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Out of a total of 60,426.943acres of land detected in

the name of Shree JagannathMahaprabhu Bije, Puri in 24 of30 districts in the State, Recordof Right (RoR) of 25,623.930acres are yet to be received bythe Shree Jagannath TempleAdministration.

Law Minister Pratap Jenainformed this in the StateAssembly in response to aquestion of BJD MLA RameshChandra Sai. He said RoR of34,803.013 acres are availablewith the administration. Thereare also 77,365 plots in thename of the Shreemandir in theState.

Besides, the ShreeJagannath Mahaprabhu Bije,Puri has a total of 396.252 acresof land in six other States. Thehighest 322.930 acres are in

West Bengal followed by 28.218acres in Maharashtra, 25.110acres in Madhya Pradesh,17.020 acres in AndhraPradesh, 1.700 acres inChhatishgarh and 0.254 inBihar.

The Minister furtherinformed that 864 encroach-ment cases have filed on a totalof 151.465 acres land in sevendistricts and concernedTehsildars have been asked tofree the encoarched lands as perSectoin 16-A (1) of the ShreeJagannth Temple Act-1955.

In response to anotherquestion, the Minister alsoinformed that a total of Rs 592crore of the Shreemandir hadbeen deposited in the Yes Bank

in view of the bank was anemplaned one giving highestrates of interest. The depositedamounts comprised fixedeposits of Rs 545 crore andflexi deposits of Rs 47 crore.

However, the flexi deposit ofRs 47 crore has been withdrawnfrom the bank and the fixeddeposits of Rs 545 crore wouldbe withdrawn on the maturitydates of March 19 and 30.

The amounts would bedeposited in nationalized bankson the same day on a tenderbasis.

The Minister said the deci-sion has been taken at the ShreeJagannath Temple ManagingCommittee meeting held onFebruary 5, 2020.

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The biennial elections to atotal of four Rajya Sabha

seats of the State would be heldon March 26, the ElectionCommission of India (ECI)said in a release on Tuesday.

The elections would beconducted in view of the termsof Narendra Kumar Swain,Sarojini Hembram (both BJD)and Ranjib Biswal (Congress)going to expire on April 2,2020, according to the release.

Besides, the seat ofAnubhab Mohanty is alreadyvacant as he resigned afterbeing elected to the Lok Sabha

from Kendrapada.The key dates of the elec-

tions:Issue of notifications:

March 6 (Friday). Last date offiling nominations: March 13(Friday). Scrutiny of nomina-tions: March 16 (Monday).Last date for withdrawal ofnominations: March 18(Wednesday). Date of polls:March 26 (Thursday). Hours ofpolls: 9 am to 4 pm. Countingof votes: March 26 (Thursday)at 5 pm.

The biennial elections tothe Upper House of Parliamentwould be held for a total of 55seats from 17 States.

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Tightening noose aroundillegal parking in the State

capital, the Commissioneratepolice on Tuesday issued astricter advisory in this regard.

Denizens of the city havebeen informed not to parktheir vehicles on predomi-nantly-congested stretches ofroad. The police have advisedthem to station their vehiclesat designated parking spacesor away from the main roads.

Violation of the order is an

offence and punishable with afine of Rs. 500. As per theadvisory, violators would alsobear the vehicle towing cost,besides any other penalty.

In the first phase, the lawwould strictly be implement-ed on the following six stretch-es:

1. Raj Bhavan Chhak toKalarahanga Chhak. 2. Airportto Nalco Chhak. 3. SishuBhawan Chhak to Vani Vihar.4. Rasulgarh Chhak to JayadevVihar. 5. Sriya Chhak to PHDoffice. 6. Bapujinagar.

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One of thetwo con-

victs in the sen-sational AnjanaMishra gang-rape case serv-ing life termdied onTuesday whileu n d e r g o i n gtreatment.

The con-vict Padia Sahu, lodged in theJharpada jail in Bhubaneswar,had been admitted to a hospi-tal on February 21 after he fellill.

Notably, in 2002, theKhordha District and SessionsJudge Court sentenced PadiaSahu and Dhirendra Mohantyto life imprisonment in theAnjana gang-rape case.

Anjana was raped by threepersons near Barang on the

night of January 10 of 1999while she was on her way fromCuttack to Bhubaneswar alongwith a journalist friend in a car.

She was raped by Padia,Dhirendra and Biban Biswal,said the CBI when it wasentrusted by the Orissa HighCourt to probe the case.

While Padia andDhirendra were arrested bythe CBI, third accused Biban isstill at large.

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The Motera blockbuster(Trump actually referenced

Bollywood) has heralded anew era in the Indo-US rela-tionship. The bonhomie andpragmatic realism that is aresult of intimate personalfriendship between the leadersof the two most powerful

democracies is palpable in thecalibrated speech of PresidentTrump. While showering praiseon Prime Minister Modi, healso spelt out the futureroadmap of India-US strategicpartnership.

In the true sense of AtithiDevo Bhava, POTUS Trumpwas presented with a spectaclerivaling Howdy Modi atHouston five months earlierand was clearly swept off hisfeet, FLOTUS Melania in tow.Optics apart, the true purposeof the visit is out for everyoneto see. It is evident that thestandalone visit is a clear effortby President Trump to put hismight behind India for a widerIndo-Pacific strategic partner-ship. His gestures speak aboutthe plans of the two nations fortimes to come.

For one, it heralded an era

in which India would beregarded as an equal partner inthe world stage both in eco-nomic and strategic terms. Thefact that Russia, our closestrategic ally from theSeventies, did not object to thehigh-voltage visit goes on toprove the growing diplomaticmuscle of India in the worldarena. Second, there was avery direct message to Chinawhen President Trump saidIndia has achieved greatness bysetting its people free by trust-ing in their abilities and byhonouring the dignity of indi-viduals. He explicitly men-tioned a country, not countries,which had tried to achievepower through aggression, bycoercive action and withoutindividual freedom. China’sreaction would be worthwatching for. Reeling under the

Coronavirus and refusingworld aid, China might take awhile to react, but react it will.

The next take-away fromTrump’s powerful speech wasregarding Pakistan. Whileasserting that the US has goodrelations with Pakistan, hementioned in the same breaththat the US is working to con-trol terrorism emanating fromthe borders of Pakistan. Hewent on to say that both Indiaand the US have suffered theanguish and pain of terrorism(no points on guessing bywhom) and are determined tofight it united. This is by far themost direct statement of anyPOTUS from Indian soilregarding terrorism vis-a-visPakistan. This is especiallyimportant coming as it has onthe background of the US-Taliban pact on February 29 in

Doha for which Pakistan has tobe on board. In a single sen-tence, Trump has put Pakistanon notice about terrorism aswell as on Afghanistan. If youdo not come forward withcooperation in Afghanistan,well, we have India as a friend.We might see some sort ofbroad security declarationimplying this in near future.

The next important state-ment having a global ramifi-cation is the statement thatIndia and the US are commit-ted to fighting radical Islamicterrorism ideologically. At acursory approach, it mightsound like a statement borneout of Samuel Huntington’s‘Clash of Civilisations’. But inreality, it could be a very well-thought-out, coordinated glob-al strategy combating Islamicfanaticism. The USA is a Judeo-

Christian nation. India hasrecently opened up with Israel,a Jewish state, and we now arenot ashamed of calling our-selves a pluralistic HinduRastra (Hoardings welcomingPresident Trump to the land ofLord Rama were seen in Agra).From Malaysia to the MiddleEast and from Europe to theUS, Islamic fundamentalism isa fact; and increasingly, nationsdon’t hesitate in calling it so.The recent ban on Burqa in SriLanka is a case in point.

Overall, the power-packedvisit by President Trump in anAmerican election year and,that too, to a country which hasa sizeable expat community inthe US which can influence theelections, is a much-calculatedone. While the detractors mayclaim opportunism, the fact ofthe matter is that the geopolit-

ical equation is undergoing adefinitive shift. While Chinawith its aggressive hegemonictendencies is becoming increas-ingly isolated, the once-hege-mony US stands to gain interms of reduction in militaryspending and expanding made-in-US trade if it can strike aworking relationship withemerging economic powerslike India. Moreover, togetherwith Japan and Australia, Indiaand the US will be in a positionto checkmate China in theIndo-Pacific region.

We in India should wel-come this with open arms as weneed to straddle both theworlds (in effect meaningRussia and the US) in order tobe prepared to fight a two-and-a-half front war. While the USis willing to deal with us indefence purchases, one has to

be clear about the transfer oftechnology aspect. Our oldally Russia has transferredsome technology to us whichhad been indigenised (BRAH-MOS for example). But withthe US, the loyalty has to betested on ground. Thegeostrategic factors may havepushed the US to the lap ofIndia, but a clear and farsight-ed leadership rooted in nation-al interest only will be able toutilise the gain to consolidateits position in the region. Theunfinished agenda of the POKshould be woven into the Indo-US strategic security narra-tive. It would go a long way inkilling many a bird with a sin-gle stone.

(Dr Samantsinghar is sec-retary, BJP, Odisha. Views arepersonal)

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The Institute of life Sciences,Bhubaneswar on Tuesday

transferred a technology forproduction of curcuminsponge for wound healing.

During last few years, theILS has been working on devel-oping a product and demon-strated the efficacy of curcum-in encapsulated in chitosanand alginate polymers for cureof various inflammatory andoxidative stress-related dis-eases, including wound healing.

Wound healing is a com-plex physiological response toinjury. In severe pathologicconditions, this cascade healingprocess is lost and the woundsare locked into a state of chron-ic inflammation. Woundtreatment and its therapeuticimpediments represent an eco-

nomically-challenging burdenon healthcare worldwide.

Some studies in India sug-gest that around 4.5 per thou-sand people are affected bychronic wounds and thisalmost doubles to 10.5 foracute wounds. Plant-basedproducts have multi-targetingpotential and in addition areinexpensive and safe comparedto synthetic agents. Turmeric isan important cash crop grownby tribal farmers of India, par-ticularly Odisha.

The ILS had already enteredinto an MoA (memorandum ofassociation) with the NRDC (an

enterprise of DSIR, Ministry ofScience and Technology) in2015 for commercialisation ofthis product. Based on extensivediscussions, the NRDC hasidentified GolapPharmaceuticals, Jaipur, formass-scale production andcommercialisation of curcum-in sponge. The technology hasbeen developed by ILS scientistDr Sanjeeb Sahoo and his group.

The product was launchedon Tuesday in the presence DrManju Sharma, formerSecretary, Dept ofBiotechnolgy, and Dr AjayParida, Director, ILS.

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Afarmer was reportedlythrashed and kicked at a

paddy mandi in theKamakhyanagar area ofDhenkanal district, a video ofwhich has gone viral on socialmedia.

According to reports, vic-tim Gautam Sahu of Koriapalahad on February 11 gone tothe mandi of the JagannathpurCooperative Society to com-plain about a matter relating toissue of token for paddy pro-curement. In the meantime,Ashok Nayak, former presi-dent of the cooperative society,and his son allegedly hurledabuses at the farmer.

The matter turned uglieras the father-son duo alsoallegedly thrashed Sahu andkicked him. The incident was

recorded on a mobile phonecamera while the clip has sur-

faced on social media plat-forms.

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The Khordha District andSessions Judge Court here

on Tuesday issued warrantsagainst eight persons in a caseof 2015, in which a womandied inside a car during a stu-dents’ road blockade.

The warrants were issuedagainst Subrat Kumar Behera,Rakesh Panigrahi alias Raka,Ranjan Pradhan alias Ranjan,Ananta Samantray, TariniGochayat, Charan Dhal,Balaram Sahoo and ArabindaSahoo alias Papu for their alleged

involvement in the incident.Notably, the deceased

Suman Sharma, a resident ofJamshedpur, was on her wayhome when she got stuck onNH-5 following a blockade byUtkal University studentsprotesting against cancellationof the Students’ Union elec-tions.

Sharma collapsed insideher car and was rescued bysome students and police bybreaking open the glass win-dow. She was taken to theCapital Hospital here, wheredoctors declared her dead.

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Amid the bird flu scare inthe capital city, the State

Government has assured thatconsumption of poultry meatand eggs is safe.

“In the context of avianinfluenza outbreak in OdishaUniversity of Agriculture andTechnology (OUAT) poultryfarm, people in the locality arenow in a state of apprehensionto consume poultry meat andeggs. But this apprehension isbaseless. All the poultry birdswithin one km radius of OUATpoultry farm had been culledand disposed of by deep bur-

ial method. Along with poul-try birds, available poultrymaterials like eggs and poultryfeed had also been destroyedand buried,” the Governmentsaid in a release.

“The area within one kmradius of the OUAT poultryfarm had been sanitised byapplication of disinfectants.Now there is no restriction inconsumption of poultry meatand eggs. People can consumepoultry meat and eggs withoutany hesitation after propercooking,” the release added.

Notably, bird flu wasdetected in the poultry farm ofthe OUAT here in January.

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Leader of Opposition (LoP)Pradipta Kumar Naik on

Tuesday demanded in the StateAssembly that the OASPreliminary examination dateof March 15 be rescheduled toa later date in view of theOdisha Staff Selection

Commission (OSSC) test andthe IAS orals scheduled onMarch 15 and 17, respectively.

“It is not possible on partof students to move to Delhi intwo days to appear for IAS oralsafter appearing OAS or OSSCtests here,” argued Naik.

He too demanded that theminimum age limit forGovernment jobs be increasedto 42 so that candidates belong-ing to all SC and ST, SEBC andother reserved categories wouldget more chances for employ-ment.

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Union Minister of Coal andMines Prahlad Joshi on

Tuesday laid foundation-stoneof a crusher and conveyor sys-tem at the Nalco Mining &Refinery (M&R) Complex inDamanjodi.

The system would feedbauxite for the 5th stream ofthe refinery. The project cost-ing around Rs. 483 crore isexpected to be completed byApril 2022.

Stating that Odisha hasabout 51% of bauxite, 25% ofcoal and 34% of iron oreresources of the country apartfrom 96% of chromite and44% of manganese, Joshi said,

“Our Government has taken anumber of steps to unlock themining potential of minerals-rich States for the benefit of thecountry as well as the popula-tion residing in these areas.”

Earlier on Monday, Joshihad chaired a review meetingof Nalco at Visakhapatnam

and directed the senior officialsof the company to ramp upproduction to achieve theannual target. He expressed hishappiness over the Nalcobecoming the world’s cheapestproducer of bauxite and alu-mina for the 4th consecutiveyear.

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US President Donald Trumpsaid here on Tuesday he

discussed the issue of religiousfreedom at a great length withPrime Minister NarendraModi, but there was no talk onthe Delhi violence or theCitizenship (Amendment) Act,(CAA).

On the Kashmir issue, theUS President said “it is a thornin many sides” and added“every story has two sides.”Trump said he is a good friendof both Modi and PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khanand repeated his offer to helpresolve the Kashmir issue if heis asked. He also talked aboutAfghanistan pullout, H1B visa,and a whole range of issueswith Modi.

Making these points at aPress conference, Trump saidhe discussed the issue of reli-gious freedom with the PrimeMinister during his compre-hensive talks and that theIndian leader wants people tohave this freedom.

Describing Modi as a “ter-rific” leader and India as a“tremendous country,” Trumpsaid, “We did talk about reli-gious freedom. Prime MinisterModi wants people to have reli-gious freedom in India...If youlook back, India has workedhard for religious freedom.”

However, when asked if hediscussed the violent incidentshere during his visit, he saidthat he did not discuss indi-vidual attacks with Modi and“that is up to India”.

Asked about his positionon the CAA, the Presidentsaid, “I don’t want to discussthat, I want to leave that toIndia. I hope they will do theright thing for the people ofIndia.”

Trump, who held talks

with Modi on the second andthe last day of his visit, saidthese were great and fantastictwo days. “I’m gonna be not atall controversial because...Idon’t want to blow the two daysplus two days of travel on oneanswer, one little answer, likeJohn will ask me one simplequestion and you will blow itout and that will be the end ofthe trip. You won’t even talkabout the trip. So I will be veryconservative in my answers ifyou don’t mind,” Trump said.

Describing the Kashmir

issue as a “big problem”between India and Pakistan, hesaid it is “a thorn in a lot ofpeople’s sides” and reiteratedhis offer to mediate betweenthe two countries to ease thetension.

“If anything I can do tomediate, I will do,” he said,adding that Pakistan figured inhis talks with Modi. “I havegood equation with PakistanPM Imran Khan. They areworking to control cross-bor-der terrorism,” he said.

The US President also

talked with Modi about hiscountry’s peace deal with theTaliban, and said that India willlike to see it happen.

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Shoot at site” orders havebeen issued by the Delhi

Police to rein in the rioters afternorth-east Delhi continued toburn on Tuesday, with themobs armed with sticks androds roamed the streets, pelt-ing stones, vandalising shopsand threatening whosoevercame in their way.

For the third consecutiveday, Gokulpuri, the denselypopulated area witnessed large-scale rioting as mobs damagedtwo fire tenders and raisedincendiary slogans in strife-torn Maujpur and set a bike onfire. Streets in many parts of thearea were littered with stones,bricks and burnt tyres, a mutetestimony to the spiraling vio-lence and bloodshed that tookon a communal colour onMonday. Such scenes were notseen in the national Capital fordecades as frenzied mobsthrashed people on the road inMaujpur and also vented theirire on e-rickshaws and othervehicles. Many journalists wereheckled and told to go back. Ajournalist working with a localchannel was shot at while someother scribes were injured.

Even as the Delhi Policeundertook steps to quell thecontinuing violence in severalareas of north-east Delhi onTuesday, incidents of arsoncontinued on Tuesday eveningin the Chandbagh area. Riotersset afire shops and pelted stonesin a fresh wave of violence evenas the police used tear gas todisperse the crowds.Paramilitary forces have beendeployed to bring the situationunder control.

Since Monday, 13 people,including Delhi Police HeadConstable Ratan Lal, have diedwhile around 200 people havebeen injured, including 56police personnel, in the clash-es between pro and anti-CAAgroups at Jafrabad, Maujpur,

Chandbagh, Khureji Khas andBhajanpura. Three firemen alsoreceived injuries while dousingflames in the area. Police hasregistered 11 FIRs.

Union Home MinisterAmit Shah convened a meetingwith Delhi LieutenantGovernor Anil Baijal, ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal,Delhi Police chief AmulyaPatnaik to address the issue.

Following the clashes,schools were shut and fearfulresidents stayed indoors asrestless crowds roamed thestreets, seemingly unmindful ofprohibitory orders restrictingthe assembly of more thanfour people. Meanwhile, thepleas relating to the north-eastDelhi violence, which hasclaimed 10 lives, reached theSupreme Court and the DelhiHigh Court on Tuesday andthey are likely to be heard onWednesday.

Mandeep Randhawa, Delhi

Police spokesperson said thesituation in north-east Delhi isunder control, even as severalparts of the national Capitalcontinued to reel under vio-lence.

“11 FIRs have been regis-tered in connection with theviolence. We are responding toincidents involving anti-socialelements. Sufficient force hasbeen deployed in north-eastDelhi. The Rapid Action Force(RAF) and Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) have alsobeen deployed,” Randhawasaid, adding that senior policeofficers are monitoring the sit-uation.

Among those killed wasVinod Kumar, a resident ofGhonda who was brought deadto hospital and whose body isat the morgue of the JagParvesh Hospital. Also killedwas Mohammad Furkan fromKardampuri, near Jafrabad,who got married in 2014 and

has two children. His brother,Mohammed Imran, overcomewith grief, said they were bothin the handicrafts business.

“He had gone to get somefood for his children. Someonetold me he had been shot. Icouldn’t believe it as I had methim barely an hour earlier. Ikept calling him... I then rushedto GTB Hospital where I wastold that he is dead. My worldhas crashed around me,” he toldreporters, sobbing inconsolablyoutside the hospital.

Mohammed Imran blamedBJP leader Kapil Mishra’s tweet,giving Delhi Police an ultima-tum to clear the streets of pro-testers and saying people wouldbe quiet only until US PresidentDonald Trump is in India.

Meanwhile, the DelhiPolice on Tuesday appealed toresidents of city to maintainpeace and harmony in thenational Capital.

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India and the US on Tuesdaydecided to take their strong

ties to comprehensive globalpartnership level with focus onincreasing bilateral defenceand security cooperationbesides energy security aftertalks between Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and visiting USPresident Donald Trump here.While Modi described the rela-tionships as “one of the mostimportant partnerships,”Trump said the two countrieshave made “wonderful deal”.

India signed a three billiondollar deal for procuring fromthe USA naval multi-role heli-copters and Apache attack heli-copters for the Army. The twosides also inked three MoUs inthe fields of mental health, safe-ty of medical products andenergy.

Describing India-US rela-tions as “one of the mostimportant partnerships” of the21st century, Modi said increas-ing the bilateral defence andsecurity cooperation is a verykey aspect of this relationship.He also announced that the twocountries decided to have com-prehensive global partnership,giving a strong fillip to strate-gic ties.

Addressing the media at ajoint Press meet after his one onone talk with Trump coveringentire range of issues, includ-ing defence, security, trade and

energy, the Prime Ministersaid the unprecedented andhistoric welcome given toTrump in India will be remem-bered. He also said the relationsbetween the two countries arenot merely confined toGovernments but are people-driven.

Trump announced that thetwo countries have finaliseddefence deals worth $3 billionand asserted that their focuswas on having a comprehensivetrade deal.

The relations between thetwo countries have never beenas good as they are now, Trumpsaid, adding that the countrieshave made “wonderful deal”.

Modi said as far as bilater-al trade is concerned, therehave been positive talksbetween the two commerceMinisters.

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The Union Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) on

Tuesday appointed SNShrivastava, a 1985 batchIndian Police Service (IPS)officer of the Arunachal, Goa,Mizoram and Union Territories(AGMUT) cadre, as the SpecialCommissioner of Police Lawand Order in Delhi as the sit-uation in the national Capitalremained grim on Tuesday.

Shrivastava, posted asCPRF DG (Training), has beenasked to join his new duties inDelhi immediately. He handledvolatile situation in J&K.

Shrivastava will take overas the Delhi PoliceCommissioner on February29, when his batchmate andcurrent chief Amulya Patnaikwill retire.

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Trump also spoke of an‘apology’ CNN reportedlymade recently for reportingfalse information. Acosta shotback, “Mr President, I thinkthat our record on deliveringthe truth is a lot better thanyours sometimes, if you don’tmind me stating.”

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The District and SessionsJudge Court here on

Tuesday awarded life impris-onment to former Army doc-tor Somnath Parida for killinghis wife Ushrashree Parida inJuly 2013.

Hearing the case, the judgeconvicted the 78-year-oldSomnath under Sections 302(murder) and 201 (destructionof evidence) of IPC. Somanthhad been lodged at theJharpada Special Jail here afterhis arrest in July 2013.

Notably, Somanth hadallegedly chopped his wife’sbody into 300-odd pieces andstored it in 22 steel boxesstashed in two iron chests.The gruesome murder hadoccurred at IRC Village here.

The mur-der had cometo light whenrelatives of thed e c e a s e dreached thecouple’s houseafter theird a u g h t e rLekha failed tocontact hermother overphone several times. Somnathused to hang up his daughter’scall saying Ushrashree wasunwell. When it continued fora couple of days, Lekha grewsuspicious and asked the rela-tives to check on her mother.

