Federation of Western India Cine Kolkata: West Bengal Chief ing the Wednesday’s general torch the vehicles and then demanded an “impartial whether some Left miscreants hold a dialogue. Employees (FWICE) said all its members were at Minister Mamata Banerjee strike were found vandalising hold the CPI(M) workers liable inquiry to get to the core of the were doing the mischief in the “Whatever is going in the JNU, the police work as usual and nothing was hampered because Wednesday said the Central vehicles and torching them were fortunately shot by the conspiracy.” Another Congress garb of police men or some are going to different universities, people of the strike. In Pune, transport services remained Government does not provide including the police vans at locals... The incidents only leader and former Minister cops were genuinely wearing uniforms are seen in colleges and unaffected. funds for the annual Sujapur in Malda prompting make clear the real face of Chief Manoj Chakrabarty demanded involved. universities — is not a good sign for any “Buses operated by the Pune Mahanagar Gangasagar Mela, which is Opposition Left Front and Minister Mamata Banerjee. “judicial probe into the incident “No one will be spared by democracy for any country,” Pilot told Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) are plying held in West Bengal, though it Congress to demand impartial Her police is no different from so that things become clear.” committing violence… this is reporters in Jaipur. normally,” said Shankar Pawar, Director, PMPML. provides lots of assistance to investigation into the matter. the police of Yogi Adtiyanath… Eye witnesses said how the the policy of our Chief Minister According to Pilot, a shutdown occurs Educational institutes and commercial establish- Kumbh Mela. Visual footages that imme- They did it in Lucknow to police men were seen smashing Mamata Banerjee,” he said even when all options fail and there was a lack of ments in the city remained opened as usual. “Gangasagar Mela is at par diately went viral showing how frame the anti-CAA rallyists, the windscreens with rifle butts as sources said the Malda communication from the central govern- Trade union leader Ajit Abhyankar claimed that with the Kumbh Mela. The the policemen were smashing the Bengal Police did it in and stones. They were also seen Superintendant of Police had ment’s end. at least 15000 people affiliated to various Central Centre provides funds for the wind screens of cars parked Bengal,” senior CPI(M) leader carrying petrol cans to the been asked to probe the mat- “Every class is unhappy today, be it gov- trade unions, Bhartiya Kamgar Sena, posts, banks, Kumbh Mela but does not in a big field with rifle butts, Md Salim said adding “in a vehicles, soaking them before ter. The SP however could not ernment servants, middle class, poor or the and other government establishments participated extend financial assistance for pouring fuel and then setting State where not a leaf turns setting them afire, sources said. be contacted till late in the students. The government should take cog- in a public rally outside the district collectorate in Gangasagar.” Banerjee said. PTI ablaze immediately drew large- without the instruction of the While there was no word evening. nisance f today’s strike,” Pilot said. PTI Pune. PTI C 4# 4 ! : " ,$

! 5 "# # Kolkata: Terming the appoint- Army, Navy and Air Force General Bipin Rawat, who authorities in the country, but ment of a Chief of Defence Staff come under one umbrella, “but retired as the Army chief on an “unsubstantiated” fear of a (CDS) as a welcome move, for- the problem was political.” December 31, has taken charge coup if the forces were brought mer Army chief General (retd) “The fear of a coup was as India’s first Chief of Defence under one head had prevented 'D7 )% # 6 Shankar Roy Chowdhury on ingrained among the earlier Staff the next day with a the then political Wednesday said it had not political bosses if all the three mandate to bring in establishment from taking a been done earlier owing to the forces — Army, Navy and Air convergence in the functioning decision on it. Srinagar: The night tempera- then political bosses’ fear of a Force — were brought under of the Army, Navy and the “This is the single reason " ture in Kashmir stayed close to coup. one umbrella and that was the Indian Air Force and bolster why the country did not have a freezing point on Wednesday He said the appointment of only reason that a post of the country’s military prowess. CDS so far,” the former Army Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir Police chief Dilbag due to recent snowfall, as sun a CDS was due for a long time CDS was not created,” Roy Gen (retd) Roy chief said. He said the post of Singh on Wednesday said enemies are looking to shone on the Valley after three and the services wanted it to be Chowdhury told newspersons Chowdhury said the military is CDS is important for the coor- disrupt the peaceful atmosphere in the Union days.Srinagar recorded a low of there in the country so that the here. always subordinate to the civil dination of the three forces. PTI Territory and asked officers to remain vigilant. minus 0.4 degrees Celsius last He said peace had been achieved in Jammu & night, almost same as previous Kashmir after a lot of hard work and sacrifices by night, an official of the MET F' ' police and security forces. department said. // " + % The director general of police (DGP) made the The official said the ski-resort of south, recorded a low of minus 4.0 remarks at security review meetings during his visit Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded degrees Celsius, while Kupwara, in ! to the twin south Kashmir districts of Shopian and the low of minus 7.6 degrees Celsius north, registering a minimum of ! Pulwama. last night, 1.6 notches down from minus 2.2 degree Celsius, the official Accompanied by Inspector General of CRPF Tuesday. said.Kashmir is currently under the (Operations) Rajesh Kumar and Inspector General The night temperature at grip of ‘Chillai-Kalan’ - the 40-day Barabanki (UP): A 21-year-old Kota: A five-year-old girl child of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, Singh took stock Pahalgam resort, which also serves as harshest period of winter when the law student, who was alleged- was raped by a relative in a of the situation in the two districts. one of the base camps for the annual chances of snowfall are most frequent ly gang-raped about four village in Bundi district on “The safety and security of the people is our Amarnath yatra in south Kashmir, set- and maximum and the temperature months ago, has been found Wednesday afternoon, police prime concern. The enemies of peace are looking tled at a low of minus 2.0 degrees drops considerably.’ hanging at her house in a vil- said. for chances to disrupt the peace,” Singh said. Celsius – nearly two notches up from Chillai-Kalan’ began on December lage here, with her mother The accused, aged around He said the police, along with its sister agen- minus 3.9 degrees Celsius Tuesday, he 21 and ends on January 31, but the claiming that she was under 20 years, fled the spot when the cies, have succeeded in creating a sense of securi- said. cold wave continues even after that in pressure from the two family members of the minor ty among the people. He directed the officers to be The official said Qazigund – the Kashmir. The 40-day period is fol- accused. victim were alerted by her vigilant at all times and work dedicatedly for the gateway town to the Valley - in south lowed by a 20-day long ‘Chillai- The body of the LLB stu- cries and rushed to rescue her, welfare of the people while taking due care of their Kashmir recorded a low of minus 0.4 Khurd’ (small cold) and a 10-day long dent was found hanging from they said, adding that she was security. PTI degree Celsius.Kokernag town, also in ‘Chillai-Bachha’ (baby cold). PTI the roof of her room at the bleeding profusely when found. family’s home in the A case of rape was regis- Jahagirabad police station area tered against the accused, who here on Tuesday morning, is also a neighbour of the police said. minor victim, under relevant The victim’s mother has sections of the IPC and the complained that she was under POSCO Act, SHO at Karwar pressure from the two rape police station Hariram Jajunda accused and committed sui- of a court, the mother of the accused had lodged a case of said. cide. victim claimed, adding that no fraud on the deceased and her The girl was playing out- She alleged that Shivpaltan arrest has been made. mother for getting a vehicle side her room and her family and Shivkumar, of Semrava vil- Superintendent of Police financed and the mother members were working at an lage under Kothi police station Akash Tomar said the father of framed them to avenge it. adjacent farm in the afternoon area, had raped the victim four the deceased had told the police There are no evidence so far to when the incident took place, months ago. in writing that his daughter prove the allegations of the he said. Since Shivkumar is a local committed suicide and he had mother. Action will be taken in The victim was taken to the heavyweight, the police initially no suspicion on anyone. case anything emerges in fur- Bundi district hospital for a did not lodge an FIR but later “It has come to light dur- ther inquiry,” the SP medical examination, the SHO it was registered on the orders ing investigations that the two added. PTI said. PTI $ ! + ""

Patna: A woman was alleged- told PTI. ination was conducted on The four then allegedly ly raped at gunpoint after being Asked whether it is a case Tuesday, police sources said. took her to a flat located near kidnapped from the parking lot of gangrape, Tiwary said, “No, While talking to reporters, P&M Mall in Pataliputra of a mall here on Monday, it is not gangrape. It is rape but the rape survivor, who had cov- colony where one person raped police officials said. others were part of the con- ered her face with a mask, said her while three others stood One person has been spiracy.” she was kidnapped by four men with a pistol, the rape survivor arrested out of four persons One person has been at gunpoint from GV Mall on said. named in the FIR. arrested in connection with the the busy Boring road intersec- The woman said the four “We have identified the case while raids are being con- tion around 7:30 pm on made a video of the incident four accused persons who were ducted to nab other culprits, Monday while she was coming and threatened to post it on the (rape) victim’s acquain- the City SP said. out of an eatery. social media. tances. One man raped the girl The woman is around 20 As she stepped out of the The woman escaped from while others were part of the years of age and is pursuing eatery, one of the four men, their clutches and narrated the conspiracy,” City BBA through correspondence, who raped her later, told her at incident to her room mate and Superintendent of Police he added. gunpoint to sit in his car in the brother over phone who $ " + " % (Central), Patna, Vinay Tiwary The victim’s medical exam- parking lot of the mall. informed the police. PTI "#$% '"()*$+ $$(+ ,-.-. " "?

