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(GST) slab, while restricting the “Our national interest now remaining one per cent of lux- guides India’s foreign policy. 78791 ury items, like aircraft, expen- India’s voice is being heard at sive vehicles, liquor and ciga- international forums,” he said. uoyed by the just conclud- rettes, to a GST slab above 18 During the course of his Bed electoral success, per cent. day-long visit to Maharashtra, Congress president Rahul “I would like to tell you one the Prime Minister laid foun- Gandhi on Tuesday vowed to important thing that we are dation stone for upcoming fight for the interest of farmers heading towards a situation first-ever Metro Corridors in and said he and other wherein we intend to bring 99 Thane district, launched a Opposition leaders will not let # ! %$ $ $ ! $ & per cent of goods at or below housing scheme of 90,000 Prime Minister Narendra Modi ' ( $ ) )* the 18 per cent GST slab. We homes and also performed sleep until all farm loans are intend to restrict the remaining “bhoomi puja” for Pune Metro waived, prompting the ruling Rahul said talking to the media tion. Hitting out at Rahul, one per cent of luxury items Rail Phase-3. BJP to describe the Congress outside Parliament. He was Union Minister Ravi Shankar like the purchase of aircraft, After performing ground- president’s remarks as lowest in referring to the Congress’ Prasad said he should come to expensive vehicles, liquor and breaking ceremony for two the country’s public discourse. promises made ahead of the Parliament and debate the cigarettes to above 18 per cent. metro rail corridors at Kalyan Speaking on the Parliament Assembly polls and waiving Rafale issue there. Our intention is to make GST in the neighbouring Thane premises, Rahul also raised loans on Monday. “Friends I am given to as simple as possible. I have district, the Prime Minister the issue of alleged corruption Reacting to the Gandhi understand that Rahul Gandhi already made this suggestion said by 2024 Mumbai would in the Rafale fighter jet deal and scion’s onslaught on Modi, the today said that he will not allow for placement before the next have 275-km long metro line. accused the BJP of running BJP said nothing better can be Prime Minister Narendra Modi GST Council meeting,” Modi Later, while laying the away from a debate in expected from Rahul, whose to sleep. This is a new low in said while addressing the + ' + ! $ ! $ ! + $ *** foundation stone for the Parliament. “We will force a party ensured that Indians did the public discourse of the Republic TV summit in ) )* 8,000-crore Pune Metro-III JPC on the Rafale issue. Why not sleep during its 60 years of country,” Prasad said. Mumbai on Tuesday. corridor, Modi said during the are they running away from a rule due to rampant corrup- Continued on Page 4 The Prime Minister said Alluding to the economic chase of a staggering 1,000 “Could anyone think four past four-and-half years, the debate in Parliament,” he said. the GST system has more or progress made by the country aircraft during the last one years ago that India would Government had constantly Rahul said the less been established in the on various fronts, Modi said year itself launch 100 satellites at one go? laid stress on infrastructure, Government has turned a blind country and his Government is there was only two mobile Modi said auto-rickshaw We are moving ahead with the speed of connectivity through eye to the loans given to 15 top committed to make the GST manufacturing companies in drivers, vegetable vendors and Gaganyaan Mission. The highways, railways, airways, industrialists of the country, conducive to the needs of the the country in 2014, the num- tea sellers currently use BHIM Gaganyaan Mission of ISRO is waterways. including Reliance’s Anil common man. ber has now crossed 120 com- App and carry debit cards in intended to take an Indian “No one in the country, Ambani, but made no effort to “In 2014, 65 lakh entre- panies. their pockets. “The country has astronaut into space by 2022,” whether in villages or cities, alleviate the woes of the farm- preneurs had registered them- Citing another example of already tested a Made-in-India he said. wants to remain insulated from ers in the last four years. selves for the payment of taxes. “Surging India”, the Prime engine-less train running at 180 On the steps taken by his the ‘development highway’ “We promised to waive However, ever since the intro- Minister said as many as 450 kmph, while the National Government to bring eco- which drives the Government loans in 10 days. In two States duction of GST, 55 lakh more aircraft were operational in Waterways has become a real- nomic offenders, both based to focus on developing and (Madhya Pradesh and entrepreneurs have come under the country since ity with a ship sailing on the within the country and abroad, expanding the infrastructure Chhattisgarh), we did it with- the taxation net,” said the Prime Independence, but airline com- Ganga from Bengal to Benares,” to justice, Modi made a special network in the country,” he said. in six hours and we would do Minister. panies placed orders for pur- Modi said. mention of the Insolvency & Continued on Page 4 it in the third State very soon,” !58$1$ Credit Card (KCC) and from PSU banks, he said. fter farm loan waiver The MP Government had Aannounced by newly- declared to waive individual elected Congress loan of up to 2 lakh taken by #$ # $% & Governments in Madhya farmers. Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the The Assam Government BJP-led Governments of has also sanctioned an interest Assam and Gujarat too have relief scheme which will enable "" '& ( decided to write off farm loans around 19 lakh farmers to take and electricity bills of rural loans at zero interest from the users respectively. next financial year, said the ! #$%&'() *+ # 78791 The BJP-led Government Assam Parliamentary Affairs , in Gujarat announced it will Minister. O ! & able TV consumers will waive electricity bills of con- “The debt relief scheme $ Chave to shell out more nection holders in rural areas for farmers will waive 25 per # 78791 mals were sub-adults in the age from December 29. As per to the tune of 650 crore. cent of all loans taken till group of 1.5-2 years. new directives of the Telecom The Assam Government now. The benefit will be up to lmost two months after 23 “A goods train, headed to Regulatory Authority of India, approved 600-crore farm loan a maximum of 25,000. This AAsiatic lions died in Pipavav port from Botad, hit a consumer will have to pay to waiver which it said will ben- scheme will immediately ben- . $ Gujarat’s Gir forest following an three of six lions of the pride choose individual channels, efit around eight lakh farmers efit around eight lakh farmers,” outbreak of canine distemper during midnight, which led to which they want to see. of the State. The decision was he said. /O virus (CDV), the State lost the death of two lions and a Consumer will need to pay taken at a Cabinet meeting Due to these schemes # three more big cats on Monday lioness,” said Chief Conservator individually for each channel. held on Monday night. there will be an additional bur- ))) midnight when they were of Forests, Junagadh wildlife In other word, current package According to the Assam den of 600 crore on the State mowed down by a goods train circle, DT Vasavada. He said an of cable TV consumers will go : Government scheme, it will exchequer this fiscal. “For the 0 in Amreli district. Since enquiry has been ordered by ineffective from December 29 ;& write off 25 per cent loan of next fiscal, we will have to do September, the country has the Gujarat Forest Department. and they will have to renew farmers up to a maximum of budgetary provision for the # 5 : O lost 35 lions, including cubs in “We will enquire if the their package under the new <== <>= # 25,000, State Government schemes,” Patowary said. and around the Gir forest, the train was moving at a high tariff regime. ? (==)@== spokesperson and The Cabinet also approved only abode of the endangered speed which could have led to According to cable opera- Parliamentary Affairs Minister subsidy up to 10,000 to ! " # predators. this unfortunate incident. We tors, under the new tariff * A= # Chandra Mohan Patowary incentivise farmers if they take . 1 The rail incident occurred will also probe whether the for- regime, a cable TV consumer’s , %= : said. The waiver will be for all loan from KCC. * 2 near Borala village in est staff or the lion trackers monthly bill will go up to 400 the loans taken through Kisan Continued on Page 4 OL M Savarkundla taluka when a were at fault in discharging or 450 per month. If he or she localities. According to cable TV 0* pride of six lions was walking their duties. Stringent action is opting for premium bou- As per the new tariff struc- operators, all the broadcasters LM/ along the railway track passing will be taken against the guilty,” quets, the bill will be over ture, a consumer will have to have also come up with their from the village, which is locat- he added. 600-700 per month. pay up to 130 (plus taxes) for own MRP of their channels. 5 * ed near the Gir Forest. The ani- Continued on Page 4 Presently, there are 30 crore first set of 100 channels, which The first type of category is * # households in the country. will be mostly free-to-air (FTA) “free & cheap” channel package Nearly 19 crore households channels. As of now, Multiple or “basic pack” which will be have TV connections. It is System Operators or MSOs priced at around 150-200 by $% estimated that at least 10 crore offer you a bundled package of most cable players. This “basic . $ have connections provided channels. The MSOs such as pack” will be made out of through cable TV network. Tata Sky or DishTV, Airtel, “free” channels like B4U, Currently, consumers pay Hathway, SITI, DIGI Cable Dabang and PTC, supple- a monthly bill of 250-350 for (INDIA), INDUSIND, DEN, mented by the “1-rupee-chan- ) )) a cable TV connection, which DDC network choose random nels” from big broadcasters includes sports and regional channels into a package, and like Star, Zee and Sony. # channels depending on the offer it to consumers. Continued on Page 4 &"& )
! # ! $ 78791 migratory birds preferred to northern Kazakhstan, before stay put in the homeland diverging southwest to the 78791 t time when the presence between August and Caspian Sea and southeast to Aof birds is considered a sign November. India on journeys that navigate ongress veteran Sajjan of wildlife opulence for any “It is pivotal to understand seven nations. “The migration CKumar on Tuesday nation, the northern States of the behaviour and overseas route of these birds takes them resigned from the primary India are awaiting the arrival of journeys of the birds. Their over Russia, Kazakhstan, membership of the party citing migratory birds into their habi- early arrival is always a good Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, his conviction in a 1984 anti- tat. Ornithologists working on sign because they play crucial Afghanistan, Pakistan and then Sikh riots case. In a letter to birds’ navigation have found role in the balance of ecology to the Gangetic basin of north- Congress president Rahul that since 2017 the arrival of and in large perspective the ern India; much of the journey Gandhi, the former Member of winged guests into the Indian economy,” an ornithologist is hazardous and through dif- Parliament said his resignation territory has been delayed by at said, adding, “The pattern has ficult terrains,” the ornitholo- should be accepted with imme- least three months. changed significantly. Earlier gist explained. diate effect, AICC sources said. Monday. The delay in arrival of they arrived in August or max- However, he added a large “I tender my resignation The Delhi High Court on migratory birds has been imum by September. However, number of birds have diverted with immediate effect from Monday sentenced Kumar to ascribed to climate change, this year is different.” to Rajasthan. the primary membership of the imprisonment for life, the first claimed ornithologists of Delhi Sharing more interesting When asked about the rea- Indian National Congress in conviction of a politician in the University. facts about the migration route son, he said good amount of the wake of the judgment of the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 in which This means that due to rel- to breeding areas, a Delhi rains in northwestern region is honourable High Court of more than 2,700 people were atively more conducive weath- University Professor said the pivotal factor in diverting Delhi against me,” Kumar said killed. er climate patterns in Russia migration route is extended migratory birds. in the letter to Rahul on Continued on Page 4 and other cold countries, from Narurzum wetlands in Continued on Page 4 !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/
*'# ,$ $ ! ,,- " && $ $ !5 + 78791 Lodhi Road, Outside Tihar elhi Police on Tuesday 78791 Jail, Saket, Janakpuri, Janak Darrested three men who 78791 industry would be set up. Fire for thousands of persons and it Cinema, Appu Ghar, Jasola, had allegedly beheaded a tattoo prone material will also not be will pave the way for econom- o address the problem of Dwarka Sector-13 & Sector-14 artist with coconut choppers n order to save 112 types of allowed to be stored in these ic prosperity of large number of Tlong traffic jams due to Metro Station and at Iscon after he refused to return the Inon-polluting small-scale industries and pollution gener- families. "For submission of illegal parking of commercial Temple. money he borrowed from household industries from the ating industries are prohibited online application, one has to vehicles and private buses on Explaining it further, she them. The headless body of 22- ambit of sealing, South Delhi under the rule, he said. submit 1,000 as processing various roads, the South Delhi said that for parking of com- year-old Babloo Kumar was Municipal Corporation Prior to this, only 25 per fee, proof of ID, ownership of Municipal Corporation mercial vehicles buses and found in the bushes at a vacant (SDMC) has changed the defi- cent area of ground floor was the building and copy of elec- (SDMC) has identified eight trucks etc Rs 80 will be plot in Mayur Vihar on Sunday. nition of household units, allow- allowed for setting up house- tricity bill and other required sites to park private buses and charged for up to two hours. The accused have been ing them to use over 50 per cent hold industries, henceforth the documents," she said. trucks. A decision to this While 120 would be charged identified as Prashant Mishra of the area wherein 5 KW elec- same can be established over 50 Traders in the national cap- effect was passed in a meeting for parking these vehicles for (25), Ankit Sharma (19) and %( tricity connection will be sanc- per cent area in any floor. ital were hit hard after building of the Standing Committee on 2 to 5 hours, 300 would be Inderjeet alias Bobby (27). tioned and not more than five The official also said that it department of the municipal Tuesday. payable for 5 to 10 hours and According to Pankaj Singh, police started investigation. Babloo some money which he workers will be allowed to work will be essential to have a sep- corporations had started sealing The Standing Committee 500 for parking between 10 Deputy Commissioner of Babloo's friends Bobby, had refused to repay. The other on such premises. arate single phase industrial business establishments for non- has also approved parking to 24 hours. Further, the Police (DCP), East district, Prashant and Ankit who were two — Bobby and Ankit — also With this decision, thou- electricity connection for sanc- payment of conversion charges, rates and amount of monthly monthly pass for parking of Babloo's brother Sonu told last seen with him on had a fallout with Babloo over sands of people who run units tioning of license. The license encroachment, and illegal con- pass for parking of these vehi- these vehicles will be 9,900, police that he left home on December 10, were then inter- money as they were all addicts. such as packing, wool-knitting shall be valid for a single finan- struction on the instructions of cles on identified sites across she added. December 10 and did not rogated. The trio told police The trio then hatched a plan to machine, sewing machine, cial year which could be the Supreme Court-appointed the jurisdiction of the SDMC. The Chairperson also said return. that they met him in the kill Babloo by luring him into sweets, jute products, comput- renewed for the next year, he monitoring committee. In the Chairperson of Standing that for parking of autos and "Initially, Sonu did not sus- evening and later Babloo left the abandoned plot on the er software workshop for vehi- said. He further said that such drive started in December 2017, Committee Shikha Rai said other equivalent vehicles 60 pect anything wrong since his without telling them where he pretext of a party," said the cle repair, units making incense industries are not allowed in thousands of shops including that commercial vehicles and would be charged for up to brother used to often stay away was going," said the DCP. DCP. sticks(agarbattis), khadi and group housing societies but the many small household indus- private buses are being parked two hours, 90 for 2 to 5 for several days without "Police also came to know "Prashant had arranged handloom and candles etc will same is allowed in Janta Flats. tries were sealed. in large numbers in different hours, 200 for 5 to 10, 300 informing anyone. However, on that one of the accused, Bobby, two coconut choppers. The have sigh of relief, said an offi- Standing Committee "Sealing of commercial places on various roads result- for 10 to 24 hours and 6,000 Sunday, Sonu told his neigh- was nursing an injury caused trio had planned that once cial. The civic body has already Chairperson Shikha Rai said units being run from private ing in long traffic jams and dif- would be charged for issuing bours about his brother and by a sharp object. He was Babloo was drunk enough they given its nod to online policy for that the rules and provisions of houses created chaos as people ficulties to the common men. monthly passes. asked them for help in finding unable to explain about his would kill him using the chop- issuance and renewal of license the MPD 2021 will be applica- ran from pillar to the post The move to provide parking Raid said that parking of him. They then found his injury and later on confessed to pers and leave the body to rot," under this category. ble for sanctioning and renew- seeking justice. The move by the space is aimed at ensuring commercial vehicles at desig- beheaded body with multiple the killing with Prashant and said the DCP adding that they A senior SDMC official ing of license. Rai said that the SDMC to redefine household seamless traffic especially dur- nated eight sites will go a long injuries at a vacant plot near Ankit," the DCP said. were arrested and their blood said that it is essential for the house hold industry to be set up units will bring much needed ing night. way in overcoming traffic jams their house Sunday afternoon," "During interrogation the stained clothes along with the owner to reside in the same under the new policy will cre- relief", said a trader whose own Rai informed that the civic and addressing the problems said the DCP. accused revealed that Prashant coconut choppers were also building where household ate employment opportunities fabrication unit was sealed. body has identified sites at of common men. "A case was registered and who was a stockbroker had lent recovered. "" & $ R .. ! / $ $ 78791 4 massive fire broke out at AHonda showroom at Patparganj on early hours of 78791 78791 Monday. Around 11 cars were gutted in fire which is assumed ater supply would be man in his 30s allegedly to be caused due to short cir- Waffected in parts of the Asuffering from depression cuit in showroom. national Capital on Wednesday has been detained by Delhi According to a senior Delhi and Thursday due to annual Police for lurking suspiciously Fire Service (DFS) official, they programme for flushing of near the residence of Finance received a call at around 4:24 underground reservoir and Minister Arun Jaitley in south am on Monday regarding a fire booster pumping station. Delhi’s Greater Kailash on in a showroom following which The areas where supply adjoining areas, Kasabpura, Monday night. 12 fire tenders rushed to the would not be available or avail- Deputy Ganj, Slaughter House, The person has been spot. able at low pressure on Tuesday Nabi Karim, Sadar Bazar, identified as Ganesh Nayak, a "It took two hours to douse $ are Nehru Apartments, Kalkaji Telewara, Pocket E Nand the fire. Both ground floor Extension, Daryaganj, ITO, Nagari, Geeta Nagar, Kailash :7+ !$ ,+ and first floor were caught in Matia Mahal, Meer Dard Road, Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Jheel, fire. Several cars, computers senior DFS official. to spread in other buildings," Around 11 cars on display in Mata Sundari Road, 204/240 Raghubarpura, Old 7:7$97 1$ 17 and office furniture in the "There are other cars show- said the DFS official. showroom were burnt in the MIG Madipur, Old Farid Puri Seelampura, Mahila $+777 ,7 showroom had been burnt. rooms adjacent to building. If " Preliminary investigation incident. Further investigation BPS, Tilak Nagar areas, GH- Colony,Shivpuri, Khureji and There is no causality as show- it wouldn't have doused on suggests that the fire was is going on," said a police offi- I/MIG Archana Apartment, Chander Nagar and adjoining 57 17*1,$ room was closed," said the time there was fear of this fire caused due to short-circuit. cial. Paschim Vihar, Rohini (Pocket areas, Khichripur, Kalyanpuri, 3 Sector-1, Sector-4 Pocket B- Gharoli Village and Vinod ,E7!$ $27 8), Ghogha Village, Burari, Nagar and adjoining areas. D52,8 Khichripur, Kalyanpuri, The Delhi Jal Board has Gharoli Village and Vinod advised residents to store suf- *7 +,+ Nagar, Pocket ABC Nand ficient quantity of water in Nagari, C Block New advance as per their require- Seemapuri, Kanti Nagar, Old ment. It also informed that resident of Prakash Mohalla Seelampur, Shankar Nagar and water tankers will be available in Garhi. According to a adjoining areas. at telephone numbers 1916, senior police official, on Further, the areas which 1800117118, 23527679, Monday night, Greater would be affected on Thursday 23634469, (Central Control Kailash police station was are Dwarka Sector-1, Faridpuri Room), 26388976, 26388977 informed about a man near (New) area, H-Block Naraina (Sarita Vihar), 29819035 (Jal the residence of the Jaitely fol- Vihar, 208 SFS Madipur, AG-I Sadan), 29234746, 29234747 lowing which the team rushed Block Vikaspuri, GG-III (Grater Kailash), 27308015 to the spot. Vikaspuri area, Budh Vihar, (Ashok Vihar), 9650291444, "On reaching the spot, Madangir and adjoining areas, 27700231 (Holambi), 27915965 which was a park, nearly 100 Panchsheel Enclave, Pkt.17 (Mangolpuri), 22727812 yards from Jaitley's house, Sector-22 Rohini, A Block (Mandawali), 22812683, police learnt that the staff of Pocket 4 Sector-18, GH2 22812050, 22817228 (Yamuna RAC (Rajasthan Armed Ankur Apartment, Paschim Vihar), 22816023, 22814651, Constabulary) deployed at the Vihar, C-Block (New) Kalkaji, 22814518 (Loni Road), residence of the minister had H-Block Harkesh Nagar, Sanjay 22374834,22374237 (Jagriti put up porta cabins there as Gandhi Transport Nagar and Pumping Station). resting place and the person had entered there," said the senior police official. "During initial investiga- tion, it was revealed that Nayak seemed to be under the phobia of being attacked by unknown persons. Nayak told the police that on Monday night when he was returning home around 9 pm, two- three persons were crossing his path and he feared that they were going to beat him up following which he start- ing running. He finally ended up at the spot and hid himself behind the porta cabins of RAC," said the senior police official adding that subse- quently, he was caught by the staff who then informed police about it. "The police are checking the veracity of statement given by Nayak. So far Nayak's version is that he was working as a security guard and the same has been verified from his employer and nothing suspicious has been found," said the police official. "Nayak appears to be mentally disturbed due to some family issues. He stays at Prakash Mohalla in Garhi with his friends and col- leagues while his family live in West Bengal," said the police official.
