Thai woman givesbirth to baby boy onflight to BangkokKOLKATA: A Qatar Airways flightfrom Doha to Bangkok made anemergency landing at Kolkata air-port on Tuesday after a womandelivered a baby mid-air, officialsat the airport said.This happened around 3 amwhen the aircraft was flying overKolkata, they said.The captain of the aircraft con-tacted officials of Air Traffic Con-trol (ATC) at Kolkata airport, re-ported the matter and soughtpermission for an emergencylanding.The ATC officials gave clearancefor the emergency landing at Ne-taji Subhash Chandra Bose Inter-national (NSCBI) airport here, fol-lowing which the aircraft landedsafely at 3.15 am.The woman, a Thai national,along with her newborn child,was taken to a private hospital formedical assistance, an AirportsAuthority of India official said.

‘India must movetowards defence hi-tech equipment’LUCKNOW: India must move to-wards defence systems that areinteroperable with the equipmentand networks of its security part-ners, US Ambassador to IndiaKenneth Juster said on Tuesday."We (the US) share the belief thatin order for India to ensure its de-fence and work with like-mindednations in pursuit of common se-curity objectives, it is critical thatIndia move toward systems - notjust weapons - that are effective,agile, and resilient," Juster said ata press briefing a day prior to thebeginning of the five-day DefEx-po 2020 in Uttar Pradesh's capi-tal city of Lucknow."In addition, we believe that Indiamust ultimately move toward sys-tems that are interoperable withthe equipment and networks ofits security partners," he added.The Ambassador said that thereis an enormous potential for in-dustry partnership between Indiaand the US on state-of-the-artdefence equipment.

Amit Shah acceptsKejriwal's invite for debateNEW DELHI: Accepting the daregiven by Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal, Union HomeMinister Amit Shah on Tuesdaysaid BJP is ready to debate withthe AAP chief over various issuesand asked him to just name thevenue and the time."Kejriwal ji asked us to declareour candidate for Chief Ministerand said he is ready to debate.For this, there is no need to an-nounce a Chief Minister face. Hejust needs to tell us time andplace as people from BJP willcome to debate," said Shah ad-dressing a gathering at a road-show in Moti Nagar.

7 killed, 30injured in Assamroad accidentsGOALPARA : Seven peoplewere killed and 30 others injuredin two bus accidents in Assam'sGoalpara district on Tuesday, po-lice said.Six people were killed and 30others injured when a speedingbus fell into a ditch in Kutahuti vil-lage near Dhupdhara area in thedistrict, a police officer said.The bus, on its way to Guwahatifrom Dhubri, hit a roadside elec-tric post, overturned and fell intothe ditch, killing five people onthe spot. One of the passengers died later,police said.

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AGENCYSAMBHAL, FEB 4

Exhibiting their support for the Na-tional Register of Citizens (NRC) andthe Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA), a couple in the Sambhal dis-trict of Uttar Pradesh tied the knot byexchanging tricolour garlands and us-ing different props and items to spreadawareness on the issue.

Mohit Mishra and Sonam Pathakgot hitched on Monday.

The entire wedding venue wasdecorated with unique props anditems including tricolour balloons,

posters featuring pictures of Mohitand Sonam, saying--'In the nationalinterest we demand a law to controlthe population' and 'Vande Matram'.The groom, Mohit wore a tricolourturban and the couple exchanged thetricolour garlands on the stage deco-rated with balloons, posters and flow-ers. "We support CAA and NRC and Iwant to do a lot of things for my coun-try. In fact, my wife wishes to dosomething for the country as well. Weboth discuss with each other that howimportant it is to bring a law to controlthe population which will be benefi-cial for the country," said Mohit.

Unique wedding theme

Couple spreads awareness on CAA, population control

AGENCYMUMBAI, FEB 4

Benchmark indices ralliedfor the second consecutiveday on Tuesday to erase allBudget-day losses with in-vestors opting for valuebuying amid positive glob-al cues and declining oilprices.

Oil prices have droppedsharply amid fears of lowerdemand after many countriescancelled all flights to Chinadue to coronavirus. Brentcrude futures rebounded to55 dollars a barrel during theday. India imports 85 percent of its oil requirement. Atthe same time, China said itwill welcome assistancefrom the United States tofight the coronavirus out-break, as the death toll inChina exceeded 425. At theclosing bell, the BSE S&PSensex was up by 917 pointsor 2.3 per cent to 40,789while the Nifty 50 ticked upby 272 points at 11,980. Allsectoral indices at the Na-tional Stock Exchange werein the green with Nifty metalup by 3.3 per cent, financialservice by 2.8 per cent, real-ty by 2.7 per cent and IT by1.8 per cent. Among stocks,

Titan emerged as a star of theday with 7.3 per cent spurt atRs 1,273 per share after re-porting 13 per cent year-on-year rise in standalone profitat Rs 470 crore for the De-cember quarter. Metal ma-jors Hindalco and Tata Steelgained by 4 per cent and 3.7per cent respectively whileBharti Infratel moved up by5.6 per cent. Oil marketingfirms IndianOil Corpora-tion, Bharat Petroleum Cor-poration and GAIL edgedhigher by 5.6 per cent, 4.3per cent and 3.8 per cent re-spectively. Index heavy-weight Reliance Industriessoared by 2.9 per cent at Rs1,425.85 per share after an-nouncing that its joint ven-ture with British multina-tional oil and gas companyBP Plc has completed thesafe cessation of productionin a planned manner fromthe D1 D3 field in block KGD6 off the east coast of In-dia.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 4

Launching a scathing attack atPrime Minister NarendraModi, Congress leader RahulGandhi on Tuesday accusedhim of selling state enterprisesand alleged that he might evensell the Taj Mahal.

"Narendra Modi coined a good sloganof Make in India but not a single factory hasbeen set up. He is selling everything - Indi-an Oil, Air India, Hindustan Petroleum,

Railways and even Red Fort. Hemay sell even the Taj Mahal,"said Gandhi addressing a rallyhere in Jangpura. He corneredthe central government over ris-ing unemployment in the coun-try and said: "The youth in thecountry wants to work. India isthe only country that can com-

pete with China. Even United States Presi-dent Donald Trump talks about India'syouth. The world knows that we have thepotential. But when I ask a young personwhat do they do, they say nothing."

Former PDP MLA releasedafter six-month detentionSRINAGAR: A former PDP legislator and a trade leader were releasedon Tuesday after remaining under detention for about six months in thesummer capital, since August 5 when Centre scrapped scrapped Article370 and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories (UTs).With this, six detained leaders were released from MLA hostel, whichwas converted into sub-jail.Official sources told UNI that PDP MLAAijaz Ahmad Mir and tradeleader Shakeel Ahmed Qalandar, who is former president of the Federa-tion Chamber of Industries Kashmir, were released.On Sunday, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mohammad YusufBhat, three National Conference (NC) leaders -- Abdul Majeed Larmi,Mohammad Shafi and Ghulam Nabi Bhat -- were released from the hos-tel, where now 15 politicians remained under detention since August 5.Former minister Abdul Haq Khan, former Congress MLA Haji AbdulRasheed, senior NC leader Nazir Ahmad Gurezi and Peoples Confer-ence leader?Mohammad Abbas Wani were released last month.The authorities have been releasing politicians in phased manner. How-ever, sources said that the politicians before release have to give under-taking assuring authorities that they would not indulge in any activity thatwill hamper law and order.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 4

Delhi High Court will pass itsorder tomorrow on a pleafiled by the Central govern-ment and Tihar Jail authori-ties challenging PatialaHouse court order, whichstayed the execution of thefour convicts in the Nirbhayagang-rape and murder case.

A single-judge bench ofJustice Suresh Kumar Kaithad on Sunday reserved theorder in the matter after hear-

ing arguments from all theparties.

During the hearing onSunday, advocate AP Singh,who was appearing for con-victs Pawan Gupta, AkshayThakur, and Vinay Sharma,

asked: "Why there was a hur-ry to execute the death sen-tence in this case only ... Jus-tice hurried is justice buried."

"They (convicts) belongto rural areas and Dalit fam-ilies. They come to Delhiand get implicated. Mukeshand Ram Singh are Dalits.Both are brothers who camefrom a rural part of Ra-jasthan. It is not the con-victs' fault. They cannot bemade to bear brunt of ambi-guity in the law," Singh hadsaid.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, FEB 4

Haryana has been awardedthird prize by the UnionMinistry of Women andChild Development for thesuccessful implementationof Pradhan Mantri MatruVandana Yojana. TheUnion Minister forWomen and Child Devel-opment, Mrs Smriti Iranipresented the award to thestate in a ceremony held inNew Delhi on Monday,February 3, 2020.

Giving this informa-tion today, the Minister ofState for Women and ChildDevelopment, Mrs. Kam-lesh Dhanda said that theaward was given toHaryana for the outstand-ing work executed underthis scheme during the pe-riod from September 2017to December 2019. Apartfrom that, she informedthat under the PradhanMantri Matru Vandana Yo-jana, an amount of Rs152.72 crore has been dis-bursed to 3,55,739 benefi-ciaries since the inceptionof the scheme in January

2017.Mrs. Kamlesh Dhanda

said that the scheme waslaunched by the CentralGovernment in all the dis-tricts of the country in Jan-uary 2017 and under thescheme, the expenditurewas borne by the Centraland State Government inthe ratio of 60:40.

She informed that un-der the scheme, anamount of Rs 5,000 ispaid in three instalmentsto improve the nutrition ofpregnant and lactatingmothers. This amount isgiven to partially compen-sate the wage loss interms of cash incentive sothat the woman can takerest before and after deliv-ery of the first child.

Sensex jumps over900 points, metalstocks post gains

Delhi HC to pronounce order onNirbhaya convicts' execution today

Haryana awarded forimplementing Matru

Vandana Yojana

1st ODI: Indialook to con-tinue winningmomentumagainst NewZealand

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4

The Home Ministry has said in awritten reply in the Lok Sabha onTuesday that the government hasnot taken any decision on prepar-ing a nationwide National Regis-ter of Citizens (NRC).

In an answer to a questionduring the Question Hour in theLok Sabha, Minister of State forHome Nityanand Rai replied thatso far the government has not tak-en any decision on the NRC.

“Till now, there is no decisionon the preparation of the NRC forIndian citizens at the national lev-el,” said the written reply.

The question was raised byMPs Chandan Singh and Nagesh-war Rao.

They asked whether the gov-ernment had any plans to bringthe NRC in the country. And, incase the government is planning,then what are the cut off dates,whether the Centre had discussedthis with the states, whether thegovernment had received lettersfrom the states on refusing theNRC and in case it did what werethe statewise details.

No decision on NRC at nationallevel, says govt in Lok Sabha

NEW DELHI: Bank frauds havesharply come down on an annual ba-sis to Rs 5,244 crore in the first threequarters of this fiscal on account ofimproved detection and reporting,Minister of State for Finance AnuragThakur said in Rajya Sabha on Tues-day. Bank frauds reduced significant-ly from Rs 38,548 crore in the 2016-17 fiscal to Rs 16,084 crore in 2017-18 fiscal. Frauds rose slightly to Rs18,893 crore in 2018-19 but started

declining again to Rs5,244 crore in the firstthree quarters of 2019-20fiscal, he said duringQuestion Hour."Bank frauds, which stoodat 0.58 per cent during2009-14, have come downto 0.16 percent in the lasttwo and half years. In thefirst six months of this year, fraudswere only 0.04 per cent. This has

happened because our gov-ernment has taken rightsteps towards fraud report-ing and detection," Thakursaid in the Upper House.A declining trend in bankfrauds is observed in re-spect of public sector banks(PSBs) as well with theamount involved by year of

occurrence of fraud reducing sharply,he said.

Bank frauds declining sharply: Thakur

Aircraft Amend Billintroduced in LSNEW DELHI: A Bill that seeksto make three regulatory bodiesin civil aviation more effectiveand expand the scope of the ex-isting Act to include regulationof all areas of air navigation wasintroduced in the Lok Sabha onTuesday. The Aircraft (Amend-ment) Bill, 2020, was introducedby Minister of State for Parlia-mentary Affairs Arjun RamMeghwal on behalf of Civil Avia-tion Minister Hardeep SinghPuri.

Indian colts beatPak, enter WC final

India on Tuesday beat Pakistan by 10 wickets to reach Under-19 WorldCup final in Potchefstroom, South Africa. The India openers completed

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I Chander Bhushan Bijalwan S/o 27465 Singha vide affidavit dated 04-02-2020. I, Surjit Kour W/o Baldev Singh I, Amit Kumar S/o Joginder Pal R/o I, Jagdeep Kaur W/o Satnam Singh I, Pardeep Kumar S/O Prem Chand I, Jasdeep Kaur Brar W/o Rajmander Shri Pitamber Dutt Bijlawan R/o I Jaskirat Singh Jaiswal S/o Tejinder 900023 R/o.W.No.36 Chheharta Tehsil & Distt H.No.3208 Mahavir Jain Colony Sunder Boparai R/o Vill: Ghudani Khurd (Patti Chopra R/O 2159/4c/4 Street No 1, Singh Gill R/o H.No. 301 W.No. 31 Patti H o u s e N o . 2 5 8 8 S e c t o r 2 2 c , Singh Jaiswal Rio 134, Phase-7, Sas I Suchitra Singha spouse of no. 6487778L Amritsar Have Changed my Name to Nagar Ludhiana Changed Name Amit Hindo) Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) changed Basant Nagar Shivpuri Ludhiana Usang Purana Moga (Moga) changed my Chandigarh Declare That I Am Nagar , Mohali Have Changed My Rank HAV/ASH Name Mahitosh Singha Surjit Kaur. Malhotra. my name to Jagdeep Kaur Boparai. Changed Name Pardeep Chopra. name to Jasdeep Kaur Gill.Holder Of Passport No. H9093981 Name From Jaskirat Singh Jaiswal To 507 ASC BN C/o 56 APO Ferozepur 72737 63372 63372 63372 63372Val id Up To 21-01-2020, In My Jaskirat Singh resident of Village-Bathuary Post-Bathuary, I, Simranpreet Kour W/o Ramanpreet I, Makhan Paul S/o Sohan Lal R/o I, Kulwinder Singh S/O Kamaljeet Singh I, Narvinder Kaur Gill D/O Manjit Passport My Name Is Ment ioned 98736 Tehsil-Balighai, Distt.-Purba Medinipur, Singh R/o.Vill Ranike PO Rangarh Tehsil H.No.1026 St.No.8 Basti Jodhewal R/O W.No.3, Kehar Singh Colony, Singh R/O VPO Rania, Ludhiana Changed Chander Bhushan, But My Correct & I, Charan Singh S/o Pritam Singh R/o State-West Bengal, Pin-721422 have & Distt Amritsar Have Changed my name Ludhiana Changed Name Makhan Pal. Khanna (Ludhiana) Have Changed My Name Narvinder Kaur.Full Name Is Chander Bhushan Village Tagra, Po. Landhi, Tehsil change my Date of birth from 16 August to Simranpreet Kaur. 63372 Name To Kulwinder Singh Panesar. 63372Bijalwan. S h a h a b a d M a r k a n d a D i s t t . 1977 (Sixteen August Nineteen Seventy 72737 63372I, Poonam Rani W/o Yashpal Sharma R/o I, Chander Mohan And Chander Mohan

900027 Kurukshetra (haryana) Have Changed Seven) to 06 August 1977 (Sixth August I, Kuldeep Singh S/o Ajit Singh R/o VPO H.No.615 Sardar Nagar Moga Changed I, Rajvir Kaur W/O Kulwinder Singh Nayyar S/O Pyare Lal R/O 4-XG,Rishi Nagar, My Name Charan Singh To Charanjit Nineteen Seventy Seven) vide affidavit Kang Distt Tarn Taran Have Changed my Name Poonam Rani Alias Mamta Sharma. Panesar R/O W.No.3, Kehar Singh Haibowal Khurd,Hambran Road Near Baba Singh. dated 04-02-2020 before notary public name from Kuldeep Singh to Kuldip Singh 63372 Colony, Khanna (Ludhiana) Have Deep Singh Gurdwara Ludhiana Declare

52724 Ferozepur. all concerned may please note it I, Amandeep Kaur Purba W/o Harpreet Changed My Name To Rajvir Kaur That Both Names Are One And Same I, Veerpal Kaur W/o Gurmeet Singh 900023 72737 Singh Rakhra R/o H.No.329 Mistri Hazara Panesar. Person.R/o Jalal (bathinda) Have Changed I Sunita Jena spouse of no. 15766296H I, Karaz Singh S/o Ajit Singh R/o Near Singh Wali Gali Moga, Punjab, 142001 63372 63372My Name To Sukhpreet Kaur After Rank BHM/OFC name Hemant Kumar Deo Gurdwara Sahib VPO Kang Distt Tarn Changed Name To Amandeep Kaur. I, Rajbir Singh Mangat S/O Ranjit Singh I , Amandeep Kaur W/o Satpal Singh Marriage. resident of Village Talabarkote Po Taran Have Changed my name from 63372 R / O V P O B e g o w a l , Te h - P a y a l R/o Baggeana Basti (Moga) changed

10001 Talabarkote, Tehsil Dhenkanal Distt. Karaz Singh to Karj Singh all concerned I, Shifa Sidhu W/o Parminder Singh Kaler (Ludhiana) Have Changed My Name To my name to Ramandeep Kaur.Dhenkanal, State Odisha, Pin-759027 I, Sandeep Singh S/o Jaswinder Singh may Please note R/o Nai Abadi Near Railway Station St.No. Rajvir Singh Mangat. 63372have Changed my name from Sunita Jena R/o Bargari (faridkot) Have Changed 72737 24 (Nawanshahr) changed my name to 63372to Sunita Deo vide affidavit dated 04-02-My Name To Sandeep Singh Brar. I, Princepal Singh S/o Gurkavishar Singh Shifa Kaler. I , Rav inder Kumar Jaswal S /o 2020 before notary public Ferozepur.10001 Vpo Adliwala Tehsil Ajnala Distt Amritsar 63372 Manmohan Singh R/o MCB-Z-6-04454

900023I , Willam Kumar Sabharwal S/o Sh. Have Changed my name to PrincPal I, hitherto known as Charanjit S/o Naranjan St.No. 1-A S.A.S. Nagar (Bathinda) I, Mukesh Kumar S/O Babu Ram R/O Tilak Raj R/o V.p.o. Bholath Distt Singh. Dass R/o Mohalla Langarhia Vpo. Goraya changed my name to Ravinder Kumar.village Naraina Tehsil Nilokheri, District Kapurthala Have Changed My Name 72737 Teh-Phillaur (Jalandhar) Pin Code-144409, 63372Karnal state that in my insurance policy my From Willam Kumar Sabharwal To I, Sumeet Sharma S/o Prem Kumar Punjab (India) have changed my name and I, Lakhvinder Singh S/o Charan Jeet name is written Lakhan. Rather there is William Kumar Sabharwal .please Note. Sharma VPO Ajnala Amritsar Have shall hereafter be known as Raj Kumar. Singh R/o Radha Swami Niwas Mukesh Kumar in other papers. Both these 98748 Changed my name to Sumit Sharma. 63372 Backside Industrial Area, (Bathinda)

names are mine. In future, I will be known 72737 I Mantu Kumar S/O Gurmeet Singh R/O changed my name to Lakhwinder by both these names. All concerned I, Savita Sharma W/o Darpan Sharma Rampura Phul Distt Bathinda Have Singh.please note. R/o.H.No.2034/B Street No.2 NR. Punjab & Changed My Name To Maninder Singh. 63372

