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Govt. sweetens Air India off er, CAA rules expected
puts 100% stake on the table to seek ‘proof of religion’
Reprieve of ₹ 40,000 crore in liabilities to buyer; second attempt in as many years Government documents could be sought from applicants
Cong. seeks NHRC action
on ‘U.P. police atrocities’ Jagriti Chandra Vijaita Singh
NEW DELHI New Delhi New Delhi
The Congress on Monday
The Union government on The Citizenship (Amend
approached the National
Monday invited bids for a ment) Act (CAA), 2019 rules
Human Rights Commission to
demand action against Uttar
100% stake sale of Air India are expected to seek “proof
Pradesh police offi cers who (AI) and transfer of manage of religion” as mentioned in
allegedly committed ment control along with its government records, a se
atrocities on people complete share in two subsi nior offi cial of the Ministry
protesting against the diaries — lowcost interna of Home Aff airs (MHA) said
Citizenship (Amendment) Act. tional carrier Air India Ex on Monday.
NEWS A PAGE 13
press and groundhandling The draft CAA rules are
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD arm AISATS. likely to seek documents
The government has of from applicants that they
SC to hear Nirbhaya fered to hive off liabilities entered India before De
convict’s plea today worth nearly ₹ 40,000 crore cember 31, 2014, and that
NEW DELHI
to sweeten the deal. they belong to the six reli
A threejudge Bench led by
This is the second attempt gions exempted under the
Justice R. Banumathi is
scheduled to hear on Tuesday
in two years by the Narendra Act. The Assam government
a plea by Nirbhaya case convict Modiled government at had asked MHA to impose a cember 31, 2014. Though ly hiccup will come during
Mukesh Singh challenging the privatising the national car threemonth time limit to the Act does not mention the verifi cation stage when
President’s rejection of his rier. On May 31, 2018, when apply under the CAA and “persecuted minorities”, the role of local police
mercy petition on January 17. the deadline for bids closed, nefi t from as much as 50% of ing swan” logos. a lot of interest [in Air India’s not keep it “openended”. the term was included in the comes into play; even that
Chief Justice of India Sharad A. not even a single private the international market Any private or public li sale]. Today’s attempt is “Any of the applicants liv statement of objects when can be conducted by Cen
Bobde on Monday asked player had shown interest. share held by Indian airlines mited company, a corporate qualitatively diff erent from ing in India before 2014 will the Bill was introduced in tral agencies,” added the
Mukesh’s counsel to approach On the table is a 100% as well as the airline’s 4,400 body and a fund with a net the previous attempt. Air In have some government doc Parliament. offi cial.
the apex court registry for stake in AI, 100% stake in AI slots at airports in the coun value of ₹ 3,500 crore will be dia and Air India Express are ument or the other where Many Opposition mem Punjab Chief Minister
urgent listing of the Express Limited (AIXL) and try and 3,300 slots in 42 eligible to bid. a great asset.” they would have mentioned bers had raised objections Captain Amarinder Singh
condemned man’s plea. all of the government’s 50% countries, which will be The last date for submit But the private player their religion and they will to the means to prove that had, in an open letter on Ja
NATION A PAGE 9 stake in AISATS, which is a available at least for six ting interest to the transac keen to buy Air India will al have to submit this as an applicant indeed was nuary 3, said the CAA could
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD joint venture with the Singa months after the sale is com tion adviser is March 17 and so have to take on liabilities proof,” said the offi cial. persecuted on religious be misused for infi ltration in
porebased ground handling plete. the outcome of this round of ₹ 32,474 crore, which in The CAA has the provi grounds in the neighbour the country as “any person
company SATS Limited. As many as 9,617 perma will be known by March 31, cludes the airline’s debt of sion to grant citizenship to ing countries. claiming to be of the six reli
nent employees, including following which qualifi ed ₹ 23,286 crore. members of six undocu gions could simply apply in
Up for grabs pilots and cabin crew with bidders will be given two The government will ab mented minority communi ‘No role for States’ terms of the amended law,
The buyer will get a total of deep technical and opera months to submit fi nancial sorb ₹ 56,334 crore in liabili ties — Hindu, Sikh, Budd The offi cial said the States prove entry on/before the
146 aircraft, 56% of which tional expertise, will be up bids. ties, including ₹ 36,670 crore hist, Christian, Jain and would have no role in the cut off date and be eligible
are owned by the airline for grabs along with the air Minister of State for Civil of debt. Parsi from Pakistan, Afghan implementation of the CAA, for citizenship.”
group, while the remaining line’s brand as well as the fa Aviation Hardeep Puri said at istan and Bangladesh — who as citizenship was the do
are on lease. It will also be mous “Maharaja” and “Fly a press conference, “There is CONTINUED ON A PAGE 12 entered India before De main of the Centre. “The on CONTINUED ON A PAGE 12
West Bengal passes Centre, Assam govt. sign accord with Bodo groups to redraw, rename territory
antiCAA resolution Special Correspondent
New Delhi
currently spread over the
four districts of Kokrajhar,
ed, Assam Finance Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
domiciles in the BTAD, to be
renamed as the Bodoland
claimed nearly 4,000 lives.
Union Home Minister Amit
NDFB (S) will be rehabilitated
by Centre and Assam Govern
The Ministry of Home Aff airs Chirang, Baksa and Udalguri. Bodos living in the hills Territorial Region. Shah, who presided over the ment. They will be assimilat
Special Correspondent was violence in “almost ev (MHA), the Assam govern As per the agreement, vil would be granted Scheduled Several Bodo groups, led event, said the signing of the ed in the mainstream and
Kolkata ery State.” ment and Bodo groups on lages dominated by Bodos Hill Tribe status. by the All Bodo Students Un agreement would “end the will surrender on January 30
The West Bengal Assembly It said that in the CAA, Monday signed an agreement that were presently outside Mr. Sarma said as of now, ion (ABSU), have been de 50yearold Bodo crisis”. on Bapu’s death anniver
on Monday passed a resolu “religion has been used as a to redraw and rename the the BTAD would be included the agreement had not ad manding a separate land for “Today, Assam is united. sary,” he said.
tion urging the Union go yardstick to measure eligi Bodoland Territorial Area and those with nonBodo dressed the issue of “citizen the ethnic community since Around 1,500 cadres of
vernment to repeal the Citi bility to apply for citizen District (BTAD) in Assam, population would be exclud ship or work permit” for non 1972, a movement that has NDFB (P), NDFB (RD) and CONTINUED ON A PAGE 12
zenship (Amendment) Act ship” and “the ruling party
(CAA), making the State the in the Centre has been driv
fourth, after Kerala, Punjab ing a wedge among the peo
and Rajasthan, to confront ple using religion [thus] da
the Centre on the issue. maging human rights”.
The resolution said since
the Act was passed, there SLAMS NPR-NRC A PAGE 12
Amnesty for obscure
outfi t raises eyebrows
RAHUL KARMAKAR
GUWAHATI
More than 600 members
of eight extremist groups
in Assam gave up arms at
an offi cial programme on
January 23, but eyebrows NLFB chairman Amarjit
have been raised with re Paul, in white, with
gard to one of them — the cadres after giving up
National Liberation Front their arms.
of Bengalis (NLFB). *
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Reports quoting peo
ple in districts such as Bengali militancy has not
Baksa and Chirang said been as intense or violent
many of the 301 surren as that of other ethnic
dered members of the groups in Assam.
“littleknown” NLFB were “What can we do if a
petty traders or minor few choose to ignore or
craftsmen, such as car belittle us? It is true that
penters. most of us are into petty
This has led to ques trade, farming, carpen
tions regarding the so try, masonry and other
called “surrender drama” activities. But we under
and of the members of went training for these
“equally obscure” outfi ts under a rehabilitation
such as the National San package in 2018, four
thal Liberation Army and years after initiating talks
the Adivashi Dragon with former Director
Fighters, who allegedly General of Police Khagen
laid down arms. Sarma and even meeting
However, Assam police former Home Minister
offi cials claimed that Rajnath Singh in Delhi.
there was nothing fi shy Isn’t it better to work for a
about these organisations living honourably than
and questions regarding resorting to extortion and
their existence could be burglary?” Amarjit Paul,
attributed to the general chairman of the nowdis
tendency of downplaying banded NLFB told The
militancy associated with Hindu in Chirang district.
certain communities.
Offi cials admitted that CONTINUED ON A PAGE 12
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2 CITY DELHI
Oppn. could
not protect ‘My bill is not zero, but AAP launches website to connect with people
or develop It features prerecorded video messages of Kejriwal on the work done by the party
country: Shah AAP should come back’ Staff Reporter
New Delhi
AAP national convener Ar
people and approximately 50
lakh families. I wanted to visit
every household and meet all
Special Correspondent Many express happiness over Kejriwal government’s work vind Kejriwal on Monday the family members perso
New Delhi launched “Aapka Kejriwal nally through doortodoor
Union Home Minister and Nikhil M Babu Aapke Dwar”, a website campaign. But it is not physi
senior BJP leader Amit Shah New Delhi which features multiple pre cally possible to visit each of
while taking part in two pu As AAP Kalkaji candidate At recorded video messages of the 50 lakh households in
blic meetings in support of ishi walked through the nar the AAP chief on the work Delhi,” he said at the launch.
party’s Rithala and Janak row lanes of Govindpuri on done by the party in seven Mr. Kejriwal said he wanted
puri candidates, Manish Monday evening, she areas, including water, to have a direct conversation
Chaudhary and Ashish smiled, waved, hugged peo health, education, and elec with the people without any
Sood respectively, accused ple and asked for votes. tricity. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow in support of party mediators and this idea led to
Chief Minister Arvind Kejri When asked what she is Through the messages in candidate at Gandhi Nagar on Monday. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA *
the launch of the website.
wal of “changing” after promising to the people, Ms. the website www.welcomekej- “This technology is used in
coming to power on the Atishi told The Hindu, “The riwal.in and the style of pre message, “Namaskar, mein “Give a miss call on games and highend adver
back of the Anna promise we are giving is the sentation, the party tries to Arvind Kejriwal hum. Andar 7690944444 and you will tisements. The complete idea
movement. continuation of the last fi ve give an impression to the aa sakta hum. Aap busy to ne- fi nd me at your door step,” was developed by our team
“Kejriwal came to power years. In the last fi ve years, viewers that Mr. Kejriwal has hi he.” Mr. Kejriwal said at an event and it was made by an out
with the help of Anna An people have seen drastic come to their house. If the viewer presses a at the launch of the website. side vendor. Though the
dolan but completely changes in their lives be it When one clicks on the on “welcome” option that ap A link to the website will be technology existed, it was
changed later on,” Mr. Shah electricity, water, school, ly video on the home page, pears on the screen, then send to the mobile phone, if a never for political campaigns
said. He alleged that Oppo free bus rides and free med AAP’s Kalkaji candidate Atishi during a door-to-door the AAP chief walks to a door another video of Mr. Kejriwal person gives a miss call to the at this scale by anyone be
sition parties could neither icines. People really want to campaign at Govindpuri on Monday. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA *
and rings the door bell and talking to the viewer from in number. fore,” Ankit Lal, AAP’s social
protect the country nor de see a continuation of that.” he says in a prerecorded side a house starts playing. “Delhi is a city of two crore media head told The Hindu.
velop it. After she left the area, the works.”
“The Congress kept ma opinion on the ground was <
> My 14-year-old
daughter studies in The contrast couldn’t be
ny issues pending for 70
years but the Modi govern
ment solved them, be it the
divided mainly into two
groups: The ones who en
joyed the benefi ts of multi
Class IX at a
government school
which has
more stark than at Laxman
Khanna’s general store.
“The electricity bill has not
₹ 7.39 cr. cash seized in pollbound Capital
abolition of Article 370 and ple waiver schemes of the reduced and I am paying for
35A, paved the way for the government and “improve improved a lot in water also. If they are giving Liquor, drugs, precious metals and freebies also confi scated till Jan. 26: CEO offi ce
construction of Ram Tem ment” in government terms of things for free, the money
ple. The team of Rahul schools and hospitals and infrastructure and comes from the tax we pay. Staff Reporter bottles of countrymade liqu
Gandhi, Kejriwal, Mamta the people who did not di quality of They have not done anyth NEW DELHI or, and 1,821 bottles of beer
Banerjee and Stalin indulge rectly benefi t from these. education ing. I will vote for the BJP,” The Chief Electoral Offi cer’s were seized
in politics on the issues of Parvez Aktar Mr. Khanna said sitting be offi ce on Monday said that af “A total of 710 FIRs have
national interest for vote Voices from ground Resident of Govindpuri hind the counter of the ter the model code of con been registered under the
bank,” he alleged. Ms. Atishi had hugged Sha not studying in government shop. duct (MCC) came into force Excise Act and 717 people
Meanwhile, BJP national kuntla Devi, 50, at gali num schools and the family do Sitting near the step of the on January 6, law and enfor have been arrested under the
president Jagat Prakash ber 9 and asked her vote. “I not go to government hospi shop, 60yearold Keval Sa cement agencies have seized Act. Action has been taken
Nadda while addressing pu will vote for Kejriwal. Our tals. “But there is chance hani, who had come to the cash, liquor, drugs/narcotics, against 2,210 people for put
blic meetings alleged that electricity bill is zero and that he [Kejriwal] could still shop with his grandson, had precious metal and freebies ting up political advertise
wherever riots and arson water is also free,” Ms. Devi win,” he added. a completely diff erent opi worth ₹ 38.64 crore till Janu ments on public transport
had taken place in the told The Hindu. She said Parvez Aktar, 43, a cus nion. “I will vote for Kejri ary 26. The seizure includes vehicles,” the CEO offi ce
country, the Opposition that they have done a lot of tomer at the shop, who does wal. Our electricity bill has ₹ 7.39 crore in cash. said.
had played “a special role”. work. embroidery work, is a come down and water is During the previous Delhi A total of 5.78,085 hoard
“Hume kya mila he? staunch supporter of AAP. free. He has worked for us,” Assembly elections in 2015, ings/banners/posters have
(What did we get?),” asked “My 14yearold daughter Mr. Sahani said. overall seizure was worth been removed under Deface
Mahesh Kumar, 50, who studies in Class IX at a go Amarjeet Kaur, 52, who ₹ 2.42 crore, which included ment of Properties Act by the
runs Khurana Thread House vernment school which has works as a supervisor at her ₹ 42,38,500 in cash. local bodies. Out of this,
at gali number 10. “All the improved a lot in terms of in uncle’s company and owns a “So far, 390 FIRs have under the head of others/in drugs worth ₹ 4.66 crore have 1,387 were removed from
free schemes are for the frastructure and quality of house in the area said: “Our been registered under Delhi dependents/nonpolitical been seized. With respect to New Delhi Municipal Coun
poor people. We did not get education. Even teachers electricity bill is not zero Prevention of Defacement of parties,” the CEO offi ce said. liquor seizures, 403 bottles, cil, 39,621 from EDMC,
anything,” Mr. Kumar said. have become more sincere and my children are study Property Act, out of which 17 It added that till date, 280 408 halfsized bottles and 2,38,779 from SDMC,
He said that he had heard and they have even made a ing in government schools. FIRs are against the Aam FIRs have been registered 68,363 quartersized bottles 2,95,972 from North Delhi
that the government schools WhatsApp group of parents They [AAP] have done work. Aadmi party, six against the under Arms Act in which 305 of Indian Made Foreign Liqu Municipal Council and 2,326
and hospitals have become to send updates about the They should come back to Congress and four against people have been arrested or and 1,207 bottles, 883 half from Delhi Cantonment
better, but his children are children and their home power,” she said. the BJP and the remaining and 135.64297 kg. narcotics/ sized, 2,05,482 quartersized Board, it added.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020
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BJP does not want to open blocked CM is doing ■ Mostly BJP candidates
have won from Babarpur in
those two months? humanity. And we are fi ght
ing for it. If a BJP govern
party left?
vote-bank the past and due to their ■ We had made a ‘Kejriwal ment is formed, then for ■ They tried to analyse
month of the general elec
Over 40 days into stir, they say sit-in will continue till law is revoked SAURABH TRIVEDI tion, we made direct
NEW DELHI connect with the pu
Shinjini Ghosh A youth was thrashed alleg blic at the booth le
New Delhi edly by a group of men at vel. We did under
Despite remarks made by pol Home Minister Amit Shah’s ground work for
itical leaders on the Shaheen public meeting on Sunday two months
Bagh protest, the women at evening in Babarpur As without any
the sitin – who have been the sembly constituency for publicity.
focal point of the resistance raising antiCAA slogans. No one
against the Citizenship During the meeting, a knew
(Amendment) Act and Na youth suddenly stood up
tional Register of Citizens and started raising antiCAA
(NRC) – remained unper slogans following which the Gopal Rai
SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
turbed on Monday and conti group beat him up. On see
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4 CITY DELHI
IN BRIEF
Services on Yellow Line
40 mobile phones stolen at JNU permits registration at JNU asks
Sharjeel to
highsecurity spots on RDay old hostel rates till February 3
to be curtailed on Jan. 29
NEW DELHI appear before
The DMRC on Monday said
that services on the Yellow proctorial body
Line will be curtailed on Fight against regressive hostel manual will continue: JNUSU
January 29 due to the
Beating Retreat ceremony. Thieves sneaked into enclosures defying 4,000strong security Special Correspondent Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI NEW DELHI
Services at Udyog Bhawan
and Central Secretariat metro
stations will not be available
SAURABH TRIVEDI
NEW DELHI <
> We have received
complaints and all
passing through the round
about on Man Singh Road.
Following orders from the
Delhi High Court, the Jawa
JNU on Monday said that it
has received a security re
till 6.30 p.m. from 2 p.m. and Despite the deployment of of the cases are He said there was a huge harlal Nehru University port against Sharjeel
4 p.m. respectively. more than 4,000 police per under crowd at this entry point and ( JNU) administration on Imam, a PhD student at the
sonnel at the India Gate and investigation. We when he checked his coat’s Monday said that students Centre for Historical Stu
DELHI TODAY Rajpath area on Republic will obtain CCTV pocket, he found that his will be able to register for dies, School of Social
Day, thieves managed to footage of the phone was missing. the new semester without Sciences.
Talk: Lecture on “Bhartiya Adhunika:
sneak into highsecurity locations where A police offi cer said that any late fi ne till February 3. “The report states that
Gandhi Nehru Samvad” by Purushot- areas, including enclosures, most of the thefts were re In addition, it said that stu on January 16, Mr. Imam
tam Agrawal at India International
the thefts took
and stole more than 40 mo ported at the crowded entry dents registering between Students registering between January 24 and February 3 will made provocative speech
Centre (IIC), 6.30 p.m. place to identify
bile phones from visitors. gates. January 24 and February 3 not be charged the revised hostel rent. FILE PHOTO * *
es at Aligarh Muslim Un
Talk: Discussion on “Religious Archi-
The police have received the culprits. The “We have received com will not be charged the re iversity threatening the un
tecture of Kashmir” by Ratish Nanda,
Agha Khan Trust for Culture; Dr. more than 40 complaints at entry points had plaints and all of the cases vised hostel rent. that no late fee will be versely aff ect the students’ ity, integrity and
Narayani Gupta, historian; Dr. S.M.
Tilak Marg, Parliament CCTV surveillance are under investigation. We The High Court, in an or charged from them. community of the universi sovereignty of the country
Akhtar, former Head of Department.
