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IN BRIEF Assam NRC: Reprieve for GOVT: NO INFO Centre told to seek ON ‘TUKDE kids excluded from final list TUKDE GANG’ fresh death warrants , Feb. 11: out from the draft supervision of the Supreme Court New Delhi, Feb. 11: The The government has NRC, while their par- and around 19 lakh people did not Home Ministry on Tuesday decided not to send to ents had been includ- find themselves in the final list pub- said it has no information on Govt tells the court that convicts acting in “tandem” the detention centre, ed. lished in August 2019. — PTI any group called the ‘Tukde pending a final deci- “Attorney Tukde Gang.’ Replying to a PARMOD KUMAR | DC rants for the execution of (govt.) am executing the sion, the children who for India stated on written question in Lok with agency inputs death sentence. mandate of law and they SC ASKS GOVT got excluded from the January 6, 2020 before Sabha, Minister of State for NEW DELHI, FEB. 11 The Centre and Delhi (convicts) are frustrating National Register of the Supreme Court Home G Kishan Reddy said the government have chal- the mandate of law,” the TO MEET WITH Citizens in Assam but that the children of ministry has no information The Supreme Court on lenged February 5, 2020, Solicitor General said. their parents are parents included in on whether the terminology Tuesday issued notice to Delhi High Court judg- Meanwhile, one of the included, Lok Sabha NRC, Assam, will not ‘Tukde Tukde Gang’ is based four death row convicts ment, holding that all the four death row convicts WEB GIANTS was informed on be separated from on specific inputs provided by in Nirbhaya case on a four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang Tuesday. their parents and sent law enforcement agencies. plea by the Centre and in Nirbhaya case would rape and murder case, New Delhi, Feb. 11: The The Union Minister to detention centre in “No such information has Delhi government seek- be hanged simultaneous- Vinay Sharma, moved Supreme Court on of State for Home, Assam pending deci- been brought to the notice of ing separate execution of ly and not individually. the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Nityananda Rai, said sion on the the government by any law the death sentence of Issuing notice, a bench Tuesday challenging the Centre to resume its the approved standard application,” he said enforcement agency,” he said. three convicts — of Justice R. Banumathi, rejection of his mercy meetings with internet operating procedures in a written reply to a The reply came in response Mukesh, Vinay Sharma Justice Ashok Bhushan petition by the President intermediaries includ- for disposal of claims question. to questions by Congress and Akshay Kumar and Justice A.S. Bopanna claiming that the “hur- ing Google, WhatsApp and objections had The NRC exercise members Vincent H Pala and Singh — who have made it clear that the ried rejection” was “mala and Facebook for elimi- specific provision for was carried out in Jasbir Singh Gill. exhausted all their legal plea for separate hanging fide” and violated the let- nating circulation of children who got left Assam under the The questions included remedies, including of convicts sentenced to ter and spirit of the child pornography and whether an organisation mercy petitions. death in the same case Constitution. He has also rape videos and images. called the ‘Tukde Tukde Gang’ The court issued notice would involve the inter- sought commutation of A bench headed by Chief has been identified and cata- that would be served on pretation of the jail man- his death sentence to life Justice S A Bobde took logued by the Home Ministry four convicts through ual and would take a long imprisonment claiming note of the submissions or any central/state law Tihar Jail superinten- time to decide and may that he has “developed of lawyer Aparna Bhat, enforcement agency, whether dent, as the Centre and further delay the execu- mental illness” inside the representing Hyderabad- the terminology ‘Tukde Tukde Delhi government told tion. prison due to the alleged based NGO ‘Prajwala’ Gang’ is based on specific the court that the four “Issuance of notice “torture and ill-treat- that the Ministry of inputs and whether the min- convicts were acting in would further prolong ment”. He alleged in his Home Affairs (MHA) has istry or intelligence agency “tandem” adopting the proceedings,” Justice plea that “public state- not convened a meeting has drawn up a list of alleged “strategic inaction” to Bhushan said as Solicitor ments” made by minis- of all the stakeholders leaders and members of the “frustrate the mandate of General, repeatedly ters at the Centre as well since December, 2018 to 'Tukde Tukde Gang'. law”. urged the court to issue as in the Delhi govern- effectively deal with the Fixing February 13 for notice to the four con- ment supporting his exe- circulation of rape and further hearing of the victs. cution had “pre-judged other obscene videos on SON OF FORMER matter, the court allowed “They are working in the outcome of his mercy social sites. the Centre and the Delhi tandem. It is a strategic petition”, and there also Solicitor General Tush- ARUNACHAL CM government to approach inaction; it is not a case appears to be “non-appli- ar Mehta assured the the trial court for the where he (Pawan Gupta) cation” of mind on the court that the MHA wou- FOUND DEAD issuance of fresh war- has no legal assistance. I part of the President. ld convene the meeting.

London/Itanagar, Feb. 11: A 20-year-old man, believed to be GERMAN ENVOY the son of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister PART OF TEAM US first couple to visit Kalikho Pul, has been found dead in the bedroom of his flat in the coastal town of TO VISIT J&K Brighton in south-east England. Shubanso Pul was DC CORRESPONDENT India on two-day tour found dead by the local police NEW DELHI, FEB. 11 officials on Sunday, who said DC CORRESPONDENT a state visit to India on people-to-people ties. there were no suspicious cir- German ambassador NEW DELHI, FEB. 11 February 24-25, 2020. The visit will provide an cumstances around the death Walter J. Lindner will be This will be the opportunity for the two which seems to imply a possi- part of the second batch Both India and the President’s first visit to leaders to review ble suicide. of foreign envoys who United States formally India. During the visit, progress in bilateral ties “At 3.41pm on Sunday will visit Jammu and announced on Tuesday President Trump and and further strengthen (February 9) police were called Kashmir (J&K) this that the US President the First Lady will our strategic partner- to an address in Falmer where week on the trip organ- Donald Trump, accom- attend official engage- ship.” a 20-year-old man was found ised by the Indian gov- panied by his wife ments in New Delhi and The statement from the dead in a bedroom, an East ernment, sources have Melania, would make a Ahmedabad, Gujarat, White House said, “The Sussex Police statement said. confirmed. With more two-day visit later this and interact with a wide President and The First “There were no suspicious envoys from European month to India on cross-section of Indian Lady will travel to New circumstances. The coroner Union (EU)-member February 24 and 25. society.” Delhi and Ahmedabad, for Brighton and Hove has nations also likely to be Both countries said in The MEA added, “The which is in Prime been informed, the statement part of the group, Prime separate statements that global strategic partner- Minister Modi’s home added. The coroner will now Minister Narendra the visit would strength- ship between India and state of Gujarat and open an inquest into the death, Modi’s expected visit to en the Indo-US strategic the U.S. is based on trust, played such an impor- to confirm the cause of death. the Belgian capital partnership. Speculation shared values, mutual tant role in Mahatma Shubanso with his first wife Brussels next month for is rife that a trade deal respect and understand- Gandhi’s life and leader- Dangwimsai Pul, was report- the 15th India-EU may also be inked during ing, and marked by ship of the Indian edly a student at the Univ- Summit seems to be on the visit, something that warmth and friendship independence move- ersity of Sussex. track. The participation will be music to the US between the peoples of ment.” of European envoys in President’s ears as he the two countries. The During a phone call the visit to J&K is being heads into a re-election relationship has further over the weekend, seen a positive indica- campaign. evolved under the lead- President Trump and KERALA CEO tion for New Delhi. In a statement, the ership of Prime Prime Minister Modi It may be recalled that MEA said, “At the invita- Minister Modi and agreed that the trip will ROBBED OF the European tion of Prime Minister President Trump, with further strengthen the Parliament had recently Narendra Modi, His significant progress in United States-India `75,000 postponed until March a Excellency Donald J. all areas including trade, strategic partnership vote on a joint motion Trump, President of the defence, counter-terror- and highlight the strong DC CORRESPONDENT criticising India’s CAA United States, accompa- ism, energy, coordina- and enduring bonds THIRUVANANTHPURAM, FEB. 11 and also the revoking of nied by First Lady tion on regional and between the American Article 370 at Brussels. Melania Trump, will pay global issues as well as and Indian people. Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena was robbed of `75,000 while returning to Thiruvananthapuram from Delhi by air. Kerala woman tests negative for CoV The incident took place on February 9 while Meena, who Thrissur, Feb. 11: In a Pune confirms the find- symptoms of the coron- from Wuhan, the epicen- is also additional chief secre- sign of relief to Kerala, ings of the Alappuzha avirus are in isolation tre of the virus that has tary rank officer, was return- India’s first novel coron- centre, they said Monday wards across various claimed over 1,000 lives ing to Thiruvananthapuram avirus patient has tested night. The condition of hospitals in the state as in China, had tested posi- from Jaipur. He took a flight negative for the infection the student was “stable”, of now. “The blood test tive in Alappuzha and from Jaipur to Delhi and from in fresh test at the the officials said. result of the first patient Kasaragod districts. Delhi to Thiruvanan- National Institute of She had tested positive from Thrissur from the “A total of 3,367 are thapuram. Virology’s local centre in for the virus on her National Institute of under observation across According to police, the offi- the state, health officials return from Wuhan in Virology (NIV) testing the state, of which 3,336 cer had kept the cash in a bag said. China recently and been centre at Alappuzha are under home quaran- along with clothes. On return- However, an official undergoing treatment in shows a negative result. tine,” a release issued by ing home when he opened the announcement on the the isolation ward of a But we need confirma- the health department bag, the cash was missing. ‘recovery’ of the patient, government medical col- tion from the NIV at said on Monday. The Subsequently he lodged a com- a woman medical student lege hospital. Pune,” a senior medical department has already plaint with the Valiyathura from Thrissur, would be According to the state officer said. sent at least 364 samples police station airport. made only after her blood health department, a Besides the woman, two for testing at the NIV at test result from NIV at total of 31 people with other Keralite students Pune. — PTI Twitter advised not to delete advocate’s data

New Delhi, Feb. 11: The Delhi entertain the petition. High Court on Tuesday advised The court allowed Twitter to file Twitter to not delete from its the note within two weeks and list- servers the data pertaining to a ed the matter for further hearing senior advocate’s account, which on March 27. was permanently suspended by the The government, in its response social media giant. filed through central government Justice Navin Chawla said the standing counsel Kirtiman Singh, court was not passing any formal said the issue of suspension of order in this regard while advising account was prima facie between the US-based firm not to delete sen- Hegde and Twitter and it has not ior advocate Sanjay Hegde’s data, directed that the account be sus- in case it hasn’t done so already. pended. The court was hearing Hegde’s It also submitted that the govern- plea challenging permanent sus- ment was not a necessary party to pension of his account by Twitter these proceedings and claimed that on November 5, 2019, for allegedly the petition was not maintainable re-tweeting two posts. and it should be dismissed. As an interim relief, Hegde, Regarding the plea for framing of through senior advocate Jaideep appropriate guidelines, the Centre Gupta, sought a direction to has claimed that it has fulfilled its Twitter that the data of his account statutory obligation by framing the must not be deleted. Information Technology Inter- Senior advocate Sajan Poovayya, mediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011. representing Twitter Inc, opposed The senior advocate, in his peti- the petition saying it was not main- tion, has also sought for directions tainable. He sought time to file a to the Centre to frame guidelines brief note on the question of main- for censorship on social media as tainability and on the issue of per provisions of the Constitution. jurisdiction of the high court to — PTI DELHI POLLS pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 12 FEBRUARY 2020 9

