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P-5 P-8 P-11 BRIEFS PM CLUELESS ABOUT CORONAVIRUS, ECONOMY: RAHUL The coronavirus had worsened the already accident as a nation,” Gandhi too. “We have got to start tak- handled the economy well sinking Indian economy, he said and added, said addressing the media at ing emergency measures now. for 10 years. But you (PM) the Parliament House. It’s already too late,” said the spoiled it completely. It’s just it was not just affecting the people but “Only after when I tweeted Congress leader. the beginning of destruction. the economy too. on the COVID-19, the Prime On the Yes Bank crisis, He started the destruction Minister also started tweeting Gandhi said during the when he imposed demon- New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) day, said, “Our Prime Minister about it,” he said. Manmohan Singh regime etisation and GST. People are AAccusing the Narendra Modi is clueless and sleeping.” The coronavirus had wors- when the country faced eco- going to face the full shock. government of not taking ad- “There is no preparation. ened the already sinking In- nomic slowdown, the in- Youths must ask the Prime equate measures to contain The government is sleeping. try. It’s going to have devas- dian economy, he said and formal economy protected Minister what has he done coronavirus, Congress leader They don’t realise that corona- tating consequences. We are added, it was not just affecting people.“Manmohan Singh for their employment in Rahul Gandhi, here on Thurs- virus is spreading in this coun- heading to the highway for an the people but the economy and the UPA government these six years,” he said. SC questions UP Digvijaya Singh files nomination for RS polls Bhopal, March 12 (IANS) leaders Rahul Gandhi and on posters, says no law on With a question mark hang- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for ing over the survival of the reposing faith in him and Tarasutaria will ‘name & shame’ Congress government in renominating him for a romance Aditya Roy Madhya Pradesh, former second term in the Upper Kapur in Ek Villain 2. New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Chief Minister Digvijaya House of Parliament. The Supreme Court on Thurs- Singh on Thursday fi led Singh fi led his nomina- day questioned the Uttar Pradesh his nomination papers as tion a day after Gwalior’s BJP hits back government's decision to put up ruling party’s nominee for erstwhile royal and former after Priyanka’s hoarding, displaying the pictures the Rajya Sabha elections Guna MP Jyotiraditya Scin- and addresses of the people who slated for March 26. dia joined the BJP after quit- virus jibe indulged in violence and destruc- Three Rajya Sabha seats rayan Jatiya are falling va- mitted his papers to the ting the Congress. tion of property during protests from Madhya Pradesh, cant next month.The senior Returning Offi cer.After fi l- The BJP announced Scin- against the Citizenship Amend- currently held by Digvi- Congress leader arrived at ing his nomination, Singh dia’s candidature for the ment Act, as currently there was no jaya Singh, and BJP leaders the Assembly Secretariat thanked Congress interim Rajya Sabha polls from the law to back the action and referred Prabhat Jha and Satyana- around 12.30 pm and sub- chief Sonia Gandhi, party state on Wednesday. the matter to a three-judge bench in a riot, then you cannot claim next week. privacy", said Solicitor General are constantly coming The UP government fi led an ap- Tushar Mehta, representing the Parliament passes Insolvency & up with amendments... peal in the apex court challenging UP government. Couldn't we think of these the Allahabad High Court order di- Justice Lalit agreed on this argu- Bankruptcy Code Bill aspects when the Bill was recting it to pull down the roadside ment, but said: "Yes, there cannot introduced in 2016 and hoardings forthwith. be vandalism, but the question is New Delhi, March 12 even then, why so many A vacation bench comprising could such hoardings be put up?" (IANS) The Insolvency ordinances?" Justices U.U. Lalit and Anirud- He contended before the court and Bankruptcy Code She pointed out that the New Delhi, March 12 dha Bose accepted the govern- that the state administration (Amendment) Bill, 2020 government is listening (IANS) BJP MP Sanjay Jaisw- ment's contention that people probed the role of 95 people and was passed by voice vote to the industry -- small, al on Thursday slammed who resort to violence in pub- concluded 57 of them were re- in the Rajya Sabha on medium, big -- and un- Congress General Secretary lic could not raise the issues on sponsible for vandalism during Thursday. ing and boost investment ment) Bill, 2020 in the derstanding their require- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for their privacy, but queried the anti-CAA protests in Lucknow. It was passed in Lok in financially-distressed Rajya Sabha was moved ments with a change in attacking the Centre over the government's decision "naming Mehta said the state adminis- Sabha on March 6.The sectors.The Bill replaces by Union Finance Minis- law and with a change in coronavirus pandemic, say- and shaming", which it reck- tration asked these people to pay amendments are aimed at an ordinance.Discussion ter Nirmala Sitharaman. approach."We waited for ing “danger begins from your oned permanently labels an compensation for the loss of prop- streamlining the insolven- on the motion to consider After a debate on the Bill, resolutions and the results own home”. individual."Privacy has many di- erty according to the apex court’s cy resolution process and the Insolvency and Bank- Sitharaman explained to coming out of them were “As per the government, mensions. If you wield your gun 2009 verdict. to protect last-mile fund- ruptcy Code (Amend- the members "why we not acceptable," she said. it has been mandatory that those coming from Italy will papers for the Rajya Sabha have to go through a medical Bouquets, brickbats greet Scindia in Bhopal with senior BJP leaders. At observation in the wake of the same time, in support of the coronavirus. Bhopal, March 12 (IANS) candidate will fi le his nomi- Working Committee meeting Scindia, over 10,000 activists But her (Priyanka’s) own Jyotiraditya Scindia arrived nation papers for Rajya Sabha for the modalities of nomi- including many Congress dis- brother (Rahul Gandhi) in Bhopal on Thursday eve- on Friday, the closing day for nation.Scindia is expected to trict heads of Gwalior, Guna, came from Italy in special ning on his maiden visit after nominations.BJP workers, garland the statues of Deen- and Shivpuri have resigned circumstances and he has switching over to the BJP. His who missed no opportunity to dayal Upadhyay, his grand- from the party.On the other been residing in India with- visit was delayed by two hours criticise Scindia till a couple mother Vijayaraje Scindia, hand, Scindia’s posters put out medical checkup. So, the and he was taken in a proces- days ago, went to welcome Kushabhau Thakre and father up near Polytechnic square in danger begins from her own sion by the BJP workers from him with great fanfare. He Madhavrao Scindia before fi l- Bhopal were either smeared home,” Jaiswal told IANS. the airport.Scindia who has was taken from the airport ing his nomination.On Friday, with ink or partly torn by Con- ...... Continue on Page 2 been nominated as the BJP to the BJP offi ce for the state Scindia will fi le nomination gress activists. Sibal questions Amit Shah's silence Hooda's show of strength in Delhi for RS ticket for 3 days during Delhi riots New Delhi, March 12 from the northern state while (IANS) Even as Congress in- Surjewala is said to be the New Delhi, March 12 Pradesh wearing masks not terim Chief Sonia Gandhi is choice of former party chief (IANS) Questioning Union to carry out surgical strike on set to take a call on the Rajya Rahul Gandhi. Home Minister Amit Shah's our own people," the Con- Sabha nominees of the Con- The elections for the 55 silence for three days during gress leader said. gress from Haryana, former Rajya Sabha vacant seats in riots in Delhi, Congress lead- "Two kinds of viruses have Lok Sabha MP Deepender 17 states will take place on er Kapil Sibal on Thursday created havoc. Singh Hooda has brought his March 26. The Congress lead- said Congress will not allow At international level, it is 24 MLAs to the national capi- ers had earlier indicated that anyone to break the country. coronavirus, about which re- tal to build pressure on the the grand old party is all set to During a discussion on search is still going on. party leadership for the upper attempt to strike a balance be- Delhi riots in the Rajya Sab- had never thought innocent The second virus is in house berth. tween experience and youth ha, he advised Shah to re- people would be killed."The Delhi... the communal virus, Hooda junior, who is the son to select candidates. spect the Iron Man's seat he Congress leader also said which too is spreading with of former Chief Minister Bhu- had won 31 seats in the 2019 seat, the name of Hooda and Seven seats will go to polls is occupying. that surgical strike at Balakot high intensity. pinder Singh Hooda, brought assembly elections. senior party leader Randeep in Maharashtra, six in Tamil The Congress leader said, was the right thing the gov- "We all know the source of 24 MLAs in Delhi on Wednes- Party leaders had earlier Singh Surjewala is also being Nadu, fi ve each in West Ben- "You are an Iron Man (a ref- ernment did. "But, why carry the virus -- where this virus day afternoon as a show of indicated that former Union discussed. gal and Bihar, four each in erence to Vallabhbhai Pa- out a surgical strike on your was spreading and who all strength for Rajya Sabha tick- Minister and Haryana party The party leader said that Odisha, Gujarat and Andhra tel). You are sitting in Sar- own people?""Spare people were supporting it and who et.According to party sources, in-charge Kumari Selja will Selja is close to party inter- Pradesh, three each in Rajast- dar Vallabhbhai Patel's seat. of this country... And tell were the collaborators of this the MLAs of the Congress are be the party nominee from im chief Sonia Gandhi and han, Madhya Pradesh and As- Respect Sardar Patel. He those who came from Uttar communal virus," Sibal said. staying in Delhi. The Congress the state. While for the other is also the party's Dalit face sam, two each in Telangana. Indian Horizon 2 City 13 Friday, March, 2020 900 Indians evacuated, govt Probe 'intelligence failure' over hones anti-corona action plan Delhi riots: Anand Sharma New Delhi, March 12 containment of COVID-19 visited China, Italy, Iran, ment by the government New Delhi, March India. From children to (IANS) With 900 Indians in the country. It was in a Republic of Korea, France, said. Apart from these, 12 (IANS) Congress senior citizens, they all evacuated from COVID- meeting of Group of Min- Spain and Germany after all international passen- leader Anand Sharma were killed. This is not 19-affected nations, India ister on Wednesday that February 15 will be quar- gers entering India are on Thursday demand- in our culture. It is big has intensified its efforts to the GoM decided to sus- antined for a minimum also required to furnish ed a probe into failure blot on Indian democ- protect its citizens against pend all existing visas till period of 14 days. duly filled self-declara- on part of intelligence racy and culture," said the deadly coronavirus. April 15. The GoM also de- The decision will come tion forms in duplicate agencies in gather- Sharma, adding that Apart from 900 Indians, cided that visa-free travel into effect from March 13 to health and immigra- ing information over India's image was dam- the government has also facility granted to OCI at the port of departure. tion officials and undergo whether there was a aged internationally. rescued 48 other nation- card holders will be kept The government will Universal Health Screen- "conspiracy" that led "India's diversity is its als of countries such as the in abeyance till April 15. also restrict interna- ing at the designated to the anti-CAA riots strength. Why do people Maldives, China and the The government also tional traffic influx to the health counters at all in northeast Delhi that want to divide this coun- US, the government said echoed its earlier deci- country through land points of entry, ther gov- killed 53 people. "There try?" he said. "Politics on Thursday. In a state- sion of a compulsory CO- borders. "International ernment said. According was mishandling of sit- and religion is a poison- ment, the government VID-19 free certificate for traffic through land bor- to the Health Ministry, uation by the adminis- ous mixture and it needs said a high-level Group of travellers from Italy and ders will be restricted to the Prime Minister is re- tration. It should also be to be looked upon. Citi- Ministers has been formed the Republic of Korea. The designated check posts viewing the situation with probed. There should zenship Amendment to continuously monitor government added that all with robust screening fa- the top officials since the be a judicial commis- Act lacks Constitutional the situation and evalu- incoming travellers, in- cilities. These will be no- first case was declared sion and the probe morality. People have ate preparedness and for- cluding Indian nationals, tified separately by M/o on December 31, 2019 in should be fair," he said approached Supreme mulate measures about arriving from or having Home Affairs," a state- Wuhan, China. in the Rajya Sabha. Court. I would not like "The government said, "If there was huge He also questioned the to comment on this," CBI arrests is run on trust. The conspiracy as said by government's inten- Sharma said. He how- MP rebel Congress government's silence the home minister tion and why the Prime ever lauded that even in 2 IT officials, 1 over the Delhi riots has then it was also an in- Minister remained si- tough times humanity CA in Rajasthan breached the people's telligence failure. It lent when riots took did not die. "People from MLAs want to return: trust. I fail to under- should also be probed place. "Why did he not different communities graft case stand how the govern- on a serious note why say something on the came forward to save ment will earn back there was intelligence same day when the ri- each other," he said. K'taka MP Hussain Jaipur, March 12 the people's trust," failure." Sharma also oting started," Sharma "The government is run (IANS) The Central Bu- he said. The Congress pointed that India does said. "It would have on trust. The govern- New Delhi, March 12 Wednesday. reau of Investigation leader said that Union not need private forces been better if Prime ment's silence over the (IANS) Rajya Sabha Con- Ahead of the Rajya (CBI) on Thursday car- Home Minister Amit like Ram Sena or Popu- Minister Narendra Delhi riots has breached gress member Syed Nas- Sabha polls on March 26, ried out searches at 10 Shah in the Lok Sabha lar Front of India (PFI). Modi had spoken on the people's trust. I fail eer Hussain has said that Madhya Pradesh has been locations in Rajasthan on Wednesday had "Book them whoever the day when the riots to understand how the many of the rebel Madhya witnessing political tur- and arrested three per- said that there was a is guilty in riots. We started." government will earn Pradesh Congress MLAs moil for the past 10 days sons, including two huge conspiracy be- have an army. We have "People who were back the people's trust," are mulling a return to the with the ruling Congress income-tax depart- hind the riots. Sharma police forces," he said. killed were citizens of he said. party after Jyotiraditya and opposition BJP try- ment official posted in Scindia joined the BJP. ing to take control of the Nagaur, in a graft case. Speaking to IANS on 230-member Assembly. The CBI arrested I-T offi- Thursday, the Congress Before the crisis broke cer Laxman Singh and an MP from Karnataka said out, the Congress with I-T Inspector Prem Sukh JGU launches new school focused that many of the 22 rebel 114 members of its own Didel and a Chartered MLAs currently in BJP's are in touch to return, he and the support of inde- Accountant (CA) Suresh 'safekeeping' in Ben- said. He accused the BJP pendents and marginal Pareek in a Rs 4 lakh graft on environmental studies galuru, are in touch with of trying to usurp power players, enjoyed the sup- case, said a CBI official. A newly-appointed Karna- by unfair means wherever port of 121 members in case had been registered New Delhi, March 12 Jindal Global University, School of Environment & opment, Master of Envi- taka PCC chief D.K. Shiva- the mandate is against it. the House. The Congress against two I-T officers (IANS) O.P. Jindal Glob- said in a statement. Sustainability is a signifi- ronmental Legal Studies, kumar. Hussain said that The Kamal Nath-led has ferried its MLAs from and the CA for demand- al University (JGU) on The school aims to de- cant step for India and the Master of Environmental the rebels had supported Congress government in Madhya Pradesh to Jaipur ing Rs 5 lakh in bribe Thursday launched its velop a strategic plan that world. We need India to management/Sciences Scindia in his claims for Madhya Pradesh is fac- in Rajasthan for 'safe- from the complainant ninth school -- The Jindal builds a sustainable fu- provide leadership on ad- and policy); Doctoral pro- a Rajya Sabha nomina- ing a political crisis after keeping'. The BJP has also for settling issues aris- School of Environment ture in these challenging dressing the challenge of gramme (Doctor of Phi- tion and his appointment prominent state leader stepped up efforts to keep ing out of an I-T survey and Sustainability (JSES). times. Through national sustainability. losophy in Environment as Madhya Pradesh PCC Scindia bid farewell to its flock of 107 MLAs to- on his business premises The first interdisciplin- and international collabo- "The issue being faced and Sustainability), JGU chief but not for joining the party on Tuesday gether by ferrying them to and his family members ary environmental studies rations, JSES will promote by judges internationally said. the BJP. So, many MLAs and joined the BJP on Gurugram. in Nagaur. school in an Indian uni- joint teaching and re- is climate change. Execu- "A primary goal of the versity will be led by the search programmes, and tive branch has to work Jindal School of Environ- renowned environmen- a comparative perspective in correlation with the ju- ment and Sustainability talist, Professor Armin on environment and sus- dicial branch in order to is to offer undergraduate To save paper SC to accept Rosencranz, formerly at tainability issues, accord- bring about a significant students a concentration Stanford University, as its ing to the JGU VC. change. Do the right thing in environmental stud- founding Dean, JGU said. "There is a need for and change will happen," ies with an opportunity petitions on A4 sheets The establishment of providing intellectual and Wilson said. to explore how humans the ninth school of JGU, academic leadership in Citing a study by the interact with the environ- New Delhi, March 12 levels. A new circular dated the environment, superior A4 size sheets, and it is used JSES is a significant step in the field of environmen- Centre for Climate Change ment, including physical, (IANS) The Supreme Court, March 5 has been published quality A4 size paper...," the in most of the courts in the the context of mitigating tal studies and that is the at Cambridge, he called biological, philosophical, in an effort to reduce the on the apex court website circular said. Apex court sec- country. Many environmen- the immense challenges institutional goal of JSES," for deep and rapid emis- social and legal elements," wastage of paper through stating that A4 size paper will retary general Sanjeev S. Kal- tal activists have raised con- that are facing the envi- said Professor Raj Ku- sions reduction, create said Profesor Rosencranz, uniformity in its usage in be accepted on the judicial gaonkar issued the circular cerns on the existing norms ronment in India and the mar. The world faces an new carbon dioxide sinks Dean of the Jindal School day-to-day proceedings, has side from April 1, with re- stating that all the commu- on the usage of paper, which world. increasing array of envi- and re-freeze the North of Environment and Sus- said it will accept petitions quired specifications. nication to the advocate-on- includes one side printing "The Jindal School of ronmental challenges that and South Poles. tainability. "By attracting and affidavits only on A4 size "It is notified for the infor- record will be sent through where wide margins led to Environment and Sustain- require greater levels of The Jindal School of internationally qualified sheets printed on both sides mation of all concerned that e-mails and text messages large scale wastage of paper ability hopes to lead India innovation and collabora- Environment and Sus- faculty members and beginning from April 1. the Competent Authority has and the registry is beginning in courts. On January 26, and the world towards a tion among industry, gov- tainability will offer B.A pooling together interdis- On January 14, Chief Jus- been pleased to direct that: to discontine the practice of another circular urged all sustainable future with an ernment, academics and .(Hons.) in Environmental ciplinary scholars under a tice S.A. Bobde told the regis- With a view to bring unifor- sending these communica- the stakeholders to be eco- innovative and interdisci- communities. Speaking and Sustainability Stud- single school, JSES is posi- try of the apex court to begin mity about use of paper and tions through hard copies. nomical in the consumption plinary teaching pedago- at the launch conference, ies. In the near future, tioning itself as a producer using A4 size sheets printed printing thereon and to mini- The current practice in- of paper and to ensure that gy, cutting-edge research Justice Michael D. Wilson, JSES will integrate Study of knowledge and shaper on both sides for all com- mise consumption of paper volves usage of legal size the commucation is clear on and practice-based en- Judge, Supreme Court of Abroad; Postgraduate of careers in environment munications internally at all and consequently to save paper, which is bigger than both sides of the sheet. gagement," C. Raj Kumar, Hawaii, USA said, "The es- (Master of Environmental and sustainability," Ros- Vice Chancellor of O.P. tablishment of the Jindal and Sustainable Devel- encranz said. BJP hits back after Priyanka's virus jibe

