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NEARBY
Northeast allies put BJP on notice
JD(U) joins meet that resolves to stay united against Centre over Citizenship Bill
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT for scrapping the Bill,” said
GUWAHATI Meghalaya Chief Minister
Ten regional parties of the Conrad K. Sangma, the con
Adityanath, team take northeastern region, includ vener of the meeting.
a dip at Sangam ing eight members of an an Mr. Sangma, who is also
LUCKNOW
tiCongress forum led by the the president of the Nation
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Bharatiya Janata Party, on al People’s Party (NPP), de
Yogi Adityanath held a
Tuesday resolved to be unit clined to say whether the re
Cabinet meeting at the
Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj
ed against the Centre’s gional parties would break
(Allahabad) on Tuesday, with move to push the Citizen away from the National De
most of the Ministers also ship (Amendment) Bill, mocratic Alliance, or the
taking a holy dip at the 2016. North East Democratic Al
DELHI Timings
Wednesday, Jan. 30
RISE 07:11 SET 17:59
RISE 02:33 SET 13:36
Include Chin refugees in citizenship Bill: Chakma NGOs
Thursday, Jan. 31
RISE 07:10 SET 17:59
The JPC had earlier rejected suggestions to include minorities from Myanmar and Sri Lanka
RISE 03:29 SET 14:19
RAHUL KARMAKAR cussions with stakeholders lation in Myanmar. Chin State. While some went eff ect from August 1, 2018.
Friday, Feb. 01 GUWAHATI had rejected suggestions to Manipur too has an un back, around 1,440 refugees The ‘cessation process’
RISE 07:10 SET 18:00
Eight organisations of the include minorities from specifi ed number of Chins, have reportedly refused to would be completed by De
RISE 04:22 SET 15:05
Chakma community on Myanmar and Sri Lanka. who are ethnically related to return due to insecurity,” cember 31 this year on the
Tuesday submitted a memo the majority Mizos of Mizo said Dilip Kanti Chakma, ground that Myanmar has
randum to the Ministry of HRW report ram and the KukiZomi president of the Delhibased now become “stable and se
Home Aff airs seeking the in The memorandum was groups in Manipur. All India Chakma Students’ cure” for them to return
clusion of Chin refugees in made on the basis of a Janu “The number of Chin re Union. home and, therefore, they
India by further amending ary 2009 report by the US fugees in India is at least 1.2 don’t need “international
the Citizenship (Amend based Human Rights Watch lakh. In November 2017, Refugee status protection”.
ment) Bill, 2016. titled ‘The Chin People of about 1,600 Chins, many of About 4,000 Chin refugees “We appealed to the
The Bill awaits passage or Burma: Unsafe in Burma, whom were women and are registered with the Unit Centre to further amend the
rejection in the Rajya Sabha. Unprotected in India’. children, fl ed to Lawngtlai ed Nations High Commis Citizenship (Amendment)
The Joint Parliamentary The report said that there district of Mizoram follow sioner for Refugees offi ce in Bill for including Myanmar
Committee that submitted are an estimated 100,000 ing a military off ensive New Delhi but in June 2018, along with Afghanistan, Ban
its recommendations to the Chins in Mizoram, which is against the Arakan Army the UNHCR decided to can gladesh and Pakistan,” Mr.
Centre after a series of dis 20% of the total Chin popu militants in that country’s cel their ‘refugee status’ with Chakma said.
U.P. to barcode stray cows Mann to take charge as Court allows rape victim to go for abortion
Odisha hikes target
beneficiaries to 5 lakh
Press Trust of India
Lucknow
can be established at va
rious cooperative institu
AAP’s Punjab chief again Press Trust of India
Jodhpur
the physical and mental con
dition of the victim was right
Mathur.
The victim was raped
BHUBANESWAR Grappling with the menace tions (such as mandi parish The Rajasthan High Court on to undergo the procedure. about six months ago and
The Odisha Cabinet on of stray cattle, the Uttar Pra ads and sugar mills) and at SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT mittee unanimously reject Tuesday allowed a rape vic “After receiving the re learnt about her pregnancy
Tuesday approved a proposal desh government has told institutes of the Central go CHANDIGARH ed his resignation and for tim to abort her over 20 port, Justice Ashok Kumar last month. The matter was
to enhance the target of the offi cials to barcode aban vernment lying closed, it The Aam Aadmi Party’s se warded its decision to AAP’s weekold foetus. Gaur granted her the per referred to the High Court by
number of landless doned animals and set up suggested. The order sug nior leader and Sangrur MP National Political Aff airs Before arriving at the de mission with immediate ef the District Legal Service
agricultural household temporary cow shelters at gested that stray cattle Bhagwant Mann will be Committee for a review, said cision, the HC had sought a fect in order to avoid any Authority, Udaipur, to which
beneficiaries under the KALIA reappointed as its Punjab an offi cial statement on
unused government should be barcoded and report from a medical board further complications,” said the matter had been report
scheme to 5 lakh from 1 lakh
buildings. RFIDtagged, if possible. unit chief on January 30. Tuesday. here. The report stated that the victim’s counsel Ankur ed for termination.
during this year itself.
The suggestions fi gure in RFID involves using radio The event will be attend Mr. Mann had tendered
Each beneficiary household
an order issued by the frequency identifi cation ed by Delhi Deputy Chief Mi his resignation last year fol
will be paid ₹ 5,000 in the
first tranche. State’s Animal Husbandry technology to scan identity nister and the party’s in lowing AAP convener and
The Cabinet also cleared department on Monday, tags. charge of Punjab aff airs Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s
projects to provide safe weeks after the Yogi Aditya The order said fodder Manish Sisodia. apology to former Akali Dal
drinking water to villages in nath government an banks can also be set up at The decision to reappoint Minister Bikram Singh Ma
Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, nounced a cess to set up the temporary shelters. Mr. Mann as AAP’s Punjab jithia for alleging involve
Mayurbhanj and Bhadrak shelters for cattle. Farmers can deposit crop unit president comes days ment in the rampant illegal
districts. Temporary cow shelters waste there. after the party’s core com drugs business in the State.
und Pad
IN BRIEF
TMC, BJP workers clash after Shah rally Weather Watch
Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday
Three persons injured; parties blame each other; Rajnath calls up Mamata, asks her to take action
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Kolkata BJP chief gets defamation notice
A Trinamool Congress party
Got nod to contest from
offi ce was ransacked and PRESS TRUST OF INDIA paintings cost? (₹ ) 10,000,
Mathura again: Hema
MATHURA (U.P.)
vehicles ferrying BJP work Kanthi (W.B.) (₹ ) 20,000, (₹ ) 1 lakh or (₹ ) 10
BJP MP Hema Malini on ers were set on fi re in clashes BJP chief Amit Shah on Tues lakh. But her paintings were
Tuesday claimed she had that broke out following a day claimed that Chief Mi brought by chit fund owners
been given the “green signal rally by BJP chief Amit Shah nister Mamata Banerjee’s for crores of rupees.
by higherups” to contest at Kanthi in East Midnapore paintings were bought by “So, will the chit fund
again from Mathura. district of West Bengal on chit fund owners for crores owners ever be arrested if
The actress was elected to Tuesday, the parties of rupees, drawing a sharp the person, whose paintings
the Lok Sabha from Mathura claimed. response from the ruling Tri they had brought, is the
in 2014. PTI Sources in the two parties namool Congress which is Chief Minister?” he asked.
said three persons were in BJP president Amit Shah addresses a rally in East Midnapore, sued a defamation notice The TMC dismissed Mr.
Punjab govt. approves jured in the clashes. The dis West Bengal, on Tuesday. PTI *
against him. Shah’s charges as “baseless”
Smart Village Campaign trict police said they have re Vowing to uproot the Tri and alleged that the “BJP is
CHANDIGARH ceived complaints from both Ms. Banerjee to take action Senior TMC leader Suven namool government, Mr. trying to malign the party”.
The Punjab government on sides and are looking into against those who indulged du Adhikari claimed that the Shah said if the BJP comes to Chandrima Bhattacharya, Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)
Tuesday approved the ‘Smart what led to the fl areup. in the violence. BJP was trying to disturb power in Bengal, it will en senior TMC leader and Mi
Village Campaign’ for overall Union Home Minister Raj peace and stability in the dis sure that each and every de nister of State for Health, is Forecast for Wednesday: Cold wave conditions likely at isolated
development of villages at a nath Singh called up West ‘Buses attacked’ trict. “BJP workers attacked frauded investor in the chit sued a defamation notice pockets over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Odisha. Thunder
cost of ₹ 384.40 crore. The Bengal Chief Minister Mama The BJP alleged that buses in our party offi ces and this led fund scam get their money against the BJP chief. storm accompanied with hailstorm likely over Jammu & Kashmir,
decision was taken at a Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and west Rajasthan
ta Banerjee and expressed which party workers were to retaliation by our workers. back. “He (Mr. Shah) has to eith
meeting of the State Cabinet city rain max min city rain max min
serious concern over reports returning from Mr. Shah’s If our party offi ce is attacked, Making pointed attacks er give evidence in support Agartala................. —.... 26.3.... 15.5 Kozhikode ............... —.... 35.0.... 23.5
here.
of violence against people rally were ransacked and set are we going to off er sweets,” against Ms. Banerjee, Mr. of his statements or apolo Ahmedabad............ —.... 25.4...... 9.6 Kurnool ...............10.7.... 27.2.... 16.5
who participated in Mr. on fi re allegedly by TMC acti he said. Shah, at a rally in East Mid gise publicly for his com Aizawl ................... —.... 28.1.........— Lucknow.................. —.... 20.7...... 7.2
BJP accuses Cong. of Allahabad .............. —.... 21.0...... 6.5 Madurai................... —.... 30.3.... 21.8
orchestrating attack Shah’s rally, offi cials said. vists. “This is a shame. We A huge police contingent napore’s Kanthi, said: “Even ments. If he doesn’t do it, we Bengaluru ............0.8.... 27.4.... 17.7 Mangaluru............... —.... 35.4.... 20.0
GUWAHATI During the telephonic con condemn it,” BJP State presi has been rushed to Kanthi to if someone is a great painter, will take legal steps against Bhopal................... —.... 20.5...... 4.8 Mumbai................... —.... 31.8.... 19.2
versation, Mr. Singh asked dent Dilip Ghosh said. control the situation. how much would his/her him,” Ms. Bhattacharya said. Bhubaneswar ......... —.... 27.2.... 14.9 Mysuru.................... —.... 29.0.... 18.9
Refuting AASU’s claims that Chandigarh ............ —.... 19.8...... 6.0 New Delhi ............... —.... 20.6...... 5.4
the BJP had orchestrated the Chennai ...............0.2.... 29.9.... 22.2 Patna ...................... —.... 22.2...... 8.5
attacks on its members at Coimbatore............ —.... 30.7.... 21.8 Port Blair ................ —.... 30.6.... 24.4
IN BRIEF
Rajasthan Zika strain is endemic to Asia, says new study
National Institute of Virology paper contradicts Health Ministry release that suggested Brazilian-like strain had entered India
Priyanka Pulla
“known mutations” for foe tious diseases on ecology at lian strain was linked, using
The Zika virus that infected tal microcephaly were not Bengaluru’s Indian Institute animal data, with microce
Congress posters depict
159 people in an outbreak in present in the Rajasthan of Science. phaly.
Rahul as Lord Ram
PATNA
Rajasthan last year, could strain. Prof. Grubaugh adds that Based on this paper, the
Ahead of the ‘Jan Akanksha’ have been circulating in In The Hindu has previously the phylogenetic analysis in Ministry press release had
(people’s expectation) rally in dia for several years and is reported that the statement the paper, along with pre said the Rajasthan strain
Patna on February 3, endemic to Asia, according about “known mutations” vious research, suggests that didn’t have the “known
Congress workers have put to a new study published in was interpreted by MP’s the virus has been in Asia for mutation”.
up posters in which party the journal Infection, Genet- health authorities to mean “at least 50 years”. The current paper says:
president Rahul Gandhi is ics and Evolution this week. that the Indian viral strain “Based on limited data, I “A word of caution should be
portrayed as an avatar of The study, led by authors could not cause birth de suspect it is [endemic to In maintained on the claims of
Lord Ram with a caption from Pune’s National Insti fects. The Ministry and dia],” he added. these mutations on the deve
making an oblique attack on tute of Virology (NIV), an in ICMR were criticised for the While this is good news, lopment of microcephaly in
the BJP’s stand on the stitute under the Indian misleading wording, but did because it implies that a por humans, given no direct
construction of the Ram Council of Medical Research not issue a clarifi cation. tion of the population could clinical evidence of their ef
temple in Ayodhya. (ICMR), is the fi rst to se be immune, it could also fect.”
Amit Shah says Odisha quence full Zika virus ge Crucial contradictions mean that Zikarelated birth Emailed questions to De
govt. is ‘incompetent’ nomes from India. This week’s publication con defects such as microcepha vendra T. Mourya, NIV Di
BHUBANESWAR
tradicts the ICMR's previous ly were occurring even be rector and corresponding
BJP president Amit Shah on Confers herd immunity statements in two ways. fore the virus was fi rst de author of the paper, were
Tuesday attacked the Naveen “The fi nding that the out A fi le photo of a municipal worker fumigating a residential area to check the spread of Zika and First, it indicates that the Ra tected in India. not answered.
Patnaik government in break was caused by an en other mosquitoborne diseases in New Delhi. AP *
jasthan Zika strain is not The NIV paper is also While endemicity means
Odisha, saying its demic virus is quite impor closely related to the Brazi more cautious than the Mi that large outbreaks, such as
“incompetency” had left the tant,” said Nathan previously exposed to the vi jasthan and Madhya Pra and birth defects in Latin lian one. nistry’s press release on the the Brazilian one, may not
State lagging behind in Grubaugh, an epidemiolo rus, building herd immunity desh. America in 2015. “It appears that the In implications of a mutation in occur in India, serosurveys
development and it was not gist from the Yale School of that may limit future Around then, the ICMR Then, in November 2018, dian strain has been around the viral genome called are needed to confi rm this,
allowing implementation of Public Health, who was not outbreaks.” said the Rajasthan virus had the Ministry of Health and for a while…The Brazilian S139N. said Prof. Grubaugh. In a se
Central welfare programmes. involved in the study. During the latter half of been sequenced and was Family Welfare issued a strain diverged more recent In a 2017 paper published rosurvey, a sample of the
“It suggests that people in 2018, India recorded its fi rst closely related to a virus that press release, citing the ly,” said Farah Ishtiaq, who in Science, the existence of population is tested for Zika
Maoists burn bus in the region may have been major Zika outbreaks in Ra had caused large epidemics NIV's research, to say that studies the eff ects of infec this mutation in the Brazi antibodies.
