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CEO women on Wanderlust; he added. Samil Malhotra, Turin Union Minister Nitin wonder of the yore and a Marketing were other partici- Gadkari suggested the stake- Aland of contemporary fas- pants at the summit. holders in the sector to adopt cination, India holds enor- The conference was divid- three basic formulas — the PPP mous potential for both domes- ed in five different panels, the model, fast environment clear- tic and foreign tourists who first being ‘Dekho apna desh’. ances, and innovative ideas, have little explored its incred- This was moderated by The besides a strong political will. ible diversity for want of pro- Pioneer Editor-in-Chief Dr Gadkari said his Ministry motion and infrastructure. This Chandan Mitra and addressed is working on 22 green corri- was the focal point of a day- by Tourism Minister and chief dors, a dedicated Mumbai- long conference — The Pioneer guest Prahlad Patel. Delhi Expressway, and direct Exotica Tourism Summit — Union Minister for Road, road connectivity to where speakers, including Transport and Highways Nitin Mansarovar. These will help in Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Gadkari was guest of honour at growth and generation of Prahlad Patel and Piyush Goyal another panel discussion titled employment in the tourism on Wednesday showcased “Highway to heaven”. Dr Mitra sector, Gadkari said, adding India as a dream tourist desti- was the moderator. India under the dynamic lead- nation. Minister of Railways ership of Prime Minister Besides Punjab Cabinet Piyush Goyal spoke on the Narendra Modi is on the path Minister for Tourism & theme “Deep into India’s heart” of being a “Tourism Giant.” Cultural Affairs Charanjit in conversation with Dr Mitra. Gadkari said tourism has Singh Channi, filmmaker In a speech heard with great employment potential Bharat Bala, fashion designer rapt attention, Prahlad Patel, and this is the way forward to Ritu Beri, IATO president Minister of State (independent eradicate poverty from the Pronab Sarkar, Air India ex- charge) for Culture and 0 country. CMD Ashwini Lohani, Harkrit Tourism, talked about involve- ! " $ ! Continued on Page 7 Ahluwalia of Citrus Country ment of all the stakeholders, Related reports on P5 Foundation; Seema Bhat, vice including the Centre and State past. “Had it been, we would president of the Ecotourism Governments, hotels, tour have witnessed tremendous Society of India; Anil Chadha operators and locals, for the progress in the North-East of ITC Hotel; Abu Sufiya of growth of tourism in the coun- region where connectivity was Delhi Tourism; Mandip Singh try. He said that by next five never taken seriously. More Soin, founder ibex expedition; years, the Government aims to P * * ! - - - 0 1 than monetary benefits, it is the Subhash Goyal, tourism policy double the domestic tourist ! " $ ! positive perception towards expert; Raveen Singh footfall. the tourism that matters. With Ahluwalia, Patiala Foundation “We all are responsible for individually promote it. All speaking at the Pioneer Exotica Patel was of the view that our holistic approach, we aim Chief; Amar Nath of Neemrana the growth of the tourism sec- the sectors should come togeth- Tourism Summit 2020 here the tourism has never been to double our domestic tourist Hotels; Sumitra Sernapathy, tor and an individual cannot er for its growth,” he said while on Thursday. given its due importance in the footfall within next five years,”
ing of First Information Bagh with security personnel Reports (FIR) against alleged not allowing anyone to come wo days after the clashes in hate speeches by three out. The blackened walls of a TNorth-east Delhi, which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mazaar in the locality spoke claimed 27 lives, including a leaders in connection with the volumes of the violence the day Delhi Police Head Constable, CAA violence and convey by before. the situation remained tense Thursday. The three BJP lead- After two days of mobs but under control with heavy ers are — Kapil Mishra, Anurag marauding the streets, looting presence of the security forces Thakur and Parvesh Verma. shops and setting property on in the riots-affected areas. On day three of the trou- fire, there was uneasy quiet in A few incidents of violence ble, the death toll rose from 13 the locality on Wednesday. were reported in some other on Tuesday to 24 on However, in Gokulpuri, places, including Joharpuri area Wednesday. “The death toll has smoke darkened the skies with in northeastern part of Delhi risen to 27,” GTB Hospital rioters setting on fire shops. bordering Uttar Pradesh, with Medical Superintendent Sunil Their livelihoods lost with their shops set ablaze and the body Kumar said. shops looted and their children of an IB staffer found in a drain Calling the situation in in a state of panic after wit- near Maujpur with multiple North-east Delhi alarming, nessing the bloodshed, many stab wounds on his body. As Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal people were seen leaving their police conducted flag marches said the Army should be called homes. Among them was a and security personnel spread in as police is “unable” to family that promised to be out across the northeastern establish control. back, but said they did not edge of national Capital in a bid Shops and schools were know when. to quell the violence raging closed and many streets desert- “Of the 24 killed since since Monday, Prime Minister ed with police making Monday, four were brought to Narendra Modi in his first & ( &)&$ ! * announcements that none the hospital from the LNJP reaction to the event appealed + *! " , should venture out of their Hospital,” a senior GTB for peace and brotherhood. homes. There was heavy Hospital official said. More than 200 people have of Delhi. Police and other Police Commissioner Amulya professionally and to check deployment of force in Chand Continued on Page 7 ! " $ ! been reported to be injured in agencies are working on the Patnaik and newly-appointed incidents of violence in north- riots between the pro and anti- ground to ensure peace and Special Commissioner (Law east Delhi. The apex court Citizen Amendment Act normalcy.” and Order) SN Shrivastava. lashed out at the law enforcing ')) (CAA) groups, which took The task of bringing the sit- Shrivastava is believed to agencies for allowing the insti- ) place in Maujpur, Gokulpuri, uation under control was given have been handpicked by the gators of violence to get away ,- Gautampuri, Jafrabad, Shiv to National Security Adviser Ministry of Home Affairs and said they should act inde- Vihar, Bhajanpura, Seelampur, Ajit Doval. “What has hap- (MHA) after current police pendently as per law without '% Kardampuri and Chand Bagh pened has happened. Inshallah, chief Patnaik faced flak for fail- waiting for somebody’s nod. 78 areas in North-east Delhi. there will be complete peace ing to curb the spiraling vio- “If somebody makes an Asserting that it was here,” Doval said as he walked lence against the backdrop of inflammatory remark, police important that calm was through the mostly mixed US President Donald Trump’s has to take action,” it said. he body of an officer of the %& ! denied by the court in three cases against Khan and sug- restored at the earliest, Modi neighbourhoods of North-east visit, sources said. On Wednesday, the Delhi TIntelligence Bureau (IB) separate cases related to gested that it was political wrote on Twitter, “Had an Delhi and met locals. Meanwhile, the Supreme High Court also directed the was found in a drain in Chand n a major setback to Abdullah’s date-of-birth cer- vendetta. “The SP doesn’t con- extensive review on the situa- On Tuesday, he undertook Court scolded the Delhi Police Delhi Police to take conscious Bagh, one of the areas worst-hit ISamajwadi Party, its MP from tificates, PAN cards and pass- sider any action taken in tion prevailing in various parts a late night tour with Delhi on Wednesday for failing to act decision with respect to lodg- by the communal violence that Rampur Azam Khan, his wife port. revenge appropriate. has rocked North-east Delhi, and SP legislator Tazeen Fatma, Rampur SP Santosh Kumar Governments can’t run on bias,” on Wednesday. The officer and son and former MLA Mishra said, “They have been the party tweeted in Hindi. Q R identified as Ankit Sharma, a Abdullah Azam were on sent to judicial custody till “The Samajwadi Party also resident of the area, was work- Wednesday sent to seven-day March 2 in connection with a trusts the judicial process. We #$% &'( ing as an IB security assistant. judicial custody in connection case pertaining to a forged have faith in court, we will get ) ) % Sharma’s father Devendra, with Abdullah’s fake birth cer- birth certificate of Azam Khan’s justice,” it added. who also works with the IB, tificate. A Rampur court had son Abdullah. The latter On the other hand, the + said Ankit returned home declared the trio as ‘absconders’ allegedly gave a wrong date of Bharatiya Janata Party welcomed around 5.30 pm on Tuesday and issued non-bailable war- birth while filing his nomina- the development. “Azam Khan ed in the case. The matter will and soon left home to assess rants against them after they tion papers for Assembly elec- did politics for himself only. It be heard further on Thursday. the situation outside. “When he failed to appear before it. tions.” was for exploitation of the poor. he Supreme Court on Earlier, when the High didn’t return, we started look- Khan and his family were Several cases have been We welcome the court decision TWednesday pulled up the Court asked Solicitor General ing for him. We also went to the earlier issued warrants after filed again Azam Khan on var- to send him to jail. SP chief Delhi Police for failing to act Tushar Mehta to advice the GTB and LNJP hospitals... We they ignored repeated sum- ious charges including, land- Akhilesh Yadav should give an “professionally” and check Police Commissioner on lodg- kept searching him till 3 am on mons by the courts in one of the grabbing, encroachment, book explanation on the kind of peo- “unfortunate incidents” of vio- ing of FIRs against alleged Wednesday. Around 10 am, we cases lodged against them in theft, power theft, statue theft, ple associated with him in pol- lence in north-east Delhi even hate speeches by the three BJP got information that his body July last year. buffalo and goat theft. The SP itics,” BJP spokesperson as the Delhi High Court direct- leaders, the SG pleaded that the was lying in the Chand Bagh Earlier on Tuesday, a local leader’s son was also booked for Chandra Mohan said. ed the police to take “conscious court should wait for the drain,” said Sharma’s father. MP-MLA court in Rampur forgery in birth date docu- Meanwhile, Chief Minister decision” with respect to lodg- response of the authorities Ankit’s brother Ankur said had ordered attachment of ments last year. Yogi Adityanath took a dig at ing of FIRs against alleged concerned on the issue of lodg- some women from their colony properties of Azam Khan, Khan and his family have Khan without naming him in hate speeches by three BJP ing FIRs against alleged hate informed them that they saw Tazeen Fatma and Abdullah been charge-sheeted under sec- the Assembly on Wednesday. leaders in connection with the speeches by the BJP leaders. people throwing his brother in Azam after they failed to appear tions 420 (cheating and dis- “My cabinet colleague CAA violence. The HC was hearing a the drain. “When the killers in court. Left with no option, honestly inducing delivery of Balbir Singh Aulakh, who is The three BJP leaders are --.. 01- plea seeking lodging of FIRs saw the women, they threat- the trio surrendered before property), 467 (forgery of valu- from Rampur, asked me — Kapil Mishra, Anurag * ! " , and arrests of those involved in ened them with dire conse- Rampur district court and the able security, will), 468 (forgery whether Rampur will get 24X7 Thakur and Parvesh Verma. the ongoing communal vio- quences if they revealed about judge sent them to jail for for purpose of cheating) and power supply and I told him A High Court Bench of that he will sit with the Police lodging of FIRs. lence in parts of north-east it. He sustained several stab seven days. The next hearing of 471 (using as genuine a forged that Rampur mein bijli chamak Justices S Muralidhar and Commissioner on Wednesday The high court also issued Delhi over the Citizenship wounds before being dumped the case will be on March 2. document) of the Indian Penal rahi hai. Bijli ke chamak se faltu Anup J Bhambhani took on itself and view all video clips of notices to the parties con- (Amendment) Act. The hear- into the drain,” Ankur claimed. Khan, his wife and son Code (IPC). virus nahi paida hota hai (it’s record the assurance by Special their alleged hate speeches and cerned on the plea filed by the ing will continue at 2.30 pm. Continued on Page 7 made several attempts to pro- On its part, Samajwadi lightening in Rampur, and it Commissioner Praveer Ranjan take a conscious decision on Centre seeking to be implead- Continued on Page 7 cure anticipatory bail which was Party blamed the ruling BJP for kills the unwanted virus).” !" #$%#&#&
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"#$ protests were being intensified licence to run a casino or lot- a sugar mill be established automatic hike in emoluments at a time when the country was tery in the state. there,” he asked. admissible to state employees &!!(6&# $# progressing towards becoming Replying to a question by on Wednesday. 5%"#%&"# ,6 >&% $&# * a US $5-trillion economy. He BJP member Harshvardhan The MLAs also demanded was replying to the general Bajpai on Wednesday, To another question, the honour of protocol and " ))" )#, )!, debate on 2020-21 annual bud- # $ Parliamentary Affairs Minister Forest and Environment their salary be at least one get in the Assembly on Suresh Kumar Khanna said Minister Dara Singh Chauhan rupee more than that of the ," !" 6&!(>M Wednesday. The Assembly later Lucknow (PNS): champion of OBCs. When that the government would said that 847 industrial units Chief Secretary - the top most passed the Finance Bill for the Samajwadi Party members Speaker Hriday Narain not encourage gambling like were served show-cause civil servant of the state. 2020-21 fiscal. disrupted proceedings of UP Dikshit refused to allow them institutions in the state as it notices for violating environ- However, the government four-fold hike in salary and Members of all political Underlining the ruling BJP Assembly on Wednesday over to speak, SP members trooped would only lead to financial mental norms between 2018 made no categorical announce- allowances of MPs. Suresh parties demanded hike in ideology of ‘Nation First’, the their demand for caste-based in the Well of the House rais- losses to people and create law and January 28, 2020. ment in this regard. Using an Srivastava was supported by all funds for MLA Development Chief Minister issued a stern census during the Question ing slogans. State and order problems. “Casino Besides, the government Urdu couplet, Parliamentary the MLAs. Fund or ‘Vidhayak Nidhi’ to Rs warning to anti-CAA protest- Hour, resulting in adjourn- Parliamentary Affairs is no less than gambling and also moved the process of Affairs Minister Suresh The BJP MLA also point- 10 crore. An SP MLA asked for ers of serious consequences if ment of the House. Minister Suresh Kumar the government cannot allow closure of 2,155 industrial Khanna said, “If something is ed out that members of the provision in the rules for they indulged in arson and vio- SP members demonstrat- Khanna said that neither the it,” Khanna said. However, units, while 308 units were raised in a proper manner and House faced embarrassment expenditure of money from lence, destroyed public proper- ed inside the Well of the state government nor the the BJP member advocated under legal process. He also at proper time, it always gets due to the meagre amount of MLA fund for installing air ty and targeted innocent civil- House raising anti-govern- Assembly had the power to that by giving licence for disclosed that programme to positive consideration. I travel coupons and they had to conditioners and geysers at ians. Without naming any reli- ment slogans due to which the order for a caste-based census. opening casinos, the govern- control air pollution in 15 believe this is the collective fly in economy class of airlines government hospitals, PHCs gion, Yogi said: “Qayamat (The Question Hour was disrupted He claimed that SP members ment could earn huge revenue prominent cities of the state spirit of the House. Such while bureaucrats enjoyed the and CHCs. Day of Judgment) is not com- for about 50 minutes. were in no mood to work and as people of the state go to had commenced with the set- demands are made on the last comforts of executive class. Responding to the demand ing and nobody can be Leader of the Opposition were hence trying to raise an Nepal, Goa and other places to ting up of air quality monitor- day of the session.’’ “Of the total Rs 4.5 lakh by the SP MLA, Chief Minister permitted to hold the law to Ram Govind Chaudhary issue, which had no relevance enjoy casino facilities. ing committee. “Special pro- The budget session will given to each MLA as rail Yogi Adityanath said, “It’s the ransom. Let there be no confu- raised the demand for caste- for the Assembly. The Speaker grammes have also been com- conclude on February 28. As coupons, as much as Rs 3.5 absolute discretion of the sion that somebody can hold based census as the House also said that the Assembly . % menced in eight cities of soon as Chief Minister Yogi lakh is deducted as diesel Assembly to decide on utilisa- the rule of law to ransom and assembled for the day. He said had no power to order a In reply to a question by National Capital Region (NCR) Adityanath concluded his reply expenses, leaving only Rs 1.5 tion of funds from ‘Vidhayak carry out anti-national activi- that members of Other caste-based census. Later, as another BJP member Jawahar and five big cities of UP to con- on the general debate on 2020- lakh, forcing MLAs to travel in Nidhi’ so that maximum num- ties with impunity. We know Backward Community (OBC) disturbance continued, Lal Rajput on his demand to trol air pollution,” Chauhan 21 budget, BJP MLA Suresh economy class even as bureau- ber of people can be benefit- how to deal with this kind of were being denied their rights Dikshit adjourned the House set up a sugar mill in added. Srivastava sought the permis- crats fly in executive class, ted.’’ situation.’’ and hence the fresh census to for 35 minutes, which was sion of the Chair to make his triggering a feeling of inferior- The CM suggested that a “What do Opposition par- start from April, should also later increased by another 10 ernment would not allow any- which he claimed was legislat- point. ity complex,” the BJP legislator Joint House Committee be set ties achieve by sullying the include caste census. minutes. In recent past, the SP one to take law into their ed by Congress at the Centre in Srivastava said that if their said. up to take up this matter. The image of the country on CAA Chaudhary said that the has been raising the issue of hands and create public disor- 1955, while only minor changes salary and allowances were “All MLAs and even some issue was unanimously and by targeting innocent peo- BJP government was denying caste-based census and der or disrupt law and order, were effected in the recent inflation indexed, they would ministers asked me to raise this approved by the House. ple. We respect the wishes of the rights of OBCs and claim- demanding reservation for Yogi warned that the state gov- amendment. never have to seek hike. He issue. The ministers are bound Speaker of the Assembly the Opposition parties, but ing themselves to be the OBCs as per their population. ernment would sternly deal “The floor of the Assembly also reminded the Chief by their conduct rules and Hriday Narain Dikshit will safety and security of 23 crore with such situation. is the best forum for debate on Minister that as a member of they cannot raise this issue,” soon initiate the process of for- people of UP is also our to any family or individual.’’ The Chief Minister reiter- The CM said that anti- all issues. The opposition keeps Lok Sabha, he had demanded Srivastava said. mation of the committee. responsibility,” Yogi said while Affirming his faith in the ated his government’s stand, CAA protests were taking a toll on raising CAA daily in referring to the Prime democratic process of dialogue saying, “The government on development in the state as Assembly and come to the Minister’s assurance that the with the people, Yogi said, believes in dialogue to resolve the administrative machinery Well of the House, but were CAA would not take away cit- “We have never tried to crack issues, and not in taking away was preoccupied in maintain- wary of a debate,’’ he said. izenship of any Indian. down on peaceful anti-CAA democratic rights of people ing law and order instead of Yogi said that there was a The CM added, “UP gov- protesters. But the government voicing dissent. However, the focusing their time and ener- huge image makeover for UP as ernment is committed to will not allow arson, violence government cannot remain a gy on development. public perception about the implementing every law legis- and destruction of public prop- mute spectator to 12-15 people Yogi asked the Opposition state changed for the positive lated by the Parliament of India erty under the garb of protests, brandishing swords and creat- parties to clarify their stand on and this budget was not of the as we are accountable to the and damages will be recovered ing mayhem on the streets.’’ the issue and explain their government but of people’s sovereignty of the country, not from the culprits.” Maintaining that his gov- basis of opposing the CAA, perception. !"
Lucknow (PNS): A meet- ing of the national executive !"#$ committee of Samajwadi Party (SP) will be chaired by party %& ! directly to farmers, cutting out the mid- chief Akhilesh Yadav at the SP dlemen,” he said. headquarters in Lucknow on he BJP has plans to educate people The BJP leader further said: March 14, secretary general Tabout the benefits of budget and “Besides, the government will provide Ram Gopal Yadav said on how it will change the face of the coun- two crore houses to poor and empan- Wednesday. Sources said that try in general and that of farmers in par- el over 20,000 hospitals with Aarogya around 50 senior party leaders, ticular. This was stated by BJP nation- Scheme. Over 20 lakh farmers are including state chiefs, would al general secretary Arun Singh in being given solar pumps.” attend the working committee Lucknow on Tuesday. State BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh meeting. The all-important Addressing mediapersons on said that such seminars coined ‘Budget meeting will plan a strategy for Wednesday, Singh said that the party Goshti’ would be held from March 1 to the 2022 Assembly polls in UP would organise seminars and meetings 10 and besides the Union government and the panchayat polls to be at village level, making farmers aware budget, leaders would also talk about held later this year. about Modi government’s commitment benefits of the state budget. to double their income. “Both BJP governments at the “The Union budget will pave the Centre and UP are committed to the way for doubling farmers’ income. The welfare of society and the allocation of government has opened 37 crore bank 3 & - 3 budget is true testimony to their com- accounts and money is being sent 4 1 mitment,” the state BJP chief said. ;5 -. %& ! a wedding procession in Alapur area on Tuesday. The victim suffered a bullet rowing cases of depression amongst wound in his head. The youths who Gmen in khaki came to the fore once indulged in celebratory firing fled the again when a police station incharge in spot. Ambedkarnagar ended his life early As per police, Bunty (13) of Dharmpur Wednesday morning. Biharipur in Bisauli area had gone to attend Senior officers rushed to the scene and a wedding at his aunt’s house in Salempur after preliminary enquiry, sent the body for along with his grandmother where some autopsy. The police were trying to ascer- youths started firing with a country-made tain the reason behind the suicide. pistol around 11:30 pm on Tuesday. Bunty As per reports, inspector Babbu Lal suffered a gunshot wound and fell on the Mishra was posted as the station house offi- ground. He was rushed to district hospi- cer (SHO) of Jaitpur police station in tal where the doctors declared him dead Ambedkarnagar. upon arrival. On Wednesday, members of Special Meanwhile, a minor girl was raped by Operation Group (SOG) tried to contact a 20-year-old man while she went out to Mishra over his phone to seek his assistance get vegetables from a shop in Tigri village in trapping a hardened criminal, but the of Kotwali police station limits in calls went unanswered. Muzaffaranagar on Tuesday. The accused %& ! The SOG members then reached his took her to his house and raped her. A case residence on the police station campus and was registered against the youth, who xpressing concern over incidents of found Mishra’s body hanging from the ceil- absconded and the victim was sent for med- Eviolence and arson leading to loss of OBITUARY ing of a room. The deceased was a native ical examination. lives and properties in New Delhi, of Akauli Umri Beg hamlet of Begumganj In another incident, a woman Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on in Gonda. was molested by a youth in Kotwali Wednesday demanded stern action SP, Ambedkarnagar, Alok Priyadarshi police station area of Muzaffarnagar on against the culprits. She also urged the later said that the matter was being probed Tuesday. The police registered a case Central government to conduct a high- and they were trying to ascertain the rea- against the accused, who was said to be level inquiry and nail the culprits. son behind the suicide. absconding. In a tweet, Mayawati said that inci- In September last year, woman consta- Meanwhile, in Badaun, a man and his dents of violence and arson in some areas ble Anita Tewari had ended her life over minor daughter were crushed to death of New Delhi in the last few days were a love affair in the same police station. A under the wheels of a truck on Bareilly- extremely sad and condemnable. She native of Pratagarh, Anita had held one of Mathura highway in Ujhani area on added that the Centre and Delhi govern- her colleagues, constable Rajeev Yadav, for Tuesday. ment should take up the matter with being responsible for her taking the Avanish Kumar (35), his wife Sunita utmost seriousness. extreme step and alleged that he cheated and daughter Neelam (11) fell on a portion “The BSP demands a high-level on her after having an affair. Rajeev was of the road with a speed-breaker and got probe into the violence and stringent posted at Jaitpur police station but was later crushed by a speeding truck. While Avanish action against the guilty and negligent transferred to Varanasi. Mishra was also and his daughter Neelam died on the spot, officers,” she added. posted as incharge of the police station at Sunita was rushed to the hospital in a crit- Violence in northeast Delhi that spi- that time. ical condition. raled on Monday has claimed over 20 Meanwhile, in Badaun, a 13-year-old A case was registered but no arrests lives and caused injuries to hundreds of boy was killed in celebratory firing during were made so far. people.