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# 4-1 Speaker Patole said that there session itself as postponing caste-based Census was long "01 " was a need for collating data on the issue to the Budget Session pending. n twin developments, the OBC population so that OBCs would be too late. After the Speaker read out IMaharashtra Legislative could be given benefits of Food and Civil Supplies the resolution, the Assembly — # 4-1 Dhule Zilla Maharashtra. Assembly on Wednesday rati- development. Minister Chhagan Bhujbal of which has total 288 members Parishad, the While the MVA — of fied the Constitution (126th) “The new Census will be NCP agreed with the chair and — adopted the resolution by a lose on the heels of it BJP emerged as which the Congress is a part — Amendment Bill seeking exten- taken up in 2021. There is need said the demand for a voice vote. Closing power in the victor by has captured power in the sion of quota to SC/STs in Lok for the data of OBC population Maharashtra, the BJP on winning 39 out Nandurbar Zilla Parishad, the Sabha and State Assemblies by so that they can be given ben- Wednesday suffered a of 56 seats. BJP has come to power in another 10 years and passed a efits of development.. Many humiliating defeat in local The ZP and Dhule ZP. The only regret for unanimous resolution urging delegations of OBCs have met % body elections in the State, as Panchayat Padvi is that his wife Hemlata the Centre to undertake a me seeking such an enumera- the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi Samiti poll out- Padvi was defeated in the caste-based census to ascertain tion. The House can pass a res- (MVA) captured power in five come has eroded Nandurbar ZP polls by a can- the population of Other olution seeking caste-based out of six Zilla Parishads and the stock of didate of the Shiv Sena, which Backward Classes (OBCs) Censusto find out the OBC /+ walked away with majority Fadnavis in is also a constituent of the across the country. population,” Patole Panchayat Samiti seats in five Vidarbha region MVA. There was no pre-poll At a special one-day ses- said. out of six districts where the In a repeat performance in where the BJP has lost power between the MVA constituents sion of the State Assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit polls were held. the Panchayat Samiti polls, the in all three Zilla Parishads – in the ward where Hemlata Maharashtra Chief Minister Pawar said the issue can be dis- # )! It what came as personal MVA won a maximum of 310 Nagpur, Washim and Akola – Padvi contested. Uddhav Thackeray moved a cussed in the Business setback for former Chief seats out of a total 552 seats in that went to polls. The BJP’s The Opposition BJP may resolution seeking ratification Advisory Committee (BAC) Minister and senior BJP leader five districts — Nagpur, defeat in Nagpur ZP polls has take a solace for its defeat in the of the Constitution first and then taken up in the % 4-1 “The scheme covers short- Devendra Fadnavis, the Amit Washim, Akola, Nandurbar come as an embarrassment for fact that is for the first time that Amendment bill passed by Budget session beginning next termcrop loan and restruc- Shah-led party lose power in and Palghar, while the BJP Fadnavis, where the Congress the Shiv Sena, NCP and Parliament on December 11. month. aharashtra Governor tured short-term crop the Zilla Parishad and managed to maximum of 70 —which is a constituent of the Congress have come together Leader of Opposition Parliamentary Affairs MBhagat Singh Koshyari loanavailed during the period Panchayat Samitis in his home out 112 seats in Dhule district. MVA — has by itself won a in the ZP and Panchayat Samiti Devendra Fadnavis supported Minister Anil Parab also said said on Wednesday that the from April1, 2015 to March31, district of Nagpur. In five districts, the BJP secured majority of 30 out of total 58 polls and that too as a post-poll the resolution. The House that only the business finalised Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) 2019. My Government will The MVA, comprising the 124 seats, while the MVA seats in the local body. arrangement in a few of the adopted the resolution unani- by the BAC for the day be taken Government was giving final implement this schemein a Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, bagged 32 seats in Dhule dis- The poll outcome has Zilla Parishad. mously. up by the House. touches to a relief package for time-bound manner,” the captured power in the Zilla trict. come as a boost to State Home But, the BJP will have to The Assembly also Leader of Opposition farmers whose short-term Governor said. Parishads of Nagpur, Washim, The MVA put up an Minister Anil Deshmukh of the live with the home truth that as unanimously adopted a Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP crop loan arrears exceeding The Government would Akola (all three in Vidarbha impressive performance in the NCP who hails from Katol long as the MVA is power in resolution — moved suo moto said the opposition would sup- 2 lakh. also announce welfare region), Nandurbar (in north Zilla Parishads of Nagpur, taluka in Nagpur, while senior the state, it will have to stay by Speaker Nana Patole urging port such resolution whenev- Addressing a joint ses- schemes targetting rural as Maharashtra) and Palghar (in Washim, Akola, Nandurbar Congress minister K C Padvi away from power in a maxi- the Centre for a caste-based er it was taken up. sion of the Maharashtra well as urban populations. coastal Konkan region), while and Palghar, where it won as and BJP Girish Deshmukh mum number of local bodies Census to find out the At this point, Patole sug- Assembly and Council, the “The people from various the BJP managed to come to many as 165 seats out of total share credit for the poll per- — including ZPs, Panchayat population of OBCs across the gested that the caste-based Governor said that in an effort walks of life will be benefitted,” power in Dhule ZP in north 276 seats, as against 67 seats formances in Nandurbar and Samitis and municipal bodies country. Census issue be taken at tohe said. Maharashtra. won by the BJP. However, in Dhule districts of north — across the State Moving the resolution, Wednesday’s one-day special encourage the farmers who Alluding to safety of were repaying their crop loans women, the Governor said on time, the State Government that his Government was would announce new committed to implement var- 7 # # ' measures shortly. ious security The Governor’s statement measuresfor the protection of came less than a month after women. Chief Minister Uddhav “Prompt and stern action +" %/8. Thackeray announced an will betaken in respect of unconditional waiver of loans offences against women, and up to 2 lakh each for appropriate amendments will Mumbai: A day after the meeting Congress-NCP. Sena (MNS), founded by Raj farmers. be made in the laws for that between BJP leader Devendra It was a courtesy meeting Thackeray in 2006, fared poorly in the As per the “Mahatma purpose,” he said. Fadnavis and MNS chief Raj between the two leaders... there was October assembly polls winning just Jyotirao Phule Farmer Loan Paying homage to the Thackeray fuelled speculation of a tie- nothing political, but anything can one seat. Waiver Scheme” announced martyrs of the ‘Sanyukta (unit- up in Maharashtra, a senior BJP happen in the future. Raj Thackeray is expected to by the CM, farmers whose ed) Maharashtra’ movement, leader on Wednesday said “anything “Nobody had predicted that the hold a public rally on January 23, loan is up to Rs two lakh taken the governor underlined that can happen in the future”. Shiv Sena would go with the where he might announce a ‘key’ between April 1, 2015, and the year 2020 marks 60 years Fadnavis, a former Maharashtra Congress-NCP. People would term decision, an MNS official had said on March 31, 2019,and which of formation of Maharashtra Chief Minister, and Raj Thackeray someone talking on these lines as Tuesday. It is being widely speculat- has not been State. “During the last 60 met in Prabhadevi here on Tuesday. crazy, but it happened, said the for- ed that Raj Thackeray, estranged repaid till September 30, years, Maharashtra made a The meeting lasted for nearly two mer State BJP president cousin of Chief Minister Uddhav 2019, will be eligible for the remarkable progress in the hours, sources had said. who was a member of the Fadnavis Thackeray, may announce a shift to waiver. fields of agriculture, industry, Asked about the Fadnavis-Raj cabinet. The Shiv Sena, a long-time the right amid changed political sce- Koshyari said the loan information technology, arts, Thackeray meet, which took place in ally of the BJP, walked out of the saf- nario in the state. waiver scheme covered the sports, music, education and the backdrop of political realignment fron alliance in November last year Raj Thackeray had become a outstanding crop loan amount other fields of life. The in the state, Maharashtra and joined hands with the Congress- trenchant critic of the BJP prior to the upto two lakh, which Government will organise var- BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar did NCP combine to form the Maha 2019 Lok Sabha polls and had held includes the principal ious programmes to celebrate not provide any details, but pointed Vikas Aghadi government in the several rallies in the State where he amountand the interest, as on these achievements,” the * 7 7 F % G 7 # out that nobody had expected that the State. criticised the Modi Government on September 30, 2019. Governor said. * % Shiv Sena will join hands with the The Maharashtra Navnirman a range of issues. PTI $ R """" $$ *7# *7 & ' %, 94R" (CC($ ! ' 3-+ -- ; Chennai: The ruling Srinagar: National Conference MP AIADMK and principal .O;.5 Mohammad Akbar Lone on Wednesday said Opposition DMK on Bengaluru: Amid speculation that he will be his party will not contest any election till the Wednesday accused each other Jammu : Claiming a “deep- considered for Rajya Sabha from Karnataka, vet- special status and statehood of Jammu & over the National Eligibility rooted conspiracy” was behind eran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Kashmir is restored. Cum Entrance Test (NEET) in the ongoing stir against the Tuesday said it will depend on what the Congress “The National Conference will not take the Assembly and the amended Citizenship Act, the high command decides and he was a disciplined part in any election till the pre-August 5 posi- Government said it has filed a Jammu & Kashmir BJP alleged soldier of the party. tion of Jammu & Kashmir is restored,” Lone fresh plea in the Supreme on Wednesday that the main “..Is it in my hands? It is in Congress party high told reporters after a party meeting here. Court challenging the exami- Tamil Nadu from the test, he reason behind the protests is to command’s hand. It will depend on what high Lone said he was hopeful of a favourable nation. added. create a “civic unrest” in the command decides,” Kharge said in response to a verdict on the petition As soon as the question The Minister said the gov- country. question. regarding the restoration of the special hour ended, Leader of ernment was taking legal steps Addressing a public meet- Speaking to reporters here, he said “I have status in the Supreme Court. Opposition M K Stalin said and also handles the matter ing in R S Pura here, BJP state never asked for anything. I have been working as Asked about the new political front led NEET went against the tenets of politically to oppose the test. general secretary the disciplined soldier of the party.” by former PDP leader Syed Altaf Bukhari, social justice and the interests of Asserting that the govern- (Organisation) Ashok Kaul Four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka rep- Lone said “such elements were used by rural students and accused the ment continued to be firm in its asked prominent civil society resented by Rajeev Gowda and BK Hariprasad of Government of India from time to time since ruling dispensation of “huge policy of opposition to NEET, he members in the state to create the Congress, Prabhakar Kore of the BJP and D 1953 to undermine people’s aspirations”. betrayal” on the issue. said, “Now a petition has been awareness about the Act and Kupendra Reddy of the JD(S) will fall vacant in “Many of those who are part of this front were He sought to know about filed in the Supreme Court help Prime Minister June. the same people who brought down the the state filing a plea against the challenging section 10 (d) of the Narendra Modi in his endeav- Kharge, who was popularly known as “solil- Farooq Abdullah Government (in 1984) and test in the Apex Court just two Indian Medical Council Act. ours to strengthen the lada Saradara,” (a leader without defeat), faced his formed a new Government. Everyone knows days before the last date (6 Jan, The main petition in the matter nation. first electoral loss in his political life spanning how long that Government lasted. They will 2020) to apply for NEET ended. was still pending in the top “The series of protests is several decades, against BJP’s Umesh Jadhav in be used and thrown away,” the Lok Sabha Health Minister C court.” not an ordinary protest. There Gulbarga by 95,452 votes during the 2019 Lok member from Baramulla said. Vijayabaskar retorted saying if at The NEET was behind con- is actually a sinister effort to Sabha polls. He said the BJP might be able to take their all it was a betrayal, the seeds for ducted under section 10 (d) and burn the nation in the name of A nine-time MLA and two-term Lok Sabha agenda to people of Kashmir, the leaders who it were sowed by the DMK when this section was inserted through CAA. There is a deep-rooted member, Kharge had served as Congress’ floor are part of the new front did not have any pub- it was part of the Congress-led an amendment to the IMC Act. conspiracy behind these leader in the previous Lok Sabha. lic standing. “They will be rejected by peo- Centre. Tamil Nadu filed the fresh plea protests, one by one, employ- Also, there are reports about JD(S) looking ple,” he added. In response to a question, On 27 December 2010, the after the top court said during ing various strategies to keep at sending its patriarch and former Prime Lone said the hype around the domicile law notification for the test was the case hearing last month fuelling the fire and the ulti- Minister H D Deve Gowda to the Uppper House. for Jammu and Kashmir was of no value. issued by the Union govern- that the State had the freedom mate link can be traced back to The regional party will need Congress sup- “We will not even spit on such a law. Our ment, he said. Only after the to challenge this provision, the the power hunger of the port for this. Gowda was defeated in Tumkur con- agenda remains the same as that of (NC notification, the national test Minister pointed out. He also Congress, the Communists and stituency by hisBJPrival G S Basavaraj by over founder) Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah,” he took shape and the opposition wanted the opposition to spec- their allies,” he said. 13,000 votes. said. When asked why the NC members did to it also had to be fought in the ify if this move of the govern- Meanwhile, the BJP’s As the joint candidate of the then ruling not resign from the Lok Sabha, Lone shot Madras High Court and later it ment was “right or not.” DMK women wing took out a rally in Congress-JDS coalition, Gowda had chosen to back, “What are we going to achieve by that? went as far as the Supreme deputy leader Duraimurugan support of CAA from Gole contest from Tumkur at the last minute, after Will they (government) release our leaders? Court, he noted. countered asking what the gov- Market near Swarn Theatre to vacating Hassan-his home turf, to grandson Will they grant us what we have been Also, bills were passed by ernment intended to achieve by Satwari Chowk in the Prajwal Revanna (a current MP). PTI demanding?” PTI the Assembly seeking to exempt filing the fresh plea. PTI city. PTI . ! #.(4