100065 Sindh Bank Islamabad Amritsar have 63372 I, Priyanka Aggarwal W/O Hardeep I Pawanpreet Kaur D/o Jagsir Singh R/o Changed my name to Savita Rampal. I Davinder Kaur W/o David Makkar R/o Singh R/O 364/64, Block-J, BRS Nagar Sedha Singh Wala (Faridkot) have 72737 Rampura Phul (Bathinda) Have Changed Ludhiana Changed Name Sehaj Kaur.changed my name to Pawanpreet Kaur I, Srishti Soni D/o Rakesh Kumar Soni My Name To Davinder Kaur Makkar. 63372Dhaliwal. R/o.H.No.581, W.No.29 New bank Colony 63372 I, Amandeep Kaur Bhambra W/O

98723 Pathankot Have Changed my name to I Paramjit Kaur W/O Baltej Singh Virk R/O Lakhwinder Singh Bhambra R/O 4549 I Harkamal Singh S/o Gamdoor Singh R/o Srishti. Vpo Birk Tehsil Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Street No 14, Kwality Chowk Shimlapuri Kothe Rora Wale, Kotli Ablu (Sri Muktsar 72737 Have Change My Name To Paramjeet Ludhiana Changed Name Amandeep Sahib) have changed my name to I, Baljinder Singh S/o Shamsher Singh R/o Kaur Virk. Kaur.Harkamal Singh Brar. VPO Jaito Sarja Tehsil Batala Distt 63372 63372

98723 Gurdaspur have Changed my name to I Amanpreet Kaur Sandhu W/O I, Parmjit Kaur W/o Kawitar Singh R/o Baljinder Singh Dult. Sukhjinder Singh Toor R/O Vpo Majri Village Riali Khurd, Tehsil Batala, Distt. 72737 Tehsil Jagraon Distt Ludhiana Have Gurdaspur have changed my name from I, Harbhinder Kaur W/o Sital Singh R/o Change My Name To Amanpreet Kaur Parmjit Kaur to Paramjit Kaur. All Mohalla Sardara DA, VPO Fatehabad Toor.concerned please note. Tehsil Khadur Sahib, Tarn Taran Have 63372

72737 Changed my name to Harbhupinder Kaur. I, Kamalvir Singh Somal S/o Karamjit I, Palak Sharma W/O Vishal Sharma R/O 72737 Singh R/o Vill: Uksi Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) Vpo Harsha Chhina Ucha Qilla Tehsil I, Suman Devi spouse of No.15504129A changed my name to Kamalvir Singh.Ajnala Amritsar Have Changed My Name rank ALD Raghuwendra Kumar residing at 63372From Palak Sharma To Palak Chohan All Sahuadih Deoria Pandey Deoria Pandey I, Nirmal Singh Khosa S/o Nand Singh Concern May Please Note Kushi Nagar Uttar Pardesh-274304 declare R/o Vpo. Kot Karar Kalan (Ferozepur)

72737 that I have Changed my name from Suman changed my name to Nirmal Singh.I, Sawinder Singh S/o Ajit Singh R/o.168 Devi to Suman Singh.vide affidavit No.AG 63372Tung Bala Abadi Shastri Nagar Near 969448 dated 3.2.2020 I Ramandeep Kaur W/o Daljeet Singh Khurana Park Amritsar Changed my 72737 Brar R/o Bagha Purana, Distt. Moga have name Surinder Singh to Sawinder Singh I, Kuljeet S/o Bachittar Singh R/o H. No. 31 changed my name to Ramandeep Kaur all note it Golden Colony, New Deep Nagar, Brar.

72737 Jalandhar Cantt Have Changed My Name 63372I, Narinder Kumar S/o paras Ram From Kuljeet To Kuljeet Bajwa.R/o.2065/14 Gali Jamita Kamboj Bazar 72778Jattan Wala Gilwali Gate Amritsar Have I, Hitherto Known As Gurmej S/o Hazara, Changed my name to Narinder Kumar R/o: Village: Chuharwali, Po: Adampur, Sehgal. District: Jalandhar (punjab), India, Have

72737 Changed My Name And Shall Hereafter I, Neelam W/o Narinder Kumar Sehgal Be Known As : Gurmej SinghR/o.2065/14, Gali Jamita Kamboj Bazar 72778Jattan Wala Gilwali Gate Amritsar have I, Manjeet Singh (date Of Birth: Changed my Name to Neelam Sehgal. 19/6/1981) S/o Joginder Singh, R/ovpo:

72737 Sangojla, Tehsil & Ps: Dhilwan, District: I, Ramandeep W/o Gurwinder Singh Kapurthala (punjab) Is Holding Indian R/o.H.No-7/240 INA Colony Court Road Passport No: U0076336, Have Changed Amritsar Have Changed my name from My Name To Manjit Singh.Ramandeep to Ramandeep Kaur all 72778concern may please note I, Hitherto Known As Mamta D/o Roop

72737 Lal R/o Vpo Dhogri, Distt. Jalandhar - 144205, Punjab, India Have Changed My Name And Shall Hereafter Be Known As Rani Mamta.

72778I, Jyoti Sharma W/o Ajay Duggal R/o House No. 8, Street No.-2, Dugglan Mohalla, Hadiabad, Satnampura Phagwara, Distt. Kapurthala, Have Changed My Name After Marriage From Jyoti Sharma To Jyoti Duggal

72778I, Jasvir Kumar S/o Ram Lal, R/o Hargobind Nagar, Kulam Road, Nawanshahr (sbs Nagar) Changed My Minor Son Name From Jatin To Jatin Basra

72778I, Pardeep Kaur W/o Sarbjit Singh R/o Vill. Rasulpur, Teh. Nawanshahr, Distt. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, (pb) Have Changed My Name From Pardeep Kaur To Jarnail Kaur.

72778I, Poonam Rani W/o Bhupinder Singh R/o Ward No. 8, Balachaur, Tehsil Balachaur, Distt. Sbs Nagar, Have Changed My Name Poonam Rani To Poonam.

72778I Rajvir Kaur W/O Gurpal Singh Vehaniwal R/O Vill. Sotha District Sri Muktsar Sahib Have Changed My Name To Rajvir Kaur Vehaniwal After Marriage.

63372I Paramjit Singh S/O Jarnail Singh R/O Village Dallanwal Teh. Malerkotla (Sangrur) Have Changed My Name To Paramjit Singh Mann.

63372I, Pawan S/o Pal Chand R/o Jaito (Faridkot) changed my name to Pawan Kumar.

63372I, Malkiat Singh S/O Amar Singh R/O Kotala (Ludhiana) changed my name Malkit Singh.

63372I Raspreet Kaur W/O Harmail Singh Sanghera R/O Sailbrah Distt Bathinda Changed My Name Raspreet Kaur Sanghera.

63372I Anmol Arora D/O Harbhajan Singh R/O Chowk Nange Pairan Wala Tarn Taran Have Changed My Name As Anmoldeep Kaur.

63372I Rube Singh W/O Vikas Kumar R/O Ward No.3, Mandir Wali Gali, Bhucho Mandi Distt Bathinda Have Changed My Name To Muni Kumari.

63372I, Manpreet S/o Mangat Ram R/o Vpo. Bhopa Rai Kalan Teh-Nakodar (Jalandhar) changed my name to Manpreet Kumar.

63372I, Mandeep Kaur W/o Iqbal Singh Gill R/o Moga Changed Name Mandeep Kaur Gill.

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Sub :- For Registration of Will deed Under Section 40/41 Indian Registration Act.It is informed to all through vide this Notice that an application submitted by Yuvraj Chopra S/o Narinder Chopra R/o Gidderbaha, Teh. Gidderbaha, Distt. Sri Muktsar Sahib that Kewal Krishan S/o Munshi Ram R/o Gidderbaha, Teh. Gidderbaha, Distt. Sri Muktsar Sahib has died on dated 26-11-2010. Deceased person written a will in favor of his grandson Yuvraj Chopra S/o Narinder Chopra S/o Kewal Krishan R/o Gidderbaha on dated 09-10-2010. This Will should be registered under section 40/41, if any person has any objection for registration of above said Will he could be present by himself or by an Advocate within 21 days. If time lapse no objection will be heard and according to rules the Will Deed will be registered U/s 40/41 of Indian Registration Act 1890. This Notice has been released under my Signatures and Seal of Court on Dated 03-02-2020.No. 720/03-02-2020 Sd/-Sub Registrar, Gidderbaha

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I, Rajesh Chhabra son Jaswant Rai Chhabra resident m. No. 530/16 street no. 4 Anandpur Colony Pritam Nagar, Karnal inform that Registry no. 2149/1 which was done on 13-7-1973 in the name of Jaswant Rai Chhabra s/o Khushi Ram Chhabra. This registry has been lost from Namastey Chowk Karnal . All concerned are requested to note.

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3HARYANAKhattar to inaugurate All India Police EquestrianChampionship in Bhondsi on Feb 5CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will inaugurate ‘38th All IndiaPolice Equestrian Championship and Mounted Police Duty Meet’ at Police complex inBhondsi (Gurugram) on February 5.Stating this here on Tuesday, a Haryana Police spokesperson said that Director General ofPolice (DGP) Manoj Yadava would also grace the occasion.This year the event is being hosted by the Haryana Police which would be concluded on Feb-ruary 14. A total of 16 teams from different states, central paramilitary forces and National Po-lice Academy, Hyderabad are participating in this competition where 623 participants will per-form. There will be a total of 31 different types of competition in the meet.YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Students writeessays onvarious topicsKARNAL: Inter-college essay writingcompetition was organised by thewomen's cell at DAV PG Collegein whichstudents of more than thirty colleges ofdifferent districts of Haryana participated.Students wrote their essays on importanttopics like women safety and education,women and legal rights, and social me-dia. Principal of the college Dr. RampalSaini attended the programme as thechief guest.Principal said that there is a need tomake women more empowered and ed-ucated in the society so that they too candevelop completely because if womenare empowered, then society will devel-op. Convenor of Women's Cell, Dr.Seema Sharma said that the prize mon-ey of five hundred rupees, three hundredrupees and two hundred rupees will besent to the winning students in their col-lege and certificates will also be given tothem.

Poster and chartexhibition heldKARNAL: Poster, chart exhibition andquiz competition was organised by theDepartment of Mathematics on Tuesdayin Pandit Chiranji Lal Sharma Govern-ment College. In the poster and chart ex-hibition, Neeraj and Preeti got the firstplace, Shivani and Amanpreet Kaur werein the second place and Nishu got thethird place. Six teams participated in thequiz competition in which Team B (Swati,Anjali, Sandeep and Achal) finished first.Principal Dr. Rajesh Rani encouraged allthe students to participate in such com-petitions.During the programme, Head of the De-partment of Mathematics Prof. SanjeevGiri welcomed Rajesh Rani, Chief Gueston behalf of the Department of Mathe-matics. Priyanka, Sheetal and Rinkiplayed.

Memorandumsupporting CAAsubmitted to DCKARNAL: Members of the Shaheed Ud-ham Singh Kamboj Welfare Society andSenior Citizens Welfare Association Sec-tor-9 submitted a memorandum to thePrime Minister in support of the Citizen-ship Amendment Act-(CAA) 2019.The head of the organisation, KarmaSingh Kamboj, said that this law is givingcitizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Jainand Buddhist refugees who have beensuffering from Pakistan, Bangladesh andAfghanistan till 31 December 2014. Thisact does not take away citizenship butwill give citizenship. Among those whosubmitted the memorandum were theheads of the organisation, Karma SinghKamboj, Deputy Prime Minister PrithviRaj Kamboj, General Secretary ShamLal Kamboj, Advocate Vijay Kamboj, Ex-ecutive Member Vinod Kumar Kamboj.

St. Paul Divine schoolstudents honouredROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: Talented children as well astheir parents were honoured at St. Paul'sDivine School today. Like the month ofJanuary and February, parents of schoolstudents were also honoured. In Janu-ary, the father of Prince VI, Ravindra andmother Poonam, a student of class VI,was honoured with a memento. In themonth of February, the students Yashand Simar Kamboj's parents SumanKamboj and Narendra Kamboj were ho-noured.Apart from this, students Abhinav, Pa-vani, Anushka, Harsh, Dynasty, Kusha-gra, Aamna, Prince and Sanya were alsorewarded, Principal Preeti Gupta con-gratulated the parents and children andgave mementos. He informed that so far50 to 60 children and 12 parents havebeen honoured by the St. Paul DivisionSchool Tarawadi. Many staff memberswere present on the occasion includingPrincipal Preeti Gupta, staff membersMeenakshi, Monica, Nisha, Bhavna, Ko-mal.

7821 POs & bailjumpers arrested

last yearCHANDIGARH: As a result ofconcerted crackdown on criminals,a total of 7821 proclaimed offend-ers (POs) and bail jumpers fell inthe Haryana police net last year.

Giving this information here onTuesday, Director General of Police(DGP) Manoj Yadava said that dur-ing year 2019, police had nabbed3423 POs and 4398 bail jumpersacross the state. Among the arrest-ed offenders, many of them wereevading their arrest for a very longtime.

He said that out of the total,State Crime Branch had captured1577 POs and bail jumpers where-as 6244 were apprehended by vari-ous units of districts police includ-ing CIA and Special Staff. In viewof the parliamentary and Assemblyelections in 2019, a special drivehad also been undertaken to nabthem, as these people could be usedas muscle power in elections.

"We have identified such of-fenders by gathering data fromcourts and other inputs to keep aneffective tab on their movementsand activities. Our concerted andeffective efforts have also ensuredfree, fair and incident-free electionsin the state," he added.

Detailing the others crack-downs, Mr Yadava said the policehad also registered 2677 cases un-der Narcotic Drugs and Psy-chotropic Substances (NDPS) Actbetween January and December2019.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY 4-

Haryana Governor Mr. SatyadeoNarain Arya has called upon the youthto get training of National CadetCorps (NCC) and National ServiceScheme (NSS) to inculcate disciplineand leadership qualities among them-selves.

The Governor said this during theSamman Samaroh organized to felici-tate the NCC and NSS cadets. Asmany as thirty-two NCC cadets andnine NSS volunteers, who participat-ed in the Republic Day parade in Del-hi on January 26, 2020 were honored.Among the participants were 10 girlscadets of the NCC, Haryana. ThisNCC contingent also secured the firstposition for the fourth time consecu-tively in the yearly parade. Similarly,nine volunteers of the NSS were hon-ored, including four girls.

The Governor congratulated

Chetan Gupta, an NSS volunteer fromHisar, Haryana, who led the contin-gent of NSS in the Republic Day Pa-rade. He also gave a cheque of Rs21,000 each along with a memento tothe cadets and volunteers. He an-nounced an additional amount of Rs5,100 to all cadets and volunteers.

Governor said that the motto ofthe National Cadet Corps (NCC), is

"unity and discipline", while the mot-to of the National Service Scheme(NSS) is "not me but you". These twoinstitutions work on their morals andmotivate youth towards social service.Sharing his student-life experiences,Mr. Arya said that he has also been anNCC cadet and had developed an in-cline towards social service and hadled a disciplined life.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, FEB 4

Haryana Government has is-sued transfers and posting or-ders of five IAS and fourHCS officers with immediateeffect.

Amit Jha, AdditionalChief Secretary, Science,and Technology Departmentand Advisor, HaryanaSaraswati Heritage Board hasbeen given additional chargeof Additional Chief Secre-tary, Women, and Child De-velopment Department.

Mrs. Ashima Brar,Deputy Principal Secretary toChief Minister has been giv-en additional charge ofManaging Director, HAFED.

Anita Yadav, Chief Exec-utive, Haryana Khadi andVillage Industries Board(Designate) has been postedas Chief Executive Officer,

Mewat DevelopmentAgency, Nuh.

Ashok Kumar Meena,Commissioner, Food andDrugs Administration, andChief Executive Officer,Ayushman Bharat HaryanaHealth Protection Authorityhas been given additionalcharge of Secretary, HaryanaPublic Service Commission.

Mohd. Imran Raza, Addi-tional Deputy Commissioner,Mahendragarh and Secretary,RTA, Mahendragarh hasbeen posted as AdditionalDeputy Commissioner,Charkhi Dadri and Secretary,RTA, Charkhi Dadri.

Meanwhile, among theHCS officers who have beenposted include Mr. JagdeepDhanda, Special Secretary,Public Works (B&R) Depart-ment has been given addi-tional charge of AdditionalDeputy Commissioner Am-

bala and Secretary, RTA,Ambala.

Kamlesh Kumar Bhadoo,Special Secretary, Revenueand Disaster ManagementDepartment has been givenadditional charge of SpecialSecretary, Development andPanchayats Department.

Dr. Munish Nagpal, Ad-ditional Deputy Commis-sioner, Charkhi Dadri andSecretary, RTA, CharkhiDadri has been posted as Ad-ditional Deputy Commis-sioner, Mahendragarh andSecretary, RTA, Mahendra-garh.

Mrs. Pooja Chanwaria,CEO, Zila Parishad, Yamu-nanagar and CEO, DRDA,Yamunanagar has been post-ed as Joint Commissioner,Municipal Corporation, Ya-munanagar and CEO, ZilaParishad, Yamunanagar andCEO, DRDA, Yamunanagar.

Jha, Ashima Barar givenadditional chargesGuv exhorts youth to join

NCC to live disciplined life

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, FEBRUARY 4

The meeting of the Anti Cor-ruption Foundation of Indiawas held under the chairman-ship of National PresidentNarendra Arora in which theofficials and members of theAnti Corruption Foundation ofIndia, who are doing specialwork for the eradication of cor-ruption in various states of thecountry, were announced to re-ceive the Great DiamondLeader Award for their Leader-ship. Noted Punjabi singer andactor Mehtab Virk was alsopresent on the occasion.

Narendra Arora said thatfor the Great Diamond LeaderAward for January 2020,names of Rajendra Khuranafrom Chhattisgarh, ArunChhabra from Himachal Pradesh,Purnchand Sharma, Simmi Sood,Aarti Sharma, Dilip Sharma, RajeevPrabhakar, Uttar Pradesh NavneetSaxena, Mukul Sharma, Punjab

Neha Sharma, Preeti Walia, RajeshKumar, Paramjit Singh Dua, MeenaSood, Varun Kaushal, RajkumarSunam, Altaf Malkani from Maha-rashtra, Shobha Jaywant, Delhi Mr.

