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Famous classical bhajan      "         cause and stressed on the need “It becomes easier for us to singer from Varanasi ists Anand Mahindra and Venu on the eve of Republic Day.            to “hold fast to constitutional follow these constitutional Channulal Mishra and Shrinivasan, Olympian bad- Jaitley, Swaraj, Fernandes,         # $    methods” of achieving social ideals, if we keep in mind the Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri minton player PV Sindhu, for- Parrikar and Vishwesha  and economic objectives. life and values of the Father of Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha mer Nagaland Chief Minister Teertha Swami have been          His remarks come in the our Nation. By doing so, we will Udupi, who passed away SC Jamir and Jammu & awarded posthumously, the      # backdrop of protests against the be adding a meaningful dimen- recently, have also been given Kashmir politician Muzaffar officials said.             #  new citizenship law although sion to our celebrations of the highest Padma award — Hussain Baig have been award- This year the President       %   & he made no reference to them. 150th birth anniversary of Padma Vibhushan. ed the Padma Bhushan, a has approved conferment of           In his customary address to Gandhiji,” he added. Former Defence Minister Home Ministry statement said. 141 Padma awards including   '     the nation on the eve of 71st The president said the pre- Manohar Parrikar, industrial- The awards are announced Turn to Page 6         & #  Republic Day, Kovind cited sent third decade of the 21st               Mahatma Gandhi’s gift of century will be “the decade of     #   ‘Ahims a’ (non-violence) to the the rise of New and a new         #  humanity and said that his tal- generation of Indians.            ""          isman for deciding whether an ed consistently”. “More and more of those      act is right or wrong “applies to In his televised address, born in this century are par-      the functioning of our democ- Kovind said Gandhi’s ideals ticipating in the national dis- R                racy”. remain relevant in the nation- course. With the passage of    $   #(    )  He said modern India building efforts. time, we are gradually losing     over 1,000 police personnel for Squadron Leaders              comprises three organs — “It should be part of our living links with our great free- gallantry and distinguished Siddharth Vashisht and Ninad          Legislature, Executive and daily routine to introspect on dom struggle, but there is no ine personnel, six from the service. These include four Mandavgane, pilots of Indian % #  Judiciary — which are neces- Gandhiji’s message of truth reason to worry about the con- NArmy and three from President’s Police Medals for Air Force (IAF) Mi-17 heli- %  '           #   sarily interlinked and interde- and non-violence, which has tinuity of the beliefs that guid- Central Paramilitary Forces Gallantry; 286 Police Medals copter that was accidentally # *          pendent. become all the more necessary ed it,” he said. (CAPF), were awarded Shaurya for Gallantry; 93 President’s shot down in Budgam on      !        “Yet, on ground, the people in our times,” he said in his Kovind said with advances Chakra, the third highest Police Medal for Distinguished February 27 last year, were +          Q  comprise the State. ‘We the speech. in technology, the young minds peacetime gallantry medal, on Service, and 657 Police Medal posthumously awarded Vayu          #     People’ are the prime movers of Recalling the importance of today are better informed the occasion of the Republic for Meritorious Service. In the Sena Medal (Gallantry). Last       -   #  the Republic. With us, the of January 26, he said that even and more confident. “The next Day. In all, the President list of police personnel listed for October, IAF Chief Air Chief    #! !  #       people of India rests the real before 1947, this day was cele- generation remains strongly approved 409 Gallantry and the honour, the Jammu & Marshal RKS Bhadauria     .  #.     power to decide our collective brated ‘Purna Swaraj Day’ committed to the core values of other defence decorations for Kashmir Police has the maxi- acknowledged the helicopter      /01" $   future,” he said. (complete independence day) our nation. For our youth, the the armed forces personnel. mum names at 108, followed by crash was a case of friendly fire            "  Stressing that both the gov- from 1930 to 1947. nation always comes first. With Also, President’s Police the Central Reserve Police and was a “big mistake.”         Q # M ernment and the opposition Kovind said though the Turn to Page 6 Medal will be conferred on Force (CRPF) at 76. Turn to Page 6 #  3    /04  # 5 # M    Q    .                  "   "#    #     $*    #                    '                         .         #                 Institute of virology labs are       &     fully equipped to test the virus    "   even more people who and that all State and district      %      ' Sreturned from have health authorities have been  &%               been kept under observation alerted.         # following screening for possi- So far 20,000 people from     # *  %       ble exposure to novel coron- 115 flights at seven interna-  # #        avirus. The Prime Minister’s tional airports in the country     6 $ $   ' Office on Saturday reviewed have been screened.   India’s preparedness to deal Much to the relief to the &%              with the deadly syndrome and authorities, in Mumbai, two     Q      5   &  mounting global concern over persons, who were admitted to          7 Q growing number of cases in the a civic hospital for possible +     /898         neighbouring countries. exposure to coronavirus, have .#$ #  #    At a meeting chaired by PK tested negative for the infec-       "     Mishra, Principal Secretary to tion, while the blood sample of        M          M  the PM, Health Ministry offi- another person will be sent for        $ # cials presented and updated testing to the National Institute        P  ## Q about response measures being of Virology (NIV) in Pune on -           undertaken. Saturday, officials said.     The meeting was held on To review the situation at      #      the instructions of Prime the State level , Union Health             Minister Narendra Modi. Minister Harshvardhan has              The Cabinet Secretary, directed for multi-disciplinary %          #     Home Secretary, Foreign Central teams to be sent to the  !    #          Secretary, Defence Secretary, seven States where thermal             Health Secretary, Civil Aviation screening is being done at the   %        #       Secretary and several other seven designated airports ---    $5       Q     top officials attended the meet- New Delhi Bangaluru,    # #          ing. They said health Ministry Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata    officials briefed Mishra on the and Cochin.  *        preparedness of hospitals lab- Vardhan, who held a         *    oratories as well as measures review meeting to analyse the     #            being taken for the capacity preparedness for prevention   #        building of rapid response and management of noble    $ #  *       teams to deal with possible case coronavirus in India also spoke       ;   of coronavirus. to the Chief Minister of #   /04  #   Principal secretary to the Uttarakhand on screening at +           PM also reviewed the various the border with Nepal where         /04   preventive measures taken by one confirmed case has been    /09'/04     other Ministries like the reported.     # Ministry of Civil Aviation. The Punjab Government   #        The officials assured has asked all district hospitals    %         Mishra that the situation is to put in place necessary               being closely monitored by the arrangements to tackle any -       #      Ministry of Health and Family emergent situation in view of   $          affairs in coordination with the outbreak of coronavirus in     various other Union Ministries China, and said a team of doc-  .  %       !  as well as State Governments tors will be stationed at the                 and Union Territories. The Amritsar international airport      .    sources said the National starting Monday for screening passengers. Nine people — 7 in Kerala and one each in Bengaluru and $% & Hyderabad who are among hundreds of passengers who *     SC in Shatrughan Chauhan petitions, and disposed of returned from China in the case,” said Vrinda Grover, who the petition. recent days — are under obser- ukesh Kumar Singh (32), is representing Mukesh. Additional Sessions Judge vation in hospital to check for Mone of the four death- Earlier, a Delhi court Ajay Kumar Jain said the con- possible exposure to the dead- row convicts in the 2012 rejected charge that Tihar jail victs’ lawyer can take pictures ly novel coronavirus. Nirbhaya murder and gang- didn’t hand over documents to of the relevant documents, rape case, on Saturday moved convicts to file mercy pleas. notebook and paintings or the Supreme Court seeking The court said no further sketches from the Tihar jail         judicial review of the rejection directions were required on a authorities.     & +     of mercy petition. plea by the lawyer of the The court noted that the   (  =4 “A petition has been filed death row convicts in the case jail authorities had already       under Article 32 for judicial alleging the prison authorities complied with the request (  =8 review of the manner of rejec- were not handing over made by the convicts by sup- tion of the mercy petition in certain documents required plying the documents whatev- terms of the judgment of the to file mercy and curative er was lying with them.     " +,- +.+.   

286"#!23823#4#2$#823&66 3&3 % Lucknow (PNS): The Military were connected to the WhattsApp Intelligence Unit with the help of group. He said they provided those Anti-Terrorists Squad of Uttar numbers to the state police heads.  %( od. consecrated ‘Shri Ram Shilas’ Pradesh nabbed an alleged ISI agent He claimed that Rasheed was As per the deadline, the (bricks) were sent to Ayodhya in  Q  R from Chandauli on Friday evening. engaged in pasting posters and ban- he foundation stone cere- process for setting up of the pro- 1989. We also plan to identify The 23-year-old accused, said to be ners and some of his relatives were Tmony of Ram temple in posed Trust has to be done by ‘Ram bhakts’ who took part in a member of a WhattsApp group also connected to that WhattsApp Ayodhya is likely to be held on February 9, as per the Supreme the Ram temple movement, and !! " called ‘Zindagi Na Mileygi’ operat- group. the occasion of Ram Navami Court verdict of November 9 last honour them. We would like ed from Pakistan, was sharing pho- Sources said that Rasheed also (April 2). Though a final decision year. Sources said the Centre may them to be associated with the  %( relics associated with the life and strug- tographs of prohibited areas from visited Jodhpur to open a tailoring on the issue will be taken at the issue a notification for setting up construction work,” he said. gles of Guru Tegh Bahadur. Since Agra eastern UP. shop there and conducted a recce of meeting of the proposed Trust, of the Trust to take up Ram tem- As per plan, the VHP will ask o promote pilgrimage in Uttar is close to the National Capital Region Reports said that Mohamed Cantonment area. Further investi- religious leaders of Ayodhya are ple construction before the due the ‘Ram bhakts’ from each dis- TPradesh, the Yogi Adityanath gov- (NCR) and well connected with New Rasheed, a resident of Chaurgat gations were on to extract more of the view that the foundation date. The VHP had convened a trict to reach Ayodhya in groups ernment has mooted development of Delhi, the proposed centre is expected Padao hamlet of Mugalsarai in details regarding Rasheed’s opera- stone should be laid on Ram meeting of Kendriya and assist in the construction ‘Sikh Circuit’ comprising all religious to be developed as a major tourist des- Chandauli, was nabbed during a tion, especially in UP. Navami. Margdarshak Mandal at work. Besides, those living in dif- places associated with the religion and tination and attract a large number of joint operation of Military Meanwhile, in Azamgarh, a Several prominent Hindu Prayagraj on January 20 and it ferent parts of the world will also ‘Gurus’. Sikh museums and research national and international visitors. The Intelligence Unit and ATS. He was minor girl was allegedly raped after seers, including chairman of was attended by the Sant Samaj. be involved. The VHP has made centres will also be set up in Lucknow proposed Sikh museum in Lucknow will allegedly involved in collecting being abducted from her house, Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas The meeting deliberated on the it clear that it will not seek and Agra. Earlier, the Chief Minister had be dedicated to the preservation and inputs about CRPF, Gyanvapi police said on Saturday. The six-year- Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, said various aspects related to temple donations from anyone for the directed the Tourism department to enrichment of Sikh culture, heritage and Mosque, Kashi Vishwanath Temple, old girl was asleep in her house when that Ram Navami is an auspi- construction in the wake of the temple construction work. work on the concept. history. Cantt Railway Station, she was allegedly abducted by an cious day for beginning of the Supreme Court verdict. “However, the proposed Taking the agenda forward, A survey of the Sikh places and per- Dashaswemedh Ghat, Malviya unidentified person who raped her, temple’s construction work. “Though we organise ‘Shri Trust may take donations for the Principal Secretary (Tourism) Jitendra sonalities — who contributed to art, cul- Bridge, Cantonment area etc and they said. The incident took place on The Vishwa Hindu Parishad Ram Mahotsav’ every year, we purpose. We have made our Kumar met representatives of different ture and history — will also be undertaken also sending footages to his ISI coun- Friday night under Jiyanpur Kotwali (VHP) said that the construction are going to do it in a big way this stand clear that no government UP-based Sikh organisations, including as a preliminary step towards the devel- terparts in Pakistan. police station area. The girl was could be started any day between time. We have called upon peo- fund should be taken by the UP Punjab Academy, historians, Culture opment of ‘Sikh Circuit’. Last year, a four- ADG, ATS, Dhruv Kant Thakur found lying in an unconscious state March 25 (when Vikram Samvat ple to light lamps at their homes Trust. Also, there should not be department officials and directors of point charter of demands was submitted claimed that they received a SIM on the roadside on Saturday morn- starts) and April 8 (Hanuman in the evening during this peri- any representation from political state museums. to the CM and it included the proposal card and were collecting its details. ing by villagers, who informed the Jayanti). The start of Vikram od,” VHP spokesperson in parties in it,” Sharma said. Lucknow Gurudwara Management for setting up of a Sikh museum. Rasheed was given Rs 5,000 as police. Samvat (Hindu new year) also Ayodhya Sharad Sharma said. Sources said the proposed Committee president RS Bagga sug- Meanwhile, UP is already working on sev- commission by Pakistani handlers to The victim has been admitted to marks the beginning of Navratri. “During this period, we plan Trust may seek public donations gested the state government to set up a eral other tourism-centric religious circuits send inputs from India. a hospital and further investigations The VHP plans to celebrate ‘Shri to reach out to 2.75 lakh villages starting from Rs 11 per family to Sikh museum and research centre in like Ramayana Circuit, Mahabharata Thakur claimed it was revealed are on, DIG, Azamgarh Range, Ram Mahotsav’ during that peri- across the country from where fund the project. Agra as the city has several spots and Circuit, Buddhist Circuit etc. that a total of 56 persons from India Subhash Chand Dubey said.  , )  &1/& /2  %(

nclusion of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Ithe syllabus of Lucknow University has triggered a controversy with Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party slamming the BJP government. Taking a jibe at Yogi Adityanath, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said people should not be surprised if the CM’s biog- raphy makes it to the syllabus and the latter deliv- ers religious sermons in classrooms. “It’s been said that Lucknow University plans to include CAA in its curriculum. If the condition remains, soon the biography of the chief minister will be taught and lectures will be replaced by his speeches and stories of his life will be part of chil- dren’s academics,” Yadav tweeted. As per reports, the university administration has planned to hold a debate on the contentious CAA in February. Following a debate by the Political Science department, a proposal will be sent to the executive council of the university for inclusion of the positive aspects of CAA in the syllabus. BSP supremo Mayawati also took to Twitter to express her displeasure. “The CAA debate is fine but despite the issue being sub judice, the inclusion of this controversial and divisive law by Lucknow University in its syllabus is completely wrong and inappropriate. The BSP strongly opposes this and will certainly take it back when it comes to power in UP,” the former UP CM said in a Tweet in Hindi. Head of LU’s Political Science department Shashi Shukla said it was needed to clear doubs of people regarding the CAA. “There is a proposal for a paper under the subject ‘Contemporary Issues in Indian Politics’, and including CAA in it is under consideration. We will include it in the syllabus and put it on the board as a proposal. If passed, it will be sent to the Academic Council and once it is cleared, studies will start,” he added. %.  $   >

Lucknow (PNS): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday released a ‘Coffee Table Book’ to mark the successful completion of Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj last year. The book divid- ed in five categories — ‘SMART’ — has been pre- pared by UP Police. According to ADG (Dial 112) Aseem Arun, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the police chiefs of all states in Guwahati, had stressed for introducing smart policing and thus while preparing the book, they divided it into five categories — SMART. “S stands for strict & sensi- tive, M for modern & mobile, A for alert & account- able, R for reliable & responsive, and T for tech-savy & trained,” Arun explained. He said that on the directions of the Prime Minister, they incorporat- ed all the above aspects in day-to-day policing to make it more people-friendly. Arun said that dur- ing the book release on Saturday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hailed the working of the UP Police, especially successful completion of Kumbh Mela and other law & order issues, including on the day the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute came. He said the CM also lauded the efforts of UP Police for introducing smart policing and bringing out the book. Besides Adityanath and DGP OP Singh, oth- ers present on the occasion included Chief Secretary RK Tewari, and Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Kumar Awasthi.