REACTION Congratulations to Arvind Lord Hanuman blessed us: Kejri Kejriwal and AAP for their Overjoyed by its outsized victory, AAP supporters held Tricolour, raised slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ victory. BJP accepts the BHASKAR HARI SHARMA mandate given by the peo- | DC ple of Delhi and it will play NEW DELHI, FEB. 11 Best b’day gift ever: the role of a constructive Donning Aam Admi opposition, Party’s signature cap, hun- — J.P. NADDA, dreds of AAP volunteers Kejri’s wife Sunita BJP president and supporters turned up the heat at the party head- New Delhi, Feb. 11: Delhi She also said the person- Congratulations quarters at DDU Marg on Chief Minister Arvind al attacks on her husband Tuesday as they danced on Kejriwal's wife Sunita during the campaigning @Arvind the party’s campaign song Kejriwal said she could were uncalled for. Kejriwal “Lage Raho Kejriwal” not have asked for a better “Fight politics positive- @AamAadmi while celebrating the land- gift on her birthday than ly,” she advised. Party and the slide victory in the Delhi the mandate given by the Kejriwal's daughter Assembly polls. people of Delhi in the Harshita said she had people of Delhi As the trends showed the assembly polls. taken leave from her office who have given a befitting party was set for a massive Speaking at the party to campaign for the party reply to BJP's politics of victory for the second con- office, Sunita, a former and would join back work hate and violence secutive time, a wave of IRS officer, said the cam- in March. AAP workers chanting slo- paigning saw several “ups “There are many volun- SITARAM YECHURY, gans ‘Ache Beetenge and downs” but the party teers like me who have CPI(M) general secretary Panch Saal- Lage Raho members had complete taken leave to work for the Kejriwal thronged the faith in their work. party and I will be joining Thank you Delhi party headquarters carry- “Delhi people have given back work,” the 24-year- ing blue and white bal- me a gift, could not have old IITian said. for standing up loons, placards, masks and asked for a better gift. According to the latest to protect the giant cut-outs of their There was anxiety, several trends projected by the soul of India! leader . ups and downs were going Election Commission, PRASHANT The AAP national con- on. We trusted our work. AAP is leading in 63 out of KISHOR, vener and chief minister Delhi has made 'kaam' 70 assembly seats while Arvind Kejriwal had (work) victorious,” Sunita the BJP is ahead in seven Political strategist asked the party volunteers said. constituencies. — PTI not to burst firecrackers Thank you to all during celebrations to pre- the voters of vent air pollution. As the party’s tally went up, AAP Delhi deputy chief minister and AAP leader celebrates along with his supporters after winning Delhi. Thank supporters hugged each from the Patpadganj Assembly seat, in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI you to all the other, played with gulal party workers and offered “ladoos” amid SEAT SHARE VOTE SHARE “Congratulations for their hard a surcharged atmosphere. Several supporters draped The number of seats won Percentage of votes in to AAP and shri work… We respect the themselves in the by the AAP and the BJP. favour of political parties. @ArvindKejriwal ji mandate of people. Tricolour and flashed vic- for the victory in @ArvindKejriwal congratu- tory signs as the giant OTHERS 8% the Delhi assembly lations to you screen showed the party's elections. Wishing MANOJ TIWARI, surge. The party workers interpreted the AAP show BJP AAP them the very best Delhi BJP chief as the victory of develop- TOTAL in fulfilling the aspirations of the ment works. SEATS 39% 53% people of Delhi. Overjoyed by its outsized AAP won, bluff AAP BJP and bluster victory, the party support- — NARENDRA MODI ers holding Tricolour 62 70 Prime Minister lost. The people raised slogans of "Bharat 8 of Delhi, who Mata ki Jai and Vande are from all Mataram.” “Delhi bach My best wishes and congratulations to Mr Kejriwal and the AAP on winning the Delhi parts of India, gayi (Delhi is saved),” said Assembly elections. —RAHUL GANDHI, Senior Congress leader Jitin Singh, an engineer have defeated the polaris- and a volunteer. “We have ing, divisive and dangerous barely slept in the last few agenda of the BJP. months. I can't tell you DELHI CONGRESS P. CHIDAMBARAM, how happy we are. It has Majority exit polls get Senior Congress leader sent a very strong message CHIEF SUBHASH Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal that only development offers cake to his wife Sunita Kejriwal as they celebrate work talks, nothing else,” her birthday, at the party headquarters in New Delhi. he said. CHOPRA RESIGNS The BJP — PTI indulged in pol- The stage, set up on the their prediction right New Delhi, Feb. 11: itics of hate, roof of the party office was decorated with bal- New Delhi, Feb. 11: All ● the 2015 polls. The Times Delhi Congress president but Delhi has ALMOST ALL exit loons and flowers, from exit polls proved to be polls predictions came Now-Ipsos exit poll predict- Subhash Chopra on shown the true where Mr Kejriwal along right in predicting AAP's ed that Kejriwal will retain Tuesday resigned from 8 AAP turncoats, meaning of with his family and senior victory, with the Arvind true for the Congress, power with the AAP win- his post, taking moral nationalism through their leaders addressed the Kejriwal-led party regis- which had ruled the ning 47 seats against 23 for responsibility for the workers. Some AAP work- tering a stupendous win city between 1998 and the BJP. The Republic-Jan party’s debacle in the mandate. ers got emotional and in the Delhi Assembly ki Baat survey gave the Assembly polls. MANISH SISODIA, 2013 but drew a blank 1 of BJP win polls tears rolled down from polls. AAP 48-61 seats and the The Congress drew a Delhi Deputy CM their eyes when Mr Of the exit polls, the in the 2015 polls. BJP 9-21 seats. blank for the second time Kejriwal said: “I love you. India Today-Axis, ABP-C ● IN 2015, AAP and BJP An exit poll put out by in a row and reduced its DC CORRESPONDENT AAP rebel Kapil Mishra, Delhi has cho- It is a victory of the people Voter, TV9 Bharatvarsh- had won 67 and three Neta-NewsX said the AAP vote share from 9.7 per- NEW DELHI, FEB. 11 who had joined the BJP of Delhi who considered Cicero got their numbers seats respectively. may win 53-57 seats and cent in 2015 to 4.27 per- and contested from Model sen 'Jan Ki me their son... Lord right for both the parties. the BJP 11-17. cent this time. Eight of the turncoats Town, lost to AAP’s Baat' over Hanuman has blessed us. The India Today-Axis The ABP's survey said “I take moral responsi- fielded by the AAP and one Akhilesh Pati Tripathi by 'Mann Ki Baat'. May god give us more survey had predicted 59-68 channel's studio. The the AAP's vote share may bility for the party's deba- by BJP won on Tuesday. A over 10,000 votes. Tripathi strength to serve people of seats for the AAP and 2-11 ABP-C Voter had given the be a whopping 50.4 per cle and have resigned,” he total of 16 turncoats were was the sitting MLA from UDDHAV Delhi.” for the BJP. range of 49 and 63 seats to cent against the BJP's 36 said. The senior Congress in the poll fray — nine the constituency. The BJP THACKERAY, Mr Kejriwal who was This is for the fourth AAP, and between five to per cent. The correspon- leader said it is up to the fielded by the Aam Aadmi also fielded two Congress Maharashtra Chief Minister accompanied by his politi- time that the India Today- 19 seats to the BJP. ding share for the two par- party high command to Party, three by the turncoats, Sanjay Singh cal strategist Prashant Axis survey has got its The TV9 Bharatvarsh- ties was 56 per cent and 35 take a decision on his res- Congress and four by the (Vikaspuri) and Surendra Kishor and senior party predictions right, the first Cicero had predicted 52-64 per cent according to the ignation. BJP. Pal Singh Bittoo The BJP, as leaders and being for the 2019 Lok seats for the AAP and 6-16 India Today-Axis poll. The Congress has been Anil Bajpai, who was for- (Timarpur). Singh was usual, played Sanjay Singh restricted Sabha polls. for the BJP. In 2015, the AAP and the decimated in the Delhi mer AAP MLA from defeated by the AAP’s sit- the communal themselves until the party Elated over getting the Almost all exit polls pre- BJP had won 67 and three polls. Arvind Kejriwal is Gandhinagar, retained the ting MLA from Vikaspuri, card to polarise crossed the majority figures right, the chair- dictions came true for the seats respectively. Their set to become the chief constituency on a BJP Mahinder Yadav, by over votes, but mark. A staunch AAP man and managing direc- Congress, which had ruled corresponding vote share minister of Delhi for the ticket. He defeated AAP’s 31,000 votes. Bittoo lost to supporter dressed up his tor of Axis My India also the city between 1998 and was 54.3 and 32.3 per cent. third straight term. Naveen Chaudhary by the AAP’s Dileep Pandey failed. three-year-old son as shook his leg in a news 2013 but drew a blank in — PTI — PTI over 6,000 votes. by over 21,000 votes. SHARAD PAWAR, Chota Kejriwal. In 2015, NCP chief his daughter too had dressed up as the Delhi CM. ■ The BJP tor- Another jubilant party BALLOT | TALK Anti-CAA protesters will observe a silent agitation today 0.5% OF TOTAL tured students worker, Suman Kumar and women in said: "We knew it. We have VOTES POLLED Delhi. The party changed the politics of got a befitting this country. Now it is GO TO NOTA Delhi, next is India. Our Shaheen Bagh: Silent roar of the lambs reply in Delhi clear majority sends a message that doing Hindu- tape or black cloth to cover milling about, stringing white space next to it are New Delhi, Feb. 11: assembly polls. SUPARNA SHARMA | DC ■ MAMATA BANERJEE, Muslim politics will not NEW DELHI, FEB. 11 their mouth. BARELY 400 meters together blue and white two words, large Over 43,000 votes in the work anymore." All mics, speakers were away is the office of balloons in bunches of and in red: “Maun Vrat”. just-concluded Delhi West Bengal Chief Minister Holding a placard which The anti-CAA Shaheen disconnected. Amanatallah Khan, the four while waiting for him It’s 3.30 pm, and BJP is Assembly polls were reads “2024, we are com- Bagh sit-in protest and the After the incidents of sitting AAP MLA from to arrive. down to 8 seats. But no cast in the None of the People’s man- ing” a party worker said, shooting, a new security Okhla who won on I talk to Taseer bhai mobile phone is visible, Above (NOTA) category, date is against now our target is 2024. We have nothing in common check cubicle has come up Wednesday by an about the “goli-biryani ki and none are ringing in according to official fig- us, we accept wont take rest until then. except that for the last few at the entrance to the tent impressive margin of rajneeti”, ask him why not the tent. ures released on " jeeta hai weeks one has leaned where the women have let the protesting women All are on silent mode Tuesday. it. We have (India has won). I want to heavily on the other to cre- now been sitting in protest 71,827 votes, defeating comment on it since inside pockets of kurta, Counting of votes were resolved to thank the two crore people ate some friction, polarisa- for 59 days. his nearest rival, the Shaheen Bagh was made a burqas, or handbags. held on Tuesday after revive and of Delhi for making the tion in the hope that when On Wednesday after- BJP’s Braham Singh. mudda in Delhi elections. I implore the women sit- the elections to the 70- rebuild the party. son of Delhi victorious," Delhi went to vote on noon, outside the tent sat No, he says, because we ting around, with member Delhi senior AAP leader Sanjay February 8, it would press two men, both with a black “don’t want to make it a gestures, words scribbled Assembly. RANDEEP SURJEWALA, Singh said. a button on the EVMs with band covering their on Tuesday night to make political platform. No one in my diary, to tell me The election, largely Congress chief “People of Delhi have such anger and aggressive mouths and on their chest sure the protest doesn’t should misuse the what they feel about the seen as a battle between spokesperson showed the way to the force that “its current was pinned a handwritten turn into a “rajneeti protest… Koi kehta hai ki results. All shake their the AAP and the BJP, country that only develop- would be felt in Shaheen note that said, “Aaj maun akhara” (political battle- yeh toh Congress waale heads and show me their was