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P roposal for creation of more than 1,300 posts of doctors for various Government hos- pitals, primary health centres and sub divisional hospitals was sanctioned by Jharkhand cab- inet on Tuesday. Addressing the media post Cabinet meeting, State Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi said, “To meet the shortage of doctors in the State, a total of 513 posts of doctors will be created for Patliputra Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) Dhanbad and 713 posts for MGM Medical College Jamshedpur. Also, 94 posts of doctors will be created for superspeciality sec- tion of PMCH, excluding the 513 posts.” Creation of posts for 154 health officers for primary health centres (PHC) and 284 posts of doctors and other staff including nurses, OT assis- tants and others for 12 sub divi- sional hospitals has also been sanctioned. The recruitment on all these posts will be done through Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC). Chandravanshi said, “In order to free the director and other doctors of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) from administrative works, two posts, additional director, finance and deputy director, finance will be creat- ed to look after the adminis- tration. This proposal has been sanctioned by the Cabinet.” The Cabinet also approved formation of Jharkhand Nurse Rules, 2019 for recruit- ment and promotion of nurs- es in the State. In another major decision, the State Cabinet approved providing gas connection and stoves to over 30 lakh women within a month under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala yojana (PMUY). Food and Civil Supplies Minister Saryu Roy said, “All women, whose names are in ration card will be given gas connection now. There are over 57 lakh ration card hold- ers and we have given connec- tion to around 26.5 lakh women. The remaining will be covered this month.” Department secretary Amitabh Kaushal informed that in financial year 2018-19, a budgetary provision of 224 crore was made and a supple- mentary budget of 45 crore was taken for the scheme. The provision in the budget of FY 2019-20 for PMUY is 150 crore. Under the scheme, Jharkhand, unlike other states, also provides a free stove to the beneficiaries along with LPG connection. Another major decision of the Cabinet was regarding the Planning and Finance Department under which dearness allowance (DA) of government workers who come under the unrevised pay slab has been increased from 274 per cent to 284 per cent. A total of 20 proposals were approved by the council of ministers which included leas- ing out of 12.5 acre land in Kanke to CCL for 24.29 crore for construction of a medical college, sanctioning of 211.26 crore for construction of 304 check dams, leasing out 1019.44 hector area of Pachwara Central Coal Block to M/s Punjab Corporation for coal mining and suspension of Mandar cir- cle officer Dinesh Prasad for taking bribe, among others. Also, the proposal to estab- lish a State Firearm Bureau and district firearm units for brin- ing transparency in the work of maintaining inventory or destroying of seized, confis- cated or surrendered firearms, section 103 and 104 of Arms Rule 2016 was approved by the Cabinet. T he Jharkhand Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed the annual Budget to the tune of 85,429 crore for the year 2019-20. Out of total bud- get, 65,803 crore is on the head of revenue expenditure while 19,626 crore is on cap- ital expenditure. Earlier, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) MLA Pradeep Yadav moved a cut motion. Along with Yadav, JMM MLA Kunal Sarangi and Congress MLA Sukhdeo Bhagat speak in favour of cut motion. While, speaking against the cut motion, from treasury bench- es Amit Mandal, Kedar Hazra and Laxman Tudu spoke against the cut motion. Speaking against the Opposition’s cut motion move, State Rural Development Minister Neelkanth Singh Munda said that the Government under Raghubar Das is committed to develop- ment of State and Jharkhand is moving ahead at the rate of not 100 per cent, but it is moving at the rate of 1,000 per cent. Munda said that the left wing extremist affected districts in State have reduced from 21 to 19 while number of severe LSW affected districts has been reduced from 19 to 16. During the debate of cut-motion, the issue of tussle between West Bengal Government and CBI was also raised. Munda said, “Opposition levels charges of misuse of Constitutional agen- cies by Government, but the entire country is witnessing what is happening in West Bengal under the Mamata Banerjee Government. The BJP does not need certificate from Opposition, it is the people who are to issue the certificate to Government.” Participating in the debate, BJP MLA from Godda, Amit Mandal said State GSDP is growing, while the inflation is down. There has been growth of State revenue by 15 per cent. BJP MLA Laxman Tudu too appreciated the work being carried out by the Raghubar Das Government. Speaking in favour of cut motion, JVM (P) MLA Pradeep Yadav said that democracy is in danger as the Government is misusing the CBI, the episode in West Bengal is clear cut example how the Government had misused the Central agencies. Continued on Page 4 K olkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar has to appear before the CBI in Shillong, make available all evidence and cooperate with investigation into the chit fund scams in West Bengal, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday as the CBI accused the officer of “doctoring evidence” and shielding the accused. However, the SC said no coercive steps, including the arrest of the Kolkata Police chief, will take place during the course of investigation. The CBI told the SC that the Kolkata Police Commissioner, who was lead- ing the SIT probe into the Saradha chit fund scam, tam- pered with the electronic evi- dence and handed over docu- ment to the agency some of which were “doctored”. The CBI also alleged that there was a “wilful” omission and commission by him and the SIT of which he was the functional head. A three-judge Bench head- ed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi issued a notice to Kumar and sought his response before February 20, the next date of hearing on the allegations by the CBI that he was tampering with elec- tronic evidence and that the SIT headed by him provided the agency with doctored mate- rials. The SC further directed the West Bengal Chief Secretary, the Director General of police (DGP) and the Kolkata Police Commissioner to file replies on the contempt pleas filed against them by the CBI on or before February 18. The Bench that also com- prised justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjeev Khanna said on consideration of replies of the Chief Secretary, the DGP and the Kolkata Police Commissioner, the court may seek personal appearance of these officials on February 20. The apex court’s secretary general will inform them on February 19 whether they are required to be present before the apex court on February 20, the Bench noted. Attorney General KK Venugopal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sub- mitted that Kumar was not cooperating in the investigation of chit fund cases, handed over to the CBI by the Supreme Court, and the SIT had not given the complete call data details. “What was given to us was doctored copy of call records,” the Attorney General told the SC. The CBI alleged that the laptop and cellphones recov- ered from Sudipta Sen, Chairman of the Saradha and Rose Valley ponzy scheme, by the SIT were not sent to foren- sic laboratory. Those electronic devices were recovered from Sen, who was arrested from a place in Jammu & Kashmir after a long time. The agency alleged that call data was also erased and it was difficult to find out who called whom. Senior advocate AM Singhvi, who appeared for the West Bengal Police, refuted the allegations against Kumar. Singhvi said that there was no destruction of evidence which the CBI is claiming after five years of investigation. “Where is the destruction of evidence after five years? After five years no FIR against Kumar for destruction of evidence under section 201 of IPC has been lodged,” Singhvi added. W est Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called off her indefi- nite Satyagraha against alleged CBI harassment of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in multi-crore Saradha chit fund case with a loud “oust Narendra Modi” call. She ended the agitation following requests from her Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu who joined the protest. Banerjee ended her dhar- na in the wake of what she described as a “moral victory” coming in the form of a Supreme Court order directing the CBI to interrogate Kumar at a neutral venue in Shillong and restraining the agency from arresting the Kolkata top cop. Naidu congratulated Banerjee for leading the battle against the Modi Government in a way “that no other leader could have done.” Banerjee said “this sit-in was not for my own sake. It was a collective decision for a collective cause started under ‘Save India to save the people, to save the country, to save the Cons- titution, to save democracy and to save the IAS, IPS brass.” She said that she was with- drawing the dharna after requests from colleagues and senior national leaders who stood firmly behind her. Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narednra Modi, the Chief Minister said, “After 2019 Narendra Modi will not be in power to torment the people,” adding the anti-BJP parties would hold a three-day dharna in Delhi too starting February 12. Claiming the apex court judgment was a moral victory for the stand taken by her, Banerjee said Kumar never refused to appear before the CBI. “He only wanted to appear at a neutral venue. The court has given that order. Again the court has also restrained the CBI from arresting him. This is our moral victory and we are extremely obliged to the court.” Condemning the Centre for directing the State Government to initiate a departmental inquiry against Kumar for allegedly going against police rule books by joining Banerjee at the dharna dais the Chief Minister asked, “What pleasure they get in victimising an IPS officer? They have sent a letter to start departmental proceeding against Rajiv Kumar for com- ing to this place. So many people are sitting here. Has anyone seen him sitting on the dharna stage? He is the chief security officer and is duty bound to consult the CM. That is within his duty. “If Rajiv Kumar’s coming here for consultation with the Chief Minister amounts to breaking police rule then what about those police officers who meet Amit Shah everyday at airports and even BJP offi- ces?” Banerjee said, “Why they are so scared of a police officer.” The State Government would respond to the Centre’s letter with a “suit- able reply,” she said. The BJP was “doubting the my conduct when I arrested Sudipta Sen and gave away Rs 300 crore as compensation to the chit fund depositors but they have not done nothing to the CPI(M) during whose tenure the chit fund business started way back in 1980s. I n a counterattack against the Modi Government, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday released a more than five-year-old letter written by Sudipto Sen, the jailed Saradha chit fund boss, to the Central Bureau of Investigation, in which he had accused Assam BJP leader Hemant Biswa Sharma of extracting 3 crore from him. “This letter written by Sudipto Sen will show how the CBI is being used by the BJP to gag the voices of dissent and torture the Opposition,” Mamata said, adding the “let- ter implicates Assam Deputy Chief Minister Himant Biswa Sarma for extracting 3 crore from Sen.” The letter dated April 2013 and addressed to anti-corrup- tion branch in Kolkata, just before Sen fled Kolkata abrupt- ly downing the shutters of his company, described how BJP’s Man Friday in Assam “extract- ed 3 crore over the past six months” and got Sen sign on some vouchers. “Another high-level person has dramatically cheated me. He is Mr Himanta Biswa Sarma. For the last six months, apart one and half years, he has taken from us not less than 3 crore all by cash and some vouchers have been signed by his office executives by some other means”, the letter had quoted, said Mamata. Attacking her Uttar Pradesh Counterpart Yogi Adityanath, who in Purulia on Tuesday accused the TMC Government with subverting democracy in the State, Mamata said, “First ask him to tame his own people and bring rule of law back in his own State where the minorities and honest police officers are lynched and where there is a riot every other day.” This time round the BJP would be routed from UP Mamata said, adding “even Yogi will lose his seat if he con- tests once again from there”. H ours after the Supreme Court’s order asking the Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear before the CBI, Union Home Ministry opened another front against West Bengal Government directing it to initiate discipli- nary proceedings against Rajeev Kumar for “indiscipline” and violation of services rules. In what could start anoth- er round of “war” between the State and the Centre, the Home Ministry sent a communication to the West Bengal Chief Secretary saying that as per the information, Kumar sat on a dharna along with some police officers with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Metro Channel in Kolkata, which is prima facie in con- travention of the extant provi- sions of AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968/AIS (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969. “In view of the above, the West Bengal Government has been requested by MHA to ini- tiate action against the officer and intimate the action taken in this regard,” it said. The Home Ministry, which is the cadre controlling authority of the Indian Police Service offi- cers, cited Kumar’s “indisci- plined behaviour” and violation of service rules for initiating the proceedings. The Home Ministry cited the extant provisions of the Rules 3(1), 5(1) and 7 of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, which were flouted by Kumar. In its clause by clause, communication, the Ministry said every member of the ser- vice shall at all times maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty and shall do nothing which is unbecoming of a member of the service, no member of the service shall be a member of, or be otherwise associated with, any political party or any organisation which takes part in politics, nor shall he take part in, or sub- scribe in aid of, or assistant in any other manner, any politi- cal movement or political party. The Ministry also said no member of the service shall, in any radio broadcast or com- munication over any public media or in any document published anonymously, pseu- donymously or in his own name or in the name of any other person or in any com- munication to the press or in any public utterance, make any statement of fact or opinion which has the effect of an adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of the Central Government or a State Government which is capable of embarrassing the relations between the Central Government and any State Government. It also said such behaviour is capable of embarrassing the relations between the Central Government and the Government of any foreign State, provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to any statement made or views expressed by a member of the service in his official capacity and in the due performance of the duties assigned to him. Purulia: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday travelled by road from Jharkhand to Purulia to address a rally there after the Mamata Government denied permission for landing his helicopter in the State. He accused Mamata of trying to protect a “corrupt” officer and said there could be nothing more “shameful and unconstitutional” than a CM staging a sit-in to prevent “secrets related to corruption” from spilling out. Yogi accused Mamata of exploiting the poor in West Bengal and not allow- ing benefits of Central schemes to reach them. Detailed report on P7

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Page 1:  · Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi said, “To meet the shortage of doctors in the State, a total of 513 posts of doctors will be created for Patliputra Medical College and Hospital

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Proposal for creation of morethan 1,300 posts of doctors

for various Government hos-pitals, primary health centresand sub divisional hospitals wassanctioned by Jharkhand cab-inet on Tuesday.

Addressing the media postCabinet meeting, State HealthMinister RamchandraChandravanshi said, “To meetthe shortage of doctors in theState, a total of 513 posts ofdoctors will be created forPatliputra Medical College andHospital (PMCH) Dhanbadand 713 posts for MGMMedical College Jamshedpur.Also, 94 posts of doctors will becreated for superspeciality sec-tion of PMCH, excluding the513 posts.”

Creation of posts for 154health officers for primaryhealth centres (PHC) and 284posts of doctors and otherstaff including nurses, OT assis-tants and others for 12 sub divi-sional hospitals has also beensanctioned. The recruitment onall these posts will be donethrough Jharkhand PublicService Commission (JPSC).

Chandravanshi said, “Inorder to free the director andother doctors of RajendraInstitute of Medical Sciences

(RIMS) from administrativeworks, two posts, additionaldirector, finance and deputydirector, finance will be creat-ed to look after the adminis-tration. This proposal has beensanctioned by the Cabinet.”

The Cabinet also approvedformation of Jharkhand Nurse Rules, 2019 for recruit-ment and promotion of nurs-es in the State.

In another major decision,the State Cabinet approvedproviding gas connection andstoves to over 30 lakh womenwithin a month under PradhanMantri Ujjwala yojana(PMUY).

Food and Civil SuppliesMinister Saryu Roy said, “Allwomen, whose names are inration card will be given gasconnection now. There areover 57 lakh ration card hold-ers and we have given connec-tion to around 26.5 lakhwomen. The remaining will becovered this month.”

Department secretaryAmitabh Kaushal informedthat in financial year 2018-19,a budgetary provision of �224crore was made and a supple-mentary budget of �45 crorewas taken for the scheme. The provision in the budget ofFY 2019-20 for PMUY is �150 crore.

Under the scheme,Jharkhand, unlike other states,also provides a free stove to thebeneficiaries along with LPGconnection.

Another major decision ofthe Cabinet was regarding thePlanning and FinanceDepartment under whichdearness allowance (DA) ofgovernment workers who comeunder the unrevised pay slabhas been increased from 274per cent to 284 per cent.

A total of 20 proposalswere approved by the council ofministers which included leas-ing out of 12.5 acre land inKanke to CCL for �24.29 crorefor construction of a medicalcollege, sanctioning of �211.26crore for construction of 304check dams, leasing out 1019.44hector area of Pachwara CentralCoal Block to M/s PunjabCorporation for coal miningand suspension of Mandar cir-cle officer Dinesh Prasad fortaking bribe, among others.

Also, the proposal to estab-lish a State Firearm Bureau anddistrict firearm units for brin-ing transparency in the work ofmaintaining inventory ordestroying of seized, confis-cated or surrendered firearms,section 103 and 104 of ArmsRule 2016 was approved by theCabinet.

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The Jharkhand LegislativeAssembly on Tuesday

passed the annual Budget to thetune of �85,429 crore for theyear 2019-20. Out of total bud-get, �65,803 crore is on thehead of revenue expenditurewhile �19,626 crore is on cap-ital expenditure.

Earlier, Jharkhand VikasMorcha (P) MLA PradeepYadav moved a cut motion.Along with Yadav, JMM MLAKunal Sarangi and CongressMLA Sukhdeo Bhagat speak infavour of cut motion. While,speaking against the cutmotion, from treasury bench-es Amit Mandal, Kedar Hazraand Laxman Tudu spoke

against the cut motion. Speaking against the

Opposition’s cut motion move,State Rural DevelopmentMinister Neelkanth SinghMunda said that theGovernment under RaghubarDas is committed to develop-ment of State and Jharkhand ismoving ahead at the rate of not100 per cent, but it is movingat the rate of 1,000 per cent.

Munda said that the leftwing extremist affected districtsin State have reduced from 21to 19 while number of severeLSW affected districts has beenreduced from 19 to 16. Duringthe debate of cut-motion, theissue of tussle between WestBengal Government and CBIwas also raised. Munda said,

“Opposition levels charges ofmisuse of Constitutional agen-cies by Government, but theentire country is witnessingwhat is happening in WestBengal under the MamataBanerjee Government. The BJPdoes not need certificate fromOpposition, it is the peoplewho are to issue the certificateto Government.”

Participating in the debate,BJP MLA from Godda, Amit Mandal said State GSDPis growing, while the inflationis down.

There has been growth ofState revenue by 15 per cent.BJP MLA Laxman Tudu tooappreciated the work beingcarried out by the RaghubarDas Government.

Speaking in favour of cutmotion, JVM (P) MLAPradeep Yadav said thatdemocracy is in danger as theGovernment is misusing the

CBI, the episode in WestBengal is clear cut example howthe Government had misusedthe Central agencies.

Continued on Page 4

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Kolkata PoliceCommissioner Rajeev

Kumar has to appear before theCBI in Shillong, make available all evidence and cooperate with investigationinto the chit fund scams inWest Bengal, the SupremeCourt said on Tuesday as theCBI accused the officer of“doctoring evidence” andshielding the accused.

However, the SC said nocoercive steps, including thearrest of the Kolkata Policechief, will take place during thecourse of investigation.

The CBI told the SC thatthe Kolkata PoliceCommissioner, who was lead-ing the SIT probe into theSaradha chit fund scam, tam-pered with the electronic evi-dence and handed over docu-ment to the agency some ofwhich were “doctored”.

The CBI also alleged thatthere was a “wilful” omissionand commission by him andthe SIT of which he was thefunctional head.

A three-judge Bench head-ed by Chief Justice of India(CJI) Ranjan Gogoi issued anotice to Kumar and sought hisresponse before February 20,the next date of hearing on the allegations by the CBI thathe was tampering with elec-tronic evidence and that theSIT headed by him providedthe agency with doctored mate-rials.

The SC further directed theWest Bengal Chief Secretary,the Director General of police(DGP) and the Kolkata PoliceCommissioner to file replies onthe contempt pleas filed againstthem by the CBI on or beforeFebruary 18.

The Bench that also com-prised justices Deepak Guptaand Sanjeev Khanna said onconsideration of replies of theChief Secretary, the DGP andthe Kolkata PoliceCommissioner, the court mayseek personal appearance ofthese officials on February 20.

The apex court’s secretarygeneral will inform them onFebruary 19 whether they arerequired to be present before

the apex court on February 20,the Bench noted.

Attorney General KKVenugopal and SolicitorGeneral Tushar Mehta sub-mitted that Kumar was notcooperating in the investigationof chit fund cases, handed overto the CBI by the SupremeCourt, and the SIT had notgiven the complete call datadetails. “What was given to us was doctored copy of callrecords,” the Attorney Generaltold the SC.

The CBI alleged that thelaptop and cellphones recov-ered from Sudipta Sen,Chairman of the Saradha andRose Valley ponzy scheme, bythe SIT were not sent to foren-sic laboratory.

Those electronic deviceswere recovered from Sen, whowas arrested from a place inJammu & Kashmir after a longtime. The agency alleged thatcall data was also erased and itwas difficult to find out whocalled whom.

Senior advocate AMSinghvi, who appeared for the

West Bengal Police, refutedthe allegations against Kumar.Singhvi said that there was nodestruction of evidence whichthe CBI is claiming after fiveyears of investigation.

“Where is the destructionof evidence after five years?After five years no FIR againstKumar for destruction of evidence under section 201 of IPC has been lodged,”Singhvi added.

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West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on

Tuesday called off her indefi-nite Satyagraha against allegedCBI harassment of KolkataPolice Commissioner RajivKumar in multi-crore Saradhachit fund case with a loud “oustNarendra Modi” call. Sheended the agitation followingrequests from her AndhraPradesh counterpartChandrababu Naidu whojoined the protest.

Banerjee ended her dhar-na in the wake of what shedescribed as a “moral victory”coming in the form of aSupreme Court order directingthe CBI to interrogate Kumarat a neutral venue in Shillongand restraining the agencyfrom arresting the Kolkata topcop.

Naidu congratulatedBanerjee for leading the battle

against the Modi Governmentin a way “that no other leadercould have done.” Banerjeesaid “this sit-in was not for myown sake. It was a collectivedecision for a collective causestarted under ‘Save India tosave the people, to save thecountry, to save the Cons-titution, to save democracyand to save the IAS, IPS brass.”

She said that she was with-drawing the dharna afterrequests from colleagues andsenior national leaders whostood firmly behind her.Launching a scathing attack onPrime Minister NarednraModi, the Chief Minister said,“After 2019 Narendra Modiwill not be in power to tormentthe people,” adding the anti-BJPparties would hold a three-daydharna in Delhi too startingFebruary 12.

Claiming the apex courtjudgment was a moral victoryfor the stand taken by her,

Banerjee said Kumar neverrefused to appear before theCBI. “He only wanted to appearat a neutral venue. The courthas given that order. Again thecourt has also restrained theCBI from arresting him. Thisis our moral victory and we areextremely obliged to the court.”

Condemning the Centrefor directing the StateGovernment to initiate adepartmental inquiry againstKumar for allegedly goingagainst police rule books byjoining Banerjee at the dharnadais the Chief Minister asked,

“What pleasure they get invictimising an IPS officer?They have sent a letter to startdepartmental proceedingagainst Rajiv Kumar for com-ing to this place. So manypeople are sitting here. Hasanyone seen him sitting on thedharna stage? He is the chiefsecurity officer and is dutybound to consult the CM. Thatis within his duty.

“If Rajiv Kumar’s cominghere for consultation with theChief Minister amounts tobreaking police rule then what about those police officers

who meet Amit Shah everydayat airports and even BJP offi-ces?” Banerjee said, “Why they are so scared of apolice officer.” The StateGovernment would respond tothe Centre’s letter with a “suit-able reply,” she said.

The BJP was “doubting themy conduct when I arrestedSudipta Sen and gave away Rs300 crore as compensation tothe chit fund depositors butthey have not done nothing tothe CPI(M) during whosetenure the chit fund businessstarted way back in 1980s.

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In a counterattack against theModi Government, Bengal

Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Tuesday released amore than five-year-old letterwritten by Sudipto Sen, thejailed Saradha chit fund boss,to the Central Bureau ofInvestigation, in which he hadaccused Assam BJP leaderHemant Biswa Sharma ofextracting �3 crore from him.

“This letter written bySudipto Sen will show how theCBI is being used by the BJP togag the voices of dissent andtorture the Opposition,”Mamata said, adding the “let-ter implicates Assam DeputyChief Minister Himant BiswaSarma for extracting �3 crorefrom Sen.”

The letter dated April 2013and addressed to anti-corrup-tion branch in Kolkata, justbefore Sen fled Kolkata abrupt-ly downing the shutters of hiscompany, described how BJP’sMan Friday in Assam “extract-ed �3 crore over the past six

months” and got Sen sign onsome vouchers.

“Another high-level personhas dramatically cheated me.He is Mr Himanta BiswaSarma. For the last six months,apart one and half years, he hastaken from us not less than �3crore all by cash and somevouchers have been signed byhis office executives by someother means”, the letter hadquoted, said Mamata.

Attacking her UttarPradesh Counterpart YogiAdityanath, who in Puruliaon Tuesday accused the TMC Government withsubverting democracy in theState, Mamata said, “First askhim to tame his own peopleand bring rule of law back inhis own State where theminorities and honest policeofficers are lynched and where there is a riot every other day.”

This time round the BJPwould be routed from UPMamata said, adding “evenYogi will lose his seat if he con-tests once again from there”.

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Hours after the SupremeCourt’s order asking the

Kolkata Police CommissionerRajeev Kumar to appear beforethe CBI, Union Home Ministryopened another front againstWest Bengal Governmentdirecting it to initiate discipli-nary proceedings against RajeevKumar for “indiscipline” andviolation of services rules.

In what could start anoth-er round of “war” between theState and the Centre, the HomeMinistry sent a communicationto the West Bengal ChiefSecretary saying that as per theinformation, Kumar sat on adharna along with some policeofficers with West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee atthe Metro Channel in Kolkata,which is prima facie in con-travention of the extant provi-sions of AIS (Conduct) Rules,1968/AIS (Discipline &Appeal) Rules, 1969.

“In view of the above, theWest Bengal Government hasbeen requested by MHA to ini-tiate action against the officerand intimate the action takenin this regard,” it said. TheHome Ministry, which is thecadre controlling authority ofthe Indian Police Service offi-cers, cited Kumar’s “indisci-plined behaviour” and violationof service rules for initiating theproceedings.

