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tects of the Signature Bridgeand family of firefighters wholost their lives are among thosewho will share the stage withAAP national convener ArvindKejriwal and other senior partyleaders at the oath-taking cer-emony on Sunday.

Senior AAP leader ManishSisodia said the party has invit-ed 50 “Dilli ke Nirmatas”,including head of schools, autodrivers, bus conductors, metropilots and experts from variousother fields, to attend theswearing-in ceremony. These“special guests” will share thestage with Kejriwal during theceremony, AAP leader ManishSisodia said.

The swearing-in which is

“open to public” won’t see theusual gathering of politicalheavyweights, although theAAP has invited the PrimeMinister and all seven MPs of

Delhi for the event.Big banners bearing mes-

sages like “Dhanyawad Dilli”along with the image ofKejriwal were put up in and

around the Ramlila Maidan. A day before taking oath as

the Delhi Chief Minister for thethird time, Kejriwal called adinner meeting of hisMinisters-designate to discussa roadmap for Delhi’s devel-opment.

According to party func-tionaries, Kejriwal will discusswith his Ministers-designateinitiatives that need to be pri-oritised and action items for theDelhi Government in the com-ing three months. The meetingwill also focus on developing aroadmap to make Delhi a glob-al city, they said.

Meanwhile the AAP cameunder for fire for allegedlymaking the attendance ofteachers compulsory forKejriwal’s oath-taking ceremo-ny. However, the AAP onSaturday clarified saying the

teachers have been “invited”and not “ordered” to attend theevent.

“Delhi’s teachers and prin-cipals are the architects ofDelhi’s transformation in thepast 5 years. They deserve to beinvited to the swearing-in atRamlila Maidan tomorrow,”AAP leader Jasmine Shah saidin a tweet.

He was replying to formerDelhi BJP chief Vijendar Guptawho termed the order as dic-tatorial.

“The Directorate ofEducation, GNCTD has issueda dictatorial circular making itcompulsory for Governmentteachers to attend Mr.@ArvindKejriwal’s oath cere-mony. By virtue of the order15,000 teachers & officials areforced to attend the ceremony,”Gupta tweeted.

In another tweet, Guptasaid that he has written toKejriwal to take back the orderand termed it as a misuse of theGovernment machinery.

“I have written to Mr@ArvindKejriwal asking himto withdraw the tughlaqi far-maan to the teachers & officialswhich is sheer misuse ofGovernment machinery tomeet political ends. Educationcannot be employed as a tool tolaunch one’s political ambi-tions,” he said.

On Friday, Delhi’sDirectorate of Education (DoE)issued a circular to its officialsand teachers and principals ofDelhi government schools toattend the swearing-in-cere-mony of the chief ministerand his council of ministers onSunday at Ramlila ground.

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After several rounds ofmeetings, Shaheen Bagh’s

anti-CAA protesters onSaturday decided to march tothe residence of Home MinisterAmit Shah on Sunday. Themarch will start from ShaheenBagh protest site at noon.

The protesters said theyhave not taken any appoint-ment as Shah had conveyed viaTV channels his willingnessto meet the Shaheen Bagh pro-testers. The Home Ministry hasnot received any request forappointment from the protest-ers, sources said.

Talking to The Pioneer,Meraj, a protester, said theprotest is leaderless so there willnot be any representative butpeople will march to Shah’s res-idence. He said soon after thenews of Shah’s readiness tomeet the protesters reachedShaheen Bagh, several meet-ings were conducted and amemorandum of understand-ing was signed. “We all are oneand decided to march withDadis…our concern is one.Thus, we will march togetherand will meet Shah tomorrow(Sunday),” he added.

Notably, on meeting withHome Minister, Shaheen Baghprotesters were divided in two

groups, as a few of them want-ed Shah to pay a visit at theprotest site as the demonstra-tion belongs to all people.

Protesters said that onSaturday, after an announce-ment in this regard was madefrom the dais, suggestions wereinvited about who and howmany people will go to meetShah.

In the meeting, we receivedmany suggestions, and later on,with the considerations, it wasdecided that this is time to beunited and we decided to sup-port our elderly Dadis (Seniorwomen protesters), said pro-testers. We would ask Shah towithdraw the Act and ourprotest would continue till ourdemand is met, said a protest-er. While the protesters havebeen staging a sit-in against theCAA, National Register ofCitizen (NRC) and NationalPopulation Register (NPR) forthe past two months, the pro-testers demanded an initiativefrom the Government to callthem for talks.

This may be recalled that inan interaction with a newschannel earlier this week, Shahsaid anyone who wants to dis-cuss issues related to CAAwith him can visit in his officeand will give time within threedays.

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Four schoolchildren, includ-ing a three-year-old girl,

were burnt to death when a pri-vate school’s mini van caughtfire in Sangrur on Saturday.

It was a miraculous escapefor eight others as a total of 12children were traveling in theill-fated mini-van on way backfrom the school, police said.

“Preliminary inquiry indi-cates the ramshackle van wasbeing run illegally as per areport of District TransportOfficer,” said Sangrur DeputyCommissioner GhanshyamThori.

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ACentral expert panel ofthe Union Environment

Ministry has given its green sig-nal for the Greenfield JewarInternational Airport (GJIA) inUttar Pradesh, which will resultin the felling of nearly 12,000trees and filling up of 14 waterbodies.

According to sources in theMinistry, while a total 11,282trees will be cut, around 178trees will be transplanted fromthe proposed site spread overan area of 1,334 hectare to else-where. To compensate thegreen loss, the Expert AppraisalCommittee (EAC) has askedthe State Government to plant1,12,820 saplings as per manda-tory compensatory plantationin a time-bound manner andensure their survival.

The Yogi Government hasalso proposed creation of ninenew ponds (total area: 6 ha)mainly at the barren landsoutside the airport boundary inlieu of the 14 lands that will belost to the country’s largestinternational airport to be builtin two phases.

The estimated capital costof the project is Rs 37,540 mil-lion for Phase I and Rs 35,370million for Phase II. It isexpected to be completed by2023. “The proposed 10 timescompensatory plantation needs

to be monitored by theGovernment of Uttar Pradeshso that the target of planting1,12,820 saplings is achieved ina time-bound manner, theirsurvival rate is monitored andmortality is replenished.

“In case of non-survival ofany transplanted tree, com-pensatory plantation in theratio of 1:10 (i.e. planting of 10trees for every 1 tree) shall alsobe done and maintained,” saidthe minutes of the meeting ofthe EAC held on January 28,2020. The expert committeehas also asked the StateGovernment to submit a con-servation plan for birds andfauna in consultation with theDehradun-based WildlifeInstitute of India (WII) withinsix month from grant of thisclearance to be implemented inthe right earnest.

The landscape where theproposed airport is coming upseems to be rich with thewildlife flora and fauna as evi-

dent by the report submitted bythe WII scientists after sur-veying the site for a month.

They said that theyobserved a total of six speciesof mammals, 60 species of birdspecies, 28 independent groupsof blackbuck, 21 independentgroups of Nilgai, Golden Jackal,jungle cat, 64 sarus cranes,Indian Peafowl and Egyptianvulture (Neophron perc-nopterus), an endangeredspecies during different occa-sions during a month longsurvey.

A total of 99 perennialwater bodies were recordedacross the GJIA landscape, theWII further said in its report.

On the fund to be allocat-ed under the CorporateEnvironment Responsibility(CER), the EAC said, “The esti-mated capital cost of the pro-ject is Rs 37,540 million forPhase I and Rs 35,370 millionfor Phase II. Therefore, CER(Corporate EnvironmentResponsibility) cost is Rs187.895 million for Phase I andRs 177.095 million for Phase II.

“The allocated CER budgetto be spent on health, educa-tional and sanitation facilitiesamong others should get allo-cated in effected villages likeRampur Bangar, Nilaouni,Dungarpur Rilka, Chandpurand Achheja Buzurg,” said theEAC.

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up the Kashmir issue duringhis address at the PakistanParliament, and asked him todesist from interfering inIndia’s internal affairs.

External Affairs Ministryspokesperson Raveesh Kumarsaid India rejects all refer-ences made by the TurkishPresident on Jammu andKashmir, asserting that theunion territory is an integraland inalienable part of India.In his address at a joint sessionof Pakistan’s Parliament onFriday, Erdogan compared the“struggle” of Kashmiri peoplewith that of the fight byTurkish people against for-eign domination during theWorld War I. Kashmiri peoplehave suffered for decades andtheir sufferings have increasedfollowing “unilateral stepstaken in recent times”, Erdogansaid referring to India revok-ing the special status of Jammuand Kashmir last year.

“India rejects all referencesto Jammu and Kashmir, whichis an integral and inalienablepart of India,” Kumar said.

He was responding to aquestion on Erdogan’s com-ments on Kashmir as well as its

reference in a joint declarationby Turkey and Pakistan.

“We call upon the Turkishleadership to not interfere inIndia’s internal affairs anddevelop proper understandingof the facts, including thegrave threat posed by terror-ism emanating from Pakistanto India and the region,”Kumar said.

Last September, Erdoganraised the Kashmir issue dur-ing his address at the United

Nations General Assembly.In August last year, India

announced its decision to with-draw special status of Jammuand Kashmir and bifurcated thestate into two union territories.Pakistan reacted angrily to themove and even downgraded itsdiplomatic ties with India byexpelling the Indian HighCommissioner. Islamabad alsounsuccessfully tried to rallyinternational support againstIndia on the issue.

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath on Saturday

asked people of Lucknow tomake efforts to keep theGomti river clean. “The gov-ernment is making efforts atits level to clean the Gomtiriver. People here should alsobe aware of this so that wecould restore the river to itsold form,” the CM saidaddressing a function at KingGeorge’s Medical University

on Saturday.Addressing the gather-

ing, he said: “Water is life. Weshould make an effort to cre-ate awareness about the puri-ty of water.”

Referring to the NamamiGange project, the CM saidwhen he visited the Gangaalong with NDRF personnelduring floods, soldiers toldhim that four years ago theyused to get red rashes on theirbody while touring the riverfor rescue operations but the

situation had changed now.The CM said the

Swachh Bharat Mission hasreduced diseases and due tothis, there is a sharp declinein cases of encephalitis inGorakhpur.

The Chief Minister andothers unveiled the statues ofgoddess Sharada and god ofmedicine Dhanvatri at ‘MaShardalaya’ temple in KGMU.Earlier, Yogi also planted two‘Rudraksh’ saplings at theDhanvantri Vatika.

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The holy city of Kashi(Varanasi) is all set for the

visit of Prime Minister NarendraModi on Sunday. Projects worthcrores of rupees are scheduledfor launch while those launchedduring his previous tenure willbe inaugurated. After winningLok Sabha elections for the sec-ond consecutive time last year,Modi had come to his parlia-mentary constituency Varanasion a thanksgiving visit and it willbe his first visit during this term.He will be gifting 36 projectsworth around Rs 997.10 crore tohis parliamentary constituency.

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The aggressive forays ofCongress general secre-

tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadrainto Uttar Pradesh to wooMuslims has worried theSamajwadi Party and theBahujan Samaj Party. Thesetwo parties have been themajor claimants of the Muslimvote bank in UP for the lastover two decades. Priyanka’sfocused attention on theMuslim community to winover their confidence afterprotests broke out against theCitizenship (Amendment) Actin UP has sent a positive mes-sage to the minority commu-nity.

The SP is particularly out-raged over the Congressleader’s visit to Azamgarh,which is the Lok Sabha con-stituency of party chiefAkhilesh Yadav and a tradi-tional bastion of Yadav-Muslim electoral combine.

Contrary to the hecticpolitical activity of theCongress, the SP had pre-ferred to conduct its politicaloperation from Lucknow byissuing statements and using

the social media. However,Priyanka’s visits to Bijnor,Meerut and other place forcedthe SP to act and AkhileshYadav dispatched a party del-egation to violence affecteddistricts along with cheques ofRs 5 lakh to the families of thevictims who died in police fir-ing during the anti-CAAprotests.

The BSP has so far donelittle to match the work doneby the SP.

Priyanka’s recent visit tothe Muslim-dominatedBilariyaganj, a non-descripttown in Azamgarh districtwhere several women stagedprotests against the Citizenship(Amendment) Act and wereinjured in the police lath-icharge, triggered uneaseamong the SP and the BSP.

Striving to re-establish herparty in the political landscapeof UP which sends 80 mem-bers to the Lok Sabha,Priyanka had her eyes fixedfirmly on the Muslim votebank when she hugged theMuslim women and took littlekids in her lap during the visitto Muslim families inAzamgarh.

A predominantly Muslimtown, people, especially thewomen, had turned up inlarge numbers to listen toPriyanka, who vowed to standby them and take up thealleged police atrocity withthe National Human RightsCommission (NHRC).

Priyanka, who drove to

Bilariyaganj from Varanasi,passed through several smalltowns, where also peopleaccorded her rousing recep-tions, much to the delight ofthe Congress leaders.

Several Muslim womencomplained that their MPAkhilesh Yadav did not both-er to visit them after the policeaction.

The Congress general sec-retary has been meeting thefamilies which have lost theirmembers in alleged police fir-ing during the anti-CAAprotests in different parts of thestate in December

She visited Meerut, Bijnorand Varanasi, the Lok Sabhaconstituency of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, in the past fewdays and met the anti-CAAprotesters to express solidari-ty with them.

Political observers heresay that the Congress leader istrying to woo the ‘Brahmin-Muslim’ electoral combina-tion to regain the lost glory ofher party in UP. ‘’We will gainimmensely if we are able to winover the two communities,’’said a senior UP Congressleader here.

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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment on Saturday posted

Devendra Singh Chauhan asDG Intelligence.

Chauhan was awaiting post-ing since his return from Centraldeputation.

The post of DG Intelligencewas lying vacant since the retire-ment of Bhawesh Kumar lastmonth.

According to an official com-muniqué, ADG (Traffic) VijayKumar, who was promoted toDG rank, was posted as DG(Home Guard). The post of DG(Home Guard) was lying vacantsince the transfer of GL Meena.DG (Jails) Anand Kumar washolding the additional charge ofDG (Home Guards) till now.

ADG (Power Corporation)Kamal Saksena was also pro-moted to DG rank but hewould continue to hold the samepost.

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In a surprise move, formerchairman of Cooperative

Bank, Ramdarash Vidhyarthi,was arrested by the Gorakhpurpolice on Saturday morning.

Reports said that theBarhalganj police inGorakhpur arrestedVidhyarthi in connection withan old case registered underPOCSO Act at theCantonment police station.

He was accused of kid-napping a minor, keeping hercaptive and raping her and alsofor threatening the girl beforereleasing her from his clutch-es. The case was registered onlyon the directions of the court.

Gorakhpur’s SeniorSuperintendent of Police SunilKumar Gupta had handedover the probe to the circleofficer of Gola and finally thecops took cognisance andwent ahead with his arrest onSaturday morning.

Talking to a media personsoon after his arrest,Vidhyarthi claimed that actionwas taken against him on thedirection of a mafia runningflesh trade in the district.

Later Vidhyarthi was shift-ed to Gola police station afterhis supporters gathered at the

Barhalganj police station andstaged a protest against hisarrest. He was later shifted tothe Cantonment police station.

Vidhyarthi said that theconspiracy against him wasnot new and that earlier sim-ilar case was registered againsthim with the Barhalganj policebut the charges were found tobe fake in the inquiry afterwhich the case was expunged.He said that now fresh movewas made to tarnish his image.

Meanwhile, a woman’sbody was found hanging fromthe ceiling of her house inMuzaffarnagar district, withher parents alleging that shewas killed by her in-laws forfailing to pay dowry.

According to a complaintlodged by her parents, thewoman was married to Kadireight months ago and wasbeing harassed over dowry.They alleged that she wasstrangled to death when theyfailed to fulfil the demand.

The in-laws claimed thatthe woman committed suicideby hanging from the ceiling inher room in Kulheri village inCharthawal block on Friday.

The body was been sentfor post-mortem and a casehas been registered against fivepeople, including her hus-band, the police said.

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The five IPS officers facinginquiry into allegations of

corruption made againstthem by their colleagueVaibhav Krishna, are likely toget clean chit as the SpecialInvestigation Team (SIT) con-stituted to probe into thecharges has reportedly foundno evidence against them.

The officers facing thecharges include Ajay PalSharma, Sudhir Kumar Singh,Ganesh Saha, Rajiv NarainMishra and HimanshuKumar.

It may be mentionedhere that a report publishedin The Pioneer on Saturdaymentioned the name of SSPof Etawah, Akash Tomar, asone of the five IPS officersfacing corruption charges.However, his name is not inthe list of officers againstwhom corruption chargeswere levelled.

Meanwhile, sources con-firmed that the 3-memberSIT constituted under seniorIPS officer DG (Vigilance)Hitesh Chandra Awasthi hascompleted the enquiry.

The two other membersof the SIT are IG (STF)Amitabh Yash and Jal NigamMD Vikas Gothalwal.

The sources said that theSpecial Investigation Teamsubmitted its findings to thestate government, givingclean chit to all the five IPSofficers — Ajay Pal Sharma,Sudhir Kumar Singh, GaneshSaha, Rajiv Narain Mishraand Himanshu Kumar.

Four of these officerswere shifted out from districtsso that they could not influ-ence the probe. Now, once theprobe report is made public,these officers are likely toagain get prime postings.

The SIT was instructed tocomplete the investigationwithin 15 days.

The sources further saidthat Vaibhav Krishna wouldcontinue to remain suspend-ed as enquiry against him is

still pending. The officer was suspend-

ed after the objectionablevideo that went viral againstKrishna when he was SSP ofNoida and it turned out to beauthentic.

The forensic lab inGujarat submitted its reportson the viral video of his chatwith a woman, authenticatingit.

Krishna was suspendedfor the violation of OfficerConduct Rules. A depart-mental inquiry was alsoordered against him. ADGLucknow Zone SN Sabat isinvestigating the matter andhe will submit the report assoon as possible.

Krishna had earlier saidthat the chat and videos werefake and had lodge a reportagainst unknown persons formaking the video viral.

In his FIR, Krishnaalleged that the videos werefake and were made by someIPS officers and journalists tomalign his image as he hadinitiated action against them for their corrupt practices.

He had also named fiveIPS officers in a report sub-mitted to the chief ministeron November 26 last yearseeking appropriate action.

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Hundreds of students onSaturday staged a protest

outside the office premises ofInspector General of Police(Meerut Range) PraveenKumar after a female studentalleged abduction and gan-grape in Syana area onThursday.

According to reports, MBAstudents of Chaudhary CharanSingh University staged protestoutside the office of the IGwhile some other students saton dharna outside the univer-sity gate to demand actionagainst the culprits.

The victim was returninghome after attending her class-es when she was allegedlyabducted and sexually assault-ed by a group on Thursday. Thevictim belongs to Hapur dis-trict’s Garhmukteswar townand student of a university inthe Syana area of districtBulandshahr.

The victim is currentlyundergoing treatment atMeerut Medical College.

Enraged over the sexualassault on the university stu-dent, agitated students raisedslogans demanding justice andcondemning the police inac-tion.

They demanded the arrestof the rapists.

The situation turned uglyafter the Meerut top cop ruledout rape.

“During investigation, itwas found that the girl wentwith her classmate on her own.Both are adults. She got injuredafter falling from a bike. Rapehas not been confirmed inmedical report. This is not acase of kidnapping or gang-rape,’ the IG said.

Earlier, the Meerut policeconfirmed that they rescuedthe victim from Syana inBulandshahr and had regis-tered a case.

A probe is underway policesaid, adding that the accusedwas detained for further inves-tigation.

Meanwhile, two unidenti-fied policemen allegedly rapeda 20-year-old woman in a hotelroom near a railway station inGorakhpur.

The incident took place onThursday after which thewoman informed her familymembers. The FIR was regis-tered on Friday,.

A case under various sec-tions of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) including gangrape hasbeen registered against twounidentified police men at theGorakhnath police station,police said.

No arrest has been made sofar in this connection.

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Buoyed by the success of theDefExpo 2020 held recent-

ly in the state capital and theinvestments that came after theUP Investors’ Summit inFebruary 2018, the UttarPradesh government hasstepped up efforts for achiev-ing the goal of becoming a tril-lion dollar economy by 2024.

The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment has decided to develop allthe 75 districts of the state aspotential export hubs in thenear future. Putting the proposalin top gear, the state governmenthas constituted 10-member dis-trict level export promotioncommittees headed by therespective district magistrateor chief development officer.

“The committees will beentrusted with the task ofpreparing their district exportplan (DEP),” Principal Secretary(Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises and ExportPromotion) Navneet Sehgalsaid here.

Sehgal, who was recentlynominated as the state tradefacilitation commissioner, saidthe decision to develop all the75 districts as potential exporthubs was taken in the light of anadvisory given by the Centralgovernment in this regard.

The district-level commit-tees would include the direc-torate general of foreign trade(DGFT) nominee and districtindustries and entrepreneurshippromotion centre deputy com-missioner as co-chairman andconvenor, respectively. Besides,the panel would comprise mem-bers of the lead bank apart fromrepresentatives of the variousstate and Central governmentdepartments and agencies.

To implement the ambi-tious vision of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi to convert eachdistrict in India into an exporthub, Union Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman in herBudget 2020-21 speech saidthat each district should bedeveloped as an export hub andthe efforts of the Central and therespective state governmentswere being synergised and insti-tutional mechanisms created.

The Union Commerce andIndustry Ministry throughDGFT has already been engag-ing with states to initiate prepa-ration and implementation of aDEP specific to each districtthrough an institutional struc-ture at the district level. TheDGFT is developing a portal toenable states to upload all infor-mation related to the productswith export potential of everydistrict. The preliminary exercisewill include an assessment of adistrict to identify the current

export profile and potential.The key officers related to

agriculture, horticulture, live-stock, fisheries, handicrafts,handlooms and industry in thedistrict, apart from the leadbanker, will work towards theparticipation of export promo-tion councils, quality and tech-nical standards bodies. Centralgovernment departments likeMSME, heavy industry, revenueand textiles will be part of suchmeetings.

The products identified forexports from the 75 districtsinclude leather, sand and stonearticles, spices, garments, wool,food products, ceramics,cement, silk, carpet, glass items,metal crafts, sports goods, phar-maceuticals, engineering goods,auto parts, poultry products,vegetables, cut flowers, forestproduce, bamboo products andscientific instruments.

Meanwhile, the state gov-ernment is preparing an exportpolicy to give an impetus to theMSME sector, which account-ed for 80 per cent of the totalexports of about �1.14 lakhcrore in 2018-19. The state hadengaged the Federation ofIndian Export Organisationsto prepare the policy draft.

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Five persons were killed in twoseparate road accidents

reported from Shahjahanpurand Pilibhit.

According to a reportreceived from Shahjahanpur, twomen were killed when theirmotorcycle was hit by an uniden-tified vehicle.

Superintendent of Police(Rural) Aparna Gautam said onSaturday that Subhash (28) andPradeep (25) were killed on thespot in the road accident thattook place Friday night,

The police are investigatingthe case, she added.

Meanwhile, three personsdied when a car lost control andrammed into a tree in Pilibhitdistrict, police said on Saturday.

The accident occurred inPuranpur area late Friday night.

Rupendra Singh (22),Sona Singh (30) and Malkeet(35) died on the spot, thepolice said.

The bodies were sent forpost-mortem.

Meanwhile, a 24-year-old man was found deadwith a slit throat in Miranpurtown of Muzaffarnagar dis-trict on Saturday.

Monu, son of Pyarelal,was missing since Fridayevening, police said.

The body was found neara temple.

The body was sent for apost-mortem and investiga-tion is on.

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In the report ‘AnotherIPS officer may be removedon charges of corruption’,published in The Pioneer onSaturday, the name ofEtawah SSP Akash Tomarwas erroneously mentionedas one of the IPS officers fac-ing corruption charges. Theerror is regretted.

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A35-year-old man, identifiedas Raj Kumar Kanaujia,

was found murdered undermysterious circumstances athis house in Barora localityunder Thakurganj police sta-tion on Saturday. His parentsfound the body lying in a poolof blood on a cot with multi-ple injuries in the head, fore-head and face. Police said thehead and face were apparentlycrushed with some heavy andblunt object.

The police said MunnaLal, who is also a resident of thesame locality but stays with hiswife and daughter in a neigh-bouring house, went to his sonRaj Kumar’s house around 1.30pm to fetch wood. He repeat-edly knocked the door butthere was no response frominside.

In the meantime, MunnaLal’s wife also reached there.The elderly couple laterinformed the police who brokeopen the door, only to find RajKumar lying dead.

Munna Lal told the policethat he last met his son on

Thursday night and had givenhim Rs 50 to buy fuel wood. Hewas at a loss of words whenasked what could be the motivefor murder. Raj Kumar’s moth-er and sister were said to be ina state of shock and therefore,they could not be quizzed bythe police.

Raj Kumar was home aloneafter his wife had gone toDelhi. The police said thedeceased, a semi-skilled work-er, used to work at construction

sites. A case was registered inthis connection at Thakurganjpolice station and furtherinvestigations were in progress.

Meanwhile, a 45-year-oldwidow was killed under mys-terious circumstances at herhouse in Navin Nagar inSaadatganj police station areaon Saturday. Identified asRamakanti, the deceased wasthe wife of late Mohit Pandey,who died some time back.Prima facie, head injuries were

detected by police even as fam-ily members suspected thather son Shiva might haveplayed a role in the murder.