New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) BJP Jaiswal told IANS. Speaking in the Jaiswal's reaction came follow- MP Sanjay Jaiswal on Thursday Parliament premises, the MP from ing Priyanka's tweet in which she slammed Congress General Sec- Paschim Champaran constituency launched a sharp attack on Prime retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for in Bihar said that Union External Minister Narendra Modi saying he attacking the Centre over the coro- Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and should now focus on the country's navirus pandemic, saying "danger Union Health Minister Harsh Vard- important issues like coronavi- begins from your own home". han have given statements on the rus and fall in the Sensex "if he has "As per the government, it has coronavirus in the Lok Sabha, and time to spare" from trying to topple been mandatory that those coming the Indian government should be the Madhya Pradesh government. from Italy will have to go through a congratulated for the way it is tack- "Sensex has fallen. The WHO has la- medical observation in the wake of ling the situation. belled the coronavirus an epidemic. the coronavirus. But her (Priyanka's) "The government has put restric- There is chaos among people. If the own brother (Rahul Gandhi) came tions on everyone who are coming Prime Minister, skilled in PR stunts, from Italy in special circumstances from foreign countries. A follow up has got free time from toppling the and he has been residing in India process is there after a week. We will elected MP government, then he without medical checkup. So, the not let infected people roam around should also speak on these subjects The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu in a group photographs with the faculty members of Punjab University danger begins from her own home," freely. It is a very good step." necessary for the country. during an interaction with the sportspersons of the University, in New Delhi . Indian Horizon 13 Friday, March, 2020 State 3 Trivedi, Bakshi file papers for RS polls in Bengal Farmer buries chickens alive amid

Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Trinamool secretary gen- will fall vacant on April 2. then also the Congress-Left corona scare, Twitter rages Two of the four Trinamool eral Partha Chatterjee said Four of the retiring members have the numbers to ensure Congress candidates Subra- the other two party candi- are from Trinamool -- K.D. Bhattacharya's win. Howev- New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) shared video, one can see the tion to any problem," read one ta Bakshi and Dinesh Trivedi dates theatre personality Singh, Ahmed Hasan Imran, er, the political observers are Amid the growing coronavirus farmer burying chickens alive in a post. A user remarked, "End of hu- filed their nominations on Arpita Ghosh and Mausam painter Jogen Chowdhury keeping their fingers crossed scare and the accompanying ru- pit. As the video went viral, Twit- manity. You can't just bury them Wednesday for the Rajya Benazir Noor will file their and Manish Gupta. The fifth in such a scenario, consider- mours, a poultry farmer in Karna- terati flooded the social media alive on the basis of a rumour." Sabha polls in West Bengal, nominations on Thursday. is an expelled CPI-M mem- ing Trinamool's track record taka buried thousands of chickens with their reactions. A user wrote, The poultry industry in different as the party kept open the However, he kept alive the ber Ritabrata Banerjee. As of poaching legislators from alive to avoid the spread of the "Cruel. He could have just left the parts of the country has been hit option of putting up a fifth suspension on a possible per the arithmetic in the opposition camps during contagious disease. chickens out. Why did he have to hard amid rumours that the novel candidate, thereby throw- fifth candidate. state assembly, the four Tri- past elections. A Twitter user by the name of bury them alive." Another wrote, coronavirus can be transmitted ing a challenge to proposed "I can't say whether we namool candidates are likely The notification for the RS Niranjan Kaggere (@nkaggere) "Instead of doing this, he could through consumption of chicken, Left-Congress contestant Bi- will put up two or three can- to sail through. polls was issued on March 6, shared a shocking video of the have distributed them for free." the prices of which have fallen kash Bhattacharya. didates. I also can't categori- If the Trinamool does not with March 13 being the last incident with the caption, "A de- "This is madness. We tend to use considerably as a result. Last Accompanied by state cally say whether we will name a fifth candidate, all date for filing nominations. jected farmer Nazeer Makandar nature's givings and when the month, the Union Ministry of Ani- ministers Aroop Biswas and support an independent for nominees including Bhat- The scrutiny will take place from Lolasoora village in Gokak, time comes, we show no mercy mal Husbandry had clarified that Tapas Roy, Trinamool secre- the fifth seat. Can't say any- tacharya will automatically on March 14 and March 18 is Belagavi, decided to bury chick- in destroying them. At least these chicken may be considered safe tary general Bakshi and for- thing now," said Chatterjee. make the cut for the upper the last date for withdrawal ens from his poultry farm, fol- birds could have been given some as no report has so far confirmed mer union minister Dinesh CPI-M leader Bhattacha- house, without there being of candidature. The polls are lowing steep fall in price due to anaesthetics to kill them off. Bury- its involvement in the coronavirus Trivedi filed their papers to rya is also scheduled to file any need for an election. scheduled for March 26. The #CoronavirusOutbreak." In the ing something alive is not a solu- outbreak. the state assembly secre- his papers on Thursday. In case the Trinamool votes will be counted on the tariat. Five RS seats in the state names a fifth candidate, same day. Bindu Rana Kapoor was director in Kidney transplantation Pandemic means every person on improves Patient’s 42 companies, some named in CBI FIR quality of life: Experts New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Bin- wife Bindu Rana Kapoor (the then Smart Aviation, Morgan Habitat, Earth is prone to COVID-19 du Rana Kapoor was a director in at director of RAB Enterprises), and Mantra Realty among others. New Delhi, March 12, 2020: Kidney transplants least 42 companies, many of them their daughters Roshini Kapoor The other companies where Bin- New Delhi, March 12 occurs over a wide geo- world, including the US, improve the overall quality of life of those patients investment companies, data ac- (director of Morgan Credits Pvt Ltd du Kapoor is named as a director are (IANS) A pandemic is the graphic area and affects have already been leaning who suffered due to severe kidney ailments and cessed shows, some of whom have and Doit Urban Ventures), Raakhe Indian School of Management and "worldwide spread of a an exceptionally high pro- on pandemic prepared- were undergoing dialysis, according to experts of been named in the FIR registered Kapoor Tandon (director of Morgan Entrepreneurship, Press2 Dryclean- new disease", according portion of the population. ness plans to respond to Manipal Hospitals, Dwarka. The media Workshop by the CBI for receiving kickbacks to Credits Pvt Ltd) and Radha Kapoor ing, Harmony Bright Education, to the World Health Or- Pandemics, according to the outbreaks of corona- broadly aimed at creating mass awareness on or- the tune of Rs 600 crore from DHFL Khanna (director of Morgan Credits Alibaug Eco Tourism, Imagine Es- ganization (WHO), which their classical definition, virus. The last time the gan donation, transplants and kidney ailments as a builder loan. Former Yes Bank Pvt Ltd and Doit Urban Ventures tate, Imagine Property, Bliss House, means that nearly every are epidemics that cross WHO declared a pandem- on the occasion of World Kidney Day. Mr Raman founder, Rana Kapoor's wife, Bindu (lndia) Pvt Ltd. The kickback was Imagine Home, Bliss Habitat, Doit human being on Earth international boundaries ic was during the H1N1 Bhaskar, Director Hospital Services, Dr. Saurabh was a director in the main invest- given by DHFL to DOIT Urban Smart Hospitality, Art Capital, Doit -- close to 8 billion -- is and affect a large number outbreak in 2009, which Pokhariyal, HOD – Department of Nephrology ment and holding companies asso- Ventures (lndia) Pvt Ltd -- a wholly Abode (Goa), Imagine Habitat, Bliss now susceptible to coro- of people worldwide. infected nearly a quarter and Renal Transplant Medicine, and Dr Sanjay ciated with Rana Kapoor, including owned subsidiary of RAB Enterpris- Abode, Bliss Apartment, Dice Ac- navirus (Covid-19). The There are now over of the world's population. Gogoi, Head, Urology, Manipal Hospitals opened Morgan Credits, Yes Capital (India), es (lndia) Pvt Ltd in which Rana Ka- celeration, Doit Urban Ventures, coronavirus outbreak 118,000 cases of Covid-19 The WHO, however, the Workshop. In his opening remarks, Mr. Raman DoIt umbrella companies, RAB poor's wife Bindu Kapoor is a direc- Art Capital, Bliss Villa (Delhi), Doit was on Wednesday de- spread across 114 coun- was later criticised for Bhaskar said, “Our Hospital is the harbinger of the among others. tor and 100 per cent shareholder. Retail Networks and Dice Networks. clared a pandemic by the tries around the world. raising public alarm when path-breaking initiatives in kidney transplant. We The majority of these compa- The investigators found out that The CBI investigation into the World Health Organiza- The disease has already the virus turned out to be provide quaternary and comprehensive kidney nies are realty nomenclatured like Rana Kapoor's daughters -- Rakhee ongoing case involving Yes Bank tion (WHO), whose chief claimed over 4,000 lives. not very lethal. H1N1 now care and have the expertise in both adult and pe- Bliss, Imagine, Mantra where the Kapoor Tandon, Roshni Kapoor and founder Rana Kapoor has revealed expressed his "deep con- "If countries detect, test, returns seasonally and is diatric kidney transplants which not many health- suspicion is that the money was si- Radha Kapoor -- are also 100 per that he and his family members cern" over the "alarming treat, isolate, trace, and part of the annual vac- care providers offer. We can successfully deal with phoned off into realty ventures. In cent shareholders of DOIT Urban were paid Rs 600 crore kickback levels of inaction" in com- mobilize their people in cine preparations. SARS complex cases with the best in class doctors and Delhi alone, Rana Kapoor had three Ventures (lndia) Pvt Ltd through by DHFL promoter Kapil Wadh- bating the virus spread. the response, those with was not considered a pan- international quality equipment’s in kidney trans- bungalows. Some of these compa- Morgan Credits Private Limited. wan in the garb of "builder loan". "81 countries have not a handful of #COVID19 demic, despite affecting plant. We are encouraged to see an overwhelming nies are named in the CBI FIR in Most of the companies are under It was part of a criminal conspiracy reported any #COVID19 cases can prevent those people in 26 countries, response from the media fraternity. Media plays which DHFL is also named. the Doit, Bliss, Imagine umbrella of hatched during April to June 2018 cases, and 57 countries cases becoming clusters, and neither was MERS. a critical role in creating mass awareness; hence, DHFL, DOIT Urban Ventures (ln- companies. Bindu Kapoor is also between Rana Kapoor, Wadhwan have reported 10 cases and those clusters becom- "As pandemic viruses we planned to make them aware of high-end dia) Pvt Ltd, RAB Enterprises (lndia) named as a director in companies and others for extending financial or less. We cannot say ing community transmis- emerge, countries and re- treatment and transplant for kidney ailments.”Dr. Pvt Ltd, Morgan Credits Pvt Ltd and like Bliss Home, Imagine Resi- assistance to Dewan Housing Fi- this loudly enough, or sion," the global health gions face different risks Gogoi recommended that people must watch out RKW Developers Pvt Ltd are among dence, Doit E Solutions, Doit Cre- nance Limited (DHFL) by Yes Bank clearly enough, or often body said in a tweet. at different times. For for early symptoms of kidney failure like reduced the firms named in the CBI FIR reg- ative Consumer Ventures, Morgan Ltd. In lieu of substantial undue enough: all countries can The WHO had classi- that reason, countries are urine, excessive fatigue, persistent nausea, fluid istered under charges of criminal Exim, Doit Sports Management, benefit to himself and his family still change the course of fied the novel coronavirus strongly advised to de- retention that leads to swelling. It is always bet- conspiracy, cheating, bribery, abet- Doit Creations, Liasaria Agri and members through the companies this pandemic," the WHO as a global public health velop their own national ter to be careful as kidney disease often has no ment of bribery and criminal mis- Ecotourism, Doit Innovative Attrac- held by Rana Kapoor, Wadhwan tweeted. Pandemic is an emergency on January risk assessments based on symptoms, and it can go undetected until at a very conduct. The individuals named in tions, Bliss Agri, Bliss Address, RAB and his family members, the whole outbreak of a disease that 30. Countries around the local circumstances. advanced stage.” the CBI FIR are Rana Kapoor, his Enterprises, Imagine Realty, Doit conspiracy was hatched, said.

ATMA respectively Delhi violence: elected industries 2 PFI members Shobana lights up third evening sent to police body Members custody

INDIA-12-03-2020,Mr K M Mammen, Chair- of Khajuraho Dance Festival New Delhi, March 12 man & Managing Director, MRF Ltd. and Mr (IANS) A Delhi court has Anshuman Singhania, Dy. Managing Director New Delhi, Mar 12 sent Popular Front of India JK Tyre & Industries have been unanimously (IANSlife) Classical (PFI) Delhi Chief Parvez re-elected as Chairman and Vice Chairman of dancer and popular Ahmed and Secretary Mo- Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association South Indian actress, hammad Iliyas to 7-day (ATMA), the national industry body for auto- Shobana Chandraku- custody of the Special Cell motive tyre sector in India. mar Pillai, better known of Delhi Police. The duo Set up in 1975, ATMA is amongst the most mononymously as Sho- were produced before active national industry bodies in the coun- bana enthralled the Additional Chief Met- try representing Rs 60000 crore (US$8.5 bn) audience with her solo ropolitian Magistrate Pur- automotive tyre industry. Eleven large tyre Bharatanatyam perfor- shottam Pathak who sent companies comprising mix of Indian and mance during third eve- them to police custody. International tyre majors and representing ning of the 47th edition The Delhi Police Special over 95% of production of tyres in India are of the Khajuraho Dance Cell arrested them earlier members of the Association. ATMA members Festival yesterday. Inno- in the day in connection include Apollo Tyres, Birla Tyres, Bridgestone vative and carrying the with the Delhi riots. "The India, Ceat, Continental India, Goodyear In- traditional values in Vas- duo have been arrested for dia, JK Tyre , Michelin, MRF, TVS Tyres and istha style, she started their alleged role in insti- Yokohama. her performance with a gating the people during ATMA Core Group has been reconstituted. traditional composition the Delhi riots," a senior Mr. Rajesh Dahiya, Vice President Marketing, composed in the raga official told IANS over the Sales & Service, Apollo Tyres Ltd is the new Mallhari. phone. "Their role has also Convener of ATMA Industry, Public & Econom- Odissi dancer Su- surfaced in the funding of ic Affairs (IPEA) Group that looks at developing prabha Mishra first pre- the riots," the officer said. new markets and increasing export competi- sented a traditional folk In his entry in the visitor’s tiveness of Indian tyre industry. ATMA Supply tale 'Rani Ki Bawdi' and book during his visit to Chain & Resources (SCR) Group that works to then brought alive the India in 2010, the then US ensure fair and sustainable supply of raw ma- various forms of Vishnu Das and her group. On Manipuri, Kuchipudi "We are proud to hon- Allauddin Khan Sangeet president Barack Obama terials to the industry will now be headed by described in Vishnu the second day, among and Satriya performanc- our these artists. Mad- Evam Kala Academy, wrote about Gandhi that Mr. Mohan Kurian Vice President – Material, Puran. The final perfor- others, Lata Munshi per- es. hya Pradesh has a di- Department of Culture- “a hero just not to... India MRF Ltd. Mr. Tom Thomas, Executive Direc- mance of the third eve- formed Keerthanam. During the inaugural versified culture andMadhya Pradesh, the but for the whole world." tor – Tech. & Projects, CEAT Ltd, a veteran of ning ended with noted The 47th edition of ceremony, the Madhya everyone must contrib- Khajuraho Dance Festi- Congress leader Shashi the industry has taken over the reins of ATMA Bharatanatyam dancer Khajuraho Dance Festi- Pradesh Government fe- ute to promote our cul- val is a week-long festival Tharoor also criticized Technology, Environment, Safety & Standards Ananda Shankar Jayant val was inaugurated by licitated Kathak dancer tural heritage." She also of Indian classical dance President Trump for no (TESS) Group. The policy formulation aspects and group who present- Vijay Laxmi Sadho, Cul- Uma Sharma and ac- announced that the MP held annually against the mentioning Mahatma of the industry will be taken care of by Mr. San- ed Navarasa. ture Minister, Madhya claimed Sattriya dancer, Culture Ministry will spectacular backdrop of Gandhi. ‘’Generations to jiv Saxena, Sr. Vice President – Corporate Ac- The first day witnessed Pradesh here on Tues- Jatin Goswami with the build an amphitheatre the magnificent Khajura- come will scarce believe counts, JK Tyre & Industries.as Convener of performances by dis- day. This seven-day fes- Kalidasa Samman. in Khajuraho to pro- ho temples in Chhatar- that such a one as this ever ATMA Government Affairs & Legislation (GAL) ciples of Jatin Gosvami tival will feature Kathak, Speaking on the oc- mote performing arts. pur district of Madhya in flesh and blood walked Group. and Odissi dancer Meera Odissi, Bharatanatyam, casion, Dr. Sadho said, Organised by the Ustad Pradesh. upon this earth. Indian Horizon Friday, March 13, 2020 SOUTH 4 COVID-19: Kerala COVID-19 cases touch 12, M’rashtra cancels all public events