held on Saturday, ment works will take it for- Bagh”. dharna hai. Hum kisi field). chala rahe hain, Aam sheets. sealing the fate of 672 People of Delhi ward and not Hindu- On Wednesday, as the party ko support nahin “The message should go Aadmi wale chala rahe In the aisle that splits the candidates -- 593 men have showed Muslim politics. All kind results of Delhi elections karte. Shant rahein”. out that we are neither a hain… Aaj bhi maine suna tent into two sections, a and 79 women. that "fascist of divisive politics has started pouring in from 8 Two women in the secu- particular party’s support- ki someone from BJP was gentleman with the black The final voter turnout ideology" will been rejected by the people am, both felt the current rity-check tent also have ers nor opponents. Hum saying, Kejriwal ke band and two sheets was 62.59 per cent, five of Delhi and we will win and both reacted black bands covering their log toh Samvidhan ki samarthak hain, who pinned to his chest walks per cent less than 2015. never win their 70 out of 70 seats,” said similarly. mouths. The say nothing ladai lad rahe hain. biryani bhijwata hai, yeh up and down gesturing to The votes polled under hearts. , AAP Rajya Both went quiet. Except as they frisk and check Balance karne ke liye kiya karta hai, woh karta hai”. the ladies who start talk- NOTA category -- 43,108 - H.D. KUMARASWAMY, Sabha MP. that the BJP was stunned bags except to gesture to hai… Na hum jashan So why not respond, I ing amongst themselves in - constituted about 0.5 Former Karnataka Chief into depressing silence, women to be quiet. manaa rahe hain, na ask. hushed tones. per cent of total votes Minister ■ MR KEJRIWAL who while Shaheen Bagh The ladies inside the tent hamein koi dukh hai,” he “Usi baat ka jawab hai He glares at them and polled, as per the figures was accompanied by decided to register its roar all have black bands cover- says standing at Yadav tea yeh… Hum log yehi kehna then puts his finger on his released by the Election by silence of the lambs. ing their mouths and they stall, a short distance from chah rage hain — that we covered lips. Commission on its web- The biggest his political strategist Late on Tuesday night, hold up handwritten mes- the protest tent. can put our point across The women go quiet. site. Prashant Kishor and Shaheen Bagh put out a sages, in English, , Barely 400 meters away with silence, khamoshi.” As I walk out, the lady in According to the final message is for senior party leaders the BJP that message that it would Gurmukhi, Devnagri — is the office of I walk back to tent once the security-check cubicle votes tally released by Gopal Rai and Sanjay observe a silent protest on “Today is silent protest. Amanatallah Khan, the again, sit for a bit, have a has dropped her mouth the Election poisonous cam- Singh restricted them- Wednesday. We don’t support any sitting AAP MLA from banana tossed at me by a band to her neck and is Commission, the AAP, paign and selves until the party “Silent protest against party.” Okhla who won on young Sikh volunteer. eating an ice cream cone. in a near-repeat per- statements will crossed the majority police brutality and state Taseer Bhai, one of the Wednesday by an impres- The stage is not just Chocolate. formance of 2015, won not work. mark. A staunch AAP oppression — 11th men from the area who is sive margin of 71,827 silent, but is made invisi- I ask her, “Aap toh tent se in 62 constituencies supporter dressed up February, all day,” the part of the group that taks votes, defeating his near- ble by a flex poster stand- bahar hain, kuch toh with a voting percentage MANOJ JHA, poster read that asked all decisions on the Shaheen est rival, the BJP’s ing in front of it with a boliye.” “Dilli ne izzat of 53.57, while the BJP Senior RJD leader his three-year-old son those taking part in the Bagh protest, says that Braham Singh. large mugshot of rakh li,” she says and ges- got eight seats with vote as Chota Kejriwal. protest to bring a black this plan was thought up His supporters were Mahatma Gandhi. In the tures that’s enough. share of 38.51 per cent. — PTI EDIT pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 12 FEBRUARY 2020 10

12 FEBRUARY 2020

Time for BJP to reflect Subhani after historic Delhi loss

he BJP’s stinging defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls at the hands of the AAP led by incumbent chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is a set- back of historic proportions. With the results, which became avail- Table Tuesday, the BJP will be in the wilderness in the national capi- tal for over a quarter century. This has not happened before. Delhi has been an important national hub of RSS-Jan Sangh (the BJP’s pre- decessor) politics due to the influx of millions of Hindu and Sikh refugees in the post-Partition displacement saga. The Jan Sangh (and BJP) historically alternated in power with the Congress in Delhi. In that bipolarity, the Congress has lately been replaced by the AAP. The BJP last won in Delhi in 1993. The BJP prepared for the recent poll battle as the Duke of Wellington might have prepared for the historic Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon, only it found itself on the losing side, like the Frenchman. While Waterloo had ended the Napoleonic Wars, the degree to which the LETTERS BJP’s future prospects — in Delhi and even nationally — are adversely affected by the crushing loss in Delhi remains for now a matter of conjecture. Since the Delhi defeat comes on top of a string of losses in In AAP’s triumph, a new GANDHI HOSPITAL Assembly polls that followed the BJP’s May 2019 Lok Sabha triumph, and in It is a great relief to know an atmosphere of the nation’s economy being in serious trouble, it can no that the state is free from longer be argued with confidence, as some do, that the Delhi voter will auto- (State contin- matically give a thumbs up to a BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi coronavirus in 2024. A recent opinion poll had suggested just this in the event of the Lok ues to remain free of nCov, Sabha polls being held now. This appears to be a completely non-scientific kind of politics emerges DC, Feb. 11) . But it is reading. It disregards the political dynamics in the country that could unfold in the next four years. painful to see that the Mr Shah threw everything the BJP had at the AAP. On top of conducting a atre as Mr Modi is, but with no other option but Gandhi Hospital is facing vicious polarising campaign, frequently made to turn vulgar by senior BJP this time round the AAP to raise the decibel lev- shortage of wheelchairs leaders, the home minister — using his clout as the second most important Parsa leader kept his histrion- els over illegal immi- and stretchers were atten- man in his party after the PM — rushed in 200 party MPs, scores of former ics on leash. He talked grants from Bangladesh MPs, and a dozen chief ministers to the national capital. It was carpet-bomb- Venkateshwar about the achievements and persecuted reli- ders are carrying their ing in the worst sense when it came to communal and caste propaganda. of his government in gious minorities in patients on chairs. The hos- Delhi had never seen a poll campaign of this magnitude before. The BJP’s Rao Jr sober tones. Pakistan, Afghanistan pital management should efforts seemed to many as one of intimidation of voters through a show of The BJP has much to and Bangladesh, and force, not excluding the use of financial resources. learn from AAP about indirectly against the look in to this matter and This has turned into utter humiliation, more so as the Delhi electoral con- how to be a good right- religious minorities in see that stocks are main- test is the first since the Narendra Modi government ran a relentless pro- wing party. Mr Kejriwal India. Top BJP leaders tained to avoid any hard- CAA campaign, spearheaded by Mr Shah, in the face of nationwide protests he overwhelm- mies. It should be noted and AAP have proved may refrain from speak- against the questionable amended citizenship law, with Delhi’s Shaheen ing victory of too that the BJP had that it is possible to be a ing against the religious ship to anyone who is visit- Bagh growing into an iconic name for peaceful protests in the Gandhian Arvind Kej- won all seven of the decent right-wing party minorities in the coun- ing the hospital for treat- mould, and becoming a counter-blast to the CAA. Though the BJP’s ways are riwal’s Aam national capital’s Lok and win elections with- try but they will allow ment. inscrutable, in such circumstances one may ordinarily expect heads to roll. TAadmi Party Sabha seats. The AAP out indulging in nega- their lackeys in the M. Priti Agarwal (AAP) for the second has also shown that it is tive rhetoric. Interest- party’s lower rungs to Manikonda time in the Delhi not necessary to be bel- ingly, Mr Kejriwal and spout venom. The BJP Assembly elections on ligerent and look out for Mr Modi are right-wing will continue to revel in Evening of horrors Tuesday is comparable enemies all the time in populists who believe in its role as a rogue right- to that of the Narendra all corners or to conjure welfare measures. This wing party. SOLAR POWER hy is it acceptable to pretend that the mass groping, sexual assault Modi-led BJP in the Lok xenophobic ghosts. The is also a clear reminder The model of good It is really a smart move by the and organised intimidation of the young women of Gargi College on Sabha elections in 2019. defeat of the BJP in that welfare measures behaviour on the part of Indian Railways to have solar pan- Wthe evening of February 6 never happened? All geared up to enjoy Delhi is, of course, a tiny Delhi does not mark the and concern for the a right-wing party pro- els all along the rail tracks, as the final evening of their annual fest, the girls had arrived to find a crowd place compared to the return of liberal poli- poor is not the preroga- vided by the AAP will many panels need a large area to three times the size of the usual gathering at the venue. The main gate had rest of the country, and tics. Political right- tive of the enlightened be confined to the produce electricity to run trains. been thrown open and no one was checking for the mandatory visitor pass- only narcissistic wingers rule the roost in liberal brigade. national capital. It is Not just fans and lights as is being es. Middle-aged men, far too old to go to college themselves, put their hands Delhiites can presume Delhi, with AAP domi- Mr Kejriwal, like Mr unlikely that the AAP done currently by solar train on everyone near them. Many said they were part of a pro-CAA rally. They that they are at the cen- nating the Assembly Modi, did not go out of will succeed in spread- coaches in Delhi and Guwahati. were heard chanting Jai Shri Ram in accompaniment to their execrable tre of national politics. and the BJP the Lok his way to woo Muslims ing its footprint outside Incidentally land along rail tracks moves. With no space to turn or run away, the girls were left with no choice They are not. Whatever Sabha. and other minorities, Delhi as it had hoped to are owned by Indian Railways. but to stand and fight. Each to the best of their ability, they endured what the pretensions of The BJP had tried to nor did he shy away do some years back. But Railways and the world should came their way. That included cheap taunts and offers to buy them make- Delhiites about the make the anti-Citizen- from showing up his the AAP’s success rais- think big and to achieve 25 per cent up should they go out with their abusers. importance of the ship Amendment Act, religiosity by chanting es the flicker of hope clean solar solar electricity by 2025 The motive of the assault was clear. It was to deter women from partici- Assembly election’s out- anti-National Popu- the Hanuman Chalisa. that cultural conser- and 100 per cen tsolar by 2050. pating in co-curricular activities. Strangely, that was exactly the sentiment come, the result pro- lation Register and anti- What then is the differ- vatism and political P.N. Sreelekha echoed by the principal of the college, Promila Kumar, when a student com- vides a fascinating National Register of ence between the two populism are not incom- plained: Do not come to the fest if you feel unsafe. She pointed out a special insight into political Citizens protest at Sha- right-wing leaders? Mr patible, and that people arena for girls on the premises, saying they should have confined them- trends. heen Bagh, a Muslim- Kejriwal does not feel are looking beyond the selves to that space. An FIR was registered only after the DCW issued a This has turned out to dominated neighbour- the compulsion to wag a established political Email your letters to info@deccan- notice to Delhi Police and the outraged students took out a march on be a contest between two hood, into a major poll threatening finger, indi- parties of the right, left mail.com, [email protected]. Monday. The FIR was registered under IPC sections 452, 354, 509 and 34. Yet right-wing parties, one plank. And it has failed rectly, at religious and centre. There is You can also send