WWW.YUGMARG.COM FOLLOW US ON REGD NO. CHD/0061/2006-08 | RNI NO. 61323/95 Sunday, February 23, 2020 CHANDIGARH, VOL. XXV, NO. 28, PAGES 8, RS. 2 YOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Kejriwal, Sisodia Nationalism, ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ dropped from Melania’s being misused to construct Delhi school visit? Indian nationals still on cruise ship to be militant idea of India: Manmohan tested for coronavirus: Embassy TOKYO: Indians, who are still AGENCY you wish?” on board a cruise ship moored NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 22 “The mountains and rivers, off the Japanese coast, will be forests and fields are of course dear tested for the novel coronavirus Nationalism and the slogan of to everyone, but what counted ulti- infection along with others on ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ are being mis- mately is the people of India... the vessel by the Japanese au- used to construct a “militant and spread out all over vast land,” Singh thorities, the Indian embassy purely emotional” idea of India that quoted Nehru as saying. said on Saturday as all the excludes millions of residents and In the pages of this carefully healthy passengers de-board- citizens, former prime minister Man- complied anthology, Nehru emerges AGENCY ed after the quarantine period mohan Singh said on Saturday, in an as a remarkable man of ideas and as NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 22 ended. apparent attack on the BJP. a leader who, despite the compul- The last batch of passengers Addressing a gathering at the sion’s of politics, remained a true de- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his former deputy Manish showing no signs of the deadly launch of a book on Jawaharlal mocrat, the former prime minister Sisodia may have been dropped from the list of dignitaries ac- disease de-boarded the ship, Nehru’s works and speeches, Singh said. companying US First Lady Melania Trump during her Febru- Diamond Princess, on Friday said if India is recognised in the Nehru’s legacy continues to be ary 25 visit to a Delhi government school here, according to after the end of the quarantine comity of nations as a vibrant of immense significance—“perhaps sources on Saturday. period. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshi- democracy and, if it is considered as more today than at any other time in The development is significant as she will be witnessing hide Suga said over 1,000 pas- one of the important world powers, it our history”, he said. the AAP government’s flagship happiness curriculum that was sengers and crew would re- was the first prime minister, who “The purpose of this book is to introduced by Sisodia two years ago as an attempt to reduce main on board the ship after should be recognised as its main ar- show to the entire world and more stress among schoolchildren, which involves 40 minutes of Friday’s disembarkations. chitect. particularly to India, how Pandit meditation, relaxing and even outdoor activities. A total of 138 Indians, including Nehru had led this country in its Nehru and his idea of India, built on Taking on the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the 132 crew and six passengers, volatile and formative days when it Gandhian principles, harmonising Centre, AAP’s national executive member Preeti Sharma were among the 3,711 people, adopted a democratic way of life, ac- the past and the present free from Menon in a tweet responded to the media reports. She said: on board the ship when it commodating divergent social and communal discords, is the only way “There is no match for the pettiness of Narendra Modi. You docked. “All Indian nationals, political views, Singh said. prejudices, try their best to picture The book also comprises remi- to promote the inevitable plurality of may not invite Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, but their amongst others, on board Dia- India’s first prime minister, who Nehru in a false light. But I am sure, niscences and assessments of Nehru our country,” he said. work speaks for them.” mond Princess will be tested was very proud of Indian heritage, history has a capacity to reject fake by some of his contemporaries such Nehru makes a very significant AAP minister Gopal Rai, during a press conference, for COVID-19 by Japanese au- assimilated it, and harmonised them and false insinuations and put every- as Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, and time relevant remark on the dan- though said he had no knowledge of the two being dropped thorities, after all passengers into the needs of a new modern In- thing in proper perspective,” he said. Sardar Patel, Maulana Azad, Aruna gers of leadership falling into a trap from the guest list of the Melania Trump visit to a govern- disembarked yesterday (Fri- dia, he said. “With an inimitable The book ‘Who is Bharat Mata’ Asaf Ali, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and getting removed far away