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T he coronovirus (COVID- 19) scare spread fast across the country on Tuesday as an Italian tourist in Jaipur tested positive for the virus, six sus- picious cases were reported from Agra, while Hyatt hotel in the national Capital sent its restaurant staff for self quar- antine. Air India asked passengers who travelled with the patient from Italy to volunteer for self- screening, and IndiGo airline sent for home observation four of its crew members, who were on a Dubai-Bengaluru flight on February 20 with a coron- avirus-infected Hyderabad res- ident. India has so far reported six confirmed cases, of which three have recovered while three others are admitted in the hospitals. Two patients with a travel history from Italy and Dubai have been admitted in Safdarjung Hospital here while an Italian is being treated in a Jaipur hospital. Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba held a review meeting through video-conference, with the Secretaries of Ministries, Chief Secretaries and Health Secretaries to assess action taken to containment of the virus. The States have been asked to set up quarantine facilities, augment isolation wards, involvement of district clusters in cluster management while standard operating pro- cedure (SOP) is in the pipeline for COVID-19 management in private hospitals. More suspected cases are coming to light. For instance, the wife of the Italian tourist found to have been infected with coronavirus initially test- ed positive for the virus here on Tuesday. Her samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for finality, an official said. “The wife of the Italian tourist too developed symp- toms and samples were col- lected. The report indicates positive signs of the virus in her. For further confirmation, we are sending her sample to the NIV, Pune,” the official of the Rajasthan Health Department said. The Italian couple has been kept in isolation at the Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh Hospital in the State while six suspected cases of COVID-19 reported from Agra have been admitted to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi and their blood samples have been sent to the Pune lab for testing. More than 3,100 peo- ple have died and over 90,000 have been infected worldwide by the virus. In view of no let-up in cases, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has shifted twen- ty-four people, including 3 Indians and 21 Italian nation- als, staying at a hotel of South Delhi to its quarantine facility at Chawaala for testing. Their test results are expected to come on Thursday. With the virus showing no signs of abating, the Central Departments too have stepped up their efforts to detect and check the infection which has killed 2,912 people in China so far. The Union Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday conduct- ed a meeting with all airports officials to review and guide the preparations to prevent the spread of the infection in the country. The DGCA has asked the airlines to ensure that their crew on all flights has protec- tive gears like surgical masks and gloves. Passengers from Italy, Iran, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia are being screened at Indian airports. States too are gearing up to meet the crisis, if any. Addressing a Press briefing along with Health Minister Satyender Jain, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia outlined the measures taken by the State Government. “In 25 hospitals (19 Government and 6 private), the process of setting up of isolation wards is under- way. 3.5 lakh masks, 8,000 sep- aration kits are being made available,” he said, adding that twelve testing facilities were operational in the national Capital. Continued on Page 4 T he United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an unprecedented move, has approached the Supreme Court of India on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), saying there is a need to take into account the “inter- national human rights law, norms and standards” in the proceedings. India has criti- cised the UN body’s move. India’s Permanent Mission in Geneva was informed on Monday evening by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet that her office has filed an inter- vention application in the Supreme Court on the amend- ed citizenship law, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in response to queries on Tuesday. The intervention plea in which High Commissioner, former Chile President Michelle Bachelet, seeks to be made party in a case against the CAA has said differentiations “drawn by the law are not” sufficiently objective and reasonable”. Strongly making India’s position clear while opposing the UN Commissioner’s move, Kumar said, “The CAA is an internal matter of India and concerns the sovereign right of Indian Parliament to make laws. We strongly believe that no foreign party has any locus standi on issues pertaining to India’s sovereignty.” Reacting to the develop- ment, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel attacked the Government over the issue saying it is “unwarranted inter- ference” but it is the Modi dis- pensation that is to be blamed for the “mess”. “No doubt that UN’s inter- vening application is a case of unwarranted interference in our matters,” Patel said in a tweet. “But who is to blame for this mess? The Government of India for creating a window for such interference by enacting a law which breaches global stan- dards on human rights,” the Congress treasurer said. Meanwhile, the MEA Spokesperson said India is clear that the CAA is constitu- tionally valid and complies with all requirements of its con- stitutional values. “It is reflec- tive of our long standing national commitment in respect of human rights issues arising from the tragedy of the Partition of India,” he said. “India is a democratic country governed by the rule of law. We all have utmost respect for and full trust in our inde- pendent judiciary. We are con- fident that our sound and legally sustainable position will be vindicated by the Supreme Court,” Kumar said. The External Affairs Ministry response also said the CAA “constitutionally valid” and upholds human rights values. Meanwhile, when asked whether the UN body can approach the Supreme Court, an official said it was for the Supreme Court to decide. Shortly after it was passed, the United Nations said it was fundamentally discriminatory in nature. A spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said it would “have a discriminatory effect on people’s access to nationality.” P arliament on Tuesday saw continued logjam over the Opposition’s demand for res- ignation of Home Minister Amit Shah over the Delhi com- munal violence. With neither side ready to blink first, there is little hope of resumption of proceedings any sooner. The BJP and Opposition members tried to shove each other in the Lok Sabha amid demands for an immediate discussion on the Delhi riot as the Government said it is ready for it on March 11 after Holi. BJP woman MP Sangita Singh Dev said she was pushed by Congress MP Ramya Haridas and Jyothimani in the post-lunch Session. She said she had filed a complaint with the Speaker. Both the Houses were adjourned for the day as order could not be restored in the House with the Opposition seeking discussion on Delhi riots. The Lok Sabha did trans- act some business amid the din, but the Upper House saw a complete washout. After Speaker Om Birla told the Lok Sabha during the post-lunch Session that the discussion would take place on March 11 after Holi festival, Opposition members stormed into the Well demanding an immediate discussion. As tempers in the House rose, Birla warned that the unruly members will be sus- pended for the entire session. Continued on Page 4 E nding speculation of more than 16 hours over his tweet that he is thinking of giv- ing up his social media accounts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday afternoon said he will hand over his accounts on such plat- forms to women “who inspire” on Sunday — March 8, cele- brated as International Women’s Day. “This Women’s Day (March 8), I will give away my social media accounts to women whose life & work inspire us,” he tweeted. Continued on Page 4 A fter father of one of their students tested positive for coronavirus, two private schools in Noida declared hol- idays for next few days as a pre- ventive measures, said officials. Amid a coronavirus scare in Delhi-NCR, the demand for surgical and N95 masks, and sanitisers have increased man- ifold in Noida with some peo- ple claiming they were being sold at rates much higher than the actual cost. Meanwhile, one of the schools in Noida, on the out- skirts of Delhi, where the Delhi man’s son is a primary class student, said it will remain shut from March 4 to March 6, while the other said it will be closed till Saturday. The board exams are not affected, the messages sent by the schools to the parents made clear. It came to light that the man had thrown a birthday party last week for the child, triggering fears that those who attended it including some students and his relatives might be at risk. Samples from six people from Noida, including three children, have been taken to check if anyone has been infected, Noida’s Chief Medical Officer Anurag Bhargava said. Continued on Page 4 I n a major breakthrough in the ongoing investigation in the Pulwama terror attack case in which 40 CRPF personnel were martyred in an IED blast on February 14, 2019, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a father-daughter duo who facil- itated the terrorists from Hakripora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The accused have been identified as 50-year-old tipper driver Tariq Ahmad Shah and his 23-year-old daughter Insha Jan. Confirming their arrest, the NIA issued a statement claiming, during initial inter- rogation, accused Shah has disclosed that his house at Hakripora, Pulwama, was used by suicide bomber Adil Ahmad Dar, Mohd Umar Farooq, a Pakistani terrorist and IED maker, Kamran another Pakistani terrorist, Sameer Ahmad Dar, a Jaish-e- Mohammad ultra and Mohd Ismail, a Pakistani terrorist. Insha was in constant touch with Farooq over tele- phone and other social media applications for the attack. Continued on Page 4 S hahrukh Pathan, a 33-year- old gun-wielding man who had opened fire during the riot in Maujpur on February 24 and had pointed his gun at an unarmed police constable who confronted him, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh and brought to Delhi on Tuesday. Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, AK Singla, said after days of man- hunt since the incident took place, a crime branch team zeroed in on the areas around Shamli and Kairana. “On the night of Monday and Tuesday, police received information that Shahrukh would be coming at Shamli bus stand between 10 am and 12 am to meet someone. A trap was laid and Shahrukh was apprehended by the police team,” said the Additional CP. “Shahrukh was planning to flee from Shamli. Police are try- ing to recover the pistol used by him during the riot,” he said. Continued on Page 4 T he Delhi Government sets up isolation wards in 25 hospitals, a day after a Delhi man tested positive for the new coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday. The Delhi Government on Tuesday released helpline for coron- avirus: [email protected], phone number: +9111 2397 8046. The Delhi Health Minister said 3.5 lakh N95 masks were being arranged and the Government has 8,000 sepa- ration kits for staff treating coronavirus patients. “COVID-19 is a new infec- tion, but there is no need to panic. We are taking all possi- ble steps to keep Delhi safe. Isolation wards are being read- ied in 25 hospitals, including 19 Government and six private hospitals. 230 beds have been earmarked for coronavirus patients,” Jain told reporters after the meeting. T he Navy has postponed MILAN 2020 — a multi- lateral naval exercise — sched- uled from March 18 to 28 at Visakhapatnam taking into consideration the safety of all participants and travel restric- tions imposed by the spread of COVID-19, officials said here on Tuesday. More than 40 countries were scheduled to take part in the exercise held every two years in India. Navy officials said the con- duct of MILAN 2020 had gen- erated a very enthusiastic response, with Navies around the world having expressed their desire to participate; and in deference to this interest, the Indian Navy looks forward toward scheduling MILAN at a later convenient date. The Indian Navy would like to whole-heartedly thank the numerous navies from near and far for having accepted their invitation to participate in MILAN 2020, as also for the unstinted support provided in the run-up to this event, the officials said.

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Page 1: English News Paper | Breaking News | Latest Today News in ......skirts of Delhi, where the Delhi man’s son is a primary class student, said it will remain shut from March 4 to March

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The coronovirus (COVID-19) scare spread fast across

the country on Tuesday as anItalian tourist in Jaipur testedpositive for the virus, six sus-picious cases were reportedfrom Agra, while Hyatt hotel inthe national Capital sent itsrestaurant staff for self quar-antine.

Air India asked passengerswho travelled with the patientfrom Italy to volunteer for self-screening, and IndiGo airlinesent for home observation fourof its crew members, who wereon a Dubai-Bengaluru flight onFebruary 20 with a coron-avirus-infected Hyderabad res-ident.

India has so far reportedsix confirmed cases, of whichthree have recovered whilethree others are admitted in thehospitals. Two patients with atravel history from Italy andDubai have been admitted inSafdarjung Hospital here while

an Italian is being treated in aJaipur hospital.

Cabinet Secretary RajivGauba held a review meetingthrough video-conference, withthe Secretaries of Ministries,Chief Secretaries and HealthSecretaries to assess actiontaken to containment of the

virus. The States have beenasked to set up quarantinefacilities, augment isolationwards, involvement of districtclusters in cluster managementwhile standard operating pro-cedure (SOP) is in the pipelinefor COVID-19 management inprivate hospitals.

More suspected cases arecoming to light. For instance,the wife of the Italian touristfound to have been infectedwith coronavirus initially test-ed positive for the virus here onTuesday. Her samples havebeen sent to the NationalInstitute of Virology in Punefor finality, an official said.

“The wife of the Italiantourist too developed symp-toms and samples were col-lected. The report indicatespositive signs of the virus inher. For further confirmation,we are sending her sample tothe NIV, Pune,” the official ofthe Rajasthan HealthDepartment said.

The Italian couple has been

kept in isolation at the Jaipur’sSawai Man Singh Hospital inthe State while six suspectedcases of COVID-19 reportedfrom Agra have been admittedto Safdarjung Hospital in Delhiand their blood samples havebeen sent to the Pune lab fortesting. More than 3,100 peo-

ple have died and over 90,000have been infected worldwideby the virus.

In view of no let-up incases, the Indo-Tibetan BorderPolice (ITBP) has shifted twen-ty-four people, including 3Indians and 21 Italian nation-als, staying at a hotel of SouthDelhi to its quarantine facilityat Chawaala for testing. Theirtest results are expected tocome on Thursday.

With the virus showingno signs of abating, the CentralDepartments too have steppedup their efforts to detect andcheck the infection which haskilled 2,912 people in China sofar. The Union Civil AviationMinistry on Tuesday conduct-ed a meeting with all airportsofficials to review and guide thepreparations to prevent thespread of the infection in thecountry. The DGCA has askedthe airlines to ensure that their

crew on all flights has protec-tive gears like surgical masksand gloves.

Passengers from Italy, Iran,China, Hong Kong, Japan,South Korea, Thailand,Singapore, Nepal, Indonesia,Vietnam and Malaysia are beingscreened at Indian airports.

States too are gearing up tomeet the crisis, if any.Addressing a Press briefingalong with Health MinisterSatyender Jain, Delhi DeputyChief Minister Manish Sisodiaoutlined the measures taken bythe State Government. “In 25hospitals (19 Government and6 private), the process of settingup of isolation wards is under-way. 3.5 lakh masks, 8,000 sep-aration kits are being madeavailable,” he said, adding thattwelve testing facilities wereoperational in the nationalCapital.

Continued on Page 4

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The United Nations HighCommissioner for Human

Rights, in an unprecedentedmove, has approached theSupreme Court of India on theCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA), saying there is a needto take into account the “inter-national human rights law,norms and standards” in theproceedings. India has criti-cised the UN body’s move.

India’s Permanent Missionin Geneva was informed onMonday evening by UN HighCommissioner for HumanRights Michelle Bachelet thather office has filed an inter-vention application in theSupreme Court on the amend-ed citizenship law, Ministry ofExternal Affairs spokespersonRaveesh Kumar said inresponse to queries on Tuesday.

The intervention plea inwhich High Commissioner,former Chile PresidentMichelle Bachelet, seeks to bemade party in a case against theCAA has said differentiations“drawn by the law are not” sufficiently objective and reasonable”.

Strongly making India’sposition clear while opposingthe UN Commissioner’s move,Kumar said, “The CAA is aninternal matter of India andconcerns the sovereign right ofIndian Parliament to make

laws. We strongly believe thatno foreign party has any locusstandi on issues pertaining toIndia’s sovereignty.”

Reacting to the develop-ment, senior Congress leaderAhmed Patel attacked theGovernment over the issuesaying it is “unwarranted inter-ference” but it is the Modi dis-pensation that is to be blamedfor the “mess”.

“No doubt that UN’s inter-vening application is a case ofunwarranted interference inour matters,” Patel said in atweet. “But who is to blame forthis mess? The Government ofIndia for creating a window forsuch interference by enacting alaw which breaches global stan-dards on human rights,” theCongress treasurer said.

Meanwhile, the MEASpokesperson said India isclear that the CAA is constitu-tionally valid and complieswith all requirements of its con-stitutional values. “It is reflec-tive of our long standingnational commitment in

respect of human rights issuesarising from the tragedy of thePartition of India,” he said.

“India is a democraticcountry governed by the rule oflaw. We all have utmost respectfor and full trust in our inde-pendent judiciary. We are con-fident that our sound andlegally sustainable position willbe vindicated by the SupremeCourt,” Kumar said.

The External AffairsMinistry response also saidthe CAA “constitutionallyvalid” and upholds humanrights values. Meanwhile, whenasked whether the UN bodycan approach the SupremeCourt, an official said it was forthe Supreme Court to decide.

Shortly after it was passed,the United Nations said it wasfundamentally discriminatoryin nature. A spokesperson forthe Office of the UN HighCommissioner for HumanRights (OHCHR) said it would“have a discriminatory effect on people’s access tonationality.”

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Parliament on Tuesday sawcontinued logjam over the

Opposition’s demand for res-ignation of Home MinisterAmit Shah over the Delhi com-munal violence. With neitherside ready to blink first, thereis little hope of resumption ofproceedings any sooner.

The BJP and Oppositionmembers tried to shove eachother in the Lok Sabha amiddemands for an immediatediscussion on the Delhi riot asthe Government said it is readyfor it on March 11 after Holi.

BJP woman MP SangitaSingh Dev said she was pushed

by Congress MP RamyaHaridas and Jyothimani in thepost-lunch Session. She saidshe had filed a complaint withthe Speaker.

Both the Houses wereadjourned for the day as ordercould not be restored in theHouse with the Oppositionseeking discussion on Delhiriots. The Lok Sabha did trans-act some business amid the din,but the Upper House saw acomplete washout.

After Speaker Om Birlatold the Lok Sabha during thepost-lunch Session that thediscussion would take place onMarch 11 after Holi festival,Opposition members stormedinto the Well demanding animmediate discussion.

As tempers in the Houserose, Birla warned that theunruly members will be sus-pended for the entire session.

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Ending speculation of morethan 16 hours over his

tweet that he is thinking of giv-ing up his social mediaaccounts, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on Tuesdayafternoon said he will handover his accounts on such plat-forms to women “who inspire”on Sunday — March 8, cele-brated as InternationalWomen’s Day.

“This Women’s Day(March 8), I will give away mysocial media accounts towomen whose life & workinspire us,” he tweeted.

Continued on Page 4

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After father of one of theirstudents tested positive

for coronavirus, two privateschools in Noida declared hol-idays for next few days as a pre-ventive measures, said officials.

Amid a coronavirus scarein Delhi-NCR, the demand forsurgical and N95 masks, andsanitisers have increased man-ifold in Noida with some peo-ple claiming they were beingsold at rates much higher thanthe actual cost.

Meanwhile, one of theschools in Noida, on the out-

skirts of Delhi, where theDelhi man’s son is a primaryclass student, said it willremain shut from March 4 toMarch 6, while the other saidit will be closed till Saturday.The board exams are notaffected, the messages sent bythe schools to the parentsmade clear.

It came to light that theman had thrown a birthdayparty last week for the child,triggering fears that those whoattended it including somestudents and his relatives mightbe at risk.

Samples from six peoplefrom Noida, including threechildren, have been taken tocheck if anyone has beeninfected, Noida’s Chief MedicalOfficer Anurag Bhargava said.

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In a major breakthrough inthe ongoing investigation in

the Pulwama terror attack casein which 40 CRPF personnelwere martyred in an IED blaston February 14, 2019, theNational Investigation Agency(NIA) on Tuesday arrested afather-daughter duo who facil-itated the terrorists fromHakripora village of SouthKashmir’s Pulwama district.

The accused have beenidentified as 50-year-old tipperdriver Tariq Ahmad Shah and his 23-year-old daughterInsha Jan.

Confirming their arrest,the NIA issued a statementclaiming, during initial inter-rogation, accused Shah hasdisclosed that his house atHakripora, Pulwama, was usedby suicide bomber Adil AhmadDar, Mohd Umar Farooq, aPakistani terrorist and IEDmaker, Kamran anotherPakistani terrorist, SameerAhmad Dar, a Jaish-e-Mohammad ultra and MohdIsmail, a Pakistani terrorist.

Insha was in constanttouch with Farooq over tele-phone and other social mediaapplications for the attack.

Continued on Page 4

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Shahrukh Pathan, a 33-year-old gun-wielding man who

had opened fire during the riotin Maujpur on February 24 andhad pointed his gun at anunarmed police constable whoconfronted him, was arrestedfrom Uttar Pradesh andbrought to Delhi on Tuesday.

Additional Commissionerof Police, Crime Branch, AKSingla, said after days of man-hunt since the incident tookplace, a crime branch teamzeroed in on the areas aroundShamli and Kairana.

“On the night of Mondayand Tuesday, police received

information that Shahrukhwould be coming at Shamli busstand between 10 am and 12am to meet someone. A trapwas laid and Shahrukh wasapprehended by the police

team,” said the Additional CP. “Shahrukh was planning to

flee from Shamli. Police are try-ing to recover the pistol used byhim during the riot,” he said.

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The Delhi Health Ministersaid 3.5 lakh N95 masks werebeing arranged and theGovernment has 8,000 sepa-

ration kits for staff treatingcoronavirus patients.

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The Gurugram districtadministration has issued an

advisory for prevention of coro-navirus and also issued helpline

numbers on Tuesday.An administration official

said if residents of the districtface problems like fever, coughor difficulty in breathing, theycan contact the HealthDepartment, Gurugram on

helpline numbers 0124-2322412or 9911519296. These helplinenumbers will be operational24x7.

"The district administra-tion is serious about theCoronavirus infection and peo-ple are being made awarethrough the HealthDepartment about its rescue.Simple measures can be adopt-ed to prevent Coronavirusinfection. Also, the number offoreigners coming toGurugram is more than otherdistricts of the state, so peoplecoming from abroad need totake some precaution," DeputyCommissioner (DC) AmitKhatri said.

He further said if a personhad come from China in thelast 15 days or had been incontact with someone infect-ed with the virus, he shouldhave limited contact witheveryone for 14 days and sleptin separate rooms. Cover thenose and mouth while sneez-ing and especially, keep acloth. Wash hands regularlywith soap and water and keepsa distance from the personwho has symptoms of cough,

cold or fever.Coronavirus is a new dis-

ease that is spreading in Chinaand may other countries and isaffecting other countries aswell. It is a flu-like disease withsymptoms of cough, fever andbreathlessness .

According to health officialsthat arrangements have beenmade in the city regarding theCoronavirus. "A sufficient num-ber of N95 masks, triple masks,VTL masks, PPE kits etc. areavailable in the district and aRapid Response Team has beenformed which will act prompt-ly," Khatri said.

Apart from this, a separateward has also been arranged for20 beds in the district's civil hos-pital. Also, 12 private hospitalshave been identified, wherethere are separate wards andventilators etc for patients sus-pected of infection withCoronavirus.

"These hospitals have a pro-vision of 70 beds and 52 venti-lators. Medical authorities havealso been given the training todeal with Coronavirus infection.Advisory has also been sent toprivate hospitals," the DC said.

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As coronavirus wrecks havocin many countries around

the world with over 3,000deaths reported worldwide,India has stayed relativelyunscathed.

To counter the emergingthreat of coronavirus, NorthernRailway Central Hospital hasset up one dedicated ward forclinically suspected cases. It has

also issued an advisory regard-ing do's and don'ts and decid-ed to educate people about thevirus.

A senior northern railwayofficial said that lecture on Do'sand Don'ts will be done byhealth educators along withrailway doctors at railwaycolonies, club, health units andbarat ghars. Peoples will beeducated about the symptoms ofthe virus.

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The 29-year-old JitenderMann, also known as Gogi,

a notorious gangster, has beenarrested by the Special Cell ofDelhi Police along with histhree accomplices fromGurugram. Police said Gogi,who carries a reward of �6.5lakhs on his head, was arrest-ed from a flat in sector 82 ofGurugram on Tuesday morn-ing.

Jitender Maan alias Gogi, aresident of Delhi's Alipur areawas arrested along withKuldeep Naan (28) alias Fajja,a resident of Naya Bans inDelhi, Kapil (27) alias Gaurav,a resident of Uttar PradeshSaharanpur district and Rohit(27) alias Moi, a resident ofSonipat in Haryana.

Delhi and Haryana policehad announced a reward of Rs4 lakh and Rs 2.5 lakh, respec-tively, for Gogi's arrest. Fajjacarried a reward of Rs 2 lakh onhis head announced by theDelhi Police. Rohit carried areward of Rs 2 lakh on his headfrom the Delhi Police and Rs 1lakh from the Haryana Police.Kapil is the newest member ofthis gang.

According to ManishiChandra, the DeputyCommissioner of Police (DCP),Special Cell, the police got a tip-off on the intervening night ofMonday and Tuesday and vis-ited Kherki Daula Toll Plaza inGurugram, Haryana. "Whenpolice reached the toll, they gotinputs that Gogi, along with hisgang members, was residing ina flat at Mapsko Casabella,Sector-82, Gurugram," said theDCP.

"The Special Cell team withSpecial Weapon And Tactics(SWAT) team in tow movedtowards Gogi's flat. Police sur-rounded the entire B-4 block.Finding no escape route, theysurrendered before police," saidthe DCP.

"During verification, he has

been found to be involved in adouble murder in Saharanpurand is also an absconding lifeconvict in this case. He was alsofound involved in an Arms Actcase of Hisar in Haryana," saidthe DCP.

"Police have also recoveredsix imported pistols, over 70 livecartridges and one Hyundai i20car, stolen from Paschim Viharpolice station area, from thegang members The car recov-ered was used by the gang in themurder of a Pawan AnchilThakur (32), who they sus-pected was supporting Gogi'srivals, in Delhi's Rohini lastmonth. The accused had fired48 rounds at him, of which 26hit him, killing him on thespot," said the DCP.