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 $$  %( Muslims. Those in power should understand that this law has midst the ongoing nation- been rejected by people and it Awide protests against the has to be rolled back. However, Citizenship Amendment Act, the government is trying every the all-women stir against CAA possible trick to discredit the and NRC continued at the protesters by leveling baseless Hussainabad Clock Tower in charges that the protest is fund- Lucknow on Saturday even as ed, which is ridiculous,” a pro- Samajwadi Party activist Pooja tester said. The protesters were Shukla was arrested and sent to seen carrying posters with ‘No to jail. However, the district admin- NRC’, ‘Will not show papers’ etc istration’s attempts to end the written on them. The protesters dharna proved futile. said they believe they are thorn Former Allahabad High in the flesh for the government. Court judge Haider Abbas Raza Ever since the all-women also visited the protest site to protest against CAA and NRC extend moral support to the began in Lucknow, some NGOs women. A woman, who has are providing blankets, biscuits been at the protest site along with and water bottles to the protest- her four-year-old child for days ers. The protesters also accused now, said the law is against the the police of having taken away tenets of the Constitution of these things from them. Despite India. “Citizens across the coun- many problems and warnings to try are on the streets protesting call off the protest from the against the CAA, which is administrative authorities, the against the very basic tenets of protesters continue to stand Indian Constitution. The coun- their ground. try is in the hands of those try- Meanwhile, the Samajwadi ing to destroy India. We have to party has condemned the arrest hit the streets to protect democ- of Puja Shukla. SP president racy,” she said. Akhilesh Yadav alleged that she “God has given us the power was humiliated and tortured by to protect our country from the police in custody. He said fascist forces and we will keep that the nationwide protests fighting till the very end,” anoth- against CAA had unnerved the er woman at the protest site said. BJP government and the gov- The protesters have continued to ernment was taking measures to hold fort despite repeated threats crush dissent in a brutal manner. of eviction by police and district He added that there was no jus- administration authorities. tification to police action against “This law is patently against peaceful protesters.     " +,- +.+.    )% % 6$ $      %1   $$  %( Amity Law School at Nari Mawaiyya and Alambagh. Bandi Niketan. The event was Vehicles will not be allowed to %  %% he state capital was decked organised by director of Amity move towards KKC and AP Tup in patriotic hues on the Law School JP Yadav, who Sen Road, and will be divert-  $$  %( items worth lakhs of rupees. eve of Republic Day. was present at the event along ed from Mohan road crossing Police said the theft must Prominent buildings and with jailor Nayan Tara towards Basmandi crossing, house on Deva road under have been committed crossings were decorated in tri- Banerjee. The event was Mawaiyya and Alambagh. AChinhat police station area between January 20 and 24. colour even as there was brisk addressed by speakers, who Vehicles will not be allowed was burgled and thieves Complainant Anil Kaushal sale of national flag across the lifted the morale of women to move towards Charbagh, decamped with Rs 15,000 in said there was no one in the city. Republic Day will witness prisoners by creating aware- and will be diverted at Rana cash, a TV, laptop and other house as he and his family a parade in front of Vidhan ness about opportunities and Pratap crossing towards members left for Barabanki to Bhawan and it will be attend- responsibilities as a citizens. It Basmandi crossing. Traffic will attend a wedding on January ed by Chief Minister Yogi was followed by a nukkad not be allowed to move from 20. He said when they came Adityanath and Governor natak by Amity students on the Bandariyabagh crossing to back on Friday night, they Anandiben Patel. importance of education and Hazratganj, and will be divert- found the locks of the main The celebrations will coin- hygiene. The event concluded ed from Bandariyabagh cross- gate broken and lights cide with the conclusion of UP with the distribution of food ing towards Golf Club, Lal switched on. Valuables and Diwas at Awadh Shilp Gram. and items of basic necessities. Batti crossing and 1090 cross- cash were stolen from almi- Those who have worked in the Meanwhile, traffic curbs ing. Vehicles will not be rahs. Meanwhile, the field of ‘Swachhata Mission’ will be in place on the occasion allowed to move from Bapu Jankipuram police arrested a will be felicitated on the occa- of Republic Day. Traffic will Bhawan crossing towards person, identified as Abhishek sion. UPMRC will be organis- remain diverted from 7 am till Burlington and Vidhan Yadav of Gudamba, and ing grand celebrations on the celebrations conclude. Bhawan, and will be diverted booked him under Gangster Republic Day. Media Vehicles will not be allowed to from Bapu Bhawan crossing Act. He was said to be spokesperson said Jaipuria move from Ravindralaya to towards Basmandi, Naka and absconding and the police Institute of Management will KKC, and will be diverted at           (  )    +  * Chiraiyya Jheel. Traffic will had been searching for him stage a ‘nukkad natak’ at Charbagh tri-crossing towards not be allowed to move from for over six months. The Hazratganj metro station. Kaiserbagh, Mawaiyya and Charbagh to KKC, and will be Mawaiyya and Alambagh. Singh crossing, and will be DSO crossing towards Sisandi accused was nabbed near On Saturday, a donation Alambagh. Vehicles will not be diverted at Ravindralaya tri- Traffic will not be allowed to diverted from Basmandi cross- crossing, and will be diverted Aliganj crossing. campaign was organised by allowed to move from crossing towards Natha, move towards Guru Gobind ing towards Kaiserbagh, towards Golf Club and Narhi. 3)5/36.& ,   9  *$!*   An interactive session   was conducted in the Political Science department Lucknow (PNS): Chief Minister Yogi Chief Minister said that his government has munication with people will also have to be by the extra-curricular activ- Adityanath on Saturday said that if we move started a new experiment and it has to be carried forward,” he added. The CM said ities committee at BBAU. ahead by making the commissioner system implemented on a war-footing. “If a woman that the government has increased the ex The event was organised to a model of excellent policing, we can estab- is going alone in the evening or night, drop- gratia given to families of the soldiers mar- discuss various career lish UP Police as the best police force in the ping her safely in the PRV to her house will tyred in the line of duty. Along with this, options, internship opportu- world. “We have to prevent crime incidents increase the confidence of common man arrangements have been made to give pen- nities and research possibil- by mapping tenants and senior citizens in towards the police. This will also improve sion for life amounting to salary of the sol- ities for students at MA and the state,” Yogi said at a programme organ- security. No matter what happens, the crim- diers who are seriously injured or are in a PhD levels. The event was ised at Police Headquarters on Saturday. The inals have to reform,” he said. “Direct com- coma while on duty, he added. organised and conducted by     -      $              --  +       * the students of department of Political Science. Alumni, & 4(& +$ PhD scholars, teachers and ((  $*$ staff at Collectorate on the all students participated in an Prof Radha Krishna occasion. Legal Aid Clinic, informative, engaging and Dheeman, the head of Lucknow University, conduct- detailed semi-formal discus- Hepatology department of PGI ed a workshop on sion. The students were (Chandigarh), has been ‘Constitution’ at a local school informed about various appointed as the director of with the theme ‘Inclusive and scholarships and research SGPGI by Governor qualitative participation’ to field work opportunities Anandiben Patel. Principal spread awareness about basic available for which they may Secretary (Governor) Hemant rights of voters. The workshop apply from time to time. Rai said Prof Radha Krishna was conducted for the students The programme also focused has been appointed for a peri- of classes 6, 7 and 8. Member on preparation for NET and od of five years. of clinic Ritam Tripathi JRF exams. Senior students addressed the students, giving and those who have already !* !*$P !" them an insight into the qualified NET-JRF helped National Voters Day was Constitution and fundamental aspirants to understand the celebrated with enthusiasm rights. He explained to the stu- scheme of exam by sharing on Saturday. District dents why rights are needed, personal experiences and Magistrate and district election what is the concept of funda- sources of information that officer Abhishek Prakash mental rights and why these would be easily accessible for              O$   & P       administered a pledge to the rights are inalienable. several students. (  )  *  #! "  & Q R        ,R  %  "!R   !$

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ight Union ministers will Etake part in the Uttar Pradesh government's five-day Ganga Yatra, which will begin on January 27, an official spokesman said on Saturday. Besides the Central ministers, ministers in-charge of districts in Uttar Pradesh will also par- ticipate in the Yatra, which will conclude in Kanpur on January 31, he said. ,  -   *       ),* .*   +       * There will be two routes of the Yatra. The first will be  $$  %( SP Amrendra Singh; Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Bijnor to Kanpur and the sec- Additional SPs Ramakant Special Task Force (STF). They ond, Ballia to Kanpur, the nce again, the UP Police Prasad, Devesh Kumar Pandey, will be felicitated on January 26 spokesman said. Uttar Pradesh Opersonnel failed to find Ram Abhilash Tripathi, by OP Singh. DSP (STF) Raj Chief Minister Yogi their names among winners of Nityanand Rai, Vijay Pal Singh, Kumar Mishra, sub-inspector Adityanath, his Uttarakhand the prestigious ‘President’s Udai Shankar Singh, Akhilesh (STF) Awadh Narayan Singh counterpart Trivendra Singh Medal for Gallantry Services’ Chandra Singh etc. The police and sub-inspector Shavez Rawat and Union Minister announced on the eve of awards are declared bi-annu- Khan have been selected for Sanjeev Balyan will be Republic Day on Saturday. ally on the eve of Republic Day platinum disc. DSP (STF) present in Bijnor on January However, six cops will be given and Independence Day. In Vinod Sirohi, ATS sub-inspec- 27, he said. away ‘President’s Police Medal’ Lucknow, DGP OP Singh, DG tor Vinod Kumar, and police The spokesman said Uttar for distinguished services and (Jails) Anand Kumar, IG (Law head constables Michael, Pradesh Governor Anandiben 72 will be receiving police & Order) Vijay Bhushan and Ashok Kumar and Patel, Bihar Deputy Chief medals for meritorious ser- several others officers received Mohammad Azam have been Minister Sushil Modi, State Jal vices. According to an official, awards from Governor selected for the gold disc. Shakti Minister Mahendra the six policemen to get the Anandiben Patel on the occa- Deputy Commissioner of Singh and Union Minister medals for distinguished ser- sion of National Voters’ Day on Police Sankalp Sharma and Mahendra Nath Pandey will vices include ADG (Agra Saturday. Assistant Commissioner of attend the event on its first day Zone) S Anand, ADG Sunil Meanwhile, 368 police per- Police Satish Kumar have been in Ballia. On January 28, Uttar Kumar Gupta, DIG Anil sonnel have been selected from selected for silver disc. The sil- Pradesh deputy chief ministers Kumar Rai, DIG (Radio) across UP and they will be ver disc will also be awarded to Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Sunita Sharma, and sub- honoured on Republic Day sub-inspector Gajendra Singh, Prasad Maurya, and Union inspectors Ganesh Kumar for their exemplary services and head constables Satendra ministers Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Trivedi & Surendra Narain. and awarded commendation Kumar Sharma, Krishna and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Among the 72 policemen discs by UP Police. The offi- Kumar, Praveen Kumar Malik, will take part in the event. On to get the medals for merito- cials include those from civil constables Ankit Kumar, and January 29, state Cabinet min- rious services include Kannauj police as well as the elite Anti- Rakesh Sharma. isters Suresh Khanna and Brajesh Pathak, and Union Minister Prahlad Patel will be    ! %"    Kulhari said that a police team present, he said. has left for New Delhi to Maurya along with Union    &'"  arrest the student leader. Minister Babul Supriyo will When contacted, AMU take part in the event also on Aligarh (PTI): A case of sedi- media since Friday night and spokesman Professor Shafey January 30. The spokesman tion was lodged against a JNU subsequent probe, including Kidwai said that the contents said Adityanath will join BJP student leader here on inputs from AMU authorities, of the video include some state president Swatantra Dev Saturday for a speech he deliv- confirmed that it pertained to comments which are “highly Singh and Union Minister ered on the AMU campus on a speech, containing subver- objectionable” and university Narendra Tomar for the Yatra January 16 against the amend- sive comments, that was deliv- authorities are taking this mat- on January 29. On January 30, ed citizenship act and NRC, ered when Sharjeel Imam was ter very seriously. He said the Dinesh Sharma and Union police said. addressing a protest rally at authorities will write a letter to Minister Smriti Irani will be “A video clip of this speech AMU,” Senior Superintendent the police to take strong action present, he said. was circulating on social of Police Akash Kulhari said. in this matter.     " +,- +.+.    !