Gulsha Sehgal from Rajasthan,Virendra Verma from Rajasthan,Santosh Bairwa, Abdullah HaleCoffee from Assam, Bernali Shar-ma, Jujhar Raswala from Gujarat,

Ravindra Kumar Yadav fromBihar, Srinivas Sahdev fromTelangana and Hawa SinghGurava from Haryana, Suren-dra Kumar, Ravindra Kumar,Ashok Rawal, Dalbir Singh,Bharat Bhushan Ahuja,Satyam Nagpal, Praveen Pu-nia, Shiv Kumar, VikasSachdeva, Gurmeet Singh,Naman Verma, Jasbir Singh,Kushal Gupta Shri, Pushpin-der Sharma, Dr. Mamta,Sushil Kumar, Naveen Wad-hwa, Farooq, KanwalpreetSingh and Swati Goyal Kam-boj were nominated and sentletters of appreciation by post.

On this occasion, Naren-dra Arora said that it was de-cided by the board member ofthe Foundation that the officebearers and members workingfor the eradication of corrup-

tion will be honoured every monthand will be awarded the Great Dia-mond Leader Award, as a letter ofappreciation and gift by post will besent to Awardee's addresses.

List of Great Diamond Award winners announced

Development worksunder biodiversity

will be done: Chahal

ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, FEBRUARY 4

Chairman of the Biodiversity Management Committee, Dil-preet Chahal said that all developmental works under biodiver-sity will be carried out prominently. There will be no trouble inthese development works. Dilpreet Chahal, chairman of theBiodiversity was talking to reporters in Taraori.

He thanked Forest Development Corporation Chairman andconstituency MLA Dharampal Gondar and said that the re-sponsibility of Gondar has entrusted to him, and he will live upto it and work with full faith and sincerity. Many people in-cluding Naresh Sharma, Dr. Sanjay, Amit Bansal, Mayank Jogi,Yash Saluja were also present on the occasion.

VIVEK RANAGHARAUNDA, FEB 4

A two-week police trainingprogramme for Public Prose-cutors began on the subject oflegal awareness in the Dr. S.Radhakrishnan SarvapalliAuditorium Hall of HaryanaPolice Academy Madhuban.As many as 25 Public Prose-cutors from various units ofHaryana are participating inthis programme. On the inau-guration of the training pro-gram, Sukhbir Singh Goyat,Additional Director, Prosecu-tion Department, Haryana, at-tended as the chief guest.

Addressing the partici-pants, the Chief Guest saidthat the Public Prosecutor is

an important part of the Crim-inal Justice system and shouldalways strive to ensure jus-tice. It is the duty of a publicprosecutor to contribute toputting the truth before the

court by removing manyveils. He said that a publicprosecutor should play hisimportant role as a friend,philosopher, guide and ad-ministrator.

2-week training programme forpublic prosecutors begins

SS International SeniorSecondary Schoolsports meet held

SHIV SHARMAKARNAL, FEBRUARY 4

The ongoing two-day sports competition at SS International Se-nior Secondary School came to an end on Tuesday. On the lastday of the competition, boys and girls 4 & 100 meter relay raceand tug of war were held. In the boys' 4 & 100 meter relay race,the players of Kalam House won, while Dinkar House finishedsecond and Shakespeare House finished third.

In the girls 4 & 100 meter relay race, Aryabhatta's playerswon, while Dinkar House finished second and ShakespeareHouse girls third. The players of Dinkar House were victoriousin the boys' tug of war competition. Girls of Dinkar House alsodominated the girls' tug of war

SARBJIT SINGHASSANDH, FEBRUARY 4

On the occasion of World CancerDay on February 4, an awarenessprogramme was organised in thepremises of the local civil hospital,Assandh, which was presided overby Senior Medical Officer Dr. JaipalChahal. He informed the peopleabout cancer that cancer can occur indifferent parts of human body, suchas the mouth, lungs, stomach, breast,skin, nose and throat, urine sac, largeintestine and kidney. And uterus etc.He told that there are various symp-toms of cancer, which include chestpain, lumps in the body, abdominalpain, rapid weight loss, blisters andswelling in the mouth, etc. He saidthat we can avoid cancer by adoptinglow-cost remedies, such as goodlifestyle, balanced diet, regular phys-

ical exercise, control of obesity,smoking, alcohol, gutkha and non-consumption of drugs like pan and

spices etc. Staff nurses Urmila,Preeti, LT etc. health workers werepresent on the occasion.

Awareness camp on cancer held

Hundreds of devotees leave forGurudwara Kartarpur Saheb

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, FEBRUARY 4

Hundreds of devotees from Karnal left reached the Kartarpur Corridor today tovisit the Gurdwara Kartarpur Saheb where Guru Nanak spent last 18 years ofhis life. As per the Guru Nanak Sadbhavana Yatra programme, devotees goingto Kartarpur Saheb were sent off by Jhedar Bhupinder Singh Assandh, execu-tive member of Baba Sukha Singh Dera Kar Seva and Shiromani GurdwaraPrabandhak Committee. Bhupinder Singh said that this is an important place inwhich the message of Guru ji was sent to many countries in the context of 550Sala Prakash Parv. Shortly before the arrival all the pilgrims bowed down at thehistorical place Gurdwara Manji Saheb where Chief Granthi Giani Joga Singhwished the success of the yatra at Guru Charan. Preetpal Singh Pannu, the con-vener of Guru Nanak Sadbhavana Yatra, dedicated to the 550th Prakash Parvof Guru Nanak Dev Ji, said that the journey of four udasis of Guru Nanak DevJi from Karnal was started by NIFA on 21 July 2019 in which social In whichmembers of the social organization National Integrated Forum of Artists andActivists and Shiromani Gatka Federation of India had visited places related toGuru Nanak Dev Ji in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Anjali wins speech contestSHIV SHARMAKARNAL: A speech competition was organised under the Kala Sangam pro-gram on Tuesday at Pt. Chiranjilal Sharma Government College. Deputy Prin-cipal Dr. Rajesh Rani cheered all the participants and congratulated the win-ners. He congratulated Dr. Surendra Kumar Nagia, in-charge of cultural activ-ities of the college for successful organisation of Kala Sangam programme. Inthe speech competition, Anjali, a B. Com third year student, got the first prize,Nishish, a BSc third year student, and Meenakshi, a third year BA student, fin-ished third. Dr. Saroj Nain, Dr. Sunil Dutt and Dr. Rekha played the role of juryin the competition.

Education camp heldunder Sarla Sangwan

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, FEBRUARY 4

On behalf of Holistic Education, an introductory camp was or-ganised for inclusive education of all primary and secondaryheadmen of the block at the Inclusive Education Centre of theGovernment Senior Secondary School under the supervision ofSarla Sangwan, IED Center's convenor. Mahindra Kheda,Punam Chahal and Amit Panwar joined the camp as a resourceperson and threw light on inclusive education, its need and itsimpact. Addressing the teachers involved in the camp as a re-source person, Punam Chahal said that the possibility of quali-tative improvement in the education of differently-abled chil-dren through inclusive education was realiszed. He said that thetalent of the child is started guessing only after a few months ofbirth. He said that teachers should treat the child with sensitiv-ity and give them emotional support so that the child can bementally healthy and get education. In the camp, MahindraKheda said that the inclusion of education suggests that for ful-filling special educational needs A normal student and a dis-abled person should get equal education opportunities. GyanChand, Saranpal Singh, Mansingh, Rajiv, Shamindra, Vinod,Rajesh, Balindra Saini, Neelam Saini, Devi Lal, Prempal SinghChandel, Bijendra, Satbir Bhura, Ashwini, Amarjeet, Ramku-mar, Ishwar, Deepak Verma, Jagdish Bhadso, Vijay Prajapatietc. were also present.

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AGENCYCHANDIGARH, FEB 4

Brampton West MLA (MPP)Amarjot Sandhu on Tuesday calledon Punjab Vidhan Sabha SpeakerRana KP Singh and apprised himvarious issues of NRIs. Notably,Mr. Sandhu is the first Canadian In-ternational Student to be electedinto the Legislative Assembly ofOntario. Welcoming the MLA, thespeaker said that India and Canadahave longstanding bilateral rela-tions built upon shared traditions ofdemocracy and pluralism. He fur-ther said that Canada is more like asecond home to Punjabis and itgives us the immense pleasure tosee Punjabis rising in every walk oflife in abroad. Mr. Amarjot Sandhuis a live example of Punjabis’strong presence in Canadian poli-tics, he added.

Pitching for more strong ties,Rana KP Singh said that India andCanada should explore more op-portunities of mutual interests for

further cementing the relations. Mr.Sandhu also expressed satisfactionover the steps taken by PunjabGovernment for the welfare ofNRIs. Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speak-

er Rana KP Singh also felicitatedthe MLA with mementoes.

Sandhu was accompanied byBaba Bakala MLA Santokh SinghBhalaipur. He also took a tour of

the Assembly hall and Punjab Vid-han Sabha Secretary Ms. ShashiLakhanpal Mishra briefed aboutthe history and present compositionof the Legislative Assembly.

Rana KP Singh pitches for strongties between India and Canada

Lok Adalat to dispose off traffic cases on 8thLUDHIANA: In order to dispose off the Traffic Challans lying pending with the office of Secretary, Regional Transport Au-thority, Ludhiana, a Lok Adalat would be held in the office of Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Ludhiana from 10AM to 4 PM on February 8.

Damanjit Singh Mann, Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Ludhiana informed that for the disposal of such pendingchallans, a Special camp would also be held in the same office from 10 AM to 4 PM on February 15, 2020. All the ownersof vehicles concerned whose traffic challans are pending disposal in his office, are requested to get the same disposed of fromthis office on the above mentioned dates, as per their convenience.

An expert talk on “Crowd Sourceby Google”, A machine learningplatform held at DAVIET”

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR:Department ofinformation technology, under theguidance of Dr. Dinesh Kumar, HeadDepartment of Information Technologyhad organised an expert talk on“Crowd Source”.- An application byGoogle for the students of B.Tech –IT.The speaker for the lecture was Mr.Ekant Puri, who is from CrowdSource by Google. Principal DAVIETDr. Manoj Kumar appreciated theefforts done by the department ofInformation &Technology. In hisaddress to the students, heenlightened the students with the factthat this knowledge will be beneficialfor them in their future endeavors andmotivated the students to participate insuch expert talks, seminarsand workshops in future also.

People should have knowledgeabout the rights and safety ofchildren: CJM

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: Under the BetiBachao, Beti Padhao campaign, aworkshop on Protection of Children fromPhysical Exploitation Act-2012 wasorganized at Food Craft Institute by theDepartment of Women and ChildDevelopment. CJM-cum-SecretaryDistrict Legal Services AuthoritySucheta Ashish Dev attended theceremony as the chief guest. Duringthis, she highlighted in detail the lawmade in this regard.Addressing thefunction, the Secretary District LegalServices Authority said that the cases ofphysical exploitation of children are amatter of concern, which is a sign of thedecline of society. She said that it isnecessary that children should be safeat home, nearby, educational institutionsand public places. Therefore everyhousehold member, apart fromdomestic women and working women,should have proper knowledge aboutthe rights and safety of children. Shesaid that there is a need to spread moreawareness in this regard.

PRIT PAL SINGH JALANDHAR, FEB 4

The district administrationled by Deputy Commis-sioner Varinder KumarSharma today gave warmsend off to AdditionalDeputy Commissioner(Development) KulwantSingh, who has been re-cently elevated as DeputyCommissioner Ferozepurby the Punjab government.

During a simple butimpressive ceremony, theDeputy Commissioner re-called the marvelous serv-ices rendered by KulwantSingh as AdditionalDeputy Commissioner inthe district. He said thatKulwant Singh not onlyplayed a pivotal role insmooth and hassle freeconduct of peaceful pollsin the district but he wasalso instrumental in imple-mentation of the keyschemes of the govern-

ment like Mahatma Gand-hi National Rural Employ-ment Guarantee Act, GharGhar Rozgar, MahatmaGandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojnaand others besides givingfillip to the Rural develop-ment during his stint asAdditonal Deputy Com-missioner. Sharma ex-pressed hope that as newDeputy Commissioner ofFerozepur, the 2012 batchIAS officer would script anew success story. Mean-

while, in his address theAdditional Deputy Com-missioner recalled the vitalguidance given by theDeputy Commissioner andunstinted cooperation ex-tended to him by all the of-ficers and officials for thesmooth conduct of hisduty. In an emotionallysurcharged speech Mr.Kulwant Singh said that hewas overwhelmed by theseveral pleasant memorieswhile discharging his du-

ties as the AdditionalDeputy Commissioner(Development) Jalandhar,which would ever remainhis treasure. He said thathis formidable strengthwas the valuable guidancegiven by the Deputy Com-missioner and smooth co-operation and support ex-tended by his staff whilerendering services to thiscoveted office efficacious-ly to the satisfaction ofgeneral public.

LUDHIANA, FEB 4

A review meeting of Punjabgovernment’s Mission Tan-drust Punjab was held at theoffice of Additional DeputyCommissioner (Develop-ment) in District Administra-tive Complex, here today.This meeting was chaired byAdditional Deputy Commis-sioner (Development) AmritSingh and was attended bysenior officials of the DistrictAdministration.

During the meeting, theprogress of activities of allgovernment departments un-der Mission Tandrust Punjabwas reviewed. The ADC (D)Mrs Amrit Singh directed allthe departments to ensurethat they carry out activitiesof their respective depart-ments on daily basis.

She also directed that theactivities should be plannedin such a manner that theyare different from the con-cerned department’s routineactivities. Amrit Singh also

directed the departments un-der Mission Tandrust Punjabto send their progress reportson time, so that their activi-ties can be updated on dailybasis. She also asked them towork jointly for the successof this programme. She alsowarned that departments thatare not holding regular

events under Mission Tan-drust Punjab, their headswould be held directly re-sponsible. The absence ofsome of the departmentsfrom the meeting was takenseriously and directionswere issued to issue showcause notices to such depart-ments.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, FEB 4

The Punjab Governmentwould host the first two-dayInternational Film Festival atIKG PTU Kapurthala onMarch 16 and 17, 2020. Deci-sion in this regard was takenduring a meeting presided overby the tourism and CulturalAffairs Minister CharanjitSingh Channi with the repre-sentatives of Punjab Film Pro-ducers Association, SAS, Na-gar Mohali and North ZoneFilm & TV Artists Associa-tion, Mohali.

Disclosing this here today,the Minister for Tourism andCultural Affairs said that themega event would be held inthe leadership of Chief Minis-ter Captain Amarinder Singh

which would be dedicated toMother Language Punjabi. Hesaid that earlier this fair wassupposed to be held on Febru-ary 21, 2020 on InternationalMother Language Day, butdue to lack of time for prepa-rations, it would now be heldin March.

The Minister further saidthat the fair would be organ-ized by the Tourism and Cul-tural Affairs Department incollaboration with the PunjabFilm Producers Association,SAS Nagar Mohali and NorthZone Film & TV Artist Asso-ciation Mohali. He said that adocumentary film related tothe Punjabi film industry is be-ing prepared which would bescreened exclusively duringthe festival, alongwith the oth-er famous Punjabi films.

Brampton MLA Amarjot Sandhu calls on State Vidhan Sabha Speaker

State to host 'InternationalFilm Festival' in March:

Charanjit Singh

District Administration gives warmsend off to ADC Kulwant Singh

World cancer consciousnessday organised

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU: According to theguidelines of Civil Surgeon AmritsarDoctor Prabhdeep Kaur Johal andSMO Manawala Dr. Nirmal Singh,World Cancer Consciousness Day wasobserved under the chairmanship ofDr. Nirmal Singh. He said that breastcancer in general iss found in women.Excessive consumption of cigarettes,bidis and tobacco can lead to cancer ofthe mouth, cancer of the chest. Ifthese symptoms are identified earlyand treated with an expert doctor, thenthe disease can be cured soon. Dr.Samir Mahajan said that on February10, National Liberation Day is beingobserved from stomach worms. Allchildren will be fed albendazole tablets.On this occasion, Charanjit Singh,Nishan Singh Pharmacy Officer alsogave their views about swine flu andcorona virus.

Suspected coronaviruscase surfaced RAKESH SHARMAFARIDKOT: A suspected coronaviruscase surfaced in Faridkot after a 38-year-old man, who had returned fromCanada via China, complained ofsymptoms akin to those seen incoronavirus patients.But the case tooka bizarre turn when the man refused to

be kept in theisolation ward of theGuru Gobind SinghMedical College.The man, whosename is beingwithheld, is aresident of

Kotkapura and had complained to theCivil Surgeon about having respiratoryproblems after he returned fromCanada with a 9-hour stopover inShanghai, China.

MISSION TANDRUST PUNJAB

Concerned departments directedto continue their daily activities

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, FEB 4

Taking grave notice of reports re-garding scanners failed to detectfingerprints for the biometric iden-tification of beneficiaries to gener-ate e-cards under SSBY (Sarbat Se-hat Bima Yojna), the Health Minis-ter Balbir Singh Sidhu instructedthe all the Civil Surgeons to makepeople aware about that all empan-elled hospitals have alreadyequipped with iris scanners to regis-ter beneficiaries, if fingerprint scan-ner will fail to detect the skin abra-sion.

Balbir Singh informed that ben-eficiaries can get registered usingthis alternative method and appro-

priate provisions are already avail-able in the software wherein thebeneficiaries can be enrolled eitherthrough fingerprint reader or irisscanner.

He said that instructions have al-ready been issued to all empanelledhospitals in this regard and strict ac-tion would be taken against thehealth establishments if found anylaxity. The Minister reiterated thatCaptain Amarinder Singh led PunjabGovernment is committed to cover

every eligible beneficiary of SSBYso as to ensure the quality healthservices at the doorsteps of needypatients. He said that Chief Ministerhad launched this flagship schemefrom 20 August, 2019 and in just 5months, State Health Agency has is-sued the 40,83,715 e-cards to thebeneficiaries. “To expedite thisprocess, the Punjab Government hasalso hired new agency to generatinge-cards”, he added. Balbir Singh Sid-hu said that health services of worthRs 147.10 cr. have been provided to1,36,425 patients so far under thisscheme. Of these, more than 2462have availed the treatment of heartsurgery, 2183 have undergone can-cer treatment and 3720 elderly havegot joint replacement.

Hospitals already equipped with IRIS scanners to register beneficiaryfor SSBY, if fingerprint readers failed: Balbir Singh Sidhu

SUMER GARGSANGRUR, FEB 4

Deputy Commissioner (DC)Sangrur, Ghanshyam Thori, onTuesday, said that in order toprovide relief to the farmers ofdistrict Sangrur affected due tothe breach in the Ghaggar riverat Phulad village of Moonaksubdivision last year.

The district administrationhas cleared the sum of Rs 6.55crore as compensation of dam-aged crops and houses. DCadded that on a visit to theflood hit areas in Sangrur dis-trict, Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh had orderedspecial girdavari of the losses.