Jammu: Students under the to register our protest against banner of the All India the vandalism unleashed on the Students’ Federation (AISF) students and faculty members on Wednesday staged a in the JNU by the peaceful demonstration here Government-supported against the recent attack on the goons,” Jammu & Kashmir students and professors at the AISF president S Kotwal told Jawaharlal Nehru University reporters. (JNU) in New Delhi. The protesters assembled at The protesters, who were the Exhibition Ground and also joined by some senior cit- later dispersed off peacefully. izens, were carrying placards G M Sheikh, one of the that read ‘Danda Mat Chalao- senior citizens present at the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (Don’t protest, said people were con- use batons, save and educate cerned over the safety of their the daughter)’, ‘J&K in solidar- wards in the aftermath of the ity with JNU’ and ‘Remove attack. “We are standing with JNU Vice Chancellor’. the JNU students,” the Kashmir “We have assembled here resident said. PTI "#$% '"()*$+ $$(+ ,-.-. " @

) +R / L! MFP " ( N O8, % 4-1 , anything much from the % (/&/ 1 said. “They are spreading on 1 Government either before or JSW Steel Chairman Sajjan international platforms that ormer Union Finance after,” he said. ndian steel industry on Jindal said the move will go a using coal is damaging the FMinister Yashwant Sinha Sinha further said earlier % (/&/ 1 lion tonne of palm oil in a year, IWednesday welcomed the long way in reducing the coal environment, which is incor- on Wednesday questioned esti- budgets were worked out in the while Indonesia produces 43 Government’s decision to pro- imports. rect. Like we do at our Angul mation that the economy will finance ministry and noted it he Government on million tonne, the trade data mulgate an ordinance to open “Huge reform announced plant which is India’s first and grow at 5 per cent in 2019-20, ! O was “unprecedented” for the TWednesday imposed showed. up coal mining in the country by the Government on com- largest syngas-based DRI plant saying the figure is “imaginary” 0,) ! # prime minister to hold pre- restrictions on imports of The move comes in the to non-coal companies. mercial mining in coal. This and coal gasification plant and raised doubt about the budget consultations. refined palm oil, a move which backdrop of remarks by In a statement, apex steel will go a long way in reducing (CGP) for steel-making,” he Modi Government’s capability K “But where it (the budget) could discourage the inbound Malaysia on the new citizen- industry body Indian Steel the coal imports which is over said. of tackling economic issues. < , is being made today I don’t shipment of the commodity ship law and Kashmir issue. Association (ISA) said it hails USD 15 billion/year,” he said. Coal can be converted into Talking to reporters, Sinha know. But they have the from Malaysia. On December 20 last year, the decision of the Cabinet to In today’s time when the oil syngas which can be used for also demurred Prime Minister mouthpiece who will read out According to a notification Malaysian Prime Minister amend MMDR Act 1957 and prices are very uncertain, Jindal producing petrol, diesel and Narendra Modi holding “pre- mists are suggesting that India the budget in the Lok Sabha,” of the Directorate General of Mahathir bin Mohamad had Coal Mines (Special said, the decision was path other petroleum products, budget consultation”, saying it is experiencing negative growth he said. Foreign Trade (DGFT), reportedly said, “I am sorry to Provisions) Act 2015. breaking in making India self- which can reduce dependence is “unprecedented” and asked if the factors caused by demon- Former Maharashtra Chief “import policy” is amended see that India, which claims to “This is a huge reform reliant. Continuity of all forest on crude oil imports, he added. what the latter’s Finance etisation and GST are to be Minister and Congress leader from “free to restricted” for be a secular state, is now tak- announced by the Government and environment clearances The Government on Minister is doing. kept in mind. Prithviraj Chavan, who accom- refined bleached deodorised ing action to deprive some on commercial mining in Coal. for iron-ore mines for a peri- Wednesday approved an India’s GDP growth is seen The economic situation is panied Sinha, said the plung- palm oil and refined bleached Muslims of their citizenship”. This change in Act will help the od of two years is another great Ordinance to amend a law in dipping to an 11-year low of 5 “too bad”, he added. “You ing economic numbers are a deodorised palmolein. “If we do that here, you country to reduce its depen- reform, he added. order to ease rules for auc- per cent in the current fiscal, (reporter) talked about budget. “matter of grave concern”. Putting the commodity in know what will happen. There dence on coal imports and “This was a long pending tioning of coal mines and mainly due to poor showing by The budget has lost all its He said former Chief restricted category means an will be chaos, there will be help attract investments from reform which will make the opening it for non-coal com- manufacturing and construc- meaning. The budget has lost Economic Adviser Arvind importer will require licence or instability and everyone will Indian and Global corporates,” Indian Steel industry more panies. The decision taken tion sectors, Government data its sanctity which was there at Subramanian had last year permission for the inbound suffer,” he had said. it said. aggressive and competitive on by the Cabinet, chaired by showed on Tuesday. some point of time,” he said talked about GDP growth rates shipment. Earlier, Mahathir had said The amendment, ISA said, a global level,” he said. Prime Minister Narendra “Even this 5 per cent while replying to a query.”I have being inflated by 2.5 per cent. India, the world’s largest in the UN General Assembly will remove the end-user JSPL Chairman VR Modi, will also do away with growth is imaginary. Because grave doubts about the capa- “That is condition and it is importer of vegetable oils, buys that India had “invaded and restrictions besides allowing Sharma termed the decision as end-use restrictions of the min- this does not include what has bility of this Government to not 5 per cent, it is 2.5 per cent,” nearly 15 million tonne annu- occupied” Kashmir. seamless transfer of environ- a ‘game changer’ for the indus- ing blocks, Coal Minister happened, the damage which tackle economic issues,” the for- he said about the estimates. ally. Of this, palm oil compris- Further according to ment and forest clearance in try. Pralhad Joshi said. “ T h e was caused as a result of mer BJP leader added. Chavan accused the Modi es 9 million tonne and the rest industry source, the govern- operational mines. India has reserves for Cabinet has approved promul- demonetisation and GST on Sinha said there is no government of not consulting 6 million tonne soybean and ment has advised importers not The step taken today was a another 300 years and the time gation of Mineral Laws the MSME and the informal magic wand to correct the experts during crisis situation sunflower oil. to buy palm oil from Malaysia. long pending reform which will is ripe to use it. If it is not (Amendment) Ordinance sector,” Sinha told reporters course of economy and added and said the issues of CAA and Indonesia and Malaysia “We import 30 per cent of make the domestic steel indus- utilised now, it wont be able to 2020,” the minister said, here. there is a need for sustained NRC are being raised to dis- are the two countries which the palm oils from Malaysia, try more competitive on a utilised in future as developed addressing media after the The former Union Finance effort to put things on track. tract people’s attention from supply palm oil. while 70 per cent from global level, the association countries are against coal usage. Cabinet meeting. Minister said several econo- “But frankly, I don’t expect economic woes. Malaysia produces 19 mil- Indonesia. %&' ( $ & ! ' . ' ) *) +,+- ! 81 ! ! % (/&/ 1 bearing on competition. mediary platforms following (/&/ 1 under the aegis of the Ministry While highlighting com- marketplace model with no ,4 of Housing and Urban Affairs, eep discounting on goods petition issues, CCI said that control over the inventory sold ven as Finance Minister has urged the Finance Minister Dand services offered by the price points at which sell- through them”. % (/&/ 1 ENirmala Sitharaman pre- to demand more measures to (/&/ 1 large online retailers has ers sell the products on the Discounts are purported- pares to present the Union ease the liquidity situation in emerged as a major area of con- marketplace platforms are in ly funded by platforms for eliance Jio on Wednesday Budget for the fiscal 2020-21 the long-subdued real estate ivil aviation regulator cern in a study conducted by many instances lower than the consumer on-boarding. It is Rlaunched voice and video next month, the National Real segment, including the one- CDirectorate General of CCI, particularly in case of cost price for the brick and causing the service providers, calling over Wi-Fi service that Estate Development Council time roll-over of loans given to Civil Aviation has asked Indian mobile phones, and the fair mortar retailers. i.E. Hotels and restaurants to will allow customers to switch (NAREDCO) on Wednesday developers. airlines to remain vigilant and trade regulator will probe all These retailers main- lose control over the price of seamlessly from LTE to Wi-Fi- sought initiatives to incentivise “The industry has been take all precautionary mea- cases of possible abuse of mar- tain that they either have to their products sold/distributed based calling when they are at rental housing in the country. rent. demanding restructuring of sures when flying over Iranian ket dominance. match the online discounts at through online platforms, home or office. NAREDCO in a statement “This is an extremely ‘sub- loans or one time roll-over in and Iraqi airspace. Releasing the findings of a significant loss or the online which also affects price and The company said Jio Wi- said that rental housing will jective’ criteria, which will case of the stressed assets at the The development comes the study and its own obser- market would be foreclosed for sales through other channels. Fi calling - which works on the play a vital role in achieving the obviously be open for misuse,” options of banks. In such cases, after US-Iran geopolitical ten- vations, the the Competition them. Discounting is a com- largest ecosystem of handsets - target of ‘Housing for All’ by the NAREDCO statement said. the borrower will retain the sions in the region escalated on Commission of India (CCI) This was pointed out to be mon business strategy but will also allow users to make 2022, and recommended grant “This provision is very asset classification of the Wednesday. said marketplace platforms a particularly pressing con- where the design of the dis- video calls over Wi-Fi. The ser- of tax incentives to boost the harsh and is creating genuine restructured standard accounts “A meeting was held with need to adopt self-regulatory cern in the case of mobile counting schemes is misaligned vice would be available for segment. hardship to real estate devel- as standard and the same will all concerned airlines which measures to address all areas of phones, where online markets with the rational business prac- free. Speaking to the media opers, who are already under not be treated as NPA,” it said. operate flights over these air- concern flagged in the study constitute around 40 per cent tices of the service providers, The announcement comes here, NAREDCO President pressure in the ongoing slug- It also said that interest spaces,” a senior DGCA official and also bring out clear and of the total sales in the coun- the use of such discounts as a less than a month after rival Niranjan Hiranandani referred gish market,” it said. rates on home loans should be told IANS. transparent policies on dis- try. competitive strategy comes Airtel launched a similar ser- to the concept of “notional “The real estate industry is below 7 per cent per annum “We have sensitised them counts. Making observation about into question. vice in Delhi-NCR. income” from housing proper- already struggling with large and suggested that the stamp to remain vigilant and take all The study, Market Study the goods category, the regula- CCI, with a view to reduce Jio said it has been “testing ty held as stock-in-trade, which unsold inventories. Taxing duty rates should be reduced by precautions.” on E-Commerce in India, was tor said the issue raised by the information asymmetry and this service over past few months attracts tax on unsold proper- notional rent, after one year 50 per cent for all the real estate At present only Air India initiated by the regulator in sellers relates to online dis- promote competition on the to provide a robust experience ty after a certain time period from the end of the financial transactions entered and agree- uses the Iran-Iraq airspace for April 2019 with a view to bet- counts on major goods plat- merits, has urged e-commerce to every customer at launch”. under Section 23(5) of the year in which completion cer- ments registered on or before operations to Europe and other ter understand the functioning forms purportedly pushing the platforms to put in place cer- Customers can use any Wi-Fi Income Tax Act. tificate is received from com- March 31, 2020. destinations. Currently, no of e-commerce in India and its prices below cost and impair- tain transparency measures. network for Jio Wi-Fi-calling. Section 23(5) of the IT Act petent authority, will lead to The organisation also Indian airline flies directly to implications for markets and ing the offline small retailers’ It urged the platforms to voice and video calls will seam- provides that in respect of severe financial implications for sought a relaxation in the