The Home Ministry citedthe extant provisions of theRules 3(1), 5(1) and 7 of the AllIndia Services (Conduct) Rules,1968, which were flouted byKumar. In its clause by clause,communication, the Ministrysaid every member of the ser-vice shall at all times maintainabsolute integrity and devotionto duty and shall do nothingwhich is unbecoming of amember of the service, nomember of the service shall bea member of, or be otherwiseassociated with, any politicalparty or any organisationwhich takes part in politics, norshall he take part in, or sub-scribe in aid of, or assistant inany other manner, any politi-cal movement or political party.

The Ministry also said nomember of the service shall, inany radio broadcast or com-munication over any publicmedia or in any documentpublished anonymously, pseu-donymously or in his ownname or in the name of anyother person or in any com-munication to the press or inany public utterance, make anystatement of fact or opinionwhich has the effect of anadverse criticism of any currentor recent policy or action of theCentral Government or a StateGovernment which is capableof embarrassing the relationsbetween the CentralGovernment and any State

Government.It also said such behaviour

is capable of embarrassing therelations between the CentralGovernment and theGovernment of any foreignState, provided that nothing inthis rule shall apply to anystatement made or viewsexpressed by a member of theservice in his official capacityand in the due performance ofthe duties assigned to him.

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He accused Mamata oftrying to protect a “corrupt”officer and said there could benothing more “shameful andunconstitutional” than a CMstaging a sit-in to prevent“secrets related to corruption”from spilling out. Yogi accusedMamata of exploiting the poorin West Bengal and not allow-ing benefits of Centralschemes to reach them.

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JSW Cement plans to increasethe capacity of its Salboni

unit in West Bengal from 2.4MTPA at present to 3.6 MTPA.This capacity addition is in linewith the company’s commit-ment to strengthen its presencein eastern India, starting withWest Bengal, Bihar, Odisha,and Jharkhand. Inauguratedin January 2018, the manufac-turing unit at Salboni hasalready become an integralpart of JSW Cement’s growthstory in the East. It has quick-ly grown to serve customersacross all districts of Biharand Jharkhand.

JSW Cement now has arobust distribution networkcomprising more than 1300dealers and retailers in Biharand Jharkhand. The superiorquality of PSC cement pro-duced at Salboni has estab-lished JSW Cement as the onlynew player to achieve a firmfoothold in the ‘Category A’pricing segment, in a short

span of time.According to Raj Kumar

Pandey, state head – Bihar &Jharkhand, JSW Cement said“We are one of the leading PSCcement players in Bihar andJharkhand. The capacityexpansion of the Salboni Unitwill enable us to cater to thegrowing demand for PSC inthese States. We will continueto strengthen our presence byfurther strengthening ourrobust distribution network.The decision to produce onlyPSC is in line with our com-mitment to conserving thecountry’s natural resources andto reducing the carbon foot-print of our operations.”

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The Bokaro police continuing anti-coal smugglingdrive on Monday and Tuesday seized six tractors

with loaded with 13 tonnes of illegal coal and also madeaccused three persons involved in the illegal tradeunder the Pannak police station here.

Inspector, Nawadih Police Station, Laxamikant saidthat the coals seized in six tractors are weighed 13tonnes which cost more than �80,000.

The Inspector said that the six tractors ferryingillegal coal were caught by a police team atMungorangamati area in Nawadih block on Tuesdaymorning. The coal was loaded in the tractors nearabandoned mines under the Pannak-NarayanpurPolice Station and was being transported to other des-tinations.

Three coal smugglers managed to escape duringthe raid, police said. Bokaro Superintendent of PoliceP.Murugan said that he instructed all police stationsto stop illegal mining and transportation in the dis-trict or otherwise be ready to face the music.Economic crime will not be tolerated in the area, saidMurugan.

Laxamikant said that they may conduct raids atthe spot where coal is excavated in Nawadih block, butit is instruction of higher officials to concentrate oncurbing illegal coal transportation first. Though theentire Nawadih block area is Maoist affected and cov-ered with thick forests, he added.

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A16-year-old class IX student ShardhaSuman of Crescent Public School,

Bokaro committed suicide at her sectorVIII C home on Monday night.

The family members of the student,who belonged to sector VIII C, Qr no 2259 said that she took theextreme step due to "pressure" of exam-ination.

Her parents were sleeping in otherroom of the house and in early morningthey found the door locked from inside.“We broke open the door and found herhanging from a ceiling fan.

She was rushed to BGH Hospitalwhere she was declared dead, said herfather Janmejai Prasad a Governmentschool teacher.

A police team scanned the house butcould not find any suicide note from thespot.

The family said that the student wasunder pressure due to studies, but didn'telaborate further. They are now seekinglegal advice to explore further course ofaction.

A police official said that the familyhas not filed any written complaint so far.“The body has been sent for a post-mortem and reports are awaited. We willinvestigate the matter once a complaintis filed,” an officer said.

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The Milanee, the oldestsocio-cultural club in the

city has completed its 105year’s journey. The club whichnow has about 500 memberswas earlier known as SakchiDramatic Club, Milanee wasformed after Oriya DramaticClub and Saraswat Sammilanimerged with the former in1920. That explains the nameMilanee.

Social work and culturalprogrammes marked the 106thanniversary of The Milanee, theoldest socio-cultural club in thecity. Kolkata based singerDebashree Tarafder andSaReGaMaPa 2007 famePrasun Bhattacharjee enter-tained the audience.

Dr Shantiram Chakrabortyestablished the Milanee Hall in1914. The Milanee is an ampletruth in this regard what was areceding dream and a modestendeavor to begin with, standstoday. Half a century later asthe pioneering institution of itskind in this Steel City, provid-ing the forum for cultural andrecreation amenities for oneand all.

What it is today is theresult of years of concerted anduntiring efforts of many withdetermination and broad imag-ination behind them.

In its pursuit of a great cul-tural heritage it was conceivedthat performing arts could sur-vive only by devotion and ded-ication of true artists.

Many great artists likePandit Ravishankar SitarAll Rakha others have per-

formed their mastery andmusic on the stage of theMilanee.

Mahatma Gandhi spun the

charkha on its stage. The legendary Prithviraj

Kapoor performed with ateenaged Shashi Kapoor hereand Netaji Subhash ChandraBose addressed a large gather-ing here during his tenure asthe president of Tata Workers’Union.

Formed by a handful oflike-minded citizens in Sakchi,today Milanee is not only the

oldest but also one of themost well managed socio-cul-tural organisation in the city.

Formed by a handful oflike-minded citizens in Sakchi,

today Milanee is not only theoldest but also one of the mostwell managed socio-culturalorganisation in the city.

“Milanee first started at asmall quarter in Bistupur andlater shifted to a place wheretoday stands the Yashkamalcomplex in Bistupur. It was in1960 that the present structurecame up.

Before that there was athree-storeyed opera house onthe spot,” said an official.

Today, the members afterthe inaugural functional alsooffered floral tribute to theirformer members who playedan important role in the for-mation of the club and sus-taining it.

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In response to a questionraised by Rajya Sabha MP

Mahesh Poddar regarding auc-tion for solar energy, Ministerof State for New & RenewableEnergy and Power RK Singhsaid that the Solar EnergyCorporation of India (SECI)has been holding consultationwith project developers andfinancing institutions in a bidto make tenders marketable.

“SECI conducts variousrounds of consultation withproject developers and financ-ing institutions.

The feedback received issuitably incorporated into thetender documents to addressthe genuine concerns of thestakeholders to the extent pos-sible,” Singh said. Poddar hadasked whether auctions forsolar power floated by SECI inthe last few months have goneunsold.

If yes then what are thetweaks that SECI have made torevive interest in the auction, he

added.In response, Singh said

that some of the tenders havereceived lower capacity of bidsdue to “rupee depreciation”

and “increase in the cost of bor-rowing”.

He, however, added thatthe response to solar tendersfloated by the Solar EnergyCorporation of India (SECI)has been good in general.

SECI is the agency taskedwith implementing the nation-al solar mission. In its latestauction, the SECI floated a 3Giga Watt tender linked with1.5 Giga Watt manufacturingcapacity on Tuesday. The SECIfloats e-tenders online andinterested companies can par-ticipate in the auction in a has-sle-free process that is mostlyonline. Replying to a questionon whether SECI will have topay �40 lakh annually for everyMega Watt of solar power pro-duced that remains unsold,Singh said, “Power SaleAgreement (PSA) is signed bySECI with DISCOMs beforesigning of Power PurchaseAgreement (PPA) with projectdevelopers to ensure that powerproduced from solar projectsdoes not remain unsold.”

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While vindicating thefamous slogan ‘Jai Jawan

Jai Kisan’ Governor DoupadiMurmu handed over excel-lence award to 40th Battalionof Indo-Tibet Border Police,Ranchi at ‘Agrotech Kisan Mela’organised by Birsa AgricultureUniversity (BAU) in Ranchi, forits excellent performance in thefield of horticulture.

Commandant of the bat-talion, Dinesh Kumar said, the

battalion has developed a bigorchard on the premises of theITBP Camp with a large num-bers of plants of vegetables,fruits and a very beautiful gar-den of flower. “We produce alarge quantity of flowers andwith these flowers we manu-facture bucket of flowers. Wealso produce a sufficient quan-tity of vegetables for ourselvesas we don’t consume vegetablesfrom outside,” he added.

SAIL Ranchi units at IspatBhawan on Tuesday, honored

the victorious gardening teamin the 2019 Kisan Mela atBirsa Agricultural University.In this exhibition, SAIL wonthe first prize in four differentcategories ‘Flory Band’, Fern,Antranium and Samiya andSecond Prize in six other sec-tions Gulab Brihat, GulabMiniature, Gulab Common,Dalia, Genda and SeasonalFlowers. Due to such a greatperformance the organizersconferred a trophy to the SAILteam.

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In yet another loot case, twounidentified motorbike-

borne robbers looted �1.19lakh from a retired personidentified as Surajdeo Ram atsector VIII D near GandhiMaidan more under HarlaPolice Station on Tuesdayafternoon. The incidentoccurred when the victim,Surajdeo Ram, was on his wayto his house after withdrawingcash �1.19 lakh at the Sector lVbranch of Union Bank.

Surajdeo Ram said, “I hadwithdrawn �1.19 lakh fromthe Sector IV branch of Union bank of India and UCO

Bank. I was on way to myhouse on foot.”

He added that two motor-cycle-borne youths first pouredsome toxic itching powder onhis back and then snatchedaway the bag. “I tried to resistbut as there was so much itch-ing I could not hold the bag, "he said.

The rider was wearing ahelmet while pillion snatchedthe bag. Inspector, Harla PoliceStation, said a case was regis-tered. He said this was the firstcase where the robbers hadused itching powder on a vic-tim. After the incident, thepolice conducted a searchoperation but in vain.

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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar on

Tuesday asked BJYM activistsof Singhbhum Parliamentaryand Jamshedpur Parliamentaryseats at Singhbhum SportsAssociation ground, Chaibasato project BJP as a winnableparty in the State.

He also asked the workersto pull out all stops to ensurewin in all the 14 Lok Sabhaseats in the State.

The function was alsoaddressed by Singhbhum MPand BJP State president LaxmanGilua. Both the leaders attackedthe Opposition joining handsagainst the BJP and describedBengal development as a badprecedence for federal structureof the country.

The Haryana ChiefMinister arrived in a Statehelicopter from Haryana atSonari Airport and left forChaibasa on road route. Hereturned to Chandigarh todaylate afternoon.

“Our party gives equalimportance to the promotionof youths. But for the youngleaders it is important to be indiscipline while in the party.The future of the party dependson them so they must unite tospread BJP’s message to fulfillthe vision,” noted the ChiefMinister. He observed thatyouths should take to politicsto root out the three grave evilsof caste, crime and corruption.

He said as BJP youth work-ers with competency, character,commitment and compassionto serve the people and the

country, should wage a battle to raise the standards of livingof the people.

Gilua said Ragubar Das led

Government has fulfilledpromises made by him at thetime of elections.

"We are pleased that things

have started improving. Ourparty’s efforts have yieldedresults and in the last four yearthe image of the state hasimproved.

The effort to transformvillage administration throughpanchayats is also yielding pos-itive results," said. He alsothanked the people ofJharkhand for their support.

Party leaders also went onto add that the Government isnow meeting people seekingtheir aspirations and feedbackon budget. The Governmentwants each and every person,right from the level of villagesto come forward with theirdemands and accordingly theexpert budget makers workingfor state government would bedirected to allocate funds tomeet their needs.

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In an attempt to redress problem of displacedpeople of Heavy Engineering Corporation

(HEC), Hatia, Congress leader and formerDeputy Mayor, Ajay Nath Shahdeo said that theGovernment is only saying since long time thatit will give compensation to the displaced peo-ple but when the time will come no one knows.

Addressing a Press meet on Tuesday Shadeosaid, “Under the BJP Government cases of dis-placement is being increased many fold but thegovernment has not arranged proper settlementfor the displaced people. The displaced peopleof HEC Area are struggling for their demands

since long time but the Government is not pay-ing attention on their demands.”

Speaking on the occasion Social Activist,Wasvi Kido said the Government should returnland of the affected people and provide them sta-tus of revenue village.

Speaking on the occasion HEC Hatiya,Visthapit Pariwar Samiti member, Rahul Oraonsaid, “All the displaced families will hold protestat Birsa Chowk in Ranchi on Wednesday inwhich people from 32 villages will take part. Theunion is going to hold the protest to attract atten-tion of the government if it will not hear thevoice of people then we will be forced to holdfiery protest in future.”

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Following the theme of ‘Sabka SathSabka Vikas’ the Bhartiya Janata

Party (BJP) is working for the overalldevelopment of the country, saidChief Minister (CM), Raghubar Dason Tuesday, while flagging off anAwareness Chariot called ‘Bharat KeMan Ki Baat, Modi Ke Sath’ at BJPoffice here on Tuesday.

Addressing the gathering, on theoccasion, Das said, “After assumingthe office Prime Minister, NarendraModi eradicated rule of fear, corrup-tion, hunger and poverty from thecountry and achieved new milestonesof development. With launching of132 public welfare programmes a largenumbers of people were added to themainstream of development. Jan Dhan Yojna, Ayushman Bharat andseveral other schemes are dedicated tothe people.”

Informing about the chariot theCM said that it will spread awarenessamong more than 10 crore peopleabout the welfare programmes run bythe government and will get sugges-

tion of the people. “The party will add suggestions in

the manifesto of the party.

The issues of farmers, issues ofyouths, issues of women, issues of inte-grated development and good gover-nance will be included in the mani-festo,” he added.

Das said that the people of thecountry are ready to make Narendra

Modi Prime Minister once again andthis time it is party’s resolve to givehim more than 400 seats in theupcoming general elections.

Meanwhile, Haryana CM,Manohar Lal Khattar visited Chaibasato participate in a party programme.

During his visit he met of peo-ple from Rajasthan who settled in Chaibasa and assured themthat he will talk to Union Minister of Railways, Piyush Goyal to extend Purushottam Express tillJaipur.

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Extending a warm welcome,the Raj Bhawan’s gates were

opened on Tuesday for thepublic for a floral treat. Withthe onset of the spring season,the Governor’s official resi-dence is being opened annual-ly since 2012 for the nature afi-cionados offering some exclu-sive visual delights rangingfrom water fountains to excep-tional collection of floras. Thegates will remain opened forthe public till February 19.

Amid tight securityarrangements on the first day,approximately 6,829 enthusi-asts visited the garden.

Annually more than 2.5 lakhpeople from across the State aswell as adjoining regions visitthe Governor’s official resi-dence to get a glimpse of thelush green wrap spread over anarea of 52 acres.

The sprawling garden ismaintained by more than 50curators. The green lungmethodically crafted out andmaintained by the curators hasquite a number of admirers,who religiously visit the placeevery year to admire the beau-ty of the dazzling fountainsincluding the multicolored col-lection of flowers.

“I come here annually withfamily and friends to witnessthe beauty of this garden thathas varieties of flowers andplants. For the first time in2016, when I visited the place,I felt extremely amused to seethe efforts of curators,” said, a

city resident, Vinita Prasad.Several youths, middle-

aged persons were found click-ing selfies in midst of greenwraps. Besides, several elderlydenizens too were also foundenjoying the spring season in

the realm of serene green cover.“This is for the second

time; I am visiting this placewith my family.

Away from the hustle andbustle of the city life, one canenjoy the beautiful day in

nature’s lap. With every passing year,

the garden appears livelier asthe collection of flowers seemsto have increased.

Also, the magnificent waterfountains here are worth prais-ing that add on to the beauty ofthis place,” said a retired offi-cer, Arvind Prasad.

Besides some splendid col-lections of indigenous and for-eign varieties of plants, shrubs,the nature aficionados herecan also check out some exclu-sive collection of trees like‘Rudraksha Tree’, ‘Sindoor Tree’and ‘Eucalyptus Tree’, rarelyfound in the tribal belt.According to the curators, themagnificent garden namedafter eminent personalities hasmore than 100 varieties of flo-ras like Rose, Marigold,Gerbera, Petunia including afew others.

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Additional Secretary at the ChiefMinister's Secretariat, Ramakant

Singh, reviewed complaints in the week-ly review programme of Jan SamvadKendra at Suchna Bhawan. He said thatimmediate action should be taken toremove encroachment from the landmarked for cattle in the State.

A person of Khagra village underMaheshpur block of Pakur district hadlodged a complaint regarding encroach-ment in 700 bigha land. On this theAdditional Secretary instructed the con-cerned department to submit report byremoving encroachment from such landwithin 15 days.

In another complaint from East-Singhbhum district related to encroach-ment, a community building, MithilaCultural Council, Jamshedpur, was givenfor the operation of Vidyapati School. Atpresent, the school is not being operatedin the said building but they still occupythe building.

On this, the Additional Secretarydirected the nodal officer to vacate thebuilding within a week and send the report.Similarly, the complainant related to theencroachment of GM land of Chaura-Mauja, Tarhasi, Palamu. On this theAdditional Secretary instructed to removethe encroachment and asked to senddetailed report of the matter.

On October 26 and October 27, 2016at the meeting of the Gram Sabha, sever-al schemes were passed under planningcampaign in West-Singhbhum.

But, the list submitted to BlockDevelopment Officer, Chakardharpur byMukhiya, Panchayat Sevek, PanchayatSwayamsevek, do not have those schemes.On this, the nodal officer told theAdditional Secretary that form 'A' isbeing prepared against the culprits.

Anil Kumar Das was working as peonin Block House, Sahibganj died during ser-vice on April 26, 2008. His dependent sonLalit Kumar Das had applied for a job oncompassionate grounds on April 19, 2011.

On being denied job, the district'snodal officer told that Lalan Kumar Dashad submitted the certificate of 10th fromthe Hindi Vidyapith, Deoghar. But accord-ing to the Department of Personnel,Administrative Reforms and OfficialLanguage, Jharkhand Ranchi recognitionHindi Vidyapith has been abolished andtherefore appointment of Lalan Kumar Dascannot be done.

Vanshidhar Yadav working asPanchayat Sevek in Murkunda Panchayat,Gumla retired on January 31, 2016 but hedid not receive pension till now.

On the Additional Secretary instruct-ed the nodal officer of the district to coor-dinate with BDO, Gumla and start the pen-sion as soon as possible.

The franchise has been given to theTarun Bharat Seva Sansthan (NGO)on behalf of Vidyut Apurti Avar, Garhwa.

Ravi Shankar Prasad, who has beenworking for the recovery of electricity billin the said institute, is not being paid fromAugust 2015.

On this, Additional Secretary instruct-ed the departmental officer to mark pend-ing cases and with Nodal Officer ofJBVNL take action.

Rajinikanth Shrivastava, who workedas Assistant in the Labour Planning andTraining Department, Ranchi, took VRSin 2007. He died in a road accident in May2008 after retirement.

Despite the passage of 8 years, the ben-efits have not been paid to his family. Onthis, the Additional Secretary ordered thedepartment officials to pay all the bene-fits within 15 days.

Kiran Kumari Ojha got the first placein Medha list for the post of Nutritionistin the Anganwadi center in Sirsai Village,Tandva, Chatra but instead of her PinkiDevi has been appointed.

In this case, the nodal officer of the dis-trict informed that the appointment ofPinki Devi was canceled in the light of thecomplaint and the re-election process forthe said post is being started from the levelof the Deputy Commissioner.

The additional Secretary ordered theexecution of the case within 15 days.

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The JMM legislative meetingwas held today where the

party MLAs decided to be partof Mahagathbandhan (Grandalliance) so as to defeat BJP inupcoming Lok Sabha andAssembly election in the year-end.

JMM MLAs who partici-pated in the meeting unani-mously decided to be part ofgrand alliance. The party lead-ers also apprised Hemant Sorenthe party’s executive presidentto take a final decision on theissue. Party MLA, Nalin Soren

said, “The party in larger inter-est has decided to be part ofgrand alliance so as to defeatBJP in Lok Sabha and assem-bly elections.” Sources said thata meeting of grand alliance

leaders is likely to be held byend of this week in Delhiwhere all four constituents ofgrand alliance—Congress,JMM, JVM(P) and RJD willparticipate.

Though the JMM hasdecided to be part of GrandAlliance, the all four con-stituents are yet to decide onseat sharing formula. Sourcessaid that the main hurdlebehind finalising the seat shar-ing formula is Congress strongtactics bargaining for moreseats.

The grand alliance leadershave decided to make Congress

as the face in the general elec-tions, while the JMM will bealliance face in the state elec-tions. Congress will be in therole of big brother in generalelections, while JMM will getmore seats in assembly elec-tions.

Sources said that Congressstrong posturing as the bigbrother in the alliance gainsimportance as the party is incloud nine after winningRajasthan, Madhya Pradeshand Chhattisgarh, also theKolebira by-election result hascome as an added advantage forthe party.

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At least 7,000 youth from 12districts of Jharkhand gath-

ered at the Prabhat TaraGround in Dhurwa localityhere on Tuesday to appear forselection in the Indian AirForce. However, only around1200 of them managed to clearthe fitness test, officials fromthe Indian Air Force said.

These 1200 aspirants willundergo the written test andAir Force adaptability test onWednesday. The final selectionresults will be announced onFebruary 8 after aspirants fromall 24 districts of Jharkhandgive a shot at making it to theIndian Air Force.

In a bid to clear the phys-ical test, the aspirants had torun 1.6 Kilometers in 6.30minutes, do at least 10 sit-upsin one minute, followed by 10pushups in one minute and 20squats in one minute.

The ones who passed thistest were sent for verification ofdocuments.

To be eligible for appearingin the selection procedure, acandidate has to pass class 12from an institution inJharkhand, or be a domicile,and score at least 50% marks inEnglish and in class 12 boardexamination.

The candidates have to beborn between January 19, 1999and January 1, 2003, and be atleast 165 centimeters tall, whichis around 5’4’’.

“The ones who qualifyhere will go for the medical testin Gorakhpur to be held in July.The Final call letter will be sentto the qualifiers in the monthof October,” WingCommander, Ravi Ahlawat,the in-charge of the selectionprocedure in Jharkhand said.

Warrant Officer Raghuvir

Singh, one of the Air Force offi-cials involved in conducting theselection procedure, said thatfluency in English language wasgiven special importance dur-ing the selection as it is the onlymedium of communicationused across the globe to under-stand the nitty-gritty of air-crafts.

“The aspirants who clearthe selection tests, will under-go training for a year and thenjoin as Aircraftman,” he said.

Six months of the test willbe dedicated to general train-ing about aircrafts. During thesecond half of the training, thecandidates will be impartedspecial lessons depending ontheir area of specialization.During the training, the can-didates will be given a stipendof �14,000 per month andtheir monthly salary after com-mencing services will be closeto Rs.40,000, said Singh.

On Tuesday candidatesfrom Deoghar, Bokaro, Latehar,Simdega, Palamu, Hazaribagh,Lohardaga, Chatra, Dumka,Giridih, Saraikela and Ramgarhappeared for the selection.

The written examinations,to be held for the candidateswho cleared the physical testsand document verification onTuesday, will include twopapers of 50 marks each. Oneof the papers will be basicEnglish and the other will be onreasoning and general aware-ness. The aspirants will get 45minutes to answer each of thepapers.

The ones who pass thewritten tests will appear for theGroup Adaptability Test, whichis the final parameter for selec-tion. The candidates will bedivided in groups of 15 mem-bers and will be given topics todiscuss on, said WarrantOfficer Raghuvir Singh.

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Chief Minister RaghubarDas today said that sum-

mer is about to come so theyneed to prepared so that peo-ple do not face difficulties get-ting electricity and water dur-ing that time.

Reviewing the works ofthe Energy department, hereon Tuesday, the CM asked off-cials to complete the process of purchase of hand pumps or purchase oftransformer-insulators. Allthings are chalked.