They said Shiva used tofight with his mother off andon. The police said Shiva hadleft left the house in NavinNagar and was living with hisuncle in Thakurganj. Thedeceased lived with two othersons and brother-in-law.

The police said her broth-er in-law left the house in themorning for work while thesons for their college. The inci-dent came to light when heryounger returned around 2pm. He found her motherlying unconscious and bleedingprofusely through wounds inthe head. The police claimedthat the injury was inflicted bysome sharp-edged object.

She was rushed to KGMUTrauma Centre where she suc-cumbed to injuries. Locals saidthe relations between Shivaand his mother were not cor-dial. However, no one couldstate the reason. Policespokesman AK Dwivedi saidinvestigations were on whileShiva was yet to be questioned.

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Three persons were arrestedfor allegedly kidnapping a

teenager. The accused bun-dled her into a car and took herto some unknown place. Shewas later thrown out of themoving car near her house.

Police said her father andbrothers found her missingfrom the house in Jankipuramwhen they returned from a sitearound 1.30 am. They work as

caterers and had gone toAlambagh for the purpose.

As they started searchingfor the girl, she was found in anunconscious state near amakeshift shop around 4 am. A

security guard told her broth-er that four persons, who areresidents of Jankipuram colony,had kidnapped her.

Three of the accused werearrested on Saturday while amanhunt was on for the fourthone. A police spokesman saididentities of the accused hadnot been disclosed. The policesaid that the teenager deniedthat she was raped, but said shewas forcibly taken to someunknown place.

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Later, she, along with herhusband, reached the policestation and lodged a com-plaint in this connection.

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The only way in which we can prevent ourselvesfrom the harmful carbon emissions is to plant

more and more trees. The Forest department, underthe guidance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, hasbeen working in this direction and planted 22 croresaplings in a single day last year.

This was said by Minister for Forest andEnvironment Dara Singh Chauhan at the closing cer-emony of Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav, held at theTourism auditorium on Saturday.

It was the closing ceremony and the conclusionof the month-long activities which were organisedby Petroleum Conservation Research Association(PCRA) under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleumfor spreading awareness amongst the general pub-lic about the need of energy conservation.

Winners of the various competitions were alsofelicitated on the occasion. Addressing the audience,the minister said: “One litre of petrol emits two-and-a-half kg of carbon dioxide, which is very harmful.The entire world is greatly concerned about the issueof climate change and it is only when campaigns likethis carried out by PCRA become a revolution thatthis problem will get solved.” The minister stressedon the fact that the ancient wise men had set up ruleswhich could be understood by the ordinary rural per-son for helping stop the felling of the trees.

Inviting the various oil companies to have anMoU signed with the Forest department in the direc-tion of curbing carbon emission, he said the prob-lem needs to be resolved, otherwise people will endup carrying the oxygen cylinder on their back. Theminister was earlier welcomed by state-level coor-dinator Arun Kumar Ganju, state head (Retail) ofBharat Petroleum Corporation Limited RajeevJaiswal, and others.

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District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash presidedover a review meeting of the census which is to

be carried out in the district. The DM said the cen-sus work is important because it is held once in everyten years and it should be carried out with the coop-eration of all the departments on priority.

The DM said that the census will be totallypaperless this year. He pointed out that the additionalmunicipal commissioner had been chosen as thenodal officer for the census. He said the departmentswhich have not provided the data should do it andcoordinate amongst themselves.

It may be noted that house listing and housingcensus, which forms the part of the first phase, willbegin on May 16. The house listing and housingcensus is carried out one year prior to the actual cen-sus exercise. Officials said that in the second phase,population will be enumerated.

“The second phase is fixed for the entire coun-try by the the Central government from February8 to 28 next year. The revisional rounds will be car-ried out between March 1 and 5, 2021.

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out efforts to achieve the targetof setting up 10,700 Megawattsolar power plants in the stateby 2022. The UP government isworking actively in this direc-tion. These views wereexpressed by NEDA secretaryAnil Kumar while inaugurating‘National Solar Conclave’ onthe second day of ‘India Solarand E-Vehicle Expo-2020’,organised by IIA on Saturday.

The chief guest at the con-clave was Anil Kumar while theguest of honour was zonalmanager of UCO Bank OPVerma. The NEDA secretarysaid that disallowing net meter-ing in industrial and commer-

cial establishments is one suchhurdle and UPNEDA, as apromoter of solar energy, wish-es to get this facility restored.

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Archana Shukla laid emphasison revising and revitalising thehuman aspect in us and tobreak the stereotype conven-tions and to be experimental.She said it is imperative to beempathetic and compassionatein life. The IIM-L directorwas speaking at the ‘FifthTehrim Dass MemorialLecture’ at Avadh Girls’ DegreeCollege on Saturday. ArchanaShukla was earlier a professorof Organisation Behaviour in

the Human ResourceManagement Group of theinstitute. She is the first facul-ty member of the institute to bemade the director. She has

obtained PhD inOrganisational Behaviour fromIndian Institute of Technology-Kanpur and has vast experi-ence in teaching, training and

research. She has also authoredbooks, research papers andcase studies. Tehrim Dass, inwhose honour the lecture wasorganised, devoted herself towelfare work for the families ofpolicemen as secretary andthen president of PoliceWelfare Association whichhas 70 centers across the state.As president of LucknowYWCA, she was instrumentalin expanding its rural develop-ment project. She also estab-lished the Cheshire Homes inLucknow and was its founderpresident for eight years. Dasswas the president of FamilyPlanning Association of India(Lucknow branch) for sixyears, and vice-president of a

large rural project known asNIRPHAD.

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Singh, a studentof class 10( I G C S E ) ,C a m b r i d g eSection of CityM o n t e s s o r iSchool (CMS),has won the prestigious ‘TimesScholars 2019’, a national-levelscholarship competition,becoming the only student fromLucknow to do so. The winnerswere selected after a rigorousprocess comprising six practicetests, two power-point presenta-tions, final online test and two

rounds of interviews. Anahita isamong the top 100 students (ofclasses 10 and 11) from all overIndia to have won this scholar-ship. She will be awarded a lap-top and an offer of admission tothe Bennett University with a fullscholarship for one year. Thefelicitation ceremony will beheld in March.

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Repertwahr, is organising abook fair from February 16 to25 at Hazratganj metro station.Managing director of UttarPradesh Metro RailCorporation Limited KumarKeshav, in the presence ofRepertwahr founder Bhoopesh

Rai, will inaugurate the bookfair. UPMRC officials said thatcommuters and book lovers cancome and find their favouritebooks from 11 am to 9 pm.“Important personalities fromfield of arts & literature, cultureetc will share their knowledgeand experience with the audi-ence. UPMRC and Repertwahrare organising the event topopularise the culture of bookreading among Lucknowites.The book fair will display dif-ferent kinds of fiction, non-fic-tion books, children books,Hindi literature books, coffee-table books, books by enthusi-astic international authors etc,followed by special activities,” asenior official said.

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The holy city of Kashi(Varanasi) is all set for the

visit of Prime Minister NarendraModi on Sunday. Projects worthcrores of rupees are scheduledfor launch while those launchedduring his previous tenure willbe inaugurated. After winningLok Sabha elections for thesecond consecutive time lastyear, Modi had come to his par-liamentary constituencyVaranasi on a thanksgiving visitand it will be his first visit dur-ing this term. He will be gifting36 projects worth around Rs997.10 crore to his parliamen-tary constituency.

Fool-proof securityarrangements have been madeand additional police forcesbrought from adjoining dis-tricts apart from Prayagraj andGorakhpur zones. In the wakeof the recent protests against theCAA in various parts of thecountry, including in Varanasi,the district administration isleaving no stones unturned.Top police officers, includingADG (Zone) Brij Bhushan, IG(Range) Vijay Singh Meenaand others, held a meeting withthe officers to review securityarrangements.

Meanwhile, fleet rehearsalwas conducted on the eve ofModi’s visit while Air Force heli-copters also made rehearsal,including at all the helipads —BHU, Sujabad and Bada Lalpur— where the PM will go duringhis day-long visit. Three-tiersecurity arrangements will beensured while as many as 19 SP-rank officers, 20 ASPs, 42 COs,300 inspectors, 350 traffic per-sonnel and around 3,500 con-stables will be deployed apartfrom para-military and PACpersonnel and commandos.Besides, 300 police personnelwill be keeping a close watch onevery activity from atop build-ings while ATS, bomb disposaland metal detector teams willalso be deployed. To preventstray cattle away from creatingany disturbances during move-ment of PM’s fleet, 10 NagarNigam teams were busy catch-ing stray animals even asdomestic cattle owners wereasked to keep the bovinesleashed on Sunday. Modi willland at Lal Bahadur ShastriInternational Airport inBabatpur at around 10.15 am ina special army aircraft. Fromthere, he will reach the BHU

helipad by Indian Air Forcechopper and then his convoywill go to Jangambadi Mathwhere he will offer aarti toJangam Baba during the ongo-ing ‘Veershaiv Mahakumbh’.

The function will also beattended by UP and Karnatakachief ministers Yogi Adityanathand BS Yediyurappa respective-ly. From there, Modi will returnto BHU helipad and then go toSujabad in a helicopter and thenreach trans-Ganga Parao areawhere he will inaugurate thefirst phase of Pt Deen DayalUpadhyay Smriti Sthal Upvanand unveil 63-feet statue ofparty’s ideologue. Modi will alsoaddress a public meeting therewhich is expected to be attend-ed by 50,000 people of Varanasiand Chandauli districts. Later,

the PM will go to Bada Lalpurand then reach TradeFacilitation Centre (TFC) wherehe will inaugurate a two-dayexhibition, organised under theauspices of UP Design Institute,and interact with artisans aswell as buyers including for-eigners. From there, he willreturn to Babatpur airport andleave for Delhi around 6.30 pm.During his staying, the PM willinaugurate all the projects fromParao meeting site like flaggingof Varanasi-Indore Kashi-Mahakal Express, the thirdcorporate train and first ofHumsafar category, connectingthree Jyotilingas — KashiVishwanath, Ujjain andOmkleshwar. Besides, he willinaugurate a 430-bed SirSundarlal Hospital (SSH),

Banaras Hindu University(BHU). The foundation stoneof this seven-storey wing waslaid by Modi on December 22,2016 and it was constructed ata cost of Rs 183.73 crore. He willalso inaugurate Vedic VigyanKendra, 74-bed MentalHospital and residential build-ing in Pt Madan MohanMalviya Cancer Hospital inBHU. The foundation stones ofall these projects were laid bythe PM during his first regime.

Meanwhile, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath on Saturdaysaid that Central and state gov-ernments are making efforts tomake the benefits of welfareschemes reach every person inaccordance with the dream ofBJP ideologue Pt DeendayalUpadhyay.

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The additional city magis-trate here has asked

Congress leader ImranPratapgarhi to furnish a sure-ty bond of Rs 10 lakh after heallegedly violated prohibitoryorders and participated in ananti-CAA protest at the localEidgah recently.

Additional City MagistrateRajesh Kumar said a noticedirecting to furnish a suretybond of Rs 10 lakh was servedon Pratapgarhi as “he spreadhatred through his speech” atthe Eidgah during an anti-CAA and NRC protest after

violating prohibitory ordersSection 144 of the CrPC.

Moradabad DM RakeshKumar Singh said dailyexpenses on the deployment ofpolice and security personnelat the protest site were about

Rs 13 lakh. He said around Rs1.04 crore had been spent onthe deployment of securitypersonnel till date.

“Action will be takenagainst all those who arespreading hatred among themasses through their speech-es,” he said. Commenting on it,Pratapgarhi said all allega-tions against him were falls.“Not a single objectionableword was uttered by me,” hesaid, adding that he had notreceived any notice from theadministration so far. “I willdecide the future course ofaction after receiving thenotice,” he added.

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Self-financed training formango and guava pulp pro-

cessing being imparted toenthusiastic youths at CISH isan indication of the changingscenario where they are think-ing innovative ways to com-mercialise Dussehri pulp, sofar unrecognised in the mar-kets. On demand, a three-daytraining on ‘Mango andGuava Pulp Processing’ wasorganised at Central Institutefor Subtropical Horticulture(CISH) last week for develop-ing entrepreneurship for cre-ating a market of value-addedproducts from mango andguava.

The training was attendedby the candidates from sixstates and surprisingly, theeducation status of the groupranged from Class X to PhD,indicating attraction towardspulp processing. Trainees fromWest Bengal, Bihar, MadhyaPradesh, Haryana, UP andJharkhand attended the train-ing with their own objectivesand business plans.

The training was coordi-nated by CISH scientist PawanGurjar. Different stepsinvolved during hands-ontraining sessions were demon-strated in the processing hall.CISH director ShailendraRajan discussed the impor-tance of the processing vari-

eties, machinery, and eco-nomics involved for variouscomponents. He discussed thecase studies of states likeAndhra Pradesh whereChittoor in Andhra Pradeshand Krishnagiri in Tamil Naduhave become processing hubsfor mango pulp.

He said that for reducingpost-harvest losses and utilis-ing low-cost raw material dur-ing the market glut throughprocessing is something whichhas been mooted for the lastseveral decades. In NorthernIndia, the scenario of pulp pro-cessing is almost the same.

“Except at few places likeChittoor in Andhra Pradeshand Krishnagiri in TamilNadu, mango processing fac-tories are not common.Presently, at most of the places,the pulp is produced from theestablished varieties likeAlfonso, Totapuri, and Kesar.The pulp of these varieties isbeing traded for last severalyears and thus a good marketexists, but Dussehri could notmake its way to the pulp mar-ket. Interestingly, trainees alsocame from Maharashtra forguava processing, where theinitiatives for processing ofmango have established theindustry,” he added.

Rajan said that traineesinterested in guava processingapprehend that in near future,a lot of fruits, unsuitable for

fresh fruit market will be avail-able for making value-addedproducts. A trainee fromMalda (WB) attended thetraining and he is interested inutilising the processing facil-ities being developed at theregional station of the institutein Malda. After pilot-scaleproduction with machineryavailable and becoming confi-dent in production and mar-keting, the process will bescaled up.

A software engineer,Pulkit Singh from Kanpurwants to have his career inpulp processing. He has sever-al innovative ideas after mak-ing a lot of market analysis andworking out the scope forproducts from mango pulp.

Rajan explained the casestudy of a farmer from Surat(Gujarat) who is not sellingLalit guava fruits but extract-ing pulp and producing adrink without preservativesand pasteurisation. “Peopleare crazy for his product whichhas no added preservatives,and the product is notprocessed at high temperature.This enables the retention ofits natural bioactive com-pounds in the drink. Lalit, avariety rich in nutraceuticals,is liked by people and his busi-ness is focused on frozen pulp.The produce is popular forserving in marriages and atother events,” he added.

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Lucknow (PNS): A reportfrom Greenpeace organisationstates that an estimated onemillion deaths each year andapproximately 980,000 esti-mated pre-term births can beattributed to air pollution fromfossil fuel in India.

Awinash Chanchal fromthe organisation said that UP isdepending heavily on burningfossil fuel. Being one of themost polluted and populatedstates in India, UP shares a fairamount of number from pre-mature deaths and economiccost. The report stated that350,000 new cases of childasthma each year are linked tonitrogen dioxide a by-productof fossil fuel combustion.

As a result, around1,285,000 more children inIndia live with asthma linked tofossil fuel pollution. Exposureto pollution from fossil fuel alsoleads to around 49 crore daysof work absence due to illness

The report, ‘Toxic Air: ThePrice of Fossil Fuels’, assessesthe impacts on global healthand the economic cost of airpollution from the continuedburning of fossil fuels such ascoal, oil and gas. Using datapublished in 2019, includingthe first study to assess the con-tribution of fossil fuels to glob-al air pollution and health, the

report provides a global assess-ment of the health impact of airpollution from fossil fuels in2018 and a first-of-its-kindestimate of the associated eco-nomic cost. Case studies relat-ing to transport and powergeneration show that reducingair pollution is feasible, achiev-able and cost-effective. Thisreport uses the most recent evi-dence and data on pollutionlevels, health effects and demo-graphics to quantify the effectsof air pollution on global andregional levels.

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Congress workers reachedthe Collectorate on Saturday

with LPG cylinders to protestagainst the hike in price ofcooking gas cylinders. The pro-testers demanded that the

Bharatiya Janata Party-ledCentral government roll back itsdecision.

Congress leader MukundTiwari said Congress hasplanned a series of protests to bestaged from streets to UPAssembly. “The Central govern-

ment’s decision to increase priceof LPG cylinders has hit citizens’budget at a time when people arealready reeling under inflation,”he said. The protesters broughtalong LPG cylinders and evenperformed a puja, much to thefascination of onlookers.

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From Page 1The Opposition trained

guns at the AAP and slammedthe order. The BJP mocked theAAP saying the party hasenough MLAs but not publicsupport.

Dr CS Verma, head ofSchool of KautilyaGovernment Sarvodaya BalVidyalaya and a core memberof the Happiness Curriculumcommittee said, “I can’t explainmy feelings in words. I am veryhappy and honoured to havebeen called to be a part of theoath-taking ceremony.Everyone at my school is excit-ed as I am representing themas well as the entire communi-ty of principals who haveworked hard to improveDelhi’s Government schools.”

Ahead of the mega event,a multi-level security arrange-ment will be in place at theRamlila Maidan which isscheduled to begin at 10 amand traffic regulations will be

in place in the area from 8 amto 2 pm. Around 2,000 to 3,000personnel from the DelhiPolice and paramilitary forces,including the CRPF, will bedeployed as part of the secu-rity arrangements, a seniorpolice official said, adding thatdrones are likely to be used forsurveillance.

Manu Gulati, winner ofMartha Farrell Award 2019 forwomen empowerment, oneamong the invitees, said, “I amhonoured to have been invit-ed to the oath taking ceremo-ny of the Chief Minister. I amgrateful to be the face of theentire teachers’ community onthe occasion.”

“The election result is avictory of those who dream tomake Delhi a world class cityand work tirelessly for it.Therefore Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal decided to callpeople from all walks of life asspecial guests,” Sisodia said.

Vijay Kumar, who is cur-

rently studying in IIT-Delhiwith the help of Jai BhimMukhya-Mantri PratibhaVikas Yojana of the DelhiGovernment, said that hewould not have done it with-out the help of this scheme.“For students like me, who hailfrom poor sections of the soci-ety, cannot afford the fees ofcoaching institutes withoutthe Government help.

Sumit Nagal has studiedfrom a Delhi Governmentschool from Class 1 to 10where he used to play tennisand the teachers alwaysencouraged him to play. Withthe scheme of the DelhiGovernment for the buddingplayers, Sumit is now playingat international level. “I amalways grateful to the DelhiGovernment run by ArvindKejriwal for supporting me toplay tennis. Today when I rep-resent India at the internation-al level I feel proud of Delhiand my school,” he said.

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Claiming that he was num-ber one on Facebook, US

President Donald Trump onSaturday tweeted he is lookingforward to going to India tomeet with Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, who, he said,was number two. But netizensbusted Trump’s claims to citethat Modi is way ahead with 44million followers compared to25 million of the US President.

On Instagram too, Modi isthe most followed politicianwith worldwide 28.05 millionfollowers while Trump has14.57 million followers. OnTwitter, though, Trump isahead with 72.4 million fol-lowers while Modi has 53 mil-lion followers.

This is not the first timethat the US President hasclaimed to be the number oneand Prime Minister Modinumber two on their popular-ity on Facebook. Last monthin an interview to CNBC TVon the sidelines of the WorldEconomic Forum in Davos,

Trump said: “I’m No.1 onFacebook, you know who’sno.2? Modi from India”.

President Trump and FirstLady Melania Trump will paya State visit to India onFebruary 24 and 25 at theinvitation of Prime MinisterModi, it was announced thisweek.

Earlier, taking to Twitter,Trump claimed to be the num-ber one on Facebook, citing aremark of Mark Zuckerberg,co-founder and ChiefExecutive Officer of the socialmedia company. “Great honor,I think? Mark Zuckerbergrecently stated that “Donald J.Trump is Number 1 onFacebook. Number 2 is PrimeMinister Modi of India.”Actually, I am going to India intwo weeks. Looking forward toit!,” Trump tweeted onSaturday.

According to Facebook,former US President BarackObama’s Facebook page has 55million followers.

Trump’s page does not fea-ture in top 20. After Obama

and Modi, Mitt Romney’sFacebook page has 9.72 millionfollowers; Hillary Clinton’s pagehas 9.65 million followers;Pakistan premier Imran Khan’sFacebook page has 9.41 millionfollowers and Turkey premierRecep Tayyip Erdogen has 9.3million followers.

After Modi, Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal is thesecond most followed politicianin India on Facebook. Kejriwalhas over 8.1 million followerson Facebook.

The most followed celebri-ty on Facebook is ace footballerand Portugal football captain

Christiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo’sFacebook page has 125 millionfollowers. Other notablecelebrities in the top 20 are popstars Shakira, Eminem,Rihanna, Justin Beiber andactors Vin Deisel, Will Smith.Pop star Shakira’s Facebookpage has 99.3 million Facebookfollowers and Hollywood actorVin Diesel with 94.47 millionfollowers.

Trump uses Twitter exten-sively too has not garnered himthe most number of followers.While he does figure in the top10 most followed accountswith 72.4 million followers, he

ranks at no. 9, far behind hispredecessor Barack Obama -who tops the list with 113 mil-lion followers. Trump is out-ranked by notable celebritieslike Ellen DeGeneres, LadyGaga, Taylor Swift, Rihanna toname a few. PM Modi falls atnumber 18 with 53 million fol-lowers. Hillary Clinton,Erdogan, Joko Widodo ofIndonesia, Queen Rania ofJordan are other most followedcelebrities on Twitter.

During his visit to India,Trump, in addition to NewDelhi, will also visitAhmedabad to address a jointpublic meeting with Modi at anewly-built stadium.

This would be president’sfirst bilateral visit in the thirddecade of 21st century and alsothe first after his acquittal bythe Senate in the impeachmenttrial.

Trump is expected to get aroaring welcome by lakhs ofpeople when he arrives inAhmedabad, Gujarat.

He along with Modi areexpected to deliver a historicspeech in front of hundredsand thousands of people at thenewly build Motera stadium,the largest cricket stadium ofthe world.

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External Affairs Minister SJaishankar on Saturday rebuffed

a senior US Senator, in a firm repar-tee, that India will ‘settle’ the Kashmirissue on its own when the Americanlawmaker brought up the issue dur-ing an interaction at the MunichSecurity Conference.

And asking him to desist frominterfering in India’s internal affairsand develop proper understanding ofthe facts, New Delhi criticised TurkishPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan forraking up the Kashmir issue duringhis address at the PakistanParliament.

In Munich, referring to theKashmir issue during a panel dis-cussion, Senator Lindsey Grahamsaid the best way to sell democracywill be to settle the Kashmir issue in

a democ-ratic way.

“ I nIndia, youare mov-ing for-ward, yougot yourproblemslike we doat home,but you’vechosen thedemocrat-ic path.When it comes to Kashmir, I don’tknow how it ends, but let’s make surethat two democracies will end it dif-ferently. If you can prove that concepthere, then I think that’s probably thebest way to sell democracy,” theRepublican leader said.

To this, Jaishankar promptly

responded,“Do notw o r r y ,Senator. Onedemocracywill settle itand youknow whichone.”

D u r i n gthe discus-s i o nJaishankaralso said thatthe United

Nations is far less credible than it hasbeen in history and ‘something’should be done about it.

“The United Nations is far lesscredible than it has been in history,which is not entirely surprisingbecause when you think about it,there are not too many things which

are 75 years old and still as good asthey were. Clearly there is somethingthat needs to be done there.” TheMunich Security Conference, beingheld from February 14-16, is theworld’s leading forum for debate oninternational security policy.

In Delhi, External AffairsMinistry spokesperson RaveeshKaumar said India rejects all refer-ences made by the Turkish President on Jammu &Kashmir, asserting that the UnionTerritory is an integral and inalien-able part of India.

“We call upon the Turkish lead-ership to not interfere in India’sinternal affairs and develop properunderstanding of the facts, includingthe grave threat posed by terrorismemanating from Pakistan to India andthe region,” Kumar said.

Erdogan had in September last

year too raised the Kashmir issue dur-ing his address at the United NationsGeneral Assembly.In his address at ajoint session of Pakistan’s Parliamenton Friday, Erdogan compared the“struggle” of Kashmiri people withthat of the fight by Turkish people against foreign dom-ination during the WorldWar I.

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The chief of Pakistan-basedterror group Jaish-e-

Mohammad Maulana MasoodAzhar has released a messageto its top commanders to avoidallopathic treatment andinstead rely on Unani medi-cines. Azhar, undergoingtreatment for renal issues,apprehends allopathic doctorscould be compromised byIndian agencies to eliminatehim.

Azhar has masterminded aseries of terror attacks againstIndia including the Pathankotairbase attack and Pulwamasuicide bombing.

In a message released onWednesday, Azhar has claimedthat Muslims are virtually beingadministered poison in thename of allopathic medicines.Unani medicines were mosthealthy which are being con-sumed from the times of theProphet, Azhar exhorted hiscohorts urging them to rely onthe traditional form of medi-cine for treatment of variousailments.

The message indicates thatthe terror mastermind is

apprehensive of the Indianagencies which he suspectswere behind him to eliminatehim without using any force orarms.

