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accounts and passports. CONGRESS should see 1947 DOUSE FLAMES, DON’T SET COUNTRY AFIRE : Refering to Shah’s comment Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS)As- amool Congress chief said at to a television channel that proposal before opposing sailing Union Home Minister a meeting opposing the new MAMATA TELLS SHAH even PAN cards and voter IDs Amit Shah for his comment citizenship law.Banerjee said were not proof of citizenship. CAA : AMIT SHAH that Aadhaar was not a proof when Assam, Tripura, Delhi, “Then how did you become of citizenship, West Bengal Punjab, UP, Rajasthan are home minister? Your govern- New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Mamata Ba- burning, “Why are you saying ment, my government are all Union Home Minister Amit nerjee on Wednesday asked hogaya hogaya (CAB and NRC there because the voters gave Shah on Wednesday reminded him why was it then linked will be executed).”“Why is the us the mandate. Will only the Congress to see the 1947 to bank accounts, voter IDs home minister of the country badges given by the BJP have proposal of the party Execu- and mobile phones and said openly saying Aadhaar card to be taken as proper (citizen- tive committee before criticis- it was his duty to “douse will not do? Then why did ship) documents?” she asked ing the Modi government over fl ames” rather than “set the you make the Aadhaar cards, after leading a huge march the issue. country afi re.”“I will appeal spent Rs 6,000 crore on it? Is from Howrah Maidan.Refer- In a tweet in Hindi, Shah said read the statements of Mahat- to the home minster, please the cat out of the bag now? I ing to Shah’s earlier statement the statements of former Prime ma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, consider. You are the coun- want clarifi cation from you. that nobody’s citizenship will Minister Manmohan Singh Rajendra Prasad and Sardar Pa- try’s home minster, not a As a citizen of the country it be snatched away, and CAA should also be seen by the Con- tel in the November 25, 1947 BJP leader. It is not your job is my prerogative, right to ask has no connection to Indian gress along with those made by Congress Executive Proposal," to set the country afi re. It is you,” she said at Dorina cross- citizens, Banerjee said “Then Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Shah said.He said the Congress your job to douse fl ames in ing in central Kolkata.Baner- why are you saying that Aad- Nehru and Sardar Patel. should also see the statement the country. I appeal to you jee asked Shah why Aadhaar haar, voter I-cards, PAN card, "Before the Congress Party of its leader Ashok Gehlot.The with folded hands,” the Trin- was linked to mobiles, bank ration card won’t do. opposes to the CAA and spreads Congress had been opposing rumors and unrest across the the CAA on the ground that it is IPS officer injured in bomb attack at Bengal CAA protest country, it should listen and discriminatory in nature. Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) An IPS of- Yadav was among the injured, offi cials and tried to pacify the demonstrators, private hospital with splinter wounds. BJP hero in advertisement, fi cer and two other police personnel said.Sources said the demonstrators who hurled stones and bottles at the Some other policemen also sustained were injured when bombs were hurled had placed wooden log, burnt tyres security forces.The police then went minor injuries.A police picket has been zero in governance: Priyanka at them during an anti-CAA demon- and blockaded the road was since for a baton charge, and lobbed teargas posted at the spot. There was tension stration in Sankrail of West Bengal’s the afternoon in Purba Para of South shells which further infuriated the pro- in the area, police sources said.The new laws, the issues are be- Howrah district on Tuesday.Deputy Sankrail.Personnel form Sankrail po- testers, who started throwing bombs area was tense with the streets desert- ing diverted. When NRC failed, Commissioner (headquarters), How- lice station as also senior offi cers of the at the lawkeepers, injuring the three ed except for the police personnel on then Citizen Amendment Act rah police commissionerate, Ajit Singh commissionerate rushed to the spot cops. All three have been admitted to a patrol duty. (CAA) was brought. Assam is burning. When stu- dents raised voice over CAA in Madras varsity students to protest Campaigning ends for final Delhi, they were lathi-charged,” said Priyanka in a rally at Saheb- phase of Jharkhand poll ganj district of Jharkhand during throughout night, Kamal visits Ranchi, Dec 18 (IANS) gress-JMM-RJD combine, the last day of the fi fth and fi nal Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) A mal Haasan had met them dent told IANS.“We are yet Campaigning ended on is contesting from Dumka phase of campaigning. group of 20 students of Uni- briefly.“We have decided to to decide our next course of Wednesday for 16 seats go- as well as Barhet. She said, “The Prime Min- versity of Madras are plan- spend our second night in- protest. The university has ing to polls in the fi fth and During the last day of Ranchi, Dec 18 (IANS) Con- ister has failed and he made ning to continue their sit-in side the campus in protest closed down the hostel and fi nal phase of Jharkhand campaign on Wednesday, gress general secretary Priyanka hollow claims from the land of has strictly told the students Assembly elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit Jharkhand. From here, I chal- to vacate their hostel rooms. vote will take place on De- (BJP) working president out at the Narendra Modi gov- lenge him to speak for people There are about 800 hostel cember 20. J.P. Nadda and Congress ernment at the Centre over the of Santhal Pargana.You (Modi) inmates,” Karthikeyan said. police crackdown on university should speak about unemploy- According to him, police are campuses. She also said that ment, hunger, rape, vanishing present inside and outside the new law has been brought jobs”.She appealed to the people the campus. to divert attention of the peo- to oust the BJP government in the “Kamal Haasan told us that ple from economic issues.“The state in the assembly elections. he was not here to suggest economy has failed. Through ...... Continue on Page 5 something to us. He came and met us briefl y,” Karthikeyan added.MNM founder Kamal Traffic jams in Delhi due Haasan was not allowed inside the varsity campus. He spoke to Shaheen Bagh protest to the students standing out- side the gate. protest against the Citizen- against CAA. Our initial plan Meanwhile, the University of ship (Amendment) Act (CAA) was to protest for 48 hours Madras has declared holidays till by spending the night inside and it comes to an end at December 23. Earlier, the varsity the campus on Wednesday, 11 a.m. on Thursday,” K. had declared holidays between said a student.He also said Karthikeyan, a second-year December 24 to January 1 owing actor-turned-politician Ka- M.A. (political science) stu- to Christmas and the New Year.

Over 40,05,200 voters in General Secretary Pri- Nirbhaya case: SC rejects Akshay’s the Santhal Pargana region yanka Gandhi Vadra cam- will seal the electoral fate paigned for their party New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) traffi c coming from Noida and of 237 candidates, includ- candidates. Traffi c in many areas of south going towards Kalindi Kunj. This death penalty review ing 29 women. Prime Minister Naren- east Delhi on Wednesday was is an exercise to prevent chaos New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) falls within the category of In 2014, the BJP and the dra Modi had addressed either came to a halt or diverted in areas like Delhi's Sarita Vi- The Supreme Court on 'rarest of rare cases', the death JMM had won six seats two rallies on December to other routes due to ongoing har, Mathura Road and Shaheen Wednesday ruled that Nirbha- penalty is confi rmed." each, the Congress three 15 and 17 for the last phase protest at Shaheen Bagh near Bagh," said Singh. ya gang-rape and murder con- The top court noted Singh's and the JVM one seat. of elections. Jamia Nagar. However, the exercise re- vict Akshay Kumar Singh's age, review petition was a mirror The important candi- In the last Assembly and Delhi traffi c police issued sulted in chaos in Noida as the socio-economic background, image of petitions of the other dates in the fray include the Lok Sabha polls, the an advisory to the public on commuters had to either take U- unblemished antecedents and convicts. Raj Paliwar, Louis Ma- BJP had dented this JMM Wednesday to avoid the roads turns or look for another short chances to reform fade into "The grounds raised in the randi and Randhir Singh, stronghold. BJP candidate around the Shaheen Bagh area. cut to reach Kalindi Kunj due to insignifi cance as the offence present review petition are all Ministers in the Raghu- Sunil Soren defeated JMM Additional Police Commis- roadblocks. As a result, there is committed by him falls un- almost a repetition of the ar- bar Das cabinet. Hemant president Shibu Soren in sioner (Traffi c), south Delhi, a massive jam at DND (Delhi- der "rarest of rare" cases, and guments raised in the earlier Soren, the Chief Ministe- Dumka in the 2019 Lok A.K. Singh said: "About 7 to 8 Noida-Direct Flyway) as all traf- therefore the death penalty is review petitions which were rial candidate of the Con- Sabha polls. hundred people gathered at the fi c converged on the route. confi rmed. in 2017 and dismissed the re- rejected and in our view, can- protest site at Shaheen Bagh Okhla underpass and a por- Singh had moved the apex view by other accused in 2018.A not be raised repeatedly," it seek review of the judgment of evidence or the fi ndings on Wednesday morning. The tion of Mathura Road were also court seeking a review on the bench, headed by Justice R. said.The court told Singh's merely for the purpose of of the judgment of May 5, protest is going on here for the closed for traffic movement on capital punishment handed Banumathi and comprising lawyer that review petition is rehearing of the appeal and 2017. Therefore, none of the last 2-3 days. As a precaution- Wednesday morning. The Del- down to him and other three Justices Ashok Bhushan and not for re-hearing of the ap- a fresh decision.It observed grounds raised in the review ary measure, Delhi Traffi c Police hi Traffic Police said, "Road No. accused in the Nirbhaya gang- A.S. Bopanna, said: "In light of peal on re-appreciation of the that it did not fi nd any error petition call for review of issued advisory for the general 13A between Mathura Road rape and murder case. The top the aggravating circumstances evidence over and over again, apparent on the face of the this judgment and thus, the public to avoid the roads around and Kalindi Kunj is closed for court upheld the death penalty and considering that the case and a party is not entitled to record in the appreciation review petition is dismissed. the area.""We have stopped the traffic movement. Indian Horizon 2 City Thursday, December 19, 2019 Police trying to identify CAA Gadkari releases TV awareness campaign troublemakers on social media on Fastags starring actor Akshay Kumar New Delhi, Dec 18 (UNI) Union New Delhi, Dec 18 Road Transport & Highways and (IANS) Delhi Police will MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari on reach out to Twitter and Wednesday hailed the FASTag initia- Google to curb and identify tive, rolled out on December 15 last, troublemakers using social saying it had picked up in a big way media to provoke violence as more than 1 crore FASTags have through fake news posts been issued as on date. on the Citizenship Amend- "The transactions per day have ment Act, Home Ministry crossed 2 million with over Rs 80 sources said on Wednes- crore collection happening through day. The sources in the the digital mode," he told reporters Ministry of Home Affairs identify the people con- is peaceful, they said that North East District follow- here and released a TV awareness told IANS that police will nected to the violence that the violence in Seelampur ing incidents of violence campaign featuring top actor Akshay take the help of the social erupted during anti-CAA was controlled after some during the anti-CAA pro- Kumar here late yesterday, that is ex- transportation fuels for which the shay Kumar expressed happiness media organisations to protests at Jamia Nagar time and six more people tests in different places. pected to give it a further fillip. country is heavily import dependent, that he could associate himself with curb fake news and also to area of south Delhi on were arrested on Wednes- CCTV and drones have The event was attended by Akshay, and would also ensure lesser pollu- this campaign which would help in identify people indulging Sunday and Seelampur day, taking the total arrests been deployed and police who is also brand ambassador of the tion, an official release said. The better traffic movement. "The FAST- in rumour mongering. in east Delhi on Tuesday, since Tuesday to eight. All are monitoring the situa- Ministry’s 'Road Safety' Campaign. Minister called upon remaining ve- ag initiative puts India on a par with The sources also said the sources said, adding the eight are residents of tion. Footage of Tuesday's The FASTag initiative benefits the hicle users to switch over to FASTags global best practices in providing that the alleged footage of that except at Road No 13 the area. violence is also being ana- users facilitating smooth vehicular as quickly as possible. hassle-free movement at toll plazas," a policeman pointing a gun near the Jamia Millia Is- Prohibitory orders under lysed, the sources added. movement through National High- Issues arising in the course of tran- he said. Mr Gadkari thanked the bol- in Jamia Nagar is being in- lamia, there are no gath- Section 144 of the Criminal The sources also said that way toll plazas bringing savings of sition from manual toll collection to lywood star for his continued contri- vestigated. erings anywhere. Stating Procedure Code have been the situation is peaceful in time and money to the users. This digital mode are also being attended bution to the cause of improved road Police will also try to that the situation in Delhi enforced in the capital's all 42 Central universities. would help in avoiding wastage of to on a priority basis, he added. Ak- travel experience in India. Preparing Hard to turn the Dream of Winning A festival, spreading the awareness of Sofia Trophy into Reality- Manjesh Tiwari gender equality among the children and a Delhi,Dec,18,Manjesh haven’t even heard about Tiwari from India has Figure Ice skating, Rajku- been selected for the Sofia mar had not only brought sense of respect for others... Trophy and Oceania In- about India as a tough com- ternational Novice Figure petitor but also managed New Delhi, 18th De- festival was to empower vital and important all HE Marjan Cenen, Am- Skating Championship to bring home India’s very cember 2019; Among children to overcome over the world. bassador of Romania, 2020. The competition first Gold Medal in the year the chaos, the national gender prejudices and Madam Grace Pinto, HE Radu Octavian Do- will organise in, New Zea- 2013 in a Single’s Compe- capital saw an event- celebrate a generation the force behind the bre, Gautam Gambhir, land which will run from tition at Special Olympics ful five days fulfilled of of equals. conceptualisation of this Sunil Singhi (Member 3 February to 9 February. World Winter Games, held some of the amazing The festival witnessed mega festival said, “We National Commission Master Manjesh Tiwari was in Pyeong Chang, South performances by 15000 ingenious performances are thankful to our Lord for Minorities), Rohit selected from India for this Korea. "Rajkumar says" school children during by both national and Jesus Christ for his hand Chahal (Spokesperson championship. Manjesh he would like to thank Mr. the recently concluded international delegates. of protection and safety for BJP), Vijaya Rahat- Tiwari is the younger VR Feroze (Senior Vice 16th Ryan Internation- Children and Youth over each and every kar (National President brother of Rajkumar Ti- President and Head of SAP al Children’s Festival, Theater Studio from participant during the of BJP Mahila Morchha) wari. Rajkumar Tiwari is Academy of Engineering), by the Ryan Group at Lithuania, presented a entire event. The Festi- and HE Murtadha Sul- the one who won the very who read our article and Talkatora Stadium & unique play called “=” val was graced by emi- tan (Chairman of Foun- first gold medal in the ice somehow contacted me National Bal Bhavan, (equal) which stressed nent dignitaries such dation Holdings, Dubai) skating Olympics despite and told me that he wants New Delhi.Organised the point that empow- as LokSabha Speaker amongst others. Over the resources and financial to meet, he met me and on the theme of 'Gender ering both genders as Hon’ble Shri Om Birla, 300 dignitaries attended constraints. Manjesh Ti- transferred 2000USD to my Equality', the aim of the equal to one another is Ambassador of Slovenia the shows. wari is also participating in account and also promised many figure skating com- to write a book on the story petitions like Winter Youth of me and Manjesh. After Trailor of 'Bunker' a movie highlighting the Olympic Games, Bavarian watching our game, the Open Games, Triglav Tro- ate and extremely ambition ing training. He developed Indian government also phy and Narcis Cup etc. figure skater. He achieves too much interest in figure ensured that our financial Mental Health issues of a Soldier out now After winning 20 medals many medals and cer- ice skating and decided to assistance would be given New Delhi, 18thDec armed forces while unveil- triotism. film that's a biopic of every for India, Rajkumar Tiwari tificates and medals in too make figure skating his fu- but no assistance has been 2019: "No one wins a war. ing the trailer of the movie, 96% of the soldiers feel soldier whose name you the Indian Ice Figure skater young age of just 11 years. ture. Both Rajkumar and received so far. ” Whether the soldier is from presented by Wagging Tail discussing mental health may not heard in life. It is and his brother Manjesh Manjesh first figure skating Manjesh have set an ex- This Duo belongs to a our side or the other side of Entertainment. or acceptingany mental a story of all of them cul- Tiwari who is inspired from competition was Beginners ample for the country, who very poor background he the border, it’s the soldier's One more highlight of health problems holds a minated in one. Presented him or had won 4 medals Figure Skating Competi- are representing the coun- resides in Paharganj and family which is always the film is that, 95% of the big stigma. There are ap- by Wagging Tail Entertain- at National level in figure tion Iskate Blades for Glory try in such an expensive his father or both brothers at loss” is the adage pre- film is shot in a 12 by 8 feet proximately 1.4 million ment, Produced by Falcon Skating at Gurugram. Now, in Dec 2014. Manjesh’s sport and have won many are street vendors at Sadar sented by the movie “Bun- Bunker in 5 days! The Bun- soldiers in India and 100 Pictures Production, and a he has set his eyes on win- elder brother name Raj- medals despite resource Bazar market in Delhi Ra- ker”.In a rarest move, the ker, here is used as a meta- soldiers commit suicide ev- Vakoonationwide release, ning another prestigious kumar Tiwari is also a fig- and economic weakness. jkumar and Manjesh also makers of the film today phor for a soldiers mind ery year since 2003.Writer - Bunker - Written and Di- Gold Medal at the upcom- ure skater Manjesh made Manjesh had a great inter- helps them in running the announced 100% of the which is always at conflict Director Jugal Raja shared, rected by Jugal Raja, star- ing “Sofia trophy & Oceania his elder brother as his est in sports since child- stall It’s sad that despite profits being donated to between duty towards the Lead actor Abhijeet Singh, ring Abhijeet Singh and International Novice Fig- role model. Commonly hood, Ronaldo Messi is his winning so many accolades Bharat Ke Veer and Army country and duty towards who plays the titular role ArinditaKalita in the lead ure Skating Championship Manjesh goes with his Favourite Football Player at international shores, in Wives Welfare Association the family, and it will defi- of Lieutenant Vikram roles, will be releasing on 2020”. brother to Gurugram for and he likes to listen to Jus- India Rajkumar is back to (AWWA) as homage to our nitely give you a feel of pa- Singh added, "Bunker is a 17th Jan 2020. Manjesh Tiwari, born practice of figure skating tin Bieber songs. Last time being where he was prior on (17 March 2007) in vil- in ambiance mall. After Manjesh missed the So- to 2013, still selling trin- lage “Bhatwaliya Area of watching Rajkumar Tiwari phia Trophy Gold by only kets on roadside and trying District Gorakhpur (Uttar hard work and success he 7 points. to make ends meet whilst Dharnas, marches against CAA to Pradesh)” he is a passion- decided to take ice skat- In a country where many they both continue. mark Shaheedi Diwas on Dec 19

