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Territory of Jammu &
Kashmir on Tuesday delivered
a “good news” to lakhs of peo-
ple of Kashmir Valley by decid-
ing to restore short message
service (SMS) on 40 lakh post-
paid mobile phones from mid-
night on January 1.
The announcement was
welcomed by the common
people even as they continue to
wait for the restoration of
mobile internet services in the
coming days.
The start of SMS will
enable the common people to
stay connected with their loved
ones staying outside the Valley.
Addressing a Press confer-
ence in Jammu, Principal
Secretary Rohit Kansal, who is
the J&K administration’s
spokesperson, said broadband
internet ser vices in all
Government-run hospitals and
schools were being restored
from January 1 across different
parts of Kashmir Valley.
Since August 5, the
Government had disconnected
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Amarinder Singh on
Tuesday asked his Uttar
Pradesh counterpart Yogi
Adityanath to review a case
registered against 55 Sikh devo-
tees for allegedly defying pro-
hibitory orders while taking out
a religious procession in
Pilibhit.
The demand for review
was made by Capt Amarinder
after giving a personal phone
call to Adityanath on Tuesday
morning. “Call upon UP CM
@myogiadityanath to review
the FIR in Pilibhit against 55
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ipated in the customary Nagar
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and Ladakh regions.
In the wake of significant
improvement in security sce-
nario, the Government had
restored phone lines but held
back approvals to
end the ban on internet and
SMS.
Kargil, part of the Union
Territory of Ladakh, got back
mobile internet services last
week after a gap of 145 days.
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F Sitharaman on Tuesday
unveiled C102 lakh crore of
infrastructure projects, includ-
ing Mumbai-Ahmedabad High
Speed rail, in the next five years
to help achieve the
target of $5 trillion (around
C356 lakh crore) economy by
2025.
Addressing a press confer-
ence, she said Prime Minister
Independence Day speech spo-
ken of investing C100 lakh
crore in infrastructure.
Subsequently, a task force
headed by the Economic
Affairs Secretary identified
C102 lakh crore worth of pro-
stakeholder consultations in a
short period of four months,
she said.
The Minister said another
C3 lakh crore of projects will be
added to this pipeline that
ed Capt Amarinder later on.
The procession was taken
out to observe Shahidi Diwas,
the martyrdom of the sons of
Guru Gobind Singh.
On December 29, the Uttar
Pradesh Police had booked
the Sikh pilgrims for allegedly
violating prohibitory orders
under Section 144 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
by taking out a religious pro-
cession at Kheri Naubaramad
village in Pilibhit district.
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restored in J&K.
Rohit Kansal said the
process had started on
December 10 when SMS was
enabled on mobile phones to
facilitate students, scholarship
applicants, traders and others.
They still could not send mes-
sages but could receive one-
time passwords from machine-
based connections such as
banks.
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“However, even as we are
talking, I’m happy to say that
projects are coming in and in
the next couple of weeks, we get
additional projects of worth C3
lakh crore... So in all I think we
have about C105 lakh crore in
total of projects for C100 lakh
crore commitment we made,”
the Minister told reporters
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T wave in Delhi is over for
now and icy winds won’t con-
tinue from northwest for long
due to “on and off” western dis-
turbances, claimed a senior
scientist at a private forecasting
agency Skymet Weather.
On Tuesday, the sun shone
bright and a layer of fog that
enveloped Delhi dissipated,
bringing some relief from cold
that battered the city for over
two weeks.
The India Meteorological
Department’s (IMD) said there
would be “no cold wave in
Delhi till January 4 and tem-
peratures will rise”. However,
weathermen forecast moderate
fog in Delhi on Wednesday and
very light rain on Thursday.
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ed mobile telephone services
along the borders with India,
citing security reasons. The
expression “in the current cir-
cumstances” in the order is
being linked to anti-CAA
protests in India. The decision
will affect around 1 crore
mobile phone users in the area,
according to media reports.
The telecom operators sus-
pended the networks on
Monday within one kilometre
of the borders with India, the
Dhaka Tribune reported.
The Bangladesh
here.
Of the C102 lakh crore
projects, C42.7 lakh crore (43
per cent) projects are under
implementation, C32.7 lakh
crore (about 33 per cent) worth
of projects are at conceptuali-
sation stage and C19.1 lakh
crore (about 19 per cent) worth
of projects are under develop-
ment, she said.
The prolonged cold and
absence of adequate sunshine
due had caused the mercury to
plummet drastically, making
December the second-coldest
and Monday the coldest
recorded day (with a maximum
of 9.4 degrees Celsius) since
1901. Kuldeep Srivastava, head
of the IMD’s regional centre,
said Delhi witnessed another
“cold day” on Tuesday.
With this, December has
recorded 18 consecutive “cold
days”’, the maximum after 17
cold days in December 1997.
Easterly winds, gusting up to
14-15 kmph pushed fog
towards Punjab and Haryana,
making Delhi skies clear,
Mahesh Palawat,
senior scientist at private fore-
casting agency Skymet
Weather, said.
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Telecommunication Regulatory
Commission (BTRC), in its
order to telecommunications
ser vice providers — information. Let me know
Grameenphone, Teletalk, Robi
and Banglalink — on Sunday,
said network coverage in the
border areas should be sus-
pended until further notice
“for the sake of the country’s
security in the current cir-
cumstances,” it said.
“A high-level meeting of
the Government took this deci-
sion, following which the
instructions were issued,”
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T Government has sought
immediately ban on the OIndian
n the New Year’s eve, the
Popular Front of India (PFI) for announced fare hike across its
violent anti-CAA and NRC
protests in the State.
UP Police chief OP Singh
said on Tuesday that they had
written to the Union Home
Ministry, seeking a ban on the
PFI after its UP head, Wasim,
and 16 other activists were
arrested for allegedly master-
minding the violence in
Lucknow during anti-CAA
?C8 protests.
“We have written to the
Union Home Ministry, rec-
ommending that the PFI
should be banned,” the DGP
told reporters here.
Deputy Chief Minister
Keshav Prasad Maurya said the
PFI is the “incarnation” of the
SIMI. The PFI’s role
has been “established” in van-
dalism in UP, Maurya told
reporters.
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Haque was quoted as saying by
bdnews24.
A BTRC official was quot-
ed as saying in the Dhaka
Tribune that closure of around
2,000 base transceiver stations
would affect 1 crore users in 32
districts sharing border with
India and Myanmar.
According to the report,
Home Minister Asaduzzaman
Khan Kamal and Foreign
Minister AK Abdul Momen
expressed ignorance over the
Government’s decision.
“I do not have any such
about it first and then I will
comment,” Kamal said.
Brig Gen (retd) SM Farhad,
secretar y general of the
Association of Mobile Telecom
Operators of Bangladesh, said,
“Mobile network operators in
Bangladesh are compliant with
Government regulations;
accordingly, the directive on
border network coverage has
already been implemented.”
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network, excluding suburban
trains, effective from January 1,
2020, according to an order
issued on Tuesday. While sub-
urban fares remain unchanged,
ordinary non-AC, non-subur-
ban fares were increased by 1
paisa per km of journey. For
AC classes, the fare has been
raised by 4 paise per km.
In the Delhi-Kolkata
Rajdhani, which covers a dis-
tance of 1,447 km, the hike at
the rate of 4 paise per km will
be around C58.
The railways also
announced a two paise/km
hike in fares of mail/express
non-AC trains and four
paise/km hike in the fares of
AC classes. The fare hike is also
applicable to premium trains
such as Shatabdi, Rajdhani and
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T Tuesday passed a resolution
demanding scrapping of the
Citizenship (Amendment) Act
(CAA) even as Law Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad said
Parliament alone has got pow-
ers to pass any law regarding
citizenship and the Centre
mulled option to introduce
online process to grant citi-
zenship to bypass the jurisdic-
tion of States.
Setting aside their political
differences, Kerala’s CPI(M)-
led Left Democratic Front
(LDF) and Opposition
Congress-headed United
Democratic Front (UDF) once
again came together to launch
a joint offensive against the
order.
According to the order,
there will not be any change in
the reservation fee and super-
fast charge and the hike in fares
will not be applicable to tick-
ets already booked.
The last such hike was
announced in 2014-2015 when
fares of all classes of trains were
raised by 14.2 per cent and
freight charges by 6.5 per cent.
However, since then, the rail-
ways introduced the flexi-fare
scheme which significantly
raised fares on select trains and
launched trains like Vande
Bharat and Tejas Express which
have relatively higher fares.
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Centre on the CAA.
While all the members of
two fronts unanimously sup-
ported the resolution and vehe-
mently criticised the Centre, O
Rajagopal, the lone BJP MLA
in the 140-member House,
opposed the resolution,
terming it as “illegal and
unconstitutional”.
Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan, who moved the reso-
lution and Leader of
Opposition Ramesh
Chennithala of the Congress,
who seconded it, alleged that
the CAA was an attempt to
make India a religious nation.
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T MLA Hostel have failed to
go down well with a section of
Punjab legislators. Finding it
hard to digest, the MLAs have
filed formal complaints with
the Vidhan Sabha’s House
Committee.
It has been learnt that legis-
lators are not happy with the
quality of the food being served
at the MLA Hostel, situated in
Chandigarh's Sector 4, while
some have suggested adding a
few items.
Confirming that complaints
have been received by the House
Committee, the panel chairman
and Vidhan Sabha Deputy
Speaker Ajaib Singh Bhatti
refused to divulge anything fur-
ther regarding the contents and
nature of the complaints.
One of the member MLA of
the House Committee, request-
ing anonymity, told The Pioneer
that the issue has already been
raised with the Government
and the concerned officers.
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P Amarinder Singh on
Tuesday said that his
Government would not stop
students from protesting against
the Citizenship Amendment
Act (CAA) and other contro-
versial actions of the Central
Government, but would not
allow the State’s peace to be dis-
turbed at any cost.
Referring to the proposed
January 1 statewide protest by
left aligned student unions
against the CAA, as well as the
National Register of Citizens
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C ed in Punjab, Haryana and
Chandigarh on Tuesday with
Narnaul being the coldest place
in both the States at 2.3 degrees.
Chandigarh recorded a mini-
mum of 4.8 degree Celsius,
one notch below normal.
With bone-chilling cold
wave prevailing in the region,
Hisar shivered at 4.5 degrees
Celsius, Ambala 4.6, Rohtak
4.8, Sirsa 4.9 and Karnal at 5
degrees Celsius. In Punjab,
Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala
braved chill at a low of 3.4, 4.1
and 4.6 degrees Celsius respec-
tively. Pathankot, Adampur,
Bathinda and Halwara record-
ed their minimums at 3.5, 3.6,
4.2 and 4.6 degrees Celsius
respectively.
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aryana Transport Minister
H Mool Chand Sharma on
Tuesday said that the State
Government is taking necessary
steps to ensure Road Safety and
for this it is important to ensure
that the necessary, signage
boards related to speed limit and
the nearby trauma centers etc.
should be installed in such a way
that they are visible from a dis-
tance.
Addressing officials at the
State Road Safety Council meet-
ing here, minister directed them
to stop illegal road cuts.
During the meeting an
action-taken report of all the
stakeholder departments regard-
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Register (NPR), the Chief
Minister said that protest was
the democratic right of every
citizen of India and people,
including students, were with-
in their right to stage peaceful
dharna, march etc against these
draconian initiatives of the
Central Government, as long as
such protests were conducted
peacefully.
“Even my Government is
totally opposed to CAA, NRC
etc in view of the fundamentally
divisive and discriminatory
nature of the legislation or
action initiated by the BJP-led
Government at the Centre,”
said Capt Amarinder.
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Chandigarh:Haryana govern-
ment has changed timings of its
offices across the state in view
of severe cold conditions."In
view of severe cold wave con-
ditions across the state, the
working hours of the offices will
now be from 9.30 am to 5.30
pm as against 9 am to 5 pm. The
changed timings shall remain in
force between January 1 and
15," an official statement
ing the decisions taken in the last
meeting of the council held on
July 9, 2019 was also presented.
The Minister said that in
many places, due to non visibil-
ity of the road safety signage,
many vehicles are driven on the
wrong lane due to which many
accidents happen.
He said that in the year 2020,
the State Government has set a
target of reducing the graph of
road accidents and casualties
drastically and directed the offi-
cials of Haryana State Industrial
and Infrastructure Development
Corporation to put signage and
reflectors on the KMP express-
way to reduce the accidents on
this expressway.
The Minister further direct-
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He said: “In fact, during an
anti-CAA dharna, organized by
the Punjab Congress in
Ludhiana on Monday, I had
reiterated the Government’s
decision not to allow the con-
said.Earlier, schools in Haryana
were ordered to remain closed
on December 30 and 31.
Between January 1 and 15,
schools in the state will remain
closed on account of winter hol-
idays.In Haryana, the mini-
mum temperature is hovering
around the freezing point while
day temperature has settled in
the range of 10-13 degrees
Celsius. PNS
ed the officers that a provision of
trauma care facilities should be
made available in all the hospi-
tals located near the highways.
He directed the Health
Department to compile a data of
private ambulance a further the
same should be made available
to the lead agency. He said that
the every ambulance should
have a standard format and data
bank. Apart from this mapping
of ambulances should also be
done. The Minister said Level-I
services should be provided by
the Trauma Center, hence the
services provided by them
should be periodically examined
and mapping of private hospitals
should also be done. He said that
presently the average time of
ambulance to reach the accident
spot is seven minutes, while
this will be further reduced to
three minutes after mapping.
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Iissued
Government on Tuesday
transfer and posting
orders of nine IAS officers with
immediate effect.
Vijayendra Kumar,
troversial legislation to be
implemented in the State under
any circumstances.”
There was, thus, no ques-
tion, of barring students from
coming out against these
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T Pal on Tuesday said in
2020, Haryana tourism would
further be promoted through
digitisation in a big way.
"The department has
already started providing
online facilities regarding
tourist places and resorts in
the state for the foreign tourist
which has led to rise in the
income of the department by
manifolds," he said in a
statement.
Kanwar Pal said that the
Har yana Tourism
Department has signed an
Sharma said that overloaded
vehicles are the major cause of
road accidents and the police,
transport and mines and geolo-
gy departments have an impor-
tant role to play in getting rid of
the problem of over loaded vehi-
cles, directing the officials of
these three departments to find
an effective solution to over-
loading and issue bills only to the
vehicles carrying the mining
material within the authorized
load limits.
The Transport Minister
directed that the meeting of the
State Road Safety Council should
be held at least once in three
months.
During the meeting it was
suggested that the services of
Saksham youth can be used for
survey to identify black spots.
Similarly, it has also been sug-
gested that it should be made
Secretary, General
Administration Department
and Secretary, Revenue and
Disaster Management-I
Department has been given the
additional charge of Chief
Executive Officer, Saraswati
Heritage Board.
Sonal Goel, Chief Executive
Officer, Gurugram
Metropolitan City Bus Limited,
actions of the Central
Government, said the Chief
Minister, making it clear that as
long as the protestors did not
take the law in their hands in
any manner, the police would
not prevent them from carry-
ing out their proposed cam-
paign.However, the Chief
Minister warned that “no vio-
lence or destruction of public
property would be tolerated
during the planned protest”.
“The police have been
directed to come down heavi-
ly against any attempt by the
protestors to vandalize public
property or otherwise indulge
in any violence during their
agreement with the 'BharatP'
company, so the payment can
be accepted through UPI
based 'QR' code scanning
through more than 120 appli-
cations like Paytm, Google-
Pay, Bheem-UPI, Phone-Pe,
HDFC-Payzapp, SBI YONO,
Truecaller etc in Haryana
government tourist resorts
and petrol pumps.
Also, 120 swipe-machines
have been installed at the
department's resort and petrol
pump to promote digitization
in the department. The min-
ister said most of the tourists
visiting Haryana prefer to
stay in the hotels or resorts of
mandatory for any person pur-
chasing a new two-wheeler to
show the receipt of the helmet
before making the RC.
The Minister was appraised
that the State Government has
studied and analyzed the caus-
es of road accidents, under sec-
tion 135 of the Motor Vehicles
Act, and along with this a plan
is being drafted for setting up
traffic assistance posts, providing
truck parking complexes on
highways and to provide other
necessary facilities to the State
people.
It was informed that the
audit was conducted by the
National Highways Authority
of India at 223 places before the
State Government issued an
interim completion certificate
under Haryana Vision Zero.
Additional Chief Secretary,
Transport Department, S.N Roy,
Gurugram has been given the
additional charge of Additional
Chief Executive Officer,
Gurugram Metropolitan
Development Authority,
Gurugram.
Prabhjot Singh,
Commissioner, Municipal
Corporation, Panipat
(Designate) has been posted as
Director and Special Secretary,
protest,” he added.
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Capt Amarinder also urged
the student leaders to ensure
that proposed protest is carried
out peacefully, and to keep a
check for possible infiltration of
goonda elements among the
protestors.
Notably, the peaceful
protests in some other states
had ended up in violence due
to such infiltrations.
The chief minister said that
the police will maintain a strict
vigil not just in and around the
university campuses but in
other sensitive areas and pub-
lic places across the state,
throughout the day.
the tourism department.
Though the department
has already started online
booking,
Tourism Department has
Har yana
signed an agreement with
online travel agents like
makemytrip.com,
goibibo.com, travelguru.com,
yatra.com, and cleartrip.com.
There has been an increase in
international tourists visit-
ing the state after digitization.
Kanwar Pal said the
department has also started
using social media platforms
like Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube, and Instagram to
promote Haryana Tourism.
directed the authorities con-
cerned to develop a compre-
hensive and integrated mobile
app for monitoring and report-
ing all issues related to road safe-
ty such as signage, overloading,
speed breakers, crash barriers.
He directed the enforcement
agencies that a new head has
been opened to deposit the
compounding fees to be collect-
ed by them. Therefore, in future,
such fees should be deposited in
this head.
Additional Chief Secretary
Home Department Vijai
Vardhan, Transport
Commissioner, Prabhjot Singh,
Additional Director, State
Transport, Samwartak Singh
and Inspector General of Police,
Traffic and Highways, Rajshri
Singh and other senior
officials were present in the
meeting.
Skill Development and
Industrial Training and
Employment Departments,
relieving Yashendra Singh of the
said charge (Designate).
Jitender Kumar, Deputy
Commissioner, Rewari
(Designate) has been posted as
Deputy Commissioner, Jhajjar,
vice Narhari Singh Banger
(Designate).
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T mitted memorandums to
the Punjab Government seeking
scrapping of power purchase
agreements signed with pri-
vate thermal plants by the pre-
vious SAD-BJP led
Government.
In the memorandum, AAP
said the ruling Congress had
“failed” to honour its poll
promise of cancelling the agree-
ments with private thermal
plants after forming the
Government. The memoran-
dums were submitted by the
party leaders to deputy com-
missioners throughout the state.
In a party release here, the
AAP claimed that there had
been recurring hikes in elec-
tricity rates allegedly because of
pressure from private power
companies.
alleged that the previous
Government had signed agree-
ments with private thermal
plants.
The party claimed that the
implementation of proposed
hike of power tariff by over 30
paise per unit from January 1
was the result of the coal wash-
ing charges of C 1,400 crore to
be paid to two private thermal
power plants.
The balance amount of C
1,300 crore would be paid in
coming months and it would
also result in further burden on
the consumers, the party said.
Power rates in Punjab
would increase by 36 paise a
unit from January 1 for domes-
tic consumers in the state.
The party threatened to
''gherao'' the residence of Punjab
Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh on January 7 if the state
government did not rollback
hike in power rates.
AAP MLA from Barnala
Meet Hayer said the state
Government should take a cue
from the Arvind Kejriwal-run
Government in Delhi, which
had not hiked electricity rates
during its five-year tenure.
Rather electricity fares became
cheaper there, he claimed.
B Kumar on Tuesday sought
to scotch speculation of a rift
with the BJP in the State,
asserting “all is well” within the
alliance, after JD(U) vice pres-
ident Prashant Kishor pitched
for more seats for his party than
its saffron partner in the
Assembly polls, due next year.
“Sab theek hai (all is well),”
Kumar told journalists, who
sought his response to Kishor’s
demand, which prompted a
riposte from BJP leader and
Deputy Chief Minister Sushil
Kumar Modi, who had on
Monday dubbed Kishor as a
person “engaged in the business
of collating political data and
coining slogans”, and benefiting
the Opposition.
Kishor, an election strate-
gist-turned-politician, has been
a vocal critic of the Citizenship
Act and the proposed nation-
wide NRC.
The JD(U) had voted in
favour of the new citizenship
law in Parliament but said it is
against a pan-India NRC.
Nitish’s comment came on the
sidelines of an event to mark
the 14th death anniversary of
late Navin Kishore Prasad
Sinha, a BJP leader and former
State Minister.
Nitish, who is also the
JD(U) national president, made
the comment days after Kishor,
in interviews to TV news chan-
nels, insisted on the JD(U)
getting to contest more seats
than the BJP since his party was
the senior alliance partner in
the State.
He also referred to BJP
president Amit Shah who had
said the alliance will face the
Assembly polls with Nitish
Kumar as its Chief Ministerial
of his “business” of an election
strategist. “The 2020 Assembly
polls in the State will be fought
under the leadership of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Seat-sharing will be finalised by
top leaders of both parties at an
appropriate time.
“No problems in that. But
those, who have entered poli-
tics not driven by ideology but
while engaged in the business
of collating political data and
coining slogans, are making
utterances in violation of coali-
tion dharma and benefiting the
opposition in the bargain,”
Sushil had tweeted on Monday.
Kishor, who has been
roped in by West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee and
her Delhi counterpart Arvind
Kejriwal to devise election
strategy, hit right back. "It is
pleasant to listen to discours-
es on political propriety and
ideology from Sushil Modi
who became Deputy CM by
virtue of circumstances despite
the defeat in 2015," Kishor
wrote on his official Twitter
handle on Tuesday.
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Mitra Kendras. He said that the 5.50 lakh families are covered
required documents needs to under the schemes and free
be uploaded for registration treatment facility is being pro-
under this scheme and the vided through 199 hospitals
detail of the document is avail- which also includes 56 private
able on the departmental web- hospitals. He added that 55798
site. patients availed the benefit of
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treatment facility up to rupees year on which C 52.57 crore
five lakh is being provided were spent.