When the brother andnephew of the deceased went toSomnath’s house, the latter didnot open the door for a longtime. After repeatedly pressing

the calling bell, he opened thedoor. However, he turned themaway when they inquired aboutUshashree.

Suspicious, they lodged acomplaint with the Nayapallipolice. The police reached thehouse for inquiry and foundfoul smell emanating from thehouse. Later, the cops con-firmed that Ushashree wasmurdered.

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The Regional Office of theIMD here on Tuesday fore-

cast heavy rains in several dis-tricts of the State in the next 24hours.

Heavy rainfall is likely tolash several parts of Cuttack,Khordha, Puri, Jagatsinghpur,Jajpur, Mayurbhanj,Sundargarh and Deogarh dis-tricts.

IMD Regional DirectorHR Biswas said already sever-al parts have witnessed heavy

rainfall in the past 24 hourswith Birmaharajpur inSubarnapur recording the high-est of 78.4 mm.

Biswas said the overall sit-uation is likely to improveafter next 24 hours while therewould be a drop of two to threedegrees Celsius in the mini-mum temperature.

Moreover, dense fog alertwas issued for several districtsincluding Dhenkanal,Sundergarh, Puri, Kandhamaland Kalahandi from February27.

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The State Assembly was onTuesday adjourned twice

till 12.50 pm due to protests byOpposition Congress and BJPmembers and normal busi-

nesses were conducted onlyafter the Speaker announcedthe Government’s decision thatpaddy procurement date isnow extended till March 31.

As the House met,Opposition members holdingplacards rushed into the Wellof the House and protestedagainst the delay in paddy pro-curement. As they didn’t goback to their seats despiterepeated requests, SpeakerSurjya Narayan Patroadjourned the House first till11.30 am and then till 12.50 pmafter convening an all-partymeeting to resolve the stale-mate.

When the Assemblyreassembled, the Speaker

informed the House that theMinister has informed himthat the paddy procurementdate extended till March 31.Then, the House ran normally.

Speaking on the issue,Leader of Opposition PradiptaNaik and Congress LegislatureParty Leader NarasinghaMishra advised theGovernment to streamline theprocurement process and pur-chase all paddy from famers inall districts by the scheduleddate.

While rains are likely todamage paddy, the two mem-bers said the Governmentshould direct mandis not to cutany quantum in the name ofsprouting and FAQ.

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Opposition BJP andCongress members on

Tuesday targeted the StateGovernment over its robustAnnual Budget alleging that ithas completely failed in creat-ing income source during thelast 20 years.

However, the ruling BJDboasted of saying that the Statehas witnessed development inall sectors and is still marchingahead both economically andsocially.

“The State Governmenthas presented a Rs 1,50,000-crore Annual Budget. It is aCentre-based Budget. The Statehas estimated its own incomeat Rs 56,000 crore while theUnion Government will pro-vide Rs 68,300 crore and therest would be made up withloans,” said BJP LegislatureParty Deputy Leader BishnuCharan Sethy while participat-ing in General Discussion ofBudget.

He alleged that the StateGovernment is creating newmodulations to divert Centralfunds to the schemes run by it.

He alleged that unemploy-ment scenario has been acutein the State with about 1 croreboys and girls waiting to getjobs.

He said while hospitalsand schools are lacking doctorsand teachers respectively, the

Government has failed in pro-viding irrigation, cold storagefacilities to the farmers.

Congress member SureshKumar Routray said theGovernment is making onlyfalse claims of development.While poor people are yet toget basic facilities, a few peoplehave been extremely rich bystealing the State’s mines.Corruption is marked every-where in the State, he alleged.

However, BJD memberAmar Prasad Satpathy termedthe Budget as 5 Ps (Paperless,Participatory, Permissive, forPeople and Prosperity)

“The Annual Budget hasbeen increased from Rs 11,800crore in 1999-2000 to Rs1,35,000 crore in 2019-20 andthe State’s own tax from Rs1,704 crore to Rs 33,550 croreduring the period,” he said.

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AMaoist carryinga cash reward of

Rs 5 lakh on hishead surrenderedbefore police inMalkangiri districton RTuesday.

Kamlu Beti ofBijapur district inChhattisgarh gaveup arms and sur-rendered before DIGof police, SouthWestern Range,Koraput, ShefeenAhamed K. He was operatingas the area committee secretaryof the Kangerghati AreaCommittee of the Maoists.

Beti was allegedly involvedin several violent activities,including killing of civilians,destroying public propertiesand exchange of fire with secu-

rity forces.He decided to join the

mainstream of the society afterrealising the futility of the pathof violence of Maoism, policesources said, adding that he wasdisappointed with the behav-iour of senior Maoist leaders.

Police said Beti would get

monetary assistance as per theSurrender and RehabilitationScheme of the StateGovernment.

He would also receivefinancial assistance for buildinga house, pursuing studies andgetting training in a trade/voca-tion of his choice.

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Agroup of Maoists haveallegedly killed a man in

Malkangiri district by slittinghis throat suspecting him ofbeing a police informer.

The deceased was identi-fied as Dinabandhu Bepari ofJadamba village in theChitrakonda area of the dis-trict.

According to reports avail-able on Tuesday, Bepari, a trad-er by profession, was onMonday heading towardsPanashput from Jadamba withhis family when the Maoistsintercepted him and took himwith them. Later, the Red ultrasmurdered him by slitting histhroat at the Khajuriguda forest.

Being informed, familymembers of the deceasedreached the spot and broughthis body to their house. Till lastreports came in, police were yetto comment on the incident.

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At least 100 model fertiliserretail outlets are required

to be opened in the State as thefertiliser companies are reluc-tant to open more outlets.

Major fertilizer companiesare opening several retail outletsin other States, where as they areshy to open the facilities inOdisha, admit officials. MinisterAgriculture and Farmers’Empowerment Arun KumarSahoo during a review recent-ly felt that more numbers ofmodel fertiliser retail outlets areneeded to be opened in the Stateas demand for such is growing.

Accordingly, theDepartment of Agriculture andFarmers’ empowerment haswritten to Government of Indiain this regard, said sources. TheUnion Ministry of Chemicals

and Fertilisers has beenrequested in this regard, saidsources in Department ofAgriculture and Farmers’Empowerment.

State agricultural produc-tivity suffers due to lack ofavailability of fertilisers inOdisha and this has been raisedtime and again by the StateGovernment.

Provision of sufficientnumber of railway rakes hasalways been raised by the Stateadministration and facilitiesat rake points are very poor.

Take for example, thereare several rake points, whereinfrastructure improvement isneeded and the Ministry ofRailways is reluctant in makingprovision.

Infrastructure needs to bedeveloped at Junagarh Road ofKalahandi, Dunguripalli ofSubarnapur. Both are the majorpoints for fertilizer movementand poor infrastructure is com-ing its way.

Similarly, rake points atNayagarh, Kerjung in Angul

and Naranpur in Keonjhar areneeded to be made functionalby providing the minimumrequirement on priority basis.

Facilities like proper plat-form, electricity and approachroad for trucks are neededand the railway authorities arereluctant in making provisions,officials admit.

Full rake movement is notallowed at Rairangpur inMayurbhanj and repeated requestwith the Ministry of Railways hasnot yielded results. Due to nonavailability of required infra-structure at existing rake pointsand non provisioning of new rakepoints, supply of fertilisers and itsdistribution is affected in a bigway in the State.

Restrictions are imposedon booking of fertiliser rakesfor which transportation offertilizers is affected. The StateGovernment has moved toboth the Ministries of Fertiliserand Railways to sort out theissues in the interest of thefarmers of the State, saidsources.

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Agroup of unidentified mis-creants attacked a youth

leaving him critically injured atKakudia village under the Pipilipolice station in the district onMonday night.

The youth was identified asAjay. Besides, attacking himwith sharp weapons, the mis-creants hurled country-madebombs at his house, but no wasinjured.

Reports said that Ajay wasopposing brown sugar trade inthe area and the attack was fall-out of that.

Ajay was grievously injuredin the attack and admitted tothe Capital Hospital inBhubaneswar. The Pipili policeare investigating into the inci-dent.

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The Sundargarh district lead-ership of Aam Aadmi Party

(AAP) has decided to take theDelhi development model toeach and every house of thedistrict. Accordingly, a meetingof leaders from all the sevenAssembly constituencies of thedistrict was held on Sundayunder the leadership of partyState secretary Binay Tiwari.

Tiwari said the people aredismayed with the politics ofcaste and religion. Citing theexample of Delhi model, heurged the people to join theRashtra Nirman Mahajagyan(nation building drive).

Referring to the exemplaryvictory of the AAP in theDelhi elections, he urged partyleaders and workers to reachout to the people to motivatethem to involve in a nation-building drive with the exam-ple of “Politics of Work” ofDelhi. He said this drive wouldcontinue till March 23 inOdisha. The work styles of theDelhi and Odisha

Governments would be nar-rated to the people for theirconsideration.

During the drive the DelhiGovernment’s success of in thefields of electricity, water, edu-cation, health service, womensecurity, employment and othersocial benefit schemes wouldbe shared with the people,who would be explained that itwould also possible in Odishaby the AAP too.

Among others Basil Ekka,Bharat Chandra Bai,Laxmidhar Mahanta, SanjivXalxo, Naveen Bankra, SanjivBarwa, Birajkanta Kulu,Ganeswar Samal, RamakantaNayak, Ratikanta Majhi,Pramod Lenka, Manish Rout,Arif Hussain, Ashok Ekka,Abhilash Manki, NichilashaKerketta, Rashmita Senapati,Surendra Singh, Bhimsen Patel,Pushpa Ekka, Anjali Kulu,Clara Lakra, Santosh Behera,Mathiyas, Ranjan Lenka,Pawan Agarwal, Rabia Sultanaand Jamuna Mahali spoke onthe issues.

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To empower the three-tierPanchayati Raj Institutions

(PRIs), the Panchayati RajDepartment would henceforthundertake repair and mainte-nance of Upper PrimarySchools, Anganwadi Centres,LI Centres and ANM Centresand ensure toilets, drinkingwater, playgrounds and chil-dren’s parks.

These projects would beundertaken with convergenceof State, Central and MGNEGSfunds.

Panchayati Raj MinisterPratap Jena informed this inthe State Assembly of Tuesday.

The department would use30% of the SFC-CFC funds toprovide safe drinking water in

rural areas. Besides,it would use thePacnhayat FinanceCommission fund ofRs 10 lakh along with‘Basudha’ and ‘JalaJeevan Mission”funds for supply ofpiped water to eachhousehold in ruralareas.

At thePanchayati Samitilevel, the department wouldalso undertake repair andmaintenance of Governmentand Aided High Schools, CHCsand PHCs. At least one highschool would be upgraded toan Adarsha Vidyalaya with allmodern facilities. Such schoolswould have smart classrooms,toilets, drinking water facility,gardens, playgrounds, bound-ary walls and green cover.

The CHCs and the PHCswould have waiting rooms forpatients.

These works would be

undertaken with convergenceof MGNREGS, MLA and MPLAD funds, Mo School sup-port, WODC and KBK funds.

At the Zilla Parishad level,repair and maintenance of PlusTwo colleges, DHHs and SDHswould be undertaken.

The records pertaining toall the above educational,health and other institutionswould be transferred to PRIrecords. Reviews would beconducted at Gram Panchayat,Panchayati Samiti and ZP lev-els, said the Minister.

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Thunderstorm accompaniedwith gusty wind wreaked

havoc in many parts across theState on Tuesday with Phulbaniand Balangir being the worsthit.

As per reports, many treesgot uprooted and fell on roadsdisrupting vehicular move-ments in the Phulbani town,including areas near theKandhamal Collector and SPoffices. Besides, electricity sup-ply was also disrupted in theentire town due to snapping ofpower cables. However, nocasualty or injuries had so farbeen reported due to felling oftrees.

Besides, people of Balangirdistrict experienced similar sit-

uation due to the thun-derstorm since earlythis morning. Severallarge trees got uprootedand fell on roads affect-ing road traffic.Asbestos and tile roofsof a few houses wereblown away under theimpact of the strongwind. People in severalparts of the district werealso experiencing powercut. The Naam Yagnamandap at Sadeipaliwas also blown away inthe wind.

While Balangirrecorded 30mm rainfall,other nearby areas likePuintala and Agalpurblocks also received 32mmand 27mm rainfall respective-ly.

“If the cloudy weather con-tinues, it would harm the veg-etable crop. The vegetable cropwould be more vulnerable topest attack. And once the rain-water remain in the field, itwould cause damaged to thecrop,” said an Agriculture offi-

cial here.The weathermen had ear-

lier predicted that several placesof coastal, north interior andsouth interior Odisha werelikely to experience light tomoderate rain on Tuesday.

“Heavy rainfall is very like-ly to occur at one or two placesover the districts of Cuttack,Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur,

Kendrapada and Puri.Thunderstorm with lightningwith gusty surface wind speedreaching 30-40 kmph is verylikely to occur at one or twoplaces over the districts ofcoastal Odisha, Mayurbhanj,Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Boudhand Kandhamal,” a bulletinissued by the regional METcentre had said.

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Over a dozen per-sons were

injured following anattack by a troop ofmonkeys at a villagein Kendrapara dis-trict on Tuesday,according to officialsources.

The simians alsoravaged vegetables infarmlands atBadamangarajpur village inthe Derabish police stationarea, said an official.

Over 12 people, includingtwo boys, were injured in theattack, he said, adding that theForest Department has beenasked to drive away the mon-keys.

“People here are scared togo outdoors as the monkeys aregoing berserk at the sight of anyperson. We are helpless.Neither the administration northe Forest Department haspaid any heed to our griev-ances,” alleged ArtatranaPradhan, a local.

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The headmaster of aGovernment upper prima-

ry school in the district wassuspended on Tuesday after heallegedly came to the schooldrunk and abusing some stu-dents.

Rabi Narayan Mishra,Headmaster of the KiajoriUpper Primary School inSanabadagopalpur gram pan-chayat in Rajnagar block, hadcome to the school drunk andverbally abused some studentsrecently, a senior official said.

The video of Mishra creat-ing nuisance on the campuswent viral on social media, hesaid.

After the incident came tothe notice of the authorities, theheadmaster was suspended asan inquiry found veracity in theallegations, said Rajnagar BlockEducation Officer (BEO)Rajesh Kumar Swain.

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The State Government hasdecided to put all 1,143

Plus II examination centresunder CCTV surveillance.This was informed by Schooland Mass Education SecretaryChithra Arumugam after areview meeting under thechairmanship of ChiefSecretary Asit Tripathy here onTuesday.

Tripathy held videocon-ferencing with districtCollectors and SPs on prepa-rations for the annual Plus II

examination beginning fromMarch 3.

Around 3,50,800 studentsof 1,628 higher secondaryschools and junior colleges willappear for the examinationconducted by the CHSE.

Sources said students,teachers and supervisorswould undergo checking twicebefore entering the examina-tion halls.

Police patrolling unitswould be kept standby toreach the examination centreswithin a short span of time incase of any emergency.

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Nearly 80,000 peopledepend directly or indi-

rectly on fishing industry inParadip and their business hassuffered due to manifold diffi-culties. Especially, the fishingban due to the turtle safetylobby has hit them hard.

Recently, the All OdishaFish Producers’ Federation(AOFPF) and the OdishaMarine Fish ProducersAssociation (OMFPA) (trawlerassociation), Paradip haveappealed both to the Union andState Governments to end theirplight. They also threatened tolaunch a stir, unless their con-cerns were addressed.

Briefing mediapersons,they alleged that the fishing banin coasts from November to

April each year for turtle con-servation has an adverse impacton the fishing community,especially on the trawler oper-ators.

The ban on fishing also hitsnet makers, dry fish merchants,fish traders, basket makers andice plants operating in Paradip,they told, lamenting thatthough they have urged theauthorities for relaxation inthe fishing ban, but in vain.

“Memoranda have beengiven several times to theCentral EmpowermentCommittee on TurtleConservation and the UnionMinistry of Forests,Environment and ClimateChange, but ironically we have

got no response,” told AOFPFpresident Kameshwar NarayanPraharaj and OMFPA presidentSumanta Kumar Biswal.

According to sources, toensure turtle conservation, theForests and EnvironmentDepartment has notified thecoast from north of Paradip upto 80 km into the coast as marinesanctuary area and no fishingzone under the Wildlife Act.

On the other hand, theState Fisheries Department tooprohibits fishing in and around20 km radius from the Deviriver mouth to Paradip coastfrom November to April eachyear. In view of the ban, thefishing industry remains inac-tive and trawlers stand idle for

five months in a year.The trawler association

claimed that it was needless todeclare 20 km from the shoreas a sanctuary zone. The areashould be confined to 10 kmand trawlers should be allowedfor fishing, suggested associa-tion president Biswal .

Besides, the two associa-tions raised issues like dredg-ing of harbour, harassmentand detention of fishers by sur-veillance officials, impropermaritime water zone identifi-cation, lack of sops like easyloan facility, subsidies in inputsand compensation duringinclement weather when fish-ing is affected.

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The District EducationOfficer (DEO), Angul,

served show cause notice toa HSC examination centresuperintendent here andwithdrew him from the duty.

On an allegation thatCCTV cameras were defunctand students resorted tomalpractices in the HSCexamination centre of thePhapand High School underPallhara block, DEO AngulKalpana Kumari Beheraimmediately took action

against centre superinten-dent Kai lash Pradhan.

The Sub-C ol le c tor,Pallahara is the chief observ-er on behalf of Collector,Angul in all the HSC exam-ination centers of Pallaharablock. Sub- Collector AjitPradhan admitted that therewere allegations of cheatingin the exam hall on the sec-ond day as observer ABDOS Naib edya L a latendudeployed at the centre wasabsent due to Governmentwork.

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The Odisha Parents’Federation has urged the

State Government to directthe private English mediumschools, both CBSE and ICSE,to use NCERT books only.

The federation met ChiefSecretary Asit Tripathy in viewof some schools already askingthe parents to buy books of pri-vate publications for the newsession.

According to a circular ofthe NCERT, every Englishmedium school has to manda-torily use NCERT books.Besides, there is a directionfrom the Ministry of HumanResources and the NCPCR tothe State Governments in this

regard.“But the private schools are

not following the order and dueto their deal with the privatepublishers. There is even doc-umentary proof that an asso-ciation of ICSE schools in theState has a deal with OrientBlack Mam Publication for acommission of 45 per cent,”alleged the federation.

“Meanwhile, ChiefSecretary Tripathy has assuredus to direct all districtCollectors to for strictly fol-lowing the order in the inter-est of lakhs of students and par-ents in the State. However, if theorder is not followed by theschools with 7 days, we wouldhold a fast unto death agitationbefore the residence of theSchool and Mass EducationSecretary from March 2,”warned the federation at aPress meet here. General sec-retary Askok Paikray,Bhumohan Patnaik, SatyabrataParija, Sankar Samant Ray andSwapnendu Samanta Rayamong others were present.

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The Vigilance police onTuesday caught Brahmagiri

Revenue Inspector BichitraMohan Mishra and BrahmagiriRI Office Peon Kabita Beherared-handed for demanding andaccepting an illegal gratificationof Rs 600.

The duo had demandedthe bribe from one AswiniNayak of villageSanabandhakera, under theBrahmagiri PS in Puri districtfor submission of favourablereport in a Mutation Case filedby the complainant.

Accordingly, a trap was laid

by the Vigilance and the duo ofMishra and Behera were caughtwhile accepting the bribemoney. Later, they were arrest-ed and forwarded to court.

In another instance, BarbilRevenue Circle Assistant RIRameshwar Marandi wascaught red-handed byVigilance officials whiledemanding and accepting abribe of Rs 3,000.

The accused Marandi haddemanded the bribe from oneJakriash Kispatta of Barbil inKeonjhar district for demarca-tion of his land. Later, Marandiwas arrested and forwarded tocourt.

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Taking a serious note of thepolice and the Central

armed police forces(CAPF)donning Army patternuniform while deployed onlaw and order duties, the Armyhas written to the DefenceMinistry to take suitable actionto ask the concerned forces torefrain from putting on suchuniforms. This move cameafter some CAPF and Policepersonnel deployed with Delhipolice to address anti-CitizenAmendment Act (CAA)protest in the national Capitalon February 23 were seenwearing Army pattern combatfatigues.

“Wearing of combat dressby CAPFs and State Policeforces may be misinterpreted asthe Army being deployed forinternal security duties andelection. Indian Army has

again written to theDepartment of Military Affairson February 24 requestingMinistry of Defence (MoD)and Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) to issue followingguidelines for immediateimplementation," sources saidhere on Tuesday.

The guidelines requestedinclude that combat dressshould not be worn by CAPFsacross India while beingemployed to handle law andorder situations as also whilebeing deployed in urban areasaffected by terrorism, as thesurroundings do not demandsuch a requirement.

"Use of distinctly differentdisruptive dress, both in colourand pattern, by CAPFs andState Police forces should berestricted only to employmentin jungle terrain in Left WingExtremist (LWE) affectedareas," they said adding theBullet Proof Jackets (BPJ) cover

most parts of the torso hence,the BPJs should be of plainKhaki colour and not of com-bat colour.

Sources also said the saleof Army pattern clothes in theopen market needs to be reg-ulated and private vendors in

open market should establishidentity and maintain a recordof personnel to whom theArmy pattern clothes, includ-

ing accessories and accoutrements, are being sold,as proposed by the home ministry on March 31,

2016.The Army has from time to

time raised the issue with thedefence ministry on the

increasing trend of CAPFs andState Police forces wearingcombat uniforms similar tothe Army pattern.

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The CBI on Tuesday arrest-ed Rahul Grover, a private

person, on the allegations ofworking as conduit of gundealers and officials of variousdistricts of the erstwhile Jammu& Kashmir.

Grover was producedbefore the designated court inSrinagar that remanded him to10-day CBI custody, officialssaid.

The CBI had taken overthe investigation of the casefrom the State police on theallegations that during theperiod 2012 to 2016, theDeputy Commissioners of var-ious districts of Jammu andKashmir had fraudulently andillegally issued bulk armslicenses in lieu of monetaryconsideration.

Grover was also allegedly

involved in various financialtransactions with other co-accused persons including pub-lic servants.

After taking over the case,searches were also earlier con-ducted at the premises ofaccused which led to recoveryof incriminating documents.

"The Central Bureau ofInvestigation has arrested aprivate person on the allega-tions of working as conduit ofGun Dealers & officials of var-ious districts of the then Stateof J&K and also indulged invarious financial transactionswith other co-accused personsincluding public servants in anon-going investigation of acase," the CBI said in a state-ment. The arrested accusedwas produced before the com-petent court at Srinagar andwas remanded to 10 days policecustody, it added.

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The Supreme Court wastold on Tuesday that

Mumbai's civic body BMCwas violating its order byreclaiming more land thanrequired for the ambitious�14,000 crore coastal roadproject to connect MarineDrive area in south to sub-urban Borivali in north.

The top court onDecember 17 last year hadstayed the Bombay HighCourt's decision to quashthe Coastal Road Zone(CRZ) clearances grantedto the BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation's(BMC) project. It hadalso said that the BMC

was "free to reclaim theland" for building andsecuring the road with acaveat that "they shall how-ever not carry out anyother development workuntil further orders of thiscourt."