New Delhi, Dec 18 and divisive Citizenship major opposition parties and Roshan Singh went (IANS) On the Shaheedi (Amendment) Act, 2019 is including the Congress to the gallows. They sym- Diwas of freedom fight- an assault on our Consti- and the NCP. A meeting, bolise the rich heritage of ers Ram Prasad Bismil, tution and the inclusive, which was attended by all our freedom struggle and Ashfaqullah Khan and Ro- composite vision of India the major political parties, our communal harmony shan Singh on Thursday, that guided our freedom took place in Mumbai on led by Mahatma Gandhi a host of NGOs, citizen struggle." Tuesday. In Mumbai, the and our National leaders. groups and opposition "The Republic of In- famous August Kranti Our Constitution drafted parties are coming to- dia is founded on the Maidan, associated with by B.R. Ambedkar is be- gether to oppose the Citi- negation of the two-na- the Quit India Movement, ing violated and under zenship Amendment Act. tion theory that viewed will host the event on attack." The epicentre of the citizenship through the Thursday. "This is the main rea- protest is in New Delhi prism of religion. The re- In New Delhi, a march son that the entire nation and Mumbai. The three cent Amendment to the will be organised from has chosen the very day freedom fighters went to Citizenship Act brings the iconic Red Fort to to condemn the uncon- the gallows opposing the back the two-nation Shaheed Park at 11 a.m. stitutional law by the BJP British rule in 1927. theory by introducing a All the major political govt," said the statement. There are 60 organisa- distinction between Mus- parties are likely to par- This will be the first tions who are behind the lims and non-Muslims ticipate in it. A statement time that people will call for the protest includ- for purposes of granting issued by 'Hum Bharat come out in a collective ing Swaraj Abhiyan. The exemption for citizen- Ke Log' says "The 19th way to oppose the CAA as National Action Against ship by naturalisation", of December is histori- the ongoing agitation is Citizenship Amend- said the statement. Under cally significant as it was only confined to the Mus- The Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot addressing ment (NAACA) Act is- the aegis of 'Hum Bharat in 1927 that our Freedom lim minority population sued a statement which ke Log', the programme fighters - Ram Prasad if the universities are ex- at the release of the Book entitled “Exam Worrier” written by the Prime Minister and brought out in said, "the discriminatory is supported by all the Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan cluded, said a leader. Braille language by Netraheen Kalyan Sangh, Jaipur, in New Delhi. Indian Horizon Thursday, December 19, 2019 City 3 Pak makes false Everyone knows who instigates claim about UNSC riots in India: Kejriwal discussion on Kashmir New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Delhi Chief Min- Delhi Chief Minister ister Arvind Kejriwal on Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused the opposition BJP of spread- Wednesday accused ing violence in Delhi, the opposition BJP of saying everyone knows who instigates riots in spreading violence in the country. Speaking Delhi, saying everyone to the media, he made a veiled attack on the BJP, knows who instigates saying the "Opposition" riots in the country. has realised that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was situation in Delhi and winning the upcoming requested everyone to Assembly elections here. maintain peace and law "The Opposition is de- and order. "We all have liberately trying to spread the right to protest but violence in Delhi, in a in a peaceful and non- New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The Im- radio claimed on its web portal. time when it is clear that violent manner." Delhi ran Khan government in Pakistan on "The Chinese side hoped the UN Mil- AAP is winning the (up- Deputy Chief Minister Wednesday falsely claimed that the itary Observer Group in India and Paki- coming) assembly elec- people of Delhi want gain anything from the in Hindi. He added that Manish Sisodia directly United Nations Security Council held stan would provide detailed briefing tions," Kejriwal said. peace. The BJP is furious violence. The BJP leaders everyone is well aware named the BJP and an- a private discussion on Jammu & Kash- to the Council on the situation along The BJP is the main and and is engaged in rioting, have alleged that the AAP "who can instigate riots nounced that they are mir even as some of the members of the the LoC as soon as possible," the radio the only opposition party fearing defeat in the elec- leaders are responsible in India". engaged in rioting. "The most powerful global body thwarted channel said quoting the Foreign Office in the Delhi Assembly. tions. Similar riots were for the violence in Delhi The Chief Minister said people of Delhi want Chinas bid to rake up the issue. spokesperson. "The claim is absolutely Kejriwal said he is wor- organised in Trilokpuri since Sunday. "The Op- people should under- peace. The BJP is furi- Pakistan's official radio channelfalse," an offical of the Ministry of Ex- ried about the situation in and Bawana before the position which is making stand the politics behind ous and is engaged in quoted its Foreign Office spokesperson ternal Affairs izn New Delhi told IANS. Delhi and requested ev- 2015 (Assembly) elec- the accusation (against the violence. "In a time rioting, fearing defeat as saying that "Beijing raised the issue "There was no second private discus- eryone to maintain peace tions. Just like last time, AAP) is the one spread- when one party is gearing in the elections. Similar of Jammu & Kashmir at the closed ses- sion on Kashmir at the UNSC because and law and order. "We the people of Delhi will ing violence. They may up to contest the upcom- riots were organised in sion of the UN Security Council in New France vetoed Beijing's request to hold all have the right to pro- teach a lesson to BJP for get the benefit of the vio- ing elections by talking Trilokpuri and Bawana York". Islamabad claimed that China it," he added. Interestingly, the Chinese test but in a peaceful and the rioting this time," he lence. Why AAP will do about the work done by before the 2015 (Assem- "expressed serious concerns over the envoy to the United Nations at a press non-violent manner." added on the micro-blog- violence. What will we get it, then which party will bly) elections. Just like deteriorating situation" in Jammu & conference refused to answer ques- Delhi Deputy Chief Min- ging site. On being asked out of it? Those who are be benefited by instigat- last time, the people of Kashmir at the meeting. "The Security tions on why the UNSC did not accept ister Manish Sisodia di- about the involvement of involved in the violence ing violence. The people Delhi will teach a lesson Council has considered the situation in China's request for a private discussion rectly named the BJP and the AAP leaders in the vi- are doing it as they are of Delhi are intelligent," to BJP for the rioting Jammu & Kashmir for the second time on Kashmir and why Beijing had to fi- announced that they are olent protests in the city, scared to lose (the elec- he added. Kejriwal said this time," he added on since August 5," Pakistan government nally withdraw the request. engaged in rioting. "The he said his party will not tions)," Kejriwal tweeted he is worried about the the micro-blogging site. 6 arrested, 3 cases registered Nirbhaya case: Delhi court adjourns hearing till Jan 7

for arson in northeast Delhi New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) A Del- hi court while hearing the Nirbha- New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) A public transport buses, one ya gang rape case on Wednesday total six people were arrested Rapid Action Force bus and told the victim's mother that "We and three cases registered on some bikes were damaged know somebody has died but they Tuesday late night for arson during the protest. (convicts) too have some legal and violence during a pro- Angry protestors torched rights." Additional Sessions Judge test against the Citizenship several motorbikes, pelted Satish Kumar Arora adjourned Amendment Act 2019 in Del- stones at police personnel the matter for January 7, direct- hi's northeast area, police said and damaged buses and a ing the Tihar Jail authorities to is- on Wednesday. police booth in the Seelam- sue a fresh notice to the convicts The Joint Commissioner of pur area. While the situation granting them time to access their Alok Kumar told IANS: "We was brought under control by legal remedies. After a long date of "I have full sympathy with you. I by the law." During the course of have registered three cases of late afternoon, few incidents hearing was given, Asha Devi, the know someone has died but there hearing, the prosecution filed an arson and violence. The first in the area were reported till mother of the victim, broke down. are their rights too. We are here to application seeking issuance of case was filed for Seelampur late at night. The rioters also Addressing her, the judge said, listen to you but are also bound death warrants. violence, second for Jafarabad ing grievous hurt and detained jured in violence that erupted pelted stones at two buses and third for Brijpuri." five people from Seelampur. during a protest in Seelampur. carrying passengers, injuring The officer said that they The officer further pointed out The police also claimed that at least six passersby and a Shashi Tharoor named for Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 have nabbed five people for that they have identified more three personnel of Rapid Ac- dozen policemen. They also violence in Seelampur and than two dozen miscreants tion Force (RAF) were injured. targeted a school bus carry- New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Emi- lease. The awards, comprising an A masterful weaver of words Jafarabad and one from Bri- who indulged in violence and A cop was thrashed and his ing some children, but the nent author, politician and dip- engraved copper plaque, a shawl that have won him innumerable jpuri. The police have regis- torching public properties. wireless set snatched. police managed to help the lomat Shashi Tharoor was on and Rs 100,000 in cash, will be accolades, Tharoor is the author tered cases of arson, rioting, On Tuesday, a total 34 peo- Police maintained that no children travelling in the bus Wednesday among the 23 writers given away on Feburary 25, 2020 of bestsellers like ‘Why I Am A damage to public property, ple, including 12 policemen bullet has been fired. Only to de-board and were escort- named for the Sahitya Akademi during the Akademi's Festival of Hindu', ‘The Paradoxical Prime unlawful assembly and caus- and a few children, were in- tear gas shells were used. Two ed to safety. Award 2019 for his book ‘An Era Letters. They relate to books first Minister' and ‘Inglorious Empire'. of Darkness: The British Empire in published during the five years Tharoor who represents the Thiru- India in the creative non-fiction in immediately preceeding the year vananthapuram constituency in English category. Sahitya Akademi of Award - in the period January 1, the Lok Sabha, is also the patron Wait for a few more days for Secretary K. Sreenivasa Rao made 2013 and December 31, 2017. Tha- of the Kerala Literature Festival in the announcement in a press re- roor's book appeared in 2016. Calicut next month. free WiFi in Delhi New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) government about to end, the first 100 hotspots. Later, them. The AAP came back to Earlier this month, Chief the AAP government had on 500 hotspots will be installed power with a landslide victory Minister Arvind Kejriwal had December 4 announced that every week. We will install in February 2015. announced that he will inau- it will fulfil its poll promise all the 11,000 hotspots in six While presenting the Bud- gurate the first 100 hotspots of giving free WiFi hotspots months." The project is cost- get for 2015-16, Delhi Finance on December 16 for provid- in the city. While the people ing the government Rs 100 Minister Manish Sisodia had ing free WiFi to the city. How- waited for the free Internet crore. The users will get 15 GB termed WiFi as a major initia- ever, again the timeline has through hotspots, the govern- limit per month. tive in making Delhi a techno- been pushed as the govern- ment, since it came to power One of the AAP's flagship logically advanced city. ment now expects to start the in February 2015, had been projects, the WiFi installa- There was no mention of scheme by the weekend. saying that the work on the tion had missed a number of the WiFi project in the Bud- The scheme is crucial for project is underway. deadlines set by the govern- gets for 2017-18 and 2018- the ruling Aam Aadmi Party Now, with just weeks left ment. In its 2015 manifesto, 19, however, in the Outcome (AAP) as it was a poll prom- for the tenure of the Kejri- the AAP had promised to Budget for 2017-18, the gov- ise, which has already missed wal government to end, it make WiFi freely available in ernment said the Information several deadlines. announced that the city will public spaces across Delhi. Technology Department is in "The Chief Minister was get about 11,000 hotspots -- The party, which was also the process of issuing the re- to inaugurate the scheme on of which 4,000 hotspots will in power for 49 days in 2013- quest for proposals (RFP) for December 16, but it is a little be installed at bus shelters 14, said in the 2015 manifesto a feasibility study and had set delayed. We are expecting to and 7,000 in various areas that the Internet and telecom March 2018 as the expected roll out the scheme before -- in the next six months. An- companies have been ap- date for the commissioning of The Director General Indian Coast Guard, Shri K. Natarajan, the Secretary (Shipping), Shri Gopal the weekend," a government nouncing the scheme, Kejri- proached and a high-level the WiFi hotspots at the pilot Krishna, the Secretary (Civil Aviation), Shri Pradeep Singh Kharola and the Secretary (Fisheries), Smt. official told IANS. With the wal said: "On December 16, feasibility study has been stage. However, the deadline Rajini Sekhri Sibal at the 18th National Maritime Search and Rescue Board meeting. in New Delhi. tenure of the Arvind Kejriwal we will inaugurate officially done in consultation with was missed. Indian Horizon Thursday, December 19, 2019 South 4 MoEF keeps green nod to Kalasa- CAA: DMK procession on Dec 23, Banduri project in abeyance TN students continue protest Panaji, Dec 18 (IANS) Follow- “Based on facts made avail- Forests Prakash Javadekar stat- ing a series of protests in Goa able subsequently to this Min- ing that the letter issued to Kar- Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) The the problem that has arisen and the national capital on De- istry it is observed that appli- nataka is kept in abeyance needs DMK and its allies on Wednes- now.” cember 15, the Union Ministry cations for clarification of the to be examined cautiously. This day decided to hold a proces- Meanwhile, students of Uni- for Environment and Forests Award of the Mhadei Water Dis- can be another act by the Min- sion against the Citizenship versity of Madras here contin- on Wednesday kept in abey- pute Tribunal dated August 14, istry of Environment and Forest Amendment Act (CAA) here ued their sit-in strike against ance its letter written in October filed by the Governments of Goa to mislead the people of Goa,” on December 23, said DMK the CAA for the second con- this year, giving a green nod to and Karnataka are till pending,” leader of Opposition Digambar President M.K. Stalin, while the secutive day. Karnataka’s Rs 841 crore Kalasa- the MoEF letter said. Kamat told reporters in Panaji. university and college students “Around 25 students are in- Banduri water diversion project. “The Award has also been “The MoEF should also come continued with their protests in side the University of Madras In a letter written by the Union challenged by the states of Goa, clean on what happened with Chennai and Coimbatore for campus in protest against the Ministry’s Mohit Saxena, Scien- Karnataka and Maharashtra be- the committee which it was the second day. CAA. The protesting students tist in the Impact Assessment fore the Supreme Court. In the supposed to form to investigate Speaking to reporters here belong to different depart- Division (MoEF), to the Chief SLP filed by the state of Goa, the about the said letter illegally is- after chairing an all party meet- the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the the Central government. ments. We have asked the stu- Engineer of Karnataka Netravati Supreme Court has issued no- sued to Karnataka,” Kamat said. ing Stalin said the meeting re- ruling AIADMK and PMK have Palaniswami, however, criti- dents from other departments Nigam Limited, the former said tice to the state of Karnataka,” Goa and Karnataka are locked solved that the CAA has to be betrayed the Muslims and Sri cised Stalin that the DMK had to participate in the protest,” that the decision was taken in it said. Reacting to the develop- in a two decade-long inter-state revoked and on December 23 Lankan Tamils. not taken any action to get K. Karthikeyan, a second-year view of pending petitions relat- ment, the Congress has advo- dispute over the sharing of Mha- a procession will be held here When pointed out Tam- the Indian citizenship for Sri M.A. (political science) student ed to the project by the Goa and cated caution, while also stating dei river waters. The already demanding its revocation. il Nadu Chief Minister K. Lankan Tamil refugees when it told IANS. Karnataka governments before that withdrawal of the letter and vexed conflict between the two According to Stalin, there are Palaniswami’s statement that was in power for 13 years at the He said the policemen went the Ministry, as well as a Special not merely keeping it in abey- states, was further exacerbated only two queries on CAA -- why no Indian will be affected by Centre. out of the campus last night af- Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the ance was the best possible sce- when two months before the Muslims were not considered the CAA, the DMK leader said it Responding to this, Stalin ter the students told them that Goa government against Karna- nario for Goa. crucial Karnataka assembly by- as refugees and Sri Lanka was was not surprising as he would said that he was not inclined they were going to sleep. taka before the Supreme Court, “The information given to polls, the MoEF gave a green nod not categorised as a neighbour- agree with the line taken by to enter into a wasteful debate “Today the police are out- in which the latter had issued Goa Chief Minister by the Union to Karnataka’s Kalasa-Banduri ing country? Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with Palanswami and added: side the University campus,” notice to the southern state. Minister for Environment and dam project. Stalin said by supporting Home Minister Amit Shah and “A solution has to be found for Karthikeyan said. Centre okays Rs 66,000 cr Kerala Madras varsity MP Assembly’s Winter semi-high speed rail project students continue session begins, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Rail Devel- ity study, conducted by Dec 18 (IANS) Kerala opment Corporation KRDCL,” said. Kumar. sit in against CAA stormy part ahead Chief Minister Pinarayi (KRDCL), implementing Vijayan, during his re- Vijayan here on Tuesday agency for the 540-km cent visit to Japan, had Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) “Today the police are out- Bhopal, Dec 18 (IANS) The Kamal Nath government on di- claimed through a Face- double-line project, had held discussions in this Students of University of side the University campus,” opening day’s proceedings verse issues like the reinstate- book post that the Centre submitted the proposal regard with Japanese ex- Madras are continuing their Karthikeyan said. of the Winter Session of the ment of party MLA Prahlad had given in-principle to the Ministry of Rail- perts. sit in strike for second day On Tuesday night there Madhya Pradesh Assembly Lodhi’s membership, farmers’ approval to the Rs 66,000 ways for building third During implementa- in succession against the were about 60 students pro- on Tuesday concluded in less plight and the government’s fail- crore Thiruvanantha- and fourth lines between tion, the project is ex- Citizenship Amendment Act testing against the CAA. than an hour after paying ure to fulfil its promise of their puram-Kasaragod semi- Thiruvananthapuram pected to create 50,000 (CAA) on Wednesday, a pro- “Some students had gone homage to former Chief Min- loan waiver, urea crisis, anoma- high speed rail (SHSR) and Kasaragod. jobs and employment for testing student said. home and would come back isters, Babulal Gaur and Kai- lies about electricity bills, un- corridor project. V. Ajith Kumar, Man- 11,000 on completion. “Around 25 students are in- here. There are five girls who lash Joshi, who passed away employment and law and order The order was issued by aging Director, KRDCL, Seen as a game-changer side the University of Madras are here. The University au- during the interregnum since failure. The ruling party claims the Ministry of Railways said the approval was a in Kerala’s infrastructure campus in protest against thorities have opened up the the Monsoon session. to be prepared to respond to the and conveyed to Kerala milestone in the project and economic devel- the CAA. The protesting stu- toilets for our use. We are The current session, sched- opposition charges. Chief Secretary Tom Jose, implementation. It’s ex- opment, SHSR is to be dents belong to different de- yet to think about the food uled to run till December 23, The Congress Legislature Par- Vijayan wrote. pected to fast-track the implemented with mini- partments. We have asked for the protesting students,” is expected to be stormy. The ty (CLP) met at the Chief Min- It’s joint venture of the economy of Kerala. mum land acquisition. students from other depart- Karthikeyan added. House will have five sittings dur- ister’s House for nearly 90 min- Kerala government and “The state cabinet ap- Trains on the track, ments to participate in the Meanwhile, the University ing week-long session. According utes where Kamal Nath directed the Ministry of Railways. proved the project af- which passes through protest,” K. Karthikeyan, a of Madras has declared holi- to Principal Secretary, Assembly, MLAs and ministers to forcefully SHSR, named Silver Line, ter a year-long feasibil- 11 of the 14 districts, second year M.A. (political day till December 23. Earlier, A.P. Singh as many as 2,125 ques- and confidently deal with the is envisaged to cut travel ity study, conducted by will run at 200 km per science) told IANS. the University had declared tions have been received by the opposition. Jhabua MLA Kantilal time between Thiruvana- KRDCL,” said. Kumar. hour. Trains on the track, He said the police went out a holiday between Decem- Assembly Secretariat. Bhuria noted that the Assembly nthapuram and Kasara- “The state cabinet ap- which passes through 11 of the campus last night after ber 24-January 1 owing to The opposition, led by BJP session will start on the day the god from 12 hours to 4 proved the project af- of the 14 districts, will the students told them that Christmas and New Year that held its legislature party Congress government com- hours. ter a year-long feasibil- run at 200 km per hour. they are going to sleep. season. meeting, decided to corner the pletes a year in the office.