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and Bikram Singh. proxy war design received set-
Naravane was serving as back due to elimination of ter-
the Vice Chief of Army since rorists and decimation of ter-
early September. Prior to that ror networks (by India),” he
he served as the Eastern Army told news agencies after taking
Commander and Commander charge.
Army Training Command Asked how he will deal
(ARTRAC). with Pakistan backed terrorism,
abetted by Pakistan.”
On security challenges
along the 3,500-km border
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the Western border to the
Northern border as part of re-
balancing priorities. “We will
continue to improve capabili-
ty building along the
Northernborder so we are pre-
pared when the need arises,” he
said.
Referring to the appoint-
ment of a Chief of Defence
Staff, he said it will greatly
change the way the defence
establishment operates and will
bring about significant reforms
in the entire military system.
He said his main focus as
Army chief will be to make the
Army ready to face any threat
at any time. According to him,
An alumnus of the
National Defence
Academy(NDA) and the
commissioned into the 7th
Battalion, the Sikh Light
Infantry in June 1980. He has
commanded a Rashtriya Rifles
battalion in Kashmir, served in
the Assam Rifles and has been
part of the Indian Peace
Keeping Force in Sri Lanka
during 'Operation Pawan'. He
has also served as Defence
Attache to Myanmar.
He did his schooling at
Dnayana Prabodhinee
Prashala, Pune. He holds a
Master's Degree in Defence
Studies, M. Phil Degree in
Defence and Management
Studies and is currently pur-
suing his Doctorate.
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N Chief of Defence
Staff(CDS) General Bipin
Rawat on Tuesday said the
focus on Army restructuring,
weapon modernisation and
non-contact warfare were some
of the highlights of his tenure
as Army Chief. The Army is
“better prepared” to face any
challenge that may come up at
India's borders with Pakistan
and China, Gen Bipin Rawat
said.
He demitted officer after
retiring as the Army Chief
and handing over the charge to
incoming Chief M M
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hosted by the former for the brought under the ambit of the
outgoing chief. DMA headed by the CDS who

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T raised several questions
over the appointment of Gen
Bipin Rawat as the Chief of
Defence Staff (CDS), saying the
Government has started on a
“wrong foot” on the issue. The
party also asked whether the
country was headed on a por-
tentous path. The Congress
summed up 2019 saying it will
be remembered for the betray-
al of the people's mandate and
attempts to rip apart the plur-
al fabric of India.
Congress spokesperson
Manish Tewari said the
Government has started on a
wrong foot on the appointment
and only time will unfortu-
nately reveal the implications.
“With great regret and fullest of
responsibility may I say that the
government has started on a
very wrong foot with regard to
CDS. Time alone unfortunate-
ly will reveal the implications
of this decision,” Tewari said.
He also asked why the
appointment of a CDS is
fraught with difficulties and
ambiguities. “What implica-
tions does nomenclature
Principal Military Advisor to
Defence Minister have in rela-
tion to the three service chiefs
in terms of Military advise
tendered to the government?
Will the advise of the CDS
override the advise of the
respective Service Chiefs,” he
asked.
Tewari wondered if the
CDS as Permanent
Chairperson of Joint Chiefs of
Staff Committee outrank the
three service Chiefs. “Would
the three Chiefs report to
Defense Minister through
Defense Secretary or through
CDS now,” he asked.
“What will be the position
of CDS qua Defense Secretary?
Would the Defense Secretary in
terms of Rule 11 of Transaction
of Business Rules continue to
be the administrative head of
the Defense Ministry ? What is
the remit/mandate of the pro-
posed Department of Military
Affairs?
“Would the CDS overide
the Service Chiefs with regard
tri Service agencies and organ-
isations. What are the implica-
tions of the appointment of a
CDS on Civil Militar y
Relations- the equilibrium of
which has been India's singu-
lar Success since 1947? Are we
down a portentous path,” ques-
tioned the former Union
Minister.
Senior Congress leader
Ahmed Patel said 2019 is com-
ing to an end but the problems
of NDA 3 are only beginning.
“2019 will remembered for the
betrayal of the people's man-
date and attempts to rip apart
India's plural fabric. 2019 will
be remembered for the
resilience of our students and
common citizens who chal-
lenged an arrogant and a pow-
erful government for its uncon-
stitutional moves,” Patel said in
a tweet message.
Patel also hoped that 2020
will see a resurgence and com-
ing together of “pro-
Constitution and pro-India
forces and defeat this govern-
ment's anti-Indian policies”.
Another senior party
leader P Chidambaram said,
“Our task is no less than the
task accomplished by Abraham
Lincoln in 1865 - to save the
Constitution.”
He also said that their first
greetings for the New Year
must go to J-K leaders Farooq
Abdullah, Omar Abdullah,
Mehbooba Mufti and others
detained since August 5 with-
out any charge. “May the New
Year bring them freedom and
justice,” he tweeted.
artillery gun systems, including
the M777 American Ultra
Light Howitzers and the K-9
Vajra, and the Sig Sauer assault
rifles were inducted into the
force in his tenure.
“Till now I was Chief of
Army Staff and my mandate
was limited to the roles and
responsibility I was assigned.
Now when I am given a new
responsibility, I will think and
will work according to the
new responsibility and vigour.
If someone says that as Army
Chief I was working towards
whether I would be CDS it will
be totally incorrect,” he said
here after reviewing a ceremo-
nial guard of honour outside
South Block before retiring. He
will assume the new responsi-
bility on Wednesday. Rawat
also said the Army is better pre-
pared to face any challenge
from Pakistan and China.
It was Prime Minister
Narendra Modi himself who
broke the news to Rawat about
Ahead of his taking charge
as the CDS, the Government
has issued a notification setting
up a new Department of
Military Affairs (DMA) with-
in the Ministry of Defence. The
notification issued by the
Cabinet Secretariat dated
December 30, 2019 states that
the CDS will head the DMA
and function as a Secretary to
the Government.
As per the guidelines
approved by the Government
last week, the CDS will be a
four-star General and will also
function as the Principal
Military Adviser to the Defence
Minister and as the Permanent
Chairman, Chiefs of Staff
Committee (COSC).
The DMA will be the first
department in the defence
ministry. The existing ones are
Department of Defence,
Department of Defence
Production, Department of
Defence Research and
Development and Department
will deal with issues relating to
the three Services and pro-
curement exclusive to the
Services except capital acqui-
sitions, as per prevalent rules
and procedures. The broad
mandate of the CDS includes
bringing about jointness in
“operations, logistics, trans-
port, training, support ser-
vices, communications, repairs
and maintenance of the three
Services, within three years of
the first CDS assuming office.”
The mandate of the DMA
includes promoting jointness in
procurement, training and
staffing for the Ser vices
through joint planning and
integration of their require-
ments; facilitation of restruc-
turing of Military Commands
for optimal utilisation of
resources by bringing about
jointness in operations, includ-
ing through establishment of
joint/theatre commands and
promoting use of indigenous
equipment by the Services.

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he new building of
T Parliament and other struc-
tures are likely to be lower than
iconic India Gate in the rede-
velopment plan of Central Vista.
The height of India Gate is
around 42 metres.
Top Sources said by
February, tenders of the project
will be floated after getting all
permissions from all concerned
authorities.
Sources said the Central
Government will construct
eight seven-storey buildings in
Lutyens' Delhi to accommodate
offices of various ministries,
which would be built after
demolishing a few major build-
ings. The ministry of housing
and urban affairs has recently
changed the land use of over
100 acres of Rajpath Lutyens
Delhi.
The redevelopment plan is
also likely to include a triangu-
lar Parliament building next to
the existing one, which is expect-
ed to be completed by 2022,
sources said, adding that there is
also plan to shift the Prime
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Minister's residence near the
Parliament complex.
The existing Parliament
building will remain the same,
and offices ministers and MPs
will be in a new building.
Sources said that Vigyan
Bhavan, Shastri Bhawan, Krishi
Bhawan and Transport Bhawan
are among other buildings which
are likely to be demolished dur-
ing the execution of redevelop-
ment of Central Vista.
However, no heritage build-
ings will be demolished.
In September this year, the
Narendra Modi government had
unveiled its mega plan to rede-
velop the over 3-km stretch
from Rashtrapati Bhavan to
India Gate in Lutyens' Delhi.
The Government on
September 2 floated a request for
proposal for the “development or
redevelopment of Parliament
Building, Common Central
Secretariat and Central Vista.”
“We will construct the new
building of Parliament in a plot
near the existing one. We will
also construct eight new build-
ings which will accommodate
offices of various ministries. All
buildings will be lower than the
India Gate,” sources also said.
In September, Union
Housing and Urban Affairs
Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had
said the British ruled India for
190 years and they had good
architects who built buildings
which is now part of the coun-
try's cultural heritage.
“North and South Blocks
should be made museums that
reflect 190 years (of British
rule)...What will happen to the
Parliament building? We will
construct a new building which
will connect Parliament through
an underground pathway,” Puri
had said.
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about the “organisational struc-
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the Lead Intelligence Agency
The Minister was also
informed about the recent pro-
This is his first visit of Shah on the Nepal and Bhutan fron- curement of SUVs, arms and
?=BQ =4F34;78 to the SSB headquarters of the tiers which are not only open ammunition being used by the
border-guarding force after but also friendly. Force, they said.
U nion Home Minister Amit
Shah on Tuesday visited
becoming Home Minister.
He was given a ceremoni-
Shah stressed that the SSB
should ensure sanctity of the
The SSB was raised in the
aftermath of the Chinese
the headquarters of border al Guard of Honour upon two open borders. While crim- aggression in 1962 and it is pri-
guarding force Sashastra Seema arrival, officials said. inal elements are required to be marily tasked to guard India's
Bal (SSB) here and reviewed its The minister has recently Tibetan Border Police for oper- checked effectively, genuine borders with Nepal and Bhutan
operational preparedness along visited the headquarters of ational review. travelers of the three countries apart from rendering other
the Nepal and Bhutan frontiers. other Central Armed Police The officials said the Home are provided easy access across duties in the internal security
Shah, who was accompa- Forces like the Central Reserve Minister was briefed and given the fronts, Shah told the para- domain including anti-Naxal
nied by Home Secretary Ajay Police Force, the Border a presentation by senior SSB military officials. operations and deployments in
Bhalla and other senior officials Security Force and the Indo- officers, led by Director The Home Minister also Jammu and Kashmir.
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New Delhi: The Centre is likely to make If the process becomes complete-
the entire process of granting citizen- ly online, there will be no intervention
ship under the Citizenship Amendment from a State Government at any level.
Act online to bypass States, some of Besides, the home ministry officials
which are dead set against the new leg- are of the opinion that the State
islation, officials said on Tuesday. Governments have no power to reject
The Ministry of Home Affairs is the implementation of the Citizenship
mulling the option of doing away with Amendment Act as the legislation was
the present procedure of routing appli- enacted under the Union List of the 7th
cations for citizenship through the dis- Schedule of the Constitution.
trict magistrate in view of the strong “The States have no power to deny Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan migrants.
opposition expressed by several States, implementation of a central law which till December 31, 2014 and facing reli- The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday
including Kerala which on Tuesday is in the Union List,” the top official gious persecution there will not be treat- passed a resolution demanding scrap-
passed a resolution in the Assembly from the Home Ministry said. ed as illegal immigrants but given ping of the controversial Act, amid rag-
demanding scrapping of the contro-
versial Act.
There are 97 items which are under
the Union List that include Defence,
Indian citizenship.
The Act says refugees of the six
ing countrywide protests against the leg-
islation.

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new authority instead of the district
magistrate and make the entire process
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ments and granting Indian citizenship
External Affairs, Railways, Citizenship
and Naturalisation.
According to the amended
Citizenship Act, members of Hindu,
Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian
communities will be given Indian citi-
zenship after residing in India for five
years, instead of 11 years earlier.
The act also proposes to give
immunity to such refugees facing legal
A number of chief ministers,
including those of West Bengal, Punjab,
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh,
have already announced that the law is
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ty aircraft Dornier into the No.
41 'Otters' Squadron, a state-
ment issued by the Central
Government said on Tuesday
The aircraft was inducted
on Monday during a ceremo-
ny at the Palam Air Force
Station.
The IAF in 2015 had
signed a contract to purchase
14 Dornier aircraft, which are
flight inspection system planes,
for Rs 1,090 crore from State-
run Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL).
“While the first aircraft
was delivered on November 19,
the second is expected to be
delivered in early 2020,” the
statement said.
The Dornier-228 aircraft is
a multi-purpose, fuel efficient,
rugged, light weight twin tur-
boprop aircraft with a retractable
tricycle landing gear. PTI
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Jwithamshedpur and Indore have
emerged as the cleanest cities
a population upto 10 lakh
and upto 20 lakh respectively in
India even as the National
Capital Region (NCR) has out-
done capital city Delhi in clean-
liness. The findings over a peri-
od of two quarters (six months)
are part of the Modi
Government’s flagship pro-
gramme Swachh Survekshan
League 2020.
According to the findings,
Indore was adjudged India's
cleanest city for the fourth time
in a row. Bhopal stood second
in first quarter results (April to
June), while Rajkot grabbed
the second spot in second quar-
ter results (July-September).
The third position in the clean-
liness survey was bagged by
Surat in the first quarter and
Navi Mumbai in the second
quarter. In the previous clean-
liness survey, the second and
third spots went to Ambikapur
in Chhattisgarh and Mysore in
Karnataka. These cities did well
among those with a population
of 10 lakh and above.
Indore has retained the title
of the cleanest city in the last
three years. This time a total of
4,372 cities participated in the
league. SS League 2020 is con-
ducted in three quarters (April-
June, July-September and
October-December) with the
objective of sustaining the on-
ground performance of cities
along with monitoring of when
it comes to cleanliness.
Jamshedpur in Jharkhand
was adjudged the cleanest city
among those with a population
less than 10 lakh in both the
quarters. The New Delhi
Municipal Council (NDMC)
area in Delhi, which houses
VIPs, was in the second spot in
the first quarter now slipped to
fifth spot in the second quarter.
Madhya Pradesh's Khargone
was ranked third in both the
quarters. In the second quarter,
Chandarpur in Maharashtra
grabbed the second spot. Moga
in Punjab, meanwhile, topped
the list in terms of rural clean-
liness. Among the Cantonment
Boards, Tamil Nadu's
St.Thomas Mount Cantt was
ranked 1 in Q1 followed by
Jhansi Cantt and Delhi Cantt.
On the other hand, in Q2,
Delhi Cantt spotted the first spot
while Jhansi cantt and Jalandhar
Cantt stood at second and third
spot. West Bengal has also
agreed to participate in the
Swachh Survekshan ranking
list.
As per the findings,
NDMC, three Municipal
Corporations-East, South and
North and Delhi Cantonment
were certified as Open
Defecation Free. Blaming Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal for
being “solely responsible” for
Delhi's “poor” ranking in the
Centre's cleanliness survey, Puri
said that other areas in the NCR
were doing better than Delhi in
cleanliness.
The findings say that East
MCD was ranked 284; South
MCD 394 and North MCD at
328 in the first quarter while
south MCD was ranked at 205
in the second quarter. Puri
added that neither MCD com-
missioners nor Delhi Mayor
should be held responsible for
poor show.
Releasing the findings of SS
League 2020, Union Housing
and Urban Affairs Minister
Hardeep Singh Puri said that the
focus has always been on ensur-
ing the sustainability of the
sanitation value chain as is evi-
dent in the SS League 2020
parameters where wastewater
treatment and reuse, and faecal
sludge management have been
given special attention. “The
Open Defecation Free+,
ODF++ and Water plus proto-
cols by the ministry work as the
guiding document for cities in
this regard,” he said. The fourth
edition covered 4237 cities in a
record time of 28 days and was
a fully digitized paperless survey.
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A Rajasthan Government
committee found that Kota's
JK Lone Hospital is short of beds
and its functioning needs
improvement but cleared the
doctors there of any lapses over
the recent death of infants
admitted there, an official said.
At least 91 infants have died
at the Government hospital dur-
ing the past month, triggering
opposition criticism and a visit
by a team from the National
Commission for Protection of
Child Rights (NCPCR).
The three-member State
Government committee of
doctors was sent to investigate
the 10 deaths on December 23
and 24.
Earlier, the NCPCR had
served as show cause notice to
the State Government. “Pigs
were found roaming inside the
campus of the hospital,” its chair-
person Priyank Kanoongo had
said in it.
The State Government panel
found that the hospital was
short of beds, functioning at 150
per cent of its capacity, Rajasthan
Medical Education Secretary
Vaibhav Galriya told PTI on
Tuesday.
But the committee ruled
that the 10 infants who died on
the two days were given the right
treatment. “The committee
submitted that eight out of the
10 infants were referred from
other hospitals in a critical con-
dition and two were born at the
hospital itself,” Galriya said.
“Due treatment was given to
all of them. The committee had
checked medical records.
Whoever was to be put on ven-
tilator, the required treatment
was provided,” he added.
Moreover, the 10 infants
who died were at higher risk due
to pre-term birth, he said.
Galriya said the committee
was instructed not only to look
into the cause of deaths but also
the functioning of the hospital.
“The committee said the
hospital is working at 150 per
cent of its capacity. The number
of beds is less than the flow of
patients. Similar is the situation
at the ICUs as well. There is a
need to increase the number of
beds,” he said. He said instruc-
tions have been issued to take
samples to check infections at
the hospital on a monthly basis,
earlier done once in three
months.
Directions have also been
given to lay oxygen pipelines,
instead of supplying it to the
intensive care unit (ICU)
through cylinders.
The official said the hospi-
tal superintendent was removed
from the post as a lot of equip-
ment lay unused due to the lack
of an annual maintenance con-
tract.
The AMC process has now
been initiated.
He said that the committee
considered both the treatment
and the larger systemic issues at
the hospital.
“We are working on both the
aspects, and would be working
on improvement of systemic
part so that better treatment can
be given at the hospital,” he said.
The State Government com-
mittee included Dr Amarjeet
Mehta, Dr Rambabu Sharma
and Dr Sunil Bhatnagar.
A panel of BJP MPs also vis-
ited the hospital on Tuesday. The
group included Lok Sabha MPs
Jaskaur Meena, Locket
Chatterjee and Bharati Pawar,
and Rajya Sabha MP Kanta
Kardam. Two State BJP leaders
also met the staff on Monday.
The NCPCR team found
the upkeep at the hospital, where
940 infants died during the year,
in the “worst condition” with
broken windows and doors.
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Kota (Raj): A BJP lawmakers' panel on
Tuesday slammed Rajasthan Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot for deaths of infants at a Kota
hospital, saying he preferred to visit
Jharkhand for the swearing-in of the
new Government there instead of
“wiping” tears of dead
children's mothers.
The three-member parliamentary panel,
comprising Locket Chatterjee, Kanta Kardam
and Jaskaur Meena, on Tuesday visited JK
Lon Hospital, where at least 91 infants have
died in the past month.
Meanwhile, Congress workers lodged a
protest against the visit of the panel by form-
ing a human chain outside the hospital and
alleged that the BJP was trying to politicise
the issue. “While children were dying in the
hospital, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot went
to Jharkhand and was celebrating the for-
mation of the Government there. Mothers of
dead children are still weeping but the CM
is not here to wipe their tears,” Chatterjee
said.
She said none of the Congress workers
has come here so far but the BJP MLAs in
Kota have extended monetary assistance of
C50 lakhs for the maintenance of the hos-
pital, she said.
She also attacked former Congress chief
Rahul Gandhi, saying while he visited other
states to highlight the issues, then why he
gave a miss to Rajasthan, a State where his
party ruled.
A Rajasthan government committee had
found that Kota's JK Lon Hospital was short
of beds and its functioning needs improve-
ment but cleared the doctors there of any
lapses over the recent death of infants
admitted there. PTI