The CM also instructedofficials for repair of electrici-ty and water resources on allpolling booths of Lok Sabha

elections as the elections arelikely to be held during summer.

He asked to issue instruc-tions to the deputy commis-sioners in this regard and runa campaign for water avail-ability.

He asked them to completeall the work till March.

Chief Secretary SudhirTripathi, Additional ChiefSecretary cum DevelopmentCommissioner DK Tiwari,Additional Chief SecretarySukhdev Singh, PrincipalSecretary to Home DepartmentSKG Rahte, Secretary of EnergyDepartment Vandana Dadeland other officials were presentin the meeting. .

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Addressing a press meet State BJPSpokesperson, Pratul Shahdeo saidthat Mamta Banerjee has destroyed allConstitutional institutions. “She hasshown her faith on the Constitution,through which she won and becamethe CM. The Apex Court’s directionto West Bengal Police chief to help ininvestigation has disgraced Mamta.She knows that in upcoming electionsshe will face worst results and due tothis she is using such kinds of works.”

Lambasting at Mamta, Shahdeosaid, during last Panchayat elections,

TMC workers had killeddemocracy.

Speaking on the issueof not given permissionfor the programme UPCM, Yogi Adityanath,Shadeo said, “She hasexhibited that she fearsBJP. She also createduproar before BJP,National president, AmitShah’s programme. Finalcountdown of her political life hasbegun and in the next election TMC will be uprooted from the State. Destroying the constitutionand through terror no one can survive

in politics.”Criticising former CM,

Hemant Soren, Shadeo said,“People of Santhal Paraganawere cheated in large num-bers through Chit Fundscam.

At present HemantSoren is standing withMamta Banerjee whoseparty’s maximum leaderswere involved in the scam.

It clearly shows that Hemant doesn’thave sympathy with people of SanthalParagana and only for political ben-efit and self interest they go at anyextent.” PNS

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The Ranchi district admin-istration on Tuesday organ-

ised a training session for theofficials taking into account theupcoming Lok Sabha and StateAssembly elections. The mas-ter trainers from the StateElection Commission (SEC)made the district administra-tion officials familiar with theguidelines, Model Code ofConduct violations, VoterVerifiable Paper Audit Trail(VVPAT) usage including theandroid based mobile applica-

tion service – cVIGIL launchedrecently by the ElectionCommission of India (ECI).

Focusing on the cVIGILmobile application, MasterTrainer – Bhupesh Kumar said,“The ECI team during theirrecent visit to Ranchi hadlaunched the cVIGIL mobileapplication. cVIGIL is an inno-vative mobile application forthe citizens to report ModelCode of Conduct and otherrelated violations during theelections. The android basedmobile application works with-in the specified jurisdiction and

will be operational for a limit-ed period. After the imple-mentation of Model Code ofConduct, the mobile applica-tion starts functioning.”

According to the SEC offi-cial, for the first time to counterthe cases of Model Code ofConduct, the cVIGIL mobileapplication service will be usedin the State during the upcom-ing elections.

Jharkhand is the fifth Statein the country where themobile based service has beenlaunched. “The maximumresponse time to address thegrievances within the stimu-

lated time is 100 minutes. Thecomplaints first gets registeredwith the district control roomand then sent to the nationalportal, as per the requirement,”Kumar added.

Meanwhile, the MasterTrainers also informed theofficials about the VVPATfunctioning and shared adetailed description about theelection guidelines.

The second technical train-ing session organised by thedistrict administration teamwas also expected to see theparticipation of the represen-tatives from political parties.However, the training sessionsaw immensely low participa-tion of the political party rep-resentatives.

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From page 1Yadav said, “The scenario

in Jharkhand is no better. Thereis no coordination betweenChief Minister and his councilof ministers.

There is tussle betweenMLAs and MPs. No ChiefMinisters had held so manyposts.”

The JVM lawmaker alsoraised the issue of anomaliesand corruption in constructionof Assembly buildings.

The JVM MLA alsoattacked the State Governmentfor presenting a wrong pictureof State growth and develop-ment.

Earlier, during the questionhour the issue of appointment

of government teachers in highschools was also raised.

Congress MLA AlamgirAlam raising the issue statedthat despite 25 per cent seatsvacant in high schools, seats arenot getting filled by candi-dates who have cleared theJharkhand Teachers EligibilityTest examination.

Replying to lawmaker,State Human ResourcesDevelopment (HRD) MinisterNeera Yadav said the teachersrecruitment in seven districtswhich includes six districts ofSanthal Pargana and Latehardistricts is being followed as perrules of teachers recruitmentprocess and the advertisementfor teachers recruitment.

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Principals of over 100 CBSEand ICSE schools from

across the state participated inthe first InternationalConference of Career andCollege Counseling (IC3) ofthe eastern region, organised atDelhi Public School (DPS),Ranchi on Tuesday.

IC3 regional forums are aseries of events organised inhigh schools across 11 coun-tries by IC3 leadership com-mittees like India, Indonesia,New Zealand, Australia,Thailand, Sri Lanka and others.

Organised with the aim toeducate the educators about theneed of proper career guidancefor students at school level, theconference focused on the needof having a proper career coun-seling office at every school.

Addressing the auditoriumfilled with teachers and stu-dents, founding president ofIC3, Ganesh Kohli pointed outthat most of the people of 35years of age are unhappy atwork.

“We did a survey andfound that 84 per cent of thetotal people who were the partof the survey are unhappy withwork and their unhappiness islinked to something that hap-pened when they were inschool. Also, many millennialwant to change their jobs,” hesaid.

Emphasizing on the needof career counselors, Kohlisaid that every school shouldhave a career counselor whocan help the students figure outwhat to study, where to study

and how to make it happen.“Young people leaving

school today are like airplaneswithout navigation system.They don’t know where to go,”he said.

Hemlata S. Mohan, princi-pal of DPS Bokaro who waspresiding over the conferencehighlighted the importance ofproviding a congenial atmos-phere to the students.

“More than the childrenparents should be counseled sothat the children can choosetheir careers as per their likingand not under any compul-sion,” she said.

DPS Principal Ram Singhsaid that the goal of IC3 con-ference is to bring togetherschool leaders, colleges, coun-selors and teachers to discuss three major points –transition from high school tocollege and beyond, focus oncareer and college counselingand admission practices andenhance professional develop-ment.

“The aim is to help stu-dents make career choices eas-

ily. IC3 will prove instrumen-tal in driving awareness andproviding professional, innov-ative and creative counselingideas to bring about a trans-formation,” he said.

Singh said, “This confer-ence is an opportunity for theeducators to get a chance tolearn, rather than teach.” Singhsaid that high quality careereducation and guidance is anessential part of schooling.“Supporting students in mak-ing well informed choice aboutsubjects can lead them to havea more optimistic outlook onlife, sense of purpose andgreater level of contributionthat they make to the society,”he said.

Some of the major speak-ers at the conference includedSudershan Saha, AdvisingCoordinator, Education,United States-IndiaEducational Foundation(USIEF) Kolkata, SandeepSaraswat, Senior Manager atAshoka University, Syed SultanAhmed, MD of LXL Ideasamong others.

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The BJP on Tuesday saw theapex court order directing

Kolkata Police CommissionerRajeev Kumar to make himselfavailable before the CBI as ablow to the Mamata Banerjee-led Government in WestBengal and a moral victory forthe investigating agency withthe State Chief Minister havingleft with “egg on her face”.

The party said the SupremeCourt direction has put a brakeon the histrionics of Banerjeeas reflected in her sit-in protestat Kolkata.

Senior BJP leader andUnion minister Ravi ShankarPrasad welcomed the orderand said it’s a blow to theMamata Government and avictory for the CBI. It alsoshowed that nobody is abovethe law, including the policecommissioner, he added.

The Kolkata Police com-missioner will appear beforethe CBI in Shillong as theenvironment is not conducivein West Bengal, Prasad said.

The Mamata Banerjee-ledgovernment in the state and theBJP are at loggerheads after theCBI tried to question Kolkata’sPolice commissioner in con-

nection with chit fund scams.Banerjee has been on a ‘dhar-na’ since Sunday night over theCBI’s attempts to interrogatethe police Chief.

At a separate press confer-ence at party headquartershere, Union minister SmritiIrani said Banerjee’s politicalhistrionics have been broughtto a screeching halt by theSupreme Court.

Irani said the SupremeCourt had ensured that a freeand fair investigation takesplace, adding that her partypraises and welcomes thecourt’s order which has putconstitutional restraint on “didiki dadagiri” (Mamata’s intimi-dation tactics).

Taking a swipe at Banerjee

after she claimed a moral vic-tory following the court’s order,Irani said the West Bengalchief minister has been left withegg on her face.

“With egg on her face, tocelebrate it as a moral victoryis a dichotomy available only toMamata Banerjee’s realm ofpolitics,” said the BJP leader.

After the Supreme Court’sobservations on Tuesday,

Banerjee had said the apexcourt’s direction that no coer-cive step, including arrest ofKolkata Police chief RajeevKumar, will take place duringthe course of investigation is“our moral victory”.

Irani said the order shouldbe a matter of introspectionand concern for Banerjee andalleged the TMC governmenthas become a symbol of anar-chy and ‘goondaism’.

Mocking the get-togetherof different opposition partiesleaders at the site of Banerjee’sdharna, Iranisaid it hasbecome apodium for all “scamsters”, forall those who don’t believe inlaw and support “state-spon-sored anarchy”.

Responding to Banerjee’sclaim that the court’s bar onarrest of Kumar was a victoryfor her, Irani said the CBInever said in its communica-tion to Kumar that it wants toarrest him.

Why is she (Banerjee) “hellbent” on political histrionics,Irani posed, attacking the TMCsupremo and asked what is inKumar’s possession that per-turbs Banerjee, prompting herto “save” him.

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Following the SupremeCourt order, CPI(M)

General Secretary SitaramYechury said on Tuesday thatit showed both the BJP and theTMC their place and alleged

the two partieswere hand inglove in “shar-

ing the spoils” of the chit fundscam.

Speaking to reporters,Yechury and Md Salim, theparty’s MP in Lok Sabha, saidthe agenda of the CPI(M) wasclear — “defeat BJP, save India;defeat TMC, save Bengal.”

Reacting to the WestBengal Chief Minister whoearlier said that the SC orderwas a “moral victory” for her,Salim said that it was in fact a“tight slap on the face of thestate government”.

Accusing the StateGovernment of falsely impli-cating CPIM leaders in the chit

fund case, the leaders said thatwhile the CBI has been mis-used in the past, in this case, itwas probing the matter on theorders of the court.

“In this instance when thejudiciary orders the CBI toinvestigate a case, the CBI’smovement in the investiga-tion into any State or territorycannot be construed as anattack on the authority or thepowers of the state government.

“What is objectionable iswhen the CBI suo motu takes action and investigateswithout permission of the stategovernment. That would be aviolation. That is not the casehere. So it is not a issue ofCentre-State relation,” saidYechury.

The Supreme CourtTuesday directed Kolkata PoliceCommissioner Rajeev Kumarto make himself availablebefore the CBI and “faithfully”cooperate with the agency ininvestigation of cases arising

out of the Saradha chit fundscam probe.

The apex court said Kumarwill appear before the CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI)for investigation at Shillong inMeghalaya.

The apex court also said nocoercive steps, including thearrest of the Kolkata Policechief, will take place during thecourse of investigation.

“Both corrupt parties, theTMC and the BJP get put intheir place by the SupremeCourt. (CBI) must investigatethe top leadership of the TMCtoo, of loot. Several TMC MPshave already faced arrests andcharge sheets. Why did the BJPwait for five years to investi-gate? To pull corrupt membersinto its own fold?” the CPIMgeneral secretary said.

Attacking both the BJPand the TMC, Yechury saidthat the stand of both the par-ties was “equally contradictoryand inconsistent”.

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India will send a draft toPakistan for finalisation of an

agreement for opening of theKartarpur Sahib corridor, whichwill facilitate easy passage to Sikhpilgrims to the historicGurdwara Darbar Sahib inPakistan. This was decided at ahigh-level meeting on Tuesday,convened to discuss how tofast-track the implementation ofthe Kartarpur corridor project.

The meeting was chaired byUnion Home Secretary RajivGauba and attended by IndianHigh Commissioner to PakistanAjay Bisaria, Punjab ChiefSecretary Karan Avtar Singh andothers. Kartarpur is located inShakargarh in Narowal districtof Pakistan’s Punjab. GuruNanak Dev, the founder ofSikhism, had spent more than 18years of his life there. TheKartarpur Sahib Gurdwara islocated on the banks of the Raviriver, about three-four km fromthe border in Pakistan.

“India will send within amonth the draft of the agree-

ment to be signed with Pakistanfor the Kartarpur corridor. Wehope the modalities will becompleted soon,” Punajb ChiefSecretary Karan Avtar Singh toldreporters after the hour-longmeeting. India has already com-municated to Pakistan the coor-dinates of Zero Point for theopening of the Kartarpur corri-dor, a home ministry officialsaid. The meeting discussedland acquisition for the highwayand for the Integrated CheckPost (ICP).

At the meeting, it wasinformed that the preliminarynotification for land acquisitionfor highway has already beenissued and the notification toacquire land for ICP will beissued on Wednesday. ThePunjab government has assuredthat the land will be made avail-able for both the projects bymid-March, the official said.Meanwhile, the possession of theland to commence preliminarywork will be made available tothe National Highway Authorityof India (NHAI) and Land PortsAuthority of India (LPAI).

According to the official, adetailed plan of ICP is expect-ed to be finalised within the nextfew days. The Punjab ChiefSecretary said the process of landacquisition is on the secondstage. On November 26 lastyear, Vice President VenkaiahNaidu laid the foundation stoneof the Dera Baba Nanak -Kartarpur Sahib Corridor (up tothe International Border) at anevent at Mann village ofGurdaspur district of Punjab.On November 28, PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khanlaid the foundation stone for the4-km corridor which is expect-ed to be completed by 2019.

The much-awaited corri-dor will connect Darbar Sahib inPakistan’s Kartarpur - the finalresting place of Sikh faith’sfounder Guru Nanak Dev -with Dera Baba Nanak shrine inIndia’s Gurdaspur district andfacilitate visa-free movement ofIndian Sikh pilgrims, who willhave to just obtain a permit tovisit Kartarpur Sahib, whichwas established in 1522 by GuruNanak Dev.

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The CBI has booked itsown head constable

Sudesh Kumar in a crim-inal case for stealing a bagcontaining �6 lakh dur-ing a search operation atthe residence of retiredWing Commander YSTomar at Sainik Farms inthe national capital.

Kumar, who wastasked to secure the back-side of the residentialpremises of Tomar atWestern Avenue, Sainik Farmson Friday, intercepted the bagwhile a maid was trying tothrow it out of the bathroomwindow.

The Deputy SP and searchteam leader had deployedKumar, also a member of theraiding party, to secure/controlthe backside of the house wherethe servant quarters are built.

Kumar threatened the ladyservant, locked her in the ser-

vant room and removed thebundle from the bathroomwindow, according to the FIR.

The conduct of Kumarcame to light when GauravTomar, a relative of the accused,told the Deputy SP that theHead Constable stolen hugecash in a bundle that was beingremoved from the bathroomwindow.

On being confronted,Kumar disclosed the places

where he had hidden thestolen money. On his dis-closure, Rs 2 lakh wasrecovered from the scraplying at the backside of thepremises and Rs 4 lakhfrom under the sofa ofanother relative of theaccused.

Being a member ofthe search team, Kumarshould have informed theteam leader and handedover the bag containingthe cash. The FIR saidKumar abused his official

position, threatened and lockedthe lady servant in the servantroom and hid the cash with dis-honest intention and did notreport to the team leader.

The agency slappedcharged under the Indian PenalCode including 342 (wrongfulconfinement and 380 (theftfrom a residential building)besides relevant provisions ofthe Prevention of CorruptionAct.

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The political face-offbetween the BJP and the

Trinamool Congress over theCBI’s attempt to questionKolkata Police Commissioneron the chit-fund scam domi-nated both the houses of theParliament and led to a washout of proceedings in the RajyaSabha for the second day onTuesday and triggered heatedexchanges between the rivalMPs in the Lok Sabha.

The proceedings of LokSabha were adjourned for near-ly 45 minutes on Tuesdaymorning amid noisy protests byTrinamool Congress membersover the CBI versus KolkataPolice issue.

A disturbed SpeakerSumitra Mahajan said, “You do

not have faith in CBI. You donot have faith in SupremeCourt ... This is not done ... Thecase is being heard by the SC.Let Parliament do its function.Let all institutions performtheir (respective) roles,” she saidwhile adjourning the proceed-ings till noon.

As soon as the House tookup Question Hour, agitatedTMC members rushed to theWell raising slogans against thePrime Minister and theCBI.Members from Congress,TRS, SP, RJD also entered theWell but did not raise slogans.

Interestingly, when theTMC members were shoutingslogans, their fellow memberand former Union MinisterDinesh Trivedi was asking asupplementary question onagriculture.

Later in the day theMotion of Thanks onPresident’s address was takenup for discussion that wit-nessed acrimonious scenes andslogan shouting in the LokSabha.

Principal oppositionCongress too staged a walk outsaying its members shouldhave been the first ones tospeak but were being denied achance. Speaker toldMallikarjun Kharge, leader ofthe Congress in Lok Sabha, thathe wasn’t present in the Housewhen his name was called.

As BJP MP HumkmdevNarayan Yadav initiated thediscussion, most the TMCmembers trooped into the Welland started shouting slogans.

Despite requests from theSpeaker, they continued with

their protest on the issue of CBItrying to question the Kolkatapolice chief in connection withthe chit fund scam cases.

When Yadav alleged that“corrupt and anti-social ele-ments” were grouping togeth-er against Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, most of theopposition members stood upand urged the Speaker toexpunge the statement.

As the verbal duel contin-ued, Aparupa Poddar (TMC)and Veena Devi (LJP) madethreatening gestures at eachother. The situation was

salvaged by senior mem-bers of the House. A visiblyupset Speaker then asked themembers to maintain decorumand adjourned the house for 10minutes till 2.30 pm.

Rajya Sabha proceedings

were washed out for the sec-ond day in a row amid protestsby opposition parties, includ-ing TMC, SP and Congress,over alleged misuse of the CBIin West Bengal.

As soon as the Houseresumed proceedings in theafternoon, members of theTMC, SP and Congresstrooped into the well raisingslogans like “Save Constitution,Save Nation”.

Deputy ChairmanHarivansh said oppositionmembers can raise issues underlaid down rules and proceduresof the House and they shouldallow discussion on the Motionof Thanks on the President’sAddress.

He said there is no limit onthe scope of discussion on anissue under rules.

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To assess the plight of farm-ers, the Ministry of

Agriculture has decided to carryout a pan-India survey to ascer-tain their income and indebt-edness among other issues forthe current crop year (July-June). The last such survey wasconducted for the reference year2012-13 (crop year). Thereafter,the National Sample SurveyOffice (NSSO) has not con-ducted any such survey.

Besides, the Governmentplans to launch an index to rankstates on the basis of ease ofdoing agri-business.

In a written reply to LokSabha, the Minister of State forAgriculture Gajendra SinghShekhawat said that the‘Situation Assessment Surveyof Agricultural Households’ willbe conducted during the 77thround of the National SampleSurvey in the current calendaryear. The survey aims to providea “comprehensive assessmentof the situation of agriculturalhouseholds in the country,including their income, expen-diture and indebtedness,” headded.

“...As such, the comparableestimates for rise in income ofagricultural households during2014-2018 are not available,” theminister informed.

Shekhawat further said thatthe periodicity of such a surveyis decided on the basis ofrequirements of the concernedministry, adequacy of the cur-rent data, availability of resourcesand manpower, emerging areasof concern and development pri-orities of the Government.

He also mentioned thatgiven the vastness of the coun-try’s size and resources involved,the NSSO conducts other sur-veys on household consumerexpenditure and employment-unemployment after every fiveyears. The inter-ministerial com-mittee on doubling farmers’income by 2022 has consideredthe estimates of agriculturehouseholds’ income obtainedfrom the 70th round of NSS sur-vey data as the base level income,he added.

Besides, the governmentplans to launch an index to rankstates on the basis of ease ofdoing agri-business. Under this,states may soon start receivingextra funding for the AgricultureMinistry’s flagship schemes onthe basis of their performance inencouraging agri-business, espe-cially with regard to marketing,land and governance reforms.After India jumped 23 places inthe Global Ease of DoingBusiness ranking of the WorldBank last year, the AgricultureMinistry planning to come outwith its own index to rankstates on ‘ease of doing agri-busi-ness’. The Ministry has sent aproposal to this effect on allStates and Union Territories. Asper the data available agricultureaccounts for around 17 per centof Gross Value Added while itdeploys 47 per cent of the workforce in the country. The pro-posed index will help in foster-ing agriculture among states bypromoting a competitive spirit.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi and Monaco’s reign-

ing monarch Prince Albert IIon Tuesday held wide-rangingtalks on stepping up coopera-tion, especially in the renewableenergy sector and in combat-ing climate change.

Prince Albert, who arrivedhere on Monday on a week-long India visit, met the PrimeMinister at Hyderabad Househere. There was a goodexchange of views on enhanc-ing cooperation, especially inenvironment and climatechange and renewable energy,through sharing best practices,Ministry of External AffairsSpokesperson Raveesh Kumarsaid.

India and Monaco estab-lished diplomatic relations in

2007, though their friendshipgoes back much further intime, he said on Twitter.

Earlier in the day, ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swarajcalled on Prince Albert and dis-cussed opportunities for coop-

eration in the areas of envi-ronment, specially renewableenergy, investment into India,smart cities, marine ecosys-tems, tourism and people-to-people contacts, Kumar said.

On Monday, Prince Albert

attended the India-MonacoBusiness Forum.

The visiting dignitary willproceed on a private tour ofIndia after his official engage-ments and leave for home onFebruary 10.

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The Supreme Court onTuesday came down heav-

ily on the Centre over theAssam National Register ofCitizens (NRC) process andsaid it is hell bent on notallowing the work to continue.

The top court rappedMinistry of Home Affairs for itsplea seeking to stall the NRCwork for two weeks keeping inmind the role of CentralArmed Police Forces (CAPF)in the election duty.

Reiterating that July 31deadline for the completion ofNRC exercise will not beextended, a bench headed byChief Justice Ranjan Gogoisaid the Centre is not cooper-ating in the NRC process andit seems the entire effort of theMHA is to destroy the NRCprocess.

The apex court asked theElection Commission to con-sider exempting certain stateofficers from election duty toensure that NRC process con-tinues.

The top court had said onJanuary 24 that the July 31,2019 deadline to finalise theNRC for Assam cannot beextended. It had asked thestate government, the NRCco-ordinator and the EC toensure that the upcoming gen-eral elections did not slowdown the process.

The draft National Registerof Citizens for Assam was pub-lished on July 30, 2018 inwhich the names of 2.89 croreof the 3.29 crore people wereincluded. The names of40,70,707 people did not figurein the list. Of these, 37,59,630names have been rejected andthe remaining 2,48,077 are onhold.

Earlier, the apex court hadextended till December 31,2018 the deadline for filingclaims and objections for inclu-sion of names in the NRC inAssam by those who have beenleft out in the draft NRC.

It had also made clear thatthe deadline for verifying theclaims for inclusion in theNRC would be February 15,2019 instead of February 1.

The apex court hadallowed the use of five moredocuments by claimants for thedraft Assam NRC, saying thepremise “better to exclude gen-uine person than to include awrongful person” can’t beaccepted.

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The Supreme Court Tuesdayasked senior advocate

Ranjit Kumar, who is assistingit as an amicus curiae in a mat-ter related to administration ofJagannath temple in Puri, tovisit the shrine to assess theground reality there.

A bench headed by JusticeA K Sikri said this after thecounsel appearing for Odishaargued that the amicus shouldvisit the temple and himself seethe situation there.

When the bench askedKumar about it, he said hewould visit the temple onFebruary 22 and 23 and apprisethe court.

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New Delhi: After the SC rap,Home Minister RajnathSingh on Tuesday assertedthat the Government is com-mitted to complete the NRCprocess in Assam within thestipulated time and willensure that no foreigner isincluded or any Indian citizenexcluded. He also said thehome ministry wants thatthe National Register ofCitizens, a list of Assam’sresidents, is completed withfairness and for this the stategovernment has been pro-vided with all necessary assis-tance, including funds.“Our government is committed to complete theupdate of NRC within thestipulated time so that no for-eigner is included in it and noIndian is left out,” he told PTIhere. PTI

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Lucknow: Samajwadi PartyMLA Subhash Pasi suffered abrain haemorrhage whileprotesting during GovernorRam Naik’s address to the jointsitting of both the Houses ofthe State Assembly on Tuesdaymorning.

