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C M Y B C M Y B C M Y B C M Y B C M Y B C M y B Truth Prevail RNI No: JKENG/2012/47637 Email: [email protected] POSTAL REGD NO- JK/485/2016-18 Internet Edition www.truthprevail.com Epaper: epaper.truthprevail.com VOL: 9 Issue: 26 JAMMU AND KASHMIR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 DAILY PAGES 12 Rs. 2/- 3 DC Doda reviews preparedness to prevent Corona virus 5 Mayor tours in the old Jammu city areas 12 Chief Justice J&K High Court inaugurates J&K Bank ATM India beat New Zealand in Super Over in third T20I to clinch series Inside Inside JAMMU, JANUARY 29 : Munir Ahmad Khan Additional Director General of Police, Homeguards/Civil Defence & UTDRF/Security/Law & Order/Director SSG J&K issued promotion orders in respect of 38 Constables to the Rank of Selection Grade Constables. This was done conse- quent upon proceedings of Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) conduct- ed under the Chairmanship of ADGP Munir Ahmad Khan with other members including Nisha Nathyal, SSP, Commandant UTDRF 2nd Bn Jammu, Mohammad Shabir, SSP, Staff Officer (Admn.) to ADGP HG/CD & UTDRF J&K and Aijaz Ali, Dy.SP(S), Private Secretary to ADGP HG/CD & UTDRF J&K. The committee consid- ered all the eligible cases and those who were due for their promotion and who qualified as per the DPC norms to the next ranks. ADGP conveyed his greet- ings and best wishes to the promotees and their families on their well deserved pro- motions. ADGP promotes 38 police constables GANDERBAL, JANU- ARY 29 : The court of Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum- Adjudicating Officer, Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba under the Food Safety Act imposed a fine of Rs 86,000 on erring traders for violating the provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act-2006, Rules and Regulations-2011. He directed the food business operators to correct the deficiencies found dur- ing the course of Adjudication in the food products which were processed, packaged, manu- factured and pumped into the market for public con- sumption. The ADC said that the district administra- tion will take action against defaulters found involved in food adulteration, selling substandard medicines and other commodities. Erring traders fined Rs 86,000 in Ganderbal SRINAGAR, JANUERY 29 : The Enforcement Squad of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Kashmir today market checking in the various areas of Srinagar City including Batamaloo, Saraibala, Maharaj Bazar Lal Chowk, Hari Singh High Street, Naz Crossing, Jawhairnagar, Qammarwari and Parimpora. The Squad inspected 268 business establishments in these areas and realised a penal sum of Rupees 11300 form 39 defaulters for violating vari- ous provisions Essential Commodities Act-1955. FCS&CA conducts market checking in City Realises 11300 fine form erring traders Fruit & Vegetable Commission Agents Specialist In : Potato, onion Shop No. 69, Sabji Mandi Narwal, Jammu. Ph. 2475446, 94191-93836 Jai Baba Kali Veer Ji MANoJ KUMAR & Co. FoR Computer Services Laptop Services BSNL Broadband Pan Card Passport Contact :- Rohit: Mob. 9419626826 New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Wednesday brought anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) activist and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Imam to Delhi, a day after arresting him in Bihar in a sedition case. Imam will be produced in Delhi's Patiala House Court later in the day. On January 28 (Tuesday), the police had arrested Imam from Bihar's Jehanabad. The case was lodged across sever- al states for his alleged inflammatory speeches made during a protest against the new law. Imam, who was one of the initial organisers of Shaheen Bagh protests, has been asked to appear before the Proctorial Committee by February 3. "I have surrendered to the Delhi Police on 28-1-2020 at 3 pm. I am ready and willing to operate with the investiga- tion. I have full faith in due process of law. My safety and security are now in the hand of the Delhi Police. Let peace prevail," Imam had said after his arrest. Reacting to this, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had said, "Nobody should do anything that is not in the interest of the nation. The accusations and the arrest, the court will decide on the mat- ter." Patna ADG Jitendra Kumar had said, "A team of the Delhi Police came to Bihar and have been getting full co-operation from the Bihar Police. Imam was arrested under the Kako Police Station in Jehanabad. Necessary legal actions are being taken. The Delhi Police is doing its research." A case was registered against Imam under IPC sec- tions 124 A (an offence by words, either spoken or writ- ten cause disaffection against Government established by law), 153 A (promoting enmi- ty between different religious groups with an intent to create disharmony) and 505 (state- ments conducing to public mischief) by the Delhi Police on January 26. Apart from Delhi, the police of five states including Bihar, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Manipur had booked Sharjeel under the relevant sections of the IPC. On January 27, a team of central probe agency conducted raids at the ances- tral home of Imam in Jehanabad when they picked up his younger brother. His brother was detained and questioned at the Kako police station in Jehanabad, said reports. The video of Imam's speech was released by BJP on January 25 and in the video, he can be heard telling a small crowd that Muslims must get united and cut Assam from rest of India. In a series of videos that went viral on social media, Imam can be heard saying, "If we all come together, then we can separate the Northeast from India. If we cannot do it for permanently, then at least for 1-2 months we can do this. It will take the administration at least one month to disperse all of them." "It is our respon- sibility to cut Assam from India. When this will happen, only then the Centre will lis- ten to us," he further said in the videos. New Delhi : Amid the ris- ing cases of coronavirus infect- ed people in China, Air India on Wednesday (January 29) advised all cockpit and cabin crew who travel to South East Asian cities to wear N95 masks in order to remain safe. The coronavirus outbreak in China has forced IndiGo to sus- pend all Delhi-Chengdu flights from February 1 to February 20. "After carefully assessing the current Coronavirus situa- tion in China, IndiGo is taking some safety measures for its customers, crew and staff. Due to China travel restrictions, we have seen a high number of cancellations from China on our Delhi-Chengdu route and vice-a-versa. Therefore, we are suspending our flights between Delhi and Chengdu from February 01, 2020 until February 20, 2020. We are also suspending our Bengaluru- Hong Kong flight effective February 01, 2020," IndiGo said in a statement. The airline added that these measures are purely temporary and precautionary and IndiGo is aware that these measures will cause inconvenience to our customers. The airline said that it will refund the full amount to the impacted passengers. "We are in close touch with the rele- vant Government authorities and we thank them and our partners in China for all the help and support that they have extended so far. For now, we will continue to operate our Kolkata - Guangzhou flight, which we are monitoring on a daily basis. And for our operat- ing crew, we are ensuring that they return to India on the inbound flights without any layover in China," IndiGo said.Meanwhile, the Research Councils under the Ministry of AYUSH, have issued an advi- sory suggesting preventive steps based on the Indian tradi- tional medicine practices Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani. As per the Ayurvedic Practices the steps that have been suggested for the Preventive Management-- maintain personal hygiene, wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, drink Shadang Paniya (Musta, Parpat, Usheer, Chandan,Udeechya & Nagar) processed water (10 gm powder boiled in 1-litre water, until it reduces to half). In a related development, China on Tuesday (January 28) approved Centre's request to fly Indians out of Wuhan City, which has been worst affected by the deadly coronavirus out- break. Sources told Zee Media Air India plane will soon head to China soon to evacuate the Indians from Wuhan City and other parts of China. On Monday (January 27), Air India had said that a Boeing 747 has been kept on standby for the evacuation of Indians from Wuhan and the aircraft is wait- ing for the Centre`s decision regarding the evacuation."Air India Boeing 747 is on standby for the evacuation of Indians from Wuhan (China) due to scare of Coronavirus. Carrier is waiting for the government the decision," an Air Indian official told ANI on Monday. Jammu, January 29 : Lakshay-The Aim and Nutan Prayas Manch is going to organise the first international theatre festival which starts from Saturday, February 1 at Abhinav Theatre. Thirteen theatre groups, top directors and actors from stage and Bollywood are per- forming in the festival enti- tled “Nutan International Theatre Festival-NITF 2020”. This was informed by Anuroop Pathania, festival director, while addressing a press conference here today. “After the grand success of Rangleela Natya Utsav- 2019, we started getting calls from various top theatre groups, including many from foreign lands also for con- ducting an international event. Since the response was very overwhelming, we had to select three venues for the festival which include 13 plays in Jammu, followed by 10 in Amritsar and 6 in Jaipur. The festival will conclude by March end,” said Anuroop. A play from Nepal will be hosted in Jammu while one from Bangladesh will be per- formed at Amritsar and another from Mayanmar at Jaipur venue along with other plays of top national repute. Plays like Loona, Evam Indrajit Chauthi Cigarette, Babuji , End Game, Court Martial etc will be performed by great directors, including Satyabrata Rout, Shilpi Marwah, Mushtaq Kak, Ambika Kamal, Ajeet Singh Palawat. Speaking on the occasion, Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee Mushtaq Kak said the event was of international repute where top directors with great works of play- wrights were coming to Jammu. “People will witness diverse and variegated cultur- al ethos of our nation”, he said. Senior theatre director, playwright and fellow Ministry of Culture, Vikram Sharma, said the sole aim was to bring an assembly of top- most theatre performers under one canopy. New Delhi, January 29 : Janata Dal (United) expelled its vice-president Prashant Kishor and party leader Pavan Varma for anti-party activities, a statement from the party said after differ- ences emerged between Kishor and his party over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act. The statement, issued by JD (U)’s chief general secre- tary KC Tyagi, said that these two were "acting against party's decisions as well as its functioning", which amount- ed to breach of discipline. The party also accused Kishor of using "insulting words" against the Bihar chief minister. The JD (U) said: “It is imperative that Kishor be removed from the party, so that he doesn't stoop any lower." 'Thank you' Soon after his expulsion from JD( U), Kishor took a dig at party president Nitish Kumar, offering him his best wishes to "retain" the chief ministership of Bihar. In a tweet minutes after the JD(U) suspended Kishor, Kishor said: "Thank you Nitish Kumar. My best wish- es to you to retain the chair of Chief Minister of Bihar. God bless you". Kishor, who was the vice president of JD(U), was expelled from the party after he criticised Kumar's stand to support the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Population Register. The development comes a day after Kishor accused JD- U national president Nitish Kumar of lying when the lat- ter insisted that he had induct- ed Kishor only on senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah’s recommenda- tion. Shah was then the national president of the party. Differences between Nitish Kumar and two of JD- U’s leaders, Kishor and Varma, emerged over the contentious CAA. Nirbhaya case: SC dismisses convict Mukesh's plea against no mercy petition by President New Delhi, January 29 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the peti- tion of 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder convict Mukesh Kumar Singh against the rejec- tion of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind saying there is no merit in the contention. The apex court stat- ed that the alleged torture can't be ground and all documents were placed before the President and he had taken them into consideration. The convict had approached the top court on January 27 (Monday) seeking urgent hearing on his plea against the dismissal of his mercy petition. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice R Banumathi along with Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Ashok Bhushan heard the arguments on January 28 (Tuesday). The four convicts, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pawan Kumar Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma, and Akshay Kumar Singh, are facing execution on February 1 in the gang-rape case. Advocate Anjana Prakash, appearing on behalf of Mukesh, alleged that her client was physically and sexually assaulted in Tihar jail and put under solitary confinement, adding, "He (Mukesh) was forced to have intercourse with Akshay (another death row convict in the case) in Tihar jail." The counsel told the court that the "Presidential pardon is a Constitutional duty of great responsibility, which must be exercised keeping in mind greater good of the people", adding "Solitary confinement and procedural lapses are the grounds for considering this case ... Undue delay in hearing the petition and the due and prescribed procedure was not followed in this case." She said that the documents were placed before the President of India without application of mind. "I am not challenging the judicial ver- dict. The judicial verdict stands as it is. The courts can`t go into as how it was rejected, but the president can certainly go into the merits of the case," she added. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Delhi government, said that even death convicts have to be treated fairly under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution but opposed the plea of the death row convict, adding "Delay can be a ground for considering a case, but expeditious disposal of case/petition, it can`t be a ground for challenging this before the court." He highlighted that the trial court, Delhi High court, and the Supreme Court had award- ed and upheld the death penal- ty to the convicts in the case while considering their medical condition. Jammu, January 29 : A day after he was conferred Padma Bhushan — the coun- try’s third highest civilian award — former Deputy Chief Minister and PDP founder member Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said that “there can never be a referen- dum in J&K and both Pakistan and the US have accepted that the UT is an internal part of India”. “There can never be any referendum in J&K. Now, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and the US President also talk about giv- ing autonomy to us, which means they have accepted that J&K is an internal part of India. We demand that J&K should be given what has been enshrined for it in the Indian Constitution,” Baig said while addressing leaders after unfurling Tricolour at the party headquarters here on Sunday. Baig, who was holding a copy of the Indian Constitution, said, “…Give J&K what this book (Constitution of India) pro- vides for. On this Republic Day, the people of J&K urge the Centre, the Opposition and the people of India that we don’t want anything out of the purview of this book. Whatever are our problems, solutions lie in this book.” The PDP founder member also demanded for the restora- tion of statehood to J&K. “A big change took place in the country. Our state was bifur- cated into two UTs. Ladakh got separated from J&K. We hope that the statehood will be restored to J&K. We appeal to the Centre to make J&K a state again so that we (the people of J&K) can walk with dignity and an elected govern- ment here can get power to work for the welfare of the people,” he added.Baig was among the top PDP leaders who were detained following the abrogation of Article 370 from J&K last year. On January 9, he had said that PDP president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s “provocative” state- ment that “on one in Kashmir would hold Tricolour if Article 370 was tampered with” resulted in downgrading J&K from a state into the UT”. JAMMU, JANUARY 29 : In a significant move towards meeting the aspirations of peo- ple, the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has stepped up its public out- reach initiative by involving Administrative Secretaries in the process of public grievance redressal mechanism, which was earlier restricted to the Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor. Under the fresh move, Administrative Secretaries have also been tasked with holding public grievances camps five days in a month, two days each in Jammu and Srinagar, and once in a month in the allotted district of the Union Territory. The initiative aims at further intensifying the outreach mecha- nism for quality and quantitative disposal of public grievances and extending the exercise to the dis- tricts to reach out to the people unable to move to the twin capi- tals of the Union Territory. The Administrative secre- taries, having vast experience of administration would make all their efforts to solve issues and problems faced by people. The move will make top UT bureaucracy available to people, which in turn will bring more transparency, efficiency and accountability in the governance. The PWD Guest House Jammu and Banquet Hall Srinagar will be the venues of public hearing for every Administrative Secretary, the Government order mentions. The meeting timings in both Jammu and Srinagar will be from 10 am to 4 pm. According to the schedule issued by the Government, Financial Commissioner (Finance Department), Arun Kumar Mehta will meet public every first and third Monday of the month at PWD Guest House, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and sec- ond and fourth Monday at Banquet Hall, Srinagar. Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Atal Dulloo will meet public at Jammu on every first and third Thursday and in Srinagar every second and fourth Thursday while Shaleen Kabra, Principal Secretary Home Department, will meet people in Jammu on every first and third Friday and in Srinagar on every second and fourth Friday. Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department, will listen to the public grievances on first and third Tuesday of every month in Jammu and second and fourth Tuesday in Srinagar, while Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary, Animal and Sheep Husbandry will meet peo- ple on first and third Wednesday of every month at Jammu and second and fourth Wednesday in Srinagar. Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary, Education Department, will hold public interaction on second and fourth Monday in Jammu and first and third Monday in Srinagar, while Dr Pawan Kotwal, Principal Secretary Revenue, will meet the public on second and fourth Thursday in Jammu and first and third Thursday in Srinagar. Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department, will be available for the public on second and fourth Friday of every Month in Jammu and first and third Friday in Srinagar. Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Commissioner/ Secretary, Industries and Commerce will hold public grievance camp in Jammu on second and fourth Tuesday and first and third Tuesday in Srinagar, while Hirdesh Kumar, Commissioner Secretary, School Education, will hold public interaction every second and fourth Wednesday in Jammu and first and third Wednesday in Srinagar. Commissioner Secretary Forest Ecology and Environemnt, Sarita Chauhan will be meeting the public in Jammu on first and third Monday of every month and in Srinagar on second and fourth Monday, while Khurshid Ahmad Shah, Commissioner/Secretary PWD will be interacting with people on first and third Thursday in Jammu and second and fourth Thursday in Srinagar. Commissioner/Secretary Labour and Employment, Saurabh Bhagat will hold public camp in Jammu on first and third Friday in Jammu and second and fourth Friday in Srinagar, while Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Commissioner/Secretary, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, will meet public on first and third Tuesday in Jammu and second and fourth Tuesday in Srinagar. Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad, Commissioner/Secretary, Floriculture, Parks and Gardens, has been assigned the task of lis- tening to the issues of the people on first and third Wednesday in Jammu and second and fourth Wednesday in Srinagar, while Pandurang Kondbarao Pole, Secretary Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, will do the similar exercise in Jammu on second and fourth Monday and in Srinagar on first and third Monday every month. Secretary Power Development Department, M. Raju will have interaction with the people on second and fourth Thursday of every month in Jammu and first and third Thursday in Srinagar while Manzoor Ahmed Lone, Secretary Agriculture Production and Horticulture will be meeting public on second and fourth Friday of every month in Jammu and first and third Friday in Srinagar. Sheetal Nanda, Secretary Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj will meet public in Jammu on second and fourth Tuesday of every month and first and third Tuesday in Srinagar, while Simrandeep Singh, Secretary Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction will hold public grievances camp in Jammu on second and fourth Wednesday and in Srinagar on first and third Wednesday. Coronavirus scare: Air India advises staff flying to South East Asia to wear N95 masks Sedition case: Police bring anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam to Delhi, to be produced in court today First int’l theatre fest from Feb 1 JD-U expels Prashant Kishor, Pavan Varma after remarks against Nitish No referendum in J&K ever: PDP patron Baig UT Govt steps up public outreach initiative JAMMU, JANUARY 29 : To mark the culmination of the Republic Day celebra- tions, the Beating Retreat ceremony was held at the Maulana Azad Stadium this evening. The extravaganza was witnessed by Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu ; Chief Justice Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Geeta Mittal; Sh. Kewal Kumar Sharma, Sh. Farooq Khan and Sh. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar- Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor; Judges of the J&K High Court; Sh. Chander Mohan Gupta, Mayor Jammu Municipal Corporation; Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Sh. Dilbagh Singh, DGP; senior Civil, Police and Army officers, political and social activists, prominent citizens, media persons and the citizenry in large number. The captivating tunes of Pipe drum and Brass bands of the Army, BSF and J&K Police performed at the cere- mony included Maroon Silver and Gold, Scipio, Veer-Sepoy, Vijay Bharat, Jai Ho, India Gate, Deshon Ka Sartaj Bharat, Naurange, The Hundred Pipers, Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Breas, The Piper of Drummond and Lahure Ko Ralimai on the Slow, Quick, Strathespy and Reel march received huge round of applause from the audience. Abide with Me was also presented on the occa- sion. The Lt Governor gave away prizes to various con- tingents of Pipe drum and Brass bands for their out- standing display on the grand finale. Several officers from Defence Forces, J&K Police & Civil Administration besides Cadets from NCC (Boys & Girls) and Bharat Scouts & Guides (Boys & Girls) were also felicitated by the Lt Governor on the occa- sion. Spectacular fireworks enchanted the audience of the Beating Retreat ceremony that was concluded with ever popular ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha’ followed by the National Anthem. Beating Retreat ceremony marks the culmination of Republic Day celebrations Lt Governor and citizenry witness the grand finale After Advisors, Administrative Secretaries tasked to meet people 5 days in a month

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JAMMU, JANUARY29 : Munir Ahmad KhanAdditional Director Generalof Police, Homeguards/CivilDefence &UTDRF/Security/Law &Order/Director SSG J&Kissued promotion orders inrespect of 38 Constables tothe Rank of Selection GradeConstables.

This was done conse-quent upon proceedings ofDepartmental PromotionCommittee (DPC) conduct-ed under the Chairmanshipof ADGP Munir AhmadKhan with other membersincluding Nisha Nathyal,SSP, Commandant UTDRF2nd Bn Jammu, MohammadShabir, SSP, Staff Officer(Admn.) to ADGP HG/CD& UTDRF J&K and AijazAli, Dy.SP(S), PrivateSecretary to ADGP HG/CD& UTDRF J&K.

The committee consid-ered all the eligible casesand those who were due fortheir promotion and whoqualified as per the DPCnorms to the next ranks.ADGP conveyed his greet-ings and best wishes to thepromotees and their familieson their well deserved pro-motions.

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GANDERBAL, JANU-ARY 29 : The court ofAdditional DeputyC o m m i s s i o n e r - c u m -Adjudicating Officer,Ganderbal, Farooq AhmadBaba under the Food SafetyAct imposed a fine of Rs86,000 on erring traders forviolating the provisions ofFood Safety and StandardsAct-2006, Rules andRegulations-2011.

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New Delhi : The DelhiPolice on Wednesday broughtanti-Citizenship AmendmentAct (CAA) activist andJawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) student Sharjeel Imamto Delhi, a day after arrestinghim in Bihar in a seditioncase. Imam will be producedin Delhi's Patiala House Courtlater in the day.

On January 28 (Tuesday),the police had arrested Imamfrom Bihar's Jehanabad. Thecase was lodged across sever-al states for his allegedinflammatory speeches madeduring a protest against thenew law. Imam, who was oneof the initial organisers ofShaheen Bagh protests, hasbeen asked to appear beforethe Proctorial Committee byFebruary 3.

"I have surrendered to theDelhi Police on 28-1-2020 at3 pm. I am ready and willingto operate with the investiga-tion. I have full faith in dueprocess of law. My safety andsecurity are now in the handof the Delhi Police. Let peaceprevail," Imam had said afterhis arrest.

Reacting to this, Bihar

Chief Minister Nitish Kumarhad said, "Nobody should doanything that is not in theinterest of the nation. Theaccusations and the arrest, thecourt will decide on the mat-ter."

Patna ADG JitendraKumar had said, "A team ofthe Delhi Police came toBihar and have been gettingfull co-operation from theBihar Police. Imam wasarrested under the KakoPolice Station in Jehanabad.Necessary legal actions arebeing taken. The Delhi Policeis doing its research."

A case was registeredagainst Imam under IPC sec-tions 124 A (an offence bywords, either spoken or writ-ten cause disaffection againstGovernment established bylaw), 153 A (promoting enmi-ty between different religiousgroups with an intent to createdisharmony) and 505 (state-ments conducing to publicmischief) by the Delhi Policeon January 26.

Apart from Delhi, thepolice of five states includingBihar, Assam, ArunachalPradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and

Manipur had booked Sharjeelunder the relevant sections ofthe IPC. On January 27, ateam of central probe agencyconducted raids at the ances-tral home of Imam inJehanabad when they pickedup his younger brother. Hisbrother was detained andquestioned at the Kako policestation in Jehanabad, saidreports.

The video of Imam'sspeech was released by BJPon January 25 and in thevideo, he can be heard tellinga small crowd that Muslimsmust get united and cutAssam from rest of India.

In a series of videos thatwent viral on social media,Imam can be heard saying, "Ifwe all come together, then wecan separate the Northeastfrom India. If we cannot do itfor permanently, then at leastfor 1-2 months we can do this.It will take the administrationat least one month to disperseall of them." "It is our respon-sibility to cut Assam fromIndia. When this will happen,only then the Centre will lis-ten to us," he further said inthe videos.

New Delhi : Amid the ris-ing cases of coronavirus infect-ed people in China, Air India onWednesday (January 29)advised all cockpit and cabincrew who travel to South EastAsian cities to wear N95 masksin order to remain safe.

The coronavirus outbreak inChina has forced IndiGo to sus-pend all Delhi-Chengdu flightsfrom February 1 to February20. "After carefully assessingthe current Coronavirus situa-tion in China, IndiGo is takingsome safety measures for itscustomers, crew and staff. Dueto China travel restrictions, wehave seen a high number ofcancellations from China onour Delhi-Chengdu route andvice-a-versa. Therefore, we aresuspending our flights betweenDelhi and Chengdu fromFebruary 01, 2020 untilFebruary 20, 2020. We are alsosuspending our Bengaluru-Hong Kong flight effectiveFebruary 01, 2020," IndiGosaid in a statement.

The airline added that thesemeasures are purely temporary

and precautionary and IndiGois aware that these measureswill cause inconvenience to ourcustomers. The airline said thatit will refund the full amount to

the impacted passengers. "Weare in close touch with the rele-vant Government authoritiesand we thank them and ourpartners in China for all thehelp and support that they haveextended so far. For now, wewill continue to operate ourKolkata - Guangzhou flight,which we are monitoring on adaily basis. And for our operat-ing crew, we are ensuring that

they return to India on theinbound flights without anylayover in China," IndiGosaid.Meanwhile, the ResearchCouncils under the Ministry of

AYUSH, have issued an advi-sory suggesting preventivesteps based on the Indian tradi-tional medicine practicesAyurveda, Homeopathy andUnani. As per the AyurvedicPractices the steps that havebeen suggested for thePreventive Management--maintain personal hygiene,wash your hands often withsoap and water for at least 20

seconds. If soap and water arenot available, drink ShadangPaniya (Musta, Parpat, Usheer,Chandan,Udeechya & Nagar)processed water (10 gm powderboiled in 1-litre water, until itreduces to half).

In a related development,China on Tuesday (January 28)approved Centre's request to flyIndians out of Wuhan City,which has been worst affectedby the deadly coronavirus out-break. Sources told Zee MediaAir India plane will soon headto China soon to evacuate theIndians from Wuhan City andother parts of China. OnMonday (January 27), Air Indiahad said that a Boeing 747 hasbeen kept on standby for theevacuation of Indians fromWuhan and the aircraft is wait-ing for the Centre`s decisionregarding the evacuation."AirIndia Boeing 747 is on standbyfor the evacuation of Indiansfrom Wuhan (China) due toscare of Coronavirus. Carrier iswaiting for the government thedecision," an Air Indian officialtold ANI on Monday.

Jammu, January 29 :Lakshay-The Aim and NutanPrayas Manch is going toorganise the first internationaltheatre festival which startsfrom Saturday, February 1 atAbhinav Theatre.

Thirteen theatre groups,top directors and actors fromstage and Bollywood are per-forming in the festival enti-tled “Nutan InternationalTheatre Festival-NITF 2020”.

This was informed byAnuroop Pathania, festivaldirector, while addressing apress conference here today.

“After the grand successof Rangleela Natya Utsav-2019, we started getting callsfrom various top theatregroups, including many fromforeign lands also for con-ducting an internationalevent. Since the response wasvery overwhelming, we hadto select three venues for thefestival which include 13plays in Jammu, followed by10 in Amritsar and 6 in Jaipur.The festival will conclude byMarch end,” said Anuroop.

A play from Nepal will be

hosted in Jammu while onefrom Bangladesh will be per-formed at Amritsar andanother from Mayanmar atJaipur venue along with otherplays of top national repute.

Plays like Loona, EvamIndrajit Chauthi Cigarette,Babuji , End Game, CourtMartial etc will be performedby great directors, includingSatyabrata Rout, ShilpiMarwah, Mushtaq Kak,Ambika Kamal, Ajeet SinghPalawat.

Speaking on the occasion,Sangeet Natak Akademiawardee Mushtaq Kak saidthe event was of internationalrepute where top directorswith great works of play-wrights were coming toJammu. “People will witnessdiverse and variegated cultur-al ethos of our nation”, hesaid.

Senior theatre director,playwright and fellowMinistry of Culture, VikramSharma, said the sole aim wasto bring an assembly of top-most theatre performersunder one canopy.

New Delhi, January 29 :Janata Dal (United) expelledits vice-president PrashantKishor and party leaderPavan Varma for anti-partyactivities, a statement fromthe party said after differ-ences emerged betweenKishor and his party over thecontentious CitizenshipAmendment Act.

The statement, issued byJD (U)’s chief general secre-tary KC Tyagi, said that thesetwo were "acting againstparty's decisions as well as itsfunctioning", which amount-ed to breach of discipline.

The party also accusedKishor of using "insultingwords" against the Biharchief minister.

The JD (U) said: “It isimperative that Kishor beremoved from the party, sothat he doesn't stoop anylower."

'Thank you'Soon after his expulsion

from JD( U), Kishor took adig at party president NitishKumar, offering him his best

wishes to "retain" the chiefministership of Bihar.

In a tweet minutes afterthe JD(U) suspended Kishor,Kishor said: "Thank youNitish Kumar. My best wish-es to you to retain the chair ofChief Minister of Bihar. Godbless you". Kishor, who wasthe vice president of JD(U),was expelled from the partyafter he criticised Kumar'sstand to support theCitizenship Amendment Actand the National PopulationRegister.

The development comes aday after Kishor accused JD-U national president NitishKumar of lying when the lat-ter insisted that he had induct-ed Kishor only on seniorBharatiya Janata Party leaderAmit Shah’s recommenda-tion. Shah was then thenational president of theparty.

Differences betweenNitish Kumar and two of JD-U’s leaders, Kishor andVarma, emerged over thecontentious CAA.

Nirbhaya case: SC dismisses convict Mukesh'splea against no mercy petition by President

New Delhi, January 29 :The Supreme Court onWednesday dismissed the peti-tion of 2012 Delhi gangrapeand murder convict MukeshKumar Singh against the rejec-tion of his mercy petition byPresident Ram Nath Kovindsaying there is no merit in thecontention. The apex court stat-ed that the alleged torture can'tbe ground and all documentswere placed before thePresident and he had takenthem into consideration.

The convict hadapproached the top court onJanuary 27 (Monday) seekingurgent hearing on his pleaagainst the dismissal of hismercy petition. A three-judgebench of the apex court headed

by Justice R Banumathi alongwith Justice AS Bopanna andJustice Ashok Bhushan heardthe arguments on January 28(Tuesday). The four convicts,Mukesh Kumar Singh, PawanKumar Gupta, Vinay KumarSharma, and Akshay KumarSingh, are facing execution onFebruary 1 in the gang-rapecase.