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n an apparent indication of a melt-
Ibetween
down in the tensed relationship
Raj Bhavan and Nabanna
(State secretariat) Mamata Banerjee
on Tuesday sent cakes and flowers to
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar who
has been involved in a twitter war with
the Bengal Chief Minister and her
Cabinet colleagues over a number of
issues.
What seemed to be a quid pro quo
for the “cordial gesture” shown on the
part of the State Government the
Governor signed the Municipal
(Amendment) Bill within hours of
receiving State Education Minister
Partho Chatterjee who saw him at Raj
Bhavan as a special messenger of the
Chief Minister.
The Bill had been held up in Raj
Bhavan for quite some time now in the
wake of continuous war of words
between the two sides when the
Chief Minister accused the Governor
of being an “RSS man” who was run-
ning a parallel administration in the
State while the latter lambasted the
State administration for failing law
and order and lack of courtesy on a
whole lot of issues.
“The meeting was
cordial and a lot things
were discussed,”
Chatterjee later said
adding the Chief
Minister had wished
him a happy year end-
ing and a Happy New
Year. “Some important
issues concerning edu-
cation were also dis-
cussed with the
Governor,” he said.
Meanwhile in an
unrelated development the State
Government on Tuesday shifted 52
officers of the Indian Police Services
cadre. The 52 officers included seven
deputy commissioners of police from
Kolkata, sources said.
The SPs of Murshidabad, Jangipur
police district, South Dinajpur,
Barasat, East Midnapore were also
transferred, sources said adding some
of the officers were given promotion
too.
Elsewhere members of the oppo-
sition BJP on Tuesday staged a road
blockade near Jadavpur University
and Jadavpur Police Station protest-
ing against the alleged misdemeanor
of JU students against their leaders on
Monday.
JU students allegedly had a tiff
with the BJP activists near the
University campus where the saffron
leaders were holding a meeting to
drive home the “essence” of the
Citizenship Amendment Act.
JU students said during the face
off one of their lecturers and some stu-
dents were roughed up by the BJP
men. The saffron member however
said they were in fact attacked by the
members of the CPI(M) and Students
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expansion of the
Karnataka Cabinet slated some
time in January, ministerial
aspirants continued their lob-
bying by making a bee-line to
Chief Minister BS
Yediyurappa's residence here.
As Yediyurappa has already
made it clear that 11 of the dis-
qualified legislators who got re-
elected on BJP ticket during the
December 5 bypolls, will be
made Ministers during the
expansion, lobbying has inten-
sified for the five remaining
berths in the Cabinet.
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isters including the Chief
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among those who met the
Chief Minister at his residence
on Tuesday include former
minister and senior
legislator Umesh Katti, former
Minister R Shankar and defeat-
ed party candidate from
Hoskote during the bypolls
MTB Nagaraj.
Though there is strong
word within the party circles
that Katti is most likely to be
considered during the expan-
sion, sources said,
it needs to be seen how
Yediyurappa will maintain a
balance, as his addition would
increase the number of
Ministers from Belagavi district
to four.
There are already two
Ministers-Deputy Chief
Minister Laxman Savadi and
Women and Child
Development Minister
Shashikala Jolle from Belagavi-
in the cabinet while newly
elected BJP MLA from Gokak
Ramesh Jarkiholi, who has
been promised a ministerial
berth, also hails from the dis-
trict.
Kitti, an eight-time MLA
was among the prominent
senior BJP legislators who were
miffed and sulking after failing
to make it in the first round of
cabinet expansion.
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promised a Cabinet berth by
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route, met the Chief Minister
with an intention to ascertain
his chances, sources
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Ashok Gehlot here on Tuesday
said countries are run the basis
of their constitution and devel-
opment can't be ensured with-
out a strong economy.
He said the growth of the
country depended on its econ-
omy, for which “policies of for-
mer Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh needed to be
adopted”. “Countries do not
run on the basis of religion but
on the basis of their constitu-
tion. Governments are formed
on the basis of the
constitution.
The basis of growth of any
country is its economy and
development is not possible
without a strong economy,” he
said at a national seminar of
chartered accountants here.
Expressing concern over
the current economic condi-
tions in the country, Gehlot
said under these “adverse cir-
cumstances”, the state govern-
ment had taken several major
steps to strengthen the econo-
my.
He said the state govern-
ment was working with a pol-
icy of providing sensitive, trans-
parent and accountable gover-
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Tuesday arrested for allegedly molest-
ing a minor girl in her house after
showing her pornography, police
said.
The 11-year-old victim's family
had called Sushil Chandorkar (36), a
resident of Pratikshanagar in Sion, for
some electrical work in the house and
had then left for shopping leaving the
minor girl behind, a Wadala TT
police station official said.
“He started chatting with the girl
and proceeded to show her porno-
graphic clips on his mobile phone.
When the family returned, they
found the child crying. She told them
about the incident after which the
family caught hold of the accused,
beat him up and handed him over to
the police,” he said.
“The accused has been arrested
under section 354 (outraging mod-
esty) of the Indian Penal Code and
Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences Act.
We will produce him in court for
remand,” said Senior Inspector
Jitendra Bhobe of Wadala TT police
station. PTI
ly raping and brutalising a 25-
year-old woman under the
pretext of giving her job as a
maid, Mumbai Police said on
Tuesday.
Prima facie, the accused
Saleem Zaveri raped the
woman repeatedly at his flat
in suburban Bandra, where he
stays alone, over a period of
the last 15 days, a police offi-
cer said, adding that the
accused used to insert a can-
dle into the private parts of the
woman.
The incident came to light
when the woman started
bleeding from her private
parts, following which the
accused took her to Bhabha
Hospital, the officer said.
Zaveri was arrested on
Monday night from his flat.
Zaveri had lured the woman,
who was standing at a bus
stop while looking for shelter,
into accompanying him by
promising her job as a
maid.
The woman, who hails
her husband, the officer said,
adding that the victim does-
n't know anybody in the city
and had a problem in under-
standing language.
“Police came to know
about the incident from the
hospital,” Bandra police sta-
tion senior inspector
Vijaylaxmi Hiremath told
PTI.
The officer said Zaveri's
wife had left him 20 years ago
and she is currently living in
the USA. A case has been reg-
istered against Zaveri under
section 376 (rape) of the
Indian Penal Code (IPC), and
he has been remanded to
police custody. PTI
Thane: A 25-year-old man was on Tuesday sentenced to
life imprisonment by a court in Maharashtra's Thane for
killing his girlfriend as he doubted her character.
District Judge VY Jadhav held Swapnil alias Babu
Hanuman Jadhav guilty under IPC sections 302 (murder)
and 376 (rape) and also fined him C 30,000.
The victim, who was 18 at the time, and Jadhav, a lift
mechanic, lived in the same locality in Mumbra here and
were in love, said Additional Public Prosecutor Sanjay
More. “He used to doubt her character and would also take
objection to phone calls the victim used to get from a
friend.
On April 29, 2014, Jadhav took the victim to a hillock
and stabbed her several times and left her to die there. Her
sister found her there,” he said. More said Jadhav had ear-
lier raped her and also forced her to undergo and abor-
tion. PTI

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W plans to provide poor consumers
quality liquor at cheap rates drawing flak,
Karnataka Excise Minister H Nagesh on
Tuesday clarified there was no such pro-
posal before the Government.
“It is true that there is a demand for
supply of good quality liquor at low price.
There was also a proposal in this
regard since 2013, but after becoming
Excise Minister, no such proposal has been
submitted before the Government,” he said
in a statement. The Minister clarified
that he had only stated there has been such
a demand for long. “But my statement has
been published contrary to the fact in cer-
tain sections of the media. I want to reit-
erate that there is no proposal at present
before the Government on providing
cheap or subsidised liquor,” he said.
Earlier in the day, speaking to
reporters, the Minister had spoken about
the department considering supply of high
quality liquor at cheap rates for the sake
of the poor.
“....We will discuss,we will take good
decisions, because I too want to do
something that is new....Want to give
cheaper drinks of high quality, this is in
my mind,” he said. The Minister said the
poor too have to live right and collecting
money should not be the only intention.
“...We want to experiment at distilleries,
test at labs and then we have to leave it to
the market, not abruptly, we should not
do it for business.”
Ahmedabad: The BJP won 26 of 30
taluka and district panchayat seats on
which bypolls were held on Sunday,
apart from three it won unopposed,
leaving the opposition Congress way
behind with just three
wins.
One seat was won by an
Independent candidate.In a release
issued on Tuesday, the State Election
Commission (SEC) said, “Out of
total 33 seats, on three seats BJP can-
didates won unopposed. Elections
were held on 30 seats, of which BJP
won 26 seats, Congress three seats and
one seat went to an Independent can-
didate.”
Of the 30 that went to polls, three
were district panchayat seats, with the
Congress having an upper hand with
two wins against the BJP's one.
The rest 27 were taluka panchayat
seats and the break-up of wins was
BJP 25, Congress and Independent
one each, it informed.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay
Rupani thanked the people for the
party's good show, having got 29 of
33 seats, and said “the victory is a pre-
cursor to upcoming district and talu-
ka panchayat polls”.
Gujarat BJP president Jitu
Vaghani said the Congress tried to
mislead farmers and the rural popu-
lation but people had given them a
befitting answer, adding that the
opposition party's “divisive' politics
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Kerala Assembly adopting a
resolution demanding
scrapping of the Citizenship
Amendment Act, DMK on
Tuesday urged the ruling
AIADMK to go in for a simi-
lar move in the Tamil Nadu leg-
islature against the contentious
law to protect the
Constitution.
Expressing happiness on
adoption of the anti-CAA res-
olution in the Kerala Assembly
moved by Chief Minister
Pinarayi Vijayan, DMK
president M K Stalin said it was
a welcome move.
“It is the overwhelming
desire of the people of this
country that every state assem-
bly should adopt such a reso-
lution to guard the basic fea-
tures of the Constitution,” the
DMK chief said in a Facebook
post. Stalin urged Chief
Minister K to adopt a similar
resolution in the Tamil Nadu
Assembly on January 6 when
the House convenes for the first
session of 2020.
The AIADMK has backed
the amendment to the
Citizenship Act in Parliament
and been defending it with
Chief Minister K Palaniswami
appealing to the people not to
believe in “rumours” being
spread about the CAA. In the
Kerala Assembly, the ruling
CPI(M)-LDF and the opposi-
tion Congress headed UDF
supported the resolution while
BJP's lone MLA and former
Union Minister O Rajagopal
recorded the sole dissenting
voice in the one-day special ses-
sion. PTI
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Mumbai: Congress leader
Mohammed Arif Naseem
Khan on Tuesday said that as
in Kerala, the Maharashtra
Assembly should pass a reso-
lution demanding
scrapping of the Citizenship
(Amendment) Act
(CAA).
Khan, state Congress vice
president and former Minister,
demanded that Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray should con-
vene a special sitting of the
Assembly for this purpose.
Congress is part of the Shiv
Sena-led Government in
Maharashtra. The BJP
passed the controversial Act in
Parliament because it enjoys
majority. I demand that chief
minister convene a special ses-
sion of the state legislature to
seek withdrawal of the Act,” he
said.
The Kerala Assembly on
Tuesday passed a resolution
demanding scrapping of the
CAA, becoming the
first state in the country to do
so.
Some other non-BJP ruled
States including West Bengal
have announced that they
`would not implement' the
CAA. PTI
Aligarh: Days before the
AMU is to reopen after its win-
ter break, Vice Chancellor
Tariq Mansoor on Tuesday
regretted police action during
the anti-CAA protest on cam-
pus on December 15 night
and sought to assure students
of their safety and the right to
protest peacefully.
Prof Mansoor gave the
assurance to students and their
parents in an open letter writ-
ten to them, nearly a week
before the varsity is set to
reopen on January 6 after its
winter break.
“I want to tell you and your
families that I regret what hap-
pened (on December 15),” the
VC wrote.
Referring to the decision to
call in the police on the night
of December 15, he said it was
taken in “good faith and a clear
conscience” as it had become
imperative to disperse the pro-
testers who had become
charged up over the rumour
that two student protesters at
Jamia Milia Islamia in New
Delhi had been killed.
The vice chancellor made
an impassioned appeal to stu-
dents “to consider with an
open mind” the circumstances
which compelled him to take
the unpleasant decision of
inviting the police to enter the
campus.
In his open letter to stu-
dents, Prof Mansoor said he
would “fully share” their con-
cerns on any subject provided
it is done “in a peaceful and
democratic manner”.
He sought to assure them
that he has “no intention what-
soever” of trying in any way “to
subvert the right of students to
protest peacefully against any
legislation” which they find
objectionable. “You are the
future of our democracy and all
citizens, especially the young,
enjoy the right to share their
views in the true spirit of a
democratic society,” the vice-
chancellor's letter said. PTI

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Tindivanam (TN): The Pattali
Makkal Katchi, which supported
the amendment to the citizenship
law in Rajya Sabha, on Tuesday
came out against implementing the
proposed NRC in Tamil Nadu, say-
ing it will create “unnecessary
apprehension and tension” among
people.
Citing claims that the National
Population Register was a pilot to
the eventual roll out of the National
Register of Citizens (NRC), the
PMK, an ally of the ruling
AIADMK-led alliance in Tamil
Nadu in which the BJP is also a
constituent, demanded that the
Centre dispel misgivings related to
the two measures.
In a resolution at its special
general council meet, the party said
Tamil Nadu does not share land
borders with any country and
hence, there was no scope for
people from other countries to ille-
gally enter the state.
Besides, the Government has
data of all the Tamil refugees from
Sri Lanka and thus “there is no
need for implementing the
National Register of Citizens in
Tamil Nadu,” the PMK resolution,
copies of which were released to the
media, said.
The meet, held at Omandur
near here, said apart from such fac-
tors, if the NRC was prepared “it
will create unnecessary apprehen-
sion and tension among the Tamil
Nadu people.”
Therefore, “this meet urges the
Central and State Governments to
not implement the NRC in Tamil
Nadu,” it said. The party's lone
member in Rajya Sabha, Anbumani
Ramadoss, a former Union
Minister, had voted with the
Government on the Citizenship
Amendment Bill that provided for
Indian citizenship to persecuted
minorities from Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
PMK also urged the Centre to
grant dual citizenship to Sri Lankan
Tamil refugees.
It wanted the Union govern-
ment to go in for a pact with the
neighbouring island republic to
facilitate the dual citizenship since
Lankans will lose their citizenship
if they were to become nationals of
another country.
The PMK meet demanded 27
per cent reservation for Other
Backward Classes in the All India
Quota for medical seats. In gov-
ernment sector colleges, 15 per cent
of graduate medical courses and 50
per cent postgraduate seats fall
under the AIQ. A caste wise cen-
sus in Tamil Nadu and declaring
Cauvery basin districts in the state
as a protected farm zone were
among the other resolutions that
were adopted. PTI
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U Tuesday asserted that the
Opposition parties and “tukde tukde
gang” were trying to tread on
Muhammad Ali Jinnah's path and
speaking language of Pakistan on
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
and National Register of Citizens
(NRC).
Singh, Minister for Animal
Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries in
the Narendra Modi Govenrment,
alleged that agitations on CAA and
NRC were being carried out at the
behest of the opponents “to protect
the infiltrators”.
“The Opposition and tukde
tukde gang are not only making
efforts to create panic in the country
on these issues but also want to bring
back the situation of 1947 in the
country.
“They are trying to do things
which even Mughals and Britishers
could not do...,” Singh — who repre-
sents Begusarai Lok Sabha seat - told
reporters here at a press conference.
“They (opposition parties) want
to create a civil war like situa-
tion in the country by spread-
ing confusion on the twin
issues in the society,” he said.
“The Opposition is speak-
ing the language of Pakistan
besides treading Jinnah's path”,
the Minister commented.
He asserted that the
Congress and AIMIM chief
Asaduddin Owaisi were trying
to bring back the condition of
1947 in the country, but he
would not let Jinnah's ideas and
philosophy fructify in the
country.
The firebrand BJP leader
charged parties like Congress, RJD,
Communists, AIMIM and tukde
tukde gang of creating a division
between Hindus and Muslims once
again.

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Lucknow: Samajwadi Party
president Akhilesh Yadav on
Tuesday accused the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) of indulging
in appeasement politics only to
win elections. Akhilesh Yadav
also took to Twitter and wrote,
“Don’t need NRC-NPR, we
need employment.”
Flagging off a cycle rally of
the party’s legislators from
party’s headquarters to Vidhan
Bhawan to register protest
against the National Register of
Citizens (NRC)/National
Population Register (NPR) and
Citizenship (Amendment) Act
(CAA), Yadav said the Narendra
Modi Government had brought
CAA to enforce the policy of
discrimination on the grounds
of religion in giving citizenship
which is against the basic struc-
ture of the Constitution.
“No one from the BJP can
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any form, but the question is will
you support it or not? We will
not fill the NPR form. What will
you do? NRC and NPR are
against the poor and minorities,”
he said.
He added that people in the
North-East and Assam were
also unhappy with the CAA.
Yadav claimed that the BJP was
spreading fear among people of
the country in the name of CAA
and NRC.
The SP chief also attacked
the Centre for its decision to
start the work on NPR from
April next year, saying when all
the details were already pro-
vided in Aadhaar, what was the
need to conduct the NPR exer-
cise across India.
Yadav said his party was
strongly against the CAA, NRC
and NPR and would keep
protesting against the same.
The SP chief also targeted the
Government for failing to take
effective measures to revive he
country’s economy and said
that the banking sector had col-
lapsed and demonetisation had
destroyed country’s economy.
He claimed that since the
government had failed to create
employment opportunities and
revive the failing economy, it
came up with CAA, NRC and
NPR to divert the attention of
people from real issues.
During the rally, the SP leg-
islators of the SP, with placards
around their neck, pedalled
about one km to reach Vidhan
Bhawan to attend the special
session on Tuesday morning.
The session was convened for
the ratification by the UP
Assembly for the 126th
Constitution Amendment
passed by the Parliament to
extend the SC/ST reservation in
the legislature for another 10
years. PNS
Guwahati: The tourism sector
in Assam has been severely hit
by violent protests against the
contentious Citizenship
(Amendment) Act and the loss
is an estimated at ?C 1,000 crore,
a top official said on
Tuesday.
The sector was badly
impacted in December and
will also be in January, two of
the peak months for tourist
inflow, Assam Tourism
Development Corporation
(ATDC) chairman Jayanta
Malla Baruah said here.
The peak tourist season in
Assam is from December to
March and accounts for 48 per
cent of the sector's
contribution for the entire year,
he said. “Due to the violent
protests during December, we
suffered badly.
We estimate that C 500 crore
will be the loss to the sector for
December and January each,”
he told a press conference
here.
The hotel industry alone
suffered a loss of C 60 crore in
15 days since December 11,
when violence erupted across
Assam against the CAA.
Along with domestic
tourists, the flow from abroad
also took a hit after a number
of countries issued travel advi-
sories due to the ongoing
protests, Baruah said.
The earnings of the State
from the tourism sector is
C 2,000-2,500 crore per
annum.
“Because of the impact on
the peak season, we expect 30
per cent fall in tourist footfall
in 2019-20. We hope to slight-
ly recover from this situation in
February,” he added. PTI