Bhopal, Dec 18 (IANS) The Ka- mal Nath presented the Road Map of aspirations and priorities of the ment had focused on generation ments. We need a certificate of our mal Nath government in Madhya at a programme aptly organized in people of MP. He said it will boost of employment by advancing the people and not from others. We Kamal Nath Pradesh, which completed a year Bhopal’s Minto Hall, the majestic investment, employment, health economy at micro and macro level. inherited an empty treasury a year in office on Tuesday, released a building that had also housed the and tourism in the state. He appre- He said that not only a clear vision ago and yet fulfilled 365 promises “Vision to Delivery Road Map 2020- state Assembly for over 40 years. ciated the Chief Minister’s com- has been prepared to achieve the in as many days. We have a one- promises to 2025” that promises a million jobs, The program included screening of mitment to ideas in meeting the goals of health and education and year action plan. We will create a “anytime” services to the citizen a film about the government’s one- goals of rapid economic prosperity sustainable development, but a mafia-free state, so that develop- through smartphones, 100 per cent year development efforts and an- and development. roadmap has also been drawn for ment can spread all over the state”. transform MP in enrolment in primary education other that depicted government’s The former Prime Minister con- its implementation. The one million new jobs, ac- and zero per cent dropout among plans for next four years. gratulated people for steps taken Kamal Nath said: “Ours is a vi- cording to the document, in the a large number welfare measures. Singh, the guest of honour for the in a short time of a year to bring sion government and not a televi- next five years would include 3.50 four years Former Prime Minister Manmo- occasion, described the ‘Vision to economic development and pros- sion government. We had said we lakh in manufacturing and 1.50 han Singh and Chief Minister Ka- Delivery Roadmap’ as a document perity. The Kamal Nath govern- will not make hollow announce- lakh in service sector.

The disappointed Con- Clashes break out in Kerala CAA will not take away anybody’s gress is trying to frighten the Indian Muslims and citizenship: Shahnawaz the people of the North College over Citizenship Act East,” he said, while Panaji, Dec 18 (IANS) dia after the partition marriage to Chinese be- blaming the Opposition Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 18 But on Wednesday, according to from start of the council meet- Minority communities of the country, India is cause they are Christian. party for the violence at (IANS) It was a day of protests and the local police, trouble broke out ing, it was tensed. “The CPI-M like the Buddhists in Af- their motherland and If these people want to the Jamia Millia Islamia clashes on Wednesday over the and the students belonging to the came out with a resolution and ghanistan and the Chris- and no one could exile come to India we will University and Aligarh Citizenship (Amendment) Act, rival organisations clashed with demanded that it be taken up for tians in Pakistan are un- them. give them a home and Muslim University. “To 2019 at a college and a local body each other and it was only after the discussion and it pertained to the safe and the Citizenship “Even earlier, when citizenship,” Hussain the Indian Muslims I in Kerala. staff members of the college inter- passage of the CAA - which we also Amendment Act (CAA) there was the Nehru- added. “CAA is not to want to state, don’t fall The BJP and its student organ- vened, things cooled down. felt was one which will divide the will provide them Indian Liaquat pact, there was take away anybody’s for the Congress trap, isation - ABVP was on one side, “So far no case has been reg- country and hence wanted this to citizenship under the an agreement that in citizenship, it is a bill to the Congress that has with the Congress party and the istered,” said a police official on be discussed at the meeting. With law, BJP national spokes- both the countries there give citizenship,” Hus- fallen at the election. CPI-M and its student wing on the condition of anonymity. the ruling BJP-led NDA unwill- person Syed Shahnawaz would not be persecu- sain said. The disappointed Con- other. The college principal was not ing to take it up, tempers ran high Hussain said. tion in the name of re- The BJP national gress is trying to frighten Trouble broke out at the Kerala reachable, while other officials of and it ended with a free for all as Addressing a press ligion. But in Pakistan, spokesperson accused the Indian Muslims and Varma College, Thrissur, when the college agreed that there were councillors came to blows,” said conference in Panaji on Afghanistan and Bangla- the Congress of trying to the people of the North student activists of the ABVP were skirmishes between students and Bhavadas. Wednesday, Hussain desh, Hindus, Christians, stoke violence across the East,” he said, while beaten up by the activists of the now things have cooled down. In Kerala, both the ruling Left said that for Muslims Sikhs, Parsis, Buddhists country against the CAA, blaming the Opposition Student Federation of India (SFI) Likewise at the Palakkad Mu- and the Congress-led opposition who chose to live in In- were being persecuted,” and said the intention of party for the violence at activists - of the CPI-M. nicipality - the only one ruled by have been strongly opposing the dia after the partition Hussain said. the Act was not to snatch the Jamia Millia Islamia The difference of opinion was the BJP in Kerala, the day’s coun- CAA and they organised a joint of the country, India is “In Afghanistan, in citizenship, but to be- University and Aligarh simmering in the college for a few cil meeting turned for the worse protest, here on Monday with their motherland and Bamiyan the statues stow it on those who are Muslim University. days now as the ABVP wanted to when skirmishes broke out be- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and no one could exile built in the mountains persecuted. “Behind both these organise a seminar on CAA and tween the ruling BJP councillors his cabinet colleagues and Leader them. Addressing a press were bombarded. What “To the Indian Mus- events, the Congress is SFI was opposed to it. and the opposition - Congress and of opposition Ramesh Chennith- conference in Panaji on then of the people who lims I want to state, don’t responsible. They are It was decided that when things the CPI-M. ala and other UDF leaders sat to- Wednesday, Hussain live there? Even today, fall for the Congress standing behind the cur- cool down, this can be discussed Speaking to IANS, Bhavadas, gether to send a message that this said that for Muslims in Pakistan, Christian trap, the Congress that tains and orchestrating later. a Congress councillor said right will not pass muster in Kerala. who chose to live in In- girls are being sold for has fallen at the election. it,” Hussain said. Indian Horizon 5 NATION Thursday, December 19, 2019 BJP hero in Curfew relaxed for 14 hours in Bengal governor on advertisement, zero in Shillong, situation normal a twitter spree Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Jag- governance: Priyanka Shillong, Dec 18 (IANS) Curfew from 8 p.m. on Wednesday till session of the state Assembly on deep Dhankar went for a slew of tweets as neither was relaxed for 14 hours in two further orders,” the official added. Thursday,” the official added. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee nor top police and ment, hunger, rape, vanishing police station areas in Meghala- All Banks, shops and markets, Sangma last week led a del- administrative officials called on him on Tuesday to jobs”. She appealed to the people ya’s capital Shillong on Wednes- educational institutions are open egation of the ruling Meghalaya update on the situation in the state in the backdrop of to oust the BJP government in the day while the suspension of mo- and vehicles are plying on the Democratic Alliance (MDA) to the volatile protests against the new citizenship law state in the assembly elections. bile internet services remained roads. Agitators protesting the meet Union Home Minister Amit CAA. The day began with Dhankhar tweeting about “You oust them from govern- in force for the past eight days, amended Citizenship Act would Shah and demanded to introduce a message from Chief Secretary Malay Dey that he, ment and form one which will officials said. hold a prayer meeting at Stu- the ILP in Meghalaya. along with director general of police Virendra, would work for you. BJP government is There is no fresh trouble over dents’ Field here later in the day. “We discussed the ILP issue call on him during the day. super hero in advertisement and the new Citizenship Act in the hill After protests against the new and other problems of Megha- “It has been well acknowledged. Will have immense zero in governance. The water- city for the past several days. Citizenship law, curfew was im- laya with the Home Minister and benefit of inputs from them so that all work in synergy falls, ponds belong to the people According to an official of the posed in Shilling and its outskirts he assured us with positive ap- to salvage situation in public interest,” the governor’s Ranchi, Dec 18 (IANS) Con- who are peace loving. Siddho district administration, District on December 11. proach,” said Sangma, who is also tweet read. In a separate tweet, Dhankhar said he was gress general secretary Priyanka and Kanhu freedom fighters Magistrate of East Khasi Hills, M. Another official of Chief Minis- the Chairman of the MDA. optimistic that his meeting with Banerjee scheduled Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday have taught you and I pay my W. Nongbri on Wednesday issued ter’s secretariat said that the state The ILP, which is now in force for Tuesday “will address all her concerns and would hit out at the Narendra Modi tributes to them,” said Priyanka. an order relaxing the curfew for 14 cabinet chaired by Chief Minister in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, also be enlightened by her point of view. “Dialogue government at the Centre over She said, “The BJP government hours from 6 a.m. in the morning Conrad K. Sangma on Tuesday Mizoram and in Manipur, was and communication at our level must take prece- the police crackdown on univer- which came to power in the state in areas under Lumdiengjri police had approved a resolution to notified under the Bengal East- dence as it is quintessence of spirit of Constitution sity campuses. She also said that has attacked your soul. They are station and Sadar police station. bring the state under the Inner ern Frontier Regulation, 1873, to we all follow,” he said. Dhankhar had summoned the the new law has been brought destroying your culture. They “As precautionary measures, Line Permit (ILP) regime. allow inward travel of an Indian chief minister to the Raj Bhavan on Monday after the to divert attention of the people have tried to scrap laws formed the curfew would be reimposed “The cabinet resolution would citizen into a protected area for a DG and the chief secretary did not appear to brief him from economic issues. to protect your culture”. She in these two police station areas be moved at the one-day special limited and stipulated period. on the situation in the state. “The economy has failed. alleged that the government Through new laws, the issues waived loans of only the rich, and are being diverted. When NRC farmers are committing suicide Bijnore courtroom murder: Allahabad failed, then Citizen Amendment in the country. Kashmir journalists seek action Act (CAA) was brought. Assam is “The government banks burning. When students raised waived loans of rich people. The HC takes cognizance, seeks reply voice over CAA in Delhi, they govt is snatching money from Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) The Al- It may be recalled that on Tues- against police atrocity were lathi-charged,” said Pri- poor and giving it to the rich. lahabad High Court Wednesday day, one under trial was killed and Srinagar, Dec 18 nalism is not a crime”. top police authorities on yanka in a rally at Sahebganj dis- The MNREGA has been made has taken suo moto cognizance of another seriously injured when (IANS) Journalists in “Journalists are having a Wednesday. Following trict of Jharkhand during the last non-functional. The big gov- the murder inside a courtroom in three persons opened fire inside Kashmir on Wednesday tough time in Kashmir -- which the police assured day of the fifth and final phase of ernment companies are being Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district. the court of the Chief Judicial Mag- staged a protest against on the one hand there is the media here that a campaigning. sold. They have cancelled ration The court has sought a reply istrate (CJM) in Bijnor district. the police atrocity on Internet blockade and on time-bound inquiry will She said, “The Prime Min- cards of 12 lakh families. I want from the Director General of Police A court clerk, Munish, was also media persons when the other hand police are be held and responsibil- ister has failed and he made to ask how many youths have (DGP) and the principal Home Sec- injured in the firing while the CJM they were covering a now stopping journalists ity will be fixed. hollow claims from the land of been given jobs in last five years. retary on this by December 20. The had to run for cover to save himself. student demonstration from covering protests “The Senior Super- Jharkhand. From here, I chal- What steps have been taken court has also asked the state gov- The shooters surrendered inside in the Islamia college on and demonstrations,” intendent of Police as- lenge him to speak for people to stop the migration and how ernment to produce its safety plan the court after executing the killing. Tuesday. said Zahoor Rizvi, editor sured the delegation of of Santhal Pargana. You (Modi) many industries have been set for the district courts. According to reports, the CJM A group of Kashmir of The Leader magazine. strong action against should speak about unemploy- up in the state,” said Priyanka. The bench comprising Justice was hearing the case related to the journalists gathered out- On Tuesday, a group the alleged accused. He Sudhir Agarwal and Justice Sunit murder of Bahaujan Samaj Party side the media centre in of journalists were as- said that a departmen- Kumar has said that the govern- (BSP) leader Ehsaan and his neph- the State Information saulted while they were tal inquiry has been or- UP child killed by leopard, ment must give a security plan for ew Shadaab in the district court Department complex covering a protest by dered. SP Headquarters the court premises. when the incident took place. and demanded action students at the Islamia has been asked to lead another injured Meanwhile, the state government The accused in this double mur- against the policemen college here against the the inquiry and submit a has suspended 19 police personnel der, Shahnawaz and Jabbar, had who allegedly assaulted Citizenship (Amend- report within 10 days,” a Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 18 (IANS) A five-year-old boy for dereliction of duty and laxity been brought for hearing by the Anees Zargar and Asaan ment) Act. The police statement issued by the was mauled to death in a leopard attack while another child which led to the murder inside the Delhi police that had arrested them Javed. confiscated their mo- press club said. was critically injured in the same attack. courtroom. a few months ago. Zargar and Javed were bile phones on which “We appreciate the The attack happened on Tuesday and is the third attack by assaulted while they they were recording the assurance of an inquiry, a leopard on the children in the past two days. were performing their event. but our experience tells According to reports, late on Monday evening, four-year- professional duties, the The Kashmir Press us nothing will come out old Nishu and five-year-old Chetan were playing outside their UP BJP MLA suggests a protesting journalists Club also condemned of it,” said Aakash Has- houses in the Prempuri village near Najibabad. The children said. They also carried the assault and delega- san, a Srinagar-based shouted for help when they spotted a leopard. placards that said: “Jour- tion from the club met journalist. The animal attacked Nishu in the neck and carried Chet- union for legislators an away. Nishu was taken to a hospital and villagers started Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) A day Meanwhile, BJP MLA Nand searching for Chetan. The search did not yield any results on after a BJP MLA alleged that he Kishore Gujjar, who had attempted UP assembly adjourned briefly Monday but on Tuesday, villagers resumed the search. was being harassed by officials in to raise the issue of harassment by They found the child’s half-eaten body in a sugarcane the Yogi government and caused officials in the assembly on Tues- field around 300 metres from the village. Parts of the child’s embarrassment to the ruling party, day but was denied the opportu- amid SP, Cong uproar back, hands and face were missing and the hands had been another BJP MLA put up a post on nity, apologised for his behaviour Lucknow, Dec 18 reported with an alarming into the well of the House separated from the body. The other child Nishu was critically his Facebook page asking whether in the assembly n Wednesday. (IANS) The opposition regularity, there has been shouting slogans after injured. Earlier, on Sunday, a similar attack had taken place legislators should also form their However, he said, officials were parties Wednesday forced a murder inside a court- which the Speaker ad- in Akbarpur Chauganva village where a leopard picked up a own union. taking commission and had no adjournment of the Uttar room and a Legislator has journed the House for one five-year-old boy, Rohan. When his family members came to Shyam Prakash, BJP MLA from fear. Pradesh Assembly for an also raised the issue of hour. his rescue, the animal dropped the boy and fled. Rohan sus- Hardoi, wrote on his Facebook page “There are barely one or two per hour when they insisted an arrogant bureaucracy. The Bahujan Samaj tained injuries on his neck and is currently recuperating in a on Wednesday that , “Peons to IAS, cent officers who are honest. Other on discussing the murder We demand a discussion Party, interestingly, did government hospital. home guards to IPS - all officers and officers do not listen to people. If in the Bijnor court room, on this immediately,” he not join in the protests. Bijnor Divisional Forest Officer M. Semmaran said: “We employees in various departments, a probe is ordered into the NGOs increasing cases of rape said. Later, talking to report- have set up cages to trap leopards and our staff have increased village heads, farmers and traders run by officers’ wives, the extent of and also the issues raised Uttar Pradesh Minister ers, Leader of Opposition vigil and patrolling. A probe into the killing of the child is on.” have their unions. Should legisla- corruption will be known,” he said. by BJP MLA Nand Kishore Swami Prasad Maurya Ram Govind Chaudhary Najibabad Divisional Forest Officer Manoj Shukla said that tors also form their own unions The chief minister, mean- Gujjar. said that the opposition said that the government a leopard could not be declared a man eater as yet. now? In politics today, it is the MLA while, has directed senior minis- As soon as the House was bent on wasting the was shying away from an- “It was the first time that a leopard ate a kid’s body. We can- who is the weakest link.” ter Suresh Khanna to address the assembled, leader of op- time of the State Legisla- swering the questions of not declare it a man eater yet. The attacks were carried out in On December 15, the BJP MLA problems raised by Gujjar in his position Ram Govind ture by talking about non the opposition. different areas. We are not sure if the same leopard is attack- had posted a video clip of a police- constituency. The chief minister, Chaudhary said that the issues. “They have turned “Whether it is the scam ing the villagers. We have alerted our staff and have put cages man accepting bribe and had said meanwhile, has directed senior state was in a state of this House into a joke,” he or the rapid deterioration in different areas,” he said. in the caption that, “There is no minister Suresh Khanna to address anarchy and the govern- said. in the law and order situa- fear of the government in corrupt the problems raised by Gujjar in ment was ignoring issues. Samajwadi and Con- tion, the government has After 134 days, Srinagar’s Jama officers and policemen.” his constituency. “Rape cases are being gress Legislators barged no answers,” he said. Masjid reopens for prayers Auckland Varsity, IIT-KGP come Will not support NRC: Srinagar, Dec 18 (IANS) The historic jama mosque in Sri- Odisha CM nagar re-opened for prayers for the first time on Wednesday together to offer joint Phd after the revocation of Article 370 on August 5. Bhubaneswar, Dec 18 (IANS) Biju Janata Dal The call for mid day prayer (Zuhr) suprised the residents Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) The New Zealand and India. This his- time in both universities. Dr (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen living around the area. The grand mosque was first cleaned University of Auckland has signed toric agreement recognises the Caroline Daley, Dean of Gradu- Patnaik on Wednesday made it clear that his party by the mosque authorities - Anjuman-e-Auqaf - headed by a historic agreement with the importance of top institutions ate Studies at the University of will not support the National Register of Citizens Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who also heads a faction of Hurriyat Indian Institute of Technology engaging internationally,” said Auckland, said doctoral can- (NRC). Conference. The mosque officials also checked the sound Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) to offer a Professor Stuart McCutcheon, didates will have access to op- He also appealed to the citizens to maintain system before call for prayer emanated from the minarets. joint PhD programme. Vice-Chancellor, University of portunities at both institutions, peace and not to indulge in rumour-mongering. Since August 5, no prayers were held at the mosque. The programme will begin in Auckland in New Zealand. whether it’s related to their re- “The Biju Janata Dal MPs both in the Lok Sabha The authorities lifted restrictions on prayers last month. Engineering but is open to other “I welcome the opportunity this search programme or their pro- and Rajya Sabha have made it clear that we do not “We decided to clean the mosque today (Wednesday) and subject areas. partnership will bring to enhance fessional development. support the NRC,” Patnaik told reporters before conducted Zuhr and Asr(afternoon) prayers for the first time Some of the research areas research outputs at both insti- “Employers are looking for doc- leaving for New Dehli. after August 5,” said a senior Auqaf member. identified for collaboration in- tutions, as well as the enriched toral graduates who can work in The Chief Minister would attend the second A volunteer said that there is a lot of dust in the prayer mats. clude computational modelling, learning it will deliver for PhD stu- culturally diverse teams and who meeting of the committee for commemoration “We are clearing the masjid before offering Zuhr prayers,” he cyber-security, and advanced ma- dents,” McCutcheon said. are able to adjust to new environ- of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in said. “This place is our spiritual Centre. We missed the aura terials, as well as precision-driven Students from both Univer- ments in a timely, positive way. New Delhi on Thursday. and ambience that this masjid offers to people since August medicine and cancer research. sites who participate in this Graduates of this joint PhD pro- Appealing to citizens to maintain peace, he said 5. Thank God, this place is again open for worshippers,” said “The joint PhD programme programme will study under gramme will have an excellent the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 has Mohammad Sultan, a resident of Gojwara in Srinagar. significantly strengthens the eco- the supervision of academics in academic record, and a CV that nothing to do with Indian citizens and it only deals nomic and research ties between both institutions and will spend stands out,” Daley said. with foreigners. Indian Horizon 6 EDIT Thursday, December 19, 2019

