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ISO 9001: 2015- IN 13770A R.N.I.: UPENG/2008/44159 NATIONAL ENGLISH DAILY ISO 14001: 2015- IN 13770B Postal No. GPOLW/NP-119/2016-18 Volume: 14 Issue 07 Pages: 8 Price: Rs. 2/- Lucknow, Tuesday 16 March 2021 Moral Jagana Hai, Bharat Banana Hai SRISTI MAIL Negligence towards Samyukta Kisan Morcha Sushil Kumar opts out of COVID-19 appropriate... 2 Seeks Judicial Probe...... 3 trials, Tokyo hopes........... 7 INSIDE India’s import of arms decreases Nationwide strike impacts banking by 33 per cent, says SIPRI Agency on imported military affected supplier, although platforms and hardware. India’s imports of US arms services of PSU banks on day one In reply to a question in also fell, by 46 per cent.” New Delhi: India’s Agency General Secretary Sowmya He said the striking conveyed to the Finance official said. import of arms decreased Rajya Sabha, Minister of “The drop in Indian arms State for Defence Shripad imports seems to have been Dutta said the government employees have taken out Minister to withdraw her The bigger branches by 33 per cent between New Delhi: Banking policies are going to have ill rallies, wherever permitted, statement from the floor of headed by chief managers 2011–15 and 2016–20 and Naik said approval mainly due to its complex (Acceptance of Necessity) procurement processes, services such as cash effects on the economy as across the country, and Parliament about or AGMs are about 20 per Russia was the most withdrawals, deposits, also it will be reflected in given a sat-in and if the privatisation of the state- cent, so even if these senior affected supplier, according was given to 112 proposals combined with an attempt between 2018-19 and to reduce its dependence on cheque clearing and the upcoming polls in some government does not listen owned banks, he added. level employees are not to a report released on states. to them they will go for an All bank employees from taking part in the strike, Monday by Stockholm- 2020-21 (till December) Russian arms. India is business transactions were worth around Rs 1.99 lakh planning large-scale arms impacted across the country He said nearly all the even bigger, indefinite the scale I, II and III had a they alone cannot run the based defence think-tank bank, said the official cited SIPRI. It said the drop in crore under various imports in the coming years on Monday, the day one of from several suppliers,” it the PSU bank union's strike, United Forum of above. said. The government has against the proposed Bank Unions (UFBU), an Meanwhile, branches of been majorly focusing on privatisation of two more umbrella body of nine private sector lenders like boosting domestic defence state-owned lenders. unions, had given a strike ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank production and set a target United Forum of Bank call for March 15 and 16, and Axis Bank are open as Unions (UFBU), an they are not part of the of Rs 1.75 lakh crore (USD and claimed that about 10 25 billion) turnover in umbrella body of nine strike. unions, had given a strike lakh bank employees and The government has defence manufacturing by officers of the banks will 2025. In May, Finance call for March 15 and 16, already privatised IDBI Minister Nirmala and claimed that about 10 participate in the strike. Bank by selling its majority Sitharaman rolled out a lakh bank employees and strike like the one on the 100 per cent participation stake in the lender to LIC in Indian arms imports categories of capital number of reform measures officers of the banks will bank employees have taken lines of ongoing farmers' across the banking sector in 2019, and has merged 14 seemed to have been the acquisition to promote the for the defence sector participate in the strike. part in the two-day strike agitation. Monday's strike, said a bank public sector banks in the result of the country’s domestic defence including making separate In the Union Budget except for top-level "We are connected with official who is not last four years. complex procurement manufacturing. budgetary outlay to procure presented last month, employees. crores of population authorised to speak to the According to All India processes combined with The report by the Indian-made military Finance Minister Nirmala "All banking services are through our branches, we media. Bank Employees an attempt to reduce its Stockholm International hardware, increasing FDI Sitharaman had announced impacted from cash are educating our customers "We call them assistant Association (AIBEA) dependence on Russian Peace Research Institute limit from 49 per cent to 74 the privatisation of two withdrawals to deposits, about the government's ill managers, managers and general secretary CH arms. In the last few years, (SIPRI) said, “Arms per cent under the public sector banks (PSBs) business transactions, loan policies and how it is going senior managers. At this Venkatachalam, services at