from ment school. day),” the embassy tweeted. style, and a multi-linguist, Nehru laid by Purushottam Agrawal and Radha among others. the common people whom they are “We have not received any official information on it. And “@IndianEmbTokyo sincerely the foundation of the universities, Krishna, contains selections from “It is a book of particular rele- supposed to serve, Singh said. till the time we don’t receive any official information re- hopes that none will show any sign of #COVID19, enabling academies and cultural institutions Nehru’s classic books Autobiogra- vance at a time when Nationalism “Conceit, like fat on the human garding it, we are not in a position to comment on it,” Rai further facilitation,” it said. of Modern India. But for Nehru’s phy, Glimpses of World History and and the slogan of ‘Bharat Mata Ki body, grows imperceptibly, layer said. According to senior Delhi government sources, the US Till now, eight Indians have leadership, independent India would the Discovery of India; his speeches, Jai’ are being misused to construct a upon layer and the person whom it First Lady is likely to visit the school in south Delhi and see tested positive for the COVID- not have become what it is today,” essays and letters from pre and post militant and purely emotional idea of affects is unconscious of the daily first-hand the impact of the ‘happiness curriculum’ intro- 19 and are undergoing treat- Singh said. independence years; and some of his India that excludes millions of resi- accretion. Fortunately, the hard duced by Delhi’s AAP government in 2018. Trump is sched- ment at a hospital in Japan. “But unfortunately, a section of most revealing interviews. It was dents and citizens,” he said. knocks of a mad world tone it down uled to visit India on February 24 and 25. The US first cou- The condition of the infected In- people who either do not have the first brought out in English and now Singh also extensively quoted or even squash it completely, and ple will spend the first day of the trip in Gujarat’s Ahmed- dians is improving, the em- patience to read history or would like its Kannada translation has been re- Nehru, saying he had asked, “Who is there has been no lack of these hard abad and Uttar Pradesh’s Agra before moving to Delhi for of- bassy said. “No additional new to be deliberately guided by their leased. this Bharat Mata?, whose victory knocks for us in India. ficial reception and bilateral talks. cases in respect of Indian na- tionals testing positive for COVID-19 since yesterday (Fri- day) on board Diamond Princess,” it tweeted. The ship docked at the Yoko- Days after Nagaur horror, 1.3 billion Indians welcomed critical judicial hama port, near Tokyo, on Feb- ruary 3 with 3,711 passengers video of another Rajasthan and crew on board. It was verdicts despite apprehensions: Modi quarantined after a passenger who disembarked last month in man being tortured surfaces Hong Kong was found to be AGENCY ties). have been some critical judi- Hailing a vibrant judici- the carrier of the disease. NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY He said the government cial judgments and decisions ary, legislature and executive, Some of the passengers with AGENCY beaten. He was forced to drink liquor 22 had also taken steps to give which have been the subject the PM said, “Respecting no infection began leaving the JAIPUR, FEBRUARY 22 and an iron rod was inserted into his pri- rights to women in military of global discussion. Before each other’s jurisdiction and ship on Wednesday after the vate parts and Rs 4,800 was taken out of Prime Minister Narendra service and in providing paid these judgments were deliv- dignity, these three pillars of end of a two-week quarantine Close on the heels of the recent incident his pocket. The accused filmed the en- Modi on Saturday said 1.3 maternity leave for 26 weeks. ered, several apprehensions the Constitution have re- period that failed to stop the in Rajasthan's Nagaur where two Dalits tire episode and later on made it viral. billion Indians had disregard- He also hailed the Indian were being expressed about solved various challenges spread of the virus. were tortured for allegedly stealing Barmer's Superintendent of Police ed apprehensions and judiciary for redefining envi- the consequences. But look faced by the country on sev- money, another similar incident has Sharad Chowdhary said that the vic- “wholeheartedly” accepted ronmental jurisprudence to what happened: 1.3 billion In- eral occasions. come to fore in the state's Barmer where tim's family was immediately contacted recent critical judicial ver- strike a balance between de- dians wholeheartedly accept- “We are proud of having Nirbhaya convict a youth was mercilessly beaten and a soon after the video went viral, a case dicts which were subjects of velopment and ecological ed the judicial verdicts,” developed such a rich tradi- rod allegedly inserted into his private registered under relevant sections of the global discussion.