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Sudhanshu Pandey Joins Rahul Bajaj to step down Series sealed, India look for ZEE5’S THE CASINO FROM EXECUTIVE ROLE EXPERIMENTATION IN PG-02 IN PG-09 IN PG-12 BRIEF Jamia student injured as man fires at anti-CAA protesters „ Before calmly walking away while waving Delhi’s law & order deteriorating, please the firearm above his head and shouting take care of it: Kejriwal Yeh lo aazadi amid heavy police presence New Delhi: Reacting to the Jamia firing incident, Chief Minister in the area Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asked Home Minister Amit Shah to take care of the "deteriorating" law and order situation in „ The man was subsequently overpowered Delhi.Kejriwal's statement came through a tweet replying to a PM Narendra Modi pays by police and taken into custody post by Shah in which the home minister said he has directed homage to Mahatma Gandhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik to take strict action in the on his 72nd death anniver- New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): jacket, walking away on case."What is happening in Delhi? The law and order is deteri- sary, also observed as an empty road barricaded orating. Please take care of Delhi's law and order," Kejriwal said Martyrs Day, at Rajghat in A man fired a pistol at a by police, turning around in the tweet. New Delhi, Thursday. group of anti-CAA pro- and shouting at the pro- testers in the city's Jamia testers in Hindi, Take this dent, was injured in his area, asking the police to Tributes to Mahatma Millia Islamia University independence. left hand and taken to the go back. As they raised on Thursday, injuring a Some TV channels said AIIMS Trauma Centre. slogans of "Go back, go New Delhi: Prime Minister student, before calmly the gunman was identi- Al-Ameen, another stu- back", police officials Narendra Modi on walking away while wav- fied as Gopal but this dent, said the man was asked them to maintain Thursday paid tribute to ing the firearm above his could not be immediately brandishing his pistol and peace and conduct their Mahatma Gandhi on his head and shouting Yeh lo confirmed."We were mov- shouted "Yeh lo azaadi protest death anniversary, saying aazadi amid heavy police ing towards the Holy (Here, take your free- peacefully.Chinmoy the Father of the Nation presence in the area, wit- Family Hospital where the dom)".There was heavy Biswal, DCP (southeast), will continue to inspire nesses said. police had raised barri- police and media presence said the students wanted people to build a strong, The man was subse- cades. Suddenly, a gun- when the incident took to take out a march from capable and prosperous quently overpowered by wielding man came out place.The students were Jamia to Rajghat but were country. "A tribute to the police and taken into cus- and opened fire. One bul- heading from Jamia to denied permission."They Father of the Nation tody.The entire drama, let hit my friend's hand," Mahatma Gandhi's memo- were being repeatedly told Mahatma Gandhi on his A man brandishes a gun towards people protesting against the Citizenship which triggered panic in Aamna Asif, a student of rial Rajghat. The march that the protest should be death anniversary. The Amendment Act, near Jamia Millia Islamia University, in New Delhi, Thursday. The the area, was captured by economics at the universi- was stopped at the Holy carried out peacefully. We ideals of Bapu will contin- unidentified man allegedly opened fire towards protestors injuring one student and television cameras that ty, told PTI.She said her Family Hospital near the had barricaded the road ue to inspire us to build a causing panic and chaos around. showed the man in light friend, Shadab Farooq, a university. just before the Holy strong, capable and pros- coloured pants and a dark mass communication stu- Students squatted in the Family hospital. perous New India," Modi tweeted. The Mahatma Employees of PSU was assassinated here on IMEI-related processes SC allows SMPL to resume this day in 1948. banks to go on two-day strike from today Gold jumps Govt takes over from private body mining operation in Odisha, New Delhi: Bank unions have New Delhi: Gold prices decided to go on a two-day on Thursday jumped Rs The IMEI number - a MSAI. The IMEI number - Development of JSPL to transport iron-ore „ nationwide strike from Friday as 400 to Rs 41,524 per 10 a unique 15-digit serial Telematics - R&D unit of unique 15-digit serial talks with management of public gram in the national cap- number of mobile devices DoT for implementing the New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): in Keonjhar district of the - is allocated by global in- SOP," the DoT said in a let- sector lenders on wage revision state.A bench of Chief ital helped by wedding number of mobile have failed to reach a consen- season demand and dustry body GSMA and or- ter dated January 28, 2020 In a relief to Sarda Justice S A Bobde and devices - is allocated ganisations authorised by to industry bodies and sus. Many banks, including SBI, Mines Pvt Ltd (SMPL), the Justices B R Gavai and overall recovery in global have informed customers that it. When a mobile phone is concerned government de- Supreme Court Thursday Surya Kant said that prices, according to by global industry operations may be impacted to lost, the victim is required partments.The new sys- allowed it to resume opera- Jindal Steel Power Ltd HDFC Securities.Silver body GSMA and some extent due to the prices also climbed Rs to mention the IMEI num- managed by Mobile tem has been opera- strike.The strike will coincide tions in Odisha on deposit- (JSPL) can transport its 737 to Rs 47,392 per kg organisations ber of the handset for Standard Alliance of India tionalised on pilot basis on with the beginning of the Budget ing Rs 933 crore towards Iron-ore subject to pay- tracking.The Department (MSAI), erstwhile report- the web portal of Central environmental compensa- ment made by SMPL to- from Rs 46,655 per kg on authorised by it session of parliament and pres- Wednesday.In the previ- of Telecom (DoT) had is- ing body of GSMA in Equipment Identity entation of union Budget 2020- tion by February 29. wards the environmental New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): ous trade, gold had sued a standard operating India."The government Register (CEIR). The CEIR 21.The strike call has been given The top court also al- compensation. procedure in May 2015 to has decided to replace the is being used to block all lowed Naveen Jindal-led "SMPL's prayer for modi- closed at Rs 41,124 per by the United Forum of Bank The Department of prohibit import of mobile MSAI operated system services on stolen or lost Unions (UFBU), an umbrella JSPL to transport its iron fication of our order dated 10 gram."Spot gold of 24 Telecom has taken over phones with duplicate, and hence a new system, mobile phones on any net- body of nine bank unions, ore stock (29,977.818 ton of January 15, 2020 passed karat in Delhi was trad- the process to issue and fake and non-genuine in- Indian Counterfeited work even if the SIM card including AIBOC, All India Bank lumps and about 12.2 mil- in..., wherein one month ing higher by Rs 400 sup- manage IMEI allocation ternational mobile equip- Device Restriction (ICDR) is removed or the IMEI Employees Association (AIBEA) lion ton of fines) stacked at time was granted for pay- ported by wedding sea- for mobile phones in India ment identity. system, has been devel- number of the handset is and National Organisation of dispatch point of SMPL's ment of dues as assessed son demand and overall from the private body The process was being oped by the Centre for changed. Bank Workers (NOBW). mine at Thakurani block by the CEC, is accepted. recovery in global gold prices. The busy wed- Goans won't be given Students block entry to ding session in coming In Nirbhaya case BASANT UTSAV months may support entry into casinos women’s college, no spot gold prices to trade from Feb 1: Sawant end to impasse at AMU up," HDFC Securities SC dismisses curative Senior Analyst Panaji, Jan 30 (PTI): Aligarh (UP), Jan 30 (PTI): (Commodities) Tapan Patel said. plea of death row Goa Chief Minister Pramod Protests at AMU's women's Sawant on Thursday announced college intensified on Demanding FIR that people of the state will not Thursday with hundreds of convict Akshay be allowed entry into the casi- students blocking its entry New Delhi: Senior AAP nos operating in the state start- points as the exam boycott at leaders Sanjay Singh and ing February 1. Talking to the university's engineering Pankaj Gupta sat on a „ The top court reporters here, Sawant said the college continued for the protests outside the Commissioner of Goods and also rejected fourth successive day.The Election Commission of Services Tax, who is also the protesters, including school- India office here with convict Akshay gaming commissioner, will girls, have locked the gates some of their supporters Kumar Singh’s plea implement the ban.A large num- from inside and have formed over BJP MP Parvesh seeking stay of his ber of Goans and several politi- Verma allegedly calling cal parties, including the a human chain to prevent Chief Minister Arvind execution Congress, had been seeking a teaching staff from entering Kejriwal a "terrorist". New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): ban on the casinos in the state, the college campus at Marris They were holding plac- Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F alleging that these establish- Road. A university official ards reading 'Delhi ke The Supreme Court Nariman, R Banumathi and ments were against the local Students of Magadh Mahila College apply gulal on each other during Basant Utsav on said police had been posted bete Kejriwal ko Thursday dismissed the cur- Ashok Bhushan.Akshay culture and causing financial the occasion of Saraswati Puja in Patna, Thursday. at the college gates as a pre- aatankwadi kahne wale ative petition of one of the had filed curative plea in devastation for families. cautionary measure. par karwayee karo (take four death row convicts in the apex court Wednesday action against those who the Nirbhaya gang rape and saying that capital punish- called Delhi's son murder case saying "no case ment is being awarded by Kejriwal a terrorist). "We is made out".The top court courts as "panacea" in the EVs will be cheaper than combustion vehicles are demanding that an also rejected convict Akshay face of public pressure and FIR be registered against Kumar Singh's plea seeking public opinion on violence Verma and strict action stay of his execution. against women.Curative pe- „ In 3 years duration driver of change to make whether to focus on hybrid taken against him," Singh "The application for oral tition is the last legal re- the country the centre for or fully electric mobility, said outside the hearing is rejected. The ap- course available to a person „ Battery packs of manufacturing EVs."There and policies that can pro- Nirvachan Sadan. plication for stay of execu- in a court of law. Akshay EVs is expected to are two challenges to ad- mote indigenous research tion of death sentence is said the apex court "in its dress: to ensure new form of and development. also rejected," said the 5- confidence of handing out fall by almost 51 urbanisation which is based Casting his vote in favour Weather judge bench which heard the death penalty as 'propor- per cent per unit, on public transportation, of strengthening public the plea in-chamber."We tional' punishment on the and to ensure India doesn't transport, Kant said it is es- have gone through the basis of how brutal the NITI Aayog CEO lose out among global man- sential that innovative and High Low 27 25 Curative Petitions and the crime is, exposes the incon- Amitabh Kant said Kant was speaking at the battery packs of EVs is ex- ufactures of tomorrow," sustainable development is relevant documents. In our sistency of this court and Mobility Talk Corporate pected to fall to USD 76 per Kant said. backed by embedding the MARKET opinion, no case is made out all other criminal courts in New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): Conclave at the World kilowatt hour (or unit) in Representatives from the cities with public trans- NIFTY 12,035.80  within the parameters indi- this country that have hand- Sustainable Development three years, down from the auto industry in the session portation and not by private cated in the decision of this ed out the death penalty as Electric vehicles will be- Summit (WSDS) 2020, present-day USD 156 per welcomed the direction vehicles.He also stressed on SENSEX 40,913.82  Court in Rupa Ashok Hurra panacea for public pressure come cheaper than combus- TERI's annual flagship unit," he said. given by the NITI Aayog the use of CNG-based trans- vs. Ashok Hurra & Another, and public opinion on vio- tion vehicles in three years event being held in the capi- Reaffirming the national CEO, and sought clarity on port for travel within cities, BULLION reported in 2002 (4) SCC 388. lence against women, de- as the price of battery packs tal. vision towards moving to pathways and policy that liquefied natural gas (LNG) GOLD 40,770 Hence, the Curative spite no evidentiary link be- of EVs is expected to fall by "Electric vehicles will be- clean mobility, Kant said, the government is looking for intercity,and in the long- Petitions are dismissed," tween its selective applica- almost 51 per cent per unit, come much cheaper than given its size and scale of to take on EVs.They urged run, a focus on hydrogen as SILVER 46,569 the bench said. The bench tion and reduction in NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh combustion vehicles in growth potential, Indian in- the government to quickly fuel, especially for public comprised Justices N V crime". Kant said on Thursday. three years. The price of dustry must be the biggest develop a road map, transport. Bhumi Pednekar’s ‘Durgavati’ shoot commences Durgavati, a G Ashok directorial featuring Bhumi Pednekar has finally gone on the floors. The actor took to her Instagram on Thursday to share moments from the first day's shoot.Bhumi LEISURE shared a boomerang where she can be seen clapping for the first take of the first shot of the 02 first scene. In another post, she gave away some glimpses of the location where the shooting has commenced. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 Team ‘Helmet’ celebrates the wrap up of the film with a party

Himesh lliance Tyres successfully established association with Kangana Ranaut ony Pictures Network rassing phenomenon. The film about the film as we created it, Aand Jassi Gill Starrer Panga, one of the most talked about movies of the SProductions and DM Movies' takes a very comic spin on a per- filmed it, lived it, seen it and loved promotes ‘Happy year which was released on 24th January 2020. Blue Bang Media & upcoming film Helmet recently taining issue offering an unsual it to the core every day since the Kangana Entertainment, leading entertainment and brand alliance agency bags the wrapped their shoot in Mumbai entertainer to the audience. inception, and now I can't wait for Hardy and Heer’ deal by developing a winning co-branded campaign, blending the movie at- and the team celebrated the same Elated about the film wrap, the audience to see it as its a very tributes along with the communication of the brand. The deal comprises a with an intimate party in the sub- Vivek Krishnani, Managing relevant story for today.” with Salman Ranaut massive co-branded TV & Digital campaign on leading platforms like Voot, urbs of the city. Director-Sony Pictures Directed by Satram Ramani Zee5, Sony Liv, MX player, Youtube, Facebook and Instagram. The brand The Aparshakti Khurana and Entertainment India said, "As pro- and produced by SPNP as well as communication goes in sync with the movie attributes conveying one Pranutan Bahl starrer went on ducers of Helmet we are very actor-turned-producer Dino and the team of starrer shouldn't let their dreams die and that It’s about coexisting and helping floors in the first week of happy as the film wraps shoot Morea, the film will see actors each other which will help in achieving goals and, because then how else December last year, after shoot- ahead of schedule . This comedy Aparshakti Khurana along with Bigg Boss one will take Panga ? ing in the heartlands of Varanasi, film combined with talented per- Pranutan Bahl, Abhishek Banerjee ‘Panga’ The notable features of the brand inherently align itself to the theme of some portions or the film were formances and an interesting and Ashish Verma in pivotal roles. hen it comes to sharing space the film and the main character of the film, a forgotten kabaddi world shot in Mumbai recently. theme will surely make people Intriguing the audience with Wbetween India's Heartthrob su- champion portrayed by Kangana Ranaut assembles an inner desire to give Helmet is touted to be a quirky laugh and think at the same time the teaser, Helmet has piqued the perstar Salman Khan and hit ma- creates a new meaning to her existing role as a wife and mother and takes an in- comedy that reflects the ground and we can't wait to bring the film interest of the audience to wit- chine Himesh Reshamiya , you can genious decision to come back to the sport despite the challenges of age reality in the heartlands of the na- to the audience." ness the unsual comedy enter- definitely expect fireworks . Happy stereotypes and a new generation complexities which creates an upheaval tion when it comes to a very com- Producer Dino Morea said, "I'm tainer that is slated to release this Hardy and Heer was promoted on waves in her life as she is torn between family responsibility and love for the sport. mon yet considered to be embar- extremely thrilled and excited year. bigg boss today and Himesh per- formed to the songs and also interact- ed with Salman Khan discussion the contestants and the story of happy he Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke hit film Bajrangi Bhaijaan and tant people on any film and tv set. hardy and heer being friendzoned in Director TLiye is an all-new show featur- Tubelight. They are the ones that put so much love , the music of happy hardy and ing Sunny Kaushal, Sharvari Wagh, Filmmaker Kabir Khan is known research and hard work to im- heer has already become a rage , and and Rohit Choudhary in the pivotal to appreciate thard workork of his prove, enhance and alter the ap- Himesh who spoke of HHH was estat- roles. The show has received a team, and here's what he has to pearances of the actoThe skillslls ic when his acting prowess was appre- Kabir Khan thumbs up from the audiences and say about look designer Sanah of an actor are surely important, ciated by Salman Khan who has also has garnered praises from critics Kewal, "Every department is very but so is Make-up. It is what makes taken on to social media to shower as well. important for me but in The ofavoriteite heroes in disguise be- praises on the trailer . On touching all praise There are several people who Forgotten Army tmakeup up was lievable. Sanah Kewal says "My base with Himesh he stated , Big Boss contribute in making a great show, an extra challenge. As you know association with Kabir Khan films is has always been an entertaining show one of the most important names the show is about soldiers and war since 2014-15 when we worked to- and I have been a rigorous follower . for look for this show is Sanah Kewal. and I wanted them to look authen- gether for Bajrangi Bhaijaan fol- Having to enter the house and giving Sanah worked as a look designer tic and they had to look real when lowed by Tubelight. This is my third tasks to the super players of bigg boss and was in great sync with the di- they were training or in battle. and one of the most exciting proj- and more importantly having Salman designer rector Kabir Khan for Sunny Sanah did a great job with all the ects. I have designed the makeup Sir appreciate the trailer and my act- Kaushal's transformational look in actors even when the conditions and hair for the whole seres . We ing just made my day . the show. Sanah and Kabir's asso- were tough. I truly appreciate her worked for mothanhen 120 days in Happy Hardy and Heer which sees Sanah ciation goes a long way as the contribution to the show." Make-up three different countrs and difficult the debut of actress Sonia Mann is dhasave worked together on super artists are one of the most impor- climate conditions. Produced by Deepshikha Deshmukh and Sabita Manakchand. The film is The Forgotten Army ' Azaadi Ke Liye premiered on Amazon Prime Video on January 24, 2020. Directed and Choreographed by Raka Kewal! and would hit cinemas on 31st Jan.

ee5’s upcoming series The Casino the show, Sudhanshu said, ‘There are Vipul Gupta Z- My Games. My Rules, starring a few things that got me excited to Hitesh Bhardwaj Karanvir Bohra has been making all play the character. One, I am playing roped in for the right headlines right from its a much older character than my age, to Feature in muhurat shoot. and second, the character is extreme- Hotstar Special OPS The series is set in the world of high ly layered in terms of his behavior, Short Film ‘Bridge’ opular actor Vipul Gupta rose to fame society and reflect upon a glamour personal life, business, and enemies. itesh Bhardwaj who is currently seen in Pafter Vikram Bhatt’s series Maaya has and glitzy world with a tinge of mys- There are a lot of these layers and Hpopular Colors drama Choti Sarrdaarni been a part of many television shows as well. tery and conspiracy. The backdrop dark shades to this character but it is has been roped in as a lead in a short film ti- He was last seen in will be a Casino around which the also very powerful . Especially the tled ‘Bridge’. The short Bollywood movie, story will unfold. The ten episode se- way he has been stylized or the way film is directed by Tanhaji. The actor also ries also features Mandana Karimi, he behaves or says his lines.’ Smriti Singh and pro- played prominent char- Andrita Ray, Digangana Suryavanshi, ‘Every actor, I think, has a hunger duced by Wicked Witch acters in Meri Bhabhi Romit Raj Prasher, Mantra and Rajesh for doing something new. Every time Entertainment.Hitesh and Ek Nayi Choti Si Khattar. Now actor Sudhanshu you do a new project you get very ex- will be seen portraying Zindagi. Pandey will be a part of the ensemble cited, you get very hopeful when you the role of male lead in Vipul Gupta will be cast. When the actor was reached get to play something different from the film. Actor Suneel next seen in Hotstar out he confirmed the news saying, ‘I what you’ve played in the past and Sinha has bagged the Special series, Special am very happy to be a part of The that’s what’s happening here’, added role of Hitesh’s father in OPS as per a leading Casino. I am really looking forward to Sudhanshu Pandey. Directed by the film. Actress Pooja DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT DIGITAL entertainment portal. The actor will be join- Sudhanshu Pandey Joins working with Hardik Gajjar who is di- Hardik Gajjar and Produced by Hardik Bisht has been roped in to play the female ing the ensemble cast of Kay Kay Menon, recting the show and also producing Gajjar Films, The Casino is slated for a lead. She will be shown as Hitesh’s love inter- Parmeet Sethi, Vinay Pathak, Sharad Kelkar, it. He’s young, very enthusiastic and 2020 release and will be shot across est in the film.The Bridge explores interper- Pawan Chopra, Kali Prasad Mukherjee, Karan sorted.” Speaking of his character and Mumbai and Nepal. sonal between the older and the present gen- Tacker, Divya Dutta and Saiyami Kher. ZEE5’s The Casino eration.