Indian Horizon CAA shows BJP has no ear to the ground By Ira Pande for preferential treatment because they to a ‘Hindu rashtra’ reinforces their law will be implemented over ‘my dead SOON after the Citizenship Amend- suffered religious persecution in the fears. The CAB, now CAA, was undoubt- body’. The BJP had obviously not con- ment Act (CAA) was passed by the Rajya three countries — Bangladesh, Paki- edly part of the BJP’s manifesto. Its tim- tended with the massive protests that Sabha on December 11, a friend driv- stan, Afghanistan — covered by the Act, ing may have been dictated by a variety have broken out against the CAA all ing back from Parliament found groups whereas religious persecution of the of factors. Some believe it provided an over the North-East, despite the chang- of people on the roadside near Delhi’s Muslims in these ‘theocratic’ states was emotive issue to deflect attention from es that the government brought in the Muslim-dominated Nizamuddin area. simply not possible. the economic hardships people are fac- Bill since January, when an earlier ver- He stopped the car to find out what The court will decide the many fun- ing with the downturn in the economy. sion did not go through Parliament. Thursday, December 19, 2019 was happening. The one question they damental questions the Act has thrown Growing joblessness, price rise of es- This lack of connect with the ground wanted to ask was: “Humein ab yahan up. Can religion become the basis of sentials and rural distress are impinging is surprising, given that the BJP had se bhaga denge kya?” citizenship? Does the CAA constitute on their daily lives, and are bound to in- electorally conquered the northeastern Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a violation of the principle of equality fluence electoral choices in the months states in the last five years, and even Spiralling out of control Home Minister Amit Shah have stated guaranteed by the Indian Constitution? to come. in 2019, the NDA won 17 of the 25 Lok that the CAA will not affect the rights of The Home Minister has repeatedly Others see it as a way to reassuring Sabha seats from the region. But the Indian Muslims. Yet, it has done little hyphenated CAB and the national NRC, the Bengali Hindus. They have sup- CAA has deepened the existing fault- Anti-CAA protests catch to reassure the community. There are that he proposes to legislate, further fu- ported the BJP in Assam, and the BJP lines in the region, not so much along reasons for this, and they reinforce the elling fears amongst the Muslims. Just wants to ensure citizenship to those Hindu-Muslim lines, but as an outside- Centre, Delhi govt off guard deep sense of insecurity that the Mus- as the Hindus in Assam, not able to pro- Bengali Hindus who were left out of the insider, Bengali-Assamese, Bengali- lims feel today. vide documents, will now be conferred Assam NRC, and through them to sig- tribal conflict. The Act has come soon after the NRC citizenship through the CAA, but not nal support to the community in West The government may have exempted in Assam, where, of the 19 lakh found the Muslims, this might get repeated on Bengal. It is a community the party has inner line permit states — Nagaland, THE renewed outbreak of violence as infiltrators, 14.5 lakh were Bengali a national scale with the National Reg- been eyeing for the mega battle that lies Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh — Hindus, who had come from Bangla- ister of Citizens that seems to be on the ahead in 2021 against Mamata Banerjee promising to insulate Manipur similar- in the Capital on Tuesday during pro- desh before 1971, and 4.5 lakh Mus- anvil. Many Muslims — and poor folk in West Bengal, very important in the ly, as also the tribal areas of Assam and lims. Under the CAA, the Hindus will may not be able to get together the rele- Amit Shah scheme of things. Mamata, Tripura, yet it has not managed to reas- tests against the Citizenship Amend- now qualify for citizenship, but not the vant documents — are now wondering not unaware of the challenges that face sure people worried about their ethnic Muslims left out of the Assam NRC. The whether they are going to become sec- her, has sharpened the battlelines, with identity and fear of being overrun by ment Act (CAA) has exposed the government argues that the six non- ond-class citizens in their own country. her massive march in Kolkata against ‘outsiders’ in their own homeland. failure of the Centre and the Delhi Muslim communities were singled out The RSS’ reiteration of its commitment the CAA-NRC, and her war cry that the IANS Government to gauge the volatile sit- uation, let alone tackle it. The police Agriculture in need of economic stimulus are under fire from various quarters By Devinder Sharma ments are the two key factors that To say that tax concessions will account of being denied the right for allegedly resorting to brutality and While the leaked consumption have slowed the economy, lead- encourage businesses to invest price. Niti Aayog’s own estimates excesses against students and other expenditure survey pegged the ing economic growth to a six-year more in greenfield projects, and showed the growth in real farm per capita monthly expenditure low of 4.5 per cent in the July-Sep- eventually help in providing more incomes, in the past two years, to protesters. The arrest of 10 persons on food in rural areas at Rs 580 tember quarter, the prescriptions jobs is not backed by internation- be ‘near zero’. (roughly Rs 19 a day), the Eco- being suggested are aimed at the al experience. Nobel laureate Paul In other words, for two decades — all with a criminal background and nomic Survey had shared data top of the ladder. Krugman has shown that corpo- in a row, farmers have been at the pertaining to average farm in- Industry associations find the rate rate tax cuts in the United receiving end, with almost stag- none being a student — in connection come based not only on what the slowdown to be an appropriate States, which received a fillip nant or declining incomes. It only farming families were able to sell, opportunity to push for more re- after President Donald Trump elaborates the primary reason be- with Sunday’s mayhem near Jamia but also adding what they saved forms in the form of cheaper and took over, have neither brought hind what is seen as a deepening Millia Islamia has vindicated Vice- for household consumption. One easy land acquisitions, labour in investments nor created jobs. survival crisis. The growth rate in was often left wondering how laws, reducing corporate tax, re- The money the corporate saved farm wages, too, has been slip- Chancellor Najma Akhtar’s stand these families would be surviving moving tax terrorism, fast-track- was, instead, invested in the stock ping. When agriculture, which with income levels of less than Rs ing of bankruptcy resolutions markets. engages nearly 50 per cent of against the police crackdown on the 1,700 a month. With farm prices and, of course, providing yet an- No wonder, the Indian stock the population, is in a crisis, the remaining depressed, several other sector-based stimulus. markets too went into a celebra- reverberations it carries on the campus. Firmly backing the Jamia other studies pointed to farm in- While mainline economists gen- tion mode the day after the corpo- economy are bound to be intense. comes sliding to a 14-year low, erally agree that it is the bottom of rate tax rate cuts were announced. The revival of agriculture, there- students, she has made it clear that and farm wages, too, showing a the pyramid that needs more at- While the celebrations still con- fore, holds the key. If there is one the university would neither tolerate marked decline over the past few tention, a set of booster doses that tinue, and the inflow of foreign sector of the economy which is in years. have already been announced to funds has increased after the tax dire need of an economic stimu- police presence on the premises nor Another leaked document, reinvigorate the economy relate rate cut, my worry remains about lus, it is agriculture. The time is the Periodic Labour Force Sur- essentially to corporate tax stimu- a large section of the poor who appropriate to compensate farm- let any politician pay a visit amid the vey 2017-18 report of the NSSO, lus, real estate, automobile sector, are finding it difficult to buy a Rs ers. had shown that 3.4 crore casual bank consolidation and recapi- 5 pack of biscuits; about those To begin with, if an amount disturbances. labourers in rural areas (3 crore talisation, export incentives, and who are struggling hard to market equivalent to the Rs 1.45-lakh- were farm workers) had lost their some sops to micro, small and their crop harvest at a remunera- crore tax relief per year to the The onus is now on the Centre to jobs between 2011-12 and 2017- medium enterprises. A few econo- tive price; about those farm and industry was allocated, instead, 18. With unemployment wors- mists have questioned the need to non-farm workers who are find- to agriculture, it would triple the get a high-level inquiry conducted, ening over the past 45 years, the provide tax breaks to an industry ing it hard to secure a sustainable direct income support amount as sought by the Jamia authorities, crisis had certainly gone beyond which is already sitting comfort- daily wage. under the PM-Kisan scheme to farming. ably over cash. They have said For the population in the poor Rs 18,000 per year (Rs 1,500 per so that the ‘how and why’ of the po- While all these reports pointed that it is not the way to bolster the category, especially in agricul- farmer per month) and extend to the deteriorating economic sagging economy. ture, no specific incentives are the scheme to landless farmers as lice action can be thoroughly ascer- wellbeing of a rural family, the im- With already 5 per cent of the being announced. More so at a well. Already Rs 75,000 crore is al- plications it had on pulling down GDP going as revenue foregone, time when a study by the Organ- located for the PM-Kisan scheme, tained. Jamia Registrar AP Siddiqui, rural spending were not difficult an additional cut in corporate tax isation for Economic Cooperation which needs to be raised by add- to foresee. rate providing a stimulus of Rs and Development and the In- ing another Rs 1.45-lakh crore. himself an IPS officer, has asserted Economists, however, remain 1.45-lakh every year is only going dian Council for Research on In- The more money in the hands of that there was no stone-pelting on divided over trying to manoeuvre to further weaken the tax revenue ternational Economic Relations the poor, the more will be the de- a reliable way out of the down- position. Finance Minister Nir- (OECD-ICRIER) had earlier shown mand generated, which is the cry- cops by students from inside the turn. While mainline economists mala Sitharaman has also hinted that farmers lost an estimated Rs ing need. agree that weaker consumer de- at a relief on the personal income 45 lakh crore in the 16-year pe- IANS campus. The probe should establish mand and slowing private invest- tax in the next Budget. riod, from 2000-01 to 2016-17, on the role of outsiders in this incident that apparently provoked the men in How China views Indo-Pacific khaki to enter the campus. A couple of By Gurbachan Jagat scribing the Indo-Pacific as spreading integrated and inter-connected region, Pacific but this has made little prog- students suffered ‘gunshot’ injuries DURING the past decade, the con- from the western Pacific all the way to with ASEAN playing a central and stra- ress. In 2017, a framework was agreed cept of Indo-Pacific as a strategic the east coast of Africa, and stressed its tegic role.’ upon but is reportedly no more than a in the ensuing melee, even though space has gained momentum. India inclusive character. To assuage anxiet- An important aspect of China’s listing of each individual ASEAN coun- embraced it formally in the keynote ies, India has formally acknowledged adoption of the Indian, and now, ASE- try’s perspective rather than a com- the Delhi Police have denied opening speech by PM Modi at the Shangrila ASEAN centrality and declared that AN definitions of Indo-Pacific is to -in mon ASEAN position on the code. Chi- Dialogue in 2018. The US renamed Indo-Pacific cooperation would work hibit them from aligning with the US in na has advanced three main demands: fire. This suggests that some agent its Pacific Command to Indo-Pacific through ASEAN-led institutions. The confronting China. Yang Yanyi, leader one, the code should not be covered by provocateurs were involved in the vi- Command the same year. Japan has contradiction between the expansive of a Chinese delegation that visited the UN Convention on the Law of the been an early proponent, with Shinzo geographical definition and its nar- India in June, declared, ‘Any regional Seas; two, joint military exercise with olence. All such anti-social elements, Abe having spoken of the great conflu- rower regional dimension has been initiative needs to be open, inclusive, countries outside the region must have ence of the Indian and Pacific Oceans blurred. In operational terms, India rules based, guided by the principles prior consent of all parties to the agree- who are out to give a bad name to in an address to the Indian Parliament has accepted the US and Australian of respect for sovereignty, non-inter- ment; and three, no resource develop- in 2007. More recently, Abe has advo- notion that Indo-Pacific covers the ference, and mutual trust. Such an ment should be conducted with coun- groups protesting peacefully against cated a ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’. ocean space between ‘Hollywood and attempt of deepening mistrust, mis- tries outside the region. Australia, too, has adopted the term Bollywood’. That is what a bow to ASE- calculation and patterns of behaviour ASEAN is unlikely to acquiesce to the CAA, should be identified and in its official discourse. China initially AN centrality would imply. India has based on zero-sum games should be these demands but Chinese intent is dismissed the concept as ‘attention also tried to project the quadrilateral guarded against. Indo-Pacific should obvious and contradicts its professed brought to book at the earliest. grabbing idea.... that would dissipate group of India, Australia, Japan and be about addressing issues like poverty adherence to a rules-based Indo- Those responsible for the ruthless like the ocean foam’. ASEAN was wary the US, the ‘Quad’ as separate from the alleviation and not about creating divi- Pacific. It is aimed at ‘reordering the of the concept as it seemed to detract Indo-Pacific, though not very convinc- sions.’ region to its advantage’. Indo-Pacific suppression of dissent must also from ASEAN ‘centrality’ which claims ingly. For the other three partners in He added further, ‘The rhetoric and as a rules-based order assumes that for the regional body a decisive voice the Quad, all US military allies, any In- narrative to my ears have been quite all stakeholders accept that the rela- not be spared. The Central and Delhi in any regional economic or security do-Pacific strategy must take the Quad confrontational. So I would like to con- tive decline of US power in the region architecture. Recently, there has been as its core. The recent US Indo-Pacific cur with some of the views expressed, should give way to a multipolar Asian governments need to work in close a change in the postures of both China Strategy Report makes it clear that its including by India, that the Asia-Pa- order managed by a cluster of major and ASEAN towards Indo-Pacific, and aim is to frustrate China’s attempts ‘to cific and Indian Ocean region should powers which would include India coordination to defuse tension rather this should be examined for their im- reorder the region to its advantage’, not be viewed as contiguous territo- and China as key actors. But China than conveniently passing the buck plications. and that the Quad will play a critical rial space but as clearly integrated and insists on a hierarchical architecture Chinese media and scholarly com- role in this respect. While China has inter-connected region.’ The message wherein its self-defined political, to each other. It’s time for the powers mentaries have now started using changed tack on Indo-Pacific, it con- from China is clear: if countries like economic and security interests en- the term Indo-Pacific regularly. Chi- tinues to attack the Quad as an ‘Asian India subscribe to an open and inclu- joy pre-eminence. Until China can that be to act responsibly and deci- nese think tanks have even convened NATO’. sive Indo-Pacific, they must dissociate be persuaded to accept a multipolar conferences with Indo-Pacific as the ASEAN has dropped its objection themselves from the Quad. order, an Indo-Pacific strategy will sively. The rule of law has to be re- theme. The aim appears to be to hold to Indo-Pacific, but came up with its Does China respect ASEAN central- have to play a role of countervailing countries in the Indo-Pacific to a nar- own definition at its summit in June: ‘A ity and an inclusive Indo-Pacific? Since Chinese power and the Quad will be established at the earliest; otherwise, rative devoid of any anti-Chinese con- perspective of viewing the Asia-Pacific 2002, China and ASEAN have been its core. India needs to be clear where anarchy and chaos could spread far tent. In his speech at the Shangrila and Indian Ocean regions not as a con- negotiating a code of conduct for the its interests lie. Dialogue, Modi followed Abe in de- tiguous territorial space but as a closely South China Sea, which is part of Indo- IANS and wide and snowball into a nation- al crisis. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon 7 OP-ED Thursday, December 19, 2019 I still kind of love the New York Subway

