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His other challenges are decessor Amit Shah. Act (CAA) and National National Democratic Alliance Assembly elections of Bihar, He takes over at a time Register of Citizen (NRC), (NDA). West Bengal, Assam, Kerala when the BJP is witnessing vig- BJP’s old ally Shiromani Akali Incidentally, SAD leader and Tamil Nadu, all scheduled orous challenge from a united Dal (SAD) Badal, on Monday Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the sit- within one year or so. opposition in assembly elec- announced that the party will ting MLA from Rajouri The reverses faced by the tions amid signs that it needs not contest Delhi Assembly Garden Assembly constituen- party in Jharkhand and loss of to rejig its electoral strategy fol- polls. However, well placed cy who had won on BJP sym- power in a big State, like lowing a string of losses in state sources in the BJP said that the bol said, “SAD and BJP have Maharashtra, have made polls. SAD wanted to contest elec- an old relationship but SAD’s Nadda’s task all the more diffi- If a relatively inexperienced tions on six seats whereas they stand has been quite clear on cult. Nadda would be required Shah in 2014 was seen as Prime were offered three seats. CAA and NRC. The SAD to revamp party organisation in Minister Narendra Modi’s SAD was also not very president has welcomed the several States and also step up handpicked man to shake up keen to contest on BJP’s ‘lotus CAA which was supposed to the BJP’s pro-CAA (Citizenship the saffron organisation by eas- symbol’ as it wanted to contest include people from all reli- Amendment Act) campaign ing out veterans and infusing on its own party symbol of gions but we never demand- across the country.                         !" young blood to galvanise party “weighing scale”. BJP leaders ed that any one religion Enjoying the confidence            $%  cadres and fuel its expansion tried to convince SAD lead- should be excluded from the of Prime Minister Narendra drive, Nadda is considered a ership to let its candidate list.” Modi and Shah, the new head Nadda, with parental roots in Pradesh, his home State, and at Shah and all top Central lead- him as “an outstanding seasoned hand who will build contest on its symbol as they of the BJP is largely expected to Bihar, was associated with the the Centre. He has also been in ers, Ministers and Chief karyakarta (worker)” on these gains without causing have won while going with continue with the course it took Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi charge of his party’s campaigns Ministers of the BJP-ruled “I do not think words can too many disruptions. this symbol during past elec-  under Shah with Modi laying Parishad (ABVP) from his col- in a number of States, includ- States. The PM, who later do justice to the rich contribu- His immediate challenge is tions. SAD president was not out the broader agenda. lege days before joining the ing in Uttar Pradesh, during the joined party leaders in felici- tion of Shah as the BJP presi- the February 8 Delhi Assembly very keen to forego his party’s Considered an affable and youth wing of the BJP and ris- 2019 Lok Sabha elections. tating Nadda, said he is sure dent. During his presidency, polls where the BJP is locked in identity and decided not to  accessible politician, Nadda ing through its ranks. Nadda was unanimously that the party will scale newer the BJP got opportunities to a tough fight with Aam Aadmy field its candidates on the strikes good rapport with all Nadda has also served as a elected as BJP president in heights during his presidency. serve in several parts of ,” Party, followed by year-end seats being offered by the BJP. top party leaders and is seen as Minister in the BJP party headquarters here at a The PM also praised Shah Modi said in a series of elections in Importantly, the SAD will    seasoned organisation man. Governments in Himachal function in the presence of for his contribution, describing tweets. Bihar. keep its alliance with the BJP        # $#  %        '     $# #        ()       P     AP national convener and ADelhi Chief Minister         he Supreme Court on Arvind Kejriwal, who missed        has    TMonday dismissed the plea filing his nomination due to become the first state to pre- hief Minister Kamal Nath of Pawan Kumar Gupta, a the delay in rally, will file it on ountries and Foreign pare a Real Estate Policy in the Cwill hold one to one meet-  death row convict in the Tuesday. Cindustrialists participating last one year. In order to pro- ing with more than 15 top     Nirbhaya gang rape and mur- Kejriwal said he will file at the annual meeting of the mote electric mobility, the industrialists of national and der case, to be declared a juve- his nomination on Tuesday. “I World Economic Forum will be Electric Vehicle Policy has international repute at World      nile at the time of the com- was supposed to file my nom- informed about the reforms in been formed and decisions Economic Forum being orga-    mission of offence. ination today but the office policies and positive decisions have been taken to give con- nized in Davos from 21 to 24 A bench comprising jus- closes at 3 pm. I was asked to taken by the Chief Minister cession in registration and January. Along with Nath, a   tices R Banumathi, Ashok go in between and file the Kamal Nath’s Government in stamp duty to new heritage high-level delegation is also on    Bushan and A S Bopanna said nomination but I said how the last one year to create an hotels besides additional incen- the visit to Davos. there was no ground to inter- can I leave people at the road investment friendly environ- tive to export oriented units of During his visit to Davos   fere with the Delhi High court show and go? I will go to file ment in the State. Over 3,000 micro, small and medium of Switzerland, Kamal Nath    order that rejected Pawan’s nomination tomorrow with global industrialists, business industries. will hold discussions with the plea. The trial court had also my family,” he said. leaders and international polit- To attract investment, industrialists and business rejected Pawan’s claim of being Thousands of AAP sup- ical leaders will attend the more than 10 amendments leaders on the scope of invest- President of Asia Pacific, a juvenile. porters gathered in Central World Economic Forum have been made in the invest- ment in Madhya Pradesh in Middle East and Africa of Advocate A P Singh, Delhi on Monday to take Annual Meeting to be held in ment policies in the last one FMCG, Healthcare, Procter & Gamble appearing for Pawan, said as part in Kejriwal’s mega road- Davos from January 21 to 24. year. Pharmaceuticals, Automotives Mangesvaran Suranjan, Pawan per his school leaving certifi- show called ‘Walk With A high-level delegation This will help in increasing and Information Technology Kumar Goenka of Mahindra cate he was a minor at the time Kejriwal’ which was to be fol- comprising Chief Secretary, economic growth rate of the sector. At the Annual Meeting Group, President and of the offence and none of the lowed by him filing his nom- Principal Secretary Industry State and generating wide scale of the Forum, Shri Kamal Managing Director of Dubai courts, including trial court and ination but was postponed till DIP and IP accompanying the employment opportunities. Nath will hold deliberation based company- VPS High Court, ever considered Tuesday owing to the delay in Chief Minister Kamal Nath In order to attract invest- during the luncheon session Healthcare Group Shamsheer his documents. the rally. will meet officials of more ment in the state, several deci- with 75 global industrialists on Vyalil and CEO & Managing But, solicitor general He said the convict was 19 the authorities from executing The rally started at than 30 companies and apprise sions have been taken by the January 22. Director of Wipro Abidali Tushar Mehta, appearing for years old at the time of offence the death penalty, scheduled for Valmiki Mandir near RK them of the reforms under- state government as regard to The industrialists include Neemuchwala. Delhi police, said that his claim and there is a certified copy of February 1. Ashram Marg metro station taken in the investment poli- Green Industrialization, President and Chief Executive The Chief Minister will of juvenility was considered at his birth certificate as well as A Delhi court on Friday to the Hanuman Mandir near cies. It may be mentioned that Electric Mobility, Research in Officer of Hewlett Packard ( hold direct dialogues with each and every judicial forum school leaving certificate which issued fresh death warrants Connaught Place traversing several remarkable decisions High end manufacturing, Real IT) Antonio Neri, President these industrialists pertaining and it will be a travesty of jus- was taken on record by each for February 1 against the four around 2.2 kilometres in over have been taken by the Chief Estate, Mining, MSME and Chief Executive Officer of to investment in Madhya tice if the convict is allowed to and every judicial forum. — Vinay Sharma (26), Akshay two hours and dancing to the Minister Kamal Nath under Promotion Policy and Tourism Novo Nordisk Pradesh in IT, raise the claim of juvenility Pawan had moved the apex Kumar Singh (31), Mukesh tunes of the party’s anthem - the campaign to regain confi- including maximum conces- (Pharmaceuticals) Lars Pharmaceuticals, Health, repeatedly and at this point of court on Friday. He had also Kumar Singh (32) and Pawan ‘Acche Beete Paanch Saal, dence of the investors in the sions in investment potential Fruergaard Jorgensen, Automobile and other sectors. time. sought a direction restraining (25) — in the case. Lage Raho Kejriwal’.       state. sectors. !"    

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'   '      .      &  #$ $      -'$ + ' #   ()()      /            Administration department, Agar-, Jeetu Patwari     IIID Chapter Chairman copy the design by taking idea Minister Vijayalaxmi Sadho in , Kamleshwar Patel in Manoj Choubey, Secretary from outside countries. But     hief Minister Kamal Nath will hoist National Flag at Sidhi, Lakhan Ghanghoriya in n the occasion of 8th Rishi Sahu, former Chairman now it is not so as nowadays Cwill hoist National Flag on Khandwa Distcri Rewa, Mahendra Singh OFoundation Day, the Mayuri Saxena, Chairman people use construction mate-        petrol pump. Charlie was push- Republic Day, January 26, at Headquarters. Similarly, Sisodiya in Guna, PC Sharma Institute of Indian Interior Elect Ravisha Merchant were rials available locally, con- ing the bike. The bike which got District Headquarters. Sajjan Singh Verma in , in Hoshangabad, Pradyuman Designers (IIID) Bhopal present in the program. struction techniques and also 35-year-old man died after entangled with the front part of He will take salute of the Hukum Singh Karada in Singh Tomar in , Chapter organised the Master On this occasion, Bhopal the old monuments and her- Ahis bike was hit by a speed- the bus skidded for over a few parade and address the people , Govind Singh in Sachin Subhash Yadav in Forum of the year 2020 on Chairman of IIID Manoj itage in design, instead of using ing bus near a petrol pump metres and later, the bus driver of the State on this occasion. Bhind, Bala Bachchan in Khargone, Surendra Singh Sunday at Hotel Courtyard Choubey said that the design- outside technology and under Eitkhedi police station stopped the bus and escaped The Speaker of Madhya Badwani, Arif Aqueel in Honey Baghel in Jhabua and Marriott. ers of India have many things designs.” area on Sunday. from the spot leaving the bus. Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Sehore, Brijendra Singh Tarun Bhanot will hoist the Italian Architect, Romano like our heritage, civilisation. While addressing the gath- According to the police, an Later, the bus was seized by the Narmada Prasad Prajapti, and Rathore in Niwadi, Pradeep National Flag at Mastrella, graced the occasion Our country is very prosperous ering, Romano opined that injured man was rushed to a hos- police. The police have registered Deputy Speaker, Hina Jaiswal in Balaghat, Lakhan District Headquarters. with his special presence. and all we need is to design it today’s young generation is pital, after he was severely a case under section 304 A of the Likhiram Kanware, will hoist Singh Yadav in Sheopur, Districts Collectors will Romano gave a presentation of better. really smart, it knows very injured. IPC. In the accident, Charlie was National Flag in Narsinghpur Tulsiram Silawat in unfurl the National Flag in his works done so far and He said that the real iden- well how to use advanced tech- The injured man was not injured. At the time of the and Seoni respectively. Burhanpur, Govind Singh the remaining 20 districts ie informed new designers about tity of a good architect is his nology within few time. “But I declared dead and was identified accident, around 50 passengers The State Government has Rajput in Tikamgarh, Imarti Morena, Shivpuri, innovation and creativity. design, wherever he goes he would like suggest that they as Mikhail Michael of were in the bus, said police. allocated districts to the Devi in Datia, Omkar Singh Ashoknagar, , The day-long forum was must see the heritage and should not go for excess use of Hanumanganj. In the initial During the investigation Members of the Cabinet for Markam in Dindori, Mandsuar, , attended by 100 members of understand it deeply and then technology like instead of copy- investigation, police found that police found that the deceased hoisting the National Flag and Prabhuram Chowdhary in Alirajpur, Vidisha, Betul, IIID including a large number prepare its design. Manoj ing any design from Google, the deceased, along with his owned farm at Nipania village to participate in the District Raisen, Priyavrat Singh in Harda, Damoh, Panna, of students from MANIT, SPA Choubey told further about the make it on paper by yourself. brother, Charlie, was on his way and was involved in agriculture Level Republic Day Celebration Rajgarh, Sukhdev Panse in Chhatarpur, Katni, , and INIFD. Significantly, IIID latest trend of interior design- The more work you do on when the bike was hit by a speed- work and they were returning programme. Chhindwara, Umang Singhar Shahdol, Anupppur, Umariya, has ten thousand members at ing saying “Now time has paper, the better designer you ing bus. His bike ran out of petrol from farms at around 8 in the According to the order in Dhar, Harsh Yadav in Singruali and 32 centres across the country. changed, earlier we used to will be one day.” and he was pulling the bike to night. issued by the General Sagar, Jaivardhan Singh in Satna.  ' 3     0    O   ,         ,     0  P   *         hhattisgarh Governor !       CAnusuia Uikey here on   Monday triggered a row over   ndira Gandhi Rashtriya appointment of elderly politi- IManav Sangrahalaya held- cians as Governors and sought      housing construction and a fixed age limit for the top !  demonstrations workshop to constitutional post in States. introduce the local architecture Uikey remarked this dur-    of various stages of housing ing an event organised by   construction made by the local Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) in tribes. Madhya Pradesh Capital On Monday, the tradition- Bhopal on Monday. Besides,     al Warli artists from she even suggested that NYKs Maharashtra performed reno- be renamed as Swami he wonderful blend of clas-         ,       6 O *  3 789896 '  +'   vation works of the Warli myth Vivekanand Kendra across the Tsical dance forms mes- 0   ,:        wall painting “The story of country. merised the Bhopalites. The Kambdi Dance” with the aim to While talking to media colourful performances of introduce the visitors with the persons, after the event, Bharatnatyam, Kathak and '(  ) *   ' intellectual and creative skills of Chhattisgrh Governor said 3  ' 0   * ,    33   % Odissi took away the hearts of simple societies and the tech- that she did spoke on age fac-  ,       ,,  '          classical dance lovers of the city nological splendour of India's tor of Governors saying she   ,    '   ' +  5"  '  on Monday.  *( +''  , '   contemporary world at had also discussed this issue           The performances were Mythological Trail open air with the Prime Minister held under Dinmaan Samaroh exhibition premises of IGRMS, Narendra Modi as she was on Monday at Bharat Bhavan.        scene of Abhimanyu being killed. in the game of dice. It is the Bhopal. considered for Governorship mantle in Raj Bhawans. “He a native of Chhindwara in The evening began with It was told that there was fire of determination of many such Under the leadership of in the past. said he wanted active people of Madhya Pradesh, went on to Bharatnatyan by Arohi Munshi, dance drama “Pratishodh Ki revenge in everyone, hence slighted hearts nursing revenge warli artists Manki Bapu “I told him that till now all age groups to get appoint- suggest that NYKs should be Mohika Saxena, Riya Jha, and AAag” was held at Rangashri Mahabharata happened. The that eventually results in the Vayeda, above 02 tribal artists mostly people in the age group ments as Governors so that renamed as Swami Madhura Chhattopadhyay. It Little Ballet Troupe here on play shows how Chakravyuh was Mahabharat. Through eight Ashok Palanjya Ghatal and of 65 to 75 years plus have been they are limited to Raj Bhawan Vivekanand Kendras. was followed with Kathak Monday, marking the conclusion created to kill Abhimanyu. scenes, the ballet presented a Subhash Nathu Dev Sutar from appointed as Governor and I only and play constructive “It is known fact that Pt dance by Parul Singh and of three-day theatre festival. Music has special signifi- compact story of Abhimanyu, Maharashtra have completed was not even 65 plus now so role in addressing social issues Jawaharlal Nehru had been Odissi dance by Fagre sisters. The drama tells the story of cance in ballet. Ballet depends on how the secret of breaching a this work. she was being considered,” through their field visits.” country’s Prime Minister but The artists were deeply Abhimanyu. It is written by a music in which music has spe- Chakravyuh is revealed to him Manki Bapu Vayeda gave Uikey told, adding that she had Uikey was appointed I wanted to convey a message immersed in the emotions, as Rajesh Joshi and was directed by cial significance. The play was while he is in his mother’s womb, information about the Kambri also enquired about this from Governor of Chhattisgarh in that Swami Vivekanand had the mystic classical dance Prabhat Ganguly. mythological. The play was how he succeeds in replicating it Dance depicted in Warli style of PM Modi. July 2019 and had been high- been a source of inspiration for forms spellbound the art It was first performed by renamed in 2017 as Pratishodh as a young lad in the Mahabharat Painting and said that, Kambdi Quoting the PM, Uikey ly active in addressing issues of the youth so renaming these lovers of the city. Ballet on November 9, 1987 at Ki Aag before the play was titled and eventually his death at the Dance is associated with the said he wanted to break the tribal population in the state centres (NYK) would be a The classical music and Ravindra Bhavan. In this dance Chakravyuh. The ballet centres hands of the senior warriors agricultural production activi- trend and set up a precedent since then. good thing,” added that dance lovers of the city were drama, Padma Sonkar, Shruti around the revenge that fuelled fighting the war. ties. Male and female members of active people taking over the Meanwhile the Governor, Governor. mesmerized to watch the Kirti Barik, Pratap Mohanto are the fight between Kauravas and It was a mass treat for the perform this dance to please the calm and delightful classical artists who are still connected, Pandavas in Mahabharat. It audience to watch the epic story goddess “Kansari” (goddess of music followed with the Shruti Kirti has been playing beautifully depicted the revenge on stage. The theatre lovers of the paddy or grain), Dhartari (earth splendid performances by Draupadi continuously since harboured by Dronacharya for city were mesmerized to have goddess), Gavatari (cattle god-   !   young classical dancers of 1987. The story is written by being let down by friend king witnessed such a wondrous per- dess) and Narayana Dev (god the city. Rajesh Joshi and choreographed Drupad, revenge in the heart of formance. Narayana). All the male mem-        %&   which 3 quintals of Poppy The Bharatnatyam enrap- by Prabhat Ganguly. 20 artists Karna for being slighted as Further, the lighting effect bers dance in a circular move- '     husk was recovered. Police tured performance was chore- participated in the dance drama. Sutaputra by Draupadi at her was such that explains the ment by putting a lamp and n a major breakthrough, have nabbed two drug peddlers ographed by one of the The feeling of revenge was swayamvar, and also revenge in expression of the scene. The use grains in the center. An inter- INarcotics Wing has nabbed   from the van. renowned Bharatnatyam the main reason for the heart of Draupadi when she of red, green and blue light esting story lies behind the five drug peddlers and seized  !  Among the other places dancer Lata Singh Munshi. Mahabharata. has to undergo ‘Cheer Haran’ effect strengthened their per- dance. over three quintals of Poppy Narcotics wing Indore nabbed The entire performance was The play was based on the after being lost by the Pandavas formance. The story is as follows - a husk and Cannabis from     two persons from Kampel not only about the speedy twelve-year-long severe drought Indore, Neemuch and () *    Mundela forest and recovered footworks and the complexi- that once befell the inhabitants . A van was seized Cannabis from their posses- ty of the technique, but the of this earth. All water bodies from Neemuch carrying three    sion. zest was added with the rav-      ' dried, the cattle began to die quintals of cannabis.    %  The action was taken after ishing light design. All and man survived on forest The Narcotics Wing seized   receiving a tip off regarding two through the performance, the        played today in Boxing and between Madhya Pradesh and produces like mokha leaves, massive consignment from persons carrying drugs and lights played the characters on Badminton, Madhya Pradesh Assam on Tuesday. wild roots and honey. The vil- three different places and acting swiftly STF swung into stage. The innovation in light adhya Pradesh won a sil- players won their respective In the pre-quarter final of lagers decided to propitiate the arrested five persons. Police action. design added more charisma Mver medal in swimming matches and made it to the boxing played earlier, Himanshu god and goddess through have claimed that the new stick with both the lower parts After the initial investiga- to the traditional dance form under the Khelo India Youth finals. Srivas defeated the Uttarakhand Kambdi Dance. However they tricks to evade arrest were of the legs. The drug peddler tion, the five have been booked and giving a pleasure to audi- Games in the matches played on In the semi-final match player by 5–0 points and Uttar were very weak and hardly used by the drug peddlers but was nabbed near railway sta- under NDPS Act and further ence as they watched the per- Monday. played in the under-17 boys cat- Pradesh player by 4–1 points in able to get the rhythm right. failed and were nabbed. tion and Narcotics cell Indore investigation has been started formance with rapt attention. This medal was won by egory of boxing, Himanshu the quarter-finals. They perform the dance by ADG, Narcotics, Ajay has registered case against the .The source of the drugs and The Kathak performance Krishna Ghadak of Madhya Srivas, player of Madhya Similarly, Madhya Pradesh nodding the head and clapping Sharma said that one of the accused. their scheduled delivery would and Odissi dance forms also Pradesh in the 800 metres Pradesh State Boxing Academy, player Amit Rathore defeated only. Then, their god and god- drug peddlers was nabbed with From Neemucn Narcotics be probed. The accused are enthralled the audience. The freestyle event of U-17. Krishna performed in the 57 kg catego- Haryana player by 21-11 21-23, dess were pleased with their sin- 1 kg of Cannabis which he was Wing tracked a pick-up van involved in drug trafficking for audience were seen glued to won a silver medal with a time ry, defeated the Haryana play- 21-16 points in the semi-final cere efforts and blessed them carrying to Delhi in train and and when the van was long which they have con- their seats while watching 8.47: 23 m/s. er 3-2 and made it to the finals. match played under-21 in with rain. using cello tape pouches were searched, cot-shaped boxes in fessed in the investigation. the performances. In the semi final matches The final match will be played Badminton on Monday.                                                                                                                                                !        "                                            #            $ % S                      '                "       (          