Internet providers list of the tourists who have ellers from the (above) seven travelled abroad in the past countries shall be quarantined to step up network few weeks, especially after by the state government, ar- Feb. 15. rangements for which shall be Thiruvanantha- a meeting of representa- Thackeray reiterated his sug- made by the respective district puram, March 12 (IANS) tives of various telecom gestion to all people who have collectors. Following the outbreak service providers in Ker- come from abroad to go into Besides, all those people of COVID-19, internet ala Circle and officials of ‘self-quarantine’ at their re- who come in contact with such service providers in Ker- the Telecommunication spective homes for two weeks persons shall be quarantined ala, on Thursday agreed Department convened to avoid any public contact. at their homes as an added to step up the network by the Secretary, Elec- In accordance with the cen- precaution. capacity by 30 to 40 tronics and IT. tre’s directives, the state has The government has ruled percent, to meet the de- Telecom service pro- ordered compulsory ‘home out any immediate require- mand arising from the viders have assured the quarantine’ for all people ar- ments to screen or check all situation, especially in government that they riving after Feb. 15 from the citizens for coronavirus, but view of spurt in work-at- are well equipped to Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) for COVID-19, taking the total will be cancelled to avoid over- seven worst-hit countries: those who test positive and home mode. face the current situa- With COVID-19 positive cases number in the city to nine, be- crowding and to arrest the China, Iran, Italy, South Korea, don’t exhibit symptoms must Numerous IT com- tion. climbing to 12 in the state, the sides two in Mumbai and one further spread of the disease France, Spain and Germany, be sent into isolation, prefera- panies in the state have The major part of In- Maharashtra government on in Nagpur. which has assumed deadly he added. bly at a location away from the allowed their employees ternet consumption in Thursday ordered cancellation Chief Minister Uddhav proportions globally. “The health departments treatment centres or hospitals, to work from home in Kerala is made available of all public functions, gather- Thackeray carried out a video- “The source of coronavirus in Mumbai, Pune and Nag- said Vyas. the wake of 14 cases of through local servers. ings, mass religious events and conference review meeting in the state is not local. It came pur have already created such Thackeray assured that all COVID -19 being report- Moreover, with global other programmes as a pre- with the state Divisional Com- from the tourists who got in- quarantine facilities and all the (12) patients found posi- ed and about 3000 peo- Internet traffic very low cautionary measure until the missioner on the situation in fected during their foreign other civic bodies must pro- tive are stable and undergoing ple under observation at compared to the overall situation normalizes. their respective jurisdictions trips,” said Thackeray. vide the status of similar facil- treatment, and urged people homes and in hospitals. consumption and hence Another patient admitted after which several directions Accordingly, all travel and ity by Friday,” Thackeray said. not to panic as the state gov- The decision to step increasing the capacity with symptoms in Pune’s Nai- were issued. tour operators across the state Principal Secretary, Health ernment is fully geared to tack- up capacity was taken at won’t be difficult du Hospital has tested positive All state or public functions have been asked to provide a Pradeep Vyas said that all trav- le the situation. 2 MP ministers detained Goa’s Mopa airport gets environment approval: Javadekar Panaji, March 12 (IANS) in B’luru; rebel MLAs Union Minister Environment and Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Thursday refuse to meet announced that the upcoming Mopa international airport in North Goa has been granted the much awaited environment ap- proval. Javadekar in his tweet also said the greenfield airport would pave the way for tourism overall devel- opment of the region. a day when Goa Chief Minis- construction of the Mopa airport. The airport is being construc- “I am happy to announce that ter Pramod Sawant was in the The first phase of the airport tion through a joint venture be- today i have given Environmental national capital and met Prime was scheduled to be commis- tween GMR and the Goa govern- approval for Greenfield Mopa In- Minister Narendra Modi to dis- sioned by September 3, 2020, but ment. Bengaluru, March 12 (IANS) ther too flew in to the city. But ternational Airport in #Goa. This cuss several issues related to due to litigation in the Supreme In its first phase the airport A dozen of Madhya Pradesh the police did not allow them to will pave way for overall devel- the development projects in the Court, filed by activists who had is expected to cater to 4.5 mil- Congress leaders, including two meet because the rebels gave in opment for the region and give state, including the ongoing in- alleged illegal felling of trees at lion passengers and at the end ministers were detained near the writing to the police chief that boost to tourism in the state,” Ja- ter-state dispute over the Mhadei the airport site, the completion of fourth phase its pax handling airport when they tried to meet they do not want to meet any- vadekar tweeted. river with Karnataka, the ongo- schedule has been delayed by capacity is expected to be 13 the 19 party rebel legislators who one,” a party source told IANS on The development comes on ing mining impasse as well as the several months. million. refused to meet them, police the condition of anonymity. said on Thursday. The visiting leaders were let off “We had to detain the leaders, after a while. promoters Rakesh Wadhawan and including two ministers Jitu Pat- In response to a letter the reb- PMC bank scam: Ex-director, 2 valuers Sarang Wadhawan and others, wari and Lakhan Singh at Em- el MLAs wrote to the Karnataka were arrested in connection with bassy Boulevard Club near the director general of police (DGP) the PMC Bank scam which erupt- airport, as the rebel MLAs didn’t Praveen Sood on Monday seek- arrested by Mumbai police ed in late September 2019 and re- wanted to meet them at the re- ing security for their safety, the sulted in the deaths of around 10 sort where they are staying or Bengaluru Rural district police Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) The Banvait was a director-member 2012-2015 to enable maintain the persons, including depositors. anywhere outside,” a police of- deployed additional personnel Mumbai Police Economic Of- of Loan, Investment and Execu- Bank Capital Adequacy Ratio as The bank’s aggrieved deposi- ficial told IANS. in around the resort since Tues- fences Wing (EOW) has arrested tive Committee of the PMC Bank mandated by the Reserve Bank of tors have been agitating for the Though the dozen leaders flew day. a former director of Punjab and for many years. It is against this India. past six months to get their stuck into the city from Bhopal earlier “The rebels have told the re- Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) background that he was inter- The trio were interrogated by money out of the scam-hit bank in the day to meet the rebels and sort management and the police Bank and two of its valuers in con- rogated on the loans extended to the EOW sleuths, and they failed after the RBI imposed a moratori- change their mind, but the po- on duty not to allow anyone in- nection with the ongoing probe HDIL Group, their long-pending to provide satisfactory or convinc- um on it last September following lice did not allow them to pro- side who wants to meet or talk to into the Rs 4,355-crore scam, an dues, and remedial measures ini- ing replies, confirming their in- serious irregularities. The bank’s ceed to the resort (Prestige Golf- them as they are unwilling to do official said here on Thursday. tiated to recover or regularise the volvement in the scam, the official aggrieved depositors have been shire), which is at Yelahanka in so,” the source quipped. Those arrested are Jasvinder S. same. claimed. agitating for the past six months the city’s northern outskirts and As directed by the DGP, move- Banvait, a former bank director, Prabhu and Jere were charged They have since been remanded to get their stuck money out of on way to the airport at Devana- ment of people, including guests and valuers Vishwanatha S. Prab- with complying with the desires in police custody till March 16, the scam-hit bank after the RBI halli. are screened and vehicles en- hu and Shripad G. Jere from Yardi of then PMC Bank Chairman Joy said the official. imposed a moratorium on it last “Incidentally, a rebel MLA - tering the resort are checked to Prabhu Consultants and Valuers Thomas and inflating the valua- Earlier, 12 other accused, in- September following serious ir- Manoj Chaudhary came to the ensure the safety and security of Pvt Ltd. tion oaf the PMC-owned assets in cluding top bank officials, HDIL regularities. club after he learnt that his fa- the rebel lawmakers. DMK under pressure to prove Income Tax officials at Karunanidhi’s legacy: Rajini Chennai, March 12 prove his legacy. It is a both the leaders now actor Vijay’s residence (IANS) Actor Rajinikanth matter of life and death dead, there is a vacuum on Thursday said his for him. that needs to be filled. proposed party will be On the other side there On the reason for shar- once again facing two giants with is the ruling party (AIAD- ing his views - leader- Chennai, March 12 (IANS) Over ties and remuneration received a strong infrastructure MK) which also has ship of party and the a month after the Income Tax from the AGS Group for acting in and money power in the strong party infrastruc- government to be kept department carried out search a film (Bigil) was the focus of the ensuing 2021 elections. ture and has the Kuber’s separate; 60-65 per cent operations at actor Vijay’s resi- search. Addressing the report- cash chest to fight the of the election tickets for dence here, officials from the de- The tax department also ers here about the sys- elections. people in the age group partment were once again seen claimed to have detected Rs 300 temic change he wants Rajinikanth pointing of 45-50 and the balance at the actor’s place on Thursday crore hidden income during uments, promissory notes tributor who is also into to bring in politics, Ra- out the absence of AIAD- to honest professionals, for some documents’ verification, searches at Anbu Chezhiyan’s and post-dated cheques the real estate business. jinikanth without nam- MK leader late J. Jaya- judges, IAS officials and sources said. residence and office located here collected as collateral se- The accounts available ing DMK and its Presi- lalithaa and DMK’s late others - he said it is time The sources added that the and in Madurai. curity were seized during at the AGS Group office, dent M.K. Stalin said on Karunanidhi said there for him to share his po- documents are said to have been Anbu Chezhiyan is a film finan- the search. including evidence of ac- one side there is a party is a leadership vacuum litical thoughts upfront. seized during their earlier search- cier and also owns a movie pro- “As per the evidence de- tual receipts and expenses which is out of power in now. Urging the media es. duction house. tected during the search, and remuneration paid to the state for the past 10 He said 30 per cent to spread his political Last month, as a part of search About 38 premises were the concealment is likely artistes were being scruti- years and wants to get of the voters voted for thought across the state operations at AGS Group, the In- searched in Chennai and Madu- to exceed Rs 300 crore,” nised. back into power. the party - DMK and and the country he add- come Tax officials had brought rai. The highlight was the seizure the tax department said. All documents in origi- Rajinikanth said the the AIADMK - and the ed that if there is a wave Vijay from Neyveli where he was of Rs 77 crore unaccounted cash, The department also nal, belonging to the dis- DMK party’s leader has remaining 70 per cent and the movement in fa- shooting for his next movie. purportedly belonging to the fi- searched the residence tributor, were recovered to prove that he is a voted for late M. Karu- vour of this policy or new Later, in a statement last week, nancier, from various hideouts, of one of the promoters from his friend’s house worthy successor to the nanidhi and late J. Jaya- system then the oppos- the department said Vijay’s in- the IT department said. of AGS Group Kalpathi S. which was being used to departed leader (M. Ka- lalithaa. ing giants will be shat- vestment in immovable proper- A large number of property doc- Aghoram and a movie dis- stash them. runanidhi). He has to According to him, with tered to pieces. Indian Horizon Friday, March 13, 2020 Nation 5 BJP leader UP MINISTER RAZA ALLEGES GRAFT IN WAQF BOARDS Another anti-CAA protester thrashed by Lucknow, March 12 there are about 1,30,000 tions. We may even set up a (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Min- properties with the Shia/ special investigation team to dies, ̋rd in a month policemen in UP ister for Minority Welfare Sunni Waqf boards. Some probe the theft, if needed. Mohsin Raza has alleged officials have been trying Anyone found guilty will be financial irregularities and to usurp these properties severely dealt with by the large-scale corruption in through corrupt means. government.” the Shia and Sunni Waqf These properties rightfully The minister had earlier Boards during the Samajwa- belong to the Muslim com- proposed a special audit of di Party’s rule. munity in the state,” he said. financial irregularities in Reacting to the missing He said that, “These corrupt the Waqf bodies that alleg- audit files of the two boards, sponsible for the recent loss offi cials have deliberately edly occurred during the the minister said that the of important documents in lost crucial documents in an Samajwadi Party’s rule in collusion of officials was re- the case.“I want to say that effort to misdirect investiga- UP between 2012-17. Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), March 12 (IANS) Sunil Giri, BJP’s OBC cell district unit general secretary was brutally I pray for the safety of Scindia in BJP: Digvijaya Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) capital,” said a co-protester. thrashed here by the Uttar Another woman protester Shamsunnisa was a widow Pradesh Police at one of its out- Bhopal, March 12 (IANS) BJP. I pray to God to keep Scindia.”Meanwhile, prepa- at the anti-CAA protest site and has six sons who work as posts in Sonbhadra. After Jyotiraditya Scindia Scindia safe in BJP.”Earlier, rations are afoot at BJP’s at Clock Tower here, died daily wagers. The incident took place on joined the BJP, former Mad- Singh refuted the charge Bhopal office to welcome on Wednesday night. She is Earlier on Sunday, an anti- Tuesday when the Renukoot hya Pradesh Chief Minis- that Scindia was not given Scindia on a grand scale. the third women protester CAA protester at the Clock police outpost in-charge and ter and senior Congress importance in the Congress Posters, banners have been to have died during the pro- Tower had died of a cardiac his colleagues beat Giri after he leader Digvijaya Singh on party. He said, “Gandhi fam- put up across Bhopal to wel- test which has been on since arrest in a city hospital. Fari- allegedly passed obscene com- Thursday took a potshot at ily has always given respect come Scindia to the party.On January 17. da, 55, had got drenched in ments on the police. his former party colleague. to Madhavrao Scindia and Wednesday, Scindia joined the According to reports, rain on Friday and was ad- Several BJP workers reached Digvijaya Singh tweeted: Jyotiraditya Scindia. Even BJP in Delhi in the presence of Shamsunnisa, 55, had been mitted to a hospital after she the outpost to save him and “May God keep him safe in Rahul Gandhi said that his doors were always open for party president J.P, Nadda. admitted to the hospital af- fell ill.This was the second the police had to use force to ter she got drenched in the death of a protester in the disperse them, after which they rains last Friday. past one month. staged a sit-in. Jharkhand to constitute ̋̊,̈̈̈ HIMACHAL “She fell ill after getting Another protester, 20-year- Sonbhadra Superintendent ACCOUNTS IN YES drenched in the rains. The old Tayyaba, (a BA fi nal stu- of Police Ashish Srivastava sent displacement commission soon: CM local administration had re- dent) had died under similar the outpost in-charge Anjani fused to let us put up tents at circumstances on February Kumar Rai to the lines and di- demand, the Chief Minister BANK: HP GOVT the site and all women were 23. She had succumbed to rected a circle offi cer to probe said a “Displacement com- sitting in the open when the illness after getting soaked in the matter. Srivastava said that mission will be constituted hailstorm lashed the state the rain, said the protesters. action will be decided after the in the state and local repre- probe is complete. sentatives will be members According to reports, Rai was of the body.” Punjab govt warns standing outside his outpost In Jharkhand, nearly one on Tuesday when Giri reached third of the population was against fake posts on there and started singing Holi displaced in the state for songs followed by obscene more than a 100 years. They comments on Rai. The cop have been complaining of Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Him- coronavirus scare asked him to stop, but when not being given adequate achal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Chandigarh, March 12 Giri continued, Rai allegedly compensation as promised Ram Thakur on Thursday said that (IANS) A fake online post slapped him. at that time. Yes Bank had 32,000 accounts in quoting Punjab Chief Min- Other cops also began Ranchi, March 12 (IANS) displaced over hundreds of BJP legislative party leader the state with deposits of Rs 1,909 ister Amarinder Singh on thrashing the BJP leader and Jharkhand Chief Minister years due to mining and in- Babulal Marandi raised the crore, which included those of declaring holiday in educa- hearing his screams, party Hemant Soren on Thurs- dustrialisation in the state. issue about the merger of his some government agencies. tional institutions owing to workers reached the outpost day said that a displace- BJP legislator Biranchi Na- party, JVM-P and the Leader of In a statement in the state Assem- coronavirus scare has been to save him. The BJP support- ment commission will be rayan raised the displace- Opposition status. bly, the Chief Minister replied to the in circulation. ers returned and staged a sit-in constituted soon to address ment issue in the state as- Assembly Speaker Rabi- apprehensions raised by Leader of Taking a serious note, demanding suspension of Rai. the grievances of people sembly. Responding to his ndra Nath Mahto has not Opposition during the Budget de- the Punjab government on accorded Leader of Oppo- bate and said it was not right to cre- Thursday warned miscre- sition status to Marandi, ate an environment of fear among ants against misleading acts RJD choice of Amarendradhari for despite the fact he has been people on the Yes Bank issue. and said "strict action" will elected the legislative party He said the central government be taken against them. RS polls surprises many leader of the BJP. has assured that the state’s money In a post on Twitter, the post said: "All educational Marandi joined the BJP on deposited in Yes Bank is secure. government said: "The fol- institutions of Punjab state Patna, March 12 (IANS) Jagdanand Singh, who made February 17 and was elected Thakur said it is because of lowing post is fake, mis- (Public and Private) in- The choice of Amrendrad- the announcement on the the legislative party leader the higher rate of interest that leading and no such notice cluding schools, colleges hari Singh as one of the two candidature of the two party on February 25. The Election the state government and the has gone out of Govt of and universities to suspend Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) nominees at a press confer- Commission accepted the common people had deposited Punjab handles. Stern ac- class work till 25 March, candidates from Bihar for ence at the RJD headquarters merger of the JVM-P with the money in the bank and it kept tion will be taken against 2020, COVID-19 SAVE LIFE the coming Rajya Sabha elec- here, only said that Amren- BJP on March 5. happening for long. the miscreants."The fake BE HAPPY." tions has surprised many dradhari Singh was a promi- since his name was unheard nent personality and a social of in political circles, unlikely activist who was associated Hundreds of Scindia supporters resign from Congress the second candidate Prem- landed Bhumihar commu- with the party. chand Gupta. nity.The sources pointed out A bachelor, Amrendradhari Bhopal, March 12 (IANS) Af- Pradesh is witnessing chaos ests of the party and the work- As Amrendradhari Singh's that with Amrendradhari's Singh is a resident of Vikram ter Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned after Scindia's departure, and ers, he was suppressed."The candidature was announced nomination the former Chief in Patna district and is known from the Congress, many oth- those leaders, who have any result is in front of the party." by the opposition party on Minister has tried to kill two to be close to Congress leader ers have started abandoning say in the Congress, have also Tiwari, who has been associ- Thursday, many persons birds with one stone -- pursue Ahmed Patel. the party as well. Resignations started leaving the party.Con- ated with the Congress for the were left wondering who Am- the politics of forward castes Amrendradhari Singh is a have come from almost every gress state unit secretary Sunil last 32 years, also resigned from rendradhari was -- in whom in Bihar like the Congress big businessman dealing in part of Madhya Pradesh. So far Tiwari has written a letter to the primary membership of the party supremo Lalu Prasad and bring back the 'forward' real estate, apart from fer- hundreds of workers and party party's interim president Sonia Congress.Similarly, Hira Singh had reposed faith even when castes to the RJD fold. tilisers and chemicals in 13 offi cials have put in their pa- Gandhi, saying "some leaders Rajput, Sagar district chief of most partymen had not even RJD Bihar unit chief Jag- countries. He also owns 1,000 pers.Many leaders have started have made the Congress their the Congress and brother of heard of his name.Sources atanand Singh is a Rajput 'bighas' of land in Andkhan aspiring for a place in the BJP private institution and when Govind Singh Rajput, a minis- said that he has known Lalu whereas RS member Manoj village in Paliganj area of Pat- now after Scindia joined the Scindia took up this issue and ter in the government, also re- for long, and comes from the Jha is a Brahmin.RJD leader na district. party.The Congress in Madhya started objecting in the inter- signed from his post. Trivedi, Bakshi fi le papers for RS polls in Bengal Two killed in boardroom Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) the fi fth seat. Can’t say any- Two of the four Trinamool thing now,” said Chatterjee. shootout in Uttar Pradesh Congress candidates Subrata CPI-M leader Bhattacharya Gautam Buddha Nagar Bakshi and Dinesh Trivedi fi led is also scheduled to fi le his (UP), March 12 (IANS) In a their nominations on Wednes- papers on Thursday.Five RS shocking incident, a senior day for the Rajya Sabha polls in seats in the state will fall va- director of a company in Gau- West Bengal, as the party kept cant on April 2. tam Buddha Nagar opened open the option of putting up a Four of the retiring members fi re in a board meeting on fi fth candidate, thereby throw- are from Trinamool -- K.D. Thursday, killing one and in- ing a challenge to proposed Singh, Ahmed Hasan Imran, juring another. He later shot Left-Congress contestant Bi- painter Jogen Chowdhury and himself too and succumbed kash Bhattacharya. Manish Gupta. The fi fth is an to the injuries. Accompanied by state min- expelled CPI-M member Rita- Pradeep Agrawal, a direc- isters Aroop Biswas and Tapas brata Banerjee.As per the arith- tor in UP Telelinks Limited, Roy, Trinamool secretary gen- metic in the state assembly, which manufactures electric eral Bakshi and former union the four Trinamool candidates rickshaws, opened fi re on two The incident took place in minister Dinesh Trivedi fi led are likely to sail through.If the of his senior offi cials, Naresh, Badalpur area in Chapraula. their papers to the state as- Trinamool does not name a one of the directors of the According to the police, the sembly secretariat.Trinamool fi fth candidate, all nominees company, and Rakesh. He lat- three offi cials indulged in a secretary general Partha Chat- including Bhattacharya will er shot himself.Agrawal and spat over business issues.The terjee said the other two party Benazir Noor will fi le their suspension on a possible fi fth candidates. I also can’t cat- automatically make the cut for Naresh died on the spot while company has manufacturing candidates theatre personal- nominations on Thursday. candidate.“I can’t say whether egorically say whether we will the upper house, without there the injured person, Rakesh, plants in Ghaziabad and Ru- ity Arpita Ghosh and Mausam However, he kept alive the we will put up two or three support an independent for being any need for an election. was rushed to the hospital. draprayag in Uttarakhand. Indian Horizon 6 EDIT Friday, March 13, 2020