India has taken a series of imports by India decreased automatic route and as part of the government's process, cheque clearing, to impact them," Dutta said. level, there is 100 per cent branch level; cheque measures to boost domestic by 33 per cent between generating a year-wise disinvestment plan. account opening and Through the Department participation in the strike clearance; and government defence industry with an 2011–15 and 2016–20. negative list of weapons All India Bank Officers business transactions," he of Financial Services, the and 80-90 per cent branches transactions have been aim to reduce dependence Russia was the most which won’t be imported. Association (AIBOC) said. bank unions have also are headed by them," the affected. Monk, saint, thala Batla House encounter fans react to captain Delhi Police reopen portion cool Dhoni’s new Delhi court awards death penalty to Ariz Khan for killing inspector look ahead of IPL Agency serial bomb blasts in the I am referring the matter to murder of a law national capital in which 39 Delhi Legal Services enforcement officer who of Delhi-Meerut Expressway New Delhi: From short New Delhi: A Delhi people died and 159 were Authority for award of was a defender of justice. Agency convenience, the shut again after hours. spikes to pony tail, former court Monday awarded injured. additional compensation,” Ansari said the case carriageway of NH-24 While the Ghazipur Indian captain MS Dhoni death penalty to Ariz Khan The court also imposed a the judge further said. attracts exemplary Ghazipur: Delhi Police going towards Ghaziabad border has been shut down has always experimented for the murder of decorated total fine of Rs 11 lakh on Additional Public punishment, which is have opened a portion of from Delhi has been for the past 110 days, all with new hairstyles every Delhi Police Inspector capital punishment. the Delhi-Meerut opened in due consultation the six carriageways other year. Mohan Chand Sharma in He further said a police Expressway to aid with the police officials of connecting Delhi and This time, with his connection with the officer was killed while vehicular traffic moving Ghaziabad district, Uttar Ghaziabad were brand new monk look, the sensational 2008 Batla discharging his public duty. towards Noida and 'Captain Cool' has House encounter case, “Ariz along with others Ghaziabad. The triggered a meme fest saying the offence fell was carrying deadly carriageway, which allows online. under the “rarest of the rare weapons which clearly the commuters to head to Fans are calling Dhoni category” warranting the suggests that they were Noida and Ghaziabad from maximum sentence. ready to kill anybody in the Delhi side, was with different names, any eventuality. They were including the ‘Monk’, Additional Sessions reopened in the early hours Judge Sandeep Yadav said the first to start fire without of Monday. Additional ‘Saint’, ‘Thala’, as he any provocation,” the gears up for the 14th Ariz be hanged by neck till Deputy Commissioner of death. public prosecutor said. Police (East) Vinit Kumar Pradesh, in public completely shut for the past edition of the Indian Ariz in the case. Prosecutor A T Ansari, He added that Premier League (IPL) Inspector Sharma of the confirmed the development interest,” Kumar said. 48 days, post January 26 police’s special cell was It said Rs 10 lakh should appearing for the police, widespread concerns were with a late-night post on The same portion was Red Fort violence. The rest leading the Chennai Super be immediately released to sought death penalty for raised after the incident temporarily opened on five carriageways continue Kings' (CSK). killed during the Batla social media. “In view of House encounter between the family members of Ariz, allegedly associated regarding the safety of the prevailing law and March 2 to assist to be shut with multi- the police and alleged Sharma. with the terror outfit Indian police officers and it order situation at the maintenance work that was layered barricading and Right to reject: SC terrorists in Jamia Nagar in “I feel the fine of Rs 10 Mujahideen, saying it was instilled fear in the minds Ghazipur border and being carried out on the deployment of police notice to Centre, EC south Delhi following lakh is insufficient. Hence, not just any killing but a of the common people. keeping in mind the public National Highway but was personnel. on BJP leader’s plea Punjab second among all states in contributing to Army’s rank and file New Delhi: The India to take up with UK 'racial Supreme Court on Agency per cent. With 1,67,557 with 87,835 soldiers to the Army, however, is Monday issued notice to soldiers, Uttar Pradesh tops occupies the third slot significantly more than the Centre and the issue' of Rashmi Samant at Oxford Chandigarh: Piping its the list of states followed by Rajasthan, with their share of the national Election Commission on a Agency president of the Oxford the House," he said.