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# % .' 7    24545 3  +''   *,   Distribution Companies of the        State. He further stated that this    he State Government is set- will meet the electricity require- Tting up the biggest Solar ment of the state and will give Park of the State in Shajapur, pace to the development of the        sans living under poverty line. Agar-Malwa and Neemuch area. With the help of such oppor- District Cluster. Technical sanc- In the Agar-Malwa district he Regional Saras Mela tunities offered by government tions have already been issued Hukum Singh Karada has part of the Solar Park, Solar T2020 organised at Bhopal they get a chance to display in this regard and tendering expressed gratitude towards Power Plant of 550 MW capac- Haat is all about traditional and their products. process is under way. The Solar the Chief Minister Kamal Nath ity is being installed. This solar trendy outfits and accessories SHGs artisans from differ- Park being established at a cost for the establishment of the plant will be the second biggest which are loved by the shopa- ent parts of the country have of  6,000 crore will provide solar park. He mentioned that solar power plant of the state holics of the city. The mela that arrived in the mela to display 1,500 MW electricity to these the Minister for New and after the Rewa Solar plant. began on January 17 is receiv- and sale their products. three districts. A target has Renewable Energy Harsh Yadav Similarly, in the part of the solar ing a satisfactory response by These artisans earn the been set to complete the con- has played an important role in park of , the the shopaholics of the city. profit of sale directly from the struction work by March-2022. the establishment of the solar Solar Plant of 500 MW capac- The females are being cap- customers. The Minister for Water park. Karada informed that ity and in the Shajapur part tivated towards the imitation There is an array of colour-  3,,  3   ! * .  +  ,     .,   , Resources and Minister In- from this solar park, electrici- Solar Plant of 450 MW capac- jewellery and of course the ful kurtis, suits in various     .     Charge of Neemuch district, ty will be supplied to the Power ity are being established. trendy outfits. Moreover the handloom materials including beautifully embedded Maheshwari and Chanderi. footwears are another centre of Moreover, the stoles which are attraction for the female buy- in trend these days are also P'  / 0  !Q '      2 %3 ' 45 ers. Last but not the least the available in the same material. home decoration items are yet The most capturing part of the        ple in the society about the schemes of the Women and January. During this week, and slogans on importance of grammes like Nukkad Natak, another reason for the shopa- mela is the handbags made out rights of girl child and to pro- Child Development. Films important social awareness girl child will be displayed at Puppet Show, Jingles etc. will holics to visit the Regional of jute with ethnic style and he National Girl Child vide her new opportunities. will be screened and painting programmes like ‘Beti all the Government and be broadcast on FM and Saras Mela. range. TDay will be celebrated on The Women and Child competitions will be held Bachao-Beti Padhao’ Private Colleges/ Universities. Community Radio. Notably, there is an exquis- Notably, organised by State ‘Jagruk Balika-Samarth Development Department during the programmes. Signature Campaign, Mass At Aaganbadi level, delibera- Apart from this, planta- ite collection of dress materials, Panchayat and Rural Madhya Pradesh’ (Aware Girl will organise Division and Along with this, health check- Oath, Prabhat Pheri, Ghar- tions will take place on ‘Beti tion on name of daughters jewellery, leather, food items, Development Department the Child-Enabled Madhya District level programmes on up of girls will also be con- Ghar Dastak (Knocking at Bachao-Beti Padhao’. Gender and drive for putting girl terracotta and much more mela every year receives a sat- Pradesh) theme in the State January 24. On this occa- ducted. every door) by Aaganbadi Champions will be selected child’s nameplate at her house being exhibited by self help isfactory response by regular under the ‘Beti Bachao-Beti sion, exhibition focusing A National Girl Child and Asha Workers will be and public awareness pro- will be held. groups from across the coun- buyers and this year too peo- Padhao’ (Save Girl Child- nutritious food, health, trib- Week will be observed by the arranged, also stickers and grammes will be held at local Discussion will also take try. Usually Regional Saras ple take a good pleasure of the Educate Her) Yojana on al welfare, education, sports, Women and Child posters will be pasted at level. place on laws related to Mela is organised each year, to handloom materials being January 24. Its aim is to cre- police, horticulture, agricul- Development Department in Panchayat and Public build- During the National Girl women rights, health and promote the self-employed arti- exhibited there. ate awareness among the peo- ture and the service & the state from 24 to 30 ings. Apart from this, posters Child week, audio of pro- nutrition. *    8<7*7' 70 +,       '

    700 factories and scores of vehicles for Two wheelers and light motor vehi- administration. transportation on daily basis. cles find it very difficult to commute on Collector Dhar Shrikant Banoth told   he 27-km-long Mhow- The road is full of potholes, broken the road. In accidents people have lost life ‘The Pioneer’ that the contractor is now TGhatabillod four lane road road dividers and damages road patches. due to the worsen condition of the road. not able to run and maintain road and Bhopal: The national level ipates in Codathon. As many ad winners will be awarded by is dilapidated and require The big sized truck tyres failed to escape Locals have raised the issue with the now the government will look after this competition concluded with 6503 students from these colleges ISTE SC MANIT with many immediate attention. The road from large potholes and stuck creating traf- administration. After long demands project and for repair and renovation ten- enthusiastic performances by were the participants. exciting goodies or prize money, which was constructed at 177 fic jam, waste of time and money of the District Collector have provided infor- der would be floated in coming tech- savvy students. The A total cash prize of Rs which will be electronically crore is worsening due to lack factory owners and transporters. mation of much needed intervention by months. weeklong competition 33,000 will be given to the win- transferred after the successful of maintenance by toll collect- Codathon was a big hit among ners. Codathon befittingly marks verification of Bonafide certifi- ing company. the students. the beginning of our Annual cate from their respective insti- Even after collecting lakhs A total of seven Questions Students' conclave 'Chimera'. tutes. of rupees of toll tax, nothing in were uploaded each day at 6 pm Conducted by ISTE Students' It is to be noted that the Best terms of maintenance is done from January 12. Chapter MANIT, Codathon’20 is coders will be rewarded with var- by toll collecting company. The participants were the annual Inter-NIT coding ious prizes. This Mhow-Ghatabillod judged based on there speed and contest packed with challenges The First prize is 12,000, road which is around 7 km in accuracy to solve the questions. that put to test every problem- Second prize is 9,000, Third and remaining Interestingly, there were 31 NIT solving skill of students and is prize is Rs 6000, Fourth prize is 20 km in Dhar district faces colleges and 16 IIIT colleges condusted every year. 5,000 and the Fifth prize is severe stress from Pitampura from across the country partic- All the talented and lucky 2,000. Industrial Area housing over

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      said, “Surjewala was a five-time 62$  MLA and one time Rajya Sabha he Haryana Assembly on member. He was president of TMonday ratified a bill to Haryana Krishak Samaj. He  !      extend reservation to made great contribution for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Congress party. He served as unjab Chief Minister Capt Tribe communities in Lok Haryana Congress president PAmarinder Singh, with a Sabha and state assemblies for and also served as Leader of bundle of issues including another 10 years. Opposition and a CLP leader.” “attack” by party colleague In a special session of the Honouring Chopra, who Partap Singh Bajwa, state’s state Assembly, Chief Minister died last week following pro- move on Citizenship Manohar Lal Khattar moved an longed illness, Khattar said the Amendment Act, impending official resolution in the House senior journalist was a com- Cabinet rejig, among others, to ratify the Constitution mitted social worker and had met the Congress national (126th Amendment) Bill 2019 great love for sports. “In his president Sonia Gandhi on extending reservation for death, the country has lost an Monday. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled able parliamentarian,” he Accompanied by Punjab      ! Tribe communities in Lok added. Hooda said Chopra Congress president Sunil Sabha and state assemblies by came from a prominent fami- Jakhar and state party affairs’ * !   - ' another 10 years. ly of freedom fighters. in-charge Asha Kumari, Capt ! )    The House unanimously Earlier, the sitting began Amarinder discussed a slew of       ) passed the resolution. The with Haryana Governor issues with the party chief dur- Assembly session had been Satyadeo Narain Arya making ing an hour-long meeting. * &   specially convened to ratify a brief address to the members. Even as the Chief Minister    !$! !   the bill passed by the parlia- While extending New Year    ' 7  ,$ +  +        and other leaders chose to ment recently. It was adjourned greetings to the members, the maintain a strategic silence        soon after the Bill was passed. governor informed the House over what transpired in the !!.  /   The provision giving reser- that since it was a special ses- meeting, it has been learnt 0 vation to SC and ST commu- sion to ratify the Constitution  #    that the Chief Minister nities for the past 70 years in amendment Bill, he would expressed his utter displeasure - '     Lok Sabha and state assemblies deliver the full address during over the stance adopted by the *   '  was due to expire on January the Assembly's budget session, party’s Rajya Sabha MP Partap 25, 2020. The Parliament which was likely to be held next Singh Bajwa, his known detrac- !   /  &    recently passed a constitution month. Q!     R   tor. !  &    amendment bill in this regard Notably, a war of words and it has to be ratified by at  . /  Suman Saurabh, a student of had erupted between Capt   ) least 50 per cent of the assem-  Lalmatiya Jawahar Amarinder and Bajwa past blies before it becomes a law. Leader of Opposition Navodaya Vidyalaya in week after the latter launched Bhupinder Singh Hooda Godda and Shweta Sharma a series of scathing attacks on      termed the duration of the from Deoghar were also the Congress Government for to them to seek votes in anoth- appeal to central government  ! special session as inadequate. present. its failure to fulfil its pre-poll er two years’ time. to repeal CAA for India’s inter- Members paid tributes to After the session, Hooda said At DPS Ranchi, students promises while maintaining In fact, a few days ago, est,” Capt Amarinder had former Union minister I D that during the session there of classes VI-XII and teach- that he would not support the Capt Amarinder’s loyalist posted on Twitter after the Swami, veteran Congress leader were many issues on which the ers participated and watched Patiala Royal for another term. Jakhar had lashed out at the Vidhan Sabha passed the res- Shamsher Singh Surjewala, government had to give a reply. the live broadcast in the Bajwa, who had headed the state Advocate-General for olution. senior journalist and former But this could not happen. “If school premises as per the state Congress unit and enjoys allegedly not watching the Capt Amarinder had also BJP MP Ashwini Kumar the special session of the guidelines of CBSE. close proximity with Rahul state’s interests in legal matters, declared that Punjab will join Chopra among others from Legislative Assembly had been The students were moti- Gandhi, has reportedly met besides seeking a strong action Kerala in challenging the the state who passed away. of long duration, all the legis- vated by the in-depth dis- Sonia Gandhi a few days back. in the case of PPAs to give relief newly-amended law in the The House also condoled lators would have had an cussion upon stress-free Sources informed The to the consumers. Apex Court. “Like Kerala, the the deaths of security forces opportunity to raise problems exams. The chief motive Pioneer that the issue of state The Monday’s meeting Government will also hailing from the state, who had of their respective constituen- behind this program was to leaders and legislators’ going also assumes significance as approach the Supreme Court laid down their lives while on cies. At the same time, many boost student’s morals and public against the State the Chief Minister had made on the issue,” Capt Amarinder duty. Tributes were paid to burning issues would also be 0        '    P ;  '  O *  adopt various exam bursting Government also came up for clear its stand of approaching had stated while talking with those who passed away discussed which would solve  3 P  "    techniques. Principal Dr. discussion during the meeting. the Supreme Court to chal- the media after the conclusion between the end of the previ- people's problems,” he said Ram Singh appreciated the Notably, several party lenge the CAA and National of the two-day special assem- ous session and the beginning Former Education Minister     Saraikela-Kharsanwa, efforts and extended his best MLAs and leaders has been Register of Citizens (NRC). bly session. of the current session. and Congress leader Gita Ghatshila participated in the wishes to the students for airing their grievances in open During the meeting, the He had stated said that the Khattar, who is also the Bhukkal said, “This was the s many as 18 students par- programme. However, the chil- their board exams. against the state government’s Chief Minister shared his plans Centre would have to make Leader of the House, paid trib- third session of the newly con- Aticipated from Jharkhand dren of Jharkhand, who attend- Several other schools, functioning, besides criticizing of approaching the Supreme the necessary amendments to ute to the departed souls and stituted Vidhan Sabha which in the third edition of “Pariksha ed the programme, looked a bit including Oxford Public the babudom. Apart from that, Court over the CAA. CAA if it had to be imple- read out the obituary resolu- was held without a question pe Charcha”. The programme disappointed after not being School, Ranchi also organ- the leaders have all along been Only past week, the Punjab mented in Punjab and other tions. Leader of Opposition hour and a zero hour. In the was held at Talkatora Stadium able to ask the Prime Minister ised live show of the reminding the Government Vidhan Sabha has passed a res- states opposing the legisla- and Congress leader Bhupinder first session, MLAs were in New Delhi on Monday. about the questions in their prgramme, in which students for its promises, made to the olution seeking repealing of the tion. Singh Hooda also read obitu- administered oath of office The HRD Ministry in part- mind. of std VI to XII attended and people ahead 2017 elections, to controversial CAA and During the meeting, the ary resolutions on behalf of his while the second was a special nership with MyGov launched Only one student from listened to the talk of the act against those guilty of sac- amendments in the documen- impending Cabinet reshuffle party and paid tributes to the session to mark Constitution a 'short essay' competition on Ghatshila could put her ques- Prime Minister. The PM sug- rilege incidents, cancelling tation required for the National was also discussed. With just departed souls. Day. five different themes for stu- tion online to the Prime gested the students to study power purchase agreements Population Register (NPR). one cabinet berth lying pend- Paying tributes to Swami, I wanted to raise crucial dents of classes 9 to 12 for the Minister. for knowledge not for marks. (PPAs) with private thermal “I have sworn on the ing after cricketer-turned- the chief minister said the questions of my constituency as programme. Emphasising to read his If they gain knowledge, plants and reducing power Constitution and I will con- politician Navjot Singh Sidhu country has lost a seasoned well as issues related to people This time program was book “Exam Warrior” the marks will automatically fol- tariff, checking mafia raj, tinue to fulfil my duty as a resigned in protest of change parliamentarian and an able of the State like sugarcane pur- attended by 2000 students from PM said that timetable for low them. To destress, stu- mobile phones, eliminating loyal soldier. Sri Guru Nanak in his portfolio, there is pos- administrator. Both Khattar chase, crime against women, across the country. Out of studying completely depends dents must have proper time drugs, among others. Dev Ji had said, ‘Na koi Hindu, sibility of change in portfolios and Hooda described lack of irrigation and an ailing these 1050 were selected upon the students, be it late management thorough They have been arguing Na Mussalman’ (no one is a of at least four Ministers. Surjewala, a former Haryana hospital among others. through essay competition. 50 night or early morning. “Your preparation and focus and to that the people question them Hindu or Muslim) and, it is in Besides, it has been learnt minister as an able and expe- Legislators of other parties disabled students were also comfort is completely in your be ready to accept the result on these promises, and with this spirit, Punjab Vidhan that two Ministers may lose rienced leader. would also have raised the included in this event. Students hand. Copying from other whatsoever. what face they would go back Sabha passed the resolution to their Cabinet berth. Paying his tributes, Hooda issues of their constituency.” from classes 9th to 12th par- peer might not go well with In the case of any ticipated in it. your routine,” said he. upheaval of emotion, it is the This year, four Kendriya Arrangements were best method to destess by Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) made to watch the live dis- writing and expressing on a *           schools students conducted cussion program on the spot piece of paper, tear and throw the program. at various places including it in the dustbin. for sex determination tests in Children from Ranchi, Ranchi. Teachers and stu- A lot of excitement and   neighboring states. Any infor- Ramgarh, Koderma, Godda, dents watched the PM's pro- enthusiasm was being seen     mation regarding sex determi- Jamshedpur, Deoghar, East gramme together. Shiko among the students, teachers nation tests can be given to Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Kumari from Koderma and and parents. aking a cue from neigh- Direction Health Services or Tboring states of Punjab and our nodal officer. After verify- Haryana, the Chandigarh ing the information, we will Administration on Monday give Rs one lakh reward to the announced to reward inform- informer, Brar added. ers who alert UT officials about Notably, Chandigarh had illegal sex determination tests recorded the lowest sex ratio and help in cracking down on among rural areas in the coun- illegal centres. try in census 2011. The The Administration has National Health Profile-2019, announced a reward of Rs one the annual health data publi- lakh to informers, in a bid to cation of the Ministry of Health keep a check on those involved released last year had stated in sex selective abortions. that Chandigarh has the worst “To keep up the efficiency rural sex ratio of 618 females of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao per 1000 males (2011 census) scheme for deliverance of its in the country. prime objective, the Apart from this, Administration has decided to Chandigarh also has the second give informers a reward of Rs lowest sex ratio nationally after one lakh. The identity of the Daman and Diu, informer will be kept secret,” which has 618 females per said Mandip Singh Brar, UT 1,000 males, the worst in the Deputy Commissioner while country. As against the nation- BBBP in the city, Brar said that the sex ratio was recorded at ratio at birth (SRB) was 901 in talking to the mediapersons al average of 943, Chandigarh the sex ratio has improved in 945 in Chandigarh, he said. 2016, 898 in 2015, 870 in 2014, here on Monday. had sex ratio of 818, the NHP- Chandigarh. The sex ratio was According to the Civil 904 in 2013, 887 in 2012, 835 in      ', !* ' ,$ +  +    ; +       He said that there have 2019 stated. 818 as per census 2011. As per Registration System report 2011, 878 in 2010, 867 in 2009, been instances of people going On the implementation of the Civil Registration System, (2007-2016), Chandigarh’s sex 872 in 2008 and 860 in 2007.  !"  $%&'(!)  *!%!+) ,-. ,/,/   "