Indian Horizon Sensitisation can help in curbing acid attacks By Gopalan Balagopal scars and disfigurement on their Family Welfare in India published tion levels remain a matter of con- Nusrat was just 17. Imran lived faces. But each was so vivacious and Training Curriculum Handbook in cern. Apart from the sheer physical next door in a village in Mymensingh spirited that we forgot the scars they 2017 for training first responders. pain, the victim of an acid attack suf- district of Bangladesh. He had been bore. This handbook could include a sec- fers from mental trauma and social following her to school and back, This group became the core of the tion for dealing with acid attacks isolation related to the physical dis- making overtures of friendship. But Acid Survivors Foundation in Ban- and be used widely. Women’s self- figuration. The challenges in finding Nusrat was not interested. One eve- gladesh. The problems that faced help groups, anganwadi workers, support for psychological rehabilita- ning, on her way home, he tried to them were complex and required ASHAs, police officers and other tion are often beyond the capacity Friday, March 13, 2020 forcibly pull her towards his house. sustained attention and significant frontline field staff could be trained of most families that are hit by this She resisted and ran home, terrified. resources if a solution was to be on the first aid measures that will crime. She was too scared to tell her par- found. That was in the 1990s. help minimise the seriousness of In response to the outrage from ents. The next day, Nusrat emerged Last week, I watched the film the injuries and the consequent dis- the public, new laws were passed to Cut in oil prices hesitantly from school. She was Chhapaak. It opens with a harrowing figurement and damage. Victims of prohibit the open sale and stocking suddenly grabbed from behind and scene of the attack on Laxmi Agar- acid attacks need specialised medi- of acid. However, their implementa- Benefits should be passed on to before she could scream for help, wal that Deepika Padukone portrays cal care, including multiple rounds tion leaves much to be desired. There Imran had splashed acid on her face with sensitivity and authenticity. I of reconstructive surgery. Not all should be much stronger oversight consumers and neck and arms. She screamed in was transported back to our work hospitals in India have specialised over their functioning by public au- agony, in anger and in shame, but with the Acid Survivors Foundation. ‘burns units’ and even fewer may thorities with the participation of there was no one to help. Acid attack is an extreme mani- have resources to provide the full citizens’ groups. The spread of coronavirus and I was working in Dhaka those days, festation of gender-based violence extent of the care that acid attack A number of helplines for adults putting together a group to counter against women. With roots in patriar- cases need. and children function in our coun- crash in oil prices created a rip- various forms of violence and abuse chy, it is experienced by women from While the new Section 357-C of the try. Can we think of measures to ple effect globally and India was against children for UNICEF. Part of all cultural and religious groups in IPC calls for “all hospitals, public or strengthen how these helplines can our broader mandate was to address several countries, including India and private” to “immediately provide the be oriented to respond to acid at- no exception. As the stock market the issue of violence against women Bangladesh. The National Crime Re- first aid or medical treatment, free of tack reports by linking survivors to in the country. Acid attack on wom- cords Bureau data in India shows that cost to the victims of any offence cov- first aid and treatment sources and suffered a record fall and the ru- en was — and remains — a particu- in 2018, there were 228 acid attacks ered under section...”, the reality on to peer support groups that can pro- larly violent form of crime against and 59 attempted attacks using acid. the ground appears to be different. vide firsthand support in the crucial pee breached the 74-a-dollar mark, women. What can we do about this prob- Generous victim compensation days following the attack? And that is how I met Nusrat. “We lem? What about the victims? Their funds are now technically available, Most of the interventions we have brent crude oil rates plunged by 33 want help to become normal people, immediate need is for first aid. This though accessing these still remains are aimed at providing support to per cent. Saudi Arabia launched doing jobs, earning money and try- is of critical importance. The areas a challenge. Under the Victim Com- the victims of acid attacks, which is ing to help others who were attacked of the face or body which have come pensation Fund, the state and dis- legitimate. However, it is also neces- an all-out oil war, believed to be like us,” she said. “Our needs are not into contact with acid must im- trict legal services mechanisms can sary to look at ways to understand photos and reports in papers,” she mediately be washed with profuse use the funds to provide assistance why young men are motivated to act the biggest cut in prices in the last said, pointing to the six young wom- amounts of water. This dilutes the to victims of crimes of violence. in such heinous ways and to deter- en who accompanied her. They were acid and reduces the corrosive dam- However, questions relating to the mine effective means of changing 20 years. It stunned markets with all survivors of acid attacks. Most of age. But how many people know rationale of allocation of these funds such behaviour. plans to raise its production signif- them wore headscarves that hid the this? The Ministry of Health and to different states and their utilisa- IANS icantly after the collapse of OPEC’s supply cut agreement with Rus- The fall into infamy sia. For India, which imports over Shyam Saran nuclear and space programmes Central Statistics Office enjoyed grammes and its vibrant IT indus- India has been having a bad and a much-envied IT industry. If credibility for its professionalism try present an image of modernity 84 per cent of its oil requirements, press lately and not only among the world of tomorrow will belong and independent assessments and high-tech aspirations. But the usual suspects — The New to knowledge societies, India has and evaluation. On each of these when political leaders, and even the decline in prices would lead to York Times, The Washington Post been seen as a leading contender. counts, the high standards and scientists, begin to spout claims and The Economist — but also On each of these counts India’s norms observed in the past have about the therapeutic qualities a lower import bill and also impact among, for example, the Qatar- international standing is being been eroded. The controversy of cow urine and dung or make India’s current account deficit (the based Al Jazeera and the neigh- eroded. An economy growing at surrounding the CAA and the claims about nuclear weapons bourhood media. At the govern- 4.7% will not be as attractive as openly communal overtones in and guided missiles being devel- difference between inflow and out- mental level, too, voices which one registering 8-9% growth. The treating dissent over its contents oped in ancient India, the much- were muted are now beginning anxieties about India’s economic raise questions about the govern- vaunted ‘scientific temper’ that flow of foreign currency). to surface, particularly after the prospects are compounded by the ment’s commitment to uphold Nehru tried to cultivate among communal riots in Delhi recently. persistence of a festering banking constitutional principles. Politi- a tradition-bound people, often Since the transportation and The PM has assiduously cultivat- crisis, the virtual absence of fresh cal discourse sank to a new low prone to superstitious beliefs, be- ed an image of an international domestic private investment and during the recent Delhi campaign gins to falter. India becomes the manufacturing sector is dependent statesman, courted by leaders stagnating exports. The decision and provided the backdrop to the object of ridicule even as its space on oil, lower prices will result in across the world. This has taken to opt out of the Regional Coop- riots. Unlike in the past, these programme invites deep admi- a dent. eration for Economic Partnership unfortunate events played out ration. There should be pride in the inflation rate going down. This India’s enhanced international (RCEP), the stated intent to review in front of TV cameras and were ancient India’s many remarkable standing in recent years owed free trade agreements and the vir- caught in horrific images record- achievements in science and they may also lead to a cut in repo rate to a number of factors. Most im- tual return to a pre-1991 import ed on social media. These began should inspire scientific pursuits portantly, is its emergence as the substitution strategy, diminish to be seen as the inevitable climax of modern India. We must avoid to give a fillip to economic activ- fastest growing large emerging India’s regional and global eco- to a series of political acts of the extolling the past as a substitute economy, making it an attractive nomic profile. The coronavirus government since its re-election, for the hard work required to de- ity. A cut in repo rate implies less market and investment destina- epidemic will exacerbate these including the abrogation of Ar- velop capabilities for the future. lending costs. Petroleum products tion. Its potential to sustain rapid negative economic factors. ticle 370, the adoption of the CAA As against these negative fac- growth over the next decades rests India has undergone several and the stated intent to have a na- tors, the consolidation of a gov- are a major source of revenue for with its young population deliver- political and economic crises in tionwide NRC on the lines of the ernment enjoying parliamentary ing a demographic dividend. Al- the past but its outstanding suc- highly controversial and deeply majority, the undoubted popular- state and Central governments, so most as important, is its success cess as a functioning plural de- divisive NPR exercise in Assam. ity and unflagging energy of PM as a vibrant plural democracy mocracy has never been in ques- The government has conveyed as- Modi, and a still vocal and active retaining the current retail prices able to manage diversity, a qual- tion. It has also been admired for surances that its actions are non- civil society, these are significant ity relevant to an increasingly glo- the credibility of its institutions, partisan and non-sectarian but positive factors. These hold the without passing on the benefits to balised world. Reinforcing these such as an independent judiciary, politics is about perceptions, and promise of overcoming the nega- consumers will mean revenues go- assets are the undoubted achieve- a professional Election Commis- on this count the government is tive factors. They cannot be a sub- ments of its scientists and tech- sion and oversight institutions failing both at home and abroad. stitute for them. ing up. On the other hand, passing nologists to create world-class like the CAG. Until recently, the India’s space and nuclear pro- IANS on the cost benefits will translate into more money in people’s hands Piece de resistance By AVIJIT PATHAK and satyagraha, sacrifice and prayer, lence the ruling regime emits, it is natu- and Jinnah. As you look at the posters, and improve much-needed con- Enough has already been said and and love and courage. Furthermore, in ral that as a community, they would feel you notice the spirit of pluralism, reli- written about Shaheen Bagh: the a patriarchal society, women have often an urgent need to unite, resist and retain gious diversity and social justice. What sumption. The ball is in the gov- meaning it has attached to the aesthet- been reduced to one of two categories their identity markers with heightened attracts you is the iconography of Gan- ernment’s court. ics of resistance, or the way it has acti- — either passive objects, or attrac- community consciousness. Hence, the dhi and Ambedkar, and Maulana Azad vated our politico-ethical sensibilities, tive ‘dolls’ for masculinist consump- use of cultural symbols need not neces- and Bhagat Singh. It needs to be kept in mind that of- and given us the strength to see the tion. However, as you see the march of sarily be constraining or regressive. We Furthermore, the presence of the Na- discontents of the CAA, and reclaim our women (even mothers with babies), the know that even Gandhi used cultural tional Flag at every corner indicates the ten retail customers do not benefit potentially inclusive India. However, light in their faces, and the energy with and religious metaphors, attached new urge to deprive the Hindutva forces of an amazing phenomenon of this kind which they raise slogans, you witness meanings to religiosity, and evolved his monopolising the discourse of nation- as retail prices of the day are based — the spontaneous confluence of hu- a spectacular metamorphosis: from art of resistance. Hence, the ‘Muslim alism. In an environment that nurtures man souls for a higher cause — ought docile objects to creative subjects, from smell’ of Shaheen Bagh need not fright- the seeds of authoritarianism, any cri- on average price of benchmark in- to make us reflect on the emergent lib- mere victims to satyagrahis with politi- en the secular liberal, if it is seen with tique of the ruling regime runs the risk ternational fuel of the preceding erating discourse. co-ethical agency. empathy. of being castigated as anti-national. To move around Shaheen Bagh is Is there a colour of religion in a move- Second, it is equally important to be Possibly, the presence of the flag (even fortnight. So, the drop gets re- to experience the therapeutic power ment of this kind? Well, it cannot be careful. A movement of this kind should children’s faces are being decorated by of femininity. As you see innumerable denied that we live in a society char- not be allowed to be hijacked or used by the three colours) indicates the added flected in retail prices over the next women — young and old, students acterised by the ghettoisation of space. the clergy, or the culturally regressive/ anxiety to prove that even if one is a and housewives, rich and poor — oc- No wonder, Shaheen Bagh, for any patriarchal Muslim fundamentalists. Muslim dissenter, one is a ‘nationalist’. eight to 12 days. After dismantling cupying the public space, singing the observer, would look like a predomi- The reason is that Hindu fundamen- Can a movement of this kind be sus- National Anthem, pledging for an in- nantly ‘Muslim’ site. And your eyes are talism or majority communalism can- tained? Or is it possible to hope that of the administrative price mecha- clusive India, and articulating their an- bound to see the visible identity mark- not be combated by yet another dis- in the coming months, Shaheen Bagh nism (APM), oil marketing com- guish over the discriminatory character ers: say, Muslim women with hijabs. course of fundamentalism or minority will inspire other pockets of resistance? of the CAA, you feel the arrival of a new Well, people from other communities communalism. Instead, we would fall Or is it that the government, with its panies calculate fuel prices with a possibility. It is different from the toxic and faiths — university students and into the trap of non-productive blame hyper-masculine brigade of ‘nation- culture we have been used to: the recur- teachers, civil society activists and left- game. A liberating movement needs a alists’, coercive as well as ideological cushion of 15 days, but charging rence of brute masculinity manifesting liberal intellectual elite — often come discourse of inclusion and pluralism. It machineries, and narcissistic leaders, itself in mob lynching; the cacophony and show their solidarity. However, it is like saying that one is a Muslim; but would try to finish this act of awaken- consumers on the basis of import of Jai Shri Ram; the militarisation of would not be entirely wrong to say that one is not merely a Muslim. Or, for that ing of people? Or is it that we will even- consciousness, legitimising violence; Shaheen Bagh has a distinctively Mus- matter, one is a Hindu; but one is not tually regain what a violent/divisive/ at notional value of the finished and the aggression in a discourse of lim fragrance. just a Hindu. Religious identities need patriarchal society, with its culturally product is not justified. Since we nationalism that engages in an act of I see it in two ways. First, it has to be not restrain our horizons. regressive nationalism, has always tried othering the stigmatised minorities. understood that with the rise of Hin- Shaheen Bagh is endowed with a to repress: the language of the art of re- import crude and not the finished At Shaheen Bagh you experience the dutva and resultant Islamophobia, the great possibility. What is promising is sistance, the experience of religiosity as grace of femininity, the epistemology Muslims have been living with severe that it has not yet been communalised. the power of love, and the idea of India product, pricing needs to be cal- of motherhood, and the ethics of care. ontological insecurity and existential cri- It invites, absorbs and welcomes. De- as an oceanic civilisation not bound by And hence, when they resist, their re- sis. And as they see a visibly anti-Muslim spite its ghettoised location, it contin- the parameters of homogenised and culated on the actual process as it bellion reveals what Gandhi strove for orientation in the CAA/NRC, or for that ues to radiate the idea of India which militaristic nationalism? will help consumers get benefits of — patience and endurance, ahimsa matter, in every gesture of symbolic vio- was beyond the imagination of Savarkar IANS low crude prices. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon 7 OPED Friday, March 13, 2020 The political fight for Merkel’s legacy