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he prime accused in the ( Tbrutal murder of a 20- year-old engineering dropout, Prashant Singh in Gomti &)& Nagar, surrendered before the Kheri court on Tuesday. Left red-faced, the Lucknow police & % %& ! were charged with murder. case, Rai was removed from his are now planning to seek All the accused were sent to jail post on the basis of initial find- remand of the accused so that nspector Sanjay Rai, who after the court held them ings in the case. He was later he may be interrogated in con- Iwas named in the Maaz guilty. attached to surveillance cell of nection with the murder case. murder case back in 2013 and Maaz (14), who was a res- the then SSP (Lucknow) J The accused, identified as was terminated from services, ident of Indira Nagar, was Ravindra Goud. Arpan Shukla, son of a was held guilty for the murder shot dead on May 29, 2013 A detailed probe estab- Kanoongo, was absconding conspiracy by a court in when unidentified arm-wield- lished Rai’s involvement in since his name surfaced in the Lucknow on Wednesday. The ing miscreants had stormed his the case and he was accused of murder case which took place murder had taken place seven house. The case was lodged by hiring the shooters who were outside Alaknanda Apartment years back (2013). Maaz’s aunt Husna Bano at hardcore criminals. On the in Gomti Nagar on February A police spokesman con- Indira Nagar police station. revelation, Rai was terminated 20. firmed the same and said the It was debated during the from his services after which “A warrant order had been court will announce the quan- investigation if the attackers he moved to court but did not obtained and a team was being tum of punishment on mistakenly killed Maaz in get any relief. sent to Kheri to seek remand February 28. ADJ Swapna place of somebody else of his Meanwhile, the investiga- of Arpan. He will be brought Singh gave the decision after family or he was killed to tors collected evidence and . 3- - -. & " to Lucknow on a transit the hearing of the case. force a woman member of his details regarding Rai’s involve- remand,” the Gomti Nagar Besides Rai, his aides Ram family into a relationship with ment in the case and his SHO said. Babu aka Chhotu, Ajeet Rai Rai, who had developed a acquittal from court became Earlier, the police had aka Cintu, and Rakesh Kumar fancy for her. tough. He was also accused of arrested some of the accused in Soni have also been charged During the probe of the having issued threats to the the case, including the son of with murder and criminal case, the needle of suspicion then SSP while talking to his & % %& ! related issues. Education Minister said that around 26 district hospitals a former BSP MLA. The police conspiracy while other aides — turned to Rai, who was the colleagues and his entry at the To a question on scarcity increase in one ventilator in into medical colleges in the had claimed that Arpan fled Sunil Kumar Saini aka Ghazipur SHO at that time. camp office of the top cop was he Uttar Pradesh govern- of ventilators at two superspe- a government hospital state, which will produce the city with the help of his Pehelwan and Rahul Rai — Following his complicity in the restricted. Tment admitted in the cialty hospitals — SGPGI and requires around 147 addi- more doctors in future sympathisers and was taking Assembly that there was a KGMU in Lucknow — raised tional staff, including doctors, to tide over the shortage,’’ refuge in Bengaluru. A team ing out a plan and Arpan fled dobast. The victim was stabbed Prashant Singh, who was shortage of doctors, leading to by SP member Manoj Kumar which was the main con- he said. consisting of surveillance cell to Kheri where he surren- by a group of youths in Gomti the son of a farmer from crisis in health facilities of the Pandey, the minister said that straint before the government However, BSP leader Lalji sleuths and some policemen dered before the court on Nagar Extension on Thursday. Varanasi, was stabbed at least state. Informing the Assembly there were 193 ventilators in in increasing the number of Verma asked the government was also sent to Bengaluru, but Tuesday afternoon,” the After the incident, a law stu- 10 times outside Alaknanda during Question Hour on KGMU and 205 in SGPGI. ventilators in hospitals. Also, to introduce PG courses in the accused remained elusive. sources said. dent of a private university, Apartment. After social media Wednesday, Health Education Khanna said that process requirement of specialist doc- medical colleges so that “The police had claimed They said the police were Abhishek Pandey (20), was users flayed the Lucknow Minister Suresh Kumar was underway to increase 55 tors was another major con- super-specialty hospitals that Arpan’s location was planning to quiz Arpan to arrested from his residence in police for their complacent Khanna said that all efforts ventilators in KGMU and 50 straint, he added. could get more doctors to traced to be in Bengaluru on know about the persons who Vikasnagar on Saturday while approach, the cops had recov- were being made to increase in SGPGI. The Health “We have converted serve patients. Monday night and after that, gave him shelter or helped him two others, including the son ered CCTV footages of the number of doctors which was the team was sent there. The in escaping from Lucknow of former BSP MLA, were grisly murder and identified taking time due to comple- cops remained busy in chalk- despite heavy police ban- arrested on Friday. the accused. tion of process and other
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In damage control mode, are working on the case and the A liquor salesman, identi- Period of & % %& ! the police tried to keep the issue miscreant is yet to be identified,” fied as Anil Jaiswal, accused S.No Area of Profile No. of Engagement Consultation under wraps. On Wednesday, he said. Incidents of loot and some unidentified persons of man was duped of Rs 1.46 some mediapersons got the conmen duping women are attacking him and attempting Expertise Posts (in Man fee for per Alakh by his Facebook contact number of the victim witnessing a spurt in the city. to loot cash from him on the Months) man month friend. The accused demanded and police’s cover-up exercise On February 24 night, two intervening night of Tuesday the money asking her friend to P was blown up. unidentified miscreants had and Wednesday. The police 1 i) Team Leader - Project 1 24 Months 2,50,000/- bail her out from Customs As per reports, Shweta looted the purse of a woman, initially disputed his claim and Technical Management Consultant department checking. Rawat of Kalli Paschim locali- identified as Harjeet of Sector later registered a case for As per reports, Kamlesh ty was returning her home in an M in the area. She, along with wrongful restraint against ii) Assistant Project Management 1 24 Months 80,000/- Kumar of Madiaon got a friend ! " e-rickshaw. Around 3 pm, when her husband, was returning unidentified persons. Consultant - Progress request from a woman, who she reached at Eledeco Colony, home from a party at the house Police spokesman Vaibhav introduced herself as Bella the miscreants neared the e- of an acquaintance and was tar- Singh said Jaiswal blew the inci- iii) Assistant Project Management 1 24 Months 80,000/- Morgan of Bristol in UK. The # rickshaw. “The pillion-rider geted near Gulachin temple dent of brawl and his restraint Consultant - Quality woman told him that she was snatched the purse which I around 11.30 pm. out of proportion. He rub- i) Team Leader-Institutional 1 18 Months 2,00,000/- a fashion designer. Both start- was holding. It contained Rs Earlier on February 23, bished reports that the miscre- ed chatting through messenger 42,000, two bank passbooks two unidentified miscreants ants opened fire on the victim. 2 Institutional Strengthening and later took to WhatsApp. and a cheque book,” she stated had conned an elderly woman “Some persons are spreading Strengthening ii) Assistant Consultant - 2 18 Months 80,000/- The woman won Kamlesh’s in a complaint. The Ashiyana when she was on her way home fake news and the police will trust and wished to visit SHO said the police had regis- in Gomti Nagar. The miscreants deal with them sternly,” he Institutional Strengthening Lucknow and other Indian and given threats. The phone tered a case in this connection posed as cops and questioned said. However, he failed to 3 Procurement (i) Procurement Specialist 1 12 Months 1,20,000/- cities. Kamlesh even planned was later switched off. and further investigation was the woman for wearing gold mention the motive of the her visit schedule and was Meanwhile, a stalker underway. The police ornaments. miscreants who wrongfully 4 Technical (ii) Pavement Design Consultant 1 18 Months 1,00,000/- waiting for her to reach uploaded and circulated mor- spokesman denied media Sources said such incidents restrained the victim in the The Engagement for above posts is purely on contract basis. Interested domestic individual Lucknow. On February 18, phed photos of a girl and her sis- reports of the cover-up exercise were taking place due to lax night hours. Kamlesh got a call and a ter on social media and the consultants may apply with detailed CVs to the undersigned latest by 25th March 2020 on the woman, who introduced her- WhatsApp group of girl’s fam- above cited address. self as a Customs officer, told ily after a complaint against him : % R him that his friend Bella had was given to Women Power Details & eligibility criteria may be seen under "NEW" Icon of website been found in possession of a Line (1090). The incident was Lucknow (PNS): A gardener was found Motilal and his mother left for their www.pmgsy.nic.in bank draft worth 50,000 reported in Madiaon where the dead under mysterious circumstances hometown while Rajesh stayed back. davp 35104/11/0021/1920 Director (Technical) pounds. Bella, took the phone girl lives with her family. The in his shanty in Para police station area On Wednesday, some residents reached and requested Kamlesh to police said the stalker was on Wednesday. Neighbours said the vic- the shanty for some work and found transfer Rs 1.46 lakh in a bank harassing the girl for a long time tim had head injuries and blood had Rajesh dead. Police spokesman Vaibhav account so that she could get and she lodged a complaint with spattered inside the shanty. The Singh said the body was sent for autop- through the checking. Kamlesh 1090. It irked the stalker who deceased was identified as Rajesh sy and investigations were underway. transferred the amount and he morphed the photos of the girl Gautam of Makhi police station area in “The police contacted the family of the was asked to deposit Rs 1.9 lakh and her sister and circulated the Unnao. Rajesh, along with his brother deceased to inform them about the inci- more, which he refused. This same on different WhatsApp Moti Lal and their mother, lived in the dent,” he said. 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Media spokesperson restricting their movement Additional Director General will establish a health club Ashish Mishra said that the and warning them of action if of Police (Agra Range) Ajay which will include a badminton executive council meeting was there is any trouble in the city, Anand said. court, a gymnasium etc,” he held on Tuesday. “A meeting which has seen violent clash- He said that police are on said. “If the residents pay house was held at AKTU under the es over changes in the citizen- high alerts and patrolling on tax and water tax in March, chairmanship of Vice- ship act. Officials said the “red highways have been intensi- they will be given a 10 per cent Chancellor Prof Vinay Kumar notices” were issued on fied in view of the communal discount on the interest as Pathak. It was decided to Tuesday to 302 people in con- disturbances in the national incentive. The honorarium of appoint an ombudsman to nection with the violence on capital. Anand said all the board has been increased solve the problems of students. Sunday, informing them stakeholders should engage by the Government of India Following the instructions of about restriction on their with each other in small from Rs 6000 to Rs 10,000,” he All-India Council of Technical movement. groups to help preserve peace. said. He further pointed out Education, SGRC will be set up Such notices are issued “All sections of society will that a hospital management at institute level to solve the under section 107/116 of the have to join hands in helping system would be introduced for problems of students. The stu- CrPC to specific persons in maintain peace in the city,” he patients. “We already have one dents will be able to appeal to areas where prohibitory told PTI. Jan Ausadhi Kendra in the ombudsman to be appoint- orders are already in place Meanwhile, DIG Cantonment area and we will ed by the technical university,” under section 144 of the Pratender Singh said one start another one in Top Khana said Mishra. CrPC, which bans assembly of Mohammad Tariq, who suf- Bazaar,” he added. more than four people. fered gunshot injuries on " The notices have been Sunday, is “stable and recov- $ Vinayak Tripathi, a Class issued in connection with the ering” at the Jawaharlal Nehru ‘Kisan Mela’ and an exhibi- under horticultural crops and, victim may get justice,” Maurya by reputed institutes such as the IX student of City Montessori violence in Upper Court local- hospital. “The rumour of his tion on horticultural technol- that too, with newer technolo- said. He said the incident took IITs. “One of the projects is School, Aliganj Campus I, ity Sunday evening when death is absolutely baseless,” ogy were organised specifical- gies adopted by farmers,” he place on February 12 and the under the Matrics scheme in secured first women protesters were asked he said. On Tuesday, a meet- ly for SC farmers of Malihabad, said. police initially tried to cover it which merely a page of propos- position in the to vacate a sit-in site. The ten- ing of a number of Hindu Kakori and Maal blocks of up. “The unfortunate thing is al has to be submitted to the Inter-Campus sion spilled over to Monday right wing groups including CISH. About 550 farmers from ( $ that the family is yet to meet the Union government and if it Astronomy morning when clashes broke Vishwa Hindu Parishad was over 35 villages took part in the Liquor Sellers’ Welfare Chief Minister and other senior likes the project, it will give the Olympiad. out between the anti-CAA held at Achaltal Gumti. They fair. Agriculture Minister Surya Association (LSWA), Uttar officials,” Maurya said. He nod and support it. Under this The CMS protesters and the police in issued a statement demanding Pratap Shahi was the chief Pradesh, extended monetary added that a delegation of the project, I will be working in the Quality Jamalpur locality. The police that stringent National guest on the occasion. He vis- help to Sultanpur’s 7-year-old association would meet senior area of nano-clusters, which is Assurance and also took some initiatives on Security Act be imposed on ited different facilities devel- rape survivor and demanded government officials to an emerging area of interest. Innovation Wednesday to maintain peace those who are persisting with oped at the institute, specifical- severe punishment to the demand justice for the rape Under the second project, we Wing organis- in the city and called upon all anti-CAA protests. ly the hydroponic system estab- accused. The association also victim. have to give details about what es this exam to lished through financial sup- demanded the arrest of the we are doing and I will be test the scien- ) *+ port provided by RKVY from miscreants. General secretary, $ ). & working in the making of phar- tific skills of UP government. He appreciat- LSWA, Kanhaiya Lal Maurya . % maceuticals in association with students, give them a cutting ",$ ! ed the work done by CISH on said a delegation of the associ- Professor Poonam Tandon the institute Niper Mohalli,” she edge over other school students hydroponics. “The progress of ation met the family of the vic- from Lucknow University’s said. Tandon said that she will and encourage them to devel- $ & ' $ farmers has to be linked with tim, who is admitted in KGMU, Physics department has bagged be getting a total grant of Rs 26 op their logical and analytical technology. The target fixed by and gave monetary help to the two prestigious projects of the lakh under this project. “I have thinking. Thousands of stu- %& ! the Prime Minister to double family. “We also told the fam- Government of India. She said to complete these projects in dents of all 18 campuses of farmers’ income by 2022 is only ily that we will petition their these are very competitive pro- three years’ time. Incidentally, CMS took the test to explore ucknow Development possible by increasing the area case at higher level so that the jects and are normally bagged I received these projects simul- their scientific abilities. LAuthority (LDA) will seek help from NGOs to clean the slum areas under its jurisdiction and provide %'!! better amenities to dwellers. The drive will begin in April. LDA secretary MP Singh said this time, the & % %& ! “Majority of the most pol- drive will be launched in a luted cities and countries well-planned manner and ir Visual organisation included in this report are is expected to show Areleased ‘World Air located in South Asia region. encouraging results. Quality Report 2019’ in which 21 out of the top 30 most pol- Earlier too, the which Lucknow ranks as the luted cities are in India. As for Lucknow Development 11th most polluted city out of other cities, Ghaziabad ranks Authority administration 4,500 cities in the world. number 1, Noida 6, Greater had taken the initiative Ghaziabad is the most pollut- Noida 9, Bulandshahr 13, twice to this effect, but ed city, followed by Noida, Muzaffarnagar 14, Baghpat 15, non-serious approach of Gurugram and Greater Noida Coracut 19, Moradabad 30, the officials made the drive being in the top ten. Agra 80 and Kanpur 132,” he a non-starter. It was in Awinash Chanchal from said. He pointed out that the 2016 that the campaign Green peace India, which is the data was collected from the was first planned. lead campaigner for Air Visual, monitoring stations for the The drive will be said Lucknow was at the ninth year 2019. He said that in the launched in phases. There position for the year 2018, and context of South Asia, Indian are 48 slum areas under there has been some improve- cities again dominate the LDA’s jurisdiction. The ment. He said that the report world’s most polluted cities for drive will begin from analyses average annual PM2.5 PM2.5 in 2019. 21 out of the Gomti Nagar and Gomti concentration measured from top 30 most polluted cities are Nagar Extension. ground-based stations. located in India. & - O- P+ " + %7 -, R
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nion Road and Transport UMinister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the Centre in 0-1 1./2/- coordination with Delhi and neighboring States are working on a war footing to contain the pol- lution in the national Capital. Stating that "pollution and -- +- 3 bad air environment" have been a deterrent to tourists in visiting Delhi, Gadkari said projects worth has been continuously working to take Rs 55,000 crore are on the anvil the load off 80 per cent traffic on road and under which 150 black spots nion Road and Transport by making a total of 1,80,000 network of have been identified other than Minister Nitin Gadkari on highways as against the present norm of taking away the vehicle movement UWednesday spelled out his 40 percent traffic on only two percent of from Delhi roads to the peripher- mantra to take the tourism sector in the road infrastructure. al Expressways. Gadkari said this country to newer heights. He suggested Talking about religious tourism, the at the Exotica Tourism Summit the stakeholders in the sector to adopt Road Minister said his agenda for the organized by The Pioneer. three basic formulas — the PPP model, current year is completing the about Rs The Road Minister said that immediate environment clearances and 12,000-crore Char Dham project with his ministry is in talks with the innovative ideas — that could, backed by weather connectivity roads to Badrinath, Delhi government, other stake- a strong political will, go a long way in Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. holders like the DDA and munic- paying rich dividends. He also said efforts are on to com- ipalities to expedite the work on Highlighting the work on 22 Green plete a highway through Uttarakhand for these black spots which can be corridors, a dedicated Mumbai-Delhi making the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra made accident free and pollution Expressway and a direct road connec- easy. "The work is about to be complet- free and ensure good roads to tivity to Mansarovar which will help in ed and will be commissioned anytime motorists. the growth and generation of employ- soon. Ppeople can visit Mansarovar "I have already done the ment in the tourism sector, Gadkari said, through Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand," he Dhaula Kuan area congestion free India under the dynamic leadership of outlined. and reports have suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on the "I have also taken a keen interest in the air quality in the entire stretch path of becoming a tourism giant. developing our very own Auli has improved. Air pollution and Speaking at the Exotica Tourism (Uttarakhand) near Joshimath which can local environment affects and Summit organized by The Pioneer, be a destination like Davos in impacts a lot on tourists' mindsets. Gadkari said tourism has great employ- Switzerland. I am in talks with My government is working on var- ment potential and this is the way for- Uttarakhand government on this project ious projects worth Rs 55,000 ward to eradicate poverty from the so that several world-level conferences crore to make the national Capital country. Gadkari said the country's can be brought to the small place which and neighboring areas pollution 'ethno structure' requires a great is more scenic than Switzerland," said free," said Gadkari at the Summit. improvement if we need to augment Gadkari, known to give the country's The Centre is developing a tourism. first Tolled Expressway between Pune Dwarka Expressway costing Rs Known for dishing out numbers and and Mumbai. 10,000 crore and also a dedicated statistics at will, the Union Minister said Gadkari also shared details of his road to connect Delhi airport 22 projects comprising 7,500 km of inland waterway and ports projects from Dhaula Kuan, said Gadkari Greenfield expressways and corridors, which, according to him, have immense adding that his Ministry has hired costing Rs 3.10 lakh crore, are planned potential for the tourism sector besides a consultant to resolve the bottle- to be completed by 2025 and all through the commercial aspects. He said very necks at the identified black spots. different modes including PPP. soon India will also become a destina- - The Union Minister also "We will complete the flagship tion for cruise tourism and pointed out 0 1 -1 expressed his keenness in devel- Mumbai- Delhi Expressway in the next that the present Varanasi to Haldia 9 * oping a Yamuna Riverside Front three years. This will be India's longest water project will be expanded till ! " and in this respect he has already expressway at 1,320 km and will reduce Bangladesh and further till Myanmar $ ! met Delhi L-G couple of times. travel time between Delhi and Mumbai making it easier for freight movement from 24 hours to 13 hours," Gadkari said right from Punjab till Myanmar which at the Summit sharing the dais with The will be cost effective and above all less the most competent and popular min- by the Minister will be completed with- a huge round of applause from the audi- the country, Gadkari in his first tenure Pioneer Editor Dr Chandan Mitra. polluting. ister in the Modi cabinet and exuded in deadlines. ence as Dr Mitra praised this ambitious of the Modi government did a lot of work On his prime role as Road and On the occasion, Mitra, a former confidence that the ambitious projects Gadkari, who is holding several project. for Ganga Rejuvenation as part of the Transport Minister, Gadkari said he Rajya Sabha member, termed Gadkari as lined up and talked about so passionately portfolios including Shipping, received Tagged as the infrastructure man of Namami Gange project. !"#$!% $& ' !% & ( ()##"* +%),#) . !
% ( Chandan Mitra, who made the arrivals by 2020. For this, there 160 welcome remarks, said India has is an urgent need to improve he Government aims to dou- an immense tourism potential infrastructure, cut down GST % Tble the domestic tourist foot- and the inaugural Summit dedi- rates further as tourism is not fall in the next five years, Prahlad cated to the sector is a step luxury but an economic activity Patel, Minister of State (inde- towards harnessing it. He said the that can create lots of jobs assengers can now trav- pendent charge) for Culture and problems faced by foreign tourists around a monument and a Pel between Delhi to Tourism, said on Thursday but should be removed. tourist spot," he said. Shimla on a single ticket; not before pointing out that all the Mitra later moderated a panel For her part, Beri recalled said Railways Minister stakeholders including the Centre discussion with Ashwani Lohani, how she showcased India's cul- Piyush Goyal while speak- and State Governments, hotels, ex-CMD, Air India, Pronab ture through her work abroad. ing at 'EXOTICA Tourism media, tour operators and locals Sarkar, Indian Association of "We should be proud of our rich Summit' organised by The are equally responsible for the Tour Operators ( IATO) culture and we as Indians should Pioneer group on growth of tourism in the country. President, Ritu Beri, Fashion first accept that we are above the Wednesday. "We all as stakeholders are Designer and Anil Chadha, COO rest of the world." Talking about efforts responsible for the growth of the ITC Hotels. Chadha outlined how the of railways' to promote tourism sector and responsibili- Lohani, who has headed var- visiting US President Donald tourism, the Minister said ty cannot be laid on one individ- ious senior posts in the tourism Trump and his family loved the "We are running Ramayan ual. All the sectors should come departments like ITDC at the Indian cuisine that ITC Maurya Express which will connect together for its growth," he said Centre and Madhya Pradesh, served to them during their stay sites associated with Lord speaking at the Exotica Tourism pitched for domestic tourism there to stress the fact that India Ram. Similarly there is a Summit organized by The saying that there was a need to has many strengths up its sleeves train called Saamanta Pioneer here on Thursday. catalyse people within the State that could strengthen its tourism Express which will cover India's domestic tourist foot- and inter-States as well. He sug- sector in multifarious ways. prominent places associ- fall in 2018 was 1.85 billion. gested putting up signages all INSET ated with Gautam Buddha Patel was of the view that over in a large scale, improving As a measure to woo for- and chief architect of the tourism was never discussed approach, we aim to double our at the event, also spoke about connectivity through roads and eigners and for their conve- Constitution Dr B R minutely. Had it been, we would domestic tourist footfalls within relaxing norms in e-visa such as trains besides slashing the trav- nience, the monuments or Ambedkar," The idea is 0 have witnessed tremendous the next five years," he main- extending the facility from one el cost as measures to boost tourists hotspots witnessing more also to take the railway to 9 * ! " $ ! progress in the North-east region tained. year to five years, cutting down on tourism. than one lakh footfall, will have Chardham, he added. where connectivity was never Acknowledging that there e-visa fee and reducing GST for Sarkar felt that tourism in signage in the mother tongue of The Minister said that ramped up on the railways While responding to a taken seriously. It was only dur- was a lot yet to be done to put hotel rooms. the country can flourish only that country. For instance, in as a nation we all must act and road front. We believe question by The Pioneer ing former Prime Minister Atal India on the global map, he said This apart, he said his min- with the joint cooperation of Sanchi Stupa, which is visited by together to bring the connecting all the faith of editor Dr Chandan Mitra Bihari Vajpayee's regime that the stakeholders can take advan- istry is also working extensively States and the Centre. "But more than a lakh Chinese have excitement back of pro- north east with the main- on privitisation of rail- some efforts were made but they tage of the tourism vacuum that with the Ministry of External unfortunately, we don't even signboards in their mother moting India. In fact the land," he added. ways, Goyal asserted that were never taken up in a sus- has been created due to China Affairs to shorten the e-visa for- contribute 1 per cent share in the tongue. "Also, we plan to make it Prime Minister Narendra Goyal further said that India Railway is the prop- tained manner after that, he said. getting affected by the deadly mat and drastically reduce the global tourism while small possible for tourists to scan a QR Modi himself suggested train services are very crit- erty of the people of India "More than monetary bene- coronavirus. We can become an visa fees further which has been neighbouring countries are code at a location to listen to each of us to plan a visit of ical and essential for devel- and shall always remain. fits, it is the correct and positive alternate to China as a tourist des- a concern for many foreign doing much better. We want to information about that place in 15 places within the coun- opment of north east. The minister also perception towards the tourism tination, he said. tourists. reach the magical figure of 20 their own language, said Tourism try in next three years. "Only four out of eight received a great round of that matters. With our holistic Patel, who was the chief guest The Pioneer Editor Dr million international tourists' Minister Prahlad Patel. "India has a huge states are currently left out applause when he shared potential and I am sure this of services due to local to the august gathering initiative will go a long way pressure and problem. that there has not been in promoting tourism," he There are lots of trains even a single passenger added. running in Tripura but death on Indian railway The Minister also Arunachal Pradesh is not network from April 1till talked about energy poten- connected," he said. date. tial of India, saying that the "I am delighted that all To a query from audi- country is the fastest the eight states of the north ence, Goyal said that a lot renewable energy grow- east are aligned to the has been done on improv- ing and efforts are made to vision of the Prime ing the on-board food make it a power surplus Minister for faster infra- quality through use of country. structure development and artificial intelligence. After Prime Minister in next two and half years, "Now you can track your took the office, he has all these four states will be food packets by scanning been particularly focused connected to the railway the bar coded meal boxes on the north east to the map of India. We will be and gain access of the extent that every minister able to take the railway to base kitchen where it has trying to visit the region every parts of the region been prepared and twice or thrice in a year right to extreme end to packed. This can been and every month three to Bangladesh," he said. done through a rail app," four cabinet minister "We are also looking Goyal said. would actually go to north to working with The Railway Minister east, he said. Bangladesh to connect who also holds the "That is the level of some parts so that a long Commerce portfolio engagement the circuit is cut off and actu- appreciated The Pioneer . & + $.+ Government had with the ally travel through for conducting a dedicat- $ - :( ); north east I am happy to Bangladesh to other parts ed session on tourism as 9 * share with the investment of the region," the minis- this sector has immense ! " $ ! which has significantly ter said. potential. !" #$%#&#& & 4 4> % )