A bench, headed byChief Justice SA Bobde,was informed by senioradvocate Shyam Divan,appearing for those oppos-ing the project, that only 22hectares of costal land wasneeded to be reclaimed forbuilding the road, but 75hectares more was beingreclaimed for it.

Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta and senioradvocate Mukul Rohatgi,

appearing for theMaharashtra Governmentand its authorities, opposedthe submission and saidthat minimum requisiteland was being reclaimedfor the project.

"Can I stand in sea andbuild road," Rohatgi said,adding that for construc-tion of the coastal roadminimum facilities wereneeded.

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Condemning the violence inDelhi, the Congress on

Tuesday demanded that thePrime Minister, the HomeMinister and the ChiefMinister of Delhi come for-ward to ensure peace andmaintain brotherhood whilerising above partisan politics.The grand old party allegedthat there is a larger conspir-acy by a section of people incertain political parties tomake Delhi as the nationalCapital of riots

The Left parties too wrote

to PM and the HM blamingBJP's Kapil Mishra for theviolence in northeast Delhiand his open call to forciblyremove protesters from vari-ous sites.

"This is Gandhi, Nehru,Patel's India, can any Indianaccept this mindless violence?Congress appeals to the peo-ple of Delhi to maintain com-munal harmony and thwart allattempts of the forces dividingthe country on the basis of reli-gion," Congress' chiefspokesperson RandeepSurjewala said at AICC Pressconference.

Referring to the riots innortheast Delhi over theCitizenship (Amendment) Actthat continued for the thirdday, and demanded sternaction against the culprits, theparty stated unabated vio-lence and incidents of stone-pelting and murder in thenational capital have shatteredthe nation.

"Our appeal to the primeminister, the home ministerand the Delhi chief minister is,can you rise to the occasion,leave aside your political par-tisanship and views, andbecome really not leaders of

your parties but leaders of thesociety so that harmony, peaceand non-violence prevail," hesaid.

The Congress party willstand with the Centre and theDelhi government in everyway to maintain brotherhoodand harmony in the society, hesaid.

"Do not fail this countrybecause you belong to differ-ent political parties," Surjewalasaid, adding this was a sincereappeal "on behalf of people ofDelhi and the country" toPrime Minister NarendraModi, Home Minister Amit

Shah and Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal.

"There is no place for vio-lence in Gandhi ji's India...Today there is a need to estab-lish peace on the ground andmaintain brotherhood," hesaid.

CPI(M) leader BrindaKarat in a letter to Modi andShah demanded immediatearrest of those who incited vio-lence on the streets of nation-al Capital. She said the need ofthe hour was an impartial andjust intervention to ensurepeace in the national capital.

"Your intervention for

peace will allay apprehensionsamong the public that theincidents of the last two daysare 'Badla' (revenge) againstthe people of Delhi for theelection results.

In this context, actionagainst Kapil Mishra will bringconfidence to the people thatyou are indeed taking impar-tial steps for peace and againsttroublemakers.

All those involved inspreading hatred and violence, regardless of theirpolitical connections andcolour, should be arrested,"Karat said.

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The Election Commission on Tuesday announcedthat biennial elections of 55 members of Rajya

Sabha from 17 States retiring in April 2020 includ-ing seven from Maharashtra, six from Tamil Nadu,five from Bihar, four from Andhra Pradesh and twoeach from Telangana, Haryana and Chhattisgarh willbe held on March 26. Of these, BJP currently has 18MPs, while the Congress has 11. The rest of the seatsbelong to other parties. In all, BJP has 82 MPs in theRajya Sabha, while the Congress has 46 MPs.

According to the EC, the counting will take placethe same day. The Commission will issue the noti-fication on March 6 with March 18 being set as thelast date for withdrawal of nominations. The 17 statesinclude Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, WestBengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Assam, Bihar,Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur Rajasthan andMeghalaya.

Prominent leaders among those retiring areNCP leader Sharad Pawar, Union minister RamdasAthawale (RPI-Athawale), Congress veteranMotilal Vora and former union minister Vijay Goel(BJP).

Of the seven MPs retiring from Maharashtra, two

are of BJP and NCP, the Congress and Shiv Sena haveone each and one is an independent. In the changedscenario, the alliance parties in the state governmentare likely to get the maximum seats together. In WestBengal, there are five vacacies and all are likely to gowith the ruling TMC.

In Gujarat, the terms of the four seats expire onApril 9. While the ruling BJP currently holds threeof the four seats, one of them is held by Congress. Thethree BJP MPs whose term will end include ChunibhaiGohel from Junagadh, Shambhuprasad Tundiyafrom Ahmedabad and Lalsinh Vadodia from Anand.Madhusudan Mistry is the Congress MP who willretire on April 9.

Among those who are retiring are K Selvaraj,Tiruchi Siva, S Muthukaruppan, Rangarajan and VijilaSathyananth from Tamil Nadu, Mohd Ali Khan, ThotaSeetharam Laxmi and K Keshava Rao from AndhraPradesh and KVP Ramachandra Rao and GarikapatiMohan Rao from Telangana.

In Andhra Pradesh, the ruling YSR Congress islikely to win all the four seats, taking its number tosix from two earlier

In Bihar, JD-U has three of the five retiring mem-bers - Deputy Chairman Harivansh, KahkashanParveen and Ram Nath Thakur. The other two, RKSinha and CP Thakur, are from the BJP.

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In a strange co-incidence,five Supreme Court judges

have been diagnosed withswine flu (H1N1 infection).However, following treatment,now three of them have fullyrecovered while two otherscontinue to be under home iso-lation and are recuperating.

In a statement here, theUnion Health Ministry said onTuesday that several preventivemeasures have been initiated atthe apex court premises tocheck the situation after thejudges were diagnosed havingcontracted the H1N1 infection.Chief Justice of India S ABobde too held a meeting withthe judges of the apex court andsuggested that lawyers andcourt staffs be vaccinated tocurb the infection.

As a part of the preventive

measures, theHealth Ministrys t r e n g t h e n e dFirst Aid Post ofCGHS at theSupreme Courtpremises and thecourt rooms andresidences arebeing sani-tized."All thejudges were pro-vided treatment as per theprotocol. Prophylactic treat-ment was also given to all whohave come in contact withthem including their familymembers.

"All five judges were kept inhome isolation. Of these, threejudges have already resumedtheir duty and two continue tobe under home isolation/obser-vation and are recovering," thestatement said.

Awareness on preventive

measures was disseminated toall concerned. A H1N1 sensi-tisation workshop for lawyersand other staff members willalso be conducted by theMinistry of Health at BarCouncil of India's office onWednesday.

Although, H1N1 is a sea-sonal infection which usuallyoccurs every year with twopeaks (one in January to Marchand other between July andSeptember).

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To ensure that people living inthe hilly regions of Ladakh do

not have to shiver in the bone-chill-ing cold as temperature falls as lowas -20 degree C, plans are afoot toinstall eco-friendly solar-poweredPCM (Phase Change Material)integrated space heating system bythe next winters in tourists shelters,homes and schools.

A decision was taken in thisregard recently here at a meetingbetween the representatives fromUT Ladakh and Department ofScience and Technology (DST)under the Union Ministry ofScience and Technology whichhas helped designed the system.

"The developed system hasthe potential to meet the needs ofspace heating in residential schools,tourist shelters and for a large num-ber of houses in Ladakh.

The Ladakh government isalso keen to utilise innovations inclean energy needs for the peopleof Ladakh," said Umang Narula,advisor to Lt. Governor of Ladakhin Delhi, at a meeting where thedecision for installation wastaken.

Prof Ashutosh Sharma,Secretary, DST said that meetingwater requirement along withspace heating solutions is animportant niche area which

requires to be pursuedfurther. These innovationrevolve around the needsof the people, he added.

The system, whichworks 24×7 to maintainthe room temperature inthe range of 15-20°Cthroughout the day andnight, developed by PlussAdvanced Technologies,Gurugram, and the pro-totypes tested at the IndianInstitute of Technology, Mandi,Himachal Pradesh can be a sus-tainable clean energy source for hillareas providing for both heatingand lighting needs.

This system directly utilisessolar heat and has the potential tobe more efficient than convertingsolar light to electricity and then toheat following the photovoltaicgeneration route.

The developed system which is5m×4m in size consists of anevacuated tube collector (ETC)which acts as the solar collector inwhich radiation is collected, aduct fan which pulls the hot airfrom the solar air collector andpushes it to the heat exchanger withPhase Change Material, and thePCM heat exchanger which is thecrucial part of the whole system,explained an official from theDST.

The ETC solar collector heats

the fluid in the copper pipe inte-grated with the evacuated tubes. Asthe liquid vaporises and reaches thetip of the copper pipe, it heats theair in contact with it.

During the daytime, the excessheat from the collector is pulled bythe duct fan. This enables the PCMto melt and the residual heat of thecollector controls the temperaturein the room. Appropriate choice ofPCM allows for temperature con-trol in the room during sunshinehours.

During off-sunshine hours,the air passage is diverted to allowthe air circulation within the room.

"This compensates heat lossesfrom the room to the ambient.Discharging cycle occurs duringthis part of the day. Heat collect-ed in the PCM controls the tem-perature inside the room by pre-venting temperature drop below 15degrees C until around 7am", saidthe official.

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The Court of ChiefCommissioner for Persons

with Disabilities (CCPD) hasissued notice to the Delhi-based central medical institu-tions, Safdarjung Hospital andVMM College, for allegedlydenying teaching job to a dis-abled doctor despite her clear-ing an exam and interview forthe post.

A wheelchair user with a70 per cent disability due tomultiple sclerosis Dr NonitaGangwani, an MD in physiol-ogy, teaches the subject at amedical college in Ghaziabad.She had applied for the post ofSenior Resident under theGeneral Category on a regularbasis in the physiology depart-ment of VMM College andSafdarjung Hospital.

However, even after clear-ing the written exam and inter-

view and selected in 2019, shehas now been declared unfit bythe hospital medical boardbased on her disability. Takingup her case, Doctors withDisabilities group had writtento Unions MinistersThawarchand Gehlot andHarsh Vardhan as well as theCCPD.

Now, the CCPD under theUnion Social and WelfareMinistry in a notice datedFebruary 24, to the MS of theSafdarjung Hospital andVMMC directed them to sub-mit their comments to thecourt within fifteen days alongwith the reservation roasterfrom the year 1996 till date.

It reminded the medical

institutions about the "Section75 of the Rights of the Personswith Disabilities Act (RPDA),2016 that mandates the CCPDon its own motion or on appli-cation of any aggrieved personor otherwise to look into thecomplaints inter-alia, withrespect to matters relating todeprivation of PwDs."

Dr Satendra Singh fromDoctors with Disabilities saidthat Dr Nonita had applied forthe post of Senior Residentunder the General Category ona regular basis in the physiol-ogy department of New Delhi'sVMM College and SafdarjungHospital.

"She cleared the writtenexam and interview and wasselected in 2019. Yet threemonths and two medicalassessments later she has beenfound unfit by the hospitalmedical board based on herdisability."

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As the lifestyle diseases continueto pose health burden across the

world, experts from India as well asfrom abroad have acknowledgedthe efficacy of the herbal drugs intreating the non-communicable dis-eases particularly diabetes which isincreasing at a rapid pace.

Participating at the recentlyheld seventh International Congressof the Society forEthnopharmacology here, Sitesh CBachar, Professor and Chairman,Pharmacy Department in theUniversity of Dhaka, Bangladesh,stated that many modern medicineshave been demonstrated to bestrong radical scavengers but theyare also carcinogenic and causeliver damage.

Bachar was among many expertsfrom around 40 countries such asCanada and USA and representativesfrom the industry who were here todeliberate on the strengths of the tra-ditional medicine system and thechallenges it faces. In his study,Bachar highlighted the evaluation ofnatural compounds found in plantsas effective drugs against hepaticcomplications.

Dr Ikshit Sharma from AIMILPharma spoke in details about thepotential of herbal drug BGR-34 in

managing diabetes by not only pro-viding consistent blood sugar low-ering effects but also acting as meta-bolic regulator. He pointed out thatthe herbal drug is the formulation offive medicinal plants and developedby the two labs of the CSIR.

Dr Peter O Ajagbouna, an expertfrom Nigeria, spoke about the phar-macological effects of a plant -Mausanga Cecropiodes - againstcardiovascular diseases which hehas experimented on animal modelsof hypertension myocardial infrac-tion and diabetes.

"Cardiovascular diseases are theleading cause of mortality in theworld today.

Although modern drugs areeffective, they have their adverse

effects. In our country, thereforemany researchers have focussedscreening natural sources that havebeen intended with minimal sideeffects while being used in the treat-ment of these diseases," he said at theevent organised by the JamiaHamdard University.

Dr Sulukkana Noiprasert fromFaculty of Medicine Chiang MaiUniversity, Thailand in her studyhighlighted role of traditionalChinese medicine herbs as gutmicrobiota modulation for Type 2diabetes which is characterized byinsulin resistance and low gradeinflammation. She warned that theprevalence is projected to increase to9.9 per cent of the population by2030.

Similarly, Director of TrigonellaLabs in Australia Dr Dilip Ghoshdwelled on medicinal properties offenugreek seeds which has the gen-erally recognised as safe (GRAS) sta-tus in the USA and is as an effectiveand safe neutraceutical ingredient forblood sugar management while DrPradeep Visen who is from Toronto,Canada, shared results of clinical val-idation of medicinal herbs in themanagement of Type-2 diabetesand cardiovascular disease risk fac-tors.

According to the World HealthOrganisation (WHO), heart dis-eases, cancer, diabetes, and chronicrespiratory diseases, once linkedonly to affluent societies, are nowglobal, and the poor suffer the most.

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The Department ofBiotechnology (DBT)

under the Ministry of Science& Technology will be cele-brating its 34th FoundationDay on February 26 herewherein various prestigiousawards to encourage andrecognise the contribution ofscientists working in variousresearch institutes and univer-sities among others will begiven away by Minister forS&T Dr Harsh Vardhan.

Some of the DBT BRITEAwards are Har GobindKhorana-Innovative YoungBiotechnologist Award, S.R amachandran-Nat ionalBioscience Award for CareerDevelopment, Janaki AmmalNatioanl Women BioscientistAward, Tata Innovative

Fellowship Award andBiotechnology SocialDevelopment Award, said anofficial from the DBT.

The DBT Foundation daylecture will be delivered byeminent scientist Dr DBalasubramaian, EmeritusDirector, LV Prasad EyeInstitute, Hyderabad.

"The biotechnology sectorin India has evolved over thelast three decades and hasmade significant contributionin various sectors especiallyhealth, agriculture etc. Due toenormous support receivedboth from government & pri-vate sector biotechnology sec-tor has seen a rapid growthamounting to an annualgrowth rate of nearly 20%.India is rated among top 12biotechnology destinations inthe world," the official added.

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Patna: Ruckus prevailed in theBihar Assembly on Tuesday asBJP members strongly objectedto the Opposition describing theamended citizenship act as “kalakanoon”, leading to briefadjournment of House proceedings.

Trouble erupted during the

debate on the adjournmentmotion on CAA-NPR-NRC,which was moved by Leader ofthe Opposition Tejashwi Yadavand others and approved bySpeaker Vijay KumarChaudhary after initial objec-tion raised by ParliamentaryAffairs minister Shravan Kumar.

Opposition members wereon their feet no sooner than theHouse assembled for the day,demanding a debate on themotion and Kumar said itshould be taken up at an appro-priate time and not during theQuestion Hour.

However, Yadav pointedout that at aspecial sessionconvened lastmonth, ChiefM i n i s t e rNitish Kumarhad given anassurance thatthe issue willbe debatedduring “thenext session”.Chaudhar ysaid that sincethe budgetwas to be pre-sented around2 pm andboth the trea-sury and theopp o s i t i onwere in agree-

ment that a debate could beheld, he was approving theadjournment motion.

However, chants of ‘kalakanoon’ (black law) were madefrom the opposition side whenKumar began replying to theadjournment motion.

This was strongly objectedto by BJP ministers like NandKishore Yadav and Vijay KumarSinha, who countered the oppo-sition with the question “doesParliament pass a black law?”

Heated exchanges ensuedand members from both sidestrooped into the well forcingadjournment of House pro-ceedings for 15 minutes.

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Patna: Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar on Tuesday reit-erated his Opposition to “addi-tional clauses” inserted in theNational Population Register(NPR) forms and said that theState Government has writtento the Centre urging that thesebe dropped.

Replying to a debate on anadjournment motion moved byLeader of Opposition TejashwiYadav and others, Kumar toldthe Assembly that there shouldbe “no confusion” regardinghow the NPR exercise would becarried out in the state and thatnobody would be asked to fur-nish information like places ofbirth of parents.

Reading out the text of theletter to the Centre, Kumar saidit has also been proposed by theBihar government that “trans-genders” be included in thegender column.

A strong opponent of theNational Register for Citizensdespite alliance with the BJP,Kumar, however, disapprovedof “hauva” (bogey) of the NRCbeing raised by the oppositiondespite PM Modi’s categoricalstatement that a countrywideimplementation was not on theanvil.

He also sought to makelight of the virulent oppositionby leaders of the RJD and theCongress to the CAA, readingout from the parliamentaryproceedings of 2003 to under-score that leaders such as for-mer prime ministerManmohan Singh, formerpresident Pranab Mukherjeeand RJD supremo Lalu Prasadhad been in favour of fast-tracking of grant of citizenshipto refugees from the neigh-bouring countries. PTI

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Jammu: Two civilians wereinjured when Pakistan Armyshelled forward posts and civil-ians areas along the Line ofControl in Jammu andKashmir’s Poonch district onTuesday, officials said.

The shelling and firing hastriggered panic in border areasin the district, they said.

Pakistani troops lobbedmortars and fired from smallarms targeting Kirni, Qasbaand Shahpura areas along theLoC, the officials said, addingtwo civilians suffered injuriesdue to splinters.

On Friday last, at leastseven residential buildings weredamaged in heavy Pakistanishelling along the LoC inShahpur, Dokri and Qasbaareas in Poonch.

The Indian Army gave abefitting response to silence thePakistani guns, the officialssaid. PTI

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Expressing concern over theincidents of arson and vio-

lence in Delhi, West BengalChief Minister MamataBanerjee on Tuesday appealedto people to maintain calm andpeace. Banerjee also said thatshe was keeping a watch on thesituation in the national capital.

When asked to commenton why the violence could notbe nipped in the bud the ChiefMinister apparently avoidedcontroversy saying she like-most other peace-loving citi-zens of the country wantedpeace andharmony to prevail.

“We the people of Indiawant peace and deserve it,”Chief Minister said saying, “weare really concerned about whatis going on. We arewatching thesituation as it evolves … Weappeal to the people of all sec-tions to work for peace and

maintain peace and communalharmony asviolence lead tonowhere and all peace-lovingcitizens of the country wantspeace and harmony,” Banerjeewhose party TrinamoolCongress has been at logger-heads with the BJP-ruledCentre on more issues than onesaid.

Meanwhile amid threatsfrom the saffron outfit of tak-ing the Trinamool Governmentto court, the Kolkata Police hasgranted permission for UnionHome Minister and senior BJPleader Amit Shah’s meeting inKolkata.

The meeting is scheduledto take place at Sahid Minar onMarch one and is expected towitness more than a lakh-strong crowd.

This is the second suchmeeting after the BJP roaredback to power in last year’sParliamentary elections.

Chennai: ChiefMinister KPalaniswami onTuesday urged PrimeMinister NarendraModi to take steps toconfirm all the 6,028Hajj applications rec-ommended by TamilNadu for this year’spilgrimage. The TamilNadu State HajjCommittee hasreceived 6,028 appli-cations for Hajj 2020,including seveninfants, against thestate’s quota of 3,736allotted by the Hajj Committeeof India, the Chief Minister said.

As regards the remainingpilgrims, they “are hopeful thatall their Hajj applications willget confirmed for Hajj 2020,” hesaid in a letter to the PrimeMinister.

“A good number of vacan-cies are expected to be availablesince many States have not

utilised their full quota due tomany reasons including can-cellations,” he pointed out.

“I request you sir, toinstruct the Ministry ofMinority Affairs to confirm allthe 6,028 Hajj applications rec-ommended by the Tamil NaduState Hajj Committee for Hajj2020,” the Chief Minister said.

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Mumbai: The famed 220-year-old Siddhivinayak Temple willcontribute �5 crore towards theMaharashtra government’srecently-launched �10 ‘ShivBhojan Thali’, a top temple offi-cial said here on Tuesday.

“A unanimous decision tothis effect has been taken by thetemple management today todonate the amount to the CM tobe utilised for the ‘Shiv Bhojan’scheme for the poor,” ShreeSiddhivinayak Ganapati TempleTrust (SSGTT) Chairman andfilm actor Aadesh Bandekarsaid here.

He added that the templeauthorities were impressed bythe welfare scheme intended togive a wholesome meal costing�10 per person to people all overthe state and hence decided tocontribute its mite to the initia-tive. “The proposal will now goto the state Law & Judiciarydepartment for approval andthen to the Government. Wehope to make a contribution tothe Government at an earlydate,” Bandekar said.

The pet scheme of ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray,‘Shiva Bhojan’ thali was launchedon January 26, and has become extremely popular among the

poor masses with daily sales ofmore than 15,000 plates ataround 140 distribution centresin the state in the pilot project.

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Kendrapara: The population ofendangered dolphins has comedown by more than half inOdisha’s Bhitarkanika NationalPark and nearby Gahirmathaseawaters, Forest officials said.

Only 62 dolphins werespotted during the latest head-count of these aquatic speciesthis year, down from 126 foundduring last year, they said.

The dolphin census reportwas released on Monday.

The forest officials spottedonly 62 dolphins during thecensus conducted this year onJanuary 19, while last year itwas 126, Deputy Conservatorof Forest (WildlifeManagement) Pradipta KumarSahoo said.

In the 2018 census, 307dolphins were spotted. Itdropped to 126 in 2019 and thisyear only 62 were spotted, he

said.The drop in the population

of dolphins, accorded endan-gered status in the InternationalUnion for the Conservation ofNatures (IUCN) Red List, hasapparently assumed alarmingproportion, officials said.

Conservationists are wor-ried about the decline in dol-phin population inBhitarkanika National Parkand its nearby areas.

Bhitarkanika National Parkis spread over 145 square km inKendrapara district. PTI

Thiruvananthapuram: Thelimit on Daily collection oftoddy from coconut trees forsale in shops and licence fee ofbars and breweries in Keralahave been increased by theState Government on Tuesday.

The State Cabinet approvedthe new liquor policy for theyear 2020-21 and recommend-ed an increase in the collectionof toddy per tree from 1.5 litresto two litres.

“The decision to increasethe daily collection of toddy hasbeen taken by the cabinet as perthe recommendation of theLalithambika Committee,” anofficial press release said here.

The LalithambikaCommittee was set up by theState Government to study mat-ters related to the toddy indus-try. As part of its efforts to dis-courage liquor consumption inthe State, the Left Governmentdecided to increase the annuallicence fees of bars and brew-eries from �28 lakh to �30 lakh.

