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T he Supreme Court wants Parliament to put a full stop to the unbridled power enjoyed by presiding officers of legisla- tures in deciding disqualifica- tion pleas against lawmakers. The SC on Tuesday observed that a Speaker also belongs to a political party and asked Parliament to think over setting up some sort of permanent body or indepen- dent mechanism to decide dis- qualification petitions. The Bench pointed out recent cases where Assembly Speakers came under scanner for their han- dling of disqualification peti- tions and said that MPs or MLAs should not be allowed to continue even for a day if they have incurred disqualification for issues like anti-defection. In its Tuesday judgment in a case related to the role of the Manipur Assembly Speaker in not taking decision on dis- qualification pleas against a State Minister, the SC held that the Speaker can’t sit on a dis- qualification petition indefi- nitely and he must act within a reasonable time. The court’s suggestion came in the wake of several cases where the Speakers were accused of deciding the dis- qualification pleas to suit their political preferences, disre- garding norms and conven- tions, and using such pleas as a tool to arm-twist the law- makers to protect or destablise State Governments. Last year’s Karnataka polit- ical crisis was a case in point. The Assembly Speaker took weeks in deciding over the disqualification plea despite direction from courts. The Speaker’s refusal to act on the disqualification pleas against the rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs created such a standoff that the Karnataka High Court in April 2018 issued a direction to the Speaker and fixed a deadline for deciding a plea. The Speaker took his own time and then matter went to the SC. More often than not, the Speaker “sit over” such pleas, which remain pending for months — in some cases for years even after MLAS/MLAs have clearly vio- lated the provision of anti- defection law. By not acting on such pleas, Speakers allow MLAs to retain their voting power despite switching side. This mostly helps the ruling party in a State. Such arbitrariness by the Speakers often facilitated mid- night political coup in North- East States. Suggesting for an inde- pendent mechanism to deal with disqualification pleas against lawmakers, the SC asked the Manipur Assembly Speaker to decide within four weeks the plea of a Congress leader seeking disqualification of BJP lawmaker and Manipur Forest Minister Th Shyamkumar. A Bench headed by Justice RF Nariman had granted lib- erty to Congress MLA Fajur Rahim and K Meghachandra to approach it again if the Assembly Speaker fails to take a decision within four weeks. The BJP Minister had won the Assembly election on a Congress ticket and later joined the BJP. This led to filing of the disqualification plea. I n one of its biggest crack- down on illegal ticketing in the railways, the RPF has arrested a madrassa-educated, self-taught software developer from Jharkhand in a racket which has links to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Dubai with suspected involvement in ter- ror financing, a senior official said on Tuesday. Ghulam Mustafa (28), who was arrested from Bhubaneswar, has a team of programmers working for him. He started his career in 2015 touting counter tickets in Bengaluru and then graduated to e-tickets and illegal software, the RPF official said. “For the last 10 days, the IB, Special Bureau, ED, NIA, Karnataka Police have interro- gated Mustafa. “Dimensions of money laundering and terror financ- ing are suspected,” Railway Protection Force (RPF) Director General Arun Kumar said at a press briefing. Kumar said Mustafa has 563 per- sonal IRCTC user IDs, and a list of 2,400 SBI branches and 600 regional rural banks where he is suspected to have accounts. He also said Mustafa used soft- ware to access darknet, and Linux-based hacking systems were found on his laptop. An Indian software com- pany with branches across the country and abroad has also come under the scanner for having links to the racket, Kumar said, refusing to name it. He, however, said the com- pany has been involved in a case of money laundering in Singapore. “Analysis of Mustafa’s lap- tops, which were highly encrypted. His phone has many Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Middle- Eastern, Indonesian, Nepali numbers as well as six virtual numbers. There was also an application to create fake Aadhaar cards,” Kumar said. The DG said Mustafa has revealed that he is a follower of a Pakistan-based religious group. Mustafa’s digital foot- prints were found on Government websites, he said. The RPF chief named Hamid Ashraf as the master- mind of the racket which is sus- pected to generate revenue of Rs 10-15 crore per month. Ashraf, who is also a soft- ware developer, was involved in the bombing of a school in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district in 2019 and is now suspected to have fled to Dubai, Kumar said. Continued on Page 4 T he BJP’s alliance partner in Haryana Jan Nayak Janta Party (JJP) has decided not to contest the Delhi Assembly elections due to issues with the party’s election symbol. Confirming the develop- ment, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala said the symbol is an important issue and the party on such a short notice will not field its candi- date on new symbol. Dushyant told reporters here that the election symbols of “key”, “pair of slippers” and “cup and saucer”, on which his party candidates had fought polls earlier, were all reserved by some other outfits for the Delhi elections to be held on February 8. “We won’t field candidates in Delhi polls, since symbol is a very important issue. We had requested the Election Commission to give key or slip- pers as symbol... these were given to another organisation. In such a situation, the JJP has decided not to contest,” the JJP tweeted. I n a major step to prevent road accidents, the Centre is considering to install crash barriers along its existing NHs and make it mandatory for all future highway projects. A week after Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said highway acci- dents lead to loss of 3 per cent of GDP annually, the Ministry is exploring ways to bring down highway crashes and fatalities. Installing crash bar- rier is one of the steps in that direction. Crash barriers are designed to withstand the impact of even high speed vehicles. They are expected to slide and roll guide vehicles back on the road while keeping the level of damage to vehicle as well as to the barriers within acceptable limits. It has been found that less than five per cent of the total network of about 1.50 lakh km of National Highways has crash barriers installed. “Ideally a crash barrier should present a continuous smooth face to an impacting vehicle so that the vehicle is redirected, without overturn- ing, to a course that is nearly parallel to the barrier face and with a lateral deceleration, which is tolerable to motorists. To achieve these aims, the vehicle must be redirected without rotation about both its horizontal or vertical axis (without “spinning out”) and the rate of lateral deceleration must be such as to cause the minimum risk of injury to the passengers,” explained a senior NHAI official. “We are preparing specifi- cations to install crash barriers. Different type of crash barriers have to be installed, depending on the lanes of the highways,” said an official. The Ministry has also taken immediate measures to identify faulty engineering and road designs across the coun- try and has sought help from all stakeholders, including the States. The Road Ministry is also identifying accident-prone spots. It has set up district-level committees to examine and suggest immediate repair and attention. The Ministry has also formed four separate working groups based on the principle of 4 Es Road Safety — Education, Enforcement, Engineering (roads as well as vehicles) and Emergency care. These groups would submit their recommendations on short-term and long-term mea- sures for immediate imple- mentation so as to curb road accidents in the country. Continued on Page 4 I rked over his wife’s excessive use of Facebook, a 26-year- old man strangled his wife to death and threw her body at an isolated place near Jaipur-Delhi National Highway. Police said the woman, identified as Naina Manglani (22), alias Reshma, had over 6,000 followers on her Facebook page and was very active. This did not go down well with her husband who resented the way she was con- stantly hooked on Facebook and ignoring the family. The accused identified as Ayaz Ahmed Ansari, a resident of Kho Nagaurian area, who works in a finance company, was arrested for the murder by the Jaipur Police on Monday. Ansari reportedly told police that Naina would stay busy with her phone all the time and he was suspicious that she might be having an extra- marital affair. The excessive use of FB by her led to marital dis- cord and frequent quarrels. Their relationship had reached the breaking point as they had started living separately, said a police official privy to the probe, adding that Naina had even threatened Ayaz that she would seek divorce from him. A senior police official said deeply upset, Ayaz hatched a plan to kill her and asked Naina to come to Ramgarh Mod on Sunday and convinced her that he wanted to sort out differences with her. Naina believed his words and went to meet him at the designated place. “He made her consume beer and after that they went to Amer hills on a scooty. There he strangled her to death and smashed her face and head with a stone. After committing the crime, Ayaz went to his uncle’s house. The body of Naina was recovered on Monday and police arrested Ayaz within a few hours,” said a senior police official. “Naina and Ayaz had met two years ago and their friend- ship blossomed and it soon turned into an affair. Since both were from different reli- gions, they solemnised their marriage twice as per Hindu and Muslim rituals. Their fam- ily members didn’t give their consent to their relationship. They had eloped from their homes and tied the nuptial knot in Ghaziabad in October, 2017,” said the police official, adding that the couple had a three-month-old son. A am Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal filed his nomination from the New Delhi con- stituency on Tuesday after wait- ing for over six hours. AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said Kejriwal filed his nomination around 6.30 pm on Tuesday. On the last day of filing nominations, Kejriwal was seen waiting and holding token number 45. “Waiting to file my nomination. My token no is 45. There are many people here to file nomination papers. Am so glad so many people participating in democracy,” Kejriwal said. Earlier, alleging a conspir- acy, AAP senior leader Manish Sisodia accused the BJP of propping up 44 independent candidates ahead of Kejriwal to deny him nomination. Sisodia said no matter how much the BJP conspires they will not be able to stop Kejriwal from filing his nomination. “The BJP, no matter how much you conspire, you will not be able to stop Kejriwal from fil- ing his nomination or from becoming the Chief Minister for the third time. Your con- spiracies will not yield any result,” he said. Tagging tweets of Bharadwaj, who alleged 35 candidates were sitting at the office along with the CM with- out proper nomination papers or even 10 proposers. Continued on Page 4 T ragedy struck a group of 15 Kerala tourists in Nepal when eight of them, including four children, died after they fell unconscious probably due to a gas leak from a heater in their room at a mountainous resort in Pokhara, amid cold wave in the Himalayan region. The tourists were airlifted to HAMS hospital in Kathmandu where they were pronounced dead on arrival, Superintendent of Police Sushil Singh Rathaur said. Postmortem will be con- ducted on Wednesday and bodies will be taken to Kerala by Air India on Thursday. “All eight were airlifted and brought to hospital in Kathmandu. A doctor from the Indian mission was also imme- diately sent to the hospital to check on welfare of patients and to provide necessary assis- tance,” said officials of Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. The victims were identified as Praveen Nair and his wife Saranya and their kids Sreebhadra, Aarcha and Abhinav Saranya. Other three victims are Ranjith Kumar and his wife Indu Lakshmi and their younger son Vyshnav. Their elder son Madhav, who was in other room, survived. It is believed that leak of carbon monoxide from the heater led to the death of the eight mem- bers of the two families. The group of 15 from two Kerala families were on their way back home and stayed at Everest Panorama Resort in Daman in Makawanpur district on Monday night. According to the manager of the resort, the guests stayed in a room and turned on a gas heater to keep themselves warm. Although they had booked a total of four rooms, eight of them stayed in a room and remaining others in anoth- er room, the manager said, adding that all the windows and the door of the room were bolted from inside. Praveen and Ranjit, both IT professionals, were engi- neering college classmates and the tour was arranged after a get-together with old friends in Delhi, a family member said. Praveen hails from Thiruvananthapuram, was an engineer in Dubai, while his wife, Saranya, was staying at Kochi along with 3 children and is a nursing student. Continued on Page 4 T he Time Bound Clearance Act 2020 has been drafted on the initiative of Chief Minister Kamal Nath to attract investment in Madhya Pradesh, to provide extensive employ- ment opportunities to the youth and to promote eco- nomic activities in the State. During the Chief Minister’s four-day visit to Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), industrialists will be informed about this draft as well as the investment-friendly policies of the State Government. Among the efforts made by the Chief Minister in the last one year to economically strengthen the State and to pro- vide employment to the unem- ployed, the most significant is reviving the investors’ confi- dence in the State and taking many such decisions that has inspired industrialists to set up industries in Madhya Pradesh. The CM believes that in order to produce results, it is necessary to ensure the period of every work and that work should be done within the stipulated period. Nath has also taken special initiative in the field of investment along with efforts to convert this thinking into the work culture of the State Government. A planned policy will be made soon and enacted as a law to ensure that those wishing to set up industries should get clearance for their projects on time from various departments. The draft of the Time bound Clearance Act 2020 is being prepared under the guid- ance of the Chief Minister along with his long-term and farsighted developmental, administrative and political experiences. This will facilitate investors in saving time from delay in getting permissions and approvals in setting up their industries. The draft pro- poses to make Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation a nodal agency. There will be time limit to complete all the procedures in setting up the industry. As a result of the imple- mentation of the Time Bound Clearance Act 2020, about 24 such services, which are required to set up the industry, will get immediate approval. Also, seven day period is pro- posed to be fixed for approval of 16 other services. The pro- posed provisions in this draft will introduce Joint Inspection Regime, which will create the atmosphere of Ease of Doing Business in Madhya Pradesh. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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Page 1: 0˚ $% & &’’$’(’()* +,( ˆ˜ˇ ˙!!˜#$&’ ˇ ˛˝ · 2020. 1. 21. · case of money laundering in Singapore. “Analysis of Mustafa’s lap-tops, which were highly encrypted

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The Supreme Court wantsParliament to put a full stop

to the unbridled power enjoyedby presiding officers of legisla-tures in deciding disqualifica-tion pleas against lawmakers.

The SC on Tuesdayobserved that a Speaker alsobelongs to a political partyand asked Parliament to thinkover setting up some sort ofpermanent body or indepen-dent mechanism to decide dis-qualification petitions. TheBench pointed out recent caseswhere Assembly Speakers cameunder scanner for their han-dling of disqualification peti-tions and said that MPs orMLAs should not be allowed tocontinue even for a day if theyhave incurred disqualificationfor issues like anti-defection.

In its Tuesday judgment ina case related to the role of theManipur Assembly Speaker innot taking decision on dis-qualification pleas against aState Minister, the SC held thatthe Speaker can’t sit on a dis-qualification petition indefi-nitely and he must act withina reasonable time.

The court’s suggestioncame in the wake of severalcases where the Speakers wereaccused of deciding the dis-qualification pleas to suit theirpolitical preferences, disre-garding norms and conven-tions, and using such pleas asa tool to arm-twist the law-makers to protect or destabliseState Governments.

Last year’s Karnataka polit-ical crisis was a case in point.The Assembly Speaker tookweeks in deciding over thedisqualification plea despitedirection from courts.

The Speaker’s refusal to acton the disqualification pleasagainst the rebel Congress andJD(S) MLAs created such astandoff that the Karnataka

High Court in April 2018issued a direction to theSpeaker and fixed a deadlinefor deciding a plea. TheSpeaker took his own timeand then matter went to the SC.

More often than not, theSpeaker “sit over” such pleas,which remain pending formonths — in some cases foryears — even after

MLAS/MLAs have clearly vio-lated the provision of anti-defection law. By not acting onsuch pleas, Speakers allowMLAs to retain their votingpower despite switching side.This mostly helps the rulingparty in a State.

Such arbitrariness by theSpeakers often facilitated mid-night political coup in North-East States.

Suggesting for an inde-pendent mechanism to dealwith disqualification pleasagainst lawmakers, the SCasked the Manipur AssemblySpeaker to decide within fourweeks the plea of a Congressleader seeking disqualificationof BJP lawmaker and ManipurForest Minister ThShyamkumar.

A Bench headed by JusticeRF Nariman had granted lib-erty to Congress MLA FajurRahim and K Meghachandra toapproach it again if theAssembly Speaker fails to takea decision within four weeks.

The BJP Minister had wonthe Assembly election on aCongress ticket and later joinedthe BJP. This led to filing of thedisqualification plea.

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In one of its biggest crack-down on illegal ticketing in

the railways, the RPF hasarrested a madrassa-educated,self-taught software developerfrom Jharkhand in a racketwhich has links to Pakistan,Bangladesh and Dubai withsuspected involvement in ter-ror financing, a senior officialsaid on Tuesday.

Ghulam Mustafa (28), whowas arrested fromBhubaneswar, has a team ofprogrammers working for him.He started his career in 2015touting counter tickets inBengaluru and then graduatedto e-tickets and illegal software,the RPF official said.

“For the last 10 days, the IB,Special Bureau, ED, NIA,Karnataka Police have interro-gated Mustafa.

“Dimensions of moneylaundering and terror financ-ing are suspected,” RailwayProtection Force (RPF)

Director GeneralArun Kumar said ata press briefing.

Kumar saidMustafa has 563 per-sonal IRCTC userIDs, and a list of2,400 SBI branchesand 600 regionalrural banks wherehe is suspected tohave accounts.

He also saidMustafa used soft-ware to access darknet, andLinux-based hacking systemswere found on his laptop.

An Indian software com-pany with branches across thecountry and abroad has alsocome under the scanner forhaving links to the racket,Kumar said, refusing to nameit. He, however, said the com-pany has been involved in acase of money laundering inSingapore.

“Analysis of Mustafa’s lap-tops, which were highlyencrypted. His phone has manyPakistani, Bangladeshi, Middle-Eastern, Indonesian,

Nepali numbers as well assix virtual numbers. There wasalso an application to create

fake Aadhaar cards,” Kumarsaid.

The DG said Mustafa hasrevealed that he is a follower ofa Pakistan-based religiousgroup. Mustafa’s digital foot-prints were found onGovernment websites, he said.

The RPF chief namedHamid Ashraf as the master-mind of the racket which is sus-pected to generate revenue ofRs 10-15 crore per month.

Ashraf, who is also a soft-ware developer, was involved inthe bombing of a school inUttar Pradesh’s Gonda districtin 2019 and is now suspectedto have fled to Dubai, Kumarsaid.

Continued on Page 4

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The BJP’s alliance partner inHaryana Jan Nayak Janta

Party (JJP) has decided not tocontest the Delhi Assemblyelections due to issues with theparty’s election symbol.

Confirming the develop-ment, Haryana Deputy ChiefMinister and JJP leaderDushyant Chautala said thesymbol is an important issueand the party on such a shortnotice will not field its candi-date on new symbol.

Dushyant told reportershere that the election symbolsof “key”, “pair of slippers” and“cup and saucer”, on which hisparty candidates had foughtpolls earlier, were all reservedby some other outfits for theDelhi elections to be held onFebruary 8.

“We won’t field candidatesin Delhi polls, since symbol isa very important issue. We hadrequested the ElectionCommission to give key or slip-pers as symbol... these weregiven to another organisation.In such a situation, the JJP hasdecided not to contest,” the JJPtweeted.

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In a major step to preventroad accidents, the Centre is

considering to install crashbarriers along its existing NHsand make it mandatory for allfuture highway projects.

A week after RoadTransport Minister NitinGadkari said highway acci-dents lead to loss of 3 per centof GDP annually, the Ministryis exploring ways to bringdown highway crashes andfatalities. Installing crash bar-rier is one of the steps in thatdirection.

Crash barriers are designedto withstand the impact ofeven high speed vehicles. Theyare expected to slide and rollguide vehicles back on theroad while keeping the level ofdamage to vehicle as well as tothe barriers within acceptablelimits. It has been found thatless than five per cent of thetotal network of about 1.50 lakhkm of National Highways hascrash barriers installed.

“Ideally a crash barriershould present a continuoussmooth face to an impactingvehicle so that the vehicle isredirected, without overturn-ing, to a course that is nearlyparallel to the barrier face andwith a lateral deceleration,which is tolerable to motorists.To achieve these aims, thevehicle must be redirectedwithout rotation about both its

horizontal or vertical axis(without “spinning out”) andthe rate of lateral decelerationmust be such as to cause theminimum risk of injury to thepassengers,” explained a seniorNHAI official.

“We are preparing specifi-cations to install crash barriers.Different type of crash barriershave to be installed, dependingon the lanes of the highways,”said an official.

The Ministry has alsotaken immediate measures toidentify faulty engineering androad designs across the coun-try and has sought help from allstakeholders, including theStates.

The Road Ministry is alsoidentifying accident-pronespots. It has set up district-levelcommittees to examine andsuggest immediate repair andattention. The Ministry hasalso formed four separateworking groups based on theprinciple of 4 Es Road Safety —Education, Enforcement,Engineering (roads as well asvehicles) and Emergency care.These groups would submittheir recommendations onshort-term and long-term mea-sures for immediate imple-mentation so as to curb roadaccidents in the country.

Continued on Page 4

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Irked over his wife’s excessiveuse of Facebook, a 26-year-

old man strangled his wife todeath and threw her body at anisolated place near Jaipur-DelhiNational Highway. Police saidthe woman, identified as NainaManglani (22), alias Reshma,had over 6,000 followers on herFacebook page and was veryactive. This did not go downwell with her husband whoresented the way she was con-stantly hooked on Facebookand ignoring the family.

The accused identified as

Ayaz Ahmed Ansari, a residentof Kho Nagaurian area, whoworks in a finance company,was arrested for the murder bythe Jaipur Police on Monday.

Ansari reportedly toldpolice that Naina would staybusy with her phone all the

time and he was suspicious thatshe might be having an extra-marital affair. The excessive useof FB by her led to marital dis-cord and frequent quarrels.Their relationship had reachedthe breaking point as they hadstarted living separately, said a

police official privy to theprobe, adding that Naina hadeven threatened Ayaz that shewould seek divorce from him.

A senior police official saiddeeply upset, Ayaz hatched aplan to kill her and askedNaina to come to Ramgarh

Mod on Sunday and convincedher that he wanted to sort outdifferences with her. Nainabelieved his words and went tomeet him at the designatedplace.

“He made her consumebeer and after that they went to

Amer hills on a scooty. Therehe strangled her to death andsmashed her face and headwith a stone. After committingthe crime, Ayaz went to hisuncle’s house. The body ofNaina was recovered onMonday and police arrestedAyaz within a few hours,” saida senior police official.

“Naina and Ayaz had mettwo years ago and their friend-ship blossomed and it soonturned into an affair. Sinceboth were from different reli-gions, they solemnised theirmarriage twice as per Hinduand Muslim rituals. Their fam-ily members didn’t give theirconsent to their relationship.They had eloped from theirhomes and tied the nuptialknot in Ghaziabad in October,2017,” said the police official,adding that the couple had athree-month-old son.

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)national convener and

Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal filed his nominationfrom the New Delhi con-stituency on Tuesday after wait-ing for over six hours. AAPspokesperson SaurabhBhardwaj said Kejriwal filed his nomination around6.30 pm on Tuesday.

On the last day of filingnominations, Kejriwal was seenwaiting and holding tokennumber 45. “Waiting to file mynomination. My token no is 45.There are many people here to file nomination papers.Am so glad so many peopleparticipating in democracy,”Kejriwal said.

Earlier, alleging a conspir-acy, AAP senior leader ManishSisodia accused the BJP ofpropping up 44 independentcandidates ahead of Kejriwal todeny him nomination.

Sisodia said no matter howmuch the BJP conspires theywill not be able to stop Kejriwalfrom filing his nomination.“The BJP, no matter how muchyou conspire, you will not beable to stop Kejriwal from fil-ing his nomination or frombecoming the Chief Ministerfor the third time. Your con-spiracies will not yield anyresult,” he said. Tagging tweetsof Bharadwaj, who alleged 35candidates were sitting at theoffice along with the CM with-out proper nomination papersor even 10 proposers.

Continued on Page 4

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Tragedy struck a group of 15Kerala tourists in Nepal

when eight of them, includingfour children, died after theyfell unconscious probably dueto a gas leak from a heater intheir room at a mountainousresort in Pokhara, amid coldwave in the Himalayan region.

The tourists were airliftedto HAMS hospital inKathmandu where they werepronounced dead on arrival,Superintendent of Police SushilSingh Rathaur said.

Postmortem will be con-ducted on Wednesday andbodies will be taken to Keralaby Air India on Thursday.

“All eight were airliftedand brought to hospital inKathmandu. A doctor from theIndian mission was also imme-diately sent to the hospital tocheck on welfare of patientsand to provide necessary assis-tance,” said officials of IndianEmbassy in Kathmandu.

The victims were identifiedas Praveen Nair and his wifeSaranya and their kidsSreebhadra, Aarcha andAbhinav Saranya. Other threevictims are Ranjith Kumar andhis wife Indu Lakshmi andtheir younger son Vyshnav.Their elder son Madhav, whowas in other room, survived. Itis believed that leak of carbonmonoxide from the heater ledto the death of the eight mem-bers of the two families.

The group of 15 from two

Kerala families were on theirway back home and stayed atEverest Panorama Resort inDaman in Makawanpur districton Monday night.

According to the managerof the resort, the guests stayedin a room and turned on a gasheater to keep themselveswarm. Although they hadbooked a total of four rooms,eight of them stayed in a roomand remaining others in anoth-er room, the manager said,adding that all the windowsand the door of the room werebolted from inside.

Praveen and Ranjit, bothIT professionals, were engi-neering college classmates andthe tour was arranged after aget-together with old friends inDelhi, a family member said.Praveen hails fromThiruvananthapuram, was anengineer in Dubai, while hiswife, Saranya, was staying atKochi along with 3 childrenand is a nursing student.

Continued on Page 4

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The Time Bound ClearanceAct 2020 has been drafted

on the initiative of ChiefMinister Kamal Nath to attractinvestment in Madhya Pradesh,to provide extensive employ-ment opportunities to theyouth and to promote eco-nomic activities in the State.

During the Chief Minister’sfour-day visit to Davos for theannual meeting of the WorldEconomic Forum (WEF),industrialists will be informedabout this draft as well as theinvestment-friendly policies ofthe State Government.

Among the efforts made bythe Chief Minister in the lastone year to economicallystrengthen the State and to pro-vide employment to the unem-ployed, the most significant isreviving the investors’ confi-dence in the State and takingmany such decisions that hasinspired industrialists to set upindustries in Madhya Pradesh.

The CM believes that inorder to produce results, it isnecessary to ensure the periodof every work and that workshould be done within thestipulated period. Nath hasalso taken special initiative inthe field of investment alongwith efforts to convert thisthinking into the work cultureof the State Government.

A planned policy will bemade soon and enacted as a lawto ensure that those wishing toset up industries should getclearance for their projects ontime from various departments.

The draft of the Timebound Clearance Act 2020 isbeing prepared under the guid-ance of the Chief Ministeralong with his long-term andfarsighted developmental,administrative and politicalexperiences. This will facilitateinvestors in saving time fromdelay in getting permissionsand approvals in setting uptheir industries. The draft pro-poses to make Madhya PradeshIndustrial DevelopmentCorporation a nodal agency.There will be time limit to

complete all the procedures insetting up the industry.

As a result of the imple-mentation of the Time BoundClearance Act 2020, about 24such services, which arerequired to set up the industry,will get immediate approval.Also, seven day period is pro-posed to be fixed for approvalof 16 other services. The pro-posed provisions in this draftwill introduce Joint InspectionRegime, which will create theatmosphere of Ease of DoingBusiness in Madhya Pradesh.

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The State Government in itsVision to Delivery

Roadmap 2020-25 has taken adecision to strengthen the eco-nomic condition of the farm-ers through cooperatives.

Cooperative Banks andPrimary Agriculture CreditCooperative Societies havebeen made active to facilitatefarmers in getting agricultureinputs, short-term agricultureloans and reasonable pricesfor their crops. At present, allfacilities related to agricultureinputs through cooperative arebeing provided by these insti-tutions to more than 73 lakhfarmers.

The election process ofcooperative institutions has

been made fair and transparentby the State Government, sothat election could be con-ducted in democratic manner.In rural areas, new cooperativeinstitutions are being formed tocreate new jobs and for increasein productivity in employment

oriented areas.The State Government is

providing the loan on zero percent interest to the farmers foragriculture inputs. In the year2019-20, agriculture loan of�9,716 crore has already beendistributed. After waiving the

time barred loans of 4.95 lakhfarmers, the crop loan of �1,633crore has been made availableto them.

Under the Jai Kisan FasalWrin Maafi Yojana, an amountof �4,262.68 crore has beenreleased for 17.84 lakh farmers.

The loan waiver process of thefirst phase has been completedand the process for the secondphase has already been started.Under the time barred loans,an amount of �2,275.27 crorefor 9.42 lakh farmers and underthe non-time barred loans of�1,987.41 crore for 8.42 lakhfarmers has been released bythe Government.

A total of 63.18 lakh KisanCredit Cards have been issuedto the farmers through all thebanks, including commercialbanks. Out of these, 37 lakhfarmers have been issued KCCthrough District CentralCooperative Banks. Thus inthis scheme, the participationof cooperative banks is morethan 50 per cent.

Through the cooperative

societies the farmers are beingdistributed chemical fertilizersand advance seeds as goods’loan. The primary societiesare giving priority to advancestorage of chemical fertilizers.In the year 2019-2020, till now19.80 MT chemical fertilisersand 2.53 lakh quintal advanceseeds have been distributed tothe farmers.

The State Government hassanctioned a share capital of�3,000 crore to primary creditsocieties and cooperative banksto consolidate their financialstatus. Out of this, �1,000 crorehas been released by theGovernment. This amount ismade available to these institu-tions for distributing loans tothe farmers and for other activ-ities related to farmers’ welfare.

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To deal with factionalism inMadhya Pradesh, All India

Congress Committee (AICC)has formed a coordinationcommittee, including ChiefMinister and PCC chief KamalNath, to decide the name fornew PCC chief.

Similar coordination com-mittees have been formed inthree other States — Punjab,Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh andUnion Territory of Puducherry.Separate committees have beenformed in these States to havebetter co-ordination betweenthe party and StateGovernments in these States.

The committee formed for‘proper implementation of elec-tion manifesto’ in MP comprisesAICC general secretary of theState Deepak Babria, ChiefMinister Kamal Nath, seniorleader Arjun Modhwadia andformer Maharashtra CMPrithviraj Chavan.

Besides the former twoleaders, the committee for bet-ter co-ordination in party andState Government includes —former Chief MinisterDigvijaya Singh, MeenakshiNatrajan, a close aide of RahulGandhi and sulking leaders likeJyotiraditya Scindia and formerPCC Chief Arun Yadav andCabinet Minister Jitu Patwari.