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78791 New Delhi: The All India $ Kisan Sabha on Tuesday called s the Aam Aadmi Party for 'Gramin Bharat Bandh' on A(AAP) Government has January 8 and 9 to protest planned to introduce a fleet of 78791 Prime Minister Narendra 1,000 e-buses in the city, Delhi Modi's "non-committal" stand Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal he Delhi Government on farm loan waiver. on Tuesday said greater usage Twould launch a special cur- In a two-day meeting the of public transport facilities riculum for the schools in the Central Kisan Council has will be a "major step" towards national Capital from next ses- taken a resolution to call a two- curbing air pollution. With this sion with an aim to stimulate day Gramin Bharat bandh on policy coming to force, Delhi students to become entrepre- January 8 and 9, Ashok will become the Electric Vehicle neurs, Deputy Chief Minister Dhawale, president, AIKS, Capital of India as AAP Manish Sisodia said on said. Government on Tuesday held Tuesday. The AIKS is a CPI(M) discussions with several experts, Sisodia said students need affiliated farmers' organisa- industry leaders in electric to become job providers and tion. mobility to discuss and take the this curriculum will train them do not step out of the schools "The bandh is in protest ambitious draft Delhi EV pol- before they begin college. thinking of a job-seeker course against Prime Minister icy further to make the city pol- "We had launched the 'hap- but with a thought of becom- Narendra Modi's non-com- lution free. #$ + 0 ) + 0 $ $ ) # 1 $ $ $ 2$$ 3((#1 #$ piness curriculum' in ing an entrepreneur. mittal stand on farmers' loan Addressing a stakeholders' $$ $ Government schools. Now we Around 1,100 students waiver issue and rural distress consultation on the proposed will launch the entrepreneur- were awarded degrees at the the country has been facing in draft electric vehicles policy for be properly made available to buses arrive, and if they turn shortly. "Delhi Government has others. ship curriculum from the next convocation. the last four and half years of Delhi, Kejriwal also reiterated make this plan work, he said. out to be technologically and already made the commitment The policy also recom- session onwards for secondary Delhi's Lieutenant the BJP rule," he said. his Government has the "polit- The Chief Minister said his economically viable, in future, to induct 1000 fully electric mends strengthening infra- and senior secondary students," Governor Anil Baijal, who is Dhawale said the land- ical will" to take "tough deci- Government has the "political we will buy e-buses only," the buses, more than anywhere in structure to provide battery he said at the first convocation the chancellor of the varsity, lessness issue is another major sions" to cut down pollution. will" to take "tough decisions" chief minister said. India, and the ambitious draft charging access within 3 km of Indira Gandhi Delhi congratulated the students and problem in rural areas, and "The electrical vehicle pol- to curb pollution, as it was done Kejriwal said, it is being Delhi EV policy is a further step range from anywhere in Delhi Technical University for also suggested that entrepre- alleged that the adivasis and icy being discussed today is a two years ago in introduction of said that the scale on which e- to establish Delhi as the EV cap- while additional fees on non- Women. neurs should be supported by Dalits have borne the brunt of good step. And, greater usage of Odd-Even car scheme. buses are being planned to be ital of India. The draft policy electric vehicles will fund the "At such events (convoca- the government when they the Modi Government's anti- public transport would be a "Odd-Even step was a very introduced, is "first for any city strongly supports creation of a bulk of corpus created to incen- tion) we should also celebrate start out. farmer policy. major step towards curbing air difficult experiment... But, peo- in the country". high density charging infra- tivise the adoption of electric those students who did not take 'Metro man' E Sreedharan The AIKS's Gramin Bharat pollution. People started using ple of Delhi really supported us, "So, our Delhi is taking a structure, which is a key enabler cars. up jobs and instead chose to was the chief guest at the event. bandh has been supported by Delhi Metro when it was intro- we were fortunate," he said. lead. There wound several chal- for rapid adoption of electric The stakeholders meet provide jobs to others. The def- He said the future of the coun- the Bhumi Adhikar Sabha, an duced, and it is a very clean and On November 2 Delhi lenges, administrative, legal, vehicles," said Kailash Gahlot. was organised by Dialogue and inition of patriotism should be try lies in the hands of engi- outfit demanding land for poor efficient mode of transport," the Government had launched an charging infrastructure. We Transport Commissioner Development Commission of extended to those who provide neers and technocrats and not farmers for agricultural pur- Chief Minister said. e-bus for trial, so that zero- will address these issues and Varsha Joshi made a brief pre- Delhi (DDCD), chaired by jobs," he said. politicians. poses. Kejrwal said, subsidy "can- emissions vehicles could be find solutions. The Delhi exper- sentation on the Government's Kejriwal, and US-based Rocky Under the curriculum, stu- Apart from Happiness and "Not only farm loan waiv- not be permanent solution" rolled out in the next five to six iment will bring lessons for the proposed policy, as per which Mountains Institute. Several dents above Class 9 will have a Entrepreneurship curriculum, er, the Government also has to and urged industries to work on months. The Government has whole world," he said. it targets to have 25 per cent of industry leaders and experts in period every day where they the Delhi Government is also address the landlessness issue research to come up with inno- planned to introduce 3,000 Transport Minister Kailash all new vehicle registrations to electric mobility nodded in will be encouraged and trained planning for an activity-based of poor farmers. BAS has sup- vation to cut down cost. E-vehi- buses, out of which 1,000 would Gahlot said the AAP be electric by 2023 through the agreement about the draft to opt for entrepreneurship curriculum to inculcate habits ported our bandh call", said cles need to be affordable and e-buses, he said. Government plans to float ten- subsidy for such autos, rick- Electric Vehicle Policy 2018 of and a conducive atmosphere of cleanliness and hygiene Hannan Mollah , general sec- charging infrastructure need to "And, once these 1,000 e- ders for the 1,000 electric buses shaws and two-wheelers among the Delhi Government. would be created so that they among the students. retary of AIKS. PTI + (,, & R '" /& &" )-'$. )-) 0 1 $2 78791 " 78791 ot satisfied with the 78791 Npromises made by Delhi elcoming the sentenc- Health Department on Tuesday, n a first of its kind initiative, Wing of Congress leader Resident Doctors' Associations IDelhi Police has launched Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti- of seven Delhi Government 'Prahari Scheme' at Indira sikh riots, Delhi Chief Minister Hospitals have decided not to Gandhi International airport Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday indulge in routine services for its Unit. Enrolling 600 pra- hoped other "big leaders" including OPD, ward duties haries (security guards) from involved would also be pun- and elective surgeries on indef- eleven hotels, commercial cen- ished, as also those who per- inite basis from Wednesday to ters and other institutions in petrated communal violence in mark their protest. Aerocity, the Delhi Police is Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar. The Resident Doctors are aiming to improve policing at Kejriwal said ordinary demanding timely payment of the airport. A facilitation kiosk 4 ( $ # 2(#** $ people are peace-loving and salaries and increments as per is available round the clock for ! $ $ $ $ $ wish to live in harmony, but 7th Central Pay Commission public. It was installed at such riots are "incited politi- (CPC). Terminal-3 of IGI Airport and formance collaborating with ties to the security guards pre- cally". "I welcome Delhi High "In minutes of the meeting, inaugurated by Lieutenant Delhi Police. They have been sent in the area by giving them Court verdict convicting Sajjan 4 ( #++ $ 5 $$ ( 1# *()6& $ it was told that directions have General of Delhi Anil Baijal in trained to act as the eyes and a new identity — 'Delhi Police Kumar in 1984 riots case. It been issued to respective the presence of Delhi ears for the Delhi Police, to Prahari'. These guards will have took a lot of time. It was 78791 university was established in in Alumni body of IGDTUW is a Medical Directors of the hos- Commissioner of Police improve policing in the capital. round the clock presence in the delayed, but it finally came," he May 2013 vide Delhi State vast and thriving community of pitals to address the problems Amulya Patnaik on Tuesday. At the facilitation kiosk area and will be the eyes and said. ore than 1,200 students Legislature Act 9, 2012. technocrats, senior executives, at institution level but we "The Delhi Police is estab- located at the arrival forecourt ears of the police," Deputy "And, I hope all other big Mgraduated and post grad- Besides, LG the convoca- successful entrepreneurs, and haven't got any written order. lishing these kiosks at promi- of Terminal-3, IGI Airport, Commissioner of Police (IGI leaders involved in this (1984 uated from various courses tion also saw the presence of leaders of society. In absence of that, we have nent junctions so that public public can avail several services Airport) Sanjay Bhatia said. anti-Sikh riots), with time they received their degrees in the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister "Today's World is very decided to go on strike," said can avail of these services of the like filing lost and found The Delhi Police would also get the toughest of convocation for the first time Manish Sisodia and former much globalized one and as a Dr Sumedh Sandanshiv, pres- Delhi Police without going to reports, missing reports, regis- Commissioner also stated that punishments. As, also those held on Tuesday at Indira Managing Director of Delhi graduate of the university with ident, Federation of Resident police stations. At these kiosks, tering online first information they have requested employers involved in other such mass Gandhi Delhi Technical Metro E Shreedharan, also great reputation, you are very Doctors' Association public will find convenient to report (e-FIR), lodging com- to give necessary equipments to killings which took place after University for Women known as the 'metro man'. well positioned to lead and (FORDA). file complaints. We have plaints, reporting economic these Praharis so they can per- it, whether it was 2002 Gujarat (IGDTUW). Lauding students Baijal contribute in this World," said According to him, the OPD launched the Prahari scheme at and cyber offences, obtaining form their duties better. "With riots or the 2013 Muzaffarnagar Around 38 Eight said, "University should get Sisodia, services, ward duties and elec- IGI Airport and also planning police clearance certificate, their help, police can do better. riots," Kejriwal said. Chancellor Gold Medal, Vice- some bigger campus in the state "IGDTUW has been tive surgeries will be affected at to launch the scheme in all dis- character verification report, They are a source multiplier for "People wish to live peace- Chancellor Gold Medal and to promote and to grow fur- actively involved in collabora- Maulana Azad Hospital, tricts of Delhi," Patnaik said. filing Right to Information us," Patnaik said. fully, and Hindus and Muslims Exemplary Performance Silver ther." tive programmes with nation- University College of Medical According to police, the (RTI) and more, police said. Lieutenant General of Delhi do not want to fight with each Plaque were given to students The students from who al and international organisa- Sciences (UCMS), Sanjay Prahari scheme is a force mul- "The aim of this scheme is Anil Baijal said that the IGI air- other, but parties instigate it across the years on this glori- were conferred with the tions/universities to remain at Gandhi, GB Pant, Guru Teg tiplier for policing, and is an to take the policing at higher port handles around 2,00,000 and big political leaders do it," ous occasion by the Lieutenant degrees are already working the forefront in scientific and Bahadur (GTB) Hospital, Deen initiative wherein the Delhi level by bridging the gap passengers per day. So, the he said. The AAP chief said if Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal with various corporate and technological development and Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Police enroll, interact, train between the Delhi Police, pri- kiosk will work as an interaction tough punishment is given, who is also the chancellor of the social sector organisations to share the knowledge for Hospital and Baba Sahib and sensitise private security vate security guards and point between passengers and then in future, such incidents college. across the country, having mutual benefits" said Amita Ambedkar Hospital from guards of private establish- chowkidars. Delhi Police has Delhi police. "It will make police would not happen. The only women technical completed the program. Dev, the Vice Chancellor. Wednesday onwards. ments and maximise their per- entrusted various responsibili- public friendly." he said. 7 !$ $ %+4/ % $ 2 78791 78791 +*, $ o keep the attendants of the s elephants are more vul- ,277*,5 Tpatients warm amid falling Anerable to "arthritis" in mercury levels in the national harsh cold climate, the rescued 797*1$ + Capital, a 50-bed night shelter elephants and sloths from ille- camp was established at Ram gal trafficking are being served 7+*7$99D 17 Manohar Lohia (RML) with special diet, helps to keep !7 $ ,7+ Hospital by 'Sanrakshika' them warm. Central Industrial Security According to Wildlife SoS, +5!$ Force (CISF) Wives Welfare the diet of elephants has been Association on Tuesday. modified to include jiggery, $ !!! 7 $ ,E, $97 "The night shelter facility peanuts, sesame oil and a diges- will cater to the attendants of tive mixture using Indian 5 !8 7 + those patients who are admit- spices. —Kartick Satyanarayan ted in the hospital. The atten- With the cold setting in dants who cannot afford the across Northern India, animal private accommodation in the lives have started facing the founder & CEO of Wildlife vicinity of the hospital will be brunt of the sudden dip in SOS, said, "It is important to eligible for this facility," said temperatures. Wildlife SOS keep our elephants especially senior officials of the RML measures to ensure that the res- the geriatric ones snug and hospital administration. cued elephants and bears under comfortable during winters, as According to the officials, their lifetime care is sheltered they are more vulnerable to the Night Shelter will have 50 through the winter months. change in weather making beds in total, 25 each for male According to Dr. Ilayaraja, them susceptible to ailments and female attendants in sepa- Deputy Director of Veterinary such as pneumonia. rate enclosures. Services at Wildlife SOS, "The 5 $ $ ! 2 $ "The cold also aggravates "The Night Shelter has the bears spend most of their day their arthritis which is a com- facility of cots with mattresses, resting in freshly dug mud pits comprising hot porridge with ging and circuses where they mon issue that the elephants bed covers, pillow and quilts for or hammocks to soak up the additional quantity of milk were abused and subjected to have to deal with. Even the diet the needy attendants. Electricity by CISF for safety and securi- ed by Ranjeeta Ranjan, of Sanrakshika, Raghubir Lal, warm winter sun. "To ensure along with jaggery (molasses) extreme cruelty and decades of of the elephants has been mod- and drinking water facility has ty, added the officials. President 'Sanrakshika.' Apart DIG, DMRC, other Senior CISF that they are snug during the and puffed rice balls." suffering, each of these ele- ified to include jaggery, also been made available in the Management of the camp will from her, Sanju Pateria, Senior officers and Senior Medical night, individual bear dens have This may be noted that, phants has tragic pasts, which peanuts, sesame oil and a diges- camp," the officials said. be looked after by CISF Unit Vice President, Sandhya Officers/staffs of RML Hospital been designated heaters and these animals are rescued from in turn has taken a physical and tive mixture using Indian spices Further, round the clock DMRC Delhi. Ganapathy, Senior Vice were also present during the strawbedding. The sloth bears illegal captivity, trafficking psychological toll on them. to help generate body heat," Control Room has been set up The facility was inaugurat- President, Executive Members inauguration. also enjoy a special winter diet mafia, exploited for street beg- Kartick Satyanarayan, Co- said Satyanarayan. !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ "#%&
,4 1 *9 %# %' ( $ O %7 8 :, )' )% % )"* . %P * $D /G5 H +' ",)-.#-% ! 78791 along India-China Border or the Doklam issue which was being 9 + #5 2+ " 78791 per month. ost-Doklam, the Sashastra looked after by sister agencies. 1 +* 78791 Air Marshall NJS Dhillon, PSeema Bal (SSB) has ramped The 18 new BOPs are ;=%< 2,92$ $ The hawala money was he IAF on Tuesday created Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) up its defences along the Indo- among the 72 such posts that $ being transferred out of he 2G Court on Tuesday Ta record of sorts by airlift- of Western Air Command Bhutan border. It has set up 15 have been made operational 7 G$7 H he Enforcement Kolkata for the past six months Tdeferred the hearing on ing nearly 500 tons of load under whose direction the Border Outposts along the this year, he further said. % TDirectorate while investi- or so, sources maintained cognizance of the Aircel-Maxis from Chandigarh in a single effort was undertaken observed Arunachal Pradesh border and The strengthening of the ;#(> gating into illegal hawala deals adding whether more money case chargesheet to January 11 wave to airfields and drop that rapid air mobility is a key three outposts along Sikkim Indo-Bhutan frontier comes / # in Kolkata has bumped into was sent before that period was due to CBI’s failure to provide zones in the Ladakh region as component of modern warfare. border besides deploying man- months after the troops of India transactions that have terror being looked into. sanction for prosecution part of winter stocking. The “This assumes greater signifi- power to man these posts. and China were locked in a 73- O ! % links, sources said. The Tuesday’s report came against five officers, who are region remains cut off from the cance in short and intense The SSB is a designated bor- day standoff at Doklam on the P ED sleuths who conducted in the wake of Bongaon ses- co-accused of former Finance rest of the country through wars. This is very true in India’s der guarding force and Lead tri-junction of India-Bhutan- 9 + a series of raids throughout sions court awarding death Minister P Chidambaram. land route due to snow and the context, especially when relat- Intelligence Agency for the China--from June 16, 2017. The * $ Kolkata a few days ago have penalty to a Lashkar e Toiba Judge OP Saini also extended IAF plays a crucial role in ed to air mobility to airfields in Bhutan frontier besides the standoff began after the Indian N reportedly found strong terror terrorist Sk Naeem a resident of interim protection given TO maintaining operational readi- the Ladakh region,” he said. Nepal border. side stopped road construction ? O links of the hawala deals Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Chidambaram and son Karti, ness of the army deployed on Airlift of approximately The BOPs and the related by China’s People’s Liberation prompting the National Naeem was arrested by the BSF though Special Public the Line of Actual Control 500 tonnes, in the achieved deployments have been made on Army in the area that belonged / 2 Investigating Agency to jump at the Bangladesh border in Prosecutor Tushar Mehta reit- (LAC) facing China through time frame, in a single wave, Indo-Bhutan frontier in Sikkim to Bhutan. The standoff ended into the case. The NIA will 2007 along with three accom- erated for custodial interroga- round the year logistical main- happens to be a record which and Arunachal Pradesh, close to on August 28 last year. soon take up the matter for plices. He was involved in a tion of the duo citing “some tenance. enhances the assessment of the Indo-China border. The Presently, 53 battalions of ) finding out its terror angle, train blast in Mumbai. new documents” emerging The feat was accomplished the Commands’ capability BOPs have been constructed SSB are deployed on the 699 km sources said. That parts of Bengal were during the probe. by a fleet of 16 fixed wing air- towards rapid and heavy airlift, close to the treacherous terrains Indo-Bhutan and 1,751 km According to officials the being used by the terror outfits CBI had on November 26 craft comprising C-17 the IAF statement added. of valleys like Diban, Dua-Delai India-Nepal borders. The SSB # cash collected from Kolkata like JMB came to light way promised to the court to pro- Globemaster, the IL-76 and Given the strategic impor- and Lohit opposite the Tibetan secures the frontiers through a and perhaps other parts of back on October 2, 2014 when duce pending five sanctions AN-32. “All aircraft were tance of Ladakh region, the IAF plateau in China, officials said, network of 708 BOPs along the Bengal were routed to countries a blast killed two militants soon while providing sanction loaded and took off from in the last few years has built adding all the 18 BOPs have two countries. # like Singapore, Dubai, who were manufacturing to prosecute Chidambaram. Chandigarh airbase early in the airfields in the inaccessible been operationalised. As many as 176 BOPs are Bangladesh and Nepal from explosive devices at a house at The five officers co-accused morning. The entire wave was areas to ensure uninterrupted SSB Director General operational along the India- where they were sent to the var- Khagragarh in Burdwan dis- with Chidambaram are former accomplished in little less than supply of weapons, equipment Surjeet Singh Deswal said, Bhutan border that runs along ious terror outfits for carrying trict. finance secretaries Ashok Jha six hours,” IAF said. and food to the troops posted “Three new BOPs in Sikkim and the states of Sikkim, Arunachal $ out militant activities in India, Subsequent investigations and Ashok Chawla and two This was a demonstration on the LAC. They have to 15 in Arunachal Pradesh were Pradesh, West Bengal and sources said adding about Rs conducted by the NIA into the serving IAS officers Kumar of the ‘rapid airlift capability’ of march for three to four days established and they have start- Assam while 533 are along G$H 5 1,000 crore have been siphoned case took the lid off an elabo- Sanjay Krishnan and Deepak the IAF for quick response from the nearest road head to ed functioning this year to pro- India-Nepal border that runs $ out of Kolkata through hawala rate terror network that was Kumar Singh and Ram Saran, both during times of war and reach some of posts on the vide better security and across the states of Uttarakhand, route. active in border districts of retired under secretary in the natural disasters and the front. patrolling in the areas bordering Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West A part of the hawala Nadia, Birbhum, Malda and Finance Ministry. The sanc- Western Air Command (WAC) Moreover, construction of Bhutan. The three new BOPs are Bengal and Sikkim. money had gone into the hands North 24 Parganas. A number tions for prosecution against airlifted a record 463 tonnes. airfields and advanced landing in Western Sikkim which touch- The SSB has also begun the * of dreaded terror outfits like of undercover JMB militants these five officers have to be The WAC is entrusted with grounds(ALG) in the Ladakh es Bhutan border.” process of transferring around G*H Jamaat Mujahideen and moles were arrested then. obtained from Finance the air maintenance of the region is a tough call given the Addressing a Press confer- 1,800 non-combat personnel of Bangladesh, sources said The JMB militants were work- Ministry. CBI earlier told the entire northern region of the terrain and climate where ence ahead of the force’s 55th the SSB to the Intelligence N adding other terror outfits have ing on a plot to assassinate Judge that they have submitted country and under normal building activity is restricted Raising Day, Deswal, however, Bureau and the exercise will be * * G**H also received money from such some key leaders in to Government a week before operating circumstances airlifts only five to six summer months clarified that his force has noth- completed in the next one transactions. Bangladesh, it was alleged. filing chargesheet on July 19. close to 3,000 tonnes of load before snow blocks everything. ing to do with the operations month, Deswal said. / $# ! $ P ( # % " Manmohan Singh encapsu- tionship between the two (RBI 78791 lates his life as an economist and Government) is like hus- 1 ) and a policymaker, and sheds band and wife where differ- ++ ormer Prime Minister light on the 10 years that he led ences must be harmonised so ! ;;; FManmohan Singh on the Congress led UPA they can work in harmony. Tuesday silenced his critics Governments. A set of five volumes, who often called him a “silent On the economic front, the Changing India gives the for- 0 2 + PM” by stating that he was not former prime minister said mer PM’s perspectives on a From Page 1 When asked for his reac- $ a Prime Minister who was that India is destined to be a wide range of economic, social An aide of Kumar said he tion on the issue, Rahul skirt- $ afraid of talking to the press. . major powerhouse of the glob- and political issues as they 2,92$ $ South Asian writing and reach- does not want the party to face ed a question on Kumar and : # “I was a silent Prime al economy. Singh, who is also evolved through his political es out to various audiences any embarrassment and that is also about the apology + Minister. My books speak for a renowned economist, said career. Singh also writes about he winners of the eight through exciting and creative why decided to resign from the demanded by the BJP from L M themselves. I wasn’t the PM that India has witnessed an his time in academia during the Tedition of the prestigious partnerships. The partnership primary membership of the him after Kumar’s convic- #+ who was afraid of talking to the average growth rate of about 7 1950s, and his tenure as the US $25,000 DSC Prize for with the Tata Steel Kolkata Congress soon after the Delhi tion by the Delhi High Court Press. I met Press regularly and per cent since 1991. “Despite all prime minister from 2004- South Asian Literature will be Literary Meet will provide a sig- High Court pronounced its a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. on every foreign tour that I hiccups, hurdles, India will get 2014. declared at a special Award nificant impetus to the litera- judgment in the case. “My position on the riots, I undertook, I had a Press con- its action right... India is des- Singh, who has been a vocal Ceremony at the Tata Steel ture of this region as both the The aide clarified the 73- have made it very clear ference on return in the plane,” tined to be a major powerhouse critic of the Narendra Modi-led Kolkata Literary Meet (Kalam) prize and the festival are year-old three-time MP does before. That is absolutely ! : Singh said on the sidelines of of global economy,” he said. NDA government’s policies, has that will take place from 22nd strongly focused to further the not have a Twitter account clear, the issue is very simple,” $ launch his authored book titled Talking about the tussle written extensively about the to 27th January, 2019 in cause of South Asian writing. and comments attributed to Rahul parried the queries , ;A ‘Changing India’. between the RBI and the country’s economic evolution in Kolkata, India. The five member internation- him in the social media plat- from the media outside The book penned by the Centre, Singh said the rela- the last decade. This partnership is in line al jury panel which is adjudi- form were not made by him. Parliament. # with the peripatetic nature of cating the books as well as the the prize, where true to its shortlisted authors would be South Asian essence, the win- invited to attend the Award )"*%%/ 0## +# . ner is announced in different Ceremony. : ### South Asian countries by rota- Speaking about the part- &:;, ;;; tion. The DSC Prize, 2016 was nership, Surina Narula, )12P / , "# # "% )" awarded to Anuradha Roy at founder of the DSC Prize for J$ J$ + the Galle Literary Festival in Sri South Asian Literature said, *$9 + 8$1 From Page 1 Gujarat’s Energy Minister # # 7!$95 5 Ramesh Jarkiholi, Roshan Baig and SR Patil, Lanka. Last year, prize was “We are delighted to partner ,2 + 5 + 5 “There will be interest relief Saurabh Patel said. most of whom have openly expressed their dis- awarded to Anuk with the Tata Steel Kolkata 0 J$ scheme of up to four per cent The Minister said these LAs give a miss to Karnataka Congress appointment in the past for being denied cab- Arudpragasam at the Dhaka Lit Literary Meet to announce the # for farmers. There will be inter- connections were cut off due to MLegislature Party meeting ahead of Cabinet inet positions. There was also north and south Fest in Bangladesh/ winner of the DSC Prize for est relief from the State power theft and non-payment expansion divide in the party which has been openly This year, the winner will South Asian Literature 2018 at + + E + + A Government so that farmers of bills. “These are domestic, Amidst conspicuous absence of many aspi- expressed by the MLAs. The Lingayat factor also be announced at the Tata Steel this prestigious festival in + get crop loan at zero interest agricultural as well as com- rant MLAs ahead of proposed Cabinet expan- came to haunt the Kumaraswamy led coalition Kolkata Literary Meet in January. We see a lot of posi- %)< from next financial year,” mercial connections,” Patel sion, the crucial Congress Legislature Party government. The powerful north Karnataka lin- Kolkata on January 25. . tive synergies in this partner- # Patowary said adding that said. (CLP) meeting was held on Tuesday at Belagavi. gayat leaders in the party like SR Patil, MB Patil Instituted by Surina ship as we both share a com- around 19 lakh farmers across The Congress and Patidar The absence of many MLAs indicates the pres- and others are openly opposing the leadership Narula and Manhad Narula in mon vision to promote and A==) the State are expected to take quota agitation leader Hardik sure tactics and rebellion in the century old party. and critical of chief minister HD Kumaraswamy 2010, the DSC Prize for South highlight South Asian writing A>= the benefit of it. Patel have been demanding The Cabinet is scheduled to be expanded on for ignoring north Karnataka. Asian Literature has emerged to more people across geogra- <>=)>>= Meanwhile, the BJP-led loan waiver for farmers in December 22 but by all indication this will be However to douse the fire Dinesh Gundu as a leading international lit- phies through the forum of lit- 1 # Government in Gujarat Prime Minister Modi’s home put off to another date looking at the dissidence Rao, president, Karnataka Pradesh Congress erary prize specifically focused erature and the arts. In con- announced on Tuesday it will State for some time now, cor- in the party. The possibility of a reshuffle comes Committee has said the cabinet expansion will on South Asian fiction writing. tinuation of our tradition of + * J J waive electricity bills of con- nering the Vijay Rupani-led amidst the unhappiness expressed by various take place on December 22 but said with rider Its key vision is to showcase announcing the winner in dif- + K : +7 + nection holders in rural areas Government in Gujarat. senior leaders in the party who were denied that Congress president has to clear the names. and reward the best literary ferent South Asian countries 1 :%' + 8 to the tune of 650 crore. The agrarian distress led to berths during the cabinet formation. He said “The cabinet could be expanded and writing talent from this region by rotation, we are now happy KE# “Total 6.22 lakh connection the BJP’s worse performance in Leaders, including former ministers, who reshuffled. Both are possible. We will be meet- and present it to a global to announce the DSC Prize : holders in rural areas across the over decades when it barely weren’t given berths during the first round of ing Congress president Rahul Gandhi and tak- audience. 2018 winner at the Tata Steel State will be benefited with this managed to win 99 seats in the expansion, gave the meeting a miss. They were ing decisions regarding this. As announced, the The prize is committed to Kolkata Literary Meet in waiver to the tune of 650 crore 182-member Assembly in State Ramalinga Reddy, MB Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, expansion will take place on 22nd.” extend the conversation on Kolkata, India”. $ # pending electricity bills,” elections last year.