& % NCP MP Supriya Sule also pened in Delhi is a colossal fail- demanded Amit Shah's resig- ure of duty for which the entire nation for the "huge security responsibility must be borne by 31-P<= + he Opposition on lapse" in connection with the the Central Government and TWednesday slammed the violence in Delhi and also particularly the Home Minister Centre over Delhi violence urged Prime Minister and (the CWC) calls upon the with Congress president Sonia Narendra Modi to conduct a Home Minister to tender his 1 . Gandhi and NCP demanding "transparent" probe into the resignation immediately," said the resignation of Home alleged security lapse. Gandhi, reading out the CWC Minister Amit Shah and "The Centre should be held resolution. Senior BJP leader and Union 0 1 2 CPI(M) saying that the Delhi responsible for what has hap- She went on to attack the Minister Prakash Javadekar said 31 126 17 is a “chilling reminder” of the pened in Delhi. Union Home AAP dispensation, saying Chief esponding to Congress that Shah was continuously 8 3' 8 17 202 2002 Gujarat riots. The Minister Amit Shah must resig- Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Rpresident Sonia Gandhi’s working with the police to con- 1 23 17 0 3 Opposition also sought time nowning moral responsibility," his government are "equally demand for the resignation of trol the situation in the nation- 30011 8 3920 from President Ram Nath Sule told reporters outside the responsible for not activating Union Home Minister Amit al capital and demanding his res- %172 1 8 Kovind to discuss the violence Vidhan Bhavan (Legislature the administration" to reach Shah over the Delhi violence, ignation was "laughable". 029 8 3& that has engulfed parts of Complex) in Mumbai. "It is a other than by calling in the Delhi to "reject the politics of out to the people to maintain the BJP on Wednesday raked "The Home Minister is 88 01 northeast Delhi. CPI(M) gen- huge security lapse during US Army. hate and do their best in heal- peace and harmony. "It is the up Sikh riots of 1984 saying the continuously working with the eral secretary Yechury has writ- President Donald Trump''s "It's clear that the violence ing the rifts caused by these collective failure of the two gov- party whose hands are soiled police, helping their morale and 8 31 ten a letter to the President visit. The home minister is in Delhi has the sanction of shameful events". ernments that has resulted in a with the blood of innocent directing them. Such com- N ( seeking appointment for the responsible for it," she added. police and that of the powers "After reviewing the situa- great tragedy in the capital Sikhs is talking about control- ments and politics from the group of leaders. "There should be an impar- that govern them. Adequate tion, the CWC is of the firm city which threatens to become ling violence and indulging in Congress will not help the "Playing a blame-game at Calling for Amit Shah's tial probe into it...It is my compensation should be pro- opinion that what has hap- worse by the day," she said. "dirty politics". morale of the police. We appeal this time is wrong. Politicising resignation, Sonia held the humble request that the PM vided to the kin of the dead and to them to not do politics on such violence is a wrong way Centre, the Home Minister carries out a transparent those injured by the Centre and the issue," Javadekar told a always used by the Congress," and the Delhi Government inquiry into the security lapse," the state government," he said. $ &$ "' #! press conference. Javadekar said, while asserting responsible for the communal the NCP leader said. "I, along with the General He further said Shah had that culprits will be identified violence in the city. Senior Talking to reporters sepa- Secretary of the Communist called a meeting of all political and no one responsible will be Congress leaders including rately, former Maharashtra Party of India, D Raja, '& !. '+$ parties including the Congress spared. general secretary Priyanka chief minister Prithviraj President of the Loktanthrik over the communal violence in "At such a time, attacking Gandhi Vadra participated in a Chavan said, "TheGodhra Janata Dal, Sharad Yadav, New Delhi: Accusing the the events then, he said, noting Delhi -- which has, so far, left the government and politicis- party peace march from the model has been replicated in President of the Samajwadi Congress of putting “family that Rajnath Singh and Nitin at least 22 dead -- and assert- ing violence is a dirty politics," AICC headquarters against the Delhi."He was referring to the Party, Akhilesh Yadav and interest above national interest”, Gadkari were the party president ed it is the responsibility of all he said, adding that it also violence in Delhi and would 2002 post-Godhra communal prominent leaders of political the BJP on Wednesday attacked in 2006 and 2010 respectively parties to help maintain peace. demoralizes police. submit a memorandum to riots in Gujarat, in which over parties like the DMK, NCP and the Opposition party for declin- during the visits of US presi- Javadekar said all parties He also raked up the 1984 President Ram Nath Kovind on 1,000 people, mostly from the others wish to seek an appoint- ing to attend a banquet given in dents. should cooperate and work anti-Sikh riots when the Thursday. minority community, were ment with you at the earliest, the honour of visiting US Prasad noted that Ghulam for peace at a time when vio- Congress was in power to hit Sonia spoke to the media killed. preferably the 28th of February, President Donald Trump at the Nabi Azad and Adhir Ranjan lence is abating, notwithstand- back at the opposition party. after chairing a Congress CPI(M) general secretary 2020," Yechury said in his the Rashtrapati Bhavan because its Chowdhury, Congress leader ing the ongoing investigation. "Those whose hands are Working Committee (CWC) Sitaram Yechury on letter to President Kovind. president Sonia Gandhi was quets to honour US president in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Earlier, at a press confer- tainted with the bloods of meeting, and alleged there was Wednesday said the violence in The Congress Working not extended an invitation. George Bush and Barrack respectively, besides former ence here Congress President innocent sikhs in 1984 are a "well-planned" conspiracy Delhi is a "chilling reminder" of Committee (CWC) passed a Senior BJP leader and Law Obama when they had visited Prime Minister Manmohan had held Union Home Minister now talking about checking the behind the violence, that has also the 2002 Gujarat riots. He said resolution, demanding answers Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad India when the Congress-led Singh were invited for the ban- for failing to check violence and violence...They themselves had led to injuries to more than 200 there was no way to restore from both the governments, said his party presidents were UPA was in power. quet given in Trump's demanded that he should step supported the violence," people over the past three days. peace and normalcy in Delhi while also urging the people of also not invited for similar ban- The BJP had not boycotted honour. down. Javadekar alleged. *$'$'# . ' ) ' " # '#! ' #' ' - Air Asia, Indigo, Spice jet, Go /$ Air etc.) and other stakeholders, & % During his interaction with he Central Industrial the CISF said in a statement. - .-.- '#((% the soldiers, Naravane praised TSecurity Force (CISF) on During the ceremony, terror operation launched by During the aerial combat, his the sharp vigil and alertness Wednesday took over the secu- Airport Director, Srinagar air- & % the fearless @IAF_MCC air plane was hit by ground fire hief of Army Staff (COAS) along the Line of Control (LoC) rity of the strategic Srinagar port, Santosh Dhoke handed warriors," Singh tweeted. from Pakistan and he had to CGeneral MM Naravane on and the high morale of the international airport. over a key replica to resident Ram Nath Kovind He said the Modi govern- eject. The Pakistan Army cap- Wednesday visited Kashmir troops. The security unit will at the Commandant Srinagar airport, Pwill be conferring awards on ndia will not hesitate to cross ment has adopted a new tured him after his parachute for two days to review the pre- He also exhorted the sol- Srinagar airport be headed by a Amandeep Singh Dhaliwal as five women scientists for their Ithe border in dealing terror- approach to combat terror landed across the LOC. vailing security situation. diers to remain alert for any senior Commandant rank offi- symbol of handing over of secu- research achievements and for ism, Defence Minister Rajnath reflecting a strong resolve to The IAF pilot returned to Accompanied by Northern eventuality. Naravane further cer. The airport was earlier rity to CISF. In his address, application of technology for the Singh said on Wednesday on the even carry out cross border India three days later following Army Commander Lt Gen YK reinforced the need to be pre- secured by the Central Reserve Ganapathy emphasized that societal benefits at the National occasion of the first anniversary strikes to protect India from the diplomatic outreach by major Joshi and Chinar Corps pared to meet emerging security Police Force (CRPF) that has coordinated efforts should be Science Day (NSD) function at of the Balakot air strikes. The scourge of terrorism. powers and India's stern warn- Commander Lt Gen KJS challenges effectively at all times. major deployment in Jammu made by all government agen- Vigyan Bhawan on February 28. IAF jets on this day bombed For his part, Air chief ing to Islamabad led to his Dhillon, Naravane visited the The COAS was earlier and Kashmir besides compo- cies and stakeholders to ensure The focal theme of NSD 2020 is Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror Marshal RKS Bhadoria flew a release after two days, averting formations and units deployed briefed by the Chinar Corps nent of the Jammu and Kashmir security of Srinagar airport. " Women in Science". camp in Pakistan in retaliation MIG 21 sortie of squadron 51 further escalation of the conflict. along the Line of Control. Commander at the Badami Bagh police. With this induction, After the function, SDG, Five women scientists will against the killing of 40 Central at Srinagar base. This squadron It was the first time since The COAS was briefed by Cantonment on the overall sit- total airports under CISF secu- Airport sector along with receive awards under two cate- Reserve Police Force(CRPF) had taken part in the dog fight the 1971 India-Pakistan war the local commanders on the uation pertaining to the Line of rity cover raised to 62 as on date. Commandant, Srinagar airport gories - SERB Women excel- men in a suicide attack in with Pak F 16s on Feb 27, a day that the IAF jets crossed the situation prevailing in the Line Control and the hinterland. Special Director General and Airport Director, Srinagar lence awards and National Pulwama on February 14. after the Balakot strikes. LOC thereby signaling a doc- of Control (LoC), ceasefire Naravane also interacted of CISF Airport Sector M A airport, AAI visited all the area Award for Young Woman In his tweet message to On September 29, 2016, trinal change in India's violations, India’s retaliation, with senior officials of the Ganapathy was the chief guest of airport including terminal Showing Excellence through mark the anniversary, the the Army carried out surgical counter-terror approach as the counter-infiltration operations administration and security on the occasion. The function building and airside, and Application of Technology for defence minister said India's strikes on a number of terror strike was carried out deep and operational preparedness forces besides meeting mem- was attended by senior officials reviewed the security arrange- Societal Benefits. This year's approach in dealing with ter- launch pads across the Line of inside Pakistan. being maintained in the region. bers of the civil society. of Airports authority of India, ment of the airport. Ganpathy awardees Under the Serb rorism has undergone a major Control (LoC) in Jammu and CRPF and representatives of also addressed the CISF per- Women Excellence Award, are change as its armed forces now Kashmir in retaliation to an Airlines operators (Air India, sonnel at the airport. Dr Niti Kumar, Central Drug do not hesitate to cross the bor- attack on its base in Uri that Research Institute Lucknow, Dr der to protect the country month. Deepa Agashe, National Centre against the menace. A fleet of Mirage jets on for Biological Sciences (NCBS), "I thank the Prime Minister February 26 early morning last Tata Institute of Fundamental Shri @narendramodi for bring- year carried out aerial strikes Research (TIFR), Bangalore, ing change in India's approach against the JeM terrorist camp and Dr K Geetharani, Indian against terrorism & our ways to in Balakot. The next day Institute of Science (IISc), counter terror. The Surgical Pakistan Air Force retaliated by Bangalore, a senior official from Strikes of 2016 and Balakote crossing the Line of the Ministry said. Air Strikes of 2019 are testi- Control(LOC) in Rajouri and Similarly, national award mony to this change. This is Poonch to target military for Young Woman Showing certainly a New and Confident installations. Excellence Through Application India in making," Singh said in However, the IAF jets Of Technology For Societal a series of tweets. thwarted the attempt and in the Benefits will be given to Dr He also said "India today ensuing aerial battle one F-16 Shweta Rawat, DRDO DIPAS, celebrates the first anniversary was downed by a Mig-21 flown & 0 Delhi and Dr Shalini Gupta, IIT of Balakote airstrikes. by Wing Commander " - Delhi. It was a successful counter Abhinandan Varthaman. . > + * . 0 & % outlay of Rs 1,480 crore with a view to position the country as a global leader in technical tex- he Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved tiles. The Mission will have a four year imple- Tthe Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020, which mentation period from financial year 2020-21 to -- allows any "willing" woman to be a surrogate 2023-24. Irani said arrangements have been made mother and proposes that widows and divorced under the Mission for skill development of 50,000 women can also benefit from its provisions, people in the field of technical textiles. & % besides infertile Indian couples. "We have mandated use of technical textiles Briefing media, Union Ministers Smriti in 9 ministries and 92 products and our hope is Irani and Prakash Javadekar said that this bill that with convergence of efforts with the tech- ndia on Thursday sent an air- incorporated all recommendations made by the nology group we will see a new future for espe- Icraft to evacuate its nation- Rajya Sabha select committee, which studied an cially MSME and technologists in the field of als from coronavirus-hit earlier version of the draft legislation, and is technical textiles, thereby making India self suf- Wuhan and deliver a consign- aimed at banning commercial surrogacy and ficient specially in strategic fields like defence and ment of medical supplies to allowing altruistic surrogacy. aerospace," she said. China. In the meantime, India ITBP officials said that quar- medicine there. Irani said the bill proposes that only Indian The Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime has also issued a fresh travel antine facility is ready to They were taken directly to couples, with both partners being of Indian ori- Minister Narendra Modi also approved bill to advisory to avoid non-essential receive the Indians and for- two special quarantine facilities gins, can opt for surrogacy in the country. She grant institution of national importance status travel to Korea, Iran and Italy eigners who are being evacu- on arrival. All of them have asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to National Institutes of Food Technology at due to incidences of coron- ated from Wuhan. been discharged after testing led from the Kundli in Haryana and Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. avirus (COVID-19) infections Earlier this month, Prime negative for the virus. front with a liberal view on the issues of in those countries. Minister Narendra Modi had In the meantime, India has reproductive rights of women, be it medical ter- Sources said that an Indian written to Chinese President Xi issued a travel advisory to mination of pregnancy, the Assisted Reproductive Air Force special flight carry- Jinping expressing the solidar- avoid non-essential travel to Technology Regulation Bill or the surrogacy bill. ing around 15 tons of medical ity of India and also offered Korea, Iran and Italy due to The amended bill is reformed version of the draft assistance comprising masks, assistance to the affected coun- incidences of coronavirus legislation which was passed by Lok Sabha in gloves and other emergency try. The medical supplies will (COVID-19) infections in August 2019 but its provisions, including that medical equipment has depart- help augment China's efforts to those countries. only a close relative of a couple can be a surro- ed for Wuhan. This assistance control the outbreak of this The new travel advisory, gate mother, had invited criticism. has been provided in the wake infection which has been issued on Thursday will be The Government then agreed to send the bill of the Corona virus outbreak declared as a Public Health applicable along with the exist- to a Rajya Sabha Select Committee, which is in China and the request by the Emergency by the World ing advisories against travel to headed by BJP MP Bhupender Yadav, for hold- neighbouring country to pro- Health Organisation. China. In addition, people ing wide consultations with various stakehold- vide medical supplies. A few days back, India coming from Republic of ers and making recommendations. Bill will be The Flight will bring back had flown back two batches of Korea, Iran and Italy or having tabled in the forthcoming Session, starts from over 80 Indians and around 40 evacuees from China, com- such travel history since 10 March 2. citizens from neighbouring prising 640 Indians and seven February may be quarantined Cabinet also approved setting up of a countries on February 27, the Maldivian nationals. Most of for 14 days on arrival to India, National Technical Textiles Mission with a total sources said. Meanwhile, the them were students studying the advisory said. !" #$%#&#& ( 74 @% -7 - ,8
#(#5# night, he has been promoted as Later, he was also made an wef 29-09-2007. I am thankful the police service as a Deputy Prajapati, Sheikh's aide and an the IGP with effect from accused in the Ishrat Jahan to both Govt of India & Govt Superintendent of Police eyewitness to the alleged ormer IPS officer DG September 29, 2007. alleged fake encounter case. of Gujarat,” Vanzara tweeted (DySP) in 1980, was promoted encounter, was later killed by FVanzara, who was accused Additional secretary to the The former IPS officer was along with the copy of the as an IPS officer in 1987. the police at Chapri village in in the alleged fake encounters State Home Department, subsequently discharged in Government notification. He served as Deputy Gujarat's Banaskantha district of Ishrat Jahan and Nikhil Bhatt, on Wednesday both the cases by special CBI Vanzara was heading the Commissioner of Police of in December 2006. Sohrabuddin Sheikh and was confirmed that his department courts, first in August 2017 in Gujarat ATS when the alleged Ahmedabad Crime Branch and Ishrat, a 19-year-old later discharged in both the has issued a notification about the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case, fake encounters took place. was later promoted as DIG. He woman from Mumbra near cases, has been given post- Vanzara’s promotion. and then in May last year in the After his arrest in March also worked as DIG of Anti Mumbai, Javed Shaikh alias retirement promotion as the Vanzara, a 1987-batch IPS Ishrat Jahan case. 2007 by the state CID, Vanzara Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali Inspector General of Police officer, had retired as the “Consequent to clean chit remained in jail for around Ahmedabad. Sheikh was killed Akbarali Rana and Zeeshan (IGP) by the Gujarat Deputy Inspector General of received from Judiciary in all seven years. The Sohrabuddin in an alleged fake encounter Johar were killed by Gujarat Government, six years after he Police (DIG) on May 31, 2014. Encounter Cases vch (which) case was transferred to Mumbai near Gandhinagar in November police in an alleged fake retired from service. He was suspended by the were concocted by Anti- in September 2012. He was 2005, after which his wife dis- encounter on the outskirts of As per the notification State Government in May 2007 National Forces agnst (against) serving as Deputy Inspector appeared. According to the Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004. issued by the State Home after his arrest in connection me & Gujarat Police, I am given General of Police of Border CBI, she, too, was killed. The police had claimed Department, a copy of which with the alleged fake encounter Post-Retirement Promotion of - Range at the time of his arrest. The central agency had that they had links with ter- Vanzara tweeted on Tuesday case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh. Inspector General of Police Vanzara, who had joined claimed that Tulsiram rorists. )*! +!, 5 ?=1 +7 $ . -)P & -- complaint, in 2008, his hotel ! #C"#'# #D hospital in Lakheri town, the Two of the injured were Comfort Inn was grabbed by policeman added. discharged after receiving treat- here’s more trouble com- Padmini by conniving with ') wenty-four people were Reacting to the incident on ment, Nehra further said. Ting in former Finance IOB officials. Tkilled and five others sus- Twitter, Chief Minister Ashok After being discharged, the Minister P Chidambaram’s He said that his business (%(5# tained injuries after a private Gehlot said, "I am deeply sad- two persons claimed that the way. The CBI on Wednesday were illegally declared by the % bus carrying a wedding party dened to learn about the trag- bus lost control as one of the informed the Delhi High Bank as NPA and conducted assengers arriving at the fell into a river on Kota-Dausa ic incident in Bundi in which wheels came off, the collector Court that it will register an auction and granted the hotel PMumbai International A total of 53,981 travelers highway in Bundi district on 24 persons have lost lives after quoted them as saying. FIR in the hotel grabbing case to Padmini. Those days Airport from Iran and Italy will who arrived here by 441 flights Wednesday morning, police the bus fell into river Mej." However, it has not yet involving Chidambaram’s Chidambaram was Finance also be screened for the novel have been screened at the said. He shared his condolences been confirmed as the reason family members and bank Minister. Kathirvel produced coronavirus (Covid-19) infec- Mumbai airport so far since the The wedding party with at to the bereaved families and behind the accident, Nehra officials. The CBI had in before the CBI and HC the tion, Maharashtra Health outbreak of the coronavirus was least 29 persons on board was wished for speedy recovery of clarified. November 2017 registered a letters from Chidambaram Minister Rajesh Tope said on reported in China's Wuhan city. headed to Sawai Madhopur those who were injured in the The five injured persons preliminary enquiry on a to him on the issue and Wednesday. Passengers arriv- As many as 91 travelers from Kota when driver Shyam incident. were identified as Murli (55), a complaint by an industrialist Nalini's conversation records ing from China, Hong Kong, were admitted to isolation facil- Singh apparently lost control of Gehlot also announced a resident of Basant Vihar, Dr Kathirvel accusing with him to settle the case. He Thailand, Singapore, ities in the state for suspected the bus around 9:30 am while compensation of Rs 2 lakh to Ganeshpal area of Kota city; Chidambaram’s wife Nalini also produced a cheque given South Korea, Japan, Nepal, Covid-19 infection, but none of on a bridge near Papdi village the next of kin of the deceased. Deepak Sindhi (18), son of and her sister Padmini for Yatinder Chaudhary pointed by Nalini to the agencies and Indonesia, Vietnam and them tested positive, Tope said. under Lakheri police station Bundi District Collector Narayan; Amit (35); Kannu grabbing his hotel in Tirupur out that for the past three court. Malaysia are already undergo- Eighty-eight of these trav- limits, Lakheri Sub-Inspector Antar Singh Nehra told PTI (13), daughter of Suresh; Manju in Tamil Nadu by conniving years, CBI’s delaying the case. Soon after the CBI regis- ing screening at the airport. Iran elers were discharged while Rajendra Kumar told PTI over that the 24 people who died (35), wife of Mahavir Dhobi, with Indian Overseas Bank The CBI's counsel told tered the probe, Padmini and Italy were added to the list three are under observation at phone. The bus, then, plunged include 11 women, 10 men and Lakheri SI Kumar said. officials. the court that the agency has passed away and CBI had on Wednesday on the instruc- hospitals in Pune and Mumbai. into Mej river from the bridge three children while a woman According to Murli, his The CBI informed the finished the probe and decid- questioned many senior bank tions of the Union Government, According to the state that had no wall or railing, he and a minor girl were among family was headed to Sawai High Court they will file the ed to register FIR on the hotel officials involved in the ille- Tope said. "Travelers from two health department, until now said. the five injured. Madhopur city to offer Maayra detailed probe report by next grabbing case and will file gal auction of Kathirvel's more countries, Iran and Italy, 304 people have arrived in the Thirteen people died on He said three of the (a wedding ritual) to his sister hearing scheduled on April detailed probe findings by the hotel facilitating auction, will be screened at the airport state from the Covid-19- affect- the spot including the driver injured are in a state of trauma following his niece's wedding 21. Arguing before Justice next hearing. leading to ownership of the apart from those from ten other ed areas (apart from those who while the others succumbed to and have been sent to a hospi- when the bus driver reported- Rajnish Bhatnagar, advocate According to Kathirvel's hotel to Padmini. countries," the minister said. were quarantined). their injuries on the way to a tal in Kota for treatment. ly lost control.