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, decided to sur- 2000 to 2002 and managed to engage with straight-talking socially conservative leader who prise the nation of 83 million with her decision Germans in a way that Merkel has struggled. might just be the person to move the CDU suffi- to walk away from the political sphere. She did, however, out-manoeuvre him as she ciently to the right to be able to reclaim support For two-thirds of the time since the end of the consolidated power, taking over the role of it has lost to AfD. Second World War, Germany has been led by a Bundestag leader herself and turning him to her The ideological fault lines underlying the chancellor aligned with the centre-right CDU. deputy from 2002 to 2004. CDU became politically exposed in February Now, the party faithful face a choice between Merz, though, has always had the gift of the when the Christian Democrats in Thuringia sid- Friedrich Merz, a long-time Merkel critic who gab — an ability to turn even the most complex ed with the AfD to elect a new right-wing state is the frontrunner, and Armin Laschet, the pre- issues into simple terms that connect with vot- premier. mier of Germany’s most populous state, North ers and make for essential sound bites. For a party that grew from the ashes of a na- Rhine Westphalia. While Merkel won plaudits for opening up tion divided between East and West and riven Merz had previously thrown his hat into the Germany to more than 1.5 million refugees by the effects of fascism and the extremist poli- CDU leadership ring unsuccessfully in 2018, from Syrian and elsewhere in the Middle East cies of the far right, getting into bed with AfD in losing to Kramp-Karrenbauer and driving the at the height of the migrant crisis four years ago, February marked a new post-war nadir — one attorney and former lawmaker concentrate on Merz’ message — one that is appealing to many that led Kramp-Karrenbauer to give up her lead- his role at BlackRock, the world’s largest invest- Germans disgruntled by the influx of new arriv- ership ambitions. ment management firm. als — is simple: “There is no point in coming to The 59-year-old Laschet is a former journal- Since leaving the German parliament in 2009, Germany.” ist who made a name for himself as the North Merz has taken on a number of jobs in the fi- And it is playing well to a party who is locked Rhine Wesphalia’s very first minister for in- nance sector and is also on the board of a num- in an existential battle with Alternative for Ger- tegration. Because he offered a nuanced ap- ber of German enterprises. The 64-year-old has many (AfD) over the right of the nation’s politi- proach to integration and immigration matters, also held posts at various firms seeking closer cal landscape. political adversaries disparagingly called him By Mick O’Reilly and the economic bedrock of European growth, ties with the US. For his part, the centrist Laschet offers the “Turkish Armin.” Many Germans never remember a time when will have a new leader. For 10 years, he served as chairman of the prospect of continuity and more of the same af- For CDU members, the choice between Merz their nation wasn’t led by Angela Merkel. Most The ‘when’ has already been decided — with non-profit Atlantik Brucke (Atlantic Bridge) ter two decades of Merkel leadership. And with and Laschet is a stark one — and will change would need to remember when the only vi- the next German federal election set between association, which promotes German-US re- Germany teetering on the brink of its first reces- German politics for the foreseeable future. Elect rus that mattered wasn’t Covid-19 but the Y2K August and October 2021. Merkel has indicated lations. He is also a member of the Trilateral sion since 2008, Laschet’s message of steady a leader who will be able to build bridges be- millennium bug and mobile phones were only that she will be stepping aside, allowing a new Commission, which seeks to foster cooperation economic policies is making the right noises to tween the centre and progressive left? Or elect a starting to be used for textual relations. leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU) to ar- among Europe, Japan and the United States. Germans used to sound fiscal management. leader who might be able to regain ground lost But within the next year, the German chan- gue their case before the German electorate. The primal call of politics is simply too much The choice for CDU supporters is Merkel 2.0 to the AfD but would at least entertain the no- cellor will be stepping aside. The most power- But who that will be is still up in the air — Merz to ignore — it is ingrained in his DNA. He — a leader who can win elections but won’t re- tion of sharing their bed. ful nation in Europe, the EU’s political compass even more so since Merkel’s chosen successor served as the CDU’s Bundestag leader from invigorate the institutions — or opt for Merz, a Gulf News What Elizabeth Warren’s exit means to women By Sarah Smarsh The time is now of thoroughly winning a Las Vegas can- Consider every moment, since the “This is the best chance that a woman didates debate and pulling in nearly $3 dawn of woman, when a female aspired has ever had to become the president,” million in donations the next day — I was but to no avail. She asked to attend school said my dad, a white, 60-something con- on the Gulf Coast of Florida. but was denied. She raised her hand but struction worker who has identified as a I had just given a keynote address at a wasn’t called on. She applied but wasn’t democratic socialist since Bernie Sand- Planned Parenthood fund-raiser. It was hired. She ran but wasn’t elected. ers’s 2016 candidacy. “Now. It’s now.” the first time I’d ever toed the line of Imagine the sadness and frustration “Ten years from now,” said my grand- journalistic ethics by speaking on behalf of every such instance as a spark, their ma, a white, 70-something retiree who of a peripherally political organisation combined energy the size of many suns. grew up in poverty and spent decades on because, well, these are desperate times That is the measure of grief and fury I the farm where I grew up. for women’s rights. felt rise inside me as I watched Elizabeth “No, it’s now. It’s now,” Dad replied. Her dismal returns Warren’s bid for the Democratic nomi- “Hey, I’m game,” Grandma said. After the fund-raiser and after watch- nation wane. What breaks my heart about this ex- ing Warren’s dismal returns on a hotel When Hillary Clinton lost in 2016, it change is that my grandmother, deep television, I spent the next day on the hurt in similar ways but didn’t surprise down, never really believed Warren or beach with a Geraldine Brooks novel I’d me. Out here in the red hinterlands, it any woman would get the nomination. randomly purchased at a bookstore on was plain to some of us that centrist Maybe that’s because she had watched Sanibel Island. ideas did not excite in times of historic cable news repeat a self-fulfilling proph- The book, it turned out, was about inequality. ecy about electability. a bright girl in the Massachusetts Bay This election, though, I thought Eliza- Maybe it’s because, as a woman who Colony who is indentured as a servant in beth Warren — a class revolutionary to has seen so much, she knew that elect- Cambridge to pay for her brother’s aca- match the moment — might go to the ability was a valid concern. Or maybe demic studies. Along the way, she tends NOT BE BOUND FOR PRESIDENCY, BUT SHE HAS HAD A White House. it’s because it hurts so dang much to let the miscarriage of a girl whose rapist It turns out that she won’t even go to yourself harbour a dream that you might goes unpunished. STRONG IMPACT ON THE FEMALE PSYCHE the general election. Now the same pun- not see come true. Whatever her motiva- I looked out at the sea and considered dits who in 2016 proved they know very tion, you know what? Grandma was right. that, for all our advancing on gender of it, yet many women have died after a Warren might not be bound for the pres- little will list the reasons, without realis- Nonetheless, their conversation was a matters, the novel’s story is alive today: lifetime of such certainty. A few nights idency, but she has apparently lodged ing they’re among the reasons. mark of progress — my previously apa- A woman must step aside as a man as- before the Super Tuesday primaries that herself in an another powerful place: the Such yapping is forgettable, but one thetic family now votes with gusto and cends to the presidency, and a “pro-life” ultimately squashed Warren’s chanc- female psyche. The countless little girls bit of political analysis from this election would consider campaigning for a candi- activist would sooner bomb an abor- es, I had a dream that I was in a crowd with whom she famously “pinkie swore” has stayed with me. It was March 2019, date, and my father must not be the only tion facility than let a raped girl cross its watching her onstage. She glowed like that women should run for president about a month after Warren had entered man who wore a hard hat and rooted for threshold. someone who has won in a way that has will remember. If this supposed democ- the race, and my father and maternal Warren. My grandma might not get to see our nothing to do with numbers. We spoke racy is worth lasting, at least one of them grandmother were talking politics at my Two weeks ago, when she placed first woman president. Warren might afterward. She was clearly at peace with won’t be denied. kitchen table in Kansas. fourth in the Nevada caucuses — in spite not, either. I’m 39 — will I? I feel certain whatever happened with the election. Gulf News

What if robots start taking your exams?