Dept. of Architecture, JMI; and Dr. Street, Tughlak Road and A police officer will obtain CCTV footage of der on January 24, had pro The petition, fi led by JNU ty, bringing farreaching upheld by the Indian Con
Samir Hamdani, INTACH, Kashmir South Avenue police sta the locations where the vided relief to the students Students’ Union president changes to the provisions of stitution,” Registrar Pra
Chapter atIIC, 3.30 p.m.
tions. Thieves also targeted a tion, it was announced that thefts took place to identify of JNU who have been on Aishe Ghosh, sought the the hostel manual”. mod Kumar said. He added
Dance: IRCEN presents a Bharatan-
atyam dance by Kiriti Ramgopal from police offi cer and a lieute the enclosures have been the culprits. The entry strike since October 28 quashing of the minutes of The JNUSU said that its that the Chief Proctor of
Bengalure at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidy- nant colonelrank offi cer, completely fi lled and no points had CCTV survil against a hike in hostel fees the 283rd meeting of the Ex fi ght against the “regres JNU has directed Mr. Imam
alaya, Adarsh Nagar, 9 a.m. and Dar-
shan Academy, Model Town, 11 a.m. they said. more entries would be per lance,” the offi cer added. and asked the university to ecutive Council (EC) held on sive” hostel manual will con to meet the proctorial com
Exhibition: “Shad”, a painting exhib-
In his compliant to the mitted. They decided to wait A woman, who had come register students for the November 13 last year, rati tinue and thanked the High mittee at the earliest and
ition by Saurabh Kumar, Anju Agrawal police, the Army offi cer there for some time before to Delhi just to watch the Re new academic session as fying the IHA decision and Court for granting relief. It not later than February 3 to
and Purnima Arora at India Habitat mentioned that he had gone returning. In the meantime, public Day parade, said that per the old hostel manual. the high level committee of appealed to all students to explain his position in this
Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. to watch the Republic Day somebody allegedly stole his her phone was stolen at the While directing JNU not November 25, 2019, making register themselves at the regard.
Exhibition: A solo show of photo- parade at Rajpath along with daughter’s mobile phone Rajpath entry point. She to charge any late fee, Jus further amendments to the old rates within the next The report also referred
graphy by Jagdish Ray Sarkar at IHC,
11 a.m. - 7 p.m. his family. They had passes from her pocket. said she was in trouble as it tice Rajiv Shakdar said those hostel manual. week. It also sent a message to several FIRs lodged
Exhibition: “I Wonder’, a solo show for the enclosure. However, An inspectorrank offi cer was a holiday and she could who have not registered yet The petition said that the to the JNU administration against him by the police of
of artist Biplab Sarkar, Art District XIII, by the time they reached with the Delhi police was al not even manage to get a could do so within one week “decisions are mala fi de, ar that they were open for dia Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and
F-213 C, Lado Sarai, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
(Mail your listings for this column
near the security check loca so targeted when he was new SIM card. as per the old manual and bitrary and illegal and ad logue. some other States.
at cityeditordelhi@thehindu.co.in)
The Delhi High Court on A SubDivisional Magistrate “Some farmers have been Singh said necessary legal The Delhi High Court on
Monday sought response (SDM) and several policemen protesting at Dayanatpur vil action would be taken. Monday refused to enter
of the Centre and Jamia were injured as farmers lage for the last fi ve months “Some disgruntled elements tain a plea challenging the
Millia Islamia ( JMI) on a pe threw stones at them in Gau under the banner of Jewar who are already contesting notifi cation providing free
tition challenging appoint tambuddha Nagar’s Jewar on Airport Kisan Sangharsh their case in the Allahabad travel for women on buses
ment of the current Vice Monday. The incident hap Samiti. Today, they shifted to High Court, and were not the operated by the Delhi Tran
Chancellor (VC) of the pened in Rohi village where Junior High School of Rohi owners of land to be trans sport Corporation (DTC) in
university. the offi cials had gone to ac village as the District Magis ferred, resorted to stone the Capital.
Justice A.K. Chawla also quire the last pocket of land trate was scheduled to pelting.” “The SDM was hurt, The court observed that
issued notices to the Cen for the upcoming Jewar In transfer the last parcel of but then all the villagers if women were allowed to
tral Vigilance Commission ternational Airport. land to Yamuna Expressway came and the transfer took travel free in cluster buses
(CVC), University Grants The farmers, alleging un Industrial Development place peacefully,” he added. without a notifi cation, then
Commission and its VC fair treatment by the U.P. go Authority (YEIDA),” said a lo Mr. Singh further said that such action would be
Najma Akhtar, on the plea. vernment, were demanding cal source, requesting ano the district administration “bad”. It, however, made it
The petition by M. Eh better compensation for nymity. had transferred the last par clear that the action would
teshamulHaque, a JMI their land. “The farmers are de cel of land for Jewar Interna not make the notifi cation il
alumnus, has alleged that Sources said that when manding four times the cir tional Airport to Yamuna legal. “The notifi cation
Ms. Akhtar’s appointment the police tried to move cle rate, while the govern Authority. “In total, 1,334 does not say the scheme is
was invalid for the reasons them from the protest site ment has off ered twice the hectares of land has been applicable on cluster bus
that the search committee, and tried to put them into a circle rate. Some of their pe transferred in the fi rst phase. es... It does not talk of clus
which selected prospective private bus, farmers resort titions have been rejected by In the last seven months, the ter buses. If they [Delhi go
candidates for the post, ed to stone pelting, leaving at the Allahabad High Court, farmers have been paid vernment] have made it
was constituted illegally least four policemen and while some are still pend ₹ 3,000 crore. Apart from to applicable on cluster bus
and that she had been de SDM ( Jewar) Gunja Singh, in ing,” he said, adding the day’s[Monday] incident, it es, then the notifi cation is
nied CVC clearance jured. They shouted slogans protesters are on the run af has been a peaceful exer not bad, their action is,” the
initially. against the government and ter the incident. cise,” he said. High Court said.
Stress management workshop held Plea on untreated sewage
Special Correspondent inner peace was the key to workshop. water: NGT warns of action
GURUGRAM creating a powerful life. A young policeman, who
A twohourlong workshop, There were interactive ses participated in the work Staff Reporter ing with the situation. Con
“Creating a Powerful Life”, sions where groups were shop, raised concerns like NEW DELHI trary to the earlier direc
was organised at Bhondsi created to identify their con unregulated working hours Following a plea seeking re tions, instead of taking
police auditorium here on cerns and solutions. Further, and limited time for their fa medial action against the immediate action, long term
Monday to help police per to handle the stress and an milies and the senior police discharge of untreated sew plan is being proposed with
sonnel manage stress and xieties while facing these offi cers assured to work on it age water which was causing no concern for the imme
anxiety. problems, the Gurugram pol mutually. groundwater contamination diate remedial measures.”
Conducting the workshop, ice personnel were guided Inspector Narendra Chau in Faridabad, the NGT has “No information has been
Manmeet Kumar, spiritual with few tools and exercises. han, Sector 17 Crime Investi warned of coercive action furnished as to how the
coach and founder of Soul Assistant Commissioner of gation Agency, stressed on against senior offi cials. sludge is being remediated
Miracles, addressed 600 pol Police (HQ) Usha Kundu, sta how important it was for the Taking note of a status re and why immediate steps, at
ice personnel and helped tion house offi cers and in police personnel to maintain port by authorities, the NGT least by way of phytoreme
them with tools to manage charge of crime investigation their equilibrium amidst said, “The report shows diation or bioremediation
stress and create a better agency units were among pressure of resolving crimi equal lack of concern on the are not being initiated,” it
worklife balance. She said those who attended the nal cases. part of the authorities deal said.
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AMU students continue File report
on ‘police
President’s Rule in ‘rebel’ States
RISE 09:27 SET 21:03
atrocities’: HC not beyond this govt., says Sinha
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29
RISE
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07:12
09:59
THURSDAY, JAN. 30
SET 17:58
SET 21:56 to boycott their exams Press trust of india
Allahabad Former Union Minister slams Centre for not reaching out
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Carry on protest but also appear for papers: administration The Allahabad High Court
on Monday asked the State Omar Rashid tionwide National Register of
Special Correspondent Sunday under Section 151 of government to submit a re LUCKNOW Citizens (NRC).
Ghaziabad CrPC for heckling the VC port on allegations of pol Former Union Minister Yash Calling the NRC in Assam a
Aligarh Muslim University during his Republic Day ice atrocities against anti want Sinha on Monday did “botched up exercise”, he
students continued to boy speech, was released on CAA protesters by Febru not rule out the possibility of said that despite the expe
cott exams on Monday, de Monday around noon. ary 17, the next date of the Union government en rience in the State, Union
manding resignation of the Interestingly, Mr. Faraz hearing. forcing President’s Rule in Home Minister Amit Shah an
ViceChancellor and the Re was being described by the A twojudge Bench com the States ruled by Opposi nounced on the fl oor of Par
gistrar. The students have university administration as prising Chief Justice Go tion parties if they refused to liament that there would be a
been protesting against the an outsider, but on Monday, vind Mathur and Justice implement the Citizenship Former Union Minister nationwide NRC, without any
police action of December two university teachers took Siddhartha Verma passed (Amendment) Act (CAA) for a Yashwant Sinha estimation of the costs and
15. his surety after which he was the order hearing a num long period. machinery required for it.
“According to the new released. ber of public interest “Pagal log hain, kuch bhi State governments to imple He listed three reasons for
schedule, the exams were Police action against litigations. kar sakte hai [they are mad ment the law but they sat on opposing the CAA. First, he
supposed to start in the Engi protesting students at AMU Muted stand on Sharjeel The court asked the people, they can do anyth it, for say six months or two argued, the Act went against
neering Faculty on Monday on December 15. FILE PHOTO *
In a related development, State government to men ing],” Mr. Sinha told repor years, “the only instrument the “basic structure of the
but a group of students who the protesting students have tion how many people died ters here at a joint press con the government” has is Arti Constitution”. Second, it was
are protesting against the fect those who are to sit for taken a muted stand on Shar during antiCAA protests ference with Samajwadi cle 356 of the Constitution, not required, he said, argu
CAANRC forced students the engineering entrance ex jeel Imam, who has been and complaints registered Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. President’s rule. The situa ing that the government al
0 not to take the exam. Right
now, only Monday’s paper
ams,” he added. booked for allegedly making
a seditious speech in AMU on
against police.
The court also asked
While pointing out the opi
nion of experts that as per
tion has led to a state of “con
stitutional crisis”, he said.
ready had the power to grant
citizenship to anybody it
DISCLAIMER: Readers are requested to
verify and make appropriate enquiries to
satisfy themselves about the veracity of has been rescheduled as we Release of Faraz January 16. whether truthfulness of constitutional position, the Mr. Sinha, who was in wished as per the original
an advertisement before responding to
any published in this newspaper. THG are trying to convince the One of the reasons for res “A section of students feel media reports in this re States could not defy the Lucknow as part of his na law. Third, the “language
PUBLISHING PVT LTD., the Publisher &
Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch students to appear in exams cheduling the Monday exam that it was not seditious gard has been examined or Centre’s law, he said “full tionwide Gandhi Peace used in the law” by the go
for the authenticity of any advertisement
or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s and continue with their prot was that students were prot while others feel it was. So not. About 20 people were cooperation” of the States March, slammed the BJP go vernment would make it
products and/or services. In no event can
the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Dir- ests simultaneously,” said a esting till the early hours of the coordination committee allegedly killed in police fi r was required to implement vernment for not reaching hard to be implemented.
ector/s, Employees of this newspaper/
company be held responsible/liable in university spokesperson. the day for the release of decided to remain silent on ing during the antiCAA anything. out to people who are “in “Maybe, their intent is not to
any manner whatsoever for any claims
and/or damages for advertisements in “If the exams are further Mujtaba Faraz. it, for now,” said a student, protests in Uttar Pradesh Mr. Sinha said if the Centre fear” and protesting against implement it but to mislead
this newspaper.
rescheduled, it is going to af Mr. Faraz, arrested on requesting anonymity. on December 20. issued instructions to the the CAA and proposed na people,” he said.
Protests continue
sensors at Punjab airports pleas on police dept.
No case in the State so far: Minister No budget for RTI Act awareness
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT “The Health Deparmtent Special Correspondent (2,057), according to the in
CHANDIGARH has alerted both the airports GURUGRAM formation furnished by the
Punjab Health Minister Bal at Amritsar and Mohali in Around 60% of the applica State Information Commis
bir Singh Sidhu on Monday the State to display advisory tions received under the sion (SIC) in reply to separate
said that thermal sensors for passengers of interna Right to Information Act in RTI applications by P.P. Ka
have been installed at Amrit tional fl ights for selfdeclara Haryana in 2018 were to seek poor, a Panipat based RTI
sar’s Raja Sansi Airport to tion regarding visits to China information from the police activist.
tackle the emerging threat and other countries from department, a reply to an
from coronavirus,even where cases of coronavirus RTI query has revealed. Be Salaries, allowances
though no positive case has have been reported,” he sides, the State Information The annual budget of the SIC
come to light so far in the said. Commission has not spent a has increased 35 times to
State. single penny to create aware ₹ 8.75 crore from ₹ 25 lakh ov
“International Airport at ‘Only four from China’ ness on the RTI Act in the er the past 14 years, but a
Mohali will also start screen Mr. Sidhu said that there State over the past nine major share of it, around
ing of passengers from Janu were only four persons — years. ₹ 52.14 crore, was spent on
ary 28 onwards,” he said. three from Amritsar and one the salaries and allowances
from Mohali — who had a tra 68,393 applications of the Information Commis
Team of doctors vel history to China and all Of the total 68,393 applica sioners and the staff and the
Mr. Sidhu said with the help these persons have been tions fi led under the RTI Act other offi ce expenses.
of thermal scanning, any found asymptomatic and are to various departments, the The SIC spent only 0.03 %
person having fever will be under close watch. maximum, 41,888, were to of the total budget so far,
detected and taken to the Mr. Sidhu added the State seek information from the which comes around ₹ 1.59
health counter for further cell and district cells have police department followed lakh, on holding fi ve pro
examination by a team of been activated for early res by Rohtak Maharishi Daya grammes, three in Panchku
doctors. Any passenger ponse and daily the situation nad University (3,995), Food la and one each in Hisar and
found to be having symp was being monitored by the and Supplies Department Kurukshetra, from 2009
toms of fever, respiratory authorities and appropriate Protesters at an anti-CAA, NRC protest near the Ghanta Ghar in Lucknow on Monday. *
PTI (2,832) and Public Health En 2011 to create awareness on
diffi culty will be monitored. actions were being taken. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC gineering Department the law.
Bus blast: SC
seeks response
Call for ban on surrogate tobacco advertising Training for civil servants from
of 2 acquitted Tobacco industry trying ‘catch them young’ tactics: Rajasthan voluntary groups Bangladesh at Punjab institute
Special Correspondent The State government had eff ective implementation of large number of people had
Press trust of india JAIPUR also imposed a ban on eci tobacco control policies, ac died of mouth cancer. Participants are in the rank of ADC, ADM and CEO
New Delhi After the Presidential assent garettes and prohibited the cording to health activists. Indian Asthma Care Socie
The Supreme Court sought to the Cigarettes and Other sale of ‘paan masala’ con Jayesh Joshi, secretary of ty secretary Dharamveer Ka SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT and enabling them to contri
the response of two per Tobacco Products Amend taining nicotine, magnesium Banswarabased Vaagdhara tewa said the State govern CHANDIGARH <
> Midcareer training
programme in fi eld bute eff ectively in speedy de
sons on Monday on an ap ment Bill prohibiting the carbonate and mineral oil group, said one of the tech ment should come out of the The Mahatma Gandhi State administration for livery of services in their
peal fi led by the Rajasthan opening and running of hoo last year. The tobacco con niques of surrogate advertis shadows of tobacco industry Institute of Public Adminis areas of performance.
civil servants of
government, challenging kah bars in Rajasthan, volun trol programmes launched ing was the display of hoard and implement the laws in tration, Punjab, (MGSIPA) on
Bangladesh aims at
their acquittal in a 24year tary groups working for to in the State were included ings and billboards with the accordance with the WHO Monday joined a select set of Best practices
old case of a bomb blast in bacco control here have among the best initiatives in pictures of mouth freshen convention. training institutes in the equipping them “Such programme also inte
a bus in Dausa district’s called for a ban on surrogate the country, for which a pre ers, ‘elaichi’ and paan masa The voluntary groups country that have been cho with cuttingedge grates crosscountry expe
Samleti in which 14 people advertising of tobacco pro sentation was made at a na la at prominent places in the once again called for enfor sen for training top civil ser knowledge, skills riences and best practices in
were killed. ducts. The tobacco industry tional summit in Gandhina cities. This type of indirect cement of a vendor licensing vants from other nations. Karan Bir Singh Sidhu fi eld administration and
MGSIPA Director General
A Bench comprising is looking for new consum gar, Gujarat, in November advertising was a ploy to de mechanism to control and MGSIPA commenced good governance,” Mr. Sidhu
Chief Justice S.A. Bobde ers and is trying the “catch last year. ceive the law enforcement regulate the sale of tobacco training of civil servants desh had signed a Memoran said.
and Justices B.R. Gavai and them young” tactics, said the authorities, he said. products. from Bangladesh, in collabo dum of Understanding for “This special training pro
Surya Kant took note of the groups. “single largest barrier” The groups made a refe ration with the National training of civil servants gramme has certainly given a
Rajasthan government’s Voluntary groups which rence to the World Health Licensing policy Centre for Good Governance from Bangladesh at the Na platform to the participants
appeal against the acquittal Bar on Hookah bars have undertaken a sustained Organization’s Framework The State government had (NCGG) here, said an offi cial tional Centre for Good Go to understand the Indian go
of Javed Khan and Abdul The Amendment Bill, passed campaign for tobacco con Convention on Tobacco Con authorised municipal bodies statement. vernance, Mussoorie, in vernance and development
Goni in the case and issued by the State Assembly on Au trol for the last four years trol, to which India is a par in 2018 to regulate the sale of The Bangladesh Adminis Uttarakhand. model besides giving them
notices to them. gust 2, 2019, brought hookah said on Monday that surro ty, laying down that there tobacco products. Since the trative Services offi cers who MGSIPA Director General an insight into innovation
On July 23 last year, the bars within the ambit of the gate advertising, with the en should not be any interfe Global Adult Tobacco Survey are participating in the pro Karan Bir Singh Sidhu, who technology, effi cient man
Rajasthan High Court had Act of 2003 regulating the dorsement by fi lm actors rence and infl uence of the 201617 has found 24.7 % of gramme include those in the inaugurated the programme, agement of resources and
acquitted six persons, in trade, production and sup and celebrities, was indirect tobacco industry on public adults in Rajasthan as tobac rank of Additional Deputy said that the midcareer successful implementation
cluding Khan and Goni, ply of tobacco products. As ly promoting cigarettes, to health policies of the State. co users, the licensing poli Commissioners, Additional training programme in fi eld of priority programmes,
who were undergoing life sembly Speaker C.P. Joshi in bacco and alcohol under the Mr. Joshi said the tobacco in cy’s formulation will save District Magistrates and administration for civil ser since there is a similarity in
imprisonment in the case formed the House on Friday guise of other products. dustry should be held res healthcare costs, increase la Chief Executive Offi cers of vants of Bangladesh aims at the district administration
after being held guilty by that the President had as The tobacco industry was ponsible for the tobacco me bour productivity and re diff erent administrative de equipping them with cutting setup with Bangladesh,” he
the trial court. sented to the Bill. the “single largest barrier” to nace in Rajasthan, where a duce human suff ering. partments. India and Bangla edge knowledge and skills added.