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Former Union finance New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): laws against persons affect- minister Yashwant ed by leprosy including Sinha arrives at Rajghat The government is mak- three Union and 105 state to conclude his Gandhi ing all efforts to make India laws.”He had urged the Shanti Yatra (Gandhi leprosy-free and eliminate ministry to expedite the Peace March), which he the sufferings of those af- process and introduction of started from Mumbai fected by it, Union Health the Elimination of on Jan. 9. 2020, to push Minister Harsh Vardhan Discrimination against for the withdrawal of said on Thursday. Persons Affected by the Citizenship Speaking at a function to Leprosy (EDPAL) Bill, Amendment Act (CAA), mark Anti-Leprosy Day, which was drafted by the in New Delhi, Thursday. Vardhan said it was shock- Law Commission of India ing that over 100 laws, that is committed to deal with and annexed in its 256th discriminate against lep- such issues and he has a Report. In the function, the Governments need rosy affected people, exist in very compassionate heart Confederation of Indian the country, adding that especially for those suffer- Industry (CII) signed an J Jaipur: Rajasthan work has begun to elimi- ing from miseries. We will MoU with charitable organ- Chief Minister Ashok nate them. “It was shocking try to eliminate the suffer- isation Sasakawa- India Gehlot on Thursday to learn that there are over ing of leprosy affected peo- Leprosy Foundation with paid floral floral trib- 100 laws which discriminate ple as early as possible,” he the objective to make the utes to Mahatma against leprosy patients. said. Last year in his letter country free of Gandhi on his death Process has already started to the Law Ministry, Harsh leprosy.Hailing the collabo- anniversary and ad- to rectify the system and get Vardhan had said,”Even ration, the minister said,”I vised all governments rid of those laws.”Our gov- though the disease is now would like to be used as a to follow the path ernment has the heart, soul fully curable, it is disturb- volunteer in eliminating President Ram Nath Kovind pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 72nd death anniversary, also observed shown by the and mind to deal with these ing to learn that there still leprosy and helping pa- as Martyrs Day, at Rajghat in New Delhi, Thursday. leader.”Gandhiji had issues. Our prime minister exist 108 discriminatory tients with the disease.” said that my life is my message. If today’s governments adopt it, Coronavirus outbreak Dr Kafeel Khan held over ‘inflammatory’ then more than half of the problems can be solved, this is what I remarks during anti-CAA protests in UP believe,” Gehlot told China assures India of cooperation reporters after paying Mumbai/Lucknow, Jan 30 (PTI): shortage. floral tributes to New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): said. But, two years later, a Gandhi at the secre- Chinese Embassy Spokesperson said the India has requested China Controversial child spe- state government probe tariat here. China on Thursday said it mission has maintained close communica- for permission to operate cialist Dr Kafeel Khan report cleared him of all is closely watching the re- tion with the Indian government on the issue two flights to bring back its was back in news after the major charges, prompt- Broken down port about one confirmed nationals from worst-affect- Uttar Pradesh STF arrest- ing him to seek an apolo- case of the Coronavirus in by briefing regularly on the novel Coronavirus ed central Hubei province. ed him from the Mumbai gy from the Yogi J Kolkata: Lashing out India, and assured coopera- (nCoV) development and China’s efforts in The nationwide death toll airport for allegedly mak- Adityanath govern- at the Mamata tion to the Indian side in preventing and controlling. in China from the ing inflammatory state- ment.Khan was posted as Banerjee government, jointly strengthening the epi- Coronavirus has jumped to ments at the Aligarh a pediatrician when 63 Governor Jagdeep demic prevention and con- 170 with 38 more fatalities re- Muslim University dur- children died in a span of Dhankhar on trol. by the novel Coronavirus in the Indian people, Ji ported on Thursday mainly ing anti-CAA protests in Dr Kafeel Khan, the Uttar less than a week in Thursday said the Chinese Embassy India, and will cooperate said.”We are willing to con- from Hubei province, the December 2019, officials Pradesh doctor who was August 2017 allegedly be- TMC dispensation Spokesperson Ji Rong said with the Indian side to joint- tinue to maintain close com- Chinese government said, said on Thursday. jailed after the death of cause of short supply of needed to do some the mission has maintained ly strengthen the epidemic munication with the Indian while confirming more than Khan, who was arrested over 60 children at a gov- oxygen to the children’s soul searching to find close communication with prevention and control,” Ji side, provide necessary assis- 1,700 new infections.China’s in a joint operation with ernment hospital in 2017, ward at the hospital, in- out why the “rule of the Indian government on said. The Chinese statement tance and convenience to en- National Health the Mumbai Police when being taken away by the cluding critical care law has broken down the issue by briefing regular- came after a positive case of sure the health and safety of Commission said on he arrived in the megapo- UP police, in Mumbai, units.Following a massive in Bengal”.The ruling ly on the novel Coronavirus the deadly virus, originated Indian citizens in China, and Thursday that 7,711 con- lis on Wednesday night to Thursday. outrage, Khan was sus- TMC, however,was (nCoV) development and in China’s Wuhan, was re- address their legitimate con- firmed cases of pneumonia attend anti-CAA protests, pended, with the UP gov- quick to return fire, China’s efforts in preventing ported in Kerala.The cerns timely,” he said.”We caused by the Coronavirus will be brought to Aligarh rested and jailed for his al- ernment noting that he claiming that the “gov- and controlling.”The Chinese government attach- also hope Indian side could have been reported in 31 under transit remand, the leged role in the deaths of had failed to take prompt ernor is behaving like Chinese side pays close at- es great importance to safe- continue to render under- provincial-level regions and Special Task Force said in over 60 children at the action or warn his superi- a cadre of a specific tention to the report of the guarding the safety and standing and support to in the Xinjiang Production a release in Lucknow. BRD Medical College in ors about the impending political party”.”The emergence of one confirmed health of every foreign na- China’s efforts in epidemic and Construction Corps by He had hogged the Gorakhpur in August 2017 crisis despite knowing rule of law has com- case of pneumonia caused tional in China, including prevention and control,” Ji the end of Wednesday. headlines after being ar- due to alleged oxygen about the situation. pletely broken down in the state. Law and order situation has DEVOTEES GATHER AT SANGAM completely collapsed. 1,615 NDFB cadres lay down arms in Assam To maintain peace Guwahati, Jan 30 (PTI)

J Kanpur (UP): In a Altogether 1,615 cadres bizarre precautionary of three NDFB factions on measure, the local ad- Thursday laid down arms ministration here has here before Assam Chief asked 66 men to sign Minister Sarbananda surety bonds of Rs 2 Sonowal and state Finance lakh each promising Minister Himanta Biswa to maintain peace at Sarma. the Mohammad Ali The move comes three park, the site of days after the Centre and women’s protest the Assam government against the CAA and signed a peace accord with Arms and ammunitions put on display during the arms the NRC.Police said Bodo organisations - laying down ceremony at GMCH auditorium, in though none was ad- NDFB and All Bodo Guwahati, Thursday. mitting that men were Students’ Union - with instigating protesters, Union Home Minister move will inspire others, a front-runner state in several of those who Amit Shah stating that the who were yet to give up India and the whole of received notices ad- agreement will usher in a arms, to come together South East Asia. By giving mitted that women “golden future” for the and work for “Team up the path of violence from their families state and its Assam”. Over 4,800 you have come forward to were taking part in people.Welcoming the weapons, including AK ri- walk on the road of devel- the stir.”The issue per- cadres — 836 of the NDFB- fles, light-machine guns opment,” Sonowal said. tains to the Progressive, 579 of the and sten guns, were laid He insisted that “Prime Chamanganj police NDFB-Ranjan Daimary down by the National Minister Narendra Modi, station area where faction and 200 of the Democratic Front of Amit Shah and our Assam women are staging a NDFB(S) led by B Bodoland (NDFB) mem- government, along with protest at the Devotees gather at Sangam to take a holy dip on the occasion of Basant Panchami during the ongoing Magh Saoraigwra — to join bers on the occasion.”We you, will ensure peace and Mohammad Ali Mela in Prayagraj, Thursday. mainstream, Sonowal said will have to work together development in Bodo park,” said Additional he was confident that the for Team Assam to make it areas”. City Magistrate Anil Agnihotri who has is- Saina joining party SC refuses to interfere with HC order sued notices under indicative of Modi Section 107/116 of the Right-minded citizens should defeat CrPC.” govt’s popularity: BJP Granting parole to Atul Rai Divisive politics Hyderabad, Jan 30 for taking oath as MP ideology that killed Gandhi: J&K Cong (PTI) Welcoming star J New Delhi: Senior shuttler Saina Nehwal New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): Gupta dismissed the appeal Congress leader Mani Jammu, Jan 30 (PTI): ening the Constitutional into the party fold, the filed by the complainant in Shankar Aiyar on and democratic institu- BJP in Telangana on The Supreme Court on the case who had chal- Thursday accused the Paying tributes to tions in the country.They Thursday said her join- Thursday refused to inter- lenged the high court’s Modi government of Mahatma Gandhi on observed a two-minute si- ing the party is indicative fere with the Allahabad January 23 order.Advocate playing divisive poli- Martyrs’ Day, the Jammu lence as a mark of respect of the popularity of the High Court order that Rajeev Ranjan, appearing tics, saying “we are and Kashmir Congress to the Father of the Nation Modi government. granted two-day parole to for Rai, opposed the ap- not doing tukde called on all right-minded and sung the National Nehwal’s presence would BSP leader Atul Rai for tak- peal.The high court had tukde” but it is the citizens to fight and defeat Anthem at the start and help the BJP in ing oath as a member of granted him two-day parole ruling dispensation the ideology which killed end of the demonstration. Telangana and other Parliament in Delhi. and ordered that Rai would which is doing so”. the Father of the Nation. Paying rich tributes to places in the country, Rai, who had won in the go to Delhi in police cus- The former Union Staging a silent sit-in in Gandhi, the Congress state state BJP leaders 2019 Lok Sabha elections on tody for taking oath as a minister hailed the Jammu, the party on president referred to the said.”Celebrities like a BSP ticket from the Ghosi member of the Lok Sabha women leading the Thursday led by state pres- JKPCC Chief G A Mir (sitting at centre in the front row) great contributions of the Saina Nehwal joining parliamentary constituen- on January 31 during the protests in Shaheen ident G A Mir along with along with other senior Congress leaders take part in a Father of the Nation for BJP, it’s an indication, cy in Uttar Pradesh, is in Budget Session. Bagh, saying they hundreds of activists, for- demonstration to save constitution after paying hom- India and asked the people (of) Modi’s charisma, jail in a rape case and has The high court had or- have been staging the mer ministers and legisla- age to Mahatma Gandhi on his 72nd death anniversary, to imbibe his ideology and Modi government’s per- not yet been able to take dered that thereafter, police sit-in braving the tors wore black badges philosophy. formance, people are oath as an MP because his would produce him before in Jammu, Thursday. cold and fighting for and carried placards of Mir said those glorify- looking towards BJP, bail plea was earlier denied the trial court concerned India and the Save Constitution, Save ocratic and unconstitu- that has disturbed the ing Gandhi’s assassin can throughout the country,” by the high court. A bench on February 1 for sending Constitution. India. tional actions of the BJP peace, social and religious never be the inheritors of state BJP president K of justices D Y him back to judicial cus- They hit out at anti-dem- led Central government harmony aside from weak- the man’s philosophy. Laxman told PTI. Chandrachud and Hemant tody. A large gas crater called PENCHANT Darvaza in Turkmenisten WORD OF is said to have been Meaning: A strong liking for something or KIDZ burning since 1971. It is THE WEEK tendency to do something 04 known as the Door to Example: All the curtains in my house are Hell. blue-my mother has a penchant for the colour. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020

TELL ME WHY RAMA’S Mahatma Gandhi was as- Why are some bird eggs sassinated on darker in colour than others? KNOWLEDGE is 30 January 1948 success of tomorrow Wonder Girl in the com- pound of Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in New Sowmya Priya participated in Inter-National Classical Delhi. His assassin was Nathuram Godse, an advocate of Hindu na- Dance Competitions held at Kuala Lumpur capital of tionalism, a member of the political Malaysia from 17th to 19th January 2020 conducted by party the Hindu Mahasabha, and a AIDA in Association with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose past member of the Hindu national- ist paramilitary volunteer organisa- Indian Cultural Centre (NSCBICC) & High Commission t’s true that bird eggs come in an array of colours. tion Rashtriya Swayamsevak IFrom previous research on tropical birds, we know of India, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she got FIRST prize that darker hues help in camouflaging- it is harder for Sangh (RSS). predators to spot. Also, darker pigments have mole- with 'A' Grade in Bharatnatyam Classical dance. cules that protect against ultra-violet rays and infec- tions. But what about the colder climes? A recently . Sowmya Priya studying 8th class in St. Xavier's High published global study says that the brightness and KSchool, Raipur and she is a student of Dance School colour of eggshells are closely correlated with the tem- NRITHYATHI KALAKSHETRAM, Raipur - Bhilai under perature of a region. More birds up in the cold north lay Dance Director & Guru Dr. Rateesh Babu Nair. darker eggs and the reason is different- darker pig- ments absorb more heat, keeping the chicks warm! n 2017 Andhra Association, Raipur FACTOMETER Iconducted Chhattisgarh State Level dance competitions, she got First Prize in Kuchipudi dance in Sub-Jr Category and in the same year Inter School Dance competi- tions conducted by Social Organization Sankalp, Shankar 1. Where was Mohandas Gandhi assassinat- Nagar, Raipur, Sowmya Priya alone ed on January 30, 1948? represented St.Xavier's School & he paper used for US bills isn’t made from 2. The man who shot Gandhi was a Hindu ex- Ryan International School Raipur, Ttrees. Rather, it contains 75 per cent cotton and tremist. What job did he have? there also she got FIRST PRIZE in 25 per cent linen. 3. Why did some extreme Hindus want to kill Kuchipudi Classical Dance. Gandhi? She also participated in National ENGLISH FUNDA 4. How many attempts were made on Level Dance Competitions conduct- Gandhi's life? ed by Natya Ravali Music & Dance Words with Silent Letter W Academy, Visakhapatnam there 5. Which family relations were with Gandhi she got Second Prize in 2018 & in Answer Wrapper Wretched when he was shot? 2019 got First Prize in Kuchipudi Awry Wrath Wriggle 6. What type of gun did the killer use? Classical dance. She has also par- Playwright Wreath Wring 7. How many bullets were fired at Gandhi? ticipated in dance Festival at Sword Wreck Wrinkle Bangalore in 2018 conducted by Two Wreckage Wrist 8. What were Gandhi’s final words after AIDA. In 2019 April she has partici- Whole Wren Wrong being shot? pated in dance competitions at Though she is busy in her regular at dance school Nrithyathi Rateesh Babu Nair sir and Jr. Guru 9. How long did Gandhi live after being shot? Bhilai, there she has been awarded studies and routine dance practices, Kalaksheyram, Kali Badi Chowk, Deepesh Hoskere. St. Xavier’s Wrack Wrench Wrote Wrap Wrestling 10. Who represented Britain at Gandhi’s funer- with Natya Pratibha Award. And in daily she is learning Casio Music Raipur. She sharing her practical ex- School Principal Dr. Dilsheed

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FIND THE PATH COUNTRY FACTS BELGIUM 1. Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels. 2. Belgium holds the world record for the longest period without a government. 3. Belgium produces more than 220,000 Who tons of chocolate per annum. 4. The Zaventem airport is the place he White Sands National Park in New Mexico, US, am I? where chocolate is being sold the most Tis a huge field of pure gypsum, a soft white mineral in the world. that is usually found in sedimentary rocks. Although e was an economist who served 5. Robert Cailliau, co-inventor of the this unique natural formation was declared a national as India’s first Railway Minister H World Wide Web, is a Belgian. park only last month, local people have been working and subsequently as India’s Finance 6. The “Communist Manifesto” by Karl world’s tallest building in Dubai, the to preserve it for over 100 years, preventing the mining Minister, taking office shortly after Marx and Friedrich Engels was written Burj Khalifa at 828m. Belgium along of the mineral for industrial purposes. The field is spe- the presentation of India’s first in Brussels. with the Netherlands and Luxembourg cial for another reason too-it has fossillised footprints Budget. His son was the first full- 7. You have surely heard of, read or are historically known as the Low from the ice Age. The environment here is harsh but time Director of the Indian Institute watched animated or film adaptations Countries. there is a lot of wildlife. It is home to 800 species of ani- of Management Ahmedabad and his of the Smurfs, Spirou and Fantasio, 13. The Law Courts of Brussels is the mals that have adapted to desert life. nephew, Verghese Kurien, was the Tintin, Asterix, Blake and Mortimer, world’s largest court of justice. father of India’s White Revolution. Thorgal, Gaston… the list is endless. 14. Belgians are accredited to inventing the Who Am I? Perhaps more than half of your child- Body Mass Index (BMI), the saxaphone YES OR NO hood came from Belgium! and plastic. 1. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s wife, Emilie Schenkl, Answer of 24.01.19 Who Am I? 8. In the 1970s, light beer was served dur- 15. Belgians pay among the highest tax Michael Jackson was an Austrian national. ing school lunch. rates in Europe. 2. The Indian National Army was received by Netaji in 9. The Big Bang theory originated in 16. Europe’s first skyscraper was built in 1943 in Japan. Belgium. Belgium. 3. Netaji’s brother and independence activist, Sarat 10. Cricket is thought to be a Belgian inven- 17. The longest tram line in the world is the Chandra Bose, was a barrister by Profession. tion, not British. Belgian Coast Tram. 4. The court martial of INA soldiers Prem Sahgal, 11. With a height of 181.7cm, only 18. Belgian architect Victor Horta was a Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon and Shahnawaz Khan was Dutchmen are taller at 182.5cm. The leader of the 19th-century Art Nouveau held at the Victoria Memorial. same can’t be said for Belgian women, movement. however, who rank 21 at 165.5cm tall. 19. Belgium has the largest urbanised pop- 5. Netaji was the president of the Indian National Congress for two consecutive sessions- 1938 and 12. The Signal de Botrange on the High ulation in Europe. 1939. Fens plateau in far-east Belgium is the 20. Napoleon’s bid for European domination highest point at 694m, shorter than the ended at the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium. Answers- 1-Yes, 2-No (Singapore), 3-Yes, 4-No (Red Fort), 5-Yes