Increasing evidence suggests that the use of learning analytics dur- THE USE OF LEARNING ANALYTICS DURING THE ing the term can accurately predict final grades. TERM CAN ACCURATELY PREDICT FINAL GRADES Surely it’s a small step to have the software take the exam and one large introductory course.” In preferred not to sit for the final make better evaluations of stu- make the predicted mistakes. All 2012, Harvard investigated charg- examination would use the adap- dent ability. In computer science that’s needed is a large enough es that some 125 students in a sin- tive software during the term. But courses, performance on early as- data set; the more assignments, gle course “- half the enrolment “- even if the early users were mainly signments turns out to be a signifi- the more accurate the predictions. had colluded on assignments. One students with unusual levels of cant predictor of the final grade. Does the proposal make you un- might therefore imagine that in a examination anxiety, it’s easy to It’s easy to imagine this result rep- easy? Two possible reasons come course using my hypothetical Nev- imagine that the software might licated in other STEM courses, and to mind: First, the students might erTest software, a large number of swiftly come to be the default. perhaps in economics or foreign cheat on the assignments the algo- students would break the rules. The larger concern, surely, is languages “- all fields where con- rithm uses to predict exam errors; If the point of the adaptive that the NeverTest algorithm could stant homework yields constant and, second, the software might software is to evaluate student be wrong. It might predict inac- feedback. err in its predictions. strengths and weaknesses through- curately the errors the students All of this, as I said, is sim- Let’s take these concerns in or- out the term in preparation for the would have made had they sat for ply a thought experiment. But I der. final examination, a student could the final examination themselves. wouldn’t be surprised if it’s also Sadly, college students do cheat. simply hire someone smarter or Every teacher has known stu- the future. So, to my friends in A lot. What has come to be called harder-working or less anxious, dents who struggle throughout Silicon Valley: I’ll be sitting by the “contract cheating” “- in which then let NeverTest evaluate her the term only to blossom unex- phone. a third party completes the stu- strengths and weaknesses instead. pectedly at the end. NeverTest (1) And, yes, as the academic dent’s work “- is on the upswing But this concern matters only wouldn’t capture the result of the arms race continues, it’s easy to around the world. if net cheating would increase hard work and determination that find advice online about how to In some studies, more than 15 under NeverTest. I’d suggest, to carries these students successfully get around the anti-cheating soft- per cent of students admit to hav- the contrary, that net cheating through their difficulties. ware. (I do not mean to suggest ing cheated at least once. A non- might actually fall. It’s one thing Preference for rewarding that any of the advice will actually trivial number of cheaters prob- to pay a substitute to sit for a fi- But I wonder whether the harm work.) By Stephen L. Carter nervous students sit through them. ably lie on surveys about cheating, nal examination, a single con- suffered by the student who out- (2) We know that student inter- What if students could sleep in Yes, it’s a thought experiment so the proportion is likely higher crete event; it’s something else performs on final exams might be net use during class has a nega- on the day of the final examina- — but bear with me. The student still. to pay a substitute to complete balanced by the harm avoided by tive effect on examination perfor- tion and let a computer program would work with NeverTest on as- Half the enrolment all the other assignments during the student who underperforms. A mance. take the test for them? Let’s imag- signments during the term, and Elite universities are as vulner- the term. preference for rewarding the stu- (3) For a contra result, see here. ine a hypothetical adaptive soft- when it came time to measure able as anyplace else. In 2015, the Besides, there are plenty of ways dent who peaks late over the stu- (4) The evidence is unclear on ware program — call it NeverTest performance, the program, not the provost of Stanford issued an open to ensure that the right person is dent who peaks early might repre- whether frequency of tests im- — capable of taking examinations student, would take the examina- letter about “an unusually high sitting in front of the computer, in- sent nothing more than status quo proves final examination perfor- and performing consistent with tion, making the mistakes its algo- number of troubling allegations cluding some that students experi- bias. mance, but here we are trying only student ability. Were such a sys- rithm predicted the student would of academic dishonesty,” includ- ence as intrusive. That experience In any case, the incidence of to improve the ability to predict tem implemented, teachers could make. ing one “that may involve as many could be avoided by making Nev- both errors might be reduced by performance. grade the tests without making The notion is hardly outrageous. as 20 per cent of the students in erTest optional. Only those who helping my hypothetical software 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 Friday, March 13, 2020 INTERNATIONAL 8 HK hits back at US China says its COVID-19 peak over 3 killed during rocket in other cities of Hubei for a week in attack on Iraq base report on ‘police a row, Mi said. Baghdad, March 12 tims comprised a Only seven new cases were re- (IANS) Two Ameri- contractor and a sol- ported on the Chinese mainland cans and a British dier. brutality’ outside Hubei, but six were import- soldier were killed, In an earlier tweet, ed from overseas, he added. while 12 others in- a spokesman for the Hong Kong, March 12 arrests; substantial interfer- Mi said the top priority should be jured after a base coalition said the at- (IANS) Hong Kong on Thurs- ence with the rights of peace- given to treating patients and vowed hosting US and UK tack took place at day hit back at the US State ful assembly and freedom of no relaxation or loose efforts in the troops in Iraq was 7.35 p.m. on Wednes- Departments report that association; and restrictions epidemic prevention and control hit by a rocket attack, day. He added that highlighted allegations of on political participation.” work. This developed as the WHO it was reported on an investigation had “police brutality” and other But in response, the Hong announced that the COVID-19 Thursday. been launched. human rights issues, stress- Kong government said in a outbreak can be characterized as a In a statement, the In response to the ing that the citys embattled statement on Thursday that “pandemic” as the virus spreads in- US-led coalition in attack, the UK Min- police force has been dealing the “degree and extent of creasingly worldwide. Iraq and Syria con- istry of Defence said: with unprecedented protest violence committed by radi- Beijing, March 12 (IANS) China on person for the National Health There are now more than 118,000 firmed that 18 rock- “We can confirm we violence. cal protesters” in the city was Thursday said the peak of the novel Commission, as saying at a press confirmed cases in 114 countries ets had on Wednes- are aware of an in- The State Department on “unprecedented”. coronavirus outbreak in the coun- conference here. and regions, and 4,291 people have day evening struck cident involving UK Wednesday issued its annual “Faced with this situation, try was over, hours after the World Mi said the number of new con- lost their lives, WHO Director-Gen- the Taji military service personnel at report about human rights the Hong Kong police is duty- Health Organization declared the firmed cases Hubei province’s capi- eral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus camp, located north Camp Taji, Iraq. An situations in mainland China, bound to take appropriate epidemic outbreak as a pandemic. tal city of Wuhan, also the epicentre said on Wednesday, noting that of Baghdad, and investigation is under Hong Kong, and Macau, said actions, including the use of New cases keep declining and the of the outbreak, has dropped to a the number of coronavirus cases, killed the three per- way, it would be in- the South China Morning necessary force, to restore law overall epidemic situation remains single digit, with only eight cases re- deaths and affected countries was sonnel, the BBC said appropriate to com- Post (SCMP) newspaper. and order. In the process, po- at a low level in China, Xinhua news ported on Wednesday. expected to climb even higher in the in a report. ment further at this It touched on the anti- lice officers also faced threats agency quoted Mi Feng, a spokes- No new cases had been reported days and weeks ahead. The American vic- time.” government protest move- of serious injuries or even ment that started in the city death.” last June, the pro-democracy The Independent Police 10mn N.Koreans in urgent bloc’s landslide victory in the Complaints Council was con- Elderly Italian couple die from district council elections, and ducting a fact-finding study other latest developments in on the handling of protests need of food assistance: UN the city. since June last year, the state- Seoul, March 12 (IANS) About a bumper crop last year, but it Covid-19 just 2 hours apart The report said: “From ment said, adding that foreign 10 million people in North Korea is known to be struggling with Rome, March 12 sius (102.2 Fahrenheit), them, try to give them June to (the) year’s end, Hong governments should not in- were in urgent need of food as- chronic food shortages caused by (IANS) After spending according to their son, some comfort. (You Kong experienced frequent terfere in the city’s internal af- sistance as the country’s farming drought and other unfavoUrable 60 years of their lives Luca Carrara. can’t even tell them) a protests, with some exceeding fairs, the SCMP reported. has apparently been affected by weather conditions. together, an elderly While Luigi was taken good lie like ‘everything more than one million partic- Since June 2019, Hong years-long “dry” and “irregular” A lack of necessary farming ma- Italian couple suc- to Bergamo hospital will be fine’,” he was ipants. Most protesters were Kong has been gripped by climate patterns, according to a terials, including fertilizer, amid cumbed to the novel on Saturday, his wife quoted as saying. peaceful, but some engaged often-violent clashes between UN AGENCY. global sanctions has also been cit- coronavirus (Covid-19) Severa was admitted Their death high- in violence and vandalism. anti-government protest- “Dry weather persisted through- ed as a factor that hampers farm- just two hours apart. to the same facility on lighted how some coro- “Significant human rights ers and police, sparked by a out the first half of 2019 in North ing. Severa Belotti, 82, Sunday, Luca told lo- navirus victims might issues included police bru- piece of extradition legisla- Korea after two consecutive years The Food and Agriculture Orga- and Luigi Carrara, 86, cal newspaper Corriere embrace death without tality against protesters and tion which officials have since of dry conditions and irregular nization (FAO), another UN agen- who lived in Albino in della Sera. having their near and persons in custody; arbitrary withdrawn. weather patterns,” Yonhap News cy, recently said in a report that the northern Italian Luigi worked as a dear ones around. Agency reported on Thursday cit- North Korea is one of 44 countries province of Bergamo, bricklayer before re- Coronavirus cases in ing the World Meteorological Or- in need of external food assis- died on Tuesday, ac- tirement and Severa Italy surpassed 12,000, Poland reports first death due ganization (WMO) as saying. tance. cording to a report was a housewife. while the death toll “On average, only 56.3 mm of Last April, the FAO and the in the Daily Mail on The elderly couple’s reached 827. Corona- to COVID-19 rainfall in the country from Janu- World Food Programme jointly Thursday. son Luca told the news- virus cases in Italy sur- ary to March 2019, which is the conducted a survey of food situ- The couple did not paper that he was un- passed 12,000, while Poznan, March 12 (IANS) First death in Poland due to lowest on record since 1917. About ations in the North and said that get much medical as- able to see his parents the death toll reached coronavirus was reported on Thursday. A 57-year-old wom- 10 million people urgently require around 40 per cent of the North’s sistance in their last before they died. 827. an infected with coronavirus, who was in a critical condi- food assistance,” the WMO noted. population of some 25 million was days which were spent “They died alone, According to a report tion in a Poznan hospital, died, said Jedrzej Solarski, deputy North Korea has claimed it had estimated to be “food insecure”. in lockdown, their son that’s how this virus in The Guardian on mayor of Poznan, reported private broadcaster TVN24. claimed. works,” he was quoted Thursday, Italy’s gov- The woman was the first case of a person with SARS-Cov-2 The couple were con- as saying. ernment has ordered in Greater Poland. The coronavirus was confirmed on Mon- fined to their home for “Your loved ones are all shops, bars and day. The woman was in the infectious ward of the Multi- Indian expats in UAE asked to eight days, running a left alone and you can’t restaurants across the disciplinary City Hospital of Jozef Strus in Poznan. She had fever of 39 degrees cel- even say goodbye, hug country to close. very severe clinical signs of pneumonia, was connected to a avoid travelling home ventilator and entered a pharmacological coma. Dubai, March 12 (IANS) In- He urged the Indian citizens Italy begins new phase of dian expats in the United Arab in the UAE to take precautions Saudi Arabia expands flight Emirates (UAE) have been ad- to protect themselves and oth- vised to avoid non-essential ers, especially if they are trav- COVID-19 fight travel, including to their home elling for emergency reasons. Rome, March 12 (IANS) in the north of the coun- facilitate customers being suspension over COVID-19 fear country, in an effort to stop the “That is when you are likely Italy on Thursday began a try to nationwide, includ- able to keep one meter spread of the novel corovairus. to come into contact with af- new phase in its coronavi- ing movement restric- away from each other. Riyadh, March 12 (IANS) Saudi Arabia on Thursday ex- Posting the latest advisory fected people,” he cautioned. rus fight with the closure tions and the closure of Other businesses, in- panded the flight suspension to more countries, including on Twitter, the Indian Consul- The UAE’s move comes a of non-essential busi- public spaces. cluding factories and ag- India, in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus in ate in Dubai said on Thurs- day after the Indian govern- nesses, except pharma- On Wednesday he de- riculture, the public sec- the Kingdom. day: “All citizens and foreign ment decided to suspend all cies and grocery stores, clared further measures, tor and transport, as well The countries comprise Switzerland, India, Pakistan, Sri nationals desiring to visit In- visas, except those of officials aimed at containing the as requested by the most- as banks remained open, Lanka, the Philippines, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Er- dia may kindly see (the) latest and diplomats. India has con- outbreak that has in- affected northern region as long as they could itrea, Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia and all the EU member na- guidelines issued by Govt. of firmed 73 COVID-19 cases, fected 12,462 people and of Lombardy, which will guarantee their security tions, Xinhua news agency quoted an official from the Inte- India,” reports Gulf News. with no deaths. killed 827 in the country. be in force until March measures. rior Ministry as saying. Consul General of India As of Thursday, the UAE has Prime Minister Gi- 25. Restaurants, bars, ice All arrivals from those countries or have been there dur- in Dubai told Gulf News on reported 74 coronavirus cases useppe Conte on From Thursday, all cream parlours, patis- ing the past 14 days are denied access into Saudi Arabia, the Thursday: “Given the situa- with no fatalities. Wednesday night called non-essential retail and series, hairdressers and official said. tion, it is advisable for every- Globally, there has been an for “another step” to stem commercial activity has barbershops were closed, Saudi citizens and residents were also banned from trav- one to avoid non-essential overall 124,979 confirmed cas- the spread of the virus, re- been suspended, with the joining other spaces shut- elling to those countries, the official added, citing the anti- travel right now, even to our es, with 4,625 deaths. ports Efe news. opening of food stores tered in recent days such virus measures recommended by health authorities. home. There could be condi- The figure includes China, On Monday, Conte given the go-ahead as as cinemas, theatres, mu- In addition, Saudi Arabia closed down all land ports with tions for them (those who trav- the country of origin of the vi- extended the lockdown long as they allow the or- seums, churches, schools Jordan, expect for commercial and freight traffic, as well as el) to be quarantined.” rus. measures already in place derly entry of people that and universities. humanitarian and exceptional purposes. The ban gives a 72-hour period for Saudi citizens and resi- dents abroad to return home. Heat stress may affect over 1.2bn people annually by 2100 It also excluded the Philippine and Indian health workers inside Saudi Arabia, as well as all evacuation, shipping and New York, March 12 lar attention to combined heat exhaustion, the most ronmental factors, includ- An estimated 1.2 billion trade trips. Saudi Arabia has so far reported 45 coronavirus (IANS) Heat stress from extremes of heat and hu- common type. ing wind speed, sun angle people would be affected cases, with an increase of 24 alone on Wednesday. extreme heat and humid- midity, which are espe- Heat stroke, the most and solar and infrared ra- with 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 ity will annually affect cially dangerous to hu- serious heat-related ill- diation. degrees Fahrenheit) of areas now home to 1.2 man health,” said study ness, can kill or cause per- Annual exposure to ex- warming, as expected by David Cameron ‘targeted’ by billion people by 2100, researcher Robert E. Kopp manent disability without treme heat and humidity the end of this century un- assuming current green- from Rutgers University in emergency treatment, ac- in excess of safety guide- der current global policies, house gas emissions, say the US. cording to the US Centres lines is projected to affect the study said. crazed arsonist researchers. According to the re- for Disease Control and areas currently home to “Every bit of global London, March 12 (IANS) A crazed arsonist targeting for- Rising global tempera- searchers, heat stress is Prevention. about 500 million people warming makes hot, hu- mer UK Prime Minister David Cameron burned down the tures are increasing expo- caused by the body’s in- For the findings, the if the planet warms by mid days more frequent latter’s neighbours house with a Molotov cocktail, a media sure to heat stress, which ability to cool down prop- study looked at how com- 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 and intense. In New York report said on Thursday. harms human health, ag- erly through sweating. bined extremes of heat degrees Fahrenheit) and City, for example, the hot- The attacker on Monday was thought to have travelled riculture, the economy Body temperature can and humidity increase on nearly 800 million at 2 de- test, most humid day in a almost 60 miles to the Cotswolds village where the former and the environment, the rise rapidly, and high tem- a warming Earth, using 40 grees Celsius (3.6 degrees typical year already oc- Prime Minister lives, The Sun newspaper said in the report study, published in the peratures may damage the climate simulations to get Fahrenheit). curs about 11 times more on Wednesday. journal Environmental Re- brain and other vital or- statistics on rare events. The planet has already frequently than it would But he hurled his firebomb into the wrong property, a search Letters, said. gans. The study focused on a warmed by about 1.2 de- have in the 19th century,” chocolate box cottage yards away from Cameron’s five-bed- “When we look at the Heat stress ranges from measure of heat stress that grees (2.2 degrees Fahren- said lead author Dawei Li room Victorian home, according to the report. risks of a warmer planet, milder conditions like heat accounts for temperature, heit) above late 19th cen- from University of Massa- we need to pay particu- rash and heat cramps to humidity and other envi- tury levels. chusetts. Indian Horizon Friday, March 13 , 2020 Business 9 Covid-19: IndiGo fears material CG Power case: Ban on Thapar, others from market to continue impact on quarterly earnings Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Securi- manner whatsoever, either directly four along with due interest expedi- ty market regulator Sebi on Wednes- or indirectly, till further orders," said tiously and take necessary action, day said that the ban will continue the Sebi order. The order, however, including legal actions, to safeguard New Delhi, March 12 our flights to China and Hong In the corresponding quar- cash of Rs 9,412 crore. Earlier, on former CG Power Chairman Gau- permitted them to liquidate up to 25 the interest of the investors of the (IANS) Airline major IndiGo Kong and reduced frequency ter in the previous financial global industry body Interna- tam Thapar along with three former per cent of the value of the securities company. The order by Sebi whole- on Wednesday said that it ex- to certain other Southeast year, the airline had logged in tional Air Transport Associa- key management personnel from the held by them. It said that they "are time member, G. Mahalingam also pects quarterly earnings to be Asia markets," the airline said Rs 185.2 crore profit. tion (IATA) has estimated the markets and other Sebi-registered or restrained from being associated noted that Thapar and the other materially impacted due to in a filing to the BSE. In the October-December combined revenue loss for listed companies. with any intermediary registered noticees in their submissions have the outbreak of coronavirus. "This capacity was rede- period of FY20, IndiGo saw airlines in the range of $63- The other officials banned are with SEBI or any listed entity or its contended that the concerned du- It also pointed out that the ployed in other markets with- its revenue from operations 113 billion. CG Power's former CFO V.R. Ven- material unlisted subsidiary, in any bious transactions were carried out rupee has also depreciated out having a material impact rising 25.5 per cent to Rs In its latest financial im- katesh and former directors Mad- manner whatsoever, till further or- with the knowledge and approval of sharply which will have an on our revenues. Over the 9,931.7 crore. During this pact of novel coronavirus hav Acharya and B. Hariharan. ders". the company as the MD and CEO, adverse impact on its dollar past few days however, week- period, its capacity growth (Covid-19) on airline sector "Gautam Thapar, V. R. Venkatesh, The regulator said that CG Power RAC (risk and audit committee) and denominated liabilities pri- on-week, we have seen a 15- was 19.3 per cent compared released on March 5, IATA Madhav Acharya and B. Hariharan and Industrial Solutions shall con- the company's employees were ei- marily on account of capital- 20 per cent decline in our dai- to the same quarter last year. predicted 2020 global rev- are restrained from accessing the tinue to take all necessary steps ther directly involved or informed of ised operating leases. ly bookings." The airline had The company, in an official enue losses for the passen- securities market and are further to recover the amounts due to the such transactions at every stage and "In January and February reported a 168 per cent jump statement, said that its bal- ger business of $63 billion prohibited from buying, selling or company, which were extended, ei- further, requisite approval for such 2020, IndiGo experienced in net profit to Rs 496 crore in ance sheet grew stronger considering infection is con- otherwise dealing in securities in any ther directly or indirectly, from these transactions were accorded by the modest impact from the the quarter ended December with total cash aggregating to tained in countries with over coronavirus. We cancelled 31, 2019. Rs 20,068 crore including free 100 cases as of March 2. Maharashtra closes one account 'Co-living, co-working gets higher COVID-19: Supply rents than traditional realty' chain distribution to in Axis Bank, more to follow hamper auto Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) New Delhi, Mar 12 rising interest in higher Classes: The Future Looks The Maharashtra Government (IANS) Emerging real es- education by migratory Promising". production has decided to shut down one tate formats, co-living, student population, and For homeowners too, account its holds in the private student housing and co- the need for quality hous- the low rental yields have New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The sector lender, Axis Bank, as per working garner higher ing solutions for senior pushed the need for new auto part supply chain disruption due an official notification, issued rental yields of 7-11 per citizens. "Co-living, stu- models higher than ever, to the lockdown in China over the nov- here on Wednesday. cent, compared to 3 per dent housing and senior especially as many of them el coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is The accounts of the National cent yield in conventional living are fundamentally are bearing EMI payments expected to critically hamper India's Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project housing, according to a innovative and specialised for several years, it said automobile production across all seg- (NCRMP) lying with Axis Bank report by CII and Anarock residential assets, but with "Young professionals ments, the Society of Indian Automo- at its Nariman Point Branch will Property Consultants. varied business models," migrating to metropolitan bile Manufacturers (SIAM) said on be closed with immediate effect Anuj Puri, Chairman, Puri said. The report fur- cities are not keen on the Wednesday. and the funds shall be trans- Anarock Property Con- ther said that the top six traditional rental model According to Rajan Wadhera, Presi- ferred to a new account to be Simultaneously, it came to risks and shifting all accounts in sultants said: "Co-living, co-living players currently that entails inconsistent dent, SIAM, many automakers in India opened with State Bank of In- light how Rs 1,125 crore of at private banks to PSBs. student housing and co- have 1.18 lakh beds priced rents, high brokerage, nosy import about 10 per cent of their raw dia's Churchgate Branch. least three civic bodies was stuck It was decided that for the se- working have rental yields between Rs 6,000-30,000 landlords and rule imposi- materials from China. Consequently, The development comes in in the Yes Bank crisis. curity of public money, it would of anywhere between 7-11 per month. Regarding tion. Instead of spending the disruption in availability of these the wake of the Yes Bank crisis Thereafter, the state sought be prudent to shift all accounts per cent, a significant step- the co-working segment, a big share of their wal- parts are likely to critically hamper pro- which stunned the country's fi- details from all government de- in all private banks to the PSBs up from the 3 per cent na- it said that domestic co- lets on renting their own duction across all segments, namely nancial sector last week, preced- partments, civic bodies, state immediately. tional average rental yield working operators are cur- space they are more in- passenger vehicles (PV), commercial ed by the Punjab & Maharashtra corporations, autonomous bod- An area of immediate con- of traditional housing for- rently present only in tier-I clined towards sharing liv- vehicles (CV), three-wheelers (3W), Cooperative Bank last Septem- ies and others on their exposure cern is the ongoing farmers loan mats. Co-living, student cities while global players ing space at a fraction of two-wheelers (2W) and electric vehicles ber 2019. to all the private sector banks. waiver scheme as many banks in housing and senior living are penetrating into tier-II that cost," said th report. (EVs). Furthermore, Wadhera empha- Following this, official sources It may be recalled that both rural areas hold accounts with are the next evolution- and tier-III cities. On the growth of housing sised that with anticipation of the Chi- had said that henceforth the these issues were first high- Yes Bank. With Wednesday's de- ary step in the residential "A majority of millen- for senior citizens, the re- nese New Year, the industry had main- state government would bank lighted by IANS (March 6 & 7), cision on the NCRMP accounts, real estate domain, while nials prefer co-living over port said that growth can tained an inventory at the beginning of only with reputed public sector respectively, as the Yes Bank cri- more government departments co-working has evolved traditional rental models primarily be seen in out- the year, but with the current lockdown lenders to ensure the safety of all sis unfolded leading to the arrest are likely to follow suit in the from traditional office real as they do not have to deal skirts of top cities and tier in China, supply for BSVI vehicles is its funds. of its founder Rana Kapoor early next few days. In December estate." He added that the lack of standard practices II and III cities like Bhiwadi likely to get impacted. "Manufacturers Accordingly, instructions were morning of March 8 by Enforce- 2019, Mumbai Mayor Kishori drivers behind this evolu- for security deposits, no- (NCR), Neral (Mumbai), are exploring alternatives to fulfil their issued by Chief Minister Uddhav ment Directorate. Pednekar had said the civic body tion are changing social tice periods and monthly Talegaon (Pune), Devana- supply chain demands but that would Thackeray to the concerned of- A recent cabinet meeting pre- would consider shifting some of dynamics, a highly enabled rentals," said the report halli (Bengaluru), Mysuru also take a substantial amount of time ficials/departments to do the sided over by Thackeray also its accounts from a private sec- start-up environment, titled "Emerging Asset and Coimbatore. to reach stable production scale. needful last week. discussed the issue of probable tor bank to the safer option.

