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A day after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha, the North-East on Tuesday erupted over the proposed law. Police and protesters clashed at several places and the Government enforced a 48- hour Internet ban in Tripura. A day before the Bill is tabled in the Rajya Sabha, nor- mal life was paralysed in Assam’s Brahmaputra Valley during the shutdown, led by the All Assam Students’ Union and the North East Students’ Organisation (NESO). The strike by AASU and NESO coincided with the bandh called by Leftist outfits, including the SFI, DYFI, AIDWA, AISF and AISA. Protesters took out huge processions in different areas of Guwahati against the proposed legislation. Agitators engaged in scuf- fle with security forces near the Secretariat and Assembly buildings in Assam when they were prevented from moving forward, according to the police. In Dibrugarh district, bandh supporters clashed with CISF personnel and three pro- testers sustained injuries as they tried to prevent workers of Oil India Ltd (OIL) from enter- ing their offices in Duliajan. The protesters also blocked railway tracks leading train services across Assam getting affected. The bandh also forced the universities to shelve and reschedule examinations. The strike, however, had little impact in Bengali-dominated Barak Valley. In Tripura, agitators par- ticipating in a bandh called by the NESO, set a market, most- ly owned by non-tribals, on fire in Dhalai district, according to the police. However, no one sustained injuries in the incident and the blaze at Manughat market was doused. While security forces have been deployed in the market, the incident has triggered fear among the non-tribals who owned most of the shops, according to police officials. The bandh threw normal life out of gear in Dhalai, West Tripura and Khowai districts with residents remaining indoors while attendance in offices remained thin, accord- ing to reports. Train services in the entire State of Tripura came to a complete halt and vehicular movement was also hit. T he shifting of Pawan Kumar Gupta — one of the convicts in the December 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case in a moving bus in Delhi — from Mandoli Jail in North east Delhi to Tihar jail has fueled specu- lation that the four convicts will be hanged on December 16, the seventh anniversity of the ghast- ly incident. Sources said preparations are going on to hang the con- victs once President Ram Nath Kovind turns down the mercy plea. Earlier Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is also the Minister for Department of Justice, is reported to have rejected the mercy petition of one of the accused Vinay Sharma. However, officials were tight lipped whether the con- victs would be hanged on the death anniversary of Nirbhaya to send a strong message. Gupta, who was lodged in the Mandoli Jail, was shifted to Tihar recently, Director General (Prison) Sandeep Goel said. Gupta is lodged in Jail No. 2 of Tihar, where two other convicts in the case — Mukesh Singh and Akshay — are also lodged, while Vinay Sharma is in Jail No. 4 of Tihar, another jail official said. Vinay Sharma, a former assistant at Sirifort gymnasium is in Jail No. 4 of Tihar, a jail official said. A minor who was said to have tortured Nirbahya the most was however, let off after he served his sentence in a juvenile remand home. Ram Singh the leader of the gang, who had raped and pulled out the organs of the hapless girl, was found dead in his cell. “Nirbhaya”, meaning fear- less, is the changed name of the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern, who was raped and brutalised in a moving bus in south Delhi by six persons, including the bus driver, con- ductors and helpers, on December 16, 2012. After receiving treatment in New Delhi for a few days, she was transferred to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, where she suc- cumbed to her injuries on December 29, 2012. All the accused in the case, including a juvenile, were arrested and charged with sex- ual assault and murder. One of them, Singh, died in police cus- tody. The rest went on trial in a fast-track court. The juvenile was convicted of rape and murder and given the maxi- mum sentence of three years’ imprisonment in a reform facil- ity. On September 10, 2013, the four remaining adult accused were found guilty of rape and murder and three days later, sentenced to death by hanging. On March 13, 2014, the Delhi High Court upheld the guilty verdict and the death sentences. B HU professor Feroze Khan, whose appointment as a teacher in the faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharam Vigyan (SVDV) led to protests by some university students, resigned from his post and joined the Sanskrit depart- ment of Faculty of Arts in BHU, sources said on Tuesday. SVDV Faculty Dean Bindeswari Prasad Mishra con- firmed the news. This comes amid protest by students against his appoint- ment at SVDV last month. The students had boycotted his classes and staged a dharna outside the vice-chancellor’s office, claiming that only a Hindu can train them in reli- gious rituals. They had said that Feroz is free to teach Sanskrit elsewhere. The BHU adminis- tration had come out in Khan’s support, saying his appoint- ment was made in accordance with the BHU Act and the guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission.The university had in a public statement even said that Khan was the “best” among all candidates. A frustrated Khan had even appeared for an interview on Friday in the university’s Ayurveda department. The interview was held in secrecy in a guest house in view of the fear of protests by stu- dents. Ten candidates, includ- ing Khan, were to appear for the interview but only eight turned up. Ayurveda department dean Prof Yamini Bhushan told reporters that Khan had ranked at the top of the merit list. Khan had earlier applied for the job in the Ayurveda and Arts faculties, along with the Sanskrit faculty. He was appointed to the Sanskrit fac- ulty which triggered protests by students who were unwilling to accept a Muslim as their teacher. The students of the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan (SVDV) Department had been on protest since November 7 and on November 24, the retired professors of the BHU had also expressed their sup- port for the students. On Monday, the protesting students had told the universi- ty proctor that if Khan is not suspended with immediate effect, they will not only boycott the upcoming semester exams but also start a fast unto death. A day before the Rajya Sabha is scheduled to take up the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), the Shiv Sena and the Janata Dal(U) appeared to be caught in a dilemma over supporting the Bill in the Upper House. While Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said the Shiv Sena won’t back the CAB in the Rajya Sabha till there is clarity on the party’s queries posed in the Lok Sabha, JD(U) leaders Prashant Kishor and Pawan Varma have asked Nitish to rethink the party’s support to the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, which has set aside 6 hours for a debate on it. “Disappointed to see JD(U) supporting CAB that discrim- inates right of citizenship on the basis of religion. It’s incon- gruous with the party’s consti- tution that carries the word sec- ular thrice on the very first page and the leadership that is sup- posedly guided by Gandhian ideals”, said JD(U) vice presi- dent Prashant Kishor. Another senior JDU leader and former diplomat Pavan Varma echoed similar views saying. T he US Government panel on religious freedom has slammed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), invit- ing strong protest from India. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said the CAB is a dangerous turn in the wrong direction and asked the US administration to consider imposing sanctions against Home Minister Amit Shah and other principal Indian leader- ship if the Bill with the “reli- gious criterion” is enacted into a law. The USCIRF is an inde- pendent, bipartisan federal Government entity established by the US Congress to analyse and report on threats to reli- gious freedom abroad. The USCIRF on its website says it makes foreign policy recom- mendations to the President, the Secretary of State and Congress intended to deter religious persecution and pro- mote freedom of religion and belief. Taking exception to USCIRF statement, India on Tuesday said it was ‘regrettable” that the entity, which has no locus standi on the issue, has chosen to be guided by its “prejudices and biases” on the matter. Rejecting comments by the USCIRF, Ministry spokesper- son Raveesh Kumar said here the position articulated by the commission was not surprising given its past record. “It is, however, regrettable that the body has chosen to be guided only by its prejudices and biases on a matter on which it clearly has little knowl- edge and no locus standi,” he asserted. Around a decade back, the USCIRF had also favoured denying of tourist visa to Narendra Modi, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat. In its statement, the USCIRF said, “CAB is a dan- gerous turn in the wrong direc- tion; it runs counter to India’s rich history of secular plural- ism and the Indian Constitution, which guarantees equality before the law regard- less of faith,” adding that it was deeply troubled over the pas- sage of the Bill in the Lok Sabha. Kumar asserted that every nation, including the US, has the right to enumerate and val- idate its citizenry, and to exer- cise the prerogative through various policies. He said the state- ment on the Bill is “neither accurate nor warranted,” adding the Bill provides expedited considera- tion for Indian citi- zenship to persecut- ed religious minori- ties already in India from certain con- tiguous countries. He said the pro- posed legislation seeks to address their current difficulties and meet their basic human rights and that such an initiative should not be criti- cised by those who are gen- uinely committed to religious freedom. “The CAB does not affect the existing avenues available to all communities interested in seeking citizenship from doing so. The recent record of grant- ing such citizenship would bear out the Government of India’s objectivity in that regard,” Kumar said. “Neither the CAB nor the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process seeks to strip citizenship from any Indian cit- izen of any faith. Suggestions to that effect are motivated and unjustified,” Kumar said. M embers of the SC and ST community will enjoy the benefit of reservation in the Lok Sabha and Assemblies for another 10 years, though the Government decided not to extend the same existing priv- ilege to the Anglo-Indian community. The Lok Sabha passed a Constitution amendment bill in on Tuesday. The Opposition slammed the Government for not extending the benefit to the Anglo-India communi- ty. Replying to the concerns of the MPs, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said as per the correct definition and latest Census, as of now, there are only 296 members of the Anglo-Indian community, with a maximum of 124 in Kerala. However, he said the doors are not shut and the matter to grant Anglo-Indians nomina- tion would be considered later. A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved verdict for next week in the case of alleged kidnapping and rape of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Unnao in 2017. During in-camera pro- ceedings, District Judge Dharmesh Sharma reserved the judgment for December 16 after hearing final argu- ments by the CBI and the accused in the case. The judge heard the case on a day-to-day basis from August 5 after it was transferred to Delhi from a court in Lucknow on Supreme Court’s directions. The woman was alleged- ly kidnapped and raped by Sengar in 2017 when she was a minor. The court has also framed charges against co- accused Shashi Singh in the case. Sengar was expelled from the BJP in August 2019. The court had on August 9 framed charges against the MLA and Singh under Sections 120 b (criminal con- spiracy), 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping or inducing a woman to compel for mar- riage), 376 (rape) and other sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. On July 28 this year, the car in which the victim was travelling was hit by a truck and she was severely injured. The woman’s two aunts were killed in the accident and her family had alleged foul play. Her father was allegedly framed in an illegal arms case and arrested on April 3, 2018. He died in judicial custody a few days later, on April 9. The local court here has framed murder and other charges against the MLA, his brother Atul and nine others in the case. RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008

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Page 1: 5 ( . ˘ˇ 63 6 768&˚˜˜ !+*ˆ,#&- ./ ˇ0 ˘ ˇ · Kovind turns down the mercy plea. Earlier Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is ... sentenced to death by hanging. On March 13,

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Aday after the passage of theCitizenship Amendment

Bill (CAB) in the Lok Sabha,the North-East on Tuesdayerupted over the proposed law.Police and protesters clashed atseveral places and theGovernment enforced a 48-hour Internet ban in Tripura.

A day before the Bill istabled in the Rajya Sabha, nor-mal life was paralysed inAssam’s Brahmaputra Valleyduring the shutdown, led by theAll Assam Students’ Unionand the North East Students’Organisation (NESO).

The strike by AASU andNESO coincided with thebandh called by Leftist outfits,including the SFI, DYFI,AIDWA, AISF and AISA.

Protesters took out hugeprocessions in different areas of

Guwahati against the proposedlegislation.

Agitators engaged in scuf-fle with security forces near theSecretariat and Assemblybuildings in Assam when theywere prevented from movingforward, according to thepolice.

In Dibrugarh district,bandh supporters clashed withCISF personnel and three pro-testers sustained injuries asthey tried to prevent workers ofOil India Ltd (OIL) from enter-ing their offices in Duliajan.

The protesters also blockedrailway tracks leading trainservices across Assam getting

affected. The bandh also forcedthe universities to shelve andreschedule examinations. Thestrike, however, had littleimpact in Bengali-dominatedBarak Valley.

In Tripura, agitators par-ticipating in a bandh called bythe NESO, set a market, most-ly owned by non-tribals, on firein Dhalai district, according tothe police.

However, no one sustainedinjuries in the incident and theblaze at Manughat market wasdoused.

While security forces havebeen deployed in the market,the incident has triggered fearamong the non-tribals who

owned most of the shops,according to policeofficials.

The bandh threw normallife out of gear in Dhalai, WestTripura and Khowai districtswith residents remaining

indoors while attendance inoffices remained thin, accord-ing to reports.

Train services in the entireState of Tripura came to acomplete halt and vehicularmovement was also hit.

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The shifting of Pawan KumarGupta — one of the convicts

in the December 2012 Nirbhayagang-rape and murder case ina moving bus in Delhi — fromMandoli Jail in North east Delhito Tihar jail has fueled specu-lation that the four convicts willbe hanged on December 16, theseventh anniversity of the ghast-ly incident.

Sources said preparationsare going on to hang the con-victs once President Ram NathKovind turns down the mercyplea. Earlier Union HomeMinister Amit Shah, who isalso the Minister forDepartment of Justice, isreported to have rejected themercy petition of one of theaccused Vinay Sharma.

However, officials weretight lipped whether the con-victs would be hanged on thedeath anniversary of Nirbhayato send a strong message.

Gupta, who was lodged inthe Mandoli Jail, was shifted toTihar recently, DirectorGeneral (Prison) Sandeep Goelsaid. Gupta is lodged in Jail No.2 of Tihar, where two otherconvicts in the case — MukeshSingh and Akshay — are alsolodged, while Vinay Sharma isin Jail No. 4 of Tihar, anotherjail official said. Vinay Sharma,a former assistant at Sirifortgymnasium is in Jail No. 4 ofTihar, a jail official said.

A minor who was said tohave tortured Nirbahya themost was however, let off afterhe served his sentence in ajuvenile remand home.

Ram Singh the leader ofthe gang, who had raped and

pulled out the organs of thehapless girl, was found dead inhis cell.

“Nirbhaya”, meaning fear-less, is the changed name of the23-year-old physiotherapyintern, who was raped andbrutalised in a moving bus insouth Delhi by six persons,including the bus driver, con-ductors and helpers, onDecember 16, 2012.

After receiving treatmentin New Delhi for a few days,she was transferred to theMount Elizabeth Hospital inSingapore, where she suc-cumbed to her injuries onDecember 29, 2012.

All the accused in the case,including a juvenile, werearrested and charged with sex-ual assault and murder. One ofthem, Singh, died in police cus-tody. The rest went on trial ina fast-track court. The juvenilewas convicted of rape andmurder and given the maxi-mum sentence of three years’imprisonment in a reform facil-ity.

On September 10, 2013,the four remaining adult

accused were found guilty ofrape and murder and threedays later, sentenced to deathby hanging. On March 13,2014, the Delhi High Courtupheld the guilty verdict andthe death sentences.

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BHU professor Feroze Khan,whose appointment as a

teacher in the faculty ofSanskrit Vidya Dharam Vigyan(SVDV) led to protests bysome university students,resigned from his post andjoined the Sanskrit depart-ment of Faculty of Arts inBHU, sources said on Tuesday.

SVDV Faculty DeanBindeswari Prasad Mishra con-firmed the news.

This comes amid protest bystudents against his appoint-ment at SVDV last month.The students had boycotted hisclasses and staged a dharnaoutside the vice-chancellor’soffice, claiming that only aHindu can train them in reli-gious rituals. They had said thatFeroz is free to teach Sanskritelsewhere. The BHU adminis-tration had come out in Khan’ssupport, saying his appoint-ment was made in accordancewith the BHU Act and theguidelines issued by theUniversity GrantsCommission.The universityhad in a public statement evensaid that Khan was the “best”among all candidates.

A frustrated Khan had

even appeared for an interviewon Friday in the university’sAyurveda department.

The interview was held insecrecy in a guest house in viewof the fear of protests by stu-dents. Ten candidates, includ-ing Khan, were to appear forthe interview but only eightturned up.

Ayurveda department deanProf Yamini Bhushan toldreporters that Khan had rankedat the top of the merit list.

Khan had earlier appliedfor the job in the Ayurveda andArts faculties, along with theSanskrit faculty. He wasappointed to the Sanskrit fac-ulty which triggered protests bystudents who were unwilling toaccept a Muslim as theirteacher. The students of theSanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan(SVDV) Department had beenon protest since November 7and on November 24, theretired professors of the BHUhad also expressed their sup-port for the students.

On Monday, the protestingstudents had told the universi-ty proctor that if Khan is notsuspended with immediateeffect, they will not only boycottthe upcoming semester examsbut also start a fast unto death.

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Aday before the Rajya Sabhais scheduled to take up the

contentious CitizenshipAmendment Bill (CAB), theShiv Sena and the JanataDal(U) appeared to be caughtin a dilemma over supportingthe Bill in the UpperHouse.

While Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeraysaid the Shiv Sena won’t backthe CAB in the Rajya Sabha tillthere is clarity on the party’squeries posed in the Lok Sabha,JD(U) leaders Prashant Kishorand Pawan Varma have askedNitish to rethink the party’ssupport to the Bill in the RajyaSabha, which has set aside 6hours for a debate on it.

“Disappointed to see JD(U)supporting CAB that discrim-

inates right of citizenship onthe basis of religion. It’s incon-gruous with the party’s consti-tution that carries the word sec-ular thrice on the very first pageand the leadership that is sup-posedly guided by Gandhianideals”, said JD(U) vice presi-dent Prashant Kishor.

Another senior JDU leaderand former diplomat PavanVarma echoed similar viewssaying.

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The US Government panelon religious freedom has

slammed the CitizenshipAmendment Bill (CAB), invit-ing strong protest fromIndia.

The US Commission onInternational ReligiousFreedom (USCIRF) said theCAB is a dangerous turn in thewrong direction and asked theUS administration to considerimposing sanctions againstHome Minister Amit Shah andother principal Indian leader-ship if the Bill with the “reli-gious criterion” is enacted intoa law.

The USCIRF is an inde-pendent, bipartisan federalGovernment entity establishedby the US Congress to analyseand report on threats to reli-gious freedom abroad. TheUSCIRF on its website says itmakes foreign policy recom-mendations to the President,the Secretary of State andCongress intended to deterreligious persecution and pro-mote freedom of religion andbelief.

Taking exception toUSCIRF statement, India onTuesday said it was ‘regrettable”that the entity, which has nolocus standi on the issue, has

chosen to be guided by its“prejudices and biases” on thematter.

Rejecting comments by theUSCIRF, Ministry spokesper-son Raveesh Kumar said herethe position articulated by thecommission was not surprisinggiven its past record.

“It is, however, regrettablethat the body has chosen to beguided only by its prejudicesand biases on a matter onwhich it clearly has little knowl-edge and no locus standi,” heasserted. Around a decadeback, the USCIRF had alsofavoured denying of touristvisa to Narendra Modi, the

then Chief Minister of Gujarat. In its statement, the

USCIRF said, “CAB is a dan-gerous turn in the wrong direc-tion; it runs counter to India’srich history of secular plural-ism and the IndianConstitution, which guaranteesequality before the law regard-less of faith,” adding that it wasdeeply troubled over the pas-sage of the Bill in the LokSabha.

Kumar asserted that everynation, including the US, hasthe right to enumerate and val-idate its citizenry, and to exer-cise the prerogative throughvarious policies.

He said the state-ment on the Bill is“neither accurate norwarranted,” addingthe Bill providesexpedited considera-tion for Indian citi-zenship to persecut-ed religious minori-ties already in Indiafrom certain con-tiguous countries.

He said the pro-posed legislationseeks to address theircurrent difficultiesand meet their basichuman rights andthat such an initiativeshould not be criti-

cised by those who are gen-uinely committed to religiousfreedom.

“The CAB does not affectthe existing avenues available toall communities interested inseeking citizenship from doingso. The recent record of grant-ing such citizenship wouldbear out the Government ofIndia’s objectivity in thatregard,” Kumar said.

“Neither the CAB nor theNational Register of Citizens(NRC) process seeks to stripcitizenship from any Indian cit-izen of any faith. Suggestions tothat effect are motivated andunjustified,” Kumar said.

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Members of the SC and STcommunity will enjoy the

benefit of reservation in theLok Sabha and Assemblies foranother 10 years, though theGovernment decided not toextend the same existing priv-ilege to the Anglo-Indiancommunity.

The Lok Sabha passed aConstitution amendment bill inon Tuesday. The Oppositionslammed the Government fornot extending the benefitto the Anglo-India communi-ty.

Replying to the concerns ofthe MPs, Law Minister RaviShankar Prasad said as per thecorrect definition and latestCensus, as of now, there areonly 296 members of theAnglo-Indian community, witha maximum of 124 in Kerala.

However, he said the doorsare not shut and the matter togrant Anglo-Indians nomina-tion would be consideredlater.

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ADelhi court on Tuesdayreserved verdict for next

week in the case of allegedkidnapping and rape of awoman by expelled BJP MLAKuldeep Singh Sengar inUnnao in 2017.

During in-camera pro-ceedings, District JudgeDharmesh Sharma reservedthe judgment for December16 after hearing final argu-ments by the CBI and theaccused in the case. The judgeheard the case on a day-to-daybasis from August 5 after itwas transferred to Delhi froma court in Lucknow onSupreme Court’s directions.

The woman was alleged-ly kidnapped and raped bySengar in 2017 when she wasa minor. The court has alsoframed charges against co-accused Shashi Singh in thecase. Sengar was expelledfrom the BJP in August 2019.

The court had on August9 framed charges against theMLA and Singh underSections 120 b (criminal con-spiracy), 363 (kidnapping),366 (kidnapping or inducinga woman to compel for mar-riage), 376 (rape) and othersections of the Protection of Children fromSexual Offences (POCSO)Act.

On July 28 this year, thecar in which the victim wastravelling was hit by a truckand she was severely injured.The woman’s two aunts werekilled in the accident and herfamily had alleged foul play.

Her father was allegedlyframed in an illegal arms caseand arrested on April 3, 2018.He died in judicial custody a few days later, onApril 9.

The local court here hasframed murder and othercharges against the MLA, hisbrother Atul and nine othersin the case.

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Shahpura police has bookeda miscreant for attacking a

17-year-old youth with sharp-edged weapon near GulabNagar in the night of Mondayafter he refused to shed moneyfor liquor.

The victim, DevendraVanshkaar, was attacked bythe miscreant identified asSunil and was rushed to anearby hospital where his con-dition is critical.

Police said that the accusedescaped from the spot. Later,the victim lodged a complaintstating that he was on his wayto home when Sunil obstruct-ed his way and asked him toprovide money for liquorwhich the victim refused andgot angry. Then, he attackedthe victim with a sharp-edgedweapon.

During investigation,police have found that theaccused and the victim had oldenmity and the attack wasbecause of old enmity.

The police have raidedseveral places but failed to findthe accused. Search for theaccused has been intensified.

Police have registered a caseunder section 307 of the IPCand started further investiga-tion.

Meanwhile, a 24-year-oldgirl was attacked by sharpedged weapon in PanchsheelNagar on Tuesday. Reasonbehind the attack and identityof the girl remained unknown.The victim was rushed to anearby hospital after she wasfound in an injured state. Thevictim was attacked in herneck and face.

After the preliminaryinvestigation, the police haveregistered a case under section307 of the IPC and have start-ed further investigation. Thelocals have spotted the mis-creant escaping from the spotbut failed to find when theaccused had attacked the vic-tim.

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Six Roller skaters fromCampion School, Bhopal,

performed well at school-levelcompetitions and were select-ed for the 57th national RollerSkating championship. Thisnational Roller Skating com-petition is going to be held fornine days from December 15 to23, 2019 in VishakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh.

In Boys & girls category,Master Tegbeer Singh fromstandard VII, Mohd AnasBaksh from standard VIII,Maaz Athar from standardIX, Rajendra Kausar fromstandard VIII, Shankh Goyalfrom standard VIth and onlygirl from standard II, RishikaChawada, (only 7-year-old)have been selected for thiscompetition from Campionschool.

All the selected skatersput their extraordinary effortto be selected in this compe-tition and represented the

School in this 57th nationalRoller Skating competition inQuads and Inline 300mtrs,500mtrs & 1000mtrs events indifferent age from under 8 to16 age in boys & girls catego-ry respectively.

All these skaters preparedthemselves for this competi-tion under the guidance ofPhysical Education Teacher& Coach, Sanjay Mishra.

In this competition, morethan 1,200 boy and girl rollerskaters from different CBSEschools of all the States ofIndia will be participating.All the skaters, along withtheir coach Sanjay Mishra,will be leaving forVishakhapatnam onDecember 14 to participate inthis competition.

Principal Fr Athnas Lakra,SJ, Vice-Principal Fr AmritlalToppo SJ and PhysicalEducation Department HOD,Johnsy Koshy, congratulatedcoach, Sanjay Mishra, for theirselection in this competition.

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The conducive atmospheremade for the investment in

Madhya has started yieldingresults. A World Class 27-HoleGolf Course cum Resort andHotel will be constructed at acost of �220 crore in Ninod vil-lage near the World famousTourist place Sanchi.

Chief Minister Kamal Nathhanded over the letter of awardto the Chief Executive Officerof Wesley Group DorianMulanse at Mantralaya today.The Secretary, Tourism, FaizAhmed Qidwai, was present onthe occasion.

A delegation of WesleyGroup met Kamal Nath onTuesday. The Chief Ministersaid that the State Government,along with making its policiesliberal to generate new oppor-tunities for the investment inthe State, will promote employ-ment oriented investment. Heinformed that the TourismPolicy (2016) has been amend-ed and in the year 2019, theprovision of Ultra Mega Projecthas been added to attract pri-vate investment in Tourismsector of the State.

As a result of this amend-ment, the proposal for theconstruction of World ClassGolf Course, Hotel Resort,

Convention Centre andHelipad in 70.718 hectare landof Ninod village was given bythe Wesley Group to the

Government.The Chief Minister Kamal

Nath handed over the letter ofaward after granting approval

to the proposal of the WesleyGroup. This project will facil-itate direct employment to 310people. According to the pro-vision of the Tourism Policy,appointments on 247 postswill be given to the people ofMadhya Pradesh alone.

The partner CEOs ofWesley Group Mumbai, AlokTiwari, Taqaddus Khan andJoint Director of MP TourismBoard, Suresh Jharia, were pre-sent on the occasion.

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Cyber Cell, Bhopal, hasnabbed an accused from

Mohkhed Chhindwara whowas involved in duping victimsto the tune of � 2 lakh by usingATM cards details.TheChhindwara-based victimlodged the complaint and theaccused was nabbed.

According to the police, thenabbed accused was identifiedas Vijay Kumar Choudhary ofChhindwara and nabbed afterhe was found involved in thefraud of �2 lakh from theaccount of the victim AjayNigam.

The nabbed accused com-mitted crime fromChhindwara, in the investiga-tion when he was quizzed heconfessed that the victim used

to visit his house and after tak-ing him in confidence heobtained ATM cards detailsand later he used details forpurchasing online.

A complaint was lodged byAjay Nigam that he receivedinformation that using ATMcard details online shoppingworth � 2 lakh was done whichwas never done by him and hehad not done any online shop-ping. The victim is retired lec-turer of Women PolytechnicChhindwara.

During the investigation,police found that the fraud wasdone by shopping on fromflipkart and Amazon onlineshopping sites and the mobilenumber used was 9630280456based on the mobile numberthe accused was tracked andnabbed.

The police have registereda case under section 420 of theIPC and 66 IT Act. The policehave recovered one laptop, twomobile phones and one wristwatch worth �1 lakh from hispossession.

The accused is involved inagriculture work and complet-ed his graduation.

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A48-year-old woman wasrobbed of gold chain worth

�48,000 near Old MinalResidency under AyodhyaNagar police station area onMonday.

The victim, Shivani Soni,was targeted by two bike-borne miscreants at OldMinal Residency when shewas near her house afterattending religious ceremonyin her neighbour.

The victim approachedthe police and lodged a com-plaint stating that she hadgone to attend religious cer-emony in her neighbour andafter ceremony when shecame outside and talking withher neighbor two bike bornemiscreants attacked her andsnatched gold chain she waswearing. The victim raisedalert but the miscreantsescaped the spot.

The locals failed to nabthe miscreants or help the vic-tim as they escaped the spotvery speedily. The police haveregistered a case under sec-tion 392 of the IPC and havestarted further investigation.

Meanwhile, Habibganjpolice have booked two mis-creants for molesting a 18-year-old girl at BDA EWSmulti storey on Monday; vic-tim managed to escape andlodged complaint.

On Monday evening thevictim approached police andlodged a complaint againstthe miscreants Rakesh andBhagirath.

In her complaint the vic-tim stated the accused used toharass her for past sveralmonths and used to harassher. On Monday when thevictim was on her way tohome the accused obstructedher way and molested her andwhen she opposed theaccused assaulted her andescaped the spot.

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The second edition of theBhopal Literature and Art

Festival (BLF) will be heldfrom January 10 to 12, 2020 atBharat Bhawan.

