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3:-38; Arora announced that the ed representatives of the Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, ‘voter verifiable paper audit Centre. It will further compli- Chhattisgarh, Jammu & he Lok Sabha elections will trail’ (VVPAT) will be used in cate the problems in the State Kashmir, Maharashtra, Tbe held in seven phases all polling stations this time. and the decision taken by Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, from April 11 to May 19 and “With the announcement Election Commission needs Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, the votes will be counted on of the polls, the model code of an immediate review,” Telangana, Tripura, Uttar May 23, announced the Chief conduct would come into Mehbooba said in a statement. Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Election Commissioner (CEC) immediate effect from Sunday,” As per EC schedule, Bihar, Bengal, Andaman and on Sunday. Arora said. Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal Lakshadweep. Calling the Indian parlia- The tenure of the current will see staggered Lok Sabha The polling in the phase II mentary battle the “largest fes- Lok Sabha ends on June 3. elections spread over all seven of Lok Sabha elections will be tival of democracy”, CEC Sunil Assembly polls in Andhra phases starting from April 11 held on April 18, 2019 in 97 Arora on Sunday said 91 con- Pradesh, Arunachal, Odisha to May 19. The nomination for Lok Sabha constituencies of 13 stituencies (spread across 20 and Sikkim will also be held the first phase of polls will States including Assam, Bihar, States) will see polling on April simultaneously. However, elec- begin March 18. The phase I Chhattisgarh, Jammu & 11, followed by 97 constituen- tions for the Jammu & Kashmir of the Lok Sabha election will Kashmir, Karnataka, cies spreading across 13 States Assembly, which was dissolved take place on April 11, 2019. Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, on April 18, 115 Lok Sabha after the ruling coalition The phase I polls will be held Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar constituencies in 14 States on between the BJP and the PDP in 91 Lok Sabha constituencies Pradesh, West Bengal and April 23, while 71 in 9 fell apart, will not be held in a total of 20 States including Puducherry. States/UTs on April 29, 51 along with the Lok Sabha polls. # # ! ( * Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Continued on Page 4 Parliamentary constituencies Both the National ! ) + $ ! *& in seven States on May 6, 59 Conference and PDP have crit- constituencies (also 7 States) on icised the decision not to hold ed. on Twitter. In a statement, Mehbooba May 12 and 59 constituencies Jammu & Kashmir Assembly In another tweet Omar Former Chief Minister and said, “Postponement of ./-'/ 0 0 /0 (8 States) on May 19. election along with the Lok said, “In 2014 we had Lok Peoples Democratic Party Assembly polls in Jammu & With nearly 90 crore vot- Sabha polls. Sabha elections on time & (PDP) president Mehbooba Kashmir is tantamount to 4 %7 2 8 ers across 10 lakh booths in 543 Questioning Election Assembly elections in J&K are Assembly elections on sched- Mufti also opposed the deci- denying basic rights of the > * ) * ; ( constituencies as against about Commission’s decision, not being held on time. ule even after the most devas- sion taken by the ECI of not people of the State to have a nine lakh in 2014, India is set National Conference vice-pres- Remember this the next time tating floods. Shows how badly holding Assembly and parlia- popular Government”. “It is $% - ( ? ( to hold its 17th Lok Sabha elec- ident Omar Abdullah said, you are praising PM Modi for the BJP & earlier the BJP-PDP ment elections simultaneously very dangerous to keep the $7 ) 6 - tions over the next few weeks. “First time since 1996 his strong leadership,” he tweet- mishandled J&K,” Omar wrote in Jammu & Kashmir. State in the hands of unelect-
< ( : : ! " $77>4 ( ! , ?@* " $/ 8 ( ( 3:-38; Chief Electoral Officer, there are over 1.36 crore voters in Delhi. , )( olls to the seven Lok Sabha After the announcement, 6( ( Pseats in Delhi will be held Chief Minister Arvind + &% 3:-38; tions and individuals who uti- ( ( O K on May 12 with the polls to Kejriwal tweeted, “Ultimately lize applications like Twitter, K4 *6 A 4( , K4 begin on April 11 and contin- back to ‘We the people’ — the ith social media becom- WhatsApp, Youtube, 3 ue for over a month till May 19 real power of our democracy. Wing a significant tool in Instagram and other digital across seven phases, followed Time to throw out the most poll campaign, the Election social platforms for posting ,! 8 - B %1$78 ( 32 /" by counting of votes on May dictatorial and anti-federal Commission (EC) on Sunday poll related materials will , $/ 23, the Election Commission govt in the history of announced measures to tight- have to adhere to the poll 4 8 ( announced on Sunday. India. en the noose around the ser- watchdog’s laid down ethics. ( 2 The seven LS seats were Time to seek answers on vice providers and brought Announcing the Lok : ( won by the BJP in the last gen- demonetisation, jobs, destruc- them under the umbrella of Sabha elections schedule, eral Assembly polls. According tion of traders and destroying model code of conduct. Chief Election Commissioner ( ) to the final electoral roll pub- brotherhood amongst different Political parties, Sunil Arora announced that K4 C K , ',- K lished on January 18 by the communities.” Governments, administra- Continued on Page 4 ! " 4--4+4+4 sorry to know about the unfor- #$ & & <+4 attack and return,” she said. tunate crash of Ethiopian Hinting that the BJP would our Indians, including an Airlines plane ET 302. We *3 -)44-4 tures. I have also sent a pro- otwithstanding the shy away from whipping up FEnvironment Ministry have lost four Indian nation- posal to all the national parties NElection Commission’s nationalist fervour during its consultant, were among those als in the air crash. I have iju Janata Dal (BJD) supre- and Chief Ministers in this diktat to political parties to campaign for the Lok Sabha killed when a Nairobi-bound asked Indian High L M Bmo and Chief Minister regard,” Patnaik said desist from making references polls, Swaraj said: “We (BJP) Ethiopian Airlines plane Commissioner in Ethiopia to Naveen Patnaik on Sunday “I would like to announce to armed forces in their poll should ask questions like crashed after take-off from provide all help and assis- announced a 33 per cent reser- here at Kendrapada that campaign, senior BJP leader whether you (voter) will sup- Addis Ababa, External Affairs tance to the bereaved families,” vation for women in the list of Odisha will send 33-per cent and External Affairs Minister port parties that side with sep- Minister Sushma Swaraj said. Swaraj tweeted. BJD candidates in the upcom- women to Parliament in the Sushma Swaraj on Sunday indi- aratists. We should ask people The Boeing 737 crashed She said the Indian ! " $$% ing Lok Sabha polls. coming elections. The women cated the IAF’s air strikes on whether they want to vote for minutes after an early-morn- Embassy in Ethiopia has L M He made the politically of Odisha will lead the way in terror camps in Pakistan would those who question the valour ing takeoff from Addis Ababa informed her that the O significant announcement at a women empowerment in be an issue for her party in the of our jawans”. on Sunday, killing all eight deceased Indian nationals are ( Mission Shakti convention in India. If India is to lead the Lok Sabha polls. Swaraj’s remarks should be crew and 149 passengers on Vaidya Pannagesh Bhaskar, Kendrapada. world, if India is to be an Speaking at a gathering of seen in the context of the barbs board, Indian Environment Vaidya Hansin Annagesh, ( ) “In the 1990s, Bijubabu advanced nation like America the BJP’s women workers here, being exchanged between the Ministry consultant, Shikha Nukavarapu Manisha and * showed the way to the entire and China then women Swaraj said that the BJP would Opposition parties and the Garg, who was on her way to Shikha Garg. ) + country by implementing, for empowerment is the only soon come out with two leaflets BJP over BJP president Amit attend a UNEP meeting. “I am Detailed report on P12 the first time, a 33 per cent answer,” Patnaik said in his - one containing initiatives Shah’s claim that over 250 ter- reservation for women in the address to a huge gathering. taken by her party for the wel- dropping bombs on terror rorists were killed in the air three-tier Panchayati Raj “I call upon all the nation- fare of women and another camps) or return safely after strike on the Jaish-e- !"#$ Institutions and government al parties that they be true to with questions countering carrying out the air strike. Our Mohammed training camp. ,- jobs. In 2012, our Government their words and must follow issues raised by the Opposition party workers should counter- The Opposition parties ( enhanced it to 50 per cent. what they are propagating for vis-a-vis the Balakot air strikes. question those who raise have demanded to know how ./0 Taking the move forward last women empowerment. This Exhorting the party work- doubts about the impact of our Shah has arrived at the Balakot $111 ( year, our Government for the announcement at Kendrapara, ers to counter the issues raised air strike”. causality figure. On its part, the ( first time passed a resolution in the sacred land of Lord by the Opposition on the Swaraj said that the IAF IAF has taken a stand that it the State Legislative Assembly Baladevjew will create history Balakot air strikes, Swaraj said: had gone to kill the terrorists “does not count human casu- ( ( to provide 33 per cent reser- in the journey of women “We should ask questions about across the border and not bring alties, only what has been hit 2 vation for women in both empowerment in India, whether our jawans should the bodies back. “They were and what hasn’t”. & ( () ) " Parliament and State legisla- Patnaik added. count the dead bodies (after supposed to go and launch an Continued on Page 4 ! (* % &% '' 3 ( * % + R- 44-* --* ( " Bride Purnima hails from Chief Minister, only to have 56 Raipur, Chhattisgarh and nick- him come up and meet them .78 ( named ‘Pihu’. She is a graduate personally. The whole venue , from Mahant Laxmi Narayan was decorated with beautiful Das College while the groom flowers and lights were a 15- Lalit Das, who studied engi- member team of photogra- ($)* & neering from BIT, Mesra is now phers, videographers and drone ?4;3-<) assistant manager at HRM camera recorded every single 7 $1 department of Tata Steel. move of the couple, guests and hief Minister Raghubar Meanwhile since evening, the club. A large number of CDas played a perfect host to party leaders, corporate hon- media persons and crowd also his son’s wedding reception chos and well-wishers poured jostled to click the moment on 2 that was held at Agrico Ground into the Chief Minister’s resi- their cameras. /% 91 7 and Club House on Sunday. dence. Das took upon the task In view of the safety of the O The reception of Lalit Das, who of cajoling his guests into hav- people, the administration had got married to Purnima Sahu, ing generous helpings of puri, prohibited the entry of heavy was attended by over 15,000 sabji, halua, mixed vegetables vehicle in the city from 6 am to people. and chutney along with host 12 pm. Special parking # , ) ! ,2
Who’s who of the city from -( * other delicacies. The catering arrangement was also made for corporate houses to different arrangement was made by a the visitors at the venue. Das political parties and social Ranchi based agency. will host a special reception at arena participated in the func- the function and extended sion, Das accepted greetings of The couple, who tied the bride Purnima looked at her The surprise on the faces of Ranchi on March 12 while tion. Leaders cutting across their warm wishes to the newly the people and attracted the knot on March 8 at Raipur were best in a traditional lehga while many was evident as they stood another at New Delhi on $7( the party line participated in wedded couple. On the occa- attention of shutterbugs. the cynosure of all eyes. The Lalit looked dashing in suit. with folded hands to greet the March 14. %# ( #) (#% **+,-*. Q+ . R 0
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Amarpreet Singh Kale, said O 4 ( that overwhelmed with spon- ( ( taneous response from previ- M * ous years, the organisers have made it an annual affair. itates soldiers and their family us all inspired forever. They The fourth such event will members for their contribution were the ones who fought be held on March 23 morning. to national security during against British for freedom of Addressing the media, several wars. India at very young age and Kale said that the idea is to He said that the event is their sacrifice was an important instill nationalism among the being organised in memory of catalyst for India’s people of Jamshedpur. This freedom fighters Bhagat Singh Independence. was the reason a social cultur- along with Rajguru, Sukhdev As a tribute a march will al organisation, Naman- Thapar who were hanged to also be taken out in which stu- Shaheedon ke sapno- was death on March 23. “We want dents along with senior mem- formed. to make the legacy remain in bers of the society will partic- The organisation also felic- the heart of Indians that keeps ipate,” said Kale. - % !! 75& +& %& - $ % 2 ) ( - %9 -- ? - -
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has Municipal Corporation have to face a heavy penalty. I sistently, informed a PHED tate BJP spokesperson Pratul (Mahagathbandhan) which is ( ; @+ C(CMC) is preparing to have asked officials to prepare official. SShahdeo has stated that BJP lead by Congress has tried to I come down heavily on resi- a list of buildings that have not In 2005 it reached at 100 lead NDA alliance in forth- cheat people of this country. dents and commercial enter- yet installed rainwater har- feet and in 2015 it comes to 150 coming Lok Sabha elections RJD is same constituent of prises who have not imple- vesting systems yet," said the feet and presently will create a history in State, grand alliance, the party chief mented rainwater harvesting Mayor. the groundwater level in CMC with NDA winning all 14 Lok of RJD is languishing in jail in systems (RWH) in their prop- "We are at work to identi- area is at 185 feet (average), he Sabha seats in State. connection with corruption erties. fy such buildings which lack said. The BJP at present has 12 case. Flouting norms to adopt RWH. For commercial build- Beside houses in the CMC Lok Sabha MPs from State. The next general election rainwater harvesting systems, ings penalty would be much area several government build- Shahdeo welcoming the will be fought on the idea and erection of private as well as higher," informed an official. ings in Bokaro are yet to adopt announcement of election vision of two forces—one government buildings are on The Government amended rainwater harvesting system dates which were announced vision and approach and entire which believes on power and rise in the district - despite the building bylaws in November, including DRDA building, today, he said, “The next gen- world has recognized India as valor of our defence forces, fact that the Government had 2006 and made adoption of Sadar Hospital, ANM training eral election in country will be growing super power. while the other forces (read made the system mandatory rainwater harvesting and Centre and others, said Sujit fought between nationalist Shahdeo said, “Modi has opposition) which is asking for each building across the recharge well mandatory for all Kumar a social activist. forces lead by Prime Minister initiated several schemes which proof for air strikes and surgi- State. multi-dwelling and commercial It is happening due to the Narendra Modi, while on other are aimed at helping and ben- cal strikes. Except few, over thousands units, an official said. lack of groundwater recharge. hand there is unholy alliance of efitting people at bottom of The BJP leader claimed of households are yet to set up In 2016, the government The rise in concrete opportunists party which is society. that Congress and other oppo- rainwater harvesting system made it mandatory for a build- jungles and rapid urbanization ‘Thugs of Hindustan’.” More than 60 crore people sition leaders have despite repeated attempts of the ing constructed on a 30 x 40 are another reason behind it, The BJP spokesperson have been benefitted due to already accepted defeat by rais- Municipal Corporation to square feet site and above to said Sujit. claimed that in last five years various welfare schemes of ing fingers on constitutional make the public understand the install rainwater harvesting RWH should be made Narendra Modi has given a Modi government.” Launching body Election Commission of ? B,32 A %1$H need and importance of rain- systems to tackle with the mandatory in all buildings, government having national a scratching attack on opposi- India. 24A ( ( " water harvesting, said a CMC depleting groundwater level the groundwater level is reduc- ( ,32 A " official. but over 90 percent household ing at a constant pace and if we ( ,)4 A "Rainwater harvesting sys- under CMC area till date have do not take any alternative %1$7 24A 423 tem in an essential component adopted this system, sources step, we will soon become dry . / % 24A 423% ,( 4 in a map to construct a new said. and parched, he said. Rainwater building," said Bholu Paswan Groundwater is very fast harvesting is the best alterna- N+3,4 C8 ;,243)4O ( ,9" Mayor CMC. Stringent action depleting in the CMC area, ear- tive and everyone should pro- "," ( $9 would be taken against those lier in the year 2000 the mote it, he said. !(O$7 5 O ( K, 24A 423% 46 , 23A,)4 A L4 ,32 A ( " " " 24A O " @ M; L, 24A 423%@24A 423% " (H M
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)4 2; “Initial hiccups are common ) , ! who cause damage to the bicy- app from Google Play Store or 200 and for a year at the rate whenever a new project is * cles,” said Parmar. Apple Store in order to use the of 1,000. Every user has to he Urban Development launched in any city. We are At least 600 bikes were service. keep at least 500 in the app TDepartment’s bicycle on running an aggressive cam- made available for Ranchi-ites The ride duration is wallet in order to use the ser- rent initiative has run into paign to spread awareness under the project targeted at recorded in the app and pay- vice. rough weathers in the state cap- about the functioning of the promoting health and eco- ments too are made The district administra- ital owing to rogue behavior of bicycles and ensure more gen- friendly ways of commuting in through it. tion has taken the initial hic- users and lack of awareness. tle approach of users towards the city. One can rent a bike for a cups seriously and decided to The free trial, started a the bikes,” said Amit Parmar, Commoners need to day by paying 30. The bicycles take legal actions against peo- week ago under the supervision Public Relations Officer of download the Chartered Bikes can be rented for a month for ple found damaging the bicy- of Ranchi Smart City RSCCL. cles. Corporation Limited (RSCCL), The locks of several bicy- , ) “We will book offenders has faced major teething prob- cles, run by a private company 2 2 8 L)228M 6 under the Destruction of Public lems leading to damage caused Chartered Bikes, were damaged ( $11( Property Act,” said Ranchi to at least 100 bicycles and sub- during the first week after the ( I Deputy Commissioner Rai sequent police complaints initiative was launched. Mahimapat Ray. As per the Act, lodged against a Besides, some users took the , ( ( 2 a person convicted for damag- few users for mishandling the bicycles home instead of + ing public property can face two wheelers. returning them to the stands. imprisonment for up to five On Sunday, the RSCCL The wheels, tubes and handles + ( years. Sources from the dis- started paid service of bicycles of some of the bicycles were , ( trict administration said that in the city and is hoping for a damaged too. ( the situation is likely to improve gentler approach of Ranchi-ites “We have decided to deac- since the service will now be towards the rented bikes. tivate the accounts of the users chargeable. % ( %