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We are pleased to invite contributions for KIDZ. Share your original creation of paintings, poems, story of your experience during vacations or school-time, with us. Your name, school, place, and class should be clearly written. You can drop it in our office at Raipur, Add- Central Chronicle, Press Complex, Rajbandha Maidan, GE Road, Raipur, or send them at [email protected] For more details call us at 0771-4257700 Shakira’s dancers are all hyped up for her Super Bowl performance Colombian singer Shakira, who is all set to perform at the 2020 Super Bowl, has shared the WORLD excitement among her dancers for the show.Popstar, who would be performing halftime 05 with Jennifer Lopez, seems to be getting all the fans hyped up with their countdown videos. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 Johnson holds talks MOST MATURE DANCING COUPLE with US on Brexit eve London, Jan 30 (AFP): ship” with Washington. Ukraine, sounded a posi- at a conservative think Britain will enter a new tive note on arrival tank alongside Foreign Prime Minister Boris chapter when it becomes Wednesday. “The #UK is Secretary Dominic Raab. Johnson will hold talks on the first country to quit an indispensable ally on a He met his British coun- post-Brexit trade with the the EU’s institutions at range of issues,” he tweet- terpart on Wednesday top US diplomat on midnight Brussels time ed, adding the special rela- evening, with several con- Thursday, eve of Britain’s (2300 GMT) on Friday. tionship was being tentious issues on the historic departure from Although it will remain strengthened “through agenda. the European Union. under most EU rules dur- constructive discussions”. Britain has been an- The British premier will ing an 11-month transition En route, he had told re- gered by Washington’s re- aim to paper over recent period, Britain is then porters Britain’s decision fusal to extradite the wife disagreements as he hosts likely to lose privileged ac- to ignore months of US of a US diplomat who is US Secretary of State cess to the single Prime Minister Boris warnings and give China’s using the cover of diplo- Mike Pompeo the day be- European market — the Johnson Huawei tech giant a role in matic immunity to avoid fore nearly half a century world’s largest and most the rollout of its 5G net- prosecution over the death of EU membership ends important for UK trade. moment of hope and op- work was “something of a teenager in a road ac- late Friday. But Johnson has argued portunity,” the British we’ll have a conversation cident in England. With Britain at a his- he will negotiate an ambi- leader said Wednesday, as about”. “We will make Meanwhile Johnson has toric crossroads, Johnson tious free trade agreement he prepares to address the sure that when American defied expectations since Maya Kachina, 82, and Lev Kitayev, 86, perform at a social center in Moscow, wants to strike post-Brexit with his 27 former part- nation at 2200 GMT Friday information passes across taking power and failed to Russia. When Kachina and Kitayev met on the dance floor in a park in the trade deals with both the ners while also striking a — an hour before Brexit. a network we are confi- side with the US on every- Russian capital over 20 years ago, neither of them was a professional dancer. bloc and the US, but has lucrative trade deal with Pompeo, in London on dent that that network is a thing from Huawei to the Now they are the most mature dancing couple in Russia, performing several seen recent strains in the the US. “It is a great mo- the first leg of a five-na- trusted one,” he added. Iran nuclear deal that the times a week. so-called “special relation- ment for our country... a tion tour that also takes in Pompeo will also speak US has abandoned. Indonesia Gita Sabharwal of India appointed offers reward for ‘Hidden’ animal spreading deadly UN Resident Coordinator plucking tyre off United Nations, Jan 30 (PTI): the UN in Sri Lanka as the Chinese coronavirus: Lancet study Peacebuilding and giant croc’s neck The UN has appointed Development Adviser for Jakarta, Jan 30 (AFP): Beijing, Jan 30 (PTI): animal sold at the Huanan a hotel near the market be- source within a very short India’s Gita Sabharwal, nearly seven years. Prior seafood market might rep- fore the onset of their ill- period, and was detected who has over two decades to joining the United Indonesian authorities are While bats may be the resent an intermediate ness. The researchers relatively rapidly,” Shi of experience in peace- Nations, Sabharwal was offering a reward to anyone original hosts of the novel host that enables the found 2019-nCoV in all 10 said. As the virus trans- building and social policy, The Asia Foundation’s who can rescue a saltwater Chinese coronavirus, an emergence of the virus in genetic samples taken mits to more individuals, as the Resident Deputy Country crocodile with a motorbike tyre animal sold at a seafood humans, they said. For from the patients — in- the researchers said, con- Coordinator in Thailand. Representative for stuck around its neck — and market in Wuhan may be this reason, the re- cluding eight complete stant surveillance of mu- The UN Resident Maldives and Sri Lanka survive. spreading the deadly searchers noted, future genomes, and two partial tations arising is needed. Coordinator is the highest- and has held positions as The contest will see one virus to humans, a study evolution, adaptation and genomes. The genetic se- Comparing the 2019-nCoV ranking representative of the Poverty and Policy brave croc hunter land an published in The Lancet spread of this virus re- quences of the samples genetic sequence with a li- the UN development sys- Adviser for the UK’s unspecified amount of cash, journal suggests. quires urgent investiga- were nearly identical, brary of viruses, they tem at the country level. Gita Sabharwal, UN Department for but it will mean coming face to The analysis of 10 gene tion. Cell and secretion which indicates a very re- found that the most close- Resident Coordinators Resident Coordinator in International face with the 13-foot (4-metre) sequences of the novel samples were taken from cent emergence of the ly related viruses were lead UN Country Teams Thailand Development in India and reptile Palu, the capital of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) the lungs of the patients virus into humans, ac- two SARS-like coron- and coordinate the world Vietnam. The Asia Central Sulawesi. Local conser- from nine patients in the who were diagnosed with cording to the re- aviruses of bat origin, body’s support to coun- Nations Resident Foundation is a nonprofit vation authorities have been central Chinese city of viral pneumonia of searchers. which shared 88 per cent tries in implementing the Coordinator in Thailand, international develop- trying — and failing — for sev- Wuhan found that the unidentified cause. The “It is striking that the of the genetic sequence. 2030 Agenda. Resident with the host govern- ment organisation com- eral years to find a way to virus is most closely relat- harvested samples of the sequences of 2019-nCoV 2019-nCoV was more ge- Coordinators are the des- ment’s approval,” the UN mitted to improving lives untangle the croc after video ed to two bat-derived 2019-nCoV virus were described here from dif- netically distant to the ignated representatives of said in a press release on of people across Asia. showed it gasping for air. That SARS-like coronaviruses. then analysed to deter- ferent patients were al- human SARS virus — the UN Secretary-General. Wednesday. Sabharwal Sabharwal has devel- sparked worries the tyre was The researchers, includ- mine the origin of the most identical,” said one which shared about 79 per They report to the UN brings 25 years of experi- oped and managed pro- slowly killing the beast. ing those from the virus, and how it enters of lead authors, Weifeng cent of the genetic se- chief. ence in development, grammes across sectors After a recent sighting, the Shandong Academy of human cells. Shi, from Shandong First quence — and the Middle “United Nations peacebuilding, gover- ranging from poverty re- province’s governor instructed Medical Sciences in Eight of the patients Medical University, and East respiratory syn- Secretary-General nance and social policy duction, social protection, his resource-strapped conser- China, said that their had visited the Huanan Shandong Academy of drome (MERS) virus, Antonio Guterres has ap- across five Asian coun- civil society, decentralisa- vation agency to figure out analysis suggests that bats seafood market. One pa- Medical Sciences. “This which shared about 50 per pointed Gita Sabharwal of tries, including Maldives. tion, gender equality and how to end years of fruitless might be the original host tient had never visited the finding suggests that 2019- cent of the genetic se- India as the United She most recently served public enterprise reform. attempts. of the virus. However, an market, but had stayed in nCoV originated from one quence. India prepares to A RIDE TO NEW PLACE Nigeria ex-minister granted evacuate its citizens from bail in oil scandal case virus-hit Wuhan Abuja, Jan 30 (AFP): of money laundering and Beijing, Jan 30 (PTI): collecting a bribe worth A former Nigerian jus- 300 million naira to broker India was preparing tice minister accused of the 1.3-billion sale of lu- to evacuate its citizens complicity in a billion-dol- crative offshore oil block on Friday from China’s lar oil scandal involving OPL245 to Shell and Eni in Wuhan city, the epicen- Shell and Eni was on 2011. Adoke has pleaded tre of the deadly choron- Thursday granted bail by not guilty to the charges avirus that has killed a high court in the nation’s along with two co-accused. 170 people, infected 7,711 capital. Both Shell and Eni have others and spread to at Judge Abubakar Kutigi Former Nigerian denied any wrongdoing in least 17 countries. ordered the release of justice minister the case, dubbed the India had requested Mohammed Adoke from Mohammed Adoke “Malabu scandal” after China for permission to custody to face his trial the key company involved operate two flights to along with other suspects. between 2010 and 2015, was in the deals. bring back its nationals The judge asked him to arrested last month on ar- Accusations against the from worst-affected cen- provide surety of 50 mil- rival from the United Arab international oil majors tral Hubei province. lion naira ( 139,000, 126,000 Emirates where he had have led to a string of “We are preparing for euros) before he could been detained on a cases in a number of coun- air evacuation from leave custody. The court Nigerian warrant over one tries that have seen convic- Wuhan tomorrow in the then adjourned the case to of the West African state’s tions in Italy and a probe evening,” Indian March 26. Adoke, who also biggest-ever corruption against Shell in the Embassy in Beijing served as attorney-general scandals. He was accused Netherlands. said.

Displaced Syrian children from northwest Syria ride in the back of a truck with belongings in Azaz, Syria. Japan seeks arrest of Ghosn, Americans suspected of helping Tokyo, Jan 30 (AP):

An arrest warrant was is- sued Thursday for Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, who skipped bail while awaiting trial in Japan and is now in Lebanon. Japan does not have an extradition treaty Nissan’s former chairman with Lebanon, so there is Carlos Ghosn little chance for his arrest. Lebanon indicated earlier rest warrants for three this month that it will not Americans they said helped hand over Ghosn. Tokyo and planned his escape, prosecutors also issued ar- Michael Taylor, George Zayek and Peter Taylor. SUDOKU SOLUTION Deputy Chief Prosecutor Takahiro Saito declined to say where the three men were thought to be located. He said Michael Taylor and George Zayek are suspected of helping Ghosn flee by hiding him in luggage at an airport in Japan, and get- ting him into a private jet to leave the country. Priyanka Chopra Jonas to join Lana Wachowski’s ‘Matrix 4’ Priyanka Chopra Jonas is in final talks to join the cast of the untitled fourth film in the Matrix saga, the FOREIGN Wachowskis’ game-changing action franchise.The 37-year-old actor has also been roped in for Russo brothers’ 06 drama series ‘Citadel,’ that will be launched on Amazon. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020