DC said that following the sub-mission of girdavari reports bythe revenue department, thecompensation amount hadbeen transferred in the account

of the farmers directly. Thorisaid that the compensation hadbeen released to as many as2500 farmers of around 19 vil-lages of Moonak subdivision.

DC informed that apart fromthe compensation of damagedcrops, the district administra-tion has also released Rs 2lakh for the repair of houseswhich were hit in the floods.Meanwhile, SDM Moonak,Kala Ram Kansal said that thecompensation amount hadbeen directly transferred inthe bank accounts of 90 per-cent farmers under direct ben-efit transfer (DBT) of the gov-ernment.

"Bank accounts, IFSC andother particulars of concernedfarmers are being verified andthe compensation amount willbe paid to them soon", headded.

He said that ChiefMinister had launchedthis flagship scheme from20 August, 2019 and injust 5 months, StateHealth Agency has issuedthe 40,83,715 e-cards tothe beneficiaries.

Rs. 6.55 crore released for floodhit farmers of district Sangrur

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL, FEB 4

Dr BR Ambedkar Educa-tion Organization organ-ized a seminar on educa-tion and status of Dalitcommunity at AnandBhawan Club on Sunday.

Speaking on the occa-sion, Jatinder Singh Matusaid that we need to cometogether to bring about so-cio-economic and politi-cal change. Dalit leaderAshwani Gill pursuing aPhD on Dr. BR Ambed-kar, gave his views. Acopy of the constitutionwas presented to the chiefguest by the chairman of

the organization RajinderGill and the presidentGurjit Singh on the occa-sion. Mangal ParkashBhatti, president ValmikiSabha Ropar, Dalip Hans

cheif advisor of organiza-tion, Prince Eklavya,Parveen Baggar, SandeepRanghreta, ShubhamBains and others werepresent on the occasion

Seminar organized on education,status of Dalit community

Thori said that thecompensationhad been releasedto as many as2500 farmers ofaround 19 villagesof Moonaksubdivision.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020

3 killed, 4 injured in separate road accidents in J-KBANIHAL/BHADERWAH: Three persons were killed and four others injured whileone went went missing in two separate road accidents in Ramban and Dodadistricts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. A tractor-trolley plungedinto 200-feet gorge while unloading muck near Ramban town on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway late Monday night, resulting in the on the spot death ofits driver, Altaf Ahmad, a police official said. He said three persons -- MohammadHanief, Rafiq Ahmad and Farooq Ahmad -- were rescued in an injured condition.Another person, Mudasir Ahmad Bhat, remained untraced and is believed to havedrowned in river Chenab, the official added. In another accident, two people werekilled and another injured when a truck fell into a deep gorge in Doda district in theearly hours of Tuesday, police said. The truck was on its way from Doda to Bharathwhen the accident occurred near Army checkpoint at the Bari area after the driverlost control of the vehicle while negotiating a curve, they said.

Road in badcondition, residentdemand early repair

JYOTI SYALAMB: The road in the village Kinnuunder village Pannu of ward number5 has been completely broken duringrainy days. Condition of road is sobad that people feeling unsafe evento on footr because the soil underthis path has become slippery. Theadministration was also made awareof this thing two or three times, sofar no action has been taken by theadministration. Residents demandedearly action in this regard failingwhich they will launch a protest.

1011 cases approvedunder Indira GandhiNational Old AgePension schemePANKAJ KATNAUNA: The government started theIndira Gandhi National Old AgePension Scheme to provide a fixedamount of money every month tohelp senior citizens live. A total of1011 cases have been approved inthe district Una from January 1,2018 to December 31, 2019 underthis scheme. As per the National OldAge Pension Scheme, 279 caseswere sanctioned in the VidhanSabha constituency of Chintpurni,264 cases in Gagret, 183 cases inUna, 122 cases in Haroli and 163pension cases in Kutlehar in the lasttwo years. To provide the benefit ofthis pension facility to eligiblepersons, an amount of 1.30 croreshas been allocated from April 2019till now. The Indira Gandhi NationalOld Age Pension Scheme wasstarted in the year 1995. Applicantsof Indira Gandhi National Old AgePension Scheme should belong to afamily living below the poverty line.Under this scheme, peoplebelonging to BPL family are providedRs 850 per month as pension in theage range of 60 to 69 years. Thebenefit of National Old Age PensionScheme is given only to seniorcitizens who are 60 years of age orabove. There is a provision toprovide a monthly pension of Rs1500 rupees to the elderly above 70years of age.

Night temp remainsbelow normal inKashmirSRINAGAR: There was someimprovement in the nighttemperature due to overcastconditions though it remained belownormal across Kashmir valley, wherethere is prediction of fresh snowfallat some places during the next 24hours. The mercury during the dayalso remained chilly due to overcastconditions coupled with ice-coldwinds in the valley. All water-bodiesremained frozen due to extremechilly weather conditions in Ladakhregion, where people aredependent on hot water springsduring winter months. Border townof Drass was the coldest place inthe region at minus 24 followed byLeh, where the mercury settled atminus 22.4 degree Celsius. AMeteorological departmentspokesperson told UNI that rain orsnow would occur at some placesin the valley under the influence ofa Western Disturbance (WD),which is active in the region. ''TheWD has phased off and will havevery less impact in the valley,'' hesaid, adding on Wednesday, snowcould occur at isolated places. Hesaid the weather will again turn dryfrom Thursday onwards, whichwould result in dip in the nighttemperature though mercury duringthe day is expected to improve.Despite an improvement of about adegree in the night temperature,world famous ski resort of Gulmarg,about 55 km from here in northKashmir, was the coldest place inthe valley at minus 10.1 degree.''Despite chilly weather conditionsdue to overcast conditions onTuesday in Gulmarg, which isfamous for its ski slopes and qualityof snow, tourists, includingforeigners, are out on ski slopesenjoying different activities,'' ahotelier told UNI.

Bukhari urges Centre for speedy constructionof bunkers in left outareas of J&KSRINAGAR: Expressing deep shockand grief over death of a civilian inmortar shelling along the Line ofControl (LoC) in Kupwara, formerfinance minster Syed MohammadAltaf Bukhari on Tuesday appealedCentre to sanction funds forimmediate construction ofunderground bunkers for inhabitantsof left out border areas in Jammuand Kashmir. In a statement issuedhere, Bukhari expressed solidaritywith the bereaved family of SaleemAhmed, a 60-year-old civilian whowas killed in Tadd village of Karnahsectors of the Kupwara district onMonday evening.

HIMACHAL/JKHP Guv emphasis on making e-governance

project of HPPSC more effectiveAGENCYSHIMLA, FEB 4

Governor Bandaru Dattatrayaemphasized on making e-governance pilot projectimplemented by HimachalPradesh Public ServiceCommission (HPPSC) moreeffective by increasing valueaddition. He asked not tocompromise with quality as theproject would be implemented inother 28 PSCs of country, afterbeing implemented in HimachalPradesh. While interacting withChairman, members and othersenior officers of Commissionduring his visit to HPPSC, theGovernor said that e-governancepilot project was given toCommission in the year 2017, byMinistry of Electronics andInformation Technology,Government of India. It was aWorld Bank aided project andshould be completed within threeyears, he added. He said it was amatter of pride for HimachalPradesh that this project has beenawarded to the State and advisedthem to adopt new initiatives from

other states and externalconsultations could also be takento make this project moreeffective. With the formation ofthis system, all processes ofCommission would be madeonline, he added.

Bandaru Dattatrayaappreciated the modernization ofthe recruitment process andtransparency being adopted byCommission. In particular,mobile-based applications,candidate interaction room forgrievance redressal, ComputerBased Examination (CBT)implemented from May 2018,ensured server-based privacy

within commission premises and'My Examination, My OnlineReview' started from May 2018were among good initiatives takenby the Commission, said theGovernor. He said that thecommission had taken a good stepof 'One Time Registration (OTR)',incorporated from April 2018 as itwould be of great benefit to thecandidates for a lifetime.

He suggested doing acomparative study of goodpractices being implemented byother Commissions and the State,so that it could be implemented inHimachal. On this occasion, theGovernor released the annual

report of the Commission for year2018-19. Later, he also visited acomputer-based examination lab.

Major General D.V.S. Rana,Chairman, Himachal PradeshPublic Service Commission, onthe occasion made the Governoraware of the functioning of theCommission and gave detailedinformation about variousinitiatives of the Commission bymaking presentations.

He said that during the last twoyears, the Commission has takenmany important decisions whichnot only strengthen the nature ofwork of Commission but alsofacilitate the candidates. He saidthat nine lakh candidates havebeen registered so far under 'OneTime Registration (OTR)'. Inaddition, eligible candidates werealso sent alerts on mobile. He saidthat all matters are activelynegotiated with governmentdepartments.

Earlier, on reaching the officeof the Commission, MemberMeera Walia, Secretary RakhilKahlon, Joint Secretary EktaKapta and other employees gave agrand welcome to the Governor.

Kangra MunicipalCouncil chief resignsDINESH AGARWALKANGRA, FEB 4

Kangra Municipal Councilpresident Ashok Sharma onTuesday resigned from thepost after serving the councilas its chief for sixteenmonths.

He submitted hisresignation to Kangra SubDivisional Magistrate JatinLal in his office this morning.

Mr Sharma took over asthe 11th president of KangraMunicipal Council onSeptember 4, 2018 andserved the MunicipalCouncil as its chief for 16months. Addressing a pressconference here on Tuesday,Sharma said he resignedowing his family

commitment and to pavethe way for Komal Sharmamunicipal councilor and hisBhabhi to accommodate heras new municipal councilchief.

He had madecommitment of relinquishingthe post after one year toaccommodate KomalSharma as MunicipalCouncil chief.

During his tenure four

open gyms were built in thetown for the fitness ofpeople, a park at old Kangrawas constructed besides atoilet block in the municipalcouncil complex was alsoconstructed where bathingfacilities for pilgrims too wasavailable.

He said that during histenure the Kangra town wasmade dustbin free besidesthat LED screens wereinstalled at Nehru Chowk inthis temple town. He saidthat speed breakers were setup in the main market tocurtail the speed of vehicles.He said that laying of theinter-lock tiles in the streetsof the town was another mainachievement of his tenure.

Before Ashok Sharmawas elected to the postSuman Verma was theMunicipal Council Chief.

Even shelling can't deter spirit of students in PoonchVISHAL BHARTIJAMMU, FEB 4

Where there is will, there is away. In what can be seen asthe urge to study and securefuture, courageous studentsin shelling-hit Poonch aregoing for studies to bunkersconverted to makeshiftclassrooms. ''We are trainedby the Army and the staff ofthe school on how to leavethe classrooms duringshelling and run towardsbunkers for shelter andcontinue routine class-workso that our studies don’t getaffected,'' Shaista, a studentfrom Poonch told UNI.

Annoyed by frequentshelling, Shaista said that shewant a bright future andworrying about the firing willnot let her achieve the goal ofher life.

Normal life in borderdistrict Pooch of Jammu iscrippled frequently due to

ceasefire violation fromPakistan and heavy shellingacross the border. To ensuresafety of residents duringshelling, the districtadministration has dugbunkers in border villages.

The concrete bunkers,which are solid enough todefeat even 120 mm mortar,have been converted tomakeshift classrooms so thatthe students continue theirstudies especially whenexaminations are round thecorner. Though Pakistan firesunprovoked by shellingheavily with mortars inforward villages along theLoC but the courageousstudents of Pinewood Schoolof Army's Good and manyothers, despite all odds arecontinuing pursuing studiesto secure their future inbunkers when they areunable to study inclassrooms. Another studentSameena said, ''I want to

appeal to Pakistani PrimeMinister Imran Khan to stopshelling and targeting bordervillages on this side and let uschase our dreams.''

S e v e n t e e n - y e a r - o l dMohammad Imran, who losthis left foot after a mortarfired from across the borderexploded close to him,appealed to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for financialassistance to him and to hisfamily. ''I was the lone breadearner in the family and aftergetting my leg amputated, I

am unable to work like I usedto earlier,'' he added. DeputyCommissioner Poonch RahulYadav here told UNI, "thereare total 1,388 bunkersallocated for community andindividual, out of which 550to 600 ready."

"We have asked for moreallocation as Poonch haslarger area with high densityof population across theborder," said the DC.

A total of 5,538 bunkershave been completed in theJammu division including

5.035 individual bunkers and503 community bunkers.

Also, 1,234 bunkers,including community andindividual bunkers, havebeen completed in districtSamba, 918 in Jammu, 1,193in Kathua, 1,744 in Rajouri,over 500 in Poonch havebeen completed.

However, former MLCShahnaz Ganai expressedapprehensions on numbers ofbunkers stated by theadministration.

"Poonch district hasmaximum population livingclose to the border but thebunkers allocation is not upto the mark as only 1,500were built, which are notsufficient," she said.

"Several bunkers are stillunder construction. Peopleliving close to borders are theworst-affected by shellingand bunkers are utmostrequirement at the moment,Ms Ganai said.

Screening for HPKVN courses tobe organised in three districts

SHIMLA, FEB 4

Managing Director, HPKVN RohanChand Thakur told here today thatHimachal Pradesh Kaushal VikasNigam (HPKVN) would be conductingscreening of eligible candidates for theHPKVN sponsored Skill DevelopmentCourses under C-DAC Mohali, NIFMFaridabad and CTR Ludhiana.

He said that screening of eligiblecandidates would take place at DCOffice, Mandi Conference Hall on 6thFebruary, DRDA Hall, near DC OfficeDharamshala on 7th February andHPKVN Conference Hall, Block 24,SDA Complex Kasumpti Shimla on 7thFebruary.

Managing Director said that these

courses are aimed at enhancing theemployability of youth of the state.These courses are 100 percentsponsored by HPKVN. He told thatthese prestigious and high value coursesat CTR, Ludhiana, NIFM Faridabad andC-DAC Mohali are having greatpotential for employment generationand the eligible youth must take fullbenefit of these residential courses forwhich boarding and lodging would beprovided free of cost by HPKVN.

He said that the courses includeArtificial Intelligence, Web Designing,CADD, GST etc. and for more detailsand eligibility conditions, thecandidates may call at HPKVN'sHelpline Number 0177 2623383 or visithttps://hpkvn.in/admission/.

DC gets award for Prime Minister'sMatri Vandana Yojana

PREETI RANAUNA, FEB 4

District Una has stood secondin the country inimplementing the PradhanMantri Matri VandanaYojana. Union Minister forWomen and ChildDevelopment Smriti Iranipresented the award toDeputy Commissioner UnaSandeep Kumar and DistrictProgramme Officer ICDSSatnam Singh today for betterimplementation of thisscheme. The award has beenreceived in the category of

states with a population ofless than one crore. The honorceremony was held in Delhi.

After receiving the award,DC Sandeep Kumar said thatthe credit for this success

goes to all Anganwadiworkers, Anganwadiassistants, supervisors anddepartment officials of thedistrict, who worked hard tomake this scheme a success.He said that this scheme hasbeen implemented better withthe cooperation of commonpeople of the district. He saidthat this award has beenreceived for the periodSeptember 2017 to December2019. During this period10,419 beneficiaries ofPradhan Mantri MatriVandana Yojana wereregistered in district Una.

Son leaves family for95-year-old mother

JOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA, FEB 4

Old age is the last stage oflife in which man only needslove. The elderly only needtheir children to be with themso that they can see themthrive with their old eyes, bywhich they can overcometheir old age. But can it reallyhappen in the modern erawhere children are leavingold parents in orphanage.Due to which the number ofold age homes is increasingday by day, but if thethinking of a son likeSukhdev happens to be thesons of all the mothers, thenone day it will come that oldage homes will not be there.There is also one such sonunder Kutlaihar assemblyconstituency who has givenup his family to serve theelderly mother. This personhas been living in the villagewith his 95-year-old mother

for seven years, abandoningthe attachment of his family,wife, son and daughters. Thisman's family lives inAhmedabad and he himselfhas retired as a governmentemployee. This person hasconsidered it paramount toserve the mother who gavebirth by abandoning thefamily's fascination. SukhdevSingh son of Bakhshi Ramof Chamaydi Panchayat ofSub-divisional Bangana isbecoming an example.

Dhiman expresses gratitude forgiving responsibility as Badsar

Block Congress president

JOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA, FEB 4

Under the Badsar Assembly constituency, KewalDhiman has been appointed with immediate effectby State President Kuldeep Singh Rathore for thepost of Badsar Block Congress President. Earlier,Kewal Dhiman had been the block head of theBadsar block. Beides, he has been the head of theTippar Panchayat for two timed, the President ofthe Seva Dal, Vice-president of the YouthCongress. On his appointment Kewal Dhimanthanked State President Kuldeep Singh Rathoreand assured to discharge responsibility given withhonesty and dignity.

Accused for cutting `khair’trees dies during judicialcustody, inquiry sought

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI, FEB 4

Forest department team lodged a complaint againstsome unknown persons about the tree cutting ofkhair. Offenders escaped after taking the benefit ofdarkness. Matter was being investigated by thepolice at Barotiwala police station, said a seniorpolice officer. During the investigation, theBarotiwala police detained a man on January 28namely Amerika Singh son of Dharam Singh, 49years old, resident of village Grida Police Pinjore inKhair cutting case on the basis of evidence, whichwas sent on 4 days remand by the court. Due to thesudden deterioration of health of accused on January31 during remand, he was first admitted to BaddiPHC by the police, after which he was referred toPGI by doctors after which while taking action in thecase from PGI through video conferencing by theHigh Court on February 1, sent the accused tojudicial custody for 14 days. SP Baddi Rohit Malpaniconfirming the case of accused Amerika Singh diedin PGI due to sudden deterioration of health of theaccused and said he died during the treatment. Hesaid that a high level inquiry will be demanded fromHigh Court in this matter.

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, FEB 4

Many important schemes andprograms related to sanitationhave been launched by thegovernment to meet thechallenges of unbalancedenvironment and increasingpollution, but no program canbe fully successful withoutpublic participation. Thisinformation was given by theMLA of Doon Assemblyconstituency Paramjit SinghPammi at the inauguration ofa mega sanitation program atBasanti Bagh in Baddi,Industrial Area today. He saidthat cleanliness is aphilanthropic work and weshould all contribute to it asmuch as possible. The DoonMLA said that cleanliness isnot only done by cleaning,but to maintain cleanliness,we also have to improve ourdirt-spreading habits. Givingdetailed information about

this Maha SwachhataAbhiyan programme, SDMNalagarh Prashant Dev saidthat today in thiscomprehensive cleanlinesscampaign in areas likeKathha, Basanti Bagh andOmex in Housing Board Nalaof Industrial Area Baddi,Vardhaman, P&G Torekas,Havells AppliancesIndustrial units calledPidilite, SS Industries, BlueHaven, Indigo Remedies andBBF. More than 600 workers

of the city, employees of CityCouncil Baddi and a largenumber of others participated.He said that apart fromindividuals, four JCBmachines and thirty tractorswere used in the cleanlinessprogram. Prashant Deshta saidthat cleaning will be doneunder this mega sanitationprogramme on February 5 atManpura, Kishanpura onFebruary 7, Sandoli onFebruary 8 and Chini Khadon February 11.