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Parliamentary Affairs Minister ith the objective to give a service on the eve of Republic highest police gallantry award including infamous Kherlanji include Deputy Inspector State to pass a resolution urg- Chennithala said that he has Shanti Dhariwal said while Wboost to ties between the Day. These include four for their valour during counter murders of 2006, Pawanraje General Sanjay Prakash, ing the Centre to revoke the given a notice to Speaker P moving the resolution in the two countries, India and Brazil President's Police Medals for terror operations. Nimbhalkar murder, Assistant Commandant Harish Citizenship (Amendment) Act Sreeramakrishnan seeking his House. Congress-ruled Madhya on Saturday signed 15 agree- Gallantry; 286 Police Medals Out of 286 police person- Rinehskhem Kharsohnoh mur- Singh Karmyal, Assistant Sub (CAA) even as the party permission to move the reso- Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are ments and unveiled an action for Gallantry; 93 President's nel who will receive second der case of Meghalaya, Kavita Inspector Rajender Babu. Five announced its plans to move a lution in the Assembly under likely to follow suit soon even plan to further broadbase strate- Police Medal for Distinguished highest honour for valour - Rani murder case of Meerut officials have been decorated resolution in the Assembly in the rule 130 of the legislative though a section of party lead- gic ties after talks here between Service and 657 Police Medal Police Medal for Gallantry, has been awarded Police Medal with the fire service medals Kerala, where, interestingly, it is business. Left-ruled Kerala and ers like Kapil Sibal, Salman Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Meritorious Service. In the total 105 personnel from for Meritorious Service. including ASIs Rashpal Dass in Opposition, to seek Congress-ruled Punjab were Khurshid have pointed to the and President Jair Messias list of police personnel listed for Jammu & Kashmir Police and According to the Indo- and Darmiyan Singh. Governor Arif Mohammad the first two States to pass such futility of such exercises. Bolsonaro, who is the chief the honour, the Jammu & 75 from CRPF will receive the Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) A total 93 police personnel Khan's recall for "violating" all a resolution. The Rajasthan Leader of Opposition guest for the Republic Day Kashmir Police have the max- medal. Jharkhand Police has , 15 officials were awarded the will receive President''s Police democratic principles and Assembly passed by voice vote Gulab Chand Kataria ques- parade on Sunday. imum names at 108 followed been given 33, Odisha police police service medal on the eve Medal (PPM) for "publicly questioning" the pride the resolution urging the Centre tioned the right to challenge the The action plan includes by the Central Reserve Police 13, Delhi Police 12, of Republic Day. Second-in- Distinguished Service and of the legislature. The to repeal the CAA. The resolu- Act in the State Assembly. "The two countries firming up spe- Force (CRPF) at 76. Maharashtra Police 10, command-rank officer Ratan maximum are from Intelligence Government said the passing of tion also asked the Centre to Congress should stop doing cific goals for deeper coopera- The tally for the Union Chhattisgarh eight and Bihar Singh Sonal, Section Officer C Bureau with eight medals. Four the resolution is a conspiracy to withdraw the new fields of appeasement and vote bank tion in areas of defence and Territory police, involved in Police get seven Police Medal Durai Raj and deputy inspec- SSB personnel have been divide the country and is not information that have been politics," he said. security, trade and commerce, counter-terrorist operations in for Gallantry. tor generals AS Rawat and awarded the PMG this acceptable, the BJP accused sought for updation in National Union Minister Gajendra S agriculture, civil aviation, ener- the Kashmir Valley, also CBI Joint Director DS Nishith Chandra were among Republic Day for killing a the ruling Congress of pursu- Population Register (NPR), Shekhawat said the passing of gy, environment, health and includes three President's Shukla, an ace investigator the officials decorated with dreaded Naxal commander in ing appeasement politics. 2020. resolution in Assembly innovation and vowed to work Police Medal for Gallantry who headed a team that the distinguished and merito- Jharkhand who was wanted for Governor Khan welcomed "It is evident that the CAA amounts to murdering the together to conclude an agree- (PPMG), out of the total four deported the first Indian rious medal. Inspector General fatally ambushing an SP-rank the recall plans but said what- violates the provisions of the democracy. "Assemblies are ment to deal with internation- of these top category decora- national from the UAE besides DK Dimri, DIG SK Sharma officer of the state in 2013. ever he did is part of his duty Constitution. Therefore, the going beyond limited autono- al terrorism. tions announced this time. cracking several cases, is among and second-in command-rank Four officers & personnel as per the Constitution and as House resolves to urge upon the my granted by Constitution by The major focus of the According to the Ministry 28 officers of the agency who officer RK Joshi were also of National Disaster Response interpreted by the Supreme government of India to repeal passing these resolutions. This talks between Modi and of Home Affairs, three from have been awarded the among the recipients of the Force (NDRF) have been Court also. The Governor's the CAA to avoid any discrim- is a conspiracy to divide the Bolsonaro was on boosting Jammu and Kashmir Police President's and police medals medal. awarded with the Police Medal statement came hours after ination on the basis of religion country and is not acceptable." bilateral trade and investment as and one from CRPF will for meritorious service. Deputy According to the ministry, for Meritorious Service. both the large economies were receive the highest honour. SP Ramaswamy Parthasarathy, 29 CISF officials, including A total 657 personnel hit by global economic slow- Both the forces are engaged in who famously climbed the five from the fire wing, have receive Police Medal for down. counter terror operations in walls of former Finance been decorated with different Meritorious Service and max- In the this backdrop, the 15 newly-created union territory. Minister P Chidambaram's police service medals on the imum are from Uttar Pradesh agreements will provide for Abdul Jabbar (IPS), Gh. Hassan bungalow in Jor Bagh to arrest eve of the Republic Day. The police with 72 awards. cooperation in a wide range of areas including oil and gas, mineral resources, traditional "'$()* +%$ '"$ ,+' medicine, animal husbandry, bio-energy and trade and invest- ment.Terming Brazil a valuable (  !!         partner in India's economic growth, Modi, while summing the outcome of his talks with     The Committee recom- advocating or counseling sexu- ommended a new section be Bolsonaro, said "Your visit to mended 40 changes including in al activities with a person under included in the IT Act 2000, pro- India has opened a new chapter ongress leader Jairam the Protection of Children from the age of 18 years through any viding for punitive measures for in ties between India and Brazil." CRamesh-headed Adhoc Sexual Offences Act (POCSO written material, visual repre- those providing pornographic "Despite geographical dis- Committee of the Rajya Sabha Act), 2012 and the Information sentation or audio recording or access to children and also those tance, both India and Brazil are has recommended separate Technology Act, 2000, Indian any characterisation is made an who access, produce or transmit together on various global issues adult section on streaming plat- Penal Code and making moni- offence under the Act. Child Sexual Abuse Material as there is convergence in our forms like Netflix and social toring apps mandatory on all It also sought another clause (CSAM). The Committee also views," Modi said in his media media platforms like Twitter and devices to prevent sexual abuse to be inserted in the POCSO Act recommended that social media statement in the presence of Facebook where under-aged of children and to contain access prescribing a Code of Conduct sites and apps are required to Bolsonaro. children could be disallowed. It to and transmission of child for intermediaries (online plat- issue age restriction warnings at Bolsonaro said the two said social media platforms pornography content on the forms) for maintaining child the point of account countries have further strength- should also have mechanism for social media. safety online, ensuring age creation/sign up that advises ened the already strong ties by age verification and restricting The Committee sought appropriate content and curbing parents not to assist minors in signing 15 agreements which access to objectionable/obscene inclusions of a clause in the use of children for pornographic the creation of underage will provide for cooperation in material. POCSO Act, 2012 under which purposes. The Committee rec- accounts. /*   /* 0        +& -       0  )       * a range of areas. : %$ ./ &&/   +%  /2< R  % *     ed areas in the state, the official Territorial Council (BTC) will be  ;% said. enhanced. he Centre is all set to sign an The four factions of the It will be the third Bodo  =$"%:% 0  Taccord with the banned NDFB, which will sign the pact, accord to be signed in last 27 Assam-based insurgent group are led by Ranjan Daimari, years when the violent move-     National Democratic Front of Govinda Basumatary, Dhiren ment for a separate Bodoland New Delhi: Border guarding force SSB has =R9%& Boroland (NDFB) on Monday Boro and B Saoraigra. state claimed hundreds of lives, put on hold payment of arrears and other ongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit providing political and eco- Saoraigra took over the destruction of public and private allowances to its troops for January and Cout at the Centre alleging that anyone who nomic bonanza to the tribals, NDFB faction in 2015, remov- properties. February owing to “paucity” of funds, official opposes the ruling BJP's "agenda of hate" is     sans the outfit’s key demand of ing its chief, I K Songbijit, who The first Bodo accord was sources said on Saturday. dubbed as an "Urban Naxal". a separate Bodoland state or had allegedly ordered the killing signed with the All Bodo All arrears will be released to the employ- A day after the Centre handed over the he Congress on Saturday union territory. of nearly 70 adivasis in Students Union (ABSU) in ees in March, they said. Bhima-Koregaon case to the NIA, Rahul attacked Tnodded the formation of a The tripartite agreement December 2014. 1993, leading to creation of a They said the headquarters of the para- the central agency saying its "stooges" can never jumbo Pradesh Congress will be signed in the presence of The NDFB-Saoraigra fac- Bodoland Autonomous military force here has alerted all its forma- erase "the symbol of resistance". "Anyone who Committee for Uttarakhand Union Home Minister Amit tion had returned from their Council with limited political tions in the country that the funds are "hard- opposes the MOSH agenda of hate is an 'Urban with 22 vice presidents, 31 Shah and Assam Chief Minister base in Myanmar about a fort- powers. ly sufficient" to pay the regular salary of the Naxal'. general secretaries and 98 sec- Sunil Gulati has been made Sarbananda Sonowal by top night ago and signed an agree- In 2003, the second Bodo staff for the months of January and February, "Bhima-Koregaon is a symbol of resistance retaries. the new Treasurer of the leadership of the four factions of ment with the government for accord was signed with the mil- therefore no other bills for the about 90,000 that the Government's NIA stooges can never The new committee was Uttarakhand PCC. the NDFB, Joint Secretary in the the suspension of operations. itant group Bodo Liberation personnel strength force will be entertained. erase," he said on Twitter. approved by Congress presi- Among the 90 special invi- Home Ministry Satyendra Garg Daimari was released from Tigers (BLT), leading to forma- According to a latest order accessed by The National Investigation Agency (NIA) dent Sonia Gandhi after she tees to the committee are for- and Assam Chief Secretary a jail in Assam two days ago, tion of a Bodoland Territorial PTI, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has took over the probe into the 2018 Koregaon- accepted the recommendations mer chief minister Harish Kumar Sanjay Krishna. facilitating his participation in Council (BTC) with four dis- informed its field units that no arrears of pay Bhima violence on Friday, a day after the made by senior party leaders Rawat, Indira Hridesh, Kishore “The accord will provide for signing of the accord. tricts of Assam — Kokrajhar, or allowances like leave encashment claims Maharashtra Government held a review meeting in-charge for the state and in Upadhyay and others. some political rights to the The NDFB continues to be Chirang, Baska and Udalguri — will be given for January and February due with senior Pune police officers to take a call on consultation with senior lead- The Uttarakhand PCC is Bodo tribals living in Assam and a banned outfit. called the Bodoland Territorial to paucity of funds. pursuing the matter. ers from the state. headed by MLA Pritam Singh. some economic package for the Some NDFB militants were Area District (BTAD). Owing to this condition, the order issued community,” a senior official part of the 644 militants who The BTC has control over on January 23 under the 'most immediate' cat- privy to the development said. surrendered in Guwahati on 30 subjects like education, egory said "no other claims except regular However, the official made Thursday before Chief Minister forests, horticulture but no juris- (salary) bills of January and February will be *     +! && it clear that the territorial integri- Sonowal. In the accord, the diction on the police, revenue entertained". ty of Assam will be maintained government is likely to ensure and general administration When contacted, officials said while the Thiruvananthapuram: While the The human chain will be formed Senior CPI(M) leader S and the key demand of the safeguard of Bodo language and departments, which are con- salary of the force personnel will "absolute- country will celebrate its 71st at 4 PM following which the pream- Ramachandran Pillai will be the first NDFB, which is either a separate culture and related matters. trolled by the Assam govern- ly" be not affected for the current and the next Republic Day on Sunday, Kerala will ble of the Constitution will be read link of the human chain at Kasaragod, state or a UT, is not going to be A commission is also likely ment. month, all arrears will be released to the witness a massive protest led by the out. while M A Baby will be the last link entertained. to be set up to take views of a The BTC was formed employees in March. CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front in "All the leaders of the ruling front at Kaliyakkavilai. “The accord will be within cross section of the people in under the 6th Schedule of the "This is a routine and temporary exercise the form of a State-wide human will join the chain at various parts of "We have invited all the promi- the framework of the Assam in providing some spe- Constitution. done to tide off fund crunch at times. It has chain, demanding withdrawal of the the state. nent personalities in the state from Constitution without splitting cific political rights to the Bodos. The demand for a separate happened in the past as well. All arrears and controversial Citizenship Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan all walks of life. We also expect UDF the state,” another official said. Promise to set up a sports state for the Bodos has been other payments will be cleared by March," a Amendment Act. will join the protest in leaders to join us in the fight to pro- The Home minister is very university and job-oriented going on in Assam for about senior official said.Last year, a delay in gov- The LDF has organised the 620 Thiruvananthapuram. tect the Constitution," keen to conclude the accord as higher education institutions five decades and several Bodo ernment sanction of additional funds of Rs km long human chain from We will read out the preamble of Vijayaraghavan had said. early as possible to end the pro- are also expected to be part of overground and militant 800 crore for the CRPF had prompted the Kasaragod in north Kerala to the Constitution and then take an The Left front has been in the tected Bodo insurgency in the pact. However, it is imme- groups raising it leading to agi- paramilitary force to order temporary stop- Kaliyakkavilai in the southernmost oath to protect the Constitution," forefront of anti-CAA protests in Assam so that a lasting peace is diately not clear whether the sta- tations, protests, violence and ping the ration money allowance (RMA) for part of the state and expect about 60 LDF convener A Vijayaraghavan Kerala and had organised various returned to the Bodo-dominat- tus of the existing Bodoland many deaths. its troops. PTI to 70 lakh people to participate in it. had said. protests across the State. PTI , R !    !   () 

*     Force will be part of the grand ceremony will commence mence with President Ram mechanised columns, six comprise of 144 young sailors first Anti-Satellite mission, motorcycle. military parade. with Prime Minister Narendra Nath Kovind taking the salute. marching contingents and fly- led by Lieutenant Jitin Malkat. was a major breakthrough in The grand finale and the ndia’s rising military might, The national capital has Modi visiting the National The parade will be com- past by Rudra and Dhruv It will be followed by the demonstrating the nation’s most keenly awaited segment Irich cultural diversity and been brought under a massive War Memorial near the India manded by Parade Advanced Light helicopters of Naval Tableau titled ‘Indian capability to bring down hos- of the parade, the Fly Past will socio-economic progress will ground-to-air security cover, Gate. He will lead the nation Commander Lt General Asit the army aviation wing. Navy - Silent, Strong, and tile satellites. comprise of the ‘Trishul’ for- be on full display during the with thousands of police and in paying tributes to the mar- Mistry, General Officer Indigenously-developed Swift’. Sixteen tableaux from var- mation by three advanced 71st Republic Day celebrations paramilitary personnel keep- tyrs by laying a wreath. Commanding, Delhi Area. Main Battle Tank of the Indian The Air Force contingent, ious states and union territo- light helicopters. It is for the at the Rajpath — the city’s ing a hawk-eye vigil. This is for the first time Major General Alok Kacker, Army, T-90 Bhishma tank, comprising of 144 air war- ries will depict the geograph- first time that a ‘tri-service centrepiece boulevard — on Twenty-two tableaux – 16 that the prime minister will Chief of Staff of Delhi Area, infantry combat vehicle riors, will be led by Flight Lt ical and rich cultural diversi- formation’ is taking part in the Sunday. from States and Union pay homage to martyrs at the will be the second-in-com- Ballway Machine Pikate, K-9 Shrikant Sharma. The Air ty of the country. Various far- Republic Day Parade. Brazilian President Jair Territories and six from vari- National War memorial mand. Vajra and Dhanush guns, Force tableau showcases reaching reforms of the gov- It will be followed by the Messias Bolsonaro will be the ous ministries and depart- instead of Amar Jawan Jyoti. The first contingent in transportable satellite terminal scaled down models of the ernment including ‘Start-up ‘Vic’ formation of Chinook chief guest at the 90-minute ments - depicting the nation’s Thereafter, the prime the uniform of the erstwhile and Akash weapon system Rafale aircraft, the Tejas air- India’, and ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ helicopters, used for airlifting celebrations marking the rich cultural heritage and eco- minister and other dignitaries Gwalior Lancers will be 61 will be the main attraction in craft, the Light Combat heli- will be showcased in six diverse loads to remote loca- anniversary of the day when nomic progress will also roll will head to the saluting dais Cavalry. The 61 Cavalry is the the mechanised columns. copter, the Akash missiles tableaux from different min- tions. Apache helicopters, India was declared a republic down the Rajpath. at Rajpath to witness the only active serving horse cav- The other marching con- system and the Astra missiles. istries and departments. Dornier aircraft, C-130J in 1950. School children will con- parade. alry regiment in the world. It tingents of the Army will One of the main high- For the first time, a con- Super Hercules aircraft, an Anti-satellite weapon vey age-old message of yoga As per tradition, the was raised on August 1, 1953 include the Parachute regi- lights will be the marching tingent of women bikers of Airborne Early Warning and Shakthi, Army’s battle tank and spiritual values through national flag will be unfurled with the amalgamation of six ment, the Grenadiers regi- contingent of DRDO that will CRPF will perform daredevil Control System aircraft and Bhishma, infantry combat dance and music during the followed by the National state forces’ cavalry units. ment, the Sikh Light Infantry showcase Anti-Satellite stunts. The contingent will be the ‘Globe’ formation com- vehicles and newly inducted parade, the defence ministry Anthem with a booming 21- The Indian Army will be regiment, the Kumaon regi- Weapons (ASAT) - Mission led by Inspector Seema Nag prising three C-17 Chinook and Apache heli- said. gun salute. represented by a mounted ment and the Corps of Signals. Shakti. who will be seen saluting Globemasters are also expect- copters of the Indian Air The Republic Day Parade The parade will com- column of 61 Cavalry, eight The Naval contingent will Mission Shakti, India’s while standing atop a moving ed to enthral the people.     " +,- +.+.  -