Advocate Anjana Prakash,appearing on behalf ofMukesh, alleged that her clientwas physically and sexuallyassaulted in Tihar jail and putunder solitary confinement,adding, "He (Mukesh) wasforced to have intercourse withAkshay (another death rowconvict in the case) in Tiharjail."

The counsel told the courtthat the "Presidential pardon isa Constitutional duty of greatresponsibility, which must beexercised keeping in mindgreater good of the people",adding "Solitary confinementand procedural lapses are thegrounds for considering thiscase ... Undue delay in hearingthe petition and the due andprescribed procedure was notfollowed in this case."

She said that the documentswere placed before thePresident of India withoutapplication of mind. "I am notchallenging the judicial ver-dict. The judicial verdict standsas it is. The courts can`t go intoas how it was rejected, but thepresident can certainly go into

the merits of the case," sheadded.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing on behalf ofthe Delhi government, said thateven death convicts have to betreated fairly under Article 21of the Indian Constitution butopposed the plea of the deathrow convict, adding "Delay canbe a ground for considering acase, but expeditious disposalof case/petition, it can`t be aground for challenging thisbefore the court."

He highlighted that the trialcourt, Delhi High court, andthe Supreme Court had award-ed and upheld the death penal-ty to the convicts in the casewhile considering their medicalcondition.

Jammu, January 29 : Aday after he was conferredPadma Bhushan — the coun-try’s third highest civilianaward — former DeputyChief Minister and PDPfounder member MuzaffarHussain Baig has said that“there can never be a referen-dum in J&K and both Pakistanand the US have accepted thatthe UT is an internal part ofIndia”.

“There can never be anyreferendum in J&K. Now,Pakistan Prime MinisterImran Khan and the USPresident also talk about giv-ing autonomy to us, whichmeans they have accepted thatJ&K is an internal part ofIndia. We demand that J&Kshould be given what has beenenshrined for it in the Indian

Constitution,” Baig said whileaddressing leaders afterunfurling Tricolour at theparty headquarters here onSunday.

Baig, who was holding acopy of the IndianConstitution, said, “…GiveJ&K what this book(Constitution of India) pro-vides for. On this RepublicDay, the people of J&K urgethe Centre, the Opposition andthe people of India that wedon’t want anything out of thepurview of this book.Whatever are our problems,solutions lie in this book.”

The PDP founder memberalso demanded for the restora-tion of statehood to J&K. “Abig change took place in thecountry. Our state was bifur-cated into two UTs. Ladakh

got separated from J&K. Wehope that the statehood will berestored to J&K. We appeal tothe Centre to make J&K astate again so that we (thepeople of J&K) can walk withdignity and an elected govern-ment here can get power towork for the welfare of thepeople,” he added.Baig wasamong the top PDP leaderswho were detained followingthe abrogation of Article 370from J&K last year.

On January 9, he had saidthat PDP president and formerChief Minister MehboobaMufti’s “provocative” state-ment that “on one in Kashmirwould hold Tricolour ifArticle 370 was tamperedwith” resulted in downgradingJ&K from a state into theUT”.

JAMMU, JANUARY 29 :In a significant move towardsmeeting the aspirations of peo-ple, the Government of UnionTerritory of Jammu and Kashmirhas stepped up its public out-reach initiative by involvingAdministrative Secretaries in theprocess of public grievanceredressal mechanism, which wasearlier restricted to the Advisorsto the Lieutenant Governor.

Under the fresh move,Administrative Secretaries havealso been tasked with holdingpublic grievances camps fivedays in a month, two days eachin Jammu and Srinagar, and oncein a month in the allotted districtof the Union Territory.

The initiative aims at furtherintensifying the outreach mecha-nism for quality and quantitativedisposal of public grievances andextending the exercise to the dis-tricts to reach out to the peopleunable to move to the twin capi-tals of the Union Territory.

The Administrative secre-taries, having vast experience ofadministration would make alltheir efforts to solve issues andproblems faced by people.

The move will make top UTbureaucracy available to people,which in turn will bring moretransparency, efficiency andaccountability in the governance.

The PWD Guest HouseJammu and Banquet HallSrinagar will be the venues ofpublic hearing for everyAdministrative Secretary, theGovernment order mentions.The meeting timings in bothJammu and Srinagar will befrom 10 am to 4 pm.

According to the scheduleissued by the Government,Financial Commissioner(Finance Department), ArunKumar Mehta will meet publicevery first and third Monday ofthe month at PWD Guest House,

Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and sec-ond and fourth Monday atBanquet Hall, Srinagar.

Financial CommissionerHealth and Medical EducationAtal Dulloo will meet public atJammu on every first and thirdThursday and in Srinagar everysecond and fourth Thursdaywhile Shaleen Kabra, PrincipalSecretary Home Department,will meet people in Jammu onevery first and third Friday andin Srinagar on every second andfourth Friday.

Dheeraj Gupta, PrincipalSecretary Housing and UrbanDevelopment Department, willlisten to the public grievances onfirst and third Tuesday of everymonth in Jammu and second andfourth Tuesday in Srinagar,while Asgar Hassan Samoon,Principal Secretary, Animal andSheep Husbandry will meet peo-ple on first and third Wednesday

of every month at Jammu andsecond and fourth Wednesday inSrinagar.

Navin Kumar Choudhary,Principal Secretary, EducationDepartment, will hold publicinteraction on second and fourthMonday in Jammu and first andthird Monday in Srinagar, whileDr Pawan Kotwal, PrincipalSecretary Revenue, will meet thepublic on second and fourthThursday in Jammu and first andthird Thursday in Srinagar.

Rohit Kansal, PrincipalSecretary, Planning,Development and MonitoringDepartment, will be available forthe public on second and fourthFriday of every Month in Jammuand first and third Friday inSrinagar.

Manoj Kumar Dwivedi,Commissioner/ Secretary,Industries and Commerce willhold public grievance camp in

Jammu on second and fourthTuesday and first and thirdTuesday in Srinagar, whileHirdesh Kumar, CommissionerSecretary, School Education,will hold public interaction everysecond and fourth Wednesday inJammu and first and thirdWednesday in Srinagar.

Commissioner SecretaryForest Ecology andEnvironemnt, Sarita Chauhanwill be meeting the public inJammu on first and thirdMonday of every month and inSrinagar on second and fourthMonday, while Khurshid AhmadShah, Commissioner/SecretaryPWD will be interacting withpeople on first and thirdThursday in Jammu and secondand fourth Thursday in Srinagar.

Commissioner/SecretaryLabour and Employment,Saurabh Bhagat will hold publiccamp in Jammu on first and third

Friday in Jammu and second andfourth Friday in Srinagar, whileAjeet Kumar Sahu,Commissioner/Secretary, PHE,Irrigation and Flood ControlDepartment, will meet public onfirst and third Tuesday in Jammuand second and fourth Tuesdayin Srinagar.

Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad,C o m m i s s i o n e r / S e c r e t a r y,Floriculture, Parks and Gardens,has been assigned the task of lis-tening to the issues of the peopleon first and third Wednesday inJammu and second and fourthWednesday in Srinagar, whilePandurang Kondbarao Pole,Secretary Food, Civil Suppliesand Consumer Affairs, will dothe similar exercise in Jammu onsecond and fourth Monday andin Srinagar on first and thirdMonday every month.

Secretary PowerDevelopment Department, M.

Raju will have interaction withthe people on second and fourthThursday of every month inJammu and first and thirdThursday in Srinagar whileManzoor Ahmed Lone,Secretary Agriculture Productionand Horticulture will be meetingpublic on second and fourthFriday of every month in Jammuand first and third Friday inSrinagar.

Sheetal Nanda, SecretaryDepartment of RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiRaj will meet public in Jammuon second and fourth Tuesday ofevery month and first and thirdTuesday in Srinagar, whileSimrandeep Singh, SecretaryDepartment of DisasterManagement, Relief,Rehabilitation andReconstruction will hold publicgrievances camp in Jammu onsecond and fourth Wednesdayand in Srinagar on first and thirdWednesday.

Coronavirus scare: Air India advises staff flyingto South East Asia to wear N95 masks

Sedition case: Police bring anti-CAA activist SharjeelImam to Delhi, to be produced in court today

First int’l theatre fest from Feb 1JD-U expels Prashant Kishor,Pavan Varma after remarks

against Nitish

No referendum in J&K ever: PDP patron Baig

UT Govt steps up public outreach initiative

JAMMU, JANUARY 29: To mark the culmination ofthe Republic Day celebra-tions, the Beating Retreatceremony was held at theMaulana Azad Stadium thisevening.

The extravaganzawas witnessed byLieutenant Governor,Girish Chandra Murmu ;Chief Justice Jammu andKashmir High Court,Justice Geeta Mittal; Sh.Kewal Kumar Sharma,Sh. Farooq Khan and Sh.Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar-Advisors to theLieutenant Governor;Judges of the J&K HighCourt; Sh. Chander MohanGupta, Mayor JammuMunicipal Corporation; Sh.BVR Subrahmanyam, ChiefSecretary; Sh. Dilbagh Singh,DGP; senior Civil, Police andArmy officers, political andsocial activists, prominentcitizens, media persons andthe citizenry in large number.

The captivating tunes of

Pipe drum and Brass bands ofthe Army, BSF and J&KPolice performed at the cere-mony included MaroonSilver and Gold, Scipio,Veer-Sepoy, Vijay Bharat, JaiHo, India Gate, Deshon Ka

Sartaj Bharat, Naurange, TheHundred Pipers, Loudon’sBonnie Woods and Breas,The Piper of Drummond andLahure Ko Ralimai on theSlow, Quick, Strathespy andReel march received hugeround of applause from theaudience. Abide with Me wasalso presented on the occa-sion. The Lt Governor gaveaway prizes to various con-

tingents of Pipe drum andBrass bands for their out-standing display on the grandfinale. Several officers fromDefence Forces, J&K Police& Civil Administrationbesides Cadets from NCC

(Boys & Girls) and BharatScouts & Guides (Boys &Girls) were also felicitated bythe Lt Governor on the occa-sion.

Spectacular fireworksenchanted the audience of theBeating Retreat ceremonythat was concluded with everpopular ‘Sare Jahan SeAchha’ followed by theNational Anthem.

Beating Retreat ceremony marks the culminationof Republic Day celebrations

Lt Governor and citizenry witness the grand finale

After Advisors, Administrative Secretaries tasked to meet people 5 days in a month

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Coronavirus: District Administration Ganderbaldiscusses preventive measures

GANDERBAL, JANU-ARY 29 : DistrictDevelopment CommissionerGanderbal, Hashmat AliKhan today convened a meet-ing with the concerned offi-cers to discuss the necessaryand appropriate measures totackle with Corona Virus inthe district, if any.

The meeting was attendedby ADC Ganderbal, Farooq

Ahmad Baba, CMOGanderbal, ExecutiveEngineer PHE, DPOGanderbal, DistrictSurveillance Officer, BDCChairperson Ganderbal, andother concerned.

During the meetingthreadbare discussion washeld about the action plan tobe adopted to prevent thespread of the Virus in the dis-

trict, if detected.The DDC directed the

concerned to establishControl room in the districtbesides designating rapidresponse teams, enhance sur-veillance and capacity forlaboratory diagnosis, besidesearmarking isolation wardswith special team of doctorsand paramedics.

Emphasizing the need for

adopting preventive meas-ures, the DDC asked the con-cerned to adopt all possiblemeasure for generating massawareness so that people areeducated about the preven-tive measures to be taken. Hedirected for installing hoard-ings at prominent placesincluding hospital premises,market places and busStands.

DLSA celebrates National Youth DayTake inspiration from great thinkers: Secy DLSA to youth

SRINAGAR, JANUARY29 : District Legal ServicesAuthority Srinagar todayorganized a program to cele-brate National Youth Day.

The programwere organized onthe directions ofNational LegalServices Authorityof India (NALSA)and State LegalServices Authority(SALSA) Jammu&Kashmir.

Speaking on theoccasion, theSecretary DistrictLegal ServicesAuthority Srinagar,Adnan Syed said that the aimof organizing the program

was to aware children abouttheir rights and various gov-ernment schemes for theirwelfare.

He said that the govern-

ment provide free of cost legalservices to the under age chil-

dren 18 and because of laceawareness they are not able toavail the benefits. He alsostressed for generating aware-ness about mental illness, its

treatment and rehabilitation ofsuch children.

The Secretary urged theyouth to take inspiration fromgreat thinkers of the societyand to channelize their talentin the right direction so that

they can serve thesociety.

On the occa-sion, variousaspects of ChildFriendly LegalService and ChildP r o t e c t i o nScheme-2015 werealso discussed.

The Secretarysaid that the day iscelebrated on thebirthday of worldrenowned social

reformer and philosopher,Swami Vivekananda.

BARAMULLA, JANU-ARY 29 : With an aim toinculcate sports zeal amongour young and aspiring sportsenthusiasts, 15 days long ski-ing course was today conclud-ed here at the famous touristdestination Gulmarg withDeputy CommissionerBaramulla as the chief guest.

Programme was organizedby Indian Institute of Skiingand Monitoring (IISM) inwhich, besides locals skiers,young players from differentregions of the country partici-pated.On the occasion,Principal IISM J S Dhillonsaid that both foundational aswell as basic training modulewas imparted to the partici-pants.Speaking on the occa-sion, the DeputyCommissioner hailed the par-ticipants and said that suchevents plays a greater role inboosting the tourism sector. Hesaid that every possible step isbeing taken to develop sportsinfrastructure in the district.Hefurther said that under youthengagement programme, twogroups of volunteers compris-ing 20 persons each were senton an exposure tour while thetraining programme for anoth-er group has been launchedand who will be subsequentlysent for the tour.

Efforts to develop SportsInfra a foot: DC B’la

KULGAM, JANUARY29 : District DevelopmentCommissioner ,Kulgam,Showkat Aijaz Bhat todayconvened a meeting toreview implementation of JalJeevan Mission (JJM) in thedistrict. The meeting wasinformed that under the mis-sion, retro-fitting of theclosed schemes and con-struction 113 new WaterSupply Schemes to ensurefull coverage.

It was given out that allhouseholds will be providedpiped water by 2022 and 3blocks of Kulgam, Behibaghand Pombay will be connect-ed by December 2021 underJJM in the district.

The DDC directed theconcerned to involve fieldfunctionaries of concerneddepartments for accurate sur-vey of the households with &without piped water withinthe stipulated time frame, sothat action plan for the suc-cessful implementation of thescheme is devised according-ly.SE Hydraulics, ADC, JointDirector Planning, ExecutiveEngineers of PHE DivisionsQazigund and Kulgam,District Panchayat Officer,BDO's, members of PRI'sand other concerned attendedthe meeting.

DDC Kulgam reviewsimplementation of JJM

KUPWARA, JANUARY29 : The DistrictDevelopment Commissioner(DDC), Kupwara, AnshulGarg convened a meeting of

Engineers of various depart-ments to review the progressachieved under Jal JeevanMission (JJM) and statues oflanguishing projects in thedistrict, here today.

The meeting was attendedby Superintending EngineerHydraulic Circle Handwara,Executive Engineers of PHEDivision Kupwara andHandwara, ExecutiveEngineer SSD Tangdar andExecutive Engineers of I&FCDivision Kupwara andHandwara.

It was informed in the

meeting that out of 130159reported households in thedistrict, 33577 have been pro-vided tap water connectionsunder 31 schemes while

remaining households arebeing covered under 224under construction schemes.

The DDC directed theconcerned Engineers to speedup the online processing ofthe data and prioritize theremaining households underthe scheme. He also asked theconcerned to submit aDetailed Project Report(DPR)about the covered and uncov-ered households. The con-cerned Engineers have beenasked to formulate an ActionPlan for training field func-tionaries, besides conducting

workshops, in this regard.The meeting was informed

that under PHE sector 73projects have been approvedat a cost of Rs.19806 lakh in

the district and the deadlinefor completion of remainingprojects have been set the endof this December.

Under I&FC sector, 17projects have been approvedat a cost of Rs.6631 lakh inthe district. Out of these, thethis March has been fixeddeadline for completing 12projects while 5 projects willhave to be completed byMarch 2021.

The DDC directed theconcerned engineers to speedup the pace of ongoing worksfor timely completion.

DDC Kupwara reviews progress JJM,languishing projects under PHE, I&FC

KATHUA, JANUARY29 : District DevelopmentCommissioner O.P Bhagatchaired an Interaction cumTraining Programme toacquaint Elected WomenRepresentatives with func-tioning and running of pan-chayats.

DDC impressed upon theelected women representa-tives to take maximum benefitof learning the business ofpanchayat. He said the objec-tive to organize the pro-gramme was to give insight offunctioning, working and var-ious process of developmentworks to be undertaken by theelected representatives.

He said the better under-standing of role and responsi-bilities will pave the way foractual development of people.DD said that elected womenare coming in high numbersin comparison to earlier pan-chayat elections which isgood sign for women empow-erment. Earlier interactivesession on digital signaturing,leadership roles, panchayataward claim, centrally spon-sored schemes such as PMAY,MGNREGA, nutritional pro-gramme, Mid day meal,Social Assistance Scheme andGram PanchayatDevelopment Plan etc washeld wherein queries were

answered by officers of differ-ent departments.

Cluster Head UMEEDLalita Devi shared the successstories of elected membersand explains how to plan andutilise the funds better.

The elected womenRepresentatives also apprisedDDC the problems anddemands faced by them. TheDDC assured that all thedamands and problems willbe addressed on priority.

Among others ACDSukhpal Singh, PO ICDS RituMahajan, Tehsildar NagriSuninderjeet Kaur, ALCSapna were present on theoccasion.

Training for elected WomenRepresentatives held at Kathua

SAMBA, JANUARY 29 :District Administration todayorganised a debate cum sym-posium competition on“Women Empowerment” atGovt. Higher SecondarySchool, Jakh to promote gen-der equality and generate amass awareness regarding girlrights and education underBeti Bachao Beti PadhaoScheme.

Chief Planning Officer,Sukhleen Kour, District

Social Welfare Officer, DeepKumar, Assistant RoadTransport Officer, RehanaTabassum were present on theoccasion.

A total of 9 girl students ofJakh Hr. Sec. School partici-pated in which RiyaDabgotra, stood first whereasMuskan and Anusha Vermatook second and third spotrespectively.

Mementos and certificateof participation were present-

ed to the winners and partici-pating students by districtOfficers.

Speaking on the occasionNodal Officer, BBBP Samba,Deep Kumar said that thedebate cum symposium isstep for generating awarenessamong the youth of the dis-trict regarding Beti BachaoBeti Padhao guidelines. Hesaid in coming days moresimilar events shall be carriedout in pan district.

Samba administration organizes debate cumsymposium competition under BBBP Scheme

TRUTH PREVAILJAMMU THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 20202 SPECIAL

Damage to SE canal: DC Srinagar visits damagedspot to inspect interim measures

Commends PHE for extensive measures to ensure uninterrupted

water supply to Srinagar areasSRINAGAR, JANUARY

29 : Deputy CommissionerSrinagar Dr Shahid IqbalChoudhary Wednesday visit-ed Malshahi Bagh inGanderbal district to inspectthe interim measures thePublic Health Engineeringdepartment has taken at thespot of damage to the SindhExtension or SE canal toensure uninterrupted watersupply to Srinagar areas.

Concerned officers includ-ing Joint Director PlanningYaseen Lone and ExecutiveEngineer PHE Mehraj Bhataccompanied him.

The DC lauded the PHEdepartment for extensiveinterim measures - whichinclude laying of five layersof bypass pipes - taken at thedamaged spot of the canal toensure uninterrupted supplyof water to affected areas ofSrinagar.

It is notable the Srinagaradministration released 10lakh rupees to the PHEdepartment earlier this monthfor undertaking relevantrestoration measures at thedamaged spot.

It was informed that morefunds are being provided forfurther strengthening interimmeasures at the spot in order

to achieve smoother supply ofwater to affected areas ofSrinagar.

The DC also visited the

Rangil water treatment plantduring the visit and took stockof its functioning. He alsoinspected the progress ofongoing languishing projectsincluding the 10 MGD WTPand 20 MGD WTP on theoccasion. It was informed thatwork for revamping of these

treatment plants is in fullswing and is expected to becompleted before the end ofthe current fiscal.

He was informed that a125 kVA power generator hasbeen installed at the Rangilplant for which the districtadministration had released15 lakh rupees to the depart-ment last month.

Meanwhile the the DC hassanctioned another 10 lakh

rupees to the PHE departmentfor acquiring protective gearfor its staff.

Dr Shahid while speaking

on the occasion said the PHEengineers have done a com-mendable job putting in placeinterim measures and ensur-ing uninterrupted supply ofwater to Srinagar in spite of aconsiderable damage to theraw water SE canal inGanderbal.

Prevention of coronavirus: DC Srinagar chairsDSC meeting to devise action plan

Response mechanism including rapid response teams activated in

each health zone of the district; special screening arrangements made

at Srinagar airport to quarantine suspected cases to prevent spreadSRINAGAR, JANUARY

29 : District SurveillanceCommittee SrinagarWednesday met under thechairmanship of DeputyCommissioner Srinagar DrShahid Iqbal Choudhary todevise an action plan to pre-vent and control spread ofCoronovirus in the district.

Chief Medical OfficerSrinagar Dr Talat Jabeen whois the co-chairperson andother members of the commit-tee attended the meeting.

The meeting discussed theresponse mechanism requiredto be activated and therequirements that need to bemade available to preventspread and control of the virusin the district.

The DC directed forimmediate and district-wideawareness campaigns aboutcoronavirus and the measuresthat need to taken to preventand control its spread. Hedirect for issuing advisoriesand spreading awarenessabout it at zonal and blocklevels across the district.

The meeting was informedthat rapid response teamshave been activated - one ineach health zone of the district- across the district addingthat these teams will be moni-toring the situation on theround-the-clock basis and tak-ing measures to prevent andcontrol the spread of the virus.

It is was informed that

these teams are also beingtrained to handle public con-cerns and readiness to dealwith challenges in this regard.

The DC directed for desig-nating nodal points with nodalofficers in each district andsub-district hospital in the dis-trict. He directed for estab-

lishing quarantine wards ineach hospital and health cen-tre where those suspectedwith having acquired the viruscan be admitted in order toprevent spread of the infec-tion. The meeting wasinformed that isolation wardshave already been establishedat tertiary-care hospitals likeSMHS and SKIMS.

Dr Shahid asked the healthauthorities of the district andother concerned authorities to

submit details of logistics thatmight be required to handlecontingencies stressing theimportance of being well-equipped to be able to dealwith challenges in this regard.

The meeting was informedthat special screeningarrangements are being made

at the Srinagar airport addingthat arrivals are beingscreened before leaving theairport to ensure that thosesuspected to be affected withthe virus are quarantined theaim being to prevent thespread of the virus.

It was informed that themedical staff deployed at theairport has been equippedwith necessary logistics toenable them to handle the taskat hand and tackling any sus-

pected cases.Dr Shahid further directed

for identifying gaps and labo-ratory support that might berequired to identify suspectedcases and then control itsspread. He also reviewed thehospital preparedness in termsof isolation and ventilator

management of suspectedcases. Capacity for laboratorydiagnosis in hospitals wasalso reviewed during themeeting.

Meanwhile a district-levelcontrol room and helplines atzonal levels are being estab-lished in the district. Theirestablishment is aimed atquick reporting of suspectedcases and ensuring quickresponse aimed at preventionand control of the virus.

DC Bandipora reviews measuresto tackle Coronavirus

BANDIPORA, JANU-ARY 29 : DeputyCommissioner, BandiporaShahbaz Ahmad Mirza todayreviewed the measures totackle Coronavirus in the dis-trict.

The meeting was attendedby Additional DeputyCommissioner ZahoorAhmad Mir, Chief MedicalOfficer, Dr Tajamul Hussain,DFO Bandipora ShabirAhmad, District PanchayatOfficer, Nazir Ahmad Sofi,District Animal HusbandryOfficer, Altaf AhmadKangoo, DeputySuperintendent of Police, MirMurtaza and other seniorofficials of the district.

Meeting was informed

that adequate measures havebeen put in place in the dis-

trict to identify patients withsymptoms of the disease. It

was given out that surveil-lance has been enhanced andisolated wards have been ear-marked started at healthcareinstitutions while specialteams of doctors and para-medics have been constitutedwho are being trained to dealwith any such cases.

Emphasizing on the needfor adopting preventivemeasures, the DeputyCommissioner directed theconcerned to generate massawareness about the preven-tive measures of epidemicthrough mass media includ-ing hoardings at prominentplaces in the district. He saidthat awareness regarding per-sonal hygiene, screening anddetection of cases at commu-nity level will be startedthrough ASHA workers.

Officers informed thatadequate personal protection

equipment including N-95masks and other logisticalhave been stocked in the dis-trict while buffer stock is alsobeing maintained.

Experts on the occasionstressed on taking preventivemeasures including coveringnose and mouth with a tissuewhile coughing or sneezingand washing hands with soapand water especially aftercoughing.

The newly identifiedCoronavirus called 2019-nCoV has spreading inChina, and is now reachingseveral other countries.

It was given out that theCoronavirus is an AcuteRespiratory Infection (ARI)and Influenza like illnesscaused by a new type ofvirus.

J&K PCB organizes awareness camp at ReasiREASI, JANUARY 29 :

J&K Pollution Control Board,Reasi today organised aKnowledge Workshop forimplementation of SwachhtaAction Plan in Reasi district.

Deputy CommissionerIndu Kanwal Chib was theChief Guest on the occasion.Assistant CommissionerDevelopment Anirudh Raiwas the Guest of honour at theWorkshop.

Incharge Eco Club of vari-ous schools of Reasi districtand Panchayat Secretaries ofvarious panchayats also par-ticipated in the workshop.

In her address, DeputyCommissioner emphasisedon the role of common citi-zens for proper segregationof municipal waste at thehousehold level itself. Sheremarked that no govern-ment agency or statutorybody can succeed in swachh-ta campaign unless support-ed by the voluntary and

informed initiative of everycitizen.

Director, Indian PollutionControl Association (IPCA)

Ashish Jain, Scientist & I/c EWaste and MSW, J&K PCBAnuradha Gupta and Scientist& I/c Plastic waste J&K PCBRandeep Singh were theResource Persons at the work-

shop to spread awarenessamong the participants aboutharmful impacts of unscientif-ic management of e-waste,

municipal waste and plasticwaste and various prescribedmethodologies involved inscientific management ofsuch wastes.

All the participants in the

workshop vowed to imple-ment the knowledge acquiredin the workshop at groundlevel for dissemination of the

information on waste man-agement among the masses.In the end, Vote of thanks waspresented by DivisionalOfficer, PCB Reasi HSGaloach.

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Jammu 29th January :Balwant Thakur-the CulturalDiplomat of India to SouthAfrica is visiting India for afortnight from 2nd ofFebruary, 2020. During hisvisit he has planned to holdseries of meetings withGovernment departments,cultural organisations andartists to explore the possibili-ties of holding Indian Culturalfestivals in South Africa.During the year 2020, apartfrom other events he has ahuge plan to hold Jammu &Kashmir festivals inJohannesburg, Durban,Limpopo and Cape Town forthis he will short-list theartists and possible eventsbeing featured in these ambi-tious festivals. In Chandigarh,an exclusive programme ‘Ru-Broo’ is being held in his hon-our on 9th of February, 2020.Various receptions have alsobeen planned in his honour bydifferent organisations includ-ing one by Natrang onSunday, 2nd of February at 12noon at Natrang StudioTheatre, Jammu.

Balwant Thakur wasappointed as CulturalDiplomat of India to SouthAfrica by Ministry ofExternal Affairs, Governmentof India in August, 2019 andis currently heading the presti-gious Swami VivekanandaCultural Centre Johannesburgas its Director, Consul Cultureand Head of Centre. In past

five months he has alreadymade records by holding 50International events in such ashort pain of time. Known asmagic man of theatre,Balwant Thakur has alreadybeen conferred the top Indianhonours includingPadamshree. He held very

prestigious positions includ-ing Secretary J&K Academyof Art Culture and languagesfor over Eight years and asRegional Director of IndianCouncil for Cultural Relationsfor over Six years. In SouthAfrica he has initiated manystand alone programmes like

‘Mera Bharat Meri Shaan’,‘Hindustan Hamaraa’,‘Festival of India’ ‘Çolors ofIndia’ ‘Gandhi in SouthAfrica’ ‘Vibrant India’ ‘HindiMahotsav’ and ‘DanceDiversity of India’ which havevibrated the entire SouthAfrica.

DC Doda reviews preparednessto prevent Corona virus

DODA, JANUARY 29 :Deputy Commissioner Doda,Dr Sagar D Doifode todayconvened the meeting ofDistrict SurveillanceCommittee to review the pre-paredness put in place by theconcerned officials regardingthe prevention of Coronavirus in the district.

During the meeting,District Epidemiologist UmarAnayat gave a detail presenta-tion regarding the preventivemeasures/steps taken to pre-vent the affect of Corona virusand the measures taken by thehealth department to tacklethe cases if any in the district.

MS District Hospitalapprised the DC that already aisolation ward has been estab-lished in the district hospitalfor the treatment of patientsdiagnosed with affect ofCorona virus if any, besidesinformed by the CMO thatrapid response in this regard

team has been already consti-tuted. DC has directed theCMO to ensure that the recordof those patients who are hav-ing flu from more than 14

days shall be maintained atdistrict, block and PHC level,besides also directed to recordtheir 14 days travel historywhen they come up for check-

up. Moreover he ordered toconstitute a committee underthe supervision of SSP Dodawith Principal GDC as itsNodal officer alongwith one

health department member toprepare a list of those candi-dates who are studying out-side India particularly inChina where it has catastroph-

ic affect. DC said that preven-tive measures are a key tocontain the virus and askedfor generating mass aware-ness through print and elec-

tronic media.Among others, senior offi-

cers of the concerned depart-ments were present in themeeting.