Odisha, passengers safe
BERHAMPUR
Maoists allegedly torched a
private passenger bus near
IT raids on
Delhi court summons
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Mahupadar under the Mathili
police station limits in The shape of water
Odisha’s Malkangiri district
on Monday night. The arson
realty fi rms,
coincides with the ‘Protest
Week’ being observed by the
outlawed CPI (Maoist)
organisation from January 25.
retail giant
S. Vijay Kumar
Sangeetha Kandavel
journalist Priya Ramani
The passengers were forced Chennai M.J. Akbar has accused the senior scribe of defaming him
to vacate the vehicle before
it was burnt down. The Income Tax depart Special Correspondent pondent Ms. Priya Ramani dure to fi le this complainant.
ment conducted searches New Delhi existed on record, and the “He [Mr. Akbar] has de
Child with black jacket on Tuesday at several pre A Delhi court on Tuesday refore there were suffi cient nied the allegations made by
stopped at CM’s event mises belonging to two real summoned senior journalist grounds to proceed against the respondent as false and
GUWAHATI estate fi rms — G Square Priya Ramani in a criminal her. Accordingly, Ms. Priya imaginary. These defamato
A threeyearold child was Realtors Private Limited defamation case fi led by Ramani was summoned for ry statements have been pu
allegedly stopped from and Lotus Ventures and In former Union Minister M.J. commission of off ence of de blished, widely read and
attending a programme frabuild Private Limited — Akbar accusing her of de famation under Section 500 particularly by the witnesses
addressed by Assam Chief and a large retail fi rm, New faming him by alleging that of the Indian Penal Code, he examined who deposed that
Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Saravana Stores Braman he sexually assaulted several said. the reputation of the com
for wearing a black jacket. damai, suspecting tax eva women journalists. The Magistrate said the al plainant was lowered. The
The incident happened before sion. Over 70 locations in Summoning Ms. Ramani, legations of the respondent inquiry as contemplated un
Mr. Sonowal was to lay the
Chennai and Coimbatore Additional Chief Metropoli (Ms. Ramani) were prima fa der Section 202 of the Code
foundation stone of a spun
came under scanner. The tan Magistrate Samar Vishal cie defamatory and referred of Cr.PC has been conducted
silk mill at Borgang in north
searches continued until said all that was necessary to to complainant Mr. Akbar. by examining the complai
eastern Assam’s Biswanath
district on Tuesday. The Chief
late in the evening. A tax take a prima facie view that Therefore he was an ag nant and his witnesses to ar
Early birds: Flamingos and northern pintail ducks feeding at the break of dawn at Nalbana Bird man said that they had the off ence of defamation grieved person within the rive at the conclusion for
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Minister has asked DGP
Kuladhar Saikia to submit a Sanctuary in Chilika Lake in Odisha. This year, Chilika, the second largest lagoon in the world, found unaccounted cash to had been committed against meaning of Section 199 of this stage of this case,” the
report on the incident. has received a record number of migratory birds. K. R. DEEPAK *
the tune of ₹ 15 crore. the complainant by the res the Code of Criminal Proce 23page order said.
Decision put off on
Institutes of Eminence
Priscilla Jebaraj
NEW DELHI
Think universal basic capital
A simplistic universal basic income will not solve the fundamental problems of the economy
vernment is unable to provide quality public services for people services, and even a UBI, to people
them, is more privatisation of pu to buy. at the bottom. Tiny enterprises
N
o relationship is free of tense moments and con vide aff ordable public services tutions of the state to deliver the remain unfair for small enterpris
GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO
fl icting emotions. But the CongressJanata Dal equitably. Milton Friedman, who services the state must (public sa es, and terms of employment un
I
(Secular) alliance in Karnataka seems to have ndia’s GDP is growing quite too is often cited, said, the busi fety, justice, and basic education fair for unorganised workers. The
well, though there are disputes ness of business must be only busi and health), which should be avail solution is the aggregation of the
more than its share of stress and strain. The pressures
about whether it grew faster un ness. Businesses must be run with able to all citizens regardless of small into larger associations,
on the postpoll tieup are from multiple points: the Op der the present or previous go a profi t motive. They cannot take their ability to pay for them. The cooperatives, and unions. Aggre
position BJP that believes it was robbed of its mandate, vernments. There can be no dis on the burden of subsidising citi institutions of the state must be gations of small producers, and
and is looking to win over some of the MLAs of the Con pute though that India needs to do zens who cannot pay for their ser strengthened also to regulate de unions of workers, can negotiate
gress to topple the government; Congress members, es much better to improve overall hu vices. livery of services by the private for more fair terms.
pecially those owing allegiance to former Chief Minister man development, in which it con er, if the cash will not provide citi sector and ensure fair competition
Siddaramaiah, who argue that the chief ministership tinues to be compared with coun Disruption and basic income zens with good quality and aff or in the market. The building of An alternative approach
tries in SubSaharan Africa. Even Structural forces within the global dable education and health, state institutions, to deliver and to A better solution to structural in
should not have been handed over to the junior partn
its poorer subcontinental neigh economy have been driving down because neither the government regulate, will require stronger equality than UBI is universal bas
er, the JD(S); and the leadership of the JD(S) that tries to bours are improving health and wages and creating insecure em nor the private sector is able or management, administrative, and ic capital, or UBC, which has be
assert itself within the alliance and expand the party’s education faster. Benefi ts of In ployment while increasing the mo willing to, this will not solve the political capabilities, not better gun to pop up in international
base at the Congress’s expense. With the Lok Sabha dia’s economic growth must trick bility of capital and increasing in basic human development pro economists. policy circles. In this alternative
election approaching, the stakes are high for all. The JD le down much faster to people at comes from ownership of capital. blems that must be solved. approach, people own the wealth
(S) wants to ensure it gets a good share of the seats as the bottom of the pyramid: to Thomas Piketty and Oxfam have Some economists who were Economic inequality matters they generate as shareholders of
part of the alliance; the Congress realises it will have to poorer farmers, landless rural la also drawn attention to increasing proponents of UBI, such as Arvind Some economists say that inequal their collective enterprises. Amul,
bour, and hundreds of millions of economic inequalities around the Subramanian, the former Chief ity does not matter so long as po SEWA, Grameen, and others have
concede ground to the JD(S) to keep the BJP out of the
workers living on the edge in low world. ‘Industry 4.0’, which has Economic Adviser to the Govern verty is being reduced. In fact, shown a way. Some economists go
political turf, and the BJP knows the importance of be paying, ‘fl exible’ forms of employ not yet spread too far, is expected ment, have begun to dilute their some even say that inequality is further and also propose a ‘divi
ing in power at the time of polls. After days of high dra ment with no social security. to worsen these problems. An eco simplistic concept of UBI to make necessary to reduce poverty. So dend’ for all citizens, by providing
ma, when the BJP and the Congress herded their MLAs Economists seem to be off ering nomic consequence of declining it fi nancially and politically feasi long as the people have bread, them a share of initial public off er
in resorts to protect them from poaching, the pressure three solutions to the economy’s growth of wage incomes will be re ble. They propose a QUBRI (quasi why should they complain if the ings on the stock market, especial
point on the government is from Siddaramaiah loyal structural problems. One, that duction of consumption. Which universal basic rural income), tar rich are eating more cake, they ly from companies that use ‘public
ists. Congress MLA S.T. Somashekar, on being appoint there is no problem. Two, more will create problems for owners of geted only at poorer people in the imply. However, economic in assets’, such as publicly funded re
privatisation. And, three, a univer capital and automated Industry rural areas. Their scheme is no equality does matter because it in search, or environmental resourc
ed as the chairperson of the Bangalore Development
sal basic income (UBI) to be pro 4.0 production systems. For, who longer universal. First, it will ex creases social and political in es.
Authority, claimed the city had not seen any develop vided by the state. will buy all the material and servic clude the notsopoor in rural equalities. Those with more To conclude, three better solu
ment under the coalition government. Chief Minister es that these systems will pro areas as morally it should. Political wealth change the rules of the tions to create more equitable
H.D. Kumaraswamy promptly off ered to quit if his style Ground still to be covered duce? Therefore, the UBI has ap questions about who should be in game to protect and increase their growth than the ones on off er are:
of functioning was found to be unacceptable, forcing a Many economists are juggling with peared as a silver bullet solution. It cluded will have to be addressed. wealth and power. Thus, oppor one, focus on building state capac
rattled Congress leadership to rush to make amends. statistics to prove that the Indian will be an income provided to eve Second, it will not cover the mass tunities for progress become un ity beginning with implementa
While Mr. Siddaramaiah signalled to his supporters and economy is doing quite well. It is rybody by the very state that the es of urban poor working for low equal. This is why economic in tion of the recommendations of
the party leadership he was not manoeuvring to be providing enough jobs, they say. capitalists say should get out of and uncertain wages. Therefore, equality must be reduced to create the Second Administrative Re
And, statistically, poverty has re their way, and to whom they are some other schemes will have to a more just society. forms Commission. Two, streng
Chief Minister again, Mr. Somashekar apologised after
duced a lot. However, even these unwilling to pay more taxes. be drawn up for the urban sector, In the present economic sys then the missing middlelevel in
KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao said he was at fault. economists admit that a lot more The beauty of a ‘universal’ basic and entitlement and measure tem, people at the top can make stitutions for aggregation of tiny
That a statement by one MLA can create such a storm must be done to improve educa income, its proponents say, is that ment issues will have to be ad more profi ts by driving down pric enterprises and representation of
speaks to the structural instability of the arrangement. tion and health care, and to ad it avoids messy political questions dressed for these schemes too. All es and wages for people at the bot workers. Three, the creativity of
The Congress and the JD(S) came together in a marriage dress the persistent informality about who deserves assistance. It the schemes, rural and urban, tom. They may then recycle a economists could be better ap
of convenience; the JD(S) was allowed to head the go and small scale of enterprises that also sidesteps the challenge of ac could be cash transfer schemes, small portion of their profi ts back plied to developing ideas for UBC
vernment to prevent it from entering into a deal with are providing most of the employ tually providing the services re which Aadhar and the digitisation as philanthropy, or corporate so than UBI.
ment in the country. quired: education, health, food, of fi nancial services will facilitate. cial responsibility. Or, if they were
the BJP. The only thing the Congress could off er the JD
An ideological solution, accom etc. Just give the people cash: let However, this still begs the ques willing to, which they are not, pay Arun Maira was a member of the
(S) that the BJP could not was the chief ministership. panied with evidence that the go them buy what they need. Howev tion about how to provide good the state more taxes to provide Planning Commission
This was no gesture of magnanimity; only pragmatic
dealmaking. As negotiations on seatsharing for the
Lok Sabha polls begin, the strain is beginning to show.
In these trying circumstances, the level of political dis
course is also falling. While Union Minister Anantkumar
Gandhi and the Socratic art of dying
Hegde made personal, derogatory comments about Mr. There is a process of learning in the Gandhian act of selfsuff ering
Rao, Mr. Siddaramaiah shouted at a party worker and It is interesting, how Gandhi, all
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New TRAI order provides for greater choice oday is the 71st anniversary ing injustice, the actor must not mantra is ‘Do or Die.’ We shall eith
of Gandhi’s death. His assas An intertwining crates as a satyagrahi and a moral only have the courage of his/her er free India or die in the attempt;
and transparency on pricing of channels sination was a great shock. In the Gandhian philosophy of re hero went hand in hand with the opinions but also be ready to give we shall not live to see the perpet
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he tariff order on broadcasting and cable services But, strangely, his death unifi ed sistance, we can fi nd the intert affi rmation of the courage and au his/her life for the cause. As Ge uation of our slavery... He who los
issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of In those in India who had lost faith in wining of nonviolence and exem dacity of a nonviolent warrior in orge Woodcock says, “the idea of es his life will gain it, he who will
dia is set to become eff ective on February 1, giv nonviolent coexistence. As Neh plary suff ering. Perhaps, the face of lifethreatening danger. perishing for a cause, for other seek to save it shall lose it. Free
ing the consumer the option to pay only for those chan ru said, “the urgent need of the selfsacrifi ce is the closest we Consequently, for Gandhi, there men, for a village even, occurs dom is not for the coward or the
hour is for all of us to function as come to ethical dying, in the sense was a close link between the use of more frequently in Gandhi’s writ fainthearted.”
nels she wants to watch. Under the scheme, there is
closely and cooperatively as pos that it is a principled leavetaking nonviolence and the art of dying, ings as time goes on. He had al Note here both the conviction
also a maximum price for pay channels declared by the sible.” from life; an abandonment of in the same manner that cowar ways held that satyagraha implied in Gandhi that no other decision
broadcaster, which is reported to TRAI, bringing about As a matter of fact, Gandhi’s one’s petty preoccupations in or dice was sharply related to the the willingness to accept not only but dying was possible if the decla
greater transparency. Each channel will be available on death taught everyone about the der to see things more clearly. As practice of violence. suff ering but also death for the ration of freedom was unachieved.
an a la carte basis. The eff ect is that the consumer’s sub worth of civic friendship and so such, there is a process of learning sake of a principle.” Unsurprisingly, straightforward
scription cost on a base package of 100 standard defi ni cial solidarity. Gandhi himself was in the Gandhian act of selfsuff er Socratic aspects Gandhi’s dedication to justice in and honest. Which brings us back
tion television channels is fi xed in the form of a net well aware of this, long before his ing. For Socrates, to philosophise Gandhi remained a Socratic dis the face of death was an example to January 30, 1948 when Mahat
return to India and his rise as the was to learn how to die. In the senter all his life. Though not a of his courageous attitude of mind ma Gandhi fell to the bullets of
work capacity fee. And even within this group, there is
nonviolent leader of the Indian in same way, for Gandhi, the practice philosopher, Gandhi admired mo as a Socratic gadfl y. Further, one Nathuram Godse. One can under
freedom to choose channels, with a provision for ap dependence movement. For ex of nonviolence began with an act ral and political philosophers, can fi nd in Gandhi a readiness to stand this event as a variety of the
propriate revision for any pay channels. This is a wel ample, in a letter to his nephew on of selfsacrifi ce and the courage of who, as a manner of Socrates, raise the matter of dying as public Sophoclean saying: “Call no man
come departure from a regime where combinations of January 29, 1909, he wrote, “I may dying for truth. were ready to struggle for the policy. This is a state of mind happy until he is dead.” Like it or
free and pay channels were decided by distributors and have to meet death in South Africa Socrates inspired Gandhi on the truth. Like Socrates, Gandhi was which we can fi nd as the back not, it seems that for Gandhi, to be
broadcasters as bouquets that did not refl ect actual de at the hands of my countrymen... importance of selfsacrifi ce and neither a mystic nor a hermit. He ground motto of Gandhi’s political human was to have the capacity, at
mand for individual channels. Eff orts to introduce a la If that happens you should rejoice. the art of dying at a time when the was a practitioner of dissident citi and intellectual life. Indeed, for each and every moment, to con
It will unite the Hindus and Mus latter was developing his idea of zenship. Gandhi considered So Gandhi, the art of dying was very front death as fulfi llment of a So
carte choice were thwarted by pricing individual chan
salmans... The enemies of the satyagraha in South Africa. Gand crates’ civic action as a source of often a public act and an act of pu cratic life.
nels almost as high as the bouquets they were part of. community are constantly making hi referred to Socrates as a “Sol virtue and moral strength. He af blicising one’s will to be free.