Gogi was not always themost feared gangster. He wasonce a bright student at DelhiUniversity. It was while study-ing at Swami ShraddhanandCollege that Gogi developedenmity with another student,Sunil alias Tillu Tajpuira, whoseassociates had allegedly beatenGogi's friend during collegeelections. The rival candidatewas Tillu's cousin. Gogi's friendthen withdrew his name andTillu's cousin won the elections.

This incident gave birth toan alleged rivalry between Gogiand Tillu that has claimed morethan 10 lives from both the

groups over the past decade.Gogi was last arrested in 2016but he managed to flee frompolice custody, Tillu is currentlyin Sonipat jail.

Gogi-Fajja-Moi hadbecome synonymous with fearin the Outer Delhi and Haryanabordering particularly Sonipatand Jhajjar areas. Jitender wasrunning Gogi Gang an organ-ised crime syndicate. Membersof his gang were committingmultiple crimes at impunity.

In 2018 gang war broke outbetween Gogi and his archrival Tillu gang, in Burari areaafter which four residents ofAlipur's Tajpur village deadwhich included one innocentpasserby man and woman.

While in 2017 in Panipat,Haryana , Gogi, along withFajja, had pumped seven bulletsinto the chest of HarshitaDahiya, a famous Haryanvisinger.

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Avideo of wanted gangsterJitender Mann, alias Gogi

in which he is seen expressinghis wish to surrender beforepolice, went viral on socialmedia on Tuesday. Police sus-pect the video was shot whenthe sleuths of Special Cellalong with SWAT team hadcordoned off the hideout ofthe gangster in Gurugramleaving no stone unturned toescape from the police clutch-es.

In the video which wentviral on social media, Gogisays that he wants to surren-der before Delhi Police."Surround me from every-where. There could be myencounter but I am ready tosurrender," says Gogi in Hindi.

According to police, Gogiwas arrested on Tuesdaymorning after specific inputswere received from the sourcesin Gurugram.

"Gogi and his associateswere staying for last threemonths at Mapsko Casabella,Sector - 82, Gurugram. Thehouse was on second floor andit was also suspected thatgangster could run by jump-ing from the house whichhad three balconies. The policeteams with AK-47 and laserpoints had surrounded Gogiand his other associates fromevery corner leaving no placeto run," said a senior policeofficial.

"Finding no way to run,Gogi might have shot thevideo and posted on the socialmedia," said the senior policeofficial.

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In order to curb fake mes-sages and rumours harming

communal peace in Delhi,Committee on Peace andHarmony of Delhi Assemblyon Tuesday launched aWhatsapp number and anemail ID — 8950000946 [email protected].— where people can file com-plaints against those whospared hate messages.

Delhi Government hasalso announced �10,000reward for the whistleblowers.

Pertinently, during theriots, 42 people lost their livesin the North-east Delhi,henceforth Delhi Governmentalong with the legislators con-stituted six members com-mittee on February 5.

The Government said tillnow a total of �38.75 lakh hasbeen given out as compensa-tion to the riot victims.

Meanwhile, SaurabhBharadwaj, Member ofLegislative Assembly (MLA),Greater Kailsah said, "Todaywe held the second meeting ofthe committee where welaunched a WhatsApp noalong with an Email ID.People can share their com-plaints here against any HateMessages which can causecommunal disharmony."

Adding furthermore, the

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said,"These numbers will be wide-ly publicised through everypossible way which willinclude advertisement on TV,radio, newspapers and othermediums. Hoardings andUnipoles will be put in pub-lic spaces, schools, bus stops,metro, hospitals andGovernment offices."

"The committee hasdecided that a peace meetingwill be organised with the sixMLAs of the violence-hit areasof Delhi on February 5 inNorth East Delhi. In thismeeting, prominent religiousleaders and people from CivilSociety of these areas willalso join."

The committee observedthat before Holi and the Fridayprayers, the meeting shouldsend a message of CommunalHarmony to avoid any com-munal tension in the time ofthe religious festival. The com-mittee has also decided toinvite the Delhi PoliceCommissioner in this peacemeeting to send a strong mes-sage of harmony and brother-hood," said Bharadwaj.

The Committee alsodecided that for the first timeanywhere in India, all thoseinformers of hate messageswhose complaints are con-verted into FIRs, will berewarded with �10,000/-.

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal met Prime

Minister Narendra Modi onTuesday and discussed the sit-uation in the riot-hit North-eastDelhi and requested that thoseresponsible for the violenceirrespective of party affiliation"should not be spared".

Soon after his meeting withPM Modi, Kejriwal said thatPrime Minister Modi hasassured us of cooperation andsupport for the progress anddevelopment of Delhi for thenext five years.

Lauding Delhi Police's roleto crackdown the hate mongers,Kejriwal said that if the DelhiPolice had reacted earlier, manylives could have been saved.

"Delhi Police played a verygood and active role in curbingthe rumours. The way Delhipolice officials appealed to thepeople to maintain peace on theroads, and tried to stop therumors within Delhi, a hugeincident was prevented throughthese efforts. The Delhi police'srole was commendable," saidCM.

He asserted that suchpromptness of the Delhi Policeduring the riots last week wouldhave saved the lives of manypeople. "We agreed on work-ing together on preventing sucha drastic situation from hap-pening in the future. Delhi isthe capital of the country. We

will take whatever steps thatneeds to be taken in the futureto prevent such riots. Thereshould never be such riots inDelhi. This is a matter of con-cern for all of us."

Kejriwal said that he hasrequested the PM Modi thatwhoever is responsible for thisriot, irrespective of party, reli-gion, or stature, should not bespared. Strict action should betaken against them so that amessage that such actions willnot be tolerated goes out to thepublic.

Meanwhile, Delhi govern-ment is working with Centre tocontrol Corona virus. " The ris-ing problem of Corona viruswas also discussed in the meet-ing with the Prime Minister.There is outbreak of the diseasein India as well, with one casebeing reported in Delhi and onein Telangana. The central gov-ernment and the Delhi gov-ernment will work together toprevent this outbreak of thedeadly disease. We have towork together so that it can beprevented."

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The newly-appointed Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Jal

Board (DJB), Raghav Chadha,said that cleaning YamunaRiver and ensuring 24 hourpiped water to all householdsin the national Capital will beon top of the agenda.

To achieve the objective of'Clean Yamuna', a target toreduce discharge of sewerwaste into the river by 25 percent each year is set up, hesaid, adding that the immedi-ate priority now is to preparea 'Summer Action Plan' tohandle peak summer waterdemand of the city.

Talking about the impor-tance of groundwater rejuve-nation, he said DelhiGovernment is working torestore the water bodies anddetermined to bring back theecological balance. In regardto this, a pilot project atGogha and Rajokri Lake hasbeen commissioned whichhas become a prototype atnational and internationallevel, he said.

"We will ensure that per

capita water availabilityimprove to meet the demand.DJB will also work on provid-ing uninterrupted supply inwater deficient areas besidesimproving efficiency and fasterredressal of water related com-plaints," Chadha said.

Talking to the pioneer,Raghav said he called a reviewmeeting of senior officials toassess the damage of infra-structure during riots innortheast Delhi and directedthe officials to take immedi-ate steps to ensure effectivedelivery of clean drinkingwater to the people in the

affected areas, including addi-tional deployment of watertankers, if required.

"I reviewed DJB's ongoingefforts in violence affectedareas and took stock of thewater supply situation in theseareas. I also directed them toincrease frequency of watertankers in affected areas andto ensure tankers in abun-dance in temporary sheltersbuilt by the DelhiGovernment," he added.

"I am grateful to ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal forreposing his faith in me. I wasappointed national spokesper-son, given an opportunity tocontest Lok Sabha and thenAssembly election at veryyoung age. I will try everythingat my command, to achieve thetarget," he said. Chadha wasalso appointed the party'snational treasurer, a position ofresponsibility in a party thatprides itself on transparencyand accountability of everysingle penny received fromevery generous donor. Aheadof taking charge of his new role,Chadha met the Chief Ministerand sought his blessings.

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The DJB Vice ChairmanRaghav Chadha removed

a towel from his chair whichis considered a symbol of VIPculture after taking charge aschairman of Delhi Jal Board.

"Arvind Kejriwal jeeformed the party to end suchVIP culture. Our resolve is to

serve public. I will fulfill theduty wit all the responsibilityand will work towards achiev-ing the dream of AArvind jee,"Chadha tweeted in Hindi.

The video was shared onsocial media by 'AAP In News'reads "Delhi Jal Board ViceChairman @raghav_chadharemoves towel (a symbol ofVIP culture) from his chair assoon as he assumes his office.

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Amid heavy police presenceoutside schools and Central

board of Secondary Education(CBSE) examination centres atthe violence and riot-hit areasof North-east Delhi, Class 12students on Tuesday appearedfor their history exam.

The CBSE officials alsosaid they recorded about 98 perc ent of attendance on Tuesday.The absentees were mostly pri-vate candidates, said the offi-cials.

"We will remember our12th board examinations for lifetime due to the situation tookplace. I was scared for both theexams and my life because thefear inside our heart will taketime to fade away. I just hope,

I clear the examinations," saida student.

"The history we learn forexams seems to be irrelevant tome, when the history that isbeing created now is terrible. Ihope for a better history to bewritten in Delhi and the coun-try, not the one that talks of vio-lence and riots," said the stu-dent, who did not wish to beidentified.

Parents and relatives of thestudents were also present out-side the examinations waitingfor their wards to finish theexams. Many parents were wait-ing outside the exam centers tillthe exams got over.

"What had happen andwhat we gone through isunimaginable. I am here for likepast two hours to pick my

daughter. Either me or my hus-band will be waiting outside thecenters in the comings examsalso," said Radha Devi who livein Ganga Vihar.

"Kaise bhi likh diya paper.Bas pass ho jaye. (I wrote theexams, just praying to god thatI pass the exams because it washard to remember anythingprepared. We could not con-centrate on the exams well. But,we wrote what we rememberedand taught in schools," saidanother student.

Outside the examinationcentres, police and paramilitarypersonnel were deployed toensure security. Anxious par-ents waited at school gates fortheir wards to return after writ-ing the exam and take themhome safely.

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Government said it is taking

all steps to contain the spread ofthe coronavirus and earmarked230 beds in isolation wardsbeing set up at 25 hospitals, asseveral city schools sent advi-sories to parents listing precau-tionary measures.

Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal held an emergencymeeting with Health MinisterSatyendar Jain and other topofficials and took stock ofGovernment preparations tocontain the virus. Kejriwal alsomet Prime Minister NarendraModi and discussed the possi-ble spread of the virus in thenational Capital.

"The rising problem ofcoronavirus was also discussedin the meeting with the primeminister... The central govern-ment and the Delhi governmentwill work together to prevent theoutbreak of this deadly disease(COVID-19). We have to worktogether so that it can be pre-vented," Kejriwal said.

The Delhi Government istaking all possible steps to dealwith novel coronavirus and istrying to get in touch withthose who could be infected orwere in contact with the infect-ed man, said Health MinisterSatyender Jain on Tuesday.

The Delhi Government has

also released a helpline number+9111 2397 8046 and [email protected].

Addressing the media,Health Minister Satyendar Jain,flanked by Deputy ChiefMinister Manish Sisodia, said:"COVID-19 is a new infection,but there is no need to panic".

"We are taking all possiblesteps to keep Delhi safe.Isolation wards being readied in25 hospitals, including 19Government and six privatehospitals," Jain said.

As many as 3.5-lakh N95masks are being arranged, the

Minister said. "We have over8,000 separation kits for stafftreating coronavirus patients."

Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Tuesday called anurgent meeting with Jain andother top officials on theGovernment's preparations todeal with coronavirus. Themove came a day after a man inDelhi was reported to be infect-ed with the virus.

"We are trying to get intouch with people who could beinfected or were in contact withCOVID-19-infected man,"Sisodia said.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday took a

sharp dig at Congress leaderand former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh for lookingat the chant of “Bharat mata kijai” with suspicion even as hespoke about the need to estab-lish peace, harmony and unityin the backdrop of Delhi vio-lence where his party MPshave been accused of makinghighly provocative statementsduring Assembly elections.

Modi who had since 2014evoked the chant of “Bharatmata ki jai” during his pollcampaigns hit-out at theCongress and its leaders at theBJP’s Parliamentary partymeeting for portraying the slo-gan as something divisive andout of sync with country’s “sec-ular” ethos.

Modi latched on to the for-mer PM’s comments at a recentbook launch event where thelatter said the slogan has turned“militant and purely emotion-al” and is being “misused”.Modi said the former PrimeMinister finds a “bad smell”even in a slogan like ‘BharatMata Ki Jai’ and looks at it withsuspicion.

Singh also said the chanttends to exclude “millions ofIndians”, apparently referring tothe minorities. A section ofMuslim leadership is opposedto the slogan saying it violatestheir religious beliefs. AIMIM’s

Asaduddin Owaisi reportedlysaid he would not chant it evenif a knife is pulled out at him.

The BJP has been accusedof forcing minorities to provetheir nationalistic credentialsand ‘Nationalism’ by chanting‘Bharat mata ki jai’. In therecent Delhi riots, a videodoing the round purportedlyshowed some youngsters, beat-en-up during the riot, beingasked to chant the slogan.

Seizing on Singh’s remarks,Modi said in the meeting thatsimilar controversies were cre-ated over ‘Vande Mataram’during the freedom struggleand singing it was considereda “gunah” (crime) with manypeople choosing to leave themeetings of the Congress when

it was played, sources saidquoting the Prime Minister.

“It is unfortunate and sadthat 70 years afterIndependence, raising a sloganlike ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ is beingdepicted as a crime... It is unfor-tunate that a person who heldthe post of Prime Minister issaying so,” Modi said, addingthat every patriot will be painedwith this. He said country looks‘Bharat mata’ as Goddess andquestioned parties like Congressand TMC opposing her chant.

Keeping ‘Bharat Mata KiJai’ on their minds, they shouldwork for the country’s devel-opment which, Modi told BJPleaders, is supreme.

He said several forces areworking to destabilise the

country and called upon partyleaders to work more vigor-ously for it. He said that polit-ical interests are supreme forsome parties while nationalinterest is of utmost impor-tance to the saffron organisa-tion. “Hamare liye desh hith dalhith se uper hai,” ParliamentaryAffairs Minister Pralhad Joshiquoted Modi as saying.

A fight is going on betweenthose wedded to national inter-est and people preferring partyinterest over it, he stated, assert-ing that the country is supremefor the BJP and ‘vikas’ is itsmantra, Joshi said after themeeting. Senior BJP leaders,including Home Minister AmitShah and its president J PNadda, were in the meeting.

In the backdrop communalriots last month which claimed47 lives in the North-EastDelhi, the Prime Minister saidpeace, harmony and unity areprerequisites for the country’sdevelopment. He asked BJPMPs to take lead in ensuringamity in society with theirwords, mind and deeds.

The Congress has beenseeking Shah’s resignation for“inaction” while the nationalCapital was already on its edge.Muslim women, stronglyopposing Citizenship (amend-ment) Act, have been sitting ona two-and-half -month-long‘dharna’ at `Shaheen Bagh`asserting that the Act was dis-criminatory towards theMuslim community.

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Asserting that theGovernment should give

up its “obduracy” to allow adebate in both Houses over theDelhi riots, the Congress onTuesday said the “silence ofParliament” on the matter willbe a poor reflection on theworld’s largest democracy.Congress’ senior spokesper-son Anand Sharma also hit outat Prime Minister NarendraModi over a veiled dig at hispredecessor Manmohan Singh.

Addressing the BJP parlia-mentary party meeting, Modisaid attempts were being madeto create a controversy aroundthe slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’(Hail Mother India) in thesame way objections wereraised about ‘Vande Mataram’after the freedom struggle.

At a recent event, Singhhad said the slogan of ‘BharatMata Ki Jai’ was being misusedto construct a “militant andpurely emotional” idea of Indiathat excludes millions of resi-dents and citizens. Sharmasaid it was “unfortunate” thatPrime Minister Narendra Modidid not take Singh’s remarks inthe right spirit.

“Instead of being sarcastic,he should understand that DrManmohan Singh is known forhis humility and wisdom.Bharat Mata belongs to allthose who live in this country.The slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’or the tricolour have to be heldin high respect and not to beused for polarisation, divisionand violence,” he told reportersoutside Parliament.

The Deputy Leader ofOpposition in Rajya Sabha saidCongress leaders have request-ed Chairman M Venkaiah Naiduand the government to imme-diately start a discussion on theriots in Delhi. “There is a needfor Parliament not only to discuss(Delhi riots) but also to fixaccountability, that is exactlywhat Parliamentary democracy

is all about,” Sharma said.“The Government should

give up its obduracy, its rigid-ity, and in the larger interest ofIndian democracy and respectthe institution of IndianParliament by accepting dis-cussion on the issue,” he said.It is time to send a message tothe people in Delhi and citizensacross the country thatParliament, irrespective of par-ties, is collectively concernedand jointly condemns whathas happened in the nationalCapital, Sharma said.

“Silence of IndianParliament does not augur welland will be a poor reflection onthe largest democracy in thisworld,” he said. Sharma alsoexpressed concern over friend-ly countries conveying theirconcerns over the violence inDelhi. “India’s Parliamentdebating and sending a mes-sage will be in the country’sinterest in today’s situation,” hesaid. Proceedings of both LokSabha and Rajya Sabha weredisrupted for the second con-secutive day on Tuesday amiduproar over the issue of Delhiviolence as Opposition mem-bers sought an immediate dis-cussion on the matter.

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Taking exception to IranForeign Minister Javad

Zarif ’s remarks on Delhi riots,India on Tuesday summonedthe Iran envoy here to lodgeprotest and conveyed that theMinister commented on a mat-ter which is purely internal toIndia. He had said on Mondayin a tweet “Iran condemns thewave of organised violenceagainst Indian Muslims.”

Official sources said onTuesday the Iranian envoy toNew Delhi Ali Chegeni wasconveyed that Zarif comment-ed on a matter which is pure-ly internal to India.

“The Iranian Ambassadorin Delhi was summoned onTuesday and a strong protestwas lodged over the commentsmade by Zarif on the matterinternal to India,” a sourcesaid.

On Monday, Zarif hadurged Indian authorities to notlet “senseless” violence pre-vail. Taking to Twitter, Zarifalso said “Iran condemns thewave of organised violenceagainst Indian Muslims”.

He also said “for centuries,Iran has been a friend of India.We urge Indian authorities toensure the well-being of allIndians and not let senselessthuggery prevail. Path forwardlies in peaceful dialogue andrule of law,” he wrote.

Ministry of ExternalAffairs spokesperson RaveeshKumar last week had urgedinternational leaders and bod-ies to not make irresponsiblestatements during such sensi-tive times.

Iran became the fourthMuslim-majority country toofficially react to the riots inDelhi. Its minister’s commentscame after Indonesia, Turkey and Pakistan had spo-ken out against the riots overthe last week.

On Friday last, Indonesiahad conveyed its concerns overthe riots to the Indian ambas-sador in Jakarta. This cameafter the Indonesian ReligiousAffairs Ministry issued a state-ment condemning the “vio-lence against Muslims”.

Earlier last week, Turkey’sPresident Erdogen andPakistan Prime Minister ImranKhan had also condemned theviolence.

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The Centre has assuredAndhra Pradesh

Government to clear some partof the pending subsidy dues ofover �4,300 crore for under-taking rice procurement at aminimum support price (MSP)by next month.

Union Food Minister RamVilas Paswan on Tuesday gavethe assurance in a meetingwith Andhra Pradesh FinanceMinister BugganaR a j e n d r a n a t hon this issue.

After the meeting, Paswansaid that it was a genuinerequest from the AndhraPradesh government. “TheCentre, too, does not havefunds and we may get someallocation at the end of March.

From that, we will release (thefund) as much as possible toAndhra Pradesh. Some sub-sidy dues are pending in mostStates, where procurement hasbeen decentralised. MadhyaPradesh, Gujarat andMaharashtra are some of the

States where foodgrain subsidydues are pending”, he added.

The dues will be released tothe Andhra Pradesh State CivilSupplies Corporation Ltd(APSCSCL) which has under-taken the procurement opera-tion in the State. After themeeting, the AP FinanceMinister said total �4,308 crorewas the pending rice subsidyfrom the Centre. Of which,�1,598 crore dues were betweenfinancial years 2013-14 and2016-17.

“The Government of Indianormally releases 90 per cent ofclaimed amount as advancesubsidy in each quarter.However, there has been a delayin the release of subsidy for thisyear, creating hurdles in clear-ing the outstanding payments to

farmers on time,” he said.However, the state gov-

ernment has been clearing thepayments for farmers from itsown resources in order to avoidunrest among farmers and alsohonour the commitment ofMSP given by the central gov-ernment, he added.

State’s Finance Ministersaid the Andhra PradeshGovernment has cleared pay-ments of �6,000 crore so far tothe farmers and the outstand-ing dues stand at about �3,000 crore, which is leadingto unrest among the farmingcommunity.

The State Government hasprocured 41.73 lakh tonne ofpaddy so far in the 2019-20kharif season, while the esti-mate is to buy 88 lakh tonne inthe same period.

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The Khadi and VillageIndustries Commission

(KVIC) plans to provideemployment opportunities tonearly 6 lakh persons in thecurrent year.

The number of projectsand the amount of subsidydisbursed by the KVIC hasdoubled in just four years from44,340 in 2015-16 to 73,427 in2018-19. While �1,020 croremargin money was disbursedin 2015-16, it went up to �2,070crore in 2018-19. The employ-ment generated also increasedfrom 3,23,362 in 2015-16 to5,87,416 persons in 2018-19.

“This year we aim to breakthis record and hope to estab-

lish 77, 000 projects and dis-burse �2,400 crore of marginmoney, which could provideemployment opportunities tomore than 6 lakh people underthe Prime MinisterEmployment GenerationProgram(PMEGP),” said KVICchairman VK Saxena.Highlighting the importance ofPMEGP scheme, Saxena said,“India is passing through atransitional phase from devel-oping nation to a developednation. Schemes like PMEGPare the strongest pillars onwhich the future of India isembarked. We aim not only toprovide employment at thedoorstep, but also to encouragethe traditional artisans, selfhelp groups and educated

unemployed to buildEnterprise of their dreams.This scheme also helps preventmigration of unskilled workersto urban areas.”

Saxena said aligned withthe Digital India doctrine of thePrime Minister, the KVIC,launched an integratedPMEGP online portal in July2015 to promote small andmedium enterprises in ruraland urban areas.

“Before 2015, on an aver-age, the KVIC used to receiveless than 1,00,00 applicationsyearly. However, after thelaunch of the online portal wereceive an average 4,00,000applications annually. This itselfshows the popularity of thescheme,” Saxena said.

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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhurywalked over to the side of theWell facing the TreasuryBenches, which led to a com-motion between the BJP andOpposition members.

Other Opposition partymembers too followedChowdhury towards theTreasury Benches and a com-motion broke out as BJP mem-bers blocked their way.

Pushed by Congresswomen members, Dev washeld by Union Minister SmiritiIrani.BJP MP from WestBengal Locket Chatterjee wasseen having heated argumentswith Chowdhury, and UnionMinister Ravi Shankar Prasadtried to pacify them. Amid thedin in which the BJP and theCongress members tried toshove each other and somemembers banged the doorleading to the secretary gener-

al’s desk, Birla adjourned theHouse for the day. After theadjournment, Irani was seenengaged in a heated argumentwith Opposition members overthe banging of the door asother BJP member sought topacify her.

Earlier in the day,Opposition members’ demandfor immediate discussion onthe issue of Delhi violence ledto the Speaker adjourning theHouse twice. As the House metat 2 pm, Birla said he has spo-ken to members from theTreasury Benches as well as theOpposition and they haveagreed to accept what theSpeaker decides.

Even as Opposition mem-bers raised slogans of “downdown BJP”, “save India”, andsome tore papers and threwthem in the Well, Birla contin-ued with the proceedings of theHouse and Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman intro-

duced The Banking Regulation(Amendment) Bill, 2020. Thepandemonium led to theadjournment of the House forthe day. Earlier in the day,Parliamentary Affairs MinisterPralhad Joshi said theGovernment was ready for adebate on the issue duringZero Hour but the Oppositionsought an immediate discus-sion.