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es of resentment resonated in
the camps of the ruling Shiv
Sena, NCP and Congress crit-
by the leadership of respected
parties. On Tuesday evening,
supporters of Bhor Congress
MLA Sangram Thopte attacked
the party office in Pune to
protest against his non-induc-
tion into the State Ministry.
While a section of Congress
leaders is upset over non-induc-
tion of the party loyalists into
the new council of ministers,
leaders of the Sena have
expressed disapproval over
party seniors and former min-
isters not finding place.
On Monday, Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray inducted a
total of 36 ministers in his one-
month-old coalition govern-
ment comprising the Shiv Sena,
NCP and Congress.
Among the 36, 14 ministers
(ten Cabinet and four MoS)
belonged to the NCP, 12 to the
Sena (eight Cabinet and four
MoS), and 10 to Congress
(eight Cabinet and two MoS).
Hours after the cabinet
expansion on Monday night,
NCP MLA from Beed district
Prakash Solanke had
announced that he will resign
on Tuesday, saying he was
“unworthy to do politics”.
However, on Tuesday, NCP
leadership succeeded in making
him change his mind. Aurangabad: Shiv Sena's Rajendra Janjal
Reports of some Sena lead- won the election for Deputy Mayor's post at
ers being unhappy after not Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in
being inducted into the new Maharashtra on Tuesday.
cabinet are also doing rounds. The polls were necessitated following the
Thackeray has dropped resignation of BJP's Vijay Autade, who stepped
several ministers, including down after the Uddhav Thackeray-led
seniors like Ramdas Kadam, Government had stopped the water supply
Diwakar Raote and Ravindra scheme meant for Aurangabad, which was to the Congress but the party failed to take ini-
Waikar who were part of the sanctioned by the former chief minister. tiative.
previous BJP-led Government, Of the 115 corporators in the civic body, Meanwhile, speaking to reporters here,
in the new Government. 100 remained present to cast their votes. Janjal said, “I have won this election by 51 votes.
Despite Sena leaders' appeal While Janjal won the election with 51 votes, Although my term is short, I will try my level
to their workers to maintain BJP- backed independent candidate best to meet voters' expectations.” Fresh elec-
discipline, a Solapur district Gokulsingh Malke got 34 votes and Zafar Khan tions will be held for the AMC in April 2020.
functionary of the party, Shaila of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen The Shiv Sena is the largest party in the
Godse, resigned over non- (AIMIM) got 13 votes. civic body with 29 corporators.
induction of former minister Congress candidate Afsar Khan withdrew While the AIMIM has 24, BJP has 23, Congress
from the region, Tanaji Sawant. his form and sent his resignation to party state 11, NCP have four, Bahujan Samaj Party have
Meanwhile, Solapur dis- unit president Balasaheb Thorat alleging that five, RPI (Democratic) have two, apart from
trict Youth Congress president the deputy mayor's post would have been given the 17 independents. PTI
Nitin Nagne on Tuesday wrote
a letter to party president Sonia
Gandhi in his blood over non-
induction of three-time MLA
Praniti Shinde, daughter of
Congress veteran Sushilkumar
Shinde, into the new council of
ministers.
A Congress corporator
resigned from the Solapur
Municipal Corporation as well
as a party member in support
of Praniti Shinde. S h i n d e
said, “I accept the decision of
the party leadership. Since this
is a three-party government,
everybody cannot be accom-
modated, I will request party
workers to exercise
restraint”. PTI
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Indian Express was on its front
page, ironically on Vijay Divas, of
the Delhi Police brandishing thick
wooden rods against hijab-clad students
trying to protect a male student outside the
SDLJQHQJLQHHUHGE\6RFLDOLVWVVXFKDV5DP0DQRKDU/RKLDDVZHOO Jamia Millia Islamia university. The picture
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aspiring to become a $5 trillion economy. defence reforms and budgets scrutiny. Bangladesh. EU countries, the Commander Lt Gen Anil
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Government is hurting the social fabric of
the country, which could lead to serious fis-
sures in internal security that can dimin-
ish national security in turn.
In February, the Indian Air Force (IAF)
conducted surgical strikes, claiming with-
out any convincing evidence, that nearly
300 Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists
were killed in Balakot. The mere fact that
the IAF had entered the Pakistani air space
and bombed Balakot was commendable.
But the Government milked the Balakot
strikes to win the 2019 elections, like it had
utilised the Uri surgical strikes of 2016 to
win several State elections. The
Government fought the federal elections
over national security, nationalism,
Pakistan-bashing and deifying the soldier
when the reality on defence and national
security is otherwise: Absence of institu-
tional defence reforms and scant attention
civil disobedience movement.
Digital India will soon bag the
“world internet shutdown
prize.” In 2018, it claimed
records in highest frequency,
longest duration and 68 per
cent of the world’s shutdowns.
The shutdown and lockdown
have cost the State C20,000
crore. Former State Jammu &
Kashmir’s downgradation to a
Union Territory is held togeth-
er by an overwhelming pres-
ence of security forces, who will
feel the heat when an alienat-
ed Kashmir reawakens from its
hurt and anguish.
New Delhi is crafting new
laws to alter the electoral arith-
metic in Jammu & Kashmir so
that Muslim-majority Kashmir
suffering from the ravages of
insurgencies, the North-east,
except Manipur and now
Assam, has been peaceful. The
Nagaland Peace Accord of 2015
was scheduled to be sealed and
signed on December 11 at
Kohima in a full and final set-
tlement of the Naga political
question, marking a closure to
the mother of all insurgencies.
This did not happen prob-
ably for two reasons: The
protests in the North-east pre-
vented Prime Minister Modi
from travelling to Kohima; or
contrary to claims, NSCN (IM)
was not ready to sign the final
agreement because of its
demands for a separate flag and
Constitution, two State symbols
ment to issue-based multi-
alignment, maintaining strate-
gic autonomy. Focus on
“Neighbourhood First” and
“Act East” has dissipated to the
nebulous Indo-Pacific in a bid
to contain China rather than
concentrating on the Indian
Ocean Region.
The postponed 22nd round
of India-China border talks
were not held in Agra as
planned but in New Delhi due
to CAA protests, which also
took down India-Japan talks.
Since the boundary question has
been off the table for some time,
the Wang Yi-Doval dialogue is
more about maintaining peace
and tranquillity on the border,
based on the Wuhan strategic
Golden Temple and the demo-
lition of Ayodhya are not forgot-
ten. The Army has sizeable
number of Muslims, who have
proved their loyalty to the tri-
colour. It is motivated by regi-
mental and generational loyal-
ties, derived from izzat, dastur
and iqbal (honour, tradition
and welfare). Nationalism is
only a later addition.
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ends with a somber signal. The
economy is in a shambles and
the country is polarised as
never before. On the external
security front, India faces a
two-front situation. The
Government’s partisan agenda
has created two internal securi-
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fter the just-concluded
A Jharkhand Assembly polls,
all eyes are now on Delhi
where Assembly elections are likely
to be held soon. The present Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) Government’s
term ends in February 2020 and the
fight for Delhi is going to be fierce
as it is crucial for all players in the
fray. They have already sounded the
poll bugle, though polling dates for
the elections, that are set to be the
first in the new year, are yet to be
announced.
It will be a three-dimensional
fight as the nature of the poll battle
in the Capital has changed in the last
few years with the entry of the AAP
in 2013. Earlier it used to be a direct
fight between the Congress and the
BJP.
Whether the BJP will be able to
gain ground after its thumping vic-
tory in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls
remains to be seen. The BJP won all
the seven Lok Sabha seats but if the
Congress and the AAP had come
together the saffron party would not
have won all of them. In the 2014 Lok
Sabha polls, when the Modi wave
swept the country, the AAP got 33.1
per cent votes while the Congress got
15.1 per cent. Their combined vote
share was two percentage points
more than that of the BJP.
Though Delhi is a small State the
upcoming polls are crucial as it is the
Capital of the country. The Congress
too is hoping to improve its position
in Delhi where it had ruled for three
continuous terms before losing
power to the AAP. Unfortunately for
the grand old party, it is facing a lead-
ership crisis not only at the nation-
al level but also at the State level, with
indiscipline and groupism dogging
it. It appears to be the weakest
among the three parties in the fray.
The polls are taking place in a
charged atmosphere amid agitations
against the Citizenship Amendment
Act, 2019 (CAA) and the National
Register of Citizens (NRC). These
agitations might continue at least
until the Delhi elections are conduct-
ed. The agitations have spread all
across the country with the North-
east and Uttar Pradesh witnessing
not only unrest but also violence. The
students had jumped into the fray
after the highhanded behaviour of
the Delhi Police at the Jamia Millia
University recently. They have the
support of many other universities
not only in India but also abroad.
Added to that, the economy of the
country is on the slide and normal-
cy is yet to return to Jammu and
Kashmir after the abrogation of
Article 370 in August.
The AAP Government and the
Centre are also facing flack on the
high level of pollution choking the
Capital. While Kejriwal is defend-
ing his throne, the BJP is keen to
come back to power in a State where
it was strong in the past. In the last
two Assembly elections, in 2013
and 2015, the AAP polled 29.49 per
cent and 54.3 per cent votes respec-
tively, with the latter giving it an
unprecedented majority of 67 seats
out of 70. However, since then,
things have not been smooth for the
AAP. Many senior party leaders
have been expelled and Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been
repeatedly accused of being author-
itarian.
In the fight for Delhi all the play-
ers are using social media, holding
public meetings and running cam-
paigns to target each other. They have
understood the power of advertising
in wooing voters and are also reach-
ing out to the electorate with their
roadshows, door-to-door campaigns,
and so on. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi himself led the BJP’s campaign
last Sunday as the party is depend-
ing on him to capture Delhi after a
gap of three decades.
The Central Government and
the Delhi Government have been at
loggerheads on many issues and dis-
agreements over air pollution may set
the tone for the upcoming Assembly
polls. Delhi elections will be fought
on local issues surrounding schools,
hospitals, power, water, dengue, pol-
lution, security and so on and also
the NRC, CAA and the National
Population Register.
The local BJP is hoping to make
use of the recent passage of a Bill for
regularisation of illegal colonies,
which will benefit lakhs of slum
dwellers and poor people.
In 2008, the Congress
Government in Delhi had stormed
back to power after it distributed pro-
visional certificates to 1,218 unautho-
rised colonies.
The BJP has a support base
among the traders and the middle-
income groups in Delhi. While the
AAP and the BJP are running their
campaigns at different levels the
Congress is lagging. The AAP and
the Congress share a vote base —
Muslims and marginalised sections
of society.
The AAP has launched its poll
campaign, with the slogan of “Acche
beete 5 saal, lage raho Kejriwal (the
last five years have been good, keep
going Kejriwal).” The party is ahead
in terms of its reach in unauthorised
colonies and slum clusters. In the last
five years, the Delhi Government has
made massive investments in creat-
ing health, education and civic infra-
structure in these areas. The lower
and middle classes are happy with the
AAP Government, as they are satis-
fied with the way their bread and but-
ter issues are tackled. While it is too
early to predict anything, it is likely
to be advantage AAP.
(The writer is a senior journalist)
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t a time when the overall
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ing, Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman's announcement
of C102 lakh crore worth of
investment in infrastructure
projects over the next five
years, can be a trigger for
boosting growth, says ICRA.
According to the rating
agency, the construction sector
is likely to be a major benefi-
ciary of this increased invest-
ment.
The finance minister on
Tuesday announced the infra-
structure project pipeline for
the next five years that will help
the country nearly double the
size of the GDP to $5 trillion by
2025.
"Creation of the national
infrastructure pipeline in a
short span of time is a positive
step. The distribution of the
infrastructure investment is in
line with our expectations with
a major allocation going
towards transportation, energy
and water segments. The front-
loading of capex is also positive
for construction sector," ICRA's
Senior Vice-President and
Group-Head, Corporate
Ratings Shubham Jain said.
According to the sector-
wise break-up of projects,
C24.54 lakh crore investment
will flow in the energy sector,
and of that C11.7 lakh crore
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of
the output of
eight core infra-
structure indus-
tries contracted
for the fourth
consecutive
month in
November by 1.5
per cent, accord-
ing to official
data released on
Tuesday.
Since August,
the eight core
industries are
recording nega-
tive growth.
The output
of coal, crude oil, natural gas,
steel, and electricity declined by
2.5 per cent, 6 per cent, 6.4 per
cent, 3.7 per cent and 5.7 per
cent respectively, according to
the data.
The eight core sectors had
expanded by 3.3 per cent in
November 2018.
The growth rate of cement
production dropped to 4.1 per
cent from 8.8 per cent in
would be in just the power sec-
tor, while road projects will
account for C19.63 lakh crore
while another C13.68 lakh crore
would be for railway
projects.
Port projects would see
spending of C1 lakh crore and
airports another C1.43 lakh
crore. C16.29 lakh crore would
be spent on urban infrastruc-
ture and C3.2 lakh crore in tele-
com projects. Jain, however
noted that while the target of
scaling up investment in infra-
structure is achievable, it would
be filled with challenges.
"The Centre will require
support from the state govern-
ments and the private sector to
achieve this significant scale-up
of investment as these two
together have to undertake
over 61 per cent of the invest-
ment," he said.
Further, reducing bottle-
necks and resolving issues
which have resulted in signif-
icant cost and time overruns
will also be vital for efficient
utilisation of the planned
November 2018.
The output of refinery
products and fertilizers
increased by 3.1 per cent and
13.6 per cent respectively in
November 2019 over the year-
ago month.
During the April-
November period, core indus-
tries recorded flat growth (zero
per cent) against 5.1 per cent in
the year-ago period.
investment, Jain added.
Meanwhile, welcoming the
move, Anshuman Magazine
Chairman and CEO, India,
South East Asia, Middle East
and Africa of CBRE, said the
move reinforces the govern-
ment's commitment towards
making India a leading world
economy.
Naredco National
President Niranjan
Hiranandani said the move
dovetails with other positive
moves that the government
has recently unveiled, and the
positive effects should be visi-
ble sooner rather than later.
"The importance of infra-
structure development in GDP
growth has been apparent, the
world over we have seen gov-
ernments giving a push to
infrastructure with the aim of
giving a fillip to economic
growth. India has been work-
ing towards the agenda of giv-
ing infrastructure development
it's due especially in the sce-
nario where the economy
needs a fillip," he added.
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PHDCCI said it expects India's
economy to rebound in 2020
and inflation to remain benign
on account of reforms such as
reduction in corporate tax.
"We believe that speedy
implementation and synchro-
nisation of various reforms will
refuel our economic growth tra-
jectory soon," PHDCCI
President DK Aggarwal said.
He adding that 2020 will be
a year of economic rebound,
wherein the expectation is that
the economy will regain its
dynamic growth trajectory
once again and take its position
to become a $5-trillion econo-
my by 2024. The PHD
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (PHDCCI) president
said the economic reforms in
2019 were amazing as the gov-
ernment "reduced corporate
tax significantly from more
than 30 per cent to an effective
rate of 25.17 per cent and
17.01 per cent".
Besides, he observed that
inflation in 2020 will remain
benign except few fluctuations
because of weather disruptions.
"At this juncture, the focus
of the Government must be to
refuel the consumption
demand with a significant
reduction in the direct taxes.
Thus, reforms in direct taxation
are the need of the hour with
remarkable rationalisation of
tax rates in the forthcoming
Budget," said Aggarwal. PTI
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T 114.8 per cent of 2019-20
Budget Estimate at C8.07 lakh
crore at the end of November,
official data showed on
Tuesday.
The fiscal deficit or the gap
between expenditure and rev-
enue was at C8,07,834 crore as
on November 30, 2019, accord-
ing to the data released by the
Controller General of Accounts
(CGA).
The deficit was at 114.8 per
cent of 2018-19 Budget
Estimate (BE) in the corre-
sponding month a year ago.
The Government has esti-
mated the fiscal deficit for the
current financial year at C7.03
lakh crore, aiming to restrict
the deficit at 3.3 per cent of the
gross domestic product (GDP).
In September, the
Government decided to lower
the tax rate for corporates and
has pegged that it will have an
impact of C1.45 lakh crore on
its revenue mobilisation.
Tax sops were intended to
boost the investment cycle in
the face of slowing GDP
growth, which dipped to a six-
year low of 5 per cent in the
first quarter of this fiscal. The
GDP growth slipped further to
an over six-year low of 4.5 per
cent in the second quarter
ended September.
Due to slowdown, the GST
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India chief stated that the air-
line's financial situation was
"grossly untenable" for sus-
taining operations, Civil
Aviation Minister Hardeep
Singh Puri clarified on Tuesday
that the national carrier, which
is incurring a loss of C20-26
crore daily, will keep on run-
ning till it is privatised.
"Air India is running. Air
India will keep on running. But
Air India has to be privatised
because it is incurring a daily
loss of C20-26 crore. This is tax-
payer's money that can be
more profitably spent," he told
reporters here. While disin-
vestment-bound Air India's
net loss in 2018-19 was around
C8,556 crore, its current total
debt is around C80,000 crore.
"We made an attempt two
years ago. That attempt proved
to be less than successful. We
have learnt from that experi-
ence. It is our endeavour now
that we will be issuing an
expression of interest in the
coming few weeks. Hopefully,
sooner than later," Puri said.
"We want an Indian entity,
for strategic reasons, to be
acquiring the company," the
minister added.
In 2018, the Government
had proposed to offload 76 per
cent equity share capital of the
national carrier as well as trans-
fer the management control to
private players. PTI
collection has also been sub-
dued putting pressure on over-
all revenue mobilisation effort
of the government.
Faced with a shortfall in
revenue collection, the
Government has initiated aus-
terity measures by revising
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(CAD) narrowed to 0.9 per
of GDP, or $6.3 billion, in
the September 2019 quarter, on
account of lower trade deficit.
It had stood at 2.9 per cent
of gross domestic product
(GDP), or $19 billion, in the
corresponding quarter of 2018-
19. On a sequential basis, CAD
had printed 2 per cent of GDP,
or $14.2 billion, in the June
2019 quarter. The current
account deficit is the difference
between foreign exchange
inflows and outflows.
"The contraction in the
CAD was primarily on account
of a lower trade deficit at $38.1
billion as compared with $50
billion a year ago," the Reserve
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towards addressing a 'signif-
portion' of the outstand-
ing debt of C94,000 crore by
July 2020, its chairman Uday
Kotak said on Tuesday.
The veteran banker said
the company has
emerged as a 'test case' on
group-wide resolution of
stressed assets.
"The new board is com-
mitted to completing the reso-
lution process at the earliest
and is working towards
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W crisis in the non-banking
finance company (NBFC) seg-
ment, real estate continued to
reel under pressure in 2019,
although the government came
up with a slew of stimulus mea-
sures during the year. The
steps to infuse liquidity and
boost demand, however, have
not made any noticeable
impact so far, as sales
declined in the second half of
the year.
According to a report by
Anarock Property Consultants,
a total of 2.61 lakh units were
sold during the year, a year-on-
year growth of 5 per cent. Out
of the overall sales during the
downwards the expenditure
limit for the January-March
period of the ongoing financial
year. The Government has
asked all departments to
restrict the expenses to 25 per
cent of the Budget Estimate
(BE) in January-March.
Bank of India (RBI) said in a
release on Tuesday.
During the first half of the
current financial year, CAD
narrowed to 1.5 per cent of
GDP from 2.6 per cent in the
corresponding period in 2018-
19, on the back of a reduction
in the trade deficit, which
shrank to $84.3 billion as com-
pared with $95.8 billion a year
ago. The trade deficit is the gap
between the value of imports
and exports.
The balance of payment
stood at $5.12 billion in the sec-
ond quarter and $19.10 billion
during the first half of this
fiscal.
Net foreign direct invest-
ment stood at $7.4 billion,
almost the same level as in sec-
ond quarter of 2018-19.
addressing a significant portion
of addressable debt by July
2020," Kotak informed the
shareholders at the 32nd annu-
al general meeting. This is the
first AGM conveyed by the new
board.
In October 2018, the gov-
ernment had seized control of
the debt-trapped company and
superseded its board with one
led by Kotak.
As of October 8, 2018, the
group had an external fund-
based debt of C94,216 crore and
an additional non- fund-based
debt of C5,139 crore.
year across seven major cities
in the country, around 1.47
lakh flats were sold in the
January-June period, and the
remaining 1.14 lakh
have been sold so far in the sec-
ond half.
Despite the steps
announced by the government,
mostly in the second half of the
year, sales during July-
December declined by 22 per
cent compared to the first half.
"The unrelenting liquidity
crisis, lower-than-expected
buyer sentiments and faltering
GDP growth eventually put
brakes on the overall housing
growth in the second half of
2019," said Anuj Puri,
Chairman of Anarock Property
Consultants.
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of toll posts, including
at Lakhanpur along Jammu-
Pathankot highway, a move that
will lead to a loss of C1,500 crore
to the exchequer annually. The
decision of the abolishment of
the toll tax from the New Year
was welcomed by traders while
industrialists termed the with-
drawal of toll tax as a "Black
Death Warrant for J&K
Industrial Sector".
Announcing the decision
at a press conference here,
Principal Secretary, planning,
monitoring and development
Rohit Kansal said the govern-
ment has decided to set up a
High Powered Committee
under the chairmanship of
Advisor KK Sharma to interact
with various stakeholders and
to suggest measures to improve
the competitiveness of local
industry.
"The administration has
decided to abolish toll tax at
Lakhanpur and all other posts
including at Railway Stations
and Airports with effect from
January 1, 2020," he said.
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A said all operators will be
allowed to participate in the
upcoming 5G trials, the
Department of Telecom (DoT)
held a meeting with various
service providers and equip-
ment vendors, including
Huawei, to discuss the way for-
ward. The meeting on Tuesday,
chaired by Telecom Secretary
Anshu Prakash, lasted for over
an hour. An official with one of
the telcos said that all operators
attended the meeting.
A Huawei executive, who
was present at the meeting,
declined to comment on the
proceedings. Telecom Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad on
Monday said the government
will allocate airwaves to all tele-
com service providers for con-
ducting trials of super-fast
speed 5G networks.
As things stand today,
India will not bar any equip-
ment suppliers in the upcom-
ing trials for 5G. Asked specif-
ically about the status of
Huawei in this context, the
minister had said, “All players
mean all players”. This stance is
expected to spell relief for the
Chinese gear maker, which is
facing curbs in the US, and
rivals western equipment mak-
ers such as Ericsson.
Many countries, however,
have allowed telecom service
providers to use Chinese gears.
And now, India has also indi-
cated its unwillingness to keep
any company out of 5G trials.
This implies that all operators,
backed by equipment vendors
they have decided to partner
with, will be able to participate
in the upcoming 5G trials in
the country.
“I would like new innova-
tions by Indian players in 5G.
5G is future, it is speed.
Therefore, we will encourage
new innovations in 5G,” the
minister had said on Monday
on the sidelines of a telecom
event. Huawei India CEO Jay
Chen had said in an e-mail
statement to PTI on Monday
that the company firmly
believes that only technology
innovations and high-quality
networks will be the key to
rejuvenating the Indian tele-
com industry.
Thanking the Indian gov-
ernment for their continued
faith in the company, Chen had
said, “We have our full confi-
dence in the Modi government
to drive 5G in India. We have
our full confidence in Indian
government and industry to
partner with best technology
for India’s own long-term ben-
efit and also for cross-industry
development.” Huawei is com-
mitted to India, the company
said. The 5G trials are widely-
expected to begin between
January and March. Sources
had recently said the govern-
ment has received seven appli-
cations for 5G trials and added
that all operators and vendors
(including Nokia, Ericsson,
Huawei, ZTE and Samsung)
are keen to participate.
In September this year,
Huawei had said it is hopeful
that the Indian government will
treat all foreign investments
“fairly” and had urged the
world’s largest democracy to
make an “independent deci-
sion” on permitting 5G trials in
the country. At that time, the
Chinese firm had also sought
to assure the Indian govern-
ment that the company is fully
compliant with regulations in
India, and of addressing con-
cerns around cybersecurity.
Earlier this year, the US
had banned Huawei, the
world’s leader in telecom
equipment and the number
two smartphone producer,
over concerns of security and
Washington had been pres-
suring other countries to
restrict the operations of the
Chinese telecom firm. The US
President Donald Trump-led
administration had placed
Huawei and its affiliates on a
blacklist, a move that banned
the Chinese telecom equip-
ment company from purchas-
ing parts and components
from American firms without
the US government approval.
However, it had subsequently
relaxed some of the restric-
tions, to reduce disruption for
its customers.
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T elecom regulator Trai on
Tuesday issued draft rec-
ommendations on ‘network
testing before commercial
launch of wireline services’ as
it mooted a 90-day limit on the
test phase involving trial sub-
scribers in such cases. The
Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India (Trai) has sought
stakeholders’ views on the
draft recommendations that
are modelled on the lines sim-
ilar to norms that it had pre-
viously prescribed in the case
of mobile services.
“Most of the issues raised
during the consultation
process for the norms for net-
work testing before commer-
cial launch for mobile ser-
vices, are equally applicable for
wireline access ser vices.
“However, as per the reference
received from the Department
of Telecom (DoT), this con-
sultation paper on draft rec-
ommendations is issued to
solicit the views of the stake-
holders for specifying the
norms of network testing
before commercial launch of
services for wireline access
services,” Trai said.
According to the draft rec-
ommendations, a telecom ser-
vice provider should be
allowed to enrol test sub-
scribers in the trial phase to
carry out the network testing
before commercial launch of
its services. “The authority
recommends that there should
be no restriction on the time-
limit, if the network testing is
conducted using wireline tele-
phone test connections given
to employees and business
partners for test purpose only,”
it said. The number of test sub-
scribers that can be enrolled by
an operator in a circle should
be limited to 5 per cent of its
installed network capacity for
that area. “The service provider
will submit the detailed capac-
ity calculations of the network
to DoT and Trai at least 15
days before commencing
enrolment of test subscribers,”
it added.
The draft recommenda-
tions also said that there should
be a limit of 90 days on the test
phase involving test subscribers.
“However, if the TSP fails to
conclude network testing due to
valid reasons, it may make a
representation to the licensor,
seeking additional time for net-
work testing giving detailed
justification, which may be
decided by the licensor on a
case-to-case basis. The requisite
norms to be followed for exten-
sion of timeline for network
testing may be formulated by
the licensor,” Trai said. The
duration for network testing
provided to the operator should
not exceed 180 days, according
to the draft.
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coal-fired power plants, includ-
ing those in the national capi-
tal region, are likely to have
missed the revised deadline to
retrofit equipment to curb air
pollution, industry estimates
showed. A total of 47.95
gigawatts thermal power capac-
ity missed the December 31,
deadline to install Flue Gas
Desulphurization (FDG) units
to minimise SO2 emissions, the
estimates prepared by private
power producers showed.
These include coal-fired
units in the national capital
region. Coal-fired power
plants, which produce three-
quarters of India’s electricity,
account for some 80 per cent of
industrial emissions of sulfur
and nitrous-oxides, which
cause lung diseases and smog.
Power plants were asked to
install FGD units, which cut
emissions of sulfur dioxides, in
phases. In all 440 coal-fired
plans that produce 166.5 GW
have to comply with the regu-
lation by December 2022. More
than one-third of these had to
retrofit equipment by
December 2019. The power
plants that missed the deadline
to cut emission levels across the
country included 33 units with
a total capacity of 18.12 GW in
Haryana, Punjab and Uttar
Pradesh.
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slumped 304 points on the
last trading session of 2019,
dragged by losses in index-
heavyweights Reliance
Industries, HDFC twins, ICICI
Bank and TCS. After swinging
over 423 points intra-day, the
30-share BSE Sensex ended
down by 304.26 points, or 0.73
per cent, at 41,253.74. The
broader NSE Nifty closed 87.40
points, or 0.71 per cent, down
at 12,168.45.
Despite ending on a weak
note in the session, Sensex sky-
rocketed 5,185.41 points or
14.37 per cent and the Nifty
soared 1,305.90 points or 12.02
per cent during the entire year.
On an annual basis, investors
wealth soared by Rs over 11 lakh
crore in 2019 helped by the stu-
pendous rally in the stock mar-
ket. Signing off 2019, the mar-
ket capitalisation (m-cap) of
BSE-listed companies rose by Rs
11,05,395.78 crore to Rs
1,55,53,861.47 crore.
Rusmik Oza, Sr VP (Head
of Fundamental Research-
PCG), Kotak Securities Ltd
commented, “CY19 has seen a
broad based rally across all
regions wherein Indian equities
underperformed most of the
developed markets and few of
the emerging markets. The
polarisation seen in CY18 con-
tinued in CY19 with only a
handful of stocks contributing
to the returns in Nifty-50.”
“In CY19 till date India has
attracted USD 14.3 billion from
FPIs and USD 7.5 billion from
local mutual funds. We expect
FPI flows could remain positive
in CY20 and SIP flows to
remain sticky with annualized
run rate of USD 14-15 billion,”
Oza added. On the last trading
day of 2019, Tech Mahindra was
the top loser in the Sensex
pack, shedding 2.51 per cent,
followed by Bajaj Auto, RIL,
Hero MotoCorp, IndusInd
Bank, Mahindra and Mahindra,
HDFC and TCS. On the other
hand, NTPC, Sun Pharma,
ONGC, PowerGrid and
UltraTech Cement were among
the gainers. During the day, BSE
energy, telecom, auto, teck, IT
and finance indices ended up to
1.20 per cent lower, while BSE
power, realty and metal indices
rose up to 0.83 per cent.
Vinod Nair, Head of
Research, Geojit Financial
Services said, “Market witnessed
thin trade on the last trading day
of the year with investors shy-
ing away from taking fresh
position on concerns that gov-
ernment will breach its fiscal
deficit target.” He added that
markets wrapped up 2019 on
the higher side, with Nifty giv-
ing a return of 12 per cent while
mid and small caps
underperformed by -5 per cent
& -11 per cent.