Bouquets are enabled in the new scheme, but with the eff orts against such a unity. In dier of Truth” (satyavir) who had fi rmed: “We pray to God, and want There is something revealing in Ramin Jahanbegloo is Director, Mahatma
stipulation that at least 85% of the total price of all chan such a great endeavour, someone the willingness to fi ght unto death our readers also to pray, that they, the parallel that Gandhi esta Gandhi Centre for Peace, Jindal Global
nels that form part of a bouquet be charged, removing will have to sacrifi ce his life.” for his cause. His portrayal of So and we too, may have the moral blished between the struggle for University, Sonipat
the incentive to distort prices. Distributors including
cable and DTH platforms, and advertisers, should wel
come the order, which strengthens price discovery and
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Congress’s promise plan seems to be a bit ■ ‘Garibi Hatao’ (Remove more tiger reserves with the still seems to be a fl ood of was another piece by a
Television in the conventional sense has changed in
The promise of a ‘minimum diff erent especially when it poverty) was the theme and help of the India State of doubts. In the case that was writer incapable of knowing
the era of the Internet, with the emergence of new dis income guarantee’ by the comes to helping the poor. If slogan of Indira Gandhi’s 1971 Forest Report. India should highlighted in the article, the how a person with disability
tribution possibilities. Many broadcasters, including Congress party off ers hope implemented in a watertight election campaign. Had it also take a leaf out of the judiciary could have felt. And then I came to the
popular news channels, provide their content free on of dignity to millions of the way, it could spell great relief been implemented or book of Australia which has recommended a year’s part where the writer
platforms such as YouTube and through mobile phone poor in India (Page 1, to the poor. fulfi lled, after almost half a its Green Army of Australia apprenticeship for the identifi ed himself and the
applications, reaching global audiences. Global Over “Rahul promises income P.U. Krishnan, century, her grandson and to oversee environmental applicant. It was inspiring to ingrained cynicism within
guarantee to the poor”, Udhagamandalam Congress president Rahul issues. There must be more read about the writer too, the system, which touched
the Top (OTT) providers such as Netfl ix and Amazon
January 29). If the scheme Gandhi, would not have aggressive reforestation so who has also demonstrated me deeply. Why single out
Prime have opened a new front and are competing for
is well designed, with the ■ Where does Mr. Gandhi promised a minimum that there are more habitats that there is no hurdle that the judiciary? We, as a
viewers who get advertisementfree programming honest intention of bringing expect to fi nd resources from income guarantee. The for the tiger. Finally, we must can stop the disabled. society, are incompetent to
streamed on subscription. TRAI has made clear that succour to the poor, it is not to provide such an income? people of the country have a sensitise young Indians on Radhika Kumar, accept the abilities of the
since broadcast licensing does not apply to such new diffi cult to fi nd the What is the criteria to be right to know how he and his the importance of the tiger Bengaluru diff erently abled.
technology platforms, these do not come under price resources needed to used in declaring someone party propose to fund such a as a keystone species in the Buddh Priya Ashok,
implement it. The scheme ‘poor’? The promise appears scheme. The Election Indian environment. When I began reading the Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
regulation. In the fastchanging competitive landscape ■
of home entertainment, conventional TV must now could be started in a few to be a very fl uid one. No Commission of India needs Diwakar Prasad Tiwari, article, I was sceptical at more letters online:
backward districts in each citizen wants to thrive on a to look into unreasonable Bara, Satna, Madhya Pradesh fi rst, wondering whether this www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/
compete on the strength of transparent pricing and bet
State as a pilot study for a ‘freebie’ culture, but instead and unimplementable
ter programming for subscription revenue growth and year before it is fi netuned looks for free and good election promises. Unfair characterisation corrections & clarifications:
viewer time that attracts advertising. Industry data In the story on Cognizant’s 25th year headlined “Future will see
for the rest of the country. education, employment C.G. Kuriakose, It is startling that even the manmachine managers” (Business page, Jan. 28, 2019) , there was
show that there are about 197 million homes in India Out of the elements of the opportunities, good Kothamangalam, Kerala judiciary appears hesitant to a reference to growth of 69% organic in constant currency and
with a TV set, and 100 million more homes without one slogan ‘roti kapada aur infrastructure, better health recognise the talent and the 7-9% including inorganic options. It should have been 7-11% includ
makaan’, such a scheme care and aff ordable housing. Shrinking habitats potential of the disabled ing inorganic options”
represent scope for growth. This can be achieved
through regulatory schemes that empower broadcas should at least ensure ‘roti’ Mr. Gandhi, if voted to We are responsible for the (Editorial page, “Capable An agency report titled “Diesel prices up by 10 paise, petrol un
to most of the poor. power, should concentrate plight of the Indian tiger even if disabled”, January changed” ( Jan. 28, 2019) was erroneous. Indian Oil Corporation
ters and subscribers alike. TRAI has done well to put up authorities said that there had not been any price increase in
Kosaraju Chandramouli, on making an individual well (Inside pages, “‘India can’t 29). We may become more
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THE WEDNESDAY INTERVIEW | P.T. USHA
‘India should learn from Russia’s doping scandal’
The former sprint queen on coaching, ‘Khelo India’, sports administration, and steps that can be taken to raise the profi le of Indian athletics
P.K. Ajith Kumar What about the role of the al meets. In our time, we ran ■ That is true, sadly. I have an athlete whatever is re pionship a year ago. I was were stray incidents, like the
Sports Authority of India our races to win medals, not seen many talented athletes quired to be an Olympic painted the villainess of the one involving a male Indian
She may have run her last race in 1999, but P.T. Usha remains (SAI)? to get crores of rupees from quitting sports as soon as champion: facilities, a syn drama, without even check athlete; his urine test said
India’s best known trackandfi eld athlete. She missed an the government. When a mi they land a job. There should thetic track, scientifi c train ing the facts; I was only the that he was pregnant (his
Olympic medal by one hundredth of a second at the 1984 ■ The SAI has done some nister announces that a me be a rule that somebody who ing, proper diet and interna observer for the Central go sample was apparently
Summer Olympics, won fi ve gold medals at the Asian cham good things, but it could do a dallist will be given a prize is given a job under the tional exposure. If I had all vernment. Just about swapped with that of a fe
pionship in 1985, and singlehandedly lifted India’s overall lot more, especially with the like ₹ 4 crore, the athlete sports quota should not be that, I could have certainly anyone, without the faintest male nurse).
standing at the Asian Games in 1986. Unlike most of the coun kind of machinery and in would want to win at any confi rmed if they don’t com won an Olympic medal. idea about athletics, could
try’s champion athletes, Usha didn’t leave sport after her re frastructure it has. I would cost, even with the help of pete for a specifi c number of My school has already pro appear on television channel For the last few years, India
tirement; she became a coach and set up the Usha School of like to see more people who banned drugs. Why don’t years. There are also several duced quality athletes like and call me names. Could is among the top off ending
Athletics in Kerala. In this interview, she speaks about pro have a background in sports you give that medallist better cases of superior offi cers not Tintu Luka and Jisna. But I anything be more ridiculous countries listed by the
mising Indian athletes, why Kerala produces so many sport or are passionate about training and more exposure giving time for athletes to do have had to mould them. I than the suggestion that I World AntiDoping Agency.
spersons, and sports management in the country. Excerpts: sports in key roles in the SAI. in quality meets abroad? sports. I have seen one of my am still waiting for a gifted, was jealous of Chithra? It is a
wards suff er because she is natural athlete, someone like little sad to refl ect that many ■ That is a matter of shame.
It has been nearly 35 years trying to do something to im Kerala is a powerhouse in In India it appears that for forced to do offi ce work in me. I am quite hopeful about people don’t know the con We should learn our lessons
since you fi nished a close prove sports at the grass Indian sport, despite its many, the main aim of her prime years as an one of the youngest girls at tribution I made to Indian from Russia, whose athletes
fourth in the women’s 400 roots level and that lots of relatively small size and playing a sport is to get a athlete. the academy right now, sport, against brave odds and have been banned by the
m hurdles at the Los Angeles money is being spent on it. population. Besides government job. though. often all alone for such a long world athletics body. It is dis
Olympics. No Indian has But I feel there are several athletics, it is doing well in You started the Usha School I am proud that my school time. If they did, they appointing to fi nd that we
come close to winning an areas that need to be fi ne football, volleyball, of Athletics in 2002 with the has already contributed wouldn’t have put black oil continue to have most of our
Olympic medal in track and tuned. There is too much bu basketball and now cricket aim of winning India an hugely to Indian athletics. on the signpost of the road coaches from the former So
fi eld since. When do you see reaucracy. They still want to (it played in the Ranji Olympic medal. We have won 67 internation named after me in Kochi. But viet Union. I had protested
this happening? ‘assess’ somebody like Jisna Trophy semifi nals for the al medals, besides 456 in na it would not have been easy against the appointment of
Mathew, my ward who has fi rst time in history). ■ That is still what I am tional championships, 17 at for them to destroy everyth Yuri Ogorodnik, who had
■ In 2024. I think javelin already competed at the aiming for. I want to give interuniversity ing named in my honour: trained many of those who
thrower Neeraj Chopra has a Olympics and won multiple ■ Kerala is doing well be meets as well as there is one in China, there were caught for doping, but
good chance of winning a medals in international cause here the kids are en 499 at the State are sports institutions in he was still welcomed back
medal at the Paris Olympics. meets. In Pune, the Kerala couraged to compete in level. For a 16year north India, and the coach to India. Why can’t we get
He is the most talented ath team had to wait for eight sports, both by parents and old academy, that is ing centre in coaches from countries that
lete we have at the moment. hours after their arrival at teachers in schools. Sport is an excellent record, I Thiruvananthapuram. have cleaner reputations? I
He has progressed well, has the railway station before wellrun at educational insti feel. I don’t think any Not that I hadn’t been also wonder why our ath
an excellent coach in Uwe they were provided accom tutions and clubs. Look at body else other than the treated badly before. People letes are sent to European
Hohn, and gets enough inter modation. Such things the way the State school ath SAI has had as much success. from my own home town countries for training in
national exposure. And at 21, shouldn’t happen at a presti letics meet is organised. Most had hurled stones at my winter.
age is on his side. He seems gious meet like ‘Khelo India’. of our international athletes, You have had to turn to house alleging that I didn’t
to be a levelheaded young And I feel the government including me, have come out crowdfunding for your give my best at the Seoul What do you think should
man. should ensure that the huge of it. It is a huge event, and is school this past year. Olympics in 1988. be done to raise the profi le
amount of money spent on covered extensively by the of Indian athletics?
K. RAGESH
■ ‘Khelo’ Games is certainly
tions or they may be controll
ing aff airs from behind the
the tendency of the States to
compete with one another in
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races to win medals, not
today would have been able
to compete in my time. ■ Yes, that is something we
a good idea. I am happy to curtain even when they announcing cash prizes for a #70929
to get crores of rupees And yes, doping wasn’t need. Look at what it has
see that the government is don’t have any role offi cially. medalwinner at internation from the government. this big an issue then. There done to football and kabaddi.
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East is a fl awed move that could hurt
with the situation fi rmly to restore normalcy and maintain law
the Congress in the forthcoming gen
and order. He appealed to the young men and women of the
eral election, for several reasons.
State “with their innate idealism and dynamism” to rise to the
First, her appointment will give
occasion of this juncture, and “play a positive role in bringing
ammunition to the Bharatiya Janata
about complete integration.” Earlier today, orders under Sec
Party to reinforce the idea among potential voters that the
tion 144 Cr. P. C. were promulgated in three major towns of the
“dynasty” desires to perpetuate its control over the “family
State — Guntur, Vijayawada and Warangal. Police opened fi re
owned” organisation that is the Congress Party. This is espe
in Kodad, a small Telengana border village on HyderabadVi
cially because, like her brother and the Congress President,
jayawada trunk road, today to chase away some lorry loads of
Rahul Gandhi, Ms. Vadra lacks experience and seniority
people from Vijayawada who attempted to enter the village al
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dian voters, who are more politically savvy than they are gi
send them away.
ven credit for, could thus be expected to be further turned DATA POINT
off by the dynasty’s dominance of the Congress. A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JANUARY 30, 1919
Second, she carries negative baggage owing to her hus
band Robert Vadra’s alleged involvement in land scams. Aeroplane Pleasure Flights Arranged at Calcutta.
Whether true or not, most people believe he is guilty of en Messrs. Spalding and Company of Calcutta are now registering
gaging in shady deals because he felt immune from legal ac applications for accommodation for pleasure fl ights by aero
tion as the soninlaw of the dynasty. His negative image has plane round Calcutta at charges of Rs. 50 for adults and Rs. 25
rubbed off on Ms. Vadra and this can tarnish the party’s im for children. The aeroplane which the company expect will ar
age in an election year. rive about the end of March and is one of the largest machines
Third, eastern U.P., which is supposed to be Ms. Vadra’s constructed and is equipped with four Royce engines aggre
turf in the runup to the elections, is a political minefi eld for gating about 1200 horse power and giving a speed of 120 miles
the Congress. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is highly in per hour. An “Empire” representative who made enquiries
vested in the region given that his constituency, Varanasi, is says that the company hope to start shortly a daily service
located here. The constituency of the State Chief Minister, from Calcutta to Darjeeling and an aerodrome and landing
Yogi Adityanath, which is Gorakhpur, is also in eastern U.P. ground on a space of 100 acres is now being prepared at Dum
Further, both the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Sa Dum from which fl ights will commence. It is calculated that
maj Party (BSP) have strong bases of support here, especial the journey from Calcutta to Darjeeling will be made in 3
ly among the Backward Castes, Dalits and Muslims — a signif hours and fares when service starts will be about Rs. 80 for
icant portion of the overall electorate of the region. each passenger. Passengers will be carried from Calcutta to Si
The Congress’s performance in eastern U.P. has been dis liguri in larger planes of the service and from Siliguri to Dar
mal in past elections. Given that the SP and the BSP seem to jeeling in smaller planes.
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up to the general election, they will perceive the Congress’s
attempt to poach their territory, adversely. Without a seat CONCEPTUAL
sharing arrangement with the SPBSP alliance, the party is
likely to fare badly in 2019. That could further sully Ms. Va Unfunded liabilities
dra’s image as a political organiser, dooming prospects of Finance
her future leadership. This refers to any future debt obligation for which no proper
Further, in the unlikely event that the Congress under Ms. provision has been made in the present. A company that pro
Vadra garners a reasonable share of the antiBJP vote in east mises to pay pension to its employees in the future, for in
ern U.P., it will increase the BJP’s prospects of returning to stance, will generally have to set aside suffi cient funds in the
power since the antiBJP vote will be divided between the present in order to be able to fund its future obligation. While
SPBSP combine on the one hand and the Congress on the companies and governments are mandated by law to show
other. This will defeat the major goal of the Congress, which unfunded liabilities as a liability on their balance sheets, ac
is to deny the BJP another term at the Centre. Either way the counting tricks may be used to hide the true size of such liabil
Congress’s prospects of coming to power at the Centre at the ity. It is believed that the actual debt load of many govern
head of an antiBJP coalition will be frustrated. ments in the developed world could be many times higher if
Thus, Ms. Vadra’s elevation within the party is likely to unfunded liabilities were properly taken into account.