will come, on JPC issue, on #$ "777 777 R Rafale issue, on farmers, on demonetisation, you will start From Page 1 seeing typo errors. Basically, From Page 1 during territorial fights. Amreli social forestry division “If your travel from Kargil what is happening is that Sources said that forest Gir (east) forest division and Savarkundla range between to Kanyakumar or Kutchh to 333 money of people of India is staff had been tackling the rest falls under Junagadh wildlife 2014 and 2015. After the fatal- Kamrup, you will realise the being stolen, of farmers, of 333 three members of the lion circle. Boarala is a village locat- ities, the forest department had speed at which development From Page 1 small shopkeepers. I consider pride to ensure that they do not ed in Savarkundla taluka of erected chain-linked fencing works are underway. Whatever Rahul said Modi has been demonetisation as the biggest come near the tracks in search Amreli district. It is adjacent to on either side of the track over is happening is because of the at helms of affairs as PM for last scam of the world. The purpose From Page 1 of birds in Delhi-NCR. These of the missing three sub-adults. Chandgadh and Liliya where a stretch of around 10-km from Government’s commitment, 4.5 years, but has not waived a of note ban was to snatch “The revival of wetland is species were found in According to the 2015 cen- Asiatic lions have settled in near the Pipavav port onward the aspirations of the local single rupee of farmers’ loans money of the poor and give to required if we want to see Najafgarh, Sultanpur, sus, Gir has 523 lions, includ- reserve forest and thickets in to Rajula town. However, fenc- people, farmers, labourers, pro- but promised that Congress the friends of Narendra winged guests in Delhi and Bhindawas, Dhighal, Okhla ing 109 male, 201 female, 73 private revenue land. ing is not there in Borala where fessionals,” Modi averred. and other Opposition parties Modi…,” Rahul claimed. National Capital Region,” he Bird Sanctuary and Yamuna sub-adults, and 140 cubs. Since The railway tracks on the latest incident took place, “We are concentrating on would join hands to end the Referring to Rahul address- said. floodplains. September, 35 lions have died: which the accident took place said the officials. integration of next generation farmer’s miseries. He said if the ing the issue of farmer distress Meanwhile, against all As per the findings, this Some due to natural cause, connect Pipava port on sea coat Asiatic lions are an endan- infrastructure and transport Modi Government does not and saying that the Congress odds, there is some good news year 15 birds were spotted many others fell prey to CDV in Rajula taluka of Amreli dis- gered species and their only from villages to cities today. waive farm loans, Congress and other Opposition parties for Delhiites as rare species of which were missing last year, and Protozoa infections and trict to Surendranagar junction. wild population in the world is With this aim, the Centre and guarantees to waive the same if will ensure that all farm loans migratory birds — Red however, 21 species were not The busy broad-gauge railway surviving in Gir forest and the Maharashtra Government voted to power in 2019. He said are waived, Prasad declared it Pochard beak has been spot- spotted which was spotted last tracks are owned by Pipavav other protected areas spread are strengthening the infra- a united Opposition will exert was just drama. The Congress, ted in Yamuna biodiversity year. Railway Corporation Limited across Junagadh, Gir Somnath, structure in the State,” the “such pressure on Modi that he said, had been in power for park. Najafgarh Jheel is a favor- (PRCL), a joint venture Amreli and Bhavnagar dis- Prime Minister said. not a single farmer will be left about 60 of the last 70 years. Dr Faiyaz Khudsar, able wetland where bird watch- between Indian Railways and tricts in Saurashtra region of Describing the Hinjewadi- out”. “What have they done for Scientist in the Environment ers may spot hundreds of Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited, Gujarat State. Their population Shivajinagar Metro corridor When asked about farmers? They are doing just department, Delhi University, species of birds, including large a private firm which owns and was estimated to be 523 during as a “special” project, the Government’s claim on the drama now,” he said. said December month has flocks of greater flamingo, operate the Pipava port. the lion census conducted in Prime Minister said it is the “typo” in the affidavit given to Daring the Congress and recorded good number of common shelduck, osprey, pel- The Pipavav port is one of 2015. Of this, 174 was record- first project approved under the the Supreme Court on the its chief to show “courage” and migratory birds. “We have ican, duck and goose. the biggest ports of Gujarat in ed in Amreli district alone. The Government’s new Metro Rail Rafale issue, Rahul quipped discuss the fighter jet deal “eye recorded 1,000 birds of ten dif- Importantly, Stoliczka’s terms of handling container- carnivores have settled in Liliya Policy for the country. “The there will be many more typos to eye” in the House, Prasad ferent species of migratory buschat, listed in the vulnera- ised cargo. The railway line has and Krakach area of Amreli Metro Rail Policy is ‘reform ori- coming now from the said, “Don’t run away from the birds such as Northern ble category by International the capacity to handle 21 trains district for the last 15 years as ented’ by ensuring the metro Government side. debate.” He added that the Shoveler, Common Pochard,” conversation of Nature every day. their population grew in pro- trains are linked with feeders, “A number of typo errors Congress was fleeing a debate Dr Khudsar added. (IUCN), has been spotted only Around six Asiatic lions tected forest areas. Being ter- buses, new walkways, pathways will come out now. This is just on the issue because it had It is important to mention at a few places in the past, died after being hit by moving ritorial animals, the big cats developed simultaneously,” a beginning of typo errors, now many skeletons from defence here that in a recent bird counts including Hisar and some areas goods train in Rajula range of looked for abodes outside. Modi said. one after the other typo errors deals in its cupboard. in Delhi recorded 251 species of Rajasthan and Kutch. !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ " )"( ) 5 ! 8
78791 Court verdict has made things clear, indicating that there was oth the houses of no need for a JPC on the con- * ! 01 > BParliament witnessed pan- troversial issue. demonium on Tuesday amidst Unhappy with the stand-off between the response, Congress members Government and the Congress again started raising slogans, ?;@ over the Rafale fighter jet deal following which the House issue. For their part, while was adjourned for the day. Tamil Nadu parties AIADMK When the Upper House 78791 Parliament Tuesday has point- Vidyalayas defaulted in pay- and DMK raised slogans over resumed in the afternoon, ed out that as on March 31, ment of dues resulting in recov- the Cauvery dam issue, the Naidu proposed to discuss a here have been irregular 2016 an amount of 59.67 erable amount of 24.57 crore TDP demanded special status calling attention on the situa- Texpenditures in setting up crore was due for 81 such in the year 2003,” the panel for Andhra. tion arising due to devastation and running of new Kendriya schools. Of this, 34 has been report said. The Government said it caused by cyclones Gaja and Vidyalayas for children of those already been shut due to vari- The committee said that was ready for a discussion on Titli in some States and the working in PSUs and ous reasons, making the pos- along with the key concern of the Rafale issue and charged action taken by the Government-run institutions sibility of recovery as remote. recovery of dues which have the Congress with running Government in this regard. with 59.67 crore due for “The committee notes that been long pending, the matter away from the debate after the % $#$ +1 2$' 2 < $ % $! $ & However, senior Congress recovery, a Parliamentary KVS, an autonomous body needs to be looked at in the Supreme Court verdict last ' ( $ ) )* leader Anand Sharma raised a Committee pointed out on under the HRD Ministry, estab- larger perspective of the impor- week. Congress said in the point of order claiming that Tuesday. lishes and manages KV and the tance of Kendriya Vidyalayas Lok Sabha it was ready for dis- He demanded that the have been admitted for dis- for discussion, but the ruckus Minister of State for The Kendriya Vidyalaya scheme of KV has been extend- in providing education. cussion, but demanded forma- Congress apologise in the wake cussion. continued. Proceedings barely Parliamentary Affairs had Sangathan sets up schools on ed to children of the employees The Parliamentary panel tion of a Joint Parliamentary of the apex court's refusal to His appeal was of no avail lasted for five minutes and it referred to Rahul Gandhi and request from PSUs and insti- of PSUs and government owned has recommended that after Committee (JPC) to probe the order an SIT probe in Rafale as soon after the papers were was initially adjourned till it is against the rule to demand tutes like IIMs and IITs on their Institutes of Higher Learning asking the sponsoring author- Rafale deal. Speaker Sumitra deal and Sajjan Kumar's con- laid by the Ministers when the noon. his apology because he is mem- campus for children of employ- (IHL) on the condition that all ity to transfer the infrastruc- Mahajan said constitution of viction by the Delhi High proceedings for the day com- As the ruckus continued, ber of other House. Soon after, ees working there. According recurring and non recurring tural assets to KVs, the state JPC was not under her Court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots menced, AIADMK and DMK only one query related to pro- the ruling party member again to norms, the Public Sector expenditure on running these governments and corporate purview. case. came into the well carrying duction of garlic was taken up started raising slogans and Undertakings or the institutes schools would be provided by entities in the area may be In the Rajya Sabha, Leader Appeals by the Lok Sabha placards and shouting slogans during the Question Hour. demanded apology from are supposed to reimburse the the sponsoring agencies. requested to contribute of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Speaker to allow the House to on the Cauvery issue. Some The BJP members raised Gandhi while some of the cost of setting up and running “The sponsoring authori- towards running of such Azad said the privilege motion function went unheeded as members from Andhra slogans demanding an apology AIADMK and DMK mem- the schools. ties of some existing or func- schools under their corporate moved by the Congress should Congress members displayed Pradesh were also seen dis- from Congress president Rahul bers trooped into the well to However, a report tabled in tioning and closed project social responsibility initiatives. be taken up alleging the placards and trooped into the playing placards demanding Gandhi. Later, Parliamentary protest over Cauvery issue. Government misled the Well demanding JPC probe. In special status for the State. Affairs Minister Narendra The Chair adjourned the Supreme Court and Parliament the din, the National Institute Naidu initially adjourned the Singh Tomar said the Supreme House for the day. on the Rafale issue. He also said of Design (Amendment) Bill, House till 2 PM at 11.10 am + <50=>/ ( the Government has no right to 2018 was introduced in the and as the din continued when continue and “should go.” House. The Bill seeks to declare the proceedings began again, " Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, the various NIDs as institutions he adjourned the House for the ! ) ,:5;;# however, said that the Chair of national importance. day. should be allowed to take a In the Rajya Sabha too, In the lower house, upset view. Naidu urged the members to with the disruption, Mahajan " #! "$ % "& Countering Azad, Minister allow the House to function as said the members were well 78791 New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on of State for Parliamentary various notices on urgent mat- aware that this was an impor- Tuesday informed Lok Sabha that more than Affairs Vijay Goel said the ters, ranging from cyclones tant session as everyone will &! & ( s many as 1.95 crore hectare of land in 97 5,800 NGOs in the country are receiving foreign Government was ready to dis- affecting lives in some states to face elections after this. She Adistricts of six States — Maharashtra, funding to carry various religious activities. The cuss all issues, including Rafale. price rise to agriculture crisis, said the Government was ready 78791 Government has launched crop Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Ministry also said that the Government has not insurance scheme under which Jharkhand and Rajasthan — are facing drought received any proposal to extend the dates of reg- he Government's agricul- 16,967.92 crore claims was this year. istrations regarding the National Register for Tture schemes are “not dis- settled during Kharif 2017, he According to Ministry of Agriculture, these Citizens (NRC) in Assam jointed” but linked at various added. six States have sought relief of 16,773 crore Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju stages of the farm sector. Union The Minister also men- from the Centre to tackle drought situation. said as per the Foreign Contribution Agriculture Minister Radha tioned that the Government But Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have (Regulation) Act, 2010, registered NGOs can Mohan Singh informed the has been “reorienting” the agri- not sought relief from the centre due to tedious receive foreign contribution for five purposes — Parliament that Indian agri- culture sector by focusing addi- process to get relief from the centre, officials social, educational, religious, economic and cul- culture is confronted with high tionally on an income-centric said. tural. “Presently 5,804 NGOs are registered for price volatility and climate risk approach. religious purpose under the Act,” he said reply- for which adequate prepared- In another reply, Singh ing a written question. ness has been in place. said that more than 60 per cent Rijiju said activities of the NGOs aimed at Due to steps taken by the markets in the country are conversion through inducement or force either Government, despite climate still selling agricultural produce directly or indirectly, from one faith to anoth- risks, the overall crop produc- below the Minimum Support er are prohibited under the Act. “For any such tion in the country is on the Price (MSP). violations reported, action as per the FCRA, 2010 increasing trend, he said in a On the Prime Minister is taken against the defaulting NGOs,” he said. written reply to the Lok Sabha, Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), According to home ministry statistics, a total Singh. the minister informed that of 23,176 NGOs have received 15,329.16 crore To reduce the dependence after implementation of the during 2016-17. There are around 7,800 NGOs of farmers on private money PMFBY since April, 2016, Odisha has also declared drought during which work for social purposes and 4,800 NGOs lenders, Singh said that the enrolment of non-loanee Kharif 2018 but the State Government has not which work for educational purposes. PNS Government has taken sever- farmers for whom the scheme submitted any memorandum so far. As per al measures to increase insti- is voluntary, has increased IMD, 250 of the 681 districts across the coun- tutional credit flow and bring- from 27.81 lakh in 2015-16 try have faced deficient rainfall this year. ing down the interest rate on under erstwhile schemes, to In a reply to Bhagwanth Khuba, Union farm loans. 136.66 lakh in 2016-17 and to Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said Further, with a view to 138.47 lakh in 2017-18, indi- that 26 districts of Maharashtra, 24 of provide better insurance cov- cating acceptance of the Karnataka, 18 of Jharkhand, 11 of Gujarat, 9 erage to crops for all stages, the scheme. of Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan each have faced drought this year and sought drought relief package of 16,773 crore. Memorandums to this effect have been submitted to the Ministry. Taking note of their memorandum, the Ministry has set up inter-ministerial high level committee to assess the damage and rec- ommend the financial assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ " )"5 ' 4*)* " ' " &" # " + $!$ forces for “target killings.” Mirwaiz said adding the world Safakadal, MR Gunj and Ram between Srinagar and Banihal Senior separatist leader sees for itself the ever-growing Munshi Bagh police stations of in Jammu and connecting he authorities on Monday Mirwaiz Umar Farooq defied graph of atrocities and mas- the district. In addition, partial north Kashmir’s Baramulla dis- 5$ Modi said, while speaking at the and jumped out of the fourth Tsealed off all roads leading police restrictions on his man- sacres of Kashmiris who are restrictions are in force within trict remained suspended for Republic TV summit. floor window. They suffered to headquarters of XV Corps in sion in Nigeen area of Srinagar seeking peaceful resolution of the territorial jurisdiction of the third day. The mobile inter- he toll in Mumbai’s ESIS Meanwhile, Union Health fractures. Srinagar to thwart separatists outskirts and led a group of his the Kashmir dispute. Maisuma and Kralkhud police net services in Srinagar besides Thospital fire mounted to Minister JP Nadda spoke to However, within minutes of plan to stage a protest demon- supporters to march towards Another separatist leader stations in the uptown city. Pulwama and Shopian districts eight on Tuesday, even as the Fadnavis while Labour & the fire being reported, at least stration in the garrison area the cantonment area. However, and JKLF chairman Yasin The normal life remained are suspended as a precau- Maharashtra Government Employment Minister Santosh 12 fire tenders, 15 water tankers against the spree of civilian he was intercepted by a large Malik also detained by police affected across Kashmir Valley tionary measure. orders an inquiry into the Gangwar rushed to Mumbai. and other specialised equip- killings. Police detained two contingent of police, mostly after he tried to march towards on third consecutive day in The civilian killings evoked alleged negligence and lapses The Maharashtra govern- ment arrived on the scene to bat- main separatist leaders Mirwaiz masked personnel, who took Badami Bagh cantonment in response to the JRL’s shutdown widespread condemnation leading to the mishap. ment announced an ex-gratia of tle with the blaze. The fire Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik him into brief custody after a Srinagar. Reports said Malik call No untoward incident was from both separatist as well as While two more injured 10 lakh to the families of those brigade used ladders to bring to foil their march towards the bout of slogan-shouting. along-with his supporters reported from any part of mainstream political parties persons succumbed to burn killed, 2 lakh to those serious- down those trapped in the third largest cantonment in summer Before being whisked to police including several women Valley. including NC, PDP, Congress wounds, the condition of at ly injured and 1 lakh to those and fourth floors of the hospi- capital Srinagar. station, Mirwaiz was allowed assembled at Gaw Kadal local- Shops, business establish- and other smaller parties call- least 25 of the total 147 injured who suffered with minor injuries. tal building. The fire brigade The separatists had called to address his supporters. He ity to begin their march. ments and fuel stations ing for halt to such killings and persons admitted to various Till Monday night, six per- personnel extinguished the blaze for a protest demonstration in blamed the state authorities for Eyewitnesses said as soon remained closed while public political initiatives to resolve hospitals in the city was sons had been killed and 147 after battling for three hours. front of the office of the XV unleashing a reign of terror by as Malik reached near Budshah transport was off the roads in Kashmir issue. described as "critical". Many of others injured late on Monday Meanwhile, informed Corps Commander who com- killing what he called innocent bridge a police party swung into summer capital Srinagar. Governor Satya Pal Malik the injured persons were dis- afternoon after a major fire sources said that the hospital had mands the military operations civilians. action and detained him. Police However, scarce private vehi- expressed grief over killings charged from various hospital broke out in the state govern- failed a fire safety audit con- in the entire Kashmir Valley. “After indiscriminate fired tear gas smoke shells to cles besides ambulances plied and directed security forces to after treatment. ment-runEmployees State ducted a fortnight ago. The army had counselled the killings, civilians are branded as disperse the crowd. on the city roads. The atten- adhere to Standard Operating Prime Minister Narendra Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Taking cognizance of the people against paying heed to over ground workers and ter- The authorities had dance in government and semi Procedure (SOP) during anti Modi, who was on a day-long Kamghar Hospital at Andheri lack of adequate fire safety mea- the separatists’ call. The pro- rorists which is preposterous in ordered restrictions on public government offices is also militancy operations. He also visit to Maharashtra, extended (East) in north-west Mumbai. sures at the hospital, chief min- posed protest was part of 3-day itself, but what is worse is that movement under Sec 144 CrPc affected. directed divisional adminis- his condolences to the families The fire had been noticed at ister Fadnavis ordered an shutdown called by the sepa- this propaganda is used as a in various parts of Srinagar dis- Similar reports of shut- tration Kashmir to conduct of those killed in the mishap and around 4 pm on Monday, near inquiry into the circumstances ratists against the killing of means of endorsing and justi- trict in view of Joint Resistance down and effect on normal life probe into the Pulwama inci- made anxious enquiries about the operation theatre of the leading to the mishap and fix seven civilians in Sirnoo village fying the civilian killings by Leadership (JRL) call for were received from other dis- dent. Advisor to Governor K those injuries in the mishap. hospital located at Marol local- responsibility for it. of south Kashmir’s Pulwama armed forces. Delhi has over- protest march towards Army’s trict headquarters in the Valley. Vijay Kumar held a security “I have discussed the inci- ity of Andheri (East). Before Talking to media persons, district on Saturday. Three played the terrorist, Pak proxy XV Corps Headquarters. The Heavy deployment of review meeting in Srinagar on dent with Chief Minister long, the fire spread to other Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists and instigators card and no one authorities ordered imposition police and paramilitary security Sunday and urged upon the Devendra Fadnavis. All help is floors stranding more 150 peo- Mahadeshwar said: “Whether and an Army soldier were also is buying this narrative except of restrictions within the terri- personnel was made in security forces to adhere to being extended to the families of ple in the fire-engulfed building. the fire audits were done or not killed in the encounter. The some people in India at whom torial jurisdiction of Khanyar, Pulwama district and adjoining SOPs while conducting coun- those killed and also to the per- As the fire spread in the and whether the systems were in locals blamed the security it is aimed for electoral gains,” Rainawari, Nowhatta, Shopian district. Train services terinsurgency operations. sons injured in the mishap,” building, a few patients panicked place or not, will be investigated". 1$ + #Q-" )"R *$ 4A 9 + 78791