Sources said that the JeMboss is suspicious of evenPakistani military doctors forthe continuing treatment of hisfailed renal surgery due to hisapprehension that even theuniformed medical profes-sionals could be susceptible togetting compromised by Indianagencies.

Earlier, reports had spec-ulated that Indian agencieshad sought to infiltratePakistani military medicalcorps to target Azhar followinga series of attacks on defence

installations in Indiaincluding at Uri andPathankot besideskilling 40 CRPF per-sonnel last year afteran explosives-ladenvehicle was rammedinto a bus of a para-military convoy onFebruary 14 last yearat Pulwama.

The Pulwamaattack propelledIndia to carry out an

air raid at suicide bombertraining facility of Jaish atBalakot.

A number of terroristseliminated in strikes by theallied forces have been trailedback to doctors. Even Al Qaedafounder Osama Bin Laden wascompromised by a doctor whomanaged to secure his DNAsample in the garb of conduct-ing polio survey.

The DNA sample wasmatched with that of his kinwhich led to a confirmation ofhis identity. Following this, theUS Navy Seal conducted aclandestine operation inLaden’s hideout at Abottabad inPakistan in May 2011 andkilled him.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturday urged the

scientists to work on the aspi-rational needs of India andfocus on present social issueslike malnutrition by focusingon the agriculture products and water conserva-tion.

Chairing a meeting ofCouncil of Scientific andIndustrial Research Society(CSIR) here, he also suggestedthe scientists to focus onemerging challenges like 5G,artificial intelligence andaffordable and durable batter-ies needed for renewable ener-gy to make the society a betterplace to live.

During the meeting, thePrime Minister was given anoverview of the work done byCSIR, a premier research orga-nization under the UnionMinistry of Science andTechnology. He appreciatedthe tasks undertaken and also

gave his suggestions to chartout a future road map, accord-ing to a statement from thePrime Minister’s Office.

The Prime Ministerexhorted the scientific com-munity at CSIR to worktowards improving the qualityof life of the common man andhighlighted the need to com-bine traditional knowledge andmodern science to develop world-class products.

He also spoke about theimportance of the commer-cialization of innovations. ThePrime Minister stressed theimportance of developing vir-tual labs so that science can fur-ther be taken to all students ineach and every corner of thecountry, as per the statement.

Modi also stressed on theneed to attract young studentstoward science and furtherstrengthen scientific acumen inthe next generation. He alsosuggested measures to enhance

collaboration in research anddevelopment projects amongstIndians working in differentparts of the world.

According to the state-ment, the Prime Minister spokeon the need to attract youngstudents toward science andfurther strengthen scientificacumen in the nextgeneration.

He also suggested mea-sures to enhance collabora-tion in research and develop-ment projects among Indiansworking in different parts of theworld.

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Amid concerns raised byarchitects and activists over

the Modi Government’s rede-velopment plan for the CentralVista in the national Capital,Union Housing and UrbanAffairs Minister Hardeep SinghPuri has sought to put theapprehensions to rest sayingthere has been ‘total trans-parency’ in the project and thearchitect chosen for the job hadconsulted multiple town plan-ners and experts for it.

“There has been totaltransparency in the project.Bimal Patel had held a meetingwith editors and town plannerearlier, and after that many oth-ers, and every other town plan-ner in town. Then there was ameeting with journalists later,”the minister said.

He was responding toqueries from reporters onFriday over two petitions filedby activists in the Delhi HighCourt and concerns raised bymany other heritage and archi-tecture experts on the proposedrevamp.

Puri said one of the con-cerns raised by a few people isthat heritage buildings aregoing to be torn down. “Wehave shown exactly that everyiconic heritage building will beexactly where it is,” the Unionminister of Housing and UrbanAffairs said.

Gujarat-based architecturefirm HCP Designs had won theconsultancy bid for the Centre’sambitious project to redevelopthe Central Vista. HCP Design,Planning and Management PvtLtd, based in Ahmedabad, isled by architect Bimal Patel andhas developed several projects,including the SabarmatiRiverfront Development wherePrime Minister Narendra Modirecently held a mammoth event

to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s150th birth anniversary.

Asked about other con-cerns raised by activists that therevamp project will “take awaya lot of public space”, Purisaid, “public space will in factincrease”.

The Indira GandhiNational Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) is likely to be shift-ed from its current location aspart of the Modi government’sambitious project to redevelopthe Central Vista -- the nation’spower corridor -- in Lutyens’Delhi, sources had earlier said.

Asked about the IGNCA,he said, “A grander mega cul-tural centre will be built as partof the new project”.

It will be world-class infra-structure like Sydney OperaHouse and other such iconicbuildings globally are, he said.

“So, for the Central Vistaproject, the amount of consul-tation we have done... BimalPatel has met every conceivabletown planner, architect. I havechaired meetings, the secretaryhas,” he said. So, that doesn’tmean “we are going to allowour project to be derailed,” headded. The revamp also envis-ages a new triangularParliament building, with seat-ing capacity for 900 to 1,200MPs, that is targeted to be con-structed by August, 2022 whenthe country will be celebratingits 75th Independence Day.The common CentralSecretariat is likely to be builtby 2024.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) on Saturday carried out

searches in Delhi and Ghaziabad in acase of attempted conning of theVenkateshwara Medical College chair-man by three persons on the pretext ofgetting him favours in an agency caseagainst the institute.

The searches at four locations fol-lowed an FIR by the agency against thethree accused — Rakesh Tiwari, RajKumar Gupta and Vipin Agrawal.

According to CBI, the accused hadallegedly intended to take �50-60 lakhfrom Sudhir Giri, the Chairman of theMeerut-based Venkateshwara Group ofInstitutions, on the pretext of helpinghim in a CBI case using purported linkswith the investigating officer.

Giri, along with former OdishaHigh Court judge IM Quddusi, isaccused in a corruption case filed by theCBI. The searches were conducted atthree locations in Delhi, including the

Ashram Chowk and Kalkaji residencesof Tiwari and Gupta respectively, andat the residence of Agrawal inGhaziabad, they said.

It is alleged that Tiwari got in touchwith Gupta and Agrawal claiming hiscontacts with the investigating officerof the CBI, following which theyentered into a criminal conspiracy butcould not succeed to collect moneyfrom Giri, they said.

The CBI had carried out a pre-liminary enquiry which revealed thatin furtherance of the criminal con-spiracy in order to gain trust and con-fidence of Gupta and Agrawal, Tiwaritold them that CBI had 160 recordedtelephonic conversations pertaining tothe case against Giri.

He even told them some specificwords used in the intercepted tele-phonic conversations, they said. Tiwarifurther told them that he could providea copy of those recorded telephonicconversations, if Giri was interested inobtaining favours in the matter, theysaid.

New Delhi: The HumanResource Development (HRD)Ministry has asked IITKharagpur to put before itsboard of Governors the issue ofdenial of doctorate degree to astudent of whistleblowerProfessor Rajeev Kumar, whoclaimed “vindictive attitude”towards him on part of the pre-mier engineering institute,according to an RTI reply.

The move follows appealsby Kumar, who got posting atthe Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) after a prolonged legalbattle with IIT Kharagpurwhere he was posted earlier, andby his student Mahesh Shiroleto the ministry.

Citing Shirole’s petition,the HRD ministry in a com-muniqué asked the registrar ofIIT Kharagpur to place theissue before the board of gov-ernors for a decision. The copy

of the communiqué wasreceived in response to an RTIquery filed by Kumar.

The board of governors ofIIT Kharagpur is headed bySanjiv Goenka, the Chairmanof RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group,Kumar said. Each autonomousIndian Institute of Technology(IIT) has a board of governorsresponsible for its overall gen-eral superintendence, directionand control of the affairs.Shirole had submitted his the-sis in 2014 for the award ofPhD, which was accepted by anIndian examiner but rejected byan NRI one, Kumar said. Theoriginal thesis would have beensent to a third examiner. Instead,the IIT kept on directing the stu-dent to revise the thesis andsend that to the same NRIexaminer twice, who rejectedthe thesis with new commentsevery time, he said. PTI

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TDP Rajya Sabha MPKanakamedala Ravindra Kumar

has urged Prime Minister NarendraModi to stop Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister YS Jaganmohan Reddy’smoves to have three State capitals anddissolve the Legislative Council “inthe larger public interest”.

In a letter to Modi, Kumar saidReddy’s decision to have three cap-itals -- at Amaravati (legislative capi-tial), Visakhapatnam (executive cap-ital) and Kurnool (judicial capital) -- would bring “undesirable conse-quences” in the country.

He alleged that the AP govern-ment was not allowing the LegislativeCouncil chairman to discharge hisconstitutional functions and soughtfor formulation of a national policyon legislative councils.

“In view of the undesirable con-sequences for the country of themove for multiple capitals by the AP

government and issues involved inthe matter of dissolution of AP leg-islative council, I appeal to your goodself to have the matters examined indetail and do the needful to preventthe same in the larger public inter-est,” the Rajya Sabha member said inhis letter.

Kumar described Reddy’s moveto have three capitals as “illogical andill-considered” and said it would leadto serious implications. He alsoalleged that the chief minister and theAP government were “insensitive” tothe series of silent and peacefulprotests being held by the residentsof Amaravati region for the past twomonths against the three-capitalplan.

“The earlier State Governmentafter detailed consideration hasdecided on Amaravati as the capitalof the new State of Andhra Pradeshas per the powers conferred on theState Government to establish anew Capital under the provisions of

AP State Re-organization Act 2014,which is a Central Act,” he said.

Kumar further described thatfarmers of the capital Region vol-untarily offered 33,000 acres for thedevelopment of the capital which isa first of it’s kind In the country.“The Central Government releasedRs.1500 crores for the purpose ofconstruction of Amaravati CapitalCity and the said amount had alreadybeen invested for the said purpose.The State Government has beenfunctioning from the Amaravatisince 2015 to till date. Accordingly,there is no provision and justificationfor multiple capitals,” Kumar said.

The TDP MP has also knockedon the doors of the National HumanRights Commission (NHRC) in NewDelhi on Monday and explainedabout the alleged highhandedness ofpolice against women protesters inAmaravati villages.

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Signs of strains within theCongress top leadership in

Madhya Pradesh came out inpublic yet again with ChiefMinister Kamal Nath onSaturday daring senior partyleader Jyotiraditya Scindia tohit the streets to live up to histhreat in support of agitatingguest teachers.

The Congress continuesto remain a divided house inMadhya Pradesh with differ-ences between Chief MinisterKamal Nath and senior leaderJyotiraditya Scindia persistingand spilling out into the open.

"Toh utar jayein," wasNath's terse reply to media per-sons who asked him aboutScindia's threat. Nath was inDelhi to attend the MPCoordination Committeemeeting.

"The manifesto is for five

years, right? It's not for fivemonths," Nath told a newsagency when asked aboutScindia's remark.

Addressing a rally at Kudilavillage on Thursday, Scindiahad said, "The manifesto is oursacred text. Have patience. If allthe promises are not fulfilled,do not think you all are alone.Jyotiraditya Scindia will also hitthe streets along with you."

Acrimony between Scindiaand Nath has been continuingever since the party high com-mand preferred the latter forthe Chief Minister's post afterthe Assembly polls in 2018. Healso lost his parliamentary seatfrom Guna in the Lok Sabhaelections last May.

On earlier occasions too,Scindia had hit out at the Nathdispensation on the issue of

unfulfilled farm loan waiverpromise.

The state government isseen to be struggling to fulfil itspromise of farm loan waiver upto �2 lakh as Scindia , much tothe discomfiture of the Nath-headed government, has alsobeen commenting on theissue.

The State Governmentwould need around �50,000crore to implement the waiverscheme, according to an officialestimate.

Guest teachers are also onprotest in the state demandingregularisation of services andbetter pay.

Opposition leaders as wellas Scindia and his faction ofCongress functionaries havebeen critical of the adminis-tration over a range of issues.

The sniping from bothsides is underway as even elec-tions to the state Congress

president's post, which Scindiahas been aspiring for , is yet totake place.

In the recent past,the scionof Royal family also did notabide by the Congress line ofopposing Modi-Governmenton its act of nullifying Article370 which protected specialstatus to J & K. He had also wel-comed Airforce strike at ter-ror destinations at Balakot inPakistan.

Former Chief Minister andsenior Congress leaderDigvijaya Singh sought todeny any rift in the MadhyaPradesh unit saying Nath isdoing his best to fulfill all themanifesto promises.

"All Congress leaders aretogether. 'Vachan patra' (man-ifesto) is meant for five yearsand Kamal Nath is making alleffort to fulfill the promises. Allof us are together. Scindia is notagainst anybody," said Singh.

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Mumbai: Shiv Sena chiefUddhav Thackeray has decid-ed to go ahead with theNational Population Register(NPR) in the State in a snub toallies NCP and Congress.

Sources said Chief MinisterThackeray was keen to imple-ment NPR in Maharashtrafrom May 1, even though theNCP and Congress remainopposed to the exercise.

While the Congress hasearlier held that NationalPopulation Register is nothingbut "NRC in disguise", theNCP too said it had made itsreservations with the exerciseclear.

Majeed Memon of theNCP said: "It is clear that theparty is not supporting NPR.Sharad Pawar has made it clear.The ultimate decision has to beaccepted by all three parties."

This is not the first time theallies have disagreed on coreissues. On Friday, in his firstcriticism of Thackeray aftertheir Government inMaharashtra came to office inNovember, Pawar said the ShivSena chief was wrong in lettingthe NIA take over the probeinto the Elgar Parishad casefrom the state police.

Pawar expressed hisunhappiness on Thackeray'sdecision on a day when a Punecourt passed an order to trans-fer the Elgar Parishad case to aspecial National InvestigationAgency (NIA) court inMumbai. The court also saidthe order of investigation by thecentral agency cannot be saidto be illegal or improper. NCPleader Anil Deshmukh, thestate's home minister, said thechief minister had overruledhim on the case. Agencies

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Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav

Thackeray has assured to takea decision on the proposedNational Register of Citizens(NRC) and the NationalPopulation Register (NPR)“in the interest of people”through discussions, NCPleader and State HousingMinister Jitendra Awhad saidhere on Saturday. Awhad dis-missed as “baseless” thereports claiming that the StateGovernment had directedofficials to start collectingdata for the NPR from May 1

to June 15 in a special drive."It is unfortunate that

some groups were trying tocreate disputes in the alliancegovernment without any rea-son," Awhad tweeted.

The NCP and theCongress are the ruling con-stituents in the Shiv Sena-ledMaha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)government.

The NCP leader also saidthat he had spoken with theofficials concerned who werequoted in the news reports.The officials informed methat the details mentioned inthese reports were not true, hesaid.

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Thousands of people,including a large number

of women, on Saturday gave acall against the CAA-NRC-NPR regime at Mumbai's AzadMaidan amid recitation ofUrdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz'spopular poem 'HumDekhenge' and slogans againstPrime Minister NarendraModi and Home MinisterAmit Shah.

The "maha-morcha"protest was organised by theMaharashtra chapter of the'National Alliance Against theCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA), the proposed NationalRegister of Citizens and theNational Population Register '.

The participants came toAzad Maidan from variousparts of Mumbai and theextended suburbs like NaviMumbai, Thane as well asother parts of Maharashtra.

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Following the attack on hiscavalcade in Bihar, the CPI

on Saturday sought adequateprotection for its party leaderand former Jawaharlal NehruUniversity Students' Union(JNUSU) president KanhaiyaKumar.

CPI general secretary DRaja took up the matter of pro-viding security to KanhaiyaKumar in a letter to BiharChief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Kanhaiya Kumar's caval-cade was attacked in Arrah onFriday by a mob opposing hisstate-wide tour against theCitizenship Amendment Act(CAA), seriously damaging thevehicle in which he was trav-elling and leaving several peo-ple injured.

"The purpose of my writ-ing to you is to draw yourattention and seek your inter-vention to stop the attacks onour comrade Kanhaiya Kumar,who is member of the NationalExecutive of our party andformer president of JNUSUS,"Raja said in a letter to the Biharchief minister.

"You are aware of the situ-ation in the country today.

The BJP led government at thecentre has plunged the wholecountry into a turmoil by pass-ing the CitizenshipAmendment Act (CAA)," hewrote.

Raja said "it has becomevery clear by this time thatCAA-NRC-NPR are to beunderstood as one entity". Hesaid the CAA is discriminato-ry against one particularminority community and it isviolative of the basic tenet oncitizenship of the country'sConstitution.

Kanhaiya Kumar has beenleading a Jan-Gan-Man yatra inBihar against the CAA-NRC-NPR which started on January30 from Bapudham,Champaran and is likely toconclude on February 27 atPatna.

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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu onSaturday said tribals were the orig-

inal inhabitants of India, and the peo-ple of the country should protect theirculture.

He was speaking at the inaugura-tion of a two-day 'Adivasi Mahotsav' atRamnagar in Madhya Pradesh's Mandladistrict."Tribals are original inhabi-tants of India and it is our duty to pro-tect their culture and ensure theirdevelopment. This is our constitution-al duty as well," the vice president said.

Underlining the need for sustain-able development, he said tribals inspirethe society to dwell in nature and move

forward with it.This festival is a good effort as it

demonstrates indigenous people's cul-ture, art and other aspects of their life,Naidu added. "The government's effortsare not enough to preserve the tribalculture and the society should also chipin," he said.Terming education a gate-way to progress, he said tribals shouldbenefit from it.Touching upon theMaoist menace in several tribal pock-ets of the country, mainly Chhattisgrah,Jharkhand and some other states, Naidusaid Left Wing Extremism (LWE) hadnot solved any problem, stressing thatthe "way of the ballot was better thanthe bullet".

"Peace is necessary for development.

Without peace development cannot takeplace," the VP added.Expressing con-cern over some 250 languages, mostlyof tribal communities, going extinct inthe last 50 years, Naidu said, "When alanguage vanishes, it demonstrates thedownfall of a culture, a civilisation, acreative tradition."

He asked universities to preserveand promote tribal languages and cul-ture.Underlining the need for sustain-able development, Naidu said, "Todaywhen the world is beset by problemssuch as global warming and climatechange and increased frequency ofnatural disasters, our tribal communi-ties can show us the path of sustainabledevelopment.

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The Congress on SaturdayOrganised a 'peaceful dhar-

na' here demanding that theCentre enact a law to protectjob security and reservation forthe SC, ST and OBC.

Hundreds of Congressworkers led by ArunachalPradesh Congress Committee(APCC) president Nabam Tukiand other office bearers of theparty staged the sit-in-dharnaat Tennis Ground inside theIndira Gandhi Park.

"Since the BJP Governmentcame to power at the Centre,there has been an abolition ofthe SC/ST sub-plan. There wasalso an attempt to dilute theprovisions of the SC and ST

(Prevention of Atrocities) Act,... " Tuki said while addressingthe party workers.

He claimed that over43,000 cases of atrocities werereported against Dalits in 2017as per the NCRB data.

"Nearly 25 per cent of allsuch cases were reported to haveoccurred in BJP ruled state ofUttar Pradesh ... " Tuki, said." .The fundamental and constitu-

tional duty of every governmentis to ensure protection for SCs,STs and OBCs through reser-vation in government jobs,positions and educational insti-tutions," he said.

Former state ministerJames L Wanglat, APCC gen-eral secretaries Chera Taya andMina Toko besides ArunachalPradesh Youth Congress(APYC) president Geeli Etealso addressed the gathering.

The Congress later sub-mitted a memorandum to thePresident of India throughstate Governor, urging him toask the Centre to take suitableaction to enact a law protect-ing job security and reservationfor the underprivileged sectionsof the society.

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More than 10,000 policePersonnel, to be led by 25

senior IPS officers, will bedeployed for US PresidentDonald Trump and PrimeMinister Narendra Modi'sroadshow here in Gujarat onFebruary 24, a senior officialsaid on Saturday.

During his maiden two-day visit to India, Trump willtake part in a roadshow inAhmedabad and also tour theSabarmati Ashram. He is alsoscheduled to inaugurate thenewly-built cricket stadium inMotera.

More than 10,000 policepersonnel, including 65 assis-tant commissioners, 200inspectors and 800 sub- inspec-tors, will be deployed at strate-gic locations in the city, deputycommissioner of police (con-trol room) Vijay Patel said.

This massive deploymentwill be in addition to officialsof the United States SecretService, and officials of theNational Security Guards(NSG) and the SpecialProtection Group , he added.

Trump, First Lady MelaniaTrump, and PM Modi willtravel along a 22-km longroute, starting from theAhmedabad InternationalAirport. to Sabarmati Ashram,and then to Motera stadium viaIndira Bridge, Patel said.

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Claiming that the BJP’sopposition to the Dalits,

tribals and people from thebackward classes ran in itsDNA, senior Congress leaderMallinkarjun Kharge said hereon Saturday that theUttarkhand Government andthe Centre were trying to strikeoff the reservation given to the

SC, ST and OBC by theConstitution.

“The BJP Government inUttarakhand told the SupremeCourt that the reservation injobs for the ST and SC’s is nottheir fundamental right. Andit’s not the responsibility of theGovernment to give thesereservations in Governmentjobs.

And unfortunately theSupreme Court too has givena verdict saying that givingreservations in Governmentjobs is not mandatory for theGovernment,” Mallikarjun saidin a statement issued here.

Maintaining that the standby the UttarakhandGovernment in the apex courtwas the first step towards end-ing reservation, Mallikarjun

said: ”When we raised theissue of BJP's attempt to end thereservation in the Parliament,the Modi Government gavemisguiding answers and skirt-ed away from taking theresponsibility”.

Alluding to a petition filedby the UttarakhandGovernment filed a petition inthe Supreme Court on MukeshKumar incident on November19, 2019, Mallkarjun said: “OnFebruary 7, 2020 based on thetactful reply filed by theUttarakhand government, theSupreme Court gave a replythat the reservations were notmandatory.

There is no question of anyrole of the previous CongressGovernment in Uttarakand inthe issue and by giving false

information in the Parliamentthey Minister tried to mis-guide us”.

Mallikarjun said that theCongress was standing firmlybehind them and any attemptby the BJP will be aggressive-ly opposed by the Congressparty. “And for it the Congressparty will go to any extentwithout thinking twice,” hesaid

“The Narendra Modi gov-ernment has tried to end theSC, ST sub plan and for whichfunds have been reduced forthe schemes for the Dalits,OBC's and Tribals. TheCongress government in facttried to allot funds to SC, STsub plan based on the propor-tion of the population,” hesaid.

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Rubbishing the talk aboutthe Opposition launching

the “Operation Lotus” in theState in April this year,Maharashtra Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray on Saturdaydared the BJP to pull down theShiv Sena-led Maha VikasAghadi (MVA) Governmentforthwith.

A day after NCP chiefSharad Pawar disapproved hisdecision to let the NIA takeover the investigations intothe 2018 Bhima Koregaon-Elgaar Parishad case, Uddhavshared the platform with Pawarat a joint Sena-NCP-Congressconvention at Muktainagar inJalgaon district of north

Maharashtra and slammed theBJP for its talk about launching“Operation Lotus” to bringdown the MVA Government.

“I get to hear that the BJPis launching Operation Lotus inApril. But, `Operation Lotus’will not serve any purpose. Thepeople of Maharashtra havealready shoved the BJP asideand they will do so once again.Our Government will completeits full five year term. If it hasguts, why wait till April, it canpull down our governmentforthwith,” Uddhav said.

Tearing into the BJP,Uddhav said: “We (Sena, NCPand Congress) have cometogether with the commonintention of bringing out devel-opment for common man. But,

ever since we assumed office inthe state, the BJP is constantlycriticising us. The BJP leadershave been saying that ours isruling alliance of three differ-ent ideologies, will not last longand they would return topower once in the state. But, thefact remains that we are unit-ed and ours is a strong gov-ernment”.

Without naming seniorBJP leader Eknath Khadse inwhose home town ofMuktainagar the joint Sena-NCP-Congress convention washeld, Uddhav said:“Muktainagar has come mukt(free) today. You all know fromwhom the town has becomefree from”

Eknath has long been con-

sidered a satrap ofMuktainagar. His stock haseroded markedly ever since theBJP denied him party ticketand instead fielded his daugh-ter Rohini from Muktainagar tocontest the recent StateAssembly polls. However,Rohini suffered a humiliatingdefeat at the the hands of anindependent candidateChandrakant Nimba Patil.

“There is a farmer in bothPawar and Pawar. Farmer isfocal point of our government.There are no differences amongthe constituents in the MVAgovernment,” Uddhav said,while speaking at theAppasaheb Pawar ModernAgriculture Award function atJalgaon’s Jain Hills locality.

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In a tragic incident, four chil-dren were burnt alive when

a private school’s mini vancarrying students caught fire inSangrur district on Saturday.

It was a miraculous evac-uation of 8 children as a totalof 12 children were traveling inthe ill-fated mini van, policeofficials said, pointing out thatthey were taken out safely bypeople working in nearbyfields. However, four, includinga girl three-year-old girl, werecharred to death.

The accident took place onthe Longowal-Sidsaachar road.Punjab Chief MinisterAmarinder Singh ordered a

magisterial enquiry into theincident.