%$7H$9/7 is going to introduce Citizen Vigilance (C-Vigil) App, through which any voter can inform ECI, if he or she finds & any violation of model code of conduct in the elections in he Election Commission of their booth. TIndia, on Sunday, The C-Vigil is simple announced a seven-phase mobile App, through which schedule for the Lok Sabha any aware voter has to click the elections, 2019. Jharkhand’s 14 photographs or prepare the Lok Sabha seats will have elec- video of the incident and tions in four phases. upload it on the App. The Polling in the State will photographs, video of the inci- commence on April 29 cover- dent should be latest and the ing Palamu, Lohardaga and voter after preparing the video Chatra going on poll. On May or clicking the photographs has 6, elections will be held in four to upload it within five min- Lok Sabha seats which include utes. The State Chief Electoral Koderma, Ranchi, Khunti and four phases in which # : ; ( # : + Office for the first time in = ) ) ( ) 34567 9 , Hazaribag. On May 12, the 2,19,81,479 voters in State will # )"<( * , ! upcoming general elections is ! * third phase of election will be exercise their franchise. Out of + * to introduce the VVPAT. held in State and the seats total voters, the number of Candidates contesting which will go on polling male voters is 1,15,07,697 while Also 95.24 per cent polling will be deployed.” upcoming general elections include Giridih, Dhanbad, the female voters number is 1, booths have drinking water The 600 companies of will have to declare their crim- *',*.*'+& ! Jamshedpur and Singhbhum. 04,73,475. The total voters also facilities, 94.90 polling booths police personnel includes inal records through affidavits The three seats of Santhal include 307 third gender vot- having toilets and 89.30 per around 40, 000 police person- in newspapers before filling Pargana—Raj Mahal, dumka ers.” The Election Commission cent booths having sheds so nel. The IG also claimed that in their nomination and Godda will go on poll on of India (ECI) has created that the voters don’t have any sensitive booths paramilitary papers. Additional chief elec- * & ) * 1* )*'+ May 19 the last phase of elec- 29,464 polling booths out of inconvenience while casting forces will be deployed. The IG toral officer Manish Ranjan tion. Out of 14 Lok Sabha which 4404 are spread in urban their votes. also stated that apart from said, seats in State, there are eight areas while 25060 booths are in Ashish Batra, IG these the State police along “As per the Supreme Court )4 2; has even shared his resentment general seats, five seats reserved rural areas. (Operations) said, “The State with para military personnel directive given last year , a can- with media. for scheduled tribes while one Khiangte further said, “The Government is committed for will carry out operations didate is required to declare tate BJP in-charge Mangal The Giridih PM on seat Palamu reserved for sched- ECI has made elaborate holding free and fair elections. against Left Wing Extremist criminal antecedents and cases SPandey is set to visit Saturday talking to media had uled caste (SC). arrangements for general elec- Around 600 companies of (LWE) groups active in the which he or she is facing. The Jharkhand on Tuesday with an said that he is upset with cen- Chief Electoral Officer L tions. Out of 29,464 booths, police forces which include State. candidates have to get the affi- attempt to settle the reported tral high command as before Khiangte addressing a press 85.24 per cent booths have cops from State police, securi- This time the ECI is going davits publish in newspapers or differences arisen involving allotting the seat to AJSU he conference on Sunday said, ramp facilities, 72.14 per cent ty personnel from JAP, CRPF to introduce various new prac- electronic media thrice before Chief Minister Raghubar Das had not been even consulted. “Jharkhand will go to poll in having electricity facilities.” and other paramilitary forces tices for smooth polls. The ECI the election.” and his senior Cabinet col- Sources said that the cen- league Saryu Roy. Roy is hold- tral high command has decid- ing the charge of Minister of ed to give Giridih seat to AJSU Food and Civil Supplies with as there is ongoing tussle ; # ) $#*#, the State Government. between local MP Ravindra Sources in the BJP claimed Pandey and Baghmara BJP %% )4 2; Following ed many schools to find discrepancies that though Pandey who is Sources said that Roy is MLA, Dhullu Mahto. Both this the DC has and several news reports have been pub- Health Minister in Bihar is vis- upset with Chief Minister’s Pandey and Mahto on several eputy Commissioner of Koderma directed the dis- lished in this regard at the local media iting Patna as part of holding style of functioning and in occasions had attacked each DBhuvanesh Pratap Singh has direct- trict education too. talks and discussion with senior this connection had even writ- other trying to malign the ed the district education officer to con- officer (DEO) to A number of issues are there in State BJP leaders in connection ten a letter to BJP national pres- image of BJP. duct an investigation on mushrooming start the investi- these private schools right from non with forthcoming general elec- ident Amit Shah. Last month Last year BJP with growing of unregistered private schools in the gation process registration to poor bus facility, verbal tions, is also likely to have when BJP national general sec- tensions between two leaders district. The direction came after a let- immediately. abuse to students, discrimination on meeting with the Chief retary Arun Singh visited even issued show cause notice ter from National Commission for DEO of the dis- basis of religion and many more. I hope Minister and Roy. Jharkhand he had a discussion to Ravindra Pandey and Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) trict, Shiv that after investigation, the children get However, senior BJP lead- Roy to clear the differences. Baghmara MLA Dhullu Mahto took a cognizance on a complaint by a Narayan Sah better educational facilities.” ers are tight lipped whether Sources said that Pandey over the accusations which local activist regarding violation of said, “The block DC informed that immediate action Pandey will have discussion on apart from meeting Das and have maligned the party Right to Education Act. education offi- is taken in case of NCPCR letters and the issue. Roy, the State BJP in-charge is image. Talking to The Pioneer the DC said, cers have been the same is being done regarding this State BJP general secretary also to meet Giridih MP, The blame game between “The fact that unregistered private directed to visit case. "This year onward the State gov- and senior BJP leader Deepak Ravindra Kumar Pandey. the two occurred when MLA schools are mushrooming. It cannot be private schools are not taking admission each and every school and compile a ernment has given the authority to give Prakash said, “Mangal Pandey Ever since BJP and AJSU Mahto was alleged of sexual denied but we get to know about it only under economic weaker section (EWS) report. We will be in the position to license to schools at district level. is visiting Ranchi on Tuesday ink a deal for seat sharing for- harassment by a woman party when something happens at those category, charging capitation fees, not submit it within a week.” Using this we are hoping to speed up the but we don’t have information mula between two parties, member and later he claimed schools. When we come across such having proper transport services and Sah informed that only around 10 process of registration," Singh said. about his itinerary. We have Ravindra Pandey is upset as that the accusation leveled schools we shut them down but now not providing proper infrastructure. private schools are registered with the He added, "We will be working two come to know that Pandey visit BJP is to give Giridih seat to against him was done on the immediate action is needed." The NCPCR letter has given a deadline government while around 300 are fold. We will push the schools to meet is in connection with strength- AJSU. behest of BJP MP Ravindra NCPCR, in its letter mentioned that of 20 days to the district administration unregistered. Onkar Vishwakarma, the eligibility criteria so they can get reg- ening the organisational level of Ravindra Pandey who has Pandey. the complaint received by them alleged to investigate in the matter and send an activist who wrote the complaint to istered and if they fail to do so we will party ahead of forthcoming represented Giridih Lok Sabha The two were issued show that apart from being unregistered, the action taken report to the commission. NCPCR said, “I have personally visit- shut them down." Lok Sabha elections.” seat for five consecutive terms cause notices. &1'22'&&12 .) & Q R
A India. Meanwhile, the winners of ( the Ran-O-Thon urged to the residents to vote in the upcom- ing Lok Sabha election. The communiqué issued by the )4 2; nodal organising body sug- gested that in Men’s Individual ver 8000 fitness freaks, --21 Km category, Karan Singh Osport enthusiasts and emerged as the winner where- common residents of Ranchi as Anish Thapa from participated in the first ‘Digital’ Meghalaya and Harishankar half marathon event that was Sharma from Rajasthan got aimed to spread awareness second and third position about adopting healthy lifestyle respectively. practices. Similarly, in Women’s The ‘AIRTEL Ranchi Ran- Individual – 21 Km category, O-Thon’ organised under the Dimple Singh clinched the first aegis of Department of Art, position while Jyoti Singh and Culture, Sports and Youth Shyamali Singh got the second Affairs, in collaboration with and third position respective- Round Table India here in ly. In Men’s Sprinter Runner - State Capital on Sunday was - 21 Km category -- Stephen dedicated to the brave soldiers * (,& , , 3:3&1O P 2, ! Koshgai from Kenya got the of the nation. ( # "! "= ( & ( ; (,& + * first position while Etsegenet According to an organising , , 3:3& ) , + * from Ethiopia emerged as the committee member, the 4th aging. In a bid to promote Minister. ipants from India and abroad winner in Women’s Individual edition of AIRTEL Ranchi Sharma, Secretary – “The attempt of the depart- Ran-O-Thon’ is dedicated to sports, the GoJ from next year Participants from Harayan, participated in the event. The – 21 Km. In Men’s Individual Ran-O-Thon witnessed the Department of Tourism, ment is to create awareness the martyrs who sacrificed will try hard to organise the Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Uttar event covered the distance of 21 -- 10 Km category, Pravesh of participation of as many as Sports, Director (Sports) Anil about adopting healthy prac- their lives for the nation,” said event in a much elaborate way. Pradesh, Maharashtra includ- Km, 10 Km and 5 Km. south-western railway emerged 8,000 people from across the Kumar, Ranendra Kumar of tices. It is overwhelming to see Minister Amar Kumar Bauri. I appreciate the efforts of the ing Kenya participated in the Following all international as the winner while in Women’s regions. Minister -- Sports Authority of Jharkhand, huge number of participants “The event that started organisers for the grand show event. “For the first time, parameters, the Ran-O-Thon individual – 10 Km category, Department of Tourism, Ranchi DC – Rai Mahimapat participating in the event. With from 5 AM onwards witnessed and request them to keep ‘Digital Marathon’ has been event was planned from Pinnu Yadav got the first posi- Sports, Art and Culture, Amar Ray, Circle Head – Round every passing year, the compe- the participation of school and organising such events ensur- organised here in Ranchi on Morhabadi Ground to tion. In Under- 14 (Boys) – 10 Kumar Bauri flagged off the Table India Siddharth tition is getting bigger and college students in sufficient ing equal participation of dif- the lines of big metro cities. NUSRL,” said, Siddarth Km category, Amit Kumar was event in the presence of Rahul Choudhary including others. better. The ‘AIRTEL Ranchi number, which is quite encour- ferent districts,” added the Also, for the first time, partic- Choudhary of Round Table declared as the winner. %# ( #) (#% **+,-*. 3 * 34 ( +00 3
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EDx was hosted by IIM TRanchi on Sunday in which seven national and interna- tional personalities from vari- ous walks of lives addressed the students at CMPDI. The theme, Kaleidoscope of possibilities, is a phrase drawing analogy from various patterns and designs one can see in a Kaleidoscope with a contextual meaning of discovering a myriad of options and opportunities which are unfathomable to the masses. First Speaker of the day, Supriyo Sinha, CEO- ( &, 34567 9 " Education, Pratibha in the ABP #*, ! * Group invoked the audience to draw inspiration from a wood- ( % increasing, we tend to ridicule # , ) ) , - * ! pecker. “Imagine a little bird %( people when they are trying to * hitting 20 times per sec with do something” he said. 1000 times force thereby % % The other speakers includ- seven States including Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra “There will be extensive web- describing the power of focus % !% ed Harshika Singh, an IAS 444 Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, and Odisha will see four-phase casting of sensitive voting # --- and intensity,” he said. officer, Abhijit Naskar, an inter- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, polling & Jammu and Kashmir booths. All critical events will Sinha further pointed out +%!% nationally acknowledged neu- From page 1 Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. will have five-phase elections. be videographed.” From page 1 that some of the finest lessons % ( % roscientist, Farrhad Acidwala, The third phase of polling The polling in the phase VI The places where elections CEC Arora said that a total social media platforms can be learnt from the natures a young entrepreneur and will be held on April 23 in a will be held on May 12, in 59 will take place in a single phase electorate in this Lok Sabha such as Google, Facebook, which even the management %% % investor and Col. Prabir total of 115 constituencies Lok Sabha constituencies spread are Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal elections will be 900 million, of YouTube and Twitter have said lectures of B-schools cannot /% % Sengupta, a professional with spread across 14 States. The across Bihar, Haryana, Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, which 15 million voters are in all political advertisements will teach. !% ( % more than 35 years of experi- States are: Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, the 18-19 age group. be certified by them before “We can learn to be fearless ence in leadership, manage- Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, In 2014, when the BJP releasing. He also said that from the buffalos and honey ' ! ment, administration and Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Polls in Delhi-NCR will be held Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, swept to power, the Lok Sabha Twitter, Facebook and Google badgers, the woodpecker teach- % recruitment in the Indian Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, in phase VI. The polls in phase Telangana, Tamil Nadu, elections were held across nine will also highlight political es us the importance of inten- Army. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, VII will be held on May 19. The Uttarakhand, Andaman and phases beginning April 7 and advertisements on their plat- sity while the trout and salmon food. The platform helped the Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and election will be held in 59 con- Nicobar Islands, Daman and ending May 9. The counting of forms specifically. Facebook demonstrate the importance of Raj Shamani, one of the audience garner new perspec- Daman and Diu. stituencies of Bihar, Jharkhand, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, votes had taken place on May and Google have already being unique,” he said. youngest Indians to speak at tives and insights on different The fourth phase of polling Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, West Lakshadweep, Chandigarh, 16. The total contestants in fray deputed a dedicated a griev- Another speaker, Pankaj the United Nations matters which would not only will on April 29 in 71 con- Bengal, Chandigarh (UT), Uttar Delhi and Puducherry. were 8,251, with an average of ance officer to receive com- Bhadouria, the winner of Headquarters, Vienna was also help them lead a better life but stituencies spread across nine Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. To conduct the polls in a 15 candidates in each con- plaints of any violation of EC MasterChef India season 1 among the speakers. Shamani also prove fruitful in serving States. The States are: Bihar, The CEC said 22 States and safe and secure atmosphere, stituency. However, deposit was guidelines. highlighted the fact that said that people can start the community in a better way. Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Union Territories will see sin- Arora said a large number of forfeited in case of 7,000 con- The CEC informed that IT Indians have a spoilt palette impacting the world, right now, Sharing his experience, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, gle-phase election, Karnataka, Central Armed Police Forces testants. A total of over 55 crore giants have promised to take that makes staying healthy and by appreciating the person sit- Jeetesh, a student of first year Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Manipur, Rajasthan and (CAPFs) will be deployed. He voters (66.3 per cent) exercised action against hate speech. fit difficult. Expressing the ting right next to us, giving him at IIM-R said, “These talks of Pradesh and West Bengal. The Tripura will see polling in two said a sufficient number of their vote, while there were 9.27 Stringent monitoring of all need to change the cooking an honest, positive construct professionals help us under- fifth phase of polling will be phases, Assam and video cameras and CCTVs lakh polling stations. There events on election days will be style, she stated some faults in and social validation. stand the implementation of held on May 6 in 51 Lok Sabha Chhattisgarh will have three- besides web-casting will be were nearly 60 lakh ‘NOTA’ done using information the general cooking like over- “While the need for getting the theory we learn in class- constituencies spread across phase polling, Jharkhand, used during the electoral battle. votes. technology, he said. cooking or deep frying the social validation keeps on rooms in practical lives.”