“There will be a change inthe licence fee of bars. As per thenew liquor policy, the licence feeof foreign liquor-3 bars will behiked to �30 lakh from �28lakh,” the release said.

“Licence fee of FL-4 A(club) will be increased to �20lakh from �15 lakh. The fee ofFL-7 (airport lounge) will behiked to �two lakh from �onelakh,” it said. PTI

Agra: A ceremonial silver “keyof Agra” was planned to be pre-sented to US President DonaldTrump during his visit to thehistoric city on Monday but itcould not be gifted to him dueto security constraints, MayorNaveen Jain said.

The 12-inch key, made ofsilver, weighs 600 g and has cop-per engravings of Taj Mahal andthe name of the city, he said.

“As a mayor of the city, onbehalf of the people of Agra, Iwanted to present PresidentTrump the ‘key of Agra’ on hisarrival here. But due to securi-ty constraints I could not enterthe Kheria airbase where he wasreceived by the state’s CM andgovernor. We really wanted togift him this ceremonial key but

could not,” Jain told PTI.Nonetheless, it is a matter of

great pride that the world’smost powerful leader visitedAgra and saw the iconic TajMahal, the pride of India, hesaid.

And indeed, Trump maynot have been able to receive the‘key of Agra’ but he and his fam-ily unlocked the beauty of Agraby visiting the celebrated mon-ument of love, the famed 17thcentury mausoleum built byMughal Emperor Shah Jahan.

The US President and FirstLady Melania Trump were givena special tour of the heritagecomplex, as the couple enteredbeautifully carved doors andgateways during their visit, withthe guide virtually transporting

them to the Mughal-era withthe fascinating stories behindthe Taj.

The mayor said it is a tra-ditional gesture to welcome ahigh-profile guest or a head ofstate with a ceremonial key.

“We hand over a ‘key ofAgra’ to the guest symbolicallyto open the ‘door of Agra’ andenter the city. Many guests havebeen shown that gesture in thepast,” Jain said.

In 2000, the then presidentBill Clinton also was to be pre-sented with a ceremonial key ofAgra.

Baby Rani Maurya, currentGovernor of Uttarakhand wasthe mayor of Agra at that time,he said.

“The key is 12-inch long

and weighs 600 grams. It has theimpression of Taj Mahal on itand ‘Welcome to Agra’ engravedon it. We got it designed inDelhi,” Jain said.

The city administration hadmade massive arrangement forTrump’s short visit in Agra onMonday evening, giving Agra amakeover in a very short spanof time.

The city administrationsought to present the “best faceof Agra” to Trump.

Streets were spruced up,walls beautified with thematicpaintings and the lawns of theiconic Taj Mahal bedecked withshimmering flowers for wel-coming the US President.Trump was accompanied by hiswife, daughter Ivanka and son-

in-law Jared Kushner, alongwith his delegation.

At many places, artworksgreeting Trump were made byartists and water was beingsprayed regularly to ensurethere was no dust.

Victorian-style lamppostswere installed in many areas toimprove the aesthetic look of thecity, especially along the nearly13-km route that was taken bythe US President’s convoy.

Trump arrived in Agra onMonday evening around 4:30pm after jointly attending withPrime Minister NarendraModi, the mega ‘NamasteTrump’ event at the newly-builtMotera cricket stadium inAhmedabad.

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Hyderabad: An attempt by theCPI to hold a Demonstrationhere protesting PresidentDonald Trump’s visit to Indiawas foiled by the police onTuesday.

Senior CPI leaders KNarayana and Telangana unitsecretary Chada Venkat Reddywere among 55 people takeninto preventive custody fromdifferent places in the city whenthey attempted to proceed to theUS Consulate for the protest.

Some of those detainedraised slogans “Go back Trump”while being taken in policevans.

“A total of 55 of them weretaken into preventive custodyfrom different places in thecity and police foiled theirattempts to hold protests,”Deputy Commissioner of Police(North Zone) KalmeshwarShingenavar told PTI.

Cases were registered underrelevant sections of IPC andCrPC for blocking roads andobstructing police from per-forming their duties, he saidadding no permission had beenobtained for the protest.

CPI general secretary DRaja had asked all party units as

well as civil society groups andother political parties to uniteand protest “vehemently”against Trump’s visit. Securitywas beefed up for the USConsulate, which provides visaand consular services to peoplein Telangana, Andhra Pradeshand Odisha. PTI

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various parts of the State inprotest against the Shiv Sena-led MVA Government’s “effi-cient”administration and tocondemn the increasing atroc-ities against women.

On the second day of theongoing Budget Session of theMaharashtra Legislature, StateBJP president Chandrkant Patiland the leader of theOpposition in the AssemblyDevendra Fadnavis led theprotests held at the AzadMaidan in South Mumbaiagainst the Uddhav ThackerayGovernment for its “failures”on various fronts and increas-ing atrocities against women.

In a statement released byit in the evening, the State BJPclaimed that it held protests in355 places across the State.

“The MVA governmenthas done away all welfare pro-grammes introduced by theprevious BJP-led government.The government which wasformed by disrespecting themandate of the people, hastaken the farmers for a ride.The MVA Government has

not given assistance even onerupee more than what wasannounced by the previousDevendra Fadnavis for farmersaffected by the unseasonalrains,” a party statement said.

“Ever since the MVAGovernment assumed theoffice, there is an increase in theatrocities on women. To reg-ister our protest against theGovernment, we staged today’sprotest as had been decided atthe state party convention heldat Navi Mumbai recently,” thestatement added.

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Slamming the BJP for theongoing violence in Delhi,

Maharashtra’s NCP presidentJayant Patil on Tuesday saidthat the people in the countryexpected “development model”from the BJP and not “Gujaratriot model” and hoped that thepeople in the Governmentwould take steps to ensure

against a repeat of 2002 in thenational capital.

In a strong statementissued against the ruling BJP atthe Centre for ongoing riotsover CAA, Patil — who is alsothe State Water ResourcesMinister — said: “At a timewhen the President of theUnited States Donald Trump ison a visit to India, violence haserupted in the national capital.

After the violence, there istension all over Delhi”.

“In yesterday’s violence,eight persons, including a headconstable of the Delhi police,have so far been killed, whilemany were injured. Section144 of IPC ( unlawfulAssembly) has been clamped.Whatever happening in thenational capital is dangerous,”the State NCP president said.

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Thane: An offence has beenregistered against a doctor forallegedly raping a 23-year-oldwoman at Bhiwandi town inMaharashtra’s Thane district,police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place onFebruary 15 when RamkunwarSingh, a Kalyan-based doctor,took the victim to show a flatin Bhiwandi and allegedlyraped her there, assistant policeinspector Deepak Bhoi said.

The victim, who is anemployee of a private firmlodged a complaint with theBhiwandi taluka police sta-tion, where a case under sec-tion 376 (rape) was registeredon Monday, he said.

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Pune: A “godman” was arrest-ed for allegedly raping awoman and molesting her foursisters, including two minors,on the pretext of conducting aritual to help them conceiveand find a “hidden treasure” intheir house in Pimpri-Chindwad, police said onTuesday.

According to the com-plaint lodged on Monday, thealleged abuse took placebetween January and February2019, a senior official said.

The accused SomnathChavan (32) told the 22-year-old complainant that someonehad performed black magic onher family to prevent the sistersfrom conceiving, she said.

“Chavan also told themthat one of the sisters was indanger and he could save herby conducting a ritual andwould also help them find ahidden treasure in their house,”she said.

The accused also allegedlydemanded Rs 3 lakh to conductthe “special ritual”, the officialsaid.

As per preliminary infor-mation, the accused allegedlyraped the complainant andmolested her sisters from timeto time, she said.

The accused even threat-ened to kill the victims’ parentsif they complained about theabuse, the official said, addingthat Chavan even had a fakewedding with one of the vic-tims.

The accused has beenarrested under relevant sec-tions of the Indian PenalCode, Protection of Childrenfrom Sexual Offences Act(POCSO) and MaharashtraPrevention and Eradication ofHuman Sacrifice and otherInhuman, Evil and AghoriPractices and Black Magic Actof 2013. PTI

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On the first anniversary ofBalakot, which is today,challenges of managingcross-border air strikes areworth recalling. Prevention

of high-stake military action — initiationor retaliation — from escalation is thechallenge. Recent air, drone and missilestrikes in the subcontinent and West Asiademonstrate diminishing appetite for warand conflict. Whenever a conflictual inci-dent has occurred, the immediate aim hasbeen to de-escalate. Uri, Doklam, Balakotand the targetted assassination of IranianGeneral Qassem Soleimani demonstrat-ed marked preference for containmentand defusion rather than confrontationor escalation. A classic case of theabsence of escalation control occurredduring the 1965 Indo-Pakistan warwhere both sides played tit-for-tat.

Pakistan launched OperationGibraltar, attacking by infiltrating Jammu& Kashmir. India retaliated at Hajipir andKishanganga bulge in Pakistan-occupiedKashmir (PoK). Pakistan responded inChhamb-Jauriyan. Pressed against thewall in Chhamb, India called in itsIndian Air Force (IAF) and crossed theInternational Border (IB) in Sialkot andLahore sectors, taking the war into thePunjab plains. Rawalpindi had believedits war would be confined to Jammu &Kashmir.

Now compare India’s surgical strikesin Uri and Balakot with the US dronestrike against Soleimani. Language andvocabulary employed following theseincidents make it clear that both the ini-tiator and the responder aimed at de-esca-lation. Both the US and India have triedto alter the behaviour of Iran andPakistan respectively, making both endtheir use of terrorism as instruments ofState policy. In retaliation to the acts ofterrorism, neither has wanted escalationafter they initiated pre-emptive strikes oracted in anticipatory self-defence — a ter-minology used by India and the US.Although India’s air strike in Balakot wasin retaliation to the Pulwama suicideattack, it was presented as pre-emptiveaction to ward off imminent terroristattacks. The US drone strike on Soleimaniwas portrayed as revenge for earlierIranian attacks on American interests andits allies in the Gulf region as also to pre-vent future attacks. As India wanted noescalation, it stated upfront that airattacks targetted the terrorist bases andthat no further action was planned. Theread-out was similar to pre-emptiveattacks in 2016 against terrorist launchpads as reprisal for Uri. By completelydenying Indian attacks, Pakistan absolveditself of any response.

But in reaction to Balakot, where theIAF struck for the first time insidePakistan after the 1971 war and not in

PoK, a Pakistani retaliation wasinevitable. It came swiftly thenext day when a package of F-16scrossed the Line of Control(LoC) and dropped their payloadin Nowshera in a void, not onIndian military installations toobviate escalation. But Indianfighter jets scrambled, and in thedogfight, India claimed shootingdown of a F-16 while Pakistanshot down a MiG 21 Bison, tak-ing its pilot hostage. Contentwith retribution but intent on de-escalation, Pakistan agreed toreturn the pilot, though underUS pressure. Pakistan’sannouncement of the release ofthe pilot and India’s declarationthat there would be no responseto the Nowshera foray hastenedthe process of de-escalation .

Now compare Balakot withthe US drone strike that elimi-nated Soleimani. Washingtonexplained the operation as antic-ipatory self-defence. In order todeter wider conflict and asym-metric retaliation by Iran, the UScounselled proportionateresponse even as Tehran put abounty of $80 million on USPresident Donald Trump’s head.Iran’s Foreign Minister JavadZarif said: “The US’ act of inter-national terrorism targetting andassassinating Gen Soleimani isextremely dangerous and foolishescalation. The US bears respon-sibility for all the consequences

of its rogue adventurism.” Iran’ssupreme leader, AyatollahKhamenei, promised revenge,which came through 12 preci-sion-guided missile strikesagainst two US bases in Iraq,which were programmed tocause no harm to its soldiers andassets (like Pakistan bombing inNowshera) to minimise scope forescalation despite Trump’s high-octane warnings for reprisals.

Retribution delivered, Zarifsaid: “Action taken in self-defence under Article 51 of theUN Charter has been conclud-ed. We do not seek escalation orwar.” Like Pakistan’s retaliatorystrikes after Balakot caused noharm to India, Iranian missileswere sanitised to avoid escala-tion. Trump chose to step backand imposed only additionalsanctions on Iran. For con-sumption of domestic audience,the Pakistan Air Force claimedcausing huge damage inNowshera.

Similarly, Iran fed its peoplethe fake news that 80 US terror-ists had been killed in revengeattacks. At the same time, it wasable to demonstrate the impres-sive capability of its missiles,which were fired for the first timeoutside Iran in Iraq after theIran-Iraq war. Neither the US norIran targetted each other’s terri-tory. The US was deterred fromescalation by the threat of

stepped up asymmetric Iranianresponse against more than70,000 American troops in theregion scattered over US bases in10 allied countries.

While in India-Pakistan con-flicts the nuclear bomb was a fac-tor for deterrence, in the US-Iranfight it was not. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi had claimed dur-ing an election rally after Balakotthat he had a couple of missilesready for launch in case theIndian pilot was not released.

Although both the groundand air strikes launched acrossthe LoC/IB were in the after-math of the terrorist attacks inUri and Pulwama in Jammu &Kashmir, New Delhi did notinvoke Article 51 and the rightto self-defence to retaliate.Instead, it utilised the principleof pre-emption to thwart immi-nent attacks in both cases.Arguably between pre-emptiveaction and anticipatory self-defence, the latter is moreacceptable in international law.

While the US invoked antic-ipatory self-defence in eliminat-ing Soleimani, Iran used the rightto self-defence in attackingAmerican bases. The problemarises while responding to non-State actors like India did inresponse to Jaish-e-Mohammedattacks in Uri and Pulwama. Itspecifically targetted terroristlaunch pads/training bases in

Pakistan, the country support-ing/sponsoring terrorist groupsand on whose soil they werelocated. The UN Charter coversonly armed attacks by one Stateagainst another State underArticle 51 that covers self-defenceprovision. In the US-Iran case,America attacked a terroristentity in a third country, Iraq,and Iran, too, responded in Iraq.

Restraint and de-escalationhave ensured that the imminentthreat of war in West Asia haspassed, though tensions remain.But another Pulwama or Uri willset alarm bells ringing again. Onassuming charge, Army chiefGen MM Naravane warnedPakistan of pre-emptive strikesto deter cross-border terrorism.For military action, pre-emptiveor in anticipatory self-defence tobe salutary, it has to be execut-ed periodically against terroristsbases like what the Israelis do:Mowing the grass in Gaza. Butcomparing Gaza withPoK/Pakistan will be wrong.Surgical air and ground strikes— even after the induction ofRafale — will not be the newnormal as they were made out bythe BJP during election rallies.

(The writer, a retired MajorGeneral, was Commander IPKFSouth, Sri Lanka and foundermember of the Defence PlanningStaff, currently the IntegratedDefence Staff.)

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Sir — During his visit to India,US President Donald Trumphad to face some awkwardmoments as he mispronouncedseveral Indian words, especiallythe names of some of the Indiangreats. While addressing a crowdof more than 100,00 people at theMotera cricket stadium, he madea mention of two great cricketplayers in the world, SachinTendulkar and Virat Kohli, butstruggled to pronounce theirnames right. He called Sachin as“Soo-chin” and Virat Kohli as“Virot Kolee.” Agreed, there aremany names and indeed wordsthat are difficult to pronouncebut not these two surely.

Moreover, if a name is diffi-cult to pronounce, then a pre-apology, “I’m not sure if I amgoing to pronounce this correct-ly” is always a good option.Since it was obvious that Trumpwas reading the names syllable bysyllable, he should have apolo-gised later. If an Indian politicianhad introduced him as President“Tramp” instead, it would havebeen a diplomatic incident.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Fatty Indians” (February25). The wide variety of region-

al and traditional cuisines avail-able in India has no parallel inthe world. But with it comes abig disclaimer: As Indians con-sume high amounts of junk andoily food, they tend to sacrifice

their health in the process. If aculture of food indulgence hasgained prominence in metrocities, it is due to the sedentarylifestyle people lead here. Yes,there has been a growing aware-

ness about health issues but westill have a long way to go.Overall, Indians need a changeof behaviour and lifestyle. Andthis should start right from theschools. Parents must givehealthy food to their children.Consumption of unhealthy fooditems results in obesity, diabetesand heart problems. In can-teens, sale of junk food must bebanned. The menu must includeidli, dhokla and lassi, which arehealthier and cheaper options.

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Sir — With protests betweengroups supporting and opposingthe Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) becoming violent, theGovernment seems to be at a lossto find any solution. This willonly widen the divide further.Statements by leaders of variousparties have added fuel to the fire.Leaders must show restraint andsit together to remove misgivings.

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Despite intensive lobbying by Islamabad andcosmetic measures to convince the FinancialAction Task Force (FATF) to take it off the

grey list in which it was placed in June 2018, the inter-national watchdog has once again placed Pakistanin the said list with a stern warning to be preparedto be placed in the blacklist if it does not completethe full action plan by June.

This was not the first time that Pakistan wasbeing named and clubbed with countries likeEthiopia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad andTobago, Tunisia and Yemen. It had been similarlyshamed in the past in 2008 and then again from 2012to 2015. In June 2018, Pakistan was given an actionplan, to be completed by October 2019, or face therisk of being blacklisted, the ultimate death knell forits shattered economy. The FATF’s reasoning isPakistan’s “structural deficiencies” in anti-moneylaundering (AML) activities and combating financ-ing of terrorism (CFT). However, Pakistan failed toimplement the action plan to be able to negotiatean exit from the grey list. At the same time it suc-cessfully averted being Blacklisted with the supportof China, Malaysia and Turkey and was given addi-tional time to comply.

To understand the charter of FATF and whyPakistan is on its target list, it is necessary to under-stand the terms money laundering and terror financ-ing. In simple terms, laundering pertains to disguis-ing cash earned from a crime as funds earnedthrough legitimate sources. The crime could be cor-ruption, drug trafficking, fake currency, fraud or taxevasion. Terrorist financing involves collection offunds to support acts of terror or terrorist organi-sations. The key difference between the two is that,in money laundering, the source of funds has to bea crime. In the financing of terrorism, money maycome from perfectly legitimate sources, such as dona-tions from citizens, but the purpose has to be acrime. Pakistan has been charged with both and isaccused of supporting terror groups like theHaqqani Network, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Toiba. Hizbul Mujahideen and the Taliban.

However, Islamabad denies this and plays thevictim card. It quotes the Global Terrorism Index,2017 by the Institute of Economics and Peace thatranks Pakistan as the fifth country most affected byterrorism, after Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Syria.Pakistan’s leadership feels that its placement in thegrey list is far more political than financial. Nothingcan be farther from the truth since Islamabad’s roleas a fountainhead of terror has been exposed to theworld on numerous occasions. Pakistan today isknown the world over for not only producing glob-al terrorists but also harbouring, training and financ-ing various jihadi organisations, particularly thoseinvolved in cross-border terror against India andAfghanistan. Ever since its placement in the grey list,Pakistan has been seeing it as an attempt by the USAto put pressure on it to “do more” on issues relatedto terrorism, as had been openly demanded by theUS President Donald Trump. Pakistan is also con-vinced that if the US can have it placed on the greylist, it can also make it easy for it to exit the list, ifIslamabad is somehow able to contribute toAmerican interests in the region. While it has beenmaking cosmetic attempts to institute measures asper the plan of action suggested by the FATF, it hasbeen concentrating more on lobbying and diploma-cy to convince the US and other members throughit, to remove it from the list of “not so good guys.”

In the absence of any visible and concrete mea-sures to mend “structural deficiencies” in AML andCTF, it was widely believed that Pakistan would beblacklisted during its October 2019 plenary at theend of the 15-month notice. Due to its burgeoningdebt and shattered economy Pakistan could ill-afford

it. Pakistan was shocked when the FATFAsia-Pacific Group put it in the Blacklistin its meeting held in August 2019, whenits members found that the country wasnon-compliant on 32 out of 40 parame-ters. Islamabad put its diplomatic machin-ery in action to garner the crucial threevotes needed to prevent it from beingblacklisted. With China in the chair,Pakistan felt assured of one vote. However,after Beijing agreed to list Masood Azharas a global terrorist, it was widely believedthat it would behave more maturely. Butin the end China’s huge investment inPakistan and the strategic relationshipbetween the two nations tilted the balancein Islamabad’s favour. Ultimately, it suc-ceeded in garnering the necessary threevotes and continue in the grey list.Though it noted that Pakistan hadaddressed only five out of the 27 tasksgiven to it for AML and CTF, it askedIslamabad to act swiftly and complete thefull action plan by February.

Since terrorism is an instrument ofPakistan’s national policy and the realpower centre in the country is its Armywhich uses cross-border terrorism as partof its military strategy, it is well-nighimpossible for that country to divorce itselffrom terrorism. It once again doubled itslobbying and diplomatic efforts. PrimeMinister Imran Khan dashed to thefriendly member countries and the USAto garner support. This time it found theUS to be more amenable than before, sinceit needed Pakistan’s assistance inAfghanistan and Iran. With China and theUS on its side, Pakistan took a few mea-sures including the arrest of Hafiz Saeedand custody of Azhar Masood. It got a shotin the arm when, during its three-dayreview meeting held in Beijing in January,the FATF noted that Pakistan had takensatisfactory steps against terror groups. Itevaluated Islamabad’s compliance effortsin relation to AML and CTF as satisfac-tory. Member countries like the US, UK,Japan, Australia and New Zealand did notraise any concern this time. Pakistan’sgame plan of successful lobbying at the

cost of compliance was bearing fruit. Thelogic was simple. It was an election yearin the USA and Trump needed Pakistan’sassistance. This appeared to have shapedthe US’ stance to go soft on Pakistan dur-ing the February plenary in Paris. Itaccordingly convinced its allies andPakistan, which was at one time facing theprospect of being blacklisted at the end ofthe October plenary, now began dream-ing of an exit from the grey list also.

India, which knew the ground reali-ty well as it has been the worst sufferer ofPak-sponsored terrorism, includingmoney laundering and financing of theseparatist movement in Kashmir, got arude shock, as it was hoping that Pakistanwould definitely be blacklisted. Havingunderstood the US’ game plan, Indiabegan to act swiftly to minimise the dan-ger by ensuring that Pakistan did not getoff the grey list till its compliance was fullyconfirmed. New Delhi began to exert itsinfluence to ensure that Pakistan wasunable to garner the support of 15-16member nations needed to remove it fromthe grey list. It provided dossiers and suf-ficient evidence to the FATF of Pakistan’scontinued involvement in money launder-ing and terror financing. India was appre-hensive that any such decision by the anti-terror body would provide oxygen to ter-rorist groups, leading to increase in ter-rorist activities in Jammu and Kashmirand Punjab, where Pakistan is desperate-ly trying to revive militancy.

India keenly participated in the FATFplenary held in Paris which culminated onFebruary 21. In order to ease the pressureon itself from the anti-terror body,Pakistan sentenced Hafiz Saeed for twoterror crimes with the sentence to run con-currently a week before the plenary.While the US expressed satisfaction,India questioned Pakistan’s intent bypointing out the timing of the sentenceand the fact that it was subject to appealin the higher court. India also raised ques-tions about Azhar Masood, Lakhvi andDawood Ibrahim, who continue to enjoythe patronage of the Pakistani

Government and roam freely. India alsoexposed Pakistan’s lie that Azhar Masoodwas “missing” by providing evidence thathe was under Pakistan military’s safe cus-tody at Bhawalpur.