Yadav had been away fromparty affairs soon after he wasshown the door as party Statehead in May 2018 when KamalNath was drafted into MadhyaPradesh politics by the partyhigh command. A loss in LokSabha polls also did not helphis cause either.

Though the faction riddenCongress party in MadhyaPradesh had took on the

mighty BJP in Assembly polls2018, soon after the partyassumed power, the thingswere back to square one.

Soon after the party hand-picked veteran Kamal Nath asChief Minister, ignoring claimsfrom Jyotiraditya Scindia, thescion of Gwalior royal familywas quick to disconnect him-self from party affairs makingpublic his disappointment anddissent on so many occasions.

Besides, speaking againsthis Government, Scindia hadwritten open letters to KamalNath Government on publicissues and was highly critical offarm loan waiver scheme overfulfillment issues.

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Crime branch Bhopal busted asex racket at Indra Vihar

Colony at Airport road and nabbedseven persons, including two Nepalnational women, and oneUzbekistan national woman;branch manager of a national bankin Satna was also nabbed in the raidwhich was conducted in the earlymorning hours on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, regardingvisiting of different people a highprofile sex racket was busted which was operated in a house atIndra Vihar Colony and nabbedfour women and three men fromthe house.

Police found that main accusedSajid Hussain of West Bengal usedto operate sex racket for long in theState capital and would bring girlsfrom different parts of the country

for flesh trade.From the spot police have

nabbed Branch Manager of SBIbank Satna Ram Kishore Meenawas found in a compromising posi-tion with a woman who wasUzbekistan national. Police havealso nabbed a youth, a person whoused to work as agent dealing infacilitating girls for flesh trade, agirl from West Bengal.

After the preliminary investi-gation, police have registered a caseunder Sections 4, 5 and 7 ofPrevention of Immoral TraffickingAct (PITA) and Section 34 (2) ofthe Excise Act.

The action was taken after sev-eral complaints were received bypolice in the past and based on thecomplaint raid was conducted.Police said more persons involvedin the sex racket would be nabbedin the further investigation.

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The magic of Sadat HassanManto was splendidly

spread by the theatre artists ofthe city. A play depicting theplays by Sadat Hassan Manto‘Manto Khud’ was staged atBharat Bhavan here on Tuesday.

The play was performed bythe artists of Rising Society ofArt and Culture (RiSAC)Bhopal and was brilliantlydirected by Preeti Jha Tiwari.

The play was a huge andbeautiful collage of Manto’sstories. The plays from whichthe play was adapted includes‘License’, ‘Aankhien’ and ‘KhudaKi Kasam’. The main concept ofManto Khud was from hisplay License. Slowly and grad-ually as the play’s plot movesforward, the audience watchchanging shades of those char-acters.

The other stories Aankhienand Khuda Ki Kasam wereincluded in such a way that thestory gave an impactful mes-sage to the society. The maincharacter of the play is a girlnames ‘Inayat’.

Inayat is a girl who looksfor her existence in this maledominated society. The artistswere able to reach out to theaudience and give the message.

The story of the drama reflectsthe exploitation by the male-dominated society, the atroci-ties faced with women, thephysical and mental harass-ment being done on them onwomen.

The play was loved by theaudience as it left an impactover them and think over theissues still harming the per-

sonality of a woman.With simple costume

design and enchanting lightdesign the play was beautiful-ly presented on stage. The playwas intelligently planned andstaged before the Bhopalitesand was appreciated by theaudience. . The light and soundblend added zest in the per-formance.

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The series of events observ-ing 150th birth anniversary

of Mahatma Gandhi conclud-ed on Tuesday with a lot of fervour at St. Joseph Co-ed School.

The programme began onOctober 2, 2019 wherein theschool students participatedin different events. During theevents organised at St Joseph’sCoed School, the students par-ticipated in competitions likeslogan writing competition,speech competition, competi-tion poster making and more.

Nukkad Natak and musicalband performances were pre-sented on Tuesday, marking thegrand closure of the series. Thestreet plays and musical per-formances were held in differ-ent areas of the city.

It is to be noted that themain purpose of organisingthese events was to rememberFather of the Nation, MahatmaGandhi, by reviving and fol-lowing his policies and princi-ples which are symbolised fromthe lost and the time has cometo build a new India.

Municipal CorporationPresident Surjit Singh Chauhancongratulated everyone in his

speech and said this event is agood initiative and everyone should followGandhi’s ideas.

The Chief Guest at theevent RTO Sanjay Tiwari askedthe children to follow Gandhi’sideas. Impressed by pro-gramme TI SP Saxena con-gratulated all the teachers andstudents. Principal FatherMelvin, Manager FatherMichael, Sisters, School Staffand PRO Vasundhara Sharmawere present to encourage thestudents.

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The Nishatpura police havenabbed two vehicle lifters

near housing board colony and recovered a dozenfrom their possession onMonday recovered vehicles areworth �3.2 lakh.

Acting on a tip-off, twovehicle lifters were nabbednear housing board colony andfailed to provide details of thebike. They confessed that thescooter was stolen and theyhave stolen 11 more vehiclesfrom different parts of theState capital.

The two nabbed were iden-tified as Mohammad Danish(21) of Karond and AslamShah (23) of Karond. Later inthe investigation the two con-fessed stealing of vehicles andparking at different places andlater selling them.

During the investigationaccused confessed that they areactive in stealing vehicles forthe two years. Danish has beenbooked for assault, extortionand illegal possession of arms.

The accused parked thestolen vehicle at Kapila Nagar,Peoples hospital parking,Dasshers Maidan and otherparking places where noemployee are deployed at park-ing spaces or very little atten-

tion is paid by them.During investigation when

the accused were quizzed theyconfessed that vehicles werestolen from MP Nagar,Shyamala Hills, Habibganj,Mangalwara, Talaiya,Nishatpura area. Thoseinvolved in disposing the vehi-cles would be nabbed in thefurther investigation.

Police said the accusedwere trying to sell the vehiclesbut failed to sell vehicles andwere nabbed. Crime record ofAslam is searched as theaccused hails from Vidishaand was staying at a rentedroom in Karond his detailswould be investigated with theVidisha police.

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Bhopal Tamil Sangam cele-brated Pongal with fervour

and festivity by observing reli-gious rituals and bonhomie atthe Career College Auditorium,BHEL on Tuesday. To carry outthe objectives of the CentralSangeet Natak Akademi and tofoster the traditional Tamilarts, 24 Artists from TamilNadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram(A unit of the Directorate ofArt & Culture), Government ofTamil Nadu came to Bhopal togive special performance atPongal Celebration.

The Pongal celebrationsincluded a number of culturalprogrammes, including bharat-natyam and group dance per-formance.

Dr Ilayaraja T, DeputySecretary to CM said, “Entireteam of Bhopal Tamil Sangamdid a great job by organisingsuch a grand event, not justwith planning but with theenthusiasm and energy. Ibelieve this year’s festivitieswill be a worthy reflection ofthe pride felt by Bhopal Tamilian, who makesuch a great contribution to thecity’s cultural, social and eco-nomic life.”

Sathish Kumar S, Addl

Collector, Bhopal, PSathiyamurthy, DGM HR,NHDC, S Baskaran, MD,Flotek Engg service, Bhopalwere also present on the occa-sion as special guests.

General Secretary ofBhopal Tamil Sangam, ASwami Durai said that hun-dreds of South Indian familiesstay in Bhopal and other partsof the State for the past sever-al decades.

“Apart from individual cel-ebrations of Pongal, we alsoorganise Tamil New year func-tion every year. It makes us feelat home even though we are faraway from our native places,”he added.

“Pongal is one of thebiggest festivals for Tamils andit is such a delight to participate

and experience the enthusiasmof people,” said Sathish KumarS, Addl Collector, Bhopal.

P Sathiyamurthy, DGMHR, NHDC said that Pongal isa festival to greet the Sun andwelcome him into the lives ofpeople as it liberated themfrom the extremes of winter. Itwas not only limited to Tamils,but celebrated in different partsof the country under differentnames.

M Raji, President, A SwamiDurai, General Secretary, SSamivel, Vice President, VSelvaraj Vice President, PAnnadurai, Joint Secretary, RThirumalli, Joint Secretary, ASivakumar, Treasurer and exec-utive members of Bhopal TamilSangam made the entire eventrun smoothly.

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The music lovers enjoyed acalm and composed

evening with classical musicand dance at Shaheed Smarakauditorium in Jabalpur. Theevent Ek Shaam Veero KeNaam was all about classicaldance forms and music per-formamce by Ustad NissarHussain Khan.

Pracheen Kala Kendra,Chandigarh recently organ-ised a classical dance and musicevening Ek Shaam Veero keNaam at Shaheed SmarakAuditorium Jabalpur.

The programme wasattened by the secreatry ofPracheen Kala Kendra SajalKoser, Shobha Koser, Registrarof Pracheen Kala Kendra,Mayor of Jabalpur .Smt SwatiGodbole, Major Sachin SinghKuntal and Major Viswajeet.

After the welcome speechby the Sajal Koser, the eventbegan with the performance bystudents of Tarana ManjariSangeet school. Students beau-tifully presented Bharatnatyam,Kathak and Odissi in solo andgroup performance.

The dance performancewas followed by the musicperformnaces of JaipurGharana. It was the muchawaited performance of theevening by Ustad NissarHussian Khan from Jaipur. Hebegan with the devotionalhymn Hari Om.

Ustad Nissar Hussain wasaccompanied by his three sonsShafat Hussain on Tabla, AllaRakha on sitar and Fateh AliKhan on Santoor.

After the Bhajan,they havepresented Bhandish in teenTaal than they have presentedsome Desh Bhakti Song inDesh Raag .performnace endsby some Maar geeti (Rajasthanifolk) and Sufi songs.

The programme ended bythanks giving speech by SajalKoser and committee membersof Pracheen Kala Kendra andalso they have grateful to allmedia people of MadhyaPradesh for their supporttowards the Pracheen KalaKendra.

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Cambridge, State capital’s old-est private school, has pio-

neered a gap of sports amongschool students and teachers.

Apart from giving practicalknowledge of sports to studentsthrough NIS coaches, the schoolpreparing to provide physicalexercise facilities with the helpof physical trainers.

Anjum Rehman, presidentof Cambridge school while talk-ing to mediapersons on Tuesdaysaid the new Executive ofCambridge, formed on July 23,2019, is trying to establish newdimensions in the school.

These efforts are also beingfully supported by cabinet min-isters, Arif Aqeel and PCSharma, who are in the execu-tive committee. Anjum said thenew executive of the school has

made several plans for the pro-motion of sports in the students.For this, a tie-up has been donewith the Coaches of NIS.

Anjum informed that thesecoaches will help the school chil-dren to pursue a career in thesports field. Children will begiven special training from asports practical and physicaltrainer. Anjum Rehman said thatB.Ed., D.Ed. and DLed courseswill also begin in school soon.

Anjum Rehman said a two-day sports meet is being organ-ised for the students, teachersand school staff studying in theschool. Starting from January 22,these sports events will be heldat Arif Nagar Stadium.

Anjum said that the espe-ciality of this programme isthat the supporting staff of theschool have also been identifiedand mandated to participate in

all these competitions.There will be many events

in two days. The sports compe-tition to be held on January 22and 23 will have different sportevents for different classes. Theseinclude Toffee Race, BananaRace, Off to Market, BalloonRace, Langdi Race, Frog Race,Balance Race, Glass Race inaddition to 50, 100 and 200meter races for junior childrenfrom nursery to eighth grade.

Similarly, the competitionfor the senior class will include200 meter race, volleyball, throwball, mehndi, rangoli, singing,painting, skipping, relay race, tugof war, pittu, puzzle game, clawwrestling, kabaddi etc. Apartfrom this, there will be musicchair, 100 meter race. Whilegames like Matki Phod andMusical Chair will be held forthe staff.

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The politics started oversetting ablaze a Dalit man

in Sagar district, reached NewDelhi and now the State cap-ital on Tuesday.

Deputy Chairman ofNational Commission forScheduled Caste (NCSC)called on the victim here,while the BJP accused theCongress Government ofshielding the accused involvedin the murderous assault onthe Dalit man.

Amid reports of insuffi-cient action in the matter andimproper treatment extendedto the victim, deputy chair-man of NCSC L Murugan vis-ited Bhopal on Tuesday andmet the victim recuperating ata hospital.

Accompanied byMurugan, family of the victim,natives of Sagar, told themedia that around 15-20 menfrom a particular communityhad attacked their house onJan 14. Five of them enteredthe house and set the 24-year-old Dalit man Dhan PrasadAhirwar on fire.

The family identified fivepersons and claimed theycould not recognise the rest ofthem.

The accused also haveattempted a similar assaultthree years ago, they said.

Murugan told mediaper-sons that he has instructed theSagar Superintendent of Policeto include unidentif iedaccused in the FIR lodged in

the case and also book police-men for slackness in register-ing victim’s complaint undersection 4 of the ST/SC(Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

After not being satisfiedwith the treatment offered toAhirwar with 60-65 per centburn injuries at a local hospi-tal in Bhopal, Muruganoffered to send the victim ofSafdarjung Hospital NewDelhi on government expens-es.

Ordering disbursement ofcompensation to the victim asper norms, Murugan alsourged the state Governmentoffer adequate compensationto the victim from CM’s ReliefFund.

Meanwhile, senior BJPleader and the former minis-ter Lal Singh Arya, whilespeaking to the media on theissue accused the rulingCongress of shielding theaccused involved in the ghast-ly incident claiming only fivepersons have been named inthe FIR lodged in the matter.

“Unless the victim isoffered justice, the BJP wouldnot sit in comfort,” affirmedArya.

Alleging that no seniorCongress leader visited thecritically injured victim as ofnow, Arya alleged that forgetabout offering sending thevictim to Safdarjung Hospitalin New Delhi, the victimdespite his serious burninjuries has been admitted toa non-AC room in Bhopalhospital.

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With an objective to con-tribute towards building

a strong nation, IIM Indoreafter collaborating withMadhya Pradesh Police, nowhas signed a MoU with UttarPradesh Police. The objective ofthe MoU is to strengthen beatpolicing, develop tools for bet-ter law enforcement, trafficand strategic patrolling as wellas exploring ways to improvethe efficiency and morale ofpolice personnel while reduc-ing stress.

The MoU was signedbetween Professor HimanshuRai, Director, IIM Indore andOP Singh, Director General ofPolice (DGP), UP on Tuesday.“The main purpose of the MoUis to review the existing ‘beatpolicing system’ of the statepolice and make recommen-dations for further strengthen-ing of the system. We wouldalso aim at strengthening thelaw and order and exchangeresearch personnel and techni-cal expertise,” said Singh.

Professor Rai noted thatthe Institute would also con-tribute in the areas of publicadministration, managementand public policy for policeofficials. “This would alsoinclude exchange of expertsand researchers for short termtraining. The topics wouldinclude big data analytics, arti-

ficial intelligence, communi-cations, broadcasting, videoanalytics, social media man-agement, etc.’, he said. ProfessorRai will also conduct a sessionfor senior IPS officials to dis-cuss strategic and better waysto negotiate law and order sit-uation. ‘There are at times sit-uations when crowd manage-ment is important.

Negotiation helps in sort-ing problems just by effectivecommunication and can elim-inate the chances of violence ordamage of public property. Weaim to conduct training ses-sions for the officers whereinthey can learn effective ways tonegotiate and communicatewith the mob’, he said.

“This MoU would alsohelp the state police in dataanalytics and geographicalinformation system in betterpositioning of UP-112 Patroland responsive vehicles, help-

ing in better crime mappingand analysing crime trend,”added Aseem Arun, AdditionalDirector General (ADG-112).This would help in derivingsome permanent solutions tochallenges faced by police intaking precautionary and pre-ventive measures,” he said.

MoU FOR SMART CITYLUCKNOW

IIM Indore also signed aMoU for Mission Smart CityLucknow on Tuesday. This MoUwas signed by Professor Rai andMukesh Meshram, Commis-sioner and Indramani Tripathi,Municipal Commissioner. ThisMoU will contribute to bettertraffic management, effectivecleanliness and solid waste man-agement system and develop-ment of Smart City Lucknowprototype. Multiple training pro-grammes would also be con-ducted under this.

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Under the Khelo IndiaYouth Games, players of

Madhya Pradesh performedbrilliantly, winning threemedals, including three goldand one bronze.

Madhya Pradesh won onegold each in boxing, weightlift-ing and badminton and onebronze medal in weightlifting.With these, Madhya Pradeshhas been ranked tenth in themedals table by winning atotal of 44 medals, including 15gold, 11 silver and 18 bronze.

Minister of Sports andYouth Welfare Jitu Patwari andDirector Sports and YouthWelfare SL Thoussen congrat-ulated the medal winning play-ers expressing happiness on thisachievement achieved by the

players of Madhya Pradesh.Madhya Pradesh State

Boxing Academy playerHimanshu Shriwas showcased abrilliant performance in the 57kg category in the under-17boys category of Boxing underthe Khelo India Youth Games,defeating the Assam player 3-2and winning the gold. The medalwas bagged in Madhya Pradesh.

Similarly, in BadmintonUnder-21 final match, MadhyaPradesh Dhar player AmitRathore defeated Tamil Naduplayer Satish 2-0 (21-18, 21-19)to give Madhya Pradesh a goldmedal. In the final matchplayed in the under-21weightlifting boys categoryunder the Khelo India YouthGames, Madhya Pradesh play-er Kunwar Vishwajeet Singhperformed his best in the 96 kg

weight category and lifted thegold medal to Madhya Pradeshby lifting 284 kg. In weightlift-ing 120 kg under-21 boys cat-egory. In the weight category,Madhya Pradesh player AkashKaushal won a bronze medal.

Meanwhile, in the SeniorNational EquestrianCompetition held in Delhifrom January 15 to 20, players

of Madhya Pradesh EquestrianAcademy gave one gold andthree bronze medals to MadhyaPradesh.

In the competition,Academy player Paridhi Joshiperformed brilliantly in theadvanced dress where MadhyaPradesh won the gold medal inthe team event, while MadhyaPradesh got the bronze medal

in the individual event. With this, Paridhi Joshi

has become a high-level dressplayer in the State.

Academy players FarazKhan and Anand Jhala won thebronze medal in MadhyaPradesh in the advance dayteam competition. Similarly,Sagar Tiwari, Adarsh Rathore,MS in the medium day eventteam event. Rathore gave thebronze medal to MadhyaPradesh. The players partici-pated in the competition underthe guidance of CaptainBhagirath, the head instructorof the equestrian academy.

State’s Minister for Sportsand Youth Welfare, Jitu Patwariand Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen hascongratulated the medal win-ning players.

Bhopal: Fuelled with old enmi-ty, a 50-year-old man wasstabbed to death at GondaBasti under Gandhi Nagarpolice station late in the nighton Monday.

The deceased identified asNimka Singh Pardi had old dis-pute with the accused VyasSingh Pardi who after a heat-ed argument stabbed Nimka todeath. Injured Nimka wasrushed to Hamidia hospitalby his son and daughter-in-lawwhere he was declared dead.

The deceased was stabbedin his chest and back multipletimes which caused his death. The accused escaped thespot but was later arrested bythe police.

The deceased used to workas a labourer at warehouse of afootwear company. In the ini-tial investigation police foundthat he was a habitual offend-er and had been booked severaltimes in the past.

According to the police, theincident took place late in thenight when the two were hav-ing liquor and verbal spatesoon turned violent and Nimkawas stabbed by Vyas.

Earlier the two had enmi-ty and have registered caseagainst each other but com-promise on the dispute wasmade by the two.

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The Chunabhatti Police havebooked a property dealer

who duped two persons to thetune of Rs 2.5 crore in the nameof constructing shopping com-plex in Bairagarh area; accusedwent absconding after com-plaint was lodged by the victims.

Police have bookedPrashant Singhai of SinghaiInfra Projects who duped thetwo victims Syed Parvez andVipinB Banvat of Ashta.

Investigating Officer ASIOmkar Singh said the victimswere lured of partnership indeveloping shopping by theaccused and told that Rs 10crore is required for the wholeproject and the two agreed afterwhich they provided Rs 2.5crore in parts from the year2015 but later they started torecognize that accused hasduped as the property was of‘merger’ and when the accusedfailed to return the money they lodged complaintwith police.

The deal was stuck in theyear 2015 but for the next fewyears nothing in the name ofconstruction was started on theland and when victim checkedthey found that no construc-tion could be done as the landwas in the category of merger.

A complaint was filedregarding the fraud and aftercompletion of the investigationthe police have registered a caseunder IPC Section 420.

Police have started furtherinvestigation and have claimedthat there is a possibility of anexus working behind the sell-ing of property by using wrongmeans. After the confirmationthe police have registered a caseunder IPC Section 420 andhave started further investiga-tion. The offenders are still outof police reach.

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Irked over filing a case withMahila Thana, a 23-year-

old married girl and herfather were attacked withsharp edged weapon by girl’shusband near police controlroom under Jehangirabadpolice stat ion area onTuesday.

The accused and husbandof the victim girl VijayAhirwar attacked victimReena Ahirwar and her fatherShankarlal with a sharp edgedweapon when the two were on their way tohome after visiting MahilaThana in the afternoon onTuesday.

Vijay escaped from thespot and is still at large. Police

have started search for theaccused.

During the investigationpolice found that the victimmarried the accused afterfalling in love with him andstarted to l ive with theaccused who used to workwith private contractors.

The couple marriedaround one and a half yearago and later their relation-ship turned sour and the twoused to have frequent fights.Around two months agoReena deserted Vijay andstarted to live with her fatherin Sukhisewania and lodgedcomplaint with the MahilaThana.

On Tuesday accused, vic-tim and her father werescheduled to record their

statements but accused failedto turn out and after record-ing their statements victimand her father were on theirway to home and when theyreached near tea stall at policecontrol room they wereattacked by the accused witha sharp edged weapon. Reenawas attacked in her neck butshe saved herself by obstruct-ing attack by her hands herfather was not so alert andfailed to dodge the attackedand got stabbed in his stom-ach.

The two were rushed tohospital where their conditionis stable.

Police have registered acase under section 307 of theIPC and started further inves-tigation.

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From Page 1Ranjit from Kozhikode was

working in an IT firm atThiruvananthapuram, whilehis wife, Indu, was an accoun-tant in a cooperative bank atKozhikode, a family membersaid. Ranjit’s elder son Madhavhad a lucky escape as he wassleeping in another room.

“Deeply distressed by thetragic news of the passing awayof eight Indian tourists inNepal,” External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar tweeted.He said the Indian embassyofficials are stationed at thehospital and are providing nec-essary assistance. The Indian

mission has assured all neces-sary assistance to the familymembers of the victims.

In Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan condoled the death ofMalayali tourists in Nepal. Onthe directions of the ChiefMinister, officials have takensteps to expedite procedures forthe repatriation of the mortalremains of the victims, hisoffice said. Minister of State forExternal Affairs VMuraleedharan said the IndianEmbassy officials were takingsteps to bring the bodies back toIndia as early as possible. Nepalwitnesses cold wave conditionbetween December and January-end. Daman, which sits at an alti-tude of nearly 2,500 metresabove the sea level, is a famoushill station situated 70-km southof Kathmandu, where touristsvisit for magnificent mountainview.

From Page 1“The first aim of these

organised rackets is to gener-ate cash. Once that money isamassed, then they turntowards terror financing. Allthe information gathered fromthem has indicated a link to ter-ror financing and money laun-dering,” he said.

Describing the operation,the DG said Ashraf is suspect-ed to have a technical team tomaintain the cloud-hostedservers. He has 18-20 lead sell-ers or super admins in Indiawho handle the money andsend to Hamid through varioushawala accounts and cryptocurrency, Kumar said.

Then there are around 200-300 panel sellers who buy the

software panel from lead devel-opers and forward it to agents.

“One panel is a set of 20IDs bought with Rs 28,000 permonth. They forward the IDsand software to agents.Roughly 20,000 agents are therein India who use the illegalsoftware for booking. About Rs10-15 crore black money isgenerated per month in cashthrough this,” he said.

The investigators are nowtrying to apprehend anotherperson of interest who is called“Guruji” by the organisationwho appears to be involved inthe finance management ofthe gang. “He is higher up thepecking order of the gang anda technical expert. He will bepicked up soon. He uses

Yugoslavian number and VPN(virtual private network). Hereceived around Rs 13 lakhfrom Mustafa recently throughbank transfers involving 71transactions,” the RPF DG said.

Kumar said the illegal soft-ware, ANMS, bypassesIRCTC’s login captcha, book-ing captcha and bank OTP togenerate tickets.

For a genuine user, thebooking process usually takesaround 2.55 minutes, but forthe software it takes around1.48 minutes, thereby bookingtickets much faster.

It also enables simultane-ous login through several userIDs with pre-filled data, thusmanaging to corner most of theconfirmed tickets.

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Safety Council and 39thMeeting of TransportDevelopment Council lastweek, it was pointed out thatmore people in India die annu-ally in road accidents thanthose killed in militant strikes.

Gadkari had asked theStates to prepare a roadmap todevelop and reorient roadinfrastructure within theiradministrative limits to cutdown fatalities on road.

A new format on‘Environment and Emergency’care of road accident victimswith tie up with several NGOS,hospitals and stakeholders isalso to be worked on.

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insisting unless their papers arecomplete and they file theirnominations, they won’t allowthe CM to file his nominationpapers,” he said.

“Doesn’t matter. Many ofthem are filing for the firsttime. They are bound to makemistakes. We also made mis-takes the first time. We shouldhand hold them. I am enjoyingwaiting with them. They are allpart of my family,” Kejriwal saidin a tweet.

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Jaipur: Rajasthan ChiefMinister Ashok Gehlot onTuesday said the entire coun-try is concerned about theprevailing situation but theGovernment is “trying todivert” public attention fromreal issues using NRC andCAA.

He also claimed that PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andHome Minister Amit Shah aremaking contradictory state-ments on the National Registerof Citizens (NRC).

“The Prime Minister saysthere is no discussion on NRCwhile the home minister sayshe will implement NRC acrossthe country. He said in and out-side Parliament. The country isconcerned about what thePrime Minister is saying andwhat the Home Minister is say-ing,” Gehlot told reporters here.“The economy is sinking, thereare no jobs, inflation is on therise and rupee devaluation isthere but the Government isdiverting public attention in thename of NRC and theCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA),” he said.

Gehlot said Congressleader Rahul Gandhi’s rally inJaipur on January 28 was aimedat drawing attention of theCentre on various issues. PTI

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The Shiv Sena on Tuesdaysaid Maharashtra Chief

Minister Uddhav Thackerayshould not be blamed for the‘uncalled for’ controversy overthe birthplace of Saibaba asnobody can tell whether the19th century saint was actual-ly born in Shirdi.

Noting that the SaibabaSansthan’s assets are worthover � 2,600 crore out of whichsocial works are done, an edi-torial in Sena mouthpiece‘Saamana’ said Shirdi became‘rich’ because of the saint, andnone can snatch away the rich-ness of the town where hedied.

It also said that Thackeraydid not refer to Pathri inParbhani district as Saibaba’sbirthplace ‘on his own’, but onthe basis of versions of somehistorians.

During a State Cabinetmeeting on January 9,Thackeray said Pathri, consid-ered the birthplace of Saibaba,

would be developed as a site ofreligious tourism, andannounced a grant of � 100crore for the place.The led to arow following which localsfrom Shirdi called for a bandhin the temple town onSunday.

The bandh was, however,called off on Sunday midnightand Thackeray met some res-idents of Shirdi on Monday andthe issue was resolved.“The Chief Minister did notstoke any controversy. Pathriand Shirdikars, too, should notcreate it. This will lessen theglow of saints,” the Shiv Senasaid in ‘Saamana’.

The “uncalled for” contro-versy was put to rest after theChief Minister promptly paidattention to the matter andcleared the Government’sstance on the issue, it said.

The Sena said Thackeraydid not refer to Pathri duringthe January 9 meeting “on hisown”, but on the grounds ofversions of some historians. Saibaba “appeared”

at Shirdi in Ahmednagar dis-trict, but none can tell whetherhe actually was born there.When Saibaba first showed upin Shirdi, nobody knew whathis name was and from wherehad come, the Marathi dailysaid.

“From where Baba came toShirdi, whether he came fromPathri, there is a mention aboutthis in Parbhani’s Governmentgazette that ‘according to some,it (Pathri) could be the birth-place of Shirdi’s saint Saibaba’,”it said. “The Chief Minister hasnot written or published thegazette. Hence, he should notbe blamed for the controversy,”the Shiv Sena said.

The party further saidShirdi became “rich” because ofSaibaba and none can snatchaway the richness from thetown where the saint breathedhis last. The Saibaba Sansthan’sassets are worth �� 2,693 croreand the temple daily gets dona-tions in lakhs out of whichsocial works are carried out, itnoted.

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The West Bengal police onTuesday conducted a mass

marriage of 125 couples fromvarious tea gardens ofAlipurduar district, a seniorofficer said. “The mass marriagewas organised at Kalchini policestation as part our outreachprogramme,” districtSuperintendent of PoliceNagendra Nath Tripathi said.Kalchini Block DevelopmentOfficer Bhushan Sherpa saidthat the couples will be provid-ed � 25,000 each under the stateGovernment’s ‘Rupashree’scheme.

District Magistrate SurendraKumar Meena and additional SPKuntal Banerjee were present onthe occasion.