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Asserting that children     2! parents on a range of issues, that it should not be allowed to /"/)$'$383&$%'%0- During the freewheeling should be “pursued not pres- 1/3&!'--*!'-.'3 including exam stress and time govern lives. %!'''!$3& course, the PM also asked stu- sured into studies”, he recom- /3%%3.$/3/3.%#/3./+'. management. “Technological trends are  $' !0'3-'!%-8'. dents to remember the India- mended that students read his $'.'0-'/)''!%3*%!+'%.'! Through the third edition changing quickly. It is essential -".'3-/-*'3.$'!-*%!' Australia test series in 2001 to book “Exam Warriors” to get )!/0%!%3%$%0-$'!3&$ of the programme in the to stay updated with these 0'$$''+.'!+ emphasise his message about over the stress of appearing for "!;'%+%)%$'!/)*%!O-#$') national Capital, while Modi trends. Fear of technology is not positive thinking.”Our cricket exams. He urged students to be -*/8'-*'!-/3%3.''*3&$ asked the examinees not to get good. Technology is a friend. team was facing setbacks. The confident about their own "!;'%+%: 3$'!#/3./+'3#'+''!/ demotivated by temporary set- Mere knowledge of technology mood was not very good. But preparation. 1.%$')'/)"!;'%+%/3% backs, he also urged over 10 isn’t enough. Its application is as          *  '    LO *  3 8989P   ' in those moments can we ever Students who got to ask -%.$'.'*%!'.+'%.'!O-+'&%#++ crore audiences across 28 coun- important,” he said.    ;*      ;/ forget what Rahul Dravid and questions to the Prime Minister #/33"'/&".'$/-'.'.#%'./ tries not to become slaves of “We should have the V V S Laxman did? They were short-listed on the basis of -'!3&$'!#/00"3'-:"!;'%+% technology. strength to keep technology gets,” he said. The Prime demotivated if they face tem- waiting. In fact, a setback may turned the match around. essays submitted on five sub- *%--'.%%3'+$/3/3.% But the most talked about under our control and ensure Minister asked students to porary setbacks and take fail- mean the best is yet to come. Similarly, who can forget Anil jects — Gratitude is Great, )/++/3&*!/+/3&'.++3'--:'%- topic among the students after it does not waste our time. One spend their spare time with the ures in their stride. “We can Motivation, demotivation are Kumble bowling with an Your Future Depends on Your DB: the two-hour-session was his room in our homes should be elderly. add enthusiasm to every aspect very common. Everyone goes injury. This is the power of Aspirations, Examining Exams, idea of keeping away from the technology free. Whoever The Prime Minister of life. A temporary setback through these feelings,” he said. motivation and positive think- Our Duties, Your Take, and "!     technological conveniences like enters will not carry any gad- appealed to students to not be doesn’t mean success is not “In this regard, I can never ing,” he said to the much inter- Balance is Beneficial.   !# . 1 !0'3-'!%!'3.!% /.%3.$-'*%+'-'#/"3'!*%! 22/55/$%6./%7 $%!0% +++/3"'-.%;/3+   $      " 3%"&"!%'$'-'#/3.3'&!%'. #$'#8*/-%2/&,%34 !%3%&%! ,"+$ 3.%3%---%3#'/ )%#+%'!%.'%3.*'/*+'O-  ,* $   ? 3$-+*       0/'0'3,'''3$'/3%/3-: /$$'*!0'03-'!-++%+-/   2   * .  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Jammu and duction respectively. the CRPF will make its debut and on the top.    '   ) and Shantanu in the newly-cre- Kashmir cadre IAS officer Vineet Mathur, a 1994 showcase its nail-biting stunts. At the 2018 Republic Day 1 $'+'#/3/00--/3 ated department of military Ashok Kumar Parmar will be batch officer of Indian Postal The 65-member team of parade, a women bikers contin- /3/3.%''3.'.-/!.'!/ affairs. advisor, inter-state council Service, will be JS, department women will display its acrobat- gent of the Border Security '0*/!%!+)!'''$'N/+'%'-O Thakur, a 1995 batch IAS secretariat under the Home of consumer affairs and Indian ic skills on 350 cc Royal Enfield deployed with the Rapid Action performed at the birth anniver- Force (BSF) had debuted on the -0,/+/)$''!%+%/3&!'-- officer of cadre, will Ministry. Forest Service (IFoS) officer Bullet motorcycles towards the Force (RAF), a special anti-riots sary celebrations of country’s first occasion that year. @%3A/',!"%!G3$'.-*"' have a tenure till December 3, Bharat H Khera has been Sanjukta Mudgal has been end of the over 90-minute-long combat unit of the CRPF. Home Minister Sardar In 2015, women marching ,'''3$'/)%#/3-#+%03& 2022. Shantanu, a 1997 batch appointed joint secretary in appointed as joint secretary in parade. The Central Reserve Police Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31 contingents of Army, Navy and /3'!-$*/)$'*%!: Tripura cadre IAS officer, has Cabinet Secretariat. culture ministry. It will be the first time that Force is the world’s largest para- last year at Kevadia in Gujarat, Air Force had debuted in the been appointed to the post till Vimalendra Anand IAS officer Tanmay Kumar the women bikers will perform military force with about 3.25 an event that saw Prime Minister national parade. According to 2 ' *  March 27, 2024, an order issued Patwardhan, an officer of has been appointed joint sec- in the Republic Day parade. lakh personnel in its ranks. Narendra Modi in attendance. tradition, the BSF and the Army’s     by the personnel ministry said. Indian Audit and Accounts retary in the power ministry. This squad was raised in 2014 to The members of the squad In 1986, the CRPF had bike-borne daredevils end the 1 !:%!%0$'8$ The Government had last Service,has been named as Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS involve women in the entire have been specially chosen from raised the first armed women’s Republic Day parade every alter- )/!0'!1#'4 !'-.'3 0 month created the department joint secretary and financial officer Hari Ranjan Rao will be spectrum of roles performed by various combat units of the battalion in the Asia region. nate year riding their roaring 3'!-",%%-%%!.'.$' of military affairs, which is adviser in ministry of civil avi- joint secretary, department of the Force. Force and are in the age group Presently, the CRPF has six bikes. This year, the opportuni- L)'40' #$''0'3 %!.)/! headed by Chief of Defence ation, and IAS officer Nagaraju telecommunications for The contingent will be led by of 25 to 30, officials said. Mahila Battalions (6,000 per- ty has been given to the CRPF /0'33/34 !/)M,!: Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat. Maddirala will be joint secre- five years. Inspector Seema Nag, who is This contingent had earlier soonel. women personnel, officials said. $%"$%3/!0'! !'-.'3 --/#%/3/) 3.%33'!-'-% $' 3'!3%/3%+ 3-*!%/3%+/0'3 %!.-@  A  :$'%- / $ 9 %0/3&-D?/$'!/0'3%#$''!- : %!0'.$0"+40'.%)%#++%"3#$'. $%'!'!'#/&3'.)/!$'! #/3!,"/3-/%!.-$'-/#': $     especially in times of disasters Coordination Police Wireless Ministry of Home Affairs in sitting at different locations in the +-/*!'-'3/3$'/##%-/3%- when regular communication (DCPW) that operates POLNET 1950 with the primary mandate country with Internet-enabled -$%$%!0%%/!$%%,%.!: nion Minister of State for either gets jammed or crashes. or the police network services in of coordination between state multimedia services, %+3.'!$"8+%1#'4$%3#'++/!    % Prime Minister Narendra Modi UHome Nityanand Rai on “The operationalisation of the country has brought out an and central police and security a senior official said. From 03'!-: doesn’t want people to know Monday inaugurated revamped POLNET 2.0 is a big achieve- enhanced communication plat- agencies for radio communica- its control room in Delhi, it can O '   P+ who funds the BJP. police communication services ment for the country and the form for police and security tion and frequency allocation. It host 40 people talking at one  * ! 2   “The whole electoral bond — POLNET 2.0. The new plat- DCPW is to be complimented forces to communicate better has been operating POLNET point of time, the official added.  O  P O  , P scheme is opaque and points to form is armed with a robust for rendering this task. This during law and order problems since 2006. POLNET 2.0 will also have a 1 '-$%-"3'+'. a collusion between the BJP and multi-media facility and is a cap- system will work in any weath- and disasters, including linkup The new platform is named phone calling facility for per- $'-'#/3.-'%-/3/)-$&$+4    those who have become richer tive satellite-based network that er,” Rai said while launching the from remote border and coastal POLNET 2.0 and for the first sonnel of police and paramilitary %##+%0'.-$/ !%.$%30%3!: as a majority of Indians become provides video, audio and data facility at Vigyan Bhawan here. areas. The DCPW was set up in time it will provide video-con- forces deployed in remote areas '%-/3 ++,'$/-'.,$' iting slowdown in economy, poorer,” he claimed. connectivity across the country, The Directorate of 1946 and it was placed under the ferencing facility to four entities to talk to their families. 3'!3%/3%++%##+%0'..!'#/! CCPI(M) general secretary *!/."#'!%3.%#/!$'8$%!%*"!: Sitaram Yechury on Monday /,+/"-%,/":O slammed the Government say- /.'!%#-'%+$)!/0*//! ing this was not just “misman-  !  "! agement” but “destruction of         * '  P   !  lives”. Reacting to reports that &'-/#%*%+-)!'3.%$"+ 1 !'!-2%-*%+/3%3. the Government’s tax collection   2   * . As per the clause 7.2 of the /-!%8'O-3',//8+'.L/" !' is likely to fall short of its esti-    poor,” the former Congress  UCPMP “companies or their %+8 %%!/$''-#"'M!'+'%-'. mate by Rs 2.5 lakh crore or 1.2 president said in a tweet. associations/representatives , +"'/-' ",+-$'!-/3/3.%: per cent of GDP in 2019-20, ongress leader Rahul The total wealth of all mid the controversy over shall not extend any hospital- $-,//8-%+-/%%+%,+'% 0%/3 Yechury said that the Centre will CGandhi on Monday alleged Indian billionaires is more than Apharma firms allegedly ity like hotel accommodation to ,//8-/!':$',//8%+-/.'-#!,'- be made accountable. that Prime Minister Narendra the full-year budget, said the ‘bribing’ medical professionals, healthcare practitioners and %,/"$'*/'!-/)%+8'%+/) “This is not mere misman- Modi extracts wealth from study titled ‘Time to Care’ the Alliance of Doctors for their family members under $'"3'!-'%3.$'$%3.-/)%+83 agement of the economy. It is India’s poor and gives it to his which was tagged by Rahul Ethical Healthcare (ADEH), a any pretext”. -.3''-'3#':$'#%*%3& the destruction of lives and “crony capitalist friends” and Gandhi Oxfam also said the network of doctors from across The implied meaning of -/!-%,/"$/-/!.3%! livelihoods of millions of the big power brokers he is world’s 2,153 billionaires have the country has demanded this is that even extending *'/*+')!/0.))'!'3!'+&/"- Indians, while Modi’s rich dependent on. more wealth than the 4.6 billion that the Uniform Code of benefits to the doctors through ,%#8&!/"3.-)3.%-/0%8'% cronies continue to benefit and Rahul Gandhi’s attack on people who make up 60 per Pharmaceutical Marketing associations is unethical. But .))'!'3#'$!/"&$%#/00/3 fund the BJP. The people on the the prime minister came over cent of the planet’s population. Practices (UCPMP) this is being flouted with -*!"%+$!'%.: streets have taken note, account- an Oxfam report which The Gandhi scion has framed five years ago be made impunity, alleged Dr Arun ability will be fixed,” he tweet- claimed that India’s richest 1 often used the term `crony cap- mandatory. Mitra, ENT specialist and for-  7'* . ed. per cent hold more than four- italism’ to attack Modi. “Presently, even after five Council, Ludhiana. denied by the pharmaceutical mer Chairperson, Ethics 2 2 . Quoting an Oxfam study times the wealth held by 953 He first used the term post years the code remains volun- Prime Minister Narendra companies, said Dr Grewal. Committee of the PMC, 1 !#$%'/+/&#%+"!'/) which said that India’s richest million people who make up demonetization when he tary. This is despite the fact Modi, as published in a section He alleged that the com- Ludhiana. 3.%O-'4&/'!3%3#'--'0$%- one per cent hold more than for the bottom 70 per cent of alleged that Prime Minister’s that several medical organisa- of the media has warned phar- panies spend crores of rupees It is also equally important ,''3%%!.'.$/0*"'!/#' four-times the wealth held by the country’s population. demonetisation decision was a tions have demanded this maceutical companies not to through associations by spon- that the any freebies from the /) 3.%O-@ A4*'#%+ 3'!'- 953 million people who make “Modi extracts wealth from “huge scam” and its objective repeatedly from the indulge in unethical practices soring the medical confer- pharmaceutical companies be !/"*@ AN %!./)#'++'3#'O up for the bottom 70 per cent of India’s poor and gives it to his was to rob from the common Government. The global expe- and stop giving freebies to the ences. “They spend huge made taxable. These were tax- "3.'!$'#%'&/! !/;'#-4'3!%+ the country’s population, crony capitalist friends & the people of India to benefit his rience also shows that volun- doctors with a purpose to pro- amount on travel, accommo- able earlier but the decision /'!30'33!'#/&3/3/) while the total wealth of all big power brokers he’s depen- crony capitalist friends. He tary code does not work”, said cure business. However, that dation and other expenditures was reversed later by the Pune H&%+ 3.%3%',$'  % Indian billionaires is more than dent on. 1% of India’s super again used the same terminol- Dr GS Grewal, one of the any such deliberations on the doctors for lavish Bench of the Income Tax /0*"'!/#'/) 3.%O- 33"%+ the full-year budget, Yechury rich, now own 4 times more ogy during the Rafale scam ADEH members and former occurred in the meeting with arrangements of the confer- Appellate Tribunal, said the /3'3/3  $'+.% said that this is the reason wealth than 1 billion of India’s controversy. president- Punjab Medical the Prime Minister has been ences.” doctor. $",%3'-%!3 .-$%:  !  )($ $   