"Very sad to learn of thenews from Sangrur where welost 4 children because theirschool van caught fire. Injuredhave been rushed to the hos-

pital. DC and SSP Sangrur areon the spot and I have ordereda magisterial enquiry. Guiltywill be strictly punished," hetweeted The children werereturning home from schoolwhen the incident occurred,

they said.Sangrur Deputy

Commissioner GhanshyamThori, who visited the spot, toldreporters that police had reg-istered a case under Section 303of IPC (culpable homicide notamounting to murder) againstthe school principal, its man-agement and the owner anddriver of the van.

"Preliminary inquiry indi-cates that the van was in a con-demned condition but wasbeing run illegally as per areport of District TransportOfficer (DTO). If the DTO orany official of his office isfound guilty, he will bechargesheeted," he said.

Sangrur Civil Hospital’’s

senior surgeon, Dr Raj Kumar,said no child was admitted tothe government hospitals in thedistrict. "The children whosurvived were taken away bytheir families from the spot," hesaid.

Police sources said the vanwas of 1990’s model with gasfitted kit and was unfit to runon the road. The driver of thevan ran away from the spot,they said.

Punjab Education MinisterVijay Inder Singla, who is theMLA from Sangrur, told mediaat the spot that the privateSimran Public School had pur-chased the very old van onFriday. He announced an ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each to the

families of the victims.Sangrur MP and AAP

leader Bhagwant Mann, whovisited the spot, told media thatthe van was put to use by theschool for the first day onSaturday.

He demanded the regis-tration of a murder case againstschool officials and the ownerof the van. He said among thevictims is an around three-year-old girl, who went to theschool for the first time. He saidamong the dead two are fromone family.

Meanwhile, Aam AadmiParty and SAD condemnedthe incident and expressedcondolences for the victim’’sfamilies.

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BJP president JP Nadda onSaturday appointed Vishnu

Datt Sharma as the party'sMadhya Pradesh unit chief inplace of Rakesh Singh. Naddaalso appointed Dal BahadurChauhan and K Surendran asnew presidents of the party'sSikkim and Kerala unitsrespectively.

Sharma,49, an MP fromKhajuraho has replaced incum-bent Singh, who is also a par-liamentarian from Jabalpur.

BJP national general sec-retary Arun Singh made thisannouncement in an officialcommuniqué on behalf of theparty president.

Rakesh Singh is believed tobe a trusted lieutenant of UnionHome Minister and formerBJP chief Amit Shah.

Speculations were rife inthe state BJP that Rakesh Singhmight get another term. He hadlast month organised a grandpro-Citizenship (Amendment)Act rally in his constituency,

which was attended by Shah.However, the BJP leadershippicked Sharma for the post, amove that has come as a sur-prise to many.

Sharma, who is popularlyknown as VD, is a staunch fol-lower of the RSS. He is credit-ed with strengthening theAkhil Bharatiya VidyarthiParishad (ABVP), the students'wing of the RSS, in MadhyaPradesh in 1990s.

Sharma, who was thenational general secretary ofthe ABVP, had joined the BJPin 2013.

With Sharma's appoint-ment, the BJP leadership hasgiven yet another key post to aBrahmin leader in MadhyaPradesh after Gopal Bhargava,who is the Leader ofOpposition in the state assem-bly

The post of Kerala BJPpresident had become vacantafter its former chiefSreedharan Pillai was appoint-ed as the Governor of Mizoramin October 2019.

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President Donald Trump’supcoming visit to India will

be a “delightful spectacle” and“utterly successful” by manymeasures, eminent Americanexperts on South Asia issueshave said.

Trump along with the FirstLady are scheduled to visitAhmedabad and New Delhi onFebruary 24 and 25, accordingto a White House announce-ment early this week.

This would be president’sfirst bilateral visit in the thirddecade of 21st century andalso the first after his acquittalby the Senate in the impeach-ment trial.

“I think the Trump visitwill be a delightful spectacleand utterly successful by manymeasures,” Ashley Tellis, who isTata Chair for Strategic Affairsand a senior fellow at theCarnegie Endowment forInternational Peace, told PTI.

Trump is expected to get aroaring welcome by lakhs ofpeople when he arrives inAhmedabad, Gujarat.

He along with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi areexpected to deliver a historicspeech in front of hundredsand thousands of people at thenewly built Motera stadium,the largest cricket stadium ofthe world.

One of the most prominentexperts on India, Tellis, how-ever, noted that at the moment,he was unsure whether thetrade disputes between the twocountries will be resolved.

Senior government offi-cials are tight lipped on this

issue, except for making com-ments in recent past that thetwo countries are on the vergeof a trade package or a minitrade deal. “Although the GOI(Government of India) hasclaimed that both sides areclose to a deal, I don’t thinkthere has been real progress —certainly none that will satisfyUSTR (US Trade Represen-tatives). We might get someprogress on defence sales, butthat’s uncertain too,” Tellisnoted.

“Still, both the countrieshave done well where defencecooperation is concernedunder the Trump administra-tion, which is more than can besaid for many other US rela-tionships with its allies. I expectthis will further deepen in theyears ahead,” he said inresponse to a question.

“Even if the visit then pro-duces only good optics, I’ll take

it all the same if it strengthensTrump’s perceptions of India asa friend. Given his mercurialpersonality and policies, that isnot a small achievement — andI think PM Modi understandsthat well,” Tellis said.

Rick Rossow, WadhwaniChair in US India PolicyStudies at the Centre forStrategic and InternationalStudies, hoped that the twoleaders can finalise an agree-ment to remove some of therecent trade irritants.

“My own view is that Indiakeeps digging a deeper hole intriggering trade tensions—notably through steep customshikes in its February 1 UnionBudget. So, a short-term dealmay simply be a reprieve in ourtrade fight,” Rossow told PTI.

Observing that Trump willbe the fourth consecutive pres-ident to travel to India, and thesecond consecutive president to

visit India in his first term inoffice, Rossow was of the viewthat a visit to India is no longera significant event.

“India is a large and grow-ing market for exports and anemerging security partner forthe United States... particularlyimportant as we consideroptions to further draw downour forces in Afghanistan andseek a network of burden-sharing in areas where China’srise poses a threat. India willbe important on both counts,”Rossow told PTI.

According to Anish Goel,Senior Fellow at New Americaand former senior WhiteHouse off icial, Trump’supcoming visit is consistentwith long-standing policy inboth countries to continuestrengthening and cementingthe bilateral relationship.

“The visit will be a politi-cal boon for both the President

(Trump) and the PrimeMinister (Modi). India is oneof the few countries where thePresident is quite popular. Sohe can expect a massiveturnout for his rally inAhmedabad. Similarly, thePrime Minister will most cer-tainly get a boost in supportfrom hosting the President,”Goel told PTI.

At the very least, Trumpwill provide Modi with a wel-come distraction from hisrecent domestic difficulties,he said.

“It is an important andpositive step in bringing thetwo countries closer together.The timing is also significantas this is the first visit by a USPresident during a year inwhich he is facing re-election.That itself is a signal of theimportance of this relationshipfor the United States,” headded.

“The deliverables for thevisit will surely focus ondefence and trade. India hasalready announced USD 3.5billion in new defence pur-chases to be signed during thevisit. And everyone is hopefulthat a deal normalising thetrade relationship will beannounced,” he said.

The trade deal was expect-ed last September when Modivisited New York and metTrump but the differences couldnot be worked out in time.

The White House wouldnot have agreed to this visit toIndia unless the trade deal wasnearing completion in earnest.Outside of trade and defense,the deliverables will likely bemodest, Goel said.

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Google Maps has redrawnthe world’s borders

which look different depend-ing upon where the user isviewing them from, with thepopular search engine show-ing Kashmir’s outlines as adotted line acknowledging“dispute” when it is seen fromoutside India, a leadingAmerican daily has reported.

According to theWashington Post, “the borderson Google’s online maps dis-play Kashmir as fully underIndian control. Elsewhere,users see the region’s snakingoutlines as a dotted line,acknowledging the dispute”.

From Pakistan, Kashmirappears disputed while fromIndia, it appears as a part ofIndia, the Post report said,

adding that “Google Mapschanges disputed bordersbased on what country yousearch from”.

Responding to the Postreport, a company spokesper-son said: “Google has a con-sistent and global policy todepict disputed regions andfeatures fairly, showing claimsmade by the disputed orclaiming nations on its glob-al domain.

“This does not endorse oraffirm the position taken byany side. Products that havebeen localised to the localdomain, such asmaps.google.co.in, depictsthat country’s position as perthe mandate of the local laws”.

“We’re committed to pro-viding our users with therichest, most up-to-date andaccurate maps possible. We

do border updates based ondata from our providers asnew or more accurate databecomes avai lable f romauthoritat ive sources orgeopolit ica l condit ionschange. As we did for thestate of Telangana in 2014,”the Google official told PTI.

According to the Postreport, “From Argentina tothe United Kingdom to Iran,the world’s borders look dif-ferent depending on whereyou’re viewing them from.That’s because Google — andother online mapmakers —simply change them”.

Google’s corporate mis-sion is “to organise theworld’s information”, but italso bends it to its will, thePost report said, adding thatwith some 80 per cent mar-ket share in mobile maps

and over a billion users,Google Maps has an outsizeimpact on people’s perceptionof the world.

Headquartered inCalifornia, the company’sdecision-making on maps isoften shrouded in secrecy,even to some of those whowork to shape its digitalatlases every day, the Postreport said.

“It is influenced not justby history and local laws, butalso the shifting whims ofdiplomats, policymakers andits own executives,” the reportquoted as saying peoplefamiliar with the matter onthe condition of anonymity.

Launched 15 years ago,Google Maps has becomeone of the most-used andrecognisable products for thesearch engine giant, it added.

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An 80-year-old Chinesetourist has died from the

new coronavirus in France,the first death confirmed out-side of Asia, French HealthMinister Agnes Buzyn said onSaturday.

Buzyn said she had beentold about the death of thepatient — in hospital in Parissince late January — late onFriday, adding that his condi-tion “had deteriorated rapid-

ly” after several days in acritical condition. Six peoplewith the virus remain in hos-pital in France, Buzyn said,adding that none were seri-ously ill.

The condition of the threeIndians infected with thenovel coronavirus on boardthe cruise ship moored off theJapanese coast has improvedand no new cases of infectionamong the Indians on thequarantined vessel have beenreported, the Indian Embassyin Japan said on Saturday.

A total of 138 Indians,including 132 crew and 6 pas-sengers, were among the 3,711people on board the quaran-tined ship that arrived at theJapanese coast earlier thismonth.

Three Indians wereamong the 218 people infect-ed with COVID-19 on theship.

The Indian Embassy saidit was making efforts for earlyde-boarding of all the Indiansfrom the ship after the end ofthe quarantine period.

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US Defense Secretary MarkEsper said Saturday that a

truce agreement between theUnited States and the Talibanthat could lead to the with-drawal of American troopsfrom Afghanistan was notwithout risk but “looks verypromising.” Ahead of a formalannouncement of the seven-day “reduction in violence”deal, Esper said it was time to

give peace a chance inAfghanistan through a politi-cal negotiation.

He spoke a day after asenior US official said the dealhad been concluded and wouldtake effect very soon.

Expectations are thatagreement will be formallyannounced on Sunday andthat the reduction in violencewill begin on Monday, accord-ing to people familiar with theplan. “So we have on the table

right now a reduction in vio-lence proposal that was nego-tiated between our ambassadorand the Taliban,” Esper told anaudience at the MunichSecurity Conference. “It looksvery promising.”

“It’s my view as well that wehave to give peace a chance,that the best if not the only wayforward in Afghanistan isthrough a political agreementand that means taking somerisk,” he said.

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US Defense Secretary MarkEsper on Saturday cast

China as a rising threat toworld order — saying theworld's most populous nationsteals Western know-how,intimidates smaller neighboursand seeks an “advantage by anymeans and at any cost.”

A frequent critic of China,Esper used an address to aninternational security confer-ence in Munich, Germany, togive his most comprehensivecondemnation yet of a com-munist country that he saidtops the Pentagon's list ofpotential adversaries, followedby Russia, “rogue states” likeNorth Korea and Iran, and con-tinuing threats from extremistgroups.

"The Chinese CommunistParty is heading even faster andfurther in the wrong direction– more internal repression,more predatory economic prac-tices, more heavy-handedness,

and most concerning for me, amore aggressive military pos-ture,” he said.

Esper stressed that theUnited States does not wantconflicts with China, and notedthat the US Government hasprovided medical supplies tohelp China combat a coron-avirus outbreak that has infect-ed over 67,000 people.

Still, he said Beijing hasmade clear its long-term inten-tions and said Europe and therest of the world must “wakeup” to the threats that Chinaposes.

“The Communist Partyand its associated organs,including the People'sLiberation Army, are increas-ingly operating in theaters out-side its borders, includingEurope, and seeking advantageby any means, and at any cost,”he said.

“While we often doubt thetransparency and forthright-ness of Beijing, when it comesto their security aims, we

should take the Chinese gov-ernment at its word,” he said.

“They have said that by2035, the PRC intends to com-plete its military modernisa-tion, and, by 2049, it seeks todominate Asia as the preemi-nent global military power."

With words that echoedthe Trump administration'scriticisms of Iran, Esper saidChina represses its people andthreatens its neighbours.

“We want China to behavelike a normal country,” Espersaid, adding “and that meansthe Chinese government needsto change its policies andbehaviours.”

Esper and his immediatepredecessor, Jim Mattis, havesought to shift the main focusof US military and security pol-icy toward China and awayfrom small wars against insur-gents and extremists.

US allies in Europe, whileconcerned about China's rise,are more immediately worriedabout Russia.

In remarks to the confer-ence earlier Saturday, NATOSecretary-General JensStoltenberg said China pre-sents challenges as well asopportunities for Westernnations.

He said Europe and theUnited States need to work outa united approach to China'srise.

“There are opportunities,but also many challenges,”Stoltenberg said, adding thatit's important for Westerncountries to keep open linesof communicat ion withBeijing.

Addressing the same audi-ence, US Secretary of StateMike Pompeo refuted asser-tions that the United Statesunder President Donald Trumpwas rejecting its traditionalinternational leadership role.

“I'm happy to report thatthe death of the transatlanticalliance is grossly over-exag-gerated,” Pompeo said. “TheWest is winning.”

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Top US officials fired a fresh broadside atHuawei on Saturday, warning the Chinese

tech giant posed a threat to NATO if alliesallowed it to build new 5G communicationsnetworks. Washington has been pressingEuropean allies hard to ban Huawei, one of theworld’s largest tech firms, from next-generationmobile data networks, saying it is a security risk.

A day after Huawei was hit with freshcriminal charges in the US, Secretary of StateMike Pompeo told the Munich SecurityConference the company was a “Trojan horse

for Chinese intelligence”. US Secretary ofDefense Mark Esper said Huawei was the“poster child” for China’s “nefarious strategy”to infiltrate and dominate crucial westerninfrastructure. “If we don’t understand thethreat and we don’t do something about it, atthe end of the day it could compromise whatis the most successful military alliance in his-tory — NATO,” Esper said in Munich. Key USallies in Europe, notably Britain and France,have said they will not ban Huawei from build-ing 5G networks — that will permit near-instantaneous data transfers — but will imposerestrictions.

� How challenging was it to getinto the shoe of the character?

It has been quite challenging asShantanu Mazumdar is a maturecharacter unlike me in real life. It wasdifficult to understand the depth ofthe character. But having said that itis a fun process where I am gettingto learn new things everyday.� From Sethji to Yeh Teri Galiyan,how has your journey been?

It has been a learning experience.I have learnt acting in this period.When I came on board Sethji, I hadno experience in acting neither I haddone any acting course. I learnt howto act and face the camera on the go.Sethji was like a stepping stone forme.� How did acting happen to you?

My mother used to watch a lot ofserials. I followed the shows with herand used to try enacting differentcharacters from the shows. Duringfamily get togethers, my parentsmotivated me by saying that our herohas come. It felt nice. Acting alwaysfascinated me. Then, I started takingpart in school plays. I took all theopportunities that came my way.Gradually, my interest in the fieldincreased and I decided to take it upas a profession. I came to Mumbaiand started giving auditions. That’show I got into this field.� What kind of rapport do youshare with the co-actors?

Everyone is nice and welcomingon the sets. The environment is sopositive and comfortable that wedon’t feel that we are working. It ismore like having fun. As far as my co-actors are concerned, we are more likea family now. We hang out a lot andwe fight a lot.� What kind of roles you wouldlike to experiment with?

I would like to do period movies.The old era actors have an aura in

them and it interests me a lot. I wouldlike to explore that.� You are interested in writing.Any plans of stepping in direction?

It is a very creative field. I do haveinclination towards writing anddirection. The field interests me a lot.I have something in the pipelinewhich I can’t talk about right now. Butfor direction, I hope it happenssoon.� What is your take on TV actorswho are making it big in films too?

Gone are the days when peoplewanted to see more family dramas.Over years, the audience has changedand so is their thought process.Everyone is getting equalopportunities now which is goodthing. There is scope for everyone infilms. If the audience likes you, youare here to stay on the big screens. Sohas happened with a lot of TVactors. Cinema has accepted themwith open hearts and we cannot askfor more.� Can you tell us about yourupcoming projects?

Currently, this show is my onlypriority. I have invested my heart andsoul in this. I don’t want to distractmyself right now.

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When one goes to watcha love story, they wantit to be simple. Boy

meets girl, they fall in love, theyface some roadblocks but all iswell that end’s well. May be overthe years watching Yash Choprafilms and before than movieslike Bobby, Love in Simla andTeesri Manzil have probablyspoilt us and in our mind, wehave a definition of a love storythat is so different from whatlove means in modern times.

While we agree with directorImtiaz Ali that relationships are somuch more complex, because weread too much into it, yet real isdifferent from reel. As a Valentine’sDay release the movie is unable tolive to the standards of beinganywhere near love. Complex

relationship? Check. Two peoplewanting to be together and yet nottogether? Definitely check. Amother who wants to live her lifethrough her daughter? Check. Aboy who wants a complicatedrelationship with a complicatedgirl. Check. The list is endless.

In the middle of thissomewhat modern-day love story,is another love story which is amuch better story however sad itmay be. But at least it is relatable.The love story of Randeep Hooda,who plays Raj and AarushiSharma, who plays Leena that istold in flashback is so much morein tune with what constituteslove.

There are millions of peopleout there who don’t get theirhappily ever after because theymade choices and took a wrongturn and lost their way only torealise they had lost the best partof themselves.

Back to our modern-day Gen

Z love birds. After doing films likeLuka Chuppi and Sonu Ki Titu KiSweety where Kartik Aryan fit therole to a T, in Love Aaj Kal, the roledoesn’t sit well on his shoulders.Just because he is a softwareprogrammer, doesn’t mean hehas to be a nerd, be a stalker andlook uncomfortable and shifty.Sara Ali Khan who made herdebut in 2018 with Kedarnath hasdefinitely grown comfortable andplays Zoe well. But some of thecredit needs to got to Imtiaz Alito get good work out of her. As ayoung woman who grew up to betaught that career is everything,she plays the role — that of aperson conflicted and torn —rather well.

If one is looking for a filmwith a conventional love story,there will be a big disappointment.However, one should not forget,that at the end of it, it is a lovestory — some lose, some win.

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����&���&���������������Indian Idol Season 11’s most loved

contestant, Sunny Hindustani hasbeen winning hearts since his audition

round. While the nation is eager toknow who will be the next Indian Idol,stepping in the finale as one of the top fivehas got Sunny one step closer to thetrophy! This weekend for India KiFarmayish special episode, India’s BestDancer judges Geeta Kapur and TerrenceLewis came on board to give theirfarmayish too!

Sunny Hindustani’s soul touchingperformance on Nit Khair Manga left thejudges and guests in complete awe of histalent! Not just this, a spellbound Geetamaa who got emotional after hisperformance, mentioned: “My mother isa huge fan of the show. In fact she doesn’tlike being disturbed when the show isgoing on. She is such a big fan of all thecontestants, but personally she wants

Sunny to win the show!”Further appreciating Sunny’s

performance, Geeta said: “Your voice is sosoulful that I automatically close my eyesand it feels so beautiful and magical everytime you sing. You take the listener toanother world which is like a paradise andone does not need eyes to enjoy yoursinging. But to see and have a face to thissoothing voice is truly a privilege. Isincerely hope you reach great heights!”

Himesh while appreciating Sunnysaid: “After today’s performance you havemade me your biggest fan and as I havesaid I always look forward to listen to you.”

To support Sunny’s performance twospecial fans came to listen to hisperformance. Since they were visuallyimpaired, they started their own musicclasses. They were overwhelmed listeningto Sunny perform live and being in hispresence!

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“Aashiqui 2”, and since then AdityaRoy Kapur has appeared in a series

of romantic dramas but the actor says heis trying not to be genre specific with hischoices.

The 34-year-old actor, whose lastrelease was romantic thriller “Malang”, saidhe was still exploring himself as an artisteand would love to play varied characters.

“I still don’t know what comesnaturally to me as an actor. But I like tryingeverything. It’s too early for me to decidemy zone. I don’t think like that. I’m stilldiscovering myself as an actor,” Aditya toldPTI on the sidelines of Lakme FashionWeek Summer/Resort 2020.

The actor, who will next be seen inAnurag Basu’s anthology “Ludo”, oppositeSanya Malhotra, said the project gave himan opportunity to showcase his comic side.

“My next is ‘Ludo’ and I’m reallyexcited for the film. It was a lovely processto work with Basu sir. It is going to be adifferent space for me. There are someelements of comedy and it’s a genre Iwanted to get into and try,” he added.

The film, also starring AbhishekBachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Fatima SanaShaikh and Pankaj Tripathi, will hit thetheatres on April 24.

At the fashion gala, Aditya walked fordesigner Sohaya Misra’s label Chola. Theshow also marked the launch of Reebok’snew style of shoes, Zig Kinetica.

Aditya, who is regular at the LFWrunway, said being fashionable doesn’tcome naturally to him and it was duringthe promotions of “Aashiqui 2” he realisedthat as an actor he is obligated to dress ina certain way.

“I realised that I need to be a bitfashion conscious when my friends startedtelling me that I look hideous in what I waswearing during ‘Aashiqui 2’ promotions.I was promoting the film and few of myfriends said ‘your solo movie is coming andyou are walking around like a vagabond’.

“I feel when I make a public

appearance I’m obligated to look goodotherwise I don’t mind looking just alright.But it’s too tiring to be fashionable all thetime,” he said.

To showcase her latest range, Sohayacurated a high-energy presentation withIndia’s popular dance troop Omaggio.

The designer said her collection was

“dedicated to the people who fight lifebattles every day and the survivors whocome out stronger.”

The garments had a signature Cholacut and were adorned by playful tribalprints.

LFW Summer/Resort 2020 concludeson Sunday.

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To bid adieu to the chilling winters of Delhiand to give a warm welcome to the hotsummer months to follow, the 34th edi-tion of Surajkund Mela in Faridabadalways has a few surprises waiting for

those who visit the mela. Today, is the last day ofthe 15-day long festival that was nothing short ofa power-packed fiesta.

From the Rajasthani folk dance to the mouth-watering Rajasthani cuisine to the craft fromHimachal Pradesh to souvenirs from Ghana and tobamboo sofas made by local artisans, the festivalhad it all. There was something for everyone to rel-ish and cherish. The festival is hosted by theSurajkund Mela Authority in collaboration with theUnion Ministries of Tourism, Textiles, Culture,External Affairs, Department of Tourism,Government of Haryana and Haryana TourismCorporation. The theme State of the festival thisyear is Himachal Pradesh; last year it wasMaharashtra.

The world’s largest international crafts fair hasbeen drawing crowd in tens of thousands and thiswas no different. One of the highlights among theflooded streets of the mela apart from the luxuri-ous craft from all over the world was the behrupiyabrothers. With people lining-up to click selfies justlike they do with B-town celebs if not more. Thebehrupiyas stood calm and patiently posed for thephotos. Among all the behrupiya brothers, the onewho drew the most attention was the djinnor the genie.

Naushad Khan, the 32-year-oldfrom the community based out ofa village in Rajasthan is carry-ing forward his forefathers’ lega-cy. He has been visiting the melafor several years now.

“I have been into this pro-fession all my life. It is a skillpassed down to me bymy forefathers. This is acraft that we live for. Asfar as my visit to themela is concerned it isbecause of the Haryanatourism board. They havecalled me and my five brothers, who aredisguised as Lord Krishana, joker,dacoit, genie and a monkey, here,” thewell-built Khan tells you.

Dressed in a black gown paired up with anorange pyjama, face painted with purple-pinkishcolour with silver highlights, messy hair, wearingdevil’s horns and necklaces made of both big andsmall beads, there was something eye-catching inKhan’s appearance. On closer inspection, one willnotice his deep yellow eyes. Not that Khan drinksor smokes, it is a part and parcel of his profession.A reaction of wearing paint on his face for too long.

“I wear the costume for about eight to 10 hoursa day. It takes me three hours to disguise myself asdifferent characters. It is not an easy task. There arecertain challenges that we go through daily. Likewhenever I put paint on my face my eyes turn yel-low. It is due to an allergic reaction. As soon as Iwill remove it, they will get back to normal. Not onlythe eyes but my skin too had to pay the price.Though the paint is home-made but still it affectsthe skin,” he says.

Coming from the behrupiya community whohave been into the profession for several centuries,there is no alternative for Khan but to earn a liv-ing from this.