DDC Rajouri reviews preparedness regardingprevention of Novel CoronaVirus

RAJOURI, JANUARY29 : District DevelopmentCommissioner MohammadNazir Sheikh today conveneda meeting with the concernedofficers of Health Department,Education, Sheep Husbandry,Animal Husbandry and otherdepartments to discuss theaction plan to check the spreadof CoronaVirus and to containthe outbreak of the virus in thedistrict. The meeting wasattended by Principal GMCRajouri, Kuldeep Singh,Additional DeputyCommissioner Kalakote,Krishan Lal, AdditionalDeputy CommissionerSunderbani, Vinod KumarBehnal, Additional DeputyCommissioner Nowshera,Sukhdev Singh Samyal,Additional DeputyCommissioner, Koteranka,Surinder Mohan SharmaAdditional SP Rajouri, LiyaqatChoudhary, Chief MedicalOfficer Dr. Sanjeev Puri,Assistant CommissionerDevelopment, Sushil

Khajuria, Deputy ChiefMedical Officer Dr. AneesAltaf Nabi, District ASHACoordinator, Dr. Farooq Mir,

District Immunization Officer,Dr. Shakti Kumar, DSHO, Dr.Sarfraz Naseem, District TBofficer and other concernedofficers. DDC asked theHealth authorities for desig-nating of rapid responseteams, enhancement of sur-veillance and earmarking iso-lation wards at the District and

Sub District Hospital and car-rying of the IEC activities toaware the general public.

The Chief Medical Officers

informed that 08 RapidResponse teams have beenconstituted in the districtincluding GMC Rajouri,CHCs and CMO officeRajouri. He further informedthat isolation wards of 5- 10beds have been established atGMC and CHCs.

Regarding the IEC activi-

ties, he said ASHA workerswill be sensitised about vari-ous aspects of the virus who inturn will generate mass aware-

ness among the general publicin this regard. DDC askedCMO to send teams of doctorsin the schools and who willmake students aware of Virus,its symptoms, preventivemeasures. He asked to makefunctional a 24*7 helplinenumber in CMO office at theearliest.

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KULGAM, JANUARY29 : According to theSecretary, District LegalServices Authority, Kulgam,a National Lok Adalat isbeing organized at DistrictCourt Complex Kulgam on8th February.

The Lok Adalat will takeup pre-litigation, pendingcases in the courts particular-ly cases under section 138 NIAct, MACT, matrimonial,family disputes, labour dis-putes, civil and criminalcases, bank recovery cases,electricity and water billscases, besides other civil mat-ters for settlement.

National Lok Adalat inKulgam on 8th Feb

JAMMU, JANUARY 29: Special Handloom Expo2019-20 concludes at KalaKendra which was organizedby Jan Kalyan HandloomWeaving Industrial Coop.Society, Jammu.

Director HandloomDevelopment Department,Babila Rakwal, Joint DirectorPardeep Singh Manhas andAssistant Director SonikaParihar were present duringthe concluding function.

On this occasion Director,Handloom DevelopmentDepartment interacted withthe weavers and assured thatthe department will providethem platform for marketingtheir handloom products.

30 societies participatedin the Special Handloom"Magic Weavers" Expo2019-20 including 15Societies from Jammu and 15Societies from Kashmir. Thecustomers also showed theirinterest in buying the hand-made handloom products.

A vote of thanks presentedby Rakesh Sharma,Secretary, Jan KalyanHandloom WeavingIndustrial Coop. Society,Jammu.

Special Handloom Expo2019-20 concludes at

Kala Kendra

KATHUA, JANUARY29: District DevelopmentCommissioner O P Bhagattoday convened a meeting ofDistrict Officers and Doctorsto review the preparedness toprevent the outbreak ofNovel Corona Virus.

DDC asked the concernedto establish a control room atthe Associated Hospital ofGMC Kathua and to keep thepatients in isolation showingsymptoms of virus infection.

There should be a proce-dure to screen people atRailway Stations and BusStands for possible infectionand putting suspicious casesin quarantine, DDC said andalso asked for makingannouncements at Bus Standsand Railway Stations to iden-tify and check the spread ofthe virus.

DDC said that Health andASHA workers must sensi-tize the PRIs regarding symp-toms of the virus and precau-tions to be taken to preventthe outbreak of the disease.He asked for generatingawareness regarding thesymptoms of the diseasethrough mass media.

Among others, CMO, Dr.Ashok Chaudhary, ACD,Sukhpal Singh, CAHO,DEPO and Doctors besidesother concerned officers werepresent in the meeting.

DDC Kathua discussespreparedness to prevent

Corona Virus

KATHUA, JANUARY 29: Deputy Commissioner O.P.Bhagat today released "Jinglecum callertune" on Beti BachaoBeti Padao programme during ameeting at DC office complex.While speaking on the occa-sion, DDC said that the BBBPJingle shall also be Caller tuneof officer's mobile numbers. Hesaid the aim was to sensitizemaximum people about genderequality and empowerment ofgirl child. He also directed offi-cers and field functionaries ofPanchayati Raj institutions toplay the Jingle during BBBPprogramme at all levels.

DC Kathua releases'Jingle cum

Callertune' on BBBP

UDHAMPUR, JANU-ARY 29 : Lok Adalat washeld in the court complexUdhampur today under theChairman ship of Mohan LalManhas, Chairman DistrictLegal Services Authority andPrincipal District and SessionJudge Udhampur.

A total number of 10cases of Civil, MACT andCriminal nature were takenup out of which 04 criminalcases which include 03cases under section 138 N.IAct and one under section341/323 RPC were settledand disposed off in the LokAdalat.

To settle the cases twobenches were constituted.The first bench was constitut-ed of District & SessionJudge Udhampur Mohan LalManhas and second Benchwas comprised of Sub JudgeSandeep Kour and AjayKumar District MobileMagistrate Udhampur.

Lok Adalat heldin Udhampur

Entrepreneurship Dev Prog: 182 aspiring entrepreneursenrolled at CWE, JKEDI Pampore

SRINAGAR, JANUARY29 : As many as 182 aspiringentrepreneurs have beenenrolled for three-weekE n t r e p r e n e u r s h i pDevelopment Programme(EDP) at Centre for WomenEntrepreneurship(CWE) andJammu and KashmirE n t r e p r e n e u r s h i pDevelopment Institute(JKEDI) Pampore.

The candidates will betrained under the Seed capitalFund Scheme (SCFS) andYouth Startup Loan Scheme(YSLS) of J&KGovernment. The candidateswill be imparted lessons onbasic business techniques andguided by sector specific spe-cialists. Industrial visits andinteraction with successfulentrepreneurs will also be apart of the programme.

Drawn from districts ofKashmir division, around 147

candidates are undergoing theEDP at the main campus ofthe Institute and 35 womencandidates are being trained atthe Centre for WomenEntrepreneurship in Srinagar.The aspirants have chosen awide range of business activi-ties including commercialfloriculture, fashion design-

ing, adventure tourism, playway schools, beauty salons,and trading. Some of the can-didates have opted for busi-ness activities under agro-allied sectors.

The Institute will providethem assistance of variousbusiness development servic-es and will handhold them till

launch of their business ven-tures successfully.

Meanwhile, in a separateE n t r e p r e n e u r s h i pDevelopment Programme(EDP) in Kulgam district ofKashmir division, a batch of34 aspiring entrepreneurs hassuccessfully completed all theformalities of the programme.

JAMMU : Taking cog-nizance of the protest demon-stration held yesterday by asection of POJK refugeesdemanding justice for bothcamp and non-camp refugees,BJP has hit back by question-ing the motive of the leadersof these protests. In a pressnote issued here today, BrigAnil Gupta, Spokesperson ofthe party has clarified that anotification has already beenissued by the Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) afterformal announcement bynone other than the HomeMinister Amit Shah that pack-age earlier announced for thePOJK families would beextended to 5300 families ofPOJK refugees who have set-tled outside J&K. The samewas also widely reported inthe media. Hence, the verypurpose of the protest is ques-tionable and appears to bepolitically motivated to mis-lead the innocent public,

asserted Brig Gupta.Explaining further Brig

Gupta said that after theannouncement made by theHome Minister, local BJPMPs led by Dr Jitendra Singh,MOS (IC) DONER and MOSPMO had met him and raisedthe issue regarding the cap of5300 families apprehendingthat there may be more suchfamilies who were forced toleave J&K due to non-cooper-ative attitude of then adminis-tration led by Sheikh MohdAbdullah. The delegation wasassured by Amit Shah that itwas an ‘in principle’ decisionof the government and it waswilling to accommodate theadditional families as well.The same was also highlight-ed in the media said BrigGupta. “With such positiveand open attitude of the BJPled Central government, it isnot understood as againstwhom and for what theseprotests are being carried

out,” lamented Brig Gupta?The fact remains that most

of the issues having beenresolved by the governmentthese self-seeking politiciansare finding themselves out ofthe job and hence are trying tocreate issues out of non-issuesto remain in the business,asserted Brig Gupta. Thedelay if any is on part of thelocal administration which isstill in the process of collect-ing the requisite data. Whencontacted, the local adminis-tration has clarified that theyare finding it difficult to col-lect and verify the data and inidentifying the genuine bene-ficiaries. Brig Gupta suggest-ed that these leaders if inter-ested sincerely in helping theaffected families rather thangetting involved in protestsand photo op sessions shouldassist both the affected fami-lies and the administration sothat the process of distributingrelief can be speeded up.

The protest is for what and againstwhom questions BJP

RAMNAGAR, JANU-ARY 29 : Tehsil InformationCenter Ramnagar, Udhampurtoday organized a symposiumcontest on the topic“Conservation of water a needof an hour” in the premises ofGovernment HigherSecondary School Marta ofTehsil Ramnagar.

Sr. Lecturer of the school,Kasturi Lal was the chiefguest on the occasion. Asmany as 10 participants of theshcool participated in thesymposium and expressedtheir views on the vital issue.

Raj Kumar of 12th classwas declared best speakerwhile Neha Devi of class 12thand Saruti Mansotra of class11th secured second and thirdpositions respectively.Besides, Sonali Bandral ofclass 10th and Neetika Deviof class 10thbagged consola-tion prizes.

While addressing the stu-dents, the chief guest said thatthe aim of the programme isto create awareness among

the general public regardingconservation and judicioususe of water. He stressed that

water conservation is veryimportant for our future gen-eration and also highlightedthe importance of waterhygiene and its advantages inpresent life.

He urged the students tokeep water bodies neat andclean and take measures toconserve them for future. Heappreciated the efforts ofInformation Department forcreating awareness by mean

of symposia and urged theDepartment to hold more suchevents in the near future also.

Jatinder Singh, AnitaGupta and Ritu Kumari actedas judges while SM Tharmattconducted the proceedings ofthe programme.

Later, the chief guest dis-tributed prizes and merit cer-tificates among the partici-pants.Among others, Officialsof Information departmentbesides staff members andstudents of the school werepresent on the occasion.

TIC hosts symposium contest on‘Conservation of water’ at GHSS Marta

SAMBA, JANUARY 29 :District DevelopmentCommissioner Rohit Khajuriatoday convened a meeting ofDistrict officers to discussSolid Waste Managementagenda points in districtsamba.

Additional DeputyCommissioner Dr. VikasGupta, AssistantCommissioner (Revenue)Kulbhushan Khajuria,Assistant Commissioner(Development) SidharthDhiman, Divisional ForestOfficer, Abhinav, SubDivisional MagistrateGhagwal Ramkesh Sharma,Sub Divisional MagistrateC.P Kotwal, DistrictPanchayat Officer, PiyushDhotra, Tehsildar Samba, GMDIC Samba Sansaar Chand,Pollution Control Board rep-resentative besides other dis-trict officers were also presentin the meeting.

DDC took appraisal ofsolid waste managementplants in the district alongwith Management of Bio-Medical Waste, Plastic Waste

Management, Constructionand Demonization waste(C&D) Management,Pollution abatement in non –

attainment areas, control inidentified polluted riverstretches, industrial pollutioncontrol, sewage treatmentbesides progress in regulationof sand mining in the district.

DDC directed the con-cerned district officer forstrictly adhering to the all rule

and regulations regardingSWM besides laid emphasisupon pollution control boardto immediately seal the units

polluting the environment andnot adhering to pollution con-trol standards.

DDC stressed upon regu-larly keeping a check mecha-nism in the district againstoffenders and also submittingaction taken report in hisoffice.

DDC Samba convenes SWM meeting

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Balwant Thakur visiting India fromFebruary 2 for a fortnight

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TRUTH PREVAILJAMMU THURSDAY JANUARY 30, 20204 EDITORIAL/ARTICLE

Shaheen Bagh, againSo far, the women-led protest at Shaheen Bagh

against the Government’s citizenship and identitypolicies has been an example of civil society’s spon-taneous combustion. But now its sincerity of pur-pose has lost out to political weaponisation. Anddays before the Delhi Assembly elections, ShaheenBagh has been swiftly turned into a test case ofnationalism from being an anti-establishment forum,becoming a simplistic referendum on whetherminority intrusion can disrupt a majority lives — inthis case blockade-hit Delhiites. Or whether it is amini-Pakistan that needs to be surgically cut outfrom the heart of the city. The BJP, which has clear-ly nothing to show for governance compared to thatof the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has little ammuni-tion to engage its opponent in a duel. So in a pre-dictable play, it is fanning popular sentiments in thelast leg by claiming victimhood of a Hindu way oflife by liberal thought. Even if it means deployingone of its crudest MPs to brand all protesters as pub-lic enemies, who would be threatening the city witha Gothamesque run as “rapists and killers.” In theprocess, it is trying to run down the clinical agenda-driven campaign of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal,who has walked the talk on livelihood issues ofwater, education, health and electricity. Not onlythat, the BJP is trying to force him into taking a standon the polarised debate, a trap Kejriwal has meticu-lously avoided by not talking about politics at all. Infact, he has experimented with the idea of an apolit-ical public life, asking even Congress and BJP loyal-ists to vote for him if they want a better city. With noopponent to justify its brand of politics, the BJP haslionised Shaheen Bagh to push AAP into a cornerand compel Kejriwal into making that one remarkthat would help it divide the citizenry and swing anemotional tide. The BJP knows that unlike it, AAPwould require the 13 per cent Muslim vote. ButKejriwal has been diplomatic about not overtlydoing anything which could be interpreted as minor-ity appeasement. Even when deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia recently said he would “stand withthe protesters”, Kejriwal remained non-committal,saying that people have a right to protest but not atthe cost of other people. He even reiterated thatAAP’s position against citizenship policies waswell-documented and people knew about it. NowBJP’s master strategist Amit Shah is trying to reelhim in to a contest on his terms, beginning withpurely civic issues, like the traffic mess that citizenshave had to put up with over the last 44 days becauseof protests and sit-ins. He has been releasing videosthat “expose” the chinks in AAP’s armour, be it ofpoor wi-fi or condition of Government schools.Kejriwal has rebutted these, showing how BJP lead-ers made a video of non-functional schools. And it isthis emphasis that Kejriwal is using to hold the BJPto account on its much vaunted claim of sabka vikas.In fact, AAP has the BJP in a bind by refusing toreduce Delhi as a microcosm for the rest of India butmagnify it as a city-state circumscribed by its ownspecifics and a model of governance.

EDITORIAL

MIxED BAG oF ACHIEVEMENTSThe format of the

Republic Day parade is stillevolving in finding the rightbalance between displayingmilitary prowess, culturalheritage, technologicalgrowth and socio-economicdevelopments. When it wasfirst held in 1950 at theNational Stadium, it wasentirely a military parade,affirming, indeed asserting,civilian political controlover the erstwhile colonialarmed forces, two of whoseservice chiefs were stillBritish. The parade was theacme of military traditions,customs and ethos, synthe-sising the services into anapolitical, professional andsecular fighting machine.

Even today, when sol-diers get into the battlefield,there is no uniform war cry.In different fighting units, itis as varied as Allah huAkbar to Jai Mata Di toAayo Gorkhali. This rich-ness in diversity of militaryethos was and is stillembodied in the code ofconduct contained in thecredo set for officers pass-ing out of the IndianMilitary Academy, whichwas established in 1932 byField Marshal PhilipChetwode. It was aboutdedication to country first,devotion to soldiers undercommand next and personalsafety remaining last,always and every time. Thisgold standard has beenseamlessly blended with theeternal values of the IndianConstitution that are cur-rently under test on accountof a variety of nationalissues. Most of them affectthe heart and soul of themilitary where customs andtraditions are sacrosanct.

Seemingly odd customshave a place, too. Like 13hobnails on the sole of“ammunition boots.” In thephotographs that appearedof Captain Tania Shergillleading the all-male Corpsof Signals contingent, onecan count the number ofnails on her boots. Theseshow on dead soldiers intrenches in celebratedWorld War films like 1917and Dunkirk. In World WarI, India lost 74,000 soldiersbut names of just 13,516 ofthem are etched on the wallsof India Gate. Around80,000 lives were sacrificedin World War II, which havegone completely anony-mous. This is a seriousomission and needs to berectified by constructing amonument in the name ofthe unknown soldier ifnames of the dead are not

traceable.Prime Minister Narendra

Modi was instrumental inhastening the constructionof the National WarMemorial (NWM) behindIndia Gate, which bears thenames of 25,942 martyrssince independence. Lastyear, the Army alone suf-fered 80 fatal casualties inJammu & Kashmir, theNorth-east and the UnitedNations PeacekeepingOperations, according to aPress report released onArmy Day, January 15.

Last Sunday’s paradewas blessed with goodweather and recorded manyfirsts. Instead of the AmarJawan Jyoti at India Gate,martyrs — sadly only post-independence ones — wereremembered by Prime

Minister Modi at the NWM;the new Chief of DefenceStaff (CDS), Gen BipinRawat, joined the otherthree service Chiefs andDefence Secretary as offi-cial hosts of the parade. TheAir Defence Regimentmade its marching debut, sodid several US hi-techfixed-wing aircraft and heli-copters in the flypast, mark-ing a significant shift froman inventory whollySoviet/Russian to one sig-nificantly diversified.

The indigenous anti-satellite weapon and gravi-ty-defying stunts by womenbikers of the CentralReserve Police Force(CRPF) took a bow. Absentperhaps for the first timewas a Gorkha-marchingcontingent though theKumaon Regiment inGorkha hats made up for it.But not quite. Altogether, 16marching contingents and22 tableaux comprised theparade. The tableau fromJammu & Kashmir was abrazen attempt to portray itas a normal State after theabrogation of Article 370and its demotion from afull-fledged State to a UnionTerritory. Both matters arenow in the Supreme Court.

As in the past, the climaxof the parade was the fly-past by the Indian Air Force(IAF). Most aircraft on theORBAT joined the show,which started with thenewly-arrived AmericanCH-47F Chinook heavy-lifthelicopter and the AH-64EApache attack helicopter.These were followed byMade in India Dorniers, C-130J Super Hercules specialoperations aircraft and thegame-changing strategicairlift C-17 Globemaster III.The Russian aircraft in theflypast included Sukhoi 30MKI, MiG 29 and Mi17medium-lift helicopters.

Making its debut in theflypast was the indigenous-ly-developed Netra airborneearly warning and controlsystem on a Brazilian

Embraer aircraft flanked bytwo Sukhoi MKIs, whichshould have pleased thechief guest, BrazilianPresident Jair Bolsonaro.British-made upgradedJaguars flew in formation asdid the MiG 29 fighters. Asalways, aerobatics were leftto a single Sukhoi 30 MKI,which appeared low andthen disappeared into a ver-tical shoot into cumulo-nimbus, distressing palpitat-ing hearts.

The Republic Dayparade did not end with theflypast but as has becomethe norm, with PrimeMinister Modi’s roadshow,walking down the Rajpath,accompanied by six Tata-made Range Rovers and 25dark-suited security person-nel carrying the briefcasewith nuclear security codes.Defence Minister RajnathSingh, anxious to leave, wasseen gesticulating towardsthe Modi cavalcade, virtual-ly enquiring if the march-past was over.

The Modi Governmenthas delivered on One Rank,One Pension (OROP),accelerated the constructionof NWM, conducted surgi-cal ground and airstrikesand appointed a CDS. These

are all pretty hefty achieve-ments. Speaking at a mediaconclave last week,Information andBroadcasting MinisterPrakash Javadekar listed theachievements of the ModiGovernment: Triple talaq,Article 370, Ram mandir,Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA), National PopulationRegister (NPR) andNational Register ofCitizens (NRC)… The max-imum applause he attractedwas from his reference tothe Balakot airstrikes. Yet,as the fiscal budget for2020-21 will show onSaturday, the investmentmade by the Governmenttowards defence modernisa-tion is to borrow a famousphrase by General Zia-ulHaq, “peanuts”, barely suf-ficient for the payment ofcarryover liabilities.

The truth is that the focusof the Government is onsymbolism and over time,further politicising the mili-tary. Like yesterday, even atthe annual National CadetCorps (NCC) parade atCariappa Parade Ground inNew Delhi, Modi made aninappropriate electionspeech. It was, therefore,heartening to see that thenew Army Chief, Gen MMNaravane, while briefingthe media before the ArmyDay, talked of theConstitution and itsPreamble, which is beingwidely read out by theyouth across the country inreaction to CAA. TheGeneral hinted that the mil-itary is not committed to theideology of any politicalparty in power. But the verynext week, during the ArmyDay parade, unsuspectinglyhe read out chapter andverse of Government-statedvirtues of nullifying Article370, a matter sub-judice inthe Supreme Court.

Later today, you will lis-ten to the solemn hymn andmelody, Abide With Me,bringing down the flag atthe Beating Retreat ceremo-ny, signalling the end of theannual January series ofparades, reflecting pomp,pageantry and pride.Momentarily banished, thisimmortal piece of musicwill, after all, be played.People protested against itsremoval in order to“Indianise” the ceremonybecause it was a Christianand colonial melody with-out knowing its relevanceto military tradition andcustoms. More absurdchanges were attempted inthe past.

The Union Budget hasalways been the reflection ofhow we prioritise and allocatelimited resources to the effortsof nation-building and nurtur-ing across sectors. While Indiahas set aspirational targetsregarding the 2030 SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDG) weare one of the nations with thelowest Government spendingon healthcare (less than twoper cent), with the highest bur-den of communicable diseaseslike Tuberculosis (TB) whilebearing an epidemiologicaltransition towards a crescendoof non-communicable dis-eases. India aspires to investabout 2.5 per cent of the GDPinto healthcare by 2025, whichis a lower target than the glob-al average of six per cent. Atthe same time we aspire to endthe epidemics of TB, AIDS andmalaria by 2030. In some wayswe are making progress andmoving forward but are weputting enough on the table?

Most of the SDG goals thatIndia aspires to achieve, as perthe NITI Aayog SDG Index,are aligned towards primarycare and human resources forhealth. It selects indicators forreducing maternal mortality,under-five mortality and TBburden while increasing immu-nisation coverage and humanresources for health. TheNational Health Mission,including rural and urban,(NRHM and NUHM) is thecore of the healthcare deliveryservices and thus will be theconduit to deliver on the prom-ises of better health. NRHMhas received a marginalincrease of seven per cent toreach Rs 27,039 crore whileNUHM was allocated Rs 950crore, a nine per cent increasefrom the previous year. A largepart of this Budget, Rs 1,550crore has been earmarked forthe development of Health andWellness Centres (HWCs).About 1.5 lakh HWCs envi-sioned for 2022 and 40,000centres to be built by 2019-20allow for about Rs 4 lakh percentre (considering both years’budgets), which is a pittancegiven the aspiration of infra-structure upgrade and man-power needed.

The Government claimsthat 28,500 HWCs have beenestablished and to strengthenthe primary and preventivecare foundations, there needsto be more focussed cash-flowand implementation at the firstlevel of contact with thepatients. On the optimisticside, there is a 94 per centincrease in ASHA benefitpackage (Rs 400 crore) whichis a great step towards ensuringdelivery at the last mile. ASHAworkers being the face ofalmost all health schemes andservices, this has the potentialto impact all four SDG IndiaIndex indicators.

Tertiary care schemes,however, have seen their fundsbeing jettisoned. The NationalProgramme for Prevention andControl of Cancer, Diabetes,Cardiovascular Diseases andStroke (NPCDCS) receivedonly Rs 175 crore as opposedto Rs 300 crore in 2017-18.Keeping in mind the increasingburden of non-communicablediseases and the focus onscreening at the HWCs, thereneeds to be a higher allocationof cash towards this pro-gramme.

The National MentalHealth Programme, which sawa budget estimate of Rs 50crore but a dismal revised esti-mate of Rs 5.5 crore in the pre-vious Budget, has againreceived a budget estimate ofonly Rs 40 crore. It remains tobe seen how much is finallyallocated to this programmebut as a nation we are stillneglecting mental health issuesthat are silently affectingeveryone across the socio-eco-nomic spectrum, from industri-alists to numerous college stu-dents.

The National CrimeRecords Bureau mentions thatin 2015, a whopping 8,934 stu-dent suicides were recorded inIndia. A much larger numbergoes unreported. It would beencouraging to see moreefforts made towards themuch-neglected mental healthdelivery system.

No discussion is completewithout perspectives on theAyushman Bharat (AB) insur-ance scheme. The previous twoBudgets saw a more than two-fold increase in commitmentfrom Rs 2,400 crore to Rs6,400 crore and it is fair toexpect that the allocation willincrease. While the initial planwas to cover 10 crore families,there have been aspirations tocover 50 crore. However, thechallenge here is not allocationof money but optimal utilisa-tion of it. While on one handdemand has been created,there is a deficit in the supplyof health services as well as areticence in current capacity ofhealthcare providers to partici-pate, given the challengingpricing of the health packages.

The massive demand andthe challenging prices claim-ing margins at scale can onlybe serviced by a greater supply

of the healthcare delivery task-force. This is also reflected inSDG 3.8 (human resources forhealth) and is the most criticalpiece of the healthcare puzzle,without which all other effortswill fall short. According tothe Global Health WorkforceAlliance, India falls in the cat-egory of countries with a “riskof severe crisis in availabilityof human resources forhealth.” Against the WHO-recommended 22.8 (revised44.5) qualified health profes-sionals per 10,000, India onlyhas 16 (adjusted for qualifica-tion) per 10,000. This massivegap is either completely un-serviced or is filled by quacks.

We have often seen falloutsof this in overpopulated,understaffed Government hos-pitals. Last year, scores of chil-dren died due to AcuteEncephalitis Syndrome inMuzaffarpur in Bihar. A condi-tion manageable by adequatemedical care, the deaths wereattributed to malnutrition ofthe children and poor logisticsin the hospital(s).

The issue of workforceshortage affects the entirehealth ecosystem but the gar-gantuan demand created byAB will highlight the chal-lenges much more, with ahigher relative demand-supplygap shaping up. Private hospi-tals that are not participating inthe specific health servicepackages or as a whole in ABare already saying that thehigh volume, low margin playis not realistic since they arelimited in capacity of skilledworkforce. In the absence of acommensurate health work-force, the hospitals will neverreach the scale at which thevolumes can be serviced sothat the low margins will makesense with the challengingprices.

In areas where fundamen-tal health infrastructure (bothpublic and private) itself islow, the scheme is bound tohave low adoption. This isreflected in minimum utilisa-tion of the scheme in theNorth-eastern States, Damanand Diu and Dadra and NagarHaveli, where the supply forhealth services is extremelylow. We need more doctors,nurses and allied staff withinstitutions to train them.Investments are requiredtowards building more publicinstitutions for training.

There has been only a 0.7per cent increase in the Budgetfor human resources for healthand medical education in thelast two years. Most of theBudget has been allocated toincreasing undergraduate seatsat existing institutes and post-graduate seats in district hospi-tals. The Budget for creatingnew medical colleges has beenreduced to Rs 2,000 crore, thelowest in the last three years. Ifwe increase seats in existingcolleges, without creating newones, we walk a thin line ofquality education trade offwith quantity as the number ofmedical college seats to num-ber of beds in its associatedhospital is a fixed ratio, main-tained to safeguard qualityeducation. It is here that theNITI Aayog has proposedallowing private medical col-leges to work with public dis-trict hospitals to generate moremedical seats in their paperScheme to link new and/orexisting private medical col-leges with functional districthospitals through PPP. Thiscould potentially be a way tobring in some numbers for theskill pool but needs carefulcraftsmanship to keep the pub-lic sentiments at the centre forcare delivery while allowingenough room for market forcesto sustain. Additionally, theoutlay for paramedical andallied health services has beendismal. The Budget for settingup state institutions for para-medical training has been apitiful Rs 20 crore, same as2018-19. Strengthening ofnursing services received onlyRs 64 crore while pharmacycolleges received a paltry Rs 5crore. The need for upskillingallied health skilled profes-sionals is more pressing nowthan ever, at the face ofabsolute and relative shortageof doctors to serve the impend-ing gargantuan demand. Itwould be encouraging to seethe same being reflected in thepecuniary commitments. Onlythen can we create an ecosys-tem of health services, publicand private, that can serve theambitions of the AB at thedesired nexus of quality andcost. Since health is still aState subject, the Centre’s con-tribution is limited to infra-structure development. With amore rights-based approach tohealth and the FinanceCommission’s recommenda-tions to move it to aConcurrent subject, in the nearfuture we can expect greateraccountability and thus higherbudgetary allocations by theCentre. Till that time, it needsto support the trailing Statesmore so that health infrastruc-ture can be built and marketsbe created for AB to find tak-ers.