them to Editor, the ample security at the venue had played the role of mute spectators, if of them — AAP — a sen- to derive any political minorities as do BJP room for the rise of Deccan Chronicle, 36, Sarojini Devi not cheerleaders, for the duration of the raid. Why is it even acceptable not sible and moderate one, mileage out of it as its leaders. “Kejriwals” in other Road, Secunderabad-500 003. to discuss what happened at Gargi College? How else can one investigate, and the other — the BJP leaders had imagined. It would, however, be parts of the country. introspect and affix responsibility where it belongs? Does the name of Ram — a rogue. The results Mr Kejriwal and AAP naive to believe that Mr Arvind Kejriwal has absolve one of moral wretchedness? It is an open question. show that the people of did not fight against the Shah, Mr Modi and combined intense Princes to take legal Delhi weighed their BJP by defending the other BJP leaders will nationalism with a options between these concerns of the anti- do a rethink after the fierce desire and deter- steps: privy purses DECCAN CHRONICLE two right-wing parties CAA, anti-NPR and anti- Delhi Assembly elec- mination to fight the BOMBAY, Feb. 11. as the voting percentage NRC protesters at tions about their gratu- entrenched and corrupt The two-day convention of the ADITYA SINHA T. VENKATESWARLU shows that the AAP Shaheen Bagh. He side- itous aggression to- system. He is not a lib- rulers concord has decided to Editor Printer & Publisher polled about 53 per cent stepped the issue. He did wards liberals and left- eral, leftist or a secular- take all Constitutional and legal of the votes and the BJP not take a stand. And to ists. Faced with an ist, but he is an idealist steps to save the privileges and DECCAN CHRONICLE offices are located at: around 39 per cent. The be fair to the AAP, even intransigent situation — one with steely ambi- purses of princes. Congress polled a the Congress Party did in the Union territory of tion who would deal The convention which conclud- Hyderabad: 36, Sarojini Devi Road, Secunderabad - 500 003, Ph: 040-27803930-4; Fax : 040-27805256 Vijayawada: No.C-3 & 4 Patamata, Industrial Estate, Auto Nagar, Vijayawada (A.P.), Ph: 0866- measly 4.2 per cent. The not fight this election on Jammu and Kashmir ruthlessly with rivals in ed here to-day gave a mandate to 2555284/2555287; Telefax: 0866-2555234 other parties, including the Shaheen Bagh over the lockdown and his own party. the rulers of Baroda, Bhopal and Visakhapatnam: Survey No.1/3A Beach Road, Near Kailasagiri Ropeway, Sector-9 MVP Colony, the Bahujan Samaj protests issue. the anti-CAA protests in In many ways, Mr Dhranga- Visakhapatnam - 530 017 (A.P), Ph: 0891-2552333/2552334; Fax: 0891-2755285 Party and the two Former BJP president Assam and an Kejriwal and Mr Modi 50 YEARS AGO IN dhra, the Rajahmundry: Vemagiri, Dhawaleswaram Rd, Rajahmundry, Ph: 0883-2417618/2417208; Telefax: 0883- Communist parties, and Union home minis- intractable economic are both modern politi- three mod- 2417208 have got less than one ter Amit Shah, who had malaise, the BJP is left cians of the 21st centu- erators of Anantapur: Thapovan colony, By-Pass Road, Anantapur - 515004, Ph: 08554-276903; Fax: per cent of the votes. The spearheaded the toxic ry. Mr Modi emerged the con- 08554-276904 AAP’s victory is not campaign, had clearly from an established RSS cord, to Karimnagar: Survey No.1341, Vavilalapally Colony, Jagityala Road, Karimnagar - 505 001, Ph: 0878- 2228908; Telefax: 0878-2220433 an ideological win over failed to force the AAP, The AAP has shown system that nurses take necessary action to “resist” Nellore: Survey No.527/2, Burranpur Village, Venkatachalam (M), Chemmudugunta Panchayat, Nellore, a belligerent right- its main opponent, into that people are not political talent and Mr the Government’s unilateral deci- Ph: 0861-2348581/82; Telefax: 0861-2348580 wing BJP. the opposite corner. 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emocracy has been knocked to have said: “Suppose elections are fake news inside countries but that ing standards of the middle- and that Trump could unleash a global down from the lofty pedestal free and fair and those elected are elections can be influenced from out- lower-income segments of the elec- war while in power or that Modi, on which it was ensconced racists, fascists, separatists — that is side even in the best of circum- torate and the realisation that their before he is done, could inflict the Dnot so long ago as the end- the dilemma.” However, such out- stances as alleged in the case of the dreams for a better future have all kind of damage from which Indians point of humankind’s search for the comes were attributed to the perver- 2016 elections in the US. but disappeared has led to an unan- would take decades to recover. ideal form of governance. This has sities of ignorant electorates and not This erosion of the power of the ticipated response from voters. This What would it take to ensure that followed on Donald Trump’s election to any weaknesses of the democratic electorate has long been in the mak- response has been abetted by the mature democracies do not elect the Anjum Altaf in the most powerful democracy on system itself. ing without attracting as much atten- elite’s dismissive characterisation of kinds of individuals who can pose earth, Narendra Modi’s in the largest One defence of democracy would tion as it deserved. Modern democra- the left behind as “deplorables”. In real threats to the survival of the democracy in the world, and Boris rely on the judgement attributed to cy was born in a milieu in which no earlier times this kind of a situation world which includes people as well Johnson’s in the birthplace of democ- Churchill that “democracy is the agent, individual or firm, was large might have resulted in a social revo- as the natural environment? An racy. How should one reassess worst form of government except for enough to exert undue influence on lution to eliminate the elite or a obvious imperative would be a democracy in the light of these choic- all those other forms that have been the choice of others. This fundamen- socialist turn to level the field. But return from the one-dollar-one-vote es by electorates, choices that would tried from time to time”. Better let tal premise changed with the emer- social revolutions are now ruled out reality to the one-person-one-vote have been considered inconceivable people make choices they have to gence of mass media and large corpo- in countries like the US and Britain ideal that was the foundational just a decade ago? Keep in mind that live with for limited tenures instead rations to the point where many now and yet more promises of an egalitar- premise of governance by electoral one is talking of democracies that of surrendering the decisions to any label the US as a plutocracy rather ian future have lost their cachet. representation. pass almost all the tests of qualifica- other agent or body that would be than a democracy. Voters have opted for leaders However, a corollary to this imper- Interrogating tion — fair elections, rule of law, unaccountable for its doings. The transition from one-person- promising to restore past glory by ative is what well-wishers and sup- independent institutions, and civil Democracy relies on collective wis- one-vote to one-dollar-one-vote has going after softer targets who they porters of democracy are not willing liberties. Authoritarian regimes and dom to yield the best of a set of often had a number of consequences that hold responsible for stealing the to entertain — the fact that doing illiberal democracies that cloak their bad choices. If people opt to elect a have derailed democracy from its livelihoods of the marginalised. away with one-dollar-one-vote is democracy: rule in democratic garb are excluded Trump or a Modi or a Boris, one has pristine roots. Those with the dollars One may go back to the plausible impossible without changes in the from the analysis. to live with that choice. Those have spent them to influence elec- observation that democracy, while virtually unregulated capitalist eco- Also to be kept in mind is the fact unhappy have room to work within tions without breaking any laws so flawed, is better than any other alter- nomic order that now dominates the Make do with that doubts about democracy are the system to overturn the choices in that virtually all elected representa- native but the flaws are now so dam- globe. Politics and economics are being taken seriously only when the next round. tives are beholden to the rich. The aging that something needs be done deeply interrelated — it is economic seemingly perverse outcomes have This, however, turns a blind eye to representatives, in turn, have helped to fix them if potential tragedy is to forces that are driving the political emerged in countries like the US and the mounting evidence that the col- to lobby for laws and rules be avoided. It is quite conceivable dynamic. And restoring liberal what you have Britain that had been considered lective wisdom of the electorate is favourable to corporate interests. As that Trump might lose in 2020, that democracy without restraining the immune to the vagaries of less not as neutral and independent as a result, the wealth of nations has Boris Johnson might be ousted if the predatory aspects of capitalism is an mature polities. Reservations about the idealisation of democracy makes cascaded up instead of trickling Brexit gamble fails, and that Modi attractive proposition for democracy in the latter were voiced it out to be. There are ready exam- down increasing the inequality of might be consumed by the forces he entrenched elites. in the 1990s, for example, by the late ples to show that not only can edu- income and wealth at unprecedented has unleashed. But, at the same time, Richard Holbrooke who is reported cated electorates be misguided by rates. The resulting stagnation of liv- one cannot rule out the possibility By arrangement with Dawn WORLD pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 12 FEBRUARY 2020 11

IN BRIEF Shootout: Gunman Toll over 1K, WHO warns of ‘bigger fire’ dead, 2 officers hurt New virus found in Japan evacuees who initially tested negative, more than 43,000 infected globally Arkansas (US): Two police officers were wounded and a Beijing, Feb. 11: The toll ● The World Bank is gunman was killed on Monday from the novel coronavi- offering technical morning in an exchange of rus outbreak surged past assistance to China to gunfire at a Walmart store in 1,000 in China on Tuesday eastern Arkansas, authorities as the World Health help battle the coron- said. Forrest City Police Chief Organisation warned that avirus epidemic but no Deon Lee said one of the offi- the epidemic poses a “very new loans, the devel- cers was taken to a hospital grave” global threat. opment lender’s presi- about 70 kilometres to the ea- The WHO is holding a dent, David Malpass st in Memphis where he was in conference in Geneva on said. surgery, and the initial prog- combatting the virus as nosis is “he’s going to be OK.” Beijing struggles to conta- Formed after World The officers responded to the in a disease that has now War II to rebuild Forrest City Walmart after so- infected more than 43,000 Europe, the World meone called police to report and reached some 25 coun- Bank has some $470 a man who was making thre- tries. Another 108 deaths billion in assets and ats and was “kind of talking were reported on Tuesday out of his head,” Lee said at a — the first triple-digit counts China among its news conference on Monday daily rise since the virus largest borrowers, with afternoon. Arkansas State Pol- emerged in late December. $14.8 billion in loans ice Spokesman Bill Sadler said “With 99 per cent of committed since 2011. local authorities have identi- cases in China, this China is also the fied the suspect as Bobby Joe remains very much an bank’s third-largest Gibbs, 40, of Forrest City, emergency for that coun- shareholder after the though the state crime lab has try, but one that holds a United States and yet not confirmed his identity. very grave threat for the Japan. rest of the world,” said WHO chief Tedros Syria forces retake Adhanom Ghebreyesus. My thought is that The two most senior we all wish them a key highway health officials at the epi- speedy way to centre of China’s deadly address the coronavirus Beirut: Government forces virus outbreak have been in China. We’ve offered battling rebels in northwest- sacked, state media said technical assistance in ern Syria took full control on on Tuesday, as pressure the area of health, sanita- Tuesday of a key highway, mounts over the way local tion and disease policies. over which they lost control in authorities have handled China has its own large 2012, linking the country’s the epidemic. international reserves and four largest cities. The latest Zhang Jin, the new loans are not being gain marked another step in Communist Party boss of considered at this time the government’s advance the provincial health com- against Syria’s last rebel-held mission in Hubei, and its — DAVID