There will be 56Knowledge Sessions, and about80 authors and distinguishedliterary and public affairs per-sonalities will be discussing cul-ture, environment, politics,contemporary affairs, man-agement, literature and histo-ry.

Chief Minister of MadhyaPradesh Karnal Nath will beinaugurating the festival. TheSushila Devi Award for the BestFiction Author in English in2019 will be given away. Therewill also be a launch ofAnthony DeSa's new collectionof stories titled "One forSorrow, Two for Joy".

This was informed at apress conference organisedhere on Tuesday by Festivalorganising committee chair-man Raghav Chandra and sec-retary Meera Dass.

They said in view of thepressing challenges that weface because of climate changeand poor management of the

environment, there, will be aspecial focus this year on theenvironment and conserva-tion.

Among the key speakersthis year will be MagasaysayAward winner and renownedwater conservation manRajendra Singh, BharatiChaturvedi who is the founderof the acclaimed waste reduc-tion body t Chintan and hasbeen recipient of theKnowledge of the World Awardby John Hopkins University;Mridula Ramesh who is theauthor of the acclaimed, theClimate Solution and is aninvestor in clean technologies;Jairam Ramesh the formerUnion Minister ofEnvironment who has writtenextensivelybn the Environmentand Forest issues; AmitaBaviskar a Professor at theIndian Institute of EconomicGrowth who writes about thesociology of environment;Pamela Malhotra who startedthe first private wildlife sanc-tuary in India located inKarnataka; Dr RaghuChundawat who is an eminentauthority brt( tiger conserva-tion; Professor MaheshRangarajan who heads the

Liberal Arts and Environmentfaculty of Ashoka Universityand is a prolific author on envi-ronment history and; ProfErach Bharucha, Director ofthe Bharati VidyapeethInstitute of EnvironmentEducation and Research.

Raghav Chandra said "Weare expecting Shashi Tharoorto be a keynote speaker whowill speak from his book WhyI am a Hindu.

On international affairsthe former Foreign Secretaryand National Security AdvisorShivshankar Menon will bespeaking about the intricaciesin the making of India's foreignpolicy. Pradeep Baijal will bespeaking about how theonslaught of our powerfulneighbor China can; be con-tained. Minnie Vaid will talkabout India's space mission toMars and its future".

He further informed thatArghya Sengupta, a legal expertwill be debating about whetherthe Indian Higher Judiciary isduly independent and account-able or not.

Former Chief ElectionCommissioner of India NaveenChawla will be discussingabout elections in India.

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Panic prevai led inPanchsheel Nagar area

after a charred body of achained man was found insideSardar Val labh BhaiGovernment School in themorning on Tuesday.

On the receipt of theinformation, a team reachedthe spot and started furtherinvestigation.

The identity of thedeceased remained unknownas the body was burnt beyondrecognition.

In the initial investigationpolice found a chain aroundthe neck of the deceasedwhich suggest that victim waschained and burnt.

Partially burnt woodenlogs were also found near thebody.

A woman appeared andclaimed that the deceased isher missing Anik Thakare(25) who went missingaround five days ago.

Police said that at themoment nothing could beascertained as the postmortem report is awaited.The claims of woman couldnot be ruled out and would beinvestigated.

The body is around acouple days old, said police.In the investigation nothinghas been found which couldhelp in establishing the iden-tity of the deceased.

After the preliminaryinvestigation the body wassent for the post mortem.

The police have regis-tered a case under section 302of the IPC and have startedfurther investigation.

Police were informed byPrincipal of GovernmentSardar Patel Naveen HighSchool Abhishek Singh BainsPanchsheel Nagar at around8.30 am.

The building in whichthe body was found is notused for conducting classesand when smell started toemanate from the buildingand students reported thebody was recovered.

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Human Rights Day wasobserved by the students

of Madhyanchal ProfessionalUniversity.

The Human Rights Daywas observed at MadhyanchalProfessional University andPatel Group of Institutions.During the event the studentsparticipated enthusiastically.

The students also partici-pated in a rangoli competitionand slogan competition,through which they showedhuman rights. On this occa-sion, Prof. of MadhyanchalProfessional University, BhopalChancellor Ajit Singh Patelsaid that the principle ofhuman rights is very importantin our lives.

Especially today, when theexploitation of humans isincreasing day by day, headded. This exploitation isbeing felt today more thanever. On this occasion, theRegistrar of MadhyanchalProfessional University,Shailesh Jain said that aware-ness is gained by doing such

activities. At the same time hetold the children that humanrights should be aware.

On this occasion, ExecutiveDirector Dinesh Patel, C.E.O.Madhu Malhotra, Prof. CJVerma and Prof. Sheba Shajiencouraged the children.

It is to be noted thatHuman Rights Day is observedevery year on December 10 theday the United Nations General

Assembly adopted, in 1948, theUniversal Declaration ofHuman Rights.

The principles enshrined inthe Declaration are as relevanttoday as they were in 1948.People need to stand up forthier own rights and those ofothers.

The theme for 2019 isYouth Stands for HumanRights.

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The workshop on GIS andaccessibility was organised

at School of Planning andArchitecture (SPA).

As many as 20 partici-pants from all over the coun-try participated in the work-shop. These participants arefrom cities like Vijayawada,Jaipur, Roorkee, Bhopal,Gwalior.

The inaugural guest wasfrom Tata Institute of SocialScience, Mumbai, MadhuraNagarchaudhari. She spokeabout different models of defin-ing disabilities and the issuesassociated with disabling con-ditions of individuals and fam-ilies.

The participants simulatedfunctional limitations and didsome exercises and discussionson their experiences. ProfRachna Khare spoke aboutneed of accessibility in theenvironment, methods to con-duct access audit, and dis-cussed the accessibility stan-dards at city level and buildinglevels.

The workshop will contin-ue till 12th December whereparticipants would be present-ing their hands on exercisemapping data which they willbe collecting using GIS tech-niques on selected streets ofBhopal.

They would discuss howto use this data for makinginclusive cities in India.Workshop is coordinated byKakoli Saha, a GIS expert fromSPA.

Notably, geographic infor-mation system (GIS) is a frame-work for gathering, managing,and analysing data. Rooted inthe science of geography, GISintegrates many types of data.It analyzes spatial location andorganizes layers of informationinto visualizations using mapsand 3D scenes.

With this unique capabil-ity, GIS reveals deeper insightsinto data, such as patterns,relationships, and situationshelping users make smarterdecisions.

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The second NationalConference on ‘Uniformed

Women in PrisonsAdministration’ is being organ-ised in joint collaboration ofMadhya Pradesh JailDepartment and BPR& D, NewDelhi at Central Academy forPolice Training, Kanhasaiya,Bhopal on December 19 and20.

The uniformed womenpolice and employees from thepost of Jail Warden to InspectorGeneral Level of various states,members of non-governmentorganisations, representativesof academic institutions andofficers of other governmentdepartments will participatein the conference.

This type of national con-ference of uniformed women isbeing held for the first time inMadhya Pradesh outside Delhi.The first conference was heldin Delhi in 2017. In MadhyaPradesh, women have beengiven 30 percent reservation ingovernment services. At pre-sent, more than 900 uniformedwomen officers and employeesare working in the jail depart-ment of the state.

During the secondNational Conference, workexecution related discussionswill be held on gender dis-crimination free work place foruniformed women officers andemployees working in the jaildepartment/ challenges at workplace of uniformed women/balance between work andfamily life of uniformedwomen officers/ connectinguniformed women jail officerswith the main activities andresponsibilities of jail/ workplace related problems and tostrengthen them mentally andsocially.

Discussion will also takeplace in the conference on thetwo uniformed women officerand employee, which have suc-cessfully accomplished thechallenging tasks during theirtenure.

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Sharma on Tuesday backedthe ban imposed by Jain andGujarati Samaj organisations inBhopal on pre-wedding shootsand dance training to femalessaying, "it is certainly againstthe culture."

While talking to mediapersons, Sharma said, "Thesethings were certainly not apart of our culture. I believethat whatever people prohibits,it is from a social point of view.If people again follow the oldtrends and culture, their mar-riages would be more success-ful and joyful."

In a contentious decision,Jain and Gujarati Samajorganisations on Tuesday inBhopal have forbidden itsmembers from pre-weddingshoots, hiring male choreog-raphers for dance training tofemales and have alsoimposed a ban on womenfamily members from dancingin wedding processions.

Claiming that theseaspects of a wedding areagainst the culture of theircommunity and creates aproblem within the society,

the organisations have dictat-ed these terms to the com-munity members through acircular.

The dictate has alsoinvoked criticism from thepeople from the younger gen-eration who have asked for thedecision to be re-considered.

"The pre-wedding shootsthat are being recorded willbe stopped. We are issuing acircular and are also spread-ing the message by circulat-ing the letter. We have alsorequested our members tostop choreographer's entry inthe name of ladies dance

function." said President ofBhopal Gujarat Samaj andNational General Secretaryof Gujarati Samaj, SanjayPatel.

He also threatened thatthose opposing the move willbe boycotted from the com-munity.

"This decision has beenappreciated by all the mem-bers and the person whowill rebel against it will beboycotted from society. I alsowish that this ban should beimposed across India in allGujarati communities," headded.

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A14-year-old boy was founddrowned in a well at

Kachnaria village under Berasiapolice station area on Tuesday.The deceased identified asShivam Chourasia went missingin the morning on Tuesday andlater her body was found in awell.

The police have registered acase under section 174 of theCrPC and have started furtherinvestigation. The reason of thedeaths would be investigated asthe family members failed toprovide reason behind the death.

Family members told policethat Shivam had gone for takingwater for washing face andbrushing teeths and later he

went mssing and founddrowned. After Shivam wasfound inside the well he wasrushed to nearby hospital wherethe doctors pronounced himdeath.

Meanwhile, a 65-year-olddied under suspicious circum-stances in Berasia on Tuesday.According to the police thedeceased Kishorilal was foundunconscious and was rushed toa nearby hospital whereahe wasdeclared dead.

Police were informed and onthe receipt a police team reachedthe spot and started investiga-tion. After the preliminary inves-tigation the body was sent for thepost mortem and a case undersection 174 of the CrPC was reg-istered by the police.

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To observe the 150th birthanniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi, ShobhanaRadhakrishna, a renownedGandhian thinker of the coun-try, presented the GandhiKatha. She presented GandhiKatha at Bharat Bhavan here onTuesday.

Storytelling includingmusic, presentation was allabout Gandhi Katha. Hisunique Gandhi story, which hasbeen appreciated in almostthirty countries of the worldbesides the country, was hisfirst presentation in Bhopal.Culture MinisterVijayalakshmi Sadhu wel-comed Radhakrishna.

Radhakrishna in her storytold that Gandhiji is the rolemodel of every era. He was

always positive towards life.Believed truth to be GodGandhi never let fear overcomehim. He is an example of howan ordinary person becamean ordinary person. At times,he realized his mistake, and herepented. Used to respect time.He used to say that the timedoes not come back. Hebelieved in all religions, hebefriended people of all reli-gions. Gandhi underlined theimportance of the new training.

Radhakrishna told that thesimple way to know Gandhi'slife was to read his writtenbooks. You read the bookExperiments of Truth on his150th birth anniversary.Gandhiji's idea was to wear asmuch as you can. They adopt-ed indigenous, boycotted for-eign materials. SubhashChandra Bose also went to jail

with Gandhi.In the Gandhi Katha,

Mann vani me satya tu bol, lagire lagan, lagi re lagan…, Na yehtera na yeh mera, the song wereperformed.

The presentation was aboutninety minutes. Not only this,he also included a very illus-trative performance in his com-municative programme. Shehas told this story about 125times till now.

In Gandhi Katha, thebeloved hymns of Gandhi,Gandhi Katha tunes and songswere performed by singer SwatiBhagat and her fellow artists.Gandhi Katha depicts Gandhi'sphilosophy, thoughts, ashramlife, routine, moral life of mod-eration, selfless service to thecountry, Aparigraha andEkadash Vrat, creative pro-grams and satyagraha.

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Bharatiya Janata Party nation-al general secretary Kailash

Vijayvargiya here on Tuesdaybroke his silence on the honeytrap scam claiming that severalsenior bureaucrats are involvedin the controversy.

Saying that if the StateGovernment fails to exposethem, he would make sure theseIAS and IPS officers are exposed.

Vijayvargiya was speakingto the media after meeting fam-ilies of several musicians who arecharged with human traffickingafter the crack-down of a dancebar associated with a mediagroup which was publishingnews items on honey trap scan-dal of late.

The families of musiciansclaimed that their kin are wrong-ly framed in the case as they onlyworked with the bar on invita-

tion basis and were not perma-nent employees of the estab-lishment.

The police have booked theowners of the bar after 67women including kids wererecovered from the bar who lateralleged that they were notoffered salaries and were kept incramped rooms in the buildingwhich houses the restaurantcum bar. These women workedin bar as dancers and survivedon tips.

Meanwhile, after hearingthe ordeal of families of nowjailed musicians, Vijayvargiyacalled up Indore SSPRuchivardhan Mishra urgingthe officer to ascertain the verac-ity of the charges levelled on themusicians. The musicians andsome waiters are booked by thepolice under human traffickingcharges.

Later speaking to the media,

the senior BJP leader slammedthe Kamal Nath governmentsaying he has confirmed inputsthat senior bureaucrats areinvolved in honey trap scandaland these are the same officerwho are making Congress gov-ernment dance to their tunes.

PWD Minister and an oldVijayvargiya adversary –SajjanSingh Verma retorted sayingChief Minister Kamal Nathdances to the tunes of none.

As far the honey trap scan-dal is concerned, it’s a systemwhich evolved in BJP govern-ment, hit back Verma. Heclaimed one of the gang mem-bers had even sought ticketfrom BJP in the past and sever-al party leaders were recom-mending her name. “The dayfaces involved in the scandal areexposed, all would know howmany faces belong to the BJP,”warned the Minster.

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Abunch of photographs pro-jected by both the Congress

and the Akalis as speaking morethan a thousand words over thepoliticians-gangsters nexus inPunjab has not only generatedpolitical controversy, but is alsothreatening to turn into a legal conflict.

A day after the ChiefMinister Capt Amarinder Singhand SAD president SukhbirBadal entered into a war ofwords accusing each other ofhaving links with the allegedgangster Harjinder Singh aliasBittu Sarpanch, the said “gang-ster” on Tuesday came out inopen to claim that allegationsagainst him are “false”, while

claiming to file a defamation suitagainst the Chief Minister.

Capt Amarinder releasedthe Badals’ photographs withBittu Sarpanch at public eventsmaintaining that on the basis ofthe same he had ordered theState police chief to look intopolitician-gangster nexus in theState. Hours later, Sukhbir sharedCapt Amarinder’s photographwhile inducting the same maninto his party ahead 2017 elec-tions.

Responding quickly, theChief Minister said that BittuSarpanch was never aCongressman and had alwaysbeen an Akali leader with closeties with Badal junior.

Peeved, Bittu Sarpanch onTuesday came down heavily onthe Chief Minister for making

“false” allegations against him, forwhich the courts of law havealready acquitted him.

“Captain has made falseallegations against me. The courthas acquitted me in all the cases.Is Capt Amarinder above theCourts?” said Bittu Sarpanch,declaring that he would file adefamation case against theChief Minister.

He alleged that the policewas raiding his house withoutany reason, and even the armslicense of his wife has also beencancelled without any reason.

Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta,a day before, had stated that Bittuhas been named in several crim-inal cases relating to drugs, mur-der, dacoity, arms act etc, and asper information available withthe Organised Crime Control

Unit (OCCU), seven FIRs havebeen registered against HarjinderSingh alias Bittu in cases datedas old as 2006 in HimachalPradesh, Haryana, andRajasthan.

Besides a drug case, Bittu hasbeen facing charges like cheating,criminal intimidation, theft, vol-untary causing grievous hurt,rioting, among others.

Gupta, who has beenentrusted by the Chief Ministerwith the task of conducting theinquiry into the nexus, hadmaintained that inputs availablewith OCCU also revealed thatBittu is reported to have beenproviding shelter to members ofthe notorious Gurpreet Sekhongang in the past.

Releasing Bittu’s pictures,Capt Amarinder had made it

clear that he would not succumbto SAD’s “cheap pressure tactics”and would get to the bottom ofpolitician-gangster nexus. CaptAmarinder said that he hadordered the probe by the statepolice chief after receiving pho-tographs clearly showing links ofhardened criminals or gang-sters with top Akali leadershipincluding the Badals.

He had said that beforeordering the inquiry, he hadapprised the Governor VP SinghBadnore about these pho-tographs, which, if proved to beauthentic, would expose therole, nature and extent of Akaliinvolvement in patronizing crim-inals and gangsters in the state.

“The evidence is seriousand required a full-fledged policeinvestigation, and I have asked

the DGP to leave no stoneunturned into completing thesame at the earliest…The evi-dence in the form of pho-tographs, along with variousdocuments, show a clear nexusbetween the Badals and otherAkalis leaders, who are obviouslytrying to divert attention fromtheir involvement by targetingJails Minister Sukhjinder SinghRandhawa,” he had stated addingthat the SAD, in fact, had noproof of any involvement ofRandhawa or any otherCongress minister or leaderswith gangsters and criminals.

The photographs released bythe Chief Minister showHarjinder Singh alias BittuSarpanch felicitating and posingwith SAD patriarch PrakashSingh Badal, party chief Sukhbir

Badal, Union Minister HarsimratSingh Badal and former MinisterBikram Singh Majithia.

According to inputs availablewith the police, Bittu is alsoallegedly close to Jeet MohinderSingh, the former SAD MLAfrom Talwandi Sabo.

Later, Sukhbir released CaptAmarinder’s photo with Bittu andasked the Congress leader to alsoinclude his name in the list too.“Please also forward this photo-graph to Governor VP SinghBadnore so that he also under-stands how Congress used gang-sters in the run up to the assem-bly elections for political benefitsand is now repaying them at thecost of the people of the state,” hehad added.

Sukhbir added that as theChief Minister would find it dif-

ficult to be called for questioningby his own DGP, SAD wouldrequest the Governor to prevailupon the government to order aCBI inquiry into the matter.

Responding, CaptAmarinder stated that the Akalishad reportedly tried to infiltratemany of their loyalists into theCongress ahead of the 2017assembly elections and Bittu wasone of them.

“Bittu was never formallyinducted into the PunjabCongress , nor did he ever workfor the party,” claimed CaptAmarinder, adding that the gang-ster had been an Akali sarpanch.

He had added that Bittu was,in fact, appointed SAD seniorvice-president in 2013-14, andhad been an Akali leader till thetime of the assembly polls.

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Amorning walk inChandigarh’s Panjab

University Botanical Gardenturned out to be a nightmarefor a woman journalist, whobecame the target of a moles-ter.

The woman journalist witha leading English daily, sufferedbruises on her face and arms inthe attack which took place onMonday morning.

While police has released asketch of the accused based onthe woman's description, noarrest was made in the case tilllate Tuesday evening.

In her complaint lodgedwith the Chandigarh Police, thewoman said that she went tothe Botanical garden in PU at7.25 am on Monday and aftera few minutes, the man sud-denly appeared on the scene.

The senior journalist, wholives on the campus, said shewas taking pictures of flowersat the garden when the accusedapproached her and pointedtowards the cactus enclosure,telling her that she could clickpicture with her mobile phone.

At the time of the incident,there were no other morningwalkers inside the garden.

Feeling uncomfortable

with his gesture, she threatenedto click his photo on her cellphone and give it to the police.

The accused then took acouple of steps towards her andcaught hold of her frombehind, gagging her mouthwith his hand. After grapplingwith the accused for nearly 15minutes, she managed to freeherself from his clutches andran out of the garden, thejournalist stated in her com-plaint.

She then narrated the inci-dent to her husband, afterwhich the couple approachedpolice to file a complaint.

A couple of days back, thesame man, stated to be around45 years of age, had asked herwhich hostel she lived in andthe journalist had told him thatshe was from the faculty avoid-ing any further conversationafter which the accused had leftthe spot, according to the com-plaint.

Police has registered a caseunder sections 354 (assault orcriminal force to woman withintent to outrage her modesty),354-A (passing sexuallycoloured remarks), 354-D(stalking) and other relevantsections of the IPC.

The Chandigarh PressClub has demanded a speedy

police probe into the matterand arrest of the accused.

When contacted, RajeevKumar, SHO of Sector 11Police Station said, “Till lateevening, no arrest has beenmade in the case but we havegot some vital clues.”

Police has formed teams of50-60 officers who were carry-ing out raids in nearby areas,including Dhanas to nab theculprit. We are also collectingdetails of security guards, gar-deners, canteen workers andothers on the PU campus, headded.

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Haryana Government onTuesday said it has made

implementation of DigiLockermandatory for all the govern-ment departments, boards, cor-porations, autonomous bodies,academic institutions and uni-versities of the State

An official spokesman saidthat all departments and agen-cies in the State have also beendirected to register themselvesas an “issuer”/ “requester” orga-nization on DigiLocker plat-form mandatorily accordingto their requirements and takenecessary actions to integrate

their web/mobile applicationswith DigiLocker platform forissuance/requisition of certifi-cates.

Departments and agencieshave been directed to take nec-essary steps to digitize legacydata of the documents and cer-tificates available in the physi-cal form, to make those availableon DigiLocker platform.

The spokesman said theState Government has beenmaking efforts to ensure that alldocuments and certificatesissued in past and to be issuedin future, would be made avail-able on DigiLocker platform tothe citizens.

The spokesman said thatdocuments/certificates madeavailable on DigiLocker plat-form by issuing Governmentdepartments, boards, corpora-tions, autonomous bodies, aca-demic institutions and uni-

versities in the State would betreated at par with physicalcopies that are accepted now.

Department ofInformation Technology,Electronics andCommunication, Haryanawould be the nodal agency forimplementing DigiLocker inthe state and providing hand-holding and necessary sup-port to the government agen-cies for the implementation ofsame in the State.

The DigiLocker platformenables the authorized access ofdocuments and certificatesissued by an authority andverification of same anytime,anywhere in a digital format.

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Punjab Social Justice,Empowerment and

Minorities Minister SadhuSingh Dharmsot on Tuesdayemphasised the easing of loanadvancing process for enabling the youth belonging

to the backward classes,minorities and scheduled castecategories to start their ownventures.

Dharamsot, during a meet-ing with the higher officers ofthe SC and BC Corporations,said that now, the committeeformed at the district levelunder the District WelfareOfficer would be empoweredto sanction various loans up toRs one lakh and departmentalorders would be issued soon.

The Minister also directedthe officers to frame proposalregarding waiving off the loansof those who are deceased.

At the same time, he alsoappealed to the youth of theState to derive maximumadvantage from the welfareschemes of the StateGovernment with regard to theloans in order to start their ownself employment ventures.

Notably, as per the directloan scheme, the BACKFINCOand SC Corporation providesloan ranging from Rs 50,000 to

Rs one lakh at an interest rateof six percent.

The loan can be availed tostart ventures for like dairyfarming (three-five animals),poultry farming, growing veg-etables, honeybee keeping, car-pentry or furniture or black-smith ventures, flour mill,auto-rickshaw (passenger orfreight carrying), general store(karyana, cattle or poultryfeed), hardware store (sani-tary and building material, steel etc), textile orreadymade garment shop,books or stationery shop, pho-tostat machine, tailoring, agri-cultural implements (fabrica-tion), automobile repair orspare parts shop, among others.

It is necessary to fulfillmain criteria of BACKFINCOand SC Corporation to avail theloans, added the Minister.

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One of the four convicts,Akshya Kumar Singh,

moved the Supreme Court onTuesday seeking review of its2017 judgement handing downdeath penalty to all of them inthe sensational Nirbhaya gan-grape and murder case.

Strangely, among others henot only talked about the healthrisks such as rising pollutionlevel in Delhi but also about thelife span of human beings inpresent age saying there was noreason to continue with thedeath penalty. His plea alsomaintained “executions onlykill criminal, not the crime”.

“Life is going short to short,then why death penalty? Whenage is reducing, it is men-tioned in our ‘Ved’, ‘Purans’ and‘Upanishads’ that in the age of‘Satyug’ people lived the life ofthousand years. In the age of

‘Dwapar’ they used to live forhundreds of the years, but notin ‘Kalyug’, in this era, age ofhuman beings have reducedmuch. It has now come to 50 to60 years, and rarely do we lis-ten of a person who is the ageof 100 years.

“Very few people reach upto the age of 80-90 years. Thisis almost a very true analysis.When we look around us thenwe come to the conclusion,more or less this analysis is truewhen a person faces the starkrealities of life and passesthrough the adverse situation,then he is no better that a deadbody,” it said.

The 23-year-old paramedicstudent was brutally gangraped

on the intervening night ofDecember 16-17, 2012, inside arunning bus in South Delhi bysix persons and severely assault-ed before being thrown out onthe road. She succumbed toinjuries on December 29, 2012,at Mount Elizabeth Hospital inSingapore.

“The state must not simplyexecute people to prove that itis attacking terror or violenceagainst women. It must persis-tently work towards systemat-ic reforms to bring aboutchange. Executions only kill thecriminal, not the crime...,” thereview plea said.

The top court, in July 9 lastyear, had dismissed the reviewpleas by Mukesh (30), PawanGupta (23) and Vinay Sharma(24) in the case, saying nogrounds have been made out bythem for review of the 2017verdict. Akshya had not filedhis review plea.

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Maintaining that the Centrehas no intention to keep

any leader in Kashmir undercustody even for one more daybut it was for the local admin-istration of Jammu & Kashmirto take a call on their release,Union Home Minister AmitShah on Tuesday pointed outthat the Government doesn’twant to emulate the Congressthat had kept Farooq Abdullah’sfather in jail for 11 years. Heasserted that the Centre wouldnot interfere in the process.

He said all leaders shouldbe concerned about politicalleaders in the Valley, he is alsoconcerned but if leaders aremore worried about people of Kashmir it will send a bet-ter message.

Responding to the questionby Congress leader AdhirRanjan Chowdhury on nor-malcy in Jammu & Kashmirand detention of political lead-ers, Shah underlined that thesituation is completely normalin the Valley. “99.5 per cent stu-dents of Class XI class sat forexams there, but for AdhirRanjan ji this is not normalcy,seven lakh people availed OPDservices in Srinagar, Section 144removed from everywhere. Butfor Adhir ji only parameter fornormalcy is political activity.”

Taking on the Congress,Shah said, Farooq Abdullah isin custody for six months but the Congress had kept hisfather in custody for 11 years.

“Farooq Abdullah’s fatherwas kept in jail for 11 years bythe Congress. We don’t want tofollow them and as soon as theadministration decides, theywill be released,” he said.

“..It is for local adminis-

tration to decide when politi-cal leaders will be released. Wedon’t want to keep anyone(leaders) in jail even for a daymore than that is required. Asand when the local adminis-tration feels the time is appro-priate, they will be released.There will be no interferencefrom our side,” Shah said.

Earlier, Union Minister ofState for Home Affairs G KishanReddy, responding to a supple-

mentary question by SridharKotagiri, said stone pelting inci-dents have decreased substan-tially in 2019.

In 2018, 802 such incidentswere reported which reducedto 544 in 2019, while only 190stone pelting incidents werereported since August 5, Reddysaid, adding all leading English, Urdu newspapers andTV channels are working in the Valley.

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The Lok Sabha on Mondaypassed the Arms

Amendment Bill providingmaximum punishment of lifeimprisonment for manufac-turing and carrying illegalarms. Piloted by HomeMinister Amit Shah, the Arms(Amendment) Bill, 2019 alsoensures that those usingfirearms in a rash or negligentmanner in celebratory gunfire,endangering human life orpersonal safety of others, shallbe punishable with an impris-onment to two years or withfine which may extend to �1 lakh or with both.

Replying to a nearly three-hour-long debate, Shah said theBill has been brought as arequirement to significantlyimpose weapons control in thecountry. The Home Ministersaid that the bill has accordedspecial status to sportspersonwho need firearms and ammu-nition for practice and partici-pating in tournaments. The LokSabha rejected many amend-ments brought by OppositionMPs, mainly on the number ofarms to be kept with licenseholders. “They (sportspersons)will be entitled to get licences fordifferent types of firearms,” Shahadded, clarifying to the concernsraised by MPs.

Under the proposed provi-sion, a person can have a max-imum of two firearms, as againstthe present norm of three, headded.”Many suggestions cameincluding keeping two firearmsby an individual.

I have moved officialamendment in this regard also,”he said. As per the bill, thosewho own more than twofirearms will have to depositthe third one with authoritiesor authorised gun dealers with-in 90 days for de-licensingonce the amendment isapproved by Parliament.