Another area of concern for NewDelhi was the fake Indian currency rack-et being run by Pakistan, as its prime inter-est is to promote espionage, destabilise theeconomy and finance terror. Hence, Indiacontinued to insist on complete compli-ance with the FATF action plan.

While Pakistan will aim to exit thegrey list at the earliest, India must contin-ue to press for total compliance. Despite,the FATF observing that Pakistan hadlargely addressed 14 of 27 action items,with varying levels of progress made onthe rest of the plan, it decided to keep iton the grey list till June.

India is certainly disappointed withthe outcome and Pakistan will take satis-faction from the fact that it has succeed-ed in avoiding being on the Blacklist. Butone thing is certain, its strategy of lobby-ing at the cost of action has suffered amajor setback and it has failed yet again.It will continue on the FATF grey list withits resultant repercussions. India can heavea sigh of relief for now since Pakistan isunlikely to openly support and promotecross-border terror as long as the swordof FATF continues to hang over its head.However it would continue to fuel unrestand back terrorism clandestinely.

India not only needs to keep its eyesand ears open but simultaneously up thediplomatic offensive against Pakistan toexpose it to the international communi-ty. The risk of being blacklisted in Junemay restrain Pakistan to some extent butthe prospect of continued support fromChina, Turkey and Malaysia along withtacit support from the US will encourageit to yet again depend more on lobbyingthan action. In the ultimate analysis, Indiawill have to sort out cross-border terrorfrom Pakistan on its own.

(The author is a military veteran, polit-ical commentator, columnist, security andstrategic analyst)

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The Union Cabinet’s approvalof the Medical Termination ofPregnancy (Amendment) Bill,

2020, in January set the stage for asmall though belated step forward.Since this is only the second timethat the MTP Act is being amend-ed in its 49 years of existence, thenews managed to create quite abuzz. Initial reports suggested thatthe gestational limit for abortion hadbeen increased from 20 to 24 weeks,for all women, which was wel-comed by many. However, the fine

print reinforces the view that theincrease in gestational limit is onlyfor “special categories of women”(vulnerable women including sur-vivors of rape, victims of incest, dif-ferently-abled, minors and so on).The move to remove the upper ges-tation limit in cases of substantialfetal abnormalities is indeed wel-come, but it comes with a rider.Medical Boards — whose composi-tion, functions and other details willbe prescribed subsequently in Rulesunder the Act — will decide ifwomen can have an abortion on thisground. It moves the decision-making from the woman and herdoctor to a medical board compris-ing multiple members, thereby legit-imising third-party authorisation,which was never the intention of theoriginal MTP Act. Subjectingwomen to multiple medical check-ups and assessment by an unfamil-iar board in no way advances their

rights and surely does not seem tokeep their interests at the centre.

The MTP Act guaranteeswomen confidentiality, an aspectvalued greatly by women who seekabortion care. Under the Act, thename and other particulars of thewomen terminating a pregnancycan be shared only if ordered by thecourts. The Cabinet-approvedamendments include a clause, “thename and other particulars of awoman whose pregnancy has beenterminated shall not be revealed,except to a person authorised in anylaw for the time being in force.” Thiscould be problematic for manywomen, especially vulnerable ones.Over the years, we have seen barri-ers to abortion care increase due toconflation of the MTP Act with Pre-Conception and Pre-NatalDiagnostic Techniques Act andProtection of Children from SexualOffences (POCSO) Act. The pro-

posed amendment could enableofficials implementing these twoActs and even the Drugs andCosmetics Act (which governs med-ical abortion drugs) to seek infor-mation on women seeking termina-tion of pregnancy from doctors andchemists, compromising client con-fidentiality and putting them at risk.

For any legislation or policy tobe hailed as landmark or progres-sive, it should benefit a vast major-ity of the target audience it is meantto serve or it should be expandingthe boundaries on the issue it seeksto address. The proposed amend-ments fail this test miserably. Forthe overwhelming majority of theestimated 15.6 million women (over99 per cent) who seek to terminatetheir pregnancy every year, theamendment does not change any-thing. Even for the small numberof women who will benefit, theamendments do not go far enough.

Many countries, both developed andunderdeveloped, including somein the subcontinent already have amuch liberal abortion law.

There are countries where ges-tational limits are higher or wherethere is no limit prescribed andabortion is a woman’s right. InIndia it is still a conditional right.The proposal requiring the opinionof just one provider up to 20 weeks’gestation is indeed useful for womenwho seek termination in the secondtrimester, as opposed to the currentrequirement of opinions of twoproviders.

To summarise, the proposedamendments addresses, to someextent, only the tip of the iceberg.For the vast majority of women whoneed to terminate a pregnancy, theamendments will not make any dif-ference. It is unlikely to make anydent in maternal mortality andmorbidity due to unsafe abortions.

Even when compared to the draftMTP Amendment Bill, 2014, devel-oped after wide ranging consultationwith a number of experts and stake-holders, the proposed amendmentsseem inadequate.

In its current form, the MTPAmendment Bill, 2020, cannot byany stretch of imagination betermed as progressive, women-cen-tric or advancing women’s rights andagency. The full draft of the Bill isyet to be circulated widely and hope-fully there are no more nasty sur-prises in store.

The intention of theGovernment seems to be right butthe execution seems to fall short.Hopefully some of the issues can beaddressed when the Rules under theAct are framed.

Given the advances in medicaltechnology, the current discourse onwomen’s rights and available evi-dence, it is an opportune time to

make the MTP Act truly women-centric. Women’s health and rightsin general and abortion in particu-lar, are increasingly under threatglobally. A great opportunity existsfor India to take a leadership role insetting the global agenda.

This would require theGovernment to review what is pro-posed and overhaul the amend-ments, so that a contemporaryMTP Act, which serves the needs ofwomen and advances their rights, istabled in the Parliament. If thisopportunity is not grabbed, we willbe failing 50 per cent of our popu-lation. Will Indian women have towait for another two decades toexercise full control over their bod-ies?

(The writer is CEO, Foundationfor Reproductive Health ServicesIndia and CAG Member-PratigyaCampaign for Gender Equality andSafe Abortion)

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industry leaders to invest morein America, promising toreduce more regulations in hiscountry as he looked for over-seas investment to boost theeconomy there.

Speaking at a high-profileCEO round-table whichincluded captains of the Indianindustry such as RelianceIndustries Chairman MukeshAmbani, Mahindra GroupChairman Anand Mahindra,Tata Sons Chairman NChandrasekaran and AdityaBirla Group Chairman KumarMangalam Birla, Trump reas-sured that regulations “willonly get better” for investmentin the US.

The Indian industry lead-ers apprised the US President

of their ongoing respectivebusinesses and investments inthe country.

“I want to thank you all.

Congratulations on your suc-cess. Hope you come to theUnited States and invest morebillions because I view it not as

billions, I view it as jobs. Wehave great people...,” he told thegathering. When pointed outthat businesses still have to go

through regulatory challenges— especially administrativeand in the legislative environ-ment — in the US, Trump said,“Some of the regulations youhave to go through are statu-tory process ... We are going tocut lot more regulations ... A lotof them will be cut and you willsee a big difference and it willonly get better.”

Stressing on the need forcompanies of the US and Indiato invest in each other’s coun-try, Trump said Governmentscan only aid in creating jobsand it is the private industrythat actually creates jobs.

Stating that he has beenworking closely with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,Trump said, “We create jobshere, and he creates jobs overthere through yourselves.”

On Modi, he said,“Somebody said he is such a

nice man and I said well he isactually he is a very tough manbut he is a nice man. He isdoing a fantastic job.”

During the interaction, hesaid a trade deal with India isin the works but did not shareany details.

“It has been an honour tobe here,” he said on visitingIndia. “We just did a lot of busi-ness with India where they willbuy helicopters worth USD 3billion.” Claiming that he isgoing to win the coming USpresidential elections that willcause the markets to boom, hesaid his government has donea lot for the economy, health-care and military.

Trump reiterated thatunder his leadership the USeconomy has grown and has“never been as good as it hasbeen” but has been held back bythe upcoming elections.

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New Delhi: US oil supplies toIndia have jumped ten-fold to2,50,000 barrels per day (bpd)in the last two years in signs ofgrowing energy ties betweenthe two nations.

Speaking at a businessmeeting alongside USPresident Donald Trump, USEnergy Secretary DanBrouillette said India import-ed 25,000 barrels per day ofcrude oil from the UnitedStates in 2017.

“In the last two years, wehave seen a remarkable offtakein the US oil and gas by India,from 25,000 bpd in 2017 to250,000 bpd now, a 10-foldincrease and we expect it to bebetter from here,” he said.

Trump remarked that ener-gy trade is “going up very veryrapidly”.

“Thank you very muchDan. Really great job,” he said.

The US is India’s sixth-largest oil supplier.

India began importingcrude oil from the US in 2017 asit looked to diversify its importbasket beyond the OPECnations. It bought 1.9 milliontonnes (38,000 bpd) of crude oilfrom the US in 2017-18 andanother 6.2 million tonnes(1,24,000 bpd) in 2018-19.

In the first six months ofthe current fiscal (2019-20), theUS supplied 5.4 million tonnes(MT) of crude oil to India.

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ment having “almost closed”the final contours of limitedtrade package, and will comeup with a comprehensive tradedeal going forward, CommerceMinister Piyush Goyal said onTuesday.

Goyal was participating inthe ‘US-India Forum: Partnersfor Growth’ conference here.

“On the economic front,having almost closed the lastcontours of the limited tradedeal and with the announce-ment of a much larger tradedeal in the offing, we havemoved to a new level of engage-ment,” Goyal said.

The minister said theengagement will help both

sides on different fronts. WhileIndia will benefit by engagingwith new technology, the USwill gain by India becoming abig source for talent.

Sharing the government’svision, the minister said ourgoal is that by 2022, every fam-ily should have own homewith 24 hours electricity, clean cooking gas,access to internet, and goodschool and health care aroundthe home.

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Amid the ongoing AGR cri-sis, Tata Sons Chairman N

Chandrasekaran on Tuesdaymet Communications MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad, even asan official said the telecomministry is prepared to issue anotice to Tatas for paying onlypart of its dues as full and finalsettlement.

Emerging from the meet-ing which lasted for over 30minutes, Chandrasekarandeclined to comment on thedetails of his discussion.

The crucial meeting comesat a time when the governmentis looking to issue a detailednotice to Tatas for paying only�2,197 crore as full and finalsettlement against govern-ment’s calculation of �14,000crore.

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A notice will be sent to thecompany in a day or two ques-tioning the company’s AGRcalculation.

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railways, metro, highways areexpected to grow to $21.6 bil-lion by 2030, according to asurvey by property consultantKnight Frank. As per the sur-vey, this growth is attributableto a healthy growth in passen-ger traffic as well as transportinfrastructure in the country.

It noted that the total retailopportunity across varioustransport hubs in India, such asairports, highways and bus sta-tions, metro , railways, willgrow manifold in new decade.

“India is going through aninfrastructure revolution. Thegovernment’s focus on devel-oping and modernising thetransport modes including air-ports, railway stations, metro

and highways is opening upunprecedented opportunitiesfor the organised retail segmentin the country,” Knight FrankIndia Chairman and MDShishir Baijal said. As per thesurvey, the current size of tran-sit retail in India is estimated at$2.2 billion and is expected togrow to$21.6 billion by 2030.

“While the retailing poten-tial is best tapped at airports, itis still at a nascent stage forother modes like metros, rail-ways, highways and bus sta-tions. A large part of the retailopportunity at transit hubs iscurrently untapped due to lackof retail infrastructure at thesenodes,” the survey noted.

The large retail potentialtranslates into lease rentalopportunity of $1 billion,which is estimated to grow to$3.2 billion by 2030.

Mumbai: A collection of 112lots of prized assets belongingto absconder diamantaire NiravModi shall be put up for liveand online auctions startinghere on February 27, officials

said. These assets were seizedby the Enforcement Directorate(ED) and the auction is anattempt to recover a part of thedues Modi owes to variousbanks. IANS

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Indian equities closed in thered for a third straight session

on Tuesday as the coronavirusspread outside China contin-ued to hurt investors’ riskappetite. A day after taking amassive plunge due to concernsover Mauritius being added tothe “grey list” of FinancialAction Task Force (FATF), themarket steadied in the openingdeals on Tuesday, with regula-tor Sebi saying that foreigninvestors from the island nationwill continue to be eligible forFPI registration.

Starting off higher in open-ing trade, the BSE benchmarkSensex went through bouts ofvolatility during the session,before settling at 82.03 points,or 0.20 per cent, lower at40,281.20. Similarly, the broad-er NSE Nifty declined 31.50points or 0.27 per cent to endat 11,797.90.

On the Sensex chart, SunPharma was the top loser,shedding 2.37 per cent, fol-lowed by HCL Tech, RelianceIndustries, IndusInd Bank andL&T. On the other hand, TCSsettled 1.98 per cent higher.Tata Steel, Bharti Airtel, SBIand HUL too featured amongthe gainers. Sectorally, BSEenergy, oil and gas, healthcare,

consumer durables, industrials,auto and capital goods indicesfell up to 1.64 per cent, whilerealty, telecom, teck and metalindices ended with gains.

In the broader market, BSEmidcap and smallcap indicesfell up to 0.45 per cent.Investors across the globe areworried over the long-termimpact of the deadly coron-avirus on the global growth.

A viral outbreak that beganin China has infected morethan 80,000 people globally. Inthe domestic market, investorsalso weighed the repercussionsof Mauritius being added to the“grey list” of Financial ActionTask Force (FATF) — an inter-governmental policy makingbody that sets anti-moneylaundering standards.

A significant percentageof foreign portfolio investors(FPIs) investing in the Indianmarket is registered inMauritius. The island nationis the second largest sourceafter the United States fromwhich foreign portfolio invest-ments come into the country.Market regulator Sebi onTuesday said foreign investorsfrom Mauritius will continueto be eligible for FPI registra-tion with increased monitor-ing as per internationalnorms.

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Industry body ISMA onTuesday revised the coun-

try’s sugar production upwardby two per cent to 26.5 milliontonnes for the ongoing 2019-20 marketing year, much lowerthan last year but enough tomeet the local demand. It maybe noted that a senior FoodMinistry official on February24 had said the total sugaroutput would be around 27million tonnes this year.

Indian Sugar MillsAssociation (ISMA) had inNovember last year peggedsugar production at 26 milliontonnes for the 2019-20 mar-keting year (October toSeptember) considering fall insugarcane crop in key growingstates, compared with 33.16million tonnes during the2018-19 marketing year.

Already, about 17 milliontonnes of sugar has been man-ufactured by mills till February15. Annual sugar consumptionin India, the world’s secondlargest producer after Brazil, isabout 26 million tonnes.Releasing the latest data, ISMAsaid: “Sugar production during2019-20 would be slightlymore than what was estimat-ed in November 2019. ISMAhas accordingly revised itssugar production estimatesupwards from 26 million

tonnes to 26.5 million tonnesfor 2019-20. The productionestimate has been revised afterconsidering reduction of sugarfollowing higher production ofethanol by way of diversion ofB-heavy molasses and sugar-cane juice, it said in a state-ment.

According to the secondestimate, production in UttarPradesh, the country’s largestsugar-producing state, is esti-mated to be 11.8 milliontonnes this year, almost simi-lar to what the state had pro-duced in 2018-19. However, inMaharashtra, sugar produc-tion is estimated to drop byalmost 40 per cent to around6.2 million tonnes in 2019-20as against 10.72 million tonnesin 2018-19.

“Based on our analysis, weexpect higher yield from thebalance sugarcane availablefor harvesting which is main-ly in areas which are highyielding districts l ikeKolhapur, Satara, Sangli andPune,” ISMA said. Similarly, inKarnataka, sugar production isestimated to be around 3.3million tonnes in 2019-20from 4.43 million tonnes in2018-19 due to fall in caneacreage by 21 per cent.According to ISMA, there hasnot been any major changes inthe other sugarcane growingstates of the country.

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Billionaire Gautam Adani’senergy and infrastructure

conglomerate is consideringbidding to buy Air India and ispouring into bid documentsbefore finalising a plan, sourcessaid. The government is offer-ing to sell its entire holding inthe loss-making carrier alongwith its entire interest in itslow-cost arm and 50 per centin the ground handling unit.

Sources with knowledgeof the development said themergers and acquisition(M&A) team of Adani Groupis scrutinising Air India biddocuments and the interestwas at a preliminary stage.Bidding, they insisted, woulddepend on the due diligence.

If Adani bids, it will joinlikes of Tata Group, Hindujas,IndiGo and New York-basedfund Interups who are said tobe considering putting in anexpression of interest (EoI) atthe close of the bid deadlinenext month. Adani Group’sspokesperson could not beimmediately reached for com-ments. Sources said Adani seessynergy in Air India and its air-port operations. It last year wonbids to operate six airports atAhmedabad, Lucknow, Jaipur,G u w a h a t i ,

Thiruvananthapuram, andMangalore. The deciding fac-tor for Adani to bid for AirIndia would be the debt andlosses. The buyer will have totake on a fixed debt of Rs23,286.5 crore along with cer-tain identified current andnon-current liabilities. The air-line has been in losses duringthe last few years.

While the privatization biddocument does not place anyrestriction on Adani from bid-ding for Air India, AirportsAuthority of India (AAI)restricts an airline or a groupowning an airline to hold nomore than 27 per cent in theairports. A similar clauserestricting airlines or groupowning airlines from owningmore than 10 per cent in Delhi

airport recently resulted in thecollapse of the Tata-GIC group’sinvestment in GMR.

Air India and its subsidiary,Air India Express own about120 aircraft at FY18-end and126 aircraft till September lastyear. After its unsuccessful bidto sell Air India in 2018, thegovernment this time hasdecided to offload its entirestake. In 2018, the govern-ment had offered to sell its 76per cent stake in the airline.

Of the total debt of Rs60,074 crore as of March 31,2019, the buyer would berequired to absorb Rs 23,286.5crore, while the rest would betransferred to Air India AssetsHolding Ltd (AIAHL), the spe-cial purpose vehicle.

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12.67 lakh jobs were created inDecember 2019 against 14.59lakh in the previous month,according to payroll data of theEmployees’ State InsuranceCorporation (ESIC). Grossenrolments of new subscriberswith ESIC were 1.49 crore dur-ing the entire financial year2018-19, the National StatisticalOffice (NSO) said in a report.

The report also showedthat during the September2017-December 2019 period,around 3.50 crore new sub-scribers joined the ESICscheme. The NSO’s report isbased on the payroll data ofnew subscribers of varioussocial security schemes run byESIC, retirement fund bodyEPFO and the Pension FundRegulatory and DevelopmentAuthority (PFRDA).

It has been releasing thepayroll data or new subscribersdata of these three bodies sinceApril 2018, covering a periodstarting from September 2017.The report showed that grossnew enrolments with the ESICduring the September 2017-March 2018 period were 83.35lakh. A net of 10.08 lakh newenrolments with theEmployees’ Provident FundOrganisation (EPFO) wererecorded in December 2019,compared with 10.09 lakh inNovember last year.

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GAIL 118.50 118.50 113.55 114.05MGL 1100.00 1109.70 1080.75 1097.95MARICO 300.10 307.00 300.10 305.80ISEC 507.20 509.15 493.80 504.95APOLLOHOSP 1799.90 1809.35 1778.00 1795.00RITES 320.00 323.50 315.30 317.95NTPC 110.90 112.40 109.65 110.15NBCC 27.90 30.60 27.25 29.40BHEL 33.95 34.50 33.70 33.90AVANTI 554.85 558.00 527.10 533.10SHILPAMED 505.00 515.20 499.25 515.20DELTACORP 156.00 159.00 152.00 153.45TIMKEN 1022.00 1101.00 996.65 1088.50WIPRO 244.95 246.55 242.35 244.40AMBUJACEM 212.00 213.95 209.40 211.70CANFINHOME 514.20 517.35 507.15 510.45WELCORP 203.90 206.25 191.25 193.10IRB 95.00 101.80 93.75 97.75JUBILANT 525.00 532.20 516.00 516.25JUSTDIAL 490.00 497.80 483.85 493.00IDFCFIRSTB 39.40 39.80 38.80 39.30TRENT 795.95 804.05 760.00 766.50RELINFRA 22.80 23.20 21.80 22.20NOCIL 92.50 97.65 90.70 96.20TATAELXSI 1010.00 1010.00 959.00 988.60NESTLEIND 16341.20 16532.40 16312.00 16366.40SUNTV 471.15 476.10 463.30 468.05DIXON 4129.00 4267.50 4100.00 4156.10STRTECH 109.20 110.65 106.60 107.35IGL 456.00 462.75 448.55 453.90RELAXO 819.95 819.95 784.85 794.60ASIANPAINT 1830.05 1842.85 1821.00 1827.50NMDC 101.60 103.65 100.50 101.25BAJAJELEC 411.35 447.15 411.25 440.85LTTS 1710.50 1724.60 1680.00 1685.00ACC 1409.90 1417.55 1394.55 1400.95UNIONBANK 42.95 42.95 41.50 42.10M&MFIN 365.70 379.75 365.70 371.50TORNTPOWER 312.00 314.45 307.15 310.30IBREALEST 86.40 86.80 81.55 82.00UJJIVAN 370.00 378.90 366.25 374.00ADANIGREEN 186.20 188.95 178.00 180.05COLPAL 1340.00 1354.90 1329.45 1345.00ADANIPORTS 360.55 364.75 355.65 359.00LUPIN 688.00 688.00 667.70 669.15RAYMOND 581.40 582.50 567.05 575.65WESTLIFE 486.30 498.00 471.05 473.95BEL 82.05 83.75 82.00 82.45KRBL 283.40 283.40 278.30 279.50SANOFI 7240.00 7249.00 6969.00 7012.10RADICO 425.00 427.45 408.15 411.00ICICIPRULI 490.00 490.00 475.10 481.00SBILIFE 928.00 932.80 891.90 900.95GRANULES 175.20 178.40 170.60 174.40FEDERALBNK 87.00 87.90 85.95 86.35ABCAPITAL 87.00 87.90 84.15 84.40BHARATFORG 451.00 469.20 451.00 463.05PRESTIGE 353.80 360.15 339.00 340.00APOLLOTYRE 152.00 155.60 150.50 154.40EXIDEIND 174.65 175.90 170.70 174.50ARVINDFASN 363.70 365.50 347.75 347.75AJANTPHARM 1422.00 1450.25 1392.10 1421.35CROMPTON 287.55 291.25 280.55 286.45ABBOTINDIA 16113.10 16240.00 15975.40 16161.45PHOENIXLTD 878.80 979.50 870.80 936.10OMAXE 165.00 165.00 154.75 158.50SPARC 163.25 164.60 156.15 160.40