Emphasising that “restora-tion of peace and normalcy” isthe topmost priority of theGovernment, Joshi said, “char-cha ke liye taiyyar hai (we areready for discussions)”.However, Opposition mem-bers were not satisfied anddemanded that there should bean immediate discussion. Inresponse, Joshi said the Speakershould decide. A this stage theSpeaker said it would be betterif discussion takes place afterHoli on March 11.

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Fumigation was underway in boththe schools and a Health Departmentteam led by Noida’s chief medical offi-cer visited the site, an officialsaid.

While some family members of theman, an accountant and others whocame in contact with him were askedto remain quarantined at their homesin Delhi and Agra, six others from Agrawith “high-viral load” have been keptin isolation at Safdarjung Hospital inDelhi and their samples sent to NIV,Pune, officials said.

Contact tracing of the people whocame in contact with the six is simul-taneously being done through theIntegrated Disease SurveillanceProgramme (IDSP) network, the HealthMinistry said in a statement.

Sources said the patient fromMayur Vihar in Delhi, had travelled toItaly recently. The senior doctor alsourged people not to panic, saying thatthe virus is “fragile in nature”.

The Noida administration onTuesday launched two helplines —8076623612 and 6396776904 — for

people with any queries on coronavirus.Bhargava said there were adequatemedical facilities available with isola-tion wards at the Government Instituteof Medical Sciences (GIMS) in GreaterNoida and the Super-specialityPaediatric Hospital and Post GraduateTraining Institute in Noida.

The GIMS has a dedicated 10-bedfacility while the super-speciality hos-pital has nine beds, he added. District Magistrate B N Singh stressedthat no school in Gautam BuddhNagar has been asked by them to shutor suspend classes. He, however,added that one private school in whichthe children of the man who has test-ed positive in the initial test for coro-navirus was sanitised and hence closedfor three days.

“In this school, the board examswill continue as such but the centre hasbeen changed to St Joseph School inGreater Noida and we have got per-mission for that from the exam boardalso,” Singh added. He said the otherschool which has decided to suspendclasses till March 9 has done it on theirown.

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From Page 1“He had five bullets,

out of which two fell and hehad fired three rounds. Hewill be produced in thecourt and taken into policeremand. During interroga-tion, he said while theprotest was going on andstone pelting started, heopened fire,” said theAdditional CP. “He wasfond of buying pistol. Hehad procured a 7.65 mmpistol and ammunitionabout two years ago fromone of his labourers. Thegood quality semi-automat-ic pistol was bought fromMunger in Bihar”, said theAdditional CP. “After theincident, he initially roamedaround in Delhi in his vehi-cle and after news reports ofhis act went viral, he leftDelhi. He then went toPunjab and had been hidingin Bareilly and Shamli at afriend’s place,” said DrSingla.

“He is not found to beinvolved in any criminal

background so far but hisfather was found to beinvolved in a case of nar-cotics. Police are also inves-tigating if he was associatedwith any gang or was part ofany conspiracy. The vehiclein which he fled from Delhihas not been recovered yet,”said Dr Singla. “Efforts arebeing made to recover hisweapon. He is being inter-rogated regarding his role inthe riots and role of otherparticipants known to him.Further investigation isgoing on,” the Additional CPadded. In a video that wentviral last week, Shahrukhcould be seen pointing his apistol at the policeman onthe Jaffrabad-Maujpur roadon February 24. “He hadthreatened Dahiya with hisgun, before running awayfrom the spot. Shahrukh isa resident of northeastDelhi’s Ghonda area andpolice are also trying totrace his family members,who are absconding,” policesaid.

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From Page 1“His house was also used by the terrorists for prepar-

ing and recording of video of suicide bomber Adil AhmadDar, which was released by JeM soon after the Pulwamaattack”, NIA statement added.

Referring to the role of 23-year-old daughter of Insha,NIA statement claimed, “Insha Jan facilitated the terroristsat their home and provided food and other logistics dur-ing their stay on more than 15 occasions for 2-4 days eachtime, in their house during 2018-19.

The father daughter duo were arrested by the NIAclose on the heels of arrest of Jaish-e-Mohammad overground worker (OGW), Shakir Bashir Magrey, a residentof Hajibal, Kakapora in Pulwama. Magrey, owner of afurniture shop too had provided shelter and other logis-tics assistance to the suicide bomber Adil Ahmad Dar.He was introduced to Adil in mid 2018 by a Pakistaniterrorist Mohd Umar Farooq and he became a full timeOGW of JeM.

During the investigation, Magrey too had revealedthat he had collected and delivered arms, ammunition,cash, and explosive materials to JeM terrorists, includ-ing those who were tasked for Pulwama suicide bomb-ing. Magrey accepted that he had given shelter to Adiland Pakistani terrorist Umar in his house from late 2018till the attack in February 2019, and assisted them in thepreparation of the improvised explosive device (IED).

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“This will help them ignite motivation inmillions. Are you such a woman or do youknow such inspiring women? Share such sto-ries using #SheInspiresUs,” he tweeted.

Modi’s Monday late night tweet triggeredf rumours that he is thinking of leaving socialmedia platforms like Twitter, Facebook,Instagram., etc. “This Sunday, thinking of giv-ing up my social media accounts on Facebook,Twitter, Instagram & YouTube. Will keep youall posted,” said PM on Monday around 9 pm.

While some wondered whether he wasthinking of quitting social media as he was fedup with the menace of fake news, others sug-gested that India might launch a China-typeindigenous social media platforms. In aboutan hour, the tweet was retweeted over 26,000times. The Prime Minister is one of the most-followed world leaders on social media with53.3 million followers on Twitter, 44 millionon Facebook and 35.2 million on Instagram.The Twitter handle of Prime Minister’sOffice has 32 million followers.

In September 2019, Modi was the third-most followed world leader on the microblog-ging site, behind only US President DonaldTrump and his predecessor Barack Obama.The Prime Minister was the first Indian tocross the 50-million followers mark onTwitter..

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not to panic and urged them totake precautions like not touch-ing face without washing handsand exercising good hygiene.Jain said, “People need to beaware that it is a flu-like dis-ease.” He advised people to usedisposable napkins for sneezesor coughs and urged heart dis-ease patients, or diabeticpatients to take special care.

Similarly, Eatela Rajendra,Health Minister of Telanganawhich reported its first con-firmed case on Monday said onTuesday that a budget of �100crore has been allocated to fightthe virus in the State and urgedthe people to not panic.

“�100 crore has been allo-cated for combating coron-avirus. The man who had comefrom Dubai and tested positivefor COVID-19 is recovering.This virus is not deadlier thanswine flu. The death toll is notmore than 2-3 per cent. A fewbasic measures can preventthis virus from taking effect,”he said.

The Odisha Governmentas a precautionary measurehas sent a couple, hailing fromUttar Pradesh and working ina Singaporean cargo ship to oneof its hospitals after the mandeveloped mild fever on theship’s arrival at Paradip porthere from China where thecoronavirus death toll hasreached 2,943, official sourcessaid.

The Haryana Police on itspart, on Tuesday directed itsfield units to take immediateaction to safeguard on-dutypersonnel from potential coro-navirus infection by providingthem masks, gloves and handsanitisers.

Similarly, the seaport andairport have been put underhigh alert, officials said onTuesday. Dakshina Kannadadistrict is particularly undersurveillance as three confirmedcases of coronavirus werereported from neighbouringKerala earlier, they said.Besides DK, alert has beensounded in Udupi, Kodagu,Chamarajanagar and Mysuru.

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Aligarh (UP): The Resident DoctorsAssociation (RDA) of the medical college inAligarh Muslim University has decided todonate Rs 25 lakh for victims of the commu-nal violence in Delhi.

Junior doctors and senior resident doctorsof the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College havedecided to contribute at least one day's salaryfor all riot victims irrespective of their com-munity.RDA president Mohammad Hamzasaid the money would be distributed throughthe finance officer of the university for relief andrehabilitation of the affected people.

Hamza said this was time for all peace-lov-ing citizens to join hands in this "hour of thegrave humanitarian crisis in the capital of ourcountry". Meanwhile, former AMU students'union president Salman Imtiaz urged all sectionsof the society to help in the restoration of peaceand all riot victims through whatever meansavailable to them. PTI

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The Directorate General ofForeign Trade (DGFT), on

Tuesday put export restrictionson 26 pharma ingredients andmedicines, including paraceta-mol, vitamin B1 and B12, amidthe coronavirus outbreak inChina. Earlier, there were norestrictions on outbound ship-ments of these products.

Apart from paracetamol,vitamin B1, B6 and B12, otherAPIs and formulations overwhich the export restrictionshave been imposed includetinidazole, metronidazole, acy-clovir, progesterone, chloram-phenicol, ornidazole, formula-tions made of chloramphenicol,clindamycin salts, neomycin,and paracetamol.

A notification by theDGFT said the export of 26active pharmaceutical ingredi-ents (APIs) and formulationswould require licence. “Exportof specified APIs and formu-

lations made from these APIsis hereby restricted with imme-diate effect and till furtherorders,” the DGFT said in anotification. API is raw mate-rial for pharmaceuticals.

Although India is heavilyimport dependent for APIsfrom China, it exports a limit-ed quantity of pharma ingre-dients. The country’s APIimports stood at around USD3.5 billion per year, and around70 per cent, or USD 2.5 billion,come from China. Restrictionson the exports are important asthere would be an increase indemand for these products inthe country.

In February, the Departmentof Pharmaceuticals (DoP) askedthe DGFT to issue ordersrestricting export of 12 APIs andformulations in the wake of thecoronavirus outbreak.Restrictions on the exports areimportant as there would be anincrease in demand for theseproducts in the country.

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The Central IndustrialSecurity Force (CISF) has

provided medical kits contain-ing hand sanitisers, gloves andmasks to all its personneldeployed to secure 62 airportsin the country amid concernsover the coronavirus.

The CISF personnel aresubjected to physical interac-tion with the outgoing andincoming passengers by way offrisking and communicating tothem and a decision has beentaken that the medical kit bestocked and used at all inter-national and domestic airportsunder the Force’s security cover,officials said.

All the airports have beenprovided alcohol-based sanitiser bottles, hand glovesand face masks of the normaland N95 variety for use by the paramilitary personnel,they said.

The CISF is the designat-ed paramilitary for securingvital installations including air-ports. Presently, it secures 62airports in the country, the lat-

est being the Srinagar airportin the Union Territory ofJammu & Kashmir.

With an Italian tourist inJaipur being tested positive forCoronavirus on Tuesday, thetotal number of confirmedcases in India has risen to six but three haverecovered from the diseasepost-treatment,

The Government has alsostepped up its efforts to detectand check the infection thatfirst erupted in China’s Wuhan.Over 3,100 persons have dieddue to the Coronavirus.

Meanwhile, the civil avia-tion regulator DirectorateGeneral of Civil Aviation(DGCA) on Tuesday asked allairlines to ensure that aircraft

arriving from South Korea,Japan and Italy are subjected todisinfection process.

Ground handling staffentering international flightsshould have disposable pro-tective gears like surgical masksand gloves.

The advisory has alsosought placement of adequatehand sanitising facilities atmultiple locations at airportsfor staff and passengers.

The DGCA further askedthe airlines to ensure that ade-quate protective gears like surgical masks and gloves are available in flights forpassengers. All staff involved incleaning aircraft should beprovided personal protectiveequipment like surgical masks,gloves, disposable shoe coversand the like.

They should also be madeaware about the correct usage ofthese disposable items. The reg-ulator has also asked the airlineoperators to create adequateawareness in the form ofannouncements, banners andposters displayed at prominentplaces at all airports in India.

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Coronavirus is weighing onIndian poultry sector in a

more negative way. With freshsuspected cases detected inthe country, many people have stopped buying and con-suming chicken.

This has led to fall indemand of chicken in thecountry. The prices of broilerchicken have also come downto �35-40 per kg from �90 perkg in January 2020 in Delhi andNCR areas. According to poul-try farmers, chicken sales inIndia have come down over 50per cent and prices dented by20-30 per cent in the last oneweek. Presently, chicken isbeing sold between �150-180 akg depending on the localityfrom �200-220 a kg in January.

Nasir Alvi president ofGhazipur Fish and Chickenmarket said the wholesaleprices of chicken have crasheddue to an abrupt drop indemand. “The supply has alsoreduced to 50 percent. The salehas been declined 25-30 in themarket due to Coronavirus asbuyers are not coming.Presently only 50-60 truckscome daily in Ghazipur mandias compared to 125-150 trucksdaily in December,” Alvi said.The cost of broiler chicken pro-duction is �75 per kg. Poultryfarmers are still losing moneyas broiler prices are hovering at�40-45 per kg.

Echoed with Alvi, Bidhanpoutry farm owner SatishKumar said that chicken busi-ness has been down 40-45 percent these days.

“The wholesale demandand supply also dipped in thepast two month,” he added. Inits presentation to the Ministryof Animal Husbandry, All IndiaPoultry Breeders Association(AIPBA) has sought reliefpackage as poultry bird priceshave plunged to �10-30 per kgat farm gate level due to a dipin chicken demand. The aver-

age cost of production is �70-75 per kg.

According to Ministry ofAgriculture, millions of smallpoultry farmers have been hitby a sudden drop in sales. It isestimated India’s poultry indus-try has lost 13 billion rupees($182 million) since the out-break of in three weeks afterspeculation on social mediathat chickens are a cause of thespread of coronavirus, dentingdemand for chicken and near-ly halving prices.

Poultry sector in India isvalued at about �80,000 crorebroadly divided into two sub-sectors — one with a highlyorganised commercial sectorwith about 80 per cent of thetotal market share (say, �64,000crore) and the other beingunorganized with about 20 percent of the total market shareof �16,000 crore.

It is estimated that with apoultry population of 729 mil-lion (30 per cent layers ataround 215 million and 40 percent broilers at around 480 mil-lion) small and medium farm-ers are mostly engaged in con-tract farming system underlarger integrators and thereare around 30 million farmersengaged in backyard poultry asper Livestock Census 2020.With an annual production of67,000 million eggs, India rankssecond in the world.

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Congress leader RahulGandhi on Tuesday hit out

at Prime Minister NarendraModi over the detection offresh coronavirus cases inIndia, saying he should quitwasting India’s time “playingthe clown” with his socialmedia accounts when India isfacing an emergency.

Rahul Gandhi’s attackcame after India on Mondayreported two new cases of the

novel coronavirus, includingone from the national Capital.“Dear @PMOIndia, Quit wast-ing India’s time playing theclown with your social mediaaccounts, when India is facingan emergency. Focus the atten-

tion of every Indian on takingon the Corona virus challenge,”Rahul tweeted.

With the message of “Here’show it’s done”, Rahul Gandhialso tweeted a video of SingaporePrime Minister Lee Hsien Loongaddressing Singaporeans on howto deal with coronavirus. Histweet also took a dig on PMModi’s tweet that he was think-ing of giving up his social mediaaccounts on Facebook, Twitter,Instagram and YouTube thisSunday.

Modi said on Women’sDay he will be handing over hissocial media accounts towomen who inspire and urgedpeople to share stories of suchwomen with him.

Earlier, Rahul Gandhi saida “true leader” would be com-pletely focused on averting themassive crisis about to beunleashed by the potentiallydeadly virus on the countryand its economy. “There aremoments in the life of everynation when its leaders are test-

ed. A true leader would becompletely focused on avertingthe massive crisis about to beunleashed by the virus on Indiaand its economy,” the formerCongress chief tweeted.

He also tagged hisFebruary 12 tweet in which hesaid the coronavirus is anextremely serious threat to“our people and our economy”.“My sense is the Governmentis not taking this threat seri-ously. Timely action is critical,”he said.

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Those who have come fromBangladesh and have

acquired identity cards and havebeen casting votes in Indian elec-tions are very much citizens ofthis country and they do not haveto apply for the same afresh,Bengal Chef Minister on Tuesdaytold a meeting at Kaliaganj inNorth Bengal.

The Chief Minister wholaunched a blistering attack on theNarendra Modi Government forits inappropriate handling of theDelhi riots that claimed 46 livessaid her Government would notallow a single person to be drivenaway from Bengal on citizenshipgrounds as “the people who havecome from Bangladesh are citi-zens of India because you alreadyenjoy your citizenship by powerof which you have been exercis-ing your voting rights and elect-ing the Prime Minister, ChiefMinister, MPs, MLAs and mem-bers of the zilla parishad. You

don’t need to apply for citizenshipagain because you are genuine cit-izens of the country.”

Banerjee is in the midst of anadministrative visit to Kaliaganjin North Dinajpur district, somefour hundred km from Kolkata.

Iterating once again that tillher “Maa Maati ManushGovernment is there in power inBengal there is no need to beafraid of those who aretelling thatyou are not citizens because I willnot allow anyone to be driven outof Bengal,” Banerjee said attackedthe government of Assam wherethe BJP is in power for strikingout the names of a large numberof genuine Bengali, Rajbongshi,and Muslim citizens from theNational Register of Citizens(NRC).

Instead of talking citizen-ship those who are in power inDelhi should have first apologisedfor letting the Delhi riots happen,she said. “Instead of talking non-sense they should first apologisefor their role in mishandling the

Delhi riots,” she said remindingthat though some people are try-ing to provoke violence in Bengal“they will not be able to do sobecause this not Delhi … this isBengal and here we are consciousabout all our political rights. Wewill not allow the BJP to makeBengal another Delhi or UttarPradesh.”

On the question of citizen-ship she said asked the people notto panic till she is there in poweradding “you have an address,ration card, voter card, drivinglicense. There is no need to getthis new card of the BJP. Don’tworry, you will always you’reyour Didi beside you. Your fam-ily is my family. I will not let any-body take away the rights of ourpeople.”

The Chief Minister inaugu-rated and laid the foundationstones of various projects duringa meeting. She said that a newproject calledSnehalaya has beenlaunched to provide benefits tothe poor people ofthe State.

Kolkata: Lawyers owing alle-giance to Left parties andCongress took out a rally in thecity on Tuesday in protestagainst the CitizenshipAmendment Act and NationalRegister of Citizens.

The rallyists, carrying plac-ards with slogans ‘We opposeCAA’, ‘We oppose NRC’, walkedthe 2 km distance fromMallickbazar to Park Circuscrossing. PTI

Thiruvananthapuram: TheKerala Government, whichhas already put on hold theNational Population Register(NPR) activities in the State, onTuesday said an all-party meet-ing would be held on March 16to allay any confusion withregard to the census enumera-tion.

Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan made the announce-ment in the state assemblyafter some members of theCongress-led UDF raised fearsthat along with census, queriesregarding the NPR could also

figure during the enumeration.The meeting will be held

at 5 pm in the state Capital.Earlier, the CPI(M)-led LeftDemocratic Front Governmenthad assured the state assemblyit would not implement theNPR but would go ahead withthe census process. It had inDecember last ordered stop-page of all activities in connec-tion with NPR in the stateconsidering ‘apprehensions’ ofthe public that it would lead tothe National Register ofCitizenship (NRC) in the wakeof the CAA. PTI

Amaravati: The Andhra PradeshGovernment will pass a resolutionin the ensuing Budget Session of theState Legislature, requesting that theCentre maintain the NationalPopulation Register (NPR) as itexisted in the year 2010.

Chief Minister YS JaganMohan Reddy took to Twitter onTuesday evening to spell out theYSR Congress’ stand on the NPRissue.

“Some of the questions pro-posed in the NPR are causing inse-curities in the minds of minoritiesof my state.

After elaborate consultationswithin our party, we have decided

to request the Central Governmentto revert the conditions to those pre-vailing in 2010,” the Chief Ministersaid in the first tweet.

“To this effect, we will alsointroduce a resolution in theupcoming assembly session,”Jagansaid in the second tweet.

The Chief Minister’s tweetscame in the backdrop of hisGovernments recent order, gearingup the administrative machinery forthe conduct of the NPR exercise andHousing Listing and HousingCensus as part of Census of India2021 to be taken up for 45 daysbetween April and September 2020. PTI

New Delhi: In a setback to formerMaharashtra Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis, the Supreme Court dismissed hisplea seeking review of its 2019 verdict ask-ing him to face trial for allegedly failing tofurnish details of two pending criminalcases against him in his 2014 poll affidavit.

A three-judge bench headed by JusticeArun Mishra said that there was no groundto review the verdict pronounced lastyear.

“We find no ground to interfere in thereview petitions. The same are dismissed,”said the bench also comprising justicesDeepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.

The order was passed on February 18but it was uploaded on the apex court web-site on Tuesday.

While seeking review of the 2019 ver-dict, Fadnavis had told the court that therewas a “clear error” in the apex court’s judge-ment as the law stipulates for disclosure ofdetails about criminal cases only if chargesare framed and on conviction.

In its October 1, 2019 judgment, theapex court had set aside a Bombay HighCourt order which gave a clean chit toFadnavis and held that he did not deserveto be tried for the alleged offence under theRepresentation of Peoples Act (RPA).

The verdict had come on an appeal byone Satish Ukey, who had challenged thehigh court’s order.

The apex court had last year revived acriminal complaint filed against Fadnavisfor allegedly failing to furnish details of twopending criminal cases in his 2014 electionaffidavit and had asked the trial court toconsider it afresh.The top court hadallowed the appeal by Ukey, who had fileda criminal complaint against Fadnavisbefore a magisterial court in Nagpur, seek-ing registration of a case against himunder section 125-A of the RP Act. PTI

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreedto hear on March 6 a plea against the Delhi HighCourt order which said DDA was not required toapprise it before notifying changes in the Master Planto allow the Centre’s the Central Vista project, cov-ering 3-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to IndiaGate in Lutyens’ Delhi.

Several new Government buildings and a newParliament House are among the project.

A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde tooknote of the plea seeking urgent hearing of the appealfiled against an order of the division bench of theDelhi High Court.

“List on March 6, 2020 before an appropriatebench,” said the bench, which also comprisedJustices B R Gavai and Surya Kant.

A division bench of the High Court on February28 had stayed an order of its single judge bench whichhad asked the Delhi Development Authority toapproach the court before notifying any change inthe Master Plan for going forth with the Centre’sambitious project to redevelop the Central Vista.

The HC’s stay order on the single judge bench’sFebruary 11 direction had come on the intra-courtappeal of the DDA and the Centre.

The division bench of the High Court had alsoissued notice to the two individuals — Rajeev Suriand Lt Col (retd) Anuj Srivastava—on whose pleasthe February 11 order was passed, and had listed theCentre and DDA’s appeals for further hearing on May6. Suri and Srivastava, in their pleas before the sin-gle judge, have opposed the Central Vista project onthe ground that it involves a change in land use ofthe green area adjoining Rajpath and Vijay Chowkfor building a new Parliament and Governmentoffices.

They have contended that DDA does not havethe power to bring about the proposed change in landuse and master plan and only the CentralGovernment can do so. PTI

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abducted, stripped and thrashedby eight people to force them towithdraw an old rape complaintin Maharashtra’s Ahmednagardistrict, police said on Tuesday.

Later, state Home MinisterAnil Deshmukh told theAssembly that a probe underNashik Rural SP Aarti Singh andAhmednagar Additional SPDeepali Kale, both women IPSofficers, will be carried out andcompleted within one month.

The incident took place onFebruary 24 near the civil hos-pital in Aurangabad, some 370kilometres from here, but cameto light after a video of the tor-ment went viral on social mediaon Monday, said an official.

“When the couple was goinghome in an autorickshaw ataround 8:20pm on that day, aperson seated next to them sub-jected the couple to inhalationsedation. They were then takento a room, confined, and askedto withdraw a rape complaintlodged by the woman in 2016against some of them,” he said.

The couple was stripped andthrashed and beaten with beltsafter petrol was poured on them,he said.

“After a video of the incidentwent viral on Monday, weapproached the couple and reg-istered a case of attempt to mur-der, criminal intimidation andother offences under IPC andInformation Technology Act inTophkhana police station againsteight persons,” the officialinformed.

Mau: Two minor sisters wereallegedly raped repeatedly for sever-al days by two men of their village inUttar Pradesh’s Mau district, policesaid on Tuesday.

The accused used to forcibly takethe girls, aged 9 and 10 years, to a for-est and rape them repeatedly, theysaid.

The matter came to light whenthe two girls told their elder sisterabout the ordeal.

Based on a complaint lodged bythe girls’ uncle, an FIR was registeredon Monday, Circle Officer R P Yadav.

Police said one of the twoaccused was arrested and effortswere underway to nab the secondperson. The girls were sent for med-ical examination, police added. PTI

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A34-year-old man was arrestedFor allegedly raping his 8-year-old

daughter in Madha tehsil ofMaharashtra’s Solapur district, policesaid on Tuesday.