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Kerala Governor ArifMohammed Khan on

Tuesday accused the LeftDemocratic Front (LDF)Government of ‘concealinginformation’ from him onadopting a resolution in theAssembly or approaching theSupreme Court on theCitizenship (Amendment) Act.

Khan also claimed that at nopoint of time had he said that theState Government should havetaken his permission beforegoing ahead with the decisions.

To a question that theGovernor is supposed to go bythe “aid and advice of the coun-cil of Ministers” he said, “They(State Government) did notsend any advice to me. Insteadthey concealed informationfrom me. May be I would havegiven some inputs to them ifthey had kept me informed. Thiswas nothing but a breach of pro-priety and courtesy.” Khan

denied reports that he had sum-moned Kerala Chief SecretaryTom Jose on Monday inThiruvananthapuram to dis-cuss the issue. “I did not call thechief secretary. It was a totallydifferent thing. I don’t want todiscuss what had transpiredbetween me and the chief sec-retary with the media,” he said.

Hardening his stand, theKerala governor on Mondayrejected the Left frontGovernment’s explanation overmoving the Supreme Courtagainst CAA without informinghim and said it was ‘unlawful’.

“No explanation can satis-fy me”, the Governor had toldreporters. Khan’s strongly-worded reaction came hoursafter state Chief Secretary TomJose met him at the Raj Bhavanand explained the groundsunder which the state govern-ment had filed a suit in theSupreme Court against the cit-izenship law.

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A24-year-old Afghan stu-dent of the Goa

University was stabbed andinjured by some men nearhere after an argument, policesaid on Tuesday and ruled outany “campus rivalry” as the trigger.

Three persons have beenarrested in connection withthe incident which occurredon Monday afternoon inDona Paula area near thevarsity campus, a police offi-cial said. The stabbing hadprompted the oppositionCongress to allege that youthsare getting provoked due tothe “poison” of “state-spon-sored” actions.

The vict im student,Mathihulla Aria, is pursuingM.Com at the varsity’s GoaBusiness School.

He was admitted in theIntensive Care Unit of a pri-vate hospital in Dona Paula

for the stab injuries.While Satish Nilkanthe, a

resident of Maharashtra, wasarrested on Monday,Desmond Fernandes andSuresh Nageri were picked upon Tuesday, said policeinspector Sudesh Naik.

He said another accused,identified only as Jonty, is onthe run. “The incident waspurely a clash between twogroups which have nothing todo with the Goa University,”the inspector said when askedabout the motive behind theattack. Narrating the sequenceof the events of Monday, Naiksaid Nilkanthe and three oth-ers had an argument withAria near Dona Paula plateauafter which he called up fel-low Afghani students for help.

“When a large number ofAfghani students rushed tothe aid of Aria, the four per-sons stabbed him and fled,” hesaid.

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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar on

Tuesday exhorted the MLAs ofruling as well Opposition par-ties to raise issues of publicinterest pertaining to theirrespective constituencies inthe Vidhan Sabha by risingabove the party lines.

Speaking in the inauguralsession of 2-day orientationprogramme for the training ofMLAs organized by HaryanaVidhan Sabha in associationwith Parliamentary Researchand Training Institute forDemocracies (PRIDE), LokSabha Secretariat, Khattar alsoasked them to work with the

Statesman’s spirit and workstowards the betterment offuture generations and notlimiting themselves to justfive years.

The Chief Minister alsosuggested that to motivateelected representatives to workbetter, best MLA award shouldbe given every year on the pat-tern of best parliamentarianawards being conferred onthe Members of Parliament fortheir outstanding contribu-tions. He said this awardshould be given to those MLAswho exhibit good conduct inthe house and also maintaindignity while raising issues ofpublic interest.

Khattar also suggested that

as on several occasions Bill ofvarious departments are notproperly discussed in theVidhan Sabha, the draft ofthese Bill should be sent to theMLAs 5-7 days earlier so thatthey could thoroughly studythe same. He urged the MLAsto give constructive sugges-tions in the House and assuredthat while bringing anyamendment, adequate timewould be given to them fordebate.

Khattar said elected rep-resentatives should keep them-selves abreast with anychanges and amendments inthe law and acts so as to keepthemselves updated, addingthat they should study the pro-

cedures and Rules of VidhanSabha and come to the Housewith full preparation.

Earlier, Deputy ChiefMinister Dushyant Chautalasaid each MLA should under-stand their responsibility andwork towards the welfare ofpeople of the State. He saidthat the Haryana VidhanSabha should enact such Actand Rules which couldbecome a role model in thecountry.

Speaker Gian ChandGupta said that the aim of thistraining programme is to trainthe MLAs to discharge theirservices to the society moreefficiently and also ensuretheir skill development.

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The Defence AcquisitionCouncil (DAC), chaired by

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,on Tuesday, approved privatesector Larsen and Toubro andpublic sector Mazagon DocksLimited(MDL) for the Navy'sproject to manufacture six con-ventional submarines worth over�45,000 crores within the coun-try.

Approved last year, the pro-ject known as P-75 I will beunder the Strategic Partnershipmodel with the Indian partnerstying up with a foreign manu-facturer. The DAC also approvedthe Original EquipmentManufacturer (OEM)s who arein the race for the project. Theyinclude RosoboronExport(Russia), Daewoo(SouthKorea), Navantia(Spain),Thysenkrup MarineSystems(Germany) and FrenchNaval Group, sources said. TheLarsen and Toubro and MDLwill forge the strategic partner-ship with one of the selectedOEMs after due tender process,they added.

The first DAC meeting ofthis year and after the creation ofthe post of Chief of Defence Staff(CDS)also cleared proposals

worth over �5,100 crores fromlocal industry to promote indi-genisation. General Bipin Rawat,the first CDS, attended the meet-ing along with other top func-tionaries of the defence ministry.

As regards the submarineproject, sources said the DACapproved short-listing of theLarsen and Toubro and MDL asthe Indian strategic partners(SP)and the potential OriginalEquipment Manufacturers(OEMs) that would collaboratewith SPs to construct six con-ventional submarines in India.The MDL is already construct-ing Scorpene submarines in col-laboration with the French.

The DAC nod to the short

listing came days after theCongress last week claimed theNDA Government of "favour-ing" the Adani group in the sub-marine project alleging it waspromoting its "crony capital-ists".

Addressing a Press confer-ence, Congress communicationchief Randeep Surjewala andparty spokesperson JaiveerShergill had charged theGovernment of violating theDefence Procurement Procedure(DPP) of 2016 as well as over-rul-ing the recommendations of the'Empowered Committee' of theIndian Navy that had been set upfor the project.

The Congress claimed that

two key parameters set by theDPP were that the shortlistedcompany to manufacture the sixsubmarines in the deal should beof Credit 'A' rating and theMinistry of Defence shouldapprove the 'Special PurposeVehicle' (SPV) set up for the pro-ject before applying for "requestfor expression of interest".

The EmpoweredCommittee of the Navy, claimedthe Congress, shortlisted thepublic sector unit, MazagonDocks Shipbuilders Limited,and Larsen and Toubro from theprivate sector.

The main Opposition partyalleged that the Government isall set to violate the Committee'srecommendations by allowingthe private entity which neitherhas any experience in submarinemanufacturing nor the requiredcredit rating.

Surjewala also said five com-panies — Larsen & ToubroLimited, Mazagon DockShipbuilders Limited, RelianceNaval and Engineering Limited,Hindustan Shipyard Limited,Adani Defence, and HindustanShipyard Limited Joint Venture— had applied for the project.

The Strategic PartnershipModel was promulgated in 2017to give a major boost to 'Make inIndia' in Defence Sector. The

Strategic partner is expected toplay a transformational role inbuilding an eco-system in thecountry, comprising develop-ment entities, specialised vendorsand suppliers; especially thosefrom the medium and smallscale sector.

The new model also aims atpromoting India as a manufac-turing hub for defence equip-

ment, in addition to establishingan industrial and research anddevelopment eco-system capableof meeting the future require-ments of the armed forcesbesides giving boost to exports.

Meanwhile, the �5,100 croreproposals approved includesophisticated Electronic WarfareSystems for the Army designedby Defence Research and

Development Organisation(DRDO) and manufacturedlocally by the Indian industry.These systems will be used indeserts and plains and will pro-vide comprehensive ElectronicSupport and Counter Measurecapabilities to the field forma-tions in both communicationand other aspects of ElectronicWarfare.

The DAC also approvedprototype testing of trawl assem-blies designed by the DRDO forT-72 and T-90 tanks providingan important indigenous de-mining capability to the Army.

The DAC also accordedapproval for inclusion ofInnovations for DefenceExcellence (iDEX) in DefenceProcurement Procedure.

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The CBI carried out searchesat 13 locations on Tuesday

including the premises of thepresent and former directors ofMumbai-based private firmFrost International which hasbeen booked by the agency forallegedly cheating a consortiumof 14 banks to the tune of Rs3,592.48 crore minus interestsaccrued on the defaultedamount.

The FIR comes following acomplaint from the KanpurZonal office of Bank of India,which alleged that the directorshad worked under the guise ofundertaking merchanting tradewithout genuine business.

This is understood to be thebiggest default reported by pub-lic sector banks to the CBI afterJanuary 2018 when disgraceddiamond traders Nirav Modiand Mehul Choksi fled thenation causing a loss of over Rs13,000 crore to the PunjabNational Bank.

The Bank of India in itscomplaint, which is now part ofthe CBI FIR, stated that Frost

International's account had start-ed showing signs of stress fromJanuary, 2018 and later becamea non-performing asset.

The probe agency carriedout searches at 13 locationsincluding the premises of thecompany, its directors UdayDesai and Sujay Desai and otherformer and present directors and

guarantors in Mumbai, Delhiand Kanpur, officials said.

Besides the company anddirectors, the agency hasbooked 11 more entities whichinclude three Kanpur-basedcompanies — RK Builders,Globiz Exim Pvt Ltd andNirman Pvt Ltd — representedthrough their directors.

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Every time, a natural habitatis converted into a land for

agricultural or residential pur-poses, it is the small predators,especially small invertebrateslike spiders and ladybirds,which lose their homes as wellas lives, as per a first of its kindglobal study on the impacts ofhuman land-use on differentgroups of animals.

The findings published inthe journal, FunctionalEcology, also found that smallectotherms--cold blooded ani-mals such as invertebrates,reptiles and amphibians, largeendotherms like mammals andbirds and fungivores ie animalsthat eat fungi were also dis-proportionally affected.

But, the loss of large her-bivores will also likely to haveimportant effects on ecosystemfunctioning, for exampleincreasing the risk of rodentborne human disease, warn theresearchers who had analysedover one million records ofanimal abundance at sitesranging from primary forest tointensively managed farmlandand cities.

The data represented over25,000 species across 80 coun-tries. Species were grouped bysize, whether they were warmor cold blooded and by whatthey eat. Species ranged fromthe oribatid mite weighingonly 2x10-6g, to an Africanelephant weighing 3,825kg.

"Normally, when we thinkof predators, we think of biganimals like lions or tigers.These large predators did notdecline as much as we expect-ed with habitat loss, which wethink may be because theyhave already declined becauseof human actions in the past(such as hunting). We find

small predators - such as spi-ders and ladybirds - to showthe biggest declines," said DrTim Newbold from UniversityCollege London and leadauthor of the research.

The results indicate thatthe world's ecosystems arebeing restructured with dis-proportionate losses at thehighest trophic levels (top ofthe food chain).

"We know that differenttypes of animals play impor-tant roles within the environ-ment - for example, predatorscontrol populations of otheranimals. If some types of ani-mals decline a lot when welose natural habitats, thenthey will no longer fulfil theseimportant roles." said Dr TimNewbold.

The conversion of land tohuman use is associated withthe removal of large amountsof natural plant biomass, usu-ally to give space for livestockand crops. As you go up thetrophic levels (food chain),resource limitations are com-pounded through a processknown as bottom-up resource

limitation, said the study whichis part of the PREDICTS pro-ject exploring how biodiversi-ty responds to human pres-sures.

The researchers analysed1,184,543 records of animalabundance in the PREDICTSdatabase, gathered from 460published scientific studies.This database included allmajor terrestrial vertebratetaxa and many invertebratetaxa (25,166 species, 1.8% ofdescribed animals).

Species were sorted intofunctional groups defined bytheir size, trophic level (whatthey consumed) and thermalregulation strategy (warm orcold blooded). The type ofland-use at each of the 13,676sample sites was classifiedfrom the description of thehabitat in the source publi-cation.

The six broad categorieswere primary vegetation, sec-ondary vegetation, plantationforest, cropland, pasture andurban. Three levels of humanuse intensity were also record-ed: minimal, light and intense.

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New Delhi: The CBI hasbooked a former DirectorateGeneral of Foreign Trade(DGFT) Joint Director alongwith directors of a Ahmedabad-based private company in a caseof corruption and cheating theexchequer of over �20.26 crorethrough fraudulent claim of ter-minal excise duty in 2014-15.

According to the FIR reg-istered on January 18, actionhas been taken against A KSingh, the former DGFT JointDirector, Ahmedabad andMohit Kumar Goel, AnkurAggarwal and Nand Kishore

Aggarwal -- all directors ofAhmedabad -based CrystalCrop Protection Pvt. Ltd.

As per the requirements ofthe Prevention of CorruptionAct, the CBI had sought sanc-tion from the CommerceMinistry before proceedingagainst the officer. The sanctionwas granted by the Ministry onJuly 15, 2019.

Besides slapping thePrevention of Corruption Act,the agency has also chargedthem under the Indian PenalCode Sections relating to cheat-ing and criminal conspiracy.

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Reiterating, India's historicties with Nepal, Prime

Minister Narendra Modi saidNew Delhi is committed tosimplifying traffic with allfriendly countries in the neigh-bourhood and to further facil-itate contacts in areas like busi-ness.

He said this after jointlyinaugurating with his Nepalesecounterpart K P Sharma Oli thesecond integrated check post atJogbani-Biratnagar along theborder.

Built with Indian assis-tance, the integrated checkpost is spread over 260 acresand is capable of handling 500

trucks on a daily basis.The Rs140 crore project will improvetrade and people-to-peoplecontact.

The project was launchedjointly by the two leaders via avideo link. The first ICP wasbuilt in Raxaul-Birgunj in 2018.

After inaugurating the ICP,Modi said India is committedto simplifying and smoothen-ing traffic with all friendlycountries in the neighbour-hood, and to "further facilitatecontacts between us in areassuch as business, culture andeducation".

He also said India andNepal are working on severalcross-border connectivity pro-jects such as road, rail andtransmission lines.

"Integrated check posts atmajor places of border betweenour countries are greatly facil-itating mutual trade andmovement," he said.

At the event, both primeministers also witnessed theprogress in Indian-assistedpost-2015 earthquake hous-ing reconstruction projects inNepal.

Out of India's commit-ment to build 50,000 houses inGorkha and Nuwakot districts,45,000 have already been com-pleted.

"The 2015 earthquake wasa painful accident. Naturalcalamities like earthquakes testman's tenacity and determina-tion. Every Indian is proud thatour Nepali brothers and sisters

faced the sad consequences ofthis tragedy with courage,"Modi said.

It is a matter of great satis-faction that 45,000 out of50,000 houses have been con-structed under Indo-Nepalcooperation, he said.

"We hope that the con-struction of the remaininghouses will also be completedsoon. And these houses willsoon be dedicated to Nepalibrothers and sisters," the primeminister noted.

Addressing the event viavideo, Oli invited Modi to visitNepal.

Prime Minister Modi saidhe looks forward to a visit tothe neighbouring country thisyear.

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The Astana Club based inKazakhstan has brought out auseful document which assess-es the top 10 risks for Eurasia in2020. There are contributions

from researchers and thinkers from all overthe world, which have been incorporatedwhile carrying out this assessment.Although the risks identified are specificto Eurasia, in effect, one could identifythese as being applicable to almost anyother part of the world.

The foreword of this document iden-tifies China emerging as a new potentialsuperpower. It also draws attention toChina’s economic strength as signifiedthrough the Belt and Road mega initiative.Eurasia being in the vicinity of China seesthe changes in the balance of power thatare now developing. It also expresses thefact that Russia has finally recoveredfrom the chaos and devastation of the1990s despite several sanctions and restric-tions. As a result of this phase of recovery,it is expanding its influence far beyondpost-Soviet borders. Concurrently, leaderssuch as India, Japan, Turkey, Iran andSaudi Arabia have been identified asshowing bold intentions to influence theinternational order. The documentobserves that no geo-political game cannow play out without the participation ofthese new players.

The first of the 10 risks, which is iden-tified, deals with the aftershock of the USpresidential campaign. It looks at develop-ments within the US and the efforts of thecurrent administration to move in the direc-tion of nationalism with possible isolationfrom global affairs and developments. Theprediction made is that in the coming year,there will be more apparent manifestationsof the unilateral approach to foreign poli-cy, which obviously will have erratic con-sequences in a negative sense. In effect, theassessment of this first risk can be seen asnot entirely related to aftershocks of the USpresidential campaign but possibly more interms of leading up to the presidential elec-tion, which implies several risks during thecampaign itself.

It is obvious that the current process ofimpeachment, which the US Senate will bepursuing, will have major implications forthe presidential election in November,2020, as well as some risks for candidatesrunning for the US Senate. It is also obvi-ous that global developments initiated by theWhite House would be targetted, keepingin view the 2020 elections. While this AstanaClub assessment was produced before thekilling of Iranian Major General Soleimani,it can be concluded that to some extent, thisattack on a very popular and respected gen-eral in Iran was clearly a “macho” act, whichwas perhaps designed to blunt the impactsof the current impeachment process againstUS President Donald Trump.

This document also highlights the fact

that as far as Iran is concerned,Trump will increase sanctionsand the pressure that would beimposed on Tehran. On theother hand, the likelihood of aUS-Iran military conflict, whichposed certain danger in thesummer of 2019, will declinethis year. The opinion is alsoexpressed that Trump is unlike-ly to initiate a military campaignagainst Iran, which could haveuncontrollable consequences.There are other possible devel-opments related to the MiddleEast, which could also constitutea risk politically to Eurasia.But, of course, there will be seri-ous implications for other partsof the world, particularly forSouth Asia, with its proximity toboth Eurasia and the countriesof the Middle East.

The other risks identified inthe study include the effects ofglobal economic recession, esca-lation of the US-China con-frontation, a new stage of thenuclear missile race, exacerba-tion of the battle for technolog-ical dominance, military escala-tion of the conflict around Iran,nuclear crisis on the Koreanpeninsula, a new wave of terror-ism, aggressive nationalism andpopulism as well as large-scaleclimate change problems.

The prospect of a globaleconomic recession is very realand this, combined with aninward looking policy ofnationalism such as in the caseof the US, could cause econom-ic complications worldwide.

Also, in the case of the US, thereis the real prospect of a furtherdivision between theDemocrats and theRepublicans, those who aresupporters of Trump and thosewho are strongly opposed to hiscontinuation as President. Inthe case of the Middle East, itseems unfortunate that Iran andthe US have been at loggerheadsfor over 40 years now, which isaffecting all developments inthe wake of the Iranian revolu-tion. Developments in 2020will continue to be affected byan obvious bias on the part ofthe US openly favouring someMiddle Eastern nations.

The issue of terrorism isalso alive. While the backboneof the Islamic State (IS) has gen-erally been decimated, it isentirely possible that re-group-ing by this terrorist organisationcould lead to several dangers indifferent parts of the world.India is confronted by State-sponsored terrorism in its vicin-ity and this is a subject that theentire global community and itwould need to deal with. Theextent of this threat is likely toincrease as a result of frustrationwithin a country which is ourneighbour. We have to be aliveto this as well as other terroristthreats across the globe.

With respect to climatechange, we need to come upwith scenarios on how we maybe able to bring about a tran-sition from fossil fuels to lowcarbon sources of energy. Far

more immediate is the issue ofimpacts of climate change,which would pose increasingrisks across the globe.Projections of extreme events,which the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change(IPCC) had clearly broughtout 11 years ago, is the increasein intensity and frequency ofdisasters and extreme events. Atypical but unfortunate exam-ple of this is provided by theraging forest fires, whichrecently affected several partsof Australia, followed immedi-ately by extreme precipitationevents which led to floodingand excessive damage.

All in all, it is importantthat the Astana Club has comeup with a comprehensive list-ing of threats, which canemerge during 2020 and, there-fore, extending into this decadeas a whole.

Kazakhstan and severalEurasian countries may liebeyond the Himalayan rangebut in terms of proximity, theyare in some cases very close tous in terms of geographicaldistance. India should, perhaps,engage far more closely withcountries of the region andexercise its soft power, includ-ing the flow of knowledge, edu-cation and research on issuesthat have a bearing on theregion. The threats for Eurasiaapply equally to India as well.

(The writer is former chair-man, Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change, 2002-15)

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economical bowling averages inearlier matches against Pakistanin Kanpur and Delhi in the 1960-61 series. His economy rateacross his first-class career wasless than two.

He was one of the finest all-rounders of the time. His maid-en over tally is difficult to match.It is unfortunate that the present

cricketers, who play at a time ofimmense money and fame in thesport, are honoured frequentlywhile players of yesteryear are for-gotten. It would be even better ifa series of postage stamps of oldercricketers with notable contribu-tions could be issued.

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Having achieved the fiscal deficit (FD) tar-get for three years in a row, the NarendraModi Government missed it in 2017-18

and 2018-19. During 2017-18, the actual FDexpressed as a percentage of the Gross DomesticProduct (GDP) was 3.5 per cent against the tar-get of 3.2 per cent. For 2018-19, the then FinanceMinister, Arun Jaitley had set a target of 3.3 percent as against three per cent sought by a com-mittee under NK Singh, former ExpenditureSecretary and current Chairman of the 15thFinance Commission.

The committee was set up in 2016 to reviewthe Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management(FRBM) Act, 2003, with a mandate to revamp itand recommend a path for the next six years. Itadvocated a FD target of 2.5 per cent, revenuedeficit 0.8 per cent, combined Centre-State debtceiling of 60 per cent and a Central debt ceilingof 40 per cent for 2022-23. It recommended threeper cent FD for 2018-19. It also allowed theGovernment to breach the target in case of “far-reaching structural reforms with unanticipated fis-cal implications.”

Vide the Finance Bill, 2018-19 theGovernment amended the FRBM Act to allow itto achieve three per cent FD by 2020-21 insteadof 2018-19 recommended by the committee.Further, it sought the debt limit of 40 per cent bythe Centre (60 per cent for Centre and States) tobe reached by 2024-25 instead of 2022-23 man-dated by the committee.

During 2018-19, the Government posted 3.4per cent (against the target of 3.3 per cent), thattoo by taking recourse to what is termed as “finan-cial engineering.” It paid �60,000 crore less to theFood Corporation of India (FCI) towards foodsubsidy as reimbursement of the excess of the costof procurement, handling and distribution over thesale price to the beneficiaries under the NationalFood Security Act (NFSA). It paid �32,000 croreless to State-owned oil marketing companies(OMCs) viz. Indian Oil Corporation Limited(IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited(BPCL) and so on, for selling LPG and keroseneat subsidised prices. Likewise, short payments tomanufacturers for fertiliser subsidy were about�40,000 crore.

The above three so-called “deferred payments”add up to �1,32,000 crore. In addition, publicundertakings like the National Bank forAgriculture and Rural Development (NABARD),Housing and Urban Development Corporation(HUDCO), National Housing Bank (NHB), RuralElectrification Corporation (REC), Power FinanceCorporation (PFC), National Highways Authorityof India (NHAI) and Indian Railway FinanceCorporation (IRFC) borrowed on behalf of theGovernment to fund welfare schemes such as ruraland urban affordable housing, sanitation and irri-gation projects, rural electrification schemes(including free electricity connections to house-holds) highways and railway projects. TermedExtra-Budgetary Resources (EBRs), these totalled�280,000 crore.

All put together, the money, a whopping�412,000 crore, should have been paid by theGovernment from its Budget. But it decided tomake other entities pay for it or borrow on itsbehalf. This translates to about 2.3 per cent of theGDP.

Including this, the FD for 2018-19would have been 5.7 per cent instead of3.4 per cent reported in the Budget.During 2017-18 also, according to theComptroller and Auditor General(CAG), the FD was suppressed by 2.4 percent, courtesy EBRs.

The current year for which the FDtarget is kept at 3.3 per cent (same as thetarget for 2018-19), will also end up witha repeat of the scenario in the previoustwo years.

Let us look at how slippage from thetarget is likely to pan out. First, at thetime of the Budget presentation, the FDprojection at 3.3 per cent or about�700,000 crore in value term was basedon a nominal GDP growth of 12 per cent— from �188,00,000 crore during 2018-19 to �211,00,000 crore during 2019-20.Against this, the actual growth is estimat-ed to be 7.5 per cent implying a GDP ofabout �202,00,000 crore during 2019-20.Even if the deficit were to be kept at�700,000 crore, as percentage of thelower than initially projected GDP or�202,00,000 crore (or “denominator”effect), this will be 3.46 per cent.

That apart, even in absolute terms,the deficit is expected to be much high-er than �700,000 crore. First, given theslow pace of tax collection so far tillNovember 2019 — both direct and indi-rect — and little prospect of any majorrecovery in the remaining four months,the collection during the year is expect-ed to fall short of the Budget estimate byabout �200,000 crore. Second, the pro-ceeds of disinvestment are expected tomiss the target by a whopping �80,000crore (the Budget estimate of �1,05,000crore was based largely on strategic saleof BPCL, Air India and so on which isunlikely to materialise before March 31,2020).

So, the total shortfall in collection —on both these counts — adds up to�2,80,000 crore. Add to this, fertilisersubsidy arrears of about �60,000 crore(according to the industry body FertiliserAssociation of India); unpaid food sub-

sidy bills of the FCI at �60,000 crore andabout �30,000 crore as unpaid fuel sub-sidy bills to OMCs. That takes thegrand total to �430,000 crore. This willpush the actual deficit to �1130,000 crorewhich translates to 5.6 per cent. Thisdoes not capture the EBRs used to fundthe Government’s welfare schemes. If,that is included then, the deficit wouldbe even higher.

Taking a “fair” and “realistic” viewof all receipts and expenditure of theUnion Government, its fiscal deficit isthus turning out to be almost double thethree per cent target handed out by theNK Singh Committee. Though, in thebalance sheet, it may still show a figureclose to the target and brandish that itis sticking to the fiscal consolidation glidepath, that is made possible through anact of skullduggery. But, this is not a sus-tainable situation.

Apart from the spillover effect onPSUs, other agencies of the Governmentsuch as the FCI and others, throughwhom subsidy is administered (e.g. fer-tiliser manufacturers) who are made tobear the brunt by way of liquidity prob-lems, interest cost, recurring losses andso on, the most serious damage is donedue to the “complacency” this breedswith regard to fiscal management. When,the target is achieved without actuallybringing about reduction in expenditureor boosting revenue or a combination ofboth, why would our planners and pol-icymakers take credible measures in thatdirection?

For instance, a major reason for theballooning subsidy on urea is its ridicu-lously low MRP (the current price is just10 per cent higher than it was in 2002).This is despite the recommendation ofthe Expenditure Reforms Commission(ERC) in 2000 to increase steps toeliminate the gap between the cost andprice over five years. No action on thisfront implies increasing subsidy in theface of ever-increasing cost. But, byrolling over payments year-after-year andshowing less in the Budget, the man-

darins in the Finance Ministry skirt thereal issue.

Likewise, by not releasing food sub-sidy dues to FCI and showing lessexpenditure in the Budget, they run awayfrom dealing with the real factors viz.ridiculously low selling price of foodgrain, high inefficiency in handlingoperations by agencies and giving mil-lions of non-deserving access to the foodsecurity system.

The same holds for oil subsidy(mainly LPG and kerosene).

In the backdrop of the slowdown ingrowth, even as commentators are advo-cating some leniency in the fiscal con-solidation drive, the reality is thatalready, there is substantial relaxationthough it is going unrecognised. Underthe “business as usual” scenario, theeconomy may face catastrophic conse-quences. The Government should actbefore it is too late. For that, it shouldrecognise that the problem exists andstop fudging its accounts. But, this byitself won’t help.

This has to be followed up by somehardcore reforms such as removal of con-trols in key areas such as fertilisers, food,fuel and power, giving subsidy throughdirect benefit transfer (DBT), substan-tial pruning of the number of beneficia-ries under welfare schemes and remov-ing inefficiencies at various levels in thesupply chain. This will require sheddingpopulism and cracking down on vestedinterest (especially corrupt politiciansand bureaucrats who are gaining a lotfrom the existing dispensation) withalacrity.

Modi should show the gumption tocrack the whip. Having an absolutemajority in the Parliament and four-and-a-half years to go, he can afford to do.Even so, time and again, he has reiter-ated his commitment to do things in theoverall national interest even if it leadsto a political backlash. Hence, he shouldgo ahead.

(The writer is a New Delhi-based pol-icy analyst)

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Delhi’s urban planning policies havebeen characterised by the inabili-ty of the agencies concerned to

facilitate adequate supply of affordable,formal housing stock for its residents. Asa result, informal housing has crept upacross large parts of the national Capital.Unauthorised Colonies (UACs) are oneform of such informal housing cate-gories and have grown at an unprecedent-ed rate — from 110 in 1961, to nearly1,800 colonies today. These UACs caterlargely to the Economically WeakerSections (EWS) and Low Income Groups(LIG) that reside in the city.