MALPASS pocket, where intense fighting director Liu Yingzi have World Bank president Passengers outside the main railway station in Beijing on Tuesday. — AP has displaced 700,000 civil- been removed from their ians since December. The positions, reported state remaining rebel fighters and broadcaster CCTV, after a some three million civilians decision by the province’s are being pushed ever closer party committee Monday. WHO names the Mom infected, newborn healthy to the Turkish border by the Meanwhile, two Japa- regime’s inexorable northward nese citizens evacuated Beijing, Feb. 11: A 33-ye- ● The Chinese woman was at the 37th week of safety of the patient and push. The M5 motorway which from the epicentre of a ar-old Chinese woman inf- pregnancy when she gave birth via Caesarean to her baby, according to Liu. links the capital Damascus to novel coronavirus outbre- virus COVID-19 ected with the deadly coro- a baby with a weight of 2,730 grams at the Two obstetricians, two the second city of Aleppo ak have been diagnosed navirus pneumonia has Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong anesthesiologists, a mid- through the cities of Homs with the infection after in- Beijing/Geneva, Feb. 11: conference in Geneva on given birth to a healthy wife, three neonatologists and Hama has been a key itially testing negative. The new coronavirus that Tuesday. baby girl with no infection University in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi. The infant, and two nurses participat- government target for years. One of the two, a man in has killed over 1,000 peo- The CO stands for coro- in northwest China’s Sha- whose first nucleic acid test associated with the ed in the cesarean section. his 50s who returned from ple in China and sickened na, the VI for virus and anxi Province, state media novel coronavirus was negative, is receiving On Wednesday, a 30-hour- Wuhan on the first more than 43,000 others the D for disease, Mr reported on Tuesday. intensive care and will be tested again in the next old infant born in a Rohingya boat Japanese evacuation, pre- globally has been named Ghebreyesus announced The Chinese woman was few days. Wuhan hospital became viously twice tested nega- ‘COVID-19’, the World at a news conference in at the 37th week of pregna- the youngest person to capsizes, 16 dead tive for the virus. Health Organisation said Geneva. ncy when she gave birth catch the virus. CCTV However, a third test 12 on Tuesday. “Having a name matters via Caesarean to a baby the next few days to confi- of the medical administra- reported the infected baby Dhaka: An overcrowded boat days later found the man “We had to find a name to prevent the use of other with a weight of 2,730 gra- rm the absence of the vir- tion department of the may be a case of “vertical carrying about 125 Rohingya — who has been isolated that did not refer to a geo- names that can be inaccu- ms at the Second Affiliated us, according to the provi- hospital said. transmission,” referring refugees from Bangladeshi in his hotel room since his graphical location, an ani- rate or stigmatising. It Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong ncial centre for disease co- On February 7, the to infections passed from camps sank early Tuesday in return — was infected. mal, an individual or also gives us a standard University in Xi’an, capi- ntrol and prevention. The woman was transferred mother to child during the Bay of Bengal, leaving at The second evacuee, a group of people, and format to use for any tal of Shaanxi on Monday, woman and the infant from the central hospital pregnancy, childbirth or least 16 dead, Bangladeshi Japanese man in his 40s, which is also pronounce- future coronavirus out- Xinhua news agency repo- have been transferred to of the city of Shangluo to right after. officials said Tuesday. The returned from Wuhan on able and related to the dis- breaks, state-run People’s rted. The infant, whose the fever ward and neona- the designated hospital On February 3, the news coast guard, navy divers and January 30 and initially ease, WHO Director- Daily quoted Dr Tedros as first nucleic acid test asso- tal isolation ward, respec- where a workgroup con- agency reported that a other rescuers recovered the tested negative for the General Tedros Adhanom saying. ciated with the novel coro- tively, for follow-up care sisting of medical experts baby born in January to bodies of 14 women, one child virus, but he was again Ghebreyesus was quoted The virus was first iden- navirus was negative, is and treatment. Both are came up with a series of an infected mother had and a man after the wooden diagnosed after a second by the official Chinese tified in Wuhan, China, in receiving intensive care currently in a stable con- treatment plans and made tested negative. boat capsized off St Martin’s test on Monday. — AFP media as saying at a media late December. — PTI and will be tested again in dition, Liu Ming, director preparations to ensure the —PTI Island, the top elected official on the island told The Asso- ciated Press. Noor Ahmed told AP by phone from the scene that some 62 refugees on the boat survived. They Prosecutors seek prison were wooed by traffickers to get on the boat from various points as it was heading for Malaysia, he said. Iqbal Hos- term for Trump aide sain, additional police super- intendent in Cox’s Bazar, said Washington, Feb. 11: US by phone the overcrowding of prosecutors have asked a NEW HAMPSHIRE POLLING BEGINS the boat had caused it to judge to sentence Preside- capsize and that it may have nt Donald Trump’s long- Durham (US), Feb. 11: people — but plays a huge- been carrying addi- time aide Roger Stone to US Democrats braced for ly influential role in the tional cargo as well. between seven and nine a volatile, consequential American political land- years in jail for lying to primary on Tuesday in scape. New Hampshire Congress and witness ta- New Hampshire as leftist hosts the nation’s first pri- mpering. Stone was found Bernie Sanders and mary, eight days after COURT ACCEPTS guilty in November on ch- youthful challenger Pete Iowa kicked off the nomi- arges related to his efforts Buttigieg fight for pole nation process, and it cou- to spare the president em- position in the race for ld narrow the Democratic HAFIZ PLEA TO barrassment over the pro- who faces Donald Trump field of 11 current candid- be into Russian interfere- in November’s presiden- ates. White House hopefu- CLUB CASES nce in the 2016 poll. tial election. ls have been courting vo- Iranian demonstrators burn a US flag during a rally at Azadi (Freedom) Square to mark the 41st anniversary of the He was arrested in Janu- Tensions have risen st- tes in the state’s small ci- Lahore, Feb 11: An anti-terror- Islamic Revolution, in Tehran on Tuesday. — AP ary 2019 at his home in Fl- eadily as Granite Staters, ties, rolling farm country, ism court in Pakistan on orida after charges were notoriously independent- lake-side towns and snow- Tuesday accepted a plea of brought by then-special minded and astute voters, covered mountain ham- attack mastermind and counsel Robert Mueller as headed to polls across the lets, seeking a spark that Jamat-ud-Dawa chief (JuD) part of the Russia probe. northeastern battlegrou- could ignite a presidential Hafiz Saeed to club all six terror Iran raid injured 109 US troops “When his crimes were nd with just 1.3 million run. — AFP financing cases against him and revealed... he displayed his aides, and announce the ver- Washington, Feb. 11: tment said the latest total after the Jan. 8 attack at seven are on their way contempt for this court dict on completion of the trial. The number of U.S. serv- is 109 members who have al-Asad Air Base in Iraq. from Iraq to Germany for and the rule of law,” pros- an image on Instagram of When Stone was found The anti-terrorism court or ice members diagnosed been treated for mild TBI, Pentagon officials have evaluation and treatment. ecutors said in a sentenc- the presiding judge “with guilty, Trump immediate- ATC had indicted Saeed and with traumatic brain inj- a significant increase over warned that the number Defence Secretary Mark ing memorandum filed a symbol that appears to ly tweeted, suggesting it others on December 11 in uries has shot up to more the 64 reported a little would continue to change. Esper told Pentagon repo- Monday. Prosecutors said be crosshairs next to her was a “double standard terror financing case in than 100, the Pentagon over a week ago. The department said 76 rters more than a week Stone’s conduct following head”. Stone, 67, argued like never seen before in day-to-day hearing. said Monday, as more tro- The number of injuries of the service members ago that the department the start of his trial “dem- that the charges were the history of our Count- “The anti-terrorism court of ops suffer the aftereffects has been steadily increas- have returned to duty, was studying ways to pre- onstrated the low regard politically motivated, but ry”. On Tuesday he weig- Lahore accepted the plea of of the Iranian ballistic ing since the Pentagon while 26 are in Germany vent brain injuries on the in which he held these prosecutors said he lied hed in again, tweeting: Saeed and his close aides seek- missile attack early last began releasing data on or the United States for battlefield and to improve proceedings”. It cited one and bullied witnesses to “Cannot allow this misca- ing delay in the verdict in two month in Iraq. The depar- the injuries about a week treatment, and another treatment. —AP instance of him posting protect Trump. rriage of justice!” — AFP concluded terror financing cases against them till the trial in other four such pending cases is complete,” a court official ROYAL | RIFT Peter, Autumn to co-parent daughters after divorce said after the hearing. According to the petition, four Kabul attack other terror financing cases against Saeed, Zafar Iqbal, Yahya Aziz, Abdul Rehman Makki are pending before the Queen’s grandson splits from wife leaves 6 dead same ATC. “As evidence has been in London, Feb. 11: Queen for their children while added. It would make Kabul, Feb. 11: A sui- Ministry spokesman. progress, the court may Elizabeth II’s oldest grand- the family continues to Phillips, the Queen’s first cide bomber targeting a The attack happened at announce the verdict in six son Peter Phillips on adapt to these changes,” it grandchild to divorce. military academy in the a police checkpoint near cases including the ones already Tuesday announced that said. Phillips met Cana- While he is a member of Afghan capital on the entrance to the concluded once the trial is com- he and his Canadian wife dian management consult- the royal family, he is not a Tuesday killed at least six Marshal Fahim Military pleted,” it said. The official said Autumn have separated ant Autumn Kelly, 41, at working royal and does people, including two Academy, located on the the court after accepting and will file for divorce. the Canadian Grand Prix not have a royal title civilians and four mili- outskirt’s of a western Saeed’s request, ordered the Phillips, 42, the son of in Montreal in 2003, while because he is descended tary personnel, the Kabul neighbourhood, he prosecution to present witness- the Queen’s daughter he was working for Form- from the female line. Interior Ministry said. said. Local TV channels es in other four cases against Princess Anne, confirmed ula One. Some reports sug- He refused the offer of No one immediately cla- showed images of Afghan the JuD leaders on Wednesday. the separation from his gest Kelly might intend to an Earldom when he mar- imed responsibility for security forces blocking “The court will announce the wife and that they will move back to Canada after ried so his children do not the bombing in Kabul, off the main road leading verdict once all witnesses are share custody of their the divorce. have courtesy titles. The but both the Taliban and to the blast site from far produced and cross examina- children Savannah, nine, The couple told the couple married in 2008 in militants from the Islam- away. The academy has tion is done,” he said. and Isla, seven. “They had Queen and other royal St George’s Chapel at Win- ic State group regularly been attacked in the past. The deputy prosecutor general reached the conclusion In this file photo, Peter Phillips, the eldest grandson of family members about dsor Castle — where stage attacks in the city, Last May, a suicide bom- opposed Saeed’s plea and that this was the best Queen Elizabeth II, and his wife Autumn attend the third their decision to separate Prince Harry and Meghan targeting Afghan forces. ber killed six people the- argued that the trial in two course of action for their day of the annual Royal Ascot race, in England. — AP last year and both of their Markle’s wedding would Along with the six killed, re. The school is someti- cases against him and others two children and ongoing families were said to be take place 10 years later – 12 other people, including mes called “Sandhurst in has already been completed and friendship. The decision to months of discussions and ment read. “Peter and “sad” but “fully support- and brought up their five civilians, were woun- the Sand,” in reference to under the law the court may divorce and share custody although sad, is an amica- Autumn have requested ive” of the decision to “co- children in Glouceste- ded in the attack, said the famous British announce the verdict. came about after many ble one,” their joint state- privacy and compassion parent”, the statement rshire. —PTI Nasrat Rahimi, Interior school. pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 12 FEBRUARY 2020 12 quick Energy emissions stay steady as rich nations cut coal use Carbon emissions stabilised as DAN MURTAUGH & luter, and India, whose Estimated global greenhouse gas and milder weather sub- JEREMY HODGES emissions are growing rap- Kept in check advanced economies polluted less dued electricity demand. Climate ambition emissions and temperature increase FEB. 11 idly, to embrace the econo- Warming ■ Advanced economies 30 The EU lowered emis- by 2100 under various scenarios ■ my-wide limits that 0 0 Rest of the world sions by 5 per cent, with ■ Baseline +4.1 C to +4.8 C Carbon emission, GtCO2e Global emissions from European countries are 0 0 175 20 three quarters of that com- ■ Current policies +2.8 C to +3.2 C energy held steady in 2019 adopting. Scientists say 150 ing from the power sector BITES 0 0 for the first time in three increasing heat waves and ■ Pledges +2.5 C to 2.8 C 10 increasing renewables and 0 0 0 125 years. But the restraint all more violent storms are ■ 2 C target +1.6 C to +1.7 C switching from coal to gas. 0 0 100 ■ 1.5 C target +1.3 C 0 INDICATORS % came from the US and likely without rapid cuts in 75 1990 ‘94 ‘98 ‘02 ‘06 ‘10 ‘11 2018 Emissions from Japan fell Europe as developing coun- greenhouse gases. 