Fix ailing healthcare sector

Debate key issues, don’t stall HouseMembers of

Parliament should not

fail in their basic duties

of legislation, scrutiny

of the Budget and hold-

ing the Government

accountable. After all,

the people have elected

them for this purpose

All eyes will be onthe Union Budget whichwill be presented at theend of this week onFebruary 1. The BudgetSession is all set tobegin with the custom-ary President’s addressto the joint session ofParliament on January31. The session isimportant because this iswhen the Parliamentscrutinises the fiscalproposals of theGovernment and votesfor the Budget.

There will be twophases of the BudgetSession, with the firstscheduled from January31 to February 11 andthe second from March2 to April 3. FinanceMinister NirmalaSitharaman, who will bepresenting her secondUnion Budget, wouldattempt to stage a rever-

sal of the sharp declinethat has gripped theeconomy and is expect-ed to announce a slew ofmeasures to boost it.According to officialdata, the GrossDomestic Product(GDP) is likely to shrinkto five per cent this fis-cal, the slowest pace inabout a decade. TheInternational MonetaryFund (IMF) has slashedIndia’s GDP growth rateto 4.8 per cent for thecurrent fiscal and 5.8 percent for 2020-21.Though fiscal indicatorssuggest that the econo-my will bounce back inthe first half of 2020, alot depends on theGovernment’s budgetaryannouncements. It islikely that the UnionGovernment may skipall populist measures tofocus on industry-spe-cific boosters.

Sitharaman hasalready announced cer-tain steps like support toexporters, the housingindustry, Micro andSmall Enterprises andNon-Banking FinancialCompanies. Some new

income tax slabs withsimple and fairer incometax, relaxation in Long-Term Capital Gain(LTCG) and relief inDividend DistributionTax (DDT) are alsoexpected.

Incidentally, the lastBudget Session was oneof the busiest in the lasttwo decades. Accordingto official data, bothHouses spent nearly halftheir time on legislativebusiness, passing 30Bills and working morethan 70 hours extra.

However, for all thisto happen, theParliament needs tofunction normally. In thelast decade, theParliament has not func-tioned well with severaldisruptions and adjourn-ments. Of late, someBills were even passedwithout discussion in theHouse. A total of 42Bills are pending beforethe Parliament to becleared during the forth-coming session. Willthis session be more pro-ductive and peaceful?Most probably not, inview of issues like the

economic downturn andthe resultant job losses,the CitizenshipAmendment Act (CAA),National Register ofCitizens (NRC), theNational PopulationRegister (NPR) and thecountrywide protestsplaguing the countryright now. The studentcommunity and civilsociety have shown theirapprehensions over thetwin measures with stu-dents taking a lead overothers. So these issuesare bound to top the listof the Opposition, withthe Congress Partyalready giving an indica-tion to this effect.

The second issuewhich the Opposition islikely to beat the NDAGovernment with is thesliding economy. TheOpposition could put theGovernment on the matfor the consistentdecline in the GDP asseveral macro indicatorssignalling recoveryreveal that it could takesome more time. TheFinance Minister has toaddress issues like thelack of jobs and decline

of growth in almost allsectors, including manu-facturing, civil aviation,agriculture, infrastruc-ture and banking.

The third area of con-cern is the state of affairsin the former State ofJammu and Kashmir.Though the Bill for itsbifurcation was passedin the last session, nor-malcy is yet to return inthe Valley and theCongress and other par-ties are likely to push fora discussion on the situ-ation. The Centre wantsto get the Personal DataProtection Bill passed,which will allow data tobe stored abroad withconsent and mirrorimages in India. A Bill tolink the Aadhaar to voteridentity cards for newvoters is also likely to beintroduced. The sale ofAir India is another con-troversial issue. Whilethe Government is look-ing at completing disin-vestment of Air India inthe current fiscal, half adozen AAI airports areto be bid out on a PPPmodel. It is not clearwhether the Opposition

will chalk out a jointstrategy to take on theGovernment or not. TheModi Government isbanking upon a dividedOpposition, which hashelped the Governmentpush through even con-tentious Bills like theabrogation of Article370 and the recent CAB,in the past. TheCongress wants to take aleadership role in unit-ing various political par-ties but there is resist-ance from major playerslike the TrinamoolCongress, BahujanSamaj Party and theSamajwadi Party. Itwould be better ifParliamentarians decideto debate key issuesinstead of walking outand making noisyscenes. In a democracy,a civilised discussionwould go a long way insolving problems. Themembers should not failin their basic duties oflegislation, scrutiny ofthe Budget and holdingthe Governmentaccountable. After all,the people have electedthem for this purpose.

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Dimple demands to ban PFI for funding, instigatingviolence in India by CAA, NRC agitation

Sat starts developmental

works in Kabir Nagar

TP CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, JAN. 29: Sunil

Dimple President Jammuwest assembly MovementLed a strong Protest onJanipur High Court Road,against the EU Parliamentfor debate and Voting in itsParliament on CAA, NRC.The Protest was also for theban and against PFI whichis funding the CAA, NRCProtest in Shaheen Bag.

Dimple said the CAA,NRC, are our internationalmatter and EU Has no role

in this. He appealed the PMModi to stop the EUParliament debate andVoting in its Parliament onCAA NRC.

Dimple demanded primeminister to ban PFI popularfront of India which isfunding and InstigatingViolence in Shaheen Bagh.He warned the anti Indiaelement slogans, separationof north east stats, Assamslogans in Shaheen BaghDehli.

Dimple welcomed the

arrest of Shajil Imamn andprotest held against antiIndia separation of northeast stats, Assam slogans inShaheen bag Dehli. Hedemanded to arrest all theleaders of the ShaheenBagh, PFI popular front ofIndia, who are funding antiCAA, NRC Violence andanti India elements raisingslogans of Tukdey Tukdeyof India and separation ofnorth east states, Assamfrom India in speeches atShaheen Bag.

Dimple demands thearrest of Shajil Imam theleader of the anti India ele-ments raising slogans ofTukdey Tukdey of Indiaand separation of north eaststates, Assam from India inspeeches at Shaheen Bag.He demanded seditioncharges and the immediatearrest of anti Indian ofShaheen Bagh agitators. Hedemanded to start NRC nonresidents citizens act fromJammu Kashmir as largenumber of illegal immi-grants from Pakistan,Bangladesh are settled inJammu Kashmir.

Dimple demanded Govtof India to Liberate POKGilgit, Baltistan fromPakistan and bring all theHindus from other coun-tries who are committingAtrocities religion conver-sions, rapes in Pakistan,Afghanistan, Mamynar,Bangladesh and from othercountries. He demanded thePM Narendra Modi andAmit shaha home ministerand central govt, for thedeportation of Rohangiyas,Bangladeshies.

The other leaders areManjeet Anand, Sachin Soi,Sat Pal Sharma, ShivKumar, Ajay, Om Parkash,Ashok Sharma, and manyothers.

TP CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, JAN. 29:

Former Minister and Ex-MLA Jammu West SatSharma (CA) started con-struction works for lane atKabir Nagar, PoonchHouse, Ward 40 in theAssembly segment. Sharmawas also accompanied byCorporator Ward 40Neelam Nargotra, MandalPresident Keshav Chopra,JMC (Jammu MunicipalCorporation) officials, localresidents and politicalactivists of the area.

The works will be doneunder the supervision ofJMC at an estimated cost ofRupees 5.24 lakhs and thefunds were allotted to theCorporator from JMCunder the stage works.

Speaking on the occa-sion, Sat Sharma said that itwas a long pending demandas before the constructionworks for Deep Drain(Nullah) were taken up inthe area which led to deteri-oration of the lane and wascausing a lot of chaos forthe inhabitants and thecommuters. He stated thatafter the works were donethere was a dire need toconstruct the lane as thepeople living in the localityand passing through thelane experienced lots of dif-ficulties and keeping inview the sentiments of thepublic, the works had to be

taken up in order to avoidpublic distress.

He also stated that noward of Jammu West is leftbehind in terms of develop-ment and wherever neces-sary, concerned depart-ments are asked to redresspublic grievances at the ear-liest so that a proper infraand services could be pro-vided to the public.

Neelam Nargotra appre-ciated the efforts of FormerMLA and stated that croresof Rupees were spent ondevelopmental works in theWard on the recommenda-tion of Former MLA whichimproved the scenario ofRoads, Water supply, Powersupply, Sanitation andmany other things which

has helped a lot in makingWard 40 a clean ward. Shealso stated that more devel-opmental works will betaken up in coming days toprovide best possible infrato masses.

Keshav stated thatJammu West touchedextraordinary heights underthe leadership of FormerMLA and will contiunue toshine more in comingtimes.

Puneet Mahajan, JaideepSambyal, Vinod Wazir,Yash Pal shivgotra,Paramjeet Kour, SachinNargotra, Rahul Nargotra,Sahil Koul, Omji, RajeshSaini, Kaka Dubey, MaheshChoudhary and severalothers were also present.

GSCASH, SMVDU

Organises Lecture on

"Women and Law"TP CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, JAN. 29:

GSCASH of Shri MataVaishno Devi Universityinvited Mrs. Sonia Gupta,Registrar Judicial, HighCourt Wing, Jammu for aninvited talk on "Womenand Law" where thespeaker delivered aninformative lecture onlegal rights of women.

The event was attendedby faculty members, staffand students. At the outset,Dr. Chairperson,GSCASH, welcomed theesteemed guest.

Mrs. Gupta briefed theaudience about variouslaws related to sexualharassment, dowry, rape,and others. She alsoexplained how with thehelp of such laws a womancan safeguard herself athome and workplace.

Also, she raised herconcerned over the misuseof such laws by somewomen. Vice-Chancellor,SMVDU, Prof. RK Sinhathanked the invited speak-er for her informative talk,and presented her memen-to as a token of gratitude.A formal vote of thankspresented by Dr. IshaMalhotra, Member,GSCASH.

SKUAST-TAJ urged UT Govt forrechristening of SKUAST-J as JAU

TP CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, JAN. 29: A high

level meeting was heldbetween the office bearersof SKUAST- TeachingAssociation Jammu(SKUAST-TAJ) in whichthe association discuss theissue regarding the changein the name of only farmand professional varsity ofJammu Division. PresidentSKUAST-TAJ, Dr. VikasSharma informed that com-mon name of two varsitiesin the same UnionTerritory-Sher-e-KashmirUniversity of AgriculturalSciences & Technology ofJammu (SKUAST-J) andSher-e-Kashmir Universityof Agricultural Sciences &Technology of Kashmir(SKUAST-K) is creating alot of controversies andconfusions among themasses. Therefore, rechris-tening of SKUAST-J asJammu AgriculturalUniversity is very essentialfor its separate identity atNational level and also thisname is easily pronouncedand easily identified atglobal level. Dr. Sharmainformed that the peoplewho fought for making thisInstitution as a separateasset of Jammu still doesn'temotionally attached withthe nomenclature assignedto this agricultural varsity.People of Jammu need sep-arate identity of thisInstitution in the name ofJammu itself and rechris-

tening of SKUAST-J asJammu AgriculturalUniversity will be a goodconfidence measure for thepeople of Jammu, whohave struggled a lot for thisAgricultural University.Moreover, there is a strongresentment among thefarming community, civilsociety and intellectuals ofJammu region regardingthe nomenclature of thisagricultural varsity. Theyhave the opinion that theiridentity is suppressed byprefixing the name Sher-e-Kashmir beforeAgricultural University ofJammu and they have highaspirations that they shallbe identified by the namethat itself represents all thecultures and values prevail-ing in their Jammu regionand their identity can berecognized at National andInternational level.

Dr Vivak M Arya,General Secretary of theassociation stressed thatSKUAST-K being an oldAgricultural Institution ispreferred at State /Territorylevel as for the approval ofat least three more facultiesand one division,SKUAST-J is still awaitingnod of the AgricultureProduction Department andthe Planning Departmentsince 2005 notwithstandingthe detailed and point-wisejustification of the proposalas well as reply to all thequeries with regard to

required staff strength andbudget estimates for thesame. The request ofSKUAST Jammu has beenhanging fire for 15 longyears, SKUAST Kashmirhas added five more facul-ties to its strength

S K U A S T- K a s h m i ralways preferred atNational level overSKUAST-Jammu as mostof the times in the pastfunds of SKUAST-Jammuare being transferred toSKUAST-Kashmir fromICAR and it consumes a lotof effort, energy and time tobring back the funds of ouruniversity that will furtherdelay the process to bringthe latest technologies tothe door steps of farmers infar flung areas.

Hence, SKUAST -Teaching AssociationJammu (SKUAST-TAJ)has raised a demand regard-ing the change in the nameof this only farm and pro-fessional University ofJammu division. Further,teaching association hasconstituted a committeecomprised of Dr. VinodGupta, Dr Narinder Panotraand Dr. Sanjay Khajuria toprepare a detail report forrechristening ofAgricultural University andactively take up the issuewith the concerned quar-ters. The meeting wasattended by Dr. P.K. Rai,Dr. Devinder Sharma, Dr.Rajeev Bharat and others.

SIF, BPL, SSC organized 2nd

Annual Business Meet at PatnitopTP CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, JAN. 29:Saarang International Food& Beverages Pvt. Ltd. andits C&F for J&K UT, M/sSantosh Sales Corporationorganized Its 2nd AnnualBusiness Meet today atPatnitop under the Brandname "Mahi" in which alldealers alongwith otherguests and stake holders ofthe Company were present.Mr. Sunil Setia, ManagingDirector of the Companyand Mr. Vinod Bhat,Managing Director, M/sSantosh Sales Corporation,Warehouse Jammu, C&Ffor Jammu and Kashmir UTwere present on the occa-sion. The companylaunched new range ofproducts which include"Green Apple Fizz" and"Tetra Pack 200ml Anaar"on the occasion. "GreenApple Fizz" is the onlyproduct by "Mahi" with nocompetitor in open marketunder the said category andthe Company hopes excel-lent sale of the product inthe current financial year",said Mr. Sunil Setia,Managing Director, SaarangInternational Food &Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Sunil Setia reiterated thatthe Company shall nevercompromise on the qualitystandards of its products

and only fresh availablecrop and sulpher-less sugarare used in the manufactur-ing of beverage products.He said that the Companywas established with thevision to cater to Indianprocessed fruit products todomestic and Internationalmarkets. The Companymaintains quality at everypoint to give the customersthe real joy of enjoyingfreshness of fruits and theCompany is committed toprovide its customers withworld class fruit beverages,and the same are manufac-tured in ISO 22000 certifiedenvironment. We takeimmense care in selectingingredients, testing, qualityanalysis and perform sam-pling tests for every batchmanufactured, said Mr.Setia, MD of theCopmpany. He alsoinformed that the Companyhas established its networkin 21 states across theCountry and has alsomarked its presence in 14Countries across the globe.Mr. Setia praised the role ofM/s Santosh SalesCorporation in establishingthe network presence of theCompany in the J&K UTand appreciated Mr. VinodBhat for organizing such awonderful and fruitful eventin a popular Hill Station inrelaxed environment.

Mayor tours in the oldJammu city areas

TP CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, JAN. 29:

Continuing the drive to pro-vide better development aswell as basic facilities tothe people of Jammu city.Chander Mohan GuptaMayor, Jammu MunicipalCorporation todayon29/01/2020 conducted anextensive tour of Peer Kho& its adjoining areas ofWard No. 3 alongwithRajesh Gupta Ex MLA,Vinay Gupta BJP DisttPresident, Narotam SharmaCouncilor of Ward No.3,Gopal Gupta Councilor ofWard No. 5 K.K KandhariSenior BJP leader & otherprominent citizens of oldJammu city as well asMahant of Peer Kho templeand K.S Chib, Director,Floriculture Parks &Gardens Jammu, ArunGupta XEN JMC AnilGupta AEE, JMC, con-cerned Junior engineer,filed staff of various sectionof JMC. Mayor started thewalkway from Peer Khotemple upto Panjthirti areaalongside of river Tawiwhich will be constructedat the estimate cost of Rs4.24 crore. This is the pres-tigious project of Jammucity lying pending and willbe executed by Jammu

Municipal Corporationunder Amrut scheme withinthe shortest period of timeas told by Mayor to thegatherings. When this path-way get completed peopleof Jammu city can payobeisance in the differenttemples of Narsima temple,Chandra Gufa, ChintpuraniTemple adjoining Peer Khotemple and enjoy morn-ing/evening walk freelyfrom Peerkho towardsPanjthirthi and it willbecome a best tourist spotalso for the tourists. Mayoralso directed the DirectorFloriculture who wasaccompanying the tour toplant more & more saplings

and seasonal flowers,alongwith said pathwaynear the Tawi River tomake the environment ecofriendly so that pilgrimswho visits in large numbersin the ancient Peerkho tem-ple can take benefit ofgreenery. He also directedthe sanitation & electricalsection to maintain bettersanitation & street lights onthe coming holy festival ofMaha Shivratri and appealthe people do not throwplastics, polythene & otherwaste around the Peer Khotemple and in the riverTawi. Mayor also visitedAggarwati manufacturingunit at Peerkho installed byJammu MunicipalCorporation in collabora-tion with Red cross societyJammu where Aggarwatiesare being manufactured bythe active lady workersfrom flowers collected byJammu MunicipalCorporation from differenttemples of Jammu city ondaily basis. This is majorproject started by the deptt.and this a well come stepand has got lot of apprecia-tion from all walks of life.

Photo by Ajay

JU SC/ST body urges LG to allow

Reservation in Promotion TP CORRESPONDENT

JAMMU, JAN. 29: TheJammu University SC/STEmployees Associationwhich held its meeting heretoday appealed theLieutenant Governor GirishChander Murmu to disbandthe earlier advisory issued bythe erstwhile StateGovernment for blocking thepromotional quota meant ofreserved category employeesin services, and order for fill-ing the same with eligiblecategory employees whohave waiting for their promo-tions under the reserved cate-gory for a long-long timecould occupy their next high-er posts. Adding further itmaintained that the SupremeCourt has since allowed thereservation in promotion andthe Parliament too has passedthe law to this effect. TheAssociation also urged theVice-Chancellor ProfessorManoj K. Dhar to kindly lookinto its Charter of Demandsdated November 27, 2019and take an early action toresolve its long drawn burn-ing issues enshrined therein.Besides, the Associationdemanded adequate compen-sation for Ms Rohika Heerwho had to incur huge aca-demic loss on account ofdenial of admission to M.Ed.Regular Course.

Photo by Vivek

DFSS protest againstattack on media

TP CORRESPONDENTJAMMU, JAN. 29: Gupta

condemned the alleged attackon News Nation consultingeditor Deepak Chaurasia byprotesters at Shaheen Bagh.

The workers of DograFront & Shiv Sena under theleadership of President AshokGupta took out a massiveprotest rally in Jammu cityagainst the mishandling &not allowing media at theShaheen Bagh protest inDelhi.

Ashok Gupta said it isextremely concerned aboutthe repeated instances of vio-lence directed at journalists inthe line of duty at ShaheenBagh. The most recent attackon senior journalist DeepakChaurasia and his cameracrew at Shaheen Bagh, whichwas recorded on camera,reflects the growing hostilityof some of those at ShaheenBagh towards journalistsunwilling to toe their line,"

He further stated that theeditor in chief of Zee NewsSudheer Chaudhry & Deepak

Chaurasia were not allowedto enter the Shaheen Baghprotest premises. He said thateven when there was a article370 in Kashmir media wasnever stopped from coverage.

During the most worsttimes in a democracy theEMERGENCY media wasstill allowed to cover thenews and report it but atShaheen Bagh when thereporters tried to enter theywere stopped and harassedclaiming that they are perpe-trators. He further demandedimmediate police actionagainst those who have per-petrated the violence andseeks solidarity among allmembers of the Indian media

against this relentless attackon reporters. Chaurasia,Doordarshan reporterNitendra Singh and theirteam of camera persons weremanhandled by a group ofprotesters at the site andphysically prevented fromdischarging their journalisticduties. A Times of Indiaphoto journalist was alsoreportedly threatened bysome protesters while he wastaking shots around the loca-tion of the agitation.

Violence and use of forceagainst journalists under-mines media freedom andneeds to be condemned in thestrongest terms by one andall.

Photo by Vivek

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Centre Asks ULFA(I) To Join NortheastPeace Talks, Leave Path Of ViolenceNEW DELHI:

Following the signing ofthe Bodo Peace Accord,Assam Cabinet MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarmaasked the United LiberationFront of Assam(Independent) factionleader Paresh Barua toreturn to India and join theongoing peace talks. MrSarma said the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi-leg government has put allthe peace initiatives in theNortheast on a "fast-track"mode.

"We appeal Paresh Baurato leave the path of vio-

lence, we want him toreturn and join the peaceprocess. ULFA peaceprocess is in an advancedstage and his presence willensure a comprehensivesettlement just like the newBodoland accord," said MrSarma.

Mr Sarma, also the NorthEast Democratic Alliance(NEDA) convenor, said thatUnion Home Minister AmitShah had clearly said onMonday that if the ULFA(Independent) faction isready for negotiations, then"the Centre is more thanwilling to hold talks withthem."

The government onMonday signed an accordwith the NationalDemocratic Front ofBodoland - the banned mil-itant group in Assam -bringing to an end thedecades-long statehoodmovement which saw muchbloodshed.

Mr Sarma claimed thatwith the Bodoland accord,the demand of a separateBodoland has been resolvedand soon other contentiouspeace negotiations in theNortheast, like the Nagapeace accord, will besigned. He said that inBodoland, the contentionsof Bodos and non-Bodoswill be handled by a two-pronged strategy -- theBodos outside theBodoland region will getsatellite councils and thenon-Bodos can opt out ofthe Bodoland Territorialregion (BTR).

"This agreement wouldbring permanent peacesince those left out in lasttwo accord like the NDFBand the ABSU are key sig-natories here. ABSU hasbrought the Bodo civil soci-ety along. This is a compre-hensive deal where it has

been mandated that Assam'sterritorial integrity isintact," Mr Sarma added.

The minister said thereare major concerns on howto bring the Bodos who liveoutside the Bodolandregion under the ambit ofthe deal without changingboundaries and exclude thenon-Bodo villages whodon't want to be a part ofthe Bodoland TerritorialCouncil (BTC) any longer.

"For this, we will havesatellite council, smallerones, to address thoseBodos. Similarly, a com-mission will be set up head-ed by a retired GauhatiHigh court judge who willframe rules and decide onhow those Bodo villageswhich are outside the BTCcan be part of BTR and howthe non-Bodo villages canget excluded" Mr Sarmaadded.

He said the governmentis closing in on the Nagapeace deal in Nagaland, theNLFT talks have advancedin Tripura and the Chakmacommunity issue inArunachal Pradesh will besolved with a newapproach.

The pro-talk faction ofULFA, led by ArabindaRajkhowa, is engaging indialogues with the Centreand this will continue. "Butfor permanent peace to pre-vail, it is necessary that alloutfits and their factionscome to the negotiatingtable," the minister said.

"Only in Assam, youhave the Paresh Barua fac-tion of ULFA active and inManipur, several groups areactive. We appeal to themto move forward for talks.There is no question fordirect amnesty for the sur-rendered militants in theircase and the justice systemwill decide...

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"Pick A Place": Asaduddin Owaisi Takes

Up Anurag Thakur's Election SloganNEW DELHI: Hyderabad

politician Asaduddin Owaision Tuesday threw an openchallenge to Union MinisterAnurag Thakur over the con-troversial "Goli Maaro" (shootthem) slogan that he promptedthe crowd to chant at an elec-tion rally in Delhi this week.

"I challenge you AnuragThakur, to pick a place in Indiawhere you will shoot me and Iam ready to come there. Yourstatements will not create fearin my heart because our moth-ers and sisters have come out inlarge numbers on the roads.They have decided to save thecountry," the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) leader said, accord-

ing to news agency ANI.Mr Thakur, the junior

finance minister, was served ashow-cause notice by theElection Commission onWednesday, seeking hisresponse for urging a crowd atan election rally in Delhi to say

"Goli Maaro" - or shoot downtraitors - in a widely-sharedvideo. The poll body said that itsuggests the remarks had the"potential of disturbing com-munal harmony and aggravat-ing the existing differencesbetween social and religious

communities".The Election Commission

said the BJP MP had violatedthe election code and electorallaw and asked him to reply bynoon on Thursday, "failingwhich the commission shalltake a decision without any ref-erence to you". Campaigningfor the BJP candidate inRithala in North West Delhi forthe February 8 Delhi election,Anurag Thakur was seenprompting "desh ke gaddaronko...", to which the crowdresponds "...goli maaro sa***nko"; the entire chant translatesto "shoot down the traitors whobetray the country". The videowas taken at a rally on Monday.Mr Thakur never actually says

the controversial part of theslogan, but clearly eggs on thecrowd and claps his hands ashe gets the response he wants.Asked who he believed werethe "traitors" who need to beshot down, a defiant Mr Thakurtold reporters: "First youshould watch the entire video...Then you should see the moodof the people of Delhi." The"Goli Maaro..." slogan, that hasbeen used by BJP supporters astheir latest rallying cry againstso-called "anti-national ele-ments", was also heard duringthe attack on students and staffat Delhi's prestigiousJawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) earlier this month, inwhich 34 were injured.

NEW DELHI: A finaljoint resolution is ready fordebate in the EuropeanParliament today and tomor-row on India's citizenshiplaw, which has been put for-ward by 560 of the parlia-ment's 751 MPs. A votecould take place tomorrowafternoon on the resolutionthat says the CitizenshipAmendment Act (CAA) is"discriminatory and danger-ously divisive".

The resolution, put up byfive different groups of MPs,calls on the government ofIndia to engage with varioussections of the population inpeaceful dialogue and torepeal what it calls the dis-criminatory amendments,which violates India's inter-national obligations. Itwarns against "increasingnationalism which hasresulted in the fueling ofreligious intolerance anddiscrimination againstMuslims".

The MPs express worrythat the National Register ofCitizens (NRC) - an exerciseto identify illegal immi-grants - marks a dangerousshift in the way citizenshipwill be determined in India,and may create a large-scalestatelessness crisis and causeimmense human suffering.

The resolution also saysthe "protests that broke outaround India, particularly onuniversity campuses, inresponse to the adoption ofthe CAA were met with abrutal crackdown by securi-ty forces". It says: "Indianauthorities have also usedinternet shutdowns andplaced limits on publictransportation to preventpeaceful protests; whereasreports have emerged ofhundreds of protesters beingbeaten, shot at or tortured, inparticular in Uttar Pradesh".Shutting down internet com-munications, the resolutionsays, is a violation of thefundamental right to accessinformation. The resolutionalso makes a specific refer-

ence to the arrest of humanrights activists like AkhilGogoi and Sadaf Jafar.

Indian officials have saidthe CAA is an internal mat-ter of India and that the lawwas passed by India's demo-cratically elected parlia-ment. The government hasalso denied emphaticallythat the law is discriminato-ry and says it only seeks tofast-track citizenship forpersecuted minorities.

European Parliament res-olutions don't affect thedecisions of the EuropeanCouncil or EuropeanCommission, but the timingis awkward, with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi setto visit Brussels in Marchfor an India-EU summit.

"They Will Rape, Kill": Delhi BJP MP'sShocker On Shaheen Bagh Protesters

Debate on CAA In European Parliament

Today, Possible Vote Tomorrow

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mid-way through hisspeech in the Keralaassembly on Wednesday,Governor Arif MohammadKhan paused for a secondand made an announce-ment.

"I'm going to read this parabecause the Chief Ministerwants me to read this.Although I hold the viewthis doesn't come underpolicy or programme.Chief Minister has saidthis is the view of govern-ment, and to honour hiswish I'm going to read thispara," he said.

Prepared by the LeftDemocratic Front (LDF)government, the speechthat marked the beginningof the Budget Session ofthe assembly included crit-icism of the controversialCitizenship AmendmentAct (CAA).

Over the last few days, thegovernor has been at oddswith the state governmentand the opposition on theissue. The opposition hasdemanded that the gover-nor be recalled followinghis support to the CAA andrepeated criticism of the

assembly's resolutionagainst the law.

On Wednesday, dramaticscenes unfolded in theassembly as oppositionCongress-led UnitedDemocratic Front (UDF)MLAs blocked the gover-nor when Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan andSpeaker PSreeramakrishnan usheredhim in for presenting thepolicy address.

Marshals in the Keralaassembly had to form ahuman chain to let thegovernor reach the daisand deliver the speech asopposition MLAs heldplacards and shouted "GoBack" slogans.

Though the Chief Ministerand the Speaker repeatedlytried to pacify the opposi-tion members, they refusedto relent and continuedheckle Mr Khan.

After nearly 10 minutes ofprotest, marshals removedthe opposition membersusing force and cleared thegovernor's way to the dais.

As soon as the governorreached the dais, thenational anthem wasplayed but the opposition

MLAs gathered in the cen-tre of the house andresumed the slogans onceit ended.

When Mr Khan began hisaddress, the oppositionmembers walked out of theassembly hall andlaunched a sit-in protest atthe gates of the assembly.

"The governor is acting as atool of the BJP and (its ide-ological mentor) RSS. Andnow Left and Governorhave become bhai-bhai(brothers)," RameshChennithala, Leader of theOpposition, said. Lastweek Kerala became thefirst state to move theSupreme Court against theCAA, which promises citi-zenship to only non-Muslim refugees fromAfghanistan, Pakistan andBangladesh. On Sunday,the ruling LDF organised amammoth 620-km humanchain as a mark of protest.

The law has been called dis-criminatory by the opposi-tion which says it can beused along with theplanned National Registerof Citizens or NRC to tar-get Muslims who cannotprove their lineage.