The accused was arrested onMonday based on the complaintlodged by his wife, an official fromMadha police station said.

“The woman came to know aboutthe heinous act after the minor suf-fered a stomachache and complainedabout her father,” the official said.

As per the complaint, the accusedhad been sexually abusing his minordaughter for the last two years andwhen his wife found out about it, hethreatened her with dire consequences,he said.

A case under relevant sections ofthe Indian Penal Code and Protectionof Children from Sexual Offences(POCSO) Act has been registeredagainst the accused, he said.

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Sawant on Tuesday said the StateGovernment will bring to the SupremeCourt’s notice “violations” of its order byKarnataka at the Kalsa-Bhanduri projecton Mahadayi river.

Three riparian States — Goa,Maharashtra and Karnataka — havechallenged the award of the Inter-StateWater Dispute Tribunal over sharing ofthe Mahadayi water by filing a specialleave petition (SLP) in the SC.

A special leave petition filed by Goaover the award given by Mahadayi WaterDisputes Tribunal will be heard in July.“We have already started preparing topresent our case before SC in July. Wewill bring to the court’s notice violationsby Karnataka at proposed Kalsa-Bhanduri project on Mahadayi river,”Sawant told reporters in Panaji. Throughits order in 2014, the Apex court hadstayed any work on the proposed damsite. The Union Ministry of Jal Shakti lastweek issued a notification on the awardof Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal,pronounced in August 2018. PTI

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In a clear reflection of the fact thatall the three ruling MVA con-

stituents were not on the same pageon crucial issues, Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray said hereon Tuesday that while his Governmenthad not taken any decision on givingreservations to Muslims in educationalinstitutions, it was setting up anexperts’ committee to study the issuesrelating to the National PopulationRegister (NPR).

Addressing a news conference inthe run-up to the MVA governmentcompleting 100 days in office, Uddhavsaid that the Muslim reservations pro-posal had not yet come before the stateGovernment for a decision, while hisGovernment would take a decision onthe implementation of NPR in thestate on the basis of recommendationsof an experts’ committee to beappointed to examine the issues relat-ing to it.

Uddhav’s comment on the Muslimreservations issue should be seen in

the context of an announcementmade by Maharashtra MinoritiesAffairs Minister Nawab Malik of theNCP February 27 that the state gov-ernment would soon come out witha legislation according 5 per cent reser-vations to Muslims in educationalinstitutions in the state.

Similarly, his Uddhav’s statementon NPR should be seen in the back-drop of his own conditional supportto it, Maharashtra Deputy ChiefMinister Ajit Pawar’s statement theState Assembly need not pass a reso-lution CAA and NPR asMaharashtrians had nothing to fearfrom them and the Congress’ consis-tent stand that it is opposed to CAA,NPR and NRC.

Responding to questions relatingto Muslim reservations, Uddhav saidat the news conference: “The Muslimreservations issue has not come upbefore the state government. When theissue has not come before us, the ques-tion of our taking a decision on (5 percent) reservations to Muslims in edu-cational institutions does arise”.

When asked about the announce-ment about the reservations toMuslims made by NCP Minister in theState Legislative Council, Uddhavsaid: “He has not made any announce-ment as such. As and when the issuecomes before the government, we willexamine it. You should know that weare in the midst of a litigation in the(Supreme) over reservations toMarathas. Yesterday, I made a state-ment about reservations to Dhangarcommunity. Let us talk about reser-vations to Muslims as and when itcomes before us”.

“Hence, I would humbly requestthose clamouring for reservations toMuslim not to waste their energy butsave and use the energy when the issuecomes up before the state government.The Shiv Sena has not made its standclear on the issue. My party will takea call when the issue comes up for dis-cussion,” the chief minister said.

On the issue of the State Assemblypassing a resolution on CAA andNPR, Uddhav said: “I have said sev-eral times before that three parties in

the government will take a collectivedecision on the issue. We are settingup an experts’ committee to studywhat is in NPR and then we will takea decision... As a chief minister of thestate, I would like to reiterate that Iwould not allow anyone to take awaythe rights of the citizens in the state”

It may be recalled that in tweetsput out on February 18, Uddhav hadspelt out the Shiv Sena’s stand on CAA,NRC and NPR. “CAA and NRC aretwo different subjects. NPR is a thirdsubject. There is nothing to worryabout in CAA. NRC has not come andit will not be implemented. If it(NRC) is implemented, it will notaffect just Muslims, but it will alsoaffect Hindus, Adivasasis and otherdeprived sections of the society,”Uddhav had tweeted.

In another tweet on NPR, the chiefminister had said: “NPR is more of acensus. But, still I will have a look atthe questions in the data collectionform. But, I do not there is impedi-ment in NPR. Because, the censustakes place once in ten years”.

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The Trinamool Congress hasissued strict warning to its less-

er leaders against committing vio-lence and rigging the comingmunicipal elections scheduled totake place sometime in April-Maythis year.

Party MP and Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee’s nephewAbhishek Banerjee on Tuesdaywarned the party’s aspirants in thecivic polls against taking unfairmethod and capturing booths towin the elections saying “there aremany people who are planning torig elections which will not beendorsed by the party. It will be con-sidered anti-party activity. Thosewho are planning anti-party activ-ities are free to leave the partynow.”

He said so in the presence ofpollster Prashant Kishore who isprofessionally managing the TMC’s

electoral planning ever since theparty suffered massive reverses atthe hands of the BJP in the last year’sLok Sabha elections. Kishore’s com-pany has reportedly conducted anindependent study to find adversereports against the TMC’s goonswho have been capturing booths forthe party and have reportedlyaccordingly to the party leadership.

The Tuesday’s warning to theticket aspirants was a result of a prodby Kishore, sources said.

Meanwhile, the Left Front hasalmost finalized its seat-sharingformulae with the Congress in thecoming elections. Following aCPI(M) State committee meetinginside sources said that the Left wasplanning to leave 28 seats for theCongress retaining 75 seats to itself.Apart from this 10-15 seats mightbe set aside for the lesser Left par-ties which are not the formal mem-bers of the Left Front, sourcessaid.

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Jaipur: The wife of an Italiantourist found to have beeninfected with coronavirus alsotested positive for the virus hereon Tuesday, officials said.

Her samples are being sentto the National Institute ofVirology (NIV) in Pune foranother test. The reports areexpected to come ofWednesday, they said.

"The wife of the Italiantourist also developed symp-toms and (her) samples werecollected. Her test report indi-cates positive signs for thevirus. For further confirmation,we are sending her sample toNIV, Pune," a Rajasthan HealthDepartment official said.

The report from NIV isexpected to come onWednesday, the official said.The Italian couple has beenkept in isolation at Sawai ManSingh (SMS) Hospital here.

Chief Secretary D B Guptasaid the state health depart-ment is on alert. Necessarydirections have been given tothe department’s officials and

rapid response teams have beenformed, he said.

These teams will conductsurveys among people livingwithin 3 km radius of the SMSHospital, he said.

According to another offi-cial, hotels have been asked toinform the health departmentin case any tourist falls sick. PTI

Gandhinagar: More than15,000 infants died duringtheir treatment for various ail-ments at newborn care unitsacross Gujarat during the lasttwo years, the StateGovernment told the Assemblyon Tuesday.

These deaths were report-ed from Sick Newborn CareUnits, set up in almost all dis-

tricts of the state.Responding to a set of

questions raised by CongressMLAs during the QuestionHour, Deputy Chief MinisterNitin Patel, who also handlesthe health portfolio, said out ofthe 1.06 lakh infants admittedto such units during 2018 and2019 across Gujarat, 15,013babies died during their treat-

ment. In his written reply, Patelsaid of these 1.06 lakh children,71,774 were those who wereborn in civil hospitals, butreferred to Sick Newborn CareUnits for further treatment.Another 34,727 infants werethose who were born else-where and referred to thesecare units, the Minister said. PTI

Lucknow: Hotels and the author-ities at tourist sites in Agra havebeen told to inform the office ofthe chief medical officer as soonas visitors from Italy, Iran orChina arrive, so that they can bescreened for coronavirus infection,an official said on Tuesday.

Meanwhile in Lucknow, sam-ples of an Uttar Pradesh residentswho had returned from SaudiArabia on Tuesday morning havebeen sent for testing. He will bequarantined for 14 days in thehospital.

The instructions came a dayafter an Italian tourist was testedpositive for coronavirus in Jaipur.

The 69-year-old man waspart of a group of 20 tourists, whowere in Agra on Sunday.

As soon as any information isreceived, a team of doctors will bedispatched to examine the visitorsfor symptoms of COVID-19, AgraChief Medical Officer Dr MukeshVats told PTI.

"We have issued instructionsto all hotels in the city that if anyperson is coming from Italy, Iran

or China, they should informus," he said, adding that a team ofdoctors will be dispatched toexamine the visitor.

He said the authorities at alltourist sites in Agra have been toldto "inform the 24-hour controlroom about visitors from thecountries where the coronavirusoutbreak has been reported".

Asked whether any visitor inAgra has shown symptoms ofcoronavirus, Vats said, "The groupof 19 tourists who had comefrom Jaipur was staying in CrystalSarovar, and had arrived daybefore yesterday (Sunday) at 2 pm.Next morning (Monday) around8 am, they left for Delhi."

"After this, another batch of18-19 tourists was staying at theTaj Convention Hotel. They havebeen tested and have not beenfound symptomatic. The historyof the tourists was scanned andsymptoms searched. All of themare normal. The second batch wastested on Monday in the after-noon," Vats said. PTI

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As part of its much-dis-cussed farm loan waiver

scheme, the Shiv Sena-ledMaha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)Government has so far deposit-ed nearly �4,807 crore in theloan accounts of more than7.06 lakh debt-ridden farmersin the State.

Stating this at a news con-ference held here on Tuesday,chief minister Uddhav

Thackeray said: “Until 12noon today, the certification of10.03 lakh farm loan benefi-ciaries has been completed.We have deposited �4,807 crorein the loan accounts of 7,06,500debt-ridden farmers. The max-imum limit of loans that we arewaiving is up to �2 lakh perfarmer”.

According to Uddhav, thetotal number of farmers’accounts uploaded into thefarm loan waiver beneficiaries’

portal is 35,00,809, while thetotal number of announcedloan accounts on the portal is21,81,451. The StateGovernment has so far cometwo farm loan waiver lists.

In the first list of benefi-ciaries in the farm loan waiv-er scheme released by onFebruary 25, the Shiv Sena-ledMaha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)government had written off theloans of 15,358 farmers from 68villages from across the state.

The names of farmers from 68villages in the districts ofParbhani, Ahmednagar andAmravati districts, had fig-ured in the first list of loanwaiver beneficiaries.

In the second list of farmerloan beneficiaries released onFebruary 29, the names of anapproximate 2.99 lakh debt-ridden farmers fromAhmednagar and Wardha dis-tricts of Maharashtra had fig-ured.

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Thiruvananthapuram:With new novel coronaviruscases being reported in thecountry, the KeralaGovernment on Tuesdaydecided to step up vigil espe-cially at airports, bus depotsand railway stations.

With the Centre issuinginstructions to screen pas-sengers coming from 12countries, the state govern-ment has decided to be morevigilant, Health minister KKShailaja, told reporters heretonight.

Though no ban can beimposed on foreigners par-ticipating in the annual‘Attukal Pongala’ festival, oneof the largest religious con-gregations of women, hereon March 9, the health teamwould visit and examinethose participating, shesaid.

At airports, it has beendecided to strengthen sur-veillance by deploying morepersonnel from modernmedicine and AYUSH and

operating three shifts formonitoring passengers arriv-ing into the state, she said.

Earlier, Kerala hadreported three confirmedcases of the virus fromThrissur, Alappuzha andKasaragod but the threepatients were dischargedfrom hospitals last monthfollowing recovery.

With Kerala succeedingin containing the spread ofthe infection in the firstphase, the State has decidedto be more vigilant in thesecond phase as cases arebeing reported from otherparts of the country.

A Keralite, who arrivedfrom Malaysia and diedrecently, had tested negativefor the virus.

But since further testscould not be done, his cre-mation was performed asper standard protocol pro-cedures and taking all pre-cautionary measures, theminister said. PTI

Ahmedabad: The GujaratGovernment has decided toopen isolation ward in each ofthe 33 districts for treatment ofany suspected novel coron-avirus case, while 87 people,who recently returned fromthe virus-hit Iran, have beenkept under observation, saidofficials on Tuesday.

The State Government istaking precautionary steps aftertwo new positive cases of thedeadly infection came to lightin the country, theysaid.

Moreover, 87 people, whohad recently returned fromIran, where the deadly virus hasclaimed 77 lives so far, werekept under home quarantine,s a i dCommissionerof Health, JaiP r a k a s hShivahare.

"As a pre-c a u t i o n a r ymeasure, these87 personswere keptunder observa-tion at theirr e s p e c t i v ehomes in dif-

ferent parts of the state."To tackle any emergency

situation, we have decided toopen one isolation ward ineach of the district. At present,such wards have been set up insome civil hospitals," he said.

Screening of passengers atthe airport here for the novelcoronavirus (COVID-19) isalso going on, Shivahare said.

Six cases of COVID-19have been reported in the coun-try so far. Three of the patientshave recovered.

The coronavirus, whichwas first detected in China inlate December, has has nowspread to 60 nations in Europe,the US, Latin America andother parts of Asia. PTI

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In an embarrassment for theNationalist Congress Party

(NCP), its MLC Vidya Chavanand four of her family membershave been booked by theMumbai police in an allegedharassment case based on acomplaint lodged by herdaughter-in-law.

On her part, Chavandenied all the charges leveledagainst the family and accusedthe daughter-in-law ofindulging in extra-maritalaffairs, other acts of omissionand demanding money fromher and other family members.

Hours after the Vile Parlepolice booked Chavan andfour of family members, theOpposition BJPs MahilaMorcha upped the ante, statgeda dharna and demanded herresignation from the member-ship of the Upper House of theMaharashtra Legislature

“After her daughter-in-lawregistered case against hermother-in-law and four otherfamily members, including herhusband, it is condemnablethat Chavan has made objec-tionable allegations against herdaughter-in-law. The ChiefMinister and State HomeMinister should take cogni-sance of the complaint ofChavan’s daughter-in—law and

initiate stringent action againsther,” BJP’s Pradesh MahilaMorcha president MadhaviNaik said.

“Chavan’s conduct hascome as a blot on the StateLegislative Council. Hence sheshould resign from member-ship of the Council,” Naik said.

Chavan, her husbandAbhijeet, their two sons Anandand wife Sheetal, and Ajit (thecomplainant-victim’s husband)have been booked by the VileParle Police under Indian PenalCode Sec. 498-A, 354, 323, 504,506, 34 based on the victim’scomplaint filed on January 16.

Till th4e evening, the policehad not made any arrests inconnection with daughter-in-law’s complaint. As part of theongoing investigations, policehad summoned Chavan’s fam-ily members and their state-ments recorded on Tuesday.

Rejecting the charge thathis party was trying to “shield”its senior leader and MLCChavan, NCP nationalspokesperson and MinisterNawab said that the law wouldtake its course.

The complainant-victimhas alleged that her brother-in-law Anand Chavan used tomake lewd gestures at her andhis wife Sheetal mentallyharassed her when she lived

with them at their home at VileParle. The victim further saidthat the problems began whenshe recently delivered a pre-mature female child that diedlater. The Chavans allegedlywanted a male child since thecouple already has a 7-year oldgirl child.

Meanwhile, Vidya Chavanand her family rubbished all theallegations by her victimdaughter-inj-law. She hasclaimed that she was not inter-ested in living with her hus-band and her in-laws. She saidthat her family was now takingcare of the minor daughter.

Talking to media personshere on Tuesday, Chavan thather engineer-son Ajit hassought divorce by mutualunderstanding agfter their 10-year marriage, but instead hiswife went ahead and lodged thepolice complaint.

Chavan alleged that oneday when her daughter-in-law’s WhatsApp stopped work-ing and when Ajit got itrepaired and checked her mes-sages, discovered she was hav-ing extra-marital affairs withfour men.

According to Chavan, herson Ajit revealed everything onhis wife had cheated his fami-ly and his in-laws on December7, and later even cancelledtheir plans to go to

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Ostensibly the best equipped,staffed and trained police forcein the country, the Delhi Policehas had an unimaginably poorrun and diminished perception

in recent times. If the Police Adequacy Index,derived from national data, part of the Statusof Policing in India Report 2019, ranks it asthe best-performing force, then its fate in theunseen and under-reported hinterland of thenation is worrisome, to say the least. Evenbefore the gut-wrenching violence in Delhi’snortheast flared up, the police force was inthe news for displaying selective bias in man-aging social unrest in universities across thecapital.

However, the cancerous “inner health”of the organisation was in full display a fewmonths ago when police personnel protest-ed against their own senior leaders for theirfailure to defend the rank and file of the force.The top brass had a tough time pacifying thepolice personnel, who wore black bands andsloganeered against them. An unprecedent-ed and frightening portent emerged as thelaw enforcers exposed their own vulnerabil-ity to society when they were expected to safe-guard the people from societal regression. Anembarrassing “acknowledgement” and“acceptance” of the demands of the person-nel ensued, though the rot within the systemwas obvious and was temporarily brushedunder the carpet, only to stare in the facesoon.

The promise of shanti, sewa and nyaya(peace, service and justice) collapsed and ranhollow as the death toll in the communal riotsthat broke out in the northeastern parts ofthe city rose to well over 40. Beyond the starkstatistics of the dead and the wounded, it isthe failure of the Delhi Police in maintain-ing a strict law and order situation over a spe-cific area, for about three to four days in thenational capital, that is unfathomable.Something, somewhere was terribly amiss asviolence of this kind could not have been onaccount of the fact that the police force waseither out-gunned (metaphorically), out-numbered or out-trained by a disorderlymob, however violent. This at a time whensecurity preparedness was at an all-time highin the capital city, given the parallel visit ofUS President Donald Trump.

It would be incorrect to assume that secu-rity imperatives for the presidential visitsucked up or dried the Delhi Police’sresources from the violence-affected north-east area to be concentrated in centralDelhi. For the resident resources are both ade-quate and subject to additional requisition-ing if required, especially when violence inthe periphery of an all-important event isunacceptable to all. Supreme Court judge KMJoseph succinctly summed up the situationwhen he said, “If you act the way the lawrequires you to act, you will see the differ-ence.” Implicitly, the police force had not actedenough, or in time.

However, it is equally important to

recognise the constraints underwhich the Delhi Police functions.It is susceptible to political pres-sures of all hues, with conflict-ing interests. It is part of the turfwar between the State and theCentral Government as the con-stitutional wiring ensures that itfalls under the Home Ministry,through the LieutenantGovernor. It is delinked from theadministrative services of thelocally-elected Government. Thismakes the Delhi Police waverbetween owning and disowningits actions to suit the politicalnarrative of political parties.

Dangers of the larger, loom-ing crisis, of “institutional inde-pendence” and its ramifications,are personified by the fate of theforce. The top echelons of thepolice have “proximity” and“vested interests” with the career-impacting politicos, whereas themain body of constabulary suf-fers from the lack of “voice”, “con-cern” and “operational indepen-dence.” A contrast of the policesoldier with that of the armedforces is self-explanatory. The lat-ter is still relatively and struc-turally more independent, less-interfered with and allowed tooperate kinetically. It is not afunction of individual superior-ity as much it is of institutionalethos, circumstances andcocooning — the same family ina village in Haryana sends oneson to the Delhi Police and the

other to the Indian Army. The awe-inspiring height of

the colourfully-plumed DelhiPolice marching contingent withexaggerated hand swings, thatwould consistently walk awaywith the trophy for the bestmarching contingent in theRepublic Day parade, is a far cryfrom the reality and perceptionon the street. In an embarrass-ing ode to the prevailing publicperception, a political partyopenly asked Delhiites to makevideos of police personnel ask-ing for bribes and harassingpeople — the accusation resonat-ed and the public empathisedwith the taint.

On the recent Delhi vio-lence, videos of senior police offi-cials standing pliantly behindpoliticians making hate speech-es complete the picture of polit-ical control and subservience. Inperhaps a disturbing but hope-fully unrelated coincidence, aDelhi High Court judge, whohad rightfully slammed thepolice force for inaction and inef-ficacy against hate-mongers andalluded to the 1984 riots, wastransferred.

For far too long, systemicinefficiencies in the police ser-vices have been allowed to fes-ter, perpetuate and worsen. Thecomplete capitulation and melt-down of the Haryana policeposse in Panchkula in 2017could hardly inspire confidence

and respect. Requisitioning theArmy (as also suggested now)should always be the absolute“last call” as it is bad for theforces, for the Army and for thenation, too. It suggests anunmanageable breakdown.

Beyond all policing reformsand restructuring that are longoverdue, if there is one changethat can unleash incalculabledoses of policing professional-ism, it would be to structurallyand meaningfully detach itsoperational functioning frompolitical intrusion and allow it tobe “independent” like the judi-ciary or the armed forces.

Equally, the current situationis a forewarning to these still rel-atively “independent” institu-tions of the fate that awaitsthem if they were to surrendertheir functional “independence.”The political blame-game amongcompeting political parties inDelhi will only worsen with thestoking of even more polarising,distractive and untamed pas-sions. The onus is on the peopleof Delhi to see through thedesigns of these politicos andpressurise them to empower thepolice to operate without fear orfavour. Else, the Delhi Police willcontinue to carry the can ofblame, both conveniently and abit unfairly.

(The writer, a military veter-an, is a former Lt Governor ofAndaman & Nicobar Islands)

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Sir — Many will agree, tennisplayer Maria Sharapova is retir-ing too early after having spent animpressive career that spanned foralmost 16 years. Talent, skill,focus, determination and beauty,these were the rare attributesthat propelled fans to single outSharapova as a player to watch outfor. She won five Grand Slamtitles — two at the French Openand one each at the AustralianOpen, Wimbledon and the USOpen. Indeed she has had asuperlative career.

As is the case with manysports women and men when theyretire, they are not remembered fortheir achievements but for theflaws and the circumstances underwhich they left their careers. It isn’tsurprising, therefore, that peopleare talking much about Sharapovatesting positive for meldoniumthan her five Grand Slam titles.

Her doping ban had cast ashadow over her career. Yet, whenshe was dogged by a shoulderinjury, she overcame all hurdleswith a smile. She recorded a gruntof 101 decibel in a tournament, thehighest sound intensity achievedby any woman player.

The Russian ace silencedpurists with her typical “look at mygame, not my grunt” rebuff. A bril-liant baseline player, Sharapovahad a superb touch with herangles. The tricky reverse fore-hand, generally used by men play-

ers, has gotten her where she istoday. Speed and agility were herforte and she added another potentweapon, the drop shot, to her arse-nal later.

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Scarred childhood” (March 2). Therecent communal violence in Delhihas left a trail of destruction, death

and despair. It will be very difficultfor those, who have lost their lovedones, to pick up the pieces and moveon. The scars inflicted by commu-nal violence will take a long time toheal. But the Government is still notin a mood to negotiate on theCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA). One does not know wherethings are headed for. TheParliament session is likely to beheated and Opposition parties aresure to put the Government in atight spot.

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Sir — It’s disappointing that theDelhi High Court has sought todefer the execution of convicts inthe Nirbhaya case for the nth time.The accused, who evidently have nodefence, have been allowed to useall possible tactics to prolong theirhanging. Guidelines need to bestrengthened on the number ofpleas a convict can file in a particular case.

Shivanshu K SrivastavaLucknow

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History tells us that the myth of Romanemperor Nero fiddling while Rome wasburning was just that, a myth. For one,

the fire that burned Rome to the groundoccurred in 64 AD and the violin was inventedin the 12th century, more than a thousand yearsafter Nero’s reign. So, whatever Nero may haveplayed, if he really did play something, it certain-ly wasn’t the fiddle. There is, however, no suchdoubt about what Prime Minister Narendra Modiwas doing while Delhi burnt recently. His obse-quious fawning over US President DonaldTrump and his family was there for all to see onprime television and along with Delhi’s reputa-tion as a progressive Capital, Narendra Modi’sown standing as a statesman on the global stageturned to mud and ashes.

Funnily enough, his fall from grace was bestreflected on American late night talk shows, suchas John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight, where Modibecame a butt of low humour. Moreover express-ing anger over the issue at this late stage, as somepapers suggest he has done, only adds to his cred-ibility problem, as trust is no longer a tradablecommodity available to him.