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In severe income countries, higher Study, a comprehensive epi- Medicine. “We need renewed Vaccines, making sure every- 11 million lives worldwide in cases, one or more organs among females than males. demiological analysis coordi- focus on sepsis prevention one has access to a toilet and 2017, almost twice as high as may fail. By age, the incidence of sepsis nated by the Institute for among newborns and on tack- clean drinking water, adequate previously estimated. India too is facing tremen- peaks in early childhood, with Health Metrics and Evaluation ling antimicrobial resistance, nutrition for children and According to a study pub- dous sepsis burden. At least, more than 40 per cent of all (IHME) at the University of an important driver of the maternal health care would lished in the latest edition of 34 per cent of sepsis patients cases occurring in children Washington School of condition.” address a lot of these cases,” The Lancet, among the victims died in the intensive care unit under 5. Medicine. The study authors ana- said Rudd. are a disproportionately high (ICU) in 2016, as per another “I’ve worked in rural The study findings are lyzed annual sepsis incidence The research was funded number of children in poor study. Uganda, and sepsis is what we unprecedented as they repre- and mortality trends from by The Bill & Melinda Gates areas. Sepsis is caused by the The Lancet study, which is saw every single day. Watching sent mortality both in and out 1990 through 2017 and found Foundation, the National body’s defense system led by researchers at the a baby die of a disease that of the hospital. rates are improving. Institutes of Health Pitt, the (immune system) working University of Pittsburgh and could have been prevented “We are alarmed to find In 1990, there were an British Columbia Children’s overtime to fight infection. University of Washington with basic public health mea- sepsis deaths are much higher estimated 60.2 million sepsis Hospital Foundation, the The large number of chemicals schools of medicine, revealed sures really sticks with you,” than previously estimated, cases and 15.7 million deaths; Wellcome Trust and the released into the blood during 48.9 million global cases of said lead author Kristina E especially as the condition is by 2017, incidence had Fleming Fund.  !"  $%&'(!)  *!%!+) ,-. ,/,/ !  "8     )%#',//8:#/0I.%+*/3''! 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They help it help exploited victims. 1   1 =!11>  +,$S         ghetto mentality within the community. the PFI to entrench itself in acquire resources and intelli- In September 2019,                     On the other, it will make other citizens India and reach Nepal, gence from areas its members Singapore arrested three  *                 1 wary of dealing with those who wish to Bangladesh and Myanmar. Sri normally don’t frequent. Indonesian women domestic leave or avoid the ghetto. This is a dou- Lanka has already been radi-    Migrant workers are easy workers who promoted the IS             !       ble-edged sword that can only harm the calised by people who visited to manipulate as they are online in their spare time,  (                Muslim community in the long and southern India before the Easter    poorly educated, live in an donated money to militants  :           O  !     short run. blasts in 2019. Several youth   alien environment and are overseas and became so com- Doubtless, a powerful section of the from Kerala have travelled to lonely. Radicalisation usually mitted that at least one was      ?@A      .        1 community is behind the radicalisation agen- Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to      begins after a traumatic event ready to die as a suicide bomber S   "     +,$S     da, for reasons unknown. The first indica- join the IS; others have been    such as divorce, financial hard- in Syria. One Indonesian maid #                   tion of this phenomenon came during the caught doing online propagan-   1  ship or culture shock. The revealed that she listened to +      1           .   three-day Ijtema (religious gathering) organ- da for it. Intelligence agencies recruiter contacts the most Salafi podcasts while working ised by Tablighi Jamaat (November 30 to are aware that the IS is attract-    vulnerable and offers a secure, and an Indonesian butcher she     1               December 2, 2018), when 15 lakh Muslims ing youth in India and in May romantic, and loving relation- met online encouraged her to      S    %            ( gathered at Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, 2019, it announced a new 1   ship; soon the migrant is invit- go to Syria to join the IS.                 though permission was given for only two “Wilayah of Hind” (Hind   : ed for training via online chat However, the Singapore lakh people. Many guests came from abroad. Province) without specifying its rooms. Often migrants are authorities discovered her plans     1S            The proceedings of this gathering are geographical limits.   recruited by fellow workers at and deported her back to       +,$S    O      not known. It attracted national attention The Counterterrorism    a prayer group or social gath- Indonesia in 2017.  4 1           .  # when some cows were killed in a village Group (CTG) Analysis & ering on their day off. Some Zachary Abuza, expert on IS on the road to Bulandshahr. Police Intelligence Report (November   workers have been known to in South-east Asia at the                      +,$   inspector Subodh Kumar Singh died in 2019) states that after being dri- reach out to militants; they are National War College, P      Q *  1   +,$          the violence that followed but managed ven out of Syria and the Middle 1   quickly inducted into radical Washington, says the real stuff               (   to contain the situation within the affect- East, the IS asked its leaders to  groups and groomed to happens in dedicated chat rooms ed village. The Ijtema concluded peace- move to South-east Asia as become militants. on encrypted apps — from             "    fully but analysts said such a large gath- almost every country in this  In a survey of radicalised bomb designs to active coordi-           S     ering should not have been permitted in region has deep ties to the     domestic workers, the Institute nation. The female recruits serve                    such a sensitive State and by such an Middle East. Its focus is on for Policy Analysis of Conflict as financiers, recruiters and orthodox body. Tablighi Jamaat exhorts female domestic workers in  1  (IPAC) found that at least 50 coordinators; they collect funds     #        +,$       Muslims to strictly follow practices Hong Kong and Singapore,    L Indonesian women working from radicalised maids and                       adhered to during the lifetime of the who are vulnerable on various overseas as maids, nannies and send them to domestic jihadist                      Prophet, especially in matters of dress counts; Malaysia, Indonesia   caretakers for the elderly were groups. India is sitting on a tin- and ritual. All traces of non-Islamic (syn- and the Philippines are next.     radicalised by the IS and its affil- derbox. When elementary (    +,$S 4 1   B $     0   cretic) behaviour are to be erased. Female migrant workers iates. A study between 2013 and school children chant obnoxious  :        +     "      + This converges with a larger trend of are chosen because of their low 1   2018 found that around 800 slogans against the nation and its         0(1           home-grown radicalism within the coun- (but stable) incomes, familiar-   1 domestic workers from South- top leadership, the masterminds try. After the Students Islamic Movement ity with English and wide net- east Asia tried to enter Syria or behind the scenes should pon-     +,$           /   of India (SIMI) and the Indian Mujahideen work of international connec-    Iraq to join the IS after being der what poison harvest they                  (IM) were banned, the Kerala-based tions. Typically, they earn   radicalised abroad. This shows will reap from these toxic seeds.   +,$  PQ               Popular Front of India (PFI) emerged as the around $1.00 to $1.50 per the efficacy of the IS’ recruit- Azadi cannot hide behind the successor militant body and spread to Tamil hour and are often in need of ment methods. IPAC has asked tiranga; India will never submit Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, financial help, for which they Governments to create manda- to further loss of territory. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya agree to join the Caliphate. tory training modules to edu- (The author is a senior %# Pradesh and Bihar. English-speaking workers help cate migrant workers about the journalist) 1    %         .  4 9  % -257 2#           3           ( $--3/0'!'0-0%3%&'4 $'/!+.-!'-*'#)"+L '++3/%8'!'%+%/! 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The question of defending the )                ( extremely difficult for anyone to prove credentials. tribal States from its ambit created a sense only created an alternative political dis- Constitution, an essential part of the pan-  $$                  Worse is the case when the tribunals at random ex-      : of heightened anxiety in Assam and course of pre-colonial identity assertion Indian discourse of resistance to CAA               parte declare too many people foreigners. Many of Tripura for being forced to accept those and securing of homelands, but it also finds very little speck in the North-east                   those people have been put in inhumane detention   non-indigenous settler immigrants who harmed those who are supposed to ben- where the it is more about protection from      #           camps in six places, numbering around a thousand,    would be legalised by the CAA. The pos- efit from the CAA, notably the Hindu the non-indigenous and the illegals. The (           of which 23 have already died in custody.     sible demographic impact and squeeze on Bengalis. This change into community convergences and the divergences are both #                 The protest against the CAA remains silent on      language and culture has reinvoked the affirmation rigidly redraws several bound- ingenuous as they promise to set up new               ( this humanitarian crisis and the ignominy of effac-    fear of getting outnumbered. To rein in aries, creates a reverse discrimination equations and alliances between social     /    (      ( ing these unfortunate excluded people from public  4  such a majoritarian impact of the CAA, towards the beneficiaries of the CAA by identities. The beauty of such disjointed                    discourse. With the coming of CAA, a section of    there are rising demands for introduction uniting everyone else. resistance to the CAA is that it gives rise these excluded people now wait for some redemp-       of an Inner Line Permit (ILP) system to The announcement of the National to a new form of federal relations. How                     tion, while another section silently prepares for a long physically restrict the movement of other Population Register (NPR) at the nation- the Government manages it will decide the                  and uncertain legal battle that lies ahead. Both the 1  citizens from outside the State. al level and much of the resistance to the future course of politics in India. 5   %          sections, however, face another cultural test of prov- In a sense, the CAA meets its tough- idea that the NPR and National Register It is also worth nothing the debates  (              ( ing their antecedents, which could be satisfied only 1 41 : est resistance from such demands of pro- of Indian Citizens (NRIC) are the same centering around some of the States         %          by accepting the dominant language of the State.    tective discrimination, as it would further arose from transmission of Northeastern opposing implementation of the CAA and           (       Any democratic movement, such as one cur-      alienate the North-east and its people from reactions to the mainland due to greater their moves by filing cases against it in the      (      "   ( rently against the CAA, should have taken into    the mainstream while ensuring their spe- visibility of protests in the North-east. Supreme Court. Interestingly enough,                 account the plight of these people. But they are    cific rights. Certainly this would negative- After the first wave of protests in the Arunachal Pradesh, being a State with ILP B       /              looked upon as “foreigners” and “illegal immigrants”  4  ly impact economic transaction between North-east, major Indian cities witnessed is exempted from CAA, yet it has decid-    %1#            whose very presence threatens indigenous language    the North-east and the rest of India and a stir against the NPR and NRC exercise ed to file a petition in the apex court and culture. This is how, much of the protesters   as a corollary break the idea of seamless that are supposed to supplement CAA by opposing any procedure to grant citizen-                 favour the NRC to weed them out while they reject economic connections with South and separating the infiltrators from persecut- ship to Chakma and Hajong refugees. It     /   1             the CAA. The CAA bears the signature of shelter-  South-east Asian countries, as mooted in ed religious minorities. This inherently dif- is also widely contended that the CAA         /         ing “persecuted religious minorities from three the Act East Policy of the Centre. ferentiating tenor of CAA made a nation- might lead to exodus of tribal refugees       "   1 (       neighbouring countries” and thereby changes the  4  The governance structure of States in wide resurgence of demands for a caste from CAA-exempted tribal States of the                    rules of the game with which the NRC was carried  the North-east seemingly is not able to face census and rejection of any test of citizen- North-east to Tripura and Assam, where                    out. Because of CAA, even the NRC exercise gets   the implosion of sentiments of ethnic and ship. The dystopic Assam experience they can apply for citizenship through                 automatically debunked. This gives a further jolt to indigenous groups against the CAA and occupied much of the national imagina- CAA. The case of Bengali Hindu refugees /                   ethnonationalist identities, who take CAA to be a is also unable to contain the fight against tion in calling for a boycott of NPR cum in Bodoland Territorial Council of Assam               bigger threat than illegal immigration. The layered the CAA from relapsing into a full fight NRIC, especially when CAA makes it is even more dismal, as they have to move      #             and nuanced ideas of citizenship as indigenity stand against the State and the Government. In clearer for whom the bell will toll. out of areas falling under the council and in contrast to granting citizenship to a section of ille- an Assam-specific way, a slew of measures The fear and anxiety surrounding the resettle in a neighbouring district within      O          gal immigrants on the basis of religion. In effect, old like amendment to Article 345, 347 and new entries relating to father’s birthplace Assam to become eligible to apply under                 *  "( faultlines between indigenous ethnic identity and Article 371B to ensure protection of and date of birth in the NPR format and CAA. While these anomalies continue, the                non-indigenous Indian citizens is reinvoked, turn- Ahomia as the State language, culture and dropping of all Muslim festivals from the lived reality of “illegal immigrants” con-                 $ ing both the CAA and NRC exercise as detrimen- identity of the people of Assam has been list of holidays, as suggested in the NPR, tinues to be difficult, as they try to sur-                  ( tal to the language, land and culture of ethnic groups. announced by the State Government to create a bigger sense of discrimination. vive through double-edged laws granting                  The question is no longer just saving the indigenous neutralise the anti-CAA protests, but social The sense of protection generated out of benefit and withholding them at the same  /    .       1      habitats of North-east from illegals but it is also a organisations are not convinced of some fear of being outnumbered in the North- time.                  question of “protective discrimination” for the native measures. They argued that if protective east feeds this fear of discrimination at the (The writer is Associate Professor at =Uur v‡r v†Trv‚ Aryy‚hqTrv‚ 9v rp‡‚ U@SD> and the indigenous from non-indigenous Indian cit- measures had preceded CAA, probably it national level and vice-versa. Although North Eastern Hill University, Shillong and izens. The land policy of the Government of Assam would not have become such a big fear transmits easily, yet the cause and pur- a human rights activist) 5     "                                         

it of the founders of the different religions mony is essential for peace and stability in lisation as having a fundamentalist attitude increase her little flock. The Church’s Combat all forms of expression which was the same though rituals differ. All reli- the country. and an aggressive methodology to achieve expansion is also seen as a Western exten- incite sectarian hatred and take action gions proclaim similar principles. Article 51A of the Constitution affirms their respective goals. sion. The increase in the number of Church against dissemination of such material in the Mahatma Gandhi, who devoted a large that it is the fundamental duty of every cit- Proselytism is opposed on several movements engaged in aggressive evange- media. part of his life to the study of religion and izen to promote harmony among the peo- grounds; it attacks other religious beliefs and lisation (understood in the very narrow Adequate training and awareness pro- discussions with religious leaders of all faiths, ple of the nation transcending religious, lin- practices and asserts that its own religion is sense of the word) is certainly a cause for grammes about religion and religious har- affirmed that every scripture should be treat- guistic and regional or sectional diversities. the only way to moksha (salvation). It is often concern for our brothers and sisters of other mony for young leaders at all levels and ed equally, that there is no justification for Respect for religious diversity and interfaith supported by financial resources and mar- faiths. Perhaps, it might be good to be Government officials, particularly the police the claim of supremacy of any one religion dialogue are an essential and urgent need. keting techniques that make local religious reminded of the golden rule which nearly and other law enforcement agencies, judges, : & :72/4 and that we are all children of the same God. Some years ago, I decided to study the activities seem shabby. all religions speak of: Do not do to others teachers and social workers must be held. He said, “What is needed is a living issues that affect inter-religious peace and The Federation of Asian Bishops what you do not want done to yourself.” Introduce inter-religious education in friendly contact among the followers of the harmony in the country. In this connection, Conferences (FABC) articulates its theolog- The traditional way of teaching religion schools as part of the curriculum so as to eligion has emerged as a major source religions of the world and not a clash among I visited several States and held meetings ical vision thus, “Asia is the womb of the puts emphasis on theology and rituals promote communal harmony. of conflict across the globe. Ideological them in the fruitless attempt on the part of with leaders and organisations of different great world religions. All great scriptural reli- ignoring the social dimension, namely the Assure all victims of religious intoler- Rstrife has now given place to the “clash each community to show the supremacy of religions. I spent the whole of September gions were born on Asian soil. The Church need for interaction and tolerance among ance adequate support and speedy admin- of civilisations” and it is felt that in the fore- its faith over the rest.” 2004 in the villages of Odisha, in the districts has to be in constant dialogue with the reli- the followers of different religions. Religious istrative and judicial remedies. seeable future, religion will be a major source Swami Vivekananda asserted that all of Kandhamal and Mayurbanj, where gions of Asia and to embark on this with leaders and theologians from across the Provide effective access to all citizens, of conflict within and among nations. The religions preach ethics, virtues and good Graham Staines and his two sons were killed great seriousness… There may be more country should come together to review the including religious minorities, to the deci- possibilities of conflict are greater in coun- character. Yet, all major religions, instead of some years earlier. truth about God and life than is made different religions from the perspective of sion-making process in society. tries such as India where different cultures uniting people often divide them due to the The purpose of my visit was to study known to us through the Church. As such, pluralism and social justice. Counter social exclusion and margin- and religions meet. However, such clashes lack of understanding of the purpose of reli- and understand the open confrontation that Christians who take Jesus Christ’s injunc- The following steps ought to be taken alisation in particular by providing adequate can be prevented if appropriate strategies are gion by their followers. has existed for long in that State between tion seriously must search for this truth in to ensure peace and harmony in India: access to all to education, health and formulated and implemented at an early India has the largest number of religions Christian and Hindu missionaries for con- the various religions of the world.” Organised drives for conversion and recon- employment. Pay specific attention to stage so as to ensure religious harmony. and religious people in the world. In our version and re-conversion (ghar vapsi) On the question of proselytism, the version should stop. They violate the development of vulnerable groups such as The United Nations (UN) designates the country, we have millions of Hindus, respectively. I informed Chief Minister FABC says, “A phenomenon which contin- Constitution. The Government should pro- tribals and other weaker sections and those first week of February every year as the Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains and Naveen Patnaik of what I had observed in ues to awaken the most resentment among mote an agreement among the religious who suffer discrimination on different World Interfaith Harmony Week. All reli- Buddhists. There are also Parsees and Jews. those areas and he promised to take neces- the peoples of Asia is that of proselytism and heads of all the major faiths in the country grounds. gions lead to the same God and differences We have eight religions in India, the max- sary action. Mainline Christian theologians conversion. In the minds of Asians, the to stop proselytism. Given the positive mind- With this we will ensure peace that fos- among them are not essential. Indeed, the imum number of religions and religious peo- see both the Sangh Parivar’s Hindutva ide- Church’s primary objective seems to be to set of theologians belonging to different reli- ters inclusive development. goal of every religion is the same. The spir- ple anywhere in the world. Communal har- ology and Christian campaigns for evange- convert as many people as she can so as to gions, this is possible. (The writer is a former Union Minister)  !"  $%&'(!)  *!%!+) ,-. ,/,/   "<