SCRIP OPEN
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HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE
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NIFTY 50 12247.10 12247.10 12151.80 12168.45 -87.40 Script Open High Low LTP ESCORTS 633.10 635.65 628.50 629.50 SIEMENS 1513.90 1523.20 1492.70 1496.85 CHOLAFIN 306.40 308.50 304.35 305.65 TCIEXP 748.10 755.00 736.15 742.45
COALINDIA 205.00 212.45 204.45 211.45 5.65 IBULHSGFIN 306.95 316.80 305.20 313.10 LUPIN 768.95 773.95 760.50 764.90 DCMSHRIRAM 371.00 399.90 369.20 396.05 ENGINERSIN 98.65 99.90 98.65 98.95 WELSPUNIND 48.25 48.50 47.90 48.05
NTPC 116.55 119.70 116.35 119.00 2.45 TATAMOTORS 184.10 187.90 181.55 185.10 VOLTAS 663.40 663.40 656.10 659.30 DBL 397.00 410.80 394.80 402.95 RELAXO 613.95 625.00 613.95 615.50 EMAMILTD 307.10 310.05 305.20 309.80
GAIL 118.90 122.30 118.80 121.10 2.20 RELIANCE 1544.70 1544.70 1509.10 1514.10 MRF 66111.00 66572.00 65880.00 66327.75 EXIDEIND 186.70 187.70 184.75 186.50 OBEROIRLTY 529.80 533.55 526.00 530.95 TAKE 100.30 101.00 99.00 99.45
GRASIM 737.00 746.10 732.90 745.00 8.25 YESBANK 47.25 48.05 46.35 46.95 AVANTI 569.90 590.00 566.15 584.50 JMFINANCIL 91.45 94.90 90.10 94.20 MPHASIS 900.70 932.30 898.45 920.70 GREAVESCOT 132.20 134.25 131.95 133.90
TATAMOTORS 184.00 187.90 181.55 184.65 0.95 KOTAKBANK 1688.30 1690.10 1670.50 1684.50 IOC 127.00 127.50 125.10 125.65 ITI 93.10 93.85 92.20 92.50 GAYAPROJ 77.50 81.00 77.50 79.40 SANOFI 6942.85 7039.30 6942.85 7015.55
SUNPHARMA 430.10 435.40 428.70 432.30 2.15 ICICIBANK 544.10 544.10 538.10 538.75 DIVISLAB 1838.00 1857.15 1835.00 1846.10 TRENT 549.90 551.10 522.80 527.15 ABBOTINDIA 13181.00 13207.90 13014.05 13073.05 SKFINDIA 2157.70 2185.85 2144.75 2166.60
ONGC 127.20 129.25 127.20 128.55 0.60 SBIN 334.90 336.30 332.60 333.70 HEROMOTOCO 2470.00 2474.90 2434.10 2443.85 GLAXO 1620.90 1633.95 1602.40 1608.30 TATAINVEST 815.85 815.85 803.00 807.95 GSPL 218.65 220.00 216.50 219.40
LT 1300.00 1310.00 1291.15 1305.00 2.70 POWERGRID 190.50 192.30 189.35 190.20 BAJAJFINSV 9425.00 9442.75 9378.45 9388.55 FORTIS 130.20 133.85 130.10 132.05 GSFC 69.00 71.80 69.00 70.00 INOXWIND 34.70 36.85 34.60 35.40
POWERGRID 189.50 192.25 189.25 190.60 0.30 IDEA 6.19 6.25 5.97 6.16 JAICORPLTD 88.10 92.60 87.80 91.00 AUBANK 801.75 822.15 783.05 805.75 TIMKEN 917.45 937.45 917.45 921.55 REPCOHOME 316.85 320.40 315.85 316.90
ULTRACEMCO 4051.95 4072.00 4030.00 4055.00 3.05 AXISBANK 754.10 765.90 751.20 754.00 TATACHEM 670.00 678.00 664.00 667.00 BOSCHLTD 15690.00 15800.60 15340.00 15391.30 LEMONTREE 64.00 64.05 62.50 64.00 CAPPL 302.00 302.00 299.40 301.00
ADANIPORTS 366.00 368.65 364.90 366.20 0.25 MARUTI 7416.00 7416.00 7353.60 7367.20 TVSMOTOR 480.30 481.00 463.40 468.35 PFIZER 4222.95 4246.45 4185.00 4224.15 CESC 745.15 747.00 735.55 737.25 GRANULES 123.75 125.00 122.90 123.10
CARERATING 548.90 651.20 546.35 640.25 MOTHERSUMI 149.10 149.70 146.25 146.55 DEEPAKNI 371.80 377.90 368.85 372.90 PRESTIGE 340.10 342.40 334.70 337.85 CERA 2611.65 2705.00 2603.05 2691.55
HCLTECH 569.10 571.50 565.05 569.00 -0.30
TATASTEEL 473.00 475.25 470.20 472.00 FRETAIL 345.20 348.60 339.40 342.00 TATAPOWER 56.50 56.80 56.30 56.50 IPCALAB 1141.90 1150.00 1134.00 1134.90 IIFL 140.00 140.20 137.20 139.50
INFY 729.70 737.75 725.45 732.00 -0.90
INFY 732.10 737.50 725.50 731.75 IDFC 39.05 39.55 38.45 39.25 TV18BRDCST 21.20 21.85 21.10 21.15 OFSS 2750.80 2750.80 2738.95 2739.55
ITC 238.55 238.95 237.40 237.80 -0.40
HINDALCO 217.50 219.40 215.55 216.10 TEJASNET 96.60 96.95 79.35 95.10 SOBHA 405.95 411.00 400.00 401.00 CORPBANK 25.45 25.45 25.00 25.15
SBIN 334.40 336.35 332.55 333.80 -0.60
SPICEJET 111.05 117.80 111.05 112.70 PETRONET 272.40 272.40 267.35 267.90 RAIN 98.00 99.70 97.55 98.60 SYNDIBANK 27.95 28.10 27.65 27.80
BAJAJFINSV 9422.40 9444.95 9379.00 9420.00 -19.20 TATAMTRDVR 76.55 77.60 74.85 77.10 SUNDRMFAST 487.25 503.75 486.00 500.85 MAHINDCIE 165.50 169.25 163.40 164.75 ADVENZYMES 165.00 167.35 164.90 165.25
AXISBANK 753.85 765.85 751.40 752.50 -1.60 NAVINFLUOR 1026.05 1040.00 1001.00 1006.35 SUNTECK 414.00 418.00 405.00 415.40 MOTILALOFS 764.30 772.40 755.00 760.75 INDOSTAR 176.05 190.00 176.05 180.65
BPCL 492.00 496.00 486.35 491.45 -1.60 SADBHAV 111.15 114.10 103.10 107.80 JUBILANT 526.80 541.95 523.95 536.75 AKZOINDIA 1944.40 1974.45 1925.00 1967.80 ITDCEM 53.25 55.30 53.00 55.30
TITAN 1195.00 1203.70 1184.20 1189.90 -3.85 LT 1302.00 1310.20 1291.30 1298.95 SWANENERGY 108.00 108.15 105.75 107.95 NBVENTURES 75.00 77.55 73.55 74.25 GESHIP 307.20 307.50 297.25 298.75
KOTAKBANK 1690.40 1691.25 1670.35 1685.00 -5.40 ICICIPRULI 485.50 486.90 480.95 482.50 ASHOKA 102.20 105.40 98.95 102.45 IEX 142.00 143.20 141.35 142.50 SONATSOFTW 306.30 310.00 304.95 309.25
BRITANNIA 3046.00 3066.80 3020.00 3036.00 -11.35 JINDALSTEL 166.00 168.65 165.95 167.70 RELCAPITAL 14.55 14.75 14.20 14.75 SCHAEFFLER 4644.20 4750.00 4593.15 4698.45 PGHH 11510.00 11549.00 11365.00 11461.35
JSWSTEEL 270.00 273.00 268.15 270.00 -1.10 HDFC 2439.05 2439.05 2406.95 2413.45 APLAPOLLO 1852.70 1892.90 1850.00 1874.50 KRBL 284.20 290.45 281.40 285.25 GALAXYSURF 1506.85 1506.85 1479.65 1501.10
CIPLA 479.95 484.30 476.95 477.90 -2.05 JUBLFOOD 1625.00 1665.00 1622.00 1652.60 BAJAJELEC 345.00 359.90 342.00 357.85 LALPATHLAB 1496.65 1498.25 1490.00 1492.85 SOLARINDS 1055.00 1070.00 1049.50 1063.10
BAJFINANCE 4247.00 4266.40 4218.60 4225.00 -18.30 APOLLOHOSP 1418.00 1454.00 1416.00 1441.55 GDL 123.80 124.50 119.20 122.35 MRPL 44.00 45.10 43.30 44.80 ENDURANCE 1057.65 1090.00 1047.00 1077.75
HDFCBANK 1281.95 1281.95 1268.65 1275.50 -6.65 COLPAL 1465.45 1473.00 1457.50 1460.50 PHILIPCARB 119.20 120.25 118.00 118.45 IBULISL 81.90 86.25 81.90 86.25 RELINFRA 29.40 29.40 29.40 29.40
NESTLEIND 14864.00 14924.30 14710.00 14771.90 -80.00 ZEEL 303.25 304.00 290.40 292.20 AMBER 1143.70 1145.90 1106.30 1116.55 SOUTHBANK 10.14 10.16 10.07 10.11 TATAMETALI 613.00 619.50 607.90 611.30
MARUTI 7412.50 7412.50 7355.25 7370.00 -46.25 JUSTDIAL 580.60 584.15 566.00 571.60 QUESS 481.00 495.70 476.00 483.60 EIDPARRY 201.30 205.50 201.00 201.55 MAHSCOOTER 4423.00 4474.85 4423.00 4447.00
DRREDDY 2890.00 2914.85 2864.05 2869.55 -19.30 IBREALEST 59.65 65.20 59.25 65.20 EQUITAS 108.45 108.45 106.35 106.80 BAJAJHLDNG 3440.00 3440.00 3395.60 3410.75 REDINGTON 115.10 118.75 115.10 117.65
ASIANPAINT 1805.00 1805.00 1781.10 1790.20 -12.10 AMBUJACEM 195.50 198.30 194.90 196.30 RCF 47.30 47.30 46.35 46.60 BAJAJCON 232.20 241.00 231.80 236.45 ANDHRABANK 17.10 17.25 16.60 16.75
IOC 126.55 127.50 125.00 125.70 -0.90 TCS 2185.25 2196.80 2158.30 2161.30 MCX 1180.00 1180.70 1165.00 1167.90 GHCL 184.20 188.15 183.90 184.40 UCOBANK 16.90 16.90 16.60 16.70
YESBANK 47.30 48.05 46.35 47.00 -0.35 RBLBANK 343.40 347.55 341.70 344.80 AMARAJABAT 725.90 730.00 721.50 724.50 ATUL 4085.00 4105.20 4050.00 4053.30 WABCOINDIA 6480.75 6493.40 6432.00 6476.00
TCS 2189.00 2197.00 2157.45 2165.00 -18.20 BAJFINANCE 4255.00 4266.00 4221.80 4235.10 ITDC 308.90 319.95 308.05 314.00 HINDZINC 209.95 211.85 209.40 209.70 FINOLEXIND 547.00 548.65 540.75 545.75
TATASTEEL 472.65 475.30 469.50 470.75 -4.00 TITAN 1195.05 1203.45 1184.80 1187.60 ABFRL 227.00 233.05 225.00 231.85 FCONSUMER 23.05 23.10 22.40 22.50 JKCEMENT 1155.00 1173.45 1154.00 1169.75
HINDUNILVR 1940.00 1946.60 1920.10 1920.30 -16.95 BPCL 492.00 495.90 486.70 491.50 ABCAPITAL 102.25 104.70 101.65 102.70 BERGEPAINT 515.00 516.35 510.80 515.50 BLISSGVS 150.05 151.75 149.15 150.95 3MINDIA 21613.30 21613.30 21225.00 21347.10
BHARTIARTL 460.65 462.45 454.50 455.80 FEDERALBNK 87.50 89.05 86.90 88.05 TIMETECHNO 52.45 58.35 52.45 55.80 MAXINDIA 80.10 84.00 79.50 81.70 MAHLIFE 396.00 403.75 389.35 399.30
UPL 590.20 591.70 583.00 584.00 -5.35
PEL 1585.00 1591.10 1516.00 1523.50 BBTC 1009.20 1058.00 1006.30 1036.35 COROMANDEL 522.10 534.40 520.45 532.30 THERMAX 1055.40 1094.00 1041.55 1085.55 GPPL 86.00 89.65 85.15 88.25
ICICIBANK 543.80 543.80 538.00 538.65 -5.30
BANKBARODA 102.95 103.20 101.65 101.90 GODREJAGRO 509.00 520.00 506.10 518.50 SUDARSCHEM 418.00 418.00 404.60 407.60 ALBK 19.00 19.00 18.70 18.80 SYNGENE 322.30 323.55 318.00 321.55
BHARTIARTL 460.00 462.50 454.50 456.00 -4.50
TECHM 781.00 781.00 761.00 762.60 UPL 588.00 591.25 583.10 584.55 CUMMINSIND 551.80 555.00 549.00 550.15 HONAUT 27009.30 27500.00 26969.00 27500.00 GEPIL 735.90 750.00 727.30 743.85
HINDALCO 217.00 219.40 215.50 215.80 -2.15
HDFCLIFE 638.65 645.50 621.00 625.90 BEL 100.00 102.00 99.80 100.10 INTELLECT 138.00 141.50 137.50 138.30 PHOENIXLTD 835.55 845.25 826.85 831.05 SOMANYCERA 212.35 214.90 212.35 213.35
HDFC 2433.00 2435.00 2406.55 2413.05 -25.20 INDUSINDBK 1530.00 1531.45 1506.00 1510.60 ONGC 127.95 129.25 127.50 128.75 SUVEN 308.30 312.95 306.15 306.75 ARVINDFASN 383.65 403.95 381.90 392.60 CHOLAHLDNG 498.00 505.00 496.60 497.20
M&M 538.65 538.65 530.60 531.25 -5.65 COALINDIA 205.80 212.30 204.55 211.40 CADILAHC 255.50 258.00 253.40 254.20 JSLHISAR 69.75 77.50 69.30 75.90 JISLJALEQS 7.80 8.13 7.80 7.96 BDL 296.70 298.50 293.00 294.50
INFRATEL 255.50 260.65 251.25 252.50 -2.80 SAIL 43.15 43.30 42.70 42.90 PAGEIND 23666.00 23740.00 23186.85 23368.95 DHFL 17.90 18.00 16.55 16.80 TORNTPHARM 1858.10 1870.00 1842.80 1846.95 TVTODAY 241.95 242.15 240.00 242.00
WIPRO 247.70 248.60 245.30 246.10 -2.85 BEML 979.60 999.00 979.60 983.60 SRF 3404.00 3446.30 3404.00 3435.85 GODREJCP 690.00 692.90 682.20 684.80 PNCINFRA 189.35 193.20 187.35 191.65 LUXIND 1291.05 1299.60 1282.15 1285.75
INDUSINDBK 1531.40 1534.80 1505.00 1511.65 -19.75 ACC 1458.60 1459.70 1442.15 1444.65 SRTRANSFIN 1165.00 1176.55 1155.60 1171.50 APOLLOTYRE 165.00 165.50 163.45 163.95 APLLTD 574.85 594.50 568.75 571.30 WESTLIFE 346.40 347.80 342.50 342.65
HEROMOTOCO2466.50 2474.00 2433.45 2446.00 -33.05 STRTECH 115.60 121.40 115.60 118.45 CIPLA 480.50 484.00 477.05 478.45 JSWENERGY 70.65 70.65 69.00 69.30 SCHNEIDER 69.50 69.55 66.00 66.30 FINCABLES 365.00 378.35 364.90 370.75
VEDL 154.00 155.50 152.00 152.25 -2.25 DMART 1892.00 1899.60 1829.20 1838.20 MFSL 541.00 542.75 533.40 534.70 RESPONIND 92.50 94.50 92.15 92.95 GILLETTE 6601.00 6620.35 6565.50 6580.40 SHANKARA 322.00 323.95 312.50 313.45
EICHERMOT 22780.00 22780.00 22386.75 22400.05 -384.45 ADANIGREEN 166.30 166.50 161.65 166.50 HSCL 61.80 63.00 60.35 60.70 CANFINHOME 397.25 401.20 392.65 393.05 SHREECEM 20451.00 20508.15 20340.65 20357.45 VARROC 417.00 419.90 413.35 416.75
RELIANCE 1542.00 1543.70 1508.05 1516.00 -28.20 TATAGLOBAL 322.00 325.80 319.75 321.05 IGL 429.90 436.35 427.25 428.15 ASTRAL 1205.00 1205.00 1140.00 1176.35 IRCON 412.95 413.00 401.30 402.00 FDC 219.40 219.40 210.00 212.20
BAJAJ-AUTO 3251.00 3251.00 3175.55 3180.00 -71.95 LTI 1777.00 1780.00 1740.75 1748.70 OMAXE 157.50 157.50 154.20 155.40 ERIS 458.95 483.25 458.95 473.85 TCNSBRANDS 645.00 649.00 611.00 625.70 HERITGFOOD 353.00 367.00 348.00 364.00
TECHM 780.05 780.95 760.00 761.20 -21.50 VEDL 154.40 155.40 152.15 152.50 LICHSGFIN 438.80 443.80 432.75 434.10 KANSAINER 512.25 528.70 508.00 516.85 OIL 152.10 153.35 151.70 153.05 PRSMJOHNSN 61.95 63.50 61.95 62.80
ZEEL 302.80 304.00 290.30 292.00 -10.80 JSWSTEEL 271.25 272.95 268.20 269.90 GRAPHITE 305.95 307.00 302.80 303.15 VINATIORGA 1939.50 1993.60 1935.00 1977.60 AEGISLOG 188.00 194.35 186.30 193.50 RALLIS 169.00 169.80 167.75 168.30
ADANIENT 209.00 210.65 207.60 207.95 RECLTD 140.50 144.70 140.25 143.25 SCI 62.45 62.90 61.60 62.00 NLCINDIA 56.45 57.40 56.40 57.15 GMDCLTD 62.15 62.30 61.20 61.45
1,)7<1(;7 ADANIGAS
BOMDYEING
155.50
75.40
164.30 155.50
80.30 75.40
162.70
79.25
MUTHOOTFIN
ADANIPOWER
765.55
61.95
771.00 760.20
62.10 61.10
761.35
61.80
TATACOFFEE
GICRE
91.70
225.15
94.20 91.45
233.80 224.10
92.20
226.40
MINDACORP
LAXMIMACH
100.00 104.45 99.80 100.15
3341.95 3380.00 3290.00 3295.55
JAGRAN*
ALLCARGO
64.85
98.35
64.85
98.50
62.45
97.20
63.00
97.35
SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE BAJAJ-AUTO 3253.00 3253.00 3179.65 3185.50 IRB 71.45 75.45 70.80 74.60 CONCOR 579.05 579.90 571.00 571.90 JAMNAAUTO 47.80 47.80 46.30 46.60 MAHSEAMLES 376.25 379.50 375.60 377.85
NIFTY NEXT 50 28495.00 28549.50 28270.25 28307.55 -177.30 EICHERMOT 22777.00 22777.00 22400.00 22512.70 MEGH 59.10 60.25 56.80 57.05 RVNL 22.85 23.25 22.80 22.95 NHPC 24.00 24.15 23.90 23.95 MHRIL 224.80 229.95 224.80 227.20
PFC 114.40 118.80 112.60 117.65 3.45 DISHTV 13.20 13.45 13.04 13.13 IDFCFIRSTB 45.20 45.35 44.45 45.15 METROPOLIS 1427.00 1465.90 1407.90 1455.35 ASTERDM 157.20 162.00 157.20 160.60 GICHSGFIN 156.70 157.95 155.70 156.35
IBULHSGFIN 306.85 316.90 305.40 312.55 5.70 HDFCBANK 1286.80 1286.80 1269.00 1271.80 HEG 1083.00 1089.10 1061.10 1065.80 SPARC 157.25 158.85 155.70 156.15 JSL 37.45 39.05 37.45 38.60 MAHLOG 405.00 405.00 394.45 402.85
NMDC 127.70 130.80 125.75 129.00 2.05 HCLTECH 569.90 571.35 565.25 568.25 NBCC 34.50 35.15 34.30 34.85 ADANITRANS 334.95 336.90 330.00 331.90 PERSISTENT 676.75 676.75 669.85 672.20 VSTIND 4297.80 4297.80 4206.00 4216.60
MCDOWELL-N 597.00 605.00 595.00 599.10 7.15 ULTRACEMCO 4050.45 4071.85 4029.60 4046.85 PCJEWELLER 23.30 24.65 23.15 24.40 RATNAMANI 1097.15 1105.80 1081.60 1098.30 HUDCO 35.85 36.30 35.85 36.05 MAHABANK 12.89 13.22 12.85 12.96
BANDHANBNK 504.65 516.15 495.10 509.80 5.15 GODREJPROP 970.00 995.00 965.20 988.35 TATAELXSI 837.00 837.00 822.80 825.60 VIPIND 437.00 438.65 429.60 432.15 IFCI 6.45 6.67 6.45 6.62 FINEORG 1967.85 1967.85 1939.70 1943.00
IDEA 6.15 6.25 5.95 6.20 0.05 HDFCAMC 3240.00 3240.00 3183.00 3196.50 BALRAMCHIN 182.90 185.55 181.75 183.35 SUPREMEIND 1146.95 1186.00 1138.10 1152.35 CYIENT 411.50 412.80 407.35 409.45 GET&D 149.15 150.25 147.00 147.40
BIOCON 291.40 296.70 290.50 293.50 1.75 DLF 229.15 234.30 229.15 230.95 M&MFIN 321.55 326.25 320.00 322.30 MASFIN 872.00 888.00 859.00 860.65 DHANUKA 425.40 425.45 400.00 411.55 NH 309.90 310.50 307.00 307.20
SRTRANSFIN 1159.85 1177.45 1154.10 1169.30 6.50 ICICIGI 1387.00 1409.00 1380.15 1389.40 RAMCOCEM 758.85 764.00 752.95 754.60 KEI 466.00 469.05 453.25 457.30 THYROCARE 537.25 553.95 534.65 546.90 TTKPRESTIG 5735.35 5764.35 5685.50 5709.15
HINDZINC 209.80 211.95 209.15 209.70 0.85 ISEC 417.35 424.40 403.70 406.25 UNIONBANK 55.20 55.30 54.50 54.80 NESCO 682.00 686.50 655.00 659.90 SIS 978.00 978.00 968.00 971.65 ORIENTELEC 190.25 190.30 187.20 188.05
GICRE 225.00 233.75 223.40 226.00 0.90 RAYMOND 643.00 675.00 641.55 669.40 DRREDDY 2890.00 2913.00 2865.10 2877.15 CHENNPETRO 119.70 126.00 117.45 123.85 BIRLACORPN 592.80 612.00 591.00 610.20 GARFIBRES 1183.00 1209.00 1183.00 1206.40
AMBUJACEM 195.70 198.25 194.65 196.30 0.65 WOCKPHARMA 241.45 242.80 233.35 233.85 NESTLEIND 14890.00 14917.00 14701.10 14789.95 MOIL 145.00 147.60 143.40 146.05 SUPRAJIT 185.40 199.70 184.90 196.95 TVSSRICHAK 1680.00 1680.00 1648.00 1648.45
BERGEPAINT 516.00 516.70 510.50 516.00 0.80 INDIGO 1346.00 1358.15 1328.00 1333.20 SUNTV 446.10 451.35 438.75 440.20 ASTRAZEN 2685.00 2709.55 2605.00 2623.05 JKLAKSHMI 280.00 281.00 276.00 279.40
PNB 64.40 64.85 64.00 64.45 0.05 HINDUNILVR 1944.00 1946.40 1920.00 1923.25 UBL 1295.00 1297.05 1266.65 1272.20 DCBBANK 169.00 172.65 168.20 171.70 VMART 1670.50 1670.50 1647.00 1653.40
NHPC 24.00 24.20 23.90 24.00 0.00 ASIANPAINT 1802.65 1803.00 1781.15 1786.85 INDIANB 104.30 104.95 100.60 100.85 GMRINFRA 21.00 21.10 20.65 21.00 ORIENTCEM 69.05 69.85 68.25 69.65
NIACL 135.55 138.45 133.60 135.00 -0.10 BATAINDIA 1761.90 1771.80 1745.50 1750.70 UJJIVAN 345.00 352.20 345.00 347.55 DALBHARAT 776.00 809.90 761.00 799.95 CENTURYPLY 161.95 162.55 160.25 160.80
OFSS 2758.50 2772.30 2734.40 2739.00 -9.95 PNB 64.50 64.80 64.00 64.35 BANKINDIA 69.25 71.35 69.25 70.45 RITES 290.00 291.90 288.15 289.70 ZYDUSWELL 1499.00 1499.00 1463.00 1470.70
L&TFH 118.80 120.00 117.60 118.30 -0.45 INFIBEAM 56.70 57.35 54.20 54.45 WELCORP 144.00 147.80 141.90 144.60 MIDHANI 157.95 160.75 155.00 155.95 LAKSHVILAS 17.65 17.75 17.15 17.25
BAJAJHLDNG 3449.60 3449.60 3395.00 3417.00 -13.00 NCC 55.40 56.35 54.90 56.00 NIITTECH 1590.00 1601.15 1579.10 1589.85 CHAMBLFERT 149.95 153.20 148.65 152.05 HATHWAY 19.20 20.40 19.20 20.10
ICICIGI 1385.00 1409.90 1380.00 1381.10 -5.65 GAIL 119.00 122.25 118.85 121.05 DELTACORP 198.05 200.80 197.15 197.95 COCHINSHIP 399.60 408.20 397.45 402.65 NETWORK18 24.70 24.85 24.00 24.20
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D militia supporters broke
into the US Embassy com-
pound in Baghdad on Tuesday
after smashing a main door and
setting fire to a reception area,
prompting tear gas and sounds
of gunfire.
An Associated Press
reporter at the scene saw flames
rising from inside the com-
pound and at least three US
soldiers on the roof of the main
embassy building. There was a
fire at the reception area near
the parking lot of the com-
pound but it was unclear what
had caused it.
A man on a loudspeaker
urged the mob not to enter the
compound, saying: “The mes-
sage was delivered.”
The embassy attack, one of
the worst in recent memory, fol-
lowed deadly US airstrikes on
Sunday that killed 25 fighters of
the Iran-backed militia in Iraq,
the Kataeb Hezbollah. The US
military said the airstrikes were
in retaliation for last week’s
killing of an American con-
tractor in a rocket attack on an
Iraqi military base that it had
blamed on the militia.
Dozens of protesters
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pushed into the compound
after smashing the gate used by
cars to enter the embassy. The
protesters, many in militia uni-
form, stopped in a corridor
after about 5 meters, and were
only about 200 meters away
from the main building.
Half a dozen US soldiers
were seen on the roof of the
main building, their guns were
pointed at the protesters.
Smoke from the tear gas
rose in the area, and at least
three of the protesters appeared
to have difficulties breathing. It
wasn’t immediately known
whether the embassy staff had
remained inside the main
building or were evacuated at
some point.
There was no immediate
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comment from the US
Embassy.
The protesters hanged a
poster on the wall: “America is
an aggressor,” and some com-
manders of militia factions
loyal to Iran joined the pro-
testers. Among those was
Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the
state-sanctioned paramilitary
Popular Mobilization Units,
the umbrella group for the
Iran-backed militias.
Yassine al-Yasseri, Iraq’s
interior minister, also appeared
outside the embassy at one
point and walked around to
inspect the scene.
He told the AP that the
prime minister had warned
the US strikes on the Shiite
militiamen would have serious
consequences.
“This is one of the impli-
cations,” al-Yasseri said. “This
is a problem and is embarrass-
ing to the government.”
He said more security will
be deployed to separate the
protesters from the embassy, an
indication the Iraqi troops
would not move in to break up
the crowd by force.
Earlier, the mob shouted
“Down, Down USA!” as the
crowd tried to push inside the
embassy grounds, hurling
water and stones over its walls.
They raised yellow militia flags
and taunted the embassy’s secu-
rity staff who remained behind
the glass windows in the gates’
reception area and also sprayed
graffiti on the wall and win-
dows. The graffiti, in red in
support of the Kataeb
Hezbollah, read: “Closed in the
name of the resistance.”
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ashington has accused
W Iraqi authorities of hav-
ing failed to “protect” US inter-
ests, the day after deadly
American air strikes against a
pro-Iran group sparked anger.
At least 25 fighters were
killed in Sunday night’s attacks,
which were in retaliation for
the death last week of a US
civilian contractor.
“We have warned the Iraqi
government many times, and
we’ve shared information with
them to try to work with them
to carry out their responsibil-
ity to protect us,” a senior US
State Department official told
reporters in Washington on
Monday.
He noted that the US mil-
itary and diplomats are in the
country “upon the invitation of
the Iraqi government.” “So it’s
their responsibility and duty to
protect us. And they have not
taken the appropriate steps to
do so,” he said, speaking on
condition of anonymity.
Multiple attacks have in
recent weeks targeted Iraqi
bases where Americans are
present. The United States has
blamed the attacks on pro-Iran
factions.
On Sunday, the US-led air
strikes were directed at sever-
al bases belonging to the
Hezbollah Brigades, one of the
most radical factions of Hashed
al-Shaabi, a Tehran-backed
Iraqi paramilitary coalition.
The strikes “killed 25 and
wounded 51,” according to the
Hashed, which holds major
sway in Iraq.
The attack was in retalia-
tion for the death Friday of a
US civilian contractor in
Kirkuk in a Hezbollah Brigades
rocket attack.
In a phone call on Monday,
Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman and
US Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo “agreed that the
Iranian regime and its
proxies continue to be a
destabilizing force in the
region and that nations have
a right to defend themselves
in the face of these threats,”
State Department spokes-
woman Morgan Ortagus
said.
Pompeo “underscored
that attacks by the Iranian
regime, or their proxies of any
identity, that harm Americans,
our allies, or our interests will
be answered with a decisive
response, as demonstrated yes-
terday.” Iraq’s government
denounced Sunday’s strikes
and warned they could affect
ties with Washington.
The attacks “force Iraq to
review its relations and its
security, political and legal
framework to protect its sov-
ereignty,” the government said
in a statement.
The warning came as
demonstrators torched US flags
in the Shiite-dominated south-
ern cities of Basra and Najaf,
and in Kirkuk north of
Baghdad, while lawmakers
called for US troops to be
booted out of Iraq.