spots of the country. % . Mehra said the issue has been set- Gadkari said the country’s Acclaimed filmmaker Bharat tled by the Constitution Bench of ethno structure requires a great Bata displayed a short film on the Supreme Court on the powers improvement if we need to augment Punjab tourism and the highlight- Chand Bagh and other areas, pelt- itics,” said Union Minister Prakash of the Centre and the Delhi tourism. Gadkari said the Centre in ed the importance of presenting ing stones and setting property on Javadekar, adding that it also demor- Government and everyone should coordination with Delhi and neigh- tourism potential in short story for- fire. Sharma, one of the 27 killed in alises police. In a midnight hearing, respect the Rule of Law of the coun- boring States is working on a war mat through audio-video presen- the communal violence over the cit- the Delhi High Court directed try. Mehta contended that the footing level to contain the pollu- tation. Fashion designer Ritu Beri izenship amendment law, is sur- police to ensure safe passage to Union of India is also a stakehold- tion in the national Capital. Stating talked about the need to promote vived by his parents, brother and sis- Government hospitals and emer- er in the matter and he has been that pollution and bad air environ- domestic tourism and handicraft ter. He joined the service in 2017. gency treatment for those injured in instructed by the LG to appear. ment have been a deterrent to and said India offered a great the communal violence erupted in “Don’t create an ugly scene here. tourists in visiting Delhi, Gadkari potential to emerge as a mega % northeast Delhi over the amended I am not addressing a rally. I am said project worth Rs 55,000 crore tourist hot spot in the world. Asked if the victims have been citizenship law. addressing the lordships here,” he are on anvil and 150 black spots In his interaction with the identified, he said, “Many people said, who was then allowed to have been identified to reduce the Ministers, Dr Mitra appreciated the have been identified, some are yet %$$ advance arguments in the matter. pollution. vision of Tourism Minister Prahlad to be. The gush of injured patients During the hearing, the court The SG urged the court to implead Talking about efforts of Patel in promoting tourism and said had reduced to a trickle.” asked Mehta and Deputy the Centre as a party in the petition Railways to promote tourism, this will go a long way in tackling “Patients have several kinds of Commissioner of Police (Crime as the issue involves law and order Railway Minister Piyush Goyal India’s unemployment problem. Dr injuries, including from gunshots, Branch) Rajesh Deo if they had seen and requested that the matter be said, “We are running Ramayan Mitra called Gadkari a visionary stones and other weapons and the video clip of BJP leader Kapil heard on Thursday. He also said the Express which will connect sites and said he is a Minister known to many were hurt while jumping from Mishra making alleged hate speech- statements by BJP leaders Verma associated with Lord Ram. Similarly achieve whatever he sets out to do. rooftops to escape the rioters,” hos- es. While the solicitor general main- and Thakur were made several there is a train called Saamanta He referred to tremendous work pital authorities said. tained that he does not watch tele- days back and it was not urgent to Express which will cover prominent done by Gadkari in changing the Holding the Centre and the vision and has not seen those clips, be heard today. places associated with Gautam face of Nagpur and pointed out that Delhi Government responsi- Deo said he has watched the video The court observed, “Does that Buddha and chief architect of the the Minister’s effort at infrastructure ble for the violence -- perhaps the of BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and not make it even more urgent. Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar,” building will go a long way in first time since 1984 that the city has Parvesh Verma but has not seen that When the Commissioner was made The idea is also to take the railway tourism promotion. Dr Mitra high- seen such scenes of communal of Mishra. On the submission made aware of such statements, does he to Char Dham, he added. The lighted Piyush Goyal’s efforts for mayhem -- Congress president by the police officer, Justice need someone to approach him to Minister said that as a nation we all reviving the age-old romance of Sonia Gandhi called for the resig- Muralidhar remarked, “I am really take action. As a law officer you must act together to bring the Indian railways and said that ever nation of Home Minister Amit amazed at the state of affairs of the answer whether this prayer (for excitement back of promoting India. since he took over as boss of the Shah. “The conspiracy was wit- Delhi Police and asked the court lodging FIRs against three BJP In fact Prime Minister Narendra Ministry, Indian Railways has made nessed during Delhi polls and BJP staff to play Mishra’s video clip in leaders) is not urgent.” Mehta Modi himself suggested each of us big strides in infrastructure build- leaders gave hate speeches creating the courtroom.” replied, “I am not saying it is not to plan a visit of 15 places within the ing. Dr Mitra also talked about atmosphere of fear and hatred,” she When the gathering in the urgent, but it can wait till tomorrow.” country in next three years. “India Railway’s importance in uniting the said. Shah must take responsibili- jam-packed courtroom started Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has a huge potential and I am sure country and tourism promotion. ty for the violence in Delhi and hooting, the Bench asked them to chastised the Delhi Police for fail- this initiative will go a long way in resign, she said. maintain decorum or else it will ing to act “professionally” and promoting tourism,” he added. )% The slugfest continued with the hold an in-camera proceedings. check “unfortunate incidents” of Former Air India Chairman Sharma’s mother Sudha was BJP, in turn, accusing Gandhi of At the outset, the hearing wit- violence in north-east Delhi. The Ashwani Lohani underlined the inconsolable and said she never politicising the violence. nessed heated arguments between apex court lashed out at the law need for promoting tourism by thought “destiny would be so cruel “Violence is ending. Solicitor General Mehta and Delhi enforcing agencies for allowing the innovative means and greater con- to her”. “I can’t live without him,” Investigation is on to find out the Government counsel Rahul Mehra, “instigators of violence” to get away nectivity. He also stressed the need Sudha said repeatedly as relatives truth and identify culprits... At who raised objection over the and said they should act “indepen- for installing proper signages and and friends tried to console her. On such a time, attacking Government appearance of the law officer on dently” as per law without waiting create a literature bank of tourist Tuesday evening, mobs roamed and politicising violence is dirty pol- behalf of the Police Commissioner. for somebody’s nod. 1 Q 3 4 &
# # Tejashwi Yadav and others in the founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, was, being opposed to NPR and NRC. leadership was seized of the mat- House. however, not impressed by show- All the three issues are connect- ter." he unanimous resolution Bihar is the first NDA-ruled ering of praises on Kumar. ed." State minister Vijay Kumar Tpassed by the Bihar Assembly State to categorically say no to the Lalu's wife and RJD nation- The Citizenship Sinha, who was in the House against the new format of NPR National Register of Citizens al vice president Rabri Devi, (Amendment) Bill was support- when the resolution was passed and NRC with more than 50 BJP (NRC) and stating that the who is also the leader of the ed by the JD(U) in parliament. said, "It would have been better MLAs in tow has thrown the National Population Register opposition in the legislative coun- The chief minister has, however, had the members been informed Opposition Grand Alliance in (NPR) exercise be done as per the cil said, "We are not going to have remained steadfast in his oppo- about the resolution in advance." disarray. 2010 format. any change of mind (about Nitish sition to a countrywide NRC. With the deft move, the Jitan Ram Manjhi, a bete The sudden development Kumar)." Regarding the NPR, the chief minister also appears to noire of Kumar, appeared bowled also seems to have bewildered the Notably, a couple of hours JD(U) leader had agreed that have won back the respect of elec- over by Kumar’s move as the for- BJP, which is part of the ruling before the resolution was passed, additional clauses like places of tion strategist Prashant Kishor, a mer told reporters outside the coalition in the state, with some her son Tejashwi Yadav, who is birth of parents were causing anx- staunch opponent of CAA-NPR- Assembly on Wednesday, “He of its leaders asserting that the the leader of the opposition in the ieties among the people and got NRC, who was recently sacked (Kumar) is most welcome to resolution will take the wind out state assembly, had a 20-minutes his MPs to request the Centre for from the party and had accused return to the Grand Alliance.. of the sails of the opposition, long meeting with the chief min- dropping these besides writing on Kumar of capitulation before There will be no confusion over which had been sharpening its ister inside Kumar's chamber in the issue himself, much before the the BJP for continuance in power leadership if he comes back. He attack against the government on the Vidhan Sabha premises. resolution was passed. The in Bihar. will be the obvious choice.” the emotive issue. The young RJD leader has alliance partner BJP, which has In a tweet, Kishor thanked The Bihar Assembly had on Another section within the been celebrating the resolution felt hamstrung under the shad- Kumar for standing his ground Tuesday passed a unanimous res- saffron party has been left won- as a "success" of the opposition ow of the chief minister, has on NPR and NRC, and expressed olution categorically stating that dering as to whether such a move in Bihar in making the BJP emerged a confused lot. hope that he would rise to the there is no need of NRC in the was tantamount to a change in retreat despite its central lead- Deputy Chief Minister Sushil many challenges that he might State and that the National the party's stand. ership's insistence on "not Kumar Modi wrote on Twitter face as the chief minister of Population Register (NPR) exer- Congress MLA Awadhesh yielding an inch" on the NCR- that the resolution should "silence Bihar. cise be done strictly according to Singh echoed the sentiments of NPR issue. the opposition trying to reap The JD(U) camp appeared in the 2010 format. Manjhi, saying, "We know that Congress MLC Prem political benefits out of rumour- a state of quiet jubilation with its The all-party resolution got Nitish Kumar is a secular leader Chandra Mishra, who is also an mongering on NRC and NPR". rank and file speaking in hushed the approval of the legislative who has his roots in the social- AICC panelist, also took a scep- BJP MLC Sachchidanand tones that with assembly polls not Assembly in the post-lunch ses- ist movement. We would be tical view of Tuesday's develop- Rai, one of the known detractors more than nine months away, sion following a debate on the happy if he leaves the NDA and ment and said, "Nitish Kumar of Kumar, was visibly peeved their leader, often called the adjournment motion moved by comes back." should explain how come he can when he told a news channel, "I "Chanakya of Bihar politics", Leader of the Opposition The RJD, headed by its jailed go on supporting the CAA while wonder if the party's central will have the last laugh. !" #$%#&#& # . 1 # #!'1& -./ -$/ +440 0 # 5 6/ 78 ' " . - . ) .-./3. -- . - / 3/.-* ! - 3 --/ .- - . 3.. -F ! < + 6 ) # ! ) ? + ) ' 6 498: !+ 1 <1 2) ',-! (@# . ; " ! ndia prides itself on its traditional sys- tems of medicine that have now received A the Government’s support, too. In a major push to the healthcare sector, a $ S ! separate Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & INaturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and * ) Homoeopathy (AYUSH) was set up in ! November 2014 “to ensure the optimal + $ ; development and propagation of AYUSH sys- tems of healthcare.” It was earlier known as ' ( S the department of Indian System of Medicine B C and Homeopathy (ISM&H). Its objective was S " to focus on the development of education and research in indigenous systems of medicine. Later, Sowa-Rigpa (the art of healing), a tra- ! D #S ! ditional Tibetan system of medicine practiced +A + in the Himalayan belt, was added to it. Men-Tsee-Khang, the Dalai Lama’s ) # E " ! Tibetan Medical & Astro institute based in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, is the main training and research center for Sowa-Rigpa. The institute recently prepared a “precious pill” ! " called the Chulen Rilbu, which could alleged- F ly prevent the spread of infectious diseases, ! including the dreaded Coronavirus (a con- cerned Dalai Lama had earlier given mantras a reputed institution established of the populations of these areas. attitude of the authorities in for the purpose). in 1916 in Tibet. It was re-estab- The greatest irony is that Himachal Pradesh. One can G It is in this background that a shocking lished in Dharamshala by the China is extensively using this understand that with this type F ! incident took place last week in Dharamsala. Dalai Lama in 1961 and its main system in its fight against the of behaviour, more and more ! (@# ! Dr GD Gupta, the local chief medical officer, objective is to preserve, pro- dreaded Coronavirus. Xinhua, Tibetan refugees want to leave decided to stop the distribution of Chulen mote and practice Sowa-Rigpa. quoting an official in Qinghai India. At a time when the ! Rilbu that was being sold for 5 to those inter- Tibetan doctors are no # !& ) province said: “Tibetan medicine Central Government is taking ested. Local authorities cited reports of pub- quack. Dr Yeshi Dhonden, who & !! has played an active role in the up the defence of the oppressed lic disturbance and commotion created by the recently passed away at the age of virus treatment.” The news minorities in neighbouring public demand for the pill. Though the 92, was awarded the Padma Shri #&# agency said that the Chinese countries, why harass the " Rimsung Rilbu is distributed in other centers award by the President of India #"#( ## authorities are using Tibetan Tibetans, who since they left 6 all over the country, it is true that there were in 2018 for his contributions to "))% #* medicine “to help fight the their country, have sided with long queues at Dharamsala. Sowa-Rigpa. For years, Dr Coronavirus in northwest China’s India even in difficult times? On February 16, the CMO visited the Dhonden served as Men-Tsee- !&#& , Qinghai province.” Remember the Tibetan Special 1 McLeod Ganj branch of Men-Tsee-Khang Khang’s director and from 1963 Huang Licheng, an official Frontiers Forces’ participation and verbally issued orders to stop the sale of to 1980 as personal physician to ( &#!,, &"* with the provincial health com- in the Liberation of Bangladesh ! the pill. He even threatened the Tibetan insti- the Dalai Lama. & ! ! mission, confirmed that “of in 1971? tute that non-compliance may result in fines Sowa-Rigpa is today famed Qinghai’s 18 confirmed cases, 17 The situation is already ( ) up to 10 lakh and closure of clinics. This, across the world. According to " 5% ! have received treatment involv- dismal. The Tibet Sun wrote: " '? ! obviously, was not in the CMO’s power as the the AYUSH Ministry’s website, it !,&%" 5% ing traditional Chinese medicine “The demographic landscape of @ ; 1 * + ( Ministry of AYUSH and the Ministry of is “one of the oldest, living and (TCM) and Tibetan medicine the Tibetans in exile has dras- Health and Family Welfare are two separate well documented medical tradi- # # 5 ) has played an active role in the tically changed, with more than @ A * + ! Government entities. Further, the CMO tion popular in the world. It is an treatment.” half the population shown by $ ! does not have the capacity to judge the poten- ancient Indian medical system !,!" The province has officially survey to have moved from S D cy of the pill, which needs to be used as an which was enriched in the entire 0 ! ! incorporated allopathic and India to Western countries.” At amulet (the smell prevents the infection, Trans-Himalayan region.” TCM treatments since the out- one point, more than 1,35,000 + ( ; according to Tibetan doctors). Did the CMO The medical treatise, the " break: “TCM doctors heavily Tibetans lived in India. The 7/ 1 then possess special competence in law and Gyud-chi or four tantras, written !&# participated in rescue work, espe- Central Tibetan Administration " order problems to act? in Sanskrit, was enlarged between #% !" cially those practicing Tibetan (CTA) recently confirmed that $ Under pressure of insensible local author- the 8th and 12th Century by medicine.” the number of Tibetans in ities, Men-Tsee-Khang’s director, Tashi scholars with inputs from China, & "!" Xinhua further reported: India has reduced drastically (to A Tsering, had no choice but to issue a public Turkestan, Persia and Greece. “The provincial hospital of 72,000 according to some ! notice, saying that the pill would not be sold The implications of the !,%5 & Tibetan medicine produced a sources). C at Tibetan clinics in Kangra district (it is still threats uttered by the CMO are %"5#&# batch of anti-virus medications Is it in India’s interests to being sold in Delhi and elsewhere). multiple. First, Sowa-Rigpa is featuring Tibetan medicine, with antagonise a population, which " (@# ) According to The Tibet Sun, Tashi main- popular all over the Himalayan &!((! ! 1,000 of them already sent to the already feels let down? No, it is 1 tained that the institute had never made any belt, particularly in Ladakh, &"# 56 front lines in Hubei Province.” It not. Let us just hope that the local claim regarding the pill having properties to Himachal Pradesh (Lahaul, Spiti added that “local Tibetan med- authorities will understand that, prevent contagious diseases. He said, “The pill and Kinnaur), West Bengal %5 &(# icine hospitals have also pro- even if they are unable to grasp A ? $ ! having prophylactic properties is prepared as (Darjeeling and Kalimpong), ,!" duced medications to prevent the larger political scenario, with F ? $ per formulations given in the ancient Buddhist Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. virus infection and distributed China trying hard to attract the texts and has been around for centuries.” It is also practiced in countries them to the public for free.” Tibetans back to Tibet. Many believe that the CMO’s actions were like Bhutan, Mongolia and There is another larger (The writer is an expert on % only an act of jealousy. Men-Tsee-Khang is Russia. 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3 4 )20 ' 5 ' ! C ) ' ! " ( " ( ! ! + ! 4 7'8! + ! n the last two decades, the gender landscape in rural India has been slowly greening and women Iare now on the cusp of a powerful social and 9rsvr thy) 1 political revolution. The harbinger of this change is a unique policy experiment in village-level gover- nance that has brought transformative results for the + weakest of the weak and the poorest of the poor: The ! village women. In 1993, India introduced the ! Panchayati Raj Act, mandating a three-tiered struc- ture of local governance at the village, block and dis- 7r h ryhi hr h viyr) $ trict levels with reservation of one-third of all posts $"#!( ! in gram panchayats (village councils) at the bottom ! #" tier of India’s decentralised governance system, for "! &# women. The vision was that these women-headed &#"" # 8hypyhr vpr) " councils would bring greater transparency and bet- ,8 &" 5 1 ! ter governance in their villages. It revitalised an age- N"%55" #(O old system of rural local Government whose name “panchayat” is drawn from Sanskrit, meaning the !,, & # #"! council of five wise men. # )M% ! Hhxr h yv s p r rqvt uhiv) " This new law was a step towards the fruition of #5!% 5%) Mahatma Gandhi’s dreams of village-level self-gov- #!&# ! 6 G ! ernance with gender justice as a key pillar. Gandhi (!$#5!% /0 believed that, if implemented correctly, the )!$"( + Panchayati Raj system would alleviate the alienation !,, & ! of the common people from governance and also ! ! preclude the external intervention of higher-level ,!"(# 6* G civic officials, who might not be familiar with the #" ) " tial euphoria of winning the elections has are very low. And, in a country where belonging to a Scheduled Caste or tribe concerns of local people. Earlier politics was con- &!&" not been easy. There have been growing democracy has been established in a top- has been elected as head of a panchayat ! sidered a foul word and women were expected to pains and many early entrants retreated, down manner, a feudal mindset may still but is at the mercy of her upper caste land- 1 keep a hygienic distance from it. However, devel- !,, & # never to emerge again. The avalanche of prevail. The people may not be aware that lord in the village for her livelihood. In ! opment scientists and social activists now acknowl- ! !, social and cultural mores rained heavily the Government should be accountable to such cases, too, the reins of power and ( edge that the modern development paradigm has %!" $ on them. Although the resistance is whit- the people — not the other way around. decision-making clearly lie elsewhere. S a political salience and politics underpins all facets ## ! tling down, it is clear that achieving gen- A lot of positive changes are coming At the policy level, we must under- Avrq hq h vhiyr rrr) ) ! of development. It is politics which is the firing # " $ der equality in leadership will require sus- in the better-governed villages. There are stand the structural impediments in the engine for all the cylinders of development. It is true 6#" tained policy actions that favour women still large swathes where discriminatory full evolution of Gram Panchayats as func- + that political power needs to be sanitised and has %&& ,%6 over a long time. traditions continue to dominate. Several tional governance units remain. The ! to be reinforced with ethical underpinnings in order &#) ) The vision is truly not as romantic as factors constrain the effective participa- Panchayati Raj Act created these bodies to make it more benevolent. This can come about "# !# many would like us to believe. But, as tion of women leaders. Some of these but did not endow them with various gov- only when more educated and development-orient- $ #)(# women have shown, they have all that is relate to a patriarchal culture, which nei- ernance functions — like the financial Dqrvs ytr svhpvhy thy) 1 ! ed individuals embrace politics as a critical arena for needed to ride out these storms. The men ther sees women as political entities nor authority on provision of education, innovation and change. Politics is the fulcrum of gov- 56,6 ) know this very well but they don’t want allows them to develop their potential. The health, sanitation and water. Instead the $ ernance and unless the quality of political timber " , !& # to concede that women possess the abil- same cultural standards also prohibit law simply enumerated the functions that G +; " is improved, governance will continue to limp. &! !,,(# ity to be the better halves because they are women from envisioning themselves as could be transferred and left it to the State 2 ! 3 ! Experience of this social and political experi- 5 # ##"! afraid of losing their last refuge, politics. political entities. Other related factors that Legislature to devolve them. There has < ! ment has shown that women are not just equal to !",% In the long-term, the journey is constrain participation are a lack of basic been very little devolution of authority and H00000 the task but orientate public-good provision more # "# !# going to be harder and tougher than pol- familiarity of women with political gov- functions till now. Gram sabhas were P Q E D towards the preferences of their gender, namely more 6(5! # icy wonks can imagine. The wait could ernance and absence of legal literacy. expected to be the primary legislature of water, health and roads. Though less politically-savvy "!(! potentially be eternal. But if bureaucrats Women need to be given adequate advo- rural governance with responsibilities to B + S and often only semi-illiterate, these women had an !(#" can muster the will, they can succeed. cacy tools strengthening democratic catalyse local planning by conducting advantage in being actively mentored by the district !#6#"(!" They know from past lessons that they engagement and gain control over local ‘needs assessment’ exercises and devising bureaucracy. Several NGOs also designed pro- have the tools and they need to vigorous- resources and influence over local gover- plans for development projects that would Vr h hrt) C H0! grammes for skilling them in governance. Women #'% ly back reforms that can engender greater nance. Village assemblies are a critical par- be aggregated at the panchayat level. When /0!70E H0 face a host of difficulties handling political power: (!% & empowerment for women. For sustainable ticipatory institution in providing equal further aggregated and rationalised at the /0 Cultural norms, social hierarchies and patriarchal ,!" " change to happen, women need to active- access to all members of the community district level, these would become official 70 practices — which together tend to favour and attract ! D #$$6 ly compete in the present political game. to the deliberations and negotiations in inputs into the State Government’s annu- men and discourage the participation of women. % 5# ,!" Legislation and policy pronouncements local governance; but elite control of these al budgeting process. Th hpx) 1 Several women who started their political (! !, (* seldom penetrate the surface of social and bodies has prevented functional democ- Gram sabhas did remain a pivotal 6 careers as self-described “rubber stamp” officials are " "$! political barriers. They are ultimately racy from taking roots. It has been found institution in local planning; but had lit- now asking questions about Budget allocations. They !,," !6 impotent against the grid of the established that the average participants in such vil- tle real role in governance. Despite the stride about in Government offices with polished "#!!" % 6 power structures inherent in most rural lage assemblies are the less-poor house- noble intention, they have struggled to stay informality sharing their concerns with officials in !5" )&#) households and villages. holds with the participation of the poor relevant. They continue to be plagued by + tones of supportiveness and also assertiveness. They The great strength of democracy, dwindling over the years. This is the rea- low participation and frequent hijacking B $ ! are successfully challenging the traditional village ! " according to Amartya Sen, lies in that, “it son why, in several remote and tribal pock- by influential interests and have not been " ! male elite by defying petrified social codes of female &!((% gives people in need a voice and, by so ets, Panchayat Raj has failed to enhance able to mature into viable democratic ! bias and are now powerful aspirational symbols and doing, plays a protective role against so the social outcomes for most citizens. units. The dip in popular participation and ? role models. Women leaders today are more than many different forms of political and eco- The social pecking order of villages weak political will has had significant ! just mouthpieces for their politically-savvy husbands. nomic abuse”. The Panchayati Raj is just cannot be overturned easily and several implications for the future of democrat- For most of them, reserved posts offer the only real a beginning; it is only one step on the way, challenges remain to fuller empowerment. ic decentralisation in India. ! opportunity to bring change to their communities. but it is the right step on the right ladder. Legitimately-elected women representa- The heroic stories of tenacious women D When these seats are coupled with new skills — from These women are reconfiguring gen- tives remain vulnerable to manipulation scripting tales of success are great signs of G ! public speaking to development planning to bud- der and social dynamics and have start- and harassment and are often reduced to a brighter tomorrow. Women’s empower- get management — they are better prepared to deliv- ed exploring their wider responsibilities mere proxies, while the real decision-mak- ment is a journey, not a fixed point that er development to their societies and negotiate with- as stakeholders as citizens of a polity. ing authority remains with their husbands yields to simple policies. ! in the political space that has opened for them. However, decentralisation is not easy. The or power brokers from higher castes. (The writer is a well known develop- 2 3 However, the path they have trodden after the ini- skill levels in impoverished communities There are also instances where a woman ment professional) :6 % +0,3!913:3 , #$ ,$ $% ')45 %& ) *E&%#$,)&$7#7$ 7$% ,$*$)%& , & &4 ,$')&$ 44 )4$8!& ,9$& ,) ,$ &9!&$&((! !%$#$) $%&( ,$'!4 %*: ##' $! (% !4 $% ,$&,) :( ,$ %,!&")4 &
the education system. It was launched Jacqueline Kennedy, who visited Obama, but she is far more popular with Akie Abe while visiting Japan. S Radhakrishnan. Thankfully, VV on July 2, 2018 in the presence of the India in the ’60s made a terrific impres- than her husband.” Melania is also involved in an initiative Giri’s wife Saraswati Bai took up a more Dalai Lama, to help students remain sion on the people. Incidentally, many First Ladies to help American children that she public role and Abida Fakhruddin Ali stress-free. The curriculum is being Indians were also so enamoured by have supported some special cause close launched in May 2018. The awareness Ahmed became an MP twice. Pranab taught to an estimated 10 lakh students Rosalyn Carter and her husband Jimmy to their hearts using their celebrity sta- campaign, called “Be Best,” is dedicat- Mukherjee’s wife Suvra was unwell most '% &# in over 1,000 schools. The daily 45- that the village of Chuma Kheragaon tus. While Jacqueline Kennedy promot- ed to children’s well-being, cyberbully- of the time and Giani Zail Singh nom- !)# minute “happiness class” is usually the in Haryana was renamed Carterpuri in ed American arts, Eleanor Roosevelt ing and opioid abuse. inated his daughter as his hostess. first period for students in classes I to honour of their visit. Hillary Clinton took up progressive causes, including According to The New York Times, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur ,./ /3 VIII, while Kindergarten children have was a household name in the country civil liberties, Hillary Clinton came up though President Trump tried to dis- Shastri’s wife Lalitha was more of a -. - 5 /4'1', classes twice a week. and she continued her interest in India with a new health plan, Laura Bush pro- suade her from getting involved in the housewife and most of the others fol- - . - The “happiness curriculum” has even after she ceased being the First moted literacy, Michelle Obama a bet- initiative, Melania stuck to the cause. lowed suit. However, Sonia Gandhi -3- -K he only visible programme become one of the showcase projects of Lady. Similarly, Michelle Obama ter diets for children and so on. Melania The Palm Beach Atlantic University in took interest in her role as the hostess . N( arranged for the visiting US First the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi enchanted India during her two visits. Trump, too, focusses on issues affect- Florida honoured her this month as its and Manmohan Singh’s wife Gursharan .K/.. I3-. TLady Melania Trump, apart from Party (AAP) Government in the edu- Melania’s visit also generated quite ing children. In the past four years she “2020 woman of distinction.” But Kaur was also more visible. PV posing for photographs with the icon- cation sector. In October 2019 Dutch a bit of interest as she was one of the has made multiple visits to schools — Melania has faced criticism for not Narasimha Rao declared his daughter . - /- ic Taj Mahal serving as a majestic back- King Willem Alexander and Queen most glamorous First Ladies to visit the both in the US and abroad. From par- speaking out against her husband’s as his hostess and the wives of IK Gujral . -- . . drop and waving at the massive crowds Maxima also witnessed a “happiness country and her carefully-chosen out- ticipating in a Viking huddle class, in tweets and actions, like the controver- and Deve Gowda kept a low profile. . -.