By Maeve Higgins train with horror. Right then, the man authors write. “This process of knowing- Like any good New Yorker, I mind my beside me lunged at the man opposite yet-ignoring whereby riders become own business on the subway. Unless I’m me. I thought he was attacking him, but ‘blase’ New Yorkers on the subways is in a bad mood, like that cold day last he was reaching between his legs be- essential to the establishment of a com- week when nobody was emailing me cause he’d spotted a diamond ring on munity in transit.” back, and my jeans were too tight, and the floor. He leapt toward the door and Still, I worry that we’re not all in it to- I was late for a meeting I didn’t want to handed the ring to the frantic woman, gether. I wonder how many rich people go to and this kid turned his profane rap whose face broke into a huge smile. ever use the train. I wonder why Gov- music up to full volume on the platform. It was as if she were getting proposed ernor Andrew Cuomo and the MTA are Black and brown teenagers are often to all over again, except this time by a prioritising the wrong solutions, and I overpoliced in public spaces, but this kid stranger speckled in cement. He apolo- wonder if I can stand many more years of was as white as Post Malone. gised to the guy he’d jumped at and we unreliable service. Then something hap- I spotted a small child a few feet away. all shared a laugh. It felt good. Thirty- pens that gets me all mushy again. Perfect. “Turn that off!” I boomed at the five minutes later, I waved goodbye to Last month, I was in Bushwick waiting teenager, modelling my voice on that the speckled man. He made a “Who the for the M train to take me into Manhat- Theranos scammer. “Can’t you see there hell are you?” face. He’d forgotten we’d tan when I saw someone sprint onto the is a small child over there?” I didn’t care shared that moment and, honestly, that platform and just make it through the about the child — she was probably lis- made it perfect. closing doors of a J train. He hadn’t no- tening to a podcast about murder, any- I don’t want to romanticise the sub- ticed that he had dropped his wallet on way — I was just cranky. But more than way. It drives me crazy with delays and the platform. A woman picked it up and that, I didn’t need anyone breaking the crowding. When I first moved to New looked at me, making a “What do I do social contract we all silently enter into York I was wowed with the possibilities now?” gesture. I reluctantly took out my when we disappear below ground. for a dreamily inclusive future that the headphones and asked to see the wal- Swiping that MetroCard or jumping trains opened up. I would gaze starry- let. The man’s ID was in it and I quickly that turnstile admits us to a world full of AT TIMES I CAN’T STAND THE UNRELIABLE SERVICE, eyed at an elderly Orthodox Jewish man found him on Instagram. His bio stated complex rules. I don’t mean “let the pas- BUT THEN SOMETHING GETS ME ALL MUSHY AGAIN dozing beside a guy with a mohawk and he was born in Donetsk, Ukraine, and his sengers off first” or “don’t spread your a leather jacket reading beside a woman account showed his work. He’s a Master giant, important legs” or even “pay the ing guns at black teenagers for not pay- bother each other” and “keep your eyes in a sari holding a biracial baby, etc. Six of Fine Arts candidate at Hunter, a con- fare.” The MTA is about to hire 500 new ing the fare and hauling away a weeping on your phone screen at all times.” Some- years later I just want to get a seat so that ceptual artist. I messaged him and wait- police officers “mainly to support fare food vendor’s cart. I’ve noticed graf- times, when I take a break from staring at I can trawl Instagram and eat my churros ed to hear back. Then the M came. I got evasion and homelessness outreach mit- fiti saying “More churros less cops.” I’m mine and stretch my crooked little neck in peace. on with the woman and her small child, igation efforts,” according to its budget tempted to take out my pen and correct it up to see how many stops I have left, I ac- Perhaps I wasn’t being naive, though, who leaned against me as I showed them proposal. This has many riders incredu- to “fewer cops,” but otherwise I approve cidentally lock eyes with someone else. according to the book “International the artist’s work. lous — both at the cost, which is $50 mil- of the sentiment. I’m not worried about We frown at each other and go back to Express: New Yorkers on the 7 Train,” The artist responded right as we lion a year at a time when the subway is an immigrant woman providing treats our screens. As it should be. about the busy Queens subway line boarded the M, saying he would get running a huge deficit and desperately for a dollar apiece or people who need to That said, every now and then, pay- where 80 languages are spoken. “A most off the train three stops later. He did, needs investment in repairs, and the fact get somewhere but can’t afford the $2.75 ing attention can be wonderful. I looked remarkable characteristic of the process and so did the woman and her child, that the New York Police Department fare. I am worried about overcrowding, out the window of the B train one after- whereby one becomes an urbanite on who waved back at me like we were old says crime on the subway is lower now delays, the welfare of MTA workers and, noon and watched as a woman who had mass transit is that the ethnic and racial friends. I carried on and from my seat than it was last year. of course, small children’s ears. been sitting opposite me took two steps categories that might seem to distance on the moving train, I saw that the artist Concerned riders have shared videos The rules I truly care about are the onto the platform, looked at her hand, one from fellow passengers are usually got his wallet back. and photos of police tasing and point- ones that aren’t written down, like “don’t and then whipped her head back at the and quickly dismissed as secondary,” the Gulf News Trump’s crackdown on free speech has a motive

By Fawaz Turki Jews among them who consider absurd a campus hate speech code ... this order United States President Donald the labelling of anti-Israel criticism as an- is an attack on academic freedom and Trump, since day one in office, has per- ti-Semitism, and consider abhorrent an free speech, and will harm not only pro- sistently held feelings of ill-will towards assault on the hallowed halls of a univer- Palestinian advocates but also Jewish Palestinians, feelings no doubt induced sity, the ultimate bastion of free speech. students and faculty, and the academy by the conviction that he can walk all It is there, after all, where students go itself”. over these folks with no fear of adverse to learn new ideas — irrespective of how Expansive definition consequences to his administration. controversial or provocative — explore Meanwhile, don’t be fooled into think- Almost two years ago this month, he their intellectual potential and have their ing that Palestinians, whether under oc- recognised occupied Jerusalem as Isra- beliefs challenged, all to their young cupation or in exile, are on their back- el’s capital and later moved the Ameri- minds’ enrichment, all in an environ- side. Were their supporters around the can embassy there, in defiance of a long- ment where free speech is a free-for-all. world, in particular those engaged in held international consensus on the Saying things we don’t want to hear the Boycott, Divest and Sanction (BDS) status of the Holy City. He cut off Ameri- And if free speech means anything in movement, not so effective, Israel’s ad- can funding to the United Nations Relief a free society, it means we exercise the vocates in the US would not have re- and Works Agency (UNRWA), the group right to tell others what they may not sorted to such an expansive definition of tasked since 1949 with providing relief want to hear, and hear them, however anti-Semitism in order to muzzle them. and human development programs for much under duress, tell us things we do Alice Walker, the celebrated African- Palestinian refugees. not want to hear either. American writer, poet and social activ- Then, most recently, in another act of Progressive Jews are in the vanguard of ist, who wrote The Color Purple (1983), defiance, this one of international law, denouncing the order. Jeremy Ben Ami, which won both the National Book Award he declared that Israel’s colonisation of the president of J Street, the fair-minded and the Pulitzer Prize, has declared: “I land in the occupied West Bank was not that keeps on giving, as it were — and to department there, that is deemed to be Jewish lobby in Washington, saw the or- want the Israeli government to be held in violation of that law, thus effectively ensure the flow of unstinting contribu- offering, say, a course on the Palestine- der for what it was — a cynical effort to accountable for its behaviour against giving Israeli leaders the green light to tions to his campaign coffers by right- Israel conflict considered “critical” of woo right wing Jewish voters and cam- Palestinians, and I want the people of the pursue their expansionist policies at will. wing Jews, he signed an executive order Israel. paign contributions, not as a defence of US to stop acting as if they don’t under- Still, not satisfied with the grievous harm that essentially equated criticism of Is- What we have here then is a president “Jewish rights” in America. stand what is going on”. he has inflicted on the Palestinian cause, he rael in educational institutions with ant- who is weaponising Title VI to proscribe “It is particularly outrageous and ab- Alice, have no fear. Both your wishes has now gone after those who support it on Semitism, formally bringing the order textbooks deemed pro-Palestinian and surd for President Trump to pretend to will inevitably be granted. History will US campuses, which in recent years have under the purview of Title VI of the 1964 threaten professors deemed to harbour a care about anti-Semitism during the see to it that they are, for dreams of the become hotbeds of activism on behalf of Civil Rights Act, that outlaws discrimina- bias against Israel. Exploring intellectual same week in which he once again spout- future, as Thomas Jefferson — one of Palestinian national and human rights. tion against minorities. potential ed anti-Semitic tropes about Jews and America’s Founding Fathers and the Executive order The order, in this case, would allow Not surprisingly, the order, obviously money”, Ben Ami said in a statement. principal author of its Declaration of In- Last Wednesday, clearly in an effort the Education Department to withhold one that restricts free speech on campus, And Kenneth Stern, the American Jew- dependence — explained, are more deci- to advance himself yet again as an un- funding intended for a university, or a sent a chilling message to educators ev- ish Committee’s expert on anti-Semi- sive than the history of the past. flinching supporter of Israel — the gift specific programme by an area studies erywhere, including those progressive tism, stated: “It was never intended to be Gulf News Off the cuff: The ebb and flow of life’s tides By Mick O’Reilly and without the power to lift it interloper on its beachy play- Nature can be cruel, but also free. Its legs seems tangled by ground. We share stares for so beautiful. I was reminded fishing line. I approach to try 15 minutes and it follows my of this on a beach walk the and help. It uses precious re- progression along the shore, other day. It was one of those serves of its quickly diminish- disappearing behind a small rare days now in December ing energy to flee this human tethered boat, reappearing on these British Isles, where threat. playfully. there is no rain, the clouds are I stand and watch as it grows The locals here refer to this sparse, the sun shines and yes, weaker, taking longer each estuary as “the Slobs” — co- although there is a chilly wind, time to come up from the lourful but nevertheless de- it is nothing that can’t be over- cold waves. It is just a mat- scriptive of the sticky mud come by a good coat, gloves ter of time. Overhead, three flats that are treacherous to and a hat. As the old saying large gulls watch too, waiting cross but provide wintering goes, if you want to get ahead, for that final moment of life to grounds for terns and curlews, get a hat. ebb on this tide. Where there herons and plovers. My local beach changes by will be death, there will be a Nearby, a historical plaque the week. Depending from meal for others. reminds those of us who pass where the gales have blown, At the far top of the strand this way of those who passed the shoreline can be sandy or there is an opening into calm- before and perished on a ship- strewn with rounded stones er waters, an estuary provid- wreck in a storm in 1859, with washed up from the seabed on ing sanctuary and succulence all of the victims buried to- the easterly winds, or slowly dislodging it. This is global dicular intervals. The effect is young seal. I cannot tell the for waders. On good days, if gether in some forgotten and washed out when the wind warming, the higher seas, the to divided the long beach into type, in truth the smell too you’re lucky, seals gather here. unmarked grave. drives from the south or west. erosion of land, the inunda- smaller sections, each more foul. The sooner the next tide This is a good day, and one is The long rays of the day’s The dunes are eroding too. tion of places that for eons be- protected. For the beach walk- washes those pitiful remains bobbing at the surface enjoy- winter sun are growing weaker Those easterly winds drive fore have stood the rigours of er, each offers a new perspec- to the deep, the better for all. ing those sparse clouds and and dimmer with each passing the tides up onto the fore- timeless tides. tive, brings a heighten antici- On another, a black and rare sunshine. moment. The rose and purple shore, each lapping away at The local council has tried to pation of what will unfold over white oyster-catcher is be- It disappears every minute hues of a cold pastel sky grad- the sand, one wave exposing stem the effect of this erosion the next groyne. ing washed over by advancing or so, coming back, coming ually lose their lustre. Tomor- the roots of the dune grass, by building rocky groynes out On one such beach there shallow waves. It struggles to nearer to the shore, seemingly row will be another day. the next weakening it, the next into the sea at regular perpen- is the decaying carcass of a flap its wings — they are weak curious by this winter-hatted Gulf News

The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon Thursday, December 19, 2019 international 8 Trump says his impeachment declares war on democracy SL's man-elephant conflict kills Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) to vote on the charges against their talk, the American put 360 pachyderm, 100 people US President Donald Trump Trump, which will likely pass pressure on the Ukrainian to Colombo, Dec 18 (IANS) Sri wrote a letter fiercely attack- immediately due to the large open an investigation into his Lanka's Wildlife Department ing House Speaker Nancy Democratic majority, which political rival and former vice on Wednesday said that till Pelosi and the Democratic will in turn be a green light president, the Democrat Joe mid December this year, 360 opposition for destroying for starting a process in the Biden, and his son Hunter for elephants and 100 people had American democracy by at- Senate for his removal from suspected corruption in that been killed in the longstanding tempting a coup against the office, which will begin in country. human-elephant conflict in the American head of state. January. Over the past few months, country. aHe said on Tuesday that Given the Republican six committees of the Lower Wildlife Department offi- latest in the number of tragic the whole inquiry against control of the Upper House House have carried out an cials, quoted in local media re- deaths was reported last Sun- him is "declaring open war on - 53 against 47 - and that im- inquiry to open a possible ports said the Wildlife Depart- day when an officer from the American Democracy" and peachment requires a two- impeachment process against ment in collaboration with the Wildlife Department was killed demanded that the speaker of thirds majority to pass, the the head of state, which has government was attempting to by an elephant in Matale, in the House of Representatives, mocracy," Trump said in the fering in America's elections. removal of Trump from office included hearings of witness- minimize the human-elephant southern Sri Lanka, police said. Nancy Pelosi, "immediately letter addressed to Pelosi the You are the ones subverting is highly improbable. Demo- es, both behind closed doors conflict by putting up fences The victim, Maithri Madushan, cease this impeachment fan- day before the House of Rep- America's democracy. You are crats announced last Sep- and in open sessions of the around elephant habitats to was killed by a jumbo while on tasy", the Efe news reported. resentatives is to vote for his the ones Obstructing Justice. tember the start of an inquiry House of Representatives. prevent them from entering duty in the forest reserve, the "By proceeding with your impeachment on grounds of You are the ones bringing pain into Trump's activities after This Monday the House Ju- human habitats, Xinhua news police added. Sri Lanka has also invalid impeachment, you "obstruction of Congress" and and suffering to our Republic a whistle-blower revealed to diciary Committee published agency reported. warned of strict legal action on are violating your oaths of of- "abuse of power." for your own selfish personal, intelligence services the con- the details of the case in a Officials said several other anyone who is caught entering fice, you are breaking your The unusually bitter six- political, and partisan gain," tent of a telephone conversa- 658-page document, which measures were also underway elephant habitats with an aim allegiance to the Constitu- page letter charges head-on he said. tion last July between the US concludes that Trump "be- to minimize the number of of harming the elephants and tion, and you are declaring against the Democratic oppo- This Wednesday a full ses- president and Ukrainian Pres- trayed the nation" for his own deaths which had reached a has strictly restricted the area open war on American de- sition. "You are the ones inter- sion of the Lower House is set ident Volodymyr Zelensky. In personal gain. very high number this year. The to trained officials.

3.4 m Chinese to sit Italian FM meets China withdraws request for Security Council briefing on Kashmir United Nations, Dec 18 and China intend to intro- missiles were being deployed for 2020 postgraduate Libyan leaders, (IANS) China has withdrawn duce on North Korea asking along the line. a request for a Security Coun- for some of the sanctions Sources said that when Chi- admission exam stresses on talks cil briefing on Kashmir but its with a humanitarian impact na approached some Council Rome, Dec 18 envoy claimed that "discus- to be lifted and Washington members with the letter to (IANS/AKI) Italy's sions" on a letter from Paki- and Pyongyang restart their make its case for a briefing on Foreign Minister stan's Foreign Minister Shah dialogue. If China had gone Kashmir they responded that Luigi Di Maio on Mehmood Qureshi about the ahead with the request for they would rather want to see Tuesday held talks situation there was continu- the Kashmir consultations, it a report from the UN Military with Libya's eastern ing among the members. would have preceded an ex- Observer Group in India and military strongman Before a meeting of the which no records are made. pected visit to India by For- Pakistan (UNMOGIP). Khalifa Haftar in the Council on Tuesday after- The claim of "discussions" eign Minister Wang Yi this There was only a small port city of Benghazi, noon, a non-permanent Eu- was possibly made as a fac- month for talks with National window to bring up Kashmir according to Foreign reiterated Italy's ropean member's diplomat esaving gesture after taking Security Adviser Ajit Doval on this year. According to the Ministry sources. view that the civil confirmed that China had back the proposal for con- the border issue. Council's programme, it will After meeting war cannot be ended withdrawn the request for the sultations on Kashmir, which Initially on Monday morn- hold its last scheduled ses- Beijing, Dec 18 hua news agency. Haftar, Di Maio was by military force, the briefing. He said the matter of found no takers. ing diplomatic sources said sion for the year on Thurs- (IANS) More than 3.4 In accordance with due to fly to the sources said. It is Di the withdrawal was between Zhang told reporters, "We that Beijing was making a re- day and next year it will be million Chinese have the latest interpreta- city of Tobruk for Maio's first visit to China's Permanent Represen- all know that the Security quest for a closed door brief- reconstituted with some five signed up for the 2020 tion of applicable le- talks with Libya's the oil-rich country, tative Zhang Jun and US Per- Council has received a letter ing on Kashmir for Tuesday. non-permanent members national exam for gal provisions, those eastern-based par- which was an Italian manent Representative Kelly from the Foreign Minister of But subsequently there were taking taking the place of postgraduate enrol- acts will lead to crimi- liament's Speaker colony from 1911- Craft, the Council's president Pakistan. There have been other developments and talks those retiring. China's Pres- ment scheduled from nal penalties, accord- Aguila Saleh, said 1943. Italy is seek- for the month. Security Council discussions, that led to the decision not to ident Xi Jinping met Prime December 21 to 23, ing to a statement by the sources. ing a leading role in Kelly probably had a role and discussions are going on proceed with it, the sources Minister Narendra Modi the Chinese Ministry the ministry. Earlier on Tues- diplomatic efforts in steering Beijing away from there." Asked by a reporter told IANS. The letter from at Mamallapuram in Octo- of Education has said. A total of 2.9 million day, during talks towards a ceasefire the talk of consultations. why the request for the con- Pakistan that Zhang men- ber for a cordial meeting The ministry has in- Chinese students took with Libya's Deputy in Libya and the re- Zhang's mention of "discus- sultation was taken back, he tioned had alleged that In- even after China had suc- vited public oversight the entrance exam for Premier Ahmed Mai- sumption of United sions" refers to unstructured said, "I am not in a position to dia had removed parts of the ceeded in getting the Secu- and tip-offs of exam- postgraduate studies tig and his counter- Nations brokered conversations outside even say anything more." fence on the Line of Control rity Council to hold a closed related wrong doings last year, the highest part Mohammed Ta- peace talks between the informal consultations His media briefing focused in five sectors and deployed door meeting on Kashmir including organised number in the past 40 her Siyala, Di Maio the rival factions. mechanism of the Council for on a resolution that Russia Brahmos, anti-tank and other on August 16. cheating and the ped- years, statistics from dling of so-called an- the Chinese Ministry swers, reported Xin- showed. N.Korea warns Trump to stop BRI is harbinger of new era of 'abusive language' against Kim Afghan forces kill United Nations, Dec 18 from persecution and connectivity: Pak PM's aide (IANS) United Nations other human rights vio- Islamabad, Dec 18 (IANS) ternational community." 25 insurgents (UN) Secretary-Gener- lations, with no distinc- The China-proposed Belt The Chinese official said al Antonio Guterres is tion as to race, religion, and Road Initiative (BRI) the CPEC has created more concerned about the national origin or other is the harbinger of a new than 75,000 jobs directly violence and the "alleged prohibited grounds." era of connectivity, Special and 200,000 jobs indirectly use of excessive force" in Several students were Assistant to the Pakistan for the Pakistani people. the protests against the injured in police action Prime Minister on Infor- Mudassir Tipu, director Citizenship Amendment during a protest last week mation and Broadcasting general China in the Paki- Act (CAA) in India, his by students of Jamia Mil- Firdous Ashiq Awan has ridor (CPEC), a flagship stani Foreign Ministry, spokesperson Stephane Laurence said last week lia Islamia in New Delhi. said. project under the BRI, said that to understand Dujarric said on Tues- in Geneva that the law Public transportation Awan made the remarks the official said "With the the real changes CPEC Kandhar, Dec 18 by fighting planes, day. "would appear to under- was torched while the here on Tuesday at a semi- highest level of transpar- has brought to Pakistan, (IANS) At least 25 the mop up covering "We very much call for mine the commitment police came down heav- nar on Cross-Regional Me- ency, efficiency and ef- it is necessary to see the militants have been parts of the troubled restraint and urge full to equality before the ily on the subsequent dia Fusion among the Belt fectiveness, the building ground realities by visiting killed in Afghani- district since Tues- respect for the rights of law enshrined in India's protests in the Indian and Road Partners, point- blocks of CPEC are being the places including Gwa- stan's southern Kan- day morning has also freedom of opinion and Constitution" and the capital. Protests have ing out that the revival of installed. CPEC is reshap- dar where a remarkable dahar province over left several militants expression and peace- country's international since spread mainly to the ancient Silk Road un- ing the geo-economic change has been brought the past 24 hours as wounded, the state- ful assembly," he said commitments. campuses across India. der the BRI brings in a new landscape and will usher about by Chinese coopera- 'cleanup operations' ment asserted. while answering a ques- He added, "While the However, not all protests era of hope and breaks a in an era of prosperity not tion. continue, said an Without provid- tion about the protests goal of protecting per- are against the exclu- new dawn, Xinhua news only for Pakistan, but also After the successful first army statement re- ing information on at Jamia Millia Islamia in secuted groups is wel- sion of Muslims from the agency reported. for the entire region." phase, CPEC is now shift- leased here Wednes- the possible num- New Delhi. come, this should be CAA, which gives expe- China seeks the better- Speaking at the event, ing towards its second day. ber of casualties of On the CAA, he said done through a robust dited citizenship to Hin- ment and overall social Pang Chunxue, minister phase which will be more The army operation the security forces, that he would refer to national asylum system du, Christian, Parsi, Sikh, and economic develop- counsellor of the Chinese qualitative, and a more ob- is taking place in the the statement noted the "very strong words" that is premised on the Jain and Buddhist refu- ment of people living along Embassy in Pakistan, said, vious change in Pakistan restive Shah Wali Kot that the operations from Human Rights High principle of equality and gees from the officially the Silk Road and beyond "Six years since its incep- will be witnessed after the district of the prov- would last until the Commissioner Michelle non-discrimination, and Islamic Afghanistan and through BRI, she said. tion, the BRI has received completion of industrial ince, reported Xinhua area is cleared of the Bachelet. Bachelet's which applies to all peo- Pakistan and Muslim- Talking about the China- strong endorsement and development under the news agency. Backed armed militants. spokesperson Jeremy ple in need of protection majority Bangladesh. Pakistan Economic Cor- warm support from the in- second phase, Tipu said.