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P said on Tuesday he expects
Iraq to “use its forces” to pro-
tect the US embassy in
Baghdad after pro-Iran pro-
testers breached the outer wall
of the compound.
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Iwithraq’s Government warned
Monday that its relations
the United States were at
risk after deadly American air
strikes against a pro-Iran group
sparked anger on the streets,
with protesters torching US
flags.
Baghdad said it would
summon the US ambassador
while Washington responded
by accusing Iraqi authorities of
having failed to “protect” US
interests.
At least 25 fighters were
killed in Sunday night’s attacks,
which saw US planes hit several
bases belonging to the
Hezbollah Brigades, one of the
most radical factions of Hashed
al-Shaabi, a Tehran-backed
Iraqi paramilitary coalition.
The attacks came as Iraq is
caught up in mounting ten-
sions between its allies Tehran
and Washington while it also
grapples with huge street
protests against corruption and
Iran’s growing political influ-
ence in the country.
The strikes “killed 25 and
wounded 51, including com-
manders and fighters, and the
toll could yet rise,” said the
Hashed, which holds major
sway in Iraq.
Victims were still being
pulled from the rubble of bases
near Al-Qaim, an Iraqi district
bordering Syria, on Monday, it
said.
The Hezbollah Brigades
said they will hold a mass
funeral ceremony on Tuesday
in Baghdad near the high-
security Green Zone, where the
US embassy is located.
Iraq’s government, acting
in a caretaker capacity follow-
ing the resignation of prime
minister Adel Abdel Mahdi in
the face of street protests,
denounced the strikes and
warned they could affect ties
with Washington.
“American forces acted on
their political priorities, not
those of the Iraqis,” a statement
said, adding that such strikes
“violate the sovereignty of Iraq”.
The attacks “force Iraq to
review its relations and its
security, political and legal
framework to protect its sov-
ereignty”, the government
added.
The warning came as
demonstrators torched US flags
in the Shiite-dominated south-
ern cities of Basra and Najaf as
well as in Kirkuk, north of
Baghdad, while lawmakers
called for US troops to be
booted out of Iraq.
In a phone call on Monday,
Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman and
US Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo “agreed that the
Iranian regime and its proxies
continue to be a destabilizing
force in the region and that
nations have a right to defend
themselves in the face of these
threats,” State Department
spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus
said.
Pompeo “underscored that
attacks by the Iranian regime,
or their proxies of any identi-
ty, that harm Americans, our
allies, or our interests will be
answered with a decisive
response, as demonstrated yes-
terday.”
Dozens of lawmakers
called on the government to
review an agreement allowing
the deployment of 5,200 US
soldiers in the country, saying
the strikes amount to a viola-
tion that renders the pact obso-
lete.
US Assistant Secretary of
State David Schenker said the
strikes were a “proportionate”
response for the death Friday
of a US civilian contractor in
Kirkuk in a Hezbollah Brigades
rocket attack.
“We don’t want an escala-
tion here, we want a de-esca-
lation,” he added however.
Abdel Mahdi said he had
been forewarned by US
Defense Secretary Mark
Esper that the US would
carry out the attacks.
“He told me the United
States would strike the
Hezbollah Brigades and I
told him it would be a very
dangerous act that could lead
to an escalation,” Abdel
Mahdi said.
Tensions have soared
between the United States and
Iran since Washington pulled
out of a multilateral nuclear
agreement with Tehran last
year and imposed crippling
sanctions Iraqi leaders fear
their country could become a
battleground between Tehran
and Washington.