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EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL
Visva-Bharati students demand V-C’s
resignation over campus violence
Teachers also condemn ‘high-handed’ behaviour
EDUCATIONAL
Bishwanath Ghosh both allegations.
Kolkata The violence followed antiCAA prot
On Monday, a group of students of Vis ests on the campus and a lecture on
vaBharati University held a noisy de CAA delivered by BJP ideologue Swapan
monstration demanding the resigna Dasgupta.
tion of ViceChancellor Bidyut “We will continue our agitation... we
Chakrabarty, while a general body will resist all attempts to saff ronise the
meeting of the teachers’ union con university,” said Ms. Pan.
demned the “highhanded” behaviour Meanwhile, teacher’s union Visva
of the authorities. Bharati University Faculty Association
“We wanted to take out a big proces said that it was being made a scapegoat
sion to the central offi ce but found the even though it has not openly or active
place under heavy security. They have ly supported the agitating students.
declared it a nodisturbance zone. So “On January 15, our offi ce was locked
we held a demonstration at the Upasa up. This, in spite of a notifi cation issued
na Griha and shouted slogans,” said Fal November last year, recognising us as a
guni Pan, one of the student leaders. voluntary organisation. The ViceChan
The students accuse the ViceChan cellor has clearly made us a scapegoat
cellor of turning VisvaBharati into a for his mismanagement,” VBUFA presi
rightwing institution and also for incit dent Sudipta Bhattacharyya said.
ing the violence that broke out in the “The general body meeting con
campus on January 15, when some stu demned the closure of our offi ce. It also
dents belonging to the Leftwing organ condemned the highhanded manner
isations were injured in an attack by a in which the ViceChancellor is func
rival group. The university has rejected tioning,” Mr. Bhattacharyya alleged.
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After the National Investiga
tion Agency (NIA) took over to cover up
the Elgar Parishad cases
from the Maharashtra go Shoumojit Banerjee KolsePatil, who, along even present during the falsehoods
vernment, the BhimaKore Pune with retired Supreme event,” he said.
gaon Inquiry Commission on Former Bombay High Court judge P. B. Sawant, Anjum Inamdar, Press Trust of India
Monday admitted an applica Court judge, Justice was among the chief founder of the Mulnivasi New Delhi
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Anyone from Pakistan can get Padma Shri by chanting ‘Jai Modi’: NCP
Adnan Sami’s selection an insult to Indians, says spokesperson Nawab Malik
Press Trust of India (CAA), National Register of home State as Maharashtra. try. “There are many Indian
Mumbai Citizens (NRC) and National Maharashtra Minorities Muslims who deserve the
Amid a row over Pakistani Population Register (NPR). Development Minister and honours conferred by our
origin singer Adnan Sami, Mr. Sami, born in London NCP spokesperson Nawab country. By giving #Pad
who became an Indian citi to a Pakistani Air Force vete Malik reacted to this, saying, mashri to #Sami this current
zen in 2016, being chosen for
the Padma Shri, the Nation
ran, applied for Indian citi
zenship in 2015 and became
“If anyone from Pakistan
chants ‘Jai Modi’, he can now
govt is trying to show that
they are fair but in reality
Ever heard of onomatopoeia?
alist Congress Party (NCP) on a citizen of the country in Ja get citizenship of India as this is just a cover up to the
Monday termed it an “in nuary 2016. He was one of well as a Padma Shri award,” problems they have created Discover something
sult” to 130 crore Indians the 118 people whose names he said. for large sections of Indian new today.
and a “damage control” act were announced on Satur The NCP leader later society (sic),” he tweeted.
by the NDA government “fac day for the Padma Shri tweeted that many Indian The Congress and the
Let your little ones READ their crackling
Adnan Sami receiving the the Certifi cate of Indian Citizenship ing questions” over the Citi awards, with the Ministry of Muslims deserved the ho MNS had already objected to answers on www.youngworldclub.com
by Naturalisation from Kiren Rijiju. FILE PHOTO *
zenship Amendment Act Home Aff airs list showing his nours conferred by the coun Mr. Sami’s selection.
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DELHI THE HINDU
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020
IN BRIEF
Jagan questions
into digital era (1) of the Constitution and moved a resolution to this The conditions stipulated at Jawaharlal Nehru Univer accused in sedition cases.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 133 members out of those eff ect in the Assembly, se by the court include their sity. The protest was organ However, many lawyers
The Kerala Legislative ‘present and voting’ gave nior party leader and form surrender before the juris ised by the University of My from diff erent parts of the
Assembly will enter into the their consent for the aboli er Minister Kinjarapu Atch dictional court within a pe sore’s Research Scholars’ State turned up in Mysuru
digital era with the policy
address of Governor Arif
Mohammad Khan to the 18th
tion of the Council. After in
itially putting the number at
121, it was enhanced to 133 af
Council’s relevance annaidu said that Mr.
Reddy should seek a fresh
mandate over his
riod of one month and fur
nishing of bail and surety.
They are not to tamper with
Association and Bahujan Vi
dyarthi Sangha at Manasa
gangotri in Mysuru on Janu
when Ms. Nalini’s anticipato
ry bail petition came up for
hearing and fi led their Vaka
session of the 14th Assembly ter a proper counting. governance. the prosecution witness di ary 8. The police also named latnama.
on January 29. The Before taking up the divi ‘It was obstructing decentralisation’ Mr. Reddy was trying to rectly or indirectly, or repeat Mr. Maridevaiah, president The court had heard the
Governor’s address will be undo the legacy of former similar off ences in future. of the association, as an arguments of both sides on
sion behind closed doors as
displayed on the digital Staff Reporter of All Regions and Capital CM and his father Y.S. Raja The petitioners were also di accused. Friday and reserved order to
per procedures, Mr. Seetha
screen kicking off the first VIJAYAWADA Region Development Auth sekhara Reddy who had re rected to cooperate with the Ms. Nalini is an alumna of Monday.
ram asked Ministers Pilli
phase of the project of
Subhash Chandra Bose and The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet ority Repeal Bills. vived the Council, the TDP
making the Assembly
Mopidevi Venkata Ramana has cleared the decks for the These Bills were ratifi ed leader said, adding the un
paperless. The presentation
of the Budget by Finance
Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac
will also be displayed on the
to be seated separately as
they were no longer mem
bers of the Council.
abolition of the Legislative
Council by passing a resolu
tion to that eff ect in its
by the Assembly last week
but referred to a select com
mittee by the Upper House
ilateral action showed the
former’s immaturity.
“This action will be re
BBMP to write to IAF over
meeting. amidst stiff opposition by the gretted by the CM as he is
digital screen on February 7.
Cost of making this fi lm is ₹ 10,000 For this A.P. bodybuilder, age
CAA.
Mr. Chennithala said the
government would fail the
public if its policy state
Young crew completes a fulllength feature fi lm with its techniques
old Canon 7D camera, which
not a matter to prove mettle ment at the start of the
budget session did not re
fl ect the collective fi rmness
of purpose of the Assembly
Staff Reporter
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM he borrowed from a friend’s Lakshminarayana stops 2 fully accelerating cars for 3 minutes concerning citizenship law.
At a time when the huge bud father. The few slowmotion Mr. Chennithala’s letter
gets of some fi lms are high shots were taken on a mobile Staff Reporter adds a new twist to the es
lighted as part of their pro camera. The sounds and VIZIANAGARAM calating feud between the
motion, a young fi lm crew is music work were done by A bodybuilder, Peddi Laksh Governor and the govern
showing the way with its fru two of his friends for free. minarayana, 72, who is ment over the right of the
gal fi lmmaking techniques. The postproduction work called ‘Abhinava Bhima’, Assembly to sit in judg
The crew, all below the age was done on his laptop using proved his fi tness by stop ment on the CAA.
of 21, has managed to com a basic editing software. ping two fully accelerating The letter also comes
plete a fulllength feature Much of the expense, he cars for three minutes at a against the backdrop of re
fi lm, Transition, at ₹ 10,000. says, was spent on travel. stunt organised by the Kodi ports that Mr. Khan is at
The fi lm is the result of a col “Part of the fi lm is set in Ramamurthy Memorial So odds with the govern
lective eff ort of a group of Madurai, as we are showing ciety in Vizianagaram on ment’s views on the CAA as
youth who took time out that the protagonist is com Monday. articulated in the draft pol
from their busy schedules to Way to go: The cast and crew of the fi lm Transition. ing from Madurai to Thiruva Mr. Lakshminarayana has icy speech sent to the Raj
complete the fi lm. nanthapuram with a pur earlier proved his mettle by What a feat! Peddi Lakshminarayana stopping two cars tied to Bhavan for formal approval
Krishnanunni Mangalath, “We made our fi rst short length feature fi lm. We did pose. The fi lm is structured allowing an elephant to put a rope in Vizianagaram on Monday. and that he had suggested
the fi lm’s director, who has fi lm as soon as we completed not set out to make a fi lm at as a series of conversations foot on his chest. The body a revision.
also done the cinematogra Class 10. Since then, we have ₹ 10,000. It is just that we so between him and a few of builder said he wanted to ram Telaga Samskshema thy (18821942) who had Mr. Chennithala said he
phy, editing and some of the worked on 15 short fi lms, of mehow ended up making the people he meet here. It is convey the message that age Sangham president Pallanta brought laurels to India in had moved the motion to
other postproduction work, which I directed four. For the fi lm at that cost, due to an experimental fi lm. We are was not a barrier to physical Venkata Rama Rao, the chief bodybuilding and wrestling. discuss the conduct of the
says the fi lm would not have some time, we have been our methods,” says Mr. planning to send it to fi lm fi tness, which was a must for guest, said the feat inspired Mr. Rao promised to con Governor after Mr. Vijayan
happened, if not for the thinking of taking this to the Mangalath. festivals,” says Mr. Manga everyone to lead a happy many and reminded the duct wrestling competitions failed to do so as the Lead
group of friends. next level and making a full The fi lm was shot in an lath. and healthy life. Vizianaga greatness of Kodi Ramamur for young bodybuilders. er of the House.
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10 EDITORIAL DELHI
Retrieving the idea of citizenship
Drawing on the Preamble, people are occupying the ‘constitutional commons’ to reclaim rights — on freedoms, justice
ing. Will India and Indianness ev pansive, inclusive constitutional terrains of azaadi? The Constitu
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er be the same again? commons and the performance of tion itself recognises various levels
T
he Supreme Court has taken a timely decision by
‘national’ defi ned in broad inclu as a commons opens it out to rad gining the Constitution and a the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
agreeing to hear a plea from the Election Com
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he 70th Republic Day has sive terms of ‘upholding the spirit ical, insurgent readings that rede diff erent understanding of citizen Areas under the Sixth Schedule in
mission of India (ECI) to direct political parties to ushered in lyrical constitu of the Constitution and respecting fi ne belonging and ownership — it ship. In her recent work, Birthright northeast India similarly have con
not fi eld candidates with criminal antecedents. The im tionalism of a kind never wit its fundamental tenets.’ We have is no longer the property of state, Citizens, AfricanAmerican legal stitutional guarantees of autono
mediate provocation is the fi nding that 46% of Mem nessed before in the history of in seen demonstration of that as well legislatures and courts to (mis)in historian Martha Jones argues that my.
bers of Parliament have criminal records. While the dependent India. It has also — especially in Kashmir and As terpret in the service of political citizenship is distinct from and The guarantees of azaadi to Da
number might be infl ated as many politicians tend to be ushered in the fullblooded emer sam, also in Uttar Pradesh, not to expediency/judicial bias/equivoca deeper than political rights or vot lits under the Constitution are un
charged with relatively minor off ences —“unlawful as gence of the constitutional com speak of the violence on university tion. It is the people who through ing alone, and embedded in bir precedented. Although each of
mons as the space for a public, campuses. Against the brutal reign collective action and civic engage thright (as African Americans ar these is only observed in the
sembly” and “defamation” — the real worry is that the
shared, collectively crafted juris of terror, and threat of more to ment hold institutions to account gued long before they belonged breach, mapping constitution
current cohort of Lok Sabha MPs has the highest (29%) prudence of citizenship. Conversa come, against a future that seems and provide the tools and expe equally in the Constitution). In our scapes in their specifi c fi gurations
proportion of those with serious declared criminal cas tions on citizenship draw upon the bleak on every score — employ riences that must shape constitu context, we must ask, what is bir means keeping these fi rmly at the
es compared to its recent predecessors. Researchers rich tapestry of the Preamble and ment, economy, education (espe tional interpretation. The Pream thright? Is it swaraj (freedom or centre of debate and collective ac
have found that such candidates with serious records the echoes it contains, bringing cially higher education), and go ble sets out the spirit of azaadi that has distinct cadences tion. Witness its signposts: Chan
seem to do well despite their public image, largely due people together in ways that shine vernance — it is the public and constitutional morality (not its deriving from location)? Is it the drashekhar Azad, the dadis of Sha
to their ability to fi nance their own elections and bring a torch on the pathways to a trans spirited defence of the constitu narrow prescription) that guides elimination of untouchability (as heen Bagh, the Ghanta Ghar
formative jurisprudence for our tional commons that has forced an understanding of protections Dr. Ambedkar observed)? resisters in Lucknow, resistance as
substantive resources to their respective parties. Some
constitutional courts. accountability on the state and in set out within. It also makes intel Is birthright embedded in the withdrawal by the people of Kash
voters tend to view such candidates through a narrow It is not anymore that the peo ternationalised its depredations. ligible to people the legislative, undisturbed right of forest dwell mir, campuses, Kerala’s challenge
prism: of being able to represent their interests by hook ple of this country falter in their The recitations of resistance judicial or executive action that ers to the forest commons — Maava to the constitutionality of CAA, the
or by crook. Others do not seek to punish these candi steps towards courts to seek jus range from wresting the national undermine the spirit of the Consti Naate Maava Raaj (our village, our proxy strikes on conscientious re
dates in instances where they are in contest with other tice; it is courts that even while anthem from its empty ritualistic tution. governance), as Dr. Jaipal Singh sisters, the shutdown of Jammu
candidates with similar records. Either way, these un reciting the Constitution, are un performance by military bands or For this public engagement is a Munda had argued for in the Con and Kashmir, incarceration in de
healthy tendencies in the democratic system refl ect a able to take defi nitive positions, the ritual fl aghoisting on Republic justice cascade to borrow from stituent Assembly deliberations? tention camps and the prolifera
unfettered by governmental dispo Day and Independence Day, to Kathryn Sikkink, that will not Or is birthright embedded deep tion of camps, the deferral by con
poor image of the nature of India’s state institutions and
sitions. reinstalling the tricolour as a sym (does not) stop with the recitation within the right to dignity and self stitutional courts, the languages of
the quality of its elected representatives. When I suggested in 2012 in bol of resistance. Recitations of re — it has forced the government in respect of losatravesados, the mi rule and resistance, and indeed
The Supreme Court has come up with a series of Tools of Justice that transformative sistance combine Faiz with the to courts and has forced judicial grants, the crossers that Gloria An the languages of jurisprudence
landmark judgments on addressing this issue. It re constitutionalism is by defi nition Preamble in the voice of Chan deliberation on the reach of con zaldúa speaks of in her stunning trapped in a chokehold that defers
moved the statutory protection of convicted legislators insurgent, I had not in fact ima drashekhar Azad on the steps of stitutional protections to disci work on borderlands? Is it all of the pronouncement of freedom as
from immediate disqualifi cation in 2013, and in 2014, gined that we would witness an in Jama Masjid before he is arrested pline the state. Although we see a this? For after all, as Martha Jones birthright.
directed the completion of trials involving elected re surgency of these proportions that for inciting violence. The phrase marked pushback from the spec observes pertinently, “sometimes The reinstatement of this expe
carry forth rhythm, sight, sound, ‘incitement to violence’ itself ac tacular position of the right to pri citizenship was defi ned in consti rience and ways of knowing inter
presentatives within a year. In 2017, it asked the Centre
musicality, tenacity, constitutional quires a new meaning in the na vacy judgment in 2017 — with no tutions and statutes, most of the woven with a resurgent public
to frame a scheme to appoint special courts to exclu wisdom, collective action and the tional space of this resistance — eff ective reliefs granted in the time it was not”. Certainly, citizen constitutionalism, might help us
sively try cases against politicians, and for political par redefi nition of leadership (in the recitation of the Preamble in Kashmir cases and a deferral on ship by any defi nition is not a dole reclaim the idea of citizenship as
ties to publicise pending criminal cases faced by their terms of caste, religion, gender, cites the state to violence, forcing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, to be handed out by rulers to com birthright and inscribe the consti
candidates in 2018. But these have not been a deterrent class and age especially) in quite a judge to ask the state, ‘What of 2019, or CAA, 2019, among others pliant subjects nor is its grant an tutional commons by “occupying”
to legislators with dubious credentials. Perhaps what this manner in the face of threat, fence? Tell me. He’ll read the — it is institutions of justice that are alms deed to be distributed at them and establishing a shared,
would do the trick is a rule that disallows candidates governance by fear, and the perpe Preamble?’ now on trial. This is the singular whim. collective, inclusive ownership.
tual anticipation of terror. Extrapolating from the ideas of achievement of this historic mo Since the conversation has now
against whom charges have been framed in court for se
Just the demonstration of the Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom and ment: the rupture of a sequestered opened up to critical public delib Kalpana Kannabiran is Professor and
rious off ences, but this is something for Parliament to possibility of this resistance is scholars of the commons, the con ‘constitutional jurisprudence’ eration, how would we draw con Director, Council for Social Development,
consider as an amendment to the Representation of the deeply transformative and mov ceptualisation of the Constitution through the articulation of an ex stitutionscapes across the rugged Hyderabad
People Act, 1951. This denouement, however, is still a
pie in the sky given the composition of the Lower House
with a number of representatives facing serious cases.
Ultimately, this is a consequence of a structural pro
blem in Indian democracy and the nature of the Indian
A case of wholehearted biotechnology adoption
state. While formally, the institutions of the state are
In biotech cotton in India, farmers have found a solution to some of their biggest onfi eld pest challenges
present and subject to the electoral will of the people, bourers invested in better educa switched to hybrids in the sustain high yields year on year.