n a bid to give fillip to the 5$ Itourism sector and enhance economic activities in Ladakh, eleasing a coffee table book the Home Ministry has R"Timeless Laxman" based approved new tourist and on the life and times of trekking routes in the ‘Land of renowned cartoonist RK High Passes’. Laxman, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on +#0)# /# Tuesday that he was happy to ),))% be a part of the timeless jour- ney of the late cartoonist. .#" '-# "I am very happy to be part )'- %0 %) of Laxman's timeless journey. I am happy that we can now get an insight into the vast treasure The Home Ministry, in a of Laxman's work. Studying statement, said the decision has Laxman's works through the among others actors Akshay been taken buoyed by the suc- decades is a nice way to under- Kumar, Ajay Devgan, film- cess of many tourism initiatives stand sociology, and the socio- maker Rakesh Roshan, lyricist announced under the Prime economic milieu of the times,” Prasoon Joshi, producers Karan Minister’s Development the Prime Minister said. Johar and Siddhartha Roy Package-2015. The “This effort is not just for Kapur, rooted for lower and Government of Jammu & Laxman or his memory..A uniform rates of GST, for the Kashmirhas taken yet another small part of Laxman lives entertainment industry in leap by proposing to open up within the minds of crores of India. more tourist and trekking people. Laxman's common The delegation also routes in Ladakh with the aim man is timeless and pan- expressed its strong support of of recapturing the glory, rich Indian. All Indians, and all gen- the Prime Minister's vision for culture and beauty of the erations of people identify with making India a five trillion dol- region, it said. The move will him, Modi said. lar economy in the near future. give a big boost to adventure The coffee table book has They gave an overview of the tourism too. been penned by his daughter- vast growth potential of the The proposed new tourist in-law, Usha Srinivas Laxman. media and entertainment routes are Merak-Lema Bend, It may be recalled that industry in India, and said Chushul-Kartsangla-Mahe, Laxman — best known for his that this sector is poised to con- Durbuk-Shahikul-Tharuk- creation The Common Man tribute in a significant way Sato, Kargyam-Parma-Erath- for his daily cartoon strip, “ You towards this goal. Chusul and Loma-Hanley. Said it” in The Times of India Members of the delegation Korzok-Nurbo-Sumdo- which started in 1951—passed strongly made a strong case for Parangla-Kazaand and Agyam away at a Pune hospital on developing Mumbai as the -Shayok-Durbuk are the two January 26, 2015. global entertainment capital, other tourist routes. Meanwhile, a delegation through various initiatives and The proposed new trekking representing the film and enter- proactive approaches. routes include Phyang-Dokla- tainment industry, called on On his part, Modi said that HunderDok-Hunder, Basgo- Prime Minister Modi in the Indian entertainment Ney-HunderDok-Hunder, Mumbai today. The delegation industry enjoyed immense Temisgam-Largyap- comprised producers and popularity across the world Panchathang-Skuru and CEOs of companies in the and it was one of the key ele- Saspol-Saspochey-Rakurala- entertainment industry. ments of India's rising soft Skuru. The delegation, comprising power status, globally. (" )*
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nspired by the decades old INational Women's Party in the United States, a 36-year-old doctor and social activist launched a woman's only party on Tuesday to fight for issues like reservation for women in Parliament and harassment of women at workplace. The newly formed National Women's Party (NWP) is being headed by Swetha Shetty, who said the party's goal was to rep- resent "women" particularly Even in 2018 women rights Shetty said while she was the underprivileged who "have are avoided easily and there is working with an NGO in suffered at the hands of system. so much crime against women Telangana, she worked upon Those who have run from and no significant reformations the idea of starting a mass office to office in expectation of are being considered so far movement. "I wanted some help to make their lives hence she felt the need for to make a national movement. better and got nothing" and women party," Shetty said. To serve the original purpose those who suffered from "The political world in women need higher commit- domestic abuse or are strug- India has been majorly male ment from the governing body. gling against the social estab- dominated and women have We need higher participation lishment". always felt excluded. The party in the parliament to amend the "The actual ground work will attempt to eradicate the laws for women welfare and for National Women Party present challenges as there is progress," she said. began in 2012. The motive need for women participants While Shetty urged more behind formation of National who understand the subject and more women to join the Women Party is to get 50 per more delicately. Women party to be able to collectively cent reservation for women empowerment will be a fair rake up the issues, she did not candidates in Lok Sabha play to persistent paradoxes of elaborate on any plans of con- Election. our times," she said. testing any elections. !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ " )"8
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We are completing the lagging the issue of corrup- projects which had remained - Ftion, Prime Minister pending for the past 30 to 40 0 Narendra Modi on Tuesday years,” the Prime Minister said. took an indirect swipe at the The Prime Minister said $1 2,92$ $ 7 $99D Opposition Congress over its that four years ago, no one allegations of corruption made would have imagined that India wo days after resuming here is no plan for any 17E+ 7 by against him in the Rafale would be surging towards Tpolitical activities, Tej Pratap Talliance with the Congress scam, saying that the Supreme becoming a five trillion dollar Yadav, the elder son of jailed before the Lok Sabha elec- $$ $ Court – through its clean chit economy and rising up the RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Tuesday tions, Bengal’s ruling $7 0771$+ to his Government — had +' + $ O$ P ranks in the ease of doing met his father and claimed that Trinamool Congress leader- given a “befitting reply” to the + 1 ! business from 142 in 2014 to 77 he was advised to “take the party ship said on Tuesday. $9 7$D$7 litigants who had approached #*(#<$ ! 0 )$ in 2018. “We are moving fast to forward” by him. When asked to comment the court over the alleged irreg- get into the under 50 bracket in The over two-hour meet- on whether the TMC would 97$ 1$ ularities in the fighter jets pur- ki sab se badi adalat gaye aur “No One thought four years the world in terms of ease of ing between Tej Pratap and his for once consider any electoral chase deal. adalat ne unhe do took jawab ago that one day we would be doing business,” he said. father took place at the alliance with the Congress in 17 *$ D Without actually naming mila hai ki jo kaam hua hai, able to bring Christian Michel Referring to the rapid pace Rajendra Institute of Medical 2018 general elections senior the Rafale deal, Modi broke his woh paardarshita se hua hai, to India to face trial in the of infrastructure development Sciences, where the Rashtriya TMC leader and State Minister 899, 7+ $99 17<;9,2+$1$ silence for the first time over the imaandari se hua hai. Humare AgustaWestland chopper scam. taking place in the country, Janata Dal (RJD) chief is under- Subroto Mukherjee said “there +7$ +,E87+ 7!$9 Supreme Court’s verdict in the desh me aisa bhi hoga, char saal No One thought four years ago Modi said that his Government going treatment for various is no question of any alliance much-discussed fighter aircraft pehle kisi ne nahi socha tha (It that one day that a Congress had – through reviews under- ailments after being convicted at least before the elections. purchase case, Modi said: has happened for the first time leader would be sentenced in taken at the monthly PRAGATI in fodder scam cases. There will be no pre-poll “Hamare yaha ek psychology that some people moved the the 1984 Sikh riots case. We are meetings which he chaired – The former Bihar health alliance. Whatever tie-up that Congress veteran Abdul the State BJP for three tentative rahi hai ki jab sarkar ke khilaf country’s highest court with the same country. We have the had reviewed projects worth Rs minister had been keeping a may be taken up for consider- Mannan said “question of dates for the proposed Rath aarop lagate koi adalat me jata allegations of corruption same bureaucracy. We have 12 lakh crore which had been low profile for several months ation will be after the elec- alliance has not come up Yatra. hai, to mana jaata hai ki sarkar against the Government and the same infrastructure. But pending for years on end and on account of differences with tions.” because no one from the The Court of Justice ghalat hogi aur aarop lagane the court gave a befitting reply what is the change in the situ- was speeding up these works. younger brother Tejashwi All parties had their sepa- Congress has approached them Tapabrata Chakrabarty also wala sahi hoga. Yeh aamtaur pe to the litigants concerned that ation we are witnessing today?” “Go to any part of the Yadav and estrangement with rate views and strategies about (Trinamool) with an alliance asked the State Advocate manyata hai, ghotale ho, bhrash- whatever work that took place Modi asked. country, we can get to see sign his wife of six months. the elections and the TMC too proposal. In fact we have General to submit before it the tachar ka aarop ho, ye mansik- happened in a most transpar- In his key note address at boards mentioning `Work in It was a long time since I had its. But on the question of already given our decision for video recording of the meeting ta hamare man me ghar kar gayi ent and honest manner. No one the Republic TV summit here, Progress’. The importance of met my father. I became emo- defeating the BJP all the oppo- a solo fight from a recent rally held under the Court’s direc- hai. Kyuki humne yahi dekha hai would have imagined four Modi listed his Government’s these sign boards is indicative tional. I love him. My father is sition parties were thinking in in Kolkata.” tion between the State officials pehle’ (It has been our psychol- years ago that such a thing can achievements during the last of the fact that “India in my God---Krishna, Vishnu one direction “that is this party On the BJP’s proposed and the BJP leadership in ogy that whenever some goes to happen in this country)”, the four and a half years and said Progress”. We are not just con- and Mahadev, Yadav told has to be defeated,” and the Rath Yatra for which the State which the saffron outfit report- court with allegations of cor- Prime Minister said. that the country was witness- structing highways, flyovers, reporters. TMC was of the view that “the Government had denied per- edly claimed that the Yatra had ruption, we presume that the Modi also took an indirect ing the change which was a metros etc. But, what is hap- He further claimed that the party which is strong in a par- mission on grounds of com- no religious undertones and Government is in the wrong pot shot at the Nehru Gandhi strong representation of pening is building of a new RJD chief had asked him “to ticular region should be sup- munal harmony, the senior that it was purely a political and the people making allega- family on the issues of the “Surging India” wherein the India. The city (Mumbai) that take the party forward”, reiter- ported by the other parties Minister said, “permission was programme. tions are right. That’s we have to issues of extradition of Government was moving for- I am in today is often described ating that he saw Tejashwi as against the BJP.” denied in order to maintain “The State was categori- come tom accept. That’s what Christian Michel, the alleged ward with “Policy-driven gov- as a `city that never “Arjuna” and vowed to play the Incidentally Chief Minister peace,” wondering, “how the cally told by our leaders that it has been our mindset when it middleman in the ernance” and “Predictable stops’.Speaking from this city, I role of Lord Krishna who was Mamata Banerjee had already BJP will be able to manage so is a political and not religious comes to scams or allegations of AgustaWestland chopper scam transparent policies”. “As a would like to say that `India is the warrior prince’s charioteer made it clear that her party many people required for a Yatra but still they are not giv- corruption. Because, we have from Dubai and the life sen- result, we are constructing a country that never stops’. in the epic Mahabharata. would contest all the 42 Lok Yatra of the magnitude they are ing permission for it,” BJP seen these things in the past”. tence handed to Congress highways, doubling of railway India has made up its mind that Asked about his divorce Sabha seats of the State alone. planning.” leader JP Majumdar said. The “Lekin ye pehli bar hua hai leader Sajjan Kumar sentenced lines twice the pace of the neither would it stop nor would petition, Tej Pratap refused to Reacting to the issue State Incidentally the Calcutta next hearing for the matter will jab kuchh, sarkar par bhrash- to life in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots work executed earlier. We have it slow down,” the Prime divulge the details, saying the Opposition Leader and High Court on Tuesday asked be held on Wednesday. tachar ka aarop lagate hue desh case by Delhi High Court. constructed more than 100 Minister said. matter was in court. O( + $
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he CBI has booked two TArmy officers for alleged- ly taking bribes of over 82 lakh from a civilian contractor engaged in supply of rations for troops posted in Nagaland. The action has been taken on a complaint from Brigadier Rajiv Gautam posted at the headquarters of the Army’s 3 Corps headquartered in the Northeast. Lt Col Amit Sharma and Lt Col Sutikshan Rana, officers of the Army Service Corps, received bribes worth 82 lakh between 2012 and 2016 from a supplier of ration, according to the complaint. Sharma was Commanding Officer of the ASC at Dimapur from July 27, 2012, to October 15, 2014, while Rana held the position from October 16, 2014, to September 10, 2016. The Army had carried out a Court of Inquiry during which it was found that 82 lakh were allegedly paid to these two officers by the con- tractor Jai Prakash Singh, the complaint alleged. During a seven-month- long Preliminary Enquiry, the CBI managed to establish alleged payments of 10 lakh and 3.40 lakh from Singh to Sharma and Rana, respective- ly, the officials said. The payments were made through bank deposits of third parties known or close to the family members of Sharma and Rana, the officials said. !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ ) " )" 9 *"&,! *! # C B * # C C $2). 8$ .(/ 0 *55 6R & & *" " 7 " & " 8 " 3 ( * 2O # ;=%& # 0 ( ( S ( 1 * 3 S ! ( or those who are intrepid optimists, 7 3 ( giving Pakistan Prime Minister * 89:; ) Imran Khan a chance to prove he can do more to better India-Pakistan %S ) relations is a fair bet. After all, he has * , beenF handpicked by the Army and the Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI) played no small role in installing him as the Prime Minister. Khan <; - claimed that Pakistan Army chief Gen =>?? * Qamar Bajwa and he are on the same page. ( The Kartarpur corridor confidence building measure (CBM) is an Army-approved Khan’s * ) ( first step awaiting an Indian response which will be followed by Khan’s promised addition- # al steps, whatever those might be. Prime Minister Narendra Modi compared Kartarpur ( with the fall of the Berlin wall, adding: “Kartarpur will not be a corridor but a rea- ( son to bring people together.” The two Sikh Ministers he sent were equally euphoric, espe- # cially Union Minister for Food Processing, * 3 0 "( Harsimrat Kaur, who said that Kartarpur was 0 @ 89>8 ( a perfect way to start a “new beginning.” But spoilers are on both sides. Union External $ # =??9 <: Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was quick to In conformity with Modi’s term, their Prime Ministers were the then Defence Minister =?8< @ guillotine hope with her famous one-liner: muscular policy — surgical prevented from doing so by Manohar Parrikar and National AB P R S “Terror and talks cannot go together.” strikes et al — his Government showing them as corrupt and Security Advisor Ajit Doval Similarly, Swaraj killed an earlier agreed meet- has become the first one to not incompetent, to establish the threatened a counter jihad and ing on the sidelines of UNGA of a conversa- engage in official dialogue with indispensability of the Army as evaporation of Balochistan if # tion between Indian and Pakistan Foreign Pakistan since it started in 1996. the ultimate custodian of there was another Mumbai. G Ministers in reaction to media outrage over Except for the likes of Mani Pakistan’s core values and nation- Pakistan’s military is the defend- Q beheading of a soldier and Line of Control Shankar Aiyar of uninterrupted al interest. The established demo- er of faith and bulwark against violations. Both incidents were missed oppor- and uninterruptible dialogue cratic tenet of civilian-political Indian machinations of its further tunities to test Khan’s strategic autonomy fame and Sudheendra Kulkarni, 81D+1,59 control of the military was break-up following the creation # 3 * , under Bajwa’s watch. who have suffered repeated !7$08$$ reversed to military (judicial and of Bangladesh. Cross-border ter- - # ( Linked to the resumption of bilateral dia- indignities at the hands of Hindu NAB) control of the political rorism is Pakistan’s low-cost logue is Islamabad’s yearning to hold the 19th goons, the majority of soldiers, $21$ class, which the recent elections high-gain revenge against India’s 3 . . $ , Saarc summit, which was postponed in diplomats and intellectuals are on 8$ $ have commendably demonstrat- splitting of Pakistan. " 3 2016 following the Uri attack, and rejected by the side of no dialogue with ed with the Army’s choice of So, why should Gen Bajwa * , Swaraj citing lack of conducive environment Pakistan as it attracts the law of ,)$),EE Prime Minister. and Imran Khan want an on- (read Pakistan’s backing for terrorists). The diminishing returns, coupled In and outside Pakistan, the and- off dialogue with India killing of 19 soldiers in the Uri attack was not with doses of despair and frus- $9,!578 1 question that is inevitably asked when status quo is suitable? # 0-$ ! ( due to any ingenious or suicidal terrorist tration. Still, there are those who $817 is about altering the behaviour of Reason: To keep up the optics of =?89 @ action but was accidental, caused by the care- hang around in fatigued Track II the military: Who will do it and good neighbourliness, enhance less storage of gas cylinders which engulfed simply because the official track + $ 5+O5,+ how will it be done? This is con- and benefit trade relations with . $ 0 3 the tent in which they were sleeping. During is closed. The 26/11 Mumbai +5 $97P sidered un-doable. At one time, the fastest growing economy, $ ( the Vajpayee-led NDA Government, even attacks, whose perpetrators have 7$+,. , the Americans were the only ones resume conversations on ) ! % after a major terrorist attack on Parliament gone unpunished and are being who could have achieved this but Kashmir without necessarily in December 2001 —which led to Operation mainstreamed, marked the turn- 277*5* 17 the Army was their strategic ally. aiming to find a solution (of a ( Parakram — Vajpayee did not skip the 11th ing point in the dialogue process, After plastering Pakistan with mothballed Kashmir) and even 0 0-$ F Saarc summit in Kathmandu in January 2002, especially after India and Pakistan ,* +,E!,, abuse and freezing military aid, seeking India’s help in # 7 3 % =??= where the then Pakistan Prime Minister came breathlessly close to agree- 7!1,5 9D US President Donald Trump Afghanistan. In short, without Pervez Musharraf shook hands even as ing on the four or five point has been forced into seeking help diluting the threat from India, India’s armed forces were on full-scale Kashmir formula during the sin- 71$:,5 from the Generals for the peace which dilutes its primacy in deployment, ready for war. India’s attempts gle-window Musharraf regime, 71$7$ process in Afghanistan. The civil-military relations, cherry- # to isolate and punish Pakistan have seen the which turned out to be a flash in 77E $7 Chinese are best placed to influ- pick items for talks which bene- # S re-energising of sub-regional groupings, like the pan. Ten and six years of ence behavioural change but will fit Pakistan. Regulating the tap of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Generals Musharraf and Ashfaq 79$ ,+8 1 not oblige. Neither the US nor terrorism as Musharraf did is the 0-$ 3 Technical and Economic Cooperation Parvez Kayan had upset the col- China will mess around with a price Rawalpindi is willing to pay. P Q ) (Bimstec), which includes Bangladesh, India, legium of Corps Commanders, 17E$+ 7+ nuclear-armed Pakistan, umbil- Despite these calibrated contra- ( Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and disturbing the channel of promo- ically tied with terrorist proxies, dictions, Khan’s wish for talks Bhutan. According to a World Bank report, tions. The Generals agreed to ! ,8! making Pakistan the most dan- with India will be consummated ‘Glass Half Full: The Problem of Regional replace the era of direct with 7,,D gerous state. Cross-border jihad mid-2019 after the elections. Trade in South Asia’ (by Sanjay Kathuria), the proxy rule, thereby obviating and terrorism will pose a peren- Terror and talks will then go formal trade between India and Pakistan international and domestic costs. nial threat to India — while keep- together. could be $37 billion but is only $2 million due This mechanism gave rise to new ing alive the Kashmir dispute- (The writer is a retired R!"! to a variety of surmountable barriers. South terminologies — elected which even a 100 surgical strikes Major General of the Indian Asia, as a region, is locked down by India- Government and establishment (not feasible without escalation) Army and founder member of Pakistan tensions and an upswing in relations (deep state). will be unable to counter. the Defence Planning Staff, cur- " & % 6" " between the two nations would benefit other While the last two elected For Pakistan, India is an exis- rently the revamped Integrated " " &" & Saarc countries too. Governments completed their tential threat, even more so after Defence Staff) ) ) * J 1+ # ) # ;(C%% # N *S + ) D ! O ,S ) ) # / # # # - > (+<) (<)) >)& : <() K: K+$ K+ 9 K )S . # ,S # UPA Government. We must hope for the better. R S LR Gupta Sir — This refers to the article, Lucknow 0 * * ) “No salvation in shooting the L M reformist” (December 18) by G %'H +/+ # ) * * 1 Bindu Dalmia. In the just-con- ) ( cluded Assembly elections to 0 , S five States, the BJP got one out # Sir — DMK President MK of 40 seats in Mizoram, one out ) Stalin’s call to the Opposition to $! 1 of 119 seats in Telangana, 15 out rally around Rahul Gandhi is no S of 90 seats in Chhattisgarh, 73 # doubt a big boost for the * S O out of 199 seats in Rajasthan and 7 ) Congress president but it is too 109 out of 230 seats in Madhya #$ early to say whether the entire Pradesh. Barring Madhya O ) ) Opposition would stand united * 1 Pradesh, the BJP could not come and endorse Rahul as their anywhere near the halfway mark ) # ) #$ prime ministerial candidate. # + , in the five State Assemblies. Electoral victories in the These election results clear- # # three crucial northern States ) ly indicate that the people did $ # have infused confidence in the 3 ) S not like the BJP’s bottom-tight- + ; Congress and bolstered the image # top-loose kind of policy to of Rahul as a leader with a undertake reformation. potential to take Modi head-on While measures, like demon- in the Lok Sabha battle. But ( , ( ( ( etisation and Goods and Services heartland States anti-incumbency Rajasthan, people were more dis- given its organisational weakness Tax, took the water away for led to the BJP’s defeat. satisfied with Vasundhara Raje in electorally significant States small fries, big crocodiles happi- In Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj than Prime Minister Modi. like West Bengal, Bihar, Tamil 0 ( ly survived on the land without Sir — This refers to the article, Singh Chouhan’s impartiality, While the Congress can now Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, the " ) ( water, with help of plastic money. “GST, unaddressed Hindu con- strictness and adherence to rules rejoice over its victories, people Congress has no option than to S R S 4 15 On the other hand, soft-dealing cerns blighted BJP” (December annoyed the people of the State will soon get disenchanted with ally with regional heavyweights with macro bank loan defaulters 16) by Swapan Dasgupta. With and even his near and dear ones. it. Prime Minister Modi’s poli- to improve its electoral prospects. 6 S ( and the hard approach on farm regards to Telangana and As for Chhattisgarh, Naxals, being cies, particularly in the sectors M Jeyaram # $ loans did not go down well with Mizoram, where both the BJP and afraid of the BJP’s aggressiveness, of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Chennai ) 6 the farmers. Congress lost badly, regional con- threatened that the electorate Home are remarkably fine. The 2 > Sujit De siderations played a major role could not vote for the party. Government needs more time to )) ()& &< =;:'>&: S Kolkata over there. As for the other Hindi This had a questionable effect. In clean up the mess created by the !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ " % % ; *"&,! *!