Online hate speech can be 'quarantined' like a malware Compound in green tea plant may treat tuberculosis London, Dec 18 (IANS) linguist Dr Stefanie Ull- chine learning experts are forced to experience. Singapore, Dec 18 Without energy for es- The spread of hate man. are using databases of They are aiming to (IANS) An antioxidant sential cellular activity, a speech and abuse on "In fact, a lot of hate threats and violent in- have a prototype ready found in the green tea cell loses its stability and social media platforms speech is actually gener- sults to build algorithms in early 2020. could become key to eventually dies. To deter- could be tackled using ated by software such as that can provide a score "Companies like tackling tuberculosis, a mine the factors affecting the same 'quarantine' Twitter bots." for the likelihood of an Facebook, Twitter and new research has found. the production of ATP approach deployed to Definitions of hate online message contain- Google generally re- Through laboratory in- synthase, and thus, the combat malicious soft- speech vary depending ing forms of hate speech. spond reactively to vestigations, the research amount of energy a bac- ware, according to re- on nation, law and plat- As these algorithms hate speech. This may team from Nanyang Tech- terial cell has for growth, searchers. form, and just blocking get refined, potential be okay for those who nological University, Sin- the research team studied An engineer and a lin- keywords is ineffectual hate speech could be don't encounter it often. gapore (NTU) discovered mycobacterium smegma- guist from University of and graphic descriptions identified and "quaran- For others it's too little, how the prominent com- tis and mycobacterium Cambridge published a of violence need not tined". too late," said study co- pound, known as epigal- bovis, both of which be- proposal in the journal contain obvious ethnic Users would receive author and engineer Dr locatechin gallate (EGCG), long to the same family Ethics and Information slurs to constitute racist a warning alert with a Marcus Tomalin. "Many can inhibit the growth of a as M. tuberculosis. These Technology that har- death threats. "Hate O'Meter" -- the women and people from tuberculosis-causing bac- mycobacterial strains nesses cyber security As such, hate speech is hate speech sever- minority groups in the teria strain. covery of the EGCG's abil- hard Gruber, Professor share a similar structural techniques to give con- difficult to detect auto- ity score - the sender's public eye receive anon- The EGCG does so by ity to inhibit the growth of at NTU. According to the composition. trol to those targeted, matically. It has to be re- name, and an option to ymous hate speech for binding to an enzyme that M. tuberculosis will allow researchers, cells require The team first found without resorting to cen- ported by those exposed view the content or de- daring to have an online provides biological energy us to look at how we can energy for vital processes that alterations to the ge- sorship. to it, after the intended lete unseen. presence. We are seeing for cellular activity. The improve the potency of such as cell wall forma- netic code for ATP syn- "Hate speech is a form "psychological harm" is This approach is akin this deter people from process results in a dip in this compound in green tion to take place. They thase resulted in an en- of intentional online inflicted, with armies of to spam and malware entering or continu- the amount of energy the tea, and other similar get their energy from an zyme that produced fewer harm, like malware, and moderators required to filters, and researchers ing in public life, often bacteria has for its cellular compounds, to develop energy storage molecule energy storage molecules can therefore be handled judge every case. believe it could dramati- those from groups in processes vital for growth new drugs to tackle this made by an enzyme called in the bacterial cells, slow- by means of quarantin- To address this, Cam- cally reduce the amount need of greater repre- and stability, such as cell airborne disease," said Adenosine triphosphate er cell growth, and an al- ing," said co-author and bridge language and ma- of hate speech people sentation," he said. wall formation. "Our dis- study lead researcher Ger- (ATP) synthase. tered colony shape. Indian Horizon 9 business Thursday, December 19, 2019 PhonePe leads in functionality, user experience in India: Report

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) (P2P), person-to-merchant flows. The app is stable and task flows to drive loyalty With WhatsApp Pay soon players are in an acquisition Digital payments platform (P2M), and citizen-to-gov- is free of technical glitches," and engagement. On the arriving in India, Gupta said mode but soon, they'll have PhonePe that has crossed 5 ernment (C2G) payments via they mentioned. UX front, the app places that as of now, WhatsApp's to offer compelling reasons billion transactions, is lead- a QR code or the recipient's To find out how effectively commonly used tasks up whole proposition is based for merchants to stay and ing on both functionality mobile number or bank de- payment apps are meet- front; uses good design so on the user experience and engage with them," he em- and user experience (UX) tails," Forrester analyst Ar- ing customer expectations customers know which ele- its large customer base. phasized. front among the key pay- nav Gupta told IANS. in India, Forrester reviewed ments are interactive; uses "Players like PhonePe, Customer expectations ment apps in India, a new "Its broad and deep digital the functionality and user clear language for payments Paytm and Google need to are rising in India as estab- report said on Wednesday. ecosystem enable custom- India and over 56 per cent experience (UX) of eight so customers don't get con- be committed to offering su- lished banks, new digital PhonePe led the pack of ers to obtain services, buy of its transactions are now Indian payment apps. The fused; and provides useful perior digital experience and banks, payments firms, and eight digital payments apps products, pay utility bills, driven by users in Tier II and team found that Paytm also error messages," explained keep enhancing it. The cus- tech vendors introduce more -- Axis Pay (from Axis Bank), and save money with offers III cities. Forrester found does well in both functional- Amit Bhatia, another For- tomer and merchant network compelling digital customer BHIM, Google Pay, Mobik- and discounts embedded in that PhonePe does a good ity and user experience. Its rester analyst. The other is something they'll continue experiences on their mobile wik, PayZapp (from HDFC payment task flows. Phone- job of ensuring that custom- comprehensive app allows apps evaluated only per- building over time," Gupta apps. This makes it crucial Bank), Paytm, PhonePe, and Pe also offers a competent ers don't commit errors, and users to obtain financial formed well in just either told IANS. The existing digi- to focus payment apps on Pockets (from ICICI Bank) -- UX," he added. Bengaluru- that they can recover if they products and services, shop functionality or UX. Google tal payments app need to re- customer outcomes and with leading on both param- headquartered PhonePe cur- do make a mistake. for products, pay for citizen Pay, Mobikwik, and Pockets think the whole loyalty and find ways to make customer eters, revealed global market rently has over 175 million "If customers undo an ac- services, plan travel, book offer competitive function- rewards play game. journeys as easy as possible. research firm Forrester. registered users in the coun- tion, the information is not event and entertainment ality while PayZapp, Axis "Google Pay's simple yet While most Indian apps offer "PhonePe's users can try. It is accepted as a pay- lost. PhonePe is the only app tickets and order food. Pay and BHIM have reason- effect loyalty programme strong payment capabilities, make one-time and future- ment option across 80 lakh to provide context-specific "It integrates discounts able user experiences, said has clearly seen success. few implement payments dated person-to-person MSMEs in over 215 cities in text guidance within task and offers into payment the report. Right now, all payments well, said the analysts. Sensex ends 206 pts higher, Mistry back as Tata Sons chief, Ratan Tata Group stocks fall Tata asked to stay away Mumbai, Dec 18 (IANS) In- dian stock market continued to New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) ration order will be opera- private company whereby advance on Wednesday, reap- In a major turn of events, tional after four weeks and the shareholders would not ing benefits from supportive the National Company Tata Group can appeal in be able to trade their shares, global markets and strong inflow Law Appellate Tribunal the Supreme Court during which was vehemently op- of foreign funds. The Sensex hit (NCLAT) on Wednesday this period. posed by Mistry and his an all-time high of 41,615 while ordered the restoration of The bench further said family who have 18.4 per the Nifty touched a fresh high of Cyrus Mistry as the Chair- that the NCLT Mumbai cent stake in Tata Sons. A 12,238 earlier in the day. Sensex man of Tata Group. bench's order dismissing private limited company is closed 206.40 points higher at The appellate tribunal, ment of N. Chandrasekaran Mistry's charges against the a business entity that is held 41,558.57. The Nifty closed at however, allowed for sus- as the Executive Chairman group over his ouster was by private owners. This type 12,221.65, advancing by 56.65 pension of part of the order as illegal. In his plea, Mis- avoidable. of entity limits the owner's points. Tata Group stocks except to Rs 643.30 apiece while Tata IT stocks traded higher on hopes on reinstatement of Mistry try had, among other alle- It also held the proceed- liability to their ownership TCS ended in the red after Na- Global Beverages Ltd declined that easing trade tensions could as Executive Chairman of gations, said that there is ings of the board meeting stake, and restricts share- tional Company Law Appellate over 4 per cent to Rs 311.80 a ensure global growth and in- Tata Sons for four weeks, external interference in the of October 24, 2016, which holders from publicly trad- Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednes- share. However, TCS managed crease the order intakes. which means the Mistry operations of Tata Sons and dismissed Mistry as the Ex- ing shares. day restored Cyrus Mistry as Ex- to end in the green despite facing "With the budget around the will have be reinstated as the interests of the minor- ecutive Chairman as illegal. Tata Sons had been a pri- ecutive Chairman of Tata Group selling pressure after the NCLAT corner, the government is plan- Chairman only after said ity shareholders were op- The tribunal also held the vate limited company since and ruled that the appointment order. TCS closed 0.07 per cent ning to steer the ship by bringing period. Tata Group, dur- pressed. conversion of the company 1917. It was deemed to be a of N Chandrasekaran as Execu- higher at Rs 2,167.25 a share. measures to boost consumption. ing this time, can appeal Thereby, in another ma- from a public company to public company in 1976 on tive Chairman is illegal. Vinod Nair, Head of Research Investors are keenly watching against the order in the Su- jor blow for Ratan Tata, the private as illegal and has the grounds of turnover ac- Tata Motors fell over 3 per cent at Geojit Financial Services, said, the on-going GST council meet, preme Court. former Group Chairman, asked the Registrar of Com- cording to Section 43(A) of to Rs 174.70 a share on the BSE, "Market hit record highs on ex- a rate hike is looking unlikely due The two judge bench the tribunal directed him panies to again recognise the Companies Act, 1956. Tata Power closed at Rs 55.50 a pectations of measures from to a surge in inflation while the headed by NCLAT Chair- to stay away from the op- the company as public. Last August, the company share, down by 1 per cent. Tata the centre to support on-going focus will be more on revenue man Justice S.J. Mukhopad- erations of the board. The The company had in 2017 got the RoC's nod to be- Chemicals fell nearly 2 per cent economic weakness. Metals & realisation," Nair added. haya also held the appoint- NCLAT said that the resto- decided to convert into a come private again. Kerala's MSME sector sees No rate hike, GST Council votes Piaggio ventures into investments cross Rs 4,500 cr EV with Ape Electrik Thiruvananthapuram, more investments. We after the three year pe- for uniform lottery rate New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Italian two Dec 18 (IANS) The MSME are expecting non-resi- riod ends. This is done to New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) sold within the same state, frauds and strengthen the sys- and three-wheeler major Piaggio has (Micro, Small and Me- dent Keralites, who are see that investors do not The all-powerful GST Coun- and the other is 28 per cent if tem to augment revenue. He announced the launch of Ape Electrik, a dium Enterprises) sector, potential investors, to set waste time waiting for cil, in its 38th meeting here a state sells the lottery tickets expressed concern over delay vertical for electric vehicles. often referred to as the up new units," Jayarajan all clearances to come to on Wednesday, voted for uni- in other states. in making the system robust, The company on Wednesday backbone of a developing said. start," Jayarajan said. form rate of 28 per cent on lot- The GST Council did not noting that invoices are still launched Ape E-City, the first product country, is looking bright The proactive Vijayan "But no units that fall teries across the country. discuss rate hike proposals not uplinked on the GST net- in the Electrik range at an introducto- in Kerala, state Industries government is doing ev- under the red category of During the voting, 21 states during the meeting. Mean- work even today. "We need to ry price of Rs 1.97 lakh (ex-showroom, Minister E.P. Jayarajan erything to see that the the State Pollution Board voted in favour of a uniform while, many states are learnt tighten many many things," Delhi). said on Wednesday. ease of doing business is will be allowed," he said. rate. This is the first time since to have taken up the issue of he added. The e-auto comes with lithium ion Since the Pinarayi Vi- best in Kerala, he added. Jayarajan also pointed the launch of the new indirect delay in compensation. With revenue shortfall batteries, an automatic gear box and jayan-led Left Democrat- "For encouraging new out that they will come tax that the Council has taken West Bengal Finance Min- emerging as a major area of swappable batteries. The vehicle does ic government assumed investors in the MSME out with success stories a decision through the voting ister Amit Mitra said that concern, the Centre has set not feature gear and clutch.A office in 2016, as many sector, we have recently of MSMEs and also see route. Earlier, all decisions in- considering the revenue pro- a Rs 1.10 lakh crore monthly At the launch event here, the compa- as 52,137 MSME units of brought out a new law that they push up the ef- cluding the contentious ones, jections given by the Centre, GST collection target in the ny also showcased the Ape E-City FX, a various scales and sizes where up to an invest- forts for supporting the were taken unanimously. there may not be enough remaining months of the fis- prototype with a fixed battery concept. have opened, he said. ment of Rs 10 crore, the promotion and market- As per a Minister from Goa money for compensating the cal with Rs 1.25 lakh crore A statement from the company said that "In this sector, since investor can start their ing of products manufac- present during the discussion states. "Basically, the shortfall target set for one of these Ape E-City customers will be given a we came, more than Rs business venture by just tured by MSMEs. and voting, the uniform GST they are looking at by Febru- months. In the past eight warranty of 36 months or 1 lakh kilome- 4,500 crore was invested filing an affidavit with the He said that in Kerala, rate on lotteries would apply ary next year, it appears from months of the current fiscal, ters, whichever is earlier, along with free and it provided over 1.80 District Collector. They the various MSME sec- from March 2020. their projection that there will only in the month of April -- scheduled maintenance for three years. lakh jobs. In Kerala, the need not wait for getting tors include electronics, Under the GST Act, there be no appropriate money for which is considered peak col- Piaggio would also offer an introduc- MSME sector is looking the licenses and clear- food processing, rubber, are two rates prescribed on compensation," he said. lection month -- the mop-up tory three year annual maintenance bright and we are look- ances and this they need coconut and value addi- the sale of lottery tickets. One Mitra said that there was a was a tad above Rs 1.10 lakh contract (AMC) package at a cost of Rs ing forward for more and to get it in six months tion products. is 12 per cent if the tickets are need to plug the leakages, stop crore. In four months. 3,000, the statement said. Infosys settles visa case with California for $800,000 Springboard to bridge global Bengaluru, Dec 18 business practice that is (IANS) Global soft- unlawful, unfair or fraud- skills gap with Microsoft ware major Infosys ulent. A whistleblower Bengaluru, Dec 18 the startup expects up to on Wednesday said it who brought Infosys' (IANS) Leading US-based 65 per cent IT jobs to un- reached an out-of-court conduct to the attention online learning platform dergo a transition. settlement for $800,000 of the Attorney General's Springboard, co-founded "Traditional model of (Rs 5.7 crore) with the Office will receive 15 per by two Indian-born en- education where a college California Attorney Gen- cent of the settlement trepreneurs in the Silicon degree at the beginning of eral on charges related pursuant to the Califor- Valley, said on Wednesday your career lasts a 40-year to the alleged violation of nia False Claims Act. that it tied up with global career is breaking down. B-1 visa rules by it to its The company, howev- software product behe- board's experts to train In fact, working profes- techies. er, declined to confirm moth Microsoft to bridge and place students in high sionals now have to sig- Our agreement con- to IANS the amount it global skills gap in analyt- demand jobs. Springboard nificantly upskill or re-skill cludes the California visas rather than H-1B against the city-based IT asserted Becerra in the paid, including taxes and ics. was founded in 2013 by every 3-5 years to advance Attorney General's in- visas between 2006 and behemoth. "We dispute statement. The settle- penalty, if any, to settle "We have also raised Parul Gupta and Gautam in their careers," said vestigation into the al- 2017. the allegations and ad- ment resolves the At- the visa fraud case out- $11 million (Rs 78 crore) in Tambay to train profes- springboard co-founder legations related to the "This misclassification mit to no wrong-doing torney General's claims of-court. The company post-series A financing led sionals needed in the digi- Gupta. payment of state payroll resulted in Infosys avoid- in the case," asserted the that Infosys's conduct also did not reveal how by Reach Capital, Pearson tal economy landscape. Esteban Sosnik from taxes for some employ- ing California payroll $11-billion outsourcing violated California laws, many employees it sent Ventures, International According to the start- Reach Capital, one of the ees travelling on B-1 visas taxes such as unemploy- firm. including the California to the US for onsite work Finance Corporation (IFC) up, present day economy investors in Springboard dating back to 2006," In- ment insurance, disabil- The company also re- False Claims Act and Un- under B-1, a business and venture fund inves- demands specialised tal- said that Reach Capital fosys Company Secretary ity insurance and em- iterated that it maintains fair Competition Law. visa, which doesn't allow tors like Costanoa Ven- ents in AI, machine learn- had been carefully search- A.G.S. Manikantha said ployment training taxes. robust policies and pro- The California False its holder to work unlike tures, Learn Capital and ing, data science, data ing for the right invest- in a regulatory filing on H-1B visas also require cedures to ensure adher- Claims Act permits the in the case of H1-B visa Blue Fog Capital," said the analytics and other disci- ment opportunity in the the BSE. employers to pay work- ence with all applicable Attorney General to re- in North America. startup in a statement. plines. reskilling space until they California Attorney ers at the local prevailing regulations and laws. cover treble damages and The company's blue- Springboard will also "Millions of mid-career met the startup. General Xavier Becerra wage," said Becerra in "The settlement shows civil penalties against any chip scrip of Rs 5 face train 5,000 students in an- technology professionals "Microsoft and Spring- said from Sacramen- a statement sourced by that attempting to evade person who knowingly value remained flat alytics discipline through are fast becoming redun- board share the mission of to that Infosys would IANS here. California law does not makes or uses a false or during intra-day trad- its Data Analytics Career dant in their jobs, fur- ensuring students are pre- pay the western state The settlement will pay. Infosys brought in fraudulent statement ing session on the BSE Track in partnership with ther adding to the issue. pared for the workplace of $800,000 to resolve the result in the case being workers on the wrong to either obtain money at Rs 727.50 as against Microsoft in the next three Reskilling is the only way tomorrow. So this partner- charges that the Indian dismissed with preju- visas in order to un- from the state or avoid Rs 728.30 at the end of years. technology professionals ship is a natural fit," said IT firm and its subsidiary dice and was reached to derpay them and avoid paying money owed to Tuesday's trading ses- The analytics training can future-proof their ca- Jean-Philippe Courtois, (Infosys BPM Ltd) had avoid time, expense and paying taxes. With this the state. sion and the same price programme will deploy reers," Springboard point- executive vice-president employed about 500 te- distraction of protracted settlement, California The Unfair Competi- when the market opened Microsoft's educational ed out. of marketing and opera- chies in California on B-1 litigation on the charges has been made whole," tion Law prohibits any earlier in the day. resources and Spring- In the next five years, tions for Microsoft. Indian Horizon Thursday, December 19, 2019 business 10 Economy trapped in Four Balance Sheet problem: Ex-CEA New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Citing cannot account for the long slow- decisively will be critical to durably set restructuring companies ("bad wanting. So, finally, after a long reasons for the "severe illness in the down, followed by a sharp collapse. reviving growth," the authors said. banks"), one each for the real estate and difficult decade, the govern- economy", former Chief Economic "Our explanation stresses both Raising agricultural productivity is and power sectors (Resolution), ment has both the opportunity Advisor Arvind Subramanian has structural and cyclical factors, with also high priority. And even before strengthening oversight, especially and the clear need to resolve the pointed out that India is now facing finance as the distinctive, common that a Data Big Bang is needed to re- of NBFCs (Regulation), Linking re- Four Balance Sheet (FBS) problem. a "Four Balance Sheet" challenge element," it said. The first wave -- store trust and enable better policy capitalisation to resolution (Recap- But we must be clear. Realism de- -- comprising banks, infrastructure, the Twin Balance Sheet crisis, en- design, they added. italization), shrinking public sector mands a recognition that resolv- plus NBFCs and real estate compa- compassing banks and infrastruc- Subramanian and Felman have banking (Reform)," they added. ing the FBS problem, as well as nies -- and is trapped in an adverse ture companies -- arrived when the proposed several strategies to halt Flagging the danger of these the difficulties in agriculture, will interest growth dynamic. infrastructure projects started dur- the current vicious economic spi- policies being politically difficult, inevitably take time. A slow-bleed In a Harvard University Work- ing India's investment boom of the ral, the most critical one being to the authors have said that there is, over many years led to the current ing Paper 'India's Great Slowdown: mid-2000s began to go sour. man have said that the standard address the Four Balance Sheet of course, a reason why these poli- predicament. The way out will also What Happened? What's the Way The paper said that the NBFC-led remedies are unavailable: mon- challenge - the stress in banks and cies have not been implemented be laborious." Out?' the authors Subramanian and credit boom financed unsustain- etary policy is stymied by a broken NBFCs on the financial side, and before. "They are politically diffi- The authors have warned against Josh Felman have said that India is able real estate inventory accumu- transmission mechanism; large infrastructure companies and real cult, and other easier alternatives entrenched capitalism. "India's facing an adverse interest growth lation, inflating a bubble that finally fiscal stimulus will only push up estate on the corporate side. have seemed more attractive. But weak state capacity and the en- dynamic, in which risk aversion is burst in 2019. "Consequently, con- already-high interest rates, worsen- "Policies need to act on the 5 Rs: the government currently has a trenched stigmatized capitalism leading to high interest rates, de- sumption too has now sputtered, ing the growth dynamic. Conducting a new Asset Quality tremendous amount of political has stymied private initiative and pressing growth, and generating causing growth to collapse. As a re- "The traditional structural reform Review to cover banks and NBFCs capital." honest public officials for a very more risk aversion. sult, India is now facing a Four Bal- agenda - land and labour market (Recognition), making changes to The paper also stresses that long time. There are no quick solu- On the FBS (Four Balance Sheet) ance Sheet challenge - the original measures - are important for the the IBC to ensure that participants these since no other policies have tions. A corollary is that sustained challenge, the paper said that ex- two sectors, plus NBFCs and real medium run but will not address actually have incentives to solve succeeded, this will be a laborious effort will be needed. Compla- amining the pattern of growth in estate companies," it said. On the the current problems. Addressing the problem (Resolution), create task. "And by now all the alterna- cency remains an abiding danger," the 2010s, standard explanations remedies, Subramanian and Fel- the Four Balance Sheet problem two executive-led public sector as- tives have been tried, and found Subramanian and Felman said.