“There were many dis-crepancies in the six-decade-old law making crime controldifficult,” he said. HomeMinister said that there is aprovision for life imprison-ment for those who snatch orloot arms and ammunitionfrom police or defence forces.The Bill seeks to enhance pun-ishment for illegally possessingand making prohibited arms,besides other changes in thesix-decade-old Arms Act.

As per the Bill, theGovernment proposes toamend Section 25 (1AA) of theArms Act, 1959, to give pun-ishment from the usual lifeterm of 14 years to “imprison-ment for the remainder of thatperson’s life” for manufacturing,selling, repairing and possess-ing “prohibited” arms. Theminimum punishment underthis section will be 14 years.

Under the present law, theoffence invites imprisonment ofnot less than seven years butmay extend to life imprison-ment — mostly up to 14 years.According to an estimate, Indiahas a total of around 35 lakhgun licences. Thirteen lakhpeople have licences to carryweapons in Uttar Pradesh, fol-lowed by militancy-hit Jammu& Kashmir, where 3.7 lakh peo-ple possess arms licences, mostof which were taken in thename of personal security.

Punjab, which witnessedterrorism in 1980s and 1990s,has around 3.6 lakh active gunlicences, most of which wereissued during the two decadesof strife.

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For the second week in a row,onion prices on Tuesday

stayed above the �100 per kgmark, as Government efforts tocool the rates seem to be tak-ing more time than expected.The rates were as high as �165a kg in Panaji, while the average of 114 major cities in the countrycame to over �100.

As per the Ministry ofFood and Consumer Affairs,onion prices started to climbfrom September and have aver-aged over �100 per kg sinceNovember 25. Onion, which isan essential ingredient in manyfood preparations, is a politi-cally sensitive item and itshigh prices have been a causeof defeat for manyGovernments in the past.

According to the data,onion prices are ruling at �96per kg in the national capital,�102 per kg in Mumbai, �100

in Chennai and �140 per kg inKolkata. Onions are being sold at �160 per kg in Thiruvananthapuram,Kozhikode, Mayabunder, andat �150 per kg in Tirupati,Ernakulam, Thrissur andPalakkad.

In Bengaluru, Wayanad,Ramanathapuram and PortBlair, the rates stood at �140 perkg. Onion prices prevailed at�120 per kg in Gurugram,Jagdalpur, Behrampur, Purulia,Maldah, Itanagar, Agartala,Puducherry, Dindigul,Tirunelveli and Dharmapuri. InAmritsar, Surat, Jabalpur,Darbhanga, Sambalpur,Balasore and Gangtok,onion prices were Rs110 per kg.

O n i o nrates are

�100 per kg in Chandigarh,Shimla, Mandi, Srinagar,Jammu, Ludhiana, Gorakhpur,Haridwar, Ahmedabad, Patna,Cuttack, Jeypore, Kharagpur,Raiganj, Shillong andTiruchirappalli.

Last month, Union Foodand Consumer Affairs Ministerattributed the rise in prices toa 26 per cent decline in domes-tic production during kharifand late-kharif seasons becauseof late monsoon followed byexcess rains in major produc-ing States such as

Maharashtra and Karnataka.The Minister has been

maintaining that theGovernment has taken all pos-sible steps to rein in prices suchas imposing a ban on exportsand allowing imports of 1.2lakh tonnes to boost supply.

The Centre has also putrestrictions on quantities ofonions to be stocked by retail-ers and wholesalers. OnMonday, the Centre furtherreduced the stock holding limitfor onion to 2 tonnes from 5tonnes for retail

traders.

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The Congress on Tuesday saidit welcomed the Shiv Sena’s

decision to reconsider its standon the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill in the RajyaSabha after voting in favour inthe Lok Sabha, and stated that asan alliance partner, it could notask the Maharashtra party toalter its position on the issue.Earlier, in the day, Shiv Sena pres-ident and Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray saidhe would not back the Bill in theRajya Sabha till there was clari-ty on questions raised by hisparty in the Lok Sabha.

“We are cognisant of thefact that ideologically we aredifferent and we respect thatdiversity. Therefore, the alliancein Maharashtra is premisedon a specific situation. I don’tthink that the Shiv Sena hasasked us to give up our ideo-logical position and we do notexpect them to do so, andthese are the realities of realpolitics. To tell them not to staytrue to their ideology is not cor-rect. If the Shiv Sena is think-ing of changing its stand on theCitizenship (Amendment) Billin the Rajya Sabha based on thefact that it is against theConstitution and is hurting its

basic tenets, then we welcomeit,” Congress spokespersonManish Tiwari said.

He also said not only theCongress, but all the nationalis-tic forces in the country will sup-port the Shiv Sena. Tewari clar-ified that while the Congress hadno problems with giving shelterto those being discriminatedagainst in the neighbouringcountries, but said the partydemands a comprehensive andinclusive refugee law. He alsoasked the Government to comeclean on its border policy.

Congress leaders RahulGandhi and Priyanka Gandhislammed the Government overthe passage of the CitizenshipAmendment Bill, saying it wasan “attack on the IndianConstitution”. “The CAB is anattack on the Indian constitu-tion. Anyone who supports itis attacking and attempting todestroy the foundation of our

nation,” said Rahul. Priyanka said, “India’s tryst

with bigotry and narrow mind-ed exclusion” was confirmed asthe Citizenship (Amendment)Bill was passed in the Lok Sabhaat midnight. “Last night at mid-night, India’s tryst with bigotryand narrow minded exclusionwas confirmed as the CAB waspassed in the Lok Sabha. Ourforefathers gave their lifebloodfor our freedom,” she said in atweet, recalling her great-grand-father Jawaharlal Nehru’s speechon the midnight of August 14-15, 1947, when India rang in itsIndependence.

In that hard fought free-dom is enshrined the right toequality, and the right to free-dom of religion, PriyankaGandhi said. “Our constitution,our citizenship, our dreams ofa strong and unified Indiabelongs to all of us,” she said inanother tweet.

“We will fight against thisGovernment’s agenda to sys-tematically destroy our consti-tution and undo the funda-mental premise on which ourcountry was built with all ourmight,” she added. The sharpcriticism of the opposition partycame after the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill was passedin the Lok Sabha on Mondaywith 311 members favouring itand 80 voting against it. The billwill now be tabled in the RajyaSabha for its nod on Wednesday.

Congress’ chief spokesper-son Randeep Surjewala said theBill was an anathema to India’sconstitutional democracy. “It’san attack on soul of India. 72years earlier, India was parti-tioned by the British, Savarkar’sand Jinnah’s sinister thoughtand approach. Descendants ofthe philosophy seek to partitionour foundational values onceagain,” he said in a tweet.

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The fourth instalment of thePradhan Mantri Kisan

Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-Kisan) due this month will betransferred only to Aadhaar-authenticated bank accounts ofeligible farmers. This will be thefirst time since the launch ofthis scheme in February thatthe Government insists on themandatory condition ofAadhaar seeding.

In a reply to the Lok Sabha,

Union Agriculture MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar said themandatory requirement ofAadhaar seeding of beneficia-ries’ data continues to be applic-able for release of all install-ments falling due with effectfrom December 1, 2019,onward. The instalment for theDecember 2019 to March 2020will be transferred to Aadhaar-authenticated bank accounts atone goes from this month.

Under the PM KisanSamman Yojna, the

Government is providingincome support of �6,000 peryear to all farmer families in thecountry, paid in instalments of�2,000 every four months. Theamount is directly transferredinto the bank accounts of ben-eficiaries. As per theAgriculture Ministry’s data,the total numbers of benefi-ciaries are more than 7.6 crorefarmer families.

Aadhaar was made option-al for availing the first installment(December 2018-March 2019)

except for farmers of Assam,Meghalaya and Jammu &Kashmir who have been exempt-ed till March 2020. However,Aadhaar number was mandatedfor getting the second tranche ofmoney. Due to delay in Aadhaarseeding, the condition wasrelaxed for till November 30 foravailing both second and thirdinstallments.

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The European Union (EU)on Tuesday said it was

concerned over restrictions on“fundamental freedom” ofpeople in Kashmir and calledfor steps like restoration ofcommunication network and essential services to bring back normalcy in the Valley.

European Union’sAmbassador to India UgoAstuto also said Pakistan musttake action against terrorgroups operating from its soil,including by choking theirfinancial support, and ensur-ing compliance of steps rec-ommended by anti-terrorwatchdog Financial ActionTask Force (FATF).

Astuto, at a media brief-

ing, said the European Union’sposition has been that Indiaand Pakistan should resolve allissues through dialogue.

“Pakistan must take actionagainst militants and terrorists,including against thoseinvolved in financing and sup-porting the terror groups,” hesaid. On Kashmir, he said theEuropean Union understandsIndia’s security concerns, butinsisted that steps should betaken to restore normalcy inthe Valley, adding the bloc’sviews on the matter remainedunchanged since August.

New Delhi: The Centre’s deci-sion to abrogate provisions ofArticle 370 was “unconstitu-tional” since people of Jammu& Kashmir were “bypassed”and any proposal for alteringthe constitutional status of theerstwhile State should emanatefrom the citizens there, one ofthe petitioners said in theSupreme Court on Tuesday.

A five-judge ConstitutionBench headed by Justice NVRamana, which commencedhearing on batch of pleas chal-lenging the constitutional valid-ity of the Centre’s decision, wastold by the petitioner that it wasviolative of the Constitution asorders were passed in “disregardof consent” of people of J&K.

Provisions of Article 370,

which gave special status to theerstwhile State of J&K, was abro-gated by Centre on August 5.

A number of petitions havebeen filed in the matter, includ-ing that of private individuals,lawyers, activists and politicalparties and they have also chal-lenged the Jammu & KashmirReorganisation Act 2019, whichsplits J&K into two UnionTerritories — J&K and Ladakh.

Senior advocate RajuRamachandran, appearing forbureaucrat-turned-politicianShah Faesal, Shehla Rashid andother petitioners, said Jammu &Kashmir was under President’sRule from December 19, 2018,till October 31 this year and“will of the people” was notthere in the concurrence given

by state for abrogation of pro-visions of Article 370.

He told the Bench, alsocomprising justices SK Kaul, RSubhash Reddy, BR Gavai andSurya Kant, that powers of thePresident and Parliament dur-ing period of proclamationunder Article 356 is in its verynature “temporary” and it can-not be used to bring “irre-versible” constitutional changes.

“The record indicates thatneither the President nor theGovernor held any consulta-tions on the issue either withthe public at large or withmembers of the legislativecouncil,” Ramachandran said inhis outline of submissionswhich was handed over to theBench. PTI

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The number of Lok SabhaMPs with cases related to

crimes against women hasincreased from two in 2009 to19 in 2019.

According to theAssociation for DemocraticReforms (ADR), the BJP hasthe highest number of 21 law-makers facing cases related tocrime against women, followedby the Congress (16) andYSRCP (7).

As per the report, the num-ber of Lok Sabha election can-didates with cases of crimesagainst women went up from38 to 126, an increase of 231per cent, during the period.“There are three MPs and sixMLAs who have declared casesrelated to rape... In the last fiveyears, recognised parties havegiven tickets to 41 candidateswho declared cases related torape,” an ADR report said.

In the past five years, theBJP gave tickets to 66 candi-dates facing cases of crimeagainst women to contest LokSabha, Rajya Sabha and StateAssemblies elections. The

Congress fielded 46 such can-didates and Bahujan SamajParty 40.

The ADR said it analysed4,822 out of 4,896 electionaffidavits of current MPs (759)and MLAs (4063).

The number of Lok Sabhaelection candidates with casesof crimes against women wentup from 38 to 126, an increaseof 231 percent, during theperiod, the report said.

West Bengal reported thehighest number of MPs/MLAs(16) who declared cases ofcrimes against women, fol-lowed by Odisha andMaharashtra with 12MPs/MLAs each.

“In the last five years, a totalof 572 such candidates contest-ed in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabhaand assembly elections. None ofthese candidates have been con-victed,” the report read.

As many as 410 candi-dates were given tickets byrecognised political parties. 89of them were nominated forLok Sabha and Rajya Sabhaelections, it said.

“In the last five years,Maharashtra reported the high-est number of candidates (84)followed by Bihar (75) whowere given tickets by politicalparties even though they havedeclared cases of crime againstwomen in their affidavits,” thereport said.

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It was last week that some events andtelevision programmes were organ-ised to mark the 100th birth anniver-sary of IK Gujral, who served as the12th Prime Minister of India from

April 1997 to March 1998. Those who havevoiced their tributes and eulogies for thishumane and gentlemanly leader havehighlighted not only Gujral’s vision in thefield of international affairs but also hisqualities as a steadfast friend to those whogot to know him. Gujral was not only anintellectual who knew a great deal aboutsubjects that political leaders generally donot read about, but he was also a personwho expressed his opinions without fear orfavour. It is not well-known that Gujralsaheb was a person who held environmen-tal issues close to his heart and fully appre-ciated the need for this country to blenddevelopment efforts with environmentalprotection.

It was in 1995 that The Energy andResources Institute (TERI) launched amajor project called GREEN India 2047 inpreparation for the celebration of 50 yearsof India’s independence in 1997. This pro-ject, which was the effort of almost threedozen researchers working for almost twoyears, estimated and documented thedamage that Indian society had imposedon the country’s natural resources and itsenvironmental quality. It further project-ed what could happen with business asusual 50 years into the future, that is whenIndia reaches 100 years of independencein 2047. A brief presentation on this pro-ject was made before Gujral early inAugust 1997 at Vigyan Bhavan, duringwhich he also assembled a number ofmembers of his Council of Ministers. Atthe end of the presentation, which provid-ed startling facts and figures, Gujral sahebstated that this presentation “should jolt usinto action.”

At that stage, the media, too, report-ed on the stark facts and the disturbingtrends which had been in evidence duringthe first 50 years of India’s independence.One particular editorial in a leading news-paper carried the title as “Filthy at Fifty.”Much of the media coverage, whichundoubtedly supported efforts to informthe Indian public, was clearly the result ofthe attention provided by the then PrimeMinister to the analysis and realities pre-sented to him.

Today it would be useful to revisit someof the findings of the GREEN India 2047project, perhaps as a salute to Gujral’sappreciation of the fact that India cannotdevelop without due attention to its natur-al resources and ecosystems, which not onlysupport human life but a range of biodiver-sity that this country is blessed with. Thetruth is that in a range of vital resources, therehas been rapid degradation as a result of so-called development. Some important factsneed reflection even as 1997 is now 22 years

behind us. Even today, almosttwo-third of India’s populationlives in rural areas and while sev-eral leaders have highlighted thegrowth of India’s population asone factor which imposes alarger and larger footprint on thecountry’s natural resources, wehave really not come to gripswith what would constitute asustainable level of populationgrowth and consumption. India’spopulation, which was 336 mil-lion in 1947, was estimated as953 million in 1997. And today,we are 1.3 billion mindlesslypursuing Western consumptionpatterns, which impose a heavyburden on the country’s natur-al resources.

In this respect, the provi-sion of infrastructure andwherewithal for universal liter-acy and education have beenlacking. So, too, the provisionof adequate healthcare facilitiesin several parts of the country,which would have promoteddifferent fertility decisions. Atthe same time, the consumeristculture, which Gandhiji wastotally against, has not onlyafflicted the growing urbanpopulation but has also perco-lated to our rural areas.

Besides, as it happens, his-torically, industrial develop-ment has been centered aroundchemicals and fertilisers, paper,cement, power generation andaluminium, which are resource-

intensive and polluting.If we look at specific ele-

ments of natural resources,water, as is universally accept-ed, would be heavily stressed inseveral parts of the countrybecause of the impacts of cli-mate change. It is now clear thatwith increased warming oftemperatures, we would notonly see persistent and moreserious droughts but also theeffects of extreme precipitationevents in different parts of thecountry. In several cases eventhose areas, which are drought-prone during most of the year,would see heavy precipitationevents in some seasons. Thesewould lead to recurrent floodswith loss of lives and property.

During Gujral’s interven-tion, after the presentation thatwas made before him, he stat-ed, “Thus, we have come to astage when there are twolifestyles. The elite in the coun-try can drink water out of abottle; the common man candrink municipal water; andthe worst, the slum dwellers candrink untreated river water.This is the picture that isemerging. Therefore, when welook at the coming 50 years —we are now at the goldenjubilee of our independence —we must ask: Is this the lifestylewe are thinking of? Is this thelife that we are offering to ourpeople? Is this the future of our

children? And when I say chil-dren, I do not mean childrenonly of the elite. The child liv-ing in the slum, the child whois walking and sleeping on thestreet, what future are we offer-ing him?”

Sadly, many of the projec-tions that were made in thisproject and presented to thethen Prime Minister have onlybecome more threatening.Whether it is the air quality,chemical and toxic pollution ofour groundwater, dumping ofwaste in our rivers, thinning offorests and the huge mountainsof solid waste being generatednot only by our cities but byour rural areas as well, the out-look for 2047 looks grim andfrightening.

While we have widespreadopportunities, the inertia in oursystem is pushing us in thedirection of business as usual.There is, therefore, a dire needfor Indian society to shift gearsand move towards a path ofsustainable development. Thatwould not only be a fitting trib-ute to Gujral but a reassurancefor our children living a secureexistence devoid of the grow-ing risks from human-inducedclimate change and the cata-strophic destruction of ournatural resources.

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

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Yediyurappa again”(December 10). With the BJPwinning 12 of the 15 seats in theKarnataka Assembly bypolls,Chief Minister BS Yediyurappahas not only ensured stability toits Government but has dealt aheavy blow to the Opposition,particularly the Congress andJanata Dal (Secular), who werehoping to stage a comeback.However, Yediyurappa has histask cut out. He must focus ondelivering a corruption-freeGovernment and work towardsinclusive development in theState.

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “No more tears please”(December 9). Although thecommon man has been heavilyhit by the high prices of onionsand everyone has been groaningabout the Government’s inabil-ity to get the bulk back withintheir reach, it would be wrong to

put the entire blame on theGovernment.

Much of the crop wasdestroyed due to unseasonalrains in key onion-growingregions in Maharashtra,Karnataka and Rajasthan thatleft the year’s kharif crop dam-aged. But it is also true that theGovernment failed to take stockof the situation at the right

time. It could have ordered theimport of onions right at thetime when an increase wasreported. Instead, it chose towait for prices to spiral. It is nowthat we have ordered the importof onions from Egypt,Afghanistan and Turkey.

The way forward for usshould be to find possible solu-tions to increase the production

of onions and one of the mea-sures could be to increase thearea under onion cultivationacross the country.

Onions are the staple foodfor millions of Indians, thepoorest of whom often makemeals of wheat-rolled roti, greenchilli and this vegetable.

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Sir — This refers to the editori-al, “Murder most foul”(December 10). The fire in NewDelhi’s Sadar Bazar, that claimedthe lives of 43 labourers, was anaccident waiting to happen. Mostindustrial activities in the coun-try are not regulated and functionin utter violation of labour, safe-ty and environment laws. Thatsuch a cavalier set-up was func-tioning uninterrupted speaks vol-umes about how lethargic oursystem has become.

If the proceedings in theUphaar case are anything to go by,one can very well imagine thetime the courts will take to decideon this case. Moreover, one doesnot even know if the punishmentwill be exemplary. The fund reliefannounced by the Governmentfor the victims in the Azad Mandifire does not matter. The ownerof the factory and its managerhave also been arrested. The realtest, however, will be if we canamend safety laws.

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The world is witnessing an integration ofeconomies like never before. At the sametime, political and economic volatility has

also increased manifold and no country is immuneto the resultant turmoil. Another consequence ofthis global economic integration is the rise of multi-nationals with transnational operations and sub-sidiaries in numerous countries and access to finan-cial markets worldwide.

More than one-third of all financial transac-tions occur across borders and that number isexpected to grow as the search for diversificationand better investment opportunities expands.Different accounting standards mean differentmodels. For example, a company may recogniseprofits under one set of national accounting normsand losses under another, which could ultimate-ly have an impact on its reported financial perfor-mance and position. Without common account-ing standards, cross-border activities were com-plicated in the past that resulted in adding cost,complexity and risk for both companies andinvestors using those financial statements tomake economic decisions. In such an integratedbut impulsive world economy, it is important tohave a common business language that can helpunderstand and compare businesses. Financialreporting is an important way through which com-panies communicate with external stakeholdersand standardisation of such reporting processesworldwide to bring about uniformity is more valu-able today than ever before.

With a view to improve corporate governanceand increase free flow of capital across the globe,in 2001, the International Accounting StandardsBoard (IASB) developed the International FinancialReporting Standards (IFRS), a set of high-quali-ty common accounting rules established to bringabout consistency, transparency, reliability andcomparability in the financial statements world-wide. They define the types of transactions withfinancial impact, their maintenance and reporting.This goal of a single set of high-quality globalaccounting standards is being supported by sev-eral nations, including G20 countries, several pro-fessional accounting organisations and investorsworldwide.

IFRS norms support the three pillars oftransparency, accountability and efficiency.Transparency in financial statements is broughtabout by improving the comparability and the qual-ity of financial information internationally, there-by improving the decision-making capability ofinvestors and other external stakeholders. As asource of globally-comparable information, IFRSnorms are also of vital importance to regulatorsaround the world. By reducing the informationasymmetry between the providers and users of cap-ital, they boost accountability. Improving capitalallocation by helping investors to identify oppor-tunities and risks across the world, these standardscontribute towards better economic efficiency. Theusage of IFRS has become quite widespread withapproximately 120 nations partially requiring thesestandards for their domestic listed companies.However, as many as 90 countries have fully con-formed with IFRS as promulgated by the IASB andinclude a statement, acknowledging such confor-mity in their audit reports. Even those countriesthat don’t apply the standards directly, like China,closely follow the rules that the IASB has estab-lished over the decades. According to a 2018 IFRSFoundation report, 27,000 domestically-listedcompanies on 88 major stock exchanges in theworld use the standards. India’s convergence with

IFRS started with its commitment to themomentum of growth in the G-20 sum-mit held in 2009, following which theMinistry of Corporate Affairs formulat-ed an action plan to implement the con-vergence of Indian Accounting Standardswith International Financial ReportingStandards from April 2011.

However, after initial glitches, from2016, India has implemented a newframework of the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) that are based on andseek to substantially converge with IFRS,although not fully adopt them. Leasing,revenue recognition, foreign currencyconvertible bonds, current vs non-cur-rent liabilities, bargain purchases areamong the areas where India has devi-ated from IFRS.

According to the Ind AS, fromApril 1, 2016, adoption of these standardshas been compulsory for companies witha net worth upward of �500 crore, whichlater expanded to every listed companyfrom accounting period beginning on orafter April 1, 2017. Even unlisted com-panies with a net worth greater than orequal to �250 crore but less than �500crore came under its purview. Once anycompany starts following Ind AS, eithervoluntarily or on mandate, it cannotrevert to its old accounting method. Ason date, the Ministry of CorporateAffairs has notified 41 standards. Fairvalue and accurate reporting are givenmore importance, while computingfinancial statements in the new account-ing standards and substance are recog-nised to reflect the most current pictureof financials. It has also changed how thekey financials such as revenue, net prof-it, book value, operating profit, goodwilland return on equity are computed. Forinstance, under the old rules, excise dutywas deducted from sales. Conversely, asper the Ind AS, excise duty is now treat-ed as a tax on manufacturing activity.Therefore, it is assumed to be a part ofrevenue, which thereby, increases the rev-enue of companies but depresses oper-

ating margin, without, however, affect-ing Earnings per share (EPS).

Several studies have been conduct-ed worldwide to examine the usefulnessof IFRS in realising the three pillars oftransparency, accountability and efficien-cy and to help economic decision-mak-ers and stakeholders alike to makeinformed decisions. In Germany, theimpact of IFRS adoption was studiedduring 1998 to 2002 by Hung andSubramanyam where they concludedthat the value of total assets and equityand variability of net earnings are signif-icantly higher under IFRS compared tothe German Accounting Standards.However, changes in financial ratios werenot supported by their study.

Agca and Aktas conducted a pre andpost-adoption study on impacts onfinancial ratios of 147 listed firms on theIstanbul stock exchange during 2004-2005 and found out that ratios that weremajorly affected were the current and netasset turnover ratios. In contrast to otherindividual surveys by country, analystsCallao and Jarne, conducted two stud-ies comparing results in Spain and theUnited Kingdom (UK).

The results revealed that the quan-titative impact on financial ratios is sig-nificant in both countries and that it ishigher in the UK. Blanchette, Racicot andGirard, in their research, examined var-ious financial ratios of liquidity, leverage,coverage and profitability and theirimpact on the adoption of IFRS in com-panies operating in Canada and did notfind any difference. Although surveyresults showed differences in means,medians and volatility in most financialratios of companies but statistical signif-icance could not be established in manycases. When they specifically evaluatedtheir results by groups of companies whoadopted IFRS at different dates, no sig-nificant variations were found in theirresults.

Arouri researched the IFRS impactson return on equity (ROE) and value rel-

evancy over 40 French listed firms in2004 utilising the longitudinal analysisand found that ROE and net income areincreased by decrease inequity value dueto the concept of fair valuation. Also, theydid not observe any evidence of improve-ment in transparency and value rele-vance. In India, Achalapathi and BhanuSireesha studied several firms andshowed that IFRS adoption has led to anincrease in most of the liquidity, prof-itability and valuation ratios, whichwere statistically significant and were ableto conclude that an opportunity for cap-ital maintenance and protection againstfailure risk may have been provided tocompanies due to the transition toIFRS. Although standardisation andharmonisation of financial reporting isimportant in this globalised world, com-plete integration may not be possible asthere is an increasing focus among dif-ferent stakeholders on the future.Therefore, in an environment that ishighly volatile and ever-changing, it israther difficult for companies to makeaccurate predictions. Thus, more flexi-bility is needed in this area and the pos-sibilities of standardisation become lim-ited. Besides, non-financial aspects, likeCorporate Social Responsibility andSustainable Development Goals, havestarted to play a major role in companyreporting, the informative value ofwhich may vary greatly from one indus-try to another and one country toanother. The individual characteristics ofeach firm and their complex valuechains must be taken into account here,as well as the industry, sector and coun-try-specific requirements. Adequate flex-ibility is vital for coherent, stringent andappropriately-structured reporting.While standard accounting norms are allabout creating a level global playing field,adequate freedom to differentiate eacheconomy through our reporting is alsovital.

(The writer is Assistant Professor,Amity University)

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In William Shakespeare’s famousdrama Julius Caesar, Cassius, anobleman, speaking with his

friend, Brutus confides in the latterthat in the best interests of the pub-lic, Julius Caesar must be stopped frombecoming the monarch of Rome.Cassius tells him, “The fault, dearBrutus, is not in our stars, but in our-selves, that we are underlings.” Howapt is this quotation today! The solu-tion to the increasing number of rapesand atrocities on women lies with usnot elsewhere. This was my intro whilewriting about the Nirbhaya rape case.

Unfortunately, since then, despitepublic outrage, rape and molestationcases have been on the rise and theyhave become more violent. The recentTelangana rape-murder case and theburning of the Unnao rape victim andher subsequent death in a hospital,show that nothing has changed. Delhiis now considered the rape capital ofthe world. Foreign countries like theUS and the UK have sent advisoriesto tourists travelling to India. In thesecountries too, there are crimes andrapes but by and large, the public isaware that the “big brother” is watch-ing and the perpetrators will becaught sooner or later.

Sadly, this is not the case in Indiaas criminals seem to have no fear ofthe authorities.

The public outrage followingthese unfortunate incidents is huge, asit should be. Asha Devi, mother ofNirbhaya, went on record and vent-ed her frustration over the fact that her

daughter’s rapists had still not beengiven capital punishment after all theseyears. In the meantime, there havebeen many high-profile rape casesallegedly involving some politiciansand gurus.

However, the way some parlia-mentarians clapped their hands insupport of the police encounter of thefour alleged rapists in Telangana andthe public support for the extrajudi-cial killings reveals the frustration ofthe people with the county’s criminaljustice system which takes years tomete out punishment.

But many apprehend that policeencounters often end up thwarting jus-tice and are often misused as a quick-fix by the security establishmentunder public pressure.

After the Nirbhaya incident, TheCriminal Law (Amendment) Act,2013 was amended and is held as oneof the most concrete steps taken by theGovernment to curb violence against

women. After the Telangana andUnnao incidents there has been clam-our for even more stringent punish-ments. The question is, do we needmore laws?