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10 NEWS DELHI
Government moves SC to
Adityanath, team take a dip at Sangam Shankarsinh
Vaghela
In a fi rst, Cabinet meeting held at the Kumbh; slew of decisions to appease Hindu sentiments joins NCP
return ‘superfl uous’ land Omar Rashid patriotism and nationalism” Special Correspondent
LUCKNOW among the common people, AHMEDABAD
The government said now passing an interim order on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister especially the youth. Briefi ng A year and a half after he
the only roadblock to hand March 13, 2002 that “no reli Yogi Adityanath held a Cabi the media after the meeting quit the Congress and a few
ing over the superfl uous gious activity of any kind by net meeting at the Kumbh at the the Kumbh media months before the Lok
land to the rightful owners anyone either symbolic or Mela in Prayagraj (Allaha centre, Mr. Adityanath an Sabha election, former
was a decision of the Su actual including bhumipuja bad) on Tuesday, with most nounced that the Bharadwaj Gujarat Chief Minister
preme Court on March 31, or shila puja, shall be per of the Ministers also taking a Ashram in Allahabad would Shankarsinh Vaghela, 78,
2003 in the case of Mohd mitted or allowed to take holy dip at the Sangam be beautifi ed, as would the joined the Nationalist Con
Aslam @ Bhure. place” across the span of the ahead of the meeting. Valmiki Ashram, located on gress Party (NCP) on Tues
The government wants 67.7 acres of acquired land In a fi rst such government the way to Chitrakoot. day.
the court to either vacate or vested with the Centre. meeting to be held at the In addition, a statue of Inducting the veteran
modify this decision. Mr. Then it had followed this up Kumbh Mela, Mr. Adityanath sage Valmiki and a Ramayan leader into the party here,
Bhure had fi led a writ peti by ordering status quo announced a number of de research institute would be NCP chief Sharad Pawar
tion in the Supreme Court in across the acquired land in cisions, including some built at the site. said Mr. Vaghela would
2002, ostensibly incensed March 2003. aimed at appeasing Hindu play a crucial role in the
by a bhumi pujan function In its 2003 judgment, the cultural sentiments as well as University of yore party not only in Gujarat
alleged to have been organ court declared that the dis at instilling a feeling of Speaking of Maharishi Bha but also nationally, and he
ised in the superfl uous adja puted Babri Masjid area of “nationalism.” radwaj, Mr. Adityanath said would be made a national
cent land. 0.313 acres and the adjacent the sage was the likely crea general secretary.
The court had reacted to acquired land, were both Ganga Expressway tor of the “Pushpak Viman” Mr. Vaghela is likely to
Mr. Bhure’s petition by fi rst “intrinsic to each other”. The Cabinet gave its consent Testing the waters: Yogi Adityanath taking a dip in the Ganga. * PTI and also hailed him for start contest the Lok Sabha elec
in principle to the “Ganga ing a “university” in Praya tion from either Sabarkan
Northeast allies put Expressway”, to connect Al
lahabad/Prayagraj to west
ern U.P. Around 600 km
ha, Bulandshahr, Badaun,
Shahjahanpur, Farukkha
bad, Hardoi, Kannauj, Un
ment under Mayawati had
announced a similar project
connecting the eastern parts
er environment clearance.
The Adityanath Cabinet de
cided to waive State GST on
graj (Allahabad) in the Treta
Yug. Apart from this, the BJP
government also announced
tha in north Gujarat or
Panchmahal in central Guj
arat.
BJP on notice long, the proposed link will
be the “world’s longest ex
nao, Rae Bareli and Pratap
garh districts.
of the State to the western re
gion, around 1,000 km in
recently released he Bolly
wood fi lm Uri, based on the
that it would beautify Shring
verpur, a site near Allahabad
“My joining the NCP is
meant to strengthen anti
pressway,” Mr. Adityanath It would cost ₹ 36,000 length. “surgical strikes” conducted revered by Nishads, a rive BJP forces ahead of the
Apart from them and the JD Party, and the Khun Hyn said. The fourlane road, up crore and require acquiring However, the project was by the Army in 2016. rine mostbackward caste, election because nonBJP
(U), the parties that attend niewtrep National Awaken gradable to six lanes, would of 6,556 hectares of land. stalled by the Allahabad High Mr. Adityanath said the and build a park dedicated to parties will form the next
ed the convention were the ing Movement (all in Megha pass through Meerut, Amro The previous BSP govern Court in 2009 on an issue ov fi lm would “instill a feeling of their icon Nishadraj. government,” he said.
Asom Gana Parishad that laya), the Naga People’s
broke ties with the BJP over Front and the Nationalist
the Bill, the United Demo Democratic Progressive Par
cratic Party, the People’s De ty (Nagaland), and the Indi Two members of
mocratic Front, the Hill
State People’s Democratic
genous People’s Front of
Tripura.
statistical panel quit
Students learn a thing or two from PM
Gold turns red hot, Protest at the body being sidelined In a scripted interaction, he tells them how to cope with stress and pressure
price at a peak in India TCA Sharad Raghavan
NEW DELHI
back series GDP data was
released.
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI
ji’s book before my 10th
board exams last year. It
In a body blow to the the Na That is, the involvement On the eve of the examina helped enhance my concen
tional Statistical Commis of NITI Aayog at the expense tion season, Prime Minister tration and confi dence,”
sion, the two remaining of the Commission was a Narendra Modi held a two said Twinkle Sharma, a
members have resigned in cause for confl ict. hour scripted interaction Class 11 student of Indra
protest at the body being “The proper way would with selected school and prastha Public School at Ma
sidelined. have been for the Ministry college students on how to vikala, a village in Uttar Pra
The Hindu has learnt that to have put this back series cope with stress and desh’s Baghpat district.
P.C. Mohanan and J.V. Mee in front of the Commission pressure. Other students at the
nakshi tendered their resig and consulted it on which of The 2,000odd students, event had written essays on
nations on Monday, leaving the two estimates to go by, parents and teachers pre how the PM’s book honed
the NSC with only NITI what to do. They were not sent at the capital’s Talkato their time management
Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, consulted at all,” a former ra Stadium on Tuesday, as skills, clarifi ed their life
who serves as an exoffi cio member of the Commission well as those who asked goals and eased stress for
member, and Chief Statisti said. questions via videoconfe them and their parents.
cian of India Pravin The second cause for rence from diff erent parts of Friendly chat: Narendra Modi interacting with a student in In fact, a good chunk of
Srivastava. protest was that the NSC #70929
India and the world, had New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI *
the PM’s remarks at the
According to people in had fi nalised the employ been selected through an event seemed to be ad
the know, Monday’s resigna ment and unemployment online essay contest on how University Grants Commis man Resource Develop dressed to the parents.
tions stem from the fact that data it wanted to release, they were inspired by Mr. sion required colleges to ment Minister Prakash Java “Parents should not treat
A reduction in the quantum Analysts expect global the NSC has been running at had approved it on Decem Modi’s Exam Warriors book upload information on stu dekar led the crowd in a their children’s report cards
of mining is adding to price gold prices also to increase half strength, with the go ber 5, and said it should be or captionwriting for a pic dents and teachers who cheer borrowed from a dia as their visiting cards,” said
pressures, he added. While in the near future. vernment moving very slow released immediately. “It ture of the Statue of Unity. viewed the programme — logue in the movie Uri — Mr. Modi.
the Indian market is in “We expect gold prices to ly on appointing new mem has not been released,” the In many schools and col along with photo and video “How’s the josh? High, sir” He said that expecting
fl uenced by global prices — trade higher over short to bers, and the institution has former member said. “So fi leges across the country, graphic evidence of partici — before chants of “Modi, children to fulfi l parents’
currently close to a seven medium term eyeing short been “systematically by nally they said, why have viewing the Pariksha pe pation — on its University Modi” reverberated across dreams would only add an
month high of about $1,300 term resistance at $1,340, passed in its functions”. us? If you are going to NITI Charcha 2.0 event broad Activity Monitoring Portal the stadium. unhealthy dose of extra
per ounce — the addition of while prices may test pre One main grievance was Aayog for direction, then cast was compulsory. The by 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Hu “I read Pradhan Mantri pressure.
import duties makes the vious resistance near $1,380 the manner in which the why have us?”
metal more expensive than in the medium term,” HDFC
the global benchmark price Securities said in a report re
in rupee terms. leased on Tuesday.
Former Union Minister
‘₹ 31,000cr.
fi nancial scam
Why no experts on RTI panels, asks SC Castebased
quotas are at
unearthed’ risk: Tejashwi
Fernandes is no more Bench asks why only bureaucrats were appointed, excluding subject experts
Special Correspondent Krishnadas Rajagopal that out of 280 applications nently suitable people”. She Sobhana K. Nair
The family is now awaiting nandes, a veteran politician, NEW DELHI NEW DELHI: received for the post of infor said the appointments pro New Delhi
the arrival of his son Sean an exceptional socialist in Investigative platform Co The Supreme Court on Tues mation commissioners at the cess is an “ongoing process”. The legislation that seeks
Fernandes from the U.S. to vision and action, & a na brapost on Tuesday day asked why Right to Infor CIC recently, 14 were shor to extend 10% quota to the
proceed with the funeral ar tionalist to the core. Condo claimed to have unearthed mation bodies, especially tlisted, and they were almost Non-applicants economically backward
rangements. The funeral is lences to bereaved family, a fi nancial scam of more the apex forum of Central In all bureaucrats. Mr. Sachdeva argued that among the forward castes
scheduled on Wednesday. friends & admirers. May the than ₹ 31,000 crore, alleg formation Commission “We are not blaming the the minutes of the search is the fi rst step to end caste
In a condolence message, departed soul rest in peace,” ing that the primary pro (CIC), were almost complete appointments. But there committee showed that out based reservations, Rash
Prime Minister Narendra tweeted Finance Minister moters of Dewan Housing ly manned by bureaucrats. were names who were not of the fi ve shortlisted candi triya Janata Dal leader Te
Modi tweeted: “George Sa Arun Jaitley. Finance Corporation Justice A.K. Sikri, who led Justice A.K. Sikri bureaucrats, but not one of dates for the post of Chief In jashwi Yadav said on
hab represented the best of Off ering his condolences, (DHFL) and their associate a Bench comprising Justice them were appointed,” Jus formation Commissioner, Tuesday.
India’s political leadership. Union Minister Ramvilas companies had committed S. Abdul Nazeer, pointed out be appointed to the Informa tice Sikri pointed out, agree four had never even applied. “This is an attempt to
Frank and fearless, for Paswan said: “In 1969 when a “systemic fraud” to si that the Right to Information tion Commissions, but only ing with advocate Pranav Of the 14 shortlisted can end castebased reserva
thright and farsighted, he I started out in politics, I phon off public money. Act of 2005 mandates that retired bureaucrats are ap Sachdeva, representing the didates for the post of Infor tion. Right now, they (the
made a valuable contribu didn’t know which political DHFL responded in a people with a range of expe pointed,” Justice Sikri ad petitioner, Anjali Bhardwaj. mation Commissioners, two government) have only in
tion to our country. He was party to join. I was inspired statement that it was fully rience and from various dressed Additional Solicitor Ms. Anand said the ap had not applied. He urged serted a thermometer to
among the most eff ective by George sahab’s intense tax compliant and its fi elds should serve as infor General Pinky Anand for the pointments to the CIC were the court to usher in transpa check the temperature,”
voices for the rights of the commitment to join Samy books were audited by glo mation commissioners. government. not done in a hurry and rency in the appointments Mr. Yadav said at a conven
poor and marginalised. Sad ukt Socialist Party in 1969. I bal auditors. “A range of people could Justice Sikri pointed out those appointed were “emi process. tion on social justice.
dened by his passing away.’’ have always shared a warm
Several leaders including personal relationship with
Congress president Rahul him. He will always remain a
Gandhi on Tuesday took to
social media to express their
condolences.
revered fi gure for me. With
his death an era has come to
end.”
The man who set out to be a priest became a politician
Mr. Gandhi said: “My con “The body of former Mi
dolences to his family and nister George Fernandes A photograph showing him lifting his handcuff ed fi st in defi ance became a symbol of the Emergency
friends in this time of grief.” will be cremated while his
“Extremely pained to ashes will be buried,” said Nistula Hebbar candidate he defeated the polls from Muzaff arpur in Bi sidelined by newly emerged and the Tehelka ex
know about the passing former Samata Party presi NEW DELHI allpowerful S.K. Patil of the har (in absentia) and went on Mandal leader Lalu Prasad, pose. After the fall of
away of Shri George Fer dent Jaya Jaitly on Tuesday. George Fernandes had set Congress in the 1967 Lok to represent that seat multi broke away in 1995 to form the Vajpayee
out to be a priest but instead Sabha elections from south ple times in future. the Samata Party. government in
became a trade union leader, Mumbai, earning the sobri He was made Minister for 2004, he
Two JMB operatives held socialist and fi nally Defence
Minister of India. In his long
quet “Giant Killer” after that
poll.
Industry, but was famously
known for banning Coca Co
Alliance with BJP
Political marginalisation was
found himself
on the margins
Special Correspondent said. career in public life, Mr. Fer His trade unionism made la in India. After the short sought to be alleviated with a of the JD (U).