Infosys settles visa payment States seek more funds in pre-budge meet Club Factory's seller base New Delhi, Dec 18 ter Brajendra Singh Ra- grows 4x to scale 20,000 dispute with California (IANS) In a pre-budget thod said share of centre meeting with Finance in centrally sponsored New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) leading marketplace for lo- applicable regulations Minister Nirmala Sith- schemes is going down E-commerce platform Club cal sellers in India, offering and laws. araman on Wednesday, leading to stress on state Factory has over 20,000 best prices to the buyers," However, the Beng- states have asked for more finances. registered sellers as of De- Lou said. In the recently aluru-based company funds from the Central Puducherry CM Naray- cember 2019, witnessing concluded Black Friday sale refused to share the government to expedite an Swami said the farmers a fourfold increase in the in November, Club Factory penalty it paid to Cali- infrastructure projects, are in stress and central second half of the year, the witnessed over 600 per cent Bengaluru, Dec 18 in a regulatory filing fornia state to settle the raise grants to local bod- and told FM that bur- company said. Club Fac- year-over-year growth with (IANS) Global soft- on the BSE. The agree- visa fraud dispute out ies and share the burden den should not be states tory said it is also strength- over 200 sellers clocking in ware major Infosys on ment will result in the of court. The company of centrally sponsored alone. Puducherry should ening its India leadership over 15,000 orders per day. Wednesday said it had case being dismissed also declined to reveal schemes. Uttarakhand out with a policy on stub- be at par with Delhi for team and will appoint local "Our philosophy of not reached a settlement with prejudice and was how many Infosys em- has asked the Centre for ble burning and UP and devolution of funds. Cen- leaders for key functions in charging any commission with the California reached to avoid time, ployees it sent to Cali- additional support of Rs Haryana should be given tral Government is lower- the next quarter. fees from the sellers not Attorney General on expense and distrac- fornia for work under 1,000 crore for Maha- funds to subsidise farm- ing grant's for centrally "Club Factory is witness- only helps in providing a charges related to B-1 tion of protracted liti- the B-1 visa, a business kumbh 2021 in Haridwar. ers for stubble burning. sponsored schemes and ing a strong momentum level playing field but also visas to its techies. gation on the charges visa which doesn't al- Delhi finance minister Himachal Pradesh in- their revamp should not and growth in India and we enables the sellers to gener- "Our agreement against the city-based low a person to work and deputy CM Man- dustry minister Vikram be burdened on states. are very confident to carry ate more margin by work- concludes the Califor- IT behemoth. unlike the H1-B which ish Sisodiya said: "From Singh said state is facing Tamil Nadu deputy CM this momentum to 2020, ing on our platform," Lou nia Attorney General's "We dispute the al- allows to work. Accord- 2001, Delhi gets only Rs problem in infrastructure Paneer Selvam said the with our strategic hires said. In August this year, investigation into al- legations and we ad- ing to a local report, 325 crore from Centre... development and has state government is yet in the Indian leadership Club Factory announced legations related to mit no wrong-doing in Infosys paid a whop- Centre should give Rs sought funds for stalled to receive Rs 3,369 crore team," Vincent Lou, Found- plans to on-board over the payment of state the case," asserted the ping $8,00,000 or Rs 8,150 crore to Delhi and railways projects and de- as grants to local bodies er and CEO, Club Factory, 10,000 sellers in 2019 in a payroll taxes for some $11 billion outsourcing 57 crore for sending other UTs and Munici- velopment of funds under as prescribed by the 14th said in a statement. bid to scale up in the fast- employees travelling firm. The company also up to 500 employees pal Corporation be given PMGSY for roadways. Finance Commission. He "We are happy with the growing e-commerce mar- on B-1 visas dating reiterated that it main- to California in viola- funds from the Central "We have sought Rs asked for equal equity faith reposed in us by over ket in India. "In addition to back to 2006," Infosys tains robust policies tion of the US immi- pool." 1,500 crore for roads," participation from Cen- 20,000 sellers and are confi- being the zero-commission Company Secretary and procedures to en- gration rules in the 13 He also said central he said. Madhya Pradesh tre on Chennai Metro rail dent that our approach will platform, we are develop- A.G.S. Manikantha said sure adherence with all years long case. government should come commercial tax minis- project. strengthen our position as a ing multiple approaches. Industry hails Niti Himachal seeks Rs 1,400 Stand vindicated, want robust Aayog's proposed cr infra fund at pre-budget Rs 100 crore for strengthening governance framework: Mistry them. New Delhi/Mumbai, Executive Chairman had Medical Devices Bill The Industries Minister said Dec 18 (IANS) After the always been to establish a tailored for promoting roads were the only mode of NCLAT on Wednesday re- culture and processes that Make In India of medical transportation in the state due stored him as Executive promote effective board devices and providing us- to limited air and rail connec- Chairman of Tata Sons, governance to create long ers with access to safe in- tivity and added that construc- Cyrus Mistry termed the term stakeholder value, novative devices. tion of ropeways as alternative judgment as a vindication sustainable profits and At a meeting held on mode of transportation may of his stand and called growth." Wednesday, the Niti Aayog New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) be included in the Pradhan for a robust governance According to Mistry, for made a presentation of Himachal Pradesh Indus- Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana for framework to protect all the Tata Group to prosper their proposed Bill to vari- tries Minister Bikram Singh the hill states. stakeholders. as an institution, it is im- ous stakeholders and ex- on Wednesday asked Union He also requested for finan- On October 24, 2016, the a statement after the judg- portant that the "manage- plained its key features to Finance Minister Nirmala cial and technical support for Tata Sons Board had oust- ment. "The outcome of the ment of individual com- various stakeholders. Sitharaman for Rs 1,400 crore establishing one large airport ed Mistry and appointed appeal is a vindication of panies, their Boards, the Rajiv Nath, Forum Coor- financial outlay in the budget of international standards, be- Ratan Tata as the interim my stand taken when the management of Tata Sons, dinator of Association of for 2020-21 for construction of sides assistance for expansion Chairman. then Board of Tata Sons, the Board of Tata Sons and Indian Medical Device In- 58 roads declared as in-princi- of existing three airports in "Today's judgment is without warning or reason the shareholders of Tata dustry (AiMeD) described it ple national highways. order to boost tourism in the not a personal victory for removed me, first as the Sons, all work harmoni- New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) as visionary & well thought Participating at the pre- state. me, but is a victory for the Executive Chairman, and ously within a robust gov- The medical device indus- out road map. budget consultation meeting, He also demanded one- principles of good gover- subsequently as a Director ernance framework...." try has responded positive- "We await the copy of he also urged for creation of Rs time financial support for ex- nance and minority share- of Tata Sons." On Wednesday, the ly to the Niti Ayog's pro- presentation and copy of 1,000 crore dedicated fund for ecution of Bhanupali-Bilas- holder rights. For over fifty Nonetheless, after three NCLAT, restoring Mistry posed Medical Devices Bill actual draft Bill to give our four laning of Pinjore-Baddi- pur and Chandigarh-Baddi years, the Mistry family, years, Mistry on Wednes- as Executive Chairman of which aims to address the studied comments, clause Nalagarh, Shimla-Mataur and rail lines besides declaring as the significant minority day made a come back Tata Sons, also ruled that concerns on patient safety wise." he said. Pathankot-Mandi national and executing Una-Hamirpur shareholder of Tata Sons, via a NCLAT order restor- Tata Sons' move to turn and reduce import de- Industry bodies expect highways. broad gauge rail lines and has always endeavoured to ing him as the Executive private was unlawful and pendency that is currently the proposed medical de- He also demanded to en- all other future rail lines as play the role of a responsi- Chairman of the conglom- ordered a reversal. It also pegged at almost Rs 39000 vices Bill will help India hance annual outlay for ordi- national projects, keeping ble guardian of an institu- erate. gave the holding firm of crore. emerge as one of the lead- nary repair and flood damage in view the limited resource tion that the entire nation In his statement, Mistry the Tata Group four weeks The proposed Bill is also ers in this sector. repair for national highways to base of the state. is proud of," Mistry said in said: "My endeavour as to appeal the order.