. B   .   9' ' ((  ';0 ( '  # ( '  '     guise and is being pushed public opinion is going guarantee that if you do not said she might invite the Chief through in the name of NPR. against her she has provide the information your Ministers particularly of the fter Kerala and Punjab it is We condemn the Centre’s move hurriedly decided to name will not be marked for north-eastern States to take a   $ ABengal’s turn to pass reso- for NPR.” pass the resolution.” future reference in NRC or decision on the issue. lution rejecting the Citizenship Accusing BJP for trying to On NPR Banerjee things like that? We have “I have no problem in Amendment Act. Accusing the squeeze out absurd information said, “I have come to passed a resolution against hosting a meeting of the Chief BJP of playing a “dangerous from the citizens in the name know from media NPR and request all the States Ministers in Kolkata if they are  9 game” by forcibly imposing of NPR so as to use it against reports that they are including the BJP-ruled states interested to join it,” she said CAA and National Population them in future Banerjee said demanding absurd of the North East to follow suit.” appealing to all the Chief Register Bengal Chief Minister CAA, NRC and NPR are mul- information about the State BJP leader JP Ministers and Governments Mamata Banerjee on Monday tiple sides of the same act parents of a person in Majumdar said such resolu- of the North East like Tripura,    1     needed. They have gone to the said the Trinamool Congress adding her Government would the NPR format. tions are of little value in the Assam and elsewhere to Supreme Court without too will pass a resolution soon pass a resolution rejecting There is a column face of a parliamentary law. oppose, CAA, NRC and erala Governor Arif informing me. That is an against the CAA soon. The CAA. Chief Minister for “making seeking information about par- In a public meeting at NPR. KMohammad Khan said on unlawful act. Not legally cor- move is a sharp departure “We passed a resolution volte-face too often.” ents, their birth place and birth Darjeeling, she said, “Even I Meanwhile, BJP leader Monday that he was not satis- rect. Hence it is neither a clash from the stand taken by her against NRC and CAB —which Opposition Leader Abdul certificate. How can anyone will not be able to provide these Chandra Bose on Monday fied with the explanation given of egos or personal differ- Government a few days ago. was only a bill then — a few Mannan and Left Legislature provide such information… documents,” adding how the wondered whether imposing by the Chief Secretary on the ences”, he said. Moments before leaving months ago. Now as it has Party Leader Sujan “They say that the column other parties were acting hyp- any law on the people without Left Government moving the Chief Secretary Tom Jose for North Bengal where he sub- become a law will pass a Chakrabarty said: “only a few is optional. Have you seen any ocritically by making loud their consent was the right way Supreme Court against the met the Governor on Monday, sequently told an audience that resolution against CAA and days we had brought the pro- blank column in the mark comments in the media against of doing things. The grand Citizenship law without a day after the latter sought a her Government would never demand its withdrawal,” posal in the State Assembly but sheet when you appear for an the CAA but joining the meet- nephew of Netaji Subhas informing him. report from the Left govern- allow either CAA or NPR to Banerjee said adding the reso- the government stopped the examination. This is a mis- ing in Delhi on NPR. Chandra Bose said, “you can- “No explanation can sat- ment over moving the apex take place in Bengal, Banerjee lution will be passed within 4- Congress and the Left from chievous column. I want to When asked as to whether not impose a law. You cannot isfy me”, the Governor told court against the Citizenship said “the NPR is a very dan- 5 days. bringing a resolution against know that if this column is not she would like to call a meet- threaten the people to follow reporters here this evening. Amendment Act without gerous game … it is National The Left and the Congress the CAA like Kerala and mandatory then why they have ing of opposition leaders in some law. This is not fare in “My view is approval is informing him. Citizenship Register in dis- immediately lashed out at the Punjab … now finding that the put it there? Again where is a order to unite them Banerjee democracy.”       .     ' 

Kolkata: Principals of missionary schools and church priests on Monday took out a rally to register their protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens. The participants walked a 1.5-km distance from St Paul’s Cathedral to the Gandhi statue in the city, holding placards that read “No division among people”, “We are all children of Jesus” and “No CAA”. They also chanted hymns in English and Bengali. “We only wanted to drive home the message that all are equal and we should not discriminate between religions and communities,” said the principal of a renowned missionary school. The Kolkata diocese of the Church of North India (CNI) also urged other protestant churches to join the rally. “This was the first time the CNI, Kolkata Diocese, con- vened such a large anti-CAA rally here. We chose two points for the march — St Paul’s Cathedral, that is part of the her-         '  ' '   3       E3F.  itage of the city, and the statue of Mahatma, an apostle of $ ' ,3   E$3F  $ ' E$F."   ;/ non-violence and harmony,” a spokesman said. PTI    '   ' 3$3  0 '   ,!*  ;/ ( ' P   ( Q *   ,     B   $3.$  %0-/&' #%-'.'/+/&  ' ( = ># Lucknow: Samajwadi Party not going to be counted.” found themselves excluded from the ment demonetised high-value cur- president Akhilesh Yadav on “The reason is that the day the NRC at the end of the exercise to rency notes. 3)/!0%/3 Allahabad: The Vishva Hindu and thanked the Union Government Monday called the Centre’s plans on caste census takes place, the Hindu- weed out illegal migrants. The SP “The BJP created a rift between Parishad on Monday said seers will for “removing hurdles” in the way of NPR and NRC “anti-poor” and Muslim conflict will come to an end,” chief claimed that the NRC and the the rich and poor through demon- 0,'.8%! travel to villages to dispel the “con- national unity. pitched for conducting a caste cen- he said without elaborating. He recently enacted Citizenship etisation. All of us stood in queues. fusion” being created over the On the construction of the sus. Yadav has made the suggestion added that once this happens Amendment Act (CAA) are “anti- Tell me how many farmers benefit- Nagpur: Vanchit Bahujan Citizenship Amendment Act. Ram temple in Ayodhya, in the past as well. His demand now “nobody will be upset with Yadav poor” . In an apparent reference to ted. And the dream that corruption Aghadi chief Prakash The decision was taken at a meet- Akhileshwaranand said the VHP will comes days after the Odisha Cabinet brothers”. Yadav was addressing the recent criticism of the NRC and and terrorism will be eradicated, Ambedkar on Monday said ing here of the VHP “margdarshak declare a date after the Centre sets up adopted a resolution seeking reve- party workers at an event here to the National Population Register what happened to it?” he said. the Centre’s National mandal”. Mandal member the trust for that. lation of caste details in the next welcome new members to the SP. (NPR), he said the poor will find it Hitting out at the BJP Population Register exercise Akhileshwaranand told reporters that In a landmark judgment on Census. They included leaders at the block difficult to get their date of birth cer- Government in Uttar Pradesh, the was an “evil design” aimed at the “sadhus” will go from village to vil- November 9 last year, the Supreme Referring to an earlier Census, panchayat level and those who had tificates. former chief minister claimed that ferreting out information about lage and tell people, especially Court had directed the Centre to set he said,” We all wanted a caste cen- fought elections in the past. “Earlier there were no calendars the state has now become “number the caste and ideology of peo- Muslims, that the new law does not up a trust in three months to formu- sus but the Congress did not let that Criticising the National Register and the birthdays of most people in one in cybercrime, crime against ple in the country. take away anyone’s citizenship. late a scheme for the construction of happen and the numbers did not of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, he villages were based on festivals,” he women and children, bad quality The Centre had, on He said the seers also expressed a Ram temple at the site where the come out.” claimed it had created a rift in that said. He compared this to the midday meals, fake encounters, December 24, approved happiness over the abrogation of the Babri mosque was He said the Census is going to state. inconvenience people went through unemployment and farmer sui- 3,941.35 crore for updating special status of Jammu & Kashmir demolished. PTI take place again. “But again we are Lakhs of people in Assam had when the Narendra Modi govern- cides.” PTI the National Population Register. As per the Government, the NPR is a list      ' ' 3 of “usual residents” of the $3."*   ;/  P          3/ country, with “usual resident” being defined as a person who has resided in a local area for Guwahati: Ten prominent person- “It is quite possible that there “The younger generation as the past six months or more, or alities of Assam, including Sahitya may have been certain excesses, as admitted by all impartial observers a person who intends to reside Akademi awardees Hiren Gohain mentioned in some press reports, is particularly aggrieved and agi- in that area for the next six and Homen Borgohain and eminent and these are to be deplored but the tated by certain issues that have cast months or more.”The motive of filmmaker Jahnu Barua, have writ- public discontent and unrest can a dark shadow on their lives. the Government is to get caste ten to Chief Justice of India Sharad hardly be dismissed as wilful vio- “In Assam, the threat of and ideology information of Arvind Bobde urging him to delib- lence, as is being currently done by unchecked migration from neigh- every family. This is an evil erate on the prevailing “public out- the Government,” the letter bouring countries like Bangladesh design of the Narendra Modi rage and anger in the country”. said. had been compared by the Supreme government,” Ambedkar told The letter, made available to the Signatories to the letter include Court to a silent invasion and the reporters here. media on Monday, stated that the Sahitya Akademi awardee Nagen NRC for Assam was expeditiously The National Population Government has characterised the Saikia, scientist Dinesh Chandra prepared under the monitoring of Register (NPR) was prepared in ongoing protests across in the coun- Goswami, former Gauhati the highest Court,” it said. The let- 2010 under the provisions of try as being organised by “mis- University vice chancellor Gajendra ter said that at this juncture, grant- the Citizenship Act, 1955 and chievous elements” whereas the Nath Talukdar and ex-principals of ing citizenship to a large number of Citizenship Rules, 2003, and “reaction of thousands of people has Cotton College and Gauhati foreigners will put immense pres- was subsequently updated in earned the sympathy of all right Medical College, Udayaditya Bharali sure on scant resources of the state 2015 by seeding it with thinking sections of the society”. and N N Barman respectively. and its native population. PTI Aadhaar. PTI 3$   ,,   - 7C9 "/     /

   2 1 the operationalisation of the        * 222 Squadron, the air defence he Indian Air Force on capablilites of the IAF, partic- TMonday commissioned a ularly in the Southern Air    2 1@A be assigned to us,” Gen Rawat sula’s air defence. squadron of Sukhoi-30 MKI at Command area will be said. The Indian Air Force the Air Force Station here, the strengthened. hief of Defence Staff Gen The Chief of Defence Staff commissioned a squadron of first such base in south India “This would also provide CBipin Rawat on Monday (CDS) said his new role was Sukhoi-30 MKI at the Air for the high profile fighter jets, protection to our island terri- said it was very difficult to aimed at integrating defence Force Station here, the first seen as a gamechanger in tories and sea lines of commu- predict if a scenario of a war systems and the three services such base in south India for the guarding the strategically nication in the Indian Ocean with Pakistan would emerge or (the Army, the Navy and the high profile fighter jets, seen as important Indian Ocean Region. The IOR is increasingly not but all the defence services Indian Air Force). a gamechanger in guarding Region (IOR). gaining importance and the were prepared to take on any It was for this reason the the strategically important The ‘Tigersharks’ squadron presence of a fighter squadron challenge. post of CDS was created, he Indian Ocean Region of Sukhoi 30 MKI jets inte- will provide security cover to all The top general, who said. (IOR). grated with the BrahMos cruise our strategic and vital assets in inducted the Sukhoi-30 MKI “...We will keep moving The ‘Tigersharks’ squadron missiles was inducted by Chief the region.” squadron here, was responding towards better integration and of Sukhoi 30 MKI jets inte- of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat in The squadron that was to a question about any possi- jointness,” Rawat, who was grated with the BrahMos cruise the presence of top officials inducted was raised at Ambala bility of a war emerging appointed the country’s first missiles was inducted in the including Air Chief Marshal in 1969. During the IAF between India and Chief of Defence Staff on presence of the Air Chief and Rakesh Kumar Singh exercise Gagan Shakti-2018, Pakistan. December 30 last year, top officials. Bhadauria. the capabilities of this aircraft “All the defence services added. The Su-30 MKI is a state- The Su-30 MKI is a state- were amply demonstrated. are tasked to be prepared for On strengthening the Air of-the-art all weather multi-role of-the-art all weather fighter Also, it showcased an extend- any option that may emerge. base here, Air Chief Marshal fighter aircraft capable of aircraft capable of undertaking ed air operational range with It is very difficult to predict Rakesh Kumar Singh undertaking varied air defence, varied air defence, ground the help of air to air refuelling a scenario. But, we are always Bhadauria said it will undertake ground attack and maritime attack and maritime missions. *7C9 "/,'   ,    * ,,,   ;%  +  ' by the IL-78 flight refuelling prepared for any task that may the role of the southern penin- missions. A defence release said with       / -    ;/ aircraft.  !"  $%&'(!)  *!%!+) ,- . ,/,/   "=