// -- lustily greeting the American First class.” fits created quite a stir, with the fash- Michigan, to taking the Queen of sial separation policy where children Sadly, most of them did not utilise .8/ Couple in Ahmedabad, was a visit to a The US First Lady’s role is not ion police appreciating two and dissing Jordan to Washington DC’s first pub- caught on the border were split up from their position like the American First Delhi Government school on Tuesday. restricted to being just decorative and the third. However, apart from her obvi- lic charter school for girls at Excel their parents and kept at detention cen- Ladies to promote any social cause or ..- . This was the first time that a US First has evolved significantly since the days ous glamour quotient, she has kept a Academy, Melania showed her commit- tres. take active part in politics. $3 . -- - Lady visited a school in India. The visit of Martha Washington who played somewhat low profile. The Guardian ment to kids. During international trips, However, unlike the US, there One just hopes that the spouses of ... was arranged as Melania showed an hostess to visiting dignitaries during newspaper once described Melania as she has visited the American have been few visible and active spous- future leaders of the country will come . . . L . interest in the “happiness curriculum” George Washington’s presidency. They “seldom seen and even more seldom International School in Riyadh and took es of Indian presidents and prime min- out from under the shadow of their hus- .M-. introduced by the Delhi Government have always made use of their global vis- heard. The former model may not be a calligraphy lesson with local children isters. Not much is known about the bands. as part of its innovative move to refine its in a positive manner. as popular as her predecessor Michelle at a Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary School wives of Presidents Rajendra Prasad and (The writer is a senior journalist) C .D !" #$%#&#& ; 4 , BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11738.55 11783.25 11639.60 11678.50 -119.40 Script Open High Low LTP L&TFH 115.25 117.05 113.70 115.00 BHARATFORG 461.50 465.00 454.20 455.05 CARERATING 506.05 512.65 491.65 495.40 YESBANK 34.90 37.05 34.45 36.90 1.75 UPL 567.00 569.90 555.95 561.15 STAR 497.95 501.00 487.60 490.00 RAMCOCEM 791.40 799.40 779.55 792.90 LEMONTREE 57.75 58.60 53.55 53.75 SBIN 324.85 330.80 324.20 328.15 1.35 PAGEIND 22301.10 22376.25 21865.85 22084.00 MINDTREE 1051.00 1051.00 1019.00 1028.40 ATUL 4910.00 4968.00 4847.45 4891.35 KALPATPOWR 358.00 358.00 345.05 346.60 HCLTECH 576.90 589.05 575.50 583.25 0.80 INDIACEM 88.40 104.60 87.90 104.60 BAJAJ-AUTO 2950.00 2975.00 2921.10 2949.95 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1753.90 RESPONIND 87.15 87.15 85.05 87.00 BHARTIARTL 532.70 539.40 520.30 535.10 -0.15 HCLTECH 579.95 589.10 575.50 584.00 DIVISLAB 2120.00 2161.45 2092.10 2146.00 RECLTD 131.55 133.75 129.25 129.75 APLAPOLLO 2004.80 2025.05 1985.60 1992.80 AXISBANK 725.30 735.75 722.00 728.30 -0.45 RELIANCE 1412.10 1415.00 1387.25 1391.40 IRB 100.00 102.00 92.20 93.90 AJANTPHARM 1424.00 1433.00 1361.00 1427.10 GMDCLTD 55.35 55.45 53.70 53.70 ASIANPAINT 1826.00 1845.00 1820.00 1825.00 -1.10 TATASTEEL 412.25 419.45 411.95 416.25 BASF 805.65 953.00 805.65 940.50 ADANITRANS 290.50 290.50 260.85 264.05 HFCL 16.80 16.80 16.45 16.50 SADBHAV 77.00 82.75 67.05 78.35 SAIL 38.50 39.15 38.25 38.55 IDBI 34.35 34.35 33.30 33.50 FCONSUMER 17.75 17.80 16.30 16.85 KOTAKBANK 1670.10 1677.70 1657.00 1673.80 -2.00 LT 1237.00 1239.00 1207.15 1211.45 SOBHA 322.00 323.75 307.70 314.20 VENKYS 1402.00 1424.20 1365.00 1375.00 INDHOTEL 138.35 141.00 138.00 140.35 POWERGRID 185.00 188.40 183.95 185.75 -0.40 NAVINFLUOR 1481.20 1629.00 1462.00 1538.95 NAUKRI 2653.35 2699.20 2550.15 2573.75 TATAMTRDVR 60.95 61.70 59.75 60.45 ALKEM 2646.00 2668.75 2608.20 2628.80 ADANIPORTS 356.90 362.50 352.90 357.60 -0.80 YESBANK 34.90 37.00 34.50 36.55 JUBILANT 513.25 523.00 506.05 510.00 VBL 815.00 849.05 808.15 841.40 HAL 718.00 722.75 698.95 702.10 BAJFINANCE 4815.00 4837.75 4767.25 4814.55 -11.40 BHARTIARTL 535.00 539.50 520.45 534.80 IGL 451.00 463.70 451.00 455.95 FORTIS 154.40 160.20 153.35 155.65 KEI 505.90 514.90 505.90 508.35 ULTRACEMCO 4320.25 4423.90 4286.05 4328.60 -15.40 SUNPHARMA 388.00 388.00 372.60 374.60 BATAINDIA 1714.90 1714.90 1668.20 1676.90 PIIND 1532.95 1550.15 1532.95 1539.70 VIPIND 440.00 447.50 438.00 439.00 BAJAJ-AUTO 2937.00 2974.00 2920.00 2935.00 -12.40 TATAMOTORS 147.65 147.95 143.80 144.50 HINDPETRO 210.10 211.15 207.30 208.85 PFIZER 4175.00 4282.60 4147.40 4192.35 ITDCEM 57.85 60.50 55.35 56.15 CHENNPETRO 110.85 112.30 108.90 109.00 NTPC 110.00 111.55 108.25 109.55 -0.55 AUROPHARMA 504.00 520.00 504.00 510.05 TORNTPHARM 2200.00 2281.00 2200.00 2236.15 CEATLTD 1011.00 1042.00 996.90 1009.75 DBL 334.10 336.60 328.50 330.90 KRBL 277.00 278.55 268.00 270.95 ZEEL 250.00 253.55 247.00 250.60 -1.30 JINDALSTEL 170.00 175.10 169.15 170.25 BLISSGVS 136.65 138.25 125.00 127.85 DIXON 4160.00 4160.00 4005.00 4042.15 PHOENIXLTD 960.00 960.00 903.05 906.80 MMTC 18.85 19.10 18.50 18.50 DRREDDY 3097.00 3115.50 3060.30 3066.00 -20.90 IDEA 3.87 4.13 3.63 3.97 ADANIPORTS 355.00 362.45 353.00 358.05 NATIONALUM 36.35 36.60 35.95 36.05 LTI 1987.50 2002.10 1970.30 1999.00 PGHH 11174.20 11256.50 11124.00 11225.85 COALINDIA 174.20 177.75 172.65 173.70 -1.40 BAJAJFINSV 9480.00 9502.75 9358.05 9372.20 WIPRO 243.00 243.10 238.50 240.00 GLAXO 1361.00 1395.50 1340.10 1340.10 BIRLACORPN 705.15 744.75 705.15 723.35 ALLCARGO 110.70 113.15 108.20 109.20 UPL 565.80 569.80 556.00 561.55 -4.80 HINDUNILVR 2236.00 2255.60 2204.95 2240.95 AMBUJACEM 212.85 216.00 210.30 213.60 RITES 315.00 321.00 312.60 318.05 IDFC 34.90 34.90 33.50 33.55 GRINDWELL 600.00 600.00 593.65 594.15 CIPLA 406.00 425.00 405.80 422.00 -3.80 ICICIBANK 528.80 529.20 522.10 523.65 WELCORP 190.10 199.65 186.50 195.30 UBL 1261.50 1261.50 1226.00 1226.85 CAPPL 318.55 327.90 316.00 321.95 IBULISL 104.80 109.95 103.15 103.15 NESTLEIND 16545.00 16545.00 16150.05 16199.30 -181.20 EQUITAS 114.85 115.90 113.55 114.55 BRITANNIA 3024.00 3068.50 3020.00 3036.00 SONATSOFTW 334.95 349.65 330.50 343.00 BALMLAWRIE 108.00 108.00 105.65 106.00 SJVN 24.00 24.00 23.65 23.75 HDFC 2278.00 2309.50 2253.55 2276.50 -26.10 HDFCAMC 3258.00 3313.60 3226.95 3276.35 BHEL 33.80 33.80 33.10 33.25 GUJGAS 292.95 292.95 282.75 283.55 WABAG 212.05 216.55 204.95 205.80 OBEROIRLTY 516.60 516.60 508.35 513.75 TATASTEEL 411.30 419.40 411.30 416.50 -4.80 DMART 2329.80 2418.30 2306.00 2360.55 NIITTECH 1890.00 1908.20 1855.25 1885.80 BERGEPAINT 572.00 572.65 565.05 566.20 ARVINDFASN 352.00 360.00 348.70 358.65 LAOPALA 214.00 217.25 202.30 207.00 JSWSTEEL 256.00 263.70 255.55 259.40 -3.20 INFY 798.00 801.50 780.80 782.70 EDELWEISS 99.00 100.75 94.75 96.75 PETRONET 264.00 264.75 258.65 261.25 NATCOPHARM 632.00 634.40 621.35 622.15 DHFL 13.16 13.16 13.16 13.16 M&M 507.70 512.45 500.00 502.75 -6.20 INDUSINDBK 1153.00 1153.00 1125.60 1135.05 ABBOTINDIA 16199.00 16499.90 15910.50 16249.05 EXIDEIND 175.00 175.00 168.15 170.35 TIMETECHNO 50.25 50.25 48.65 49.10 RATNAMANI 1314.85 1328.95 1285.00 1328.00 INDUSINDBK 1145.00 1150.00 1125.20 1139.20 -14.65 INFRATEL 218.50 221.15 211.30 218.75 ICICIPRULI 488.00 488.65 471.25 472.50 CADILAHC 269.00 271.30 262.05 262.95 CESC 680.00 684.35 666.35 667.50 HATHWAY 21.00 21.40 20.50 21.35 TECHM 820.00 825.50 808.20 811.00 -11.10 NAM-INDIA 417.10 444.25 417.10 427.15 PNBHOUSING 390.00 407.00 382.65 396.35 PCJEWELLER 17.40 17.40 16.75 16.90 GREAVESCOT 136.80 136.85 132.05 132.90 LUXIND 1520.95 1543.40 1514.90 1523.85 ITC 200.65 201.95 196.30 199.00 -2.80 KOTAKBANK 1675.80 1677.00 1657.85 1673.30 RADICO 401.00 435.80 401.00 428.65 TORNTPOWER 310.10 310.10 302.65 303.95 QUESS 534.00 544.45 522.55 535.00 TAKE 97.55 98.10 94.00 96.50 BAJAJFINSV 9455.00 9494.90 9360.00 9377.00 -148.00 BANDHANBNK 415.00 423.25 391.55 394.25 OMAXE 159.90 160.90 158.00 160.90 BALRAMCHIN 157.00 157.85 150.80 151.00 SUNDRMFAST 435.00 437.30 427.00 428.80 PERSISTENT 712.00 722.15 707.00 720.00 TCS 2154.00 2163.90 2112.95 2122.00 -34.15 RBLBANK 307.65 317.60 304.70 314.60 M&MFIN 369.30 369.35 359.20 360.60 EIDPARRY 192.00 198.70 192.00 196.55 MRPL 40.15 40.15 39.40 39.65 GEPIL 730.50 734.85 722.50 722.50 ICICIBANK 526.85 529.35 522.20 522.50 -8.45 TATACHEM 755.00 755.00 736.60 745.00 SRF 4102.65 4163.40 4101.00 4126.85 SWANENERGY 134.90 137.45 132.20 133.05 REPCOHOME 293.55 294.05 289.75 290.40 CARBORUNIV 343.00 343.00 331.85 334.10 DEEPAKNI 504.00 520.70 496.00 502.25 TATAELXSI 988.00 989.40 953.00 961.45 ORIENTCEM 81.00 89.70 81.00 82.65 TEJASNET 60.30 60.35 56.10 57.85 GPPL 75.40 78.00 75.15 76.40 HEROMOTOCO2180.00 2195.00 2136.00 2149.00 -35.15 POWERGRID 186.00 188.40 184.00 186.10 HEIDELBERG 197.70 212.00 197.70 204.80 INOXLEISUR 482.95 491.95 479.55 487.60 ITDC 291.15 291.35 276.00 278.40 KANSAINER 502.00 506.25 501.20 502.90 EICHERMOT 17430.00 17600.00 17035.40 17237.30 -295.00 BAJFINANCE 4824.00 4837.00 4770.00 4809.75 BOMDYEING 77.10 78.25 75.30 75.80 JMFINANCIL 113.40 118.40 112.60 116.20 DCAL* 82.50 87.50 81.90 84.50 BRIGADE 229.85 238.80 229.85 237.50 WIPRO 243.05 243.45 238.40 239.95 -4.15 TCS 2156.00 2163.60 2113.10 2123.05 SUNTV 466.55 477.35 459.50 463.10 COROMANDEL 615.30 617.90 606.55 608.85 TRIDENT 6.01 6.05 5.91 6.02 CUB 219.10 219.50 217.00 217.00 RELIANCE 1410.00 1412.35 1387.35 1389.50 -26.90 ITC 200.90 201.85 196.35 198.55 CONCOR 543.00 543.00 511.00 511.30 GODREJPROP 1094.80 1097.60 1052.00 1083.60 MINDAIND 374.20 377.30 372.00 375.65 SKFINDIA 1994.95 1994.95 1860.00 1872.60 ONGC 97.40 98.50 95.50 95.70 -1.85 ADANIENT 243.00 246.25 241.00 241.50 MCX 1330.00 1377.00 1317.00 1367.00 IBREALEST 81.25 82.55 77.90 79.65 LTTS 1675.00 1706.90 1673.55 1678.70 DCMSHRIRAM 343.05 343.05 336.00 339.70 IOC 110.20 111.30 108.00 108.35 -2.10 HEROMOTOCO 2180.00 2194.50 2133.90 2141.15 PIDILITIND 1556.00 1561.35 1526.85 1530.00 INTELLECT 132.80 134.50 122.55 123.50 GILLETTE 6145.00 6145.00 5809.00 5831.90 IOB 8.92 8.92 8.75 8.81 VEDL 131.00 133.70 129.35 130.15 -2.55 JSWSTEEL 256.00 263.50 255.30 259.75 NMDC 100.50 101.40 97.35 97.90 ASTRAZEN 2720.35 2753.95 2645.30 2660.00 IFCI 5.70 5.75 5.55 5.57 MAHABANK 11.11 11.25 11.10 11.10 INFY 793.95 801.45 780.50 782.25 -16.15 PEL 1497.00 1497.00 1418.50 1429.20 JAICORPLTD 92.65 97.10 92.50 94.00 WELSPUNIND 42.90 43.60 42.70 43.10 DHANUKA 495.65 499.90 478.00 484.50 FINOLEXIND 554.80 556.00 548.55 554.00 BPCL 457.60 459.55 443.20 447.25 -9.50 GSPL 236.00 238.00 232.55 232.55 AVANTI 533.00 533.15 510.70 514.35 ISEC 503.00 504.20 495.90 499.40 INDIANB 79.25 79.75 77.65 78.15 ZENSARTECH 141.00 141.15 136.65 138.85 LT 1235.00 1238.00 1206.00 1214.90 -27.15 ASHOKLEY 80.90 81.85 77.60 77.95 TRENT 756.50 762.00 735.15 737.45 OIL 117.00 117.55 113.20 113.50 JSLHISAR 72.10 72.30 69.40 69.95 ENDURANCE 990.00 990.00 961.60 961.60 MARUTI 6350.00 6368.85 6186.05 6260.00 -154.55 SANOFI 7525.00 7637.55 7070.00 7114.30 SUZLON 2.90 2.95 2.71 2.77 RELINFRA 22.10 22.35 20.95 21.45 FSL 44.50 46.20 44.50 45.70 ANDHRABANK 14.80 14.95 14.60 14.75 HINDALCO 172.95 173.20 167.75 169.85 -4.60 INDIGO 1378.00 1410.00 1352.65 1397.25 SUDARSCHEM 470.00 490.05 465.05 469.10 GODFRYPHLP 1219.00 1228.60 1181.05 1195.00 BLUESTARCO 825.00 849.10 824.15 846.70 SFL 1647.60 1667.40 1627.50 1644.50 GRASIM 718.00 722.20 700.00 700.00 -20.40 ZEEL 251.90 253.50 247.00 251.65 ACC 1414.00 1418.45 1388.20 1398.60 CHAMBLFERT 154.00 154.00 148.85 150.00 KEC 342.00 342.00 329.90 330.40 WABCOINDIA 6823.60 6845.00 6763.00 6826.00 TATAMOTORS 146.90 147.90 143.70 144.50 -5.40 EICHERMOT 17497.00 17546.95 17050.00 17230.00 VOLTAS 703.00 704.45 685.30 690.00 MEGH 56.50 58.90 56.45 57.30 HUDCO 30.75 32.40 30.75 31.90 KNRCON 268.50 274.05 266.10 273.50 SUNPHARMA 385.10 386.95 372.50 374.00 -14.90 DRREDDY 3092.00 3113.95 3061.10 3065.25 ADANIGREEN 177.90 177.90 171.30 171.35 GHCL* 173.90 180.60 172.60 180.00 UFLEX 219.90 231.50 217.05 228.30 VSTIND 4206.65 4235.95 4173.20 4204.90 GAIL 114.00 114.10 107.60 108.15 -5.85 GMRINFRA 25.45 25.45 24.20 24.40 NBCC 29.40 29.65 27.75 28.25 RPOWER 1.90 1.92 1.85 1.86 AKZOINDIA 2300.00 2325.85 2268.00 2307.10 SYNDIBANK 21.00 21.05 20.70 20.80 MUTHOOTFIN 943.00 953.90 935.05 940.25 BEL 82.40 82.60 79.40 80.25 JBCHEPHARM 539.45 576.50 539.45 563.55 KAJARIACER 554.25 555.00 544.15 544.15 INDOSTAR 280.85 282.40 273.20 280.05 ESCORTS 824.65 839.00 819.60 826.45 RAJESHEXPO 656.50 657.10 638.05 639.60 AMBER 1535.00 1535.00 1470.00 1470.00 LAXMIMACH 3200.00 3407.60 3200.00 3259.10 TCIEXP 890.00 904.90 863.60 885.10 AXISBANK 728.85 735.60 721.00 729.75 IDFCFIRSTB 39.05 39.40 38.80 38.95 RCF 41.95 42.45 41.20 41.50 NHPC 22.00 22.00 21.60 21.65 ERIS 420.00 431.60 405.00 405.05 ALBK 13.75 13.80 13.30 13.65 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE VEDL 132.40 133.60 129.40 130.30 BBTC 1060.35 1110.00 1056.90 1101.90 GSFC 65.95 67.55 65.95 66.25 VARROC 398.35 398.40 386.55 387.60 NIFTY NEXT 50 27757.65 27826.25 27401.15 27470.15 -393.50 MOTHERSUMI 113.50 114.80 110.70 111.15 GSKCONS 9630.00 9695.00 9506.00 9631.80 BAJAJCON 190.00 190.00 181.55 186.45 CENTRUM 18.65 19.50 18.65 19.50 IDEA 3.85 4.15 3.60 4.05 0.10 ULTRACEMCO 4349.70 4424.25 4290.00 4346.30 RVNL 22.50 22.80 22.30 22.40 NIACL 123.95 124.00 115.95 117.65 DIVISLAB 2116.00 2162.95 2091.10 2148.00 32.00 ONGC 97.90 98.50 95.45 95.80 DCBBANK 160.80 164.40 159.35 161.85 SHANKARA 478.00 489.20 462.20 473.50 MAXINDIA 85.40 89.45 85.00 88.20 INDIGO 1365.10 1410.50 1351.10 1397.55 20.65 HINDALCO 174.00 174.00 167.90 169.90 JKTYRE 65.45 67.60 63.75 65.60 IIFL 182.75 183.70 180.00 180.50 UCOBANK 13.00 13.20 12.70 12.75 AUROPHARMA 507.40 520.00 504.00 510.20 6.25 APOLLOTYRE 153.10 158.10 146.10 148.85 FORCEMOT 1203.00 1224.00 1180.00 1189.50 PGHL 4107.25 4175.95 4060.00 4141.35 CYIENT 430.60 439.90 426.00 431.60 AMBUJACEM 211.90 216.05 210.05 213.40 1.80 CIPLA 402.20 424.85 401.00 422.45 LINDEINDIA 710.10 742.00 702.00 723.10 ADVENZYMES 159.80 164.55 158.55 160.70 CENTURYPLY 154.70 156.90 153.90 156.00 DMART 2326.85 2419.00 2305.05 2344.90 13.15 BPCL 460.00 460.00 443.15 448.50 PARAGMILK 94.65 96.25 91.20 94.45 SOUTHBANK 9.56 9.56 9.45 9.48 MAHSCOOTER 4618.00 4637.50 4550.55 4550.55 PGHH 11177.30 11264.05 11106.05 11230.00 52.70 SRTRANSFIN 1322.00 1325.00 1268.80 1273.25 CRISIL 1600.15 1637.25 1547.75 1573.70 SIS 586.25 586.25 569.70 570.65 TNPL 166.15 166.75 162.75 162.75 BANKBARODA 79.25 81.05 79.05 80.35 0.30 SPICEJET 87.45 90.20 86.30 88.85 GARFIBRES 1549.50 1667.75 1549.50 1642.00 GESHIP 257.00 267.20 251.50 267.00 VTL 1088.90 1102.50 1072.05 1086.00 ACC 1399.00 1418.70 1387.35 1404.00 2.90 BIOCON 300.00 307.55 297.75 298.15 GODREJAGRO 522.80 522.80 497.00 502.10 OFSS 2775.00 2775.00 2725.00 2758.45 ASTRAL 1190.00 1191.00 1170.95 1174.05 HAVELLS 640.55 652.70 636.00 644.60 1.00 DLF 216.00 217.65 210.75 212.20 CUMMINSIND 534.10 543.25 527.40 533.80 JSL 41.65 41.85 39.85 40.15 MAHINDCIE 142.30 142.30 140.45 140.90 MARICO 306.80 308.25 299.90 306.30 0.35 LICHSGFIN 348.80 354.00 344.85 347.90 MASFIN 1074.70 1130.25 1058.45 1111.65 ASHOKA 93.50 93.50 91.45 93.15 MAHLIFE 378.85 388.00 370.20 388.00 HDFCAMC 3250.00 3315.00 3225.00 3266.85 2.35 HDFCLIFE 566.95 571.50 555.00 557.65 MOTILALOFS 775.00 790.45 772.00 783.15 FDC 257.00 259.10 245.55 247.75 ZYDUSWELL 1460.00 1460.00 1437.15 1440.50 DABUR 501.00 507.00 497.25 500.50 0.25 MFSL 585.00 593.60 582.60 588.05 WHIRLPOOL 2212.70 2255.40 2198.90 2230.55 ORIENTBANK 40.20 40.20 38.80 39.00 JAGRAN 70.00 70.00 67.10 67.50 LUPIN 668.10 676.00 664.55 667.85 -1.30 DABUR 501.30 506.85 497.30 500.75 METROPOLIS 1801.00 1924.40 1801.00 1856.20 JKCEMENT 1441.35 1441.35 1420.35 1432.65 GULFOILLUB 730.25 730.25 710.25 710.60 SHREECEM 23488.85 23597.30 23153.10 23500.00 -72.05 ADANIGAS 152.05 159.90 148.50 149.05 LALPATHLAB 1644.95 1667.50 1638.00 1649.25 PNCINFRA 186.15 187.85 181.20 182.45 CENTRALBK 16.35 16.35 16.10 16.25 BERGEPAINT 570.00 573.35 565.05 566.00 -3.10 APOLLOHOSP 1781.20 1795.05 1763.30 1772.95 JSWENERGY 61.50 61.50 60.20 60.40 J&KBANK 19.25 20.30 18.90 19.75 DBCORP 116.90 119.70 116.25 117.60 IBULHSGFIN 324.60 334.70 315.65 322.75 -1.95 ASIANPAINT 1830.00 1843.55 1821.00 1826.55 GICRE 198.15 198.50 187.20 189.55 JYOTHYLAB 130.95 133.30 129.00 132.50 GDL 122.00 122.00 120.00 120.65 UBL 1245.00 1252.00 1225.15 1231.15 -8.60 GRAPHITE 257.00 266.65 253.20 254.85 CREDITACC 943.00 960.00 933.00 936.25 SYNGENE 308.00 312.00 306.00 308.00 ECLERX 600.00 617.50 586.85 587.00 L&TFH 116.05 117.10 113.70 115.30 -1.25 PFC 128.20 130.25 126.90 127.25 STRTECH 107.35 107.35 102.35 102.85 JKLAKSHMI 321.00 339.20 314.20 314.70 TTKPRESTIG 5857.00 5886.95 5840.40 5842.60 BLUEDART 2811.00 2898.25 2779.00 2847.80 PETRONET 264.00 264.65 258.55 260.95 -2.90 SBILIFE 899.95 914.45 882.30 891.25 DELTACORP 156.00 157.60 151.10 154.40 BOSCHLTD 13767.50 13777.50 13232.00 13232.00 FINCABLES 348.00 357.00 346.65 349.00 SOMANYCERA 200.00 200.45 189.00 189.00 COLPAL 1344.80 1344.80 1315.55 1329.85 -15.45 POLYCAB 1101.00 1158.00 1101.00 1139.95 PRSMJOHNSN 62.00 69.70 62.00 65.15 VMART 2394.65 2404.60 2364.25 2379.90 HERITGFOOD 345.20 347.80 337.60 339.20 TVSSRICHAK 1555.00 1564.65 1525.00 1558.70 PFC 127.90 130.25 126.75 127.30 -1.55 MANAPPURAM 176.80 178.65 175.20 176.25 JUSTDIAL 491.00 492.35 483.15 488.40 FINEORG 2244.35 2283.95 2223.65 2233.20 MOIL 135.60 135.60 129.70 134.40 KPRMILL 615.60 618.20 606.20 618.00 SBILIFE 893.80 914.80 881.50 890.00 -11.20 JUBLFOOD 1820.00 1864.00 1820.00 1847.50 CANFINHOME 505.00 509.65 505.00 506.65 THYROCARE 589.40 619.70 587.40 596.90 NESCO 721.20 732.55 715.00 719.95 SHK 110.25 111.60 108.95 109.65 HINDPETRO 211.00 211.30 207.15 208.40 -2.65 NOCIL 95.70 103.45 94.70 97.55 SPARC 158.15 160.75 152.00 154.35 APLLTD 651.65 663.30 646.05 648.25 BDL 282.40 287.15 278.10 280.15 TEAMLEASE 2385.85 2404.75 2338.95 2370.00 HINDZINC 175.10 177.95 170.85 175.00 -2.60 BANKBARODA 79.50 81.05 79.10 80.25 HSCL 53.65 57.65 52.30 55.75 CROMPTON 288.85 288.85 280.90 287.25 GICHSGFIN 105.70 107.45 101.00 101.85 UNITEDBNK 7.68 7.68 7.52 7.56 PNB 49.45 50.10 49.00 49.05 -0.85 TATAGLOBAL 369.00 370.00 361.05 365.25 LUPIN 670.00 675.80 665.00 668.55 DEEPAKFERT 92.00 95.50 91.00 92.35 TATACOFFEE 90.60 91.25 89.60 89.60 EIHOTEL 137.00 137.50 134.70 135.00 PIDILITIND 1550.00 1562.95 1526.20 1528.00 -28.15 NESTLEIND 16435.10 16495.55 16155.00 16175.05 PTC 52.10 52.80 51.85 52.00 CHOLAFIN 323.30 324.80 313.00 319.15 JCHAC 2793.55 2862.60 2791.55 2860.55 KPITTECH 87.10 88.00 86.50 86.60 OFSS 2780.00 2780.00 2720.05 2732.50 -52.50 GAIL 114.75 114.75 107.60 108.00 RALLIS 226.40 236.50 220.75 231.10 BAJAJELEC 445.00 445.00 431.25 438.00 NILKAMAL 1413.40 1428.00 1400.00 1401.40 NBVENTURES 67.05 67.55 63.60 64.60 BIOCON 299.90 307.70 297.65 298.00 -5.85 TECHM 823.45 825.95 808.25 810.35 MGL 1094.00 1107.25 1071.20 1075.10 DALBHARAT 814.90 826.00 801.65 801.80 JISLJALEQS 6.07 6.07 5.75 5.90 CORPBANK 18.95 19.10 18.70 18.70 ICICIPRULI 479.45 489.05 470.70 471.50 -9.55 NCC 40.45 41.00 39.45 39.95 PVR 2028.60 2038.00 1995.40 2022.25 WESTLIFE 470.05 487.55 466.00 474.60 VAIBHAVGBL 1147.30 1168.90 1120.00 1127.50 LAKSHVILAS 16.40 16.50 15.65 16.50 NHPC 22.00 22.05 21.55 21.60 -0.45 BEML 844.40 844.40 817.05 820.40 GODREJCP 615.55 615.55 599.30 602.00 PRESTIGE 338.25 338.25 328.85 333.05 SYMPHONY 1335.00 1344.80 1312.00 1319.55 MAHLOG 407.55 409.00 394.00 400.15 GODREJCP 610.20 612.75 599.00 602.00 -13.75 AUBANK 1155.00 1201.60 1077.00 1174.50 RAYMOND 565.00 570.90 550.00 553.40 DISHTV 10.25 10.32 9.84 9.91 NLCINDIA 54.75 55.25 54.20 54.30 GET&D 129.70 130.90 126.50 129.80 HDFCLIFE 565.30 571.45 555.00 556.50 -13.00 IRCON 536.70 555.30 520.60 524.25 BAJAJHLDNG 3643.00 3643.00 3468.00 3490.00 TV18BRDCST 24.75 25.75 24.55 25.20 REDINGTON 113.55 116.60 113.00 113.05 IFBIND 504.20 504.20 479.65 480.05 DLF 214.85 217.70 210.60 211.80 -4.95 GRASIM 720.95 723.05 699.55 701.70 INFIBEAM 59.10 59.10 57.00 57.15 VINATIORGA 1006.60 1034.65 996.15 1007.00 BAYERCROP 4535.70 4563.15 4428.45 4482.85 MAGMA 49.95 50.00 48.00 48.00 PAGEIND 22015.00 22398.45 21817.85 22100.00 -585.50 GLENMARK 296.90 303.75 294.20 296.00 MARICO 305.80 308.10 299.70 306.70 MPHASIS 885.00 885.10 842.05 851.30 TATAINVEST 902.70 925.20 902.70 907.00 SOLARINDS 1191.30 1220.00 1181.40 1220.00 MCDOWELL-N 700.00 701.30 684.00 684.20 -19.10 WOCKPHARMA 349.00 350.35 334.75 337.05 SHILPAMED 522.70 538.75 489.45 489.45 LAURUSLABS 431.25 434.00 417.60 419.05 TIINDIA 546.25 560.00 544.60 548.45 CERA 2445.00 2451.20 2426.10 2435.00 BANDHANBNK 415.00 423.00 391.30 392.50 -11.40 HEXAWARE 364.00 366.80 363.00 365.25 TVSMOTOR 425.00 437.60 423.00 435.25 ITI 80.85 81.85 80.40 80.75 GUJALKALI 357.35 367.85 350.60 356.00 SCHAEFFLER 4476.40 4517.75 4456.00 4517.75 SIEMENS 1376.15 1397.65 1340.00 1342.70 -40.05 AMARAJABAT 715.95 715.95 676.50 695.20 FEDERALBNK 87.80 87.80 84.60 85.15 SHREECEM 23280.00 23574.90 23165.50 23461.25 KTKBANK 72.60 72.95 71.50 71.75 INOXWIND 36.70 37.00 36.00 36.00 NMDC 99.85 101.40 97.30 97.85 -3.45 BALKRISIND 1212.00 1212.00 1181.70 1185.85 SUNTECK 366.50 367.60 356.00 358.10 ABFRL 264.75 265.80 260.20 262.30 SUPREMEIND 1395.00 1395.00 1377.30 1392.40 MAHSEAMLES 340.50 342.10 335.00 335.80 ASHOKLEY 80.65 81.90 77.60 77.90 -2.75 CANBK 162.70 163.10 159.20 159.90 COLPAL 1342.40 1342.40 1316.00 1331.80 HONAUT 34165.00 34340.00 33650.15 33700.00 JAMNAAUTO 38.50 38.50 37.20 37.45 MHRIL 217.10 221.15 217.10 221.15 CADILAHC 270.20 271.60 262.00 262.50 -9.70 COALINDIA 175.00 177.65 172.75 173.85 BANKINDIA 58.25 58.30 56.55 56.80 SCI 52.35 52.65 50.15 51.20 ASTERDM 166.35 170.20 165.40 167.30 SUPRAJIT 194.70 201.25 191.30 197.90 SRTRANSFIN 1314.90 1318.00 1268.05 1274.55 -48.35 HEG 955.50 994.50 948.00 959.95 UJJIVAN 375.15 377.00 367.65 369.05 RELCAPITAL 7.40 7.46 7.05 7.08 NETWORK18 29.50 29.80 28.05 29.30 VRLLOG 232.00 233.30 228.00 228.35 BOSCHLTD 13750.00 13834.75 13222.05 13265.85 -531.00 CGCL 198.50 212.10 198.50 210.50 ABCAPITAL 84.00 85.40 82.90 83.15 CCL 239.00 242.60 232.80 235.50 GALAXYSURF 1578.00 1664.25 1574.30 1627.25 FLFL 362.55 364.75 352.10 356.40 BAJAJHLDNG 3648.00 3648.00 3465.00 3494.00 -148.25 ADANIPOWER 55.55 56.00 53.85 54.55 GRANULES 173.90 178.25 170.85 173.55 ORIENTELEC 254.80 268.00 252.10 262.00 HINDCOPPER 35.05 35.05 33.85 34.25 TVTODAY 230.15 234.85 229.30 232.20 PEL 1498.00 1498.00 1417.50 1426.00 -67.30 SIEMENS 1382.00 1396.75 1340.85 1346.15 STARCEMENT 86.90 97.20 86.50 92.40 HINDZINC 177.00 177.85 171.10 174.80 VGUARD 203.10 203.75 201.20 201.85 CHOLAHLDNG 540.70 545.05 540.70 542.45 MOTHERSUMI 113.00 114.80 110.70 111.50 -5.30 M&M 506.00 512.70 500.40 503.50 UNIONBANK 42.70 42.70 41.05 41.25 IEX 188.15 189.90 183.10 187.55 TATAMETALI 633.55 648.15 633.55 642.50 SHOPERSTOP 380.00 385.95 376.55 382.50 GICRE 197.90 198.65 187.05 189.60 -9.10 PNB 49.60 50.10 49.00 49.15 ENGINERSIN 80.50 80.50 74.50 74.90 EMAMILTD 269.20 278.00 264.20 269.80 MINDACORP 115.60 117.05 111.75 112.75 GAYAPROJ 21.75 21.75 21.75 21.75 ICICIGI 1281.80 1292.70 1214.00 1227.00 -59.90 GODREJIND 415.00 416.50 402.00 413.00 CASTROLIND 152.55 157.45 151.40 153.40 SCHNEIDER 99.95 102.80 97.50 98.60 HIMATSEIDE 110.75 111.00 105.30 106.50 SHRIRAMCIT 1393.65 1406.90 1393.65 1403.15 CONCOR 535.40 542.20 510.15 513.00 -29.00 HAVELLS 626.05 656.00 626.05 645.50 JINDALSAW 83.30 86.25 81.25 82.15 FRETAIL 328.25 328.45 316.05 319.80 NH 326.00 342.30 322.00 339.90 TCNSBRANDS 562.25 573.20 562.25 573.20 NIACL 124.00 124.00 115.65 117.40 -7.80 TATAPOWER 51.30 51.30 48.85 49.70 IPCALAB 1426.00 1427.25 1365.90 1371.95 COCHINSHIP 342.00 358.10 342.00 345.00 AAVAS 1889.05 1943.90 1882.55 1899.30 CHALET 328.00 328.80 328.00 328.80 !" #$%#&#& ;; ; .-- --- ) !% quarantine at his home, US Forces Korea said, adding it was ore than 200,000 mem- conducting “contact tracing” to , AA Mbers of a religious sect determine whether other sol- were being checked for coron- diers had been exposed. avirus symptoms by South The streets of Daegu — Korean authorities on population of 2.5 million — % Wednesday, as US comman- have been largely deserted for ders reported the first case days, apart from long queues at among American forces in the the few shops with masks for country. Most of South Korea’s sale. Authorities have urged the ) novel coronavirus are linked to public to exercise extra caution, the Shincheonji Church of advising citizens to stay home Jesus, an entity often accused of if they have a fever or respira- being a cult. tory symptoms. 5 ' ) together with over 50 million After days of mounting But they say they are not population continue to be public anger, the secretive considering putting the city in he death toll in China’s under lockdown since Shincheonji group handed over lockdown the way China did Tnovel coronavirus epidem- January 23 with all public and a list of 212,000 members, the for Wuhan, where the virus ic on Wednesday climbed to private transportation government said. first emerged. 2,715 with 52 new fatalities remained suspended. Other Local authorities across Scores of events have been while the confirmed cases rose key areas including Beijing, the country — which has more cancelled or postponed as the to 78,064, amidst strong signs Zhejiang and Guangdong coronavirus cases than any- outbreak has spread in the of COVID-19 slowing down should enhance coordination where else outside China — world’s 12th-largest economy, even at its epicentre Hubei with Hubei in prevention will check if they have symp- from K-pop concerts to the province. work, such as information toms of fever or respiratory dis- start of the K-league football The country’s National sharing, to contain further ease and put them in quaran- season and the World Team Health Commission (NHC) in spread of the epidemic, He tine at home if so, said vice Table Tennis championships, its daily update said it received said. health minister Kim Gang-lip. while museums and other pub- reports of 52 deaths, all from For lower-risk regions Shincheonji claims its lic venues have closed. Hubei, and 406 new confirmed across the country, preventive founder Lee Man-hee has In Daegu, Prime Minister cases of the novel coronavirus measures should be adopted donned the mantle of Jesus 8 3* ( ) . ! !+ 8: 8 Chung Sye-kyun told a meet- infection from all over the at the county level to avoid Christ and will take 144,000 - . & . . -: ing the government would country. relapse of the epidemic situ- people with him to heaven on & “mobilise all resources and The death toll has gone up ation while advancing the day of judgement. means” to try to control the to 2,715 and overall confirmed resumption of work and pro- A 61-year-old female outbreak. cases reached 78,064, it said. duction as soon as possible, member developed a fever on The Korea Centers for death toll rising to 12. them account for the bulk of first infection among the South Korea has an Another 439 new suspect- He said, stressing efforts to February 10, but attended at Disease Control and The vast majority — more the national total. 28,500 troops Washington sta- advanced medical system, a ed cases were reported on step up disinfection and ven- least four church services in Prevention (KCDC) reported than 80 percent — of An American soldier sta- tions in the South to defend it free press and a strong culture Tuesday while the number of tilation as well as passengers’ Daegu — the country’s fourth- 284 new infections Wednesday Wednesday’s new infections tioned at Camp Carroll 30 against the nuclear-armed of public accountability, and severe cases decreased by 374 temperature and health mon- largest city and the epicentre of — its largest daily increase to were in Daegu and the neigh- kilometres (19 miles) north of North. observers say that its health sta- to 8,752, it said. itoring to reduce the risk of the outbreak — before being date — taking the overall bouring province of North Daegu tested positive for the The 23-year-old service- tistics can be treated with con- Overall 2,491 people were virus transmission amidst diagnosed. national tally to 1,261, with the Gyeongsang, which between virus, commanders said, the man had been put in self- fidence. still suspected of being infect- people’s return trips. ed with the virus. A total of 29,745 people had been discharged from hos- , .- C4 ) 4 pital after recovery. &3--3 The commission said 6.47 -. . lakh close contacts had been traced, and over 79,000 are still 3- B 8-% under medical observation. *./...+O By the end of Tuesday, 85 Paris (AFP): A 60-year-old confirmed cases including man has become the first !