“We expect Iraq to use its
forces to protect the Embassy,
and so notified!” Trump tweet-
ed.
Iraqi supporters of pro-
Iran factions attacked the
embassy early Tuesday, breach-
ing its outer wall and chanting
“Death to America” in anger
over weekend air strikes that
killed two dozen fighters.
It was the first time in years
that protesters have been able
to reach the US embassy, which
is sheltered behind a series of
checkpoints in the high-secu-
rity Green Zone.
Trump blamed Iran for
organizing the attack and
warned Tehran would be held
accountable.
“Now Iran is orchestrating
an attack on the US Embassy in
Iraq. They will be held fully
responsible,” he tweeted.
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P olice have detained five
suspected Islamic State mil-
itants who were allegedly
planning to carry out attacks in
the Turkish capital of
Ankara during New Year’s Eve
celebrations, the state-run
news agency reported Tuesday.
Anti-terrorism police
detained the five foreign
nationals in early morning
raids on their homes, Anadolu
Agency reported. It said the
operation was continuing and
that other suspects could also
be detained.
The suspects were plan-
ning “solo” attacks during
festivities in the city, the
agency reported. It did not
elaborate.
The private DHA news
agency said the suspects were
Iraqi nationals and were
allegedly trying to obtain guns
and other equipment.
The detentions are part of
a nationwide police security
sweep across the country
ahead of the New Year. Close
to 170 suspected IS militants
have been detained in the
past two days, according to
Anadolu.
The Islamic State group
claimed responsibility for an
attack at an Istanbul nightclub
during New Year celebrations
in the early hours of 2017. The
attack killed 39 people, most of
them foreigners.
A wave of attacks by
Islamic State and Kurdish mil-
itants in the country killed over
300 people in 2015 and 2016.
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M protests in Hong Kong
have brought “sadness, anxiety,
disappointment and even rage,”
the city’s leader said Tuesday,
vowing to tackle underlying
social and economic problems
in the coming year.
In a News Year’s address,
Carrie Lam said that 2019
brought “challenges not seen
before,” and that she would “lis-
ten humbly” to help bring an
end to the protests, which have
featured pitched battles
between demonstrators and
police.
However, Lam also rein-
forced the importance of the
“one country, two systems”
framework under which the
former British colony has been
ruled by Beijing since 1997, and
which brooks no challenge to
the ruling Communist Party’s
ultimate authority.
“We all want to see an end
to this predicament,” Lam said.
“The situation has caused sad-
ness, anxiety, disappointment
and even rage.”
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N orth Korean leader
Kim Jong Un has
called for “diplomatic and
military countermeasures”,
state media said Tuesday,
ahead of a year-end dead-
line for Washington to
change its stance on stalled
nuclear talks with
Pyongyang.
His latest comments,
made during a meeting of
top ruling party officials in
Pyongyang on Monday, came
ahead of his set-piece New Year
speech that could flesh out a
threat to seek a “new way” for-
ward after the expiration of the
year-end deadline.
He spoke for seven hours
during the ruling Workers’
Party meeting, the North’s offi-
cial KCNA news agency said in
a report released Tuesday, call-
ing for measures to rebuild its
economy and “diplomatic and
military countermeasures for
firmly preserving the sover-
eignty and security” of the iso-
lated nation.
The party meeting will
continue to review an unspec-
ified “important document”, it
added.
Talks on denuclearising
the Korean peninsula have
been largely deadlocked since
the second summit between
Kim and US President Donald
Trump collapsed in Hanoi at
the start of this year.
Pyongyang has demanded
the easing of international
sanctions imposed over its
nuclear and ballistic missile
programmes, while
Washington insists it takes
more tangible steps towards
giving them up.
Speculation has
mounted that Pyongyang
could abandon its mora-
torium on intercontinen-
tal ballistic missile tests -
- although its ominous
threat of a “Christmas
gift” to the US appears to
have fizzled.
The North may see
the period running up to
Seoul’s April parliamen-
tary election next year as
“a window for seeking maxi-
mum benefits for minimal
concessions” and try to escalate
tensions, said Leif-Eric Easley,
a professor at Ewha University
in Seoul.
“But Kim does not want to
risk conflict with the US or loss
of Chinese support with exces-
sive provocations,” he told AFP.
“So Pyongyang may pro-
long diplomatic deadlock until
it becomes clear whether the
next US administration will be
led by Trump or someone else.”

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South African President
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guest at the Republic Day
parade in New Delhi on January
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second South African president
to be the chief guest at the
Republic Day celebrations, was
of high symbolic value and
was very special for both the
countries as India celebrated the
150th birth anniversary of
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Africa observed the 100th birth
anniversary of the anti-
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Mandela.
Twenty-four years ago,
shortly after the end of the
Apartheid regime in early 1994,
Mandela came to India as the
Chief Guest at the Republic Day
parade in 1995.
In 1997, India and South
Africa signed the Strategic
Partnership, called the Red Fort
countries have grown stronger
with the two nations having
MoUs in practically all areas.
During his 2019 India visit,
President Ramaphosa renewed
the Declaration with the three-
year Strategic Programme of
Cooperation (2019-2021), which
aims at enhancing bilateral
cooperation in a time-bound
manner. The strategic pro-
gramme will facilitate expansion
of ties in several key areas such
as defence, maritime security
and trade and investment.
India and South Africa also
resolved to work together to
address the issue of fugitive
economic offenders through
international organisations and
institutions, such as G20,
Financial Action Task Force
(FATF) and others.
The year 2019 also wit-
nessed the first-ever joint India-
Africa military training exercise,
nine countries, including South
Africa. The other countries
which attended the Indian-
Africa Field Training Exercise
were Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria,
Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania,
Namibia, Mozambique, Uganda,
Niger and Zambia.
The bygone year also saw
many Indian companies
expanding their businesses in
South Africa.
While, global natural
resources player Vedanta
Resources Ltd — which has
already invested C3,000 crore in
South Africa — announced a
fresh investment of C8,500 crore
to expand its mining and allied
operations, carmaker Mahindra
& Mahindra —which is cele-
brating 15th year of its opera-
tions in the resource-rich coun-
try — has inaugurated its Special
Fitment Centre in Gauteng.
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KIIT Group of Colleges
invites applications for admis-
sion to various courses in 2020-
2021 session. The courses
offered are BTech (CSE ECE,
EEE, civil engineering &
mechanical engineering),
MTech (ECE & CSE), MBA,
BBA & BCA.
Duration: Four years
Eligibility: Candidates must
have appeared/passed Class XII
examination for bachelors
degree, and appeared/passed
graduation for masters degree
programmes.
Last date to apply: June 30,
2020.
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The Indian Institute of Art
and Design (IIAD) in collabo-
ration with Kingston School of
Art, London invites applica-
tions for admissions to its under-
graduate programmes in fashion
mediums.But most importantly by then leave the choice of utilising the robotics, artificial intelligence, and design, dashion business man-
Strathclyde, Glasgow invites
applications for admissions to its
BSc Hons Architectural Studies
starting in September 2020.
Students will be taught in a
dynamic studio-based environ-
ment by professional practi-
tioners and academics. The uni-
versity focuses on engagement
with local and international
communities encouraging stu-
dents to balance the practical
realities of the world with inno-
vative design.
Students will develop cre-
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life and education is no dif-
ferent. The digital divide is
shrinking steadfastly at a rate of five
per cent annually and internet growth
statistics show that by the year 2028,
100 per cent of the world population
will have internet access. Access to
internet coupled with other techno-
logical advancement will complete-
ly transform the way education has
been imparted till now. Here are
some trends of the immediate future.
Individualised learning plans
Thousands of years ago India had
the gurukul system. Each child would
get individualised learning as per
their ability.Somewhere we lost this
wonderful gift of teaching and learn-
ing. Till date students continue to
learn at different speeds yet we
churn them out of schools like fac-
tories would churn out goods. We all
wish that we could run schools with
a smaller student teacher ratio but
unfortunately that is not always pos-
sible. Technology is helping put for-
ward a customised approach which
help students learn with techniques
that interest them the most. The ILP
will not only help students learn at
their own pace, but also track and
manage their learning needs. This is
especially beneficial for students
with learning difficulties who engage
better via listening and speaking
introducing a customised learning
plan in discussion with the student,
their buy-in is greater and the stu-
dents develop self-reflective abilities.
Online assessments for tracking
student performance
Online assessment platforms
have transformed the way teachers
evaluate the performance of the
students. They are also used by
classroom teachers to understand
what percentage of the class has
understood the didactic and there-
fore, plan lessons better.
Students will continue to have
a place to express their feelings and
thoughts
More and more youngsters are
committed to bring about positive
change at a large scale basis.
Crowdfunding is possible at a click
of a button. There are several plat-
forms which gives a voice to stu-
dents. They support a cause and feel
like they are a part of a larger com-
munity and this has been possible
due to technology.
Educators will have to be open
to change and adapt to changing
technology
Educators who aren’t willing to
adapt to the technological revolution
run the risk of becoming redundant.
Upgradation of skills will enable edu-
cators to widen the technological
knowledge pool of students and
skills up to them. They will have to
upskill themselves to be able to
keep pace with the learners.
Game based learning
There are several game based
learning programmes for children as
young as five to six years old which
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There will be libraries with no
books, just kindles and tablets.
Think labs and innovative centres
will be set up which will support
product designs using 3D printers.
Use of virtual reality kits to simulate
real life experiences will increase.
It will be up to instructional
designers and educational tech-
nologies to make the most of the
opportunities provided by technol-
ogy to change education so that
effective and efficient education is
available to everyone everywhere.
While all these positive trends
will be on the rise in the future, a
dilemma will continue to plague edu-
cation leaders.
On one end, schools with access
to international pedagogies, bring
your own device policies and latest
gadgets such as VR sets and 3D
printers, are wondering if they need
to reduce screen time and introduce
activities which build character and
develop motor skills by introducing
carpentry, gardening or Taekwondo,
the other upcoming schools are
bringing in interactive white boards
and upgrading their ICT labs.
Technology is agreat equaliser
and thus those who do not have
access to it can be left behind. But
like with everything in life, moder-
ation is the key. The onus lies on both
parents and educators to set bound-
aries on utilisation of digital media
by children.
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and interior architecture &
design. It also offers postgradu-
ate programmes in fashion
design and fashion business
management.
The institute offers these
programmes through its creative
studio-based education and
strives to groom the next gen-
eration of designers and design
thinkers at its state-of-the-art
campus in New Delhi.
How to apply: Log on to
www.iiad.edu.in or contact
+9198713 83633.
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JK Business School (JKBS)
invites applications for admis-
sion to its full time AICTE
approved PGDM programme.
Duration: Two years
Eligibility: Graduate in any
discipline from a recognised
university with minimum 50 per
cent score is eligible to apply for
the PGDM programme.
How to apply: Log on to
www.jkbschool.org or email at
admissions@jkbschool.org.
Last date to apply: January
31, 2020.
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informed by an understanding
of architectural history, culture
and theory.
Duration: Four years
Eligibility: Minimum 70-75
per cent in all subjects taken at
Class XII level and the same at
Class X level.
Fee: £18,100 per year for
international students
How to apply: Log on to
https://www.strath.ac.uk/cours-
es/undergraduate/architectural-
studies/#contactus or
eng-admissions@strath.ac.uk.
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The University of Sheffield,
UK invites applications for
admissions to its BSc Artificial
Intelligence and Computer
Science with a year in Industry
course starting in September
2020.
Duration: Four years
Eligibility: Minimum 85
per cent in Class XII including
Maths. IELTS grade of 6.5 with
a minimum of 6.0 in each com-
ponent; or an alternative accept-
able English language qualifica-
tion.
How to apply: Log on to
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/prosp
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T he year 2019 was full of devel-

opments in the professional
education space and upskilling
platforms have fared in the
bygone months. The key trends
witnessed in the space in 2019 are
as follows.
Trend 1: Revenue growth of
ed-tech companies
The surge witnessed by ed-
tech companies in the profession-
al education space, over the last
one year is phenomenal. We have
seen significant growth over the
past one-year with professionals
increasingly opting for high-qual-
ity up-skilling programmes that
can help them achieve career tran-
sitions. We generated around C150
crore in revenue in FY19, and
expect to achieve a turnover of
C400 crore by the end of this fis-
cal and C1000 crore by FY21.
Trend 2: Freshers opting for
courses in Data Science, AI and
ML
Industry expectations from
freshers have changed drastically
over the year. Corporates now
want to hire professionals that are
well versed in new-age skills like
devops, data science, machine
learning and cloud. We have seen
great demand for our data science
programme that is focused on
fresh graduates looking to build a
career in data science and analyt-
ics. Recently, about 60 per cent of
our current batch has already
been placed with an average salary
package of C5.6 lac per annum (85
per cent more as opposed to the
usual C3 to C3.5 lac per annum).
Several students with one to two
years of prior experience have
infact even drawn a 100 per cent
hike on their salary. This course
has helped thousands of profes-
sionals to bag better roles and pay
packages this year.
Trend 3: Tech companies
increasingly partnering with
edtech platforms
Re-skill is the current buzz-
word echoing off corporate walls
as companies are driving large
scale initiatives among the existing
workforce to build a continuous
learning culture. Skilling has
become a priority for organisa-
tions. We have made rapid strides
in delivering in-depth and quali-
ty pedagogy to the professionals
through multiple learning models
and are now working with corpo-
rates to deliver tailor-made pro-
grammes keeping in mind the
roles and requirements within the
organisation.
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Annual ISDSI conference, an internation-
al conference of Indian Subcontinent
Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI). The
theme of the three-day conference was
‘Managing Industry Transformation in
Post-Digital Era’.
The main objective of this conference was
to provide a platform for academicians,
researchers and practitioners to disseminate
research, providing insights into the chal-
lenges, opportunities, emerging strategies and
analytical tools in the domain of decision
making, present case studies on application
of tools and techniques and explore cutting-
edge ideas, results and share experiences.
The conference was attended by over 300
professors, scholar and industry managers
from USA, China, Europe, New Zeeland,
South Africa and India. More than 200
research papers were presented during the
three days of the conference.
The three days of the conference wit-
nessed workshops, panel discussions and
keynote addresses by dignitaries from the
country and across the globe.
All the sessions stayed in line with the
main theme while suggesting ways on how
management institutes can continue to thrive
in the post digital era and the role of B-schools
in this age.The sessions focused on how lead-
ers can make the best use of available
resources to leverage traditional strengths and
capacities to the fullest.
choice, getting a job and growing in the job. It is
important to think wisely while selecting the right
career and arriving at the right decision. Embarking
on a path which leads to a bright career in future
is not accidental. In fact, the process of choosing a
career is an introspective and important task.
It is important to begin early and to know and
learn about options that lie ahead of you after school
so that you can make an intelligent and calculated
decision.
Considering there are about 9,000 career
options in the world, the spectrum of choice is wide
ranging from humanities to commerce, science to
medicine and engineering, management to defence
amongst others. A plethora of opportunities awaits
students of Humanities stream. Designers (interi-
or/exterior, jewellery, fashion/textile), fine arts, pho-
tography, print journalism, travel and tourism, law,
mass communication, film making, advertising,
public relations and hotel industry are a few options
to be considered.
With the positive changing scenario around the
world in the realm of economic activity, selecting
Commerce as a career option is one of the best to
grab. Commerce students get familiar with knowl-
edge of business, trade, market fluctuation, basics
of economics, fiscal policies, industrial policies,
share market, stock markets and others.
Considering the burgeoning activity of market, tal-
ented individuals are needed to make a balance
between demand and supply.
Individuals with careers in science are respon-
sible for many of the things we, as a society, ben-
efit from every day — ways to prevent and cure dis-
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trol climate change.
The breadth of careers in engineering spans
from mechanical to electrical, civil, environmen-
tal, software, chemical, aerospace, petroleum, geo-
logical and mining.
Medicine is the field of health and healing. Not
only that, Medicine is one of the most innovative
and profitable industries worldwide. It is one of the
oldest and most respected professions.
Management is one of the largest, most varied,
and most interesting areas of work in the global
economy. Itincludes but is not restricted to con-
sulting, entrepreneurship, human resources, gen-
eral management. Non-profit areas and strategic
planning are few others to come under its purview.
A career in defence promises one of the most
prestigious and respected positions in the country.
It makes a person not only disciplined and strong
but also opens up many avenues of growth.
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the International Institute of Sports
Management (IISM) has announced the
IISM Edge programme. The programme
aims to develop leadership skills and teach
the professionals the ‘Art of Losing’ and deal-
ing with failure and also equip them with
the necessary skills required to pursue
excellence in their careers.
Founded by former Indian Test Cricketer
Nilesh Kulkarni and developed by Tarun
Chauhan (Ex Managing Partner JWT) and
founder of TC Consultancy the course will
provide Mid and senior-level management
with in-depth knowledge through lectures
and seminars by industry experts in the field
of sports and business.
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the country.
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months and the classes will be conducted in
seven-hour sessions on weekends. The Edge
A lected their medals, ranks,
and degrees amid proud parents
enjoy it,” he says.
Echoing on the same line, Dr
T Technology and Science
(HITS) has announced the
through the university website
— www.hindustanuniv.ac.in.
will delve into topics such as critical think- in a packed hall at the Special Damodar Acharya, Former— dates for HITSEEE 2020 — The last date for the submis-
ing, science of data-driven decision making/ Convocation held at SRM Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi, the HITS online engineering sion of the filled in application
data to decision, persuasion and influence, Institute of Science & and Former Director IIT entrance examination to be form is April 15, 2020.
active and passive listening, conflict man- Technology, Kattankulathur on Kharagpur, who was the guest of held for the academic year The institution focuses
agement and others. December 28, 2019. honour said, “Technology is fast 2020-2021. on industry 4.0 ready cours-
In order to be eligible for the course, the Chief Guest of the event Dr changing. There is a sea of The institution has es and in emerging technolo-
candidate should be a graduate and has to TS Ravikumar, President of change in it every day and it is announced that the online g y areas by offering
have a minimum experience of five years. The AIIMS Mangalagiri, Andhra important to be able to cope up entrance examination for the Engineering Degrees in spe-
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sea change in the education sector,
especially in terms of increasing
student engagement and improving
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the overall learning process can be
attributed to innovations like online
learning, smart classrooms, and audio-
visual (AV) supplements, among others.
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ification —it is clear how schools are
actively taking education to new heights.
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trends and innovations that are trans-
forming education.
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isation of CRM to ensure organi-
revenues by $1.1 trillion and create
8 lakh net-new jobs by 2021,
reveals IDC White Paper, com-
ronment.” The research firm also
billed Internet of Things as the fifth
driver of CRM in the The Nexus of
dents spend their day indulging in pro-
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improved customer retention and
sations are harnessing the potential
of employees across locations,
thereby keeping the productivity
high. This can be a differentiating
factor for businesses considering
missioned by Salesforce.
The fact that an increasing
number of companies are opting for
AI-powered CRM tools further
indicates a growing adoption of this
Forces. The explosive growth of
connected devices in recent years
can be contributed to the rising
interest towards IoT.
Experts believe that IoT can
good hands. At 6 pm, after wrapping-up
work, parents can conveniently pick up
their children and head home as a fam-
ily.
As homework and co-curricular
they are in school, children can breathe
easy.
Conceptual learning: The idea
behind this approach is to eliminate the
age-old practice of rote learning and

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therefore, the onus of any organi-
sation to manage and cater to the
today’s evolving job landscape
where it’s becoming increasingly
common for employees to work
trend. Whether by facilitating cus-
tomer interactions through AI-
based chatbots or by offering valu-
open the door to a whole new
world of opportunities for CRM.
When it comes to employee man-
activities are all taken care of at school,
the family can then spend quality time
together after having a remarkably pro-
encourage students to understand the
subjects instead of mugging up the top-
ics. It is high time for students to move
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remotely. able insights into consumer behav-
iour, artificial intelligence will aug-
agement, the influx of IoT can allow
companies to monitor effectiveness,
ductive day.
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beyond the idea of scoring well and focus
on enhancing their intellect by under-
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work culture, monetary compen-
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ment the performance of employ-
ees.
measure productivity and evaluate
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tech-savvy students of today, numerous
schools are creating smart classrooms to
standing concepts.
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sations or a high employee-man-
ager ratio are no longer considered
testaments for an efficient employ-
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organisations across industries are
turning to a host of emerging
technologies to achieve scalable
growth. At the same time, CRM
systems are constantly being updat-
For example, SugarCRM has
introduced an AI-powered tool
named Hint that helps sales pro-
fessionals to find leads and relevant
contact-related information. More
seamless and fair manner.
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all-encompassing approach to
make the entire learning process more
engaging, effective, and fulfilling.
Such classrooms comprise digital
screens and smart whiteboards that
help students visually understand con-
new fun concept that involves experi-
ential learning and games - something
that students of all ages would love to
take part in. This is why schools are
increasingly associating with technolo-