4.3 per cent, the most since 50 Figures in tonnes of CO2 Source: International Energy Agency Sensex 41,216.14 0.58 tries boosted use of the “This welcome halt in 2009, as output from recent- Nifty 50 12,107.90 0.63 most polluting fossil fuels. emissions growth is Historical emissions 25 market forces in that come. Global temperatures ly restarted nuclear reac- 0 S&P 500* 3,371.92 0.59 The findings from the grounds for optimism that nation are pricing out coal have already risen about 1 tors climbed. International Energy we can tackle the climate 1990 2050 2100 as a power generation fuel. degree Celsius since the Despite the stagnation, Dollar (`) 71.30 -0.09 Agency show energy-relat- challenge this decade,” Note: “Baseline” refers to the business-as-usual scenario of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, More difficult to control start of the industrial revo- global emissions still Pound Sterling (`) 92.28 -0.12 ed carbon dioxide emis- Fatih Birol, IEA executive Figures as of Decmber 2019 Source: Climate Action Tracker/Bloomberg are the emissions given off lution, marking the quick- matched a record high set sions remained at a record director, said in a state- by catastrophic wildfires est shift in the climate in 2018. Asia accounted for Euro (`) 78.01 -0.41 33.3 billion tons. While ment. “We now need to A separate study from the The IEA report shows a seen from the Amazon to since the last ice age ended about 80 per cent of the Gold (10gm)* (`) 41,269▼112 0.00 industrial countries cut work hard to make sure World Meteorological divergence in policy Sydney and California. some 10,000 years ago. increase from the develop- Brent crude ($/bbl)* 54.39 1.12 pollution levels to the low- that 2019 is remembered as Organisation indicated an between industrial and Research showed that the Envoys to the UN’s annual ing world. Coal demand est since 1993, the develop- a definitive peak in global unprecedented warming of developing nations. While fires that swept Australia climate talks are looking at there remains robust, par- IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.464 0.024 ing world led by India and emissions, not just another the planet is on the way in lawmakers are pushing have probably doubled the how to limit global warm- ticularly in Southeast Asia. US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.578 0.031 China offset those declines. pause in growth.” the next decade because of toward a goal to zero out nation’s annual green- ing to 1.5 degrees Celsius, China’s emissions rose The result leave a glim- Burning coal, oil and nat- building carbon concentra- fossil fuel emissions in the house-gas emissions, pro- the most ambitious target but were tempered by slow- * As of 9:30 pm IST mer of hope that policy ural gas accounts for the tions in the atmosphere. EU, Asian nations, especial- ducing as much climate- in the Paris Agreement. ing economic growth. India makers can contain the bulk of the greenhouse-gas Global temperatures are ly China and India, are con- damaging pollution as all The US reduced emis- saw a slight reduction in greenhouse gases damag- pollution. Other activities already consistently break- tinuing to burn more coal. the airplanes in the world. sions by 2.9 per cent, led by power-sector emissions ing the atmosphere. That such as raising livestock ing records, with 2016 the US President Donald The emissions being a 15 per cent drop in coal that were offset by increas- Adani Trans. would require China, and deforestation con- warmest ever followed by Trump wants to scrap more pumped into the air now power as cheap natural gas es from transport. sells 25% stake which is the biggest pol- tribute smaller amounts. 2019, the UN agency said. environmental limits, but will linger for decades to eroded its market share —Bloomberg in Mumbai arm ■ Company may seek more time from SC to sell units Adani Transmission said it has sold 25.1 per cent stake in its PM-Kisan disburses just arm Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) to Qatar Invest- ment Authority for about Rs M&M says BS-IV vehicles 3,220 crore. "Qatar Investment 53% of allocated funds Authority (QIA) has completed acquisition of 25.10 per cent SANGEETHA G 2019-20. Out of this Rs stake in Adani Electricity CHENNAI, FEB. 11 95,000 crore allocation, Rs Mumbai Ltd (AEML) from ATL 50,522 crore, or 53 per cent, (Adani Transmission Ltd) along stuck from parts shortage The welfare scheme that has been transferred to with an investment in share- could have increased the beneficiaries. Though holder subordinated debt in rural income and revived the projected allocation AEML on 10 Feb.” the firm said. MICHAEL GONSALVES the BS-IV vehicles before rural consumption in a for the scheme in the cur- PUNE, FEB. 11 April 1, as only BS-VI slowing economy has rent fiscal was Rs 75,000 Net profit plummets 85% vehicles will be allowed to reached only about 60 per crore, the government The Chinese coronavirus be sold after that date. cent of the targeted bene- made a final allocation of has taken a toll on Mumbai, Feb 11: cent to 81,453 units and Goenka announced that ficiaries so far. Among the only Rs 54,370 crore, citing Mahindra and Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra on exports plunged 22 per BS-VI petrol models will targeted 14 crore farmers, implementation hurdles. SPARC’s cancer India’s third largest pas- Tuesday reported an 85 cent to 9,633 units. be dearer by Rs 20,000 a only 60 per cent has Still, the latest budget has senger vehicle maker, as per cent drop in its con- The management guid- unit, while diesel models received benefits of the pegged allocation of Rs drug application component supplies from solidated net profit at Rs ed towards a not-so-bright will be costlier by at least PM-Kisan scheme. And ments before the May 2019 75,000 crore for the China have hit the roll out 200 crore for the future saying the volumes Rs 1.3 lakh a unit, as there the government has dis- general elections to some scheme for the next fiscal, of around 3,500 BS-IV December quarter. Its rev- will close in the red this is an additional input cost bursed just half of the 6.5 crore beneficiaries. starting April. rejected vehicles. enue fell 4 per cent to Rs year as the problem of escalation of Rs 50,000- allocated amount for 2018- But after that the scheme The regulatory hurdles Since the outbreak of 25,303 crore. On a stand- falling demand will 80,000 per unit alone. 19 and 2019-20. seems to have lost momen- in identifying the benefi- the epidemics, the supply alone basis also, net profit stretch into the first half However, we hope to stag- Pradhan Mantri Kisan tum. ciaries and verifying the of two critical compo- fell 73 per cent to Rs 380 of the next fiscal. ger the price increase. Samman Nidhi, or PM- As per government data, details are causing the nents, especially electron- crore and revenue dipped MD Pawan Goenka said On the faltering domes- Kisan scheme, was 8.44 crore beneficiaries delay in registering bene- ic control units, has 6 per cent to Rs 12,120 profit numbers are so bad tic market, Goenka said, announced in the pre- have received benefits ficiaries and disbursing stopped coming from crore. because of a one-time loss the company will be tap- election mini-budget of under the scheme while the benefits. China over production Overall sales fell 8 per of Rs 554 crore as against ping new geographies to February 2019 by minister about 9.6 crore beneficiar- The government gets disruption. cent to 1,23,353 units, as a one-time gain of Rs 519 improve volumes. Piyush Goyal. The ies, or 68.5 per cent of the verified details of land Owing to the spread of tractors declined 6 per crore in Q3 of FY19. “We are keen to enter scheme, launched with target, have been regis- holdings, villages, bank coronavirus, factories in Vietnam by the end of this effect from a back date of tered under the scheme. related details and China have been observ- year and Russia by the December 1, 2018, envis- Though the scheme is 100 Aadhaar card number of ing extended holidays. reporters in Mumbai on is uncertainty, which may middle of FY22," Goenka aged transfer of Rs 6,000 a per cent centrally-spon- the beneficiaries from the Sun Pharma Advanced “If there is any further Tuesday. force us to move the said. year to the bank accounts sored, its implementation concerned states. These Research Company (SPARC) delay in components com- “These 3,000 to 3,500-odd Supreme Court to seeking On the plans to revive of all farmer families is the job of state govern- details are required to be said the US FDA has not ing in from China, it will vehicles are ready and to sell these units after the the loss-making Korean across the country in ments. verified by the PM-Kisan approved its new drug applica- have a cascading effect on need just that one or two March 31 deadline as this arm Saangyong, he said three equal installments, The scheme got a budg- portal and initially the tion for Taclantis, its under- supplies of Bharat Stage components. So, if supply is caused by force Mahindra has lined up a every four months. etary allocation of Rs account validation is done development product for treat- IV vehicles to the market,” of these two components majeure,” he pointed out. $423 million investment The government hur- 20,000 crore and Rs 75,000 through Public Finance ment of breast cancer. The Pawan Goenka, managing does not normalise over The government has for the unit over the next riedly paid two instal- crore for fiscal 2018-19 and Management System. company has received a com- director at M&M told the next two weeks there made it mandatory to sell two years. plete response letter (CRL) from the FDA for its new drug application for Taclantis (pacli- taxel injection concentrate for suspension), SPARC said in a City-based IDBI Bank regulatory filing. Hyderabad becomes Govt readying $2.6 billion US start-up gets loss widens, acquired base for Uber Money copter deal before Prez visit but sure of BEML Q3 profit DC CORRESPONDENT The team would focus on SANJEEV MIGLANI Lockheed and the Indian HYDERABAD, FEB 11 implementing new pay- NEW DELHI, FEB. 11 government, the helicop- plummets 91% by Titan ment methods, enabling ters that will be deployed PCA exit Ride-hailing major Uber and building financial India is set to give final on India’s warships will DC CORRESPONDENT on Tuesday said the compliance tools, leverag- approval to a $2.6 billion be bought through the US FC BANKING BUREAU to `4.2 crore HYDERABAD, FEB. 11 Hyderabad Tech Centre ing smart routing tech- deal for military helicop- foreign military sales MUMBAI, FEB. 11 BEML reported a 90.8 per cent will now house a 100-mem- nologies for payment gate- ters from US defence firm route, under which the decline in consolidated profit at At the launch event of its ber strong team that ways and applying AI Lockheed Martin ahead of two governments will LIC-owned IDBI Bank on Rs 4.24 crore for the December smartwatch, Connected would focus on its finan- models for intelligent risk a visit by President agree details of the deal. Tuesday reported widen- quarter from Rs 46.20 crore a X, Titan announced that cial product, Uber Money. decisions. Donald Trump this Trump will visit India ing of its net loss to Rs year ago due to lower income. it has acquired city- In the statement, Uber “The Uber Hyderabad month, defence and indus- February 