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substantively, they are still relatively weak and lacka tion for children; 77% reported mid1980s mainly because of the In the case of biotech cotton in
daisical in governance and delivery of public goods, better intake of nutritious food; enormous benefi ts. Cotton Adviso India, it is the farmers who adopt
75% reported better health of their ry Board data show that India’s ed the technology wholeheartedly
which has allowed cynical voters to elect candidates
family members; 64% invested on cotton yields which were at 169 kg/ because they saw a solution in it to
despite their dubious credentials and for their ability to the health of livestock; female hectare in 198081 increased to 278 some of their biggest onfi eld pest
work on a patronage system. While judicial pronounce Ram Kaundinya workers on Bt cotton fi elds earned kg/hectare in 200001 and then challenges. The choice made by
ments on making it diffi cult for criminal candidates to an average 55% higher income; 542 kg/ hectare in 201617. the Indian farmer to plant hybrid
contest are necessary, only enhanced awareness and in and 42.4 crore additional days of The writer’s argument that High cotton seeds on over 90% of cot
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creased democratic participation could create the right n the Editorial page article, rural employment have been gen ₹ 42,300 crore. India is moving to Density Planting (HDP) took place ton acreage, and see increased cot
conditions for the decriminalisation of politics. “The fl awed spin to India’s cot erated, thereby doubling cotton fi rst place as the largest producer in various countries after intro ton production is testament to the
ton story” ( January 23, 2020), production. of cotton in the world. duction of biotech cotton is inac value created by better seeds,
there are unfounded claims about India’s farmers are the ones curate. Planting rates are deter technologies and farming practic
a technology that has in reality who have reposed trust in biotech Extension eff orts mined by several agronomic and es — when compared with the al
Abolition politics been a boon to farmers across the
world.
nology, making India the world’s
second largest cotton producer
However, it is not just the technol
ogy that increases yields. India’s
environmental conditions and not
based on biotech versus nonbio
ternative of low tech seed and in
secticide sprays.
Without consensus or policy, expediency The fi rst point made in the arti and exporter by doubling cotton farmers face numerous uncertain tech. There is also no change in Bt cotton was released in varie
dictates abolition and revival of Councils cle is that GM cotton covers 95% of production over the past decade. ties and crop management chal the seed rate in any of the coun ties by some public institutions
the area under cotton and that Cotton Corporation of India da lenges, aff ecting farm yield and in tries in which biotech cotton has but it did not get much traction.
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he abolition and revival of the second chamber in there are no choices for farmers. ta show that the highest produc comes; knowledge of cultivation been adopted. HDP has done well There is always a debate about the
State legislatures have become matters of politi The fact: Indian farmers have vot tion of 398 lakh bales of cotton in and correct agronomic practices in India because of the better qual use of hybrids versus varieties in
cal expediency. Andhra Pradesh is the latest State ed for choice of seeds with bio India was achieved in 201314, va can make a signifi cant impact. ity of germplasm. any crop. The writer appears to be
to favour the alteration of the status quo regarding the technologies by planting hybrid lued at around ₹ 72,000 crore. Ad This is being addressed by numer Also, Turkey is not a large cot giving too much power to the seed
Upper House, in an Assembly resolution for its Legisla cotton biotech seeds on over 90% ditional incomes were generated ous extension eff orts. ton producer. USDA statistics in industry in terms of infl uencing
tive Council’s abolition. A.P. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan of the country’s cotton acreage. from cotton seeds oil (1.3 million There is an opportunity to in 201718 shows that India leads with the farmer to prefer hybrids over
They want seeds and technologies tons) and cotton seed oilmeal (11 crease yields further in India when 35m bales, followed by China (28m varieties. This has not happened
Mohan Reddy’s drastic step comes after key legislation
that provide optimal yield, income million tons) worth ₹ 13,000 crore compared to other countries that bales), the U.S. (21m bales), Brazil in the case of rice, mustard, many
intended to take forward his threecapital proposal was and convenience in cultivation. and ₹ 22,000 crore, respectively. have been using even more ad (9m bales) and Australia (5m oilseeds, and pulses in which the
referred to a select committee by the Council, in which The Bt cotton seed market is about vanced GM traits than what is be bales). All of them are GM cotton farmers grow varietal crops in 90
his party does not have a majority. His grievance: the RESPONSE ₹ 3,000 crore, making it hardly ing used in India. New technology countries, contributing to more 100% of the area. The lesson is that
Council is working with a political agenda to block his 2.5% of the total value generated. introduction has stopped in India than 90% of global cotton produc the farmer adopts technologies
proposal. While the need for a bicameral legislature in Today, they choose from over 800 The article’s second point is since 2005, aff ecting growth of tion. GM cotton was introduced in which are benefi cial to him and
the States has often been questioned, few would sup hybrid Bt cotton seed brands from about low productivity as com yields. Brazil in 200607. does not go by the recommenda
over 40 Indian and global seed pared to the global scene. The fact The article’s third point is about India also produces hybrid cot tions of the industry or any other
port the idea that the potential diffi culty in getting the
companies, with fi ve approved ‘in is that technology has not only in the availability of low cost manual ton seed because of the availability persons.
Council’s approval should be a reason for its abolition. theseed’ insect protection Bt cot creased yields but also greatly re labour. The fact is that one of the of labour to carry out the hand Seeds with biotechnologies
Chief Ministers ought to bear the possible delay that the ton technologies and nonBt varie duced pesticide use. Biotechnolo major challenges lies in securing pollination at reasonable cost; this have helped conserve biodiversi
Council’s opinion or course of action may cause, and tal cotton seeds. Farmers have not gy in cotton, post its introduction labour to conduct fi eld operations. is not available in the U.S., Brazil, ty: with higher production from
seek to build a legislative consensus instead of pushing shown any preference for planting in 2002, has led to transformation Today, labour accounts for over Australia and China. Hybrid cotton the same area, the expansion of
their agenda through. In particular, Mr. Reddy will have nonBt cotton seeds including the al changes in India’s cotton cultiva 58% of a farmer’s cost of cultiva has delivered not only higher agricultural land into forest areas
to listen to diff erent voices on his proposal to locate the quantity supplied along with the tion. These have helped increase tion per acre. In a fastevolving yields but also provided resistance has been slowed.
State High Court in Kurnool, its legislature in Amarava Bt cotton seed by seed companies cotton yields by over 1.8 times — global market, India’s farmers in to some pests and diseases. A onesided depiction not only
as per regulatory guidelines. from 241 kg/hectare in 20022003 stead need the best technologies The article also claims that In harms agriculture and the indus
ti, and the government secretariat in Visakhapatnam.
to 541 kg/hectare in 20182019. A to remain competitive. dian farmers need to buy seeds re try but also spreads misconcep
A.P.’s proposal will bear fruit only if Parliament pass Rippleeff ect benefi ts BKSCSD study shows that the sig The next claim is about varieties peatedly. The fact is that not just tions about biotechnology.
es a law to that eff ect, based on the State’s request. Re Several key studies by thirdparty nifi cant increase in farmer in off ering farmers increased bene biotech cotton, but all hybrid
cent experience suggests that States without a Legisla economists and sociologists have comes from higher yields and re fi ts than hybrid cotton seeds. The seeds lose their benefi ts if replant Ram Kaundinya is Director General,
tive Council favour its revival. Rajasthan, Assam, Odisha established that 85% of hybrid Bt duced pesticide use has generated fact is that Indian farmers who ed, creating reduced and erratic Federation of Seed Industry of India
and Madhya Pradesh have passed resolutions for a re cotton seed farmers and farm la additional farm income of over were using varieties for years yields. New seeds help farmers (FSII), New Delhi
vival, but are yet to get parliamentary approval. In Ta
mil Nadu, at least two erstwhile DMK regimes had fa
voured revival, and even parliamentary approval given
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12 NEWS DELHI
Govt. sweetens Air India
Speaker seeks to stall EU debate on CAA Let EU impose
sanctions, says
Letter to EU Parliament chief says it is ‘inappropriate for one legislature to pass judgment on another’ Iltija Mufti
off er with 100% stake Suhasini Haidar EU Parliament’s decision to Parliament, S&D. expressed by the European Special Correspondent
Nistula Hebbar discuss the Citizenship At least six or seven MEPs, Parliament and its Members Srinagar
These have been trans
ferred to a special vehicle ‘Govt. selling NEW DELHI
(Amendment) Act, with Mi who had been invited to Jam do not represent the offi cial Iltija Mufti, daughter of de
known as Air India Assets Concerned by the European nister of Law and Justice Ravi mu and Kashmir in October position of the European Un tained Peoples Democratic
Holding Limited (AIAHL), family silver’ Parliament’s decision to dis
cuss six resolutions on the
Shankar Prasad dismissing
the resolutions critical of In
2019 by the government, are
members of centrist and
ion,” Virginie BattuHenriks
son, EU Spokesperson for
Party president Mehbooba
Mufti, on Monday said she
which will also comprise
real estate and other assets Special Correspondent Citizenship (Amendment) dia as driven by “Left par rightleaning groups such as Foreign Aff airs and Security hoped that the EU resolu
worth ₹ 17,000 crore. There NEW DELHI Act (CAA), 2019, and the sit ties”, and reiterating the law Renew and European Con Policy, responded to specifi c tions on J&K and the Citi
fore, the net liability to be uation in Jammu and Kash was India’s “internal servatives and Reformists questions from The Hindu. zenship (Amendment) Act
The Opposition parties
borne by the government mir, Lok Sabha Speaker Om matter”. Group (ECR), which have ta A French diplomatic “will be followed up with
slammed the government’s
will be ₹ 39,259 crore. Birla has written to its Presi “Lots of Left parties [at bled resolutions against the source also said Paris conti sanctions”.
fresh bid to sell Air India,
dent David Sassoli, “urging” the EU Parliament] have Om Birla government’s actions over nues to believe the CAA is “I am relieved to see the
“The debt which has saying it was an attempt to
been built up due to cumu him to reconsider the resolu sought this resolution, and the CAA and Article 370. “India’s internal political EU Parliament pass resolu
meet the revenue shortfall
lative losses isn’t the debt tions critical of India. our External Aff airs Minister While the harshest resolu Distancing itself from the matter”, and the European tions against the commu
by “selling family silver”
which can be passed on be “As members of the Inter will engage with them and tion, invoking the UN Securi outcome of the resolutions Parliament is “an institution nal CAA and the brutal
without actually fi xing the
cause it will not be sustaina Parliamentary Union, we explain our position,” Mr. ty Council resolution on to be debated and voted on independent of Member lockdown in Kashmir.
fundamental issues in the
ble. Sustainable debt equal should respect the sovereign Prasad said on Monday, ac Kashmir, indeed comes from later this week, the Euro States and the European Hope it’s followed up with
sector.
the written down value of processes of fellow legisla cusing the MEPs of not being the “Leftleaning” European pean Union’s Foreign offi ce Commission.” sanctions. The Govern
BJP MP Subramanian
the assets, which is basically tures, especially in democra “objective”. United Left/Nordic Green said it did not represent the Ms. Henriksson declined ment of India’s actions are
Swamy, in a tweet, said he
the planes in this case,” Se cies,” Mr. Birla wrote in the The External Aff airs Minis Left group (GUE/NGL); the offi cial EU position. to respond to a question frittering away all of India’s
could move court against
cretary, Department of In letter, adding that it was “in try has made no offi cial com largest number of MPs be “It is important to recall about the government’s call assiduously earned soft
the sale.
vestment and Public Asset appropriate for one legisla ment on the draft resolu longs to the centreright Eu that these texts are only for the EU Parliament to power,” Ms. Iltija tweeted.
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Management (DIPAM), T.K. ture to pass judgment on tions, which are backed by ropean People’s Party (EPP) drafts tabled by various pol rethink its decision to dis The PDP chief has been un
Pandey, told reporters. ni said: “All employees will another”. six political groups, repre and the centrist Progressive itical groups in the European cuss the CAA. der detention since August
Kapil Kaul, CEO of avia go to the new buyer. There The government also senting 626 MEPs of the total Alliance of Socialists and De Parliament. Let me also re (With inputs from 5, 2019 when the Centre re
tion consultancy CAPA, are no excess employees in came out sharply against the Parliament strength of 751. mocrats in the European mind you that the opinions Sobhana K. Nair) voked J&K’s special status.
said, “A clean exit by the go Air India.” The buyer should
vernment and exclusion of retain these employees for a
the entire nonaircraft relat
ed debt signal a bold reform
and a very determined ef
certain lockin period,
which would be divulged in
the share purchasing agree
Don’t need foreign advice: Venkaiah Wives of farm suicide
fort to exit the airline to al
low the taxpayers’ funds to
ment. The government was
exploring diff erent modali VicePresident’s remark comes in the wake of EU resolutions on Kashmir, CAA
victims seek assistance
be utilised for the govern ties to ensure that the re
ment’s social agenda. This tired staff have a medical Tenant farmers losing out on ex gratia
may be the single biggest cover, he added.
Special Correspondent by the Indian Parliament.
writeoff by the govern The bid document also
NEW DELHI This was done based on “in Special correspondent Adhikar Manch and UN Wo
ment”. states that the existing FDI VicePresident M. Venkaiah adequate knowledge” and NEW DELHI men on Monday.
As far as the future of the policy, which allows a fo Naidu on Monday indirectly “insuffi cient understand When P. Kalyani’s husband Women from such fami
employees is concerned, Air reign airline to buy up to hit out at European Union ing”. “Such eff orts were to committed suicide last year, lies are demanding that the
India Chairman and Manag 49% in Air India, will conti (EU) lawmakers for moving tally uncalled for and unwar he left her with a debt of ₹ 4 upcoming Budget announce
ing Director Ashwani Loha nue to apply. resolutions on Jammu and ranted. As a mature republic lakh and two teenage a comprehensive rehabilita
Kashmir and the Citizenship and democratic polity, we daughters to take care of. tion package for them, in
(Amendment) Act, 2019, say are capable of addressing The death of the tenant cluding ₹ 7 lakh ex gratia and
CAA rules expected to ing India did not need “ad
vice or guidance” and there
the concerns of any of our ci
tizens and we need no ad
farmer in Guntur district of
Andhra Pradesh was one of
a pension of ₹ 5,000 a
month. Currently, govern
seek ‘proof of religion’ was no scope for outside in
terference in the country’s
internal matters.
vice or guidance in such mat
ters from others,” he said.
India had withstood va
the 3.5 lakh farmer suicides
that have taken place in the
country since 1995, accord
ment support varies from ₹ 1
lakh to ₹ 7 lakh in diff erent
States. However, only a frac
An offi cial said all applica State from Bangladesh post An overwhelming majori rious challenges as a Repu ing to the National Crime tion of families actually gets
tions under the CAA would March 24, 1971. The SCmon ty of members in the Euro blic for 70 years and was Records Bureau data. Ho support.
have to be made online and itored Assam’s National Re pean Parliament have fi led now more united than ever wever, Ms. Kalyani did not “Maharashtra has had the
the fi nal decision to grant ci gister of Citizens, published six scathing resolutions on before. No one should have get any benefi ts that the highest number of farm sui
tizenship rested with the on August 31 last, which ex the revocation of Article 370 concerns in this regard, he State off ers to farmer sui cide cases — 70,000 — in the
MHA. Several groups in As cluded 19 lakh of the 3.4 in Jammu and Kashmir and Tough stand: Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu speaking said. cide families. last 25 years. But only about
sam have opposed the CAA crore applicants, was a fal the amended Citizenship after releasing the book ‘TRG-An Enigma’ in New Delhi. PTI *
“We as a nation are com “We did not own any 30% of them received bene
as it “violates” the provision lout of the Assam Accord. Act. mitted to the cardinal princi land. My husband used to fi ts,” said Seema Kulkarni of
of the 1985 Assam Accord. The CAA was passed by Mr. Naidu was speaking at Delhi, in 1970. The function dissent whenever warrant ple of ensuring justice, liber lease three acres to cultiv MAKAAM Maharashtra.
The provision in the As Parliament on December 11. the release of a book TRG-An was held at his residence in ed. As a result, we have ty and equality for all of our ate. But they said we were “The Revenue Department
sam Accord called for “de The MHA notifi ed that the Enigma, a biography of Tilak the capital. emerged as the most vibrant citizens. While we are capa not farmers since we did not has specifi c conditions for
tection and deportation” of provisions would come into Raj Gupta, an educationist democracy in the world,” ble of addressing our inter own any farmland, so I was benefi ciaries: they must
all persons who entered the force from January 10. who pioneered the public Room for dissent Mr. Naidu said. nal matters as evidenced ov not eligible for the benefi ts,” own farmland, they should
school movement in India by “Our polity and democracy Some eff orts were being er the last 70 years, let said Ms. Kalyani, speaking at have taken loan from a bank
Centre signs accord taking over Hans Raj Model
School, Punjabi Bagh, New
do provide enough space for
expressing diff erences and
made outside India to com
ment on legislation passed
others do so in their respec
tive domain,” he added.
a national consultation or
ganised by the Mahila Kisan
and they should face crop
failure that year.”
with Bodo groups
“No one will be called a mil
itant now, they all are our
“After the agreement, the
NDFB factions will leave the
Muslim personal law a cultural issue: AIMPLB CBI appeal
infructuous,
brothers and sisters,” Mr.
Shah said.
path of violence, surrender
their weapons and disband Constitution allows continuance of diff erent practices of various religions, it tells Supreme Court Raja tells HC
The memorandum of set their armed organisations
tlement says that the crimi within a month of signing Legal Correspondent derive their validity from le riat) Application Act, 1937, that the top court, in its 1997 Press Trust of India
New Delhi
nal cases registered against the deal.” A Special Deve NEW DELHI gislature or any other com violative of Articles 14, 15 and judgment in the Ahmedabad
members of the NDFB fac lopment Package of ₹ 1500 The Muslim personal law, petent authority. Their 21 of the Constitution, inso Women Action Group case, Former Union Telecom Mi
tions for “nonheinous” crore would be given by the which allows practices like sources are the scriptural far as it seeks to recognise had already refused to exa nister A. Raja on Monday
crimes shall be withdrawn Centre to undertake specifi c polygamy and nikah halala, texts of their respective reli and validate polygamy and mine whether polygamy in told the Delhi High Court
by the Assam government projects for the develop is a “cultural issue” and inex gions. The personal law does nikah halala. Mr. Upadhyay Muslim personal law is ille that the CBI’s appeal
and in cases of heinous ment of Bodo areas, he tricably interwoven with the not fall within the defi nition has contended that a “ban gal and an act of cruelty. The against his and others’ ac
crimes it will be reviewed. added. religion of Islam. The Consti of ‘laws’ under Article 13 of on polygamy and nikah ha- court had said the issue quittal in the 2G spectrum
Civilians numbering 2,823, The signing of the agree tution allows the conti the Constitution. The validi lala has been the need of the should be dealt with by the scam case has become in
239 security personnel and ment was attended by As nuance of the diff erent prac ty of a personal law cannot hour to secure basic rights legislature and not the fructuous with the coming
939 Bodo cadres have been sam Chief Minister Sarba tices of various religions be challenged on the basis of and in the interest of public courts. of the new anticorruption
killed so far. Mr. Shah said nanda Sonowal, Union until the state succeeds in its the fundamental rights en order, morality and health”. Mr. Upadhyay had argued law.
that the families of those Home Secretary Ajay Kumar endeavour to secure a Un shrined in the Constitution. But the Board said the pe that both practices were a Senior advocate Abhish
killed during the Bodo Bhalla and Director of Intel iform Civil Code (UCC), the The arguments were The Board’s response came tition is a push for a judicial cause of injury to women. ek M. Singhvi, appearing
movement would get ₹ 5 ligence Bureau Arvinda All Indian Muslim Personal made in an application fi led on a petition seeking ban on pronouncement to bring the The petition had referred to for Mr. Raja, told the court
lakh each. Kumar. Law Board (AIMPLB) ex by the Board seeking im polygamy and nikah halala. UCC. It argued that even Ar how the Supreme Court had that the graft charges le
plained to the Supreme pleadment in a writ petition ticle 44 of the Constitution held the instant talaq uncon velled against him and oth
Amnesty for obscure Court on Monday.