def- Iran, however, Air India flies to competition. ability to compete in certain bring out clear and transparent lessly switch over between unsold property, held as stock- the developer/industry.” inition of affordable housing. Najaf in Iraq. The study released on product categories. policies on discounts, including VoLTE and Wi-Fi to provide an in-trade and not let out, the The realtors’ body also According to NAREDCO, the On its part, Air India Wednesday found that issues “The platforms denied the basis of discount rates enhanced voice/video-calling annual value of the property for suggested to the government 45 lakh price cap for the clas- decided to reroute flights over like lack of platform neutrali- any involvement in pricing,” funded by platforms for dif- experience, it added. the period up to two years from that no rent should be taxed for sification of a property as Iran. ty, unfair platform-to-business CCI said. It further added that ferent products and suppliers “At this juncture, when an the end of the financial year in the period up to five years from affordable housing should be “In light of the tensions contract terms, exclusive con- “unfair pricing contravenes the and the implications of partic- average Jio consumer uses over which completion certificate is the end of the financial year in done away with as it keeps most within the Iranian airspace a tracts between online market- competition law under Section ipation and non-participation 900 minutes of voice calls every received from competent which the certificate of com- of the projects in the National decision to temporarily reroute place platforms and sellers/ser- 4(2) of the Act when indulged in discount schemes. month, and at a growing base authority, will be taken as nil. pletion of construction of the Capital Region (NCR) and the flights of Air India and Air vice providers, platform price in by a dominant enterprise.” Besides, it said the busi- of consumers, the launch of Jio Thereafter, it will be assessable property is obtained from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region India Express over flying Iran parity restrictions and deep dis- Regarding services cate- ness users should be notified Wi-Fi Calling will further as income from house proper- competent authority. (MMR) out of the ambit of has been taken,” a spokesper- counts among others may gory, it said, “...Discounts are about any proposed changes in enhance every Jio consumer’s ty on the basis of its notional The self-regulatory body, “affordable housing”. son for the airline said. directly or indirectly have a offered by even the pure inter- terms and conditions. voice-calling experience. - +!-)

% ;31 International Convention The CM will declare the- Silver Line is a project of Centre will feature nine ses- meet at session to be presided K-Rail, a joint venture of Kerala erala is set to explore the sions including six panel dis- over by Industries Minister E P Government and the Ministry Kprospects of a quantum cussions, organisers said. Jayarajan and the inaugural of Railways. It has been cleared jump in its economy as the The 100-odd projects, rat- day will see two panel discus- by the state Cabinet and also State Government is hosting ified by KPMG as viable based sions led by top industrialists. received in-principle approval from Thursday a two-day glob- on a study by the professional Kerala Rail Development of the Ministry of railways al investors meet that will pre- services MNC, covers sectors Corporation Ltd (KRDCL) will which enables pre- investment sent 100 plus big-ticket projects such as petrochemicals, agro & showcase the Semi High Speed activities. Organisers of the with feasibility. food-processing, defence, life Rail (SHSR) corridor project investors meet said there are Chief Minister Pinarayi sciences, aeropolis, tourism & before captains of industry and investment opportunities in Vijayan will inaugurate the hospitality, ports and harbour, policy makers on the opening Transit Orient developments, ASCEND 2020 Global fisheries, infrastructure, mobil- day of the meet. Billed as a Engineering-Procurement- Investors Meet in this industrial ity development, logistics and game-changer in Keralas infra- Construction contracts worth city, where 2,000 delegates will electronic hardware. Of the structure and economic devel- 38,000 crore for civil, electri- converge with the aim of lend- projects, 18 (each with invest- opment, the 66405-crore cal system works and supply ing pace to the Ease of Doing ment of above 100 crore) Thiruvanathapuram- and operation ofrail coaches Business in the state. have been classified as mega. Kasaragod rail corridor, named among others. Opportunity Organised by the states The other categories, in the as Silver Line, will be one of the also exist for any investor to Department of Industries, descending order, are large, major projects to be showcased directly invest in the project ASCEND 2020 at Lulu Bolgatty medium and small. at the two-day meet. SPV, they said. "#$% '"()*$+ $$(+ ,-.-. @@ Q 1 7 , Tehran: Iran's President * 5. -"'. .7 Hassan Rouhani said the - Islamic republic's response on Q R Wednesday to a US strike that -- -1 killed one of its generals shows " "we don't retreat in the face of Kuwait City: Kuwait on said it had been hacked and America". Wednesday denied reports that noted that the report was not "If America has committed Baghdad: Iraq's President Baghdad: Iraq's Prime Iraqi military commanders to the United States had decided to published on its general wire. a crime... It should know that Barham Saleh on Wednesday Minister's office said on take the necessary precautions," withdraw its troops from the The United States said on it will receive a decisive Iranian officials since the assas- condemned Iran's missile Wednesday it had received "an it said, adding that no Iraqi Gulf state, saying the Twitter Friday that it was deploying up response," Rouhani said in a sination that Soleimani's death strikes on Iraqi bases where US official verbal message" from forces had been hurt in the account of its official news to 3,500 more troops to the televised address. "If they are will see US forces leave the and other foreign troops are Iran informing it that a missile attack. agency had been hacked. Middle East with reprisals wise, they won't take any other region. based, saying he feared "dan- attack on US forces stationed on "Iraq rejects any violation of The state-run Kuwait News expected after an American action at this juncture." "They cut off the hand of gerous developments" in the Iraqi soil was imminent. its sovereignty and attacks on its Agency tweeted that the Kuwaiti drone killed top Iranian gener- The remarks came hours our dear Soleimani. The region. Iran launched 22 missiles at territory," the premier's office defence minister had been al Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad. after Iran fired a wave of mis- revenge for him is to cut off "We denounce the Iranian Iraqi bases housing US and added, without specifically con- informed by the commander of The Kuwait incident comes siles at Iraqi bases housing US America's feet from this missile bombing that hit mili- other coalition troops early demning the missile strikes. US forces in the emirate of after a US letter apparently troops in retaliation for the region," Rouhani said. tary installations on Iraqi ter- Wednesday in response to the Qasem Soleimani had begun or It said Abdel Mahdi was in their intention to withdraw signalling a pullout of forces assassination of Qasem "If America's feet is cut off ritory and renew our rejection killing of senior Revolution would begin shortly, and that talks with domestic and foreign from the Arifjan base within from Iraq caused alarm, before Soleimani. from this region, and its hand of the repeated violation of state Guards commander Qasem the strike would be limited to partners to prevent an "open three days. the White House and the But Rouhani said it would of aggression is cut off for good, sovereignty and the transfor- Soleimani in a US drone strike where the US military was war." Secretary of State Mike The news, published in both Pentagon said there were no not be enough if Iran's armed this is the real and final mation of Iraq into a battlefield in Baghdad last week. located in Iraq without specify- Pompeo earlier said he had Arabic and English, was delet- such plans and that the letter forces hit back for any other response of the nations of the for warring sides," his office In its first statement hours ing the locations," it said. spoken to Masrour Barzani, ed within minutes. was merely a draft. Kuwait's action taken by the United region to America," he added. said in a statement. later, premier Adel Abdel The prime minister's office the prime minister of the "The (Twitter) account of Arifjan Base, which lies 70 States. "In my view, America Soleimani, the head of the Iran launched the missiles Mahdi's office said it had been said it was simultaneously con- autonomous Kurdish region in Kuwait News Agency was kilometres south of the capital, must receive the main response Revolutionary Guards' foreign early Wednesday in response to warned. tacted by the US, as the missiles northern Iraq. hacked... The report about the is the main US base in Kuwait. from the nations of the region," operations arm, the Quds the killing of senior Revolution "We received an official slammed into the Ain al-Asad But it remained unclear if intention of the US troops to pull It houses several thousand US he said. Force, was killed last week in a Guards commander Qasem verbal message from the Islamic base in western Iraq and Harir there was any contact between out is untrue," Government troops and serves as a military The president was repeat- US drone strike near Baghdad Soleimani in a US drone strike Republic of Iran that the Iranian further north. Pompeo or any other top US spokesman Tareq al-Mazrem transit point to Iraq and ing a common refrain among international airport. AFP in Iraq last week. AFP response to the assassination of "We immediately warned official and Abdel Mahdi. AFP said in a statement. KUNA also Afghanistan. AFP & $ " "Q! # ; Q & ! # "') Beijing: China on Wednesday urged restraint from all sides Washington: US President (Bolton) would know nothing pared to testify. after Iran launched missiles at Donald Trump claimed John about what we're talking about Trump said, “That's going Iraqi bases housing US and Bolton would "know nothing" because the Ukraine president to be up to the lawyers. It'll be British troops, saying Beijing Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Soleimani, as "terrorist in Paris: Western powers on should not repeat these reckless about the Senate impeachment has said no pressure whatso- up to the Senate, and we'll see would play a "responsible role" Minister Benjamin Netanayhu chief", the Israeli Prime Wednesday condemned Iran's and dangerous attacks but should trial, a day after the former ever," Trump told reporters in how they feel.” in helping to defuse tensions on Wednesday warned arch- Minister congratulated US missile attack on Iraqi bases instead pursue urgent de-esca- national security advisor said response to a question. “He (Bolton) would know Iran fired more than a dozen enemy Iran that his country President Donald Trump for housing US and other foreign lation." Earlier, Foreign Secretary he was ready to testify. He addressing reporters at nothing about what we're talk- ballistic missiles overnight at would inflict a "crushing blow" eliminating him by "acting troops, urging an end to the esca- Dominic Raab warned that Trump has become the the Oval Office during a joint ing about, because as you know Iraqi bases housing coalition on Tehran if it is attacked fol- swiftly, boldly and resolutely". lating crisis. another war in the Middle East third president in US history to media appearance with visiting the Ukrainian government forces, the first act of the Islamic lowing the US killing a top "Qassem Soleimani was Iran fired more than a dozen would only benefit the Islamic be impeached as the House of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos came out with a very strong republic's promised revenge for Iranian general. responsible for the death of ballistic missiles in the early State group "and other terrorist Representatives formally Mitsotakis. statement no pressure no any- the US killing of top general Netanyahu's statement countless innocent people. He hours of Wednesday, officials in groups". charged him with abuse of “Will you be OK if John thing and this from the boss," Qasem Soleimani last week. came as Iran launched over a destabilised many countries. Washington and Tehran said. The European Union's for- power and obstructing the Bolton testifies?” Trump was he said. "It is not in the interest of dozen ballistic missiles target- For decades, he sowed fear and Iran said it was responding eign policy chief Josep Borrell Congress, setting up a Senate asked. "That's from the president any party that the situation in the ing at least two bases in Iraq misery and anguish. And he to the US killing of top Iranian said the attack was yet another trial that will decide whether he On Monday, Bolton had of Ukraine. The foreign min- Middle East worsens further," where the US military and was planning much worse," general Qasem Soleimani last example of "escalation and remains in office after three said that he had concluded that, ister came out with a statement foreign ministry spokesman coalition forces' are stationed, Netanyahu said. week, warning it would hit back increased confrontation". tumultuous years. if the Senate issues a subpoena that was equally as strong," Geng Shuang said at a regular in revenge for the killing of the "President Trump should even harder if Washington "It is in no-one's interest to "It'll be up to the Senate. He for his testimony, he was pre- Trump said. PTI press briefing. "We call on the commander of Iran's powerful be congratulated for acting responded. "All is well!" US turn up the spiral of violence parties concerned to exercise Revolutionary Guards, General swiftly, boldly and resolutely President Donald Trump's tweet- even further," he added, warning restraint," he said. Qasem Soleimani, in a US against this terrorist-in-chief, ed. "Assessment of casualties & that the crisis was hampering the 89/: . 