New Delhi Kazi’s associate Sajjad Ali, nandes was the old school him a natural for the anti run of the Janata government tactical alliance with the BJP. His ill health
Two operatives of Jamaatul who was also involved in the buccaneer politician, taking Congress politics that was he managed to retain his Mu Those unable to reconcile was cited as a rea
Mujahideen Bangladesh activities of the JMB, was ar risks, changing sides, but re fi rming up across the coun zaff arpur seat in 1980 and re socialist George Fernandes, son why he was
( JMB), wanted in the 2014 rested in the late night oper taining his charisma, a ma try and he organised, till mained important in the va the man who broke the denied a ticket in
Burdwan blast case, were ation, he said. verick who won friends easi date, the biggest strike of rail rious avatars of the Janata mould when it came to re the 2009 Lok Sabha
arrested by the National In Kadar is from Nanur in ly, but also left them waymen in 1974, before be Party through the 1980s in gion, religion and even per polls, and a stroke af
vestigation Agency in West Birbhum district, while Saj perplexed with some of his ing arrested in the Baroda the Opposition. sonal narrative, with the ter that left him mostly
Bengal's Hooghly district. jad is a resident of Kandi in choices. Dynamite case in 1976. In 1989, he was the Janata troubleshooterinchief of homebound till his
Kadar Kazi, 32, was ar Murshidabad district. Born in Mangaluru in June His photograph, lifting his Dal’s candidate from Muzaf the Vajpayee government, death on Tuesday.
rested Monday night from The offi cial said the two 1930, he was sent off to Mum handcuff ed fi st in defi ance farpur and again made Rail say it may have been a new
Dongol More locality under were on the run since the bai in 1946 to train to be a while being led away by the way Minister in the V.P. Singh form of antiCongressism. ILLUSTRATION:
R.RAJESH
the Arambagh police station explosion took place at a Catholic priest. Instead he police became the most po government. His years as Defence Mi
area of the district, NIA said. house in the Khagragarh lo founded trade unions, fi nd werful image of the Emer Politics of the socialists nister saw him visit the high
“He was wanted in the cality of Burdwan town on ing his mettle in organising gency movement. was coming to a head, ho est battle fi eld in the world,
Burdwan blast case and was October 2, 2014, killing two the disadvantaged. His big His plunge into national wever, and he and current Siachen, a record 18 times.
also declared a proclaimed persons and injuring moment came when as a Sa politics was complete when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish But it also saw him em
IN BRIEF
Foreign policy engagements
to keep PM busy in February
Modi is set to visit Seoul and host Israeli Prime Minister
CBI interim chief acting
Suhasini Haidar raeli National Security Ad
out of malice: offi cer
NEW DELHI
NEW DELHI viser Meir BenShabbat to In
A CBI SP transferred within Prime Minister Narendra dia as an indicator that a
five months of his posting Modi will travel to Seoul in “major Arms Deal” was on
has accused interim chief M. February to receive an the agenda.
Nageswara Rao (in photo) of award from an NGO, a visit Offi cials said there was no
acting out of “malice and that is one of several high date yet confi rmed for the
prejudice”. T. Rajah Balaji profi le foreign policy en PM’s visit to Bhutan. Mr. Mo
claimed that the action gagements expected next di had been expected to tra
against him was due to the month, before the country Narendra Modi vel during the celebrations
fact that he had complained heads for general elections. to mark the golden anniver
about Mr. Rao’s misconduct A bilateral visit to Bhutan dia in July 2018. In October sary of the establishment of
to the then CBI Director Alok has also been discussed, but 2018, the Seoul Peace Prize IndiaBhutan ties which
Verma. PTI not confi rmed yet. Planning Cultural Foundation an ends in February 2019, but
is also on for a visit by Israeli nounced that it would award has not yet been able to fi nd
Govt. protecting CVC Prime Minister Benjamin Mr. Modi with its annual a suitable time. Bhutan’s
against complaints: Cong. Netanyahu to Delhi in the Peace Prize. Prime Minister Lotay Tsher
NEW DELHI
next few weeks, offi cial and While the award ceremo ing had visited Delhi in De
The Congress on Tuesday
diplomatic sources con ny is linked to the Prime Mi cember, and repeated the
accused the Prime Minister of
fi rmed. Israel is scheduled to nister’s visit for bilateral invitation.
“hiding behind technicalities”
hold general elections on talks, offi cials said the Foun The visit to South Korea
to protect Chief Vigilance
CommissionerK.V. Chowdary,
April 9. dation was not linked to the and the yettobe scheduled
against whom a complaint was Sources working on the South Korean government. trip to Thimphu, would take
filed by Indian Forest Service Korean visit said its “exact the number of trips to fo
officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi. contours are still being High profi le visit reign countries (including
Congress leader Abhishek worked out”, but the Prime Meanwhile sources con some of them more than
Manu Singhvi alleged that the Minister is expected to make fi rmed that a visit to India once) by Mr. Modi in his cur
Modi government was saving a short trip to South Korea from Israeli Premier Neta rent tenure as Prime Minis
Mr. Chowdary as his report towards the end of February. nyahu is “likely”. On Tues ter (20142019) to 94, equall
was used to remove Alok This will be his second visit day, the Israeli newspaper ing the number of trips Dr.
Verma as the CBI chief. to Seoul after May 2015. The Haaretz reported that the vi Manmohan Singh had made
trip will also follow the bilat sit is being arranged in “the in his entire tenure as Prime
Lokpal search panel eral visit by South Korean second week of February”, Minister over two terms
holds first meeting President Moon JaeIn to In linking the recent visit of Is (20042014).
NEW DELHI
An eightmember search
panel formed to select
members of anticorruption
ombudsman — Lokpal — held
Centre’s nod to ₹ 7,214 cr. disaster relief
its first meeting on Tuesday,
Special Correspondent ed by Home Minister Raj Himachal Pradesh (fl ood
nearly four months after it
was set up by the Centre,
New Delhi nath Singh, sanctioned the and landslips), ₹ 191.73 crore
officials said. The committee, The Home Ministry on Tues additional assistance of to Uttar Pradesh (fl ood),
headed by former SC judge day approved the release of ₹ 7,214.03 crore from the Na ₹ 127.60 crore to Gujarat
Ranjana Prakash Desai, ₹ 7,214 crore to six States and tional Disaster Relief Fund. (drought) and ₹ 13.09 crore
discussed modalities related a Union Territory for dam Among the sanctioned to the Union Territory of Pu
to the appointments of the age caused by natural calam amount, ₹ 4,714.28 crore will ducherry (cyclone).
chief and members of Lokpal. ities during the kharif sea be given to Maharashtra Finance Minister Piyush
The meeting comes days after son 201819. (drought), ₹ 949.49 crore to Goel, Agriculture Minister
the Supreme Court set A statement by the Minis Karnataka (drought), ₹ 900.4 Radha Mohan Singh and se
Februaryend deadline for the try of Home Aff airs said a crore to Andhra Pradesh nior offi cers were present in
12 WORLD DELHI
U.S. imposes sanctions Pak. SC rejects
plea against
Bibi’s acquittal
on Venezuelan oil fi rm Agence France-Presse
Islamabad
Maduro accuses it of trying to steal PDVSA’s foreign arm Pakistan’s Supreme Court
rejected on Tuesday a chal
Reuters lenge against its decision to
WASHINGTON/CARACAS acquit Asia Bibi of blasphe
The Donald Trump adminis my, igniting calls for her to
tration on Monday imposed fi nally be allowed to leave
sweeping sanctions on Vene the country where she still
zuelan stateowned oil fi rm faces threats to her life.
PDVSA, aimed at severely The ruling by the coun
curbing the OPEC member’s try’s highest court paves
crude exports to the U.S. the way for Ms. Bibi —
and at pressuring socialist whose whereabouts the go
President Nicolás Maduro to vernment refuses to reveal
step down. Russia, a close al for fear she will be targeted
ly of Venezuela, denounced by vigilantes — to seek asy
the move as illegal interfe lum abroad, with specula
rence in Venezuela’s aff airs tion rampant that she will
and said the curbs meant Ve Listening to the leader: Opposition supporters at Juan go to a North American or
nezuela would probably Guaidó’s rally in Caracas on January 26. NYT *
European country.
have problems servicing its Ms. Bibi spent eight
$3.15 billion sovereign debt said Venezuela would take goes into blocked accounts, years awaiting execution
to Moscow. legal actions in response. we will continue to take it, before the Supreme Court
Minutes before the sanc In the fi rst sign of serious otherwise will we not be overturned her death sen
tions announcement, Juan retaliation, three sources buying it,” Treasury Secre tence for blasphemy in Oc
Guaidó, the Opposition lead with knowledge of the deci tary Steven Mnuchin said at tober last year, igniting
er who proclaimed himself sion said PDVSA had or a White House briefi ng. days of violent Islamist
interim President last week dered customers with tank Oil at sea, already paid protests. The government
with U.S. backing, said Con ers waiting to load for, would continue its jour allowed a petition demand
gress would name new Venezuelan crude bound for ney to the U.S., he said. ing an appeal against the
boards of directors to the the U.S. to prepay for the White House National Secur court’s acquittal as part of
company and its U.S. subsi cargoes. ity Adviser John Bolton said a deal with the protesters
diary, Citgo. at the briefi ng the measure to end the violence.
Mr. Guaidó, supported by Blocked account would cost Mr. Maduro $11 But Chief Justice Asif
the U.S. and most countries The Trump administration billion in lost export pro Saeed Khosa threw the pe
in the Western Hemisphere, sanctions stopped short of ceeds over the next year and tition out “on merit” on
says Mr. Maduro stole his re banning U.S. companies block him from accessing Tuesday.
election and must resign to from buying Venezuelan oil, PDVSA assets worth $7 bil Moments after the rul
allow new, fair polls. but because the proceeds of lion. While there are signifi ing was announced, Ms. Bi
Mr. Maduro, in a live na such sales will be put in a cant exceptions, such as bi’s lawyer Saif ulMulook
tional broadcast on Monday, “blocked account”, PDVSA rules that should allow Citgo hinted that his client’s
accused the U.S. of trying to is likely to quickly stop ship to keep using Venezuelan move could be imminent.
steal U.S. refi ning arm Citgo ping much crude to the U.S., crude in U.S. refi neries, the “I think at this time she is
Petroleum, the OPEC mem its top client. sanctions will likely cause here (in Pakistan) — but by
ber’s most important foreign “If the people in Venezue some reordering of global oil tonight, I don’t know,” he
asset, which also manages a la want to continue to sell us fl ows as Venezuela seeks to told reporters outside the
chain of U.S. gas stations. He oil, as long as the money sell elsewhere. court.
ELSEWHERE
U.S. charges Huawei and its CFO Meng
Company is accused of stealing trade secrets and evading U.S. sanctions against Iran
Sriram Lakshman ments are law enforcement ac
Washington tions and are wholly separate
The U.S.’s Department of Justice from our trade negotiations with
has charged Chinese telecom China,” Commerce Secretary
UN expert to present giant and world’s second largest Wilbur Ross said on Monday.
Khashoggi report by June smartphone manufacturer Hua
ISTANBUL
wei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou ‘Not a pawn or hostage’
UN judicial expert Agnes
with attempts to steal trade se After Monday’s charges were re
Callamard, who is tasked with
crets, obstructing a criminal in vealed, Ms. Meng’s lawyer said
investigating the murder of
Saudi journalist Jamal
vestigation and evading U.S. his client should not be a “pawn
Khashoggi, said on Tuesday sanctions against Iran. or a hostage” in the U.S.China
that she would present her Of the two cases against the relationship.
report by the end of May. company, one relates to Huawei The company has been of
Speaking outside the Istanbul stealing trade secrets from tele concern to the U.S. government
mission, where she carried com company TMobile and giv for a while, with the U.S. trying,
out an inspection, Ms. ing bonuses to employees who at least through 2018, to per
Callamard said her report got information from competi suade America’s allies from us
would be made public in time tors. ing Huawei and other Chinese
for the June session of the The second case relates to In the dock: A Huawei store at a shopping mall in Beijing. * AP companies for the next upgrade
UN human rights council. AFP Huawei evading U.S. sanctions to their cellular networks, one
on Iran, with the U.S. alleging ing two Canadians. Beijing asked U.S.China talks to deescalate that will be built on 5G infras
Stone pleads not guilty of that the company had deceived the Canadian government on the tariff war between the two tructure.
lying to Congress the FBI as far back as 2007 when Monday to let Ms. Meng go. countries. The next round of The timing of the crackdown
WASHINGTON
its founder Reng Zhengfei, one “For a long time, the U.S. has talks will be at Cabinet level and on Huawei has left some won
Long-time Donald Trump
of China’s most powerful busi used state power to smear and start on Wednesday, with Chi dering whether U.S. concerns
adviser Roger Stone pleaded
nessmen, told the agency that attack certain Chinese compa nese Deputy Premier Liu He vis are purely based on security and
not guilty on Tuesday to
charges stemming from the
his company had not violated nies... behind that, there is iting Washington. Mr. Liu will al fears of Huawei spying for the
ongoing investigation into U.S. export laws. strong political motivation and so meet with U.S. President Chinese government, or have an
whether the U.S. President’s Huawei has denied the charg manipulation. We strongly urge Donald Trump, Treasury Secre element of the U.S. wanting to
campaign colluded with es against itself and Ms. Weng. the U.S. to stop unreasonable tary Steven Mnuchin said on get a competitive edge in build
Russia in the 2016 election. suppression of Chinese compa Monday, before details of the ing the world’s 5G networks.
Mr. Stone is charged with Extradition request nies, including Huawei, and Huawei charges emerged. Huawei is likely to be dis
lying to Congress, witness Ms. Meng, who is Mr. Reng’s treat Chinese enterprises fairly Mr. Trump had said in De cussed when intelligence chiefs
tampering and obstruction in daughter, was arrested in Van and objectively,” the Chinese Fo cember that he could intervene testify before the Senate Intelli
relation to his contacts with couver on December 1 in con reign Ministry said in a state in the case if it would be in the gence Committee as part of their
WikiLeaks. Mr. Stone entered nection with a U.S. extradition ment on Monday. interest of national security or annual briefi ngs on worldwide
a not guilty plea to the seven request and is currently out on The Huawei indictments help a trade deal with China. threats, including cybersecurity
charges. AFP
https://www.dailyreader24.com/ Dr. UPSC Android App
bail. China retaliated by arrest come on the eve of a round of “To be clear, these indict and cyberespionage.
CM
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market watch
29-01-2019 % CHANGE Essar Steel: NCLT junks Ruia plea ‘Farm support
as central
Yes Bank promoters to
nominate a director each
Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 35,592 ddddddddddddd -0.18
US Dollar dddddddddddddddddddd 71.11 ddddddddddddd -0.01
Gold ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 33,750 ddddddddddddddd0.29
Brent oil dddddddddddddddddddddddd 61.4 ddddddddddddddd2.40
Withdrawal of insolvency proceedings should be sought by the initiator: tribunal scheme ideal’
Move part of truce bid by two factions
NIFTY 50 Special Correspondent Steel creditors approved the Special Correspondent
PRICE CHANGE AHMEDABAD proposal, ignoring a lastmi NEW DELHI SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Adani Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349.25. . . . . . . 23.15
Asian Paints. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1393.30. . . . . . . 13.80 In a setback to the Ruia nute off er by the sharehol Any step announced by the Mumbai
Axis Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660.75. . . . . . . . . 4.45 brothers, who are making ders of Essar Steel to pay government in the upcom Promoters of Yes Bank — Ra
Bajaj Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2567.65. . . . . . . . . 2.10 lastditch eff orts to retain Es dues of ₹ 54,389 crore to ing Vote on Account aimed na Kapoor and the Madhu
Bajaj Finserv. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 6233.05. . . . . 182.15
Bajaj Finance . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2515.55. . . . . . . 57.05 sar Steel, which is under in both fi nancial and opera at supporting the incomes Kapur family — have now
Bharti Airtel . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 307.85. . . . . . . . . 2.70 solvency, the Ahmedabad tional creditors. of farmers would be better agreed to nominate one re
BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.90. . . . . . . . -3.80 bench of the National Com Reacting to Tuesday’s or done as a centrally spon presentative each on the
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505.05. . . . . . . 12.90
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222.55. . . . . . . . -2.65 pany Law Tribunal (NCLT) der, an Essar spokesperson sored scheme rather than a board of the bank.