While numerous efforts have beenmade to regularise these colonies to

address problems emanating from theirinformality, the situation has barelyimproved. This has been a result of insti-tutional multiplicity coupled with thepolitical motives of elected representativesat various levels.

Political establishments target theUAC population for garnering votes andmake promises about regularisation anddevelopment. However, once elected,they fail to deliver on them.

In 2008, just before the 2009 LokSabha elections, the then CentralGovernment issued a notification to reg-ularise UACs and invited applicationsfrom these colonies. However, the processwent nowhere post applications.

This time, the Narendra Modi-led BJPGovernment at the Centre, close to theDelhi Assembly elections in February 8,has passed a Bill in the Parliament to con-fer ownership rights on 40 lakh people liv-ing in unauthorised colonies. In thisregard, Prime Minister Modi addressed arally in New Delhi and said, “We took theinitiative to do the work which many pre-vious Governments did not do.”

As per the Bill, these rights will beconferred for built-up plots as well as

vacant plots on payment of nominalcharges.

Subsequently, any owner of a 100 sqmt residential plot in an unauthorisedcolony will have to pay at least �19,980(depending on the zone in which thecolony falls) to acquire the ownership cer-tificate. This addresses the affordabilityconcern in case of the UAC populationwhile attempting to recover the land costfrom the residents of these colonies.

This measure can have positive ben-efits for the city’s economy. Implementingthis notification can provide an entry pointfor the residents into the formal financialmarkets. This affirmed ownership canenable property owners to seek collater-al against their houses. Such a move isexpected to add around 800,000 potentialcustomers to the housing loans market,providing the necessary push to thenational Capital’s economy.

With the registration of UAC house-holds, the decision is likely to boost fur-ther formal transactions, hence adding tothe Government’s stamp duty revenue.

However, the Bill does not offer anyclarity on the status of transaction of aplot/house/property in the existing colony.

This clarity is important to solve the issueof creating a formal and affordable hous-ing market in these colonies. In theabsence of clear information, it may beassumed that with the conferment of theownership rights to a UAC plot owner, thesubsequent registration of sale deed willtake place at the conventional circle ratesof the colony.

In this case, the resident living in anUAC household acquires the ownershiprights of a 100 sq mt plot for at least�19,980; however he/she would be sellingthe same property for �1.6 crore, based onconventional circle rates.

This begs the question — do proper-ties in these localities really merit thisprice, given the inadequate infrastructure?In this regard, to maintain a balancedbuyer-seller dynamics, policymakersshould reconsider the transaction pricesfor these households. Without this neces-sary revision, it is possible that these pricescreate an excess supply condition and con-sequently distort the market.

Another route through which this Billis likely to inflate the Government’s rev-enue is through Property Tax obligationfor the registered UAC households.

Although the notification is silent on theissue of Property Tax collection from thesecolonies, the forthcoming Bill is likely tooffer clarity in this regard. With legal own-ership, the UAC residents will be obligedto pay the annual property tax, which willbe a significant contributor to its main-tenance services.

To reap these possible economic gainsfrom the Bill, it is vital that the implemen-tation of the entire process is not complex.From the perspective of the applicants, thesuggested process involves certain toolsand techniques that are likely to bebeyond their understanding, given theirsocio-economic profile. Thus, training andawareness would be required to make theprogramme successful and the DelhiGovernment must take the lead on it bysubstantiating the need for institutionalcoordination.

Discussions with a few residents ofUACs in Delhi have brought out that giventheir past experience, residents are stillapprehensive about the actual imple-mentation of the Bill and have not goneahead with the application process on theonline portal. In some cases, people arenot even aware of the procedural require-

ment. This is reflected by the fact that there

are only a handful of applications on theDDA’s portal —166 out of around 800,000households in the city. Against this pes-simistic situation, it is imperative that forthe desired success rate of this policy, vol-unteers are appointed to assist the UACresidents in the process. As of now, thereare only 25 help desks and they are veryunlikely to serve the purpose of efficient-ly facilitating the process.

Effective implementation of this pro-posed policy can unlock the substantialeconomic potential of the city’s land andhousing markets.

The issue of UACs in Delhi has goneon for far too long and it is high time thatit gets resolved for better economic out-comes. Whether the vicious circle aroundpolicy implementation for unauthorisedcolonies — with vote bank politics beingthe central point — will be broken thistime around is likely to get clear after theDelhi Assembly elections.

(The writer is an Associate Fellow atthe National Council of Applied EconomicResearch. The views expressed in this arti-cle are personal)

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Sabarimala(Ker): After apeaceful Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage sea-son of over two-months, theportals of the Lord AyyappaTemple here were closed afterperforming customary ritualsand pujas on Tuesday.

Though the annualMakaravilakku was held hereon January 15, the hill top tem-ple, nestled in a reserve forestin the Western Ghats, wasopen for devotees to offer wor-ship till Mondayevening.

Even the last day of the pil-grimage witnessed heavy rushof devotees, including those

from neighbouring States, atthe Sannidhanam (templecomplex), sources at theTravancore Devaswom Board(TDB), the apex temple body,which manages the shrine,said.

Customary rites like “aash-tadrvya mahaganapathihomam’, ‘abhishekam’ and ‘ushanivedyam’, were performedunder the aegis of tantri (headpriest) Mahesh Mohanaru inthe early hours of Tuesday. Inaccordance with the tradition,the royal designate of thePandalam Palace, whereaccording to legend LordAyyappa had spent his child-

hood, offered prayers beforethe sanctum sanctorum. Helater led the procession carry-ing the sacred jewels ‘thiruvab-haranam’, brought here to beadorned on Lord Ayyappa onthe day of Makaravilakku, backto the Palace.

Melsanthi (chief priest), AK Sudheer Namboothiri per-formed the ‘bhasmabhishekam’,the offering of holy ash, on theidol of the Lord Ayyappa andclosed the doors of the sanctumsanctorum singing ‘hari-varasanam’, the sacred lullaby,marking the culmination ofover 60-day pilgrimage season. PTI

Bareilly (UP): Two-year-old Sanket may not look itbut he is 102-year-old, according to his birth certifi-cate. Shubh (4) is 104.

A Bareilly court recently ordered police to lodgea case against a village development officer and a vil-lage head who allegedly issued wrong documents afterthe children’s family refused to give them abribe.

Pawan Kumar of Bela village under the Khutarpolice station of Shahjahanpur had moved court alleg-ing that birth certificates of his nephews Shubh (4) andSanket (2) were issued with wrong years of birth, SHOTejpal Singh said.

Pawan had alleged that Village DevelopmentOfficer Sushil Chand Agnihotri and head Pravin Misrahad demanded � 500 for each birth certificate for whichhe had applied online two months ago, the SHO said.

When he refused to give bribe, the year of birthwas mentioned in the certificate as June 13, 1916 andJan 6, 1918, instead of June 13, 2016 and Jan 6 2018,Pawan had stated in the court. PTI

Jaipur: The second phase ofpolling in 2,312 village pan-chayats of Rajasthan will beheld on Wednesday and allpreparations have been madefor conducting free, fair andpeaceful elections, officials saidon Tuesday.

Polling in 15,127 wards of2,312 village panchayats of 74Panchayat Samitis will be heldbetween 8 am and 5 pm, StateElection Commissioner PSMehra said.

A total of 77,56,416 peopleare eligible to exercise theirfranchise. Counting forsarpanch posts will be done onWednesday itself.

In the second phase, 21sarpanches and 7,466 pancheshave been elected unopposedin 25 districts. Apart fromthese, 15,334 candidates are inthe fray for sarpanch posts and43,376 candidates for panchposts. PTI

Kota: A POCSO court here on Tuesday sen-tenced a 24-year-old man to life imprisonmentfor raping a minor girl in 2017.

The court also imposed a fine of � 60,000 onthe convict, a public prosecutor said.

Anil Sahariya (24) took the girl, then five-year-old, to his room on the pretext of showingher a cartoon movie and raped her.

A case was registered against Sahariya at theAnantpura police station on the complaint of thevictim’s father.

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences(POCSO) Act court special judge Ajay KumarSharma held Sahariya guilty of raping theminor girl under sections of the IPC and thePOCSO Act and sentenced him to life impris-onment, the public prosecutor said.

He said statements of 16 witnesses wererecorded during the trial of the case and 20 documents were produced before thecourt. PTI

Thane: A 24-year-old man wasarrested on Tuesday for allegedlyraping his five-year-old neighbourin Maharashtra’s Thane city, policesaid. The accused, Deepesh Sutar, anemployee of a courier company,lived in the same chawl as the vic-tim at Lokmanya Nagar Pada no. 2,senior inspector SB Gaikwad ofVartak Nagar police station said.The incident took place at around6 pm on Sunday, when Sutar luredthe victim to his house and sexual-ly abused her when no one was

around, he said.The child, who was in extreme

pain, rushed home and confided inher mother, who lodged a complaintwith the police, the official said.

The minor was sent for a med-ical check-up, after which the policeconfirmed the rape and arrested theaccused, he added. A case has beenregistered against Sutar under sec-tion 376 (rape) of the Indian PenalCode and provisions of Protectionof Children from Sexual OffencesAct, the official said. PTI

Banda (UP): A minor girl was allegedly raped by a 23-year-old man in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpurdistrict who was later arrested, police said on Tuesday.

The girl was alone when Jaswant Lodhi, a residentof the same village, apparently lured her to his housepromising to give her sweets where he raped her onSunday, the incharge of the police station in the areasaid.

The girl’s parents, who returned later in the night,found her in grave condition and admitted her to a gov-ernment hospital where she is undergoing treatment,the policeman said.

They lodged a complaint against the accused onMonday who confessed to the crime upon being arrest-ed, the officer added. PTI

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Ahead of the DelhiAssembly elections, senior

Janata Dal(United) leaderPavan K Verma has confront-ed Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar over the party’s alliancewith the BJP in two seats-Burari and Sangam Vihar- forthe February 8 election despitehaving expressed apprehen-sions ‘in private’ about theBJP-RSS leading the nationinto a ‘dangerous space’. This isfor the first time that the JD(U)headed by Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar is having a tie-upwith the BJP outside Bihar.

In a strongly worded twopage letter to Nitish, Varmasaid he is ‘deeply perplexed’ bythe development amid the cit-izenship law protests and islooking to him for “ideologicalclarity”. Varma, who sharedscreenshots of the missive onhis official twitter handle andFacebook profile, said he was‘perplexed’ by the partys tie-upwith the BJP for the DelhiAssembly polls, accusing thesaffron party of having“embarked on a massive, social-ly divisive agenda.” “On more

than one occasion, you haveexpressed your grave appre-hensions about the BJP-RSScombine,” Pavan Varma said inthe letter on Tuesday.

The BJP had announcedon Monday that it will sparetwo seats for the JD(U) in Delhiand one for another NDA part-ner— the LJP headed by UnionMinister Ram Vilas Paswan.Both the JD(U) and the LJPhad ploughed the lonely furrowin the recent assembly polls inJharkhand, where the saffronparty lost power to the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance.

“If these are your realviews, I fail to understand howthe JDU is now extending itsalliance with the BJP beyondBihar, when even long standing

allies of the BJP, like the AkaliDal, have refused to do so,” hewrote. “This is especially so ata time when the BJP, throughthe CAA-NPR-NRC combine,has embarked on a massivesocial divisive agenda aimed atmutilating the peace, harmonyand stability of the country,”Varma said.

“In my first meeting withyou in Patna in August 2012,even before I had resignedfrom the IFS, you had spokento me at length and with con-viction on why Narendra Modiand his policies are inimical forthe country,” Varma, one of themost articulate spokespersonsof a political party, said.

“When you were leadingthe Mahagathbandhan (a grand

alliance which also had the RJDand the Congress as partners),you had openly made a call forRSS-Mukt Bharat. These views,articulated for a sustained peri-od, are a matter of publicrecord,” Varma wrote.

In comments that mayembarrass Kumar, Varmaclaimed that the JD(U) leader,even after aligning with the BJPagain in 2017, had confessed tohim ‘in private’ how the currentsaffron party leadership had‘humiliated’ him. “You men-tioned on more than one occa-sion that the BJP was leadingIndia into a dangerous space. Itwas your personal view, asconveyed to me, that the BJP isdestroying institutions and thatthere is a need for democraticand socialist forces within thecountry to regroup, a task forwhich you actually assigned asenior party official,” Varmaadded, without disclosing whothe JD(U) leader was.

JD(U) national vice presi-dent Prashant Kishor also hadcome out strongly against theparty’s support to theCitizenship (Amendment) Billwhen it was tabled inParliament last year.

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As advised by the Union HealthMinistry, the Union Civil

Aviation Ministry has directedseven airports Chennai,Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin,Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata tomake arrangements for screeningof passengers arriving from Chinain the wake of outbreak of aninfection caused by a new strain ofvirus there.

The Union Health Ministryhas also sought from the Ministryof External Affairs details of thosewho have applied for Indian visasince December 31 so that theycan be counselled.

Airlines flying in from any air-port in China including HongKong have been asked to make in-flight announcements requesting

passengers with history of feverand cough and travel to Wuhancity in the past 14 days to self-declare at the port of arrival inorder to facilitate early isolation,according to an official statementon Tuesday.

This is in continuation to thetravel advisory issued by the UnionHealth Ministry regarding threatof novel coronavirus in Wuhan,Hubei province of China askingcitizens to follow certain precautionary measures while vis-iting the country.

The action-plan includes thermal screening of passengers tobe undertaken, it said. Thermalcameras will be installed at the pre-immigration area of the sevenidentified airports and airlinesstaff will bring the passengers tothe health counters before the

immigration check.The coronavirus (CoV) is a

large family of viruses that causesillnesses ranging from the com-mon cold to acute respiratorysyndromes, but the virus that haskilled four people in China is anovel strain not seen before.

Also, if an ill passenger or crewmember is confirmed as aprobable case of nCoV, publichealth authorities should be noti-fied about the contacts using thepassenger locator form, the state-ment said.

All travellers who have visit-ed China, particularly throughWuhan during the past 14 daysand show symptoms of acuteonset of fever, cough, shortness ofbreath have been asked to reportto the airport health unit.

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Following the IMF’s loweringof India’s economic growth

estimate, the Congress onTuesday targeted the BJPGovernment with its seniorleaders and former UnionMinisters P Chidambaram andKapil Sibal taking a dig sayingthe IMF and its chief should beready for being attacked by theBJP.

While Sibal launched apersonal attack on PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andHome Minister Amit Shah say-ing they were a “drag on Indiandemocracy”, Chidambaramwho servedas Finance Minister in Manmohan SinghGovernment, said that the NDAregime will now prove the IMFwrong and entire team NDA

will foul mouth the world bodyand its chief economist, GitaGopinath.

“IMF lowers India’s GDPfor 2019 to 4.8%. Calls it a dragon the world economy,” Sibalsaid at AICC Press conference.“Protests of people, young andold, across India (who can’t berecognised by the clothes theywear) Reflect that the duoModiji and Amit Shah are adrag on Indian Democracy,” theCongress leader added.

Sibal said the nationwideprotests against the amendedcitizenship law reflected thatPrime Minister Narendra Modiand Union Home MinisterAmit Shah were a “drag onIndian democracy”.

Ahead of the start of theWorld Economic Forum(WEF) annual summit inDavos, Switzerland, Gopinath

had said growth in the countryslowed sharply owing to stressin the non-bank financial sec-tor and weak rural incomegrowth. Chidambaram claimedan attack on the world body andits chief economist GitaGopinath by government min-isters was imminent. He alsoalleged that the growth figure of4.8 per cent given by theInternational Monetary Fund(IMF) is after some “windowdressing” and he won’t be sur-prised if it goes even lower.

“Reality check from IMF.Growth in 2019-20 will beBELOW 5 per cent at 4.8 percent,” Chidambaram said in aseries of tweets.

“Even the 4.8 per cent isafter some window dressing. Iwill not be surprised if it goeseven lower,” the former financeminister said.

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Rajinikanth, Tamil filmdom’s superstar, has put both the AIADMK

and the DMK in a fix with his state-ment about EV Ramasamy Naiker,founder of the Dravida movement inTamil Nadu.

While addressing the GoldenJubilee meeting of Tamil magazineTuglaq launched by late ChoRamaswamy, Rajinikanth who iscertain to launch his political outfitanytime from now, had said thatNaicker with his followers had takenout a procession in Salem in 1971with nude pictures of Lord Rama andhis consort Sita ‘decorated’ withfootwears. The rallyists had raisedderogatory slogans against therevered couple, Rajinikanth had said,

“While all newspapers and mag-

azines had blacked out the incident,it was Tuglaq which carried thereport in detail with the picture of therallyists. The then KarunanidhiGovernment had tried its best to pre-vent the magazine copies from reach-ing the hands of the readers. But Choprinted additional copies and saw toit that the magazine copies reachedits readers,” Rajinikanth said in hisreminiscences.

Rajinikanth’s declaration fromthe venue of Thuglaq’s function thatit was the intelligentsia who readThuglaq while DMK activists carryMurasoli (mouthpiece of the DMK)has upset the DMK leadership.

The DMK came out with a frontpage article stating that the readersof Murasoli were Dravida youths withself respect and courage. “Our read-ers are people who care about the

suppressed and depressed people inthe society and they are not slaves toany ideology,” the Murasoli stated inan indirect reply to Rajinikanth’s dec-laration that those who read Thuglaqwere intelligentsia while the readersof Murasoli were cadre of Dravisianparty.

“Rajinikanth has succeeded inopening a new battlefront as well aspolitical narrative in the State poli-tics,” said Kolahala Srenivaas, polit-ical commentator.

Nehrudoss, a DK leader , hasapproached Coimbatore Police witha plea to file a complaint against theactor for spreading hatred againstpeople. Nehrudoss alleged thatRajinikanth was peddling lies.

But Thuglaq Ramesh, lead writerof the magazine who has worked withCho Ramaswamy from the day the

Thuglaq was launched said there wasno lies in the speech by Rajnikanththough there was a factual error.“Naicker and his associates had car-ried nude pictures of Lord Shiva andLord Vishnu to denigrate the birth ofLord Ayyappa. The big size photo-graph was adored with footwears andwe have preserved the copies in ouroffice. What Rajinikanth told is cor-rect though the characters differed,”Ramesh told The Pioneer.

He said the action of Naicker andhis associates were nothing surpris-ing as they had hatred for Hindu godswhom they disgraced and insulted atall available opportunities.

Though he was present duringthe 75th anniversary of Murasoli in2018, the superstar did not make anyspeeches despite the pleads by Stalin.

Thiruvananthapuram: KeralaChief Minister Pinarayi Vijayanon Tuesday said hisGovernment will take all stepsto ensure that the mortalremains of eight tourists fromthe State who died at a resortin Nepal are brought back atthe earliest.

The bodies are expected tobe brought to the State onWednesday, a statement fromthe Chief Minister’s Office said.

Union Minister of State forExternal Affairs VMuraleedharan said he hasasked the Indian Embassy inKathmandu to make allarrangements to bring back thebodies.

The tourists, including fourminors, died after they fellunconscious probably due to agas leak from a heater in theirroom at a mountainous resort,police said.

The Indian nationals were

airlifted to HAMS hospital inKathmandu where they werepronounced dead on arrival,they said.

Vijayan expressed “deepgrief ” over the incident, thestatement said. According tothe chief minister’s directions,officials of Department of Non-Resident Keralites Affairs(NORKA) have gotten in touchwith the Indian Embassy inNepal, it said.

The bodies are expected tobe brought to the State onWednesday after post-mortem,it added.

Makwanpur police said thevictims, who were a part of agroup of 15 tourists, might havefallen unconscious due toasphyxiation. Muraleedharantold PTI that he has asked theIndian Embassy in Kathmanduto make all arrangements tobring back the bodies.

He said he has also deput-

ed a doctor from the IndianEmbassy to coordinate themedico-legal procedures.

A doctor from the IndianEmbassy also went to the hos-pital where the bodies havebeen kept to examine the causeof the deaths, he added.

“We are in regular touchwith the Indian embassy inKathmandu”, Muraleedharan,who is also a Rajya Sabhamember from Kerala, said.Transport for the remainingtourists of the group is alsobeing arranged, he said.

The victims were identifiedas Praveen Krishnan Nair,Saranya Sasi, SreebhadraPraveen, Aarcha Praveen,Abhinav Saranya Nair, RanjithKumar Adatholath Punathil,Indu Lakshmi PeethambaranRagalatha and VyshnavRanjith. PTI

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Noida (UP): The post-mortem reportof the 20-year-old girl whose familyalleged rape and assault by two men hasconfirmed that she died from multiplefractures and a shock due to an injuryto kidney after an accident on theYamuna Expressway, police said onTuesday.

However, a report of medical diag-nostics involving the vaginal swab ofthe deceased is yet to be out and thatwill confirm if she was raped or not,police said.

“The autopsy has re-confirmed theobservations of a femur bone fractureof the private hospital in Jewar whereshe was first treated before beingreferred to Delhi,” DCP (I) SankalpSharma told PTI.

“The report stated that she died asa result of shock due to injury to kid-ney and multiple fractures produced byblunt force impact, which generallyhappens in cases of road accident,” headded.

“So far there is no evidence of rape.However, the vaginal swab of thedeceased has been taken for observa-tion and we would get its report in about a week,” Sharma said.

The woman had died at Guru TegBahadur Hospital in Delhi on Sundaywhere she was brought on Fridaynight after preliminary medication ata private hospital in Gautam BuddhNagar’s Jewar area, according to police. PTI

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Guwahati: Assam ChiefMinister Sarbananda Sonowalon Tuesday urged youths torealise their potential and com-mit themselves to the develop-ment of society.

Value-based services are ofutmost importance in today’sworld and working for onlyindividual success does notgive much satisfaction,Sonowal said at the concludingceremony of the three-dayChief Minister’s YouthConclave.

“Youths must strive toequip themselves with requiredskills, knowledge through edu-cation and hardwork to achieveexcellence. Students shouldjudiciously utilise time andnot get distracted in pursuit of a successful life,” hesaid.

The State Government iscommitted to making north-east the new engine of growthfor the country and capture themarket in Southeast Asiancountries through the Act EastPolicy, he added. PTI

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Srinagar: The purpose of theCentre’s outreach programmein Jammu & Kashmir is to geta firsthand account of theproblems faced by the peopleand address their concerns,Union Minister MukhtarAbbas Naqvi said on Tuesday.

“The objective of this dia-logue is to go close to people,listen to their problems andneeds and also find solutions totheir problems, “ Naqvi toldreporters here.

Naqvi, who laid the foun-dation stone for a developmentproject at Harwan on the out-skirts of the city, was the firstminister to visit Kashmir as

part of the Centre’s outreachprogramme.

He said Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is keen toensure that benefits of thechanges initiated by the Centralgovernment should reach allthe people of the union terri-tory.

“The aspirations andexpectations of the people werenot upheld (earlier) and cor-ruption had eaten into Jammuand Kashmir... Some peoplehad benefited themselves butwe want prosperity for all peo-ple here, “ Naqvi said.

Asked why only five min-isters were visiting Kashmiragainst 31 going to Jammu, he

said the present outreach pro-gramme was just the beginningof the Centre’s efforts to reachout to the people of the Valley.

“This is not the last pro-gramme. This initiative willcontinue,” he said. Naqvirefused to comment on criti-cism from some quarters aboutthe Ministers not includingseven districts of Kashmir intheir outreach programme.

Addressing a gathering ear-lier, Naqvi said the CentralGovernment wants “a newdawn” of development andaccountability in the function-ing of the Governmentmachinery in Jammu &Kashmir. PTI

Jammu: The Jammu & Kashmir unit of theCongress on Tuesday attacked the BJP-led cen-tral Government over its ongoing public out-reach programme in the Union Territory andalleged that the visit of the Ministers is only tohighlight the agenda of the party at the expenseof the public exchequer.

It also alleged that the visit is aimed at divert-ing the attention of the people from real issuesof unemployment, price rise and “worst ever”economic slowdown besides the social and polit-ical upheavals being witnessed in the country,affecting the political prospects of the BJP inDelhi and West Bengal.

In the aftermath of the abrogation of Article370 provisions and bifurcation of the erstwhilestate into two UTs in August last year, the Centrelaunched a major week-long public outreachprogramme on January 18 to aware people aboutthe benefits of the move and to disseminate

information about the implementation of itspolicies and programmes for the overall devel-opment of Jammu & Kashmir. So far about 24ministers visited different parts of Jammu.

“The visit of Ministers’ brigade is only tohighlight the agenda of the party at the expenseof public exchequer by use of entire officialmachinery, after feedback to the BJPGovernment at the centre that people even inJammu region are fed up with the neglect, espe-cially the treatment meted out to the erstwhilestate depriving it of the identity and rights of thelocals,” Pradesh Congress Committee chiefspokesperson Ravinder Sharma said.

“The BJP should answer why only five min-isters, out of 36, are going to Kashmir to attendeight programmes against 51 programmes in theJammu region to explain the benefits of abro-gation of special status under Article 370 and dis-banding of the erstwhile state,” he said. PTI

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Union Home Minister AmitShah on Tuesday emphat-

ically said the CitizenshipAmendment Act(CAA) willnot be withdrawn and thoseprotesting can continue to doso even as he challengedOpposition leaders for a pub-lic debate on the contentiouslaw.

Accusing the Oppositionof “misleading” people on theamended citizenship law, Shahthrew the challenge for the debate to RahulGandhi(Congress), MamataBanerjee(Trinamool Congress),Akhilesh Yadav(SamajwadiParty) and Mayawati(BahujanSamaj Party).

Addressing a rally inLucknow in support of theCAA, Shah also declared thatthe construction of a Ram

temple “touching the skies” inAyodhya will begin withinthree months.

At the same meeting, UttarPradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath alleged that theCongress is shelling out moneyfor “arson” and protests overthe CAA.

Shah accused the Congressof not implementing the sug-gestions that came from its ownleaders in the past on grantingcitizenship to minority Hindusin Pakistan, Bangladesh (thenEast Pakistan) and Afghanistanafter Partition.

He also hit out at WestBengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee, saying she is nowopposing Indian citizenshipfor Dalit Bengalis.

Shah said there is no pro-vision in the amended law fortaking anyone’s citizenshipaway. “A canard is being spread

against the CAA by theCongress, SP, BSP, andTrinamool Congress.”

The CAA is a law to grantcitizenship, he added. “I wantto say that irrespective of theprotests it will not be with-drawn,” he said, adding,“Whoever has to oppose canoppose the Act, it is not goingto be revoked.”

Stating that a myth isbeing spread in the countryabout the CAA, Shah allegedthat riots and arson are beinginduced and that the SP, BSP,Congress and the TMC arefomenting the protests.

“If any clause of the CAAtakes away the citizenship ofanyone, including Muslims,they can tell me. The agitationsand sit-ins, which are beingorganised in the countryagainst it, are wrong,” he said.

“The Congress has

become blind due to vote bankpolitics,” he said, and alsoblamed the party for Partition.

Reacting to the assertionsby Shah, Akhilesh Yadav saidthey reflected intolerance as theBJP “wants to crush peoplewith the road roller of itsmajority”.

Lashing out at the BJP, theformer Chief Minister allegedthat the saffron party is mak-ing “intolerance” as its identi-ty.

“Playing with basic prin-ciples of the democracy, theBJP is going ahead with mak-ing intolerance its identity.Shah’s statement that he wouldimplement the CAA at any costshows that the Governmentwants to crush people with theroad roller of its majority,”Yadav said in a statement

The Uttar Pradesh unit ofthe Congress accused Shah of

“speaking the language of a dic-tator”.

“Virtually soaked in prideof being in power, the country’shome minister is speaking thelanguage of a dictator....” UPCongress chief Ajay KumarLallu said in a statement.

Shah asked Oppositionparties where they were when“crores of people were killed” inPakistan, Afghanistan andBangladesh on the basis ofreligion.

He said five lakh Panditswere displaced from Kashmir,“but these parties did not uttera word”.

“Now, because of PMModi, a new chapter has begunin the lives of these people,” hesaid. Shah referred to the recentSupreme Court verdict thatallows the construction of aRam temple at the disputedAyodhya site.

Coimbatore: Police havedenied permission to variousMuslim organisations to carryout a procession in the city onFebruary 2 against theCitizenship Amendment Act.

Representatives ofFederation of IslamicOrganisation and the DistrictAll Kamath had submitted apetition to the office of policecommissioner on January 17

seeking permission to take outa 7 km “unity procession”.

Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (Law and order) L BalajiSaravabnan had convened ameeting on Monday with rep-resentatives of SDPI, TMMK,PFI, Manithaneya MakkalKatchi and Jamaath, a releasefrom police department said onTuesday. They were informedthat the procession wouldparalyse movement of vehicles

besides affecting people as itwas being taken out through anational highway and arterialroad. Besides, almost 16 organ-isations had already conduct-ed nearly 50 rallies, protestmeetings, human chain, closureof shops and other mode of agi-tations on the issue.

Against this background,an order denying permissionfor the procession was issued,the release said. PTI

Aligarh: Hundreds of students took out aprotest march against the amended citizen-ship act on the Aligarh Muslim Universitycampus here on Tuesday rasing slogans of“CAA se azaadi” and vowing to boycott class-es until their demands are met.

The protesters including girls andschoolchildren, belonging to the schoolswithin the campus, began their march fromthe Purani Chungi and culminated it at theBabey Sir Syed gate of the university.

They also raised slogans in support ofDelhi’s Shaheen Bagh protesters and theJawaharlal Nehru University.