MLA seeks public support forbalanced environment

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Sci-math exhibition organisedMOHALI: The Holy Wonder smart school organised Science & math exhibition at its cam-pus. Students worked together to make it a success. Itwas open for the parents of students to applaud the ef-forts put up by their children. Students exhibited won-derful display of projects and models with real innova-tive ideas. Out of box applications in physics were de-picted in the display of pressure of water, electric cur-rents generated with the help of sand. Analysis based onstructure, order and relation were displayed along withnotions of logical reasoning. The chairman of the school,Charanjit Saini inaugurated the exhibition.

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OUR CORRESPONDENTFATEHGARH SAHIB, FEB 4

All Executive officers (EOs) towork with integrity and dedica-tion to make the city garbagefree and to ensure 100 percentdoor to door garbage collec-tion.

Besides this boundary wallaround dumping grounds andgreen belts near these bound-aries should also be ensured.Municipal Councils violatingSolid Waste Management ruleswill be penalised form 31March.

These directions were issuedby Sh. Jasbir Singh, Retd. Jus-tice Pb. & Haryana High court,and Chairman National GreenTribunal Monitoring Commit-tee, while addressing a meetingwith EOs, and officials of dis-trict level special task force.Chairman Jasbir Singh directedthe EOs to ensure implementa-tion of Solid Waste Manage-ment rules 2016 in true spirit.He said that increasing pollu-

tion causing serious problems,which is a major concern of theday. Retd. Justice Jasbir Singhsaid that officers should thinkdifferently to play importantrole for the task. He said that allEOs will submit weekly reportto Deputy Commissioners re-garding the tasks performedunder Solid Waste Manage-ment. He further said thatawareness among general pub-lic will be generated throughsmall meetings, nukkad natakand conferences.

Chairman NGT Monitoringcommittee directed for com-plete ban on use of plastic bagsand directed to take appropriateaction against the violators andinformation of the violatorsshould be given to Punjab Pol-lution Control Boars officials.During this he directed the of-ficials of Punjab PollutionControl Board to ensure settingup of ETP at hospitals of Fa-thegarh Sahib district, so thatunderground water table couldbe prevented from pollution.

MC violating solid wastemanagement rules to be penalised

form 31 March: Jasbir SinghReading week organizedat Mohali school

MOHALI: Sacred Souls' Schoolorganized Book Week to highlight thevalues and importance of Reading.There were lots of activities lined upfor the weeklong event which wereorganized to encourage reading newbooks and experience the pleasureand joy of reading. Special readaloud sessions were also held tobuild the skill of reading. The activitywas organised under an initiative byScholastic India. The ReadingChallenge, initiated by CBSE, a testof reading and comprehension wasalso conducted for the students ofclasses 8-10. Six students have beenselected for Round 2 of the Nation-wide test of reading ability.

Baba Farid Collegeends its 8th Vibagir-20emitting memories

ANIL VERMABATHINDA: The 8th InternationalFest 'Vibagir-20' organized incollaboration with Flying Fathers atBaba Farid Group ended on the eveof Eid Memories. The chief guest ofthis event was Ravneet Singh Bittu,MP while Ajit Inder Singh Mofar,former MLA, Narendra BhargavaSSP, Mansa, Rajinder Singh Raja(Chairman, Bikramajit Singh MohishMohd as Chairman, Mishra MohidZafar, Chef Mohd.

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, FEB 4

A meeting was held today under thechairmanship of Manoj Parida, Ad-viser to the Administrator, UT,Chandigarh to sort out the issues of

Ola and Uber. During the meeting, heclarified that the pending governmentrevenue has to be paid.

He also stated that since the entryfee of UT, Chandigarh is onlyRs.333/- per month which is muchcheaper than the neighbouring states,

there should be no reason for the de-fault. However, as a special case, itwas decided that all stakeholders maybe allowed to make payment of firsttwo quarters of current financial yearby 15/02/2020; while the remainingneeds to be cleared by 31st March,

2020, after which a special drive willbe started by the Transport and Traf-fic Department to penalize the de-faulters for non-payment. He also ad-vised the agencies to promote greenvehicles, so that Chandigarh remainsa green capital of the country.

Advisor holds meet with Ola, Uber to sort out issue

BUREAUMOHALI, FEB 4

Universal Group of Institu-tions celebrated WorldLeprosy Day under the

agenda Is ending Discrimi-nation, Stigma and Preju-dice.

The event started withwelcoming the chief GuestChairman , UGI , Dr Gur-

preet Singh. While ad-dressing the students andfaculty members he in-formed that Leprosy is oneof the oldest recorded dis-eases in the world and

awareness is needed to putan end to this disease. Themain agendas of the cele-bration were Zero cases ofLeprosy ,Early detectionof Leprosy , Scaling up in-terventions to prevent Lep-rosy transmission.

On the day poster mak-ing competition was alsoorganized, in which stu-dents from various depart-ments participated withgreat enthusiasm.

The theme was justifiedby the students as theyshowed their creativity bymaking excellent postersby using paint and papercuttings. Role play on pre-vention and treatment ofleprosy was shown by thestudents. Health Educationwas also given by SMOwho gave emphasis onprevention and treatment.

Diet counseling campheld at PGIMER

CHANDIGARH: World Cancer Day iscelebrated every year on 4th-Februrary to bring awareness aboutcancer. Since cancer disease is onthe rise and approximately 9.6 millionpeople die globally from cancer everyyear, keeping this in mindDepartment of Dietetics PGIMER,Chandigarh organized a dietcounseling camp in the RadiotherapyOPD at New OPD block, PGI.Posters were displayed on healthydiets for cancer prevention.Information on neutropenic diets anddiet charts were given with healthyeating tips and foods to be avoidedand allowed were explained to all thecancer patients.

CHANDIGARH (ISHA UPADHYAY ): Bringing the finesse of the language of 'tehzeeb' to theCity Beautiful, Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women launched a 6-month course in'Urdu for Beginners' here today. Organized in collaboration with Haryana Urdu Akademi, thecertified course is being conducted by renowned Urdu teacher Dr. H.K. Lall. The course wit-nessed enthusiastic response as 70 participants registered for it. Divided into 2 three-months' ses-sions, the course is a unique opportunity for language enthusiasts of all age groups from all walksof life to learn the nuances of the nawabi language. Lauding this endeavour, Principal Dr. NishaBhargava asserted that language is the pretext of bonds with people, their thoughts and emotions;a doorway to experience; a key to civilizations; the touchstone of culture and thus, learning anew language is a significant opportunity.

Workshop on crowdsourceby Google at HMV

JALANDHAR: The Computer Club ofHans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalayaconducted a workshop on Crowdsource by Google under the ableguidance of Madam Principal Prof.Dr. Mrs. Ajay Sareen. All the studentsfrom PG Department of ComputerScience attended this workshop.Head of Department Dr. SangeetaArora and Mr. Anil Bhasin welcomedthe resource person of this program,Mr. Ekant Puri, influencer for Crowdsource by Google.

Members of Anganwadi workers union protest for their demands in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Photo by : S.Sharma

World Leprosy Day observed at UGI

Market committee employeeheld red handedCHANDIGARH: State VigilanceBureau nabbed an Auction Recordercum Supervisor of Market CommitteeLudhiana red handed for acceptingbribe of Rs.15,000/-. Disclosing thishere today a spokesman of VigilanceBureau Punjab said accused AuctionRecorder Hari Ram was nabbed onthe complaint of Sajan Wadhwa ofCivil Lines, Ludhiana. Giving details hesaid the complainant approached theVB and alleged that the above saidaccused was demanding Rs. 17,000for favouring him to report lesserweigh of vegetable laden vehicles butthe deal was struck at Rs. 15,000/-.

SUMER GARGSUNAM, FEB 4

The officials of Bharat Pe-troleum Corporation Limit-ed(BPCL) under the bannerof "SAKSHAM 2020" hadorganized a rally. BPCLsales officer, Arvis Dhan-

vick flagged off this rallyfrom Pal Service Station,Sangrur on Sunday.

Territory Manager San-grur, Rajesh while address-ing the participients ap-prised them to save oil fortheir future needs. Hundredspeople who participated in

this rally had taken the oathto save oil.

Among the prominent theofficials of Petroleum andnatural gas ministry of Indiafrom district Alwar, Petrole-um dealers, Gas distributors& students took part in thisrally.

Hundreds people pledged to save oil

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, FEB 4

In a major relief, Nasopha-ryngeal swab samples ofsuspected 2019-nCoV(Coronavirus) personshave been reported nega-tive by Institute of Virolo-gy, Pune. Disclosing thishere today, the HealthMinister Balbir Singh Sid-hu said that National Insti-tute of Virology (NIV)Pune, has confirmed 22negative cases, while re-port of 1 case belong toFaridkot would be re-ceived by tomorrow. Hesaid that there is no case ofCorona virus reported in

the state so far and thePunjab Government isworking on the war footsto specifically screen theall cases having history ofChina or transit stay atChina airport.

“Of 85 suspected caseshave been reported in Pun-jab, 84 found asympto-matic and a total numberof 77 patients have nowkept under the close obser-vation, Mr. Balbir SinghSidhu said adding that3915 passengers at Amrit-sar Airport and 4476 pas-sengers at Mohali Airporthave been screened wherenone of them were diagnose with sympto-

matic.The Minister furthersaid that to keep a watchon Atari Border and DeraBaba Nanak, Gurdaspur,Medical posts have beenstationed at both the sites.He said that 777 passen-gers at Atari and 1430 pas-sengers at Dera BabaNanak also screened fromJanuary 29, 2020 and noone found symptomatic for2019 nCoV.

He said that theseMedical check post arealso been doing awarenessactivities among peoplewho travel from Pakistanand are sensitizing them tosubmit self declaration re-garding any travel history

to China and having symp-toms of virus. He said thatthe Helpline number 104has been activated for in-formation regarding Coro-na Virus. Any citizen cancontact on this number24X7 for any informationrelated to the Corona Virusdisease.

The Minister appealedthat any person who hastravelled to China and hasarrived in India from Janu-ary, 1st 2020 should reportto nearest GovernmentHospital or call at helplinenumber of 104 so that De-partment of Health couldtrace and take necessaryremedial measures.

22 suspected persons from Punjab reported negativefor Corona Virus by NIV Pune: Balbir Singh Sidhu

MCM launches certified Urdu course

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Bank customer service center managershot deadAMBEDKARNAGAR: A bank customer service center manager was shotdead by unidentified miscreants in the Bhiti area of this district in UttarPradesh, police sources said on Tuesday. According to sources here,Krishnanand Tiwari (35), a resident of Parvardhari Maharani Deeh Purwa,used to operate the customer service center situated at the Chandachauraha. He was on his way to his village on a bike after shutting down thecenter when unidentified assailants shot at him which left him criticallyinjured, late Monday night. He was rushed to the hospital where hesuccumbed to his injuries. A case has been registered.

7Couple given electricshocks, left to die inUP villageHAMIRPUR: A couple in their early20s was allegedly abducted, givenelectric shocks till they lostconsciousness and thrown in a field bythe woman's family members whobelieved that they had died, policesaid on Tuesday. Deepak (23) and thewoman who has not been identified,however, survived the attack andlodged a police complaint on Monday,Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumarsaid. The duo was in a relationshipand wanted to get married against thewishes of the woman's family. OnJanuary 29, they eloped but werecaught the next day from Atra Baraulivillage in Chikasi area by the familymembers of the woman. They werethen taken to Mahoba by Shodhan,Dharmendra and Lakshman, relativesof the woman, where they were givenelectric shocks repeatedly till theybecame unconscious, he said.Believing that they had died, the duowas thrown in a field by the men,police said, adding that there wereshock marks on the legs of the couple."We are probing the case and willarrest the accused soon," an officersaid.

Joint team to probedamage to environmentdue to spillage of crudeoil at CTFDIBRUGARH: A joint team isaccessing any possible damage to theenvironment due to an incident ofspillage of crude oil at the CentralTank Farm (CTF) located in Oil IndiaLimited (OIL)'s Field Headquarters inDuliajan town of Dibrugarh district. Thejoint team is led by Circle Officer ofTengakhat Circle in the Dibrugarhdistrict and also comprises of officialsfrom State Pollution Control Board,fishery department and experts fromOIL. The necessary action will beinitiated on the basis of theobservations of this expert committee.In a press statement on Monday, OILstated that-"Last week at CTF, therewas sudden closure of remoteoperated shut off valves and motoroperator valves of inlets and outlets ofall the Crude Oil Storage Tanks.Consequently, there was pressurebuild up in the incoming lines to thetanks and it was observed that leaksdeveloped at five points within theperiphery of the CTF. "Leaks alsodeveloped at two points in theincoming crude oil delivery line of oneof the field installation near Duliajan.Presently normal operations haveresumed and all leakages have beenrectified and crude oil is beingreceived from installations at CTF,Duliajan", it added. There have beenno casualties and the fire was dousedon its own. The situation is absolutelyunder control now, the statementadded.

ED attachesproperties worthover Rs 8 cr in moneylaundering casePATNA: Enforcement Directorate (ED)has provisionally attached movable aswell as immovable properties totallingto Rs. 8.38 crores belonging to one JaiPrakash Mandal and others under theprovisions of the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA), 2002 inconnection with a case of cheating.According to an official press release,investigation in the case was initiatedon the basis of FIRs/ charge-sheetsreceived from Economic Offences Unit(EoU), Patna, wherein 12 FIRs and 7charge-sheets have been filed forcontravention of various sections ofIndian Penal Code and Gambling Acts,according to an official press release.The accused has acquired variousmovable and immovable properties tothe tune of Rs 8.38 crores in his nameand in the name of his wife and hisson, mostly undertaking cashtransactions. All these transactionswere for utilisation of unaccounted andillegal ways of earnings. The accusedhave also diverted the lands acquiredout of proceeds of crime into variousprojects like marketing complexes inthe name of Shoppe Mart,development of high rise building witha developer, Petrol Pump, ResidentialBuildings etc., the official statementsaid.

Lalitpur residentadvised isolationover CoronavirussuspicionLALITPUR: A person in UttarPradesh's Lalitpur district, whorecently returned from China, hasbeen advised to stay in isolation as aprecautionary measure. Dr. PratapSingh, CMO, Lalitpur told ANI that sofar no symptoms of the virus has beenfound in the man who recentlyreturned from China. "We haveadvised him to be in isolation at homealso for a few days. He has also beenasked to visit the hospital if hedevelops cough or fever. If he falls ill,we will send his blood samples toLucknow for further investigation," headded. In the morning, Uttar PradeshDepartment issued a statementinforming that samples of fourtravellers were collected and sent tothe Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune.The reports of all four samples havecome negative. The department alsoinformed that 820 isolation beds havebeen reserved across the state fortravellers returning back from China.

Giriraj Singh accuses Kejriwal ofdoing appeasement politics in DelhiAlso challenges Rahul Gandhi over unemployment

AGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 4

Union Minister Giriraj Singhon Tuesday accused the DelhiChief Minister Arvind Kejriwalof playing the appeasementpolitics, saying Kejriwal hasenough money to spend on theImams and not pujaris intemples.

Singh claimed, "In 2015,Arvind Kejriwal used to shout'Anna Anna' and 'Vikas Vikas'.Now he is saying 'JinnahJinnah'. It is because of thisappeasement policy, the Imamsof Delhi mosques are beinggiven Rs 18,000, their workersare getting Rs16,000 and forthe maintenance Rs. 9,000 arebeing given. However, ArvindKejriwal is not concerned about

the pujaris in temples as theyare not the vote bank."

The Union Minister alsochallenged Congress leaderRahul Gandhi to show him thedata on employment during2010-2014. He said, "Let Rahul

bring the employment statusduring 2010-2014 or evenduring the tenure of his family.I will tell him the employmentstatus during the tenure ofPrime Minister NarendraModi."

"I will also teach him thedefinition of employment. Theword employment does notonly mean jobs in governmentsectors," he added.

Giriraj Singh also said thatthe protesters in Shaheen Baghare not against CAA but insteadare doing Khilafat Andolan. Hesaid, "From Shaheen Bagh, theslogans of cheers to Afzal Guruand Yakub Menon were heard.Even Sharjeel Imam had saidthat he will cut Assam and havean Islamic state in India."

"In the Parliament, thebrother of Asaduddin Owaisisaid that if for 15 minutes thepolice disappear then I willteach a lesson to the Hindus.This is Khilafat andolan and notprotest against CAA," headded.

Never said anything againstGandhi, own my statement:

Anantkumar HegdeAGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 4

"I own my statement," said BJPlawmaker Anantkumar Hegde onTuesday amid the ragingcontroversy over his remark onMahatma Gandhi while adding thathe has never said anything againstthe Father of the Nation. "Allrelated media reports are false. Inever said what is being debatedover. It is an unnecessarycontroversy. I own my statementmade on February 1, 2020, inBengaluru. I never made anyreference to any political party orMahatma Gandhi or anybody else, Iwas just trying to categorisefreedom struggle. That's all," Hegdetold ANI. "I am surprised by thediscussion around it. What can I sayabout something that is not there?There is hullabaloo going onwithout anything. My statement isavailable in public forum. If anyonewants to see, it is available onlineand on my website. Show me if I

have said anything againstMahatma Gandhi, Nehru and anyother freedom fighters," he added.The BJP leader continued: "Thatprogramme was about Savarkar.With due respect of all our freedomfighters, I was just discussing ourfreedom struggle, there is noconfusion or any derogatorycomment on freedom struggle orfighters. Unnecessary nuisance hasbeen created." Hegde stoked acontroversy after he had attackedMahatma Gandhi by calling thefreedom struggle led by him a"drama" and also questioned as tohow "such people" come to becalled 'Mahatma' in India.

Judgement in Nirbhaya case should be implemented at the earliest: NaiduAGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 4

Expressing concern on the delayof execution of accused in theNirbhaya gangrape case, Vice-President and Rajya SabhaChairman M Venkaiah Naidu onTuesday said that the judgementin Nirbhaya case should be

implemented at the earliest.Speaking in response to a

Zero Hour mention by SanjaySingh of the Aam Aadmi party,the Chairman said, 'We cannotallow this sort of thing to go onin this country. People have beengiven all opportunities, after alllegal remedies exhausted. But bysome process or the other, if this

is getting delayed, all concernedmust know that judgement isimplemented at the earliest.'.Warning that there is an angerand a sense of betrayal amongthe people of the country, MrNaidu said, 'The issue that israised just now is sensitive andimportant. The entire country isspeaking about it, people are

agitated. Whatever be the reason,I do not want to take any names,but this delay, those in thesystem, should realise their dutyand act immediately.' In his ZeroHour mention, Sanjay Singhexpressed concern on the delayin the execution of the convictsand called for intervention by thehighest authorities in the country.