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Around 30 hill city for executing projects verting a major terror attack port to terrorists. minor students were attending ith some of the 100 select- and dealing with problems be it A in Kashmir valley, a joint team of According to reports, JeM terror- classes on the first two floors of the Wed smart cities lagging related to road infrastructure, security forces gunned down three ist,Qari Yasir, was active in the area for coaching institute, when the roofs behind in implementing projects water, electricity and others. terrorists of proscribed Pakistani terror quite some time and currently he was of the upper two floors caved in, under the Mission, the Union Kumar said that the ministry outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) imparting training to a local recruit to trapping the Housing and Urban Affairs does internal rankings of 100 including it’s Kashmir commander carry out sensational strike targeting students under debris, Ministry has decided to pair up selected cities every week based Qari Yasir in Hariparigam village of Tral security forces. Qari’s name had also officials said. 20 best cities with 20 worst per- on their performance under infigured in the killing of two nomads, The deceased has been identi- formers. The move is aimed at the Mission. Another official, South Kashmir’s Pulwama hailing from Rajouri in August 2019. fied as Kirti (10), Deeshu (14), (           1            improving the rank of cities who did not wish to be named, district on Saturday. According to police, the joint oper- Krishna Bharti (9), Farhan (6), all  "    0  )       * whose performance is not up to said that Surat, Ahmedabad, Addressing a joint press conference ations started in the area on the basis students, and Umesh (30). They the mark despite having avail- Nagpur, Ranchi, Bhopal, with police, Chinar Corps Commander, of tip off about the presence of JeM ter- were declared brought dead at the regarding the tragedy was received in Class VIII called me to inform ability of sufficient funds for the Kanpur, Indore, Visakhapatnam, Lt General KJS Dhillon said, “a major rorists in the area. As the security forces Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital. at 4.30pm. about the incident. I rushed to the execution of various projects. Agra, Varanasi, Pune and terror attack was planned by these ter- tightened the cordon and zeroed in on Deceased Umesh was the younger Laxmi, the mother of deceased spot. I climb up the stair and I Smart Cities Mission Director Udaipur are among the 20 best rorists which has been averted”. He told a hideout the terrorists opened fire from brother of Shankar, who owns the Krishna and injured Nitin, said, “My myself took out my child from the Kunal Kumar told PTI that performing smart cities. Smart reporters, on Saturday morning we got inside. “In the exchange of fire, initially building and runs the coaching cen- children were studying there from debris after around one and a half some cities are lagging behind, Cities Mission, launched in information of some Jaish-e- two terrorists were killed and the third tre. past six months. They should not hour. He was not breathing. We which need to be pushed 2015, is aimed at ensuring all- Mohammed terrorists who were plan- one was neutralised late in the evening. “The fourth floor of the build- have moved them to the third floor took him to hospital where he was through guidance by best per- round developments of a city ning to do some act of terrorism on According to official sources, an ing was under construction when as we heard from the other locals declared brought dead.” forming cities. which has advanced facilities for January 26 in Tral. So, the operation was army jawan received injures in the fierce suddenly the upper two floors of the that the construction material was Taking note of the incident, “Under the 20-20 formula its citizens. Meanwhile, a two- launched.He said JeM terrorist Qari gunfight and was shifted to the com- building collapsed. Some of the stu- there. I lost my son Krishna and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind floated by ministry secretary day 3rd Apex Conference of Yasir, his close associate Musa and a mand hospital. This is the third major dents were rescued by locals, while Nitin is injured. He is admitted at Kejriwal tweeted: “Receiving bad Durga Shanker Mishra, the 20 Smart Cities concluded here on local terrorist Burhan Sheikh were encounter in Kashmir valley in the 13 others were rescued by the fire the GTB hospital.” news from Bhajanpura. Praying to best performing cities will be Saturday where CEOs of select- killed in the operation. recent days. department and police,” a senior Arif Sultan, father of deceased God for everyone’s safety. I will made sister cities which will ed cities participated. Commenting on elimination of On Thursday, the three-day-long DFS official said, adding a call Farhan, said , “My daughter who is reach the spot soon.” team up with 20 cities which Surat was ranked the first top commanders, Lt-Gen Dhillon searches for militants in nearby Khrew need to do well in implement- among other 100 cities in over- said the Hizbul Mujahideen and area of Awantipora in Pulwama had ing projects,” he said. The mis- all category. According to the Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) top lead- concluded. Special police officer (SPO) sion director said that the min- Union Housing and Urban ership, other than one terrorist, has Shahbaz Ahmad and sepoy Rahul ,+' )" . istry will announce the exact Affairs Ministry, which is man- been eliminated from Kashmir Valley. Rainswal of army’s 50 Rashtriya Rifles pairings of these cities under 20- dated to implement the Smart In another operation, 07 hardcore were killed after the encounter started ) (;'(  an environment of scarcity of from the enemy posts across the 20 formula in the next 15 days. Cities Mission, the value of ten- over ground workers of LeT/HM at Khrew’s Zantrag on Tuesday. In less resources, our achievements in the border. Some terrorists were also fir- For instance, a best per- dered smart city projects is so far outfits were arrested in joint opera- than 24 hours, the security forces  .    field of education have followed a ing and in an effort to discourage forming hill city will team up over Rs 1,62,000 crore. tions by the Bandipore police, Army avenged killing of soldiers by elimi-   < & / remarkable trajectory,” he said, them, the soldier took action and & CRPF personnel. According to nating JeM terrorist Abu Saifullah. adding “our endeavour is to ensure was hit in the chest and leg. them, we are witnessing the that no child or youth is denied edu- Unmindful of this, he rushed out of emergence of a New India,” he said. cation. At the same time, we need to his bunker and fired at the terror- :   Concluding his speech by quot- strive to reach global education ists killing two of them. He returned ing Babasaheb Ambedkar “If we standards by continuous reform of to the post and kept firing his light wish to maintain democracy not our educational systems.” machine gun thereby averting dan-   % merely in form, but also in fact, what ger to his post. must we do? The first thing in my =(( &   judgment we must do is to hold fast +')  *  & '  &+ pride of the legislature. to constitutional methods of achiev-  &,%& “Most welcome,” Khan said when ing our social and economic objec- .(&. & 555 elcoming the Opposition asked about the Opposition move against tives”, the president said “these On the morning of February 27, WCongress’ plan to move a res- him. words have always lighted our path. as fighters jets of India and Pakistan four duo cases (in a duo case, olution against him in the state “Everyone is entitled to their opinion. These words will continue to show were engaged in a dogfight over the award is counted as one), the Assembly over the controversial I am the constitutional head of the state. us the way ahead to new glories”. Naushera sector, a day after the statement said. Citizenship Amendment Act, Kerala It’s my duty to advice, counsel, encourage Speaking about security, he said Balakot air strike, the Mi-17 crashed “Thirty four of the awardees are Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on and warn the government. It’s part of my strong internal security is essential in Budgam shortly after take-off women and the list also includes 18 Saturday said he was functioning as duty as per the Constitution and as inter- for the development of the country from Srinagar killing all six per- persons from the category of per the Constitution. The governor’s preted by the Supreme Court also,” he told and therefore, the government has sonnel onboard and one civilian on Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 statement came hours after Leader of media on the sidelines of a programme taken several concrete steps to the ground. The Court of Inquiry posthumous awardees,” it said. Opposition Ramesh Chennithala here. Khan said there was no confronta- strengthen the internal security sys- ordered to investigate the crash Padma Awards - one of the said the party will move a resolution tion with the government, but reiterated tem. confirmed that it was shot by Israeli highest civilian Awards — are con- in the Assembly, seeking his recall for that the state’s move to approach the apex “I have nothing but unreserved origin ground based Spyder surface ferred in three categories—Padma “violating” all democratic princi- court against CAA without informing him praise for our armed forces, para- to air missile system of the IAF. Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and ples and “publicly questioning” the was not right. “There maybe some dif- military and internal security forces. The Air Chief Marshal had also Padma Shri. ference of opinion but it cannot be Their sacrifices to preserve the said disciplinary action will be Sixteen people have been given #    termed as confrontation,” Khan, who has integrity and unity of our country taken action against two officers the Padma Bhushan and 118 the     been over loggerheads with the state gov- present a saga of unparalleled involved and those who lost their Padma Shri. ernment for past few weeks, said. On courage and discipline,” he said. lives will be declared battle casual- Padma Vibhushan is awarded *9)* reports that the Governor had expressed Kovind said as India and ties. for exceptional and distinguished I>   / discontent over the reported mention of Indians march forward, “we remain Meanwhile, the overall list of service; Padma Bhushan for distin-       the Anti-CAA resolution passed by the committed to engaging the global awardees include nine Shaurya guished service of high order and #! % 6>' * Assembly, in the policy address to be read community to build a secure and Chakras, 28 Param Vishisht Seva Padma Shri for distinguished service  (/& ( ?  by him on the first day budget session, prosperous future for ourselves and Medals(PVSM), four Uttam Yudh in any field.  *( ?&4 Khan said he had just informed the gov- for the entire humanity.” Seva Medals, 53 Ati Vishisht Seva Prime Minister Narendra Modi G: :    NJ 46 * ernment on how to “improve the content He made a mention about the Medals (AVSM), 10 Yudh Seva congratulated the Padma awardees, &/63/< : of the documents” submitted to him. “In achievement of Indian Space Medals, 123 Vishisht Seva Medals, saying they include extraordinary  :  @J :GG: the constitutional provision with regard Research Organisation (ISRO) and four Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), people. 46/63/8   3 to the policy address itself, it is mentioned said they were making further 107 Sena Medals (Gallantry), five “Congratulations to all those /& *>*O (3/8 that the speech should be about the devel- progress in Mission Gaganyaan. “... Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), four who have been conferred the Padma &'/+? &. * C-*  D? opmental aspects of the state. As far as I The nation excitedly looks forward Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry), four Awards,” he tweeted. ?#9#    understand, Governor is of the opinion to the Indian Human Spaceflight Bar to Sena Medals (Devotion to From Bollywood, filmmakers   +   ; that since the Citizenship Act is not under Programme gaining further Duty), 36 Sena Medals (Devotion to Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor and .>*; D?.;.>*? ; the jurisdiction of the state government, momentum this year.” Duty), eight Nao Sena Medals actor Kangana Ranaut have been II there was no need for it to be mentioned. Speaking about number of wel- (Devotion to Duty), one Bar to Vayu awarded Padma Shri. 3*/3 05N Also, since the matter is sub judice, it was fare scheme launched by the gov- Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty) and Singers Suresh Wadkar and  ::  D (*  46/ not right to mention it in the Assembly,” ernment, Kovind highlighted the 13 Vayu Sena Medals (Devotion to Adnan Sami, as well as veteran TV 4I< a Raj Bhavan official said. ‘Swachchh Bharat Abhiyan’ which Duty). actor Sarita Joshi have been con- has achieved astounding success in The six Shaurya Chakra ferred with the fourth highest civil- such a short time. awardees include Lt Colonel Jyoti ian award of the country. 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“Peaceful talks and dis- and Pakistan during his meeting removed. “SAARC is not dead. lenge facing the region from ter- the source said. issue with India, the source said issues are left unresolved. We *  % + cussions are the best ways to with Prime Minister Imran It is alive. Only thing is that we ror networks based in Pakistan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, the the two countries can discuss should not keep something in resolve any problems. There Khan on the sidelines of the have not met. Hope we can which is also a member of the Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh, any issue based on “truth, evi- mind and don’t speak out. This epal on Saturday became may be contradictions and dif- World Economic Forum in revive it,” he said. grouping. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are dences and facts”. is not the situation now,” the Nthe first South Asian ferences but it can be resolved Davos, . The last SAARC Summit in Nepal is still the Chairman the members of the SAARC. India in November released source said. nation to offer to “mediate” through dialogue. If necessary, New Delhi maintains that 2014 was held in Kathmandu, of the SAARC because of the Identifying terrorism as a fresh maps of the newly-creat- “We can share and discuss between India and Pakistan we can play the role of the there is no scope for any third- which was attended by Prime postponement of the 2016 sum- common threat to peace loving ed union territories of Jammu openly, including on the border over Kashmir and cross-border mediator as Nepal is an inde- party mediation between India Minister Narendra Modi. mit in Islamabad. countries, the source said, “We and Kashmir, and Ladakh. In the issue. We are developing our terrorism with a Nepal gov- pendent, neutral and peace and Pakistan over Kashmir. The 2016 SAARC summit On Friday, Nepal’s Foreign have to deal with the issue of ter- maps, Pakistan-occupied friendly ties in a new track and ernment source underlining loving country,” the source said “When we come together, was to be held in Islamabad. But Minister Pradeep Kumar rorism”. Kashmir is part of Jammu and depth,” he said, adding that the the importance of dialogue here. sit together and share views then after the terrorist attack on an Gyawali said his country is “I think that misunder- Kashmir, while Gilgit-Baltistan leaders of the two sides have between the two arch-rivals to The source, however, said things will be resolved. In every Indian Army camp in Uri in “ready and eager” to handover standings should be narrowed is in Ladakh. developed very good relations resolve their differences that that better solution to resolve the situation, we have to sit togeth- Jammu and Kashmir on the position to Pakistan. down and SAARC should be Nepal claimed that and taken the bilateral ties to the could also lead to the revival of issues would be to develop bet- er and try to resolve the prob- September 18 that year, India The source said that there revitalised. It would be better to Limpiyadhura, Lipulek and next level. the SAARC. ter dialogue between two coun- lem otherwise things can be expressed its inability to partic- was no link between SAARC revise SAARC. I have told India Kalapani areas were shown On National Register of Tensions between India tries. deteriorated,” the Nepalese ipate in the summit due to and terrorism, a major issue that SAARC should be revi- under India’s territory even Citizens (NRC) and its possible and Pakistan have spiked since “We can be instrumental, source said. “prevailing circumstances”. between India and Pakistan that talised. We can find out amica- though they lie within the impact on Nepali speaking peo- India abrogated Article 370 of but it will be better (for the two Expressing concern over The summit was called off led to the cancellation of the ble solutions,” the source said. Nepalese territory. ple and Gorkhas, the source said the Constitution to revoke the sides) to develop direct contact,” the uncertainty prevailing over after Bangladesh, Bhutan and 2016 summit. SAARC summits are usual- India has said the new map Nepal has been reassured by the special status of Jammu and the source told a group of visit- the South Asian Association Afghanistan also declined to “We are strongly against all ly held biennially and hosted by accurately depicts its sovereign statement of Defence Minister Kashmir in August last year. ing Indian journalists. for Regional Cooperation participate in the Islamabad forms and manifestations of member states in alphabetical territory and it has in no man- Rajnath Singh that it would not India’s decision evoked strong Earlier this week, US (SAARC) summit, the source meet. terrorism. But there is no rela- order. The member state host- ner revised its boundary with have any impact on them. reactions from Pakistan, which President Donald Trump repeat- said the eight member grouping In the last three years, India tionship between the two ing the summit assumes the Nepal. “This is an issue of India and downgraded diplomatic ties ed his offer to “help” resolve the should be revitalised and mis- has been distancing itself from (SAARC and terrorism). We Chair of the Association. “We can resolve any issue if the people of India and they will and expelled the Indian envoy. Kashmir issue between India understandings should be the SAARC, citing security chal- cannot connect the two issues,” On the boundary we discuss. Sometimes some resolve themselves,” he added. 4 '% 9QR 223999"8683429"# *   +) isolation at a medical facili- from China’s Wuhan city 10 !. ( %( ty in Multan in Punjab days ago. akistan health authorities province. Feng was brought to ong Kong on Saturday N2$283#O< ""8 Pon Saturday said a Feng Fen, 40, was living in Nishtar Hospital on Friday Hdeclared a new coron- Chinese national suspected of a camp with Chinese workers night, National Institute of avirus outbreak as an “emer- coronavirus was admitted in near Multan after returning Health officials said. gency” - the city’s highest warn- 39839924" ing tier - as authorities ramped up measures to reduce the risk !.  A stray dog ran across the of further infections. empty road in front of the The announcement came olice at a roadblock on the roadblocks, which were as city leader Carrie Lam faced Poutskirts of Wuhan turned shrouded in grey fog and driz- criticism in some quarters over away cars trying to leave the zle. her administration’s response to virus-stricken city on Saturday, AFP journalists only saw the crisis. as other anxious residents two vehicles allowed to pass the Of the five people who trapped inside spent the Lunar roadblock, including a white have tested positive for the New Year stocking up on van which an officer said was virus in Hong Kong so far, four masks and medical supplies. “buying medicines” and would arrived via a newly built high- Authorities have prevent- later return to the city. speed train terminal which ed anyone from leaving Authorities extended connects with the mainland. Wuhan, the city of 11 million transport bans to 17 other That led to calls from some people at the heart of the viral cities around Wuhan in a gar- medical experts and politi- *                     outbreak which has so far gantuan effort to control the cians to limit, or even halt,      2 &  3             infected nearly 1,300 people SARS-like virus, restricting arrivals from China, the epi-             56         and killed 41 others. travel for around 56 million in centre of the outbreak with 41      78881         3         AFP saw a steady trickle of Hubei province. people dead.  + 0  9            * cars approaching the road- While there are restric- Lam held emergency meet- blocks around 20 kilometres tions on anyone leaving ings with health officials on biologist at the University of cover up and play down the (12 miles) east of the city cen- Wuhan, a few people were Saturday morning after return- Hong Kong, said closing the outbreak, leaving a lasting lega- tre on Saturday morning, only allowed to enter the city ing from Davos. mainland border would be cy of distrust among many for police in fluorescent jack- through the barricade: “Today I declare the lifting the “single most effective Hong Kongers. ets wearing masks to tell them Desperately needed medical of the response level to emer- measure” in containing the Animosity towards the to turn around. workers whose holidays were gency,” she told reporters. virus. mainland has intensified in The barricade, at one of cut short to help overwhelmed Schools and universities, Transport links with the recent years as Beijing tightens the tolls for highways exiting hospital. which are currently on a Lunar mainland should be re-opened political control over the semi- the city, was blocked with red An empty bus was allowed New Year break, would remain “when the epidemic is con- autonomous territory. and yellow plastic barriers to pass the roadblock into closed until 17 February, Lam trolled, when HK officials are The outbreak also comes at and cones. Wuhan after showing docu- said. awake, when there are enough a sensitive time for Lam, who “Nobody can leave,” a mentation to the police at the All mainland arrivals to masks and hand rubs for all has record low approval ratings policeman told AFP. roadblock. Hong Kong will now need to Hong Kong citizens,” he wrote after seven months of pro- sign health declaration forms, on his Facebook page. democracy protests. she added, while public events Hong Kong has a recent “We must stand united so struggling with the winter flu been set up in remote holiday including a new year gala and experience of deadly viral out- that we can prevent and control season, but officials are isolat- parks for anyone found to have next month’s marathon, would breaks.-Nearly 300 people were the disease,” she said, in a nod ing anyone with a history of come into close contact with also be called off. killed by SARS in 2003, a to the political unrest. travel to central China and people who tested positive. “We haven’t seen serious tragedy that left a profound The often violent protests those exhibiting respiratory On Saturday, officials and widespread infections (in psychological impact on one of have battered Hong Kong’s tract infections that look sim- announced a newly built but Hong Kong), but we are taking the most densely populated reputation for stability and ilar to the virus. still-empty public housing this seriously and we hope to be places on earth. helped tip it into recession, with So far some 300 people block would be used for med- ahead of the epidemic,” Lam The city’s ability to combat the recent virus outbreak com- have been tested and moni- ical staff on the frontline who said. the crisis was hampered by pounding the city’s economic tored for the virus. did not want to risk returning Ho Pak Leung, a micro- moves in mainland China to woes. 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ould you give the notepad, he doesn’t mean one will become Mozart. asks, and tells you to think of One can me taught. I have written a a number. You think, here book — Mind Reader: Unlocking the comes the trick. In the mean- Power of Your Mind to Get What You time, he scribbles something Want. It has been translated into eight onC the paper. He then asks you to share languages. The book teaches a little the number you had thought of. Lo and about how one can influence others, to behold! It is the number on that paper. read people and mind techniques. I What is new here? wrote it with the belief that people can After all, we all saw Patrick Jane, be taught to do it. But there is a point (Simon Baker) in The Mentalist using up to which one can teach. Something his special but fraudulent powers to has to come from within just like any solve crime. He studied the body lan- other art form say like a sport. One can guage of the person to find out the true learn to play cricket but not everyone killer among suspects. Is there a science will be a Sachin Tendulkar. I take his that allows a person to read minds and name since he is a good friend of mine. body language to predict things that You need to have that little extra to be common people can’t pick up? Or it is right at the top,” Suchard tells you. just a fantastic trick by a magician to Self-belief and hard work are impor- wow his audience? tant pillars for a mentalist. “Take risks is Lior Suchard, renowned Israeli another aspect. All these ties together to mentalist, mystifier and a supernatural be a professional and be very good at entertainer, tells you that what he does what one does. Taking risks doesn’t is more than parlour tricks. mean putting oneself or others in dan- What exactly is a mentalist and how ger but it means to do things that out of what he does different from a magician? the extraordinary and think out-of-the- Suchard mixes visual magic, mind read- box. There a phrase – the difference ing, body language and keen sense of between try and triumph is the little bit observation to influence people. of ‘umph’. One needs to really hard work Mentalists usually don’t mix normal to even put out the simplest of acts,” he magic tricks for the amazing feats they tells you. do to keep their audience captivated. A He draws inspiration from travel- mentalist will always dissociate himself ling, meeting people and getting into a from theatrical tricks that a magician store. He tells you that the show that he performs on stage — like the Water of is preparing for to be aired in the US, Ganga — the famous trick of PC Sircar the act that it has were thought of three Senior. From a small cauldron, at the years back. I drew the ideas and then beginning of the show, he would pour thought of combining it with a few water into a basin. All through his per- things. Some of the acts that I showcase formance, he would pour water from that takes years in process. For this tour, that cauldron, till the end of the show. I have totally new ideas. The good part The water never ran out! about this collaboration is that the pro- The 39-year-old is in India after a duction house and I have a good match, long gap and there is a reason. “It has I am a high-end performer and I want been a few years. There was a time everything to be perfect — from light- when I used to visit often. Then I ing to sound to stage. I prepared new stopped. This visit comes after a long acts that is going to blow the minds of wait. To begin with, I used to come here the audience. Some of the acts are so big often, do tours — visit 20 cities. After that it will involve the entire audience. doing many shows, I collaborated with In this instead of one person coming on Ace Production and created a big show. the stage while the others watched, if But then I went away on a break. I am the audience has thousand people, each back now. I was supposed to come earli- will experience it and be part of the er, but was busy with other performance show. This is a rarity. It is tough to do as the world over but I had a window of well. When one wants to be good at time for this trip and created three something — have showmanship, shows — one in Delhi and two in charisma, performance and the acts – if Mumbai. Everything this time is new — one has greats ideas but doesn’t know the acts and crazy interactive sessions. how to deliver it or if one is good but We also wanted to combine this show doesn’t know how to put out the idea, in which would benefit children as well. both circumstances, it is not good. One We are helping Create Foundation, I will needs to have ideas and know how to interact with children and have a fun- deliver it. For this tour, I am going to filled interactive session,” says Suchard dazzle, confuse and make those present who was in the Capital and staying at happy at the same time,” he says. the Ambassador, IHCL, SeleQtions. He Dazzle he did. The act that involved tells you that there is no such thing as a the entire audience showed how opti- normal mind reader. mism and the metaphor of finding love, He decided to stay away from India everyone found it withing themselves as he wanted the market to miss him through a crazy interactive experiment. and also to keep his imitators at bay. There was mind-reading, mind influ- Back then, when he used to visit and encing and predictions. Things moved perform across cities, many started with super high-end camera crew, lights, copying him and calling themselves screens and sounds. mentalists, performing across India. He tells you that what he does is 90 What they were doing, Suchard says, per cent real and 10 per cent trick. “I do was copying his acts. But he takes it in tricks just to have fun with the audience. his stride and as a compliment. “If The 90 per cent is based on psychology someone is copying you, it means what and how the mind works. The human you are doing is good,” he says. mind is the same. I don’t know what one “I opened the floodgates. I was is thinking, I know how one is thinking. always a mind-reading master mentalist. I can take advantage of it and influence A mentalist is not a magician, I don’t do the person. That is how I could predict card tricks, I don’t levitate people, I the number and gave that name,” don’t do bowling tricks. I work on the Suchard says. mind. I know how people think. I use Even though he can predict what underground psychology influencing the other person is thinking, it doesn’t hypnotics, body language reading, non- bother him since what he does is used verbal communication, extra-sensory for the positive purpose. perception, strong memory and mathe- “I never think of negativity. Like matical skills to read the mind. I com- when I came up with the name, the per- bine all these skills with my love for the son is going to call her and tell her what stage and share an experience with audi- though nothing is a miracle. The other is actually seeing can’t really be done. A was very young. He tells you that there happened and the other person would ence participation,” Suchard says. He is as though everything is a miracle’. If perfect example is the sawing of the is no school that teaches mind reading – be just as amazed. I am a perfectionist. I goes on to prove he is good at what he you are choosing that nothing is a mira- woman into two and putting her back the high academics of mind reading. He am constantly improvising. Sometimes, does. cle, you are many doors. I don’t try to           again. We all know that the magician is self-taught and tells you on a lark that I look at the place and change my acts. Pointing to a person, he asks how talk about power, it is about ability. I tell         really didn’t cut her into two. But this maybe he should open a school that Sometimes, I improvise on the spot. well one knows him. He asks him to people in my show that everyone has doesn’t mean that they don’t mix a bit of teaches what he does. This means that I change my acts write a name on a strip of paper and the ability to do amazing things. One        trick with mind games thrown in for a “It was a combination of things that depending on the people gathered. I destroy it. “To get rid of the evidence,” just has to believe in himself,” Suchard      good measure. Some of us have watched he developed and learnt when he was love to invent new acts,” Suchard tells he explains. He looks at the person for a explains. the TV shows of people like David young. He read a lot of books, travelled you. He is the best in his profession, he few seconds and begins. “When I look Almost all mentalists say that they Blaine, an American illusionist, the world, he invented things and ideas, insists. at the body language, the name that was are not magicians and what they do is a ;  /  2        endurance artist and extreme performer, met people from radical Math calcula- One can’t call oneself mentalist on a written is that of a woman. It was a different art form altogether. A mental- who perform mind-blowing mind-read- tions to spirituality. What I do moves whim. One has to be a purist. Mentalist name that came immediately to you. ist on the other hand has a great knowl-      - 2 ing stunts that leaves the audience in from accuracy, to Math to precisement is a sacred art. There are many magi- The name you have written is uncom- edge about psychology of human nature awe. to spirituality, meditation and Zen. It cians making millions of dollars from mon. I am not sure. It has three-four and understand how people think. A special mention for The Amazing takes skills that I have into account and their art. But many call themselves a alphabets, like a nickname but in this Instead of sawing women in half or ,   (      Kreskin — an American mentalist who combines that with a lot of fun, humour mentalist because it is more prestigious. case, it is her given name. It is not accu- making wild animals appear from big   -   became popular on TV in the 1970s. and craziness that I love. I studied all Being mentalist is tough. Some people rate science; sometimes I make mis- boxes, a mentalist tries to enter the most The story goes that Kreskin would ask this and mastered what I do today. think that being in the presence of a takes. But right now, the name that sacred and closely guarded place — our someone from the audience hide the The mentalist has a cup of activities mentalist is scary. Charlie Chaplin said: comes up is Mini,” he tells you, leaving a mind. Because of this, the audience payment he was to receive from the waiting for him once his India tour A day without laughter, is a waste day. I trail of amazement. For Suchard, it is experiences incredible things like bend- :   show. If he couldn’t find it by the end of ends. laugh everyday and do the same for oth- simple. He just observed the person and ing of the spoon, like guessing the cor-    /    his performance, he would not get paid! As of now, he has two TV series in ers,” Suchard says. used his skills to arrive at the name. rect number that he wrote on the paper, Such was his talent. the US with celebs. He is also in the He tells you that people are scared “What I do is not a trick. What peo- like coming up with the correct answer One is told that while there are process of developing a new show and because they think he can read their ple think is real or not real, it is all part every time the dice is rolled — all this  -        many great magicians, there are very going to part of a big talk show. For this mind. “I am very sensitive to people. It of the show. For me, the most important and much more even when he is not few – only a handful of people who are he has to be on top of the game; he is hard for a person to lie to me. I am thing is for people to be happy, enjoy looking at the person. One can say that -        3   true mentalists. “If one had to think of a practices, constantly thinking of new not hearing thoughts of people and that and have an amazing experience. It is it is crazy thought manipulations.        name, it will be difficult for people to ideas and inventing all the time. could be why they are wary, what I do is not about believing or not believing. Magicians, on the other hand, don’t come up with the name on the spot. Interestingly, what he does can be a process that I have perfected over the people are welcome to be sceptical; they hide the fact that that they are doing is a     Our world is very small. We are just a taught and learnt. “It is similar to play- years. can have fun with the show. If people trick in a manner that entertains. The handful of people who are true mental- ing the piano. If I learnt the art from a To end on a positive note: Always believe, that’s good. Albert Einstein said: audience too understands that what he ists. tutor for 10 years, I would know how to have happy thoughts; one never knows ‘There are two ways to live life. One is as is witnessing is an illusion and what he His own journey began when he and be pretty good with practice. But it who might read them,” Suchard says. 3  .     " +,- +.+.