5 Geng said China would drone strike on Friday, which who was the architect and dri- damages taking place now. So far, fight against Islamic State. "play a responsible role in pro- was ordered by President ver of Iran's campaign of car- so good!" He would be making EU Foreign Ministers will 6 # 1 moting a de-escalation of the sit- Donald Trump. nage and terror throughout the a statement on Wednesday hold emergency talks on the Iran /9< uation as soon as possible". "We're standing steadfast Middle East and throughout morning, he added. - 'Refrain crisis Friday to discuss what the ! China, a permanent mem- against those who seek to kill the world," he added. from further violence'. bloc can do to reduce tensions. ; ber of the UN Security Council, us. We're standing with deter- The Israeli leader also NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg French Foreign Minister Melbourne: About 10,000 is a key partner of Iran and a mination and with stressed that the region is split said: "I condemn the Iranian Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a : camels are at risk of being major buyer of the country's oil. force.Whoever tries to attack us between radical Islamists and missile attacks on US and coali- statement: "The priority is more % 5-%1, shot and killed in a "China has always advocat- will suffer a crushing blow in the moderate forces with the tion forces in Iraq. NATO calls than ever for a de-escalation. Jakarta: Indonesia has drought-ravaged region of ed that all parties concerned return," Netanyahu said at a "State of Israel is the anchor of on Iran to refrain from further "France remains deter- deployed fighter jets and war- 019 was the second hottest Australia, after complaints that should properly resolve their conference in Jerusalem's The stability in these stormy waters”. violence." A NATO official said mined to work to ease tensions ships to patrol islands near the 2year on record and ended the thirsty animals are endan- conflicts through dialogue, Begin Heritage Center. "Many leaders in the Middle none of its troops in Iraq had and is in contact with all the disputed South China Sea, the hottest decade in history, gering local indigenous people negotiation and other peaceful Describing the assassinat- East agree with what I am say- been hurt in the strikes. UK’s PM parties to encourage restraint the military said Wednesday, the European Union's climate as they desperately search for means," Geng said. AFP ed Iranian commander, ing," he emphasised. AFP Johnson told parliament: "Iran and responsibility." AFP escalating tensions with monitoring service said water. Beijing after a diplomatic spat Wednesday. The slaughter will take over "trespassing" Chinese Data released by place in the area of Anangu vessels. the Copernicus Climate Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara President Joko Widodo Change Service (C3S) showed (APY) - a sparsely-populated also headed Wednesday to that worldwide temperatures part of South Australia which the fishing-rich waters around last year were second only to is home to a number of indige- the Natuna islands, which 2016, in which temperatures nous groups. border the South China Sea, were boosted 0.12 degrees The cull will see be carried most of which is claimed by Celsius by an exceptionally out by professional shooters in China despite competing strong El Nino natural weath- helicopters with Seven News claims from other Southeast er event. reporting that 10,000 camels Asian nations including The average temperature in are at risk. Vietnam, the Philippines and 2019 was only a few hun- "There is extreme pressure Malaysia. dredths of a degree below the on remote Aboirignal com- The Indonesian military 2016 level. munities in the APY lands said it had deployed eight war- The five last years have and their pastoral [livestock] ships and four jet fighters ahead been the hottest on record, and operations as the camels search of Widodo's visit in an appar- the period of 2010-2019 was for water," APY's general man- ent bid to assert its sovereign- the hottest decade since records ager Richard King said in a ty over the region. AFP began, C3S said. statement. AFP @ "#$% '"()*$+ $$(+ ,-.-. ". # %# 70 "

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And if that happens and I stay Argentina rounding out an initiative by tennis chiefs to She reached the fourth last orld number one Rafael Nadal healthy then the goal is to keep produc- the six group winners. donate Aus$100 for each ace year, upsetting defending champi- Winsisted Wednesday he isn't ing chances in the events that I'm going Belgium and Canada served during the Australian on Caroline Wozniacki in an epic focused on matching Roger Federer's to play." joined them as the two best- summer. third round win. AFP record Glam Slam haul at the Australian Nadal's immediate focus is leading placed runners-up. Open this month. Spain's title charge at the inaugural ATP All the quarter-finals are in The 33-year-old last year won the Cup. Sydney with Australia facing Britain French and US Open titles to move with- Unbeaten Spain qualified for the in the first encounter today, fol- ) ) 0 in one of his Swiss rival's record tally of knockout stages in Sydney after sweep- lowed by Argentina against Russia. 20. ing Japan in Group B in Perth with Nadal Novak Djokovic’s Serbia take % ,/(Q/( Federer has sat on top of the all-time yet to drop a set from his three match- on Canada tomorrow, while Spain list since 2009 when he passed Pete es. are pitted against Belgium. ( 6" 6 3 $% ormer world No 1 and two- Sampras' benchmark of 14 after winning The 19-time Grand Slam winner, Nadal saw off the brave chal- Ftime Grand Slam champion a five-set thriller over Andy Roddick at however, was pushed by in-form world lenge of Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 7 " ! form for Sydney and Melbourne Garbine Muguruza had a 6-1, 7- Wimbledon. number 72 Yoshihito Nishioka before 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, but the 19-time later,” said world number two 6 (2) win over American Shelby A Nadal triumph in Melbourne prevailing 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in two hours and Grand Slam winner made 36 Madison Keys beat Djokovic. Rogers to advance to the quarter- could set the stage for him to set a new seven minutes. unforced errors. Samantha Stosur 7-5, 6-3 on In other action, emerging finals of Shenzhen Open on landmark at Roland Garros, where he will Nadal made 36 unforced errors and “It was important the first set, Wednesday to be among three Polish young gun Hubert Hurkacz Wednesday. start hot favourite to add to his 12 French appeared weary at times in Spain's first and then in the second I had some Americans with second-round upset world number four Dominic Muguruza will play Zarina Open titles. day session tie in Perth's warm condi- tough moments but at the same wins at Brisbane International. Thiem for his third win over a top Diyas in the quarterfinals after ) *!!! $% But the Spaniard downplayed the tions. time I was able to manage well to “Sam obviously has a great 30 player at the tournament after the Kazakhstan player defeated potential historical implications after "It was the first experience with the have a break at the right moment, serve and a great forehand and beating Diego Schwartzman and Anna Blinkova 6-1, 6-7 (9), 6-4. Open, where she advanced to the steering Spain into the ATP Cup quar- heat here in Australia, so we played under so happy for the victory,” said she’s really tricky off of her slice,” Borna Coric. “My goal is to play as fourth round. ter-finals. heavy conditions and it was tough," he Nadal, who is yet to drop a set. Keys said. “So I’ve known that in Poland’s 2-1 win over Austria many matches as I can, so Fifth-seeded Ekaterina "I honestly don't think much (about said. "I played against a player who has He came on court after team- the past; I just felt like in the past ended Thiem’s team’s chances of I’m looking forward to Alexandrova extended Federer's record)," Nadal said. started the season on fire, so it was an mate and world number 10 Roberto I wasn’t doing a great job at han- topping their group, leaving Croatia my next match and to her winning streak to "My only goal is to keep playing good important victory for me and the team." Bautista Agut downed Go Soeda 6- dling my side of the court.” and Argentina to battle it out to keep advancing in the seven matches when she 2, 6-4 to secure the tie. In earlier American victories, secure an automatic quarter-final tournament,” Muguruza defeated 2014 finalist Peng Djokovic was also a winner, Alison Riske beat Barbora place. said. “I’ve never played Shuai 7-6 (7), 6-1 in 83 0"# continuing his unbeaten record at Strycova 6-3, 6-4 and Danielle Left-hander Guido Pella got (Diyas) so I’m looking for- minutes. the tournament as he warms up for Collins defeated Yulia Putintseva Argentina off to a strong start, ward to facing a new opponent.” She will now meet fourth- a crack at an eighth Australian 6-1, 6-0. defeating former world number Wednesday’s victory was the seeded Qiang Wang in the quar- Open crown. Australian world No 1 three Marin Cilic 7-6 (7/1) 6-3, first time Muguruza has had terfinals after the Chinese play- %8(%" The superstar eased past Chile’s Ashleigh Barty is just one win before a focused Schwartzman consecutive wins at a WTA tour- er beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6- Cristian Garin 6-3, 6-3 as Serbia from the doubles final. She com- crushed Coric 6-2, 6-2. nament since last year’s French 4, 0-6, 7-6 (5). % -(/,)/% paper over United's lack of depth up won their tie 2-1, with Dusan bined with Kiki Bertens to beat It was not all doom and gloom front after they opted not to replace Lajovic also clinching his singles second-seeded Nicole Melichar for Croatia, who still had the anchester United's demoralising Romelu Lukaku, who left for Inter match. and Yifan Xu 6-3, 6-2 in less than chance to sneak into the last eight blew the chance, allowing Canada expense of France and South Africa. Mdefeat against Manchester City in Milan in August. “I really am really happy with an hour on Wednesday. as one of the best runners-up. to go through instead. Some US$15 million in prize their League Cup semi-final laid bare United's midfield looks desperate- the challenges that I’ve had in the Barty will play American After losing their two singles, David Goffin’s Belgium, who money and up to 750 singles and their desperate need for reinforcements ly short of creativity in the absence of last six, seven days here, and hope- Jennifer Brady in the second they needed to win the doubles, but were not playing on Wednesday, 250 doubles ATP rankings points if they are to salvage anything from the injured Paul Pogba and with Jesse fully that can allow me to build my round in singles today. AFP Ivan Dodig and Nikola Mektic also crept into the knockouts at the are at stake. their stuttering season. Lingard struggling to find his best United conceded three first-half form. Scott McTominay is also current- goals in a match at Old Trafford for the ly sidelined with a knee injury, depriv- first time since May 1997 on Tuesday ing the side of steel. " . Q <)" in their chastening 3-1 first-leg loss And despite boosting their defence against Pep Guardiola's men. with the signings of Harry Maguire and 0" # & " Bernardo Silva's wonder strike, Aaron Wan-Bissaka in the summer +,-0 Riyad Mahrez's cool finish and an own transfer window at considerable cost, ( It will be the first Asian Games after 36 long % -(/,)/% goal from Andreas Pereira put City well United do not look like a cohesive unit occasion in the last two decades years. The 27-year-old Mane became the second on course for a third straight final at the back. when any rider from India will expressed that he enjoys pres- star from Senegal to be named ep Guardiola warned Manchester City of before Marcus Rashford gave the hosts Maguire's arrival has not had the feature in the Equestrian event sure situations and hardly cares African Player of the Year after PManchester United’s powers of recovery faint hope for the second leg on same galvanising impact that Virgil van at the upcoming Tokyo for such things. El Hadji Diouf, who was the after his side outclassed their city rivals 3-1 at January 29. Dijk's signing had at Liverpool, with Olympics as Fouaad Mirza, “Olympics is always a major continent’s best player in 2001 Old Trafford to put one foot in the League Cup The defeat was another stark United recording just three clean who had bagged a Silver in the tournament for any player irre- and 2002. final. reminder that United are light years sheets in the Premier League this sea- last Asian Games, will partici- spective of the sport he plays. He scored 34 goals and pro- The holders were rampant before the break behind the standards set by Premier son. Only Norwich and Tottenham pate in the showpiece event Undoubtedly, there will be pres- duced 12 assists in 61 appear- as Bernardo Silva’s wonder strike, Riyad League pacesetters Liverpool and have had fewer. later this year. Fouaad is happy sure but I feel it helps you get ances in 2019, according to Mahrez’s cool finish and an own goal from defending champions City. Solskjaer did not sound over-con- that he is the reason behind better and compels you to do CAF statistics. Andreas Pereira put City well on course for a Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer fident that the January transfer window India getting a ticket to the better beside keeping you Salah’s tally stood at 26 third straight final. said there would be no easy solutions would yield obvious solutions. Tokyo games in the discipline. focused. Pressure is something goals and 10 assists in 55 United’s captain for the evening Marcus as United attempt to claw their way "We are a young team and with the Fouaad’s participation had which motivates me and as matches while Mahrez account- Rashford restored some pride for the hosts to back to the top of English football. injuries we've had and illness it shows been confirmed in November soon as I wake up, it pushes me ed for 14 goals and 18 assists in reduce the deficit 20 minutes from time, but "I've said before it is not going to more and that's something we are look- 2019, however, it was officially to train hard. Whenever I feel 48 games last year. they face a huge task when the sides meet again be a quick fix and the two teams you ing at," he said. announced after the down, it helps me coming out The key Senegalese player for the semi-final, second leg on January 29. are talking about are probably two of "If there is something there for us International Equestrian of negativity and so I like such shared the 2018/19 Premier However, Guardiola remains the best teams in the world," he said. I've got the backing to do something Federation announced its rank- situations,” he expressed. " * :$4 League Golden Boot award wary after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s "That's the task we have ahead of but if it is not the right thing we won't ings on Tuesday. In the rank- Fouaad added that from with Salah and Arsenal’s Pierre- men recovered from losing 2-0 at us, it's something that we've started. do anything." ings, Fouaad emerged as the now on his preparations will be % -1%3 Emerick Aubameyang from home to Paris Saint-Germain in last You can see we are still a way off but Aston Villa midfielder Jack leading point scorer in the a bit different depending on the Gabon. season’s Champions League we've started something that needed Grealish and Leicester midfielder Asia-Oceania zone and eventu- quality at the event, specially the iverpool star Sadio Mane “I would love to thank all last 