    0<6      "    ,3  P J"    2  were gunned down by the Bashir were both involved in registered. Several other terror day celebrations. security forces in a successful killing of four police personnel crime cases were also registered During the meeting IGP   '  n yet another successful joint operation in Shopian district and four civilians in the area”. against him including case FIR directed the officers to carry Ioperation by the security on Monday”. DGP said, the He said, a total number of 19 numbers 12/2019, 23/2019, out intensive foot patrolling $ $   forces, a group of three terror- killed terrorists have been iden- FIR’s were registered against 25/2019, 27/2019, 39/2019, and surveillance of the areas in Q   ists headed by a dreaded Hizbul tified as Waseem Ahmad Wani Waseem Ahmad Wani. 49/2019, 56/2019, 61/2019, and around the M.A. Stadium $ R6# Mujahideen commander resident of Wurpora Nagbal As per police records,Wani 62/2019, 01/2020 of PS Jammu to prevent any terror 0>5 Waseem Ahmad Wani along Shopian, Adil Bashir Sheikh had a history of terror crime Zainapora. strike. with Adil Bashir, former Special resident of Zainapora Shopian records since 2017. Before joining police ranks On the border manage- Srinagar: Only five out of 36 Police Officer of J&K police, and Hidayatullah Malik resi- Similarly Adil Bashir as per in 2017, Adil was a stone-pel- ment front, IGP stressed upon Union Ministers will be visit- who decamped with seven AK- dent of Sharadpora Shopian. police records had a history of ter and was having links with the DIG JSK Range and district ing Kashmir as part of the 47 rifles and a pistol belonging DGP said, the killed ter- terror crime records since 2018. terrorists,official sources said. SSP Jammu, to lay joint secu- Centre’s outreach programme to security guards of a former rorists as per police records He was involved in many ter- The third terrorist, rity check points on all the infil- in the newly-created Union PDP MLA, Aijaz Ahmad Mir, were affiliated with proscribed ror attacks and civilian atroci- Hidayatullah Malik, as per tration routes and also on the Territory of Jammu & were killed in Wachi area of terror outfit Hizbul ties. police records was also roads originating from border Kashmir. Shopian on Monday. Mujahideen and were wanted He was involved in case involved in terror attacks and and touching national highway. According to officials, the Since January 1, eight ter- by law for their complicity in FIR No 57/2018 pertaining to other crimes in the area. He also stressed on checking of ministers visiting the Valley rorists have been killed in four terror crimes including attack the decamping of weapons     '         Meanwhile, Inspector hotels and other lodgements’ over the next four days are successful operations in on security establishments and from Jawahar Nagar area. He * . ?  ,  "    ;/ General of Police Jammu Zone, on regular basis, setting up of Telecommunications Minister Kashmir valley. civilian atrocities. was part of groups involved in Mukesh Singh- IPS, Monday joint nakas in border areas so Ravi Shankar Prasad, HRD Addressing a press confer- Briefing media persons killing of civilian Nadeem Zainapora, killing of 02 civil- killing of civilian Irfan Hamid chaired a meeting to review that ANE/ASE trying to sneak minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, ence in Srinagar, DGP Dilbagh Dilbagh Singh said, “HM Manzoor at Safnagri, killing of ians Ilyas Khan & Zahid Khan Lone of Zainapora for which security arrangements to in the city are intercepted in Minority Affairs Minister Singh said, “three terrorists Commander Waseem and Adil four policemen at guard post in at Chittragam Shopian and case FIR No 25/2019 stands ensure incident free Republic border area. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik and minister of 2%00"  -67 !8 state for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy.    '    C   %  % Naqvi will kick-start the !''--'#"! valley leg of the outreach pro- Amaravati : The YS Jagan Assembly on the first day of the new legislation. gramme on Tuesday where he Mohan Reddy Government on extended winter session, The TDP members raised %!!%3&'0'3-     will lay the foundation stone for Monday introduced a Bill in the Finance and Legislative objection to the introduction of a high school in the Dara area Andhra Pradesh Legislative Affairs Minister Buggana the Bill and stormed the )/!4     on the outskirts of Srinagar. Assembly to give shape to its Rajendranath said the govern- Speakers podium. Amid the He will also lay the foun- plan of having three capitals for ment decided to enact a new din, the Government also Jammu: A senior police offi- Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir dation stone for the water con- the state, with the executive legislation for decentralisation moved another Bill to repeal cer on Monday reviewed secu- DGP Dilbagh Singh on servation project at Sarband in capital in Visakhapatnam, and inclusive development of the AP Capital Region rity arrangements for the Monday said there was no bar the Harwan area of the city. Legislative capital in Amaravati all regions in the state for Development Authority Act, Republic Day celebrations here, on investigating past crimes Reddy will begin his two- and judicial capital in Kurnool. ensuring “balanced and inclu- 2014. The Government said it stressing for a proper briefing committed by sacked police day programme of interac- The AP Decentralisation sive growth” of AP. intended to constitute a new to the security personnel officer Davinder Singh. tions in Ganderbal district on and Inclusive Development of “Regional imbalances, Amaravati Metropolitan deployed in view of the threat “There is no bar on Wednesday, while Prasad will All Regions Bill, 2020, also pro- absence of equitable growth Region Development Area of terror attacks and frequent investigating any complaints be stationed in Baramulla vides for dividing the State into have caused an acute sense of under the provisions of AP ceasefire violations by against him (Davinder Singh) district for two days starting various zones and establishing deprivation among various sec- Metropolitan Region and Pakistan. if we receive a formal com- Thursday. zonal planning and development tions of the state population, Urban Development Jammu zone Inspector plaint,” the DGP told reporters. Naik will be in Srinagar on boards.The village and (munic- leading to disturbances.   ,   ',   '    '     + Authorities Act, 2016. General of Police Mukesh He was responding to a Thursday, while Pokhriyal will ipal) ward secretariats system “The logical solution   '     7   ,   ,   . The CRDA Act was enact- Singh also called for effective question about reports that be in the summer capital of the that the Government brought in would be to lay emphasis on '0      ;/ ed on December 22, 2014 for and coordinated efforts at the the sacked police officer had union territory on Friday. in October last year now gets distributed development and the development of the state grossroots level for a smooth committed several illegal acts According to the officials, statutory backing as it has been decentralised administration equally by people of various of the High-Power Committee capital post-bifurcation with a conduct of the main function in early years of his career but only eight meetings are sched- made part of the new Bill. to ensure fruits of socio-eco- regions,” the Minister said, of ministers and bureaucrats, specific area demarcated as to be held at M A Stadium, a those acts were overlooked. uled to be held in Kashmir over Moving the Bill in the nomic progress are enjoyed quoting the recommendations which formed the basis of the the Capital region. PTI police spokesman said. PTI A senior police officer the next four days, while over posted with the strategic anti- 50 such meetings and pro- hijacking team at the Srinagar grammes are scheduled in the airport, Davinder Singh was Jammu division. 2$6R -$ #  arrested along with two ter- The aim of the visits by rorists whom he was allegedly Ministers is to make people ferrying in a car in Kashmir aware of the “positive impact” Valley. “You are talking about of abrogation of Article 370, incidents of long ago. The offi- which granted erstwhile state of cers concerned at that time Jammu and Kashmir the spe- must have looked into it. But cial status, and share “develop- there is no bar on investigating ment initiatives taken by the if something comes to the fore Government” with them, the formally,” he said. PTI officials said. PTI

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The 2020 remains highly uncertain 2%3"%!," years. Outlook (WEO). Indian government has been as it relies on improved growth '#!'%!3-!/) In October, the Compared to the October taking various measures to outcomes for stressed '!/+'"0P%"!%+ International Monetary Fund WEO forecast, the estimate bolster growth. economies like Argentina, Iran %-3%)"3#/3$'+.3 (IMF) had pegged India eco- for 2019 and the projection for For the emerging market and Turkey, and for underper- '+$:"."!3&$-%..!'--'0*$%-'.$'0*/!%3#'/) nomic growth at 6.1 per cent 2020 represent 0.1 percentage and developing economy forming emerging and devel- *'!/+'"0*!/."#-)/!/"!#/"3!%3.$'.!'3''.)/!%#/3- for 2019. point reductions for each year group, the IMF said growth is oping economies such as Brazil, +'%.3&/%!.-)"'+#/3-'!%/3:'-!'--'."*/3$'0*/!%3#'/) Listing decline in rural while that for 2021 is 0.2 per- Economic Forum (WEF) income growth. expected to increase to 4.4 per India and Mexico. *!/&!%0-+8'%8-$%0$'!'3&'3'!%+*",+#-3/+'.3%!/"- demand growth and an overall centage point lower. annual summit here. The country’s growth is cent in 2020 and 4.6 per cent Further, the IMF said the %#'-:'&%'%%$'*!'-/$'33'!-/)--%9"%3. credit sluggishness for lowering “A m o r e s u b d u e d g r o w t h India-born IMF Chief estimated at 4.8 per cent in in 2021 (0.2 percentage point balance of risks to the global *%33&#/0*'/3-)/!$'%/3%+''+/0*'/34 ?Q$#$ of India forecasts, IMF Chief forecast for India... Accounts Economist Gita Gopinath said 2019, projected to improve to lower for both years than in the outlook remains on the down- $%--''3%*$'3/0'3%+!'#/!.*%!#*%/3/)0/!'$%3?:RD#!/!' Economist Gita Gopinath how- for the lion’s share of the down- growth in India slowed sharply 5.8 per cent in 2020 and 6.5 October WEO) from an esti- side, but less skewed toward -".'3-)!/0-#$//+-/)%++'."#%/3,/%!.-/)$'#/"3!: ever said the growth momen- ward revisions,” the IMF said owing to stress in the non-bank percent in 2021 (1.2 and 0.9 mated 3.7 per cent in 2019. adverse outcomes than in the tum should improve next year ahead of the start of the World financial sector and weak rural percentage point lower than in “The growth profile for October WEO.  ' #C ,%'!  #  .!2 .9;D;1 $'  .'*%!0'3$%- 96#  6 /!&%3-'.% 1     /' (9-/   .  $//&!%*$     $,/3)!/0 $ /O$2%3"%!        %'#$3#%+!%33& KGL+, 89(L.    #'3!'/3B +/!/"- 6 # '%!-/):$!   5 8'&       increase in inflows to an esti- down 6 per cent as Brexit !%''3"0%! +2! mated $49 billion. The major- unfolded. -$!%'3'!%+    (Narendra Modi) keeps talk- ndia was among the top 10 ity went into services indus- The report added that %3%&'!-'.$' ing,” she said.    Irecipients of Foreign Direct tries, including information cross-border M&As decreased *$//&!%*$ inance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Investment in 2019, attracting technology,” the report said. by 40 per cent in 2019 to USD '$,/3P%+-/%3 FSitharaman has said the Companies Law, there are a rmed with information $49 billion in inflows, a 16 per India attracted an estimat- 490 billion — the lowest level $,/3/3%+/3&$-'3/!/))#'!-/):$'*$//&!%*$- government’s earnest attempt number of sections leading to Aemanating from data ana- cent increase from the previous ed 49 billion dollars of FDI in since 2014. -$/,'0*+/''-%3.$'!%!.-%!'*"/3.-*+%3$' was to decriminalise every- a criminal approach and penal- lytics, the finance ministry has year, driving the FDI growth in 2019, a 16 per cent increase Slowed down by sluggish *$//&!%*$'$,/3:'3'!%+%3%&'!//88''33'!'-3$' thing that has to do with ties of even jail terms. initiated enquiry into huge South Asia, according to a UN from the 42 billion dollars Eurozone growth and Brexit, *$//&!%*$-%8'3,$''0*+/''-%3.$'!%!.-:%'! Companies Law or related acts “I had gone through this amount of cash deposited by report released on Monday. recorded in 2018, it said. European M&A sales halved to !%''3"0%!-$!%-'.$'$,/3/3,'-.'-$' as part of initiatives towards a with a tooth comb. jewellers, disproportionate to The Global Investment The FDI flows to devel- $190 billion. Deals targeting *$//&!%*$'$,/3$#$%-/!&%3-'.)!/0?S$2%3  : $5 trillion economy. Decriminalising Companies their known sources of income, Trend Monitor report compiled oped countries remained at a United States companies '3'!%+%3%&'!%**!'#%'.$''))/!-/) ",+#'+%/3-.'*)/! She said the Government Law ensuring no other act of during the demonetisation by United Nations Conference historically low level, decreas- remained significant — /!&%3-3&$'-''$,/3-: does not want a law that could Government whether it is period. on Trade and Development ing by a further 6 per cent to accounting for 31 per cent of treat every business house with Income Tax or your PMLA These jewellers under (UNCTAD) states that the an estimated $643 billion. total M&As. '" . '   ! 2  suspicion. (Prevention of Money scrutiny have also not reflect- global foreign direct investment The FDI to the European The fall in global cross- 1 !'#/! Delivering the Nani Laundering Act) will have such ed such transactions in their remained flat in 2019 at $1.39 Union (EU) fell by 15 per cent border M&As sales was deep- '3'!%+  "+ Palkhiwala Memorial lecture an impact. return of income for the trillion, a 1 per cent decline to $305 billion, while there was est in the services sector (a 56 /,$%-,''3#/3)'!!'. on Sunday evening here, We are making sure that Assessment Year 2017-18, from a revised $1.41 trillion in zero-growth of flows to United per cent decline to $207 bil- $$'#/''.L/- Sitharaman said she was aspect will be addressed,” she sources said. 2018. States, which received $251 lion), followed by manufactur- .0!'.'%.'! %!. impressed with the comments said. Elaborating, she said “we It has been found that huge This is against the back- billion FDI in 2019, as com- ing (a 19 per cent decline to   M)/!$-/"-%3.3& made by TATA Sons Ltd do not want a law which is amount of unaccounted cash drop of weaker macroeco- pared to $254 billion in 2018, $249 billion) and primary sec- #/3!,"/3%-%+'%.'!3 Chairman N going to treat every business was deposited by a number of nomic performance and poli- the report said. tor (14 per cent decline to $34 .''+/*3&*'/*+'%3. Chandrashekharan who house with suspicion. That is jewellers during the demon- cy uncertainty for investors, Despite this, the United billion), the report said. /!&%3-%/3%+#%*%,+: remarked that the government not the intent of this govern- etisation period which they including trade tensions, it States remained the largest In particular, sales of assets $'%%!.$%-,''3 should trust people and its ment at all”. could not explain said. recipient of FDI, followed by related to financial and insur- 3-"'.;/3+,$' 3.%3 3-"'/) ",+# .03-!%/3%3. own citizens. She said it was one of the or justify as sale proceeds and Developing economies China with flows of $140 bil- ance activities and chemicals /!"0)/!0//3%+ 3'++&'3#''%!33&: “My first attempt and also initiatives the government had which in one of the case was continue to absorb more than lion and Singapore with USD fell sharply. The decline in an earnest attempt which con- planned as part of steps almost 93,648 per cent of the half of global FDI flows. South 110 billion. China also saw M&A values was driven also by tinues today is to decrimi- towards taking the country to cash deposited by him vis-a-vis Asia recorded a 10 per cent zero-growth in FDI inflows. Its a lower number of megadeals. 'B.   # nalise everything to do with a USD 5 trillion economy, the corresponding increase in FDI to $60 billion FDI inflows in 2018 were $139 In 2019, there were 30   %  Companies law or related laws. ensuring trust between the period of earlier year, sources and “this growth was driven by billion and stood at $140 billion megadeals above $5 billion The very point Prime Minister government and businesses. said. India, with a 16 per cent in 2019. The FDI in the UK was compared to 39 in 2018, it said. $  *     "   $      $ -'+'-S "" ' ( $?55      ?,(   *%-'./3%     ';'  ' he Advertisement    TStandards Council of India B6# B?:??%&%3-T (ASCI) on Monday announced   * ' ( he Income Tax Department to introduce guidelines for Mumbai: Market benchmarks    Thas launched searches at usage of claims of awards and tumbled from record highs to    be utilised for partial repay- multiple locations of the Bharat rankings by the companies in close deep in the red on he rupee slipped 3 paise to ment of loans while over 640 Hotels group, its associates and their respective advertisements. Monday as investors booked Tclose at 71.11 against the tate-run electronics and tele- crore would be used to fund a leading automobile dealer Now, brands and services profits in index heavyweights US dollar on Monday, tracking Scom gear manufacturer our working capital require- firm in connection with a tax need to ensure that the accred- Reliance Industries, Kotak a steady rise in crude oil prices Indian Telephone Industries ments,” company’s evasion probe, officials said on iting bodies involved in dis- Bank, HDFC Bank and TCS and weakness in domestic equi- (ITI) plans to raise 1,600 chairman and managing direc- Monday. seminating or presenting following their quarterly ties. Forex traders said the crore through a follow-on pub- tor RM Agarwal told reporters They said about 8 premis- awards or rankings are authen- results. drop in the rupee was largely lic offer which will be utilised here. es linked to Bharat Hotels tic and credible, while validat- After hitting a record intra- due to a spurt in crude oil for partial debt repayment as ITI’s total outstanding debt CMD Jyotsna Suri and some of ing their claims in advertise- day high of 42,273.87, the 30- prices following rising ten- well as to meet working capi- as on December 31, 2019, her associates as well as Jayant ments. share BSE Sensex gave up all sions in the Middle East and tal requirements. stood at 978.38 crore. Nanda, promoter of Cargo The new guidelines, which gains to settle 416.46 points, or North Africa. The issue will open on The follow-on offer (FPO) Motors, one of the largest deal- would be effective from 0.99 per cent, lower at At the interbank foreign January 24 and close on comprises a fresh issue of up to ers of Tata motors in February 1, 2020, aim to curb 41,528.91. exchange market, the local January 28. The price band for 18 crore equity shares and the country, are being searched the “superiority claims” in Likewise, the broader NSE currency opened on a weak the offer will be announced on additional issue of up to 18 lakh in and around the national advertising for the products Nifty sank 127.80 points, or note at 71.07 and fell further to January 22, a top official of the shares, constituting 1 per cent Capital. and services based on awards 1.03 per cent, to 12,224.55. It hit a low of 71.15. It finally settled company said. of the net issue, which would The searches, they said, and rankings received, which a record intra-day high of at 71.11, lower by 3 paise “A significant part of this be reserved for employees on a were launched late on Sunday “sometimes misled into believ- 12,430.50 in early session.PTI against its previous close. issue, around 607 crore, will proportionate bases. and are related to a tax evasion ing” by the consumers, the probe being conducted by the ASCI said in a statement. -55:7 4/ 2: department. It has become increasing- )R 44 $$ Transactions of these ly common for advertisers to  +   +  groups, under the scanner of make superiority claims in the department, are related, advertising for their products $!&$ official sources said. and services based on awards  , +'  * The Bharat Hotels group and rankings received. Davos: The number of bil- Oxfam’s India head Amitabh owns the chain of Lalit hotels Consumers are sometimes mis- lionaires has doubled in the Behar said. Mumbai: In a major setback to delay by way of paying interest in the country. It runs over a led into believing past decade and the world’s 22 “Women and girls are the Adani Group’s bid to get a on the agreed share purchase dozen such luxury facilities at that an award or ranking which richest men now have more among those who benefit least hold on Mumbai airport, an agreement (1,248 crore) till present. is given to a brand, product, wealth than all the women in from today’s economic sys- arbitration tribunal has the pendency of the case. Jyotsna Suri has been asso- institute or service makes it Africa, Oxfam said Monday in tem,” Behar said ahead of the restrained it from going ahead “It is directed that pending ciated with the Bharat Hotels superior and /or more an appeal to the Davos elite to annual World Economic with buying out the 13.5 per cent the final disposal of the arbi- group since 1989 and took authentic. get serious about inequality. Forum in Davos, where he stake of South African partner tration proceedings, Bid over as the Chairperson and “Awards, Rankings should “Our broken economies will represent Oxfam. Bidvest Services in the country’s Services or anyone acting for Managing Director (CMD) in not be used as an alternative for are lining the pockets of bil- “The very top of the eco- the second largest airport. and on behalf of it is restrained 2006, after the death of her hus- consumer or scientific research lionaires and big business at the nomic pyramid sees trillions of The tribunal has also asked from alienating in any manner band and hotelier Lalit Suri. or testing which is required to expense of ordinary men and dollars of wealth in the hands Bidvest to maintain status quo its 16.20 crore (13.5 per cent) The businesswoman has substantiate a superiority claim women. No wonder people are of a very small group of people, on its stake but asked GVK, equity shares in Mumbai inter- also been the chairman of about the effective use or per- starting to question whether predominantly men,” the which owns 50.5 per cent in the national airport” the tribunal industry body FICCI in the formance of products or ser- billionaires should even exist,” Oxfam report said. AFP airport, to compensate it for the said. PTI past. vices,” the new guidelines said.  !"  $%&'(!)  *!%!+) ,-. ,/,/  ((