24-25, the White 5,763 crore for the third The consolidated income based IoT start-up Hug also said the Uber Money Tech Centre has the best in try sources said. House said on Monday, his quarter ended December dropped to Rs 699.15 crore, Innovations. team has a presence in class fintech talent special- The Indian government first official trip to the 2019 compared to a loss of from over Rs 926.05 crore. The Speaking in Benga- San Francisco, Palo Alto, ising in risk, payments, is trying to pull out all the China. country. Rs 4,185 crore in the cor- government owns 54 per cent luru, Titan’s watches New York and Amsterdam financial reporting and stops for Trump’s trip in a The cabinet committee Both countries are sepa- responding quarter of equity in BEML (formerly Bharat and wearables business tech centre. analytics platform engi- bid to reaffirm strategic on security is expected to rately working on a limit- the previous year, mainly Earth Movers Ltd), which oper- CEO, S. Ravi Kant, said “The Hyderabad-based neering. Besides engineer- ties between the two coun- clear the purchase of 24 ed trade agreement ahead on account of the bank ates under three major verticals that it hired the 23-man team will play an essential ing, we are investing in tries, which have been MH-60R Seahawk helicop- of the trip, after earlier exercising the option of viz, mining and construction, team of Hug Innova- role in enabling upcoming growing and scaling data buffeted by sharp differ- ters for the Indian navy in imposing tit-for-tat tariffs. lower tax rate. defence and rail and metro. tions along with CEO new global features and science, analytics, and ences over trade, to count- the next two weeks, a Trade officials have Accordingly, the bank re- and founder, Raj improvements, including product management er China. defence official and an pointed to large-scale US measured its deferred Neravati. The team has real-time earnings; updat- organisations to transform India’s defence purchas- industry source briefed arms purchases, from sur- tax asset, resulting in a already been working in ed debit accounts, and Hyderabad into a full spec- es from the US have on the matter said.“It’s a veillance planes to one-time hit of Rs 6,273 the Development Centre debit cards for Uber driv- trum tech site for Uber,” reached $17 bn since 2007 government-to-govern- Apache and Chinook heli- crore. Excluding the since the New Year. ers; along with Uber Uber India Engineering as it has pivoted away ment deal, it is close,” said copters, as proof of impact of this additional BHEL Q3 profit Neravati has also been Wallet and refreshed Uber Director and Hyderabad from Russia, looking to the industry source. India’s willingness to hit, the bank would have appointed as the AVP credit card for Uber rid- Site Lead Naga Kasu said modernise its military To cut short lengthy tighten strategic ties. reported net profit of Rs and Head of Technology ers,” it added. in the statement and narrow the gap with negotiations between —Reuters 418 crore. down 17% for Wearables, Titan The bank—which has Company, he said. been placed under to `162 crore Founded in 2014, Hug Prompt Corrective Innovations, used to sell Action by the central Engineering firm BHEL report- a smartwatch that not bank in May 2017, after it ed 17 per cent decline in con- Cycling on track to be fastest growing mode of transport only had gesture con- had breached the thresh- solidated net profit at Rs 161.81 trol, but could also olds for capital adequacy, crore for December quarter track users’ food and RITWIK MUKHERJEE released on Tuesday at the trips). Taxi and ride shar- all cities are ready for asset quality, return on from Rs 196.43 crore, mainly water intake and differ- KOLKATA, FEB. 11 UN-Habitat World Urban Top transforming cities ing/ride hailing trips, mobility transformation. asset and the leverage due to lower revenue. Total ent activities performed Forum, is anything to go along with other modes “The coming decade will ratio—said it expects to income declined to Rs 5,827.74 throughout the day. The The world’s largest cities by, cycling is on track to Ranking City Score such as ferries will account see a significant shift in the exit the PCA regime in crore from Rs 7,563.51 crore in dashboard also showed seem well set to witness a become the fastest-growing 1 Manchester 184.9 for the remaining 5 per way people move around the current financial the year-ago period. the total calories burnt. 10 per cent drop in com- mode of transport, predict- cent. Across the 31 cities the urban environment, year. 2 Moscow 183.4 Consolidated profit declined to Titan also said that muting on private cars. ed to increase by 18 per surveyed, as many as 36.7 with a clear trend away “If you see this quarter Rs 63.83 crore from Rs 321.64 other than Hug Innova- The rise of the sharing cent between now and 2030. 3 Sao Paulo 172.4 million city-dwellers will from car usage towards without the deferred tax crore. Shares of the company tion’s expertise in hard- economy, multi-modality Walking and public trans- 4 Paris 160.0 change the way they travel greener modes of trans- asset, we would have settled at Rs 38.55 apiece, up ware, firmware, soft- and autonomous vehicles, port usage will rise by 15 over the next 10 years. port. Technology will be made a profit of Rs 418 0.78 per cent, on the BSE. ware and cloud technol- coupled with the ageing per cent and 6 per cent 5 Johannesburg 157.3 Manchester is set to see the the foundation for shaping crore. We have complied ogy, the firm will take global population will respectively. Thousands of 6 Guangzhou 154.6 biggest shift in transport a more sustainable urban with the PCA norms advantage of patents reduce the need for car infrastructure projects usage, followed by Moscow future. But all cities are dif- except on return on asset 7 Milan 154.6 Printed & Published by and platforms as it looks ownership. The drop will around the world, such as and São Paulo,” said the ferent–what works in New (RoA) basis. The RBI is T Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan to make a bigger play in be offset by increased use expansion of cycle lanes 8 Montreal 120.3 Kantar study. York may not resonate in examining this propos- Chronicle Holdings Limited, Printed at the wearables segment. of public transport, cycling and bike-sharing schemes, 9 Amsterdam 119.7 Accordingly, promoting Tokyo–which is why it is al,” said a top official of Deccan Chronicle Press at Deccan “Titan does not have a and walking, as citizens pedestrianisation projects and investing in technolo- imperative to put the the bank. Chronicle Holdings Ltd. #563/9/D&9/E, wide experience with switch to more environ- and public transport 10 Shanghai 118.5 gy for urban mobility will human at the centre of the The profit before tax for Behind Andhra Bank Pet Basheerbagh, acquisitions. We acquire mentally friendly ways to improvements are all con- be the key to facilitating research to better under- Q3-2020 improved to Rs Kompally, Ranga Reddy Dist. Editor: only when we cannot travel, so said the latest tributing to these new “By 2030, these greener the transition to smarter stand and predict future 756 crore against loss of T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg develop it in-house or Kantar Mobility Futures mobility behaviours. Year means of transport will and sustainable transport mobility behaviour, and Rs 5,805 crore for Q3-2019 No.APENG/2008/24282. © All rights our capability will take Study. Kantar is the world’s 2030 will be the global tip- represent 49 per cent of all solutions over the next 10 identify future opportuni- while the operating prof- reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part time and we may miss leading evidence-based ping point for sustainable trips undertaken within years. Nearly 40 per cent of ties,” said Guillaume it improved by 76 per without written permission of The Editor, the market,” said Mr insights and consulting mobility in the world’s cities, versus 46 per cent people globally are open to Saint, global automotive cent to Rs 1,278 crore Financial Chronicle ® is prohibited. Kant. company. largest cities, according to for cars (which currently adopting innovative new and mobility lead at against Rs 725 crore YoY. If the Kantar study, the study. account for 51 per cent of mobility solutions; but not Kantar. GAMES pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 12 FEBRUARY 2020 13

SHORT TAKES Grand home win Humpy, Harika held to draws in Cairns for New Zealand St Louis, USA: World rapid champion Koneru Humpy and Opulent opener Mt. Maunganui (New fellow Indian Dronavalli Harika Zealand), Feb. 11: In a SCORECARD settled for contrasting draws in stunning reversal of for- India: Prithvi Shaw run out 40, the fourth round of the Cairns tunes, an underwhelming Mayank Agarwal b Jamieson 1, Cup chess tournament here. Srikanth leads India’s rout of Kazakhstan India suffered their first Virat Kohli c Jamieson b Bennett 9, Shreyas Iyer c de Humpy was held to a 37-move ODI series whitewash in Grandhomme b Neesham 62, KL draw by Kateryna Lagno of Manila, Feb. 11: more than three decades Rahul c Jamieson b Bennett 112, Russia in a Grunfeld Defence Kidambi Srikanth spear- as New Zealand complet- Manish Pandey c Santner b game while Harika could not headed India’s 4-1 maul- ed a 3-0 sweep with a five- Bennett 42, Ravindra Jadeja (not force a win against American ing of Kazakhstan in wicket victory in the out) 8, Shardul Thakur c de Grandhomme b Bennett 7, Irina Krish in a Paulsen Sicilian their opening group third match here on Navdeep Saini (not out) 8. Extras game on Monday. match to brighten their Tuesday. (b 1 w 6) 7. Total (for seven wick- Humpy and Lagno shared the chances of reaching the It is the first whitewash ets in 50 overs) 296. FoW: 1-8, 2- point in a quiet game while quarterfinals of the Asia for India in 31 years in a 32, 3-62, 4-162, 5-269, 6-269, 7- 280. Harika and Krush battled it out Team Badminton series in which all match- Bowling: Southee 9-0-59-0, for 44 moves before signing the Championships here on es have been played. They Jamieson 10-0-53-1, Bennett 10- peace treaty. World champion Tuesday. were beaten 5-0 by the 1-64-4, Grandhomme 3-0-10-0, Ju Wenjun posted her first win Former world number West Indies back in 1989 Neesham 8-0-50-1, Santner 10- in the 10-player tournament, one Srikanth, the up and in an away assignment. 0-59-0. New Zealand: Martin Guptill b getting the better of Valentina coming Lakshya Sen and This came within days of Chahal 66, Henry Nicholls c Gunina in 59 moves. Mariya Subhankar Dey won their India sweeping a five- Rahul b Thakur 80, Kane Muzychuk held leader Nana respective singles match- match T20 series. Williamson c Agarwal b Chahal Dzagnidze in a Richter-Rauzer es easily. Henry Nicholls scored 22, Ross Taylor c Kohli b Jadeja encounter. — PTI Srikanth took just 23 80 in 103 balls and Martin 12, Tom Latham (not out) 32, Jimmy Neesham c Kohli b Chahal minutes to beat Dmitriy Guptill made 66 off 46 as 19, Colin de Grandhomme (not Panarin 21-10, 21-7 while the Black Caps scored 300 out) 54. Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 2, w State junior chess Sen was even quicker, for five in 47.1 overs. 