“Shaheen Bagh Zindabad (Long liveShaheen Bagh)” and “JNU tum sangharshKaro hum tumahre saath hain (keep fight-ing JNU, we are with you)” rent the air alongwith the chants of “CAA se azaadi” (freedomfrom CAA) and “BJP se azaadi” (freedomfrom BJP). The university was closed earlyfor winter vacations from December 16, aday after students clashed with police dur-ing a protest against the CitizenshipAmendment Act (CAA) on campus. It wasto reopen on January 6 but the vacation wasextended owing to persisting tension over thechanges in the citizenship law.

It is reopening in phases from Monday.But after the university reopened on January13, agitation against the law has been goingon and students have devised innovativeways to protest peacefully. PTI

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The Mamata Banerjee Governmentwill call a special session of the

State Assembly on January 27 totable a resolution rejecting theCitizenship Amendment Act. Thedate was given by State ParliamentaryAffairs Minister and TrinamoolCongress general secretary ParthoChatterjee.

The formal announcement camea day after Banerjee declared that shewould soon get a resolution againstCAA passed in the State Assembly.

The development also comes as anaftermath of members of the minor-ity community openly questioning theTMC Ministers — Jyotipriya Mullickand Bratya Basu at various organisa-tional forums as to why the BengalGovernment was not following in thefootsteps of Kerala and Punjab whichhad earlier passed resolutions againstthe controversial Act.

“I don’t have to say anythingabout who said what. But I can onlysay that our Chief Minister has decid-ed to call a special session of theAssembly to pass a resolution againstthe CAA,” Chatterjee said adding theState Government’s credentials couldnot be questioned as it had alreadypassed similar resolutions againstNational Register for Citizens andNational Population Register.

“I have personally spoken toopposition leader Abdul Mannan(Congress) and would also speak toCPI(M) Legislator Party Leader SujanChakrabarty seeking their support forthe resolution which will be tabled onJanuary 27,” Chatterjee said.

The decision which theGovernment had taken on Tuesdayshould have been taken earlierCongress leader in Lok Sabha AdhirChowdhury said reacting to theTuesday’s announcement adding “theCongress and the Left had moved asimilar resolution earlier in theAssembly but the TMC refused to takeit up for discussion now for someunknown reasons they have agreed topass the resolution only after Keralaand Punjab Governments have doneit… it is better late than never.”

Chakrabarty wondered “why theyrejected our move when we wanted totable a similar resolution a few daysin the Assembly denouncing CAA. Itseems that only after getting thegreen signal from her BJP friends inDelhi that the Chief Minister has nowdecided to table the resolution. In anycase we have no problem in support-ing it.”

He added how the TMCGovernment had grudgingly passed aresolution against NRC and NPRtabled by the opposition “but onlyafter tabling it in their party’s name.”

Chatterjee would not dwell muchon the issue but said “We have alreadysubmitted the resolution to theSpeaker on January 20.”

He also would not comment onwhy the TMC was moving theSupreme Court challenging the CAAa la Kerala and Punjab. “I am in Statepolitics and will not be in a positionto take questions on things at nation-al level. Please ask the questions toDerek O’ Brien who will be theappropriate person to take the ques-tion.”

On whether the Chief Ministerwould take up Home Minister AmitShah’s challenge to debate the CAA atnational forum, the senior BengalMinister said “we will take it up fordiscussion in the party forum beforecoming back to you.”

However, another Minister andsenior party leader Tapas Roy saidthere is no problem for any debatebecause it is Mamata Banerjee whohad for the first time given an openchallenge for a debate on NRC, andCAB (before it became an Act).

Meanwhile, after the lawyers, stu-dents and civil society it was the turnof the doctors to descend on thestreets against the CAA with hundredsof medicos from NRS Medical Collegeand Hospital on Tuesday taking outprocessions condemning the contro-versial Act.

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An Army jawan and a spe-cial police officer (SPO) of

J&k police on Tuesday sacri-ficed their lives during a fiercegunfight with terrorists in snowclad Khrew area of SouthKashmir’s Pulwama district.

Till the time of filing thereport, the security forces hadnot confirmed whether anyterrorists were neutralised orthey managed to gave a slip tothe security forces during theencounter.

Soon after the operationwas launched, after receiving atip off about the presence ofthree terrorists in the area,joint teams of security forceshad cordoned off Zand villageof Tral.

While searches were goingon in the area, first contact wasestablished with the terrorists.

To avoid any collateraldamage the security forceseven escorted children andothers from the area.

In the initial exchange of

fire an Army jawan and SPOreceived bullet injuries.According to official sources,“SPO of the J&K police died onthe spot while Army jawan succumbed to his fatal injuriesin the hospital”.

Initially, twitter handle ofthe Kashmir zone police post-ed a tweet, “Encounter hasstarted at Awantipora. Police &security forces are on the job.Further details shall follow”.Thereafter, no update was post-ed till late evening nor any pressstatement was issued by thepolice media centre confirmingkilling of terrorists in theencounter.

Meanwhile, Twitter handleof the Udhampur basedNorthern command head-quarters, paid rich tributes to

the martyred solider who sac-rificed his life in the Pulwamaencounter on Tuesday.

“Lt- Gen Ranbir Singh,Army Cdr NC and all rankssalute the supreme sacrifice ofSepoy Rahul Rainswal; offerdeepest condolences to thefamily”, tweeted NorthernCommand.

This is the second majorencounter which took place inKashmir valley ahead ofRepublic day celebrations in thelast 48 hours.

On Monday, joint teams ofsecurity forces killed three ter-rorists including top comman-der of Hizbul MujahideenWaseem Ahmad Wani alongwith Adil Bashir Sheikh inShopian.

According to policerecords, Waseem was involvedin the killing of eight people,including four security men inthe Valley while Adil haddecamped with 7 AK 47 riflesand a pistol from the residenceof former PDP MLA fromWachi Assembly segment.

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Aspoof video made fromthe scenes of latest

Bollywood blockbuster‘Tanhaji — The UnsungWarrior’, in which the faces ofChhatrapati Shivaji and histrusted commander TanajiMalusare have been morphedwith those of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and UnionHome Minister Amit Shahwent viral in the social mediaon Tuesday.

Fresh from the controver-sy over a Hindi book ‘Aaj keShivaji: Narendra Mod’, liken-ing the current Prime Ministerto Maratha warrior ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj, the latest video— in which Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal of theAam Aadmi Party (AAP) hasbeen projected as UdaybhanSingh Rathore — has turnedthe spotlight on the BJP once

again, amid the ongoing cam-paigning the Delhi Assemblypolls.

The spoof video, posted onthe twitter handle named ‘polit-ical kida’ has drawn compar-isons between the battle ofSinhagad Fort with the upcom-ing Delhi elections and thewebsite has said: “Jo Dilli JeetGaya, Samjho Dil Jeet Gaya”.Interestingly, the twitter pagecontaining the spoof videowent missing later in theevening.

Reacting to the spoofvideo, BJP’s Rajya Sabha mem-ber and the 13th direct descen-dant of Maratha kingChhatrapati Shivaji and greatgrandson of Chhatrapati Shahuof Kolhapur SambhajiChhatrapati tweeted: “After thebook (likening Shivaji toModi), we now have videothat indecent, intolerable andcondemnable. The parties con-cerned should expressed itsstand over the video. TheCentre should order an inquiryinto the video and initiateaction against those behind it”

“For us Shiv bakths Shivaji

Maharaj is everything. Thevideo has hurt the Shiva bak-ths. It is the responsibility of theGovernment to take cogni-sance of the sentiments of theShiv bakths and take steps toensure against recurrence ofsuch things in future. Myrequest to all political partiesnot to misuse the image of greatMaratha warrior for their cheappolitics,” Sambhaji Chhatrapatitweeted.

Responding to the objec-tionable video, Shiv Sena MPand spokesperson Sanjay Rautsaid: “ I have sent the video tocontroversial Hindutva leaderSambhaji Bhide and variousBJP leaders. I am waiting fortheir response.”

Alluding to the recentdemand by Sambaji Bhide thataction be taken against him forhis disparaging remarks againstthe descendents of ChhatrapatiShivaji, Raut said: “I want to seethe reaction of those who havecalled for a bandh at Satara andSangli against the Shiv Sena.Not even a single person whomI have sent the video to hasreplied so far”.

Meanwhile, theMaharashtra BJP has disasso-ciated itself from the spoofvideo put out on the twitterhandle of “political kida’. “TheBJP{ has nothing to do withthis video. The BJP is notusing the video in its campaignfor the Delh9i Assembly polls.We condemn this video. It iswrong to elicit the BJP’s reac-tion on this video. ChhatrapatiShivaji cannot be comparedwith anyone,” Maharashtra BJPpresident Chandrakant Patilsaid.

“There is no restriction onany one making anything ofvideo, putting it on socialmedia and letting it go viral.There is a clear cut attempt todefame the BJP by makingsuch a controversial video,”Patil said.

Hitting out indirectly atRaut, Patil said: “The peoplewho are demanding evidencefrom the descendents ofChhatrapati Shivaji have nomortal right left to talk aboutthe Maratha warrior. The BJP’sstand is that there was onlyunique king (Shivaji) and we do

not get to see such a kingagainst. It was because of thisking that Hindu Swaraj wasestablished. No one can becompared chhatrapati shivaji”.

Last week, under severeflak from various politicalquarters, an embarrassed BJPhad distanced itself from acontroversial book “Aaj keShivaji: Narendra Modi”,penned by the party’s JaiBhagwan Goyal, likening thecurrent Prime Minister withMaratha warrior ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj.

BJP’s National Media co-head Sanjay Mayukh had saidthrough a video statement:“Whatever that been written inthe book is the author’s per-sonal point of view. It is neitherour party publication nor arewe connected with it in anymanner”

“The writer has clarifiedthat it is his personal writing.He has also said that if the bookhas hurt anybody’s emotions,he is withdrawing the book.We would like to clarify againthat it is not a party publica-tion,” Mayukh had said.

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Shares of telcos’ on Tuesdayended the session on a

mixed note after the SC agreedto list next week telecom firms’fresh pleas, seeking a freshschedule of payment of statu-tory dues to the DoT.

Shares of Vodafone Ideazoomed over 24 per cent to�6.04 during the day. Later, thestock shed some of its gains tosettle at �5.92, up 21.18 per centover previous close on theBSE.

On the NSE, the scrip roseas much as 24.74 per cent to�6.05. It settled 22.68 per centup at �5.95.

Moreover, the spurt in vol-ume was more than 2.16 timeson the BSE and the stock hasgained over 30 per cent in lastthree trading sessions.

On the other hand, BhartiAirtel stock ended marginallyup by 0.41 per cent to �511.35on the BSE.

On the NSE, the scrip lost0.07 per cent to close at�508.35.

Tata Teleservices(Maharashtra) stock settled1.15 per cent lower at �2.59 onthe BSE and ended flat at �2.60on the NSE.

Meanwhile, shares ofReliance Industries, the parentfirm of Reliance Jio InfocommLtd, gained 0.13 per cent toclose at �1,533.95 on the BSEand 0.17 per cent to �1,535 onthe NSE.

“It is learnt that telecommajors have moved theSupreme Court in a bid to delaypayments that are due onJanuary 23. This is after theSupreme Court last weekrejected the pleas of telecomcompanies with regards toOctober verdict on adjusted

gross revenue (AGR).“However, telecom players

have got a fresh lease of life asthe apex court has agreed to lis-ten to pleas with regards to pay-ment of statutory dues nextweek. In case of a negative out-come, the telecom sector willessentially move towardsduopoly kind of market bene-fiting Bharti Airtel and RelianceJio largely and the viability ofother weaker players will bequestioned amid uncertainty,”said Paras Bothra, President ofEquity Research, Ashika StockBroking.

The Supreme Court onTuesday agreed to list nextweek the fresh pleas of telecomfirms, including Bharti Airtel,Vodafone Idea and TataTeleservices, seeking a freshschedule of payment of statu-tory dues to the tune of �1.47lakh crore to the Departmentof Telecommunications.

The telcos said they want-ed an open court hearing ontheir fresh pleas with regard toworking out fresh schedule ofpayment of their dues.

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Shrugging off his impeach-ment trial back home, US

President Donald Trump cameout all guns blazing at theWEF summit here on Tuesdayas he lauded the unprecedent-ed economic boom in theUnited States and exhortedother nations to follow theAmerican example of lowertaxes and reduced regulations.

In his characteristic style,Trump also claimed that heshares an “extraordinary” rela-tionship with ChinesePresident Xi Jinping and nego-tiations for the second phase ofthe US-China trade deal willcommence soon.

Without directly mention-ing climate change, Trumpsaid he believed forecasts ofapocalypse by the “perennialprophets of doom” were wrong.

In a special address at theWorld Economic Forum(WEF) annual summit, Trumpsaid since he last addressedDavos two years ago, the UShas enjoyed the “greatAmerican comeback” that hehad predicted.

“Today I am proud todeclare that the United States isin the midst of an economicboom the like of which hasnever been seen before,” hesaid.

The American dream isback and better than ever,Trump said.

According to him, 11 mil-lion jobs have been gained byAmerica since his election andaverage unemployment rate isthe lowest for the tenure of any

US President in history.Talking about reforms

undertaken by his government,he said, “I knew that if weunleashed the potential of ourpeople, cut taxes, slashed reg-ulation, fixed broken tradedeals and fully tappedAmerican energy, that pros-perity would come thunderingback and that is exactly whathappened.”

“Years of economic stag-nation have given way to aroaring geyser of opportunity,”he added.

“We have launched a his-toric step of removing jobkilling regulations. We areremoving all archaic laws.Today I urge the nations to fol-low our example and liberatetheir citizens from the shack-les of bureaucracy and otherarchaic laws. There is no bet-ter place on the earth than theUnited States,” the Presidentasserted.

Amid simmering tradetensions between the US andChina, Trump said the rela-tionship with China has neverbeen better. “We went througha rough patch, but things aregood now,” he remarked.

The first phase of the tradedeal between the two eco-nomic majors was signedrecently, which has helped inreducing trade tensions whichhave been a major concern forthe global economy.

Trump added that heshares a great relationship withChinese President Xi Jinping.

“My relationship with Xi isextraordinary. He’s for China,I’m for the US but other thanthat, we love each other,” theAmerican president said.

The second phase of nego-tiations for the US-China tradedeal would begin soon and theadministration is focussing ontrade, which was neglected byhis predecessors, Trump noted.

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Union Minister PiyushGoyal on Tuesday said

India is working on ways tohave fairer and more equi-table terms in its trade rela-tionships with various coun-tries. Speaking here at theWorld Economic ForumAnnual Meeting 2020, thecommerce and industry min-ister also called for greatercooperation among variousnations to realise the hugegrowth prospects in the IndianOcean region and also fortackling the important issue ofclimate change.

Goyal said the RCEP in itspresent form was clearly anunworkable agreement.

“Any pact needs to takeinto account several factors.India is grappling with a hugetrade deficit, particularly withChina and many other nationsin the region,” he said.

For the first time, Indiademonstrated that trade cannotbe dictated by diplomacy,Goyal said, referring to India’sdecision to pull out of theRCEP. The RegionalComprehensive EconomicPartnership (RCEP) has had tofactor in several diversitiesamong partners, but India hasserious concerns about climatechange and is seeking greater

cooperation on fair terms, heasserted. Goyal was speaking ata Strategic Outlook session on‘The Indian Ocean Rim’.

“We are like a pivot for theIndian Ocean and we believethis region has huge potential.At the same time, India is verymuch concerned about theissue of climate change.

“Going forward, the entiregrouping around the IndianOcean will play a very impor-tant role, while keeping inmind fair and equitable distri-bution. India also expectsgreater cooperation amongvarious nations on climatechange,” he said.

Goyal further said, “We inIndia are also working on howto put in place more equitableterms in our trade relationswith various countries.”

On whether India can stilljoin RCEP, Goyal said thecountry had said at that timetoo that it will not be able tojoin the trade deal in its currentform. If nations provide ade-quate transparency safeguardsand if non-tariff barriers areaddressed, there is always scopefor a fresh dialogue, he added.

The Indian Ocean Rimsees two-thirds of the world’soil shipments pass through itswaters and is home to half ofthe world’s container ships thatsupport 2.7 billion people.

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The Indian rupee logged itsfourth straight loss on

Tuesday, dropping another 10paise to settle at 71.21 againstthe US dollar amid concernsover IMF revising downwardsIndia’s growth forecast andweak quarterly earnings.

Besides, heavy sell-offs indomestic equity market for asecond session in a row and theoutbreak of a deadly virus inChina also impacted forexmarket sentiment.

At the interbank foreignexchange market, the localcurrency opened on a weaknote at 71.17. During the day,it saw a high of 71.13 and a lowof 71.24.

The Indian currency final-ly settled at 71.21, lower by 10paise against its previous close.

However, weaker green-back overseas and easing crudeoil prices helped the rupeerestrict its losses to some extent.

The domestic unit had set-tled at 71.11 against theAmerican currency onMonday.

“Rupee fell following sell-off in domestic equities andbroad strength in the US dol-lar,” said Gaurang Somaiyaa,Forex & Bullion Analyst,Motilal Oswal FinancialServices.

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Indian airports are likely toincur a revenue loss of �650

crore per annum and couldpotentially turn defaulters if thecommerce ministry’s proposalson the sale of liquor and ciga-rette at duty-free shops areaccepted, an industry bodywarned on Tuesday.

The Association of PrivateAirport Operators (APAO) ina statement said that if non-aero revenues are restricted byan act of government, the newoperators will find the air-ports unviable and may evenrenege on their contracts.

Flughafen Zurich AG,which is one of the largestEuropean airport operators,has just re-entered the domes-tic airport space, bagging thecontract for the greenfieldJewar Airport in UP while

Adani group has been man-dated to run six AAI-ownedairports in the country.

The Commerce Ministry,as part of its proposals to thefinance ministry ahead of thebudget, has recommendedrestricting purchase of tax-free alcohol to one bottleagainst two at present and pro-hibiting completely the pur-chase of cigarette cartons, fromone carton of 100 sticks now, atduty-free shops at the arrivalarea of the international air-ports in the country.

“Such a move will have dis-astrous effects on the Indianaviation industry across allstakeholders including airports,airlines, passengers and duty-free operators,” the APAO said.

Liquor accounts for major-ity of sales of duty-free opera-tors. Vehemently opposingthe proposal, the body said, “It

will make their operationsunviable due to firm commit-ments towards fixed fee andfixed expenses to be met out oflower revenue base.”

Share of import of liquorfor sale to arrival passengers intotal import is miniscule —0.0213 per cent or $97 millionof the total $460 billion imports,it said adding that “even doingaway with entire imports willnot serve any purpose.”

According to the associa-tion, the proposed restrictionswill lead to an increase in pas-senger charges, hurt airportindustry and may “encouragesmuggling,” besides a revenueloss of about �650 crore perannum at all airports.

The revenue loss at airportswill impact the operators’financial ratings and conse-quently hamper expansionplans, it said.

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The Department of Telecom(DoT) has approved raising

of foreign direct investment inBharti Airtel to 100 per centfrom 49 per cent allowed ear-lier, a stock exchange filing ofthe company said on Tuesday.

The company also has theapproval of the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) that allowed for-eign investors to hold up to 74per cent stake in the company.

“Bharti Airtel Limited hasreceived the approval from theDepartment ofTelecommunications (DoT)vide its letter dated January 20,2020, for increasing the limit offoreign investment up to 100per cent of the paid-up capitalof the company,” the filing

said. The approval comes fewdays before the company has toclear statutory liabilities of upto nearly �35,586 crore, ofwhich �21,682 crore is licencefee and another �13,904.01crore is spectrum dues (exclud-ing the dues of Telenor andTata Teleservices).

“...The aforesaid approvalread together with the RBIapproval dated July 3, 2014granted to the company allowsthe FPIs/FIIs to invest upto 74per cent of the paid up capitalof the company,” it said.

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Industry body CII on Tuesdayrecommended easing of cer-

tain norms for enhancing liq-uidity for non-banking finan-cial companies (NBFCs) andhousing finance companies(HFCs).

It has suggested to easeECB norms with a higher limitfor investment grade-ratedcompanies equivalent to sov-ereign rating up to maybe$1,500 million from the currentuniform limit of $750 millionfor all NBFCs.

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The Asean Secretariat hasinvited India to participate

in a meeting called in Bali onFebruary 3 and 4 on RCEPagreement to sort out concernsof New Delhi, an official said.

India at a meeting inNovember last year in Bangkokdecided to withdraw from thismega free-trade agreement asits concerns were not addressedadequately by the RCEP.

“India has received theinvitation for the meeting butit has not yet taken any decisionon this,” the official said.

The meeting in Bali will beheld at a chief negotiator level.

The RCEP, comprising 10-member Asean bloc and sixother countries India, China,Japan, South Korea, Australiaand New Zealand, is engaged innegotiations for a free-tradepact. Meanwhile, speaking at aWEF session in Davos,Commerce and IndustryMinister Piyush Goyal said,“We believe if RCEP nationsprovide adequate protectionagainst circumvention of prod-uct origin rules, adequate trans-parency is brought in the trad-ing practices, if non-tariff bar-

riers can be addressed, there isscope for discussion”.

Japan had earlier indicatedthat efforts were on to makeIndia join the ambitiousRegional ComprehensiveEconomic Partnership (RCEP),saying all member countries ofthe grouping were committed toaddress New Delhi’s concerns.

Speaking at the RaisinaDialogue earlier in the month,External Affairs Minister SJaishankar said India had notclosed its doors on the RCEPand would carry out a cost-benefit analysis to evaluate itsmerit.

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Washington: PresidentDonald Trump’s historicimpeachment trial begins inearnest Tuesday in the Senate,with Democrats calling for hisremoval from office andRepublicans determined toacquit him — and quickly, ifpossible.

Four months after theUkraine scandal exploded andwent on to overshadow the endof Trump’s term, and 10months before Americans goto the polls to decide whetherto re-elect him, the 100 mem-bers of the Senate will gatherat 1 PM (1800 GMT) withchief justice John Roberts pre-siding over the trial.

The job of these lawmak-ers, sworn in last week asjurors, is to decide if Trumpabused his office and obstruct-ed Congress as charged in twoarticles of impeachmentapproved last month by theHouse of Representatives.

They state that Trumptried to pressure Ukraine intointerfering in the 2020 US

election to help him win, andthen tried to thwart a con-gressional probe of his behav-ior.

It will be only the thirdtime a president has enduredan impeachment trial, afterAndrew Johnson in 1868 andBill Clinton in 1999.

Part of the scandal centerson a July 25 telephone call inwhich Trump pressuredUkrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky toannounce an investigation offormer Vice President JoeBiden, Trump’s potential oppo-nent in the November vote.

Democrats, who controlthe House of Representativesand led the investigation,accuse Trump of manipulatingUkraine by withholding near-ly $400 million in military aidfor its war against Russian-backed separatists and a WhiteHouse meeting for Zelenskyuntil the latter announced aBiden probe.

“The president did noth-ing wrong,” Trump’s lawyers

responded in a 110-page briefsubmitted to the Senate onMonday.

This echoes the repeatedassertions of the 73-year-oldreal estate magnate that the sagais a political witch hunt and ahoax, and that his phone callwith the Ukrainian leader was“perfect.” In the president’sbrief, his 12-man legal teamcontested the very idea of hisimpeachment. They called thetwo articles of impeachment —approved largely along partylines in the Democratic-con-trolled House — the product of“a rigged process” and “consti-tutionally deficient on theirface” because they involved noviolation of established law.

That team, which hasrecruited high profile lawyerssuch as Kenneth Starr, who triedto bring down Clinton over hisaffair with Monica Lewinsky,said in the brief, “The Senateshould reject the Articles ofImpeachment and acquit thepresident immediately.”

“President Trump abused

the power of his office to solic-it foreign interference in ourelections for his own person-al political gain, thereby jeop-ardizing our national security,the integrity of our elections,and our democracy,” the Housemanagers said Saturday in amemorandum. They said thepresident’s behavior “is the

Framers’ worst nightmare,”referring to the authors of theUS Constitution, and thatTrump deserves to be removedfrom office.

But Trump looks almostcertain to be acquitted becauseof the 53-47 Republicanmajority in the Senate. He willbe abroad as his trial opens;

Trump left late Monday forthe economic forum in Davos,Switzerland. How long thetrial will last is up in the air.The first order of businessTuesday will be to set therules, such as how long theywill hear the arguments of the

House managers, or prosecu-tors; how long they will hearthe defense; the time allottedfor questions, submitted bythe senators but read byRoberts; and whether theywill call witnesses or seekother evidence. AFP

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Washington: When PresidentDonald Trump’s historicimpeachment trial is called toorder in the Senate this week, hewon’t be watching from insidethe chamber or on televisionfrom the White House.

He’ll be thousands of milesaway at the Davos economicforum in the Swiss Alps, tryingto charm global CEOs over din-ner. Trump’s participation in theannual World Economic Forumwill provide a conspicuous split-screen moment in a presiden-cy familiar with them. His two-day visit to Switzerland will test

his ability to balance his angerover being impeached with adesire to project leadership onthe world stage.

Administration officials sayTrump remains focused onserving the public. “The presi-dent’s work doesn’t stop justbecause of the impeachmentsham,” White House press sec-retary Stephanie Grisham saidin an email.

Trump, who departsWashington on Monday night,said he’s going to Davos toencourage businesses to investin the US. AP

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The four-day gathering ofthe world’s top political andbusiness leaders in the SwissAlps gets under way seeking tomeet head-on the dangers toboth the environment andeconomy from the heating ofthe planet.

Trump, who has repeat-edly expressed scepticismabout climate change, is set togive the first keynote addressof Davos 2020 on Tuesdaymorning, on the same day ashis impeachment trial opens atthe Senate in Washington.

Around the same time,Thunberg will also attend ameeting at the forum, whereshe is expected to underline themessage that has inspired mil-lions around the world — thatgovernments are failing towake up to the reality of climatechange. AFP

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Tehran: Iran has confirmedtwo missiles were fired at aUkrainian airliner broughtdown this month, in a cata-strophic error that killed all 176people on board and sparkedangry protests.

The country’s civil aviationauthority said it has yet toreceive a positive response afterrequesting technical assistancefrom France and the UnitedStates to decode black boxesfrom the downed airliner.

The Kiev-bound UkraineInternational Airlines plane wasaccidentally shot down shortlyafter takeoff from Tehran’s ImamKhomeini International Airporton January 8. Iran has comeunder mounting internationalpressure to carry out a full andtransparent investigation intothe air disaster.

“Investigators... Discoveredthat two Tor-M1 missiles... Were

fired at the aircraft,” Iran’s CivilAviation Organisation said in apreliminary report posted on itswebsite late Monday.

It said an investigation wasongoing to assess the bearingtheir impact had on the accident.

The statement confirms areport in The New York Timeswhich included video footageappearing to show two projec-tiles being fired at the airliner.

The Tor-M1 is a short-range surface-to-air missiledeveloped by the former SovietUnion that is designed to targetaircraft or cruise missiles.

Iran had for days deniedWestern claims based on USintelligence reports that theBoeing 737 operating FlightPS752 had been shot down.

It came clean on January 11,with the Revolutionary Guards’aerospace commander BrigadierGeneral Amirali Hajizadeh

accepting full responsibility.But he said the missile

operator who opened fire hadbeen acting independently.

The deadly blunder trig-gered days of student-ledprotests mainly in theIranian capital. Supremeleader Ayatollah AliKhamenei said on Fridaythat the demonstrationswere unrepresentative of theIranian people and accusedthe country’s enemies ofexploiting the air disaster forpropaganda purposes. AFP

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Beijing: At least six personshave died of the new SARS-likevirus in China with top leaderswarning officials against anycover up of the information onits outbreak even as the WHOis considering declaring aninternational public healthemergency to combat the dead-ly illness.

The number of infectedpeople has also increasedsharply to about 300 as the gov-ernment scampered to con-tain its spread by increasingmonitoring on the movementof public from the 12 millionpeople strong Wuhan city fromwhere the SARS-like virus wasfirst reported in December.

The World HealthOrganization (WHO), which isholding an emergency meetingon Wednesday, will considerdeclaring an international pub-lic health emergency over thevirus - as it did with swine fluand Ebola, BBC reported.

Such a declaration, if made,will be seen as an urgent call fora coordinated internationalresponse in view of fears thatmillions of Chinese are travel-ling at home and abroad for theChinese New Year and SpringFestival holidays starting fromJanuary 24.

The week-long festival trig-gers biggest mass migration,clogging road, rail and air net-works every year.

India has already issued atravel warning. Several coun-tries started screening trav-ellers coming from China, espe-cially from Wuhan to detectsymptoms like fever.

Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Geng Shuang con-firmed on Monday aboutChinese official’s attendance atthe emergency meeting of theInternational Health Regulation(IHR) called by the WHO.

Experts from countriesfrom where the virus is report-ed would also attend the meet-ing and share the informationon the epidemic and come upwith scientific solution, he said.

He said China has sharedinformation with the WHOabout the virus as well as thecountries affected besides HongKong and Macau which arespecial administrative regionsof China.

Meanwhile, as the fear gripsChinese cities, the country’s topleaders have warned lower-level officials against any coverup in the information relatingto the spread of the new coro-navirus.