% sionals were tracing his contacts there’s no getting around that, two deaths had been report- French victim of the coron- to determine if other people may but it’s not the end of the war,” "# break outside China. On Tuesday, Pompeo ed from Hong Kong, 10 con- avirus in the country, the health outh Korean virus cases have been exposed. he said on a video message post- “We shouldn’t let America accused the Islamic republic of firmed cases in Macao and 31 ministry announced on Sjumped again on About 28,500 US troops ed on Facebook. ran on Wednesday reported mount a new virus on top of concealing the true extent of in Taiwan including one Wednesday. Wednesday and the US mili- are stationed in South Korea as “We are very well equipped Ifour more novel coronavirus coronavirus that is called... the outbreak. death. The man died overnight tary confirmed its first case deterrence against potential to fight this thing off. I am cer- deaths among 44 new cases in extreme fear,” Rouhani told a “The United States is Wuhan, the capital city of after being rushed to a Paris among American soldiers aggression from North Korea. tain that, that soldier that has the past 24 hours, taking the weekly cabinet meeting, a day deeply concerned by informa- the hardest-hit province of hospital in serious condition on based in the Asian country, United States Forces Korea pre- tested positive, he’s on his way up total number of fatalities to 19 after US Secretary of State tion indicating the Iranian Hubei, remains the main bat- Tuesday evening, bringing the with his case and many others viously said a widowed depen- to Camp Humphreys today, is and infections to 139. Mike Pompeo accused Iran of regime may have suppressed tlefield for prevention and death toll in the country to two, connected to a southeastern dent had the virus, the first case going to get better medical care Fifteen new COVID-19 suppressing information about vital details about the out- control of the coronavirus said the ministry’s deputy head city with a growing illness involving a USFK-related indi- than anyone else in Korea who cases surfaced in the Shiite holy the outbreak. break,” he told reporters in epidemic in the country, the Jerome Salomon. The first vic- cluster. South Korea’s Centers for vidual. has the coronavirus.” city of Qom, nine in Gilan, four The Americans “them- Washington. NHC said. tim was an 80-year-old Chinese Disease Control and Prevention South Korea’s 600,000- South Korea now has 1,261 in Tehran, three in Khuzestan, selves are struggling with coro- Rouhani said Iran had Resolute efforts should tourist, who died in hospital in said 216 of the 284 new cases member military has reported confirmed infections of the two each in Sistan and navirus. Sixteen thousand peo- been making progress in the be made to curb the rise in mid-February. were in Daegu, where the gov- 18 cases and quarantined thou- virus and 11 fatalities from the Baluchistan, Kohgiluyeh and ple have died of influenza there fight against the virus as “we confirmed cases in the France has reported four ernment has been mobilizing sands of soldiers as a precaution. COVID-19 illness it causes. The Boyerahmad, and Fars, and but they don’t talk about their witness fewer (hospital) visits periphery of Hubei and other other new cases of COVID-19 public health tools to contain the Bowling alleys, movie theatres national government has been one in Markazi, Kermanshah, own (dead),” Rouhani said. and progress in treatment”. key provincial-level regions, in the past 24 hours, including spread of the outbreak, and in and a golf course at four US channelling medical personnel, Ardebil, Mazandaran, Lorestan, Iran has been scrambling “If 100 people were hospi- He Qinghua, an official of the two people returning from Italy, neighbouring towns. bases were closed after the sol- protective suits and other sup- Semnan and Hormozgan. to contain COVID-19 since talised in the early days, seven NHC told the media. bringing the total number of The US military said the 23- dier’s case was confirmed, plies to Daegu, and there are Meanwhile, President Wednesday last week when it to eight could have died, but A joint prevention and infections to 17. Eleven other year-old soldier was in self- Colonel Edward Ballanco, com- concerns the local hospitals are Hassan Rouhani on announced the first two deaths this number has dropped very control mechanism should people have recovered from quarantine at his off-base resi- mander of the US Army being overwhelmed and fatigued Wednesday accused the United in Qom, a centre for Islamic much today,” he said. be initiated between Hubei the disease which has killed dence. He had been based in Garrison Daegu, said. All doctors are becoming vulnera- States of trying to spread “fear” studies and pilgrims that The Iranian president also and its neighbouring more than 2,600 people world- Camp Carroll in a town near restaurants at the bases, and at ble to infections. in Iran over a deadly outbreak attracts scholars from abroad. vowed to be transparent about provinces to help prevent the wide and infected almost 80,000 Daegu, and visited both Carroll Camp George in Daegu, could “This week will be critical in of the novel coronavirus. Its authorities have closed the numbers of deaths and spread of the epidemic to others, mainly in China. and nearby Camp Walker in now provide only takeout meals the fight to combat the illness,” Coronavirus has claimed schools, universities, cultural infections caused by the virus. neighbouring areas and pro- One of the four people still recent days, according to the with soldiers and family mem- Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun the lives of 19 people among centres, sporting events and Iran has reported at least vide materials, personnel and being treated in hospital, a 55- statement. bers prohibited from dining said at a meeting in Daegu City 139 infections in Iran, includ- deployed teams of sanitary one death from coronavirus transportation support need- year-old man, is listed in criti- South Korean authorities there, he said. Hall to discuss quarantine ing the deputy health minister workers to disinfect buses, and two cases every day since ed in Hubei, He said. cal condition in the northern and US military health profes- “This is a setback, it’s true, efforts. — making it the deadliest out- trains and public spaces. February 19. Hubei and Wuhan city of Amiens. ( ' 8 +B% , % Q & R ) ! 6! “We asked all of them that repatriated citizens from ommending that people work !) !) will cost HK$71 billion but offi- especially hard with bankrupt- mers in a city where neither its (who have symptoms) to see a the boat. from home or commute off- cials hope consumers will cies soaring and traditionally leadership nor Beijing have ozens of passengers doctor and to take tests.” Infections have also con- peak. ong Kong’s government plough much of the money low unemployment rising. addressed the issues fuelling Dallowed off a coronavirus- Around 970 people were tinued to rise inside Japan, and The recommendations Hon Wednesday said it will back into local businesses. “Hong Kong’s economy is years of rising resentment. stricken ship have developed allowed off the boat last week Prime Minister Shinzo Abe come as the local government give a HK$10,000 ($1,280) “Making good use of fiscal facing enormous challenges Neighbouring Macau often symptoms including fever and after testing negative for the on Wednesday said hosting in northern Hokkaido handout to seven million per- reserves to support enterpris- this year,” Chan said, predict- announces universal cash will be asked to take tests for virus, but several have subse- large events should be recon- announced in its latest update manent residents in a bid to es and relieve people’s hardship ing a range of 0.5 percent handouts to residents in its the virus, Japan’s health minis- quently been diagnosed with sidered. on the virus the death of a local jump-start a recession-hit is certainly in line with our growth to a 1.5 percent con- annual budget. Hong Kong ter said on Wednesday. the illness. “In light of the significant resident, whose name, gender economy now compounded people’s expectations,” he said. traction this year. has historically been more ret- The news came as anoth- Japan has come under infection risks, we will ask that and age were not revealed. by the coronavirus outbreak. Hong Kong’s economy is The recession is a major icent. er death linked to the virus in increasing pressure over its national sporting or cultural The school board in Financial Secretary Paul reeling from the US-China headache for the city’s unelect- The last handout for all res- Japan was reported and the handling of the crisis on the events that will attract large Hokkaido, where at least 38 Chan unveiled the cash gift in trade war, months of pro- ed pro-Beijing leader Carrie idents was in 2011, three years government urged organisers vessel. crowds be either cancelled, people have been diagnosed, is an annual budget, committing democracy protests last year Lam who currently boasts after the global crash sparked of major events in the next fort- Those allowed off the ship postponed or downsized for expected to advise public $120 billion to help alleviate the and now the coronavirus: a record low approval ratings the city’s last recession. night to consider cancelling or after a 14-day quarantine were the next two weeks,” Abe told schools to close. worst economic downtown the triple whammy Chan described after facing down huge democ- Last week Hong Kong’s downsizing them to help curb asked to stay inside, but no for- a cabinet task force meeting on In Tokyo meanwhile, the international financial hub has as “exceptionally austere”. racy protests. government announced a the spread of infections. mal measures restricting their the outbreak. regional education board said faced in a decade. Other measures The massive rallies and HK$30 billion relief fund for The government has con- movement were imposed. The government has public high schools may start Hong Kong boasts signifi- announced in the budget regular clashes with police that those hit hardest by the virus tacted 813 former passengers of Opposition lawmakers repeatedly said that the coming classes late to spare students cant fiscal reserves of more included profits and salary tax became a weekly fixture last outbreak, including cash hand- the Diamond Princess cruise have blamed the government weeks will be critical in limit- travelling on packed commuter than HK$1 trillion built up breaks as well as low interest year were dying down before outs for businesses like restau- ship and found “45 people had for failing to implement a fresh ing the spread of the virus in trains. over the boom years, a stock- loans for businesses struggling the outbreak began. But the rants and travel companies. certain symptoms”, Health 14-day quarantine after the Japan. Japan has seen at least 165 pile that the government is now to pay staff wages. virus has comprehensively Chan said the city was set Minister Katsunobu Kato told passengers left the cruise ship But its measures have been infections separate from the tapping into. The tourist, restaurant and ended mass gatherings. to record a record high deficit Parliament. — as was required by countries largely advisory, including rec- outbreak on the cruise ship. The cash handout alone retail sectors have been hit Yet public anger still sim- this year — its first in 15 years. ) 5 ' ) intensive anti-disease measures the second largest economy. Gloomier outlooks say the out- China also is a major sup- ease-control measures to fully planes and trains to help their AXA Investment Managers ever imposed closed factories, But brands including Apple break might last until mid-May plier of chemicals for the glob- restore production while high- employees get back to work. in Hong Kong. actories that make the cut off most access to cities with Inc. say it is starting to disrupt or later. Or, as the World al pharmaceutical industry. risk areas focus on fighting the China accounts for about Other global companies Fworld’s smartphones, toys more than 60 million people their supplies. Analysts warn Health Organization warned The outbreak has prompted epidemic, according to the one-quarter of global manu- that need Chinese plastics, and other goods are strug- and imposed travel curbs. the longer that disruption lasts, this week, authorities might fail concern supplies might be dis- official Xinhua News Agency. facturing when measured by chemicals, steel and high-tech gling to reopen after a virus In smartphones, an indus- the more damage will spread to to stop its global spread. rupted but there is no indica- Manufacturers face a the value added in its facto- components also “face outbreak idled China’s econo- try that relies on China to wider industries and other Automakers and other fac- tion that drug production has shortage of workers after mil- ries. But it is the final assem- reduced production,” accord- my. But even with the ruling assemble almost all its hand- economies. tories are reopening, but ana- been affected. lions who visited their home- bly point for more than 80% ing to Kaho Yu of Verisk Communist Party promising sets, some components suppli- Global brands have used lysts say they won’t restore President Xi Jinping has towns for the Lunar New Year of the world’s smartphones, Maplecroft, a consulting firm. help, companies and econo- ers say production is as low as low-cost Chinese labor to normal production until at put his personal authority holiday were stranded there by more than half of TVs and a Yu said that is likely to last mists say it may be months 10% of normal levels, accord- assemble goods for three least mid-March. behind reviving industry. the suspension of plane, train big share of other consumer through the quarter ending in before production is back to ing to Nicole Peng of Canalys, decades. Now, they increasingly “If factory work does not Beijing is promising tax and bus services. goods. Apple, which has most September. The American normal. a research firm. “The bad news depend on China to supply spike in the coming weeks, a cuts, though economists say Officials must “unblock of its iPhones and other prod- Chamber of Commerce in The problem is supply is that there will be further auto, computer and other com- global parts shortage would financial help will have limit- transportation channels,” ucts assembled by contractors Shanghai said last week half of chains — the thousands of impact, and the impact is worse ponents. Disruptions can make likely emerge,” Taimur Baig ed impact when anti-disease Xinhua cited Xi as saying. in China, rattled stock mar- the 109 companies that companies that provide com- than a lot of people initially this country a bottleneck, chok- and Samuel Tse of DBS said in controls still in effect are still The government of Yiwu, kets when it warned February responded to a survey report- ponents, from auto parts to zip- expected,” said Peng. ing off their sales. a report. There is no indication keeping workers away from a southeastern city known for 17 that revenue would suffer ed their global operations pers to microchips. China’s are Travel and retail business- The most optimistic fore- yet of an impact on consumers factories and disrupting the its thousands of suppliers of due to supply disruptions. already are affected. It said famously nimble and resource- es that need Chinese customers casts call for bringing the virus abroad, but retailers are start- movement of goods. buttons, doorknobs and other “We would certainly 78% reported they lacked suf- ful, but they lack raw materials have suffered the most so far under control by March, allow- ing to warn some products On Sunday, Xi said “low- components to export manu- expect to see more news like ficient staff to run production and workers after the most from the partial shutdown of ing manufacturing to rebound. might be late or unavailable. risk areas” should change dis- facturers, says it arranged that,” said Simon Weston of lines. !" #$%#&#& ; 4 ) Q, R & #5% myocardium for which he is offender,” Awan said. ment has decided not to accept due to undergo surgery. She said the Punjab gov- Sharif’s application regarding akistan’s former prime min- The government on ernment, which was autho- extension in his eight-week Pister Nawaz Sharif has been Tuesday decided not to extend rised by the IHC to decide bail (that expired on December %## %(%" his party arrived at the palace Anwar couldn’t partici- declared an “absconder” by the bail of Sharif and declared Sharif’s case on medical 24, 2019),” Awan added. Wednesday morning in an pate in the 2018 elections the government for violating him an “absconder” for violat- grounds, had written several She did not elaborate how alaysia’s king held unusu- open-top double-decker bus. because he was behind bars the bail requirements by not ing the bail requirements by letters asking the self-exiled for- Sharif could be declared an Mal consultations with law- “God willing, may there be for a second sodomy convic- presenting his medical report not presenting his medical mer premier to submit his “absconder” legally, the paper makers for a second day a good outcome for all,” Anwar tion. But he was freed and par- from his doctors in London, report before a board formed medical report from any hos- reported. Wednesday to resolve a polit- tweeted. doned by the king after the according to a media report on on the order of the Islamabad pital in London, but he failed Sharif was granted bail on ical vacuum caused by the The turmoil has strength- alliance won power. Wednesday. High Court (IHC), Dawn to do so and only sent a cer- humanitarian grounds on abrupt collapse of the ruling ened Mahathir’s position, with Mahathir initially said he Sharif, 70, left for London Newspaper reported. tificate which was not accept- November 4 last year by the coalition and the resignation of both Anwar’s alliance and the expected to stay as prime in November last for treatment The decisions were taken at ed by the medical board. Lahore High Court in the case. Prime Minister Mahathir defectors trying to grab power minister for two years to clean after the Lahore High Court a meeting of the federal “If he (Nawaz Sharif) is The former prime minister Mohamad. by supporting him as their up the government, but allowed him to go abroad on Cabinet presided by Prime to the Prime Minister on seriously ill then why a com- left for London on November The king’s role is largely leader. Some analysts said it refused to set a firm timeline medical grounds for four Minister Imran Khan. Information Firdous Ashiq prehensive medical report is 19 in an air ambulance. ceremonial in Malaysia, but he could allow Mahathir’s come- for passing the baton to weeks. “After Nawaz Sharif failed Awan said at a post-Cabinet not being submitted to the On December 24, 2018, an appoints the person with back with a clean slate with Anwar. According to Sharif’s to submit his medical report of meeting press conference. medical board,” she added. accountability court had sen- majority support in Parliament Anwar still in the running for Mahathir, the world’s old- physician, the three-time prime any hospital in London, the “From today Nawaz Sharif “The medical board wants tenced Sharif to seven years in as prime minister. the top job. est leader, has kept mum dur- minister is suffering from com- medical board rejected a med- is an absconder according to to know exactly about ailment prison in the Al-Azizia Steel Sultan Abdullah Sultan “The (power transition) ing the political debacle. He plex multi-vessel coronary ical certificate sent by him and the law of land and if he does of Nawaz Sharif and its treat- Mills corruption case and Ahmad Shah met with 83 law- deal will have to be renegoti- has been meeting with various artery disease and substantial (the government) declared him not return to the country he ment and due to his lack of acquitted him in the Flagship makers on Tuesday and is ated, but support for Anwar political leaders and on ischemic and threatened an absconder,” Special Assistant will be declared a proclaimed response the Punjab govern- case. meeting the remaining 139 among the (Alliance of Hope) Tuesday tweeted of meeting now to determine who they remains strong and he remains with finance ministry officials support as prime minister and the leading contender,” said about a stimulus plan to bol- if they want fresh elections. Bridget Welsh, honorary ster the economy hurt by the 7R )3 I3-. Mahathir’s Bersatu party research associate at the COVID-19 illness. ditched the ruling alliance University of Nottingham in Leaders from two opposi- Monday but failed to form a Malaysia. tion Malay parties, which new government with parties The premiership eluded jointly control a quarter of the /& . -. to thwart an agreed transition Anwar once two decades ago. parliamentary seats, have of power to Anwar Ibrahim. Once a high-flying member of called for fresh elections. The ##" He died on the spot,” senior The 94-year-old Mahathir the former ruling coalition. United Malays National # # of whom fled neighbouring Bangladesh and Myanmar police official Muhammad Ijaz resigned as premier and Anwar was convicted of Organization, party of dis- Myanmar in 2017 after a brutal have already signed a repatriation Pakistan journalist whose Khan told AFP. Bersatu chairman in what allies homosexual sodomy and cor- graced ex-premier Najib who angladesh has yet again military crackdown. deal to send back some Rohingya Arelatives were members of Ali Muhammad a local say was a protest of his party’s ruption after a power struggle is on trial for corruption, and Bshelved a controversial plan But rights groups say that to their homeland — but safety an anti-Taliban group has been police official, also confirmed plan to work with the former with Mahathir, who was prime a fundamentalist Islamic party to relocate some 100,000 some refugees had been coerced fears mean very few have agreed gunned down, police con- the incident. “It was a targeted corrupt regime that he had minister for 22 years until with strong rural support, Rohingya refugees to a flood- into agreeing to relocation and to return. Thousands are sus- firmed on Wednesday, the lat- attack,” Muhammad added. ousted in 2018 elections. 2003. He was freed in 2004 but said they opposed Mahathir’s prone island in the Bay of Bengal, the plan has been staunchly pected to have been killed in est attack targeting media in the “Many of his relatives, The departure of 37 law- was once again convicted for plan for a unity government a minister said Wednesday. opposed by the Rohingya com- Myanmar during the 2017 restive northwest of the coun- including a brother, uncles and makers, including 11 from sodomy in 2015, charges that that would include rival par- Authorities have long sought munity at large. Rohingya crackdown and try. Javedullah Khan, 36, was cousins were killed due to their Anwar’s party, deprived the he said were concocted to ties and a Cabinet that isn’t to relocate some of the country’s Junior disaster management refugees brought reports of wide- shot dead late Tuesday in involvement in anti-Taliban governing Alliance of Hope of destroy his political career. split based on party strength. million-plus Rohingya popula- minister Enamur Rahman said spread rape and arson by soldiers Matta, a former militant peace committees.” majority rule and sparked a cri- Angered by a massive cor- Analyst Welsh said their tion to Bhashan Char, despite Bangladesh would increase its and ethnic Rakhine mobs. stronghold some 40-kilometres For years, Pakistan has sis less than two years after its ruption scandal at a state U-turn confirmed that warnings the silty strip of land focus on diplomatic talks aimed The military denies nearly all (24 miles) northwest of encouraged tribal vigilante election victory ousted a cor- investment fund, Mahathir Mahathir won’t work with was prone to violent and poten- at returning the refugees home. wrongdoing and insists its oper- Pakistan’s picturesque Swat val- forces, known locally as peace rupt-tainted coalition that had made a political comeback them and that they think their tially deadly monsoon storms. “The relocation plan has ations were justified in order to ley. He worked as a bureau committees, to defend their vil- ruled for 61 years. and the two men forged an best chances of getting into The move would take some been postponed,” he told AFP, root out Rohingya insurgents. chief for the Urdu language lages against militants. The king dissolved the alliance that that ousted Prime power are through elections. pressure off the overcrowded adding that there had been Bangladesh’s navy has spent newspaper Ausaf. Most have been disbanded Cabinet but reappointed Minister Najib Razak’s coali- “Elections are a real possibil- border camps home to huge “much progress” in repatriation years building homes, facilities “Javed was travelling with following a dramatic improve- Mahathir as interim leader. tion, which had been in power ity, but after negotiations for numbers of the persecuted and discussions with Myanmar with and flood walls on Bhashan a police guard when two gun- ment in security across the Anwar and more than since independence from a government don’t work out,” stateless Muslim minority, most China acting as intermediary. Char at a cost of $280 million. men opened fire on his vehicle. country. three dozen lawmakers from Britain in 1957. she added. / ' %- ) ) :, )7 (! &! It said they had been plan- agencies, since 2018 the FSB peninsula annexed by Russia ning an attack on an “educa- has uncovered 150 extremist in 2014. &# "! ussia’s security service on tional institution” in the Volga internet groups of young peo- The arrests of the teenagers RWednesday said it had River city of Saratov. ple and averted 50 armed comes as the FSB has been gypt was preparing to hold detained two teenagers on sus- They were arrested in a attacks on schools. heavily criticised by rights Ea full-honours military picion of plotting a deadly hideout where they were keep- The TASS news agency activists over a case of two left- funeral on Wednesday for the attack on a school with ing a sawn-off shotgun and had said that one of the young men ists in their 20s accused of country’s former autocratic weapons and homemade also planned to use home- had told investigators that the belonging to a group that plot- President Hosni Mubarak, who explosives. made explosives, the instruc- aim of the attack was “revenge” ted attacks on elections and the for decades was the face of sta- The pair — both born in tions for which they had found and they had planned to kill 2018 World Cup. bility in the Middle East but 2005 and Russian citizens — on the internet, it said. some 40 people. The two leftist activists who was ousted from power in had been active on websites Investigators have opened In 2018, a teenage gun- returned to court in Saint the 2011 Arab Spring uprising where they propagated an ide- a criminal probe against them man killed 20 students and Petersburg on Tuesday, with that swept much of the region. ology of mass murder and sui- into belonging to a group plan- staff in a rampage at a college supporters insisting they are A few dozen Mubarak sup- cide, the FSB security service ning to cause multiple fatalities. in the city of Kerch in Crimea victims of FSB conspiracy and porters, clad in black and car- said in a statement. According to Russian news — the Ukrainian Black Sea torture. rying posters of the former president, gathered in the morning at a mosque complex in a the eastern New Cairo Q+R - ) neighbourhood, where Mubarak’s body was to be brought for the funeral service later in the day. %R The 91-year-old Mubarak died on Tuesday at a Cairo mil- itary hospital from heart and # ) ! Eric Dreiband for the Civil funding every year, Harvard the district court’s factual find- kidney complications, accord- Rights Division said that race expressly agrees to comply ings demonstrated that ing to medical documents he “expansive use of race” discrimination hurts people with Title VI of the Civil Rights Harvard’s use of race is any- obtained by The Associated Tin the admission process of and is never benign after the Act, a cornerstone civil-rights thing but limited. Press. He was admitted to hos- the prestigious Harvard DOJ on Monday filed an ami- law that prohibits discrimina- The district court con- pital in January 21 with intesti- University violates the civil cus brief in Students for Fair tion on the basis of race, colour cluded that “more than one nal obstruction and under- &-- - -P 9 .1 @ + rights law, the Trump admin- Admissions, Inc. versus or national origin in pro- third of the admitted Hispanics went surgery, after which he .1+ +. .1A B+ +- " :- istration has told the US President and Fellows of grammes and activities that and more than half of the was treated in intensive care. * - - ?CDD&. - - : ED* Supreme Court as the justice Harvard College. receive federal financial assis- admitted African-Americans, To the outside world, * .1 - 1 - : & department continues its probe In its amicus brief, the US tance, the DOJ said. would most likely not be Mubarak the strongman sym- into the allegations that the Ivy explains that Harvard’s expan- In this case, Students for admitted in the absence of bolised so much of Egypt’s Mubarak’s ouster and until the Aharm newspaper eulogized pilot by training, commanded League college discriminated sive use of race in its admis- Fair Admissions, an organisa- Harvard’s race-conscious modern history, but his rule of election of Islamist President Mubarak in its editorial Egypt’s air force. against Asian-Americans. sions process violates federal tion of students and parents, admissions process”. nearly 30 years ended after Mohammed Morsi in 2012. Wednesday. Born in May 1928, The US Department of civil-rights law and Supreme alleged that Harvard College And these race-based hundreds of thousands of Egyptian President Abdel On Tuesday, el-Sissi offered Mubarak was vice president on Justice (DOJ) in 2017 launched Court precedent. intentionally discriminates bonuses come at a significant young Egyptians rallied for 18 Fattah el-Sissi was expected to condolences to Mubarak’s fam- October 6, 1981, when his an investigation into Harvard’s “Unconstitutionally parti- against Asian-American appli- cost to Asian-American appli- days of unprecedented street attend the funeral service, ily and praised his service dur- mentor, President Anwar Sadat, admission process after a com- tioning Americans into racial cants when making admis- cants, who collectively suffer a protests in Cairo’s Tahrir which was to be followed by the ing the 1973 war with Israel but was assassinated by Islamic plaint of discrimination was and ethnic blocs harms all sions decisions. The district substantial penalty under Square and elsewhere in 2011, burial at the cemetery in Cairo’s made no mention of his rule as extremists while reviewing a filed by more than 60 Asian- involved by fostering stereo- judge denied Harvard’s various Harvard’s race-based admission forcing him to step down. Heliopolis, Mubarak’s home president of the most populous military parade. Seated next to American organisations. types, bitterness and division attempts to dismiss the lawsuit, regime. Perhaps ironically, district for most of his rule and Arab state. El-Sissy also Sadat, Mubarak escaped with a Indian-Americans feel that among the American people. and the case proceeded to a Nevertheless, the district Mubarak’s funeral service was where he lived until his death. announced three days of minor hand injury as gunmen they get discriminated by the The Department of Justice will three-week trial in 2018. court concluded that Harvard’s to take place at the Tantawi Gulf Arab leaders were also national mourning beginning sprayed the reviewing stand Massachusetts-based univer- continue to fight against illegal Although the Supreme use of race in the admission Mosque in eastern Cairo, expected to attend the service. Wednesday. with bullets. Eight days later, sity under its current admission race discrimination,” Dreiband Court has held that colleges process did not violate federal named for now retired Field “Through his military and Pro-government media the brawny former air force policy. The investigation said. receiving federal funds may law or Supreme Court prece- Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who political career, Mubarak made paid tribute to Mubarak, focus- commander was sworn in as remains underway. As a condition of receiving consider applicants’ race in dent, the DOJ said in a state- headed the military council undeniable achievements and ing on his role in the 1973 war president, promising continu- Assistant Attorney General millions of dollars in taxpayer certain limited circumstances, ment. that ran Egypt following sacrifices,” the state-run al- with Israel when Mubarak, a ity and order. O-- .. 