!. + )( & &$O992# 2# ome favourite Nick Kyrgios went    0  five sets to ensure an Australian HOpen showdown with Rafael    Nadal on Saturday as a series of shocks #"9+#3 caused carnage in the women’s draw. Kyrgios survived the longest match     of his career to beat Russia’s Karen Khachanov 6-2, 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (6/8), 6- ,0$2India’s Rohan Bopanna $)9 7 (7/9), 7-6 (10/8), collapsing on his back and his Ukrainian partner Nadiia after the fifth-set tie-breaker. Kichenok moved into the mixed !.n Milan “That was insane — doubles second round on Saturday. I’ve got no words to show &  @ The Indo-Ukrainian pair beat latan Ibrahimovic set up Ante Rebic to score the I’m feeling right now,” he 6  9AB ; Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraiune Zonly goal as AC Milan beat Brescia 1-0 to claim said, after the 4hr 26min &$5&3@A )6$;$6)' and Austin Krajicek from USA 7-5, a third consecutive Serie A win for the first time this marathon marked by his 4-6, 10-6 in one hour ad 15 minutes. season. trademark tweeners and exchanges with They will next take on American Ibrahimovic missed a chance in front of goal the umpire. Nicole Melichar and Brazilian Bruno before the break but provided the cross after 71 min- “This is just epic man, I don’t even Soares. utes that allowed substitute Rebic to finish off his know what’s going on. My legs feel about Bopanna was supposed to pair up third goal in two games. 40 kilos each.” with compatriot Sania Mirza but the Milan have taken ten points in four games since The outspoken Aussie now heads latter pulled out due to a calf injury. Ibrhimovic’s return to the club this month. into a last-16 clash with Nadal, with Veteran Leander Paes is also Stefano Pioli’s side move up to sixth position into whom he has history after calling him competing in the mixed doubles the Europa League berths and seven points adrift of “super salty” following criticism from the with Jelena Ostapenko. PTI the Champions League places. Spaniard last year. “It wasn’t a beautiful Milan, but a winner,” said “Whatever happens between us, Pioli. “We can play better, but we had a great atti- he’s an amazing player, he’s arguably the tude, now we know how to suffer. We must contin- greatest of all time,” said Kyrgios. ue like this.” Top seed Nadal had a comparative- Milan are on a run of four consecutive wins ly easy ride against his Davis Cup team- including the Italian Cup, and next play Torino on mate Pablo Carreno Busta, racing Tuesday for a place in the semi-finals. through 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in what he called “We’re recovering,” continued Pioli. “We’re a his “best match of the tournament so far”. -   *             &  *             -* completely different team now both on the pitch and While the men’s Big Three of Nadal, in attitude. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are “Ibra is an added value, both on and off the field. all still alive, it’s a different story in the But the whole team has been good at turning things women’s competition where six of the around after the violent fall in Bergamo (5-0 defeat top 10 seeds crashed out in the third to Atalanta).” round. +  Italy forward Mario Balotelli was suspended for After Serena Williams and title- hosts Brescia against his former club. holder Naomi Osaka fell by the wayside Brescia had their chances with Sandro Tonali and on Friday, second seed Karolina Pliskova Ernesto Torregrossa threatening Gianluigi bombed on Saturday with a 7-6 (7/4), 7-   /  ) 01 !!  . Donnarumma in the Milan goal. 6 (7/3) defeat to Anastasia Ibrahimovic missed a chance five min- Pavlyuchenkova.          & 2 utes before the break sending a Theo “I was about 40 percent today of my Hernandez cross wide on front of goal. game,” lamented the Czech. But the 38-year-old controlled a Hakan stress fracture in her foot. Calhanoglu pass sending through at an angle with   However, Wimbledon champion Rebic, who came on 13 minutes earlier, pouncing Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, the Simona Halep stayed on course with a to finish off amid confusion in front of goal. sixth seed, won only one game against 6-1, 6-4 victory over ’s Yulia The Croatian forward had already scored his first Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit, the world Putintseva. (   0              two goals for Milan last weekend against Udinese. *     -* number 31, as she went down 6-0, 6-1. “I’m sure that for you guys (media) Samu Castillejo had a goal ruled out with seven And a resurgent Garbine Muguruza, it’s a little bit of shock when the top-10 Pavlyuchenkova, the Russian 30th seed. minutes to go because of Ibrahimovic’s offside posi- a two-time Major-winner, players are losing,” said Halep, Elsewhere, Germany’s Alexander tion in the build-up with Hernandez clipping the thrashed fifth seed Elina shrugging off the exodus of top Zverev dismissed Fernando Verdasco 6- crossbar. Svitolina 6-1, 6-2. Tenth seed seeds. 2, 6-2, 6-4 to set up a last-16 clash with Donnarumma dived to deny Emanuele Ndoj an Madison Keys lost to Maria “But it’s life and we cannot Russia's Andrey Rublev, who remained equaliser as Brescia piled forward in search of the Sakkari on Friday. be 100 percent every day.” unbeaten this year with his 2-6, 7-6 equaliser but they remain second from bottom of the “I was very concentrated The Romanian fourth seed (7/3), 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) win over David league. and focused on what I wanted will now play Belgium’s Elise Goffin. On Sunday, Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri to do, it all went fast my way,” said Mertens, who won in three sets against Austrian fifth seed Dominic Thiem returns to former club Napoli for the first time since Muguruza, who raced through the first CiCi Bellis — ending the American’s came through 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 being sacked in 2018, as Lazio and Roma prepare set in just 23 minutes. Grand Slam return from long-term against Taylor Fritz, Gael Monfils beat for a fiery derby clash. Croatian 19th seed Donna Vekic injury. Ernests Gulbis 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 6-3 and Champions Juventus are four-points ahead of also crumbled to lower-ranked opposi- Angelique Kerber, the 2016 cham- Stanislas Wawrinka, the 2014 champi- Inter Milan who host Cagliari. Last season’s runner- tion when she lost 7-5, 6-3 to Poland’s pion, beat Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), on, progressed when John Isner retired up Napoli are in 11th position, 27 points behind the Iga Swiatek, who is returning from a 6-3 to set up a meeting with ;           ,                -* in the second set. leaders. *   P       &  C - --   * n >%/  Nandhidhaa in the opening round, has !. (&  bounced back in style and on Friday ive-time world champion won his fourth-round match against kipper Babar Azam and FViswanathan Anand gave a fine Russian Voldar Murzin, like him a teen Ssenior batsman Mohammad endgame lesson to young Alireza prodigy, to take his tally to three points. Hafeez stroked masterful half- Firouzja, jumping to joint sixth posi- Gukesh put it across Dutch play- centuries to steer Pakistan to a tion at the end of 11th round of Tata er Peter Lombaers in 36 moves to join convincing nine-wicket win Steel Masters here. Praggnanandhaa on three points. over a hapless Bangladesh in With his second victory, Anand Another Indian to shine was the second Twenty20I at clawed his way back to a fifty percent young GM Vaibhav Suri (ELO rating Gaddafi stadium on Saturday. score and will now hope to end the 2593), who held world No.7 Maxime Babar scored a 44-ball 66 tournament on a high. At just 16 years, Vachier-Lagrave (France, ELO rating not out for his 13th half-cen- Firouzja is less than one third of 2770) to a creditable draw. tury and Hafeez made an unde- Anand’s age, and the Indian ace The top-seed Shakriar feated 49-ball 67 to guide showed that the Iranian still has a lot Mammedyarov (Azerbaijan) dropped Pakistan to a modest 137-run to learn. Anand started with the half a point in his game against target in 16.4 overs, taking an Nimzo Indian and faced the Samisch Leondro Krysa of Argentina. ;    2           /  unbeatable 2-0 lead in the setup by the Iranian. The top-rated Indians in the event,        ) P    $< three-match series. The middle game was double B Adhiban and K Sasikiran had mixed Bangladesh again failed to edged but Anand made most of it. luck. The former was forced to share put up a challenging total Converting to a rook and opposite the point with compatriot M R Lalith *  despite opener Tamim Iqbal’s coloured Bishops endgame, Anand Babu while Sasikiran defeated 53-ball 65, managing 136-6 in capitalised on his better pieces to tie Azerbaijan’s Woman Grand Master their 20 overs after winning the down white’s forces and in the end in sole third spot on 6.5 points, a half Gunay Mammadzada in 41 moves. -! toss and batting for a second forcibly won a pawn. point clear of fourth-placed Jan- There were also wins for Indians consecutive match. For Firouzja, this was the third Krzysztof Duda of Poland and Jorden players SL Narayanan, S Ravi Teja and 2638O939 33 92 Pakistan were never in straight loss in the tournament after a Van Foreest of Holland. Shardul Gugare over Soumya trouble despite losing opener brilliant start that saw him on the In the Challenger's section, Swaminathan. 62 2#932#2 3;2 Ahsan Ali in the second over, leaderboard around the half way David Anton Gujjaro of Narayanan is among a bunch of 12 caught by Mahmudullah Riyad mark. Spain also moved ahead of the field, players in joint second with 3.5 points. $*, 2 Teenager Erling Braut Haaland off paceman Shafiul Islam in “I was not very optimistic before defeating Anton Smirnov of Australia. Cheperinov continued his superb scored twice more off the bench on Friday the second over. the round,” Anand said after the India's Surya Shekhar Ganguly is start as he pushed his pawn to attack as Borussia Dortmund moved up to third World number one game, adding, “I felt that after the rest in joint fourth spot on 6.5 points while on the kingside and was rewarded in the Bundesliga with a 5-1 thumping of Twenty20 batsman Babar, who day he will get back in some sort of is joint seventh on 5.5. when broke through on the ‘h’ file in Cologne. was out without scoring on control, but he is very dangerous and his fourth round match against Having claimed a hat-trick as a replace- Friday, was in a punishing aggressive.” $!(( (--  Maksim Chigaev of Russia in 30 ment on his Dortmund debut last Saturday mood right from the outset, With two rounds to go, Fabiano GIBRALTAR: India’s young guns R moves. to inspire a 5-3 win away at Augsburg, hitting seven boundaries and a Caruana of the United States made a Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh post- He said it was the best start he Haaland, 19, again showed clinical finish- six in his knock. decisive stride forward for his maid- ed impressive wins in the fourth could have hoped for and “the thing ing. Hafeez, recalled after 14 en title here, crushing Vladislav round of the Masters categoryy in the was that he was playing well with both “For Erling, it’s simply wonderful — five months in the Twenty20 side, Kovalev of Belarus to reach a very 18th Gibraltar Chess festival here as colours.” goals, two games, there are worse starts,” said stroked nine boundaries and a impressive eight points. The American Georgia’s Ivan Cheperinov jumped into Promising Indian junior Divya Dortmund captain Marco Reus. six in his 11th T20 fifty as the now enjoys a full point lead over world sole lead with an all-win record. Deshmukh went down to defending “Especially here at home — that’s why two added 131 for the unbro- champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Praggnanandhaa, who suffered a champion in the women’s event-Tan we signed him. ken second wickets stand.   -             = =8 -* Wesley So of the United States is shock loss to compatriot P V Zhongyi. “That was a good step forward from us — also from me personally,” added Reus who was criticised for missing clear chances against Augsburg. - R #    3)) With his team 3-1 up, Haaland came on for his first home appearance with an hour , '    gone and 11 minutes later was on the score- sheet, slamming home the rebound of a MILAN: Danish international Christian Eriksen is poised to complete GONDOMAR: Indian women table tennis team’s quest for saved Julian Brandt shot. a move from Premier League club Tottenham to Serie A side Inter a Tokyo Olympics berth ended on Saturday after losing to He then showed his speed to beat Milan, according to reports in Italy. France 2-3 in a play-off match of the qualification tour- Cologne goalkeeper Timo Horn, tucking the Eriksen will have a medical in Milan early next week before sign- nament. ball into an empty net on 87 minutes. ing a contract until 2024 worth 20 million euros ($22 million) includ- Ranked 23rd just a place above France, the Indian team Dortmund coach Lucien Favre ing bonuses, Sky Sports Italia and Gazzetta Dello Sport reported. took the lead through Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha explained why Haaland was again only a The final details have to be ironed out with the 27-year-old mid- Mukehrjee in the opening match, beating Stephanie second-half replacement. fielder expected to be available to Jose Mourinho for Tottenham’s FA Loeuillette and Yuan Jian Nan 11-7, 6-11, 10-12, 11-4, 11- “He didn’t train in December due to Cup fourth round match Saturday at Southampton. 8. Though Manika Batra, ranked 61st, lost her opening sin- injury, therefore we have to be careful with Eriksen joined the Premier League club in 2013 from Dutch side gles 7-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-3, 7-11 to Marie Migot, ranked him,” said the Swiss. Ajax and has six months left on his contract. 195th, she was able to put India back in the reckoning when “He’s not ready to play from the start, Chinese-owned Inter Milan are pushing to return to the top of she won 11-7, 12-10, 11-4 against Stephanie Loeuillette in we have a plan for him.” European football, having not won the league since Mourinho lead the second singles. But the euphoria lasted just a couple The result leaves Dortmund level on 36 them to an historic treble in 2010. of games as Ayhika, playing the last match of the tie against points with defending champions Bayern Eriksen helped Tottenham reach the Champions League final last Marie, led 2-1 but her French opponent pulled level before Munich and four behind leaders RB Leipzig. year, scoring against Luciano Spalletti’s Inter Milan in both group stage winning the decider to sending India packing. Ayhika lost Goals by Raphael Guerreiro and Marco matches, as the Italians exited the tournament. 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 9-11, 9-11. With just two singles entries Reus gave Dortmund a 2-0 half-time lead. The Dane becomes Antonio Conte’s third signing in January after allowed per country, the Indian women, especially Manika England winger Jadon Sancho grabbed defender Ashley Young from Manchester United, with midfielder Victor and Archana Kamath, can hope for the best when they par- a third after the break and Cologne striker Moses arriving on loan from Chelsea. Last summer Inter signed Romelu ticipate in the April event in for singles qualifi- Mark Uth claimed his first goal for the vis- Lukaku and Alexis S?nchez, the latter on loan, from Manchester United. cation. -                        *  (   +       itors before Haaland’s entrance. AFP     " +,- +.+. 3  .. , ,  .  ! %3 . 451.