“My purpose of visiting these fairs is to bringthe behrupiya art to light. I want the art to be recog-nised by the people. I love entertaining people andmaking them happy. Of course, money is another

reason but its not the sole one. I want people torespect this art form. There are many people in myvillage who are sitting jobless because they are notgetting a platform to showcase their talent. We don’thave any other option to eke a living,” Khan says.

However entertaining people is not everyone’scup of tea. There is a lot that Khan has to go throughto make others happy. “I come across a lot of peo-ple who mock me. They ask me ‘why am I doingthis? Can’t I follow another profession?’ It hurts andsometimes I get angry but then I can’t do anythingsince I want to carry on the legacy. I have to listento their taunts and behave as if I am deaf,” Khantells you.

Khan feels that mobiles are responsible for cer-tain people’s behaviour to some extent. “When myforefathers were into this business, people appre-ciated the art form. But nowadays its all about, hello,taking a selfie and bye. That’s it. People have no timeto appreciate you. Some are kind enough to stopand give us a reward while others just leave aftertaking photos,” he explains.

Though Khan has a lot of love and respect forthe art he has made up his mind to not allow hischildren to take up the profession. “While I am allset to take this art to other States, I feel there is nomoney. While I am here entertaining people, I amnot sure whether my family back home hasenough money to buy food. It is discouraging tosee that no one is bothered about taking the craft

ahead. My children are currently studying. Ihave already told them to do whatever they

want but not follow our footsteps. I don’twant to see them suffer since

I don’t see any future forthis craft in the future,”

Khan, who has donetheatre and taken partin Ramleela events inhis home State, tells

you.Another gem

hiding a few shopsis edible kitchen-

ware. Yes, you readthat right. Plates,

spoons, bowls andglasses that can be eaten!

Brainchild of Delhi-based environ-ment conscious Puneet Dutta, Attaware is

offering edible kitchenware that is easy to dis-pose and is environment friendly.

“I was working as a global recruitment man-ager for a software firm and had to travel frequently.I always wanted to do something for the environ-ment. One day, while I was crossing River Yamuna,I noticed a long stretch of some white things float-ing in the black water. I went closer and to my hor-ror it was thermacol plates. I was disappointed tosee how we are spoiling the Nature. I was travel-ling to Vrindavan back then. Once I entered thecity, I saw a man holding a puri in his hands withsabzi on top of that. I realised that there was no ther-macol or plastic plates required. That’s when the ideahit me to come up with something that leaves noresidue — Attaware — a brand that offers cutlerymade of atta and gur,” Dutta tells you.

It was in 2013 when he started to play with ideasand a bowl was the first thing that he made. Duttathen went on making plates, spoons and glasses. Thebrand was launched in August last year.

“It took me several years to do the researchbefore I came out with the products. Then I wentfor the trials. I did lot of lab tests. But I was not sat-isfied. I wanted to note its practical applicability. Iapproached a pub in Gurugram and asked them ifthey would sell their drinks in our edible made glass-es. They agreed and the response was positive.

Everything went smoothly. But then I decided tocheck where these glasses went after use. I found,that people generally preferred to have their drinkin cars and throw the glasses away. After a few days,we got to know that mice would carry them to theirburrows and eat them,” he tells you.

To begin with, most people including his broth-er, Sahil, would laugh at his business idea. But hetoo came on board. “Initially, he used to laugh atmy idea. He used to make fun of me by saying ‘pehlePuneet suit pehan kar flights mein jata thha ab dekhokaha atte ki boriyan lata rehta hai.’ I used to keepquiet but once the brand was launched he tooaccepted the fact that whatever I was doing wasgood,” he says.

Since its launch the brand has sold 35,000 sam-ples. “Yes, the samples are not free. People have tobuy them. The response that we have received fromour customers is overwhelming. Even the vendorsat the Surajkund Mela have been kind enough toagree to sell our products,” he says.

The edible kitchenware is an answer to manyproblems. It not only helps in reducing waste as itis completely bio-degradable, it also helps in sav-ing water that is used for washing dishes, providesemployment opportunities and offers food to all liv-ing beings. One can eat it too!

“Through this start-up we are able to giveemployment to around 1,100 widows from Delhi-NCR and Mathura. The work they do can never bereplaced with machinery. The women need to checkthe texture and the quality of the dough before thefinal product is moulded. If the texture is not cor-rect it will fluff up like a roti. Also, our productsare completely safe and hygienic. Atta and gur arebaked at very high temperatures; this kills thegerms,” Sahil, who doesn’t want to disclose the whole

process tells you.This is not all. The next product on cards is a

water bottle. “We will soon come up with an edi-ble water bottle. The name has not yet been finalisedbut we are planning to call it Power Bottle,” Sahiltells you.

Adding to the charm of the festival was anArmenian souvenir shop in the Foreign Shops sec-tion. Cute handmade necklaces, woolen scarfs andbags, wall hangings and fairy dolls are a cherry onthe cake.

Maral Sheuhmelian Berberian, a Syrian-Armenian, who visited the festival for the first timedid everything possible to make her shop look oneof the cutest among all the chock-a-block shops withvariety of stuff.

“The reason why I am here is I wanted to show-case the culture of Armenia. We have received awarm welcome from the people here and I alreadyhave made a lot of friends in India. The one thingthat I liked the most is the kind nature of the peo-ple,” she tells you. All the designs on the shop havebeen handcrafted by Maral. “I loved designing sinceI was a child. I had seen my mother and grand-mother doing this and wondered how they were ableto design their thoughts so beautifully. I wanted todo the same. Now, its more like a passion,” she tellsyou.

The delicious food that the mela has on offerdefinitely needs a special mention. However, manyshopkeepers felt that the year was not as good forthem as it used to be but having said that if you havea keen eye for art and culture and want to see theheritage of the country of for that matter other coun-tries, Surajkund Mela makes for a must visit place.If you have missed it this time, don’t forget to addit in your bucket list for next year.

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Lakshya Sen’s stunning win overAsian Games champion

Jonatan Christie went in vain as theIndian men’s badminton teamwent down fighting 2-3 to two-time defending championsIndonesia in the semifinals to set-tle for a Bronze at the Asia TeamChampionships here on Saturday.

World No 31 Lakshya dishedout a clinical performance to notchup a sensational 21-18, 22-20 winover world No 7 Jonatan in the sec-ond singles to keep India in thehunt after B Sai Praneeth retired

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Jasprit Bumrah and MohammedShami gave an exhibition of highquality fast bowling on day two

of India’s warm-up encounter againstNew Zealand XI, sending a warningsignal for the home team ahead offirst Test in Wellington.

For the record, New Zealandwere bowled out for 235 in 74.2 oversbut Bumrah (2/18 in 11 overs) andShami (3/17 in 10 overs) used the

conditions well and in the processadded miles to their legs ahead of thetwo World Test Championshipgames.

Umesh Yadav (2/49 in 13 overs)and Navdeep Saini (2/58 in 15 overs)bowled more overs but weren’t halfas good as the two premier pacerswho troubled the batsmen in all theirspells.

With the pitch easing out, PrithviShaw (35 batting off 35 balls)unleashed a series of cover drives

including a six off a ramp shotwhile Mayank Agarwal (23 battingoff 17 balls) got a maximum with aNataraja Shot to finish the day at 59for no loss.

For head coach Ravi Shastri, thebasic idea was to check out how hispacers got into the groove andBumrah and Shami hit the strapsstraightaway in overcast conditions.

While Umesh and Saini in theirfirst spells bowled too full, Bumrahpitched deliveries on back of length

generating disconcerting bounce.He bowled in three short spellswhile Shami bowled two spells.

The crafty Shami, after getting ahang that ball wasn’t jagging aroundtoo much despite cloud cover, con-centrated on getting the ball toseam both ways.

Bumrah got Will Young (2) withan angular delivery that straightenedafter pitching to get a nick that land-ed in Rishabh Pant’s gloves.

The delivery that got right-han-der Finn Allen (20) was one thatpitched on back of length and thebatsman played for the bounce,deciding to shoulder arms. Howeverthe ball nipped back and clipped theoff-bail much to his dismay.

The second spell that Shamibowled post lunch was the one thattroubled the New Zealand batsmenincluding senior international JimmyNeesham, who was unable to counter

the seam movement and extrabounce.

Before that he removed the setHenry Cooper (40 off 68 balls) witha fullish delivery that the batsmanwanted to drive.

Once the they had bowledenough overs, the duo didn’t comeout in the final session as they haddone their job for the day.

The final half an hour was enter-taining as Scott Kuggeliejn and BlairTickner got some serious pastingfrom both Shaw and Agarwal, whoused the pace to get some easy runs.

It did help that the Seddon Parktrack had eased out considerablymaking stroke-play easier thanexpected.

With India sticking to the Shaw-Agarwal opening combination forthe second successive day, ShubmanGill may just have to wait for his Testdebut.

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India Test specialistCheteshwar Pujara on

Saturday said winningthe ICC TestChampionship will be amuch bigger achieve-ment than claiming anODI or T20 World Cuptitle.

India have secured360 points from the firstseven Tests to stay oncourse to reach thefinals of the inauguralWorld TestChampionship.

“. . . When youbecome Test champi-ons, I would say it ismore than winning anODI or a T20 WorldCup. The reason is, thisformat is the ultimateformat,” Pujara, who lastplayed a limited-oversmatch for India in 2014,said during the latestepisode of Inspirationon India Today.

“If you ask any greatcricket player from thepast, even the presentcricketers, they wouldsay that Test cricket isthe most challengingformat of this game.And when you becomeworld champion of Testcricket, there is nothinglike it.”

India had startedthe Test C’ships with a 2-0 win over the WestIndies, before blankingSouth Africa andBangladesh 3-0 and 2-0respectively at home.

Virat Kohli’s menwill now take on New

Zealand in a two-matchTest series beginning onFebruary 21 inWellington.

“Most of the teamshave done well in theirhome conditions butwhen they go away, theyare always challenged.Especially about theIndian team, we havemanaged to do welloverseas. We have nowstarted winning seriesoverseas,” said the 32-year-old right-handedbatsman.

“So, that is thebiggest advantage thisIndian team has now.Talking about the Testchampionship, any teamwho gets into the final,they have to work real-ly hard for over a peri-od of two years and theyhave to win not just athome but also they haveto start winning awayfrom home.”

Pujara also hailedICC’s decision to intro-duce World TestChampionship, sayingit has made the tradi-tional format of thegame more competitive.

“To sustain Testcricket, ICC had tocome up with some-thing and I think this isone of the best plat-forms players can askfor. And there is some-thing to play for in eachand every Test match.You won’t see manydraws now,” he said.

“So going forward,most of the Test match-es will produce results.”

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Tom Curran took wickets with the last twoballs of the match as England turned the

tables on South Africa in a thrilling secondTwenty20I at Kingsmead on Friday.

England’s win in a high-scoring match,punctuated by 30 sixes, levelled the three-match series, which will be decided in thethird and final match in Centurion today.

England made 204 for seven, with manof the match Moeen Ali hitting 39 off 11 ballsas the tourists slammed 79 runs off the lastfive overs. South Africa made 202 for seven.

South African captain Quinton de Kockblazed to 65 off 22 balls, hitting eight sixes,in an opening partnership of 92 with Temba

Bavuma. Mark Wood, bowling at highpace, dismissed both openers and Englandseemed to have taken control.

But Rassie van der Dussen (43 not out)

and Dwaine Pretorius (25) got South Africaagonisingly close. South Africa needed 15 offthe last over and Pretorius hit 12 of thembefore being trapped leg before by a yorker.

Bjorn Fortuin, playing his first inningsin a T20I, tried to flick the last ball fromCurran to fine leg but was caught by AdilRashid, running back from the edge of the30m circle.

As in the first match, which South Africawon by one run, the result hinged on the lastfew deliveries.

England needed three off the last twoballs in East London but lost a wicket andscored only one run. South Africa were inexactly the same situation on Friday but losttwo wickets.

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“How canp e o p l ef o r g e t

Jasprit Bumrah’snumerous match-winning perfor-mances just after acouple of indifferentODI games?” asked amiffed MohammedShami on Saturdayto counter the criti-cism levelled at hisnew ball partner.

Bumrah wentwicketless in all threeof India’s defeatsagainst New Zealandwith questions beingraised over his per-formance.

“I can under-stand we are dis-cussing on a topic(after a certain lengthof time) not just after2-4 games. Justbecause he hasn’t per-formed in two games,you can’t just ignorehis ability to winmatches,” said Shami after thesecond day’s play in the warm-up game against New ZealandXI.

“What Bumrah hasachieved for India, how can youeven forget that or for that mat-ter ignore it? So if you thinkpositively, then it’s good for theplayer and his confidence also,”Bumrah’s senior partner said.

The veteran pacer didn’tforget to take a dig at criticswho he feels have a job to com-ment, forgetting that Bumrahis coming back from a stressfracture on his lower back.

“As a sportsman, it’s verydifferent. From outside, it isvery easy to nitpick as somehave a job to comment andearn money. Every sportsmancan get injured and one shouldtry and look at the positivesrather than harp on negatives.I also got injured in 2015 (kneesurgery) but then bouncedback,” Shami said

What baffles Shami is howpeople’s perception changes ifa player goes through a sudden

slump in form.“People tend to think very

differently and when you donot do well for a few games,their view point about youchanges. So on our part, weshouldn’t over-think.”

Easily the most versatilebowler in the current line-upand having been the bestIndian bowler on view duringthe second day of the warm-upgame, Shami seemed happywith kind of track that was onoffer.

“It was a bit green and thewicket was damp on the firstday compared to the secondday. Yesterday (First Day)morning, it was challengingand we wanted to take up thatchallenge. Today it was driercompared to yesterday(Friday), with cloud cover, theconditions became helpful.

“There was good bounceand carry, so felt good bowlingon a track. These kind of tracksare a rarity and since we havepacers of that calibre, we reapedits benefits.”

($)��7 In-form opener Smriti Mandhana believesIndia’s top four need to bat long to protect the incon-sistent middle-order during the ICC Women’s T20World Cup beginning in Australia on February 21.

India’s middle-order has been unpredictable andits repeated failures have hurt them.

In the 2017 World Cup final, India had lost sevenwickets for 28 runs to go down to England by nine runs,while in the recent tri-series final against Australia, theycollapsed to 144 all out after being 115 for three at one

stage while chasing 155.“The middle order could definitely improve,” said

Mandhana, who became the third Indian to reach 1,000T20I runs at the 2018 Women’s T20 World Cup andwas also the leading run-scorer in the recent tri-seriesin Australia.

“There are some things we still have to figure outwith our batting and we are trying hard to do that. Thebest way to support the middle order is for the top orderto bat 20 overs. I think we need to try and bat long asa top four.

“We must try not to get out in the 16th or 17thover and the problem will be sorted if we can stay untilthe 20th over,” added the 23-year-old.

India will begin their T20 World Cup campaignwith a clash against four-time champions Australia onFebruary 21.

Australia head coach Matthew Mott believes Indiahave the most feared batting line-up at the T20 WorldCup and Mandhana agrees that they have a balancedbatting order.

“We can be very unpredictable on our day, but I’dlike to agree (with Mott),” she said.

“We have some great batters and our order is verybalanced. The top four or five are quite settled. We’vehad the same top five for the last year and that’s beena good thing for us,” Mandhana told ICC. PTI

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Player of the U-19 World Cup,Yashasvi Jaiswal, says practising

on astro-turf pitches before thetournament helped him excel on thebouncy tracks in South Africa.

Jaiswal was also the highestrun-getter in the tournament with400 runs in six innings, including anunbeaten hundred against Pakistanin the semifinal.

“(His mentor) Jwala Sir had told

me that you have to go and bag theplayer of the series award. We prac-ticed a lot on how to play on boun-cy tracks. We practiced on how toplay short-balls and that helpedme,” Jaiswal said on Saturday.

“I was either playing or leavingshort-balls. There is bounce onastro-turf wickets like how it isthere, so I batted on astro-turf wick-ets and that worked,” said the 18-year-old, who dedicated his player ofthe series award to Jwala.

Jaiswal, who is seen as the nextyoung gun to make it big, said dur-ing the tournament he also learnthow to bat under pressure.

“It was a very good experience,to play in a different country, wherethe wickets were also different. AndI enjoyed batting as I was batting forlonger duration in the games as wellas in the nets.

“I learnt a lot while playing andalso learnt on how to deal with pres-sure, as pressure was there duringmost of the games,” the left-handedopener said.

Jaiswal’s scores in the tourna-ment were 59 ( Sri Lanka), 29 not out(Japan), 57 not out (New Zealand),62 (Australia), 105 not out (Pakistan)and 88 ( Bangladesh). India, howev-er, lost the final to Bangladesh.

Jaiswal said his century againstPakistan was “an important 100” ofhis life.

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The decision to create a separatewindow for IPL has played a mas-

sive role in qualitative growth of NewZealand cricketers, feels former seam-er and current national selector GavinLarsen.

Larsen and coach Gary Stead(also chief selector) form the two-member panel which looks after thedevelopment of the country’s playersand the cricket board has ensured thatIPL is a part of that plan.

“It’s very clear. Its highlighted inour Master Agreement (MA) that IPLwindow must be available for ourplayers if they do get picked up by afranchise,” Larsen, who featured reg-ularly in New Zealand’s ODI team of90’s, said.

“When our players are picked upby IPL franchise, they can only devel-op their game. We are seeing some ofthe results that have come in terms ofPlayers’ improvement which has beena fantastic part of cricket growth.”

He does accept that schedulingcould be a challenge but not some-thing that is too worrisome at themoment.

“There are small challengesaround scheduling, for instance,England tours, which can be packedup close to IPL. So it’s a challenge

around players’ availability. But it’s nota common issue generally I am notbeing negative,” Larsen said.

One part of Larsen’s job is to mon-itor Black Caps players’ performancesin the IPL and it would be more sig-nificant in the next two years withback-to-back ICC T20 World Cups.

“Definitely, part of the role to con-tinually monitor the group of players,both guys who are incumbent BlackCaps and those who are in the ranks,to make sure they are managedappropriately, they are working ontheir games. IPL is a part of that.”

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following a 6-21 thrashing byAnthony Ginting in the open-ing game of the first singles.

Doubles pair of M RArjun and Dhruv Kapila thenplayed their heart out beforegoing down narrowly 10-21,21-14, 21-23 to three-timeworld champions and sec-ond-ranked MohammadAhsan and Hendra Setiawanas Indonesia made it 2-1.

2018 SaarLorLux Openchampion Subhankar Deythen shocked world No 20Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 21-17, 21-15 in the third singles

as India once again drewlevel 2-2.

In the deciding seconddoubles, Chirag Shetty pairedup with Lakshya but theywere no match for the worldNo 1 combination of MarcusFernaldi Gideon and KevinSanjaya Sukamuljo, who tookjust 24 minutes to register a21-6, 21-13 win and seal theirplace in the finals.

Indian men thus settledfor their second Bronzemedal, having won the firstone at the 2016 Hyderabadedition.

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Senior India fast bowlerIshant Sharma on Saturday

passed the fitness test at theNational Cricket Academy inBengaluru and will now join theteam in New Zealand for thetwo-match Test series startingFebruary 21.

“Ishant cleared his fitnesstest today and he will be join-ing the team at the earliest. Heis available for selection for thefirst Test but final call rests withthe team management,” a BCCIsource said on condition ofanonymity.

Ishant is expected to fly toWellington for the first Test.

Ishant termed the injuryphase as a “roller-coasterride”and thanked NCA physioAshish Kaushik for helpinghim during this tough time.

“It was a roller coaster ride

for me after the injury on myankle on the 20th January butwith the help of Ashish KaushikI managed to pull it off! Scanswere a little scary, but today Iam happy that I am fit ! ThanksAshish Kaushik! #recovery-mode #recovery #postinjury,”the lanky pacer tweeted.

On January 21, Ishant —four short of becoming only thesecond Indian fast bowler afterKapil Dev to reach the land-mark of 100 Tests — twisted hisright ankle while playing forDelhi in a Ranji Trophy matchagainst Vidarbha at the FerozShah Kotla here.

An official from the Delhiand Districts CricketAssociation, based upon anMRI scan, had said that thepacer had suffered a Grade 3tear in his ankle, and beenadvised six weeks of rest andrehabilitation.

A BCCI source later saidthat Ishant will again do hisMRI to ascertain the degree oftear and decide on his rehabil-itation.

Ishant was named in theNew Zealand Test squad onFebruary 4 subject to fitnessclearance.

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Pep Guardiola faces a hugetest of his loyalty toManchester City after his

club were hit with a stunningtwo-year suspension fromUEFA competitions on Friday.

City have been bannedfrom the Champions Leagueand Europa League for thenext two seasons and fined 30million euros (£24.9 million)after UEFA found them guiltyof committing “serious breach-es” of financial regulations.

The Premier League cham-pions overstated sponsorshiprevenue in accounts submittedbetween 2012 and 2016,according to European foot-ball’s governing body.

Announcing the ban aUEFA statement declared: “TheAdjudicatory Chamber hasimposed disciplinary measureson Manchester City FootballClub directing that it shall beexcluded from participation inUEFA club competitions inthe next two seasons (ie. the2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons).”

UEFA also said City failedto cooperate with an investiga-tion into the matter launched byits Club Financial ControlBody.

The shock punishment willcost City an estimated £170million in lost ChampionsLeague revenue and the clubreacted furiously, immediatelyvowing to appeal to the Courtof Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

“Manchester City is disap-pointed but not surprised bytoday’s announcement by theUEFA Adjudicatory Chamber,”a statement read.

“The club has always antic-ipated the ultimate need to seekout an independent body andprocess to impartially consid-er the comprehensive body ofirrefutable evidence in sup-port of its position.”

But, while City urgentlyplan their appeal, the footballworld waits to see howGuardiola reacts to a punish-ment that could convince theSpaniard to quit the EtihadStadium at the end of the sea-son.

Guardiola reportedly has abreak clause in his contractwhich means he can depart atthe conclusion of this campaignshould certain stipulations bemet that satisfy the City hierar-chy.

City officials were said to beconfident that, despite anunderwhelming season whichhas seen them fall 22 pointsbehind runaway PremierLeague leaders Liverpool,Guardiola would honour acontract that currently ties himto the club until 2021.

But staying with City nowEuropean football could be offlimits is likely to be a rathermore unappetising prospectfor Guardiola.

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rently sit second in the PremierLeague table, meaning that thefourth Champions League slotavailable for English teamswould likely go to the fifth-placed club this term.

Sheffield United, promot-ed to the top flight last year, sit

in fifth.It is

not thefirst timethat Man Cityhave fallen foulof FFP regula-tions, having beenfined 60 million eurosand seeing theirChampions League squadreduced in May 2014.

Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain were also fined thatyear.

Seven-time Europeanchampions AC Milan werebanned from this season’sEuropa League for FFP breach-es.

La Liga president JavierTebas applauded UEFA fortheir sanctions of Man City,saying: “UEFA is finally tak-ing decisive action.

“Enforcing the rulesof financial fair play andpunishing financial dop-ing is essential for thefuture of football... wefinally have a good exam-ple of action.”

&����(�(������(�&�� 8City have been found to be inbreach of UEFA’s financial

fair play rules, whichplace restrictions onhow much money aclub can lose.

Over a three-yearperiod, clubs are not

permitted to lose morethan 30 million euros

with exceptions for somecosts such as youth devel-

opment and women’s teams.UEFA’s Club Financial

Control Body found that Cityensured they did not fall foul of those

restrictions by overstating their spon-sorship revenue between 2012 and

2016.The case against City was reopened

when German magazine Der Spiegel pub-lished a series of leaked emails in 2018 thatseemed to show how City had manufac-tured extra sponsorship revenue from aseries of companies with connections tothe Abu Dhabi United Group, owned bySheikh Mansour.

City strenuously deny that accusation.

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be repercussions for the futures of man-ager Pep Guardiola and a host of starplayers.

Guardiola’s contract runs until the

end of the 2020/21 season, but the onlymajor task left for the Catalan inManchester is to make City Europeanchampions for the first time.

Guardiola suggested this week hecould even be sacked if his side fail to beatReal Madrid in the Champions Leaguelast-16 but while that is highly unlikely, hemay not want to hang around for anoth-er season if there are only domestic prizesup for grabs.

Similarly, players such as Kevin DeBruyne and Raheem Sterling are unlike-ly to want to waste two of their peak yearswithout Champions League football.

It would still take huge fees from rivalclubs to tempt City to sell, but they maybe forced to downsize to gain re-entry tothe Champions League even after their banis over.

City made 93 million euros fromUEFA prize money and TV rights from lastseason’s Champions League, with gatereceipts and extra sponsorship revenuefrom Europe’s premier club competitionadded to that tally.

It would be almost impossible for theclub to lose that level of revenue for twoyears and remain FFP-compliant withoutcutting costs on transfer fees and wages,or selling players.

The sanctions may not even havestopped with UEFA. A Premier Leagueinvestigation into City’s compliance withFFP is also ongoing and could result in apoints deduction.

/�(��(7 Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidaneon Saturday said that he is expectingManchester City’s motivation to be “immense”when the two sides meet in the ChampionsLeague following the announcement of theEnglish side’s two-season ban from European com-petitions.

Real host Pep Guardiola’s City in their last-16 first leg on February 26, with the return gameat the Etihad on March 17.

“For what has just happened, their motiva-tion will be immense,” said Zidane ahead of Real’smatch against Celta Vigo today.

“I’m not going to go into what happened, whatis going to happen...