The SP MLA, who isaround 50, fell unconscious andwas rushed to Civil Hospitalfrom where he was referred tothe King George’s MedicalUniversity trauma centre.

The trauma centre head,Dr Sandip Tewari, who isattending on Pasi told PTI thatthe SP MLA suffered “brain

haemorrhage”.“He is conscious now but

will be kept under observationfor another 48 hours by a teamof doctors,” said Tewari.

Pasi, MLA from Saidpurconstituency of Ghazipur, wasattending the joint sitting of theUP legislature on the first dayof the Budget session when hewas taken ill.

Opposition parties includ-ing the SP, BSP and theCongress raised anti-govern-ment slogans and threw paperballs at the podium targetingGovernor Ram Naik during his55-minute address. PTI

Gandhinagar: Gujarat ChiefMinister Vijay Rupani on Tuesdayflagged off 26 ‘raths’ (chariots) inthe State to seek people’s sugges-tions for preparing BJP’s manifestofor the forthcoming Lok Shabaelections.

These saffron-colouredmotorised vehicles will travel to all26 Lok Sabha constituencies in thestate for a month to to gather viewsand suggestions in different waysfrom people.

“Earlier, manifestos of all par-ties were prepared at the partyheadquarters. Now, we have decid-ed to take this exercise a step fur-ther and invite direct suggestionsfrom people,” Rupani said.

“This is for the first time in thecountry that we are asking peoplefor suggestions that could beincluded in the party’s ‘sankalppatra’ (manifesto),” Rupaniclaimed, adding that no otherparty has done this earlier. Notably,BJP president Amit Shah andsenior party leader Rajnath Singhhad on Sunday launched “Bharatke mann ki baat, Modi ke saath”, amonth-long exercise to seek sug-gestions from 10 crore people

across the country to help the partyprepare its ‘sankalp patra’.

BJP Gujarat unit president JituVaghani said PM Modi’s ‘Mann KiBaat’ has become very popular inthe country, but now the party willalso listen to ‘Bharat ke mann kibaat’ to prepare its manifesto.

Party leader Bharat Pandya,who has been appointed coordi-nator of the exercise in Gujarat,said people can give their sugges-tions in five ways under the pro-gramme.

People can give a missed callon mobile number 6357171717,after which they will be called backto record their suggestion or theycan also put forth their views onthe website — bharatke-mannkibaat.Com, he said.

They can also give suggestionsdirectly in boxes that will be keptat 7,500 places across the country,he said. People can also post theirsuggestions on social media,including Facebook, Twitter andInstagram, using hashtag#BharatKeMannKiBaat, or videorecord their views on tablets thatwill be made available in the char-iots, Pandya said. PTI

Ballia (UP): Putting its ally BJPin Uttar Pradesh on notice, theSuheldev Bhartiya Samaj Partyhas said option of going withSP-BSP alliance in the generalelections was open to the party.

SBSP chief and seniorCabinet Minister Om PrakashRajbhar has been making sharpstatements against the BJP andhad recently threatened to walkout of the NDA.

“In case there is no head-way with the BJP, the option ofgoing along with SP-BSPalliance (in the coming LokSabha elections) is open tous,” the Suheldev BhartiyaSamaj Party (SBSP) chief said.

The Minister for backward

classes welfare and departmentof disabled people develop-ment was speaking to reportersat his residence here onMonday night.

To a question as to whetherhe had talks with leaders ofeither of the two parties — theSP and the BSP — Rajbhar saidthat he had not met anyone onthis issue so far.

On the developments inKolkata, Rajbhar came out insupport of West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee andquestioned the CBI action,saying how could the sleuths gowithout any order.

“Why has the CBI notraided the house of the main

accused in the Saradha casewho has joined the BJP,”Rajbhar asked and added thatthe Supreme Court has alreadycalled the CBI a “caged parrot”.

Banerjee is on a sit-inagainst the CBI’s attempt toquestion the Kolkata Policechief in connection with chit fund scams. Her protestentered the third day onTuesday.

She sat on a “Save India”dharna in front of MetroCinema in the heart of Kolkataon Sunday night insisting thatthe latest CBI action was tan-tamount to stifling the spirit of“Constitution and federalism”in the country. PTI

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Agartala: Tripura police on Mondayslapped sedition charges against a groupof people for allegedly raising anti-Indiaslogans during a protest rally organisedby tribal bodies and attended by severalpolitical leaders in the State six days agoagainst the controversial Citizenship(Amendment) Bill.

The rally organisers, however, saidthe January 30 protest was peaceful andthe allegation was baseless.

The bill, passed in Lok Sabha onJanuary 8, seeks to provide Indian citi-zenship to non-Muslims fromBangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistanafter six years of continuous residence inIndia, instead of 12, even if they do notpossess the documents required for it.

Protests against the bill have rockedthe entire northeast, including the BJP-ruled Tripura. Several organisations andpolitical parties in the region haveclaimed that the legislation threatens theidentity, language and culture of the

indigenous people. On January 30,Movement against CitizenshipAmendment Bill (MACAB), a politicalplatform of seven tribal organisations,organised the rally in Khumulwng, theheadquarters of Tripura Tribal AreasAutonomous Territorial Council, about20 km from Agartala. A police officer saida group at the rally shouted slogans thatamounted to sedition.

“Around 40 people raised slogans like‘Bye Bye India, Hello China’, which is notacceptable. We are in the process of col-lecting the video footage and other doc-uments,” said Pran Krishna Das, sub-divi-sional police officer of Jirania in WestTripura district. Among those whoattended the rally were members ofIndigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra,Twipra Student Federation, IndigenousPeoples Front of Tripura-(Tipraha),National Conference of Tripura, TripuraPeoples Front and Schedule Tribe cell ofthe opposition Congress. PTI

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Bhabi Ji Ghar Par hai television ser-ial fame and Bigg Boss 11 winner

Shilpa Shinde joined the Congress hereon Tuesday, in the presence of Mumbaiparty chief Sanjay Nirupam.

Announcing her decision to join theCongress, Shilpa said at a news con-ference here, “People perceive me as anactress. But I also want to showcase mylove for the country by working for thepeople. The Congress Party has run thecountry for ages which is why I havedecided to join hands with them.Today, the country is in dire need ofchange and only Congress Party canbring this change. I am pleased with thewarm welcome I have received from theparty when I decided to join them”.

Alluding to her earlier links with theRaj Thackeray-led MNS, Shilpa said:“The Congress Party does not look atany caste or religion while extending a

helping hand to those who are in need.However, MNS only focuses on theMarathi people. When I needed help,MNS gave ‘Marathi’ angle to my plight”.

Welcoming Shipa into theCongress, Nirupam said, “The wholecountry is unhappy with the currentscenario and wants change. Peoplewho believe in the core principleswhich form the foundation of this coun-try are joining the Congress Partythemselves”.

Mumbai: The Bombay High Courton Tuesday directed the NationalInvestigating Agency (NIA) to “clearall hurdles” in the 2008 Malegaonblast case and ensure that the trialproceeds “smoothly”.

A bench of Justices A S Oka andA S Gadkari noted that over 20 appli-cations and appeals had been filed inthe high court by various parties onvaried grounds in the case.

As a result, the court had to siftthrough voluminous paperwork andover 4,000 exhibits, it said.

“How’s the court expected toclear these appeals in time if partieskeep filing applications. We are cer-tain most of these applications andpleas might even be frivolous,” thebench said.

“As a prosecuting agency, it isyour (NIA) duty to ensure that all

hurdles are removed and the trial inthe case goes on smoothly,” it said.

The bench was hearing an appealfiled by Sameer Kulkarni, a co-accused in the case, challenging a2017 order of a special NIA court,which permitted the use of photo-copies of statements of witnesses andconfessions of accused as secondaryevidence in the case.

During a previous hearing, thebench led by Justice Oka hadobserved the special court shouldnot have allowed the use of photo-copies since there was no evidenceto prove that they were authenticcopies of the original, certified state-ments.

On Tuesday, the bench reiterat-ed that the use of photocopies with-out any verification was wrong in law.

It told NIA counsel Sandesh

Patil that the NIA should have point-ed out the problem to the specialcourt then and there and taken thecorrect legal stand by not relyingupon the photocopies.

“You (NIA) are a premier agency.You have been constituted for a spe-cial purpose. Therefore, it was yourduty to take the correct legal stand,”the bench said.

It is likely to hear the NIA’s jus-tification, on use of photocopies assecondary evidence, in the nexthearing on February 11.

In January 2017, the specialcourt had permitted the use of pho-tocopies after the NIA submitted thatsome files containing original witnessstatements and confessions ofaccused under section 164 of theCriminal Penal Code had gone miss-ing and could not be traced. PTI

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Former BJP Cabinet Ministerand ex-MLA from Basohli

Assembly segment, Lal Singh,who had f loated DograSwabhiman Sangathan aftercourting controversy in theKathua rape and murder caselast year, is set to spoil BJP partyin the coming Lok Sabha pollsfrom Jammu region.

On Tuesday, Lal Singhannounced he will field hisparty candidates for both theLok Sabha seats in Jammu.

“At present, we are awaitingformal registration of our party.The process has been set intomotion. Soon after receivingthe formal nod, we will launchaggressive campaign ahead of

the Lok Sabha polls”, Lal Singhtold reporters in Jammu.

For over nine months, LalSingh, unhappy with the BJP’shandling of Kathua rape andmurder case, had been stayingaway from party functions,devoting all his time and ener-gy to raise his own regionaloutfit. He even accused BJP ofhurting ‘Dogra’ pride by notfirmly supporting demand fora CBI probe in the Kathua rapeand murder case to unravel themurder mystery.

Ousted Lal Singh himselftoured all the district head-quarters of Jammu divisionand addressed road side meet-ings in support of CBI probe in the Kathua rape andmurder case.

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In a candid admission of dis-sension within the Mumbai

Congress, Milind Deora,Congress leader and formerUnion Minister, said onTuesday that “infighting” wasthreatening “our base inMumbai” and that the cityparty unit “cannot become acricket pitch for sectarian pol-itics, with leaders pitted againstone other”.

A day after he said hemight even re-consider “if it isworth fighting elections ornot”, Deora said he was “dis-appointed” with “infighting”within the Mumbai Congressand indirectly blamed cityparty unit president SanjayNirupam for contributing to“sectarian politics” within theparty set up.

In a series of tweets put onthe sorry state of affairs with-in the Mumbai, Deora said: “Ina city like Mumbai, which is

our economic and culturalcapital, we need to bring peo-ple together. The MumbaiCongress cannot become acricket pitch for sectarian pol-itics, with leaders pitted againstone other”.

“@INCIndia is leading apowerful, united campaignacross India. Infighting cannot,and should not, be allowed tothreaten our base in Mumbai.I appeal to all Congress leadersin Mumbai to unite as a team.We owe this much to our partyand to Congress president@RahulGandhi.,” Deora tweet-ed. Deora, who has written toRahul Gandhi that he was re-considering whether or not tocontest the forthcoming LokSabha elections in view of thelack of efforts to bring the peo-ple together, said: “I’m disap-pointed with what is happen-ing - and the party is aware of

my stance on fighting the LokSabha elections. However, Ihave full faith in our centralleadership and its commit-ment to our party’s ideologyand principles. Especially inMumbai, where the Congresswas born”

Informed sources in theCongress said that Deora’stweets are a clear indication ofhis strained relations withNirupam, who is not involvingthe old timers in the party inrunning the city unit. Nirupamis understood to be one of rea-sons for former Congress MPPriya Dutt’s recent decision toquit electoral politics.

Deora, who is the son oflong-time Mumbai Congresslate Murli Deora, had said in atelevision interview onMonday: “If feel sometimeswhat is happening in Mumbai(Congress). One of the reasonsI may even reconsider if it isworth fighting the elections ornot. It is because of what is hap-pening in Mumbai and becauseof what is happening betweenthe leaders. I have communi-cated this to Mr Gandhi as wellrecently that if we are unable tobring people together, even Imay not be in politics”

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Nagpur: RSS is one of the most secular andinclusive organisations as it has alwaysrespected the right of individuals to prac-tice their own faith, Maharashtra GovernorCh Vidyasagar Rao said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the inauguration of theNew Academic Complex and a guruku-lam named after late RSS sarsanghcha-lak Golwalkar guruji at KavikulaguruKalidas Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya (KKSV)at Ramtek near here, the governor saidthe journey of the Sangh has been spec-tacular as well as tough.

M S Golwalkar, popularly known asguruji, was the second Sarsanghchalak ofthe Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).

“The sapling planted by (RSSfounder) Dr KB Hedgewar in the formof Sangh has grown into a large banyantree having its branches all over theworld,” an official release quoted Rao assaying.

“This journey (of RSS) has been bothspectacular and tough. The toughest chal-lenge to the Sangh came soon after theassassination of Mahatma Gandhi, whenit was banned by the government onFebruary 4, 1948,” he said.

Rao said Golwalkar played a crucialrole and gave the call for a nationwidesatyagraha from the prison. PTI

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Guwahati: Assam FinanceMinister Himanta Biswa Sarmaon Tuesday termed WestBengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s charge thathe was involved in the Saradhachit fund scam as “frivolous”,even as the State YouthCongress staged a protest infront of the CBI office here,seeking his arrest.

The Minister also said hehad offered full cooperation inthe ponzi scheme case as a wit-ness. “The frivolous & baselesscampaign by @MamataOfficialDidi against me is very painful.I am not fortunate enoughlike your Police Commissioner.I’ve joined the investigationsand offered my full cooperationas a witness. And all this hap-pened much much before Ijoined @BJP4India,” Sarmasaid in a tweet.

Apparently referring toSarma, Banerjee, who is stag-ing a sit-in protest since Sundaynight over the Central Bureauof Investigation’s (CBI) attemptto question the Kolkata Policechief in connection with thechit fund scam, had said onMonday that she had “enough

evidence against the Assamdeputy Chief Minister” in thecase. The TMC chief had also dared PM Modi and BJPpresident Amit Shah to get him arrested.

Training guns on Sarma,Assam Youth Congress activistsstaged a demonstration outsidethe CBI office here, demandinghis arrest for his allegedinvolvement in the Saradha chitfund scam and the LouiseBerger case, involving a watersupply project in Guwahati.

They shouted slogans, accusingthe Minister of receiving �20 lakh per month fromSaradha group chairmanSudipta Sen for running hisbusiness in Assam.

One of the protesters said,“The Modi-led BJP Govt ismisusing the CBI. Sarmaswitched to the BJP from theCongress when the heat of theSaradha scam probe wasbecoming too hot for him tohandle.” PTI

Kolkata: Andhra Pradesh Chief MinisterChandrababu Naidu on Tuesday describedhis West Bengal counterpart MamataBanerjee as the “architect” of the federalfront. Naidu, who joined Banerjee’s “SaveIndia” sit-in here to protest CBI’s attemptto question Kolkata Police CommissionerRajeev Kumar, said her ruling Trinamool Congress will win all 42 LokSabha seats in West Bengal in the upcom-ing general elections.

“She (Mamata Banerjee) is the architect of the federal front. She is the main pillar of the Opposition,” Naidu toldreporters.

The Andhra Pradesh Chief Ministersaid he had come on behalf of the 23 polit-ical parties who had participated in theJanuary 19 Opposition rally in the city.Naidu also welcomed the Supreme Courtorder which stated that the CBI would notbe able to arrest Kumar, and supportedBanerjee’s move to stage a sit-in demon-stration in protest.

Banerjee began the sit-in in front ofMetro Cinema in the heart of the city onSunday night after a CBI team attemptedto enter Kumar’s residence to question himin connection with chit fund scams.

She alleged that the CBI action was tan-tamount to stif ling the spirit of“Constitution and federalism” in the coun-try. PTI

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The Pakistan Army onTuesday violated ceasefire

agreement by targeting an Armycamp with two rounds of rock-et launchers along the Line ofControl in Krishna Ghati sectorof Poonch.

Instead of hitting the target,the shells fell short of target, trig-gering panic among the localresidents as it exploded in thecivilian area.

It was a close shave for localresidents as one of the shellslanded in the cow shed.

Due to inclement weatherconditions, the livestock wasmoved from the open air shedby the care takers.

The Indian Army did notretaliate the fire immediately,official sources said.

Defence PRO in Jammu

said, “Pakistan army initiated‘unprovoked’ceasefire violationalong LoC by firing 2twoshellsof rocket launchers in KG Sectorof Poonch around 10.30 am.”

Local residents in Jhallasarea again appealed to the StateGovernment to expedite workon construction of bunkers inthe area to ensure their protec-tion at the time of cross LoCshelling.

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister YogiAdityanath on Tuesday accused

Mamata Banerjee of exploiting thepoor in West Bengal being only inter-ested in saving a “corrupt” officerallegedly involved in the Saradhaponzi scam.

Adityanath, who travelled by roadto this West Bengal town to address a

rally after flying to Bokaro in neigh-bouring Jharkhand, also referred to theSupreme Court’s order directingKolkata Police Commissioner RajeevKumar to “faithfully” cooperate withthe CBI in the investigation of theSaradha scam.

He questioned why West BengalChief Minister Banerjee was trying toprotect the police officer.

“You must have seen how she is

trying to save a corrupt officer.Nothing can be more shameful, unde-mocratic and unconstitutional than aCM of a State sitting on a dharna (sit-in protest) to ensure that secrets of cor-ruption don’t spill out,” Adityanathalleged. Calling the TMC Governmentin West Bengal as “corrupt and unde-mocratic”, he criticised Banerjee for notallowing benefits of central schemes tobe passed on to the people of the State.

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Malappuram: A village courthere on Tuesday directed thatKanakadurga, who had trekkedthe Sabarimala hills and offeredprayers at the Ayyappa temple,should be allowed to stay in herhusband’s home.

An interim order wasissued by the ‘Gram Nayayalya’(village court) on a petitionfiled by Kanakadurga under theDomestic Violence Act statingshe had the right to stay at herhusband’s home.

Nyayadhikari Nimmi K K,in her order, said Kanakadurgahad all the right to live in herhusband’s home. GramNyayalayas are presided over bya Nyayadhikari, who have thesame powers of a JudicialMagistrate of First Class.

Kanakadurga (44) whofaced stiff opposition from herhusband and other relatives for

offering prayers at theSabarimala hill shrine onJanuary 2, was forced to takerefuge at a ‘One Stop Shelter’ atPerinthalmanna here after herhouse was locked and familymembers shifted to anotherbuilding.

Upon her return fromSabarimala, Kanakadurga, anemployee of the Kerala CivilSupplies Corporation, had notbeen able to go home as sheended in hospital after beingallegedly attacked by her moth-er-in-law over the temple entryissue. The case has been post-ed to March 11 for furtherhearing.

Kanakadurga, along withanother woman, Bindu (42),had scripted history by offeringprayers at the hill shrine onJanuary 2. The duo alsoreceived death threats. PTI

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The Conference of the Parties(COP) with its 24th session as apart of the United NationsFramework Convention onClimate Change (UNFCCC) took

place in Katowice, Poland, in December2018. Particularly relevant was the fact thatKatowice is located at the very heart ofPoland’s coal resources and this source ofenergy provides Poland with about 80 percent of the country’s electricity supply.Clearly, this is in sharp contrast with thedirection that is required to mitigate climatechange by phasing out fossil fuels.

The Polish leadership has beenemphasising for some time now what itcalls a “just transition.” At another level,an unfortunate development, which goescounter to the science of climate change,is the obstruction of the delegations fromthe US, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Kuwaitin questioning the special report of theIntergovernmental Panel on ClimateChange (IPCC), which clearly maps outthe science behind accepting the limit of1.5oC by the end of this century asopposed to 2.0oC, which had tentativelybeen decided during the Paris Agreementon Climate Change in 2015. As the special report clearly shows the impactsand risks associated with the rangebetween average temperatures that cover1.5oC to those at 2.0oC are quite signifi-cant. Risks associated with the 2.0oClimit are, therefore, considerably higherthan those at 1.5oC.

As a result there would be several vul-nerable regions and communities acrossthe globe which would suffer the negativeconsequences of these impacts and risks.In fact, it is now obvious that extremeevents related to heat waves, extreme pre-cipitation events, extreme sea level riserelated events and the damage carried outby hurricanes and cyclones is on theincrease in frequency and intensity acrossthe globe. This reality has to be seenagainst the well-established principle of“common but differentiated responsibil-ity” because it indicates insensitivity on thepart of countries which are primarilyresponsible for increase in the concentra-tion of greenhouse gases historicallywhile the most vulnerable societies in theworld are the ones who have had noresponsibility whatsoever in contributingto the emissions and concentration ofGHGs in the past.

The one outcome of Katowice whichcan be treated as a contribution to theefforts in dealing with climate change iswhat is referred to as the Paris Rule Book.Essentially this is truly an operatingmanual which is required for implemen-tation of the Paris Agreement. There area number of technical and socio-politicalissues included in this rule book such ashow countries are required to report theirGHG emissions as well as contributions

to climate finance. It also lays down clear-cut

rules on voluntary marketmechanisms such as carbontrading. This rule book wasthe subject of considerablediscussion and contentionbetween specific countries.The homework for this wasactually carried out on thebasis of a large meeting inBangkok, Thailand which washeld in September 2018, butthat conference failed to reachagreement on the subject,and thus took up time at theCOP in Katowice. Overallthis resulted in a substantialeffort being put in at Katowiceon the technical and the otherdetails for coming up with anacceptable system. It almostseems that in a rush to reachagreement in Paris in 2015the rule book was postponedfor finalising subsequently.Some policy makers and ana-lysts actually questionwhether this could have beendone before the ParisAgreement, even if the agree-ment itself was postponed to2016.

Whatever is required tobe done both with the rulebook and the ParisAgreement itself, it is partic-ularly important that humansociety needs to work out anarrangement by which wereach a limit of no more than1.5oC by the end of the cen-tury. One important consid-

eration in this would be theavoidance of an overshootscenario. In other words, itwould be wrong to suggestthat the world could exceed1.5oC and then this could bebrought down quicklythrough technologies, struc-tural changes and humanbehaviour by the end of thecentury. Such overshoot sce-narios would create seriousimpacts and risks, whichtoday’s younger generationwould find totally unaccept-able. Also the feasibility ofdescending below an over-shoot scenario is question-able, because the technolog-ical challenges and institu-tional responses in that casecould prove to be insur-mountable.

India has to realise, likethe other countries of theworld, that whatever mayhappen, the 1.5oC target isnow totally sacrosanct. As ademocracy, a society dedicat-ed to sustainable develop-ment and a country with alarge percentage of youth —who would face the risks ofclimate change — we haveevery reason to induce,encourage and motivate everycountry in the world to mit-igate emissions of GHGs.This, of course, would requirethe persuasion by many stake-holders of national govern-ments to adopt policies andmeasures which are totally

effective. A case in pointwould be that of Germanywhere its programme“Energiewende” has been aremarkable case of energytransformation, despite thefact that Germany is com-pletely at the bottom of list inrenewable energy resources.China is also making greatstrides, and it would alsohelp us greatly to join handswith that nation.

A move towards a fossilfuel-free world is the newdiplomacy that India needs topractise. Diplomats do notnecessarily have to lose theirtraditional base; in order todo so, apart from goingaround the cocktail circuit,they need to push mitigationactions which are totally inthe interest of India and cer-tainly in the interest of thisplanet and the species whichlive on it. What we need,therefore, is a blending ofdomestic actions with a hugestep up in diplomatic relationsby which India is at the cen-tre of promoting a sustainablesociety, however challengingand difficult that might be.That incidentally is also thedirection in which trade willexpand, and we would do wellto build on these opportuni-ties ahead.

(The writer is formerchairman, IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change,2002-15)

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Sir — Congress leaderMallikarjun Kharge has shotoff a dissenting note against theappointment of Rishi KumarShukla as ‘the’ not neededCentral Bureau of Investigation(CBI) director.

The reason for his opposition is that Shukla doesnot have enough experience inhandling corruption cases. Butexperience is gained only aftertaking up a job.

Moreover, the selectionpanel included the Chief Justiceof India, Ranjan Gogoi. It is thewrit of the Chief Justice or hisrepresentative that runs large inthe appointment or removal ofa CBI director. It goes withoutsaying that the Prime Ministerand the Opposition party leader,who also form the part of thepanel as members, do not seeeye-to-eye on any issue.

‘The’ not needed politicshas plunged to such a low levelthat the Opposition leader ishell-bent on opposing anythingthat the Prime Minister propos-es or favours.

KV Seetharamaiah Hassan

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Video game problems”(February 04). The way technol-ogy, smartphones and data haveexploded in the last decade or so,the day is not far when India,like China and South Korea, willhave to establish de-addictioncentres. But I wonder if banning

games altogether would solvethe problem. Ultimately, it boilsdown to the parents and society.We need to be pro-active inensuring that we spend as muchtime as possible with our chil-dren and counsel them about thepotential harms of video games.We must opt for a balancedapproach to handle this issue.