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FC Goa's Junior Gaurs spend a joyful

evening with team's star playersNEW DELHI: It was a

moment to cherish andremember for the 66young boys and girls whomade it to the JuniorGaurs 2020 event at theBambolim AthleticStadium in Goa.The FCGoa Junior Members linedup in large numbers andwere provided a uniqueopportunity to meet, clickpictures and play gameswith their favourite FCGoa stars and left withmemories that will last fora long time. The event waskicked off with the pres-ence of Philly, the FC Goamascot, who was greetedwith loud cheers by thekids and posed for photo-graphs with the excitedchildren. The kids were attheir loudest soon after, asFC Goa stars Edu Bedia,Mohamed Ali, CarlosPena and Mourtada Fallmade their way in. Thechildren proceeded tohave a question andanswer session with theplayers, after which they

were given a chance toclick pictures and getautographs from the play-ers.The excitement didn'tstop there, as the kids wereushered out onto the pitch,where they lined up inteams behind Edu, Ali,Pena and Fall for a race.After the fun activities anddrills were completed, thekids were providedrefreshments and saidtheir final goodbyes to theplayers.

The event was a majorsuccess owing to theexcitement and enjoymentexpressed by the youngboys and girls, and theactive participation thistime around suggests thatfuture events such as thisone will be just as fun andexciting.

For those who missedthe event, there is stillgood news. They can reg-ister their children as FCGoa Junior members onfcgoa.in/junior to enjoysimilarly curated experi-ences with the Gaurs.

Drishti Lifeguards celebrated on

Indian Idol Republic Day specialNEW DELHI: The

often unsung hero of theshore - the lifeguard -received much deservedappreciation and were cel-ebrated for their contribu-tion in the Republic Dayspecial episode of IndianIdol. Drishti's Lifeguardswere chosen by Sony TVas one of the country'sunsung heroes to berecognised on the popularnational talent - showIndian Idol, as part of itsRepublic Day specialwhich was aired onSunday, 26th January2020. The lifeguards satshoulder to shoulder withother extraordinary menof courage. The episodepaid tribute not only to theArmy and CRPF forces,but also to those whowork unseen to keep thepublic safe. The firstresponder emergency ser-vicemen - lifeguards, fire-fighters, ambulance per-

sonnel and others werefelicitated in the specialepisode. 13 lifeguards rep-resenting the force in Goaand Mumbai were presentat the show.Said RaviShankar, ExecutiveDirector, Drishti Marine,"The lifeguards whoattended from Goa andMumbai belong to thededicated and responsibleteam who have continuedto work and rescue, neverabandoning their posts tokeep the beaches safe.They thoroughly enjoyedthis well-earned celebra-tion of their hard work ona national platform."Indian Idol is hosted bysinger Aditya Narayan.The judges are NehaKakkar along with VishalDadlani and HimmeshReshammiya. Drishti'sefficient and focused life-guard force mans thecoastal beach stretch inparts of Goa and Mumbai.

Jagan Reddy Faces Trouble From Family,

Cousin Goes To Court Over Murder

H Y D E R A B A D :Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister YSJaganmohan Reddy isfacing embarrassmentfrom within his familywith his cousin going tothe High Court in con-nection with the murderof her father in Marchlast year.

Jagan Reddy's uncle,former MP YSVivekananda Reddy, wasfound murdered at hishome in Kadapa a littlebefore elections in thestate. His daughterSunitha Narreddy haspublicly expressed doubtabout the "conduct" ofseveral people, not spar-ing even the ChiefMinister, her cousin.

Sunitha Narreddy has

questioned the investiga-tion into the murder bythe Special InvestigationTeam (SIT) of the statepolice and questionedwhy her cousin has nothanded over the case tothe CBI after coming topower.

Just after the murderlast year, Jagan Reddy -then opposition leader --had demanded a CBIinvestigation insistingthat local police couldnot be trusted on thenChief MinisterChandrababu Naidu'swatch.

Ms Narreddy hasasked why a second SITwas constituted and whythe probe is now headedby a Superintendent ofPolice instead of theAdditional DirectorGeneral of Police. Seniorpolice officer AbhishekMohanty, who headedthe probe earlier, hasgone on long leave.

She has also pointedfingers at several familymembers in connectionwith her father's murder.

"Bullet, Not Biryani" For Anurag Thakur'sDetractors: Karnataka Minister

New Delhi: KarnatakaMinister CT Ravi has backedUnion Minister AnuragThakur after he was caughton video urging people at aDelhi election rally to "golimaaro" (gun down) traitors".In a tweet posted Tuesdayafternoon, CT Ravi lashesout at Mr Thakur's criticsand said they should "getbullet(s) not biryani". Hewent on to accuse MrThakur's critics of "spread-ing lies" against the contro-versial citizenship law andsupporting the "tukde tukdegang".

"Those attacking UnionMoS Anurag Thakur for hisstatement against traitors arethe ones who opposed deathto terrorists Ajmal Kasab andYakub Memon; supportedTukde Tukde Gang; spreadlies against #CAA. Anti-nationals should get bulletnot biryani," CT Ravi, a min-ister in the BJP-ruledKarnataka Cabinet, declared.

The "bullet not biryani"comment by CT Ravi waslikely a reference to a claimby Uttar Pradesh ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanaththat while his party had beenkilling terrorists, the

Congress fed them biryani;the Chief Minister was refer-ring to reports that 26/11 ter-rorist Ajmal Kasab wasallegedly provided "muttonbiryani" in jail on hisdemand.

Faced with unrelentinganger over the CitizenshipAmendment Act, or CAA,the BJP has sought to fightthe Delhi election with a nar-rative accusing the opposi-tion - led by the Congress -of being "anti-national" andthreatening national security- a tactic used in last year'sLok Sabha elections.

Union Law Minister RaviShankar Prasad led thecharge this week, hitting outat Congress's Rahul Gandhiand Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal for "stand-ing with the tukde tukdegang (a term used by right-wing parties to attack Left-backed groups and support-ers)" and backing the ShahenBagh protesters.

Mr Prasad's statementechoed tweets by BJP chiefJP Nadda, who accused MrKejriwal of "supportingthose who want to breakIndia". Meanwhile, Anurag

Thakur has been served anElection Commission noticefor chanting the first half of aslogan - "desh ke gaddaronko" - that concludes with thecall "goli maaro sa***n ko";the chant translates as "shootdown traitors who betray thecountry".

The poll body said primafacie the remarks had the"potential of disturbing com-munal harmony and aggra-vating existing differencesbetween social and religiouscommunities".

A reply has been sought by12 pm on January 30.

If found guilty Mr Thakurwill become the second BJPleader to be pulled up aheadof next month's Assemblyelections after former AAPMLA Kapil Misha; lastmonth Mr Mishra had alsobeen caught on cameraappearing to chant the sameslogan, but in its entirety.

Delhi will vote February8, with results due February11.

Is India Always 'On' At work? -Michael Page India Report

NEW DELHI: Achievingthe perfect equilibriumamong personal, profes-sional and family life hasbecome a day-to-day taskfor the modern Indianworkforce. The advance-ment of technology hasaddressed some of theseissues by enhancingremote connectivity andaccessibility around theclock.The India @ Workreport from globalrecruitment specialist -Michael Page India hasidentified various factorson how employees aredealing with demandingbusiness conditionswhile making time fortheir personal life.

This survey was conductedamong 585 Gen-Y's fromvaried sectors and seniorlevels across India.InIndia, work-life balanceplays a key role inemployees' performanceat work and organisations

have acknowledged thisas an important factor inreducing the attritionrate. The report analyseshow employees carvequality time out of theirwork weeks for family orto free up their mind toincrease productivity.

The research indicates thatapart from the scope ofresponsibilities and tasksin the workplace, otherfactors such as commut-ing, employee-employerrelationship and flexi-environment all affect theproductivity of theemployees. 98% ofrespondents feel that thatbeing on good terms withbosses and colleaguescan improve productivi-ty.

Comparing workplace rela-tionships, 77% regardcolleagues as friends ver-sus only 43% who con-sider their managers asfriends. Mobile devices

such as laptops, smart-phones and tablets pro-vided by companiesboast a positive impact.37% spend time in theoffice scrolling throughtheir social media feed.LinkedIn ranked as themost influential socialmedia platform.Expressing his views onwork-life balance, MohitBharti, Regional Directorat Michael Page Indiasays, "The growing 'al-ways-on' work cultureamong millennials hascost employees theirmental health undermin-ing the quality of work.Performance pressureand fear of losing jobsare the major reasons forextensive stress beyondwork hours. Identifyingmultiple ways to addresssuch problems hasbecome critical foremployees as well asorganisations."

NEW DELHI: With theUnion Budget only threedays away, former FinanceMinister P Chidambaram hitout at Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and his gov-ernment this morning overthe state of the economy,highlighting shortfall in taxrevenues and a sharpincrease in retail inflation.The Congress leader alsotook a swipe at the PrimeMinister over his BJP's cam-paign tactics for nextmonth's Delhi Assemblyelection, urging them torefrain from "abuse and rhet-oric" and explain to voterswhy "achhe din (good days)has not arrived after 6years". Mr Chidambaram,who is currently out on bailafter spending more than 100days in Delhi's Tihar Jail inconnection with the INXMedia scam case, has fre-quently targeted PM Modiand the central governmentover the slowdown in theeconomy; earlier this monthhe criticised the BJP over a"sliding economy" andwarned of "youth and stu-dents exploding in anger".

"Since the PM and hisminister seem cut off fromreality, here are three thingsthey can speak about in theDelhi elections...

CPI has increased from 2per cent in Jan 2019 to 7.35per cent in Dec 2019. Taxrevenues will fall short ofbudget estimates by Rs 2.5lakh crore in 2019-20. Therewill be sharp expenditurecuts in programmes meantfor SC, ST, OBC, minoritiesand women & children," thesenior politician tweeted.

"People want to hear factsabout the economy, notabuse and rhetoric. Peoplewant to know why achhe dinhas not arrived after 6years," he added.

Last month was the thirdstraight in which consumerinflation - the rate ofincrease in consumer prices -remained above the ReserveBank's medium-term targetof 4 per cent, dashing hopesof further monetary easing ata time when growth has fall-en to its lowest in more thansix years.

In a series of sharply-worded tweets MrChidambaram had taken aimover inflation figures and the"achhe din" promise (a cam-paign slogan during 2014Lok Sabha election) thentoo, writing: "Food inflationat 14.12 per cent. Vegetableprices are up 60 per cent.Onion prices are over Rs 100per kg. This is the achhe din

promised by the BJP."Mr Chidambaram's cam-

paign advice to the BJPcomes amid the party's deci-sion to focus its Delhi elec-tion strategy on the anti-citi-zenship law protests inShaheen Bagh, even as theruling AAP claims achieve-ments in education, women'ssafety, healthcare and publictransportation, among oth-ers.

Earlier this month PMModi met top economist andexperts to discuss ways torevive the economy, amidconfirmation by his govern-ment that growth for the cur-rent financial year had beentrimmed to 5 per cent, thelowest in 11 years.

Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman, who will pres-ent the budget on Saturday,did not attend the meet,which included HomeMinister Amit Shah, a factthe Congress pointed out.

Ms Sitharaman will haveto walk a tight-rope with theUnion Budget, given areported Rs 2 lakh croreshortfall in tax collectionsleaving little room to offerany meaningful reduction inpersonal income tax rates;she announced tax cuts forcorporates in September butthat failed to boost growth.

"3 Things To Speak ...": P Chidambaram's

Advice To PM Before Delhi Polls

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JAMMU, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 20207 HEALTH

Normal blood pressure isvital to life. Without thepressure that forces ourblood to flow around the cir-culatory system, no oxygenor nutrients would be deliv-ered through our arteries tothe tissues and organs.

However, blood pressurecan become dangerouslyhigh, and it can also get toolow.

In this article, we will dis-cuss what blood pressure is,how it is measured, and whatthe measurements mean forour health.

What is blood pressure?Blood pressure is what

allows oxygen and nutrientsto move through our circula-tory systems.

Blood pressure is the forcethat moves blood throughour circulatory system.

It is an important forcebecause oxygen and nutri-ents would not be pushedaround our circulatory sys-tem to nourish tissues andorgans without blood pres-sure.

Blood pressure is alsovital because it deliverswhite blood cells and anti-bodies for immunity, andhormones such as insulin.

Just as important as pro-viding oxygen and nutrients,the fresh blood that getsdelivered is able to pick up

the toxic waste products ofmetabolism, including thecarbon dioxide we exhalewith every breath, and thetoxins we clear through ourliver and kidneys.

Blood itself carries a num-ber of other properties,including its temperature. Italso carries one of ourdefenses against tissue dam-age, the clotting platelets thatprevent blood loss followinginjury. But what exactly is itthat causes blood to exert apressure in our arteries? Partof the answer is simple - theheart creates blood pressureby forcing out blood when itcontracts with every heart-beat. Blood pressure, howev-er, cannot be created solelyby the pumping heart.

FunctionOur circulation is similar

to a highly sophisticatedform of plumbing - bloodhas 'flow' and arteries are'pipes.' A basic law ofphysics gives rise to ourblood flow, and this law alsoapplies in a garden hosepipe. Blood flows throughour body because of a differ-ence in pressure. Our bloodpressure is highest at the startof its journey from our heart- when it enters the aorta -and it is lowest at the end ofits journey along progres-sively smaller branches ofarteries. That pressure differ-ence is what causes blood toflow around our bodies.

Arteries affect blood pres-sure in a similar way to the

physical properties of a gar-den hose pipe affecting waterpressure. Constricting thepipe increases pressure at thepoint of constriction.

Without the elastic natureof the artery walls, for exam-ple, the pressure of the bloodwould fall away more quick-ly as it is pumped from theheart.

While the heart creates themaximum pressure, theproperties of the arteries arejust as important to main-taining it and allowing bloodto flow throughout the body.

The condition of the arter-ies affects blood pressureand flow, and narrowing ofthe arteries can eventuallyblock the supply altogether,leading to dangerous condi-tions including stroke andheart attack.

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MeasurementThe device used to meas-

ure blood pressure is asphygmomanometer, it con-sists of a rubber armband –the cuff that is inflated byhand or machine pump.

Once the cuff is inflatedenough to stop the pulse, areading is taken, either elec-tronically or on an analoguedial.

What is a normal

blood pressure?

Cigarette smoking is oneof the leading causes of pre-ventable death in the UnitedStates, but quitting can bedaunting.

Many fear it will take along time to see improve-ments in health and well-being, but the timeline forseeing real benefits is fasterthan most people realize.

Health benefits begin in aslittle as an hour after the lastcigarette and continue toimprove.

Expect in-depth, science-backed toplines of our beststories every day. Tap in andkeep your curiosity satisfied.Fast facts on quitting smok-ing:

Here are some key pointsabout smoking cessation.More detail and supportinginformation is in the mainarticle.

Quitting smoking meansbreaking the cycle of addic-tion and essentially rewiringthe brain to stop cravingnicotine.

To be successful, smokersthat want to quit need to havea plan in place to beat crav-ings and triggers.

The benefits of quittingsmoking begin in as little as 1hour after the last cigarette.

The sooner a smoker quits,the faster they will reducetheir risk of cancer, heart andlung disease, and other con-ditions related to smoking.

TimelineAlmost immediately after

finishing a cigarette, theheart rate and blood pressureslowly return to normal.

The benefits are almostinstant. As soon as a personstops smoking their bodybegins to recover in the fol-lowing ways:

After 1 hourIn as little as 20 minutes

after the last cigarette is

smoked, the heart rate dropsand returns to normal. Bloodpressure begins to drop, andcirculation may start toimprove.

After 12 hoursCigarettes contain a lot of

known toxins including car-bon monoxide, a gas presentin cigarette smoke.

This gas can be harmful orfatal in high doses and pre-vents oxygen from enteringthe lungs and blood. Wheninhaled in large doses in ashort time, suffocation canoccur from lack of oxygen.After just 12 hours without acigarette, the body cleansesitself of the excess carbonmonoxide from the ciga-rettes. The carbon monoxidelevel returns to normal,increasing the body's oxygenlevels.

After 1 dayJust 1 day after quitting

smoking, the risk of heartattack begins to decrease.

Smoking raises the risk ofdeveloping coronary heartdisease by lowering goodcholesterol, which makesheart-healthy exercise harderto do. Smoking also raisesblood pressure and increasesblood clots, increasing therisk of stroke.

In as little as 1 day afterquitting smoking, a person'sblood pressure begins todrop, decreasing the risk ofheart disease from smoking-induced high blood pressure.In this short time, a person'soxygen levels will haverisen, making physical activ-ity and exercise easier to do,promoting heart-healthyhabits.

After 2 daysSmoking damages the

nerve endings responsible forthe senses of smell and taste.In as little as 2 days afterquitting, a person may notice

a heightened sense of smelland more vivid tastes as thesenerves heal.

After 3 days3 days after quitting smok-

ing, the nicotine levels in aperson's body are depleted.While it is healthier to haveno nicotine in the body, thisinitial depletion can causenicotine withdrawal. Around3 days after quitting, mostpeople will experiencemoodiness and irritability,severe headaches, and crav-ings as the body readjusts.

After 1 monthIn as little as 1 month, a

person's lung function beginsto improve. As the lungs healand lung capacity improves,former smokers may noticeless coughing and shortnessof breath. Athletic enduranceincreases and former smok-ers may notice a renewedability for cardiovascularactivities, such as runningand jumping.

After 1-3 monthsFor the next several

months after quitting, circu-lation continues to improve.

After 9 monthsNine months after quitting,

the lungs have significantlyhealed themselves. The deli-cate, hair-like structuresinside the lungs known ascilia have recovered from thetoll cigarette smoke took onthem.

Hypertension, or highblood pressure, often occursalongside diabetes mellitus,including type 1, type 2,and gestational diabetes,and studies show there maybe links between them.

Hypertension and type 2diabetes are both aspects ofmetabolic syndrome, a con-dition that includes obesityand cardiovascular disease.

Both hypertension anddiabetes may have someunderlying causes in com-mon, and they share somerisk factors. They also con-tribute to a worsening ofeach other's symptoms. Theways of managing bothconditions also overlap.

Read on to find out moreabout the link between highblood pressure and dia-betes, how to detect them,and how to reduce the neg-ative impact of both.

Identifying hypertensionand diabetes

Some relatively simpletests can show if a personhas diabetes or hyperten-sion.

People can also buyblood glucose testing kitsfor diabetes and blood pres-sure monitors for bloodpressure, which they canuse at home.

Identifying hypertensionA routine health check

may reveal high blood pres-sure.

People sometimes referto hypertension as the"silent killer," and manypeople are not aware theyhave it.

The American HeartAssociation (AHA) stressthat most of the time thereare no symptoms.

People usually find outthey have high blood pres-

sure when a doctor takes ablood pressure reading, orthey take one themselves athome.

The reading will give twonumbers:

The systolic is the topnumber

The diastolic is the bot-tom number

According to the AHA,the results will be one of thefollowing:

Normal: Systolic below120 and diastolic below 80

Elevated: Systolic120–129 and diastolicunder 80

Hypertension stage 1:Systolic 130–139 and dias-tolic 80–89

Hypertension stage 2:Systolic 140-plus and dias-tolic 90 or more

Hypertensive crisis:Systolic higher than 180and diastolic above 120.

A hypertensive crisismeans that the individualneeds to see a doctor imme-diately.

A person with early-stagehypertension has a risk ofdeveloping hypertension inthe future.

Lifestyle habits can helpcontrol blood pressure andprevent hypertension and itscomplications. Theselifestyle influencersinclude:

exercisea healthful dietweight controlmedicationIdentifying diabetesNot everyone with dia-

betes will notice symptoms,including those with a diag-nosis, as long as they arecontrolling their conditioneffectively.

If symptoms of highblood sugar levels do

appear, they include:excessive thirstfrequent need to urinateincreased night time uri-

nationweakness and tirednessblurred visionA person may also notice

that they start to have moreinfections, including uri-

nary tract infections, thrush,and upper respiratory tractinfections. They may alsonotice that wounds andinfections take longer toheal.

Tests will show that aperson has high levels ofsugar in their urine andblood.

The link between diabetes and hypertension

What happens after

you quit smoking?

Seven natural diuretics

to eat and drinkDiuretics are used to rid the

body of extra fluid or salt.People with high blood pres-sure, heart failure, swollen tis-sues, and kidney disease oftenuse diuretics to treat theseconditions. Extra fluid in thebody makes it hard for theheart to work properly andcan make breathing difficult.

Prescription diuretics arecommonly called water pills,and their first effect is toincrease urination.

Diuretics should not beused to achieve weight loss.

Fast facts on diureticsHere are some key points

about diuretics. More detail isin the main article.

Diuretics can affect the lev-els of certain minerals in thebody. Diuretics can be drugs,but some foods and drinks actas natural diuretics.

Doctors can prescribediuretic medication.

There are also many foodsand drinks that work as diuret-ics.

Many people use diureticmedications that are pre-scribed by a doctor. However,some foods and drinks arealso considered natural diuret-ics.

Types of diuretic medica-tions include:

thiazide diureticsloop diureticspotassium sparing diureticsThiazides decrease blood

pressure at the same time asremoving excess fluid.

One persistent myth of diabetesis that people with type 2 diabetescan develop type 1 diabetes whenthey take insulin, but this is nottrue.

Type 1 and type 2 diabetes havemany features in common, includ-ing problems with glucose control.However, the two conditions aredistinct, and one does not transforminto the other over time.

Roughly 90–95 percent of adultswith diabetes have type 2.

In this article, we debunk the

myth that type 2 diabetes can turninto type 1 diabetes and look at thedifferences between the two types.

Can type 2 diabetes turn into type1?

Some people believe that takinginsulin can turn type 2 diabetes intotype 1. This is not the case.

It is not possible for type 2 dia-betes to turn into type 1 diabetes.

However, a person who original-ly receives a diagnosis of type 2diabetes may still get a separatediagnosis of type 1 at a later date.

Type 2 diabetes is the most com-mon type, so a doctor might initial-ly suspect that an adult with dia-betes has type 2. Type 1 diabetesmost often develops when a personis younger, although it can occur inpeople of any age.

MisdiagnosisIt is possible for a person with

type 1 diabetes to receive an incor-rect diagnosis of type 2 diabetes ifthe diagnosis takes place in adult-hood. This situation may be morelikely to occur if the person is alsooverweight or has other risk factorsfor type 2 diabetes, such as a seden-tary lifestyle.

Although it is uncommon, type 1diabetes may develop in adulthood.

A person with type 2 diabeteswho later receives a diagnosis oftype 1 will not have experienced achange in their diabetes status.Instead, it is likely that theyreceived a misdiagnosis in the first

instance.To diagnose diabetes, a doctor

will perform several blood glucosetests. However, the results will notmake it possible for them to differ-entiate between the two types.

They may also carry out bloodtests to check for antibodies thatattack insulin-secreting beta cells inthe pancreas. The presence of theseantibodies usually means that a per-son has type 1 diabetes. 90% ofpatients with type 1 diabetes arefound to have these antibodies.Another test that helps determinewhether a person has type 1 or type2 diabetes is a C-peptide test.

This test measures how muchinsulin the person's pancreas is pro-ducing, and a low result can indi-cate type 1 diabetes.

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Do we make New Year'sresolutions just to ignorethem? Are they merely prom-ises doomed to fail? In thisfeature, we ask whether, sta-tistically speaking, these res-olutions work, and whatincreases the chances of suc-cess.

How can we make a suc-cess of this year's resolu-tions?

New Year's resolutions arean ancient tradition that con-tinues to this day.

The Babylonians startedeach year with pledges to paydebts and return borroweditems.

The Romans began theiryear by promising the twofaced god, Janus, that theywould behave better.

In modern societies, manypeople still promise to makechanges as the new yeardawns; this desire, in manycases, is fueled by the excess-es of the holiday period.

Most commonly, it wouldseem, New Year's resolutionsrevolve around weight loss,quitting smoking, reducingdrinking, and exercisingmore.

Although resolutions arepopular, they are not alwayssuccessful. In this article, we

will dissect the evidence andanswer the question: Shouldwe bother making New Year'sresolutions in 2020?

How effective are annualresolutions?

A study from 1989 tracked200 people living inPennsylvania as they attempt-ed to make changes based onNew Year's resolutions.

On average, the partici-pants made 1.8 resolutions,most commonly, to stopsmoking or lose weight. Lessfrequently, people pledged toimprove relationships, and asurprisingly low 2.5% werehoping to control their drink-ing habits.

An impressive 77% man-aged to hold to their pledgesfor 1 week, but the successrate dropped to 19% over 2years. Although that is a sub-stantial drop out rate, itmeans that 1 in 5 of thoseparticipants achieved theirgoal.

Of the 77% successfulresolvers, more than halfslipped at least once, and, onaverage, people slipped 14times across the 2 years.

A study in the Journal ofConsulting and ClinicalPsychology in 1988 followedthe efforts of 153 New Year's

resolvers who were deter-mined to quit smoking.

At 1 month, 77% of partic-ipants had managed at leastone 24-hour period of absti-nence. Overall, though, theresults seemed a little disap-pointing with the authorswriting:

"Only 13% of the samplewas abstinent at 1 year, and19% reported abstinence atthe 2-year follow-up."

Another study, appearingin PLOS ONE, took a moregeneral look at behavior. Theresearch team tracked thefood shopping habits of 207households from July 2010 toMarch 2011.

Unsurprisingly, theresearchers found that, duringthe holiday period, expendi-ture increased by 15%.Three-quarters of thisincrease went on less health-ful items. Also, as expected,when January rolled around,the sale of healthful itemsshot up by 29.4%.

However, the sale of lesshealthful items did not dropin tandem with this healthdrive — people were buyingmore nutritious items, butstill purchasing the sameamount of unhealthful food.

Overall, the number of

calories they purchased in theNew Year was higher thanduring the holiday period.The authors conclude:

"Despite resolutions to eatmore healthfully after NewYear's, consumers may adjustto a new 'status quo' ofincreased less-health[ful]food purchasing during theholidays, and dubiously ful-fill their New Year's resolu-tions by spending more onhealth[ful] foods."

The authors believe thatthe key to successful resolu-tions is to focus on replacingunhealthful items withhealthful ones, rather thanbuying both. That is soundadvice, but not necessarilyeasy to implement.

Successes and failures ofweight loss goals

In 2009, GlaxoSmithKlinereleased Orlistat, which theyhailed as "the first clinicallyproven over-the-counterweight loss aid" in Europe.

As part of their marketing

push, the company also con-ducted an internet surveyabout weight loss that includ-ed questions about NewYear's resolutions.

Although the survey wasnot meant to be a scientificstudy, it generated a substan-tial pool of data with 12,410females from six Europeancountries responding.

A group of researcherstook advantage of this datasetand published an analysis inthe journal Obesity Facts.

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They found that aroundhalf of the women had madea weight loss New Year's res-olution in the past 2 years.

As for success rates, theyobserved that women with abody mass index (BMI) ofunder 25, which healthexperts define as "normal,"were successful 20% of thetime.

How to boostsuccess rates

Hypertension is anothername for high blood pres-sure. It can lead to severehealth complications andincrease the risk of heart dis-ease, stroke, and sometimesdeath.

Blood pressure is the forcethat a person's blood exertsagainst the walls of theirblood vessels. This pressuredepends on the resistance ofthe blood vessels and howhard the heart has to work.

Almost half of all adults inthe United States have highblood pressure, but many arenot aware of this fact.

Hypertension is a primaryrisk factor for cardiovasculardisease, including stroke,heart attack, heart failure,and aneurysm. Keepingblood pressure under controlis vital for preserving healthand reducing the risk ofthese dangerous conditions.

In this article, we explainwhy blood pressure canincrease, how to monitor it,and ways to keep it within anormal range.

Management and treat-ment

Lifestyle adjustments arethe standard, first-line treat-ment for hypertension. Weoutline some recommenda-tions here:

Regular physical exercisePeople can measure blood

pressure using a sphygmo-manometer.

Current guidelines recom-mend that all people, includ-ing those with hypertension,engage in at least 150 min-utes of moderate intensity,aerobic exercise every week,or 75 minutes a week of highintensity exercise.

People should exercise onat least 5 days of the week.

Examples of suitable

activities are walking, jog-ging, cycling, or swimming.

Stress reductionAvoiding or learning to

manage stress can help aperson control blood pres-sure.

Meditation, warm baths,yoga, and simply going onlong walks are relaxationtechniques that can helprelieve stress.

People should avoid con-suming alcohol, recreationaldrugs, tobacco, and junkfood to cope with stress, asthese can contribute to ele-vated blood pressure and thecomplications of hyperten-sion.

Smoking can increaseblood pressure. Avoiding orquitting smoking reduces therisk of hypertension, seriousheart conditions, and otherhealth issues.

MedicationPeople can use specific

medications to treat hyper-tension. Doctors will oftenrecommend a low dose atfirst. Antihypertensive med-ications will usually onlyhave minor side effects.

Eventually, people withhypertension will need tocombine two or more drugsto manage their blood pres-sure.

Medications for hyperten-sion include:

diuretics, including thi-azides, chlorthalidone, andindapamide

beta-blockers and alpha-blockers

calcium-channel blockerscentral agonistsperipheral adrenergic

inhibitorvasodilatorsangiotensin-converting

enzyme (ACE) inhibitorsangiotensin receptor

blockersThe choice of medication

depends on the individualand any underlying medicalconditions they may experi-ence.

Anyone on antihyperten-sive medications shouldcarefully read the labels ofany over-the-counter (OTC)drugs they may also take,such as decongestants. TheseOTC drugs may interactwith the medications theyare taking to lower theirblood pressure.

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DietPeople can prevent high

blood pressure by followinga heart-healthy diet.

Reducing salt intakePeople's average salt

intake is between 9 grams(g) and 12 g per day in mostcountries around the world.

The World HealthOrganization (WHO) recom-mend reducing intake tounder 5 g a day to helpdecrease the risk of hyper-tension and related healthproblems.

Lowering salt intake canbenefit people both with andwithout hypertension.

Moderating alcohol con-sumption

Moderate to excessivealcohol consumption canincrease blood pressure.

The American HeartAssociation (AHA) recom-mend a maximum of twoalcoholic drinks a day formen, and one for women.