HEG 974.00 985.00 957.20 960.60PNBHOUSING 407.00 410.40 390.30 392.70TATAMTRDVR 61.90 62.55 60.60 61.75BANKINDIA 59.20 59.20 58.00 58.253MINDIA 21250.00 21280.00 20773.60 20973.50BERGEPAINT 574.90 576.50 567.25 569.10MRF 69306.90 69730.50 68501.05 69103.80GODREJCP 620.40 621.95 608.25 614.65TV18BRDCST 25.50 25.95 24.75 25.10REPCOHOME 297.85 298.80 292.45 294.00OIL 121.00 121.65 117.30 117.65AMARAJABAT 741.10 742.80 711.00 712.40TATAPOWER 51.85 52.90 51.50 51.70PETRONET 266.75 267.40 263.45 263.85GNFC 171.95 175.40 167.65 173.30RECLTD 136.65 137.00 133.40 133.80PVR 2062.00 2066.40 2025.80 2031.25BOMDYEING 78.90 80.35 77.20 77.50JAICORPLTD 96.10 96.60 93.50 94.20DABUR 505.25 509.30 499.40 499.40ABFRL 278.95 283.50 264.80 265.50GUJGAS 287.90 293.40 282.80 289.75RPOWER 1.87 1.92 1.83 1.91SHREECEM 23939.70 23939.70 23481.45 23585.00SIEMENS 1414.00 1414.00 1370.00 1383.35RVNL 23.10 23.20 22.45 22.55EDELWEISS 93.15 100.35 92.10 97.15THYROCARE 599.65 604.40 580.70 591.20SUNTECK 375.00 379.00 365.00 365.70RAMCOCEM 793.00 805.15 788.60 790.35CHAMBLFERT 150.10 156.95 148.00 153.65SWANENERGY 143.00 143.00 132.85 133.00ADANITRANS 301.25 308.10 288.10 288.80FORTIS 152.90 156.45 151.15 154.95PAGEIND 23204.30 23289.00 22602.85 22614.60LINDEINDIA 771.00 771.00 709.00 713.00BIRLACORPN 724.70 729.75 715.00 717.70GODFRYPHLP 1284.00 1289.15 1215.40 1230.60INOXLEISUR 504.00 510.80 482.75 485.20FORCEMOT 1253.10 1253.10 1202.15 1208.20APLAPOLLO 2059.80 2083.10 2006.35 2043.00CADILAHC 275.75 277.90 270.55 271.05ALKEM 2594.05 2651.30 2582.15 2647.10HAL 729.70 741.95 710.00 716.00JMFINANCIL 114.75 116.00 111.30 115.55CREDITACC 960.00 976.60 937.70 945.70HSCL 52.00 54.50 50.45 53.50IDBI 34.50 34.70 33.80 34.15RAIN 100.45 101.00 96.50 98.20MEGH 58.00 59.15 56.00 57.10RCF 42.30 43.20 41.50 42.65JBCHEPHARM 549.00 549.00 531.95 537.05SCHNEIDER 104.00 108.70 99.70 100.65WABAG 219.15 226.80 212.45 214.45BOSCHLTD 14098.70 14098.70 13764.95 13767.50FDC 262.00 269.20 256.35 259.00ICICIGI 1313.00 1321.00 1275.00 1287.35DCAL* 85.65 88.30 83.75 84.40APLLTD 646.75 664.70 644.85 645.55PHILIPCARB 121.80 121.95 118.40 120.90SHANKARA 507.00 516.00 478.10 479.55DCBBANK 166.45 166.45 160.60 161.70CARERATING 520.00 520.00 504.00 511.00HINDZINC 180.40 181.00 175.85 177.70ENGINERSIN 82.10 82.95 80.35 80.55JINDALSAW 85.80 86.65 83.70 84.05METROPOLIS 1765.00 1831.65 1765.00 1824.00FSL 46.30 46.85 45.60 45.85UBL 1277.50 1277.50 1235.00 1235.50VMART 2416.90 2440.15 2380.25 2414.40KEI 507.00 512.50 499.00 506.40KAJARIACER 553.30 572.40 549.85 553.00DISHTV 10.91 10.95 10.10 10.35CEATLTD 1025.00 1025.75 1001.90 1016.15VENKYS 1436.20 1463.25 1410.00 1423.90GHCL* 175.00 175.55 173.05 173.55VBL 832.00 832.00 804.70 810.00SCI 52.95 53.80 52.35 53.10DEEPAKFERT 93.90 95.00 89.60 94.00FCONSUMER 19.40 19.40 17.55 17.75PCJEWELLER 17.90 18.10 17.35 17.50LTI 2010.00 2011.35 1983.05 1983.05SOUTHBANK 10.13 10.13 9.52 9.56TRIDENT 6.20 6.20 5.98 6.00DBL 338.75 344.40 331.35 337.40RALLIS 236.50 236.50 228.10 229.25CAPPL 318.50 330.50 312.00 320.00VIPIND 447.20 452.60 441.05 443.25MOTILALOFS 781.55 792.20 766.00 773.30AMBER 1560.10 1598.35 1540.00 1540.85GLAXO 1341.20 1370.00 1338.35 1365.00CASTROLIND 155.50 156.90 152.60 153.85CUMMINSIND 544.00 546.45 531.90 535.90HONAUT 34076.00 34699.00 34050.00 34247.25ORIENTELEC 264.00 264.00 250.90 255.55GICRE 202.50 205.00 197.45 198.60CONCOR 549.10 550.15 539.90 540.50HEIDELBERG 200.95 202.75 196.80 200.45BAJAJHLDNG 3717.50 3747.55 3630.00 3634.85NATCOPHARM 646.80 650.50 627.60 637.00MASFIN 1137.00 1158.80 1063.00 1078.00JKCEMENT 1500.00 1504.40 1434.00 1435.00VGUARD 201.05 206.00 200.75 204.05BDL 294.40 298.00 282.05 283.30TEJASNET 65.10 65.35 60.40 60.65RESPONIND 87.45 87.50 83.60 86.35GSPL 237.50 238.90 233.65 236.35J&KBANK 19.15 19.55 19.00 19.15

WHIRLPOOL 2254.40 2261.55 2215.15 2229.25SJVN 24.00 24.20 23.60 24.00NHPC 21.55 22.20 21.55 22.00PARAGMILK 99.50 100.30 94.60 94.65BALRAMCHIN 162.00 162.50 157.25 159.35GSFC 68.25 68.60 65.95 66.35LEMONTREE 63.35 63.50 58.30 58.65TATAINVEST 909.00 934.90 909.00 915.00ITI 82.20 82.75 81.00 81.55CHOLAFIN 323.00 327.50 321.50 325.40GODREJAGRO 530.00 533.40 518.00 525.05TATACOFFEE 92.95 94.00 91.40 91.80INDHOTEL 140.60 140.85 138.45 139.90GICHSGFIN 112.80 113.95 106.00 106.80FRETAIL 340.55 340.55 326.60 328.95VAIBHAVGBL 1155.55 1155.55 1145.00 1149.00COCHINSHIP 346.20 347.25 335.40 344.55JSWENERGY 63.15 63.55 61.00 61.50GSKCONS 9726.00 9770.00 9592.15 9635.05HUDCO 32.40 32.55 31.35 31.60KEC 343.00 343.00 336.15 342.50ITDC 294.10 300.75 291.00 291.35INTELLECT 139.15 141.00 132.30 133.60TIINDIA 549.60 561.00 535.00 548.50BAYERCROP 4533.20 4594.10 4411.35 4497.05BBTC 1096.00 1102.85 1065.60 1076.85MRPL 40.70 40.70 40.05 40.05WELSPUNIND 44.10 44.40 43.25 43.45IIFL 187.35 191.10 181.35 182.30KTKBANK 74.05 74.25 72.50 73.10AEGISLOG 243.90 246.50 235.70 240.60JCHAC 2858.00 2883.00 2756.00 2883.00ASTRAZEN 2773.00 2801.85 2719.90 2731.70SUPREMEIND 1385.00 1407.70 1369.05 1400.00NILKAMAL 1451.00 1451.00 1416.85 1431.70JKTYRE 66.05 66.55 65.30 65.45GALAXYSURF 1650.00 1651.00 1585.50 1591.15INDIANB 81.00 81.30 78.75 79.75NIACL 130.50 131.30 125.00 125.40BLISSGVS 137.95 139.30 135.35 135.35PFIZER 4170.00 4183.75 4065.05 4155.10EMAMILTD 270.00 275.20 267.45 269.20JKLAKSHMI 321.05 329.30 316.55 320.75PNCINFRA 194.50 194.50 186.55 188.40NESCO 731.55 733.30 722.40 731.00LUXIND 1535.00 1551.80 1506.70 1522.35BLUESTARCO 834.80 852.50 822.00 830.30KNRCON 280.00 280.00 265.80 271.00FINOLEXIND 566.05 567.55 550.00 556.35GILLETTE 5864.50 5870.90 5810.00 5825.00AKZOINDIA 2360.40 2360.40 2289.00 2301.25TCIEXP 900.00 914.00 886.00 890.95HIMATSEIDE 109.80 114.60 109.70 111.20CESC 683.20 686.00 673.50 685.00DHANUKA 504.35 508.95 490.00 496.15VINATIORGA 1020.65 1029.40 1000.25 1017.45OBEROIRLTY 524.70 525.00 519.20 519.20NLCINDIA 53.75 54.90 53.60 54.75EIDPARRY 201.45 201.45 194.30 195.40IBULISL 115.90 115.90 107.20 109.25QUESS 538.45 549.95 532.55 535.50INOXWIND 36.15 37.90 36.15 36.75AAVAS 1951.00 1985.75 1900.00 1921.55BASF 840.45 865.00 822.50 822.60VRLLOG 234.00 237.00 231.70 232.80IDFC 34.15 34.85 33.85 34.05JYOTHYLAB 131.80 132.50 128.00 131.90DALBHARAT 841.00 849.60 811.00 818.80ESSELPRO 193.75 196.00 189.45 191.50CCL 244.00 245.00 233.70 237.75SYNGENE 306.60 310.15 298.00 309.45SONATSOFTW 339.75 341.15 335.00 335.15NH 338.95 342.00 326.00 326.00ASHOKA 95.15 95.80 92.70 93.75GREAVESCOT 141.10 141.10 136.50 136.55KANSAINER 508.80 512.70 502.70 505.60KALPATPOWR 367.50 368.55 355.55 356.60LAURUSLABS 438.70 439.00 429.10 431.05PGHH 11180.00 11214.70 11149.90 11181.35SIS 611.50 611.50 587.90 593.90MINDACORP 118.00 119.80 114.65 115.25GARFIBRES 1513.45 1560.00 1504.65 1560.00SKFINDIA 1977.10 1977.10 1933.00 1950.00MOIL 133.95 137.40 131.90 136.40UFLEX 225.00 225.95 220.35 222.60GMDCLTD 56.85 56.85 55.55 55.55PERSISTENT 724.00 736.90 705.00 713.95FINEORG 2275.00 2275.00 2215.00 2235.00HINDCOPPER 34.80 35.45 34.45 35.25ASTRAL 1190.75 1197.90 1179.95 1181.40JSLHISAR 70.60 73.90 70.30 72.90GESHIP 258.00 259.00 255.30 256.95IFCI 5.85 5.85 5.73 5.79GET&D 136.00 136.00 129.90 130.70ITDCEM 56.45 57.40 54.80 55.10VSTIND 4225.05 4252.55 4196.45 4242.50SYMPHONY 1355.00 1380.00 1326.05 1342.00TATAMETALI 639.85 646.90 633.95 640.00JSL 41.00 42.15 40.95 41.70ENDURANCE 1040.00 1040.00 984.20 984.80GUJALKALI 371.20 372.25 354.90 357.35RELCAPITAL 7.68 7.70 7.25 7.36ERIS 418.40 427.00 413.40 421.50NETWORK18 29.70 29.70 28.50 28.80CRISIL 1710.00 1710.00 1629.10 1641.90BAJAJCON 196.20 197.15 190.65 190.65HATHWAY 21.00 22.80 20.50 21.30BALMLAWRIE 108.35 113.00 108.00 108.70

OFSS 2790.00 2800.00 2771.50 2784.95ASTERDM 173.10 173.80 165.15 166.20SHOPERSTOP 382.30 386.45 382.00 382.50JISLJALEQS 6.21 6.31 6.00 6.02LAKSHVILAS 15.70 16.90 15.70 16.25PGHL 4127.95 4175.50 4082.15 4127.10HERITGFOOD 365.00 365.00 340.05 346.00MINDAIND 379.55 379.55 375.00 375.65HFCL 17.05 17.05 16.80 16.85ORIENTBANK 40.80 40.95 40.00 40.35WABCOINDIA 6898.00 6915.05 6867.80 6872.35LAOPALA 210.35 214.75 207.00 214.10BRIGADE 232.00 234.00 226.45 229.75MMTC 19.05 19.45 18.70 19.05DHFL 12.54 12.54 12.54 12.54MAHINDCIE 148.90 148.90 143.75 144.00ADVENZYMES 158.60 162.75 157.55 160.35MAXINDIA 87.40 87.40 85.95 86.15CENTURYPLY 152.15 155.95 150.05 155.25JAMNAAUTO 39.05 39.05 38.25 38.30REDINGTON 117.90 117.90 113.30 114.05ALBK 13.90 13.90 13.70 13.85GRINDWELL 615.00 615.00 597.45 599.10COROMANDEL 624.55 626.70 617.00 620.75TVSSRICHAK 1560.00 1600.00 1531.95 1600.00ALLCARGO 109.00 111.85 108.75 111.85ECLERX 610.85 618.85 603.00 603.00INDOSTAR 280.50 282.30 280.50 280.75MAHSCOOTER 4601.00 4615.00 4585.00 4603.90FINCABLES 354.00 354.05 348.05 348.65TAKE 97.95 99.50 96.50 99.20LAXMIMACH 3205.75 3209.75 3200.00 3200.00IOB 8.90 9.04 8.84 8.95MAHLIFE 386.00 386.00 380.50 384.10CENTRALBK 16.85 16.90 16.30 16.30SYNDIBANK 21.45 21.45 21.00 21.10ANDHRABANK 14.85 14.90 14.65 14.80THERMAX 970.25 975.55 956.75 960.90NBVENTURES 68.15 68.15 66.80 66.80CHENNPETRO 112.75 112.75 109.65 111.20IFBIND 510.00 515.55 493.70 504.20GPPL 77.70 77.70 75.10 75.60

DCMSHRIRAM 346.50 346.50 341.00 342.95SUNDRMFAST 442.50 443.00 436.45 440.30BLUEDART 2898.00 2898.00 2849.25 2850.00FLFL 370.00 370.00 351.00 365.00GEPIL 746.05 756.35 735.00 735.00SADBHAV 79.90 80.15 77.20 77.40SOMANYCERA 201.00 204.75 196.15 204.75CERA 2440.35 2463.00 2440.35 2461.05JAGRAN 72.00 72.20 69.40 69.75CORPBANK 19.20 19.75 19.00 19.00ZENSARTECH 147.60 147.60 140.50 141.40SUPRAJIT 192.40 198.50 188.00 198.50TNPL 167.60 167.90 166.20 166.35KPITTECH 87.50 89.85 86.10 88.25DBCORP 119.00 119.60 117.00 117.20CENTRUM 18.95 19.30 18.50 18.80TVTODAY 244.45 244.45 235.55 235.75UCOBANK 13.50 13.55 13.15 13.20TTKPRESTIG 5812.30 5849.85 5809.95 5822.95MAHLOG 409.15 414.05 404.00 404.40SHK 111.30 114.85 110.05 110.25MHRIL 219.70 221.20 217.80 220.75ZYDUSWELL 1442.00 1459.00 1438.60 1459.00CARBORUNIV 343.85 344.00 341.10 341.35CYIENT 435.65 435.65 430.80 431.15EIHOTEL 140.20 141.00 137.75 138.00TIMETECHNO 50.70 50.70 49.50 49.85MAHSEAMLES 338.70 343.50 338.70 340.00GULFOILLUB 750.00 751.50 735.50 740.35MAHABANK 11.27 11.31 11.13 11.27SCHAEFFLER 4600.95 4640.85 4524.00 4524.05GDL 125.00 125.00 122.40 122.50ORIENTCEM 81.00 81.60 80.45 81.25SOLARINDS 1203.95 1203.95 1185.00 1185.00KPRMILL 611.10 621.20 611.10 618.15RATNAMANI 1327.20 1327.20 1315.30 1315.30TCNSBRANDS 551.60 576.25 551.55 565.00SFL 1681.90 1687.00 1650.00 1650.00UNITEDBNK 7.57 7.66 7.46 7.55VTL 1088.15 1092.00 1069.25 1092.00CHOLAHLDNG 540.00 541.00 537.60 537.60VARROC 391.05 399.45 391.05 395.95CHALET 332.35 332.35 329.20 329.20MAGMA 49.35 50.00 49.20 49.20STARCEMENT 85.00 85.15 84.50 85.15GAYAPROJ 22.85 22.85 22.85 22.85SHRIRAMCIT 1386.00 1386.00 1377.55 1377.55

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11877.50 11883.05 11779.90 11813.20 -16.20TCS 2115.50 2176.65 2111.00 2163.00 47.65JSWSTEEL 264.00 266.80 258.40 263.10 4.15TATASTEEL 419.00 425.55 414.40 421.80 6.35SBIN 325.90 328.15 322.20 327.75 4.80ZEEL 251.00 255.00 249.70 252.00 2.90BHARTIARTL 533.00 537.95 530.95 535.75 5.85NTPC 110.90 112.45 109.65 110.50 0.80HINDUNILVR 2239.90 2279.70 2225.75 2231.20 16.05INFRATEL 219.50 221.90 207.75 217.45 1.50HDFC 2309.00 2320.75 2285.00 2307.00 14.70AXISBANK 729.40 732.00 722.05 730.00 4.55TECHM 822.00 826.80 809.05 824.95 4.85BAJAJFINSV 9500.00 9550.00 9351.10 9520.00 53.10ASIANPAINT 1838.40 1843.55 1820.20 1828.90 9.95BAJFINANCE 4849.90 4849.90 4784.00 4830.10 26.15INFY 799.00 806.00 795.40 799.50 3.65YESBANK 35.25 36.00 34.75 35.10 0.15COALINDIA 176.10 178.70 174.20 175.60 0.75IOC 111.90 112.95 110.10 110.85 0.30HEROMOTOCO2190.20 2214.00 2164.05 2189.00 4.80ICICIBANK 532.45 538.80 525.30 530.90 1.05POWERGRID 186.10 187.70 185.35 186.25 0.15NESTLEIND 16373.00 16540.85 16309.35 16345.00 7.75KOTAKBANK 1676.20 1689.70 1668.35 1678.50 0.25VEDL 134.40 135.90 132.05 133.20 0.00WIPRO 244.15 246.65 242.45 244.00 -0.20TATAMOTORS 152.20 153.40 147.45 150.45 -0.20BRITANNIA 3040.00 3078.00 3018.00 3025.10 -11.10ITC 203.80 205.40 201.50 201.80 -1.20ONGC 98.70 100.25 97.25 97.45 -0.60GRASIM 727.00 732.90 715.10 720.45 -4.45M&M 515.55 519.50 506.10 510.00 -3.20UPL 573.30 577.65 562.10 569.40 -3.85HDFCBANK 1204.00 1209.00 1198.00 1201.80 -8.15BAJAJ-AUTO 2992.00 3007.00 2931.00 2955.00 -25.50MARUTI 6505.40 6510.00 6376.55 6411.25 -59.15ADANIPORTS 362.30 364.70 355.60 358.75 -3.50ULTRACEMCO 4397.50 4400.00 4330.75 4346.05 -48.95CIPLA 430.20 431.20 420.00 425.20 -4.95TITAN 1285.00 1286.75 1256.80 1265.00 -14.90INDUSINDBK 1181.00 1182.80 1138.80 1154.90 -15.35LT 1262.20 1265.65 1240.15 1241.85 -17.85BPCL 469.80 470.55 454.90 457.60 -7.05RELIANCE 1451.40 1451.40 1410.00 1420.00 -24.95GAIL 118.40 118.60 113.45 114.50 -2.30HCLTECH 595.50 595.70 575.00 583.20 -11.95EICHERMOT 18135.00 18230.00 17321.00 17555.05 -394.90SUNPHARMA 402.40 402.40 385.30 387.50 -10.35HINDALCO 181.00 181.45 174.05 174.40 -4.65DRREDDY 3182.00 3182.30 3056.35 3091.50 -84.80

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line for submitting bids to buy100 per cent stake in Air Indiaand the Home Minister ledinter-ministerial panel will laterthis week decide on the new date.

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Tehran: Iran’s Deputy HealthMinister confirmed on Tuesdaythat he has tested positive for thenew coronavirus, amid a major out-break in the Islamic republic.

Iraj Harirchi coughed occa-sionally and wiped sweat from hisbrow repeatedly during a newsconference in Tehran on Mondaywith Government spokesman AliRabiei. At the time, he denied a law-maker’s claim that 50 people haddied from the virus in the Shiiteshrine city of Qom, saying hewould resign if the number provedaccurate.

In a video broadcast on statetelevision, the Deputy Minister puton a brave face as he admitted hewas infected.

“I too have been infected withcoronavirus,” Harirchi said in thevideo apparently shot by himself.

“I had a fever as of last night andmy preliminary test was positivearound midnight,” he said.

“I’ve isolated myself in a placesince. A few minutes ago, I was toldthat my test was final, and now I amstarting medication.

“I wanted to tell you that... Wewill definitely be victorious againstthis virus in the next few weeks,”Harirchi declared.

But he warned Iranians to becareful as the “virus does not dis-criminate” and infects anyone,regardless of their standing.Following news of Harirchi’s infec-tion, Government spokesman Rabiei,who stood by his side on Monday,

appeared at another news conferenceon Tuesday with the country’s indus-tries minister and other officials. Aprominent Iranian reformist politi-cian, Mahmoud Sadeghi, alsoannounced he had tested positive forthe virus. “My coronavirus test waspositive. I send this message but Idon’t have much hope of stayingalive,” Sadeghi said in a tweet.

He used the occasion to call onthe judiciary to provide prisonleave time to those detained overpolitical and security charges so that“they can go through this epidem-ic with their families”.

Iran confirmed three moredeaths and 34 new infections onTuesday, taking the country’s over-all death toll to 15 and infectiontally to 95. AFP

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Seoul: The novel coronavirus out-break in South Korea is “verygrave”, President Moon Jae-in saidTuesday as he visited its epicentreand the country’s total number ofcases approached 1,000.

The Korea Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (KCDC)confirmed 144 new infections,taking the tally to 977, the largestnational total anywhere outsideChina, where the virus firstemerged. Scores of events havebeen cancelled or postponed as theoutbreak has spread in the world’s12th-largest economy, from K-pop

concerts to the start of the K-league football season, with casu-alties on Tuesday including par-liamentary sessions and the WorldTeam Table Tennis championships.

More than 80 percent of theinfections have been in SouthKorea’s fourth-largest city Daeguand neighbouring NorthGyeongsang province.

“The situation is very grave,”President Moon Jae-in said on avisit to Daegu, wearing the uni-form of a government emergencyofficial and vowing full govern-ment support. AFP

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Massachusetts: The drugmakerModerna has shipped a potentialcoronavirus vaccine for humans toGovernment researchers for testing.

Shares of the biotech compa-ny soared early Tuesday, a day afterthe company said it sent vials to theNational Institute of Allergy andInfectious Diseases for early-stagetesting in the US. More than 80,000people have been infected global-ly from the viral outbreak thatbegan late last year in China. AP

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Washington: The White Houseplans to spend a total of $2.5 billionfighting the deadly new coronavirusas infections mushroom around theglobe, US media reported Monday.