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So let’s have the prosecutors of his impeach- to Washington from the early “Criminal-like conduct is Calif., the lead Democratic parts of the case and doing a except Sundays, per Senate rules that fair trial,” said Democratic ment are laying out their argu- nominating states to join every required,” said Alan Dershowitz, prosecutor of the impeach- walk-through of the Senate. — in pursuit of the “impartial Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, ments over whether his con- other senator in silence, sans a constitutional lawyer on ment case. “That’s the argu- No senators were more justice” they pledged to pursue. one of the seven impeachment duct toward Ukraine warrants phones, on the Senate floor. Trump’s defense team. ment I suppose you have to eager to get going than the four But there was scant evidence prosecutors. his removal from office. What they’re likely to hear Dershowitz said he will be mak- make if the facts are so dead set Democratic presidential can- that anyone’s mind was really Whatever happens in the Trump’s lawyers on Sunday in this extraordinary setting is ing the same argument to the against you.” Rep. Jerrold didates facing the prospect of open about whether Trump Senate, House Speaker Nancy previewed their impeachment the House Democrats’ Senate and if it prevails, there Nadler, D-N.Y., another being marooned in the Senate earned vindication or ouster. Pelosi, D-Calif., has said, defence with the questionable impeachment articles that will be “no need” to pursue the called Trump’s behaviour the impeachment prosecutor, ahead of kickoff nominating Mystery, however, abound- Trump will “be impeached for- assertion that the charges charge Trump with abuse of witness testimony or documents “worst nightmare” of the coun- called it “arrant nonsense” and votes in Iowa and New ed over the trial’s ground rules. ever.” Members of Trump’s against him are invalid, adopt- power and obstruction of that Democrats are demanding. try’s founders. In their view, the said evidence of Trump’s mis- Hampshire. Senate Majority Leader Mitch team countered that if they win ing a position rejected by Congress over his pressure on But the “no crime, no standard of “high crimes and conduct is overwhelming. “I’d rather be here,” said McConnell, R-Ky., shed no a vindication for Trump, it Democrats as “nonsense.” Ukraine for political help. From impeachment” approach has misdemeanors” is vague and The back-and-forth came Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders light on how the proceedings means “there will be an acquit- The trial resumes on the White House, the senator- been roundly dismissed by open-ended in the Constitution as all concerned agitated for the on New Hampshire Public will follow — and differ from tal forever as well,” Trump Tuesday with what could be a jurors are expected to hear that scholars and Democrats, who and meant to encompass abus- Senate to get on with the third Radio while campaigning — the precedent of President attorney Robert Ray said. “That fight over the ground rules. By Trump committed no crime, were fresh off a trial brief that es of power that aren’t neces- impeachment trial in the Sunday in Concord. 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tory. Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens was the biggest women’s casualty on day one when she crashed out in three sets to Zhang Shuai of China — her fourth %  first-round exit in Melbourne.  !  *!* ./  2 %')   Defending champion Naomi Osaka was done well before the    downpour as she dismissed Marie    Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4 in 80 minutes, smashing one pow- & P $ erful serve that broke a net fastening. :  "It was really tough for me trying to control my nerves," said Osaka. "It's  tough to play someone you've never    played before in the first round of a Grand Slam."   Later on the covered centre court, Australian world number one !   Ashleigh Barty recovered strongly !  from a set down to beat Lesia Tsurenko 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.  !  In the men's draw, Greek sixth    seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who beat Federer en route to last year's semis, crushed Salvatore Caruso 6-0, 6-2, 6- 3. Player anger over smog dominat- ed the final days before the tourna- ment, which is taking place after bushfires ravaged large parts of *%*  +  ,  ,  '0 6 7!   ,,   ,    Australia, destroying thousands of as she cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win in less homes and killing 29 people.     Wet conditions are unusual for than an hour. Tournament officials are closely the Australian Open, which is more “I feel like I can still improve and monitoring pollution and will halt ovak Djokovic survived a scare used to extreme heat and was plagued get better throughout this tourna- play and close the three main stadi- to join Roger Federer and by smog from bushfires during qual- ment, for sure. This is a good stepping ums' roofs if particulate matter sus- NSerena Williams in the ifying, when players suffered cough- stone for right now,” Williams said. pended in the air hits PM2.5 200. Australian Open second round as ing fits and breathing problems. However, Williams' elder sister In other results, Canadian 13th heavy downpours caused chaos on Air quality was rated ‘good’ as the Venus was ousted in stunning fashion seed Denis Shapovalov argued furi- Monday, forcing organisers to post- first round started on Monday but by 15-year-old Coco Gauff, who won ously with the umpire over a code vio- pone a swathe of matches. about four hours later play was sus- 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in a repeat of her first- lation for throwing his racquet as he Defending champion pended on outside courts when the round upset at Wimbledon last year. lost in four sets to Marton Fucsovics. Djokovic was made to sweat heavens opened in Melbourne. In the late match, defending Croatian 25th seed Borna Coric before beating Germany’s Jan- World number three Federer was champion Djokovic dropped his first was another first-round loser as he Lennard Struff in four sets on the briefly hauled off court while the roof set since 2006 in the opening round went down to experienced American first day, when fears over air pol- was closed on Rod Laver Arena before recovering to beat Jan-Lennard Sam Querrey, while Australia’s Sam lution were replaced by disruption before returning to complete a routine Struff 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 2-6, 6-1. Stosur bombed out against Caty caused by rain. 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over American “There is a lot of pressure and a McNally. While play continued at the Steve Johnson. lot of different emotions involved. I But former champion Caroline three stadiums with retractable roofs, Williams, on the hunt for a definitely try to remind myself to stay Wozniacki, playing her last tourna- half of the 64 scheduled matches were record-equalling 24th Grand Slam present and really enjoy,” said the ment before retiring, safely reached postponed, ensuring a big backlog for title, won the first set against seven-time Melbourne winner, who the second round as she beat Kristie Tuesday. Anastasia Potapova in just 19 minutes brought up his 900th Tour-level vic- Ahn 6-1, 6-3. 0 ,,*!        ristiano Ronaldo 0 @     Cstruck twice as Juventus beat Parma 2-1 to  - 3 (N pull four points clear of /3%+./3'-3-''3$#/3-'#"''!' &%0'%-2"'&/R*/3-#+'%!%/* Inter Milan at the top of the Serie A table.  Inter’s title push hit  4  another stumbling block    after a 1-1 draw at lowly    1 Lecce on Sunday while Ante Rebic fired city rivals  4  AC Milan to a last gasp 3-    2 win over Udinese.   1 Ronaldo broke      through just before the    N break, to score in a seventh consecutive league game,    and almost set up a second    just after for Aaron   !  . , .  +    - ,   '   ''  Ramsey, but the Welsh    international rattled the post.  U    + +  +  ,   ', 0   Andreas Cornelius 2       scored with a towering        @ A Mbappe on the bench the away header to get seventh-     side lacked creative spark placed Parma back level '--=--!8''3-"!'5"9"'-%!- %!#%#%0*%&3$3 ablo Sarabia put Paris Saint- despite the presence of in- ten minutes after the  PGermain into the last 16 of form striker Mauro Icardi. break.         claimed first place follow- Antoine Griezmann and the French Cup on Sunday with The French champions But the visitors hard-      ing their win over Sevilla the 20-year-old Riqui Puig. the late winner in a tight 1-0 were lucky to go into the break ly had time to celebrate G4? uique Setien may want on Saturday. All three had reasons win over spirited Lorient. level after Yoane Wissa some- when Ronaldo broke Qa different Barcelona I already saw some of to impress, particularly Spaniard Sarabia headed how managed to head Jimmy through again after latch- start at the San Siro after but he needed the same old them against Atletico (last Puig, whose inclusion on home the only goal with 10 Cabot’s pinpoint cross wide ing onto a Paulo Dybala scoring last weekend at Lionel Messi on Sunday as weekend) because Barca the bench was an early minutes remaining to put from just a couple of yards out. cross for his 11th goal in 3  $  +  ,   ''    Cagliari. the Argentinian gave his has been doing great things indication of Setien’s belief Thomas Tuchel’s much- The second half continued seven games to bring his The 38-year-old new coach a winning start for many years.” It would in youth. Puig's contribu- changed side into the next to lack clear chances for either league tally this season to had looked set to take    Swede did not get to cele- by scoring in a 1-0 victory have been different if tion after coming on round after struggling to break side, with Paul Nardi doing well 16. maximum points from his Croatian forward brate in front of the home over Granada. Granada’s Yan Eteki hadn’t should mean more oppor- Ligue 2 leaders Lorient down to charge down Icardi's close The eight-time reign- hometown team, where Rebic hit a brace, includ- crowd but he has provid- Messi’s strike in the struck the post with just tunities are to come. in an underwhelming contest. range header in the 68th ing champions have a four- he started his footballing ing the stoppage time win- ed a confidence-boost for 76th minute decided a over 20 minutes left or Setien said last week They have been rewarded minute before pushing Pablo point cushion on Inter, career in the 1980s, when ner, against Udinese that the seven-time European cagey contest at the Camp their central defender that if he could make one with a tie at third-tier Pau, who Sarabia’s shot wide 11 minutes who have won only two of Alessandro Bastoni head- snatched a dramatic win champions, who have Nou and prevented the German Sanchez not been guarantee, it was that Barca knocked out Ligue 1 side later. their last six league games, ed the away side in front that gave troubled AC taken seven points in three much-anticipated launch sent off for a needless sec- would play good football Bordeaux on Thursday. However the 25-year-old and are now also under with 18 minutes remain- Milan back-to-back league matches since his return. of Setien’s new era becom- ond yellow card soon after. while he is in charge and PSG came into the match could do nothing about threat from Lazio, who ing. victories and moved them “The arrival of ing something of a damp The extra man was the although few could argue missing a host of injured stars Sarabia’s header seconds later, are just two points behind But Marco Mancosu up to eighth, two points Ibrahimovic has given us squib. boost Barca needed and this was a transformative including Edinson Cavani, the Spaniard beautifully guid- with a game in hand after grabbed a precious point from the Europa League even more depth and con- Victory also sends Messi duly poked home his display following the sack- Marco Verratti, Juan Bernat ing home Thiago Silva’s cross to hammering Sampdoria 5- for the southerners five spots. viction, which has helped Barca back to the top of La 17th goal in 21 games this ing of Ernesto Valverde, and Marquinhos, and with squeeze the top flight outfit into 1 on Saturday. minutes after going Star striker Zlatan us,” said coach Stefano Liga on goal difference, season following good there were certainly some both Neymar and Kylian the next round. 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If the rule of “a however, learn what they see their     ner so you are not stuck with a place for everything and everything parents do. It is important to train messy kitchen when it’s really time in its place” is observed, the envi- growing children to inculcate neat     to go to bed. All of these little things ronment will be more serene, and and tidy habits. Once old enough, are just habits that can be created less time will be wasted in looking they need to keep away their own    with a little intentional planning. for lost items. This is particularly things, and keep their room and the  : Obviously, there will be times when true when you have a modern house clean. That is not always easy, this is not possible, but do it when house design. The clean flow of the because most children find it a   you can and you will save yourself lines gets lost when the house is chore. But insisting on them follow- a ton of cleaning up in the end. dirty. In Palm Springs, architects ing certain rules of cleanliness 1  1 If you are less strict in your are horrified when they see their around the house helps you to get    requirements, you can do two creative work trashed with clutter. a neat and clean home. areas each week so that the whole A clean home makes it easy to Never leave a room empty    house is cleaned every two to three organise your belongings in a man- handed. This is one habit that can weeks. If you are more relaxed and ner that makes sense. Your keys make a huge difference in the gen-     can live with a certain amount of deserve to have a permanent home eral tidiness of your home. As you    messiness and dirt, you can get by the front door, and your remote move from one room to another or away with cleaning one area each control should have its own spot on from one floor to another, try to do     week. In this case, the whole house the coffee table. Imagine how much a quick scan to see if there is any- would be finished approximately time you would save every day if thing that you can take with you  1   every month. you didn’t have to look for these that belongs where you are going.    You may also want to assign things. Take only what you will have time different areas to various members Whether it’s a layer of dust or to put away — moving a pile from   : of the family. For example, each a pile of disorganisation, it’s hard one room to another without actu- person should keep his or her per- to focus on the task at hand when ally putting anything away doesn’t     sonal area (i.e., the bedroom) neat your eye keeps being drawn away really help you out much. It can be    and clean. In addition, each fami- to the dust bunny hopping along a couple of dirty dishes that you put ly member can clean one area of the under the couch. You’re more like- in the dishwasher or some laundry   1 house. 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  R   "    # 7 R   (,   rt experts have confirmed that a painting discov- Aered hidden inside an Italian art gallery’s walls last month is Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady, which was stolen from the gallery nearly 23 years ago. The authentication of the painting solved one of the art world’s enduring mysteries — Where did the miss- From grandma’s stories to canvas ing work end up? — but left several questions unan- swered, including who had taken it and whether it ever left the museum’s property. A gardener at the Ricci Oddi Modern Art Gallery '3/!8-/)  $#$++ king’s robes, head dress, almond- when we look at the drawings — What Kolkata. The sounds and smells of this in the northern city of Piacenza who was clearing away shaped oriental eyes and the cross- tales would a Bengali Hindu grand- city fill my being. I love Kolkata,” said ivy noticed a small panel door on a wall outside and hatching of the skies make us think of mother narrate in the early 1940s to her Pyne in one of his exhibitions. opened it. Inside the space, he found a plastic bag con- ,'-$/#%-'.%$' 3.% !%! the sun leaning across its windows and grandson? Epics, religious fables, folk- taining a painting that appeared to be the missing mas- sentient shadows nestling in its deep tales, and stories of valour and bravery !  .   terpiece. “It’s with no small emotion that I can tell you !'/+'%!/"3.$-0'0/!'-/)/+8%% recesses, a spectacle of light and dark- and that of victory of the good over Pyne’s signature style has shaped the work is authentic,” Piacenza Prosecutor Ornella ness enacted every day. As the king evil? from his own experiences of solitude, Chicca said. 3$'?QR -:    gazes at the seven flowers that finally sight of sorrow, pathos of pain, heart- Portrait of a Lady depicts a young woman sensu- become his seven sons, you can feel a #"   ened horror and tenderness and tran- ally glancing over her shoulder against a dreamy moss ecreating the anthologies written of the subconscious in the imagery of hint of the radiation of a subtle mag- Essayist and critic Nanak Ganguly quility. At times, in these drawings, we green background. Klimt finished the painting in 1917, by iconic writers of Bengali lit- the young prince smelling the flowers. netism. Pyne takes us back to the world states, “Pyne’s fascination with the see a minimalist resonance with poet- the year before he died. The Ricci Oddi gallery Rerature, Kolkata-based Aakriti The expression of solitude and the nar- of grandmother’s tales which stimulat- fables and mythology in various set- ic and lyrical annotations. acquired it in 1925 and reported it missing in February Art Gallery brings artist Ganesh Pyne’s rative of simplicity both come togeth- ed the wide-eyed wonder of children. tings depict not only a reality but The contours and lines alternate 1997. Since the gardener’s discovery on December 10, 10 drawings to the year’s India Art Fair, er in the fine lithe detailing that he cre- primeval values about what an artist between bold and soft, loose and the canvas had been kept in a vault of a local branch setting a tone of ‘less is more’. He show- ates without being oppressive or overt. . '!!  chooses to look at and his strong and controlled to give us a series that of Italy’s central bank while experts used infrared radi- cases the 1982 illustrations for Pori-ir Golpo is absolutely captivat- subliminal feelings about it.” emerge in potency both in context and ation and other non-invasive techniques to determine Shotoborsher Roopkatha — 100 years of    ing for its compositional control and The beauty of these drawings is the content. Stripped of colour, their if it was the original Portrait of a Lady. fairy tales. The authors include the Pyne shapes his signature style of the strokes are as enchanting as the fact that it gives us a window into the monochromatic mood has about it an Experts said the painting was in remarkably good Tagores to Ishwar Chandra Vidya drawings with dulcet ease and effort- story. It makes one go back to the sto- meticulous working of Pyne’s hand and architectonic quality in the structur- condition. One of the few signs of damage was a scratch Sagar to Sunil Gangopadhyay. lessness. The piece de resistance of the ries of how Pyne’s grandmother narrat- mind as in Rajkumar Poncho and ing of the imagery and the weaving in near the edge of the canvas that may have resulted “from suite of works belongs to Saat Bhai ed tales to him on the verandah of his Maniraj. We are also compelled to of the tale. a clumsy effort to remove the portrait from its frame,”  . !# ! ' Champa, the famous Bengali fairytale, home during the evenings in the recall that Pyne as a painter worked Equally enticing is the suggestion said Anna Selleri, an art restorer from the National The 10 pen and ink works are not which translates to Seven Champak 1940s. Pyne’s imagination and sensitiv- mostly in tempera. His paintings were of his life’s leanings-we recall how Gallery in Bologna. The experts who did the verifica- just about drawing but also the art of flower brothers. Originally collected in ity both come into play when you look rich in imagery and symbolism. Pyne had drawn inspiration from tion work found persuasive evidence in the work of their concealing rather than revealing. Pyne, the Thakurmar Jhuli (Grandmother’s closely at these drawings. It is said that One also recalls Pyne talking movies made by Fellini and Ingmar peers more than two decades ago. the foremost exponent of the Bengal Bag of Stories), it received a detailed as a result of listening to the stories, about his early life in a crumbling Bergman.This booth is bound to An Italian high school student, preparing for her School of Art, was known for his abil- update in 1944. Pyne as a child artist was able to invent Kolkata mansion, his evenings in ensnare you in the ambience of nos- graduation exams in 1996, noticed striking similarities ity to blend fantasy and romanticism The King gazing at the seven flow- his own private mythology and famil- smoky cafes discussing communism talgia. between the painting that would go missing a year later along with an inventive play of light and ers offers us a scent of the story and we iar kingdom. and Picasso with friends. “My child- (The fair starts from January 30 to and an earlier Klimt work of a woman with a similar dark. In Mone, we look at the labyrinths can imagine him in his garden. The Questions come to our minds hood memories revolve around February 2.) posture and gaze but wearing a hat and scarf, accessories that the artist didn’t include in Portrait of a Lady. Intrigued by the observations of the student — who went mere survival of the art is ings and broken forms for wood- on to become an art researcher herself - experts back Anot the aim. The mission is cut to depict the subject of the then examined the artwork in the Piacenza gallery’s col- to promote artists and their      ( design while keeping the wood’s lection and found that Klimt had painted it on top of various art forms for the years to fibres and textures to give it a an earlier portrait of a woman. come and make them popular more meaningful look.” Those studying the work in recent weeks, with the among the global audience. At the end of the festival, the aid of X-rays, saw the earlier portrait. 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Participants will also So who stole the painting? Chicca said that police current technological advance- organise curated walks of the were studying some traces of organic material on the ment. show, workshops and camps on recovered canvas in hopes they might provide leads. Lubna Sen, co-curator and printmaking, research presenta- Asked if authorities knew whether the piece had ever organiser, says, “It has always tions on printmaking through left the gallery’s grounds, investigators said that’s been our endeavour to promote seminars by senior art practi- something else they hope to find out. art forms which deserve a broad- tioners. As for why and when the painting ended up stashed er platform of recognition. The The Visual Art Gallery is set behind a wall, journalist Anne-Marie O’Connor, the value of this art needs to be pro- to exhibit works of 24 contem- author of a book about the dramatic fortunes of Klimt’s moted through a framework of porary artists from India and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, has an educated theory. education, experimentation and Bangladesh who established a Before the 1990s, Klimt was largely “considered an patronage. Confluence was born niche of their own with their vir- Austrian painter, but his stature really grew at this point,” out of this mission to create tuosity and commitment to the O’Connor said. When Portrait of a Lady was taken, the something collectively for print- medium. Artists from India are value of the art nouveau artist’s paintings was “soaring,” making to promote a deeper Ajit Seal, Ananda Moy Banerji, she said. appreciation amongst the collec- Anant Nikam, Dattatreya Apte, O’Connor ventured that perhaps whoever took the tors and to extend its scope.” Kavita Nayar, Moti Zharotia, painting stowed it behind the gallery’s walls while wait- Artist Ananda Moy Banerji eclectic mix of artists.” Salil Sahni, Sukhvinder Singh, ing for news about the heist to die down but the stolen says that the artists will present The artworks showcased in Surender K Mishra, Sushanta work proved “too hot to handle.” “It would have been a confluence of body, mind and the exhibition will include var- Guha, Vijay Bagodi and Walter hard to sell it to a private buyer” on the so-called gray soul. “Art, culture and sports are ious techniques of printmaking D Souza. Artists from market, O’Connor noted. Some of Klimt’s works have the three major wings of a great — intaglio, relief, serigraphy, mix Bangladesh are Abul Barq Alvi, experienced stunning turns of fortune. O’Connor’s 2012 flight between any two borders media — and will also stretch Anisuzzaman, Mahmudul book The Lady In Gold chronicled the ultimately suc- and our “confluence” of prints the traditional boundaries of Haque, Monirul Islam, cessful effort by a woman to gain back Klimt’s Portrait will certainly open up a prag- printmaking into the realm of Nagarbasi Barman, Rafiqun of Adele Bloch-Bauer. matic and broader perspective.” further experimentation. Nabi, Rashid Amin, Rokeya That portrait was snatched from the Bloch-Bauer Another main objective of Rafique Nabi, Bangladeshi Sultana, SM Roknuzzaman, home in Vienna in 1941 by a Nazi officer. The woman, the exhibition is to educate and prints. The team wants to edu- Dhaka and co-curator, talks Greece, Germany, and Japan. artist, explains his area of exper- Saidul Haque Juise, Shahid Kabir Bloch-Bauer’s niece, later sold the painting to cosmet- inform connoisseurs and the cate art collectors on the merit about printmaking in The development is further get- tise in printmaking. He says, and Wakilur Rahman. ics mogul Ronald Lauder in 2006 for $135 million. public in general about print- of buying prints as an accessible Bangladesh, “It is marked by the ting deepened now by the com- “Wood has some interesting (The show begins from Another celebrity Klimt piece was a second portrait of making. The term ‘print’ pro- way to start a collection of contribution of several globally- mitment of several talented visual qualities on the surface January 22 and goes on till 31 at the woman, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II. Oprah vides limited understanding for mature and talented artists. acclaimed Bangladeshi artists young artists. The show will give which help the object of print. I the Visual Art Gallery & Open Winfrey eventually purchased that painting and report- a generation, which is mostly Nisar Hossain, dean, facul- who have brought in the aesthet- the viewers an opportunity to take advantage of its potential to Palm Court, India Habitat edly sold it a few years ago for $150 million. used to the concept of digital ty of Fine Arts, University of ics from countries like Spain, witness the contribution of this enrich the design. I keep draw- Centre.) L