In reality, what is needed is strin-gent implementation of the existinglaws by the police, Government, lawenforcement agencies and awarenesscampaigns by women’s organisations.The cases drag on for years. In themeanwhile, the perpetrators getemboldened and attack infants, chil-dren, girls, women and even grand-mothers, to satiate their lust. Manywomen still do not go to the police toreport these incidents for lack of faithin the criminal justice system.

The spate of atrocities againstgirls/women is indeed a wake up callfor the judiciary. The StateGovernments and the High Courts(HCs) must support the Centre’s pro-posal to set up 1,000 special courts tofast-track nearly 1.67 lakh rape cases,

of which the maximum crimes werethose involving hapless children. It isalso important to note that the con-viction rate is a dismal 32 per cent andthe other perpetrators are roamingfree.

Poor investigation and shoddycase build-up by agencies result in cul-prits getting away scot-free. In short,there are failings in the entire crimi-nal justice system. The police are notprompt in dealing with rape cases, theprosecution fails to get the perpetra-tors convicted and the courts do nothave enough judges to take up cases.

The Centre and States need toaddress the issue of women’s safety ona war footing as the public has lostconfidence in the system. It is a sadcommentary that despite the SupremeCourt’s observations that judicialreforms were needed urgently, theGovernment is dragging its feet on it.

Archaic laws need to be amend-ed. It is appalling that when a toddler

is raped and is unable to give evidence,the culprits go scot-free because themother’s evidence is considered sec-ondary. How can a two-year-old childgive evidence of rape? The onus ofproof should not lie with the victim.It is this kind of incongruity within thelegal system which needs to beaddressed.

Last, but not the least, there isneed to change the mindset of thepublic. Society should strongly supportthe victims of rape and not blame orshame them. The moral fabric of thecountry is tearing up slowly and thisneeds to stop. Boys should be taughtto respect women in a country wherethe Shakti (divine feminine creativepower) cult is still relevant.

We should introspect in the after-math of Hyderabad and Unnao inci-dents and put the fear of God in theminds of perpetrators and provide jus-tice to the victims.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

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Footballer-turned-politicianBhaichung Bhutia on

Tuesday expressed disappoint-ment that Sikkim was notexcluded from the ambit of theCitizenship (Amendment) Bill,unlike several other north-eastern States.

Bhutia, also working pres-ident of Hamro Sikkim Party,expressed his fears that the leg-islation will dilute special pro-visions of the Himalayan statethat it enjoys under Article371F of the Constitution.

He also urged the SikkimKrantikari Morcha-led gov-ernment to press for imple-menting Inner Line Permit inthe state and quit the NDA inprotest against the passage ofthe Bill.

The legislation, that seeksto grant Indian citizenship toreligious minorities ofAfghanistan, Pakistan andBangladesh who are fleeingpersecution there, was passedin the Lok Sabha with 311-80

votes.“We are deeply disap-

pointed with the CAB. The Billhas not excluded Sikkim com-pared to other North-Eaststates like Nagaland, Meghalayaand a few others.

“We wanted Sikkim also bementioned in writing on theBill like other North-Eaststates,” Bhutia, said in aFacebook post.

He said though HomeMinister Amit Shah had men-tioned in the House that thelegislation will not have anyeffect on states enjoying specialstatus under Article 371, thelegal provision is different fromArticle 371F.

“This Bill is surely a way ofdiluting Article 371F in longrun,” the former Indian footballteam captain said.

Bhutia said apparent effortsby Sikkim Chief Minister PremSingh Tamang and the state’slone Lok Sabha MP IndraHang Subba failed in keepingSikkim out of the CAB’s ambit.

Thiruvananthapuram: TheCitizenship Amendment Bill(CAB) passed by Parliament in‘unusual haste’ was an ‘attack’on the secular and democrat-ic character of the country,Kerala Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan said on Tuesday.

The Constitution of Indiaguarantees the right to citizen-ship for all Indians, irrespectiveof their religion, caste, lan-guage, culture, gender or pro-fession and this very right isbeing made void by the CAB,Vijayan said in a statementhere.

The move to decide citi-zenship on the basis of religionamounts to rejection of theConstitution, he said.

This was an excercise todivide people on communallines, he said.

“The bill was passed by theLok Sabha with unusual hasteand tenacity,” he said.

“Muslims, who have immi-grated from Bangladesh,Afghanistan and Pakistan arebeing excluded. The discrimi-nation on the basis of religion

and preferential granting ofrights is a denial of natural jus-tice,” Vijayan said.

The bill mentions that peo-ple belonging to six religiousgroups from three neighbour-ing countries can be grantedcitizenship.

These two clauses must bewithdrawn, the Chief Ministersaid.

It is not unknown to theSangh Parivar that India hous-es refugees from Sri Lanka inaddition to the three afore-mentioned countries, he said.

“The CAB serves the com-munal policies of the sanghparivar and their devious plansto establish a non-secular state.The articles of the Constitutionthat relate to citizenship andfundamental rights are beingviolate here. India belongs toIndians of all kinds. Efforts toundermine this fact will onlytake our country backward,” hesaid.

“It will destroy our hard-fought freedom and we mustnot let that happen”, he said. PTI

Bengaluru: As Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa pre-pares for Cabinet expansion after his four monthold Government retained a majority in theKarnataka assembly by sweeping the bypolls,developments on Tuesday indicated that he has atough task ahead.

The ruling BJP on Monday had swept theby-elections, winning 12 of the total of 15 seats.

Yediyurappa on Tuesday said he would soon holddiscussions with the central leadership on cabinetexpansion.

“In another three to four days I will go to Delhito meet Amit Shah (BJP National President) andPrime Minister (Narendra Modi), when theydecide we will do it (Cabinet expansion),”Yediyurappa said here.

“As I had given an assurance that those whohad resigned and came out of (Congress and JD(S))and won the bypolls.. making them Ministers is ourresponsibility, I have accepted it and will execute it hundred per cent,” he told reporters.

Eleven of the 13 disqualified legislators,whosuccessfully contested the bypolls on BJP tickets,

are expected to become Ministerssoon.

However, Cabinet expansion will not be an easytask as Yediyurappa will have to strike a balanceby accommodating the victorious disqualified leg-islators as he had promised and also make placefor old guards, upset at being “neglected” in the firstround of the induction exercise.

He also has to give adequate representation tovarious castes and regions in his cabinet that alreadyhas eight Lingayats, including the CM, threeVokkaligas, three from ScheduledCaste, two OBCs, one Scheduled Tribe and aBrahmin.

Region-wise,Bengaluru Urban, with fourMinisters and Belagavi and Shivamogga,with twoeach, have a larger share in the Ministry.

Including the Chief Minister, there are currently18 ministers in the cabinet, whose sanctionedstrength is 34.

With indications about cabinet expansions onthe cards, several ministerial aspirants, both old andnewly-elected,have met Chief Minister to push theircase, party sources said. PTI

Ahmedabad: Some activistsfrom Gujarat have criticised thepassage of the contentiousCitizenship (Amendment) Billin Lok Sabha, saying the pro-posed law will sharpen a com-munal divide while its realobjective is to take forward theagenda of Hindutva.

The bill seeks to provideIndian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants fromPakistan, Bangladesh and

Afghanistan facing religiouspersecution in those countries.

“While the CitizenshipAmendment Bill’s stated pur-pose is to offer refuge to per-secuted minorities from neigh-bouring countries, it onlyapplies to a small, very specif-ic group of minorities andcountries. It convenientlyomits Ahmadis from Pakistan,Rohingyas from Myanmar, andTamils from Sri Lanka,” stated

a letter singed by Dev Desaiand 230 other activists cum cit-izens of NGO ANHAD.

“This bill is not about pro-tecting refugees, but is insteadintended simply to advance theagenda of Hindutva. In turn,the law will inflame passions,and sharpen communal divi-sions all over the country, par-ticularly in Bengal, Assam, andother States of the North East,”it said. PTI

Guwahati: Amid widespreadprotest over the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill in Assam,State Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal onTuesday welcomed its passagein the Lok Sabha describing itas a “historic moment”.

Himanta Biswa Sarma, theconvenor of the North-EastDemocratic Alliance (NEDA),the NDA’s version in the region,complimented Union HomeMinister Amit Shah saying it“shall be inscribed in gold as aday of bold reform to correct afallacy of many decades.”

The Bill was passed by theLower House of Parliamenton Monday night as the rulingBJP enjoys a majority there. Itwill be introduced in the RajyaSabha on Wednesday.

“The passage of the Bill inLok Sabha is a historic momentfor us all. It will not only giverelief to six persecuted minor-ity communities from threeneighbouring countries butwill also pave the way for con-stitutional safeguards to theindigenous people of Assam,”

Sonowal tweeted.The Bill seeks to give

Indian citizenship to mem-bers of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist,Jain, Parsi and Christian com-munities, who have come fromPakistan, Bangladesh andAfghanistan, till December 31,2014, facing religious persecu-tion there.

He also thanked PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andUnion Home Minister AmitShah “for fulfilling a long-standing commitment of Indiaand for taking everyone alongand ensuring protection for allindigenous people”.

Sarma who is also thefinance, health and PWD min-

ister of the State,tweeted that the Billwill go down in“history as a glori-ous historical cor-rection of a blundercommitted by theNehru-LiyaquatPact! Posterity willowe it to PM Sri@narendramodi forthis giant step”.

The then Indian PrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru andhis Pakistani counterpartLiaquat Ali Khan signed anagreement, known as theNehru-Liaquat Pact, in 1950 toprotect the minority commu-nities in their respective coun-tries.

Sarma thanked the UnionHome Minister for tearing“into the opposition as hemade an inspired speech whilereplying on the CAB in the LokSabha”. The Chief Minister hadalso tweeted on Monday thatthe CAB is not only for Assambut for the entire country anda section is “maligning theimage of the state by spreading

misinformation that onlyAssam will have to again bearthe burden of illegal immi-grants”. Sonowal had urgedBJP workers to stay vigilant andcheck the spread of misinfor-mation, engage in discussionsand deliberations with the pub-lic to remove any doubtsregarding the Bill so that theyare not misled.

Protests against the Billhave erupted across Assam -barring the three districts ofCachar, Karimganj andHailakandi in Barak Valleywhere the majority of the peo-ple are Hindu Bengalis hailingfrom Bangladesh and areexpected to benefit from theCAB.

The North East Students’Organisation (NESO), backedby various other bodies andpolitical parties, has called an11-hour bandh from 5 amagainst the Bill on Tuesday.

Indigenous people of theNortheastern states are scaredthat the entry of these peoplewill endanger their identityand livelihood. PTI

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The countdown began on Tuesday forthe launch of India’s radar imaging

earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 onboard PLSV-C48 from its spaceport ofSriharikota, ISRO said.

The workhorse Polar Satellite LaunchVehicle, on its 50th mission, PSLV-C48, isscheduled to lift off from the first launchpad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre atSriharikota, about 130 km from here at3.25 PM on Wednesday, the Indian SpaceResearch Organisation said.

Wednesday’s launch will mark a sig-nificant milestone for the space agency asit would be the 50th flight of the PSLV andalso the 75th vehicle mission fromSriharikota. The 628 kg satellite, meant forapplications in various fields like agricul-ture, forestry and disaster managementsupport, will carry nine customer satellites,including one each from Israel, Italy,Japanand six from the United States.

ISRO said the countdown for RISAT-2BR1 began at 4.40 PM on Tuesday.The space agency said the satellites arebeing launched under a commercialarrangement with NewSpace India Ltd.The mission life of RISAT2-BR1 is fiveyears, ISRO said. RISAT-2BR1 follows thesuccessful launch of RISAT-2B in May 22.

Mumbai: With its Maharashtraalliance partner Shiv Senabacking the Citizenship(Amendment) Bill in the LokSabha, the NCP on Tuesdaysaid the two are different parties and it is not possiblealways for them to hold thesame view on all issues.

NCP chief spokespersonNawab Malik, however, said theparties are committed to ensurethat no injustice is meted toanyone on the grounds of reli-gion, caste, language and regionin Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Congressgeneral secretary SachinSawant also said that thoughthe Shiv Sena has backed theCitizenship (Amendment) Bill(CAB) in the Lok Sabha, it washopeful the UddhavThackeray-led party will stickto the common minimum pro-gramme (CMP) while govern-ing the state.

The Sharad Pawar-ledparty earlier said the CAB is“anti-constitutional” and the

BJP-led Union Government ispushing it only for politicalbenefits.

The Shiv Sena, NCP andCongress formed Governmentin Maharashtra last monthafter the Thackeray-led partysevered its ties with the BJP.

In the CMP formulatedbefore government formation,the Shiv Sena, NCP andCongress mentioned that issuesregarding constitutional pro-visions and having a bearing onthe state and national secularfabric will have to be discussedamong them, and only thenany of the three parties can

decide on its position.According to the

CAB, members ofHindu, Sikh, Buddhist,Jain, Parsi andChristian communities,who have come fromPakistan, Bangladeshand Afghanistan, tillDecember 31, 2014 fac-ing religious persecu-tion there, will not be

treated as illegal immigrantsbut given Indian citizenship.

“We are two different par-ties. We reached an agreementon certain issues when it comesto governance in the state.Two allies from Bihar too havetaken a different stance onsome issues,” Malik said.

He was apparently refer-ring to the ruling JD(U) andBJP in Bihar holding differentviews on the abrogation ofArticle 370 in Jammu &Kashmir.

The BJP supported it, whilethe JD(U) was against its scrapping. PTI

Jaipur: Deputy Chief Ministerof Rajasthan Sachin Pilot onTuesday alleged that politics isbehind the Government’s deci-sion to introduce theCitizenship (Amendment) Bill.

He claimed that the bill isan attempt to divert people’sattention from issues likeunemployment and slow eco-nomic growth.

The bill seeks to amend theCitizenship Act, 1955, in orderto grant Indian nationality toHindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains,Parsis and Christians whocome to India after facing reli-gious persecution inBangladesh, Pakistan andAfghanistan even if they don’tpossess proper documents.

It was passed in the LokSabha a little past midnight onMonday after a heated debatethat lasted over seven hours. Itwill now be tabled in the Rajya

Sabha on Wednesday.“There is politics some-

where behind introducing thebill. It is not written in theConstitution that there shouldbe discrimination on the basisof religion. The Congress hasopposed the bill in principleand the party’s stand is clearthat religion should not be theground for (granting) citizen-ship,” Pilot, who is also theRajasthan Congress chief, toldreporters here.

“Amendments to theCitizenship Act have beenmade in the past as well but itis the first time that it is beingopposed in parts of the coun-try,” he said.

The government’s decisionto introduce the bill was metwith protests in northeasternStates with most student unionsand regional political partiesopposing it. PTI

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Senior BJP leader from BengalMukul Roy on Tuesday suffered

a major blow after the CalcuttaHigh Court rejected his plea foranticipatory bail in a triple-mur-der case in which his name hasfigured in a supplementary charge-sheet.

The case refers to the murderof three brothers Dhanu Sheikh,KatunSheikh and Turuk Sheikh —all CPI(M) members — fromLuvpur inBirbhum district at thehouse of former TMC MLAManirul Islam.

In the original charge-sheet ofthe 9-year-old case Roy’s namehad however not figured.

The Court while rejecting theplea said it was doing so on tech-nical grounds as the bail applica-

tion was erroneous. “This means that the bail has

not been rejected on merit,”sources close to Roy said addingthe BJP would consider furthersteps.

The original case implicatesIslam a former Forward Blocleader who joined the TMC post2011 when the party came topower and subsequently he joinedthe BJP early this year.

The CPI(M) alleges that themurders were orchestrated atIslam’s house who had called fivebrothers for a compromise but gotthree of them hacked to death.The remaining two brothers fledwith their lives and later lodgedFIRs. But sustained torture of thefamily forced it to flee the villageand take shelter in the neighbor-ing district of Murshidabad.

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Indian Ocean, a battlegroundbetween the fishermen of

Tamil Nadu and Sri Lankaover the rights to fish in regionmarked as InternationalMaritime Boundary Line hasthe solution to the decades oldpolitical problem. The ‘unex-plored’ sea shores of Somaliaand Yemen could be the solu-tion India and Sri Lanka arewaiting for, according tomarine specialists and diplomats.

Prof A Ramachandran,vice chancellor, KeralaUniversity of Fisheries andOcean Studies (KUFOS) andan internationally respectedindustrial marine specialistsays that the coastlines ofSomalia and Yemen remainunderutilised.

“Because of the lack ofinterest among Somalian fish-ermen to take the initiative toventure out to the exclusiveeconomic zone of this country,

what is happening is that theregion is experiencing largescale poaching in the form ofunauthorised fishing. Fisheriesresources in Somalia remainuntapped due to a host of rea-sons,” Prof Ramachandran toldThe Pioneer.

He also pointed out thatcoastlines of Somalia andYemen and virgin areas. “Fishis not very much relished inthese countries,” said ProfRamachandran.

Since these countries werenot very much into fishing, theuntapped marine wealth inthe form of fish products couldbe harnessed by entrepreneursfrom India. ‘Our fishermen,especially those from TamilNadu and Kerala, are skilled infishing in these regions. Thearea offers immense potentialfor our fishermen,” hesaid.

What makes the Somalianand Yemen coast unique is thepresence of large stock of tuna,lobster, sardine , mackerel, cut-tle fish and several other species

which enjoy big demand inglobal market, said the vice -chancellor.

Since both Somalia andYemen are not fully equippedfor deep sea fishing and do nothave modern infrastructurefor storing and processing thecatch, there is a big potential forIndian entrepreneurs as well asfishermen, pointed out ProfRamachandran and DrNomvuyo Nokwe, secretarygeneral, Indian Ocean RimAssociation (IORA), an inter-governmental organisationengaged in strengtheningregional cooperation and sus-tainable development withinthe Indian Ocean regionthrough its 22 memberStates and nine dialogue part-ners.

Dr Nokwe, a medical doc-tor-turned-career diplomat saidthere was big scope for a win-win situation for all the stakeholders viz India, Yemen,Somalia the entrepreneurs andthe fishermen if such a coop-eration materialises. “We in

IORA are willing to play amajor role in facilitating sucha cooperation between thesethree countries to develop suchan international venture. Indianentrepreneurs have the tech-nology while the fishermen areskilled. This would go a longway in the economic develop-ment of all stake holders,” saidDr Nokwe.

Jaya Palayan, founder,South Indian FishermenFederation, said the suggestionsounded fine. “But we need toensure the safety of our fisher-men from the maraudingpirates of Somalia, who madethat country an infamous enti-ty because of hijacking of shipsand other marine vessels,” saidPalayan, a marine engineerturned fishermen activist.

A representative from theFederation of Indian Chambersof Commerce and Industries(FICCI), an industry bodyinvolved in the Blue Economyalso expressed his apprehen-sion over the threats posed bythe Somalian pirates.

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Taking serious cognisance ofnon-utilisation of funds by

the previous Governmentunder the Nirbhaya Fund,Maharashtra’s new ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday direct-ed the State administration toprepare guidelines for utilisingthe money allocated to theState under the Nirbhaya Fund.

Speaking at a meeting ofsenior State police officers atthe of the office of DirectorGeneral of Police (DGP) here,Uddhav said: “It is a seriousmatter that the State has notutilised the funds allotted to itunder the Nirbhaya Fund dur-ing the last few years. We haveto look at ways utilise thefunds quickly. For the purpose,there is a need for preparingguidelines to utlise the fundsallocated under the Nirbhayafund”.

At the meeting, the chiefminister directed the seniorState police officers to initiateaction against the culpritsbehind the sexual atrocitieson women.

“Sternest action needs to be

taken against theaccused perpetratingsexual crimes onwomen... We will pro-vide whatever facilitiesneeded for making thepolice force efficient.The police force in itskhaki dress should contributeto strengthening theGovernment. You should workin such a manner that peopleshould respect the police force,”Uddhav said, adding that theState Government would lookinto the issues like housing,health issues and duty hours ofthe police force.

At the meeting, the chiefminister interacted with thePolice Commissioners of Pune,Thane, Aurgangad, Nagpur,Nashik and Navi Mumbai andSpecial Inspectors General ofpolice, through video-confer-encing.

Uddhav’s remarks aboutMaharashtra having notutilised any money allocated toit under Nirbhaya fund shouldbe seen in the light of the factthat though the State had beenallocated � 128.46 croreEmergency Response SupportSystem (ERSS) of the Nirbhaya

fund during2017-18, it hasnot utilised anymoney underthis fund.

Similarly,the Centre allo-cated � 176.6

crore to Maharashtra during2015-17 under the CentralVictim Compensation fund ofthe Nirbhaya Fund, but thestate has not so far utilised anymoney, according to a notereleased by the Ministry ofWomen and ChildDevelopment (MWCD) on July19, 2019.

While Maharashtra wasallocated ��45.84 crore CyberCrime Prevention againstWomen & Children (CCPWC)��45.84 crore during 2017-18,it was allocated a total of �� 144.65 crore for a periodfrom 2015-16 to 2019-20 underOne Stop Centre Scheme.Similarly, it was allocated ��6.27crore under Universalisation ofWomen Helpline during 2015-16. Maharashtra has notutilised any money under anyof these heads of the NirbhayaFund.

Under two other heads –

safety city projects in eightcities and strengthening offorensic science laboratories,Maharashtra was allocated �874.7 crore and � 268.5 croreduring 2018-19 respectively.However, according to theMWCD note, the Centre hasnot yet received utilisation cer-tificates from Maharashtra.

The Nirbhaya FundFramework provides for a non-lapsable corpus fund for safe-ty and security of women to beadministered by theDepartment of EconomicAffairs (DEA) of the Ministryof Finance (MoF) of theGovernment of India. Further,it provides for an Empowered

Committee (EC) of officerschaired by the Secretary,Ministry of Women & ChildDevelopment (MWCD) toappraise and recommend pro-posals to be funded under thisframework.

Central VictimCompensation Fund (CVCF)has been funded under theFramework of Nirbhaya Fundto support States and UnionTerritories (UTs) for theirVictim Compensation Scheme.The CVCF is a one-time grantof top-up funds to theStates/UTs subsequent to thedirections of Hon’ble SupremeCourt. Funds were released toStates/UTs in 2016-17.

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Suburban railway commutersawait a New year gift, as the

Central Railway prepares tooperate the first-ever Air-con-ditioned suburban local onJanuary 1, 2020.

“The first Air-conditionedEMU (Electrical Multiple Unit)local train has arrived in ouryard. It will be a New Year giftfor our commuters. This ACEMU train has 12 cars fully air-conditioned including drivingcabs,”, a Central Railwayspokesperson said here onTuesday.

“A motor woman will in alllikelihood operate the AC localon its maiden run,” thespokesperson added.

The AC local has beenmanufactured by ICF (IntegralCoach Factory) Chennai,which has made a new breed ofindigenous air-conditionedEMU train set.

The salient features of thenew local include: AC systemfor passengers comprising 2 X

15 ton capacity roof mountedpackage units (RMPU) for airconditioning in each coach,provision of an EMU rakewith secondary air suspensionwith two air bellows, providedon each bogie, availability of aPassenger Address & PassengerInformation system (PAPIS), aGPS based information systemfor passenger with intercomfacility and LED Based Coach

identification system for Alarmchain pulling & Door mal-functioning.

Among the safety featuresfor commuters, the local has anelectrically-operated automat-ic door closure system,Emergency Talk Back (ETU)system which is a part of PAPISand a manual door openingsystem in each coach that canbe accessed.

Patna: The recent recovery of ayoung womans charred body inBuxar district of Bihar, which hadtriggered speculation of murder afterrape, turned out to be a case of hon-our killing and the main accused thefather of the victim has been arrest-ed, a top police official claimed onTuesday.

Deputy Inspector General ofPolice, Shahabad Range, RakeshRathi said that Mahendra Gupta, aretired Army man and resident ofDinara in Bhabhua the headquarterof Kaimur district was arrestedTuesday afternoon, a day after thevictim was identified by her moth-er and brother.

“After the recovery of the wom-ans body in Itarhi police station areaof Buxar last week, we were facing theproblem of ascertaining her identi-ty since the corpse was charged and

nobody was coming forward with amissing report which could give usa clue”, Rathi told PTI over phone.

“The Dinara SHO, in the mean-time, got the information that awoman hailing from the locality whogot married last year had been miss-ing ever since she eloped with herparamour and her family members,moved by shame, had got their son-in-law married to their youngerdaughter”, he added.

Subsequently, the brother andmother of the woman were picked upfor interrogation and shown thesandals and the toe ring worn by thedeceased. “They confirmed it

belonged to their elder daughter.They also said that her father hadbeen seething with rage since herelopement, his fury getting worse bytaunts of neighbours and he had beenvowing that once caught, he will notspare her”, the DIG said.

He also said Gupta, who hadbeen hiding since he killed hisdaughter on the night of December2, had confessed that the cartridgefound close to the body was firedfrom his weapon and that he had setthe body ablaze after pulling the trig-ger on his child.

The body was found in thefields in a village under Itarhi policestation on December 3 and, comingclose on the heels of the rape andmurder of a young veterinary doc-tor in Hyderabad, had fueled spec-ulation that it was a case of a simi-lar nature. PTI

+������*� ������������%��#�Lucknow: The dying declarationof the 23-year-old Unnao rapevictim, who was set ablaze lastweek by five men, including thetwo accused of raping her earli-er, is a “strong evidence” and willbe used to nail her killers, UttarPradesh police chief O P Singhsaid on Tuesday.

The police will go in for theprosecution of the five accusedin a fast-track court, the direc-tor general of police said a dayafter the Utter PradeshGovernment took a Cabinetdecision to set up 218 new fast-track courts — 144 to try rapecases and 74 for sexual offencesagainst children.

“Dying declaration is a verystrong evidence, and certainly, itwill be used. Before dying, thegirl deposed before a sub-divi-sional magistrate that these fivepersons attacked her,” DGP

Singh told PTI.“When she was taken to

Delhi and admitted to the hos-pital, she also had a chat withdoctors. We will try to get thestatement of the doctor also inthis regard. These will be strongevidence to chargesheet thesefive criminals,” he added.

Singh also said the policewill soon file the chargesheet inthe murder case. “We will bechargesheeting them within afew days. We want to fast-trackthe entire case,” said the policechief. “We are also exploring thepossibility of going for the DNAtest of the accused,” said Singh.

Explaining the rationalbehind going in for the DNA testof the accused, the police chiefsaid the victim also had a mobilephone and a purse, which havealready been sent for the foren-sic test to ascertain if those

items came in contact with theaccused and carry their finger-prints or traces of their sweat orhair etc from which the DNAsample of the accused couldpossibly be lifted.

“We would then match theDNA samples of the accused tothose found on the victim’sitems,” said Singh. “We also haveseveral strong pieces of circum-stantial evidence in the case,” saidthe DGP. In her statement to SubDivisional MagistrateDayashankar Pathak, the womanhad said she was attacked whenshe reached Gaura turn near herhome on her way to the court toattend hearing in her rape case.

She had specifically namedHarishankar Trivedi, RamKishore Trivedi, Umesh Bajpai,Shivam Trivedi and ShubhamTrivedi as the persons who sether on fire. PTI

Thiruvananthapuram: Over1,500 rape cases have beenregistered in Kerala so far thisyear, according to police sta-tistics.

The numbers have beenrevealed at a time when thereis a Nationwide uproar overincreasing crimes againstwomen after the recent killingof two young women inHyderabad and Unnao in UttarPradesh respectively.

In Hyderabad, a youngveterinarian was gang-raped,killed and set on fire by fourmen, while in Unnao a rapevictim died after being set

ablaze by her attackers.According to the police’s

crime records bureau, a total of10,516 cases of atrocitiesagainst women have beenreported up to September thisyear, of which 1,537 were rapes.

Though there is a slight dipin the number of rape cases thisyear compared to the 2,015 lastyear (provisional figures), itcould go up when the cases inthe rest of the months aretaken into consideration.

Besides the rape cases, atotal of 3,351 molestation, 167kidnapping and abduction, 309eve-teasing cases, four dowry

deaths and 2,019 cases of cru-elty by husbands and relativeshave also been reported in thefirst nine months this year, itsaid.

A total of 2,003 and 1,656rape cases had been reported inKerala in 2017 and 2016respectively, it added.

Kerala Women’s

Commission Chairperson M CJosephine said fast-track courts,speedy trial and women-friendly police stations besidesgrassroots level awareness dri-ves are the solutions to addressthe increasing atrocities againstwomen.

However, she said com-pared to many other northernstates, cases are registered in thestate fast and it was a positivesign in a way.

“Delayed justice is a causeof worry in the cases of atroc-ities against women. Justicedelayed amounts to justicebeing denied to the victims,”

Josephine told PTI.“It prompts people to think

and act emotionally. That’swhat we saw in Telanganarecently,” she said.