"Whatever happened inNirbhaya case is bad. A fasttrack court was set up,punishment was also given. Butthen, nothing happened. There isthis unusual delay. I appeal toyou that they should be hangedas soon as possible. Intervene inthe matter and ensurepunishment," Singh said.

AGENCYBHOPAL, FEB 4

Madhya Pradesh, whichregained the coveted 'tigerstate' tag last year, hasadded another feather to itscap by emerging on top inthe count of gharials (freshwater crocodiles) this year,state Forest MinisterUmang Singhar claimed onTuesday.

As per a report of theWildlife Trust of India,there are 1,255 gharials inthe Chambal river ofMadhya Pradesh and 255in the Gandak river ofBihar, Singhar told PTI.

The minister furthersaid according to adepartmental census reportof Morena's DivisionalForest Officer P D Graviel,there are 1,876 gharials in

the Chambal river."Besides being the

tiger state, MadhyaPradesh has also emergedas the 'gharial state' in thecountry," he said.

Efforts made for theirconservation andprotection have startedbearing fruits now. It isbasically the result of hardwork done by officials,"the minister added.

With 526 tigers,Madhya Pradesh last yearregained the coveted "tigerstate" status after losing it

to Karnataka nearly adecade ago, thanks to itsfocus on conserving thewildlife outside theprotected areas ofreserves.

A state forestdepartment official saidin 1980s, only about 200

gharials were left in theworld. At that time, theirnumber in India was 96,including 46 in theChambal river that flowsacross Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan and UttarPradesh.

Later, the river spreadover an area of 435 km andwas declared as theChambal GharialSanctuary, he said.

Graviel said one of themajor reasons for theincrease in number ofgharials in the state is the

creation of Devri EcoCentre where crocodileeggs are reared. After theeggs mature, the hatchlingsare kept under observationfor three years beforebeing released in theChambal river.

"Every year, 200gharials are released intothe Chambal river underthe 'grow and release'programme forconservation of thisaquatic species," he said.

He also informed thatgharials are found in veryfew countries in the world,including India,Bangladesh and Nepal.Gharials were earlier onthe verge of extinction inthe country, but nowefforts to conserve theaquatic animal have paidand "Madhya Pradesh has

Nagaland is in high risk of CoronavirusKOHIMA, FEB 4

The states of Manipur andNagaland is in the high riskfor spread of NovelCoronavirus as the foreigngoods, especially theChinese goods are stillcoming to the states throughMoreh town of Manipur andso far the government hasnot imposed any ban onChinese goods. According tosources, the Chinese goodsparticularly the cloths,blankets and other wearableitems are still flowing intoManipur uninterruptedlythrough many entry pointsvia Myanmar, which iscoming to Nagaland anddistributed to the other statesof North East. Sources saidthat the businessmen are

doing their business only fortheir income withoutthinking of the spreading ofCoronavirus and theGovernments of Manipur isalso not taking any step tostop the flow of Chineseitems so far. Meanwhile, theNagaland Health and FamilyWelfare Department hasinformed that no

coronavirus case has beenreported in the state so far.The Principal Director in theDirectorate of Health &Family Welfare Dr VizolieZ. Suokhrie in a release saidtill yesterday, out of 33persons, who have come toNagaland from the affectedcountries, none of them arefound symptomatic as per

the protocol specified byCentral Government.

However, those comingfrom China have beenquarantined in complianceof the extant protocol set bythe Centre, Dr Soukhriesaid. Nagaland HealthMinister S. Pangnyu Phomheld a meeting with theSecretary, PrincipalDirector, Mission Director(NHM) and DepartmentalOfficers on Monday toreview the situation of the2019 nCoV (Novel CoronaVirus) in the State. TheDepartment has taken up allnecessary precautions tomonitor such persons andhas also set up necessarymeasures for any untowardevents in conformity of theCentral guidelines.

Former UP Governor booked for joininganti-CAA/NRC protest in Lucknow

LUCKNOW, FEB 4

Former Uttar Pradesh Governor AzizQureshi has been booked forviolating section 144 of the CrPCand participating in protests andholding a candle-light march againstthe amended Citizenship law and theproposed pan-India implementationof the National Register of Citizens(NRC). An FIR was registeredagainst Qureshi and others at theGomti Nagar Police station underSections 145 and 188 on late

Monday night. The FIR names ninepeople - Qureshi, Jaleel, Mahfooz,Salman Mansoori, Wali Mohammad,Rahnuma Khan, Priyanka Mishra,Sunil Lodhi and an unidentified

person. They have been accused oftaking out a candle-light marchbetween Digdiga Chauraha and FunMall in Gomti Nagar area ofLucknow. On being asked to stop,the crowd started chanting anti-CAA/NRC slogans, the FIR said.Qureshi, who has also also servedas the Governor of Uttarakhand andMizoram, on Thursday had joinedthe women protesters atGhantaghar in old Lucknow areawhere protests have been going onfor the last 17 days.

Mamata remembers greatphysicist Satyendra Nath Bose

on his death anniversaryKOLKATA, FEB 4

West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on Tuesdaysolemnly remembered greatphysicist Satyendra Nath Boseon his death anniversary.“Solemnly remembering thegreat physicist Satyendra NathBose on his deathanniversary,” Ms Banerjeetweeted. Bose died on this day in 1974 atthe age of 80. Born on January 1, 1894,he is best known for his work onquantum mechanics in the early 1920s,providing the foundation forBose–Einstein statistics and the theoryof the Bose–Einstein condensate. Bose-Einstein statistics, Bose-Einstein

Condensate, Bosons —these are terms that evencasual observers of physicshave heard regardless ofwhether they actually knowabout them or not. Thesenomenclatures, based uponSatyendra Nath Bose’ssurname (along withEinstein’s in the first twocases), both commemorate

and signify his immense contribution tophysics. A Fellow of the Royal Society,he was awarded India's second highestcivilian award, the Padma Vibhushan in1954 by the Central Government . Theclass of particles that obeyBose–Einstein statistics, bosons, wasnamed after Bose by Paul Dirac.

Delhi HC directs medical examination of minorseeking termination of 24-week-old pregnancyNEW DELHI, FEB 4

The Delhi High Court onTuesday directed the RamManohar Lohia (RML)hospital to immediatelyconstitute a medical boardto examine a minor girl,who is seeking terminationof her 24-week-oldpregnancy. A single benchof Justice Vibhu Bakhrudirected the medicalsuperintendent of theHospital to constitute amedical board to examinethe victim expeditiously andsubmit a report by February6. The court also asked for adoctor of the medical teamto be present in the nexthearing. A plea, filed before

the court, stated that therape victim is 16 years oldand her medicalexamination was conductedon January 25, 2020, in aHospital in Rohini and thematter was further referredfor an opinion as the victimwas found 24 weekspregnant. According to thepetitioner, pursuant to hermedical report, an FIR wasregistered under severalsections of the Indian PenalCode (IPC) and theProtection of Children fromSexual Offences (POCSO)Act in Swaroop Nagarpolice station on January 25.Advocate Prachi Nirvan,representing the petitioner,requested the Delhi High

Court to direct concernedauthorities to ensure that thepregnancy of the petitioneris medically terminated.

The hospital asked her toget approval from the courtto terminate her pregnancy,advocate Prachi Nirvan said.

She also informed thecourt that the petitioner isaggrieved as Section 3 ofMedical Termination ofPregnancy Act 1971, doesnot permit the terminationof pregnancy in case theperiod of gestation is morethan 20 weeks old.

She said that thepregnancy poses asubstantial risk to thepetitioner as she herself is oftender age.

MP on top spot in gharialcount, says forest minister Kerala tourism

badly hit followingconfirmed cases of

coronavirusTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB 4

After three positive cases ofcoronavirus were reportedfrom Kerala, the tourismindustry in the state is badlyhit, with tourists cancellingtheir bookings. KeralaTourism MinisterKadakampally Surendrantold the state assembly hereon Tuesday that foreignguests who have done priorbookings have cancelledtheir trip after positivecoronavirus cases werereported from the state."Hotels bookings were fullfor February-March.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Britain is finally out of the European Union. Its citizenswoke up on February 1 to mixed reactions that mirroredthe narrow margin represented in a 51.9 per cent vote in

favour of leaving the EU on June 23, 2016. While many re-joiced in a newfound sense of independence, others were leftdespondent for breaking away after 47 years. The reconcilia-tion of such divergent views appears to be the biggest chal-lenge, with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declaring hisjob was to bring his country together and take it forward. “Thisis not an end but a beginning” — were his words, where he mayhave paraphrased Winston Churchill, but they are as likely tolinger in history as Britons move on.

Brexit marks yet another blow to globalisation as econom-ic nationalism triumphed, much as it has in the past few yearsin which strong leaders are finding ways to make populist rulelegitimate. What were open borders will have to close soon.For most Britons, the painful Brexit debate was much lessabout economics and far more about identity. This hankeringfor freedom, partly premised on old glory, might have been athrowback to the heyday of the colonisers when the sun wassaid to never set on the British Empire. And yet it was mostlythe young and those living in the country who favoured Brex-it more than London.

The situation is riddled with problems as Britain left in ahurry, even before a proper deal could be struck with the EU.The negotiating positions on trade are seen to be hardeningnow as EU leaders are offering an icy reception to the BritishPM’s insistence on the UK not countenancing jurisdiction ofEuropean courts in trade. Mr Johnson is not wrong in seekinga pragmatic agreement, but the sharp deadline of December 31looms, and a “no-deal” Brexit could be far more damaging thanthe all the freedom the exit has brought.

The world order has changed somewhat, including in pol-itics. The emergence of Boris Johnson, seen as the man who“got Brexit done”, could reshape Britain’s electoral map foryears to come. Given the dynamics of an American electionyear, it is moot whether President Donald Trump would deliv-er on the great trade deal he promised when the UK was dither-ing in multiple parliamentary votes on Brexit, to settle whichthe Conservative leader called a general election.

In emerging stronger as his December election gambit paidoff, Mr Johnson himself will be a much wanted leader as therest of the world, including India, senses an opportunity fortrading with Britain on favourable tariff terms. Given India’ssteady and durable relationship with the UK, it’s on the cardsthat old bonds will mean something as India tries to fill gapseven as Britain and the EU go through a tortuous negotiatingprocess, complicated by Northern Ireland’s geographical con-tiguity with the Irish Republic.

EditorialUK after Brexit: Willthe gamble pay off?

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8ART WASHES AWAY FROM THE SOUL THE

DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

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I DIDN'T ATTEND THE FUNERAL, BUT I SENT ANICE LETTER SAYING I APPROVED OF IT.

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A medium to long-termvision for India’s economy

The present glaring issuefor the economy hasbeen to infuse funds for

a demand pickup — for theagriculture sector, for NBFCsand for infrastructure spend,so as to enable the nation tobe back on the growth track.Finance minister NirmalaSitharaman has endeavouredto address most of the issueswith a medium to long-termvision.

In order to take the econ-omy on to a higher growthtrajectory, stepping up infra-structure investments is amust. Therefore, for me, thebiggest takeaway is perhapsthe announcement of allow-

ing Sovereign Wealth Funds(SWFs) 100 per cent tax ex-emption for investments inIndian infrastructure projects.The other important an-nouncement was the increasein the FPI limit for corporatebonds from nine per cent to15 per cent. This, coupledwith the laying out of the redcarpet for SWFs at this junc-ture, is very good news for In-dian infrastructure projects asit will enable long-termfunds, both equity and debt,to be invested in India. Theglobal financial markets areflush with abundant funds.The decision on DividendDistribution Tax, which has

been on the expected lines, islikely to make investments inIndia more profitable. On theinfrastructure front, one of thenotable announcements wasto bring the power sector inline with manufacturing com-panies and provide a conces-sional tax rate of 15 per centon the new domestic genera-tion companies. However, Ihope the existing power gen-eration companies and thedistribution companiesshould also be included in duecourse. I welcome the an-nouncement that the Centrewould now prod all state gov-ernments to adopt smart me-tering.

On the Chinese horoscope, thisis the Year of the Rat. Tradi-tionally, the New Year begins

with celebrations and feasts, but thelethal coronavirus has dampened allsuch festivities.

Many scientists trying to pinpointthe origin of this virus have conclud-ed that it was caused by bats from acertain cave in Hubei province. Fromthem it appears to have jumped tocivet cats kept in small cages in theseafood market at Wuhan by way ofurine or faeces. Some biologists con-jecture that the outbreak was causedby snakes. Whatever the cause, it iscertain that China’s food preferenceshave triggered this plague.

Don’t get me wrong: as a foodie, Ilike to experiment and have beenknown to slurp down all manner ofexotic dainties. Once in Hanoi, I washappily scoffing stir-fried locusts un-til my wife stopped me in mid-bite bysaying: “That one looks like a cock-roach.” To this day, I don’t know if shewas joking.

But bats? Civet cats? No way.However, not everyone is restrained intheir tastes. Most faiths practised inChina do not offer dietary guidelines,so people will eat whatever catchestheir fancy. In fact, the rich will buythe most expensive beast or bug on themenu. Thus, entire nations are beingstripped of their wildlife to satisfy theChinese desire to impress and try nov-

el dishes. Donkeys in Africa are beingshipped to China where their skins areturned into gelatine for traditionalmedicine. There have also been pro-posals to export donkey hides fromPakistan to China. The meat, ofcourse, is eaten.

Pangolins, too, have been pushedto the edge by China’s dietary habits.These helpless, scaly beasts are beingscooped up from East Africa to Pak-istan and trafficked to China wherethey are sold for $470 per kilo (asagainst $11 per kilo in the 1990s). Thescales cost another $3,000 per kilo inVietnam and China, and are used inspurious cures, including as a cure for

impotence. In fact, moreendangered animals andbirds have been slaugh-tered in search of an elu-sive virility than in anyother cause. Our ownhoubara bustards havefallen victim to Arabroyalty’s compulsion toovercome impotence.But the killing of rarespecies like the Indiantiger, the rhinoceros forits horn, and elephantsfor their tusks haspushed them to the edgeof extinction. Fortunate-ly, the giant panda andmany types of whalesare staging a slow come-

back. Partly, this is due to their appealto animal lovers: it has never hurt tohave good PR. But if you are a bat ina cave in Hubei province, you don’tstand a chance. Other bears don’t fareas well: some are locked up in cages tomake them secrete bile which again isused in Chinese medicine. Fortunate-ly, China has shut down the animalfood markets, but how long this banwill last — and whether it will be rig-orously implemented — is an openquestion. If the SARS epidemic of2003 is any guide, we can concludethat the authorities in China havelearned little from the past. However,China has a lot to lose from the current

outbreak: tourists and investors willbe reluctant to visit a country that pos-es such a serious health hazard. Mil-lions of overseas Chinese are beingseen as potential carriers of coron-avirus.

At a time when President Xi is try-ing to position China at the top table,the last thing he needs is for his coun-try to be dragged into pariah territory.

So is the coronavirus a case ofwild animals striking back? Well, I’mcertainly on the side of the pangolinsand the donkeys. Nobody can con-vince me that an animal on the endan-gered list is good for me, no matterhow delicious it tastes.

And yet we all have our ownfoodie preferences that must seem oddto foreigners. Force-feeding geese tomake them produce more liver for foiegras must be painful for the birds, butwe do it anyway to obtain the unctu-ous paste so beloved by diners in lux-ury restaurants. The Japanese contin-ue to hunt whales despite worldwidecriticism. Meat from these giants ofthe deep is frozen and stored. Con-sumption is down to a small fractionof what it used to be during the Sec-ond World War, but the Japanese insistthat whale meat is part of their culture.

People in France, Italy and Ger-many still eat horse meat. When I wasa boy in Paris, it was fairly common tosee butchers with a horse’s head onthe shop front.

All government func-tionaries — whetherthey are ministers or

officials — are paid by thetaxpayers to serve the nation.Consequently, each of theiractions, individual and collec-tive, is liable to be questioned.Dissent being central to anyform of democratic gover-nance, such questioning is notonly legitimate but most oftendesirable. Most governmentactions are but a continuationof earlier decisions and dis-courses, and are the outcomeof deliberations between se-lected officials and electedpublic representatives.

All major decisions at theCentre are taken by the coun-cil of ministers headed by thePrime Minister, and generallyreflect the collective wisdomof the government — not thatof the PM alone. Such execu-tive actions are normallyquestioned in the legislatureand frequently challenged inthe courts of law. Thus, undernormal circumstances, thesystem itself has built-inchecks and balances. Unfortu-nately, a trust deficit has re-sulted in some leaders in pow-er and those in the Oppositionbeing on a conflicting course,with one side demonising theother as pushing a divisiveagenda. This is causing a fearpsychosis, which can very of-ten be extremely counterpro-ductive. The recent spate ofprotests across the country

over the Citizenship (Amend-ment) Act (CAA), as well asthe proposed National Popula-tion Register (NPR) or the Na-tional Register of Citizens(NRC), establishes one thingfor sure, that India’s democra-cy continues to be vibrant.

It can be argued that thecurrent discontent is the cu-mulative effect of mainly eco-nomic and certain social fac-tors, aggravated by incidentsof lynching and intemperateutterings by certain politicalleaders, but the fact remainsthat the core citizenship issuesare not being discussed ade-quately on facts or merits, andthat the agitations are accom-panied with emotive consider-ations and often guided by po-

litical hues. Since the citizenship con-

cerns are very complex anddeeply grained in history, anydiscourse has to be groundedin reality — requiring a dis-passionate analysis of thefacts and the legal position,not merely on abstraction ofmoral or civilisational ideals.Since State actions compriseenacting of laws and framingof rules thereunder, budgetingof financial resources, deploy-ment of manpower, timelineand such other concrete meas-ures, a framework of informeddebate with both sides willingto concede some ground,should perhaps include thefollowing. First, the CAA hasbeen termed by critics as dis-

criminatory and against secu-larism, not universal in out-reach, unconstitutional andagainst India’s civilisationalethos. It would be prudent towait for the Supreme Court togive its final verdict on theseissues. Meanwhile, any publicdebate should addresswhether the CAA is againstone religious group or favour-ing others. Is it in the spirit ofaffirmative action or not?Should the Government of In-dia, dealing with citizenship,exercise reasonable restric-tions to define certain reli-gious groups, if there has beena historical case of persecu-tion against them? While uni-versalism in approach may bean ideal scenario, can the gov-

ernment be blamed for not fol-lowing that ideal? What hasbeen the international experi-ence in this regard? Howwould the maintenance of sta-tus quo help resolve this con-tentious issue?

This brings us to the sec-ond issue, relating to the ad-ministrative capacity of theState. What is the approxi-mate number of illegal mi-grants and how many of themare sought to be covered underthe ambit of the CAA for thefaster grant of citizenship?Has there been any official es-timate? If so, can that be pub-lished for the people to under-stand the magnitude of the ex-ercise? In the absence of anydata, and of the basis of arriv-ing at such data, how wouldthe cost, complexities and im-plications of the nationwideundertaking be assessed?