Bal GovindNoida

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Sir — The Ayodhya land disputeis in the news again with a dhar-ma sansad — a two-day conclaveof Hindu saints — having beenorganised at the Kumbh mela andsloganeering having taken placefor the announcement of the datefor the construction of the Rammandir . It had also been

announced that a massive con-gregation of sadhus will leaveAllahabad and duly marchtowards Ayodhya, thus buildingpressure for the construction ofthe temple to start. With such anissue gaining prominence onceagain, there is a strong possibil-ity of communal hostility increas-ing. It is the responsibility of theGovernment to ensure that noviolence in the name of religiontakes place, especially when theAyodhya case is still sub judice.

MFU TandviNew Delhi

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Immigration dilemma”(February 5). Students yearn toget a visa to the US for educa-tional purposes and also to geta well-paid job. But it is also afact that many unscrupulouselements defraud the system.Parents as well as students mustbe vigilant and must not do any-thing that brings disrepute.

SunitaVia email

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Regional parties will be theking-makers in the ensuingLok Sabha election. Even the

New York Times last week pointedout, “Most analysts believe neitherModi’s party, the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP), nor the Indian NationalCongress will win an outright major-ity. That means regional and caste-based parties will probably becomethe king-makers…”

Despite the ‘Modi wave’ ridinghigh, the combined strength ofregional parties in the 2014 poll was212 seats. This proves that theycannot be ignored. Their vote share,too, was almost equal. Regionalsatraps like West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Banerjee, OdishaChief Minister Naveen Patnaik and

late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister JJayalalithaa held their sway over theirrespective States.

The BJP might have a tough timefighting these parties. As a strategy,the saffron party will have to face theSamajwadi Party (SP) and theBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) combinein Uttar Pradesh, ally with the JanataDal (United) to take on the RashtriyaJanata Dal (RJD) coalition in Bihar,try to expand in West Bengal andOdisha and wait for a post-poll dealwith the Telangana Rashtra Samithi(TRS) and the YSR Congress Party,as well as the All India Anna DravidaMunnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)in Tamil Nadu.

Interestingly, going for astraight fight with the Congressmight be an easy task for the BJPthan facing different regional par-ties in these States. Confronting itcould just be ‘Congress-bashing’ butit needs different narratives tocounter different regional partieslike the Telugu Desam Party (TDP),YSR Congress, TRS, Biju Janata Dal(BJD), Trinamool Congress (TMC),

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) and AIADMK, who havepitted regional narratives to counterthe nationalist narrative of the BJP.

In the south, where the region-al parties hold sway, the BJP wonjust 22 seats in 2014 despite theModi wave. It has no allies in thesouthern States — the BJP’s attemptto strike an alliance with theAIADMK and the DMK in thepost-Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhiera has failed so far. Kerala oscillatesbetween two major coalitions, theUnited Democratic Front (UDF)and the Left Democratic Front(LDF); while Andhra Pradesh andTelangana are under the hold ofregional satraps.

There is a mushroom growth ofregional parties since caste-basedidentity politics emerged in the1980s. They work on four majorplanks — autonomy, (parties likeNational Conference), statehood(earlier Telangana and now the AamAadmi Party), identity (Shiv Sena)and development. Often, they com-bine two or more of these for their

emergence. There are several reasons for the

growth of regional parties like dis-enchantment with national parties,craving for development, emergenceof strong regional leaders and emo-tional issues that catch the attentionof the public. In some States likeTamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,Odisha, Bihar and Telangana, region-al parties have succeeded in achiev-ing significant success by addressingissues of development and gover-nance. In Tamil Nadu, Governmentsled by the AIADMK or the DMKhave performed well in public health.In Odisha and Andhra Pradesh,State Governments have done well indealing with natural disasters.

Vote share of these regional par-ties, too has grown in the last twodecades. Even in the recent Assemblypolls in Telangana and Mizoram, itwas the regional parties that per-formed well, a post-2014 trend clear-ly visible in States with sizeablepresence of non-BJP and non-Congress parties. Also, in most StateAssembly elections, the BJP’s loss was

at the hands of regional parties.Therefore, it is clear that regional par-ties may play an important role in thegeneral election.

Interestingly, some regionalparties have national ambitionstoo. While Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister N Chandrababu Naidu isworking for a national anti-BJPfront, his bête noire, KChandrashekhar Rao, is aiming toform a federal front of non-BJP andnon-Congress parties to take on theBJP.

The SP-BSP-RLD alliance inUttar Pradesh might hurt the BJP inthe State. They contested the recentLok Sabha and Assembly by-elec-tions together with stunning results.Realising the importance, theCongress is stitching alliances withregional parties in several States. Itis going to be a direct fight betweenthe BJP and the Congress in at leastfive major States — Gujarat, MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarhand Haryana. In other States, region-al parties will wield power.

The Congress has struck

alliances with some of them. Thisincludes Maharashtra (NationalistCongress Party), Kerala (UDF),Karnataka ( JDS), Jammu &Kashmir (National Conference)Tamil Nadu (DMK), Bihar (RJD)and Jharkhand (Jharkhand MuktiMorcha). It is crucial for theCongress and its allies to performwell to cross the halfway mark (272)in the Lower House in the ensuingLok Sabha election.

If these alliances hold togetherduring the general election, resultswill be very different from the2014 elections. Knowing theirimportance, regional satraps arealso flexing their muscles; althoughonly the Congress and the BJP cancross the 50-seat mark. It’s clear thatfor the BJP, the winning tally willdepend largely on how the partycopes with these regional parties asthey are the main challengers. Itmust go for a State-specific strate-gy to fight them.

(The writer is a senior politicalcommentator and syndicated columnist)

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An unpublished periodic labour forcesurvey by the National SampleSurvey Office for 2017-18 on thestate of employment in Indiarevealed the real story on job crisis

in the country. The undisclosed report wouldhave been India’s first official survey on jobs after2011-12. According to the report, unemploy-ment rate rose from 2.2 per cent in 2011-12 to6.1 per cent in 2017-18, which is the highest inthe last 45 years since 1972-73. In particular,unemployment rate among the youth (15-29years) jumped from five per cent in 2011-12 toa massive 17.4 per cent in 2017-18 in rural areas,while unemployment rate among women of thesame age group in rural areas increased from 4.8per cent in 2011-12 to 13.6 per cent in 2017-18.In urban areas, a whopping 18.7 per cent ofyoung men and 27.2 per cent of young womenwere unemployed in 2017-18.

This data was also confirmed by the Centrefor Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), anindependent think-tank, which recently pub-lished a report stating that unemployment ratein India was at 7.4 per cent in December, 2018.However, there isn’t enough official informationabout job creation, except a few sectoral reportswith the limitation on job creation and specu-lation of job losses due to the implementationof demonetisation, Goods and Services Tax andautomation. The CMIE report revealed that 11million jobs were lost alone in 2018, while theReserve Bank of India’s KLEMS databaseshowed that around seven lakh jobs were lostin the textiles, textile products and leather sec-tors between 2014 and 2016.

On the other hand, the Employees’Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) datarevealed that 18 million jobs were created in thelast 15 months with some limitations and thelabour bureau data showed that 4.2 million newjobs were created during 2016-17. TheGovernment claimed that the transport sectoralone contributed 3.4 million jobs in 2018; lead-ing cab aggregators, Ola and Uber, addedabout 2.2 million jobs; the IT sector contributedclose to 1.5 million jobs; around 10 million peo-ple were registered under the Pradhan MantriRojgar Protsahan Yojana; loans worth �15.43were given to 120 million people via Mudrascheme; road construction added three millionjobs; and around 19,000 start-ups have provid-ed jobs to thousands of people in recent years.

Citing these figures, NITI Aayog CEO,Amitabh Kant, asserted, “So, are we saying thatno jobs are being created. This to my mind isunbelievable.” There are stories of both job-gainsand job-losses in the past, yet the truth is thatwe have achieved the highest level of unemploy-ment, particularly among the youth. The impor-tant point here is that the much-awaitedemployment-unemployment data by the NSSOsurvey was disclosed to the public by a nation-al newspaper and not by the Government.

The fiasco on NSSO data started after theresignation of two independent members — PCMohanan and J Meenakshi — of the NationalStatistical Commission (NSC) on January 29,who said that they did not like the way theGovernment shelved the NSSO employment

report, which was vetted by the NSC in earlyDecember, 2018. They also reportedly com-plained that the Government released back-series Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data inNovember, 2018, without even taking theirinputs into consideration.

The back-series data was controversialbecause it dramatically reduced the growth rateachieved during the United Progressive Front’s(UPA) tenure. Statistics commission head PCMohanan said, “Both of us in the commissionhave been feeling that we are not effectively dis-charging the responsibilities supposed to be doneby the commission.”

However, the Government is still notacknowledging and has been dismissing theNSSO’s survey report finding, which is deemedas the most creditable source on the country’sjob picture. It is defending its decision of not dis-closing the report by saying: “It is an interimreport; methodology used in the survey to cal-culate job creation is faulty; the data collectionmethod is different — it is computer-assisted nowwhereas it was person-to-person earlier; it doesnot look at self-employment and entrepreneur-ships; all sectors are not captured, particularlynew types of internet-based services such as Olaand Uber and e-commerce.” Kant said, “TheGDP growth data has come out today; you can’tbe growing at 7.2 per cent and say there are nojobs being created in the economy… the prob-lem is there is a lack of good quality jobs and thatis what we need to focus on.”

The Government is now faced with a diffi-cult task to reassure the people that the datareleased by it is credible as some other recentdata on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, UjjwalaYojana, rural electrification campaign, MahatmaGandhi National Rural Employment GuaranteeAct, National Crime data, banking data andAnnual Employment-Unemployment survey of

the Labour Bureau have either been withheld orsought to be massaged. This has raised concernsabout these data being politically driven. Criticswonder how bad the job data might be for theGovernment to put it aside without explanationand leave it to the people to decide.

The Government, in its interim Budget,announced a slew of sops for the marginal farm-ers, the middle class and the informal sector work-ers but remained silent on one of the most impor-tant issues of job creation. Instead, interimFinance Minister Piyush Goyal only mentionedabout the number of jobs that have been creat-ed in sectors such as aviation, railways and renew-ables with the potential of many more jobs to becreated in the future as a part of the Government’spush towards digital infrastructure.

The term ‘job’ found a mention only fivetimes in the Budget speech. This shows the ner-vousness of the Government. The Governmentcan at least provide some future remedy aboutjob crisis by filling the existing huge 2.4 millionvacant posts across Central and StateGovernments. Just filling these vacancies can pro-vide the much-needed relief to the unem-ployed youth of this country. This also reflectsthat the Government is now in election modeand is busy defending the reasons of unreleasedreports than acknowledging the findings and tak-ing positive steps. One thing is sure that politi-cally, job crisis or youth unemployment will bean important agenda for the 2019 election. AsGeorge Orwell once said: “If liberty means any-thing at all, it means the right to tell people whatthey want to hear.” This suitably fits the descrip-tion of job data for the Government, which is like-ly to present its superior economic performancein an attempt to sway the voters. However, vot-ers will choose to believe what they want to.

(The writer is a Fellow with Institute forHuman Development, New Delhi )

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regulator Trai on allocation ofspectrum worth �65,000 croreto Indian Railways withoutauction, a top official said onTuesday.

“Indian Railways has askedfor 10 Mhz of spectrum in 700Mhz band for setting up pub-lic safety and security service.The Digital CommunicationsCommission has decided thatthe DoT should take view ofTrai in the matter,” TelecomSecretary Aruna Sundararajantold reporters after the meetingof Digital CommunicationsCommission (DCC).

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Mhz band considered premi-um for long distance mobilecommunications as it requiredless number of mobile towersto provide services comparedto 3G and 4G services.

The Telecom RegulatoryAuthority of India has recom-mended base price of �6,568crore per megahertz ofradiowaves in 700 Mhz bandimplying the total value of air-waves is around �65,680 croreat the reserve price.

The frequency band is ear-marked for mobile servicesand allocating it to IndianRailways for non-commercialuse may also adversely impactlevies like adjusted gross rev-enue, spectrum usage chargesand licence fee collected.

Besides, the DCC, former-ly Telecom Commission, in itsmeeting held Tuesday decidedto allow Government’s engi-neering and consultancy firmT e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n sConsultants India Limited(TCIL) to raise funds by dilut-ing 25 per cent stake.

“The DCC decision is inline with that of CabinetCommittee on EconomicAffairs to disinvest 25 per centin the company. TCIL hadrequested to carry on piggy

back transaction of 10 per centwhich DCC approved. TCILhas been allowed to retainfund raised from 10 per centstake for working capital andrest of the 15 per cent will goto the Government,”Sundararajan said.

In a move to boost settingup of VSAT based network, theDCC reduced entry fee onVSAT to �15 lakh from �30lakh and waived fee of �16 lakhthat organisations required topay for each VSAT hub there-after.

Further, the DCC approvedbringing of audio-conferencingservice under ambit of telecomlicence as it was once used bya company to provide free callson mobile phones though appby using landline connections.Calls made from landline con-nections do not attract anyinterconnection usage chargeswhile it is charged between amobile to mobile call made ondifferent networks.

The DCC also rejected aproposal of Trai to create dataaggregators as it felt alreadymany players are doing similarwork and the commissiondecided against creating a newcategory for data services undertelecom licences.

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India is among a handful ofcountries that stand to ben-

efit from the ongoing trade ten-sions between the world’s toptwo economies — the US andChina, the UN has said in itslatest report.

The US and China arelocked in a trade war sincePresident Donald Trumpimposed heavy tariffs onimported steel and aluminiumitems in March last year, amove that sparked fears of aglobal trade war.

In response, Chinaimposed tit-for-tat tariffs onbillions of dollars worth ofAmerican imports.

The United Nationsexperts said Monday that thetit-for-tat trade dispute betweenChina and the United Statesmay do little to protect domes-tic producers in either countryand could have “massive”implications on the globaleconomy unless it is resolved.

Of the $250 billion inChinese exports that are sub-ject to US tariffs, only about sixper cent will be picked up byfirms in the US, according to areport by the UN Conferenceon Trade and Development

(UNCTAD).And of the approximately

$85 billion in US exports that aresubject to China’s tariffs, onlyabout five per cent of this will betaken up by Chinese firms,according to the UN research.

In a bid to meet the US’demand of bringing down the$375 billion bilateral tradedeficit, China has pledged totake measures to step-upAmerican imports and invest-ments. March 1, 2019 is thedeadline for implementing themeasures.

Unless the US and Chinaagree to drop their tariff disputeby March 1, duty on eachcountry’s products will rise to25 per cent, up from the current10 per cent level, the UN said.

Countries that are expect-ed to benefit the most from thetrade war are the EU membersas exports in the bloc are like-ly to grow by $70 billion. Japanand Canada will see exportsincrease by more than $20 bil-lion each, it said.

Other countries set to ben-efit from the trade tensionsinclude Australia, with 4.6 percent export gains, Brazil (3.8)India (3.5), Philippines (3.2)and Vietnam (5), the studysaid.

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began 3-day meet to decide onkey rates amid expectations itwould change stance to neutralon low inflation but may notcut rates due to fiscal challengesand rising oil prices.

The six-member MPC,headed by RBI GovernorShaktikanta Das, will meetbetween Tuesday and Thursdayfor the sixth bi-monthly mone-tary policy statement for 2018-19.

Deviating from the prac-tice of releasing the resolutionof MPC in afternoon, theReserve Bank of India (RBI)will place it on its website at11.45 am on February 7.

The RBI maintained statusquo on the key lending rate(repo) in its last three bi-monthly policy reviews afterraising the rate twice by 25basis points each in the fiscal.

Currently, the repo ratestands at 6.50 per cent. Accordingto experts, the MPC is likely tochange its policy stance to ‘neu-tral’ from the current ‘calibratedtightening’ in its meeting thisweek on low inflation footprintbut would refrain from cuttinginterest rates due to fiscal chal-lenges and rising crude oil prices.

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Benchmark equity indicesended marginally higher

Tuesday as investors remainedon the sidelines as the RBI’smonetary policy review meet-ing got underway.

After trading in a rangethrough the day, the 30-shareSensex ended 34.07 points, or0.09 per cent, higher at

36,616.81. Similarly, the NSENifty edged up 22.10 points, or0.20 per cent, to 10,934.35.

In the Sensex pack, HeroMotoCorp, IndusInd Bank,Bajaj Auto, Maruti and M&Mwere the top gainers, rising upto 2.66 per cent.

On the other hand, TataMotors, Coal India, ONGC,Tata Steel, Yes Bank, SunPharma, ITC and ICICI Bankfell up to 2.63 per cent.

Investors were cautious,awaiting cues from the ReserveBank of India’s monetary pol-icy review, traders said.

The RBI’s Monetary PolicyCommittee (MPC) Tuesdaybegan its three-day meet todecide on key rates amidexpectations that it wouldchange stance to neutral on lowinflation but may not cut ratesdue to fiscal challenges and ris-ing oil prices.

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In a move that would ensurejobs, earn revenue and curb

pollution as well, United ArabEmirates-based scrap processorCosmos Green recently signeda pact with Delhi-based JindalStainless Ltd to recycle metalscrap worth billions in Indiaover the coming years.

The MOU will result in thecreation of a lot of job, around

2,000 to 2,500 new jobs in Indiain the metal manufacturingand recycling industry, saidRajat Kapur of Cosmos Green.“Unless stakeholders in societytake proactive steps today tocare for the environment, therecould be a catastrophe in thedecades ahead.”

To efficiently recycle metalscrap, sorting and processingfacilities will be established instrategic locations in the NCR

as well as in Hisar, Palwal,Maharashtra, Gujarat, andOrissa. Metal scrap collectedwill be sent for processing andmelting in electric arc andinduction furnaces in Hisar,Jajpur, Gujarat, Maharashtra,Haryana and Orissa.

Over the next few years,Cosmos Green expects toprocess and recycle 1,000,000metric tonnes of various gradesof metal scrap.

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Iran on Tuesday ruled outlinkage between a new EU

mechanism to trade withTehran bypassing US sanc-tions and an anti-money laun-dering bill.

“Linking implementationof this mechanism... With therequirements of institutionssuch as the FATF is unaccept-able,” the Foreign Ministry said,referring to the internationalFinancial Action Task Force.

Iran is on an FATF black-list drawn up to counter moneylaundering and the financing ofterrorist groups, but the Paris-based organisation has sus-pended counter-measures since

2017 while Tehran works onreforms.

EU leaders on Mondaywelcomed the bloc’s new mech-anism to trade with Iran butwarned Tehran over its ballis-tic missile programme andregional policies while callingfor it to implement reforms tocomply with FATF demands.

Britain, France andGermany created the systemlast week to allow firms to tradewith Iran without falling foul ofUS sanctions.

The Foreign Ministry, in itsstatement, welcomed the EU’s“positive stances” but also crit-icised the bloc’s warnings on itsmissile programme and itsregional policies.

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The Government has decidedto raise additional �36,000

crore through dated securities tofund its expenses during the cur-rent financial year.

As per the calender issuedpreviously, the last tranche forborrowing through Governmentbonds was to complete in theweek ending March 8, 2019.

However, the Governmenthas decided to borrow addi-tional �36,000 crore throughtwo tranches of �18,000 croreeach during March 11-15 andMarch 18-22.

“To enable institutional andretail investors plan their invest-ments efficiently and providetransparency and stability tothe government securities mar-ket, an indicative calendar forissuance of Government datedsecurities for the remaining peri-od of the fiscal year 2018-19(February 4 to March 31) hasbeen prepared in consultationwith the Reserve Bank of India(RBI),” an official statement said.

Like in the past, the Centrewill continue to have the flex-ibility to bring about modifi-cations in the above calendar interms of notified amount,issuance period, and maturities,among others. It can also issuedifferent types of instruments,including instruments havingnon-standard maturity, andfloating rate bonds, includingretail inflation-linked bonds, itsaid.

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The country’s services sec-tor activity fell for thesecond straight month in

January, as new orders rose atthe slowest rate in four months;despite which companies con-tinued to hire staff, a monthlysurvey said on Tuesday.

The seasonally adjustedNikkei India Services BusinessActivity Index fell from 53.2 inDecember to 52.2 in January,indicating a softer expansion inoutput.

Despite easing marginally,the services PMI was in theexpansion territory for theeighth straight month. In PMIparlance, a print above 50means expansion, while a scorebelow that denotes contraction.

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Indian service sector have beenat similarly modest levels for thepast four months, with Januarydata extending the recenttrend,” said Pollyanna De Lima,Principal Economist at IHSMarkit, and author of thereport.

Lima further noted thatthere is some sign that growthmay run out of steam, in theshort-term at least, as seen bythe weakest improvement indemand for four months andrelatively subdued optimism.

According to the survey, akey factor restricting the rise inservices activity was a softerexpansion in new work and amoderate increase in sales, thatwas the weakest in four months.

Meanwhile, servicesemployment continued toexpand, with job creation at a

three-month high.“The increasing willing-

ness of companies to hireworkers should help reduce stillhigh levels of unemployment inthe country,” Lima said.

On the prices front, a soft-er increase in prices charged forthe provision of services wasevident in January, with 97 percent of firms leaving their feesunchanged during the month.

According to experts, thesigns of easing inflationarypressures indicate that theReserve Bank of India (RBI) islikely to adopt an accom-modative monetary policystance. RBI’s Monetary PolicyCommittee is currently under-way and the outcome of themeeting is scheduled forFebruary 7.

Meanwhile, the seasonally

adjusted Nikkei IndiaComposite PMI Output Index,that maps both the manufac-turing and services industry,was at 53.6 in January,unchanged from December,and indicative of a solid expan-sion in private sector activity.

“Output growth in the pri-vate sector held steady for now,supported by a strengtheningmanufacturing industry.Should data for services carryon a downward path, we couldsee a slowdown in GDP expan-sion in the final quarter ofFY18,” Lima said.

Meanwhile, the govern-ment on January 31, revised theeconomic growth rate upwardsto 7.2 per cent for 2017-18 fromthe 6.7 per cent estimated ear-lier, mainly driven by perfor-mance of farm sector.

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GAIL India Ltd, the nation’sbiggest gas utility, on

Tuesday reported a 33% jumpin December quarter net prof-it as it sold more natural gas andtransported higher volumes.

Net profit in October-December 2018 at �1,681.23crore, or �7.46 a share, washigher than the earning of�1,262.22 crore, or �5.60 pershare, in the correspondingperiod of the previous fiscal, thecompany said in a statementhere. The profit was higher“mainly due to better perfor-mance by natural gas marketing,natural gas transmission, liquidhydrocarbon (LHC) and LPGtransmission segments”, it said.

GAIL sold 9% more natur-al gas and transported 11%more LPG. Liquid hydrocarbonsales were up 5%. During theApril-December period of thecurrent fiscal year, the compa-ny’s net profit at �4,903 crore was36% higher than the profitearned in the year-ago period.

GAIL chairman and man-aging director BC Tripathi saidin the third quarter of the cur-rent fiscal, the LHC segmentsperformed remarkably due tobetter margins. “However themargins in natural gas tradingand petrochemical segmentswere under pressure in thequarter,” he said without givingdetails. GAIL declared an inter-im dividend of �6.25 per equi-ty share (face value of �10 each)for the financial year 2018-19.

New Delhi (PTI): Moody’s Investors Serviceon Tuesday downgraded the credit rating of tele-com operator Bharti Airtel and the backed seniorunsecured notes issued by the telco’s Africa armon account of uncertainty around the compa-ny’s profitability, cash flow situations and debtlevels. “Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”)has downgraded to Ba1 from Baa3 the seniorunsecured rating for Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Bharti)as well as the backed senior unsecured notesissued by Bharti’s wholly-owned subsidiary,Bharti Airtel Int’l (Netherlands) B.V.,” the

agency said in statement.Credit ratings reflect the company’s calibre

to repay debt and raise funds. Ratings rangebetween Aaa, which means best, to lowest cat-egory C. Ba1 rating means obligations are judgedto have speculative elements and are subject tosubstantial credit risk, but have a superior abil-ity to repay short-term debt obligations. “At thesame time, Moody’s has assigned a Ba1 corpo-rate family rating (CFR) to Bharti and withdrawnthe company’s Baa3 issuer rating. The ratingsoutlook is negative,” Moody’s report said.

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Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Tuesdayposted 7.12% increase in net profit at �246.51crore for its third quarter ended December 31,2018, driven by lower provisioning for bad loans.PNB, which which was involved in a �14,356-crore scam by Nirav Modi, had reported net prof-it of �230.11 crore for the corresponding quar-ter a year ago. The bank’s total income fell by2.64% to �14,854.24 crore for the quarter underreview from �15,257.5 crore in the year-ago quar-ter. On PNB’s asset quality, the bank said its grossnon-performing assets (NPAs) as a percentageto total advances rose to 16.33% from 12.11% inthe year-ago period. Its net NPAs, however, camedown to 8.22% from 8.90% at the end ofDecember 2017, PNB said in a BSE filing. Totalprovisions, excluding for income tax, made dur-ing the third quarter of the current financial yearwere �2,753.84 crore as against �4,466.68 crorein the year-ago period. Out of which, provi-sioning for bad loans stood at �2,565.77 crore asagainst �2,996.42 crore reported during the thirdquarter of the previous fiscal.