*   %  tour where they will play the hosts in second goal of the match in the fourth things during the tour, including four matches and Great Britain in one quarter. Namita Toppo then earned changing the players in the squad.  kipper Rani Rampal struck twice as match. The visitors took the first half India’s fourth goal. “Today we played with 16 players Sthe Indian women’s hockey team to shake off the starting blues with Rani “In the beginning we struggled a just like the Olympic Games and started its first tour of the Olympic year fetching the opening goal in the third bit with the jet lag but after that we every match we will change the play- with a confident 4-0 victory over New quarter. played a very controlled game and cre- ers. Whether they make the squad B% % Zealand Development squad here on India continued to build on their ated a lot of opportunities,” said Chief depends on these matches and how Saturday. 1-0 lead by creating back-to-back PCs coach Sjoerd Marijne after the match. they cope under pressure,” said the Besides Rani’s double, Sharmila in the following minutes but could not “The last two quarters New Dutchman. “We tried a few new and Namita Toppo also sounded the convert. Zealand created a lot of pressure and things in the match today but we still board, while the hosts drew a blank. Youngster Sharmila then doubled they pressed hard but we continued to need improvement and that’s why we India played with an intent to win the lead in the third quarter and Rani remain positive with our attack.” are here, to improve our game in every after arriving here on Thursday for the stretched it to 3-0 when she scored her Marijne said he will try out a few match.”