JSW Steel to pay Rs 19,700 cr by Mar 15 to US housing starts fall, building acquire BPSL

New Delhi, Mar 12 (IANS) JSW Steel is all set to wrap up one of the long-drawn and high-profile insolvency resolution cases, as it is likely to pay Rs permits near 13-year high 19,700 crore for acquiring the bankrupt Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd by March 15, sources said. On Monday, the National Company Law Ap- WASHINGTON Mar 12: US ers and a dearth of lots are pellate Tribunal (NCLAT) permitted JSW Steel to homebuilding fell less than ex- hindering the production of af- acquire the bankrupt steel company and granted pected in January while permits fordable housing in local com- it immunity from prosecution by the Enforcement surged to a near 13-year high, munities across the nation.” Directorate (ED). JSW Steel has to pay the amount pointing to sustained housing The 30-year fixed mortgage within one month of the appellate tribunal's ap- market strength that could help rate is at an average of 3.47 per- proval, March 16 in this case. keep the longest economic ex- cent, the lowest since October The Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel has had to face pansion in history on track. 2016, according to data from a number of challenges apart from the usual com- Other data on Wednesday mortgage finance agency Fred- petition in terms of bids and resolution plans. Al- showed producer prices increas- die Mac. “Housing is proving though the National Company Law Tribunal last ing by the most in more than to be a solid link in a cooling September approved its resolution plan to take one year last month, boosted by economy,” said Nancy Vanden over the insolvent Bhushan Power and Steel, the rises in the cost of services such Houten, lead US economist at Enforcement Directorate, which is investigating as health care and hotel accom- Oxford Economics in New York. alleged fraud committed by the debt-laden firm's modation. The reports could The data and a slowdown in previous management, had attached the assets of support the Federal Reserve’s the number of new reported BPSL which, it believed, were bought from pro- desire to keep interest rates un- cases of coronavirus helped to ceeds of crime, following which JSW Steel moved changed at least through this lift the dollar against a basket NCLAT seeking immunity from the proceedings. year after lowering borrowing of currencies. Stocks on Wall In October, the NCLAT put JSW Steel's payment costs three times in 2019. Street were trading higher, with to acquire BPSL on hold and asked the ED to re- “The economy looks good the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq lease BPSL's attached properties. The appellate with residential home building hitting new highs. US Treasury tribunal had also asked the ED not to attach any activity beating expectations prices slipped. A separate report more property of BPSL without its permission. A and a little more producer price es. Data for December was re- units were started in 2019, up uct, it has a giant footprint on from the Labor Department on major relief came for JSW Steel after the govern- inflation, even if the data over- vised up to show homebuilding 3.3 percent compared to 2018. the economy. Housing market Wednesday showed the pro- ment in December made changes in the Insolven- state how well the country is rising to a pace of 1.626 million Building permits soared 9.2 stability could help to keep the ducer price index for final de- cy and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), including protec- doing in terms of generating the units, the highest level since De- percent to a rate of 1.551 mil- economic expansion, now in its mand jumped 0.5 percent last tion of buyers from criminal proceedings against growth and inflation the Fed- cember 2006, instead of surging lion units in January, the highest 11th year, on course, amid risks month, the largest gain since previous promoters of the bankrupt firm. It in- eral Reserve wants to see,” said to a rate of 1.608 million units as level since March 2007, lifted by from the coronavirus, slowing October 2018, after climbing 0.2 troduced Section 32A to the IBC, which provides Chris Rupkey, chief economist previously reported. gains in both single- and multi- consumer spending and weak percent in December. In the 12 immunity to the new management of a distressed at MUFG in New York. Economists polled by Reuters family housing segments. business investment. months through January, the company acquired under the code. In an affidavit Housing starts dropped 3.6 had forecast housing starts fall- The housing market remains A survey on Tuesday showed PPI advanced 2.1 percent, the filed before the NCLAT, the ED however, opposed percent to a seasonally adjust- ing to a pace of 1.425 million on solid footing, supported by confidence among homebuild- biggest increase since May, after JSW Steel's immunity in the BPSL matter. Bringing ed annual rate of 1.567 million units in January. Housing starts the lowest mortgage rates in ers hovering near a two-year rising 1.3 percent in December. an end to the tussle, a two-member bench, headed units last month, the Commerce jumped 21.4 percent on a year- more than three years. Though high in February. But builders Economists had forecast the PPI by NCLAT Chairman Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya on Department said. That followed on-year basis in January. An es- housing accounts for about 3.1 continued to complain that “a gaining 0.1 percent in January Monday said that the acquirer, JSW Steel. three straight monthly increas- timated 1.291 million housing percent of gross domestic prod- shortage of construction work- and rising 1.6 percent. Indian Horizon 10 Business Friday, March 13 , 2020 Global sell-off: Trading halted in PMC bank scam: Ex-director, 2 US indices after 7% slump valuers arrested by Mumbai police

New Delhi, March 12 suspended for 30 days as Mumbai, March 12 and Shripad G. Jere from Prabhu and Jere were involvement in the scam, (IANS) US stocks market part of his government's (IANS) The Mumbai Po- Yardi Prabhu Consultants charged with complying the official claimed. entered the bear zone on response to the coronavirus lice Economic Offences and Valuers Pvt Ltd. with the desires of then They have since been re- Thursday as the major in- outbreak. He added that Wing (EOW) has arrested a Banvait was a director- PMC Bank Chairman Joy manded in police custody dices Dow Jones Indus- his administration would former director of Punjab member of Loan, In- Thomas and inflating the till March 16, said the of- trial Average and S&P500 provide financial relief for and Maharashtra Cooper- vestment and Executive valuation of the PMC- ficial. Earlier, 12 other ac- slumped over 7 per cent, workers who are ill, caring ative (PMC) Bank and two Committee of the PMC owned assets in 2012-2015 cused, including top bank following which trading in for others due to the virus of its valuers in connection Bank for many years. It is to enable maintain the officials, HDIL promoters the indices stopped for 15 or are quarantined. with the ongoing probe against this background Bank Capital Adequacy Rakesh Wadhawan and minutes. However, the decision into the Rs 4,355-crore that he was interrogated Ratio as mandated by the Sarang Wadhawan and The level-1 circuit break- was not enought to sup- scam, an official said here on the loans extended to Reserve Bank of India. others, were arrested in er has been triggered in the when a security price falls ing levels of inaction". The port the investor senti- on Thursday. HDIL Group, their long- The trio were interro- connection with the PMC US market for the second 20 per cent or more from its slump continued in the ments. The bear run in Those arrested are Jas- pending dues, and reme- gated by the EOW sleuths, Bank scam which erupted time in a week. Dow Jones recent highs. global markets after a simi- stock markets globally has vinder S. Banvait, a former dial measures initiated to and they failed to provide in late September 2019 is currently at 21,856.91, The World Health Or- lar trend on Wednesday continued off late on con- bank director, and valuers recover or regularise the satisfactory or convincing and resulted in the deaths lower 1,696.31 points, 7.20 ganization called the new after the WHO declared cerns of the coronavirus Vishwanatha S. Prabhu same. replies, confirming their of around 10 persons. per cent from its previous coronavirus outbreak a coronavirus as a global outbreak severely impact- close. S&P500 slumped to pandemic, issuing a grim pandemic. ing the global economy. 2,549.05, lower by 192.33 warning that the global US President Donald It has also raised calls for points or 7.02 per cent. A spread and severity of the Trump has announced that government intervention SBI board okays share purchase bear market is a condition illness was due to "alarm- travel from Europe will be and support. in Yes Bank for Rs 7,250 cr Yes Bank: CBI, ED studying documents, New Delhi, March 12 49 per cent of the paid up As per the Reserve Bank The RBI last week also (IANS) The State Bank capital. "Executive Com- of India (RBI) draft recon- superseded Yes Bank's senior officials to be quizzed of India (SBI) on Thurs- mittee of Central Board struction scheme for the board of directors and day said that its Execu- (ECCB) at its meeting held crisis-hit private lender, appointed former SBI New Delhi, March 11 made by the accused and Bank's former MD and CEO trait of former Prime Minis- tive Committee of Cen- on 11.03.2020 accorded the SBI will take up 49 per CFO Prashant Kumar as (IANS) The Central Bureau also the decision taken by Rana Kapoor in connection ter Rajiv Gandhi by famous tral Board (ECCB) has approval for purchase of cent in the bank. administrator. The new of Investigation and the the former directors of Yes with the probe on Sunday. artist M.F. Hussain that was approved the purchase 725 crore shares in Yes Last week, the RBI board of directors will Enforcement Directorate Bank. On Monday, mul- Besides the CBI, the ED sold by Congress General of 725 crore shares in Yes Bank Ltd. at a price of Rs placed Yes Bank under stand constituted from are studying the documents tiple CBI teams carried is also preparing the list of Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Bank at Rs 10 per share, 10 per share subject to all moratorium and capped the appointed date. It will seized during the searches out searches at the official people for questioning. A Vadra to Rana Kapoor for Rs which adds up to an in- regulatory approvals. Our the withdrawal limit at Rs comprise a CEO and MD, carried out at multiple lo- premises of DHFL in Sir PM senior ED official related to 2 crore in 2010. vestment of Rs 7,250 crore. shareholding in Yes Bank 50,000 till April 3. non-executive chairman cations in connection with Road Fort, two Offices of the probe told IANS that it The CBI began a probe In a regulatory filing, the Ltd will remain within 49 SBI Chairman Rajnish and non-executive direc- the Yes Bank scam and in DoIT Urban Ventures Pvt is shortlisting the officials into short-term debentures bank said that its share- per cent of the paid up Kumar has said the mora- tors. The SBI will have the coming days the cen- Ltd in Senapati Bapat Marg as well as the former direc- of the DHFL in which Yes holding in the private capital of Yes Bank," it torium may be lifted by nominee directors ap- tral probe agencies will and Elphinstone Road, RAB tors of the bank as well as Bank invested Rs 3,700 crore lender will remain within said. the end of this week. pointed on the board. summon a number of top Pvt Ltd and RKW Develop- the people associated with from April to June 2018. The officials of the companies ers Pvt Ltd in Bandra East, DHFL and other companies probe is part of another in- named in the case, officials residential premises of named in the money laun- vestigation pertaining to Yes said on Wednesday. Rana Kapoor in Worli, Kapil dering case. The ED official Bank's purchase of deben- Stock markets formally enter bear On Monday, the CBI is- Wadhawan in Bandra West, said that during the searches tures from DHFL against sued a lookout circular and Rakhee Kapoor Tandon and after going through the which the company was (LOC) against seven indi- and Radha Kapoor in Nari- bank records the team has granted loans totalling Rs zone; Sensex slump 2,900 viduals accused in the scam, man Point areas. found a serious breach of 600 crore against a collat- including Yes Bank founder The agency official fur- corporate governance. He eral security of around Rs 40 Mumbai, March 12 Rana Kapoor and his fam- ther said that the agency even said that the large cor- crore only. The loan amount (IANS) With a sell-off ily members to prevent any has seized several incrimi- porates who received huge later turned into non-per- across segments, Indian attempt by them to leave nating documents with the loans and whose loans were forming asset. It was alleged stock markets formally the country. A senior CBI details of the investments restructured by the Yes Bank that DHFL's promoter Kapil moved into the bear zone official related to the probe and the transactions being are also under the scan- Wadhawan simultaneously and the BSE Sensex reg- told IANS, "The agency is routed from one company ner. The ED official said the paid kickbacks totalling Rs istered its biggest single- studying the pattern of the to other companies. He said role of former directors and 600 crore to the Kapoors in day fall of over 2,900 payments made from one that it will start quizzing the top management including the form of a loan of a simi- points. The Sensex closed company to another com- people named in the case non-executive chairman lar amount to DoIT Urban at 32,778.14, lower by pany by the named accused as well as the former and will be probed and in the Ventures, a venture owned 2,919.26 or 8.18 per cent in the case." present serving directors of next few days they all will be by Rana Kapoor's daughters from its previous close of He said the agency is Yes Bank and other compa- called for questioning. The -- Rakhee Kapoor Tandon, 35,697.40. It had opened also studying the finances nies named in the FIR. The ED as part of the probe on Roshni Kapoor and Radha at day's high of 34,472.50 as well as the investments ED has already arrested Yes Monday attached the por- Kapoor. and fell 3,200 points to touch an intra-day low of 32,493.10. A bear market is a con- dition when a security Airtel acquires 10% stake in price falls 20 per cent or vestors should stay away demic following which Reserve have announced more from its recent high. from the market till it gets the Dow Jones Industrial emergency rate cuts to Sensex is down nearly 22 stable. On the Sensex, all Average also slumped sig- boost sentiments. Howev- fitness content firm Spectacom per cent from its recent stocks ended in the red nificantly on Wednesday. er, the concerns have only high of 42,273.87 hit in led by the State Bank of The bear run in both deepended in the past few New Delhi, March 12 Adarsh Nair, Chief Product January, and the Nifty India, which settled 13.23 the global and domestic days as the number of CO- (IANS) Bharti Airtel on Officer, Bharti Airtel: "We is also down 22 per cent per cent lower, followed markets has continued VID-19 cases across the Thursday acquired 10 believe that X Sports, which from the all-time high of by ONGC (12.63 per cent) off late on concerns of world has increased. Fur- per cent stake in a fitness are all about fitness, aligns 12,430.50. The Nifty50 and Axis Bank (12.27 per the coronavirus outbreak ther, following the rout startup, Spectacom Global beautifully with our brand. on the National Stock cent). The plunge was in severely impacting the in the global markets oil Pvt Ltd. "The stake Airtel Thanks to the deep penetra- Exchange (NSE) closed line with the global mar- global economy. It has prices also fell on Thurs- acquired in Spectacom is tion of mobile internet in 868.25 points or 8.30 per kets as all Asian indices also raised calls for gov- day with the Brent crude in early double digits," the India, the potential to grow cent lower at 9,590.15. also traded in the red after ernment intervention and trading around $33.6 per company said. the adoption of Devils Cir- Rahul Sharma, Business the World Health Organi- support. Central banks barrel. The Indian rupee Fighting hard to boost cuit style X Sports amongst Head at Equity99 said zation (WHO) declared in several countries, in- also felt the pressure and profits and revenues, the India's youth is immense. that all traders and in- coronavirus a global pan- cluding the US Federal touched a 17-month. company has upped its ef- This also fits into Airtel's forts to offer more content strong focus on connecting in various domains and with the youth and provid- NCLAT rejects plea against CCI laiguages tagretting more ing them digital platforms subscribers to hook onto its crore which is extra," Sunil core strengths in data, dis- to fulfil their aspirations. We network. Airtel in its state- Mittal had said after a meet- tribution, networks and pay- look forward to collaborat- nod for Flipkart's acquisition ment said it acquired the ing with Telecom Secretary ments. The startups also get ing with Spectacom on this strategic stake in Spectacom Anshu Prakash here on access to advisory services exciting journey." New Delhi, March Following its requests, presence of Walmart is would be prioritised and Global Pvt Ltd under the Wednesday. He was refer- from Airtel's executive team. Adnan Adeeb, co-found- 12 (IANS) The National the CCI also ordered an likely to add value to the given discounts by Flip- Airtel Start-up Accelerator ring to Airtel's last month Spectacom will offer digi- er, Spectacom, echoed this Company Law Appel- anti-trust probe against Indian economy. kart. Program, which focuses on payment of Rs 18,004 crore tal content on health & fit- thought and added that "As late Tribunal (NCLAT) e-commerce majors Ama- The US retail giant The traders' body has supporting growth of early to DoT as AGR payment. ness training programmes, India is becoming a younger on Thursday set aside zon and Flipkart earlier Walmart Inc picked up a time and again raised its stage Indian start-ups. Airtel will help Spectacom founded by Adnan Adeeb nation, it is also becoming a traders' body CAIT's plea this year which the Kar- 77 per cent stake in Flip- concerns over the alleged Airtel did not disclose ei- to deliver exclusive digital and Zeba Zaidi, the creators fitter one. Through our col- against the Competi- nataka High Court later kart for $16 billion in 2018 bias towards certain pre- ther the stake or valuation content through its plat- of the highly popular Devils laboration with Airtel, we tion Commission of In- stayed. The appellate tri- and CCI in August 2018 ferred sellers along with in its statement. The startup forms Airtel Xstream and Circuit military-style obsta- aim at not just reaching mil- dia's (CCI) approval for bunal said that the plea by had said that it approved the issue of deep dis- firm will provide content Wynk Music directly into cle races. lions with bespoke offerings Walmart's acquisition of Confederation of All India the acquisition. counting. for the mobile company, the homes and smartphones Spectacom will also carry around Health & Fitness but e-commerce major Flip- Traders (CAIT) lacked CAIT had said that a Following its requests, market sources said It has of hundreds of millions of the exclusive digital rights also give the fitness enthusi- kart. The traders' body merit and the association small number of sellers the CCI also ordered an cleared (Rs 13,000 crore) in Indians. Spectacom is the for the promotion of all asts from around the coun- has time and again raised could not establish its were accounting for sub- anti-trust probe against the AGR dues with the gov- second company to join the content for brand Devils try, a platform to shine. We its concerns over the al- allegations against anti- stantial sales on Flipkart, e-commerce majors Ama- ernment against a demand Airtel Start-up Accelerator Circuit, including the new are very excited at partner- leged bias towards certain trust body's approval to and with Walmart coming zon and Flipkart earlier of Rs 35,500 crore. "We have Program. It allows startups seasons of its popular shows ing with Airtel and look for- preferred sellers along the deal. in, the issue would aggra- this year which the Kar- paid full dues which is about to leverage Airtel's robust - The College Frenzy & The ward to bringing innovative with the issue of deep dis- The two-judge bench vate as Walmart's goods nataka High Court later Rs 13,000 crore, and Rs 5,000 ecosystem, including its Corporate Challenge. Says content to life". counting. also observed that the through preferred sellers stayed. Sports Indian Horizon 11 Friday, March 13, 2020 Coronavirus: Foreign players not available for IPL till April ̉̍ due to fresh visa restrictions