The following wouldcount as one drink:

a 12-ounce (oz) bottle ofbeer

4 oz of wine1.5 oz of 80-proof spirits1 oz of 100-proof spiritsA healthcare provider can

help people reduce con-sumption if they find it diffi-cult to moderate their alco-hol intake.

Eating more fruit and veg-etables and less fat

People who have highblood pressure or people athigh risk of developing highblood pressure should eat aslittle saturated and total fatas possible.

Everything you need to know

about hypertension

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become type 1 diabetes?

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US Considers Cancelling Flights ToChina Amid Coronavirus OutbreakBEIJING: The death toll

from a new coronavirus inChina rose sharply to 132 onWednesday with nearly 1,500new cases, heaping pressure onBeijing to control the diseaseas US officials said the WhiteHouse was weighing whetherto suspend flights to the coun-try.

The White House is holdingdaily meetings on the outbreakand monitoring China-USflights as a likely source ofinfections, sources briefed onthe matter told Reuters, thoughit had decided against suspend-ing air traffic.

A senior Trump administra-tion official said the adminis-tration had not asked airlines tosuspend flights, after CNBCreported that the White Househad told airline executives itwas considering such as drasticmove. Fears of the spreadingvirus have already pushed air-lines around the world toreduce flights to China andglobal companies to restrictemployee travel to the country,while sectors from mining toluxury goods have been shakenby concerns for global growthin the event of a worst-casepandemic.

China confirms 4,500 casesof new virus

China has confirmed morethan 4,500 cases of a newvirus, with 106 deaths. Mosthave been in the central city ofWuhan where the outbreakbegan in December.

China's National HealthCommission on Wednesdaysaid the total number of deathsfrom the flu-like virus rose by26 on Tuesday to 132, almostall in Hubei province which is

under virtual lockdown, whilethe number of confirmed casesrose by 1,459 to a total of5,974. Several countries aretrying to evacuate their citizensfrom Wuhan, the city in Hubeiat the centre of the epidemic. AUS government official whodeclined to be identified toldReuters a US charter plane haddeparted from Wuhan earlieron Wednesday, without elabo-rating on the number of pas-sengers on board. The USEmbassy in Beijing earlier saida chartered plane would pickup its consular staff onWednesday.

Australia said it would helpsome citizens leave Hubei andquarantine them on ChristmasIsland, a remote speck in theIndian Ocean best known forhousing asylum seekers.

New cases were reportedaround the world includingGermany, where four peoplefrom the same company wereinfected after one of them con-tracted it from a colleaguewhile visiting their workplacein China. The German casesraise concerns about thehuman-to-human spread of the

virus which can be transmittedin droplets from coughs andsneezes and has an incubationperiod of up to 14 days.

Known as "2019-nCoV", thenewly identified coronavirushas created alarm because it isspreading quickly and there arestill important unknowns sur-rounding it, such as its lethalityand whether it is infectiousbefore symptoms show. Itemerged late last year inWuhan, a major transportationhub and capital of centralHubei province with a popula-tion of 11 million people.China has since moved to lockdown most of Hubei, with apopulation around the same asItaly. Health authorities believethe virus originated from ananimal and have pointed to aseafood market in Wuhanwhere wildlife was traded ille-gally. A team of scientists inAustralia said on Wednesdaythey had developed a lab-grown version of the coron-avirus, the first to be recreatedoutside of China, in a break-through that could help combatthe global spread of the dis-ease.

"Did A Plane Hit?" Big QuakeShakes Miami, Caribbean

KINGSTON: A majorearthquake struck south ofCuba on Tuesday, sendingshockwaves as far as Miamiand sparking panic in theCayman Islands where itripped open sinkholes, butdid not do serious damage topeople or property, initialreports said.

The magnitude 7.7 quakehit in the sea betweenJamaica, the CaymanIslands and Cuba, at a depthof 6.2 miles (10 km).Several aftershocks, includ-ing one of 6.1 magnitudemuch nearer to the CaymanIslands, followed the princi-pal quake.

Cindi Welcome, 27, atrainee travel agent inCayman capital GeorgeTown, said she first thoughther blood pressure was play-ing up when the tremorsstruck. Then she screamed.

"The building was shak-ing like paper," she said."The panic was real. Thiswas the worst we have everfelt." Residents reporteddrains blowing open andsinkholes appearing, one ofwhich swallowed half a car,said Jewel Hydes, a 44-year-old risk manager on theislands.

"It was really, really hor-rific. Everyone on the islandis still in shock," Hydessaid. "We kept seeing tonsof people praying, runningout of buildings, 'cause theywere swaying."

In Miami, Florida, severaldowntown buildings wereevacuated as office workersstreamed outdoors to safety.

Miami personal injuryattorney Eli Stiers was in his

29 floor office when he sud-denly started feeling queasy.

"I was like: 'Did I havesome bad sushi?'" he said.Then he noticed his officedoor swinging back andforth. "We were like, did aplane hit the building? Asinkhole open up? Then ithit us that it was an earth-quake. You don't expect thatin Miami."

The Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue department respond-ed to multiple calls abouthigh-rise buildings swaying.The department said it hadno reports of injuries orstructural damage.

To varying degrees, thatmessage was repeatedacross the region, despitethe strength of the quake.

Angie Watler, a spokes-woman for police onCayman Brac, the islandnearest the epicentre, saidmembers of the public hadreported some damage tobuildings and to a swim-ming pool at the CaribSands resort on the south ofthe island.

Videos from Jamaica andthe Caymans showed watersloshing out of pools duringthe quake.

Watler said there were noreports so far of injuries butthat authorities were stillmaking checks.

The InternationalTsunami Information Centersaid a threat of a tsunamiwave had largely passed.Minor sea level fluctuationsup to 1 feet (30 cm) werestill possible, it said.

The quake was also felt inseveral provinces acrossCuba, the government said.

BEIJING: The deadlycoronavirus continues towreak havoc in China with25 new fatalities reportedfrom central Hubei provincetaking the death toll to 132and the confirmed infectioncases to nearly 6,000, ashealth experts warned thatthe epidemic may reach itsclimax in the next 10 daysresulting in large-scalecasualties. The Chinesehealth authoritiesannounced on Wednesdaythat 5,974 confirmed casesof pneumonia caused by thenovel coronavirus had beenreported in 31 provincial-level regions by the end of.A total of 132 people havedied from the disease, state-run Xinhua news agencyreported.

In Hubei province, ofwhich Wuhan is the provin-cial capital, 3,554 con-firmed cases have beenreported with 125 deaths asof Tuesday, it said.

Among the confirmedcases, 1,239 patients are incritical condition, officialTV CGTN reported, addingthat there are 9,239 suspect-ed cases in the Chinesemainland.

The Hubei province hasreported 840 newly con-firmed cases, indicating thatthe virus continues to spreadat a faster rate.

The death rate from thenew coronavirus is not yetknown, as more fatalitieswill likely be reported. Mostpatients who have died are

above 60 and had pre-exist-ing conditions, according toreports from local authori-ties.

The coronavirus can bepassed between humansthrough close contact,Chinese medical expertssay.

The novel coronavirus(2019-nCoV) outbreak mayreach its peak in one weekor around 10 days, Chineserespiratory expert ZhongNanshan said.

"It is very difficult to def-initely estimate when theoutbreak reaches its peak.But I think in one week orabout 10 days, it will reachthe climax and then therewill be large-scale increas-es," Zhong told state-runXinhua news agency.

China virus ability tospread getting stronger

The coronavirus trans-mission ability is gettingstronger and infectionscould continue to rise,China's National HealthCommission said on Sunday(January 26), with morethan 2,000 people globallyinfected and 56 in Chinakilled by the disease.

Zhong is the head of anational team of experts setup for the control and pre-vention of the novel coron-avirus-caused pneumoniaand an academician of theChinese Academy ofEngineering. "There are twokeys to tackling the epidem-ic: early detection and earlyisolation.

Defying Donald Trump, Boris Johnson

Refuses To Ban Huawei From 5G

LONDON: PrimeMinister Boris Johnsongranted Huawei a limitedrole in Britain's 5G mobilenetwork on Tuesday, frus-trating a global attempt bythe United States to excludethe Chinese telecoms giantfrom the West's next-gener-ation communications.

Defying Britain's closestally in favour of China onthe eve of Brexit, Johnsonruled that "high-risk ven-dors" such as Huaweiwould be allowed into thenon-sensitive parts of the5G network.

Whilst such high-riskcompanies' involvementwill be capped at 35%, theywill be excluded from thesensitive core, where data isprocessed, and they will bebanned from all critical net-works and locations such asnuclear sites and militarybases.

Such an explicit rejectionof U.S. concerns thatHuawei could be used to

steal Western secrets waswelcomed by the Chinesefirm, founded in 1987 by aformer People's LiberationArmy engineer, but dis-mayed the administration ofU.S. President DonaldTrump.

Johnson and Trumpspoke by phone shortlyafter the decision was madepublic. "The Prime Ministerunderlined the importanceof like-minded countriesworking together to diversi-fy the market and break thedominance of a small num-ber of companies," theBritish government said in astatement.

Speaking before the call,a Trump administrationofficial said: "There is nosafe option for untrustedvendors to control any partof a 5G network.

"We look forward toworking with the UK on away forward that results inthe exclusion of untrustedvendor components from

5G networks."US congressional leaders

widely criticized Britain'sdecision, with powerfulRepublican SenatorLindsey Graham saying itcould "greatly complicate"drawing up a new tradeagreement after Britainexits the European Unionon Jan. 31.

A British official, speak-ing on condition ofanonymity, said excludingHuawei would havedelayed 5G and cost con-sumers more, echoingwarnings from the telecomsindustry.

5G's much faster dataspeeds and increased capac-ity will make it the founda-tion stone of many indus-tries and a driver of eco-nomic growth.

In what some have com-pared to the Cold Warantagonism with the SovietUnion, the United States isworried that 5G dominanceis a milestone towardsChinese technologicalsupremacy that coulddefine the geopolitics of the21st century.

But as a critical centre forChinese investment, tradingand banking in Europe,Britain sided with Beijing,in one of the biggest publicbreaks with Washington indecades. "I fear London hasfreed itself from Brusselsonly to cede sovereignty toBeijing," said Senator TomCotton, an ArkansasRepublican, adding thereshould be a review of intel-ligence sharing withBritain.

"Can't Let This Demon Hide": Xi Jinping On

Coronavirus As Nations Prepare AirliftsWUHAN, CHINA:

China is battling a "demon"virus that has so far killedmore than 100 people,President Xi Jinping saidTuesday, as foreign nationsprepared to evacuate their cit-izens and the US said it wasdeveloping a vaccine.

Xi made his remarks dur-ing talks with the head of theWorld Health Organization inBeijing amid growing globalconcerns about a novel coron-avirus that has infected thou-sands in China and reachedmore than a dozen other coun-tries.

In a development thatcould cause more jittersabroad, Japan and Germanyreported the first confirmedcases of human-to-humantransmission outside of China.

World markets outsideAsia nevertheless reboundedfollowing a global sell-offfuelled by the spread of thevirus.

The infection is believedto have originated in a wild-animal market in the centralChinese city of Wuhan, whereit jumped to humans beforespreading rapidly across thecountry, prompting authoritiesto enact drastic nationwidetravel restrictions in recentdays.

Countries are also con-cerned about the fate of thou-sands of foreigners stuck inWuhan, a city of 11 millionthat has been sealed off by

Chinese authorities in a bid tocontain the disease.

China will defeat 'devil'coronavirus, infections pass4,500

Russia and Hong Konghave closed some bordercrossings with mainlandChina. The coronavirus haskilled over 100 people andinfections have been found inmore than a dozen countries.

A plane sent by Tokyolanded in the virus-strickenmetropolis late Tuesday andwas scheduled to repatriateJapanese nationals onWednesday, the same day thata US aircraft is expected tobring American citizens backto their homeland.

The European Union willfly its citizens out aboard twoFrench planes this week, andSouth Korea was due to do thesame. Several other countrieswere assessing their options.

"Chinese people are cur-

rently engaged in a seriousstruggle against an epidemicof a new type of coronavirusinfection," Xi told WHO chiefTedros AdhanomGhebreyesus in Beijing.

"The epidemic is ademon, and we cannot let thisdemon hide," the Chineseleader said, pledging that thegovernment would be trans-parent and release informationin a "timely" manner.

His comments came asanger simmered on Chinesesocial media over the handlingof the health emergency bylocal officials in central Hubeiprovince.

Some experts havepraised Beijing for being morereactive and open about thiscrisis than it was during theSARS (Severe AcuteRespiratory Syndrome) epi-demic of 2002-2003.

But others say localcadres were more focused on

projecting stability earlier inJanuary than in adequatelyresponding to the outbreakduring regional political meet-ings.

Since then, the number ofcases has soared -- doubling tomore than 4,500 in the past 24hours.

In Washington, US healthauthorities said a vaccine wasin the works but would takemonths to develop.

Health and HumanServices Secretary Alex Azarcalled on Beijing to show"more cooperation and trans-parency," saying the US hadoffered its help three times --so far without success.

- Contagion abroad -The WHO last week

stopped short of declaring theoutbreak a global emergency,which could have prompted amore aggressive internationalresponse, such as travelrestrictions.

Following the high-leveltalks with Xi in Beijing, theWHO said the two sides hadagreed to send internationalexperts to China "as soon aspossible... to guide globalresponse efforts."

"Stopping the spread ofthis virus both in China andglobally is WHO's highest pri-ority," Tedros said.

Until Tuesday, all report-ed cases in more than a dozencountries had involved peoplewho had been in or aroundWuhan.

Australian Scientists "First To Replicate"New Coronavirus Outside China

SYDNEY: Scientists inAustralia have successfullyreplicated the deadly Wuhancoronavirus, in what theysaid would be a "gamechanger" in the fight againsta deadly epidemic whichhas stricken thousands.

The Doherty Institute inMelbourne announcedWednesday that it hadgrown the novel coronavirusin cell culture from a patientsample, the first time thevirus has been replicatedoutside China.

"Having the real virusmeans we now have theability to actually validateand verify all test methods,and compare their sensitivi-ties and specificities," virusidentification laboratoryhead Julian Druce said.

"It will be a game changerfor diagnosis."

China was quick tosequence the genome of thecoronavirus and make itpublic, allowing scientistsaround the world to developdiagnostic tools and win-ning praise for its efforts, incontrast to the SARS out-break of 2002-2003.

However, China has notshared the virus itself withlaboratories worldwide --which the Australian labwill now do via the WorldHealth Organization (WHO)-- though the WHOannounced Tuesday thatBeijing had agreed to allow

a team of internationalexperts into the country towork with their Chinesecounterparts.

Doherty Institute deputydirector Mike Catton saidthe new finding meant sci-entists could now create anantibody test that wouldallow the coronavirus to bedetected in patients who hadnot displayed any symp-toms.

"An antibody test willenable us to retrospectivelytest suspected patients so wecan gather a more accuratepicture of how widespreadthe virus is, and consequent-ly, among other things, thetrue mortality rate," he said.

"It will also assist in theassessment of effectivenessof trial vaccines."

Governments, universi-ties, and medical corpora-tions worldwide are racingto develop a vaccine againstthe coronavirus, a processthat could take months.

The virus, which isbelieved to have originatedin a wild-animal market inthe central Chinese city ofWuhan, has infected morethan 4,500 people in Chinaand killed more than 100.

More than 50 million peo-ple have been locked downin and around Wuhan, in abid by authorities to stop aninfection that has sincespread to more than 15countries.

CHICAGO/SHANG-HAI/SEOUL: Airlinesincluding United AirlinesHoldings Inc said they werecancelling some flights toChina as demand fellsharply and global compa-nies told their employeesnot to travel on deepeningfears over the spread of aflu-like virus. The coron-avirus that originated in thecity of Wuhan has killed 106people in China and spreadacross the world, rattlingfinancial markets. TheUnited States warned thatAmericans should reconsid-er visiting China, whileBritain advised against allbut essential travel to main-land China. South Koreaalso advised its citizens tostay away. Facebookbecame the first major U.S.company to announce atravel suspension after theU.S. government's warning,saying it had asked employ-ees to halt non-essentialtravel to mainland Chinaand to work from home ifthey had travelled there.

Chicago-based Unitedsaid it was suspending 24U.S. flights to Beijing,Hong Kong and Shanghaibetween Feb. 1 and Feb. 8due to a significant drop indemand. China's coron-avirus death toll reaches 100

About 400 Australian citi-

zens have registered for fed-eral government help to getout of a Chinese provinceunder lockdown because ofthe deadly coronavirus, asthe death toll climbs to 100in China. Europe's biggestbank, HSBC , banned allstaff travel to Chinese-ruledHong Kong for two weeksand to mainland China untilfurther notice, according toan internal memo seen byReuters. The British-basedlender, which has the largestpresence among foreignbanks in China, also askedstaff who have recently vis-ited the country to undergo aself-imposed 14-day quar-antine. The virus has anincubation period of up to14 days. U.S. rival GoldmanSachs imposed similarmeasures, according to amemo seen by Reuters. InSouth Korea, home appli-ances maker LG ElectronicsInc put a complete ban ontravel to China and hasadvised employees on busi-

ness trips in the country toreturn home as quickly aspossible, a company spokes-woman said. South Koreanchipmaker SK Hynix Incsaid it was urging employ-ees to avoid all non-essen-tial travel to China, whilebanking group StandardChartered restricted travelto both mainland China andHong Kong. In Germany,auto supplier Webasto,which has 11 sites in China,including in Wuhan, hashalted all corporate travel toand from China after anemployee was infected.Japan's Honda Motor CoLtd said it recommendedemployees avoid travel toChina, while Nissan MotorCo said it plans to evacuateits Japanese staff and theirfamilies in Wuhan via ag o v e r n m e n t - c h a r t e r e dflight. Aside from United,other airlines said they wereadjusting schedules as com-panies reassessed the risk oftravel to China.

132 Dead In China Due To Coronavirus,

Nearly 6,000 Confirmed InfectionsMUNICH: Germany

now has four confirmedcases of the coronavirussweeping China, healthofficials said Tuesday, allof them employees at aBavarian firm recently vis-ited by a Chinese col-league.

The health ministry inGermany's southernBavaria region said in anevening statement that ithad detected a further threecases, following that of a33-year-old German manannounced earlier in theday. "These patients are allemployees of the companyin the Starnberg districtwhere the first personaffected worked," thehealth ministry said.

The ministry added that40 other employees at carparts supplier Webasto hadbeen identified as havingbeen in "close contact"with the first patient, andthey will be screened onWednesday.

All four patients are stay-ing in an isolation ward at aMunich hospital.

Coronavirus leads tolarge city lockdowns inChina

Chinese authorities arelocking down three citiesthat are home to more than18 million people in aneffort to contain the deadlycoronavirus; Seventeenpeople have died, all ofthem in and around Wuhan,China. Germany's first con-

firmed patient, the 33-year-old man, fell ill afterattending a training sessionhosted by a visitingChinese colleague onJanuary 21.

Unlike other patients ofthe viral outbreak inEurope so far, the man con-tracted the disease withouthaving been to China him-self.

A spokeswoman for theRobert Koch Institute,Germany's centre for dis-ease prevention and con-trol, told AFP the Germancase appeared to be the firstinstance of a "human-to-human transmission" out-side Asia. Japan has alsoreported a patient testingpositive for the strain ofcoronavirus without havingtravelled to China.

In Vietnam, a man visit-ing from Wuhan is suspect-ed of infecting his son whohad been living in Ho ChiMinh City for four months.

The Chinese woman whoheld the training session inGermany "started to feelsick on the flight home onJanuary 23", Andreas Zapf,head of the Bavarian StateOffice for Health and FoodSafety, told a press confer-ence. She immediatelysought medical attention onher return and was con-firmed to have caught thevirus, which has spreadrapidly in recent weeksafter first emerging in theChinese city of Wuhan.

4 Coronavirus Cases In Germany,

40 To Be Screened On Wednesday

Airlines Cut China Flights As Companies

Restrict Travel On Coronavirus Fears

Indian-Americans, US Businesses Welcome

Taranjit Sandhu's Appointment As New US Envoy

WASHINGTON: Indian-Americans, the US businessand think tank communitieshave welcomed the appoint-ment of career service diplo-mat Taranjit Singh Sandhu asIndia's new ambassador tothe United States. A 1988-batch Indian Foreign ServiceOfficial, Mr Sandhu has hadtwo successful stints at theIndian Embassy inWashington DC, the last onebeing the DeputyAmbassador from July 2013to January 2017. Mr Sandhu,who is currently India's HighCommissioner to Sri Lanka,is expected to take up thenew assignment shortly.

"His appointment couldn'thave come at a better andmore crucial time, given thatPresident Donald Trump islikely to visit India soon,"Indiaspora founder and phi-

lanthropist MR Rangaswamitold news agency Press Trustof India. The United Stateshas made no officialannouncement about DonaldTrump's visit to India so far.

"Having served previousstints in Washington DC andNew York, AmbassadorSandhu is among the fore-most US experts in theIndian diplomatic corps," MrRangaswami said.Ambassador Sandhu has alsoserved in India's permanentMission to the UnitedNations in New York.

"Amid dynamic politicaland policy challenges andgrowing economic focus onIndia, Amb Sandhu will bean experienced leader forIndian Embassy in US tonavigate both the opportuni-ties and challenges in thebilateral relationship," said

Nisha Desai Biswal, the for-mer Assistant Secretary ofState for South and CentralAsia. She is currently presi-dent of US India BusinessCouncil.

"Congratulations toAmbassador Taranjit Sandhuon his appointment as thenext Ambassador to the US.We look forward to a longand enduring partnership totake ties to greater heights,"said US India Strategic andPartnership Forum.

Chicago-based eminentIndian-American BharatBarai said Sandhu will repre-sent India very well.

"He knows a lot about thecommunity and we will havevery good mutually reward-ing working relationship," hesaid. Mr Barai had workedclosely with Mr Sandhu andthe then Indian AmbassadorS Jaishankar in organisingthe historic Madison SquareGarden rally of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi in2014. "As one of the leadorganisers of the event, methim several times in DC andNY. We sat down together athis office and home onweekends to plan for whatwould be the biggest recep-tion for a foreign dignitaryon US soil!" he said recol-lecting the days of 2014before the Madison SquareGarden.

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Ind vs Aus U-19 : Who is India’s LatestPace Sensation Kartik Tyagi ?

New Delhi : The IndianU19 cricket team met withtheir first tough challenge inAustralia in the ongoing U19World Cup in South Africa onTuesday. Put in to bat, theywere struggling to put up adecent total before a lateflourish, led by AtharvaAnkolekar, helped them to amiddling 233/9 in the quarter-finals.

Australia would have fan-cied their chances against thedefending champions but fivedeliveries into their innings,their fate was all but sealed.

Their scorecard read 4/3 in0.5 overs and the man respon-sible for the wreck? KartikTyagi.

The right-arm pacer tooksuccessive wickets of his andAustralian chase’s first overfollowing the run out of open-er Jake Fraser-McGurk off thevery first delivery.

By the time Australia hadseen through 20 overs, theyhad lost half their side withTyagi accounting for four ofthem.Australia were eventual-ly bowled out for 159 as Indiasecured a semi-finals spot.

Tyagi, who took 4/24,

hails from Meerut which hasgiven India Praveen Kumarand Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Like his illustrious seniors,Tyagi is also known for his

ability to produce swing atwill. But the 19-year-old did-n’t want aspire to be a pacerwhen he was bitten by thecricket bug.

He wanted to be a batsmanand an opener at that. VipinVats, the man who coachedPraveen and Bhuvneshwar,advised him to bowl ratherthan bat during a net session.

And that was the turningpoint. “There were many bats-men awaiting their turn in the

nets, and the coach told me,‘bowling daal’ and that’s howI became a bowler,” Tyagitold The Indian Express.

Explaining why he asked

Tyagi to bowl and not bat,Vats told the daily, “Firstly, hewas tall, and then he had agood high-arm action. Fiftyper cent of the work was com-plete there itself – at that tal-ent-identifying stage. As acoach, it’s my responsibilityto set the career path of eachplayer. I felt that Tyagi wasmost suited to become abowler.”

Even Praveen himself wasimpressed by the strides Tyagi

took as he began playing age-group cricket for U-14 and U-16 teams for Uttar Pradesh.

Praveen would call thenUP captain Suresh Raina andeventually the fast bowlerwent on to make his Ranjidebut.

But his storied rise didmeet hit a roadblock. A stressfracture put him on the side-lines for almost a year whichsaw Tyagi’s father, a farmer,borrow money for treatmentwhich he’s still repaying.Soon things took a turnaroundand he was picked for the U19world cup squad and eventu-ally bought by IPL franchiseRajasthan Royals for a whop-ping Rs 1.3 crore.

Among the top-five wick-et-takers of the ongoing U19world cup, the top-four spotshave been occupied by spin-ners who all have 11 wicketseach.

Tyagi is the only fastbowler among the top fivewith 9 wickets from fourmatches at 9.77. With just twomore hurdles to cross, hewould be hoping to carry hisform as India aim for a suc-cessive world cup glory.

Ind vs NZ: KL Rahul And Shreyas Iyer Have ReinforcedTheir Coming of Age, Says VVS Laxman

New Delhi : Batting leg-end VVS Laxman has pickedout the batting duo of KLRahul and Shreyas Iyer forhaving come of age tobecome consistent performersfor India at the internationallevels.

Rahul has been in stunningform in limited-overs cricket,excelling in different roles theteam management has askedof him. On the other hand,Shreyas has dropped anchorat the much-talked about No.4 batting spot, finishing offgames regularly. Both haveput in good performances inIndia’s ongoing tour of NewZealand which is underwaywith a five-match T20I serieswhich the tourists lead 2-0.

“It wasn’t the usual match-winners who came uptrumps,” Laxman said ofIndia’s victories in his columnfor The Times of India.“Instead, and heartwarminglywith the larger picture inmind, KL Rahul and ShreyasIyer reinforced their comingof age at this level, taking upthe responsibility of pilotingthe side home. Rahul’s talenthas never been in doubt sincehe broke through towards theend of 2014.”

“He seemed to have losthis way a bit but in the lastfew months, since beingdropped from the Test team,he has gone back and had ahard look at himself, and has

returned stronger, moreorganised and in control of hisplans. He played differently inthe two chases, which also

means he is situationally moretuned in, and like a truematch-winner, didn’t throw itaway before the the job wasdone,” he added.

Shreyas, Laxman feels,will only get better. “Shreyasis blossoming with every out-ing, and the surety and com-posure with which he wasable to play the aerial strokespoint to confidence whichcomes from a sense of

belonging within the team set-up. He has made a tellingimpression at the pivotal No.4 position through a fusion of

flair, flamboyance and lots ofswag, and will only be betterfor the last two hits,” he said.

With a short turnaroundtime following their absorb-ing 2-1 win over Australia inthe home ODI series, Indianteam hasn’t displayed anysigns of fatigue or jet-lag, put-ting in quality performanceson the tour.

“This dream start to themulti-format tour is indicative

of the mindset and fightingspirit of this Indian team,”Laxman, who played 134Tests and 86 ODIs between

1996 and 2012 wrote. “I wasimpressed by what Virat saidleading into the series – thatdespite a hardfought three-match ODI series againstAustralia, the long flight toAuckland, the short turn-around time and entirely dif-ferent conditions, his sidewasn’t going to be looking forexcuses, that they would beswitched on from ball one ofthe first T20I.”

Alastair Cook, Ricky Skerritt Appointed NewMembers of MCC’s World Cricket Committee

New Delhi : FormerEngland opener Alastair Cookand ex-West Indies team man-ager Ricky Skerritt onTuesday were appointed newmembers of the MCC’s WorldCricket Committee.

Cook and Skerritt haveaccepted the Club’s invitationto join the committee, whichmeets twice a year to discussthe most important issuesconcerning the game and actsas an independent voice inworld cricket.

“I am thrilled that SirAlastair and Ricky have bothaccepted our invitation to jointhe MCC World Cricket com-mittee,” Mike Gatting, chair-man of the MCC WorldCricket Committee, said.

“Alastair has enjoyed awonderful career withEngland over a number ofyears and with him still play-ing domestically, he can giveinsight from a current players’perspective, as well using hisundisputable international

experience.“We have been keen for

some time to appoint a newrepresentative from the WestIndies and I am delighted that

Ricky will be joining us. Hisknowledge of the game froma West Indian perspective willbe invaluable, and his workoutside of the sport will alsobe advantageous to the com-mittee.”

Cook, England’s leadingTest Match run-scorer with12,472 runs in his 161 match-

es, retired from the interna-tional game in 2018, scoring acentury in his final Testagainst India at the Oval. Hehas since continued his

domestic career, helping hiscounty side Essex to a secondCounty Championship title inthree years.

Skerritt, on the other hand,became President of CricketWest Indies in March 2019,succeeding Dave Cameronwho had held the post for sixyears. He is a former Minister

of Tourism, InternationalTransport, InternationalTrade, Industry, Commerceand Sport in his native SaintKitts and Nevis, having heldseveral portfolios in the coun-try’s ministry between 2004and 2014.

His previous involvementwith Cricket West Indies wasas its senior team manager,prior to his political career.

Former West Indiesbowler and current broadcast-er Ian Bishop and Bangladeshall-rounder Shakib Al Hasanhave stood down from thecommittee.

The next MCC WorldCricket committee meeting isdue to take place in Sri Lankain March, timed to coincidewith England’s two ICCWorld Test Championshipmatches, as well as the MCCCounty Champion Match,which will take placebetween March 24 and 27 atthe Galle InternationalStadium.

U19 World Cup : Australian Batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk toReturn Home After Being Scratched on Face by Monkey

Australia : Australia U19batsman Jake Fraser-McGurkis to return home from theongoing ICC U-19 CricketWorld Cup 2020 in SouthAfrica as part of precaution-ary medical measures afterbeing scratched on the face bya monkey.