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elebrated boxer M C Mary Kom will be conferred with Cthe Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second highest civil- ian award, while world champion shuttler P V Sindhu will get the Padma Bhushan among eight sportspersons named for the prestigious honours on Saturday. The names of the awardees were announced by the gov- ernment on the eve of the country’s 71st Republic Day. The 36-year-old Mary Kom, also a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, won a Bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics while also being crowned as world champion six times in an illustrious career. She is one of seven eminent personalities to be awarded the Padma Vibhushan this year. The Manipuri boxer, who was conferred with the Padma Bhushan in 2013 and Padma Shri in 2006, is only the fourth sportsperson in the country to be given the Padma Vibhushan after chess wizard , mountaineer Edmund Hillary and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar who all got the cov- eted award in 2008. The 24-year-old Sindhu is among 16 persons named for the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third highest civilian award. She is a Silver medallist at the 2016 Rio Olympics and is the only Indian world champion in badminton. Sindhu has also won four other World Championships medals — 2 Silver and 2 Bronze — besides the Gold she won last year. She won the Padma Shri in 2015. Cricketer Zaheer Khan, current Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal, former men’s hockey skipper M P Ganesh, ace shooter Jitu Rai, former Indian women’s foot- ball team captain Oinam Bembem Devi and archer Tarundeep Rai were among the six other sportspersons who figured in the list of the 118 Padma Shri awardees. PTI     " +,- +.+. 3  . 3969 + &   &  *   %  that chatter. The batsman has fig- top-order’s runs, albeit they only ured in all of India’s 12 T20Is finished with a par score. ndia are unlikely to change a since September last year, aver- India won key battles during Iwinning combination but a few aging 34.14 in 11 innings with their innings in that new batsmen changes in the bowling depart- two half-centuries and strike-rate at the crease were able to main- ment won’t come as a surprise 154.19. With his match-winning tain the momentum previously when the visitors take on New temperament at Eden Park, Iyer generated. It is something New Zealand in the second T20 at the has stitched down a spot in the Zealand cannot simply fix with high-scoring Eden Park here on batting line-up for good. a change in personnel. As such Sunday. As Manish Pandey and Dube they will be hoping the likes of Jasprit Bumrah was the only alternate in finishing duties, Colin de Grandhomme and Tim bowler on either side to concede aided by K L Rahul’s wicket- Seifert to come good. less than eight runs per over at keeping skills, India’s T20 batting There is a school of thought the peculiar shaped ground with line-up finally seems set in the in the hosts’ camp that short boundaries in the series short term barring unforeseen Williamson should open the bat- opener on Friday. changes. ting in T20 cricket, thus taking Both Mohammad Shami New Zealand were left pon- advantage of the powerplay (0/53 in 4 overs) and Shardul dering about a shortage of 10-15 overs. Given the lightning start Thakur (1/44 in 3 overs) were runs to their total as well as provided by openers Martin CHRISTCHURCH:, Jan 25 (PTI) Left-arm pacer taken to the cleaners with New missed chances in the field that Guptill and Colin Munro, this Khaleel Ahmed was on Saturday ruled out of India Zealand batsmen using their allowed the visiting batsmen to seems infeasible for the next A’s ongoing tour of New Zealand with a wrist injury. pace to collect boundaries at will. get away with a high scoring rate. game, atleast. “Khaleel Ahmed fractured the scaphoid bone in Since Shami is expected to Partly, it also had to do with New Zealand expect to field his left wrist during India A’s first one-day match retain his place in the playing India’s surprisingly quick adap- the same eleven, avoiding any against New Zealand A at Lincoln on January 22,” the eleven, Thakur might make way tation to the awkward conditions temptation to take a look at all- BCCI said in a statement. for Navdeep Saini. However, on offer at Eden Park. rounders Scott Kuggeleijn and “His hand has been placed in a plaster cast and Saini, with his extra pace, too In turn, the Black Caps Daryl Mitchell. the left-arm fast bowler has been ruled out of the could go for big runs at the small themselves now have to come to Both teams enjoyed a day off remainder of India A’s tour. NCA will manage his ground. terms with India’s adaptation if on Saturday in lieu of the tight rehabilitation,” it added. It remains to be seen whether they are to prevent an early 2-0 schedule and sterner battles The BCCI, however, did not name any replace- India stick to three specialist pac- lead within three days. India had ahead. ment for the fast bowler. ers and two spinners combina- also won here in February 2019, Eden Park was only an esti- Khaleel, who has played 11 ODIs and 14 T20 tion or bring in an extra tweak- Considering the conditions, might be keen to take a punt on the tour for the away team which albeit it was a three-match T20I mated 60 per cent full on Friday Internationals for India, returned with figures of 2 for er in Kuldeep Yadav to partner Jadeja and Chahal had done a their reunion. chased down 204 with relative series they had eventually lost 1- despite New Zealand Cricket 46 from his 8 overs in the second one-day match in Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravindra decent job on Friday, conceding On the batting front, Virat ease to go 1-0 up in the five- 2. anticipating more gate collections New Zealand. In the series opener, he had taken four Jadeja. Washington Sundar is 50 runs off 36 balls and taking a Kohli was a pleased skipper as the match series. Irrespective of the result, the owing to the Indian team’s pop- wickets for 43 runs in 9.1 overs. the the other spin option India wicket each. much scrutinised middle-order Ahead of the Indian team’s tide seemed to turn for the hosts ularity. India A are on a tour of New Zealand for a three- have. Additionally, Chahal and delivered for the team under departure, there was concern in terms of their batting form. It remains to be seen if the match unofficial ODIs series and two four-day If India do play an extra Kuldeep are yet to play together pressure. Shreyas Iyer solidified about constant shuffling, much Senior batsmen Kane Williamson scheduled late-starts (7.50-8 pm games. The unofficial ODI series is currently locked tweaker, all-rounder Shivam since the ODI World Cup ended. at his position at number four like the ODI experimentation and Ross Taylor defied recent local time) continues to have an at 1-1 after India won the first match by five wickets Dube will be third fast bowling With the batting bearing a settled with an unbeaten 58 off 29 balls. ahead of the 2019 World Cup. criticism to score attacking half- impact on match attendances before losing the next one by 29 runs. The series option. look, the team management It was a near perfect start of Iyer’s form has put paid to all centuries. It complimented their during this T20I series. decider will be played here on Sunday. 28<O2$62  99$##

AUCKLAND: Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi believes New Zealand need to be more aggressive with the ball against India’s world class batting unit during the second T20I to make an imme- diate comeback in the five-match series. India claimed a six-wicket win in the first T20I after chas- ing down 204 with relative ease to go 1-0 up in the five-match series. Sodhi feels the hosts didn’t bowl many attacking spells to put enough pressure on the visitors. “We put 200 on the board again. If we can look to be more aggressive with the ball that attitude will be a great learning from the first game. If we are going to go for runs or miss out on a couple opportunities for wickets, you only learn after you try it out,” said Sodhi on Saturday. “You have to see how the game is going on. But it dif- fers from batsman to batsman and bowler to bowler. You have to discuss with the captain and the bowling group as well. “Mitchell Santner and myself do that a lot. Last night he was in the outfield so I spoke a lot with Kane (Williamson). I bowled 2-3 overs’ spell, and one of them was a defensive spell; the other was an attacking spell. So we have to bowl with the same attacking attitude throughout,” he added. The spinner said it is difficult to create pressure on India, which boosts of some world class batsmen but New Zealand must find a way to make an immediate comeback in the second T20I. “They have five or six world class batsmen in their side and it will always be difficult to contain them at the best of times. Eden Park with its boundary size is a challenge as well,” said Sodhi, who took 2 for 36 on Friday. “Kane was good with the bowlers at end of the game and the thinking as a bowling group was that we have to take wickets. 45 from 4 overs would be decent here but it won’t be on many other grounds. So we have to make the aggres- sive shift for the next game but we did really good with 200 runs on the board. We just need to defend it better.” Sodhi, who will be a crucial part of the New Zealand attack again, also spoke about the possibility of the Eden Park pitch slowing down for the game on Sunday. “You have to look at whether wicket gets better. We found it was holding on Friday night, cross-seamers were holding a bit and the ball was spinning a bit too,” he said. “We will have to see if it gets slower and if there is dew factor like there was under the lights (on Friday). It’s just one of those grounds where good and bad balls go for sixes, and it can be quite hard to contain at times.” Talking about the challenge of playing at Eden Park, Sodhi said: “We don’t play a lot of cricket there but it’s unique. Boundaries are not favouring any one side, same for both sides, and we have been successful in the past there.” 6. ,  -716 . R &  8/

KARACHI: PCB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wasim Khan on Saturday said they will not send their team to India for the 2021 T20 World Cup if the BCCI won’t send its team to Pakistan for the Asia Cup T20 in September this year. “If India doesn’t come to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, we would also refuse participation in the 2021 T20 World Cup there,” Khan told reporters in Lahore. The senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official dis- missed reports that PCB had given up Asia Cup hosting rights to BCB in exchange for Bangladesh sending its team to Pakistan. “The hosting rights have been given to us by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and we can’t just hand them over to anyone. We don’t have that authority,” he said. Khan, however, conceded that due to issues with India currently two venues are being considered for hosting the Asia Cup. India has not toured Pakistan since 2008 while it has also not played a full Test bilateral series with Pakistan since 2007 due to strained political and diplomatic relations. Pakistan did visit India in 2012 to play a short limited-overs series. Cricket experts say the main hurdle to Pakistan host- ing the Asia Cup will be whether India agrees to play in the country due to security issues. Khan also confirmed that a security delegation from Cricket South Africa would be visiting Pakistan in February to take stock of the security situation as Pakistan has invit- ed the Proteas for a three-match T20 series in Pakistan in March-April after the Pakistan Super League. Referring to the visit of ICC Chief Executive to Islamabad and Lahore earlier this week, Khan said PCB would try to get hosting rights of at least three ICC events between 2023 and 2031. He also said that Marylebone Cricket Club would be sending its team to Lahore to play four matches and the team would include prominent players such as Moeen Ali, Kumar Sangakara and Ravi Bopara.     #   (  =4==

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hen I tell this child- hood story of mine to my son, after listening to me with rapt atten- tion, he tells me that thereW are technical flaws in my story. What? Technical flaws! I find his expression amusing, he finds it even more. He asks me: ‘Why were you lis- tening to the radio and not streaming live cricket over the Internet?; Why did your parents go to the post office to make a call and not use their mobile to make a video call?; Why did your par- ents not call an Uber instead of walk- ing a long distance?; Why didn’t you order food over an app instead of let- ting your tired mom cook the dinner?; Why did you wait for Sunday to watch your favourite show and not stream it his tablet that he can crack the most five-year-old daughter in her pursuit of 40-something person, parent of a good handwriting, but it is also like an over Netflix?; And why were you wait- challenging quizzes, yet all that matters art and their five year old daughter zener. Some thought this was funny, exercise that strengthens finger mus- ing for days for a letter instead of using at the end of the day are his grades in Kamakshi’s name has entered the India but frankly I do not find it funny at all. cles and improves general health con- WhatsApp or Instagram?’ school where he finds no use of his book of records for being the youngest This is just an evidence of how less we dition. Ishaan does not know whether Not his fault, how will his genera- knowledge of the world. Mandala artist. Interviewing Bollywood understand this generation. to believe his mother or his teacher or tion that has been born in the cradle of The high potential, high intelli- celebrity kids like Jannat Zubair (of TV I would not blame the zeners, or his doctors. technology and rocked by social media gence and high ability of this genera- series Phulwa fame), Ricky Patel their parents, teachers or whoever Who do you really blame here? handles understand the times when we tion is true on one hand, but in the (Tubelight with Salman Khan), Jineet manages them. Often, we are ourselves Hard to tell. But one thing is absolutely were children. They were born in a world that they live in, they find their Rath (Talash with Aamir Khan) their confused or our thoughts are not inte- clear that the older generation has to transformed world where on one hand homes changing, pressures mounting life stories are interesting and filled with grated and zeners get confused by the assume responsibility. The contrasting rapid advancements in technology and the world becoming more preda- insights on parenting this modern gen- varying voices. Take little Ishaan’s stories also make it clear that right have opened the realm of possibilities, tory. They find themselves prey to anx- eration. But, I also came across parents example. He studies in an alternate understanding and right guidance of including space tourism, whereas on iety, depression and vulnerable to poor torn apart by trauma whose only school. Ishaan loves reading story the older generation can do wonders, other hand the same technology mental health. Their susceptibility is twelve-year-old son killed himself in books. But of late his mother has told but failure is seldom an option. The threatens our very existence. often disproved by many terming it as Bangalore, depressed by bullying and him that she will not buy him story parents/teachers have to stop project- On one hand, the world has been jitters of growing-up, but such people his inability to share his anxiety; anoth- books as they need to care for the ing their childhood or their issues on brought closer than ever before with fail to count the transformed environ- er parent who lost their child who environment and save paper. Ishaan the present generation pre-teens and networks that defy limits of distance, ment that actually magnifies their killed himself unable to cope with a does not quite like reading story books adolescents; make a concerted effort to and on the other hand, it has been challenges. relationship stress. on a digital reader. Anyways, he stud- understand the times that they live, fragmented by economic, political and While writing the book ‘The Life of Being a parent of a teenage zener ies everything academic on the tablet empathize with them and their life religious conflicts. Everyone has more Z: Understanding Digital Pre-Teen and myself, and in the profession of teach- and even writes his notes on that, plays issues; and then manage them. Only friends than before, yet there is dearth Adolescent Generation’ I had the oppor- ing and dabbling with social psycholo- games on mobile, but when it comes to then the efforts will be synchronised at of human connection. Today, they take tunity of talking to countless zeners, gy, I can understand that parenting, story books, he like them printed. He home, at school and in the society at more photos than Kodak films would their parents, teachers, tutors, child teaching or counselling the zeners is has read in his books that environ- large, and we will be able to connect ever allow, share them over Instagram, counsellors, child psychologists, pedia- not at all an easy task. This generation /  &+%  ( mental sustainability means not with this generation and raise them to yet they will never know the nostalgia tricians and I came across such con- is nothing like we were as kids or even adding non-biodegradable wastes, be functional happy adults. of opening an old dusted photo album. trasting stories. There are a group of what millennials were when they were (0O(.  (&  keeping the surroundings clean and Zeners make close to 32% of the Zeners or Generation Z, born year school children who have turned their growing-up. They live in a different (  ( recycling wherever possible. 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pectators gathered along Rajpath to witness the Republic Day parade on January 26, 2015 were surprised to see the tableau of Jharkhand. Ever since the state was formed, it was perceivedS to be the land of jungles and a rich tribal culture. Beyond that were its indus- -+>? /2-(&2-0)P trial cities like Jamshedpur and Bokaro, but largely, it remained unexplored. The 2015 tableau of Jharkhand was a re-creation of a few terracotta temples and the face of an unknown Goddess enshrined in one of those temples. It created a huge wave of interest among the audience pre- sent, as well as those who watched the tele- vised version. For many, it was their intro- .:0 ;((-.- +-0) duction to the terracotta temples of Maluti, a small village in Dumka district of Jharkhand. Up till now people were only familiar with the Bengal terracotta temples. E  # $/9  .   ( $    This small village Maluti has 72 terracotta temples, most of which are embellished with exotic panels of baked clay.     G     # ;@.5);5)3F+& Few months later, Maluti attracted attention once again, when in newly built boy, salvaged the falcon and got the bird While Ram is accompanied by Laxman and single pinnacle with four sides slopes. Only Ranchi airport, tourism department of back to the Sultan. Happy to have his fal- Hanuman, Ravana is followed by demon a few temples are made of atchala and deul Jharkhand placed a huge poster of Maluti con back, Sultan rewarded Basanta with a warriors elegantly dressed up and spirited. style. So a monotony grips while taking a with an objective of encouraging tourism sizable land. The boy thus got famous as Baj The panoply and shoes of Ravana in every tour. However, the thrill of photography sees in this almost unknown heritage village. Basanta. temple are beautiful and distinctive. In some no bound of satisfaction when one gets to Today, Maluti is counted among the unique Baj Basanta founded his capital at a panels, Ravana can also be seen fighting capture a plethora of similar looking tem- heritage spots of India. place named Dumra. His several genera- alone on foot. ples in a single frame. No where else can one find an instance tions ruled the area as prominent tax col- Some of the divine figures are very As for now, the temple village of where within a radius of 1,150 ft, a few gen- lecting landowners. unique and not commonly found in other Maluti is a victim of sheer negligence from erations of zamindars have built more than In 1680, Baj Basanta’s great grandson, terracotta temples. Musicians, flying the government side. The village remained 100 terracotta temples instead of palaces and named Rajchandra, was killed in a battle demons, foot soldiers with naked swords etc lost to world and even to the people of its pleasure chambers. Even in Bengal, a state with another king of Rajnagar in Birbhum. are in plenty on each front wall of temples. own state, the undivided Bihar, as well as that houses several world class terracotta Following the incident, his four sons shift- Social sequences like a royal man on Bengal even before 1979 when ASI official temples, there is no such distinctive a vil- ed their capital to Mallahati. They found the palanquin, worshiping, goat sacrifice and named AK Sinha first undertook a project lage. Incidentally, Maluti is just a few kilo- place to be very peaceful. Once settled, the so on are also found aplenty. on this village and submitted a detailed metres from Bengal border and its dwellers family branched into four and started The numbers of panels on the side walls report of his work speak Bengali and not Hindi. The village expanding by building a plethora of tem- and back wall, however, are unusually few Despite this report, no basic minimum cult and customs are more Bengali than ples. It is believed that all four branches and appear to have been removed. A row amenities were built in Maluti and the place Jharkhand. started founding temples instead of build- of small chariots is carved under every fig- did not find mention in any of the tourism Though not much information or ing palaces and pleasure houses. ure of Ram and Ravana. These rows of char- promotional literature. In 2009, Global knowledge is available on these temples, the Gradually, in the next 200 years, a time iots are placed just on the apex of main Heritage Fund surveyed this village and local folklore/legend has it that this place came when it was found that the village had entrance and again, those are very richly marked it as one of the fastest vanishing her- was known as Mallahati, a zone owned by 108 temples dedicated to various Hindu decorated with warriors fighting with itage of the world. Even after that, no major Malla dynasty that ruled Bishnupur of Goddess and almost all decorated with deadly weapons, either on horses or ele- Government fund was sanctioned to pro- Bengal. It is the same place that houses exceptionally beautiful terracotta panels. phants. Beautiful floral designs with vari- tect these temples. many world famous terracotta temples. Today, only 72 temples can be found in with writings and cattle roam inside. Some ous hindu motifs are etched all over the wall. It is heartening to see that the present The place, it is believed, derives its name Maluti. Rest are either grounded or in a temples are still in use and hundreds of peo- Mahishasurmardini Durga is another government is atleast making that effort to from a local Goddess named Moulakshi, dilapidated condition. ple continue to cause damage to its rich art common feature to be found on these ter- promote it as a unique heritage site of the who has no reference in Hindu mytholo- These 72 temples are situated in 4 clus- works. During Diwali, on occasion of racotta decorated temples. Here, she mounts state. At an individual level, a local resident gy. It is assumed that this Goddess came ters in the village and one needs to take nar-    Kalipuja, fairs are organised at temples clus- an animal which neither looks like a lion named Gopaldas Banerjee who has been from Tantrik cult of Buddhism in which she row lanes and beaten tracks to visit all. It      &,- ters, attracting large crowds. These fairs are nor a horse. However, some panels depict observing the gradual decline of the her- is described as elder sister of Tara. Later, she is a different matter that the village is very yet another cause of continuous damage to excellent horse statues. In some panels, she itage has done excellent work to record and may have been adopted by the Hindus as small and thinly populated, and so it does  &  the temples. appears with Laxmi and Saraswati on her protect these temples. As someone born and their Goddess and started attracting devo- not take much time to visit all clusters. Poor  )  ), The beauty of the terracotta panels either sides and in some, she is depicted by bred in the village, Banerjee had heard var- tees. Based on this information, many maintenance and lack of public awareness found on the walls of Maluti temples is dis- herself. ious legends and stories from his early child- believe that this place was once influenced has marred the charm of the place to a great (&+  tinct from the panels found on the walls of Even though these temples are largely hood and has penned several authentic by Vajrayana Buddhism, in which shadow extent. )>) -( the various temples of Bengal. In Bengal, believed to be made of terracotta, there is books on the subject. He was recently felic- of Tantrik cult is said to be profound. The first cluster is known as Madhyam apart from mythology and epic references, a contention that these panels may actual- itated by Jharkhand Government for his A website claims Adi Shankara visited bari. The second and third clusters are locat-  .  various social aspects also feature in terra- ly be carvings on a very soft type of sand- work of recording history. this place when he was touring India in his ed very close to each other and appear as P.& cotta panels, whereas in Maluti stories of stone, locally known as phool pathar. The temples of Maluti are a burning tes- mission of re-emerging Hinduism over one. They are known as temples of Rajbari Ramayana appears to be the main theme. Which is a possibility because in Birbhum timonial to India’s rich yet hidden heritage Buddhism. The conversion of a Buddhist and Sikhir bari. The last group of temples 7&( & ,), The central arch and its surrounding district of Bengal, some temples are actu- and if proper protection and exposure is not Goddess into a Hindu Goddess may be a which are in equally bad condition is known areas are all decorated with the battle ally decorated with phool pathar and are given these beautiful structures, all will be testimony of that forgotten past. as Chayer taraf. Apart from these temples,      sequence of Lord Ram and ten-headed commonly confused for terracotta. lost. Their dilapidated condition is only Legend has it that in the 15th century, there is a hexagonal rasmancha. (.)   -   Ravana. In some panels, Ram is shown on The locals have also been using the worsened by overgrown vegetation and a new rule was established by an orphan While all temples were originally the shoulder of Hanuman, whereas, in some hexagonal roof less rasmancha (platform) massive water leakage from the roof and the named Baj Basanta, who got a huge tax free embellished with terracotta, due to weath-   temples the same warrior is shown fight- to celebrate Holi and Raas Utsav of Radha- walls. A few of the temples have already land/property as gift, courtesy the then ering and random defacing of walls, many @N=;A ing on his feet. In some panels, Ram sports Krishna, which is causing considerable crumbled owing to neglect and many are Sultan of Bengal, Alauddin Hussain Shah of these temples lay painfully bare now. In a manly moustache. In a similar manner, harm to the structure. awaiting the same fate. Though some (1495-1525). many temples, panels are continuously Ravana is also visualised in different forms Temples of Maluti follow the Bengal restoration work has started recently, but no It is said that once during his hunting crumbling. The temples have developed and shapes. He has his usual ten heads and school of temple architecture but sadly not amenities can still be found for the tourists. expedition, Sultan lost his pet falcon and cracks and wild vegetation grows uncon- ten hands but his postures are distinctive much variation found in that. Most of the It would be a pity if these temples are lost was deeply depressed. Basanta, the village trolled. In a few temples, walls are defaced different and vary from temple to temple. temples are made in charchala style, that has — a sin beyond pardoning.   !  9/.5  26392!92698#393"#392!! 23294;9"!2-9&(% +&