The Board, which repre
sents multiple schools of
fi led by Supreme Court ad
vocate Ashwini Kumar Upad
hyay for a judicial declara
marriage with another man)
were unconstitutional.
only says the state should try
for bringing UCC. Article 44,
by necessary implication, re
stitutional in August 2017.
However, the Board said
the rights of Muslim women
ers in the case had been
omitted in the new Preven
tion of Corruption Act of
outfi t raises eyebrows thought in Islam and is com
mitted to protecting Muslim
tion that polygamy and
nikah halala (bar against re
‘Need of the hour’
The petition wants the court
cognises the plurality of
faiths and permits their
were already secure under
the Muslim Women (Protec
2018 and therefore, prose
cution in the instant matter
personal law in the country, marriage with divorced hus to declare Section 2 of the continuance. tion of Rights on Divorce) Act cannot go on.
Mr.Paul said their group was Screening Committee which said personal laws did not band without an intervening Muslim Personal Law (Sha The application points out of 1986. Apart from Mr. Raja, his
formed with 22 people in carries out further checks. then private secretary R.K.
December 2010 to demand All the NLFB cadres and the Chandolia and former tele
a council for the Bengali pe
ople and end the victimisa
tion of the community. “We
others came through that
process,” he said.
“You may ask why 644
Bengal Assembly slams We know political parties use com secretary Siddharth
Behura have also raised the
issue in separate
have newspaper clippings of
subversive activities such as
militants surrendered 177 fi
rearms. The 50 members of NPRNRC sans guidelines SC to settle scores, says CJI
applications.
During the brief hearing
carrying out the Kamakhya the United Liberation Front before Justice Brijesh Sethi,
Express (train) blast in 2010 of AsomIndependent depo CAA is a shame on humanity: Mamata the CBI contended that the
as proof of our existence,” sited only 24 fi rearms. One applications were not sus
he added. has to understand that not Special Correspondent formed that the CAA will not Court hears plea on death of BJP workers in West Bengal tainable as this specifi c is
“Our membership from all members of an outfi t are Kolkata be used to take away sue had been raised in the
across seven districts fi ghters; some are couriers, The West Bengal Assembly anyone’s right to citizen Legal Correspondent fi le public interest litigation replies fi led in response to
swelled to more than 300. some linkmen, others in the on Monday criticised the ship. However, [this infor NEW DELHI petitions. the agency’s appeal.
Most of us surrendered political wing,” Mr Nath Centre for issuing a notice to mation] has not been men Chief Justice of India S.A. To this, Chief Justice The CBI’s stand was op
while a few went their way,” said. conduct a National Popula tioned in the CAA, which Bobde on Monday orally let Bobde indicated that this posed by Mr. Singhvi who
Mr. Paul claimed. A defence offi cer, declin tion Register (NPR) and a na has created confusion,” the know that the court is in was a phenomenon the said this specifi c issue, of
ing to be quoted, said the tionwide National Register resolution said. deed conscious that political court had seen on both sides what happens to older cas
‘Authenticity verifi ed’ NLFB members had to be of Citizens (NRC) “without The resolution, moved by parties use it as a forum to of the political divide. “We es in light of the new law,
Hiren Nath, the Inspector brought to the mainstream clear guidelines”, creating Parliamentary Aff airs Minis settle scores. are conscious that Opposi had been referred to the
General of Police (Special as they had formed a group, “panic among people”. ter Partha Chatterjee, was The remark came while tion parties are also using High Court by a trial court
Branch) and head of the reh underwent training and had A resolution passed by passed unanimously by the hearing a petition fi led by se the forum of this court. This dealing with a corruption
abilitation programme, weapons. But he admitted the Assembly urged the House, with the Congress nior advocate and BJP leader [argument] goes for both matter and was still pend
Swabalamban, said some “twothree people” who Centre to repeal the Citizen and Left members, along Gaurav Bhatia for a CBI S.A. Bobde sides,” the CJI told Mr. Sibal. ing here. The changes in
1,800 surrendered extre work on the periphery or ship (Amendment) Act with those of the ruling Tri probe into the deaths of Alleging political motives, the new Prevention of Cor
mist have been given train had cursory association (CAA). It pointed out that on namool Congress, support three BJP workers — Shakti namool Congress to its polit Mr. Sibal said a board of fi ve ruption Act had also been
ing and 1,200 of them pro with extremist groups do get July 31, 2018, the State ing it. The BJP opposed it. pad Sarkar, Tirlochan Maha ical rivals. doctors had already certifi ed challenged in the Supreme
vided with ₹ 1 lakh to engage benefi ts. passed a resolution seeking Chief Minister Mamata to and Dulal Kumar — in Senior advocate Kapil Si Kumar’s death as suicide. Court where it was still
in incomegenerating “What is the harm if some the withdrawal of the NRC Banerjee described the CAA West Bengal’s Purulia dis bal, for the West Bengal go The police have already fi led pending, he said, adding
activities. youth, whom the govern in Assam, and followed it up as something that was trict. vernment, countered by a closure report. Mr. Bhatia that in the present circum
“The authenticity of the ment cannot give jobs, get a with another resolution on against the spirit of the Con Mr. Bhatia said the “brutal questioning Mr. Bhatia’s in has submitted that the trio stances, the High Court
cadres is verifi ed by the dis stipend through the rehabil September 6, 2019, against stitution and demanded its killings”, with the body of tentions in fi ling the peti were threatened by Trina might have to refer the is
trict superintendents of pol itation programme and start an NRC in West Bengal. repeal. “It is not a small Hin Kumar found hanging from a tion. Mr. Sibal said the court mool goons. However, the sue to the Supreme Court.
ice and other security agen a livelihood? The ultimate “This House has been in duMuslim issue...the issue hightension electric post, should fi rst examine the is court asked the State govern Justice Sethi listed the
cies over a period of time. goal is to fi ght unemploy formed by the media that is of humanity...this law is a exemplifi ed the violence sue whether a member of a ment to fi le a response with matter for further hearing
Then there is a multiagency ment,” he said. the Prime Minister has in shame on humanity.” meted out by the ruling Tri political party could really in four weeks. on January 31.
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SC notice on
Centre’s NPR Shutdown in parts of Assam Congress seeks NHRC action
notifi cation Protest called against the Bodo accord evokes a mixed response on ‘U.P. police atrocities’
Legal Correspondent Special Correspondent joining areas, are kept in the
NEW DELHI GUWAHATI dark,” AKRSU general secre
The Supreme Court on A 12hour shutdown called tary Jibesh Ray said. State is at war against its own people, says Rahul Gandhi
Monday sought the govern by several organisations on
ment’s response to a peti Monday against the Bodo ac 48hour bandh SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
tion fi led by three residents cord signed in New Delhi The United Garo Autono NEW DELHI
creation and update of the
NPR is a gross invasion of
the privacy of private citi
‘Modi must see DalitAdivasi unity against CAA’ tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra,
submitted a 31page memo
randum, including video
In the memorandum, the
party alleged that the BJP go
shrined in the Constitution
of India becomes para
zens. The nature of the ex clips and photographs as vernment in the State “treats mount,” the Congress mem
ercise is manifestly arbi Thousands come together to raise their voice against CAANRCNPR in M.P. “evidence of atrocities” and its own citizens like orandum said.
trary with no grounds of human rights violations by criminals”. The party argued that the
‘doubtfulness’ being speci Sidharth Yadav the Narmada Bachao Ando police offi cials against whom NHRC had always stood tall
Bhopal
fi ed, apart from no guaran lan. “This is unacceptable. no offi cial complaint has ‘Reckless government’ with its glorious history
tee of protection and se Swaraj Abhiyan president Hum kaagaz nahin dik- been registered. “Given the role of a reckless when other institutions had
curity of the Yogendra Yadav on Monday hayenge (we will not show State government that views fallen short.
data/information so col said although Prime Minister our papers),” she said while ‘Protect idea of India’ the law and the Constitution Citing testimonies by wit
lected. Such a database Narendra Modi claimed that addressing the rally. “The NHRC must act deci as mere inconveniences, the nesses, videos and “un
would erode basic free antiCAA protesters could be Social activist Harsh Man sively to protect the idea of duty of institutions such as biased” media reports, the
doms that the persons identifi ed by their clothes, der claimed mostly Dalit and India & the Constitutional the NHRC to act as checks Congress accused the U.P.
within India currently en and saw only skullcaps and tribal labourers were exclud rights of our citizens,” Mr. and balances and to embody police of destroying public
joy,” the petition said. hijabs among them, he must ed from the NRC in Assam, Gandhi said in a tweet. and protect the values en and private property.
The petition said Section also witness the coming to and thus the NPR and NRC
14A of the Citizenship Act, gether of Adivasis and Dalits wouldn’t aff ect only one
1955, and The Citizenship
(Registration of Citizens
and Issue of National Iden
to oppose the contentious
Act and notice another piece
of cloth: the Tricolour.
Dalit and Adivasi groups taking out a rally against the CAA in
Barwani on Monday. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
*
community, but the whole
country.
“People who work in the
Police team searches for JNU
tity Cards) Rules, 2003, “I wish he was here today fi elds to feed the nation and
and the Home Ministry
notifi cation of July 31, 2019,
for conduct of the NPR are
to witness Adivasi women,
the youth and other citizens
coming together to protest,”
implementation of the Na
tional Register of Citizens
(NRC) and the National Pop
to not implement the NPR,
and in eff ect purportedly
stymie the buildup to the
labourers who are exploited
in the name of progress do
not need to furnish proof of
student Sharjeel in Patna
violative of the fundamen said Mr. Yadav at a gathering ulation Register (NPR). NRC. So far, Rajasthan, Kera citizenship. Rather, it is the
tal rights. in Barwani. More than la and West Bengal have government that needs to His mother says his comments are being misconstrued
Through the Citizenship 15,000 people from Dalit, tri Demand for resolution passed resolutions against prove its allegiance to the
Rules, 2003, the state bal, labour and students The participants, under the the CAA. country, that it can deliver Special Correspondent “We have not brought up nute video, only four se
seeks to invade the privacy groups took part in a rally, banner of ‘Samvidhan Jan “The Central government people’s demands for em Patna our sons like this… they can conds are being shown to ac
of private persons without the fi rst such largescale, un Bachao Andolan’, called had no shame asking us for ployment, fair price for pro A day after a police team never ever say anything cuse him. Is this fair to
establishing that they were ifi ed protest in Madhya Pra upon the Congress govern votes, but today it is asking duce and the rights to educa searched the ancestral against the country… We accuse someone of being an
acting in an unlawful man desh against the law, the pro ment in the State to pass a re us to prove our citizenship,” tion and health,” said house of Jawaharlal Nehru have been born and brought tinational?”
ner, it said. posed nationwide solution in the Vidhan Sabha said Medha Patkar, leader of Harsingh Jamre, an adivasi. University student Sharjeel up here… where we would
Imam at Kako in Jehanabad go from this place,” she said. Case fi led in Arunachal
and questioned some of his Asked why he was ab Meanwhile, the Arunachal
Cong. to raise CAANRCNPR in Budget session relatives, the team on Mon
day searched for him in Pat
na’s Muslimdominated Sub
sconding, she added, “Be
cause of the situation… defi
nitely, I will ask Sharjeel to
Pradesh police have fi led a
case against Sharjeel for
“spewing venom” against
zibagh area, where an come before authorities and the northeastern States.
It will try to bring back narrative to breadandbutter issues such as employment, food infl ation antiCAANRCNPR protest explain his words to them.” Superintendent of Police
has been going on for several Sharjeel’s uncle Irshad of the Special Branch Nav
Special Correspondent would protest in front of the were Leader of the Opposi (Youth Anger) rally where weeks. Imam said, “It is for taking deep Singh Brar said the
New Delhi Mahatma Gandhi statue tion in the Rajya Sabha Ghu the focus will be on jobs and Speaking to journalists at mileage in the Delhi As case was registered under
The Congress on Monday against the CAA, the NRC lam Nabi Azad, Congress education. Kako, Sharjeel’s mother said sembly election that Shar the Indian Penal Code at the
identifi ed the Citizenship and the NPR as the party al leader in the Lok Sabha Ad her son was innocent and jeel’s comment is being mis Crime Branch police station
(Amendment) Act (CAA), the leged that these measures hir Ranjan Chowdhury and Jobs lost “his comments are being interpreted and he is being in the capital Itanagar on
National Register of Citizens sought to take away a citi senior leaders Anand Shar “The reality of all the big misconstrued”. hounded… Out of his 40mi Sunday.
(NRC) and the National Pop zen’s constitutional rights ma, Jairam Ramesh and promises to create jobs.
ulation Register (NPR) and guarantees. It will also Manish Tewari. More than 3.5 crore jobs lost
among the principal issues raise the issue of police ac The Congress has also de in the seven key sectors of
that it will raise in the Budget tion against the protesting cided to bring back the nar the economy...That's why
session of Parliament, which students across universities. rative to breadand butter is the government hesitates to
begins on Friday. The Congress Strategy Group sues such as employment speak on employment,”
A meeting of the Congress President’s address met at the residence of Sonia and rising food infl ation with Congress general secretary
Strategy Group, held at party The party will, however, at Gandhi on Monday. PTI * which the people, especially Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
president Sonia Gandhi’s re tend the President’s address the youth, could identify. tweeted in Hindi.
sidence, also identifi ed the to the joint sitting of Parlia new Parliament building, In the runup to the Bud
state of the economy, includ ment in the fi rst session of Ms. Gandhi is learnt to have Rally in Jaipur get, the party announced
ing the growing unemploy 2020. told her colleagues to raise On Tuesday, former Con that it would hold press con
ment and rising infl ation, as Though a senior leader al issues that resonated with gress president Rahul Gand ferences to seek answers
the other key issues. so discussed the govern the public. Among those hi will address the youth in from the government on key
On Friday, Congress MPs ment’s plan to construct a who attended the meeting Jaipur at the Yuva Akrosh economic parameters.
Kishor embarrasses NDA again
Special Correspondent “EVM buttons will be
Patna pressed with just love in Del
Prashant Kishor, a leader of hi on February 8. It should
the Janata Dal(United), be a big jolt, with mild cur
which is an ally of the BJP, rent, so that brotherhood
on Monday again caused and friendship is not endan
embarrassment to the al gered,” Mr. Kishor, a nation
liance, while responding to al vicepresident of the JD
Union Home Minister Amit (U), wrote on Twitter, in
Shah’s comments on the reaction to Mr. Shah’s com
Delhi Assembly election. ments at a meeting in Delhi.
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Trump denies telling Bolton
virus-hit Wuhan as toll rises to 81 Ukraine aid was tied to probe Democrats want the exNSA, other offi cials to testify in trial
Slovenia's PM resigns, Prime Minister promises medical reinforcements and adequate market supply
calls for snap poll Agence France-Presse tailed case that Mr. Trump
LJUBLJANA
Reuters Washington withheld military aid and a
Slovenian Prime Minister
SHANGHAI President Donald Trump on White House meeting to
Marjan Sarec resigned on Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday denied that he told pressure his Ukrainian coun
Monday and called for an will “inspect and direct” ef his former National Security terpart to open investigation
early election, saying his forts to control a virus out Advisor John Bolton that mil into Mr. Biden and the form
minority government could break in the central city of itary aid to Ukraine was tied er VicePresident’s son Hun
not push through important Wuhan and promised rein to Kiev investigating his pol ter, who served on the board
legislation. The governing forcements, as provincial itical rivals. of a Ukrainian gas fi rm.
coalition of five centre-left authorities faced accusa Mr. Trump’s tweets came Democrats quickly seized
parties, which took power in tions from the public of a fai after The New York Times re on the report to press de
September 2018, held only lure to respond in time. ported on Sunday that Mr. mands that Mr. Bolton and
43 out of 90 seats in Mr. Li, clad in a blue pro Bolton alleges as much in a President Donald Trump, other key people in the
Parliament. REUTERS left, with former NSA John
tective suit and mask, draft of his upcoming book. White House be called testi
thanked medical workers in “I NEVER told John Bol Bolton. REUTERS
*
fy in Mr. Trump’s impeach
Iran’s Rouhani warns
of threat to democracy Wuhan, the capital of Hubei ton that the aid to Ukraine ment trial.
TEHRAN
province and the epicentre was tied to investigations in Mr. Bolton he wanted to A key point of Mr.
Iran's President has warned of of the outbreak, as the death to Democrats, including the keep frozen $391 million in Trump’s impeachment de
threats to the country’s toll rose on Monday to 81. Bidens. In fact, he never aid to Ukraine until Kiev fence has been that there
“democracy and national “Li ... thanked frontline complained about this at the helped with a probe into his was no quidproquo. Mr.
sovereignty”, after a body of medical workers for their all time of his very public termi Democratic rival Joe Biden. Trump’s team has main
ultra-conservative rivals out eff orts in treating pa Pledge of support: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, centre, speaking with medical workers at the nation,” Mr. Trump tweeted Mr. Trump was im tained that the holdup in aid
disqualified the candidates, tients and urged them to pay Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital in central China's Hubei province on Monday. AP/XINHUA *
on Monday. “If John Bolton peached last month for was separate from his re
weeks before polls. Mr. attention to their own pro said this, it was only to sell a abuse of power and obstruc quests for an investigation
Rouhani's and his allies are
locked in a fight with the
Guardian Council over the
tection,” Xinhua news agen
cy said. “He required eff orts
to guarantee medical re
Malaysia bans visitors; Berlin mulls rescue book.”
Citing Mr. Bolton’s unpu
blished manuscript, NYT
tion of Congress.
House of Representatives
prosecutors have spent
into the Bidens. Mr. Bolton’s
reported assertion in the
manuscript would undercut
move. AFP sources supply, race against Associated Press A statement issued on Meanwhile, Germany’s wrote that Mr. Trump told three days laying out a de this.
time to treat patients and en BEIJING Monday by the Prime Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
Syria forces set to Malaysia’s government has Minister’s Department said said his country was
sure adequate market supply
enter key rebel hub
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BPCL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.75. . . . . . . . . 1.65 rise in profi t after tax to ₹ 496 in ASKs is expected to be relatedparty transactions promoter or promoter In a statement, Maruti Su
Britannia Ind . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 3174.20. . . . . . -18.30 crore for the quarter ended around 20%. that have been the subject of group should be considered zuki said it had “announced
Cipla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464.45. . . . . . . . . 5.60
Coal India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.35. . . . . . . . -0.60
December 2019, almost “I am very enthusiastic many corporate governance a related party. Further, any a price change for select
Dr Reddys Lab . . . . . . . .. . . . 3188.75. . . . . 157.35 three times the profi t after about the way we have been matters. entity holding — directly or models owing to an increase
Eicher Motors. . . . . . . . .. 21095.20. . . . . 164.40 tax of ₹ 185.2 crore recorded developing our network, A working group, put in indirectly along with their in input costs.”
GAIL (India). . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 126.75. . . . . . . . -2.75
Grasim Ind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813.10. . . . . . . . -8.90
in the yearearlier period. connecting cities, large and place by the Securities and relatives — 20% or more “The price change varies
HCL Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604.35. . . . . . . . -3.35 The airline’s total income small, to provide more Exchange Board of India stake in the company across models and ranges
HDFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2395.80. . . . . . -54.95 surged by a robust 25.5% choice to our customers. We (SEBI) in November 2019, should also be considered a from 0% to 4.7% (exShow
HDFC Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1213.20. . . . . . -31.35
₹ 10,330.2 crore in the latest have added small cities, such has proposed tweaking the related party. room Delhi). The new prices
Hero MotoCorp . . . . . .. . . . 2455.75. . . . . . -12.90
Hindalco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198.25. . . . . . . . -7.15 December quarter from the as Shirdi and Shillong, to our defi nition of ‘related party’. The panel also stated that are eff ective from January
Hind Unilever . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2061.35. . . . . . -12.35 ₹ 8,229.3 crore in the corres network while extending our It also proposed that an au the current regulations ap 27, 2020,” it added.