Tata Sons to take appropriate legal Apple, Google among tech GST Council votes recourse on NCLAT order first time, settles Mumbai, Dec 18 (IANS) strongly believes in the firms sued over child labour Tata Group companies strength of its case and San Francisco, Dec "human rights and cor- The tech boom has uniform lottery rate holding firm, Tata Sons will take appropriate legal 18 (IANS) Tech giants porate accountability caused an explosion in on Wednesday said that recourse," it said. Apple, Alphabet (par- through legal advocacy demand for cobalt, but it it will take appropriate Giving its order on the ent company of Google), and capacity building". is mined in the DRC un- legal recourse after thee matter, a two judge bench Dell, Microsoft, and Tes- The lawsuits was filed der extremely dangerous NCLAT restored Cyrus headed by S.J. Mukho- la have been named in on behalf of 14 anony- conditions by children Mistry as its Executive padhaya said that the a lawsuit filed in the US mous (or "Doe") plain- paid a dollar or two a Chairman. Mistry's restoration order that alleged that these tiffs who are either day, IRAdvocates said. On October 24, 2016, the will be operational after companies aided and guardians of children "Defendants Apple, Tata Sons Board had oust- Tata Sons said in a state- four weeks and the Tata abetted the mines that killed in tunnel or wall Alphabet, Dell, Microsoft ed Mistry and appointed ment. "It is not clear as Group can appeal in the forced children to work collapses while min- and Tesla are all buy- Ratan Tata as the interim to how the NCLAT Order Supreme Court during in dangerous conditions ing cobalt in the Demo- ing DRC cobalt that was Chairman. However, af- seeks to overrule the deci- this period. while mining cobalt in cratic Republic of Congo mined in significant part New Delhi, Dec 18 This is the first time ter three years, Mistry on sions taken by sharehold- In a major turn of the Democratic Republic or children who were by young children per- (IANS) The GST Coun- since the launch of the Wednesday made a come- ers of Tata Sons and listed events, the NCLAT on of Congo (DRC). maimed in such acci- forming hazardous work cil, in its 38th meeting new overarching indi- back via a NCLAT order Tata operating compa- Wednesday ordered the The lawsuit was filed dents. The DRC has the for 2-3 US dollars per day on Wednesday, voted rect tax that the Coun- restoring him as the Ex- nies at validly constituted restoration of Cyrus Mis- earlier this week in the world's largest deposits or less," said the lawsuit. for the very first time cil has taken a decision ecutive Chairman of the shareholder meetings." try as the Chairman of US District Court of of cobalt, an essential Plaintiffs have evi- since its inception to through the voting conglomerate. As per the statement, Tata Group while holding Washington DC by In- element of recharge- dence that these tech gi- settle for a uniform route. "Tata Sons has received the NCLAT order appears the appointment of Nata- ternational Rights Ad- able lithium-ion battery ants in particular aided rate on lotteries across Earlier, all decisions, and is analysing the order to go even beyond the rajan Chandrasekaran as vocates (IRAdvocates), in products made by and abetted the mines the country, Rajasthan including the conten- of the National Company "specific reliefs" sought the Executive Chairman a legal advocate group all tech and electric car that abused and profited Minister Shanti Dhari- tious ones, were taken Law Appellate Tribunal," by the Mistry. "Tata Sons as illegal. that aims to promote companies. from forcing children. wal said. unanimously. Sports Indian Horizon 11 Thursday, December 19, 2019 Leipzig, Dortmund share points Pant and Iyer launch into Windies ROHIT SHARMA after thrilling 3-3 draw bowlers to end on a high JOINS GANGULY, Visakhapatnam, Dec 18 WARNER IN edge of the box on 23 (IANS) Wicketkeeper-batsman minutes.The visitors were Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer ELITE LIST unable to gain a foothold exhibited their beast mode into the match, but got against a lackluster West Indies their first shot on target on bowling attack as they amassed the half-hour mark when a mammoth 55 runs from just Yussuf Poulsen’s effort two overs as India went on to cleared the bar. gather 79 runs in the last five However, it was overs to post a challenging Dortmund who doubled 387/5 in 50 overs at the VDCA their lead as Julian Brandt Stadium. controlled a Sancho pass While Rishabh Pant hit a inside the box to round 16-ball 39, Iyer blasted 53 Dayot Upamecano before runs off 32 deliveries. Both tapping home past Gulacsi Pant and Iyer’s knocks were slammed respective centuries achieved another milestone as in the 34th minute. laced with three boundaries and laid a solid foundation for he joined former India skipper Leipzig fought back and four hits into the stands. the hosts, sharing a 227-run Sourav Ganguly and David before half-time and twice Earlier, openers Rohit Sharma partnership for the opening Warner in the list of most ODI forced Dortmund keeper (159) and K.L. Rahul (102) wicket.With the ton, Rohit hundreds in a year. Roman Burki into action as Berlin, Dec 18 (IANS) promising chances through Poulsen and Timo Werner Borussia Dortmund Mats Hummels and Jadon unleashed dangerous A matter of time, Maxwell will get Visakhapatnam, Dec 18 (IANS) squandered a two-goal Sancho, who were thwarted headers on target. In-form opener Rohit Sharma lead and shared the spoils by Leipzig goalkeeper Peter After the break, Leipzig some runs and be right back: Finch achieved another milestone on with pace setters RB Gulacsi, reports Xinhua halved the deficit with Wednesday as he joined former Leipzig in a 3-3 thriller in news agency.Leipzig’s help from Burki, whose national side.Maxwell had format.Speaking on Maxwell, India skipper Sourav Ganguly the ongoing Bundesliga. custodian was helpless poor clearance allowed stepped away from cricket Finch said: “Obviously he’ll and David Warner in the list of In a classic encounter on moments later though as Werner to slot home citing mental health issues (Maxwell) be disappointed, most ODI hundreds in a year. Tuesday evening, Dortmund Julian Weigl pounced on into an open goal with during the T20I series against like everyone who missed out In the ongoing second contest gained the upper hand a rebound and hammered just two minutes of the Sri Lanka in October before is, but at the end of the day of the three-match rubber from the start and created home the opener from the second half gone. joining the pre-season he just hasn’t got the runs against West Indies at the Dr. camp of Melbourne Stars on required of a top-order player Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA- Thursday and is leading the in one-day cricket recently. VDCA Cricket Stadium here, I-League: Champions Chennai, side in the ninth season of the “No doubt he’ll be Rohit slammed his 28th ODI Melbourne, Dec 18 (IANS) Big Bash League. back. He’s a gun. A three- century, which was his seventh Aizawl play out 1-1 draw Australias limited-overs While Maxwell made himself dimensional player that can ton this year. skipper Aaron Finch has available for Australia’s tour to have such a huge impact. It’s Both Ganguly and Warner had who didn't make any put his weight behind all- India, the all-rounder was not just a matter of time, he’ll get seven centuries in the year 2000 mistake to put the Reds in rounder Glenn Maxwell and selected in the national squad some runs and be right back and 2016 respectively. Former front inside first 10 minutes. felt a ‘three-dimensional’ while Marnus Labuschagne up there in the frame again,” India great Sachin Tendulkar In the 18th minute, player like him will soon got his maiden call-up after Finch was quoted as saying by tops the chart for most tons in Chennai got a free-kick make a comeback into the some great show in the Test Cricket Australia (CA). a year as he had smashed nine outside the Aizawl box on centuries in the year 1998. the left and Katsumi Yusa delivered immaculately Mexican archer Mariana Avitia sets to his teammate but to KALLIS Chennai's dismay, the sight on Tokyo Olympics header didn't find the APPOINTED target.Chennai's relentless Mexico City, Dec 18 (IANS) the team will be decided," the attacks were on and Ajith Mexico's Mariana Avitia, who Olympic medalist said. SOUTH AFRICA’S Kumar, after receiving a won a bronze medal at the Last weekend, Avitia got 73 pass from Eslava, launched 2012 London Games, has said points and finished fourth in BATTING a long shot in the 35th that her focus is on qualifying the first round of qualifying for Aizawl, Dec 18 (IANS) Chennai City skipper minute, which just went a for the Summer Olympics next the 2020 Tokyo Games, coming CONSULTANT Aizawl FC and defending Roberto Eslava drew parity whisker wide of the post. year in Tokyo. in behind world junior finalist champions Chennai City from the penalty spot in the As it was looking that the "I have an eagle eye, but that's Ana Paula Vazquez, who got FC played out a 1-1 draw 40th minute. hosts would be going into not the most important thing. happened, Avitia said she was 130 points; Pan American in a hard-fought I-League The first half started with the breather with a slender Many archers wear glasses, the focused but understood that Games champion Alejandra encounter at the Rajiv Chennai City looking more lead, Katsumi earned a key is to stay focused with a getting to Tokyo would be hard Valencia, who accumulated Gandhi Stadium here on fluent of the two teams in penalty owing to a handball good mentality," the 26-year- because she had at least three 84 points; and London Games Tuesday. the initial minutes. Aizawl by Paul inside the Aizawl old archer said. rivals who were in top form silver medalist Aida Roman, Aizawl FC, in spite of took a little time, but they box. Eslava stepped up Avitia achieved the dream and had won world medals in who got 74 points. having 42 per cent of ball were soon in their groove. to take the spot-kick and of every world-class athlete the sport. "In 2016, maybe I didn't possession, looked more The first major chance cancelled Aizawl's lead at the age of 18, but after "Yes, I see myself in Tokyo, focus well, I shot badly and the threatening for most of was created by Aizawl five minutes before the experiencing some setbacks, but I'm going to have to work other girls were strong, but you the match although they captain Alfred Jaryan who half-time whistle.After the she missed out on making the hard and get good points in learn from your mistakes, and couldn't find the winning ran through the Chennai resumption, Lalnunfela Mexican Olympic team that qualifying. I'm not going to that's what happened to me. Johannesburg, Dec 18 goal.For Aizawl FC, William City defence and with an again came agonisingly competed at the 2016 Summer take a Christmas or a New Missing the Olympics is not (IANS) Former Proteas all- Lalnunfela scored in inch-perfect through ball close to regain the lead but Games in Rio, reports Efe Year's vacation because I want something I want to repeat," rounder Jacques Kallis has been the ninth minute before released William Lalnunfela his shot went just wide. news.Looking back at what to shoot well in January, when Avitia said. appointed South Africa’s batting consultant for the entire duration of its home summer. Cricket South Africa made the Sportz Village Xp bags mandate for Khelo India Youth Games announcement on Wednesday Guwahati, Dec 18 (IANS) be held here between January initiative in our country Village Xp.Over the last 15 sports in the lifestyle of the on its official Twitter handle. Sportz Village Xp (formerly 10 and 22.Sportz Village Xp, today. This is a big leap and years, Sportz Village Xp has youth of India. Khelo India's “Former Standard Bank known as SportzConsult) backed by its over 15 years' aligns to our mission to get focused on mass participative inaugural edition was held in Proteas all-rounder, Jacques will bring its expertise in experience in carrying out 100 million kids to play. It's sports and their programmes New Delhi in 2018, while Pune Kallis has been named as the sports management services successful sporting initiatives also the perfect juxtaposition have reached over 30 lakh hosted the 2nd edition in 2019. team’s batting consultant for to the Sports Authority of across the nation will be part of our ideology with Khelo individuals and more than This edition will be conducted the duration of the summer. India (SAI) to organize and of the core execution team at honour for Sportz Village India's, i.e. to build India as 2000 coaches annually. in partnership with the Indian He will join the squad for their execute Indias flagship sports KYIG for design, accreditation, Xp to be associated with the an active sporting nation," KYIG 2020 is India's flagship Olympic Association, School camp starting in Pretoria today programme Khelo India branding and complete prestigious Khelo India Youth said Jitendra Joshi, Director sports programme aimed Games Federation of India (Wednesday),” the tweet read. Youth Games (KIYG) 2020 to media operations."It is an Games, the greatest sporting and Co-Founder, Sportz at inculcating the culture of and Assam as its host state. The appointment of Kallis is the latest high-profile name to be inducted in the Proteas’ coaching No intention of leaving PSG any Let election decide, no set-up after Mark Boucher’s appointment as head coach. time soon, says Neymar compromise with AICF Kallis, 44, made 519 international Paris, Dec 18 (IANS) Paris France Football, he said that season is to win the UEFA appearances for South Africa in St Germain's (PSG) Brazilian he has no intention of leaving Champions League. which he amassed 25,534 runs star Neymar has said that he PSG."Why would you want to "This season, the goal chief faction: Secy and picked up 577 wickets across has no intention of leaving leave here?" he was quoted as is the Champions League. Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) elections should be held under formats. He featured in 166 Tests, the French side any time saying by France Football. My priority is PSG, with The question of compromise the supervision of a retired 328 ODIs and 25 T20Is. soon. Neymar was the subject "I still have two years on maximum involvement each between the two factions in Supreme Court judge or an Counted among one of the of a long drawn transfer saga my contract, the team is week. The goal is to always the All India Chess Federation administrator," Chauhan said. most prolific all-rounders to have involving his former club continuing to progress. We win the next game. In every (AICF) does not arise and "We also want early elections. played the sport, Kallis retired Barcelona in the summer. have to stay focused on this game, we have to fight for the the issue will be settled in an But the election should not be from all forms of international While the transfer never quite season to do things well club. That's how I see it," he electoral showdown, said a held in Chennai," he added. cricket in 2014. went through, Neymar's and win as many titles as expressed. senior official, the leader of one On December 14, at an Kallis is not new to coaching alleged desire to leave PSG for possible," he added.With Neymar had also been the of the factions.The AICF is split urgent meeting of the AICF as he previously served as the Barcelona left a sour taste for PSG sitting on top of the subject of a rape allegation into two factions -- one under general body called by Raja, it head coach of Kolkata Knight the fans. He is now working Ligue 1 table with 42 points, this year. While the accuser its President P.R.Venketrama was decided to hold another Riders in the 2015 edition of the his way back into the team seven points ahead of second has since been charged with Raja and the other under such meeting on December 28 Indian Premier League (IPL).The after a long period on the placed Marseille, it could be fraud and the case has been its Secretary Bharat Singh in Bhopal in the presence of a Proteas are scheduled to host sidelines due to injury and another one horse race in the dropped, Neymar feels that Chauhan."There is no question central government observer England for four Test matches, slowly getting the fans back French top flight and Neymar all this has led to him being of compromise. Let the issue and also called for elections on three ODIs and three T20s on his side. In an interview to said that the club's target this misrepresented in the media. get settled by elections. The February 10 at Chennai. beginning on December 26. 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KRITI SANON: Winning away with just three films, Disha Patani Comedy is WHEN KAREENA SPAT ON AKSHAY DURING serious business throttles her way in the major leagues! 'GOOD NEWWZ' SHOOT he hottest actress can clearly say that she n the upcoming ep- of Bollywood, is one of the most sexi- isode of "The Kapil TDisha patani has est ladies in B-town. She OSharma Show", ac- managed to be both has set the new stan- tor Akshay Kumar shared "Nice" and "Sexy" at a dards for herself after a funny anecdote about time. She has garnered the look was revealed by his and Kareena Kapoor all the attention since the makers.The camera Khan's banter during the her debut by playing the more than that loves her shoot of "Good Newwz". role of innocent girl next and that is completely Akshay revealed that door.Disha Patani being true with what we wit- while shooting for the fi lm, just 3 fi lms old has been ness all across with her Kareena spat on him nu- touted to have a massive beautiful presence. merous times -- so much reach all over. Not only The audience is gaga so that "he had to re-do his this, she has been elect- all over her and hence makeup again". ed as one of the hottest it's not tough for some- "When Kareena was do- among all her contem- one who looks like Di- ing a scene where she had poraries. Packed with 3 sha does, to be alluring to push out the baby, she movies 'Malang', 'KTi- and desirable. Disha was screaming out loud na' and 'Radhe' back to Patani is beautiful, and simultaneously spit- back, Disha is all set to graceful and versatile ting on me," he recalled. break her on-screen im- all in one package and Akshay was accompa- age as she will be seen we sure can't wait to nied by his co-stars Ka- in an incredible and ir- watch this diva setting reena, Diljit Dosanjh and ctress Kriti Sanon says resistible avatar.By see- the screen on fi re. Kiara Adavni on the com- doing comedy is not a ing her social media, we courtesy :santabanta edy chat show, which re- Alaughing matter, but a se- cently completed its 100 rious business.Kriti has featured episodes. in comedies such as "Bareilly Ki Akshay will be seen Barfi ", "Arjun Patiala" and the Hrithik Roshan is a unanimous favorite hosting the special week- recent Diwali release, "House- end episode. full 4", which also features "I am glad that show Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, amongst the cricketers as well! has completed its 100 Riteish Deshmukh, Kriti Khar- ntertainment industry and her favorite actor's dance num- episodes and that I am banda, Pooja Hegde and Rana Cricket are two religions of ber is sure to leave you in awe! part of the celebration. Daggubati in important roles. EIndian Pop Culture where In a recent interview cricket- I wish this continues for laughter. My mom loves said."The Kapil Sharma "Comedy is, indeed, seri- celebrities and cricketers are er, Deepak Chahar also said his ever and ever and keeps this show and enjoys Show" airs on Sony TV. ous business but thanks to considered to be idols by the favorite actor is Hrithik Roshan spreading happiness and watching the show," he IANS the amazing mentors I found audience. While the two in- as the actor is a proper defi ni- in Akshay Kumar, Riteish dustries have their own charm. tion of hero due to Hrithik's Deshmukh and Bobby Deol; When the Indian cricketers versatility.Hrithik Roshan al- they made it seamless for me were asked about their favorite ways strives to become the best Priyanka Chopra grooving to pull off certain scenes. Peo- actor or asked about who was version of himself in every fi lm. ple can now enjoy the movie one actor who they want to The actor is also the favorite of on the streaming platform and play their biopic. The cricketers everyone from cricketers to fans to Nick Jonas' tunes at the hopefully it'll add a bit to their unanimously revealed Hrithik in general. holiday cheer," Kriti said. Roshan.When asked in an inter- The actor shone once again as IANS view Rohit Sharma, the Indian he not only took up the challenge Jonas Brothers' concert is the Cricketer revealed his favorite to get in shape after Super 30 but actor is Hrithik Roshan. In the excelled at it and that too within perfect wife ever TIGER SHROFF other interview, cricketer Sourav a time frame of just two months. Ganguly and Australian cricketer Hrithik Roshan's WAR has turned Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have been giving major couple finally returns Adam Gilchrist also revealed that out to be the biggest grosser of goals ever since they started dating. Both, Priyanka and Nick if there is a biopic made on them, Mandhana revealed her fangirl 2019 until now and has charted after a long it should be played by Hrithik moment since she was 10 and crores at the box offi ce. have been the biggest cheerleaders of each other and recently, ̌̈ days in the Roshan. Not only this, Smriti Veda Krishnamurthy danced on courtesy :santabanta Priyanka was seen attending Nick's concert. coarse terrains of riyanka Chopra Jonas Demi Lovato gets 'survivor' neck tattoo is such a darling. She Serbia shooting Pis a doting daughter, inger Demi Lovato has tattoos to remind her about word "me" inked onto sister, and wife as well. Ever for BAAGHI ̋ got her self a new tat- the power of self-love after her left ring finger earlier since Priyanka started dat- Stoo on her neck which having this year, joining her "stay ing American musician and says "survivor" over a year the strong" mantra on her actor Nick Jonas, they have following her near-fatal wrists, and her "now I'm a been constantly grabbing overdose. warrior" declaration on her headlines for their cozy pics The "Échame la Culpa" back. and PDA sessions. hitmaker recently celebrat- The news emerges weeks Both, PeeCee and Nick ed a year of sobriety fol- after the 27-year-old sing- have been dishing out, cou- lowing her near-fatal drug er, candidly reflected ple goals every time they overdose in the summer on the lessons learned have stepped out together. of 2018, six years after following her 2018 Their virtual PDA has been previously kicking her health scare at the making a lot of noise as well. substance abuse habit, Teen Vogue Sum- Priyanka and Nick are the reports aceshowbiz. mit here. biggest cheerleaders of each com. "I see some- other and time and again Now Lovato has got one that has they have been seen heaping herself inked to re- overcome a praises for their better halves member the issues lot," she said, on social media, events and she's overcome. admitting she such. Priyanka has accompa- According to the would use nied Nick to his various con- iger Shroff has cemented New York Post's the word certs as well. his place as one of the most Page Six, Lovato "resilience" The way she cheers and Tsuccessful actors and the turned to celebrity tat- to describe supports Nick has often left Youngest Action Star with fi lms too artist Dr. Woo to create how far she has us gushing. Now that's what like Baaghi franchise and his the simple scroll art. come. has happened again.Priyan- most recent outing WAR, which It's the latest of Lovato's IANS ka Chopra Jonas wrapped became a blockbuster hit as well. An absolute sentimental Tiger up the fi lming of her upcom- shares on his Instagram, "Look- ing web-fi lm. She jetted off to ing back at something special... accompany him to one of his and glad came out of those 40 concerts. And like before, Pri- days in one piece #baaghi3" yanka was seen cheering for her The star was spotted today at hubby dearest. the international airport today She could be seen grooving to after returning from his shoot one of the Jonas Brothers' track. for the third installment of the Priyanka could be seen in a dark Baaghi franchise in Serbia. (probably black) top standing The actor is currently on a high in the stands and moving to the with War becoming the biggest rhythm of the music. blockbuster of 2019. The action "I have personal ambi- blockbuster became the highest- tions now that I haven't really grossing story pf the year minting thought of. I defi nitely want to 317 crores at the box offi ce.This experience motherhood at time, Tiger is joined by his Baaghi some point. I want to be able co-star Shraddha Kapoor. The to buy a home, which I haven't pair will reunite after three years. A Cultural programme organised by KUMAR SANU VIDYA NIKETAN Gurugram Global Heights school organised SPARDHA-2019 an inter done in a really long time. I've Baaghi 3 is produced by Sajid Nadi- to felicitated the kumar sanu-2 addition awards. school sports meet on the sprawling grounds where 22 schools only been living out of suit- adwala under his banner Nadiad- The Chairman of the organisation Sh.R.K.Sarkar welcome the participated.Chief guest Dr. K.S.Bhati president of Ace education were cases. I'd like to have a closet," wala Grandson Entertainment. awardees.sh.Anurag tripathi,Smt.Vandana Tandon and V.P.Tandon also present the programme. The Vice Principal Ms.Bhavna Chhiber Priyanka said. courtesy :santabanta were also present on this occasion. welcomed the guests and the gathering. Courtesy :bollywoodlife

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