16 to progress. doing." James Maddison, as well as ally sealed a berth for India. horses he uses as in equestrian Lwas crowned on Tuesday as the Senegalese people. They “It’s a good result, but it The problem is that the shoots of Dortmund's Jadon Sancho, have all Speaking about his achieve- events it matters a lot. Africa’s 2019 Player of the Year have been for me all the time, is not over because it is recovery are hard to decipher, with seen their names linked with a move ment Fouaad said: “I’m happy “Yes, the preparations will for the first time at an awards they push me,” said Mane, United,” Guardiola told Sky United short of technical quality and to Old Trafford. to fetch a quota for my nation be different for it (Olympics) as gala in Egypt. extending sincere gratitude to Sports. fight against City. The problem is that January is a in this discipline and I am its standard is say two to three The 27-year old Senegalese people from his village Bambali. “Last season is a United have had some impressive notoriously difficult time to persuade ready to represent India there. levels higher than the Asian striker was up against his The award for the youth good example performances this season — including clubs to part with their best players. It is a matter of great pride for Games. It is quite difficult and Liverpool teammate Mohamed category was given to Morocco’s against PSG. a 2-1 victory at City in the league last Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers has me. Qualifying for the so the training with the horses Salah, the Egyptian who won Achraf Hakimi of Borussia Hopefully in front month, wins against Chelsea and Spurs said nobody he wants to keep will be Olympics is a part of an entire will also be different. Currently, the award the last two years, Dortmund. of our fans we can and a draw at home against Liverpool. leaving the King Power Stadium this process and so, many more we are doing the normal win- and Algerian Riyad Mahrez of The CAF Team of the Year make a good game But they have stumbled badly month. things are left to be accom- ter practises and trying to keep Manchester City. featured Salah, Mane and and reach the final.” against sides they would expect to beat, Alongside the constant speculation plished. Now, I have to partic- the horses fit and focusing to “I am really happy and at Aubameyang as well as Mahrez United have losing to Watford, Bournemouth, over Pogba's future, Solskjaer may have ipate in more qualification improve their base fitness. We the same time I am really and Ajax duo Andre Onana and shown their ability to Newcastle and West Ham, and face a another headache, with reports that events and we will try to make will train with new horses in the proud to win this award,” said Hakim Ziyech. win at the Etihad already tough battle to qualify for next season's veteran defender Ashley Young has sure that we reach Tokyo with middle of the season after Mane at the ceremony organ- Paris Saint-Germain mid- this season as they tore Champions League. opened talks over a move to Inter full preparation.” preparing the new schedule ised by the Confederation of fielder Idrissa Gueye was City apart on the Milan. Fouaad was under con- and will try to keep the horses African Football in the included alongside Senegal counter-attack to shock UNITED FLAWS "We can't weaken ourselves. We've stant pressure to bag an in their best possible condition Egyptian Red Sea city of team-mate Kalidou Koulibaly, the Premier League There are problems for Solskjaer to got to strengthen ourselves if any Olympic quota after clinching so that they can perform well," Hurghada. with Hakimi, Joel Matip and champions on home soil solve all over the pitch. movement is going to happen," a silver in the discipline at the he concluded. IANS “It's a big day for me.” Serge Aurier also selected. just a month ago. Rashford's recent form has helped Solskjaer said. * 2 * 2 +34+,-0 04+,+,

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rosthetic limbs for humans are com- Pmon. But have you heard the same for dogs? Well, a few grade X students of Shiv Nadar school have made inno- "- vative silicone-based prosthetic, ergonomically designed ones to comfortably fit the limbs of amputee dogs. , , ( , OP The components of the prosthesis are " P plastazote, silicon, medipop bandage '! ! and rubber. - ; # The innovation was done under # $)/- =1=- C!:%9:7' ' Colloquium, an exhibition, where students follow a six-month long process to identify a probable real-world issue, 7! strategise and then chart a tech-enabled ' solution for it. The students who made this project, Pawsitivity, are Arushi #$ Shah, Navya Aggarwal, Navya Jain, Shreeya Mittal, Sprihha Singh and % # Utpal Chauhan. They were spurred on by a news ; # report which said that around 1,000 0 & # # stray animals were injured in road # accidents in four months. It also said O9 " that the animals lead miserable lives as 1 ; they mostly lie at one place and strug- " ) L- 1 gle to walk. The stray dogs usually go " , " ! unnoticed and even if people notice "-) # them they do not have the means to help " them. In such a scenario, they realised ) *5 " # that, a free of cost prosthetic limbs % $) would help many dogs to live a normal # life. " " Ayushi Shah, a student of class 10 ) ", says, “When we were asked to identify "P " " P a societal problem and solve it, we ini- # tially started researching about prosthet- ics for human disabilities. But soon we dents visited Sophie Memorial Animal had to be decided and researched upon. believe that every member of our soci- realised that while there are many Relief Trust in Noida to understand the So spring motion was used as a replace- ety wants to come forward and help in solutions available for humans, there on ground challenges faced by the ment for the hop motion for the front every possible way. We just need to pro- aren’t many for animals. All our group dogs and the NGOs trying to help them. limbs since many dogs rely on the joint vide them with a simple and easy-to- members are dog lovers and we decid- “After studying, analysing and under- closer to paws for movement. The kind help mechanism. “We are currently $ ed that we would take this up as our standing the biology of front and hind of cladding and scaffolding needed working on 3D printing these legs by mission to make amputee dogs self limbs of seven to 10 different dogs we depended on the type of loss and other creating a model for it and using vari- reliant.” were able to define three categories: issues specific to each dog,” says she. ous cloning softwares. We are hopeful It demanded a lot of research on amputed paws, front limbs missing Through this, the students aim to that we will be able to turn this around # part of the students. Another student, and hind limbs missing. Based on this make every dog in India self reliant as into a simple three step process where Shreeya Mittal says that initially they we were able to design specific models this would meet their needs and restore people will be able to help dogs and studied many solutions that were tried that would help each of the target areas the ability to not just walk but run and other such animals using their phones $M previously such as wheelchair for dogs differently. The kind of materials, the lead a healthy normal life again. and our guidelines in the near future,” and a fixed leg tied to the limbs. The stu- shape and design of our model were the Both the girls said that they deeply they added. O+ ,0 " " " RIGHTS WARRIOR " , " 7 / 7 7<(=1* ""3 7 74 -&))7 ##" " , " " " ," " # " " ! # # "*0 "0 " e seems to be quite busy on that animation and enhancement ) "- his phone. Completely technology which bring out such " "*P Hengrossed. As I break the stories so beautifully. Period dra- silence and begin the conversation mas like Mughal-e-Azam, Lagaan L5 " by congratulating actor-producer were always being made. It is the Ajay Devgn for his latest and way of relating the story and 100th film, Tanhaji: The Unsung shooting has changed today. Even Warrior, he interrupts me, Tanhaji has been given such amaz- H “Actually, we never planned it to be ing special effects which haven’t # ! # my 100th. It just happened by been used in any other film chance. During the shoot, we before.” 8 P ?F' realised that it’s a century (laughs).” When working on a period Directed by Om Raut, the film film, one’s background research is set in the 17th century and is has to be on point. All the ' : based on the life of Tanhaji facts and figures need a 6 ! $ Malusare, the military leader of thorough check and Maratha ruler Chhatrapati accuracy in order to ) ! Shivaji Maharaj, who took answer questions lton John and Chris Hemsworth are among the part in the plan to recapture raised by experts. Ecelebrities donating big bucks for relief efforts as !I)01)6J$) Kondhana fort near Pune Ajay says that their wildfires engulf Australia. ! FA from the army of Mughals research began Hemsworth, the Australian actor who plays Thor ! @F headed by UdayBhan. approximately in the Marvel film franchise, took to social media on Ajay took up this role as “four years ago,” Monday to share that he will donate $1 million and 1 he was fascinated by where they not asked his millions of followers to show support as well. 6 ! @@$ Tanhaji. “He was not just a only dug out He added that “every penny counts.” ) warrior, he was a son, a information but So far, the wildfires have scorched an area twice the ! brother, a husband, a also spoke to size of the US state of Maryland. The blazes have killed Q - leader and a soldier who scholars and 25 people and destroyed 2,000 homes. The fires, fueled did for his land and his researchers to stand such different characters in by drought and the country’s hottest and driest year ! people what he felt was get their facts order to portray them better? Ajay on record, have been raging since September, months ! & right. He fought against right. “But yes, doesn’t follow method acting but earlier than is typical for Australia’s annual wildfire sea- = ;# $ the enemy in one of the there’s no per- his approach seems to be a little son. longest standing bat- sonal research similar to that. “I don’t try to John announced during his Farewell Yellow Brick tles, the battle of that I did for my ‘understand’ my character in any- Road concert in Sydney, Australia, that he will also Sinhagad,” he says while character beyond way. I just react to it in a way that donate $1 million. The singer said he wanted to bring %" elaborating on the rea- what we, collec- my character would have in that attention to the devastation that wildfires have caused, 5" sons why he felt it was tively, were particular situation. In this film, I saying it has reached a “biblical scale.” important to tell this doing,” adds he. did what Tanhaji would have done Hemsworth and John join a growing list of 0 H story to people. Ajay However, even during that time. I am not Ajay celebrities who have pledged to donate toward relief points out that we as one gives out Devgn at that moment. I am my efforts, including Nicole Kidman, Pink and Keith . have a history of such the correct infor- character,” he says, more through Urban. fighters whom we mation and data, a his eyes than words, reminding one “I am totally devastated watching what is happen- should feel proud film always need to of Pyaar Toh Hona Hi Tha (1998). ing in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires,” ) of. “He was an have an element of Well, many of such roles also Pink wrote in a recent social media post. “I am pledg- # important figure of entertainment. So shape or transform actors in a way ing a donation of $500,000 directly to the local fire ser- @F AAR ' our history but most how did he strike this since they, after all, put themselves vices that are battling so hard on the frontlines. My heart & $ Indians do not know about him, let balance between fact and in somebody else’s shoes. Ajay goes out to our friends and family in Oz,” he added. alone the international audience. fiction in Tanhaji? “History somewhat agrees and says, “Yes, Metallica announced a donation on Tuesday night Q & % He is in textbooks but then who has infinite possibilities of sto- they do make you think at times and of $750,000 to a firefighting agency and emergency ser- knows the real story?” he adds. rytelling. And when you’re impact you in some ways. For vices agency in Victoria. ! This is why, he says, he has telling the audience about a instance, after playing Singham, I An emotional Rose Byrne, who is Australian, spoke $ conceptualised the idea of a fran- specific chapter of history, you paid more attention to traffic rules about the crisis and the relief efforts on Tuesday night L ' chise, Unsung Warriors, in which cannot just flood them with and small details which we other- at the New York premiere of her film Like a Boss. many such stories of courage will information. There needs to wise tend to ignore. Another “Really what people need is just donations because M be told. “This film made me want some comedy and things need instance would be of when I had it’s all volunteer based, the firefighters and all the rural ! to start a project like this where we to be dramatised for fun. played Bhagat Singh. I wondered services and the wildlife services trying to rescue the ! $ could tell stories of those whose Having said that, we also have what kind of people were they who animals,” she said. -# ' struggles and victories haven’t to make sure the facts don’t get existed in that era and fought for the She added: “It’s devastating. It’s such a beautiful 0 been rightly praised. We are work- lost amid an attempt to enter- nation so bravely. We cannot even country. There’s always drought but this is the hottest ing on some scripts. We are meet- tain. That’s just how we have imagine. His ideologies and sensi- year on record and they need rain but a lot of rain, not ' ing new people for the series. worked here,” he says. bilities are very much relevant even just a little bit which is what’s happening now. They need And they are not just kings, queens Ask Ajay, who is also pro- today. So some roles can teach you like a downpour and it’s just getting hotter and out of # and rulers of the bygone era, they ducing the film, whether tak- things.” control. A climate crisis is what it is.” are common, everyday people, ing on the mantle of a pro- De De Pyaar De, Ajay’s last, At the Golden Globes on Sunday, Phoebe Waller- $ who are struggling hard to make ducer adds to him as an opposite Rakul Preet Singh, in a way Bridge said she would auction off her Globe outfit and a difference in society but their artiste, he says, “I wouldn’t rekindled the conversation about have the proceeds go to firefighter relief. ) musings are unrecognised or say that it is adding because acceptance in the Indian society of Russell Crowe wasn’t at the Globes to accept his tro- ! # unheard. And it could be anyone,” I look at it as a product. I am a couple who have a wide age gap. phy for best actor in a limited series or TV film for play- says he. creating something for the The actor eagerly replies, “I think ing former Fox CEO Roger Ailes in the Showtime Isn’t the industry shirking its audience and that’s all that the film was very well received by miniseries The Loudest Voice. Instead, the actor was in creative job by relying on too matters.” the Indian audience which itself is Australia trying to protect his home from the wildfires, '' many biopics, most of them from His recent roles in Raid, an evidence of the evolving society. sending a speech that Jennifer Aniston read. history? Ajay asks a counter Drishyam, Singham, The change is very much here. We “Make no mistake, the tragedy unfolding in $ question, “When we are gifted Golmaal and more are evi- are following the West. 