So, fast-track courts shouldbe set up. Trials should beexpedited and stringent pun-ishment should be ensured tothe culprits, the Women’sCommission chairperson said.

Despite stringent laws,women are facing new forms ofcrimes and atrocities nowadays,she pointed out. “Five womenhave died in petrol attacks inKerala in the last six months,”she said. PTI

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The Goa Congress women’swing on Tuesday said cap-

ital punishment was the onlyway to curb crimes like rape inthe country.

It supported Congressleader Rahul Gandhi’s remarkthat India was now known as“rape capital” of the world.

The recent trend of rapesand killings of innocent victimsclearly reflects what Gandhi has

stated, Goa Pradesh MahilaCongress Committee presi-dent Pratima Coutinho said.

“We should not live in astate of denial. There are casesof minor girls being raped andkilled. Women are not feelingsafe on streets in several partsof the country. This is theactual situation and not a polit-ical statement,” she said.

Coutinho said time hascome to amend the existing lawand ensure that those convict-

ed for raping and killing are“hanged to death in public”.

“There is a need to instillfear in the minds of pervertsthat if they commit suchcrimes, they would face severeconsequences,” she said, addingthat countries all over theworld are adopting a zero-tol-erance attitude towards suchcrimes.

Such crimes can be con-trolled only by capital punish-ment, she asserted.

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Pune: The Maratha Kranti Morcha hasdemanded speedy justice in the 2016 caseof rape and killing of a 15-year-girl inMaharashtra’s Kopardi village.

The pro-Maratha outfit sent a letter toChief Minister Uddhav Thackarey onMonday, seeking his intervention into thematter and their other pending demands.

“A sessions court awarded death sen-tence to three accused in the Kopardi rapecase. The case is now pending before theBombay High Court. The Governmentshould intervene and ensure speedy justiceto the victim,” Maratha Kranti Morcha mem-ber Rajendra Kondhare told reporters hereon Monday.

The victim, a Class IX student belong-ing to the Maratha community, was foundbrutally killed after being raped on July 13,2016 at Kopardi village in Ahmednagar dis-trict. According to police, the accused alsoinflicted injuries all over her body and brokeher limbs before throttling her. PTI

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Jammu: Dozens of All Jammu and KashmirPanchayat Conference (AJKPC) members weredetained here on Tuesday after they tried to takeout a march in support of their various demands,including clearance of ��1,000 crore liabilitiesunder the Centre’s flagship MGNERGA scheme.

The AJKPC, a frontline body of elected pan-chayat members, went on a week-long hungerstrike on December 3 to press for their demands.It ended the hunger strike on Tuesday but triedto take out a rally when its members were

detained by police.“We are ending the hunger strike as per

already chalked out programme today(Tuesday)...We have already conveyed all ourgenuine demands to the director rural devel-opment department who visited us during thehunger strike and are hopeful of resolution ofour issues,” AJKPC president Anil Sharma toldreporters before leading the protest march.

However, he threatened to intensify the agi-tation if the administration failed to resolve theirissues. PTI

Srinagar: Most of the shopswere shut in Srinagar onTuesday due to a shutdowncalled by the separatists on theoccasion of InternationalHuman Rights Day, officialssaid.

Shops, fuel stations andother business establishmentswere shut in several areas of thecity, they added.

The shutdown was intensein the Downtown (old city)areas, the officials said.

Public transport was less,but private cars and auto-rick-

shaws were plying, unhinderedthey added.

There were reports of shut-down in certain areas of theother districts of the valley, theofficials said. The schools in

Kashmir were shut after theGovernment announced thewinter vacations from

Tuesday till February 22, 2020.The hardline Hurriyat

Conference, led by Syed AliShah Geelani, had reportedlycalled for the shutdown onMonday and asked people toobserve a “black day” on theoccasion of InternationalHuman Rights Day. PTI

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Flipkart-owned digital payments com-pany PhonePe has received a fund infu-

sion of about �585.66 crore from its par-ent firm in another round, according toregulatory filings.

PhonePe Pvt Ltd, Singapore, (formerlyFlipkart Payments Pvt Ltd) was allotted13,81,278 shares and the total amount paidwas �585,66,18,720, according to docu-ments sourced by business intelligenceplatform Tofler

The company declined to comment onthe fund infusion.

In July this year, PhonePe had receiveda fund infusion of about �698 crore fromits parent firm.

The latest fund infusion is expected toprovide PhonePe more muscle to competein the burgeoning payments segment inIndia. It competes against the likes ofPaytm, Google Pay, Amazon Pay and oth-ers in this space.

Paytm had recently announced a USD1 billion (around �7,173 crore) fund raiseled by the US-based asset managementfirm T Rowe Price. Existing investorsAlibaba, Softbank and Discovery Capitalhad also participated in the funding

round.Digital payments have seen significant

growth in India after the government'sdemonetisation drive in 2016. Players likePhonePe and Paytm have witnessed stronggrowth in user base as well as transactionvalue and volumes.

PhonePe has seen its losses mount to�1,904.72 crore in 2018-19 from a loss of�791.03 crore for the year ended March2018.

However, its revenue from opera-tions rose manifold to �184.22 crore in2018-19 as against �42.79 crore a yearago.

Previously, PhonePe had stated that ithad seen 380 million transactions on itsplatform in August 2019, as compared to290 million in the month of June.

There have also been reports thatFlipkart is looking at hiving off PhonePeinto a separate entity, a move that wouldhelp the payments company raise fundsindependently.

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The country's largest lenderState Bank of India (SBI) on

Tuesday reported about Rs12,000 crore divergence intheir bad loans for the last fis-cal.

As per the assessment doneby the RBI, the gross NPA ofthe SBI was 11,932 crore moreat �1,84,682 as against�1,72,750 reported by the bankfor 2018-19, SBI said in a reg-ulatory filing.

Similarly, the net NPA was77,827 crore as compared todisclosed figure of �65,895crore, reflecting divergence of�11,932 crore, it said.

As a result the bank has tomake additional provisioningof �12,036 crore in the bal-ancesheet and the notionalloss would have been at �6,968crore.

SBI had posted a profit of�862 crore for 2018-19 in Maythis year.

It further said after subse-quent slippage or upgradationduring the current financialyear, the remaining impact onthe gross NPAs during thethird quarter of current fiscalis �3,143 core.

The impact on provision-ing during the third quarter

stood at �4,654 crore, itadded.

In recent months, therehave been several instances ofunder-reporting of bad loansby lenders, prompting regula-tory action by the ReserveBank of India.

Last month, SBI in a cir-cular noted that disclosures inrespect of divergence and pro-visioning are in the nature ofmaterial events and hencenecessitate immediate disclo-sure. Further, this informationis also price sensitive, requiringprompt disclosure by a listedentity.

Accordingly, the regulatorhas decided that “listed banksshall make disclosures of diver-gences and provisioningbeyond specified threshold, asmentioned in aforesaid RBInotifications, as soon as rea-sonably possible and not laterthan 24 hours upon receipt ofthe Reserve Bank's Final RiskAssessment Report (RAR),rather than waiting to publishthem as part of annual finan-cial statements”.

The SBI has reported theloan divergence to theexchanges, as per the directionof market regulator Securitiesand Exchange Board of India(Sebi).

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Consumer prices in Chinaaccelerated at their fastest

pace for almost eight years inNovember as the African swinefever epidemic caused porkprices to more than double,data showed Tuesday.

The consumer price index(CPI) — a key gauge of retailinflation — came in at 4.5 per-cent for November, theNational Bureau of Statistics(NBS) said, up from 3.8 percentin October and the highest ratesince January 2012.

Analysts surveyed byBloomberg News had forecastan increase of 4.3 percent on-year.

The widespread outbreakof swine fever since August2018 has disrupted the porksupply in China, sending theprices of the staple meat up110.2 percent last monthNovember.

With China's pig herddown by about 40 percent,authorities last week launcheda plan to restore pork produc-tion to pre-swine fever levels by2021.

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China plans to launch its owndigital currency to stay

ahead of the global competitionwith its central bank approvingproposals to conduct trials insome cities, official media herereported on Tuesday.

China's central bank - thePeople's Bank of China (PBC)- has stepped up efforts to rollout its Digital CurrencyElectronic Payment (DCEP) asit seeks to stay ahead of thecompetition among centralbanks around the world andhelp preserve financial sover-eignty, state-run Global Timesreported.

The bank is set to conducttrials of the digital currency incities such as tech hubShenzhen in the country'ssouthern Guangdong Province,it said.

The initial test, set at theend of this month in Shenzhen,will involve some of the largestbanks in the country and tele-com carriers, the Times report-ed, quoting the CaijingMagazine.

The test will be expandedto more areas next year, itsaid. Similar tests are alsoexpected to be conducted inSuzhou, China's estern JiangsuProvince, the report noted.

Domestic internet giantsAlibaba and Tencent will alsoparticipate in the trials, itadded. The PBC is acceleratingthe launch as competition heat-ing up among central banksaround the world to leap aheadwith digital currency, expectedto affect a wide range of sectorsranging from financial to retailand trade, the report said.

On Wednesday, FrancoisVilleroy de Galhau, governor ofFrance's central bank,announced that the bank willconduct a test of a digital cur-rency and launch a call for pro-jects before the end of the firstquarter of 2020.

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State-run Food Corporationof India (FCI) garnered Rs

8,000 crore by way of issuanceof bonds on private placementbasis on BSE's electronic bookmechanism platform.

In total, 247 bids for Rs20,071.2 crore were received onBSE BOND Platform, which isthe second highest bids everreceived for yield based bid-ding, the exchange said in astatement.

B S Mohapatra, ExecutiveDirector (Finance) at FCI saidthe platform's convenience,user-friendly feature and sup-port from BSE teamsmoothened the entire bid-ding and fund-raising process.

“I am delighted that FCI is

able to raise Rs 8,000 crore suc-cessfully using BSE BONDplatform...BSE firmly believesthat Indian bond market is tap-ping ample potential for size-able growth and India is park-ing its domestic savings in themost judicious manner,” BSECEO and MD AshishkumarChauhan said.

The platform was launchedon July 1, 2016 to facilitateonline bidding for privateplacement of debt securities.Since then, companies have gar-nered over �9 lakh crore throughthe exchange mechanism.

The platform, which allowsall categories of investors toplace bids, helps bring in trans-parency and efficiency in pricediscovery for private place-ment of debt securities.

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The rupee rose by 12 paise toclose at a more than one-

month high of 70.92 against theUS dollar on Tuesday amidsoftening crude oil prices andweakening of the greenbackvis-a-vis major global curren-cies.

Forex traders said theIndian rupee gained ground onthe back of stable crude oilprices and a weaker dollarindex. However, muted domes-tic equity markets weighed onthe local unit.

At the interbank foreignexchange market, the rupeeopened at 70.98 against the USdollar.

During the day, the domes-tic unit fluctuated between ahigh of 70.85 and a low of 71.04and finally ended the day at70.92 against the US dollar, thehighest closing level sinceNovember 5 when the unit set-tled at 70.69.

On Monday, the rupee hadsettled at 71.04 against the

American currency. “Rupee continued to

extend gains despite fall indomestic equities but primar-ily on back of weakness in thedollar against its major cross-es,” said Gaurang Somaiyaa,Forex & Bullion Analyst,Motilal Oswal FinancialServices Private Ltd.

Somaiyaa, further said thatfocus will now be on inflationand industrial productionnumber and weaker-than-expected data could curb thegains for the currency.

“We expect the USDINR(Spot) pair to find supportclose to 70.80 levels and on thehigher side resistance is at71.40 level,” he said.

Forex traders said easingcrude oil prices and weak-nesss of the US dollar vis-a-visother currencies overseas sup-ported the rupee.

The dollar index, whichgauges the greenback'sstrength against a basket of sixcurrencies, fell 0.13 per cent to97.51.

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In some good news to the mil-lions graduates and also to

the education system in thecountry as a whole, where formany years as much as 70 per-cent of the professional degreeholders were found to beunemployable, a survey hasfound that nearly half of thefresh pass-outs are employ-able now.

The survey, however, doesnot speak about the jobs sce-nario given the shape of theeconomy due to the high capac-ity underutilization prevalent inacross most industry segmentsfor many years now.

According to the IndiaSkills Report by Wheebox,People Strong and CII, there isan overall positive trend in tal-ent supply as over 46 percent ofthe students surveyed are foundto be employable or ready totake-up jobs in 2019 againstonly 33 percent in 2014.

“There is an improvementin the availability of employabletalent at around 47% in 2019upfrom 33.9% in 2014,” Wheeboxfounder and chief executiveNirmal Singh said.

The most employable can-didates are MBA passouts with54 percent of the being foundemployable against 40 percentin two years ago, it said, addingBPharma, polytechnic, BComand BA graduates have alsoseen an improvement in theiremployability which hasincreased by over 15 percent.

However, there has been adecline in the employabilitythose coming out with BTech,other engineering streams,MCA, technical and computer-related courses, says the survey.

The survey is based on astudy by the talent manage-ment specialisit Wheeboxwhich has conducted thenational employability test sur-vey from July-November 2019with more than 3 lakh partic-ipants from 3,500 educationalinstitutions across the country.

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Coal India Ltd (CIL) onTuesday said about 58 ther-

mal power plants (TPPs) in thecountry are saving around Rs3,770 crore per annum in coaltransportation cost after theminer had implemented thefuel linkage rationalisation.

A total of 63 million tonneof coal movement is currentlyinvolved under the rationali-sation policy, CIL sources said.

“An estimated Rs 3,770crore is being saved annually by58 thermal power plants in thecountry in coal transportationcosts after the implementa-tion of linkage rationalisationpolicy by Coal India Limitedsince 2015,” the miner said.

The linkage rationalisationrefers to transfer of coal supplysource of a power plant from afar end mine to the nearer one.

This arrangement benefitsthe power plants in reductionof coal transportation cost andensures quicker supplies of thefuel and greater availability ofrailway rakes, the sources said.

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Shares of Yes Bank onTuesday fell over 10 per

cent amid reports about diffi-culty being faced by the lenderover a USD 2-billion fundrais-ing plan.

The stock dived 10.05 percent to end at �50.55 on theBSE. During the day, it plunged12.27 per cent to �50.55.

On the National StockExchange (NSE), the company'sshares tumbled 10.4 per cent toclose at Rs 50.40 apiece. Duringthe day, the stock plummeted13.68 per cent on the NSE.

In terms of the equity vol-ume, 2.29 crore shares of thecompany were traded on theBSE and over 34.5 crore shareschanged hands on the NSEduring the day.

According to reports, thebank was likely to reject theoffer of the proposed capitalinfusion.

However, the lender afterthe market hours said it shallcontinue to evaluate otherpotential investors to raise cap-ital up to USD 2 billion.

“The board is willing tofavourably consider the offer ofUSD 500 million of CitaxHoldings and Citax InvestmentGroup and the final decisionregarding allotment to follow inthe next board meeting, subjectto requisite regulatoryapproval(s),” it said in a regu-latory filling.

The binding offer of USD1.2 billion submitted by ErwinSingh Braich / SPGP Holdingscontinues to be under discus-sion, it further added.

Mumbai: Days after theReserve Bank stunned the mar-ket with a status quo on thepolicy rates, an American bro-kerage has said onion priceshold the key to the next ratecut.

Onion prices, consideredpolitically sensitive, have beenspiralling for the last few weeksand have breached the �200-mark in some markets.

The RBI was widelyexpected to cut interest rates atlast week's policy, which wouldhave made it into a sixth con-secutive cut in as many policyreviews in 2019 to boost thesagging growth, that has dippedto a six-year low.

“We advise investors totrack onion prices to time thenext rate cut by RBI,” houseeconomists at Bank of AmericaSecurities said in a note onTuesday.

It said onion prices havenow jumped 371 percent year-on-year in December, after a177 percent increase inNovember. If the prices retreatto �60 a kg in December and to�40 in January from the presentlevels, inflation should peak offat 5.9 percent in December andslip to 5.4 percent in January.But if onion price moderates to�60 a kg in January, when bulkof onion imports arrive, infla-tion will be at 6.1 percent inJanuary, it said.

The note, however, said itsbase case is for a rate cut at thenext policy review in February,when it expects the headlineinflation to peak at 6 percent inDecember or latest by January.

While holding the rates,governor Shaktikanta Das hadsaid that the central bank wasstill open to cut the rates butchose to wait and watch forevolving data.

The brokerage said if theRBI is not comfortable with anegative real repo rate, whichis the repo rate minus theheadline inflation, the nextrate cut will be in April.

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AParliamentary panel onfinance on Tuesday

observed that the Goods andServices Tax (GST) collectionhas slowed down in recentmonths and asked the govern-ment to prevent misuse ofinput tax credit.

Two years after its launch,the government has begunthe review of GST, including apossible resetting of ratesalong with the slabs, theStanding Committee onFinance headed by JayantSinha said in its report tabledin Parliament.

“In this connection, thecommittee are constrained toobserve that GST collectionshave somewhat slowed down inrecent months as compared tothe target. The committeewould therefore expect thegovernment to resolve all thetroubling issues related to GSTat the earliest to achieve thedesired revenue buoyancy,” thepanel said.

GST revenue collectioncrossed the �1 lakh crore markafter a gap of three months in

November, with the revenuegrowing by 6 per cent to �1.03lakh crore in the month. Thecollection stood at �95,380crore in October.

“The committee wouldalso urge the Department ofRevenue to remain vigilant soas to prevent misuse of provi-sions as input tax credit andenhance monitoring of overallcompliance,” the committeesaid.

It further asked the revenuedepartment to have systemat-ic reports and conduct feed-back surveys from taxpayers toevaluate whether GST is oper-ating smoothly.

On large amount of taxrefunds and the accruing inter-ests on it, the committee saidthe processes should be revis-ited to dispense with the “needfor raising realistic demands asalso payments of dispropor-tionately large advance tax byassesses”.

In 2017-18, the direct taxrefunds stood at �1.52 lakhcrore and �17,603 crore asinterest, which rose to �1.61lakh crore and �20,566 crorerespectively in 2018-19.

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The RCEP did not “ade-quately” address India's con-

cerns including over issues ofnon-tariff barriers to trade andopaqueness in subsidy regime insome countries, which forced itto back out from the tradedeal, the government informedRajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Besides, the government isalso going to review the freetrade agreement between Indiaand ASEAN countries by theprevious governments sayingthat it has created trade imbal-ances, Union Minister ofCommerce and Industry PiyushGoyal said in a statement.

According to the minister,imports from these countrieshave increased much more thanexports from India.

However, Goyal, who wasreplying to members in theUpper House, also assuredthem that India's Look Eastpolicy would continue.

“The government's priorityis also to correct the asymmetryin the existing agreements andmaximise its export potential tobenefit domestic industry and

farmers to promote PrimeMinister's vision of Make inIndia and doubling farmers'income,” said Goyal.

The minister also saidthat India would continue toengage with other countries as“equal partner and on theprinciple of reciprocity”.

“We are working with ourexisting FTA partners like SouthKorea and Japan to address ourconcerns,” said Goyal in hisstatement on trade agreementswith RCEP countries.

He further added: “Wehave also secured an agreementto initiate a review of ASEAN-India Trade and Goods agree-ment to make the AIFTA moreuser friendly, simple and tradefacilitative.”

Over RCEP, the ministersaid that India continued tofocus on its core demands -level playing field, fair tradepractises, transparency andmarket access - during thetrade negotiations.

“Since, RCEP in its currentform did not adequately addressour concerns, joining it would beunfair to our interests,” he said.

During RCEP negotiations,

the government had high-lighted India's position as a rel-atively low per capita GDP ascompared to other RCEP coun-tries and its concerns about thelivelihood of farmers andemployment generation pro-vided by the industrial sector,particularly by the MSMEs.

The RegionalComprehensive EconomicPartnership (RCEP) is a megafree-trade agreement (FTA)which was negotiated by 16countries, including India andChina. On November 4 inBangkok, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi took the call ofnot joining the RCEP agreementas India's concerns were notaddressed in the pact.

Taking a dig on the previ-ous governments, the ministersaid that the previous FTAsdone by them had done dam-age to trade, hence there was noquestion of any such furthertrade agreements.

Asked about the conse-quences of not joining RCEP,the minister said, “The econo-my of the country wouldimprove and there would be nounwanted imports.”

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The FBI was justified in openingits investigation into ties

between the Trump presidentialcampaign and Russia and did notact with political bias, the JusticeDepartment’s internal watchdogdeclared, undercutting PresidentDonald Trump’s repeated claimsthat he has been the target of a“witch hunt.”

The long-awaited report,issued Monday, rejected theoriesand criticism spread by Trump andhis supporters, though it alsofound “serious performance fail-ures” up the bureau’s chain of com-mand that

Republicans are citing as evi-dence that Trump was targeted byan unfair investigation.

The affirmation of the inves-tigation’s legitimacy, balanced bycriticism of the way it was con-ducted, ensured that partisan bat-tles would persist over one of themost politically sensitive investi-gations in FBI history.

Another review of the originsof the probe continues, and theprosecutor picked by AttorneyGeneral William Barr to lead thateffort hinted Monday he’ll take aharder view of the FBI’s actions.

Monday’s review by InspectorGeneral Michael Horowitzknocked down multiple lines ofattack against the Russia investi-gation, finding that it was proper-ly opened and that law enforcementleaders were not motivated bypolitical bias.

Contrary to the claims ofTrump and other critics, it said thatopposition research compiled by anex-British spy named ChristopherSteele had no bearing on the deci-sion to open the investigationknown as Crossfire Hurricane.

And it rejected allegations thata former Trump campaign aide atthe center of the probe was set upby the FBI. It found thatthe FBI had an “authorised pur-pose” when it opened its investi-gation in July 2016 into whether theTrump campaign was coordinatingwith Russia to tip the election in hisfavour.

The report said the FBI hadcause to investigate a potentialnational security threat.

FBI Director Chris Wray, in aninterview with The AssociatedPress, noted that the report did notfind political bias but did find prob-lems that are “unacceptable andunrepresentative of who we are asan institution.”

The FBI is implementing morethan 40 actions aimed at fixingsome of the bureau’s most funda-mental operations, such as apply-ing for surveillance warrants andinteracting with confidentialsources.

Those changes are in responseto some of the report’s criticisms.

They largely centered on howagents and prosecutors set abouteavesdropping on a former Trumpcampaign aide who they said theyfeared was being targeted forRussian government recruitment.

The inspector general identi-fied 17 “significant inaccuracies oromissions” in applications for awarrant and later renewals from thesecretive Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Court to monitor thecommunications of former Trumpcampaign adviser Carter Page.

The report also details that theFBI used an informant to set upand record a September 2016meeting with a high-level Trumpcampaign official.

The official wasn’t identifiedby name, but was not a subject ofthe Russia investigation, the reportsaid. While the information col-lected wasn’t used during theRussia probe, it does lend supportto the assertions by Trump andBarr that the Trump campaign wasspied upon.

The report said the errorsresulted in “applications that madeit appear that the information sup-porting probable cause wasstronger than was actually the case.”

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AChilean military aircraft enrouteto Antarctica with 38 people

onboard, has disappeared off theradar, the country’s Air Force con-firmed in a statement.

The Hercules C130 aircraft tookoff on Monday from the ChabuncoAir Base in Punta Arenas at 4.55p.m. and lost radio contact at 6.13p.m., Xinhua news agency quotedthe statement as saying.

The statement said that it washeading to the President EduardoFrei Montalva Air Base in

Antarctica, adding that peopleonboard comprised 17 crew mem-bers and 21 passengers.

The statement further said thatthe plane was around 450 miles intoits 770-mile journey when contactwas lost, placing it within the DrakePassage, reports the BBC.

The Drake Passage is a body ofwater connecting the South Atlanticand South Pacific Oceans, and isknown for treacherous weather con-ditions.

But the Air Force said that localweather was good at the time of theplane’s disappearance.

Air Force General EduardoMosqueira told local media that theplane also did not activate any dis-tress signal.

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said that he was“dismayed” by the loss, and wasmonitoring the situation from thecapital, Santiago.

Chile controls over 1.2 millionsq.km of Antarctic territory, bor-dering land claimed by the UK andArgentina.

Within this territory it operatesnine bases - the most of any coun-try in the world.

Washington: The United Stateson Monday called a UN SecurityCouncil meeting this week onthe risk of North Korean “provo-cation” as Pyongyang demandsUS concessions by a year-enddeadline.

The United States, whichholds this month’s presidency ofthe Security Council, is sched-uling the session instead of aplanned meeting on humanrights in North Korea, one of theworld’s most authoritarian states.

This week’s meeting willprovide “a comprehensive

update on recent developmentson the Korean Peninsula, includ-ing recent missile launches andthe possibility of an escalatoryDPRK provocation,” a StateDepartment spokesperson said,referring to the North by its offi-cial name, the DemocraticPeople’s Republic of Korea.

The Security Council alsomet last week behind closeddoors to discuss 13 missile testsby North Korea.

That meeting was organisedby European nations, whichcondemned North Korea’s

actions.But the request for a new

session shows growing alarm bythe United States on NorthKorea, which has demanded thatWashington propose a new offerby December 31 to kickstartnuclear negotiations.

North Korea has warned ofcountermeasures if not. OnSaturday, North Korea alsoclaimed to have carried out a“very important test” that willchange its “strategic position,”without providing furtherdetails. AFP

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Nobel peace laureate AungSan Suu Kyi faced calls for

Myanmar to “stop the geno-cide” of Rohingya Muslims asshe personally led her country’sdefence at the UN’s top courton Tuesday.

Myanmar’s civilian leadersat through graphic accounts ofmass murder and rape as thewest African state of TheGambia set out its case at theInternational Court of Justicein The Hague.

Thousands of people backhome in Yangon rallied in sup-port of 74-year-old Suu Kyi,whose silence about the plightof the Rohingya has tarnishedher international reputation asa rights icon.

Around 740,000 Rohingyafled to neighbouringBangladesh after a bloodycrackdown by the Myanmar

military in 2017 that UN inves-tigators have already describedas genocide.

“Tell Myanmar to stopthese senseless killings, to stopthese acts of barbarity thatcontinue to shock our collectiveconscience, to stop this geno-cide of its own people,”Gambian Justice MinisterAbubacarr Tambadou told thejudges.

Muslim-majority Gambiaaccuses Myanmar of breachingthe 1948 genocide conventionand has asked the court, set upin 1946 to rule on disputesbetween UN member states, totake emergency measures tostop further violence.

“Another genocide isunfolding right before our eyes yet we do nothing to stopit,” added Tambadou, a former prosecutor at the tri-bunal into the Rwanda’s 1994genocide.

Balukhali: The Bangladeshimilitary has started erectingfences around camps housinghundreds of thousands ofRohingya refugees despitecomplaints from communityleaders and rights groups.

An AFP correspondent onTuesday saw troops in militaryfatigues erecting pillars forbarbed-wire fences around onelarge camp at Balukhali in thesoutheastern border districtCox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh’s refugee com-missioner Mahhbub AlamTalukder confirmed to AFPthat construction had begunbut declined to comment fur-ther.

Army chief General AzizAhmed said late last monththat army engineers had begunerecting the pillars and that themilitary has “placed orders” forbarbed wire. AFP

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US House Democrats will on Tuesday announcearticles of impeachment against President

Donald Trump.Two articles of impeachment focusing on abuse of

power and obstructing Congress were expected to beunveiled, Xinhua news agency quoted The WashingtonPost as saying in a report on Monday night citingsources who cautioned the plan was yet to be final-ized.

Under the current plan, the House JudiciaryCommittee, which is responsible for writing articlesof impeachment, would vote on the articles onThursday, the newspaper said in its report.

A full House vote will take place next week, itadded.

The news broke out only hours after the HouseJudiciary panel concluded its second and final hear-ing in the Trump impeachment proceeding onMonday.

The marathon hearing that lasted nearly 10 hoursallowed the attorneys to present their findings fromthe first phase of the investigation, who provided con-flicting accounts of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, asDemocrats and Republicans reiterated their positions.

In his closing statement on Monday evening, HouseJudiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler accusedTrump of having “put himself before his country”.

“I am struck by the fact that my Republican col-leagues have offered no serious scrutiny of the evidenceat hand. They have talked about everything else, butthey have offered not one substantive word in thePresident’s defence,” the said.

Doug Collins, the top Republican on the panel, saidit will “be the first impeachment that is partisan, andfacts are not agreed to”.

House Democrats have been looking into whetherTrump abused his office by pressuring Ukraine intolaunching investigations that could benefit him polit-ically. Lawmakers have also been examining whetherthe Republican conditioned a White House meetingor military aid to Ukraine on those probes.