China’s National HealthCommission on Monday con-firmed for the first time that theinfection could be transmittedfrom human-to-human. It saidtwo people in Guangdongprovince had been infected thisway. In a separate statement, theWuhan Municipal HealthCommission said at least 15medical workers in Wuhanhave also been infected with thevirus, with one in a critical con-dition.The workers presum-ably became infected with thevirus due to the contact withpatients. All of them are beingkept in isolation while beingtreated, BBC reported. PTI

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Beirut: Russian air strikes killedat least 15 civilians on Tuesdayin northwestern Syria, asrenewed violence tightened thenoose around the country’slast major rebel-held bastionand deepened an already direhumanitarian crisis.

Retaliatory rocket attacksblamed on rebels and jihadistskilled three more civilians in thegovernment-held city of Aleppoin northern Syria, state newsagency SANA said.

The spike in violence in theneighbouring provinces ofAleppo and Idlib follow so farunsuccessful diplomaticattempts to reduce hostilities inthe flashpoint region, with thelatest truce in theory going intoeffect less than two weeks ago.

Most of Idlib and parts ofAleppo province are still con-trolled by factions opposed toPresident Bashar al-Assad’sregime, including a group thatincludes onetime members ofAl-Qaeda’s former Syria fran-chise.

The Damascus regime,which controls around 70 percent of the country after near-ly nine years of war, has repeat-edly vowed to recapture theregion.

On Tuesday, air strikes by

regime-ally Russia on a rebel-held region in Aleppo’s westerncountryside killed eight mem-bers of the same family shel-tering in a house, said theSyrian Observatory for HumanRights.

Six children were amongthose killed in the raid on KfarTaal village, where three girlsalready died a day earlier instrikes, according to the Britain-based monitor.

Another seven civilianswere killed in Russian air strikeson western Aleppo and a south-ern region of Idlib.

“Over the past three days,the bombardment on Idlib andits surroundings, including inwestern Aleppo, has beenexclusively Russian,” saudObservatory head Rami AbdelRahman.

“They want to push rebelsand jihadists away from the cityof Aleppo and from the motor-way linking Aleppo toDamascus,” Abdel Rahmansaid. SANA said rebel rocketfire on Tuesday also killed twowomen and a child in Aleppocity. The surge in violencecomes despite a ceasefireannounced by Russia earlierthis month that never reallytook hold. AFP

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Colombo: For the first time,Sri Lanka’s President GotabayaRajapaksa has admitted thatsome 20,000 people who dis-appeared during the coun-try’s brutal civil war withTamil Tiger rebels over adecade ago are “dead”.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, theformer wartime defence sec-retary who played a key role inending Sri Lanka’s nearly 30-year civil war with the Tamilseparatist rebels, told UN

Resident Coordinator HanaaSinger last week that after thenecessary investigations arecompleted steps would betaken to issue death certificatesto these missing persons, theColombo Gazette reported.

According to the govern-ment figures, over 20,000 peo-ple are missing due to variousconflicts including the three-decade separatist war withLankan Tamils in the northand east which claimed at

least 100,000 lives.The Tamils alleged that

thousands were massacredduring the final stages of thewar that ended in 2009 whenthe government forces killedLiberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) chief VelupillaiPrabhakaran.

The Sri Lankan Armydenies the charge, claiming itas a humanitarian operation torid the Tamils of LTTE’s con-trol. PTI

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Taipei: Rights groups and gaycouples called on Taiwan’sPresident Tsai Ing-wenTuesday to cement the island’sreputation as a bastion ofLGBT rights by recognisinginternational same-sex mar-riages following her landslidere-election victory.

Taiwan is at the vanguardof the burgeoning gay rightsmovement in Asia and becamethe first place in the region tolegalise gay marriages last yearafter a bruising political fight.

Nearly 3,000 couples havesince wed as of December but rights advocates say the law still contains restric-tions not faced by heterosex-ual couples.

Same-sex couples can onlywed foreigners from coun-tries where gay marriage isalso recognised and can onlyadopt their partners’ biologi-cal children.

“I hope President Tsai cansee the difficulties interna-tional couples face,” said LaiKai-li, whose partner is fromconservative Malaysia.

“We feel like our futuresare in limbo right now and wecan’t really make any plans,”she added.

A 26-year-old HongKonger -- who asked to beidentified only as Yan -- saidshe longed for Tsai’sDemocratic Progressive Partyto push further on gay rights.“Hong Kong doesn’t have free-dom and human rights nowand I think it would neverrecognise same-sex marriage,”she told reporters.

Hong Kong’s judges haverepeatedly ruled in favour ofgranting more rights to samesex couples but the city’s con-servative pro-Beijing leader-ship has resisted legislativechanges. AFP

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Kikwit , (DR C ongo):Fifteen people died andmore were missing after aboat capsized in high windson a lake in westernDemocratic Republic ofCongo, local sources said onTuesday.

The accident occurredMonday at Bankay on LakeMai-Ndombe, the mayor ofInongo, Cosmos MboWemba, said on Monday,giving a provisional toll.

The vessel, a large canoecalled a pirogue, was carry-ing around 30 people whowere returning from afuneral 35 kilometres (20miles) away, said local radiojournalist Firoger Balimba.

Boats and canoes aremajor forms of travel in DRCongo, a country the size ofcontinental western Europewhose lakes and rivers sub-stitute for decrepit roadinfrastructure. AFP

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An intriguing duel is on thecards as Bengaluru FC face

Odisha FC square off in a top ofthe table Indian Super Leagueclash here on Wednesday.

Bengaluru FC, the defendingchampions, are coming off a 2-0defeat against Mumbai City FC andwill be eager to get back to winningways. Odisha FC, on the otherhand, are on a four-game winningstreak which has established themfirmly in the top four.

Interestingly, a win on

Wednesday could see either siderise to the top of the table.Bengaluru, currently third on thetable with 22 points, can leapfrogboth FC Goa and ATK who have24 points each, with a win. Odisha,who have 21, can go level with Goaand ATK.

Carles Cuadrat's side have hada water-tight defence this season,conceding just nine goals in 13games.

But the Spanish coach wouldnot be happy after two defensiveerrors helped Mumbai City beatthem in the last game. He will hopethat was just an aberration.Moreover, at home, Bengaluruhave conceded just four goals athome.

Another worry for Bengaluruwill be their attack. Apart fromSunil Chhetri, who has scoredeight goals, none of the forwards

have put in meaningful contribu-tions.

Ashique Kuruniyan andUdanta Singh have struggled forform and consistency. Udanta’sform, especially, has dropped whencompared to last season with justone goal to his name. In fact,Cuadrat has even dropped Udantafrom the starting XI in the recentmatches.

Bengaluru will hope strikers

Manuel Onwu and Deshorn Browncome to the party and providesome support to Chhetri.

Odisha FC will be looking tocash in on their terrific form. Theyhave scored eight goals and conced-ed just two in their last four games.If they win in Bengaluru and makeit 5 consecutive wins, they willovertake FC Goa and become theteam with the most consecutivewins in the ISL this season.

Aridane Santana and XiscoHernandez have been key toOdisha’s revival. Santana, specifi-cally, has scored nine goals this sea-son and has risen to the top of thescoring charts. In fact, five of hisgoals have come in the last fourgames.

Three of their four wins havecome at home in Bhubaneswar.

Though their last win againstHyderabad came away from home,

Josep Gombau will want his teamto improve their away record.However, to beat Bengaluru inBengaluru is a tough task, some-thing only Mumbai City have beenable to do this season.

Odisha do have a couple ofconcerns with Vinit Rai suspend-ed and Nandhakumar Sekarinjured but Gombau will hope therest of the team step up againstBengaluru.

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Andrea Petagna ignit-ed a come-from-behind victory for

struggling SPAL to handhis former club Atalanta ashock 2-1 defeat in Serie Aon Monday.

The ChampionsLeague-chasing side fromBergamo had won their lasttwo home games againstAC Milan and Parma with5-0 scorelines each time.

But they slipped upagainst SPAL who snatchedjust their fourth win of theseason to move off the bot-tom of the table.

Gian Piero Gasperini’steam missed the chance toclimb above Roma into thefinal Champions Leagueplace, and are now threepoints behind the side fromthe capital in fifth.

“Today more than a fewplayers were not at theirbest,” said Gasperini. “Itwas clear we were down agear.

"But we will have to beready to immediatelyredeem a bad performance,because the standings arevery tight.” Slovenian for-ward Josip Il icic putAtalanta ahead after 16 min-utes with a clever back-heel

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Kylian Mbappe says he isdreaming of helping

Paris Saint-Germain win afirst Champions Leaguetrophy this year, as well asleading France to the titleat Euro 2020 and theOlympic Games in Tokyo.

The 21-year-old PSGand France star, a WorldCup winner in 2018, wasasked what was on hiswish list for the new yearwhile launching his chari-ty in the Paris suburbs onMonday.

“It would be a treble ofChampions League,European Championshipand Olympic Games. Thatwouldn’t be bad,” saidMbappe, with a smile.

“That seems unattain-able for the time being butI’m going to make sure Ifulfil this dream. It wouldbe a proud moment to beable win the first Europeantitle for PSG and for ourcountry to keep winning”

Mbappe’s charity,“Inspired by KM”, was setup to help 98 children — anod to his birth year —between the ages of nineand 16 from various socialbackgrounds to accom-plish "their dreams”.

Last month, Mbappe

put himself forward forthe French team at theTokyo Olympics, whileadding he would not wantto fight his club over takingpart in Japan. “Playing in the Olympics, Idon’t control everything,”he told France Footballmagazine.

“Of course I want togo, but if my club, which ismy employer, doesn’t wantme to go, I won’t force a

clash.” He said he wouldhold talks with PSG sport-ing director Leonardo, whois said to be hesitant toallow Mbappe to play at theOlympics for fears overhis fitness.

Euro 2020 will be heldacross 12 different citiesover the continent fromJune 12 to July 12, with themen’s Olympic footballtournament scheduled forJuly 23 to August 8.

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Their Olympic berths stillnot secured, ace Indian

shuttlers Saina Nehwal andKidambi Srikanth will hope toput up a good show when theybegin their campaign at theThailand Masters Super 300tournament here onWednesday.

Owing to their inconsistentoutings in 2019, Saina andSrikanth are placed at the 22ndand 23rd spots in BWF’s Raceto Tokyo rankings with April 26being the cut off date forOlympic qualification.

According to the BWFOlympics qualification rules,only two players from eachsingles category can qualify iftheir ranking lies within the top-16 by April 26.

At this moment, worldchampion P V Sindhu (6th) andB Sai Praneeth (11th) and men’sdoubles pair of SatwiksairajRankireddy and Chirag Shetty(8th) have more or less assuredtheir berths for the TokyoGames.

After a series of early exits

last year, which dented theirchances, Saina and Srikanthpulled out of the PremierBadminton League to train andgive themselves a better chanceat the qualification.

But Srikanth didn’t have agood start to the new year as hefaltered in the first round in thefirst two tournaments — losingto Chinese Taipei’s Chou TienChen at Malaysia and localplayer Shesar Hiren Rhustavitoat Indonesia.

Saina, a London OlympicsBronze medallist, made it to the

quarters at Malaysia but shecouldn’t defend her title atIndonesia Masters, falling atthe first round to Japan’s Sayaka

Takahashi.With the Olympic

qualification cut off dateending in April, there

are only eight tour-naments, including

the Thailand Masters,left in the calender and theIndian duo will have to produceconsistent performances to earna ticket to Tokyo.

Saina will begin her cam-paign here against Denmark’sLine Højmark Kjaersfeldt, anopponent against whom shehas a 4-0 record.

Srikanth, on the other hand,will face Shesar Hiren Rhustavitoonce again in the opening roundand would hope to settle thescore this time around.

Among other Indians,Sameer Verma, who also had adisappointing 2019 season, willtake on Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia,seeded seventh, while H SPrannoy faces anotherMalaysian Liew Daren in theopening round.

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World champion PV Sindhu said sky-highexpectation from her makes her work

even harder as she aims at a second medal in theupcoming Tokyo Olympics in July-August.

“From the Rio Olympics to now, my life haschanged a lot. I won a lot and I lost some. I havebeen improving step by step. Not much wasexpected of me when I went to Rio but now peo-ple look for a gold medal from me,” Sindhu, whois here to play for Hyderabad Hunters in the fifthedition of PBL, said.

“I look at it in a positive way when everyoneexpects me to do well. I don't consider that asadded pressure and that will only make me workeven harder. It's not going to be easy but I'm pre-

pared for the challenges awaiting me,” she added.Being an Olympic year, the world No 6 said

it was good to play the PBL because one got toplay with top players which is helpful.

“We get to play with top quality players in PBLlike Tai Tzu Ying, which is helpful in an Olympic-year. We get to learn a lot from the foreign play-ers, who come up with useful inputs. Even I getto improve some aspects of my game by interact-ing with foreign talent. They offer useful tips thatcan help the growth of a player.

“There is a lot more time before the Olympics.We have a couple of important events in the run-up to Olympics. For now, my focus is on helpingmy team in the PBL. I just want to play my gameand enjoy,” she added.

The 24-year old shuttler, who has had an up-and-down run since winning the world title inBasel last year, said she was working on her men-tal fitness, adding it was important to be in a pos-itive frame of mind and come back stronger.

“I have been working on mental fitness. Therehave been close matches in the past where I wonand some that I lost. It's important to be in a pos-itive frame of mind and come back stronger andrectify the mistakes,” Sindhu said.

The Hyderabad ace also said it was impor-tant to pick and choose touramments.

“It is important to pick and choose tourna-ments because at times you might not be feeling100 per cent. Some people say that you have toplay as many events as you can but only if youbelieve you can give your best should you play,”she added.

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But Petagna pulledSPAL level after 54 min-utes by scoring his fifthgoal in four meetingsagainst his former club.

Mattia Valotisnatched the winner sixminutes later with newsigning Bryan Daboplaying a role in thegoal on his first start forSPAL.

“I left a piece ofheart in Bergamobecause I started here,”said Petagna.

“But today we had towin, now we must con-tinue like this if we wantto save ourselves.”

Duvan Zapatamissed chances toequalise for the hostsfollowing a long injurylayoff with fel lowColombian forward LuisMuriel coming on forthe final half an hour inplace of defender MattiaCaldara, who started onhis return on loan fromAC Milan.

But despite layingsiege to the SPAL goalthe hosts fell to theirfifth defeat of the seasonand fourth at home.

“You have to givecredit to SPAL, despitebeing last in the stand-ings, they tried to play adecent game,” saidGasperini.

“Once in the lead,SPAL attacked withmany men, but weweren’t good at fightingthem.”

Gasperini’s side havethe best attack in theleague with 50 goalsscored in 20 games.

But he had conced-ed that his players weresuffering from fatigueafter their surprise elim-ination from the ItalianCup by Fiorentina.

Atalanta are playingtheir first season in theChampions League andhost Valencia in the last16, first leg at San Siroon February 19.

Champions Juventusbeat Parma 2-1 to openup a four-point advan-tage on second-placedInter Milan who wereheld 1-1 at promotedLecce on Sunday.

Lazio are third, afurther two pointsbehind with a game inhand, after hammeringSampdoria 5-1 onSaturday.

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a masterclass on her return tothe Star Sports PremierBadminton League 2020 as shecoasted to an easy win over ris-ing star Ashmita Chaliha of theNorth Eastern Warriors here inChennai today. In a much-anticipated clash of youth andexperience, the former WorldNo. 1's brilliant anticipationskills and finesse were too muchfor the South Asian Games goldmedallist to handle even thoughChaliha did have her moments.

After trailing 0-4, theyoungster rode on her aggres-sion to bag some quickfirepoints and close the gap betweenthem to two points at 4-6. It was,however, not enough to thwartPBL5's joint-costliest player whosoon doused the Chaliha fire tosoar to a 15-7, 15-5 win.

Earlier, in an enthralling bat-tle between two Olympic medal-lists, 2016 Rio Olympic silvermedallist Chan Peng Soon beat2008 Olympic champion LeeYong Dae to give the defendingchampions a very good start. Inpartnership with multiple WorldChampionship medallist EomHye Won, Soon put up a soliddisplay against the Warriorspair of Lee Yong Dae and formerWorld No. 1 Kim Ha Na.

In his fourth consecutiveappearance at the league, Lee,who recently triumphed at theMalaysia Masters, could notfind his champion form as thefirst match of the tie went infavour of the Raptors 15-8, 15-11.

Fresh from reaching thesemi-finals of the IndonesiaMasters, North EasternWarriors' World No. 18 LeeCheuk Yiu showed remarkableresolve to eke out a tight firstgame and then sailed throughthe second to register a 15-14,15-9 win over WorldChampionships bronze medal-list Sai Praneeth. The two hadmet only once before with thematch finishing in favour of theHong Kong shuttler.

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How to apply: Log on towww.delhicollageofart.co orthe Application forms &brochure may be obtainedfrom admission office of DelhiCollage of Art.

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�What is the liberal arts approach to edu-cation?

It is focused on providing students aworld view, empowering them to approachcomplexity, change and diversity in a bet-ter manner, for example through the lensof science, culture and society.

A liberal arts education is needed toimpart key communication skills (writing,speaking and negotiating); expose studentsto many disciplines like arts, humanities,and the social, natural and information sci-ences; and empower students to innovate,be creative and entrepreneurial, and charttheir own paths in becoming engaged cit-izens and community role models.�What are its benefits?

A liberal arts education teaches one howto learn, how to think creatively, and howto communicate effectively. These are crit-ical skills for leadership in the 21st centu-ry.�How does this approach help preparestudents for all the challenges that lieahead?

In a changing world, the most impor-tant skill is to be able to adapt, to take innew information and make sense of the sit-uation. Learning how to learn is consistentwith the liberal arts approach, where stu-

dents learn across many different styles, top-ics and paradigms.

The liberal arts and humanities are vitalto our future, preparing students for thechallenges they will confront in their pro-fessional, political, social and cultural lives. �What should the Indian government doto promote liberal arts education?

The draft new education policy is agreat step to recognise the importance ofthe liberal arts education.

Next will be needed resources devotedto infrastructure, increasing awarenessabout the benefits of such education, sup-porting faculty and students, and perhapseven supporting more internationalexchange programmes to learn from othercountries as well.�How does the approach help in gettingbetter jobs?

If there is one thing common in everyjob, it is human interaction. The humani-ties — the academic fields that study thehuman condition, society and culture —prepare young adults for the most essentialaspects of work: getting along with otherpeople, understanding multiple points ofview and coming to terms with one’s placein the world.

As such, students of all majors need

exposure to the humanities to be adequate-ly — and practically — prepared for theworking world. The return on investmentof a Vassar liberal arts education can be seenin our excellent outcomes, with 95 per centof students being employed, in graduateschool or on a competitive fellowshipwithin six months of graduation. �Partnership/collaborations that Vassarhas entered into?

In the summer of 2019 Vassar partneredwith the University of Global Health Equity(UGHE) in Rwanda, to teach classes in thehumanities and sciences, helping shape theway medical education is delivered inAfrica in the future; and forged a partner-ship with Columbia University MailmanSchool of Public Health, enabling Vassarstudents to earn a master’s degree in pub-lic health a year after they graduate fromVassar.

Vassar was also in China this summer,exploring opportunities to incorporate a lib-eral arts model in a local context with gift-ed high school students there. In partner-ship with the Diligence & Delight LearningCenter in Beijing, we ran a three-week pro-gram taught by Vassar faculty, exposing stu-dents to a liberal arts classroom environ-ment.

In the early part of the lastdecade, the word outsourc-ing struck fear in the hearts

of professionals in developedcountries. White-collar work-ers feared their jobs would beoutsourced to India, wheresomeone would do them for afraction of the salary thanthose expected in industri-alised countries. Thankfully,outsourcing was a win-win forthose in western countries andIndians because it created morejobs in developed countriesthan were offshored.

Today, there is fear thatjobs of almost every kind willbe automated. Physicians,lawyers, software architects,and others with highly-skilled,well-paying jobs never fearedtheir jobs would be outsourced.Still, today they are concernedthat Artificial Intelligence willbecome sophisticated enoughto make them redundant.Software is becoming excep-tionally advanced: Whatseemed impossible 10 yearsback, today seems just over thehorizon. Self-driving vehiclesare an example. Before 2008,few believed AI would be intel-

ligent ever to drive cars itself.Today while much needs to bedone to improve AI, mostbelieve it is only a matter oftime before it replaces humansbehind the wheel.

The prowess of AI behindthe wheel is only one exampleof machines doing jobs thatwere believed only humanscould. Artificial Intelligence isgetting better every year atwriting its own software code.But AI’s growing prowess does-n’t mean it is only a matter oftime before programmersbecome obsolete. There are alot of programmers that can dowhat AI cannot and may neverbe able to. Programmers anddesigners who have expertise inthe following software can resteasy that their jobs are unlike-ly to be assigned to AI.

"0*�9"�Engineers, architects, and

designers who know AutoCADwill remain in demand. Themodelling capabilities ofAutoCAD let virtually anyform and its components bemodelled. What will makeknowledge of AutoCAD so

valuable to employers is itrequires users to have an imag-ination as well as technicalskills. Artificial Intelligencemay be able to replicate humanactions and make accurate pre-dictions using more data pointsthan humans. Still, it cannot,and may never be able to imag-ine. The ability of humans toimagine is a reason profession-als who know AutoCAD willalways be in demand.

4"�.The economy of the future

will be data-driven, so therewill continue to be a massivedemand for those who under-stand how to use data sciencetools. Spark is the most popu-lar data science tool. Hence,professionals who know how touse it will have little difficultyworking in well-paying jobs.Using Spark, they will be ableto accurately model consumerbehaviour and make predic-tions that result in higher sales.While AI’s ability to make pre-dictions is uncanny, employersneed people who know how toextract compelling stories fromdata. A critical reason expertise

in Spark will be crucial forfuture success is it will remainthe best data science tool forthe foreseeable future.

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to roll out products that work asexpected. Selenium is a vitalsoftware testing tool becausemuch of it is automated.Software testers need to knowhow to use Selenium to put thesoftware through the right tests.To do so, they must select theproper tests and author comput-erised tests. Knowing Selenium,they can do both.

The software is essentialbecause it saves enormous timeand effort in testing: Thosewith knowledge of the softwarewill enjoy careers that are futureproof.

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ing, fun, and can be extremelylucrative. Unity is one of themost popular game engines.Newbie game developers canbring their vision to life usingC# for Unity. In addition togame developers, designers can

use C# for Unity to work insideUnity’s Integrated ImmersiveEnvironment and create a vir-tual world. Because consumershave grown accustomed to out-standing visual experiences ingames and also expect interac-tive virtual environments,knowing how to use C# inUnity is a hugely valuable asset.Those who know how to use C#in Unity will be prized resourcesfor many organisations.

Depending on whose nar-rative is believed, automation iseither a decimating job or isoverhyped. The reality likelyrests in the middle and shouldbe cause for concern amongprofessionals. Millions of devel-opers are working to make AIsmarter. AI is doing the sameitself as well. While fear of out-sourcing was overblown, AI’sability to replace humans is not.Gradually more jobs will beassigned to AI. Yet, engineersand designers with expertise inthe mentioned software mayremain immune to its encroach-ment for decades, if not longer.

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the person should choose his careeraccording to the number of his des-tiny/conductor number. Throughnumerology we also understand therelationship or affinity or enmitybetween various numbers. So, weshould not select that career, whichbecomes a barrier towards our success.

Let us take a few examples.Suppose a person whose destiny num-ber is two, ruled by Moon and whichis soft, artistic, caring, has interest inmusic, singing, and in case if he choos-es the career of marketing, architect,salesman, which are characteristics ofnumber five, then he is bound to fail.So, in this way we can avoid misfor-tunes.

Similarly, a person having destinynumber one, ruled by Sun alwaysaspires for managerial positions, headof the company, bureaucrats, politiciansand if they choose a career in media,film industry, cosmetics, which arecharacteristics of number six, they willnever be successful and will have toleave the job.

A person having destiny numberseven is inclined towards spiritualism,meditation, politics and now if theychoose a career in salesmanship, job indefence forces like army and air force,which are characteristics of numbernine, then they will not gel with the

profile.People having destiny number

eight are good organisers, inclinedtowards justice, good in banking andcommerce, if they choose the career ofshare market, gambling, entertain-ment, which are characteristics ofnumber seven, then their chances ofgrowth will become less.

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A nominated Director on the Board of ICSI Institute ofInsolvency Professionals, he has also chaired several in-houseCommittees of the ICSI of the likes of Placement Committee,PMQ Committee and Direct Tax Code Committee.

CS Nagendra D Rao, a fellow member of the institute hasbeen elected as the Vice-President of the Institute of CompanySecretaries of India for this year w.e.f. January 19, 2020.

He is a whole time Practising Company Secretary and is theDesignated Partner and Founder of Nagendra D Rao &Associates LLP.

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cient, jobs are quickly being automated. Thespeed with which a new employee can learntheir job directly affects the speed of pro-duction and efficiency of the employee. Andso, it is not only the nature of work that ischanging, but also the way work is learned.

Learning and Working SimultaneouslyPicture an industrial set up where a new

engineer, who was given on-the-job trainingthrough audio, visual, and demonstrative ses-sions, comes across a machine he has neveroperated before. Considering that it is likelythat engineer would not remember their train-ing completely, they may fumble with themachine.

Now picture the same new engineerfaced with a new machine, but this time, themachine has an automated bot giving real-time instructions on how to operate it. Thenew employee not only hears the content, butsimultaneously gets hands-on experiencewith the machine directly.

Since participative learning methods,such as practice,result in a much higher reten-tion rate of new learning than passive learn-ing methods, such as lectures and demon-strations, this real-time training not onlyresults in faster learning, but also makes theemployee productive much sooner.

As repetition is the best way to strength-en new skills, a new employee may use theinstructions from the bot every time until theyfeel completely ready to operate/work on theirown. Such participative learning methods aremore engaging, and the learner is unlikely tozone out while learning hands-on.

Rise of Smart Technology-Aided LearningWhile more and more companies have

incorporated virtual training labs, some arenow also experimenting with virtual realityand augmented technology-based learningprogrammes, creating life-like situations tolearn from.

Such applications are especially valuablein supporting engineers and technicians tolearn the specific nuances of their roles on thejob itself. For other non-mechanical roles,cloud-based, hands-on virtual labs continueto offer the cognitive learning and practicerequired for better retention.

AI is being used to design individuallearning programmes by understanding andcapitalising upon the individuals’ information,such as experience, educational backgrounds,

personality insights, career goals, and learn-ing preferences. This AI-assisted learningallows employees to take control of their learn-ing and development with content that can beupdated in real time.

AI and bots are also enabling faster andmore accurate learning. Bots used for hands-on training may be programmed to pick upon feedback and comments from new employ-ees in real time, tag that feedback appropri-ately, and get other employees or trainers toshare their thoughts, expertise, and experi-ences, thus maintaining the human touch tothe learning process.

Ideal Training ModelGreat on-the-job training is a collective

of methods, including simulation, practice,coaching, experiencing, and peer learning.On-the-job training must allow a learner tocontinuously reinforce what has been taughtthrough practice.

As organisations step into the future andpush to train their employees more efficient-ly and comprehensively, support from auto-mated bots and artificial intelligence, pairedwith the expertise of mentors and senior man-agement, is helping to build the ideal on-the-job training platform.

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The Association ofBanks in Singapore isproviding the Dr Goh

Keng Swee funding for thebrilliant applicants at localuniversities in Singapore.The financial aid positionswill be awarded for pursuingundergraduate studies atlocal universities inSingapore— NationalUniversity of Singapore ,Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, SingaporeManagement University andSingapore University ofTechnology and Design.

Eligibility: Demonstrateleadership qualities and pos-sess good academic and co-curricular activities (CCA)achievements; Applicantswill need to present proof oflanguage proficiency. Itmeans applicants have topass an official language test(for example – TOEFL orIELTS).

Benefits: Scholarshipsupports a maximum of fouryears of UG study (includingHonours). It provides thefollowing: Tuition and othercompulsory fees; Airfare (toSingapore and return tohome country upon comple-tion of study), Annual main-tenance allowance ofSGD6500; Hostel allowancebased on the institution of

study; Settling-in allowance(one-off expense) of

SGD200 upon arrival inSingapore.

How to apply: Submitapplication at www.pscgate-way.gov.sg/app/gks/account/uidsignin

Application deadline:March 15, 2020.

The University ofEdinburgh invites applica-tions for MBA scholarshipsfor international students inthe UK.

Eligibility: Details ofany degrees applicants holdor expect to hold, Any rele-vant details from employ-ment or training history;Details of journal articlesapplicants have had pub-lished; The topic of appli-cants proposed research; Aresearch outline of no morethan 300 words; A personalstatement of no more than300 words; Details of anyother programmes or awardsapplicants hold or have held.

Admission require-ment: Candidates musthave, or expect to obtain, aUK first-class or 2:1 honoursdegree at undergraduatelevel or the internationalequivalent. English lan-guage requirements: Allstudents of every nationalityare required to prove theirEnglish language compe-tence.

Application deadline:The last date to apply isMarch 11, 2020.

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Around 9.2 lakh candidateshad registered out of whicharound 8.7 lakh appeared. Theresult was announced and ninestudents scored 100 percentilefrom across the country.

However, the CommonRank List for JEE Main 2020will be available in the first weekof May after the declaration ofthe results of the April exam.The higher of the two scores ofcandidates who have appearedin either/both JEE Main Januaryand April 2020will be consid-ered for final ranking of JEEMain 2020.

The list will denote the AllIndia and category ranks of thecandidates in addition to thedetails of the candidates andmarks obtained. The JEE Mainrank will be the basis for admis-sions to the NITs, IIITs andGFTIs.