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ebastian Kurz, the youngest Cabinet of 17 Ministers in this SChancellor of Austria at the Conservative-Green age of 33, has just taken over as Government, 9 are women the Chancellor of the country ministers. Kurz calls this coali- for the second time. The tion as the “best of both People’s Party, known as Öster- worlds”. But some say that it reichische Volkspartei (OVP), would be difficult for him to he represents, is primarily a survive such an unusual tie-up. centre-right political party. The reason behind is that how However, it regards itself as a such a coalition of centre right progressive centre party which and centre left would survive? is the successor of the Christian It would be difficult for both    Social Party, established way the parties to further their back in the 1890s. In fact, the own interests. There are high     &&    OVP came into being imme- chances that their supporters diately after the reestablish- and sympathisers would soon       ment of the Republic of Austria be disillusioned in the days to      in 1945. come. The ideological gap Kurz became active in the between the Greens and the    politics of the OVP since the OVP is too big. The OVP has age of 16. As a law student in a set agenda to cut taxes, dereg- -   ,,  Vienna, he was elected to the ulate, and reduce public expen- post of the chairman of the diture whereas the Greens *     youth wing of the party. By would like to go for new taxes 2011, he left his studies to join on inheritance, carbon emis-    as a junior Interior Minister sions and capital gains, want to     and rose up to the rank of engage in huge public infra- Foreign Minister in 2013, only structure projects for building      at the age of 27. In 2015, when public transportation networks the whole Europe was plagued across the country. Again the     by massive immigration from Greens will find it really diffi- war-torn nations of West Asia, cult to support Kurz on issues ,    he proposed a plan for imme- like tough stance on illegal diate integration of these immi- immigration, slashing public P    grant communities into the funds for refugees and deport-      mainstream. But then he was ing asylum applicants upon all in praise for Hungary’s fire- receiving a negative notice   **   P brand populist leader and even if they have jobs and suc- Prime Minister Victor Orban. cessfully integrated with the *    That was the time he was all Austrian society. Both the par- against absorbing more immi- ties have strong differences ,   grants from the troubled over education and welfare regions of West Asia and North reforms. His going with the Africa, such as Syria, Iraq, Greens is a critical misreading Libya, etc. of his long-term strategies. Also, Kurz credited Orban The ideological flexibility that for closing the Balkan immi- he is displaying at the moment gration route in 2016. It must $    :  &       -   ,           &      -   *   P *  .;$*                 $  -* is simply overstated. He will be noted here that though the simply pay for it in the near opposition in Hungary accus- future. Many thought he is rais- es him of backsliding when it from the far right FPO party down the voting share of the ed his party colleagues and the win in this election by getting Democratic Party) that sur- ing an illiberal democracy of comes to democratic freedoms, from December 2017 to May party to only 16 per cent, a Austrian public that the ban on more than 13.9 per cent of the vived the most parts of the Orban type in Hungary. But but he has remained unde- 2019. His coalition govern- sharp fall from 26 per cent in the Identitarian Movement votes. But ironically, Kurz has post-World War II period instead, it seems he is trying to terred in his shaping of a new ment fell only when his coali- the last elections. The OVP has would be a condition for mak- been stressing for a proper cen- seemed to be completely unvi- cling to power even with the polity what he likes to call as tion partner and its leader won 37 per cent of the votes, up ing the next coalition tre-right coalition deal since able today. This coalition is help of the Greens. His brand “illiberal democracy”. However Heinz-Christian Strache were from 31 per cent from the last Government of the country. the beginning of the snap poll deeply unpopular among the of politics may soon lose steam. -&2-0 -&- the critics simply brand it as a rocked by the historic Ibizagate election. The IBOe is famous for its anti- that was held in September Austrian electorate today, par- And if cracks appear in the semi-authoritarian state. With scandal. Therefore, the party It is interesting to know the immigration agenda. But it 2019. In that case, the FPO ticularly among the young- partnership, this will once this kind of a liking, Kurz has this time has dropped its for- policies and programmes of the has faced crisis as its leader could have been the logical sters. At the same time, Kurz, again push Austria into a new fully endorsed a strong right mer coalition partner, the FPO. party as they are simply going Martin Sellner is accused of partner to deal with and form the new chairman of the party, uncertainty only. turn in Austrian politics and of The OVP was forced to stay to shape the future of Austria. receiving money and exchang- a government of their mutual has been criticising the new Whatsoever it may be, peo- course change of tactics in away from this tie-up as the The party is insisting on an ing e-mails with the suspected interests. On the other hand, power-sharing system devel- ple in Austria are just thinking coming elections. leader of the FPO, Strache, was immediate ban on the perpetrators of gun attacks on the FPO was seriously dis- oped by both these parties as ‘schau ma mal’ i.e. Let’s see. It Afterwards, he was elected caught offering bribe to a Identitarian Movement (also mosques in New Zealand, in turbed by internal differences. Proporz. Hence, there was no is very apparent that it is a chairman of the OVP in May woman who posed as the niece called as IBOe) once launched which 51 people died. And the party also indicated in option left for Kurz, except coalition that Kurz never want- 2017. Surprisingly he led the of a Russian oligarch. And all by the far-right. In fact, it Thus finally, the OVP has the recent past that it could aligning with the Greens. ed and many say that it is party to victory by garnering these took place in Ibiza, one came into light even before the stitched an unlikely coalition very well go back and take the For the first time in unlikely to last. more than 31 per cent of the of the Balearic Islands of Spain general election in September. with the Green Party, headed position of an opposition party. Austria, a female majority votes and became the located in the Mediterranean Further the OVP leader August by Werner Kogler. Interestingly, Further, the old coalition Government has come to (The writer is an expert on Chancellor with the support Sea. The Ibizagate trimmed Woeginger repeatedly remind- the Greens achieved a historic i.e. OVP-SPO (Social power this month. And in the international affairs) 0           -(@ 0    

ovel (new) coronavirus (termed HOW WILL PEOPLE KNOW N“2019-nCoV”) — a new strain of virus -* THE DIFFERENCE? from China — has the world on edge Since symptoms are similar — fever, because it’s a close cousin to viruses that cough and in more severe cases shortness killed hundreds in separate outbreaks. of breath or pneumonia — it’ll take a med- While it’s too early to tell if this latest threat ical test to tell. There is one, but health will prove as deadly, health authorities are authorities in China, the US and elsewhere drawing on lessons from that grim past. are working to make it more widely avail- able. Given that it is flu season in China, WHAT’S THE LINK too, it’s “all the more impressive that they The new virus comes from a large fam- were able to recognize this outbreak ily of coronaviruses, some causing noth- quickly,” Dr Brian Garibaldi of Johns ing worse than a cold. But in late 2002, a Hopkins University said. coronavirus named SARS erupted in Precautions that hospitals often use for southern China, causing a severe pneu- flu season and for other infectious diseases monia that rapidly spread to other coun- should help for this, too, Garibaldi added. tries. It infected more than 8,000 people For example, in many US hospitals peo- and killed 774 — and then it disappeared, ple are given masks if they arrive with a thanks to public health measures. fever and cough during flu season. And a In 2012, another coronavirus dubbed legacy of the 2014 West Africa Ebola out- MERS began sickening people in Saudi break — which also resulted in infected Arabia. It’s still hanging around, causing travelers — is that doctors and hospitals small numbers of infections each year. The are supposed to ask about recent foreign World Health Organization has counted trips. nearly 2,500 cases of MERS in the West Asia and beyond, and more than 850 HUNTING VACCINES deaths. While there is no vaccine — or spe- So far, deaths from the new virus have cific treatment — for SARS or MERS, been a small fraction of the roughly Fauci said it is technically possible to cre- 1,300 confirmed infections, most of those ate a vaccine against this new virus. NIH cases in China. did develop a potential vaccine candidate for SARS. It proved safe in a small first- WHERE DO THESE VIRUSES step study in people but never was tested COME FROM? further because by then, the outbreak was SARS and MERS came from animals, ending. and this newest virus almost certainly did,              :      A 2        -* This time around, scientists have too. The first people infected visited or more of a head start. Just weeks after the worked at a seafood market in the Chinese first unusual pneumonias were reported, city of Wuhan. jump from Asian live poultry markets to “novel coronavirus” — is more like SARS said Dr David Heymann, who headed keep spreading it, noted Neil Ferguson of Chinese scientists mapped the genes of the SARS initially was traced to civet cats people, for example. or MERS. Genetically, they’re all closely WHO’s global response to SARS. Imperial College London, who has viral suspect and shared them with world sold in a live animal market, but later sci- “These wildlife markets are a risk,” said related but “they really are different virus- And while it’s too soon to be sure, consulted for WHO. Nor is there any way health authorities. entists decided it probably originated in Dr Ian Lipkin of Columbia University, who es,” said Dr Anthony Fauci, infectious dis- Heymann said the new virus appears most to know yet how often people Now, NIH is among several groups bats that infected the civets. People can assisted the WHO and China during the eases chief at the US National Institutes of dangerous to older adults who have other become infected but show no obvious working to create a vaccine for the new catch MERS from infected camels, SARS outbreak and advises Saudi Arabia Health. health problems. . symptoms. virus, using newer and faster technology although again, bats likely first spread that about MERS. One indication of a virus’ danger is Complicating matters, if this new “We may see more mild cases as the than was available during SARS. 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