personnel in party advertise- 0 % - 1 ) 222 ments and references to armed forces in their political cam- paign. , O P sands of devotees without pass- access, and would be a high- From page 1 In an advisory sent out to ports, particularly those living security route to the gurd- Union Home Minister and presidents, chairpersons and in the rural belt of wara, which made it easier for senior BJP leader Rajnath general secretaries of all recog- Punjab, from fulfilling their the government to waive off the Singh said on Friday the IAF nised parties Saturday, the EC aspiration to pay obeisance at condition of passport and visa, pilots were on a targeted mis- had drawn their attention to an 2;4 - 4); track basis to enable Sikh pil- the historic gurdwara associ- he said. sion to destroy terrorist facili- old circular dated December 4, grims to visit the historic ated with the life of the first The first Sikh Guru ty in Pakistan and not go on 2013. “It is pertinent to men- elcoming the decision of Gurdwara in #Pakistan in time Sikh Guru,” pointed the Chief preached universality, which any pleasure trip or to shower tion here that the Armed Wthe Union Home for 550th birth anniversary Minister. could be realized if all his petals. Forces of a nation are the Ministry to fast-track the devel- celebrations of Sri Guru Nanak He said that the Central devotees are now allowed to Earlier this month, senior guardian of its frontiers, secu- opment of Kartarpur Corridor, Dev Ji. I extend all support Government could easily pro- pray at the gurdwara which Congress leader and former rity and the political system. Punjab Chief Minister Capt from my govt for the project,” vide access to the gurdwara to remains integrally Defence Minister AK Antony They are apolitical and neutral Amarinder Singh on Sunday the Chief Minister had tweet- these non-passport holder linked with his life, said the had urged Prime Minister stakeholders in a modern reiterated his demand for pass- ed on late Saturday night. devotees by waiving off the Chief Minister. Narendra Modi and the BJP democracy. port and visa free ‘khule dar- However, he made it clear condition of passport and visa, “Let us not deprive the president not to “politicise the It is, therefore, necessary shan’ for pilgrims visiting the on Sunday that it was not and using other documents genuine devotees of access to armed forces”. that the political parties and historic gurdwara across the enough to build the Corridor instead to verify the identity of the historic gurdwara only Swaraj’s remarks should leaders exercise great caution international border. on fast-track but the pilgrims the pilgrims. because they do not have pass- also be seen in the context of while making any reference to “Welcome decision of also needed to be facilitated to The Corridor would pro- ports,” he said, urging the the Election Commission’s the Armed Forces in their @HMOIndia to build have ‘khule darshan’ by waiv- passport and visa to travel “The condition of passport vide an extremely limited win- Central Government to accept advisory to political parties political campaign,” the EC #KartarpurCorridor on fast ing off the requirement of across the border. and visa would prevent thou- dow of travel, with restricted his request in this regard. about the usage of defence directive stated. 04 % + !% )/ %% !! )
+ &% 3:-38; Haasan’s party has been allot- would go it alone in the on all the 543 parliamentary “bottle” symbol. ted “battery torch” as common upcoming elections. constituencies. Jan Sangh Party has been hat is common to lady’s symbol, LJD was given the An independent candidate The LJD was floated by allotted “green chilli” to Delhi Wfinger, green chilli, water- symbol of a “man blowing or someone contesting on Yadav in 2018 after his fallout and Bihar while “dish antenna” melon, lunchbox, sewing turha”. A person contesting on behalf of an unrecognised with Bihar Chief Minister allotted for 416 parliamentary machine, pencil box, razor, behalf of a recognised political political party has to approach Nitish Kumar over the latter’s constituencies across the coun- boat with man and sail, violin, party will inherit the party’s the EC and get a symbol allot- decision to end the alliance try. battery torch, man blowing symbol. ted from the list of ‘free’ sym- with the RJD and enter into a Bahujan Awam Party has turha, toothbrush and many Last year in February, bols available. tie-up with NDA-led by BJP. been allotted “toothbrush” more? They are all election Kamal Haasan announced his In the case of a recognised After his fallout, the three-time symbol to contest symbols allotted to 39 regis- plunge into politics launching political party, the Commission Rajya Sabha member was dis- Parliamentary constituencies tered un-recognised parties set his political party Makkal allows it to ‘reserve’ a symbol. qualified from the Upper in Uttar Pradesh; Hindustan to contest 2019 Lok Sabha Needhi Maiam (people justice For example, if a House under the anti-defection People Party has been allotted elections. centre) at a massive rally in political party recognised in a law. “pencil box” for Uttar Pradesh, The Election Commission Madurai. In December, Haasan particular State wishes Loktantarik Rastravadi Bihar, Karnataka, Gujarat (EC) on Sunday allotted com- announced that his party will to contest in elections Party has been allotted “tractor Ganasangam Party of India mon party symbols to 39 reg- contest the 2019 Lok Sabha in another State, chalata kisan” sympol for 11 allotted “lady finger” for istered un-recognised parties polls in all the 39 parliamentary it can ‘reserve’ the symbol parliamentary constituencies Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, that included filmstar Kamal constituencies of Tamil Nadu being used by it. The in Gujarat. Communist Party of Karnataka, Kerala and Haasan’s Makkal Needhi and the lone seat in Puducherry Commission will oblige, pro- India (Marxist-Leninist) Puducherry Maharashtra Maiam (MNM) and former Union Territory. vided the symbol is not being Liberation) has been allotted Parivartan Sena is given ‘sewing Janata Dal (United) president The actor-turned-politi- used by anyone else. “flag with three star” symbol. machine’ symbol and Apni Sharad Yadav’s Loktantrik cian then in February, As per the EC notification, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Party given “lunchbox” symbol Janata Dal (LJD). While announced that his party Sharad Yadav’s LJD will contest (Ulgulan) has been allotted by the EC. %# ( #) (#% **+,-*. 6 &3 5 0 6 &..1 '!/85 9 3:-38; "all talk no work". remained "unfulfilled". termed the government as and policy paralysis", he said, BJP ally and Lok Janshakti %&')!"&.&* &+ Seeking people's support At a Press conference after "anti-poor and pro-capitalist" adding that India's self-confi- Party president Ram Vilas s the Election Commission for the BJP, its president Amit the announcement of the poll and which disturbed peace, dence was at an all-time low Paswan expressed confidence Aon Sunday declared a Shah said the Modi schedule, Congress leader K C caused unrest & anger among and people wanted to rid the that the NDA will win over 350 seven-phase general election Government has taken bold Venugopal said people will masses. nation of such "decay and pes- of the 543 Lok Sabha seats. )*" ** ! starting April 11, political par- decisions for their welfare in its change the Modi Government Modi in his tweets drew a simism". The choice before people is ties welcomed the much-await- first term and will ensure India's that believes in all talk and no comparison of his government's "Guided by 'Sabka Saath, whether to elect a strong gov- Ahmed Patel said BJP is walk- ed announcement with the rul- giant leap to make everyone work. performance with the preced- Sabka Vikas, NDA seeks your ernment or a helpless 3:-38; ing down a dangerous path by ing alliance making a pitch for "happy and prosperous" in its All its promises have ing Congress-led UPA govern- blessings again. We spent the Government, he said, express- "using the military" to conceal its re-election while its rival second. remained unfulfilled, he said ment, asserting that the last five last five years fulfilling basic ing confidence that Modi will ongress president Rahul its own "failures" and asserted expressing confidence of The BJP-led National asserting that it will be defeat- years have shown what was ear- necessities that were left unful- be Prime Minister for another CGandhi on Sunday asked that the EC's circular prevent- unseating it. Democratic Alliance ed when votes are counted on lier deemed impossible has filled for 70 long years. Now, term. The NDA will sweep the Prime Minister Narendra Modi ing the use of armed forces in Prime Minister Narendra Government has achieved "phe- May 23. Senior Congress leader now become possible. time has come to build on that polls in Bihar, which sends 40 to tell the families of the 40 election campaign was much Modi sought people's "bless- nomenal results" in various Ahmed Patel claimed the The 2019 polls are about a and create a strong, prosperous MPs to the Lok Sabha, he CRPF jawans killed in needed. ings" for the NDA in the Lok spheres of governance during upcoming elections will herald spirit of confidence and posi- & secure India," he said. added. Pulwama as to who released The Election Commission Sabha polls, saying his this term, he said, citing a a new era ending five years of tivity with which India is ful- CPI(M) general secretary Samajwadi Party president Masood Azhar, whose Jaish-e- (EC) on Saturday asked polit- Government has made possible number of its welfare initiatives. "chaotic, despotic and destruc- filling the aspirations of its Sitaram Yechury said the Akhilesh Yadav predicted a Mohammed claimed responsi- ical parties to "desist from dis- what was earlier deemed The Congress, however, hit tive" dispensation and the coun- people, he said. announcement of polls will loss for the NDA, saying the bility for the terror attack. playing photographs of defence impossible, but Opposition par- out at the Government saying try will return to the path of In 2014 people compre- end the unfair use of official poll announcement is also an Taking to Twitter, he alleged personnel" against the back- ties said voters will throw it out it will e best remembered for "sobriety, integrity and inclusiv- hensively rejected the UPA as resources by the Modi announcement of a "big change" that it was the present National drop of a picture showing a of power for "wasting" its his- "wasting" its historic mandate ity". there was unprecedented anger Government as the model code in interest of people and the Security Adviser who went to hoarding with images of Indian toric mandate and practising and that all its promises BSP supremo Mayawati over its "corruption, nepotism of conduct has come into force. country Kandahar to hand over the Air Force Wing Commander "murderer" Azhar. Abhinandan Varthaman as well 12& Azhar, along with some as leaders of the BJP. other terrorists, was released by "The EC's circular on pre- " P D* the Indian government in venting the use of of armed %& $ December 1999 in lieu of the forces in election campaign release of over 150 hostages of was much needed. This needs 4 said. the IC-814 Indian Airlines to be implemented in letter & + * ( ( " ;4N4+4- "When you frisk, some flight that was hijacked to spirit. Let's keep security forces people get annoyed and even Kandahar. out of politics," Patel tweeted. rime Minister Narendra say 'I will see you' and you have "PM Modi please tell the "By using the military to con- ( 4 $ PModi on Sunday sent across to tell them that it is your duty families of our 40 CRPF ceal its own failures the BJP is a strong message to terrorist which has to be done," the PM Shaheeds, who released their walking down a dangerous * ( forces targeting India, saying added. Therefore, he contin- murderer, Masood Azhar? Also path," he said. A (%1$9 the country cannot keep suf- ued, "I would dare tell such tell them that your current In a fresh instruction fering forever and that his people to be disciplined and NSA was the deal maker, who issued to all political parties, O ALAM ; Government has taken some cooperate with the security went to Kandahar to hand the the EC referred to its A "strong decisions" against such personnel in carrying out their murderer back to Pakistan," December 2013 letter in which 4 %1$> * ( elements. task." CISF gets a number of Rahul Gandhi tweeted. At least it had "called upon all politi- $7H."( 4: "For many decades, the complaints from legislators and 40 CRPF jawans were killed in cal parties to advise their can- + ,4 country and numerous families others categories of VIPs alleg- the terror attack in Jammu didates and leaders to desist 2 2 ( have suffered the wounds and ing high-handedness by their and Kashmir's Pulwama dis- from displaying photographs pain given by terrorism, staff at various airports. trict on February 14 for which of defence personnel or pho- - + Naxalism and insurgency. The PM said it was his JeM has claimed responsibili- tographs of functions involv- * What happened in Pulwama "emotional feeling" that secu- ty. ing defence personnel in and Uri was heartbreaking. rity personnel donning the Senior Congress leader advertisements". We cannot bear this pain till 'khaki' have not got the recog- O eternity. Enough is enough," nition and respect they deserve. P the Prime Minister said while The PM asked the CISF to ! addressing CISF personnel at create a "monitor and study in (6 its base. The paramilitary force realtime global trends and on Sunday celebrated the 50th techniques of terrorism" so ( year of its raising. * $ #!A B5 , "< ) ! *& that a better preparedness is This is the first time Modi ensured against. He also direct- 0> P attended the event of any of the taken some strong decisions, in of duty. it was wrong on part of such ed the force to install 'digital five Central Armed Police an apparent reference to the The PM lauded the valour people to throw their weight museums' or electronic walls at 3:-38; Forces (CAPF) since he took IAF strike on terror camps and dedication of CISF men around, get angry and humil- airports so that people get to charge in 2014. Raised in 1969, after the Pulwama attack. He and women who protect "vital iate security personnel, a major know about CISF's history, ifty-six of the 112 “inspiring” personalities, who were select- the Central Industrial Security said the government has adopt- assets" of the country in the brunt of which is faced by the role and its expectations from Fed for this year’s Padma awards, will be conferred the presti- Force has about 1.56 lakh per- ed "a new policy" to act against face of a "hostile neighbour CISF. "I'd say the biggest prob- the citizens. "You are not only gious honour on Monday by President Ram Nath Kovind at a spe- P6 sonnel in its ranks at present. terrorism and that it was its which does not have the capac- lem while carrying out your standing at the gate, you are cial function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. N ) The PM said that following responsibility to live up to the ity to fight a war." duty is people like me, VIPs.. contributing to the country's Among those receiving the Padma Vibhushan, Padma 2 , O " dastardly acts of terrorist vio- expectations of the families of Modi also hit out at the The VIP culture at times is the growth," Modi told the CISF Bhushan and Padma Shri on Monday are late actor Kader Khan, lence, his government has the personnel killed in the line abuse of "VIP culture", saying biggest threat to security," he personnel. Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and renowned journalist (+ * late Kuldip Nayar. Khan (posthumous) will be honoured with Padma Shri, Dhindsa and Nayar (posthumous) will be honoured with Padma Bhushan, a Home Ministry official said. & ; # # Noted theatre personality from Maharashtra Babasaheb A Purandare alias Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Padma : O Vibhushan), Bihar leader Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (Padma 4 8 Bhushan), former CEO of multinational techno giant Cisco sys- - tems John Chambers, renowned dancer and filmmaker Prabhu P- ) Deva (Padma Shri) will also be honoured. : %$ Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra 2 B4 E;" < Modi and other dignitaries are expected to attend the function. ) 3I P ,(6 3:-38; on unverified reports. For meet- financial grants, or promise any The Padma awards were announced on the eve of Republic Day 3:-38; and who is this important, pow- ings, it is mandatory for the construction of roads, provision and the remaining awardees are likely to be conferred the hon- erful man who is saving him. s the Election Commission political parties to inform the of drinking water, and so on. our at another function to be held on March 16. ongress on Sunday claimed Why the Modi government A(EC) announced the 2019 local police about their rallies Other parties must be allowed This year's awardees are from across the nation, all segments Cthat fugitive diamantaire applied for extradition of Choksi Lok Sabha poll schedule, the and public meetings and provide to use public spaces, and it must of society and the government has gone beyond excellence alone, ( Mehul Choksi has applied for from Antigua with which India Model Code of Conduct came them time to make adequate not be monopolised by those in recognising larger impact and their selfless service, the official said. registration of a new company in has no extradition treaty," he into force with immediate effect security arrangements. power. the United Kingdom and asked questioned. on Sunday evening. Among Carrying or burning effigies L- M- * + the Narendra Modi Government Choksi, along with his other things, the Model Code of of the opponents is not allowed. 2 4 8 how serious were its efforts for nephew Nirav Modi, is accused Conduct bars the Government It needs to be ensured that in 789- his extradition. of defrauding the state-run from announcing any policy case two rival parties plan a road Congress spokesperson Punjab National Bank of Rs move that may impact voters' show in the same area, then their 2 ( ( Pawan Khera said Choksi had 13,000 crore. He fled the coun- decision. routes must not clash. During 35+ ( applied for the registration in the try last year after the scam came Opposition parties have the polling day, all those work- 232 4 I + ( UK of his company with its prin- to light. He has subsequently questioned the delay in ers who are working for their ( 9H ( (Q 5 ( Q cipal address in Dubai (UAE) taken up citizenship of Antigua announcing the poll dates, with parties in the polling booth 5 8 only three days ago and asked and Barbuda. senior Congress leader Ahmed must wear a badge with party 2 , ( 3 whether the Modi government Khera also asked whether it Patel asking the EC whether it name and symbol. 2 $1.07%H & knew about it. He also released was a coincidence that Nirav was waiting for the Prime In the polling booths, apart 35 Q % purported documents in support Modi was seen moving around Minister's "official" travel pro- from voters, only those indi- ( 7%H111 44-;4 - " ( %1$9 of his claim. freely in London, and one-two gramme "to conclude". viduals with a permit from the H9 . ( A ( Claiming that the Modi dis- days ago Choksi got his "shell According to EC, the MCC EC will be allowed to enter %1$9 3 pensation was facing an immi- company" registered there. deals with eight provisions - gen- polling booths. The political Q I 4! ( nent defeat in the coming par- Referring to the BJP's slogan of eral conduct, meetings, proces- party must not campaign for 711 ( liamentary election, the Congress "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas", sions, polling day, polling votes within a distance of 100 A $0 4 2 leader said the government must Khera said the government's booths, observers, party in metres of the polling booth on $H"$7 I" Q tell the people if it knew about real intention was "Bhagodon Ke power, and election manifestos. the day of voting. The ruling ( 2 Q P2 2 ( P Choksi's move. "Also, if agencies Saath, Bhagodon Ka Vikas' (help- Under General conduct, party must not advertise at the PA O .H.%0Q Q like CBI and Enforcement ing fugitives to prosper). while political parties can criti- cost of the public exchequer or 2 Directorate(ED) made any effort Nirav Modi, 48, was tracked cise the other candidates based use official mass media for pub- , ( , I + ! to extradite him," he told a press down to a three-bedroom flat on policies and programmes and licity on achievements. No $>//.H> ( 44-;4 P conference. occupying half of a floor of the their work record, they are not Member of Parliament or min- 554, Q - , The Congress spokesper- landmark Centre Point tower allowed to use caste and com- ister should combine their offi- 4 $/ 9 554, 32 ( son also alleged that a "powerful block of luxury apartments, munal sentiments to lure voters. cial visit with campaigning or ( 4 ( 5 Q person", who benefited from where rent is estimated to be They cannot bribe or intimidate party work. ( ( + ! 4 ( Choksi, was protecting him. around 17,000 pounds a month, voters and most importantly, Ministers and other author- Q P "Who has benefited from Choksi 'The Daily Telegraph' reported. they cannot criticise them based ities must not announce any 5 " ( % ( % %: % ! ) ! % %