However, the seriousness of this tragedy canbest be understood once we look at the issue inits larger perspective. Forty-seven dead andcounting is the official death toll with over 250injured. And, as in most such cases, the likeli-hood of gross underestimation cannot be ruledout. Even using official figures, the seriousnessof the incident can be gauged from the fact thatwhile over the last 70 years 90-odd souls have per-ished in all the previous Hindu-Muslim confla-grations in Delhi, more than half that numberperished in just the 72 hours of rioting that werecently witnessed. Crucial 72 hours, in whichthe Delhi Police added to its glorious traditionof utter ineptness, shame and unprofessionalismas men in uniform waited for the murderous rageof the unhinged to spend itself. If allegations areto be believed, some of them even joined in themayhem. Certainly, they are undeserving of theuniform they don, especially of the former PoliceCommissioner, whose inaction just days prior tohis retirement showed him up as wholly unwor-thy of respect or that rank. Sadly, 40 years of awasted legacy to leave behind.

As is often the case, violence, especially mobviolence, tends to be motivated by fear of theunknown and a dread of the other. True to form,here, too, fear has been the key that has been usedto divide communities, consolidate hate and final-ly to destroy lives and livelihoods.

Among politicians and even civil society,there are no innocents here. Many among theOpposition parties, supported by the anti-BJPset, went about stoking terror among minorities,suggesting that the Citizen Amendment Act(CAA) was just the first step towards their exclu-sion from citizenship, without a shred of evidenceto support their accusations. They are as muchto blame for the targeting of the Muslim com-munity as those non-entities from the BJP, whoencouraged goons to resort to violence and whoseonly claim to fame is being second generationpoliticians. Thus, their only hope of impressing

Modi was through a display of zealousfealty. Of course, for some of them,revenge was certainly a motive after thedrubbing the BJP got in the DelhiAssembly Elections, despite the saffronparty’s best efforts.

It was patently obvious to most,except the politically-illiterate, that theCAA was an ill-conceived attempt bythe BJP to win brownie points inAssam, after it had committed hara-kiriin the manner that it went aboutorganising the National Register ofCitizens exercise there. The fact that theHome Minister continues to vociferous-ly support the CAA suggests that theobvious fact that the issue in Assam isnot about religious identity but ethnic-ity, has been beyond his comprehen-sion.

It is only a matter of time beforetheir wishful thinking that CAA willhelp them in the Bengal electionsturns out to be a mirage, despite thepathetic performance of the TrinamoolCongress till date. As that old proverbgoes, “for want of a nail a kingdom waslost.”

Just as following the money trailhelps catch fraudsters, the body countclearly points to those who wereresponsible for this conflagration. It isbound to haunt them for times to come,despite all denials. What it does alsoreveal is that the leadership that permit-ted such violence was utterly bereft ofcommon sense. To initiate such attackswhen President Trump was visiting,with the Western media being focussedon the country, shows a spectacular lack

of foresight with regard to timing. Moreso, when the economy that is in the dol-drums stares at a unique opportunityto turn things around because ofChinese manufacturing having beenstymied by the effects of COVID19. Butnow the nation finds itself held hostageby the very violence that was permit-ted to be unleashed. Unfortunately, theimpact of these riots is not restricted tolost economic opportunities only, as itsreverberations have also been felt in themanner in which the internationalcommunity has responded with out-rage, especially our friends in West Asia.

Given the fact that over the last fewyears Modi had expended a fair amountof energy on improving and expandingties with both Saudi Arabia and itsallies, as well as with Iran and its friends,the violence has meant taking two stepsbackwards.

This attention to the region paidhandsome dividends when Modi decid-ed to act in Jammu and Kashmir toabrogate Article 370, in all but name.While Pakistan attempted to exertpressure in the international fora on theissue with the help of Malaysia andTurkey, its actions were largely unsuc-cessful because of the position taken byboth Saudi Arabia and Iran.

However, the ongoing detentions inJammu and Kashmir and the anti-CAAprotests across the country finallyforced Saudi Arabia to accede to call-ing a meeting of Foreign Ministers ofthe Organisation of IslamicCooperation (OIC) in April 2019, todiscuss Kashmir and the CAA, much

to the Modi Government’s discomfi-ture.

We really need not hold our breathover how the Saudis will react to theseriots. In any case, we now have theIranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif,an extremely good friend of India, outrightly denouncing the violence bytweeting, “Iran condemns the wave oforganised violence against IndianMuslims. For centuries, Iran has beena friend of India. We urge Indianauthorities to ensure the well-being ofall Indians and not let senseless thug-gery prevail. The path forward lies inpeaceful dialogue and rule of law.”

Strong words indeed and while theGovernment summoned the IranianAmbassador Ali Chegeni and protest-ed his Foreign Minister’s condemnationof the incident maintaining that it wasan “internal matter”, the truth is that theGovernment finds itself on the backfoot with the Foreign Minister becom-ing a laughing stock as he attempts todefend the indefensible.

Finally, leave alone our interests inWest Asia, we seem to have made amess of things closer home as theBangladesh Government attempts tocome to terms with the fallout of ourintemperate actions. All that we nowneed is a Democrat in the WhiteHouse and Modi’s cup of joy willoverflow.

(The writer is a military veteran andconsultant with the Observer ResearchFoundation and a Senior Visiting Fellowwith The Peninsula Foundation,Chennai)

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The anti-Citizenship AmendmentAct (CAA) protests have entereda critical phase, with the courts

taking cognisance of them. However,as is the case in India, the judicialprocess is taking time and most likelywe have a long wait ahead of usbefore a verdict is delivered.

So far, the protesters have remainedleaderless and without any organisa-tional strength. But the brutal policecrackdowns on the demonstrators inDelhi and elsewhere have earned themthe sympathy of the masses and helpedthe agitation to expand to other partsof the country. Though in some placesthey are becoming violent, by and largethe demonstrations are peaceful butgoing nowhere.

The JP movement threw up manysocialist leaders like Lalu Prasad,Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar

and so on, who became regionalsatraps later. Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal emerged from theAnna Hazare anti-corruption move-ment. Though the issue is emotive, sofar no leader of significance hasemerged from the anti-CAA move-ment. In the absence of effective lead-ership and dedicated workers, it risksfizzling out.

While Prime Minister NarendraModi has accused the Opposition, par-ticularly the Congress, of instigatingthese protests, the grand old party hasnot come to the forefront in a moreaggressive manner, like the TrinamoolCongress (TMC) and the Left partieshave. The Opposition parties now havethe opportunity to use these proteststo take on the Modi Government. Butthey would have to play a more activerole instead of giving the anti-CAAprotesters tacit support, the way theyhave been till now. It is clear that themovement calls for a mature leadershipto handle the issue in a pragmatic andpeaceful way.

Already Delhi has recorded 47deaths in the clashes between pro andanti-CAA protesters, which also leftnearly 250 people injured. This mind-less violence is not going to take us any-where as the Government is deter-mined not to back down on the CAA

issue. And, even if the Governmentdecides to negotiate, with whom willit confer? No clear leaders haveemerged so far. This is where theCongress Party is missing a goldenopportunity. Despite being the oldestnational party in the country, it has notbeen able to seize the moment and leadthe protests. This is largely because ofthe leadership crisis within the party.

Second, it is unable to build a cred-ible secular narrative stressing thepoint that it was the Congress, whichmade a major contribution to the fram-ing of the Indian Constitution. It hasbeen unable to cash in on the freshnessgiven to the idea of secularism by lakhsof protesters reciting the preamble ofthe Constitution.

Third, the Congress is not clearabout its ideological narrative while theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has beenable to project its Hindutva ideologysuccessfully.

Currently, the Congress is in powerin seven States, including Maharashtra,Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh,Puducherry and Rajasthan. It can eas-ily make an impact at least in theseStates. Several non-BJP ChiefMinisters, too, have declared that theywill not implement the CAA and theNational Register of Citizens (NRC) intheir States.

However, the Congress is unableto build on this and get support fromOpposition leaders. Its president SoniaGandhi convened a meeting of 19Opposition parties before the BudgetSession last month but major partieslike the TMC, the Samajwadi Party(SP), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)and even its ally, the Dravida MunnetraKazhagam (DMK), stayed away.

Earlier, Sonia declared, “TheCongress Working Committee mustcategorically declare that millions ofCongress workers will stand shoulderto shoulder with the people of India intheir struggle for equality, justice anddignity.”

The party also held flag marcheson its 135th Foundation Day onDecember 28. Congress MPs in bothHouses wore black badges whileattending the President’s address to thejoint session. Sonia led a protest in theParliament complex to express solidar-ity with the anti-CAA protesters.

A high-level Congress delegationcalled on the President and urged himto intervene and withdraw the CAA.But, the question is, whether theseefforts are enough and if they havemade any impact at all apart from theBJP accusing the Congress of instigat-ing the stir.

The problem is that the Opposition

remains divided and it will have tocounter the forceful campaign of theBJP and the Modi Government, whichcould generate a Hindu backlash. TheBJP has mobilised the Sangh Parivar torun counter campaigns to convincepeople about the need for the CAA.The Modi Government is also tryingto counter the negative and unflatter-ing publicity in the foreign media onthe riots and other human rightsissues.

It was not flattering that on the dayof US President Trump’s impeachmentvote, the three most influential news-papers — The New York Times, TheWashington Post and the Wall StreetJournal — had India on their frontpages with critical and unflattering sto-ries.

With the second part of the BudgetSession beginning on Monday, there isstill no evidence of Opposition unity.Leaders like Mamata Banerjee andMayawati are not willing to workunder the Congress’ leadership. Eventhe Left parties are unhappy with theCongress for going to the Presidentalone. It appears to be a missed oppor-tunity for the Opposition, including theCongress, as the issue is emotive, sen-sitive, political and social and needs tobe sorted out at the earliest.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airteland Reliance Jio on

Tuesday paid cumulative over�6,000 crore to the governmenttowards deferred spectrumdues while Tatas said it hasdeposited another �2,000 crorefor ad hoc statutory liabilities.

The development came asDoT prepared to send outfresh missive to telcos ques-tioning them about discrepan-cies in AGR dues assessed byfirms and its own calculations.

On Tuesday, Vodafone IdeaLtd (VIL) CEO and MDRavinder Takkar again metTelecom Secretary AnshuPrakash although he remainedtightlipped about the meeting.

While crisis-ridden VILhas paid about �3,043 crore tothe telecom department fordeferred spectrum dues —essentially instalment paymentsthat are made by telcos for air-waves bought in past auctions— Bharti Airtel submitted�1,950 crore and Reliance Jio�1,053 crore towards the same.

The payment made by VILin particular assumes signifi-cance as the company has beenunder financial pressure and isconfronted with AGR(Adjusted Gross Revenue) lia-bilities of over �53,000 crore.

This is the last lot of pay-ments that telcos will maketowards deferred spectrum lia-bilities, as the Union Cabinethad late last year approved atwo-ear moratorium on suchspectrum payment dues.

Separately, TataTeleservices on Tuesday said ithas made an on-account AGRpayment of an additional�2,000 crore to the Departmentof Telecom (DoT) on March 2"in good faith and as a matterof abundant caution" towardslicence fees, spectrum usagecharges and applicable interest,penalty and interest on penal-ty.

"This on account paymentis subject to reconciliation after

the conclusion of the process ofcomputation and verificationbeing conducted by DoT span-ning a period beginning fromFY2007 and spread across 20circles," the company said in astatement.

According to sources, DoThas decided to send fresh let-ters to telecom companiesquestioning them about thevariation in AGR dues assessedby firms themselves and itsown calculations. This isbecause amounts paid by telcosso far, even those who haveannounced full and final set-tlement, are woefully less thanDoT's AGR estimates.

Sources said the letterswould go out within a day or

two to telecom companies.Bharti Airtel recently sub-

mitted over �18,000 crore toDoT declaring it has made fulland final settlement towards itsAGR liabilities but the amountis far less than over �35,000crore that the government esti-mates the company owes it.

It is pertinent to mentionhere that Bharti Airtel onSaturday said it has made pay-ment of �8,004 crore towardsAGR dues to the government,an amount over and above�10,000 crore it has alreadypaid. The amount of �8,004crore includes �3,004 croretowards full and final settle-ment on AGR dues based onself assessment, and a depositof buffer �5,000 crore to coverDoT's reconciliation differ-ences.

"Based on the aforesaidpayment we have now com-plied with AGR judgment andthe directions in the order ofthe Supreme Court datedOctober 24, 2019," Airtel hadsaid in a regulatory filing.

Similarly, Tata Teleserviceshas paid �2,197 crore in AGRdues, and now additional�2,000 crore to cover reconcil-iation differences, while DoTestimates the liabilities to beabout �14,000 crore.

VIL has so far deposited

�3,500 crore in two tranches toDoT but is still assessing its fullAGR dues. According to thegovernment's calculation, VILowes �53,000 crore in AGR lia-bilities.

After the meeting with theDoT secretary, Takkar declinedto comment on how soon VILwould be able to complete theself assessment of dues.

DoT has also asked alltelecom companies to furnishnames of their MDs and theiraddresses, sources said addingthis had been a requirement ofthe court which wanted thosedetails.

In all, 15 entities owe thegovernment �1.47 lakh crore inunpaid statutory dues —�2,642 crore in unpaid licencefee and another �55,054 crorein outstanding spectrum usagecharges. Of the estimated duesthat include interest and penal-ty for late payments, Airtel andVIL account for about 60 percent. These dues arose after theSupreme Court, in October lastyear, upheld the government'sposition on including revenuefrom non-core businesses incalculating the annual AGR oftelecom companies, a share ofwhich is paid as licence andspectrum fee to the exche-quer.

The Supreme Court last

month rejected a plea bymobile carriers such as BhartiAirtel and VIL for extension inthe payment schedule andasked companies to deposittheir past dues for spectrumand licences.

Since the February 14tongue lashing that theSupreme Court gave telecomcompanies for missing its pre-vious deadline of January 23 topay past dues as well as theDoT for failing to enforce it,firms and the telecom ministryhad been doing separate mathson the actual dues.

Meanwhile, IIFL Securitiesin a note on Tuesday said itsrecent interaction with seniorDoT officials suggests that thedepartment is keen on ensur-ing that India remains a threeprivate player market and "itsown assessment tallies withour estimate that ARPU has todouble from current levels".

The IIFL note also high-lighted that AGR burden fortelcos may be 10-15 per centlighter, based on accurateassessment.

"Key risk is the SupremeCourt imposing fresh punitivemeasures when it learns thatthe entire amount due has notbeen paid; however, we believethis is unlikely," IIFL Securitiessaid.

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The relentless efforts ofBharat Bhushan Ashu,

Minister for Food, CivilSupplies and Consumer affairsyields high fruits, when theUnion Government accept hisrationale to shift 12 lakh sur-plus rice from the brimfulgodowns of Punjab to UttarPradesh.

Divulging more on thisdevelopment, Ashu, in a Presscommuniqué released here onTuesday, said that the PunjabGovernment was pressing hardthe Union Government toaccept its demand of shifting thesurplus food grains over stockedin the godowns of the State toother States in a bid to save thefood grains to get spoiled.

Ashu on Tuesday calledupon the Union Food MinisterRam Vilas Paswan in NewDelhi to urge him to take earlycall on the repeated request ofthe Punjab Government toshift the food grains before it istoo delayed to use the foodgrains for human consumption.Besides this, Ashu also request-ed the Union Minister to expe-dite the process of lifting of thewheat and paddy.

The Minister apprisedPaswan that currently, 200 lakhmetric tonnes of food grains arestocked in the godowns ofPunjab, comprising 109 lakh

metric tonnes rice and 91 lakhmetric tonnes wheat. “It is analarming stage as the Punjabstate will face acute shortage ofstorage space to stock theupcoming Rabi and Kharifcrop as the agriculture depart-ment of the state has predictedbumper procurement 135 lakhtonnes wheat in coming season,which will multiply the woes ofthe department to store it in theavailable storage space.

He appealed the UnionMinister to formulate com-prehensive uniformed policy sothat food grains in the agri-culture based states like Punjabmay not get spoiled.

The Food Supply Ministersaid that Punjab not only growsfood grains, but also asked bythe union government to man-age its storage uptill threeyears, whereas in states, the

food grains are not being storedmore than three months. Hesaid that if Union Governmentformulates a uniform policy inthis regard, food grains fromPunjab can be stored in otherstates. He said that special per-mission is granted for only 10-12 goods trains daily to liftgrains, which should beincreased at least 20 trains forlifting of food grains.

About the current storagesituation of the State, Ashu alsobrought to the notice of theUnion Minister that around 30lakh metric tonnes grain islying in open which was pur-chased last year. He alsorequested the union govern-ment to immediately release�750 crores, which is out-standing on part of union gov-ernment for preservation ofwheat crop by the Punjab.

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New Delhi: A Bill to providemore powers to the RBI for reg-ulating cooperative banks wasintroduced by Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman in theLok Sabha on Tuesday.

The Banking Regulation(Amendment) Bill, 2020, whichcomes in the backdrop of PMCBank scam, seeks to strengthencooperative banks by increasingprofessionalism, enabling accessto capital, improving gover-nance and ensuring soundbanking through the RBI.Introducing the bill, Sitharamansaid it is the "need of the hour"to avoid a PMC Bank-like cri-sis in the future.

Noting that the happeningsat the PMC Bank had "unfortu-nately" put a lot of small deposi-tors in difficulty, she said therewere demands that theGovernment should do some-thing about it. The Bill was intro-duced in the Lok Sabha amid thedin, with Sitharaman saying thatif the opposition wants to denythe small depositors their rightsthen "it is a shame". It could notbe cleared because of the ongo-ing ruckus in the House over theissue of violence in Delhi.

The proposed law seeks toenforce banking regulationguidelines of the RBI in coop-erative banks, while adminis-trative issues will still be guid-ed by the Registrar ofCooperative. PTI

New Delhi: Foreign directinvestment into India dippedmarginally by 1.4 per cent to$10.67 billion (about �76,800crore) during October-December period of 2019-20,according to government data.

Inflow of foreign directinvestment (FDI) duringOctober-December of 2018-19 stood at $10.82 billion. FDIinflows in July-September peri-od of the current financial yearstood at $9.77 billion. During

April-December period 2019-20, foreign investments into thecountry grew 10 per cent to$36.76 billion as against $33.49billion in the same period of2018-19, according to the data.

Sectors which attractedmaximum foreign inflows dur-ing the nine month periodinclude services ($6.52 bil-lion), computer software andhardware ($6.35 billion),t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s ($4.29 billion). PTI

New Delhi: Markets regulatorSebi on Tuesday revised normsof compensation and penaltyapplicable on termination ofcontracts under the regainingmatched book regulations forcommodity derivatives seg-ment. The regulator inSeptember 2016 had come outwith risk-mitigating tools,christened as regainingmatched book rule, for thecommodity market.

A Sebi circular on Tuesdaysaid that the norms related tocompensation and penaltyapplicable on tear-up of posi-

tions have been revised fol-lowing feedback from ClearingCorporations and stakeholders.

The revised norms call forvoluntary tear-up at last mark-to-market price along with com-pensation equal to 10 per cent oflast mark-to-market price andpenalty equal to 1 per cent of lastmark-to-market price.

Similarly, partial tear-up(pro-rata againstmembers/clients having oppo-site positions) would be at lastmark-to-market price alongwith compensation equal to 8per cent of last mark-to-market

price and penalty equal to 1 percent of last mark-to-marketprice (to be credited to SGF).

Earlier conditions were vol-untary tear-up at last mark-to-market price along with com-pensation (percentage of lastmark-to-market price equal totwice the daily price limit) andpenalty (5%, to be credited toSGF); Partial tear-up (pro-rataagainst members/clients havingopposite positions) at last mark-to-market price along withcompensation (%age of lastmark-to-market price equal tothrice the daily price limit) and

penalty (5%, to be credited toSGF).

The circular mentioned thatother provisions with regard toregaining of the matched bookprescribed by Sebi in September2016, will continue to prevail.

"Based on the experiencegained with regard to theimplementation of these normsand the feedback from ClearingCorporations (CCs) and otherstakeholders, it has been decid-ed to revise the alternatives ...Interms of compensation andpenalty applicable on tear-up ofpositions," the circular stated.

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Snapping its seven-day fallingstreak, BSE Sensex rallied

480 points on Tuesday in linewith gains in global stocksafter central banks assured ofpolicy measures to mitigate theeconomic impact of coron-avirus outbreak.

After a highly volatile ses-sion, the 30-share benchmarkindex surged 479.68 points or1.26 per cent to end at38,623.70 with 28 of its con-stituents ending in green.

The broader NSE Niftyjumped 170.55 points or 1.53per cent to close at 11,303.30led by gains in metal and phar-ma stocks.

Among Sensex stocks, SunPharma rose the most by 6.64per cent amid export restric-tions imposed by the govern-ment on 26 pharma ingredientsand medicines to boost localsupplies.

Tata Steel, ONGC,UltraTech Cement, NTPC,PowerGrid, Reliance, KotakBank and HCL Tech wereamong the major gainers.

On the other hand, ITCand HDFC Bank ended in thered.

Domestic market senti-ment got a boost after theReserve Bank of India (RBI)said it was ready to take nec-essary action to ensure order-ly functioning of financial mar-

kets.“Globally, financial markets

have been experiencing con-siderable volatility, with thespread of the coronavirus trig-gering risk-off sentiments andflights to safe haven,” the RBIsaid in a statement.

Spillovers to financial mar-kets in India have largely beencontained. Growing hopes ofcoordinated policy action tomitigate a broader fallout toeconomic activity has boostedmarket sentiment today, it said.

“Comments by centralbank officials over possiblepolicy initiatives to curtail eco-nomic impact held markets

positive across the globe.Broad-based momentum waswitnessed in Metals andPharma while the strong dol-lar held IT stocks higher. Withnations across the globe takingprecautions over the virus,further long-term economicimpact looks minimal,” VinodNair, Head of Research atGeojit Financial Services said.

Indian markets rose as thehopes of coordinated rate cutsgot a boost from the action ofAustralian and Malaysian cen-tral banks, Deepak Jasani -Head Retail Research, HDFCSecurities said.

“Hopes also rose from con-

call within the Group of Sevenindustrial powers is expected toissue a statement on Tuesday orWednesday on countering theimpact of the coronavirus out-break,” he added.

Broader BSE midcap andsmallcap indices rallied up to1.75 per cent.

All the sectoral indicesclosed in green with BSE Metalrising the most by 5.67 per centfollowing gains in Tata Steeland Vedanta Ltd. BSE Powerjumped 3.99 per cent led bygains in NTPC and Powergrid.BSE Utilities rose by 3.93 percent while BSE Healthcaregained 3.77 per cent followinga rise in Sun Pharma and DrReddy’s. Oil & Gas and BasicMaterials also rose by morethan 3 per cent. BSE IT, metal,energy, auto and realty indicesalso rallied up to 2.52 per cent.

Market breadth was posi-tive as 1,234 scrips advancedwhile 1,165 stocks dropped onBSE. As many as 157 scripswere unchanged.

Brent crude oil futures rose2.93 per cent to USD 53.42 perbarrel. On the currency front,the Indian rupee depreciated 40paise to 73.16 per US dollar(intra-day).

Bourses in Shanghai andSeoul ended on a positive notewhile Hong Kong and Tokyosettled with losses. Stockexchanges in Europe openedup to 2 per cent higher.

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Globally, financial markets have been experiencing con-siderable volatility, with the spread of coronavirus, triggeringrisk-off sentiments and flights to safe haven, the Reserve Bankof India (RBI) said in a statement. Spillovers to financial mar-kets in India have largely been contained. Growing hopes ofcoordinated policy action to mitigate a broader fallout to eco-nomic activity has boosted market sentiment today. “TheReserve Bank of India is monitoring global and domestic devel-opments closely and continuously and stands ready to takeappropriate actions to ensure orderly functioning of financialmarkets, maintain market confidence and preserve financialstability,” it said.

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State-owned NBCC onTuesday got approval from

the NCLT to acquire debt-laden Jaypee Infratech throughan insolvency process andcomplete around 20,000 pend-ing flats over the next three andhalf years.

In its hearing on Tuesday,the Principal bench of theNational Company LawTribunal (NCLT), headed byActing President BSV PrakashKumar, gave a go-ahead to theresolution plan of NBCC.

In a significant directionthat will help NBCC in fastercompletion of stuck projects ofJaypee Group, the tribunalordered that the �� 750 croredeposited by Jaypee Infratech’sparent firm JaiprakashAssociates Ltd (JAL) with theregistry of the Supreme Courtwould be part of the resolutionplan.