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25.30% jump in its net profit at �191.95 crorefor the quarter ended on December 31, 2018,compared to the year-ago period. The compa-ny’s net profit in the third quarter last fiscal was�153.19 crore, a company statement said.According to the statement, the board hasdeclared and approved payment of interim div-idend at the rate of 40% (�0.80 per share) on thepaid up share capital of the company for FY2018-19. Interim dividend shall be paid/dis-patched on February 21, 2019.

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reported a 6.28% rise in standalone net profit

at �40.27 crore for the third quarter endedDecember 2018. The company had posted a netprofit of �37.89 crore in the October-Decemberquarter a year ago. Total income during the quar-ter under review stood at �665.89 crore, up26.67% as against �525.66 crore in the corre-sponding quarter last fiscal, the company saidin a BSE filing. Its total expenses were at �604.25crore in third quarter of fiscal 2018-19, anincrease of 28.48% compared with �470.29 crorereported in the corresponding period the pre-vious fiscal year.

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Apollo Tyres on Tuesday reported a19.18% decline in net profit to �198 crore inthe third quarter ended December 2018,owing to a rise in commodity prices. The com-pany had posted a net profit of �245 crore inthe corresponding period last fiscal, ApolloTyres said in a statement. Sales were up 16%to �4,655 crore, against �4,016 crore in the cor-responding quarter last fiscal, it added. Totalexpenses during the third quarter were high-er at �4,440.59 crore, against �3,746.11 crorewith cost of materials consumed rising to�2,252.4 crore as compared to �1,818.23 crorein the year-ago quarter.

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IT company Tech Mahindra on Tuesdayposted a 27.5% increase in consolidated profitafter tax (PAT) to �1,203 crore in the December2018 quarter. It had reported PAT of �9,431 crorein the corresponding period a year ago. Thecompany’s consolidated revenue from operationsincreased 15% to �8,944 crore, against �7,776crore in the year-ago quarter. The total head-count of the company stood at 1,21,842 by theend of December 2018. New Delhi|PTI

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BPCL 337.90 340.80 337.00 339.40VENKYS 2430.00 2479.95 2349.95 2396.70GRUH 208.50 220.50 207.50 219.60INDHOTEL 142.95 145.25 139.05 142.35BAJAJ-AUTO 2672.00 2722.60 2617.60 2712.50DIVISLAB 1610.00 1637.00 1610.00 1616.45BEL 82.80 83.20 79.30 79.80INOXLEISUR 269.95 279.00 260.70 268.25JSWSTEEL 273.00 277.50 270.50 273.65CIPLA 508.90 514.00 501.25 508.85PEL 2100.00 2174.00 2088.60 2166.10HINDPETRO 228.00 228.00 224.30 225.00SRTRANSFIN 1020.00 1075.90 1020.00 1068.25TATAPOWER 70.50 71.60 69.30 69.85RECLTD 120.50 122.00 116.20 117.00UNIONBANK 79.55 80.60 77.05 78.20CANBK 239.95 239.95 229.75 231.00DABUR 452.00 452.70 444.40 447.75MANPASAND 68.95 68.95 63.75 64.30CENTURYTEX 764.00 770.50 742.45 751.10NCC 79.10 80.10 77.20 78.15GRASIM 708.00 714.20 698.05 704.20MEGH 54.50 54.50 49.00 49.95IOC 136.00 136.05 133.30 133.50MPHASIS 1018.05 1040.00 1005.10 1015.05KEI 371.95 373.50 362.60 368.35FEDERALBNK 88.00 88.70 86.45 87.10AVANTI 333.00 338.45 322.00 324.80TVSMOTOR 500.00 507.00 490.15 497.80ASIANPAINT 1444.00 1465.95 1444.00 1450.45DBL 315.65 323.40 311.55 317.55FSL 48.90 48.90 46.70 47.45HAVELLS 736.95 740.00 725.55 731.20HDFCLIFE 372.25 377.90 370.75 376.40DELTACORP 231.45 232.65 227.00 230.65HFCL 22.30 22.60 21.30 21.75EDELWEISS 139.40 142.70 138.20 140.15ABCAPITAL 82.65 84.50 80.30 81.70BIOCON 653.65 658.40 647.00 650.50JUBILANT 732.00 748.00 725.80 738.35RNAM 137.50 149.40 128.20 137.20MGL 941.45 966.00 941.45 959.80GODREJCP 699.50 699.50 680.50 684.95EICHERMOT 20249.80 20560.00 20157.60 20488.90TATAELXSI 890.00 904.40 879.20 897.25HINDALCO 206.45 208.80 202.60 204.85RCF 59.30 59.40 57.10 57.55

PARAGMILK 205.00 213.95 205.00 208.25HCLTECH 1047.90 1055.15 1040.15 1045.40TATAMTRDVR 94.30 94.30 90.00 90.50MARICO 367.50 369.40 358.15 364.15FCONSUMER 46.00 46.80 43.50 44.00TRENT 355.10 365.00 349.55 359.50ITI 95.45 95.85 90.70 91.80HEXAWARE 355.00 362.70 350.00 356.65SOUTHBANK 13.20 13.25 12.81 12.88ORIENTBANK 94.15 96.25 91.05 92.25MFSL 366.85 376.00 361.20 367.40SAIL 45.70 46.30 44.75 45.35INTELLECT 164.80 170.55 163.00 167.85PHILIPCARB 163.80 166.00 161.00 161.55BOMDYEING 114.40 116.95 109.45 109.45MOIL 164.05 164.05 161.20 162.85SUVEN 202.75 208.25 202.45 205.55NATIONALUM 59.10 59.45 57.35 57.80WELSPUNIND 57.80 57.80 55.00 55.30JAICORPLTD 98.40 98.40 94.40 95.15DEEPAKFERT 114.25 115.00 111.30 112.90INFRATEL 296.00 296.00 287.10 290.55RAJESHEXPO 597.50 607.00 574.00 580.70RADICO 437.00 445.00 432.00 439.85AMBUJACEM 213.00 215.10 206.50 209.05NIITTECH 1310.35 1332.00 1305.00 1321.15COLPAL 1295.00 1309.50 1287.55 1292.90AARTIIND 1727.00 1791.50 1675.05 1683.70NTPC 137.25 138.30 136.25 138.00PTC 75.35 77.00 75.35 76.00FORCEMOT 1391.05 1412.00 1375.00 1383.65CUMMINSIND 795.85 810.00 792.65 797.05INDIANB 218.80 218.80 211.00 214.30MANAPPURAM 92.50 94.05 90.90 93.55VIPIND 499.00 507.00 496.30 502.00TORNTPOWER 243.70 248.35 242.10 247.10SYMPHONY 1198.25 1245.15 1132.00 1222.85MINDTREE 883.35 899.00 880.90 887.20NESTLEIND 11540.00 11660.00 11446.10 11596.20ULTRACEMCO 3437.05 3471.75 3414.60 3460.10

BAJAJFINSV 6029.25 6059.80 5972.85 6009.90BALKRISIND 808.00 808.15 790.00 796.00GNFC 319.15 324.65 317.85 318.90SWANENERGY 97.45 98.70 96.00 97.70NHPC 25.15 25.50 23.30 23.70OMAXE 213.30 213.55 211.80 212.10FORTIS 135.00 135.20 134.00 134.70GREAVESCOT 120.30 120.85 117.80 120.20LINDEINDIA 420.00 430.90 403.00 418.50CEATLTD 1075.15 1103.50 1075.15 1092.65TATACHEM 658.30 664.20 641.10 646.95UBL 1450.00 1450.00 1408.30 1422.25ICICIPRULI 284.95 287.45 281.25 286.65SUNTV 531.80 531.80 513.15 522.00ALBK 43.60 43.75 41.80 42.75ABB 1272.20 1293.35 1253.25 1258.40INDIGO 1155.15 1179.30 1151.80 1172.40CENTURYPLY 161.30 171.70 157.50 163.00JMFINANCIL 76.70 78.35 75.60 76.40GSFC 91.55 95.00 91.55 93.10LICHSGFIN 451.00 461.95 451.00 458.80M&MFIN 402.25 406.00 398.50 401.75VOLTAS 547.90 547.90 532.10 534.35GLENMARK 646.35 652.45 632.00 635.95SUNTECK 342.15 350.00 341.05 343.00MCX 712.25 714.05 694.00 697.15RAYMOND 742.00 745.95 720.10 730.65GODREJAGRO 485.00 485.00 470.20 474.10CHENNPETRO 228.75 233.00 225.40 230.45KRBL 369.95 375.20 361.20 364.70CADILAHC 320.00 320.00 312.55 314.75IDFC 37.05 37.65 36.05 36.65KTKBANK 116.70 117.50 114.65 115.05BBTC 1172.55 1204.85 1168.00 1173.75TATACOMM 495.55 496.00 487.00 493.35RAIN 103.20 105.30 103.20 103.20REPCOHOME 387.90 396.60 376.45 390.70ICICIGI 882.95 893.00 872.10 879.45ADANITRANS 217.00 218.80 213.00 214.30HSCL 114.60 115.50 109.55 110.80HUDCO 40.65 40.75 39.65 39.80JSWENERGY 68.00 68.00 66.35 66.80POWERGRID 184.00 186.95 183.25 185.45TATAMETALI 607.20 633.90 600.10 606.50NAVINFLUOR 624.70 624.70 610.05 615.40CASTROLIND 156.00 156.65 151.80 152.70JSLHISAR 78.15 82.50 78.10 79.85BIRLACORPN 474.00 482.20 440.00 448.85TORNTPHARM 1850.35 1859.45 1807.80 1818.90IPCALAB 743.00 746.85 717.95 722.55BHARATFORG 484.45 494.45 484.20 486.10ENGINERSIN 112.85 114.65 112.20 112.80HSIL 263.00 264.40 248.10 249.55GRANULES 86.70 87.85 85.30 85.80GODREJIND 503.25 504.95 482.10 489.90PERSISTENT 640.00 650.00 640.00 646.20GODREJPROP 765.95 770.00 720.10 732.25EIHOTEL 193.15 197.90 190.05 195.15HINDZINC 255.55 258.60 253.00 255.25BERGEPAINT 309.00 312.30 305.25 307.35JAMNAAUTO 54.65 55.10 53.10 53.35TEJASNET 152.00 152.00 141.55 144.30APOLLOHOSP 1301.40 1307.80 1283.10 1290.05JINDALSAW 82.05 83.40 80.30 80.70CANFINHOME 246.10 252.00 244.30 245.55AUBANK 577.60 595.00 574.80 584.05TIINDIA 330.00 340.95 324.65 337.85PIDILITIND 1125.05 1133.00 1117.55 1121.30NAUKRI 1720.05 1773.95 1705.15 1758.20MUTHOOTFIN 500.00 503.45 494.00 497.70DCBBANK 179.30 179.80 176.55 178.70TRIDENT 64.45 64.80 61.50 62.05TV18BRDCST 32.00 32.05 31.10 31.30GUJALKALI 499.00 512.90 499.00 507.30KAJARIACER 553.75 553.75 539.00 549.75VGUARD 195.45 195.95 192.70 194.10OBEROIRLTY 452.15 456.05 447.05 449.80SOBHA 481.95 483.90 470.25 476.95INOXWIND 64.85 64.85 61.30 61.80KSCL 576.70 583.00 572.30 580.55LEMONTREE 70.50 71.50 70.20 70.80CHOLAFIN 1216.00 1243.80 1216.00 1238.20ISEC 199.90 200.10 188.00 196.95SHANKARA 356.00 360.15 338.10 338.10COROMANDEL 456.40 459.00 450.05 452.10CHAMBLFERT 162.80 165.45 160.20 161.15VTL 1060.00 1068.40 1033.60 1044.40SYNGENE 602.45 610.00 595.20 600.35NMDC 95.65 95.65 93.35 93.95GSPL 170.65 170.95 168.00 169.35CONCOR 518.00 524.00 511.50 516.65PVR 1577.75 1605.00 1575.00 1595.50PAGEIND 24214.00 24424.40 24080.70 24209.25ANDHRABANK 25.00 25.95 24.00 24.35SYNDIBANK 36.55 36.75 35.20 35.60MRPL 64.90 64.95 63.45 64.00PNBHOUSING 913.80 926.55 900.10 903.45PFIZER 3055.05 3055.05 2977.00 3002.35EMAMILTD 408.00 408.00 402.00 403.40J&KBANK 38.15 40.05 38.15 39.20GODFRYPHLP 944.05 948.00 927.25 933.70VIJAYABANK 42.25 43.05 41.90 42.50OIL 170.90 172.00 168.90 169.65KANSAINER 457.20 465.00 452.85 461.90BHARATFIN 950.00 969.90 937.85 959.35TATAINVEST 856.70 866.50 853.05 854.20WELCORP 101.00 104.50 100.55 102.85BLUESTARCO 603.00 603.00 590.15 596.85TAKE 134.00 135.00 132.15 133.25

WESTLIFE 383.00 383.00 366.00 369.05IBULISL 266.45 278.40 258.65 258.65THERMAX 1079.15 1092.20 1071.20 1081.95TATACOFFEE 87.75 88.25 86.10 86.70LALPATHLAB 1049.60 1062.95 1039.95 1050.25HINDCOPPER 44.80 45.25 44.25 44.35DENABANK 11.91 12.12 11.66 11.71AEGISLOG 195.70 198.90 194.30 196.05JSL 26.10 26.30 24.20 24.70MAHINDCIE 236.50 238.20 228.70 230.10GICHSGFIN 227.00 227.00 219.50 220.70CENTRUM 33.80 34.10 31.00 31.75BAJAJELEC 481.95 481.95 467.85 473.35WABAG 296.50 296.50 291.75 294.70FDC 167.55 172.55 164.45 168.95ENDURANCE 1190.00 1218.60 1190.00 1205.20MMTC 25.85 26.40 24.65 24.85MINDAIND 291.00 292.65 284.05 285.45CARBORUNIV 348.00 350.30 341.70 343.25AMARAJABAT 775.45 778.00 766.85 771.20CROMPTON 212.15 213.00 208.50 210.65GHCL 243.00 248.50 240.65 241.50RAMCOCEM 592.30 605.00 585.10 596.10OFSS 3797.50 3837.95 3780.00 3818.05NIACL 179.50 181.00 175.00 176.45ASHOKA 119.50 120.15 116.60 117.10NILKAMAL 1324.90 1327.20 1263.60 1279.90PRSMJOHNSN 65.30 67.60 64.15 66.55VINATIORGA 1614.95 1620.00 1590.00 1592.85SBILIFE 581.65 592.10 580.00 582.65DCMSHRIRAM 337.00 345.00 337.00 342.25QUESS 629.65 633.00 624.90 630.55BAJAJHLDNG 2959.80 3030.00 2915.00 2921.10BAYERCROP 4325.00 4423.45 4235.10 4344.50DCAL 196.20 203.00 195.50 198.15MAHABANK 14.02 14.20 13.56 13.64VMART 2669.80 2722.55 2650.00 2676.10IFBIND 770.45 777.00 726.00 760.75DEEPAKNI 228.65 229.05 222.15 223.55UCOBANK 18.45 18.50 17.70 17.95SCI 39.50 39.65 38.15 38.35RALLIS 158.50 161.00 157.00 157.90ALLCARGO 102.55 102.55 99.70 100.65HAL 699.95 699.95 675.00 680.25MERCK 3198.30 3305.50 3198.30 3257.10BASF 1372.75 1384.15 1325.00 1331.50WABCOINDIA 6110.05 6350.00 6044.75 6307.60CENTRALBK 30.00 30.20 29.00 29.30ASTRAL 1138.55 1169.00 1129.70 1138.75CYIENT 611.00 611.05 585.50 606.80MRF 60299.85 60370.55 59650.95 60107.90BOSCHLTD 19046.25 19192.00 18951.05 19044.55GLAXO 1394.45 1402.30 1380.00 1391.40FINCABLES 415.00 415.00 396.00 397.45ITDCEM 112.40 113.70 104.45 105.80UFLEX 251.75 254.00 250.75 252.40SCHAEFFLER 5443.80 5680.00 5432.00 5483.30ADANIGREEN 33.40 34.05 32.95 33.15PHOENIXLTD 593.00 593.00 568.00 570.00KPRMILL 539.90 539.90 514.50 523.70GUJFLUORO 869.00 869.00 831.00 841.45REDINGTON 68.40 69.00 67.50 68.25NATCOPHARM* 679.00 687.00 677.00 681.35GICRE 250.00 254.95 246.95 247.55TIMETECHNO 93.85 94.00 90.00 90.95PRESTIGE 199.80 200.35 197.95 198.50CARERATING 981.30 990.00 972.30 974.95SUDARSCHEM 318.00 324.40 309.00 312.90ADVENZYMES 157.95 162.50 157.95 161.80BDL 252.00 253.55 240.60 246.35GMDCLTD 82.35 82.50 80.15 80.60TTKPRESTIG 7770.75 7946.90 7695.75 7797.05ITDC 276.50 283.85 275.60 279.75NAVKARCORP 45.60 45.60 43.00 43.35EIDPARRY 199.05 202.45 195.60 197.85TRITURBINE 104.05 105.15 100.10 102.20LAXMIMACH 5337.20 5497.00 5301.00 5314.60COFFEEDAY 262.20 266.00 257.55 263.65KALPATPOWR 366.05 374.25 358.05 364.10NAVNETEDUL 104.30 105.50 102.00 104.85ESSELPRO 105.20 110.40 105.20 108.00BALMLAWRIE 187.30 187.30 182.65 183.35NETWORK18 35.45 35.80 34.80 35.00CUB 188.15 188.20 187.00 187.40GUJGAS 128.45 130.05 126.25 126.90MAGMA 99.25 99.90 95.00 96.70SUPREMEIND 985.00 1015.00 985.00 1003.75GESHIP 298.00 302.00 292.40 293.55SONATSOFTW 325.50 327.60 323.45 325.80CORPBANK 25.65 26.00 25.00 25.20SUNDRMFAST 519.95 525.65 516.20 521.65SADBHAV 194.00 194.30 188.50 190.25THOMASCOOK 213.20 213.20 210.90 212.25ECLERX 1022.45 1032.00 999.00 1010.65COCHINSHIP 363.15 368.00 363.15 365.45INDOSTAR 321.00 325.00 310.00 311.05CERA 2369.85 2369.85 2309.00 2313.70HERITGFOOD 492.00 506.00 480.75 481.95ORIENTCEM 65.00 66.40 63.90 65.30LUXIND 1196.65 1215.60 1180.10 1188.55HIMATSEIDE 190.15 190.15 182.35 183.25MAHLOG 467.90 467.90 450.30 456.05NLCINDIA 62.25 62.45 61.55 61.70EVEREADY 212.55 216.25 210.00 211.00GET&D 287.50 287.50 280.80 282.45GDL 110.05 110.05 106.75 108.20SHK 164.00 169.05 164.00 166.05HONAUT 21799.30 21885.85 20851.30 21513.55ATUL 3509.05 3530.00 3465.25 3466.75

MAXINDIA 74.85 75.85 72.75 73.25IEX 162.00 164.00 160.85 161.45GPPL 82.15 84.25 82.00 82.75SJVN 25.60 25.60 25.20 25.40MHRIL 197.95 197.95 194.25 196.00JKLAKSHMI 301.25 307.65 300.95 303.95BAJAJCON 351.60 352.15 345.40 350.70SHARDACROP 320.25 325.50 317.45 319.85SCHNEIDER 90.55 90.55 85.45 85.90ELGIEQUIP 237.45 240.00 236.70 237.90GSKCONS 7530.55 7616.40 7512.00 7585.00ALKEM 1881.40 1907.75 1881.35 1894.85MAHLIFE 370.00 376.00 367.85 372.35CAPPL 345.05 355.75 333.85 339.95JKCEMENT 694.40 710.00 688.00 690.30APLAPOLLO 1135.00 1135.10 1122.60 1129.55SANOFI 6461.20 6461.20 6300.00 6402.30ASTRAZEN 1620.00 1637.30 1576.05 1590.45FINOLEXIND 504.50 507.90 501.10 502.30ASTERDM 152.10 156.00 152.05 152.80GAYAPROJ 167.40 167.40 161.60 165.45LAOPALA 211.85 213.00 207.20 209.45IOB 13.18 13.29 13.00 13.08DBCORP 178.50 180.75 176.60 179.35SHREECEM 15734.25 15926.20 15548.10 15632.90FORBESCO 2030.05 2054.00 1976.00 1993.55SUNCLAYLTD 2905.00 2905.00 2753.00 2813.40HEIDELBERG 143.05 145.65 143.00 143.75FLFL 435.75 437.95 428.15 430.30GRINDWELL 530.00 532.45 510.10 526.45TNPL 207.25 215.00 206.85 211.50STARCEMENT 92.25 92.85 89.00 89.45PNCINFRA 146.90 149.00 144.85 145.60NBVENTURES 106.80 109.00 106.80 107.90SUPRAJIT 193.50 198.95 192.10 195.85DHANUKA 428.00 430.55 413.55 416.60MINDACORP 139.65 144.35 138.20 138.95MOTILALOFS 617.00 621.35 615.00 619.85MONSANTO 2610.15 2650.00 2587.05 2638.80AKZOINDIA 1716.25 1775.00 1700.00 1724.10GULFOILLUB 880.00 891.40 880.00 887.45TEAMLEASE 2748.10 2770.00 2729.75 2734.50ABBOTINDIA 7992.80 8133.10 7992.80 8065.55PGHH 9764.00 9989.95 9600.00 9944.00CCL 266.75 270.50 266.75 269.50SHRIRAMCIT 1637.90 1656.30 1580.00 1610.60BLUEDART 3145.75 3145.75 3043.20 3098.60SKFINDIA 1929.85 1930.00 1905.30 1910.30VBL 800.00 810.00 791.60 798.70JAGRAN 100.90 101.60 99.00 99.70SUPPETRO 196.85 196.85 190.65 190.95TVTODAY 348.25 351.45 347.75 349.60RELAXO 724.45 736.35 720.85 731.90JBCHEPHARM 311.45 318.40 311.35 316.70APLLTD 592.80 593.25 582.00 582.50CRISIL 1619.75 1650.00 1619.75 1642.90ZENSARTECH 224.35 228.10 222.00 224.45JYOTHYLAB 183.00 185.45 183.00 184.35KNRCON 206.50 207.50 205.40 205.90PIIND 834.75 838.85 830.00 833.45SOLARINDS 978.40 993.15 977.90 983.65ERIS 653.40 659.90 643.40 657.60ASAHIINDIA 258.65 258.95 255.50 256.15SHOPERSTOP 496.15 508.10 494.40 505.75TVSSRICHAK 2330.00 2411.00 2303.25 2316.35GILLETTE 6450.00 6510.00 6440.00 6468.20ISGEC 5075.80 5086.95 5021.00 5032.70GREENPLY 131.00 131.40 130.05 131.00NH 192.20 198.65 192.20 193.75THYROCARE 542.00 543.95 539.30 539.953MINDIA 20566.55 20566.55 20425.05 20510.60ZYDUSWELL 1320.00 1329.50 1318.60 1322.15GEPIL 763.00 765.35 750.15 755.15KIOCL 135.65 138.95 133.00 133.75SIS 751.95 761.80 751.80 761.00RATNAMANI 860.05 863.00 850.00 850.55JCHAC 1799.00 1820.00 1765.00 1794.15TIMKEN 575.00 575.00 564.45 567.60AIAENG 1616.30 1631.00 1614.00 1614.80SOMANYCERA 340.00 343.00 340.00 341.00APARINDS 595.95 605.30 591.70 600.95GALAXYSURF 1066.00 1097.40 1066.00 1086.65SFL 1260.95 1288.00 1246.00 1281.60LAURUSLABS 351.00 353.30 350.05 351.20NESCO 444.85 446.20 440.30 443.45HATSUN 690.00 699.00 690.00 695.15TIFHL 450.50 468.00 450.00 460.15SHILPAMED 375.05 378.05 374.05 374.05

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The Pakistan Government’sdecision to abolish the Haj

subsidy will save Rs 450 croreto national exchequer, thecountry’s Religious Affairs andInterfaith Harmony MinisterNoorul Haq Qadri has said.

The decision to abolishthe Haj subsidy was taken dur-ing a federal Cabinet meetingchaired by Prime MinisterImran Khan in Islamabadrecently, sparking a debatewhether Islam allows a sub-sidised Haj or not.

“The previous (PML-N)government was paying Rs42,000 subsidy on each pilgrimwhich put an additional burdenof Rs 450 crore on nationalexchequer. Keeping the currentfinancial situation of the coun-try, the Federal Cabinet has

decided to withdraw this sub-sidy,” Qadri was quoted as say-ing by The News on Tuesday.