coronavirus outbreak, a few categories League, Indian Soccer League, a top BCCI source told like diplomatic etc. with remuneration.“They on Thursday, casting and employment, may be granted ‘B-Sports’ Visa fresh doubts on the fate till April 15 in with multiple entry facility for of the event. the wake of new 13 appropriate period. A closed-door IPL seems positive cases of Such a foreign national like a real possibility now but novel coronavirus shall comply with all the even a postponement cannot in the country. statutory obligations like be ruled out given that 60- India has reported payment of taxes, etc.”The odd overseas recruits won’t 60 positive cases BCCI source said that the be available to ply their trade, in the outbreak government’s directive at least in the initial stages of will which has led to doesn’t specifically exempt the event starting March 29 in be decided on March 14 at over 4,000 deaths globally.The those with Business Visas. Mumbai. the event’s Governing Council “Details of Visas Granted by Having the IPL played in “The foreign players who meeting in Mumbai.“All India” manual of the Ministry empty stadiums is an option play in the IPL come under the decisions will be taken by the of Home Affairs states: “Foreign being explored but without Business Visa category. As per GC in Mumbai,” the source nationals who are engaged in foreign players, it will certainly the government’s directive, said.The government issued a commercial sports events in lack the zing which makes it New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) available for this year’s IPL till imposed by the government they can’t come till April 15,” fresh advisory with a ban on all India on contract (including the most successful T20 event No foreign player will be April 15 due to visa restrictions to contain the deadly novel a BCCI.The fate of the IPL itself existing foreign visas, except coaches) like Indian Premier in the world. All England Open: Surprised Australian GP continues TIGER WOODS TO Saina, Kidambi out in 1st round; amid coronavirus: Hamilton BE INDUCTED IN Melbourne, March 12 Hamilton said. “But we are GOLF’S HALL OF PV Sindhu advances (IANS) World champion Lewis seeing Trump shutting down Birmingham, first-round matches and Chen Long 15-21, 16-21 Hamilton says he has been the borders, the NBA has been FAME IN ̊̈̊̉ March 12 (IANS) were beaten in straight in a match that lasted 43 shocked with Formula 1 pressing suspended yet F1 continues to The dismal form games on minutes. It was Srikanth’s ahead with this weekend’s go on,” he added. of Saina Nehwal Wednesday. fourth first-round exit in Australian Grand Prix amid the Meanwhile, Ferrari driver and Kidambi Saina, the five tournaments he has global coronavirus outbreak. Sebastian Vettel said it was Srikanth the London played this year. “I am very, very surprised we difficult to judge what to do as continued as Olympic Sai Praneeth was knocked are here,” BBC Sport quoted the virus continues to spread. both Indian bronze medallist, out by world No. 36 Zhao Hamilton as saying in the official “It is very difficult having a shuttlers was completely Jun Peng as the Indian news conference on Thursday. fair judgment, but I do realise a were knocked outplayed by faced a crushing 12-21, “It’s great we have races but it’s Earlier, the NBA also suspended lot of sporting competitions get out in the former world No.1 13-21 defeat in mere 33 shocking we are sitting in this its season indefinitely after a cancelled and it is fair to ask the first round of Akane Yamaguchi minutes in his first-round room,” he added. Utah Jazz player tested positive question why you are here. the 2020 All England Open of Japan 11-21, 8-21 in contest. The season-opening race in for coronavirus. The United “We have to trust championship. just 28 minutes. It was her Parupalli Kashyap, Melbourne is set to go as per States has also banned flights (motorsport’s governing body) London, March 12 (IANS) Both shuttlers, who are third first-round loss in five meanwhile, retired hurt schedule despite mounting from 26 European countries to FIA and for them to take all the Star golfer Tiger Woods will racing against time for the tournaments this year. after just a minute of play fears about the spread of the the US.“(There are) so many precautions but the answer no be inducted into the World Tokyo 2020 qualification, Srikanth, on the other with the scoreline reading disease, which has now been fans there and it seems like one can give you is how much Golf Hall of Fame in its class of failed to hold their own in hand, lost to third-seed and 0-3 against Indonesia’s declared a “pandemic” by the the rest of the world is reacting you can control what is going 2021. The 44-year-old will be what were extremely tough reigning Olympic champion Shesar Hiren Rhustavito. World Health Organisation. - probably a little bit late,” on,” he added. eligible for the Hall of Fame in December after the age of entry was lowered from 50 to 45. ISL final to be held behind closed Messi named in Argentina squad “Tiger has done more for the game than anyone ever thought possible,” said PGA doors due to coronavirus for 2022 WC qualifiers Tour commissioner and Fatorda, March 12 Buenos Aires, March 12 the South American zone World Golf Foundation Board (IANS) The Indian Super (IANS) Barcelona star Lionel qualifying tournament. Messi member Jay Monahan, as League 2019-20 final on Messi has been named in will miss the first match quoted by BBC Sport. Saturday between ATK and Argentina’s preliminary 23- because of suspension. Woods has bagged 15 majors Chennaiyin FC, will now be man squad for their opening Head coach Lionel Scaloni and has a joint record 82 times played behind closed doors 2022 World Cup qualifiers called up five Italy-based on the PGA Tour. at the Jawaharlal Nehru against Ecuador and Bolivia. players despite the country’s “This past year has been Stadium here. The 32-year-old leads an emergency coronavirus such an incredible journey Football Sports attack that also includes measures, which include and the support I’ve received Development Limited, owing Manchester City’s Sergio travel restrictions and a ban from my family, friends and to the current preventive Aguero, Juventus forward on public gatherings.All sport fans has been overwhelming,” measures against COVID-19, Paulo Dybala and Inter in Italy -- including the Serie A said Woods. “This has decided to hold the Milan’s Lautaro Martinez, Ecuador in Buenos Aires on -- has been suspended until at achievement is the ultimate season's final behind closed reports Xinhua news agency. March 26 and Bolivia in La least April 3 as local authorities recognition to never give up doors, a statement from the The Albiceleste will play Paz five days later as part of attempt to combat the virus. and keep chasing.” organisers said. An advisory from the Sports Ministry on Thursday ITF postpones Fed Cup finals, WORLD XI VS asked all national federations ASIA XI T̊̈ to ensure any sporting event play-offs due to COVID-19 in India must be conducted without spectators amid the Budapest, March this may have on athlete POSTPONED coronavirus outbreak. 12 (IANS) The ITF eligibility for the Tokyo 2020 "To deal with the Novel has announced the Olympic Games. AMID COVID˨̉̑ Corona Virus (COVID-19), postponement of both the The Fed Cup Play-offs, the Ministry of Health & Fed Cup by BNP Paribas due to take place on April THREAT Family Welfare has issued Finals 2020 and Fed Cup 17-18 in eight locations Dhaka, March 12 (IANS) advisories and advised the Play-offs due to the ongoing around the world, have The Asia XI vs World XI T20 State Governments to take cannot be avoided, the all visas, barring a few coronavirus concerns. also been postponed and match that was scheduled appropriate action under the same could be done without categories like diplomatic The ITF Board made alternative dates will be to take place in Dhaka to Epidemic Diseases Act,1897. allowing gathering of people, and employment, in an the decision after careful announced at a later date. celebrate the birth centenary "You are advised to including spectators," the attempt to prevent the consideration and close Originally scheduled to take "The ITF COVID-19 of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman adhere to the advisories Sports Ministry said in a spread of coronavirus as discussion with the Local place from April 14 to 19 Advisory Group will continue has been deferred due to issued by the Ministry of letter to the Indian Olympic cases across the country rose Organizing Committee in at the Laszlo Papp Sport to monitor the situation the rising concern over the Health & Family Welfare Association (IOA) and all to over 70. light of the announcement Arena in Budapest, the Fed closely and further decisions spread of coronavirus. and ensure that no public national sports federations The World Health by the Hungarian Cup Finals is an Olympic will be based on the facts, Bangladesh Cricket Board gathering takes place in including the BCCI.The Organisation (WHO) has also government on Wednesday Qualification event.The ITF official data and expert president Nazmul Hasan any sporting event. In the central government had declared COVID-19 (novel regarding indoor events, is working closely with the advice," said ITF president told reporters on Wednesday event, the sporting event on Wednesday suspended coronavirus) a "pandemic". reports Xinhua news agency. IOC to address any impact David Haggerty. that the board is facing problems in organising the two matches that were to be INDIA ARE STILL THE BEST TRAVELLING TEAM IN TEST CRICKET: BRIAN LARA held on March 21 and 22 and a musical concert featuring New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) happened in New Zealand India. But I think India is still West Indies go all the way and going to be a force to reckon AR Rahman before that. West Indies legend Brian Lara an "aberration.""I think maybe the best travelling win," said Lara."India, with with."Australia at home… it's "We had two options in our feels that India are still the India have been travelling team in the world," Lara told the fact that they produce so not going to be an easy World hand," Hasan said. "We were best travelling team in Test very well in the last ten or ESPNCricinfo. much international cricketers Cup for anyone. Australia is supposed to hold a concert cricket despite their recent so years. What happened Lara said that West Indies through their league (Indian going to be worried about on the 18th. We initially had 2-0 defeat in New Zealand. in New Zealand, I think it's and India would be two Premier League) has India and the West Indies, plans to do it on a small scale. India had lost the first Test by more of an aberration, I think teams that Australia will be enhanced every single player West Indies are going to be But we have decided to do 10 wickets and the second by coming off so much one- worried about the most at who plays for India. I mean KL worried about everybody it in a grand manner. That's seven with their batting lineup day and T20 cricket, it might the T20 World Cup later in Rahul is my favourite player because of their inconsistency why we have decided to defer looking all at sea in all four have been tough for them the year. "In terms of a team, in the world, I love watching sometimes. So it's going to be it for the moment, and not do innings.Lara considers what in the Test arena outside of obviously I want to see the him and I think India is a great World Cup to look at." it on a small scale. Entertainment IIndianndian HHorizonorizon Friday - March 13, 2020 12

SARA ALI KHAN Kartik Aaryan isn't a contemporary: Sunny Singh MEERA CHOPRA ctor Sunny Singh says his his "Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety" SIGNED BY ANOTHER "Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2" co-star.Sunny will also reunite IS FINALLY AT Aco-star and friend Kartik with his former "Pyaar Ka COVETED BRAND TO BE Aaryan is not his contemporary Punchnama 2" co-star Son- and that comparisons between nalli Seygall in the upcoming HOME IN them hold no importance. fi lm "Jai Mummy Di". THEIR AMBASSADOR The actors have often fea- "Sonnalli has been a good tured together in movies,the performer ever since we MUMBAI! latest being "Pati Patni Aur worked together in our fi rst Woh" where Sunny made a project. With passing movie fter two years of house hunting, cameo appearance. and more time, every actor actress Meera Chopra has fi nally Asked about feeling competi- grows and matures into being Afound a home in Mumbai. The tive, Sunny told IANS: "Firstly, a better performer. Likewise, "Section 375" actress has purchased a Kartik isn't a contemporary. Sonnalli has become more ma- 3-BHK apartment in Lokhandwala. He is more like a brother. So, ture. She is also very receptive a comparison of any sort holds to the emotions and the chem- no importance. Secondly, Kar- istry we share. It's always fun tik and I are in completely dif- to hang out with her on set, the ferent spaces." environment on set is more like "I think I am my sole com- with Luv sir's (Ranjan) movie may have two to three releases a family," he said. petition and see only myself and henceforth created our a year, some may have just "Jai Mummy Di" is his sec- in my league. For me doing own paths. As long as I give one - luck changes with ev- ond fi lm as a lead actor after roles and having a constant my 100 percent to my char- ery Friday release. I am really this year's "Ujda Chaman". connection with the audience acter and I feel connected to happy with the kind of work Does he feel that he has arrived is important. Our only com- it, I am happy."It eventually Kartik is doing and it gives me in Bollywood? "I don't know if mon thread would be that we comes down to the right tim- immense joy every time I see arrived is the right word. started our journey together ing and right scripts. Some him on screen," he said about IANS

ara Ali Khan adds yet since she made her debut with Kedarnath follow- another coveted brand and is always the talk of ing which she immediately VARUN DHAWAN: Sto her ever-growing the town.Sara is one of the graced the silver screen list of brands. Earlier today, hottest topics in the brand with her movie Simmba. "All that mattered to me while zeroing the brand announced Sara circuit as well is one of the All through 2019, the ac- INDIA will in on a home in Mumbai was a good lo- Ali Khan as their ambassa- highest in-demand actress- tress shone as the cover girl cality, amazing building and good space. dor. The brand is one of the es from her generation in for a variety of magazines. take over During the house hunting I realised that most popular music acces- the brand circuit. The actress is also a favorite it's so diffi cult to get all three together. sories brand. Sara has a variety of of the paparazzi. Space is a big issue in the city, but I'm A new TVC was released brands ranging from music On the work front, Sara global dance glad I managed to fi nd the one," said by the brand which shows to jewelry, fitness, health- will next be seen in Coolie Meera.She is planning to shift to her new Sara in a super quirky ava- care and even makeup in No.1 alongside Varun Dha- home soon. She wants to have a big red tar. The actress has been her kitty.Sara made one of wan. scene in next bed in her bedroom and place a ham- making headlines ever the strongest debuts ever Courtesy : Santabanta mock in the balcony. 10 years The actress has just purchased the property and will start work on the inte- ctor Varun Dhawan will next riors soon. "I still have to hire somebody KATRINA KAIF be seen in the dance movie for the interiors. But I'm clear about the A"Street Dancer 3D", and is interiors in my head. these days heaping praise on the I want to keep it to bare minimun and giving us major fi tness and dancing talent of the country. have a modern look. I love bright colours, He claims over the next ten years, so I am planning to use lot of colours. I India will take over the global dance will personally give a lot of creative inputs fashion goals scene."The kind of talent Indian for the interiors," she informed. atrina Kaif has been hair look adds sexiness to the dancers have, I can say proudly we IANS stunning us with her picture. are one of best countries when it Kfashion sense and acting The gorgeous star is current- comes to dance. skills for quite a long time now. ly busy promoting her upcom- In the next 10 years, India is going 'Singles anthem' makes Rashmika However, the one thing that ing action movie Suryavanshi, to take over the dance scene. Danc- has remained the same all this directed by Rohit Shetty. ers in our country struggle a lot be- time is her sworn dedication to In the movie, Katrina will be cause dance never used to be con- Mandanna do the 'happy dance' a fi t and fabulous body. seen in the lead opposite Ak- sidered as a profession," said Varun, ingles anthem" from We are in total awe as the shay Kumar and the movie is at the launch of the song "Garmi" the upcoming Telu- actress continues to work and produced by Karan Johar, Hi- from "Street Dancer 3D" in Mum- Sgu romantic com- hustle harder and share fi tness roo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, bai. He was accompanied by co- edy fi lm "Bheeshma" is videos on Instagram, she has Apoorva Mehta, and Rohit actor Nora Fatehi, the fi lm's director out now, and its has the inspired many of her fans and Shetty. It is the fourth instal- Remo D'Souza and producer Lizelle fi lm's lead actress Rash- followers too. ment of Shetty's Police Uni- D'Souza.He added: "I have spent mika Mandanna doing Katrina recently shared verse. so much time with dancers -- and the "happy dance". pictures of herself posing in The fi lm co-stars Gulshan Remo sir is one of them -- because "I don't know why but effortless streetwear with op- Grover, Abhimanyu Singh, Ni- he started as a background dancer. this song makes me do timum performance func- harica Raizada, Jackie Shroff, It gets really tough when parents a happy dance. May- tionality, the new Reebok x Sikandar Kher, Nikitin Dheer of dancers or society don't look at be it's because it's the Victoria Beckham's capsule and Vivan Bhatena, while Ajay dance as a career.They (Parents) singles anthem," Rash- collection which is launch- Devgn and Ranveer Singh re- feel that their kids are damaging mika tweeted on Friday ing on the 13th of March at prise their roles of Singham their family's reputation by danc- evening along with the select Reebok stores. The ac- and Simmba from the fran- ing because it is not work.I feel that song's link. tress looks mesmeric in the chise's previous fi lms. it's work. They (dancers) travel to The link was also shared ensemble while her wet messy IANS train in the morning and then by her co-star Nithiin, reach their dancing venues. Some- who wrote: "Here it is! 1st times they practice on the road, single from BHEESHMA!! he festival of Holi so this film is dedicated to all the Hope u all like it!! #Single- worked wonders for the Tiger Shroff's 'Baaghi 3' dancers because if you can feel the sAnthem #BheeshmaSin- Tproducers of "Baaghi music then anybody can dance." gleForever #sagarmahati 3" as the film saw a jump in IANS @iamRashmika @Ven- numbers on the day of the sees a jump on Holi kyKudumula @vamsi84 @ festival, which was the fifth SitharaEnts." cr. Total: Rs 76.94 cr. #India "Single's anthem", biz."It remains to be seen if sung by Anurag Kulkarni the film continues with the with lyrics by Shreemani, growth in numbers, or starts has already received to record a slump Wednesday 203,103 views on You- onward.Directed by Ahmed Tube. It's just the lyrical Khan, "Baaghi 3" released in version of the track but India on March 6. fans are happy about it. The action drama sees Ti- "Wow. Extraordinary "Mind blowing".One Vamsi under Sithara En- ger Shroff returning as Ron- music and tune amazing. loved the lyrics of the tertainments, the fi lm nie. In the third film, he goes #SinglesAnthem superb," song.Directed by Venky will hit the screens on to Syria and singlehandedly one Twitter user wrote. Kudumula and produced February 21, 2020. takes on an entire army to Another found the song by Suryadevara Naga IANS rescue his brother, played by Riteish Deshmukh. n an engaging fi reside chat at the platforms fi lms today are evergreen so The movie also features HIGH FIVE ON ZEE5 award ceremo- anyone can watch it anywhere, at any Shraddha Kapoor and Ankita ny Nushrat Bharucha and renowned time. ZEE5 streams some of the biggest Lokhande.The fans are loving I journalist and critic, Bhawana Somaaya blockbuster fi lms on the platform and all the power-packed kicks, Dream Girl has candidly spoke about the journey of their recent acquisition Dream Girl has day after release.The collec- give it a big push... Biz mul- smacks, and whacks. fi lms from the big screen to the silver performed extremely well.HIGH FIVE tions of the film on Tuesday tiplies across circuits, de- Tiger surely knows how to screen and now, on mobile screens, just ON ZEE5 honoured the most consumed stood at Rs 14.05 cr, which is spite several screens starting grip the attention of the audi- got a new life a significant jump from the shows post 3 pm... ences and give them an adven- a click away.Nushrat Bharucha shared content across various categories which film's collection on Monday. Mass circuits are fantas- turous time through the movie on ZEE5: Nushrat her experience of shooting Dream Girl was adjudged based on data pertaining Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tic... FriRs 17.50 cr, Sat Rs which is nothing less than a and how the fi lm continues to be loved to consumers viewership, engagement tweeted: "'Baaghi 3' jumps 16.03 cr, Sun Rs 20.30 cr, treat everyone is enjoying. Bharucha and laughed upon.The duo, also spoke rate and completion rate. on Day 5, #Holi festivities Mon Rs 9.06 cr, Tue Rs 14.05 IANS about how with the rise and rise of OTT Courtesy : Santabanta

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