month. It was found that the 4 ( : ? helped in maintaining histo- Ram Hospital Dr Manish mode in district hospitals 3:-38; creatinine and urea level in her logical parameter of kidneys, Malik agreed: "Scope of treat- across the States. blood had gone down signifi- ( apart from reducing high lev- ment in allopathy is very less, As per Indian Renal ialysis is a way of life for cantly to a healthy level. Not ( els of uric acid and electrolytes. is costly and not fully suc- Foundation, in the private sec- Dmany patients suffering only this, her hemoglobin level The study said that "the syrup cessful as well. Hence, bal- tor haemodialysis with 12 ses- with kidney ailments in the had also improved. Hence, the ( ; (Neeri KFT) is a potent anced diet and ayurvedic cost- sions every month costs country. However, as the World study concluded that "( nephro-protective formulation, effective drugs like Neeri KFT around Rs 12,000 to Rs 15,000 Kidney Day approaches on Punarnava-based medicines O ( protecting kidneys from based on herbs like Punarnava while peritoneal dialysis costs March 14, health experts say not only ensure kidney's health ( , + nephrotoxins including oxida- can help all those kidney around Rs 18,000 to Rs 20,000 that one can definitely help but also improves hemoglobin ; < L+;
where CPI(M)’s sitting MP On the other hand charisma of Narendra Modi or *A8*4,4 Badruddoza Khan will con- Pradesh Congress president Mamata Banerjee.” Though test. He won the seat by 25,000 Somen Mitra says, “The vot- the CPI(M) still has substan- fter much quibbling, the votes in 2014. As a quid pro ers will want to know about tial support base it is doubt- ACPI(M) and Congress quo the Left is likely to back the nature of the partnership ful whether they will be able seemed to be reaching an Dasmunshi in the next year’s and we will have to give them to convert it into votes, he electoral alliance. For the first Rajya Sabha elections apart a substantial reason. They adds. time, it has happened in from leaving a whopping 17 will not take any hide-and- The Congress is almost decades that the Marxists are seats to the tri-colour party. seek. They will definitely want sure to get the Purulia seat being forced to leave as many Settlement of Raiganj and to see a full-fledged alliance despite the fact that second as 17 seats to a non-Left Murshidabad apart, a minor for future. If there is no largest Left partner Forward alliance partner. issue still remains between the alliance then we will go it Bloc has a sizeable presence in According to sources, the two groups as the Left wants alone.” the district. The party will CPI(M) has agreed to contest to go only for a seat-sharing On whether the two sides field Nepal Mahato from this on 25 seats, leaving 17 for the system with the Congress can contest on their own the seat, insiders say. Bloc has Congress. The deal was while the latter wants a full- political analyst IK Lahiri already objected to an alliance clinched after the Congress fledged alliance till 2021 says: “On organizational terms with the Congress even threat- gave up its claim on Raiganj a Assembly elections. the Left is a poor shadow of a ening to go it alone in some traditional bastion of late On whether it is going to glorious past which means seats if need be. Union Minister PR be an alliance or a seat adjust- that on its own it will not be The problem this Dasmunshi and his wife ment CPI(M) State secretary able to win a single seat in time with the CPI(M) the Deepa Dasmunshi — but cur- Suryakanto Mishra said “there Bengal for two reasons. Firstly largest Front partner it will rently held CPI(M) MP Md is no question of alliance. We the Left organizers at booth have to leave seats for its Salim who in 2014 won the will go for a seat adjustment level have either joined the partners from the given 25 seat by a wafer thin margin of because the issue today is not Trinamool Congress, or been seats agreed upon in the little less than 2,000 votes. anything else but to keep a sitting idle or joined the BJP agreement. In such a case the The second seat that the two communal and fascist for its political clout in Delhi CPI and Bloc are likely to get / ) # # < 4567 Congress had to shed to the forces like BJP and Trinamool and secondly they have a clear three seats each whereas the * F1( ) 2! *& Left is Murshidabad from Congress out.” leadership crisis to match the RSP may get one. D/ * P 3 )
Mumbai: At least three Lok announced he will not contest walk,” the observer said. Another source said that porters want him to contest the ! Sabha seats in Maharashtra, the Lok Sabha polls, but recent- The former Union Minister, Nagpur, from where Union Assembly election due in the sec- including the one on which ly changed his decision. whose party is in talks with the Transport and Shipping Minister ond-half of 2019, a source said. Siwan (Bihar): A marriage please cast favour of Modi ji because there NCP chief Sharad Pawar will He said some of his party Congress for seat-sharing, earli- Nitin Gadkari is likely to contest, Maharashtra, which has invitation card urging guests to your votes is no other leader better than contest despite his earlier deci- colleagues were insisting he con- er said there will be state-specific will also be keenly watched by around eight crore voters, sends vote for Prime Minister in favour of him. He thinks about the coun- sion of withdrawing from elec- test the Lok Sabha poll from alliances and not a national tie- political observers. 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha, the Narendra Modi in the general Prime try while others think about toral politics, will be keenly Solapur’s Madha seat, currently up against the BJP and he will try Former BJP MP Nana Patole second highest after Uttar elections as a wedding gift has Minister themselves,” added Singh, who watched in the upcoming general represented by party leader to bring all like-minded parties is likely to contest on Congress’ Pradesh which has 80 seats. become the talk of the town in Narendra has been staying in Kuwait for polls. Vijaysinh Mohite Patil. on one platform to take on the ticket against Gadkari. The BJP, riding on the ‘Modi Bihar’s Siwan district. Modi in the the last 15 years where he Besides Madha Lok Sabha According to a political saffron outfit. Besides, former Patole, who quit the BJP last wave’, surged ahead in the state Ashok Singh, a resident of upcoming Lok Sabha polls,” the works in a private company. seat from where 78-year-old observer, prime ministerial Union minister Sushilkumar year, had defeated NCP stalwart in 2014 by winning 23 seats Siwan Kala village, printed the message on the card read. His son Ravindra Singh too Pawar is likely to contest, the ambitions have always been Shinde, who faced defeat for the Praful Patel from Bhandara- while its ally Shiv Sena bagged message on the envelope of his Asked about the reason echoed similar sentiments. other constituencies such as associated with Pawar, but the first time in the 2014 Lok Sabha Gondia seat in 2014. 18. The Congress, which ruled daughter’s marriage invitation behind his appeal, Singh said: “Narendra Modi is the only Nagpur and Solapur will also be veteran politician earlier said he poll, was also being persuaded by State Congress chief Ashok the state in alliance with the NCP card, sources said. “There is no other objective one who can take the country in the limelight. was not eyeing the top post. the Congress leadership to con- Chavan, the sitting MP from for 15 years, managed to win just “To bless my daughter and except for the nation’s interest.” forward and no other leader Pawar, currently a Rajya “Pawar may still win from test from Solapur again, a party Nanded, may also contest the two seats while Pawar’s party in the interest of the country, “People should vote in can do that,” he said. PTI Sabha member, had earlier Madha, but it may not be a cake- source said. Lok Sabha poll, though his sup- bagged four. PTI %# ( #) (#% **+,-*. = ?+* .( !'&&"?$!% ( F E,- F F &&<" !'+= &**'( 0 % - 1 7 , ( # > ( , , 8 * S $ S 7 ! % ( ( C @ D $ * $ 9 92- +*$, E 7 his writer saw a glimpse or two %S ! @ of demonetisation way back in B @ * $ +@*$, F ( early 1946 as a nine-year-old. $ S We had moved to Calcutta (now Kolkata) less than two P Q F Tyears before that. One evening, my father > * F @*$ *$ came home and promptly showed my 7$ 9 mother two large currency notes with a portrait of King George VI, the like of (F which the writer had never seen before. 7 D $ Each was worth a thousand rupees. My F @ father explained how he was offered five such notes at 600 each only and he 7 ;0 D declined, thinking it was illegal. $ $ % - Eventually, his office colleague thrust two *$ @*$ ( of them into his jacket’s pocket. He brought that home. The next day, he was @G$S ( meant to go to the bank which would give > * . *$ @*$ him new 1,000 notes in exchange. My 7 ( @G$ ( father went on to explain that during World War II, which had ended in August 1945, many a trader had profi- ( # E teered by selling war materials for @ 7 $ S American as well as British troops, who had been deployed on the Burma (now F( Myanmar) front. The suppliers made @G$ . money but did not always pay taxes. The *$ @*$ ( British Indian Government, therefore, 7 S decided to demonetise the thousand rupee note. Since then, this writer has not " > been unfamiliar with the process. per cent with the help of bro- was that a great deal of infor- because it would always be There are several other ( The year 1946 is too long ago but in kers, who had connections mal (euphemism for black) cheaper. Those opposed to countries, which have demon- . 7 ( 1978/79, too, the Janata Party with willing bank managers. money ceased to be legal ten- demonetisation keep calling etised their currency, including Government of Morarji Desai had This was one of the several der. Most of it went into the the latter informal instead of the UK and Australia, so has *$(@*$ demonetised high-value notes. But the mismanagements reported banks. In the process for a few black. Even well-known econ- Pakistan. Zimbabwe had done . (( @G$ measure was so half-hearted that most against the Government. days to a couple of months, omists and scholars talk in something unique — it abol- ( people cannot remember it. Even this Another was the delay at parts of over 85 per cent of the these terms — possibly they ished its own currency and writer cannot recollect the details. In con- many banks of new supply of currency notes, 500 and are being considerate to a replaced it with the US dollar. @G$ G +D,S C @ * * S trast, the Modi Government’s action has currency. The rest was the loss 1,000, became non-legal ten- great portion of yesteryear Yet other countries are North D # F # @G$ 88 @ 8014 had an enormous impact; though it took of money by the middle class der. Immediately, there was a traders in our country. Korea, Myanmar, Nigeria and 12 * time for many people to comprehend to upper class holders. Some liquidity crunch also because of This writer’s personal Ghana. By and large, they have what exactly were the implications. But felt gravely upset and sinned the delay in supply of new experience is interesting. My not benefitted, not because of * @ @G$ most, who had stocks of untaxed cash, against for being suddenly notes. Except for 2,000 notes, company manufactures tooth- demonetisation per se, but due /0 lost their money. Those, who could not deprived of their hard earned others were not printed for rea- brushes, whose sales shot up to the lack of any improvement * D$ 7 find a way out, deposited it in the bank money. They were right, sons of secrecy. How much of by over 50 per cent on the in financial management. on the fair assumption that they would except that they overlooked the secrecy was for a dramatic morrow of demonetisation Whenever the Government *$(@*$ @G$ sort it out with the Income Tax officer at that they had not paid income effect and how much was to and more so after the intro- faced a shortage of funds, its S * E * the time of assessment, with or without tax on the money they lost. prevent transfer of cash by the duction of GST. The explana- banks resorted to printing notes *$ # 7 penalty. A Kolkata person, who report- The first reaction this big holders were a matter of tion was that his competition to meet its expenditure. edly had 7,000 crore, could have done writer heard of was from conjecture. But one thing was in the cheaper varieties was Regrettably, demonetisa- S # 7 the same unless his cash was gained not three of his acquaintances — certain that demonetisation taking no notice of taxation; tion in India has been looked 8014 $ only from an untaxed source but also a teacher, a technocrat and a was a stinging message against with the changes, several of at politically rather than with @G$ . 7 from a dubious earning like smuggling. businessman. Each one of black money as never before in the competitors stopped man- the help of economic logic. This writer discovered how unusual the them stood to lose up to 50 India. It was also a warning that ufacturing. There is no doubt Second, it has not always ( move was on the evening when Prime lakh, which were lying in the more steps were coming. Sure that the so-called informal been seen as preparatory to B @ Minister Narendra Modi announced his house or a safe deposit lock- enough the Goods and Services sector has been stunned. the GST, which makes trading step with regard to the demonetisation of er. They all swore against the Tax (GST) was on the anvil. Liquidity had shrunk while with black money almost 500 and 1,000 notes. The writer and one Government. On the other For those not emotional- new currency notes were impossible. Moreover, pay- @ of the most informed veteran journalists hand, the average lower mid- ly involved, could understand being printed. Once they ing GST means also exposing were dining at a club when the announce- dle class and poorer people that a digital, or just a mod- came into full flow, there was one’s turnover to the income ment was made. But that gentleman need- were vicariously happy that ern economy could not exist no such problem. The only tax authorities. For those, ed to be explained the implications. the rich people have been hit on two parallel money streets difference was that black who were used to tax-free > Those, who had bundles and bundles for their ill-gotten wealth. — one white and bankable money has to be spent; where- trading, these measures are of unaccounted notes of the two denom- Until then, their impression and the other black and not as money in the bank is usu- doubly painful. Its impact on 836 9 - : % inations, lost heavily that night. One per- was that only the poor get bankable. One which propos- ally spent with care and cau- the general elections remains son was rumoured to have become poor- punished while the rich get es to be taxable and the other tion. The reported reduced to be seen. 1 - - er by 7,000 crore in one stroke. Many away with the help of their which evades tax from start to consumer demand is due to (The writer is a well- small holders managed to change their influence and wealth. finish. The latter would con- the comparative reduction in known columnist and an ( notes at a discount of between 20 and 50 The real stunning effect tinually undercut the former superfluous spending. author) ) 2 - & ( , * " ) * % ( ( " # + %#, - . 2 " ) ( 6 ( /00 2 D) ( 6 +?O ( -'<, 00 , ./-, -,=0 ->>' , '-'>'0/ , K4 , K4 6 K*?- K< + 12134 P ( Q 7 ( 801/ ! & & & 2 && 1 -&2 . +!., ( -9S :1;< O > %# 3? # Sir — The terror attack on secu- L4 ( ML Sir — This refers to the editorial, rity forces in Pulwama has high- 7M ,+ ( 6 (( “Facts over perception” (March 8). lighted the need to revamp the , ( 6 + The whistle-blower, who made the * - ( security network at defence 2 ? ( ‘secret documents’ on Rafale avail- @ ( installations like the Information * ) " able, must have done it after being - " Technology parks. Given the " thoroughly convinced that it was a mounting tensions between murky deal and he/she must have . ( India and Pakistan, acts of ter- 01 been disappointed over the way the rorism are unlikely to end any- " ( , Government has been trying to 7 time soon. It is, therefore, imper- bury hard facts. In my opinion, the ative for India as well as the ( ( " one who has taken such a grave risk S Government to put in place " " 4 2 " to bring out the truth and expose A ( appropriate security measures at ( ( B " the Government for its suspicious vital and sensitive places. ) ( ( O " involvement in the deal, must be a Bengaluru is regarded as ( " + true nationalist. # S % India’s Silicon Valley. Exports K K( " Tharcius S Fernando B ( ( from the city have been estimat- ,4 " " 6 Chennai ed at billions of dollars. ( 3 L M '=/ / Besides, it also generates employment for a large number # of IT professionals. Hence, it is essential that to vast experience has an important the hands of the Press is irrelevant Sir — Buying water has now effectively meet the terror role to play. The IT parks can in a vast majority of cases. Let’s also become common. But are we star- #S threats, physical safety audit of turn out to be soft targets. The remember that today’s Government ing at a situation where buying S all important economic and system of entry to these areas Sir — This refers to the editorial, was yesterday’s Opposition and clean air may soon be the norm? ! -9S 11 8? defense installations — notably must be tightened with better “Facts over perception” (March 8). that in its earlier avatar, it took the We need to work quickly before the @*(.- # the mega Information coordination among the securi- The Government’s stand in the then Government to task on the next generation laments the lega- Technology parks, shopping ty agencies. This can ensure an Supreme Court on the Rafale deal, basis of numerous Press reports cy of an unliveable environment. S malls, railways stations and air- effective and swift response if on the ground that the documents based on “leaked” documents. The Shashi ports — must be carried out and disaster strikes. India should be on which it is based were “stolen”, AgustaWestland case, for example, Via email ( corrective measures be taken. prepared to tackle any warfare. is untenable. So long as the authen- saw a blizzard of leaked papers. The Central Industrial Ramesh G Jethwani ticity of the papers is not challenged, P Arihanth ! ) D Security Force (CISF) with its Bengaluru how did the documents come into Secunderabad // ,0/-=-' ,?<> 1.-> %# ( #) (#% **+,-*. ! 4 ?+* .( !'&&"?$!% &2, !'Q $!' !'* 2& O+ &P + % O % P "& "'!/'"& % 1 & & O P && && 1 1 , C ( ( L % L % ( %& &% O -8 R * S &$ ; P# Q * * - % 2$ % ( B (@ I P ( *Q $ JJ @ 80 I ;8( ( @ S 8014 K C > P Q + s we all know, 2019 is the year of gen- 30 30 , eral elections in India. And the students’ # @ Aunion of any university in India plays a + , ( vital role in raising issues of local and nation- ( al importance, lending a futuristic perspective @ ( of the nation’s goals. At the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), established in 1877 by sec- $ F B ularist and nationalist leader Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, students have always raised their voic- ( + es on several occasions in the past in an effi- * , cient manner. However, it has been observed @ L in the recent past that AMU has become a soft # ( ( * 8011 target and a centre for polarisation for right- P wing groups. One incident after another clear- Q * * ly indicates the intention of a group of students ) $ belonging to a political outfit to create nuisance E S ( in the peaceful campus. Whether it is the mat- ( ( ( ter of serving food in the dining hall, or tak- M * ( ing the “tiranga yatra” without permission or unauthorised entry of a TV reporter to the * @M 9 # ( campus to cover an event organised by AMU * ( Students’ Union, all these events seem to be pre- @ planned to disturb the peaceful academic # # atmosphere of the campus. It clearly shows that > A 1