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0-$ % because he doesn’t have to spend money on ship- vide benefits to their employees and business owners network well within resources but are less personal. 0 ping. Similarly, an agile start-up may be able to 7$+D*$ 5 families as well. Additionally, their industry, communities and Owners of small businesses strive * 0 . # innovate new technology faster than a bulky + $D! economies world over are witnessing beyond by encouraging and sharing to keep their customers satisfied to $ # - G bureaucratic counterpart, thereby forcing 5+7+++ 17 unprecedented changes — the job sce- with one another. Successful entrepre- encourage repeat business. Small busi- * $ changes in thinking and behaviour. 1$ 7+ $+2# nario is changing rapidly. Many jobs neurs will find mentors or themselves nesses can respond flexibly to problems 0 * $ H $ # % I $ Second, small businesses also operate local- 17 7$ 7$D have discontinued, others may not be the mentor to new business owners. and challenges as there is little hierar- H$ ( ly. This gives them a strong preference for hiring 7$+,+E, 17 return. So, unemployed workers have Second, many people, who are in chy or chain of command. Large busi- local people. Big corporations often move into new to find new jobs, often at much lower their 50s, want to try their hand at nesses may have set ways of operating 3 ( +57++,E+$99 territories with a team already in place. This can $1,7)$+7 pay, or undertake training and educa- entrepreneurship. Not only do such and establish procedures that are hard improve a city’s population but nothing drives new tion as a new career option. people bring a vast array of experi- to change. Small businesses are often far # ) 5+7++7+ 5 job growth in a region as small businesses do. 17,+ Unstable economic conditions are ence to their ventures, they also have more flexible. They can also reach a .( Third, small firms have more flexibility. inducing people to start ventures to a more mature approach. They are quick decision on whether or not they % ( Anyone can start a new business. This makes *, $ $7 secure their financial future. This more likely to care about their can do what is required. Also, small 0-$ % them more diverse in form, function, culture +575* makes entrepreneurship and small employees or respect them. This can businesses are well-positioned to intro- # and increases their potential as against large cor- 1 77+K business ownership a viable career foster repeat business. duce and develop new ideas. This is due * ( porations. Greater the diversity in an economy, 7+ 7 option. Although many companies Third, entrepreneurs are not to their owners not having to report or %*# # easier it is for the country to withstand tough +*97$ now offer their employees flexible afraid to fail. Statistics reveal that it seek approval from anyone else. For conditions. 7 7 $ , hours to handle family needs, there are takes an average of three business example, when Anita Roddick set up There are many reasons why men and times when employees, especially start-ups for an entrepreneur to The Body Shop, she developed a range # I # ( women are turning to entrepreneurship and start- women — who are still the primary achieve a successful enterprise. of environment-friendly cosmetics in % ing their own businesses. Decreasing wages, care-givers of family members — face Entrepreneurs constantly learn from unsophisticated packaging. This would ( demands for more family and personal time are scheduling conflicts while handling mistakes and persist until one or more have been frowned upon in a conven- I 3 a few reasons that propel one towards entrepre- everyday personal concerns. Therefore, of their ventures succeed. They can tional cosmetics company. G , neurship. Generally, it is seen that wages have not many entrepreneurs opt to work from respond to challenges and quickly Due to the small scale of operation, I R S kept pace with the increased cost of living. What home so that they can be with their change to stay competitive in the mar- small businesses have lower overhead 0*$ *$ ) used to take the average income of only one work- families, attend their children’s school ket and satisfy their customers. costs. They operate in small premises I ( er to support a family today can take almost two- events, or even run errands. Fourth, time management issues, with low heating and lighting costs, lim- ( # and-a-half. In contrast, entrepreneurs have the Lastly, having a small business is a family responsibilities and the desire for ited rent and rates to pay. Low costs I potential to earn more as business owners than definite way to escape from a job that more money are just a few reasons why result in lower prices for consumers. as employees. Because entrepreneurs are work- one dislikes or no longer finds challeng- men and women tend to start a small- Small business is among the most ) .S I ing in small businesses for themselves. As their ing or fulfilling. A recent study found scale venture. Because their ventures are powerful symbols of modern capitalism # =?89 ! % own boss, they have the flexibility to arrange their that nearly 25 per cent of the people small, owners can pay attention to and its owners are frequently described 0-$ hours around their family schedules. detest their jobs but remain trapped due details that promote positive image. as virtuous, self-reliant and indepen- H Moreover, salary raises of the employees, too, to financial commitments like loans, Many business owners have gone dent. Starting a venture is the easy part G . - 0-$ have become fewer. Companies generally tend to rents, payments and living expenses. on to expand their small ventures into but staying in business is the hardest * =??< =??; ( give performance bonuses so as to keep fixed costs Therefore, if they cannot afford to multi-million enterprises, especially as task. There are many reasons for the 7 3 low. And often, managers have to adhere to strict quit a full-time job to start a business, venture-capital investment resources success of small and home-based busi- ) guidelines for standard operations procedures, or entrepreneurs can start a small business became available. Others chose to stay nesses but the most important can be # I their bonuses are unlikely. An electronic chain cor- on the side until their business profits small so that they could serve spe- summed up in three Ds —desire, dis- poration not only demands its managers to work enable them to quit. According to the cialised and niche markets. Thus, cipline and determination. six days a week but it also sends inspectors into Small Business Administration (SBA), starting smaller and growing slowly (The writer is Assistant Professor, the stores, unannounced, to deduct points for US, the number of part-time business- decreases the likelihood of making Amity University) )R & 9 ! &'# ( )&&)* %*+* % E * &+- . & & .(/# 0 * 1#)(%*) $ $ %(( % * % 2& /#%.- *1%&*( * $ . */) $ $ .)* &- $ * $ %**1 %*.)&1 3/ 2)##- $% . *$ #/ $ * %* %4 # & $%/2 *%* ) &- +( * %* $ 2) )& -
he energy sector, electricity in access to credit. One particular amendments to the Electricity Act. already rife about the financial sation deficit as well as aggregate importance, like dust sustaining particular, is undergoing a item, air-conditioners, is of special Most industry watchers have debacle lurking in many of these technical and commercial (AT&C) solar panels, storage solutions that Tphase of rapid change. interest. It has already lead to a tem- expressed hope in meeting the assets as their cost-competitive- losses, which is about 19 per cent. work in extreme weather while Provisional data from the Central poral shift in demand patterns. 175GW renewable target. However, ness vis-à-vis renewables has erod- As rural electrification becomes hopefully being less dependent on Electricity Authority (CEA) showed The situation will only get height- certain things demand attention. ed and policy thrust is shifting away. more pervasive due to policy pre- import-oriented minerals, econom- that up to October 2018, electrici- ened in the future due to increased The intermittency of renewables and This needs attention since there is rogatives, there is a growth of sub- ically meaningful solutions for dra- P ty supply deficit was only 0.6 per market penetration of the product challenges of grid integration under- no prudence in thinking that a col- sidised customers entering the fray matic reduction in emissions form cent of the total energy demand and and growing demand for cooling, score heightened risk of curtailment, lapse of investments made in this and ultimately deepening the ongo- thermal power plants, and smart deficit at peak was only 0.8 per cent. given the rising temperatures. both of technical nature and mis- sector will not have collateral dam- ing crisis. metering will help alleviate the This in itself is suggestive of the fact A further spurt in demand is alignment with demand-supply age for investor sentiment in renew- There is also a lingering threat financial stress on DISCOMS. that our country has come a long expected due to the electrification forecast. These problems will keep able sector. from the prospect of rooftop solar That the Government isn’t obliv- way since a decade. In fact, for the of the transport sector that is now exacerbating as the quantum of Overall, the power sector needs and net-metering as this increases ious to boosting a local ecosystem is entire financial year of 2018-19, almost inevitable. Even the renewable power available for grid to demonstrate policy reliability the chance of net revenue from pay- evident in its efforts to support CEA’s Load Generation Balance Saubhagya scheme is expected to injection increases as planned. due to long-time horizon of invest- ing customer base falling rapidly. local manufacturing in solar indus- K Report anticipated 4.6 per cent unlock latent demand by bringing At this point, technical chal- ments. Therefore, a carefully man- Though Uday has provided a path- try. The approach, however, has $ overall energy surplus and 2.5 per electricity connection to a multitude lenges of renewable power evacua- aged decrease in share of thermal way for shifting the burden of loss- been reliant on erecting trade barri- cent surplus at peak demand. of homes. Planning to meet the tion are compounded by flexible power needs to be staged, including es, it hasn’t really come up with a ers which remains a contentious and 7* However, below the surface, there is shifting demand is of essence. We operations requirement of base looking at technologies, that can roadmap to reduce the burden. politically thorny strategy. One often K a long list of challenges already are in a situation where we are con- power plants. Immediate focus is reduce negative impact of these Overall, India can benefit from thinks whether such policy decisions being faced and even bigger ones strained about our choice of electric- needed on storage that can power plants and, therefore, provide foresight in planning the transition focus on attracting investments in looming ahead. ity generation because of the con- smoothen out intermittence of cushion for managing the transition. to a sustainable generation para- R&D. Ultimately, what is needed is + India’s electricity demand is ditions set by global climate change. renewables and longer-term net- Well none of the challenges in digm. Planning should have place a policy environment that will push projected to more than quadruple Quite rightly, therefore, the work infrastructure planning. generation can be compared to for technology discovery, upgrada- the country ahead on the innovation 5 #* OL by 2035-36. Its demand grows con- Government has declared its inten- Notably, conventional power what is brewing on the distribution tion of transmission and distribu- curve and hopefully help the nation M comitant with economic develop- tion to increase the share of renew- sources, particularly thermal, is side. The Ujjwal DISCOM tion networks to handle load pat- seize leadership of an industry seg- ment, which is aided by increased able energy to 40 per cent by 2030. now at 64.1 per cent of the installed Assurance Yojana (UDAY) contin- terns of a new era and solutions for ment in the future. # penetration of necessary and discre- Efforts to incentivise renewables capacity (CEA: October 2018 pro- ues to be in a perilous economic plugging revenue leakages. (The writer is Practice Lead, tionary goods powered by electric- are also palpable in the National visional figures) that is predomi- condition. Their tottering health Immediate focus on research and Climate, Environment and ity, rise of disposable income and Tariff Policy 2016 and the proposed nantly coal-fed. Discussions are emanates from both revenue reali- development (R&D) in areas of local Sustainability, Chase India) ! ! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ 0)"#
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O 5 /O <5,,- & 0 78 791 78791 bank to discuss its areas of con- and said I want your resigna- cerns. tion,” he added. he MRO inance Minister Arun Jaitley Two board meetings after Former finance minister P TAssociation Fon Tuesday said the that were “cordial” and decisions Chidambaram, Jaitley said, was Of India Government did not seek res- were taken on three-four issues “not on speaking terms with (MAOI) has ignation of Urjit Patel as RBI while there were also some on two Governors during his written to Governor over differences on which no decision was taken, he tenure.” Ministry of some issues, and went on to cite said, adding the issue of paring Many central banks around Civil Aviation how central bank heads were of some of RBI’s over 9 lakh the world maintain 8 per cent drawing its made to resign under prime crore reserves after deciding on of gross assets as reserves while urgent attention ministers Jawaharlal Nehru an appropriate size of buffer was conservative ones maintain at to the dwin- and Indira Gandhi and when decided to be referred to an 13-14 per cent. RBI maintains dling Yashwant Sinha was finance expert committee. it at 28 per cent, Jaitley said. Maintenance, minister. While the committee was “In 2013 they said that you Repairs & Overhaul (MRO) is estimated that the current Defending his decided to be formed in the have 1.46 lakh crore in excess industry. Declaring the indus- MRO import bill for the year Government’s demands from RBI board meeting held on you give. Then no one said that try’s present state to be in dire 2017-2018 of US $1.4 billion the Reserve Bank to address November 19, a consensus on it is raiding the Reserve Bank,” straits, the Association has will rise to US $3 billion by certain issues including liq- the composition eluded till he said, adding reserves released appealed to the Ministry to 2023. This import driven pol- uidity or fund problem in cer- Patel resigned. can be used for infusing capi- offer the Indian MRO indus- icy has lost 90,000 direct jobs tain sectors, he said that there Jaitley said the expert com- tal in public sector banks as well try at least a fair chance to to countries like Sri Lanka, is no threat to the autonomy of mittee would be announced in as for schemes for the benefit of compete with foreign MROs Singapore, Thailand, France the central bank. few days time. poor. that enjoy a favourable import and Germany. These jobs can Patel, who was brought in “So if you are saying that “I don’t need these funds tax policy of the Indian easily be brought back to India by Prime Minister Narendra raising these issues is an for funding fiscal deficit, or gov- Government. by correcting the fiscal tax Modi-Government in 2016 infringement on autonomy, ernment expenditure for this The MAOI has stated that imbalance that has affected this after a second term was denied this is wrong,” he said. He year till the month of May. I the lopsided tax policies have industry since independence. to outspoken former IMF chief then went on to cite past RBI don’t need even one rupee,” he 5$ ing 2.26 per cent lower at bullish trend in equities trad- led to 90 per cent of the MRO Indian engineering is amongst economist Raghuram Rajan, in governors who had resigned. said and cited a letter written by $58.26 per barrel, a 14-month ing also supported the rupee in requirements of India being the best in the world and a surprise move resigned as RBI “The first governor to resign Rajan as the chief economic he Indian rupee on Tuesday low. maintaining its upward move- imported; causing severe loss allowing this drain of pre- Governor on December 11. (was in) 1955 when (Prime advisor of the Government in Trallied by a whopping 112 At the Interbank Foreign ment. to the Indian MRO industry cious skill and ForEx to foreign Many blamed the pressure Minister) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru 2013 to RBI asking how much paise, its best single-day gains Exchange (forex) market, the The benchmark Sensex and the Government’s tax rev- locations is unwarranted,” said brought by the Government on wrote to Governor B Rama Rau capital did it require. in over five years, to settle at rupee opened on a firm note at Tuesday wiped off early losses enues. With the Government’s Bharat Malkani, President, the central bank to ease lend- (that) economic policy is to be “My Government has the 70.44 against the US dollar as 71.34 from. It gained further to end 77 points higher at timely intervention and sup- MAOI. ing restrictions and release framed by Government of India best fiscal record and even this softening crude oil prices eased ground to hit a high of 70.44, 36,347 on Tuesday, the sixth port, the MAOI aims to con- The Association has point- more of its capital to bolster the (and) monetary policy is to be year we will maintain the fiscal concerns over India’s current a massive climb of 112 paise consecutive session of gains. vert today’s US $1.4 Billion of ed out to the skewed tax regime economy for Patel’s resignation. framed by you. But your other deficit. And therefore to main- account deficit expansion. over its previous closing. The broader NSE Nifty edged net import of MRO into a US that has been benefiting foreign “Sarkar ki unse koi istife ki policies like credit policies have tain fiscal deficit I don’t need Besides, sustained selling of The Indian currency had higher by over 20 points to end $5 Billion export in the next 5 players while putting the apeksha nahi thi (The to be in support of the that kind of money,” he said. the American currency by gained 34 paise to close at 71.56 above the 10,900-mark. years. domestic players at a disad- Government did not seek Government’s economic poli- On charges that the final exporters and banks as well as against the US dollar Monday. The Financial Benchmark “The Indian MRO busi- vantage. The present GST for Patel’s resignation),” Jaitley said cies. And if are suggesting you straw in Patel’s strained two- the greenback’s weakness The Tuesday’s 112 paise India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the ness has been on a gradual importing MRO services to when asked about Patel’s res- would resign, ‘I am unable to year term was the appointment against its key rivals globally ascent marked the best day for reference rate for the decline and for the first time in India is levied at a maximum ignation at ‘Agenda Aaj Tak’ advise you to the contrary’. So he of S Gurumurthy on the RBI ahead of the US Fed policy the rupee since September 19, rupee/dollar at 71.1940 and for its history has registered neg- 5 per cent, whereas the same programme here. resigned,” he said. Board, he said when the BJP decision Wednesday also 2013, when it had surged by rupee/euro at 80.7554. The ative numbers this year. We services offered at home are The Government had cited “Yashwant Sinha, who came to power, a then Rajya helped the domestic unit scale 161 paise against the US dollar. reference rate for rupee/British cannot stress enough on the taxed at GST of 18 per cent. the never-used-before provi- became the high priest of RBI Sabha Member of Parliament of further heights. Forex dealers said a drop in pound was fixed at 89.8829 and plight of our industry and are This makes it unviable for sion of the RBI Act that gives autonomy, during the Chandra the Congress party was a mem- The Brent crude, an inter- bond yields easing liquidity for rupee/100 Japanese yen at hoping for the Government to Indian airline carriers to even it powers to issue directions to Shekhar Government called ber of the board of the central national benchmark, was trad- concerns in the market and 63.21. intervene before it’s too late. 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NIndia limited (NSE) has the successful launch of week- cussing joint investment in Reliance operates two The demand of Indian received permission from ly options on the NIFTY petrochemicals and refinery refineries at Jamnagar with a solar manufacturers, including Securities and Exchange BANK index, there was projects, the Saudi Oil Minister total capacity of 68.2 million several State-owned compa- Board of India (SEBI) to demand from the market par- Khalid al-Falih said. tonnes per annum. nies, to impose anti-dumping launch weekly options on ticipants for a similar product Al-Falih, who has known Reliance plans to expand duty on Chinese products is NIFTY 50 Index. variant of the NIFTY 50 Ambani for over a decade now, its only-for-exports SEZ refin- still to see light of the day even NIFTY 50 weekly options index. The weekly options on travelled to Udaipur earlier ing capacity to just over 41 mil- as the recently-introduced will have seven consecutive NIFTY 50 index provides an this month to attend the pre- lion tonnes from current 35.2 Safeguard duty of 25 per cent weekly expiry contracts additional hedging tool for wedding festivities of Ambani’s million tonnes but does not is considered highly inade- flooded the market as the solar panel. The Pioneer. (excluding the week where market participants to man- daughter Isha’s marriage with have any plans to set up a new quate. Currently, India meets power developers prefer For this, planned develop- To sustain the growth of monthly contracts expire). age the portfolio risk more Ajay Piramal’s son Anand. refinery in the country. about 85 percent of its solar Chinese panels and equipment ment of the sector, with the company, Shinghal claimed On expiry of a weekly con- effectively.” During that visit, he also It is presently focused on module demand through rather than that manufactured involvement of all the stake- to have focused on multiple tract, exchange shall intro- NSE recently launched held talks with Ambani but expanding petrochemical and imports from China while at in India. ISMA has petitioned holders, is essential,” said Dr sectors including collabora- duce next weekly contract weekly options in the cur- choose to tweet about those telecom business, industry the same time, capacity utili- the Government to impose an Nalin Shinghal, Chairman and tion with DRDO labs for devel- on rolling basis. The existing rency derivatives segment on discussions only this week. sources said. sation in the solar manufac- anti-dumping duty on inbound Managing Director (CMD), opment of products like Missile three monthly options con- the USDINR currency pair. In In an Arabic tweet, which Crude oil is the basic raw turing sector in the country is shipments from China. Central Electronics Limited Radomes, which are presently tracts, three quarterly and 2016, NSE had launched was translated using online material for the manufacturing hardly 25 percent. “To make solar energy sec- (CEL), under Ministry of imported at very high cost. eight semi-annual option weekly options in the equity tools, Al-Falih said he was of petrochemicals. Creation of 100 GW of tor sustainable in the long run, Science and Technology “We are also looking at contracts will also continue to derivatives segment on the delighted to meet Ambani. Saudi Aramco, the world’s solar generation capacity will the interests of the domestic CEL has recently re-ener- other areas of strategic impor- be available. The contracts NIFTY BANK Index. Both At the meeting “we dis- biggest oil company, and its require a total investment of manufacturers have to be safe- gised itself and turned around, tance including bullet proof shall expire on Thursday of product variants have seen cussed opportunities for joint partner Abu Dabhi National almost 4-5 lakh crore in the guarded. Solar energy will play after many years of losses. It has jackets,” Shinghal said. every week. In case the widespread acceptance investments and cooperation Oil Co (ADNOC) have picked coming years. In the present an important role in the dream registered increasing profits CEL is also developing Thursday is a trading holiday, amongst market participants. in petrochemical, refining up 50 per cent stake in a scenario, a major chunk of to bring electricity to every for the last five consecutive products for Smart Cities con- the previous trading day shall NSE is currently evaluat- and communications pro- planned USD 44-billion refin- this will be on imports. home in the country. Given the years. cepts, Solar Warehouses, Solar be the expiry/last trading day. ing readiness of market par- jects.” ery in Maharashtra but the pro- According to the Indian ambitious size of our Solar “We have wiped out the Railway Platform Sheds etc The strike interval for the ticipants for the product He also tweeted a picture of ject is facing problems in Solar Manufacturers Energy Programme, the coun- accumulated losses and are and also working on develop- weekly options will remain launch and shall announce a the meeting where Ambani is acquiring land due to protests Association (ISMA), cheap try needs to establish a com- now looking at rapid growth in ment of solar charging stations the same as monthly con- launch date shortly. dressed in a business suit, a from local politicians. imports from China have plete Silicon chain from sand to years to come,” Shinghal told for electric Vehicles. ) ( N2J2O % &" & ! 