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 2666.45. . . . . . . 41.70 on Tuesday rejected their said: “We continue to believe debt waiver, India Ratings “Madhu Kapur Group
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 18877.25. -1110.15
proposal to repay the debt. that our off er of ₹ 54,389 and Research said on and Rana Kapoor Group
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 323.60. . . . . . . . -9.60
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733.50. . . . . . . . . 0.70 The tribunal pointed out crore is the most compelling Tuesday. have agreed to nominate
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988.45. . . . . . . 10.65 that an application for with proposal available to Essar “There is a likelihood one representative director
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1922.30. . . . . . -24.60
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2057.60. . . . . . -26.55
drawal of insolvency pro Steel creditors. We submit that the Union Govern each on the Bank’s Board,
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 2633.30. . . . . . . 34.70 ceedings under Section 12A Clearing the air: There is no illegality on the lenders’ part ted the proposal under the ment may announce a re subject to the completion of directors of the bank,” the
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.55. . . . . . . . -0.45 of the Insolvency and Bank in not accepting Essar promoters’ plan, the NCLT said. PTI *
recently introduced Section lief package for farmers the necessary documenta bank said.
HPCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235.30. . . . . . . . -3.90
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1756.70. . . . . . . 13.70
ruptcy Code, 2016 can be 12A of the IBC, and the re while presenting the Vote tion. The two new appoint
Indiabulls HFL . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 698.60. . . . . . . . -0.70 considered only if it was fi led fl oated by the promoter fa taken by the CoC. Last week, cent judgement of the Su on Account for 201920 in ed directors will be an Interim director
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.85. . . . . . . . . 3.30 by the applicant who initiat mily on the same day as the the NCLAT had asked the preme Court has established line with the Rythu Bandhu nounced at the next The board has also ap
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1461.85. . . . . . . 18.15
Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 297.35. . . . . . . 10.05
ed insolvency in the fi rst Committee of Creditors NCLT Ahmedabad bench to that the Section’s provisions scheme of the government scheduled Board meeting in proved and recommended
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727.90. . . . . . . . -0.05 place. In the Essar Steel mat (CoC) approved the resolu decide on the proposal of Es are applicable retrospective of Telangana,” it said in a April, 2019,” the bank said in to the RBI for its approval, a
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 137.35. . . . . . . . -0.70 ter, lenders State Bank of In tion plan submitted by Arce sar Steel’s fi nancial creditors ly. We are awaiting a copy of report. a statement. board member for tempora
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278.45. . . . . . . . . 3.70
JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.95. . . . . . . . . 3.20
dia and Standard Chartered lorMittal, the bench will now to give ArcelorMittal the con the full NCLT order, and will “If it is rolled out as a The move comes as a part rily holding the offi ce as
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1251.40. . . . . . . . -9.05 Bank fi led the insolvency conduct hearing on the reso trol of the company. take a call on next steps after core centrally sponsored of the truce process that was ‘Board Director on Interim
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1278.05. . . . . . -22.40 cases, which means they are lution plan of ArcelorMittal. It may be noted that the we have thoroughly gone scheme, the cost to the un initiated between the pro Special Duty from Feb 1,
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669.65. . . . . . . . -3.40
Maurti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 6526.95. . . . . . . 15.90 the applicants. ArcelorMittal group off ered through the contents.” ion government exchequer moters a couple of months 2019 till the new CEO Rav
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.50. . . . . . . . -0.10 The bench also held that CoC decision upheld to pay creditors ₹ 42,000 “This [order] is a positive would be 0.43% of GDP, ago. neet Gill takes charge in
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.05. . . . . . . . -0.60 that there was no illegality According to Satish Kumar crore to take over Essar Steel development for both Essar while the cost to the com “This is intended to en March, 2019.
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 185.60. . . . . . . . -2.20
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1210.65. . . . . . -18.90 on the lenders’ side for not Gupta of Alvarez & Marsal, which faces insolvency pro Steel India and the country. bined state government ex sure better coordination The term of the present
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.60. . . . . . . . -1.00 accepting Essar Steel promo Essar Steel’s resolution pro ceedings to recover ₹ 50,800 We now hope for a swift re chequer would be 0.27% of and support by the two pro MD & CEO of the bank, Rana
Sun Pharma . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 422.40. . . . . . . 10.65 ters’ plan. Having rejected fessional, the tribunal has, in crore of unpaid loans. solution to this case,” Arce GDP,” according to the moter groups with the new Kapoor, ends on 31 January,
Tata Motors . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 173.60. . . . . . . . . 1.30
Tata Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443.80. . . . . . . . -1.90 the settlement proposal eff ect, upheld the decision The Committee of Essar lorMittal said in a statement. report. MD & CEO and the board of that is, Thursday.
TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982.75. . . . . . . 27.75
Tech Mahindra . . . . . . .. . . . . . 731.50. . . . . . . . -3.65
Titan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 966.10. . . . . . . . . 7.45
UltraTech Cement . .. . . . 3409.65. . . . . . . 35.20
UPL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760.30. . . . . . . . . 0.25
Vedanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.65. . . . . . . . . 1.15
Wipro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.40. . . . . . . . . 4.25
Axis Bank Q3 net rises 131% BoB Q3 profi t
jumps 4fold
HCL Tech Q3 net jumps 19%
YES Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.90. . . . . . . . -4.60
Stake sale, recovery, trading gains boost lender’s profi t IT fi rm’s U.S. business grows 12.9%; deal pipeline good: CEO
Zee Entertainment . . . . . . 377.40. . . . . . . . . 4.10
to ₹ 471 crore
EXCHANGE RATES SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Special Correspondent
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit Mumbai Press Trust of India NEW DELHI
except yen at 4 p.m. on January 29
CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL
Private sector lender Axis New Delhi HCL Technologies on Tues
US Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 70.91. . . . . . . 71.23 Bank has reported 131% Public sector lender Bank day registered a 19% rise in
Euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 81.07. . . . . . . 81.44 yearonyear growth in net of Baroda (BoB) on Tues consolidated net profi t to
British Pound . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 93.23. . . . . . . 93.65 profi t to ₹ 1,681 crore for the
Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 64.79. . . . . . . 65.08
day reported an over four ₹ 2,611 crore for the third
Chinese Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 10.53. . . . . . . 10.58 quarter ended December 31 fold jump in net profi t at quarter ended December
Swiss Franc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 71.40. . . . . . . 71.73 on the back of healthy ₹ 471.25 crore for the third 2018.
Singapore Dollar . . . . . . .. . 52.44. . . . . . . 52.68 growth in core and noncore
Canadian Dollar . . . . . . . . .. . 53.48. . . . . . . 53.73 quarter ended December The IT fi rm said it would
Malaysian Ringitt . . . . . .. . 17.24. . . . . . . 17.35 income. 2018. The bank had logged close the year at the higher
Source:Indian Bank Net interest income, the a net profi t of ₹ 111.78 crore end of its 9.511.5% revenue
diff erence between interest in OctoberDecember 2017. growth guidance for the cur
BULLION RATES CHENNAI
earned and interest expend Total income in the re rent fi scal. The company,
January 29 rates in rupees with pre- ed, grew by a healthy 18% to ported quarter increased which posted a net profi t of
vious rates in parentheses ₹ 5,604 crore while nonin at ₹ 14,562.85 crore as com ₹ 2,194 crore in the corres
Retail Silver (1g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.6. . . . . . . (43.2) terest income grew by 54% cial offi cer, Axis Bank. “This but higher than 5.28% re pared to ₹ 12,976.28 crore ponding quarter in the year ographies delivered double of the guided range, but gi
22 ct gold (1 g) . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 3145. . . . . . (3127)
to ₹ 4,001 crore. is the highest profi t after tax ported a year ago. in the yearago period, BoB ago period, saw its revenue digit yearonyear growth. ven the outstanding perfor
Noninterest income was we have in the last 11 Fresh slippages to bad said in a regulatory fi ling. grow 22.6% to ₹ 15,699 crore Our U.S. business grew mance this quarter, we are
boosted as the bank reco quarters.” loans have been contained The bank’s asset quality in the quarter under review, 12.9%, Europe business has guiding towards the higher
vered ₹ 998 crore in the third with the bank seeing ₹ 3,746
IN BRIEF quarter, largely comprising NIM strengthens crore loan turning bad dur
#70929
improved a tad with gross
nonperforming assets
from ₹ 12,808 crore. picked up momentum with
a growth 14.5% and RoW
end of guided range,” Mr. Vi
jayakumar said.
two accounts from the pru “Net interest margin for the ing the quarter as compared (NPAs) falling to 11.01% of All-round show [rest of the world] grew On the impact of the shut
RBI to inject ₹ 37,500 cr. dentially writtenoff pool, quarter was 3.47%, rising 11 to ₹ 4,428 crore in the year
through OMO in Feb. gross loans as of Decem “The growth last quarter 12.1% excluding India down in the U.S., Mr. Vijay
compared with ₹ 40 crore a bps quarteronquarter. Of ago period and ₹ 2,777 crore berend 2018, against was across our entire suite of business.” kumar said the company
MUMBAI
The Reserve Bank of India
year earlier. these, 5 bps come from the in the second quarter. 11.31% in the yearago products and services,” C. The Noidabased compa had not seen any impact on
(RBI) on Tuesday said it will The lender also gained oneoff recovery during the Corporate lending slip period. Vijayakumar, HCL Technolo ny maintained its revenue its business.
inject ₹ 37,500 crore into the ₹ 342 crore by selling stake in course of the quarter. Even pages were ₹ 1,887 crore and Net NPAs or bad loans gies president and CEO, growth guidance of 9.511.5% “Areas where we are de
system through purchase of two strategic investments without that, NIM has 98% of this came from BB too came down to 4.26% of said. “We had strong perfor (in constant currency basis). pendent on the government
government securities in during the quarter. The trad strengthened during the rated and below accounts. total advances from 4.97% mance across our Mode 1, 2, “With the confi dence in the would be visas. We have not
February to increase ing profi ts for the quarter quarter,” he said. The bank’s BB and below rat by Decemberend 2017. 3 off erings... Combined booking we have had and seen any delays at all. It is
liquidity. There will be no grew by 90% to ₹ 379 crore Asset quality also im ed book stood at ₹ 7,645 In absolute value, gross Mode 2 and Mode 3 reve the demand environment, pretty much on track. The
auction in the fi rst week due during the period under proved sequentially as the crore. bad loans of the lender nues stand at 29% of our ov we feel confi dent of deliver deal pipeline looks very
to the scheduled MPC review. gross nonperforming asset The bank reported ₹ 225 stood at ₹ 53,184.28 crore as erall revenues. Our Mode 1 ing towards the higher end good. So, we feel positive
meeting. The RBI said it will “This was a quarter of (NPA) ratio stood at 5.75% as crore of divergence in NPA on December 31, 2018 as business continues to show of our guidance. Last quar about the coming quarter
inform about the auction strong profi tability,” said Jai at December end, compared classifi cation for the pre compared to ₹ 48,480.44 steady growth... In terms of ter, we had said we will and the next year,” he
dates in due course. PTI ram Sridharan, chief fi nan to 5.96% in endSeptember, vious fi nancial year. crore a year ago. geographies, all the three ge come around the midpoint added.
HDFC Q3 net profi t Govt. may ask taxmen to
declines to ₹ 2,114 crore fi le GST profi teering pleas
Year earlier net spurred by stake sale Currently, only consumers fi le plaints
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT individual loan disburse Press Trust of India cials, the central and State
Mumbai ments grew 15%, with the av New Delhi government tax offi cers will
Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd. erage size of individual The GST offi cials are work be encouraged to take up
reported a 63% drop in its loans at ₹ 26.9 lakh. ing out mechanism to suo moto the issue of profi
net profi t to ₹ 2,114 crore for “On an Assets under Man prompt taxmen to initiate teering by businesses,
the quarter ended Decem agement basis, the growth profi teering complaints, sources said.
ber 31. The net profi t for the in the individual loan book which could be taken up for Once the tax offi cers fi nd
same period of the previous was 17% and the nonindivi further investigation by the that GST benefi ts have not
quarter was boosted by a dual loan book grew by 9%. Directorate General of Anti been passed on to the con
onetime gain from stake The growth in the total loan Profi teering (DGAP). sumers, they will refer the
sale in life insurance arm. book was 15%,” it said. Currently, only consum case for further investiga
The profi t numbers are The growth in the indivi ers fi le complaints against tion to the DGAP. As per the
not exactly comparable. dual loan book was 24%, businesses for not passing procedure, the DGAP sub
In the Oct.Dec. quarter while the nonindividual on the benefi ts of reduction mits its investigation report
of the previous fi nancial loan book grew at 9%. The of the GST rates on various to the National AntiProfi
year, the company made a gross nonperforming loans products. teering Authority, which de
gain of ₹ 5,250 crore by sell as on end December was Under the standard oper cide on the fi nal quantum of
ing shares in the IPO of its ₹ 4,731 crore or 1.22% of the ating procedure (SoP) being profi teering and the mone
life insurance arm. The total loan portfolio. worked out by the GST offi tary penalty.
‘Defer implementation of new ecom rules’
Flipkart warns of ‘signifi cant customer disruption’ without 6month breather
Reuters can validate and evidence has committed $5.5 billion in
New Delhi
our compliance, in such a India investments. Industry
Online retailer Flipkart has compressed period of time, sources have said the new
told the government the has caused us to divert signif policy would raise com
company faces the risk of icant resources,” Mr. Krish pliance costs and force Ama
“signifi cant customer dis namurthy wrote in the letter. zon and Flipkart to review
ruption” if the implementa The new curbs were only an their business arrangements
tion of new curbs for ecom nounced on December 26. in the country.
merce is not delayed by six He also said the regulations
months, a source said. could cause “signifi cant cus Snapdeal to comply
The new foreign invest tomer disruption” if the dea Meanwhile, Snapdeal, in a
ment restrictions will, from Flipkart chief executive Ka dline for compliance wasn’t letter dated Jan. 25, told the
February 1, bar ecommerce lyan Krishnamurthy said the extended. He asked for a six government that some com
companies from selling pro rules required the company month delay. Offi cials have panies were using “glaring
ducts from fi rms in which to assess “all elements” of its said the government was un loopholes” to run a proxy in
they have an equity interest business operations, accord likely to change the policy’s ventorybased model of e
and also ban them from ing to a person privy to the implementation date. commerce. “The timelines
reaching deals with sellers to communication. The policy move has jolt allowed are adequate for
only sell on one platform. “Redesigning numerous ed Walmart, which last year compliance,” Snapdeal CEO
In a letter to industries de elements of our technology invested $16 billion in Flip Kunal Bahl wrote to the
partment earlier this month, systems to ensure that we kart, and Amazon, which Commerce Minister.