6) 11. Total (for five wickets in 47 notching up a 21-13, 21-8 Colin de Grandhomme overs) 296. FoW: 1-106, 2-159, 3- win over Artur Niyazov smacked 58 not out off 28 186, 4-189, 5-220. at LBS on Sunday Bowling: Bumrah 9.6-0-50-0, in 21 minutes. Dey beat balls at the end to help Saini 8-0-68-0, Chahal 10-1-47-3, Hyderabad: The Telangana Khaitmurat Kulmatov 21- seal the win with 17 deliv- Thakur 9-0-83-1, Jadeja 10-0-45-1. State Chess Association is con- 11, 21-5 in 26 minutes in eries to spare. ducting the 28th Telangana the third singles. Earlier, India had scored Ravindra Jadeja (1-45) State Ranking Chess World Championship 296 for seven after being removed the in-form Ross Tournament on Sunday at the bronze medallist B. Sai put into bat, thanks to K L Taylor (12) cheaply. Lal Bahadur Stadium’s Yoga Hall Praneeth, who was not Rahul’s (112) fourth ODI New Zealand were in Under-7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 fielded in the singles on hundred. Chasing a sub- reduced to 189 for four in categories for boys and girls. Tuesday, teamed up with par 297, New Zealand got the 33rd over at that stage. Those born on or after 01-01- Chirag Shetty in the dou- off to a flying start as Taylor was adjudged play- 2003 are eligible to participate. bles, but lost to the Guptill and Nicholls put er of the series for amass- The tournament will be played Kazakh pair of Niyazov on 50 off just 40 balls. ing 194 runs in three over five rounds under the and Panarin 21-18, 16-21, Overall, they added 106 innings and being dis- Swiss system. Interested players 19-21. for the first wicket. missed only once. De should register through However, M.R. Arjun Gupitll smacked six fours Grandhomme took centre www.chesstelangana.com or and Dhruv Kapila beat and four sixes as the stage then and smashed a phones 7337578899, the Kazakh duo of Nikita Indian new ball bowlers half-century off only 21 7337399299 on or before Bragin and Khaitmurat faced an onslaught. balls. His explosive knock Friday. Kulmatov 21-14, 21-8 in the Shardul Thakur (1-87) included six fours and second doubles match. and Navdeep Saini (0-68) three sixes, as his fifth The Indian men’s team, struggled to find their wicket partnership with Customs block for which won a bronze in the rhythm and were taken Jimmy Neesham (19) 2016 championship, was for runs, while Jasprit came off only 31 balls. initially clubbed with Bumrah finished the India’s fielding was lax Mahendra Hills two-time defending cham- The Indian team has series wicket-less. and failed to build pres- Hyderabad: Mahendra Hills pions Indonesia and hosts been placed in Group B Yuzvendra Chahal (3-47) sure on the Black Caps, Basketball Club (MHBC) went Philippines in Group A, alongside Malaysia and VIRUS FORCES TEAMS OUT OF ASIAN MEET provided the break- an apt representation of down fighting 58-64 to but with China and Hong Kazakhstan. The top two through, bowling Guptill their struggles in this Customs & GST in the third Kong not playing due to a team in each of the four Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 11: the qualification process lose much of its sheen in the 17th over. series. This was after Samuel Vasanth Kumar memori- travel ban on them by the groups will make it to the The deadly coronavirus for this year’s Tokyo with the withdrawal of At the other end, Rahul’s first hundred at al basketball tournament at Philippines because of quarterfinals. India play outbreak has forced Olympics. China, which has been Nicholls scored a half- number five helped YMCA Secunderabad on the coronavirus out- Malaysia on Thursday. China and Hong Kong’s “The decision to impose the dominant force in century off 72 balls and anchor India’s innings. Tuesday. At half-time, the win- break, the draw was re- Unfazed by the coron- men and women and the 14 days quarantine badminton for decades. anchored the innings. He He hit nine fours and two ner led 41-24. worked. avirus fears, a full- India’s women to with- period for all travellers The coronavirus epi- added 53 runs with Kane sixes, and rescued India Smaller in size and pitted strength Indian men’s draw from badminton’s coming from China, Hong demic has had a major Williamson (22), but from a precarious 62 for against the Customs squad that ● Srikanth took just team is taking part in the Asia Team Kong and Macau has to be impact on the sports cal- Chahal struck twice and three. — PTI had many Telangana and 23 minutes to beat championships with an Championships which respected in view of the endar in Asia. Andhra Pradesh state players in Dmitriy Panarin 21- eye on medals, which will start on Tuesday in health and safety of the The outbreak has seen their ranks, MHBC’s fight-back give players crucial rank- Manila. Philippines government Olympic qualifying tour- came a little late in the day and 10, 21-7 while ing points in the Olympic The event, which runs for its people,” said a naments for boxing, bas- in the concluding quarter. Lakshya Sen was year. until Sunday in the Badminton Asia state- ketball and women’s soc- Women’s side eye Brief scores: Customs & GST even quicker, The Indian women’s Philippines capital, is the ment Tuesday. “It is in cer postponed, resched- 64 (Venkat Reddy 23, M.Vijay notching up a 21- team chose not to travel Asian qualifying event this respect that the uled or moved from Kumar 16) bt Mahendra Hills 13, 21-8 win over for the competition, fear- for the sport’s Thomas above event will not see China, while badminton, Basketball Club 58 (Daniel ing the spread of coron- and Uber Cup team cham- the teams from China and motor sports, hockey and title Down Under Aashray 16, Nitesh 15, Amit Artur Niyazov in 21 avirus, which has claimed pionships later this year. Hong Kong competing.” tennis events have also Yadav 10). minutes. over 1000 lives in China so It also serves as part of The tournament will been affected. — Agencies Melbourne, Feb. 11: a match against each far. — PTI Their batting woes sort- other in the double-legged ed, India will fancy their league. chances of claiming the Senior opener Smriti women’s T20 tri-series Mandhana continued to when they face Australia be the batting bulwark in the summit clash here along with Harmanpreet, on Wednesday. but the most heartening Infamous five charged for fracas After failing to fire in thing was that 16-year-old unison in their first three Shafali Verma came good Dubai, Feb. 11: Two suspension points, which league matches, India in the last game against Indians — Akash Singh equates to five demerit produced a good batting Australia. and Ravi Bishnoi — and points. show to record a seven- The Indian bowlers have three Bangladesh players “Bishnoi also accepted a wicket win over Australia been doing well in this were on Tuesday found level 1 charge of breach- on Saturday, which took tournament. guilty of bringing the ing Article 2.5 for a sepa- the Harmanpreet Kaur- — PTI game into disrepute and rate incident during the led side into the final. Live on TV: India vs handed suspension points match, where he used lan- The two sides are on Australia on SONY Six, HD, for the ugly on-field con- guage, actions or gestures equal footing having won from 8.10 am. frontation that marred the which disparage or which Under-19 World Cup final could provoke an aggres- in South Africa. sive reaction from a batter Akash and Bishnoi along Ravi Bishnoi Akash Singh Towhid Hridoy Shamim Hossain Rakibul Hasan following the dismissal of ‘PELE DEPRESSED, RECLUSIVE with Bangladesh’s Md Avishek Das in the 23rd Towhid Hridoy, Shamim ● Akash and Bishnoi along with Hridoy, Hossain and Hasan were over,” the ICC said in a Hossain and Rakibul found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct after the two statement. BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH’ Hasan were found guilty of Bangladesh’s Hridoy Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 11: issues. He never fully breaching the ICC Code of sides nearly came to blows following Bangladesh’s three-wicket received a sanction of 10 Football legend Pele is recovered from one of National as well as world car- Conduct after the two win for their maiden U-19 World Cup title in Potchefstroom. suspension points, which experiencing “a kind of his hip operations, leav- rom champion S. Appoorwa is sides nearly came to blows add up to six demerit depression” and barely ing him dependent on a feted in Hyderabad. following Bangladesh’s points. Hossain received a leaves home anymore walker, Edinho said. three-wicket win for their One suspension point Some Bangladesh play- with Bangladeshi players sanction of eight suspen- because health problems “He’s doing a bit better maiden U-19 World Cup amounts to a player being ers got carried away while rushing to the ground and sion points, which equate have left him unable to than when he was in a title on Sunday. ineligible for one ODI or celebrating their win. displaying aggressive to six demerit points. walk normally, his son wheelchair recently, but CARROM “Five players have been T20I, U-19 or A team inter- They were overly aggres- body language. “India’s Hasan received a sanction said in an interview. he still has a hard time found guilty of a Level 3 national match. However, sive while fielding too, Akash accepted the charge of four suspension points, “He’s pretty fragile in getting around,” said CHAMPIONS breach of the ICC Code of all of these players are set with their lead pacer of breaching Article 2.21 which equal five demerit terms of his mobility... Edinho, 49. Conduct for Players and to progress to the senior Shoriful Islam sledging and has received a sanc- points. And that makes him suf- Pele’s public appear- Support Personnel... set up now and are unlike- the Indian batsmen after tion of eight suspension All charges were levelled fer a kind of depres- ances have grown FELICITATED (they) were charged with ly to be affected by this. every delivery. As points, which equates to by on-field umpires Sam sion,” Edinho said of his increasingly rare with Hyderabad: The Telangana violating Article 2.21 of “All five players have Bangladesh approached six demerit points,” the Nogajski and Adrian 79-year-old father, who age. men’s team who won the covet- the code, whilst Bishnoi accepted the sanctions the winning runs, Shoriful ICC said. Holdstock, third umpire has had a series of Last April he traveled ed inter-state championship at received a further charge proposed by ICC U-19 was seen swearing multi- Compatriot Bishnoi Ravindra Wimalasiri as health problems in to Paris for a promo- the 48th Senior Nationals held of breaching Article 2.5,” Cricket World Cup Match ple times on camera. accepted the charge of well as fourth umpire recent years. tional appearance at Jalgaon and S. Appoorwa, of the ICC said in a state- Referee Graeme Labrooy,” As soon as the match breaching Article 2.21 and Patrick Bongni Jele. “Just imagine, with French rising LIC-Hyderabad Division, who ment. it added. ended, it became tense received a sanction of five — PTI he’s the ‘King,’ star Kylian shocked carrom stalwarts to he was always Mbappe, but had become the women’s national such an impos- to be hospitalized champion, were felicitated by ing figure, and shortly after for Sky Sports Summit, an upcom- now he can’t kidney problems. ing sports promotion body of Secunderabad set for club walk normally. He In 2014, he was Hyderabad, in conjunction with gets very shy, very placed in intensive care Carrom Association of embarrassed about for dialysis after con- Telangana in Hyderabad. that,” his son said in an tracting a severe urinary For 35-year-old Apoorwa, who Twenty20 cricket tourney interview published on infection. won the national women’s title, the sports news site The Brazilian great, it is a dream fulfilled at last. Globoesporte.Com on whose real name is The paradox of her record was, DC CORRESPONDENT more than two players Another Ranji Trophy Monday. Edson Arantes do so far, she won all the possible HYDERABAD, FEB. 11 from current state teams. player, P. Akshath Reddy, Pele, the pride of Nascimento, has only international titles like World The team compositions will be part of FMC. Brazilian football and one kidney, after a bro- Championship (twice), World The Secunderabad Club is throw up some interesting Former state cricketer R. the only player to win ken rib during a match Cup, International Carrom conducting the 17th edi- match-ups. Manish A. Swaroop will lead three World Cups (1958, forced doctors to remove Federation Cup etc. but could tion of the annual inter- Jaiswal will lead Fateh Deccan Club, who had 1962 and 1970), is consid- the other. He has also suf- not win the National title. At club cricket tournament Maidan Club while his beaten Secunderabad ered by many to be the fered a series of hip Jalgaon, Appoorwa beat Rashmi at its grounds from son and Hyderabad Under Club for title last year. greatest footballer of all problems. Edinho said Kumari of Petroleum Sports February 15 to March 15. 23 captain Mickil will THE POOLS time. He has been in and despite those issues his Board 25-11, 25-11 in the final. Matches will be played in turn up for Secunderabad ■ Group A: Deccan Club, out of hospital in recent father is “doing well” The first Indian Grand Slam the Twenty20 format in Club, for whom Ranji New Club, Press Club, years for various health physically. — AFP champion and Telangana No.1, morning and afternoon Trophy player C. V. Milind Nizam Club. S. Aditya, won all the singles sessions over weekends. will show up alongside his ■ Group B: Secunderabad matches he played. No less was Eight teams have been father and Central Indust- Club, Jubilee Hills Club, Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 No.2 Mohd Ahmed, playing in divided into two groups rial Security Force (CISF) Zoroastrian Club and Fateh second singles, and the doubles and will play each other Inspector General C. V. Maidan Club. Printed and Published by T. Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan combination of Waseem and on a round-robin basis Anand (IPS), former state ■ The Schedule: Group Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed at Deccan Chronicle Press situated at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Nagar Taluk, Medchal Naresh, who combined well to with the top two from each cricketer who plays regu- matches on February 15, 16, Sports Authority of Telangana State chairman A. Venkateshwar Reddy (right) on Tuesday felicitates Malkajgiri Dist. Telangana and Published at 36, S.D. Road, win their matches when it mat- group qualifying for the larly in the Hyderabad 22, 23, 29, March 1. Secunderabad-3. RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. tered. Sandeep and Nandu were knockout semifinals. Cricket Association’s ‘A’ Semifinals on March 7, 8. Jayesh Ranjan on being elected president of the Editor: Aditya Sinha the other members of the side. Each side can field not Division league. Final on March 15. Telangana Olympic Association. c m y k c m y k DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | WEDNESDAY | 12 FEBRUARY 2020 pg 14