even though it looks like an appease- Management Act (CMMA), which judicial authority should also be con- Well-managed migration brings nerable population” in need of rescue fees should be borne by the employ- ment exercise, keeping the more should end the stark exploitation in stituted at the Centre and in all the development to both India and the but too often, find themselves in vul- er, not the migrant worker and any than three-crore strong Indian dias- the migration cycles, mainly in the States. For the inclusion of migrants countries of destination. In this per- nerable situations due to (migra- fees collected from the migrant work- pora in mind. The Emigration Act of recruitment process, at work and in the democratic and developmen- spective or guiding principle, the new tion) policies, values and the denial of er should be treated as bonded labour 1983 had many anomalies like not return and re-integration of the tal process and for governance, a body comprehensive migration Act should rights. Hence, this new enactment and trafficking in humans. being migrant-friendly and was not migrants. The new Act should be with legislative powers should be con- be developed. should ensure without fail the rights Portability of salary, social secu- representative of the the multi-layered inclusive to result in a win-win situ- stituted under this Act both at the The very basic element of the new to migrant women and their children, rity benefits, indemnities and pen- immigration problems and chal- ation for all the migration stakehold- Centre and State levels. The legislation Act should focus on implementing all as enshrined in the Constitution of sion etc should be guaranteed to the lenges. ers. Further, the new CMMA should aspects of the migration governance the UN and International Labour India, UN treaties and conventions. migrant worker without any hin- 7-? The Government’s approach view migration in the developmental can be through a quasi legislative body, Organisation (ILO) conventions, There should not be deportation drance, both from the destination towards the restructuring and perspective and an economic activi- having specific rules and regulations. treaties, multilateral commitments of children in any circumstances and countries and the employers. Forced he Indian diaspora’s long cry revamping of the Emigration Act was ty for both India and the Countries It is appalling to note that the to migrants’ human and labour rights. they should not be separated from repatriation and administrative may turn bitter if the new draft callous, which was evident in the hur- of Transit and Destination. Indian Government has no data Those not yet ratified should be their families. Provisions should be deportation should not be allowed. TEmigration Management Bill riedly-convened stakeholders’ meet A Migration Management bank on its migrant demography. It done, made binding and applicable to made to protect and respect citizens Their voluntary return should be 2019 is passed. The need for a com- and the draft Bill. In the Bill drafting Ministry should be created at the should be provisioned in the Bill for migrants across the board. and organisations that help undocu- tailor-made and context specific, prehensive legislation, revamping the process, the real migrants, their CSOs, Centre besides a Migration compulsory data collection of Indians The proposed legislation should mented migrants in need. The new involving a process with true choic- existing Emigration Act of 1983, was or the State Government bodies like Management Authority in all States as going abroad for whatever reasons. have the migration elements related law should have a human touch. es, including choosing the moment well understood by all parties and NORKA and APNRT were neither well as the Centre. The responsibili- Identity smart cards should be provid- to those of the SDG goals and should Provisions against commodification of return. To change the narrative stakeholders in the field of migration. consulted, nor their opinion sought. ty of complete restructuring and ed to the migrants. It should address be in the broader framework of the 23 of the migrants/trading of migrants and perceptions on migration, the Even though the process for a new Going through the provisions of the revamping of the recruitment, place- both permanent and contractual directive principles and objectives of should be incorporated. migrants’ voices need to be migration legislation gathered steam draft Bill, it looks headed to meet the ment, work, return and re-integration migration and should be able to pro- the Global Compact on Migration. A majority of the Indian migra- audible. in 2012, the Government never same fate as the 1983 Act even as it is should be vested with the State tect and safeguard the interest of all Regularisation and regular pathways tion is Asia-centered and economical- What the Indian migrant wants showed the needed political will to treacherously disappointing. Governments and the institutions and migrant workers. for human mobility across the plank ly on temporary contractual migra- is a CMMA that will protect and safe- enact it. The new draft does not address authorities constituted for this pur- The underlying ethos of the should be core to the drive for the new tion. The interest of this segment of guard them in the true sense. We can It was a pleasant surprise at the the welfare needs and the kaleidoscop- pose through the Comprehensive CMMA should be based on the CMMA of India and should facilitate migrants should be well protected in always wait for a few months more for fag end of the present Government’s ic changes in the socio, political, eco- Migration Management Act. The principles of freedom, equality and human mobility with human rights the upcoming Act. The CMMA this to become a reality since we have tenure that a sudden “stakeholders’ nomic, demographic and cultural Protector of Emigration is a colonial dignity, as enshrined in the and labour rights of the migrants. should address the need for ethical been waiting for the last 35 years. meeting” was called and a draft Bill relationships in the countries of des- institution and it should be abolished Constitution of India and the new Act There should also be strict pro- recruitment, decent jobs and labour (The writer is an NRI working on prepared and published. For the tination. The need of the hour is a and put into the restructuring process. should ensure the same in the desti- visions for the protection of migrant mobility with the protection of the the welfare of migration workers in the Indian diaspora, it is a welcome sign, Comprehensive Migration A Pravasi Commission with quasi nation countries. women. “They are not by nature vul- labour rights of migrants. 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Abu Dhabi National Oil Prince Mohammed bin Salman 0 lier this month, as part of elec- enhance Saudi investments in Company (ADNOC) has hired bin Abdulaziz Al Saud last toral understanding between 0/-,< 00 India’s refining & petrochem- half of the 1.5 million tonne month. “Both the ministers the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena. ical sectors. strategic oil storage at agreed to take concrete steps 3:-38; “The (two) Ministers reviewed '02,'. A-,' Strategic engagements in Mangalore and 2.5 million for early implementation of the various Saudi investment pro- 0,2=/-'' energy will mutually benefit tonne Padur facility. decisions taken in the oil and ndia has invited Saudi Arabia posals in the Indian oil and gas both our countries and further In Phase-II, India plans to gas sector during the visit of Ito invest in its strategic oil sector, including the urgent 02== 01/0/ bolster our bilateral ties,” he build an additional 6.5 million His Royal Highness Crown storage even as it looks to res- steps to be taken to expedite the ,</-AA,0/, A20 tweeted after the meeting. tonne facilities at Chandikhol Prince Mohammed bin Salman urrect a $44 billion (3.08 lakh implementation of the first The official statement said: in Odisha and Padur, which is bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to India crore) refinery project with joint venture West Coast /-2/ .,2 - “Saudi Arabia’s participation in expected to augment the emer- last month,” it said. the world’s largest oil produc- Refinery and Petrochemical 0/-, '/ Indian Strategic Petroleum gency cover against any supply The visit, it said, reflects the er after the BJP-ruled Project in Maharashtra, esti- Reserve (SPR) program was disruption by another 11.5 intensifying engagement Maharashtra government mated to cost $44 billion, which A. / 0'.0 -A also discussed.” India has built days. between the two countries in denied land at the initial site. will be the largest greenfield ' > ,< '. 5.33 MT of emergency storage India, which meets 83 per the hydrocarbon sector. Saudi Saudi Oil Minister Khalid refinery in the world,” an oil enough to meet its oil needs for cent of its oil needs through Arabia is the second largest Al Falih, on his second visit to ministry statement said Sunday. 9.5 days, in underground rock imports, built the storages as supplier of crude and LPG to India in three weeks, discussed The two Minister held talks ing out the project as part of the statement did not elaborate agreements to take 50 per cent caverns in Mangalore and insurance for any disruption in India. In 2017-18, India’s crude with its Indian counterpart late last night. Shiv Sena had electoral understanding for the on steps to be taken for imple- stake in the project. Padur in Karnataka, and supplies. It has the right of first oil imports from Saudi Arabia Dharmendra Pradhan the 60 opposed the project at ensuing Lok Sabha polls. mentation of the project. Saudi The remaining is held by Visakhapatnam in Andhra refusal to buy the crude oil were 36.8 MT, accounting for million tonne (MT) a year Ratnagiri district and the BJP No alternate site of the pro- Aramco and its partner public sector oil firms — IOC, Pradesh. stored in the facilities in case of 16.7 per cent of its total mega oil refinery cum petro- agreed to its demand of shift- ject has yet been identified and ADNOC of UAE have signed BPCL and HPCL. Pradhan It has allowed foreign oil an emergency. imports. *<8 & ? *'$ !' +&> !" ) 3:-38; Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday conveyed India’s con- @A6$"!"& !@55 etrol prices rose in the cerns over rising crude oil Prange of 9 to 10 paise in the prices and its effects on the 3:-38; On the issue of number four metropolitan cities of the domestic fuel rates during his 3:-38; and value of invalidated or country on Sunday, while diesel meeting here with Saudi he RBI in reply to an RTI demonetised currency notes prices remained unchanged. Arabia’s Minister of Energy, tate-owned Punjab National Tquery said it has no data on being exchanged, the RBI in the In the national Capital, Khalid Al-Falih. SBank (PNB) has sanctioned the old 500 and 1,000 rupee RTI reply referred to a petrol was priced at 72.40 a However, domestic fuel loans worth 689 crore to over notes used to pay for utility bills November 28, 2016 press state- litre, 9 paise higher than prices are likely to remain sub- 1,600 Micro, Small and such as fuel at petrol pumps — ment where it had stated that Saturday’s level. dued till the upcoming gener- Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) payments that are anonymous “Banks have since reported In Kolkata and Mumbai, al elections end, to prevent any through the psbloansin59min- and are believed to have Government, however, stopped that such exchange/deposits the price of the fuel rose by 9 outrage among the consumers, utes.Com portal as part of its formed a good part of the the use of even this currency at effected from November 10, paise to 74.48 and 78.03 per said informed sources. effort to promote such indus- demonetised currency that petrol pumps and for the pur- 2016, upto November 27, 2016 litre, respectively, according to Diesel prices across the tries. returned to the banking system. chase of air tickets at airports amounted to 8,44,982 crore data on the Indian Oil four metros remained Under the Mudra Yojana, After the November 8, abruptly with effect from (exchange amounted to Corporation’s website. The unchanged for the third the bank has offered loan to 2016 shock decision to ban the December 2, 2016, after reports 33,948 crore and deposits price of petrol in Chennai straight day. While the fuel was over 2.69 lakh small entrepre- use of old 500 and 1,000 rupee that they were becoming fronts amounted to 8,11,033 crore). increased by 10 paise to 75.19 priced at Rs 67.54 per litre in neurs this fiscal (till February notes, the Government had for laundering of old currency “The facility of exchange of a litre. The rise in fuel prices Delhi, in Kolkata, Mumbai and 14, 2019). allowed the exchange of the notes. Specified Bank Notes at banks’ can be largely attributed to the Chennai, diesel prices were at “In November 2018, junked notes as well as they In reply to the Right to counter was available up to increase in crude oil costs. 69.33, 70.76 and 71.38 per Hon’ble Prime Minister being used for payment of Information (RTI) query, the November 24, 2016,” it said. Petroleum Minister litre, respectively. announced the launch of the 59 It is a strategic initiative of helped millions of small enter- utility bills for 23 services. RBI said: “information on Specified Bank Notes or minute loan portal to enable SIDBI led PSB consortium prises in the country and will Both 500 and 1,000 rupee (invalidated) notes used for SBN is the term used to denote easy access to credit for incubated under the continue to do so, in the com- notes could be used at govern- paying utility bills is not avail- the demonetised currency Q R MSMEs. Under this initiative, Department of Financial ing years. The bank has exceed- ment hospitals, railway ticket- able with us”. which was allowed to be the bank has sanctioned loans Services (DFS), ed the government targets ing, public transport, airline As much as 99.3 per cent of deposited in bank accounts to over 1,600 accounts with Ministry of Finance. Other under Mudra scheme and has ticketing at airports, milk the junked 500 and 1,000 till December 30, 2016. ()- total sanctioned amount of partner banks are the SBI, provided additional working booths, crematoria/burial notes have returned to the The Reserve Bank of India 689 crore (till February end),” Bank of Baroda, PNB, Vijaya capital limit to MSMEs,” he grounds, petrol pumps, metro banking system, the RBI had also said it did not have infor- ?4< Rapid Transit Corp. PNB managing director Sunil and Indian Bank. said. rail tickets, purchase of medi- stated in August last year, indi- mation on the number of SBNs “While thinking anything Mehta told PTI. With regard to the Pradhan PNB has bagged many cines on doctor prescription cating that just a miniscule per- used to buy KYC-compliant he Jammu & Kashmir about the Mass Rapid Transit MSMEs through this por- Mantri Mudra Yojana, Mehta awards last month under the from the government and pri- centage of currency was left out instruments like insurance TGovernment on Sunday systems in India, the first name tal can avail loans of up to 1 said since the inception of the Enhanced Access and Service vate pharmacies, LPG gas of the system after the policies. appointed E Sreedharan, pop- which comes to everybody’s crore in 59 minutes or less than scheme, PNB has sanctioned Excellence (EASE) reforms cylinders, railway catering, Government’s unprecedented The central bank referred ularly known as the ‘Metro mind is of Dr. Elattuvalapil an hour. MSMEs apply for loan to over 17.16 lakh agenda. The bank won the electricity and water bills, ASI note ban aimed at curbing a part of the RTI to the Man’, as principal advisor to Sreedharan, a retired IES loans using their GST regis- accounts with total amount of Reforms Excellency Award. It monument entry tickets and black money and corruption. Insurance Regulatory and two mass rapid transit corpo- (IRSE) officer, Padma Shri and tration as the portal is inte- 21,019 crore till December 31, was also declared the winner in highway toll. Of the 15.41 lakh crore Development Authority of rations in the State. Padma Vibhushan, popularly grated with GST server at the 2018. the customer responsiveness, On November 25, 2016, worth 500 and 1,000 notes in India (IRDAI) which also stat- The government has known as ‘Metro Man’, who is back-end as well as IT, credit “In the current financial responsible banking and cred- the exchange of old notes was circulation on November 8, ed that it does not have infor- approved setting up the two credited for changing the face bureaus and banks. It is able to year, the bank has offered the it Off-take category. stopped and the Government 2016, when the note ban was mation on old notes used to mass rapid transit corpora- of public transport in India quickly score the applicant on loan to over 2.69 lakh accounts The bank has also figured allowed the use of only old 500 announced, currency worth pay for insurance policies as “it tions. These have been named with his leadership of building individual models of lenders with total amount sanctioned in the Forbes world’s best bank rupee notes at these utilities till 15.31 lakh crore have been is not maintained by the the Jammu Mass Rapid Transit Konkan Railway and the Delhi (currently only public sector being 5,290 crore till February 2019 report in terms of cus- December 15, 2016. The returned. Authority”. Corp and the Srinagar Mass Metro,” a statement said. banks). 