The third issue is aboutthe process involved and thedocumentation needed. Whathas been the experience ofconducting the NRC in As-sam? What are the lessonslearnt? Should the CAA befurther amended and how arethe rules to be framed there-under? What modifications ofrules and processes are need-ed to make the exercise mean-ingful, compassionate andnon-threatening? Instead ofmaking blanket demands forthe abolition of everything,can there be constructive sug-gestions about the amend-

ments that may be needed, onthe basis of evidence-basedreasoning? Between the rigidstances of the pro-changersand the no-changers, is thereany space for a more nuancedmiddle path?

The fourth issue relates tothe timing and phasing of thisexercise. Is it the right time? Isthe current disruption going toaffect the nation’s growthprospects — and if so, howmuch? While the CAA makesclear the intentions of the gov-ernment, should it be in a hur-ry to steamroll the process,having known well that ad-ministration or politics is theart of the possible? Those op-posing the moves should alsospell out a tangible course ofaction to tackle the problem.Do they want the process ofaccelerated citizenship to beabandoned permanently or ex-tended universally? Under thecircumstances, shouldn’t thegovernment pause a little, takea deep breath, learn from pastexperience, involve all thestakeholders involved andthen proceed?

Finally, certain state gov-ernments have planned to notcooperate in any way with theimplementation of the CAA asalso the NPR/NRC. Making apolitical noise is understand-able in a charged atmosphere,but states seeking to defy aCentral law, if validated by theSupreme Court, can set a dan-gerous trend.

CAA: Lack of informed debate mars discourseMeanwhile, any public debate should address whether the

CAA is against one religious group or favouring others

Unlike in China, all endangeredspecies should be off the menuWhatever the cause, it is certain that China’s food

preferences have triggered this plague

Creation is manifestationof God in various forms

SADGURU RAMESHJI

Sab jag ishwar roop hai, bhaloburo nahi koyiJaki jaisi bhavana, taiso hi phalhoyi

This couplet in Hindi meansthat the whole of creationis nothing but the manifes-

tation (modified form) of Godhimself, hence, nothing in cre-ation is bad and nothing is good.This couplet further explains that

wha t eve rwe feel foranybody orfor anythingin thisworld, sowill be thereaction andresult fromit in our life.

There are two aspects/secrets ex-plained in the above couplet.One is the highest spiritualknowledge about creation andthe second about the behaviouralaspect of creation. The first secretabout creation explains that God(God is referred here as the di-vine energy which is formless,omnipresent, omnipotent andeternal) has itself modified intovarious forms in the process ofcreation. Having taken variousforms, it has got various attrib-

utes based on each form. When-ever a substance or a thingchanges its form, it also changesits qualities and attributes. It ap-pears completely different fromits original substance. For exam-ple, when ocean water evapo-rates, it converts itself into watervapour and is invisible to oureyes. Though we could see it aswater, but now we cannot see itas water vapour. Not only that,we could have drunk it, taken abath with it as water, but now, af-ter it has converted into watervapour, we cannot drink it norwe can bathe with it. Similarly,this water vapour converts itselfinto clouds and thus gets a newname and form and new attrib-utes. The process goes on and ontill clouds convert into rainwater,

rainwater into rivers and riversmerging back into the ocean.With every conversion, a newentity takes birth, overshadowingthe original entity from which ithas come into existence. One be-came many and many becameone.

This is the process of creation.As water became vapour, vapourbecame clouds, clouds becamerain, rain became rivers andrivers merged back into theocean, similarly that One DivineBeing became five elements(ether, air, fire, water and earth),mind, ego, senses, etc and themixture of five elements furtherconverted into various forms likemountains, trees, the atmos-phere, ocean, food grains, ani-mals, birds, humans, etc.

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oday, Oscar woman Suman visited Panchkula to meet and honor Padwoman Renu Mathur to honor her for 20 years of working towards women’s rights Tand the creation of. biodegradable Sanitary pad Suman was accompanied by

Manvya Manav( State secretary, women and Child development council) who met and honored Educational motivator Renu Goel for 10 years of efforts towards the education of slum children. Suman comes from a very humble village background. Her life is now focused on women’s heal th and hygiene. She is ably supported by Manvya in her endeavour Suman said “ Renu Mathur is doing commendable work for women. We observed her

work over time and hence decided to meet and honor her. Renu Mathur deserves all the international and national acclaim that she us getting Manavya, whose focus is on women and children, shared her appreciation for the efforts being made by Renu goelAccording to Renu Mathor, "It's a great pleasure to work for society, for woman who needs to aware with the things. It is our duty to help people in every way"

NEW DELHI: Vivo's iQoo sub-brand is making waves in India these days after announcing the impending launch of a flagship phone in the country. iQoo is looking to establish itself as an independent brand in India with its upcoming phone that is tipped to debut as iQoo 3. Not much is known about the phone as of now, but a new leak claims to give us our first look at the iQoo Neo 3. The alleged iQoo 3 live images show the phone sporting a flat panel and single hole-punch in the top right corner. The leaked image comes courtesy of a tipster who goes by the username ‘Digital Chat Station' on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. The leaked images show the alleged iQoo 3 sitting alongside the recently launched Oppo Reno 3 Pro.

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handhigarh:TAFE - Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited, the world’s third largest tractor manufacturer, launches‘100 CFarmers. 100 Stories’ - a nationwide Photo and Video Story

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offers Prizes worth uptoRs. 2,20,000* across categories to the winners, besides also awarding and recognizing the farmers featured in the winning entries. The Contest is open to all Indians above 13 years of age

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he CPHR Chairperson Susan Ryan, Anthony Ariganello, CEO, and Baldev Gill, Ex COO, CFO, CPHR British Columbia& Yukon Tawarded CPHR certificates to students and addressed the scope of

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umbai: With its vision of bringing Indian audiences’ premium content for FREE, MX MPlayerhas joined hands with some of the best in

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BLS International Registers Operational Revenue Growth of 11%CHANDIGARH : BLS International, a specialist service provider of Visa, Passport, Attestation and Citizen Services to the Governments and diplomatic missions globally today released the consolidated financial results for the third quarter and nine month ended December 31, 2019. Shikhar Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director of BLS International said that we are pleased to report that in Q3 2019-20, we continued to deliver strong performance, with revenues of Rs 643.9 crores, a year on year growth of 11%. Our operations have stabilized with as reflected in improving margins. We have opened new centers in the Middle East for Brazil with enhanced services to provide convenience and ease to our customers. We will continue to work on our targets and with governments by introducing enhanced services and technology for the seamless operations towards visa and other services. We forged an exclusive partnership with the Embassy of Libya to provide visa services, which went live from November 2019, the company will impart help for Libya Visa and attestation services for travelers from India.

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Oscar woman Suman honored padwoman Renu Mathur & Educational motivator Renu Goel

Google Pay Performance in India a Guide to Revamp Payments Globally: Pichai

ullish on Google Pay and its rising products globally," Pichal said during an adoption in India, Alphabet and earnings call late Monday as Google BGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai said revealed for the first time its YouTube ads

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hile Samsung is busy preparing the Galaxy S20 Wlineup, the rumour mill

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tar Bharat is once again coming up with its new show 'Karthik Purnima' Swhich is built on the unique story of a

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International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan, know how! The show will soon see the audience as multitalented actor Harsh Nagar in the lead role.

The first time I got appreciation from public was in Pragati Maidan, Delhi

FB celebrations curates a magical wedding of gurickk and Simran Kaur MundiCHANDIGARH: FB Celebrations had the honour of orchestrating to perfection the wedding of Gurickk, son of Singer Gurdas Maan with Simran Mundi, former Miss India Universe. The maverick events management team put together a surreal experience for the couple, whichwas celebrated over four days in Patiala, Punjab in January 2020. True to the couple's personality, the wedding was warmand intimate; with attentiveness to every single guest in attendance. The emotional significance of the venue reflected in all aspects of the wedding, from colonial decor to the enhancement of the gurudhwara where the groom's parents were married several years ago. From hospitality management, décor, design, logistics amongst other plans, the celebrations kick started with an intimate Mehendi and Welcome Dinner that spoke of all things pastel.

Chandigarh / Ludhaina: OnePlus cemented its position as the market leader in the Indian premium smartphone segment with 33% of the market share, as per the Counterpoint's Market Monitor Service for 2019. The company registered record shipments, becoming the first ever premium smartphone brand surpassing 2 million shipments in a year in India. Speaking on the brand's achievement, Pete Lau, Founder and CEO, OnePlus shared, that 2019 has been a remarkable year for us at OnePlus. Every milestone we have achieved strengthened our pursuit for excellence in technology. With continuing our focus on building product innovation and community, we will remain dedicated towards creating burden-less and best-in-class user experience. This latest development is a testament that our approach is resonating well with our community in India.

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angal As many as 250 people including doctors attended a workshop on cancer awareness to mark World Cancer Day at NNangal on Tuesday. The workshop was organized in

collaboration with Green Earth NGO and Pardhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi, Nangal. Speaking on the occasion Dr. Deepak Puri director of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Max Hospital, Mohali said that cancer and heart disease are the two leading causes of death nowadays.

New evidence s h o w s h e a r t d i s e a s e a n d cancer are closely associated with each other, he remarked. He further said that every year more than 17-million p e o p l e d i e because of heart

diseases and more than 9.5-million die due to cancers across the globe. Among the 58-million deaths that occur every year , heart diseases account for 30 % while cancers account for 12% . Rapid advancement in cancer treatments has made cure possible for majority of cancers if detected early ,however most of people are unaware that cancer patients are more likely to die because of heart disease and not by cancer itself. Recently lot of evidence is coming up which establish close correlation between heart disease and cancers which include breast cancer in females ,prostate cancer in males as well as lung cancer and cancer of large intestine, Dr Puri who is also a founder chairman of global group, Cardiomersion maintained.

a m u n a n a g a r : T h e 1 1 t h e d i t i o n o f INDIAWOOD,organised by NürnbergMesse, is the Yregion’s biggest knowledge sharing show for furniture

manufacturing machinery, raw materials, panels, hardware, components and accessories.It will be held from February 27-March 2, 2020at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru. The five-day mega show will focus on carpentry, skilling, innovation, automation and digitalization with the aim to drive Indian furniture manufacturing and woodworking industry and establish India as one of the top manufacturing destinations in the region, in sync with Government of India’s ‘Make in India’ vision. Over 30 exhibitors will be participating from Yamunanagar, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Panipat, Rohtak and other parts of Haryana Region and expecting more business enquiries from the show. Companies like k. S. Industries, Decora Kitchen Interiors (P) Ltd., The Multi Equipment Machinery Corporation, Ganpati Wood Products, UCS Cutting Solutions LLP to be named a few will be part of the mega show. Spread over 65,000 sq. meters plus area with 5 dedicated themed halls and 12 country pavilions from Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey, Sweden, USA, INDIAWOOD 2020 will host more than 875 exhibitors from over 50 countries.

Over 30 companies from Haryana Region to participate at INDIAWOOD 2020

HANDIGARH: According to recently published reportthe CState of Mobile in 2020by App

Annie, the global provider for mobile data and analytics, with over 1.8 billion users worldwide, SHAREit has been included in the top ten most downloaded mobile applications globally. The report highlights the potential of the mobile application industry and its exceptional performance in 2019. The industry witnessed a record 204 billion downloads globally with India observing a 25% growth in time spent on mobile each day in 2019 than in 2017. With over 400 million downloads in India, SHAREit has seen consistent growth on the back of the vernacular content it provides and its various partnerships with platforms like ALTBalaji, Hungama, and Hotstar. SHAREit’s ranking as the sixth most downloaded application globallypositions it one place higher than last year’s ranking for the same category. This is testament to its attempt to become a more holistic application and a serious global contender.

SHAREit strengthens its global position

HANDIGARH: Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC) supported by National Skill CDevelopment Corporation (NSDC)has developed

qualification packs for as many as 72 job roles spread across five sub sectors through extensive industry engagement with the aviation industry. The aim is to ensure adequate supply of skilled work force to meet the demands of the industryand expand the employment opportunities in the sector, considering the growth expected by the aerospace and aviation sectorsin the near future. The Indian aviation market is on a high growth path and is expected to become the third largest market this year, and the largest by 2030. The courses implemented under the new initiative include Airline Cabin Crew, Airline Customer Service Executive, Airline Reservation Agent, Airline Ramp Executiveamong others.The move is further driven by the fact that last year, India showcased an outstanding performance at the world’s biggest international skills competition, WorldSkills 2019 held at Kazan, Russia. Representing India in the category – AircraftMaintenance was 23-year old Ananda Sri Ganesha. As per industry estimates, India currently ranks fourth in the civil aviation market, with around 116.7 million passengers –inboundand outbound. By 2035, the Indian Civil Aviation sector will employ and estimated 0.8 to 1 million personnel directly and another 3 million indirectlyacross the segments of Airport, Airlines, Cargo, MRO and Ground Handling.

NSDC is creating talent pool for the leading Aerospace and Aviation sector

250 attend workshop on cancer awareness at Nangal

Khurana Jewellery House highlights Forevermark diamondsAMRITSAR: A favorite amongst celebrities, Forevermark diamonds have consistently graced the world’s most important red carpets. The responsibly sourced natural diamonds are poised to take center stage this year as Khurana Jewellery House has designed Forevermark diamond jewelry exclusively for the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. Inspired by the brilliance and achievements of Hollywood’s leading women, the expertly crafted designs will be on display at the Forevermark Oscars Suite in Los Angeles for private viewings and selection by celebrity stylists. Khurana Jewellery House has crafted an elegant pair of earrings that celebrate the confident women. These diamond dazzlers are set in white gold and sparkling Forevermark diamonds created in a long fern-inspired form is an assured showstopper at the red carpet. The expertly crafted jewelry on display will feature inscribed Forevermark diamonds, all of which are a unique and precious gift of nature.

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Wasim Jafferbecomes first playerto score 12,000 runsin Ranji Trophy

NAGPUR: Vidharba batsmanWasim Jaffer on Tuesday becamethe first batsman to register 12,000runs in Ranji Trophy.He achieved the feat while battingagainst Kerela in the ongoing RanjiTrophy Elite Group A and B matchhere at the Vidarbha Cricket Associ-ation Stadium.Vidharba lost its first wicket with justfour runs on the board and Jafferthen came out to bat in the middle.Jaffer has played Ranji Trophy forMumbai and Vidharba.Before the beginning of the 2019-20season, Jaffer had 11,775 runs inthe Ranji Trophy.Earlier in this season, Jaffer createdhistory by playing his 150th RanjiTrophy match. He now has the mostnumber of appearances in the tour-nament.The cricketer, who had made hisfirst-class debut in 1996-97,emerged as one of the legends ofthe Indian domestic cricket. His bril-liant run in the domestic tournamentalso got him a spot in the Indian na-tional squad.Jaffer has played 31 Tests, 2 ODIsfor India. He last played a match forIndia in 2008 against South Africa.

Neymar to missNantes clashdue to injuryPARIS: Neymar is set to miss ParisSaint-Germain (PSG) Ligue 1 clashagainst Nantes due to injury.The club announced their squad forthe Nantes clash and the Brazilianinternational was the notable absen-tee. He sustained an injury duringthe match against Montpellier onFebruary 1."Neymar has a costochondral injury,suffered during the first half of thematch against Montpellier. This wasconfirmed by tests that were con-ducted today," the club said in astatement.PSG squad: Mitchel Bakker, MarcinBulka, Edinson Cavani, Eric MaximChoupo-Moting, Angel Di Maria, Ju-lian Draxler, Idrissa Gueye, MauroIcardi, Thilo Kehrer, Presnel Kim-pembe, Tanguy Kouassi, LayvinKurzawa, Kylian Mbappe, ThomasMeunier, Keylor Navas, LeandroParedes, Sergio Rico, Pablo Sara-bia, Marco Verratti.PSG top the Ligue 1 table with 55points and will take on Nantes onFebruary 5.

UK House of Lordsaccepts India'sproposal to hostCWG shooting,archery eventsNEW DELHI: India's proposal tohost the additional shooting andarchery events for the 2022 Com-monwealth Games (CWG) hasbeen accepted by the British Houseof Lords.The proposal was mooted by theNational Rifle Association of India(NRAI) president Raninder Singh,along with Union Minister of SportsKiren Rijiju, and Indian Olympic As-sociation(IOA) president NarinderBatra.All three were prominently men-tioned for their innovative sugges-tions during the debate on India's of-fer in the House of Lords.Last month, the IOA had withdrawnits threat to boycott the BirminghamCommonwealth Games 2022 overshooting's omission and instead de-cided to submit a formal proposal tohost a shooting championship,where the medals won will be count-ed in the tally of the Games.On the request of several membersin the House, Under Secretary ofSports (DSCM) Baroness Barranmade a statement that steps wouldbe taken to ensure that the Indianproposal for the shooting is accept-ed with full medal recognition by theBoard of the CommonwealthGames Federation (CGF) at itsmeeting on February 20-21.Moynahan and Karan Bilimoriadescribed India's offer as a"unique, innovative and path-breaking solution, that in keepingwith the vision statement of theCGF, has manifested itself in sucha manner that now affords greaterflexibility, inclusiveness and an in-finitely more cost-effectivemethodology to delivering thegames in the future."

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AGENCYMELBOURNE, FEB 4

Australia has recalled allrounder MitchMarsh and Glenn Maxwell for the one-dayinternational and Twenty20 tour of SouthAfrica. Marsh last featured in an Australianside in the Ashes series last September. Hehe hasn't played an ODI since January 2018or a T20 international since October 2018.Maxwell last played for Australia in Octo-ber before taking a break from cricket, cit-ing mental health issues. He returned to ac-tion in the BBLfor the Melbourne Stars. OnTuesday, Marcus Stonis was named the BigBash League's domestic player of the tour-nament, but he was left out of both squads."Marcus Stoinis is a stand-by player foreach squad and was unlucky to miss outdue to the make-up of the current top or-der," selector Trevor Hohns said in a state-

ment Tuesday. "It is terrific to have a back-up player of his caliber in such good form."Pacemen Sean Abbott and Jhye Richardsonwere named in the T20 squad and MatthewWade was included in both. Australia willplay three T20s against South Africa onFeb. 21, 23 and 26 before three one-dayerson Feb. 29, March 4 and March 7.SQUAD- ONE-DAY: Aaron Finch (cap-tain), Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, AshtonAgar, Josh Hazlewood, MarnusLabuschagne, Mitch Marsh, GlennMaxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith,Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, DavidWarner, Adam Zampa.T20: Aaron Finch (captain), Alex Carey,Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar,Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, JhyeRichardson, Kane Richardson, SteveSmith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade,David Warner, Adam Zampa.