In a request to Congress,President Donald Trump’s admin-istration asked for $1.8 billion inemergency spending, according toThe Washington Post.

The request was for $1.25 bil-lion in new funding for theDepartment of Health and HumanServices, as well as the transfer of

an additional $535 million origi-nally set aside to fight Ebola.

The White House said itexpected to draw additional moneyfrom other agencies throughoutthe government, as well as from there-prioritization of Health andHuman Services funding, for atotal of $2.5 billion. The funds willbe spent on areas such as labora-tory tests, quarantine, vaccineresearch and development as wellas supporting affected states, TheWashington Post said. AFP

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Cairo: Hosni Mubarak, theEgyptian leader who was theautocratic face of stability inthe Middle East for nearly 30years before being forced frompower in an Arab Springuprising, died Tuesday, state-run TV announced. He was91.

Mubarak was a stalwartU.S. Ally, a bulwark againstIslamic militancy andguardian of Egypt’s peace withIsrael. But to the hundreds ofthousands of young Egyptianswho rallied for 18 days ofunprecedented street protestsin Cairo’s Tahrir Square andelsewhere in 2011, Mubarakwas a latter-day pharaoh anda symbol of autocratic misrule.

His overthrow, however,plunged the country into yearsof chaos and uncertainty, and

set up a power strugglebetween the military and theMuslim Brotherhood groupthat he had long outlawed.Some two and a half yearsafter his ouster, Abdel Fattahel-Sissi led the military over-throw of Egypt’s first freelyelected president and rolledback freedoms gained in the2011 uprising.

State TV said Mubarakdied at a Cairo hospital wherehe had undergone an unspec-ified surgery. The report saidhe had health complicationsbut offered no other details.One of his sons, Alaa,announced over the weekendthat the former president wasin an intensive care afterundergoing surgery. AP

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Islamabad: Qatar on Tuesday invited Pakistanto attend the signing of the landmark peace dealbetween the US and the Afghan Taliban in Dohaon Saturday.

Qatar’s ambassador to Pakistan Saqr binMubarak, on behalf of the Qatari ForeignMinister, extended an invitation to Foreign

Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi on Tuesday, state-runRadio Pakistan reported.

Qureshi welcomed thepeace deal between the US andthe Taliban, saying Pakistan hadalways held the view that therewas no military solution to theAfghan conflict.

He said Pakistan and Qatarhave played a “pivotal role” infurthering the Afghan reconcil-iation process. Qureshi alsoexpressed the confidence thatthe peace deal will lead to intraAfghan dialogue. PTI

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Brussels: European Unionministers are set to approve atough mandate for its negoti-ations with the UnitedKingdom on a free trade dealin the wake of Britain’s depar-ture last month from the bloc.

EU negotiator MichelBarnier has said that the EU iswilling to offer the UK the besttrade relations possible butonly if London commits to alevel playing field on every-thing from state aid to envi-ronmental standards. Britainhas already rejected this, claim-ing the ability to diverge fromEU rules was essential in itsBrexit drive.

What’s more, the UK wantsto get a deal by the end of theyear on the kind of trade agree-ment that usually takes manyyears to negotiate.

“The time pressure isimmense. The interests arehuge. It will be very hardwork — a tough road ahead,”said Dutch Foreign MinisterStef Blok. AP

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on Tuesday there was no agreement yet for theleaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germanyto hold a summit over the escalating violence innorthern Syria.

The Kremlin indicated a two-way meetingbetween Turkey’s Erdogan and Russian PresidentVladimir Putin was also not on the cards.

Erdogan on Saturday had announced hewould hold a four-party summit with Putin,France’s Emmanuel Macron and GermanChancellor Angela Merkel on March 5.

But he told reporters Tuesday in a televisedpress conference before travelling to Azerbaijan“there is no full agreement” on holding the meet-ing. The Turkish leader on Tuesday said he mightinstead hold face-to-face talks with Putin onMarch 5, either in Istanbul or in Ankara.

Russia and Turkey have over the last yearsbeen working in close coordination to end theconflict in Syria but strains have soared in recentweeks over the escalating violence in the Syrianprovince of Idlib. The tensions are seen as thebiggest threat to Ankara-Moscow ties sinceTurkey shot down a Russian warplane over Syriain November 2015. In Moscow, Putin’s spokesmanDmitry Peskov denied that a bilateral meetingbetween Erdogan and the Russian leader wasplanned. “We are not talking about bilateral con-tacts. But the possibility of a meeting in a mul-tilateral format is being worked out,” he toldreporters. AFP

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Hong Kong: The new coronavirus has hand-ed Beijing an unexpected gift — an end toHong Kong’s pro-democracy rallies. But forprotesters like Sam it is a chance to rest upbefore going back on the streets.

“A lot of us, especially frontliners, needa little bit of a break,” said the high-school stu-dent, who is hunkering down in his tiny apart-ment doing school work and playing videogames after months manning umbrella shieldwalls and dodging tear gas in battles with riotpolice.

“Only after this break did I notice how badI was doing (mentally),” said Sam, whodeclined to use his real name for fear of beingarrested. “That being said, I’m as motivatedas ever to get back on the streets continuefighting.” For the Chinese Government — andits unelected proxy leaders in Hong Kong —the end of the financial hub’s huge rallies thatengulfed the city for seven months straight hasbeen a rare spot of good fortune in an oth-erwise grim start to the year. AFP

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Washington: Democrats take the stage for adebate in South Carolina on Tuesday in whatcould be the final opportunity for Joe Bidenand the party’s other presidential candidatesto halt Bernie Sanders’ drive to the nomina-tion.

The 78-year-old senator from Vermont isin pole position heading into South Carolina’sDemocratic primary on Saturday.

Sanders finished in a virtual tie with for-mer South Bend, Indiana, mayor PeteButtigieg in the first nominating contest, inIowa, and then went on to win in the nextstates to vote -- New Hampshire and Nevada.

Seven candidates will take part in thedebate beginning at 8:00 pm in Charleston,South Carolina, on Tuesday night (0100 GMTWednesday), the 10th debate of the campaigncycle.

Besides Sanders, Biden and Buttigieg,Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren,Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, mediamagnate Michael Bloomberg and billionaireTom Steyer will also be on the stage. AFP

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UpTop, an ed-tech higher educationplatform has tied up with the Indian

Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak toprovide ePGPx programme. ePGPx is ahybrid one-year post-graduate diplomaprogramme in Management for Executives.The focus of the programme is on generalmanagement positioning and practicalknowledge with prominence on inculcatingleadership in perplexing managerial situa-tions.

There is around 70 per cent of graduateswith many years of experience who are notable to apply for further jobs because com-panies need MBA/PG diploma holders.UpTop is working rigorously to help these

individuals by providing them placementassistance and IIM alumni status.

Under this tie-up, there will be threemandatory on-campus modules (includingoffline sessions at IIM Rohtak) at the begin-ning of each term. Each campus visit will lastfor six-seven days and will be held at the gapof three-four months. There will be a total of20 days of on-campus classes.

On successful completion of the acade-mic requirement of the one-year ePGPx pro-gramme, the students will be awarded the‘One Year Executive Post Graduate Diplomain Management’.

A bachelor’s degree or Post GraduationDegree in any discipline with a minimum 50percent aggregate mark or equivalent CGPAis required.

The GL Bajaj Institute ofManagement and Research

organised it’s first ResearchConclave on ‘Industry 4.0:Management Challenges &opportunities’. This researchconclave was designed to bringtogether thought leaders in thearea to deliberate on manage-ment strategy in light of thechanging practices in variousbusiness domains.

The conclave had 20renowned personalities as theguest speakers and experts forthe Technical Sessions. LikeAICTE Chairman Prof Anil

Sahasrbuddhe, Dr KK Aggarwal(Chairman — National Boardof Accreditation) were the chiefguest of the inaugural session.Dr Amitabh Rajan, IAS Retd(RBI Service Board), Pawan KJaipuriar (Executive Director,AECOM Ltd), Dr HarivanshChatur vedi (Director,BIMTECH), Prasoon Sharma(NYU & UCL) were the keyspeakers in the inaugural ses-sion.

The conclave received 90research papers and abstracts.The proceedings of the conclavewas launched by the Chief

Guest. Director Prof (Dr) AjayKumar said that the conclavewas among the biggest researchevents in the nation.

Chairman NBA Dr KKAgarwal said, this is an initia-tive by the college to increasethe stability and the awarenessabout the various things likeinternet of things, artificialintelligence, robotic processinformation as these are thefuture of generations. This is awell initiative to make theawareness about these industry4.0 management challenges andopportunities.

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The result of executive pro-gramme (old and new

syllabus) professional pro-gramme (old and new syl-labus) of CompanySecretaries examinations heldin December 2019, has beendeclared on February 25,2020 at New Delhi andreleased to all the regionaland chapter offices of theinstitute throughout thecountry for information of allconcerned.

In addition to making

available the result along withsubject wise break-up ofmarks on the institute’s web-site — www.icsi.edu, the ICSIhas extended the facility ofdownloading of e-result-cum-marks statement by theexaminees of the executiveprogramme.

In executive programme(old syllabus) 13.54 per centpassed in Module I and 16.56per cent in Module II, whilein executive programme (newsyllabus) 7.68 per cent passedin Module I and 11.95 percent in Module II.

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Management Institute(DPMI) invites applicationsfor admissions to its Diplomacourse in ElectrocardiogramTechnology (ECG).

Duration: One yearEligibility: Candidates

recently passed Class XII fromany recognised board andwants to work in Health indus-try can enroll for these cours-es.

How to apply: Log on towww.dpmiindia.com or forms& brochure may be obtainedfrom admission office of DelhiParamedical & ManagementInstitute, New Ashok Nagar,Delhi.

Last date to apply :February 27, 2020.

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invites applications for admis-sion to its Computer Science &Technology programmes forthe session 2020-23/24.

Programmes offered:BTech Computer Science andEngineering (Four years),MTech Computer Engineering(Two years), BTech ComputerScience and Engineering —Specialisation in ArtificialIntelligence & MachineLearning in Association withXebia (Four years)

Eligibility: Merit prepara-tion/short listing of candi-dates shall be on the basis ofscore in JEE Mains2020/SAT/Uni Gauge E2020/MRNAT 2020/Class XIIqualifying examination.

How to apply: Log on tomanavrachna.edu.in.

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Hospitality in collaborationwith At-Sunrice GlobalChefAcademy, Singapore, invitesapplications for admissions toits Diploma in Pastry & Bakeryand Diploma in Culinary Arts.

Duration: One and a halfyear of which nine monthstraining in India and ninemonths in Singapore (inclusiveof six months paid industrialtraining).

Eligibility: Applicants

who have completed ClassXII or equivalent, graduates,professionals and PG studentswho are planning to changecareer or venture in the excit-ing world of bakery or culinaryart are eligible to apply for thiscourse.

Also, students with IELTS5.5 / TOEFL 46-59 / WPLNLevel 5 or at least 75 per centin English in XII standardexams can apply.

How to apply: Log on tohttp:// ish.edu.in/how-to-apply.html.

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Art and Design (IIAD) in col-laboration with KingstonSchool of Art, London invitesapplications for admissions toits undergraduate programmesin Fashion Design, FashionBusiness Management,Communication Design andInterior Architecture &Design. It also offers post-graduate programmes inFashion Design and FashionBusiness Management.

Admissions Process:IIAD Entrance Test

Exam date: April 26, 2020How to apply: Log on to

www.iiad.edu.in or call on +9198713 83633, +91 11 41380000.

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College, Faculty of DentalSciences, Manav RachnaInternational Institute ofResearch and Studies (MRI-IRS, Formerly MRIU) invitesapplications for admission toits Master of Dental Surgeryprogramme for the session2020-21.

Duration: Two yearsHow to apply: Log on to

https://apply.manavrachna.edu.in/.

The problem of choosing asuitable career is more

acute in India as the conceptof career counselling is stillnot very commonly accepted.Students today have a widearray of career options tochoose from. However, withthe rise in the number ofoptions, we are also noticingincreased confusion.

A world economic forumreport says that 44 per cent ofstudents in India need careercounseling and define it as themost important factor indemand-supply mismatch.Contrary 93 per cent of Indianschools do not have coun-selors. The recent skillingreport by Michael & Susan DellFoundation states that onlyone out of 10 students in Indiareceive career guidance. Theresult is that India sees 77 percent drop-out among studentsat secondary education. The250 million young populationof India need career guidance,but the current schooling sys-

tem does not provide it. Thereis an absolute gap in providingcareer guidance to students atearly stage of education inschools.

As defined by UNICEF,Career guidance is a compre-hensive, right-based develop-ment approach, designed toassist individuals in makingand implementing informededucational and occupationalchoices that in turn lead to theirsocial, financial and emotion-al well-being.

It is a process by which anadolescent makes a successfultransition from school to high-er education and workforce.The process involves exploringdifferent careers, knowing thedifferent pathways to careers,opportunity, earning levels,time period required. Furtherit involves knowing one’sstrengths and interest, match-making one’s own potential tothe world of careers and thenselecting the right courses andcolleges, the process to apply

and finally the ways to financehis/her education.

With globalisation, liber-alisation and use of technolo-gy across different industries,a wave of new careers hasopened up in the world. It is nomore limited to four-fiveoptions like doctor, engineer,and lawyer. Every day over 10-15 new careers track emerge,from artificial intelligence togrowth hacker to bionics engi-neer and neuroscientist, there

is a wave of emerging careersopening for students.Additionally, the pathways toenter such careers are verydiverse. For example — one canbecome neuroscientist by pur-suing MBBS or psychology ora core biology course as well.Universities have become flex-ible and the courses are nowmultidisciplinary. To survive inthe corporate, one need tohave multiple skills from dif-ferent disciplines. Hence cours-

es like Liberal Arts are onuptake which gives one theflexibility to combine two verydifferent disciplines. One cando majors in Computer Scienceand minor in language whichcan lead to a career in HumanComputer Interaction (HCI).HCI is now the fundamentaltechnology in various voice-based products like Alexa,google assistant, Siri and itrequires a combination of skillthat involves two different dis-cipline.

The career opportunity inthe world is dynamic now andmoving at a very fast pace. Totackle this effectively, studentsneed career counseling by pro-fessionals who could guidethem in the right direction.Talking to a career counselor,going through psychometricassessments and accessingonline platforms for gatheringinformation is important toidentify the right career.

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Lawyers have a huge responsi-bility on their shoulders, irre-spective of the scope of their

work or the area of law they practice.The way they handle their client'scase can make a difference to thecourt's verdict, financial pacts or anyother legal matter they deal with.Nowadays, lawyers are expected toremain updated about every area oflaw which is a given requirement topractice law. However, not all ofthem are successful because it takesa lot more than just knowing theexisting laws or staying updatedwith the amendments.

Successful lawyers possess thefollowing skills which make themstand out of the crowd:

Communication skillsCommunications skills are a key

requirement of every job, and thelegal profession is not excludedfrom it either. You must have strongoral and written communicationskills because legal professionrequires both. Whether it is draftingcorrespondence, presenting argu-ments, filing pleadings/other docu-ments in the Court or striking nego-tiations with clients/otherlawyers/third parties, you must beable to present information in lucid,concise and logical manner.Moreover, listening skills are equal-ly important to understand clients'needs and ensure that no points aremissed out during interactions withother people.

Research and analytical skillsThe scope of law is so extensive

that it becomes challenging forlawyers to have a deep understand-ing of the facts and figures of eachand every law or case. Some cases areso complex in nature that lawyershave to spend considerable time inreferring archives, precedents andlengthy documents to dig out anyinformation that could come handyin the current matters that they aredealing with. The real research skillsalso lies in extracting relevant infor-mation smartly in a short span oftime. A successful lawyer’s job doesnot end with research. You have toanalyse the gathered informationlogically to gain useful insights anddraw conclusions.

Attention to detailAn eye for detail is another cru-

cial skill to become a successfullawyer. Even the smallest detail orerror can make or mar the case. Itcan even have huge cost implications

for the client or lawyer himself.Hence, it is imperative to be detail-oriented and try not to overlook anyinformation, no matter how trivial itmay appear.

Technology skillsSuccessful lawyers need to be

technology-savvy from two per-spectives:� Greater efficiency in their work:Today, there are various softwareapplications that can help automateand digitise administrative taskssuch as billing, research, data entry,information filing, correspondenceand help lawyers to reduce their timeand effort, increase their productiv-ity and focus on core tasks.

There are also advanced tech-nology tools which can streamlinecontacts, manage deadlines andschedule tasks in an organised man-

ner. Modern-day lawyers are alsoexploring artificial intelligence andanalytics to conduct due diligence,review documents, and predict legaloutcomes.� Handle cases related to tech-nology: Lawyers who can tacklecases pertaining to cybersecurity,blockchain, digital intellectual prop-erty and other technologies are ingreat demand today. You can carvea successful niche career for yourselfby familiarising yourself with tech-nology laws.

Ethics and integrityClients trust their lawyers with

every little piece of information oftheir personal life or business inreturn of utmost confidentiality.Successful lawyers understand thisand represent their client with theutmost ethics and integrity. They

ensure that there is no conflict ofinterests with themselves or anyone.Successful lawyers maintain theirpersonal/moral values and respecttowards the judiciary system.

CollaborationNo lawyer can work in silos.

They need to collaborate with theirstaff, partners, experts, witnesses andmany other stakeholders to build awinning case, find new clients or askfor favours. Successful lawyersbelieve in teamwork and networking.They need to have strong skills andcultivate long-term relationshipswith everyone.

The above-mentioned skills arefundamental to excel in your legalcareer in addition to expertise andexperience.

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Psychic numbers from one tonine are pure single digit

numbers and psychic numbersfrom 10 to 31 are compoundnumbers. Single digit psychicnumber is like a person stand-ing on one leg, whereas com-pound numbers are like a per-son who is standing on twolegs. Therefore, people who arehaving compound psychicnumbers are said to be betterthan the person born havingsingle digit date psychic num-ber.

For finding the psychicnumbers, we add the two dig-its of compound number tobring down to single number.Although numbers 11 & 22 arespecial master numbers innumerology therefore whenfinding psychic number, we donot add them up. Therefore,psychic number of 11 will be 1and for 22 will be 2.

The person will be havingmain characteristic of thereduced single digit psychicnumber, around 70-80 percent. There will also be effectsof both numbers present incompound number. The per-son will show effect of bothnumbers in addition to singledigit psychic number. The first

number of compound numberwill always be a leading num-ber and will show predomi-nance dominating effects.

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Developing soft skills isimperative to growth andsuccess for the future’s

aggressive work culture and aspir-ing youth. Here is a list of eight softskills to check-out that they mustdevelop to meet the needs of the21st century.

Interpersonal communica-tion skills: Interpersonal skillsrefer to your ability to communicateand build relationships with othersin everyday life. Often referred asgood people skills, it has a propen-sity to integrate both your innatepersonality traits (of listening andspeaking) and agility to handle dif-ficult social situations. Withoutinterpersonal skills, you can’tadvance in your career.

Make the deliberate effort andfollow these simple ways to improveyour interpersonal communica-tion skills over time:� Begin with identifying yourareas of improvement � Focus on basic communicationskills both verbal and body lan-guage � Listen carefully and practiseempathy� Learn to manage differences � Reflect on your communicationexperience and improve

Complex problem-solving:Albert Einstein, known to theworld for his mass-energy equiva-lence formula, believed that if hewas given 20 hours to solve a prob-

lem, he would spend 18 hours onunderstanding the problem and 2hours on the solution. He didn’tthink he was that smart, it’s just thathe had the skill of persistence to staywith problems longer than mostpeople. He maintained a strongbelief in the necessity of eliminat-ing biases. Einstein also stated thatproblems require a new level of con-sciousness beyond the one that cre-ated the problem.

Complex problem-solving skillrequires objective, being able to seethe holistic picture and systematicanalysis of the problem. Complexproblem solving can be developedover time. However, to hone thisskill, you can follow the steps:� Focus on identifying the possi-ble solution� Adapt the approach of askingwhys to define the problem� Simplify the problem and comeup with simple solutions, to beginwith� List out as many solutions as youthink

Think laterally, this could givea different perspective to the prob-lem and possibly different solutions� Evaluate the ideas and imple-ment the most effective solutionwith a defined timeline in hand� Assess the solution and learn forthe future

Every problem means thatsomething is not working well andneeds a new way to resolve it.

Critical thinking skill: It allowsyou to understand and address thesituation basis on the facts andinformation available. Criticalthinking involves being able to useyour logic and reasoning to dissecta problem or an issue, think ofviable solutions and weigh thepros and cons of each approach.How to improve critical thinkingskill?� Ask basic questions� Questions your basic assump-tions� Try reverse thinking to find asolution� Evaluate the existing informa-tion

Creativity: Today, industriescan’t thrive without creativity. Theirbrand names are uplifted basis thecreative work only. Some brand slo-gans leave a high remembranceimprint on your mind as theyrelate directly to the masses.

Creativity is not just limited tobeing artistic, it could also meanbeing able to connect the dots withseemingly unrelated information.The creative process, however, isn’tlimited to any predefined process.

Exercise curiosity, express your-self regularly, allow thoughts towander, observe and imagine forinspiration are some of the stepsthat you could take to build yourcreativity.

New product development,new technologies, new ways of

working in a team and many otherroles require creativity.

Cognitive flexibility: It meanshaving good mental agility. In sim-ple words, this is the ability to switchbetween tasks or different thoughtprocesses. Mental agility allows youto effectively and efficiently handledifferent scenarios. Increase yourcognitive flexibility by:� Playing brainy games such aschess, word search, puzzles etc thatchallenges your mind� Read more and more to getexposed to different thoughtprocesses and more knowledge� Alter your everyday routineand seek new experiences� Meet new people with differentcultures and walks of life; they arelikely to give you different per-spectives and viewpoints

Emotional intelligence:Emotional intelligence is identifiedas an individual’s ability to recognize,understand, manage and reasonwith emotions. This skill is helpfulto perform well in a team as well asgrow as a good leader. To improveemotional intelligence, you must: � Use an assertive way of com-municating; share opinion while stillrespecting others� Respond instead of reactingwhile handling conflict, stay calm,don’t jump to conclusions andmake a conscious effort to resolvethe situation with appropriateactions and words

� Listening can help bring clari-ty to the issue, also prevents mis-understandings and allows the lis-tener to respond properly� Take criticism positively andthink empathetically

Be approachable and sociable,smile and communicate clearly

People management: Forimproved productivity, it’s vital tomotivate your team, know how todelegate, respect and respond totheir needs. Here skills like emo-tional intelligence and leadershipshould be played alongside.

Decision making: A singledecision can have a powerful andfar-reaching impact. There can’t bea better example of this than theexample of Apple. The board’s deci-sion to bring back Steve Jobs, afterfiring him a decade earlier, led toamazing product innovation andthe creation of one of the most valu-able companies in the world. Hereare the steps to develop good deci-sion making skill: � Start with setting the end resultin mind� Review the information/ facts/data at hand� Analyse the information alongwith possible solutions/ pros andcons of each scenario� Visualise the scenario with theoutcome � Select the course of action

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Liverpool earned a record-equalling 18th consecutivePremier League win as the

runaway leaders came from behindto beat West Ham 3-2 thanks toSadio Mane’s late strike on Monday.