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IN BRIEF
‘FMCG sector to clock double-digit growth’
Industry likely to grow between 11% and 12% in 2019, a tad lower than 13.8% in 2018, says Nielsen study
Special Correspondent While GDP is expected to rect subsidy transfer, along
MUMBAI be buoyant at 7.5% in 2019, with orientation on mini
The fast moving consumer Consumer Price Infl ation mum support prices for
goods (FMCG) industry is ex (CPI) estimates for the year crops, are expected to boost
pected to clock double digit suggest that it will gradually farm income further,” it said,
growth in the current year, increase. However, it will be adding that rainfall perfor
M&M unveils Furio range though the growth is likely to within 5%, it added. mance and its spatial and ge
of commercial trucks be lower than that of the pre ographical distribution need
MUMBAI
vious year, which saw the Crude prices to be watched out for. Behave yourself: Uber is notifying some riders who have
Mahindra & Mahindra’s Truck consistently been rated poorly by drivers. B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM
sector benefi t from the over The market research fi rm, Interestingly, with the *
and Bus Division has unveiled
the Furio range of
all health of the economy however, added that crude general elections scheduled
Intermediate Commercial
Vehicles (ICVs) to garner a
large market share in the ICV
and lower infl ation.
According to the latest stu
dy by market research fi rm
prices in global markets and
exchange rates would be the
factors to watch out for.
later this year, Nielsen has
highlighted how historical
trends around elections in
Uber to block unruly
segment in the country. All
players put together sell
about 1.5 lakh such vehicles
Nielsen, the FMCG industry
is expected to grow between
11% and 12% in 2019, which is
Greener pastures: Various initiatives such as agriculture credit
are expected to boost farm income, the report said. REUTERS *
Meanwhile, Nielsen ex
pects the sustained govern
ment focus on rural infras
the last few years suggest
that the FMCG industry de
monstrates a stable to margi
riders from its app
annually. Furio has been a tad lower than the 13.8% primarily on the back of con doubledigit growth, while tructure and surging nally lower growth in the Firm updates community guidelines
launched in 14tonne and 12 growth in 2018. Incidentally, ducive macroeconomic envi industry growth in the se nonfarm income in rural election year.
tonne capacity with price of the FMCG industry growth in ronment, rural consump cond half will taper down to areas to support rural FMCG Consumption growth in Special Correspondent same behavioural standards
between ₹ 17.45 lakh and the fourth quarter of 2018 tion, sustained benefi ts of high single digits. Similar consumption story. “Indian 2018 was led by favourable NEW DELHI to the riders that Uber has
₹ 18.1 lakh (ex showroom was quite buoyant at 15.9%. GST regime and election im trends will be witnessed rural consumption story is macros like growth in GDP, Being rude or unruly during for the driver partners...
Pune) respectively. Nielsen takes into account pact, according to the study. across the key super group of projected to be continuing in lower infl ation and manufac Uber rides may now lead to these guidelines will help us
the calendar year while mak “Our projections suggest product categories viz Food, 2019. Various farm level in turers passing on the bene riders being blocked from to foster mutual respect bet
Gradiant secures four ing projections. The growth that the fi rst half of the year Personal Care & Home Care,” itiatives by the government fi ts of margin expansion using the cab aggregator’s ween riders and drivers,”
ZLD projects in India in the current year will be ( Jan.Jun) will have decent the Nielsen report stated. including agri credit and di from the GST regime. application. Mr. Singh added.
CHENNAI The U.S.based fi rm on
Gradiant Corporation, a Tuesday announced upda Driver safety
solution provider for
Ramco Cements Q3 net Cement companies, unions
tion of its community guide Additionally, the cab aggre
industrial waste water lines following which a gator has introduced a driv
treatment, has expanded its
“small minority” of riders er safety toolkit for its driv
operations in India with four
zero liquid discharge (ZLD)
projects in sectors such as
dips on cost pressures enter fresh wage accord
may lose access to their Ub
er appfor persistent bad
er partners. Under this,
drivers will be able to share
textile processing, caustic
behaviour. the trip details with their
soda, pharma and dyestuff . Sales volume rises 21% in south, east “We are notifying a small friends and family from
“The fi rst two projects would number of riders, who have within the application and
go on stream by March and Special Correspondent 4year pact provides for ₹ 5,000 hike a month in gross pay consistently been rated use an emergency assis
August respectively, while
CHENNAI poorly by drivers over a pro tance button to connect
the other two are on pilot Ramco Cements has posted k.t. jagannathan After the two arbitration longed period of time, to im with law enforcement agen
basis,” said S. Ravichandran, a 17.65% dip in standalone Chennai awards in 1978 and 1982, prove their behaviour. If cies during an unwanted
managing director, Gradiant net profi t at ₹ 101.07 crore The Cement Manufacturers’ there have been eight such that doesn’t happen, a emergency situation.
India. for the third quarter ended Association (CMA) and ma nationallevel settlements. handful of riders could lose Uber has also incorporat
December 2018 against jor central trade unions have N. Srinivasan, vicechair access to the Uber applica ed a feature wherein drivers
Renault-Nissan signs ₹ 122.74 crore in the corres signed a memorandum of man and MD, The India Ce tion,” Prabhjeet Singh, Uber will be alerted when they ex
pact with NSDC ponding yearearlier pe understanding (MoU) to her ments Ltd., led the negotia India and South Asia Head ceed the speed limit.
CHENNAI
riod, due to increase in pow ald a new wage accord in the tions on behalf of the of Cities, said. “There can be no Uber
RenaultNissan has signed a er and transportation cost. industry. industry. He was president Rider behaviour will be without driver partners —
pact with National Skill The MoU will cover a four of CMA for fi ve terms. refl ected in the ratings given they are at the centre of Ub
During the period under
Development Corporation to
review, the sales volume in A.V. Dharmakrishnan year period between April 1, “The nationallevel, in by their drivers. Mr. Singh er’s business. The national
train its workforce in the
creased by 21% to 27.47 lakh 2018 and March 31, 2022. It dustrywide settlement is stressed that the step would rollout of an emergency
alliance plant in Chennai for
tonnes in the southern and same will refl ect in operat provides for an increase of vides for an enhanced DA unique as it is collective bar be taken only if riders’ rat button and the ‘share trip
future technologies. NSDC
would assist the Renault the eastern markets. “The ing cost in coming quar ₹ 5,000 a month in the gross besides off ering service gaining in its truest sense, as ings fall below a minimum feature’ reiterates our com
Nissan workforce develop power and fuel cost conti ters,” said A.V. Dharmak pay of employees. weightage and other bene the management and the un average after several notifi mitment to their safety,” he
competency standards in nue to remain at higher le rishnan, CEO, The Ramco fi ts. Arrears for 10 months ions sit across the table and cations. He, however, did said. Reasons for riders los
emerging manufacturing vels compared to the corres Cements Ltd. In the last Two instalments will be paid in two instal it is signed before the Cen not share the rating bench ing access to Uber would in
technologies. In the fi rst ponding yearearlier period nine months, the fi rm had It will be paid in two instal ments, said a release. tral Chief Labour Commis mark. Currently, both driv clude damage to drivers’ or
year, the carmaker aims to due to higher cost of pet incurred a capital expendi ments of ₹ 2,500 each — one Twentyone cement com sioner in New Delhi. This ers and passengers can rate other passengers’ property,
get 10% of staff trained to coke and coal. The prices of ture of ₹ 767 crore for the on with eff ect from April 1, 2018 panies, which cover 60% of has assured industrial peace each other on the Uber app use of abusive language or
support its growth and petcoke and coal have sof going capacity expansion at and the other from April 1, country’s total cement ca in the industry in the last 26 after each ride. “The updat gestures and breaking local
expansion plans in India. tened and the eff ect of the various locations. 2020. The MoU also pro #70929
pacity, are part of the pact. years,” Mr. Srinivasan said. ed guidelines extend the laws while using Uber.
16 SPORT DELHI
We are all looking forward to the tie: Prajnesh It’s ONGC vs IOC
Most of the matches were onesided
The Indians will look to the victory of Vijay Amritraj and Ramesh Krishnan in 1985 for inspiration
but the IOC’s pair of Manu
BADMINTON
<
> It is more about how Attri and P. Vishnuvarshan
DAVIS CUP the boys settle in, in Special Correspondent proved far superior.
Amitabha Das Sharma terms of movement, GREATER NOIDA Team championship results:
KOLKATA
in terms of the Oil and Natural Gas Corpo Men: Semifi nals: ONGC bt Oil
The young Indian team is not ration (ONGC) and Indian India 3-0 (H. S. Prannoy bt Ori-
mental approach.
willing to look at its unseed Oil Corporation (IOC) will jit Chaliha 21-12, 21-17; B. Sai
— Zeeshan Ali, Praneeth bt Swaranraj Bora 21-
ed status when it faces fourth India coach clash in both team fi nals of
seed Italy in the upcoming the 39th PSPB interunit 11, 25-23; Pranaav Chopra and
Davis Cup World Group qual and I wasn’t too bad before badminton tournament Tarun Kona bt Swaranraj Bora
and Hirak Jyoti Neog 21-120,
ifi er at the Calcutta South that as well. So, I think it was here on Wednesday. Except
16-21, 21-9); Indian Oil bt Bha-
Club lawns here. unfortunate that I could not the men’s second semfi nals, rat Petroleum 3-2 (P. Vishnu-
Prajnesh Gunneswaran, get to this level earlier,” he where IOC battled back vardhan lost to Sameer Verma
the highestranked Indian in said. from 02 to down Bharat Pe 14-21, 13-21; Ajay Jayaram lost
the squad, is hopeful that the The 29yearold southpaw troleum 32, all other match to R.M.V. Gurusaidutt 6-21, 10-
“underdogs” can cause an said he would be back play es were onesided. 21; M. R. Arjun and Chirag
upset if his compatriots can ing a series of Challengers af After World No. 11 Sameer Shetty bt Gurusaidutt and Sa-
produce their best game. ter the Davis Cup tie. Verma dismissed P. Vishnu meer 21-13, 21-15; Priyanshu
“Our players really need vardhan to put Bharat Petro Rajawat bt George Thomas
to go out there and play their Slower courts leum ahead, the lead stood 21-9, 21-9; Manu Attri and P.
Vishnuvardhan bt Bhushan
A game. Every match is going Coach Zeeshan Ali said he doubled when R.M.V. Guru
Akut and George Thomas 21-9,
to be very tough, regardless found the practice courts at saidutt easily crushed Ajay 21-8).
of who is playing. the venue on the slower side Jayaram.
Quarterfi nals: ONGC bt Engi-
but added that the pace of Thereafter, it took M.R. neers India 3-0; Oil India bt
Diffi cult the court does not count Arjun and Chirag Shetty to MRPL 3-0; Indian Oil bt GAIL
“It does not matter whether much if the players adjusted show Sameer and Gurusai 3-0; Bharat Petroleum bt Hin-
it is on grass, clay or hard to it. dutt that two singles special dustan Petroleum 3-0.
court... it was always going to “The whole idea is not so ists need not necessarily Women: Semifi nals: ONGC bt
be diffi cult,” Prajnesh said af much about how fast or slow make a good doubles MRPL 2-0 (Rituparna Das bt
ter the Indians’ second day’s the courts are. It is more combination. Latha Kumari 21-6, 21-4; Ritu-
practice. about how the boys settle in, With the tiescore at 12, parna Panda and Ashwini Pon-
Assessing his own and in terms of movement, in IOC raced away with the re nappa bt Priya and Sumitra
team’s preparation, Prajnesh terms of mental approach. maining two matches. Bha 21-4, 21-2); Indian Oil bt Engi-
neers India 2-0 (Sai Uttejitha
said the Indians had had “It is completely diff erent rat Petroleum’s veteran and
Rao bt Shanthi Priya 21-2, 21-1;
enough practice on grass Tough, but not impossible: Prajnesh Gunneswaran, right, feels the Indians have to play their ‘A’ game to have a chance of playing on grass than it is on former National champion Aparna Balan and Sikki Reddy
and were ready for action. upsetting a strong team like Italy. DEBASISH BHADURI
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hard court and clay,” Zeesh George Thomas was no bt Sampada and Arti Narayan
“I am playing good and we an said. match to Priyanshu Rajawat. 21-7, 21-4).
had enough time to practice For inspiration, the Indian of the legendary Vijay Amri careerbest ranking of 102 on getting his rhythm back. The teams will get an hour He returned for the decid Quarterfi nals: ONGC bye;
on grass. So we are all look team will be looking at the traj and Ramesh Krishnan, at Monday, said injuries had “I may be called a late each to practice on the ing doubles with another MRPL bt Hindustan Petroleum
ing forward to the tie,” he 32 victory over the visiting the same venue in 1985. restricted his progress for a bloomer, but the fact is that I match courts from Wednes former National doubles 2-0; Engineers India bt GAIL
said. Italians by the combination Prajnesh, who achieved a long time but he was now was injured for some time day. champion Bhushan Akut 2-0; Indian Oil bye.
Trophies
matter, says
Indian women swamp Spain National
Games put off
Pant stars in IndiaA’s win
Solskjaer Draw the series level at oneall England Lions fails to mount a sustained fi ght back
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI
The 36th National Games,
scheduled to be held in
Goa in MarchApril, has
run into a wall. The State
Government has reported
ly asked for a postpone
ment citing the conduct of
byelections to two as
sembly constituencies. The
organisers have requested
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. SeptemberOctober.
* REUTERS With the Games having
been put off many times
Agence France-Presse since 2016 when Goa was
Manchester
to host it, the IOA has
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says threatened to fi ne the State
trophies are more impor ₹ 10 crore. In his stride: Rishabh Pant plays a forcing shot during his unbeaten knock. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
tant for Manchester United A veteran offi cial from
than a topfour fi nish as he the Athletics Federation of M.R. Praveen Chandran ew Carter. But Ollie Pope Pope made a gritty half
targets success in two cup Commanding show: Navneet Kaur registered her name on the scoresheet as India outplayed India confi rmed that ath Thiruvananthapuram running backwards at deep century (65) and added 66
competitions over the se Spain 5-2. PTI *
letics will not fi gure if it is A big roar went up in the sta cover dropped a diffi cult for the sixth wicket with
cond half of the season. held in March. dium when Rishabh Pant chance. Mullaney to rebuild the in
Tottenham’s Mauricio Press Trust of India the second game. Skipper Rani found the “There is no chance for walked into the middle with After the early loss of Rut nings which was put in disar
Murcia (Spain) ray by Shardul Thakur’s
Pochettino, still in the It was Spain, which net in the 51st minute and AFI to spare athletes for IndiaA wobbling in its chase uraj Gaikwad, K.L. Rahul
frame to become United’s The Indian women’s hockey scored the fi rst goal in the se then young striker Lalrem the Games because it of 222. He was remarkably (42), who reined in his ag (four for 49) opening burst
eventual longterm manag team put up a spirited dis venth minute through Berta siami scored her second goal would interfere with their restrained early in his in gression, and the freestrok with the new ball.
er, has claimed a topfour play to stun World Cup Bonastre. of the day just two minutes training for international nings and even enjoyed a ing Ricky Bhui (35) were Spin twins Rahul Chahar
fi nish and Champions bronze medallists Spain 52 A determined India, ho from full time to hand India events,” the offi cial said. life, but changed gears at the chipping away at the target and Jayant Yadav then put in
League football is his club’s in its third match of the tour wever, made a quick recov a convincing 52 victory. right time as IndiaA piled on when Steven Mullaney (one a tidy shift in the middle ov
primary target and not here on Tuesday. ery with striker Lalremsia the misery of England Lions for 26) and Will Jacks (two
silverware. Young striker from Mizo mi’s fi ne goal in the 17th
“I am pleased with the
performance. We are work James ramping by scoring a sixwicket win for 35) pulled the visitors
ers as England struggled to
force the pace on a slow
But Solskjaer, who won ram, Lalremsiami (17th and minute and then struck in the fourth oneday match back into the match.
many trophies at Old Traf 58th minutes) starred with a again four minutes later
ing to be more steady in our
performance and we are im up training here on Tuesday. At 102 for four, Lions
surface.