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After a thumping 5-0 victoryin the recently concludedT20I series, India will look tocarry forward their winningmomentum as they they takeon the hosts in the first ODIof the three-match series atSeddon Parkm, here onWednesday.

Going into this match, In-dia will be forced to alter theirplaying combination after in-jury to many key players.

Joining Shikhar Dhawanin the injury list, is in-formopener Rohit Sharma, whopulled a calf muscle whilebatting during the fifth T20Iand was subsequently ruledout for the remainder of thetour.

Mayank Agarwal and

Prithvi Shaw have beencalled up to the side and willmake their ODI debuts, open-ing for India with KL Rahulslotting in the middle-order.

Speaking on the eve ofthe game, Kohli revealed thathe wants KL Rahul to keepwickets and bat in the middle-order looking at the road

ahead. "It is unfortunate thatRohit can't be part of the ODIseries, the impact he's had isthere for everyone to see. Wedo not have any ODI tourna-ments to look up to, so it isideal for him to get recovered.In ODI, Prithvi is definitelygoing to start, KL will play inthe middle-order.

1st ODI: India look to continuewinning momentum against NZ

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Saurashtra left arm spinner Dhar-mendrasinh Jadeja snared fivewickets to leave Mumbai teeteringat 249 for eight on the opening dayof their Elite Group B Ranji Tro-phy game here on Tuesday.

Had Sarfaraz Khan yet againnot rescued Mumbai after they suf-fered a top-order collapse with his78, the 41-time Ranji championswould have been in more trouble inwhat is a must-win game for them.

Jadeja (5/90) rattled their top-order and among his wickets wereJay Bista (43), Bhupen Lalwani(25), Siddesh Lad (13) and rivalskipper Aditya Tare (10).

Opting to bat at the SCA Stadi-um in Khandheri, Mumbai openersBista and Lalwani failed to convert

their starts. The duo put up 62 forthe first wicket before Bista wastrapped in front of the wicket byJadeja.

Senior-pro Suryakumar Yadavfell for a first-ball duck after beingtrapped in front of the wicket byPrerak Mankad as Mumbai were inspot of bother at 63 for two. Soonit became 74 for three after Jadejaremoved Lalwani, who gave a sit-ter at mid-off.

Crisis man Siddhesh Lad (13)had on several occasions in thepast took his team out of rubble,but failed to do it on Tuesday. Hebecame Jadeja's third victim afterthe left arm spinner trapped him infront of the wicket to leave the vis-itors tottering at 88 for four.

Jadeja takes fifer as Saurashtrareduce Mumbai to 249/8

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India skipper Rani shines in womenteam's 1-0 victory over Great Britainin their fourth match here in Aucklandon Tuesday.

India have won their first matchin the New Zealand Tour 4-0 againstthe hosts Development Squad, thenthey lost the following two matches2-1 and 1-0 respectively to NewZealand.

Rani played with full gusto asthey began the match with a strong at-tack. The efforts paid off early as theteam earned a penalty corner butcould not convert. The team contin-

ued to play with a structured defenceand tight passing, which ensured littleroom for Great Britain to counter-at-tack or create chances to score.

Ending the first half in a 0-0 stale-mate, India made another penalty cor-ner attempt in the third quarter butcould not make the opportunitycount. The team, however, kept up agood line of defence and continued tocarry on the aggressive attack. It wasnot until the 47th minute when Ranicreated space in the circle, netting apowerful shot past Great Britain'sgoalkeeper.

The 1-0 lead put serious pressureon Great Britain who eventually couldnot recover, thus conceding the loss.

Rani shines in India's 1-0win over Great Britain

Stoinis 'unlucky' to beleft out: Ricky PontingMELBOURNE: Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting on Tuesday said thatall-rounder Marcus Stoinis is 'unlucky' to be left out of the ODI and T20I seriesagainst South Africa."He's unlucky on the back of being in sensational form, Stoinis, but all he cando is keep scoring runs and keep throwing his name up there for selection,"cricket.com.au quoted Ponting as saying."It is harsh on Stoinis but he has just got to keep performing," he added.In the ongoing season of the Big Bash League (BBL), Stoinis scored a total of612 runs in 15 games with an average of 55.63. He was also named as theBBL player of the tournament on Tuesday.The match officials chose Stoinis after the conclusion of the group stagegames.

ICC U-19 WC: Indiacrush Pakistan by 10wickets in semi final

AGENCYPOTCHEFSTROOM, FEB 4

India on Tuesday beat Pakistan by 10wickets to reach Under-19 World Cupfinal in Potchefstroom, South Africa.The India openers completed their targetin 35.2 overs. Jaiswal scored 105 andSaxena hit fabulous fifty. Earlier

India produced a clinical bowlingperformance to dismiss Pakistan for 172in the first ICC U-19 World Cup semi-final, here on Tuesday.

Sushant Mishra was the highestwicket taker for India with 3/28, whileKartik Tyagi 2/32 and Ravi Bishnoi2/46 also bowled well to bundle outPakistan in 43.1 overs.

Skipper Rohail Nazir (62 off 102balls), opener Haider Ali (56 off 77balls) and Mohammad Haris ( 21 off 15)were the highest scorers for Pakistan.

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss andelected to bat first. Pakistan lost an ear-

ly wicket as Mohammad Huraira got outtrying to attack Sushant Mishra in the2nd over.

Star leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi gotthe second wicket for India in the firstpowerplay as Fahad Munir got out for a16-ball duck. After Munir's wicket,Haider Ali held on to one end and com-pleted his first half-century of the tour-nament.

Yashasvi Jaiswal gave the crucialbreakthrough in his first over breakingthe 62-run third-wicket partnerships inthe 26th over of the innings.

Indian bowlers kept on taking wick-ets at regular intervals and Pakistan suf-fered a batting collapse under the pres-sure as skipper Rohail Nazir was strand-ed at the non-striker’s end.

Nazir scored 62 runs before losinghis wicket to Sushant Mishra in the42nd over. In the end, Pakistan werebundled out for 172 in the 44th over.

Kobe Bryant's death put life inperspective for me: Virat KohliHAMILTON: India captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday said thedeath of NBA legend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash hasimpacted his outlook towards life, which he feels, is some-times taken for granted in pursuit of control over the future.Bryant, a two-time Olympic gold-medallist and one of themost decorated basketball players of all time, died in a heli-copter crash last month along with his 13-year-old daughterGianna, who was also a budding hoopster.

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Bajaj Auto totalJanuary 2020 saledown 3.11 per centMUMBAI: Auto major Bajaj AutoLimited has reported a drop of 3.11percent in its total sales for the monthof January 2020 at 3,94,473 units asagainst 4,07,150 units in January2019. The company has sold 332342units of motorcycles during January2020, as compared to 3,50,460 inJanuary 2019, representing a declineof 5.08 percent, company said in afiling with BSE today. Exports ofmotorcycles was up 18.65 percent to1,74,546 in January 2020, as against147102 in January 2019. Whereas,the domestic sales of motorcyclesdropped 22.40 per cent to 157796units in January 2020 as compared to2,03,358 units in January 2019.Commercial Vehicles sales was up9.60 percent at 62,131 units inJanuary 2020, as compared to 56,690in January 2019. Exports ofCommercial Vehicles was 5 percentlower at 27,055 units in January 2020,as against 28,587 in January 2019.Domestic sales of CommercialVehicles picked up in January 2020 to35,076 units as compared to 28,103units in January 2019, registering agrowth of 25 percent.

Hyundai suspendsproduction line overChina outbreakSEOUL: South Korea's largestautomaker Hyundai Motor haltedoperations at one of its assembly lineson Tuesday because of a lack of partsdue to the coronavirus outbreak inChina and is reviewing a widersuspension, a company spokeswomansaid. The global car industry operateson tight supply lines and was throwninto turmoil when Japan's Fukushimaearthquake and tsunami in 2011knocked out a Renesas Electronicsfactory producing a vital and widelyused computer chip. The virusoutbreak in China had disrupted wiringcomponent procurement, a Hyundaispokeswoman said. "For now, theproduction line for the Genesis sedansat the Number 5 plant in Ulsan hasbeen temporarily suspended," shesaid. She could not estimate whenproduction might resume and addedthe company was discussing possiblesuspensions of operations at moreplants with its labour union. "Thesituation doesn't look good," she said.The deadly virus that first appeared inthe central Chinese city of Wuhan -- acentre for the auto industry in theworld's second-largest economy -- hasresulted in 425 deaths and spread tomore than 20 other countries. It hasprompted widespread businessshutdowns in China and airlinesaround the world have cancelledflights, raising concerns about the hitto China's economy and beyond.Hyundai has seven domestic plantsand several overseas, including somein China. Tuesday's move comes afterthe carmaker cancelled overtimefactory hours at the weekend toproduce its flagship Palisade sportutility vehicle, although production ofthose resumed on Monday. Marketshave struggled in recent days as theWorld Health Organization declared aglobal health emergency over thevirus, with analysts concerned aboutits impact on world economic growth.

Russia has begunmanufacturing S-400systems for India:Russian MinMOSCOW: Russian Industry and TradeMinister Denis Manturov has said thathis country has begun the production offamed S-400 air defence systems forIndia. "The Almaz-Antey concern hasbegun manufacturing the S-400systems for India, and Russia willdeliver the S-400s to India within thetimeframe stipulated by the contract. Ingeneral, all commitments undertakenby the parties, including the payment,are being fulfilled in full," Manturov wasquoted as saying by Sputnik. Indiasigned a USD 5.43-billion deal withRussia for the purchase of five S-400systems during the 19th India-RussiaAnnual Bilateral Summit in New Delhion October 5, 2018, for long-termsecurity needs. Manturov added that atraining centre for S-400 operators isbeing set up in India. This comes afterMoscow diplomat Roman Babushkinsaid last month that Russia will deliverfive S-400 air defence systems to Indiaby 2025. "We will give five S-400missiles defense system (to India) by2025. Russia is possessing one of theworld's best defense system and itwould serve well for Indian security," hehad said. Former Indian Air Force ChiefBS Dhanoa had termed the S-400 airdefence system as a "game-changer".

Cognizant acquiresCode Zero ConsultingNEW DELHI: Cognizant has acquiredUS-based Code Zero Consulting for anundisclosed amount, a move that will helpthe IT major enhance its expertise inSalesforce platform advisory,implementation and managed services.Founded in 2016, Atlanta-based CodeZero Consulting is a privately-heldprovider of consulting and implementationservices for cloud-based configure-price-quote (CPQ) and billing solutions. "Theacquisition further strengthensCognizant's cloud solutions portfolio andSalesforce CPQ and billing capabilities,"as per a company statement. Financialdetails of the transaction were notdisclosed. In October 2018, Cognizanthad acquired ATG, a consultancy focusedon quote-to-cash (QTC) businessprocesses and technologies.

OIC rejects Trump's Middle East planMECCA: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has rejected USPresident Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan. The 57-member bodyheld a meeting on Monday on the request by the Palestinian leadership todiscuss the recently unveiled plan. The meeting comes days after the ArabLeague rejected Trump's "deal of the century", saying, "It does not meet theminimum rights and aspirations of Palestinian people." The Middle East plan,which was three years in making, establishes Jerusalem as Israel's"undivided" capital and offers a path towards a two-state solution to one ofthe longest conflicts in history. The OIC said in a statement on Twitter onSunday that its "open-ended executive committee meeting" at the level offoreign ministers would "discuss the organisation's position after the USadministration announced its peace plan".

AGENCYMUMBAI, FEB 4

BMW Motorrad will host thefirst-ever BMW Motorrad 310GS Cup in India. The annualevent has been specially curatedfor BMW G 310 GS owners asthe quintessential 'adventure of alifetime' with a series of skill andendurance tests that are in syncwith the BMW GS lifestyle.BMW Motorrad will be hostingzonal qualifiers in Delhi,Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi, andBengaluru for BMW G 310 GScustomers from all across thecounty. The winners of the

respective zonal qualifiers willcompete in the national qualifierthat will be held on April 5,2020, in Bengaluru. BMWMotorrad has been crafting notonly masterpieces ofengineering, but bespokeexperiences that are beyondconventional. No othermotorcycle has more adventurethan the GS. Riding a BMW GSmotorcycle is not just anexperience; it's a way of lifewhere adventure awaits aroundevery corner. BMW Motorradredefined the adventuremotorcycling scene in India withits dynamic GS product range

and bespoke riding experiences.The BMW G 310 GS isunmistakably a GS, it promises

pure riding pleasure for allwhether it's your daily commutein the city or a trip through the

countryside, forest trails andrough roads. The BMWMotorrad 310 GS Cup isexclusively designed for BMWG 310 GS riders to experiencethe true 'Spirit of GS'. TheBMW G 310 GS can beidentified as a genuine GS atfirst sight; a highlycontemporary product with alevel of versatility that iscurrently unrivalled in thesegment. Nimble and agile intraffic, yet supremely robustover tough terrain, its agilityopens up a whole new world ofriding experience. Extremelycompact, yet mature and

comfortable, it is the perfectcompanion for adventures ofeveryday riding. The BMW G310 GS is powered by acompletely newly developed313 cc water-cooled single-cylinder 4-stroke engine withfour valves and two overheadcamshafts together withelectronic fuel injection. With anoutput of 25 kW (34 hp) at 9,500rpm and a maximum torque of28 Nm at 7,500 rpm, the engineis an ideal partner for dynamicriding pleasure. The motorcyclesaccelerate from 0 - 50 km/hr injust 2.5 seconds and achieve atop speed of 143 km/hr.

BMW Motorrad India introduces BMW Motorrad 310 GS cup

PNB reports Q3 net loss of Rs 492 cr as provisions mountAGENCYNEW DELHI, FEB 4

State-owned Punjab NationalBank (PNB) on Tuesdayreported a standalone net loss ofRs 492 crore for the October toDecember quarter comparedwith a profit of Rs 246 crore inthe same period of last financialyear. The loss came on accountof higher provisioning for non-performing assets (NPAs). Thelender said provisions for thequarter jumped by 73.25 percent to Rs 4,445 crore in Q3FY20 from Rs 2,566 crore inQ3 FY19. "Further out of theunamortised amount of Rs2,284.32 crore up to quarterended September 30, an amountof Rs 887.57 crore has beencharged to profit and lossaccount during the quarter andremaining amount of Rs

1,396.75 crore has been carriedforward to subsequentquarters," it said in regulatoryfilings. "Total amount ofremaining provision to becarried over to the subsequentquarters is Rs 1,575.88 crore,"it added. PNB's ManagingDirector and CEO S SMallikarjuna Rao said he isconfident that due to thisprovisioning, the pain will notbe transferred to the quarterending in March.

Piramal reports 20 pc hikein Q3 profit at Rs 724 cr

MUMBAI: Piramal Enterprises Ltd on Tuesday posted 20 percent jump in its net profit during the third quarter of current fiscalyear (Q3 FY20) at Rs 724 crore compared to Rs 602 crore in Q3FY19. For the first nine months of FY20, its net profit totals to Rs1,749 crores versus Rs 1,462 crores in 9M FY19. The revenue inQ3 FY20 moved up by 9 per cent to Rs 3,806 crore compared toRs 3,489 crore in the year-on period. "We are pleased to announceconsistent performance demonstrated by 14 per cent year-on-yearrevenue growth to Rs 10,915 crore and net profit growth by 20 percent year-on-year to Rs 1,749 crore for nine months FY20,especially given the sectoral volatility in the markets that weoperate in," said Chairman Ajay Piramal. "By end of FY20, wewill have exceeded our earlier stated commitment of bringing inRs 8,000 crore to 10,000 crore of equity in the company withinflows of up to Rs 14,500 crore through various initiativesincluding preferential allotment to Canadian institutional investorCDPQ, sale of Decision Resources Group (DRG) and our rightsissue that witnessed active participation from most existing largeinvestors including the promoters," he said in a statement.

NSE launches requestfor quote platform in

debt securitiesAGENCYMUMBAI, FEB 4

National Stock Exchange (NSE) onTuesday announced the launch ofRequest for Quote Platform forexecution and settlement of trades(NSE RFQ Platform) which willallow market participants totransact in debt securities. AjayTyagi, Chairman, SEBI launchedthe NSE RFQ Platform at an eventin the financial capital of thecountry. The NSE RFQ Platformcan be accessed by eligibleparticipants namely all regulatedentities, listed corporates,institutional investors etc. The NSERFQ Platform will provide marketparticipants range of options to seeka quote and to respond to a quote,while keeping an audit trail of allthe interactions i.e. quoted yield,mutually agreed price, deal termsetc. This will bring pre tradetransparency in the transactions of

eligible debt securities. NSE willmanage the RFQ Platform and willspecify various parameters forfacilitating effective interactionsamongst the participants. Theeligible transactions will be reportedto the CBRICS reporting platformand will be settled by the NSEClearing Ltd (NCL). Speaking onthe occasion, Mr Tyagi said, "Thelaunch of 'NSE RFQ Platform' is animportant milestone for the debtmarket. The single platform formultiple debt securities includingcorporate bonds & governmentsecurities etc. could go a long way indeveloping bond market in India.'

Trump winsIowa Caucus

WASHINGTON, FEB 4

US President Donald Trump on Monday wonthe Iowa Caucus with the members of hisRepublican party standing solidly behindhim. While the focus of this year's IowaCaucus which formally kicks off the 2020presidential season has been on the tough raceamong the over a dozen odd Democraticpresidential aspirants, Trump, according tothe local Des Moines Register, garnered thesupport of more than 95 percent of his partyvotes Monday night when the reports lastcame in.

"President Trump recapturesoverwhelming Iowa Republican support,"Des Moines Register said. "Republicans inIowa, go out and Caucus today. Your greatTrade Deals with China, Mexico, Canada,Japan, South Korea and more, are DONE.Great times are coming, after waiting fordecades, for our Farmers, Ranchers,Manufacturers and ALL. Nobody else couldhave pulled this off! Trump had said earlier inthe day. In the US presidential electionssystem, the political parties have to undergo ademocratic exercise in each of the 50 Stateseither through caucus or primaries to electtheir presidential nominees.

China seeks US helpto tackle coronavirus

BEIJING, FEB 4

With coronavirus fatalities reaching 425 and totalnumber of confirmed cases rising to 20, 438 tillFeb 3, China is hoping United States to interveneand provide offered assistance to fight the deadlypathogen as soon as possible. “China is aware thatthe US has said many times it is willing to offerassistance to China. We hope the assistance can bedelivered as soon as possible,” South ChinaMorning Post quoted Chinese foreign ministryspokesman Hua Chunying on Tuesday. "Atpresent, the government and people of China aremaking every effort to fight the outbreak ofpneumonia caused by the new type of coronavirus.We have taken decisive and effective measures tocompletely curb the spread of the disease, andprevention and control efforts are graduallyyielding results," Hua said as cited by the ForeignMinistry. Hua said the US should assess thesituation of the outbreak in a calm and objectivemanner. "The US should respect and work withChina to contain the outbreak," she said, askingUS to "avoid overreacting".

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