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he future of jobs is the biggest WOMEN’ challenge that we are facing today. TAnd to overcome it, student-cen- tric learning should be adopted, which includes teaching entrepreneurship. Professors should be mentors and they should also keep learning,” said Shobha Mishra Ghosh, Assistant Secretary General, FICCI. She spoke to the students of MBA, 8 "%!#* 8! $ BBA, BCA, Science and Humanities, and @E:A# 3: 3!C Science and Technology at the fourth />,5(3::@ A+ # ( :%"C#* I edition of Dr Paarivendhar Lecture %7)! #:* #(3:: ! Series held at SRM Institute of Science G 3 I (3:: and Technology, Kattankulathur. She ! 6 I addressed the students on the topic, “Future Jobs in India and the Role of $ $7$ # Universities.” Dr V Ponniah, Dean of * #. :. 6 I$ ! SRM, said, “In future, it will get difficult ! ! I *! to judge jobs and hence this lecture will : # : throw some light on what to expect and how to cope up with the change.” I8 In his presidential address, founder- students a good human being. This robots and cobots is gaining more pop- 16 per cent of our GDP.” riential learning and addressing diverse chancellor of SRMIST, Dr TR implies to thinkers and philosophers, ularity thereby replacing people. Now in Highlighting the workforce matrix learners. Universities should teach stu- /0#>>> Paarivendhar said, “The scope for the entrepreneurs and professionals, scien- developed countries, people will spend 2022, she elaborated that nine per cent dents to think and be aware of what is job in the future is going to change. Such tists and researches. more time on leisure activity. This is would be deployed in new jobs that do happening around themselves. The * I$7 lectures are useful than classroom teach- “Everyone is talking about innova- something that we need to pay attention not exist today, 37 per cent would be in learning in this 21st century is way dif- $ -! ing. Students must show more interest tion. We should also see if this innova- to as a developing nation. Soon cus- jobs that have radically changed skill set ferent and the management must adopt I$ as it presents exposure and help to know tion is solving issues that we are facing tomers are going to play a vital role in and 54 per cent will fall under the them. Mentors should also take up dif- ! # what is happening around. It could also today,” she questioned. the manufacturing sector. Hence having unchanged job category. These changes ferent calibers of teaching. Many insti- help in clearing campus interviews. We Talking about key global changes in a set of skills and upskilling is the need will primarily be in IT/BPO, automobile, tutions are not adopting the latest tech- ! ! I are trying to nurture you with lots of the present scenario, she highlighted the of the hour,” she said. banking and insurance, textile and nologies. Faculty should not shy away # >#>>> 0#>>>IJ information so that you can face this impact of climate change, exponential Speaking on how we are still lagging apparel, retail. Most jobs will end and from learning from students. The cre- $7$ !0#>>> world in several new ways. If you stop technologies, urbanisation, demograph- behind in our education system, Shobha give way to 55 unique jobs roled across ative economy has transcended into sev- ! I8 !! # learning, you stop living.” ic on the future jobs in India. We are said, “Our education still remains in the eight technologies such as VR, IoT, Big eral sectors including IT, therefore our Focussing on the purpose of educa- now in the fourth industrial revolution second revolution stage. Only a hand- Data Analytics, AI, Robotic Process universities should also focus on liber- I tion, Shobha said, “Apart from knowl- and the change from the third to the ful of countries have moved on to cater Automation, 3D Printing, cloud com- al education.” edge, employable skills, research and fourth took place in a very short time. to the needs of the present time. puting, social and mobile. Shobha concluded by saying, (* : innovation, it is far more important to The transition to the fifth stage will be Although India has advanced well in Talking about the new age pedagogy, “Women’s participation should increase. !" ! % " # evolve and be an empathetic human in less than three years, she emphasised. terms of rapid urbanisation, technolo- she said, “The changing paradigm in our No country in this world has developed " $ #! ! I being.” She added that our education sys- “The effective working age of the gy adaptation, we still need to harness education has led to new age pedagogy. without the participation of women in !! "! tem should contribute towards making population is reducing. The use of our rural economy which contributes to This leads to global classrooms, expe- the workforce.” # @ A#(* : " ;! ) % ! ' # , aveen Patnaik, Chief Dr Samanta said, “Many @ A NMinister of Odisha, tribal organisations and ! I inaugurated the Adani-KISS intellectuals requested many (* : I Tribal Residential School at times to open a branch in ! # @ A! ! Bankishole, Baripada, Mayurbhanj district for Mayurbhanj, Odisha, yes- under privileged children. ! ! I terday. Today their requests have ! ! Addressing the gather- been fulfilled. The poor trib- I 0 ing, Patnaik said, “Education al students of Mayurbhaj ! !! ! ! (* :6 E is empowerment and the district will get quality edu- ! E % ! real transformation can be cation. It has been decided $! I ! possible only with the help of that only the candidates of ! I education.” Patnaik thanked Mayurbhanj will get employ- # '8.4 KISS authority and Adani ment in Adani-KISS. Adani- Group for establishment of KISS is fully equipped with ( F #"* school. all modern facilities. It has G # @. A# uman values are the essence of lit- guages.” Dr Priti Adani said, Dr Achyuta Samanta, said, completed their education been established on 50 acres J#! J: Herature”, opined the dignitaries at Gracing the occasion, Mridula “Education is the most pow- “Almost 28 years back, KISS successfully and are placed in of land with complete finan- ! ! the 17th Kadambini Literature Festival Garg said that literature is gradually los- erful tool for social transfor- took initiatives to include different sectors. It is not cial support of Adani foun- ! and Patrika Hat. Gracing the occasion ing it sheen, following the readers’ apa- mation. Adani foundation is tribal community in the important for KISS that dation.” ! ! as a chief guest, former External Affairs thy. That’s why the reader base is happy to strengthen the sce- mainstream. Now KISS is the 60,000 students are getting On this occasion, a 50- ! !I8 Minister, Salman Khurshid, said, declining day by day. Now, there is a nario in the far off tribal largest tribal institution and educated rather it is impor- bed hospital in the campus J “Human values enjoy the uniformity widespread difference observed between areas of Odisha by partner- the first tribal university in tant that it has created aware- was also inaugurated by Dr across the religions. But it differs when the ethical (moral) and corporal values ing with the prestigious the world. More than 30,000 ness among more than 60 Priti G Adani. The hospital ! presented in diverse languages.” in our nation. “While basic traits like Kalinga Institute of Social students are currently pursu- lakh tribal students of will serve the students, staff “The inclination towards English compassion, kindness, humility and tol- Sciences (KISS).” ing their education from KG Odisha and other states of as well as the common peo- has been soared to such a level, it is erance fall within the domain of moral In his welcome address, to PG, while 20,000 students India.” ple of Mayurbhanj district. + I ! envisaged that not any of Indian lan- values, only literature can uphold these. ! <> guages will be able to upkeep its exis- The rapid depreciation of human val- ! I tence in the years to come,” said guest ues are taking its toll on its very survival. 8 ! , 3", of honour, Rahul Dev, an eminent jour- In such circumstances, we have to sus- G !! $ I8 ! 38+ #>?" ! nalist. In fact, India is a multi-lingual tain our literature in order to upkeep our nation. “However, our excessive affin- moral values at any cost,” added Garg. ! I8 !! ity towards English has thrown our own Only literature can bring a change iren Rijiju, Union Minister of State Speaking on the occasion, Surjit ! ! languages into jeopardy,” added Dev. in the society, said Rajat Kapoor, Kfor Youth Affairs and Sports, has Singh Deswal, DG, CRPF, said that the !I He said, “There is a direct link renowned filmmaker, director and called upon the police forces to spe- police forces have a sizable contribution between language and literature. actor. Without money, a book can be cialise in one sport each so as to take to the sports achievements of the coun- Anybody can create potent creation created but not a film. On this occasion, the country to new heights in the field try. Describing Rijiju as a fitness icon, though his/her own language and liter- the prestigious National level Nilimarani of international games. Deswal added that he is an inspiration ature. Remarkably, advanced nations Sahitya Samman-2020 was conferred Gracing the closing ceremony of the for the youths of our country. like China, Japan, Russia, Germany and upon distinguished novelist Anuradaha 4th All India Police Judo Cluster The Judo Cluster games included — South Korea are developing without the Ray. She was given 5 lakhs as cash Championship as the chief guest, Rijiju Judo, Taekwondo, Wushu and medium of English language. Their award along with a silver medal. disclosed that India aims at being in the Gymnastics. While CRPF bagged gold technology and science have been pre- Professor Shantanu Acharya said, top 10 positions of the 2028 Olympic medals in both Male and Female cate- pared in their respective languages. But “Literature is nothing but visiting one’s games in Los Angeles. gory in Judo and Taekwondo, it won it is surprising to observe that such trend inner self. It has no link with the soci- Rijiju, who is also the Minister of gold in the Wushu (Male) and is not followed in our nation. Though ety. As life is full of joy, therefore, it State for Minority Affairs, said, “Our Gymnastics, too. The gold in Wushu such exercises demand a little pain but should be drafted into literature in var- government has been working towards (Female) category went to SSB. The $ . $ . we will fetch long term dividends in sci- ious humorous forms.” making a vibrant sports culture in the other forces present in the medal tally *!," 8 #+ ! ence and technology. In this context, the On this occasion, the latest edition country.” Making a reference to the included — BSF, CISF, ITBP, Assam (C).8*"#"I )# educational institutions have greater of Kadambini, Kunikatha and the Khelo India programme, Rijiju added as an extra curricular activity. He Rifles, Punjab Police and Assam Police. >> ! roles to play. They should encourage English version of Iti Samanta’s novel that his ministry is trying to change the revealed that the proposed new educa- CRPF topped the competition with 54 ! I ) their pupils to carry forward research Shankuntalara Jhia (Shakuntala’s sporting mindset of the country by tion policy will give centrestage to medals, which included 24 gold, 19 sil- $ . and create innovations in their own lan- Daughter) were unveiled by the guests. updating the status of sports and games sports. ver and 11 Bronze. (C).8*" ! I ' ) ) : +1 %121+( 01( n Monday, Rajesh Through the web- ORanjan, DG, CISF cast address, Ranjan he Institute of Cost president, IFAC, Alan tices which have been suc- addressed the force per- emphasised that CISF TAccountants of India Hatfield, ACCA-UK, Graham cessfully adopted and tested sonnel of 340 units and would observe the year organises a global summit on Terry from South Africa, Prof in large business conglomer- formations 2020 as the year of Mission 5 Trillion – CMA as Luckmika Perera from ates in different parts of (Sector/Zone/Group “mobility” to accomplish a Cryogenic Force. The sum- Australia, Paul Sharman from world. Transnational sharing Headquarters/Regional its objective of serving mit aligns with the national Canada and Daping Gao of knowledge and its practi- Training the nation with utmost goal set by PM Narendra from China will be present. cal application in given cir- Centres/Reserve dedication and profes- Modi to achieve USD 5 Apart from this many cumstances would certainly Battalions). The objec- sionalism. Trillion economy by 2024. It renowned speakers from promote momentum tive of the his webcast He also urged the will be held from January nine India will address the dele- required to propel the Indian address was to reach out force personnel to con- to 11 at Ashok hotel. Union Minister for Railways nance, cost management gates. The participants will economy to a high-geared and connect with the tinue focussing on Som Parkash, Union and Commerce & Industry strategies/ tools, designing include CMDs and director path. More disruptive ideas last force personnel WITT, that is, all mea- Minister of State for will be the chief guest of the cost effective sustainable (finance) of PSUs, corporate and blue ocean business deployed in far-flung sensitive establishments Museum, Kolkata and sures for welfare of Commerce & Industry will be valedictory session. products, global cost manage- heads, CFOs, management strategies coupled with IT areas of the country all of our country. He also total number of fire wing troops and their families, the chief guest at the inaugur- The summit has one ple- ment practices, sector specif- accountants, senior manage- driven tools, AI & analytical across. highlighted the achieve- units is 103 with two new emphasis to create infra- al session. Anurag Singh nary session on Mission 5 ic CMA cryogenic roles. ment executives, corporate skills shall bring change in the In his address, he ments of the force during units at NPGCL, structure and logistics, Thakur, Union Minister of Trillion – Strategies and six A cultural evening will stalwarts, professionals, prac- current economic spectrum. congratulated the force the last year. Today CISF Aurangabad (Bihar) & training with focus on State for Finance & Corporate technical sessions on Mission also be held on the inaugura- titioners and academicians The road map will also help personnel for their self- is securing 347 units PVUNL, Patratu physical fitness and Affairs will be the chief guest 5 Trillion – Levers, driving tion day at BR Ambedkar from India and abroad. various national missions of less and dedicated ser- with two new inductions (Jharkhand). It has sports, leveraging mod- of the technical session of the SDG thru’ CMA, driving Auditorium. 