“�� 750 crore would betreated as part of the plan,” thebench said in its oral orderadding the resolution plan isapproved with the modifica-tion. The written order will beavailable on Wednesday.

The successful resolutionof Jaypee Infratech would notonly provide a much-neededrelief to thousands of distressedhomebuyers but also go a longway in reviving the Indian real

estate sector, especially thesluggish housing market ofDelhi-NCR.

Jaypee Infratech went intoan insolvency process inAugust 2017.

In December last year, acommittee of creditors (CoC)comprising 13 banks andaround 21,000 homebuyers,approved the resolution plan ofNBCC with 97.36 per centvote in favour.

NBCC’s proposal wasapproved by the lenders in thethird round of bidding processto find a buyer for JaypeeInfratech.

In its bid, NBCC had pro-posed to complete over 20,000pending flats in housing pro-jects launched by JaypeeInfratech in Noida and GreaterNoida (Uttar Pradesh).

Homebuyers’ claimamounting to �� 13,364 croreand lenders’ claim worth �9,783 crore were admitted.

NBCC offered 1,526 acres

of land to lenders under aland-debt swap deal.

On Yamuna Expressway,NBCC proposed to transfer theroad asset to lenders but beforethat it would take a loan ofaround �� 2,500 crore againsttoll revenue to fund construc-tion spend.

Jaypee Infratech went intoinsolvency process in August2017 after the NCLT admittedan application by an IDBIBank-led consortium.

Anuj Jain was appointed asan IRP to conduct insolvencyprocess and also manage theaffairs of the company.

In the first round of insol-vency proceedings conductedlast year, the �� 7,350-crore bidof Lakshadweep, part ofSuraksha Group, was rejectedby lenders.

The CoC rejected the bidsof Suraksha Realty and NBCCin the the second round held inMay-June 2019.

The matter reached the

National Company LawAppellate Tribunal (NCLAT)and then the apex court.

On November 6, 2019, theSupreme Court directed com-pletion of Jaypee Infratech’sinsolvency process within 90days and the revised resolutionplan to be invited only fromNBCC and Suraksha Realty.

On December 7, 2019, theCoC decided to put on votesimultaneously the bids ofNBCC and Suraksha Realty toacquire the bankrupt realtyfirm. The voting process start-ed on December 10 and endedon December 16.

As many as 13 banks andover 21,000 homebuyers hadvoting rights in the Committeeof Creditors (CoC).

Buyers had 57.66 per centvoting rights, fixed depositholders 0.13 per cent andlenders 42.21 per cent. For a bidto be approved, 66 per centvotes were required.

In the voting result, NBCCgot the entire 57.66 per centvote of homebuyers and 0.13per cent of fixed deposit hold-ers. The public sector firm got39.57 per cent votes of lendersout of the total 42.21 per centvotes. Suraksha managed to getonly 2.12 per cent votes as onlyfixed deposit holders and twolenders — Axis Bank andJammu and Kashmir Bank —favoured it.

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AVANTI 440.00 450.35 415.55 447.00SUNTV 420.95 435.40 413.90 430.55JCHAC 2950.00 3013.00 2905.00 2990.10HEG 921.10 965.00 913.50 952.45ICICIPRULI 457.00 462.70 447.95 455.00ADANIPOWER 47.60 49.60 47.60 48.95GMRINFRA 20.30 20.75 19.80 20.20BOMDYEING 71.65 73.85 70.50 72.80PCJEWELLER 14.95 15.40 14.20 14.50GODREJCP 589.00 625.75 589.00 618.85BRITANNIA 2980.35 3045.00 2964.10 3038.05GRANULES 164.90 167.75 153.60 165.15GLENMARK 280.00 285.95 273.40 282.60LUPIN 637.20 660.00 635.80 649.50APOLLOTYRE 139.80 142.70 136.50 141.80FEDERALBNK 83.00 85.45 82.50 84.55HAVELLS 626.00 644.15 618.00 638.70RAMCOCEM 754.10 792.00 746.85 779.45INDIACEM 93.00 97.60 89.15 91.30NTPC 105.00 110.00 104.50 108.40TVSMOTOR 422.00 430.45 408.60 422.25BEL 73.50 75.10 72.30 74.70EXIDEIND 160.50 163.00 158.50 162.05NAUKRI 2700.00 2803.20 2700.00 2790.05TECHM 745.00 757.25 742.90 755.50DIXON 3960.05 4090.75 3880.00 4042.20AUBANK 1159.00 1187.80 1148.60 1183.00IBREALEST 68.60 74.85 67.75 74.85SOBHA 307.10 329.95 303.10 327.00IRCON 481.00 497.00 472.05 486.25SANOFI 7350.00 7546.40 7295.00 7390.00BHARATFORG 452.90 460.75 436.15 445.45IDBI 30.00 30.25 29.10 29.55RADICO 405.95 410.40 385.85 401.15ADANIPORTS 342.10 348.65 342.10 347.60BERGEPAINT 557.00 563.05 539.30 541.35PAGEIND 21889.20 22285.00 21783.20 22182.85CADILAHC 249.70 263.30 240.60 260.50AMBUJACEM 202.30 212.05 202.30 211.00AJANTPHARM 1420.00 1529.00 1396.30 1489.10WIPRO 222.15 225.00 220.60 223.65NMDC 90.20 94.30 89.05 93.50WELCORP 172.50 179.35 168.00 174.85CONCOR 500.00 510.00 485.10 489.80UNIONBANK 36.85 36.85 35.00 36.35INFIBEAM 58.70 58.70 54.45 55.50STRTECH 89.65 93.55 87.30 92.70TORNTPHARM 2124.00 2152.00 2090.45 2145.00TATAPOWER 44.80 44.80 43.45 44.45SIEMENS 1313.30 1361.20 1302.05 1355.403MINDIA 20556.40 21000.00 20365.00 20621.00TRENT 737.75 752.85 722.20 725.40SPARC 143.90 148.80 142.15 148.00TEAMLEASE 2346.35 2399.85 2330.00 2399.00SHREECEM 23206.80 23876.45 23083.30 23822.00DHFL 15.75 15.98 15.75 15.98OMAXE 158.80 159.65 156.30 158.85LALPATHLAB 1700.00 1725.00 1665.00 1673.00GODFRYPHLP 1150.00 1188.00 1134.85 1172.05COLPAL 1306.00 1329.00 1296.90 1321.20CANFINHOME 500.00 501.85 480.85 487.50PNBHOUSING 357.75 357.75 334.95 341.70TORNTPOWER 312.60 321.85 312.40 319.40GUJGAS 278.90 291.40 278.90 289.45MARICO 295.00 298.00 290.45 296.30NATIONALUM 33.00 35.05 32.45 34.25NOCIL 89.70 95.50 87.70 93.85SUNTECK 342.40 355.85 337.20 344.50REPCOHOME 291.10 291.10 270.75 278.10

PTC 50.50 50.50 47.05 47.50BANKINDIA 51.15 51.15 48.90 49.50OIL 103.05 108.00 101.80 106.75BOSCHLTD 12822.40 13248.15 12648.05 13234.20SBILIFE 900.00 913.55 892.80 899.35UJJIVAN 332.00 343.75 332.00 341.00MOIL 123.15 127.35 123.15 127.35CARERATING 468.30 479.55 456.00 470.30WHIRLPOOL 2206.90 2225.95 2162.20 2220.40IRB 81.95 82.10 77.40 79.95CASTROLIND 153.90 153.90 144.20 146.75GODREJPROP 1022.00 1033.85 981.00 1002.40PETRONET 244.00 249.65 241.75 248.10NLCINDIA 60.35 62.55 59.15 62.10CUMMINSIND 514.95 525.00 500.60 506.80TATAMTRDVR 54.15 56.85 54.15 56.85ABCAPITAL 77.90 79.00 76.90 77.80BEML 735.00 735.00 695.00 697.90TRIDENT 5.55 5.61 5.43 5.47ABBOTINDIA 15400.00 15717.10 15295.60 15470.00ALKEM 2629.95 2669.15 2612.30 2640.05ISEC 451.00 470.50 440.90 470.50RAYMOND 499.95 512.00 480.20 494.25KEI 475.00 522.85 475.00 520.20PGHL 4090.00 4186.60 3985.00 3993.00RELAXO 682.00 700.85 682.00 697.60RVNL 20.25 20.40 19.65 20.10RPOWER 1.61 1.64 1.56 1.62PRESTIGE 308.40 331.25 308.40 318.20APLLTD 674.00 675.00 639.90 659.25COROMANDEL 619.00 633.45 604.00 627.95AMARAJABAT 624.45 649.00 624.25 645.65SUZLON 2.90 2.90 2.70 2.77JINDALSAW 78.65 83.20 78.50 81.70ADANIGREEN 161.05 162.85 157.00 159.60UBL 1231.20 1243.00 1206.00 1230.00BASF 1045.05 1056.60 1006.05 1013.30VIPIND 396.05 415.95 380.25 388.80WELSPUNIND 41.80 42.50 38.80 39.50HONAUT 32888.00 33400.00 32340.00 32967.65SWANENERGY 116.00 121.50 112.15 117.75HINDCOPPER 30.45 31.00 29.80 30.90SCI 43.40 46.00 42.60 43.90ICICIGI 1200.00 1237.75 1200.00 1220.90PIIND 1539.40 1578.00 1529.45 1578.00RAIN 98.80 100.85 97.25 98.45VINATIORGA 1020.00 1030.00 974.30 1008.00DCBBANK 159.90 161.80 157.05 158.80ENGINERSIN 72.80 76.00 72.70 75.70JUBILANT 497.10 507.10 484.00 502.00STARCEMENT 87.15 87.15 86.00 86.00SHILPAMED 459.00 461.00 418.20 436.85FORCEMOT 1080.00 1099.15 1055.00 1084.00VENKYS 1197.05 1247.70 1178.00 1223.00LTI 1950.95 1987.20 1925.00 1956.60JKTYRE 62.95 65.00 62.70 64.70GNFC 161.85 164.05 159.85 161.60PARAGMILK 77.15 82.05 77.15 79.90FORTIS 153.10 156.00 151.20 153.85NBCC 26.25 27.25 26.15 27.20NHPC 21.30 23.35 21.30 22.80RITES 296.10 298.20 290.00 292.00GLAXO 1320.00 1331.70 1291.00 1307.00JMFINANCIL 111.00 113.50 109.35 111.15CREDITACC 870.00 880.90 825.00 864.25VMART 2092.85 2229.75 2092.85 2175.00AMBER 1399.00 1428.00 1374.80 1420.65BALRAMCHIN 145.25 147.25 141.30 143.00HINDZINC 173.80 173.80 168.00 172.40APLAPOLLO 1948.00 1948.00 1844.40 1913.00SUDARSCHEM 456.00 469.95 456.00 459.65PHILIPCARB 107.00 109.90 106.45 109.00KEC 311.85 323.00 303.15 321.30RALLIS 219.40 227.55 215.95 224.35VBL 810.00 830.00 808.55 822.75WESTLIFE 453.10 457.80 439.90 450.15ASTRAL 1164.60 1165.00 1124.75 1143.75RELCAPITAL 6.74 6.74 6.15 6.22BDL 269.75 274.00 261.35 266.80MASFIN 1075.00 1078.00 1000.85 1070.30JSLHISAR 69.55 69.55 64.00 65.20CESC 642.00 650.00 625.75 631.30RELINFRA 18.70 19.40 18.20 18.90SCHNEIDER 92.75 93.50 86.75 91.80ASTRAZEN 2673.00 2710.30 2614.45 2654.50BBTC 1095.00 1128.00 1085.60 1105.00TIMKEN 932.90 975.00 930.10 972.45HEIDELBERG 199.15 206.50 195.10 196.95TV18BRDCST 22.95 23.00 22.30 22.55JBCHEPHARM 539.60 561.05 535.85 555.00CEATLTD 999.75 1022.50 987.10 1008.00NETWORK18 27.25 27.50 25.40 26.35RCF 38.60 38.80 37.75 38.30IDFC 32.90 33.10 32.35 32.75HFCL 12.85 13.23 11.91 12.71JSL 40.40 41.00 39.55 39.70GSPL 231.25 236.80 231.25 236.40SHOPERSTOP 372.45 381.40 372.00 379.30SOUTHBANK 9.00 9.17 8.85 8.87CROMPTON 284.00 284.00 273.25 278.15AKZOINDIA 2450.00 2454.55 2345.30 2454.55THYROCARE 620.00 620.00 587.70 596.15MEGH 52.00 52.80 51.10 52.15SUPREMEIND 1311.40 1312.70 1288.80 1288.80DBL 302.00 311.75 299.00 309.95ITI 75.50 76.90 73.45 75.00NESCO 699.10 710.00 658.60 675.00INDIANB 71.30 72.80 69.55 69.90CHOLAFIN 305.45 309.60 298.80 304.95

RESPONIND 88.00 89.00 81.90 87.90EDELWEISS 89.00 89.60 86.40 86.60DISHTV 8.30 8.30 7.82 7.95TIINDIA 556.55 563.30 500.30 529.00FRETAIL 306.90 313.00 293.00 306.30LTTS 1672.00 1708.00 1614.30 1654.60JSWENERGY 55.00 58.00 54.65 57.20AEGISLOG 220.00 222.05 207.20 214.30GSKCONS 9698.45 9698.45 9350.00 9438.60ITDC 233.40 238.90 225.50 230.70CAPPL 306.85 315.20 285.25 292.50LAURUSLABS 416.00 429.60 410.05 413.90GILLETTE 5790.55 5950.00 5790.55 5885.95NIACL 110.40 114.00 107.05 109.85MPHASIS 877.00 891.70 862.60 872.05HSCL 50.05 51.10 47.60 48.30FSL 42.00 42.35 41.30 42.25KAJARIACER 547.05 554.20 543.95 547.60GARFIBRES 1565.55 1565.55 1436.00 1471.10JISLJALEQS 5.10 5.10 4.81 4.85OBEROIRLTY 520.00 522.85 507.00 522.85CCL 229.00 232.50 222.25 228.40TATACOFFEE 79.90 80.25 78.35 79.55LINDEINDIA 640.60 652.95 609.90 634.90SHANKARA 461.05 480.00 445.05 450.35RATNAMANI 1345.90 1365.50 1303.10 1341.20COCHINSHIP 335.00 336.60 326.45 331.00ORIENTBANK 34.80 35.50 34.35 35.25TATAMETALI 616.00 616.00 596.00 608.35EMAMILTD 259.90 262.80 255.55 257.30GEPIL 726.00 733.55 699.00 729.60IIFL 166.00 169.45 164.50 167.70BAJAJELEC 423.90 425.60 405.65 413.00SONATSOFTW 339.90 342.85 336.80 340.00ORIENTELEC 262.05 266.10 256.30 262.40DCMSHRIRAM 336.45 336.50 327.00 331.30KRBL 265.15 271.00 257.50 265.80JAGRAN 60.00 60.00 56.70 59.50AIAENG 1739.00 1851.95 1733.95 1790.95GSFC 62.00 62.20 58.80 60.00CUB 216.85 218.00 212.60 216.55PGHH 10964.00 11081.15 10753.05 10864.40GICRE 168.80 169.80 164.60 166.00PRSMJOHNSN 60.70 61.25 59.00 59.65BALMLAWRIE 103.80 103.80 100.00 101.70FCONSUMER 13.05 13.64 13.00 13.64TATAINVEST 904.90 907.45 885.80 890.35JKCEMENT 1432.70 1448.95 1375.10 1397.90VGUARD 202.50 206.00 195.35 206.00NATCOPHARM 611.10 624.50 598.05 624.45WABAG 186.95 188.10 180.65 183.35MINDACORP 101.85 103.30 98.80 100.60DEEPAKFERT 89.80 91.50 89.60 90.75LUXIND 1388.50 1388.50 1345.60 1352.60KALPATPOWR 336.00 341.50 319.00 337.65NILKAMAL 1380.30 1410.15 1374.50 1385.75DALBHARAT 774.30 778.15 744.00 749.95SJVN 22.90 23.60 22.65 23.40HUDCO 30.00 30.65 29.65 30.20BLUEDART 2790.60 2990.00 2751.00 2962.35KTKBANK 70.00 70.35 68.75 69.70PHOENIXLTD 819.00 862.30 819.00 832.25ASHOKA 89.70 89.70 85.60 87.50AAVAS 1871.65 1942.20 1871.65 1913.45GODREJAGRO 459.00 468.50 445.50 468.40BAYERCROP 4416.20 4416.20 4201.05 4370.15SYMPHONY 1297.75 1344.30 1296.00 1301.80ADANITRANS 258.95 262.25 252.95 257.10HEXAWARE 360.40 371.50 358.75 371.50GHCL* 165.00 168.20 162.10 164.85KANSAINER 500.50 503.00 496.45 496.45UFLEX 214.65 215.35 207.95 209.00GREAVESCOT 130.75 131.00 128.00 129.40QUESS 510.00 516.55 509.30 513.80ESSELPRO 164.30 164.65 157.25 160.60FINEORG 2134.25 2135.15 2061.45 2105.00EIDPARRY 190.00 190.00 181.95 186.00GALAXYSURF 1628.80 1636.00 1568.05 1590.05J&KBANK 19.75 19.75 18.35 18.75BIRLACORPN 725.60 725.60 692.95 700.75SKFINDIA 1930.00 1960.00 1858.95 1879.00MOTILALOFS 745.75 757.00 734.00 748.30BAJAJCON 188.50 189.45 181.00 183.60JAMNAAUTO 35.00 36.00 33.25 34.20INTELLECT 114.00 116.65 108.80 112.15VAIBHAVGBL 1074.65 1086.00 1041.05 1064.05TNPL 161.35 162.05 153.55 156.50TCIEXP 820.10 820.10 767.00 805.00DCAL* 77.50 77.50 73.50 74.70CHENNPETRO 107.40 107.40 101.05 102.05ALLCARGO 109.05 111.30 108.00 111.00LEMONTREE 51.00 51.80 49.25 49.25TEJASNET 52.85 56.10 50.00 53.00FINOLEXIND 549.60 555.00 549.60 551.25MMTC 17.70 17.70 16.90 17.10WABCOINDIA 6750.00 6850.00 6720.00 6779.75CHAMBLFERT 135.70 140.60 135.00 140.15ARVINDFASN 345.00 357.00 345.00 352.55GUJALKALI 329.00 335.20 322.00 326.00ERIS 438.00 447.00 427.60 438.55PNCINFRA 176.00 184.80 173.10 184.00IEX 185.75 187.35 183.05 187.35SYNGENE 297.00 297.20 286.00 293.90INOXWIND 36.00 36.00 33.25 33.35MAHINDCIE 126.05 128.65 124.95 128.65MAHSCOOTER 4316.05 4338.25 4225.00 4225.00SUNDRMFAST 416.55 417.95 411.05 416.35MINDAIND 366.35 369.75 364.85 366.65ALBK 11.44 11.59 11.21 11.46

OFSS 2718.00 2718.00 2643.25 2662.05SYNDIBANK 19.00 19.10 18.60 18.80CYIENT 429.80 430.85 414.15 418.00IBULISL 97.95 100.25 95.65 100.25IOB 8.77 8.80 8.56 8.59KNRCON 268.50 269.80 260.55 268.00JYOTHYLAB 125.00 125.00 122.45 124.00CENTURYPLY 157.00 160.25 154.95 159.85LAKSHVILAS 15.50 15.80 15.00 15.00THERMAX 972.00 972.00 887.60 890.00FINCABLES 333.35 333.35 320.45 330.00ANDHRABANK 13.50 13.55 13.00 13.10FLFL 335.20 344.95 317.75 344.95HAL 666.00 686.80 666.00 676.00VARROC 388.80 390.95 367.00 381.05BLUESTARCO 816.95 819.30 792.00 802.40KPRMILL 585.45 599.90 571.35 599.90IFBIND 480.80 489.90 452.50 452.80TTKPRESTIG 5798.85 5798.85 5659.60 5682.40REDINGTON 108.85 109.15 104.25 108.60VSTIND 4020.00 4190.00 4020.00 4190.00ASTERDM 169.95 169.95 159.10 164.65

ITDCEM 51.75 52.35 49.35 50.55FDC 233.20 234.30 226.55 229.00PERSISTENT 695.00 711.40 693.05 709.90GMDCLTD 50.50 50.80 47.95 49.30MAHLOG 375.50 380.95 370.00 377.00GET&D 130.80 131.00 124.50 125.70MAXINDIA 95.10 95.45 90.00 91.10MAHABANK 10.79 10.79 10.46 10.74CORPBANK 18.00 18.30 17.55 18.05TAKE 87.10 88.65 83.65 84.15EIHOTEL 128.30 129.15 127.00 127.70GICHSGFIN 96.05 98.70 94.65 96.00GESHIP 246.00 254.00 240.50 247.55ADVENZYMES 147.50 154.00 147.50 154.00HIMATSEIDE 98.70 99.50 96.55 96.90UCOBANK 12.95 12.95 12.29 12.31IFCI 5.35 5.47 5.30 5.43MRPL 38.25 38.50 37.60 37.90CHOLAHLDNG 519.30 519.30 503.20 511.05SADBHAV 70.20 70.25 67.25 67.70HATHWAY 18.60 19.55 18.60 19.00MAHLIFE 357.00 357.00 348.00 350.85CENTRALBK 15.65 15.80 15.20 15.30SIS 558.25 569.95 539.60 540.00TIMETECHNO 47.40 47.40 45.75 47.00GPPL 73.60 75.95 72.90 74.10GDL 122.00 123.90 116.00 123.90DHANUKA 465.00 465.00 453.40 456.05JKLAKSHMI 306.70 309.10 303.45 304.65ENDURANCE 970.25 1004.10 955.85 986.40VRLLOG 231.60 231.60 226.40 227.05VTL 1061.05 1061.05 1018.00 1035.00TVSSRICHAK 1517.75 1517.75 1450.50 1491.50KPITTECH 82.70 83.80 79.80 81.70MAHSEAMLES 325.00 329.15 321.75 325.90NBVENTURES 69.00 69.70 66.85 66.85GRINDWELL 575.00 585.65 572.80 585.55ZENSARTECH 140.55 141.10 134.10 137.00TVTODAY 212.30 227.90 208.20 227.90ORIENTCEM 80.15 80.80 79.05 79.65BRIGADE 220.15 225.00 218.50 222.25LAOPALA 215.00 215.00 208.50 210.15MHRIL 215.50 223.35 214.30 223.35ZYDUSWELL 1451.00 1453.55 1441.35 1453.00TCNSBRANDS 588.40 598.80 573.05 589.65GULFOILLUB 742.60 755.75 725.00 730.05INDOSTAR 278.65 281.80 278.20 281.25UNITEDBNK 7.26 7.31 6.90 7.12SFL 1651.65 1651.65 1605.10 1643.00CARBORUNIV 327.30 327.40 323.10 326.65DBCORP 112.30 116.00 111.60 114.25HERITGFOOD 342.00 344.25 339.35 341.55CENTRUM 18.50 19.05 18.20 19.05MAGMA 43.00 44.20 41.75 41.95SHK 102.00 102.80 98.40 99.10SCHAEFFLER 4372.15 4398.15 4359.20 4397.05SUPRAJIT 194.20 199.25 194.20 196.10SOMANYCERA 177.80 178.50 170.70 172.00CHALET 325.00 334.30 323.30 329.40GAYAPROJ 19.65 19.65 19.65 19.65

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11217.55 11342.25 11152.55 11303.30 170.55VEDL 114.25 121.00 113.65 120.20 9.25SUNPHARMA 374.00 396.40 373.25 396.00 26.50HINDALCO 152.10 160.45 150.80 160.10 10.35ZEEL 234.00 255.95 233.85 250.00 16.15TATASTEEL 373.50 391.00 370.10 388.30 24.25CIPLA 402.00 429.20 402.00 424.50 22.55EICHERMOT 17500.00 18041.00 17400.00 17950.00 936.60DRREDDY 2940.00 3078.00 2931.25 3065.00 159.45GRASIM 671.00 704.60 671.00 702.50 34.05COALINDIA 171.35 179.65 170.90 177.50 8.15JSWSTEEL 239.25 249.10 238.65 245.80 10.80NTPC 104.65 109.95 104.30 108.65 4.75ONGC 90.90 94.00 89.65 92.95 3.85POWERGRID 183.80 194.70 182.05 191.20 7.70ULTRACEMCO 4179.90 4329.00 4157.55 4314.00 172.30HEROMOTOCO1976.00 2063.85 1976.00 2057.40 81.95TATAMOTORS 127.50 131.40 125.25 130.40 5.00GAIL 100.90 103.80 99.50 103.30 3.65HCLTECH 556.00 568.75 555.00 568.20 18.50BRITANNIA 2970.00 3045.50 2965.00 3041.95 92.85BPCL 415.10 427.15 413.50 424.40 12.05IOC 105.50 107.80 104.30 106.75 2.80BAJFINANCE 4400.00 4474.95 4320.05 4462.90 112.15M&M 462.00 471.00 455.25 470.00 11.70INDUSINDBK 1085.00 1117.95 1073.00 1106.00 26.75RELIANCE 1329.70 1353.90 1322.00 1346.35 30.20ICICIBANK 509.85 519.50 508.50 516.90 10.80KOTAKBANK 1603.80 1636.35 1587.00 1633.10 34.10ADANIPORTS 344.00 349.05 342.00 347.90 7.25TCS 2020.00 2060.00 2012.00 2041.00 39.70LT 1166.00 1186.80 1162.05 1183.15 22.25NESTLEIND 16130.25 16499.00 16130.25 16386.00 276.05MARUTI 6318.00 6422.15 6280.50 6386.10 100.95TECHM 750.00 757.65 742.10 755.20 10.65ASIANPAINT 1780.05 1818.00 1767.00 1804.05 24.40INFY 755.00 759.00 741.25 751.00 9.95UPL 519.90 526.65 512.55 521.25 6.90WIPRO 224.00 225.80 220.60 223.25 2.45SBIN 293.00 294.40 285.30 290.50 3.10BAJAJ-AUTO 2700.00 2730.00 2653.00 2700.00 27.80BHARTIARTL 524.00 533.35 514.15 523.25 4.90BAJAJFINSV 9000.00 9116.65 8680.00 8993.00 83.50HINDUNILVR 2171.90 2189.60 2141.70 2178.65 19.20AXISBANK 689.90 695.80 675.00 689.80 5.60INFRATEL 220.00 225.00 213.05 218.55 1.70HDFC 2201.70 2226.90 2173.30 2194.95 15.30TITAN 1248.20 1272.00 1225.00 1250.00 5.85HDFCBANK 1175.00 1185.35 1168.00 1182.50 2.90YESBANK 32.45 33.30 30.50 31.40 -0.15ITC 197.00 197.45 192.55 194.05 -1.25

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Beijing: With the coronavirusoutbreak emerging as a globalmenace claiming over 3,000lives in China and abroad,Chinese President Xi Jinping hascalled for international cooper-ation to develop a cure and vac-cine to halt the COVID-19 on itstracks.