BRIEF Japan’s former Virus fears spark mask queues Netanyahu tells Putin Mideast emperor and empty shelves in Hong Kong deal a ‘new opportunity’ Moscow, Jan 30 (AFP): Hong Kong, Jan 30 (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Long queues form at Benjamin Netanyahu on pharmacies and crowds of Thursday hailed US panic-buyers strip super- President Donald market shelves in Hong Trump’s Middle East Tokyo: Japan’s for- Kong as fears spread peace plan as a new op- mer emperor through the crowded me- portunity after flying to Akihito, who abdicat- tropolis over China’s new Moscow to discuss it ed last year,tem- coronavirus epidemic. with President Vladimir porarily lost con- As a city that lost nearly Putin. sciousness and col- 300 people to the SARS “I think there’s a new lapsed at his resi- virus in 2003, Hong and perhaps unique op- dence this week, but Kongers are taking few portunity here,” said the medical checkups chances over the latest dis- Israeli premier, who found “no abnormali- ease outbreak that began stood alongside Trump ties”, the government in central China and has at the White House when said Thursday.The since spread. the plan was announced Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Israeli 86-year-old was exam- Usually clogged streets Tuesday and called it a Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in ined by court doctors have been uncharacteristi- victory for Israel. Moscow on Thursday. after Wednesday’s in- cally quiet, with light traf- Trump’s plan angered cident, an official at fic and crowds over the Palestinians by propos- President Trump’s Deal with the centrist Blue the Imperial Lunar New Year holiday. ing Israel retain control of the Century,” he and White party led by Household Agency But the one place Hong People wait in a queue to buy masks at a pharmacy in Hong Kong on Thursday. over Jerusalem as its added. ex-military chief Benny told AFP. Kongers are still willing to “undivided capital” and The Russian leader Gantz. gather in sizeable num- this queue takes and how market,” she added. home and can’t go to giving the green light to did not mention the Netanyahu was visit- Hunt canceled bers is outside their local much it costs, I will at least Semi-autonomous Hong school,” she said. annex Jewish settle- peace plan in his public ing Russia on the same pharmacies, hoping to buy enough for myself,” a Kong has resisted public The South China ments in the West Bank. remarks. day that it released a snap up rapidly diminish- 26-year-old woman, who pressure to close its border Morning Post reported “I’d like to speak to Netanyahu, facing young US-Israeli woman ing supplies of surgical gave her surname as Tam, with the Chinese main- that some people camped you and hear your in- graft charges, is contest- jailed for drug traffick- facemasks. told AFP. land although it has shut- out overnight after sights and see how we ing March elections and ing over a small amount In the middle-class dis- Like many in the queue, tered some crossings. Watsons, one of the city’s can combine all our hoping the proposal will of cannabis found in her trict of Tseung Kwan O, she was angry at local au- A 17-year-old student, largest pharmacy chains, forces for security and boost his re-election luggage as she transited hundreds of residents pa- thorities. who gave her first name said a limited supply of peace,” Netanyahu told chances. a Moscow airport.Her tiently queued for hours “I’m not satisfied with Michelle, said she had facemasks would be sold Putin at the start of their The March 2 vote is case caused an outcry in on Thursday to buy masks what the government is queued for more than an on Thursday. Kremlin meeting. Israel’s third in less than Israel and her release at a pharmacy that, like doing to prevent the epi- hour to get a box of masks. Angry customers ar- “You’re actually the a year, with polls sug- came after Netanyahu Tokyo: A Japanese many outlets, was now demic. It doesn’t close the “I hope this will be gued with staff outside first leader I’m speaking gesting the prime minis- pleaded her case with billionaire who limiting sales to one box border to mainlanders, enough for a month. If I some stores when supplies with after my visit to ter’s rightwing Likud is Putin, who issued a par- launched a public per person. and there is a lack of the don’t have enough masks, ran out, the paper Washington about again neck-and-neck don. search for a girlfriend “No matter how long supplies for masks in the I might need to stay at reported. willing to join him on a trip into space abruptly cancelled BALLET PERFORMANCE the hunt on Cambodian leader blasts online Thursday,despite at- tracting nearly 30,000 misinformation about virus applicants. Yusaku Maezawa earlier this Phnom Penh, Jan 30 (AP): to China on their own ini- month said he was tiative. looking for a mate Cambodia’s leader Beijing is the main for- willing to join him urged citizens on eign supporter of Hun when he heads on a Thursday to remain calm Sen’s authoritarian gov- trip around the Moon about the new virus from ernment, supplying major in 2023 or later,as the China, which has been amounts of aid and invest- first private passen- confirmed in a single case ment. Cambodia in turn ger on a voyage of- of a visitor from Wuhan, supports China’s position fered by Elon Musk’s while threatening to kick on issues such as the SpaceX. out reporters or officials South China Sea, where seen wearing a face mask. Beijing’s territorial Russia to shut border Prime Minister Hun claims are challenged by Sen said in a live televised other Southeast Asian na- address that people should tions. not be scared because the Hun Sen also said there real illness they faced was Cambodian Prime are no plans to bring fear, based on inaccurate Minister Hun Sen Cambodian students and information on social diplomatic representa- media. media claiming that many tives back from China. “The prime minister people in different Several countries have does not wear a mask, so provinces were sick or arranged evacuation of why should you be wear- dead from the virus. their nationals from the ing a mask here,” he said. Hun Sen also an- Wuhan area. Hun Sen, who very ac- nounced he would not ban He urged people to take tively posts on his own direct flights between health precautions, but Moscow: Russia said Facebook account, was Cambodia and China, say- also to go about their nor- Dancers of the Royal Ballet of Russia perform a scene of the Swan Lake during a rehearsal at the Colon theatre in Bogota. on Thursday it was critical about misinforma- ing that would disturb re- mal work, appealing to closing its border tion about the virus that lations between the two students to attend classes. with China to pre- had spread on that plat- countries and hurt the Hun Sen turned to a tra- vent the spread of the form in Cambodia. economy of the country, ditional saying to make Kazakhstan detains two for spreading coronavirus rumours new coronavirus. He said the real illness which hosts many the point that none of his Prime Minister that had emerged recently Chinese investors and countrymen have been re- Almaty, Jan 30 (AFP): were detained on suspicion to spread the information” year in jail under Mikhail Mishustin and was much more scary tourists. People should not ported to have caught the of “spreading false informa- via the WhatsApp messen- Kazakhstan’s criminal code. told a government was the irresponsible discriminate against the illness. Why would we Two ambulance drivers tion about an illness from ger services, Neznayev told The former Soviet republic meeting that the sharing of stories online Chinese, he said. need to be afraid of tiger’s were detained for spreading the coronavirus,” said AFP. is one of a number of na- order had been that caused people with- China’s own efforts to dung since we are not rumours about a coron- Sergei Neznayev, a Neznayev said the ru- tions that have clamped signed “to take meas- out understanding of the curb travel were an effec- scared of the tiger?” he avirus infection in spokesman for police in the mours had been “checked down on Chinese visitors as ures to close the bor- virus to panic. tive measure against the said. There is not a single Kazakhstan, a Central region surrounding and disproven” during the the new coronavirus, which der (with China) in Hun Sen appeared to be disease, Hun Sen said. Cambodian contracting Asian country that borders Kazakhstan’s largest city course of the investigation. originated in the Chinese the Far East,” referring to many unveri- Several foreign airlines the virus, it happened China, Kazakh police said Almaty. “They heard some- Spreading false information city of Wuhan, continues to Russian news agen- fied reports on social have cut or stopped flights only to a Chinese man.” Thursday. The two men thing somewhere and began is punishable by up to a spread across Asia. cies reported. Ikea stores European Parliament debates anti-CAA motion Indian-American couple killed in Stockholm: Swedish furniture giant Ikea London, Jan 30 (PTI): nounced that the vote on volcanic eruption in New Zealand said Thursday it will Vote delayed till March the motion would be post- close all of its The European poned to the Plenary ses- Wellington, Mar 30 (PTI): children and Mayuari’s December 9, 2019. Chinese stores “until Parliament has postponed Commission was looking trade and business inter- sion in March. mother stayed on the ship “He was transferred from further notice,” in re- until March a vote on a forward to Prime Minister ests over human rights “Following a decision by An Indian-American and were not injured in the Whakatane Hospital on sponse to the spread joint motion, combining Narendra Modi’s upcom- concerns by postponing a MEPs at the opening of businessman has become eruption, Atlanta-based December 10th to the of the new deadly five different resolutions ing visit to Brussels in vote on the motion. Wednesday Plenary ses- the latest victim of a mas- WSBTV reported. Critical Care Unit in coronavirus. The tabled by its members March for the 15th India- “The only lobby that has sion in Brussels, the vote sive volcanic eruption in Forty-seven people from a Middlemore Hospital. company said that it against India’s Citizenship EU Summit. won today is that of com- on the resolution on New Zealand after he suc- Royal Caribbean cruise ship Throughout his surgeries had “temporarily Amendment Act, which She concluded the de- mon sense and respect,” India’s Citizenship cumbed to his burn in- were visiting the tourist and treatment process, he closed all of the 30 was debated at its Plenary bate with a message to countered ECR’s Polish (Amendment) Act (CAA) juries, over a month after destination when the vol- fought bravely and battled stores in mainland session in Brussels. “pursue and intensify” dia- MEP Ryszard Czarnecki, 2019 has been postponed to his wife died in the same cano erupted, killing 13 ini- hard for 50 days the doctors China until further The debate opened on logue with India as a “re- one of the MEPs from the March session,” said a tragedy, leaving their three tially and leaving more than described him as a fighter . notice, effective from Wednesday with a state- spected democracy” and Poland to speak out in statement from the children orphaned. two dozen hospitalised with “We all should be proud January 30.” ment by Helena Dalli, the valued EU partner. India’s favour. European Parliament. Pratap Singh and his wife severe burns. Twenty-one of the way he fought. He Vice-President of the During the debate, a He was strongly backed One of the groups be- Mayuari were visiting the people have now died as a was on the Island with his Avalanche European Commission and group of MEPs, mostly up by two Indian-origin hind the motion, the popular White Island in result of the eruption. wife Mayuari Singh (nick- High Representative of the from Britain who will MEPs, Dinesh Dhamija Progressive Alliance of New Zealand when the vol- Singh was the Atlanta named Mary ), who was also Tokyo: An avalanche Union for Foreign Affairs cease to be members of the and Neena Gill, among oth- Socialists and Democrats cano erupted on December branch president of Sewa admitted into the at a ski resort on and Security Policy, who European Parliament after ers who pointed out ele- in the European 9. Mayuari died on International, a not-for-prof- Middlemore ICU with 72 per Japan’s northern is- spoke strongly in favour of the UK officially leaves the ments of “disinformation” Parliament (S&D), said the December 22, Atlanta it organisation “inspired by cent body burns. She battled land of Hokkaido on the “rich, frank and open” European Union on Friday, around the CAA and reason for the postpone- Journal-Constitution media the noble tradition of serv- for 13 days before passing Thursday hit a group relationship the European spoke out vehemently National Register of ment was because the CAA reported. Police in New ice before self” which also away on December 22, 2019,” of eight foreign skiers, Union shares with India. against the postponement Citizens (NRC) within the was undergoing a legal Zealand on Wednesday con- promoted philanthropy, the the statement said. likely killing at least “We believe that it is the of the vote to March. combined motion tabled by process in India. firmed that another victim report said. “Paul and Mary are sur- one. The avalanche oc- role of the Supreme Court Pakistan-origin MEP five groups of the “As the Supreme Court died of his injuries in The family said in a state- vived by three children: 11- curred when the group of India to assess the com- Shaffaq Mohammed and European Parliament. in India will rule in the Middlemore Hospital. ment, “With an incredibly year-old son, and 6-year-old was skiing outside of a pliance of the law with the others such as S&D’s John Thierry Mariani, a coming days linked to this Singh also known as Paul heavy heart, I disclose that twin daughters (names not designated course Constitution and we are Howarth and French MEP,alluded to the issue and, as such, the law had suffered burns to more my Uncle Pratap Singh provided for privacy, they near the Tomamu ski confident that the ongoing VERTS/ALE’s Scott “hand of Pakistan” in the may be adapted, it was con- than half of his body and (nicknamed Paul ) is the lat- will remain in precious care resort in central judicial process will con- Ainslie described the CAA motion being tabled, while sidered better to vote on had remained in the hospi- est victim who did not sur- of immediate family mem- Hokkaido, according tribute to appeasing the as a “highly discriminato- others condemned it as the resolution in the tal in New Zealand’s vive from the Whakaari bers, the statement said. to the nearby tensions and violence wit- ry” legislation and alleged meddling in another coun- European Parliament Auckland, where he died White Island incident. He New Zealand authorities Shimukappu village nessed over the past weeks that the EU had crumbled try’s internal affairs. when there is full clarity this week, New Zealand had suffered 55 per cent are investigating the cir- office. in the country,” said Dalli. in the face of India’s diplo- Earlier, the European on the situation,” a Herald reported. The Stone burns in the volcano erup- cumstances around the dis- She said the matic lobby and prioritised Parliament had an- spokesperson said. Mountain couple’s three tion that occurred on aster. Protest in Patna Loktantrik Jan Pahal activists raise slogans against METRO Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of 07 Citizens (NRC) during a protest, in Patna, Thursday. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 BRIEF BJP doesn’t want to come to INDIAN DERBY power in Delhi riding on hatred New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI): whether you will vote for us or not, but I request Defence Minister you not to suspect our in- Rajnath Singh on tegrity. As the defence Wednesday said the BJP minister of this country, I did not wish to come to assure you that every power in Delhi riding on Muslim is a citizen of this hatred and such a victory country. Forget question- would be unacceptable to ing his citizenship, I as- the party. Addressing a sure you that no one can rally in Adarsh Nagar, the even touch a Muslim citi- senior Bharatiya Janata zen of this country,” he Party (BJP) leader also added.Singh said if Sadhus offer prayers sought to assuage the con- said there were some Prime Minister Narendra while sitting in circles cerns of Muslims over staging protests at Modi and the BJP had of burning dried the Citizenship Shaheen Bagh and insti- any malice, the govern- cow-dung cakes on the (Amendment) Act (CAA) gating fear that Muslims ment would not have occasion of Basant and said bona fide citi- will be stripped of their come up with the “sabka Panchami, during zens would remain unaf- citizenship.The BJP has sath sabka vikas” slo- Magh Mela at Sangam fected under the new been aggressively raising gan.He also accused the in Prayagraj law.”We do not want a vic- the pitch on Shaheen Opposition of playing the tory that has been Bagh, an anti-CAA politics of hatred.The 70- 5 held for Murder achieved because of ha- protest site in south member Delhi Assembly tred. Even if we win, we Delhi. Singh said will go to polls on Tiruchirappalli: Five will not accept such a vic- Muslims should not sus- February 8 and the re- A hostler and his horse are silloutted against the sun after a training session ahead of the Indian Derby at people were arrested tory,” he said.Hitting out pect the government’s in- sults will be announced Mahalaxmi Race Course, in Mumbai, Thursday. on Thursday in con- at the Opposition, Singh tegrity.”I do not know on February 11. nection with the mur- der of the BJP func- tionary Vijaya Raghu here following previ- Karnataka objects to Andhra Pradesh’s Delhi polls contest between PM Modi ous enmity,police said.The arrested who eliminated terrorists and protesters were identified as two-language formula in edu system Mohammed Babu (24), Sudarvendhan, Bengaluru, Jan 30 (PTI): taken by the Andhra Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Yasser,Hari Prasad  Raising objections to Andhra Pradesh’s Pradesh government to fol- and Sachin (all aged Raising objections to decision to follow two-language formula in low two language formula New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): Minister Narendra Modi Minister Manish Sisodia, between 19- 20), the Andhra Pradesh’s deci- will not just put the lives of who eliminated terrorists Shah said the BJP was with police said.The five sion to follow two-lan- its education system, Karnataka minister so many Kannada lan- The Delhi polls are a con- through air and surgical thousands of Pakistani have been lodged in guage formula in its edu- Suresh Kumar has requested the neighbour- guage teachers in jeopardy, test between Prime strikes inside Pakistan and refugees living in Delhi’s the central prison, cation system, Karnataka but also many children Minister Narendra Modi on the other hand are those Sanjay Colony.”Sisodia said they said.Vijaya minister Suresh Kumar ing State to take necessary action to protect will be deprived of learn- who eliminated terrorists supporting Shaheen Bagh. I am with Shaheen Bagh. Raghu (40), a zonal has requested the neigh- the interest of Kannadigas living there ing their mother tongue, through surgical strikes in- You have to decide whom Now I am saying we are secretary of the BJP bouring State to take nec- for the simple reason that side Pakistan and those do you support,” he said.He with Sanjay Colony. I want at Palakarai, was col- essary action to protect “The resultant impact on tions of camaraderie that they are living outside supporting the Shaheen said a vote for the BJP in to say to Dalits who came lecting parking fee in the interest of Kannadigas the morale of Kannadigas dates back to Karnataka. “In this re- Bagh protest, Union Home the February 8 polls will en- from Pakistan and settled a market area in the living there by continuing residing in border areas of Krishnadevaraya’s (ruler gard I would sincerely re- Minister Amit Shah said sure security of Delhi and in Sanjay Colony that you city on Monday when the minority language Andhra Pradesh who did of Vijayanagara empire) quest you to take neces- on Thursday. Seeking votes the country. have as much right over he was surrounded schools. In a letter to their schooling in time and beyond, and there sary action to protect the for the BJP during an elec- Shaheen Bagh in south this country as I and my and hacked to death Andhra Pradesh Chief Kannada medium all these was very little differences interest of Kannadigas of tion meeting at Bhatti east Delhi, has emerged as son have,” he said. The by the gang, they Minister Y S Jagan Mohan years is more than what on linguistic grounds as your state by continuing Mines Sanjay Colony the epicentre of anti- Home minister attacked added. Reddy,he said the decision meets the eye.A cultural both languages and ac- the minority language (Chhatarpur), Shah said Citizenship Amendment the AAP and the Congress to convert all schools into conflict is more demoralis- cents are similar. Umpteen schools, who teach the refugees from Pakistan, Act protests in the country. for opposing the CAA Strong winds English medium and ing than any other social Telugu Medium schools Kannada as a language or Bangladesh and A large number of women which was meant for pro- New Delhi: It was a “compel” every student to conflicts,” Kumar, minis- are found in Karnataka as a medium.I firmly be- Afghanistan have as much protesters have taken the viding citizenship to mi- cold, foggy morning learn Telugu or Urdu as ter for primary and sec- due to the liberal and all in- lieve that, this decision right over the country as its centrestage at the protest in norities like Hindus, in the national capi- one of the languages has ondary education, clusive administrative will restore the integrity other citizens.”Two forces Shaheen Bagh since mid- Sikhs and Buddhishts “per- tal on Thursday with “defied the spirit of bon- wrote.He noted that mechanism of Karnataka, which always existed be- are face to face in the as- December last secuted” in Pakistan, the minimum tem- homie” that always exist- Kannadigas and Andhra he pointed out.Kumar fur- tween us for generations,” sembly elections in Delhi. year.Attacking senior AAP Bangladesh and perature settling at 8 ed between the two states. people have shared genera- ther said the decision he added. On one side is Prime leader and Deputy Chief Afghanistan. degrees Celsius, one notch below the aver- Ekta Kapoor, age during the sea- DEVOTEES GATHER AT SANGAM Four pro-CAA ad films pending son.Visibility was re- Bhushan Kumar to duced to 200 metres jointly produce films CBFC clearance, will affect in areas covered by Palam and 800 metres Mumbai, Jan 30 (PTI): BJP campaign: Director by Safdarjung weath- er stations due to Filmmaker Ekta Kapoor  Changes that the regional office is “shallow” fog, at 8.30 and producer Bhushan busy with films that have AM, said a MeT de- Kumar are joining hands suggested were yet been nominated for 2020 partment official.The to create films to be incorporated. National Film Awards. Air Quality Index of together.The sequel to the Days later, the office sug- Delhi at 177 existed in 2014 film “Ek Villain” will Kolkata, Jan 30 (PTI): gested that I change the the “moderate” cate- mark the producer duo’s mention of Citizenship gory at 9 AM, accord- first of many collabora- Four ad films “high- Amendment Bill (CAB) in ing to the Central tions. Mohit Suri is re- lighting the benefits” of the ads to Citizenship Pollution Control turning as the director of the new citizenship law Amendment Act (CAA),” Board (CPCB). the sequel, slated to be re- are pending clearance at the director stated. leased on January 8, the CBFC for about a Chaudhury, who is also Arrested 2021.Kapoor of Balaji month, with the director the BJP Mahila Morcha Muzaffarnagar: Three Telefilms said the associa- stating that the process leader, said the mistake Dalit leaders have tion marks a new begin- was being delayed and the “made inadvertently” was been arrested here ning.”It is always exciting regulating body claiming corrected and the films and sent to jail for al- to work with like-minded that changes suggested were sent for clearance leged apprehension of individuals and people were yet to be incorporat- again on January 18, but breach of peace, po- who share the same pas- ed. Sanghamitra the regulating body then lice said.Vikas sion as you. As producers, Chaudhury,who conceptu- put forward a fresh set of Median, chief of Dalit we’re always looking to en- alised and created the four suggestions.” outfit Udham Singh hance the experience and ad films on behalf of the On January 28, I was in- Sena, Bhim Army ac- entertainment quotient Bengal unit of the BJP for formed that minor correc- tivist Teekam Bodh for audiences and the col- electronic media, said she tions needed to be made in and one more person laboration with Bhushan had applied for certifica- the four films. Currently, I were arrested and T-Series will help us tion a month ago, on am in Delhi... will be back Wednesday evening create just that,” she said December 27.She also said in Kolkata only by over apprehensions in a statement.”Ekta and I that the delay would affect February 7.”I informed that they could breach Devotees gather at Sangam to take a holy dip on the occasion of Basant Panchami during have previously worked to- the saffron party’s pro- them that I will be able to peace in the area, they the ongoing Magh Mela in Prayagraj, Thursday. gether for the music of her CAA campaign in the sit with them only after I said.Meanwhile, the films. state.”I was initially told return. Bharat band called on Wednesday passed peacefully here and CPWD asks officials to review construction Scions of 2 biz families held some organisations wrote memoranda against the projects of paramilitary forces Citizenship New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): Border Police (ITBP) also in blackmail-extortion scheme Amendment Act  Asked its special raised the issue of delay, Wednesday evening. The CPWD has asked its director generals saying out of 146 projects, Found in their possession videoptapes of intimate moments of 182 women top officials to review all and additional 87 are running behind Nod to extend tenure construction projects of schedule in which 13 proj- Kolkata, Jan 30 (PTI): of the relationship. New Delhi: The the paramilitary forces director generals ects are delayed for more Their main intention Election Commission after the BSF, CISF and to ensure that all than two years. According Kolkata Police have ar- was to squeeze money on Thursday gave its ITBP flagged delays in the to sources, Central rested three persons in- from these women,” he nod for extending the completion of work. allotted funds are Industrial Security Force cluding two members of said.While investigating a tenure of Delhi The Central Public utilised in the cur- (CISF) had allocated Rs reputed business houses complaint lodged in Police Commissioner Works Department has 106.14 crore under OB on the charge of black- November last year by a Amulya Patnaik by a asked its special director rent financial year head, but expenditure of mailing, and found in their woman at Kolkata Police’s month in view of the generals and additional di- 55.13 crore was booked by possession videoptapes of Cyber Crime section, po- assembly polls in the rector generals to ensure utilised less than 60 per the CPWD.In view of this, intimate moments of 182 lice nabbed one person, national capital, offi- that all allotted funds are cent of allotted funds, the CPWD has written to women. identified as Kailash cials said.The per- utilised in the current fi- sources said.”In the meet- special director generals The videoptapes were al- Yadav,on January 10 for al- mission was granted nancial year.Sources said ing, the BSF also highlight- and additional director legedly recorded by the legedly making calls to the after the Union Home in a recent meeting with ed the issue regarding pen- generals on the issue.”All two members of business complainant to blackmail Ministry wrote to the CPWD officials, the Border dency of submission of es- SDG and ADG have been families over a period of her, a senior police officer EC in this effect.The Security Force pointed out timates for development requested to review all the seven years, a senior police tapes on the internet, the 2013, he said.”First, they said. Election Commission that it has released around works. Out of 152 campus- projects of the paramili- official said on IPS officer said. He said used to befriend a woman After questioning him, has allowed the Rs 144 crore under the es, estimates have been re- tary forces and the Thursday.The third person Anish Loharuka - a mem- and then develop physical the police arrested Home Ministry to ex- head of office building ceived for only 65 campus- progress of utilisation of arrested was an employee ber of a family owing sev- relationships with them. Loharuka and Aggarwal tend the tenure of (OB) to various divisions es. This needs to be expe- the funds. It should be en- of one of the two, who eral hotels - and his friend During intimate moments, on January 28, he said Patnaik till February of the agency against dited by the CPWD field sured that all the allotted used to call a potential vic- Aditya Aggarwal - a scion they recorded photographs adding that they did not end, an official from which only 70 per cent has units,” they said.In anoth- funds are utilised within tim and extort money by of a popular ethnic wear and videos and preserve want their names to be in- the ministry said. been utilised. Eighteen di- er meeting with the this financial year,” blackmailing her to re- chain - have started record- them on computers. After volved and used Kailash to visions of CPWD has only agency, the Indo-Tibetan sources said. lease the intimate video- ing such videotaping since sometime, they came out make those threat calls. Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God. 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TRADITIONAL INITIATION FOR EDUCATION ✍ LETTERS CENTRAL TO THE EDITOR Chronicle Misuse of power At first I thanks to this Indigo Grounds comedian Kunal Established 1974 Volume 45 No. 117 Kamra for 'Slandering' TV Anchor, Arnab Goswami , from which we not only got to know Trump’s ‘peace plan’ of Arnab Goswami’s imperti- nent and clamorous TV news he Palestinian issue is again on the table, which is a good debates, but now also tested T sign. It has been on the backburner for a long time. that he can also stand calm- However, reactions to the so-called "deal of the century" are ness in the face of an attack familiar. The Israelis say the plan is a great step, although we by a petulant comedian. But have not got the details. The Palestinians repeat their old the shocking point is the way stance: We reject the plan even though we do not know what it immediately after the incident is, and it may only be an attempt to save Israeli Prime Minister the Civil Aviation Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the prison threat he is facing.A long Hardeep Singh Puri has asked time has passed since the last peace accords. Indeed, the other airlines to ban the Kunal world did not stop going about doing its business as usual; but Kamra for six months. Is it meanwhile regimes collapsed, rulers left, such as Muammar justified? If so then why the Qaddafi and Saddam Hussein, and generations, ideas, and bor- same punishment were not ders have changed. Donald Trump’s Arab-Israeli peace plan metted out to Shivsena MP rests upon the absurdity of the Palestinians accepting a state Ravindra Gaikwad hit an Air in name alone. Since 1993’s Oslo accords, hope had been kin- India employee repeatedly dled that a “Palestine” could be created from most of the West with his footwear as he was Bank and Gaza Strip, with its capital in East Jerusalem. The not allotted a business class Trump administration’s document pays lip service to such an seat on an all economy flight entity while shrinking its size and mutilating its scope to non- and Saadhvi Pragya Thakur existence. It envisages the potential transfer of Palestinian created so much ruckus on the towns out of Israel. It contains a blatant attempt to stop flight; but she was not barred then. Why not Arnab Palestinians seeking justice for war crimes – including those Families with their children give offerings to Hindu deity Saraswathi as they participate in the traditional religious ceremony Goswami’s Republic reporter currently under way. Mr Trump boasts he is a dealmaker, offer- of 'Aksharabhyasam' that gives initiation for the children's education, at a temple in Hyderabad on Thursday. taking interview of Tej Pratap ing $50bn in investment if Palestinians trade away their civil onboard flight during a flight and national rights. But Palestinians see a conman with no in 2017 or the Congress MP intention of making good on empty promises. No matter how Shashi Tharoor (says Arnab's much criticism is leveled - some of which is actually right - the CAA protests pose serious challenge to BJP reporters) did same to him on previous limited peace agreements partially served the two flights, without action. Palestinian interest. Oslo has given the Palestinians an inter- Agree Arnab Goswami is one national legitimacy, and an administrative entity on the protests cut across gender and to have been born. Today, people of the staunch ‘Modi-bhakt’, ground, after being an exiled organisation in Tunisia. The YASHWARDHAN JOSHI religious divide and brought to are scared that they may have to and to protect him the way agreement has enabled the return of more than 150,000 the streets, for the first time leave this country. They are Civil Aviation Minister Puri Palestinians to their country. On the other hand, Iran has been perhaps, Muslim women in such queuing up for all kinds of without knowledge of the Israel's best ally. Through some loyal Palestinian factions, Iran large numbers. In Delhi's cards," says West Bengal Chief Modi government’s 2017 has managed to foil all past negotiation attempts through Shaheen Bagh, thousands of Minister Mamata Banerjee. issued rules for preventing bombings, suspicions, spreading of chaos, and challenging the women have been leading the According to Punjab Chief disruptive behaviour by air legitimacy of the late President Yasser Arafat. With his death, protests against the CAA which, Minister Amarinder Singh, such travellers and laid down the all serious negotiation attempts stopped. The only losers from they say, is a ploy to deny the a resolution "represents the will guidelines, issued the fatwa sabotaging the peace projects are always the Palestinians, not Muslims their citizenship. Their of the people" as it comes and the way air lines misused the Iranians or the Israelis. As sure as every morning the sun continuous peaceful sit-in for through their elected represen- it, beyond condemnable. All of rises, Israel expands and the Palestinian territories shrink. more than a month has caught tatives. This is apparently what them must be book for misus- What is more dangerous than Trump's actions is the people's imagination and the BJP and its leaders have ing power, but sadly we live in Palestinian retreat, if their leaders keeping sitting, waiting for inspired other women across failed to understand. They are such a country where rioters a miracle to happen. The Palestinian President Mahmoud India to start similar protests. holding on to their stand on the garlanded and honour to encounter specialist, the what Abbas is perhaps the only one who can fight the battle over the The BJP says the CAA/NRC will in no Such sit-ins are taking place in legality of the issue, but seems can we expect from our law- new negotiations. He is the oldest and most rational leader way affect the genuine Muslims, but Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune to have ignored the people alto- makers, except such type and, without him, there may have been chaos in power since nobody is listening. It seems there is a Allahabad, Gaya, Patna and gether. order? the departure of Abu Ammar 16 years ago. Does accepting trust deficit on the other side. Both sides Hyderabad. Several protesters have been Bidyut Kumar Chattrjee, Trump's invitation mean that the PA amounted to full submis- Braving the winter chill, they killed in clashes with police in Faridabad sion? Of course not. What is expected is just to sit down, talk are adamant on their respective stand. come to the sit-ins carrying the Uttar Pradesh, with Chief and show goodwill; as no one will impose a solution that the The BJP says it will not scrap the CAA; national flag and pictures of Minister Yogi Adityanath warn- Kudos to Team India Palestinians do not want. This is what the Israelis do, even the protesters say they will continue with Gandhi and Ambedkar. They ing of sedition charges against Kudos to Team India for an though they are less willing to negotiate over the status quo read each other the Preamble of those raising 'Azadi' slogans dur- enthralling win in the Third because it gives them land and rule. They deal positively with their protests till the CAA, a precursor to Constitution, make speeches ing protests. In the election T20 International match and Trump, who may be re-elected president in November, and the NRC, is rescinded. What is going to reaffirming their citizenship and campaigning in Delhi, BJP min- for registering a maiden T20I have enormous power that they may harness to their advan- happen now?The issue has taken political sing patriotic songs. But the ister Anurag Thakur and local series victory in the New tage, or at least use to minimise any harm they could suffer. A overtones and has already become a poll protests in some other parts of leader Parvesh Verma have used Zealand as well after beating peace won’t last without an acceptance of past wrongs. Delhi's Muslim-dominated areas 'uncalled for language' against the Kiwis in a nail biting con- Washington once championed international law to manage agenda for the Delhi Assembly elections and in Uttar Pradesh have been the Shaheen Bagh protesters test played at the Seddon global relations. It now promotes the law of the jungle, where on February 8. violent initially, prompting the and had to be dropped from the Park, Hamilton. After taking every country fends for itself. We are present at the creation of ruling BJP to claim that these star campaigners' list on the an unassailable 3-0 lead in dangerous times in the world, not just in the Middle East. n the history of Independent try. And when revolutionary poet have been sponsored by the orders of the Election the T20I series, the Indian I India, there have been many Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem of opposition parties. Commission. In Karnataka, sedi- Team has exhibited an ab- protests and rallies, but none protest, 'Hum dekhenge, laazim The BJP says the CAA/NRC tion charges have been slapped solute dominance over the Finding a suitor like the protests against the hai ki hum bhi dekhenge', was will in no way affect the genuine against a school for an anti-CAA Kiwis. Opener KL Rahul's Citizen (Amendment) Act (CAA) recited at IIT Kanpur after a soli- Muslims, but nobody is listening. play by class IV students. The consistency both with the bat he NDA government’s fresh offer of a sweetened deal that has swept the country and tary march against CAA and the It seems there is a trust deficit BJP, it seems, have lost the plot and the wicket-keeping T for selling the loss-making Air India is a welcome for so long. Some call it the proposed National Register of on the other side. Both sides are altogether. It has failed to con- gloves has made one to con- move as it addresses some of the key concerns of prospec- maturing of the Indian democra- Citizens (NRC), the protest adamant on their respective vince the people. sider him as a first choice for tive buyers. The offer of 76% stake sale, made in 2018, had cy; some call it the misuse of it. anthem came alive once again stand. The BJP says it will not When the Republic Day is cel- the ICC T20 World Cup, 2020 no takers. Now, the government will offload its entire stake, But the protests have been and stirred the conscience of a scrap the CAA; the protesters ebrated at Shaheen Bagh with as an opener and a wicket- a move that is likely to encourage bidders because it implies unprecedented in nature and large section of people as it had say they will continue with their the reading of the Preamble of keeper. Keeping in view the full operational freedom to run the carrier. Learning lessons character. Those who started it done 33 years ago when it was protests till the CAA, a precursor the Constitution, ' We the People ICC T20 World Cup which is from the past, the government has taken a prudent step to are the students, the youth, the sung by celebrated Pakistani to the NRC, is rescinded. What is of India...', it looks as if the bat- scheduled to be conducted in address the airline’s massive debt which has been a major future of India. ghazal singer Iqbal Bano in going to happen now? tle is a long-drawn one. Australia this year, the ongoing stumbling block for prospective buyers. It has transferred Their belief and assertion of Lahore against the dictatorial The issue has taken political 'Samvidhaan’, or the series in the New Zealand can part of the debt to a special purpose vehicle. And, the debt faith in the Constitution of India regime of Zia ul Haq. overtones and has already Constitution, has become be considered vital for the on the books of Air India at the time of transaction would be are particularly heartening to Seeing the sight of students become a poll agenda for the Oxford’s Hindi Word of the Year Indian Team as the pitch condi- frozen at Rs 23,286 crore. Apart from lowering the net worth see, says Bharat Ratna Pranab protesting in the name of pro- Delhi Assembly elections on for 2019. During the year, the tions of both the nations are criteria for bidders from Rs 5,000 crore to Rs 3,500 crore, Mukherjee. From Delhi's Jamia tecting the secular fabric of the February 8. Four State govern- Indian Constitution ‘in a way, quite similar in terms of the bid document has also tweaked eligibility norms with Millia Islamia and Aligarh Constitution and the subsequent ments-- Rajasthan, Kerala, truly became a people’s docu- bounce. Although the Men In consortiums being given greater flexibility. All this will sure- Muslim University, where stu- police violence on them, many Punjab and West Bengal-- have ment, given to the people by the Blue have clinched the T20I se- ly make the bid terms attractive, though concerns remain dents were chased and brutally from the civil society joined already passed resolutions in people’, says Oxford University ries, the final judgement must about legacy issues. With the collapse of Jet Airways, Air beaten up by police, the protests them in demanding the repeal of their Assemblies that they will Press. The BJP has to win over be made after the remaining India’s competitor in both domestic and international mar- spread to Jawaharlal Nehru CAA and the NRC process. And not implement the CAA and that the people because they are the ODI and Test series. kets, this revised bid structure should be attractive to the University, IITs and various as they say: "log aate gaye aur it should be be withdrawn. "The ones who matter the most. No Tushar Anand, Patna investors. As part of strategic disinvestment, Air India other campuses across the coun- kaarwaan banta gaya." The way things are, it was better not two ways about it. would also sell 100% stake in low-cost airline Air India Express and 50% shareholding in AISATS, a joint venture between Air India and Singapore Airlines that offers ground handling services. The management control of the airline would also be transferred to the successful bidder. WHAT THEY TWEET! The new buyer will get a total of 146 aircraft and also benefit from as much as 50% of the international market share held by Indian airlines as well as 4,400 airport slots at Markandey R Jagannathan airports in the country and 3,300 slots in 42 countries, which Katju@mkatju @TheJaggi will be available at least for six months after the sale is Some airlines banned Kunal How many more complete. Moreover, given the number of aircraft owned by Kamra for what he said to unelected power cen- Air India and its low-cost subsidiary Air India Express, a Lord Bhow Bhow on a flight. I ters will we create? No intend to say much more EC in US or UK has this buyer can recover a major portion of the investment by offensive things to him if we r kind of power as Indian adopting sale and leaseback of airplanes. The government in a flight together, as I EC. Main thing is to get must make a clean exit from the airline business to allow regard him a disgrace to jour- the general laws work- taxpayers’ funds to be better utilised for social agenda. nalism. So let us see whether ing. There is a strong case for privatising the state-owned airline the airlines will have the burdened by a poor legacy of public-sector corporate cul- courage to ban me too ture, political interference and bureaucratic controls. Earlier, the suitors were wary of political interference that Dr Jitendra Singh@DrJitendraSingh joint ownership with the government could have resulted in. Thanked PM @narendramodi for Cabinet decision approving allocation of 30% of North Eastern Council budget for Pravind Jugnauth@ The fresh offer signals a clean exit on the government’s deprived areas, neglected sections & emerging priority sectors in Northeast. Also reviewed preparations for fusion PKJugnauth part, though it restricts effective control of Air India to Northeast-Gujarat festival at Madhavpur (Rajkot) Mela. My deep gratitude to his Excellency Indian entities. However, this is in tune with the existing FDI Shri @narendramodi and the Government and People of the policy governing the aviation sector. Hopefully, the Kanupriya@kanupriiya Republic of India for awarding the Maharaja will find a suitor this time. Sabzi Mandi at Indore Padma Vibhushan, the highest civil- ian award of the Republic of India, to the Rt Hon Sir @AJugnauth, Central Chronicle welcomes, articles, write ups, comments on different issues for former Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius. editorial page (800-900 words), Letter to editor for this page. It can be sent by Abhishek@AbhishBanerj e-mail at: [email protected] The letters can be edited or rewritten for clarity of thoughts. 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No. 26172/74/RNI Mahindra Electric unveils new brand identity Bengaluru: Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd, a part of the USD 20.7-billion BUSINESS 09 Mahindra Group, on Monday unveiled a new corporate brand identity with a new logo and tagline, 'Spark the New.' CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 BRIEF Renault drives in Retirement Ficci survey projects BS-VI compliant versions FY20 GDP growth at 5 pc of Kwid, Triber Q prove to 5.5 per cent in concerns remain on ex- nent this year on the back To improve to 2020-21 as per the projec- ternal front with exports of lower than anticipated New Delhi, Jan 29: J New Delhi: Tata 5.5 pc in FY21 tions," the survey said. projected to contract in nominal growth. To aug- Motors on Thursday Further as per the survey, 2019-20. Merchandise ex- ment government's rev- Auto maker Renault said Ralf Speth will the economic growth has ports are expected to de- enue collections, they said it has launched BS-VI retire as Executive New Delhi, Jan 29: been pegged at 4.7 per cline by 2.1 per cent, while called for measures to compliant versions of its Director and Chief cent for the third quarter imports are expected to boost the country's nomi- entry level hatchback Executive Officer of Industry body Ficci of 2019-20. The survey decline 5.5 per cent dur- nal GDP growth. Kwid and newly launched Jaguar Land Rover said its Economic Outlook was conducted during ing the year, it said. Citing weak consump- model Triber. (JLR) in September Survey has projected the December and January Moreover, median cur- tion demand as a major The upgraded when his contract country's annual median 2019-20 amongst econo- rent account deficit fore- impediment to India's versions of ends. Speth will take GDP growth for 2019-20 at mists belonging to the in- cast was pegged at 1.4 per growth, economists cau- Triber are up the role of non-ex- 5 per cent, in line with the dustry, banking and fi- cent of GDP for 2019-20. tioned against any priced be- ecutive vice chairman projections made by the nancial services sector, "Moderation in global changes in the GST rates tween Rs 2.92 of JLR, Tata Motors' National Statistical Ficci said. growth forecast, escalat- to improve revenue col- lakh and Rs Chairman N Organisation (NSO). As per the first advance ing geo-political tensions, lections as it would prove 5.01 lakh, Chandrasekaran said The survey has put the estimates of the national and uncertainty around to be counterproductive, while Triber in a regulatory filing. median growth forecast income released by the trade deal between US- Ficci said. trims are for agriculture and allied NSO, India's GDP growth China and BREXIT out- Economists recom- tagged be- across all activities at 2.6 per cent is seen dipping to an 11- come still form major risk mended undertaking ex- tween Rs 4.99 versions, it added. Remand hearing for 2019-20, the industry year low of 5 per cent in factors to India's growth pansionary fiscal and lakh and Rs The BS-VI compliant mod- J London : Fugitive dia- and services sector at 3.5 the current fiscal, mainly in 2020," it said. monetary policies along 6.78 lakh (all prices ex- creased be- els of Duster and Captur mantaire Nirav Modi, per cent and 7.2 per cent, due to poor showing by Participating econo- with a slew of reforms to showroom Delhi), the com- tween Rs 4,000 to Rs 15,000 will also be launched well fighting extradition to respectively, during the manufacturing and con- mists said that a shortfall tackle the structural pany said in a statement. depending on the variant, before the BS-VI deadline India on charges over current year. struction sectors. in government's revenue problems facing the The price for BS-VI com- while that of Kwid has (April 1), the company the nearly USD 2 bil- "Growth is likely to im- The survey further said collections seems immi- economy. pliant Triber has been in- been increased by Rs 9,000 said. lion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and TJAPSKBSK organising money laundering Rahul Bajaj to step down from executive role, to case, is to be produced Bajaj Finance Limited launches seminar on Lac Culture for a regular remand hearing at stay as non-executive Chairman of Bajaj Auto New Delhi, Jan 30: Westminster Systematic Deposit Plan "Tapshil Jati Adibasi Magistrates' Court in New Delhi, Jan 30: the company with effect Praktan Sainik Krishi London on Thursday. from April 1, 2020, subject Pune, Jan 30: the maturity amount, com- tive returns. It is the best Bikash Shilpa Kendra", The 48-year-old, who Bajaj Auto's long serv- to shareholders' approval. prising the investment option for regular savers, has been working in 204 has been lodged at ing Chairman Rahul Bajaj Since Bajaj has already Bajaj Finance Limited, amount and earned inter- who need not wait to accu- blocks under 18 districts in Wandsworth Prison in will step down from execu- attained the age of 75, ap- the lending and investing est, will be credited into mulate a corpus to invest in West Bengal with 6500 em- south-west London, tive role to become a non- proval of shareholders arm of Bajaj Finserv, has their respective accounts. a fixed deposit. Instead, ployees is knocking the will appear via vide- executive director while will be taken by special launched Systematic Commenting on the they can save through door of success. olink from prison. His continuing to hold his cur- resolution by way of Deposit plan - a monthly launch Mr. Sachin Sikka, Systematic Deposit Plan on Employees are going to extradition trial is rent position, the company postal ballot for his ap- savings plan, for those look- Chief Business Officer - a monthly basis. secure a permanent scheduled for five days said on Thursday. pointment as non-execu- ing to invest in Fixed Retail & Corporate Regular savers can start source of income as devot- starting May 11, with Bajaj, who has been a di- tive chairman as required Deposit through small Liabilities at Bajaj Finance saving with an amount of ed employees of this or- the case management rector of the company under SEBI regulations, monthly savings. Limited said: "Systematic just Rs. 5000 each month ganization. This organiza- hearings in the case since April 1, 1970, was last the company added. Starting at just Rs. 5000 Deposit Plan is a first-of-its- with Systematic Deposit tion is providing sponta- set to begin soon. reappointed by the board After taking charge of per month, investors can kind savings plan that will Plan. While the first pay- neous service in lac cul- for a five-year term with whole-time director of the the Bajaj Group business reap the benefit of interest cater not just to the needs of ment is to be made via ture enormously all effect from April 1, 2015, company after the expiry in 1965, Rahul Bajaj led the rates prevailing on the date mass affluent, but also tap cheque, subsequent de- around the state. Trade rules and his term as executive of his current term on company to its growth of every monthly deposit, into the pool of regular posits are debited directly Beside Lac Culture; seri- chairman is expiring on March 31, 2020," it added. path. Under his steward- which are applicable to that savers." from an investor's bank ac- culture, pisci culture, March 31, 2020, the compa- Bajaj Auto further said ship Bajaj Auto, the particular deposit. With the Systematic Deposit Plan count through a NACH mushroom, vermicom- ny said in a regulatory fil- its board of directors in a group's flagship company, number of monthly de- by Bajaj Finance Limited, mandate. Investors will post, bio flock, pulses, mil- ing. meeting held on Thursday saw its turnover grow to posits ranging from 6 to 48, is a unique monthly sav- also have the option to let are growing in huge "Due to certain commit- approved his appointment Rs 12,000 crore from just investors can choose tenors ings plan that offers the withdraw their savings pre- amount in every district of ments and other pre-occu- as non-executive director Rs 7.2 crore with the firm's ranging from 12 to 60 convenience and benefits of maturely anytime, just like West Bengal with the pation, Rahul Bajaj has de- with the designation con- scooters becoming the months. At the end of tenor a Systematic Investment any other Fixed Deposit acute assistance of this or- J Washington: cided not to continue as a tinuing as the chairman of mainstay. for each monthly deposit, Plan, sans the risk of nega- with Bajaj Finance. ganisation. President Donald Trump has signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of Mercedes drives in new GLE, price starts at 73.7 lakh Panasonic India forays into education sector trade with Canada and Mexico, celebrat- New Delhi, Jan 30: The company has now Bengaluru, Jan 30: ing the fulfilment of already launched two one of his top cam- German luxury car SUVs -- G350d and GLC in Addressing the growing paign promises while maker Mercedes-Benz 2019. Besides, the new need to upskill students to declining to share the launched new long wheel GLE, the company also create a future-ready moment with base (LWB) GLE SUV in plans to drive in GLS and workforce, Panasonic Democratic lawmak- India. The model comes in GLA in next few months. India - a diversified tech- ers whose support two trims -- LWB GLE 300 When asked about sales nology company, an- was essential to get- d priced at Rs 73.70 lakh growth prospects for this nounced the launch of its ting it over the and the LWB GLE 400 d year, he said, "We are look- two education based solu- finish line. (hip-hop variant) tagged at ing for double digit growth tions: "CareerEx" and Rs 1.25 crore (ex-show- this year." "XcelIT". room). "At Mercedes-Benz He said market senti- CareerEx has been de- Innovation Centre (IIC), the unemployment rate in New version we know the customers' ment has improved from signed to address the the solutions were the urban youth is very J New Delhi: Jaguar pulse and our endeavour is the second half of last needs of college and uni- launched for the institutes high; in the age group of Land Rover (JLR) on to offer them with product year and the company is versity students to ad- in presence of Mr. Anil 20-24 years, an unemploy- Thursday said it has offerings that are best-in hopeful of maintaining vance their skillset with Sahasrabudhe- Chairman, ment rate of 37 per cent launched a new ver- class," Mercedes-Benz the momentum it had in emerging technologies AICTE,Mr. M.P. Poonia - was reported whilst grad- sion of Range Rover India Managing Director the fourth quarter of 2019. such Data Science, Cloud Vice Chairman, AICTE uates amongst them re- Evoque in India. The & CEO Martin Schwenk Mercedes-Benz MD & CEO Martin Schwenk (R) and VP, Steps taken by the gov- Computing, Machine and Dr. Antriksh Johri- ported an alarmingly Sales & Marketing, Santosh Iyer pose for photographers company said it has told reporters here. during the launch of the new GLE in New Delhi. ernment to boost economy Learning/AI and Internet Director, CBSE today at higher unemployment started deliveries of The GLE remains one such as reducing corpo- of Things to name a few. VigyanBhawan. rate of over 60 per cent. diesel powered S and such winning product, and kick-starts the company's India, the GLE has sold rate tax rate had a positive XcelIT on the other The event was well at- Speaking on the occa- R-Dynamic SE trims the fourth generation GLE product offensive for 2020 over 13,000 units in India impact on the market in hand is designed for tended by deans and chair- sion, Mr Atsushi Motoya, of the model, which that comes with a long for the Indian market and and remains the highest general and the company's school students primarily persons of over 75 leading Head - Panasonic India are priced at Rs 54.94 wheelbase is further going reiterate its commitment selling luxury SUVs in customer base in particu- residing in Tier II & III universities and institutes Innovation Centresaid, lakh and Rs 59.85 lakh to redefine and create a towards launching new this market, he added. lar, he added. Last year cities, to ready them for all in India. Centre for "We are committed to- respectively (ex-show- new benchmark in the lux- products for discerning Schwenk said the compa- Mercedes Benz saw competitive exams. Monitoring Indian wards contributing to the room). The deliveries ury SUV segment, he customers, Schwenk said. ny plans to bring around around 11 per cent decline Designed and developed at Economy's (CMIE) recent evolution of the communi- of petrol variants will added. The new LWB GLE Since its launch in ten new products this year. in sales at 13,786 units. Panasonic's India data further validates that ties we operate in.” begin shortly,it added."The Range Rover Evoque has al- ways been the most Pulses Conclave 2020 to be held from Feb 12 Hyundai Motor rolls out three millionth car from TN plant stylish and distin- guished compact SUV Chennai, Jan 30: lakhth car followed by 10 in its category.” lakhth car and 20 lakhth Korean auto-maker car in February 2010 and Hyundai Motor India March 2014 respectively. Expressway projects achieved a significant In 2019, Hyundai Motor milestone by rolling out shipped 1.81 lakh units its three millionth 'made with 792 customised vari- in India' car being shipped ants according to country to overseas market from specific preference and de- the Tamil Nadu manufac- mand, Kim who is also the turing unit, a top official company CEO, said at an said on Thursday. The event at the manufactur- three millionth car was ing facility. With a market J New Delhi: Union Mumbai, Jan 30: Myanmar, Ethiopia, officials including Dr. the company's latest sedan share of 26 per cent in 2019 minister Nitin Uganda, Tanzania, Krishnamurthy Hyundai Aura which has to the total exports of pas- Gadkari urged indus- India Pulses and Grains Mozambique and Malawi Subramanian, Chief been rechristened 'Grand senger cars from India, try players to cash in Association (IPGA), the to participate in The Pulses Economic Advisor, i10' for the Colombian Hyundai Motor India Managing Director S S Kim at the Hyundai has been a signif- on the huge potential nodal body for India's puls- Conclave 2020 (TPC 2020). Government of India and market, rolled out from roll-out of 3 millionth car from their manufacturing facility icant contributor to the that 22 upcoming ex- es trade and industry an- Raosaheb Patil Danve, Dr. Ashok Dalwai, CEO of the assembly line at the at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, Thursday. Indian automobile indus- press highways hold nounced that the 5th edi- Minister of State, Ministry National Rainfed Area state-of-the-art manufac- try,he said. in the areas of alter- tion THE PULSES CON- of Consumer Affairs, Food Authority Ashish turing facility in nearby millionth export car roll- their trust...," he said. Kim said the company native fuel, electric CLAVE,their biennial glob- and Public Distribution Bahuguna, Former Sriperumbudur. The com- out is a significant mile- HMIL began exporting during the last two highway and charg- al pulses conference will be shall grace The Pulses Agriculture Secretary and pany on the occasion also stone as it showcases the cars in 1999 with the first decades had invested Rs ing stations. The held from Feburary 12th to Conclave as the Chief Former FSSAI said that it has begun ex- global success story for batch comprising 20 units 24,000 crore at it's manu- Road Transport, 14th, 2020 at Amby Valley Guest and will be joined by Chairperson; Dr. Bijaya port of Hyundai Aura Hyundai," Hyundai Motor of popular hatchback facturing unit. The com- Highways and MSME City in Lonavala, Guest of Honour like Mr. Behara, Economic Advisor, range of cars, besides India Managing director S 'Santro' being shipped to pany has already an- Minister said that Maharashtra. David Marit, Minister of Ministry of Food shipping other models. S Kim said. "We started Nepal. Later, it reached nounced Rs 7,000 crore ad- projects specially IPGA expects close to Agriculture, Government Processing Industries, Dr. S The rollout of the three our export operations in the first milestone of ex- ditional investments about Rs 1 lakh crore 1000 trade stakeholders of Saskatchewan, Canada. K Malhotra, Agriculture millionth car was the 1999 and created many porting one lakhth carin which include new prod- Delhi-Mumbai ex- from India and key pulses The Conclave will also Commissioner, Ministry of fastest since inception of milestones. We thank all October 2004. uct launches and power- press highway. exporting countries like see the participation of Agriculture & Farmers the unit in 1998. "The our global customers and In March 2008, the com- train enhancement, USA, Australia, Canada, senior Indian Government Welfare. fastest Made in India 3 overseas distributors for pany exported its five he added. cultural evolution found to be just as slow as biological evolution Cultural change as slow-moving as biological change— OFFBEAT and it is because most cultural artifacts are subjects to 10 both stabilizing and directional forces, says Ben Lambert CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 from Imperial College London.