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The more you play, the more into the T20 World Cup. # ! - ! experienced you get and you keep On a day when his lead pacer . ?? % learning. Whereas first-class and Test Jasprit Bumrah returned from a long . ?*$) = cricket are formats where you have time injury layoff, Kohli spoke about the T ' to think about your game but in T20 options at his disposal as India geared ; # & $ you don’t have that time,” Thakur said up for the mega event, to be held in following India’s seven-wicket win Australia later this year. RAUF, RASHID TAKE HAT-TRICKS IN BBL against Sri Lanka. “I think there’ll be one player who Melbourne: % 5 # % Playing IPL regularly over the will be a surprise package. Prasidh ' # past couple of seasons has been one of Krishna is someone who has bowled % ; ! the reasons for his success, feels really well in domestic cricket,” Kohli ! , , ) $ Thakur. said after India’s seven-wicket win. “So whenever you practice, you Given that the skipper has men- ) # # need to add to your strengths and keep tioned his name, the 23-year-old 0# 6 & , +2@+ $/ bettering your skills. Over a period of could be part of the team for the 7 % 7 %7E time, while practising I have been upcoming New Zealand tour. - % developing my skills and brushing it up. For the uninitiated, besides his bowling the Super Over in a high- ! ! Playing last two-three years in the IPL, exploits at the domestic circuit, stakes IPL game against Delhi Capitals )@A ' # , , $ and domestic cricket, I have gotten bet- Krishna showed composure while last year. ter,” Thakur said. NEW DELHI TO HOST ITTF EC MEETING Like all the young pacers, Thakur New Delhi: ) / also spoke about the contribution 1 ) ! ) from Indian team’s bowling coach 4( 6 ("78 6 I1))6J6 , $) ! Bharat Arun as it’s difficult to manage ! $ sessions with a personal coach in a % 1(&3%/ went out to bowl. cricket… the middle of ) / 1))6 ( heavy duty cricket calendar. “Look, I’m no doctor. February. I even think that & ! #?*9R ) ! ) 6 “At this point, it is very difficult to ri Lanka head coach He was in a hell of a lot of could be a push. So, yeah, 1 I))61J $ work with a particular coach because SMickey Arthur has indi- pain in the dressing room. I just hope the best for him. ) / ! ! 1))6 I am in and out of the Indian team. cated that left-arm pacer What the diagnosis is I It’s something in the back,” ) # ! Sometimes I play for Mumbai, then Isuru Udana is unlikely to honestly don’t know. I just added the South Africa. 1 ))61 $ Chennai Super Kings. Now I am again feature in the third and hope we can get him back Sri Lanka did not pick ANIL IN LIST OF UMPIRES FOR U-19 WC with the Indian team. But recently, our final T20 against India in for the West Indies series,” the experienced Angelo Dubai: - 1 bowling coach (India) Bharat Arun has Pune tomorrow after sus- Sri Lanka coach Mickey Mathews for the second ?* ?S been really helpful,” said Thakur. taining a back injury dur- Arthur said. game in a row. Mathews 14'?* , - He picked all his wickets against Sri ing a warm-up session. With Sri Lanka having has made a T20 comeback . ?R$) FE' ' Lanka in the penultimate (19th) over Sri Lanka missed a packed calendar, Arthur after 16 months. Asked if @A3&1 @R)@A1$ and his plan was to keep things sim- Udana’s services while doesn’t want to risk Udana, he could play the final ! 4'?* $) 1 ple. defending a meagre 143 who has been one of Sri game in Pune, Arthur said: , “I just had to bowl as many dot against India on Tuesday Lanka’s best T20 bowlers in “After the batting perfor- # 0 ! balls (that) I could. Luckily, I got three after the bowler injured his recent times. mance, everybody has a , - , / 5 " ! ! ! P : E wickets there. It is satisfying. I have back just before Sri Lanka “We’ve got so much chance of playing.” $% % T ! )= been working hard for it. When it pays E9 $ off in an international game, it makes me really happy,” said the Mumbai ; # ! . ! ! ! ! ) ZIMBABWE TO HOST SL IN TWO-TEST SERIES pacer. Harare: Q! ! , # ') % 1(&3%/ Sri Lanka could only manage 142 2019. . $) % (/&/ 1 for nine, which India chased down “I’ve just been getting can get you a 50-ball 100 in Test ! . ?* . @R$ comfortably. Thakur said it was a ndia opener KL Rahul runs and the reading of cricket as well. The kind of shots he ! , below-par total considering the condi- Ifeels he has got “a lot the game has gotten a lot ormer India opener Gautam has is superb,” Gambhir said during !$3) Q! ! # , tions. better” at reading the better and knowing how FGambhir reckons that Shikhar a post-match show for host broad- ) ! ! “The pitch was very good. It was game and building his to build my innings again,” Dhawan would be under pressure to casters Star Sports. # 3&1 )@A1 about 170-180 wicket. I don’t think it innings, the secret to his Rahul said after India’s keep his place as opener in the Gambhir indirectly suggested L M! $ was difficult to score runs on that pitch. consistent performance in victory. Indian team since KL Rahul is that Rahul is better suited to part- There was no dew also today.” the white ball formats. “I felt that was lacking doing extremely well. ner Rohit. SHANGHAI TO HOST 2021 CLUB WC FINAL He also praised fellow fast bowler Rahul is enjoying a and I always knew I had Dhawan, making a comeback to “Shikhar Dhawan looked rusty Shanghai: , Navdeep Saini, who too impressed on good run in limited overs the game to get the runs the team after two months due to a but it’s a good thing that he got some @A@? ! Tuesday cricket having hit two and it was just a matter of knee injury, scratched his way to a “Rahul is in unbelievable form. runs under his belt. It will help him $/ “He was really good in this game. hundreds and three half spending time in the mid- 30-ball-32 while Rahul struck a 32- It amazes me every time I see Rahul when he walks out to bat in the next 616-' The way he uses his bouncers and york- centuries in the ODIs and dle. Really happy to carry ball 45 as India chased down a mod- bat, that, why didn’t he play the same game. Had he got out early, the pres- @E ers is creditable. He was also bowling to top it up, three more on the same way,” Rahul est target of 143 in the second T20 way in Test cricket. With the kind of sure would have been more,” $ with some gas,” added Thakur. fifty plus scores in T20s in added. against Sri Lanka. quality he posses, he is someone who Gambhir said. ) ! @A@+-6- $) . . @A@? ) 0 , . & $ 3 ! # BREWSTER JOINS SWANSEA ON LOAN Liverpool: % , % &4-1 grabbed a career-best third place. The Colin de Grandhomme was a notable $) ?*' ' 25-year-old moved up one slot after gainer. He moved from 47th to 39th / '?R ndia skipper Virat Kohli retained his scores of 215 and 59 in the final Test among batsmen and from 36th to 34th @A?R - ! Itop spot among batsmen while against New Zealand. among bowlers. Matt Henry has moved ' !$ Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya He was the highest scorer in the up three places to 66th among bowlers. # , ! , Rahane slipped in the latest ICC Test recently-concluded series with 549 England all-rounder Ben Stokes / 4 '?R rankings issued on Wednesday. runs, while his five previous Tests that has made it into the top 10 for batsmen ' $ ! ! With 928 points, Kohli is way include two at home against Pakistan, for the second time in his career after , ! # ahead of second-placed Australian have seen him amass 896 runs. scores of 47 and 72. He moved from !! # 5 $ maestro Steve Smith (911). Australian speedster Pat Cummins 15th to 10th, while his best was ninth, Pujara was placed sixth, down was at the top of the standings with 904 achieved in November last year. LEAVE TEST CRICKET ALONE, SAYS BOTHAM one rung, with 791 points, while points ahead of Neil Wagner (852) and Dom Sibley’s maiden Test century Cape Town: ' 1 Rahane occupied the ninth spot after West Indies’ Jason Holder (830). has lifted him 87 places to 80th while 1 ) # L M slipping a couple of positions with 759 Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc fast bowler James Anderson’s record / , - points. equalled a career-best fifth position 28th five-wicket haul in the first $ In bowling, India’s pace spearhead that he previously achieved in March innings sees him back in the top 10 for ! # # < 42 Jasprit Bumrah, returning from an 2018. bowlers. @A@+'@A+? $ injury layoff, remained static at sixth He finished with 15 wickets in the Opener Dean Elgar (up three L / $$$, F position with 794 points, while spin- series that included four in Sydney. places to 19th) and Aiden Markram # $$$$6 # ! >> ner Ravichandran Ashwin (772 points) Spinner Nathan Lyon’s 10-wicket haul (up one place to 22nd) among batsmen # and seamer Mohammed Shami (771) has helped him advance five places to and Anrich Nortje (up 34 places to # O !$$$1 # ( Opening batsman Evin Lewis were ninth and 10th respectively. joint-14th. 62nd) are the notable gainers for >>> - >>>>>>M fell agonisingly short of a century as his unde- Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne * ! + ! ! $% For New Zealand, all-rounder South Africa. $ $)C(:C" feated 99 helped West Indies to cruise to a five- wicket win over Ireland in the first one-day international at Kensington Oval on Tuesday. *2 ) ( !( -16 . The 28-year-old left-hander made his runs off 99 balls with 13 boundaries and two % -4; -(& Australia in Sydney, ruling him " #" ! # sixes. out for days. After dismissing Ireland for just 180, the ew Zealand pace spear- “An X-ray has confirmed a ;# #%# H S women’s singles first round West Indies reached their target with 100 balls Nhead Trent Boult and wick- fractured finger for Tom Prannoy stunned world that lasted 35 minutes. % (/&/ 1 SAI to do a forensic check by to spare. etkeeper batsman Tom Latham Latham. He will require approx- number 10 Kanta World number six a government agency on For Lewis, it was his eighth ODI half-cen- are doubtful starters for the imately four weeks of rehabili- Tsuneyama while ace Indian Sindhu will face Aya Ohori he All India Chess the alleged fund Utilization tury but he made a gallant attempt to go to home series against India after tation after the fracture to his women shuttlers PV Sindhu of Japan in the second TFederation on certificate. what would have been a third century. the duo suffered fractures in the right pinky finger,” New Zealand and Saina Nehwal also sailed round. Wednesday appointed for- “A I C F ’s m o v e c a m e f o l - With the scores level, he launched Barry recently-concluded Test series Cricket said in a statement. into the second round of the The other Indian in the mer Kolkata High Court lowing its General Body McCarthy over extra cover but his hopes of against Australia. The Blackcaps Malaysia Masters, here on fray, London Olympics Chief Justice Jyotirmoy meeting (GBM) held in a six to end the game in style fell just inch- Boult was ruled out of the are set to host Men Wednesday. Bronze medallist Saina Bhattacharya to probe the Bhopal on December 28,” a es short. final Test after fracturing his in Blue for a five- Prannoy, ranked 26th in needed just 36 minutes to corruption allegations release said. Earlier, West Indies fast bowler Alzarri right hand and coach Gary match T20 series the world, took 34 minutes get the better of Belgium’s against Bengal Chess “The AICF general Joseph picked up four wickets as Ireland Stead said the pacer was “touch- starting in to send Tsuneyama packing Lianne Tan. Association (BCA) officials. body had taken a strong stumbled to 180 all out in the 47th over. and-go to be available” for the Auckland on with a 21-9, 21-17 win in the The unseeded Saina Grandmaster Dibyendu note of especially the second “For me, it’s a really good start to the Twenty20 series against India. January 24 first round match. brushed aside Tan 21-15, 21- Barua had accused BCA finding and a motion for a year,” said man-of-the-match Joseph. “Boult has been resting his followed Prannoy, however, runs 17 in their first meeting Secretary Atanu Lahiri of thorough probe in the mat- “It’s about putting in the hard work in broken right-hand and will by three into world number one and against each other. engaging in corruption and ter was passed,” the release training and doing the yards. return to bowling later this ODIs and top seed Japanese Kento Both Sindhu and Saina diverting funds meant for added. “I kind of had an idea of how I wanted week,” Stead said in a state- two Momota, who has been in have struggled recently, chess promotion to his com- Barua had also accused to bowl today, and I just kept it simple and ment on Wednesday. Tests. red-hot form, in the sec- making a series of early pany Global Chess. Lahiri of banning several bowled to my plans.” “He’ll be touch-and-go ond round today. exits with the former failing The Sports Authority of top players for criticising his Wicketkeeper Lorcan Tucker was to be available for the Momota defeated to defend the World Tour India (SAI) had also found handling of the chess affairs. Ireland’s top scorer with 31 as the tourists col- Indian T20 series later this another Indian Parupalli Finals crown last month. that the fund Utilization AICF Secretary Bharat lapsed following a solid start at Kensington month and we’ll continue to Kashyap 21-17, 21-16 in a " ( Earlier, Praneeth made certificate furnished by Singh Chauhan welcomed Oval. monitor him closely over the 43-minute first round a first round exit after going Bengal Chess for the nation- the appointment of the The three-match ODI series continues next few weeks,” he added. match. gles events. down tamely to Denmark’s al sub-junior chess champi- retired Kolkata High Court at the same venue today and concludes in The 27-year-old Latham World Championships Reigning world champi- Rasmus Gemke 11-21, 15- onship 2018 was forged. Chief Justice to conduct the Grenada on January 12. broke his right little finger Bronze-medallist B Sai on Sindhu, seeded sixth, 21 while Srikanth lost to The AICF has also filed inquiry. That will be followed by three Twenty20 while claiming the catch of Praneeth and the seasoned took just 35 minutes to beat Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien an FIR in the case as per the “I welcome the develop- internationals in Grenada (January 15) and Marnus Labuschagne on day Kidambi Srikanth, though, Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Chen 17-21, 5-21 in only 30 decision taken in GB meet- ment. It is going to be a fair St Kitts (January 18 and 19). AFP four of the third Test agaisnt bowed out of the men’s sin- Russia 21-15, 21-13 in the minutes. PTI ing and has also requested inquiry,” Chauhan said.