Public health security is acommon challenge faced by thehumanity, and all the countriesshould join hands to cope withit, Xi said during an inspectionto research institutes here onMonday, calling on countries toshare research data and jointlywork out response strategies,official media reported here onTuesday.

The coronavirus death tollin China on Tuesday climbed to2,943 with 31 more deaths, evenas the deadly disease wreakedhavoc globally with the totalnumber of deaths crossing 3,000and infections surging past89,000. Noting that the COVID-19 outbreaks have emerged inmany countries, Xi said it isimportant to step up commu-nication and exchange with theWHO and carry out scientificresearch cooperation on sourcetracing, drugs, vaccines, testingand other fields with othercountries, especially those hithard by the virus.

Since the outbreak of theepidemic, China has full genomesequences of the new virus withvarious countries and permitteda team of experts from theWorld Health Organisation andother countries to visit the virushit areas.

Chinese researchers havealso been actively sharing theirlatest study results and partici-pating in international cooper-ation on diagnosis and effectivetreatments, state-run Xinhuanews agency reported.

After receiving the genomesequence of the virus fromChina, researchers in the UnitedStates were able to map the first3D atomic-scale structure of akey 2019 novel coronavirus pro-tein, making a breakthroughtoward developing vaccines,therapeutic antibodies and diag-nostics, according to a studypublished online in the journalScience in February, it said.

The WHO-China joint mis-sion, consisting of 25 expertsfrom eight countries and theWHO, conducted a nine-dayfield study trip on COVID-19last month in China’s capitalBeijing and several differentprovinces including Hubei, theepicentre of the outbreak.

The team made a range offindings on the transmissibilityof the virus, the severity of thedisease, and the impact of themeasures taken. PTI

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Tehran: Iran’s Health Ministryannounced on Tuesday that 11more people had died from thenew coronavirus in the pastday, bringing the Islamic repub-lic’s overall death toll to 77.

In all, 2,336 people havebeen infected, including 835new cases — the biggestincrease in a single day sincethe COVID-19 outbreak beganin the country nearly twoweeks ago.

“According to the latestfigures, 835 new patients havebeen added” to the overallnumber of infections, DeputyHealth Minister Alireza Raisisaid in remarks aired live onstate television. AFP

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Islamabad: A 45-year-oldwoman, who returned fromIran, tested positive for thedeadly coronavirus in Pakistan,taking the total number of theCOVID-19 infections in thecountry to five, officials said onTuesday.

Earlier, on February 29, twomore positive cases were report-ed in Pakistan. The woman, whoreturned from Iran some daysago, is a resident of Gilgit city inGilgit-Baltistan (GB) region inthe north. “We have now 5thconfirmed case of #COVID19 infederal areas. Patient is stable andis being managed well,” tweetedDr Zafar Mirza, Special Advisoron Health. PTI

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The number of deaths in theUS from the deadly coron-

avirus rose to six on Mondaywhile the total number of con-firmed cases in the countrycrossed 90, Vice President MikePence has said, as the novelvirus continues to spreadaround the world despite trav-el restrictions.

All the six deaths in the USare from the Washington statewith 43 domestic cases and 48cases of the individuals whoreturned to the US, officialssaid on Monday. PTI

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Two more people had died,the Korea Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention said,taking the toll to 28.

South Korea has seen arapid rise in infections inrecent days as authorities carryout checks on more than260,000 people associated withthe Shincheonji Church ofJesus, a religious group oftencondemned as a cult that islinked to more than half thecases. AFP

Vatican City: Pope Francis, who is suffering froma cold, has tested negative for the coronavirus, anItalian newspaper reported on Tuesday, as Italy bat-tles Europe’s worst outbreak.

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni did notrespond to an AFP request for comment on theMessaggero newspaper report, and sources saidit was unlikely the Holy See would comment onthe pope’s health on Tuesday.

Francis cancelled a Lent retreat for the firsttime in his papacy this weekend, after axing allpublic meetings at the end of last week over thecold. “Unfortunately, a cold forced me not to takepart this year,” the 83-year-old pontiff told a crowdon Saint Peter’s Square after suffering two cough-ing fits while reciting his traditional Angelus Prayer.

The new coronavirus has spread fromChina across much of the world, Italy among theworst affected with over 2,000 people infectedand 52 deaths. AFP

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Twitter staff across the world were asked to workfrom home starting Monday in an effort to

stop the spread of the deadly new coronavirus epi-demic.

At the same time, thousands of staff at Google’sEuropean headquarters in Ireland were told to stayaway for the day after one employee reported flu-like symptoms.

The outbreak has spread across the worldsince emerging in central China late last year,killing more than 3,100 people, infecting over90,000, and prompting a wave of travel restrictions.

Twitter’s decision to ask its staff to avoid theoffice follows similar requests by governments invirus hotspots. AFP

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Washington: Joe Bidenappeared to be surging aheadin the heated DemocraticParty’s presidential race withthe ex-US vice president pick-ing up three key endorsementsfrom former rivals on the eveof the “Super Tuesday” pri-maries, the most importantday in the race for the WhiteHouse.

Senator Amy Klobucharand former mayor fromIndiana Pete Buttigieg not onlyannounced that they weredropping out of the race butalso endorsed 77-year-oldBiden’s bid to challengePresident Donald Trump, aRepublican, in the November3 election.

Former US congressmanBeto O’Rourke, who droppedout of the race last November,also backed Biden.

Democratic moderateshave been urging party leadersto urgently unite to stopVermont Senator BernieSanders, a self-described demo-cratic socialist, from becomingthe party’s nominee to take onPresident Trump.

Responding to the barrageof endorsements, Biden said,‘Pete and Amy and Betobacked our campaign — nowwe need you. This is ourmoment to come together asa party to beat DonaldTrump. If you’re with us, chipin today to keep our momen-

tum going.”“Whether you supported

Pete, Amy, Beto, or any othercandidate in this race — knowthat there is a home for you inour campaign. I will do every-thing I can to earn your vote,”he tweeted.

“The last few days havemade one thing very clear: Weare building the campaign thatwill beat Donald Trump,” theformer US vice president wrotein another tweet. PTI

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Washington: The reach ofuntrustworthy “fake news”websites during the 2016 USpresidential elections, andspeculation about the preva-lence of exposure to themduring the campaign “hasbeen overstated,” accordingto a study.

The research, publishedin the journal Nature HumanBehaviour, said that articlesfrom untrustworthy websitesthat featured factually dubi-ous claims about politics andthe 2016 presidential cam-paign were shared by millionsof people on Facebook.

Some journalists andresearchers had even sug-gested that fake news mayhave been responsible for USPresident Donald Trump’svictory in the 2016 elec-

tions, it noted.Researchers, including

those from PrincetonUniversity in the US, mea-sured visits to these dubiousand unreliable websites dur-ing the period before andimmediately after the elec-tion using an online surveyof 2,525 Americans and webtraffic data collected fromrespondents’ laptops or desk-top computers.

According to their find-ings, less than half of allAmericans visited anuntrustworthy website.

“These results suggestthat the widespread specu-lation about the prevalenceof exposure to untrustwor-thy websites has been over-stated,” the researchers wrotein the study. PTI

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Kabul: The Taliban carriedout dozens of attacks onAfghan army bases, officialssaid Tuesday, hours after end-ing a partial truce and throw-ing into doubt peace talksbetween Kabul and the insur-gents.

The intra-Afghan negotia-tions are due to begin March 10according to a US-Taliban dealsigned in Doha on Saturday,but a dispute over a prisonerswap has raised questions aboutwhether they will go ahead.

The agreement includes acommitment for the Taliban torelease up to 1,000 prisoners andfor the Afghan Government tofree around 5,000 insurgentcaptives — something the mil-itants have cited as a prerequi-site for talks but which PresidentAshraf Ghani has refused to dobefore negotiations start.

The row has highlightedthe tough road ahead, with theTaliban’s decision to end a par-tial truce Monday complicatingmatters further.

In the last 24 hours theTaliban conducted 33 attacks in16 of Afghanistan’s 34

provinces, interior ministryspokesman Nasrat Rahimi said.

“As a result, six civilianswere killed and 14 wounded.Eight enemy were also killed,15 wounded,” he said onTwitter.

Two soldiers were killed inone of the attacks in southernKandahar province, a govern-ment statement said.

An attack in Logarprovince near Kabul killed fivesecurity forces, the provincialgovernor’s spokesman DidarLawang told AFP. The halt tothe limited truce, which beganon February 22, ends whatwas a welcome reprieve forordinary Afghans who haveborn the brunt of the deadlyviolence. But experts said themove was unsurprising as bothsides seek to exploit whateverleverage they hold to force theother’s hand.

“Of course violence will goup, was bound to happen. Nosurprise Ghani balking on pris-oner release: 1 of his few levers,”Vanda Felbab-Brown, a seniorfellow at the BrookingsInstitution, tweeted. AFP

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Tuesday downed a Syrianregime warplane in the north-western Idlib province andthe pilot was killed, a moni-toring group said.

It was the third suchdowning in three days amidescalating fighting betweenTurkish forces and Syria’sRussian- and Iranian-backedregime.

A missile fired by Syrianregime forces on the city ofIdlib, meanwhile, killed ninecivilians in the province of thesame name that is Syria’s lastopposition bastion.

Syrian President Basharal-Assad’s forces have sinceDecember battled to retake thejihadist-dominated stronghold,where Ankara backs somerebel groups.

The deadly offensive hascaused almost a million peopleto flee their homes and shelters,and triggered a direct Turkishmilitary intervention last week.

A Turkish F-16 downedthe regime plane over Idlibprovince, the SyrianObservatory for HumanRights war monitor and asource at the Turkish defenceministry said. AFP

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Vienna: Iran’s stockpile ofenriched uranium is more thanfive times the limit fixed undera landmark 2015 deal withworld powers, the UN nuclearwatchdog said on Tuesday.

An International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA) reportsaid that as of February 19, 2020the Iranian stockpile stood at1,510 kg, as opposed to the 300kg limit set under the agree-ment.

Some experts consider thislevel to provide sufficient mate-rial to produce a nuclearweapon.

However, it would still needseveral more steps, includingfurther enrichment, to make itsuitable for use in a weapon.

The report says that Iranhas not been enriching uraniumabove 4.5 per cent.

An enrichment level ofaround 90 per cent would beneeded for weapons use.

The 2015 deal has beenhanging by a thread since theUS withdrew from it in May2018 and went on to imposestinging sanctions on Iran, in

particular targeting its vital oilsector.

The latest IAEA report onthe deal comes just days after ameeting in Vienna of theremaining parties to the dealwhich ended without a clearplan to keep the accord alive.

The agreement promisedIran an easing of very damag-ing economic and other sanc-tions in return for its scalingback its nuclear programme.

Tehran has been progres-sively reducing its commitmentto the accord however in retal-iation for the US move. AFP

Nashville (US): Tornadoesripped across Tennessee earlyon Tuesday, shredding at least40 buildings and killing atleast nine people. One of thetwisters caused severe damageacross downtown Nashville.

Daybreak revealed a land-scape littered with blown-down walls and roofs,snapped power lines and hugebroken trees, leaving citystreets in gridlock.

Schools, courts, transitlines, an airport and the statecapitol were closed, and some

damaged polling stations hadto be moved only hours beforeSuper Tuesday voting began.

“Last night was areminder about how fragilelife is,” Nashville Mayor JohnCooper said at a Tuesdaymorning news conference.

Residents of the historicGermantown neighbourhoodwalked around in dismay asemergency crews closed offroads. Roofs had been torn offapartment buildings, largetrees uprooted and debris lit-tered many sidewalks. AP

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Moscow: The Kremlin onTuesday rejected a claim byUN investigators that Russianairstrikes in Syria amountedto a war crime by indiscrim-inately targeting civilian areas.

The UN Commission ofInquiry on the rights situationin Syria said in its latest reporton Monday it had evidencethat Russian planes partici-pated in two air strikes in Idliband in rural Damascus lastJuly and August that killedmore than 60 people.

The UN report, whichcovers the period from July2019 to January 10 this year,said there was evidence toprove Russian planes tookpart in both attacks, and thatsince they were not directedat military objectives they

amounted to a “war crime”.“We do not agree with

such accusations,” Kremlinspokesman Dmitry Peskovtold reporters, raising ques-tions about the objectivity ofthe report.

“It is obvious that nocommission could havereceived reliable informationon what is happening on theground,” Peskov said.

He added: “Nothing issaid about the attacks by ter-rorist groups, which makesany judgement issued by thiscommission one-sided.” The

UN’s Syria commission,set up in 2011 shortly after thecivil war began, has repeatedlyaccused various sides of warcrimes and in some casescrimes against humanity. AFP

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Geneva: The United Nationson Tuesday appealed for near-ly $900 million to help hun-dreds of thousands ofRohingya refugees and vul-nerable host communities inBangladesh this year.

The UN refugee agencyand the InternationalOrganization for Migrationand other partners launched ajoint appeal for $877 million(789 million euros).

The money would go “torespond to the needs of approx-imately 855,000 Rohingyarefugees from Myanmar andover 444,000 vulnerableBangladeshis in the commu-nities generously hostingthem,” they said in a statement.

The requested fundswould go to cover vital serviceslike food, shelter and sanitation,

as well as healthcare, educationand protection services, it said.

Bangladesh and Myanmarhave already signed a repatri-ation deal to send back someRohingya to their homeland —but safety fears mean very fewhave agreed to return.

Bangladesh’s DeputyForeign Minister ShahriarAlam told reporters inGeneva on Tuesday that hiscountry expected the inter-national community to pushharder to ensure movementon the deal.

“We expect the UN mem-ber countries to do more andwork closely and to do every-thing possible to put pressureon Myanmar to take their cit-izens back in a manner...Thatis safe, voluntary and dignified,”he said. AFP

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The IP University has startedonline admission process for

around 37,000 seats available inabout 100 different programmes,ranging from under graduate toresearch level, from March 3, 2020.

The university is going to offerfive new academic programmesincluding PhD in PharmaceuticalChemistry, MSc in MedicalChemistry & Drug Design, sixmonth diploma (full time/part time)and one year PG diploma inDisaster Management, one year PGDiploma in Fire and Life SafetyAudit(Part Time) and PhD inDisaster Management.

In a major examination reform,

aimed at checking the shortcomingsof traditional OMR based testsalready in use, for the first time, theuniversity is going to introduceComputer Based Test (CBT) foradmissions in 68 programmes forthe academic session 2020-21.Earlier, OMR based test was in prac-tice for admissions in all theseCommon Entrance Test (CET)based programmes of the universi-ty.

The university has tied up withEdCIL for conducting theseComputer Based Tests. These com-puter based exams will be con-ducted from April 25 to May 5,2020.

The Shobhit University organised thesecond edition of National

Wellbeing Summit on February 29,2020 at Le Meridian Hotel, Janpath,New Delhi. The summit’s main agen-da was to promote wellness in the formof yoga, ayurveda and naturopathy.

Dr Anju Sharma, a Psychiatrist,Sound & Energy Master, Wellness-Holistic Coach, International Speakerand Founder of the Musical HealingBand, Sound of Infinity, was also a partof this grand summit. She showed aglimpse of how the vibration can affectthe body. She spoke about nada yogaand its four stages. It is all about sounds.It is the knowledge of the quality of

sounds and the way they affect people.Going further she discussed the fourstages and how these stages affect thefour layers of the brain. She presentedthe vibrational music in which shedepicted four elements water, earth, fireand space. She also discussed the con-

cept of nada brahma which means thatthe whole universe was created fromthe energy of sound.

Talking about the wellness indus-try and its future, Dr Anju Sharma said:“The wellness industry in India is oneof the fastest emerging sectors acrossthe globe. There is tremendous scopeas this sector is not limited to elite peo-ple. People from various countries arevisiting India due to its wellness indus-try and hence our hospitality andtourism sector is also booming. We arehere to propagate the message of well-being and wellness among people andensure that everyone leads a healthyand happy life.”

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Amontage to neo-decade,organised by Students’

Association, Lady IrwinCollege, a two day culturalextravaganza, Quintessence2020, fully packed with funand food took place in thecollege campus on February19 and February 20.

Various events took placein the entire college at differ-ent timings on both daysorganised by the differentsocieties of the college. Thefirst day ended on a high note

with youngsters grooving onthe energetic and electrifyingperformance by DJ Carnivore.

But it was the second daythat was highly anticipated andtook millions of heart on theseventh heaven. The dayended on a musical note withan enthralling performanceby Mohit Chauhan.

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Academy invites applicationsfor admissions to its Bachelorsof Science: Jewellery Design,Bachelors of Fine Arts: FashionDesign, Bachelors of FineArts: Applied Arts andBachelors of Fine Arts: FashionInternational.

Eligibility: Candidateswho have passed or will appearfor the qualifying examinationsunder the higher secondaryfrom any recognised Board ofEducation such asAISSCE/IB/ICSE, or equiva-lents.

All eligible candidates willhave to undergo DesignEntrance Exam (DEE) at DIA,Campus Noida which com-prises of a written test and per-sonal interview.

Last date to apply: July,2020

How to apply: Log on towww.diaindia.co.in or theapplication form can beobtained for �1000 by cashfrom the academy or by postenclosing a Demand Draft of�1050/- in favour of Design &Innovation Academy.

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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 whohave completed Class XII orequivalent, graduates, profes-sionals and PG students whoare planning to change careeror venture in the exciting worldof bakery or culinary art are eli-gible to apply for this course.

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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and Design (IIAD) in collabo-ration with Kingston School ofArt, London invites applica-tions for admissions to itsundergraduate programmes inFashion Design, FashionBusiness Management,Communication Design andInterior Architecture &Design.

It also offers postgraduateprogrammes in FashionDesign and Fashion BusinessManagement.

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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International Institute ofResearch and Studies invitesapplications for admissions toits Master of BusinessAdministration programme.

Programmes offered:Master of BusinessAdministration — MRIIRS ,MBA in Innovation,Entrepreneurship and VentureDevelopment (IEV) — MRI-IRS, Banking and InsuranceManagement, AviationManagement, WasteManagement.

Eligibility: Graduation orpost graduation or candidatesmust have passed the finalexamination conducted by theinstitute of CharteredAccountants of India/Instituteof Cost &Works Accountantsof India/ Institute of CompanySecretaries of India/ any othercourse which is Governmentrecognised course with mini-mum 50 per cent marks.

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

Beauty has a way of capturingattention. Beauty treatments

and fashion trends have alwaysbeen in trend but today morepeople have become consciousabout their looks. With theboom in entertainment indus-try, and more competition in thefashion field, the demand forgood looks has come up likenever before. This has resultedin a need for professionals.

Make-up is an art and amake-up artist is a profession-al artist who uses differentmediums to transform orenhance the appearance of aperson. Make-up artist useshuman skin as a canvas andmakeup as a medium. Theseprofessionals prepare individu-als for appearance in front ofcameras or a live audience.

It is also a creative careerwith a wide array of possibilities,and successful artists are able touse design skills, experimenta-tion and products to createstunning looks. Make-up artistsmust keep up with fashiontrends and product develop-ments, and have an interest in

skin science and beauty. Thereare two main categories ofmake-up artist. Fashion artistswho prepare fashion models forphoto shoots, and theatrical orfilm artist. While fashion make-up artist work with designers tocreate a certain look for themodel, such as emphasiainglip shape or cheekbones; the-atrical or film makeup artistenhances an actor’s features toemphasiae the character he orshe plays in performance art.

To make successful careeras a make-up artist, aspirantsneed to develop important per-sonality traits. They must havean attractive personality, dex-terity, sound health, energy andexcellent communication skillsto compete in this field.Candidates must also aware oflatest fashion trends. Hygieneand cleanliness. Other qualitiessuch as imagination, creativityand complete knowledge of thecosmetics and other relatedproducts have significant role indetermining the positive courseof makeup. Work in the salonindustry is relatively stable, with

jobs predicted to grow over thenext decade by 14 per cent.Experience is essential to landthis kind of job. Beauty parlors,advertising agencies and mag-azines also recruit make-upartists at high salary.

A professional course willalways help them to enhancetheir career in this field. Theycan complete specialiaation in

make-up under any major acad-emy. Since expert make-upartists often work in the movie,TV or theatre industries, sometheatre production, they mustattain bachelor’s degree pro-grams allow students to choosea make-up concentration wherethey can learn skills like basicmake-up application, specialeffects make-up and remedial

make-up.The three-word secret to

becoming a great makeup artistis practice, practice and practice!The more people you try yourskills on, the wider range of skintone, complexion and face shapeyou’ll have experience of.Creating a portfolio is just asimportant when you are apply-ing for jobs — for portfolioshots, it’s best to use a profes-sional photographer, who willmake sure your models lookamazing, and your work is dis-played to best advantage. Yourportfolio should showcase dif-ferent styles of makeup — beau-ty, experimental, simple and edi-torial. Other ways to gain expe-rience include working back-stage in amateur theatre, or onstudent film projects.

Apart from all the aboveattributes, complete and updat-ed knowledge of makeup andother related products play anintegral role in determiningthe right professional in thisfield.

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The most beautiful and memo-rable time in a person’s life iswhen he was a student. It is

their time to explore, learn, be curi-ous, ask questions, enjoy and notworry. But, in recent times, a student’slife does not seem that happy andcarefree. They are always stressed outabout doing better and gettingenough grades. In these competitivetimes, a student has no time torelax; they have a packed schedulewith tuitions, school, homework,projects, workshops and preparingfor competitive examinations. Theyare always planning for the future andputting themselves through the men-tal trauma of being ahead in the race.

Anxiety and depression havebeen a common phenomenonamongst students and the numbersare increasing every day. Most stu-dents are not able to take so muchpressure and hence are seeking men-tal help. Looking at the need of thehour, a lot of educational institutionsand other humanitarian organisa-tions have introduced happiness pro-grammes to help students with theirmental well being.