This year 184,000Pakistanis will perform Hajout of which 107,000 will go onGovernment quota whereasthe remaining will performthe pilgrimage on privatequota, the minister said.

“The Government haswithdrawn Rs 450 crore finan-cial assistance which it was pay-ing as subsidy for the pilgrims.Major chunk of Haj’s inflatedprice is due to rupee devalua-tion and Value Added Tax(VAT) imposed by the SaudiGovernment,” he said.

“Pakistan’s Haj expendi-ture are still the lowest in theregion if you count it in US dol-lar as India, Bangladesh,Malaysia and Indonesia arecharging more in term of USdollars. My Ministry had pro-posed that the subsidy shouldnot be abolished but theFederal Cabinet decidedagainst it,” the Minister said.

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Pope Francis held a historicpublic mass for an estimat-

ed 1,70,000 Catholics at a sta-dium in the capital of theUnited Arab Emirates onTuesday, capping the first everpapal visit to the Gulf whereIslam was born.

The pontiff waved at theenthusiastic crowd carryingyellow Vatican flags and ban-ners as he rode in an open-topPopemobile into Zayed SportsCity Stadium, where an altarwith a large cross was set up forthe unprecedented open-airservice in a country that nor-mally restricts worship to insidechurches.

The UAE borders SaudiArabia, the birthplace of Islam,but unlike its larger neigh-bour, which outlaws all non-Muslim places of worship, AbuDhabi allows Christians amongits large migrant workforce to

practise their faith discreetly.Francis, who has made

outreach to Muslim commu-nities a cornerstone of hispapacy, wrapped up his historicthree-day visit with the mass.

The pope’s public com-ments in Abu Dhabi have cen-tered on calls to end warsacross the Middle East and pro-tect the rights of all citizens. Ina homily on Tuesday, he turnedto the tens of thousands ofmigrant workers living in the

Emirates.“It is most certainly not

easy for you to live far fromhome, missing the affection ofyour loved ones, and perhapsalso feeling uncertainty aboutthe future,” the pope said. “Butthe Lord is faithful and doesnot abandon his people.”

Pope Francis’ trip has beenwarmly welcomed by Filipinoand Indian Catholics amongthe UAE’s huge migrant work-force.

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Russia’s Defence MinisterSergei Shoigu on Tuesday

said the country must developnew types of missile systems inthe next two years afterWashington and Moscowripped up a key arms controltreaty.

The United States hasrepeatedly accused Russia ofviolating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)agreement and on Friday President DonaldTrump said Washington wasstarting the process of with-drawing from the treaty in sixmonths.

Paris: At least 10 people diedand 30 were injured in anovernight blaze at an apartmentblock in Paris that police aretreating as possible arson, offi-cials said on Tuesday.

The fire on the upper floorsof the building in the rueErlanger in the upmarket 16thdistrict of southwest Paris is themost deadly in the capital since2005. Videos from the sceneshowed flames leaping out oftop floor windows and firemenclimbing flimsy ladders to res-cue terrified residents, somedressed only in pyjamas, fromthe top of the eight-storeyblock. Described by one rescue

worker as a “scene of incredi-ble violence”, the blaze leftaround 30 people — includingsix firefighters — injured andat least 10 people have died, thefire service said.

“One person who lives inthe building has been arrested.She’s a 40-year-old womanwho has prior psychologicalproblems,” Paris prosecutorRemy Heitz said from thescene on Tuesday where smokecould still be seen rising fromthe area. An investigation hasbeen opened into the criminalcharge of causing death byarson amid fears that the tollcould climb further. AFP

Ouagadougou Burkina: Faso’sarmed forces have killed 146jehadis in three counterterroroperations in the northwestnear the border with Mali, theArmy’s commander generalsaid. The Army’s responsecame after armed men attackedKain village in Yatengaprovince early Monday, killing14 people, Gen. MoiseMinoungou said on nationaltelevision Monday night.

The Army response,including air support, includ-ed fighting in Bahn in the northregion. AP

Tokyo: Japan announcedTuesday it has canceled a portcall in South Korea by its mainwarship during a multilateralnaval exercise as relationsbetween the two Asian neigh-bors fall to their lowest level inrecent years.

The Defense Ministry saidit will not send the helicoptercarrier Izumo to Busan insouthern South Korea in April.

The ministry said it plansto participate in the rest of theexercise and hopes that bilateralties will improve. AP

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3���������������������������2�How is the collaboration withUniversity of Derby?

We have collaborated withthe University of Derby (UoD) forproviding Degree provision tothe students of Pearl Academy.This decision was taken in co-ordination with Kathryn Mitchell,Vice-chancellor, UoD keeping inmind the requirement of thecourse and industry. The UoD hasalso recognised our syllabus andmapped it with their curriculum.�What does this translate into?

This means that the studentscan study in Pearl Academy forthree years and then move toDerby in their final year and gettheir degrees issued from an inter-national university like Derbywhich lies in top-30 universities.This is something beyond justsummer-exchange programmesand it will contribute to a brighterfuture of our students.�How important are collabora-tions in the design sector?

Collaborations play a key rolenot only in the design sector butin the whole education system. Itis important for the students tolearn the working of other indus-tries and understand their workpattern. Collaborations also helpin exchange of ideas and knowl-edge which thereby result inincreased productivity. It is thekind of exposure that every stu-dent needs in order to gain workand industry experience.�What is your take on the trendof foreign exchange pro-

grammes?These programmes are a very

good pillar in moulding a student’spersonality and career. They givestudent an opportunity to go andstudy in a foreign land, under-stand its culture and look up tothings with a global perspective.The world is now shrinking to avery small place and it is veryimportant for the students tounderstand things on a globalcontext.�How do you see the design sec-tor evolving?

The design sector has come along way. There are multiple col-leges which offer this course andalso the industry demand fordesigners has increased. There arebetter work opportunities for thestudents, which was not the casesome years back. Also, the stu-dents nowadays are more willingto take up designing as a career.

Designing was earlier limitedto just fashion but now it haspaved its way in every sector ofwork be it hotel management oranything. There is an increasedneed of designers who can comeup with innovative ideas toenhance any business. Also thefuture of fashion and designing isvery bright all over the world.�How does the university aim toreach its goals?

We are trying to become bet-ter each and every day. We arenow focusing on multi-discipli-nary education which means ourstudents will have an opportuni-

ty to work on a live-project givenby the industry. The students canpartner with any other studentfrom any department. The otherthing that the university binds byis internationality and we want to

make sure that each and every stu-dent of the university gains someinternational experience, be itthrough summer projects or fromconducting joint classes withinternational universities. �What are the milestones inIndian education system?

The biggest challenge which isfaced by the whole education sys-tem is a lack of practical knowl-edge. I would want the colleges tofocus more on providing the stu-dents with more practical knowl-edge which will help them in theirreal life instead of just makingthem study a particular subject forthe sake of clearing the exams. Itshould become more multi-dimensional.

Students should be aware ofthe hardships of the outside worldand how to handle them. The uni-versities should let studentsexplore things on their own andnot just preach them everything.Also the schools and collegesshould become more student-centric though we are seeing thishappening in some metros but thisshould be done on a larger scale. �What advise would you like togive out to the aspiring design-ers?

I would say just be confidentof yourself, be creative, don't letthe fear of failure hinder your abil-ity of exploring new things andcreating unique ideas because atthe end designing is all about howcreative you are and how well youcan implement your ideas.

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With a rise in the number ofstartups in India, the need ofthe hour is to re-emphasise

on some fundamentals which aregoing to become more important forbusinesses.

Here are a few things to focus onin the future

,�2������-��� �������The effectiveness of advertising is

falling. Customers are smarter andtheir consciousness has increased, thismakes them immune to advertising.Nobody wants to be ‘sold to’.Customers will buy yourproduct only if theybelieve that you under-stand their needs, andthat you alone arecapable of solvingthem.

For that, youneed to be marketingand not advertising asa business. So the thumbrule in 2019 for businessesis going to be “Don’t sell, addvalue and engage.”

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ing heroes out of people. Whileentrepreneurs deserve to be cele-brated, it is important for business-es to nurture and celebrate their‘intrapreneurs’. While digitisation isthe talk of the business world, thecompetitive edge to any company isnot brought by the technology it uses,but rather by the execution rigour ofits teams.

Ideas don’t win. Execution wins.To make execution win, organisations

need leaders who take ownershipand turn the entrepreneur’s

vision into reality. Theseleaders are the real heroesof a business and theseare people who I callintrapreneurs.

In any business, thedifferentiator between

success and failure isdetermined by how

strong their second lineteam of leaders are, that is, the

commitment and competence oftheir intrapreneurs. Let 2019 be a

year where you focus on strength-ening and empowering your intrapre-neurs.

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the win. Startups with futuristic,astronomical projections of captur-ing the market, are going to fail.Business is an activity designed foradding value to your customers inexchange for a profit. If entrepreneursare going to ignore profit conscious-ness, and are just going to continueto burn cash, with the hope thatsomeday in the future they will hitthe tipping point — then that is justwishful thinking and poor businessacumen.

The year 2019 will see business-es becoming more profit consciousand making a correction from beingfocused on customer acquisition tofiltering and retaining customerswho actually spend money.

The era of probability of successin business needs to move out and it’stime for a correction to actuallydetermine the true value of a business

based on its ability to make profits.

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changing the way the world lives. Butas a business, the priority needs to becreating things that fulfill the needsof the customer. Many startups makethe mistake of obsessing over the tech-nology and what it can do, rather thanfocusing on the customer’s needsand behaviours.

There is no point creating or inno-vating things that your customerwould not be willing to spend theirmoney on, or that your customer willnot really change their core behavioursto use. Creativity and innovation aregreat, but application and monetisa-tion come first. The fundamentals willcontinue to remain the game chang-er of 2019. Entrepreneurs and busi-nesses that stick to the basics willthrive while the rest will just witheraway. Stay focused on the basics andbuild a business which fulfills the aspi-rations of all its stakeholders.

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The SRM University, Delhi-NCR,Sonepat, Haryana, celebrated Guru

Drona Awards at Principal’s Conclave tohonour eminent educationists, principals,teachers and dignitaries for their out-standing contribution in education.

This programme brought many uni-versity and schools together who build anintractable mode in modelling a new gen-eration of teachers in different schools,representing Government, aided andun-aided institutions. The chief guest atthe event Prof MM Pant, former IITian,emphasised the schemes conceptualisedand implemented by the university for thewelfare of the teachers and learners, and

articulated that teachers and learners arethe most important people in the society.

Dr P Prakash, VC, SRM University,explained that SRM universities andtheir branch institutions are numberingmore than 80000 students representingIndia and foreign countries. The fledg-ling five-year-old budding institution,with a motto, ‘learn, leap and lead’believes in imparting and inculcatingintellectualism through intelligent quo-tient of the students, which will be con-verted into efficiency quotient and ulti-mately transformed into employabilityquotient. Dr Shankar Goenka, a motiva-tional speaker inspired the young gener-ation and equip them for achievinggreater heights.

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The Department ofMathematics of VIT School

of Advanced Sciences recentlyorganised VIT MathematicalMeet was held at VIT campus.Executive director of VITSandhya Penta Reddy, distrib-uted prizes to the students whohad won in the different contests.

Shrishti MatriculationHigher Secondary School,Vellore, won the overall prize inthe competition. Over 2,450students from Class six and 12from 65 schools took part in thecontest.

The competing studentswere divided in batches and thecontests conducted for themincluded quiz in mathematics,essay writing and mathematicalmodels.

Among the contests held for

students in Tamil medium, thefirst prize was won byGovernment Higher SecondarySchool, Karanampet, while thesecond prize was won byIslamiah Boys Higher SecondarySchool, Vaniyambadi and the

third prize was won byMangalambal Governmentaided Higher Secondary School,Wallajah.

In the contests conducted forstudents in English medium,Sri Vardhaman JainMatriculation Higher SecondarySchool of Virinchipuram, vellorewon the first place.

Dr R Sivaraman, Founder ofMathematical Institute, Chennaiwas the chief guest on the occa-sion and handed over prizes tothe winning students. Reddyhanded over cash awards worth�45,000 and certificates to thestudents.

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Design invites application forBachelors, Masters andDiploma Programmes inFashion Design.

Eligibility to Apply: ClassXII pass for diploma, 10+2 forbachelors and diploma andgraduates for masters degree ordiploma (any stream).

Last date to Apply:February 20, 2019.

How to Apply: Log on tohttp://www.insd.edu.in/apply-online.html.

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The University ofStrathclyde, Glasgow, is invitingapplications for the new GlobalMaster in IndustrialManagement (GMIM) coursestarting September 2019. TheGMIM is a collaborative Mastersbetween the University ofStrathclyde Business School andMIP Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

GMIM is ideally designedfor students with a technical orscientific background and seeksto develop the managerial skillsand competencies needed topursue managerial careers ininternationally orientated man-ufacturing and service indus-tries. Students will have theoption to spend the four semes-ters of the course in up to fourrenowned academic institutionsacross Europe and Asia.

Term one begins in Glasgowat Strathclyde Business School inSeptember. Students then spendtheir second term in Italy, atPolitecnico di Milano. In termthree students can choose to

attend one of the following:TUM School of Management,Germany, Beijing JiaotongUniversity School of Economicsand Management, China,Toulouse Business School,France.

Eligibility: Students witheducational experience in atechnical or scientific discipline.Bachelor degree or recognisedequivalent from an accreditedinstitution of at least three yearsfull time study. Students shoulddisplay a strong work and lead-ership ethic, and be prepared tomeet the challenges associatedwith an intensive Master’s degreein a multicultural environment.

Fee: �19,500 for interna-tional students for 2019/ 20.

Scholarship: Up to fourpartial, merit-based tuitionscholarships for applicants withfirst class degrees (or overseasequivalent of a UK first classdegree) is available towards theGlobal Master in IndustrialManagement course.

Two awards of �8,500 areavailable for a non-EU candidateand two awards of �6,500 for anEU candidate.

Deadline: The closing datefor consideration of the schol-arships is July 14, 2019. For fur-ther information, log on tohttps://www.strath.ac.uk/cours-es/postgraduatetaught.

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ANational Seminar on TransformationStrategies for the Emerging World of

Business was organised recently by Lal BhadurShastri Institute Of Management AndTechnology in the Capitol.

Seminar was inaugurated by formerCentral Minister and chairman for instituteAnil Shastri; K J Jawa, MD, and CEO, Daikinair conditioning India; SY Siddiqui, chiefmentor Maruti Suzuki Limited; institute headDr Sanjiv Srivastav, Director Prof RajendraBharti.

Chief guest K J Java, MD and CEO, Daikinair conditioning India deliberated that we aresurrounded by business environment thatkeeps on changing. It is important to create,crystallise the market. He also told about howcompanies should focus on competitive advan-tage and people centered management.

In his keynote address, SY Siddiqui, chiefmentor, Maruti Suzuki Limited said that trans-formation starts at the top level and in the com-ing time, BS-IV vehicles will be replaced to BS-VI vehicles and top many should transform inthe emerging world business and also dicussedabout three box theory.

In his presidential address Anil Shastriemphasised that committing mistakes is alearning process, so one should not be scaredfrom mistakes and failure.

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(NDIM), affiliated to theGuru Gobind SinghIndraprastha University,for its BBA programme,held a two-day nationalconference on ParadigmShift in ManagementPractices for FosteringExcellence. Over 40research papers were presented and a book on the topic was inau-gurated by the chairperson Bindu Kumar, together with AmbassadorAugusto Montiel, Embassy of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela;Rajiv Yadav, IAS, chairman, Brahmaputra Board, Secretary,Parliamentary Affairs, GoI, and various other luminaries. Whileaddressing the gathering, Venezuelan ambassador talked about howeverything, from the environment, to the global commons, mustbe stakeholders in public and private sector decision-making. Yadavspoke about the innovative HR practices implemented by Google.Other luminaries like S Rajagopalan, chairman, Public RelationsSociety of India; Vijay Kumar, director, MSME Institute; AnilKhaitan, former President, PhD Chamber of Commerce andIndustry; Dr Balmiki Prasad, director, Freedom Fighters andRehabilitation, Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI; Dr ChandanMitra,MD and editor-in-chief, Pioneer; Veena Swarup, ex-director (HR),Engineers India Limited); and many others.

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Agood education is a key thatunlocks a world of endlesspossibilities for children.

Children who are well-educatedhave a better chance of success andlead happier lives than those whoare not educated. What and howchildren are taught between theages of two to six have a tremen-dous impact on their chances ofsuccess in the future. It is betweenthese ages that children acquire anunderstanding of basic conceptswhich allow them to flourish inlater classes.

Across urban centers in Indiaare a number of Affordable PrivateSchools (APS) in which many chil-dren from economically weaker

sections are educated. The feestructure of such schools variesfrom �18,000 to �20,000 perannum for each child; as many as60 per cent of the children enrolledin APS are the first generation intheir family to attend school. In theabsence of APS’, the childrenenrolled in them would be enrolledin Government schools.

The parents of such childrenhave relatively high aspirations fortheir children and have enrolledthem in APS instead ofGovernment schools because theybelieve APS provide a better edu-cation. Those who enroll their chil-dren in APS expect their childrento be able to speak and write in

English and expect them to be ableto count, add, and subtract. Theysee APS as springboards that willallow their children to have a bet-ter life than them by impartingskills that will help them securerespectable and well-paying jobs.

Despite the high expectationsof parents, majority of APSs arefinding it difficult to impart highquality education, specifically totheir pre-primary classes.

These years are typically treat-ed in the same way as primaryyears, relying on an instructionalapproach that is rote-based, butwith ‘lesser portions’. In thismethod of pedagogy, childrenlearn by repeating what is said bythe teacher in a sing-along man-ner. This lowers learning out-comes for life. It also does nothingto prepare children for jobs in thefuture.

Most children in Class V lackbasic Math and language skillswhich hampers their intellectualgrowth and decision making abil-ities. The core reason for thisdeficiency is such children werenot exposed to quality early edu-cation during their pre-primaryyears.

The children end up seeinglearning as a chore and neveracquire a passion for learning.

Increasingly, as the children moveup to higher classes their onlyrecourse to continued learningcomes in the form of tuitionswhich become a way of life.Improving pre-primary educationis the key to children’s success inhigher standards.

Ideally, the best way childrenin pre-primary sections can be pre-pared for success in later classes isby participating in experiential andactivity based learning rather thanbeing passive learners in a rotebased method. While some rotelearning is good, it can’t be thefoundation for any system.

A healthy early learning planmust impart Math and Englishskills and also make parents awareof the benefits of experientiallearning. It would also lead to theoverall development of a child bykeeping in mind cultural aspectsand constantly provide opportu-nities for social-emotional devel-opment. The plan must includeteacher training so that they caneffectively implement the cur-riculum in the classroom.

It is only by employing an inte-grated solution in pre-primaryclassrooms that children studyingin APS can be ready for respectableand well-paying jobs as adults.Early Years is the one period of lifethat we can set the stage for chil-dren from any background tobecome ‘academically and social-ly successful’.

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The NewcastleUniversity invites 200 partialVice-Chancellor’sInternational Scholarships toassist international studentsto study an undergraduatedegree or postgraduateMaster's degree.

Value of award: £1,500-£5,000 tuition fee awards

Eligibility: To be consid-ered for awards applicantsmust: Be a national of one ofthe following countries:India, Indonesia, Malaysia,Thailand or Vietnam. Havebeen offered a place to studyon an eligible undergraduateor master's degree course atthe University’s Newcastlecity centre campus for the2019-20 academic year. Beassessed as international forfee purposes. Successfulapplicants will be selected onmerit.

Awards may be allocatedearly in the application cycle;early course applications aretherefore encouraged.

Eligible candidates willautomatically be consideredfor a Vice-Chancellor’sInternational Scholarship aspart of their academic courseapplication. For details con-tact: [email protected]

The Faculty ofHumanities and SocialSciences at the University of

Strathclyde,Glasgow is offering Indian

students the opportunity of ascholarship award towardsthe cost of their tuition feesfor each year of the UG andPG courses in InternationalRelations and Diplomacy.This is applicable to the full-time programmes beginningin September 2019. Value -£3000 or £4,000

Courses: MSc Diplomacy& International Security ,MSc European Politics , MScInternational Relations , MScInternational Relations, Law& Security, MSc Public Policy, MSc Politics , MSc PoliticalResearch.

Eligibility: Be a residentin India. Be available to com-mence their academic studiesby the start of the academicyear in September 2019. Beapplying for a full-timeundergraduate or postgradu-ate programme.

Some scholarships haverestrictions on other fundingyou can accept. This meansyou have to decide whichscholarship to accept. For anyaward at the university youare successful in applying for,you will receive the higheraward only.

For information: [email protected] ;https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/scholarships/humani-tiessocialsciencesscholarships/governmentpublicpolicyscholar-ships/deansindianscholarship-internationalrelationsand-diplomacy/

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Whether it is MTech or MBA,both the paths seem to beequally promising, but, the

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The MTech degree gives you anopportunity to multiply your knowl-edge or one can say to dig deeper inyour field and helps you to hold morecommand in the same. On the otherhand, pursuing MBA is considered asa deviation in the career for a tech grad-uate but the fact is that acquiring aMBA degree helps to learn newerways to generate economic perspectivefor the people. It simply means to beinto a real game together with vastcareer options.

Despite of opening new panoramaand creating things through technicalskills, there's worrying need for tech-nically qualified people with M Techdue to the meagerness that currentlyexist in the country especially in theresearch and development industry inthe government as well as in the pri-vate sectors.

Many established and brandedcompanies reach IIT and IIM to hirethe most talented and skilled profes-sionals. Although, both the premiuminstitutes have different line of flow andprepares elite workforce. But, this is arestriction of many talented and skilledyouth towards the chances of gettinghired in a good company. Also not allthe postgraduates from such collegesget their dream jobs.

Young people from all the coursesand across India should be given equalopportunities to demonstrate theirskills and this is one good way toimprove employability in India. Gooddecisions and good work comes fromgood experience. After all there is nosubstitute for experience.

The world has to move fromdegree-based hiring through IITs orIIMs to skill-based recruitments. Andthat is a big change to be done on the

individual level. Youth from every col-lege or university need to be empow-ered to compete with each other atglobal level. We are not just catering torecruiters or a job-seekers, but alsohelping take the nation ahead byimproving their skills which they lackor simply add new ones to enhancetheir market value. Most importantlyit is essential that each graduate todayis industry-ready and this can be doneby improving their employabilitythrough competitive spirit, addingself-paced courses that create an edge,and yes creating more awareness of selfassessment through social media.

We can say that MTech and MBA,both are equally fair. One is all requiredto have a good vision and break the oldrestricting trends.

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Less than a week aftermissing the opportunity to goseven points clear ofManchester City with a 1-1draw against Leicester,Liverpool's lead is now justthree over the champions, whocan now go top with victory atEverton on Wednesday.

Sadio Mane put the visitorsin front at the London Stadium,but Michail Antonio quicklylevelled and West Ham had thebetter chances to claim allthree points when Declan Riceand Mark Noble failed to hitthe target.

After posting a perfect

record against opposition withthe top six in their first 23league games, Liverpool havenow slipped up twice in asmany matches to mount thetension in their chase for a firsttitle in 29 years.

Klopp's side looked like aside playing under pressure ina lacklustre display as theabsence of the injured JordanHenderson, GeorginioWijnaldum and TrentAlexander-Arnold took its toll.

Hammers boss ManuelPellegrini claimed it was"impossible to play worse" afterhis side's 3-0 capitulation toWolves last week that followeda deeply disappointing FA Cupexit to AFC Wimbledon.

Even without the injuredMarko Arnautovic, Pellegrinigot the response he wanted inWest Ham's performance if nottheir end product.

Javier Hernandez had the

hosts' first chance but theMexican and then AaronCresswell both fired incheswide of Alisson Becker's left-hand post.

James Milner was having atorrid time defending in anunfamiliar right-back roleagainst the pace and trickery ofFelipe Anderson.

However, the formerEngland midfielder created theopening goal in controversialcircumstances when given thechance to go forward.

Adam Lallana's neat foot-work played in Milner, whowas allowed to continue despitebeing clearly in an offside posi-tion, and Mane cleverly spunonto his cross to score his 12thgoal of the season. The leadlasted just six minutes as thevisitors switched off from awell-worked free-kick andAntonio drilled Anderson'spass in off the far post.

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They have hit the home-stretch of a memorable

three-month tour and a ram-pant India will be fancyinganother series win when theyclash with under pressure hostsNew Zealand in the openingT20 International here onWednesday.

While regular skipper ViratKohli is getting the much-needed rest, the Rohit Sharma-led squad will be hoping it hasenough left in the tank torecord a maiden T20 series winin New Zealand, following arecord 4-1 result in ODIs anda historic tour of Australia.