For those who could not dowell in the January session neednot worry as the April sessionis another chance for all stu-dents who wish to improvetheir scores. The followingpoints must be kept in mindwhen taking up the April ses-sion of JEE Main 2020.

Here are some dos anddon’t to avoid for the session inApril:� One must not repeat the

same mistakes committed inJanuary session of JEE Main.Learning from mistakes isimportant.

� Complete your syllabi if notdone earlier.

� Practice questions from pre-vious year JEE Main papersand even from January ses-sion of JEE 2020.

� Use the gap between yourBoards to revise and take upmock tests on online modefrom reputed source for con-sistency in preparation.

� Keep a check on your speedand accuracy as it is alsoimportant as to how yousolve the paper for a highscore.

� You must have done thetest analysis of the JEE Paperyou took in January andensure you are confidentwith each of those questionsnow.

� Take help from your subjectteachers to clear your doubtsand speak to them in case ofany conceptual doubts orproblems which you areunable to solve.

� Prepare a quick revision

plan and categorise thechapters like:

EASY: Generally you can solveany problem from these chap-ter/topicMODERATE: You take time tosolve but your concepts of thesechapters are clearDIFFICULT: You have notbeen able to understand theconcepts in these chapter andfind questions from these chap-ters tough.� While revising ensure you

take help from your teachersfor the difficult chapters andget all your concepts clearedas merely devoting time onthese chapters may not help.You can join crash course forthese topics.

� For moderate chapters youwill need more practice sodevote time daily so that youhave completed solving ade-quate no. of questions fromthese chapters.

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� While solving questionskeep a check on your timeand develop short cuts toavoid lengthy calculations.Use of diagrams/graphs willexpedite your answers.

� Try to remember all impor-tant formulae, named reac-tions as this will add toyour speed while solving.

� Your speed, accuracy andtime management will be animportant parameter forsuccess in JEE Main (April),2020.

� Most importantly take careof your physical and mentalfitness as there are externalfactors influencing your per-formance in the exam.

� Avoid taking up new booksor start any new chaptersbefore the exam as this mayspoil your confidence level.

� Maintain a positive attitudethroughout your preparationand remain focused. Stayingconfident and keeping calmwhile taking the exam alsohelps get a desired score. Remember, it is the relative

performance and not just howyou have performed on theexam day.

Give in your best shot andyou will ace JEE Main.

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Mumbai (PTI): Market bench-mark Sensex furthered losses forthe second straight session onTuesday as investors fretted oversubdued corporate results andIMF revising downwards India’sgrowth forecast. At the closingbell, the 30-share Sensex wasdown 205.10 points, or 0.49 percent, at 41,323.81; while theNSE Nifty settled 54.70 points,or 0.45 per cent, lower at12,169.85 — the third loss for thegauge in a row.

Indian bourses alsoremained under pressure track-ing weaker global markets afterthe outbreak of a new deadlyvirus in China spooked investors.On the Sensex chart, Tata Steelwas the top loser, shedding 3.01per cent, followed by M&M,Maruti, Asian Paints, PowerGrid,ITC and Axis Bank. On the otherhand, Ultratech Cement, KotakBank, Bharti Airtel, HDFC,IndusInd Bank and ONGCended with gains. Sectorally,BSE power, realty, metal, auto,utilities, FMCG, bankex andfinance indices ended up to1.47 per cent. While telecom,teck and energy indices settled inthe green. In the broader market,BSE midcap fell 0.21 per cent,while smallcap closed flat.

Besides rising concerns overgrowth in India, global investorsturned risk-averse after confir-mation of a deadly SARS-likevirus in China. “Indian markets

continued to fall for third con-secutive day on the back ofweak Asian and European mar-kets. Global agencies are slash-ing India’s growth rates asdomestic demand growth hasslowed down more than antici-pated earlier. Earnings season hasstarted and the growth has notbeen very encouraging fromthe few Nifty companies thathave declared their results so far,”Hemang Kapasi, PortfolioManager - Equity InvestmentProducts, Sanctum WealthManagement, said.

All eyes are now on the bud-get and government initiatives torevive the lagging economy, headded. The InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) onMonday lowered growth esti-mate for India to 4.8 per cent for2019, citing stress in the non-bank financial sector and weakrural income growth as themajor factors for the downwardrevision. “Investors are profitbooking in mid and small capspost the decent pre-budget rally.Some subdued results in Q3compared to the solid expecta-tion has triggered a consolidationin the market. We believe this isa rational reaction of the marketwhich will hold in the short-termand can reverse as per the finaloutcome of Budget & Q3FY20results,” Vinod Nair, Head ofResearch, Geojit FinancialServices Ltd, said.

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Zomato on Tuesday said ithas acquired the Indian

business of Uber Eats in an all-stock deal that will give Uber9.99 per cent stake in theIndian food delivery andrestaurant discovery platform.Uber Eats app in India will dis-continue operations and directrestaurants, delivery partners,and users of the Uber Eatsapps to the Zomato platform,effective Tuesday, Zomato saidin a statement.

The deal marks possibleconsolidation in the highlycompetitive and price-sensi-tive online food delivery mar-ket where most players are inthe red. In a regulatory filingto the BSE, Info Edge (India)- a shareholder in Zomato -said its shareholding inZomato will stand reduced toabout 22.71 per cent on fullyconverted and diluted basisupon closing of the transac-tion. The deal comes daysafter Zomato had raised USD150 million in funding fromexisting investor Ant Financial,an Alibaba affiliate, at a USD3 billion valuation. Post moneyvaluation of Zomato is USD3.55 billion, sources in knowof the matter told PTI, addingthat this transaction will addto a total of over 50 millionorders per month on its plat-

form, giving it around 55 percent market share. “We areproud to have pioneeredrestaurant discovery and tohave created a leading fooddelivery business across morethan 500 cities in India. Thisacquisition signif icantlystrengthens our position in thecategory,” Zomato Founderand CEO Deepinder Goyalsaid.

Uber Eats, which enteredIndia in 2017, has about26,000 restaurants listed on itsplatform from 41 cities. Onaccessing Uber Eats app, userswere shown a message sayingthey can still use Uber Eats ifthey are travelling outsideIndia. Discussions betweenZomato and Uber have beenon for months. Facing stiffcompetition from Zomato andSwiggy, Uber Eats had beenmaking losses. Uber had pro-jected an operating loss of Rs2,197 crore in its food deliverybusiness for the five monthsthrough December 2019,

according to a valuation reportprepared by KPMG affiliateBSR and was part of regulato-ry f i l ings. According tosources, Uber Eats India busi-ness contributed three percent of the global gross book-ings but accounted for over 25per cent of adjusted EBIDTAlosses for the first three quar-ters of 2019. With sale of thefood business in India, Ubercan now focus on the ridesbusiness and driving it towardsprofitability, one of the sourcessaid. They also said that 245full time employees of UberEats will be affected and some of these people could be absorbed in otherroles in Uber.

“India remains an excep-tionally important market toUber and we will continue toinvest in growing our localrides business, which isalready the clear categoryleader. We have been veryimpressed by Zomato’s abilityto grow rapidly in a capital-efficient manner and we wishthem continued success,” UberCEO Dara Khosrowshahi saidin the statement. Zomato is arestaurant review, restaurantdiscovery, food delivery anddining out transactions plat-form, providing in-depthinformation for over 1.5 mil-lion restaurants across 24countries.

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Automobile dealers’ bodyFADA on Tuesday said

retail sales of passenger vehiclesin December 2019 declined 9per cent to 2,15,716 units year-on-year, as even the best offersfailed to lift weak consumersentiments. According to theFederation of AutomobileDealers Associations (FADA),passenger vehicles (PV) salesstood at 2,36,586 units inDecember 2018.

Two-wheeler sales declined16 per cent to 12,64,169 unitslast month as compared with15,00,545 units in December2018. Commercial vehicle salesdeclined 21 per cent to 67,793units as compared to 85,833units in December 2018.

Three-wheeler sales, how-ever, rose one per cent to58,324 units last month. Totalsales across categories declined15 per cent to 16,06,002 unitsin December 2019 as against18,80,995 units in the year-agomonth. FADA President AshishHarsharaj Kale said Decembersales de-growth was not onexpected lines as the inquirylevels all through the monthwere quite robust.

Consumer sentiment con-tinues to be very weak as cus-tomers did not conclude on thepurchase even after taking theefforts of inquiring and despite

the best offers being available,he added. “The sharp decline ingrowth has denied the dealercommunity an opportunity toreduce its BS-IV inventorymaking the transition to BS-VItrickier,” Kale said.

With such weak consumersentiment, FADA recommendsa very cautious approach to itsmembers with serious focus onBS-IV inventory liquidation,he added. “FADA will worktowards seeking relief from theHonourable Supreme Courtfor the BS-IV inventory of itsmembers as with such weakconsumer demand the nearterm retail sales are unpre-dictable, making it extremelydifficult for our members tocontinue the current business

and also ensure a nil BS-IVinventory on March 31,” Kalenoted. The commercial vehicleand two-wheeler inventorystill remains a concern, headded. Besides, liquidity stillremains a concern for thedealers’ community as well asfor the retail customer asbanking industry continuesto be in cautious mode, Kalesaid highlighting the chal-lenges. “Equal importanceneeds to be given to availabil-ity of reasonably liberal cred-it, especially in a developingcountry like ours where thegrowth is driven by first timebuyers or individuals and busi-nesses looking to expandbeyond their current capacity,”he added.

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Script Open High Low LTPSBIN 313.95 316.80 312.10 313.65BHARTIARTL 509.10 515.00 504.40 511.35HINDUNILVR 2063.00 2074.40 2052.15 2056.95RELIANCE 1529.70 1545.95 1523.00 1533.95IDEA 5.34 6.04 5.34 5.92QUESS 561.55 579.50 557.40 571.35HDFCLIFE 595.00 609.80 594.80 601.80IBULHSGFIN 292.00 305.80 292.00 301.10JINDALSTEL 179.00 187.00 176.20 185.75HAVELLS 624.90 632.50 613.25 616.90TATASTEEL 487.10 488.60 473.70 475.90RBLBANK 325.00 342.95 321.80 341.40ICICIBANK 534.85 540.40 530.30 531.00CANFINHOME 396.10 467.20 396.10 464.10TIINDIA 524.30 527.90 522.00 523.55ZEEL 269.50 286.50 267.60 283.95ITC 241.90 241.90 237.95 238.30HDFCBANK 1255.00 1255.00 1239.00 1244.15KOTAKBANK 1608.90 1630.70 1586.50 1625.95AMBUJACEM 206.75 209.85 205.90 207.50INDUSINDBK 1330.00 1350.25 1321.00 1336.80TEAMLEASE 2771.85 2796.40 2721.60 2727.85INFRATEL 225.70 243.30 224.25 240.35STAR 394.70 396.05 388.40 391.70TATAMOTORS 195.80 196.50 190.10 191.45AXISBANK 725.05 729.50 716.20 717.75BAJFINANCE 4150.00 4186.35 4120.00 4137.40CONCOR 551.50 553.60 550.00 551.35YESBANK 38.55 39.20 38.10 38.35DLF 259.00 259.00 255.10 257.05IOC 118.20 118.55 114.25 114.85L&TFH 116.80 119.50 116.20 119.10AVANTI 681.80 712.00 659.05 699.00FEDERALBNK 94.00 96.35 93.55 94.60ASIANPAINT 1847.00 1847.00 1794.75 1810.25BEML 985.10 1019.55 978.30 999.50TATAGLOBAL 382.90 389.60 379.25 385.80LICHSGFIN 462.00 486.40 461.00 478.50PEL 1575.00 1616.55 1562.35 1611.45CHOLAFIN 318.55 318.55 309.10 314.95PFIZER 4011.00 4021.00 3988.05 4012.10JUSTDIAL 574.20 592.40 563.75 575.45MARUTI 7410.00 7434.75 7290.00 7303.10MCX 1395.00 1442.00 1391.00 1399.65HDFC 2451.00 2486.40 2432.40 2464.50ASHOKLEY 84.55 86.60 83.65 86.30TCS 2174.95 2185.00 2160.00 2171.45PIDILITIND 1440.00 1440.00 1412.60 1414.90ICICIPRULI 488.00 496.80 478.70 489.00GRANULES 147.20 152.70 138.00 139.65LT 1307.45 1313.60 1301.00 1302.60CARERATING 639.30 652.00 632.00 643.35SAIL 50.40 51.20 49.60 49.75PIIND 1412.00 1452.30 1412.00 1442.05IRB 115.90 119.70 110.95 116.90PNBHOUSING 530.00 562.80 526.00 551.75CANBK 217.35 221.35 217.30 219.15BPCL 458.80 466.40 455.00 463.80MOTHERSUMI 136.00 139.45 133.95 138.45ACC 1496.05 1508.00 1488.15 1495.05RAIN 120.00 122.70 118.45 121.15HDFCAMC 3229.00 3240.00 3173.40 3178.90TITAN 1185.30 1185.30 1161.20 1176.85SBILIFE 990.00 990.00 970.00 973.05BANKBARODA 94.95 95.75 94.10 94.75PFC 112.35 112.65 106.15 106.70BERGEPAINT 566.00 566.00 547.00 549.80ADANIPORTS 378.00 381.90 375.45 379.90DMART 1934.90 1958.65 1901.15 1916.85ADANIGREEN 199.20 206.75 193.00 202.20SUNPHARMA 449.00 451.60 446.20 447.35JUBILANT 610.00 637.00 604.05 621.75FORCEMOT 1464.00 1502.00 1452.20 1467.15DISHTV 12.79 13.53 12.76 13.42ADANIENT 228.20 228.20 220.50 224.30BHEL 44.95 45.45 43.20 43.35AUROPHARMA 482.85 495.25 475.00 493.05JSWSTEEL 270.00 270.85 264.50 267.30HCLTECH 589.00 593.30 582.15 584.30PVR 1926.00 1959.25 1923.30 1939.15INFY 768.35 770.70 760.55 761.90M&M 566.00 566.00 550.50 553.35MGL 1130.00 1162.20 1129.95 1146.15GAIL 128.60 129.60 126.35 126.75ESCORTS 713.60 713.60 702.00 703.90INDIGO 1478.85 1478.85 1427.00 1438.05FINEORG 2205.00 2270.00 2190.95 2203.80NATIONALUM 45.90 46.50 45.05 45.40CGCL 196.10 198.70 194.50 196.75NBCC 37.90 38.35 36.65 37.05RELINFRA 19.25 20.00 19.25 19.50IDBI 35.30 36.00 35.30 35.75LINDEINDIA 729.70 742.00 725.35 730.60SANOFI 6645.00 6720.00 6645.00 6680.65NAUKRI 2601.00 2676.10 2535.00 2583.20VEDL 156.80 158.30 153.65 153.90BATAINDIA 1782.40 1799.00 1758.30 1786.40GRAPHITE 308.00 309.40 304.00 305.30ADANIPOWER 63.20 63.50 62.40 62.75SIEMENS 1588.70 1611.00 1576.30 1582.15ONGC 123.00 124.45 122.40 122.75BRITANNIA 3097.00 3128.95 3079.45 3114.00BAJAJFINSV 9550.00 9623.95 9511.00 9529.70ABCAPITAL 107.45 108.80 105.80 106.15POLYCAB 1149.00 1149.00 1067.00 1082.45EMAMILTD 341.50 341.50 328.60 334.75EICHERMOT 21359.20 21449.55 20989.00 21047.40

POWERGRID 203.00 204.25 198.95 200.50TATAELXSI 939.00 963.00 926.10 954.70MFSL 520.00 527.00 510.30 524.40RALLIS 227.70 235.70 226.00 234.40IDFCFIRSTB 43.15 43.85 42.95 43.20KEI 532.75 550.50 526.50 530.55NMDC 138.00 138.50 133.85 134.25RAJESHEXPO 718.00 719.15 708.00 714.70HINDALCO 205.30 208.50 204.75 205.25HINDPETRO 249.95 251.75 248.10 249.40STRTECH 135.00 137.55 130.30 131.10NCC 58.05 58.80 56.85 57.40PRESTIGE 419.70 419.70 380.10 381.75ULTRACEMCO 4400.00 4520.60 4400.00 4481.50RADICO 353.80 368.40 344.15 363.75HEG 1110.00 1125.00 1085.00 1096.35PNB 61.60 62.30 61.25 61.45SCI 61.00 61.25 59.80 60.00TATAMTRDVR 80.80 81.30 78.25 78.55TATACOFFEE 100.00 106.90 99.60 102.85IIFL 162.00 175.00 159.45 171.75HEROMOTOCO 2402.00 2409.00 2377.40 2400.60INDIANB 103.95 106.25 103.05 104.75CHOLAHLDNG 540.00 541.50 537.75 540.30UPL 580.00 582.00 572.50 577.65PHILIPCARB 138.45 145.90 137.85 144.15SUDARSCHEM 465.85 490.70 461.90 485.60COALINDIA 202.45 205.20 201.25 202.25BEL 105.40 105.95 103.85 105.10LUPIN 734.00 744.00 728.00 740.95RELCAPITAL 9.84 10.30 9.84 9.84DRREDDY 3059.95 3079.30 3038.50 3057.40ICICIGI 1360.55 1367.95 1324.00 1331.15NIITTECH 1787.00 1817.90 1780.65 1801.70BIOCON 290.15 295.90 290.15 294.45COLPAL 1490.00 1498.50 1483.75 1486.80APOLLOHOSP 1631.00 1641.15 1620.40 1626.20GRASIM 780.10 785.00 763.60 772.15NESTLEIND 15420.00 15500.10 15253.05 15280.20

SPICEJET 102.45 102.65 101.35 101.70TORNTPHARM 2030.85 2057.00 2009.55 2019.95UJJIVAN 325.15 336.70 324.60 334.90SUNTV 477.40 483.40 473.60 480.90BANDHANBNK 486.40 486.40 476.00 476.80REPCOHOME 324.20 365.50 321.90 346.35FORTIS 143.15 146.80 142.10 146.10SPARC 190.40 193.75 184.30 187.15GHCL 206.65 211.00 204.75 209.00IGL 468.00 474.65 465.00 472.05NOCIL 118.20 121.45 116.10 120.90HFCL 17.10 17.20 16.80 17.00IBREALEST 100.10 102.65 98.85 99.95SRTRANSFIN 1070.60 1103.00 1062.90 1089.55VBL 762.20 791.65 762.20 788.00TATACHEM 743.25 755.55 741.15 749.55RNAM 342.90 343.90 338.20 338.75GODFRYPHLP 1404.05 1480.40 1398.20 1417.40WELCORP 171.40 175.40 167.75 168.45JAICORPLTD 112.75 114.50 110.90 111.45GLENMARK 350.75 355.60 346.00 350.80TVSMOTOR 466.85 470.60 458.75 461.05BHARATFORG 515.60 518.25 506.90 510.10WOCKPHARMA 286.00 287.95 279.50 282.10HUDCO 40.05 43.35 40.05 42.65MANAPPURAM 179.20 181.60 178.35 179.15VOLTAS 697.60 704.65 696.05 702.50DCBBANK 202.00 202.00 181.50 182.65ISEC 435.00 439.55 417.50 430.45INOXLEISUR 393.60 409.00 392.10 399.85RAYMOND 680.00 690.25 675.10 679.70BOMDYEING 87.25 87.65 85.50 85.95CASTROLIND 136.00 136.00 131.70 132.30OIL 149.55 149.70 145.30 146.00MRF 68485.40 68559.90 67650.00 67964.40DABUR 486.30 488.25 480.75 486.65NHPC 26.90 26.90 25.65 25.85GNFC 193.55 196.10 192.30 194.00UBL 1295.00 1304.30 1255.75 1271.90JUBLFOOD 1746.00 1770.65 1746.00 1764.30CHAMBLFERT 167.50 174.40 164.00 171.05M&MFIN 349.50 355.80 344.40 352.90RECLTD 136.10 137.90 134.05 134.40WABAG 225.00 232.35 222.70 224.85GODREJCP 750.00 750.00 729.60 731.70INDIACEM 85.00 87.00 84.40 86.40INFIBEAM 57.80 58.95 56.40 57.80

MINDTREE 893.00 906.45 886.65 896.85BAJAJ-AUTO 3087.60 3118.20 3087.60 3096.30HAL 800.80 885.00 800.75 874.20MARICO 346.00 346.00 336.15 336.90ASHOKA 117.65 120.55 114.20 118.85ADANIGAS 171.90 172.55 169.20 169.65PAGEIND 25425.00 25615.85 25189.55 25290.50WIPRO 248.75 248.75 246.25 247.05TECHM 779.00 783.20 775.40 778.85CIPLA 477.10 478.95 472.15 473.25NTPC 119.95 119.95 116.95 117.20KEC 339.00 343.00 334.15 338.15SWANENERGY 122.00 122.05 117.95 118.85SUNTECK 409.85 409.85 392.75 396.40AJANTPHARM 1206.00 1209.60 1169.45 1178.05GUJGAS 270.00 278.00 269.40 276.50DIVISLAB 1881.00 1900.05 1867.15 1870.10TORNTPOWER 313.80 319.20 312.85 314.45JINDALSAW 94.30 96.80 93.60 94.35PCJEWELLER 23.00 23.20 22.65 23.05RPOWER 2.11 2.11 2.11 2.11EQUITAS 102.40 104.45 102.40 103.80VENKYS 1778.95 1809.80 1773.75 1781.30BALKRISIND 1105.00 1107.40 1087.70 1089.50SHOPERSTOP 412.55 446.60 405.00 426.70JKTYRE 82.00 82.00 80.15 80.50APOLLOTYRE 172.00 175.60 172.00 174.90RCF 52.15 53.95 52.10 52.60COROMANDEL 601.85 601.85 582.40 593.90HINDZINC 214.00 215.90 211.75 212.30ITI 101.70 101.80 98.75 99.25SUZLON 2.50 2.58 2.43 2.53TV18BRDCST 26.40 27.95 26.00 26.95SOUTHBANK 11.18 11.40 11.10 11.18NESCO 736.30 760.00 735.00 751.65TATAPOWER 59.90 60.25 59.25 59.55BANKINDIA 67.40 67.70 66.85 67.30GICHSGFIN 157.00 165.00 152.00 160.90PETRONET 273.00 274.85 269.30 274.05DEEPAKNI 385.00 396.00 385.00 389.80NIACL 158.00 168.00 156.90 160.60MUTHOOTFIN 775.55 775.55 761.65 769.05LTI 1899.00 1917.20 1899.00 1908.60DELTACORP 196.00 198.80 195.40 196.70INDHOTEL 143.45 144.55 141.50 144.15ADANITRANS 337.85 344.75 325.00 333.55BALRAMCHIN 185.00 187.15 183.00 183.40UNIONBANK 52.10 52.30 51.60 51.70GMRINFRA 23.25 23.35 22.90 23.10METROPOLIS 1676.00 1676.00 1612.70 1642.75CUMMINSIND 583.80 591.75 578.10 579.85KALPATPOWR 460.00 461.00 445.50 448.65EIDPARRY 224.65 226.60 218.00 218.95DEEPAKFERT 110.55 112.30 106.60 107.95ORIENTBANK 53.55 55.65 53.55 54.90AIAENG 1677.50 1799.00 1669.10 1788.10FRETAIL 347.55 348.70 340.75 343.20CHENNPETRO 153.50 153.50 147.20 148.05EXIDEIND 194.65 195.50 192.70 194.05DIXON 4210.00 4229.75 4140.00 4159.00RVNL 25.00 25.25 24.40 24.60SRF 3610.00 3646.45 3604.00 3610.85CARBORUNIV 339.00 340.40 334.05 336.50SHREECEM 23199.00 23360.00 22840.00 22949.10MIDHANI 166.70 167.50 163.70 164.35NH 362.50 367.40 355.00 357.45AUBANK 888.00 890.70 875.40 888.70KRBL 273.00 287.55 272.85 275.65BIRLACORPN 771.80 773.50 742.35 752.05RITES 317.00 319.00 312.15 313.05BOSCHLTD 14990.00 15100.00 14897.80 14939.70CADILAHC 266.60 270.55 266.15 268.35NATCOPHARM 641.20 650.00 634.95 643.90RAMCOCEM 816.40 830.20 815.00 819.00RESPONIND 91.95 93.50 91.60 92.95WHIRLPOOL 2425.00 2499.20 2425.00 2490.85VINATIORGA 2141.00 2145.10 2076.80 2084.65APLAPOLLO 1941.55 2020.65 1941.55 1986.35HSCL 68.95 69.45 67.50 68.15DBL 412.25 423.00 412.15 415.70MEGH 61.10 61.65 60.25 60.55GODREJPROP 978.40 980.05 950.00 954.15AMARAJABAT 768.30 779.45 768.05 774.95LTTS 1626.00 1630.00 1608.00 1627.60GICRE 253.35 258.45 252.00 255.25COCHINSHIP 439.70 439.70 426.00 427.75MOTILALOFS 853.70 868.00 850.00 858.05SONATSOFTW 326.50 333.45 325.00 332.00JBCHEPHARM 482.80 485.85 468.00 484.65SUPREMEIND 1332.75 1340.00 1309.15 1319.60CESC 756.05 766.10 743.60 746.95EDELWEISS 104.65 105.25 102.30 102.70ENGINERSIN 101.10 101.55 99.75 100.10RELAXO 713.95 713.95 686.15 690.60GSPL 249.00 253.25 247.30 249.50WESTLIFE 379.30 385.40 368.60 381.45GAYAPROJ 77.95 77.95 76.00 76.20VMART 1869.00 1924.70 1869.00 1889.05PARAGMILK 150.50 152.60 149.30 150.15INTELLECT 159.00 164.60 157.00 162.15VSTIND 4625.00 4770.60 4605.00 4644.00JSLHISAR 80.00 82.00 78.45 78.95BBTC 1120.00 1144.00 1120.00 1134.20FCONSUMER 24.50 25.15 24.50 24.80AAVAS 2007.00 2016.00 1950.00 1957.25GSKCONS 8880.00 8975.35 8854.75 8906.55VIPIND 450.50 457.25 446.20 454.15KANSAINER 523.40 524.45 515.00 516.55

LUXIND 1490.80 1537.00 1470.05 1511.15PGHL 4302.10 4368.60 4274.00 4323.90IDFC 38.35 39.30 38.35 38.55CEATLTD 1003.95 1014.00 1000.00 1007.45THERMAX 1063.25 1065.00 1045.85 1053.65NBVENTURES 85.75 93.00 85.45 90.45KTKBANK 74.00 75.30 73.15 74.05TRENT 599.90 600.85 589.15 592.95PTC 61.50 61.50 59.55 59.70AMBER 1291.30 1349.00 1279.00 1318.20IBULISL 117.30 128.75 117.00 128.75WELSPUNIND 49.55 50.60 49.55 49.80GODREJAGRO 546.05 565.00 542.00 559.25GREAVESCOT 141.90 146.45 141.30 142.90PERSISTENT 701.45 727.20 701.45 715.05DALBHARAT 855.85 860.00 835.25 851.20SHANKARA 396.10 406.95 385.65 387.05APLLTD 600.00 601.00 585.00 598.20ASTERDM 162.30 165.45 162.15 163.85ABFRL 231.00 233.65 229.00 229.85INOXWIND 42.55 46.85 42.55 43.80HIMATSEIDE 140.00 143.00 137.15 138.90FSL 42.40 42.85 42.35 42.55IEX 181.55 189.15 181.55 184.45ITDC 307.00 308.70 300.00 301.65HEXAWARE 341.00 344.95 338.00 341.55MASFIN 908.20 940.00 899.15 920.10MAHABANK 14.65 14.96 13.40 13.87JSL 42.95 44.55 42.90 43.45REDINGTON 115.95 120.35 114.10 117.25TVTODAY 252.90 253.25 247.10 249.45KNRCON 293.00 295.90 288.00 295.30BAJAJELEC 395.95 397.70 386.00 387.40TTKPRESTIG 6090.00 6125.10 5982.95 6008.20CUB 238.80 239.40 237.00 237.90DCAL 76.15 77.85 76.10 76.10MAHINDCIE 169.10 172.70 167.55 171.10MINDAIND 380.10 388.25 380.10 385.65IFCI 6.70 6.75 6.45 6.50ALKEM 2350.00 2372.00 2340.00 2350.25SOBHA 449.00 452.35 442.50 443.25JSWENERGY 66.30 67.20 66.10 66.30ASTRAL 1103.00 1110.00 1084.00 1093.50TIMKEN 932.00 939.65 911.60 923.30DHANUKA 470.00 474.00 443.15 448.80JAMNAAUTO 44.50 45.45 44.35 45.15AEGISLOG 210.00 211.75 204.00 208.90CROMPTON 254.40 257.75 253.15 254.95GSFC 83.50 84.50 82.70 83.65TCIEXP 752.10 752.10 730.20 732.95OBEROIRLTY 540.45 551.80 540.45 549.50IPCALAB 1221.00 1228.45 1201.05 1224.75CREDITACC 773.00 777.35 756.90 774.65HINDCOPPER 45.60 45.70 44.95 45.00IRCON 435.00 440.00 431.05 432.25MRPL 46.35 46.50 45.15 45.50BASF 1030.15 1052.55 1007.85 1013.10LALPATHLAB 1651.00 1651.00 1610.95 1619.00SUNDRMFAST 505.00 507.25 500.00 500.10DCMSHRIRAM 413.00 414.00 403.00 408.45GILLETTE 6588.00 6588.00 6317.25 6328.65GLAXO 1628.45 1629.60 1620.00 1622.70JKCEMENT 1284.55 1302.95 1284.55 1289.75NAVINFLUOR 1074.90 1097.85 1074.90 1079.50TRIDENT 7.10 7.25 7.10 7.17GODREJIND 433.00 438.85 429.40 436.70CAPPL 303.45 303.45 285.00 295.75SJVN 27.05 27.15 26.25 26.65MMTC 23.00 23.00 22.10 22.15MOIL 160.35 161.60 158.05 160.35NILKAMAL 1417.40 1483.60 1411.95 1461.00BAJAJCON 237.00 237.60 231.75 232.60TEJASNET 90.00 94.00 89.60 90.20OFSS 2934.70 2971.00 2920.00 2951.60BAYERCROP 4154.80 4207.20 4135.05 4161.00JKLAKSHMI 341.20 344.95 339.80 341.10GRINDWELL 635.00 645.50 625.40 627.70BDL 304.00 311.40 302.00 304.75DHFL 15.40 16.60 15.40 16.05LEMONTREE 55.00 55.10 53.60 53.80BLISSGVS 145.95 147.30 144.90 145.95GESHIP 347.25 347.25 341.00 343.70JISLJALEQS 7.89 8.05 7.80 7.86MPHASIS 883.30 885.50 878.35 879.90UFLEX 222.65 224.00 216.20 222.75CYIENT 461.40 462.30 454.90 461.65TATAMETALI 634.00 658.15 628.90 645.50JMFINANCIL 102.95 104.60 102.45 103.95BLUEDART 2589.60 2670.00 2573.20 2639.95JAGRAN* 68.80 68.80 67.90 68.15PGHH 11280.00 11360.00 11060.00 11204.75PNCINFRA 195.00 196.00 193.40 195.30SYMPHONY 1190.00 1193.85 1155.05 1175.753MINDIA 22083.00 22222.00 22006.05 22095.15SCHNEIDER 82.90 83.70 81.00 81.30FINCABLES 412.50 420.50 407.60 417.85HEIDELBERG 194.45 196.50 193.60 194.30BLUESTARCO 855.45 868.30 836.00 839.45KAJARIACER 558.75 563.00 547.00 549.45TATAINVEST 832.60 836.00 830.35 834.60ATUL 4340.00 4372.95 4315.00 4359.15RATNAMANI 1194.95 1238.50 1181.85 1206.50ASTRAZEN 2511.65 2570.00 2508.80 2538.55ADVENZYMES 176.85 184.70 176.65 183.05VGUARD 228.15 229.40 226.90 227.70TAKE 106.50 107.60 105.20 105.65CRISIL 1810.00 1824.00 1781.90 1788.15INDOSTAR 237.00 238.00 228.50 232.25