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court onTuesday lifted a ban on face masks byrefusing the governments request tosuspend an earlier ruling that found itunconstitutional.

Acting chief judge of the HighCourt Jeremy Poon Shiu and Court ofAppeal Vice President Johnson Lamrevealed they were satisfied the gov-ernment appeal was “reasonablyarguable” but found that the authori-ties had failed to show there was a needto further suspend the lower court’sdeclaration of unconstitutionality andrefused the application.

But the judges also warned theirdecision “is not and should not beregarded as an encouragement or con-donation for any person to cover their

face” in situations previously caught bythe ban, the South China Morning Postreported.

The Court of First Instance onNovember 18 ruled in favour of 25 pan-democrats who applied for a judicialreview challenging the constitutional-ity of the ban on masks that was intro-duced by the government to quell theanti-government movement roilingthe city since June.

A notice of appeal was lodged onthe following working day, with thegovernment arguing that the courtshould have allowed the executivebranch a broader discretion over emer-gency laws, in its bid to reinstate theban.

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Prague: At least six peoplewere killed after an armedassailant opened fire at a hos-pital waiting room in the Czechcity of Ostrava before shootinghimself in the head, police saidon Tuesday. The shooting tookplace at Ostrava University hos-pital on Tuesday morning, withpolice saying the victims wereall patients, Xinhua reported.

“We have captured theshooting assailant. The 42-yearold man had shot himself in thehead before police took action.He is dead,” police said onTwitter. The motive for theshooting remains unclear, policesaid. IANS

London: British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson’s new pro-Brexitad, a spoof on the 2003 hit movie‘Love Actually’, set Twitter abuzz,with users posting memes andfunny comments.

The 3-minute clip called‘Brexit Actually’ got 9.7Kretweets and 25K likes after itwas posted on Johnson’s Twitteraccount on Tuesday. It had 1.7million views.

The clipping shows Borisstanding at a woman’s doorstepand using written signboards toseek her vote and warn that theelections are “closer than youthink”.

Through several billboards,he mimicked a famous scenebetween Andrew Lincoln andKeira Knightly. Thus, he tried tosend the message across tofencesitting voter about Brexit.

One signboard read: “Withany luck by next year we willhave Brexit done (if Parliamentdoesn’t block it again) and wecan move on.

“But for now let me say, yourvote has never been moreimportant. The other guy couldwin.

“So you have to make achoice - between a workingmajority or another gridlockedhung Parliament.”

It ends with the PM walk-ing away and telling the camera“enough, enough - let’s get thisdone”.

Twitterati poked fun at thevideo and also tore into theConservative Party leader. Onesaid: “Hang on, isn’t the doorstepcharacter trying to sleep with hisbest mate’s wife?”

In reply to @BorisJohnson,one user posted: “Oh, for God’ssake now you have really crosseda line.”

A Twitter user posted ameme of Johnson sportingblonde hair opening the door toUS President Donald Trumpwith billboards in his hand thatsay ‘with some luck you will sellthe NHS’ and ‘to me’.

One user said: “Desperate,yes. The sad thing is that this isstill the only thing Boris can sayto you in this election. Nothingof substance on anything thatmatters in your daily life. Andeven that’s an empty promise.”

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Enduring a rough patch sinceclaiming the world champi-

onship gold, ace Indian shuttlerP V Sindhu would be eager toturnaround her fortunes whenshe begins her title defence atthe season-ending BWF WorldTour Finals here on Wednesday.

Sindhu registered hercareer’s biggest triumph at theWorld Championship in Basel,Switzerland in August, but sincethen the Indian looked awfullyout of form.

The Olympic Silver medal-list, who had reached the finalsof Indonesia Open Super 750tournament in July, made twofirst-round exits at Korea Openand Fuzhou China Open andwent down in the second roundin three events — China OpenSuper 1000, Denmark OpenSuper 750 and Hong Kong OpenSuper 500.

Her only quarterfinal finishwas at the USD 750,000 FrenchOpen.

Only the top 8 on the BWF

Race to Guangzhou Rankingsqualifies for the World TourFinals and Sindhu ended theyear at the 15th spot but stillmade it to the women’s singlesfield by virtue of being theworld champion.

Despite the recent dip inform, all eyes will be on Sindhuas she has the reputation of pro-

ducing her best in majorevents. The Indian had takena break after the Hong KongOpen to be in the best shape

for the World Finals, whereshe has twice reached the sum-mit clash in 2017 and 2018.

This time, Sindhu has beenplaced in group A alongsideChinese duo of Chen Yu Fei andHe Bing Jiao and Japan’s AkaneYamaguchi, while Group B con-sists of the rest four shuttlers —Taiwanese Tai Tzu Ying, Thaiduo of Ratchanok Intanon andBusanan Ongbamrungphan andJapan's Nozomi Okuhara.

Sindhu will open her cam-paign against Akane Yamaguchi,who has claimed two titles atIndonesia and Japan before a hipproblem saw her make fourstraight f irst round exits.However, the Japanese showedsigns of regaining her formwith semifinal finishes at FrenchOpen, Hong Kong Open andKorea Masters.

The world no 6 Indian hasa healthy 10-6 head-to-headrecord against Yamaguchi butshe lost to the Japanese in thelast two meetings.

Against Chen Yu Fei too,Sindhu enjoys a 6-3 record butthe Chinese has been in ram-paging form this season, havingwon all six of her finals, includ-ing the All EnglandChampionships.

Sindhu, however, lost ninetimes to He Bing Jiao with fourof them coming in their last fourencounters.

The Chinese won the KoreaOpen, besides finishing runner-ups at India Open andBadminton AsiaChampionships.

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Arsenal caretaker managerFreddie Ljungberg believes aweight has been lifted off his

players shoulders after a three-goalblitz in nine second-half minutesbeat West Ham 3-1 on Monday toend the Gunners worst winless runin 42 years.

Another miserable night for theSwede seemed in store when the vis-itors trailed at half-time to AngeloOgbonna's deflected header.

However, Arsenal suddenlysparked into life after Gabriel

Martinelli scored his first PremierLeague goal as Nicolas Pepe finallystarted to deliver on his club record?72 million fee by curling home abrilliant second, before crossing forPierre-Emerick Aubameyang tosecure all three points.

“It means so much for the play-ers. They have been living underenormous pressure and you see it intheir performances,” said Ljungberg.

“You can see the players havebeen a bit low and you see in thedressing room the relief and howhappy they are.”

A first win in 10 games in all

competitions lifts Arsenal up toninth and cuts the gap on fourth-placed Chelsea to seven points in thebattle for Champions League qual-ification next season.

Ljungberg reacted to taking justone point from his opening twogames in temporary charge againstlowly Norwich and Brighton bymaking five changes with Martinelliand Pepe among those coming intothe side.

Pepe’s inability to make animpact has been one of the majorreasons for Arsenal’s struggles, butthe Ivorian looked a new player after

curling home his first PremierLeague goal from open play 24 min-utes from time.

“Nicolas is an amazing footballplayer, but it is not easy to comefrom the French league into thePremier League and adjust straightaway,” added Ljungberg.

“It was an amazing goal and he'llget better and better.”

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Not much had improved inLjungberg’s first two games sincereplacing the sacked Unai Emery

and it was the same tame and life-less Arsenal for the first houragainst a West Ham side that havewon just once in their last 11games.

“I think we dominated thegame for 60 minutes and after thatin 10 minutes we lose the game,”said West Ham manager ManuelPellegrini, who is under increasingpressure as his side sit just one pointabove the relegation zone.

Another home defeat means theHammers have taken just one pointfrom their last five games at theLondon Stadium and the home sidewere booed off at full-time.

“You understand the boosbecause the last five games weplayed here we didn't win," addedPellegrini. “You cannot concedethree goals in every game.”

In a first half of precious littlegood football it was fitting theopener arrived in scrappy fashionas Ogbonna's attempted headercame off his shoulder and deflect-ed off Martinelli to wrong-footBernd Leno in the Arsenal goal.

But one moment changed thecourse of the game when SeadKolasinac burst down the left andcrossed low for Martinelli to slothome his eighth goal of the seasonafter impressing in the League Cupand Europa League.

Suddenly the confidence whichEmery and Ljungberg bemoanedhad drained away from their play-ers in recent times was restored,none more so than in Pepe, who cutinside onto his favoured left footand curled into the top corner.

Pepe then turned provider forAubameyang to slide in for his 13thgoal of the campaign.

“At half-time, Freddie told us toplay with a higher tempo,” saidAubameyang.

“We have the quality in thesquad, and if we believe in our-selves, we can go forward and wingames. We will take this second halfas an example for the rest of the sea-son.”

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The decision to award hostingrights of the men’s hockey

World Cup to India for the secondconsecutive time in 2023 was pure-ly based on merit, world body(FIH) CEO Thiery Weil said onTuesday.

The International HockeyFederation (FIH) CEO Thiery Weilsaid that the decision of giving it toIndia instead of Malaysia, complete-ly makes sense, considering thefinancial viability of the sport in acountry like India.

“I am coming from anothersport which is football, wherewhenever we orgainsed an WorldCup, we have been extremely crit-icised to have created white ele-phants,’ Weil said in a tele-confer-ence with Indian journalists fromLausanne.

“So, in that sense I am extreme-ly happy that we as a sport havedecided to re-use venue likeBhubaneswar for the second timebecause there was a lot of effort andinvestment went in to build thisvenue, which currently to myknowledge is the best venue wehave,” he said.

India will, thus, become the firstcountry to stage four men's HockeyWorld Cups after having hosted theshowpiece in 1982 (Mumbai), 2010(New Delhi) and 2018(Bhubaneswar). The Netherlandshad hosted three men's tourna-ments.

“The bid was an open one.There were quite a lot of good bid-ders, including Malaysia. Actuallyit was decided taking into factorIndia’s commercial relevance andhigh financial contribution. FIHneeds financial revenues. India didan extremely good job of puttingeverything on table,” Weil said.

“Some of the countries that biddidn't have infrastructure and need-ed huge investments. We made thedecisions which make completesense and completely viable for oursport.”

Weil said FIH needs revenue tokeep its flagship event, the ProLeague lasting for a long time andIndia’s introduction in the secondedition of the league will be big plusfor the sport.

“Having a country like India inthe sport makes a huge differenceto be honest because with the sizeand population of the country andwith the hockey lovers in India, it’sdefinitely a big plus.

“But we know we have toincrease hockey around the world,we need to do more developmentand more development you needmore revenue and the way to gen-erate revenue is to have a countrylike India a part of the sport,” hesaid.

FIH CEO believes that Pro-League will help them sell theproduct showcasing best of hock-ey from top teams.

“I am convinced that the majorpurpose of the Pro League is to havemore home games and showcasing

the best of hockey against two topteams.

“I totally believe and it is themission of the FIH along with par-ticipating nations is to sell this prod-uct and make people understand it’snot just another friendly game butthe result of this game can lead ateam to be the best team in a year,next to Olympics.”

India will make its debut in thePro League against the Netherlandsat Bhubaneswar in January nextyear.

The FIH CEO also informedtheir plans of introducing quite afew changes from the second edi-tion of the Pro League, includingabolishing the year-end grand finaleand also introducing relegationsystem in future.

“We have done two things.First of all not just because of theOlympics we changed the numberof travels but also for the welfare ofthe players. We have also decided tonot have a grand finale at the endof the season and shorten theleague.

“This has been done for tworeasons - one is to give the nation-al teams 6 to 8 weeks to prepare forthe Olympics. But I myself feel thereis no better way to prepare than playat the Pro League 6 months aheadof the Olympics,” Weil said.

“We should stick to the leaguesystem where at the end of the sea-son the team which has collectedmost points will win the league,”Weil said.

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Skipper Sachin Baby grinded a list-less Delhi attack to hit 155 as

Kerala gained complete control,first by posting a mammoth

525 for 9 and then removingthe two opposition openershere on the second day oftheir Ranji Trophy group Acampaign.

Left-hander Baby, car-ried on the good workdone on the opening dayby centurion RobinUthappa and PonnamRahul (97), as his 274-ballknock had 13 hits to thefence.

His innings was theprimary reason thatKerala went past the 500-run mark as a tired Delhi

side lost both its openers -- Anuj Rawat cleaned byoff-spinner Jalaj Saxenaand Kunal Chandela (1)

edging one to MohammedAzharuddeen behind stumps

off pacer Sandeep Warrier.Skipper Dhruv Shorey and his

deputy Nitish Rana were at the crease andthe only other specialist batsman in theside is left-handed Jonty Sidhu.

Delhi will first look at a score of 376to avoid follow-on and take it from there-on. However it looks an uphill task at themoment in the manner the match haspanned out so far.

After looking pedestrian on openingday, Delhi bowling seemed to havefound its mojo back for a brief periodwhen Vishnu Vinod (5) and Azhar (15)were dismissed in quick successionreducing Kerala to 310 for 5.

Just when it seemed Delhi would dowell to restrict the hosts under 375, Babyand Salman Nizar (77 off 144 balls)added 156 runs at a decent pace to gainthe momentum.

Delhi's specialist — debutant leg-break bowler Tejas Baroka (3/128 in 30overs), offie Shivam Sharma (2/112 in 34overs) and orthodox slow left-arm VikasMishra (1/107 in 34 overs) had theignominy of conceding 100 runs each.

Baby had 13 hits to the fence whileNizar hit nine fours and two sixes.

Once Nizar was out, Baby shieldedthe tail beautifully as another 31 invalu-able runs were added with KaraparambilMonish (9) which took the score closerto 500.

Baby, who scored his sixth first-classhundred, was the eighth batsman out,bowled by all-rounder Lalit Yadav (2/47in 21 overs) trying to up the ante.

Once the ninth wicket fell, Babydecided to declare, rightfully denyingDelhi's shoddy bowling attack of gettingthe opposition all-out.

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India ended its South Asian Games campaignwith a best-ever medal haul of 312, continuing

its undisputed domination in the regional multi-sporting event by finishing on top for the 13thtime in a row here on Tuesday.

India collected 174 Gold, 93 Silver and 45Bronze after ten days of competitions in the 13thedition to surpass the 309 (189 Gold, 90 Silver and30 Bronze) it had won in the previous edition inGuwahati and Shillong in 2016.

But the number of Gold India won this timewas 15 less than the 2016 edition. India had sent487 athletes in this edition.

The 2016 edition, however, had 263 medalevents and a total of 789 medals on offer whilethis edition has 338 medal events and 1014 totalmedals.

Hosts Nepal stood a distant second with 206medals (51 Gold, 60 Silver and 95 Bronze) whileSri Lanka was third with 251 medals (40 Gold,83 Silver and 128 Bronze).

India has topped the medal tally of everySouth Asian Games since its inception in 1984.

On the concluding day on Tuesday, Indiaadded 18 medals (15 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze)with the boxers fetching six Gold and 1 Silver.

Indian cagers also fetched both the men’s andwomen’s basketball Gold by defeating Sri Lanka(101-62) and hosts Nepal (127-46) in theirrespective summit clashes.

In squash, India won a Gold and a Silver inthe women’s and men’s team events respectively.

The day belonged to the Indian boxers whobrought home a rich haul of 12Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze.

Reigning CommonwealthGames Gold medallist VikasKrishan (men’s 69kg) and 2014Commonwealth GamesBronze medallist Pinki Rani(women’s 51kg) guided Indiato six more Gold medals.

From among men, SparshKumar (52kg), Narender(+91kg) were the otherboxers who bagged theyellow metal whileSonia Lather(57kg) and ManjuB a m b o r i y a(64kg) con-tributed toIndia’s Goldmedal tallya m o n gwomen.

All thewomen boxersin action won a gold.Former WorldChampionships Silvermedallist Sonia Lather(57kg) hardly broke asweat and easily dom-inated her final boutagainst Sri Lanka’sKrismi Ayoma DulanjLankapurayalage 5-0to finish on the toppodium.

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Domestic giants Mumbai are on thecusp of getting a first-innings lead

after reducing Baroda to 301/9 despitea valiant unbeaten 100 by their openerKedar Devdhar.

Resuming on their overnight scoreof 362/8, Mumbai added 69 runs to theirtally, as their innings folded up at 431.

For Mumbai, spinner Shams Mulanishone with both the bat and ball, as his89 helped them cross the 400-run mark.

Mulani, who was unbeaten on 56,added 33 runs to his score and eventu-ally fell at 89.

He hammered 11 fours and two sixesin his 141-ball knock.

Mulani played responsibly with thetail-enders Shashank Attarde (22) andTushar Deshpande (18 not out), and wasthe last man to be dismissed, as he missedwhat could have been a terrific 100.

For Baroda, opener Kedar Devdhar(154 not out) staged a lone battle asMulani (5-99) ran through their battingline up.

Devdhar was the cynosure of eyes atthe Reliance Stadium here, as he took theMumbai attack to cleaners on the secondday of the four-day game.

Devdhar has struck 20 fours and asix in his 184-ball stay at the crease sofar.

It will be an uphill task for Barodaif they want to go past Mumbai's firstinnings total.

Devdhar got support only fromVishnu Solanki (48) at the top, as theother opener Aditya Waghmode (2),Deepak Hooda (24), skipper KrunalPandya (1) and Yusuf Pathan (2) fellcheaply.

Wicket-keeper Viraj Bhosale (27)played his part as he supported Devdhar,but the stumper failed to convert his start.

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League last 16 as group winners,but interim coach Hansi Flickwants his side to beat Tottenhamtoday to boost their confidenceafter back-to-back defeats.

“We need a win in frontof our fans and we want toshow them a good perfor-mance. That’s why tomor-row is an important step for us,”said Flick, who has been put incharge as caretaker coach untilJanuary.

If Bayern beat JoseMourinho’s Tottenham they willbecome the first German club towin all six Champions League

group-stage matches.“We’ll try all we can to win

at home,” said Flick, who ruledout resting any of his starsdespite the game being a deadrubber with Spurs guaranteed tofinish second in Group B behindBayern. “We’re going in the

right direction, but we haveto be critical with ourselves.

“We haven’t made themost of our chances in thelast two games.”Flick confirmed French

midfielder Corentin Tolisso willmiss the game with injury.

While despite scoring 27goals in 22 games so far this sea-son, Poland striker RobertLewandowski has failed to scorein his last two matches.

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Learning is the process of gain-ing knowledge or skill. But

how do we accomplish this withchildren who are unable to learnin traditional ways.

Well, the answer to that isinnovation! Innovative methods;titrated to the needs of each childwill help optimise the learningprocess. Now let us look at someof the challenges encountered.

Do you remember sitting fora three-hour long movie andwaiting for the interval to stretchyour legs? Well, whittle that downto a 40-minute session; and youhave a child who is edgy, restlessand fidgety. What that childneeds; is an interval. Tasks like‘erase the board’, ‘take a peek outthe window’, ‘have a sip of waterand join us’ can be given to thechild. These two-minute intermit-tent breaks will calm the surge ofrestiveness and help with sittingtolerance.

For many children rote learn-ing has been an integral and safetool, hence any digression intoabstract territory may ruffle them.Have you tried making sense of aJackson Pollock? I can’t! Makingsense of abstract nuances can bea difficult task for those childrenwho think only in black andwhite.

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sentence’ will leave them parrot-ing back the excerpt from the les-son. Tell them ‘Don’t think aboutthe table as you read it in the text,look at your table; is it big, blue,messy, wooden? Now make asentence.’

Encourage role play wherethey learn to challenge and impro-vise.Turn that abstract thinkinginto something concrete. ‘Circleyour friend like the Earth does thesun’, ‘Put your hand on the speak-er and feel the vibration of sound’.Engage all their senses and create

a 5D learning experience. Another area is attention. I

sometimes think of that picture inpicture television.Where do Ifocus my attention? That can bea daily reality for many children.What we need to do is tonedown the learning space. Nocluttered desks, no engaging inintrusive and tangent talk. Trainthe child to build tolerance bywaiting for a stipulated time at theend of each class for expressionand dialogue.

You may also encounter

impulsive and sometimes destruc-tive behaviour. Can you imaginehaving to dodge a projectile inclass while teaching because thechild was not happy with a B. Abehaviour modification chart willgo a long way to repair unfittingbehaviour. Being firm with badbehaviour is just as important asrewarding good behaviour. Arewards chart with takeawayslike ‘you can wear colouredclothes once you collect yourstars’, ‘library privileges card’ willhelp motivate appropriate behav-iour.

Adopt a creative approach.Reverse roles in class, as a teacheryou hand in your work and askthem to correct it. Let them holdthe reins for a while scanningthrough your flawed work. Thisis not only an excellent tool forrevision but it humanises theauthority figure and shows thechildren that adults too make mis-takes.

At the end of the day youneed to respect every child. Steerclear of discrediting syntax. Theymight not understand semanticsbut they are fluent in body lan-guage. A simple pat on the backwill show them that you care.

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If one ponders about the job that amiddle level and a senior managerdoes in any organisation, then it

would be evident that they solve prob-lems and try ensuring that those prob-lems do not occur again. One of thecritical skills that a manager must haveis the ability to solve problems. Theissues can be related to process or peo-ple or procedures — but solving themneeds creative thinking and excellentpeople management skills.

In an MBA programme which isoffered by many Indian B-schools, fac-ulties are usually arranged in function-al silos, where specialised knowl-edge-such as finance, accounting,operations and HR is taught in spe-cialised courses by subject-specifictechnical experts. But when it comesto the real-world scenario, complexproblem solving is integrative, and itcuts across these silos. This means thatall departments are responsible forhelping students become better prob-lem solvers, but none of them owns

the challenge and takes the lead inaddressing it. Consequently, a typicalb-school doesn’t teach complex prob-lem solving as part of the core curricu-lum or provide the opportunity topractice and get feedback on it. Hencean integrative approach has to betaken and subjects like DesignThinking and Creative Problem solv-ing, have to be offered as a core sub-ject which helps students to integrateand think holistically.

B-schools must ensure that prob-lem solving becomes an integral partof the MBA programme and mustequip the students with skills relatedto problem-solving. There are sever-al theoretical approaches which giveinsight about several methods tosolve problems in a structured man-ner. While imparting this 'knowledge'the students must also be trained intools and technologies that can helpthem approach, understand and solveproblems in a better fashion. Todayevery organisation has a large amount

of unstructured data available at dis-posal. Using this data can help inunderstanding the root cause ofmany issues that the organisation aregrappling. Analysis of this data andcorrelating it with the problems canbring a different perspective to theorganisations. If this skill is impart-ed to a management graduate, then,their employability quotient wouldincrease by many folds.

Many managers go with their gutfeeling when they face a problemwhich needs an immediate solution.Whenever one depends only on thegut, then the answer might go wrongin the long run. Hence ability toquickly look at the available data andanalyse it to get some insights canhelp in solving the problem in a bet-ter fashion. This is a key aspectwhich must be ingrained in the stu-dents while they pursue their MBAdegree.

In the present VUCA (volatility,uncertainty, complexity and ambigu-

ity) world problem-solving is indemand. It’s considered the top skillfor success at management consult-ing firms and it’s increasingly desiredfor everyone, not just MBA graduates.A case-based curriculum that is fol-lowed by some premium B Schools inthe country orients the studentstowards problems solving in real-time. With the internet and access toit via mobile a lot of data that is avail-able at disposal for the graduates whilethey join the workforce. Hence thereis no point in making the graduatescram up mundane stuff; instead, theymust be made to learn on how toapply the concepts to solve real-timepractical problems. By ensuring thatproblem-solving becomes the defaultin all subjects offered at the MBA level,the next generation managers will bewell equipped to innovate and bringinnovative solutions to perennialproblems.

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or mahuratis to be done,should be decided on thebasis of the personal yearnumber of the person aswell his destiny number.

The date which we fixshould vibrate harmonious-ly with both personal yearnumber (actual age of aperson on that date) and thedestiny number (the total ofdate + month + year).

For example, a person’sname is Raj Kumar. Hewants to launch his businesson December15, 2019. Hisdate of birth is May 15,1990. To find his personalyear, subtract the date ofbirth from the date oflaunching of business. Inthis case, it wil l be15.12.2019 — 15.05.1990=29+.

So, this person will berunning in the 30th yearand shall continue till hisnext birthday. Therefore,personal year will be, 30=3+0=3.

Psychic Number (dateof the birth), 15=1+5=6

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relationship of destiny num-ber (3) with personal yearnumber (3).

As they are in harmonywith each other so this datecan be fixed for launch ofbusiness and will prove as agood date.

If the date is not harmo-nious then, some other datecan be fixed.

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The Indraprastha Institute of InformationTechnology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) organised the

inaugural, day-long Digital Delhi Conclave on the topicof IT and Health for all at its campus. The event sawthe participation from a cross-section of IT and healthrelated specialists from the academic, industry and thecivil society related to the theme of sustainable devel-opment and health in Delhi.

Participants included doctors and media researchersfrom various institutions such as AIIMS, WISH foun-dation, DBT/Wellcome Trust India as well as represen-tatives from the field of media and health sector includ-ing Save the Children, and the Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation.

The idea behind the conclave was to create a pub-lic platform to discuss the evolution of informationtechnology and its implications for sustainable devel-opment of the national capital region.

“As an institution recognised for its cutting-edgeresearch and teaching in information technology, weare very well placed to initiate the discussion on howthe rise of information technology can play a role inthe sustainable development of Delhi and the NCRregion. Moreover, as a public institution, located inthe heart of this bustling India’s largest metropolis, wesee our role as an agenda-setter for issues of AI andIT and how they relate to the key sustainable devel-opment goals (SDGs) for our shared future,” said DrAasim Khan, Assistant Professor (SSH), IIIT- Delhiand the convener for the event.

The event kicked off with a conclave debate on thetopic of IT and future of healthcare, where studentteams debated some of the most significant questionsrelating to social and data challenges facing India’shealthcare sector.

This was followed by a workshop on scientificcommunication which participation from both with-in and beyond IIIT-Delhi. The latter part of the con-clave saw thought leaders, scientists, innovators,social scientists and science communicators engage ina lively discussion including on theme of big data andthe potential to revive our health sector through part-nerships across silos.

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engineers or architects. From asearly as Class VIII, they put theirheart and soul into convincingtheir kids to either take up engi-neering or go for MBBS. And that’show most students get enrolledthemselves for the drilling coach-ing classes and end up makingJoint Entrance Examination (JEE)their life goal. Once this practicestarts, struggles, challenges, fail-ures, and achievements naturallyfollow.

Every year, thousands of can-didates apply for JEE and give theirbest to secure a seat in one of theprestigious Indian Institutes ofTechnology (IITs). However, nowthat times have changed and so didJEE Main 2020 exam patterns,aspirants should be extremelymindful before moving on to thepreparations stage. The latestchanges introduced by theNational Testing Agency (NTA),

that every JEE aspirant should lookinto, are as follows:� From now on, candidates whowish to apply for BPlanning cours-es will be required to give a sepa-rate exam. JEE Main 2020 will beconducted in three sections: PaperI for BTech/BE, Paper II for BArchand Paper III for BPlanning. Thisgives them the choice to appear foranyone or two or all three paper.� When it comes to BE/ BTechpaper, there will be 75 questions intotal as compared to 90. Each sec-tion will now have five questionsless, which is, an aspirant will needto solve 25 questions instead of 30.� Similarly, Paper II for BArchwill have a total of 77 questions. Inthe drawing test, candidates willnow require to solve two questionsinstead of three. While Part I andPart II of this paper will be com-puter based, Part III will involvepen and paper.

Scanning these latest changesin the JEE Main 2020 pattern willgive a clear picture of how to pre-

pare, accordingly.Here’s a list of carefully-picked

pointers that will certainly help youprepare well for the upcoming JEE,and even crack it in one go. � Prepare a daily time table andsmartly allocate days for eachtopic. Always remember not tospend much time on one topic andrather study at least two-three top-

ics,side by side. Doing so will helpyou stay engaged and maintain themomentum instead of gettingbored and gradually losing outinterest. Apart from doing regularrevisions, fix a day, for instance,Sunday for revising the work donein the past week. � Practice solving more and morequestions rather than mugging upthe theory part, again and again.Aspart of regular revision practice,prepare a list of 50-60 standardquestions that should cover all therelevant topics and practice themrigorously. � Divide the syllabus into ClassXI and Class XII topics. It isalways advisable to start yourpreparations with a lower level(Class XI) then gradually proceedto a higher level (Class XII) tomake your base stronger, whichwill further help you in betterunderstanding of the higher-levelsubjects. Remember, JEE willcomprise a right mix of both lev-els. Prepare accordingly!