The incident occurred dur-ing a team outing at a naturereserve when Fraser-McGurkcame dangerously close to ana monkey enclosure.

The decision to send the17-year-old home for treat-ment was taken after consul-tation with the Australianteam’s medical staff and fam-ily members.

Alex Kountouris, CricketAustralia’s Sports Scienceand Sports MedicineManager, said Fraser-McGurkwill be available for selectionafter the treatment. “We want

to make sure that Jake doesn’thave any ongoing medicalconcerns as a result of theincident so we have taken the

best course of action,”Kountouris was quoted assaying by cricket.com.au.

“This involves the player

returning to Australia for thetreatment required within therecommended seven days ofthe incident taking place. We

expect Jake will be availablefor selection shortly after hehas completed the treatment,”he added.

Fraser-McuGurk admittedit was his mistake that led tothe incident saying he haslearned his lesson. “You neverlike to be leaving the boyswith the tournament still inprogress,” the Victorian bats-man said. “But I’m confidentwe have the team to get thejob done in the final twomatches. I guess it serves meright for getting too close tothe animal enclosure. That’s alesson learned. I look forwardto completing the treatmentand getting back on the fieldas soon as possible. I’d like tothank all the staff from thenature reserve and CricketAustralia for their care andsupport.” Australia were elim-inated in the quarter-finals onTuesday by defending cham-pions India and will now becompeting for fifth place fin-ish.

New Delhi : FormerEngland captain MikeGatting has joined the largechorus of cricketers whohave opposed to idea of four-day Tests. India captain ViratKohli, icon Sachin Tendulkaramong many others havebeen quite vocal about keep-ing the sanctity of Tests.

“Test cricket is unique. Ikeep saying it day in and dayout. Sadly, it’s the administra-tors who don’t play, whounderstand that they have aproblem in scheduling I sus-pect. Therefore, they don’tunderstand what a uniquegame Test cricket is,” Gattingsaid on the sidelines of thelaunch of the TendulkarMiddlesex Global Academy(TMGA) at the DY PatilStadium in Navi Mumbai onTuesday.

“So, it’s good to have achat, let’s talk about it so thatpeople can understand bothsides of the story. As you willknow here, if there is a T20competition here, an IPL isappetising, and all the promo-tions is phenomenal. When aTest series is on, you are notquite sure where we are actu-ally playing, is that fair?”questioned the 62-year-oldformer Middlesex player.

Gatting was glad thatKohli endorsed the longerformat. “How much publicitygoes in Test cricket here? Notreally. The fact that ViratKohli has said that Day-Night Test cricket is some-thing that he wants to play isbeen fantastic and was greatto see what happened inKolkata. Sadly, Bangladeshdidn’t play their best or Indiawere just too good, one of thetwo. But the crowds weregood for day-night Testmatches, so maybe, that’s theway,” he said.

“So, in those four-daytalks, let’s talk about what arethe areas we might actuallytry and improve the promo-tions of Test cricket and waysof making it a little better tofit it in the schedule. If there’sless Test cricket fine, but Iwill be very, very opposed togetting rid of Test cricket, ithas to be five days. If youhave bad weather in Englandor South Africa anyway, it’s adraw if you lose a day, sowith five days you got achance of having a result. It’sworth talking, five-day Testcricket is unique in manyways.”

I Will Be Very OpposedTo Getting Rid of TestCricket, It Has To Be

Five Days: Mike Gatting

Sports News Today January 29 – Javelin Star Neeraj Chopra ThrowsWell Past olympics 2020 Qualification Mark at ACNW League Meet

Sports News TodayJanuary 29: After missing outfrom the action for more thana year, India’s ace athleteNeeraj Chopra has made asuccessful comeback to theinternational stage with athrow of 87.86m at theAthletics Central North Eastmeeting in Potchefstroom,South Africa on January 28.

With the throw, Neeraj hassuccessfully breached theOlympic qualification markof 85m. The 22-year-old is

one of India prime medalprospects at the world’sbiggest sporting festival –Summer Olympics 2020,which will be held in Tokyofrom July 24 to August 9.

The Athletics Federation

of India (AFI) shared theachievement on their officialTwitter handle. The body alsochecked with the South Africa

federation to find out it is a‘recognised internationalmeet’, which assures Neerajof a place in the Olympics.

The international meetalso featured three Frenchparticipants and another

Indian thrower, Rohit Yadav,who threw 77.61m to finishsecond. Whereas none of theFrenchmen managed to crossthe 70m mark.

An elbow injury kept thestar thrower (Neeraj) awayfrom the competitive actionsince 2018. His last majorinternational competition wasthe 2018 Asian Games (inAugust) where he clinchedthe gold with a record throwof 88.06m.

In his time away from thesport, Neeraj missed majortournaments like the IAAFWorld Championships, theDiamond League and theAsian Championships lastyear.

He was expected to partic-ipate in the National OpenAthletics Championship latelast year, but the AFI decidedagainst it to allow the AsianGames gold medallist moretime to get competition ready.

New Delhi : After the twoteams ended in a tie after 20overs, India beat NewZealand in a Super Over inthe third Twenty20I atSeddon Park in Hamilton toclinch the five-match serieswith two games to spare onWednesday.

Asked to bat first, open-er Rohit Sharma smashed a40-ball 65 while Indianskipper Virat Kohli struck a27-ball 38 to help the Menin Blue post 179 for five intheir stipulated 20 overs.

Hamish Bennett was thepick of the bowlers forNew Zealand with threewickets while MitchellSantner and Colin deGrandhomme chipped inwith a wicket each.

In reply, KaneWilliamson hammered a blis-tering knock of 95 off 48deliveries to take NewZealand on the verge of victo-ry before Mohammad Shamistruck twice in the last over torestrict New Zealand to 179/6after 20 overs and forced thematch to a Super Over.

Besides Shami, Shardul

Thakur also bagged twowickets for India whileYuzvendra Chahal and

Ravindra Jadeja claimed awicket each.

In the Super Over, MartinGuptill and Williamson cameto bat for New Zealand andposted 17/0 in an over bowledby Jasprit Bumrah. In reply,the Men in Blue notched up20 runs in an over bowled byTim Southee, including back-

to-back sixes by Rohit on thelast two balls, to emerge vic-torious.

Rohit Sharma wasdeclared Man of the Matchfor his decent performancewith the bat.

India, who have nowclinched the series, will nowtake on New Zealand in aninconsequential third T20I atWellington Regional Stadiumon January 31.

India beat New Zealand in Superover in third T20I to clinch series

New Delhi : Rescuershave recovered the bodies ofall nine victims that died in ahelicopter crash includingNBA legend Kobe Bryant andhis daughter Gianna. Bryant,along with eight others, wason his way to his daughter’sbasketball game in a privatehelicopter on Sunday morn-ing in California when itcrashed killing all nine onboard.

Bryant was 41.According to Los Angeles

County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office, three bodieswere recovered on Sundayafternoon from the helicopterwreckage in Calabasas. OnMonday, as the search contin-ued, six bodies were locatedbefore being taken to thedepartment’s ForensicScience Center.

Four of the victims havebeen identified.

National TransportationSafety Board will continue itsefforts to collect evidence atthe site as it hopes to find thereason behind the tragic acci-dent.

Apar from Bryant and his

13-year-old daughter, theseven others who were travel-ling to Mamba Academy in

Thousand Oaks in the chop-per include Orange CoastCollege baseball coach JohnAltobelli (56), his wife Keri(46), and their 13-year-olddaughter Alyssa; SarahChester (45) and her 13-year-old daughter Payton, assistantcoach Christina Mauser (38)and pilot Ara Zobayan (50).

Bryant’s death sent shock-waves across the sportingworld with tributes pouring in

from around the globe.A sporting icon, Bryant

became a legend playing for

Los Angeles Lakers, retiringin 2016 and finishing as thethen third-highest point scorerin NBA’s history. He set theprecedent after making thejump to professional careerdirectly from high school,building a storied career thatlasted 20 years.

For his short animatedmovie, Dear Basketball,Bryant bagged an Oscar in2018.

All Nine Bodies Recovered From KobeBryant Helicopter Crash Site

Barcelona : Real Madriddefender Nacho was theunlikely hero as they snatcheda 1-0 win at Real Valladolidon Sunday to capitalize onBarcelona`s defeat at Valenciathis weekend and move threepoints clear of their rivals atthe top of La Liga.

The Spaniard was handedhis fourth league start of theseason only because usualright-back Dani Carvajal wassuspended but he proved thedifference in a tight encounterby heading home a ToniKroos cross in the 78thminute.

Real, who have not wonthe title since 2017, lead thestandings on 46 points after21 games. Barca, who lost 2-0at Valencia on Saturday intheir first defeat under newcoach Quique Setien, are sec-ond on 43 while Sevilla isthird with 38.

Nacho raced straight overto the visiting dugout toembrace coach ZinedineZidane after scoring his firstleague goal in over two yearsas Real finally broke thedeadlock after struggling tobreak down the hosts` deep-lying defense.

Zidane revealed after thegame that his instructions toNacho had played a part in the

goal."Just before he scored I

told him to attack the nearpost. He`s a defender who

doesn`t score many goals soI`m delighted for him," saidthe French coach.

"It was a very difficultmatch against a team who hadonly lost one game at homeand who play very well. Itwas vital that we won butbeing top of the table doesn`tchange anything for us, wejust have to keep doing whatwe`re doing well."

Real midfielder Casemirothought he had given Zidane`sside an early lead when heheaded home a free-kick fromKroos but the goal was ruledout for offside after a VARreview.

Valladolid`s Sergi

Guardiola meanwhile nettedlate in the game but that wasalso ruled offside and Realclung on to earn a vital victo-

ry which took them back tothe top of the standings for thefirst time since the start ofOctober.

"Nacho sums up the unityof this team and that any play-er can come in and make adifference regardless of howmany minutes they haveplayed this season. The wholesquad is so happy for him,"added Real captain SergioRamos.

"It`s never easy to playaway from home and weknew that Valladolid wouldplay their usual system anddefend very well and close usdown and we had to workvery hard to open them up."

Late Nacho header takes RealMadrid top of La Liga

New Delhi : Former Indiacaptain MS Dhoni is a hum-ble person and there is nosecret about it. On Tuesday,the 37-year-old was attendingan event in New Delhi alongwith his wife Sakshi. In avideo posted by Sakshi onInstagram, the former skippercan be seen blushing whenhis wife, from behind thecamera calls him ‘sweety’.

She says, “Sweety, at leastlook at me’.

Adding further, she says,“How cute are you looking,”before asking him “Are youblushing?” as he struggles tohold back his smile.

“Can you do something tothrow her out?” he cheekilyasks her friends as they gig-gle.

The Chennai Super Kingsskipper enjoys a massive fan-base and this video posted bySakshi is a testament of that.With over 3.3 lakh likes inmerely four hours, this videois already going viral. Sakshicaptioned the video,“#Sweetyoftheday”.

Meanwhile, Dhoni, whohas not played internationalcricket since India’s loss inthe 2019 ICC Cricket WorldCup semi-final, has beendropped from BCCI’s centralcontract recently.

Last week, the formerskipper was attending anevent at the Jharkhand StateCricket Association (JSCA)in Ranchi where he was try-ing to whistle with springonions in the presence ofJharkhand Chief MinisterHemant Soren. The two-timeWorld Cup-winning skipperwas seen in a happy moodduring the event where heand Soren inaugurated newfacilities.

MS Dhoni Blushes WhenSakshi Calls Former

India Captain ‘Sweety,Cutie’, Video Goes Viral

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We have felt thelove and it's timewhen the makers

of Malang are bringing us asymphony to feel how heart-wrenching tale of love with atint of heart-break would looklike with the new song, PhirNa Milen Kabhi that came outtoday. Aditya Roy Kapur andDisha Patani's chemistry iswell known but it is the bondbetween the two that the songtouches upon and we arealready hooked on to it.

Taking to their socialmedia, Luv films posted, `TuAasmaa Hai Aur Main HoonZameen.. Hum Phir Na MilenKabhi ??#PhirNaMilenKabhi, song outnow! Link in Bio! #Malang@anilskapoor @adityaroyka-pur @dishapatani @khem-ster2 @mohitsuri @ankitti-wari @princedubey1412@iamdjphukan #LuvRanjan@gargankur82 @bhushanku-mar @jayshewakramani

@tseries.official @tseries-films @malangfilm`.

This latest track is sung

and music is by Ankit Tiwari,music is by DJ Phukan andlyrics are penned by Prince

Dubey. The song is definitelygoing to be the most heart-warming symphony of the

season and this only goes onto prove how Malang jukeboxis the best thing out there forthe audience. Malang mad-ness has enthralled the youthand masses alike with itsthrilling storyline. From theposter to the enchanting trail-er, followed by the musictracks that have beenreleased- all are receivingimmense love and praise fromall across.

Ever since the trailer ofMalang has released, theexcitement of the audiencehas been at its peak and moreso, to witness the chemistrybetween the fresh pair.

The film Malang is direct-ed by Mohit Suri and pro-duced by T-Series' BhushanKumar, Krishan Kumar, LuvFilms' Luv Ranjan, AnkurGarg, and Northern LightsEntertainment's JayShewakramani. The film is allset to hit the theatres on 7thFebruary 2020.

Vaani Kapoor glitters in a delightful and glossy look

Aditya-Disha liven up love and agony; 'PhirNa Milen Kabhi' from Malang is here!

She's so raw and sexy in the film,

is very interesting: Disha Patani

on her character in MalangWith the Malang fever

taking over the nation, DishaPatani has been makingwaves with her look andcharacter. The actress hasbeen the talk of the town eversince the first look of hernext came out. From theposter to the trailer, every

frame of the units that havebeen released has been wide-ly loved and the curiosityamongst the audience tocatch on to the vibe isextremely high.

When asked how Disharelates to the character in anysense or if she feels it is com-pletely different from howshe is in real life, she shares,`There is a very slight resem-blance of the film characterto my real life. It was theinnocence and the freedomthat I also live by which Icould somewhere relate to.The urban factor and the factthat she's so raw and sexy inthe film, is very interesting.Apart from this, I would saythat I am very shy and

reserved as a person`. Her character in the film

stays very undiscloseddespite the many shades thatwe are seeing. Popularlyhailed as the 'hottest actressin Bollywood', Disha hastaken the hotness factor withher bikini-clad appearance

and magnetic vibes in thetrailer to an all-time high.

The songs are alsoalready creating all the chat-ter where Disha is lookingabsolutely enchanting. DishaPatani has been receivingappreciation from all acrossfor the trailer of Malang andfans are super excited towatch her on the big screen.

The actress on the workfront has a stellar line upwith Mohit Suri's Malanghitting the theatres on 7thFebruary 2020. Teaming upwith Salman Khan again,Disha will be romancingSalman Khan on the bigscreen with Radhe and fol-lowed by Ekta Kapoor'sKTina.

Dolly Parton challenge hits Pollywood stars!Instagram has got a new

thing trending these dayswhich is called #thedollypar-ton challenge and yes it wasstarted by the Hollywoodcelebrity and singer DollyParton. This challenge thatrequires you to post yourLinked, Facebook,Instagram, and Tinder profilepicture has got people acrossthe globe obsessed with itand after Hollywood andBollywood it has finally hitPollywood too.

Yes, the challenge hasreached the Punjabi enter-tainment industry and thefirst one to get hit by this onewas our favourite Punjabisinger Nimrat Khaira. Nimrat posted a collage of herself in an adorable

Punjabi salwar-kameez inevery picture of the collagecaptioning the post 'Hum toaese hi hae ????

P.S - I am not on Tinder &Linkedin ..eh sare pa rhe c temein vi paditi post?? parstyle add aa??".

On the work front, NimratKhaira will soon be seenopposite Diljit Dosanjh inAmberdeep Singh's film'Jodi' that is set to release onJune 26th this year. On theother hand, Aarya Babbarwill be seen along with NehaMalik, Veer Sahu, andSunakshi Sharma in KinderSingh's 'Gandhi Fer Aa Gea'releasing on January 31st,2020.

A glorious 'week' to remember: Davos, first Indian face toa global brand and 'The Intern' for Deepika Padukone

There is nothing else thatcan summarize the past oneweek that Deepika Padukonehas had. Other than the word-marvellous. With back toback achievements adding onto her list of accolades and amovie announcement, theprevious one week has been agreat one for her and herfans.

Firstly. the global iconwas in Davos, Switzerlandfor the World EconomicForum 2020 where theactress was honoured withAnnual Crystal Award for hercontribution towards mentalhealth awareness. One of thefour awardees from acrossthe world, this definitely wasthe best start to a week thatfollowed.

In another first adding tothe list of firsts for theactress, Deepika Padukonebecame the face toInternational luxury brandLouis Vuitton's NicholasGhesquiere's campaign as thefirst Indian representative to

their global campaign. Theactor will be featured inLouis Vuitton's 2020 pre-fall

campaign which is a historicmove for the brand as well asthe actor- yet another glori-ous win for the actress.

Just recently, the actressalso announced her project,the Indian Adaptation of 'The

Intern' which is all slated torelease in 2012. The officialHindi remake of `THE

INTERN` will star RishiKapoor and DeepikaPadukone essaying the char-acters played by Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway intheir 2015 Hollywood Film.With three back to back

announcements, these sevendays were the best that herfans could have whereDeepika yet another time,ruled over the world.

Deepika was last seen in'Chhapaak', a film based onthe life of the acid attack sur-vivor Laxmi Agarwal. Theactress played the role ofMalti in the film which alsostarred Vikrant Massey in apivotal role.

Helmed by MeghnaGulzar, the film was releasedon January 10 and receivedwide appreciation for the sig-nificance it holds.

Up next, she will next fea-ture in Kabir Khan's sportsdrama 83 where she will beessaying the role of formercricketer Kapil Dev's wifeRomi Dev while RanveerSingh will be seen as Kapil.The film is slated to releaseon 10th April 2020. The newannouncement of The Internfor 2021 is another thing thatis already getting us all excit-ed!

Sudhanshu Mittal, Sara Khan and Ashmit Patelinaugurated The Big Game Changer Business

Award announced by De- FantasiaThe results of The Game

Changers BusinessAwardwere announced at afun-filled evening on January10th, 2020 in Country Innand Suites,Chattarpur. Theidea behind this entire effortwas to identify and rewardinnovations done by pioneersin various fields. It was agreat pleasure to announcethat King of BrandsMercedes Benz along withBikanervala, Satmola andOLX were associate partnerswith De- Fantasia. The eventwas inaugurated bySudhanshu Mittal(Spokesperson of BJP), SaraKhan(Actress) and AshmitPatel(Actor) with a spirituallamp lighting program.

The award show was fol-lowed by Exhibition & TheShimmerFashion show (Part3) in which popular modelsand celebrities who rockedthe ramp with apparels,accessories, jewelry, make upand footwear etc. celebritiesand designers like AshmitPatel (Bollywood actor) andSara Khan (Bollywoodactress).

The award was presentedto the pioneers in every cate-gory who changed the gamein their respective fields likeMr. Bikas Sharma , Presidentand Founder , Trustee atIAMA , Ms. Deepti Singh ,Advocate and LegalConsultant , Ashok KumarJain, Founder , SumerJewellers , Aakask Vohra,Photographer, Divya Verma ,Founder at RudravibhaJewels , Mr. AmrendraShukla, National Head Sales, OLX India , MintyChhabraa , President andDirector of Gyan Kailash,Shweta Sharma , NorthDelhi, MCD Council

,Mayank Pawar , ShowStopper MTV Splitsvilla andGaurav Tyagi who is arenowned MedicalCouncilor. Crossword PublicRelations were associatedwith The Big Game ChangerBusiness Awards as their

public relations partner. Gunjan Sharma, Director

of De- Fantasia Pvt. Ltd.says, `We took this initiativein 2018 and 2019and even inthe third year 2020 also itturned out to be a big one.Big brands like MercedesBenz, Bikanerwala, OLX,Satmola&Baraamda becamea part of this event as spon-sors which turned out to be abig achievement for us. Itwas a proud feeling to appre-ciate great work of all theindustries and also become

an encouraging platform toother people to work hardand fulfill their dreams. Wewill continue to provide thisrecognition to all the achiev-ers in future and lay a plat-form of inciting our youngfolks`

The event invitedSudhanshu Mittal,Spokesperson BJP, SyedSibteyRazi Ji Ex-Governorof Jharkhand as honorableChief Guests and the list ofGuest of Honor includedM.S.Johar Director of Max Superspecialty Hospital, BhartiTaneja, Founder of AlpsBeauty Group, Mohit Gulati,Owner of Roar Night Club,Delhi, Tushar Kumar MDand CEO of Silver Arrows,Mercedes Benz which madethe award show more enthu-

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The world swoons overthe charm that Hrithik Roshanholds. From his co-stars to thenew age actresses,the most recent tojoin this bandwag-on is the newdebutant on thebloc, Alaya F.Recently in aninterview, Alaya Freminisced howshe was obsessedover Hrithik'ssuperhero filmKrrish and also,how her friend'sreaction was whilethey were watch-ing WAR.

H r i t h i kRoshan's Krrishhas been touted tobe the first super-hero movie of alltimes and whileAlaya was talkingabout it, she total-ly gushed over herobsession withhim running overthese rocks, flyingall over and hismuscles. Theactress totallyseemed swoonedover how she feltit was breathtak-ing, all the way!Well, all the moreproof that Hrithikis not just the crush of his co-actors, audiences world overbut also, Alaya F now.

Also, talking about whenshe watched Hrithik's recentfilm with her friends whowere boys, it was not reallyAlaya who was screaming butthe four boys who were cheer-ing for Hrithik, at their topvoice.

With butterflies in herstomach, hooked on to the

charisma and aura that Hrithikpossesses, Alaya was embar-rassed how the boys were all

over rooting for Hrithik.Testimony to the fact that thesuperstar's fanbase is not justlimited to females but theboys are equally the ones wholove Hrithik.

Hrithik had a super suc-cessful 2019 with two back toback releases, first with Super30 where he essayed the roleof Anand Kumar and receiveda lot of appreciation for hisperformance. Fans were

delighted to see Hrithik in anentirely different avatar asKabir in WAR. His transfor-

mation from Super 30 toWAR shook the world andgarnered a lot of appreciationfor the actor.

Hrithik Roshan's lastmovie WAR became the high-est-grossing movie of 2019,collecting over 300 crores atthe box office. With a legacyof challenging yet promisingroles, Hrithik has a fanbasethat travels beyond bordersand demographics.

Fan-girling and how! Here’s what Alaya F hasto say about Hrithik Roshan. Find out!

Shraddha Kapoor's recentmovie Street Dancer 3D isalready a hit amongst theaudience. The actress hasbeen on a swing of success asShraddha had an immenselysuccessful 2019 with back toback hits like Saaho andChhichhore and will now own2020 with Street Dancer fol-lowed by Baaghi 3.

Shraddha's last threemovies, namely Saaho,Chhichhore, and the latestbeing Street Dancer 3D, haveseen humongous box officecollection in their openingweekend.

Shraddha had a bang-on2019 as both her movies werebox office hits as well as crit-ically acclaimed with every-one lauding the actress for herversatility and skills as anactor.

The actress has once againnailed her character as Inayatin Street Dancer 3D with herexceptional dance movesespecially in Illegal Weapon2.0.

Shraddha is adored by allher fans and love seeing her indifferent characters and thelove of her fans is whatalways pushes her to becomea better version of herself.Shraddha never misses achance to stun everyone on

how the actress can mouldherself into something better

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Shraddha will be seen inBaaghi franchise "Baaghi 3"

directed by Ahmed Khan,opposite Tiger Shroff.

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laud worthy, find out

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BUSINESS NEWS11

Delhi court sends Thampi to jail in PMLAcase related to Robert Vadra

New Delhi : A Delhi courtOn January 28 sent NRI busi-nessman C C Thampi to judi-cial custody in a money laun-dering probe related to a caseagainst Robert Vadra foracquisition of alleged illegalassets abroad.

Special CBI Judge ArvindKumar sent Thampi, arrestedby the EnforcementDirectorate in the case, to jailtill February 7 while rejectingthe probe agency's request forhis further custodial interro-gation in the case involvingVadra, son-in-law ofCongress chief Sonia Gandhi.

The case relates to allega-tions of money laundering inthe purchase of a London-based property -- located at12, Bryanston Square -- worth1.9 million pounds, which isallegedly owned by Vadra.

The court also reserved forWednesday the order on hisbail application, which saidthat

Thampi was not requiredfor further interrogation andno purpose will be served bykeeping him in custody.

The application wasopposed by ED's advocateAmit Mahajan and N KMatta, who said that the probewas at initial stage and ifreleased, he may hamper theongoing investigation.

The agency, also repre-sented by advocate AtulTripathi, told the court that the

pre-arrest bail of the co-accused -- Vadra and his closeaide Manoj Arora -- has beenchallenged.

Another co-accused,

Sanjay Bhandari, is abscond-ing and red corner notice(RCN) has been issuedagainst him, the agency fur-ther submitted.

Thampi was arrested bythe ED on January 18. He isstated to be "controlling"Dubai-based company SkyLite. In 2009, Bhandari's firmSantech FZE purchased aLondon asset from a privatecompany which was acquiredby Sky Lite.

Vadra is alleged to haveacquired this London-basedasset, and few purportedemails between him andBhandari regarding renova-tion of the London flat arepart of the evidence in the

case.The ED claimed that

Thampi met Vadra through anaide of his mother-in-law,while the latter reportedly told

the probe agency that he onlymet him on board an Emiratesflight some years ago.

Thampi, during his earliergrilling session with the ED,claimed that Vadra had stayedat the Bryanston Square prop-erty in London. Vadra, in hisstatement made to the agency,denied the claim.

ED said Thampi's arrestand subsequent custodialgrilling will unravel the"missing links" in the casewhere the ED has chargedVadra with acquiring illegalassets abroad in coordinationwith Bhandari.

Thampi has been chargedby the agency in the past inalleged illegal hawala deal-

ings and land purchase case inthe country in 2017 in allegedcontravention of the ForeignExchange Management Act(FEMA).

It had also issued a FEMAshow cause notice to Thampifor alleged violation of for-eign exchange laws to thetune of over Rs 1,000 crore inthe purchase of vast tracts ofland in Kerala.

The firms that are beinginvestigated by the ED, aspart of the two FEMA showcause notices issued againsthim, include Holiday CityCentre Private Limited,Holiday Properties PrivateLimited and Holiday BekalResorts Private Limited.

The ED said Thampi isalso under the scanner for hisreported dealings with somepoliticians and bureaucrats.

The agency earlier told acourt that it had receivedinformation about variousnew properties in Londonwhich belong to Vadra. Theseinclude two houses -- oneworth 5 million GBP and theother valued at 4 million GBP,six other flats and more prop-erties.

Vadra has consistentlydenied these charges and hassaid he will cooperate in theprobe.

He has also said that hewas being "hounded andharassed" to subserve politicalends.

RSS-affiliate BMS opposes Air Indiasale, asks govt to revisit decision

New Delhi : RSS-affiliateBharatiya Mazdoor Sangh(BMS) on January 28opposed Air India sale, andurged the government to thinkover this decision.

"Ever since inception,public sector undertakingshave been the driver ofgrowth and value creation.Perhaps they are the onlyenterprises in India that ful-filled all the objectives laidout according to the IndustrialPolicy Resolution of 1956," aBMS statement said.

The union also said that itis unfortunate that they(PSUs) are being sold in thename of resource mobilisationto fund social spending.

The union is of the viewthat selling PSU to privateplayers is not going to helpthe government in mobilizingresources and funding social

spending because privatiza-tion does not free the govern-ment from its responsibilities.

There are certain segment

in which both public as wellprivate sector enterprises arenot being able to perform andthere are cases in which pri-

vate players failed to generateown resources, they simplytook the money in form ofloans from banks (many in the

public sector) and then theyfailed to repay the loan, deep-ening non-performing assetcrisis, it added.

The PSU also pointed outthat while calculating profitand loss of Air India one needto think of the fact that it hasbeen operating many of thelow-profit or loss-makingroutes only to serve the pas-senger and connecting peoplewith one another promotingnational unity - in which anyprivate player will not beoperating.

Privatisation of Air Indiacan have a cascading impact;like many of those airportswhich will lose the flight mayface further crises, many ofthe emerging cities may facethe crisis of connectivity etc,it added.

Keeping these issues inmind the BMS urge the gov-ernment to think hundredtimes before going for the dis-investment of Air India, theunion said.

Airbus nears settlements with US, UK,French investigators

New Delhi : Airbus onTuesday said it has reachedpotential settlement dealswith authorities in the US,Britain and France investigat-ing alleged fraud and bribery.If the plea deals are approvedby courts in all three coun-tries, that would end fouryears of investigations thathave damaged the Europeanplane maker's reputation andbottom line.

The settlements wouldalso mean executives would-n't have to face trial.

Airbus did not disclosedetails of how much it couldpay to settle the cases, but itcould reach billions of euros.

British and French author-ities are investigating allegedfraud and bribery related toAirbus' use of outside consult-ants to sell planes. US author-ities are also investigating

Airbus' compliance withAmerican arms traffickingregulations.

Airbus said in a statement

on Tuesday that it has"reached agreement in princi-ple" with the investigating

bodies, but released nodetails. It said the potentialsettlement agreements mustbe approved by courts in the

three countries.Airbus, one of Europe's

leading manufacturers, has

suffered financially becauseof the investigations, and haspromised to cut out middle-men from its business deal-ings.

The French financial pros-ecutor's office and BritishSerious Fraud Office startedinvestigating in 2016, and theU.S. Department of Justicejoined in 2018.

The Airbus investigationwas one of the first andbiggest cases led by theFrench financial prosecutor'soffice, which has onlyreached five settlements sinceit was created in 2014. Thelargest plea deal was withGoogle, which agreed to pay500 million euros to settle atax fraud claim.