1" &! )# .#-% /#. called on Agriculture Minister agreed to prioritise the sectors Work Plan had also been pre- $ ,)' # #". 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A focused programmes. telecom firms and telemarketers ers, the report pointed out. Delhi. exercise. The idea is to involve making such pesky calls, accord- New markets to enter the Apart from the product schools to involve the future ing to a report by Truecaller. list this year included Spain, portfolio, Abro is also taking of our nation to improve the Truecaller, in its annual Canada, Costa Rica, Poland, an initiative to inspire people current public hygiene situa- report, said India moved to the Dominican Republic, and with their new campaign tion. We believe that once second position in terms of Israel. called ‘Kahani Zidd Ki’ that these young minds are incul- number of spam calls received In India, there has been a aims to acknowledge and cated with the practice of by the users, while Brazil substantial increase of spam showcase the inspiring stories public hygiene, India will topped the list in 2018. calls coming from opera- from everyday lives of com- have a cleaner and brighter It added that 6.1 per cent tors/telecom service providers mon people by creating a future. Phenk mat is a small of the overall calls received by upselling various offers and platform for everyone to par- step with huge aspirations the Indian users in 2018 were balance reminders. ticipate. The campaign invites towards that goal. We plan to spam calls. “...Operators and telecom everyone to come and share take ‘Phenk Mat’ further by However, the average spam service providers continue to their ‘zidd’ with the rest of the such drives and activities calls received per user in India be the top spammers in India world and have the acknowl- throughout the future.’ dropped to 22.3 calls per user with 91 per cent user calls edgement that is much “As a responsible Citizen per month, a reduction of 1.5 received for the upselling of deserved. These stories will we are with the nationwide per cent as compared to the various offers and balance help inspire the youth for Clean India Movement, I previous year, the report said. reminders. This is followed by creating a better future and admire these socially rele- The users in Brazil received scam callers and telemarketers taking India to great heights. vant campaigns that are so about 37.5 spam calls a month who garnered 7 per cent and 2 ‘Kahani Zidd Ki’ initiative pertinent to every individual. in 2018, compared with 20.7 per cent, respectively,” the is unveiled at Ace Tech to pro- Swachh Bharat is a simple yet such calls last year, an increase report added. mote inspirational stories of powerful idea and I would like of 81 per cent. The volume of “scam calls” common man of not letting to request every single vehi- Other countries in the top- in India doubled over the past go of their zidd or desire to cle owner to go ahead and 20 tally included Chile, South year, increasing from 3 per cent achieve something from every play their role in the Clean Africa, Mexico, Peru and the last year to 7 per cent in 2018. hurdle that came across that India Movement, he added.” !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ 0)"#
" %*4 2 3 ./2 ()/2) # " $ % $ New Delhi: Hospitality industry veteran Kapil Chopra Tuesday unveiled Q->@; $ a new luxury hotel brand, The Postcard Hotel, and launched three new prop- erties in Goa under the label. Chopra, who has earlier served as the presi- 78791 Crude oil is the basic raw material dent of Oberoi Hotels and Resorts, said seven more luxury hotels under the 78791 world is looking at India’s elec- agreement access coal, he added. for the manufacturing of petrochemicals. brand would come up at different locations like Uttarakhand and Himachal trification journey with admi- A High-Level Empowered orld’s largest oil exporter Saudi Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, is Pradesh over the next 12-18 months. “Work has already started on few of onfident of meeting '24X7 ration,” Power Minister R K Committee (HLEC) has rec- WArabia and richest Indian Mukesh keen to get a foothold in the world's these seven properties. We are looking to have around 50 hotels in the next CPower for All' target by Singh told PTI. ommended review of certain Ambani-run Reliance Industries are fastest-growing fuel market so as to get five years,” Chopra, CEO and founder of The Postcard Hotel told PTI. Three March, the government wants to “Now we have set ourselves flawed provisions of Shakti, he discussing joint investment in petro- a captive customer for crude oil it pro- hotels, part of the proposed seven new properties, would come up in east- take forward its reform agenda on the path of ‘24X7 Power for said, while hoping that the gov- chemicals and refinery projects, the duces. ern and north eastern parts of the country in partnership with Ambuja Neotia for the power sector in 2019 All’ by March 31, 2019 and the ernment would act fast on the Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih said. Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil group, he added. Elaborating on future plans, Chopra said he would first like including by providing con- government is committed to recommendations and make Al-Falih, who has known Ambani company, and its partner Abu Dabhi to establish the brand in India and then venture out into international loca- sumers options to change their take every step to achieve this coal allocation framework more for over a decade now, travelled to National Oil Co (ADNOC) have picked tions. “We plan to build a luxury hospitality company out of India. People service provider even as the through expansion and equitable and ownership-neu- Udaipur earlier this month to attend the up 50 per cent stake in a planned USD are ready to pay but there are no properties which could offer intimate and industry wants immediate steps strengthening of infrastructure tral. According to the APP, pre-wedding festivities of Ambani’s 44-billion refinery in Maharashtra but personalised luxury experience. The entire segment needed a disruption,” to ease the “pains” relating to for power generation, trans- whose members include Adani daughter Isha’s marriage with Ajay the project is facing problems in acquir- he added. The new brand would focus on hotels with 8-50 rooms so that coal shortage, financial stress mission & distribution as also Power, Essar, Tata Power, PTC Piramal’s son Anand. ing land due to protests from local politi- the guests could have a personalised experience, Chopra said. “What I want- and high pricing. putting in place a robust regu- India and Vedanta, power plants During that visit, he also held talks cians. ed to do with The Postcard Hotel is make luxury hotels for the modern audi- After 100 per cent house- latory framework in terms of have experienced huge coal with Ambani but choose to tweet about Aramco and ADNOC will together ence but bring back the romance and charm of sun kissed holidays..as a strat- hold electrification under the amendments to Electricity Act shortages, necessitating imports those discussions only this week. hold 50 per cent stake in the 60 million egy, we will either go to mountains, sea and wildlife sanctuaries,” he noted. government’s ambitious and Tariff Policy,” he said. and purchase from auction plat- In an Arabic tweet, which was tonnes per annum (MTPA) refinery and The properties under the new brand would not have a check in or check out ‘Saubhagya’ scheme, the next big The industry players, how- forms, thus increasing the price translated using online tools, Al-Falih adjacent 18 MTPA petrochemical com- time, no mini bar or breakfast hours, Chopra said “We want travel to be expe- policy move for the sector could ever, also wants an urgent atten- of power despite rise in coal pro- said he was delighted to meet Ambani. plex planned to be built at Ratnagiri dis- riential and transformative. We believe guests want to stay in a place where be the proposed electricity tion on possible measures from duction. The industry body At the meeting “we discussed oppor- trict of Maharashtra by 2025. the hotel does the thinking for them, where they get the simple things right, amendment bill that provides for the government side on tackling pointed out that adequate avail- tunities for joint investments and coop- The two will supply half of the crude yet offer fantastic spaces for them to relax, meet like minded people and expe- separation of carriage and con- various stress points for the ability of coal is a must to eration in petrochemical, refining and oil required for processing at the refin- rience local culture,” he added. On opening properties abroad, Chopra said tent business. This would help sector, including those regarding achieve the “reliable and quali- communications projects”. ery. the first hotels could come in countries like Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Chopra, consumers to change their ser- their financial viability. ty power upply to all” round the He also tweeted a picture of the Like other major producers, the two who is also the chairman of the board of restaurant reservation application vice providers for electricity Association of Power Producers clock. meeting where Ambani is dressed in a are looking to lock in customers in the EazyDiner, said the company has received funding from Small Ventures, a supply, just like they do for the (APP) Director General Ashok It suggested opening the business suit, a sharp contrast to other world's third-largest oil consumer venture capital firm based out of UAE. He added that the brand would pre- telecom and other services. Khurana said 2018 has been a coal mining sector to competi- pictures of his in traditional attire dur- through the investment. Kuwait too is fer combination of strategic buy outs and long term leases for its upcoming Under the 16,320 crore painful year with some positives tion and appointing a coal reg- ing the pre-wedding festivities held on looking to invest in projects in return for properties. Headquarted in Delhi, The Postcard Hotel already has 300 employ- Saubhagya scheme, the govern- for the power sector. ulator to bring in transparency December 8 and 9. No details of the getting an assured offtake of their crude ees on its rolls. ment has already provided elec- He said rise in power and commercial discipline. On meeting were available from Reliance. oil. tricity connections to 2.2 crore demand across states due to financial stress of the sector, Reliance operates two refineries at Saudi Aramco is also keen on retail- A ,3 families and expects to complete accelerated household electrifi- Khurana said: “RBI’s ill-con- Jamnagar with a total capacity of 68.2 ing fuel in India. A refinery in India can New Delhi: Shares of IL&FS group companies surged up to 10 per cent the task of connecting the cation under the Saubhagya ceived circular of February 12, million tonnes per annum. also be a base for it to export fuel to on Tuesday as it announced its plan to sell equity stakes in its road assets to remaining 78 lakh households scheme and a pick-up in eco- prescribing stringent definition Reliance plans to expand its only-for- deficit countries in Europe and the raise funds. IL&FS Investment Managers was trading 9.86 per cent higher latest by February 2019. “The nomic activity augurs well for of default and impractical time- exports SEZ refining capacity to just over Americas. India has a refining capacity at 7.02 at 1230 hours on BSE, IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd (ITNL) last one year has been momen- the stranded and under-utilised lines without taking into 41 million tonnes from current 35.2 mil- of 247.6 million tonnes, which exceed- rose 5 per cent to 11.55 and IL&FS Engineering and Construction advanced tous for power sector in the power assets. Despite many account the sector-specific gen- lion tonnes but does not have any plans ed the demand of 206.2 million tonnes. as much as 4.98 per cent to 14.13. However, the benchmark BSE Sensex country. Electricity reached infirmities, the new coal alloca- uine difficulties and that its to set up a new refinery in the country. According to the International was down 139 points at 36,137 during the same time. On Monday, every village this April and we tion framework, ‘Shakti’, has application in present form will It is presently focused on expanding Energy Agency (IEA), this demand is Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) group, which sits on a are on the verge of electrifying helped 9 GW of operational neither help banks nor sector at petrochemical and telecom business, expected to reach 458 million tonnes by debt pile of about 90,000 crore, said it will sell equity stakes in its road assets every household. The whole capacity having power purchase large”. industry sources said. 2040. to raise funds.
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1325.00 1335.90 KEC 300.00 306.30 298.10 302.15 TEXRAIL 58.00 60.00 58.00 59.15 BLUEDART 3060.05 3150.00 2981.00 3051.75 M&M 755.60 772.00 752.40 772.00 15.65 JETAIRWAYS 244.00 249.00 240.10 245.55 ABCAPITAL 99.15 101.75 98.85 100.75 SREINFRA 33.15 34.15 32.65 33.90 SYNGENE 565.25 570.00 560.05 566.10 SANOFI 6276.35 6394.95 6217.00 6243.60 ASIANPAINT 1338.45 1361.00 1327.55 1360.40 24.55 SUNPHARMA 421.00 434.90 419.25 433.10 HDFC 1954.95 1958.35 1934.00 1953.15 ACC 1509.00 1510.45 1490.05 1504.80 RAJESHEXPO 575.00 575.00 569.00 569.45 ENDURANCE 1168.95 1197.20 1168.60 1176.65 LT 1405.00 1430.00 1405.00 1429.95 21.95 STRTECH 287.00 306.70 287.00 299.25 ZENSARTECH 240.00 255.00 240.00 245.20 LICHSGFIN 466.00 466.00 458.00 463.85 TRIDENT 64.65 66.15 64.65 65.55 JAGRAN 114.65 116.20 113.40 116.00 SBIN 287.85 294.00 287.00 293.90 4.40 ZEEL 500.00 500.00 454.40 462.60 CUMMINSIND 832.00 843.05 813.75 820.00 AMBUJACEM 218.70 221.95 218.15 219.75 MAHINDCIE 247.50 249.40 246.95 247.85 HERITGFOOD 514.70 515.00 502.00 502.80 POWERGRID 192.90 197.00 190.90 195.35 2.80 SPICEJET 75.95 81.50 75.50 80.90 JKIL 114.05 138.65 112.80 137.45 ALBK 45.75 47.25 45.25 46.35 NLCINDIA 68.15 68.95 67.65 67.80 SHARDACROP 274.75 279.00 271.35 275.95 HCLTECH 969.95 988.80 959.40 985.00 13.35 INFY 694.00 694.00 675.00 676.35 SAIL 52.50 53.25 52.00 53.10 RBLBANK 577.95 580.00 570.70 577.20 SUPREMEIND 1140.00 1140.00 1100.00 1105.25 ESSELPRO 108.00 110.00 106.00 107.35 IOC 143.70 145.00 143.00 144.75 1.85 SBIN 288.30 294.00 287.00 292.55 FORCEMOT 1624.70 1650.00 1615.00 1625.85 JAMNAAUTO 62.95 64.10 62.90 63.65 MOTILALOFS 605.05 615.00 605.05 610.75 PGHH 9900.00 9939.80 9806.00 9867.25 HINDPETRO 231.20 232.25 228.10 231.20 2.75 TATAMOTORS 174.00 177.60 173.20 174.40 AUROPHARMA 739.00 740.50 730.00 735.45 GAIL 356.30 357.10 350.00 354.60 FRETAIL 540.10 547.95 535.80 547.10 DHANUKA 443.00 449.90 443.00 444.95 KOTAKBANK 1214.90 1239.65 1214.00 1236.90 14.45 VENKYS 2488.00 2579.90 2470.00 2519.10 BIOCON 632.00 650.00 631.35 640.65 ICICIPRULI 320.10 321.40 314.80 315.60 ULTRACEMCO 3995.00 4013.00 3985.95 4007.80 GODREJAGRO 513.00 514.50 510.00 512.15 DRREDDY 2601.80 2645.00 2582.15 2643.40 30.25 INFIBEAM 49.10 50.75 48.15 49.05 RNAVAL 15.70 15.80 15.06 15.18 SYNDIBANK 34.00 35.50 33.90 35.35 BAJAJELEC 506.15 515.00 503.00 508.20 PIIND 818.75 818.75 805.25 809.50 ICICIBANK 356.75 362.90 354.60 362.50 4.05 PNB 72.60 75.80 72.15 74.30 M&MFIN 452.00 463.05 448.00 460.85 KANSAINER 474.65 489.00 470.90 482.50 GRANULES 89.40 89.40 88.15 88.95 THYROCARE 550.10 561.00 545.00 556.60 NTPC 146.00 148.40 145.25 147.75 1.65 IOC 143.35 144.90 143.05 144.60 ICICIGI 890.25 922.00 890.25 912.55 TVSMOTOR 574.70 578.00 570.00 575.80 DBCORP 170.15 175.30 168.75 174.10 IEX 165.00 165.35 163.30 164.00 GRASIM 845.70 857.60 832.65 855.00 8.70 BEML 849.00 863.55 838.00 854.95 WIPRO 337.80 338.15 332.70 335.40 DIVISLAB 1485.00 1499.35 1476.40 1492.60 TATAMETALI 647.00 656.85 644.00 649.95 ALKEM 1880.05 1883.55 1869.35 1873.95 BPCL 353.10 357.60 348.70 353.40 3.05 RELIANCE 1122.00 1139.50 1120.80 1136.45 EQUITAS 117.70 118.55 115.30 116.90 MOIL 176.95 181.65 176.05 178.45 CROMPTON 225.00 229.80 222.95 228.20 ZYDUSWELL 1366.00 1395.00 1362.00 1388.20 BAJAJFINSV 6090.00 6165.00 6076.70 6138.50 50.70 BANDHANBNK 569.00 587.00 560.55 570.40 IDBI 61.20 61.85 61.00 61.60 FCONSUMER 48.65 48.85 47.80 48.40 PVR 1562.00 1562.00 1545.05 1556.05 GICHSGFIN 242.00 247.90 241.35 247.10 ADANIPORTS 369.00 374.35 365.00 374.35 2.95 JPASSOCIAT 7.13 7.34 7.00 7.14 AJANTPHARM 1100.00 1123.80 1080.10 1118.65 PFS 16.70 17.95 16.65 17.45 RAMCOCEM 640.00 647.05 635.15 641.70 MAHABANK 13.40 13.68 13.36 13.56 EICHERMOT 23570.00 23900.00 23343.95 23861.50 163.70 DELTACORP 245.00 258.70 243.15 256.90 RAIN 135.00 141.85 132.35 141.85 OIL 179.15 179.70 177.35 178.75 HIMATSEIDE 208.00 211.90 207.00 209.90 JKLAKSHMI 279.00 281.80 276.50 279.60 RELIANCE 1123.30 1139.00 1120.50 1137.75 7.85 PFC 91.60 97.50 91.60 96.40 MCX 719.55 745.35 718.70 740.60 ABFRL 198.55 204.70 198.55 202.40 NOCIL 168.60 168.60 166.90 167.30 COFFEEDAY 265.05 274.10 264.30 269.90 BHARTIARTL 314.20 320.70 311.60 317.25 2.05 ICICIBANK 358.00 362.75 354.55 362.35 NAUKRI 1590.00 1673.85 1564.85 1577.75 NAVKARCORP 43.65 45.15 42.25 42.45 ADANITRANS 215.20 223.40 215.20 217.40 REDINGTON 87.00 87.45 86.10 86.35 TATASTEEL 523.00 528.40 519.60 527.00 3.00 LT 1407.00 1430.00 1405.05 1428.40 KWALITY 7.96 8.47 7.96 8.04 MFSL 440.85 451.50 438.00 441.05 TATACOMM 528.65 535.00 526.70 533.05 EVEREADY 189.95 190.25 188.70 189.55 MARUTI 7710.00 7785.00 7655.00 7768.00 33.95 DHFL 217.30 218.70 213.20 213.90 INDUSINDBK 1630.00 1644.00 1610.00 1639.75 LTTS 1636.00 1648.65 1610.00 1617.40 HCC 11.21 11.56 11.21 11.38 PHOENIXLTD 603.70 613.50 600.10 603.25 TATAMOTORS 174.00 177.60 173.10 174.70 0.75 TATASTEEL 523.90 529.00 520.10 527.00 ITI 94.00 95.80 93.30 94.00 CONCOR 660.10 664.00 650.95 660.05 IL&FSTRANS 11.05 11.55 11.05 11.55 JBCHEPHARM 295.00 295.45 290.00 290.50 INDUSINDBK 1627.90 1644.35 1609.00 1640.20 6.85 VEDL 205.90 210.00 204.30 208.90 LUPIN 847.00 848.40 837.60 844.40 TV18BRDCST 35.20 36.10 35.20 35.95 SUNDRMFAST 525.00 534.95 521.00 525.20 NIACL 197.15 198.70 194.20 195.60 HDFCBANK 2124.00 2139.00 2102.60 2138.10 7.90 UJJIVAN 242.00 255.00 236.10 250.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 2841.70 2873.40 2824.20 2841.00 COCHINSHIP 380.05 386.85 380.00 385.10 BHARATFIN 1024.25 1037.25 1017.00 1035.15 SHILPAMED 384.85 390.40 377.25 379.10 HEROMOTOCO 3275.05 3324.65 3240.00 3297.05 10.95 MARUTI 7715.00 7772.00 7654.00 7757.70 SRTRANSFIN 1195.00 1208.00 1179.70 1200.40 COLPAL 1301.30 1320.00 1291.45 1312.00 GHCL 241.10 242.75 237.05 238.30 GPPL 101.75 102.50 100.75 101.70 AXISBANK 617.65 621.80 613.85 618.80 1.65 BANKINDIA 88.20 92.05 87.60 91.35 WELSPUNIND 61.90 64.00 61.70 62.95 UFLEX 269.00 271.45 268.05 269.40 NETWORK18 38.05 39.40 37.55 38.55 HINDALCO 224.00 227.00 222.60 226.00 0.55 IBULHSGFIN 777.70 784.60 768.85 776.40 INDIACEM 92.55 94.65 92.00 94.20 SOBHA 465.00 478.90 464.40 472.00 THERMAX 1104.20 1121.35 1090.95 1110.10 GAIL 353.00 357.20 349.70 354.00 0.85 KOTAKBANK 1214.80 1240.00 1214.15 1237.10 CANFINHOME 274.00 281.00 271.90 277.95 TIMETECHNO 101.35 102.00 97.85 98.70 CCL 277.00 278.00 273.90 275.60 INFRATEL 253.05 257.30 252.70 255.05 0.10 RELINFRA 287.70 296.40 286.80 295.20 MGL 898.00 907.00 884.50 886.70 GRINDWELL 526.95 541.35 526.95 537.90 ATUL 3400.00 3409.95 3369.10 3400.10 CIPLA 524.00 527.00 520.05 523.60 -0.05 GRAPHITE 875.00 877.70 849.00 855.55 VIPIND 520.10 537.05 515.65 527.20 VGUARD 214.40 218.05 213.85 217.50 LUXIND 1500.00 1500.60 1445.00 1456.95 ULTRACEMCO 3999.00 4017.10 3978.00 4008.00 -1.30 RELCAPITAL 218.00 221.20 216.50 219.70 NCC 83.65 85.15 83.10 84.05 ERIS 654.10 679.60 642.55 670.90 FINOLEXIND 528.00 533.45 520.00 529.90 COALINDIA 252.50 253.85 249.05 251.30 -0.15 BHEL 67.90 70.15 67.30 69.85 TATAPOWER 77.70 78.90 77.45 78.70 SOMANYCERA 309.00 317.00 306.00 312.65 CUB 177.85 180.45 177.85 178.