� Carefully analyse the questionpapers of last 10-15 years of bothJEE and AIEEE. Doing so will giveyou a clear idea of which topicsshould be given the maximumweightage. Never forget to coverthose topics that are being askedalmost every year.

This shows the level of impor-tance they carry. For instance, acandidate should never miss outtopics such as thermodynamics,organic chemistry, calculus, com-plex numbers, coordinate geom-etry, among others. Most essen-tially, revise them at least two-three times on a regular basis. � Last, never break your sleepingpattern as it may affect yourhealth and make you feel lethar-gic all day. Maintaining a disci-plined sleep cycle will enable youto stay active and focused duringexam hours. And remember themantra: Study, solve, eat, sleep andrepeat.

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by widespread selling in bank,energy and IT stocks, asinvestors booked profit athigher levels amid lacklustremacro and global cues. The30-share BSE Sensex, after apositive opening, lost momen-tum throughout the session. Itfinally closed 247.55 points or0.61 per cent lower at40,239.88.

On similar lines, the 50-scrip NSE Nifty fell 80.70points or 0.68 per cent to fin-ish at 11,856.80. Participantswere eager to take money offthe table amid lack of positivenews on the growth front,while global cues were weakdue to the US-China tensions,traders said. Yes Bank was thebiggest loser in the Sensexpack with 10.05 per centdecline, followed byPowerGrid, IndusInd Bank,NTPC, ITC, TCS, Axis Bank,Hero MotoCorp, M&M andHCL Tech, which lost up to2.66 per cent. On the otherhand, Bajaj Finance, HUL,HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, andBajaj Auto gained up to 1.06per cent. “Selling in domesticmarket accentuated today asinvestors turned more cautiousover double whammy of infla-tionary pressure and weakgrowth. “Another factor which

is impacting market is thelikelihood of maintenance ofstatus quo on rates by both USFed and ECB. Given domesticpremium valuation of keyindices, market is highly sus-ceptible for near term volatil-ity,” said Vinod Nair, Head ofResearch at Geojit FinancialServices. All the BSE sectoralindices finished in the red.

BSE Utilities took thebiggest hit with 2.16 per centfall, followed by power (1.83per cent), oil & gas (1.73 percent), metal (1.38 per cent),basic materials (1.27 per cent),IT (1.18 per cent), Teck (1.12per cent), FMCG (1.11 percent) and energy (1.02 percent). BSE Auto declined 0.79per cent after industry datashowed that domestic pas-senger vehicle sales slippedinto the negative territoryonce again in November dueto muted demand conditions.

According to data releasedby the Society of IndianAutomobile Manufacturers(SIAM), passenger vehicle(PV) sales declined 0.84 percent to 2,63,773 units inNovember from 2,66,000 unitsin the year-ago period.Meanwhile, the rupee appre-ciated by 11 paise to trade at70.93 against the US dollar(intra-day). Brent futures, theglobal oil benchmark, slipped0.33 per cent to USD 64.04 per barrel.

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territory once again inNovember after registering aslight recovery in the preced-ing month, as muted demandconditions forced companies toreduce their dispatches to deal-ers. According to data releasedby the Society of IndianAutomobile Manufacturers(SIAM), passenger vehicle (PV)sales declined 0.84 per cent to2,63,773 units in Novemberfrom 2,66,000 units in theyear-ago period.

The PV sales figure wouldhave been much lower duringthe period under consideration,if it had not been aided by theutility vehicle segment, whichsaw despatches grow by 32.7per cent to 92,739 units inNovember as compared with69,884 units a year-ago.Domestic car sales were down10.83 per cent to 1,60,306 unitsas against 1,79,783 units in theyear-ago period while van saleswere down 34.32 per cent to10,728 units as compared to16,333 in November 2018.

“Challenges continue inthe passenger vehicle segment.we have to remember that thecurrent numbers are on a com-paratively low base of lastNovember,” SIAM Director

General Rajesh Menon toldreporters here. New launches inthe utility vehicle segment hashelped prop up sales in Octoberand November, he added. PVsales had risen marginally inOctober aided by positive fes-tive season sentiment and intro-duction of new models in util-ity vehicle space, just aboutmanaging to snap 11 continu-ous months of decline in sales.

However, vehicle salesacross categories remained inthe negative territory for overa year now. Menon said, salesin PV sector would in all prob-ability continue in the slow laneduring the remaining monthsof the ongoing fiscal. He addedthat SIAM was in talks with thegovernment to introduce BS-VI fuel across the countryfrom February itself in order topush the sales of BS-VI emis-sion norms compliant models.As of now the government has

kept April 1, 2020 as the dateof introducing upgraded fuelacross the country. The BS-VIfuel is available currently inonly the NCR region.

Total two-wheeler sales inNovember fell 14.27 per cent to14,10,939 units compared to16,45,783 units in the year-agomonth. Motorcycle sales lastmonth were down 14.87 percent to 8,93,538 units as against10,49,651 units a year earlier.Similarly, scooter sales lastmonth declined 11.83 per centto 4,59,851 units as comparedwith 5,21,542 units inNovember 2018. Commercialvehicle sales were down 14.98per cent to 61,907 units inNovember, SIAM said.

“It is worrisome that com-mercial vehicles and twowheelers sales continue to be inthe negative zone. Commercialvehicle segment continue tosuffer because of low demand

in the infrastructure sectorwhile two wheeler sales remainmuted due to low demand inthe rural areas,” Menon said.

In the PV segment, MarutiSuzuki India reported a 3.31per cent decline in itsNovember sales at 1,39,133units. Hyundai Motor Indiawitnessed a 2.04 per centincrease at 44,600 units, whileMahindra & Mahindra report-ed a fall of 9.62 per cent to14,633 units during the month.

In the two-wheeler cate-gory, Hero MotoCorp posted a15.81 per cent drop in sales at5,05,994 units, while rivalHonda Motorcycle and ScooterIndia saw sales decline by 5.32per cent to 3,73,283 units.Similarly, Chennai-based TVSMotor Company saw its salesslump by 26.52 per cent to1,91,222 units in November.

In November, vehiclewholesales across categoriesregistered a decline of 12.05 percent to 17,92,415 units from20,38,007 units in November2018. On the other hand,November retail sales datashowed a somewhat better pic-ture in terms of sales, pointingto inventory correction takingplace in the industry. Overallretail sales increased by 4.76 percent to 22,13,519 units as com-pared with 21,12,876 units inthe year-ago period.

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notice on the revised mobilenumber portability process,which is slated to make theporting process fast and simplefrom December 16. The newprocess, which comes with con-ditions for generation of UniquePorting Code (UPC), entailsthree working days’ timeline forport out requests within a ser-vice area, and five workingdays for requests for port outfrom one circle to another.

There is no change in theporting timelines for the cor-porate mobile connections, theTelecom Regulatory Authorityof India (TRAI) said. “TRAI hasrevised the Mobile NumberPortability (MNP) process...Inthe revised MNP process, theUnique Porting Code (UPC)will be generated only when thesubscriber is eligible to port-outhis mobile number,” TRAI said.From December 16, 2019, therevised MNP process will be inplace and mobile subscriberscan generate the UniquePorting Code and avail themobile number portingprocess, it added. Laying downthe rules for the new process,TRAI said a positive validationof various conditions willdetermine generation of theUnique Porting Code.

New Delhi (PTI): HondaCars India Ltd (HCIL) onTuesday introduced BS-VI com-pliant version of its premiumsedan Honda City pricedbetween Rs 9.91 lakh and Rs14.31 lakh (ex-showroomDelhi). Petrol version of the BS-VI compliant Honda City isavailable in both manual andautomatic transmissions, whilediesel version will be intro-duced subsequently, HCIL saidin a statement. The companysaid it has introduced Digipad2.0 — an advanced infotainmentsystem, in V, VX and ZX vari-ants of the car, which nowcomes with 17.7 cm advancedtouchscreen audio, video andnavigation system with smart-phone connectivity throughApple CarPlay and AndroidAuto. Commenting on the intro-duction, HCIL Senior VicePresident & Director, Marketingand Sales Rajesh Goel said,”Thelaunch of BS-6 Honda City willbe followed by sequential intro-duction of BS-VI versions ofother models in our line-up”.

Honda is committed tobring its latest and advancedenvironment friendly technolo-gies to the Indian market in linewith the policy framework of thegovernment, he added. Thecompany has been selling BS-VIcompliant Honda CR-V Petroland Honda Civic Petrol sinceOctober 2018 and March 2019respectively, it added.

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Script Open High Low LTPMAHINDCIE 154.10 160.00 146.60 148.45YESBANK 55.00 56.30 49.30 50.55IBULHSGFIN 260.80 277.50 259.20 269.05HDFCAMC 2960.00 3028.25 2834.00 2890.90SBIN 317.75 322.50 312.30 313.45THERMAX 983.85 1012.00 983.85 990.75ZEEL 288.40 288.40 268.80 270.60RBLBANK 327.25 334.20 317.75 320.75RELIANCE 1571.90 1574.80 1554.25 1562.20MARUTI 7010.00 7051.50 6907.00 6977.00TCS 2063.40 2063.55 2005.00 2012.50HDFCLIFE 578.95 586.65 569.00 570.80HDFC 2319.00 2332.75 2288.15 2294.70IDEA 6.23 6.83 6.19 6.56TATAMOTORS 162.20 163.25 159.00 159.65KOTAKBANK 1669.00 1669.00 1651.40 1659.10TATASTEEL 405.95 409.50 400.15 402.20ICICIBANK 526.90 530.00 524.80 529.15INFY 715.55 718.65 710.20 714.25SUNPHARMA 429.90 435.75 425.50 427.50HEROMOTOCO 2400.00 2405.40 2323.50 2330.40DLF 219.80 219.80 214.80 217.15JINDALSTEL 143.70 145.30 139.60 141.05RECLTD 129.70 132.35 129.00 129.30BANKBARODA 97.55 98.15 95.20 95.60L&TFH 114.70 115.50 112.40 114.35LT 1279.45 1284.80 1268.00 1279.10ITC 242.35 242.35 235.00 235.40TITAN 1178.00 1191.75 1172.60 1179.55APOLLOHOSP 1410.00 1429.00 1368.75 1375.30JSWSTEEL 257.45 259.00 250.30 251.10BHARTIARTL 446.75 451.10 443.60 447.05BPCL 496.50 503.70 484.60 486.40AXISBANK 731.50 732.35 714.20 715.35INDUSINDBK 1459.95 1460.45 1409.40 1411.35ACC 1477.50 1478.35 1432.25 1437.45JUSTDIAL 563.00 564.40 546.55 553.00HDFCBANK 1249.00 1253.25 1245.35 1249.75BAJFINANCE 3998.00 3998.00 3947.50 3987.35UPL 564.00 572.65 553.10 559.80DISHTV 13.50 13.64 12.79 13.04CANBK 213.20 215.80 209.70 211.10PEL 1643.50 1664.90 1601.20 1609.85HINDUNILVR 2010.00 2041.25 2010.00 2031.00PNB 60.75 61.15 59.45 59.65BATAINDIA 1690.00 1710.65 1678.15 1696.90JUBLFOOD 1581.40 1584.60 1559.00 1562.20BEML 1034.00 1034.00 979.25 985.10NESTLEIND 14211.00 14240.70 14040.00 14096.30CADILAHC 259.00 262.00 256.50 260.95VGUARD 224.70 225.10 206.20 212.25TATAELXSI 856.80 864.70 831.55 839.20CEATLTD 969.90 985.55 953.00 969.00GAIL 116.05 116.05 110.55 111.00EIHOTEL 151.60 151.60 145.45 145.85MRF 62321.95 62321.95 61490.00 62273.05DMART 1780.25 1796.85 1733.00 1736.55BHEL 46.00 46.40 44.40 44.70MGL 1040.95 1041.90 1022.55 1024.80INFRATEL 259.80 259.80 252.45 254.30PIDILITIND 1327.00 1331.00 1317.05 1318.95ICICIGI 1372.85 1385.00 1338.15 1349.60CIPLA 450.20 455.00 449.65 453.15UJJIVAN 346.70 355.80 342.05 343.70EICHERMOT 21143.75 21371.85 20962.95 21248.75AUBANK 806.25 806.25 767.50 803.40TCNSBRANDS 671.55 679.50 663.05 663.05LAXMIMACH 3306.85 3310.00 3208.75 3223.75SPARC 163.50 172.00 163.40 170.15PCJEWELLER 24.70 24.75 22.25 22.75BEL 103.70 103.70 97.80 99.70TATAPOWER 52.85 53.75 51.05 51.40RNAM 339.00 342.00 325.00 329.75PVR 1743.30 1758.00 1730.00 1749.45ADANIPORTS 375.00 376.00 366.00 366.75NCC 51.90 52.45 49.90 50.30M&M 515.00 515.40 504.50 505.80MFSL 520.00 525.00 504.65 508.00GRASIM 766.00 782.00 765.00 770.80SAIL 39.30 39.45 38.10 38.25BANDHANBNK 549.00 550.00 516.90 520.90UNIONBANK 55.65 56.05 53.60 53.90ADANIENT 207.45 208.10 203.35 204.00ESCORTS 601.85 603.15 587.70 591.25GLENMARK 328.15 335.50 328.00 330.80COLPAL 1470.85 1478.10 1452.05 1454.75MOTHERSUMI 134.80 134.80 130.75 131.65FEDERALBNK 84.60 85.20 83.05 83.60ASHOKLEY 77.10 77.65 76.20 76.80ONGC 127.80 128.30 124.85 125.15VEDL 143.00 143.35 140.40 140.90LICHSGFIN 433.85 433.95 423.55 424.95BLISSGVS 154.00 162.90 152.85 155.10PFC 111.90 112.95 110.50 111.30EQUITAS 111.95 111.95 107.50 109.75BALRAMCHIN 164.60 166.90 163.00 164.50STAR 376.00 377.40 368.85 372.45ICICIPRULI 494.95 501.60 484.00 488.60JBCHEPHARM 404.80 434.50 400.35 422.10BAJAJFINSV 8927.40 8988.30 8880.00 8935.00INDIGO 1328.00 1340.00 1323.50 1326.25PNBHOUSING 449.80 454.70 424.95 428.00HINDALCO 199.00 200.50 197.75 198.45TATAGLOBAL 316.00 316.00 311.50 312.10ADANIGAS 152.00 157.50 152.00 153.20BIOCON 289.65 290.00 286.50 289.50IDFCFIRSTB 42.90 43.10 41.95 42.10

GODREJPROP 884.55 889.10 870.40 879.85SRF 3216.00 3273.60 3216.00 3238.85DELTACORP 213.10 213.55 209.15 210.15ULTRACEMCO 4153.30 4160.45 4033.50 4040.00RAJESHEXPO 687.00 687.00 676.50 677.90HINDPETRO 269.00 269.75 260.00 260.35IOC 125.50 126.50 121.80 122.55NIACL 134.95 145.40 133.80 139.40TECHM 748.00 748.00 737.60 743.15MUTHOOTFIN 690.95 703.00 687.70 688.50ASIANPAINT 1730.90 1731.75 1710.00 1710.65SBILIFE 948.00 967.40 947.00 949.50LTI 1660.00 1669.95 1643.45 1648.50AUROPHARMA 450.00 450.40 430.00 432.55APOLLOTYRE 169.65 171.80 161.05 162.50LTTS 1495.00 1505.00 1466.05 1475.00OMAXE 152.60 155.40 150.55 154.65SUNTV 474.50 482.85 460.65 463.45COALINDIA 192.30 193.10 186.60 187.25TATAMTRDVR 67.40 67.40 64.55 65.40BAJAJ-AUTO 3250.00 3250.00 3213.35 3236.00IBVENTURES 149.10 155.50 146.95 154.10LUPIN 758.55 759.00 747.50 750.85WIPRO 241.00 241.00 237.10 238.15RAYMOND 693.45 694.55 666.15 668.45TORNTPOWER 276.05 276.95 271.70 272.55LALPATHLAB 1630.00 1632.00 1508.25 1532.10TVSMOTOR 440.05 443.00 434.00 434.60GRAPHITE 308.00 308.00 298.00 299.40BERGEPAINT 499.05 499.05 493.00 496.50M&MFIN 338.00 342.35 331.10 332.85DIVISLAB 1816.35 1821.00 1797.30 1813.80CONCOR 559.20 562.90 551.50 552.80HCLTECH 558.80 558.80 542.00 545.00ADANIPOWER 61.00 61.00 58.50 59.15UBL 1248.00 1248.00 1199.40 1199.50EXIDEIND 182.00 183.20 177.15 178.05NTPC 112.80 113.10 109.70 109.95ADANITRANS 334.90 341.90 329.00 337.00GODREJCP 669.95 669.95 645.50 646.00GREAVESCOT 126.10 126.30 124.35 124.90DABUR 464.05 464.10 455.30 457.10ITDC 344.00 373.95 331.00 335.85GICRE 244.95 252.50 235.55 235.55NMDC 109.80 111.30 109.25 109.95NBCC 34.55 34.75 32.35 32.60GAYAPROJ 72.05 75.75 70.75 72.65MARICO 340.00 340.75 335.60 339.95ABCAPITAL 96.50 96.50 91.70 91.95INDIACEM 73.95 74.15 72.30 72.80ABFRL 225.10 227.80 223.10 224.00WABAG 193.95 193.95 177.60 178.60ADANIGREEN 123.00 128.85 123.00 126.80RELINFRA 22.00 23.40 21.65 22.00POWERGRID 187.55 187.55 182.25 182.75IBREALEST 57.35 60.90 56.00 56.65BANKINDIA 68.55 68.90 66.85 67.10MANAPPURAM 160.95 161.00 155.85 156.45POLYCAB 1000.60 1001.10 959.00 965.00MASFIN 778.00 843.65 773.55 809.70HEXAWARE 336.90 340.30 330.85 334.90SRTRANSFIN 1080.00 1089.40 1068.80 1073.40HEG 1045.00 1045.70 1018.00 1020.00VENKYS 1691.00 1713.55 1654.25 1670.00WOCKPHARMA 246.85 246.85 237.95 238.40SPICEJET 105.90 106.20 104.00 104.30KTKBANK 75.00 75.25 73.25 73.35PIIND 1488.90 1491.00 1435.00 1448.70GMRINFRA 21.00 21.00 20.00 20.15VOLTAS 679.50 685.50 675.50 678.70RITES 280.90 280.90 264.00 266.40COROMANDEL 510.00 521.95 502.25 510.65STRTECH 119.25 119.30 115.00 115.75HAVELLS 657.00 657.25 645.40 646.35SCI 59.00 59.15 56.35 56.60NAUKRI 2514.70 2523.40 2482.35 2494.80BALKRISIND 915.05 925.55 909.75 912.55AMBUJACEM 200.35 200.35 195.40 195.80ERIS 485.95 494.40 472.00 475.00EDELWEISS 114.05 114.05 109.50 110.35PETRONET 272.20 274.60 270.70 271.10SUVEN 271.00 271.55 264.00 264.85CASTROLIND 133.40 133.75 129.75 130.25DRREDDY 2940.00 2940.00 2878.40 2897.30GUJGAS 229.95 230.50 223.05 227.70

EIDPARRY 209.00 209.65 197.35 199.00JINDALSAW 73.40 73.55 71.35 71.65ECLERX 475.00 522.80 471.30 499.25IDBI 34.45 34.65 33.20 33.50ABBOTINDIA 12782.40 12990.00 12362.15 12589.00RPOWER 3.20 3.39 3.20 3.38NH 300.00 318.45 300.00 308.10SUDARSCHEM 402.95 408.00 383.00 391.50NIITTECH 1470.00 1475.00 1419.00 1436.25NOCIL 98.95 98.95 95.00 95.00IGL 411.00 412.75 407.25 409.00MINDTREE 740.60 750.80 733.80 737.30BHARATFORG 445.20 448.80 438.50 440.00VIPIND 437.70 439.35 423.20 426.00SUZLON 2.23 2.23 2.08 2.16SUNTECK 389.00 392.95 380.15 391.20MCX 1107.00 1111.00 1095.00 1095.85METROPOLIS 1338.00 1351.00 1248.65 1290.35CUMMINSIND 534.45 535.65 527.05 527.75RAIN 96.60 96.60 92.35 93.50TORNTPHARM 1865.40 1865.50 1822.00 1831.00BRITANNIA 3062.00 3079.50 3045.15 3053.00TATACHEM 662.75 664.00 649.35 653.00DCBBANK 177.35 177.35 171.90 174.40JAICORPLTD 89.75 90.00 85.35 85.80PRESTIGE 313.95 319.50 312.40 313.20NATIONALUM 43.50 43.50 42.65 43.15ALKEM 2092.00 2104.20 2078.05 2091.00ENGINERSIN 103.75 104.10 100.30 100.75HONAUT 26003.00 26003.00 25313.50 25313.50OBEROIRLTY 543.65 546.80 521.15 521.25SWANENERGY 102.55 103.20 101.00 101.50RELCAPITAL 12.00 12.50 11.45 11.45BOMDYEING 73.25 73.30 71.50 71.90QUESS 452.60 463.40 448.55 455.35INDIANB 119.00 119.00 115.65 116.45GRANULES 122.80 125.45 121.80 125.00INTELLECT 149.60 151.70 147.40 150.00TATACOFFEE 94.50 96.05 92.10 93.40GNFC 170.20 174.20 169.65 170.80DBL 380.00 386.40 375.25 382.50SIEMENS 1476.80 1487.90 1462.45 1466.20ITI 87.00 87.30 83.90 84.15PAGEIND 21889.20 22159.80 21800.00 21890.00AVANTI 507.70 507.70 495.00 499.15IPCALAB 1093.30 1093.65 1058.50 1075.00GALAXYSURF 1410.40 1437.80 1339.45 1409.90IIFL 153.00 153.00 136.70 138.40AAVAS 1795.70 1850.45 1777.00 1797.30GODFRYPHLP 1323.20 1338.50 1283.00 1290.20COCHINSHIP 381.80 392.40 381.70 388.95FORCEMOT 1008.40 1011.95 981.20 986.00BOSCHLTD 15283.00 15322.45 14909.70 14963.10PFIZER 4288.95 4288.95 4178.35 4232.05IBULISL 75.05 82.55 75.05 80.75KEI 475.00 483.85 462.80 471.20BIRLACORPN 636.20 640.60 597.95 607.50GODREJAGRO 501.00 502.45 486.35 492.35CYIENT 393.65 394.15 383.55 389.80SHREECEM 20325.15 20325.15 19941.10 20250.55ISEC 357.70 362.15 350.00 354.70PHILIPCARB 112.25 113.50 109.25 109.803MINDIA 21600.00 21627.00 21058.95 21085.65ADVENZYMES 158.55 159.10 155.35 156.60REPCOHOME 290.00 299.95 289.75 297.50AMARAJABAT 735.10 736.45 726.75 726.75BBTC 1039.85 1045.00 1022.60 1032.70INOXLEISUR 369.00 369.00 361.20 366.00ATUL 4123.35 4178.00 4016.60 4016.60ORIENTBANK 54.05 54.35 52.50 52.75APLAPOLLO 1605.00 1610.00 1595.00 1600.00RVNL 23.80 23.80 23.10 23.15THYROCARE 562.75 563.15 529.40 535.65AJANTPHARM 988.00 989.30 976.50 978.05FORTIS 137.40 137.65 135.80 136.65TRIDENT 66.00 66.50 64.60 64.85BAJAJHLDNG 3439.95 3439.95 3271.80 3282.00CANFINHOME 411.30 411.30 401.95 408.05CREDITACC 805.00 814.95 790.00 790.15IRB 68.10 68.20 66.20 66.55ALBK 21.60 21.65 20.25 20.50RELAXO 614.15 624.50 609.10 624.20GILLETTE 6663.00 6667.70 6560.00 6560.00HINDZINC 209.00 210.10 206.05 206.50COFFEEDAY 45.00 45.00 41.70 41.75CHOLAFIN 306.70 307.15 302.40 303.35DHFL 15.50 16.00 15.45 15.45INFIBEAM 46.75 47.65 46.10 46.90HFCL 17.30 17.65 17.05 17.15RCOM 0.99 1.00 0.95 0.95GLAXO 1614.60 1643.20 1585.40 1600.75GSKCONS 8761.45 8800.00 8704.60 8711.95JSWENERGY 75.40 75.40 69.65 70.10VBL 714.50 714.50 688.50 690.90EVEREADY 53.70 53.90 52.75 52.75DALBHARAT 836.15 836.15 827.90 828.65MOTILALOFS 736.75 743.00 734.00 740.35DEEPAKNI 345.00 346.05 335.10 336.00INDHOTEL 148.30 148.75 145.60 146.90ABB 1458.85 1462.00 1447.20 1449.30NAVINFLUOR 902.00 906.05 884.00 890.80JPASSOCIAT 2.25 2.29 2.20 2.20TRENT 504.65 504.65 495.00 500.00BAJAJELEC 318.75 328.05 318.45 323.10RCF 46.30 46.60 45.30 45.75RADICO 299.45 303.55 298.00 300.40VINATIORGA 1957.50 1978.00 1947.80 1960.90HINDCOPPER 38.30 38.75 37.25 37.40

OIL 159.20 159.20 153.00 153.70SOUTHBANK 10.62 10.90 10.54 10.55JKTYRE 74.50 74.50 72.25 72.45PGHH 11350.00 11380.00 11165.50 11165.50PHOENIXLTD 750.70 758.45 744.00 758.00FINEORG 1870.00 1873.30 1812.00 1855.10JAMNAAUTO 41.70 42.25 40.20 41.70FSL 39.00 39.10 37.50 37.75SJVN 25.00 25.00 24.50 24.50MEGH 50.90 50.90 48.50 48.95ASTRAZEN 2759.05 2763.15 2664.00 2681.20PNCINFRA 198.00 206.40 196.15 201.10LINDEINDIA 604.50 625.75 602.50 614.50WHIRLPOOL 2349.00 2349.00 2310.00 2320.00HSCL 59.50 59.90 58.15 58.40RAMCOCEM 782.95 786.00 765.25 769.90WESTLIFE 355.40 355.90 346.05 348.25CORPBANK 24.30 24.40 23.50 23.90IRCON 396.00 402.75 385.00 388.35IDFC 33.90 33.95 33.05 33.30PARAGMILK 144.30 145.20 141.65 142.30PERSISTENT 676.25 677.05 669.45 674.00JUBILANT 525.00 525.00 516.00 521.00CROMPTON 247.50 247.50 241.45 242.75BALMLAWRIE 192.15 193.90 190.20 191.60NESCO 637.65 637.75 608.05 612.65KAJARIACER 519.00 530.90 515.15 524.40PGHL 4286.70 4290.00 4171.10 4175.55SOMANYCERA 220.05 220.10 205.35 208.70GSFC 68.00 68.00 66.25 66.85TV18BRDCST 21.65 22.00 21.25 21.25BAJAJCON 238.95 238.95 233.35 233.95J&KBANK 31.00 31.00 29.80 30.10TIMKEN 852.50 852.50 820.80 825.00CUB 231.65 233.00 225.40 231.90DEEPAKFERT 89.70 90.80 88.55 89.80CESC 729.25 731.65 716.75 718.55INOXWIND 39.95 39.95 36.25 37.15BAYERCROP 3548.80 3575.00 3500.25 3546.70WELCORP 135.05 135.40 132.20 133.05BLUESTARCO 805.60 805.65 789.10 799.30SUNDRMFAST 463.00 463.00 447.20 450.00PTC 54.00 54.00 53.00 53.00KNRCON 225.05 228.20 221.60 225.70FCONSUMER 24.55 24.70 23.80 24.20HUDCO 35.50 35.60 34.95 35.30KANSAINER 519.00 521.50 517.00 519.55SCHNEIDER 64.00 65.50 63.50 63.50FRETAIL 338.00 341.80 332.10 340.65