“It’s a team anyway, who will be a difficult

opponent, knowing also how they have been doingin the Premier League. So they will have extramotivation.”

City lie 22 points adrift of runaway PremierLeague leaders Liverpool and Guardiola hasadmitted that his reign in Manchester will be con-sidered a “failure” if he fails to lead the team tothe Champions League title.

But Zidane is wary of a City outfit who havewon the Premier League in each of the last twocampaigns, amassing 100 and 98 points respec-tively.

“It’s a rival who are going to be very, very dif-ficult, it’s a very big team,” added the Frenchman,who led Real to three consecutive European Cuptriumphs from 2015-2018. AFP

�������7 Joshna Chinappa andSaurav Ghosal, the country’ssquash aces, reigned supremein the 77th Senior NationalChampionship at the ISAcourts here, claiming their 18thand 13th titles respectively.

Chinappa, the torch-bear-er for Indian women’s squashfor close to two decades now,showed why she was the one tobeat as she put paid to the aspi-rations of Tanvi Khanna, (seed-ed 3/4) in four games to add yetanother national title to herkitty.

The top-seeded Chennaiplayer recovered brilliantlyafter losing the first game topost a 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-7win to underline her superior-ity in the finals on Saturday.

She won her first nationalcrown in 2000 and has sincelost only two matches, bothfinals.

In the men’s final, Ghosalshowed why he is still the manto beat, with a crushing 11-6,11-5, 11-6 defeat of youngAbhishek Pradhan (No 2 seed)to win the title yet again. PTI

#�� &7 Sweden’s ArmandDuplantis set a world polevault record of 6.18 metres atan indoor meeting in Glasgowon Saturday, adding one cen-timetre to the record he set inPoland last week.

Duplantis, who won Silverat last year’s world champi-onships in Doha, cleared thebar with something to spareand won a world record bonuscheque for $30,000.

The old record of 6.16m setby French vaulter RenaudLavillenie had stood since 2014until Duplantis broke it lastSaturday in Torun, Poland.

“There are so many thingsthat go into this, so manyyears of hard work,” he said. “It’sreally complicated but I guesswhen you’re doing it right itseems simple.

“I feel good on the runway,I feel fast, I feel strong and I feelI am working the poles I havereally well. I’m excited for theoutdoor season. The Olympicsis the biggest thing that a trackand field athlete can compete

in and that is when I want tohave my best competition thisseason.

“It is a good start but that’swhere I want to be the best.”

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Himachal Pradesh crushedUttar Pradesh by 386 runs

in their Ranji Trophy tie atBharat Ratna Atal BihariVajpayee Ekana InternationalStadium on Saturday.

UP required a win withbonus points to make it to thenext round but the defeat at thehands of not so strong HP, leftthe UP players and spectatorsdisappointed.

The tourist took only 90minutes to wind up the UttarPradesh’s second innings on148 runs, winning the match by386 runs. Rishi Dhawan wasadjudged man of the matchwith eight wickets in the match.

Meanwhile, lower-orderbatsman Chirag Jani’s unbeat-en 124 helped Saurashtra grabthree points, courtesy the first

innings lead, in their drawngame against Tamil Nadu. Jani’sknock would come as a boostfor Saurashtra, as they over-hauled Tamil Nadu mammothfirst innings total of 424. ArpitVasavada too scored a valiant132.

But the final day of thematch belonged to Jani, whohammered 10 fours and twoother hits over the fence.Saurashtra had began the dayat 346/6 and needed to get past424 for three points. Vasavadawas run out by AbhinavMukund and TN also removedDharmendrasinh Jadeja cheap-ly on 4 with the hosts at 368/8,needed another 57 runs tooverhaul TNs first-inningstotal. Then, Jani found an ableallay in captain Jaydev Unadkat(40) as the two added crucial74-runs for the ninth wicket.

Their partnership helped thehosts take first-innings leadand take three points.

The match was eventuallydeclared as drawn, bringing thecurtains on Tamil Nadu’s mod-erate season.

The home team finished itsseason from Group B with 31points thanks to three wins andfour draws with one loss.

Tamil Nadu which startedthe 2019-20 season with twostraight defeats at home toKarnataka and HimachalPradesh recovered to an extentto end with two wins and 20points.

Saurashtra will most like-ly play Andhra Pradesh in thequarter-final.BRIEF SCORES:Himachal Pradesh 220 and433/7declared v/s UttarPradesh 119 and 148.

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India’s Koneru Humpyremained in joint lead with

world champion Wenjun Juwith 4.5 points after a drawngame in the seventh round ofthe 2nd Cairns Cup here.

Humpy, the world rapidchess champion, had to settlefor a draw with American IrinaKrush in the seventh round lateon Friday.

Dronvalli Harika, the otherIndian in the fray, was held toa draw by another AmericanCarissa Yip, who has bouncedback strongly after four straightdefeats with two wins and adrawn game.

Humpy, the Indian no.1,took on Krush in a Nimzo-Indian game and could notforce a result as the Americanheld on in 52 moves.

Harika with white pieces,was up against Yip whoappeared to be regaining herform after a poor start and thetwo signed the peace treatyafter 43 moves. The Ju-NanaDzagnidze game ended in adraw in 74 moves while formerworld champ MariyaMuzychuk claimed the onlydecisive game of the day, beat-ing Russian Valentia Gunina.

In the eighth round lateron Saturday, Humpy will meetGunina while Harika will be upagainst the challenge ofMuzychuk.RESULTS: Seventh round:Koneru Humpy (India) 4.5drew with Irina Krush (USA)2.5; Dronavalli Harika (India)3.5 drew with Carissa Yip(USA) 2.5; Nana Dzagnidze(Georgia) 4 drew with WenjunJu (China) 4/5; Alexandra

Kosteniuk (Russia) 4 drew withKaternya Lagno (Russia) 3.5;Valentina Gunina (Russia) 2.5lost to Mariya Muzychuk(Ukraine) 4.

��(����$/���������PRAGUE: India’s no. 2 playerVidit S Gujrathi posted a winover Austrian GM MarkusRagger in the third round tojump to the top spot in theMasters category of the PragueChess festival here.

India had mixed luck onFriday when P Harikrishnawent down to the talented,young Alireza Firouzja in 40moves in a Spanish openinggame. The India no. 3 came upwith some innovative play butthe Iranian prodigy had theanswers to notch up an impres-sive win. Vidit Gujrathitrumped Ragger in a Grunfeldgame after 46 moves to contin-ue his good run and secured asecond win.

Top-seeded Jan-KrzysztofDuda of Poland was held to adraw by Sam Shankland(USA). He is in joint secondplace with Nikita Vitiugov andworld’s top junior AlirezaFirouzja. Gujrathi facesGrandelius in the fourth roundwhile Harikrishna will battle itout with Shankland.Results after Round 3: PHarikrishna (India) 1 lost toAlireza Firouzja (Iran) 2; ViditGujrathi (India) 2.5 beatMarkus Ragger (Austria) 1;Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) 2drew Sam Shankland (USA) 1;David Navara (CZE) 0.5 lost toDavid Ant?n Guijarro (SPA)1.5; Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) 2drew with Nils Grandelius(SWE) 1.5.

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Unheralded Bhawana Jatqualified for the Tokyo

Olympics in the 20km racewalk event after pulling off ashock win with a nationalrecord time at the NationalChampionships here onSaturday.

The 23-year-old athlete,who hails from a poor farmer’sfamily at Kabra village inRajasthan’s Rajsamanddistrict, clocked 1 hour 29minutes and 54 seconds, wellinside the Olympic qualifica-tion time of 1:31:00, to win thegold.

Bhawana’s effort was amassive improvement of morethan eight minutes from herpersonal best of 1:38.30s set inOctober last year during theNational Open Championshipshere.

She had, however, clocked1:36:17s in 20,000m race walkevent during the All IndiaInter-Railway AthleticsChampionships in August lastyear in Pune, which was com-peted on track.

She began her seniorcareer in 2016 during theNational Inter-StateChampionships in Hyderabadwhere she finished fifth with atime of 1:52:38s. Saturday’swin was just her second suchachievement in a national meetafter the National Open inRanchi last year.

“It’s a dream come true. Iwas doing in the range of1:27:00s during training and so

I knew that if the conditions areall right I would be able to

breach this Olympic qualifyingmark of 1:31:00s,” Bhawana

who is currently a Train TicketExaminer in Indian Railways,

posted in Kolkata, told PTI.“It was pure hard work in

the last few months with mycoach that I am being able tocome up with this kind of per-formance,” said Bhawana, whotrains on the road around theSawai Man Singh Satdium inJaipur.

KT Irfan (men’s 20kmrace walk), Avinash Sable(men’s 3000m steeplechase),mixed 4x400m relay teamand Neeraj Chopra (men’sjavelin) have already qualifiedfor the Tokyo Olympics fromathletics.

Bhawana’s next competi-tion will be the Asian RaceWalk Championships in Japanon March 15.

Priyanka Goswami nar-rowly missed the Olympic cutwith a timing of 1:31.36s to winthe silver in the 17-athletefield.

The earlier national recordof 1:31:29s stood in the nameof Delhi’s Baby Soumya madeduring the National Race WalkChampionships in New Delhiin 2018.

In the men’s 20km RaceWalk event, Sandeep Kumar ofServices won the gold with atime of 1 hour 21 minutesand 34 seconds. He narrowlymissed the Tokyo Olympicsqualification time of 1:21:00s.

“I will try to furtherimprove my timing ifselected for the Asian RaceWalk Championships nextmonth in Japan and try to qual-ify for Tokyo Olympics,” hesaid.

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The Indian women’s hockeyteam chief coach Sjoerd

Marijne has earmarked “fit-ness” as a key area going intothe Tokyo Olympics and saidthe upcoming training campwill focus on fine-tuning theside’s grey areas.

Hockey India on Saturdaynamed a 25-member coreprobables list for the upcomingsenior women national camp,beginning at the SportsAuthority of India, Bengalurucampus, on Sunday.

The players will report toMarijne for the 27-day trainingand conditioning camp aheadof an important few monthswhere the team will also takepart in the sixth women’s AsianChampions Trophy in Juneand the all-important 2020Olympics in July-August.

“With the knowledge of theprevious tour of New Zealand,we have identified some areaswhere we need to improve, andwe will have the chance to fine-tune on these areas,” Marijnesaid. “It is an important phasein our preparations for theTokyo Olympics, and so theupcoming camp will be focusedon the fitness because this is themoment where we can build,and have extra load in ourtraining sessions.”

The year gone by was fruit-ful for the Indian women,which saw them produce some

outstanding performancesacross tournaments, winningthe FIH Women’s Series FinalsHiroshima 2019, Olympic TestEvent in Japan, and the FIHHockey Olympic QualifiersOdisha, along with victories intheir tours of Spain, Malaysia,Republic of Korea and England.

With their eyes set on thebig tournaments this year, theIndian women’s team began2020 with a tour of NewZealand where it was involvedin four matches against theworld no. 7 side along with onematch against Britain.

CORE PROBABLES LIST: Goalkeepers: Savita , RajaniEtimarpu, Bichu DeviKharibamDefenders: Deep Grace Ekka,Reena Khokhar, Salima Tete,Manpreet Kaur, Gurjit Kaur,NishaMidfielders: Nikki Pradhan,Monika, Neha Goyal, LilimaMinz, Sushila ChanuPukhrambam, Sonika, NamitaToppoForwards: Rani, Lalremsiami,Vandana Katariya, Navjot Kaur,Navneet Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur,Jyoti, Sharmila Devi, Udita.

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Bhawana’s effort was amassive improvement of morethan eight minutes from herpersonal best of 1:38.30s set inOctober last year during theNational OpenChampionships here. She alsobecame only the second Indianwoman to qualify for Olympicsin 20km race walk afterKhushbir Kaur, who compet-ed in 2016 Rio Games.

Bhawana, who is current-ly posted as TTE (Train TicketExaminer) in Kolkata, saidshe has been facing a lot offinancial difficulties.

“I cannot take part in aNational Championships with-out hard training. So, I wastraining in Jaipur with mycoach (Gurmukh Singh) forthe last three months. I was notallowed to go for training withpay and I am competing hereon without pay,” Bhawana toldPTI from Ranchi.

“It is very difficult to com-pete at the senior level with a

meagre income. I have to lookafter my parents and thinkabout my training as well. I amhoping that I will be includedin the Target Olympic PodiumScheme to be able to trainproperly for the Olympics,” sheadded.

Bhawana said she faced alot of financial difficulties dur-ing her early career.

“My father is a smallfarmer and my mother ahousewife. I have one olderand one younger brother andit was very difficult to run thefamily from my father’s mea-gre income. I took up theRailways jobs only to help myfather. It is very difficult for meto pursue athletics,” she said.

Asked about her goal inthe Tokyo Olympics, she said,“In 2016 Rio, the gold was wonin 1:28:35s and bronze in1:28:42s. So, if I make furtherimprovement of a minute or soI can be in medal contention,you never know. I feel I canimprove up to 1:27:00s inTokyo. In any case, I will behappy if I finish in the top 10.”

Bhawana, who currentlytrains on her own in Jaipurwith her coach GurmukhSihag, has not taken part inany international event injunior or senior level. She alsohas never been in a nationalcamp under the AthleticsFederation of India (AFI). Sheattributed her stunning perfor-mance to hard work undercoach Gurmukh.

“I began athletics in 2010and my physical educationteacher told me to try racewalking. I took it up and fromthere, I took part in the schoolnationals. After that I was atthe SAI Bangalore under thegovernment scheme,” saidBhawana, who is currentlypursuing a bachelor’s degreethrough correspondence.

Before moving to Jaipur,Bhawana was training inRohtak. She also trains underher earlier coach HarpreetSingh when in Kolkata.

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touch with me, regarding this song. I was excited to collaboratewith him. He has worked with the greats like of Laxmi Kant-PyareLal, Bollywood industry celebrates this musician. he has amaz-ing music sensibilities. I went and recorded this song. He andAnand B Seshadri (penned the song) worked on the song. I justgrabbed the opportunity. The good part is that I was allowed todo my thing; I had a lot of fun. � Why are playback singers turning to indie space?

There was never a singles culture in India, it was always aboutthe album. Music companies don’t really invest in an artist thatmuch. Though there are exceptions like Sony Music hasBadshah and T-Series has Guru Randhawa. Singles are a greatway for an artist to express and experiment with what they aredoing; to say what they want to. Normally, when an artist doesa film, it is story-driven. The kind of songs that I do are to pro-mote a movie barring a few. When you do a single, the sky isthe limit. You can do a song on a budget of �10,000 or even �50lakh. � There was a time when singers just did films. DoesBollywood restricts artists and hence they are diversifying?

Actually, there is too much work at present. There are say,10 new films being made just for Netflix; like this, there are otherOTT platforms. Then there are Bollywood films. Then there areTV shows, then there is YouTube. Everybody gets an opportu-nity today. I don’t feel restricted in any way as Bollywood musicputs me on the biggest platform. If I sing a song it will come ondifferent platforms. People are doing other things to be notedby Bollywood. People in Bollywood are doing other things sincethey have a following and want to expand that base.� When you did Selfie, did you feel it would do so well?

I call such songs 100-year songs — songs that will last for along time. For example Ek, do, teen. How, when during a party,it is played. Kids who are12-13 when they turn 30-40, is whensongs that I have sung for Pritam da and or Vishal-Shekhar willbecome Ek, do, teen for them.� What is about such songs that they become popular?

I would say that for me when I sung Selfie — it was donewith great intent. We put in a lot of works and wa done with hon-esty. There may be artists who would look down upon this songand say it is not serious music. I never believed that music need-ed to be serious. I enjoyed doing this song. It was meant to befor a big-budget movie and enjoyed the opportunity. I try to meanwhen I sing.� Do you think people are looking for peppy numbers only?

People are looking for those romantic numbers. There aretoo many majnos who get their hearts broken. Only when theyare partying do they listen to me. � What are the plans for this year?

I am in the process of making a short film and send it to fes-tivals. The workshop is on for the actors. I have a great directoron board. I love storytelling and promote people who want tosay something different rather than trying to do what the trenddemands. As for music, films require music and there are a fewsingles in the pipeline. My friend (Sargam) and I, we have a pro-duction house — Moth Music Records — we are trying to col-laborate with artists and who crazy things and do their things.

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in the industry and whatsets me apart from eachmember of the family. Eachone of us is unique. For me,it was to step out of myfamily’s shadow. As forthe challenges faced during

the shoot, it was to standin minus 2 degrees

and give a perfectshot especially

e m o t i o n a lscenes. Onehad to be inthe zone. Wewould givethe shot andas soon asthe word ‘cut’

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could do was stand there shiver-ing.� How tough is it for star kidsto break away from their par-ents’ identity?

It is tough. For people theymay be stars but for me they arefamily — my grandfather, dad andchacha. Unfortunately, the problemis that one is always compared asSunny Deol’s son. Is he like this?Was he like his father here? Theylike stuff about my father and dadaand automatically presume that Iwill be a combination of themwhich is impossible. They aretheir own people and brilliant. I amnot here to copy them. It does tieyou down. It is sad that this pre-sumption comes even though theaudience doesn’t do this inten-tionally. Each person has a differ-ent personality thought there aregenetic similarities. What peoplemiss is the one’s uniqueness that isseparate from the others. However,one has to accept it and move for-ward and hope that the more

they see your work, the more youstart to step away from the shad-ow.� How much pressure did thisput on you?

There was definitely a lot ofpressure that was built due to otherfactors. As far as my family is con-cerned, it was only when I startedgiving interviews to the media, thethat the distinction came. Untilthen, they were just dad, dada andchacha. They were never SunnyDeol, Dharmendraji or BobbyDeol. But I didn’t think about thistoo much, there were chancesthat I could succumb to it, and notdo my job properly.� What is the lesson that thismovie has taught you?

The movie has taught me a lot.As an actor, I am trying to improvemy craft each day. After the filmreleased, I looked at the criticismand have been working to improveon those areas. It has pushed meto make myself better. It has taughtme to look at life in a different way,

to take more risks and to thinkoutside the box.� Kids usually want to be adoctor or an engineer. Did youalways want to be an actor?

When you are young youdon’t think about being an actor.At that age one wants to be anastronaut. Like in my case it wasto be a cook and or a footballer. But

when I was turned 14, I had someunderstanding of the field.Gradually, I realised that I want-ed to be an actor but was scared totake the first step.� What kind of training did youdo for the film?

I took a lot of workshops. Inorder to understand the characterbetter I went to Himachal Pradeshbefore the shoot began.� Was Sunny Deol a father or adirector on the sets?

He left the father-son rela-tionship at home. He was totally adirector and a tough task master;something that was urgentlyrequired. Though he never scold-ed me in front of others, he wouldtake me aside and explain if I did-n’t understand things and tell mewhat I was doing wrong in a sternvoice.� Were you disappointed withthe results?

Obviously, there was disap-pointment. It is human nature tofeel bad. But it was my first movie.

Now, I am now trying to map outthe next course of action; for thisI am reading a lot of scripts. Themore scripts I read, the betterunderstanding I have of differentkinds of characters. I am alsoattending workshops. I hope at theend of it all, I am able to reinventmyself and people like the new mein that avatar.� The movie had a world pre-miere on Valentine’s Day on ZeeCinema. How did you want peo-ple to perceive it?

Since it was watched by somany more people, I wanted themto see it as a simple love story; thereare no complications. So hope thatpeople enjoyed it sitting at home.� Why was the song Pal pal dilke paas not there in the film?

That was my father’s decision.The song is so iconic; he didn’twant to recreate it. Even today,people love to hear it. It is such abeautiful song with fantasticmelody and lyrics. I would say thatit is one of the best romantic songs.

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One of the first things that strikesyou as you sit down to dine at this

restaurant in the heart of the Capitalis the menu. It is interesting to notethe photographs alongside the menu,some dating back to the late 1800s andearly 1900s. These photos, with a briefdescription of where they were taken,give a sneak peek into the culture thatexisted in China then a perfect exam-ple of Chinese tradition along with theculinary evolution of the cuisine.

Executive Chef Sanjeev Chopra,while serving some of the signaturedishes like shredded chicken aspara-gus in oyster garlic sauce, sliced solefish with roasted chilies and honeychili lotus stem regales you with howthe restaurant came up with thisunique idea of the menu. “The con-cept of this restaurant is based on LCarrington Goodrich, an Americansinologist and historian of China. Asa child, he had spent many years inChina.

He remembered those timesthrough the photos which were diffi-cult to take given the circumstancesback then. Luther aka Larry collect-ed these photos and made an album.We went a step further and created arestaurant on this theme,” Choprashares.

He tells you that Chinese food wasbrought to India by the immigrantsand first took root in present-dayKolkata where they developed a cui-sine to suit the Indian palate and cameto be known as Indo-Chinese cuisine.This food became popular in Kolkataand spread to other parts of thecountry. He tells you how the popu-lar American Chop suey came to be.

“Just like immigrants came toIndia, they went to the US as well par-ticularly San Francisco. A popular dishhere is American Chop suey. A pop-ular story goes that one late nightsome American soldiers who werehungry landed at Li Ching Hong’seatery and demanded food.Everything had finished. But Lichopped veggies, noodles and meatsand cooked them together, addedsauce and the dish was born,” Choprasays and tells you that while the dishdoesn’t find a mention on the menu,if a guest wants it, it is served. “Thereis no need for it. Everyone whocomes to Larry’s knows that the

restaurant’s name is synonymous withAmerican Chop suey. Then there ishow there was need for anotherChinese restaurant back in the 80sbesides House of Ming. We decidedto introduce Indo-Chinese Americancuisine here,” he explains.

Serving the perfectly blendedlemon coriander chicken soup that is

not too hot, not too cold, NareshKhaitan, Larry’s China’s supervisorwho started off as steward staff at theAmbassador in 1978 tells you that overthe years, Larry’s has undergone ren-ovations. “Back then the restauranthad wooden flooring. In 1990, Tajtook over and then in 1997, the ren-ovations were done. The lighting was

improved. It is so much brighternow. The name was changed toLarry’s China due the change in thetheme and the concept on which it isbased. The senior managementbrought in Cantonese as well asSchezwan food. The good thing is thateveryone can relish these dishes,”says Khaitan whose sons also workwith the Taj group.

In comes the lotus stem honeychilli. One is told it is cooked in sucha manner that it remains moist andwell-cooked on the inside and crispyon the outside. It is a trick that theirchef has perfected over the years.Another winner here is the sesametiger prawn. It is the restaurant’s sig-nature dish. Nobody who has visitedthis place has walked away withouttrying this dish if he is a non-vege-tarian.

“People have been coming herefor decades to eat this. They now bringtheir grandchildren. There is a guestwho has settled in the US long back,but every time he is in Delhi, a mustdo on his list is a visit to this place tosavour this dish. He also sends hisguests and then calls me and tells methat I must serve them this dish. If youlook at the size of the prawn you

would not believe that a prawn canbe this large. But there is a trick whichwe can’t reveal but it depends on how

it is cut. It is then batter fried andtossed with onions, green bell pepper,spices and sprinkled with sesameseeds. It is a dish not to be missed,”Khaitan asserts, telling you that he hasserved the likes of Minister of ExternalAffairs Sushma Swaraj who used tocelebrate her birthday here and evenCongress leader Rahul Gandhi who isa regular here.

And he is spot on when he saysthat once the guest has eaten this dish,there is no way he will not order it thenext time he comes visiting. The tasteis amazing and even those who dili-gently stay away from sea food will likethis. The crispiness of the batter friedprawns and veggies is perfect — notaste overpowering.

But if one wants to still stay awayfrom prawn, go for sliced Pentagonchicken. Thinly sliced chicken stripsthat are shallow batter fried, tossedwith Chinese five spice and dry redchillies is good. No meal is completewithout dessert. While one may thinkthat date pancake is not something tobe ordered. But the truth is that it isso different from what one would haveeaten anywhere else. Therefore, itmakes for a must eat making it a per-fect way to end a great meal.

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Wedding trousseaus are anintegral part of Indian

weddings, where bride’s moth-er prepares a collection of out-fits, jewelry, and makeup thatthe she would use in her post-marriage life. While the ritualdates to centuries, there’s a needto redefine the meaning in a waythat it suits the needs of mod-ern women.

Traditionally, a weddingtrousseau consists of the bridallehenga, silk sarees that areeither brand new or belong tothe family heirloom, suits forfestive occasions and the make-up collection. Now, most ofthese are often heavy and unfitfor regular wear and so they aremostly kept unused.

The best way to use theseprecious items is to re-stylethem into something that can beused a multiple time.

Here are some unique waysto restyle the old lehengas.� Mix and Match differentoutfits

Substantial dupatta with a

plain salwar kameez, theadorned skirt with a plainshirt and overwhelmingpullover with a plain sareeor crude silk skirt like a harvesttop and skirt-voila! You canhave four diverse outfit choic-es on the off chance that yousimply blend and matchfrom your lehenga set!� Pair it with differ-ent accessories

Who said youneed to wear thewhole lehengaset at whateverpoint you do?Style it with acalfskin blouse or wearthe skirt with a long kurti —play with options here, andyou may concoct somethingyou like!� Modern style blouse

Get a long blouse with cutsor a sheer blouse made, whichlooks in vogue, and winds upconcealing pieces of the skirt,which helps in making it lookprogressively wearable. This is

a decent choice on theoff chance that you haveone of those lehengaswith work that is trulyattractive and over-whelming. You couldeven go for a brilliantshort blouse and cart it

away without a dupattawhich will look extreme-ly current!� Cape instead of

blouseDump the

pullover anddupatta that

accompaniedthe lehenga and

cart away the skirt withan instant brilliant or differen-tiating cape-it’s in in fashion andwould not look over the top.� Dupatta into a pallu

If you have a beautifuldupatta with the lehenga, itisn’t reasonable for simply keep-ing it around! You can get fab-ric sewed to it and make a glitzhalf-half saree with plain fabricin a way that the dupatta makes

it to the front and becomes thepallu!