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We can't afford to ease ace Jasprit Bumrah continued to Bumrah, who returned Australia and the performance into the series after two games, because lead among bowlers in the ICC from injury in the Australia Ain New Zealand last year gives then it keeps getting tougher and ODI Rankings issued on series, is atop the bowlers chart India a lot of confidence ahead of a tougher, so we'll look to make a mark Monday. with 764 points, ahead of New fresh tour beginning on January 24, in the first game that we play,” he said. Following their stellar per- Zealand left-arm pacer Trent said skipper Virat Kohli whose team The skipper loves playing against formances against Australia in Boult and Afghanistan’s Mujeeb will be aiming to put the Black Caps Australia as it brings the best out of the just-concluded Ur Rahman. South Africa’s under pressure from the word go. him. He explained why he relishes the series, which India Kagiso Rabada and Australian India will be playing five T20s, Australian challenge. won 2-1, Kohli Pat Cummins complete the top three ODIs and two Tests in New “Last year (at home) after 2-0 up, (No.1) and Rohit five. Zealand. They had beaten the hosts 4- we thought we’re definitely going to (No.2) have India all-rounder Ravindra 1 in ODIs before losing the T20 series win one of the three at home, but they strengthened their Jadeja has moved up two slots 1-2. showed us that they understand these positions. to be 27th among bowlers “We are taking a lot of confidence conditions very well now (to win 3-2), With 183 after finishing with four wick- from our performance (in NZ) last having played here a lot in the IPL and runs under his ets in the series. year. We were very positive in how we so many tours over the years,” Kohli belt against He also scored 45 runs in played, very sure of what we wanted said. Australia, Kohli two innings and has gained to do. The thing about playing away “So, although they had a stronger was the player- four places in the all- is if you’re able to put the home team side (with Steve Smith and David of-the-series rounders' list to be under pressure, you can enjoy your Warner back) than last time, we while Rohit ranked 10th. cricket,” Kohli said. thought if we play good enough, we was a close Australian “You have to win at home, there’s can beat this team. The only thing we second, Steve Smith, who that sort of feeling (for hosts). So if you needed to be wary of was our body garnering topped the series bring out your A game, you can real- language and intent because that’s 171 runs in with an aggregate ly put them under pressure. That’s Australia’s strongest point. the rubber, of 229 runs what we did last year, squeezed them “All the teams in the world are including a including a knock in the middle overs, picked up wick- skilled but these guys play with the match-win- of 131 in the final ets, spinners were outstanding. intent of making things happen every ning 119 in ODI, has been Looking forward to take that same over you play against them. So you the deciding ODI in rewarded with a intensity into the series.” can’t take your foot off the pedal at all, Bengaluru on Sunday. four-place jump to Ahead of the New Zealand tour, that’s what we’ve done in the last two Kohli (886 23rd position. Kohli said it became even more impor- games. The partnerships that I men- points) and Rohit David Warner, a tant to win the home series against tioned today, even the singles were (868 points) have formerly top-ranked Australia here on Sunday. The team taken with intent,” said Kohli. gained two and three batsman in the for- leaves for New Zealand on Monday India raced to victory in the ratings points, respec- mat, has also moved night. series-deciding third ODI against tively to occupy the top up one place to sixth “We spoke of that at the huddle, Australia, courtesy fine knocks from two positions in the while captain Aaron that this is the last game we’re playing Kohli himself and Rohit Sharma. batting rankings. Finch has moved up one in the series and if we win, you go on They both could not stay till the end Left-handed place into 10th. a tour on a happy note. If you lose, it but the finishing touches were provid- opener Shikhar Wicketkeeper Alex Carey is can go under the radar, you can ed by Shreays Iyer, who remained Dhawan has also in 31st position after gain- brush it aside as ‘oh it’s just one loss’. unbeaten on 44. And the skipper gained seven slots ing two slots. “But when you win and win was all praise for Iyer. to reach 15th Leg-spinner Adam under pressure, the last two games “I don’t think he’s (Iyer) going to position with 170 Zampa’s five wickets in were tough wins, it boosts your con- have any issues anymore because he runs in two the series saw him fidence which we’re carrying for- really went after their best bowlers and innings, missing advance 20 places to ward,” he said. got the results. It took pressure off of a chance to bat reach 37th position, On the limited overs leg of the me as well not having to take risks and in Bengaluru while Kane New Zealand tour, Kohli picked out the other guy striking at 140-145. I after injuring Richardson has the areas of improvement. think it was really smart how we went his shoulder moved from “Again, we want to bat well when   "+  '     7   *  +  /   about it” Kohli added. while field- 77th to 65th. 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Maharaj hit Root for Simmons, the nephew of West Indies Rohit (119) scored his 29th “In the last two games we three fours and two sixes in coach Phil Simmons, also hit five bound- ODI hundred and Kohli made have had the bowlers batting for an over which ended with aries in his 40-ball blitz. It was his high- 89 off 91 balls as they shared a the majority of the last few four byes, costing 28 in est score in the format and came just five match-winning stand of 137 in overs. Which we saw in Rajkot total. days before his 35th birthday. the decisive third game against the damage that KL (Rahul) Despite the late face- Chasing a modest 139 to win, Australia here on Sunday. could do in the back end because saving flourish for the hosts, Simmons won the match in style with a For Finch, what stood out he was a settled batter. I think it was a result which was a six over midwicket off spinner Simi was that India overhauled the that’s an area we just missed a triumph for England’s Singh whose three overs cost 41 runs. 287-run target with ease despite couple of tricks. “Just not youth policy, while the way      bowler Suranga Lakmal nipped Fellow opener Evin Lewis made 46 opener Shikhar Dhawan not having an in batter being in and South Africa were out- one through his defence short- with four boundaries and three sixes as coming out to bat due to a having faced 20 or 30 balls played was a devastating onald Tiripano struck early ly before lunch. West Indies raced to victory with 54 balls shoulder injury. to get us deeper and get us blow for captain Faf du Dto remove Oshada Fernando It was the third wicket to fall remaining. “They’ve got Virat who to the back end,” Finch Plessis and new coach Mark and complete an excellent second during the morning as Lakmal The three-match series ended 1-1 is probably the greatest said. :'   +   *'  * ,$      Boucher. day of the first Test for Zimbabwe also produced a full inswinger to after Ireland edged a first-game thriller by ODI player of all-time, and He also praised India’s Even before Monday’s against Sri Lanka in Harare. have Brendan Taylor leg before four runs in Grenada before Saturday’s Rohit who’d probably be in death over bowling at the    U  between Maharaj and last rites there was specula- The 31-year-old seamer had for 21 and Zimbabwe captain match at Warner Park was abandoned due the top five batters of all- same time. Paterson was easily South tion about Du Plessis' earlier made a handy 44 not out Sean Williams edged left-arm to rain. Earlier, veteran all-rounders time. They’re excep- “But credit to India, ngland completed a Africa’s best of the match future. He has expressed his batting at number eight as spinner Embuldeniya to Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo shared tional, and the their death bowling in the Ecomprehensive win by and showed up an other- desire to lead South Africa Zimbabwe advanced from their Niroshan Dickwella behind the six wickets as West Indies restricted thing with the last few games was an innings and 53 runs on wise poor batting perfor- in the T20 World Cup in overnight 189 for two to 358 all stumps. Ireland to 138 all out. Captain Pollard, Indian side at the exceptional. the fifth day of the third mance by the hosts. Australia in October and out. The left-armer spinner who produced the best bowling spell by moment is their (Mohammed) Shami Test against South Africa at South Africa added 135 November, by which time Left-arm spinner Lasith removed Regis Chakabva short- a West Indian in T20 internationals (4- experienced play- was nailing his yorkers, St George’s Park on runs in losing their last four he will be 36. Embuldeniya, playing in his ly after lunch but Sikandar Raza 25) in Saturday’s abandoned game, ers are getting the (Navdeep) Saini in the Monday, taking an unbeat- wickets, which seemed It seems possible that sixth Test, was the stand-out and Tiripano then both settled claimed 3-17. job done in the last two games and able 2-1 lead in the four- unlikely when Vernon the fourth Test in bowler with five for 114. in. Bravo finished with 3-19 to become big games,” Finch (Jasprit) Bumrah. In match series. Philander chipped a catch Johannesburg from Friday When bad light stopped Raza fell for a flighty 41, the West Indies’leading all-time wicket- said. both games they England were held up to midwicket off Stuart could be his last home play for the day, Sri Lanka had stumped by Dickwella as he taker in the format with 57 victims in his “Rohit’s 100, were exceptional. by a last wicket stand of 99 Broad three balls into the series in charge. reached 42 for the loss of charged at Embuldeniya, who 69th game. That beat the previous best of especially without You can look at between Keshav Maharaj day. It was South Africa’s Fernando who had his off stump also bowled Jarvis. 54 by leg-spinner Samuel Badree. Shikhar there where we could (71) and Dane Paterson Mark Wood and Dom seventh defeat in their last flattened by Tiripano's very first Ndlovu was brilliantly Put into bat, Ireland raced to 50-0 off tonight, for them have(39 not out) and it needed Bess also took wickets but eight Tests, the only excep- delivery. snapped up at short-leg by Kusal just 3.3 overs with openers Kevin O'Brien to shuffle and their improved a direct-hit run-out by Sam England captain Joe Root tion being their win in the The day began with Mendis off Lahiru Kumara. (top scoring with 36) and Paul Stirling two most domi- but also Curran from mid-on to could not add to his four first Test against England Zimbabwe Craig Ervine well Lakmal dismissed last man again getting their team off to a storm- nant players to still you’ve got clinch the result shortly wickets taken on Sunday, when it seemed that radical set on 55 and looking for his Victor Nyauchi just after the ing start. However, Pollard dismissed get majority of the to give before lunch. South Africa conceding 56 runs in 10 changes in the team man- third Test century. delayed break to finish with O'Brien after the Irishman hit his runs off runs is a sign of a some credit to were bowled out for 237. overs on Monday to finish agement might have herald- The 34-year-old progressed three for 53, leaving Tiripano only 18 balls with Bravo then accounting really settled and India,” said Finch. The partnership with four for 87. ed a new dawn. comfortably to 85 until pace undefeated on 44. for Stirling (11). "( 'Q(  I ( '    ( ( > '   '  '

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