The late assault in the
ford as a player under Alex brace, while Neha Goyal through Neha to take a 21 proving matchbymatch. Rishabh Pant (73 not out) sensed a chance but failed to
death overs still left England
Ferguson, has other aims. (21st), Navneet Kaur (32nd), lead. This is a process and we Agence France-Presse and Deepak Hooda (47 not grab it and allowed the
with an underwhelming to
“I am not here to discuss Rani Rampal (51st) main Navneet struck a splendid need to keep repeating such Los angeles out) turned the match match to drift away.
tal of 221 for eight.
what Pochettino says and tained India’s lead after the third goal for India in the performances to grow furth LeBron James is ramping around with their unbroken Earlier, the Lions innings
what other managers say initial setback in the fi rst 32nd minute. up his training activity but 120run stand for the fi fth meandered along at slow The scores: England Lions 221
er,” said India’s chief coach
for eight in 50 overs (Ollie
but we are about winning quarter. Though Bonastre scored Sjoerd Marijne. no date has been set for his wicket which saw IndiaA pace until it was given impe
Pope 65, Steven Mullaney 58
trophies, of course we are,” By virtue of this win, India her second goal of the match The results: return to NBA action after a canter home with 21 balls to tus by a late surge from Ste n.o., Shardul Thakur four for
said Solskjaer. has managed to level the se in the 35th minute to narrow India 5 (Lalremsiami 17, 58), Christmas Day groin injury, spare. ven Mullaney (58 not out), 49) lost to India-A 222 for four
“If you win trophies ries at 11. After having lost down India’s lead to 32, the Neha Goyal (21), Navneet Kaur Los Angeles Lakers coach The big moment was who innovated with cheeky in 46.3 overs (K.L. Rahul 42,
that’s a fantastic day for the tour opener 23, India visitors kept ahead with (32), Rani Rampal (51) bt Spain Luke Walton said here on when Pant, on 30, mistimed unorthodox shots, and Ricky Bhui 35, Rishabh Pant 73
everyone in the club.” held Spain to a 11 draw in strikes at the right time. 2 (Berta Bonastre 7, 35). Monday. a shot off legspinner Math Jaime Overton. n.o., Deepak Hooda 47 n.o.).
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Having played only two “I felt very well through a bit angry but I can’t do tam Buddha University in Epp Mae’s 20 win over Cyn
IN BRIEF Grand Slam quarterfi nals out those three weeks I anything about it. But it will door hall here on Tuesday. thia Vescan levelled the
since her Wimbledon tri played in Australia.” be over some day. scores.
umph in 2014, Kvitova joked Kvitova started the year Repeat of Monday’s Rathi beat Amit on the ba
last year that she might as poorly at Brisbane where she Chequered fl ag clash sis of scoring the last point in
well quit playing at the top lost in the last 16, but she “I guess this trophy is a che In a repeat of Monday night’s the 22 deadlock and swung
four events. took the top honours at Syd quered fl ag on those two round robin clash between the tie in Royals’ favour.
This year’s Australian ney a week later — at a tour years,” Kvitova said, looking the two sides, Royals relied Mimi made a sensational
Open off ered a diff erent pic nament where she initially at the silver plate she won at on its depth to emerge as the comeback in the fi nal mi
ture of the lefthanded Czech was not expecting to play. Melbourne. winner in the exciting best nute to edge out Sarita Mor
Murray undergoes who did not lose a single set Besides the oncourt bat One of those to ask her
hip surgery of ninebout tie. 52 and seal Royals’ berth in
on her way to the fi nal in tles, Kvitova is fi ghting me was former World No. 1 Jim the fi nal.
LONDON Royals’ Dato Marsagishvili
which she lost to Japan’s mories of an attack at her Courier — on court, follow The result (semifi nals): Punjab
Andy Murray has undergone again prevailed over Irakli
Naomi Osaka in three sets on Czech home by a knife ing her quarterfi nal win Royals bt UP Dangal 54
hip resurfacing surgery here, Misturi 42, while Dangal’s
Saturday. wielding burglar in Decem against the home crowd’s fa (M86kg: Dato Marsagishvili bt
the British tennis great told Vanesa Kaladzinskaya again
Instagram followers on
“I’m glad it was only a ber 2016, which left deep vourite Ashleigh Barty. Irakli Misturi 42; W53kg: Anju
warded off young Anju’s lost to Vanesa Kaladzinskaya 6
Tuesday. The twotime joke, that it didn’t happen,” scars on her left hand. “I suppose he didn’t want
challenge for a 196 win. 19; M65kg: Bajrang Punia bt
Wimbledon champion had the 28yearold, who also She identifi ed the man to make me cry, but he did,”
won Wimbledon in 2011, told and is willing to give her tes Kvitova said. “The interview Bajrang Punia dropped Pankaj Rana 62; W62kg: Anita
been weighing the pros and
reporters here. timony in court in early Fe was pretty tough, but he’s a two points before taming bt Navjot Kaur 84; M125kg:
cons of the operation. “I Korey Jarvis lost to Georgi Sa
underwent a hip resurfacing bruary on the condition she nice guy.” Pankaj Rana 62 and record
Royals’ second win. kandelidze 12; W76kg: Cynthia
surgery in London yesterday A compensation does not meet the suspect. Next, the ‘Czech Lioness’ Vescan lost to Epp Mae 02;
(Monday) morning... feeling a “I guess it’s a compensation “Petra takes this as an in faces a defence of last year’s Anita upset Asian cham M57kg: Nitin Rathi bt Amit 22;
bit battered and bruised just for last year which wasn’t the evitable thing. She knows it’s titles from St. Petersburg this pion Navjot Kaur 84 for se W57kg: Mimi Hristova bt Sarita
now but hopefully that will best when it comes to Grand necessary to put an end to week and Doha a fortnight Smiling again: The Australian Open off ered a diff erent picture cond successive time to wi Mor 52; M74kg: Amit Dhanker
be the end of my hip pain,” Slams,” added Kvitova, who the whole aff air,” her spokes later. of Petra Kvitova. AFP
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den Royals’ lead. lost to Jitender 05).
Murray said on Instagram. AFP
Rayo out of drop zone
new manager Cesare Pran
EURO LEAGUES delli, the former Italy coach.
Agencies
Empoli has lost fi ve of its
Barcelona
last six games.
Rayo Vallecano’s Raul de To
mas scored with a 47thmi The results:
nute header for a surprise Serie A: Empoli 1 (Di Lorenzo
10 win at Alaves and drag 63) lost to Genoa 3 (Kouame
his side out of La Liga’s rele 18, Lazovic 70, Sanabria 73).
gation zone for the fi rst time La Liga: Alaves 0 lost to Rayo
this season. Vallecano 1 (Tomas 47).
The striker, on loan from
Real Madrid, nodded home
his ninth league goal of the
season from close range to
earn Rayo its fourth win
from fi ve matches.
Rayo’s surge in form has
helped it rise to 17th place,
two points clear of Galician
side Celta Vigo.
Fifthplaced Alaves was
far below its best and fell to
its fi rst defeat at Mendizor
roza all season, with Abelar
do’s side winning just two of
its last nine in all competi
tions.
Meanwhile at Rome, Ge
noa took a step toward safe
ty with a 31 win at relega
tionthreatened Empoli in
Serie A.
Christian Kouame, Darko
Lazovic and Antonio Sana
bria scored for Genoa while
Giovanni Di Lorenzo had a
temporary equalizer for
Empoli.
Genoa moved up to 13th
place, nine points above the
drop zone, while Empoli re
mained 17th, only three
points above the bottom
three.
It was Genoa’s second
win in seven matches under
IN BRIEF
Study off ers hope for dementia patients Artifi cial skin could give
‘superhuman’ perception
People who receive intensive treatment for hypertension are less likely to develop cognitive problems
Sensor may detect magnetic waves
Pam Belluck have elevated blood pressure enough that their blood “probable dementia.” Fewer
and who do not have dia pressure dropped below 120 patients did so in the group Indo-Asian News Service made of nanoparticles. The
NASA solar probe begins n dementia research, so betes or a history of stroke. would do better than people whose blood pressure was Washington nanoparticles rub around
second orbit of sun
WASHINGTON
I many paths have led nowh
ere that any glimmer of opti
But that’s a condition aff ect
ing a lot of people — more
receiving standard treat
ment that brought their
lowered to 120. But the diff e
rence — 149 people in the in
Scientists have developed a
sensor for artifi cial skin that
the inside of the silicone
tube and create an electric
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mism is noteworthy. than 75% of people over 65 blood pressure just under tensivetreatment group ver may not only help burn vic current. The copper wire
has begun its second orbit of So some experts are her have hypertension, the study 140. They did — so much so sus 176 people in the tims feel, but also lend hu surrounding the silicone
the sun and is on track for its alding the results of a large said. So millions might even that in 2015, the trial was standardtreatment group — mans ‘superpowers’ to de tube picks up the current as
closest approach to our star, new study, which found that tually benefi t by reducing stopped because the inten was not enough to be statisti tect sound waves and a signal.
the U.S. space agency said.
people with hypertension not only their risk of heart sively treated participants cally signifi cant. But in the magnetic fi elds. When this tube is
Just 161 days after its launch,
who received intensive treat problems but of cognitive de More than 75% of people had signifi cantly lower risk secondary outcome — deve Researchers from Univer bumped by something ex
the Parker probe completed
ment to lower their blood cline, too. over 65 have hypertension. of cardiovascular events and loping mild cognitive impair sity of Connecticut in the periencing pressure, the na
its first orbit of the sun on
January 19. The spacecraft
pressure were less likely * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO death that it would have ment or MCI — results did U.S. wanted to create a sen noparticles move and the
has now begun the second of than those receiving stan Cardiovascular study been unethical not to inform show a statistically signifi sor that can mimic the sens electric signal changes.
24 planned orbits, on track dard blood pressure treat “It’s kind of remarkable that sites in the U.S. The partici the standard group of the be cant diff erence. ing properties of skin. Such Sound waves also create
for its second perihelion, or ment to develop minor me they found something,” said pants had hypertension, de nefi t of further lowering In the intensive group, 287 a sensor would need to be waves in the nanoparticle
closest approach to the sun, mory and thinking problems Dr. Kristine Yaff e, a professor fi ned as a systolic blood pres their blood pressure. people developed it, com able to detect pressure, tem fl uid, and the electric signal
on April 4. Parker Solar Probe that often progress to of psychiatry and neurology sure (the top number) from But the cognitive arm of pared to 353 people in the perature, and vibration. changes in a diff erent way
entered full operational dementia. at University of California 130 to 180, without diabetes the study, called SPRINT standard group, giving the However, the artifi cial than when the tube is
status on January 1. PTI The study, published San Francisco, who was not or a history of stroke. MIND, continued to follow intensive treatment group a skin could do other things bumped.
Monday in JAMA, is the fi rst involved in the research. “It These were people who the participants for three 19% lower risk of mild cogni too, researchers said. The researchers found
large, randomised clinical is very exciting because it could care for themselves, more years even though they tive impairment, Mr. Wil “It would be very cool if it that magnetic fi elds alter the
trial to fi nd something that tells us that by improving were able to walk and get were no longer monitored liamson said. had abilities human skin signal too, in a way distinct
can help many older people vascular health in a compre themselves to doctors’ ap for whether they continued Mr. Williamson said that does not; for example, the from pressure or sound
reduce their risk of mild cog hensive way, we could ac pointments, said the princi with intensive blood pres following the patients for ability to detect magnetic waves. Even a person mov
nitive impairment — an early tually have an eff ect on brain pal investigator, Dr. Jeff D. sure treatment. About 8,500 longer would yield enough fi elds, sound waves, and ab ing around while carrying
stage of faltering function health.” Williamson, chief of geriatric participants received at least cases to show whether inten normal behaviours,” Islam the sensor changes the elec
and memory that is a fre The research was part of a medicine and gerontology at one cognitive assessment. sive blood pressure treat Mosa from University of trical current, and the team
quent precursor to Alzheim large cardiovascular study Wake Forest School of ment helps prevent demen Connecticut. found they could distin
'French spiderman' scales er’s disease and other called SPRINT, which begun Medicine. Probable dementia tia, too. To fi nd out, the Researchers created such guish between the electrical
Manila skyscraper, held dementias. in 2010 and involved more The primary goal of the The primary outcome re Alzheimer’s Association said a sensor with a silicone tube signals caused by walking,
MANILA
The results apply only to than 9,000 racially and eth SPRINT study was to see if searchers measured was it would fund two more wrapped in a copper wire running, jumping, and
French urban freeclimber
those aged 50 or older who nically diverse people at 102 people treated intensively whether patients developed years of the study. NY TIMES and fi lled with a special fl uid swimming.
Alain Robert was arrested on
Tuesday after he scaled one
of Manila’s tallest towers in
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The 56-year old adventurer,
dubbed the “French
Heavy drinking can modify How our diet
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your genes, says study
spiderman”, climbed the
memory
breeding project in Assam
47-storey GT Tower without
safety equipment, leaving
watchers on the ground
staring in amazement. Police Indo-Asian News Service
were less enthusiastic and It may trigger changes resulting in even more craving for liquor New York
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New York & Experimental Research. “you are what you eat”, the GUWAHATI
Are you a heavy drinker? In addition, the binge and food you consume could Assam Environment and
Take note. Besides alcohol heavy drinkers also showed also impact your memory, Forest Minister Parimal
taking a toll on your health reductions in gene expres suggests a new study. Shuklabaidya on Tuesday
in many ways, it may also sion, or the rate at which A team of researchers announced the success of
trigger a longlasting genetic these genes create proteins. discovered that cholecysto the Golden Langur Conser
change resulting in an even These changes increased kinin (CCK), a satiety hor vation Breeding Pro
greater craving for alcohol, with greater alcohol intake. mone which is highly ex gramme in the State.
Apple to patch bug in researchers including one of No control: The study may Also, in another experi pressed in memory The golden langur con
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