14, 2019. The scheme has tomer satisfaction ratings. !) '$1' 0 05 = 0% " % 4 ) 3:-38; and workforce, have started ers of LIC as well as IDBI cus- 3:-38; time next year,” a senior labour automatically. leveraging their mutual busi- tomers. ministry official said. The offi- At present after changing DBI Bank on Sunday said it ness synergies,” the bank said “Towards this end, bank’s ubscribers of retirement cial said, “The EPFO had job, a subscriber provides his 3:-38; posal to impose a lesser penal- Iis strategising to be a ‘one-of- in a release. board has approved appoint- Sfund body EPFO would not engaged the C-DAC to study its UAN to the new employer, who ty is different from granting its-kind’ financial conglomer- The bank said these strate- ment of LIC as a corporate require to file employee prov- operating systems to achieve uses it for depositing his or her ith an aim to bolster its immunity, Sebi has said the ate and plans to bring banking gic initiatives will pave the agent under bancassurance,” ident fund (EPF) transfer the goal of becoming paperless EPF contributions. But the Winformation-gathering conduct of a person in an and insurance services under a way for improved operations the release said. claims on changing jobs from organisation. At present, 80 per UAN account does not reflect mechanism and fast-track its actionable proceeding may be single platform. and better financing which in As part of this initiative, the the next fiscal as the process cent of the work is being done the EPF contributions made probe, market regulator Sebi considered as a mitigating fac- The country’s largest and turn would lead to wealth chairman of LIC has been would be made automated, online. The automated transfer during the subscriber’s previous has sought direct powers to tor and the regulator or its the only state-owned life insur- maximisation for all of its appointed as the non-executive according to a labour ministry of EPF on changing jobs is one job and interest accrued on grant immunity in select cases adjudicating officer should be er LIC now holds a majority stakeholders, including LIC chairman of the bank. official. At present, the sub- of the tools to be used to that. The subscriber has to file and to impose lesser penalty if empowered to impose a small- stake in IDBI Bank. Also, the and the government. “The bank is considering scribers of the Employees achieve that objective.” an online claim through the the accused agrees to provide er fine against an individual change in ownership of IDBI This strategic plan would the name of Rakesh Sharma, Provident Fund Organisation The official explained that activated UAN to get credits of assistance against other wrong- providing help in probe. Bank from a government- enable IDBI bank as well as LIC the current MD of the bank, for (EPFO) are required to file the moment the new employ- EPF contributions made dur- doers. This would, however, owned to LIC-owned has led to to realise the full potential appointment for a further peri- transfer of EPF claims on er would file the monthly EPF ing his or her previous job. In two separate proposals depend on the person having the lender becoming a private arising out of business syner- od of three years as MD and changing jobs despite having return including the UAN of The official said, “After the for the government, the made a full and true disclosure sector entity. gies, the bank said. CEO of IDBI Bank,” it said. universal account number the new employee, the EPF automation of the EPF transfer Securities and Exchange Board in respect of his or her alleged “IDBI Bank is putting in The major areas identified The new board will be (UAN). The EPFO gets about contributions and interest on changing jobs, the sub- of India (Sebi) has opined that violations and the disclosure place necessary business are pertaining to selling of LIC entrusted with the responsi- eight lakh EPF transfer claims earned on that would be auto- scribers would be benefitted such provisions would help it should be vital for the regula- enablers to bring the conve- policies through IDBI branch- bility of charting out a fresh every year. matically transferred. immensely as the UAN would in establishing and securing tor. nience of banking and insur- es, management of cash and growth strategy for the bank “The EPFO is testing the This will enable the be like a bank account. No mat- stronger findings and orders Also, the penalty cannot be ance services at one stop for all other premium receipts of LIC, and also revamping the cor- automation of EPF transfer on employee to get the credits of ter a subscriber changes place against defaulters against reduced in cases where the dis- of its customers. IDBI Bank enabling the technical where- porate governance structure changing jobs on pilot basis. his EPF contribution during his or employer, his or her social whom sufficient evidence may closure is made after receipt of and LIC, through its collective withal for offering digital solu- to ensure best-in-class business The facility for all subscribers previous tenure with old security benefits would be not be available otherwise, offi- report of inspection, inquiry, network of branches, offices tions to both the policy hold- practices, it added. is expected to be launched any employer into his or her UAN accessed through the UAN. cials said. audit or investigation. The new powers can be In cases where the infor- crucial for Sebi in some ongo- mant stops cooperating with ing cases, including one involv- the regulator before 8 - & << ing a large bank and several completion of the proceedings high-profile names, officials would also not qualify for the added. At present, any immu- leniency. 3:-38; rural schools. dors and sector-specific indus- nity for securities law violations Besides, Sebi can act “A key measure would be trial parks need to be promot- can be granted only by the cen- against such an informant at a aking suggestions for to link universities with the ed through public-private part- tral government. later stage if it finds that the Mdrawing up election man- industry and increase govern- nership. Citing similar powers avail- person has failed to comply ifestoes for the upcoming polls, ment funding for R&D Micro, small and medium able with the fair trade watch- with the necessary conditions industry chamber CII on (research and development) to enterprises (MSME) should be dog Competition Commission for the leniency, had given Sunday said the next govern- 1 per cent of GDP,” it said. allocated 25 per cent land in of India (CCI), Sebi has pro- false evidence or the disclosure ment should lower the corpo- The industry body also industrial corridors at lenient posed to impose a lesser penal- was “not vital or to the satis- rate tax to 18 per cent and targets an average GDP growth rates, it said. ty on a person who may have faction” of the regulator or its increase the public expenditure rate of 8 per cent per annum for In the infrastructure sector, violated securities laws but adjudicating officer. on healthcare and education. the next five years and called public-private partnerships provides assistance to the reg- On the proposal regarding A statement by the for reducing the Good and needs to be strengthened, and ulator in proceedings against “power to grant immunity”, Confederation of Indian Services Tax (GST) rate slabs to the issues of delayed projects other accused before comple- the regulator is of the view that Industry (CII) said their “sug- 2 or 3, from the current four and delayed payments to pro- tion of investigation, inquiry, such powers currently lies only gested election manifesto” slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per ject contractors must be inspection or audit with the central government. favoured the “lowering of cor- cent. addressed, it added. ordered by it. However, the Committee porate income tax to 18 per Commenting on the sug- On electoral reforms, CII Responding to Sebi’s pro- on Fair Market Conduct has cent with no exemptions to gestions, Chandrajit Banerjee, suggests devising a model for posal, the Finance Ministry recommended that such a make Indian tax rates globally Director General, CII said: simultaneous elections of has opined any such powers power can also be exercisable competitive”. “The CII suggested manifesto Parliament and State should remain with the central by Sebi. Currently, the corporate envisages a continued high Legislatures from 2024. government and a The Committee has also tax for companies with pace of reforms, enabling India CII said it has shared the provision for that can be made suggested necessary amend- turnover of up to Rs 250 crore healthcare should be increased mortality ratios must be taken GDP. It suggests making voca- to take a lead in a world of mul- suggested election manifesto by suitable amendments to the ment to the Section 24B of the is 25 per cent, and for those to 3 per cent of the GDP. up on priority basis,” the state- tional training part of the cur- tiple transformations in the with all the major political Sebi Act and the Securities Sebi Act to give power to Sebi with a turnover of over Rs 250 “The healthcare sector ment said. riculum and incentivising bet- global and technology envi- parties, both national and Contracts Regulation Act to impose lesser penalty along crore it is 30 per cent. should be notified as an infra- The CII note advocates ter performance of teachers ronment.” regional, for their consideration (SCRA). the lines of a similar provision The suggested manifesto structure sector. 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But no one government and the will to injuring more than 80 people, Sunday morning, killing all 157 Islamic State group jihadists Leader Kim Jong Un’s rul- does. share their destiny with social- local media reported. on board, including Indians, hunkering down in their east- ing Workers’ Party has an iron By 6pm, the official KCNA ism to the last”, it said. The accident happened just authorities said, as grieving ern Syrian holdout and an grip on the Democratic People’s news agency reported, all elec- With a total absence of after noon Saturday off Sado families rushed to airports in assault was imminent. Republic of Korea, as the iso- tors in all constituencies had electoral competition, analysts Island, Kyodo News agency Addis Ababa and the destina- "The timeline (we gave) lated, nuclear-armed country is voted, “except for those abroad say the election is held largely reported, citing Japan’s coast tion, Nairobi. ISIS to surrender themselves is officially known. or working in oceans”. as a political rite to enable the guard. More than 30 nationalities over," Syrian Democratic Every five years it holds an Turnout in 2014 was 99.97 authorities to claim a mandate Five of the injuries were are among the dead. Forces spokesman Mustefa Bali election for the rubber stamp per cent and the vote was 100 from the people. serious and a 15-centimeter It was not immediately clear said on Twitter, using another legislature, known as the per cent in favour of the named It was the result of “estab- crack was found at the ferry’s what caused the crash of the acronym for IS. Supreme People’s Assembly. candidates, a result unmatched lished institutional inertia and stern. But ferry operator Sado Boeing 737-8 MAX plane, "Our forces have The exercise has all the anywhere else in the world. a need to legitimise the Steam Ship Co. Said the jetfoil which was new and had been received orders for military trappings of votes elsewhere, “Our society is one in Government by simulating ferry still reached its intended delivered to the airline in ) ( () ) action to finish off what is from electoral rolls to sealed which the people are gathered democratic procedure”, said destination on the island, locat- November. The pilot sent out a ! (* left of the terrorists in ballot boxes to scrutineers for around the respected Supreme Andrei Lankov of Korea Risk ed off the west coast of Japan’s distress call and was given clear- Baghouz," a village near the the count. Leader with a single mind,” Group. main island of Honshu, accord- ance to return, the airline’s CEO The airline said 149 pas- The plane crashed six min- Iraqi border, he said. "The But in keeping with one of election official Ko Kyong Hak Soviet-style Communist ing to Kyodo. told reporters. sengers and eight crew mem- utes after departing Addis assault will start at any Pyongyang’s most enduring told AFP outside a polling sta- states had a long tradition of The ferry, which departed The state-owned Ethiopian bers were thought to be on the Ababa on its way to Kenya’s cap- moment," he told AFP. slogans -- “Single-minded tion at the 3.26 Pyongyang holding general elections, he from Honshu’s Niigata Port, Airlines, widely considered the plane. ital, plowing into the ground at The SDF, who are backed unity” -- there is only one Cable Factory. said, even if the ruling party was carrying 121 passengers best-managed airline in Africa, Indians, Kenyans, Hejere near Bishoftu, or Debre by air strikes of the US-led approved name on each of the Participation in the elec- ignored its own rules about and four crew members. calls itself Africa’s largest carri- Canadians, Chinese, Americans, Zeit, some 50 kilometers (31 coalition, have slowed red voting slips. tion was a citizen’s obligation, holding regular congresses -- The cause of the accident er and has ambitions of becom- Ethiopians, Italians, French, miles) south of Addis Ababa, at down their months-long With portraits of the he said, “and there are no peo- something the North skipped was under investigation by ing the gateway to the continent. British, Egyptians, Slovakians 8:44 am. campaign against the jihadists leader’s father Kim Jong Il and ple who reject a candidate”. for more than 30 years. coast guard officials, who said It is known as an early buyer of and others were among the The airline later published in recent weeks to allow civil- grandfather Kim Il Sung look- An editorial in the Rodong “North Korea is just emu- the ferry may have struck a new aircraft as it assertively dead, said the airline’s CEO, a photo showing its CEO stand- ians out from the shrinking ing down on every ballot box, Sinmun, the mouthpiece of lating all other Communist whale or some other sea ani- expands. Tewolde Gebremariam. ing in the wreckage. enclave. voters lined up to drop their the ruling party, reinforced states,” he said. mal, Kyodo reported. & O & ; ( P , P O P A2A: formers who have complained C- 3C Donald Trump stuck up a con- also leaving parliament, Kelly of government pressure in ;A *A the office said in a statement. win,” he said. “The Chinese versation with him, the O’Dwyer, reportedly said as a housands of people rallied recent months. US officials and UN Communist Party must hear ustralia’s former Foreign Australian Broadcasting warning in a party meeting Tagainst Russia’s increasing- “The government is battling hina has issued a protest experts say China is believed to the cry of its people for reli- AMinister says she was mis- Corporation reported. several months ago that the ly restrictive internet policies freedom, including freedom on Cover remarks the US be holding 1 million Uighurs, gious freedom.” taken for the spouse of a politi- “Melania, standing by, Liberals were widely viewed by Sunday which some say will the internet, I can tell you this ambassador-at-large for inter- Muslims and members of other Brownback was expected cian by US First Lady Melania assumed David was the foreign voters as “homophobic, anti- eventually lead to “total cen- as somebody who spent a national religious freedom majority Muslim ethnic groups to meet local religious Trump, in her latest comments minister and she said to me: women, climate-change deniers”. sorship” and isolate the country month in jail for a tweet,” one made criticising Beijing’s in political education camps in leaders and religious studies on the subordinate role of ‘Julie, will you be coming to my Bishop said she was not from the world. of the rally speakers Sergei polices toward Muslim and Xinjiang. The US and other students and instructors while women in conservative politics. ladies’ lunch tomorrow?,” Bishop comfortable being the only The mass rally in Moscow Boiko, an internet freedom Tibetan Buddhist minorities governments have criticized in Hong Kong. The territory Julie Bishop has been vocal said of the encounter at the UN woman among 18 men in cab- and smaller events in other activist from Siberia, said. and saying the country was “at the crackdown. enjoys freedom of speech and about the treatment of senior General Assembly Leaders’ week inet after Turnbull’s predecessor cities across the country was Police detained several war with faith.” The Chinese government religion far beyond that in female politicians since she in 2017. “And I said ‘No, David’s Tony Abbott won national elec- called after the Russian lower people without explanation. An The Foreign Ministry’s says those camps are vocational mainland China, where the stepped down after the ouster of going to the partners’ lunch’. She tions in 2013. “This isn’t fine. house of parliament backed a AFP correspondent saw a man office in Hong Kong said the training centers designed to rid officially atheist government former prime minister Malcolm thought about that for a while, This is not completely normal,” bill to stop Russian internet traf- being dragged away by arms speech Sam Brownback gave the region of extremism. keeps tight control over any Turnbull last year. thinking: ‘Why would Australia’s she said of the situation. fic from being routed on foreign and legs near the entrance to the Friday “slandered” China’s reli- Brownback said President potential challenges to its Bishop, who was Australia’s foreign minister come to the There have been growing servers, in a bid to boost cyber- rally. gious policies. It said it had reg- Donald Trump’s administration authority. first female foreign minister partners’ lunch?’ calls for the Liberals to introduce security. The popular Telegram mes- istered its dissatisfaction is “deeply concerned and con- Brownback, the former and deputy leader of the Liberal “So this went on for a while quotas to improve the low lev- The move was labelled by saging app, which Russian Saturday with the US Consulate sidered it a deliberate attempt governor of Kansas, was due to Party, is among several senior until the president explained that els of female representation in critics as the latest attempt to authorities have been unsuc- in the semi-autonomous by Beijing to redefine and con- travel to Taiwan for a regional politicians from the centre-right I was the foreign minister.” the party. This is not the first control online content under cessfully trying to block for Chinese region, where the trol these Muslim minority meeting on religious freedom government set to quit parlia- Australia’s embattled minority time the issue of sexism has been President Vladimir Putin, with many months, called on its speech was given. groups, (their) identity, culture Monday. ment at upcoming national elec- government has been accused of raised in Australian politics. some fearing the country is on users to attend the rally last China’s constitution and and faith.” He urged In his speech, the Catholic tions amid expectations of an having a “women problem”, Former prime minister Julia track to completely isolate its week. A message in Russian on laws protect freedom of religion Beijing to grant free access to conservative called on China opposition win. with Prime Minister Scott Gillard became a torchbearer for network like in North Korea. its official account said that the and critics should “cease their the camps to investigate claims to release Wang Yi and John She told a talk in Adelaide Morrison recently boosting the women around the world in Activists counting people bill on internet centralisation slander of China’s policies on of abuse of inmates. Cao Sanqiang, detained pastors Saturday that Melania thought number of female politicians in 2012 with her fiery speech about said more than 15,000 people aims to “cut off Russia from the religion and the situation with More generally, Brownback in the “underground” her partner David Patton was his cabinet to counter the criti- misogyny in parliament, where have turned up to listen to rest of the world, after which freedom of faith and cease said, China is “at war with church that operates indepen- Australia’s foreign minister, cism. she accused Abbott of sexism. internet and media rights they can block foreign social using religious issues to inter- faith.” dently of official Government instead of her, after President One cabinet minister who is activists as well as music per- networks and messengers.” fere in China’s internal affairs,” “It’s a war they will not agencies. (AP) G5 " ( & )O P)$; 3 4 :4; ,A on what that particular com- Pyongyang of “fire and fury” if escape US scrutiny. ! 