Here are some of the mosticonic ways for keeping yourfamily’s heirloom close to yourheart forever.� Doormats: Searching foreconomical approaches toadding magnificence to yourhome? All you need are a cou-

ple of old sarees. Welcome matsor place mats are most of the funmethods for reusing old sareesand making something alto-gether.� Table runners: Its an extrav-agant style thought which youcan do when visitors comeover. Looks extremely exquisite.

� Tapestry: This is one of theharder choices to execute withsarees. Be that as it may, allthings considered it very wellmay be the most beautiful too.On the off chance that you havea silk saree in Kantha, or some-thing which has an intricatestory plan on it, at that point youcan cut it in a square shape andinclude extra borders to add anedge to your room.� Potlis: Potlis, tote-sacks, andwallets or satchels with pattuborder make for varied trea-sured pieces and every one ofthem can be made by reusingyour old sarees.

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Sustainability or sustainable develop-ment, used interchangeably at times, is amuch abused phrase today as much asthe need of the hour. Although sustain-able development as a way of life res-

onates with everyone, and should be a desiredstate of our existence, its enactment in any formis hardly a force at present to shape economic,regional or national policies, let alone the fabricof our daily lives. However, few exceptions areshining examples that include efforts of coun-tries like Germany and the Netherlands whohave taken a radical view towards implementingit at national level and ensuring progress of theircountries in the right directions.

Globally, nations have committed to theSustainable Development Goals (or SDGs inshort) set by United Nations in 2015 to beachieved by 2030, ratified through UN resolu-tion 70/1, it has hardly influenced national pri-orities in the recent past. Most of the countriesare consistently pursuing current model ofdevelopment (business-as-usual) to improve thelives of their citizenry. Whether that hasimproved the situation in general, is a debatedtopic. Data shows deteriorating environmentaland social divergences and trends. From longrainy season in India, heat wave in Europe andsnow in Mexico, unpredictable weather patternsin 2018-19 and environmental uncertainties arebecoming a norm now.

Similarly widened income gaps and devel-opment patterns between the first and thirdworld countries and social challenges like geno-cide, human trafficking, war, religious fanati-cism, loss of natural resources and biodiversity,poverty and hunger have remained a persistingchallenge. Political commitments of sovereigngovernments have swung to appease the popularviews and public sentiments, but we fail torecognise that at the end it would be us —humans, the life sustaining capacity of MotherEarth, and our future — which would be payingthe price for our common ignorance.

Contemporary development agendas ofgovernments do not concern us individually andremained a national choice, left to the electedrepresentatives, while we believed that theimpacts of our collective choices can be consid-ered in isolation. Challenges like participating inglobalisation, trade barriers, inflow of migrantsor refugees, participating in regional wars andother crises shaped our views through newsheadlines and public debates.

In contrast, sustainability and SDGs are notonly for the national policies to reflect, it is acombined responsibility for all of us.Sustainability, at its core, changes our worldviewtowards appreciating the interconnectedness ofour choices and encourages us to be holistic inour approach. This is something we — thehuman societies — are learning for the first timewhere the impacts of our actions and decisiongo beyond the walls of our isolated existenceand permeate the very fabric of life and shapeour existence. This is challenging even for thewestern theories and ideologies to connect to,

considering the tradition of atomism anddeductive reasoning (a part representing thewhole) that has been central to it.

On the contrary, eastern wisdom has prac-ticed the art and philosophy of caring, sharingand nurturing all life-forms for long, includingthe non-living world, but has less to offer in thisregard. The onslaught of industrialisation andmaterialistic well-being could be the reason forthis debacle that overshadowed the wisdom ofeastern philosophies as well, more in favour ofpragmatism, ensuring current form of develop-ment as the only one to pursue, even when thetoxicity in its current form has been profound,to leave social and environmental externalitiesfor us to pay, now or in future. Surprisingly,nomads and aboriginals for centuries have livedin harmony with nature and supported suste-nance, without the sophisticated knowledge thatmodern societies and economies have claimedto be essential to become civilised, yet it is thelatter that has led to the precarious situation thatwe are in today.

SDGs sensitise us to strive for pursuingnational policies to target for a societalfootprint that is less challenging and more

inclusive. It has overall 17 goals, first six ofwhich target eradicating social evils like povertyand hunger, promote health and well-being,quality education, gender equality, and cleanwater and sanitation facilities. Goals seventhrough twelve relates to economic challengesthat the prevailing economic and industrialmindset and encourages countries to worktowards providing clean and affordable energy,decent work and economic growth, industryand infrastructure improvements, reducingsocial inequalities, promoting sustainable cities,and responsible production and consumption.

Next set of four goals relate to environmen-tal activism that encourages nations to movetowards climate action, improve marine life, bio-and eco-diversity, and promote eco-justice. Thelast one is the international cooperation neededto promote policies and measures supportingsustainable development. Having said that, wewould agree that grouping these goals in labeledbuckets would be incorrect, as by nature thesegoals are sprawling, cutting across domains andgeneric in nature. In addition, interdependencyacross the goals cannot be avoided. So, insteadof debating the hierarchy of order in whichthese can be addressed, urgency of the situationwarrants that we can start anywhere.

We start with the education (SDG 4),Quality education is not always about develop-ing Institutes of higher learning like IITs, IIMs,or Universities; it is enabling an ecosystem thatis accessible to everyone (60 million Indians aredeprived of access, according to RTE forum)and supports students and learners to pursuelearning path of their own choice. Moreover, ourchallenge is not only that of skill mismatch(nearly 6 million people as of 2019 enrolled andawaiting for skill upgrade under Skill India mis-sion), it also reflects on a factory production of

largely outdated skills that the education systemis churning out and challenging the industryand its limited resources. I believe, our mindsettowards education needs to move from numbers(like highest pay package received by a student,number of engineers or doctors, number ofgrade A+ universities) to skill augmentation(like new innovations and patents, researchpotential of students, new areas of learning) andpotential future capacity (number of start-ups,industrial patents, business plans or new seedcapital received). This also means enabling areward system that does not place a premiumon one form of learning over others, and pro-mote “meritocracy, with heart”.

In terms of primary and secondary educa-tion system should not be viewed by allocationof funds in national budget (which is anywaylower than suggested 6% of GDP by NitiAayog), but as an investment towards buildingan ecosystem that scales and contributes toother SDGs, like alleviating social discrimina-tion by bringing children of all social stratatogether. Such a system would allow children tolearn from each other and appreciate diversity,and pursue a field of study of their own choice.Establishing a school system that is founded onthe principles of building social equity andimpartial learning would require us to changeour model of schooling from the presently out-dated Macaulay system to the one that has bestelements of modern thinking as well as those ofIndian traditions and wisdom. Here the role ofteachers needs to be redefined as well. Forexample, teachers can be drafted into the systemfrom other jobs and professions. One idea couldbe to reserve the teaching jobs primarily forexperienced and senior citizens and fill the gapof 45% of shortfall of teachers as reported in2018-19. This will help students benefit from thevast experiences of their teachers, and teacherscan have a life filled with the love of their stu-dents. This could also lower the cost of educa-tion, where learning can be more fun-filled andquality intensive, and wisdom of life would get achance to shape the heroics of youth.

Quality education and learning is directlyrelated to the goal of establishing genderequality (SDG 5), which is a challenge

for India and if we follow the social practicesthat shows considerable gap from our belief sys-tems. Niti Aayog dashboard shows this in redzone with composite score of 42. Now, specificredressal for the challenge through governmentmachinery would be limited to legal remedia-tion, whereas working to improve social cus-toms and practices would be with society. Datapoints to the skewed social practices with nearlyhalf of the population remaining marginalised.For example, sex ratio in 2019 averaged at 896(female per ‘000 males) pan India, males earn-ing 25% higher than females, staggering 33% ofmarried women aged 15-49 experiencingspousal violence at least once, 60% crimesagainst girl children as against all children, 18%female labour participation rate, only 14% own-

ing operations and holding. While crime against women and children

should be dealt with iron hands, laxity in ourlaw and order system also reflects the bias thathalf of the population is facing. This would notonly need women to come forward and fight fortheir own rights, those in power and influencingpositions whether in homes, offices, institutions,and establishments need to cultivate the mindsetand practices to improve understanding andsensitivity towards gender equality. Similarly,educational institutions like schools and collegescan address this through innovative ideas likeremoving gender specific dress codes, promot-ing gender-neutral attires, and delink subjectchoices with gender preferences. However, it is along way from home as it stands today.

Clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) isanother goal that requires infrastructuredevelopment as well as changes in our

attitude. Over the past ten years, allocation offunds by the Ministry of Drinking Water andSanitation has seen an annual average increaseof 9%, whereas budgetary allocation to ruralprogrammes has seen shifts like Swachh BharatMission-Gramin that has half of the cumulativesanction funds still to be released as on Oct2019. Change in mindset and governmentalactions on open defecation has led to around80% of households having a toilet, 37% ofhouseholds in rural areas are using improvedsanitation facility, and 72% of 5,93,731villageshave been verified as open defecation free.

Niti Aayog dashboard for this SDG shows ascore of 88 (on all India basis) and considered asgreen. Statistics is one side of the story; equi-tability is the challenge here. One of the learningthat can be transferred from the developedcountries is to offload the sanitation facility tothe restaurants, eating joints, malls, shoppingcomplexes, businesses that serve any kind offood, or to promote more shared markets whichwould improve the facility outreach forcing itsupkeep as well, which today is dependent on thepuny public support and local administration.So far as drinking water is concerned, a fewpoints merit attention.

For example, infrastructural arrangementsare needed to handle gray water, recyclingmechanisms, and forcing the industries toreduce dependency of fresh water. Similarly,controlled discharge of untreated water andground water recharging should be mandatedand practiced. Dwellings in cities should beenforced for mandatory rain water harvesting,recycling water, and using gray water. While ourgovernment has worked to bring Ganges river tonormalcy, this should immediately be taken upfor all rivers and improve their water quality.Similarly, connected reservoir system that wasonce a pronounced method to connect differentrivers and exhausted due to commercialexploitation, should be reversed and revitalised.

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The idea of putting Gandhi on the Budget cover pageby Kerala Government may have many connotations,but one thing can certainly be said. More than seven

decades after his death, Gandhi refuses to die. Some mayfind fault with Gandhi’s ways, some may make uncharita-ble remarks against him and some may move the SupremeCourt to direct the government to confer Bharat Ratna onGandhi. Either way, Gandhi lives on. Evaluating Gandhi isa tall order. It is better to try and understand him. The beau-ty of Gandhi’s personality is that even his sworn detractorsrealise that you cannot negate Gandhi. As a course instruc-tor teaching Business Ethics to management students forover two decades, I have found Gandhi fitting in the cur-riculum even without a mention of the name. The same istrue for the Ethics course for the Indian AdministrativeServices. There cannot be a course on Ethics without Gandhi.There was a time when Gandhian thought was a part of thecurriculum for the civil services. Even if it is not so today,Gandhi’s ideas remain the essence of the course. The thingsGandhi stood for are difficult to capture in a piece or evena volume and naturally people find it difficult to understandhim. The Ahimsa centre at California State PolytechnicUniversity in Pomona, US has been actively pursuingGandhian ideals ever since it was established in 2004. It israther strange that Gandhi is less researched in his own coun-try. One opinion that is often expressed to describeGandhi’s views are that they are too idealistic to be prac-ticed. Nothing can be further from truth. Gandhi was a prac-tical idealist. Those trying to dismiss him as impractical aresimply trying to negate the truth. Even if Gandhi’s ideas weretoo ideal, the point is that there is little sense in setting awrong benchmark in the name of practicality. Lest we for-get, at the turn of the millennium two decades ago editorsof several globally reputed periodicals asked historians torank the greatest leader of the twentieth century. Gandhi’sname figured at the top. In Gandhi they found the right lead-ership qualities. Isn’t it fallacious that you know what is rightand advocate what is wrong? The debate on Gandhi oftenveers around wrong points. Gandhi was a votary of valuesbased leadership, and a practitioner, too. Practicality andmorality can harmoniously go together. Machiavellianismand Gandhism are two different approaches and both arepossible. Only one has to believe. Realism may not neces-sarily be non-idealism. Gandhi epitomised the most desir-able managerial quality that is widely talked about these daysin management jargon as ethical leadership. It is not aboutidealism versus realism but idealism as realism and it canprovide answer to most of the problems the world faces today.The problems of the world in the present times are prob-lems of faulty leadership styles than anything else. Ego dri-ven rather than ethics driven. Gandhi accomplished whathe could by sheer dint of his moral courage. That is whatwe need today. Gandhi is recognised as a global icon andwill remain so whether people like it or not.

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There is mounting evidence thatif you care to dig deep in yourown personality, you will find

that you are not really your own wellwisher. I realised so myself. Yes, I amimproving but this started only after Itook shelter in God, who really iseveryone’s well-wisher. What can pos-sibly explain our getting in trouble,unknowingly? What explains dislikingyour life partner for small faults thatthe person has? Is anyone faultless forthat matter? A few faults cannot dis-qualify anyone. If it was so, everyonewithout exception will be rejected.

It was upon this realisation that Istarted to become my well-wisher; Itook shelter of God — the best and theultimate well-wisher of one and all.This is the cosmic design. As you prac-tice, you will agree that once you dowhat the Lord expects us to do, one willderive unimaginable benefits.

I realised that we, souls, are small.Whatever power or strength we mayhave is only temporarily with us. Takephysical strength, for instance. We feelquite strong in our youth; we can doa lot of things, achieve many feats. Butas we age, we are forced to slow down.Likewise, everything material with usis also temporary. It is taken away atsome point, surely at death.

Having realised that I felt helpless-ly small. I turned to God, who is thesource of everything opulent, effulgentor even energetic. (Bhagavad Gita10.41) Now I depend on Him for what-ever I need, like ‘atmabala’ — thestrength of the soul... And He obliges,especially when I do my part, that is,do the requisite duties like spiritualpractices. My Lord guides me onwhat my duties are at a particularmoment. Don’t we frequently get con-fused about our duties? For example,when we go to attend a social function,

our duty is to mingle with people, benice to them, and so on. Instead, weindulge our senses; mostly the tongue,the eyes, the ears and even our mouths.

This is a small example. As ahuman being, we are supposed tocooperate with others. This is the cos-mic design. Not being our own well-wishers, we tend to become selfish. Asa result, we become very lonely. Notonly are we supposed to cooperate withone another, but we are expected tomake sacrifices for the others. One ofthe prime examples is a mother’s sac-rifice for her child. Bhagavad Gita is fullof instructions about various types ofsacrifices. That, because God is our bestwell-wisher.

Now we come to our behaviour.We need guidance in this matter.(Bhagavad Gita 16.24) Whimsicalbehaviour gets us in trouble. Therefore,we need to be in constant touch withGod, who is omniscient. He alone cansee the big picture. For example, peo-ple argue endlessly about some futureevent; God knows. Why not seek His

guidance; He is prepared to show us theway. We have not been left in the dark.

Turning to emotions, what emo-tions are natural to us? Lust, greed,anger, hate, ego etc. come to the mindreadily. As a result,we come under theinfluence of the mode of darkness.(Bhagavad Gita 14.13) Our outlookbecomes negative. We are easilydepressed. Anxiety and fears are com-mon to us. The opposite will happenif we seek shelter of God. He will guideus to embrace the mode of goodness(Bhagavad Gita 14.6), with its enor-mous benefits. Lastly, we will not lackanything. (Bhagavad Gita 18.75) TheLord provides all kinds of resources,various strengths like atmabala, men-tal strength, emotional strength andstrength to tolerate. He also blesses uswith peace, happiness, security, supportand help, whenever needed. When weare well and truly dependent uponHim, he manages our lives too. I amgetting a taste of it. ��������������������%������������/���������

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Each of us has the powerwithin us to create a health-ier way of life. The choices wemake today impact our phys-ical, mental, and spiritual

health tomorrow, whether months oryears from now. Our choices alsoimpact our family. What we choosetoday regarding the care of our body,mind, and spirit will determine whatour future health will be.

Medical research points at twoways by which we can increase ourwellness. One is meditation and theother is a vegetarian diet. Meditationhelps us increase our health and well-being physically, mentally, and spiritu-ally. It keeps our body and mind calmand reduces our chances of contract-ing stress-related illnesses.

Research by medical practitionersand doctors indicates that meditationbenefits the body and mind. As some-one put it in jest: “we can counter theeffects of ill, pill, and bill by being still”.Being still refers to sitting in medita-tion. This increased interest and pop-ularity of meditation has grown as sci-entific studies verify what has beenknown in the East for centuries.

Let’s reflect a little on the two sim-ple steps to staying healthy:

����� ����������Be still. Our parents had this one

solution for us when we were children.

These words really are a precursor fora healthy lifestyle. Being still is anoth-er word for meditation.

When we meditate, we slow ourheart rate and breathing to a pointwhere we are calm. When we are agi-tated and upset, the body producesfight or flight hormones such as cor-tisol and adrenaline which may be use-ful when in danger to help us defendourselves or run, but not when sim-ple problems of life upset us. We do notneed cortisol and adrenaline to kick inwhen our spouse or children leave thetoothpaste cap off or someone cuts usoff on the highway. We have been soconditioned to becoming upset aboutthings that are not life-threatening thatwe produce stress hormones thatreact on our body in a way that canbreak down our organs and bodily sys-tems.

Meditation helps us be calm, andin a relaxed state so that we can wardoff the effects of daily life challenges.When we are calm, our body is notproducing hormones that can lead tostress-related ailments such as heartattack, stroke, hypertension, headaches,digestive and skin problems. When wemeditate we also keep our mind calm.We not only suffer physical illness fromstress, but we create emotional andmental difficulties when we are notcalm. This can lead to emotional andrelationship problems or other stress-

related mental disorders. Throughmeditation we can keep a calm andpeaceful mind to help us lead happi-er lives.

Meditation also helps us developconcentration. When we are stressedout our performance level is not as highas we need it to be. When we concen-trate we can get better grades, whichreduces our stress as students. Ourstress as employees or professionals isreduced because we can perform bet-ter at work.

How can we prove the spiritualbenefits of being still and meditating?This is one area where meditation fitsthe scientific model. It is based onexperimentation leading to proof.Those who have tried the experimenthave discovered that meditation leadsto wellness not only of the body andmind, but of the soul.

In meditation, we close our eyes,gaze within, and still our mind ofthoughts. When the reflecting pool ofour mind is still, we see what lies with-in us. We see Light within, hear celes-tial Music, and can soar to regions ofLight. Through meditation, we thusachieve physical, mental, and spiritu-al wellness.

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is living on a vegetarian diet. Researchproves that a plant-based diet reduces

the risk of many diseases such as stroke,heart attack, diabetes, digestive disor-ders, and even some cancers, amongother illnesses. By cutting out meat, andeven fish, fowl, and eggs we canreduce the risk of many ailments.

Vegetarianism also benefits ourstate of mind and spiritual well-being.Think of the state of the animals whenslaughtered. Hormones of fear andstress run through them at the time oftheir captivity and slaughter. It has beensaid that we are what we eat. All thatwas a part of the animal becomes partof us when we eat it. This means we areingesting their fear and panic hor-mones, which can contribute to ourown state of fear and anxiety when itbecomes a part of our body.

We also are taking into our bodyanything the animal ate. For example,antibiotics fed to the animal becomepart of us, and if we have too much itcan cause bacteria to become antibiot-ic-resistant. If animals are fed hor-mones to make them grow faster, theytoo become a part of us which can leadto problems because now those hor-mones are in our body. We also are tak-ing into our body any diseases that theanimal may have contracted.

There are moral benefits to a veg-etarian diet. Most cultures believe inthe law that “thou shalt not kill.”There is a recognition in many culturesthat even animals have a soul in them.Thus, when we take the life of a crea-ture, we are taking the life of a beingwho has a soul in it. Those who ascribeto a spiritual way of life and meditatehave even witnessed that the sameLight of the Divine in us also shines inall other human beings and all crea-tures. Thus, a thread of divine connec-tion knits all life together.

Today, there are numerous deli-cious and nutritious vegetarian, plant-based foods that we can eat. Besides agrowing number of vegetarian restau-rants, most restaurants now offer awider variety of vegetarian dishes.Mainstream supermarkets have manyvegetarian options for customers. Evenplaces where it was hard to get vege-tarian foods, such as school cafeterias,hospitals, cruise ships, conferences, andvenues for professional gatherings,offer vegetarian choices.

It is now easier than ever to be veg-etarian and the benefits are enormous.One can try the experiment of incor-porating meditation and vegetarian dietinto one’s life. You can see for yourselfthe benefits you will experience. If youtrack the changes these two choicesbring, you will find that you arehealthier — physically, mentally, andspiritually. May each of you makechoices to experience the benefits of ahealthy lifestyle for your body, mind,and soul.

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dashboard and a composite score of 61.With child mortality rate of 50 (under 5years of age per ‘000 of population) andnearly 40% of children below 5 year of ageremaining outside the immunisation, ourefforts in this direction is not yet enough.Amongst adults nearly half of the marriedladies do not use any form of contracep-tives, whereas outreach of caregivers aretiny (38 physicians, nurses, and midwivesavailable per 10,000 of population). This isnot to say that the only effective resolutionin improving the healthcare systems andinfrastructure is to build more, we need towork towards a system that is agile and cor-responds to the challenges that our societyis facing, For healthcare to be moreapproachable and available, and not con-strained by the lack of qualified doctors, wecan develop the system of primary caregivers can be networked to provide initialdiagnosis and immediate help to patients.They can be trained and drafted from thearea in which they reside and can providethese services.

Use of technology for the outreach isanother perspective that is yet to beexplored. The idea being promoted here isthat the role of primary care giver shoulddecouple from the need of having expertson every single occasion. At the same time,the responsibility of improving the fitnessand health depends on us as well and can beguided through changing lifestyles practicesand by following simple practices. A dailydose of yoga, routine exercise, walking, jog-ging or running, drinking ample water etc.,can help us fight common illness. Buildinga healthy nation on the principles of inclu-sivity would need the medicine practices tobe separated from greed and money.Alternate schools of medicine like Ayurvedaor Unani schools of medicine can join themovement with the prevalent forms ofmodern medicine. In terms of hospitals andcare centers, development agenda can

include policy initiatives like PPP, BOLT,BOT or other operating vehicles to chan-nelise investments.

What would the role of an individualto improve the situation?Sustainability challenges have

mostly been confined at mega levels — atthe United Nations, at national policy levels,or how multinational corporations conducttheir businesses, at a scale that we believe isbeyond our personal lives. However, sus-tainability is everybody’s business; itimpacts all of us, and depends on theactions and choices that we all make asindividuals, as groups, and as societies. Thiswould need us to appreciate that the systemof life and sustenance that has evolved overmany millennia has been challenged bypursing materialistic well-being and indus-trial ecosystem. In Indian context, forexample, our choice of vegetarianism hasbeen proved to reduce carbon emission pergram of food produced and consumed. Soour choices can effectively shape societalchoices.

Similarly, we can decide to behaverespectfully towards fellow human beings

irrespective of caste, color, creed, physicalappearance, or social strata and contribut-ing towards the SDG 10 (reducing inequali-ties). If we practice energy conservation inall possible forms, we would be contributingto SDG 7 that relates to energy. If we decidenot to waste any food, while at work andhome, serve or order food what we can eat,not only we would save food, we can donateremaining untouched to food banks,enabling the less fortunate ones to have onemeal per day, and contribute to SDG 2 (zerohunger). Similarly, if we practice genderequality, encourage others and promotegender equality, we would be contributingto SDG 5 (gender equality). While thesecontributions and small behavioral changescould be seen as negligible, in reality theyhave an accumulated effect as “if manysmall people in many small places change ina small way, the face of the earth changes”,an African proverb says.

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— Dr S RadhakrishnanINDIAN PHILOSOPHY

(Volume I)

Radio has a chequered his-tory vis-à-vis literature. In

1956, BBC approached SamuelBeckett to pen script for radioproduction. Radio appealed toBeckett and he brought out fiveplays. Exploring the relation-ship between Beckett’s theseplays and radio, literary criticNicholas Johnson wrote a piecein 2016 in Irish Times stressingimportance of radio in thecontext of internet: “The newer,stronger and younger massmedium.” Not oblivious of uni-fying role of radio, Johnsonconcluded, “Listening is againturned into an active and sen-sory occasion… It is a throw-back to an era where familiestuned in together.”