Nilanshi Patel, 17, who has been Biography to awarded the 2019 Guinness explore personal, World Record for the longest Nilanshi with longest hair in hair in the teenager category, unheard episodes 190 cm, poses for a picture with of VP Menon’s life her mother Kaminibenat at world has lessons for haircare Modasa in Gujarat. Ahmedabad (AFP): hair measuring 170.5 cm (5ft and 6 inches). In what might remind you of the Over the course of one year, her classic children's story of hair grew 7.8 inches. Rapunzel who had hair as long as a Nilanshi washes her hair once a tower, an Indian girl has set the week and applies a homemade oil world record for the longest hair prepared by her mother. It takes on a teenager. her an hour to comb her hair and Gujarat-based Nilanshi Patel about half an hair to dry them. (17) recently broke her own world "I love my hair, I never want to record, with her hair now measur- get my hair chopped...There is a ing 6 feet and 2.8 inches, a 7.8 inch new world in my life. The entire growth from her previous record. world has started knowing me," New Delhi (PTI): A new book on The Guinness Book of World she told the life and times of VP Menon, Records recently took to Speaking about her future plans, the man who brought about a Instagram to break the news of the Nilanshi, a student of Class 12, definitive plan for a unified India new record set by Nilanshi, post- said that she aspires to become a after independence, will hit the ing a picture of her, with her hair software engineer and is currently stands by January-end, an- spread over a white background. preparing for her Joint Entrance nounced publishing house Simon Nilanshi told AFP that she de- Examination (JEE) Mains. & Schuster. Written by historian cided to never run scissors on her "I never felt distraction because and Menon's great-granddaugh- hair after she received a bad hair- whenever mummy takes care of ter Narayani Basu, the book ti- cut at the age of 6. Since then, she my hair I have books in my hand. tled "V.P. Menon: The unsung ar- has never cut her hair. This is happening since my child- chitect of modern India" will spill Notably, she had also set a world hood so I am habitual to it," she little-known facts about the po- record in November 2018, with her said. litical advisor of the last Viceroy of India, Lord Louis Mountbatten. The book will explore the man behind the public figure through SCULPTURE EXHIBITION his unconventional personal life and his private conflicts, which Every child needs "made him channel his energy into public service". "Drawing from documents -- scattered, unread and unre- personalised learning plan searched until now -- and with unprecedented access to Bengaluru: ments to individualised ers will be able to enact Menon's papers and his taped interventions. Intelligent more focused interven- off-the-record, explosively frank School students are software will use test tions for struggling stu- interviews - this remarkable bi- measured by standard- scores to reveal where dents. And when the ography of VP Menon not only ised tests, but they are students truly are in standardised tests are re- covers the life and times of a not popular. Some view their learning journey, administered, school dis- man unjustly consigned to the them as imperfect tools and where they need tricts will be able to con- footnotes of history but also to benchmark students help. Based on that, soft- firm the efficacy of the changes our perception of how relative to each other. ware will place each stu- interventions and fur- India, as we know it, came into Others view them as dent into personalised ther validate students being," the publisher said in a sources of stress for stu- learning plans that they progress. statement. Menon is widely dents and faculty that can move through at Tools such as this will known for his contribution to de- take away from valuable their own time and pace. not only will this allow vise an "alternative, coherent class time and distort in- Pupils will get as much students to learn more and workable plan for independ- centives. And everyone practice as they need, in and empower teachers to ence" as he and Sardar agrees that they aren’t the areas they need most. be more dynamic in their Vallabhbhai Patel, the first actionable. What is a The process will be approach to helping them, deputy prime minister of India, teacher supposed to do continuous. Every inter- it will also finally give ed- ensured the merger of princely when a test shows that a action will further in- ucators the tools to run ex- states with India. third of their fifth-grade form where students are. periments faster and with "She (Basu) takes us through students are operating at Rather than having to better data. A school could the highs and lows of his career, a fourth-grade level? Do wait for the next year to randomly assign students from his determination to give they teach to fourth or understand how students to one of two cohorts, test- women the right to vote; to his fifth grade or someplace are progressing, teach- ing a new approach with strategy, at once ruthless and in between? How do they ers, principals and dis- one cohort – including ap- subtle, to get the princely states know which of a whole trict leaders will be able proaches that are not tech- to accede to India; to his decision series of educational ap- to monitor students’ nology based – and then to join forces with the Swatantra proaches are most effec- progress on state or na- comparing their growth A man looks at a piece of artwork during a sculpture exhibition in Baghdad, Iraq. Party; to his final relegation to tive for their students? tional standards in near to the control cohort. relative obscurity," they said. In 2020, technology real-time through online Once again, this data will will enable us to connect dashboards. With rich be available in near real- standardised assess- student insights, teach- time. Gold rush Aussie town divided over modern-art project Dunolly: bers of the community, Chief administrator representing groups in- Noel Harvey believes the Modern art has divided the cluding the local CFA and sculptures will inject life small Central Victorian SES, the golf club and the into the small town. gold rush town of Dunolly, singing group. "You can look anywhere raising questions about All four sculptures were around the country and whether past and present initially going to be in- around Europe, where lots can live side-by-side in re- stalled in the Gordon of modern additions to his- gional Australia. Gardens, but last year the toric streets have added The art project, called Central Goldfields Shire value," Mr Harvey said. Dunolly, a Sense of Place, Council decided to instead Wendy Harland-White was a collaboration be- place two in Broadway, the says she moved to Dunolly tween local artists and main street of Dunolly. from Daylesford in 2004 be- Deborah Halpern, a well- This decision to put the cause of gentrification. known Australian artist fa- sculptures alongside her- "People move to town be- mous for her large, colour- itage-listed goldrush build- cause they love it, and then ful mosaic sculptures. The kangaroo sculpture remains in storage after some ings created significant they try and change it to Anna Ashton, one of the community members expressed concern about it angst in the community. where they've come from," local artists involved in the being put in the main street of Dunolly. Dunolly local Brian Ms Harland-White said. project, helped secure a Phillips helped organise a "Daylesford did have a grant worth almost $30,000 nity and give them a sense the children's drawings to community protest and a community at one stage, from Creative Victoria. of of achievement," Ms created four large mosaic social media page, titled and then they started with "We thought if we could en- Ashton said. sculptures. "Dunolly mosaics — have all the art people and every- gage somebody like Working with the local On the back of each your say". "Don't change one coming in and pushing Deborah she could teach us primary school and kinder- sculpture are almost 400 the character of our the people that have grown skills, upskill the commu- garten, Ms Halpern used tiles hand-painted by mem- street," Mr Phillips said. up there out. In Japan’s city of knives, keeping GREEK FINE FOOD family tradition on cutting edge Sakai: like ours, there’s no choice but to make really good products. There was a point in Toshiyuki We do our best to keep our Jikko's life where his future long-held tradition," he said. rested on a knife-edge, quite One of the most popular de- literally. Like many young men, signs is the mille-feuille knife he was into sports. Unlike oth- series, which sports a ham- ers, however, his family had mered finish with mille-feuille spent more than a hundred waves along the length of the years in the business of forging blade. quality kitchen knives. When it Lovingly used by many was time to choose, the latter chefs, Jikko knives are indis- won. Toshiyuki grew up in the pensible when it comes to fine- laid-back port city of Sakai, ly crafted Japanese cuisine. To south of Osaka. The place is Toshiyuki Jikko (R) is a fourth-generation knife crafts- remain the go-to purveyor of home to the country's most es- man running his family’s business in Sakai – a dream knives for professionals, tablished knife manufacturers, he’s had since he was a child. Toshiyuki consults regularly with a 600-year history that’s with chefs to improve on his passed from one generation to thing Toshiyuki for the past 15 Hatsuke, which is a special fin- blade designs. another. Sakai makes around years. The family business was ishing technique used to give Although Jikko now enjoys 90 per cent of Japan’s hand- established by his great-grand- the blades an even finer angle, robust sales, it still struggles crafted knives, which are sup- father in 1901. It specialises in allowing for optimal sharpness with a shortfall in supply – the plied to chefs and cooking en- kitchen knives made from high- and excellent edge retention. painstaking process of tradi- thusiasts alike. grade blue or white Yasuki According to Toshiyuki, the tional knife-crafting results in Among these are the knives steel. These are forged by a appearance of the knife is much lower yields. Toshiyuki crafted by Jikko, which has blacksmith and sharpened by equally important as its func- revealed that Jikko can only Vendors wait customers during the Greek Fine Food Exhibition in Athens, Greece. been helmed by the 40-some- hand with a method called tion. "For traditional industries turn out up to six knives a day. BRIEF SPORTS

CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 11 Upsets roll as Muguruza, Kenin reach Australian Open final Melbourne, Jan 30 (AFP): final since Belgium’s to split in a nervy first set. Justine Henin in 2010. In sweltering heat, with Unseeded Garbine “Very excited to be in play on the outside courts Muguruza fought back the final, it’s a long way to suspended earlier as tem- from behind in both sets to go and I have one more peratures hit 38 Celsius defeat racquet-smashing match on Saturday,” said (100.4 Fahrenheit), they fourth seed Simona Halep Muguruza, the former grappled all the way to the on Thursday and set up an world number one who is tie-breaker. Australian Open final now ranked 32. Muguruza, unseeded at with surprise-package “I wasn’t thinking that I a Grand Slam for the first Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki arrives for Sofia Kenin. was down, I was thinking time since 2014, squan- a ceremony before the women’s singles The Spaniard, a two- keep going and at some dered two set points in the semi-final match between Romania’s time Grand Slam cham- stage you’re going to have breaker while saving two Simona Halep and Spain’s Garbine pion, reached her first an opportunity. more for Halep, and then Muguruza on day eleven of the Australian Melbourne final with a “Luckily I have 48 hours clinched it with a stop Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on tough 7-6 (10/8), 7-5 vic- now to recover and get volley that Halep could- Thursday. tory at a steamy Rod ready for the last match. n’t get back over the net. Laver Arena. We train all of our career It was the first set that Man United agree deal to The 26-year-old, who to be able to play on this Halep — also a former suffered a calami- court and in (front of) this number one — had sign Bruno Fernandes tous drop in form crowd.” dropped all week and London: Manchester United have last season, is the Halep and Muguruza, she reacted by mangling agreed a deal to sign Portuguese inter- first unseeded who have both won the her racquet and national midfielder Bruno Fernandes player to reach French Open and slumped in her chair, from Sporting Lisbon, the Premier the women’s Wimbledon, were too close shaking her head. League club announced. “Manchester United is delighted to announce it has reached agreement with Sporting Clube KENIN THE BARTY POOPER de Portugal for the transfer of Bruno Fernandes. The deal is subject to a Kenin, the feisty American 14th seed, earlier stunned world number one and home hope medical and the agreement of personal Ashleigh Barty 7-6 (8/6), 7-5 to reach her first Grand Slam final. Moscow-born Kenin, 21, terms,” United said in a statement. the last American left in Melbourne, was the party pooper once more. She had already brought the fairytale run of 15-year-old Coco Gauff to an end in the fourth round England’s Archer misses with the aggressive style of play that has become her trademark over the past fortnight. Kenin looked shell-shocked in the immediate after- South Africa T20s math of her surprise defeat of home hope Barty, saying: London: England fast bowler Jofra Archer “She’s such a tough player, she’s playing really amazing. has been ruled out of the three-match I knew I had to really find a way to win. “I’m just

Twenty20 series against South Africa speechless, I honestly can’t believe this. I’ve dreamed Sofia Kenin starting next month with an elbow injury, Garbine Muguruza about this moment since I was five years old.” the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Wednesday. Sussex quick Archer headed back to Britain on Tuesday in a bid to regain full fitness after a sore right elbow saw him miss the final three Tests of England’s 3-1 series win over the Djokovic powers past Federer into Australian Open final Proteas. The injury has raised doubts over the 24-year-old World Cup winner’s avail- Melbourne, Jan 30 (AFP): Of the seven ability for England’s Test tour of Sri Lanka Melbourne finals in March. Archer played just one Test in Novak Djokovic shat- Djokovic has made, he South Africa, with his five-wicket haul at tered the hopes of ailing has won them all. Centurion unable to prevent a Proteas rival Roger Federer If any extra motiva- win by 107 runs in the series opener Thursday to sweep into a tion was needed, win- before England bounced back. He will be record eighth Australian ning on Sunday will see replaced for the T20s by Lancashire pace- Open final and move clos- the Serb reclaim the man Saqib Mahmood, who was already a er to his 17th Grand Slam number one ranking member of a separate squad for the crown. after Rafael Nadal was upcoming one-day international series. In the 50th instalment sent packing in the last of one of sport’s greatest eight. Bopanna bows out of rivalries, the Serb “Respect to Roger for shrugged off a tentative coming out tonight when Australian Open start to reinforce his re- he was obviously hurt Melbourne: The Indian challenge at the cent dominance, showing and not even close to his Australian Open ended after Rohan no mercy to the Swiss best in terms of move- Bopanna and his Ukrainian partner maestro in a 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, ment,” said defending Nadiia Kichenok were knocked out in 6-3 win. champion Djokovic, who straight sets in the quarterfinal of the He will play either fifth is into his 26th Grand mixed doubles event here on Thursday. seed Dominic Thiem or Slam final. The Indo-Ukrainian pair went down 0-6 seventh-ranked German “He started well at the 2-6 to fifth seed Nikola Mektic and Alexander Zverev in beginning and I was pret- Barbora Krejcikova in a 47-minute Sunday’s final, but it will ty nervous. It was very encounter. Bopanna and Kichenok strug- take a monumental effort important for me to win gled from the beginning and failed to to prize another title that first set. Mentally I hold their serve. The Croatian-Czech from the 32-year-old. relaxed after that.” pair completely dominated the proceed- ings from the word go, easily taking the first set. In the second set, Bopanna and ICC penalises Australia U-19 batsman for Kichenok managed to hold their serve in World T20 in mind, India women face the first game but were easily broken in deliberate elbow contact with Indian pacer the second and the seventh, meekly handing over a semifinal spot to Mektic Dubai, Jan 30 (PTI): England in triangular series opener and Borbara. On Tuesday, veteran Leander Paes’ last Australian Open out- Australia opening Canberra, Jan 30 (PTI): paign ended in the semifi- ing came to an end after he and partner batsman Sam Fanning nals of the World T20 in the Jelena Ostapenko made a second round has been penalised India will take on West Indies, going down to exit in the mixed doubles event. with two demerit England in the women’s tri- England again. Looking at points for making a de- angular series opener here the reverses in the final ICC appoints Anurag Dahiya liberate elbow contact on Friday, hoping to put the stages of ICC events, cap- with Indian pacer finishing touches to their tain Harmanpreet Kaur re- as chief commercial officer Akash Singh during T20 World Cup prepara- cently concluded that India Dubai: The International Cricket their quarterfinal tions. Matches against lacked when it came to han- Council (ICC) on Thursday appointed match of the ICC U-19 England and hosts dling pressure. This is an seasoned media professional Anurag World Cup in Australia, two of the area India will have to work Dahiya, who launched Star Cricket, as Potchefstroom, South act was deemed as in- such an event carries a world’s top teams, will be an on if they are to triumph in its Chief Commercial Officer. Dahiya Africa.According to a appropriate and the penalty of an official ideal opportunity for India a big tournament. “We were brings more than two decades of com- statement released by batsman was found to reprimand and a penal- to plug the gaps as they con- quite close in the last two mercial experience from the media the ICC, Fanning has have violated Article ty of one or two demer- tinue their search for an World Cups, the only thing industry, most recently as head of con- been been found guilty 2.12 of the ICC Code of it points.” ICC tournament silverware is we have to keep in mind tent and media sales at Singtel, Asia’s of a Level 1 breach of Conduct, which relates Fanning admitted to despite boasting a team full how to handle pressure in leading telecommunications group. the ICC Code of to ‘inappropriate physi- the offence after the of talented players. They the tournaments, last two Prior to that, he spent 14 years with Conduct for Players cal contact with anoth- game and accepted the came close to winning it in World Cups we lacked in Fox International Channels (previously and Player Support er player during an in- sanction proposed by the 2017 ODI World Cup, handling pressure,” ESPN STAR Sports) as senior vice Personnel. India had ternational match’,” ICC U-19 Cricket World only to lose by nine runs to Harmanpreet said before president, strategy and business devel- won the match by 74 the ICC statement read. Cup match referee England in the title clash. departing for Australia ear- opment. His responsibilities there runs on Tuesday. “The “Level 1 breach of Graeme Labrooy. A year later, their cam- lier this month. included cricket rights and content acquisition working on high profile, high value acquisition of sports rights, the ICC said in a statement. He also launched India’s first international I hope more players will follow me to Europe: Bala cricket-only channel Star Cricket and oversaw the launch of ESPN STAR New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): Wednesday. such conditions. Now that I have got this op- Sports’ first 24x7 sports news channel “The rate at which women’s football is portunity, I want to grab it with both hands ESPNEWS and OTT platform ESPN The first Indian woman footballer to sign moving forward (in the country), I hope to and show the country that we can all do well Play. Commenting on the appointment, up with a top-flight club in Europe, Ngangom see more of these young girls following me to if we work hard and give it our best,” she ICC CEO Manu Sawhney said: “He Bala Devi hopes that her stint with Scottish Europe and improving the national team in said. brings extensive experience across the side Rangers FC will inspire others in the the future,” she was quoted as saying in an The player from Manipur is the current top commercial, content and media rights country and improve the national team’s pro- All India Football Federation (AIFF) release. scorer for the national women’s team, with functions that are so important if we file. “We all have seen European football on tel- an impressive 52 goals in 58 games since 2010, are to achieve our long-term ambition Rangers Women FC signed the 29-year-old evision or on Youtube, when we were kids, which also makes her the top international for global growth.” national team forward for 18 months on and have dreamt of ourselves playing under goal-scorer in the South Asian region. 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Bangladesh beat South Africa by 104 runs to Rani Rampal wins ‘World Games enter ICC U-19 WC semis Potchefstroom: Bangladesh Athlete of the Year’ award dished out a clinical all-round performance to beat hosts South Africa by 104 runs and enter the semifinals of the ICC U-19 World Cup here on Thursday. Sent in to bat, Bangladesh rode on half-cen- turies from opener Tanzid Hasan (80 off 84 balls), Shahadat Hossain (74 off 76) and Towhid Hridoy (51 off 73) to post a competitive 261 for 5. The South Africans were below- par with the ball as two out of New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI): January. All in all, over five Bangladesh wickets came 705,610 votes were cast off run-outs. Off-spinner Pheko Indian women’s team during the poll,” it added. Moletsane (2/41) and Tiaan van captain Rani Rampal on Last year, India won the Vuuren (1/46) were the only Thursday became the FIH Series Finals, and wicket-takers for the home first-ever hockey player to Rani was named Player of team. South Africa were no bet- win the prestigious ‘World the Tournament. Under ter with the bat also as left-arm Games Athlete of the Rani’s leadership, the orthodox bowler Rakibul Hasan Year’ award. Indian women’s team returned with impressive fig- The World Games an- qualified for just the third ures of 5/19 while Tanzim nounced the winner on Olympic Games in its his- Hasan Sakib (2/41) scalped two Thursday after 20 days of tory. wickets to bowl the hosts out polling by sports fans “I dedicate this award to for 157 in 42.3 overs. Middle- world-wide. the entire hockey fraterni- order batsman Luke Beaufort “Indian hockey super- ty, my team and my coun- top-scored for South Africa with star Rani is The World try. This success has only a 91-ball 60, while opener Games Athlete of the Year become possible with the Jonathan Bird made 35 but their 2019! Huge congratula- love and support from contributions were not enough tions!,” the World Games hockey lovers, fans, my to see the hosts through. said in a statement. team, coaches, Hockey Bangladesh will play New “With an impressive India, my government, Zealand in the second semifinal number of votes, 199,477, friends from Bollywood, here on February 6. New Rani is the clear winner of fellow sportspersons and Zealand had beaten West Indies the Athlete of the Year my countrymen who have Rohit sharma at a practice session. by two wickets on Wednesday. race, where sports fans all continuously voted for over the world have voted me,” said Rani, who was for their favourite during recently named among Series sealed, India look for experimentation 20 days of polling in the Padma Shri awardees. Wellington, Jan 30 (PTI): similar tight schedule for the final game Indeed it wouldn’t be a stretch of imagi- night in Hamilton, there ought to be An unassailable lead has opened up the of the series as well, there seems to be nation if one of More changes are to be thoughts about his workload. He is part of window for experimentation but there will little chance of nets for either match. expected in the bowling department. both the ODI and Test squads, and is a be no letup in India’s intensity when they While a five-match T20I series is a rarity, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav and shoe-in for the T20 World Cup later on as face a heartbroken New Zealand team in India’s early victory means both sides can Navdeep Saini are waiting in the wings. well. For New Zealand, there is a straight- the fourth T20 International here on contemplate various permutations in light All three may not get a look-in immediate- forward change coming up. Colin de Friday. Mohammed Shami and Rohit of the T20 World Cup later in the year. ly. Rest assured though, the team man- Grandhomme is no longer with the squad, Sharma combined to pull off a thrilling From an Indian perspective, need of the agement is sure to rotate a spinner and giving up his spot for batsman Tom Bruce. win via a Super Over in the third game for hour is to find a balance between experi- pacer each. This could be an easy swap for the hosts a 3-0 lead and a maiden T20I series win mentation and the winning desire. Sundar is part of Kohli’s new-ball strategy given that they have been light in the on New Zealand soil. Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant are wait- on the big Australian grounds, so he can middle order during the past three match- There is only a short turnaround time for ing for opportunities, with the former expect a run-in over the next two games. es. There is also a school of thought that the last two matches, back-to-back in expected to get a look-in. Pant’s call-up Saini could replace Shardul Thakur, espe- Kane Williamson should move up top. Wellington and Mt. Maunganui on Friday would depend on which batsman is left cially if Sundar adds his batting depth to Given his batting master class in the and Sunday, respectively. out, and whether KL Rahul will continue the lower order. Hamilton T20I, there is potential for him Both teams spent Thursday travelling to keep wickets. Any of the top four can The final question would be over Jasprit to open the innings with Martin Guptill from Hamilton to Wellington, and with a be rested over the next two games. Bumrah’s inclusion. While he had an off with Colin Munro sliding down. RAIPUR CC

CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 MENTORS OF DR SANTOSH RAI INSTITUTE CREATE...PG-14 GOVERNOR INAUGURATES TWO-DAY HEALTH CAMP...PG-16 CM presides over first meeting of Chhattisgarh Sports Development Authority’s Governing Body CM requests Centre to repeal CAA Ultra-modern Sports Academies to get CSR funds Central Chronicle News Singhdeo, Home Minister Raipur, Jan 30: Chief Cabinet okays proposal Mukhyamantri Khiladi Tamradhwaj Sahu, Minister Bhupesh Protsahan Yoajan to be Agriculture and Water Baghel on Thursday has against CAA launched Resource Minister written letter to Prime Ravindra Choubey, Forest Minister Narendra Modi, Raipur, Jan 30: Cabinet Minister Traditional sports such Minister Mohammad requesting repeal of Chhattisgarh Cabinet Ravindra Choubey said as Gendi, Bhaunra, Fugdi Akbar, School Education Citizenship Amendment on Thursday gave ap- that Congress govern- to be promoted Minister Dr Premsai Singh, Act 2019 (CAA). proval to the proposal ment would now intro- Food Minister Amarjeet Chief Minister has seeking repeal of the duce the resolution in Academies for hockey, Bhagat, Urban stated in the letter that much-talked Chhattisgarh archery, athletics, crick- Development Minister Dr on one hand, this Act is Citizenship Legislative Assembly et, swimming, indoor Shiv Daharia, Women and appearing to be discrimi- (Amendment) Act 2019 against the CAA which, games, martial arts, Child Development natory towards illegal (CAA), in view of the he said is a step to tell Minister Anila Bhendiya, football, basketball, immigrants based on protests being staged the Centre with the sen- Revenue Minister Jaisingh their religious beliefs, protest demonstrations. by common people.ÿ timents of people of table tennis, kabaddi chaired by Chief Secretary Authority. Sports Academy Agrawal, PHE Minister contradictory to Article- Chhattisgarh is basically Providing the above Chhattisgarh who have and kho-kho to be has been entrusted with the will be funded from CSR Guru Rudra Kumar, Sports 14 of Indian a state of people belong- information after the voted Congress with opened responsibility to select sta- funds. Chief Minister has and Youth Welfare Minister Constitution; on the ing to Scheduled Castes, cabinet meeting, the two-third majority. diums for these academies. directed the Executive Umesh Patel, Additional other hand, the Act has Scheduled Tribes and Central Chronicle News Chief Minister has given in- Committee chaired by Chief Chief Secretary Amitabh no provision for people of Other Backward Classes structions to select stadi- Secretary to prepare action Jain, Principal Secretary to neighbouring countries (SC, ST and OBC), and of the Constitution i.e. people, and to save poor Raipur, Jan 30: Chief ums for the sports acade- plan for the aforementioned Chief Minister Gaurav such as Sri Lanka, most of these people are secularism. and illiterate people from Minister Bhupesh Baghel mies as soon as possible. It works. Dwivedi, Secretary Sports Myanmar, Nepal, and poor, illiterate and un- To uphold the right to the trouble, to maintain on Thursday chaired the was also decided in the Chief Minister has been and Youth Welfare Bhutan living in India. equipped, which will equality for people of all peace in the country, and first meeting of meeting that authorized to nominate two Department Siddhartha Chief Minister stated make it extremely diffi- the communities in the to protect the core values Chhattisgarh Sports Mukhyamantri Khiladi MPs, five MLAs and two ex- Komal Singh Pardeshi, in the letter that number cult for them to complete country and to protect of the Constitution, he Development Authority’s Protsahan Yojana will be cellent sportspersons in the Secretary Food Dr of demonstrations has the formalities under this right to equality requested him on behalf governing body, at his resi- launched to provide finan- Chhattisgarh Sports Kamalpreet Singh, PHE been staged in this Act. under Article-14 of of the people of dence office. Several impor- cial aid to sportspersons. Development Authority. Secretary Avinash Chhattisgarh in protest Chief Minister further Indian Constitution, it is Chhattisgarh to repeal tant decisions were taken in Traditional games of Decision to open academies Champawat, Urban of this Act. These were wrote in the letter that important that no Act Citizenship this meeting. Chhattisgarh such as gendi, for sports such as hockey, Development Secretary all peaceful demonstra- every community is should be made in con- (Amendment) Act, 2019 As per the decisions bhaunra, fugdi will also be archery, athletics, cricket, Alermelmangai D, General tions. However, it has equal for the tradiction to the core (CAA), stated Chief taken in the meeting today, promoted. According to the swimming, indoor games Administration been noted that people Constitution, but CAA value of the Minister Bhupesh sports academies with ul- decisions taken in today’s (martial arts), football, bas- Department Secretary DD from various sections of 2019 enacted by the par- Constitution. Keeping in Baghel in his letter to tramodern amenities and meeting, all the important ketball, table tennis, kabad- Singh, Director Sports the state are participat- liament appears to be view the protest being Prime Minister advanced training facilities stadiums will now be in di and kho-kho was also Shweta Sinha and other of- ing in these peaceful damaging the core spirit staged by the common Narendra Modi. will be established in the command of Chhattisgarh taken in the meeting. ficials were present in the state. Executive Committee Sports Development Health Minister TS meeting. SARASWATI POOJA Panchayat general Cabinet okays amendment in election: Second phase polling today Raipur, Jan 30: The second phase Ch’garh Co-op Society rules of polling for the three-tier pan- chayat general election in Chhattisgarh will be held on Amendment, “Any society front. He said that present- January 31. All the preparations Q Cabinet Minister may cooperate with any ly, the actual irrigation ca- Shaheed Diwas : Cabinet for voting have been completed Ravindra Choubey government undertaking, pacity in the state is 10.38 by the State Election informed that co-operative society,or any lakh hectare, which is 18% pays tribute to Mahatma Commission. All the polling par- Irrigation front State Government ap- of the total fertile land. He Gandhi before the meeting ties have left for polling stations would be devel- proved undertaking or pri- stated that with the objec- on Thursday. The time for voting vate undertaking for a par- tive to accelerate, the de- Before commencing is scheduled from 7 am to 3 pm. oped through CIDC ticular business, including velopment of irrigation the cabinet meeting Polling will be held from 7 am to 2 investment, financial as- capacity in the state, the under the chairman- pm in Naxal-affected areas. In the Central Chronicle News sistance or marketing and proposal to convert ship of Chief Minister second phase, votes will be cast- management expertise. Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel today ed at six thousand 353 polling Raipur, Jan 30: State Any cooperative society, Infrastructural at CM House, the cabi- stations. In this phase, 30 lakh 56 Cabinet meeting held with the simple majority Development Corporation net members paid cour- thousand 648 voters will decide under the chairmanship of members present and into Chhattisgarh teous tribute to Father the fate of a total of 62 thousand of Chief Minister voting in the General Irrigation Development of Nation Mahatma 723 candidates. These include 15 Bhupesh Baghel on Assembly, can render sup- Corporation has been ap- Gandhi and other mar- lakh 21 thousand 721 women, 15 Thursday gave approval to port via resolution passed proved. Formation of tyrs by observing two- lakh 34 thousand 894 men and 33 the proposal seeking in its General Body meet- Chhattisgarh Irrigation minute silence. third gender voters. In the second amendment in the Draft of ing. It is mandatory for the Development Corporation Sacrifices of the mar- phase, voting will be held in two Chhattisgarh Cooperative cooperative society to get will be effective from the tyrs in freedom move- thousand 505 gram panchayats of Society (Amendment) prior permission of the date of notification. ment were commemo- 36 development blocks of 21 dis- Ordinance, 2020. state government in each He also informed that rated. On the occasion, tricts of the state. On this occa- Briefing media persons case before making such the Orders issued for for- all the cabinet mem- sion a total of 23 thousand 13 after the Cabinet meeting, cooperation, he added. mation of cabinet sub- bers were present. panchayat representatives will be the Minister for In a significant develop- committee to provide rec- elected. These include 19 thou- Agriculture and ment, the State ommendations to ensure sand 870 ward panchs, two thou- Saraswati Pooja was held on Thursday on the occasion of ‘Basant Panchami’ Parliamentary Affairs Government has also payment at the rate of Rs from farmers at minimum sand 396 sarpanchs, 658 janpad at Lakhe English Medium School. Ravindra Choubey said taken decision to expand 2500 per quintal, against support price, was also rat- members and 89 district pan- that under the the working on Irrigation the procurement of paddy ified in the meeting. chayat members. Students pay a polite tribute to Mahatma Reading competition to held in schools in Chhattisgarh

Q “The Making of Q To test Language Mahatma Gandhi: proficiency of the A Dramatic children Representation of Major Events of His Central Chronicle News Life” Raipur, Jan 29: A reading competition will be organ- Central Chronicle News ised in government schools of Chhattisgarh to Raipur, Jan 30: The test the Language profi- Department of English, ciency of Children. With Govt. DB Girls’ PG the intention to improve (Autonomous) College, the reading habit in chil- ments by the month of used in Kanker district. on the lines of private Raipur successfully or- dren, so that all children March this year. The schools here hold a schools in the district and ganized a literary event could read language books Education Department of- parent-child conference on teachers should be ap- entitled “The Making of easily and read and under- ficials present in the meet- the last Friday of the pointed. Teachers and stu- Mahatma Gandhi: A stand the advertisements ing informed that Smart month and according to dents should speak in Dramatic Representation and information written T.V.Education is being im- the learning capacity, English only to create en- of Major Events of His around them. Principal parted in 220 Higher quality is tested and infor- vironment in the school Life” on Thursday at the Secretary of School Secondary Schools of mation is given about the premises. Dr. Shukla said seminar hall of the college Education Department, Kanker district. Principal efforts to improve the level that for such teachers who under the leading supervi- Dr. Alok Shukla gave this Secretary School of vulnerable children. want to teach English to sion of Dr. Jaya Tiwari, information during the de- Education asked the Officials said that tie, belts children in their schools, Head, Department of partmental review meet- District Collector to con- and shoes are being the training of English English, Dr. Kalpana Paul, ing held at District nect internet through arranged by the school will be provided by the Dr. Rashmi Dubey and Dr. Headquarters Kanker. Dr. DMF fund to provide on- management committee State Council for Neeta Lalwani. The event Shukla said that in the line education as per the in government schools Educational Research and offered a polite tribute to Movement. It was an ef- Satyagraha, Salt fessionals from several month of April, the judges subjects to the children of like English-medium Training at the end of the great soul and the fort to renovate the Satyagraha (Salt March), colleges were present in the cluster level compe- these schools. schools. Students of some April. On problems of Father of the Nation, Gandhian thought and Quit India Movement, being an active part of the tition will be the mothers It was informed at the private schools here have teachers and repeated val- Mohandas Karamchand spirit among the youth to Death Scene were beauti- programme. of the students. Students meeting that among the in- taken admission in gov- uation, he said that the Gandhi on his death an- keep going with the work fully enacted by the UG, The principal of the col- selected on state level, de- novations being done in ernment schools. plan of the upcoming aca- niversary with a vigorous of building a peaceful so- PG, Research Scholars lege, Professor JN Verma velopment block and dis- the schools of the state, In the meeting, the offi- demic session should be enacting of some of the ciety.Some short dramatic and Alumni of the as the patron of the event trict level will be honoured the creation of teacher cials informed that, like prepared in the present, so important events of his performances on English Department. congratulated the depart- by the Chief Minister. He learning material by using the big cities, a well- that teachers will not have life and his active involve- Gandhiji’s childhood and Many students, research ment for its successful said that the target is to waste material and print equipped English medium to change the school calen- ment in India’s Freedom early life, Champaran scholars and teaching pro- effort. complete all the assess- rich environment is being school should be opened dar in the next session. Dipanshu feted at R-Day function Rajnandgaon: In the Open National Taekwondo tournament organised in Kolkata Dipanshu BHILAI Khobragade of Gayatri English Medium School won gold medal. With an aim to boost the 14 moral of this student he was invited at the Republic Day celebration programme in which the chief guest and Raipur ( Rural) MLA Satyanaryan Sharma feted him with a letter of citation. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 Basant Panchami and Saraswati Mentors of Dr Santosh Rai Institute create record of longest teaching session Puja celebrated with devotion Bhilai, Jan 30: Thursday at Dr Santosh Rai Institute in Zonal gramme. Managing Two mentors of Dr Market, Sector 10. Kushal Trustee Vasudev Sharma Santosh Rai Institute Sachan and Krishna welcomed the devotees have created record of Gupta were present as and spoke about the sig- longest teaching sessions Adjudicators from India nificance of this festival. in two different subjects Book of Records. The Special rituals were respectively. They con- event was conducted as performed at Kalibaris in ducted teaching session the guidelines and criteri- the city. Devotees made non-stop for more than 12 on established in accor- donations and performed hours on Thursday in dance with International special pujas to mark presence of the adjudica- Protocol of Records. Saraswati Puja. Kalibaris tors of India Book of Mitthu S and Praveen were decorated with flow- Records. Bafna made successful at- ers and witnessed special On completion of 12 tempts and became eligi- pujas to mark the festivity. hours of teaching, they ble to enter in India Book Children over two years were honoured with pro- of Records 2021 Edition. began their educational visional certificates and Bhilai Mayor and MLA journey on this day. At medals. The mentors con- Devendra Yadav graced Nehru Nagar Kalibari, tinued their teaching ses- the event as chief guest. Pandit Paritosh Mishra sion after this break. The chief guest and adju- Bhilai, Jan 30: Paksha of lunar calendar, Pariwar celebrate the conducted the rituals and Final details of this dicators handed over the is considered as the auspi- spiritual birth day of made the children write record were not available provisional certificate The festival of Basant cious beginning of Param Poojya Gurudev the first ever words on till filing of this report. and medal to Mitthu S Panchami and Saraswati spring, bidding adieu to Pandit Shriram Sharma slate. Dr Santosh Rai in- and Praveen Bafna. In his Puja was celebrated with cold and harsh winter sea- Acharyaji on this day. The first word the chil- formed that faculty of his address, Devendra Yadav religious fervour and de- son. Special religious A two day programme dren are made to write is institute – Mitthu S and appreciated the institute votion on Thursday in the events were organised at was organised on this oc- “Om”. This ritual is Praveen Bafna successful- for creating this record. Educational Hub of almost all the temples. casion at Gayatri known as “Vidya- ly created the record in He expressed pleasure Chhattisgarh. A number The Basant Panchami Shaktipeeth, Sector 6 as Aarambh Sanskar”. their first attempt. of witnessing this event. of schools and colleges Parva was celebrated well as Gayatri Mandir in Children who are already Mitthu S has created He hoped that Mitthu S across the city witnessed with traditional enthusi- Hudco. Special parva studying kept their books record of “Longest and Praveen Bafna would installation of idols of asm and vigour by pujan was performed be- in front of Goddess Teaching Session on find place in Asia Book of Saraswati, the goddess of Gayatri Pariwar. For the tween 06:30 to 08:30 hrs fol- Saraswati, who is wor- Informatics Practices” Records and other higher learning and wisdom, on Gayatri Parijans all over lowed by Gayatri Yajna shiped on this day.On this while Praveen Bafna has platforms as well. He ap- the occasion. This parva the globe, this day is of and different sanskars. day many people observed created record of preciated Dr Santosh Rai on the fifth day of the special importance. Hundreds of Gayatri fast and ended it after of- “Longest Teaching for his visionary ap- Magh Month, Shukla Followers of Gayatri Parijans attended the pro- fering ‘Pushpanjali’. Session on Law”. They started the teaching ses- sions at 05:30 hrs on proach. Man stabs son; commits suicide Gandhian philosophy will remain relevant for centuries to come: Kanak Tiwari Bhilai, Jan 30:

“Gandhi is not only rele- vant today but is eternal for all times. His life style, philosophy, ideas, behav- ior and prophetic words Bhilai, Jan 30: Police reached the spot and will continue to show path investigations were launched. to the socio-economic and In a shocking incident, a 59- After crime scene investiga- political scenario of India year-old man allegedly com- tion, police interrogated the for centuries to come”, mitted suicide after stabbing family members as well as said renowned Author, his son. Condition of the neighbours. The neighbours Law Aficionado and injured son is reported to be informed that they had heard Gandhian Thinker Kanak out of danger. Police have reg- the father-son quarrelling over Tiwari while addressing a istered a case and investiga- some issue in the wee hours of symposium at Sai College tions are on. Thursday. in Sector 6 on Thursday. small houses. Gandhi fur- they refused to take care of allowing the Harijans Gandhiji’s Birth visit to Chhattisgarh. A According to information, After some time, they heard On the occasion of ther opined that huge ex- of a leprosy patient to enter the temples, Anniversary. He added student, Bhavesh also the incident occurred at the screams of Gulshan Baghel Mahatma Gandhi Death penditure on security and Bachol Shastri. Tiwari Mahatma Gandhi consid- that it is the responsibility shared his views. The pro- residence of BSP employee after which some of the neigh- Anniversary, this pro- protection of political was further stated that ered him as his Guru in of the intellectual class to gramme was conducted Ramdas Baghel situated near bours entered Ramdas’s resi- gramme was organized by misspent of public money. Chhattisgarh was the only this field. make the youth aware of by Dr Mamta Singh Anda Square in Khursipar. dence. They found Gulshan Indian National Trust for Tiwari further said, region where the disobedi- At the outset, the pro- Gandhiji’s thoughts and (Deputy Director, Sai Following some family dispute, lying in the pool of blood. The Art and Cultural Heritage Gandhiji was a celebrant ence movement was made gramme began with light- motivate them. Renowned College). he allegedly attacked his son neighbours rushed him to a (INTACH). of truth but at the same successful by the farmers ing lamps at the portrait Satirist Vinod Sao gave in- Former Advocate Gulshan Baghel (27) with a nearby hospital. Within an Kanak Tiwari further time Gandhiji had said of village Kandel even be- of Mahatma Gandhi. Dr troduction of the keynote General Kanak Tiwari knife on Thursday morning at hour, they got information that said that Gandhi was a that he can even decline fore Gandhiji’s visit. Later Deshbandhu Tiwari speaker. He too spoke was honored with shawl, around 05:00 hrs. Hearing his Ramdas has committed sui- master of austerity.He ad- from non-violence for Gandhiji visited here and (Principal, Sai College) de- about several inspira- srifal and memento. Dr BP screams, neighbours rushed to cide. After performing inquest, vocated opening colleges / truth. expressed gratitude to- livered the welcome ad- tional life events of Mukherjee, Ashish Das, rescue and shifted the injured police have sent the father’s schools in the rooms in Advocate Tiwari fur- wards Pandit Sundarlal dress. INTACH Convener Mahatma Gandhi. INTACH co-convener youth to hospital. body for autopsy. Gulshan is Rashtrapati Bhavan and ther informed that Sharma and the agitating Dr DN Sharma detailed Renowned Poet Ravi Vidya Gupta, Mahendra Later, Ramdas allegedly recuperating in the hospital other such buildings and Gandhiji had asked his farmers. In view of the so- about the activities of IN- Srivastava proposed the Devangan, students and committed suicide by hanging and his condition was stated to asking the ministers and wife and sister to leave cial reforms brought by TACH being organized in vote of thanks and also faculty of Sai College self at the house. Khursipar be out of danger. other politicians to stay in Sabarmati Ashram when Pandit Sundarlal Sharma the 150th year of spoke about Gandhiji’s were present. DLSA conducts orientation The ‘Joy of Sharing’ Workshop on body, mind and programme for students at Krishna heart held for finance executives pepper spray. The significance of pos- Public School, Durg sessing a healthy body and a healthy mind is already Bhilai, Jan 30: ues in children. known to all. Laying stress Children were taught over it one of the speakers The social service to show generosity and also brought out the bene- club of Krishna Public be empathetic to oth- fits of staying hygienic School, Durg organized ers. which ultimately leads to a an event “Wall of Vice Principal Iti healthy mind. Kindness”. The wall Sharma, encouraged Stating to the gathering, was dedicated to help and praised the chil- the Prashant Kumar those in need the main dren for their charity Dewangan briefed up the motto behind the event activity. She said that children about the safety was to help the under- such activities rein- norms to be followed by privileged people. forces good behavior every child. He also iterat- ‘Neki ki Deewar’ or and makes the child ed that children should ab- the wall of kindness learn the value of giv- stain from driving any was set up at the school ing. type of two / four wheel- premises. Children It was really a good ers till they are of eighteen were encouraged to do- idea to teach the young years of age and have an nate clothes, toys, eata- ones these values. Bhilai, Jan 30: of saving and defending official learning or a per- bles and other things to These activities pro- Bhilai, Jan 30: by us. He made it very stress release exercise their lives under various manent license. the poor. The main vide a direct and con- clear that forgiveness is for about 20 minutes and An orientation session circumstances. He said that by following motto behind organiz- crete example for the A two hour workshop one thing which can re- explained everything was organised in the Addressing the assem- certain rules and regula- ing the event was to re- children to understand was organised for lease the stress and that with practical examples premises of DAV Ispat bly of the students of the tions that has been laid inforce charitable val- the Joy of Giving. Finance Executives by is the only way how one of life. Public School, Sector 2 school the speakers said down by the different gov- Shri Kiranji of Jayganga can be happy and free In all it was a very en- during its regular school that among the burning is- ernment departments, we Life Coaching (OPC) Pvt from all the tension and lightening and interac- hours. The session was sues that the nation was can easily keep ourselves Limited at Ispat Bhawan emotional trauma. tive session through headed by three distin- facing right now was the safe and sound. This will Conference Hall. It was He dwelt upon the fact which all the partici- guished speakers safety of the women which in turn lead to the over all all about work life bal- that to release the stress pants were benefitted Prashant Kumar was of prime concern. safety of the rest of the ance and change of one has to go through the and understood the im- Dewangan (Judicial Girls need to learn the tac- people. mind-set resulting in pain and feel it to find out portance of the topic to Magistrate First Class), tics to deal with hooligans The children gave a seri- change of results and un- the forgiveness out of the imbibe the good prac- Vivek Kerketta and Rajat and develop the courage ous heed to all that was leashing the potential to pain. Compassion is born tices to follow for a better Kumar Nirala from the and intelligence to face said and done in the short shape the destiny. out of suffering was the life for self and in the District Legal Services such situations of crisis. session. It helped them be- The main purpose of punch line. He talked process making the life of Authority (DLSA). The Women in all stage of come aware of many of the workshop was to about the two world one others also peaceful and Head Mistress of the their life must be well pre- the basic problems and is- know the cause of stress within and the other out- happy. school Priyanka Shukla pared to face any un- sues of life for which they and how to release the side. We have to read, un- The workshop was at- along with the senior favourable situations in would definitely be pre- stress. Kiranji very nice- derstand and control the tended by large number teacher Yogita Sharma life with great courage and pared in their long run. ly deliberated upon how world within. He ex- of Finance Executives of welcomed the guests. The skill. It was a highly benefi- stress release is different plained what is con- Bhilai Steel Plant. speakers spoke on various A defensive mechanism cial programme organised from managing the stress scious stress and uncon- Suresh Rangani, CGM matters related to school that could be used in case by the Judiciary which and made it clear that scious stress and how to I/c (F&A) welcomed the children and the young- of such an emergency was had undoubtedly left a stress release is the real handle the same. Shri participants and Shri sters which were very cru- also given a live demon- deep impression in the solution to routine prob- Kiran Ji also conducted a Kiran Ji explaining the cial from the point of view stration in the form of minds of the children. lems being encountered deep meditation and need for such Workshop. Martyrdom day observed Mungeli: At District Collector office premises two minutes RAIPUR silence was observed on Thursday at 11am for paying 15 tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his martyrdom day. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 CAIT CG Chapter celebrates BoM Net profit increased 71st Republic Day Raipur, Jan 30:

National Vice President to Rs. 135 crore of the Confederation of All Raipur, Jan 30: Share of CASA to total India Traders (CAIT) deposits increased to Amar Parvani, State The Board of Directors 48.07% as on 31.12.2019 as Working President of Bank of Maharashtra compared to 46.88% as on Mangelal Malu, State (BoM) has approved the 31.12.2018. Gross Advances Working President Vikram Bank's results for the stood at Rs. 93882 crore as Singh Deo, State General quarter and nine months on 31.12.2019. Retail, Secretary Jitendra Doshi, ended December 31, 2019, Agriculture and MSME Working General at its meeting held at Head business increased to 57% Secretary Parmanand Office, Pune on Monday, of total advances as on Jain, Treasurer Ajay January 20, 2020. The ac- 31.12.2019 from 54%. Agarwal, and spokesman rapidly in every field, State Government. Most of counts were subject to The Gross NPA stood at Rajkumar Rathi said that whether it is in the field of which have been accepted. "Limited Review" by the Rs.15746 crore (16.77%) as the the national flag was science, education, agri- CAIT CG Chapter is acting statutory auditors of the on 31.12.2019, as against hoisted at the CAIT culture, business, engi- as a middle bridge between Bank. The Operating prof- Rs.15509 crore (17.31%) as Chhattisgarh Chapter's neering, medical, space the traders and the govern- it of the Bank grew to Rs. on 31.12.2018. (16.86% as on State Office on the occa- sector, economic sector ment. Due to which, by co- 842 crore showing a robust AS Rajeev, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Maharashtra announcing the 30.09.2019). Net NPA stood sion of the 71st Republic and industry. ordinating between the growth of 95%. The Net Financial Results for the third Quarter FY 2019-20 during Press Conference held on 20.01.2020 at at Rs.4507 crore (5.46%) as Day. CAIT State President Mr. Amar Parwani said traders and the govern- profit of the Bank in- Head Office, Pune. (L-R): V P Shrivastava, Chief Accounts Officer and General Manager, AC Rout, on 31.12.2019, as against Mr. Amar Parvani first that the largest trade or- ment, they are contribut- creased to Rs. 135 crore as Executive Director, AS Rajeev, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer and Hemant Tamta, Rs.4647 crore (5.91%) as on garlanded the picture of ganization of the country ing to the development of against loss of Rs. 3764 Executive Director. 31.12.2018. (5.48% as on Bharat Mata and hoisted is the Confederation of All the state. CAIT CG Chapter crores on Y-o-Y basis sup- 30.09.2019). The Bank has the flag. India Traders (CAIT) CG Vice President Vijay ported by increase in net Deposit decreased to 4.81% creased to Rs. 331 crore as against 2.50%. maintained healthy After that, addressing Chapter has been working Sharma expressed his re- interest income, robust re- as against 5.01%. NIM of against loss of Rs.4856 The Total business of Provision Coverage Ratio the office bearers and in the state for the last two gards towards offie bear- covery and control on ex- the Bank rose to 2.86% as crore. Interest income in- the Bank grew to Rs. of 82.63% as on 31st Dec, members of the CAIT pres- years. CAIT CG Chapter in ers, various trade organi- penses. The interest in- compared to 2.41%. Cost to creased to Rs. 8689 crore 235867 crore as on 2019. ent in the program, said this short duration has sations and eminent resi- come increased to Rs. 3016 income ratio improved to showing a growth of 31.12.2019 showing a The Capital Adequacy that today we are celebrat- made a unique identity dents. On the occasion crore showing a growth of 48 % in Q3 FY' 20 from 66 7.61%. Net Interest growth of 4.55%. Total de- Ratio increased to 11.21% ing 71st Republic Day. and is working relentlessly Ajay Agrawal, Rajkumar 14%. Net Interest % in Q3 FY 19. The nine Income (NII) grew to Rs posits increased to Rs. as on 31st Dec 2019 against After the independence of in the interests of the Rathi, Naresh Gangwani, Income (NII) increased to months profitability of the 3256 crore showing growth 141986 crore registering a 11.049% as on 31st Dec the country, today our traders and industry of the Rakesh Ochwani, Bharat Rs 1186 crore showing an bank is the Operating prof- of 19.12%. Non-interest in- growth of 4.4%. CASA 2018.(11.83 % as on India year is continuously state. Mr. Parwani further Jain, Kailash Khemani, increase of 36%. Non-in- it of the Bank increased to come increased to Rs 1257 deposits stood at Rs. 68246 30.09.2019). Tier I Ratio developing and today it is said that CAIT CG Chapter Vasu Makhija, Vijay terest income grew to Rs Rs.2252 crore showing a crore showing growth of crore as on 31.12.2019, stands at 9.44% as on 31st in the category of develop- has sent suggestions from Sharma, Ashok Malu and 442 crore showing an in- healthy growth of 33%. 8.21%. Net Interest Margin showing an increase of Dec 2019. (10.01% as on ing countries of the world. time to time on various is- other members were pres- crease of 8%. The Cost of Net profit of the Bank in- increased to 2.68% as 7.04%. 30.09.2019) Today, India is developing sues to the Central and ent. R-Day celebrated with patriotic fervour State Committee meeting organised

Rajnandgaon, Jan 30: force, NCC cades from Digvijay Colege, senior by Institution of Engineers The Republic Day cele- div. Navy, Digvijay College brations were held in and Kamla College’s - Raipur, Jan 30: brate Centenary year of Rajnandgaon district with Girl’s Sr. Div. NCC; Sr. Div. the instuition, to make its patriotic zeal and enthusi- Boy’s NCC, NCC State The Institution of glorious path. asm at Sarveshwardas School, NCC Engineers, Chhattisgarh Members present on the RMC’s HS School ground Sarveshwardas RMC HS State Center, Raipur con- occasion were Chairman and the chief guest of the School and NCC Dr ducted its 14th State Er. Anil Kumar Sharma, programme was senior Baldevprasad Mishra Committee meeting at IEI Honorary Secretary Dr Congress MLA School Platoon and Band State Center Conference Sanjay Kumar, Er PM Satyanarayan Sharma. He Platoon were present. Hall situation at NIT, Kolhe, Er Prakash hoisted the national flag The parade was led by Raipur on January 25. Upadhyay, Er. Ankit and took salute of the pa- Parade Commander Established in 1920, incor- Agrawal, Er R.P. Sukhija, rade. Sharma on this occa- Sampada Vivek Vasnik Sharma along with Inspector Bhupendra porated by Royal Charter Er. Amit Basu, Er. KC sion recited CM’s message and other local public rep- Collector Jaiprakash Gupta and the second-in- in 1935, the 100 years old Surana, Er. DS Sisodia, Er. in the name of the public resentative and other sen- Mourya and SP BS Commander was Amit organisation is celebrat- tivities during the year Anand on topic, 'Variable VK Kassu, Er. LN Tiwari, and released white piegons ior officers from different Ghurav inspected the pa- Singh. In this parade the ing its centenary year. and take necessary steps Refrigerant Volume in Dr Jitendra Sinha, Er. KL as symbol of peace and departments, school chil- rade. In the parade, the jawans carried out ‘Harsh- Under the for increasing the mem- Central Air-Conditioning Vishwakarma, Er. SN also colourful balloons. In dren and citizens of city in jaawns of ITBP, CAF, Fire’. The Chief Guest on Chairmanship of Er Anil bership of the institution. System'. It also decided to Taori, Er. Shirish Pandey, this programme, RMC’s large number were pres- District Police Force, PTS this occasion obtained in- Kumar Sharma, discus- The key highlight of the organise 'World Er DP Sharma, Er Mayor Hema Deshmukh, ent. On this occasion Chief Rajnandgaon, Nagar Sena, troduction of platoon com- sions were held to organ- occasion was the technical Engineering Day' on Surendra Kumar Jain and President Rajgami Guest Satyanarayan District Women’s Police manders. ise different technical ac- talk given by Er. Vivek March 4, 2020 and to cele- Er SK Kharia. INTUC distributes food Wadha School celebrates Anganbadi centres not Basant Panchami items to workers attracting children, workers Q Lacks basic Anganbadi centres. Due to lack of amenities this there is hardly any amenities like Majority of the and facilities in place for children to play Anganbadi centres in city Anganbadi centres, the and move around in these electricity, toilets etc are lacking basic ameni- number of children com- rooms. The main reason ties like electricity, water, ing to centre has reduced. behind this is that the de- Mungeli, Jan 30: toilet and due to which the There is hardly any games partment only pays Rs 750 children and female works or recreation facility avail- as rent of the room for Under the Formal are facing lots of prob- able in the Anganbadi cen- running Anganbadi cen- Quality Campaign, the lems. On the other hand, tres in urban areas. As per tre and therefore having focus is on removing mal- the officers are only con- information in this re- good building at less rates nutrition, but the short- cerned about the mal-nu- gard, no toys have been is impossible. comings have not being trition and in the name of purchased in these centres No facility of met and in line with the campaign it is only being for last two years and due electricity and water: „ On martyrdom day Gudhiyari Padav and dis- Education Quality run for the name-sake. On to which the children are There are many tributed food items among Campaign, this quality completion of Quality not coming to these cen- Anganbadi centres where Raipur, Jan 30: them. Taking a pledge to campaign is being Campaign, the workers tres. the children and workers walk on the path shown by launched all over the dis- from majority of 67 centre are running come on regular basis, but Raipur, Jan 30: Nagar here. During this period, On Martyrdom Day fol- Mahatma Gandhi, team trict in Anganbadi cen- Anganbadi centres are on rented houses: then there is no electricity the students worshiped and lowing the directives of was joined by INTUC orga- tres. Under this not only missing and it is for this In the city there are and water facility and set On the occasion of Basant cultural and devotional songs PCC Chief Mohan nizational secretary mal-nourished children reason that strength of about 154 Anganbadi cen- aside this there is no toilet Panchami, mother of knowl- were recited in the form of Markam and INTUC Ghanshyam are to be given nourish- children is reducing. res and out of which 67 are either. So all this short- edge goddess Saraswati in bhajans. On this occasion National President Vishvakarma, Raipur ment, but they will also Apart from this even on running in the room and comings are acting as big worshiped in schools and col- along with members of Wadha Swaminath Jaiswal , (Urban) president Sheikh have to bring improve- completion of the cam- small houses taken on lacunae in running these leges. Goddess Saraswati Devi mission, principal, teachers INTUC state general secre- Immamuddin, ment in the condition of paign, the officers are only rent. These centres do not Anganbadi centres and was worshiped on the occa- and students were present, tary Bhavani Markam led Raipur(Rural) president Anganbadi centres. But limited to their offices. even have chairs for chil- not serving the purpose sion of Vasant Panchami with informs Arvind Sharma, a team of dedicated ac- Manoj Nayak and other till date no attention has Strength of children dren to sit nor there is any for which it has been devotion at Wadhwa Higher Principal Wadhwa Higher tivists to the workers at INTUC activists. been paid towards such reducing: toilet facility. Apart from opened. Secondary School Anand Secondary School. Graduation Day celebrations at St Xavier’s High School Polling held peacefully in Sukma Raipur, Jan 30: was the musical drama 'Eddie and the Penguins' On the twenty seventh where the Montessori chil- year as a successful educa- dren grooved and danced tor,St Xavier's High School to show how the burning Raipur celebrated its an- environmental issues can nual Graduation Day cere- be handled with a little mony for the session 2019- thoughtfulness. The vari- 2020. The celebrations ous dances on national in- were organised under the tegration, social con- guidance of our sciousness, women em- Sukma, Jan 30: Chandan Kumar, SP Shalabh Chairman Sir, Dr. A. F. powerment, good habits Sinha and other all Returning Pinto, Managing director and elements of earth The first phase of polling in and Asst. ROs, Zonal officers Madam Grace Pinto, CEO, graced by dignitaries from Physiotherapist and builders, and Mr. Neelesh were a visual delight. Sukma Block headquarters for remained on alert through the Sir Ryan Pinto, Directors different fields. Prof. Professor of Government Patel - event organizer and Students were awarded for three-tier Panchayat polls 2020 polling period and continue to Dr. Sonal madam and Keshari lal Verma , Vice Physiotherapy College, actor. As the school cele- excellence in different cat- was held on Jan 28 and it was monitor polling process. Snehal madam. The occa- chancellor Pt. Raipur, Dr Soumy Pandey brated the graduation of egories. The much awaited held peacefully. The polling The Collector and DRO expressed gratitude for peace- sion was graced by Miss Ravishankar Shukla - Cosmetologist, Mrs. the tiny tots from Prince and Princess started at 6:45 am and conclud- ed at 2:00 pm. There was great ful polling in Panchayat polls Sonal Pinto who came all University, was the chief Anita Dhagamwar - Montessori to primary awards for each class were enthusiasm among the voters 2020 in Sukma district and the way to encourage and guest. Guests of honour Principal of Columbia section, the students pre- announced. The cultural related to polling and there was expressed gratitude towards motivate the students. The included Mrs Namrata Nursing college, Mr. John sented a very colourful extravaganza came to an rush at the polling centre since political parties, party workers, entire school participated Yadu- entrepreneur and Rakesh Paul - Special cor- and vibrant performance end with the vote of morning hour itself. There was officers and employees in whole heartedly towards director of Chattisgarh respondent of Dainik with the theme "Together thanks delivered in differ- equally good enthusiasm among polling work, media representa- the success of the grand Mushrooms, Dr. Sumi Bhaskar, Mr. Sanjay We can". Notable among ent languages followed by young and first-time voters and tives and police officers and event. The event was Bhatnagar - Raheja- Proprietor,Raheja the various performances the national anthem. ‘divyangs’. Collector and DRO employees. PHq officials-employees pay courteous tribute to Father of Nation, martyrs Raipur: On 'Shaheed Diwas' of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, two-minute silence was observed BACK PAGE 16 at 11am at Police Headquarters Nava Raipur. Police officials-employees paid courteous tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and martyrs of India's freedom movement by observing two-minute silence. CENTRAL CHRONICLE, RAIPUR, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 Governor inaugurates two-day ANNUAL FUNCTION health camp at Raj Bhavan

Central Chronicle News of Raj Bhavan, Dr. Rupal Purohit, Dr. Suniti Raipur, Jan 30: On the Mangarulkar, Dr. Shishir death anniversary of Sahu and officers and em- Father of the Nation, ployees of Raj Bhavan Mahatma Gandhi, a two- were present. day health camp was or- On the first day of the ganised for officials, em- health camp, 179 people ployees and their rela- registered, out of which tives of Raj Bhavan at the blood checkup of more Darbar Hall of Raj than 100 people, 105 peo- Bhavan on Thursday. ple eye checkup, medical Governor Ms. test of 126 people were Anusuiya Uikey light- held at Department of ened the lamp and inau- Medicine, dental checkup gurated the health check- of 16 people, 42 checkup of up camp. She herself got skin diseases, 05 pedi- her blood, teeth and eye atric, Nose, ear and throat examined. checkup of 43 people were Around 179 people un- done. derwent a health checkup asked all officers and em- On this occasion, In this camp, specialist on the first day of the ployees of Raj Bhavan to Secretary to the doctors of Dr. Bhimrao health camp. Mobile den- take advantage of this Governor, Mr. Sonmani Ambedkar Memorial tal clinic reached Raj health camp. The Bora and Dr. Bhimrao Hospital's of Pathology, Bhavan for the first time Governor inquired about Ambedkar Memorial Ophthalmology, Dental in the health checkup the progress of the health Hospital, Superintendent, disease, Bone disease, camp, in which many peo- test by visiting all the Dr. Vineet Jain, Principal Gynecology and medi- ple underwent dental health checkups and test- of Government Dental cine, Ayurveda and other Annual function of Shri Ramkrishna School, Ashram Chowk was held at Rang Mandir Hall, Gandhi checkup. ing center of the health College, Dr. Virendra departments carried out Chowk on Thursday. Governor Ms. Uikey camp. Wadher, Medical Officer the health checkup. Voter slip taken from Election Conference help in making a Commission website a valid I-card bridge between ideas: Dr Verma Q It is very easy to print it from Election Two-day International conference on Renewable resources and sustainable development inaugurated Commission's website Central Chronicle News the very best and Dr. KVR Murthy, President www.cgsec.gov.in Raipur, Jan 30: A two day Luminescence Society of international conference India appreciated the good Central Chronicle News on 'Recent Trends in work that BIT is putting Renewable resources and up ahead in research and Raipur, Jan 30: Election Sustainable development' development. Commission has recog- sponsored by TEQIP-III The Pro-Vice Chancellor nized the voter slip taken and by CGCOST was inau- of the Chhattisgarh Swami out online from the State gurated at BIT Raipur Vivekanand Technical Election Commission web- here on Thursday. University Dr. Manoj site www.cgsec.gov.in as on it. On clicking on this, recorded in that village's Speaking on the occa- Earlier, the principal of E Manikandan from South keynote address. Dr. Kulshrestha emphasized an identity card for voting. the page opens to fill the voter list. Father's or hus- sion as chief guest, the the College Dr T Ramarao Africa. In the two days the Piyush Kant Pandey work- on the need of research The printout of voter slip information of the dis- band's name, ward num- Vice Chancellor of the delivered the welcome ad- experts will deliver their ing as Dean at IIHM, projects picked up by pro- can be easily taken from trict, district, gram pan- ber, age, gender, house Technical University Dr. dress. He informed that in keynote and share their Jaipur also delivered his fessors of various colleges the Commission's website. chayat, village and name number and epic number MK Verma said that these this international confer- valuable ideas with over expert lecture. A poster and their students funded The icon shown on the of the voter. are also displayed next to kind of Conference help in ence there are scientist 800 participants from vari- competition on the same by TEQIP and its relevance homepage of the By typing these infor- the names of all the people making a bridge between from Belgium Prof. Dirk ous colleges and different topic organized where the in the present times. He in- Commission's website mation and the first four in the list. Voters can click ideas and their execution Poelman, Dr. Marta from parts of the country. It is students presented their vited more young ideas to www.cgsec.gov.in has letters of the name by the on the box written on the research a development Poland, Dr. Dhananjay also noteworthy that Dr. ideas in the form of art. come forward share and 'Take Voter Slip' on the voter, clicking on 'Search', right side of their name has been a core of any from Japan, from SJ Dhoble from RTM Prof. Dirk Poelman from ensured that valid projects right. There is also a tag it shows the list of voters and see the voter slip and technical or science based Singapore Dr. Jagdish Nagpur University, Ghent University,Belgium shall be duly funded and written (New) in English with the same name as take a print. organization. Chandra Saraswatulla Dr. Nagpur delivered his wishes the conference all promoted. Courteous tribute to Father 26 power employees awarded Connect women with employment of Nation on ‘Shaheed Diwas’ For excellency at work place for their empowerment: Rudrakumar Central Chronicle News man Shailendra Shukla. Speaking at the pro- Raipur, Jan 30: At the gramme Shukla praised annual prize distribu- the working of power tion programme at employees who work de- Chhattisgarh State feating all odds and en- Power Company head- sure power supply quarters 26 power em- round the clock even in ployees received award difficult terrains. for their excellency at He termed the award- work place. ed staff as a torch bear- They received award er for others who also along with certificate of try to excel at their place citation at the hands of taking inspiration from Rudrakumar said on the women self-supporting by Q power company chair- them. State Public Health occasion that under the providing self-employ- Engineering and leadership of Chief ment by benefiting from Village Industries Minister Mr. Bhupesh the government's schemes Baghel, more and more with top priority. Minister distributes women are being em- He explained the merits e-rickshaws to women ployed for women's em- of e-rickshaws and said powerment as per the in- that it is important from Central Chronicle News tention of the state gov- the point of view of envi- ernment. ronmental protection. Raipur, Jan 30: State Minister Guru Also, the message goes to Central Chronicle News Principal Secretary and paid tribute to Public Health Engineering Rudrakumar provided e- people for environmental Chandrashekhar Mahatma Gandhi and and Village Industries rickshaws to four women protection. Raipur, Jan 30: Father of Gangrade along with the other martyrs of India's Minister Guru beneficiaries of the build- Minister Guru Nation Mahatma Gandhi's officials and employees of freedom movement. Rudrakumar distributed ing and other construction Rudrakumar also drive the death anniversary was ob- Legislative Assembly Vidhan Sabha Speaker Dr e-rickshaws to women workers welfare board e-rickshaw by himself on served as 'Shaheed Diwas' Secretariat observed two- Mahant paid floral tribute beneficiaries at his official under the government-run this occasion. A large num- here on Thursday. Vidhan minute silence in front of to the oil painting of residence Satnam Sadan scheme. ber of people including Sabha Speaker Dr Mahatma Gandhi's statue Mahatma Gandhi at (Heritage) on Wednesday. He said that the state women beneficiaries were Charandas Mahant and in Vidhan Sabha premise, Central Hall. Minister Guru government is making present on the occasion. SECR holds Vendors meet Rishi and Tanisha crowned as Xavier’s Prince and Princess Central Chronicle News Q Miss Tanisha Agrawal St. Xavier’s HS were crowned as Xavier's Raipur, Jan 30: Under the bid adieu to Class Prince and Princess. The aegis of Material XII students school also felicitated out- Management Department, standing performers in SECR a vendors meet was Central Chronicle News various fields on occasion. organized on Wednesday Class 11th left their sen- at Ullas Railway Club au- Raipur, Jan 30: St. iors enthralled with the ditorium. Xavier's High School, programme that they had On this occasion Harish Raipur bid adieu to its meticulously planned for Gupta, Principal Chief class 12th students in an their seniors. The icing on Materials Manager SECR extravagant farewell cere- the recitation of the Lord's in which the outgoing cabi- She also conveyed heartfelt the cake was the special ef- Bilaspur said, this meet is and digital. He added, the ceive the best quality ma- mony held in its school Prayer and scripture read- net members passed the messages from Chairman fort they had put in to con- organized to pass on bene- main aim behind this terial at a best price and premises on 29th January ing. Welcome speeches beacon of responsibility to Dr. A. F. Pinto and Director fer titles on their seniors. fit to the industrial areas meet is to prepare a mar- vendors' meet has been or- 2020. The day had an early were given in different lan- the worthy shoulders of Madam Grace Pinto. They It was indeed a day of of the state. He added, ket which can distribute ganized to serve this pur- start where in an elaborate guages. The sound of the class 12th students. The wished the outgoing stu- mixed emotions. To con- there are many vendors an assistant ecosystem. pose, he added. The wel- ceremony, the students of school band penetrated the guest of honour was Dr. dents good luck for their fu- clude the day, the students which supply materials to Speaking on this occa- come speech was given by outgoing batch planted afternoon sky as the stu- Snehal Pinto who specially ture endeavours. The stu- of class 11th sang the railways and at present sion DRM Raipur Shyam Shiv Shankar Lakra, Chief trees. The day was a fiesta dents of 10th and 12th flew down from Mumbai to dents were bestowed hon- farewell song 'Raahon there has been a change in Sunder Gupta said, new Materials Manager, SECR devoted to the years spent danced to the rhythmic be with her children on ours in different categories Mein Kante…' the pro- the infrastructure of rail- vendors are being added Bilaspur and a total of 181 here with friends and beat of worship songs. their special day. like academics, sports, gramme ended with vote of ways. The procurement through this vendors vendors registered for this teachers. The highlight of the day She spoke enlightening music, oration, reading etc. thanks. Sumptuous lunch procedure is now online meet. It is our aim to re- meet. The event began with was the candle ceremony words on the life to come. Master Rishi Pandey and was served to all present.