4.H1( 4(6 # &) mercial satellite picture shows.” it threatened the US, has been “We see exactly what they onald Trump’s national On Friday, the website of trying to negotiate the North’s are doing,” he said. +3? while Tibet’s unique Buddhist Dsecurity advisor said NPR posted a satellite image denuclearisation with its leader “We see it unblinkingly, 4+-?4 people started to panic. The pilot culture is being destroyed. Sunday that the US president that the public broadcaster said Kim Jong Un, but their recent and we don’t have any illusions came on and said ‘We have just hina is defending its often- Xinhua said “undeniable would be “pretty disappointed” showed intense activity around Hanoi summit ended in failure. about what those are.” mid-flight engine failure lost a left side engine. We are Ccriticized policies toward facts and figures” related to if North Korea conducted a new the North’s Sanumdong site, Since then, Trump has been Bolton said he was “not Aforced an Air France A380 returning to Abidjan,” Mieu Tibet 60 years after the Dalai development “debunk the missile test, but he refused to where missiles and satellite- cautious in his prognostica- aware of any” contact with the jet with more than 500 passen- said. Lama fled abroad amid an repeated lies and accusations confirm reports that such a test launching rockets have previ- tions, continuing to suggest a North since the Hanoi summit gers on board to turn back to the The Air France-KLM man- uprising against Chinese rule. that aim to smear Tibet’s may be near. ously been assembled. deal remains possible. but was expecting an update Ivory Coast capital Abidjan ager for West Africa Jean-Luc The official Xinhua News human rights with vile John Bolton appeared NPR quoted an expert on He said Kim promised in Monday from his South Korean where it landed without further Mevellec confirmed the inci- Agency says economic growth, motives.” notably cautious when asked on the North’s weapons programs, Hanoi that he would do no counterpart. incident early Sunday. dent. “Technically, it is what is increases in lifespan and better The article didn’t ABC’s “This Week” about a Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury more missile or nuclear testing, He said time remains on “We were flying over Niger called an engine blow-out. It is education refute the claims of directly mention Sunday’s report that satellite imagery Institute of International Studies adding, “I take him at his word.” Washington’s side, adding that (to Paris)... I saw a ball of flame a well known problem,” Mevellec critics. uprising anniversary, referring appears to show preparations at in Monterey, California, as say- Bolton declined to say the president “is not under for a few seconds and then a told AFP. Tibet is ruled under a to the events of 1959 instead as a North Korean site for the pos- ing, “When you put all that whether the US was aware at the pressure to make any deal. He large bang on the left side of the “It happens from time to smothering Chinese security the inauguration of “democra- sible launch of a missile or space together, that’s really what it time of the Hanoi summit of any wants to make the right deal.” aircraft,” Baudelaire Mieu, a time. It is a well known phe- blanket and many Tibetans tic reform” that saw the rocket. looks like when the North suspect satellite imagery from With North Korea still journalist with Bloomberg nomenon, well understood and abroad say the Himalayan dismantlement of the “I would rather not get into Koreans are in the process of North Korea. under economic sanctions, “the News, told AFP. crew are well trained on simu- region’s resources are being Buddhist hierarchy and feudal the specifics on that,” he said. building a rocket.” But he sent a strong signal leverage is on our side right now, “The plane began to roll, lators all year long to deal with exploited for Beijing’s benefit structures. “I’m not going to speculate Trump, who once warned to the North that it cannot and not on North Korea’s.” everything was shaking and this type of fault,” he added. H " 9 * 9 " %& '*,)+*+ $ D O P "*'Q ("& +&' ! 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Strongly )A2*3, The government on Friday February 13 attack that killed decades of friendship and to solidify ties between reaching “serious understand- sible route to bypass US sanc- repelled an attack by the ter- 84< 2;3) night named a new governor in 27 Revolutionary Guards in its brotherhood between the two Shiite power Iran and Iraq’s ings” between the two tions that Trump re-imposed rorist group Boko Haram on Diffa. Mohamed Mouddour volatile southeastern province countries be affected by ter- Shiite led-Government, a neighbors, Iran’s top diplomat, last year after pulling the U.S. the outskirts of Gueskerou,” the 4< ,A M will replace Mahamadou of Sistan-Baluchistan. rorist groupuscules that we strong Tehran ally. 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American president’s com- three-day visit that starts on Iraq amounted to nearly $9 bil- to the birthplace of Boko and targeted a remote military insurgency began in north- bouring Pakistan, claimed The Iranian president was ments that US Forces should Monday. lion. Tehran hopes to increase Haram in neighbouring north- position on Lake Chad, which eastern Nigeria in 2009 but has responsibility for the blast. alluding to the United States stay in Iraq to keep an eye on Rouhani, who had visited the roughly $13 billion volume eastern Nigeria. straddles Niger, Nigeria and since spread into neighbouring Iran has accused Pakistan’s and Israel, as well as Saudi neighbouring Iran, with which Iraq privately before becoming in trade between the two According to a provision- Chad, the scene of many raids countries, prompting a region- army and intelligence agency of Arabia and the United Arab Iraq shares a 1,400-kilometer- president, had planned an offi- neighboring countries to $20 al toll, seven soldiers and “38 by the jihadist group since al military response. sheltering the jihadists and Emirates, which it accuses of long (870 miles) border. cial visit in 2016 but that one billion. Also, some 5 million terrorists” were killed. One 2015. Some 27,000 people have summoned the country’s aiding jihadist groups respon- At the time, Trump slipped was cancelled over unspecified religious tourists bring in near- was taken prisoner. On February 16, seven been killed and two million ambassador in the wake of the sible for attacks from Pakistani into Iraq at night, without “executive” problems. ly $5 billion a year as Iraqis and Five vehicles belonging to Niger soldiers were killed dur- others displaced, sparking a attack. soil. stopping in Baghdad, to greet This time, Rouhani, who is Iranians visit Shiite holy sites in the attackers and “a large quan- ing an attack on Chetima dire humanitarian crisis in the Rouhani in the phone con- February’s bombing was US Service members at a base on a second four-year-term, is the two countries. tity of weapons (four AK47 Wangou, also in southeastern region. versation Saturday evening the latest of numerous attacks far from the Iraqi capital where particularly vulnerable because Under former dictator rifles, eight machine guns, two Niger. Militants have targeted with Pakistani Prime Minister on Iran’s security forces and he extolled the American of the economic crisis assailing Saddam Hussein, Iraq RPG rocket launchers, ammu- In early January, the Niger both soldiers and civilians and Imran Khan called to maintain officials in Sistan-Baluchistan, troops’ fight against the Islamic the Iranian rial, which has waged an eight-year war in the nition) were recovered”, the army claimed to have killed have been blamed for abduc- good ties and pointed the fin- where the minority Sunni State group. hurt ordinary Iranians and 1980s against Iran, a conflict statement added. more than 280 Boko Haram tions of children and employ- ger of blame at Tehran’s tradi- Baluchis accuse the authorities Rouhani later mocked emboldened critics to openly that left nearly 1 million killed The attack on Friday was militants in days of land and air ees of foreign companies. tional regional and interna- of discrimination. 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The new season will see her experiment sor who specialises in technology ( " some more in her bid to find true love, while still hav- and policy. He said Facebook could ing to make decisions about people who lust for her. tell antitrust authorities that Starring Tara Alisha Berry, Gaurav Chopra and Shiv WhatsApp, Instagram Direct and Pandit, among others, the series is available now on Facebook Messenger are tied so Viu. tightly together that it couldn’t ; unwind them. Combining the three services 6 also lets Facebook build more com- ; plete data profiles on all of its users. Already, businesses can already tar- get Facebook and Instagram users 8 with the same ads, and marketing ( campaigns are likely coming to WhatsApp eventually. 8 Facebook’s focus on messaging privacy raises other concerns. Messaging apps have in the past I fter building a social network campaigns and a rising tide of hate time he has explained the idea to the helped fake news and rumours %1$/ that turned into a surveillance speech and abuse. Zuckerberg sub- more than two billion people that spread fast, sometimes with deadly Asystem, Facebook CEO Mark mitted to two days of grilling on use Facebook’s services and look at consequences. A report from Zuckerberg says he’s shifting his Capitol Hill last April. All that its ads. Those ads are expected to University of Oxford researchers last In this unflinching biopic based on Mötley Crüe’s best- company’s focus to messaging ser- increases the challenge of convinc- generate $67 billion in revenue this year found evidence of widespread selling book, The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most %P % vices designed to serve as fortress- ing users that Facebook really means year, according to the research firm. disinformation campaigns on chat Notorious Rock Band, four LA misfits navigate the es of privacy. it about privacy this time. If everything falls into place, applications like WhatsApp. In one monster highs and savage lows of music superstar- % ! Instead of just being the network Encrypted conversations could Facebook will also display similar particularly brutal example, the dom. 4 % that connects everyone, Facebook alleviate some of those problems, but advertising on the privacy-protect- Indian government last year accused Starring Douglas Booth, Iwan Rheon and Colson wants to encourage small groups of it could make others worse. Security ed messaging services. Those ser- WhatsApp of fuelling rumours that Baker, the thriller releases on Netflix on March 22. L,( people to carry on encrypted con- is an “admirable goal,” said Forrester vices are also likely to offer other led to lynchings and mob violence ( " versations that neither Facebook nor Research analyst Fatemeh Khatibloo. moneymaking features, such as a that wounded dozens. any other outsider can read. It also “I’m just not sure it addresses the digital wallet, as Facebook attempts Facebook responded by restrict- plans to let messages automatically bigger issues Facebook is facing right to build something similar to ing the number of groups to which disappear, a feature pioneered by its now.” Tencent’s popular WeChat service in a message could be forwarded and rival Snapchat that could limit the Facebook grew into a colossus Asia. labelling forwarded messages as risks posed by a trail of social by vacuuming up people’s informa- “If you think about your life, you such. Zuckerberg said that Facebook media posts that follow people tion in every possible way and dis- probably spend more time commu- needs to protect both privacy and " throughout their lives. secting it to shoot targeted ads back nicating privately than publicly,” safety as it encrypted messaging ser- It’s a major bet by Zuckerberg, at them. Anything that jeopardizes Zuckerberg said. “The overall vices, although he noted to an who sees it as a way to push that machine could pose a major opportunity here is a lot larger than “inherent trade-off” between secu- ( Facebook more firmly into a mes- threat to the company’s share price, what we have built in terms of rity and safety, simply because $771 saging market that’s growing faster which would also affect its ability to Facebook and Instagram.” Facebook won’t be able to read %111 than its main social networking attract and retain talented engineers That’s far from proven. While encrypted conversations. business. It might also help the and other employees. Facebook has already tried to show And in some cases, Facebook company ward off government reg- In an interview, Zuckerberg pre- ads in the Messenger app, it’s seen could allow some content to auto- ulators, although the Facebook CEO dicted Facebook’s emphasis on pri- only limited success. It hasn’t even matically disappear in a day or two, made clear that he expects the com- vacy will do more to help the com- tested the concept in WhatsApp as if it were a fleeting mirage. In the second half of the series’ fifth season, pressures pany’s messaging business to com- pany’s business than hurt it. While since it acquired that service for $22 “Some people want to store mount on the Bluth family as Buster heads toward a ( plement, not replace, its core busi- most of the stock market slipped in billion in 2014. their messages forever and some murder trial. The Bluth company is on the hook to nesses. Wednesday trading, Facebook’s “There are some huge people think having large collections build a ‘smart’ border wall that puts them in debt and ( M risks exposing a software hoax perpetrated by , But there are plenty of obstacles. shares gained $1.25 to close at unknowns about how successful of photos or messages is a liability Facebook has weathered more than $172.51. Facebook is going to be rolling as much as it is an asset,” said George-Michael. Soon the gay mafia is involved and ( two years of turbulence for repeat- The Facebook CEO has been advertising into a more private mes- Zuckerberg, adding, “Figuring out it appears that even Michael can’t save the family this ( " ed privacy lapses, spreading disin- telegraphing some of these changes saging environment,” said analyst the balance is a really important time. And Tobias becomes a Golden Girl. Starring formation, allowing Russian agents to investors for the past six months, Debra Aho Williamson. one.” Jason Bateman, Jefferey Tambor and Jessica Walter, to conduct targetted propaganda but his recent blog post is the first Some critics are convinced that L(* among others, the series’ fifth season’s second half releases on Netflix on March 15. @3 %# ( #) (#% **+,-*. > % .!>*.(&*$& 2 ( A - )43;4) ( ( 2;4;4* ,,48 )4?CA +)4;4*<4) *< ? ? arely four, her tiny hand wrapped around the plump finger of her Bfather, who carried the mental weight of all that he had left behind and without any clue of the place that they were headed, Dr Ramesh Sarin migrat- ed to India from her birthtown, Sahiwal in Pakistan, when the country was torn asunder in 1947. It was during these troubled times that she observed her father, mother, aunts and uncles work hard to feed the house, earn a livelihood and have a per- manent source of income, which was lost in the backdrop of communal bat- tles. Her memories of the way they tra- versed through the roads in her child- hood are blurred but what she has not forgotten was the manner in which she In her journey of more than four to and her siblings’ pursued education with five decades of treating and encounter- no external help at that time. Their only ing women of all age groups suffering ith the invention of nuclear weapons and their inspiration were their hard working par- from breast cancer, Dr Sarin has also Wsophisticated means of delivery, the nature of ents. “There were no tuitions unlike been an expert in counselling her wars has now changed dreadfully. As a result of this today that could extend a guiding hand patients. The cancer of the breast, she horrendous development, mankind today is faced with to enable us to study better. Our parents says, is one of the few cancers which has the problem of its very survival. In this situation, the constantly worked hard to give us a life methods available for early diagnosis, question of disarmament, arms delimitation and pre- of comfort where we could grow to has effective treatment and high cure vention of war has attained foremost importance. But, become successful in future. If your rates as opposed to others. She loves while recognising the constant threat that a nuclear home provides you with an atmosphere talking and counselling women with war poses to global peace, it would be wrong to equate of empathy and love, you eventually whom she vibes well. “The first thing calm with mere absence of war. For, conflict is noth- become that person. It all depends on that we do is to ask them to ‘accept it.’ ing but a manifestation of the motives of violence and what you are surrounded by,” says Dr ,;3!),,; ,;4, They tend to always question their own destruction or of the ignoble emotions of hate and Sarin, who works as a senior consultant :3-A,A4*,;3 acts and curse god for landing them in anger. The real villain, in the drama of war therefore Surgical Oncology, a breast cancer spe- this condition. However, there’s no is a man's or a government’s base motive. One should cialist at the Apollo Hospitals, setting an 4,3 ,,AN4223,, O control that anyone could have over any- not, therefore, commit the folly of taking the wood example for all the women who are thing and hence, we tell them to accept for the forest. unstoppable. ,;3C,3 -,A48:4C the fact, face the truth, and live with it While talking about what a day, that as it will make it easier for them to deal is dedicated to only women — the birth- T<3,A ,;3)A: with it. We ask them to dig out the givers and makers of the society — 42,A)2<)3 A-!A) power within them and believe in it,” means to her, she says that it is good to says she. celebrate it since it talks about one-half 84 - ,;3 ,; She began special support groups of the society and makes them the cen- which have a number of NGOs and tre of the universe which does not hap- 2A -,A ;A:353) health foundations, for 20-30-year-old pen regularly. “Even though there can- patients where they can come up and not be a particular day assigned to talk ,;3)3O A2A ,)A8 discuss their stories and emotions. about who and what is important, yet Dr Sarin was also invited to UAE for we should use it to spread awareness She goes on to add that Women’s that can ever be given to women. A53)<2;,; setting up a cancer center in 1986 where about women empowerment and how Day is important as it makes people stop Indeed, if for one day this can hap- ;3 23:3,388,;3,A she spent 10 years. She says that the only they need to look beyond their respon- for once to look at the qualities of empa- pen, she says, it won’t be difficult to difference she found between India and sibilities and focus on themselves. They thy and compassion that women have. make it happen every day. !423,;3,)<,;- A<, UAE medical systems is that they are completely ignore their health and I She says, “It’s like a god’s gift to us. We Well, for her, the day isn’t just about “more aware unlike people here.” shouldn’t be pointing that out as I have have it in us. And it’s the day to empowering women or paying their ,;3A:3):,; She believes that there is not a sin- also never looked after mine diligently. embrace every woman the way she is — regards, rather also breaking social gle thing that women cannot do and it’s It is a universal problem with women. beautiful. There’s one thing that I feel taboos. She says, “There is only thing ,;34 -+38353 , very natural. “A woman winning an They seem to forget themselves amidst should be done on this day and for that that needs to be done when it comes to Oscar is also normal and natural. She a mountain of chores and responsibil- matter, almost every day — to make empowering women, breaking the stig- deserves the award as much as a man ities. In her younger days, my daughter women realise their worth and tell them ma around menstrual hygiene. does,” says she, giving an example of would complain that I don’t give her as that they’re capable. We need to tell Menstruation is such a beautiful phe- Guneet Monga who recently won an much time and attention as she want- them that nothing is impossible and nomenon. Why can’t we talk about it Oscar for her documentary film, Period. ed. I used to be so engrossed with my they can achieve everything that they openly? It’s not some disease or a End of Sentence. patients,” says the doctor who feels that ever dream of. They should be fearless defect in the body. It’s natural and uni- For her, it’s important to remain bal- women are experts in multi-tasking and in their spirit. No one should judge or versal. The moment we achieve the goal anced and work with a peaceful and that “no one could do that better than stop them from doing something.” of an open society, we achieve the inde- calm mind, no matter how harsh the sit- them.” This, she believes, is the greatest tribute pendence of every woman.” uation, she says as she signs off.