RALLIS 179.45 181.00 175.60 179.55CENTRALBK 19.30 19.60 18.80 18.90ASHOKA 90.90 91.45 89.50 90.40MMTC 18.95 19.00 17.80 17.85LAKSHVILAS 19.55 19.75 18.70 18.95NILKAMAL 1300.00 1300.00 1259.65 1280.90SANOFI 7010.10 7035.00 6920.00 6953.10CHAMBLFERT 145.30 145.40 143.40 143.85GODREJIND 431.30 436.00 422.60 422.60ASTRAL 1150.10 1164.35 1138.35 1149.80GUJALKALI 388.75 389.00 380.55 380.80ORIENTELEC 184.85 189.00 183.50 184.40JAGRAN 57.50 58.45 55.55 58.05DCMSHRIRAM 358.60 362.70 342.70 343.55IFCI 6.70 6.70 6.50 6.52NHPC 24.00 24.00 23.60 23.70UCOBANK 16.45 16.45 15.50 15.60CHENNPETRO 115.00 115.75 110.20 110.20EMAMILTD 316.00 316.00 304.35 310.30JISLJALEQS 9.00 9.03 8.70 8.75TIMETECHNO 49.00 49.75 47.40 48.10OFSS 2945.30 2958.00 2895.90 2898.50CRISIL 1645.00 1698.00 1634.50 1695.00KEC 271.70 275.35 268.90 274.05HEIDELBERG 179.85 179.85 176.75 176.95GESHIP 300.60 302.00 294.60 299.35LUXIND 1390.00 1398.95 1332.20 1344.85SOBHA 395.00 395.00 389.20 390.20BDL 294.80 295.20 285.70 286.35AEGISLOG 189.95 190.35 188.20 190.35MPHASIS 866.55 873.85 857.00 869.00IOB 10.10 10.17 9.91 10.05SHANKARA 296.15 300.50 280.00 286.20INDOSTAR 181.00 189.90 166.00 167.50JYOTHYLAB 159.00 159.30 151.25 152.10TTKPRESTIG 5677.70 5697.95 5494.95 5610.70JMFINANCIL 86.00 88.25 85.40 87.00MOIL 135.95 136.45 133.10 133.10NATCOPHARM 582.85 583.60 574.00 579.70ZYDUSWELL 1469.90 1469.90 1430.25 1451.00LEMONTREE 60.05 60.10 58.40 58.75CGPOWER 12.15 12.20 11.65 11.68TEAMLEASE 2325.00 2341.10 2312.20 2321.05

SUPREMEIND 1113.00 1117.05 1108.00 1109.45MAXINDIA 76.95 78.85 75.55 75.95SYNGENE 313.75 313.75 301.90 302.00GSPL 219.15 219.15 216.65 216.65PRSMJOHNSN 63.00 63.15 61.50 62.15HAL 754.00 765.80 751.25 754.45ALLCARGO 96.50 98.10 96.50 97.00ENDURANCE 1055.90 1066.25 1036.05 1049.45NETWORK18 27.00 27.70 25.85 25.85APARINDS 422.00 422.00 401.15 404.40SYMPHONY 1092.00 1097.90 1079.20 1087.25NLCINDIA 54.25 54.30 53.60 53.85SYNDIBANK 27.00 27.85 26.60 26.75FDC 205.60 209.10 200.85 209.00TIINDIA 474.50 487.00 473.40 482.50CARERATING 479.55 479.75 470.00 474.30GICHSGFIN 150.75 151.60 146.45 146.45TVTODAY 248.00 251.10 240.65 250.60VSTIND 4100.00 4100.00 4010.00 4010.00JKLAKSHMI 278.85 279.90 270.90 271.15CENTURYPLY 164.55 164.55 159.20 159.90TATAINVEST 801.15 804.55 800.00 801.70SCHAEFFLER 4410.00 4410.00 4289.20 4311.15STARCEMENT 88.75 88.75 85.60 85.75ITDCEM 53.20 54.80 51.10 51.50ESSELPRO 154.45 154.45 149.70 150.00SREINFRA 8.00 8.00 7.65 7.80CHOLAHLDNG 492.40 494.60 485.20 489.00ANDHRABANK 17.50 17.75 17.25 17.35CAPPL 309.50 309.50 297.00 300.20DCAL 124.65 124.75 122.00 122.85MRPL 46.80 46.80 44.95 45.00SONATSOFTW 293.40 299.35 293.00 298.00MAHLIFE 379.45 383.65 369.00 383.65LAOPALA 137.25 138.95 133.50 135.15WELSPUNIND 49.30 49.55 48.95 49.25HATHWAY 20.50 20.50 19.85 19.85APLLTD 555.85 560.50 554.00 558.95TEJASNET 92.00 92.00 85.10 86.00GHCL 195.15 195.15 190.50 191.70LAURUSLABS 335.40 337.20 331.40 334.80BASF 962.65 965.95 951.30 954.60MINDACORP 92.80 93.70 92.00 92.70GDL 96.35 97.00 95.65 96.00ASTERDM 157.90 157.90 147.00 147.95JSLHISAR 67.40 67.40 65.30 65.60CARBORUNIV 317.70 323.30 314.00 323.00AKZOINDIA 1923.15 1956.55 1905.00 1928.05HIMATSEIDE 126.30 126.30 122.10 123.45JKCEMENT 1145.00 1157.50 1131.85 1145.65CENTRUM 21.70 21.70 20.00 20.30TVSSRICHAK 1674.40 1680.40 1631.00 1631.10SFL 1336.00 1336.00 1287.00 1318.00MINDAIND 339.30 342.80 338.60 342.80BLUEDART 2210.00 2212.10 2149.85 2149.85TATAMETALI 576.80 578.00 570.00 573.65SADBHAV 120.30 125.50 115.35 121.95FINOLEXIND 555.50 557.00 546.95 547.20IFBIND 600.90 614.00 589.15 600.35MAGMA 50.50 51.95 49.80 50.00SHOPERSTOP 346.15 348.00 344.80 345.95NBVENTURES 69.75 71.50 69.75 71.45UFLEX 191.80 192.80 190.05 190.35GEPIL 703.75 708.60 686.60 704.40SHILPAMED 297.50 297.50 286.10 289.50MAHSCOOTER 4489.15 4489.15 4403.85 4403.85AIAENG 1620.00 1634.95 1614.80 1629.00UNITEDBNK 8.77 8.77 8.40 8.50WABCOINDIA 6201.00 6263.25 6201.00 6263.25JSL 38.25 38.25 37.30 37.40MAHLOG 387.35 387.35 375.35 379.75TNPL 174.90 176.40 172.95 173.95KRBL 206.00 206.65 204.70 205.60VARROC 411.60 417.15 408.40 410.70KALPATPOWR 434.00 434.00 424.30 424.30HERITGFOOD 355.20 363.80 350.00 359.30CCL 196.35 196.35 191.25 191.25TAKE 94.00 94.40 92.95 93.45MAHABANK 11.93 12.03 11.79 11.79DHANUKA 324.50 329.05 317.20 318.45IEX 140.60 140.80 139.95 139.95VMART 1703.95 1734.55 1703.00 1721.15JCHAC 1940.00 1949.85 1891.00 1924.40FINCABLES 355.00 355.00 349.00 353.00RATNAMANI 985.70 993.90 985.70 991.10GET&D 145.15 147.75 144.00 144.00SUPRAJIT 175.45 178.00 173.10 177.50REDINGTON 108.85 110.50 108.60 109.10ZENSARTECH 180.30 180.85 179.05 180.85GMDCLTD 55.95 55.95 55.20 55.50MAHSEAMLES 371.10 372.75 367.40 372.75SKFINDIA 2141.00 2152.00 2137.40 2142.00SOLARINDS 1044.65 1049.80 1034.85 1044.50GPPL 83.60 83.60 82.85 83.40CERA 2494.15 2494.15 2478.65 2478.65ORIENTCEM 72.80 72.80 70.00 70.05DBCORP 135.00 139.05 135.00 137.60TRITURBINE 93.00 93.00 91.95 91.95MHRIL 215.00 215.30 213.90 214.85SHK 104.50 104.50 102.90 103.00SIS 905.00 905.00 900.00 900.00CHALET 332.00 332.00 318.95 327.50GULFOILLUB 800.00 806.50 792.50 799.55JSWHL 2300.00 2300.00 2254.00 2254.00GRINDWELL 572.00 577.05 566.45 568.55SHRIRAMCIT 1420.00 1428.00 1401.00 1401.00FLFL 396.25 403.85 395.10 398.80VTL 905.00 905.00 897.20 897.20

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11950.50 11953.20 11844.70 11856.80 -80.70BAJFINANCE 3950.00 3995.00 3945.50 3994.50 49.65HINDUNILVR 2014.90 2041.60 2011.00 2030.20 22.05CIPLA 450.60 454.95 449.50 452.80 4.90EICHERMOT 21128.00 21365.50 20952.95 21210.00 212.85BHARTIARTL 445.45 451.00 443.25 449.65 3.80ICICIBANK 526.05 530.25 524.70 529.75 3.25HDFCBANK 1251.00 1253.65 1245.10 1250.10 7.15GRASIM 766.00 782.00 764.70 770.60 4.30KOTAKBANK 1665.00 1665.95 1651.05 1663.75 4.50TITAN 1175.10 1192.10 1172.90 1180.00 1.95SUNPHARMA 429.60 435.75 425.30 427.60 0.60BAJAJ-AUTO 3230.00 3240.00 3211.25 3229.00 3.45BAJAJFINSV 8910.00 8993.00 8879.00 8935.00 6.00LT 1277.00 1284.00 1267.15 1276.85 0.85HINDALCO 198.70 200.60 197.70 198.75 -0.10BRITANNIA 3066.05 3079.00 3042.10 3056.15 -2.25MARUTI 7019.00 7048.95 6905.00 6982.15 -12.60TATAMOTORS 162.15 163.25 159.05 160.10 -0.40RELIANCE 1572.05 1573.60 1554.15 1564.90 -7.70INFY 713.00 718.50 710.00 713.45 -3.80DRREDDY 2908.75 2908.75 2877.50 2892.65 -16.10NESTLEIND 14224.00 14242.95 14031.70 14091.10 -86.40ASIANPAINT 1726.00 1732.00 1709.00 1715.00 -11.35UPL 565.30 572.70 553.60 559.50 -4.05TECHM 749.95 749.95 737.30 744.90 -5.45ONGC 126.40 128.30 124.90 125.25 -1.05HDFC 2318.50 2332.90 2288.15 2288.55 -22.85WIPRO 240.40 240.40 237.10 237.90 -2.50TATASTEEL 405.00 409.60 400.20 402.35 -4.35SBIN 317.20 322.65 312.25 313.20 -3.50M&M 514.60 514.85 503.75 507.35 -6.30VEDL 143.20 143.30 140.40 140.85 -1.75HCLTECH 552.05 554.90 541.80 544.50 -7.55IOC 125.50 126.50 121.85 123.20 -2.30ADANIPORTS 373.90 375.85 366.05 366.70 -6.90INFRATEL 259.00 259.00 252.15 255.40 -5.00TCS 2060.00 2060.85 2003.25 2016.25 -44.20HEROMOTOCO2400.00 2406.10 2322.00 2327.00 -54.75NTPC 112.50 113.15 109.70 110.10 -2.60COALINDIA 192.00 192.45 186.55 187.00 -4.65AXISBANK 731.00 734.80 714.00 714.20 -17.80ITC 241.60 241.70 235.00 235.50 -5.95INDUSINDBK 1460.00 1461.50 1408.60 1412.20 -37.80ULTRACEMCO 4160.00 4165.25 4031.20 4040.00 -111.45POWERGRID 187.95 187.95 182.20 182.75 -5.20BPCL 495.90 503.70 484.20 485.15 -14.50JSWSTEEL 256.30 259.15 250.30 251.15 -7.70GAIL 115.90 116.00 110.45 111.10 -5.10ZEEL 285.85 288.10 268.90 269.65 -14.50YESBANK 54.80 56.35 48.55 50.40 -5.85

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 27786.45 27857.05 27430.00 27463.65 -294.40NIACL 133.35 145.20 133.15 140.60 8.60IBULHSGFIN 261.00 277.60 259.30 270.30 11.35IDEA 6.25 6.85 6.15 6.60 0.10SBILIFE 950.00 968.00 947.00 949.10 7.10NMDC 109.85 111.35 109.15 110.05 0.70DIVISLAB 1810.10 1821.60 1795.40 1812.00 5.70BIOCON 288.95 290.25 286.30 290.00 0.80CADILAHC 259.45 262.15 256.20 259.90 0.45DLF 216.50 219.55 214.75 217.15 0.00INDIGO 1327.40 1340.50 1324.15 1326.95 -0.85L&TFH 114.50 115.50 112.40 114.30 -0.10SHREECEM 20330.00 20333.25 19950.00 20300.00 -21.15PFC 111.65 113.00 110.55 111.50 -0.15MARICO 339.95 340.95 335.50 340.00 -0.75HDFCLIFE 577.15 586.50 569.05 571.00 -1.50BERGEPAINT 500.00 500.00 492.70 496.00 -1.45PAGEIND 21999.90 22150.00 21775.00 21855.60 -82.35NHPC 23.85 23.95 23.60 23.80 -0.10PIDILITIND 1327.35 1331.80 1317.50 1318.85 -8.25ASHOKLEY 77.20 77.70 76.15 76.85 -0.50MCDOWELL-N 588.25 601.00 582.00 582.20 -3.85PETRONET 272.00 274.75 270.55 270.80 -1.85LUPIN 758.15 759.40 747.30 750.45 -5.50ICICIPRULI 492.00 502.15 483.70 486.00 -3.65SIEMENS 1478.00 1488.85 1460.00 1463.00 -11.80COLPAL 1473.50 1478.00 1450.10 1454.50 -12.30CONCOR 560.00 563.45 551.40 552.60 -6.65BANKBARODA 97.75 98.05 95.20 95.70 -1.25HINDZINC 209.65 210.45 206.00 206.15 -2.90DABUR 463.65 464.90 455.00 458.50 -6.85BOSCHLTD 15265.00 15320.00 14905.05 14994.95 -223.45SRTRANSFIN 1083.00 1090.00 1068.55 1075.70 -17.70GODREJCP 661.55 664.80 645.05 646.40 -11.65PNB 60.70 61.10 59.40 59.65 -1.15HAVELLS 658.35 658.35 645.10 645.75 -12.65MOTHERSUMI 134.00 134.45 130.75 131.80 -2.60UBL 1231.00 1232.00 1200.00 1200.00 -23.60AMBUJACEM 199.90 200.35 195.30 195.60 -4.10OFSS 2943.40 2963.95 2891.20 2891.30 -61.00ICICIGI 1366.00 1385.00 1337.05 1341.25 -29.90PEL 1649.00 1665.00 1601.10 1608.30 -39.50DMART 1788.00 1790.00 1732.10 1736.60 -43.95BAJAJHLDNG 3381.00 3410.00 3272.80 3295.00 -85.50ACC 1475.00 1478.70 1432.40 1435.90 -37.95PGHH 11435.40 11435.40 11162.00 11170.05 -301.00GICRE 242.50 252.80 235.10 235.30 -6.95HINDPETRO 268.40 269.75 260.00 260.85 -8.05HDFCAMC 2966.00 3030.00 2834.00 2892.00 -92.20BANDHANBNK 542.95 550.00 516.10 523.70 -19.50AUROPHARMA 449.60 450.35 430.00 430.15 -18.15

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India will have to address the manyinadequacies laid bare by a resoluteWest Indies in the second T20

International when the two teamsmade up of power-hitters square offin what promises to be an enthrallingseries-finale here today.

The rubber is locked 1-1 aftertwo-time world champions WestIndies turned on the style in the sec-ond T20 International inThiruvananthapuram following aVirat Kohli special in the lung-open-er in Hyderabad.

For India, the focus will onceagain be on young guns like off-spin-ner Washington Sundar and under-fire wicketkeeper-batsman RishabhPant.

The spotlight on Pant, especially,has been obsessive and it is expectedto be no different when the team takesthe field at the Wankhede Stadium.

As for Sundar, it would be inter-esting to see whether the team man-agement persists with him or giveschinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav agame.

Sundar has taken only three wick-ets in the last five T20s that he hasplayed (two against West Indies andthree against Bangladesh) and leaked144 runs in 23 overs that he bowled.

He also ended up wicket-less inthe two T20 Internationals againstSouth Africa.

Sundar's fielding is another aspectabout which skipper Virat Kohliwould be worried. In the last game, hedropped a sitter of Lendl Simmons,whose 45-ball 67 laidthe foundationof the West Indies' eight-wicket tri-umph.

Kuldeep last played a T20 againstNew Zealand in Hamilton back inFebruary. He warmed the benches inthe first two games.

For Pant also things are only get-ting tougher. The focus on him hasbeen unrelenting and it won't be easyfor him to regain the early form thatmade him seem like Mahendra SinghDhoni's heir apparent.

Coming in at No.4, Pant madescores of 33 not out, 18, 6, 27, 19, 4in the last seven T20s that he featuredin.

His last T20 fifty came againstWest Indies in August, in Providence.With the likes of Sanju Samson wait-

ing in the wings, Pant will have tocome good sooner than later.

But in overall analysis, India's bat-ting has never been a problem.Opener Rohit Sharma, who had arare-twin failure, would be raring togo before his home crowd.

K L Rahul and skipper Kohli arealso among the runs. Shivam Dube,who slammed his maiden T20 fifty,showed he can hit towering sixes andhe would want to perform before hishome crowd and so Shreyas Iyer.

However, bowling is a slight con-cern. A profligate pace duo of DeepakChahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumarleaked runs in the first two matches.

Chahar had a memorable series

against Bangladesh but has not man-aged to repeat the show this timearound. With Mohammed Shamiaround, Chahar will have to step up.

Also, India's fielding was waybelow par. The dropped catches andseveral mis-fields prompted Kohli tosay if the performance does notimprove, no score would be enough.

The hosts are also good chase-masters but will need to learn how todefend targets.

On the other hand, West Indieswill also fancy their chances to clinchthe series after the terrific comeback.

Their top-order batsmen, partic-ularly Simmons, are in splendid form.Also the likes of Evin Lewis, Nicholas

Pooran and Shimron Hetymar areamong the runs and they will look tocontinue the form.

Add to it, the firepower of BrandonKing, Jason Holder and skipper KieronPollard, the West Indies can lookunbeatable on their day.

Even their bowlers, includingpacer Sheldon Cottrell, are among thewickets. Along with Cottrell, KesrickWilliams, leg-spinner Hayden Walsh Jrand Holder, will have to bowl in theright areas to stem the flow of runs.

The West Indies also have fondmemories of playing T20s at theWankhede as in the 2016 ICC WorldCup semi-final, they defeated India andwent on to win the title.

SQUADSIndia: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KLRahul, Rishabh Pant, Manish Pandey,Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube,Ravindra Jadeja, WashingtonSundar, Yuzvendra Chahal,Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Chahar,Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shami,Sanju Samson.West Indies: Kieron Pollard(captain), Fabian Allen,Brandon King, DeneshRamdin, Sheldon Cottrell, EvinLewis, Sherfane Rutherford,Shimron Hetmyer, KharyPierre, Lendl Simmons, JasonHolder, Hayden Walsh Jr, KeemoPaul, Kesrick Williams.

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West Indies coach PhilSimmons on Tuesday

said the team would be bank-ing heavily on skipper KieronPollard in the series-decidingthird T20 International againstIndia as his understanding ofthe pitch due to IPL exposurewill be “invaluable” for thebowlers.

Pollard has played a lot atthe Wankhede Stadium as hehas been part of the MumbaiIndians IPL squad andSimmons said his experiencewill help the visiting bowlers.

“(Kieron) Pollard hasplayed a lot at this venue, theothers have not played thatmuch. I think the experiencewhich they have got from hereis invaluable and especiallythe captain (Pollard), as he hasbeen here for 10 years,”Simmons said in the pre-matchpress conference here.

“He knows things insideout and that will definitelyhelp our bowlers mainly, thereare a few youngsters in this for-mat. It will definitely help,” headded.

There have been lot ofdropped catches from boththe sides and Simmons saidthere should be no excuses forfielding lapses.

“You will not win games ifyou drop them. The playerswill have to tell you if it is thelights or whether it is their exe-cution or their position,” hesaid.

“...I do not like excuses. Ithink if you drop a catch it isyour fault. You can blame thelights but I think we just have tokeep working hard so we do notdrop any,” he added.

Pollard replaced JasonHolder as the captain of the ODIteam, while he replaced CarlosBrathwaite to become skipper ofthe T20 side and Simmons said

he has been doing well in thetwin roles.

“I didn’t have Jason (Holder)a lot in the ODIs when I wasthere (as a coach) before. Kieron(Pollard) is proactive with all the

players. He lets them knowexactly what he wants fromthem. He’s been good in the

sense that they know that he’llgive everything for the team,”Simmons said.

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The Indian team might betreating every bilateral T20

assignment as an audition fornext year’s World Cup but vice-captain Rohit Sharma prefers tofocus on the present instead oflosing sleep over a marqueeevent, which is still 10 monthsaway.

India will lock horns withtwo-time world T20 championsin the series-deciding thirdmatch here even as the efforts tofind the right combination forthe marquee event continue.

“See, I don’t want to keepsaying that we are trying to builda squad for the (T20)WorldCup. It is still a long, long wayahead. We just need to focus onwinning the series and that willkeep us in good state, movingforward,” Rohit said on Tuesdayahead of the series-finale.

“If we keep winning games,keep doing the right things onthe field, the composition of the

team will take care(of itself),” Rohitadded.

The stylish batsman thengave his rationale for why hewants to take one series at a time.

“We are playing against aquality team and hereafter SriLanka is coming, then we go toNew Zealand and thereafterthere are a lot of T20s to focuson. If we focus on the present,that will help us more than any-thing else.

“Right now, we need to seewhat are the mistakes we aremaking so that when we comeout and play every fresh game,we look like a different side.”

Talk about chasing, Rohitagreed that India have been bet-ter while batting second com-pared to defending totals asone found out in the first twogames in Hyderabad (won whilechasing) andThuiruvananthapuram (lostwhile defending).

“Yes, of late our chasing hasbeen good compared to postingtargets. It was a good target thatwe posted but again it’s a new setof guys.

“There are a lot of inexpe-rienced players along with expe-rienced players but that is whatevery T20 team now has, bit ofinexperience, along with thatsome experience. Those twoelements need to come togeth-er to form a very composition

(composite) side.”He gave West Indies

credit for chasing a tar-get of 171 on a slow track.

“When you talk aboutsetting targets, on that pitch (in

2nd T20 Intl), a target of 170 plus(171) looked decent. When westarted batting, the wicket wason the slower side, the shot-

making was not thateasy although

the WestIndies made itlook veryeasy.”

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India coach Ravi Shastrisays none can “mess around

with” Mahendra Singh Dhoniif he decides to be in con-tention for next year’s T20

World Cup but the enigmat-ic former captain would“never impose himself ” onthe team.

In a soon-to-be-telecastinterview on ‘India Today’channel, Shastri was asked

about the much-speculatedfuture of Dhoni, who hasbeen on a sabbatical eversince India’s semifinal exitfrom the ODI World Cup inEngland earlier this year.

“That (Dhoni) guy is alegend. The last thing he willwant is to impose himself onan Indian team, havingknown him.

He is wanting to take abreak but he is going to playthe IPL,” Shastri said on theshow ‘The Inspiration’.

Asked if he isn’t rulingout a comeback by the 38-year-old, Shastri answered,“The amount of sport he hasplayed... If he puts himself incontention... If he feels afterthe IPL that ‘I am goodenough to play for India’,don’t mess around with that.”

Dhoni, after maintain-ing a stoic silence on hisfuture plans for months, hadrecently stated that, “Don’t askanything till January.”

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The return of Test cricket toPakistani soil is an emotion-

al occasion, captain Azhar Alisaid on Tuesday but that willnot come in the way of histeam’s efforts to make amendsfor a disastrous tour ofAustralia.

Pakistani players will playTest cricket at home after a gap

of 10 years whenthey take on SriLanka in a two-Testseries starting heretoday.

“All the players are veryemotional about this Test series.It is great to be back to ourhome grounds and I just hopethat Test cricket returns regu-larly to Pakistan now,” Azhartold a media conference.

Azhar alsoconceded that theseries is a make-or-break situation for

his team it has not been play-ing well in Test cricket forsome time now. Pakistan lost 0-2 to Australia

“It is unacceptable the waywe lost in Australia. The lasttwo series in South Africa andAustralia have been tough for

us. We know how importantthis series is.

“We need to turn to reverseour results and get back on thewinning track as there is a lotof pride in Pakistan cricket andwe need to win back the confi-dence of the fans,” he said.

The under-pressurePakistan skipper also made itclear that Sri Lanka would be atough side to beat even inhome conditions.

“Sri Lanka has always beena tough team because they playdisciplined cricket. We alsohave to play disciplined crick-et in every department. Testcricket demands disciplinedcricket. You can’t win a test inone session but you can lose atest in one session. So one has

to be disciplined to beat SriLanka at home or away,” he said.

“We have to rely on ourbowling attack. Yasir Shah did-n’t do well in Australia but hehas won us many matches andI think he will return to his oldself in this series. We haveconfidence in our attack and weare backing them,” he added.

There is a forecast of rainhere on the second and thirddays of the match.

Azhar said one can’t say forcertain how much time isrequired to rebuild the team.

“We have never keptpatience and we don’t give therebuilding process time. I thinkthese players have a lot ofpotential and they will sooncome out of their comfort zoneonce they play under differentconditions. We have to keeppatience instead of calling forchanges,” he asserted.

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Sri Lankan Test skipperDimuth Karunaratne feels

the presence of former Pakistancoach Mickey Arthur in theircamp will be a “big advantage”when his side take on Azhar Ali’smen.

“Mickey is with us and pre-viously he was the coach of thePakistan team as well so it is apositive thing for us that heknows the Pakistan team veryclosely and that has given us a lotof confidence for this series,” hesaid on the eve of the match.

However, the skipper saidthe onus will be on the his play-ers to execute plans properly.

“His presence is a big advan-tage to us as he knows each andevery player very closely. Howthey think. How they prepare.

But we have to do things right inthe middle and implement ourplans properly.”

"Our bowlers have to bowlin the right areas to every bats-man and we have to also applyourselves in batting and fielding.Pakistan has never been an easyside to beat at home. The goodthing is we know their game wellhaving played regularly againstthem in gome or UAE,” he said.

He added that playing inPakistan for the first time servesas a motivation for him do wellin the series.

“I am in Pakistan for the firsttime and that is also a motiva-tion for me to do well as I haveplayed against them at home andin UAE. But this will be a differ-ent experience for me and mostour guys who are playing herefor the first time,” he said.

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Rohit Sharma has seen acapable leader in Kieron

Pollard from close quarters andbelieves that his longtimeMumbai Indians teammate hasbeen responsible for a trans-formed West Indies side inwhite ball format.

Rohit termed the WestIndies captain as a “smartthinker of the game”.

“I know Pollard really welland he has a great knowledgeabout the game. I know as aleader what he would be expect-ing from the team. Under hisleadership, it is a different teamthat we are seeing now, so yes,we have to be at our best when

we play them,” said Rohit.“He (Pollard) is a very

smart player, smart thinkerand he has been the captain ofthe team. When it comes toMumbai (Indians), he hasalways been part of the leader-ship group and last year whenI wasn’t available for one game,he captained MI. So, he hasalways been part of the leader-ship group and I know how hethinks.”

Rohit agreed that theCaribbeans are unpredictable asa side.

“They are very unpre-dictable as a team, you neverknow what they can come upwith on a given day, like we sawthe other day,” said Rohit.

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“The onus will be onthe other teams to tell uswhy they can’t play inPakistan,” Pakistan CricketBoard chairman EhsanMani told the AssociatedPress on Tuesday.

“Our default positionwill remain that Pakistan issafe. We play cricket inPakistan (and if) you wantto play against Pakistan youhave to come to Pakistan.”

“It’s only logical thatcricket comes home,” Manisaid. AP

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The Pakistan Cricket Boardis trying to convince

Cricket Australia to send itsnational team for a Test seriesin Pakistan in 2022, accordingto its CEO Wasim Khan.

“Cricket Australia hasagreed in principle to playthree Tests in Pakistan’s homeseries. Obviously, we aredoing everything to ensureAustralia agrees to play inPakistan in 2022 and it is anongoing process,” Khan toldreporters.

He added that under thenew Future Tours Program,whenever Pakistan andAustralia play a bilateral seriesit will include three Tests.

Australia has not touredPakistan since 1998, forcingthe 1992 World Cup champi-ons to conduct their homeseries’ at neutral venues,including Sri Lanka, England,and UAE.

The PCB official lament-ed that whoever from theboard had agreed to the exist-ing Future Tours Programschedule has not givenenough importance to Testmatches.

“It is unfortunate that weare among those countrieswho play the least number ofTest matches in a season.Whereas other leadingnations play 8 to 14 Tests ina year we don’t even get six toseven,” he said.

Khan also confirmed thatthe PCB has dispatched theproposed itinerary of the ICCTest Championship Tests tothe Bangladesh Cricket Boardto be played in January.

“We have sent the itiner-ary and are awaiting aresponse. After Sri Lanka’sarrival to play the two Testswe don’t foresee any problemsin the Bangladesh boardagreeing to send their team inJanuary,” he said.

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