The preceding ODI seriessolved a part of the puzzle asIndia look to finalise their 15for the World Cup. But thereare still a few spots up for grabsand the T20 series can help theteam management zero in onthe squad for themega event inEngland in May-July.

Young wicket-keeper batsmanRishabh Pant, whowas not part of the ODIs,returns hungrier and has a bigopportunity to stake a claim fora World Cup spot in theupcoming three T20s.

Veteran Mahendra SinghDhoni is back in the T20 mixafter being omitted from theseries against Australia lastyear and his performance willalso be keenly followed. He lastplayed a T20 in July.

Following the high of theTest series Down Under,another stellar showing mightjust convince the selectors toinclude Pant in the final-15.

The series is also an oppor-

tunity for Dinesh Karthik, whohas done well as a finisher butis still not a sure starter in theeleven. Ambati Rayudugrabbed his chance with amatch-winning 90 in the fifthODI, probably enough to seala place in the middle-order.

N i n e t e e n - y e a r - o l dShubman Gill showed glimpsesof his much talked about tal-ent in the final two ODIs butdid not allow himself to settlein his debut series. In Kohli'sabsence, he might get to bat atnumber three again.

Besides Pant, the otherswho have joined the team arespin all-rounder KrunalPandya and Punjab pacerSiddharth Kaul.

In the absence of seniorslike Jasprit Bumrah,Mohammad Siraj and KhaleelAhmed have not made muchof an impact and they will beaiming for a breakthroughperformance.

Dhawan did not do well inthe last three ODIs againstNew Zealand and is eager tofinish the tour on a high.

Ahead of the game, hewas also seen practicing witha tennis ball to counter thebounce and swing generated bythe home team's pacers.

New Zealand will be des-perate to turn things aroundafter a 1-4 drubbing. They dohold an upper hand over Indiain the shortest format. Theybeat India 2-0 in the 2008-09in the sole bilateral seriesplayed on New Zealand soil tilldate.

The Black Caps edged thesub-continental side 1-0 in a

two-match away series in 2012before losing 1-2 in India in2017-18.

The ball swung initially atthe Westpac Stadium onSunday and New Zealand pac-ers will be itching to exploitthat but they won't have theservices of premier fast bowlerTrent Boult, who has beenrested.

It will be interesting to seewhat rookie all-rounder DarylMitchell and pacer BlairTickner do in their debutseries.

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The deflating ODI lossbehind him, New

Zealand captain KaneWilliamson on Tuesday saidhe is excited about theprospect of testing unherald-ed players against a "top"team like India in the T20series starting on Wednesday.

New Zealand have draft-ed in two debutants — all-rounder Daryl Mitchell andright-arm pacer Blair Tickner— in the T20 squad besidesall-rounder Scott Kuggeleijen,who has played just one T20and wicketkeeper Tim Seifert.

Williamson said withMartin Guptill ruled out dueto a back injury, some rook-ie players will be in action inthe three-match T20 seriesagainst India.

"Martin has been ruledout of the series because of aback injury. We have a differ-ent squad altogether withsome new faces. We are goingto see some debutants

throughout the series and itis really exciting," the Kiwiskipper said.

"It's a positive thing thata number of guys are gettingopportunities to have thoseexperiences against a fantas-tic Indian side."

With Guptill not in thescheme of things, Williamsondidn't rule out the possibili-ty of opening the innings inthe T20 matches.

"At this stage we aregoing to look at the surface,we are not decided just yet.We are looking to pin downthe balance. There are anumber of all-rounderswhich will affect the positionsI suppose," he said whenasked about Blackcaps possi-ble opening combination.

"There are a number ofguys who could potentiallyfill that role. Obviously(Colin) Munro is expected inthe top-three. Power playerscould potentially move up theorder or it could be me," headded.

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Smarting from a heavy loss in the final onedayer, the Indian women's team will aim

for a solid showing in the opening encounterof the three-match T20 series against NewZealand, beginning on Wednesday.

The three-match series, which was partof the Women's ODI Championship, was wonby India 2-1 but they suf-fered an eight-wicket loss atHamilton on February 1after being bowled out for149 at Hamilton.

Harmanpreet Kaur, whodid not get to do much in ODIs in whichMithali Raj was captain, will lead the T20 side.It will be India's first game in the format eversince that infamous loss to England at theWord T20 in the Caribbean, where Mithaliwas dropped for the all-important semifinal.

Questions were raised over Mithali'sstrike-rate in the shortest format and itremains to be seen how she approaches theseries, having played a record 200th ODI atHamilton.

Surprisingly, the Indian batters struggledmost against spinners in the third ODI andthat is one area they would be looking toimprove.

Harmanpreet is expected to play a muchbigger role with the bat and lot will dependon start provided by Smriti Mandhana and

Jemimah Rodrigues, who both were notamongst the runs at Hamilton.

Mandhana, however, had a memorableseries with scores of 90 and 105, enough toearn her the player of the series award.

Tanya Bhatia had opened with Mandhanain the World T20 semifinal against Englandbut since then Rodrigues has formed apotent pairing with the southpaw.

Eyes will also be onuncapped all-rounderPriya Punia, who replacedan out of form VedaKrishnamurthy in thesquad.

The three-games will also help the teammanagement assess where it stands ahead ofthe T20 World Cup in Australia early nextyear.

�A�� �India: Harmanpreet Kaur(c), SmritiMandhana, Mithali Raj, JemimahRodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia,Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Anuja Patil,Ekta Bisht, Dayalan Hemalatha, MansiJoshi, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey,Priya Punia.New Zealand: Amy Satterthwaite(c), SuzieBates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, SophieDevine, Hayley Jensen, Caitlin Gurrey,Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, FrancesMackay, Katey Martin, Rosemary Mair,Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu.

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Senior Indian opener ShikharDhawan on Tuesday said ris-

ing wicketkeeper-batsmanRishabh Pant has become an assetfor the team due to his ability tochange the course of a game in notime.

Pant, recently adjudged theICC's Emerging Cricket of theYear, returns to the side for the

T20s against New Zealand afterbeing left out of the ODIs whichIndia won 4-1.

The 21-year-old is being seenas a successor to Mahendra SinghDhoni behind the stumps and hasalready proved his worth as abatsman with stellar perfor-mances in England and Australia.On Tuesday, Dhawan had wordsof encouragement for the young-ster.

"He is an aggressive batsman,an asset for the team, can takeaway games from opposition ina very short time. I hope he grabsthis opportunity (in T20s) withboth hands," said Dhawan.

On the three-match assign-ment against the Kiwis, Dhawansaid it was important to end thetour on a high and carry thatmomentum into the home lim-ited-overs series against Australialater this month.

It is an opportunity for theyoungsters and that could alsolead to some much needed restfor the seniors including Dhawanand skipper Rohit Sharma, ascoach Ravi Shastri hinted afterthe fifth ODI.

"We too are humans and ourbodies need a bit of rest. Ofcourse, we would be looking towin the series and carry themomentum back home for theAustralia series," said Dhawan onthe eve of the game.

India host Australia for twoT20s and five ODIs startingFebruary 24 in Visakhapatnam.

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Sarfaraz Ahmed will bePakistan's captain in the

World Cup later this year, thecountry's Cricket Boardannounced on Tuesday, back-ing the under-fire player, whois serving a four-ODI ban forhis racist comments in a gameagainst South Africa recently.

Pakistan Cricket BoardChairman Ehsan Mani told amedia conference in Lahorethat Sarfaraz would carry on ascaptain for the World Cup andpraised his skills and contribu-tion to the team.

"There should be no doubtthat Sarfaraz is the Pakistancricket team's captain. He willlead the team in the seriesagainst Australia and also inthe World Cup," the PCBchairman said.

The confirmation endedspeculation that the boardmight consider Shoaib Malik

to lead the team in the WorldCup after the board recalledSarfaraz from South Africa.Sarfaraz was banned forbreaching the ICC's anti-racism policy during the sec-ond one-day international atDurban.

"Sarfaraz has made greatprogress since he led the teamin the Under-19 World Cup, hehas only improved with time,"

Mani said.Mani also insisted that he

was always clear in his mindabout the captaincy.

"I was always clear in mymind that Sarfaraz would bethe captain. Sarfaraz has beenan integral part of thePakistan's World Cup prepara-tions. He has proved to be agood strategist, leader andperformer," he said.

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Indian women cricket team'sseniormost player Mithali

Raj in all likelihood will bringdown curtains on her T20International career after thehome series against Englandwhile continuing in the 50-over format where she is stillthe captain of the side.

While India's three-matchT20 series against NewZealand starts in Wellingtonon Wednesday, it is still notclear whether Mithali will be a

part of the playing XI.Even if she is picked in the

playing XI, it has been learntthat the 36-year-old will notcontinue beyond the three-match T20 series againstEngland, starting March 4 inAssam's Barsapara.

"Mithali understands thatskipper Harmanpreet Kaurwill like to concentrate onbuilding a team for the 2020World T20 and that she isunlikely to feature in that tour-nament," a senior BCCI officialsaid.

"But a player of her statureshould get a warm send-offand that is likely to be againstEngland," the official said.

"It is still not sure whethershe would like to play the fullseries against England or likeformer men's team pacerAshish Nehra, play the firstgame of the series and retire,"the official further added.

Mithali has so far scored2283 runs from 85 T20Internationals with a highestscore of 97 and 17 half-cen-turies to her credit.

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Saurashtra batsmen survivednasty body blows from Umesh

Yadav during their gallant fightagainst Vidarbha in the RanjiTrophy final, which is now oneven keel after third day.

Resuming at a precarious158 for five, Saurashtra's lowerorder batsmen showed remark-able gumption and grit to take thefirst innings to 307, just fiveshort of hosts' first innings total.

With the first innings leadvirtually nullified, Vidarbha intheir second innings lost skipperFaiz Fazal (10) and R Sanjay (16)to left-arm spinnerDharmendrasinh Jadeja (2/36)before ending the day at 55 fortwo.

The hosts now lead by 60runs with reliable Wasim Jaffer (5)and Ganesh Satish (24) at thecrease.

There are six sessions left inthe match and Saurashtra, whohave had a happy knack of chas-ing down fourth innings totals,will certainly fancy their chances.

Overnight batsman SnellPatel (102) completed his firstcentury of the season and whenIndia pacer Umesh Yadav senthim back after smacking one onhis helmet, Saurashtra were still128 runs away from Vidarbha'stotal of 312 all out.

However, what followed afterSnell's dismissal was an extraor-dinary fightback by Saurashtra'stail, which batted out two sessionsincluding the extended one in the

morning.The team was gasping for

breath at 184 for seven butKamlesh Makwana (27 off 61balls) and Jadeja (23 off 32) added38 runs for the eighth wicketstand.

Off-spinner Akshay Wakharebroke the partnership by gettingMakwana caught in the first slipand Sarwate got rid of Jadeja in thesame fashion to complete hisfive-wicket haul.

But there was no respite forthe hosts as captain JaydevUnadkat (46) then produced oneof the best knocks of his first class

career by digging in his heels withChetan Sakariya (28).

They piled on frustration ofVidarbha by batting for 26.5 oversto add 60 runs for the last wicketas they got tantalisingly close to afirst-innings lead.

Vidarbha tired all theiroptions but could not breakUnadkat and Sakariya's doggedresistance. In Vidarbha's secondessay, Sanjay survived a strong leg-before appeal, a caught andbowled chance off Makwanabefore finally getting stumped byJadeja, who had also bowled rivalskipper.

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Hertha Berlin captain VedadIbisevic sees Wednesday's

German Cup clash against BayernMunich as a "mini final" with thehosts hoping to topple the Bavariangiants again.

Ibisevic scored when Herthashocked Bayern 2-0 in theBundesliga last September and thelast-16 tie at the Olympic Stadiumoffers a chance to deal last season'sfinalists Bayern an early exit.

Ibisevic, 34, is out of contract inJune, but the veteran striker has net-ted 10 goals this season and tookheart from seeing Bayern suffertheir fourth league defeat of the cam-paign at Bayer Leverkusen lastSaturday.

"This feels like a mini final forus," said Ibisevic. "You can see thatthey have lost points this year thatthey wouldn't have given away nor-mally.

"Of course, it gives us hope thatthey could slip up again, so we knowwhat's possible."

Bayern hope to have Germany

goalkeeper Manuel Neuer backbetween the posts, but playing witha plastic cast on his right hand afterdamaging his thumb in training lastweek.

Berlin's Olympic Stadium hasbeen an unhappy hunting ground forBayern on their most recent visits,losing last May's German Cup final3-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt before thedefeat by Hertha.

Ibisevic firmly sees his team as

the underdogs even though Berlinlast lost to Bayern in September2016.

"We don't need to talk aboutbeing the favourites here, they are anopponent who are one of the topteams in Europe."

"If they have a good day, you're3-0 down," said Hertha coach PalDardai, who refused to read toomuch into Bayern's defeat atLeverkusen.

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Manchester City captain VincentKompany expects to play a part

in the club's quest for four trophiesthis season despite a frustratinginjury setback.

The City skipper has been outfor the past month with what clubofficials have labelled a "muscular"problem.

No date has been set for the 32-year-old Belgium international'sreturn but Kompany said his previ-ous experience of injury meant heknew how to ensure he returned toaction as soon as possible.

"As a human being and an ath-lete I feel great but I have to deal withcertain niggles from over the years,"Kompany told Britain's PressAssociation on Monday.

"I will deal with it as I alwayshave and then we're back rollingagain." He added: "I'm not the guythat can give you the timings rightnow but the key thing is I have a roadmap as to how best to recover fromsetbacks. I'll follow that and you'll seeme on the end of it as strong as ever."

City, the reigning English cham-pions, are trying to overhaul

Liverpool at the top of the PremierLeague while still being involved inthree other competitions.

They face Chelsea in the LeagueCup final later this month, Newportor Middlesbrough in the FA Cupfifth round and Schalke in the last16 of the Champions League.

"Every season has been specialat City but at this point in time, weare that much with our noses intowhat's been happening day-in, day-out we forget how much of a specialseason this could be," Kompany said.

"I want to play my role in mak-ing sure everyone realises that anddoes the right thing. There is still somuch to look forward to," explainedKompany.

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India's top singles players AnkitaRaina and Karman Kaur Thandi

will have to punch above theirweight when the battle to qualify forFed Cup tennis tournament's WorldGroup II begins here onWednesday.

India have been placed in PoolA where getting past Thailand onThursday is not expected to be aproblem. The real challenge wouldbe to upset hosts Kazakhstan, whohave two top-100 singles player, onFriday.

Kazakhstan's world number43 Yulia Putintseva and ZarinaDiyas, ranked 96, won't be easy tobeat for the Indian players in theirquest to top Pool A.

The winners of Pool A and B,which has four teams, will clash todetermine the nation which willqualify for World Group II.

Pool B has China, featuringworld number 40 Shuai Zhangand world number 42 Saisai Zheng,along with Korea, Indonesia, andPacific Oceania.

In all likelihood, China will topPool B and it will be tossup betweenIndia and Kazakhstan in Pool A.

Last year at home in NewDelhi, Ankita, in her unbeatensingles campaign, shockedPutintseva but the Kazakh will befavourite in home conditions thistime.

Karman lost to Zarina last yearbut is expected to fight better now.

Even if India manage to upsetKazakhstan, the job gets only

tougher in the Promotion Play-off.Due to sub-zero temperatures,

the matches will be played indoors.A lot would depend on how

Ankita fares and has shown the willto fight it out even against higher-ranked players.

She recently won a $ 25,000title in Singapore after playing aGrand Slam qualifier in Melbourneand is at her career-best rank of165.

Karman too looks a betterplayer this year.

The two singles players alsowon a WTA doubles event togeth-er and it won't be a surprise if cap-tain Vishal Uppal decides to fieldthem together here too.

"We are taking one step at atime. Our first challenge is to beatThailand. While Kazakhstan has astrong team, our girls are hungryto cause an upset," Uppal said.

"We came early to get used tothe indoor conditions. The ball istravelling slow through the air butthe courts are a little fast. The play-ers are getting familiar with theconditions with each practice ses-sion."

When asked about Ankita'swin over Putintseva last year,Uppal said, "It's new year and dif-ferent conditions. Having said thatAnkita is looking forward to play-ing her again and fancies herchances."

Prarthna Thombare is the lonedoubles specialist in the Indiansquad, which also has two-timenational champion Mahak Jainand former champion Riya Bhatia.

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Senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singhfeels Ravindra Jadeja is still in with

a chance to make India's World Cupsquad on the back of his all-round skillsbut to survive purely as a finger spin-ner, he will have to improvise.

Wrist spinners Kuldeep Yadav andYuzvendra Chahal have become India'spreferred choices in the shorter formatsover the last 18 months, while Jadejaand R Ashwin have gone down in thepecking order.

Harbhajan, who has played three50-over World Cups including twofinals, is still not ready to count Jadejaout even though he was not a part ofthe playing XI during the just-con-cluded ODIs in New Zealand.

"If you remember, during the 2017Champions Trophy, the weather in UKwas hot and humid. So, if conditionsare same, Jadeja could still be used asa package, if the opposition team hasfive to six right-handers in their line-up. Play him as No 6 with HardikPandya as No 7. Also he is still your bestfielder," Harbhajan said.

One of the finest off-spinners of hisgeneration, Harbhajan agreed that fin-ger spinners' stocks are down comparedto wrist spinners.

"It's simple, wrist spinners havethree basic variations. Leg-break, goo-gly (wrong-un) and the flipper. If youadd top spinner, which is rarely usedin ODIs, it becomes four," the 38-year-old with 417 Tests and 269 ODI wick-ets, said.

"Now come to an off-spinner. Ifyou don't have an effective doosra, theoff-breaks become predictable andgood batsmen will line you up for slog-ging. Even Nathan Lyon was strugglingin the ODIs and he is a classical off-break bowler.

"Unless you have the ball that leaves

the right-hander, it is very difficult todislodge the leg-spinners from short-er formats."

The veteran also feels that world-wide, there has been a decline in thequality of batting against spin bowling,especially the wrist spinners.

"The art of reading the spinners outof the hand is on the decline. Most ofthe overseas batsmen, if you see, are try-ing to read wrist spinners after pitch-ing and that's dangerous," he lament-ed.

"However, Kuldeep and Chahalhave been very consistent. Just checktheir pitch map through the 40-oddgames and the length has been veryaccurate. But unlike Indian batsmen,who are masters at reading the hands,it is not the case with most of the over-seas batsmen," Harbhajan explained.

"I will give you an example.Kuldeep and Chahal would have hada tough time if they had to bowl toShikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma asboth are very good players of spinbowling."

But Rohit has had his share ofproblems against leg-spinners?

"Yes, that's just in a few IPL gamesduring initial overs of an innings. If it'sa 50-over match and a player of Rohit'scalibre is batting against the wrist spin-ners, he has that quality that he will hithim to any part of the ground.Whenever and wherever he wants to."

Kedar Jadhav has been India'sspecialist finger spinner in the 50-overformat during the past two years(when not injured) and his low bouncemakes him a useful bowler, saidHarbhajan.

"Kedar's low bounce makes him adifficult bowler. He grips the ball insuch a way that, it would never hit theseam and so there won't be truebounce available to hit the deliveriesthrough the line," he signed off.

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Kuldeep Yadav is firmlyahead of veteranRavichandran Ashwin in

the pecking order as India's front-line spinner on foreign soil, headcoach Ravi Shastri asserted, citinghis five-wicket haul againstAustralia in the Sydney Test thisyear.

Shastri made it clear thatgoing forward, wrist spinners willbe in vogue in Test cricket andKuldeep is "already" ahead ofAshwin and Jadeja as country'sNo 1 spinner.

"Already! He plays overseasTest cricket and he gets five wick-ets, so he becomes our primaryoverseas spinner. Going ahead, ifwe have to play one spinner, he isthe one we will pick," Shastri toldthe 'Cricbuzz' website.

"There is a time for everyone(referring to Ashwin's poor fitnessrecord in 2018). But now Kuldeepis our frontline number one over-seas spinner," he added.

Kuldeep bagged a five-for inthe rain-affected Sydney Test andmost of the Australian batsmenfailed to read him.

"I was very impressed with theway Kuldeep bowled in Sydney.Even in Test cricket, it is going tobe the age of wrist spin, especial-ly in overseas Test cricket. Theway he bowled in Sydney, hebecomes our number one spinnerin overseas Test cricket," Shastrisaid.

Cheteshwar Pujara was a rev-elation during the tour ofAustralia where he played a mas-sive role in the country's first ever2-1 series win, fetching the play-er of the series award for it.

However, the same Pujarawas dropped for the first Testagainst England in Birminghamand Shastri revealed how a minorglitch in his stance was corrected,which wasn't entirely technical.

"It wasn't a technical issue. Itwas in his posture and the way hestood at the crease. It was a smallthing, which can happen whenyou have played day in, and dayout. I felt it was an issue," Shastrisaid.

"We had to factor in if wewanted to take the risk of that firstTest or get him right for the next7-8 Tests. Or, take that chance ofplaying in all 8 Tests and he does-n't have enough time to sort

that," the coach, known for hiscricketing acumen, said.

According to Shastri, theproblem crept in when Pujara wasplaying county cricket in 2018 andit was a "conscious decision" to

drop Pujara in England."And I will do that again if I

get the results like the way I have,"said the straight talking coach.

Since coming back fromAustralia, Pujara has played threeback to back first-class games forSaurashtra, including the ongoingRanji final in Nagpur and thecoach feels it's time he takessome rest.

"...I feel like calling him fromNew Zealand and saying, enoughPuji, take off your pads now andsit down!"

"And like I said earlier, he isthe quintessential professional.That guy, when he gets in, hesmells the leather. He doesn't letthe bowler make him smell theleather. Chin music is different,when the bowler makes the ballgo past you," he said.

And then there was an inim-itable Shastri comment abouthow Pujara goes about his job.

"Pujara smells the leather,whether he is playing forward orbackward defensive. No onesmells the leather in defence bet-ter than Pujara. You can ask himif it is Christian Dior or Armani."

An unabashed fan of skipperVirat Kohli, Shastri comparedhim to cult cricketing figureslike Sir Vivian Richards and theiconic former Pakistan captainImran Khan.

"The closest I have seen to thegreat man. Virat is in your face,he wants to dominate and has awork ethic like no one else.Whether it comes to discipline,training, sacrifice or self-denial, itis unbelievable.

"I think India is lucky to havea leader of that sort. He remindsme of Imran Khan in many ways- in the way he sets the exampleand sets the standards, and goesabout defining it in his own wayand leading from the front,"Shastri said.

However, Shastri is confidentthat Kohli will evolve further as acaptain.

"As far as I am concerned, tac-tically, there is still room forplenty of improvement as captain.He has gotten better and better,and better, and I thought in theAustralian Test series, tactically heoutsmarted Australia.

"I still see more room acrossformats for him to evolve. As acaptain, Virat will evolve fur-ther," said Shastri.

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While Barcelona remains silentabout Lionel Messi's health,

Real Madrid's only concern is whoto leave out for their Copa del Reysemifinal on Wednesday.

The suspense about Messi's rightleg injury entered a third day onTuesday, with Barcelona still quietabout the full extent of the problemand not saying whether he will beavailable.

It was an unusual delay by theclub, which normally is quick torelease reports about its players'injuries.

Real Madrid coach SantiagoSolari said the uncertainty wasn'taffecting his team's preparations.

"It's always good to have the bestplayers playing in every match," hesaid on Tuesday. "Whether he playsor not, it's not going to influence howwe prepare for the game."

Madrid arrives for the first-legmatch at Camp Nou enjoying its bestperiod of the season and with near-ly all of its players available. Solari hasall of his best forwards, including anin-form Karim Benzema, the quick-ly maturing Vinicius Junior, and a

fully fit Gareth Bale.Bale is one of the many Madrid

players who have recovered from

injury in recent days, along with otherforwards Mariano Diaz and MarcoAsensio. Bale returned as a starter on

Sunday alongside Benzema andVinicius Junior as Alaves was beat-en 3-0 in the Spanish league, the

team's fifth consecutive win in allcompetitions.

Solari may not start Bale withVinicius Junior on Wednesday asthey usually play on the same part ofthe field and their presence couldmake the squad too unbalanced andmore vulnerable defensively.

There is little doubt Benzema willstart, as he has six goals in the lastfour matches. The French striker has18 goals, six more than he had in allof last season.

It would also be hard to leave outVinicius Junior, who has taken fulladvantage of Bale's absences tobecome a regular starter and a pop-ular player with Madrid fans. The 18-year-old Brazilian has added flair tothe attack.

Messi was hurt on Saturdaywhen Barcelona drew with Valencia2-2 at home, a result that halted theteam's eight-game winning streak inthe Spanish league. The club has yetto release a full medical report on theinjury, and he didn't practice with histeammates on Monday.

This first-leg semifinal in theCopa del Rey is the first of threematches between the rivals in lessthan a month.

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