> - sympathy from a gender that become better. I nudge those who doesn’t understand the struggle. have the potential to be much bet- It is a man’s mind which is the repository of evil, + There are also nuances that the ter and constantly endeavour to of which violence is only one form. It is equally true ‘stronger’ gender can’t even begin become better both individually that it is a man’s mind which is a vast store of divine to understand. and as an organisation. potentialities as well. Wars, it has truly been said are % Women have had to fight If I can make the effort to born in the minds of men; but the seeds of peace also many battles including the ones change the system in my work- are to be found in man’s mind. So, the problem of glob- 4 against pay disparity, being taken space, then other women with al peace is, in its real essence, the question of man’s seriously at the workplace and power can too. May be not a dras- mental equanimity and spiritual peace. If a man more. So, if one has fought and tic change in work policy, but even moulds his motives in consonance with the pithy slo- come out victorious, it becomes small actions and the effort can gan: ‘Be good and do good’, peace will surely return & a duty to help others cross over make a difference. An equal to Earth. Any other effort diplomatic, political, 8$6$?$ $<8 too, if only to level the playing opportunity here, a little help juridic and so on which is divorced from this prin- field. there, and the system could be ciple, will attain, at best, only temporary and fragile I head my own company and changed to reflect an equal soci- peace. It will be uneasy peace. ociety is changing and so are actively take part in its day-to-day ety. We have the authority and Peace, in the real sense, is a divine feeling and is Sthe dynamics of women and operations. Only I know the full thus hold the power to bring associated with love, unity, enlightenment, fraternal their role in it. Many of them are extent of my struggle in setting it about changes in the lives of those feelings and inner joy. It has its roots in purity of mind. challenging the norm to take up up and now, at this stage, I try and who don’t. We’ve had our fair It is not even slightly touched by any ignoble motives positions of power in an other- go the extra mile to ensure oth- share of struggle, but we can or by any one of the “seven deadly sins.” It should wise male-dominated world. ers don’t have to tread the same always help to make sure others therefore be remembered that the word ‘Peace’, has From Indra Nooyi, the former path. I pick my team of experts don’t have to. After all, that’s what wider and more subtle connotations than the one chairman and CEO of PepsiCo myself, giving due importance to makes a great leader. which has generally formed the theme for discussions and currently on the Board of talent over gender. Unsurprisingly, Society is changing and so at conferences that are held around the globe since Directors of Amazon, to Mary T when I hire purely on the basis of are the dynamics of women and decades. The subject discussed at these conferences Barra, the CEO of General talent, I find myself with a team their role in it. Carly Fiorina has often centred around the threat of war, inter-reli- Motors, women have shown time that has an almost equal number became the first female CEO of gious hostilities or breach of law and order. Most of and again that they are capable of of men and women. I offer a fair a Fortune 20 company, Hewlett the modern dictionaries also define peace in terms handling positions of power, even remuneration to everyone on my Packard, while Indira Gandhi which are equivalent to these. But, in truth, peace in industries that are predomi- team, not based on their previous- became the first female Prime refers to harmony of man’s mind with his intellect, his nantly male. ly drawn salary, but by industry Minister of India. More and conscience, his environment and with other beings. That said, the world is still many things wrong, but they who have made it into the core of on the importance of women standards and the work that each more women are finding them- Equanimity of mind is an essential characteristic of decades away from achieving weren’t incorrect when they pop- the system to change it from with- helping women, instead of men member does. Both men and selves in better positions and it is the state of peace. In yogic parlance, it is the name gender parity in positions of ularised the phrase “With great in. Agreed, systems don’t change helping women, is because only women in the team get equal time that we use the power of given to spiritual experience which one gets when one’s power which makes it important power comes great responsibili- overnight, but a constant effort a woman truly understands the opportunity to take up higher power. mind is linked to God, the Ocean of Peace with love. for people who have reached the ty”, and that of those in prime from within and outside can reality of their gender. There is an management roles and some- (The author is the CEO and It is such a state of mind that spreads vibrations of top to lend a hand and pull up the power is higher than anyone help it evolve faster. element of empathy and under- times women are even given a founder of an e-commerce website peace in the world and can know the real solution to rest. Comic books might have got else’s. 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Liverpool were now firmly in And with City having opened a control, clicking through the gears ■ 4-)- Iniesta and behind only Xavi four-point gap over and placing the Burnley defence Hernandez, on 505, in the club's all- Liverpool, with a victo- under increasing pressure before ionel Messi and Luis Suarez time list. ry over Watford on Mane shot them into the first lead of Lmight have been rested but Samuel Umtiti started his sec- Saturday, the pres- the afternoon shortly before the half instead both played and scored as ond match in three months after sure was clearly on hour. Barcelona came from behind to beat recovering from a knee injury. Klopp and his play- The goal owed much to the per- Rayo Vallecano, ahead of their "Little by little he is reaching his ers to respond, which sistence of midfielder Adam Lallana, crunch Champions League second level," said Valverde. they did impressive- who charged down an attempted leg against Lyon. But Philippe Coutinho was ly despite the con- clearance by Phil Bardsley, with the Raul de Tomas' scintillating underwhelming again, despite being troversial manner ball breaking for Salah, who was well strike gave struggling Rayo a sur- picked ahead of Ousmane Dembele. of Burnley's open- tackled by Charlie Taylor. prise lead at the Camp Nou but He poked an early chance wide ing goal. The rebound fell for Mane, who Messi converted a penalty and after a Messi cross and De Tomas Firmino had a ,) ) ( ! curled a magnificent finish past the Suarez finished a brilliant passing put Rayo in front soon after, driving large role to play in steadying diving Heaton from 15 yards, scor- move to seal a 3-1 win, after at Pique before unleashing a siz- Liverpool nerves, taking his league ing in a sixth consecutive home Gerard Pique had headed in zling shot past Marc-Andre tally for the season to 11 and ending league game in the process. an equaliser on Saturday. ter Stegen. a six-game goal drought as his side D 5 It was hard to see a way back for When Barca kicked Pique headed one reacted impressively to going a goal 4-A4 3:4 struggling Burnley, who started the off, Atletico Madrid had Messi free-kick wide and down in the sixth minute. 8A -A ee Paul Tierney awarded the day just two points outside the rele- just completed their own then another in at the Defender Joel Matip needlessly goal because Janmaat's interven- 48AA ,;3 gation places as the second half 1-0 victory over Leganes, near post, nipping in conceded a corner which Ashley aheem Sterling's rapid sec- tion meant Sterling was onside. quickly threatened to turn into a one- although Diego Simeone front of Rayo goalkeeper Westwood took from the left wing Rond-half hat-trick moved "The first goal will be debat- 2A)3;33,,:23 way procession towards the visitors' was more cautious, resting Stole Dimitrievski to nod and curled directly into the Liverpool Manchester City four points ed. I don't like this situation but 4 43 :;2; goal before Liverpool struck again Antoine Griezmann, in his sixth goal of the goal, with home goalkeeper Alisson clear at the top of the Premier it is what it is. I'm sorry if it was midway through the second half. Alvaro Morata and Saul season. protesting furiously that he had League with a 3-1 win over offside but we deserved to win," 853)AA8:3)3 Salah broke clear and was poised Niguez, with Tuesday's trip Dembele came on been impeded in his attempts to deal Watford before it was reduced to said City boss Pep Guardiola. to shoot when Taylor made a superb to Juventus in mind. for Arthur Melo at half- with it. one after Liverpool’s Sunday "Next season, hopefully, we )3T<)3-,A tackle which, unfortunately for the Barca stay seven points clear of time and Coutinho dropped deep- Replays suggested Alisson had a triumph. will have VAR and it will be visitors, left the loose ball sitting up Atletico and, temporarily at least, er, but it was right-back Nelson strong point, with defender James City and Sterling had for- clear." )3A -,A neatly for Firmino to drive it into an move 15 ahead of Real. Semedo that earned the penalty, Tarkowski leaning on the Brazilian tune on their side to end There was no doubt when open goal from 12 yards. Even with a two-goal cushion after a foul from Jordi Amat. Messi from behind and Jack Cork making Watford's resistence after a goal- Sterling rounded off a fine team !488 4 A48 There was late anxiety after for the final eight minutes, Ernesto made no mistake. contact in front of him. The goal- less first-half. move involving David Silva and +3; -4 4 , Johann Berg Gudmundsson made it Valverde kept Messi and Suarez on Rayo's belief, and energy, melt- keeper's furious reaction, sprinting 40 A minute into the second Riyad Mahrez four minutes 3-2 with an injury-time consolation until the end, which may have sur- ed away and Barca's third was yards to remonstrate with referee period Sterling was initially later. 34 -C2;3O after a knock-down in the area from prised some, given he was accused their best of the night. Suarez Andre Marriner, earned him a book- flagged offside as Daryl Sterling then completed his Burnley substitute Peter Crouch. of exhausting key players last sea- freed Dembele down the right and ing. Janmaat's attempted clearance hat-trick with some neat foot- ,)< 8 -3 But with virtually the last kick of son at the expense of success in he found Suarez again with a pull- This was a real test of Liverpool's ricocheted off the England work from Silva's pass before the game in the 93rd minute, Mane Europe. back. Instead of shooting, Suarez mental fortitude after a run that has winger and into the net. Watford substitute Gerard chased a long through ball, round- Messi's appearance was his bounced the ball off Ivan Rakitic in seen them draw five of their previ- However, after a long dis- Deulofeu pulled a goal back just ed Heaton and completed the victo- 443rd for Barcelona in La Liga, the area before finally tapping ous seven games in the league and cussion with his assistant, refer- 22 seconds after coming on. ry by kicking into the open goal. moving him ahead of Andres home. * &1Q 1',/,!*."& $& .*' + % %
■ 84 header amid a goalmouth scramble, dur- ■ 4) forward Bertrand Traore, ing which the Pole looked to have struck attacker Memphis Depay as rzysztof Piatek struck again to rescue a a Chievo player while attempting an over- yon's stand-in captain well as midfielder Tanguy K2-1 win for AC Milan at bottom club head kick. LMarcelo left the field with Ndombele started on the Chievo on Saturday, keeping their A VAR review confirmed the goal to a leg injury as his side strug- bench as Genesio attempted to Champions League push firmly on track, but the fury of Chievo coach Domenico Di gled to a 2-2 draw at rest the influential four as the the Polish striker was accused of scoring Carlo. Strasbourg on Saturday, just French club eye a first quar- with a 'kung fu' kick. "I don't want excuses but in the last days away from the ter-final in Europe's top-tier Piatek joined Milan from Genoa in six matches all the VAR decisions have Champions League last 16 competition since 2010. January and has now scored gone against us," said Di Carlo, whose side second leg at Barcelona. Fekir and Traore were eight goals in nine matches, as have won just one of 27 games played. Bruno brought on during the last the club notched up a fifth "Piatek's move on (Fabio) Depaoli Genesio's side quarter of an hour looking for straight league win to remain wasn't football, it's kung fu. head to the La a late winner but their efforts unbeaten since before "You can write the headline: 'Chievo Liga giants with were in vain. Christmas. beaten by a kung fu kick.'" the tie finely bal- Lyon remain in third place Returning from injury, Lucas Biglia Piatek joins Juventus star Cristiano anced at 0-0 in the table, four points opened with a curling free kick after 31 min- Ronaldo and Sampdoria's Fabio after the first leg behind Lille who travel to utes in Verona. It was just his second goal Quagliarella on top of the Serie A scor- in France but Saint Etienne on Sunday. for Milan and first since February last year. ers' chart with 19 goals this season. the Brazilian Elsewhere big-spending Finnish midfielder Perparim Hetemaj Milan consolidate third position to defender is a doubt ) ) Monaco dropped down to got his head to the end of Leris cross to move five points behind second-placed for Wednesday's fixture. 17th place after a 1-1 draw pull the hosts level four minutes before the Napoli who travel to Sassuolo on Sunday. "It's too early to know if Sunday," Genesio told Canal+. twice for Lyon at the Stade de against Bordeaux as 10-man break. However, coach Gennaro Gattuso he'll play against Barcelona. Genesio added he plans to la Meinau before Ludovic Amiens beat mid-table Nimes But once again Piatek proved crucial, was sent to the stands for arguing on the He has a little issue with his talk to the club's doctor after Ajorque claimed a double of 2-1 to move to 16th and Dijon scoring the winner after 57 minutes in sidelines with Chievo midfielder Riccardo hamstring. We'll do every- extra tests are carried out on his own in the space of 60 sec- rose out of the automatic rel- controversial circumstances. Meggiorini in the first-half and now risks thing we have to so he plays, the centre-back on Sunday. onds during the second half. egation places with a 1-1 stale- The 23-year-old met Samu Castillejo's ; * ) a suspension for the derby. but we have to wait until Moussa Dembele scored Club skipper Nabil Fekir, mate against Reims. 5 -6 ! , 0 ■ -4 :388 ing 6-3, 2-0. Action opened on stadium 3 orld number one Novak court with 18-year-old WDjokovic shook off a Canadian Felix Auger- I , ( 7/ -4 :388 nervy start to dispatch US Aliassime powering past 6 ( qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo in Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6- ( orld number one Naomi Osaka launched straight sets on Saturday to 4, 6-2, for his first win over a " 6 ( Wher Indian Wells WTA title defense with reach the third round of the top-10 player. ($H + + O a 6-3, 6-4 victory in a grudge match against ATP Indian Wells Masters. In a battle of two ATP : 4, Kristina Mladenovic on Saturday. Djokovic, playing his first young guns, 58th-ranked .$ Osaka, whose second straight Grand Slam match since winning a record Auger-Aliassime came out fir- title at the Australian Open in January propelled seventh Australian Open title ing, and his aggression paid off , her to the top of the rankings, was beaten by in January, was less than sharp with a victory over 20-year-old 65th-ranked Mladenovic in Dubai last month in conceding an early break to Tsitsipas, who shot to promi- " " ( + in her first match since she lifted the trophy in his 128th-ranked rival. nence with a victory over >"9 >L>M"/ /">L9M Melbourne. He broke back as Federer at the Australian .% 6 Keen to avoid a repeat, Fratangelo served for the set to Open. Osaka marched through the knot it at 5-5, and then raced Auger-Aliassime, who P opening set in 38 minutes, to a 4-1 lead in the tiebreaker. next faces Japan's Yoshihito ( but she hit a speed bump as low American Christina McHale, a 6-4, 3-6, 6- Djokovic had to dig deep, Nishioka, is one of four teens she was broken when serv- 4 winner over 30th-seeded Russian Anastasia however, when Fratangelo bat- in the draw, along with coun- (
ing for the match at 5-2 in Pavlyuchenkova. tled back to lead the tiebreak- tryman Denis Shapovalov, the second. There was disappointment, too, for 2011 er 5-4. a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Alexei Popyrin and lucky loser ( After Mladenovic held serve to narrow the winner Caroline Wozaniacki, who fell 7-5, 2- After a double fault and a Australian Nick Kyrgios. Miomir Kecmanovic. %1P deficit to 5-4, the Japanese player faced anoth- 6, 7-5 to 59th-ranked Russian Ekaterina forehand error from the 25- Kyrgios, seeded 31st, was Kecmanovic gained entry 6 er break point before wrapping up the match Alexandrova. year-old American, Djokovic coming off a scintillating run into the second round in place + 6 after one hour and 21 minutes. Elsewhere on Saturday, fifth-seeded suddenly had a set point, and to the Mexico Open title in of injured fifth-seed Kevin (%. She booked a third-round meeting with Karolina Pliskova shook off a slow start to defeat once he'd pocketed the set, the Acapulco, where he defeated Anderson. - ( American Danielle Collins, a 6-4, 6-1 winner Japanese qualifier Misaki Doi 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 6- second went all his way. Nadal, ninth-ranked John Isner He made the most of his over Kirsten Flipkens. 1. Djokovic, currently tied and, in the final, third-ranked chance, beating Germany's 4,%01 Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Pliskova next faces another qualifier, with Roger Federer on five German Alexander Zverev. Maximilian Marterer, 6-3, 6-2, 6 Williams pulled off the upset of the day, rally- Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure, who defeated wins in the California desert, As men's seeds swung into to reach the third round. (H72 O * ing from a set and two breaks down to topple 28th-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia 1-6, 7-6 can also tie world number two action after first-round byes, At the other end of the age ; third-seeded Petra Kvitova 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. (7/5), 6-4. Rafael Nadal's record of 33 third-seeded Zverev advanced spectrum, 40-year-old Ivo ( "I just fought and tried my hardest," said Eighth-seeded German Angelique Kerber Masters 1000 titles. when Slovakian foe Martin Karlovic advanced with a 6-4, ! + Williams, currently ranked 36th in the world. eased into the third round with a 6-0, 6-2 vic- Djokovic next faces Klizan retired with an ankle 7-6 (7/4) victory over 11th- She booked a third-round clash with fel- tory over Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva. German Philipp Kohlschreiber, injury with the German lead- seeded Croatian Borna Coric.