GARFIBRES 1447.40 1447.40 1376.25 1376.25GMDCLTD 69.00 69.05 66.00 67.05MINDACORP 105.10 108.40 103.95 104.20CENTURYPLY 169.45 171.10 166.10 169.55HONAUT 27274.00 27425.00 27190.10 27227.75SYNGENE 308.35 309.90 306.05 306.65ABBOTINDIA 12590.15 12760.00 12590.15 12727.10NETWORK18 26.50 28.10 26.35 28.00GUJALKALI 436.00 440.75 426.70 428.50BALMLAWRIE 124.90 125.55 124.10 124.50JCHAC 2079.80 2125.00 2063.45 2107.15ECLERX 655.00 673.05 650.20 669.05NLCINDIA 61.20 61.25 60.60 61.00CCL 198.00 202.40 197.80 199.50SADBHAV 138.00 138.00 132.90 133.80LAXMIMACH 3669.80 3724.00 3656.35 3672.30J&KBANK 29.70 29.95 29.15 29.20TNPL 190.75 193.40 190.30 191.10FINOLEXIND 568.50 568.50 558.75 560.40GPPL 89.20 92.45 89.05 91.75SOMANYCERA 230.60 231.80 225.10 229.00ERIS 510.00 510.00 498.75 501.95ALBK 18.75 18.90 18.55 18.65ZYDUSWELL 1510.90 1510.90 1496.10 1498.20ITDCEM 59.95 61.80 59.55 61.15THYROCARE 555.00 555.00 542.95 550.05ALLCARGO 102.90 104.00 101.90 102.20TIMETECHNO 58.00 59.45 58.00 58.15HATHWAY 21.20 21.45 20.70 21.30BRIGADE 227.90 227.90 225.30 225.95MAHSEAMLES 404.45 417.45 404.45 410.35ANDHRABANK 17.00 17.35 17.00 17.00LAOPALA 175.75 177.50 167.85 169.50GEPIL 676.00 697.80 676.00 690.35CENTRUM 22.90 23.45 22.50 22.75PHOENIXLTD 875.20 898.40 864.00 895.00MAHLIFE 409.65 415.15 407.40 413.15MAGMA 66.20 67.95 65.10 65.40LAURUSLABS 405.90 407.40 402.60 403.95CORPBANK 24.80 24.80 24.25 24.35MHRIL 239.95 241.85 239.45 240.20ARVINDFASN 395.00 421.20 392.60 415.35

UCOBANK 16.30 16.40 16.10 16.15DBCORP 145.25 147.50 143.30 145.70ORIENTELEC 209.50 211.00 208.60 209.35GDL 132.00 135.00 131.95 133.95JYOTHYLAB 156.00 156.00 152.90 153.60PRSMJOHNSN 67.60 68.75 66.60 67.15BAJAJHLDNG 3375.40 3378.30 3366.95 3373.75SYNDIBANK 27.75 27.85 27.40 27.65SCHAEFFLER 4480.00 4639.35 4465.00 4624.20IOB 11.34 11.65 11.31 11.46ESSELPRO 174.00 174.85 170.55 173.55WABCOINDIA 6599.95 6599.95 6414.65 6422.35ENDURANCE 1050.00 1070.00 1046.55 1065.20OMAXE 155.45 156.15 155.05 155.30MAXINDIA 79.60 80.05 79.50 79.70KPITTECH 102.10 102.10 97.80 98.15LAKSHVILAS 15.90 16.15 15.65 15.70CENTRALBK 18.05 18.15 18.00 18.15AKZOINDIA 2037.90 2039.15 2011.65 2016.05SKFINDIA 2199.55 2199.55 2172.25 2181.25GALAXYSURF 1493.95 1502.70 1484.70 1497.55VRLLOG 268.45 269.25 265.50 265.85VTL 1040.00 1055.50 1038.45 1047.15VARROC 488.90 492.80 480.00 485.50STARCEMENT 92.50 92.90 90.10 90.70ORIENTCEM 83.75 84.70 82.65 83.90CHALET 343.00 360.00 343.00 353.40GET&D 156.50 158.40 154.45 155.65SHK 114.60 115.60 113.05 114.35EIHOTEL 145.00 147.75 145.00 147.00SUPRAJIT 203.30 204.00 201.60 202.25SOLARINDS 1131.55 1169.65 1131.55 1163.85HERITGFOOD 374.85 374.85 360.00 362.85FDC 230.00 231.10 227.00 228.25ZENSARTECH 187.25 188.75 185.75 186.65SIS 500.10 512.30 493.00 501.45IFBIND 682.80 687.60 678.00 678.25MAHSCOOTER 4328.00 4368.00 4315.00 4338.05UNITEDBNK 9.20 9.20 8.88 8.91GULFOILLUB 836.20 836.50 831.25 831.25FLFL 406.00 416.95 404.00 413.55SHILPAMED 271.00 271.00 265.00 268.75MAHLOG 424.00 430.00 422.35 427.35KPRMILL 663.60 665.90 658.50 661.00TVSSRICHAK 1805.00 1805.00 1750.00 1758.10VAIBHAVGBL 900.00 903.75 895.40 902.05CERA 2650.00 2650.00 2650.00 2650.00TCNSBRANDS 589.20 594.80 585.25 591.60SFL 1390.00 1400.00 1377.00 1400.00SHRIRAMCIT 1370.95 1380.85 1370.95 1376.00

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 12195.30 12230.05 12162.30 12169.85 -54.70INFRATEL 224.40 243.55 224.40 241.00 19.15ZEEL 269.00 286.70 267.15 283.00 12.25BPCL 457.60 466.50 455.05 463.50 6.35COALINDIA 201.15 205.25 201.15 202.35 1.20KOTAKBANK 1605.00 1630.60 1585.20 1627.35 9.45HDFC 2443.00 2485.90 2432.00 2465.00 10.65ULTRACEMCO 4455.00 4520.00 4440.00 4484.00 16.35BRITANNIA 3100.00 3130.00 3077.25 3120.30 9.85TECHM 777.25 783.40 775.00 779.50 1.30RELIANCE 1528.60 1545.85 1522.00 1535.00 2.65INDUSINDBK 1332.00 1350.00 1320.00 1334.05 2.10TCS 2169.95 2186.55 2158.05 2172.35 2.00BAJAJFINSV 9583.95 9625.00 9508.20 9572.45 -0.30SBIN 313.80 316.95 312.00 313.90 -0.10HINDUNILVR 2059.75 2075.00 2052.15 2062.00 -0.85BHARTIARTL 510.00 515.00 504.40 508.35 -0.35ONGC 123.05 124.50 122.40 122.80 -0.10ADANIPORTS 378.80 382.00 375.30 379.70 -0.35DRREDDY 3055.55 3079.80 3035.85 3052.00 -7.60SUNPHARMA 448.00 451.75 446.00 448.00 -1.45BAJAJ-AUTO 3096.00 3119.00 3085.50 3093.00 -10.70GRASIM 779.00 781.10 763.45 770.00 -2.80BAJFINANCE 4149.95 4186.10 4117.05 4135.00 -17.60WIPRO 247.90 248.20 246.00 246.85 -1.15GAIL 128.35 129.55 126.30 127.20 -0.60LT 1304.75 1313.90 1300.45 1302.10 -7.50NTPC 118.40 119.55 116.95 117.50 -0.75ICICIBANK 532.95 540.25 530.20 531.15 -3.70TITAN 1183.45 1183.90 1161.00 1179.15 -8.70HEROMOTOCO2410.00 2412.65 2375.00 2398.00 -17.60YESBANK 38.60 39.20 38.10 38.35 -0.30HDFCBANK 1250.00 1250.00 1238.40 1244.90 -10.00INFY 768.45 770.50 760.75 761.15 -7.30NESTLEIND 15361.05 15501.60 15200.00 15270.25 -147.00HINDALCO 206.00 208.50 204.65 205.10 -2.20HCLTECH 589.30 593.25 582.35 582.75 -6.50UPL 582.80 582.80 572.20 578.00 -6.60AXISBANK 726.35 729.60 716.05 717.45 -9.75ITC 241.45 241.45 238.00 238.45 -3.45CIPLA 478.95 479.55 472.20 473.00 -7.15JSWSTEEL 270.00 270.90 264.35 266.80 -4.55EICHERMOT 21358.00 21475.00 20970.30 21005.00 -360.10POWERGRID 203.65 204.30 199.00 201.05 -3.60VEDL 157.00 158.40 153.55 154.05 -2.85IOC 118.00 118.45 114.25 115.15 -2.35MARUTI 7411.50 7434.65 7287.80 7297.90 -151.70ASIANPAINT 1839.95 1842.55 1793.85 1809.00 -39.75TATAMOTORS 195.50 196.40 190.20 190.25 -4.75M&M 564.00 564.90 550.10 550.95 -16.25TATASTEEL 487.80 487.80 473.50 474.50 -16.15

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 28699.10 28801.20 28583.85 28617.35 -137.10IDEA 5.30 6.05 5.30 5.95 1.10AUROPHARMA 481.00 495.40 472.00 494.50 11.55IBULHSGFIN 292.80 305.80 291.55 300.90 6.50ASHOKLEY 84.20 86.65 83.60 86.15 1.35PEL 1574.95 1617.00 1560.00 1610.30 24.10NIACL 157.00 168.35 156.10 160.40 2.05SRTRANSFIN 1071.00 1103.80 1062.85 1086.95 13.55OFSS 2944.90 2974.90 2912.00 2950.00 30.80LUPIN 733.00 744.25 727.25 739.80 7.10HDFCLIFE 595.70 609.70 594.15 602.50 4.25BIOCON 291.60 295.90 290.10 294.10 2.05L&TFH 117.55 119.50 116.10 118.90 0.80CADILAHC 266.00 270.50 266.00 268.50 1.55ICICIPRULI 488.15 497.00 478.20 490.45 2.15AMBUJACEM 206.00 209.90 205.70 207.85 0.80MCDOWELL-N 578.10 580.50 570.20 580.35 2.25DABUR 485.40 488.35 480.45 487.50 1.45MOTHERSUMI 136.40 139.45 134.00 138.00 0.35CONCOR 550.50 554.25 550.00 552.15 1.20ACC 1494.95 1509.40 1487.00 1500.00 2.45BANKBARODA 94.70 95.70 94.10 94.80 0.10HINDPETRO 248.85 251.85 248.00 249.00 0.25BAJAJHLDNG 3383.00 3383.00 3362.00 3379.00 3.25PETRONET 272.95 274.95 269.00 273.55 0.15GICRE 254.50 258.60 251.50 254.85 0.00BOSCHLTD 14929.95 15130.00 14890.00 14926.10 -44.25PAGEIND 25377.85 25600.00 25160.60 25260.00 -117.85PNB 61.55 62.30 61.25 61.30 -0.30SIEMENS 1591.70 1611.00 1575.10 1578.25 -13.50PGHH 11222.05 11300.00 11200.00 11210.20 -98.30SBILIFE 980.00 987.00 970.20 972.75 -8.75COLPAL 1499.45 1499.45 1483.20 1486.80 -14.45SHREECEM 23160.10 23398.70 22831.55 22901.15 -231.95DLF 258.00 258.85 255.00 256.10 -2.85DIVISLAB 1892.00 1900.90 1868.00 1868.00 -24.00DMART 1930.00 1959.55 1901.90 1912.00 -24.65BANDHANBNK 481.00 483.90 476.00 477.00 -6.70PIDILITIND 1439.25 1440.00 1412.50 1416.00 -24.40ICICIGI 1357.65 1369.00 1323.00 1331.00 -23.75HAVELLS 623.00 632.65 612.85 614.00 -11.30HINDZINC 214.00 216.80 211.65 212.40 -3.95HDFCAMC 3228.00 3240.00 3172.00 3178.00 -67.00INDIGO 1460.00 1462.80 1426.10 1440.00 -32.35GODREJCP 749.90 749.90 729.80 730.20 -18.35UBL 1300.40 1305.30 1256.00 1271.35 -32.10MARICO 344.00 345.00 336.00 336.50 -9.60NMDC 138.00 138.40 133.80 134.30 -4.50BERGEPAINT 564.60 565.00 547.00 547.90 -19.25NHPC 26.80 26.80 25.65 26.00 -1.05PFC 112.10 112.65 106.20 106.20 -6.15

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The pitches in New Zealand havebecome a lot more batting-friend-

ly over the years, says iconic formerbatsman Sachin Tendulkar, insistingthat India have the “ammunition” totrouble the sprightly hosts during theupcoming series.

Tendulkar, who has been on arecord five New Zealand tours since1990, feels that from seaming tracksduring his early trips years, the tracksbecame high-scoring hard ones duringhis last tour back in 2009.

“Of late, the Tests in New Zealandhave been high scoring and surfaceshave changed,” Tendulkar told PTIduring an exclusive interview.

From 2002, when India played

ODIs and Tests on green tops, to 2009,when India won only their second Testseries in 32 years, Tendulkar has seenit all in New Zealand.

“I remember when we played in2009, the Hamilton pitch was differentcompared to other pitches. Other pitch-es got harder (Wellington and Napier)but not Hamilton. It remained soft.

“But Napier became hard withpassage of time (where GautamGambhir scored an epic match-saving12-hour hundred in 2009). So, frommy first tour (in 1990 till 2009), Irealised pitches got harder with pas-sage of time,” Tendulkar said.

Tendulkar is confident that the

Indian bowling attack, spearheaded byJasprit Bumrah, has the ammunitionto put New Zealand in trouble.

“We have a good bowling attackwith quality fast bowlers as well asspinners. I believe we have the ammu-nition to compete in New Zealand.”

However, in Wellington,Tendulkar wants the team to be well-prepared to counter the breeze factor.

“Wellington, I have played and itmakes a huge difference if you arebowling with the wind or against thewind. The batsman needs to be judi-cious in the choice of which end hewants to attack, it is very important,”he said.

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Top seed Rafael Nadal turnedon the style as he launchedhis bid for a record-equalling

20th Major title at the AustralianOpen on Tuesday, but falling starMaria Sharapova hit a career low.

Australia's Nick Kyrgios alsocantered into the second round,but fourth seed Daniil Medvedevhad to fight his way past AmericanFrances Tiafoe in four sets.

Nadal, one shy of RogerFederer’s Grand Slam mark,dropped only five games as heswatted aside Bolivia's HugoDellien 6-2, 6-3, 6-0 in just overtwo hours at a sunny Rod LaverArena.

“It was a positive start,” said thereigning Roland Garros and USOpen champion, wearing a brightpink singlet and matching trainers.

“What you want in the firstround is just to win, and it’s bet-ter if it's in straight sets.”

He joins Federer and defend-ing champion Novak Djokovic in

round two as the Big Three look totighten a stranglehold that hasbrought them all but one of the last14 Australian Open titles.

Nadal, the first player to beworld number one in three differ-ent decades, is still thriving at 33but it's a different story for five-time Grand Slam winnerSharapova.

The 32-year-old, playing on awildcard as she wrestles with ashoulder injury, lost 6-3, 6-4 toCroatian 19th seed Donna Vekic,making her an opening-roundloser at three straight Grand Slamsfor the first time.

The future looks uncertain forthe former world number one, whowon Wimbledon when she was just

17 but has not reached a GrandSlam final since she lifted the2014 French Open trophy.

“I can speak about my strug-gles and the things that I've gonethrough with my shoulder, but it’snot really in my character to,”Sharapova said.

“I was there, I put myself outthere (playing). As tough as it was,

I finished the match — it wasn’t theway that I wanted.” Britain’sJohanna Konta, a two-time Slamsemi-finalist, also fell at the firsthurdle as she battles to overcomea knee problem, losing 4-6, 2-6 tounseeded Tunisian Ons Jabeur.����&��*�����

On a bumper day of 88 first-

round matches, after rain wipedout half of Monday’s schedule, for-mer US Open champion MarinCilic and Milos Raonic bothmoved safely through.

Italy’s Fabio Fognini, two setsdown against America’s ReillyOpelka when their match was sus-pended on Monday, returned towin it in five after a stormyencounter when both playersargued furiously with the umpire.

A new star emerged in 18-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner, last year'sNextGen champion, who earnedhis first Grand Slam victory againstAustralia’s Max Purcell. Australia'sKyrgios, who has spearheadedfundraising efforts for the country'sdeadly bushfire disaster, kept hisnotorious temper in check despitebeing taken to two tie-breaks in a6-2, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7-1) win overLorenzo Sonego of Italy.

“I feel super-comfortable, youguys are the best. I feel the sup-port.... I am ready to go again,”

Kyrgios told the crowd.Medvedev, the narrow loser to

Nadal in September’s US Openfinal, dropped the second setagainst Tiafoe before recovering towin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Austria’s Dominic Thiem, whohas reached the last two FrenchOpen finals, went through instraight sets against AdrianMannarino, while 2014 championStan Wawrinka needed four to getpast Damir Dzumhur.

Seventh seed Alexander Zverevbeat Marco Cecchinato in straightsets but there was disappointmentfor France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the2008 finalist, who retired with aback injury against Australia’sAlexei Popyrin.

Elsewhere, women’s fourthseed Simona Halep survived somepainful-looking falls to beatAmerica’s Jennifer Brady, and 2016champion Angelique Kerberdropped only four games againstElisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy.

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Senior India pacer IshantSharma has been ruled out

of next month’s two-Test seriesin New Zealand after sustain-ing an ankle tear during a RanjiTrophy game here, a Delhistate cricket association officialsaid on Tuesday.

“Ishant Sharma’s MRIreport shows a Grade 3 ankletear and it is serious. He hasbeen advised three to six weeksof rest and rehabilitation. It isindeed a big blow,” DDCA gen-eral secretary Vinod Tiharatold PTI.

Another DDCA officialadded: “Luckily there is nofracture. There is an ankletear. The moment he is in aposition to walk, he will trav-el to NCA.”

However, the Indian crick-et board is yet to issue a state-ment on Ishant’s injury.

“It’s a Standard OperatingProcedure (SOP) in BCCI aswe will again do his MRI toascertain degree of tear anddecide on his rehabilitation,” aBCCI source said.

Fellow Delhi pacerNavdeep Saini is likely to

replace the 96-Test veteran inthe Test squad.

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New Zealand are up againsta “powerhouse” in the vis-

iting Indian cricket team, saysformer all-rounder CraigMcMillan who feels the BlackCaps will have to win in two outof three formats to be eligiblefor at least the “pass marks”.

New Zealand will hostIndia for five Twenty20s, threeODIs and two Tests beginninghere on January 24 and thehosts will be desperate tobounce back from the recent 0-3 Test drubbing at the hands ofAustralia.

“It’s big. This whole Indiantour is big after what hap-pened in Australia,” McMillanwas quoted as saying by ‘RadioSport Breakfast’.

“This Indian side are apowerhouse. Doesn’t matter ifit’s Tests, ODIs, T20s, they arethe real deal so it’s going to bea really intriguing tour. For NewZealand to get a pass mark forthis tour they need to win twoof the three series.”

The series against Indiawill start with the T20 rubberon Friday and McMillan feelswith the ICC T20 World Cupscheduled to be held later this

year, it is imperative for NewZealand to win this assignment.

“Five Twenty20s to startand I know it’s not everyone’sfavourite format of the gamebut we’ve got a T20 World Cup

later in the year in October inAustralia so straight away thesefive matches become important.Because of the performance inAustralia we need to start win-ning again and get that support

back," he said.“They’re still trying to find

in T20 what our best side is.We’ve just seen the Super Smash

and there’s an opportunity forsome young guys who per-formed in that to be given achance,”McMillan added.

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Defending champions Indiaoutclassed debutants

Japan by 10 wickets in theirsecond match to all but securea spot in the quarterfinals ofthe ICC U-19 World Cuphere on Tuesday.

Opting to field first, four-time champions India bowledout a hapless Japan for 41 runsin 22.5 overs with leg-spinnerRavi Bishnoi taking four wick-ets. It was the joint secondlowest total by a team in theUnder-19 World Cup andjoint third lowest in theunder-19 cricket history.

Pacers Kartik Tyagi andAkash Singh shared five wick-ets among themselves as noneof the Japanese batsmenentered double digits.

India needed just 4.5 oversto complete the formalitieswith Yashasvi Jaiswal andKumar Kushagra remainingunbeaten on 29 and 13 respec-tively.

India captain PriyamGarg, however, said his fastbowlers could have done abetter job.

“Very happy with the per-formance. The spinners weregood, but the lines and lengthscould have been better fromthe pacers. There’s no pressureas such. We want to do well,we take every game as itcomes,” said Garg.

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Young Sarfaraz Khan hit anunbeaten century as Mumbai

fought back on the third day of theirRanji Trophy Elite Group B gameagainst Uttar Pradesh here onTuesday.

UP had posted a mammoth625/8 declared in their first essay,courtesy Upendra Yadavs unbeatendouble hundred (203 not out).

Mumbai resumed the day ontheir overnight score of 20/2 and hada mountain to climb.

Thanks to herculean effort by‘crisis man’ Siddhesh Lad (98 off 174balls; 10x4x1x6), who lived up to hisbilling and 22-year-old Sarfaraz (132not out off 160 balls; 14x4; 4x6), theduo gave Mumbai the confidencethat UPs first- inning score could beoverhauled.

Overnight batsmen BhupenLalwani (43 off 80 balls; 5x4) andHardik Tamore (51 off 94 balls; 10x4)had an uphill task on hand of surviv-ing the morning session against theexperienced Ankit Rajpoot and Yash

Dayal.They negated the challenge well

and stitched a crucial 75-run standfor the third wicket.

Pacer Wajid Ali gave the visitorsthe much needed break-throughafter he trapped Lalwani in front ofthe wicket as Mumbai lost their thirdwicket at 91.

Tamore then notched up hismaiden first-class fifty by driving Alithrough the covers for a four, butcould not convert it into a big score.

���*��������& ��� ���M� �&�Kalyani (WB): Rookie spin all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed shone witha first-innings hat-trick in a six-wick-et match haul as Bengal thrashed asloppy Hyderabad by an innings and303 runs for their first win of theongoing Ranji Trophy season, hereon Tuesday.

The 25-year-old, who wasbought by Royal ChallengersBangalore for the 2020 edition of theIPL, claimed the feat in his seventhRanji appearance.

Shahbaz (4/26) ran through theHyderabad lower order to help hisside bundle out the visitors for 171in their first innings. Following on,Hyderabad were all out for 161 withShahbaz (2/51) accounting for twobatsmen.

Shahbaz became the seventhplayer from Bengal, and first sinceIndia pacer Mohammed Shami, toclaim a Ranji Trophy hat-trick.Shami had achieved the milestoneagainst Madhya Pradesh in 2012-13.

Rookie pacer Akash Deep (4/38)was the star in Hyderabad’s secondessay as Hyderabad were bundled outin 46.2 overs.

Bengal had scored 635 for sevendeclared in their first innings afterelecting to bat.

�E��������%����-�� �����Cuttack: Jammu & Kashmirbounced back superbly after conced-ing first innings lead to pull off afour-wicket win over Odisha on thethird day of the Ranji Trophy Group‘C’match here on Tuesday.

Resuming its second innings at136 for seven, Odisha could add only30 runs as Umar Nazir picked up thelast three wickets—Rajesh Mohanty,Suryakant Pradhan and RajeshDhuper.

Chasing 204 for a win, J&Kopener Suryansh Raina (69) andShubam Pundir (45) added 79 runsfor the third wicket to lay the plat-form for an easy win.

Abdul Samad with a knock of 30

not out and the first-innings bowl-ing hero Aquib Nabi (26 not out) toothe side over the finish line.

For the home team, BasantMohanty bowled his heart out andpicked up four wickets in the secondinnings but could not prevent J&Kfrom romping home.

In Delhi, Services pulled off anexciting one-wicket win overHaryana despite being shot out for97 in the first innings.

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Indian wicketkeeper batsmanWriddhiman Saha, who is

recovering from a finger surgery,has been asked to skip Bengal'snext Ranji clash against Delhi tokeep himself ready for the upcom-ing Test series in New Zealand.

The 35-year-old sustained afracture on the ring finger of hisright hand during the historic

Day/Night Test Test againstBangladesh in Kolkata inNovember and consequentlyunderwent a surgery in Mumbai.

“Wriddhi will not be availablefor Delhi match (at Eden Gardensfrom Sunday). I think the Board(BCCI) has said no to him,”Bengal coach Arun Lal said afterthey scripted an innings and 303win over Hyderabad to brightentheir qualifying hopes.

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ented opener Prithvi Shawreplaced injured India openerShikhar Dhawan for theupcoming T20 and ODI seriesagainst New Zealand respec-tively.

Dhawan dislocated hisshoulder while fielding in thethird ODI against Australia inBengaluru on Sunday.

Shaw returns to the seniorteam after a gap of one year fol-lowing an ankle injury and aneight-month doping ban.Samson, who played in the T20series against Sri Lanka earli-er this month, was back as areserve opener cum keeper.

India’s T20I squad: ViratKohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC),Sanju Samson, KL Rahul,Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey,Rishabh Pant (WK), ShivamDube, Kuldeep Yadav,Yuzvendra Chahal,Washington Sundar, JaspritBumrah, Mohammed Shami,Navdeep Saini, RavindraJadeja, Shardul Thakur

India’s ODI squad: ViratKohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC),Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul,Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey,Rishabh Pant (WK), ShivamDube, Kuldeep Yadav,Yuzvendra Chahal, RavindraJadeja, Jasprit Bumrah,Mohammed Shami, NavdeepSaini, Shardul Thakur, KedarJadhav.

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Quinton de Kock was onTuesday named as South

Africa's one-day internationalcaptain as part of a long termtransition plan.

His first assignment will beto lead the team in a three-match series against WorldCup champions England, start-ing in Cape Town on February4.

Test and Twenty20 captainFaf du Plessis was not in a 15-man squad named by CricketSouth Africa on Tuesdaydespite committing himself tothe organisation until theWorld Cup T20 in October andNovember.

Independent selectorLinda Zondi said Du Plessis'omission did not signal the endof his ODI career.

“We decided to rest Faf andKagiso Rabada for this seriesbecause they have both played

a lot of cricket,” said Zondi.“A different squad will be

picked for a T20 series againstEngland after the one-daygames and after that there arestill T20s and ODIs againstAustralia.”

Zondi said the appoint-ment of De Kock was part ofsuccession planning leadingup to the 2023 Cricket WorldCup.

In his press conferenceafter the third Test againstEngland on Monday, DuPlessis said there was an oppor-tunity to relieve some of thepressure on his captaincy.

quad includes new ODIcaps in batsmen JannemanMalan and Kyle Verreynne, all-rounder Jon-Jon Smuts, fastbowlers Lutho Sipamla andSisanda Magala and left-armspinner Bjorn Fortuin. Of theseMagala and Verreynne have yetto play at any internationallevel.

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