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 2840.00 2873.80 2822.05 2835.80 -5.15 BAJFINANCE 2470.00 2538.60 2448.00 2530.30 PNBHOUSING 961.30 990.00 943.25 949.25 NHPC 26.00 26.20 26.00 26.15 KALPATPOWR 382.00 386.50 381.70 383.80 TITAN 932.50 938.75 930.80 932.95 -2.35 GNFC 340.00 371.00 339.85 366.90 JINDALSAW 85.20 87.25 84.95 86.40 HAL 784.00 795.00 773.05 782.70 NAVNETEDUL 107.70 111.00 107.65 110.05 TCS 1991.90 2002.00 1976.40 1987.90 -6.40 UNIONBANK 77.80 81.50 77.35 80.50 GSFC 109.20 111.70 108.90 110.95 CARBORUNIV 356.00 368.35 356.00 367.55 IFBIND 847.60 855.00 841.00 845.45 HINDUNILVR 1848.90 1848.90 1833.00 1844.00 -6.70 CAPF 538.45 569.50 536.50 567.80 MUTHOOTFIN 475.00 485.05 473.45 483.50 SYMPHONY 1152.05 1179.00 1139.50 1154.40 KIOCL 151.70 156.40 151.00 155.75 IBULHSGFIN 774.00 784.90 768.70 778.00 -3.45 HINDUNILVR 1850.00 1850.00 1833.70 1841.10 ESCORTS 672.10 677.00 665.65 672.80 NATCOPHARM* 704.90 713.90 701.50 704.95 THOMASCOOK 234.55 237.50 233.00 235.95 ONGC 147.90 148.95 146.30 147.55 -0.70 IDFCBANK 39.30 41.25 39.00 41.10 ENGINERSIN 119.00 119.00 116.30 116.90 OFSS 3563.00 3657.85 3563.00 3648.80 LAKSHVILAS 86.00 87.80 86.00 87.00 ITC 279.05 280.60 277.00 278.50 -1.35 RCF 63.00 64.90 62.80 63.95 DLF 177.80 180.80 176.50 178.05 VIJAYABANK 44.10 44.90 44.10 44.20 TNPL 257.15 262.70 256.45 260.90 HDFC 1955.00 1957.90 1932.50 1949.05 -11.30 UBL 1304.00 1382.00 1300.05 1375.95 TECHM 714.95 715.00 705.00 708.35 NAVINFLUOR 730.00 732.55 705.00 710.90 RELAXO 710.15 735.35 710.15 723.00 YESBANK 180.00 180.90 176.75 178.75 -2.25 HINDPETRO 230.00 232.45 228.20 231.25 IBREALEST 83.20 84.40 82.60 83.35 AMARAJABAT 736.90 745.00 729.45 734.65 DENABANK 16.40 16.60 16.25 16.45 3MINDIA 22757.45 23302.85 22575.00 22905.75 WIPRO 335.25 338.40 332.55 335.00 -4.60 BHARTIARTL 314.70 320.00 312.00 317.15 DBL 417.00 437.40 417.00 427.80 GODREJPROP 673.00 683.00 665.50 674.80 VBL 702.00 720.00 698.10 703.75 VTL 1079.00 1103.35 1070.00 1095.55 TECHM 715.00 716.55 704.20 708.60 -11.15 DMART 1615.00 1680.80 1615.00 1666.60 PEL 2136.90 2190.05 2134.40 2183.15 SIS 772.00 772.00 740.00 746.40 EIHOTEL 196.00 197.50 192.50 194.80 SOLARINDS 1038.35 1058.00 1018.05 1039.55 INFY 686.50 686.50 674.55 677.00 -17.40 TCS 1999.50 2001.95 1975.10 1987.70 NIITTECH 1149.85 1149.85 1120.50 1126.55 TORNTPHARM 1755.05 1770.00 1723.30 1730.55 CARERATING 985.00 995.10 972.00 991.90 PRSMJOHNSN 87.10 87.25 85.80 86.25 UPL 762.00 774.10 741.00 744.50 -23.55 AXISBANK 619.30 621.75 613.90 619.75 CHENNPETRO 275.65 291.90 273.75 289.55 IRB 152.00 154.90 150.80 154.05 INOXWIND 75.70 78.00 75.00 75.55 IOB 14.71 15.02 14.61 14.79 ZEEL 498.00 498.00 454.05 459.70 -42.15 M&M 756.80 772.00 752.95 770.80 TATACHEM 708.00 723.45 703.00 716.90 MRPL 73.00 73.80 71.85 73.15 TIMKEN 584.90 592.45 570.05 583.80 BIRLACORPN 600.00 610.20 590.00 598.50 PHILIPCARB 206.00 213.60 205.75 207.10 SPARC 208.00 215.00 208.00 209.40 BALMLAWRIE 206.85 206.85 200.60 201.85 TRENT 347.65 355.00 346.00 348.40 GEPIL 843.00 843.00 810.05 814.85 HDFCBANK 2129.00 2140.00 2103.00 2136.45 EXIDEIND 257.35 260.15 256.45 258.70 CYIENT 627.00 628.30 616.20 621.20 DCBBANK 160.00 160.90 157.40 160.15 AARTIIND 1430.65 1447.40 1426.45 1441.45 8KMILES 156.90 164.70 149.10 164.70 EDELWEISS 186.70 194.65 185.05 192.25 KEI 380.50 388.75 379.50 384.90 CENTRUM 37.10 38.15 35.10 37.50 GET&D 253.00 260.50 250.85 255.20 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE APOLLOTYRE 234.25 241.90 233.50 235.80 JISLJALEQS 66.25 66.35 64.80 65.65 VMART 2545.00 2759.95 2511.00 2736.90 GREAVESCOT 126.90 126.90 124.00 124.45 INOXLEISUR 225.40 232.70 225.00 227.90 NIFTY NEXT 50 27978.20 28244.05 27896.65 28169.80 135.45 AVANTI 386.00 400.00 381.10 391.10 DABUR 443.30 445.00 437.70 443.05 SUNTECK 348.00 353.50 346.00 351.25 INFRATEL 255.50 257.10 251.65 254.40 APLAPOLLO 1269.00 1269.00 1214.00 1224.40 INDIGO 1070.00 1124.00 1062.00 1121.00 60.90 JINDALSTEL 163.50 165.70 162.05 164.90 CIPLA 526.80 527.15 520.45 523.10 GRUH 302.55 305.00 295.60 299.20 UCOBANK 19.10 19.70 19.00 19.40 SHREECEM 16845.00 17110.00 16825.15 17025.00 DMART 1619.00 1685.00 1616.50 1681.20 64.95 CGPOWER 40.20 40.60 39.65 40.35 FSL 51.50 51.65 50.70 51.20 TATAGLOBAL 210.00 213.45 208.80 209.80 ITDCEM 111.00 112.10 109.00 110.30 AIAENG 1612.55 1640.00 1610.00 1636.30 MOTHERSUMI 165.10 174.00 165.05 173.80 6.10 MOTHERSUMI 165.00 173.90 165.00 172.35 IFCI 13.55 14.40 13.50 14.23 HAVELLS 701.00 703.85 694.40 702.25 CHOLAFIN 1221.45 1227.20 1214.10 1218.95 SUDARSCHEM 349.00 351.45 342.05 349.20 BHEL 67.65 70.15 67.30 70.00 2.30 ITC 280.15 280.70 277.10 278.00 IDFC 39.75 41.45 39.65 41.20 HUDCO 43.10 43.60 42.75 43.30 LALPATHLAB 957.00 965.95 948.15 953.80 BAJAJHLDNG 2937.15 2955.05 2917.40 2931.15 GICRE 278.00 289.45 275.05 284.60 7.75 INDIGO 1069.50 1124.75 1063.65 1107.25 ADANIPOWER 52.20 52.95 51.80 52.65 BRITANNIA 3150.30 3182.50 3133.55 3168.55 GESHIP 342.65 348.85 340.20 343.05 BAJAJCORP 361.40 364.50 359.10 363.85 SUNTV 572.00 590.40 570.00 590.00 15.60 ASHOKA 134.40 137.70 130.10 131.50 JUBILANT 727.95 740.40 721.05 727.50 SOUTHBANK 15.55 15.55 15.20 15.35 MRF 66686.35 67972.05 66212.30 67518.65 ADVENZYMES 175.95 178.30 175.95 177.10 IDEA 36.40 37.70 36.05 37.35 0.95 FEDERALBNK 93.00 94.00 91.25 92.20 JKTYRE 95.15 98.10 95.05 97.85 TEJASNET 211.55 221.00 211.25 216.35 GDL 135.00 138.90 135.00 136.20 ASAHIINDIA 249.50 253.00 248.60 250.20 MRF 66477.00 67998.95 66100.05 67997.75 1622.60 BANKBARODA 111.40 113.80 110.25 112.30 BLISSGVS 148.25 153.15 147.90 149.90 DEEPAKNI 234.80 234.80 228.90 229.55 CENTRALBK 30.95 31.45 30.85 31.35 ECLERX 1097.70 1121.00 1091.05 1098.25 ICICIGI 900.00 925.00 890.45 917.00 19.80 SAIL 52.30 53.40 51.90 53.40 1.00 RECLTD 104.75 108.35 104.00 107.80 INDIANB 236.90 244.05 235.15 243.40 VINATIORGA 1667.70 1685.00 1620.00 1666.40 PFIZER 2819.60 2882.00 2819.60 2856.80 MINDACORP 136.00 136.80 136.00 136.05 OFSS 3575.00 3657.00 3560.10 3646.95 64.95 ASHOKLEY 105.50 105.70 104.10 104.75 NBCC 52.50 53.85 52.50 53.40 APOLLOHOSP 1210.00 1230.00 1201.70 1226.40 TATAINVEST 872.75 879.95 871.00 877.20 ORIENTCEM 79.30 81.35 79.30 79.90 HINDZINC 273.40 279.00 271.00 278.20 4.85 HFCL 19.55 21.30 19.40 21.05 PTC 87.00 90.05 86.70 88.40 AUBANK 637.00 650.90 635.85 638.60 DCMSHRIRAM 358.50 361.40 351.20 357.90 ABBOTINDIA 7551.15 7557.25 7490.00 7501.85 MCDOWELL-N 639.00 647.70 627.25 646.00 10.85 ORIENTBANK 89.20 93.70 88.70 91.90 MMTC 29.30 29.75 29.00 29.40 JSLHISAR 89.35 90.40 88.45 89.35 ANDHRABANK 28.30 29.15 28.25 28.50 FORBESCO 2470.00 2498.50 2435.20 2441.00 SIEMENS 959.95 984.55 959.05 984.00 15.80 MAXINDIA 79.20 86.40 77.85 83.75 BERGEPAINT 323.05 328.95 320.50 328.30 REPCOHOME 348.00 353.80 345.80 351.65 TRITURBINE 123.55 124.95 122.60 123.45 SKFINDIA 1920.85 1930.45 1920.85 1926.95 MARICO 376.00 383.95 374.55 382.60 5.75 ONGC 147.80 148.45 146.40 147.90 FORTIS 137.50 138.00 135.00 136.35 ISEC 267.30 270.70 265.80 268.85 EMAMILTD 437.35 440.00 433.50 436.95 ISGEC 5187.90 5189.80 5130.00 5134.40 PEL 2133.75 2190.45 2131.20 2184.90 32.45 L&TFH 146.90 149.80 145.80 146.90 TITAN 933.00 937.70 928.00 932.70 MANAPPURAM 87.10 89.30 86.40 88.70 GUJGAS 670.00 688.00 670.00 676.80 MONSANTO 2724.30 2724.30 2601.10 2652.70 SHREECEM 17008.75 17174.00 16759.45 17150.00 221.30 JSWSTEEL 299.90 306.90 298.50 305.40 TORNTPOWER 258.15 262.15 254.95 255.75 RAYMOND 856.30 864.00 847.10 851.35 SCHNEIDER 102.85 104.00 102.75 103.05 ICIL 55.25 56.80 55.25 56.40 BIOCON 634.00 641.00 633.80 640.70 6.90 HCLTECH 970.55 988.75 960.30 985.40 MPHASIS 975.65 1018.00 974.20 1004.00 CHAMBLFERT 142.90 147.05 142.40 144.95 SHK 182.70 183.90 170.00 170.90 GULFOILLUB 780.50 784.30 776.00 776.30 BOSCHLTD 19663.00 19880.00 19503.05 19860.10 198.20 BPCL 352.20 357.20 349.15 353.20 BATAINDIA 1089.15 1102.85 1085.00 1098.30 JSL 32.85 33.45 32.75 32.90 CORPBANK 27.60 28.50 27.45 27.90 TTKPRESTIG 7748.25 7748.25 7601.00 7658.70 COLPAL 1300.00 1315.00 1290.25 1314.15 13.15 ELGIEQUIP 253.30 275.35 253.30 267.05 GODREJCP 841.90 842.15 825.45 837.40 PARAGMILK 245.20 251.85 245.20 250.15 PERSISTENT 614.00 617.90 609.10 615.80 SUPRAJIT 228.05 229.90 220.70 227.90 NMDC 93.80 95.95 93.80 95.90 0.85 CANBK 263.10 271.20 263.10 269.05 JSWENERGY 70.90 73.20 70.00 72.15 KNRCON 196.45 208.00 192.00 193.70 GICRE 276.95 288.00 274.10 282.50 MAHLIFE 386.65 393.30 383.10 391.10 AMBUJACEM 219.25 220.95 218.00 220.50 1.75 COALINDIA 253.30 254.00 249.40 252.25 NMDC 95.00 95.80 94.05 95.40 JYOTHYLAB 190.60 196.25 189.80 194.00 ASTRAL 1051.00 1071.80 1050.00 1068.20 KPRMILL 577.70 578.00 567.05 573.95 SRTRANSFIN 1197.90 1208.00 1180.10 1204.00 7.75 IDEA 36.50 37.50 36.10 37.20 MANPASAND 85.95 88.00 85.00 85.95 PAGEIND 24550.00 24799.00 24128.00 24401.40 UNICHEMLAB 192.05 192.05 189.00 190.05 FINCABLES 449.65 453.60 448.50 449.05 BANDHANBNK 568.00 583.70 560.00 568.05 3.60 TATAMTRDVR 95.75 97.25 94.60 95.85 MARICO 376.00 384.00 374.65 381.95 CASTROLIND 145.65 148.75 145.45 148.30 SADBHAV 195.75 203.50 194.60 195.35 BASF 1572.00 1600.00 1562.00 1595.60 OIL 179.50 179.90 177.05 178.90 1.10 JUSTDIAL 495.00 499.20 485.30 493.15 VOLTAS 567.60 571.00 559.00 561.40 CENTURYTEX 930.05 936.95 922.45 932.00 TAKE 135.10 137.65 135.10 136.30 LAURUSLABS 380.95 391.00 380.95 389.05 BRITANNIA 3157.00 3183.00 3130.00 3182.90 19.70 HINDALCO 225.50 227.00 222.60 225.40 BALRAMCHIN 105.00 105.35 102.50 103.15 ITDC 310.00 318.90 310.00 312.85 HEIDELBERG 158.95 160.30 158.45 159.05 ALLCARGO 106.00 107.95 106.00 107.30 BEL 83.30 84.60 82.85 84.25 0.50 SHANKARA 554.50 573.40 537.45 573.40 BBTC 1323.70 1374.40 1323.70 1364.95 BOSCHLTD 19630.00 19885.00 19515.00 19861.75 RNAM 165.55 169.00 165.55 168.75 PNCINFRA 129.55 130.75 129.00 130.40 LICHSGFIN 460.20 466.55 458.75 464.75 2.65 INTELLECT 236.25 247.50 234.00 244.05 HDIL 23.30 24.05 23.15 23.65 KSCL 580.10 585.60 572.25 576.85 GLAXO 1402.20 1424.00 1391.00 1419.25 BAYERCROP 4177.00 4317.00 4118.95 4251.00 BANKBARODA 111.10 113.90 110.00 112.35 0.55 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Donald Trump on Tuesday for With Cohen, Trump tweet- Colombo: Mahinda Rajapaksa On Sunday, President Moscow: The Kremlin on unclear to us," Peskov told telling "lies" and undermining ed on Sunday: "The FBI did on Tuesday became Sri Lanka's Maithripala Sirisena, whose Tuesday rejected Washington's reporters on a conference call. the rule of law, and urged something which was absolute- main Opposition leader in controversial actions plunged accusations that Russia tried to "We are reproached that Republicans to stand up to the ly unthinkable & unheard of Parliament, days after he the island nation into an disrupt the 2016 presidential someone critically thinks of a president. until the Witch Hunt was ille- resigned as Prime Minister unprecedented political tur- vote and sought to demoralise situation in this or that social "The FBI's reputation has as gally started. They BROKE after clinging on to power for moil for nearly two months, African-Americans, calling the sphere in the United States but taken a big hit because the pres- INTO AN ATTORNEY'S nearly two months, amidst the reinstated Wickremesinghe as charges incomprehensible. it is not explained what Russia ident of the United States, with OFFICE!" In fact the FBI had a unprecedented political tur- Prime Minister, after sacking According to a new report has to do with it," he said. his acolytes, has lied about it court order to search Cohen's moil in the country. him on October 26 and for the US Senate, the prima- He reiterated Russia's long- constantly. In the face of those office. Rajapaksa, 73, replaced appointing former president ry goal of Russia's Internet standing position that any such lies, a whole lot of good people... As for Flynn, Trump alleged veteran Tamil leader of the Rajapaksa in his place and Research Agency (IRA) was to claims were unfounded. Believe that nonsense," Comey that he had been tricked into main Tamil party R also dissolving Parliament, deepen divisions in US society "The Russian state, the told reporters in the halls of the lying in a January 2016 inter- Sampanthan who held the some 20 months early. and convince Democrat- Clinton. Only votes matter to Russian Government had and US Senate. view with the FBI that led to his position from 2015. Sirisena was left with no favouring liberals — including Hillary Clinton." Another has nothing to do with any "People who know better, arrest. His appointment was other option following two Latinos, youths and the IRA account, "Black Matters", interference, especially one that including Republican members "So General Michael Flynn's announced by Speaker Karu member of Parliament because separate decisions by the LGBTQ community — not to posted on Facebook: "Cops is described in such abstract of this body, have to have the life can be totally destroyed Jayasuriya in Parliament which he had joined another political Supreme Court, which nullified vote. kill black kids. Are you sure terms," Peskov added. courage to stand up and speak while Shadey James Comey can met for the first time after the party recently. his illegal moves. The most extensive analy- that your son won't be the The IRA is believed to the truth." Leak and Lie," Trump tweeted reinstatement of Ranil Rajapaksa, by obtaining The president said he sis yet of thousands of IRA ads next?" Russian President have been set up by Yevgeny Comey spoke after a spurt earlier this month. Wickremesinghe as Prime the membership of the Sri offered to reappoint and posts across social media Vladimir Putin's spokesman Prigozhin, a businessman close of anti-FBI tweets from the Comey said that politicians, Minister that ended the 51-day Lanka People's Party (SLPP), Wickremesinghe as the Prime in 2015-2017 showed an Dmitry Peskov said the report to Putin, as a propaganda tool. president over the past week and especially Republicans, have political standoff in the coun- left the United People's Minister as he respects parlia- emphasis on provoking the by the Computational Russia has been accused of alleged that the investigative to stop remaining quiet when try. Freedom Alliance (UPFA) mentary traditions and democ- anger of black Americans so Propaganda Project at Oxford manipulating the 2016 US pres- body abused its powers in prob- Trump makes false statements. M A Sumanthiran of Tamil from which he was elected to racy. that they would stay home on University and social media idential vote through a vast ing his former personal lawyer "Republicans used to National Alliance (TNA) and Parliament in 2015. Ex-strongman Rajapaksa election day. specialists Graphika caused propaganda campaign in Michael Cohen and his former understand that the actions of Rauff Hakeem of the Sri Lanka Speaker Jayasuriya asked resigned from the post of prime For example, the IRA-cre- "nothing but incomprehen- favour of Donald Trump. national security advisor a president matter, the words of Muslim Congress raised objec- Sumanthiran to make a written minister on Saturday, a day ated account "Blacktivist" sent sion." US investigators are prob- Michael Flynn. a president matter, the rule of tions against Rajapaksa's submission on his complaint after the apex court refused to out messages on the "It voices absolutely gener- ing alleged collusion between Cohen and Flynn have both law matters, and the truth mat- appointment. against Rajapaksa so that a stay another court order Democratic candidate such as: al charges and accusations and Russian agents and Trump's been convicted for various ters. Where are those They claimed that select committee could go into restraining him from acting as "No lives matter to Hillary some of them are absolutely campaign. AFP crimes and have both offered Republicans today?" AFP Rajapaksa has ceased to be a details. the Prime Minister. PTI / .4 !$ ) 2 65 " 5 Kabul: An Afghan peace nego- Khalilzad, on Monday, with the 2001. Khalilzad, who has for April next year, has made " % 15 & tiations team has arrived in discussions to continue. expressed hopes for a deal to be several trips to the region #):<+ ! Q Abu Dhabi, an official said on They also said they had in place before Afghaninstan's since his appointment in )* $ Tuesday, a day after talks held "extensive" meetings with presidential election scheduled September. AFP Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin sug- attended by US and Taliban officials from Pakistan and # gested on Tuesday he was open to the idea of Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on representatives were held in the Saudi Arabia and the UAE, other countries joining a key Cold War treaty Tuesday that Pakistan will do everything with- city aimed at ending the 17- repeating demands for inter- , ! limiting mid-range nuclear arms or to starting in its power to further the peace process in year conflict. national forces to be with- "" talks on a new agreement. Afghanistan as talks sponsored by the country The team, led by chief drawn from Afghanistan. &B& 0 The president spoke after Washington this between the US and the Taliban were being held negotiator Abdul Salam Saudi Arabia, the UAE 8 8 month said it would withdraw from the in the UAE to end the 17-year bloody conflict. Rahimi, "arrived in Abu Dhabi and Pakistan were the only / Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF) The US and the Taliban have previously met to begin proximity dialogue three countries to recognise within 60 days if Russia did not dismantle mis- on at least two occasions in Qatar but it is the with the Taliban delegation the Taliban government dur- siles that the US claims breach the deal. first time that they are holding talks outside and to prepare for a face-to-face ing its five-year rule from Q At a Defence Ministry meeting, Putin Doha, where the insurgent group has a politi- meeting between the two 1996-2001. # repeated accusations that Washington had itself cal office, according to officials. sides", the Afghan presidential The US did not confirm violated the bilateral treaty and suggested other Khan highlighted the role being played by spokesman Haroon direct meetings between # countries join the US-Russia agreement in a bid Pakistan in holding the talks between the US and Chakhansuri tweeted. Khalilzad and the Taliban in % to salvage it. the Taliban in Abu Dhabi. The 12-person team was Abu Dhabi. Late Monday &<+&< $ Signed in 1987 by then US president He expressed his desire for peace to end the first announced in November Washington said meetings G$H Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the sufferings of the people of Afghanistan. by President Ashraf Ghani as were ongoing in the UAE city treaty puts no restrictions on other major mil- "Pakistan has helped in the dialogue between part of a diplomatic effort to "to promote an intra-Afghan 52 itary actors like China. the Taliban and the US in Abu Dhabi. Let us pray bring the Taliban to the table dialogue toward ending the "Yes, indeed there are certain difficulties with that this leads to peace and ends almost three for peace talks with the gov- conflict", and that Khalilzad # this treaty," Putin said. PTI decades of suffering of the brave Afghan peo- ernment in Kabul. was in the region. ple," Khan said on Twitter But the Taliban have not Khalilzad "has in the past Khan also said "Pakistan will be doing every- confirmed a meeting, and met, and will continue to meet thing within its power to further the peace issued a statement on Monday with all interested parties, process". reiterating their long-standing including the Taliban, to sup- Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Pakistan were the vow not to speak with Afghan port a negotiated settlement to only three nations to recognise the Taliban gov- officials. the conflict", it continued. ernment during its five-year rule from 1996- In a new message released The meetings are the lat- 2001. Tuesday the militants said they est in a flurry of diplomatic The Taliban are fighting to flush out inter- had held "preliminary talks" efforts as Washington seeks a national forces and re-establish their regime in with the US State Department's way out of the conflict, which Afghanistan after their ouster in 2001. PTI special envoy, Zalmay began with the US invasion in !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ #"'#%
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78791 These include distinguished aca- & he Skillizen Learning employable. Critical Life Skills are demics, researchers and higher TFoundation, a Singapore head- extremely essential to convert the he SRM University-AP, in education leaders in the field of 78791 quartered global socio-education- children into responsible citizens 78,:$ ,7 7 Tassociation with Amara Raja material science, renewable ener- al company, has launched and successful individuals.” Batteries, is hosting an gy and green technologies. he Tech Mahindra Foundation, under its ini- “International Life Skills Olympiad This unique life skills test will 78791 ideas is January 20, 2019. International Conference on “One of the main problems Ttiative Tech Mahindra Smart Academy for (ILSO)” for 2018-19. This is the focus on assessing skills and com- The selected students Green Energy Technologies for regarding the Smart City projects Healthcare, has launched a movement world’s first Olympiad that tests petencies that are essential for s a part of the Ministry of from different regions will be Smart Cities (GETSC-2018) at its is the issue of energy access and #MainBhiHero to create awareness around the role young citizens on life skills and will young children of the 21st centu- AHuman Resource invited to present their work Amaravati campus from the prohibitive costs thereof. We of paramedical and allied healthcare professionals be held online on January 27, ry to lead their personal and pro- Development’s flagship in the Festival of Ideas & the December 19 to 21, 2018. Dr VK aim to prove through this confer- in the healthcare sector. The movement aims at 2019. fessional lives. The questions of scheme of promoting inno- selected best three entries Saraswat, member, NITI Aayog, ence that sustainable need not be bridging the prevalent skill-gap in our healthcare sec- Aimed at school children from ILSO 2018-19 will be based on real vations in the higher educa- will be awarded prizes & (National Institution for trans- expensive and we need to focus on tor by creating a pool of skilled and qualified health- Class III to XII, ILSO is a global life scenarios that will test the tion institutes in country, certificates. forming India) will be inaugurat- solutions that are green and sus- care professionals at the Smart Academy for online test that will be based on the young students on their application The Indira Gandhi National The selected students will ing the conference. tainable in our quest for energy Healthcare located in New Delhi, Mohali and Skillizen Curriculum, the world’s of critical life skills like leadership, Open University (IGNOU) be invited to participate and A series of presentations and solutions. We are bringing in Mumbai. first Critical Life Skills Curriculum. ethics, teamwork, communications, has set up Institutions present their ideas in the panel discussions will cover basic global experts to share their work The #MainBhiHero movement lays emphasis on This curriculum follows a unique empathy, goal setting and many Innovation Council (IIC) at Festival of Ideas on February and advanced fields of research — with us,” says Dr D Narayana Rao. fostering Individual Social Responsibility (ISR) moti- method that transfers the most more. The main prizes for the win- the National Centre for 28, 2019 at IGNOU, Maidan materials & computational sci- SRM APs conference aims at vating the society to guide aspiring youths towards practical life skills in such a man- ners of ILSO would include free Innovation in Distance Garhi, New Delhi. Further, ences, biotechnology, environ- highlighting advancements in the paramedical courses. With the #MainBhiHero ner, that even an eight-year-old can tickets to visit Harvard University Education (NCIDE). they will be mentored and mental science and engineering, principal sciences that sustain movement and the Smart Academies for Healthcare, playfully master those skills. in USA, mini iPads and Kindles. The IIC at IGNOU aims nurtured for developing a health education and environ- modern green cities, namely green Tech Mahindra Foundation has strengthened its The registration lines for ISLO Besides the top prizes, there are at promoting idea generation, business plan to work on the ment. Equal emphasis will be energy, renewable energy, materi- alignment to the WHO vision of “Health for All” and is live, with a nominal registration assured prizes for all participants. grassroots innovation, devel- ideas. This will be a unique placed on practical technologies als science, environmental sci- various UN Sustainable Development Goals rang- fee of 490. This is the first “Life skills are a set of skills that ops prototype, solve problems opportunity for IGNOU stu- and applications for smart cities ence, and green technologies. The ing from quality education, gender equality and Olympiad in which, besides schools, enable us to lead our life to its in the local context with a view dents to showcase their ideas such as smart grids, storage solu- conference will work as a bridge decent work & economic growth. parents can also directly enroll their fullest potential; skills that we all to generating intellectual prop- and vision. tions (hydrogen production, bat- between the academic communi- CP Gurnani, MD & CEO, Tech Mahindra, said: children online. Home schooled need to effectively manage the chal- erty. The IIC, IGNOU is IGNOU students can teries & energy storage technolo- ty (faculty and research students), “The #MainBhiHero movement, not only encour- children can also participate. lenges of everyday life, be it at organising an ‘Idea submit their original and gies) fuel cells & sensor technolo- practitioners and policymakers. ages us to further the ISR initiative and Rise for Good, Launching the Life Skills school, at work or in our person- Competition’ or which creative ideas that can solve gies, carbon footprint as well as The idea is to explore ways to but also addresses the issue of skill gap faced by the Olympiad, Sidharth Tripathy, al lives. Our objective is not to pre- bonafide IGNOU students any daily life problem in any smart waste management sys- promote the development and industry today. I urge one and all to contribute founder & CEO, Skillizen pare the children for the next can submit their ideas in the of the fields including food, tems. use of sustainable energy without towards this initiative that aims at creating a pool Olympiad Foundation, says: “The educational level but for the real prescribed proforma to the agriculture and rural devel- The conference will be chaired disrupting the environmental and of skilled and qualified healthcare professionals.” children of the 21st century need a world. School children are always director, National Centre for opment, clean energy and by SRM AP pro VC Prof D social fabric of smart cities. Speaking about the initiative, Dr Loveleen whole range of critical Life skills to comparing themselves against their Innovations in Distance alternate fuel, clean water Narayana Rao; director of Texas “Putting the focus on green tech- Kacker, CEO, Tech Mahindra Foundation, says: “At engage, manage and lead the world. classmates or at best with other Education (NCIDE) at and water management, Materials Institute, UT-Austin, nologies specifically designed for the Tech Mahindra SMART Academies for When children grow-up and join children in their own school. While IGNOU through email at swacchhata initiatives and USA Dr Arumugam Manthiram, smart cities is the best investment Healthcare, we are trying to change the definition the workforce, we often find organ- preparing for this test, young [email protected] or by post. waste management, health and CTO, Amara Raja Batteries, for the future,” Dr Jatis Kumar of the word Hero. The youth come here as students isations complaining that Indian minds from Class III-XII will be The proforma can