ICICI Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537.25. . . . . . . . . 3.40 ponding period a year ago. reach to major cities such as dit committee approval pear insuffi cient to cover Following the announce
IndusInd Bank . . . . . . . .. . . . 1271.20. . . . . . -44.90
Bharti Infratel . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 241.85. . . . . . . . -2.45 Hanoi and Guangzhou,” In must be made mandatory transactions wherein a list ment, the price of entry le
Infosys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778.10. . . . . . . . -4.65 Ticket revenue increases diGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta for transactions between a ed entity could transfer its vel model Alto will go up in
Indian OilCorp . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 117.45. . . . . . . . -2.20 Of this, passenger ticket re line said. The yield or aver crore as compared to Rs said. IndiGo added 12 air listed entity or its subsidiary assets to its subsidiary, the range of ₹ 6,000₹ 9,000,
ITC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.60. . . . . . . . -3.55
JSW Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.80. . . . . . . . -9.10
venue stood at ₹ 8,770.30 age ticket price increased 341.04 crore, as per the craft during the quarter. with its related party. which thereon, could deal for the SPresso prices
Kotak Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1618.35. . . . . . -24.60 crore, an increase of 24.1% y 2.1% in the December quar fi ling. Meanwhile, IndiGo an with a related party of the would rise between ₹ 1,500
L&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1348.60. . . . . . -10.60 oy, while the ancillary reve ter to ₹ 3.88 per km, from the The airline said the year nounced Mr. Dutta was get Defi nition of RPTs listed fi rm. In such instanc and ₹ 8,000 and for WagonR
M&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578.30. . . . . . . 10.55
Maruti Suzuki . . . . . . . . .. . . . 7148.80. . . . . . . 20.35
nue during the quarter stood ₹ 3.83 per km in the third onyear capacity increase in ting a promotion and being “... recommended broaden es, the panel has proposed it will be in the ₹ 1,500
Nestle India Ltd. . . . .. 15666.05. . . . . . -89.45 at ₹ 1,037.30 crore, register quarter of 201819. At the available seat kilometers redesignated as a whole time ing the defi nition of RPTs that prior approval of the ₹ 4,000 range. The price of
NTPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.15. . . . . . . . -1.60 ing a growth of 28.8% over same time, the fuel cost re (ASK), which is a measure of director and CEO of Inter (relatedparty transactions) audit committee should be the Ertiga will go up by bet
ONGC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.25. . . . . . . . -1.10
PowerGrid Corp . . . . .. . . . . . 193.00. . . . . . . . -3.95
the yearago period, the air duced 2 per cent to Rs 334.19 passenger carrying capacity, Globe Aviation Limited. to include transactions made mandatory. ween ₹ 4,000 and ₹ 10,000,
Reliance Ind . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1506.55. . . . . . -15.00
State Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.20. . . . . . . . -7.85
In Q3, Dr. Reddy’s reports Applications
invited for
LIC increases market share Daimler
unveils BSVI
consolidated loss of ₹ 570 cr. SEBI chief post in fi rstyear premium income BharatBenz
Impairment charges, bitter pill for the pharmaceutical fi rm SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT vehicles
MUMBAI Crosses last fi scal’s fi gure with 67 days to spare this year
Special Correspondent With the tenure of the cur Special Correspondent
HYDERABAD rent chairman of the Secur Special Correspondent increase the number of insu MUMBAI
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories ities and Exchange Board CHENNAI rance agents from 12 lakh to Daimler India Commercial
Ltd. has posted a consolidat of India (SEBI) Ajay Tyagi Life Insurance Corporation 15 lakh. In this regard, it had Vehicles (DICV) on Monday
ed loss of ₹ 570 crore during ending next month, the go of India (LIC) has increased already recruited offi cers unveiled its allnew range of
the third quarter of the cur vernment has invited ap its share of the fi rstyear pre and development offi cers. BSVI compliant BharatBenz
rent fi nancial year. plications for the appoint mium income in the fi rst About 8,000 assistant offi c vehicles, the prices of which
The company had report ment of his successor. nine months of this fi scal. ers would be placed soon. will be announced later.
ed a ₹ 485 crore net profi t According to the govern LIC’s share rose to 70.52% On NPAs, he added that The new product portfo
during the corresponding ment notifi cation, any per from 66.24% recorded in LIC’s net nonperforming as lio, comprising over a dozen
quarter of the previous fi s son, preferably with 25 201819. set (NPA) ratio stood at 1% for medium and heavy duty
cal. Total revenue grew by years of experience and ov “During the current fi scal, the current fi scal, despite trucks and buses, is now
14% to ₹ 4,384 crore from the New potions: Dr.Reddy’s revenue increase was driven by new er 50 years of age, can ap our market share improved Mukesh Kumar Gupta major defaults by some cor available for prebookings
₹ 3,850 crore reported dur product launches. P.V. SIVAKUMAR
* ply for the chairman's post. in terms of fi rstyear premi porate borrowers. “We are and will be introduced in
ing the yearago period. The appointment will be um income. We have crossed As of December, LIC had doing well on all counts. the market depending on
“The profi ts were impact was ₹ 206 crore, taking the DRL registered an in made by the government last year’s collection of posted a growth of 17.81% in Most loans are given through the fuel availability in each
ed due to a triggerbased im total impairment to ₹ 1,320 crease in revenue from In based on the recommenda ₹ 1,42,000 crore in total fi rst number of policies sold and consortium and the consor region.
pairment charge taken on a crore. dia, Europe, North America tion by the Financial Sector year premium, 67 days 45.56% in fi rst year premium tium partners are working Top company offi cials
few products, including ge The company, however, and emerging markets dri Regulatory Appointments ahead of the schedule,” Mu income. on it,” he said. Asked about said the range may be
neric gNuvaring. achieved the highestever ven by new product launch Search Committee, which kesh Kumar Gupta, manag According to Mr. Gupta, the recovery mechanism, he priced 10 to 15% more than
The current quarter’s per quarterly revenue without es. It ended the quarter with is also free to recommend a ing director, LIC, said. LIC had set itself a target of said: “Provisions have been BSIV models as the material
formance has been good any oneoff s during the third a net cash surplus of ₹ 414 person who has not ap LIC also crossed ₹ 1 lakh ₹ 56,000 crore in individual fully made and eff orts are on cost in the new models have
across all our businesses and quarter. crore and was considering plied for the post. crore in fi rst year premium business premium and ₹ 1.25 to recover bad debts. ” been signifi cantly higher.
we achieved strong EBITDA This could be seen from inorganic growth in some Interestingly, Mr. Tyagi, in the Pension and Group In lakh crore for the pension On banking subsidiary ID But the BSVI products are
margins,” said Saumen the fact that earnings before spaces as an option. who took charge on March surance vertical for the fi rst and group insurance scheme BI Bank, he expressed opti 10% more fuel effi cient than
Chakraborty, chief fi nancial interest, tax, depreciation The expenditure on R&D 1, 2017, is also eligible for time. Mr. Gupta added that for FY20. Together with re mism that it would come out BSIV units and the annual
offi cer, DRL, adding the ero and amortisation grew by was ₹ 395 crore accounting reappointment for another the insurance major had ₹ 32 newal income of about ₹ 2 of the Prompt Corrective Ac maintenance contracts of
sion in the value of gNuvar 24.1% while margin rose by for 9% of sales. It had fi led two years though the ad lakh crore in assets and ₹ 29 lakh crore, LIC would be tion framework by March BSVI models costs 6% less
ing led to an impairment 24.5%. Profi t before tax three abbreviated new drug vertisement has put to rest lakh crore in investment. Re gunning for the ₹ 4 lakh 2020. It had ‘already started than the BSIV models.
charge of ₹ 1,113 crore while would be at ₹ 793 crore, ex applications with the USFDA speculation about his auto cently, it had paid dividend croremark this fi scal, he showing some green shoots’, Satyakam Arya, MD and
the same for other products cluding the impairment. during the quarter. matic reappointment. of ₹ 2,611 crore to the Centre. said. For FY21, LIC plans to he said. CEO, DICV, said, “Bharat
Benz’s new CV range off ers
Indian customers the solu
16 SHOWCASE DELHI
warlord
player Sameer. He continues, goal is to try something new and Larry’s China celebrates over two decades of old-world
“Even though he’s a villain, he is ve learn how to work with new mate
family-style dining in the refurbished space
ry passionate about the art of war rials,” he explains. “This year,
and duelling. The look of that cos though, I wanted to focus on im
tume is so amazing, you can’t help proving the skills that I had, and
but feel like a smug warlord; it be work with tools and mediums with
comes really easy to act like him. Horns and armour which I was already comfortable.
But I did learn his lines and manne Sameer Bundela in Zenos was perfect for the intricate
his otherworldly
rism to portray him believably in Mumbaikar Sameer Bundela glory SPECIAL
design.”
front of other fans.” *
The basic structure was wire and
will head to Chicago to represent ARRANGEMENT some plastic, overlaid with papier
The man behind the mask India yet again as the winner of 2020’s mache, making the entire ensem
Sameer has been doing cosplay for ble seamless.
almost six years now. At the recent Indian Championship of Cosplay Sameer says that Zenos’ armour
lineup of Comic Cons India, Sa was built in a “very organic” man
meer drew eyes, gasps, and cheers ing back to the Indian cosplay com ner. It has a lot of small parts and
for his recent cosplay as Final Fan munity by bringing a few laurels to the diffi cult to construct curves
tasy XIV: Stormblood’s Zenos yae our country and I hope to keep do were the most challenging aspects.
Galvus, which had him winning big ing it in the future. India has alrea He says, “I had to number each
at this year’s Maruti Suzuki Arena dy arrived on the world cosplay small part so that I didn’t mix them
Indian Championship of Cosplay. map… and it’s only going to go big up; there are literally thousands of
As part of the prize deal, he will be from here.” foam pieces in this armour. After
heading to compete at the three that, I had to do a lot of sculpting on
day 2020 Chicago Comic & Enter Crafting ABCs the costume to make all the details.
tainment Expo (C2e2), which kicks While winning presents It all requires a lot of patience. The
off on February 28. a thrill for Sameer, noth sword holster was also diffi cult to fi
When asked about the reactions ing gets his heart racing gure out; it needed to spin and
to his cosplay, he laughs, “The reac more than crafting his house three swords, all the while At Larry’s China at the Ambassador, everything is a
tions to my costume were really cosplays. With Zenos, it took him being light enough so that I could throwback to a time when soup was thickened with
amazing — both from the people four months to complete, but he carry it around.” cornflour, Chinese restaurant décor was a mash-up of many
who knew the charac ter and says there will be modifi cations He didn’t do it alone though. “No things Oriental, and the waiter knew you by your name. At
even from those who made for the Chicago competi one person has all the tools and its 23rd anniversary — though the hotel mysteriously
didn’t. I got a lot of tion. One has to wonder if pick skills necessary to make everyth invited people saying it was their 20th — they put out a
international re ing something so intricate had ing. While the entirety of construc menu of people’s favourites over the years: Lemon
Coriander Soup, Shredded Chicken Asparagus in Oyster
cognition for it even him hesitating initially. tion was done by me, I do seek gui
Garlic Sauce, Sliced Pentagon Chicken, Vegetable Hakka
before winning the “It certainly excited dance and help from my fellow
Noodle, Eggplant Sweet and Sour.
championship. When a lot cosplayers, who have expertise in
Naresh Khaitan, 58, who has been with the hotel for 40
of people saw the photos of my other parts.” years now, serving at Larry’s from its inception, and at its
cosplay online, they thought that it Friend, Medha Srivastava [who predecessor, the Chinese Room, says proudly, “We serve
was some new offi cial artwork post won Fan Favourite at ICC 2020] Indian Chinese: Szechuan, which is a little spicy; and
ed by the company making the helped him with painting the cos Cantonese, which is not spicy.” He adds that this is a family
game itself.” He cheekily adds that tume. “Her insight and experience restaurant where many generations find happiness, mostly
scaring little kids on the Comic Con were very helpful in achieving the in the nostalgia that the restaurant offers.
India fl oor is more satisfying than it armour’s grungy and beatenmetal “People want retro music, and if I don’t play Summer
should be. look. Saurabh Rawat, who has a lot Wine, Wonderful Tonight, or Summer of ‘69, they will ask for
The win leaves Sameer feeling of experience working as an art di it,” says Lucius Fernandes (in picture), 54, who plays the
proud, even though it is his fourth WHO IS ZENOS YAE GALVUS? rector, helped me with some of the keyboard and sings here. He’s been here since 2000, his
time representing India cosplay on logistics and mechanisms of the evening job, after his day job of working in Bluebells
Zenos yae Galvus, a Resonant, Schools in the audio-visual department, where he’s been
a global scale. Last year, Sameer costume,” he says.
is the main antagonist boss in the for 25 years.
won ICC for his Skywrath Mage cos Final Fantasy universe. He is a It is easy to wonder how Sameer
play. In 2018, with his Night Stalker will top this but history has shown In Khaitan’s time, he has seen just a few changes: More
Legatus of the XIIth Imperial Legion people eat with chopsticks these days, and many more ask
costume, the 29yearold became and the son of emperor Varis zos that he takes on new challenges
the fi rst Indian cosplayer to win a with ease. “That’s the thrill of it! I for food that’s light on oil and spice, work tossed and
Galvus. Raised as an heir apparent, steamed, where earlier they’d like things fried, and with a
major international cosplay compe he is conceited and ruthless using have a huge list, including a lot of
lot more chilli. He treats people like an extended Larry’s
tition, The Kuala Lumpur Major. The Storm, The Swell, Ame-no- costumes I’m even afraid to at
family, remembering a family that came in from the U.S.
It is evident that this is not just a Habakiri for his weaponry. tempt right now. So there will be no
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and stayed at the hotel because friends had told them to
passion project, but his life. “I’m shortage of topping this costume in come and meet him and order Tiger Sesame Prawns.
glad that I was able to give someth the future. I dress to impress!” A favourite with most guests, even Khushwant Singh
would order it to be home delivered across the road, where
he lived. “The late Sushma Swaraj used to come often with
her daughter and order Crispy Veg Pepper Salt and Potato
#DELHIMOVES Honey Chilli. Rahul Gandhi likes Prawn Pepper Salt. When
Maneka Gandhi would come with her son Varun when he
The art of
was a child, he liked the Sesame Potato,” says Khaitan, who
The Sikh community’s joined the hotel when he turned 18 and advises colleagues
martial arts form, Gatka, never to leave the Tata group (Taj took over in 1990 and
began operations in 1994).
is taught in the city, but The 88-room hotel built in 1945 is undergoing “a soft
fi ghting
refurbishment” since no structural changes are permitted,
its practitioners it being a heritage building, according to Vikas Parimoo, the
emphasise that it should general manager of the hotel. He adds that the process will
take three years more. Larry’s China was named after
never be misused American photographer Larry Carrington Goodrich, who
spent his formative years in China, taking pictures of the
country’s life and culture in the early 20th century.
Anant Kaur SUNALINI MATHEW
Gatka, a Sikh martial arts form. hore and started teaching Gatka in
On a surprisingly sunny afternoon Ravinder Pal Singh, who led the Delhi 50 years ago. My granduncle
in Malviya Nagar on Republic Day, team of boys along with his brother also performed Gatka at a Republic
about 50 boys and girls between 8 Sarabjeet Singh, says that today, it’s Day parade,” says the Ravinder Pal, PRODUCT
and 18, wielding sticks, swords and taught to remind children of their 32, proudly. Today, it is used to
other weapons, performed jumps heritage, to keep them agile and fi t, showcase selfdefence and fi ghting DIY sneakers
and cartwheels on the road. They and to ensure that the spirit of fear skills and is open to people of all
were part of a procession of about lessness is kept alive. The brothers, faiths and communities. Over 100 Keeping alive the spirit (Top) Children performing Gatka with swords, coach
150odd people that began from the who learnt Gatka from their father traditional weapons, besides Manpreet Kaur giving a demonstration of the Chakra BIBEK CHETTRI *
5 EVENTS WORTH-YOUR-WHILE
Chinese special Mixed-media Zodiac menu Young chef olympiad Tamil classic
For the ongoing celebrations of Chinese New Gallery Ragini has organised its latest show With the onset of Chinese New Year, restaurant The opening ceremony of the 6th International IHC, in collaboration with National Film Archives
Year, the pan-Asian restaurant R.E.D (Rare titled, The Sundry Effect: The Stories We Are…, TCK by The China Kitchen has launched 12 new Young Chef Olympiad will be held in the city this of India will screen Aval Oru Thodar Kathai, a
Eastern Dining) at Radisson Blu MBD Noida has featuring works of 15 artists. The show cocktails, each paired with the signs of the evening. One of the biggest culinary battles for 1975 Tamil classical film this evening. Directed
put together a Chinese menu. Crafted by chef comprising portraits, sound installations, Chinese Zodiac. The menu offers Sichuan Spicy student chefs, the event will witness an oath- by K. Balachander, starring Sujatha in a lead role,
Sam Wong, the menu features traditional painting, sculpture, photography and films, tells Pork, Xinjian Cumin Lamb Skewers, Spicy taking ceremony of the contestants from 55 the story revolves around a working middle-class
delicacies such as wok dishes, dimsums, Garlic several micro-stories, which are not given Mushroom Tartare, Black Peppered Chicken countries. It will see three rounds of culinary woman, who sacrifices her life and desires to
Prawns, and Shanghai Sesame Noodles. significance historically or in today’s times. Skewers, Shanghai Chicken Dumplings. challenges, organised across five cities. support her large family.
Venue: L-2, Pocket J, Sector 18, Noida Venue: Bikaner House, Pandara Road Venue: DLF Cyber City, Gurugram Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Pragati Vihar Venue: Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
Time: 12:30–3 p.m. and 7–11:30 p.m. Time: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Time: 12 noon-4 p.m. and 6-11:30 p.m. Time: 5:30 p.m. onwards Time: 7 p.m.
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AN INFINITE is facing a waterfall all day — is possibly the sim
plest dark pattern.
Features like ‘customers also bought’ on e
commerce sites, or ‘people you may know’ on
THE PREMISE IS TO PIGGYBACK
ON USER BEHAVIOUR. IT IS A
KNOWN FACT THAT PEOPLE
HYPNOSIS
Facebook are all subsets of the infi nite scroll, ENGAGE WITH SCROLL, AND
getting you to invest time and reveal preferenc
WE BUILD WIDGETS FOR
es and instincts that you wouldn’t otherwise
want to.
DECISIONS AROUND THIS.