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a CRM system can be used as an
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ed to keep up with this explosive
business growth. Unlike tradition-
al CRM technology, the modern
work culture calls for CRM inte-
gration with smartphones to enable
significantly, AI could automate and
accelerate repetitive tasks, such as
accumulating and analysing con-
sumer data, tracking buying pat-
terns, making reports, among oth-
CRM. However, they are also real-
izing the importance of segregating
their employees into different
groups as per their roles and
responsibilities. With technology’s
cepts through rich and interactive mul-
timedia content. This can include 2D-
3D images, infographics or videos that
truly interest students and boost reten-
tion.
gy players and other non-profit agencies
that are into crafting interesting gami-
fied projects that make learning more
exciting than ever before.
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Employee activities are not
always recorded in the system,
businesses to keep a track on
employees, transact, authenticate as
well as report the business activi-
ties. This new approach allows
companies to have access to real-
time data, thus bringing a higher
level of transparency.
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ers. This, in turn, will allow employ-
ees to focus on other tasks which
require human expertise and
insights.
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will be at the heart of digital ini-
tiatives in coming years as enter-
prises look to create more targeted
invasion in industries, the USP of
modern CRM lies in its ability to
offer role-based interfaces that
allow employees to manage their
business activities and workload
more efficiently. This role-based
interface can be of particular
importance when the projects are
large and the stakes are high.
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skyrocketing pollution levels in most
Indian cities, it has become critical for
the burden of heavy school bags,numer-
ous schools are creating locker facilities
for students, thus allowing them to leave
schools to change their classroom set-
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I announced its
annual scholarship,
Internshala Career
Scholarship for Girls
(ICSG-2020). ICSG is
an annual award of
C25,000 which is meant
to help advance one
girl’s career in her cho-
sen field be it acade-
mics, sports, arts, or any
other field.
The scholarship will
be awarded as an
allowance for pursuing
an internship or under-
taking a project in the
chosen field, payment
towards a specialised
training program, spe-
cial equipment, etc.
Eligibility: Any
Indian girl between the
age group of 17 to 23
years is eligible to apply
for the scholarship. To
apply, the girls need to
fill a form and state
their career objective.
The applications will be
shortlisted based on
four elements including
the fight against odds,
achievement, purpose,
and need.
For more details,
visit: http://bit.ly/ICSG-
2020
Application dead-
USQ International
Tuition Fee Scholarship.
Eligibility: Apply
for a Master of
Professional
Accounting, Master of
Information Systems,
and Master of Business
Administration degree
level course at the uni-
versity. Should not
already take any other
award from USQ and
received an offer to
apply for semester 2 and
semester 3 2019. Have
an offer letter, academic
transcripts, curriculum
vitae, and a passport, or
national identity card
and student visa must
be submitted. Must have
an undergraduate
degree at AQF 7 or
equivalent with a mini-
mum GPA of 5.0/7.0 or
6.0/10.0 overall.
Language require-
ment: Demonstrating
English language profi-
ciency by taking TOEFL
or IELTS test is a must
to study this pro-
gramme.
How to apply:
Online mode.
Application dead-
line: February 24, 2020,
for new semester 1.
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iverpool appear to have the Premier League
L title wrapped up with a 13-point advantage
over second-placed Leicester but the fight
to avoid relegation looks like being a down to the
wire tussle.
Just nine points separates ninth-placed
Crystal Palace and third from bottom Aston Villa.
Here AFP Sport picks out three pivotal match-
es in Wednesday’s action:
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The old adage ‘too good to go down’ should
apply to Arsenal, who have been a fixture in the
top tier since 1919/20.
However, they are just six points above the
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wedish star Zlatan
Sly presented
Ibrahimovic will be official-
as an AC Milan
player on January 3, the Italian
club confirmed.
Ibrahimovic returns to the
side on a six-month deal,
promising to help rescue the
struggling Serie A outfit’s sea-
son.
The 38-year-old will
undergo his medical on
Thursday, January 2 and will
hold his first press conference
the following day.
“AC Milan announces that
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s press
conference is scheduled for
Friday January 3rd at Casa
Milan at 10 am.” (0900GMT),”
they said in a statement on
Monday.
The six-month deal is
reported to be worth around
3.5 million euros ($3.9 mil-
lion) plus bonuses, with the
option of a further year.
It will mark the Swede’s
second stint with Milan, seven
years after he left for Paris
Saint-Germain.
He played for the
Rossoneri from 2010-2012
scoring 56 goals in 85 appear-
ances and helped the club
win their 18th and last league
title in 2011.
One of the most success-
ful clubs in the world, AC
drop zone and new boss Mikel Arteta would prob-
ably have preferred an easier opponent than
Manchester United as he bids to win his first game
after a draw and defeat in his opening two match-
es in charge.
The United attack will be licking their lips at
the thought of giving the weak Gunners defence
a thorough test with goalkeeper Bernd Leno and
defenders Skohdran Mustafi and David Luiz far
from reliable.
Arteta will want to see more of what his side
produced in the opening half hour of the 2-1
defeat by Chelsea if they are to avoid a fifth suc-
cessive home loss in all competitions — their pre-
sent run of four is their worst since 1959.
“Individual errors cost you games but I can’t
fault the effort, commitment and for putting in
place what we practised,” said Arteta.
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Milan are 11th in the table just
seven points above relegation.
“I’m coming back to a
club I hugely respect and to
the city of Milan I love,” the
former Sweden forward said
after the announcement of
his return.
“I’ll fight together with my
teammates to change the
course of this season. I will do
everything to make it happen.”
Milan have come up short
in their attacking options with
just 16 goals in 17 games so far
this term.
Ibrahimovic left Los
Angeles Galaxy last month
after a two-year stay having
scored 52 goals in 56 games,
allowing to sign with another
side for free.
He had previously won
three league titles with Inter
Milan, and two with Juventus,
which were revoked following
the match-fixing scandal.
Milan’s first game after
the winter break will be at
home against Sampdoria on
January 6.
Ibrahimovic started his
career at Malmo in his native
Sweden.
He went on to play for
Ajax, Juventus, Inter,
Barcelona, Milan, PSG and
Manchester United, winning
trophies with all these clubs
but never the Champions
League.
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However, with confidence at a low ebb
defeat for Arsenal on Wednesday and victory for
third from bottom Aston Villa at Burnley would
suck them deeper into the relegation battle.
ing
Hammers pray Moyes delivers in second com-
David Moyes may not be welcomed back uni-
versally by West Ham fans but if the 55-year-old
saves them from relegation for a second time like
he did in the 2017-18 season, before being dis-
pensed with, then all will be forgiven.
A home game for the side fourth from bot-
tom against Bournemouth, who are just a point
above them in 16th, represents a seemingly ideal
first challenge.
However, their home form has been as woe-
ful as Arsenal’s with four successive defeats —
equalling their worst run in the Premier League
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was not bitter about being let go in
avid Moyes said he would per- 2018.
D form so well in his second spell
as West Ham manager that the own-
“No, because things were done
correctly — I wasn’t taken on and I
ers would have no option but to was told that,” he said on Monday at
renew his contract when it comes to a press conference ahead of
an end. Wednesday’s home game with fellow
The 56-year-old Scotsman, strugglers Bournemouth.
whose reputation took a battering “I was disappointed, I’ve said that,
during a deeply unsuccessful spell as but I’ve got another chance to go
Manchester United boss in 2013-14, again.
signed an 18 month contract with the “I think it says a lot about the
Premier League strugglers on Sunday. owners, they thought the job I did
Moyes was let go by co-owners was good enough to give me anoth-
David Gold and David Sullivan after er opportunity.
the 2017-18 season despite leading “This time I’m going to make it
the club to survival and a 13th-place
finish.
Moyes, who established his rep-
so there’s no choice but to renew.
“There’s a clause in there and I’m
going to make it impossible to ignore
utation with Everton before the that, that's my plan.”
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F Sharapova said Tuesday she still had
“a lot of fire” as she attempts to resurrect
her career after an injury-plagued 2019.
The five-time major winner will
open her 2020 campaign in Brisbane after
being awarded a wildcard by organisers
in preparation for the Australian Open
later in January.
“To be fair when I was younger I
never saw myself playing past 30,” the 32-
year-old Russian told reporters in
Brisbane.
“But I still feel there is a lot in me to
give. I still have a lot of fire in me and I
am big competitor.”
Sharapova has not played since a first-
round loss to career-long rival Serena
Williams at the US Open in August.
She has slipped to 133 in the world
rankings after a 2019 season ruined by a
shoulder injury which limited her to 15
competitive matches.
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M will provide a
test of see how gen-
uine Everton’s
revival is, Carlo
Ancelotti on
Tuesday, despite the
Premier League
champions’ shaky
campaign.
Everton coach
Ancelotti, 60, has
guided Everton to
two wins in his first
two matches in
charge since replac-
ing Marco Silva,
who was sacked in
early December
after they slipped
into the bottom
three.
However,
0? Ancelotti — one of
only three managers
since November 2005 — and it would not be a to have won the
surprise to see Moyes energise their attack by Champions League
selecting both Michail Antonio and Sebastien three times — says
Haller. City will provide a
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Howe with a defeat. stand despite the
“It feels great to be home,” said Moyes. welcome wins over
“I feel like I’ve got unfinished business.” Burnley and Newcastle.
“Against City this is a fantastic test to see where
F0C5>A3´BA4E8E0;5024BBC4A= we are at,” Ancelotti said at his pre-match press con-
F>;E4BC4BC ference.
“They are a really strong team but we can have con-
Nigel Pearson engineered a remarkable res- fidence to do our best.
cue act for Leicester in the 2014-15 season — at “I think at this moment it is good to have this kind
the time they were only the third side to escape of test.”
the drop having been bottom at Christmas — Ancelotti, who in his previous stint in England won
arguably laying the foundations for their even the domestic double with Chelsea in the 2009/10 cam-
more miraculous title win the following cam- paign, said City remained a formidable opponent even
paign. if their defence of the league title has gone awry and
The 56-year-old — who was relieved of his trail leaders Liverpool by 14 points.
duties prior to the league winning season — “Maybe City aren't at the same level as last year
could be on course to do the same for second but they still remain a fantastic team with fantastic
from bottom Watford. Their third manager this players and a fantastic manager,” he said.
term has guided them to two wins and a draw “It will be really tough to compete with them, but
in four matches since taking over. we need to have the confidence to compete and to be
This new found confidence was reflected in focused on our football.
easing to a 3-0 win over third from bottom Aston
Villa on Saturday — scoring two of their goals
after they had been reduced to 10 men — and
“We don’t have to look too much to the opponent
because they are really strong so it's better to be focused
on our idea of football.”
this will be a much needed weapon when they Ancelotti, a two-time European Cup winner as a
host Wolverhampton Wanderers. player with the outstanding AC Milan side of the late
Wolves arrive sitting pretty in seventh place 1980’ and early 90’s, heaped praise on City manager
and on the back of an impressive win over cham- Pep Guardiola, who he replaced as Bayern Munich
pions Manchester City and considered unlucky manager when the Spaniard left to take over City in
to have lost to Liverpool on Sunday. 2016.
Pearson for his part will be looking for more “Pep is a fantastic manager,” said Ancelotti.
of the same of what he witnessed against Villa: “We’ve met some times, not a lot in games, but I
“We showed good intensity. We showed incred- have a really good relationship (with him) and a lot
ible unity on the pitch and bench. We have to of respect for him.
make sure that remains high on our agenda — “He is a genius; he’s always tried to do something
to keep the players together.” special on the pitch.”
=>74B8C0C8>= ver y experienced Premier
League manager, I think there’s
Moyes, who also had unsuc- arguably only two or three more
cessful spells at Spanish side
Real Sociedad and Sunderland,
experienced around, and I win,”
he said.
said he had not hesitated when “There’s a lot of new modern
he received a phone call from the things in football but recently I
owners. think you’ve seen signs of things
“It was very simple when going back a bit.
they called me,” he said. “We do want to keep posses-
“They asked me do I want to sion but perhaps possession is
come back and I said 'I can’t wait”. not now seen, even maybe by
“We didn’t talk about the yourselves (in the media), as the
past, we were just talking about key to winning games.
the team now, what we have to do “The fans want to see more
and the position we’re in.” attacking football, action and
Moyes return has not been excitement.
universally welcomed by West
Ham fans but he said he was the
right fit for the job.
“The biggest thing I want to
see from my team is for the sup-
porters to be excited — I would
3PeXS<^hTbbW^dcbUa^\cWTbXST[X]TSdaX]VcWT4?; 0? “What anybody’s getting is a love that to be the case.”
“As long as the shoulder stays healthy
and my body allows me to, I hope there
is a lot of time left for me,” she said.
Sharapova won the Brisbane title in
2015 and joins a high-class field for next
week’s event spearheaded by Australia’s
world number one Ashleigh Barty and
Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka.
World number two Karolina Pliskova
is also playing as are fellow top 10 stars
Elina Svitolina, Petra Kvitova and Kiki
Bertens.
“It’s a fresh start after a tough last sea-
son,” said Sharapova. "There were a lot of
ups and downs, there were times when I
was ready but the shoulder wasn’t.
“But I have had a fairly good off sea-
son and I am motivated to compete. At
this point in my career when I have that
feeling, it’s a good sign.”
The Brisbane International begins on
January 6, with Sharapova then scheduled
to play the Kooyong Classic exhibition
event in Melbourne before the opening
grand Slam of the year from January 20.
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Tests mandatory from 2023 as part of
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tainable solution to the complex
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described 2019 as a year of
“accomplishments, learning and
memories” on and off the field
and said he was eagerly looking
forward to another successful
year in 2020.
“2019 has been a year of
accomplishments, learning,
hard work and making memo-
ries, on the field and off it too.
And on the last day of the year,
I’m looking forward to every-
thing that 2020 has to offer!”
Bumrah wrote on his twitter
handle along with a few pictures
of his achievements in the year
gone by.
In 2019, Bumrah not only
emerged as India's pace spear-
head in all three formats of the
game, but also became one of
the best bowlers of the world.
Bumrah, 26, finished 2019
as the numero uno bowler in
one-day cricket while occupy-
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ODI series against Australia to mandatory four-day Tests are “some-
begin in Mumbai on January 14 thing that we have got to seriously con-
after the Sri Lanka rubber. sider”.

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kipper Priyam Garg’s fifty went
Ssuffered
in vain as India Under-19 team
a five-wicket loss to
South Africa in an inconsequen-
tial third Youth ODI at the Buffalo
Park here.
Before this match, India
Under-19 had already taken an
unassailable 2-0 lead after winning
the first two matches of the series.
Sent into bat on Monday,
India under-19 team lost three
wickets before crossing the fifty-
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striking twice for the hosts.
Garg and N Tilak Varma (25)
then steadied the ship as the two
added 58 runs together.
The partnership was broken
when Garg, who scored 52, got out
soon after India Under-19 reached
hundred. N Tilak Varma got out
soon after as South Africa restrict-
ed India Under-19 to 192 for 8 on
the board.
For South Africa Under-19,
Pheku Moletsane (2/36) picked up
two wickets and was involved in
two run-outs.
South Africa Under-19 then
returned to overhaul the target
with 10 balls to spare, riding on
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Jonathan Bird's 121-ball 88.
Chasing 193 runs to win,
South Africa Under-19 lost Bryce
Parsons (15) in the ninth over after
a first-wicket partnership of 35
runs.
Opener Andrew Louw (31)
and Bird then shared a 49-run
stand for the second wicket before
the former and Levert Manje (0)
departed in space of a run.
Luke Beaufort (14) then gave
company to Bird as they shared a
48-run partnership to take South
Africa Under-19 to 130.
Jack Lees (29) and Bird then
added 67 runs before Yashasvi
Jaiswal dismissed the former in the
48th over.
Bird then took South Africa
Under-19 home.
Brief Scores:
South Africa Under-19 193/5
(Jonathan Bird 88 not out,
Andrew Louw 31; Yashasvi Jaiswal
2/40) beat India Under-19 192/8
(Priyam Garg 52, N Tilak Varma
25; Pheku Moletsane 2/36) by five
wickets.
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F has been appointed as the assistant coach
of West Indies cricket team for limited-overs
formats.
Warwickshire stalwart Penney has been
handed a two-year contract by Cricket West
Indies.
Cricket West Indies stated in a statement
that the 51-year-old Penney’s area of exper-
tise is fielding and he will work with the West
Indies team in white-ball formats (One-Day
Internationals and T20 Internationals).
He will join the West
Indies team on January
2 as they start prepara-
tions for the upcoming
international home series
against Ireland. The tour
will feature three ODIs and as
many T20s from January 7 to
19.
“I’m thrilled and excited to
be given this opportunity to work
with this brilliant bunch of crick-
eters and staff led by Kieron Pollard
and Phil Simmons,” Penney said.
“I’ve been lucky enough over
the last few years to work with sev-
eral members of the squad and the Caribbean
is like ‘home away from home’ for me being
involved in the CPL.
“We have two big T20 World Cups com-
ing up (in Australia 2020 and India 2021) and
it's my aim to try and improve everybody and
be as good as we can and hopefully win those
two major ICC events for the great people of
the West Indies.”
Penney, who played 158 first-class and
291 List A matches for Warwickshire, has vast
coaching experience, having worked with sev-
eral international teams, including India, Sri
Lanka, Netherlands and USA.
He has also served as assistant
coach at King’s XI Punjab, Deccan
Chargers and Kolkata Knight
Riders in the Indian Premier
League as well as assistant coach
with the St Lucia Zouks and St
Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the
Caribbean Premier League
(CPL).
Most recently he
was part of the
Barbados Trident
coaching staff dur-
ing their success-
ful campaign in
the 2019 CPL.
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E Silverwood has hinted that
either of veterans James
Anderson or Stuart Broad
might be dropped for the sec-
ond Test against South Africa
to make room for a spinner.
A 107-run defeat in the
series-opening Boxing Day
Test in Centurion has once
again spelled out England's
red-ball troubles.
Adding to their woes, ill-
ness bout within the squad
that laid low 10 people at var-
ious times has only com-
pounded matters, with
Dominic Sibley latest to join
the long list of players to have
been afflicted.
Spinner Jack Leach has
now regained fitness and the
coach said they are willing to
take a hard call if need be. In
the first Test, England went for
an all pace attack.
“In Jimmy (Anderson)
and Stuart (Broad), we have a
wealth of experience and we’d
be really stupid not to take that
“But, equally, you want
your youngsters to come
through, and if we’re going to
make room for a spinner,
we’ve got to have a look at
which seamers are right for
this pitch. If there’s a big deci-
sion, we're not afraid to make
it.”
The Newlands pitch is
one of the few in the country
that assists spin bowling, and
Silverwood was well aware of
that fact.”We’ve got to look at
playing a spinner at
Newlands,” he said. “We’ll go
down there and do what we
always do - look through the
records, what features where,
and who is going to have
most impact on that game.
We'll do our homework and go
from there."
England Test captain Joe
Root also echoed these senti-
ments ahead of the second
Test.
“It’s a fine balance. You’ve
got to look at the surface and
at an attack you feel is best
going to counter that and best
counter the opposition,” he
said.

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constantly trying to improve
themselves. They’ve got fantas-
tic records behind them and
?C8Q 3D108 “Without a doubt, the U19 World Cup helps they’ve produced fantastic
develop young players as people as well as just things for England in the very
ormer South Africa pacer Makhaya Ntini cricketers. At the age of 19 or younger, you’re L abuschagne told recent past.
F feels the seeds of Virat Kohli’s stardom were
sown at the U-19 World Cup
still trying to understand how you can learn
about the game, and the U19 World Cup helps
cricket.com.au after the Pert
Test against New Zealand.
“You don’t want to wish
those guys away or look back
back in 2008 when he cap- them develop and learn to stand up for them- “Making sure that every and think, ‘we’ve forced Jimmy
tained the Indian team to the selves.” innings I come in with a clear Anderson out.”
title. Ntini’s son Thando also played in the 2018 mind and making sure I'm Silverwood said that
“If you look at players like edition of the U-19 World Cup. playing what’s in front of illness and adversity have
Virat Kohli and Kagiso Rabada, “I’ve got very fond memories me and not what’s made his team stronger
they all started playing U-19 of watching my son, Thando, happened in the and let the players come
cricket and representing their play U-19 international past and not closer.
country in the U-19 World Cup, cricket, and I was part of what I want to “I think there’s some
and look where they are today,” Ntini that age-group as well. achieve — it’s aspects from this Test
wrote in a column for the ICC. “The experience was right in the that have galvanised us,”
“A lot of the big players now start- certainly a delight, and it’s moment. he said. “We’ve seen a
ed in the U-19 World Cup, and that is great that players can express “Apart from that I’m just lot of character, a lot
where you can get noticed and be seen themselves and become the loving it. of guts and a lot of
by the world.” heroes of the future for “It’s a great team to be a bravery from a few
The next edition will be held in South the countries they part of and the way we’re of the guys that
Africa from January 17 to February 9. are representing. <Pa]db;PQdbRWPV]TQPcbPVPX]bc=TfITP[P]S 0? playing at the moment is real- have been poorly
“Cricket is one of the biggest games in “I think that ly enjoyable.” but have got
South Africa, especially when it comes to experience is so 80=BQ <4;1>DA=4 the ICC Test rankings, Labuschagne’s rise started themselves out
the young fellows. They have got their important for Australia’s newfound No. 3 from the Ashes when he was there, got
heroes — you're talking about the likes of them,” added ust below the “Big Three” of started the year in 110th place. used as Test cricket’s first ever themselves up
Quinton de Kock and Rabada,” said
Ntini.
Ntini, who
played 101
JKane
Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and
Williamson in the ICC
But following scores of 63 and
19 in Australia’s 247-run win in
concussion substitute.
Filling in for Steve Smith,
for it and
shown a lot
“These guys have not been picked Tests and Test rankings for batters, the Boxing Day Test and with Labuschagne posted a gritty of fight. I’m
from nowhere —they played in the U19 173 ODIs, Marnus Labuschagne feels his three hundreds already to his 59 in the second innings at proud of the
World Cup. The key for the guys play- taking 390 secret to quicksilver success is name in 13 Tests, there is no Lord’s and did not look back guys in that respect.”
ing at South Africa 2020 is to look at and 266 focusing on the process and not stopping for the 25-year old. since with 353 runs at 50 as The second Test of the
them and how far they've gone, and w i cke t s thinking of the result. “I just keeping it process Australia retained the urn in four-match series begins
where they are now. respectively. Currently ranked fourth in driven and not on results,” a 2-2 series draw. Friday, January 3.