Radio and Mann Ki Baat Prime Minister Narendra

Modi delivers “Mann Ki Baat”every month through Radio: amedium of communicationthat was almost consigned tothe debris of the past. This iswhat the Prime Minister said in“Mann Ki Baat” (November2018) about selection of radio.He recalled: As party worker in1998 he was travelling inHimachal Pradesh and in theevening stopped for tea at awayside “Dhaba”. The tea sell-er first offered him sweet, a“Laddoo”. He asked about thereason for this. The tea sellerreplied, “It is a momentous andjoyous moment. India hasexploded the bomb today!…Sir, just listen to the radio.” Itwas the topic of discussion onthe radio. The tea sellerinformed how then PrimeMinister Atal Bihari Vajpayeehad announced on the radioabout bomb explosion. The teaseller heard it and went jubi-lant. The PM then stated,“Watching that particularimpact of the news on the radioled me to realise and internalisethat this was the medium trulyconnected with the massesand was a mighty means ofreaching out.”

Prime Minister Modi is apoet. His poetry book “aJourney” originally written inGujarati was translated inEnglish by Ravi Mantha. While“a Journey” is “evocative andpoignant… and awakens themind to bloom, expand andglow” (Modi’s MetaphysicalMusings, published in ThePioneer on May 18, 2014);“Mann Ki Baat” is mass exper-imentation with thinking andthoughts-sharing process. Onebasic feature of “Mann Ki Baat”made abundantly clear by thePM (November 2018) is “…thisprogramme has remained apo-litical. When ‘Mann Ki Baat’started, I had firmly decidedthat it would carry nothingpolitical.” Thus “Mann Ki Baat”is not political in nature.

As “Mann Ki Baat” neces-sarily involves thinking, it ispertinent to talk of psycholo-gists John Radford and AndrewBurton’s work on thinking(1974) where they deal withthree activities (i) self-obser-vation: one aims to observe hisexperiences; (ii) self-reports:one relates experiences and(iii) thinking aloud: oneattempts to provide a runningcommentary on some mentalactivities as it proceeds. Itseems all these three activitiesget employed in “Mann KiBaat”, making it akin to “intro-spective contemplation.” Spacebeing a constraint, a very lim-ited attempt is made here to putforth a few illustrative aspectsof “Mann Ki Baat” by cullingout some material from select-ed months.

First, “Mann Ki Baat” aimsat empowering people.Professor AK Sen records in hisbook, The ArgumentativeIndian, his conversation with “abarely literate” and “certainlyvery poor” villager telling him,“It is not very hard to silence us,but that is not because we can-not speak.” The power toexchange ideas and thoughtswas tilted towards, to useProfessor Sen’s words, “thepowerful” and “well-schooled”…even though “themost interesting accounts ofarguments involve members ofdisadvantaged groups. “Mann

Ki Baat” caters to the broaderrequirements of plurality andheterodoxy empowering eventhe most disadvantaged mem-bers of the society to reach thePrime Minister.

Methodology employed in“Mann Ki Baat” involves: ThePM reaching out to people,enabling people to reach out tohim with theirsuggestions/comments; sharingof experiences and suggestionsof people as conveyed to thePrime Minister; discussionabout books; narration of talesand stories, etc. Acknowledgingpeople’s suggestions for “MannKi Baat”, Prime Minister said(August 2017) “My dear coun-trymen, I want to express mygratitude and indebtedness asmillions of people from acrossthe country come togetherwith “Mann Ki Baat”. Even thesmallest of your suggestionshelp us think anew on a widevariety of subjects.” Again(September 2016) “…for me,Mann Ki Baat is a means to feelthe strength of my 125 crorecountrymen.” He reiterated(November 2018) “Honestlyspeaking, ‘Mann Ki Baat’ car-ries my voice but the examples,emotions and spirit representmy countrymen.” (June 2019)“This is my journey from ‘I’ to‘We’. Many a time your wordswork as a catalyst to mythought.”

In the first episode(October 2014) after saying,“We have forgotten ourselves.We have become hopeless”,PM Modi set the ball rolling bytelling what SwamiVivekananda used to say. Oncea lioness, with her two cubs,spotted a flock of sheep. Shechased the flock with one cubaccompanying it and other leftbehind. The left behind cubwas reared up by a mothersheep. Growing up along withother sheep, he started speak-ing sheep’s language adaptingto their ways of life. Once thefully grown cub met the leftbehind brother and wasshocked to hear him speak likea sheep. “What are you doing,brother? You are a lion,” he said.But the left-behind brotherrefused to believe, “No, I am asheep; I speak like a sheep. I ambrought up by them.” The liontook his left-behind brother toa well and both of them sawtheir face in the water. Assoon as the lion saw similarityof faces, his self-esteem gotawakened and he attained hisself-realisation. After narratingthis, the PM continued, “Mycountrymen, we 125 croreIndians have tremendousstrength and capabilities. Weneed to understand our-selves…carry our self-respect… move forward in lifeand be successful,” which “willmake our country a winningand successful country.” This isa startling way to begin andmake people realise theirstrength. It tantamounts toempowering them.

Second, immutably linkedwith empowerment is qualityof life. Multiple indices to fath-om quality of life exist. Such aneffective participation by mass-es in “Mann Ki Baat” unques-tionably adds to their quality oflife. They have effective say andtheir viewpoints are heard atthe top. Can there be any moresatisfying parameter enhancingquality of life? For example, hetalked (December 2015) of“Direct Benefit TransferScheme” to provide subsidydirectly in the bank accounts ofbeneficiaries. This scheme gota place in Guinness Book ofWorld Records as the largest“DBT Scheme” “which hasbeen successfully implement-ed.” “Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan”through which both physicaland virtual infrastructurewould be improved for“Divyang persons”. (April 2016)Quality of education, shiftingpriority from literacy cam-paigns to quality education;from “outlay for education” to“outcome of it.” From“Enrolment! Enrolment!Enrolment!” to providing “agood and worthy education”.One crore families have vol-untarily given up their subsidyon gas cylinders. “Retiredteachers, retired clerks, farm-ers and small shopkeepers.These are middle-class andlower-middle-class familiesthat have given up their sub-sidy.” (March 2016) “KisanSuvidha App” to enable farm-

ers get agricultural and weath-er related information onmobile.

(July 2016) Lives of preg-nant women. “Anaemia duringor after pregnancy, pregnancy-related infections, high BP, anysuch complication can havedevastating effects.” Talking ofa new campaign, “PrimeMinister Safe MotherhoodCampaign”, under which, onthe 9th of every month, allpregnant get a free check-up atGovernment health centres,the PM urged poor families toavail of this benefit so that thelives of both mother and childremain safe. (January 2018),“Pradhan Mantri Jan AushadhiYojana” is concerned with mak-ing healthcare affordable andencouraging ease of living.Medicines at Jan AushadhiCentres are 50 to 90 per centcheaper than branded drugs inthe market. “This is a great helpfor common people, especial-ly for senior citizens requiringmedicines on a daily basis, andresults in a lot of savings.”

(August 2017) Of PradhanMantri Jan-Dhan Yojana,financial inclusion, the PMsaid, “On 28th August, thePradhan Mantri Jan-DhanYojana will complete threeyears. Thirty crore new fami-lies have been linked to thisscheme; bank accounts havebeen opened. This number islarger than the population ofmany countries of the world.”“…the last man on the fringesof society has become a part ofthe mainstream economy ofthe country.” He goes to bankand is financially secure.“There is now an air of pru-dence.” A poor person havinga RuPay card in his pocketgives him “a sense of dignity”.In the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana, underprivilegedpeople have deposited almost65,000 crore rupees in banks.He said, “In a way, this is a sav-ing for the poor, this is hisempowerment for the future.And those who opened theiraccounts under the PradhanMantri Jan-Dhan Yojana havereceived the benefit of insur-ance as well.” The PMexplained many schemes likeSuraksha Bima Yojna, StartUp Yojna, Stand Up Yojna,Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojna,etc. (January 2018) Nari Shakti:contribution of woman powertowards positive transforma-tion in the country and societythese days. He referred toMatunga railway station inMumbai being the first stationin India, run by an all-womenstaff. (January 2016) A novelexperiment in Haryana andGujarat, where from every vil-lage the most educated daugh-ters were invited to do flag-hosting in Governmentschools. (August 2015) in oneyear, 1,31,000 FinancialLiteracy camps organised forlinking banking sector, econo-my and poor people. (August2017) On sensitivity towardsenvironment, he asked, “Areyour activities eco-friendly orotherwise?” Not being envi-ronment-friendly meant beingunacceptable in society. “I findthat the “eco-friendlyGanapati” in this GaneshFestival has turned into a hugecampaign. A “massive andpleasant transformation”.(February 2019) Shared hisexperience about meeting withbeneficiaries of PMJAY schemeunder Ayushman Bharat’s

umbrella, “about 12 lakh poorfamilies have benefitted fromthis scheme over a period oflast five months”, bringingabout a “transformation in thelife of the poor”. (January 2016)Pradhan Mantri Fasal BeemaYojana: its benefits to farmersleft in lurch due to naturalcalamities got the focus. InNew Beema Yojana, for theKharif crop premium will be 2per cent and for the Rabi crop1.5 per cent. Swachchh BharatMission with examples fromvarious places found mentionseveral times. Initiation of“Swachchh Bharat” Abhiyan onOctober 2, 2014. (September2017) Emphasising “we shallconnect people through clean-liness”, the PM informed thatduring first four days ofSwachchhata Hi Sewa Abhiyan,more than “75 lakh peoplejoined these activities withmore than 40,000 initiatives.” InFebruary 2018, organisationof hygiene campaign for onemonth under Swachchh BharatMission by 15 lakh women inJharkhand where they con-structed 1,70,000 toilets in justtwenty days. In October 2019,“Swachchh Siachen” campaignwhere the temperature dropsfrom zero to minus 50-60degrees Celsius, Indian soldiersare running this campaignwith positive consequenceslike clean water in the river.“…to remove 130 tons andmore of garbage from the glac-ier and its surrounding area’sfragile eco-system is a great ser-vice.”

Similarly many more wel-fare enhancing measures wereexplained in different monthsby PM Modi, in simple lan-guage, for the knowledge ofpeople, especially poor anddowntrodden.

Third, PM Modi’s love foryouth and students is exhibit-ed at many places. “Mann KiBaat” acts as an effective plat-form for sharing concerns andanxiety thereby working as asafety valve. “Mann Ki Baat”provides solution to what psy-chologists call “functional fix-idity” or “blinding effect”where only a few fixed set ofsolutions are thought of. Thereare ways in “Mann Ki Baat”how to look beyond. For exam-ple, PM Modi dealt with(February 2015) examinationpressure on students tellingthem, “Examinations are notthe end of the world. Exams arenot the test of your life.” For“self-development competitionwith oneself is more impor-tant.” He gave the example ofathlete Sergei Bubka, whobroke his own record 35 times.The PM suggested a new tech-nique: “I say Desire + Stability= Resolution and Resolution +Action = Achievements.”Followed by a novel suggestion:“Cannot we celebrate a week-long exam festival twice ayear?” There should be poetrysessions, debates, lectures onpsychological facets of exami-nations, cartoon competitions,debate competition. “Be suc-cessful not to defeat others, butto overcome your own chal-lenges,” he advised students.PM Modi referred to (May2015) former President Dr APJKalam’s book “My Journey-Transforming Dreams IntoAction”, where the latePresident narrated how hisdream to become a pilot failed.He became the President ofIndia and made a big contri-

bution to atomic power of thecountry. “Failure is a kind ofopportunity… Fighting withfailures gives us strength to liveour lives.” He told (January2017) students, “Knowledge,skill, confidence and willpow-er matter more in life,” ratherthan earning more marks.(February 2019) He talkedabout “Pariksha Pe Charcha”organised in Delhi where“there were open discussions”about “various topics related toexamination” which would be“useful for the students.”

(March 2017) The issue ofdepression and dealing with itcollectively. Expression ofdepression instead of its sup-pression is the first mantra.Creating “a psychological envi-ronment for its cure” should bea beginning. What happens toone should be shared with col-leagues, friends, parents, broth-ers and teachers. Another way:“If you are unable to expressyourself to your family andfriends, then do one thing youcan serve those in need aroundyou. Devote yourself with allyour heart into helping othersand sharing their joys and sor-rows... Your own inner suffer-ings will begin to disappear.”(December 2014) Drug abuseby children. PM Modi said,“Drug addiction is a 3D prob-lem: Darkness, Destructionand Devastation.” He posed aquestion to the youth caught inthe drug trap: if they everthought where money usedfor buying drugs go to? Whatif the money is spent by ter-rorists for weapons? And withthese weapons, the same ter-rorists might be pumping bul-lets in the hearts of our soldiers.He told people to “foster ambi-tion in children, make themdreamers and individuals witha desire to achieve somethingin life.” He cautioned(September 2019) peopleagainst getting addicted totobacco which causes high-riskdiseases and also against e-cig-arette which have dangerouschemicals that affect healthbadly.

Fourth, it’s about unityand world vision. Talking ofWorld Yoga Day: 21st June, PMModi said (May 2017), “At atime when disruptive forces areraising their ugly heads, thishas been India’s great gift to theworld. We have successfullyunited the whole worldthrough yoga.” (June 2015),Photo of a Vietnamese childdoing yoga invited world atten-tion. Yoga’s unifying role gothighlighted. (June 2019)“Promoting Yoga is a greatsocial service.” He said, onYoga Day, “the world appearedlike one big, happy family”.Sharing is an old Indian tradi-tion: it brings people closer.One way to unite is to sharewith each other. (January 2016)He gave an example of oceanand said, “In Sanskrit, the seais called ‘Sagar’ it means end-less abundance. Borders andland may be separating us,but water connects us, seaconnects us.” (October 2016).He talked of Indian festivals,their widespread effect, depthand reach to individuals whichare all interlinked with “onesprit”: “Evolution from the‘self ’’ to the ‘whole’, the collec-tive existence. The underlyingidea is development of indi-viduals and their personalities,while scope of thinking mustexpand and cover “society” as

well as “the whole universe”.The overall theme is unitywith world vision. (May 2018)He stated, “World has experi-enced the message of ‘Yoga forUnity and HarmoniousSociety’ in past years.”

Aware that unity of thecountry is threatened by men-ace of terrorism, PM Moditalked (November 2017) of it asa global threat and said Indiagave the message of love andnon-violence to the world. Hisadvice for Armed Forces FlagDay was to invite people fromforces to schools and colleges“to share information about theforces” so that new generationgets an opportunity “to beaware of armed forces.”

Solemnly rememberingSardar Vallabhbhai Patel, PMModi said (October 2018),“…if we are able to see aUnited India” it was totallybecause “of the statesmanshipand acumen of Sardar Patel”.He further said that on 31stOctober, 2018, “We shall ded-icate the Statue of Unity (theworld’s tallest skyscraping stat-ue) to the nation as a truehomage to Sardar Patel.(October 2019) “Run for Unitysymbolises that nation is one.”

Such integrative thoughtsindeed produce invigoratingimpact on the psyche of peo-ple.

Fifth, it aims at inculcatingcreativity and expanding per-sonality. He spoke (May 2016)about role of satisfaction in life.“There is an environment tofind dissatisfaction in every-thing that has happened. Thisis another form of negativity…But if you are not satisfied withwhat you have got, you willnever be able to do new things.”(May 2015) He told peoplewhen they travel, they shouldrecord things: seen and heardand share their travelling expe-riences with him. “I will shareyour experiences with others.”(March 2016) Talking of cre-ative urge, he requested peopleto upload the photographs ofplaces visited. “But this time,please write and send a smallpiece about the place display-ing your creative prowess.”Things we cannot learn inclassroom, or from family andfriends, we learn these “fromtravel.” Holidays to be utilisedfor adding one more attributeand skill to personality. “Ifyou don’t know swimming,resolve to learn it, cycling,resolve to learn… There are somany skills for personalitydevelopment. Why not add toour strength?” (April 2017).Talking of benefits of travel ina second class unreserved com-partment for 24 hours, PMModi said “You will learn morein this 24-hour journey than ayear’s study.” Such experiencesteach tolerance, add skills andenrich personality. He invited(July 2019) young students toparticipate in quiz competitionrelating to space, India’s spacemission and matters relating toscience and technology.“Students with maximumscores from each State will beinvited to visit Sriharikota withexpenses borne byGovernment.” It’s an amazingway to enhance creativity inchildren. PM Modi talked (July2019) about sharing of somefacets of books read by peoplethrough the Narendra ModiApp. (June 2017), he told abouta programme run by PNPanicker Foundation in Kerala,

encouraging people to organ-ise celebrations like “ReadingDay” and “Reading Months”.He talked of gifting books orkhadi handkerchiefs ratherthan bouquets. “Earlier(October 2014) people wereencouraged to buy Khadi, Idon’t tell you to use only Khadiproducts. I am insisting you touse at least one khadi product:a handkerchief, a bath towel, abed sheet, a pillow cover, a cur-tain…..because when you buya Khadi product, it helps poorpeople light lamps in Diwali.”

Sixth, it’s about innovationsand innovative thinking. (July2016) Saying, “The future istechnology driven and tech-nology is fickle”, PM Moditalked of “Atal InnovationMission”, to create an ecosys-tem in the country to forge “achain of innovation, experi-ment and entrepreneurship;generating new employmentopportunities.” For develop-ing the next generation inno-vators, children must be linkedwith it. “That is why the ini-tiative of Atal Tinkering Labs”.Schools having these labswould get �10 lakh and further�10 lakh for maintenance overa period of five years. (April2016) Meeting of PrimeMinster with chiefs of NCC,NSS, Bharat Scouts and Guides,Red Cross and Nehru YuvaKendra where they informedthat this was the first suchmeeting since independencewhich made the PM realise“huge need for greater coordi-nation”. (March 2018)Involvement, in case of healthsector, of all concernedMinistries rather than involve-ment of Health Ministry aloneas was the conventionalapproach earlier. A harmo-nious synchronisation.(February 2018) He talked ofimportance of ArtificialIntelligence for “improving thelives of underprivileged” andother uses like predicting dis-asters, providing assistance tofarmers on crop yield, etc.(October 2018) Self4SocietyApp. “A novel spirit of IT tosociety, from I to We is imbibedin this.’ (June 2019), Heinformed about creation of anew Ministry — Jal Shakti —for fast decisions on waterrelated issues. For water con-servation, he shared his expe-rience of writing letters toSarpanchs and Gram Pradhans.Consequently, people in vil-lages resolved to accumulateevery single drop of rainwaterand got involved in competi-tion for raising “water temple.”(February 2017) He talked ofan innovation for poor fisher-men. A simple mobile app butcapable of providing guidancefor direction to locate mostproductive fishing zones, windconditions, tides, etc. Suchinformation would help fish-erman, “earn their livelihood ina better manner.”

(July 2019) PM Modishared a comment by oneMuhammad Aslam of Jammu& Kashmir who played anactive role in organising com-munity mobilisation pro-gramme — Back to Village inJune where public directlyentered into a dialogue with theGovernment. The PM said,“People of Kashmir are avid tojoin the national mainstreamand their enthusiasm is reflect-ed in the mechanism of thisprogramme.” He added for thefirst time, senior officialsreached the villages directlyand were available to the vil-lagers at their doorsteps, to“find the obstacles in the pathof progress and to remove thehurdles”.

Last but not the least, it isabout land of wonder, kindnessand joy. PM Modi gave manyexamples. (September 2017) Aretired teacher ShrimanChandrakant Kulkarni donat-ing 51 post-dated cheques of�5000, each for the cleanlinessdrive out of his monthly totalpension of �16,000. (July 2016)Shared his experience of meet-ing children who broughtphoto album to show picturesof beautification of Aligarhrailway station. These childrendrew artistic paintings on thestation. They collected “plasticbottles and oil cans lying in thegarbage in the villages”, andfilled those with soil and plant-ing saplings and thus “trans-formed those pots into a ver-tical garden”. “This is a primeexample of huge transforma-

tion.” (December 2015) Heshared a news story aboutDileep Singh Malviya, a masonby profession, from Bhojpuravillage in Sehore district whowhen provided with material,renders his labour free of costfor constructing toilets and hehad constructed 100 toilets.“This is the hope of the nationand these are the things whichcarry the nation forward.”(October 2015) Efforts of girlsof Saint Mary Upper-PrimarySchool, Chittoor, Kerala forpublic awareness about organdonation. “Organ donation is ahabit and an instinct.” (May2018) About D Prakash Rao, atea vendor from Cuttack whoopened a school “AshaAshvaasan” for more than 70children living in slums andhutments providing them fromhis meagre income “educa-tion, health and meals”.(October 2019) About “A 92-year old woman offering freedrinking water to passengers atGwalior railway Station.”

Umpteen number of suchexamples fill us with positivi-ty telling us so much of thecountry around is kind, won-drous, and beautiful.

To round off, the mostrejuvenating thread emergingoff and on in “Mann Ki Baat”is a firm belief that temporarysetbacks must never be allowedto deceive clear eyes as theruckus disheveling the sereni-ty of our existence is set at restthrough tranquility of our faithand karma. With “collectivethoughts” forming the warpand woof of “Mann Ki Baat”, ithas come to represent anunprecedented onenessbetween the PM and the peo-ple of the country and viceversa. Decades later when sub-sequent generations wouldlook back at “Mann Ki Baat”,they will be reminded ofRabindranath Tagore’s lines inGITANJALI, “When…newmelodies break forth from theheart; and where the old tracksare lost, new country isrevealed with its wonders’. We,the people, welcome A NEWINDIA.

(Born in Gorakhpur in1960, KK Srivastava did hisMasters in Economics fromGorakhpur University in 1980and joined Indian Audit &Accounts Service in 1983.Author of three volumes ofpoetry, his poems have beentranslated into Hindi (AndhereSe Nikli Kavitayen — VANIPRAKASHAN (2017) and hisbook “Shadows of the Real” intoRussian by veteran Russianpoet Adolf Shvedchikov. Hisfourth book “Soliloquy of aSmall Town Uncivil Servant”: aliterary non-fiction was pub-lished in March 2019 by RupaPublications, New Delhi.Currently he is AdditionalDeputy Comptroller andAuditor General in the office ofComptroller & Auditor Generalof India. Views expressed hereare his personal views.)

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formed. That will make it clear whetherwe are bound by its indications or that itleaves scope for making amends throughconscious efforts. Remember, unlikeother species that are fully bound bytheir predefined nature, and with noscope for making any exception, humanbeings enjoy the privilege to guide theiractions by choice and discrimination.But whenever there is a choice, the prob-ability of its use and misuse remainsequal. And there is nothing like a freelunch in this world. So, we have to bearwith the consequences of right or wrongchoices we make in life. We, thus, gettrapped into a circuitous web of cause-effect chain that runs in succession,often stretching on the next birth cycle,usually difficult to exit. In this scheme ofthings, the doings and undoing in thepast lead to what we encounter thismoment, which in turn, serves asground on which future takes off. This isthe premise on which our Karma cyclestands.

For all the good and well-intendedchoices, we make, may offer beneficial

results. Evil minded choices would obvi-ously make us subject to pains and suf-ferings. Bear in mind; all that we do,good or bad, gets imprinted in the innerrealms of our mind in the form ofthought-seeds, respectively carrying pos-itive and negative connotations. As andwhen situations arising in life offerground suited to store memory imprints,they come into play. Evidently, the char-acter and content of the karmic imprintsin play would set the terms of experi-ences we become due for. To sum up, itis our choice option that sets the termsof our future Karma, what in commonparlance we call destiny.

It needs to be appreciated here thatchoice option, if prudently used, doesalso enjoin upon us with the capacity tomake amends through conscious efforts.Bear in mind; we are armed with theexclusive privilege of the faculty of dis-criminate intelligence. Applying this pre-rogative, we could evaluate and judgethings in the right perspective and pickup the right lead. Not simply that, itcould also help us self-reflect upon ourmind-trends, and dispassionately identi-fy and acknowledge inherent fault lines.These infirmities won’t let us negotiate

the callings of life with ease and comfort.Having known thus, we could make aconscientious choice to make amendswith the help of educative inputs. Herecomes the role of ‘patra’— personalityorientation of a being — out of the threevariables referred to in the previousissue. To sum up, should we becomeaware of our own self, we could writeanew our personality trends, which inturn, may reorient the future course ofour life. The paradox, however, is thatseldom do we remain conscious aboutthe need to strive sufficiently to improveour own lot. And when we fail, insteadof owning one’s failures, we try to coverit up by taking refuge in fate.

Let us now have a look at astrologi-cal pointers to your child’s habit tenden-cies. The fiery Sun is ill-disposed off toanother fiery planet Mars, makes herimpulsive, aggressive, and argumenta-tive. Moon opposite Uranus makes herunconventional, careless, unstable, hav-ing a mercurial temperament. Marsplaced adverse to mischievous Neptunemakes her self-deluding and addictive.Also, it makes her vulnerable to developinferiority complex. Venus oppositeMars, and also placed adverse toNeptune makes her vulnerable to getinto bad company. She may unmindfully

misdirect her energies towards unpro-ductive ends. Afflicted Neptune in the2nd accounts for her indiscrete state-ments that may offend others. All themore, because she is undiplomatic andtactless as her lagna sign Sagittariusimplies.

The positives in her are no less.Intelligence signifying Mercury conjunctwisdom-oriented Jupiter implies that ifshe is given the right exposure, she mayquickly acquire knowledge with clarity.The Sun aligned so well to Saturn bringsin the strength of character. So, once shedevelops awareness, she could promptlyput them to use. All that is needed is toexploit her positives. But you need toseek the services of a good counsellor,who may help bring about the desiredchange. On your part, engage her withsense of love. In terms of time frame,progressed Sun begins to close up withbenevolent Jupiter beginning the 16thyear. Given the right efforts, she mayshow marked improvement in a year’stime thereafter.

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