3.P -. 3 ;/ 6!" Columbia University, said at Indian economy “can do a lot growth returning”. goes very far in the direction of damentally wrong with the and small, you are not encour- cent, then we need an econo- the discussion organised by better no doubt”, he said that in On the Budget, Panagariya raising duties and particularly way some of the degradation in aging medium and large firms my which is open, competes in ndia’s slowdown has bot- India’s Consulate General here his assessment, the main factor welcomed positive steps taken disconcerting is the fact that a the system is. which ultimately are the most the global marketplace,” he Itomed out and now its econ- in partnership with the US- which led to the slowdown has by the government including lot of the items on which the “So one has to go to the efficient firms, compete in the said. Panagariya noted that he omy needs to be opened up if India Strategic Partnership to do with the financial markets on fiscal consolidation, fiscal duties have been raised and root cause what is causing it global marketplace and define does not agree with the “noise” the country wants to realise the Forum (USISPF) on Tuesday. and that translated into weak- deficit, corporate tax reduction, that too quite a bit are all labour and remove those obstacles, the ecosystem in the domestic and “common perception” that ambition of a 10 per cent “In the second half of the ening of the balance sheets of initiation of simplification for intensive products,” he said. hurdles and not try to give market. “And this is where I the second term of the Modi growth rate, former NITI current fiscal year, which would both the banks as well as the the personal income taxation as These are the products in them some advantage by unhappily come to the conclu- government is ignoring the Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind be ending on March 31, we corporates. well as privatisation. which India ought to be putting in tariffs. That only is sion that unless we reverse economy and is only focusing Panagariya has said. should see some bit of recov- “I think you could criticise Pointing to a “negative” in exporting and “we should not encouraging inefficiency and that, the ambition of 10 per on social issues such as the In his keynote address at a ery, not a big one but certain- the government here for being the Budget, Panagariya said be afraid of foreign competi- small plants,” he said. cent growth or double digit abrogation of Article 370 and discussion on India’s Union ly the second half (of the fiscal a little slow in beginning the that one of the things that has tion. We should take on the for- He also pointed out that growth which is very much the Citizenship Amendment Budget 2020, he said in the next year) should look better than process of cleaning up of the been going on for the last 2-3 eign competition head on in one of India’s big problems is realisable for India, I think will Act. “This is not true,” he said, fiscal year, India’s GDP growth the first half,” he said. bank Non-Performing Assets years is that India is turning the global markets. If we are not that there is too much pre- not get realised,” he said. adding that reforms have con- is expected to be 6 per cent and Panagariya noted that since (NPAs). The problem was more and more towards import doing that, something is very occupation with small and Panagariya said that India tinued. He highlighted the then it will get back to 7-8 per about 2003, India has been known actually by 2013…” but substitution. “Trade econo- wrong,” he said. micro and small enterprises. can still achieve the 8 per cent “major reforms” undertaken by cent which has been the case in growing at an average rate of this particular problem of mists use a more aggressive Panagariya said that if a “What India lacks big time, or so growth rate because of the the Modi government includ- the last 15-16 year period. about 7 per cent and the first NPAs never gets solved very term - protectionism. And I’ve country with a 500 million- especially in these labour inten- other measures and reforms ing the Insolvency and “On the slowdown, my five years of the Modi govern- quickly,” he said. been saying that this is some- people strong labour force can- sive sectors, are medium and that are being undertaken. 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The board’s deci- preparation: Before starting studies, remember Make the deliberate effort and ble solution brand names are uplifted basis the likely to give you different per- sion to bring back Steve Jobs, after Do the daily minimum of two revi- Almighty for at least five minutes and follow these simple ways to improve Adapt the approach of asking creative work only. Some brand slo- spectives and viewpoints firing him a decade earlier, led to sion of all-important formulas used in ask for the strength to complete your your interpersonal communica- whys to define the problem gans leave a high remembrance Emotional intelligence: amazing product innovation and the chapter. For important formulas, targets and try to study in morning tion skills over time: Simplify the problem and come imprint on your mind as they Emotional intelligence is identified the creation of one of the most valu- you can refer summary given at the hours from 4 am to 8 am. Research Begin with identifying your up with simple solutions, to begin relate directly to the masses. as an individual’s ability to recognize, able companies in the world. Here end of a chapter in NCERT book. says during this time; students pro- areas of improvement with Creativity is not just limited to understand, manage and reason are the steps to develop good deci- Remember if you can recall the for- ductivity is double than the rest of the Focus on basic communication List out as many solutions as you being artistic, it could also mean with emotions. This skill is helpful sion making skill: mula in the exam, your probability to day. skills both verbal and body lan- think being able to connect the dots with to perform well in a team as well as Start with setting the end result solve the question increases multiple Solve model test papers based on guage Think laterally, this could give seemingly unrelated information. grow as a good leader. To improve in mind times. past examination papers and paper Listen carefully and practise a different perspective to the prob- The creative process, however, isn’t emotional intelligence, you must: Review the information/ facts/ If you have the answer sheets of pre- pattern. Once you are prepared with empathy lem and possibly different solutions limited to any predefined process. Use an assertive way of com- data at hand boards exams, terminal exams or unit the first part as discussed above Learn to manage differences Evaluate the ideas and imple- Exercise curiosity, express your- municating; share opinion while still Analyse the information along test papers, then you must go through (including eight chapters) start solving Reflect on your communication ment the most effective solution self regularly, allow thoughts to respecting others with possible solutions/ pros and it and write down the areas where you model test papers based on the latest experience and improve with a defined timeline in hand wander, observe and imagine for Respond instead of reacting cons of each scenario are generally making the errors. You CBSE marking scheme. 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In another, Bapu sits by Kasturba’s slowly disintegrating funeral pyre and when asked . - / to leave, he says, “Saath (60) saal ke liye saath rahe . / . the, saath (60) minute toh baithne do.” T h e s e .-.-. scenes from Dear Bapu, Love Kasturba will cer- . tainly transport you to various phases of histo- - ry, exploring their relationship. The play opens with the drama of the Quit . .- -..- India Movement. Gandhi is arrested and sent to the Aga Khan Palace in Pune. Kasturba leads in / his absence. She, too, is arrested and sent to the /-- . Arthur Road Jail in Bombay. Due to poor . health, she is sent to be with Gandhi. A few years later, she passed away. Now, her . soul writes letters to Gandhi. These let- ters evaluate their relationship of 60 5 -. years. From marriage to death, the 3-.3 letters leave nothing — politics, $ marriage, family, children, com- panionship. . -I3 How was it to recreate and --3 . understand Kasturba Gandhi . as nothing much has been 3 written about her in the past? Saif Hyder Hasan: We - have usually seen various -. . biopics centred around .3 S Mahatma Gandhi. Kasturba is just seen standing behind him as a O!= supporting character. She is never seen leading the # narrative. I wanted to keep " the play very dif- / ferent. So this explores their # relationship and personal equation from laid the foundation for this. There putting Kasturba in the right Kasturba’s per- are a couple of books and diaries of light as it would lead to various ! spective. That’s Kasturba’s grandchildren, which fresh perspectives? where the dif- helped me develop the plot of the Saif: No. I didn’t feel any kind of ference lies. story. To understand any character pressure. I just tried to portray her as you need to read a lot of books. I she was. You just have to be honest. What made you made sure that I don’t stick to one I would only say, Kuch to log kahenge, go for this role, espe- book, otherwise it would look like logo ko kaam hai kehna. cially after such a long an adaptation. Though I had read > gap? many books on her, it was only two How do you find modern rela- Zeenat Aman: It was my years ago that I decided to do a play tionships different than the old "! director’s thought and amaz- on Kasturba. While making a play school ones? ! ing screenplay that pushed or a film, it is very important to dig Zeenat: I feel that you cannot me to go for this role. The deeply into the characters and not compare any relationship because fact that I had to play rely on the internet completely. each of them is very different. ! ! the protagonist just Books are the best source of infor- They have their own space and = added to my excite- mation. That’s where the whole energies. Their history, emotional " ment. Let me secret lies. baggage and everything they bring underline this that A lot of research has also gone to the table is way different. In fact, L1 2 # though there are behind deciding the attire. I saw you can not compare any relation- mixed reviews some of Kasturba’s pictures. In ship. Even if you see the child-par- #. (- but you can not most or rather all of them she was was a powerful woman. She had an ent dynamic, there relationship is 3 - --. imagine the love, wearing white. There were a few of amazing journey with Mahatma. very distinct. We deal with differ- .. 3 claps and appre- them in colourful saris too. They Even though she didn’t agree with ent individuals who bring in a cer- ciation I were mostly of her early phases of him on various subjects, she was tain dynamics. So I feel there can / -/ received in all life. always there for him. When never be any comparisons. L H- . the cities we Kasturba was in jail, she supported . - performed. What was your understanding the wives of the men, who were How was it exploring yourself / of Kasturba? jailed with Gandhi. She participat- through theatre? - -3 How did Zeenat: My director had ed in the Harijan Movement and Zeenat: It’s been encouraging, you conceptu- already done a very thorough was even sent to prison for it. It was exciting and interesting. And the I - alise it? Were there any research about her. He read almost quite intriguing and inspirational to best part is that during the play, each 3/ .-3 reference points? all the books based on her. And I learn about her. However, it was city reacted differently. People in --. Saif: The whole con- followed up with his research and quite challenging. I had the mate- Mumbai are different from the cept is the result of one added my bit to it as I had very less rial in front of me, I just had to pro- ones in Delhi and Hyderabad. They -. line — ‘what was it like time to do my own groundwork. ject it at a glance. cheer, laugh and cry at different tim- to be married to India’s biggest While I was going through ings. Maybe, the performance also 3/ . . icon?’ I interrogated further and that that process, I found that Kasturba Did you feel the pressure of gets different as it evolves over time. . 3 *M .- !. -( .-. * 3 . .- 3-8 33 ,3 ;#$&&$ )' (%&' )#')!&$&+ *!&, )44 -- 3- "I 3 .- yushmann Khurrana has " -I- . . . Aproved himself time and again by portraying characters / # iuccia Prada and not many have tried before, MRaf Simons — two and he feels blessed to be an of the fashion world’s actor at a time where he can biggest creative names stand up and root for social -. % $ — will collaborate on causes on screen. -.-. Prada collections from On his new film Shubh . - /- Spring/Summer 2021 Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, .. %" going forward indefinite- Ayushmann feels the film has ly, the designers been successfully made, & - announced at a news released and accepted is . 3.8.3 8 conference on the side- because even before same-sex 5 3-* lines of Milan Fashion relationship became legal in - / . Week. India, many actors stuck their ) /5 . Prada, who has been neck out and given the audi- the creative force behind ence some brilliant work on the #. / . one of luxury’s most suc- subject. He says he has all those -- /8 cessful brands for 30 actors and films to credit first. - years, said the new part- “The fact that Shubh / nership didn’t signal an who had their own suc- Prada said they went against a tendency in the Mangal Zyada Saavdhan is a . 8 eventual succession. cesses in this sector will ahead with the fashion world for creativ- success today is because the “Don’t make me older work together,” said announcement despite ity to be squelched by path was made for it by others. 5 than I am,” the 70-year- Patrizio Bertelli, the co- the growing emergency business priorities. “I Many before me have toiled . - old designer quipped. CEO of the Prada Group in Italy — where more think a lot of creatives in hard to make the path Simons, 52, is con- with his wife, Miuccia cases of the COVID-19 a lot of positions dealing smoother. We have to realise -/ 3 sidered one of the fashion Prada. virus have been con- with independent brands and acknowledge the monu- world’s biggest talents, The announcement firmed than in Hong and creative director- mental work that was done by . whose future has been came on a day when the Kong. She said that the ships feel troubled, feel some of the finest actors of %" the subject of intense new coronavirus was a globalised world is like the fashion industry Indian cinema much before & -. speculation since he left growing concern around becoming ever more is moving more and me,” he said. -. Calvin Klein in 2018. He the fashion capital. complex “and we need to more toward an industry He added: “Before Shubh 3* previously was creative Giorgio Armani took the work, also if these ugly that might end up Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, our tioned films that brilliantly have to share this moment with director of Jil Sander and unusual step to show his and difficult things are excluding creatives,” industry has also made some of took on the stereotype faced by all the actors and directors who -. - Dior, and also has his collection behind closed happening.” Simons said. He specified the most soul-touching films the LGBTQ+ community. had taken it on themselves to .. . own eponymous label, doors to an empty the- The designers said that in the fashion world on the subject. I don’t think we “Films like Kapoor And Sons, promote inclusivity in our ",-.-* which he said would con- ater, streaming for the that the collaboration there are examples of can ever forget Shabana Azmi Karan Johar’s Bombay Talkies country. This is a very special -3 tinue. fashion public, as a pre- was born out of long financial success with- ji’s incredible performance and and Sonam Kapoor’s Ek Ladki moment in my life and I’m . . 3. Their first collabora- caution. The rest of the mutual respect dating out a strong creative Nandita Das’s heart-wrenching Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga have cherishing all the love that my tion will appear on the scheduled fashion shows from 2005 when Simons direction. acting in Fire’, Sanjay Suri and all depicted and handled same- film and my performance is *( September runway for continued as planned. took over as creative “It is definitely some- Purab Kohli’s vulnerability in sex relationships with pro- receiving and I feel blessed to (3- 3 Spring/Summer 2021. Later, the number of con- director of Jil Sander, thing we question, and My Brother Nikhil, Manoj found thought, dignity, and be acting at a time where I can - . -#3 * “The contract in theory is firmed cases in Italy rose which was at the time we do believe that a col- Bajpayee’s brilliance in Aligarh sensitivity,” he noted. stand up, back and root for a --.. forever,” Prada said. to at least 152 and offi- part of the Prada Group. laboration between cre- and Kalki Koechlin’s strength “Today, Shubh Mangal social cause like this," he -.3///- “Maybe this is the first cials halted the Venice They both said that atives could re-position in Margarita With A Straw.’” Zyada Saavdhan is being cele- declared. time in fashion history Carnival to try to stop the the collaboration was that aspect of the whole Ayushmann also men- brated the world over and I L,& that two expert designers spread of the virus. also meant as a bulwark business,” he said. —AP #;% !" #$%#&#& B -- )' ' (%(5# % ustralian pace legend P !# # " + AGlenn McGrath on %5# Wednesday said India’s bowling attack remains a “world class” #&#! $' # Q ndia skipper Virat Kohli lost one despite the recent debacles Ithe top spot in the ICC Test against New Zealand and MUMBAI: Pace great Glenn McGrath believes that with the Player Rankings after manag- blamed the under-whelming explosive duo of David Warner and Steve Smith back in the ing only 21 runs in the first Test performance on factors such as Australian team, India are in for a tough time during their tour which his side lost to New injury layoffs and toss. Down Under later this year. Zealand by 10 wickets in India lost by 10 wickets in India had registered their first Test series triumph in 71 Wellington. the opening Test against New years in Australia when Virat Kohli and his men won 2-1 in Kohli, who has 906 points, Zealand in Wellington. the four-match rubber to retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy slipped to the second position While Ishant Sharma last year. in the list which also features returned with a five-wicket “Australia are playing good cricket. Steve Smith and David Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar haul, his pace colleagues Jasprit Warner — both are playing well and we saw what Warner is Pujara and Mayank Agarwl at Bumrah and Mohammed capable of in the Australian summer. Having a batsman like the eighth, ninth and 10th Shami managed just one Warner back, and a quality batsman like Steve Smith, it’s a total- place respectively. wicket each as New Zealand ly different game,” McGrath told reporters here. While India vice-captain posted a match-deciding The Australian team that Kohli and Co. defeated earlier Rahane, who scored 75 in the first innings score of 348 didn’t feature Smith and Warner, who were serving 12-month opening Test, gained a spot and despite being 216 for six at one bans for their respective roles in the infamous ball-tampering Mayank returned to a career- stage. scandal in Cape Town in 2018. best 10th position after amass- “I still have total faith in the Smith and Warner returned to the national team ahead of ing 92 runs, which included a Indian (bowling) lineup. They last year’s World Cup and have looked in good form since then second-innings half-century, had a few injuries of late. as they helped Australia retain the Ashes against England. India Pujara dropped two places Sharma is coming back and he are set to tour Australia later this year for four Tests. after returning with identical did get five wickets. Bumrah “...it’s gonna be tougher for India. That’s not to say they they scores of 11 in the two innings. had a couple of injuries and he can’t perform well. They have got confidence of playing in Kohli’s slump meant is coming back,” McGrath told Australian conditions now and they know how to do it. Australia’s Steve Smith was reporters here. “They’ve done it and they’ve been successful. So, there’s still back on top of the list for the Fast bowler Ishant Sharma, The all-rounders’ list fea- “So, yeah, I think the enough positives there I think it’s going to be a really good series eighth time after first occupy- who took a five-wicket haul on tures Ravindra Jadeja and Indian bowling attack is world for sure,” he said. ing the top position in June his comeback from injury dur- Ashwin at the third and fifth class and there is no doubt McGrath also praised India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, 2015. ing the opening Test, gained a positions respectively. While about that,” he added. who is set to play in DY Patil T20 tournament after being laid The last batsman apart place to be at the 17th spot. Jadeja didn’t play the first Test, “I don’t have any issues comeback in the last couple enced, just knows the game so low for five months due to a lower back injury which required from Smith and Kohli to be New Zealand pacers Tim Ashwin scored 0 and 4 in the with the bowling attack, you years, it’s been impressive. I well. surgery. number one is New Zealand’s Southee and Trent Boult made two innings to lose a place. don’t lose form overnight. It thought his career might have “Jasprit is unique with the “I like Hardik, the way he bowls, bats, his attributes. It is Kane Williamson, for an eight- big gains after finishing with In the ICC World Test was just one of those things been finished at international way he goes about it short run handy to have a player like that,” he said, drawing comparisons day period in December 2015. nine and five wickets, respec- Championship, India continue where the toss made a huge dif- level, but he has reinvented up, powers through the crease, with England’s Andrew Flintoff. In bowling chart, off-spin- tively in the first Test against to be placed at the top with 360 ference. (in the first test in New himself and he is bowling well,” can swing the ball, good con- ner Ravichandran Ashwin, who India. points, followed by Australia Zealand), but you still got to get said the 50-year-old, who is in trol and good pace (in) second advised the Indian bowling “You’ve got to bat really took three wickets for 99 in the While Southee advanced (296). and score runs.” the city for a Tourism Australia third spells. And then on top of unit to be patient. well and on those pitches first innings against New eight spots to take sixth posi- New Zealand are on 120 McGrath praised Ishant event. that the other quicks and spin- “In New Zealand it swings that are doing a bit, as a Zealand, slipped a place to tion, which is his highest since points after gaining 60 points for “reinventing” himself and “Shami bowls good pace ner.” more, it seams a little bit more. bowling unit, you have to do ninth but remained the only a career-best fifth place in June for the Wellington victory. also lauded Shami and and is deceptive in the pace he According to McGrath, the So that first pitch there was fair less. Just be patient, just get the Indian featuring in the top 10 2014, Boult moved up four slots They had won 60 points in a 1- Bumrah. bowls, he can move the ball pitches in Australia and New bit of grass and India lost the ball in the right area,” he with 765 points. to take joint-13th position. 1 draw against Sri Lanka. “...the way he’s (Ishant) around and is very experi- Zealand are different and he toss. said. - !# !$"#!#! # +!' 8 ' ) ! !8# % !' &" &%"& &" &%"& ndian batsmen will get a specialist batsman during his formative Iliberal dose of “chin music” Ayears before shifting to fast bowling, New in the second Test at the seam- Zealand’s imposing pacer Kyle Jamieson wants er-friendly Hagley Oval, senior to transform into an all-rounder going forward. New Zealand pacer Neil The 25-year-old, who made a dream debut Wagner declared on against India in the first Test, played as a bats- Wednesday, harping on the man in his younger days, and it wasn’t until he visitors’ struggles when faced met the then New Zealand U-19 coach Dayle with pace and bounce. Hadlee that he was asked to seriously consider Wagner pulled out of the focusing on fast bowling as a primary skill. first Test to be with his wife for “I was pretty much a batter all through high the birth of their first child, school and then made the New Zealand U-19s, daughter Olivia. With India and Dayle Hadlee got a hold of me and told me troubled by short balls bowled to run in, which kind of shifted me towards from round the wicket, the 33- becoming more of a bowler,” Jamieson was quot- year-old Wagner promised that visitors. ward to do what we do best in ed as saying by the ICC’s official website. &" &%"& they will employ the same “Hopefully, we can keep our conditions and keep fight- “I always liked batting, it was probably what L # # strategy during the second the squeeze on and bowl the ing the way we did.” I grew up admiring the most - whilst I did bowl, ed to work on with Auckland, with Heinrich rent Boult and Tim 5# (#% match starting Saturday. way the boys bowled in He was all praise for the I did not think of that as my career option grow- (Malan), I think in the next year or so, I’m going TSouthee have exposed the “It’s obviously tough for Wellington and if we can keep towering Kyle Jamieson, who ing up. Now I’m a bowler who can bat, trying to make massive strides,” he said. chinks in Prithvi Shaw’s 6!%#" them to come here and play piling the pressure on, we will had a dream Test debut in to get to the all-rounder stage, that’s where I ide- With Neil Wagner set to return to the mix armour but India skipper Virat &!(( ) where there is obviously a bit make the job a lot easier for Wellington. Wagner also justi- ally want to be,” the 6-ft-8-inch tall fast bowler after missing the first Test due to the birth of Kohli is ready to wait and more bounce and pace,” said ourselves,” he said. fied is break. said. his first child, Jamieson is no certainty to play watch before any corrective #(( # Wagner. The series is a short one she was going to be born Jamieson impressed with his bounce and the second match at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval analysis as he does not see a #5!% $!" “Obviously, playing in and that’s why it’s taking time early, hopefully on Monday ability to extract movement in the first innings starting on Saturday. pattern in the young opener’s India where there is not that for the Indians to get used to and I would have definitely of the Wellington Test against India, where he But, if given the chance, Jamieson would love dismissals so far. ) ( *6!% much bounce and pace around the Test match conditions. been there with the team but so picked up four wickets. He also scored 44 off just to return to the dressing room where he spent There are a few shortcom- &#O "#6 and so it is something new for “...sometimes when you be it. She wanted to try and stay 45 balls in New Zealand’s reply. his initial years as a domestic cricketer with ings that experts have noticed them to adapt to,” he added. tour overseas, it takes a match a little bit longer and yeah, give Jamieson, who got the big wickets like India Canterbury before making the move to in Shaw’s batting after the 20- !# Wagner, just like his coach or two to get used to the con- her dad a little bit of a hard captain Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara, feels Auckland. year-old right-handed bats- !""6#5!% Gary Stead, believes that ditions and adapt from there. time,” the happy father was there is scope for improvement in his speed , “I spent five or six years down there, pret- man scored just 16 and 14 in Indians will be better but he No doubt they will be better seen grinning from ear to ear. which currently ranges 130-135 kmph. ty familiar with the ground. It’s always going to the two innings of the first Test ) !! expects the home side to be and they will come back “It’s one of those things but “Yeah, for sure (looking to add pace). I’m be special, it played such a big part in the start against New Zealand in (%&M relentless in its endeavour to stronger. I wouldn’t change it for any- still a long way off (from) where I want to be as of my journey, it will be nice to be back in that Wellington, which India lost by compound the agony for the “Definitely we look for- thing else in the world.” a bowler and as a cricketer. The stuff that I start- changeroom,” he signed off. 10 wickets. “I think we can sit down big runs and knows how to get and analyse, maybe after 8 or runs.” 10 similar dismissals. I don’t The reason why Shaw fal- 7 ) % D think (it’s fair to the guy), who tered could be due to the lack is playing away from home for of understanding of the pace of the first time and is probably the Basin Reserve track but the (5!%" International home series. experiencing different kind of former U-19 World Cup-win- India will, however, / /. . 