“Transactional apps have understood that — ARJUN ARUNKUMAR,
scrolling is not enough,” says Arjun Arunku UX DESIGN LEAD, SWIGGY
mar, UX design lead at Swiggy. “They
want users to stop and make a decision, therefore they don’t have incentive to change — I
and therefore started [avenues of ] dis say this with hesitance, but even if a social move
How ‘infi nite scroll’, a UX decision made years ago, still creates covery,” he says. This is a more so
phisticated path towards infi nite
ment starts, it is diffi cult to make a switch,” says
Gurshabad.
major disruption across social routines offl ine, and across scrolling in that, the platforms let For me, stopping this unending hypnosis be
mental health online you personalise how you want to
stay glued to them. Therefore, al
came necessary as I found myself disconnected
with the people and spaces around me. I started
lowing food and restaurant aggrega with the easiest option. Facebook was lowrisk,
Vangmayi Parakala tor apps to access my location, means since it was mostly only fi lled with wedding and
Attention-seeking? that I’ve let them give me hundreds of options baby updates. Twitter too went off my phone — I
It hit me at the middle of my workday. After a “What we are seeing today is just a result of how based on distance to where I am. assigned a work purpose to it, which was news
threehour marathon of trying to meet a dea most tech platforms are making their revenue. Of “This builds up perception of massive choice,” and articlesharing. What was tough, more so for
dline, I took a break from my laptop screen and course, the design incentives are to maximise the he says, adding that the user will feel like everyth those who wanted to stay connected to me, was
walked over to the water cooler — but when I amount of time the user spends on the platform, ing that they need can be found on a particular my decision to go off Whatsapp.
reached there, I realised that I was still but they are also [to increase engagement] for tar app which does this personalisation well. “The “Measure something if you want to change it,”
screenbound. geted advertisements. They generate more data premise is to piggyback on user behaviour. It is says Gurshabad, when asked for the best hack to
This was not the fi rst time I was going from one on you, so that they can get you to spend more a known fact that people engage with stay connected without being subject to hyper
screen to another. And I am not the fi rst person to time on their platforms, and because you spend scroll, and we build widgets for deci consumption. “All smartphones now have a fea
use my mobile less for ‘real’ communication and more time there, you give them more data — it is a sions around this,” Arjun adds. ture where you can see screentime. Many users
more for endless consumption. I had just scrolled vicious cycle,” says Gurshabad Grover, research The scroll on noncommerce don’t realise the amount of time they are spend
past at least 30 posts alternating between news, manager at the Centre for Internet and Society, apps (like Facebook, Twitter, and ing, without the data to show for it. Personally, I
outrage, meme, and dog videos — but I could not Bengaluru. “As the Free Software Foundation has LinkedIn) is evolving too. The news have seen a lot of people change their habits like
recall any in particular. One chunk of content been putting it for years, we are not the users, we feed now consists of not only direct this,” he adds.
blurred into the next, aided by the fog in my are the used. We are not paying for these servic updates from the people I’m following,
brain. es; we are the commodity. This is the attention but of other things they’ve commented Walking the talk
I had to snap out of the hypnotism of infi nite economy we live in now.” Digi- on or liked too. More intrusively, Twitter It has been about 15 months since I have been
scroll. This wasn’t just on social media. Initially hailed addiction also throws into my newsfeed updates from Whatsappfree, and what Gurshabad says is true.
as a revolutionary element of UI design, the infi Screentime people who are followed by those I follow. My phone memory and the one in my head are
The overload nite scroll quickly became dangerous, making the has been Arjun looks at this phenomenon positively: GBs lighter (think Whatsapp’s infi nite scroll into
According to Reuters Institute’s 2019 ‘India Digi millions who thumbed along, susceptible to ad aff ected “People benefi t a lot, you get massive reach chat history, where you can keep rereading con
tal News Report’, “India is emerging as an over dictive behaviours and patterns. greatly by [on your posts]. Many people are thankful versations, going up, and up, and up), and my
whelmingly mobilefi rst, and for many mobile In his 2017 book Irresistible, Adam Alter, a pro this feature for posts [getting amplifi ed] on LinkedIn. It screen time automatically went from a 10hour
IMAGING:
only, media market for internet use broadly, and fessor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, talks helps during tough [jobhunt] times.” perday average to fi ve.
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for online news use specifi cally”. They found that about people slipping into behavioural addictions The problem is when data from these al I found less intrusive chat apps for those with
of their respondents, 68% identify smartphones like online shopping. One example mentioned in gorithms are used to dictate creation. Take whom I needed to stay in daily touch — the more
as their main device for online news, with 31% the book talks about an “accomplished” woman Netfl ix’s recommendation engine, for in obscure the app, the less its features to keep us
saying they only use mobile devices to access on who had accumulated $80,000 in debt. stance. Gurshabad notes that they “take hooked unnecessarily.
line news. “Other social media widely used for It doesn’t take longer than a minute to discover pride in” it, and “it is these very user beha I did retain the other trap on my phone, Insta
news include Instagram (26%), Twitter (18%), and what aids this. Go to a fast fashion site like Asos or viour statistics that help them make gram. The platform, which didn’t even introduce
Facebook Messenger (16%).” H&M and accessory sites like Daily Objects. Select new shows.” web profi les until two years after it launched, is
Despite being in the industry, it isn’t my organ a category, say, of mobile phone cases, and watch This was obvious in some Netfl ix clear in its mobilefi rst brief and wouldn’t let me
isation’s news app that I used to read from, but ar the neverending options unravel as you keep original movies my account recom post from a desktop.
ticles that came to my feed on Twitter. This will pushing your trackpad up and your screen down. mended to me after a Sunday of In ‘Do Social Network Sites Enhance or Under
seem like an overwritten tale, but there was a You could have found a case you like, but you Hugh Grant romcoms. The actors mine Subjective WellBeing? A Critical Review’, a
time when the fi rst 40 minutes of my day consist don’t stop: perhaps there is another one that is a were unknown, but the tropes were 2017 study published in Social Issues and Policy
ed solely of scrolling through Facebook, Twitter, little better, let us scroll more, just in case. so templated that it was comical. Review, the authors say that passively using social
and Instagram, and sharing scanned articles The infi nite scroll is easy navigability in terms Yet, I continued to watch, ignor media may have negative consequence on subjec
through the direct share button, without exiting of reducing the number of taps or clicks, but it is ing legendary auteurs and giving tive wellbeing, while active usage seems to stim
the primary apps. I didn’t need to slow down infi nitely debilitating in how it results in decision into algorithmdriven screen ulate “feelings of social connectedness”.
with a newspaper (or its native app for that fatigue, feelings of being frequently over plays — it gave me exactly what The defi nitions of active and passive engage
matter). whelmed, and an overall waste of time. I was subconsciously attuned ments can be subjective. For me, following social
There was no reason to look up and look out to expect. media hygiene as noted by The Minimalists duo
into the real world either. Sometimes, sucked as I Sophisticated stream Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus
was into the infi nitely pouring Magic Treacle Jug This is a “dark pattern”. The term, fi rst Breaking out helped for Instagram.
of content that I could fl ick with my thumb, I’d coined in 2010 by UX designer Harry “Even though users are be I trimmed the number of accounts I follow to
have the most bizarre thoughts: if a crime were to Brignull, underpins the decep ginning to realise [the dan under a 100. And the contacts who, out of social
take place on this metro train car, and the sus tiveness of certain UI/UX gers of ] this, one area that decorum I can’t unfollow, I muted.
pects are the persons right opposite me, would I designs in exploiting hu is still lacking is a social Now, in just a few brief minutes, it tells me,
be able to help the police with details for a man psychology. The movement around it. A lot “You’re all caught up”, and I snap back into the
sketch? The infi nite scroll had me. It grabbed my infi nite scroll — whose of these platforms are be real world, notice my desk, leave my phone on it,
eyeballs and didn’t let me look up and around. tangible equivalent coming oligopolies, and and head over to fi ll my bottle at the water cooler.
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18 SPORT DELHI
Outplayed
K obe Bryant loved to fl y
his own chopper. He
would often fl y to Los
It helped him stay fresh for
the game.
A prankster T he news of retired basket
ball superstar Kobe
parts of their career) in most
aspects of his game — he
could score in the paint, rat
one key metric — effi ciency.
His devotion to doingitall
led him to take outrageous
land by seven wickets in the Seifert believes the New Zea Angeles Lakers’ home In 2017, LA Times had Bryant and his 13yearold tle the rims with dunks, shots and complaints about
second T20I in Auckland on ‘Tricky’ land bowlers did reasonably games in his playing days. reported that Kobe used a daughter Gianna losing their shoot the three from the pe hogging the ball and despite
Sunday to grab a 20 lead in “It was tricky and the ball well in the two games but The NBA star was a chopper to play a prank on lives in a helicopter crash has rimeter, hit contested shots his humongous success, he
the fi vematch series. was holding a little bit. they have been outplayed by generous man. Once, he Lakers’ GM Rob Pelinca. shocked the world. Bryant with a defender’s hand in his didn’t really scale the Jordan
Bumrah returned fi gures When Kane (Williamson) got the Indian batsmen. even let teammate Steve He had asked the pilot to was poised to receive the Ho face, take over during clutch peak. That accolade could be
of 1/21 from his four overs as out in the over against Yuz “To be honest, in the fi rst Blake use his helicopter to do military maneouvers ly Grail of basketball — enter moments and play the clos soon owned by currentday
Indian skipper Virat Kohli vendra Chahal, we knew it game they were 1101 and go to a doctor. and even turn the engine ing the prestigious Hall of er, rev up his defensive inten Lakers great LeBron James,
changed his bowling plans was the over to push be they had wickets in hand. In 2012, Blake had off for some seconds mid Fame later this year. sity when needed and bottle but Bryant’s stardom and
from the fi rst game. cause they had Bumrah We didn’t bowl too badly in suff ered an abdominal air. Instead, the world will up opponent wing players; popularity was as high as any
“Even in the fi rst game, coming back,” he added. that fi rst game. In the se strain at training. It was “My life was fl ashing mourn the tragic and prema all of which contributed to other NBA superstar’s and
Bumrah bowled slower balls He said New Zealand bat cond game, we only got 130 Bryant who fl ew him out to before my eyes. I almost ture death of a onceinagen his winning fi ve champion will remain so.
that were going wider. Nor smen need to take a cue and it is tough to bowl at the Orange County for had a heart attack. Kobe eration basketball achiever, a ships with the only team he Bryant’s legacy fi rmly es
mally, death bowlers get into from their Indian counter Eden Park (with that total).” treatment. was just sitting there, calm fi vetime NBA championship played for — the Los Angeles tablishes him among the top
straighter lines, plus yorkers parts on how to adapt to dif He said coming into the He would often justify and collected,” Pelinca had winner, a former NBA Most Lakers. dozen NBA players ever, with
and mix it with chest height. ferent conditions quickly. T20 series on the back of a his aerial movements citing told the newspaper. Valuable Player, 11time All He was also Jordanesque some situating him closer to
He kind of changes things a “The Indian batsmen lost Test rubber in Australia health benefi ts. On Sunday, Bryant was NBA fi rstteamer, 18time All in his maniacal intensity, the Top6 — a spectacular
lot and is tougher to play,” showed how to get under the also didn’t help New Zea According to a 2010 GQ travelling with his 13year Star, 9time All NBA Defen whether it was in turning up feat for a player who joined
Seifert said. ball and time it. They land’s cause in the fi rst two profi le, Bryant used the old daughter Gianna and sive Team member and own for practice and goading his the league right after fi nish
“...The ball was holding a showed it a couple of times games. helicopter as a tool to seven other passengers and er of several teammates to improve, using ing up high school and re
maintain his body. crew when their Sikorsky accomplishments. the NBA off season to add maining with the Lakers all
Due to a string of injuries S76 helicopter slammed For all these accolades, newer aspects to his reper his career.
India meets IPL GC reduces — broken fi nger, fragile
knees and sore back — it
was hard him for him to sit
into a rugged hillside in
Calabasas, west of Los
Angeles. There were no
Bryant, who wanted to be
called the ‘Black Mamba’,
will be known for being the
toire, working on his physi
cal fi tness in order to com
pete and play gruelling
A man all about balletic
grace and robotic intensity, it
is unfortunate that Bryant’s
Australia
U-19 WORLD CUP
afternoon games to six in a car for over two hours. survivors. closest to basketball’s best
ever player — Michael Jor
minutes game after game
and in his dedication to win
life has been cut short by a
tragic accident.
Also decides to stick to 8 p.m. start
Wood bowls England to a thumping win
Press Trust of India
Potchefstroom
for evening matches SCOREBOARD
India’s wrist spinner Ravi
England — 1st innings: 400
Bishnoi’s repertoire of skills Special Correspondent A suggestion was also
South Africa — 1st innings: 183.
will meet a match in Austra NEW DELHI mooted to increase the Pursuing 466, South Africa manages only 274; Root’s men win series 31 England — 2nd innings: 248.
lian Tanveer Sangha’s varia The Indian Premier League number of teams from three
tions in a faceoff between (IPL) Governing Council has to four in the women’s sec South Africa — 2nd innings: P.
two talented tweakers dur kept spectators’ and tion of the IPL. ENGLAND IN SA Malan c Stokes b Woakes 22, D.
Elgar c & b Stokes 24, R. van der
ing the quarterfi nals of the players’ interests para
Dussen c Broad b Wood 98, F.
ICC Under19 Cricket World mount in deciding to reduce NCA functioning Agence France-Presse
du Plessis b Stokes 35, Q. de
Cup here on Tuesday. the number of matches The Board, meanwhile, took Johannesburg
Kock c Woakes b Wood 39, T.
Bishnoi, easily the tour starting in the afternoon in stock of the National Cricket Ben Stokes and Mark Wood Bavuma c Buttler b Broad 27, D.
nament’s most impactful the forthcoming edition of Academy’s functioning. made a double strike shortly Pretorius c Curran b Broad 2, V.
bowler, would like to give the T20 tournament. NCA chairman Rahul Dravid before tea, breaking a stub Philander c Buttler b Wood 10,
his team the advantage over According to sources, the met Board president Sourav born South African resis A. Nortje c Buttler b Wood 4, B.
Australia. With 10 wickets Governing Council, at its Ganguly on the restructur tance and setting up a 191 Hendricks run out 4, D. Pater-
from three matches,Bishnoi meeting here on Monday, ing of the Academy and run win for England and a 31 son (not out) 0; Extras (b-4,
lb-2, w-3): 9; Total (in 77.1
has proved why Kings XI decided to reduce the num came up with fresh plans to series victory on the fourth
overs): 274.
Punjab has invested ₹ 2 ber of matches starting at 4 give it a more professional day of the fourth and fi nal
Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-89, 3-
crore on him in the IPL auc p.m. to six. The idea is to look. Test on Monday. 181, 4-187, 5-235, 6-239, 7-260,
tion. Even Sangha has been protect the players and the Board sources said, “Va Set to make 466 to win, 8-267, 9-273.
at his best with a haul of 10 spectators from extremely rious issues were discussed. South Africa reached 181 for England bowling: Broad 10-1-
wickets. warm conditions in some We are going to have a high two before Stokes bowled Prized possession: The England players with the trophy. *
AP 26-2, Curran 11-2-38-0, Wood
On Tuesday, both wrist parts of the country. performance executive, a Faf du Plessis for 35. In the 16.1-3-54-4, Woakes 14-3-47-1,
spinners will be the key to The Governing Council new nutritionist and a new next over, manofthematch Temba Bavuma shone brief andahalf hour afternoon low, defl ecting off the toe of Stokes 16-4-47-2, Root 7-1-
their team’s chances and also decided to stick to 8 biomechnics consultant for Wood dismissed Rassie van ly but South Africa was bow session to give South Africa du Plessis’ bat into the 37-0, Denly 3-0-19-0.
Australia will look to im p.m. as the starting time for bowlers.” The Board, ob der Dussen for 98. He went led out for 274. some hope, making the En stumps. Van der Dussen Manofthematch: Wood.
prove its dismal record the IPL matches against the viously, is concerned at the on to claim 4/54 to fi nish Van der Dussen and du gland bowlers toil. looked set for a maiden Test Playeroftheseries: Stokes.
against India at the junior suggestion to commence at growing number of bowlers with match fi gures of 9/100. Plessis batted for all but 13 But Stokes bowled a ball century but in the next over England won the match by
level. 7.30 p.m. getting injured. Quinton de Kock and minutes of an extended two which hit a crack and kept he fell to Wood for 98. 191 runs and the series 3-1.
In the last fi ve U19 en
counters since 2013 (diff e
rent teams have played
though), India has won four
matches with one game be
Aces put it across Raptors in a see-saw battle; Adcocks deliver Sean Williams
ing abandoned due to rain.
PBL
by employing an aggressive tance by the Indian. scores century
As a team India is way brand of badminton. Ansal Aces’ Trump match was
ahead, both in terms of kept Sakai moving about the then claimed by the strong Agence France Presse
quality as well as tempera Abhishek Mukherjee court with his choice of men’s doubles pair of Chirag HARARE
ment. LUCKNOW placement, and in the fi rst Shetty and Hendra Setiawan. A fi ne second Test century
It was a seesaw battle bet game, the two contestants It was left to the Adcocks to by Sean Williams helped
Third T20I ween two potent teams, de
cided only in the fi nal game
were separated by just a
point. But Sakai was unde
decide the winner.
The results:
Zimbabwe dominate the
opening day of the second
of the fi nal match. Chris Ad terred; he kept smashing and Bengaluru Raptors lost to Pune match against Sri Lanka on
rained out cock and Gabrielle Adcock closed the contest without 7 Aces 43 Monday, as it reached 352
defeated Chan Peng Soon much ado. (Ansal Yadav lost to Kazuma- for six at close. The Zim
Agence France-Presse and Eom Hye Won to clinch All eyes were on B. Sai Pra sa Sakai 14-15, 9-15; B. Sai Pra- babwe captain, who chose
Lahore the tie for Pune 7 Aces here neeth, the World No. 11, to le neeth bt Lon Kean Yew 10-15, to bat, made 107 (137b,
on Monday. vel the scores and he did. 15-7, 15-8; Tai Tzu Ying bt Ritu-
The third T20I between Pa 4x10, 3x6). He was support
parna Das 15-3, 15-9; Arun Ge-
kistan and Bangladesh was For the rest of the night, Raptors’ Trump match ed by Brendan Taylor (62)
orge & Rian Agung Saputro lost
abandoned without a ball there was hardly anything to was expectedly onesided. to Chirag Shetty & Hendra Se- and Sikandar Raza (72).
being bowled on Monday separate the teams. Tai Tzu Ying, the World No. tiawan 14-15, 3-15; Chan Peng The scores: Zimbabwe 352/6
because of bad weather Kazumasa Sakai gave Aces 2, brushed aside Rituparna Soon & Eom Hye Won lost to (S. Williams 107, S. Raza 72, B.
here, giving the home side a the lead, defeating Ansal Ya Das with relative ease, albeit Chris Adcock & Gabrielle Ad- Taylor 62, K. Kasuza 38) vs Sri
20 series victory. Acing it! Gabrielle and Chris Adcock won the decisive point for Pune. *
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT dav in the fi rst men’s singles with a brief spell of resis cock 10-15, 15-11, 15-12). Lanka.