Let us see how these happinessprograms help the young buddingminds to find their way out of theirmental prison:

Introducing reactive and pre-ventive counseling groups: Schoolsand colleges have started providingfree mental health care throughcounseling centers and doctors.Reactive counseling helps studentswho already have mental trauma todeal with them whereas, in preven-tive sessions, the students learnabout preparing themselves for anysituation that might lead to stress orany kind of mental grief. Thesegroups work with the teachers, par-ents, administrators, and psycholo-gists to give the student the necessaryhelp required.

Awareness programmes: To dealwith a problem, you have to acknowl-edge it. After school awareness pro-grammes and camps have gainedpopularity among students wherethey are taught about the problems

that exist. These programmes notonly focus on mental health but alsoon drug and alcohol abuse. The stu-dents are taught social skills, how toresist peer pressure, manage stressand resist substance use to overcomeproblems.

Parental counseling and han-dling parental pressure: One of thebiggest contributors to a child’sworry is the expectation of a parent.Sometimes, without even realising,parents become the most stressfulfactor for a child’s well being withtheir constant reminders to the childto do well in life. Parents worry, andhence, they want a particular lifestyle,a particular future for their children,they also get competitive and expecttheir children to win in every aspectof life.

Hence, not only the child but theparent needs to learn to handle pres-sure as well. The counseling groupshelp the parents to see things fromthe child’s perspective and also guidechildren to deal and handle parentpressure.

The benefit of a good diet, exer-cise, and meditation: Institutes aregoing out of their way to make stu-dents and parents realise how impor-tant it is to eat healthily. Eating foodthat is fresh, that uplifts mood, makes

the gut strong and improves metab-olism can bring tremendous resultsfor someone’s mental health. Withthat, investing some time in physicalactivities like jogging, running, walk-ing and some form of exercise, releas-es the right hormones and keeps themind fresh and relaxed. Meditationhas also proved to be a very success-ful means to channelise positiveenergy and de-stress the mind.

Courses introduced to under-stand mental health: Educationalinstitutions have introduced courses,seminars where they bring profes-sionals to talk about dealing withstress and competition These cours-es focus and develop leadership skills,team-building skills, helpful natureamong students and also teach themhow to deal with change. Mentorsfrom corporate sectors are brought into explain the transition from collegeto work. Students are introduced tobooks and activities that help themdeal with stress.

These small changes that theinstitutions are introducing to helptheir students have a healthy life arecommendable. We look towards abright future for students with thesemeasures in place.

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colours in your life? Some of usmight have and others mightnot. Here is the role of each andevery colour in maintainingour body balance and health.

The visible light of Sunconsists of seven colours. Thesecolours reach from our Solarsystem to the Earth and also toour body.

These seven colours arecollectively called as VIBGY-OR, where V is for violet, I isIndigo, B is for blue, G is forgreen, Y is for yellow, O is fororange and R is for red. Eachof the colour enter into ourbody from a specific entrypoint. For example, red colorenters into our body from rootchakra, also called as mulad-hara chakra and is situated atthe base spine. This chakra isconcerned with survivability aswell as the physical and men-tal status of our body andmind. This chakra is red incolour and represent the earth.

Similarly, orange colourenters into our body fromsacral chakra, also called assvadhisthana chakra and is sit-uated at the lower abdomenbehind the genital organ. This

chakra is concerned with cre-ativity and vision. Throughthis chakra unconditional loveis set. This chakra representsthe water.

Yellow colour enters intoour body from the solar plexuschakra, also called as manipu-ra chakra and is situated behindthe navel. This chakra is con-cerned with relationship.It isyellow in colour and representsthe fire.

Green colour enters intoour body from the heartchakra, also called as anahatachakra and is situated at thecentre of the chest. This chakrais concerned with emotion andlove. It is green in colour and

represents the air.Blue colour enters into our

body from throat chakra, alsocalled as vishuddhi chakra andis situated behind the throat. Itis concerned with communi-cation and voice. It is blue incolour and represents the ether.

Indigo enters into our bodyfrom third eye chakra, alsocalled as ajena chakra and issituated between the eyebrows,behind the centre of forehead.It is concerned with intuitions.It is indigo in color and is thecentre for wisdom and intu-ition.

Violet colour enters intoour body from crown chakra,also called as sahasrarachakraand is situated at the crown ofthe head. It is concerned withbrain. It is the seat of high con-sciousness.

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�Why is it important to create inclu-sion in India today?

Inclusion is the way forward, not onlyin India, but across the region andworldwide. In a multi-cultural and diversecountry like India, an important mem-ber of the Asia Pacific region and glob-al community - having inclusive andaccepting mindsets towards people of allabilities creates a more understanding andcaring society; which in turn builds astronger, more united and resilient peo-ple. Meaningful exchanges and learningsamong different groups in society helpsall of us realise that we are more alike thandifferent.

People with intellectual disabilities areable to achieve their full potential onlywhen we create an inclusive environmentwhere they feel accepted, cared for, andnot judged for being who they are. All ittakes is for each and every one of us tohave the courage to reach out to them,interact with them and simply, be a friend.

The Special Olympics movementaims to provide such an environment. Byallowing people with and without intel-lectual disabilities of all ages to play sporttogether; by letting young people of allabilities to co-create solutions for inclu-sion together; by getting healthcare pro-fessionals and the community to betterunderstand the medical needs of peoplewith intellectual disabilities; we arechanging mindsets bit by bit and helpingto sensitise communities in India andacross the region to the needs of peopleof all abilities.�Is there a connection between sports,inclusion and education?

Sports is our engine, but inclusion isthe ultimate vision of the movement. Byallowing people with and without intel-lectual disabilities to play sport togetheron the same team, we foster mutualunderstanding, respect and friendships.Team sport builds a sense of belonging,and creates bonds beyond the sports field.Within a team, everyone has a specificrole to play and is recognised andrespected for that. Sports training alsohelps instill discipline.

When athletes are given the oppor-

tunity to achieve their best on the sport-ing arena, to represent their country andbe celebrated on the global stage, it givesthem an immense sense of accomplish-ment. The confidence gained oftenextends to other aspects of their lives,such as in the way they handle their jobsor their personal relationships.�What is the importance of unifiedsports in a student’s life?

With schools and colleges being thenurturing ground for the decision mak-ers of tomorrow, unified sports plays asignificant role in helping to foster inclu-sive mindsets among the young. It breaksdown barriers and helps young peoplerealise that with or without disabilities,they are not so different. By playingtogether, they build friendships that willhopefully develop into lifelong ones. Ithelps people of all abilities develop socialand emotional skills together, creating aninclusive learning environment for all.With young people at the forefront of theinclusion movement, it is our hope thatthe next generation will be a unified one,eradicating inequality for people withintellectual disabilities.

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The J K LakshmipatUniversity, Jaipur hasannounced various fel-

lowship programmes includ-ing tuition, professional spe-cialisation, international PGassistance and semesterabroad scholarship for highlymeritorious students of UGcourses. Students, who havebagged 75 per cent and abovein their senior secondaryexam can apply for it.

The fellowship programhas been divided into threecategories: From 90 per centto 100 per cent, from 85 percent and below 90 per centand from 75 per cent andbelow 85 per cent. The firstcategory (from 90 per cent to100 per cent) has tuitionscholarship, professional spe-cialisation, international PGassistance and semesterabroad scholarship. Whereasin the second category (from85 per cent and below 90 percent), semester abroad schol-arship hasn’t been included.And, the third category (from75 per cent and below 85 percent) only has tuition feescholarship.

The entry-level scholar-ships will not include physicaleducation, fine arts, perform-ing arts, vocational training,and non-written projects. Thebenefits will continue in allyears subject to the studentachieving a 9.0 or higher GPA,

with no limit on the numberof qualifying students. If stu-dent GPA falls below 9.0 butabove or equal to 8.5, scholar-ship equivalent to 75% of feeswill still be provided.

Besides the entry-levelscholarships, there are meritscholarships as well which aresuitable for second-year stu-dents, who could not qualityat entry-level.

The University of Sussexoffers 25 scholarships for PG(taught) degree. The bur-saries are available for interna-tional (Non-UK/EU) students.

Eligibility: Must demon-strate that you: Have excellentgrades; have clear and specificgoals with defined links toyour course. You are not eligi-ble for this application if youalready have another Sussexscholarship (Chancellor’sMaster’s Scholarship or SussexGraduate Scholarship).Applicants from outside thehome country will often needto meet specific English lan-guage/other language require-ments in order to be able tostudy there. Provide personalstatement: Your drive andambitions. Your potentialwhen you return to yourhome country. Any relevantwork experience.

How to apply: Completethe online application form.

Application deadline: it isMay 1, 2020.

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Aware that his star-studdedpace attack isn’t getting

any younger, India captainVirat Kohli says the team’sthink-tank will need to havethe next crop of speed mer-chants ready soon enough asone can’t “squeeze the lifeout” of established names.

While Jasprit Bumrah, 26,is expected to lead the pacepack for many more years,Ishant Sharma, who will be 32this year, and MohammedShami (29) have alreadyreached the peak of theirprowess.

Not to forget UmeshYadav, who will turn 33 thisyear.

“These guys are not get-ting any younger so we needto be very careful and veryaware and accept that these aresituations that can potentiallycome up and have guys who

can replace them and ready upand running as soon as possi-ble,” Kohli said. Ishant’s poor-ly handled rehabilitation,which saw a recurrence ofankle tear, and the kind ofworkload that Shami has taken

in the past two years, are indi-cators that this team has to beready for transition in thepace department in the per-haps the next couple of years.

“...We do need to recognisewho are the next three-four

guys that can keep the stan-dard up because you don’twant to feel a void suddenly ifa couple of guys miss out,”Kohli gave enough indica-tions that the management iszeroing in new talents with aneye on future.

With Indian team’s packedschedule across formats, Kohlisaid that it’s inhuman to“squeeze the life out of individ-uals”.

“That’s what happens incricket. Mini transitions hap-pen every now and then, andyou need to be aware of them,”Kohli said. “You can’t squeezethe life out of individuals, andwhen they are done, you haveno back-up. I think we as aside are pretty aware that thesethings are quite possible,” headded.

Navdeep Saini is already apart of the set-up and there aretwo or three more names inthe pipeline, the skipper said.

“Saini is one who hascome into the system. Wehave two-three more that wehave an eye on,” he said.

“We need to be very care-ful and we need to understandthat this is one factor that hasgot us a lot of success and weneed to make sure that stan-dards are kept high,” he added.

Kohli wants the next ropto replicate the kind of successthat the trio of Yadav, Ishantand Shami (Bumrah excluded)has got over years.

“We recognise and under-stand guys who can do a sim-ilar job potentially as well asthese, Umesh included.”

While Kohli didn’t nameany other fast bowlers but theones in the pecking order forred ball cricket includeMohammed Siraj ofHyderabad, Sandeep Warrierof Kerala, Avesh Khan ofMadhya Pradesh and IshantPorel of Bengal.

�"��# �AFormer India captain Kapil Dev saidthat India regulars can give IPL a miss if theythink that the international calendar is toocramped. Skipper Virat Kohli had mentionedearlier that they are getting closer to landingat the stadium and playing straight.

“If you think there is burnout then don’tplay IPL,” Kapil said on the sidelines of he fifthedition of HCL Grant’s felicitation ceremony.

“There you are not representing your coun-try. So if you think you are burned out, you canalways take a break during the IPL. When youare representing your country, the feelingshould be different,” he said.

Kapil also said that when playing for theircountry, players need to be giving their best andthis should not get compromised because theyput a lot of energy in playing fran-chise cricket.

When asked about MSDhoni, the former Indian skip-per said as a fan he would loveto see MS Dhoni play theT20 World Cup in Octoberbut it was completely theteam management’s call.

“As his fan (I wouldlove to see him play theT20 World Cup). Butas a cricketer, it is depen-dent on the management. If hehasn’t played for one yearwhat do you expect. I think hehas to play more matches.

“He should play morematches to be in the team.Otherwise you are beingunfair to other players,” saidKapil. PNS

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Mukesh Kumar ran throughKarnataka’s second inningswith a career-best six-wicket

haul as Bengal hammered their star-studded opponents by 174 runs toenter their first Ranji Trophy final in13 years here at Eden Gardens onTuesday.

The low-profile pacer, who haddismissed India regular K L Rahul inKarnataka’s first innings, became thehero in the second essay with his 6/61as Bengal took less than two hours todismiss Karnataka on day four.

Resuming their monumental chaseof 352 at 98 for three, Karnataka losttheir remaining seven wickets for 79runs in 16.3 overs. The penultimateday’s proceedings lasted just 115 min-utes after which the hero-of-the-dayMukesh Kumar was seen carried onhis shoulders by Akash Deep.

Bengal, who won their previousRanji title during Sourav Ganguly’sdebut season way back in 1989-90, hadlost to Mumbai by 132 runs in theirlast final appearance in 2007.

Bengal will face the winners ofGujarat and Saurashtra clash, under-way in Rajkot, in the final fromMarch 9 and it will be an away matchfor them.

Bengal also halted a third treblebid by Karnataka who recently werecrowned the domestic one-day (VijayHazare Trophy) and T20 (SyedMushtaq Ali Trophy) champions.Karnataka’s last treble had come in2014-15 when they had achieved thefeat twice on the trot.

Mukesh Kumar, who had previousbest figures of 6/62, looked at his omi-nous best taking five wickets in just 60balls with an imperious spell that read9-4-28-5.

He opened his account in the thirdover of the day with India batsmanManish Pandey (12) edging it toShreevats Goswami behind thestumps.

Then in his next over he dismissedK V Siddharth (0) and S Sharath (0)off successive deliveries to snuff outany revival hopes by heavyweightsKarnataka.

First the inform Siddharth fell toan away going delivery and was caughtby skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran at theslip, and on the next ball Mukesh bol-

wed an inswinger to trap the wicket-keeper-batsman.

Talented 19-year-old Karnatakabatsman Devdutt Padikkal, who wasseason’s leading run-getter in whiteball cricket, was the lone crusader asKarnataka battled to avoid a thirdsemifinal defeat in a row.

Padikkal, who came in atNo 3 to accommodate Rahul atthe top, hit seven elegantboundaries but Mukesh had hissay to dismiss the batsman enroute to his fourth five-wickethaul from 21 first-class matches.

Krishnappa Gowtham (22) andAbhimanyu Mithun counter attackedBengal with a quick 24-run stand forthe eighth wicket but it only delayedthe inevitable with first innings heroIshan Porel breaking the partnership.

Gowtham tried to smash Porel’s

widish delivery over the off-sideregion, only to be caught by substituteShreyan Chakraborty.

Known for his unique celebrations,the 21-year-old Porel, who is theyoungest member of the side, was

given a shoe-shine polish by 35-year-old Majumdar, the senior-most member showing thecamaraderie in the side.

Thereafter it was just amatter of time before Akash

Deep (2/6) cleaned up the big-hitting Abhimanyu Mithun (38)

to complete the victory.Ishan Porel, who grabbed a five-

wicket haul in the first innings, took2/58 that included the prized-scalp ofRahul with peach of an inswinger onMonday.

Playing without the suspendedpacer Ashok Dinda, their leading

wicket taker for last eight seasons, thethree-pronged Bengal pace attack

once again was up for task, tak-ing all the 20 wickets on offer.

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Arpit Vasavada’s gritty139 propelled

Saurashtra to set a challeng-ing 327-run target forGujarat on the fourth dayof their semi-final here onTuesday.

Chintan Gaja’ fieryspell had brought Gujaratback into contention on thethird day, but Vasavada’sseventh first-class hundred,and the third this season,swung the momentum infavour of the hosts.

Courtesy his ton andhandy contributions fromChetan Sakariya (45),Chirag Jani (51) andDharmendrasinh Jadeja(21), Saurashtra recoveredfrom a dismal 15 for five topost 274 in their secondinnings.

They had a 52-run lead and hence thetarget set was 327.

When stumps weredrawn, Gujaratwere seven forone with open-er PriyankPanchal (0)

back in thehut.

Earlier, resuming theday at 66 for five, Sakariyaand Vasavada were goingstrong before their 90-runsixth wicket stand was bro-ken by a horrible mix-upbetween the two, whichresulted in the former’sdismissal.

The hosts lost theirsixth wicket on 105. Janithen joined Vasavada andplayed the perfect second-fiddle as the hosts tooklunch at 155 for six.

Post lunch, Vasavadaand Jani kept frustrating theGujarat bowlers.

It was Gaja again, whoprovided the crucial break-through for the visitors bydismissing Jani in the 84thover.

The new ball did thetrick for Gaja, as he bowled

in the goodlength areaand Jani’soutside edge

flew to SamitGohel in thesecond slip.Vasavasa andJani added 109runs for the

s e v e n t hwicket.

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enth wicketwhen heremoved PrerakMankad (1) at

the stroke of tea, whichSaurashtra took at 222-8.

After Jadeja fell,Vasavada upped the antebut perished in the process.In his 139-run innings, heblasted 16 fours and a six.

Considering that it’s aworn-out pitch, it would bea tough ask for ParthivPatel-led side to chase thetarget on the final day.Brief Scores: Saurashtra304 and 274 (ArpitVasavada 139, Chirag Jani51; Chintan Gaja 7/71)v/s Gujarat 252 and 7/1.Gujarat need 320 runs towin.

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captain Virat Kohli remainedstatic at second in the ICCrankings despite a dismal Testseries against New Zealand.

India have 116 rating points,six more than New Zealand withthird-placed Australia accumu-lating 108 points.

Kohli remains in secondposition in the batting rankingsdespite a forgettable Test seriesin which he made 38 runs infour innings.

New Zealand opener TomBlundell and his Indian counter-part Prithvi Shaw and debutantpaceman Kyle Jamieson wereamong the biggest movers in therankings.

Blundell had a successfulseries against India, scoring 117runs in four innings, with onehalf-century, which put himamong the top two run-scorersin the series.

The performance meant hewas rewarded with a jump of 27places to No 46. Shaw, whoreturned for his first series sincehis Test debut against WestIndies in 2018, and made apunchy 54 in the first innings ofthe Christchurch Test, rose 17places to No 76.

Australia’s Steve Smith

retained his top spot, holding a25-point advantage over Kohli.Smith’s apprentice MarnusLabuschagne jumped one spotto round off the top three, tak-ing the place of New Zealandcaptain Kane Williamson.

England all-rounder BenStokes and India openerMayank Agarwal moved a spoteach and swapped places tobreak into and fall out of the top10 respectively.

Among bowlers, TimSouthee’s Player of the Serieswinning performance againstIndia took him into the top five,with a jump of two places to No4, while Jasprit Bumrah andTrent Boult returned to the top10, gaining four places each tooccupy the seventh and ninthpositions respectively.

But the biggest gainer wasJamieson, who rose from No 80to 43. There was only onechange in the top ten among all-rounders, with Southee drop-ping a spot to No 10.

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included in Bengal’s squad for theirRanji Trophy final starting on March9.

Saha is likely to be included inthe lineup in place of openerAbhishek Raman who is strugglingfor runs.

India’s number one wicketkeep-er Saha has recovered from a surgeryon his right ring finger which he hadsustained during the historic

Day/Night Eden Test againstBangladesh.

However, he was not includedthe playing XI in India’s recent 0-2 debacle in New Zealand.

Saha last played for Bengal inthe 2017-18 Ranji season where heaveraged 38.33 from four matches.

The selectors also nameduncapped batsman Sudip Gharamiwith injured Koushik Ghosh andyoungster Golam Mustafa beingthe only two omissions from the16-member squad, which beatKarnataka in the semifinal.

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The seasoned duo ofGaurav Solanki (57kg)

and Ashish Kumar (75kg)advanced to the pre-quarter-finals of the Asian OlympicQualifiers for boxing withdominating wins in theirrespective opening-roundbouts here on Tuesday.

Commonwealth GamesGold-medallist Solankidefeated two-time Kyrgyznational champion AkylbekEsenbek Uulu, while AsianChampionship Silver-medallist Ashish got thebetter of Taiwan’s Kan

Chia-Wei. Both theIndians won 5-0 follow-

ing strong perfor-mances.

Ashish willsquare off againstKyrgyzstan’s OmurbekBekzhigit Uulu, who hasbeen seeded fourth. TheIndian had beaten Uulu inthe quarterfinals of AsianChampionships last year.

“I have played Chia-Weibefore but I lost to him pre-viously. Today I made nomistake. It was a clean per-formance from my side,”

said Ashish after his victory.“It has boosted my

confidence especially afterthe good training we’vehad. I next face the fourthseed whom I have beatenbefore and am confident ofputting up a good show.”Solanki, whose CWG Goldwas in the 52kg division,will be up against top-seeded Uzbek MirazizbekMirzakhalilov, who got abye into the second round.

Mirzakhalilov is thereigning world championin this weight categorybesides being a Gold-medallist at the 2018 AsianGames as well as the Asian

Championships.Solanki dominated

from the word go, helpedby Uulu’s poor defence.The Indian was relentlessand accurate in his attacks,scoring mostly throughclean straight punches.

Later, Ashish also pro-duced a confident perfor-mance against a sprightlyrival. The Indian kept hisguard low and relied oncounter-attacks to get thejudges’ nod.

The Indian’s superiorreach and power woredown the Taiwanese boxer,who took a tumble morethan once in the second

and third rounds after asplit verdict in the openingthree minutes.

Advancing to the semi-finals in this event wouldassure boxers of a spot inthe Tokyo Olympics sched-uled later this year.

Today, the womenpugilists will begin theirquest. Former WorldChampionships Bronzemedallist Simranjit Kaur(60kg) will take onKazakhstan’s RimmaVolossenko while Sakshi(57kg) will face Thailand’sfourth seed and AsianGames Bronze medallistNilawan Techasuep.

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The Karnataka duo ofVenkatesh Prasad and Sunil

Joshi were on Tuesday shortlist-ed along with three others forthe national selectors’ job, theinterviews for which will beheld in Mumbai today.

Former India spinners L SSivaramakrishnan and RajeshChauhan have also been calledfor interviews and so has beenformer India medium pacerHarvinder Singh. The inter-views begin at 11 am local time.

The Cricket AdvisoryCommittee comprising MadanLal, R P Singh and SulakshanaNaik shortlisted five candi-dates to replace outgoing selec-tion panel chief MSK Prasadand fellow member GaganKhoda.

As many as 44 applicationswere received for the two posi-tions and among those who hadapplied were former India pacerAjit Agarkar, considered a fron-trunner for the job, and formerwicketkeeper Nayan Mongia.

“Agarkar’s name was verymuch considered but in the endthe CAC shortlisted Siva,Prasad, Chauhan, Joshi andHarvinder. He can be consid-ered when the tenure of theother three selectors (JatinParanjpe, Sarandeep Singh and

Dewan Gandhi) ends,” a BCCIofficial said.

Agarkar not being shortlist-ed also is an indicator that theBoard is likely to stick to theexisting zonal policy for thenational selectors.

In that case, Harvinder,who has played for Punjab andRailways, can represent CentralZone replacing Khoda whileSivaramakrishnan, Prasad orJoshi can take MSK’s placefrom South Zone.

“India is a huge countryand zonal representation isneeded,” the official added.

Venkatesh Prasad alreadyhas some experience in the job,having been part of the juniorselection panel. The 50-year-oldplayed 33 Tests and161 ODIS,taking 96 and 196 wicketsrespectively.

50 year-old LaxmanSivaramakrishan played nineTests and 16 ODIS and is aknown commentator.Harvinder featured in threeTests and 16 ODIs.

The others in the fray,Chauhan and Joshi, played 21Tests and 35 ODIS, and 15 Testsand 69 ODIs respectively.

The new selection panelwill pick the squad for thethree ODIs against SouthAfrica, beginning inDharamsala on March 12.

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he took a risk by making ninechanges for Arsenal’s 2-0 winover Portsmouth in the FA Cupfifth round but insisted he hadno choice because some of hisstars were still shell-shockedafter their Europa League exit.

Arteta’s side reached theFA Cup quarter-finals thanks togoals from SokratisPapastathopoulos in first-halfinjury time and Eddie Nketiahsix minutes after the break.

It was a much-needed boostfor Arsenal, who crashed out ofthe Europe League in a painfullast-gasp defeat againstOlympiakos on Thursday.

Arteta conceded that field-ing such an inexperienced line-up — only David Luiz andBukayo Saka retained theirplaces — could have putArsenal’s only chance of silver-ware this season in jeopardy.

“They fully deserve thechance and I know it is risky toplay them in this competitionbut they are worth a risk,” Artetasaid of his young side.

P i e r r e - E m e r i c kAubameyang, who was in tearsafter missing a costly late chanceagainst Olympiakos, and MesutOzil were both absent, whileAlexandre Lacazette and NicolasPepe were on the bench. AFP

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