be down- care and hygiene, education India M Jagadish. Over 45 inter- Dash, Assistant Professor, Physics and leaves as healthcare professionals with lifelong students might be bright, having able to acquire new life skills and loaded from IGNOU’s web- and open university system national delegates from over 10 and the conference convener, says. skills, employment, and a feeling to serve and passed through one of the tough- compare their skill levels against site — www.ignou.ac.in. The and smart transportation and countries and 150 delegates from For more details, log on to improve the healthcare services of our country. Now est educational curriculums in the the smartest children across 100 last date for receiving the traffic management. across India will be attending. http://www.greenenergy2018.com/. that’s exactly like a Hero.” world, but they are mostly not plus countries,” Tripathy adds. 78791 - &" 78791 he CL Educate Limited (CL), he Schneider Electric India TIndia’s leading education and TFoundation (SEIF) — the social knowledge services provider, signs a dents and professionals to take mock als to be ahead of the curve. However, commitment of Schneider Electric Jaipur, Delhi, Chandigarh Mumbai, conservation techniques and also and team activities such as pre- Memorandum of Understanding interviews from the comfort of their being skilled alone doesn’t prepare India — is set to facilitate the 12th Pune, Goa and Kolkata. All par- share their learnings with their sentations, group discussions and (MOU) with EvueMe Selection Bot. premises using their own devices, at candidates for the various angles from edition of ‘Green Championship’ ticipating schools are meticulous- families. This programme helps us preparation of energy audit reports As per the MoU, CL Educate Ltd their own convenient time, with an which recruiters evaluate prospects. under its ‘Conserve My Planet’ pro- ly selected for the programme and share the message of energy con- of their campuses via interactive will be launching a new mock inter- “Interviewer on Demand”. This Hence, the soft skill of presenting gramme. ‘Conserve My Planet’ is stand together as a proud com- servation amongst a large audi- classroom sessions and unique view product named iGuru in strate- makes the interviewing process sim- oneself as the ideal candidate for the an educational programme con- munity called the ‘Green Republic’ ence.” outdoor activities. gic partnership with EvueMe ple, user-friendly and utilitarian. course or job becomes so very impor- ceptualised to address the crucial and are termed ‘Green Schneider Electric India Some of the schools hosting Selection Bot. This aims at helping Further, EvueMe Selection Bot will tant. Through our strategic partner- energy crisis that the world is fac- Ambassadors’. Foundation trains the Green the Green Championship this year students and professionals prepare for extend its expertise in developing ship with EvueMe, we intend to offer ing and to educate school children Speaking about the initiative, Ambassadors to undertake energy include Ambience Public School, various kinds of interviews for get- question banks relevant to every career support to students and pro- about the importance of conserv- Venkat Garimella, VP corporate audits, evaluate energy consump- Delhi; Malviya Convent school, ting jobs or admission to study high- segment of the target audience. fessionals, so that they can confi- ing energy along with protecting strategy and CSR, Schneider tion at homes, and conduct green Jaipur; The Pupil Saveetha Eco er education courses. Talking about the initiative, dently present their candidature. the environment. Electric India, said: “Conserve my certification of schools while build- School, Chennai; Harvest CL Educate Ltd and EvueMe Gopalakrishnan Rengan, president, Even if there are any gaps in their In this edition, the Conserve energy programme enables stu- ing energy-conscious communities International School, Bangalore; St Selection Bot will work in collabo- marketing & Alliances at Career knowledge or presentation skills, My Planet programme would be dents to design and develop work- around them. This helps them to Wilfred College, Mumbai; VIikhe ration to use cutting-edge technolo- Launcher, said: “In these days of they can use our industry-expert conducted in specific schools of ing models on efficient energy receive industry exposure and con- Patil School, Pune; St Peter’s gy to simplify the entire interview mobility and constant up-skilling, it panel members to iron out the same India spread across 10 cities name- management. 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SECTION WISE ANALYSIS General English: The section had a total of 35 questions. There were 30 nor- mal questions of 1 mark each. There were 5 special questions (non-MCQ or Input box types where the answer had to be entered on the screen) of 2 marks each. # The RC area had two passages with five questions each. The passages were lengthy in nature with around 750-850 2 ) words. #$ 0 ! 5 )*+5( $ Passage 1: A lengthy passage on ‘Google tracks your movement whether tions in this section by spending around * $77*+1529$ you like it or not’ or ‘privacy taken from 35-40 minutes. However, this called for CBS News’. The questions included 1 title, a judicious selection of the questions. oostrapping builds charac- ing on shoestring budgets, too. interference that a partner com- cessful with your startup, then you 1 specific detail, 3 contextual reference Analytical & Logical Reasoning: ter. There are endless ways Many of them are happy to intro- pany might entail. They have should enjoy what you’re doing. (of a phrase)/inference based questions. The section had a reasonable number of Bto finance your ideas, but duce you to someone who can amazing free resources; these can Your reward will be the excite- Passage 2: Another lengthy passage easy and moderate questions. there's nothing like marketing a help your startup; others will be include everything from office ment you reap from your success. on ‘Tired of globalisation — Trade and There were 30 questions of 1 mark startup with a modest budget to willing to develop a quid pro quo space to snacks. Search for one on That means that most of your Poverty’ taken from The Economist. each (normal MCQ type). There were 5 encourage innovation. Limited relationship with you to get both Google, or try lists of ranked start- money should go into your start- There were four specific detail questions special questions of 2 marks each (non- funds give you an excuse to flex of your businesses off the ground. up accelerators to find a good fit. up but not all of it. Set aside time and 1 vocab-based question. MCQ type). Unlike last year, apart from your creative muscle and truly Either situation is a cost-effective Track your finances. From (and money) to travel, visit friends Around 22-24 can be considered to the standalone ones, there were 7 ques- share your vision with the world. win-win. the start, you should be carefully and relax. If you forget to do these be a good number of attempts in this sec- tions based on a caselet. Added to this, Being an entrepreneur is risky Take advantage of free offers. $27 7 , watching how much you spend. things, it won’t matter how much tion. there were also some tough ones to crack. business. Many people shy away from free Cash flow is one of the easiest money your startup has — it won’t Quantitative Ability, Data The level of the section could be pegged We’ve all read stories of start- stuff; they’re afraid that taking ,+7 81, areas for start-ups to get ahead of have an effective leader. Interpretation and Data Sufficiency: The at a moderate level of difficulty. Out of up companies that spent too advantage of it implies that they D,5$ 7 81, themselves you need to turn a Every entrepreneur goes section was relatively easier compared to 35 questions in this section, 19 to 21 much money getting off the don’t have money. Instead, look at D,5 profit at some point, but you’ll through ups and downs; it’s the the last year. There were 30 questions of would be a good number of attempts. ground and crash upon takeoff. it this way: When a company is never know where that point is if nature of the beast. But struggling 1 mark each (normal MCQ type). There General Awareness: The section Managing your money when you offering something for free, they 5+ ,7 + you don’t track your money. to make ends meet doesn’t have to were 5 special questions of 2 marks each had 25 questions. As the name of the sec- have very little coming in the door believe the item has value. They $ 7 81$ D,5 Make smart hiring deci- be one of your problems. Find the (non-MCQ type). The section had more tion suggested, there were no static GK is tricky but it’s not impossible. want you to experience it so sions. It’s important to build the balance between fueling your jet doable questions and perhaps for the first questions. Most of these questions were Don’t rely on the same old badly that they’re willing to give 8$ D,5 best team possible. Your startup is and pulling back on the throttle. time, Data Interpretation questions were not difficult especially for those who read banner ads and Google reviews. you a taste at no cost. Take them $ , your baby. Find people who are all You don’t want your start-up — or completely missing. Continuing the tra- newspapers regularly. Most of the ques- Instead, try these eight marketing up on it. You’re helping a fellow in, and you’ll get the most from you — to crash upon takeoff. Take dition, there were no Data Sufficiency tions were pertaining to events which strategies to place the spotlight on businessman out, and you're sav- 7* 7+7 $ them with each of their pay- time to really consider who you questions in this section but the same took place in the last few months. your business. Below are strategies ing cash on your end. 81$ D,5 checks. are, who your customers are, were asked in the Logical Reasoning sec- Around 12 to 14 attempts in the sec- for getting the most bang for your Access an incubator and use 7++$!7+1,59 Avoid burnout. Many entre- what you want your brand to rep- tion. 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One bookmaker makes who is the outstanding candidate." debacle on Sunday. Bergamoi: 9 staff, is expected to take charge in board's transfer policy proved "The club would like to thank Pochettino the early favourite and Mourinho's reign had started The manager's overall EPL %)= $+ an interim role but United said a potent factors in the decision to dis- Jose for his work during his time at the 46-year-old Argentinian is also well enough with the League Cup points haul of 176 since his $ G:$ H caretaker manager will be appoint- miss him. Manchester United and to wish former Manchester United mid- and the Europa League trophies but appointment by United lagged # ed until the end of the season. A United source said that him success in the future. fielder Gary Neville's favoured for a club that has been champions behind City, Liverpool, Tottenham The club's worst start in the Mourinho had been supported in "A new caretaker manager will option. of England 20 times, neighbours and Chelsea during the same peri- % $Q league since 1990 means even his efforts to sign players and be appointed until the end of the "They need someone who Manchester City's dominance over od. J # Mourinho's ambition of reaching described reports of player power current season, while the club con- meets the three key principles of them in the league has hurt. Andy Mitten, editor of fanzine Q the top four and a Champions at the club as being key to the sack- ducts a thorough recruitment that football club: the promotion of The wound went even deeper United We Stand, told BBC Radio # League qualification spot is in ing as wide of the mark. process for a new, full-time man- youth, entertaining football and to for Mourinho as City are managed that neither the players nor the fans danger. According to British media ager." win football matches," Neville told by Pep Guardiola, who got the bet- would miss Mourinho. Despite United reaching the reports, United will have to pay Sky Sports News. ter of him when he was in charge "We've been doing polls where E $ Q # :$ O E Champions League knockout Mourinho 22.5 million ($ 28 mil- "People suggest he (Pochettino) at Barcelona and Mourinho was at 80 percent of fans wanted him to #9 ;> %( stages — they face an intimidating lion) — as the club are still in the In the longer term former Real hasn't won a trophy yet at Real Madrid. leave," said Mitten. + $ $ last-16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain Champions League — to sever the Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has Tottenham but with a net spend of However, despite his protesta- "He had a very good first sea- # ;<>( — a mix of the results, dressing- ties. been linked to the club and minus 29 million or something over tions to the contrary the United son, an acceptable second season, room discord and criticism of the "Manchester United announces Tottenham Hotspur manager the last four years, I'm not sure he board gave Mourinho plenty of but this season has been a disaster." !! $#( )"%*+,-.*/ % )- 5 ./+.$)$ 8$ ,>=5$3 )$*.$+)$*212* ! !$ ..HI* 2 HJ $ ! .: ■ *7 1 4 ""! 5"" ndia crumbled in the face of Australia's remarkable metamor- Iphosis and crashed to a 146-run !. defeat in the second Test here on Tuesday, surrendering a rare hard- earned ascendancy in a series Down ■ 78791 Under. The hosts levelled the four- he Indian cricket board (BCCI) match series 1-1 after India were Ton Tuesday rubbished media bowled out for 140 runs in 56 overs reports in Australia which claimed in their second innings on the fifth that captain Virat Kohli bragged and final day. about being the best batsman in the Starting from overnight 112 for world while ridiculing Tim Paine five, India lost their last five wickets during the second Test in Perth. for 28 runs and it was all over with- The two captains were consis- in 65 minutes of play. tently involved in banter during the This was Australia's first Test win match but both insisted that no line 1 0 $ 2 $ since the ball-tampering scandal was crossed. Reports in Australia broke out in South Africa earlier this claimed that the world's No 1 Test from the team management about year. and ODI batsman boasted about the incident and would like to clas- Having won the opening game by being the best in the business dur- sify the reports as baseless." 31 runs to go in front, India had been ing the showdowns. With the banter reported by talked up as a threat coming into the The BCCI came out in support the media on the last two days of capital of Western Australia, but of Kohli, saying the statement the match, Kohli faced questions on they wilted as the pace-spin duo of attributed to Kohli was just hearsay the issue but he said no one crossed Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon and he never bragged about him- the line. worked in tandem at the Optus self. "As long as there is no swear- Stadium. "It is 'assumed' that Kohli said, ing on the field, and there's no per- Starc (3-46) and Lyon (3-39) fin- 'I am the best player in the world sonal attacks, the line doesn't get ished with three wickets apiece, while and you are just a stand-in captain'. crossed. That's it!. But look, in com- Josh Hazlewood (2-24) and Pat These claims were based on hearsay petitive spirit it stays on the field. Cummins (2-25) took a brace each. and the BCCI would like to bring I am not going to go into details but While Starc and his pace col- into notice that no such words were to be honest it's not of importance leagues were expected to thrive on the spoken on the field by the Indian for me to speak on and it's some- lively track, it was off-spinner Lyon's captain," BCCI said in a statement. thing that's done," Kohli said after exceptional outing that gave Australia $ 2 ! $ ) * $ ) "The BCCI got a clarification India lost the Test by 146 runs. the edge. He finished the match with eight wickets, including a five-for in P " % the first innings and a deserving Man- % " In doing so, he attacked Lyon and of-the-Match award. * $ ! + $ GA)<(H$ holed out to mid on, with Peter India surely missed a trick in not %&>& & % @ % Handscomb taking a low diving playing a specialist spinner, some- %&'A %' K @ %% ■ *7 1 reason behind their argu- 9D,GA)A&H catch. It hastened the end for India, thing that was admitted by one of ;=%' %A ( @ K ment was not clear. 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■ *7 1 pretty close. It was a highly he added. competitive Test match from But the wicketkeeper- ustralia captain Tim both teams. There's a lot on batsman was quick to assert APaine on Tuesday played the line and both teams des- that he won't back down in down the verbal showdowns perately want to win and the face of a showdown if it with Virat Kohli during the sometimes that stuff hap- happens again. second Test here but insist- pens" Paine said in the post- "I think it's just one of ed that he won't sit back and match press conference. those things, at times you be "walked all over" if faced "I love it. I enjoy watch- have got to draw a line and with a similar situation in the ing Kohli, I always have. I start sticking up for yourself remaining matches. think he brings out the com- and sticking up for your The two skippers had petitive spirit in a lot of teammates. quite a bit of banter in the people which is great, and "...We are certainly not middle, so much so that I'm sure it was great to going to sit back and be $ $ ! # they almost made physical watch. walked all over. Sometimes contact at one point. But "I was really proud of the those things happen and Paine shrugged it off, saying way our team conducted you have to get involved. 6" that Australia will invite themselves on the field this Was it a decision as a captain India for a beer in the change week. We definitely will (the to try and assert myself on rooms as per their team tra- Indian team for a beer) after the game? No. It was just two & dition. the series. That's always been competitive cricketers trying "I don't think we did the thing that has happened to do their best to win the touch to be honest. It got 2 ) $2 $ $ 1 0 $ $ ) and will always be the case," game," he said. ■ *7 1 $ aptain Virat Kohli on Tuesday "A" Cfirmly backed his decision to 15 N play four pacers in the second Test against Australia, rejecting criticism that India erred in not playing a $ O spinner. %A) !" "We didn't have that control ? particularly in the first innings, not ■ 5$ to the extent that we wanted. But +# afford to send even 40 people down in the second innings for sure, espe- there. However, I feel that an India cap, ormer India batsman Sanjay cially yesterday (day four) the first an Indian blazer has to be made a lot FManjrekar feels India made session, giving away only 56 odd * more valuable. ... By carrying players and a mistake in not including a runs without getting a wicket. taking 19 players, I do believe that the front- line spinner in the second "I think it was outstanding # selection committee has not handled Test that Australia won on bowling and obviously Mohammed $ their responsibility well," he said. Tuesday at Perth to square the Shami did what he did in the next ) "A lot of those players can come four match series 1-1. session with the ball, which was * + back and play domestic cricket which He said the team manage- again wonderful to see. I think they ) will not only embellish our domestic ment should take the blame for executed their plans to 95 per cent cricket, lift the standard of our domes- selections which have "back- of what we expected. I think you # tic cricket but also give these guys, fired. definitely can be happy with that. I + *GH $ unlikely to be picked in the Test match- "(Australian spinner) The India skipper added, "In E * 1 es, an opportunity to regain form and Nathon Lyon is a great bowler, the past when we have played four 1 0 1 1 make a case for getting back in the so we can't assume that a quicks, we definitely haven't been 52/ 9 team," he added. (Ravindra) Jadeja would have as consistent as we were in this + * + The first one on the flight back been as effective (as him). /1$ !,( game. So, I think they were pretty + # home from Perth should be India "But India, I think, made an accurate, pretty consistent and we opener KL Rahul according to Gavaskar. error in going with four seam- the past, following which the were convinced about going in with you want to think that that guy can "He (Rahul) has no chance of play- ers, specially (with) Umesh team lost. four fast bowlers looking at the con- contribute with the bat as well. 4 2 $%$ + $ ! $ ) $ ing in the remaining two Tests unless Yadav and not Bhuvneshwar "You don't lose because of ditions." "So eventually you come to one of course there is an injury to any play- Kumar," Manjrekar, an expert one factor and you can't say that Kohli admitted that playing decision. We backed that decision ■ *7 1 proper selection had been made," er. I think that he should be coming back with official broadcaster Sony we lost because of poor selec- four fast bowlers weakened the tail and went ahead with it. Whether it Gavaskar said. and playing Ranji Trophy for Karnataka. Pictures Networks, said. tion. But you can say that there and didn't provide as much control comes off or not, that's a different tility of Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri "They have to look at the combi- It is not just that he is out of form, he "If there was one spinner (in have been selections which have over Australia's scoring rate in the thing but we were totally convinced Uas captain and coach must be nation of their team, look at the hole that is just not there and you can see that. the team) there's always cracks taken the world by surprise, not first innings. But at the same time, in the team that that was our best assessed if India fail to win the next two needs to be plugged and pick the men He can prove me wrong and I will be and roughs, especially with left- just a few people. he added that they didn't compre- combination to go with and the Tests against Australia, suggested bat- to. If they do that then they can certainly very happy to be proven wrong as long handed batsmen in the opposi- "These are selections which hend picking a spinner at all despite batsmen have to take responsibili- ting legend Sunil Gavaskar, who is baf- win the next two matches but if they as the Indian team benefits." tion, to exploit. Jadeja could have are unexpected and eventually a long tail. ty. fled by the "selection blunders" com- don't, then the selectors need to think Meanwhile, Ricky Ponting reckons been of more use than the have proved to be wrong selec- "You obviously have two situ- "There are lots of variables mitted by the team management. whether we are getting any benefit from India's batting woes have outweighed fourth seamer", he said. tions. The team management ations that you can think of. When that can happen during the course Gavaskar was not impressed with this lot - the captain, coach and support their opponents after the visitors "So, it was a selection error will have to take responsibility you pick another fast bowler, obvi- of a cricket match but before that, the selection choices made by the team staff," Gavaskar told Aaj Tak. slumped to a massive 146 run defeat. that may have also contributed for those selections that have ously R Ashwin or Ravindra Jadeja you need to have clarity as to what management. The former opener questioned the "I compared the two teams at the to India eventually losing the back-fired," Manjrekar have more ability with the bat, we you want to do and as a side, we "We have been seeing this — the logic for picking a jumbo squad. start of the series and I didn't think India match," explained the 53-year- remarked. all know that. It's a very tricky deci- were totally clear that this was the selection blunders that have been com- "I want to find out that who has could win here just because of the frail- old batsman-turned-commen- He opined that India could sion to make - what kind of a bowl- combination we wanted to go mitted since the tour of South Africa. authorised 19 players to go because the ties of their batting and I think that's tator. go in with Mayank Agarwal and ing option you want to go with or with," he added. It has cost the team because it has lost next question is why not three more? been highlighted this week," Ponting As per experts, India had Murali Vijay as openers in the matches which could've been won if the The BCCI is a very rich body, it can told cricket.Com.Au. committed selection errors in next Test at Melbourne.