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Majumder and Goswami steady the ship for Bengal Railways fi nds the
Delhi makes early inroads, but fails to sustain the eff ort
going tough
Uthra Ganesan his fi rst game and Dinesh
NEW DELHI
Y.B. Sarangi deliveries and got hit twice attractive fours on the nings: Abhishek Raman c Rawat Mor, the youngster who has
KOLKATA on his hand, played Khejroli legside. b Simarjeet 9, Koushik Ghosh c For a large part of Monday, replaced him behind the
Fine halfcenturies by Anus ya away from his body and The partnership, which Sidhu b Khejroliya 46, Kazi Ju Railways, hosting its penulti stumps, were both beaten by
tup Majumder and Shreevats was caught at second slip. took around two hours to re naid Saifi b Mishra 9, Manoj Tiw mate game of the season, the low bounce from left
ary st Rawat b Mishra 7, Anus
Goswami guided Bengal to suscitate Bengal, ended struggled to get going, the arm seamer Prateek Jain be
tup Majumder (batting) 94,
286 for fi ve in its fi rst innings Easing out when Goswami stepped out Shreevats Goswami c Simarjeet
mood in the dressing room fore Avinash joined his skip
on the opening day of the As the pitch eased out, the and gave a leading edge to b Vikas 59, Shahbaz Ahmed and the performance on per for grinding out the re
Ranji Trophy Elite Group A experienced duo of Majum midoff . (batting) 39; Extras (b4, lb12, fi eld mirroring the dark, maining 24.5 overs for the
match against Delhi at the der and Goswami rotated the A disciplined Vikas got his nb6, w1): 23. Total (for 5 wkts. overcast conditions. day.
Eden Gardens here on strike and did not hesitate to third wicket. in 87 overs): 286. Railways was reduced to “Honestly, this is not a
Monday. send the loose deliveries to Majumder then stood for 98/6 in 49 overs when play pitch for fast bowling but I
Majumder and Goswami's the fence. an unbroken 69run partner Fall of wickets: 120, 263, 3 was called off on the opening managed to land in the right
72, 4100, 5217.
117run stand for the fi fth Majumder (94 batting, ship with a confi dent Shah day due to bad light, a condi areas and the ball was mov
wicket revived Bengal's in 178b, 14x4) hit some beauti baz Ahmed (39 batting, 65b, Delhi bowling: Khejroliya 162 tion that had, accompanied ing a bit initially. But there is
nings after the host, asked to ful fours on either side, while 8x4) to strengthen Bengal’s 541, Bhati 206340, Simar by a slight drizzle and mist, not much support and it will
bat, faced a crisis at 100 for Goswami (59, 84b, 10x4) position. jeet 151621, Mishra 278 wiped out the entire morn only assist the batsmen in
four. drove nicely to pick up some The scores: Bengal — 1st in 783, Rana 91420. ing session. Karnataka won the coming days. The ball
Koushik Ghosh, who re the toss and elected to fi eld. will keep low and it will be
placed Abhimanyu Easwa Captain Arindam Ghosh important to bowl a tight line
ran, opened the innings with was unbeaten on 32 and Avi here,” Prateek, who picked
Abhishek Raman and held
one end up even as wickets
fell regularly, primarily due
Too much support for Delhi squad! nash Yadav on 29, adding 53
for the sixth wicket for a des
perate fi ghtback against the
up four wickets, admitted.
With conditions unlikely
to get better over the coming
to poor shot selection in test Karnataka seamers. days, Karnataka would be
ing conditions. Special Correspondent team a target of ridicule. in India. Railways offi cials admit desperate to get to bat as
Abhishek was caught be KOLKATA Veteran Delhi cricket “Have you ever heard of ted their batsmen stayed soon as possible on day two
hind in seamer Simarjeet In a bizarre development, offi cial Pramod Jain called two conveners in selection back when they should have seeking a result.
Singh's fi rst over. Simarjeet the Delhi team on Monday the current developments committee meetings? But it played forward to counter The scores:
hit the right channel and ex was seen with a jumbo ‘unprecedented’ and is happening in the Delhi the low bounce. The surface Railways — 1st innings: Mrunal
tracted good bounce and sized 30member squad in chaotic. and District Cricket at Karnail Singh Stadium Devdhar lbw b Prateek 12, Ash
movement in his fi rst spell of its Ranji Trophy Group A “Whatever decisions Association (DDCA). has, traditionally, been a bat ish Sehrawat c Sharath b Mith
seven overs. match against Bengal at the being taken are without the “Sending such a huge sman’s delight. un 0, Saurabh Singh b Prateek
Otherwise, Delhi’s deplet To the rescue: Shreevats Goswami’s halfcentury saw Bengal Eden Gardens here. approval of the Apex number of support staff is 7, Arindam Ghosh (batting) 32,
ed pace attack lacked the dis wriggle its way out of trouble. RAJEEV BHATT * Apart from 17 players, Council. nothing but Beginning the charge Mahesh Rawat b Prateek 0, Di
cipline to make the most of a the squad had 11 support “The situation is embarrassment for the Abhimanyu Mithun began nesh Mor b Prateek 4, Harsh
moistureladen pitch early in he was bowled by leftarm ished to a Vikas delivery that staff — including three scandalous and calls for DDCA and is against the the charge when Ashish Seh Tyagi c Sharath b Mithun 9,
Avinash Yadav (batting) 29, Ex
the morning. spinner Vikas Mishra. Stand dipped and turned a little. managers — and two intervention from the Lodha Committee norms,” rawat topedged a short,
tras (b1, lb2, nb2): 5; Total
Kazi Saifi worked hard, in captain and Bengal's best Ghosh (46, 122b, 7x4), selectors, making the Delhi Board of Control for Cricket he said. wide delivery to the wicket (for six wkts. in 49 overs): 98.
but let it all go to naught as batsman Manoj Tiwary per who was troubled by rising keeper in the third over. Fall of wickets: 15, 220, 323,
Mrunal Devdhar and Sau 423, 529, 645.
rabh Singh hung around,
TV PICKS RANJI SCORES, ROUND 7, DAY 1 fending off the bowlers but
Karnataka bowling: Abhima
nyu Mithun 84182, Prateek
Australian Open: Sony Ten unable to add much to the Jain 137144, Ronit More 62
GROUP A Vadodara: Baroda 154 in 43.2 vs Himachal. Toss: Himachal. Toss: Assam. 37.3 overs (Arslan Khan 42, Ra total.
2 & Sony Six (SD & HD), 5.30 100, K. Gowtham 145280,
At Ongole: Kerala 162 in 49.5 overs (Ke Indore: Madhya Pradesh 230 in New Delhi: Services 232/8 in 67 man Bishnoi 41, Vinay Kumar 6/
a.m. & 2 p.m. Mahesh Rawat, playing Shreyas Gopal 80250.
Ranji Trophy: Bengal vs overs (Basil Thampi 42, S.M.D. dar Devd 73 overs (Ajay Rohera 42, Yash overs (Mohit Ahlawat 69, Rahul 32) vs Pondicherry 37/4 in 14.5
Delhi, Star Sports 2 (SD & Rafi 5/62) vs Andhra 57/1 in 27 har 52, Dubey 70) vs Uttar Pradesh Shukla 6/76) vs Jharkhand. overs. Toss: Pondicherry.
HD), 9.30 a.m. overs. Toss: Andhra. Jaydev 22/3 in 8 overs (Ravi Yadav 3/2, Toss: Jharkhand. Porvorim: Goa 376/2 in 90
U19 World Cup: India vs Kolkata: Bengal 286/5 in 87 Unadkat including a hattrick). Toss: UP. Agartala: Tripura 121 in 38 overs overs (Sumiran Amonkar 160,
Australia, Star Sports 3, 1.15 overs (Koushik Ghosh 46, Anus 6/34) vs New Delhi: Railways 98/6 in 49 (Manoj Ingale 6/34) vs Maha Vaibhav Govekar 160) vs Ar
p.m. tup Majumdar 94 batting, Saurashtra overs (Prateek Jain 4/14) vs rashtra 127/5 in 37 overs. Toss: unachal Pradesh. Toss: Ar
PBL: Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), Shreevats Goswami 59) vs 114/6 in 35 Karnataka. Toss: Karnataka. Maharashtra. unachal.
7 p.m. Delhi. Toss: Delhi. overs GROUP C Dehradun: Uttarakhand 109 in Kolkata: Nagaland 243 in 83
Surat: Vidarbha 142 in 49.3 (Lukman Jammu: Chhattisgarh 270/4 in 42 overs vs Haryana 50/5 in 21 overs (Sedezhalie Rupero 105
overs (Aniruddha Choudhari 42, Meriwala 90 overs (Jiwanjot Singh 42, overs (Agrim Tiwari 4/10). Toss: n.o., G. Lalbiakvela 5/55) vs
IN BRIEF Siddharth Desai 4/40) vs Gu 4/54). Abhimanyu Chauhan 51, Har Uttarakhand. Mizoram 8/0 in 5 overs. Toss:
jarat 88/1 in 35 overs. Toss: Toss: preet Singh 116, Amandeep PLATE Nagaland.
Vidarbha Sauras Khare 45 batting) vs Jammu & Patna: Bihar 208 in 66.1 overs Bhubaneswar: Sikkim 169 in
Hyderabad: Hyderabad 171 in 81 htra. Kashmir. Toss: Chhattisgarh. (Ashutosh Aman 72, Aditya 55.3 overs (Lee Yong Lepcha 45,
overs (K. Sumanth 51) vs Ra Dharamshala: Mumbai 372/5 in Cuttack: Odisha 215/3 in 87 Singhania 4/59) vs Meghalaya Rex Singh 4/41) & 1/1 in 2 overs
jasthan 2/0 in 4 overs. Toss: Hy 75 overs (Sarfaraz Khan 226 overs (Shantanu Mishra 66, 18/0 in 21 overs. Toss: vs Manipur 91 in 25 overs (Ish
derabad. batting, Aditya Tare 62, Anurag Sarangi 58, Govinda Meghalaya. war Chaudhary 6/39). Toss: Ma Strike force: The Railways batsmen found it diffi cult to
GROUP B Shubham Ranjane 44 batting) Poddar 54 batting) vs Assam. Chandigarh: Chandigarh 134 in nipur. handle Prateek Jain. SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
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Anil Khanna becomes life
president of ATF Napoli shocks Juventus Reshma rallies
NEW DELHI
Anil Khanna, the former former team. to win
President of the Asian Tennis EURO LEAGUES “It’s a victory for the
Federation (ATF), was SPORTS BUREAU
Agence France-Presse whole of Naples,” said In
nominated as life president Milan signe on Sunday after his
INDORE
of ATF and also as the Piotr Zielinski and Lorenzo team’s fi rst home win in the Second seed Reshma Ma
chairman of its Finance Insigne scored in the se league since October 19. ruri fought her way past
Committee during the
cond half as struggling Na Inter is three points be wild card Anjali Rathi 26,
meeting of the Board of
poli shocked champion Ju hind Juve. 62, 76(4) in the girls’ fi rst
Directors in Melbourne on
ventus 21 to spoil coach The results : Serie A: Roma 1 round of the ITF grade5 ju
Monday. C.S. Sunder Raju was
elected senior vicepresident,
Maurizio Sarri’s return to (Dzeko 26) drew with Lazio 1 nior tennis tournament
while Anil Dhupar was the Stadio San Paolo. (Acerbi 34); Napoli 2 (Zielinski here on Monday.
Sarri had not been back 63, Insigne 86) bt Juventus 1 The results (fi rst round):
elected as a member of the
to Naples since being (Ronaldo 90). Boys: Gao Mai (Chn) bt Aditya
Seniors Committee and V.K.
sacked in May 2018 after La Liga: Real Sociedad 3 (Isak Chopra 60, 64; Kartik Parhar
Batra as member of the
46, Gamez 58og, Portu 81) bt bt Vishesh Patel 76(5), 64;
Constitution Committee. three successful campaigns,
Real Mallorca 0; Valladolid 0 Sushant Dabas bt Anargha
and before moving to lost to Real Madrid 1 (Nacho Ganguly 61, 60; Sam Chawla
Abhay Singh wins Chelsea.
British u23 squash title Fernandez 78). bt Vansh Bhagtani 64, 62;
LONDON
This season he has taken Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen Akhilendran Indrabalan bt
Putting up a great over eighttime reigning 3 (Havertz 40, Bender 79, Ala Daksh Agarwal 61, 61; Sanjith
champion Juve, a move rio 89pen) bt Fortuna Dussel Devineni bt Yuvan Nandal 62,
performance, India’s Abhay
seen as a betrayal by his dorf 0. 16, 76(3); Heerak Vora bt
Singh, the top seed, clinched
Neel Garud 63, 61; Denim Ya
the British u23 squash open
dav bt Pratyush Mohanty 62,
crown with a 113, 1513,119 62; Arnav Pathange bt Deep
win over Ben Smith, the
second seed from England, in
the final.
Mona scores Munim 46, 61, 63; Aayush
Bhat bt Dhanush Patel 61,
60; Dhruv Hirpara bt Kartik
Ghosal goes down
in the final
Kickstart’s winner Saxena 63, 60; Dhruv Tangri
bt Dhanya Shah 61, 62.
Girls: Sanjana Sirimalla bt Ri
PITTSBURGH (USA) yah Dugar 62, 62; Hannah
Saurav Ghosal failed to notch Nagpal bt Sachi Sharma 76
up his maiden PSA World (4), 06, 64; Sudipta Kumar
Tour squash title as he bt Kavya Khirwar 57, 61, 62;
suffered a straightgame Saina Deshpande bt Priyansshi
defeat to top seed Fares Chauhan 62, 75; Riya Ubove
Dessouky of Egypt in the ja bt Aarni Reddy Yellu 64,
final of the Pittsburgh Open 64; Suhitha Maruri bt Veda
here on Sunday. Dessouky Raju Prapurna 75, 62; Adithi
won 117, 114, 119. PTI Are bt Gargi Pawwar 75, 75;
Akanksha Nitture bt Amishi
Shukla 61, 61; Lakshanya
Bhushan in Vishwanath bt Ananya Man
chanda 60, 60; Rufaro Ma
semifi nals garira (Zim) bt Pratiksha Bhatia
60, 60; Riti Agarwwal bt Na
ga Roshne Arunkumar 76(2),
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60; Reshma Maruri bt Anjali
Pattaya
Rathi 26, 62, 76(4).
Chandra Bhushan, in part Possession fi ght: Kickstart FC captain Anita Rawat, green
nership with Gurdarshan jersey, in action against Baroda FC on Monday.
Singh Ramana, beat Dmi *
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Indian women
try Gazizov of Russia and
Surinder Mohan Sharma IWL clear chances in the early
minutes of the secondhalf.
lose to Kiwis
62, 61 to reach the dou
bles semifi nals of the ITF Ashwin Achal In another match, Punjab Press Trust of India
Bengaluru Auckland
grade2 seniors tennis tour club BBK DAV was held to a
nament here on Monday. A secondhalf goal from Mo 11 draw by Kolhapur FC. The Indian women’s hock
The results (quarterfi nals): na gave Kickstart FC a 10 Lhingneilam Kipgen put ey team lost 21 to New Zea
Over35: Kannan Sethu w/o win over Baroda FC in the BBK DAV ahead, with a tame land in its second match of
Andrews Appiah (Gha). Hero Indian Women’s shot that was fl uff ed by goal the ongoing tour here on
Over55: Puneet Kumar Gup league football tournament, keeper Radhika Khodre. Monday.
ta w/o David Lefebvre (Fra). at the Bangalore Football The Indians had earlier
Madhu Bala pulled Kolha
Doubles: Chandra Bhushan & Stadium here on Monday. defeated New Zealand De
pur FC level a few minutes
Gurdarshan Singh Ramana bt Mona latched on to a later, defeating the custo velopment squad 40 in the
Dmitry Gazizov (Rus) & Surin
cross from Mamta, who dian in a oneonone battle. opening match.
der Mohan Sharma 62, 61.
Over65: Doubles: Trigg Dea looped the ball over the Ba The results: BBK DAV 1 (Lhing A brace from Megan
ley (US) & Kobchai Tarasena roda FA goalkeeper Afshan neilam Kipgen 74) drew with Hull did the trick for the
(Tha) bt Govind Krishna Ku Ashiq. The goal came Kolhapur FC 1 (Madhu Bala host while Salima Tete
mar & Ramesh Mavelikalam against the run of play, as 84); Kickstart FC 1 (Mona 68) pulled one back for India
63, 64. Baroda FA created three bt Baroda FA 0. via a penalty corner.
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20 SPORT DELHI
The World No. 1 fought off
a furious challenge to go
through 63, 36, 76(6), 76
(4). As the tennis world
mourned the death of Kobe Staying strong: Stan Wawrinka prevailed in fi ve sets against Daniil Medvedev to set up a
Bryant, Kyrgios arrived at the quarterfi nal date with Alexander Zverev. GETTY IMAGES *
Rod Laver Arena wearing an
LA Lakers shirt. some of their previous Alexander Zverev, who over will next play Estonia’s Anett
exchanges. came close friend Andrey Kontaveit, a 67(4), 75, 75 went down to Russia’s Anas icise Court, the 24time Ma
Court honoured The 19time Grand Slam Rublev 64, 64, 64. winner against Iga Swiatek of tasia Pavlyuchenkova 67(5), jorwinner whose 1970 FOURTH ROUND RESULTS
There was also controversy winner will next play Aus Poland. 76(4), 62. sweep of the Slam titles was Men Women
as Australia’s Margaret tria’s Dominic Thiem — his Halep is World No. 2 “She’s strong. I’m here Pavlyuchenkova’s quarter marked with a short ceremo 5Dominic Thiem (Aut) bt 28Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt
Court, often criticised for her victim in the last two French And Simona Halep rose to just to face any challenge I fi nal will be against Garbine ny at Rod Laver Arena. 10Gael Monfi ls (Fra) 62, 64, Iga Swiatek (Pol) 67(4), 75,
deeply conservative views, Open fi nals — as the clay king World No. 2 with a 64, 64 have. So I’m not thinking ne Muguruza, the twotime In Tuesday’s quarterfi nals, 64; 15Stan Wawrinka (Sui) bt 75.
was honoured for her 1970 targets Federer’s alltime re victory over Elise Mertens, gative,” Halep said of Konta 4Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 62,
Grand Slam champion who is sixtime champion Roger Fe 4Simona Halep (Rou) bt 16
cord of 20 Major titles. veit. 26, 46, 76(2), 62.
calendaryear Grand Slam. taking a big step forward in a resurgent since reuniting derer will play America’s Elise Mertens (Bel) 64, 64.
7Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt
Kyrgios fought back to Elsewhere, powerful Swiss rapidly clearing women’s “I just want to go there with coach Conchita Marti Tennys Sandgren and title Garbine Muguruza (Esp) bt
17Andrey Rublev (Rus) 64,
challenge Nadal in a highoc Stan Wawrinka beat fi fth draw. The Wimbledon cham and to give my best.” nez, beating Kiki Bertens 63, holder Novak Djokovic, go 64, 64. 9Kiki Bertens (Ned) 63, 63.
tane clash played in good spi seed Daniil Medvedev 62, pion from Romania, who Angelique Kerber, the 63. Earlier, Martina Navrati ing for his eighth title, is 1Rafael Nadal (Esp) bt 23 30Anastasia Pavlyuchenko
rit, with a polite handshake 26, 46, 76(2), 62 to set up a avoided an exodus of top 2016 champion, was the lat lova and John McEnroe were against bigserving Canadian Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 63, 36, 76 va (Rus) bt 17Angelique Kerber
afterwards — a far cry from quarterfi nal with Germany’s seeds in the previous round, est big name to fall as she among the big names to crit Milos Raonic. (6), 76(4). (Ger) 67(5), 76(4), 62.