3 / bowling attack at internation- ning skipper was not alone as n a high after two easy vic- remember their massive 34-run al level compared to playing at some of the team’s other big Otories on the trot, includ- win against New Zealand in the CANBERRA: Skipper Bismah catch to Muneeba Ali running Taylor turned to spin after home,” Kohli had said, when names also failed to gauge the ing one against defending previous edition of the T20 Maroof anchored the chase back at point, departing for 16. the Powerplay but Javeria was asked about Shaw’s dismissals nature of the pitch. champion Australia, the Indian World Cup in 2018 in the with an unbeaten 38-run Deandrea Dottin’s trou- well set, picking boundaries off at the end of the first Test. “It is just a matter of under- women’s cricket team will aim West Indies. Harmanpreet had knock as Pakistan thumped bled stay at the crease ended Matthews and then twice from I don’t think at this stage, standing the pace of the wick- to inch closer to a semifinal struck a memorable 103 to lead former champions West Indies when she tried to drag Nida Afy Fletcher. we need to sit down and dis- et and conditions as soon as berth when it takes on New her side to victory. by eight wickets in their open- Dar from outside off-stump It took the Windies skip- cuss what’s going wrong possible. Again, when he is in Zealand in the ICC Women’s New Zealand have some ing match of the ICC Women’s over long-on and could only per herself to remove Javeria, because I don’t see anything a clear frame of mind, he is T20 World Cup here on top class players in their ranks T20 World Cup, here on pick out Iram Javed, departing who misjudged the length of wrong. It’s the execution of very, very destructive,” Kohli Thursday. in the form of captain and all- Wednesday. for one from 10 balls. a straight one and departed things which was not there.” said, hopeful that Shaw will The Indians have hardly rounder Sophie Devine and Diana Baig’s fierce spell of Experienced duo of Taylor lbw for a well-made 35. Shaw has, probably, the learn quickly. broke a sweat in their 17-run top-order batswoman Suzie fast bowling exposed a strug- and Campbelle steadied the Muneeba, whose opening biggest back-lift in this current Clarity of mind is para- and 18-run wins over hosts Bates while pacer Lea Tahuhu gling Windies top order as ship, the captain improving on partnership of 58 with Javeria crop of top-order batsmen and mount at the highest level and Australia and Bangladesh in and leg-spinner Amelia Kerr they posted 124 for seven, the disappointing strike rota- was Pakistan’s highest first- often when the New Zealand once Shaw has that, there their previous two matches, will lead the bowling depart- courtesy Stafanie Taylor (43) tion last time out before wicket stand at the tourna- bowlers are employing the would be no stopping him. and they are perched at the top ment. They will go into this and Shemaine Campbelle (43). Campbelle cleared the mid- ment, failed to pick Fletcher’s short ball tactic, his bat face “I think whenever we have of five-team Group A standings India is also likely to be match on a high after an easy Pakistan openers Javeria wicket rope of Dar. googly on 25 and could only tends to close by the time the done well overseas, the open- with four points from two bolstered by the return of star seven-wicket win over Sri Khan and Muneeba Ali con- Campbelle missed an chip to Anisa Mohammed at delivery reaches him. ing partnership has been with matches. opener Smriti Mandhana who Lanka on Saturday. trolled the chase and put on attempted reverse sweep off midwicket. Scott Kuggeleijn got him a lot of clarity and positivity A win against New missed the match against Devine had led her side 57, with captain Maroof’s Anam Amin and while given Bismah took 24 balls to out in the first innings in the even clearing the in-field, tak- Zealand on Thursday will take Bangladesh due to fever. from the front with an unbeat- unbeaten 39 steering her side not out on-field, Bismah’s find her first boundary but warm-up game in Hamilton ing bowlers on so that you put the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side The middle-order has also en 75 off 55 balls at the top of to a comfortable win with 10 referral adjudged her lbw for continued to use her sweep and Trent Boult also used the them under pressure. He is that on the threshold of a knock-out done its bit with Deepti Sharma the order in that win. balls to spare. 43. well to spin and scored heav- tactic successfully in the second kind of a player,” Kohli said. stage spot, to be competed playing a major role against THE TEAMS (FROM): The Windies top order Taylor put her foot down ily behind square, Nida Dar innings of the Wellington Test. “Once he feels that he can among top two teams from Australia with an unbeaten 49 India: Harmanpreet Kaur faltered and found themselves in the 18th over, carting offering composed support “I think as a batsman until do it, I think it will be a differ- Group A and B. while Veda Krishnamurthy hit (capt), Smriti Mandhana, three wickets down within Aiman’s low full toss over with mistakes from Taylor you are committing the same ent ball game. The mindset can In the two matches so far, a match-defining 11-ball 20 not Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti seven overs for the second midwicket and just clearing and Nation symptomatic of a mistake about seven or eight shift very quickly.” the Indian team has been out for a late flourish against Sharma, Shafali Verma, game in succession. the long-on boundary off Nida disappointing Windies fielding times, you can’t really sit down While Kohli’s Test squad impressive both in batting and Bangladesh. Poonam Yadav, R adha Yadav, Hayley Matthews, star of before picking out Diana on display. and worry about things too has had horses for courses bowling. The bowling department Taniya Bhatia (wk), Harleen the 2016 Women’s T20 World the cow corner fence for 43 Pakistan were untroubled much,” Kohli said about his policy, it seems that the skip- The 16-year-old sensation has been led admirably by sea- Deol, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Cup Final, fell for a diamond from 47 balls. in the closing stages, Bismah junior colleague. per wants to stick with Shaw in Shafali Verma has been the soned leg-spinner Poonam Richa Ghosh, Veda duck as Diana got the game’s Pakistan’s opening pair hitting the winning boundary International cricket is the second Test even though standout batter with a whirl- Yadav — seven wickets in the Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, first ball to move in the air and were cautious at the start of as her partnership of 50 with about finding one’s own straps Shubman Gill can’t be wind 17-ball 39 against first two matches — with pacer Arundhati Reddy, Pooja rap the opener on the pads. their reply, with thick edges Bismah paved the way for a and Shaw also will work out completely ruled out of reckon- Bangladesh, following her 29 Shikha Pandey ably supporting Vastrakar. Lee-Ann Kirby’s stand- wide of the slip cordon yield- memorable win. what is best for him, feels the ing. against Australia. her with five scalps so far. New Zealand: Sophie Devine and-deliver approach yielded ing three boundaries inside the BRIEF SCORES: captain who has 70 hundreds “Prithvi obviously wants to One-down Jemmiah New Zealand, though, have (capt), Rosemary Mair, Amelia three quick boundaries as she first four overs as they reached West Indies: 124 for 7 in 20 to his credit in all formats. perform and no doubt about it, Rodrigues has also been among a better head-to-head record Kerr, Suzie Bates, Lauren lofted Aiman Anwar for four 28. overs (Shemaine Campbelle “He (Shaw) will figure out. every batsman wants to. We the runs with 26 and 34 in the against India in recent years, Down, Maddy Green, Holly over mid-off and then cover in Henry’s medium pace 43, Stafanie Taylor 43; Diana He will find ways to score runs need to give him that time to two matches so far. having won the last three Huddleston, Hayley Jensen, the fourth over. caused few problems as Javeria Baig 2/19) because he is a natural stroke- get used to the conditions a lit- Only captain Harmanpreet, matches between the two sides. Leigh Kasperek, Jess Kerr, But she perished on the cut and then pulled her to the Pakistan: 127 for 2 in 18.2 player and he scores runs. It is tle bit and once he starts scor- among the top order batters, Exactly a year back, they Katey Martin (wk), Katie first ball of the fifth, Diana rope and Muneeba got in on overs (Bismah Maroof 38 not not that he gets small runs ing, he will feel more confident has not scored big and she is had beaten the Indian team 3- Perkins, Anna Peterson, Rachel enticing another heave from the act with a firm drive as the out, Javeria Khan 35; Stafanie (when he gets them). He gets about it.” due a big innings. 0 in a three-match T20 Priest, Lea Tahuhu. the opener who skewed a over went for 14 runs. Taylor 1/20). #;& !" #$%#&#& : ! &!$ *$+# #! #" sitting with my father on the practice court bench. The hand- ive-time Grand Slam winner shakes - win or lose - and the 4& < FMaria Sharapova, one of the athletes, whether they knew it or world’s most recognisable and not, who pushed me to be my LUCKNOW (PNS): Proving her met- “Beating Sakshi by fall is a big highest-paid sportswomen, on best. tle yet again, young Sonam Malik achievement for this youngster. Sonam Wednesday announced her “Looking back now, I realize downed Sakshi Malik for the second tired her out. And this was despite an retirement at the age of 32. that tennis has been my moun- time in a row, this time by pinning the elbow injury she had suffered during the “Tennis - I’m saying good- tain. My path has been filled with Olympic medallist, to make it to the Rome event and had not recovered com- bye,” Sharapova said in an arti- valleys and detours, but the Indian team for next month’s Olympic pletely. She even had not trained well,” cle for Vogue and Vanity Fair views from its peak were incred- Qualifiers here on Wednesday. coach Ajmer said. magazines. ible.” Sharapova had been the Asked to re-appear in trials after “The girls who were in the upper “After 28 years and five highest-paid female athlete in the not-so-strong performance at the Rome weight categories would have thought Grand Slam titles, though, I’m world in the 11 years up to 2016, Ranking series event and the recently- they will be able to dominate Sonam ready to scale another mountain according to Forbes business concluded Asian Championships, the because she is young and inexperienced. - to compete on a different type in 2004, the third-youngest play- silver to her resume that year. magazine. 18-year-old Sonam tore apart the chal- I had told her that coming out winner of terrain.” Sharapova burst onto er to conquer the All England Her 2014 French Open title She netted prize money lenge of established seniors in the 62kg in a competitive group like this would the scene as a supremely gifted Club’s hallowed grass courts. was another high after a dispir- alone of $38.8 million (35.7m competition. be huge and she has made us proud,” he teenager and won her Grand She became world number iting injury low. euros) in a career during which She first got past Radhika and then added. Slams before serving a 15-month one in 2005, at the age of 18, and More fitness troubles fol- she won 36 singles titles. Forbes, caring little for reputations, Sonam beat Sonam had created ripples by beat- ban for failing a drugs test at the won the US Open the next year. lowed before the bombshell in its 2016 article, said the the Asian Championship 59kg gold ing Sakshi in the trials conducted at the 2016 Australian Open. The “One of the keys to my suc- announcement of her positive Florida-based Russian had medallist Sarita Mor (3-1) in the semi- it’s easy for me. The competition was def- beginning of the season when the Russian former world number cess was that I never looked back test for the banned heart drug banked nearly $300m from prize finals before winning by fall against Rio initely better at the Asian Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) one’s ranking is currently 373rd. and I never looked forward,” meldonium. Always a fighter — money, appearances and Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi in the Championships but our wrestlers are picked teams for the Rome Ranking Sharapova has hardly played Sharapova said on Wednesday. the seven-year-old Maria and endorsements since she turned final. also getting better.” Series event and the Asian in the past year because of long- “I believed that if I kept father Yuri left for the US in 1994 professional in 2001. She pinned Sakshi in the second Sonam said she needs to hone her Championships. standing shoulder problems. grinding and grinding, I could with just a borrowed $700 to She has also established her- period when she was trailing 1-2 and one style before the Bishkek Qualifiers. Sonam failed to win a medal in both When she did feature she push myself to an incredible their names — Sharapova self as an entrepreneur, launch- minute left in the bout. “I will try my best. I need to work the events but impressed during her lost as many matches as she won place.” But in 2007 Sharapova returned to the sport in 2017. ing her own line of candy, Nine wrestlers appeared in the 62kg on my leg defence and ground attack fifth-place finish in New Delhi. and was dumped out in the first began her long on-off battle “In giving my life to tennis, ‘Sugarpova’, and warned trials, including 2018 World before the Bishkek Qualifiers.” The WFI had made it clear that if rounds at Wimbledon, the US with shoulder trouble. tennis gave me a life,” Sharapova Wednesday her “relentless chase Championship bronze medallist Pooja Sonam also said that she will seek performance of the wrestlers will not be Open and, most recently, the She would win the 2008 said in her retirement missive. for victories... won’t ever dimin- Dhanda and a few from upper weight guidance from her seniors, including satisfactory, it would conduct trials Australian Open in Melbourne. Australian Open before a second “I’ll miss it everyday. I’ll ish”. “No matter what lies ahead, categories. Sakshi and Sarita, before leaving for again and announced trials in 62kg and Siberia-born Sharapova first shoulder injury kept her off tour miss the training and my daily I will apply the same focus, the “There was no nervousness before Olympic qualifiers. 76kg for women and 60kg for Greco picked up a racquet at the age of for the second half of the season, routine: Waking up at dawn, lac- same work ethic, and all of the the bouts. I was determined to compete “They are every experienced. They Roman style. four in Sochi, where her Belarus- missing the US Open and Beijing ing my left shoe before my right, lessons I’ve learned along the hard. I have fought against them before can definitely guide me. I am willing to Meanwhile, Kiran won the trial in born parents had settled after Olympics. In 2012, the Siberian- and closing the court’s gate way. “In whatever I might choose and I knew I had to battle it out. So I was take a few tips from them,” she said. 76kg. escaping the deadly clutches of born Sharapova captured the before I hit my first ball of the for my next chapter, my next prepared,” Sonam said. The reigning world cadet champi- The Asian Olympic Qualifiers will the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. French Open to become the day. mountain, I’ll still be pushing. I’ll “And I have already fought with on trains at Netaji Subhash Chandra be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from She shot to fame as a giggly 10th woman to complete a career “I’ll miss my team, my still be climbing. I’ll still be Sarita in Bawana in 2018 during a Bose Sports Institute at Madina March 27-29. The finalists will qualify 17-year-old Wimbledon winner Grand Slam. She added Olympic coaches. I’ll miss the moments growing.” ‘Dangal’. I had to fight hard, you can’t say (Sonepat) under coach Ajmer Malik. for the Tokyo Olympics. &3-; 3. -*3 /& * 33.- ./& 4 % , from Wuhan and has killed more than 2600 and infected @ ) (- - ' he novel coronavirus out- over 80,000 people all over the 1/* Tbreak has prompted six world. , countries, including the dead- The NRAI chief also ly disease’s epicentre China, to informed that Pakistan will TOKYO: Japan’s home Davis Cup tie against Ecuador & withdraw from next month’s also not be competing at the next week will be played behind closed doors, organ- shooting World Cup here, the event as the country’s shooters isers said Wednesday, the latest sporting event in the NEW DELHI: India’s national to participate in the Olympics, National Rifles Association of are busy familiarising them- country to be affected by coronavirus fears, five shooting federation on Wednesday hampering our chances of winning India (NRAI) revealed on selves with a new coach. months before the Tokyo Olympics. said it will not allow its shooters to a medal,” he added. Wednesday. “Don’t connect last time to And Japan’s sumo governing body announced travel abroad for training due to the On Wednesday, Japanese pres- The ISSF World Cup is this time. Pakistan were never Wednesday it would hold an emergency meeting to novel coronavirus threat and won’t ident Shinzo Abe called for big slated to be held from March 15 coming. They have two athletes decide whether to go ahead with a major tournament hesitate in pulling out of a Tokyo sports and cultural events over the to 26 at the Karni Singh who have qualified for pistol in Osaka scheduled to begin on March 8. Olympics Test event in April if it next two weeks to be cancelled or Shooting Range here. events for the Tokyo Olympics,” The Davis Cup decision comes a day after foot- becomes a health risk. postponed to help stop the spread “There were some coun- he said referring to the denial ball’s top-flight J-League postponed all matches until Indian shooters are scheduled of coronavirus. tries which were coming but of visas to Pakistani shooters in March 15. to travel to Tokyo to participate in The J League has also post- because of the Coronavirus last year’s World Cup. “The International Tennis Federation made the the Olympic Test event slated to take poned all domestic games through outbreak, their national policies “My colleague Mr Javed decision to play the tie behind closed doors in con- place from April 16 to 26 in the the first half of March. While one dictate that they can’t come,” Lodhi (Pakistan shooting fed- sultation with the Japan Tennis Association, follow- Japanese capital, which will host the of the largest sporting events in the NRAI President Raninder eration’s executive vice presi- ing advice from Japan Sports Agency and the main event in July-August this Japan will be curtailed, the partic- Singh told reporters. dent) has informed me that ‘our Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare,” a statement year. ipation in the Tokyo Marathon is “China have taken a wise coach in Germany is only avail- said. Japan number one Kei Nishikori is due to play “We have chosen our test event now limited to elite runners and decision on their own as a able during that time and our for the first time since last year’s US Open at the tie team but we are yet to decide (on wheelchair competitors. !! “The performance was nation. They don’t want to shooters would much rather in Miki on March 6-7 having recovered from injury, travelling there). I’m not going to The novel coronavirus, which poor and sometimes you have infect others and hence won’t train with him for the Olympic but spectators will be barred and have their tickets risk any of those kids. If we receive originated in Wuhan, China, has erge Gnabry fired Bayern to be brutally honest. They out- travel. Taiwan, which has events than participate in the refunded. any advice from the Indian Olympic spread to other countries as well, SMunich to the brink of the classed us in every department locked down their entire island, World Cup’,” Singh added. The winners will secure a place in November’s Association (IOA) or the interna- including Japan, South Korea and Champions League quarter- and it’s quite sobering,” Hong Kong, Macau, North Last year, the International Davis Cup finals in Madrid. tional federation, our own mission Italy causing over 2600 deaths. finals as the German’s double Lampard said. Korea and Turkmenistan have Olympic Committee (IOC) The spread of the novel coronavirus has led to in Tokyo or even our own assess- With the threat of coronavirus inspired a superb 3-0 rout of “I’m disappointed we also backed out because of had suspended all Indian appli- the postponement of sporting events in Japan, rais- ment we feel there’s a threat, it isn’t looming, asked if the disease or the Chelsea in the last-16 first leg couldn’t do more against them. national policies,” he added, cations to host international ing fears that the outbreak could affect the Olympics worth the risk,” National Rifle travel restrictions put in place by the at Stamford Bridge. We have to take it on the chin referring to the domestic events after two Pakistani due to begin on July 24 but Tokyo 2020 organisers Association of India (NRAI) pres- federation will affect the Indian Gnabry had tormented and work towards getting back travel restrictions imposed by shooters were denied visas to said Tuesday that preparations were “continuing as ident Raninder Singh said on shooters, Commonwealth Games Tottenham Hotspur with four to the levels we want to be at.” the governments of these coun- compete in the World Cup held planned”. The Japan Sumo Association board said it Wednesday. gold medallist Manu Bhaker said, goals in Bayern’s 7-2 victory in Bayern set the tone when tries. here. will hold an emergency session on Sunday to discuss “We are also not allowing our “Whatever the federation does is in north London earlier this sea- Thomas Mueller forced a save Earlier this month, the The sanction was later lift- anti-virus steps, including whether it’s safe to hold shooters to travel overseas to train the best interest of the shooters.” son and the former Arsenal from Willy Caballero inside the Indian government refused to ed after assurances from the the sold-out tournament in Osaka, western Japan. as well due to the virus,” Singh said. “The decisions NRAI will take winger returned to the English first minute after stealing pos- grant visas to Chinese grapplers Sports Ministry that political Sumo stars have already been taking precautions “If a shooter is infected in the or has taken will be for our good capital to push Chelsea to the session from Jorginho. for the Asian Wrestling issues will not come in the way at fan events, refraining from shaking hands and wear- test event then we are subjecting only. Everybody wants us to do well brink of elimination. Flick had warned Chelsea Championship held here due to of granting visas to participat- ing surgical masks with a ceremonial visit to a local him or her to the gravest of dangers and win medals and this coron- The 24-year-old’s time with that Lewandowski was in the the disease which originated ing athletes. shrine cancelled. and then that shooter won’t be able avirus will not mentally affect us.” Arsenal was a disappointment “form of his life” and the and he even flopped during a Bayern striker escaped Andreas loan spell at West Bromwich Christensen for a stinging shot Albion. that Caballero blocked with his # .-#I3*- - ( 7 But he has been reborn face. with Bayern and his two goals Bayern’s pressure was in the space of three minutes mounting and Mueller drifted ( # left Hansi Flick’s side within onto Gnabry’s cross to flick a touching distance of the last back header against the bar. (! &! ntoine Griezmann rescued eight. Lampard had kept faith $0#10 0 Aa 1-1 draw for Barcelona at Robert Lewandowski got with Olivier Giroud after the ndian Grandmaster B Napoli in the first leg of their Bayern’s third before Chelsea 33-year-old marked his first IAdhiban beat compatriot Champions League last-16 tie. defender Marcos Alonso was start since November with a Arjun Erigaisi in the seventh Frenchman Griezmann sent off in the 83rd minute on goal in Saturday’s win against round to move within half-a- struck just before the hour Tuesday. Tottenham. point of the leader Rauf mark in Naples after Dries Chelsea will need another But retaining Giroud at the Mamedov in the ‘A’ group of Mertens had put the hosts Munich miracle in the second expense of Tammy Abraham the Aeroflot Open chess tour- ahead in the 30th minute with leg on March 18 to overturn was a big gamble and the nament here. his 121st Napoli goal, drawing the deficit at the Allianz Arena, Chelsea striker’s muscular but The Chennai-based GM level with Marek Hamsik as the where they famously beat the immobile presence offered lit- won in 60 moves to take his club’s all-time top scorer. German club in the 2012 tle to unsettle Bayern. tally to five points for a joint Barcelona ended the game Champions League final. Bayern deservedly took second spot. Azerbaijan’s with 10 men after Arturo Vidal “I have a lot of friends here. the lead in the 51st minute with Mamedov is the sole leader on was sent off with two minutes A lot of them were in the a superbly crafted goal. 5.5 points. to go after picking up two yel- stands and I think they were control and pass sent Adhiban will meet low cards, following an angry giving me good power,” Lewandowski into the Chelsea Mamedov in an interesting clash with Napoli defender Gnabry told BT Sport of area and when he cut the ball clash in the eighth round. Mario Rui. his London goal streak. back, his team-mate made a Adibhan’s compatriot “In the end it’s a draw that “Three goals should give us perfectly-timed run to fire low Aravindh Chithambaram, the is a good result considering that a lot of confidence. But we need past Caballero. national champion, outplayed we have another home game,” to be prepared for the second Moving the ball with pace 13-year-old compatriot Bharat said Barcelona coach Quique leg and we can’t take it serious and precision, Bayern were Subramaniyam in 32 moves on Setien on Tuesday, with his side enough. irresistible and they increased Tuesday to take his score to five in a strong position ahead of “We saw last season with their lead three minutes later points and join the group of the second leg at the Camp scored four goals at the week- Their pressing paid off on find space, or create space or Liverpool beating Barcelona, thanks to another impressive eight players trailing the leader. Nou on March 18. end in Barcelona’s 5-0 win the half-hour mark, with Piotr get shots on goal,” said we know we have to be careful combination from the Gnabry Mamedov settled for a The clash was the first over Eibar that put the Zielinski breaking free down Griezmann. But the more we and focus.” and Lewandowski double act. draw with Russia’s Sanan between the two teams and also Spaniards back top of La Liga, the right before finding saw that they were tiring, the This hasn’t been a vintage Lewandowski nodded onto Sjugirov, who, along with a Champions League debut but could not add to his 114 Mertens, who curled a magnif- more we were able to push for- year for Bayern, but they have Gnabry, took the return pass another Russian David (TUR) 5; Parham for both Setien and Napoli Champions League goals. icent finish past Marc-Andre ward and make chances.” been energised since the exit of from the winger and played a Paravyan, is also on five points. Maghsoodloo 4.5 drew with counterpart Gennaro Gattuso, “If Barca didn’t do today ter Stegen. Ter Stegen denied Insigne disliked boss Niko Kovac and sublime through ball to Among other Indian play- Aleksej Aleksandrov 4.5; B who took over after the group what they did three days ago He equalled Hamsik’s with Jose Callejon also missing outclassed Chelsea in all phas- Gnabry, who had accelerated ers, Karthikeyan Murali and S Adibhan (IND) 5 beat Arjun stage. (against Eibar) it’s to Napoli’s record and is now six goals a chance for a second, as did es. None of the previous six away from the Chelsea defence P Sethuraman played out a Erigasi (IND) 4; Aravindh “They didn’t hurt us, they credit,” said Gattuso. clear of Maradona, but was Messi with eight minutes to go. teams to have won all of their to guide a cool finish into the draw between themselves while Chithambaram (IND) (5) beat tickled us,” said Gattuso. “I hope that no one thinks forced off early in the second Vidal was sent off after a Champions League group far corner. the talented R Praggnanandhaa Bharat Subramaniyam (IND) “It went wrong in one it’s over. We know it will be very half after a Sergio Busquets sliding tackle on Rui before games have lifted the trophy Bayern weren’t finished yet and Javokhir Sindarov signed 4; David Paravyan (RUS) 5 beat moment and they punished us.” hard but nothing is finished yet. tackle for which the Spaniard appearing to headbutt the that season, but five-time win- and Lewandowski became the peace in 38 moves. Vaibhav Suri (IND) 4; Napoli captain Lorenzo “But when on your back will be suspended for the sec- Napoli defender. ners Bayern will fancy their first Bayern player to score in Top-seed Vadislav Karthikeyan Murali (IND) 4 Insigne added: “We could have you have Messi or Griezmann, ond leg. The Chilean will also miss chances of breaking that six consecutive Champions Artemiev, who is having an drew with S P Sethuraman won, so we’re a bit disappoint- you want to play with a little Barcelona did not waste the return leg in Spain, with duck if they can maintain this League matches when he underwhelming tournament, (IND) 4; Alexander Riazantsev ed. It was emotional to face security. This is where we can much time in getting on level defender Gerard Pique a doubt form. tapped in from Alphonso secured a win over Sanal Vahap (RUS) 4 drew with Aryan players like (Lionel) Messi.” try to do better on the way terms, as Messi and Busquets after going off late on with an Chelsea boss Frank Davies’s 76th-minute cross for to reach to four points. Chopra (IND) 4; R Messi failed to score on his back.” combined to send Semedo into ankle injury. Lampard admitted his young his 39th goal of the season. Important Results: Group A Praggnanandhaa (IND) 3.5 first appearance at the Stadio Messi fired over on nine the box in the 57th minute. “We will not be able to team were “underdogs” against Alonso’s frustration at Round 7: Rauf Mamedov drew with Javokhir Sindarov San Paolo, where Napoli legend minutes after combining well The Portuguese full-back count on Sergio Busquets or a club of Bayern’s vast Chelsea’s plight boiled over (AZB) 5.5 drew Sanan Sjugirov (UZB) 3.5; Raunak Sadhwani Diego Maradona reigned with Frenkie de Jong but crossed low for Griezmann to Vidal for the return, but we will European experience and his when he was sent off for (RUS) 5; Manuel Petrosyan (IND) 4 beat Pier Liugi Basso supreme three decades ago. Gattuso’s side piled the pressure power home right-footed. find solutions to compensate,” pre-match prediction proved whacking Lewandowski with (RUS) 5 drew Mustafa Yilmaz (ITA) 3. The 32-year-old Messi on the Catalans. “At first we found it hard to said Setien. spot on in a chastening defeat. his arm.