Jurgen Klopp’s side were in dan-ger of dropping Premier Leaguepoints for the first time since theirdraw at Manchester United onOctober 20 after falling behind in thesecond half at Anfield.

Georginio Wijnaldum putLiverpool ahead early on but IssaDiop equalised soon after.

Pablo Fornals gave strugglingWest Ham a stunning lead, butLukasz Fabianski’s woeful blunderallowed Mohamed Salah to equalisewith his 19th goal of the season.

Mane completed the fightbackwith nine minutes left as Liverpoolmoved 22 points clear of secondplaced Manchester City.

The Reds’ dramatic escapeensured they equalled ManchesterCity’s English top-flight record of 18consecutive league wins set betweenAugust and December 2017.

“I never thought it would be bro-ken or equalled. We did it and I can-not believe it happened to be hon-est,” Klopp said of the record.

“Whatever will happen this sea-son is an effort of all of us. So far, sogood.”

Their 21st successive leaguevictory at Anfield also equalledtheir own English top-flight recordfor consecutive home wins, set byBill Shankly’s team between

January and December 1972.Liverpool need four victories

from their final 11 games to guar-antee a first English title since 1990.

They are unbeaten in their last44 league matches, just five short ofArsenal’s all-time Englishrecord of 49.

“You see City playingand this is the team inworld football that areable to win all their othergames. We have to keepwinning,” Klopp said.

“It is not about shin-ing but the hardest work.As long as the boys are ready towork hard I am not concerned.”

Klopp’s men found themselvesin the rare position of coming off adefeat, for only the third time in allcompetitions this season, afterTuesday’s 1-0 Champions Leaguelast 16 first leg loss at AtleticoMadrid.

And third bottom West Hamgave them all they could handle ina thrilling clash that suggestedLiverpool are not invincible just yet

as they try to emulate Arsenal’sunbeaten 2003-04 top-flight cam-paign.

‘YOU HAVE TO SQUEEZE IT’“We scored a wonderful first

goal. But then we weren’t good insecond ball situations. We lost a lit-tle bit of patience,” Klopp said.

“You have to squeeze it and that’swhat we did to get the three points.It is so special.”

Liverpool took the lead in theninth minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold showed great agility to whipa cross from an acute angle into thesix-yard box, where Wijnaldumstooped to head past Fabianski’sweak attempted save.

The Reds had kept a clean-sheetin 10 of their last 11 league match-es, but they were guilty of switchingoff for once as West Ham grabbedthe equaliser three minutes later.

Robert Snodgrass’s corner curledtowards Diop and the defender rosehigher than Joe Gomez to beat slowto react Liverpool keeper AlissonBecker with a powerful header.

Having turned the title raceinto a procession, there was a distinctlack of edge about Liverpool, whowere also hampered by the absenceof their tireless captain JordanHenderson due to a hamstringinjury.

Sensing an unexpected oppor-tunity, West Ham mounted an inci-

sive raid that brought them animprobable lead in the 54thminute.

Mark Noble found DeclanRice on the right and hequickly swivelled to whip in across that substitute Fornalsswept home from eight yards.

That was the signal forLiverpool to finally wake from

their slumber.Liverpool’s pressure was reward-

ed in the 68th minute with a hugehelping hand from Fabianski asSalah’s shot from Andy Robertson’scross somehow squirmed throughhis legs into the net.

West Ham were unable to stemthe tide and when Alexander-Arnoldshot goalwards in the 81st minute,Mane tapped into the empty net togive the Reds another landmarkmoment in an incredible season.

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Zinedine Zidane said onTuesday he cannot be sure

that Eden Hazard will playagain this season after theBelgian suffered another footinjury last weekend.

Hazard came off duringMadrid’s defeat by Levante onSaturday after making only hissecond start following almostthree months out with a frac-ture in the same foot.

Madrid confirmed anoth-er fracture was revealed dur-ing tests on Sunday andZidane has cast doubt onwhether Hazard will returnthis term.

“I don't know if he willneed an operation, it's not myarea," said Zidane in a pressconference before Madrid'sChampions League first legagainst Manchester City at theSantiago Bernabeu today.

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Upcoming matches inItalian Serie A and

the Europa League willbe played behind closeddoors to combat thespread of coronavirus,the Italian sports minis-ter announced onMonday evening.

"Following thedemands of the sportsworld and knowing thatthe ban on sportingevents open to the pub-lic remains in force in sixregions of northern Italy,we have agreed to theholding of matchesbehind closed doors,"said Sports MinisterVincenzo Spadafora aftera meeting of the Councilof Ministers.

Inter Milan them-selves announced theirEuropa League match

with Ludogorets onThursday would beplayed with no fans pre-sent.

"In agreement withUEFA, the Lombardyregional health authori-ties and Milan city coun-cil, our return game withLudogorets will beplayed behind closeddoors," an Inter state-ment said.

The sports ministerdid not specify whichSerie A matches at theweekend would beincluded in the ban.

There are six gamesin the regions he men-tioned, including theclash on Sunday eveningbetween leader Juventusand third-place Inter.

Italy reported its sev-enth death from thevirus on Monday and ithas the most confirmed

cases in Europe.Eleven towns — 10

in Lombardy and one inneighbouring Veneto —are under lockdown,with some 50,000 resi-dents prohibited fromleaving.

Napoli's ChampionsLeague match againstBarcelona on Tuesday isnot at risk.

The alternative tobanning fans is to post-pone games and GabrieleGravina, the president ofthe Italian FootballLeague made clear earli-er in the day that he wasopposed to thats.

"We have made anofficial request to HealthMinister RobertoSperanza to have thisgame played behindclosed doors," Gravinatold the press. "Weexpect a quick response,but we have been toldthat the outcome will bepositive."

Other sports werealso hit with the ItalianOlympic Committee(CONI) confirming thatin line with governmentinstructions, all events inthe Lombardy andVeneto regions wouldbe postponed.

Regional authoritieshave ordered gatheringspots, such as bars,restaurants, cinemas anddiscos to close.

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Olympic champion AbhinavBindra says Indian shoot-

ers have the "potential" to winmultiple medals, includinggold, at the upcoming TokyoGames.

The 37-year-old Bindraremains India's only individualgold medallist at Olympics butheading into the next Games,he is extremely hopeful of wel-coming new entrants into whathas so far been a "lonely club".

"Going into the OlympicGames we have he the poten-tial to win multiple goldmedals, a realistic shot at win-ning medals at the Olympics,"Bindra said.

The number of Olympicquotas in shooting currentlystands at a record 15 after ahighly successful 2019 that sawIndians top all the Rifle-PistolWorld Cups and the season-ending World Cup Finals.

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The AITA selection committee onTuesday decided to keep veteran

Leander Paes in the five-memberplaying squad for the upcomingDavis Cup tie against Croatia, mak-ing Divij Sharan the reserve member.

The All India Tennis Association(AITA) had to send its final squad tothe International Tennis Federation(ITF) by Tuesday.

The national federation had ini-tially announced a six-membersquad for the Qualifiers tie, sched-uled to be held in Zagreb on the hardcourts on March 6-7. Croatia is thetop-seeded team in the 24-teamQualifiers.

The 12 winners will qualify forthe year-end Davis Cup Finals whilethe losing sides will be placed in theWorld Group I.

"We have sent our final team tothe ITF today. Captain Rohit Rajpalhad a chat with all the players beforedeciding on who is going to be thereserve player. He spoke to Divij aswell, conveying that he will be thesixth member of the travelling side,"

said an AITA source.Sumit Nagal, Prajnesh

Gunneswaran and RamkumarRamanathan are the singles playersin the squad while Paes and RohanBopanna will do the doubles duty.

Bopanna had skipped the last tieagainst Pakistan citing an injury,while Sharan was busy with his

wedding reception at that time.Paes and Jeevan

Nedunchezhiyan had played in thattie, held in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan.

"We have kept our options open.Coach Zeeshan and I will try all thecombinations. Divij remains in themix," non-playing captain Rajpal toldPTI.

"Paes has done well this season.He beat Divij in Pune during the TataOpen Maharashtra and also reachedthe final of the Bengaluru OpenChallenger. So he is in good form.Also, 2020 is his last season, hedeserves highest respect for servingthe country for 30 years. Divij alsofelt the same. The team is on thesame page," Rajpal added.

It will be the only second timethat India and Croatia will clash inDavis Cup. The last time the twoteams met, India had won 3-2 in NewDelhi in 1995 with Paes winningboth his singles and doubles withMahesh Bhupathi.

Croatia have two top-50 singlesplayers in their ranks in BornaCoric (ranked 26) and Marin Cilic(ranked 36).

���� ��(��; Ace players SauravGhosal and Joshna Chinappa willlead the Indian men's and women'ssquads for the 20th Asian TeamSquash Championships to be heldin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia fromMarch 25 to 29.

While Ghosal is a 13-timenational champion and currentworld No 13, Chinappa has wonthe national title 18 times and sheis ranked 12th in the world.

The other members of thesquad announced by the SquashRackets Federation of India (SRFI)include Abhishek Pradhan,Harinder Pal Sandhu and AbhaySingh in the men's section, andTanvi Khanna, Sunayna Kuruvillaand Sanya Vats in the women's cat-egory.

The selection was the based onthe players' performance in therecently-concluded 77th NationalChampionship.

Keeping the Asian Games andCommonwealth Games 2022 inmind, the SRFI has appointedDavid Palmer to be an 'event-based' coach for the Indian seniorteam.

Palmer is a former worldchampion and a nine-time CWGmedallist (the most by any squashplayer). He will be in Chennai fromMarch 16 and will fly out with theteam for the championship.

The costs for Palmer will beborne by the SRFI, the federationsaid in a statement.

The Sports Authority of India(SAI) and Sports Ministry are yetto approve the concept of a short-term 'event-based' coach forsquash.

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"And I don't know if hisseason is over, I don't know butI hope not."

Hazard joined Madrid for100 million euros from Chelsealast summer but has endured anightmare first year in Spain.

He sustained a thigh injuryin training the day before thestart of the season and aftercoming back in September,took time to regain form andfitness.

Hazard appeared to befinding his rhythm only tosuffer his first fracture inNovember, before his latestset-back last weekend.He hasmade only 15 appearances forhis club this season, scoring onegoal.

"I can see he's not happy,"said Zidane. "It's important hestays positive but of course it'sdifficult. It's a bad moment, itwon't be easy and he will feellike this for a while."

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Indian men's hockey team vice captainHarmanpreet Singh on Tuesday said it needs

to play consistently throughout the duration ofa game going into this year's Tokyo Olympics.

With less than 150 days to go for the startof Tokyo Olympics, Harmanpreet said the teamneeds to work upon in some areas.

"We have paid a price in these matches forslowing down or dropping the tempo in betweenquarters. This is an area of concern in the leadup to the Olympic Games," Harmanpreet said.

"Also coach (Graham Reid) believes we cando better in terms of circle penetration, tacklingoutside the circle and not concede too manypenalty corners. A long camp will definitely helpfocus on these critical points," the drag-flickersaid. India made a dream dream start in theirmaiden Pro League campaign with 5-1 and 3-3 (3-1) wins over the Netherlands. The team thenwon 2-1 and lost 2-3 against world championsBelgium, followed by 3-4 defeat and 2-2 (3-1)victory against Australia.

"Good results against world's top 3 teams isno doubt a big morale boost but there are a lotof areas that still concerns us.

"When the team met after the double-head-er against Australia, it was decided that we willgo back to basics when we meet for a four-weeklong national camp," said Harmanpreet.

Meanwhile, the Indian women's team vice-captain Savita said the team's recent tour to NewZealand was a big learning experience in theirpreparation.

"As we are getting closer, there is a lot ofexcitement as well as anxiousness to tick off allthe boxes to ensure we are best prepared and ourrecent tour in New Zealand was quite a learn-ing experience," said the ace goalkeeper.

"While our on-going camp has been aboutimproving our fitness, speed, goal-shooting, tap-ping the ball and tackling, we have also tried toplay with different combinations that are effec-tive in the attacking midfield and forward-line.

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Indian captain Virat Kohli hasexhorted his batsmen to shunultra-defensive approach heading

into the must-win second Test againstNew Zealand, saying it “never paysoff ” on overseas tours.

“I think the language we use as abatting unit, that has to be correct. Idon’t think being cautious or wary willhelp because you might stop playingyour shots,” Kohli said after the loss.

In the second innings, the tech-nically sound Cheteshwar Pujara con-sumed 81 balls for his 11 runs andHanuma Vihari made 15 off 79, as thebatting unit failed to generate anymomentum.

Pujara, at one point, went 28 ballswithout a run, forcing MayankAgarwal into playing loose shots andperish.

Not running the singles and wait-ing for a good ball that has “your wick-et” written all over it is unacceptableto the India skipper.

“You will start doubting that ifeven singles are not coming in thoseconditions, what will you do? You arejust waiting for when that good ballwill come and you will be dismissed.

“(If) you have that acceptance thatit’s ok if you are out to a good ball, atleast I don’t think that way,” said Kohli,making his stand clear on what hethought about the approach of someplayers.

The skipper, who is known to takethe attack back to the oppositioncamp, wants some of his batsmen tofollow his leads.

“If I see a situation, if it is a greenwicket, then I try to play counter-attacking cricket so that I can take theteam forward.

“If you don’t succeed, then youhave to accept that your thinking wascorrect, you tried but if it didn’t comeoff, fair enough. There is no harm inaccepting that.

“But I don’t think a cautiousapproach ever pays off, especially awayfrom home,” the skipper was clear inhis thought process.

He again stressed on the mentalaspect of Test cricket where clarity ofmind, at times, becomes more impor-tant than the technical nuances of bat-ting.

“If we start thinking too muchabout the conditions, then you won’tbe able to focus on your batting. Whenyou are not playing in your (home)conditions, the game becomes moremental.

“We can sometimes get into toomany technical discussions. But ifyour mind is clear, then any conditionlooks easy.

“Then it doesn't seem as if a lotis happening with the ball or that thebowling attack is tough. We will fol-low the same positive frame of mindwe have been in.

“We were not able to execute inthis game but when we do so, weknow what we can achieve,” the con-fident skipper said ahead of theChristchurch challenge.

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Spinner Nayeem Hasanclaimed a match haul of nine

wickets as Bangladesh thrashedZimbabwe by an innings and106 runs inside four days in theone-off Test on Tuesday.

The big victory in Dhakaended a six-match losing streakfor the hosts and handed centu-rion Mominul Haque his firstwin as Test captain.

Zimbabwe, who trailed by295 after the first innings, wereall out for 189 in the second ses-sion with Nayeem returningfigures of 5-82.

Nayeem was supported byfellow spinner Taijul Hasan whotook four wickets as Zimbabwelost batsmen at regular intervalsafter resuming on nine for two,although skipper Craig Ervine(43) and Timycen Maruma (41)offered some resistance.

Mominul struck his first century as Test cap-tain with a 132 and put on 222 runs withMushfiqur to set the tone for his team’s dominance.

“Everyone did well, and I am happy for theteam. We tried to put up a big score and we wereable to get that,” said Mominul, who became cap-tain in November.

“I don’t think it is a difficult start to my cap-taincy career,” he added. “Yes, we have to win morematches but we will do better.”

Zimbabwe’s Ervine, who scored 107 in histeam’s first innings, said they did not capitalise afterwinning the toss and batting first.

“It was nice to get some runs in the game butit was one of those disappointing games that wehave to put behind us,” said Ervine.

“We probably just did not kick on from the startand we definitely needed more than 260 in the firstinnings.”

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India skipper Virat Kohli was on Tuesdaynamed in the Asia XI squad, also featur-

ing Rishabh Pant and Mohammed Shami,to take on a World XI side in a two-matchT20 International series to celebrate thebirth centenary of Bangladesh founderSheikh Mujibur Rahman here.

Kohli has been named by theBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for onematch subject to availability, which is yetto be confirmed by the BCCI. The two

matches are scheduled to be held onMarch 21 and 22.

“We have already received four namesfrom India,” Bangladesh Cricket BoardPresident Nazmul Hassan was quoted assaying by ‘ESPNCricinfo’.

“We haven’t signed contracts butRishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, ShikharDhawan and Mohammed Shami are sup-posed to come. They have said KL Rahuland Virat Kohli will play one game each,but that hasn't been finalised,” he added.

BCB wants Kohli to be a part of boththe T20 Internationals but considering thehectic schedule of the Indian team, itremains to be seen if the maestro makeshimself available.

“Kohli’s name has been sent but the callon his participation lies with him and hewill take it after due consultation with BCCIPresident Sourav Ganguly,” a BCCI sourcetold PTI.

Asked about the Indian players’ avail-ability for the matches, BCCI presidentSourav Ganguly last Friday said they “cansend four to five players”.

Asia XI: KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan,Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav,Mohammed Shami, Thisara Perera, LasithMalinga, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman,Mustafizur Rahman, Tamim Iqbal,Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, SandeepLamichhane, Mahmudullah.

World XI: Alex Hales, Chris Gayle, Fafdu Plessis, Nicholas Pooran, BrendanTaylor, Jonny Bairstow, Kieron Pollard,Sheldon Cottrell, Lungi Ngidi, Andrew Tye,Mitchell McClenaghan.

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New Zealand coach GaryStead on Tuesday said he

was a bit surprised by India’sabject surrender in the first Testbut is expecting a strong come-back in Christchurch.

“It was a bit of a surprise butit was also due to the pressure weput on those guys for long peri-ods of time. You get Trent andTim to operate in our conditionsand both were outstanding,”Stead told reporters on Tuesday.

“Trent’s freshness after beingout for eight weeks added spark.”

The head coach also had asubtle warning for the Indianteam, saying touring New

Zealand could be as tough asplaying in some of the othercountries.

“We want teams to believethat it is as tough in NewZealand as it is playing anywhereelse in the world. That’s a pridething.”

Getting Ajinkya Rahanecheaply on the fourth morningwas the clincher for Stead.After that, he knew that NewZealand would wrap it upquickly.

“Guess picked up wickets atcritical times in the match. Wegot Rahane out and it was thecatalyst of the belief,” he said.

India captain Virat Kohlihad expressed a desire for his

batsmen to come out with apositive approach, and Steadfeels that a world class side likeIndia would like to dominatethe proceedings.

“I expect Indian batsmentrying to dominate more andthat will be a challenge for ourbowlers because a world classside like India will come backhard.”

Neil Wagner is back for thesecond Test after the birth ofhis first child and there is a pos-sibility that the home team willgo in with four specialist seam-ers in bowling friendly condi-tions at the Hagley Oval.

“That’s always good selec-tion dilemma to have as NeilWagner is coming back. KyleJamieson made most of hisdebut in the outstanding man-ner that he played. Neil will beback (in the eleven) with uswithout a doubt,” Stead said.

Asked if left-arm spinnerAjaz Patel will be droppedfrom the XI, Stead didn’t wantto spell it out in as manywords, even though that's animminent possibility.

“We will always considerthat (four seamers plus Colinde Grandhomme) as an optionafter looking at the wicket. Idon’t want to make assump-tions but yes, wicket at Hagley(Christchurch) has a wee bit init also.

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In a first, the DecisionReview System (DRS)

will be implemented inthe Ranji Trophy whenSaurashtra take on Gujaratin the semifinal of the pre-mier domestic competi-tion, starting here onSaturday.

The teams will begiven four referrals perinnings but the technolo-gy will not have Hawk Eyeand Ultra Edge, two keycomponents of the DRSused in internationalgames.

“First time in RanjiTrophy, Umpire DecisionReview System (DRS) isbeing introduced. Semi-final matches and finalmatch of Ranji Trophy2019-20 will have DRS sys-tem,” Saurashtra CricketAssociation stated in apress release on Tuesday.

Last week, BCCI’s gen-eral manager of cricketSaba Karim had said thelimited use of DRS wasalways planned for theRanji Trophy semifinalsand not from the knockoutstages.

The decision to intro-duce limited DRS wastaken after the umpires

committed a few howlersin some knockout games ofthe previous season.

The semifinal will beheld at the SCA Stadium inKhandheri.

“In each innings, eachteam shall be allowed tomake a maximum of fourplayer review. Where arequest for a player reviewresults in the original on-f ield decision beingreversed, then the PlayerReview shall be categorisedas successful and shall notcount towards the inningslimit,” the release stated.

Saurashtra CricketAssociation presidentJaydev Shah welcomed thedecision of having DRS inRanji trophy.

He stated that the RanjiTrophy along with VijayHazare and Syed MushtaqAli are the most importantevents in India’s domesticcalendar and DRS shouldbe use in at least the semi-finals and finals of thesetournaments.

This is Saurashtra'ssixth appearance in a Ranjisemi-final.

The other semi-final ofthe domestic champi-onship will be playedbetween Karnataka andBengal.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoniwill start training for his

much-anticipated return toaction in the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) from March 2amid never-ending specula-tion on his career, which hasbeen on hold since last year’sODI World Cup.

The talismanic ChennaiSuper Kings captain, who ledIndia to two world titles, willstart his training at the M AChidambaram Stadium alongwith some other players of thefranchise.

“Dhoni will train at the MA Chidambaram stadiumfrom March 2. He will prac-tice with players who areavailable at that time,” CSKCEO K S Viswanathan saidhere.

“The full camp will beginon 19 March when all theplayers would have joinedthe squad,” he added.

Dhoni is expected topractice for a couple of weekswith the likes of Suresh Rainaand Ambati Rayudu amongothers. He would then take abreak before returning, asource said.

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Australia’s SteveSmith and David

Warner will return toNewlands onWednesday, less thantwo years after theywere central figures inone of cricket's greatestscandals at the ground.

They will be play-ing in a series-decidingthird Twenty20 inter-national against SouthAfrica in front of anexpected capacitycrowd where “maxi-mum security” will bein operation to pre-vent any abuse of play-ers.

The day before thescandal broke, Warnerwas abused by a spec-tator in the members'stand at Newlands,leading to then-coachDarren Lehmann con-demning what he saidwas the worst person-al abuse of players theyhad encountered any-where in the world.

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Former New Zealand all-rounder Craig McMillan

on Tuesday said Indian bats-men “throwing their handsat the ball like they do inIndia” will not work here.

“They didn’t make anyadjustments in the way theyplayed, they threw theirhands at the ball like they doin India,” he told RadioSport.

“When the ball doesn’tbounce above knee high youcan get away with some ofthose shots - in New Zealandyou don't.”

McMillan lauded NewZealand’s veteran seam-bowling duo of Tim Southeeand Trent Boult.

“When the ball’s swing-ing, and it did for most of

that Wellington Test, Boultand Southee are geniuses,” hesaid.

He rated it “a terrific per-formance” from the BlackCaps.

“I haven’t seen India,the number one Test side inthe world, dismantled likethey were over those fourdays in Wellington,” he said.

New Zealand’s drubbingof India was hailed as one ofthe best in Black Caps' his-tory by the media here.

“Rare are the Tests inwhich the Black Caps beatthe world’s number one Testside,” the New ZealandHerald wrote.

“To do so against a teamwho had won seven straightTests, each by a massivemargin, makes it even moreimpressive.”

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