If the French plea deal isconfirmed, Airbus must payout the settlement within eightdays.

DLF revamps shopping mall in Saket, Delhiwith over Rs 100 cr investment

New Delhi : Realty majorDLF Ltd on January 28 saidthe company has revamped itsshopping mall at Saket in thenational capital with aninvestment of over Rs 100crore and the retail complexwill be fully functional byMarch. The company hasdone the soft launch of thisshopping complex 'DLFAvenue' on Monday, whichhas a leasable area of 5.2 lakhsq ft.

"We had shut our DLFSaket mall in February lastyear. We have invested overRs 100 crore on revampingit," DLF Shopping MallsExecutive Director PushpaBector told PTI.

There are total 105 brandsof which 95 are new, she saidadding that the retail complexwould help generate directand indirect employmentopportunities of over 1,500people.

Bector said the companyhas increased the space forfood and beverages (F&B) to28 per cent from 12 per cent

earlier. The mall also houses5-screen multiplex byCinepolis and co-workingfacility.

"The focus is on integrated

experience of shopping, din-ing and culture making it adestination to be in for millen-nials and the discerning SouthDelhi consumers," she added.

Bector said the mall isbringing together the best ofIndian and international fash-ion and apparel brands acrossfast fashion, athleisure and

ethnic fusion. The mall hasbrands like Under Armour,Go Sports, Superkicks, NykaaLuxe, Forever 21, Uniqlo andMarks & Spencer among oth-

ers.The company expects a

footfall of 12 lakh per month."We are positive that DLF

Avenue will further take con-sumer retail experience sever-al notches higher. At DLF wecontinuously explore opportu-nities to enhance the shoppingexperiences," DLF Managing

Director (Rental Business)Sriram Khattar said.

This mall comes underDLF Cyber City DevelopersLtd (DCCDL) which is a jointventure between DLF Ltd andSingapore sovereign wealthfund GIC. DLF has nearly 67per cent stake in the DCCDLwhile rest is being held by theGIC.

DLF has a rental portfolioof over 36 million sq ft ofwhich 32 million sq ft isoffice and rest retail and itearns over Rs 3,000 croreannually through rent.

DLF Mall of India inNoida, Uttar Pradesh isbiggest retail asset witharound 2 million sq ft ofleasable area.

As part of its strategy tofocus on commercial realestate, DLF last weekannounced an investment ofRs 5,000 crore to developlarge commercial projectlargely office in Chennai aspart of its strategy to expandportfolio of rent yieldingproperties.

New Delhi : The MadrasHigh Court on January 28dismissed as withdrawn anIncome Tax departmentappeal against film starRajinikanth in respect ofassessment for three yearsfrom 2002-03 after thedepartment cited a CBDT cir-cular doing away with furtherlegal challenge in mattersinvolving amount less thanRs 1 crore.

A bench of justices VineetKothari and R Suresh Kumarpassed the order after thedepartment submitted it waswithdrawing the appealagainst July 26, 2013 order ofthe Income Tax AppellateTribunal (ITAT) which hadallowed the actor's pleaagainst the assessment orderslevying penalty on incometotalling over Rs 66 lakh.

Counsel for the depart-ment said the Central Boardof Direct Taxes (CBDT) hadissued a circular on August 8,2019 directing authorities notto go on appeal where theamount of tax was less thanRs 1 crore. In the presentappeal filed by theCommissioner of IncomeTax, Chennai, the amountclaimed by the departmentfor all the three assessmentyears was less than Rs. 1crore, he said.

The matter related to anorder passed by theAssessment Officer levyingpenalty under section271(1)(C ) of the Income TaxAct assessing an amount ofRs 6.20 lakh for the assess-ment year 2002-03, Rs.5.56lakh for AY 2003-04 and Rs.54.46 lakh for AY 2004-05.

Aggrieved by it,Rajinikanth filed an appealbefore the IT (Appeal) whichdismissed it. He thenapproached the ITAT whichhad allowed his appeal, hold-ing that the penalty wasimposed without any materialevidence or investigation.Challenging this, the ITdepartment had filed the pres-ent appeal in the high court.

I-T dept withdrawsappeal against

Rajinikanth over penalty

New Delhi : Hospitalityfirm OYO on January 28 saidits corporate channel has wit-nessed an 80 percent increasein revenue on a year-on-yearbasis on account of stronggrowth trajectory in corpo-rate bookings. The companycurrently has a total of over8,400 active corporateaccounts, OYO said in astatement.

The company's corporatechannel contributes over 30percent to the total revenuesof OYO, it added.

The revenue of corporatechannel for the calendar year2019 stood at Rs 459 crore,OYO said.

"The corporate travel seg-ment is a key engine ofgrowth for us and we are see-ing strong demand for ourstandardised and affordableofferings from business trav-ellers across India," OYOHotels & Homes India &South Asia COO GauravAjmera said.

The company welcomedover 4,000 new corporationsin 2019 and their trust in thebrand is a testament to thevalue OYO is creating for itscorporate customers, headded.

OYO adds over4,000 corporateaccounts in 2019

Tepid two-wheeler sales: Muthoot Capital Servicescontinues to feel the heat

New Delhi : Two-wheelerfinancier Muthoot CapitalServices continued to feel theheat of poor sales in its keysegment as its net profit fell22.78 percent in the thirdquarter. The non-bankingfinance company (NBFC)saw rise in bad loans amid flatcredit growth and higher oper-ating expenses.

"We are not too perturbedabout the ground scenario.Only grievance is that growthis not coming the way we hadanticipated 15-18 monthsback," said Vinod Panicker,chief financial officer,Muthoot Capital Services.

Last month, two-wheelersales declined 16 percent to12,64,169 units, as comparedwith 15,00,545 units inDecember 2018. InNovember, the sales weredown 13.5 percent.

Panicker said that thefourth quarter should be ableto clock sales of 40-50 lakh

units as most companies havestarted launching BSVI vehi-cles. "I think the fourth quar-ter should be decent and fromfirst or second quarter nextyear, things should start look-ing up," he said, adding thatthe NBFC expects disburse-ments of Rs 250-500 crore inJanuary-March 2020.

Also, the NBFC is plan-ning to increase its presencein second-had vehicle financ-ing across the country nextfinancial year.

Panicker said that the com-pany's operating expensesrose by 21 percent mainly onaccount of increase in cost ofcollections.

"Collections were tougherin some states, we had toengage external agencies withhigher incentives thatincreased the cost of collec-tion went up. Employee costhas also gone up due to hiringfor new businesses," headded.

Growth in net non-per-forming assets (NPAs) was Rs10 crore, taking its total badloans to Rs 166 crore. GrossNPA ratio grew to 6 percent in

third quarter, from 5.1 percentin the same period last year.Net NPA ratio also rose to 3.6percent, from 3.1 percent inthe same period.

"We expect gross NPAscloser to 5-5.25 percent by

March-end due to reduction inNPAs and growth in loanbook," he said. MuthootCapital Services has alsodecided to hold back on its

capital raising plans viaQualified InstitutionalPlacement (QIP) in the fourthquarter as planned earlier, tilleconomic growth is back ontrack and credit demand picksup.

New Delhi : Group healthinsurance policies of cus-tomers of the public sectorbanks slated to be mergedwith other PSBs will contin-ue to be serviced by insurercompanies till the end of thepolicy period, IRDAI said onJanuary 28. The governmenthas announced to merge 10public sector banks (PSBs)into four with an aim to havefewer but bigger banks fromApril 2021.

"Upon merger of these

PSBs, the underlying grouphealth insurance policies ofthe customers of the mergedbanks shall continue to beserviced by the respectiveinsurance companies whichissued the policies till the endof the policy period," theinsurance regulator said in acircular.

The insurance companiesshall make suitable arrange-ments with the acquiringbanks in this regard, it added.

IRDAI said the guidelines

have been issued in order toprotect the interests of thegroup insurance policyhold-ers of the merged banks.

Further, at the end of thecurrent policy period of thegroup insurance policy of themerged bank, the acquiringbank at its option can contin-ue with the same group insur-ance policy with the sameinsurance company, for thecustomers of the mergedbank.

Also, the acquiring bankcan simultaneously continueto have insurance coveragefor its customers with itsexisting insurance company.

The acquiring bank canalso offer this insurance cov-erage to the customers of themerged bank with the con-sent of its insurer, IRDAIadded.

In the biggest consolida-tion exercise in the bankingspace, the government inAugust 2019 had announcedfour major mergers of publicsector banks, bringing downtheir total number to 12 from27 in 2017, a move aimed atmaking state-owned lendersglobal sized banks.

IRDAI issues guidelines to protect interestof policyholders of merged banks

New Delhi : Yes Bank onJanuary 28 offloaded sharesworth over Rs 5.7 crore inReliance Power through anopen market transaction.According to bulk deal dataon the National StockExchange (NSE), a total of3,02,59,855 shares, represent-ing 1.07 percent of the totalshares of Reliance Power,were sold by the privatelender.

The lender sold the sharesat an average price of Rs 1.91

apiece, which took the totaldeal value to over Rs 5.77crore.

The buyer, however, could

not be ascertained.Shares of Reliance Power

on Tuesday closed 5 percentlower at Rs 1.9 on the NSE.

Yes Bank sells shares worth Rs 5.7 crin Reliance Power

New Delhi : RelianceIndustries, India's largestpetchem player, is launching aproject to use plastics in roadconstruction, amid growingconcerns over pollution in thecountry of 1.3 billion whosemajor cities are often plaguedwith smog and litter.

India, which uses about 14million tonnes of plasticannually, lacks an organisedsystem for management ofplastic waste, leading to wide-spread littering.

Prime Minister NarendraModi is urging India to endconsumption of single-useplastics by 2022.

But Indians should focuson fighting pollution, notplastics, executives atReliance, whose chairman isAsia's richest man MukeshAmbani, said during a launchevent on Tuesday.

The company will seek towork with India's highwayauthority and individual statesto potentially supply a plas-tics-infused mix to makesome of the thousands of kilo-metres of roads Modi wants tobuild to upgrade India's creak-ing infrastructure.

Light plastics, the typeused as carry bags or snackwrappers, are typically notviable to recycle and so endup in landfills, street cornersor oceans. Reliance wants to

shred these plastics and mixthem with bitumen, a formulathe conglomerate says is

cheaper and longer-lasting."(This) can be a game-

changing project both for ourenvironment and our roads,"Vipul Shah, the COO of thepetrochemicals business, saidat a company petchem plantin the western state ofMaharashtra.

Shah was coy on details,saying Reliance had yet towork out the financial fineprint in what he stressedwould be a philanthropicendeavour.

Reliance's announcementcomes as campaigners such asGreta Thunberg ramp up pres-sure on businesses to helptackle climate change.

"It is happening interna-

tionally and now has startedpercolating to India too,though it's at a very early

stage," said Sunil Dahiya, ananalyst at the Center forResearch on Energy andClean Air.

"Corporates and industriesare a big source of all kinds ofpollution in India, so muchmore serious thoughts, poli-cies and actions are requiredfrom them," he added.

India was home to 15 ofthe 20 most polluted cities inthe world in 2018, accordingto a study by two groups mon-itoring air pollution. NewDelhi is the world's most pol-luted capital, with smog caus-ing school cancellations,flight diversions and untoldhealth problems for its over20 million people.

Reliance seeks to counter India plasticspushback with new road project

New Delhi : People whohave bought homes atSupertech's Romano site hererefuted the builder's claim that200 flats were handed over tothem last week, saying thatonly “three or four” familieswere given the keys. Eventhese flats were handed overwithout the builders obtainingthe “occupancy certificate”,the homebuyers' associationsaid.

In a statement on Saturday,Supertech had said it "handedover as many as 200 flats inits Romano project to homebuyers today".

Supertech RomanoHomebuyers' Association,however, said the builders'claim is "untrue" and the proj-ect, which is delayed by overthree years, is "far from liv-able". Confronted with thehomebuyers' rejoinder, aSupertech spokesperson saidon Tuesday that keys werehanded over to 20 buyers.

But all flats in Tower B2are ready and other homebuy-ers have been sent a commu-nication offering possession,the builders claimed.

“Not everyone came onJanuary 25 but we had invitedall buyers on Tower B2 to

take possession of theirhomes," the spokespersonclaimed.

The spokesperson said thegroup has “applied for” theoccupancy certificate forTower B2 of its project locat-ed in Sector 118.

Earlier, the homebuyers'statement said, “There areonly 150 units in Tower B2and not 200 as reported andon January 25 keys weregiven to only 3-4 buyers andnot to 200 as reported."

"Neither the occupancycertificate nor the completioncertificate has been obtainedfor the project or the units

offered for possession," itadded.

The association said the

promised infrastructure like aclub, a swimming pool, chil-dren's play area and joggingtrack are not yet available.

It alleged that Supertechhas also backed out from itscommitment to make pre-EMI payments to subventionbuyers.

"The project is delayed byover three years and the com-pany is not pursuing it evennow. Mere 15-20 labourerscan be seen on the site of sucha huge size," the homebuyers'association claimed.

Supertech hasn't 'handed over' 200flats, no oC obtained : Homebuyers

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Public grievances being redressedsystematically : Advisor Sharma

Meets several deputationsJAMMU, JANUARY 29

: Advisor to LieutenantGovernor, KK Sharma todaysaid that the grievances beingprojected by the people arebeing redressed systematical-ly with special focus on ensur-ing fast pacing of the develop-mental initiatives in core sec-tors and services so that pub-lic get benefitted.

The Advisor was interact-ing scores of deputations whocalled on him from differentdistricts of the UnionTerritory for redressal of theirgrievances.

A deputation fromInderwal raised several issuesrelated to education sector,especially shortage of staff inthe schools.

A deputation of KashmirYoung Entrepreneurs raisedthe demands for having ayouth industrial policy, spe-cial package in upcomingbudget, revival of overseasemployment corporation and

clarification of the RBI direc-tive for stressed out accounts.

Deputation of subject

teachers employed underSAMAGRA called for contin-uation of their services.

Ex-Legislators, RajeshGupta, Charanjeet SinghKhalsa and former chairper-

sons of corporations, DrMuhammad Ali Mir (SICOP)and GM Mir (HP&M) also

called on the Advisor andraised several issues related toR&B, Education, Industries,and other sectors.

A deputation ofChandigam Pulwama

demanded improvement ofpower infrastructure in theirareas.

The Advisor gave a patienthearing to the visiting deputa-tions and assured that all theirgenuine grievances would betaken at the appropriate quar-ter for early redressal.

Chief Justice J&K High Courtinaugurates J&K Bank ATM

Jammu, Jan 29 :Committed to provide easyaccess to modern bankingservices at places of publicimportance in the region,J&K Bank today commis-sioned an Automated TellerMachine (ATM)installedwithin the premises of DistrictCourt Complex, Jammu. Withthis commissioning, the totalnumber of ATMs of the bankin the country has increased to1350.

Chief Justice, J&K HighCourt, Justice Gita Mittalinaugurated the ATM in pres-ence of Justice Rajesh Bindal,Justice Sanjeev Kumar,Justice Sindhu Sharma,Chairman & ManagingDirector J&K Bank R KChhibber, Bank's Zonal HeadJammu Central - I SunitKumar, other judicial officers,judges of the District Courtand other senior officials fromthe Bank Appreciating therole of J&K Bank in improv-ing the lives of people irre-spective of their location andstatus Chief Justice, Justice

Gita Mittal extended her grat-itude to the bank's leadershipfor commissioning the ATMwithin the premises that she

said will enable the staff ofthe high court and the dailyvisitors round the clockaccess to a range of bankingservices.

Speaking on the occasion,the Chairman & ManagingDirector said, "Implementing

the bank's expansion policy,we shall continue to extendour digital and other servicenetwork to every place of

public importance in theregion.J&K Bank madeevery effort to provide con-venience to the general pub-lic by ensuring smooth func-tioning of its ATM networkdespite recent disturbance,especially in the valley,

which was very much appre-ciated by the general public",adding that bank remainedcommitted to provide state-

of-the-art banking servicesand tailor-made products tothe people of the region andbeyond." Zonal Head JammuCentral 1, Sunit Kumarthanked the Chief Guest andother dignitaries present onthe occasion.

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FC Health directs to step up efforts for gettingaccreditation to Laboratories and SSHs

JAMMU, JANUARY 29: Financial Commissioner,Health and MedicalEducation, Atal Dulloo todaydirected the officials to gearup their efforts for accredita-tion of Drug and Food testinglaboratories and the twinSuper Specialty Hospitals(SSH) of Jammu and Kashmirby September 2020.

He passed on these direc-tions, while chairing a meet-ing here at Civil Secretariat,held to review the accredita-tion process. The FC wasinformed that steps are afootfor getting accreditation to thelaboratories and the SS hospi-tals on time.

The meeting was attendedby Director New MedicalColleges, Dr Yashpal Sharma;Principal GovernmentMedical College, Jammu, DrSunanda Raina;Commissioner Food, VinodSharma; Drug ControllerLokita Khajuria, MedicalSuperintendent SSH, Jammu,Dr Arun Sharma; QualityManager CMC, Vellore, Lallu

Joseph; Food and DrugTesting Expert, Dr YougeshChander, Joint Director(Planning) H&ME, MadanLal and other officers.Principal Government

Medical College, Srinagarand Medical SuperintendentSSH Srinagar participated inthe meeting via video-confer-encing.

Regarding the accredita-tion process of Drug and Foodtesting laboratories, the FCasked the officers to keepeverything in place so thatthey get accredited by

September 2020 by NationalAccreditation Board forTesting and CalibrationLaboratories (NABL), whichis a Constituent Board ofQuality Council of India.

A detailed presentationwas given by the DrugController about the staffstrength and the instrumentsavailable for conducting vari-ous kinds of tests at the labo-ratories.

About the accreditationprocess of the twin SSHs ofJammu and Srinagar, the FCasked for filling the gaps, if

any, for meeting the patientsafety standards. He directedthe officers to put in their bestto get entry level certificationfor both the hospitals fromNational Accreditation Board

for Hospitals and HealthcareProviders (NABH).

He directed the officers todesignate a quality managerfor each hospital and preparea well defined action plan forthe accreditation process. Aspart of the action plan, 40 peo-ple from each hospital will beidentified and trained for dif-ferent services.

Army organises awareness lecture on ill effectsof Smoking and Rinking in Rajouri

JAMMU : With the aim toeducate the students/ youthabout Smoking & DrinkingArmy organised a lecture on“Ill Effects of Smoking andDrinking” at Youth Centre,Palma in Rajouri district.During the lecture, studentswere sensitised about variousaspects of Smoking &Drinking and their adverseeffects on the health, familyand society. The symptoms,treatment and rehabilitationwas given due emphasis dur-ing the discussion.

The students wereexplained about Smoking,Drinking and how it affectsthe body system like neuro,respiratory and blood. Onbeing asked about the curespeaker explained that thereare various rehabilitation cen-ters being run by the stategovernment and NGOs thatnot only treat the smoking and

drinking addicts but alsohelps them in living a normallife. He also emphasized thatan affected person must be

taken for rehabilitation at theearliest to overcome the men-

ace. The event concluded with

a question and answer sessionin which the involvements of

students were forthcoming.The audience appreciated

the efforts of the Army inorganising such activitieswhich generates awarenessand a feeling of goodwill

amongst the civil population,especially the youth

JAMMU, JANUARY 29: Vasudhaiva KutumbakamWelfare Society Jammutoday celebrated 71stRepublic Day here at AmarSingh Club Jammu in whichDirector School Education,Anuradha Gupta was thechief guest.

While speaking on theoccasion, she informed aboutvarious schemes carried outby the government for wel-fare of the children from eco-nomically weaker section ofthe society and asked them toget benefit of such schemes.

Appreciating the VKWS,Director said that the societyis working for the welfare ofunderprivileged children, byway of making education andhealthcare accessible to chil-dren. She said that it takestremendous spirit, strengthand kindness and communityparticipation to ensure thatdevelopment reaches all sec-tions of society.

A large number of chil-dren of Sarvodya VidyalyaTrikuta Nagar and RajivNagar also performed thecultural programme in thefunction.

Earlier, the WorkingPresident of the Society,Rashmi Sharma welcomedthe chief guest, members ofthe society and other guestswho were present in the func-tion.Secretary VKWS,Chandra Gupta, JointSecretary Sukriti Choudhary,Vice President KailashGupta, Neeta Mehta besidesPrincipal Yogita Bakshi werealso present on the occasion.

VK Welfare Society celebrates71st Republic Day

JAMMU, JANUARY 29: Advisor to LieutenantGovernor, KK Sharma wouldconvene a public redressalcamp at Udhampur onJanuary 31 (Friday) from 11am onwards in theConference Hall of DeputyCommissioner's OfficeComplex Udhampur.

The people wishing tomeet the Advisor for redres-sal of their grievances arerequested to register them-selves in the office of deputycommissioner Udhampur.

Advisor Sharma tomeet public in

Udhampur on Jan 31

JAMMU, JANUARY 29: Commissioner/Secretary toGovernment, Labour &Employment today reviewedthe implementation of The

Employees Provident Fundsand Miscellaneous Provisions(EPF and MP) Act, 1952 inthe Union Territory of Jammu& Kashmir.

Regional Provident FundCommissioner; LabourCommissioner, J&K;Additional Secretary Labour& Employment; DeputySecretary Labour &Employment; AssistantProvident FundCommissioner Samba;Additional Provident FundCommissioner, Jammu andAdditional Provident FundCommissioner, Kashmirattended the meeting.

A roadmap for smoothtransition of the implementa-tion of the Social SecuritySchemes under the provisionsof EPF and MP Act, 1952 in

the Union Territory of J&Kwas discussed in the meeting.

“As a Central Act hascome into operation in theUT of J&K, it needs to becomplied under the new sys-tem as per the provision ofthe Act and the schemeframed therein”, theSecretary stressed.

The meeting discussedvarious issues like transfer ofasset and liabilities, digitiza-tion of manual data ofJ&KEPF and up-dation ofaccount of members, bankingarrangements on collection ofPF dues after 1/11/2019 andorganization and re-designa-

tion of the officers and staff ofJ&KEPF.

Commissioner/Secretarydeliberated that the transitionof notification to be issued

soon, under Central Act; thesubscriber/Employer of PFmust be updated of theiraccount through SMS andtheir data be uploaded on theEPFO portal. “Besides, thisFA/CAO, JKEPFO shall cer-tify the accounts reconcilia-tion within 15 days” he direct-ed further.

The Commissioner/Secretary complimented theJ&K EPFO officers for pastpacing the digitization ofrecord of employees of over16,000 organizations anddrafting roadmap for imple-mentation of the Central EPFAct.

Saurabh Bhagat reviews implementation,provision of EPF&MP Act 1952 in UT of J&K

JAMMU, JANUARY 29: Financial Commissioner,Health and MedicalEducation, Atal Dulloo todaychaired the maiden meeting ofthe apex committee of JammuKashmir’s flagship youth skilldevelopment scheme-HIMAYAT.

The meeting was held todiscuss various projects beingundertaken under the scheme.On the occasion, a themesong was also released high-lighting the working andachievements of HIMAYATscheme in Jammu andKashmir. It was informed thatthe theme song would be usedto disseminate informationabout the scheme throughelectronic media for attractingthe youth.

HIMAYAT is a special ini-tiative under Deen DayalUpadhyaya- GrameenKaushalya Yojana for skill

development of rural andurban youth of Jammu andKashmir and being imple-mented through private agen-cies. A detailed presentationwas also given in the meeting,highlighting the achievements

of the HIMAYAT scheme, andthe challenges being faced inits implementation.

The FC health directed theauthorities to thoroughlycheck the credentials of the

Programme ImplementingAgencies before approvingthe projects. He said that thePIAs should be competentenough and have experiencein the relevant field.

The meeting was attended

by Secretary RuralDevelopment DepartmentSheetal Nanda; DirectorJKEDI G M Dar; DirectorPlanning, Shabir Shafi andother officers.

FC Health chairs maiden Apex Committeemeeting of HIMAYAT scheme

Theme song for skill dev programme releasedJCCI President called on Principal

Commissioner of Income TaxJAMMU : The JCCI

President Sh. Rakesh Guptaalongwith his Office bearerscalled upon the PrincipalCommissioner of Income TaxMs. Mona Singh, IRS in heroffice chambers today. Duringthe interaction the PrincipalCommissioner of Income Taxconveyed her serious con-cerns about drop in the nonfilling of Income Tax Returns,False Claims for refund in lieuof TDS, Sale and Purchase ofland through cash transactionsand non payment of tax oncapital gains.

JCCI President assured thePrincipal Commissioner ofIncome Tax that as usual thebusiness community through-out Jammu Province will bemajor contributor towardsIncome Tax and shall followthe same always. He alsopointed out that because of theprevailing law and order situ-

ation the business and econo-my was at its worst and sameshould not be ignored whileconsidering tax collection tar-

gets.JCCI President urged upon

the Principal Commissionerof Income Tax that the busi-ness community as well asindividual tax payers arecaught up in an unusual awk-ward situation which is like

being asked to use softwareon a computer which does nothave proper hardware. Herequested the Principal

Commissioner of Income Taxto take up the matter ofrestoration of Internet connec-tivity throughout the UnionTerritory to enable the peopleat large to file their IncomeTax Returns and also urgedupon her kindly to recom-

mend to the Union FinanceMinistry to urgently extendthe dates for filling of all sortsof Income Tax Returns upto31st March 2020.

The Chamber Presidentalso assured PrincipalCommissioner of Income Taxthat a word of advice shall besent through Chamber Officeto heads of all affiliated busi-ness associations in Jammuand across Jammu Province toconvey to their members tofile the Income Tax Returns atthe earliest as soon as theInternet connectivity isrestored. Also present on thisoccasion were Sh.S.K.Sharma, IRS AdditionalCommissioner of Income Tax,Sh. Rajesh Gupta, Sr. VicePresident CCI, Sh. RajeevGupta, Jr. Vice President CCI,Sh. Manish Gupta, SecretaryGeneral CCI and Sh. GauravGupta, Secretary CCI.

NPP Working Committee urgent meeting on31st January at Jammu Headquarters

JAMMU : NPP extendedWorking Committee shallmeet on 31st January, 2020 atJammu NPP Headquarters.The WC shall also discuss thereorganization of all 20 dis-tricts so that fresh WorkingCommittee elections are com-pleted by middle of March sothat the new WorkingCommittee shall be intro-duced on 23rd March, 2020the 38th Anniversary of J&KNational Panthers Party.

Senior leadership has beencontacted personally by theChief Patron, Prof. BhimSingh who shall be present inthe Working Committee.

Prof. Bhim Singh has per-sonally conveyed the messageto the Chairman, the President

& several WC Membersrequesting them to attend theWorking Committee on 31stJanuary, 2020. The lastWorking Committee of thepresent session of JKNPPshall be held on 1st March,2020. All the 20 DistrictCommittees of JKNPP inJammu & Kashmir shall berequested to submit theirDistrict fresh Committees forthe Party as the present ses-sion of JKNPP takes place on23rd March, the day whennew Working Committee aswell as the Secretariat shall beannounced.

Prof. Bhim Singh stronglyappealed all the members ofthe Working Committeeincluding the District

Presidents to submit theirfresh elected committees on1st March.

The Panthers Party shallalso present a white paper asto what needs to be done forthe reorganization of Jammu& Kashmir with immediaterestoration of its status as aState which was founded byDogra Maharaja Gulab Singhin 1846 by uniting 84,000square miles of territory intoJammu & Kashmir includingLadakh. Prof. Bhim Singhtoday interacted with severalleaders of the NPP and OfficeBearers at its Headquarters toensure a success for the cele-bration of the Panthers Party.The some of the leaders Prof.Bhim Singh communicated

included Shri Harsh DevSingh, Chairman, ShriBalwant Singh Mankotia,President, Sr. Vice President,P.K. Ganju, Mr. MasoodAndrabi, Mr. Mohd. IqbalChoudhary, Vice Presidents,Anita Thakur, GeneralSecretary, Shanker SinghChib, Gagan Pratap Singh,State Secretaries, ParshotamParihar, State Secretary-PTU,Shanker Singh, Ex-Sarpanch,Surinder Chouhan, DistrictPresident Jammu Rural, AnilSingh Rakwal, ProvincialGeneral Secretary YoungPanthers, Pawan Sodhi, S.Amandeep Singh, DistrictPresident Rural YoungPanthers, S. Pawadeep Singhand others.

NCP Youth wing appeals rejected leaders not to mislead & confusethe people of J&K by their political dramas says Kilam

JAMMU : A meeting ofYouth wing of NCP was heldunder the chairmanship ofProminent Social ActivistEr.Rishi Kilam National JointSecretary & SpokespersonNYC J&K wherein surprisewas shown on the statementof deniel of forming newpolitical party by former PDPminister Altaf Bukhari whenpreviously he and his associ-ates claimed to float a newfront.

The youth wing of NCPhas nothing to do with theirpolitical dramas but whichpreviously the people of j&Khave experienced and expect-ed from them.

It is ironic that they mis-lead and confuse the people of

J&K particularly of Valley fortheir survival and political

ends.We the Youth wing of NCP

appeal these drama Kings to

stop this nonsense now as thepeople of J&K are fed up

from the characterless leaderswhom we have tested andexperienced enough is enough

now. For God sake give us afree breathing time and not totax our minds again andagain.

Let the people experiencethe new setup in the union ter-riority.Don't confuse the peo-ple who have suffered a mis-erable lives during the past 30years.

Recently a leader has beenawarded National Prestigeousaward Padma Bhushan thattoo at the cost of innocent andsuffering people.

Infact the award winnershave lost their credibility andhave no ground to attain it.

Youth wing appealed theseleaders not to drag the peopleof J&K in misiries,stop thisunethical activity.


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